The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-06 00:00:00

of society, connecting them in the kindliest and happi est intercourse, and conferring a double blessing, fully as beneficial to those who give as to those who receive the instruction which the system communicates." Tua MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—Our radic - 11 contem poraries are exulting over the issue of the recent mu nicipal election, entirely forgetful that a few more such victories will prove the ruin of their cause, and bring to a close the ascendancy of the faction in thisborough. It is true that they have returned eleven out of seven teen eouncillors ; but it is no less true that only three of the retiring councillors were conservatives. The - -Intest has, therefore, issued in the absolute loss of tine, : votes to the radicals—equal to six on a division. The real question to be determined is, are the con servatives more powerful in the council now than they were in 1835, or in any of the intermediate years Let us see. In 1835 there Were only fire conserva tives in the council; in 1836 there were eleven; in 18 37 there were sixteen; in 1838 there are eighteen. Where, then, is the cause for radical exultation ? Has 4(4 the influence of conservatism been progressively On the increase ? In 1835 there were only Jive con servatives out of 48 councillors—in 1838 there are eighteen out of 48. The disparity might have been Still farther reduced had not the conservatives, through Sheer indifference and mismanagement, contrived to lose both Everton and Rodney wards. If these wards had been secured, as they might have been easily, the council would have been composed of '2O conservatives and 23 radicals—excluding the Aldermen, who have all been nominated by the majority. We cannot pos sibly discover any cause for triumphant boasting 011 t he Part of the radicals when we examine this state ment, nor, on the other hand, any cause for discou• I stlrnent or despair on the part of the conservatives, Whose influence is thus steadily though progressively Advancing. Everson,.ln as we have said, the conservatives lost t hrough gross mismanagement and apathy, combined With no very creditable share of trickery and political tergiversation. An analysis of the poll-book will "list . ) , the most incredulous of the truth of our asser tion. The conservatives might have secured a ma- Jority of at least twenty, if they had only done their duty in this ward, and that without sacrificing any other ward. We sincerely hope that they will take a lesson from their adversariesin future, and completely rescue the ward from the contamination of radicalism. The same may also be said of Rodney-street ward, in which the conservatives are sufficiently numerous to secure the election of their candidates with an over whelmin mority. We sincerely regret that through their culpabl e indifference the town has been deprived of the services of so invaluable a member of the coun cil as Mr. Henry Lawrence. The opposition in this Ward was undisguisedly of the most factious character; for the most intemperate of the radical faction must readily acknowledge that the ward could not have been better represented than it was in the person of Mr. Lawrence. In Scotland ward the triumph was most complete on the conservative side, and that under inauspicious cir cumstances, for Mr. Holmes was only announced as a candidate a few days previously to the election. The Mercury affects to believe that Mr. Holmes is a radi cal. and classes him as such. A reference to his address, which appears in another column, will we trust satisfy , the editor of the Mercury that he "has reckoned with mat his host." We did not notice the excitement which Prevailed in this ward towards the close of the election. About four o'clock about two or three thousand persons assembled in front of the booth, when Mr. Holmes pro- Seeded to address the multitude. He said that " the battle had been fought and the victory gained. They nad triumphed ()yet the deceptive whig." He said that "it would be his'endeavour to save the public funds. The resent dominant party in the council, before they obtained power, :talked of economy. No sooner, how ever, were they seated than they cast economy, with all their former professions, to the winds. Eve thing thing that malice could do had been done to defeat him ; but ja the madness of their rage in endeavouring to sting him, his whig opponents had only stung themselves. Ile rejoiced in that great triumph. They were told that in that ward the principles of reform were to be vindicated : there the principles of conservatism had been nobly manifested. They must rally round the constitution, and allow of no further invasion. The re form bill had fixed it. It must be supported against the insidious and deceptive whips, as well as against the weak and wicked radicals. The latter were led on oV a few wicked men, who by their annual parliaments wish to produce annual confusion, and by their uni versal suffrage a general revolution ; fancying that they may gloat and fatten amidst carnage, rapine, and misery." We are sorry that we can not give the entire speech ; hut we give enough, We trust, to satisfy the man of the Mercury, as well Ili the Chronicle and Albion, as to what party Mr. Isaac Holmes will espouse. His professions are tho roughly conservative, and we have no doubt that his eoaduct will prove the.sinceriity of those professions, Much to the chagrin and, vexation of the Whig-Radi cal faction. In Vauxhall Ward a noble triumph has been also flehiered over one of the leading men on the liberal Side. The majority is decisive of the fate of the radi gals in this ward. The electors of St. Paul's Ward have earned the grateful acknowledgements of the Conservatives of Liverpool for the noble manner in which they have emaneipated themselves from the trammels of radical ißm. We cannot refrain from complimenting the committee and the canvassers on their indefatigable exertions in contributing to the defeat of their powerful ntazobist, and achieving so glorious a victory. Much of Mr. Wright's success is, undoubtedly, owing to the reaction in his favour produced by the scandalous and malignant attacks made upon his character by the un principled radical press of the town. Bit in Abercromby Ward was the greatest victory. Poor William Earle, the ex-mayor of Liverpool, is now the'ex.-councillor of Abercromby Ward. This is gall and wormwood to the radicals. Hence their gross Misrepresentations and falsehoods, to which we may hare' to reply on Friday. Pooi William Earle ! His glory is departed. TO THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. STH NOVEMBER, 18.38. Awake eery feeling of joy and devotion, Ye favor'd of heaven, protected and sav'd! Protestants! shout with exulting emotion, — Your Standard was rescued when trembling it wav'd. For on this fated day, From Popish device, God's providential sway, Protected it twice ! No sting of remorse, nor compassionate pang, Smote the hearts of the Papists, when they thought uf the horrors t' arise, through their hellish gang, Whoa aiplosion . their "Gunpowder-plot" to light brought " The and bless'd the deed," So each of them feel! Oh, most damnable creed! Foe to man's best weal! t 6 1 .4.15 ail gompassion,—was powerful to save ! Iltalieclos'd their plots, with cruelty rife; I stp-Churth'e pure Standard see still proudly was-ei— ne ireplanter by "his word of life!" Oh 1 adorable God! Benignant and kind ! Man's religion's "a rod," Thine,—" blessing," we find! W hks..Weak Popish James, with contemptible art, Strove in bind you with chains degra ling a slave,— Artin, on this hely day, to gladden your hearts, God sent a King William your freedom to save! Rejoice, rejoice ever, That God does you guard ! And, .oh, never sever, From Him your reward. 1111 ,...,ttehrtil, thou ransom'dl—for look but around; , Papists are seeking your harm; moist as serpents," yet "harmless as doves," still be found, Aml their plot of its venom God again will disarm. Oh, way ne'er our young Queen Their victim be made! For, ere this we have seen Them through cruelty wade. Myrtle-Art*4sth Nov. 1838. W. A. H. THE LIYiRPOOL GREAT STEEPLE CHASE, 1839 (To con!o off in Fc►,ruary or March.) A aweepetekes of 20 sovs each, 5 sovs ft. with 100 soya ad " 4 by the town of Liverpool, for horses of all denominations, torrno 12st each; gentlemen riders; over a line of country fifteeu miles of the too n of Liverpool, to be chosen by h " • %umpire, or such person as he may appoint; the second °Too to save its stake. The ground to be shown to the riders Z 1 the morning of the race, by the umpire or his delegate. 16 rider to opera a gate, or to ride through a gateway, or inure `.„ ,11 a one hundred yards along any road, footpath, or driftway. 'titters to weigh before going to the ground for their own s oeurity. The winner to pay ten sovs. for expenses. Stakes t • I °bo paid previous to starting, or not entitled though a winner. ott umpire shall hare power to appoint such assistance as he Day req na iure and his decision on all questions that may arise be fi. This stake to close for subscriptions on Thursday, the Ist Noarruther, 1838; horses to lie named on or before Tues -113", the Ist of January, 1839. The umpire shall have power to "stile the day, iu February or March, (of which due notice ii' 4l l be Rivet,) on which the race shall come off.—Duke of !Wort, Lord Macdonald, Lord Suffield, Lord Segrave, d Southampton, Lord Wilton, Lord Chesterfield, Hon. Villiers, Lord Eglington, Lord Waldegrave, Sir T. S. M. s6t 4 nley, M r . R o b er t son , Si r E. M o styn, Sir E. Smythe, Ottot Bathyany, Captain Lamb, Captain Childe, Mr. W. Stanley., Mr. Errengtoo, Mr. F. K. Craven, Mr. Elmore, Coke, Mr. W. Sirrlifield, Mr. H. M. Blake, Mr. Wil 8-14sen, Mr. George Hawkea, Mr. A. G. Bowen, Mr. J. b e :"t, Mr. C. W. F. Coghlan, Mr. A. :11‘Donogli, Mr. J. At„"to, Mr.. T. Charmer, Mr. T. Stanley, Mr. B. Collett, SJ. Parker , Mr. L. Whittle, Mr. G. o'Moore, Mr. C. s arshali, M r . J. M. Cockridge, Mr. J. Soloman. Mr. T. 4 6 ", Mr. J Osborne, Mr. J. F. Knaresboro', Mr. Kent, r- G. Blake, Mr. J. H. Leeche, Mr. J. S. Oswell, Mr. H. • Hornby, Mr. Stephenson. 1 0 i sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, with 30 added; four yrs old, t 121 h; fi ve, list 12lb; six and aged, 12st ; heats over a tia nrti ott country, about two mile,' and a half; gentlemen cha r ' w a y the winner to be sold for 1(X) sovs if demanded, in the ch - „, 4 ' Way. All rules, &c, applicable to the Great Steeple ie shall be considered equally so in this. °I , close on the Ist November, 1838; horses to be named or before the Ist of February, 1839. ' du E XTRAO RDINARY P RODUCE .—O n S a t ur d a y l as t a l a bourer j t wenty-six barrels of potatoes, up to the hour of four l "t• oil the lands of Barn, the property of Stephen Moor. Thkcits, although frequently inters uptect by the heavy showers. dos e' s eemingly heavy task was performed with the greatest the ft ' but had the day been fi ne, there is not the slightest t h e ' 44ll . but that be would have dog 30 barrels, so great was thdll ee• - --iipperrery Constitution, CORRESPONDENCE. "NO FAITH WITH HERETICS" VERIFIED, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.42VD.IRD. take the liberty of stating to you a fact, which took place at Mr, Halliday's on Thursday alter noou last. Mr. Shaw, of Everton, and Mr. Dutobell, of Kirkdale, tax-gatherers, &c., agreed to pair off and not to vote, but Mr. Dutnbell, who is a Roman Catholic, broke his promise a few minutes afterwards, and voted for Mr. Holmes; and not only so, but was busily employed taking up -votes for Mr. Holmes. This, sir, is the reason why we lost the return of Mr. Shand; and unless we have some independent gentlemen of activity and spirit to look after our registry, &c., we shall be no better than Castle-street Ward in a short time.