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FALMOUTH, T Video by the 1 Falmouth in 62 BUENOS AYRES brig H into between on October 2f. Governor a Ayres on the fi —The official communication of -pending blockade by the French s, has been received from Mont 1, Captain Chudle3 arrived at Mite Video, which a ation of the probability of she sailed ; and we have ting that a convention was entered he government Of Buenos Ayres, he French brig of war La Boulon the French Admiral Mackau, and cos Ayrian Minister of Finance ; and n due form by Jean Manuel de Rosas, 1-General of the province of Buenos Majesty's ship Cameo official news r, ched Monte Video on Nov. 2, by her tneh In. From the likelihood of favour ing received, it appears several vessels had 'etting their sails bent for some days, and had announced that the moment he re xould hoist the affirmative naval signal at its joyful event transpired on the above /hen, likewise, the consul had notices stuck -chandlers' shops to the same effect. The lid not give clearance to ves s until the sth of November, and one been employed the British co: ceived the n the consulate, mentioned da up in tt llarbour-master, however, w sels for Ba - or Bombay, with an intention to go to Buenos Ayres, but a French brig of war cpmpelled her to return for a fresh clearance. In the meantime several of her Majesty's ships arrived there and compelled sufficient and proper clearances to be afforded, so that in one day, the sth, as many as 100 vessels were cleared at the custom house, and proceeded for the capital of the Argentine Re public ; the first merchant vessel that entered was the brig Tartar, of London, vessel, the Petertl, i;l The Paris papers of Saturday state that Lieutenant Page arrived in Paris on Thursday evening, with the convention signed on the 31st of October, on board the French brig La Boulonnaise, between Rear-Admiral de Mackau and M. Felipe Arana, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Governor Rosas. This convention stipulates— " 1. The recognition of the indemnities due to French citizens. " 2. The raising of the blockade and the evacuation of the island of Martin Garcia. in favour of the proscribed citizens of " 3. An Amnia,,, the Argentine Republic " 4. The confirmation of the absolute independence of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay. " 5. The treatment of the natives of France in Buenos Ayres on the footing of the most favoured nations." MELANCHOLY LOSS OF LIFI (From the Corr AT BOULOGNE tdenee of the Morning Herald.) BOULOGNE, FRIDAY EVENIIsi . G.—I hasten to inform you of a very melancholy occurrence which has just occurred off this harbour, by which eight persons have unhappily lost their lives. About twelve o'clock this day her Majesty's packet, the Beaver, Captain R. Mudge, from Dover, hove in sight, not being able probably to reach Calais in time for the departare of the estafette for Paris. Unfortunately there was but little water in the harbour, and the sluices being open, and the wind blowing on shore, caused a good deal of surf off the ler reached the roads, the whose turn it' was, to go son for disobeying or- barb,. harbour-mast out ; but he declined, ders, that there was too much surf for so small a boat. Ano ther was requested, who at first heSitated, though the most intrepid of seamen. His son, however, prevailed upon the father to venture, with six 'other seamen -- the surf, and-reach /6 soon )rdered the pilo stating, a took on hoard the r steamer in safety, and immediately igs, the mate (Mr. Eyre), and two assengers alsco, got into this small boat, but the pilot considering . they were too many, recom mended the two last to return on board, promising to land them at a second trip. _ They ti en nlade for the harbour, but, alas! at midway boat capsizec , sunk; the passengers and seamen struggling together among the most terrific breakers, and in a situation where no earthiy assistance could be rendered them. As soon as the accident was observed from the packet the galley-boat was let down, and the poor fellows who manned it did their utmost to render assistance, but they could not approach the spot in time. Nine of these unfortunate beings were carried by the current to the westward, of whom three were picked up by this boat, one of whom only (a French seaman) was rescued in time, the two others having died from exhaustion and cold before the galley-boat could regain the steamer. Two other French seamen were fortunate enough to regain the shore by swimming. Those who have perished are two passengers. American gentlemen —one is Mr. Charles Philip de la Itosiere, of Quebec; the name of the other cannot be ascertained, the contents of his passport having been obliterated by the water; Delpieire (called Cator) the pilot, and his son, and four seamen. The poor pilot, Cator, was universally respected by every one who knew him. The sad and peculiar fate of his son has excited the most lively sympathy and admiration at his courage. He was the first who was rescued from the water, and while in the galley boat, perceiving his -father at some distance sinking from exhaustion, he leaped into the water to render him assistance; after great exertions he reached him, and at the same moment a breaker separated them for ever : the father was picked up, but the son'has not yet been found. For sometime it was feared the mail bags would be lost, or their contents so much damaged as to be of little worth ; but I believe all have been recovered and in a fit state to be forwarded by the regular estafette. Every possible assistance was tendered on the melancholy occasion. An English gen tleman named Knolles rode into the water and saved two of the mail bags, anti much credit is due to the activity of a poor coachman of the name of Innequir, commonly called Jambe Debois, who proceeded with all possible speed with his coach to the edge of the water, and as near as possible to the fatal spot ; he conveyed the two sailors who swam ashore (in a terribly exhausted state) from the edge of 'the water to the receiving house of the Humane Society. Bodies found—One passenger and Cator (the pilot). One passenger and five seamen not yet, but it is expected they will be found at day." t to-morrow FRIGHTFUL INUNDATION AT BRENTFORD.- IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AND LOSS OF LIFE. (From the Morning Herald of Yesterday) On Saturday evening a severe calamity took place at Brentford, in consequence of the bursting of the lock gates, and the consequent rushing out of the waters, which sunk a number of barges and boats, and caused the loss of ten lives. It appears that, owing to the late thaw, and the heavy rains of Friday .night and Saturday, a great accumulation of the waters had taken place. The town of Brentford was in many places overflowed, the principal streets under water, and Brentford Common inundated. The land waters from the hills also caused the Thames to rise several feet above the usual level, and to fill the canals and creeks leading to the Thames. At the entrance of the Brentford lock, on Satur day evening, a number of craft, boats and barges, were wait ing to go in, when suddenly the gates of the lock, unable to resist the pressure of the water, were burst open, and the stream came down in a torrent, and overwhelmed the barges and boats—sinking some and destroying others. A most fearful scene ensued. Nearly every barge had one or more persons on board and the monkey-boats (long narrow ha . rges, with a small cabin at one end, which navigate the canals) had a family in each. The cries and shouts of the men, and the screams of the women and children, were heard amidst the rushing of the waters, which swept everything before it. The various craft were thrown upon each other, and a great quantity of timber set adrift. A man and a. boy, in making an effort to get ashore Erma one barge, perished ' • and a family of seven child ren , who were in the cabi n o f one of the monkey-boats, went down with it, and met with a watery grave. A woman in another barga was also drowned. Many swain ashore, which they reached in a most exhausted state, and others were sav ed by the people whq came to the,ir assistance. After the confasion created by this sudden and unexpected calamity bad in some degree subsided, it was ascertained that two . monkey-boats, a barge laden with corn, and another with coals, were sunk, and three other barges, empty, had also gone down. Not less than 200 stacks of timber were set adrift, and were floating about' yesterday morning in all di rections. The body of a bargeman, wrapped in a sail, was found yesterday when the tide had receded. The others have not been recovered. Great injury has been done to the banks of the canal by this sudden eruption of the waters, and the loss of property is immense. It is reported that other per sons are missing. The ebb-tide was remarkably strong on Saturday night and yesterday, and the craft going down the river were carried along with great velocity, which was caused by a " freshet," or addition of the land waters. The boats going up the river, against the tide, had considerable diffi culty in making head way, and the Thames police galleys had much trouble in shooting the bridges, and were often carried back by the force of the current. The ice has almost totally disappeared from the river upwards, and the rain has sunk the vast fields of ice below bridge, which, for a fortnight be fore, had caused so great an obstruction to the navigation. FLOODS AT GREEI•TWItH, LEWISHAM, &c _ile effects of the rapid thaw, accompanied with a violent gale of wind, on Saturday night, has been productive of serious losses to numerous persons , , particularly to market »a_in the vicinities of Greenwich, Deptford, Lee, During Saturday the principal streets of deluged, and many house.: on the south side s and kitchens filled with water. Temporary laced to enable the people to get fronr one et to the other. At midnight, on Saturday, nearly at its height, carried away a Considera )n of the bank of the river Ravensbourne, situated Deptford and Lewisham, and in two _places rushed arrunsTlMpernosltririto the - grounds of Mr. Palmer, -gardener, forcing along with it the fences in all In less than a quarter of an hour the whole of grounds were completely under water, and his __ands nearly i n th e cen t re , was encircled with water to the height of five feet. Mr. Palmer has sustained very serious loss, as the flood carried away nearly the whole of the rich soil from the surface along with the growing crops, leaving in its place innumerable flints, lumps of chalk, gravel. &c. The inmates of many cottages were obliged to retreat to the upper rooms, leaving their furniture floating about beneath.. • Tle lower part of the houses in Blackheath road were completely inundated. Two very strong bridges, to which were attached iron flood-gates, gave way, an d por tions of each were carried forward by the stream. It is not yet known whether any lives have been lost, as numbers of persons cross these bridges by night as well as by day.. The carts and waggons passing through Lee to Eltham, &c., were axletree deep for nearly three quarters of a mile. The greater part of Lewisham has been under water during the last twenty-four hours. There is not a vestige of snow visible on Shooter's-hill, Blackheath, nor on any high land in this neighbourhood, but the valleys have presented nearly one uniform sheet of water during yesterday. and Lewisham Greenwich NI lead th bridge! side of the flood bei ble po between 1 a market direction Mr. Palmer house, which DUBLIN, JAN. 12.