The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-24 00:00:00

LORD IiUNTINGTOWER'S BANKRUPTCY mated a le where 1 Lord Hu a warier man— p at least nr ).000 in f our rr. sactioc frier :v. He ma Edmonds, and many a Copland ; b❑ ..—rikes a treaty of reciprocal yes bland acceptance for the other. For a will not please him—no, the heart is gone from nt-Colonel un- freshn ;in a I ,nd in a lady ar Dulwich, the beautions —this. too, has departed and 751 ships Of the num , er of vessels cleared outwards, the following vho have Thinvestea e felici shown : A de ase in 1842 of 76 ships basing experience e of Mr. Puff is at last partially realize ent the degradation , of o LONDON difference between 530 sh and 454 ships. 197, -goers and the involuntary .emUgloorn-of our farc, of the genteel corned is in favour of Mr. Van Arab ractcy courts a our polio! gibbetted in fi o longe denied that a . .. --_, 311 contains as excellent morality " alatable fun —at If the sterling coined' Dart of ease to the Old Baile - • -- .tuts for the Haytnari! rulers will _ recollect tt mary which we Colonel Copland in these X 3,500 of Lord Hunting ussion out of pawn, and how he only - introduced him to Messrs. t a dressing-case and weeu them both— shared be John Fox, author'of the history of the acts and monu ments of the Church, commoaly called Fox's Book of Myr tyrs, was a Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of ;Sarum. A ~ T.;tprnture of the Negro," in the 'Ajag- clit.AG ILL LAIC L.... 6 -- nolia for Nov.. sites it as a significant fac t, which has peen strangel m y overlooked, that the three words Ham, Sm nd Japhet, ean in the original Hebrew, black, red, and wh i te ATTORNEYS.-145 gentlemen have alar no (Hilary) Otic'es of applications marriag The trit shot at by a man who approached him from behind. The assassin walked close up to Mr. Drummond, and, showing a determination not to fail in the perpetration of the foul deed which he contemplated, actually put the muzzle of the he back of the unsuspecting gentleman. He Immediately after the pistol was discharged, a Then fired tonnage, and 11,256 men. ...-.. ..._ " LIVERPOOL. — A decr ease . in 1842 of 56 ships, 25,581 policeman, who had v:ritnessed the act, rushed uthe tonnage, and 1,073 men. seized the criminal. In the mean time he had returned e "BRISTOL AND HULL.—A decrease in 1842 of 9 ships, pistol with which he had shot Mr. Drummond to his breast, 3,751 tonnage, and 213 men. and had drawn out another loaded pistol from the same " CLYDE, LEITH, AND OTHER BRITIS an ORTS.A de- place, and was in the act of pointing it at Mr. Drumtnond, crease in 1112 of 45 ships, 16,337 tonnage, 982 men. when the policeman seized him and pinioned his arms from " TOTAL RESULTS OF THi'ABOVE PORTS.—A decrease behind. The pistol was discharged, but the aim of the as of 186 ships 61,738 tonnage, and 3,113 men. the difference sassin being thus diverted, the contents did not touch Mr. between 1,006 ships, 408,607 tonnage, and 21,392 men, and Drummond, nor was any other person injured by them. 820 ships, 346,869 tonnage, and 18,279 men." Mr. Drummond was immetiately conveyed to his bro- The facts which this yearly comparison developes suffi- ther's bank, which, as our readers are aware, is only a short ciently show, that the mania for overtrading has in a degree distance from the spot where the shots were fired. Here a passed, and that, as far as our commerce with distant medical man from the immediate neighbourhood was called countries is concerned, much more caution is displayed by in, and he examined the wound made by the ball. He found the mercantile interest. The result is an astounding one, that the ball had penetrated the skin of the back, through that a decrease of no less than 146 ships has occurred in the the coat and under garments, but he could not trace it far- clearances for the Australian Colonies and New Zealand. ther, not having with him the necessary instruments. As, The clearances for Bombay and Calcutta also exhibit a con- tahoweveted r,loss Mr. Drumm o ond did ing rem not seem oved too to much debili- re- siderable decrease. by of blood t bear be sidence, he advised his being immediately conveyed there. He was accordingly taken there. Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Bransby Cooper, the eminent surgeons, and Mr. Jackson, surgeon and apothecary, were in attend ance and proceeded more fully to examine the wound. It was then ascertained that the ball had entered near the spine, - ie a circuit either over the hip-bone or ailll Luau au under the lower rib, and then lodged near the pit of the sto mach, under the breast; thence the ball was extracted by Mr. Guthrie without any difficulty, as it lay near the surface. It was at first thought that the wound was of a dangerous .cter, on the Supposition that the ball had taken serious • ••- 't did not ap- effect internally ; but, on further examination, pear that any vital part was injured. The symptoms exhi bited by the patient, after the ball was extracted, were found to be favourable, and there seemed to be no reason then to apprehend' that the event would be attended with fatal effects. The assassin, on being secured by the policeman, was con veyed to Gardiner's-lane police-station, where he gave his name as M'Naghten. He refused to give his place of resi dence, but it is supposed that he is either a Scotchman or a native of the north.of Ireland, who had been located at Glas gow. He was then searched, and there were found on him two £5 notes, £4 in gold, and a deposit receipt of a Glasgow Bank for £750, made out in the name of " Daniel M'Naugh ten." Thus the receipt confirmed the statement made by the prisoner with respect to his name. The prisoner was Well, Lflougu . Nothing transpired that could with certainty lead to a knowledge of the motives which induced the prisoner to com mit this dreadful act. It does not appear that he had had any previous correspondence with Mr. Drummond, or that he had preferred any claim or complaint to the Treasury, or was a disappointed applicant for office. His demeanour throughout was cool and collected, nor did there appear any evidence of insanity. The policeman who apprehended him heard him say, on his being arrested, " He" or " she" (the policeman is uncer tain which,) " shall not disturb my mind any longer." It is stated that the prisoner had been seen loitering about the public offices for some days previously. On one occasion the office-keeper of the Council-office, who had observed the prisoner staying about the door, asked him what his object was in so doing, and inquired whether he was in the service of the °ace. In answer to this question the prisoner said gentlemen of the office need not be that he was, and that th afraid for their property In answer to inquiries made at the residence of Mr. Drum mond, in Grosvenor-street, we were informed that he was still doing well—that no immediate danger was anticipated. The patient, indeed, was not so ill as to be unable to see his brother, Mr. Arthur Drummond, who had been sent for ex press from the country on the receipt of intelligence of the occurrence. It was past midnight when we received this fa vourable account. _ . _ _ . The notification made by the surgeons for the information of those who desired intelligence of Mr. Drummond's state of health was to the following effect :—" The ball has been extracted. No vital part is injured, and Mr. Guthrie and Mr. Bransby Cooper have every reason to believe that Mr. Drummond is doing very well." EXAMINATION ON TILE ASSASSIN On Saturday Daniel M`Naughten was brought up in cus tody before Mr. Hall, at Bow-street Police-office. The pri soner, as soon as he was brought into the court, was placed in the waiting-room, where he warmed himself before the fire, but did not open his lips to any one present. lie is a shabby-looking person, apparently about thirty years of age, and is anything but respectable-looking, as he has been de scribed. He is florid in complexion, with light hair; he was dressed in black, with his wristcoat buttoned up to his chin. The charge on the police-sheet was, " Daniel M'Naughten, of Poplar-row, Newington, turner, from. No. 90, Clyde street, Andertort Glasgow, about three months, for dis charging two pistols at E. Drummond, Esq., of Charing cross, and wounding him." When placed in the dock, the prisoner looked with careless indifference round the court, and seemed not the least affected by the situation in which he was placed. When asked for his name, he gave it with strong Scotch accent. Several witnesses were then examined corroborated the facts as fted above. James Partridge, A 136, was as follows I have been on duty in Whitehall, i 'heir evidence The evidence of asked him if he was waiting for anybody ; and I think he said, 'I am waiting for a gentleman, and then walked away down Whitehall. Yesterday he came at about half-past ten, in front of the Council-office. He remained there for about an hour, on one or two occasions standing on the steps. I passed him several times, and looked him full in the face, and at last I said,' Have you seen your gentlemanY and I think he said, No.' About half an hour after I saw him eating some bread, which he took from his pocket. He was then standing opposite Lady Dover's. I saw him loitering about till half-past three o'clock." On being asked if he had any question to put, the prisoner said, " I do not recollect having any conversation with the gentleman. It may be true, or it may not be." Mr. Bransby Cooper, the surgeon, after giving an account of the nature of the wound, said that neither he nor Mr. Guthrie could, at first, trace the ball. " We then directed. Mr. Drummond to turn upon his back, that we might examine the anterior part of the body, when a small projecting lump led to examination with the finger, and the ball could be distinctiy felt immediately under the skin, so that a mere incision of the lancet led to its immediate and easy removal. The two openings now showed that the ball had traversed around the left half of the wounded gentleman's body. I consider Mr. Drummond in no immediate danger. The ball had marks as though it had been rifled. I think Mr. Drummond will have a protracted confinement." The evidence having been concluded, Mr. Hall addressing the prisoner, said he was about to remand him for a fortnight, and asked whether he wished to say 'anything. The prisoner said, "No sir, not at the present.' He was then removed from the bar, but it having been almost immediately after wards intimated to the magistrate, that he now wished to say something, he was brought back. • Mr. Hall (to the prisoner). —I understanclyou now wish to say sometmng. The prisoner.— Yes, sir ; I wish to say that it is the Tories of my native city who have driven me to this act. They fol low and persecute me wherever I go ; and they have, by their treatment of me, already ruined my health and disordered my mind. I can't sleep at night, and have no rest night nor day. They have followed me to France, to different parts of England, and to other places—in short, wherever I go. The system they have pursued towards me was such that 1 could go on no longer. believe I have been driven into a con sumption by them. I believe I shall never he the same in dividual again that I was before. I used to have good health and strength. They have accused me of crimes of which I was never guilty. They have dene everything in their power to harass my mind and to persecute me ; and, in fact, to murder me. That is all I have to say at present, and it can be supported by_ evidence. The prisoner here paused. Hall.