—Yours. &c., Nov. 2, 1839. A CONSERVATIVE. MR. JAMES LAWRENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—ln that truth-loving print, the slop-pail of yesterday, it is stated that Mr. James Lawrence was actively employed in canvassing for Mr. Harvey, during the election on Thurs day. Now. Sir, I beg to say that I know this to be a bare faced lie. The fact is, Mr. H. called on that gentleman, to request him to canvass a single vote, which Mr. Lawrence positively refused to do. So much for the facts of the Mer cury. If any one could read that print through, I doubt not they would find, on an average, twenty such facts weekly. I am, Sir, yours in haste, November 3, 1838. A LOOKER-ON. DR. EPI'S'S LECTURES 70 THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sia,—An itinerant spouter, y'clept Epps, has been, and is still, giving, what he calls " Lectures on Phrenology." Last Thursday evening, however, in the Music Hall, he thought proper to favour his audience with a violent philippic against the medical profession and its professors, and after wards with a tirade equally sensible and apropos against an hereditary peerage, intended, I suppose, to impress on his hearers the propriety of abolishing the present House of Lords, and electing the members of the future one only from those candidates for the honour, whose bumps shall have given satisfaction to a phrenological board and its president, (Dr. Epps, with, of course, a suitable salary.) Now, if this learned Theban" have no friend to give him counsel, let him be told in your fearless columns that persons who pay their money to hear what should be purely scientific lectures, are not to be entrapped into listening to the political ravings and crudities of itinerant demagogues—we have already more thin quantum stiff. of stationary ones—and that whenever he is about again to make a display of his radical nonsense and trash, it will be but common honesty to announce it, that those to whom it is offensive may, by stay ing away, save both their money and their patience.—Yours, &c., ANTI-RAD. DR. SLEIGH'S LECTURES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.4NDiIRD. Ste,—lt was not my intention to have noticed the ludi crous "gross libel" composition of the delectable editor of the Mercury in his paper of Friday last, but the unfortunate gentleman, while floundering in his passion, has committed a blunder which, 1 feel, from his extreme love of truth, he will be gratified by seeing rectified. Not satisfied with having slandered Dr. Sleigh, in his rig marole article of the 26th ult., he in that of the 2d instant attempts to cast the composition of my letter upon him, while stigmatising it as "vulgar and intemperate," and then kindly remarks with Dr. 011apod, " of their own merits modest men are dumb." How grateful the doctor must feel for the amiable attention of this mercurial gentleman. But, sir, I beg to state that Dr. Sleigh had no put whatever in the production of the letter, and I will engage to say that the editors of the Mercury experienced the felicity of a perusal of it before the doctor had any idea such a letter was in exist ence; and it was not until after it appeared in your columns that I had the pleasure of an introduction to him. My letter, it appears, has had the desired cff,ct ; andr think, sir, you will say that I may., with more propriety than the editor of the Mercury, observe with Dr. Johnson, that "it must have hit hard from the nature of the rebound." In conclusion, I assure you, sir, I thank him for the publicity he has given to "Dr. Sleigh's Lectures."—Yours, truly, J. H . S. I perceive that the fourth lecture.is to be delivered this evening. 1 hope the Conservatives and their families will attend. These lectures are particularly interesting and in structive. A HINT TO REFORM CHURCHMEN. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Me. Entzon,—The apathy of Churchmen in general is greatly appalling. At a time when our institutions are sur rounded and attacked by Infidelity and Unitarianism in the most flagrant manner, they look on and behold without being in the least concerned. in one ward we see for chairman, a man that professes Owenism, and what is Owenism but Infi delity ? Yet Churchmen vote for the man that is to represent the ward in which an infidel presides as chairman. Church men, you little think what you are doing by being leagued ' with three sects which are joined for your destruction; those three sects are Infidelity, Unitarianism, and Popery. Church men in going into the council chamber may say, " 1 will act conscientiously with regard to Orr-intim:tides I profess;" but when they get there they find that to act conscientiously they must either retire or vote with men whom they have consented to support, and who meditate the destruction of the church they have the honour to belong to. The circum stance of Mr. Birch will be a lesson, I hope, to all who be long to the Established Church, and to those men who pre tend to support it, but, as it is plain to be seen, are leagued with its greatest enemies. But, I would not have you retire as Mr. Birch has done; but when you see the base doings of your pretended friends, act with independence, strenuously oppose every measure that is against your church, and con sequently against the welfare of your fellowtnea and the country at large. By doing so you will gain the confidence and respect of men who have a decided interest in the welfare of their country, and true freedom; but by deserting your fellow-brethren, who consistently support those principles, you lay open your institutions to your Whig enemies, who will sneer at you, to think they have deluded and drawn you into their false schemes, and who are willing to sacrifice every thing that is just to their enslaved par excellence system of liberality. Churchmen, while you are assisting and support ing the good cause in which you are engaged (on the Sab bath) on the comma❑ days, you are found assisting your ad versaries to deprive you of blessings you enjoy. I congratu you on the example you have shown in St. Paul's Ward. You have rejected a Unitarian—a man that in his heart rejects the Saviour of the World. Can it be for a moment supposed that men of this stamp are your friends? Daily occurrences prove them to be your secr2t enemies, and yet Churchmen are found supporting them. I hope, for your own happiness and for the peace of the country, you will oust them all. All institutions, which, by the ravaging hand of time, are liable to a little change for good to which many of our revolting Churchmen agree, but by the signs of the times it is plain to the most uninterested observer, that our adver saries are for a most desttuctive change, to which, I regret to say, Churchmen accede, sr are so short-sighted that they cannot perceive. Churchmen, it is to you that such men owe their seats in the council chamber, but they show by their acts that conscientious men cannot sit amongst. them without great sacrifices. Churchmen, as you have it in your power to direct the representation of the town, place it in those that act uprightly. A question might be asked, whether do you like your brother Churchmen, or Infidels and Unitarians the best? You would say in the common course of nature, I like to live in charity with all men. But whom would you trust your vital interests w►th? Those who show themselves worthy. Reform Churchmen, now is the time to know your friends; act consistently then, and reject those whom yon know to be your crafty enemies. I am, Sir, yours, &T., A CONSTANT READER. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : AND IT CONCERNS ALL. 7'o 7HE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Stu,—ln this day of " blasphemy and rebuke," and when party politics operate so extensively to the manifest injury of individuals and of the state, it would be most beneficial were the following excellent cautions carefully brought into individual practice. They are extracted from a little work, entitled, " On Reli gious Declension," &c., by the late Rev. Andrew Fuller, of Kettering, " whose praise is in all the churches ;" and as he was a Dissenter, it is hoped they may have especial w e i g ht with many of a similar religious persuasion. The evils of political party spirit are far greater than many stay to calculate; but, when it is borne in mind that almo;t. the only newspapers laid before the lower classes are those vile publications which inculcate agitation, revolution, anar chy, infidelity, and contempt for the Bible and its religion and ministers,—and that these vehicles of the worst poison constitute almost then only reading, —the: demoralisation of the minds of the largest portion of the population must be frightful! Who can calculate the baneful results ? Let every one exert himself to stein a torrent which threatens all that is most dear to us as Christians and Britons. " Finally :—There is another species of departure from God. This is, taking an eager and deep interest in political disputes. " Whatever may be the duty of a nation in extraordinary cases, there is scarcely any thing in all the New Testament inculcated with more solemnity than that individuals, and especially Christians, should he obedient, peaceable, and loyal subjects; nor is there any sin much m o re awf u lly cen sured than the contrary conduct. it requires not only that we keep within the compass of the laws, (which is easily done by men of the mo3t unprincipled minds,) but that we honour, and intercede with God tor those who administer them. These duties Were pressed particularly upon the Ro mans, who by their situation were more exposed than others to the temptation of joining in factious and conspiracies, which were almost continually at work in that tumultuous city. --. "'Nor does the danger belong exclusively to one side. If we enlist under the banners of the party in power, considered as a party-, we shall feel disposed to vindicate or palliate pro ceedings, which may be very inconsistent with Christianity. Paul, though he enjoined obedience to the existing govern ment, yet was never an advocate for Roman ambition; and when addressing himself to a governor, did not fail to reason on righteousness and judgment to come. " The great point with Chri,tions should be, an attachment to government at government, irrespective of the party which a.iministers it. We are not called to yield up our consciences in religious matters, nor to approve of that which is wrong in those which are civil : hut we are not at liberty to deal in acrimony, or evil speaking. The good which results to so ciety from the very worst government upon earth, is great when compared with the evils of anarchy. On this principle, it is probable, the Apostle enjoined obedience to the powers that were, even during the reign of Nero. Christians are soldiers under the King of Kings; their object should be to conquer all ranks and degrees of men to the obedience of faith. " If we enter into the spirit of the Gospel, though we may have our preferences of men and measures, we shall bear good-will to all; and, whoever is at the head of affairs, we shall reverence the powers that be. Whatever be our pri vate opinions of the men, we shall respect and honour the rulers. That loyalty which operates only with the prevalence of a party, whichever it be, is at a great remove from the loyalty enjoined by the Scriptures. "By standing aloof from all parties, as such, and approving themselves the friends of govrtnnent and good order, by whomsoever administered, Christians would acquire a dig nity of character worthy of their profession, and would pos sess greater opportunities of doing good; while, by a con trary conduct, they render one part of the community their enemies, and the other, I fear, derive but little spiritual ad vantage from being their friends." ARRIVALS AT TILE GRAND JUNCTION 110 r..—Captain Elhole, W. Bourne, Rober t Wright, T. Stapleton, \V. 11. Patterson, li. Medealf, T. Hunter. J. Goodson, W. Blake, J. Scott, J. Pruther, F. Fisher, J. NPBeane, E. R. Tenison, T. Wright, W. H. Bradshaw, Esqrs.; General Snead; ;ll is. W. Fox, and family: Sir C. Dohy; Mr. H. Browne; Sir Donald Campbell, Bar:.; Lady Cecilia Underwood; Mr. Shaw; Lieut. Cot. Rich; Mr. Greenlees; Col. O'Wallv ; Mrs. Wann; Mrs. Gay; Mr. Buckmaster, by the Royal Wil liam steamer; Capt. Curry, ditto; Douglas Labalmondre, Esq., 834 ite g t„ ditto, Tin Rev. John Dufton, M.A., Domestic Chaplain to the Most Noble the Marquis of Normanby, has been instituted, His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Rectory hvllrai borne, in the county of Kent. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. Tim ROY AL WILL A Ni.—The Royal William arrived yes terday in Liverpool at twelve o'clock, after a passage Of fifteen and a-half days, having left New York on the 20th _ . ult. On Saturday she passed the steam-ship Liverpool off Cork, standing out eastwards on an experimental trip. Con sidering the very boisterous weather that has prevailed the Royal \Villiom has made an exceedingly good passage. A LAUNCH.—On Saturday was launched, from the build- ing-yard of Messrs. Bannister and Co., a splendid barque, of 250 tons, built, we are informed, on an entirely new prin ciple for British merchant vessels: length, 110 feet, breadth of beam, 23 3 / 4 feet; intended for the Brazil trade, and to be commanded by Captain John Taylor. This beautiful speci men of naval architecture is the property of James Duncan, Esq., of this town. SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS.—It will be seen by an advertise ment in another column that the first of the Subscription Concerts will take place at the Amphitheatre, on the 18th instant. The Amphitheatre, we understand, will he refitted up for the occasion. These concerts bid fair to pass off in a very brilliant manner. The chief vocal and instrumental talent of the provincial towns have been engaged. We see the names also of Miss Fanny Wyndham and Machin among the vocalists. We have heard that the boxes are alread) filled. A SCENE IN TIIE COURT OF REQUESTS.—A few days ago, a gentleman was summoned to the Court of Requests, when the learned commissioner, through some confused notion that he was the proprietor of a public-house, asked defendant . . it his wife was at the bar? The defendant answered that she was too young; but, as several o ld women had been called to it, he thought his wife might yet aspire to that high lie-four. So dry was Father Murphy's sermon last Sunday evening, that it actually made one of his listeners gape so wide that he turned his head inside out. —From a Corrc.vporident. " INTENDING" EMIGHANTS.—On Wednesday last, some suspicion being excited, the hold of the ship Sea, lying in dock, and preparing to clear out for New York, was searched, and two fellows were found stowed in the main hold, medi tating an economical trip across the Atlantic. They received a gratuitous passage to Bridewell. THE LATE GALES.—A mariner, who arrived in this port a few days ago, and who has been engaged in the seafaring line for about thirty years, informed one of our friends that he never experienced such tempestuous weather in his life as he encountered during his voyage home.—Mercury. SOUND REPOSE.—On Thursday morning, a sailor belong ing to the brig Phelim Clinton, slept in the forecastle of the • , • vessel so very soundly, that some particularly impudent thief entered, unlocked his trunk without awakening him, and carried off his hest jacket and trousers. THE RECENT LADIES' BAZA A R.—The Trustees of the Medical Institution have great pleasure in stating, that the recent Ladies' Bazaar has — more than equalled their most sloguine expectations, having produced the amount which fully discharges the debt incurred by the erection of the building. They tender their grateful acknowledge ents, not only to the ladies who engaged in the undertaking , and con ducted it to so successful a result, but also to the public at large, who generously afforded it their patronage and support. SEttmoN.—A sermon was preached in St, George's Church, Little Bolton, On Tuesday evening last. by the Rev. Hugh M•Neile, of Liverpool, after which a collection was made, amounting to upwards of £BO, towards the expenses of the gas-fittings. The Rev. G. Chetwode, Rector of Ashton-under-Lyne, has presented the living of St. John's Chapel, Lees, near Oldham, to the Rev. G. D. Grundy, A.M. minister of Nether thong, Yorkshire, at the request of the seatholdere FINE ARTS.-1n consequence of the announcement of a sale by auction of the Exhibition of Paintings, by old and modern artists, at the Lyceum-robins, 80ld -street, in which some most important additions are named, we have been in duced to pay another visit to this establishment; and we trust, without being considered obtrusive in our remarks, that we have done so from a laudable desire to promote, to the extent or our humble ability, the advancement of the fine arts, especially in this town, andwe are always ready to hail with delight the introduction of fine specimens con- nected therew . Cill ; and, although we attended with raised ex- pectations, we are happy in stating they were fully realized, more particularly, in the recognition of what we conceive a very clever painting, from the pencil of Cuvp, in itself suf ficient to attract attention, and can not, in justice to the pro prietor of this property, to whose indefatigable exertions we are much indebted, and whose labours have not been un attended with profit to the community, close these brief re marks without wishing him good speed, and that he may not have to regret his determination of submitting so important and va!uable a collection to unreserved sale. POST•OFFICE COMMUNICATION WITH LIVERPOOL.—We hear very general, and we think well-founded complaints, from merchants, brokers, and others, with respect to the ir regularity and late arrival of the morning mail from Liver pool. The letters, it scents, are taken by the early Grand Junction train to Warrington, where they await the arrival or the Manchester bags by mail from London, and then are brought forward to Manchester with those. But as yet the London mail is far from regular, and it is often late in the forenoon before the letters by it are delivered; and the in convenipnce thus caused is very much increased, by needlessly subjecting the ,Livrpool letters to the sante. A remedy ma) so easily be applied, that we think the post-office authorities will be i , iexcusable if they suffer the evil to continue many days uncorrected alter it has been brought to their notice. Let the seven-o'clock P.M. train from Liverpool be made into a mail train; and the thing is accomplished. Business is al ways over sufficiently early in Liverpool, to admit of letters advising of the state of the market being written in time for that conveyance; and, though the letters would not be receiv able in Manchester until after the close of business there, those who chose to go to the post office fir them might obtain their letters over-night; whilst those who did not, would find theirs awaiting them, on their coming to business in the morning. We hope the chamber of commerce, or the mer chants generally, or both, will promptly take this matter up ; and, by a spirited remonstrance to Lord Lichfield, cause the present serious inconvenience to be put an end to.—Manches ter Guardian. SUDDEN DEATH OF AN A LE-DRlNKER.—Yesterday week an inquest was held on the body of a man named James Gratrix, fifty-one years of age, who resided in Great Cross hall-street. At midnight of Tuesday, the 2.3 d ult., he went home to the house of his step-son, and, being drunk, went immediately to bed. At noon, on the following day, he in formed Mr. James Fairclough, his step-son, who went into his bed-room, that he would get up directly, and that there was therefore no occasion to send his dinner up. Tea-time, however, catne, and Gratrix had not yet arisen. A person was accordingly sent up stairs, either to arouse him, or to inquire if he would take any refreshment. 'the messenger came down stairs, and said he believed that Gratrix was dead. Mr. Fairclough immediately went up stairs, taking with him a candle, and perceived that such was really the fact. The deceased, in the words of the witness, "used to drink very hard of ale." Mr. Cripps. the surgeon who bad been called in, deposed that he attributed the death of Gratrix to a rup ture of the valves of the heart. He considered, from the position in which the chamber utensil was found, that the deceased had been vomiting, and the effort had caused the valves to burst. Verdict—Died by the visitation of God. SOCIA I.ISM.—A discussion, between the Rev. John Bowes and Mr. John Green, on the principles of socialism as advo cated by Robert Owen, Esq., took place, on Tuesday and Wednesday last, at the Queen's Theatre. The house was excessively crowded. The discussion was continued on Tues day evening for some hours amid great uproar, particularly w hen Mr. Green attempted to speak. At length, when he was about to attempt another reply to Mr. Bowes, a general disturbance took place. A person in the pit attempted to strike Mr. Green, but, fortunately, the front of the platform, against which the stick was broken, prevented the bleir from taking effect. The policemen were ultimately introduced, some of the gaslights extinguished, and, amid great uproar, the meeting adjourned. On Wednesday the so-called dis cussion was characterized, according to the Mercury, by still more disgraceful interruptions on the part of the friends of Mr. Bowes. Mr. Green was scarcely permitted to speak, and, at ten o'clock, he was stopped, in an attempt to read an ex tract from Blackwood's Magazine, by Mr. Bowes, who pro posed the following resolution, which was carried unanimous ly :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the princi ples of the social system are calculated to promote the greatest licentiousness, and ought to be scouted by every friend to good morals." It was put to the meeting, whether they would adjourn till the following evening or continua for another hour. The latter proposition was carried, and the disputants continued till eleven o'clock, when a gentleman on the plat form requested those persons to hold up their hands who thought Mr. Bowes hut proved socialism to be "the most injurious, irrationel, and contemptible system ever offered to the reason of man." This proposition wee received with thunders of applause and an almost simultaneous show of hands. Thanks were vo►ed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. —Albion. DESPERATE ASSAULT BY A RAILROAD CONSTABLE.—OD Monday, Owen Clarke, a constable attending the station house of the Grand Junction Railway Company at War rington, was summoned to attend before the magistrates, to answer a charge of assault preferred against hint by Edward Green, and Rachael his wife The defendant did not appear, and it was stated, that having been discharged from the company's service on the previous Saturday, he had delivered up his clothes and left the town. Mr. Stubs, one of the ma gistrates, on hearing this statement, wished to be made acquainted with the circumstances connected with the charge. The wife of the complainant stated that she, with her husband and child, were going to Manchester on the previous Sunday night, when, on reaching the railway station, they found they were much too soon, as no train left Warrington for Man chester until half-past eight o'clock. Waiting its arrival, they sat down on the bench outside the office. Theiefendant came up to them tipsy, and on ascertaining that they were going to Manchester, said "you must come along with me." 'phis they declined doing, and the defendant said, " I will make you," and accompanying hie words by action, forcibly took hold of the wife, and was forthwith about to drag her across the railway, when the husband interposed, sad be was quickly collared by the defendant, his clothes were tern, and he was dreadfully maltreated. At length another constable was obtained, and the defendant made to desist from his unmanly attack on his unoffending victims. Mr. Stubs, on hearing this statement, said he felt assured the Railway Com pany would defray any expenses the complainant might be put to, provided he could apprehend the prisoner and bring him to Justice.—Mr. Lyon, the chairman, said, as the case at present stood, awing to the defendant having absconded, the complainant had no remedy. If, however, he succeeded in apprehending the defendant, he would remember that he had paid the costs of the summonses and service.—Man chester Courier. OPENING OF THE NORTH UNION RamwAy.