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imptrial aritairtrnt., lIDS.-MONDAY ere forwarded a stage eeded to call the attention of their the distress prevailing throughout deplorable picture of the sufferings he manufacturing districts—suffer ed one to contemplate, and which were it not that he felt it a . AU these suf- Jst exemplary patience; and which raised the poor sufferers ' , less towards each other—even before the house )rne with a but a shade less miserable j ea " vo iired to aid. It was to be remem- had no share in making the governed. They had not even a ive, and this entitled them to be the I. In tracing the causes of the dis listress was owing to bad harvests ; e, for in 1829, 1830, and 1831 we es higher, without any such dis noble lord then adverted to the distress of the people had been at ' e currency, &c., and con- ring pe possible to ascribe it to such causes. to what he conceived to be the causes, st be looked for in the state of our Itimated that he had little fear of foreign ur manufacturers if Government by its ke part with the foreigner against the lt once detected in this state of our sufficient cause for the distress, but •sion for the future. A petition !(.1, and which prayed their ice of the causes of the distress, ema , were prepared to prove that the most finery, when to be sold, could only be , unless at a tremendous sacrifice in ,tances amounting to one•third of the o prepared to show that the more skil our factories were emigrating, and that !en entrust of the capitalists themselves were He knew himself several individu- us who would not continue in this country tion should take place in the corn laws. red to show that orders now about to be ountries would be given to this country if corn laws was altered, and that the trade, had gone abroad, would return to this Mile men were ready to prove that the mo ips would display a disposition to recon they would give the orders which otherwise oreign countries. The noble lord then s country did away with the prohibitory it would be impossible for America, u Europe, to avoid following its exam granted of course all distress and proposals for its idered, and evidence beard upon them, one of those remedies never would t inquiry were the admission of slave• grown sugar. 1 by moving that it be referred to a der of the distresses of the country. d it was impossible that such an in :isfactory result. The object of etitioners also was neither more corn laws; and he regretted to I of the uss this question over again: Unless mode of relieving the distress could be 3 committee would only give rise to ex ultimately end in disappointment, xisting evil. The noble lord then t a repeal of the corn law would not alleged in promoting the activity of t it would be a great misfor )f the country, the agricultural Luring, were to be again placed in collision, I be if this committee were granted. would be highly inexpedient to felt it his duty to oppose the motion He Cu nded that the corn laws were not the ind the inquiry, if granted, must be E cont, IRD supported the motion s of CLANRICARDE contended that none of the ed by Lord Brougham had been answered by ~ LBOURNE said there was no use in attempt the deplorable state of the country, which t degree afflicting and alarming. Admitting measures to be devised should not be of ter, but should be such as to meet the must say that, considering the whole that it could serve any good purpose r RADNOR supported the motion. RNCLIFFE thought that any interference with vould only aggravate the distress ; and he must orn law had not had a fair trial, and should be than the short period of eight weeks to test its 1 replied at considerable length ; after s divided, and the motion was negatived 1 to 14 en adjourned OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. gave notice, that on going into com. ald move that it be an instruction to t the supplies not yet voted for a v, with the epceptioedf the sup- Ha, and China. ,AHAM, in a reply to a question from Mr. le had received a verbal communication ssioners to inquire into the condition of to the effect that they would very nake a second report. He also said, that it was not the intention to bring in any bill this session for the pur- the Fat that he would this day move for I to provide more effectually for the in a b' [AM of the EXCHEQUER postponed the 3n Bill until Friday, and would then state proceed with or abandon it. :..omplained of a breach of faith committed -it, in passing the Municipal Corporations wo o'clock on Saturday morning. id he did not know that the bill had passed, certain that there was no intention on the 3 do anything unfair or adverse to that had been given. LNCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to a -em Mr. Hume, said that since the last time the er had mentioned the subject, the Mint had ss than £210,000 in silver money, and were still upply the deficiency. L, In mov i n g that the house should resolve con `ee of supply, adverted to Lord Pal louncement that the present government had uckland to continue in the government of In ,e noble lord's in inference therefrom that the d Auckland's policy in Affghanistan was ap the present government. Against this infer .sted, and he must say it was hardly fair of th e 'imake the use he had done of a private letter. Peel) never recollected being a party to any Lord Auckland, nor could he find any official the assertion. He knew that um the letter was said to have eu to Lord Auckland, entertained the highest ----,hleman, and in a spirit of high-minded Ave written a letter to him expressive of ect stated, bur were it so he must say the of justified in making the use he had done .nmunication from one noble lord to another. ERSTON would at once withdraw his inference . if the letter of Lord Ellenborough was written sanction of his colleagues. WICK said he had personal cognizance of the cry pressing letter had been written to Lord y Lord Ellenborough. .0 said it was not competent for the noble lord to n such a letter without the sanction of the direc- East India Company. )13frousE said, not a word in the shape of dis- Lord Auckland's policy had been heard of until irrived of the disasters in Affghanistan. Indeed, Inge, the directors of the East India Company nd the government in approving of that policy. ad been said, however, it was gratifying to find - oved of by a man so capable of judging of I for that n reply to Mr. Hume, said it was impossible government, as to the period of pro could be known to the public, for it upplies should be granted before the uld come to any decision upon the subject. *nto committee of supply, an amendment, that the house f into a committee to consider the best corn laws. He grounded the necessity upon the failure of the recent corn , and upon the distressed state of the such as to demand a supply of cheap N contended that a repeal of the corn laws whole system of our manufacturing industry as to the total repeal of the Ad he had advocated a fixed duty, as us to agriculturists and manufacturers ; ndition of the country induced him now 1 repeal of the corn law. 'led the house against allowing the corn ached until it was compelled to take it up ps, of public excitement, and even tumult. 1T would not admit that a repeal of the corn s cautio ate the distress. Ile was confident matters as soon as parliament was prorogued and an s talkie LEY contended the high price fthe distress. of food was the said the c orn l aw was ma i n t a i ne d n ot for the rich but for the sake of the poor. rhe t e gretted that the motion had been brought Pd. ho ught the su bj ect h a d b een a l rea d y suffi- RAPIER aid, the speech of Sir C. Napier was a manly mßeyntobnediatheenasions which were constantly without intending benches were pre ; anything likelangfai, the corn law recently wheat harvest ;1 r a t d rial. It was begin the; and he believed if thecommenced ; wheat profittl speculators were he purpose of ng by the Is. duty, ually discover mistakeinthpeaitrma by the loss id it. lie sy convinced that a appily prevailed; and if deeply with the of the corn law would productive of It ie would at once conced e it. was to be ver, that the alteration of the tariff had - ry stagnation of trade, of course addin g vhich, he trusted, would now pass away. ii Portugal the intelligence that thecorn_ t country had been signed, from which it results. The right hon. baronet the correctness, in the ab trade, but contended that [stily applied in a country had grown up. lie only •es of the government, and ribute to restore the coun st the first to propose peechof the :iad hit( ) great confidence and thought it was that the distress was to be a* nt had ;one a certain • • principles in its legislation, but in s o I nearly every thing they had p rey ': riff was good, but ;t was not new It it was not new ; while the income not good. He should move an hon. member for Wolverhampton the effect, not of asserting the repeal that the house, instead of going into lye itself into a committee to consider had passed during the present session. at considerable length in support of ding that the utmost quantity of land ould be thrown out of cultivation by a repeal of the ws would be about 2 ,000,000 of acres; and it would md, but it v be better at once ►o place this quantity upon the coilsoiidated fund, and get rid of this odious law. The aristocracy of England was the most privileged class in the world. They had the colonies, and the army, and the navy, and the church to themselves, and having all these, they ought to blush to tight over the poor man's slice of bread. He believed they well knew that this law could not be maintained. They might kill Sir R. Peel ss they had killed Mr. Canning. because he was endeavouring to legislate beneficially for the people, but it was in vain for them to hope to preserve this law. Mr. GRIMSDITCH opposed the motion, and contended that the distress was to be attributed mainly to the increase of machinery. Lord fiONVICK disliked as a general rule such interference with the supplies as the motion before the house occasioned, and he also thought it was going too far to call for a sweep ing repeal of a law which had been so much discussed, and so recently agreed to by the legislature. He could not, therefore, support the motion of fir. Villiers, and he thought that it would suffer much from the manner in which it had been brought forward, as an amendment on going into a committee of supply. Sir J. HANMER said, as the representative of a great com mercial community, he felt himself called upon to turn his attention to the subject of the corn laws, and he felt bound to say that his opinions had undergone a change, and he should vote for the motion of Mr. Villiers, as a means of in dicating his opinion, which was not for total repeal, but for the imposition of a moderate fixed duty. The house then divided, and Mr. Villiers' motion was de feated by a majority of 231 to 117. The house then resolved itself into a committee of supply, and a vote on account of the expenses of the China war was agreed to, as was also the vote for Canada. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Several bills were brought up from the House of Com mons, and were severally read a first time. Several bills on the table were forwarded a stage. Some petitions were presented against portions of the Mines and Colliers Bill. _ _ Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition signed by 1,600 persons, educated in classes at Exeter Hall in singing, writing, arithmetic, and linear drawing, praying for assist ance to enable the system to be carried out. He took that opportunity of saying that the grant of £30,000 for the pur pose of education in a country like this was altogether in sufficient. _ _ _ The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was glad that the present government was prepared to follow up and extend the prin ciple of proposing public grants for the purposes of education. Lord BROUGHAM also expressed his gratification. The petition was then laid on the table. The Loan CHANCELLOR postponed the bankruptcy and other law bills from Thursday until Monday. Adjourned. 1 not t otectec HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY - - Sir. R. PEEL moved, pursuant to notice, for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the better protection of her Majesty's person, and in doing so observed that he did not propose by the bill to create any new treasons, nor did he propose any additional undue severity of punishment, for he thought a remedy might be found without those aids. He first pro posed to do away with all those useless solemnities of the law in cases of high treason, which were only capable to feed the vanity of the miscreants who were tempted to commit crimes of this description by the false dignity with which they ima gined themselves temporarily invested. He proposed that in the case of such offences as those which had recently been committed, of endangering the life, or, at all events, disturb ing the tranquillity of her Majesty, the criminals should be tried in the ordinary way. He also proposed that after the passing of the act, any person who should present a gun, pistol, or any other fire-arm, even though unloaded, or who should strike, or attempt to s t r ik e , or throw any missile of any kind, with intent to injure the person or to alarm her Majesty, such person should be liable to the same punish ment as was inflicted for larceny; and it should be in the discretion of the judge to imprison the criminal, and to sub ject him to personal chastisement. This, he thought, would deprive the offender of the false dignity which attached itself under present circumstances to his trial, and would, he be lieved, materially tend to the security and tranquillity of her Majesty. Lord J. RUSSELL seconded the motion, and the bill was brought in, read a first and second time, and ordered to be committed this day. On the order oethe day for going into committee on the poor law bill, Mr. T. MiNcomßE asked if it could really be the intention of the government to proceed with the bill now that the commission was so near its termination. Sir J. GRAHAM said the bill was one of great importance, and he felt bound to ascertain the sense of the house respect ing it. After some discussion, Sir R. PEEL said he confessed that the government was placed in considerable difficulty upon the subject, but he thought the best course would be for the house to decide whether the commission should be allowed to continue for five years. After some further conversation, Sir J. GRAHAM recommended that the house should dis cuss the question as to the continuance of the commission. Mr. O'CoNNELL, however, and other hon. members, re quested the government to bring in a temporary bill, and to bring forward, early in the next session, a general measure. Sir J. GRAHAM said he considered the continuance of the commission for five years essential, upon which he must ask the decision of the house. With respect to the other por tions of the bill, he was disposed as far as possible to meet the wishes of the house. The house then went into committee. On the clause for continuing the commission for five Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved, as an amendment, that it should be continued only for one year. Mr. FERRAND seconded the motion, and once more en tered upon a vindication of the guardians of the Keighley union. Sir C. NAPIEI contended that there were gross abuses in the Keighly union. Aftersoi - ne observations from Mr. HARDY, Mr. AGLI ONBY, and Mr. LIDDELL, Mr. HAWES expressed his regret government did not in tend to press the whole bill during the present session. Mr. C. WOOD argued in support of the continuance of the commission for five years, and expressed his opinion that it ousht to be permanent. _ _ Lord SANDON contended that when such enormous power was entrusted to the commissioners, the only security for the proper exercise of that power was by subjecting it to a pretty constant revision by parliament. Sir J. GRAHAM said that there could not be a greater mistake than to suppose that the power exercised by the com missioners was irresponsible, for they were responsible to the ministers of the crown, and in fact there never was a power exercised in this country so jealously watched or subjected to such a rigid supervision as that of the commissioners. The right honourable baronet argued at considerable length against many of the objections urged against the bill. After some observations from Sir B. HALL, Mr. TROTTER supported the bill. He had sent a copy of the bill to every union in Kent and Surrey, and not having received any communication in reply, he assumed they were satisfied with the bill, which he should, therefore, support. Mr. BUCK supported the amendment, grounding his oppo sition to the bill chiefly on his disapproval of the conduct of the poor law commissioners. Captain PECHELL spoke at considerable length in support of the amendment. After some observations from Mr. AGLIONBY and Mr. DARBY, Mr. KEMBLE said he had heard no argument in favour of the continuance of the commission for five years, which would not be equally forcible for its permanency. It was an arbitrary and unconstitutional power to repose in any body whatsoever, and he should therefore vote for the limitation of the period to one year, believing that if the power were granted for five years, they might make up their minds that it would be imposed upon the country for ever. He would prefer if the amendment had been for three years, but he would, at all events, support it in preference to five years. Mr. I‘luyrz feared that the system of the present law was not to relieve those who ought to be relieved, but to prevent those who ought to be relieved from obtaining any assistance. He protested against the law altogether. After a few words from Mr. LAWSON, the committee divided, and Mr. S. C raw f or d's amendment was d e f ea t e d b y a majopty of 164 to 92. On the motion that the clause should stand part of the bill, Colonel SIBTEORP objected to the existence of the com mission at all, and therefore moved that the clause be struck out. Lord WORSLEY supported the clause. General JOHNSON moved that the chairman should report progress, upon which the committee again divided, and the motion was defeated by a majority of 178 to 16. Mr. FIELDEN then moved that the chairman should leave the chair. Sir R. PEEL said it was advisable to retain the power of moving continual adjournments it was most desirable that it should not be abused. Lord PALMERSTON also expressed a hope that the public business might not be thus obstructed. Several hon. members censured the course pursued by the hon. member for Oldham as factious. Mr. WARD, Mr. AGLIONBY, and others, begged of Mr Fielden to withdraw his amendment. After a short discussion, Mr. FIELDEN pressed his motion, which was, however, negatived without a division. The clause was then carried by a majority of 116 to 26, after which the house resumed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY Mr. MACKINNON postponed his motion for a new writ for Southampton until the 25th instant. In reply to a question from Mr. GRIMSDITCH, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that his noble friend at the head of the commission appointed to inquire into the amount of forged exchequer bills, &c., had informed him that the commission would shortly be enabled to make a report. He would make inquiry as to whether they would be able to do so during the present session. On the motion of Sir R. PEEL, the Queen's Protection Bill went through committee, was read a third time, and ordered to be engrossed. Sir J. GRAHAM, in reply to a question from Lord Pal merston, said that when he pledged himself to support the principle of the Mines and Collieries Bill, the pledge was given on the part of the government. Sir R. PEEL, in reply to a question from Mr. Hardy, said it was not the intention of the government to bring forward any grant for church extension. After a speech from Mr. HUME, recommending all manner of reductions, and one from Mr. W. WILLIAMS, respecting the remuneration of clerks in public offices, the house went into committee of supply. Sir R. PEEL moved the usual vote for the British Mu seum, which led to some conversation as to the propriety of the rule excluding young children irom the Museum when with their parents, a rule which did not prevail at the Na tional Gallery. The vote was ultimately agreed to. On the vote of £62,000 for the expenses of the two houses of parliament, Mr. HUME required an account of the expenses of the House of Lords. Sir R. PEEL said, that from time immemorial the House of Lords had refused to give this information. It was the only portion of the public money that they could at all deal with,ad dress and it was placed at their disposal by means of an Peers posed t t o a Te Crown, which ordered such a sum as it sup ; under these to support the dignity of the House of sum as _ 2 _ these circumstances he hoped for so small a - - t; 1,000 the hon. member would not persever.: in requiring information which was so calculated to revive for mer jealousies between l the two houses of Parliament. Mr. HUME saidt ofat the House of Commons had a right it he would move to know the itemsthat expenditure, and in order to obtain to £21,000. hat the vote be reduced to the sum of On a division Mr. H um p, agreed to. majority of 90 to 23. -- s proposition was defeated by a Mr. HUME then moved and a discussion ensued whichre duce it by the sum of £12,000, aterrninated by the withdrawal of l the e motion, hee se u a , ansd the api vote e d was se remainder of the evening in resumed, the Protection of her d i s A c ti t s e s r i n the e t h houseee s t im hadates . disposed of, and the Ma jesty's Person Bill was passed. The other orders of the day were then house adjourned. President Tyler has recently had a daughter married. No intoxicating beverages were allowed at the mystical festi- vide& MISCELLANEOUS There arrived at Quebec this year 16,292 emigrants ; last year, 13,509 ; increase so far, 2,783. MURDER.