—have you anything more to say Prisoner.—Only that they have completely disordered my mind. lam quite a different man from what I used to be before they commenced their persecutions. The prisoner again paused. Mr. Barnaby.—Have you anything to add to your state- Poisoner.--No, The statement was then read over, and Mr. Hall asked the prisoner whether he had any objection to sign the statement which he had made. The prisoner replied, " No." The statement vas handed to him in the dock, and he very coolly appended his signa ture thereto. . . As Tyrrell, the jailer, was about to remove him, the pt goner in a very earnest manner turned towards Mr. Hall, and, pointing in the direction of the cell adjoining the court, said, Shall Ibe kept in that place for the whole fortnight! Because if I be, I'll not live." Mr. Hall.-011, no : you will be taken to a prison, where you will be taken proper care of until you come here again. The prisoner's manner and expression of countenance clearly indicated that he was in a state of insanity ; but his extremely healthy appearance of body did not at all bear out his statement regarding his health. There is to be another hearing of the Attorney-General v. Shore (Lady Hewley's Charity) case before the Vice- Chancellor, the day following the first seal after term. TRIAL OF CHARTIST RIOTERS AT THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, HELD AT EDINBURGH, ON MONDAY LAST. — John Duncan. preacher; John Penney, mechanic; Hugh Ross, tailor; James Graham, weaver; John Scott and Peter Bennet, flax dressers ; were charged with mobbing. and riot ing, as also breach of the peace, by the wicked and felonious assembling of multitudes of persons combined together for some illegal purpose, to the great terror and alarm of the lieges. They were also charged with being at a numerous meeting held in Bell•street Hall, Dundee, for the purpose of taking into consideration the present state of wages, at which John Duncan attended, and addressed them in violent and inflammatory language, recommending a general strike, and advising the persons present and other workmen to go to the turnip and potato fields to take food, or like expressions, and to compel other workmen to strike, and do the same by the show of numbers, and other violence and intimidation. The indictment specified other meetings afterwards held, at which the same violent language was used, and narrated the subse- quent demonstrations on the streets of Dundee, and between that town and Forfar, for the purpose of compelling the workmen to strike work.—John Duncan pleaded guilty to addressing a portion of the meeting referred to in the indict ment ; John Penney, to breach of peace ; Hugh Ross, to being chairman at one of the meetings; and James Graham, John Scott and Peter Bennet, to breach of peace.—Lord Mackenzie said, the public prosecutor's object was not to obtain a severe punishment, but to obtain such a one as would operate as a warning, and a satisfaction to the law. He therefore proposed that the prisoners should be punished by imprisonment for four months. The Lord Justice Clerk then sentenced the prisoners to four months' imprisonment in Dundee jail, and severely admonished them as to their conduct in time to come.—The diet against John Duncan was deserted, and a new warrant wiu ne issues ior nis (mien tion. William Clark, John Mitchell, Thomas Anderson, and James, Prydie, included in the same indictment, were outlawed for non-appearance.—Seolanan. ..s M. Guizot, we would not suspect him for a moment of allowing his brother minister, M. Lacave Lap lagne, to vote against the treaty, merely to make this measure cease to be a cabinet question : such a course would disgrace the great statesman in the eyes of all Europe. As to Lord Aberdeen, he knows that with this treaty, all other treaties on the Lapis with France would be dissolved. Like a man provoked to fight a duel with a wild misguided antagonist, he has made the last concession honour would bear, courtesy and Christian spirit suggest; and, if a contest must still ensue, the blood shed will be on the head of the adversary. This will not be deemed language too strong, nor a result, l suggested by exaggeration. The treaty of 1841 was signed by all the great powers in Europe : it was signed by the am bassador of France at a diplomatic distance, per telegraph, of twelve hours from Paris. These negotiations, originated matter of history, that during under M. Mole, were continued by M. Thiers — need we say, they were all but consummated by M. Guizot ? Would it be believed, were it not not now the negociation of this treaty, which only differs from those of exerting vexatious of 1831 and 1833 (u n li m ited as to duration) but in the ex tension of zones—th a t i n this treaty of 1841, which gives the ships of war of Fra nce the p ower pro ceedings on a tenfold greater commercial navy than her own —the only power which demanded a probationary trial of five years was Russia; not France, which joined England to overrule this proposal! From this 'treaty the French ad ministration was allowed to retreat , out of respect to their, personal good Nth and honest intentions, battling in vain with the wild tide of popular prejudice. But whilst the re fusal to ratify a treaty is a rare instance indeed in political history,—and, under the above circumstances, we believe without example—treaties once ratified can only be abrogated by mutual consent, or by the sword." (From the Morning Post of Saturday.) We have just received an extraordinary express from Paris, bringing the result of the deliberations of the Commission on the Address in reply to the speech from the Throne, as to the paragraph to be inserted respecting the right of search question. "The Commission on Thursday afternoon decided on a paragraph proposed by M. Dupin, entertaining the three fol lowing points: " First. It expresses the satisfaction of the Chamber of Deputies at the non-ratification by France of the slave sup press•on treaty of December, 1841. " Secondly. The execution of the antecedent treaties of 1831 and 1833 is to be tolerated so long as they are not ex ceeded, or if executed to the letter. . . " Thirdly. The wish is formally expressed, that some term may be designated for France to abandon her exceptionable position created by the treaties of 1831 and 1833, and to re turn, as the paragraph expresses it, to the common right of nations." The report of the Commission, containing the above pa ragraph, will be read in the Chamber of Deputies on Monday next, and the debates will, in all probability, commence on the Wednesday following. Our letters express strong apprehensions that the cabinet may not be able to accept the wording of the last passage, as it pledges the government to enter into negociations for the abrogation of the treaties of 1831 and 1833. No doubt seems to be entertained that the report of the Commission, in the present feeling of the Chamber, will pass without the slightest modification. BOSTON FOREIGN EMIGRANT SOCIETY (From the Boston Atlas.) The deeply important subject of the condition to which the friendless emigrant is exposed, when he lands upon our shores, has, at length, awakened a powerful sympathy in the bosoms of the most distinguished of our citizens. A higher and more truthful appreciation of the emigrant character— the elements which they possess of extending and elevating the mighty destinies of this republic, when directed by the heart and hand of philanthropy and a just conception of the deep and abiding love of freedom which burns in the breasts of the great mass who seek this continent—is the sentiment which is rapidly taking the place of jealous fears and repelling antipathy. Men are now beginning to yield to more compre hensive and statesmanlike views upon this question. The day has passed when men would gravely, and with popular applause, propose to remedy the presumed evils of em►grants in large c►ties, by walling them up and saying to the stranger whose heart throbs for some spot unmarked by the hoof of despotism, this free land and its proud and glorious institu tions are the sole heritage of those whose fortune it was to be born upon its soil. ,We now endeavour to devise means of converting what hitherto was considered a burden into a bles sing, and moulding the immense accessions of industrial wealth, which is annually contributed by the old world to our growing country, into the elements of national strength and greatness. We care not to what causes this noble change in popular feeling is attributable : it is enough that it is sanctioned by the highest spirit of benevolence, and, we may add, a wiser and more patriotic regard to the true interests of this coun try. Institutions framed for the purpose of giving direction to this honourable sympathy for the emigrant, are the in struments to which we must look for the consummation of this noble design. Their successful and energetic action cannot fail to realise the sanguine hopes which the friends k to WA a.m. q.u•• the vast domains of the West as an El Dorado for foreign emigrants, which, while affording them a productive reward for their industry, will increase, to• an immeasurable extent, the wealth and strength of the nation. Through that vast office, and I have seen the prisoner about there for the last carry the flag and intelligence of America to the borders of seventeen or eighteen days, walking up and down, generally the Pacific, and tender a rude, untrodden waste the busy looking in the direction of the Duke of Buceleuch's house. mart of commerce, and a western frontier that shall greet The prisoner was sometimes standing in the Council-office. the traveller of those seas with an impregnable front to On the 13th, I went up to him at about eleven olock,.and t` - • - ► , le country within. The conviction '' in n c e a a le lm ul o a s b t le il u l s im a i n t i a t t; s , s w ill b lie s derived .iiw aene f d ro a m n i s n u t c e h res a t s i o n c t t i l e:t a i y s t of the most active and influential has tain lon g T. c b e . e Grattan,n fe l felt hy 8 E 7 4 e . men of our city. The distinguished Consul of Great Bri tain, question among a circle who, when they engage in any mat ter of public utility, infuse into it a spirit that stamps its success as inevitable ; and to him, in an eminent degree, is deserving the credit of assembling the highly respectable meeting, in point of talent, zeal, and the public position of those present, the account of which we are about to submit. We may safely say, that seldom, if ever, has a meeting been convened for any public object which brought together a larger or more respectable representation of the various in terests of our city. The meeting, which we may remark, was intended merely as one for preliminary consultation, was held at the Ex change, on