—1 t is very currently reported here that Pivot, her Majesty's Attorney-General for Ireland, has received instructions to prepare a bill for amending the .act now in force for the registration of electors in Ireland. It is said that the provisions of this new bill are of such a com prehensive nature as will be likely to ensure the support of the conservative party when its details are laid before Parlia ment. The opponents of the government here attribute this proceeding to a erase on the part of ministers, to induce Lord Stanley to withdraw his bill, from the alleged simila rity of its featnres to the one now under the consideration of the Irish law officers.—Times. —On Tuesday last an accident of a ne which might ha%c been attended with the most fatal consequences, occurriaon the Slatnannan and Glasgow railway : as .jit was, several of the passengers CIDEN verety injured, and all of them were thro - wn into' a state of the utmost consternation and alarm. When the evening. train, with about from fifty to sixty passengers, was within a few miles of Glasgow, the engine, then going at a very rapid rate, in order, it is said, to make up . time.lost on the road, was suddenly thrown off the rails, and the second and first class carriages were in consequence overturned, with extreme violence, on opposite sides of the road. Fortunate ly no lives were lost; and it is only proper to say, that the utmost attention was paid to the sufferers by the officers of th e company, and also by those inhabitants of the neighbour hood who were drawn to the spot immediately on the occur rence of the accident. . LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. engagement of Mrs. WAYLETT and Mr. ALEX. LEE. tr. RAYMOND. Mrs. WAYLETT in Three Charac .. Mrs. RAYMOND in a new Interlude. present MONDAY EVENING, the 18th instant, every Evening during the Week, the Evening's - -nmence with the new Drama, called Entertainmeni will c OR, MI . ATE. Charle* Unit, Mr. Higgie; Tom Chaff, Mr. C. F. shall; Mrs. Kate Moreton, Mrs. Waylett. Song—Mr. Charles Bland. The Highland Fling, by Mis, Do Illaquiere. To which will be added, the new ludgliable t lnterlude, called WOOING A WIDOV ; OR, LOVE UNDER A LAMP-POST. Daniel Dowgate, Esq., (Bachelor and Drysalter,) Mr. Tilbury ; John, (his Servant,) Mr. C. F. Marshall ; Arthur, Mr. Iliggie; Widow Bloomley, Mrs. Waylett. Mr. Mungall will Dance his popular Sailor's Hornpipe. Mr. C. F. Marshall will Sing a new Song, written expressly for him, by Mr. Higgic, called " The Royal Proclamation; or, You mustn't Kiss tile Baby !" In the course of the Evening, Mrs. Waylett will Sing the admired Irish Ballad of " Nora Creina ;" " Pretty Star of the Night ;" " When Night Elves Dance;'' and, with Mrs. Barton, the Duet of " Evening Bells." To be followed by a laughable Farce, entitled THE VALET DE SHAM. Mr. Tweezer, Mr. Tilbury; Captain Trivet, Mr. Higgie; Wigler, Mr. C. F. Marshall ; Clipper, Mrs. Raymond. To conclude with the splendid•Romantie Drama, entitled PETER WILKINS; OR, THE FLYING INDIANS! Peter Wilkins, Mrs. Waylett ; John Adams, Mr. Tilbury ; Nicodemus Crowquill, Mr. Higgie; Phelim O'Scud, Mr. Raymond; Wild Man of the Woods, Mr. C. F. Marshall; Yourakee, Mrs. Barton. Boxes ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Gd.—S econ d P r i ce , Half past Eight : Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. ; no Second Price to the Gallery. Doors to be opened at Half-past, Six. Perform ance to commence at Seven precisely. ion of t LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. Mrs. WAYLETT will appear in Two of her most popular Dramas, and Mr. ALEXANDER LEE, b e i ng p os iti ve l y their . Last Appearance but Four this Season. Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND ! Mrs. WAYLETI"S SONGS ! Mr. ALEXANDER LEE will preside at the Pianoforte. MRS. RAYMOND'S BENEFIT. IN MONDAY next, the 25th, and TUESDAY e 26th instant, the Evening's Entertainments ommence with a Drama called THE MAID OF, M D; OR, WHAT IS SHE tle? Olivia, Mrs. Waylett; Minette, Mrs. Raymond; Mr. Higgie ; Cwsar, Mr. Tilbury; Vincentio, Mr. C. F. Marshall. Mrs. Waylett will Sing, " When the Stormy Winds," assisted by all the Ladies in chorus, with Mrs. Barton, the new and beautiful Dtiet, composed by Mr. Alex Lee, called " Where the Sweet Roses Bloom," Mrs. Waylett, Mrs. Raymond, Mrs. Barton, and Mr. C. Bland will Sing the admired Quartett from the Opera of " Artaxerxes," called " Mild as the Moonbeam." Trio—Mrs. Waylett, Mrs. Raymond, and Mrs. Barton, " All in the Merry Month of May." Mrs. Waylett • will Sing " When Night Elves Dance," and " Dream not away such Nights as these." Miss De Blaquiere will appear in a Fancy Medley Dance. Mr.. Mungall will Dance his admired Sailor's Hornpipe. Mr. Charles Bland, a Favourite Song. Mr. C. F. Marshall, a Popular Comic Ditty. To which will be added, a laughable Interlude, called THE MAYOR IN A MIST; OR, THE THREE COFFINS ! . _ _ Colonel M`Mahon, Mr. R . aymond; Captain Mandeiille, Mr. niggle ; Pogo Von Puddlewitz, (a Burgomaster,) Mr. C. F. Marshall; Lestelle d'Aubri, (assuming different cha racters,) Mrs. Raymond. In the course of the Evening, the Band will perform Two Popular OVERTURES. To conclude with BLUE JACKETS: OR, FEMAI SAILORS Admiral Trunnion,' Mr. Tilbury ; Charles Herbert, Mr. C. Bland ; 'Ben Binnacle, Mr. C. F. Marshall ; Fanny Trunnion, Mrs. Waylett; Lieut. Firefly, Mrs. Waylett. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be had of Mr. FOGG, at the Box-office, each day, from Eleven till Three, and at the usual Places. THE THREE CARACCI. - UNION GALLERY, SLATER-ST ET. A RRANGEMENTS having been ma r the Exhibition Xi of these Paintings in Glasgow, M ENTLEY begs re spectfully to intimate, that they will be REMOVED at the CLOSE OF THE PRESENT MONTH. Jan. 18, 1840. TO CORRESPONDENTS DR. BUCK'S DEFENCE An impression appears to exist that it is intended to publish, in the form of a pamphlet, the very able defence of the chaplain of the Borough Gaol, a portion of which appears in the columns of the STANDARD to-day. No such inten tion is formed ; and the public will not have an opportunity of perusing this document, except they procure copies of the various papers in which it is inserted ; and we again urge upon our friends the necessity of applying for the STANDARD on the days of publication. The communication forwarded by our Dublin correspondent, arrived too late for our publication of Friday, and its con tents would not now be appreciated. Th e f o ll ow i ng received yesterday from the same quarter is the only in telligence we can make room for to-day. " The great ' national demonstration' meeting here on Friday, at Hawkins-street Theatre, was, I assure you, both with regard to attendance and effect, a very poor affair. Very few of the titled or honourable requisitionists condescended to appear, and the oratory was even below the ordinary style of maudlin eloquence usually indulged in by the party. O'Connell's speech was a compound of the coarsest brutalities and the lowest buffoonery. The thing was in its essence a humbug, but humbugs of this kind are too often made to do a great deal of very real and serious mischief." We have been informed that it is the intention of the mayor, not only to be present at the meetings of the committee now sitting on the dock warehouse question, but that his determination is to record his vote at the termination of the committee's proceedings. We can scarcely credit the report, but if we find his worship acting so contrary to the declared wish of the council, and his own implied assurance, we shall probably have something more to say on the subject hereafter; our duty, as it respects the chief magistrate, is quite apart from the question which has called forth his interLrence. The desirableness or other wise of that measure affects not the propriety of the con duct we have thought it right to impugn. Let the mayor seriously reflect before he calls down any further castiga tion ; if the information supplied us be correct, it will be well merited, however severe The - Moral of the Flowers" came too late even for perusal. Ebt Eibtrpool gPtanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1841 By the Royal Mail Steam-ship Caledonia, Captain Clelland, which arrived here on Saturday afternoon, we received New York and Boston papers to the 2nd, and Halifax papers to the 4th instant, both dates in clusive. The Caledonia sailed from Boston at three o'clock on the 2d, and from Halifax at eight o'clock on the night of the 4th. She accomplished the voyage in 14 days and 2 hours, including a stoppage of several hours at Halifax. Considering the prevalence of easterly gales which she had to encounter, this must be pronounced a remarkably good passage. She has brought 37 cabin and 12 steerage passengers from Boston, and 41 passengers from Halifax, one of the latter number being a steerage passenger. Her total number of passengers _amounted to 90. She also brought an immense number of letters and newspaperi , the mails for the British possessions in North America extending over a clear month. The Acadia, Captain Miller, which sailed from Liverpool on the 4th of Deember, accomplished the passage to Boston, includ ing a stoppage of 10 hours at Haliax, in 16 days and 18 hours, after encountering a succession of tremendous gales. We have to express our acknowledgments to Messrs. Harnden and Co., for .a very full file of papers. Our best thanks are also due . to Mr. Bennett, of the New York Herald, for his polite attention in forwarding to our office copies of his latest publica tions. The papers before us contain very