—We have this day to record a brutal murder committed on the highway at Worr Mill Brow, Styal, near Wilmslow, at an early hour on Tuesday morning week, on the body of a factory operative, named Henry Lockett, aged 30 years, a married man with three children. An inquest was held on the body, by Mr. Roscoe, coroner of the Knuts ford division, at the house of Mr. William Dale, the Old Ship Inn, Styal, on Thursday afternoon, when evidence to the following effect was adduced".—The deceased, Henry Lockett was a blower tenter, of Messrs. Greg's cotton mill at Styal, and on Monday evening, after leaving work, went to a public-house at Wilmslow, to join a lodge of Foresters, who had that day been having their annual dinner. It ap peared, that he left this house between twelve and one o'clock, and on his way home to Styal was seen in company with two men, named Samuel Lowe, a bricklayer by trade, and Horatio Worth, a factory operative; and when and where these individuals left him was riot satisfactorily shown. Shortly after two o'clock on Tuesday Morning, a person named Thomas Atkinson, in returning from Wilmslow to Styal, found deceased lying across the footpath, with his hand upon his forehead, and quite dead. He saw another person coming towards the spot, and having obtained asssis tance, the body was carried home. A deep wound was found on the back of deceased's head, as if he had received a severe blow from some sharp instrument, and his neck was much discoloured as if from being strangled. Samuel Lowe, one of the parties seen in deceased's company late the pre vious night, absconded on the following morning, and has not since been met with. The other person, Horatio 'Worth was taken Lito custody to await the result of the inquest, A post-mortem examination of the body took place on Thursday, by Mr. Nightingale of Mr. Moore, surgeons, of Wilmslow. and M r . Braithwaite of Knutsford, from whose concurrent testimony it appeared that death had been caused by strangulation, but that the fracture of the skull was sufficient to have caused it ultimately. The jury after a lengthy investigation into the circumstances, returned a verdict of ")Yilful murder against some person or persons at present unknown ;" the evidence against the suspected party not been sufficiently strong to fix the crime upon them. Mr. Adamson, high constable of Macclesfield, has taken the subject in hand, and, it is hoped, the guilty party or parties will be soon discovered. PARENTAL CRUELTY.—On Friday night, the Ist July, a report was circulated in the neighbourhood of Tarporley, that a child had been found in a pig-stye, at Utkington that morning, covered with bruises and wounds, and having a large chain rivetted to her leg, &c. Upon hearing this, Mr. Baker, the special high constable, immediately proceeded to Utkinton, and there at the cottage of a person named Row land, who had kindly given the poor child shelter, he found the improbable story verified. The sufferer, who is of very diminutive stature, stated, that she was twelve years old. and " that ever since her mother died and her father got married again, she had never had any rest, for her stepmo ther was always finding fault with her, and then her father beat her, and turned her out with her chain on." The poor little creature was a mass of bruises, and from exposure to cold and wet, nearly spent, having been turned out by her father, on Monday night, and told that if ever she came near the house again he would kill her. She had wandered about the lanes in the vicinity of the forest, until found as before described, asleep in the pig-stye, at Utkinton. On Saturday morning, Mr. Baker apprehended the father, who is a la bourer, named William Craven, residing at Eaton, and took him, with the poor child, and several witnesses of the father's cruelty, before Colonel Tornkinson, who committed him for two months to the House of Correction. The many acts of brutality of this inhuman monster towards his unfortunate child, are such as to make the blood run cold at their repeti tion. One out of the many we will relate—the poor child, sometime since, burned her finger whilst roasting a crab, and upon this being told to the father, he said he'd cure her from meddling with fire again, and he then deliberately thrust her little hand into the flames and burnt it cruelly. This will scarcely be credited, but we vouch for its truth.—Chester Courant. ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE IN SCOTLAND.—A pretty smart shock of an earthquake was felt last Sunday, about midday, by the congregation assembled in the cathedral church of Dunblane, which is about IS miles from Comrie. The shock occurred just before the dismissal of the congregation in the forenoon. Volcanic agency has for some time been suspected to be at work in this locality ; and the instruments indicated the direction to have been in a line from north-west to south-east, or the direction will, perhaps, be better un derstood by drawing a line upon the map from Dunblane to the Parliament-house of Edinburgh. This accounts for certain noises in the church, which have been heard almost weekly for some months past, attributed by the superstitious to the rattling of the bones of the old Romish clergy buried underneath the cathedral, in resentment of attacks made upon their orthodoxy, there being no living Rowan Catholic in the parish to vindicate their tenets. The ideauf the bones being commoved, however, had occurred also to scientific men, who more philosophically, though as it turns out quite as erroneously, ascribed it to some electrical influence on the old prebendal stalls proceeding from galvanic substances in or near the modern pulpit. Those more accustomed to consider causes and consequences were a good deal alarmed at the signs of subterranean energy under the old building, which the shock above referred to indicated, but the less initiated describe the sensation as rather pleasant than other wise.—Glasgow Gazette. DISSENT IN NORTHUNIIIERLAND.—NorthumberIand is another county where dissent is indeed at a low ebb—the lowest ebb. Just imagine a county containing a quarter of a million of souls, with only accommodation, in the dissenting meeting-houses, for somewhat less than 4,000 !! ! Just ima gine a county, covering an area of 1,871 square miles with 41,704 inhabited houses, with a population of 250,568, and with 492 parishes, townships, &c., yet provided with only twelve dissenting meeting-houses, which do not receive alto gether 4,000 hearers ! itlr. Archibald Jack preaches at North Shields, and Mr. William Campbell at Newcastle-on-Tyne; and these are the dissenting altars of the county ; the rest are Homerton, Rotherham, and Yorkshire students. And thisis the result of at least a century and a quarter of dissenting operations in Northumberland !—since the meeting-house at Horsley-on-Tyne was erected in 1720: twelve meeting-houses in one hundred and twenty-two years ! And yet we are re quired to believe, that the voluntary principle is adequate to supply the spiritual wants of the whole land! The dissent ing ministers and their supporters in this country, being too few to form a separate association, have united themselves to that of Durham. A grand failure altogether. In this part of England it is the Church which teaches the people, and she teaches them well.—Church and State Gazette. That she does so is, we think, evidenced by the facts contained in the following paragraph, which we extract from the London Time..? of Monday :—There are, at pre sen t, on l y s i x pr i soners for trial at the approaching assizes for Northumberland, four of whom are lodged in the county gaol of this town, and the remaining two are out on bail. One is charged with bur glary, accompanied by an attempt to murder, which is a capital ollence by the Ist Victoria, c. SG, three with robbery on the highway, one with horse-stealing, one with house breaking, and one with bigamy. The case of burglary is of a very aggravated description, and the offence was committed in April last, in the parish of Newburn, in this county. The criminal statistics of this county have for many years past been trivial, compared with some other portions of the king dom, even with the adjoining county of Durham, and afford abundant proof of the superior moral condition of the people. For a period of about 20 years there has not been a single execution within the county, nor any very conspicuous crime, with the exception of Bolam's memorable case, which, though the offence was committed in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was ultimately removed within the jurisdiction of the county. MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE.—Late on Saturday night Mr. M`Carthy, the Dublin county coroner, had a jury sum moned to inquire into the circumstances connected with the death of A. Byrne, Esq., of No. 1, Albert -terrace, Rath mines. There are various rumours afloat respecting the mys terious occurrence the subject of inquiry, but as the inquest has been adjourned until Monday, we refrain from going into any vesy minute detail of the facts of the case. During the greater art of last week Mr. Byrne was missed by his inti mate friends, but his absence from the several places he fre quented was not such as to create any uneasiness, and so matters remained until Saturday evening. At that period Surgeon Harvey, of Rathmines, was sent for to see Mr. Byrne, it being communicated to him that the latter was in a precarious state, and that a very painful rattle (as had been stated) was in his throat. Surgeon Harvey with great promptitude hastened to the house, and on being ushered into the back drawing-room, found Mr. Byrne dead, and from the appearance of the body he must have !been dead some days; a more horrifying spectacle could not have been witnessed—the face was black and swollen, and the features could scarcely be recognised, while the body was also dis coloured and much swollen. Sufficient appeared to lead to the communication of the matter to the police, and Mr. M'Carthy, the county coroner, having been sent for at a late hour, swore a jury, but adjourned the hearing of the evi dence. The police are placed in care of the house. On Sun day Surgeons Mitchell, Ellis, Fox, and others, amended at a post mortem examination, and the contents of the stomach were removed, in order to have them analysed. The medi cal gentlemen state that the body was in a very decomposed state, and the smell was so gre a t as to be ob serve d, p r io r t o the death being known, by the family in the adjoining house. It is