—On Wed nesday last, the above memorable and interesting event took place. The first train, which left Preston soon after seven ' o'clock in the morning, arrived in Wigan before eight. The first train, with four carriages, and four waggons laden with castings, started from Wigan at half-•past nine, with two engines attached, one of which was soon afterwards taken off, when the train began to abate its speed. The engine was kept at a very slow rate up the incline as far as the Boar's Head; the train then began to increase its speed, and reached Coppull, after a lance of twenty-five minutes; from thence it passed along to Preston in about the same period of time. On passing German's Bridge, where a number of spectators had assembled, the hand in the carriages struck up " God save the Queen ;" and the sun at the same time emerging from the clouds, and beaming forth in all her radiant splen dour,.as if participating in the proceedings of the day, pro duced a sort of electrical effect, at once imposing and mag nificent in the extreme. On arriving at Preston, the band went to the front of the house of the worthy mayor, Thomas German, Esq., where " Rule Britannia," and " See the con quering hero comes," were played with great spirit. The bells of the parish church rang several merry peels; flags were suspended on the church steeple, the mayor's house, and other conspicuous parts of the town, proudly floating in the breeze in honour of this interesting and memorable (iced slim. Between one and two o'clock a vast concourse of people had assembled about the railway station ; and, pre vious to the train starting at calf-past two, the place presented a truly busy and interesting scene—a scene which may be inure easily imagined than adequately des7ribed. It will, indeed, be a dies notabilis to the inhabitants of Preston. Some thousands of anxious spectators had assembled at half-past two in the afternoon, when the train started off at a rapid rate, amid the hearty plaudits of the assembled throng, and to the no small gratification of every one who had the happi ness of being present.—Another train started again shout five, when a similar feeling of tejoicincr, was exhibited.—Yes terday, the first-class trains accomplished the distance be. tween this town and Preston in 20 minutes..4l/igart Gazette, The impression is general in Paris that a war between Great Britain and lius . §ia was all but certain. MR. SLEIGH'S THIRD LECTURE AT THE LIVER THEATRE. Last evening Mr. Sleigh delivered his third lecture on the Nature of Republicanism and Modern Liberality, at the Liver Theatre, Church•street. The audience was ❑ot very numerous, but highly respectable, and there were a numbet of ladies present. He commenced by stating that his intention of investigat ing the nature of republicanism had scarcely been announced, before he had been denounced as a gross libeller of the in- stitutions of America, and condemned without a hearing. Such conduct savoured strongly of what they had heard or Lynch law, at the other side of the Atlantic. He had taken particular pains to send complimentary tickets to the Editors of the Liberal Press in Liverpool, and be had stated that he was prepared to defend his statements at any time and place, made from the writings of _American ant hors and the Ameri- can press, as well as'his own observation; and yet, without taking the trouble of appearing to examine—without calling a council of independent inhabitants of the town, to see whe ther the documents he read, in proof of his statements, were true or not—he had been pronounced as a gross libeller. fir should by and bye have an opportunity of letting them know how they treated incorrigible editors on the other side of the Atlantic. If this conduct had been pursued by a tyrannical .press—a Tory press—they would not have been surprised: but emanating from those who were the professed friends of freedom of discussion, how inconsistent it was, or rather how consistent, with the principles which they advocated. In his first lecture, he had wade an assertion that there were two classes or persons in the United States; one, the ruling body, the great mass of the people, and it was their practices and conduct which he was giving a description of. The other was the minority, the few, the intelligent, the virtuous, who did not interfere with the political concerns of the country. but looked on with dread at the consequences of ans which it was utterly impossible for them, by their own exeitions, to stem the torrent of. lie thought it right that he should give them some confirmation of this. The lecturer then proceeded to quote from page 13 of De Tocqueville's work on America, to the effect that the wealthy and intelligent men of the com munity abandoned the political arena, from an unwillingness to contend against the poorer classes of their fellow subjects, and concentrated all their enjoyments in the privacy of their houses. They submitted to the dorninancy of the majority as an evil, and were careful to disguise their sentiments re specting it. But it was easy to see that the wealthy men entertained a hearty disdain at the democratic state of their country : the populace was at once their scorn and their fear. It was his intention to prove, philospphically and scripturally, that democracy in America, or jacobinisin in France, or radi- calism in this country, were of pernicious tendency. The proposition he should prove was that republicanism neces sarily led to tyranny, immorality, misery, and ruin. He would not quote from those who might be thought to be inimical to American society, nor would he make assertions of his own, as he might be thought to labour under pique or disappoint ment with regard to that country; he would take their own proclamations, and quote from 52 public newspapers of all parties to show the general state of the country. the misery a. nd brutality, and the pauperism which existed there. tie would not relate the transactions of individuals, because there were bad individuals in all communities, nor the out-breaks of mobs, because in all countries there were such ; but he would relate to them the transactions of the body of the people—or the rulers, as it were, of the land. Before he re captulated that evidence, there were one Or two things which it was necesary to adduce; the first was the nature of their mobs, and the second was, the principles of the lower order of society. They had heard of mobs, and Lynch law. Perhaps they were not acquainted with what Lynch law was. If any individual expressed a sentiment which was thought to be ini mical to the interests of the city or place where he was, imme diately a number of persons were called together, they sat in judgment upon him, they had a mock trial, and imm e di a tely he was sentenced to )e burnt to death, or dragged through a pond and half drowned, or to be tarred and feathered; at another time he is stripped naked, and fastened down to the round, while a tom-cat is held by the tail and dragged down with its ciaws tearing his flesh. That was L'‘neti n this country we had mob; collected who were sufrei in g from want, and generally speaking these mobs were collections of very ignorant and poor men. In America such was not the fact; all the mobs which had there committed the most dis graceful outrages against life, liberty, and law, were mobs of gentlemen. He quoted Miss Maitineau in support of this assertion. This was the spirit of the higher classes there; but it was still further carried out. Their duels were de i ‘e rate, cold-blooded murders, %die r, men w-nt out with tides with the certainty of killing their aciveis !ries; and scarcely a man travelled in that country, who coul•l affuid it, who had not a stiletto or bimle knife c:incealed abut him. In England, it was the spirit of the people not to let two or three men knock down and trample upon one individual; this was not the case in America; the sane spirit which made the gentleman carry a stiletto wade the poor man descend toacts which an Englishman abhorred. It republicanism were so cry good why was it not carried out in the navy of America? He had it ou the evidence of men who had served in that navy, that the system carried out in the navy of the United States was the most despotic in the whole earth. He had it on the evidence of a man who had bought his discharge from one of the vessels, that, in three years there had been no less that 30.0(X) lashes given on board, besides what were called day-floggings, whilst they had their clothes on. Mr. Sleigh then read quotations from the speeches of various Members of Congress, stating their belief that such was the working of the present system of republicanism that it could not last long. He would now proceed to the consideration of " liberty." There were two species of liberty; one e Inch he should term natural or true liberty, and the other he should term unna tural or spurious liberty. The Creator had endowed his creatures and all matter with a certain degree of what was termed " liberty," or "frebdom :" any attempt beyond that— any aiming at a condition beyond that which Omnipotence had in His infinite wisdom destined for the creature, infalli bly produced disorder. Hence they found that the beasts of the field, the worms of the earth, the fishes of the sea, things animate and inanimate, were all endowed with a certain degree of freedom; and however trifling the degree, so far as it went that was perfect freedom, and was calculated to pro duce the greatest degree of happiness for the creature. And if he might be allowed to form a conjecture from the councils of the Almighty, he would say unlimited freedom could not be enjoyed by any created thing, without producing disorder and irregularity. If a fiah were capable of reasoning, and although having perfect liberty to roam at large in its ele ment, began to reason in itself that it could not enjoy perfect freedom unless it could go into another element, every at tempt to attain that liberty would of necessity be attended with evil consequences, and if persevered in would inevitably bring ruin on the creature. So all created things in this world possessed a certain degree of liberty, but nevertheless they were subjected to laws, and did not possess unrestrained freedom. The planets even, in their course through space, were restrained _by laws, and (lid not possess what some men called liberty Perfect liberty, or unrestrained freedom, was not obtained by the creature in any time in the whole crea tion. Some might say, "We don't pretend but that there should be laws—we don't pretend to say that there should j not be a certain restraint on men;" then he would ask them, ... • _ _ , _ " Why talk about liberty? why make use of a term so inap propriate? If vou only mean limited liberty, use not a word by means of which you do not intend to convey its meaning." Let them, then, speak of limited liberty, and the degree of it obtained by men. This led theirs necessarily to the conside ration of what had been termed the declaration of the inde pendence of the United States, signed July 4th, 1796. He had no hesitation in pronouncing some of its declarations the most preposterous and unphilosophical ever penned by loan. In the outset it stated, "all men are created equal." That declaration he pronounced to be not only unphilosophical and absurd, but a declaration against the order of nature, and against the will of Heaven. And need they be surprised by this declaration, when the substance of this statute was first penned by Thomas Paine, as great an infidel and de spiser of the God of heaven as man ever knew? The decla ration set out—" all men are created equal." He asserted they were not. What said the Bible ? What said philoso phy? 'What said matter of fact? The Bible decidedly in timated that all men were not created equal; so did philoso atter of fact demonstrated to them that all men were nut creat e d equa l . Th e term `• equal" must refer to the p m h en ' m e nta l, n t physical, or moral attributes of men. Were all men created equal in physical qualities? Were all men equally tall, or equally robust, or nimble ? In physical qualities then, decidedly all men are not equal. Were they then all created mentally equal? Had all men equal mental powers? Were all men equally mathematicians? Had all men equal memories ? Certainly not. Then as to mental qualities, all men were not equal. Then as to equal rights. Had all men equal rights? He said they had not; as for instance — he might be heir-at-law to his father's estate, to which ano ther man was not, therefore, he was not created with equal rights with other men ; or, he might be heir at will—hence he was not created with rights to which all men were entitled. Therefore all men were not created equal.