Wednesday evening. At an early hour we noticed the entree of many of the most distinguished professional and mercantile gentlemen iu the city. The meeting was or ganised by calling to the chair Thomas Colley Grattan, Esq., who, at the earnest solicitation of the gentlemen present, consented to discharge the duties of that position, and E. Hackett Derby, Esq., was appointed secretary. Mr. Grattan, on taking the chair, briefly explained his views in relation to the establishment of an Emigrant So ciety. Having been called on quite unexpectedly to act as president of a meeting merely intended for preliminary dis cussion, but so numerously attended as to require the forms of a public meeting, he was not prepared to enter on the subject at any length, more particularly as the object in view was generally known, and its value well understood. Mr. Grattan referred to the published ConstitutiOn of the Emi grant Society which has been highly successful in New York, and paid a handsome tribute to the great exertions of Dr. Robert Hogan and other gentlemen in effecting its establishment. . . Portions Ct this and other interesting documents were read to the meeting by Mr. Hasket Derby, who acted as secretary. , _ . Mr. Grattan while recommending the organization of the Irish Society of New York, as the model for the one now proposed, parti c ularly explained, that the association which he was desirous of seeing established in Boston, should be formed on the broader basis which would include emigrants from all nations within its action. On these grounds he hoped for the co-operation of the whole body of foreign residents, as well as that of such native Americans as felt the importance and advantage of the plan. Mr. Grattan, in concluding these opening ren arks, expressed his thanks to the gentlemen assembled, for the promptness with which they had responded to his wishes in attending the meeting at his request. And, having thus fulfilled the object which he had so long hoped to see carried out, in bringing together so much of the influence and respectability. of the city to co operate in this undertaking, he begged to be allowed to withdra w from any active public connexion with the society, as not, perhaps, consistent with his official situation, at the same time promising his best assitance to further an object of such great utility. At the close of Mr. Grattan's remarks, James Boyd, Esq., arose, and, after some observations, commendatory of the object which brought them together, submitted the following preamble and resolution, which, after a brief discussion, in which Messrs. Palfrey, Eliot, Brimmer, and Bigeiow took a part, were unanimously adopted : " Whereas, the hitherto great and increasing emigration from . Europe to the United States has had the tendency of placing in the cities on the sea-board more labouring hands than can possibly find employment in the said cities, and, consequent thereon, great suffering and distress fall on the stranger, and pressing claimants are constantly craving and receiving the charities of the community ; and, as it is be lieved that labour is at all times needed in extensive districts of this country, where the means of subsistence and comfort are superabundant, and easily obtained by the poorest indi vidual, who is willing to work, and that, therefore, any effort or management, which would place the surplus labour of the cities in the districts needing the same, would be a work of philanthropy and patriotism ; therefore " Resolved, That this meeting think it expedient and proper to form an association of themselves, and such others as may hereafter join them, for the purpose of granting such aid and counsel to the unemployed and destitute foreigners as may be hereafter agreed upon to be expedient and proper." Mr. Boyd further moved, that a committee be appointed to draft suitable rules and regulations in view of a permanent organization of a " F ore i gn Emigrant Society." This,was adopted. From the committee a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Palfrey, B oy d, an d Walsh, were appointed, to submit to the General Committee a draft of a constitution and rules. The General Committee were instructed to call a meeting - • -• • at the earliest hour, for the purpose of defining some distinct plan of action to secure the public attention and co-operation to this object. Much friendly conversation took place as to the most advisable course to pursue, and the proceedings throughout were characterized by an ardent interest in the purposes that brought them together. We do not hesitate in pronouncing this auspicious commence ment of a great phila n th rop i c m easure as affording most bril. bant promises of an i mmense and permanent association, which shall accomplish the greatest benefits to the stranger, uninformed as to the localities of the country, and ignorant of the best channels for the employment of the small means they may have brou g h t w i th t horn from their native coun tries. We look f orwar d to the next meeting with the greatest interest, and ant i c i pate from its action great perma nent blessings to the emigrants. The Court of Queen's Bench has granted a rule nisi for a new trial in the case of Carpue v. the Brighton Railway Company, wherein the plaintiff obtained £250 damages for fif . s .. tlsLt „ lial c tl:f n r , l ; !i2i ,i ti L ff .__ an injury he . had received during a collision. Two points were urged in favour of the rule by the defendant's counsel ; a tw ct e o n f ty inc d o a r y p s o ' ra n t o io ti n ce ; had_ not ,!!invve,isl Or action, ab ivtitaire(l uy the comp../ - and secondly, that Lord Denman had misdirected the jury as to what amounted to negligence on the part of the defendants. to practis Queen's Bench ; and there are also 2: for readmission A citizen of Schwtyz, in Switzerland, named Charles Herlobie, died lately at the advanced age of 103 years. He was a remarkable personage, as being the last descendant of Margnerite Herlobig, wife of Werner Stauffacher, who. ac cording to history, took a great part in the foundation of the Swiss Confederation. PASSAGE, JAN. 4.—The Rockshire, Duggan, sailed from Quebec, on the Ist November, and on the 28th November, 1 when off St. Peter's, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a tremen dous sea struck her, carried away bowsprit, foremast, main mast, &c., and washed overboard five men, three of whom rePrP rescued. but two young men (Edward Price, London, --1 and Wm. Williams, of Finland), were drownea. 1.. .L.... cannon steamer went out from this on Monday evenine, took her in tow near the Light Ship, ands chance theht herinto Water ford in a disabled con dition ; by thiDuncannon has a claim of £1,500. The vessel belongs to Messrs. Thos. " Brancepath Castle. Jan. 10. Frost and Co. , Quebe c, and was bound to Liverpool. She " Colonel Copeland,—l have just received your letter, at now lies opposite the Quay of Waterford, deeply laden and dismasted. We understand she was insured.—Waterford which I am as much surprised as at the report of your exami- Mirror. nation in the newspapers of the sth instant, and which I had not seen until to-day. You must be aware that that report JAMAICA. EXPORTS.—The table of exports affords the is incorrect. I never either met or had any connection what- most gratifying evidence of the increasing cultivation of the ever with Lord Huntingtower until I was introduced to him colony, the total of sugar exported for the year 1841-2, being and Mrs. Edmonds by you at Mr. Fisher's, when the wort- 45,613 hogsheads, 6494 tierces, and 2817 barrels, against gage was e xecute d . You must know that I appeared there 30,500 hogsheads, 4436 tierces, and 2296 barrels for the year byyour appointment, at your particular request, and on your preceding. We can observe, also, a slight increase in the behalf, and that I neither went nor returned with them. present year's manufacture of rum, as compared with the These facts I consider so essantial to my c h a racter, th a t I q uantity of sugar, being to the extent of almost 300 puncheons shall take the earliest opportunity of stating them b e f o re the upon the whole crop ; but whether this is to be attributed to commissioner. I remain, sir, you most obedient servant, the adoption of Mr. O'Keefe's improved system, or to merely "H. M. VANE." adventitious circumstances, we are not in a position to de termine. The coffee crop also exhibits an increase of above ear to have Sir"—" most obedie nt servant"—Call you this " back -1000 tierces ; and the g in g er and pimento crop app ing of your friends," Mr. Vane ? But you are right. The been equally successful : altogether therefore we have reason drama would not be in correct keeping otherwise. The man to congratulate our country friends upon the so far success of business always turns against his client in the last act. ful results of their labours. —Jamaica Standard, Nov. 19. We have a " sterling" play in our mind's eye just now. The moral is colonels should not cultivate the friendship of THE CHURCH IN WALES.-- The state of the Welsh minors before they have accurately ascertained what their Church is one of the deepest depression, brought on by the expectations are ; and that minors should not go shares in miserable neglect which it has experienced. Indeed it would the credit of middle-aged colonels who have nothing but their have been well if there had been no other cause than the ne credit to live on. There are also some subsidiary moralities gative one ofvegleet. But there has been a positive cause, which this story develoPea—firat, a fruiterer should not lt which has been working for upwards of a century. The strong a young gentleman " eft a dozen of Chartnontel tea disinclination shown by the Welsh people to the change of time in his shop ;" secondiy, captains on half-pay should fol- dynasty at the accession of the present family caused the Go low Mr. Fonblanque's advice, " keep a special peerage- vernment to put Englishmen exclusively into her sees. The bop k," and be more cautious than Captain Cauty.—Tirnes. consequence has been that the spirit of the clergy has been broken, and the affections of the people towards the Church, --------__ —_____ which were warmer than in any other part of the island, have SPRING CluctuTs.—Home Circuit—Lord Denman, Mr. been alienated. How, indeed, could the clergy, when they Justice Patteson. Norfolk Circuit—Chief Justice Tindal, saw an inseparable bar put against their advancement to the Mr. Justice Coleridge. Northern Circuit—For York and rule of their native Church, maintain the same high tone as Liverpool, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Coltman. For the their English brethern ? They were reduced to a body of four northern counties, Mr. Baron Rolfe. Midland Cir- impoverished vicars and starving curates, hewers of wood and cuit—Mr. Baron Alderson. Mr. Baron Gurney. Oxford drawers of water to their English masters.—Evan' "A 3 p- Circuitr. Justice Erskine, Mr. Justice Wightman. peal against the Union of Bangor and St. Asaph." Western Circuit—Mr. Justice Cresswell and a sergeant-at- MODESTY OF AN AMERICAN' ED TOR. The New York law. North Wales Mr. Justice Maule. South Wales— Herald (edited by James Gordon i ßennet,) has the following Mr. Justice Williams. Lord Abinger will attend chambers ~ leading article, * ' under date 24th December last :—Debates in Congress—Derangement of the Mail.