needless to say that the whole affair has excited the deepest interest in the neighbourhood. The deceased is said to have died in the possession of a considerable sum in ready money ; and that fruitful source of good or evil has, it is very generally said, occupied a prominent position in influ encing his destiny. Mr. Byrne was in the prime of life, and not many years married. The adjourned inquest on the body of Augustin Byrne was held on Monday night, at the house of the deceased in Rathmines. The only witnesses examined were the two Messrs. Wall, the sons of Mrs. Byrne, by her former husband. Both these witnesses swore to the intemperate habits of deceased and their mother; that for the last four years they were constantly in a state of in toxication, and had frequent quarrels; but that whenever deceased was sober and his wife drunk, deceased bore all her abuse with great patience. One of the WTalls further swore that it was his belief that his stepfather did not die a natural death; but afterwards explained his meaning by saying that he thought deceased might have been smothered in a fit of drunkenness. The coroner, having stated that the medical gentlemen would not have completed the analyzation of the contents of deceased's stomach before a week, further ad journed the inquest to Wednesday. The Messrs. Wall were permitted to go at large, but enjoined to keep silent on the subject of the inquiry. Mrs. Byrne remains in custody. The deceased, it is stated, had formerly been much attached to one of the daughters of his wife, then Mrs. Wall, but that circumstances induced him to transfer his affections to the mother. The young lady died shortly afterwards, leav ing the whole of her fortune, £5OOO, to Mr. Byrne. A letter from Cape Hayti, d a t e d th e 29 t h o f M ay, con tains a description of the late calamity at St. Domingo, fully confirming all the horrors of the earthquake, and the was werelt bi its thebnudiii buildings, irenehxgnotscse,hpn hospital, ahwialht a e s t depredations of the mountaineers, with a few additional par ticulars. It appears that all the towns within 150 miles have suffered more or less, and that the palace of the celebrated Christophe, and the citadel in which he is buried, which is about 14 miles from Cape Hayti, are a mass of rub.. The city itself, which is indifferently called the city of Cape ti n a n , d or s o magnificent Francois , was styled the "Palace of the A,ntaillessp.i'e' about in among a the mile just principalsquare, nis h theed buildings streets t a r e n e t e s nwo re enormous running eoau s palacee axtpr expense, ng builtl i s e t angles, a and df marble l large and e Hayti, possession, ll a Y s overnor, for a theatre, but g .simc-haracter was Freemasons lodge. lodge. The recent deeahtihef,ofseethmiss brought from B F o r r a ia n x e , e , , th b e a l r a r t a e ck g house u ca s ethdedarsala, built Fb t governor y ß m o r u l e a , h r ewhogre regretter', forlso t c o i na s m s s a i n d d e h r i such that he would hare acted like the general commanding souk of his men refusing to obey orders, at once ordered them to step out of the ranks, w b.l e in sick Cape an d Hayti, maimedfo o r f w c a a n p t e o l f ia s l u l ffi i. Ni c . i h e e n n t and shot them on them on the spot. The consequence of this act o a r c t t d o e f Ptiamixelywsheoverfiitnydiantg such a crisis was, that not a there ' seems to have been a b n o e a e r d d l e t s h s e sa A c c ri t fi p, :e , of a dollar discipline, as ost life and property. The sic taken from the ruins were moved on Haraburgh merchant vessel, the master of which, named fleesraic h e, e d isspokenin of tle sufferers.he highest terTmhse fporretsheentgrgeoavtekrinnodt: a Boyer, is said to be falling into disrequtetim time ago, finding e th of adopting arbitrary measures. Some majority of the legislature opposed to his government, be Assembly, member g w i n o g w the ere opffilacceerd namesa a lis g t ua o lid th b e etbre to be forcibly excluded. Those political diffe rence s have been interrupted by the earthquake, been all.absorbing ; but it seems certain that no more presi dentsthoef about ßouse thirty of which, of course, has will be elected for life. Retiring pensions of £3,500 each have failed in by the' death of the two ex-judges, Sir Joseph Littledale and Baron Alexander. The Hon. and Rev. Francis John Grey, son of Earl[Grey, read himself into the valuable rectory of Morpeth, on Sun day, before a very numerous congregation. The Marquis of Hastings' splendid hunting stud was brought to the hammer at Tattersall's on Monday, and fetched fair prices. EARLY HARVEST.—On Thursday and Friday we observed a number of shearers employed in cutting down a pretty large field of barly, on the farm of Mr. Oliver, Lochend, near Edinburgh.—Caledonian Mercury. AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH.—On Monday evening, about seven o'clock, as an elderly woman, named Mary Harris, .was walking along.Aldephan-terrace, Somers Town, she fell down, and instantly expired. The body was conveyed to St. Pancras workhouse, in whi c h es t a bli s h m ent the deceased ha s fo r s ome time past been an inmate. The Bury Post states that notices of disfranchisement have been served by a messenger from the House of Com mons on eleven of the free burgesses resident in the borough of Sudbury : three of them for giving and the others for acknowledging the receipt of various sums of money at the last election. The dispute between the guardians of the Braintree board and the poor law commissioners has terminated amicably. The commissioners aver that they never had the intention that all minutes and all notices of motio n sh ou ld b e sen t up to them, but only those which related to particular subjects, on which they had a concurrent jurisdiction; and, conse quently, they never intended to control the free discussion of the guardians.—Chelmsford Chronicle. IMPORTANT DECISION.—Lord Cockburn lately gave a decision (in a case in which he purposely avoided giving the names of the parties), that an agree ment f or a secret part nership is a contravention of the laws made for regulating the business of a pawnbroker, and that no legal partnership is thereby constituted.—This decision is in conformity with the dicta of the iate Lord Chancellor (Eldon), and other judges. NEW RAILWAY IN FlFE.—Nire understand that a numer ous and highly respectable meeting was held at Inverkei thing on the 24th ult., the Provost of Inverkeithing in the chair, for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements for carrying into execution the proposed extension railway from Halbeath to the Collieries of Lumphinans, Lochgelly, and others, which will give these collieries a railway com munication with the sea at Inverkeithing, and open up a valuable coal-field of almost inexhaustible extent.—Fife.shire Journal. SUDDEN DEATH OF BARON FOSTER.—We announce, with regret, the sudden decease of this most amiable gentleman and righteous judge, which took place on circuit in the town of Cavan, at a late hour on Saturday night. His lordship opened the commission in that town in the afternoon of the day of his decease—dined with the grand jury, and retired early to his lodgings in his usual state.of health. He seems to have escaped all suffering in his death, which was so im mediate, as to leave no room for professional skill to be re sorted to.--Dublin Statesman. On Sabbath last, Donald M`Kay, who officiated occasion ally as an assistant gravedigger; was drinking rather freely in a house at the shore. Feeling himself getting heavy, he leant his head upon the table, and, as his companions thought, soon fell into a profound sleep. They, too, followed the example. After allowing him what was supposed sufficient time to recruit, the landlord attempted to rouse him up, but found that he was a corpse. Dr. Monteath was immediately cailed, but surgical aid was of no avail, as life had been ex tinct for some time. —Perth Advertiser. We understand that Madame Petrisci or Harris, who is better known as the " Lady Thief," was dismissed from prison on Saturday last, after having completed her period of eighteen months' imprisonment, to which she had been sentenced by the Circuit Court for committing thefts in three of the hotels in this city, which made a considerable noise at the time. During the period of her imprisonment, she was principally employed in light needle-work, She left the jail exquisitely dressed, and no one who might observe her dig nified and genteel air, could suppose that she had only an fillant before been liberated from the felons' ward. She Rif arted the city, we believe, the same day; and has kept her own secret so well, that as little of her real history is known now as on the day of her apprehension.—Glasgow paper. ACCIDENT AT BRIGHTON.—On Tuesday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, an alarming accident happened off Brighton. A small pleasure boat, named the Surprise, Richard Spicer owner, had been out for a cruise with a lady, her three daughters, and a little boy. The wind was blow ing hard, and the sea running high, and many of the fisher men blamed the men for taking parties out. Upon the re turn of the boat several persons were on the cliffs watching her in, when, upon her striking th e b eac h, th e w i n d caug h t her sails, and threw the whole party into the sea, including the two men who had the management of her. Very fortu nately a number of fishermen were near the spot, and imme diately rushed into the sea, and succeeded in bringing out the whole of the party. Two of the young ladies were washed under the boat, one of whom appeared at first in a lifeless state, but upon being placed on the beach she soon came rour, d. MELANCHOLY DEATH. - Robert Kesson, vintner in Helmsdale, who resisted the payment of a duty of Bs. on a dog, with which he was charged, but for which he alleged he was not liable, as the dog did not belong to him, was lately prosecuted in Exchequer for resisting the tax, and was on Thursday last committed a prisoner to the gaol of Dornoch, in default of paying a heavy penalty in which he was con victed. This step, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, had so powerful an effect on the poor man's mind, that he became what is popularly termed broken-hearted, went into a state of desperation and fury on Friday night, and when locked up alone, vented his rage in demolishing the window, and was early on Saturday morning found dead, lying on the floor of his room. " His body," says a corre spondent, " after having undergone a post mortem examina tion, has been interred. The opinion of the medical men was that he died from inflammation.—lnverness Courier. TEMPERANCE SHIPS.