—The declaration then said—" all men are entitled to equal right of liberty and happiness." Was that the way America interpreted it? It was not. Let them look to her Southern States, with her million anti a half of slaves, or to the hundreds of thousands of free slaves in the North; or to the West, at the red In dians driven at the point of the bayonet from their lands. Was this their definition of "equal right to liberty and hap piness?" It would be just as philosophical to say, that all the beasts of the field were created equal, as to say that all men were created equal; it was prepostcrons, and shown to be absurd in matter of fact. What then was it that gave man superiority over the brute creation and over his fellow man? Most unquestionably; mind. Wbat individual would have command of a horse, if he were not governed and guided by the intelligence of his rider? In tue same way it was mind which g ave man superiority over his fellow man. Therefore, as God, who has made us, and n 4. we ourselves, has thought proper not t; endow all mm with an equal de gree of mental faculties and intelligence, it is therefore decidedly consistent with his will that, in proportion to the intelligence given to us we are destined to rule and govein the great mass of mankind to whom He has not thought proper to give an equal degree of intelligence. They were now approaching to the point which he wanted specifically to prove, how did this spurious liberality or repuhli:anisin lead to demoralization? He took h's stan'l upon this posi- don, that any departure from the.ceder of nature, in as much as the order of nature was established by infinite wisdom, must necessarily pi oduce disorder, confusion, and ruin. Those who for wise purposes were not endowed with superior intelli gence, were intended by the economy of nature to be go verned and ruled by those of superior intelligence and wis dom. But republicanism and radicalism went on the very opposite principle. instead of saying that the minority that possessed that intelligence should rule, the majority was to rule simply because they were a majority; which was equiva lent to saying that physical power should rule and not intel ligence. They found in the sacred volume different degrees of rulers recognized, and the relations of master and servant. Would they cal any man master, or any man servant, at the other side of the atlantic? Republicanism did not recognize these distinctions, and therefore set aside the bible. The bible awarded honour to whom honour was tine; just in proportion to the honour due to you in America, would you receive the very reverse through the spirit of re publicanism and mob brutality, and force was made to over whelm superior intelligence ! He contended that radical, and republican leaders. had ever been infidels—selfish, tyrannical men at heart, seeking only to serve their Own purposes, and serve their own ends; to climb the ladder of popularity to power, and when it was obtained, to kick down the ladder, and treat the peop!e as slaves. The greatest preachers about liberty, had ever been the greatest tyrants. He contended that the Established Church was the best security for religious freedom; and that there was no more reason in a dissenter refusing to pay the taxes, than to sup port the church. By the payment of the one his life and property were protected to him; by supporting the other, his religious freedom was preserved to him ; and he was support ing a church which had handed down to him in its purity, the unadulterated word of God. Were there was no established church, there they beheld the silent, but sure march of Roman Catholicism, and he did not hesitate to say, that 25 years hence, from the rapid strides in America it, was mak illy, that the Roman Catholic religion would be the esta blished religion of that country; and where then would be their liberty of conscience, and their unadulerated gospel? He decried a church disconnected with the state, and without a fixed support; for so long as human nature was what it is. there would be a smoothing down of the glorious truths of the gospel, which were calculated to humble the wealthy indi viduals of a congregation, on whom the preacher looked for support. The preachers could not obtain support except from numbers, and hence they saw the revivals and camp meetings•in America, at which scenes were enacted which made thinking men look on religion as a catch-penny, and fearfully spread the doctrines re s p of s i e r r i f‘iadteie of the infidelity. establishedAn ptn.ity ofthe church, too, was the g reatest bible, and the best safeguard against splitting into religious sects. In this country we had our dozens of sects; but its America, where there was no established church, there were hundreds of sects, till religion itself was lost. He deprecated the national system of education, as one of Satanic invention, and which the Catholics and Dissenters were alike fools for supporting. The Protestant pastor taught his children of the redeeming blood of the Saviour: the Catholic priest taught his children that something else Was needed; and the Socinian taught his children that our Saviour was no Saviour at all, but mere man. The result of this diversified religious teaching in one school would be, that the.children would be led into discussions with one ano ther, milli( be confounded and lost amidst conflicting tenets, and finally turn out neither Protestant, Catholic, nor Dis senting men and women, but professed infidels. r. - Sleigh announced the Continuation of his lectures this evening, and concluded about half past nine o'clock. He was frequently, in the course of his lecture, most loudly ap plauded. THE LIVERPOOL, STEAM-SHIP. ( From the Albion.) Much regret was felt in this town, on Wednesday last, on the receipt of intelligence, via Dublin, that the Liverpool, which sailed on Saturday fortnight for New York, had been compelled to put into the Cove of Cork. The weather, for several days before and after her departure, had, it will be recollected, been extremely boisterous; and the reports which arrived of her progress down Channel showed, that she had had to encounter adverse gales and heavy seas. Still, not withstanding all opposing obstacles, the Liverpool made excellent progress, and had, on the sixth day out, reached long. 21, or nearly 900 miles on her passage to New York. During these six days, however, her consumption of coal had been so much greater than it was calculated it would be, hat the engineer beca►ne satisfied that the remaining fuel would not be sufficient to enable him to steam the ship to New York. A report of the quantity of coal on board was accordingly made; and Cape Fayrir, with the approbation of his passengers, resolved to put about ship and make for the Cove of Cork, which the Liverpool reached on Monday last. For a detailed account of the occurrences which we ye thus briefly described, we refer to the extracts below, which, though ttiey contain some mistakes, if not misstate ments, we deem it better to give than, by suppressing them, to give scope for malignant misrepresentation. All the ac- counts we have seen, as well as those which we insert, agree in representing the Liverpool as an admirable sea•boat and a tirst-rate st,iiner; and that, had it not been fi)r the unfor tunate Miscalculation as to her consumption of fuel, (for which she seems to be a glutton, consuming nearly twenty five per cent. more, in a given time, than had been calcu lated,) she would, in all probability, have made her passage to New York in sixteen days. The passengerrs were, of course, greatly annoyed at the untoward event" which had prevented them from accom . . plishing their voyage quickly arid safely; and several of them gave vent to their feelings in angry complaints against the Directors of the Transatlantic Steam-Ship Company. The great bulk of the passengers, however, much to their credit, did not join in the angry complaints, very properly making due aliowance fur the difficulties and the miscalculations in cidental to the commencement of a new undertaking. About eight of the passengers returned to Liverpool; their passage money was returned, and their expenses paid by the com pany; and they proceeded, yesterday, in the packet-ship Sheffield, Capt. Allen, who has, iu this instance, verified the proverb, that "it is an ill wind that blows nobody good." On Saturday evening they held a private meeting, at the Mersey Coffee-house, where they passed a series of resolu . Lions, in which, we believe, the - conduct and the activity of Captain Fayrer. his officers, and crew, were admitted to have been praiseworthy. The original resolutions, passed by the whole of the passengers, on her return voyage to Cove, may be seen by any person on application to the agent for the Transatlantic Steam-Ship Company. Those resolutions also praise the captain, the officers, and the crew; but they cen sure the parties by whose miscalculation the fuel put on board was disproportionate to the consumption of the vessel. The Liverpool, since her arrival at Cove, has taken on board an adequate supply of Welsh coal, and will proceed, in the course of the week, on her voyage to New York. All the passengers, except those who have gone in the Sheffield, remain with fier. Meanwhile, it has been determined to make an experimental trip from Cove, preparatory to the final departure of the Liverpool for her destination. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ATHEN,EUM Cork, Oct. 30, 1838. SlR,—Having been a passenger on board the Liverpool, steamer, during her late unfortunate expedition westward and back again, and knowing the interest you have manifested in the weal scheme of Atlantic steam navigation, I offer no apology fur communicating, immediately on my arrival here, this morning, a few of the leading particulars. We left port on Saturday, the 20th: more than fifty pas sengers on board, in high spirits. The weather was then fair, but did not long continue so. The sea had run high for some cias before, in consequence of long prevailing violent west winds: it soon became a serious obstacle to our progress. Bad weather came on, rains and squalls: still the boat went on bravely. At times the sea, which grew worse and worse, broke over her, fore and aft, sweeping all before it, and giving her, not unfrequently, tremendous dead digs, which, as we lay in our berths at midnight, or tried to lie, seemed absolutely to take op the ship and give her a shaking, as a dog does a rat. During this time, it appears, some damage was done. Some small leakages were sprung about the upper part of the vessel, such as might be expected in a new one under such circumstances, causing a little transient alarm, but, probably, withobt reason. The fore-cabin suffered severely: at one time the water, as 1 now hear, was some inches deep there. I also understand, that the cargo, to the amount of one bun- dred and fifty tons, appears to be damaged throughout. An accident, at one time, happened to the machinery, which oc casioned a suspension of operations for some hours. Still, we pushed on, not much exhilarated by such a beginning, but vet more and more convinced of the staunch qualities of the - Liverpool as a sea-boat, and, moreover, satisfied with the behaviour and management of the captain and all the officers on board. Thus matters stood, when we were suddenly noti fied of the captain's resolution to turn back. A great sensa tion arose, of course ; a council was called; every cabin and berth turned out their cadaverous-looking tenants, sea-sick, sleepy, and ill. It seemed, that the engineer had sent in a written report of the state of the fuel, from which it appeared, on a comparison of quantities and distances, that there was not enough on board to carry us through the voyage, and that, consequently, we must seek absolute safety in retreat. To this nothing cAild be said: we acquiesced with the best grace we could. At the end of between nine hundred and a thousand miles, on the expiration of the sixth day, we turned round and went before the gale, the ship dashing through the surge with an eagerness which seemed to say, that no time was to be lost. And now, you will ask, what was the cause of this diffi culty ? Want of coals, and nothing else. The ship is a tine sea-craft—nothing can be said against her—she is as stanch as wood and iron could make her. The commander, and all his subordinates, did their duty like old sailors—nothing that skill or science could do was omitted. Our progress, in point of fact, was satisfactory. In the worst weather, with raging seas, the wind against us, all but a few hours, and generally amounting to little short of a gale, we yet made at the rate of more than 150 miles a day—something like 61 miles the hour. Even at this rate we anticipated making the voyage, at most, in about twenty-one days, more probably in eighteen. But this was not be done without coals • and the 'calculations seemed to be, that, having started with about 561 tons, inclu ding 100 of Williams's resined and condensed peals, "called patent fuel," we had already consumed sotnething like half our stock, which proved, that, instead of 56.1 tons, 800 would be the minimum of the quantity required to carry us through. 