—Our readers were in town, mac. -A person named Lag,naud, 26 years of age, of very much disappointed vesterday, in not receiving the d report o easy circumstances, residing in the commune of of the debate in the House of Representatives on We nesday, .ic (Ardeches). committed s.uicide, a few days ago, in a in which Mr. Arnold, the fire eater from Tennessee, made a ...y strange manner. After .having shut himself up in his great speech. This disappointment was caused by the con room, he broke to pieces basin, watch d and guard chain, the tinual mismanaeement of the mails between Washington and timepiece, and the jugs and .an tore up his linen and N e w York. Our reports of the debates in Con i r n e t ss. are so life-like, so graPhic. so admirable, so original a . nd g eresting, clothes. He next cut off his toes with a hatchet, and wounded in various places his legs with a knife. He then discharged that the public feel a most inten-e disappointment, when :..... i . hi s head, but as the ball only took away a part they are deprived of them at their regular morning meal. ...rnza livid to take up his These sketches—daguerreotype reports—will have a greater ie n sense to the delibe- SUICIDV influence in giving dignity and Cori Dr LLIG ra zor and rip up his stor nacti.—wium , ...... AWFULLY SU iDDEN DE ATII.---On Sunday last , Mr. Clark( „,;,,i.ter. was preaching in the ch a r' w Issenibly of tt rative 'uau any of the dull, prosy ones that ever were attempted. They have already created a perfect mania in this latitude, and they will continue to do so, to the end of the session. The disappointment in not re ceiving them is, therefore, intense. What can be the matter with the Post-office? LONGEVITY ON THE PEE R AGE .—The following is a list of the peers who died in 1842 with their ages : January Chichester, Bishop of. February ..... March Hertford, Marquis of Macclesfield, Earl of Munster, Earl 0f... Norfolk, Duke of.. Teynham, Baron* Ludlow, Earl. a few miles Aging to that denomination t h eattt, a village from Bridgwater, and near close of his sermon was speaking of the uncertainty of life, and that the preacher might never be permitted to leave the pulpit alive, conclud ing his discourse by reciting some exquisite lines on death. After which, in attempting to give out a notice of a meeting, his voice faltered, and he suddenly fell back in the pulpit. He was immediately conveyed to a neighbouring house, and every attention paid to him, but he never spoke afterwards, t h e same evening be ex p ired with and about eleven o'clock yan local aged 60 . CHARGE OF FELON AGAINST AN IRISH GENTLEMAN.-- "n". Court of Coran3ission has been occupied for five named _Egan, who was out a sigh me .uuoma ....... _ days with the trial of a gentleo.... charged with having abstracted from the Dublin and isanm asloe coach, on the 19th of December last, a parcel, con charged a large sum in bank notes and money, the property of the National Bank, transmitted by the branch bank at Moate to the central bank at Dublin. Th e evidence was pure ly circumstantial, so far as 'it affected the accused, and s h ow ed great carelessness and neglect on the part o f the ser vants of the bank. No person could speak positive l y as to the actual amount conta ined in t h e parcel, and th e p arcel ,--f ~f a common stage coach. __. Shannon, Earl of.. Manners, Baron... Congleton, Baron. Rodney, Baron ... Leicester, Earl of. Berwick, Baron.. Rossmore, Earl of Vivian, 8ar0n.... August September Wellesley, Marquis . Teynham, Baron*. 4•B NI ..._____ itself was thrown into the bow , The verdict was one of acquittal, which was receiveu WIL.. enthusiastic cheering in a crowded court —the cheering being re-echoed by thousands assembled without. TRAGICAL EVENT.—On Friday, considerable sensation was created in Warrington, by the report that one brother had met his death by the bands of another, and that the other had been badly wounded also. The following are the facts, as far as our correspondent, iu the hurry of the moment, to save the evening has been enabled to collect them —Bewley Farm, near train,arigton, is tenanted by a respect -r, named Crosby, who is assisted in his a gricultural by several sons. On Friday, afternoon, one of these sons, Thomas Crosby, and one of his younger brothers (we have not ascertained his christian name), went out rabbit shooting over the farm • and on their return, prior to the fowling-pieces being discharged, or laid aside, a quarrel took place between them. From words they got to blows, and, in the heat of passion, Thomas Crosby was struck on the head by his brother with the butt end of his wich going off r the 'Foment, the contents barely escaped entering the ' ---.-- ctrikinr. The stock eip of he gun was -oblow, that October .. November Ferrara, Earl.. Gort, Viscount 76 65 87 48 able farme occupation LI - 11g/ , shattered to pieces, and such was the force or a portion of the lock of the g un fractured t he skull al lacerated Thomas Crosby's brain. Medical assi,,t dger° ance i mme diately obtained, but the poor man lies in a an • 77 74 84 86 CHILDREN POISONED.-The following serious ice, which had nigh been attended with fatal conse took place on Wednesday last i n the family of a a -at of police at Kensington . A friend baying sent sent of a twelfth cake with several painte d fi g e m , it was d is tributed amongst the four children, o f the ag es of two, four, seven, and nine years, a b ou t two stets. FOUR lences there- December Hill, Viscount * It will be observed by the above, that Lord Teynham, (14th Baron,) and his successor, both died this year. THE WORKING CLERGY OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. —The Church and State Gazette, in its last number, sup plies a statistical description of this c lass of the Established Clergy ; and founds upon it an earnest appeal in their behalf. The document states that, " Of these curates there are 3,088 who are so to non-resident incumbents; 1,720 who are resi dent in glebe-houses; and 1,722 to resident incumbents. Of the 3,088 curates who are so to non-resident incumbents, 295 receive incomes under £5O per annum ; 493 under £6O ; 231 under £7O; 379 under £80; 395 under £9O; 111 under £100; 493 under £110; 33 under £120; 256 under £l3O ' • 30 under £140; 11 under £150; 190 under £ 160 ; 32 from £l6O, and under £310; two each Sunday service 20s„ 215., and 425. ; four who receive the pew-rents as the whole of their income ; 66 who take the whole income of the living ; 40 who receive no stipend at all; and 27 miscellaneous. Next comes the „r th,. 1 790 curates. who are so to resident incumbents. case or ru. J LA/ Uuacni.,o, ".., ,•••• • 5•••••,...,.. Of these, 128 receive stipends under £5O per annum ; 222 under £6O ; 127 under £7O ; 142 under £BO ; 251 under £9O ; 62 under £lOO ; 408 under £llO ; 15 under £l2O ; 99 under £l3O 19 under £l4O ; 13 under £l5O ; 520 under £l6O ; 27 from £l6O to under £310; five each Sunday service of 205., 215., and 425. ;11 who receive the pew-rents ; three who take the whole income of the living ; 118 who have no stipend ; and 20 miscellaneous." An examination of these statistics will give a result of from £BO to £lOO - - of a curate. • :BATS ELOPEMENT Iciest going o'clock in the afternoon, just previous to tue tv,., --- to school. About four o'clock one of thetn returned home vomiting dreadfully, and shortly aftewards the other came home similarly affected. Both complained of violent pain and beat in the stomach of which also the other two complained, and were shortly afterwards se . zed with vomiting. A surgeon was promptly called in, who, on seeing the children, and ascer t a ining what they had eaten, declared they had been poisoned by the paint with which the figures were coloured. Proper remedies wete immediately applied, but all efforts to .his vomiting were unsucce . ssful until eleven o'clockex at ......riv - tar as the average salar ,—Captain Shenley, who some shor a young lady of fifteen years of ag stop mu vs-- .... night, by which time two of the children were mai., -- hausted. On Thursday they were rather better, and it was considered they were likely to recover. It was also ascer tained that one of the children of the person by whom the cake was sent had been similarly seized. A very curious case came before the civil tribunal on Fri day last. The circumstances ar , as follow:—Madame Guil mard, a corset-maker in the Passage Saumon, suffered so severely from grief for the death of three children, and lastly of her husband, that she completely lost her reason, and was ty of a thousand acts of extravagance. Whenever a hbour, or even a customer, came to her, she required to kiss the portrait o her deceased husband, and ca ressed or abused th e m as they e ith er complied or refused to At times she made attempts to -, herself with a razor, or time from the United. States, and which affair at the time caused considerable excitement in America, from the circumstances attending it, and a notice of which appeared in the London journals, iS at present residing at Surinam, where he fills the office of Judge of her Majesty's Slave Commission Court, but intends to return, as the American papers state, in con sequence of the ill-health of his lady, and will then take the opportunity to endeavour to bring about an amicable recon ciliat►on between himself and Mrs. Shenley's family. The property to which the young lady is entitled is al ;llions of dollars—near half a million sterling, ar with her request • comp., --- commit suicide, ei ther ny w0u......„ _____ endeavouring to throw herself out of the window. Her friends finding that her mind incessantly turned upon a husband ' thought to effect a cure by bringing about another marriage ' for her. Several men were brought to her as a match, but they all, on becoming acquainted with the real state of the case, shrank from the proposed union . At length a person named Faure, employed in the prefecture, from motives w hi c h must be evi dent, as Madame Guilmard was known to be in prosperous circums tances, agreed to form the alliance. ---., was performed on the 29th April last, and • __ ...„td_ under the delu- ut two :onsists of real estate in Pittsburg—no small fortune for this gallant son of Mais to " storm and - rapture." It is bequeathed to her under the will of her grandfather, the late General O'Hara. The Pennsylvania legislature passed an act setting aside this legacy, and giving the revenues to the trustee ; but it may be supposed that such a law is null and void and of no effect in a court of law and equity. It is most probable, if the law thus passed be correctly represented, that the lady's ultimate right to the property is fully conceded, and only prevents her claiming it until she becomes of age. At the time of her elopement she resided at Mrs. Inglis's seminary, at Staten Island. Captain Shenley, immediately after his nuptials, came to England, and was with his lady presented to her Majesty on his appointment. He has been twice a widower, having married first the niece of Lord Fife, and :condly the second dau EXTRAORDINARY ANECDOTE OF A DOG.