little news of hn portance. The proceedings in Congress were com paratively devoid of interest. The Harrison adminis tration was in progress of formation, It was under stood that Mr. Webster would be appointed Secretary of State, Mr. Cruttenden, Attorney-General, General Ewing Postmaster-General, and that Mr. Granger would take the Navy Department. Several minor appointments had also been fixed upon. The census of the United States was nearly completed. It was computed that the population would amount to about seventeen millions. The New York Herald mentions, among the probable measures of the Harrison administration, the establish ment of a. national bank, with a capital of 50,000,000 dollars; the creation of a public debt of 30,000,090 dollars; the distribution of the public lands; a modi fication and augmentation of the tariff ; and a new bankrupt system. It was uncertain what definite shape these measures might assume, that would be affected by the various cliques or bankers, stock-jobbers, arid manufacturers throughout the country, as well as by the supporters of Van Buren. Several fresh steam-boar .explosions had recently taken place in the United States, most of which had been attended by serious loss of life. The state of the money market had been somewhat dull and heavy for the fortnight preceding the sailing of the Caledonia. This is attributed to the general yearly settlements of the banks. The curtailments adopted by the banks made money exceedingly scarce in great demand among all classes of business men, and as high as 9 or 10 per cent. had been paid in short loans, and these with great difliculy obtained. The resumption about to take place in Philadelphia, and the large specie draughts made from that quarter upon the New - York banks, had also increased the pressure. Bills on London were quoted at 1081 to 1081; on Paris, at 5,20 to 5,18: 1 1; on Amsterdam, at 421 to 4011 and on Bremen at 77?-. to 78. The packets would take a moderate amount of specie, probably not above 150,000 dollars. In domestic exchanges the II transactions had been rather limited. In state stocks there had been a good flud of agitation during the last twenty days, in consequence of the many fears as to the regular payment of the interest falling due upon. The news from Texas is, as usual, conflicting in its character. No doubt was entertained at Galveston of a general alliance between the Central and Federal forces, for the purpose of invading Texas, and it was stated that there were 3000 of the enemy, in a body, on the Texian side of Rio Grande. The leading- men in Mexico, according to the last accounts, were fighting among themselves, and fresh revolutions are said to be matters of almost daily occurrence, All was quiet . and orderly in Canada. The Boston Atlas states that "Lord Sydenham appears determined to remove, in a quiet way, that will cause no incon venient results to the government, all the Tories in command in the British provinces in America ;" adding that; in consonance with thig line of policy, Sir John Harvey had been ordered to India. We subjoin the following extract of a private letter, dated New York, Jan. 1, 1841 : "\Ve have only to confirm ours of the 19th Nov., and in confirmation of the opinion we then expressed, of the extent of our cotton crop, prices are advancing in all the southern markets, as well as our own, predicated on increased confi fidence, that the cotton crop will fall short of even that at which it has been estimated. Whether prices advance on your side, to bring Out the present shipper even whole, we think will depend upon the state of trade and money mat ters, of which you will be the best judge. Our exports to France are now 32,000 bales against 89,000, and vessels load itfg 17 - against 51 same time last year. When we get our accounts from New Orleans after this date, our exports to France will show a deficiency of about 105,000 bales, com pared with last year, same time. To Great . Britain our ex ports are now 120,000 bales, against 108,000, and vessels loading 35 against 78 same time last year. Our reports to Great Britain, when we got our returns from New Orleans, up to this date, will show , a deficiency of about 53,000 bales from same time last year; and the falling off in our exports will continue on the increase as the season advances, as the crop will not exceed 1,600,000 bales, 350,000 of which will be required this year for our home consumption, leaving us the utmost we can expect, 1,250,000 bales against 1,870,000 total exports last year, and a total deficiency in our foreign exports of 626,000 bale's. The comparative receipts of cot ton in the Atlantic States are much smaller than last year. At New Orleans they now begin to fall off, and will continue to do so for the remainder of the season. It is not likely that we shall be able to ship a single bale this 'season, with a prospect of gain, as prices on our side will continue to ad vance in anticipation, under the influence of short crop operations, as well as the general feeling among planters to hold on to their crop, confident of still higher prices as the season advances." We have been favoured- with a copy of the Annual Circular of Mr. John S. Kewley, relating to the im ports, deliveries, and stocks of sugar, molasses, rum, &c, for the last year, from our various colonial posses- This circular furnishes us with some highly im portant statistical details, of which we gladly avail ourselves. The aggregate import of sugar froth the West India colonies, during 1840, appears to have - been 137,600 hogsheads, against 178,800 in 1839; 228,300 in 1838 ; 204,150 in 1837 ; 225,850 in 1836 ; and 230,350 in 1835 : the supply of 1846 is, therefore, 42,200 hogs heads less than that of 1839, and 79,000 hogsheads less than the average import of the five previous years. This statement fully corroborates the calculations which were made at the commencement of last year. The fearful deficiency which it exhibits arises in part from the unfavourable season, but chiefly from the want of continuous labour. We are glad to find Mr. Kewley remarking that " if the restrictions on foreign produce should be relaxed, England would be dependant upon the Brazils for her supplies of sugar, as the freedom so rashly introduced. into the British colonies, could never compete with the slavery of foreign possessions, where the falling off in the number of their victims *is supplied by an annual introduction of 120,000 slaves." This is precisely our own view of the subject. 'And what would be the in evitable consequence of such a relaxation in the scale of our restrictive duties ? Let Mr. Kewley answer. He says the bulk of the carrying trade of sugar, so advan tageous to the shipping interest, would, like the tran sport of cotton, fall into the hands of foreigners—the ruin of the colonies would acme an . important outlet for manufactured goods—and the measures so speci ously advocated by the enemies of the colonies,. under the plea of rendering sugar cheap, might terminate in disappointment, and be productive of no advantage to the country at large. The present high prices of sugar arise chiefly from the sudden change from slavery. These prices, how ever, are not likely to continue. The competition between the dependencies of India, the West Indies, and the Mauritius, is now beginning to •favour the consumes by increasing the supply of sugar, and consequently reducing its value. The following paragraph from Mr. Kewley's* circular contains some very appropriate remarks : " If we consider that Brazil sugar in 1836 realised the high price of 435., and Havana• 525.; and that British plantation sugar, in the autumn of 1838 (certainly of low quality) was sold, at 21s. per cwt., without duty, it would appear very doubtful whether the admission of foreign sugar would pro duce a lower Gazette average for the ensuing 10 years, than the average of 1831 to 1840. The contingency which caused a rise from 335. to 435. in 1836 might often occur ; and the probable low price of the first year might at any hour be qua drupled in the event of war. It would be useless, then, to look to those colonies, the wealth of England, and the up holders of her ships and commerce, when slavery should have gained the advantage over freedom su weakly encouraged in the British possessions. It would be well also to inquire whether the clamour for the introduction of foreign sugar, be not raised by parties secretly interested in the slave trade, twelve millions of money being annually invested in the traffic by powers who, without this assistance, could not advance it ; and, lastly, it would be well to reflect if the cause of " che sugar," would not be more safely and more honourably a vanced, by reducing the enormous and ruinous duty of 24 per cwt.; by encouraging immigration into the West Indi Colonies, and by fostering the growth of sugar in the India] possessions and the Mauritius. Freedom so dearly purchase( would thus be protected, and the prosperity of the colonies would be instantly felt in the manufacturing districts, and I)] the shipping interests of England." We have not sufficient space at our command to give the whole of Mr. Kewley's elaborate tables of imports, deliveries, and stocks. We subjoin, however, a summary of each : IMPORTS, DELIVERIES, AND STOCKS OF ALL DESCRI TIONS OF SUGAR, SUBJECT TO THE DUTY OF 245. PI CWT.,•CALCULATED IN HOGSHEADS OF 131 CWT. EACH IMPORT 1836. 1837. lB3B. 1839. 1840. West India hhcle. 225850 204150 228300 179800 137600 East India „ 19850 23650 29200 38300 36000 Mauritius „ 35600 37750 44600 44300 38200 281300 265550 302100 262100 West India East India Mauritius DELIVERIES. 212500 229950 212300 182300 158600 16700 21150 31450 32900 39000 38000 ..lacto 44100-43800 44800 267200 288300 287850 259000 23790 West India East India Mauritius „ 63300 „ 5450 „ 4150 STOCKS. 