'Phis extraordinary consumption will excite sur prise. The explanation of the ship's going to sea, provided as she was, with such a consuming power, will be called for. This question we have looked into as well as we could, hav ing examined the papers and all the officers from whom in formation was to be had, and that information being freely given. It would appear, that the ship was nut sufficiently tried before starting. She went to Dublin, but that was no trial at all. More than this, it comes out, that a very mate rial alteration was made in a part of the machinery, after the Dublin trip, and without super-adding the least pretence of an experiment thereon, by which the consumption of coal was in creased nearly 7001 b. the hour. Other disclosures I might add, but I have said sufficient till au - answer appears to ex plain this. The return voyage to Cork was made in three days. The vessel showed great powers of speed as well as strength. The passengers held several meetings during this time. A committee was appointed for thorough investigation, consisting of nine members, English, American, and others. From this committee we 'had a deliberate report of facts, facts, which you will, 1 presume, see in due time. It was adopted without a single dissentient voice. Summaiily, it lays the blame of the failure exclusively on the negligence of the company's agent, acquiting all oilier parties, including the boat herself. At the same time it strenuously enforces the position, that this disaster, in reality, offers not the slight est argument against Atlantic steam navigation, though it is much to be feared, that discouragement will ensue to many minds in consequence of the failure. This consideration weighs heavily with the passengers, who are mostly commer cial men. Of course, there will be a panic in file United States, when the vessel becomes over due there; and the suf fering of the numerous relatives of those on board, for, per haps, six or eight weeks, can be easily conceived. My pur pose has been merely to give you a statement of the facts which have led to the failure. (FROM THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN.) We regret to state, that the Liverpool, steamer, which sailed for New York on the 2Uth ult., has been compelled to give up her voyage, and return to Cork, on account of a de ficiency in her supply of fuel. We have seen several letters from a gentleman on board, given a more minute account of the circumstance than any Which has appeared in the news papers, and from which we have extracted the following par ticulars :—lt appears, that, when the vessel left Liverpool, her decks were in a state of great confusion, from the want of time to make the necessary arrangements for the voyage, and she went off very badly,—a circumstance which made an unfavourable impression upon the passeugeis. This, how ever, was in some degree removed during the two first days, as the vessel behaved well, and seemed to make a good pro gress, notwithstanding the contrary winds which she en countered. On the third day, however, the wind because very boisterous, and so continued until the sixth day, when the engineer gave Captain Fayrer a written notice, that the stock of coal remaining was insufficient for the voyage : and it then turned out, that, instead of having had, as was supposed, and as was stated by the captain, a sufficiency of coal for 21 days, she had only enough for twelve days, when she left Liverpool ; her consumption being 40 tons per day, instead of 26, as had been calculated upon. Under these circumstances, Capt. F. had no course left but that of running for Cork, whilst he had sufficient fuel remaining to carry the vessel thither. • Her head was, consequently, put round (from lon. 21 50, lat. 46,) and she arrived at Cove on the evening of the29th ult. During, the return voyage, a committee of passengers was appointed for the purpose of. drawing up a statement of the facts for publication ; but we are no aware that that statement has yet made its appearance. We understand, however, from the letters above referred to, that the passengers complain of an insufficiency of provisions and water, as well as of coals; and it is even stated, that there were no candles on board, and that, owing to want of room, nu fresh bread could be baked during the voyage. If these statements are true, they cer tainly show very great negligence in the agents of the com pany; but it must not be forgotten, that parties smarting under such a disappointment as that experienced by the pas sengers of the Liverpool would be very prone to complaint, and very ready to believe any statements to the prejudice of the parties to whom that disappointment was owing. We understand, that they all exonerate the captain from any share of the blame in the most praiseworthy manner; and they considered that he was not answerable for any of the deficiences of which they complained. On the arrival of the vessel at Cork, a messenger was despatched to the head office at Dublin, for instructions; some of the passengers agreeing to wait his return; others leaving 'the vessel at once, and making the best of their way to Liverpool, with the intention of proceeding by the Sheffield packet, which sails to day. The messenger returned to Cork on Wednesday last, bring ing directions to take in a sufficent supply of coal for 21 days, andi to proceed on the voyage as early as practicable, which was expected to be to-morrow (Sunday) morning. What number of passengers remained at Cork, with the intention of proceeding wish her, the letters do not state; but the writer says, that he shall take his chance in her, provided Captain Fayrer, in whom he feels great confidence, continues in the command, but not otherwise. The Earl of Stamford and Warrington has appointed the Rev. John Thornycroft, M.A., of Thornycroft Hall, one of his Domestic Chaplains, vice the Rev. James Smith, de ceased. FATA I. ACCIDENT.—On Friday an inquest was held on the body of a female, sixteen •ears of age, who was burnt to death on Tuesday evening. The deceased resided with her mother in Sutton -court, Gascoyne-street. On the evening in question, she was sitting near the fire, reading a hook, and while in the act of reaching an article from the chimney piece over the fire-place, her clothes caught fire, and before assistance could be procured, they were burnt to a cinder She was taken to the Dispensary in Vauxhall-road, where her wounds were dressed, but she died on the following day. Verdict- 7 Aecideptal death. POLICE INTELLIGENCE A SLEEPY MATE.—Thomas Atkinson, the mate of the Princess Victoria, appeared on Friday at the police-office to claim from the captain of the vessel a balance of wages due to him to the amount of £l7. 17s. It appeared that the ves sel had sailed from this port on the 16th of March, and was bound to Constantinople and Odessa. She returned on the 18th of October. The mate claimed (less the amount re ceived) wages for that period, at the rate of £5. a month. Captain Chambers demurred, in the first instance to the rate of wages, which he stated to be £4. 10s. a month, not £5 ; and in proof of his assertion handed in the ship's articles, in which the mate's wages were so set down. The mate asserted that the sum was not inserted at the time of signing the ship's articles, and that a verbal agreement between himself and the captain had been made, by which it was arranged that he was to have £5. a month. In the course of the dispute it came nut that the advance which had been made to the mate was £2. 10s. a month ; and as the advance is generally to the extent of half-pay, the magistrate thought that a strong fact in favour of the mate's assertion. The second ground of objection was, that the claimant had not performed his duties, l'he captain stated that, when in the lower part of the Archi pelago, on their homeward passage, he deemed it necessary, in consequence of those waters being.infested with pirates, to keep a strict watch; but on two occasions he went upon deck, when it was the mate's watch, and found him asleep: The 14th or August was the last time when the mate had been detected asleep, and from that day the captain told him he must cease to consider himself as mate, and go forward and work as a common seaman. The mate complied with the order, and another man was put in his place. The mate ad mitted that he had been once found asleep, but attempted to excuse himself on the ground of his severe duties; he had frequently been on deck twenty hours out of the twenty-four. Mr. Hall said, that as the claimant himself admitted the fact, there need be nothing further said about it. He had neglected his duty at a very important period, and reudeied it impera tive on the captain to substitute another person in his place. He ordered that the mate should be paid at the rate of £5. a month up to the 14th of August, and at the highest rate for a common seaman in the vessel—namely, £2. 15s. a month for the remaining period. A CRUEL TRICK UPON A TRAVErLEß.—Bernard Leonard, a well known bad character, was, on Saturday, placed before Mr. Hall, charged with having successfully practised the trick called duffing, upon a poor Hibernian reaper, whom he had succeeded in defrauding of the sum of his worldly wealth. It appeared that the Irishman was on his way to his native country, with the savings which he had been enabled to make during the harvest in, this country. He was going to make inquiry about the packet, but he could not tell what street he was in, when he saw Leonard pass him. The latter stooped suddenly, and picked up a parcel. He looked at it fur an instant, and, turning to the Irishman, asked him if he had dropped it. He replied in the negative. Leonard, accord ing to the custom in such cases, requested his intended dupe to assist him in opening the paper. This was done, and a glittering chain and seats were produced. Leonard took from the parcel a folded note, and opening it, asked the Hibernian if he were a scholar. " Here I am," replied the latter, " sufficient to read written hand any how !" The note was handed to him, and he read as follows :—" The fine gold chain, and elegant gold chaste seals, £s3—paid." Another individ ual, who is known to belong to the honourable fraternity of duffers, was called upon. He appeared to be passing casually. He examined the chain and seals, and gravely pronounced them to be worth £6O. "'Very well," said Leonard to the Irishman, "we are in luck; — we've got a prize. You were present when I found it, and you shall have your share. I'll behave like a gentleman to you." The prisoner and his companion persuaded the poor fellow to go with them " into the town," where, they said, they would share the value of the property. They took him through several streets, till, having walked nearly two miles, he grew tired, and expressed his determination to return. They then took him into an entry, where Leonard asked him if he had any mony. He said, yes, he bad £9 103 , which he had saved from his wages during the harvest. Leonard said, " Well, I shall give you £lO for your share, if that will satisfy you." The poor Hibernian, of course, was delighted. Leonard persuaded him, that the best way to bind all parties would be for him to give the Irishman the chain and seals, as a security that he would return with the £lO. "And," said Leonard. "you must give me your money, as a security that you will return." The poor man, thinking he had in his possession worth £5O or £6O, consented to this arrangement, and delivered up the money, upon which the two rogues left him. " Dhe minnit I'd give dhe money," said the Irishman, " my heart misgave me." He waited for a considerable time; but, it is needless to say, his two friends did not return. His misgivings then became very violent, and be went and gave information to the Police. Levi Underwood apprehended the prisoner on Friday night, but no portion of the money was found in his possession. It was expected the other rogue, who is well known, would be taken in the course of Saturday. The prisoner was temanded. CONCEALING CONTRABAND GOODS.