—Many marvels have been narrated concerning the dog and his attachment to man, but we know not that we ever beard of anything more extraordinary than that which we are about to tell our readers. t the Red Lion hotel in this town, there is an old, one of the terrier breed, named Crib. He lies about in the yard, or stable, or kitchen, and enjoys his otium cum dignitale just as is most agreeable to himself and -qonant with his age and infirmities. P"-- eyed, worn out no The ceremony Madame Guilmard being, as it was staizu, sion that she was about to recover ber lost busband, con ducted herself through the several ceremonies with so much calmness and propriety that neither tics ei.“ ---• • the priest of the church, bad any ,f her mind. Ver, sed of a pro- suspicion of the re _ L. ....r.• hortly after the roarrwve, Dow 1 with their former force, and strang... new couple• In etweeli anon was placed in a lunatic ate was dischaged ,orarily ii1601.,..--- r reason, whether t alone can show, she conimeneet u ns band, on the ground 'ere not in him, her faculties a valid consent to the contract -t rid of the suit bT )rrinVhat per sense m particular as to the company he keeps, and one of the few persons admitted to his friendship was the late lamented John Barker. who was kind to the took a great of o " poor old Cribby. ' For some two years Lio the past Crib 3 - probably not been a hundred yards from n gar indeed, as we understand, be would not follow an• servants or hangers-on on the premises. Nov day was the day appointed for the funeral of and the hearse used on the melancholy occasion beim., Mitchell, and consequently proceeded from the Lion. Strange and unaccountable as it may seem, it is true that this superannuated dog, which had i to ge; orcupastances, and after the lapse .ace the ceremony was performed without any at iipt by Madame Guilmard or her relations to annul the the present proceedings could not be gone into. --••• decided tbat there could not be any - • _.sties. and that such neverthel___ scarcely been off the premt thereto for two years nt of his or her reason, - - of Madame Guilmard was ma i n tainanie, nroofs on both s ides should be one by any sort of accident, followed any of the pot-boys or other servants, accompanied the hearse to Mr. Barker's late residence, sat opposite the door until the body was placed within it, walked by the side of the mournful procession to the church of Little St. Mary, remained opposite thereto until the remains of his friend were consigned to their final place of rest, and then quietly returned home unattended, the hearse having quitted the scen e some time before ! We _ . —.,ment noon this extraordinary nd not to of Bided that the suit and ordered that t ato. This will be done at a future Be occurrence, but we assure our re have stated them to be.—Cambridi e Chronicle, ion that he foceeds to be s etting nothing ; and how he obtained ..orth of bills before he came of age, to ..is lordship, on attaining his majority, ex ,gage deed to the holder of the bills. We also as far as Colonel Copeland's short memory would the assertion —that out of this £20,000 repaid to the galls... r:olonel, his lordship had only received £2OO. This statemen , must have impressed our readers with a most favourable idea of his lordship's simplicity, and the colonel's —ingenuity. But in this eventful drama, as in every other, the fifth act generally disappoints the hopes of plotting dex terity, and rewards the sufferings of unsuspecting ingenu ousness. A andane who had " known Col. Copeland for vparsbeen his solicitor for five," acted as wit _ ... aaoa whirh s friend s lordship's execution o stis signed by the latter after he had " been travelling nitside of a coach all day, and drinking se veral g lasses of irandy-and-water." Mr. Vane seems to have taken fright t the announcement of his name in the plblic prints. Con --Iv be resolves to " cut" the colonel on the first con . This soon presents itself. The colonel, .hat an examination in Basinghall-street was warmer ,an he had expected, writes this characteristic no te friend and solicitor" (which, by the by, we strongly recommend for insertion in the next edition of the " Com plete Letter-writer") : lent Opportunity inding My dear Vane,—These d—d examinations whic have re broug ht forward from Hnntingtower's ba nkru p tcy nea rly driven me mad, as you may suppose. They want out to u p s et the mortgage, and if you can co nveniently keep ot London at present it would be better. lam coming down to Alnwick, and will meet you." Now, note Mr. Vane's reply to his friend and client's STATISTICS OP EAST INDIA SHIPPING Mr. Stikeman, of the East India and China Association, has just published his comparative statement. of British ships, with their tonnage, which have bet._ inwards and cleared outwards, from and to places within limits of the East India Company's charter, in the year IS4I and 1842. Of '-wards, the followine 1 ArrE Mi'r z VEEL'S to assassinate Mr. Dr Robert Peel, in the open yes of S The motives of the assassin are at present involved in mys tery, not the slightest clue being yet obtained to the cause that could have impelled him to the commission of so ag gravated a crime. But, whatever may have been the reasons influencing his mind, it will be seen, from the- subjoined account, that his purpose was carried out with the most nage and 11,654 men, and 525 ships, 200,600 cold-blooded determinating, though, fortunately, no fatal age. and 10,061 men. results are at present expected to result from the wound , which he succeeded in inflicting on his intended victim : L IVE RPOOL.—An increase in 1812 of 1 sh i p , 708 tonna g e and 24 men. It appears, from information on which perfect reliance " BRISTOL AND HULL — A decre ase in 1842 of 4 ships, may be placed, that Mr. Drummond left Downing-street 916 tonnage, and 51 men. at about half-past three o'clock in the afternoon of yesterday. " CLYDE, LEITH, AND OTHER BRITISH PORTS.—A de- in company with the Earl of Paddington. They proceeded crease in 1842 of 22 ships, 9,438 tonnage, and 506 men. together as bar as the Admiralty, where Mr. Drummond left "TOTAL RESULTS OF 'THE ABOVE PoRTs.—A decrease the Earl of Iladdington, and went to the banking-house of in 1842 of 37 ships, 25,533 tonnage, and 2,126 men, the dif- his brother of the same name, at Charing-cross. •n his re forenro between 788 ships, 318,980 tonnage, and 16,304 men, turn therefrom, and when he had proceeded as far as the lumber of yes& shown : )N.—A decreas( 293,427 tonnag, ItANCI AND ENGLAND )und re that we receive trot,' our Faris correspondents int!mation of the po, , sibility of the abrogation of the slave treaties . being enforced by the factious intrigues of the enemies, of the present French ad ministration. We have on this subject to present a few simple observations ; but they are of a most serious tendency —and as we have lately published, on this subject, authentic articles, ascribed to the highes t official sources, and which have thrown the more rabid press of France into a state of frenzy, we beg, on this occasion, to state, that our opinions are merely those of the independent press Rod of the country ILL till 6C. The question which political, diplomatical, and all thinking men at this moment ask is, whether the late concessions to the French government have been made with the understand ing, that, by the above treaties, M. Guizot would stand or fall ; and, what is far more important, whether these were the last concessions Lord Aberdeen could possibly make? Both these questions are solved, AND IN TILE AFFIR MATIVE! As regard THE LATE iIVItRitANE— i rbTAL LOSS 0V SHIP ENGLAND To the alrcatly frightful catal :he total loss of another fine rhornas Lewis, beitior,ing to I. of wrecks we have to athl England, Captain The intelligence was brought by Captain Lewis, who with the chief mate, Mr. Clark, and the ship's cook, arrived off the Custom-house at eleven o'clock on Thursday night by the _Belgian steamer. The England was of 425 tons burden, 'and belonged to Messrs. Ward and Sou, shipowners at Shadwell. She was not insured. Her crew., besides Captain Lewis, consisted of first and second mates, carpenter and carpenter's mate, and 16 seamen. On the 7th inst. she left the River Thames for the coast of Africa, with about 200 tons of ballast, and ar rived safe in the Downs on the following Thursday. They proceeded on the passage the same evening, having fair weather, the wind blowing a fine breeze from the east. How ever, at about one o'clock on Friday morning, when the ship had arrived between Fairley and Beachey Head, it commenced blowing a heavy gale, which increased to one of the severest hurricanes ever experienced by the oldest seaman on board. Captain Lewis, upon the storm advancing, had the ship se cured as snugly as possible ; all sail was shortened, and every man was upon deck ready in case of emergency. At about two o'clock the appearance of the weather was awful ; bail, snow, and rain descended in torrents, the sea appeared like a boiling surf, the waves rising a terrific height, and making a clear breach over the vessel. Most of the crew had lashed themselves to different parts of the vessel. During the morn ing the ship laboured very hard, and by her continually pitch ing shifted her cargo of ballast; so much so, that by day break she was completely upon her beam-ends; and making a considerable quantity of water. The crew made signals of distress, but no vessel made its appearance during that and the following day ; but seven o'clock on Sunday morning a Dutch pilot-boat hove it sight. In the meanwhile the ves sel had become worse, the crew suffering from cold and ex haustion. During Friday they made several attempts to work at the pumps ; but the storm still continuing with unabated violence, although several were lashed to the handles, they were unable to keep a footing. Friday night and Saturday passed without any further success, and they remained lashed to the rigging until late on Saturday night when the weather became somewhat fine, which enabled them to free them selves from the quarters where they had been tied nearly 48 hours. Such was the situation of the ship then, that it was impossible to work at the pumps, or even to launch the long boat ; she lay on the water with her gunwales completely under, and her destruction was expected by all. At daybreak the following morning (Sunday) Captain Lewis and the chief officers determined upon cutting away the mainmast, in the hope of throwing the vessel more in an upright position, and in order to construct a raft. In a few minutes after the order had been given the mast fell overboard, but it had little effect upon the ship. She lay with the bottom of her keel partially out of the water. and the gunwale some feet under. There was then upwards of ten feet of water in the hold, which was last approaching the deck. Just as they commenced con structing the raft the pilot-boat, to their great delight, hove down towards them, and succeeded in reaching the England, and taking them safely off the wreck. The Dutch pilot-bo'at, at the desire of Captain Lewis, re mained