The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-25 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. AUSTRIA. The Nuremberg Correspondent of the 15th inst. contains the following alarming paragraph : " VIENNA, Sept. 11.—Very important news has arrived here from the East- It appears that region is likely, before all others, to become the theatre of the contest of European interests in a short time, and this struggle may be serious (sangiante.) War between England and Persia is declared; the causes of this recent event are well known." Accounts front Prague of the 12 th instant stale, that the march of troops to the propose d c am p of 24,000 men, to be formed at Branders, was incessant. The manoeuvres were to be directed by Field Marshals the Prince de Reuss and Count Ceclopiere. The object of the assembling of this army ap pears to have defied all attempts to ascertain it. SWITZERLAND. The Zurich Gazette states that the Swiss patriots on the French frontier have established a regular system of corres pondence among themselves, in order that any attack on the part of France may not take them unawares. (Private Correspondence of the Morning Herald.) BAYONNE, Sept. 17.—1 shall to day confine myself to send ing you the following communication : " Royal Head-quarters, Ellorio, Sept. 15. " Yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, his Majesty quitted Bergara, dined at Montdragon, and reached here the same evening, where his Majesty intends to remain during the present highly-interesting military operations. " General Marotto had a long conference with his Majesty and the Minister of War this morning, and then returned to Durango. " Eight battalions, composed of two of Guipuscoa, two of Alava, two of Biscay, and two of Castile, reached Durango yesterday, by forced marches from Estella. Each battalion is 800 strong. Marotto has wilh him, independent of these 6300 men, the troops blockading Bilboa, about 2500 men, Castor Andechaga, with his outpost of nearly 3000 men, and Balmaseda and Romales, and General Sopelana, with 3000 men, are advanced on the high road from Vittoria to Bilboa. " Several pieces of artillery have been ordered to be trans ported with all possible despatch from Onate to Durango. " The following. is the postscript of au intercepted letter written by a national guard of Bilboa " Bilboa, Sept. 13. " I have just learned, but not officially, that the Christinos have evacuated Fort Las Banderas, and other forts exterior of Bilboa.' " It appears that General Pardinas is about to retire from the Queen's service. Narvaez has been in nomination for the captaincy-general of Old Castile, vice Baron Carondelet, who recently abandoned Valladolid, on hearing that the Car lists were in its neighbourhood. The Correo has a letter from Villacastria, of the 10th, stat ing_Merino to have entered Burgo de Osma on the 7th, with WOO infantry and 300 cavalry, and to have since moved to wards Valladolid. SWEDEN. The German papers continue to afford some further dis tressing reports of the agitated state of the capital of Sweden. There would appear to be still a great excitement and a de termined hostility manifested by the lower orders of the peo ple of Stockholm. The very aged King, almost weighed down by the weight of years, and distressed by the unhappy relations with his son, the Crown Prince, has, in addition to these misfortunes, to struggle with an alienation of the affec tion of the people. RUSSIA. The Emperor of Russia appears to meet with many diffi culties in finding fitting husbands for his daughters. The. Crown Prince of Bavaria, who is a fitful and capricious lover, and has been playing at hide-and-seek with the imperial princess, appears now to have been prevailed upon to meet her and her Russian party in Prussia. The Empress and her daughters are going to Berlin, whilst he is expected at Pots dam, within 16 miles of it. Negotiations will, of course, be resumed at Berlin. It is reported that the Czar had made up his mind to bestow the second daughter upon the prince of Leuchtenberg, a respectable but obscure prince. EGYPT. Letters have been received from Alexandria by way of Trieste to the 3d instant. It is stated in them that the great Powers appeared to be agreed in the determination to pre serve to the Porte the supremacy over Egypt, but to obtain in favour of the Pasha the hereditary right of succession sub ject to a tribute, which would be a step towards independence, and if guaranteed would no doubt be accepted by the latter. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKET. From the Gazette of last night it appears that the quantity of bullion in the Bank is only decreased to the amount of £131,000. An opinion had previously , prevailed that there would have been a much more considerable deficiency, from the ascertained fact that £2,500,000 had been transmitted to the , United States during the American panic , as also £1,000,0(X) to the various parts of Europe for the payment of foreign corn, purchased in anticipation of our own harvest being a failure. There has been but little business transacted as yet, but the advance of yesterday is maintained. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols have continued steady during the morning at 94 buyers for the Account, and for money 93ii 9-1. Exchequer Bills, 69; India Bonds, 69 71; Bank Stock, for opening, 208209; India Stock, `264265. In the Foreign Market there is scarcely a bargain doing. Spanish Active, 18% % ; Por tuguse, 34% 5 ; Three per Cents. 22% 3; Brazilian, 84 ; Mexican, 221 31; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 531; Five per Cents, nothing doing. A fair business is doing in Shares at the improved prices of yesterday. Great Western are 18 pm. Birmingham, 88 pm.; and Brighton, 1 % discount. FOUR O'CLOCK Consols for Account, 94. Spanish Bonds, 18% 1. Por. Aiguese Five per Cent. New Bonds, 34i. (From the official list, containing the business actually transacted.) BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock, India Stock, 3 per Ct. Red., India Bonds, 69 7 pm. 3 per Ct. Con., 93i 4 Bank Stock for Acct. 3; per Ct. Anus. 1818, Consols for Acct., 94 i 3% per Ct. Red., £lOOO Ex. Bills, 71 69 pm. New 334 per Cents. 