37500 53500 51000 300( 7400 4850 10000 70( 5200 6050 6500 44( 72900 50150 64400 67500 41401 Total Import „ Stocks •9 265550 302100 262100 211801 72900 50150 64400 67501 281300 58800 340100 338150 352250 326500 Total Deliveries „ 267200 288300 287850 259000 Taal Stocksleft t , 72900 50150 64400 67500 41401 Gazette Average, 355.6 d. 398.11 id. 355.10 d. 375.71 d. 495.81 d 31st Dec We have not heretofore interfered in the controversy between the ministerial press and certain of our con temporaries,. with respect to the indulgences bestowed by the Colonial Government upon the convicted char tists, although we were quite certain that the alleged favouritism so indignantly and peremptorily denied by the organs of Government would turn out to be per fectly in accordance with facts. The public have now before them the admission of no less a personage than John Frost himself that such favouritism has been ex ercised. " Williams," writes that worthy ex-magis trate, in a letter to his wife, "is a superintendent at the coal mines, Jones fills a situation at the Juvenile Establishment, and I am in the office of the Command int—that is, the Governor of Port Arthur. lam act ng here as a clerk, and hitherto the labour has not been heavy." * " Our situation is one of comfort compared with that of many prisoners here —yes, my dear, and with many well-educated and talented men." No doubt of it! The cowardly agitator, the fomenter of rebellion and outrage, we are well aware, is much more likely to be the object of " liberal" sympathy than the unfortunate being whose more venial errors have resulted from the ordinary failings of human na- ; and we have little hesitation in asserting our conviction that the production of the Colonial Secr tary's correspondence with the Governor of Port A thur will prove the latter to have been thorised in his bestowal of the " comforts!' in questior upon these quondam allies of the Whig-Radical party With all due deference to some of our conservat contemporaries, we cannot but think that had the treatment of these men been of a harsher nature—had they been placed on a level with common felons—with men who have pilfered a silver spoon or picked a pocket—the head of the Colonial-office would have manifested a feeling bordering upon ingratitude, and shovirri an extreme want of regard to . the "fitness of things." What ! subject to the laborious and degrad ing occupations to which " well-educated and talented men" must submit, who have, perhaps, committed a vulgar forgery or passed a counterfeit sovereign—a pa- triot whose only crime was leading some thousands of his fellow-countrymen to be butchered by the soldiery at Newport—whose only error was that he agitated for the charter instead of the reform bill, repeal of the union, repeal of the corn laws, or any other Of the fa voured outcries of Whig-Radicalism ! With what justice could Lord i John Russell condemn the Welsh • traitors to work in a chain whilst the Irish trai- O'Connell, is free to agitz .te the dismemberment of the empire, and to thrive and grow fat upon the pro &ice of his turbulent mendicancy ? These men did hut c,:ary a little further than was legal a course of agi . tation which Lord John Russell himself, in an after dinner speech, delivered in this good old town, de clared - to be justifiable and safe ; and we cannot con ceive how his lordship could bear the reflection that for an "error in degree" they should be so severely dealt That such is the opinion ihich Frost himself enter tains of the kindly feelirigs anti amiable disposition of the Colonial Secretary is evident from one portion of his letter, in which he apologises to his wife for not expressing himself with such freedom as he could have wished, owing to the circumstance of his correspond ence being subject to the usual inspection by the au thorities ; and adds, " I am Of opinion that my letters will he perused by others besides the gentleman who rules here. I suppose tke Colonial Secretary would be glad to have a peep at the letters of his old correspond ent" ! ! We can picture to ourselves the sensation which Lord John must have experienced at this allu sion on the part of " his -old correspondent" to their past friendship and brotherhood. .We can imagine the yearnings of his heart 'when busy memory traced be- fore the eye of the minister the progress towards ruin of his betrayed and abandoned tool. Lord John found this witless and hapless wretch a brawling, speechify- ing, reform-mad draper, whose mischievous propensi ties might have been cured by a ducking at the town pump or a month at the treadmill y au- but instead of such a whole Some infliction, the petty demagogue was se lected for promotion to the magistracy. The favour of Government and the factitious importance which it conferred alone enabled the poor inflated. being to per- petrate the crime for which a fel(ln's doom has been justly awarded ; and it is but natural that the exile, laying his misfortunes at the door of the minister, should expect and receive at the least his affectionate remembrance if not his active sympathy. With respect to the effect which this leniency to wards crime of so deep a dye as that committed by Frost and his fellow-traitors is calculated to produce upon society, we will not now remark. Our only ob ject is to impress upon our readers the fact that a mi nistry which fosters incipient treason and rewards its abettors cannot be expected to deal severely with those of their allies or creatures whose mistaken zeal has led them to embrace.the monster in its maturity LOCAL NEWS AMPHITITEATRE.--On Friday evening the Earl of Sefton visited the Amphitheatre, in company with several families of distinction. PILLAR OF SNOW.—We were much pleased on Tuesday afternoon in witnessing the completion of a snow pillar in imitatiotrof a rock in the Castle-yard, It was commenced on Thursday evening by several of the debtors for the want of better employment. They took great interest in the erec tion and worked in right good earnest, although little accus tomed to the use of the .line or spade. It measured 21 feet in height, and 57 feet at the base, and contains many tons of snow. The master builder and his assistants drank a bottle of brown stout on the summit, wishing those who had been present at the finishing might not witness its fall.—Lancas ter Gazette. ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.—In directing the attention of our readers to the advertisement inserted by Signor Zandotti, in our columns, we would also remind them of the riches which are to be dug from the vast mines of Itali an literature. In poetry and the drama it is scarcely to be ri valled, whilst in history, there is rio country in the world which can vie with it. We need not here enter into the causes —it is sufficient to announce the fact. Signor Zandotti in his youth, received the best education his country could give, and afterwards matured his knowledge by travelling ; he is, therefore, admirably fitted to accompany students into a do main, over which many of the master spirits of the present age rejoice to linger. The signor's plan of elementary in struction is one that ensures the steady progress of the learner. TOREN OF RESPECT.-4 subscription liaving been entered into for the purpose of presenting the Rev. S. Birley with a gown, a cassock, and portable Communion service, a com mittee, deputed from his congregation, waited upon the rev. gentleman, at his house, on Monday last, for the purpose of presenting the articles. Mr. Stephen Blair, Mr. John Sla ter, Mr. Sharpies, and Mr. Thompson, constituted the de putation, and were commissioned to express to the reverend gentleman, the high estimation in which he is held by all classes of his hearers. The following inscription was en graved on the Altar Cup :—" To the Rev. John Sheppard Birley, M.A., Incumbent of All Saints', Bolton, this small Token of Respect is presented, by his grateful Congregation. January, 18 11."—Bolton Chronicle. DESERTION OF VESSELS BY SEAMEN IN. BRITISH AMERICA.-At the Police-court, on Friday, several impor tant cases relating to the desertion of their vessels by sea men, were heard of by Mr. Rushton. James Brian, a seaman, appeared to a summons to answer an information against him, of having deserted the ship Naparina at Qubec, and run away, so that his place had been supplied by a zuhstitute, at a heavy expense to the owners of the ship. Capt. White, of the Naparina, said he had engaged the defendant to perform the voyage out and home at the rate of £2 15s. a month, and he had signed articles to that effect. The ship left Dublin in August last ; and when at Quebec, on the 2.5 th of November, the defendant and three others of the crew deserted, when the ship was ready for sea, so that in order to bring her home, he bad to find a substitute for him, to whom he had to pay 18 for the run home. It was admitted that the defendant had been committed to gaol by a magis trate at Quebec, where he remained 29 days. He returned on hoard, and afterwards deserted in the absence of the captain. The signing of the articles were proved, and the requisite entries in the day book were shown. Mr. Rushton, strongly condemned the too frequent practice of seamen deserting their vessels in this manner, thus taking advantage of owners and captains, and even seriously endangering life and property. The defendant, he said, must, under the statute, lose all his wages and all his clothes, and moreover pay the difference between what he would receive had he served and the sum paid for a substitute. The amount was £l4 10. and he must also pay costs, or in default be sent to prison. Thomas Regan, another seaman of the same ship, was charged with the same offence, and dealt with in like manner. MEETING AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE. BLIND.-011 Friday, the annual meeting of the directors of this excellent institu tion, was held in the Board-room, London-road, J. H. Tur ner, Esq., in the ch a ir. Th e treasurer, Raymond W. Houghton, Esq., read the accounts connected with the school, and It. L. Carr the accounts relative to the church P ttached to the school. In the school there are now 107 pupils. During 1840, 18 pupils left the school, and 18 had been admitted. There are now 27 male candidates for admission, and 10 fe males. Mr. Houghton stated, •that during the last year not a single musical instrument had been presented to the insti tution_ , This was to be regretted, as musical instruments were very serviceable in the school, and any which had been thrown aside by the parties using them would be very ac ceptable. S. Turner, Esq., moved a vote of thanks to the Bishop of Chester, to the late vice-presidents, to Mr. Hough ton, the , treasurer of the institution, and to the chaplain, Mr.. Hull,.for their services during the past year, in the course of which he complimented those gentlemen for their exertions in behalf of the 4chool for the blind. James Aspinall moved the appointment 9f Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., as the presi dent for the present year, and IL L. Carr, ; G. Deane, Aikin, and William Jackson, Esqrs., as vice-presidents, which was carried unanimously. Some conversation occur red respecting the appointment of the officers, the gentlemen present being anxious that persons only should be selected who would take an active part in the management of the institu tion. The names of the gentlemen selected will be found in our advertising columns. Thanks were voted to the chair man, and the meeting separated. , EMBEZZLEMENT OF P ICTUR E FRAMES.