—John Jones was, en Saturday, charged before Messrs. Hall and Houghton, with having had, secreted in his premises, 30ib. of negrohead tobacco. The case was fully proved on the evidence of the officers of Excise, who found the property in a trunk. Mr. Crew appeared for the defendant, and attempted to prove, that the trunk and tobacco had been left at bis house by a sailor. This defence failed, and the defendant was convicted in the mitigated penalty of £25. 'l'ttu FURIES.—There was, on Saturday, a treat for the lovers of the marvellous, in the circumstance of two Furies having been brought under the cognisance of the human au thorities, for having, unlawfully, harboured certain spirits; whether the same were good or evil, is a matter to be decided between the bacchanals and the tee-totallers. Patrick Fury and Sarah Fury were summoned, by invocations from the most potent servants of the Board of Excise, to appear be fore Thomas James Hall and Richard Houghton, Esquires, judges in such cases, more inexorable far than Minos or Rhadamanthus. "The Great Magician," who discovered the secret machinat►ons of these illicit dealers in alcoholic liquid against the revenue, is called Culsbaw. What spells he used more than those which he obtained from the spelling book we have no means of knowing, as such individuals are as secret in their dark doings as the waters of Lethe. Cer tain it is, that he did, somewhere, obtain information, which led him to suspect the Furies of unlawful doings. Fury, it appears, follows the appropriate occupation of fireman on board one of the City of Dublin ckinpany's steam-boats. From his constant occupation at theWrnaCes, it is presumed, may have derived the common exclamation, "Fire and Fury !" On the 16th of September last, Culshaw watched Mrs. Sarah Fury, as the gallant Don Giovanni is said to have watched the furies, "Flour of Brimstone and Cream of Tartar," in the dominions of Pluto. Culshaw, however, had nut to go so far as Tartarus, but he met Mrs. Fury "stalking, like a ghost, all along by the church-yard." Nothing daunted by her awe-inspiring appellation, he conjured the-name of the Honourable Board or Commissioners, to make palpable to his external senses the articles which she carried beneath her apron. Spell-bound stood Mrs. Fury, and not a charm could she muster, to allay the suspicions of the exciseman. Slowly and reluctantly, in obedience to his repeated adjura tions, did she produCe, from beneath her vestments, a bottle of whisky, not the first spirits that the puissant officer had raised. Having seized this "bottle imp," he insisted on ac companying Mrs. Fury to her domicile, a celler in Porter street. Here the exciseman, in exercising his skill in exor cising, managed to deliver more spirits from their dark re treat, in an old oak chest which was hidden in a corner. No less than ten quart bottles of whisky were set at liberty by the valiant and skilful officer. It appeared, that Patrick Fury was in the habit of bringing whisky from Ireland, and that Mrs. Fury was in the habit of selling it to such as wished to be placed under spiritual influence. The Furies were fined in the mitigated penalty of £25. BRUTAL CONDUCT.—Yesterday, at the Police Office, a man named Patrick• Brennan, an Irishman, was placed be fore the magistrates, charged with beating and ill-using his wife, and putting his child upon the fire. A policeinan stated, that on Saturday night he was on duty in Scotland-road, when he heard screams front a cellar. He went to see what was the matter, and found that the prisoner and his wife had been quarrelling, and the prisoner had got one of his dill- drew, 'which he was il'-usin. His wife was trying to get it from him, when he told her if she would net be quirt he would put the child on the lire. He had no sooner said this than he seized the child, and put it on the coals on the tire, and he (policeman) took him into custody, after rescuing the child. The wife said that the prisoner was an oysterman ; that he was continually ill-using her, and had also put her on the fire, and burnt her arm. The prisoner said he could not live with his wife. He was willing to allow her ss. a-week, but he could not live with her. The wife said she could not live with the prisoner, and said she would take 3s. a-week sooner than live ,With him. Mr. Hall said he must give her 6s. a-week. The prisoner agreed to do that. Mr. Hall said he was a worthless fellow: he must promise not to go near his wife again, or he should commit him. Prisoner.—" If she lives dhere for sivin years, I'll not trouble her." The Wife,—" dyin' wid his ill thratement." Prisoner.— " Dyin' ? she's been dyin' afore: she olers dyin'." The pri• soner was then discharged on his promise to pay the 6s, a•week, and not to molest his wife. ALICE GRAY AGAlN.—Yesterday, at the Police Office, the notorious Alice Gray, one of the most drunken prostitutes in the town, was again brought up to Bridewell. Whether Alice be the very Alice for whom some poor love-sick Wight's '6 heart was broken," or not, we do not pretend to say. We remember her first appearances at the Police Office, when she was tolerably decent looking; and certain it is that she has " dark brown hair:" but whatever her " brow" may have been, over which it was braided, it has long, from drunken ness and debauchery, ceased to be one of "spotless white." Alice appears to be afflicted with an odd kind of monomania. Gin and religion have some odd kind of relation in her mind, and whenever she takes the one, she is immediately taken with a violent affection for the other, and forthwith begins preaching. Policeman 77 stated that on Sunday morning, to Skelhorne-street, seeing a crowd of 40 or 50 persons col lected, he went to s ee w h at was t h e ma t ter , an d found Alice in the centre of them, expounding doctrinal points of theo logy on faith. As she would keep preaching away, he was obliged to take her into custody. Mr. Hall.—Well, Alice, you will not .give over your old practices. Alice.—Well, Mr. I was expounding to poor misguided sinners the doctrine of saving grace; but as it's disagreeable to the au thorities, I'll not do it again on the Sunday: but iu the course of the week I will not promise. On the Sabbath mornings I'll leave it to the clergy in future. Mr. Hall.—Well, take care: you have been once or twice in jail for the same offence. Discharge her. Assaucr,--Yesterday, at the Police-office, a Welshman, named Jones, who lives in the house of a cobbler, in one of the back streets in the neighbourhood of St. John's Market; was placed at the bar charged with having been found stripped in the street, and with assaulting. Goff, the market constable. Goff stated that he was passing down the street, and saw the prisoner stripped in the street, challenging his landlord to fight. He was quite drunk, and he tried to persuade him to be quiet, and go into the house. He at length went in, ran up stairs, seized a poker and ran at Goff, and aimed a blow at Goff 's head with the poker, but luckily hit the banisters. The force with which he struck had been so great as to bend the poker. Goff then took him into custody. The landlord had no charge to prefer against him. He did not know why he had so behaved. The prisoner then went into a long tale about his having lived seven years with his landlord, and that he had been very ill used, and had his door broken open, and had been seized by the neck and almost choked, which was the reason of his "turning out." The landlord, who ap peared to be a Welshman, here broke out in a great rage. " He came to my toor fery trunk; and I haf a little tog; ant when he came in te little togs•parket at 'im, Why te tevill,' says he, 'to you keep a ting of tat sort to annoy me ?" I tont keep no tinge to annoy you,' said 1. I had no sooner spoke than he gef me a plow on the eve, and then stripped naket into his puff to fight. I could het' knocket him to pieces, put 1 wouldn't touch him." Mr. Hall ordered him to pay 5s and costs for assaulting Guff, or to be committed fur three days. KIRKDALE QUARTER SESSIONS.—The quarterly sessions for the county commenced, at Kit kdale, on Thursday morn ing, before the hey. Jonathan Brooks, Chairman, R. 13. Wil braham, Esq., 'l'. Thornely, Esq., IMP., Sir Thos. Brancker, P. Ellames, A. Hodgson, 'l'. Rawson, T. Itodick, F. h orrnhy, Peter Bourne, and H. Gaskell, Esqrs., and eight other Ma gistrates. The Chairman, in his charge to the Grand Jury, stated, there appeared no case in the ca;endar which required any particular observation from him, nor was he aware, that any alteration had occurred in the criminal law, during the last session, to which he need allude. He was pleased to learn, that a place had been appointed, in the Isle of Wight, for the reception of the juvenile offenders, with a view to their reformation: that the Secretary of State for the Home Department had it in his power to direct them to be sent for a part or the whole of their sentence, for which well devised experiment he gave the government great praise. Charlei Turner, Esq., was Foreman of the Grand Jury. There were forty seven prisoner for trial for felony, and six for inisde rneanours. The cases of felony were almost all of a petty nature. THE ROYAL WILLIAM The following is a copy of the. Jog-book of the Royal Wil liam, on her passage to New York Sailed 20th Sept. Left pilot 330. Wind N.W., against Sb 30m. Passed Skerries at midnight. N.W. to N.N. for 12h. Lat. 52 11 N., lat. 5 46, distance 15.5 miles : __ Noo!, Tu s kar, West 14 miles, 2d.—Winct W. to W.S.W., S.W., against 24h. Lat.sl 14 N., 948 W., distance 160 miles. Light breezes and cloudy. Eight o'clock, fresh breezes, with rain. Midnight, blowing hard, with rain. 231.—Wind W.S.W., against 21h. Lat. 50 34 N., long. 12 04, distance 112. Blowing hard, with heavy sea through out the day. 24th.—Wind West, against 24h. Lat. 49 43 N.,10n. 15 . 10 \V., distance 130 miles. Remarks same as the day before. 25th.—Wind N.W. to N. for 16h, against Bh. Lat. 48 49 N., lon. 18 58, distance 167 miles. Ss am., set fore and aft sails. Ten, set stay sails. More fine weat her. 26th.—Winds calm, and W. to N.N.W. for 126, against Bh, calm 4b. Lat. 47 43 N:; Ion: 22 51, distance 172 miles. Calm, furled all sails, sent down tile yards. Ten, set fore and aft sails; wind moderate and hazy. Noon, wind ahead, took in all sails. 27th.—Wind N.N.W., W. by S., and N.N.W. for 7h, against 17h. Lat 46 51, 25 40, distance 143 miles. Strong breeze, with heavy head swell, middling fresh breezes, heavy head sea, down topsail yard and mast. Five, wind veered, set fore and aft sails. Noon, set foresail. 2801.—Wind N., W.S.W. and W.N.W., for 2h, against 19h, calm3h. Lat. 46 03, lon. 28 51, distance 145 miles. Moderate, up topsail yard and set flying jib. Two, calm. Five, wind from W.S.W., in all sail, middling steady breezes, heavy head sea. Two, down masts and yards and jib-boom, strong gale, head sea. 29111.—Wind W.N.W., variable, and N.W. by W., against 246. Lat. 44 53, lon. 31 15, distance 136 miles. Blowing fresh gales, with a heavy bead swell throughout. Noon, calm. 30th.