—On Wednesday, at 12 o'clock, a public meeting of shipowners, underwriters, merchants, and others interested in the safe navigation of British merchant ships, was held in the Royal Exchange Sale Room, Glas gow, to consider the best means of promoting the sailing of such vessels on temperance principles—Sir James Campbell, Lord Provost, in the chair. The attendance was highly respectable. After a good deal of conversation, a resolution was eventually carried to the effect. that the meeting highly approve of the condu It of those shipowners and masters who had introduced the temperance principle into their vessels, and recommend its adoption by all of them, and in order that this might be more speedily the case, they invited the Insurance Companies o f Scotland to take the matter into consideration, and reduce the insurance in favour of tempe rance vessels. A committee was then appointed to carry out the object of the meeting. LARGE EIRE IN MONTRE AL.—A fire broke out yesterday afternoon, about 4 o'clock in an outbuilding near Mr.Tornp kics's bakehouse, in the Main-street of St. Lawrence Suburbs. A high wind unfortunately prevailed at the time, which rapidly conveyed the flames to a number of the surrounding buildings, which in the short space of three hours were totally consumed. From the Maiu-street the conflagration spread through Lagauchrtiere to St. Dominque-street, and 25 houses in all are said to have been destroyed. We regret to hear that by this calamity many respectable and industrious members of the community have been severe sufferers. As usual, there was a great deficiency of water at the commence ment of the fire, but this was afterwards remedied, and the exertions of the firemen were most praiseworthy. The cupola of the Montreal General Hospital, though far removed from the scene of destruction, caught fire, but from the vigilance and activity of those in charge of the institution it was speedily extinguished.—Montreal Gazette, June 14, Monday being the first day of the operation of the new tariff, the several offices of the " long-room," Custom house, were occupied i n th e arrangement of the luties. The " grand side" attract e d th e greatest concourse; and 1,850 entries were made there, while on the " plantation side" the entries were about 1,000. In the " export department" there was no material alteration in the appearance of busi ness. The entries ou wine account were not very extensive, in consequence of the settlements which would have to be made respecting those duties on glass, which have already created so much anxiety in the minds of those connected with the wine and spirit business. It is estimated that upon clarets, sauternes, and German wines, this alteration of the duties on glass will make a difference of about 100 per cent. Great assistance was given on this occasion by a small publi cation called " The Customs' Book of Rates" in which the duties are alphabetically arranged, inste a d o f being classified under the various heads in the tariff.—London Times. THE ENGLISH FINANCIERS.--W E understand that Mr. Ricardo has left town for Washington and the South, and that Mr. J. Horsley Palmer will leave to-morrow. Both these gentlemen have'been in our city for several weeks, and although they have not created the vulgar noise that followed Charles Dickens and his Kate, yet the x have laid the founda tion of a most lasting and useful reputation in those matters that deeply concern human life. Among the leading men of England who have visited us, we know of none more fully entitled to the respect and esteem of our fellow-citizens than that truly estimable gentleman Mr. Horsley Palmer. He has been long recognised as the abiding friend of our coun try, and in every station he has held in the financial world, his best efforts have always been directed in sustaining and upholding the credit and character of our institutions. Our countrymen abroad have always met in him a kind, warm welcome. Ile has always acted under the conviction that the interests of England and that of the United States, in ali matters of trade, commerce, currency, and finance, were identical and inseparable ; and that whatever affected one nation was sure to affect the other ; and the effects of his pen in sundry able productions, as also his able testimony before a committee of parliament, all evince a singleness and disin terestedness of purpose that carries conviction, and marks him a truly upright man and sound thinker, and one who looks first to the advancement of general prosperity before shaping his own private ends.—New York paper. THE AFFAIR OF CAnooL.—(Extract from" private letter.)—We are now having a happy reverse, everything going on well. Regarding the Affghan affair, you will have seen the force had neither a shot fired after they entered the Khyber Pass, or did they see an enemy. Lady Sale wrote to her husband, and she says " Shelton (colonel of the late 44th, Queen's) is to blame, and much to blame; he only seemed to try how be could get out of the place unscathed." Of course he will be tried by a court-martial. Poor General Elphinstone died from fatigue and distress, but I am glad to say he has signed a paper just before his death giving a true account of the business. Major Pottinger has minuted to Government that General Elphinstone behaved bravely and nobly, but, from his weak state of health, was obliged to make over the command to Shelton, who was totally incom petent. Lady Sale says if there be a press in England she is determined to let the world know the truth ; she adds, that Sir C. M'Naghten rushed at Ukhbar Khan's throat, and then he killed him ; but, however, a few months will dis close all. If Affghanistan is to be kept, then certainly the authorities ought to be near there. Ferozepore is to be a large station for European troops. General Lumley is very ill—water on the chest. Rumour says either Pollock, or Battene, or Graham, all of the artillery, is to be the adjutant general. To-day (May 13) is the latest date for sending letters. I understand Calcutta is very dull ; several houses have failed. RETURN OF BOZ.—DANGEROUS EXCESS OF JOY.-111r. Dickens is again in London, safe from his transatlantic tour, which, we have no doubt, will soon produce a new ha rvest o f stirring adventures. and g r a phic delineation of character. The return of the distinguished novelist was narked, as we learn from a friend, by an impressive and painful incident in his family circle. Immediately on their return, the h appy parents rushed to see their children. A fine boy, six years old, was roused from his sleep fot the purpose,. and n o sooner had the little fello w caug ht a g limpse of the faces so mu c h endeared to him, and so long absent, than he burst into a transport of delight, which it was found impossible to repress. , Joy was now conver t e d i n t o gr i e f. delirium continued, and on Friday several physicians were in attendance, almost despairing of recovery. Powerful means were applied, and on Saturday he was so much better that his speedy restora tion is anticipated. Mr. Dickens, we understand, retu rns a better En g li s h man th an h e wen t ; his views of American society have not impressed him favourably with the new world, though instances of individual kindness and attention were showered upon him in profusion. The lights and shades of American manners—the strangely mingled traits of freedom a n d d omes ti c tyrann y, of high spirit and sordid vulgarity, of liberality and meanness, which are displayed in the social institutions and intercourse of the United States, will afford a rich field for this modern Fielding, whose best laurels have been gained by his comic humour and his moral painting of life and character.—lnvernen Courier. On Tuesday night Sir Robert Peel brought in a bill for the better protection of the Queen's person. Hereafter, should any miscreant present fire-arms at her Majesty, or strike, or attempt to strike, her person with missiles, he will be subject to seven years' transportation, with previous im prisonment and severe bodily chastisement. This is a very wholesome measure, and will, we doubt not, prevent any further annoyance of her Majesty. Several incendiary fires, accompanied by threatening let ters, have taken place during the past three weeks in the neighbourhood of Havant, Hampshire. The rector's barn has been burned down, and a valuable carriage in it. At High Wycombe, Bucks, on Thursday, an incendiary fire also occurred, traces of th e d es i gn being left. The Bank of England on Monday paid the dividends in new sovereigns and half-sovereigns. and in new half-crowns, shillings, and sixpences, just issued from the Royal Mint. A large amount of new half-crowns, shillings, and sixpences, was sent off on Saturday and Tuesday. particularly to Liver pool, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, and other populous manufacturing districts in the north. Major-General Robertson, C. 8., one of the oldest general officers of his rank in the service, died at Edinburgh last week, at an advanced age. The general served in the 89th regiment in Egypt, Java, &c., and was advanced to the rank of major-general at the brevet in honour of the coronation of his late Majesty King George IV., 19th July, 1819. INTEREST OF MONEY.—Steven Parlin, a French ecclesi astic, who travelled in England and Scotland in 1561, says— " In this country (Scotland), as I have seen it practised, a man who is possessed of 100 golden or sun crowns, will lend them to a merchant, for which the merchant will maintain him a whole year in his house, and at his own table, and at the end of the year will return him his money. GOVERNMENT AND THE STRATHI3OGIE MINISTERS.— We have been kindly furnished with the following extract from a private letter, on the information of which our readers may with, confidence rely :—" You will be pleased to learn that government have now taken the persecuted members of the Strathbogie presbytery under their protection. The moderator has received a letter from Sir James Graham, intimating to the majority of that presbytery that they would be protected in all their rights and privileges ; and that, in any legal measures they were forced to have recourse to, they must apply to the crown agent, who had directions to do whatever was requisite for their interests." This is quite as it ought to be; and we trust government will act with equal decision and firmness throughout.—Fife Journal. The three measures of Sir Robert Peel's Government are now in operation—the new Corn Law Bill, the Property Tax Bill, and the Customs Duties (Tariff•) Bill. In the course of a short discussion on Monday on what Mr. Villiers termed the " enormous grievance" of the corn laws, Sir R. Peel said, if it could be clearly shown that those laws were the cause of the present distress, be wouid consent to their repeal. But Mr. Villiers and his coadjutors will, we imagine, find some difficulty in convincing Sir Robert that the distress complained of has its origin in the protection given to the home grower. " I think it possible," said the right hon. baronet, " if you repealed all protection, a present stimulus might be given to manufactures; but the time must come when, notwithstanding the stimulus given to manufactures, if the effect of that repeal should be to discourage domestic agriculture, and render you dependent on foreign supplies, you would repent of the means you had adopted." ASTONISHING EXPEDITION IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A COAT.