-At tue police court, on Friday, an elderly man named Peter Malley, (whose case had been remanded from the previous day for further evidence,) was placed at the bar on a charge of obtaining and disposing of two picture frames on false pretences. A wit ness stated that on Thursday week, the prisoner Caine to him and ordered two picture frames, which he said were for Mr. Crisp, of Church-street. He gave the dimensions of them, and was told that they would be done. on Saturday night. He called for them then, and wished to take them, referring for payment to Mr. Crisp ; but as he was a stranger to the witness, they were not delivered. He called again on Monday, and induced the witness to accompany him with the frames to Mr. Crisp's, who, he said, would pay for them. The witness went with the prisoner, and when they got to the door of Mr. Crisp's premises, prisoner said he would take in the frames and get the money, requesting witness to wait, which he did for three-quarters of an hour in vain, for the prisoner did not re t urn, he hav i ng escaped by a tho roughfare into Brookes-alley behind. Mr. Ratnsden, a teacher, said the prisoner had for some time been in gaol, where he conducted himself Well. He therefore endeavoured to get him into work at his trade as a cabinet-maker, but did not succeed.. lie afterwards had given him small sums if money from time to time, and finally, on his representa tions of distress, employed him to make a number of pic ture-frames for him, giving him drafts of the different sizes, kc. he wanted. The prisoner brought home the two frames moduced, as two of those ordered, and represented that ;hey were made by himself. He wanted 7s for them, but Ur. R., thinking the price exorbitant, gave him Gs., and vithdrew his order for the others. The frames were iden ified as the property of the first witness. Mr. Crisp stated hat he had no knowledge whatever of the prisoner, having lever to his knowledge seen him before. The prisoner was ornmitted for trial at the sessions. He was formerly, we earn, in creditable business as a waster-cabinet maker in 'ancaster. The rule for a new trial in "Jones, jun. v. Littler," which the radical papers connected with the " Conno was discharged, on Saturday last DESTITUTE account of t Society." j , by the Court of Excheque destitution the poor of .this town are in : Tuesday, 234; Wednesday, 192; Thursday, 371 ; Saturday, 495 •—t o t a l f or th e wee k, 16 hers have increa nearly inurfol Monday, 1-15 180 • Friday T. AVIOUR'S ORGAN.-By an advertisement in column, we perceive that Mr. Thos. Venables - late of t Coronation German pedal organ, St. John's, Chester, is al pointed to St. Saviour's, in this town. This is the first orp,:: erected in any church in Liverpool on the German scale ; has two octaves and two notes in the pedal organ, enablint an accomplished performer to execute the pedal fugues of Bach, Mendelssoh n , Rinek,• &c. Th e au th or iti es o f S t. Saviour's may consider themselves fortunate in having se cured the services of an artiste accustomed to this peculiar description of instrument, and capable of developing its pow ers. Mr. Venables, who is now settled here as a teacher of music, delivered the essay at the last soirée of the Royal In stitution. SHOCKING ACCIDENT. - - about -- Yesterday afternoon, twenty minutes past four o'clock, as a cart loaded witl bricks was passing aloilg . Whitechapel. Kind's shop, corner of Church-t:' leaning with one band on the shaft, was mu,.., 0 ward, in consequence, it is supposed, of another cart bein, near, when his foot slipped and he . fell on his back, anc being unable to recover hi mse lf, th e w h ee l o f the cart passed over - his head, and crushed it in such a dreadful manner as to produce instant death. The body was carried to the dead house. The cart was, we learn, the property of Mr. Fair dough, builder, Richmond-street. We could not obtain the name of the unfortunate deceased. METHODIST TEA- WESLEYA/, the teachers and f Ong bath Sc Just oppo feet, the carter, is of Jordan- In Frid treet Wesleyan Sab- nated their anniversary by a to of 160 of the most respectabi sisting of upward: tial friends to the and Nelson were The Revs present, the former occupying the secretary, Mr. John Renshaw, read the report, wine,' noticed increased attention on the part of the children, and determination of the teachers to devote thomselves with greater energy and increased activity to their several duties ; also, the establishment of a sick society for the benefit of the Children, under the superintendence of Mr. Wm. Harley, as secretary. The meeting was afterwards addressed very ener getically, and in some ca s e s , e l oquen tl y , b y M essrs. Farn worth, - Cross, Whittaker, Harley, Ellis, Lee, Lyon, Davies, and others. FRAUD ON A_ SHIPMASTER 7S. V ever the chair —Edward Shins appeared be fore Mr. Rushton on Saturday, and claimed £6 as the Wulance of wages due on a voyage from Quebec. The plaintiff had shipped as an ordinary - seaman at £8 per month, which he asserted was £2 per month below the current rate of wages 'at Quebec. The wa g e s per mon th out o f Li verpoo l , for ordi nary seamen, range from £1 lOs to £2 per . month. The captain refused paym en t on th e groun d that when the plain tiff got on board, he knew not the least item of a sailor's duty. He was 'set to feed the pigs, but in all other respects, he was in the way. Tile plaintiff tacitly admitted this, but, as seamen had been demanding such high wages, he seemed to think that the captain had him very cheap. As the plain tiff was not entitled to any wages, the case was dismissed. The captain had, it appeals, offered tile man £2 out of mer, commiseration, but this he refused.. The captain, at the con clusion of the case, however, very kindly paid the last-men tioned sum into the hands of Mr. Davenport, the plaintiff' 's solicitor. CORONERS' INQUESTS IN 1840.—During the last year there were 402 inquests held in Liverpool, of which 52 were on persons burnt to death, 3 accidentally choked, 23 found dead, 81 accidentally killed, 28 found drowned, 106 died by the visitation of God,ll manslaughter, 9 scalded, 10 overlaid, 8 died from want, 12 apoplexy by drinking, 4 stillborn, 7 wilful murder, 11 committed suicide, 3 by bites of dogs, 4 felo de se, 13 accidentally drowned, 5 smothered, 8 chance medley against sundry persons, and 1 want of assistance at birth. CHESTER CONSISTORY COURT.—On Thursday the Rev. Chancellor Raikes gave judgment in a case respecting the occupancy of a pew in West Derby Chapel. The promovant was John Butler, Esq., and the defendant Alexander West more, chapel warden. The promovant had purchased Greenfield-house from a gentleman of the name of Ashley, who resides at West Derby, and in right thereof had become possessed of a pew in West Derby Chapel. The last-named gentleman contended, that the pew had not passed with the purchase. He vut a lock on the door to debar the promovant from occupying it. The suit against the defendant was for perturbation of seat, as the promovant contended he was dis turbed by his connivance. A great number of witnesses had been examined on both sides. The Rev. Chancellor went through the evidence pro and con, with great minuteness, and gave judgment to the effect that the promovant was not to .be disturbed in the occupation of the said pew, and condemning the defendant in the costs of suit. Notice was given of an appeal. DARING ROBBERY OF A WAREHOUSE.—Yesterday, at th. Policii-court, a car-driver, whose name we could not learn was placed at the bar under the following charge :—Johi Fairbrother, warehouseman to Mr. Win. Colton, a wine merchant in Oldhall-street, said, that last night (Sunday) about half-past seven o'clock, he was passing through Suf folk-street, when a car backed up to Lockett's bonded ware• house door. He suspected there was something wrong and told two friends that were with him to stand still, and hi would go and see. He crossed the street toivards the car and the driver, who heard what he said to his friends, dro'vi off at a furious rate. He found the warehouse-door open and called out, " Stop the car—the warehouse has beet broken open." Ho fell over a bairof coffee at the ware. house-door, who" • He got up and callei. .f the horse's reins anc stopped him near. the corner of Pitt-street. Witness ke' hold of the door of the car. I, it trying if all was salt One of his friends got hold o about five mil : 1111es th pelice came to their assistance. One of them searched the car, and I saw him find three bags of coffee in it. We took the prisoner, who was the driver of the car, and the car, back to the warehouse. We got a light and searched the place, but found no person there. The bag I fell over appeared to have been removed from No. 1 Room, "where the bulk was kept. I gave the prisoner in charge of the police, and then left him. I saw that all' the locks of the doors had been forced. There was no persomin the car except the prisoner. —John Grahani, a custom-house officer, corroborated what the last witness had stated. He: went into the warehouse with the last witness and another, but found no one there. The custom-house lock had been wrenched off from the door of the room where the coffee was kept. The stock-lock had marks of a crowbar upon it, and he believed had been picked. Two locks in the store-room had also been wrenched off, and there were marks of violence apparetitly made with a crowbar. Three bags of coffee were found in the car. He described the marks in the bags. The prisoner was taken to Bridewell.—Henry Critchley, warehouseman to Messrs. W. and J. Lockett, said that firm rented the warehouse. On Saturday afternoon he lacked Room No. 1, and afterwards the street-door, and the custom-house officer afterwards put his padlock on. On hearing that the premises were broken into, he went there, and found the warehouse as described. Some of the locks were wrenched off, and one of them picked. He saw the three bags in the car, and there were three missing from the whole (41 bags). He knew the marks and numbers. The weight of the coffee taken is 2 cwt., 3 qrs., 6 lbs. The duty was not . paid.—The prisoner was fully committed for trial at the sessions. His accomplices (and he doubtless had some) have not yet been discovered. PARISH CHURCH OF WARRINGTON—INTERESTING DIS COVERY.