alongside of the ship until she sank, which took place in about two hours afterwards, about three leagues from the The crew, upon their arrival at Flushing, were most kindly treated by the authorities, who afforded them every comfort and assistance they could wish. The British Consul at Flushing then forwarded them to Rotterdam, which place they left fur London. LOSS OF THE " CONQUEROR." FURTHER PARTICULARS The boy Abchurch load been lashed to a spar, and was i n a most exhausted stare when washed on shore. Restoratives were immediately applied, and he slowly regained consci ousness. Before ten o'clock, on Friday, Mrs. Thompson was washed on the beach, with one of her children. The unfortunate lady was not quite dead, but survived only a few moments. The wind continued to blow strongly from the N.W. during the whole day, and several bodies came on shore, including those of Mrs. Jenkins (one of the passen gers), five children, two sailors, and two soldiers, forming part of a detachment of the 91st Regiment, who embarked for England at St. Helena, on board the Conqueror. Information was immediately forwarded to Boulogne, and Mr. Hamilton, the consul, arrived at Lorel late on Friday afternoon. Portions of the wreck and cargo were washed on shore during the day, and taken possession of by Mr. Adam, Lloyd's egent at Boulogne, on behalf of the under writers concerned. Mr. Hamilton directed a number of coffins to be prepared for the reception of the bodies of those drowned, and made arrangements for the proper performance of the funeral service. The Conqueror left Bengal on the 18th of September, 1842. No advices had been received by her owners from the Cape,'but it is conjectured that she had made a very favour able passage, from the early period of her arrival in the Channel. The present was her first voyage, she being an entirely new ship. The Tollowindis a letter sent by one of the seamen to his friends by another vessel made near the coast : " Off Torbay, Thursday, Jan. 12. " Dear Father and Mother,—With much pleasure send my kind love to you, hoping that it will find you in good health. We have been very unlucky in our voyage home, and have lost several hands since we left India. Two young men were drowned before we left Calcutta, and four have died since. Dear mother, send to Kate and let her know that the ship has arrived. 1 hope I shall find you in good health. Give my kindest remembrance to all inquiring friends. I expect you will see me about Monday or Tues day if all goes well. Send to Mrs. Brown, and let her know her son is well, and hopes she is the same, as well as his brothers and sisters. So no more at presi.iit from your affectionate son, " Mrs. Harcou r t, Mill wa ll , Popl GEORGE HAR C OURT. ar," The Conqueror was in company with the American line of packet-ship Westminster during the greater part of Thurs day, both vessels continually tacking on each other's course. The latter ship arrived in the Downs on Sunday last. It appears that, although the weather has very much mo derated since Saturday, strong north-west gales have pre vailed, in consequence of which many bodies drifted ashore during Sunday and Monday, and it is generally believed that those of nearly the whole of the crew have been recovered. The situation of Lorel, an isolated point on the coast, has prevented a frequent communication with Boulogne; but Mr. Hamilton is stated to be unremitting in his exertions to render every possible assistance. It is hoped that Abchurch would have sufficiently recovered to leave the coast for Boulogne on Monday evening, and a carriage was despatched for him. He had not, however, arrived when the packet left. The few remains of the wreck have been sold by auction. Among the bodies cast on shore on Sunday was that of a sailmaker drowned in the Reliance. The remains were frightfully mutilated, and the head altogether gone. His identity was proved by the name worked on his Guernsey frock. A head was afterwards washed on shore. The Conqueror had a very valuable cargo on board, and is underwritten to a large amount. Notwithstanding this, Mr. Green w ill be a serious loser—his vessels being always insured for a considerably less sum than their actua► value. The wreck of this ship, which has excited such painful in terest in this country, appears to have caused little sensation at Boulogne, and little is known respecting the melancholy disaster at that place. Two gentlemen connected with Mr. Green's establishment left Boulogne on Sunday for England, and had not then even heard of the wreck. At Perthcawl, on Saturday morning, at day-break, a ship. wreck was discovered on shore near Dunraven Castle, be tween two and three miles north of the Ness Lighthouse. Upon the inhabitants hastening to the coast, they learnt that the crew and master (Mr. Brereton) had landed in safety by the vessel's boat, she proving to be the schooner George Canning, belonging to the port of Yarmouth. The vessel has since become a total wreck. Two FEMALES DROWNED.—A very lamentable accident occurred at Knostrop, near Leeds, on Thursday evening last, owing, there is little doubt, to the very.thick fog which prevailed at the time. A young woman of the name of Jane Foxcroft, the daughter of Mr. Foxcroft, residing in the Isle of Cinder, Leeds, was on a visit at the house of Mr. Jona than Benson, gardener, who lives about two hundred yards below the Knostrop Lock, at a few yards distant from the Leeds and Selby Canal, About ten minutes to eight o'clock in the evening, Miss Foxcroft left Mr. Benson's house on her way home, in company with Miss Sarah Collishe, the niece of Mr. Benson. The latter young woman intended to set the other part of her way. As Miss Collishe did not re turn, Mr. and Mrs. Benson felt rather astonished, and Mr. Benson went to the lock-house about twelve o'clock, and in quired of the Knostrop lock-keeper (Mr. Jackson) if he had seen anything of his niece, but the latter had not. Mr. and Mrs. Benson retired to bed, under an impression that Miss Collishe had gone home .with Miss Foxcroft to Leeds. About eight o'clopk, yesterday (Friday) morning, the lock-keeper found a check silk bag floating on the water, and on his car rying it to Mr. Benson it was identified as the one Miss Foxcroft had in her possession when she had left Knostrop on the previous evening. A person was sent down to Mr. Foxcroft's, and it was then ascertained that Miss Foxcroft had never reached home. Search was made in the canal, and the bodies of both the young women were found therein, and were got out before nine o'clock. They were found within four or five yards of each other, and about one hun dred yards from the house of Mr. Benson. There were no marks of violence on either of the bodies. , The two females left Mr. Benson's. the night before, arm-in-arm, in cheerful conversation, and there is no doubt one had actually fallen into the canal, and dragged the other after her, and both had unfortunately perished.—Leeds intelligencer. Loss OF THE AMERICAN PACKET-SHIP SAMARANG.— . . On Thursday intelligence was received of the loss of this tine ship, reported to be 600 tons burthen, which occurred near the Goodwin Sands during the tempest on the night of Friday week. The ship was laden with a cargo of turpentine, oil, and other goods, and arrived in the Downs from Quebec on Friday morning, and was progressing to her destination, Hull, when overtaken by the storm. By a statement received from her commander, Mr. Franklin Beane, it appears, soon after the vessel arrived in the Downs the hurricane commenced, which quickly drove her upon a shoal or sands called the Brake, close to the Goodwin Sands, off the North Foreland. In order, if possible to save the ship, he ordered his men to cut away the mainmast, with hopes it would sufficiently ease her to float her off; but that not succeeding, the mizenmast was also cut away. There being a very heavy sea, and it making a continual breach over her, he every moment expected she would break in two ; therefore, the only chance was to hoist the jib and slip the cables ; by doing so she beat over the shoal. It was then four o'clock, p.m., (Friday afternoon). As soon as she had cleared the shoal it was discovered that her rudder was gone, and the water was making rapid pro gress in her hold. Finding, the destruction of the vessel was near, they launched the long boat, and they would have in stantly jumped into it, but the waves caught it and dashed it against the ship's side with great force, by which many of its timbers were started, and to attempt afterwards to gain the shore by it was impossible. They all then took to the pumps and worked vigorously, but instead of the water diminishing in the hold it was rising fast up to the deck. Their situation now became perilous, for all knew that the ship could riot keep above water an hour longer. Many of them had fallen on their knees, and gave themselves up as lost, when at about dusk a boat was observed bearing down to their assistance. She proved to be the Duke of York cutter, belonging to Rams gate, manned by eight courageous boatmen, who, perceiving the sad condition of the ship from shore, had, in a most praiseworthy manner, pushed off to the rescue of those On board. Upon approaching the Samarang it struck against the ship's boat, and stove a hole in her side ; however, they managed to stop it up, and took off the wreck Mr. Bearse and the whole of the crew, amounting to 21 seamen. The storm at the time was raging furiously, the wind blowing fiercely off the land ; however, after great exertion, they suc ceeded in reaching Broadstairs in safety, though much ex hausted from exposure. Mr. Bearse states that the conduct of the crew of the Duke of York cutter is deserving of the highest commendation, and he and his men owe their lives to their courageous conduct, for they must all have inevitably perished in less than an hour had not their boat arrived. Nothing having been seen of the Samarang since, she is sup posed to have gone down soon after they left. Portions of her cargo, however, amounting to 180 barrels of turpentine, have been found floating off Dover, and have been brought ashore at that place. It is not exactly known whether she is insured or not.—Morning Herald. THE LATE STORM.—The storm of Friday night, which seems to have swept the whole of the coast, and of which we have given full details in another column, was severely felt in this neighbourhood ; but we are glad to say that the casual ties attendant upon it were not so numerous as might have been expected. Two vessels belonging to Mr. Knowles, which left Liverpool on the . Friday, were sunk, and sus tained some damage ; but they have both been raised, and their cargoes have been taken out. One of the vessels was called "The Brothers," and; on her striking the sands, it appears that the mate and another man on board were washed or jerked overboard. As yet, the body of only one man has been found.