—Wind calm. S.W., calm, S.W. by S. for 6h. against 13h. Lat. 44 19, lon. 34 59, distance 172 miles. Eight, made sail. Three, a in., in all sail. Eight, a.m., made sail. Noon, moderate an cloudy. Ist Oct.—Wind S.S.W., W.S.W. and variable for 126., against 12h. Let. 41 10, lon. 38 58, distance 180 miles." Moderate and cloudy, up yards and masts, and made all sail. Midnight, blowing hard, in all square sails, end down yards and masts, reefed fore and aft sails: Noon, blowing hard, heavy cross sea. ---- (l..JWind variable from W,S.W to N.W., against 24h. Lat. 43 31, lou. 41 37, distance 125 miles. Blowing hard, with high, confused, cross sea, with rain at times. Eight, set jib and mainsail. One, a.m., in jib and mainsail. Five, wind shifted to N.W. Strong breezes. 3d.—Wind N.W. by W., variable, N.W., against 24b. Sat. 44 63, lon. 42 43, distance 130 miles. Strong gales, vitti ; heavy sea and heavy squalls. Noon,' fresh breezes 'Snit' cloudy. - 4th.—Wind N.W. by W. and S.W., for 6h., against 18h.. 4 Lat. 42 36, lon. 4868, distance 189 miles. Fresh breezes and fine weather. Six, a.m., set foresail and jib. Noon, set— : square foresail and topsail. against` sth.—Wind S.S.W. and N.W. by W., for 13h., again 11 h. Lat. 42 22, long. 52 21, distance 182 miles. One, a.m..; wind shifted suddenly, shortened sail, high, confused, cross sea. Strong breezes. Noon, moderate and fine, with showers. 6th.—Wind N.W., S.W., and N.N.W.. for Bh., against 16h. Lat. 41 55, lon. 50 09, distance 111 miles. Fresh breezes' and fine. Three, a.m. set foresail. Daylight, set fore and aft sails. Noon, fine weather. 7th.—Wind N.W., calm, S.W. by S., for 8h , against 4th., calm Lat. 4200, lon. 60 35, distance 202 miles. Light breezes. 4 30, hi all sails. Six, made all sail. Nine, set topsail and foresail. Midnight, fine weather. Bth.—S.S.W., calm, and N. for 226., calm, 2h.—Lat. 41 38, lon. 65 40, distanc6 265 miles. Light breezes and fine. One, calm, made all sail. Fire, set topsail and foresail. No observation. Bth.—Wind N.E., N , and N.N.W., for 24h. Lat. 40 19, lon. 70 20. distance 230 miles. fresh breezes with rain, wind moderate and hazy. Eight a.m., in topsails. Noon, calm, in all sails. 10th.—Wind E.S.E., for ISh., agaiust 6h., distance 176 miles. Two, a.m., made Long Island. Nine, a.m., took pilot on board. Noon, passed Sandy Hook Bar. To the Editor of the Morning Courier. Lest the public should suppose there was a scarcity of provisions on board the steamer Royal William, on the late , voyage from Liverpool, we feel it our duty to give a short statement of facts, obtained from several of the passengers. It was only within a week of her arrival that the passengers were requested to use a limited quantity of fresh water for washing ; there was an abundance for drinking purposes, and over three hundred gallons on hand when they arrtved, be-ri sides which she has condensers on board to make fresh water: as to eatables and wines, we have heard no complaints of short quantity. The coal lasted until the morning of her arrival; the fires, therefore, were only dependant on other materials for that forenoon. The quantity of coal taken on board at Liverpool was less than last voyage, not, however, solely for the purpose of taking light freight, but in order to make the vessel more . buoyant. When she left port the first time she was consi dered unnecessarily deep, and as she experienced very heavy • .; wind on that passage, it was thought that she would certainly - make her present one in nineteen days, and that a supply of • coals for twenty days would be sufficient. It is needless to say, that this error of judgment will not be repeated. As to the large number of passengers, those who were not furnished with state-rooms were aware of the fact before they engaged " sofas;" and such was the anxiety to come in her, the agent in Liverpool was run down with applications before she sailed. It is not the first time a cabin has been crowded, even in packet-ships or steamers, and we hope it will not be considered an unpardonable offence in the case of the Royal William, especially as she has proved her-,bw self to be an excellent sea-boat, and Captain Swainson i we believe, has given every satisfaction to the passengers. . ABM. BELL & CO., Agents. THE EAST INMA ARCHIPELAGO.—A gentleman of tem , ;• name of Mr. James Brooke has started an expedition to ex• plore the East India Archipelago, in his own yacht, and, we believe, entirely at his own private expense. He has proba- ‘, bly sailed by this time. The object of the expedition is the -; acquisition of more accurate knowledge than we yet possess , of that vast region ; its geography, its natural history, and , and its inhabitauts.--Tim London Monthly Miscellany. MIDLAND COUNTIES HAILWAT.—The following is the on gineet's return of the quantity of earth-work executed, and the number of men, horses, and engines employed on .the works of the Midland Counties Railway, from the 22d of September to the 27th October, 4838 : Earth-work ex'ecnted, 281,160 cubic yards; number of men, 4597; ‘nuniher of horses, 498; engines, one locomotive,-one stationary. FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE IN MANCHESTER.—Between the hours of one and two yesterday morning, the inhabitants of King-street were alarmed by the watchman's cry of". Fire!" and on the arrival of Mr. Rose, the superintendent of the Fire Police, who was quickly at the b rot, accompanied by his brigade, it was assertained that the fire had broken out in a cellar underneath the shop of Nr. Morris Abram, tobacco nist, .• &c., which very fortunately is unoccupied at night. Shortly after the engine had begun to play, Mr. Rose was informed that a poor old man (named Leatherway, it is be lieved,) was sleeping in the adj, ining premises, for the pur pose of guarding them, upou which, fearing that unless aroused the poor old fellow would be smothered by the dense smoke which enveloped the house, he broke open the door, and accompanied by a fireman named Murphy, No. 17, pro- .. ceeded up stairs in search of him. So overpowering were the fumes they encountered, that Murphy; after a short combat with them, was eompelled to come out;. immediately after doing which he fell dowu in a state of stupor. Mr. Rose, however, shortly afterwards discovered the object, of their search, who, apparently to screen himself from the suffoca ting effects of the insidious enemy which was coiling around : him, was rolled up ic the blankets of his bedquite insensible • from which state alas! he nevey.reeovered. The body was immediately removed to Mr. Eltou's, of the King's Arms,.. who very kindly afforded every. .assistance in his power to- . wards its resuscitation, but without avail. By three o'clock, the active exertions of the Fire brigade had completely sub-• dued the devouring element; and although Mr. Abram's loss must be heavy, yet we are happy to say the fire was strictly confined to his own premises.—Lancashire Herald. COMMERciAI, EMIGRATION.—In the Royal William, a number of fresh commercial adventurers, some of them with large capitals, have come out to this country for the purpose of establishing new, or extending, houses. Among the most important is Mr. Holford, the founder of the house of Hol ford and Co., of London. Their house has most extensive connexions in Europe, having been long engaged in the continental yarn trade, with houses at Manchester, Liver pool, Amsterdam, Hamburgh, and St. Petersburgh. Mr. Hollbrd, the head of the house, is a London merchant of great experience, high respectability, and immense capital: Last year, when the American houses fell to pieces, and the cotton trade of Liverpool was Almost going to wreck, Mr. Holford stepped forward and became a purchaser to a large amount. In this respect he took the same view; mid pur sued the same policy, which actuated Mr. Biddle on this side of the water. This was the origin of the branch of the house in Wall-street. Mr. Holford's appearance in the United States is, however, to look about and extend his branches as far south as Mobile and Orleans, and as far north as Boston. It is also possible that he may visit Texas with the same view, as that new country is just coming into the cotton market of the world, pari passe, with his highness the Paella of Egypt. lu fact, the change in the commercial relations between England and the United States is only beginning. ; Barings and Rothschilds, and many of the old houses in turn, be entirely superseded by the new, and, perhapi;lio house will hereafter occupy a higher position than thit'of Holford, Brancker, and Co., with their chief house in -Len don. Their operations in the cotton trade, for the next year, are expected to be very large.—N. Marniny Herald. REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE.—The following,Whictiap= pears in a correspondence that has been addressed to-the Times, is rather remarkable. It seems that a man actually. applied to the Guardians of Oundle Union a few_days ago to be allowed to marry his grandmother, a clergyman to whom he had applied to marry them by bans having very properly refused to unite them. The applicant was the illegitimate son of a woman named Taylor, and his reputed father's name was Payne; but, as a bastard, he in law is no man's sots (frlio: unities.) Payne died lately, aged 76. The young woman's (the grandmother's) name Was formerly Odam : when she was 16 years of age she went to live with old Payne, who married her before she was 17, and she has been a widow for a short time. The caveat entered by the clergyman (to wit—" Because William Taylor is the illegitimate son of Ben jamin Payne, the son of William Payne, the deceased hus band of the said Anne Payne,") was forwarded to the Regis trar-General, and the following is a copy of his reply General Register-office, Oct. 26, 18,38. "Sir,—By direction of the Registrar-General, I beg .to acknowledge the receipt.of your letter of the 25th inst: (en closing the caveat.) and in reply to inform you, that however objectionable the marriage to which you allude may be in a moral point of view, yet the caveat does not contain any grounds on which the solemnization of the marriage can be legally preveuted.—l am, Sir, your obedient-servant, "THOMAS MANN, Chief Clerk. "To S. Tibbitts, Esq., Superintendant-Register, Oundle." THE GREAT PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—Harris, the pedestrian, who has undertaken to walk, in the Battersea-fields, 1,750 miles in 1,000 successive hours, being at the rate of one title and three-quarters each hour, completed 400 miles at eight o'clock on Wednesday night. His spirits are good, he ap pears but little distressed, and ho is quite sanguine ,1* accomplishment of the task. lie lives principally upon rump steaks or roast beef, or breadand butter with coffee. He drinks very little beer, but regularly consumes a • pint of brandy, mixed with water, every day. At present his sleep is far from sound, and he says that be always feels the first two weeks of any pedestrian undertaking the most arduous for want of deep slumber, which he never obtains until that time shall have passed, and then his repose becomes sound and refreshing, and his labour less difficult. He wears light trousers, waistcoat and jacket; with a military cap in the day, but exchanges his jacket for a coat during the night. He shifts his clothes generally once a day for the purposes of re freshment; but he puts on three or four pairs of stockings during the 24 hours, as they afford so much comfort to his feet. It is a singular fact that Harris's legs never swell while engaged in any pedestrian undertaking, but as soots as he lies by swelling commences. The only Obatarle which Harris has met with during his present performance was the heavy gale and penetrating showers of rain on . Sunday night and Monday morning, which greatly impeded his pro gress, and for the time sadly annoyed him. Bet' are still against him, and as he advances in his Undertaking increased interest is excited. One gentleman laid an even wage' of 100 sovereigns in Harris's favour on Monday .evextinge -and promised the pedestrian that if he 511004 wit tle Wp4l4 Mike hima present of 11 . 4.1 f of it, . !sa;.i i.ll , r,4c' fr \ - c;7•-; S '' ;7 4 rikkt e • ,•••••••• ••