—A most interesting investigation is at the present time going on in this ancient fabric. A few days ago, on taking up the floor of the chancel,. near to and beneath the altar, and digging into the earth below it, for the purpose of laying down flues for the circulation of heated air, the work men came upon the remains of a spacious apartment, the roof of which had formerly been supported and ornamented by beautiful groined arches, rising from brackets rudely sculptured with grotesque heads. At the instigation of our worthy rector, the excavation was continued, and the whole of the rubbish •removed, displaying the original size of the interior, and likewise four spacious windows, which, before the work of demolition was begun, were probably of the same rich order of architecture as those of the higher portion of the chancel. No solid flooring has been found, and there seems little doubt that the whole space was formerly occupied by a well, probably consecrated to St. Elfin, the original pa tron of the church, and much resemlling (though upon a much smaller scale) the celebrated well of St. Winifred, at Holywell, in Flihtshite, except that no terrace round. it ex isted for the use of visitors. Even now, the water springs abundantly, though not sufficiently clear to allow of ready chemical analysis. The original mode of access to it is not yet clearly ascertained, but from one corner a winding stone staircase in the interior of a buttress on the north side of the chancel, the existence of which has been known .for some time, leads upwards to an opening in the wall, at the point where the pulpit formerly stood, immediately over the pre sent rails of the altar. The dimensions of the apartment are twenty-one feet in length by eleven feet in breadth, and the height, from the highest part of the roof to what appease to have been the level of the water, is also 11 feet. The period at which the work of havoc took place will probably ever remain a mystery, but it is most likely to have been the result of that excited feeling which, at the period of the Re formation, overthrew every object, however sacred, which bore the least resemblance to a relic of popery ; and, in doing so, resorted to measures of rapine and violence, which the admirer of antiquities has in an especial degree often had reason to deprecate and deplore. The manner in which the filling up of the apartment has been effected, appears to have been by breaking in, in the first instance, the arched roof, and mullions of the windows, covering these to the level of the floor of the chancel with earth taken from the church yard. This is obvious from the number of human bones confusedly mixed throughout the whole, with one exception, where portions `of an entire skeleton were dug out from a great depth, and found to be imbedded in lime, without any traces of a coffin. This would seem to indicate that the in dividual, whose mouldering remains have thus again been brought to light, after the lapse of ages, had either died of some prevailing pestilential disorder, or suffered the se vere penalty of the law. It i s probable, rewise, that he belonged to the ecclesiastical order, for to these alone was the privilege reserved of interment within the precincts of the chancel. An inspection of the spot, even in its present dilapidated condition, will amply repay any one whom curiosity may induCe to visit it ; and as the flooring of the chancel must necessarily be replaced in a short time, no better opportunity than the present can possibly present itself for the purpose. It is but due justice to mention, that the work of excavation has been greatly expedited by the public spirit of William Alcard, Esq., who liberally furnished a supply of the men in his employ on the railroad, to aid the workmen previously engaged in the task. The rector, Mr. Powys, has expressed himself as warmly desirous that an attempt should-be made to restore all or part of the ruin to its former condition, which is practicable at a comparatively light expense. As the edifice is perfectly unique of its kind, in this part of the country, it is to be hoped that this praiseworthy desire will meet with many supporters ; and if we may take the pleasing result of our last exhibition as an illustration of what the personal exertions of a few zealous individuals can effect, we cherish the hope that our ancient town will, ere long, num ber this amongst the many other attractions which it already possesses, in the shape of relics of the olde n ti me. —M an- Mester &trier MARCHMONT PEERAGE.—The claim of Captain Sir F. D. Home, Bart., to this peerage, which has occupied much of the time of the Committee of Privileges during the last three sessions of parliament, and which has already received nine lengthened hearings of their lordships' house, will, we understand, come under the final review of the Lord Chan cellor for decision, immediately after the meeting of parlia ment. Sir Francis, now in his 54th year, is one of the cam paigners under the gallant Moore; was - close by the person of the hero when he received his death-wound in the hard fought field of Corunna, and was afterwards in many of the principal actions of the war. lie unites in his person the representation in the male line of the ancient and distin guished border farniles of Home of Wedderburn, and Home of Polwarth or Marchmont. We understand that Lord Brabason, one of the members for the county of Dublin, and the lion. Grantley Berkeley, one of the members for the western division of Gloucester shire, will move and second the address of the House of Commons to her majesty, on the speech from the throne, at the opening of the ensuing session of parliament.—Minis terial paper. SINGULAR BAPTISMAL NAMES.—Jonathan Collins, cot ton spinner, at Heywood, has lately caused four of his chil dren to be're-christened in the following names, at St. Luke's Chapel, Heywood :—First, John Jonathan George ; second, Martha Maria Hannah Victoria ; third, Sergeant Hall Oliver Cromwell; fourth, Catnereska Albert Napoleon Louis the Twelfth. REPLY OF DR. BUCK TO THE CHARGES PR FERRED AGAINST HIM BY CAPT. WILLIAMS, (Continued ff our last.) prison school, without due I; ;e from previous animation of th trary to f indiscreetly Lip! and Wheth lied the word, . . female prisoner on the same occasion. The entry in my journal thus reads :—" Visited the early this morning for the purpose of examining the boy girls in the schools in their understanding of what they " The six senior girls I called up in the first instance. read three verses between them with some difficulty. answering. questions they had not the least notion. On, refused either to - read or speak, evidently upon bigoted pr.. ciple. I had every possible muse to be dissatisfied with ti state of. the school, where it is evident the children do m know the meaning of_one word they read." After considerin , the heavy charge —M y -__ you have already heard, and read the entry which gavt birth—l confess I feel something like difficulty in addressin you in reply to the accusation of having female school, of having spoken of the Progress contrary to the fact, and fif having improperly and indiscreet applied the words " bigoted principle' to a female prisoner. My talents as an examiner in the .mere reading of threw . Testament, my reflecting on the low ,tate of education in the school, my saying that one girl had violently acted on bigoted principle in refusing to read from the scriptures, to me, a clergyman, —are subjects which I really know not how to answer. T' -inely contemptible, (I would nr answer to wly .e:ilected on th verses from the Nev :here is something so ex the term ifq coul findanother which would expr my feelings as well,) tl. and in amazement that so mar gentlemen slioult: ias told you that I took up six girls She tells .you she did notinarm me they were not of the same class. She gave me no information to digpel from my mind the fair and honest belief that they were her six best scholars. She tell ieveral qu s you I tried them in readlng, that I asked them [estions which were hard—she tells you she was ashamed of their reading - and of their answering, that they were very had. Take her evidence in her own - words—" They read very awkwardly, they. Were confused. Ile (the chaplain) put a few questions. One girl answered .very well, the others did not. I was ashamed of.thein. I told them to speak up and answer, for . l know they could. They were very had. 11 agrees With . my eoniplamt —she did read; and when Dr Dr. Bud une ma not refuse to Buck asked her to read again she 1 n cryin, said he would report me for refusing to answer. the girl who cried. The one who read and afterwards cries was a catholic." This wi Thns she says that one girl, instead of reading, began to cry, that I threatened to report her for her refusal,—and it came out after some time, that this girl who cried, who in Mrs. Norris's opinion could have read if she would, was a Roman Catholic. Bigotry alone could, therefore, ,igave been the motive of her refusal She could answ she would but she would not, even when threatened to be reported. Mrs. Norris became acquainted with my complaint of the school on the 12th of July, for I told her at the time that I would make an entry. The master of the South Corporation School examined the school ten weeks afterwards, and re ported on the whole favourably of it. Observe, there is no proof whatever that the same six girls I examined were sub jected to his examination ; arid, indeed, it is very unlikely that the same six girls should be in it; but passing by that important consideration—when girls were absolutely ignorant ten weeks before the time h examined them, he might fairly have expected to find then as much advanced as they appeared to be at the time of hi visit, he said at once they might under such circumstance be more advanced than he found them to be. " Did you find the children answer well? " The girls in the highest class answered very well. " Did they manifest any difficulty in answering you ? by me whether if t Some of them did. Did they, seem put out by it ? Some of them. girls, had the others very little notio. or answering a Question? " Very little, except one in the second. class. " Did they read tolerably well ? " Four girls read well, the others did not. " Did you ascertain the time they had been in prison ? " Yes. " And what acquirements they possessed when coming into prison? Yes_ " Making allowance for what was. the general state of the school ? • " I did not find it in the state I expected, owing to the strict discipline to which th e p u pil s are su bj ec t. I expected they would exhibit more general knowledge than they (lid. It seemed to