—On Thursday week, we were favoured by Messrs. A. and D. Webster, of this town, with the sight of a beauti ful brown dress coat, manufactured by themin an astonishing short space of time. The appearance of the coat is very beautiful, and fully proves that great expedition may be used in manufacturing cloths under the present system, without deteriorating from the beauty of the manufacture. The wool of which this coat is made, was in the raw state, and to sort; after two o'clock on Thursday morning, it passed thrOugh the usual process of scouring, dyeing, scribbling, spinning (on the jenny), weaving (by hand), and milling, and was manufactured into superfine cloth in 12 hours and 15 minutes. The cloth was then finished, by the patent process, in two hours and fifty-three minutes, by Mr. Wil liam Kirk, of Larchfield, and then made into a dress coat by Messrs. Robinson and Itussum, in the short space of three hours and 55 minutes. The whole time that elapsed be tween this coat being in the wool and made up and wearing was only 19 hours. The coat may be seen for a few days, at Messrs, Robinson and Russum's, Bridge end House. The great superiority of the cloth manufactured in the ordinary way, over the felted fabric, is fully maintained, although we are not aware the expedition has been equalled. In the ordinary way, cloth is often two months in passing through the various processes of manufacture and finishing. Leeds Mercury. The Rev. R. J. M'Ghee has been for a considerable time engaged, whenever health permitted, in delivering a course of lectures- in Harold's-cross Church, on the nature of the liturgy of the Church of England, with the view of showing, from the meaning and spirit of the words they gave utterance to, that all who engage in Its service are guilty of mocking the tlmighty, and adding to their own eternal condemnation if they are not animated with feelings of reverence and hearty devotion. The rev. preacher, on last Sunday, entered into a recapitulation or summary of his previous discourses up to the end of the creed, and, at its conclusion, requested the congregation to stand up and perform part of the service in the manner in which he had been impressing on their consi deration. The assembly at once complied with the sug gestion, and having stood up, joined in the part appointed with the 'most perfect cordiality—audibly repeating each response,' and manifesting the greatest zeal and sincerity. The contrast from the cold indifference which previously pre vailed, and the warmth of devotion then displayed was strikingly perceptible, and the effect was '• 'n the smile of satisfaction and joy, which beamed in the cuuntenance of the preacher, and the happiness of the congregation. The scene was altogether one of deep solemnity and interest.— Dublin Statesman. THE COLONIAL SOCIETY.--011 Tuesday, a meeting of the members of the Calonial Society was held at the Thatched House, for the purpose of agreeing to an address to Sir C.'l. Metcalf, the late governor-general of Jamaica, expressive of the high opinion entertained by the society of the able, suc cessful, and satisfactory manner in which he bad administered the duties of his office during his sojourn in that conntry— an administration which, it was said, had had the effect of tranquilising a country which at the period of his acceptance of office was in a state of the utmost distraction. We noticed amongst those who were present the Earl of Mount cashel, Dr. Rolph, Mr. M. Martin, Mr. Good, Mr. Burge (the agent of Jamaica), Mr. A. Macdougall, Mr. H. Clarke, Mr. Hopkinson, Drr Ifill, Mr. B. Ifill, Mr. Morson, Lieut.- Colonel Taylor, Mr. H. Malcolm, Mr. G. Layard, Mr. D. Nugent, Mr. Urquhart, Mr. Power, Mr. A. M'Gregor, Mr. H. Guest, Sir A. IVl`Nab, &c. Mr. Burge entered into a lenghthened and eulogistic detail of the various principles which the right hon. baronet had laid down as those upon which the island of Jamaica should be governed, and read the address, which was subsequently unanimously agreed to. A series of resolutions upon the subject were also moved, seconded, and carried without a single dissentient voice, by Mr. Burnley, Dr. Rolph, Mr. M. Martin (who hoped the exertions of the late governor would meet their reward at the hand of his Sovereign in the shape of a peerage--(hear, hear) —Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, Mr. Hopkin son , Mr. A. M`Dougall, and Mr. H. Clarke. A deputati on having been appointed, Sir A. M'Nab expressed his full concurrence in the object of the meeting, and said he was sure his Canadian friends would be delighted to hear that he had been able to be present on the occasion.—Times. CAUTIOY TO SERVANTS.—The following novel descrip tion of swindling ought to operate as a warning to servants in general. One day last week, a woman called at a house in Leith, and exhibited some net-work, with large edging, offering the servant who opened the door a great bargain if she would purchase. When the price was named, the ser vant said she had not quite enough of money past her; this was obviated by the woman stating that she would take empty bottles for the balance. The girl advanced the money, and brought two empty bottles to make up the difference. In this way the bargain was concluded. Next morning another woman called and said that the lace-seller had been apprehended in Edinburgh upon a charge of stealing the bottles ; and, unless five shillings were advanced for her liberation, the girl would be brought into trouble. Alarmed for the consequence, the money was procured, and again all seemed right ; but the dupe was not yet to be let alone. Next day the same woman called again, and alarmed the girl by stating, that unless eight shillings were advanced, she would he immediately prosecuted. Frightened at such a threat, but not having the money, the girl offered a gown and new umbrella in lieu of the demand. Upon the woman again leaving the house, the girl took confidence, and told the whole affair to a friend, who promptly informed the Leith police ; and upon the swindler presenting herself next morning for a farther demand, she was apprehened, and brought before the court, and was sentenced to sixty days' hard labour in Bridewell. SOUTH POLE EXPEDITION.—We have been favoured with a sight of a letter from an officer of this expedition, dated the Falkland Islands, May Ist, received this morning, from which we extract the following details of the return of the expedition. It will return to the ice next year .—" The Erebus and Terror were at the Falkland Islands on the Ist of May last. They left New Zealand on the 23d of Novem ber ; entered the ice on the 18th of December ; were beset in it nearly seven weeks, but succeeded in taking up a posi tion for exploring near the place they retired from the sum mer before—about 78 degrees south—but were unable to add more than 80 or 90 miles to former discoveries. This was in a continuation of the great barrier of ice (connected with the volcano), which they still found stretching east and west, but they had the satisfaction of making seven miles more southins-; for on the 23d of February, when they were com pelled by the season to make their way northward, the ships were in latitude 78 10, longitude 162 20 W., within three or four miles of the barrier. They saw no land, although at one time they were driven within 100 miles of Franklin Is land, where a landing was effected last year. They did not leave an hour too soon ; for, before they got clear of the region of icebergs, dark nights overtook them, and on a stormy night, while hauling away from a cluster of them, both ships unavoidably came in contact. The Terror got off with the loss of some spars, but the Erebus lost her bow sprit and foretoprnast ; they, however, had a fair passage after, and arrived at the Faikland Islands on the 6th of April. One man belonging to the Erebus was unfortunately drowned off Cape Horn. Every one else was quite well. Cant. Ross had appointed E. J. Bird to be commander of the Erebus ; A. J. Smith to be lieutenant of the Erebus ; and G. H. Mowbray purser of the Terror."—United Service Gazette. ATTEMPT TO MURDER AND HORRIBLE DEPRAVITY. — At the Stourbridge police-office, last week, Richard Taylor, of Oldswinford, was charged before William Robins, Esq., with having, on the Ist instant, fired a gun loaded with pow der and slugs at Hannah his wife, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. The following are briefly the facts of the case :—The prisoner, who is a very violent and passion ate man, has been twice married ; by his former wife he has two children, one a girl about nineteen, and a boy about six teen years of age. By his second wife he has five children, two boys and three girls, making seven children altogether. It appears that for the accommodation of the above family, there are but two bedrooms in the house, and only two beds, in one of which slept the prisoner Taylor, his wife Hannah, the girl aged 19, and a child of her's 18 months' old, and the prisoner's youngest child, aged 3 years; the son by the first wife and the four other children sleeping in the other bed. For the last two years a most unnatural intercourse has taken place between the prisoner and his eldest daughter, and it is presumed that the infant which she now has is the result. Taylor is a man of beastly and drunken habits, and when in that condition he commits the most brutal excesses. On the night in question when he shot at his wife, the priso ner came home drunk, and called for his daughter, which appears to have been his custom when in this state ; hearing him call her, she secretly left the house, and the priso ner , not being able to find her, began to abuse his wife. A good deal of quarrelling ensued, when the prisoner was heard by several of the neighbours to make use of a demoniac oath, and threaten to blow out her brains, after which they hea r d a gun fired, and the prisoner exclaim, " There —, t a k e that." All then appeared to be quite still, but in a few mi nutes they heard a noise, which was supposed to be the pri soner dragging something heavy about the house; some person was groaning dreadfully, and crying "Murder!" and soon after the prisoner's wife was seen running from the house. After this the inhuman father compelled all his children to come from their beds, and thrust them out of th e house, with no thing upon them but their night-clothes. Being dreadfully alarmed, they all ran away into the road, when the brutal parent called to a savage dog which he ke e p s , to turn them all out of the premises. The neighbours having sent for the police, the prisoner was apprehended. In th e examination before Mr. Robins, evidence was given of the most disgusting character ; and the charge having been co m _ pletely substantiated, the prisoner was fully committed for trial at the assizes, on the capital ch arg e of shooting a t hi s wife, with intent to murder her. ZOOLOGICAL. GARDENS. lIIS P6riular and pre-eminently attraetive'4esort is open I Daily, from Seven A.M. till Dusk. The GRAND EVENING FETES take place every Monday and Friday during the Season, with THE ROMAN FEST . At Dusk, THE GRAND ILLUMINATION F ST. PETER'S. This inconceivably magnificent Specta eis succeeded by the Pyrotechnic Wonders of the GIRANDOLA OF ST. ANGELO, with all its splendid incidents, terminating with the gorgeous Cascade of brilliant Fire, and tremendous Flight of Rockets. To enliven the Evening's Promenade. MR. STUBBS' ROYAL HARMONIC BAND will perform a favourite selection of Music. The Gardens are Illuminated with Gas Lamps. • TO CORRESPONDENTS We shall perhaps profit by the hints of " A Conservative." The letter of " A Convert" is not adapted for publicity. We have received Mr. Rumball's communication. - Cht iLibtrpoot &tanbar. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1842. The New Tariff Bill, which passed the House of Lords on Friday night, having at once received the royal assent, was forwarded to our Custom-house in time to admit of its being put into operation at the opening of that establishment on Monday morning. Before the usual hour of commencing business the officers and clerks of the Long Room assembled to prepare for the merchants and others who have for some time past been waiting for the passing of the bill before releasing their goods, and were soon immersed in the bustle occasioned by the numerous entries which were pressed upon them for examination and comple tion. During the whole of Monday and Tuesday the Long Room was in a state of the greatest animation, and we certainly never saw it more thronged upon any former occasion. The payments on coffee, turpentine, and other re reduced articles were very numerous; and upwardi of 2270 entries were passed in the first three days, being an increase of about 930 upon the number ordinarily made. In the multifarious assessments of a general tariff' some errors and obscurities might naturally be expected and have certainly, we find, occurred. Some difficulty was experienced in ascertaining the weight of wine and spirit bottles, which are now chargeable by the cwt. Some doubts were also entertained whether the reduced rates on staves and other woods mentioned on the same page of the act (623) did not come into operation at once. It has, however, since been ruled that these rates do not commence until the 10th of October, as is the case with respect to the article of timber generally. The smelting of foreign copper, the export of coals to British possessions, and a few other minor points, seemed to occasion some differences of opinion ; and the difficulty to inexperienced persons of having to search for their articles through the seven teen tables in which they are dispersed, instead of be ing alphabetically arranged, was felt here quite as much as the Times represents it to have been in London. In addition to these temporary difficulties, the pressure upon the collector and gentlemen of the Long Room at the present juncture has been materially increased by the necessity of guarding against the receipt of light gold, and by the collection of the income tax coming simultaneously upon them. The admirable arrangements made have, however, we are glad to ob serve, obviated any serious inconvenience to the public. We may mention here that the relief afforded to the mercantile interest by the cessation of the half per cent, duty payable upon exported articles has given very general satisfaction ; and in our opinion, as one of its results, We shall for the future be much better able to depend upon the correctness of our Custom house return of exports. These documents have often been noticed as presenting features somewhat anoma lous; and we have no doubt that when the temptation to false entries is withdrawn, we shall have to notice a material increase of the estimated money amount of our foreign shipments. A London evening paper (the Globe) of Monday last contained the following announcement : " We hear, from a quarter which is likely to be well in formed, that in the event of the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill passing the House of Lords, Sir Robert Peel intends to propose that an additional member each be given to Middle sex and to Liverpool; thus preserving to the House of Commons its present number of members, and effecting an approach to a more equal numerical proportion between the representatives and the constituents." With respect to the truth of the Globe's discovery we know nothing. We doubt it, however, greatly ; and half suspect that the report has been got up by the journalist for the purpose of enabling him to in dulge in the following spiteful fling at the constituency of this town, which, be it remembered, had, not long ago, the audacity to flout at the claims of the venera ble dandy who occasionally vents his impertinence in its pages to represent them in parliament : " To give another member to Liverpool," remarks the Globe, " would serve only to raise the price of votes in that town, and thus to afford additional encouragement to bribery. The old freemen of Liverpool are among the most venal of their tribe. Their voracity is absolutely frightful. With them the semblance of public virtue is cast aside as an in cumbrance. The determination to render the franchise they possess a source of personal pecuniary profit, and conse quently to obtain for it the highest price which the oppor tunity afforded by the state of parties will allow them to exact, is the actuating motive of that influential portion of the Liverpool constituency. In this respect they were not surpassed by the Sudbury freemen, from whom the privilege of selling their votes to the highest bidder is to be taken away." It is somewhat amusing to see this organ of the most corrupt party which ever controlled for a season the destinies of a nation descant after this fashion against the enormity of corruption. It is still more amusing to see this affectation of consummate purity put for ward by a print notoriously the organ of the most cor rupt politician of modern times. Lord Palmerston on purity ! The tattered hack of half-a-dozen adminis trations—the nominee of the Tiverton lace-manufac turer--on electoral morality ! The notion is about as rich as the idea put forth a few days ago, by the same illustrious authority, that his Affghanistan policy, which has been prolific only in slaughter and national humiliation, had opened the path for the admission of the cotton goods of Manchester to the markets of cen tral Asia ! " The old freemen of Liverpool are amongst the most venal of their tribe." And yet they were not to be bought by the most venal of the venal tribe of Whig gery, with the Treasury money in his fist ! " Their voracity is absolutely frightful," and yet it was not sufficient to enable them to gulp down the professions of this supreme of humbugs—this most voracious of leeches—this cormorant politician ! " With them the semblance of public virtue is cast aside as useless " ; and yet they would not consent to . be marched through Coventry with a statesman who never had even the semblance of public virtue to throw away! The Li verpool constituency rejected the rotten and corrupt politician who was attempted to be foisted upon them ; and, as a Whig sequitur, the Liverpool freemen are rotten and corrupt ! We can readily pardon and pity the writer of this lying rubbish. Whiggery is in ill luck, and, of course, in ill temper. But when the organ of her Majesty's late foreign secretary next enters upon a portrait of anything " venal"—of anything frightfully " voraci ous "—of anything which has cast aside " the sem blance of public virtue"—it should beware of render ing the likeness so striking that every observer is im pelled to exclaim, " Mutato famine, de to fabula narratur !" Our Radical and Popish contemporaries have, with in the past few weeks, been dosing us with furious dia tribes against the enormity of secret societies. Orange societies in particular, because loyal and Protestant, have come in for a large share of their exuberant ve nom ; but we do not remember to have seen any very prominent allusion to the existence of a body of an opposite description, which is daily Plunging into Out rage and crime the benighted population of Ireland, and bids fair, if not checked by the strong hand of uthority, to render that unhappy country a howling wilderness. Year by year the best blood of Ireland— her Protestant Yeomanry—is leaving its shores, for the wilds of Canada or the Backwoods of the United States. Year by year, by thousands, her industrious farmers, and her sturdy labourers, even of the Romish faith, are being driven, by the atrocious system which has fastened itself upon the land, to seek, in expatria tion, that immunity from outrage and midnight assas sination which is denied them at home .. . , rear by year her resident landowners are being banished or cut off by the fiat of those secret tribunals which hold their mysterious sittings in every county and townland ; and yet the fertile source of all these evils—of the blood shed and crime which have rendered the name of Ire land a byword amongst nations—is either studiously concealed or pointed to with a mildness of disappro bation—a " faint blame "—which almost amounts to toleration Let us direct the attention of our readers, and of those journalists who have during the past few weeks been so eloquent upon the dangerous tendency of loyal Orange associations, to the report of a recent trial at Longford assizes, which will be found in another part of our paper. By the evidence there produced it was shown that " about one-third of the lower class in the county" (and the system is not confined to any par ticular locality, but extends throughout Ireland) "were Ribbonmen." It was shown too that the society num bers amongst its members not only domestic traitors, but foreigners as well. France had sent a delegate to its meetings ; and so lately as in December last the sympathizers of America had been represented there. Upon the face of it, Ribbonism is disloyal and anti national. But it is more than this. It is MURDER OUS. For what are its objects as here declared in open court by one of its leading members—by a delegate— by a man who declares that " he has made 2000 mem bers from 1825 to 1841 ?" Why these. " If any member of the society was dispossessed of his land, lie would not get long to live" "If you annoyed any of the society you would get a good hiding, if you got off with that"—if the " pestilent ruffianism" employed stopped short of murder ! By the very rules of the society a Protestant was declared a marked man, and its members were required to swear " on•their knees, in the presence of Almighty God," that they would not " buy anything from a heretic or Orangeman"— synonymous terms, it would appear, in Ribbon esti mation—" when they could get the same as cheap from a brother." Now we just take leave to ask of our Radical and Popish contemporaries one or two questions, with re spect to the system here developed. Was it in ac cordance with the fiat of these murderous and " pes tilent ruffians" that the streets of our town were on Tuesday crowded by menacing and savage rioters, armed with bludgeons and knives, and burning with a maniac fury against " heretics or Orangemen" ? if Ribbonmen or " sons of the shamrock ." are to be found in France and even in the wilds of America, are there none of the same loyal and eminently peaceable people at this moment in Liverpool ? Was it Ribbon ism or not which on Tuesday marked out for ill treat ment and savage attack every unprotected man afflict ed with even the suspicion of being a Protestant ? When our conternpories are able to answer these ques tions in the negative, the public will tolerate as sincere their ribald abuse of a loyal and Protestant body; but until they can do so we shall be justified in declaring that a Ribbon spirit dictates, if a Ribbon pen does not even write, these infamous and furious slanders. LOCA L, NEWS. PRESTON RACES.