—Preston Chronicle. IMPORTANT DECISION AGAINST THE CLAIMS OF THE SCOTTISH CHURCH. —The Stewarton case came on for judgment on Thursday, in the Court of Session, Edinburgh. The consulted Judges had previously given in their opinions, which were six against the claims of the Church and three in their favour. On Thursday the Lord President and Lord Mackenzie delivered their opinions ; and on Friday Lord Fullerton and Lord Jeffrey theirs. Their lordships were unanimous in opinion against the claims of the Church, and pronounced an interlocutor, suspending the proceeding com plained of, and declaring the interdict already granted perpe tual and decern. Dover is likely to be this week the scene of an explosion of gunpowder unparalleled in civil engineering. No less a quantity than 18,0001b5., in three distinct charges, will be fired by galvanic means et one moment—that being the ex tent of the enormous powel about to be use d. Th e w h o l e arrangements have been carried on by government, at the expense of the London and Dover Railway Company. Lieut. Hutchinson, R. E., superintending the whole, under General Pasley's directions. It is expected that nearly two millons of tons of material will be displaced by this one operation— saving several thousand pounds to the company. The ex plosion will take place on Thursday next, at low water, from two to three o'clock, p.m. LAW.—In the Bail Court,• London, on Thursday, Miss Alice' Smith, who conducts an academy in this city, obtained a verdict for £lOO 2s. against. Mr. Stivens, nroprietor of the Italian warehouse, High-street; under the following circum stances :—Miss Smith left at Mr. Stivens' warehouse, cer tain cards (of instruction itj music) printed at the expence of £lOO, which Mr. Stower, son-in-law of Mr. Stivens, and a commission agent, undertook to dispose of. Some time af terwards, Miss Smith desired to have the cards withdrawn from Mr. Stivens' and delivered up to her. Mr. Stivens then had them not ; and Mr. Stower refuted to give them up unless he was paid £l5 for his services. The case was abundantly argued by counsel, and the verdict against Mr. Stivens! was given as above. THE LATE MARQLIS WELLESLEY'S LIBRARY.—At the second day's sale of this interesting collection, yesterday, lot 388 excited much competition, and was ultimately bought by Messrs. Hatchard at no less than 91 guineas. It is thus de scribed in the catalogue :—" Letter on the present state of India, with two Manuscript Notes by the Marquis Wellesley, one particularly interesting on his Indian Policy, and a Cor rection of a passage in Alison's History." The marginal note by the late Marquis on the above letter was to the fol lowing effect :—" The departure from our fixed line of Indian policy was none of mine—it was the act of Colonel Monson. He was a poor, weak, but brave man. According to my in variable custom, when it was in my power, I sheltered the reputation of my subordinates when aware that they were acting from conscientious motives. The words ' departed,' &c., are, therefore, misapplied. I wish the author of this pamphlet, who seems a .sensible man, would inform Mr. Alison of it. Mr. Alison's history is an excellent one, and most just to me, but he makes some mistakes, which did I know him or any of his friends I would correct. W." THE LATE MARQUIS WELLESLEY.—The will of the late Marquis Wellesley has been brought into the Prerogative Court of Archbishop of Canterbury for probate. It is dated the Bth of September. 1835, and John Thornton Esq., to whom a legacy of £l,OOO is given, for his long, faithful and useful services, is apppointed the sole executor. A legacy of £l,OOO is given to Alfred Montgomery, Esq., his lordship's private Secretary, in consideration of his dutiful services. The Marchioness Wellesley is constituted general residuary legatee. By a codicil, dated the 18th of February 1839, the noble testator gives his watch and seals, books and papers (with the exception of his Grenville Homer), to Mr. Mont gomery. To Earl Grey, his George, carved on a large amethyst, as a testimony of his sincere respect and esteem; and to his highly esteemed friend, Lord Brougham, his Gren ville Homer, in four volumes quarto, as a mark of his high consideration, and of his affectionate attachment. To all his servants, his lordship gives six months' wages from the day of his death, and his wardrobe to his valet. The perso nal estate is sworn under £6,000. ANOTHER 'VELSEL WRECKED NEAR BOSCASTLE—ALL HAND SLOST.—Soon after that ill-fated Indiaman, the Jessie Logan, drove on the rocks at the creek near Boscastle, on the Cornwall coast, and became a wreck, another vessel, called the Elizabeth Aletta, commanded by Mr. Bakker, was driven by the fury of the hurricane upon the sands at Cruckington Haven, situated within six miles N.E. of Boscastle harbour, where in the course of an hour she was totally lost, and all on board perished. A party of the coast-guard service wit nessed the vessel come ashore, and saw the poor creatures take to the rigging, where they remained but a short period, for upon the vessel striking the sands her masts were started out of their places and fell over board, carrying with them the unfortunate crew, and none of them were seen alive after wards. They were supposed to consist of eleven seamen with the master. One body has been picked up, and two more have been seen, but it was impossible to get at them. On Tuesday the wreck was sold for £93. TILE MARQUIS WELLESLEY'S COMMENTS ON MR. ALI SON.—The circumstance, so wholly unprecedented, of an eightcenpenny pamphlet, published only in 1842, and still on 'sale, having procured, at public auction, the enormous sum of £95 Ils., merely because it had in it two or three manuscript notes by the late Marquis, has naturally attracted considerable attention. The pamphlet was purchased for the Duke of Wellington, and it is said that, on the price being mentioned to him, he evinced, not unnaturally, the utmost surprise. The competitor against Mr. Hatchard, who bought the lot, was Mr. Blackwood, the publisher of Mr. Alison's history, that firm desiring to possess such tes timony to the general excellence of the work. Mr. Hatch , ard's order, however, was unlimited—merely " buy it ; " and, if Mr. Alison 's publishers bad not entered the field, there were others prepared to go to a very high price. One gentleman was ready to go as high as £5O, so that his grace had no chance of obtaining a bargain. The circumstance is unprecedented in the history of sales of books, autographs. &c. NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—The committee appointed to investigate the present and past management of the Mid land Counties' Railway have made their report, and they state that, according "to the best of the knowledge and be lief" of the secretary, the whole of the liabilities of the com pany on capital account amount to £45,740 14s. 2d., in cluding the sums payable for reservoirs, &c., and accordingly urge that the directors shall, as soon as possible, give the shareholders a full account of them. The committee seem to think the first step for the reduction of current expenses will be a decrease in the number and allowance to directors The salaries of officers an d wages o f servants...... £6007,958 The cost of coal, coke, & c ., £3,180 , reduced. 20 per cent. (from the Ist of October, ]843 ) •• • • • . 1,630 'W 10£,188 'While some saving, it is said, may a l so b e l ooked for in a new arrangement of the banking account, and a more advanta geous purchase and distribution of the stores. It further appears to be considered that subsequently a saying will be made in the maintenance of the way, which , taking it at only 30 per cent., according to Mr. Barlow's re port, amounts to And interest on th e d e bt, t a k en at I per cent ...... on £368,753, amounts to 3,687 £7,57 Leaving out of th e qu e s ti on for the present a further ant 7 i cipated saving f rom th e reduction of the interest on the re mainder of the debt when it becomes payable.: THE LOSS OF THE CONQUEROR. —The following is the statement of the boy Abchurch, who, it will he remembered, was the only survivor on the occasion of the melancholy loss of this Indianian :—" We had encountered some very bad weather for many days before the unhappy day. The last place we touched at was St. Helena, and Captain Duggan did not distinctly make out land again until the vessel struck. When this event happened the captain, from the state of the weather and the appearance of the coast, was at once aware of the hopelessness of our situation. The Conqueror grounded by the stern, the raging sea dashed over her bows, and rushed in torrents down the hatchways. The long-boat was immediately cleared, but such was the fury of the gale that it was found impossible to launch her, and then Captain Duggan called the unfortunate ladies around him, when he informed them that he had done all in his power to aid them, but he had no longer that power, and all he could do was to commit them to the providence of Almighty God, whom he trusted would extend his mercy to preserve their lives. The ill-fated ladies heard the captain's statement with composure, and were with the children put into the gig, which was sus pended to the davits. As many others as this boat would safely hold were permitted to enter, including the boat's crew. During the whole of this painful scene Captain Dug gan retained his firmness and self-command. From the en tangled state of the cordage the gig could not be lowered, and it was deemed necessary to cut her away from the fasten ings, she dropped into the-sea, and was soon after struck by a tremendous wave ; she quickly righted, but was again struck by another wave, and I then found myself in the bows of the boat, clasping one of Mrs. Thompson's children in my arms, and there was another child in the stern. The ladies were floating in the waves, and shrieking horribly around the boat. The little girl which I had in my arms said, `Where is mamma ?' I told her she was gone to heaven ; she re joined, And we're going to England.' At that moment a wave washed her from my arms, and I lost all recollection." PUBLIC MEETING IN CIIELTENHAM.—A public m ee ti ng was held in Chelte n h am , on Th ursday, the sth instant. Th e chair was taken by the Rev. Francis Close, incumbent of Cheltenham, who, a ft er h ear i ng M r. Nangle's reply to Mr. Hall's attack on the Achill Mission, at the termination of the meeting made the following observations :—" I think before I bring this meeting to a close, I ought to propose a vote of thanks to Mr. Hall, for to him we are indebted for the very 'able statement of my dear friend and brother; while refuting the observations of Mr. Hall, he has given us a faithful pictorial representation of the Settlement of Achill. Th e aninius of this tourist is quite plain, a n d it i s a sad thing that as parents we cannot offer to our f a mili es b oo k s of travels, however beautiful, without first siftin g th em naarowly. The case before us reads us the practical lesson, that at a moment when we are thinking of nothing so little, we may he putting into the hands of those we love best, that which cannot fail to have a tendency to poison their minds. On my visit to Ireland, after having passed across two hundred miles of that unfortunate country ; unfortunate in many respects, hut most of all in its religion ; seeing the miserable hovels, the direct result of Popery ; I should have thought the sight of the pretty row of houses in the island of Achill —its modest comfortable hotel—would, if he had a heart or a soul to feel anything, have made his heart melt within him at the kind ness and management of the good man who had effected all this. But this Mr. Hall, of whom I know nothing, save what I have heard read to-day, is a sad illustration of enmi ty antinst G o d, aga i nst Christ, and against. His Gospel; th at Gospel which h as c i vil i sed Achill and New Zealand, and shall proceed, in spite of all opposition, throughout the whole habitable globe. Let us help forward this heaven-descended cause ; not by yielding to our brother that worthless sym pathy which the writer alluded to, gave to the poor wander ing boy —a pretty speech, or a well-turned period in a book —but by some more substantial proof of our heartiness in his cause."