be a more mechanical than intellectual system. " Do the defects apply to the system ?" " Yes ; and it seemed to me that the female had not been accustomed to teaching and communicating general know • ledge," " Do you think, from what you saw of the first class, if they had ten 'weeks before known nothing, that if. they had been well drilled for ten w ee k s they .wouldhave answered as well as they did." Yes ; if they had been well drilled in the first class they might have answered better." " Do you consider our schoolmistress well-talented as a dame schoolmistress ?" "' I have no doubt she is, and capable of explaining the meaning of words." " From what you saw, do you think th e y un d ers t oo d the meaning of words?" " I found they understood the meaning of words ; but c. the tneaninq qf what they were reading I:/bund them very deficient." - - Now I apprehend 'that no refutation of so miserable a charge as this could be more complete. Its nothingness causes the only difficulty of meeting it. It is too unsub stantial, too insignificant, to be seriously dealt with. If Captain Williams were to speak tcs the majority of the members of the corporation of Liverpool, or justices of the borough, as to Dr. Buck's capability of judging, at even a first visit, whether twenty girls in a prison could read and understand what they read, they would smile at him, and say, we thought Dr. Buck quite competent, at the close of the year 1837, to examine the whole of the North Corpora tion School, consisting of about 800 children, in a very short time ; we believe his report of that school was a correct one, and that at that period we certainly deemed .him a good and useful witness. You have, gentlemen, I apprehend, heard quite sufficient of this charge. I will only, in conclusion, say, that where the idea was picked up of my having reported on the comparative pro !yen of the pupils, I know not—certainly not from_ my jour nal. If any complai n t i s sugges t e d o f t h e chaplain's not being a teacher of that school, or a weekly examiner, it should have been openly made ; and I should in reply have put in all those parts of my journal which shew that I have con stantly claimed that superintendance, but ineffectually. I should also have put in the act. of amnesty, indemnity, and acquittal of blame, sent by the magistrates to government, before alluded to. • The school, however, is not quite deserted, for Miss Davies says—" I never examined the school much myself. I have heard them answer questions pretty well. I select 'the chil dren for the school. Ido not think it necessary to take Dr. Buck's advice upon it." She was, therefore, partly superin tendant, examiner, and directrix. Mr. Bacheldor, it ap pears, had more to do with it; hence the schoolmistress says —" When .Mr.. Bacheldor visited the schools, up to the time that Dr. Buck took the management, he used to select the parts of Scripture for the girls to read, and to examine them '—a greater exercise of power than the chaplain was allowed in .any part of the prison. I pass on to the seventh charge._ THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS WAS DELIVERED AT THE COM MENCEMENT OF THE SECOND DAY OF MY DEFENCE : Gentlemen—l appear before 'you this .morning, with very different feelings from those which yesterday at this time nearly pressed me to the earth. I was labouring utEer sus picion of uttering wilful falsehood, of purposely deceiving you by entries made in my journal, &c. These impressions, so far as my defence has proceeded, I now feel you have banished from your minds ; that in looking towards me you believe you are beholding a man of truth, who has scattered much misrepresentation, and who you hope will disperse every other imputation to the winds. • . There is, gentlemen, and it is the cause of all the happi ness we know, a glorious superintending Providence, watch ing over and directing the most minute events. I have felt this ; I have realized it ; and would be .most .thankful. I have had unwonted health during the preparation of my de fence; my mind has been. preserved in comparative calm; so that I have been able to sift, with some measure of suc cess, the voluminous evidence taken in these proceedings. I had strength on the first day, although affected as to the lungs, to speak without difficulty or exhaustion for hours ; I had your most patient and kind attention ; and I am spared to meet you this morning to complete my defence. I ascribe it to the good providence of a gracious God, whose I am, and whom I serve, in the ministry of his Son, that certain - documents, tending materially to make my case more clear, .especially in -relation to the sixth charge, and bearing powerfully on the first, have been brought to my remembrance. From daily records of duty performed, or, as I should rather say, of circumstances arising out of the per formance of those duties,' w r itt en day . y day, as reflections rose, and thus admitting of no after-insertions, I select the following May 27th, 1839.—Preached yesterday twice on the Prod. gal Son ; the congregation exceedingly attentive, and a very general burst of weeping and sorrow discernible. To my utter astonishment, Mr. Batcheldor made known to me to-day, that forty persons had been reported to him for inattention and ill conduct in the afternoon service. As I - well knew that this•conanot be true, without ha v i ng seen some symptoms of the ill conduct, I expressed my hope that he had discharged the complaints as ill founded. He in- Armed me that he had already punished the whole by loss of food. Thefact is the people were affected to tears—many sobbec' aloud; the beads of some were brought down, and in sow( cases the hand was lifted to the eyes to wipe away the tear but, alas ! being prisoners, they have been punished ! and the chaplain has no magistrate to whom to disclose the case with any hope that his representation may be of the slightest use in hindering a recurrence of such cruelty. May 29th, 1839.—Three turnkeys were employed yesterday (some one of them) to take off in writing my daily sermon. No doubt with a hope of doing me some mischief. Thus, espionage freely allowed in this prison, will go to the extent of neglecting the care of prisoners, in hope of finding some ground of accusation against the chaplain. To these entries, gentlenien, as expressive of my feelings at the time, as tend ing to clear up much that might yet be in doubt, as shewing that the turnkeys went to the chapel prepared to take notes, (the remarkable text giving them a handle, font is. not their practice to be occupied in chapel with writing,) and that this was done as part of a scheme then devised for my future overthrow. To these entries, I say, I beg to call your par ticular attention. That I had ground for saying in my pamphlet, that men by your rules and regulations were sub jected to punishment, and were actually punished for lifting their hands to wipe away a tear, all are to my mind clearly established by these entries, which, happily for me, were made at the time, and which, as happily for my defence, have been brought to remembrance since I was with you yesterday. EIGHTH ,CHARGE _ . ' Whether the chaplain performs the ' appointed service' on the Sabbath as appointed by the Gaol Act : or if the ap pointed service is mutilated, or parts only read : the name of Prince Albert irregularly, and without authority intro duced into the Litany : and the reading of evening prayers delegated to the schoolmaster." As upon this charge I shall certainly have to explain my conduct to the Bishop of Chester, you will probably agree with me, I need not occupy much of your time in its consi deration.. _ There can be no doubt that a division has been made in the' unday morning services—that I have officiated without a surplice—that I have prayed for Prince Albert—that I have allowed a layman to read p ra y ers f or me, nay, on two or three occasions, also allowed him to read my manuscript ser mons in the chapel of the prison. Theserious part of this charge, so far as the justices will think it right to interfere, I consider to be—has the chaplain w ilf u lly, knowingly, and by false statements in his journal, deceived the magistrates into the opinion, that the chaplain had permission of the Diocesan to divide the usual Sunday morning service into parts ; he not having obtained that per- * She had now been nearly three years over the femalt prison school. FI CHA ally and deliberately entering a gross and in his journal, for the purposes of decep- to c%ll e testimc ch I laid Navine ider whom I had serrerl t, ,nn fourteen years; certified, to the integrity and excellent of my character. Many of the most talented and distin guished scholars of the University of Cambridge, from an n acounintance with me of many years duration, told you their Luvugnis m me : that I was wnat every clergyman should be. These testimonials, blended possibly with the knowledge that I had rendered useful assistance, in a truly good, and as I still think a glorious cause, in this town ; led to my unhappy appointment, for, as it regards 'personal feelings, from the moment of my becoming your chaplain, I have experienced misery in an overflowing cup. Passing from these painful reflections, I assert, that I became chaplain of the Borough Prison, with a cha►:acter certified to, by the worthy-4y those vho could not have deceived you. I was as far as human ht man and one that eschewed opinim can reach, an uprig uieteen days after this period, I mad( „a 1 • the following en- try into my Sunday, --- J , • et) 27 th , 183S.