—it is intended, during the approaching Preston Guild, to revive the races in that town. They will be run upon " The Holme," in Penwortham • and, should there be succes s i n a goo d mee ti ng , th ey will continued annually. In former years Preston Races were among the most attractive in the kingdom. LAUNCH OF A NEW PILOT-BOAT.—On Tuesday after noon, a new pilot-boat was launched from the ship-building yard of Mr. Thomas Royden, Baffin-street. It is well known to those who take an interest in national matters, that there is no class of vessels in the construction of which more pride is taken than our pilot-boats. No pains nor expense are spared to render them as perfect as possi ble in model, materials, and workmanship. Those "in commission," if we may use the naval term, are regularly surveyed at stated periods; and whatever is requisite to in sure their stability, is ordered and at once supplied. The number of boats in use up to this time has been eleven ; and it has been the custom, whenever one of them was con sidered unfit for further service, to build another, which took her place, and assumed the same number. For some years past, however, a desire has been expressed to have an additional boat in the service ; but until recently the ap plication was rejected. At length the order was given, and Pilot-bc , ;:t, No. 12 has been built ; and she made her first appearance on the waters of the Mersey on Tuesday. The day was beautifully fiae, and a vast concourse of ladies and gentlemen congregated in the yard to witness the launch. At a quarter before two o'clock her last supports were knocked away, and, after a short pause, she shot forward into the water amid the mingled cheers of the spectators and of those on board. The impetus carried her forward into the river, where a cannon was fired from her deck. This was responded to by similar salutes from Pilot-boats 1,3, 4, and 10, which, decked with gay colours, were sailing to and fro near the scene of action. The crews of the respec tive boats answered the cheers of the company in No. 12, and of the spectators by similar testimonies of rejoicing. The guns were loaded and discharged several times, as the vessels made sail down the river. The new boat was quickly got under sail, and a trial was made of her qualities by a trip round the light-ship, when she fully answered all expec tations of her possessing good sea-going qualities. She has a punt, built by Mr. Jones, of Tabley-street, fitted up with air-tight cylinders, which, it is anticipated, will prevent the loss of life that has occasionally taken place. These cylin ders add very little to the weight of the punt, and can be fitted up at very little expense. TUE DANGER OF DELAY.—Evorybody knows that delays are dangerous, but few have had so striking a proof of the fact as that which occurred a day or two ago, to a worthy shipowner on the banks of the Clyde ; who, though he may not always be able, as in the instance we are about to narrate, to "command success," yet, in the exercise of every do mestic virtue, as well as in the sterling integrity of his character as a man of business, and his warm, disinterested generosity as a friend, habitually lives up to the higher standard of Cato, We'll do more, Sempronius,—we'll deserve it. He had a vessel in Liverpool about to go to sea, and he came up on Saturday to see her off, having previously arranged to meet his better half on Monday morning at Belfast, where she had gone to enjoy a short holyday with a relative. His vessel did not sail as appointed ; but properly preferring his wife to his ship, he was still determined to take his passage that night by the Belfast boat. On applying at the packet office, he was told that the hour of sailing was ten o'clock, but that she would not go till half-past at the least. As the time drew near, he called upon one or two friends to take leave, and the partings were so difficult, or the "doch an dorrish" was so often repeated, that ten o'clock struck while yet he had half an hour's walk between him and the Clarence Dock. Still he made himself quite easy, resting upon the assurance he had received at the packet-office. At last he began to think that no time was to be lost; and when he came within the walls of the dock he was convinced of the fact; for there was the boat just steaming across towards the gates. With the speed of lightning he flew round to the pier, in hopes to intercept her; and with a certain line of Young's, we presume, concerning " procrastination," mingled with various compunctious reflections, in his mind, he began to congratulate himself upon being " just in time." But un happily he was only "in time to be too late ; " the vessel being on the opposite side of the passage, and not deeming it worth while to stop her way in order to take him on board. However, another light was just now seen beginning to move on the other side of the dock. It belonged to the Dublin boat. This was better than nothing. He could still fulfil his engagement, though at considerable additional expense and inconvenience in the land journey from Dublin to Bel fast. The steamer was hailed; the captain condescendingly brought her alongside, arid he stepped on board. Bnt, alas " misfortunes never come single." At eight o'clock on Sun day evening his friends were astonished to see him again in Liverpool. A heavy gale of wind had sprung up in the course of Saturday night, and before the vessel had reached Holy head she was disabled in her machinery, and obliged, with considerable danger, tq make the best of her way back to port. In the meantime, the Belfast boat had proceeded steadily on her way, and arrived in safety at her destination ! Our baffled voyager, who, amongst his other excellent qualities, takes all his crosses very philosophically, was, nevertheless, resolved, out of sheer spleen, to have nothing more to do with Dublin ; and another Belfast boat would not be going before the middle 01 the week. He had, therefore, nothing for it but to go down to Greenock, and thence cross over to Ireland, where no would probably arrive four days after his time, — fully convinced, as we have no doubt he would be, of the valne of Lord Nelson's advice, " Always be twenty minutes too soon." CH ARGE OF BREAKING INTO A HOUSE WITH INTENT TO COMMIT FELONY.—Three young men—John Fagan, Je remiah Burns, and Wm. M`Moran, were yestereay charged with being concerned in the entering o f a dwelling-house withintent to rob.—A police-officer (Tool) said, th a t a b ou t ten oclock the previous r, ht, while he was in Bevington Bush, he heard an alarm of stop thief, and saw Fagan run ning without his shoes, p ursue d b y a female with a child. He pursued him, when the prisoner M`Moran came up and endeavoured to prevent him from apprehending the runaway ; upon which he struck M`Moran on the arm to keep:him back. The other prisoner then came up, and a crowd was raised in the street. A rattle was sprung, and some other officers came up, when bricks were thrown at the officers, one of which, thrown by Burns, struck constable Tool on the shoulder. It further appeared that one of the prisoners had, before the officer saw them, been seen to drop a small crow bar, which was produced; M`Moran also threw a dagger or knife over a wall, and a picklock was also found on Fagan, who had a piece of deal which had belonged to the window of a house. They were afterwards secured in Paul-street.-- Mrs. Disley, wife of a car-keeper in Bevington Bush, said, that she was below stairs shortly before they were appre hended, when she thought she heard a foot in the room above, and sent a girl and a child up stairs to see. One of the lat ter went up and saw the prisoners in the room, one helping the other out of the window, by which it appeared they had entered. The piece of board fitted the inside frame of the window. Mrs. Disley went out to the outside when the alarm was given, and though she had a child in her arms she ran after Fagan, overtook him, and held him for some time. M`Moran had a Scotch cap when seen in the street, but bad a hat when in court. There were marks on the piece of board as if made by the crowbar, and a chisel was also found. It appeared, too, that a box which was kept in the room, and which contained money had been disturbed, an a tt emp t hav ing apparently been made to force it open : but no property was missed but the piece of wood that had secured the win dow inside. Mrs. Disley could not positively swear that she had left the window fastened : ind ee d, i t appeared that she had not been up stairs after three o'clock, and that the win dow was frequently left open all day. The evidence as to the breaking into the house was not complete as regarded Burns, who, hosvever, had as sau l te d the off i cers wh i le i n t h e execu tion of their duty. The prisoners had been respectively committed on former occasions, one of them eight times, another sixteen times, and th e t hi r d twenty-four t i mes — the delinquencies appearing to exceed each other in arithmetical ratio.---Mr. Rushton committed M'Moran and Fagan for trial at the assizes, and ordered th a t B urns s ho u ld p a y a fi n e of £5, or he committed to gaol for two months, and, further, that he should find bail—himself in £2O and two sureties in £l5 each, or be further imprisoned for two months longer.