—(Cheers.)—Cheltenham Chronicle. )OMESTI( Ous to the opening of the railways in the north, a letter posted in Aberdeen would reach Hull on the second day, at 12 o'clock ; now, a letter posted there at three o'clock in, the afternoon, does not reach Hull until IC o'clock in the morning of the third Packet. The Birm - ingbam Railway Directors have b by the sharelMiders to construct the line from Peterbo rang' to Blisworth at a cost of £500,000. The estimate is, that al the expense of £lO,OOO to £12,000 per ye are to be issued to carry out the project. IMPORTANT LAWSUIT.—We understand that proceedings are about to be taken to try the question whether the trustees of the Biagrave property are not bound to renew lives in the ]eases granted by them. As about one-fourth of the town is held on this tenure, and the lessees have for the last ten years tacitly waved their claims to renewal, the subject ex cites great interest, as it involves property to a very large amount.—Berkshire Chronicle. THEATRE-ROYAL, WILLIAVSOiV-SQUARE The Last Week of the COW, PANTOMIME WEEK OF !R. STUART, of the Theatre- Royfil, Haysaarhet. SECO 1115 present TUESDAVEVVI , the Musical Play of I THE SLAVE Mr. Stuart Gambia To conclude with Comic Pantomime of BARON MUNCHAUSEN. TO CORRESPONDENTS ING,'the 24th instant, SUNDAY TRADING.—We have received a communication from a person who signs his letter " A Hair Dresser," which states, that the lower order of that profession dese crate shamefully the Sabbath. In common with our neighbour of the Times, the Liverpool Journal of Saturday last read us a lecture on the duty of attending to one's own business, which has amused us ex cessively. Speaking of the condition of the Workhouse, which is pronounced a " disgrace to a civilized commu nity," the Journal expresses " astounding" surprise that the official exposure of its condition should have gone so totally unnoticed in the local press. " The case," says our vigilant contemporary 7" reported in the London Times was heard on the Monday, and it is surely due to the cha racters of the' Liverpool Times and Standard, whose pe culiar business it was to watch the proceedings of the day preceding that of their publication, to explain how it was that they should overlook—of suppression in the absence of evidence we shall not accuse them—a statement of the highest importance, and which in every point of view de manded the prompt attention of the appointed guardians of public morals." Then there follows a violent denun ciation of the state of the Workhouse, which would have been the more intelligible . if the Journal had read the text on which he was commenting. He could not, how ever, have put himself to that small trouble, or he must have done so with gross carelessness. From the third sentence of the report in the London Times he might have found .that the case, instead of being heard on the Monday, did not take place till Tuesday, long after our paper had been published. This explanation will satisfy the public that we did not neglect our duty on the day in ques tion ; or we hope we have convinced even the assi nine Journal that he has discovered, in this in: stance, the phenomenon usually called " a mare's nest." Is it not " due to the character" of the Liverpool Journal, " whose peculiar business it is to watch the proceedings of the day preceeding that of its publication, to explain how it was that he should overlook,—of suppression, in the ab sence of evidence, we shall not accuse him,"—the proceed ings at the meeting of the Blind Asylum on Friday last ? Perhaps the reporter for the Journal could give some ex planations on this subject. !tier Zibtrpooi TUESDAY MORNING ; JANUARY 24, 1843 We are not much given to sermonising; and yet we shall on the present occasion transgress a little, and take a text, which our readers will find in the Morning Chronicle of Friday last. Here it is, nicely done into verse by some League laureate : " Peel, it is true, has given us foreign meat, Which all the world declare they cannot eat. We ask no turtle soup, or venison pasty ; But—save us from his tariff's cheap and nasty '! By corn and income tax, with heart of stone, He taxes bread, and gives us skin and bone." Upon these six most poetical lines we shall take the liberty of indulging in a few remarks ; but, first, might we crave of our brother journalist the name of the author or authoress ? We are confident that they are not from the pen of any of our manufacturing friends, from the occurrence, in them, of one expres " cheap and nasty !" No manufacturer of " anything reticulated, having interstices between the threads," and the said interstices filled up with devil's dust, china clay, starch, sour flour, and the other similar materials which have contributed to associate the term in question—" cheap and nasty"—with the products of the British loom in every market of the world, could for shame avow the authorship of lines containing such an allusion. The versifier must therefore be some bard unknown; and we pray our contemporary to allow us to hand his name—Timms or Muggins perhaps —to an admiring posterity. But to our text : Sion - 1 " Peel, it is true, has given us foreign meat, Which all the world declare they cannot eat." What a changed world it must be which cannot eat " foreign meat !" Why we remember it handed round, on nice little plates, by nice young gentlemen of the Anti-Monopoly Association, at free-trade ga therings in Liverpool; and declared by quaker ladies — no bad judges of feeding—to be superb ! We remem ber the eloquent George Thornson's description of it, at Bolton—" fine, fresh, and tempting—fat and lean beautifully mixed, &c." We remember how friend Ashworth craved for it ; how William Rathbone im ported it, and vouched for its excellence ; bow Charles Holland expatiated upon the quantities which his house could supply us with, if permitted; and really, really, have these eminent patriots and patriotesses, quakers and quakeresses, been all the time trying to put us out of love with the " roast beef of old Eng land," and beget a hankering in our minds for what we " cannot eat" ? Shocking selfishness ! But we forget ourselves. The " tine, fresh, and tempting beef—fat and lean beautifully mixed"—was not permitted to be imported at a reasonable duty, until the alteration of the tariff by Sir Robert Peel. No doubt, in pure spite of the right hon. baronet, the " fine, fresh, and tempting" commodity has all of a sudden turned " cheap and nasty." The " fat and lean beautifully mixed" is now all skin and bone." Free -trade gentlemen and ladies pray to be saved from. it. Their dental powers are not equal to the task of gnawing throu g h p i pes an d s i news. I t i s sa l t, i t i 5 hard, it is unprofitable—in a word, it is " cheap and nasty"! Need worse be said of it than is conveyed in these magical words, which so forcibly remind us of the rotten fabrics of their utterers ? But stop, gentlemen and ladies. " Cheap and nasty" as is this foreign meat, it is precisely the kind of stuff on which you would like to feed the working men of England. Friend Henry Ashworth, we have your autograph to prove the fact—your dictum, to the effect that although such " highly-salted food" does not at present suit the taste of Englishmen, yet they would become accustomed to it in time, as they already are to " salted herrings." You raved for this " cheap and nasty food" - -smacked your lips at it, to persuade us that it was fit for human beings to eat—paraded it 9 cheapness as a grievance, and told the world that, Wil li free trade, every famishing mouth would be fed. W e , see now with what/ With this " cheap and nag'', stuff ; with this " skin and bone." Such food would perhaps take away the superabundant spirits of your poor spinners and weavers. From men, so fed, w e should hear nothing of physical force Chartism. P °° :: contented "skin -and-bone" drudges, they would wen' on without d emur, no doubt, until they could work 0° longer ; and then, pork-broth, and the other tende r mercies of the union workhouse dietary, would do the rest. You, therefore, gentlemen and ladies of th e Anti-Corn-law League, are not the people who ough ts in decency at least, to rail against " cheap and nasty foreign m eat ," " skin and bone, " or whatever else yo a may call the commodity which you meditated mak il3B the sole food of a British working population ! In the character of leader of the opposition—s elf : assumed, no d ou b t )--L ord John Russell has recen tly issued a circular to his fellow " outs," beseechll their early atten d ance in their places in the House Commons, and informing them that " imortant 'i l l sures would b e b roug h t b efore their notice at an ea rl period of the session." `What be these important measures which Lord John is abo u t, i n such hot haste, to promulgate to o world ? Is his lordship about to out-Cobden Cobd en in his zea l f or f ree trade ? Is he about to surpass' o sycophanti c earnestness, the crawling of the Mati the and Pe c h e ll s to shelter under the shadow of League ? I s h e about to set up the smooth and et,.. sual faces of the " ministers of all denominatio o ' o ' and worshippers of the cotton-spinning Manarn° ll ' io b the id o l s o f hi s political worship, and the oracles of ens political inspiration ? or is his lordship merely 1 4 0 upon the indulgence of the reckless factiousness °f h'; character, and resolved upon a course of petty al er t ante and opposition to the measures of Sir 11 ° 0 0 Peel's government, be those measures what they 113 0 / 1 . 0 We know not; and, in good south, little do we b y what may b e the " important measures" meditat e, :1 A at least, Lord J o h n Russell. But we are quite satisfied one import an t quest i on oug ht i inme diateiY o , occupy the attent i on of Parliament; and as that ( I tl to o tion i s one i n which his lordship and his collet be are materially i n t ereste d — as, i n fact, i t can no 01°/. conveniently discussed, in their absence, than a tr nce at the Old B a il ey can take place without the prose be of th e pr i soner at the bar—we rejoice sincerely s ' o si probabilit y t h at hi s lordship ' s worthy compeers' 1 01 particularly i n t eres t e d , may be induced to ad")r a be their c ountenance at an early period. Ne ed . 1 ) 3 ,/eO4 wbi c more explicit as t o th e immediate question to Sr fi( Pr 14 tal L 3 da Di du Pe re; 1, Le irr ill tli th Pa