—Morning subject of address— , Luke x. 5-9. Went" through most parts of the prison and went early to, meet the Bishop of Chester by appoint inent. Having licensed me.to the chaplaincy, I took his ad which he thought Insidering the class'es with his sanction, I I charg s into two parts—to portion on ow ea' ust have believed I was recording a plair after a life of honour, of unsullied integrity, in a single mo y assignable motive, have penned an lie prelude to a life of intended decep ...., any moment—which was certain the day actor of prisons arrived, to be detected; and all the . of an honourable life be then blasted at one fell swoop. a must believe all this if you think that I designedly made .alse entry ; if without evil design—but under an erroneous apression—you will not ascribe guilt to me on this charge. Now for the factS of the case. I called on the Bishop of Chester, in Rodney-street, and explained to him fully the 'tore of my congregation, its mixed quality as it regarded -ions opinions, thc provisions the law had made for the -- 1. presented to hint a copy of the prayers use—and published at you?' MI the evils of a low-, ment, and without weelf -day prayers. , lready selected by me for daily use--, order chapel; e 1 brougi service in as to n►ovements or rile may ; and asked his permission to divide the Sunday morning service into parts, on account of its extreme length; his reply was, if there be any place where such a change can be allowable, it is your prison. You have my free permis sion to do what you think will be best for the real welfare of the prisoners.; I will not interfere with -_you ; you know rn than I do; you have my permission as far of d pr as 1 caw I am perfectly confident that the bishop, who will of course see this statement, will acknowledge that it is perfectly true. I am aware that the bishop, by letter, states his belief that he only assented to the change on the week days. Now remember, the compiled service of the week-days is expressly sanctioned by law. .I could not have asked him for leave to do that which was already in my power—which I had already done with your sanction. My conversation with him must have been on the Sunday is my journal states ; for you will it is called, ever took place in the that of the morning, which in of three distinct parts, used morning service aloa find that no mutilatioi afternoon service. Si Tcities at in the u _eparam times. This will however have to be settled between - the bishop Did me. Did I believe have been 113 V oat I had his permission That must 111 ow me to read the fol ming entries, in proof, from my journal, which you know s a book open to the inspection of all officers of the prison, of all magistrates of the government inspector. " February 13, IS3B.—New selection of prayers in use this morning." —Left early to meet the Bishop of Having licensed me to the chap to the Sunday Church Services, judiciously be shortened, which he thought might mom considering tue classes or persons under my pastoral charge. With his sanction, I determined to divide the - morning ser one part on one Sunday, and the vices into two parts ; to u! remaining portion on the next " Marjl; 11, 1838.-1 Services with the Psalms Read the Litany and Communion If " March 13, MS.—Explained fully to the magistrates assembled this day, the nature of the Sunday duties, as per formed by me i n th e p r i son , was gratified to hear from the town-clerk that all was done in accordance with the acts of parliament on the subject, and that the committee was satis fied with my plans." " March'2, 1838, Psalms." Litany and Communion Services with Extract from quarterly report, 16th April, 1838.—" On Sundays the usual services of the Church of England, and two sermons have been regularly delivered. The morning prayers have, however, been divided into two parts ; the common service being used on one Sunday, the Litany and Communion Services on the following, by which separation the time has been reduced to one hour and a half, and the attention of the auditory more fully commanded." The first four paragraphs of this report explaining the whole services performed, and the extra duty amongst the debtors, will, I think, be deemed very important by the justices. " April 22, 183 —The Litany and Communion Services " May 1 Le Litany and Communic tr vices Now, Gei . ttlemen, consider how explicit my declaration was in my hich the inspector certainly _ . read; at length, in my presence, when here two years since, as the inspection of the last paragraph in that report will convince him. I, having previously, as appears 'from my entry, March 13th, carefully explained to the unigistrates my plans, and received the town-clerk's legal opinion in my - favour. torwat tion of my constant from these reports quarterly made to you, on prepare your own report to government), and were as likely to make the circumstances there avowed, a part of the subject matter of your address as any other entry of mine. Can this straight forward declaration, with all the above entries ; the book containing which was in the inspec tor's possession for his perusal for several days, at his former visit, be consistent with falsehood on my part, as it regards the bishop's permission ; purposed deception, as it regards the magistrates ; intended concealment from the inspector, of a practice—a practice known to be illegal? Draw, gentlemen, your own conclusions on this point. I demand your honourable acquittal, whatevemyou may think of other parts of my defence. Before I speak to that point of the charge which relates to mutilation of the service, and omissions of certain parts, I wish to call your attention to that which respects the em ployment of the schoolmaster. That the schoolmaster had, on imny occasions, officiated for me, on the Sundays, (as he or the governor, or any turn key in the prison, at my request, is allowed to do, by the gaol act, certainly on six days of the week, and if proper then, I confess that I can see no difference on the remaining day ;)* that the schoolmaster, I say, had on many occasions officiated for me on the Sundays, with the full knowledge (and, as I therefore concluded, with the fullest sanction) of the visiting justices, the fact being over and over again brought distinctly before' them cannot be doubted. I refer you to the following entries from the governor's journal : " Sunday, Feb. 3,1839.—1 n consequence of the severe illness of Mrs..puck, Mr. Ramsden officiated in the chapel this afternoon " Monday, July 2,1838.—1 n consequence of the works now going on being so close to the female wards and chapel, morning service on the week days has been dispensed with. Service on Sundays' continues as usual, the chaplain being assisted by the sehoolma'ster." • " Sunday, Feb. 21, 1839.—1 n consequence of the danger ous state of the lady of the rev. the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Crawford officiated in the forenoon. Mr. Ramsden, school master, read prayers in the afternoon." " Sunday, Aug. 4, 1839.—Aftern o o n serv i ce performed by the schoolmaster, the c haplain having been requested to attend at the chapel of the Workhou se . , ' " Sunday, Aug. W.—ln consequence of the severe weather this afternoon, the chaplain did not come down. The school master attended. I placed the whole of the prisoners in their several day houses, under the charge of a turnkey in each, and supplied them with proper books." " Sunday, Oct. 20, 1839.—The chaplain being absent to day, owing to indisposition from an attack of rheumatism, the schoolmaster read the service, also a lecture both morn ing and afternoon." , Sunday, Sept. 13, 1 839. —The chaplain being still absent from ill-health, morning and afternoon services performed by the schoolmaster." You know that these entries, after being carefully and distinctly read, and diligently inquired into, are signed each week, by the chairman of the committee of justices meeting at the gaol. Now, to the same effect, I beg your attention to the fol lowing entries from my journal, similarly attested :- 11 May 27th, 1838.—The schoolmaster officiated for me in the afternoon, I having a severe cold." " February 3d, 1839.—0 n account of illness in my family, did not attend in the afternoon. The schoolmaster officiated for me." • " February 10th, 1839.—Mr. Ramsden officiated for me in the afternoon, on account of illness in my family." " October 17th, 1839.—Visited through the prison." " October 25th, 1839.—Since my last attendance I have been confined to my house by rheumatism in the knee joints, and am even as yet scarcely able to walk. The chapel ser vice bas - becn regularly performed during my absence by Mr. Ramsden." " November 10th, 1839.—From extreme debility the chap lain was not able to attend in the , afternoon ; the usual duties were therefore. performed by the schoolmaster." " April 12th, 1840.—Mr. Ramsdell officiated for me in the afternoon, in consequence of extreme debility." " September 14th, 1840.—0 n arriving at my house on Friday, I was, through sudden illness, obliged to take to my bed, and continued so poorly during Saturday and Sunday, that I could not leave my room. Mr. Ramsden was supplied by me with two manuscript sermons, which he read yester day, conducting the remaining part of the Sunday duties in the usual manner. Although I felt a duty, being able to leave my room, to be in prison this day, it is still quite out of my power to officiate in the chapel; Mr. Ramsden took this duty therefore for me." • These extracts show that the occasional employment of the schoolmaster in •the Sunday duties was well known to the There was no deception, no concealment, on magistrates But it will be objected, that conceding that, in the above instances, the justices were aware that the schoolmaster offi ciated, that does not meet the case sworn to, that during the six months last past the schoolmaster has always, or most usually (for that is the real truth), read the prayers on Sun day afternoon, and that Dr. Buck has only attended just in time to take the sermon, with the usual extemporaneous prayer and Lord's prayer preceding the sermon. Learn from the eviderie already before you, and from that medical •testimony which I shall produce, one cause of this dereliction : the second being my inability, from poverty, to 'pay for regular clerical aid : the third, that as the law allows lay aid in clerical duties, within a prison, in express words, I did not know that I was offending; and the fourth. that neither the governor nor I thought the matter of any such importance as to give place to the record of the fact •in our journals, where every thing of importance mu s t fi n d an en- The following evidence, as to the state of my health, I have collected by a hasty and hurried reading of the many sheets upon which I have had to comment : " I believe that Dr. Buck's health has been so weak, that the employment of the schoolmaster has been in'consequence of it. ' I have seen him so bad that he was scarcely fit to go into the pulpit. I h ave an opportunity of knowing whether Dr. Buck performs his duty ill or well. I should not apply the word ' skulking' to any part of his conduct. I do not * 4 Geo. IV., cap. 64. " Prayers, to be selected from the Liturgy of the Church of England, by the chaplain, shall be read at least every morning, by the chaplain, the keeper, or by some other person, as by the rules and regulations shall be directed ; and portions of the Scriptures shall be read to the prisoners, when assembled for instruction, by the chap lain, or by such person as he may appoint or authorise." 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