1015‘ I £5OO do. 69 71 p.m Long Ans. 1860, Small do. 69 72 pm. Ditto, 30 yrs. 1859, Ditto Commercial, 2d., 7 Ditto, 30 yrs. 1860, S HA] The quotations give the actui premium or Cobre Copper, 37 8 Birmingham. and 'Gloucester, 18 - • Cheltenham and Great Wes ' tern ' Great Western, 84 3 21 London & Brighton, 9e London and Blackw all, 5i London and Birmingham, 177 176 178 _ .ondon and Southampton, 481 London and Croydon Trunk, • 1 ES. xl price, without reference to discount.) London and Croydon New Scrip, 91 3 A —anchester and Birmingham, Northern and Eastern, 61 6 Colonial Bank, 271 Colonial Scrip, 27 London Joint Stock Bank, 121 - National Provincial Bank o 16 1 34, U Eastern Counties, 5i England, 35 Manchester and Leeds, 'South Midland, Bristol and Exeter, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The list for tbis afternoon promised four races; two, how ever, turned out to be " walks over," and had it not been for some excellent racing for the plate, the sport would have been as short as it was unimportant. The weather was beau tiful, and the company about on a par with the average of attendance.on Wednesday, which, owing to the settling and the sales, has always been the worst day of the five. The following are all the details required. The Foal Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft for three-years old : colts and fillies. One mile and a half. Three subs. Mr. Bowes's The Jagger The Doncaster Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added by the Corporation, for three-year-olds and upwards. Two miles. Four subs. Mr. Bowes's Epirus Walked over.. The Selling Stakes of 10 soya each, with 30 added by the Corporation; three years, 6st 121 b ; four, Bst; five, Bst 71b ; six, and aged, Bst 101 b. The winner to be sol for 200 sovs. &c. Leger Course. Seven subs. Sir W. Scott's b h The Count, by Figaro, aged (Cartwright) 1 Mr. S. King's b Remnant, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Cook's br f 'I he Wonder, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Pettit's b I Anntßoleyn, 3 yis Mr. Greenwood's b f Victoria, 3 yrs Mr. Blakelock's bi f Yarico, 4 yrs Betting-5 to 4 agst the Count; 4to 1 agst Yarico (tkn) ; 4to 1 agst Anne Boleyn; and 6to 1 agst Remnant. The Count made all the running, with the others clustered to gether at his heels, and won by a length after a pretty race. The Corporation Plate of £5O; for three-years-olds, 6st 71b; four, sst 91b; five, Bst 31b : six and aged, Bst 101 b; mares allowed 31bs; the second to receive 24 guineas. Heats, two miles. Mr. S. King's b c Vernal, by Actaeon, 4 yrs (Lye) 3 1 1 Mr. Wormald's ch c Fieschi, 4 yrs 1 2 2 Mr. Bell's br c Humphrey, 3 yrs 4 3 4 Mr. Osbaldeston's br c Allerston, 3 yrs The jockey weighed for the Count, who did not run; the announcement, however, was not made until after money had been laid out on Fieschi at odds, which would not have been betted had it been known that the Coug,t was not to go. First heat—Even on Fieschi, and 3 to 1 agst Humphrey. The favourite took the lead followed by Allerston, kept it to the end, and won by a length. Second heat-5 to 4 against Fieschi ; 7 to 4 agst Humphrey; and 3to 1 agst Vernal. Humphrey cut out the work with the others at his stern till within two - distances of the chair, where Vernal and Fieschi went along side; a splendid race home terminated to favou r of Vernal by a bead. Third heat 5t04 on Vernal, and 6to 4 against Fieschi (taken). Another magnificent race be tween Vernal and Fieschi, the former, after waiting till the last, winning by a head only. It is to be hoped that the managers of this meeting will, on all future occasions, continue their recently adopted plan of sending to the betting ring a list of the horses to start. It will increase the interest and prevent trickery. An incident occurred before the first race, which would have been attended with serious consequences, but for an ex traordinary instance of self-possession. A horse took fright, and ran away with in this case, a very awkward appurtenance, in the shape of a gig, in which, besides the driver, was a Miss Brooke. The driver was soon thrown to the ground, and the lady's prospect. net., bad enough, harrcbci, oho rc taia *A, not only her seat, but her nerves; and with admirable coolness, guided the horse with the whip, and keeping him clear of the hillocks and ditches, by an occasional cut on the proper side, and suffering him to "go on" till he tired, stopped him with out any mishap. Nine men out of ten would have jumped out and left horse and chaise to their fate. The St. Leg - er—We hasten to correct an inaccuracy in our description of this race. lon and Lanercost did not lie second and third throughout. On the contrary, Alzira headed lon from the first gravel round to the bill, and again in descend ing it; he followed Don John till round the Red House, where he gave up, and the other two resumed their positions. Cobham headed Lanercost at the distance, but broke down the instant after. The settling took place this morning, at the betting rooms, and went off remarkably well. Money seemed to be more plentiful than usual, and we did not hear of a single defaulter. The Derby—ln the course of the day brother to Bay Mid dleton was backed at 12 to 1 ; Gulnare at 1000 to 60; Bul wark and Epidaurus at 20 to 1 each ; and Antler, Flambeau, Vat, Tros, and several others, at five points more. Some arse sums were laid out at evens, between 12 and the field. THURSDAY. The cup at Doncaster is a race of so much• interest, no, only to the sporting men but to the middling clases, that it rarely fails to attract a large company. It produced its ac customed effect this afternoon, the anxiety to witness the contest for it having been increased in no inconsiderable de gree by the belief that the favourite north-country mare, Bee's-wing, would have a worthy competitor in the terror of the Curragh Harkaway, and that an equally formidable rival would enter the lists, in the person of the St. Leger winner, Don John. Part of this anticipated pleasure was realised; but fur some (not very creaditable, we fear) reason H arkaway, although in the best condition, was not suffered to show. (Mr. Ferguson's conduct in the affair was discussed in language which, if it reached his ears, must have proved rather die. agreeable.) Fortunately for the sport, the weather was fa vourably in the extreme, and some excellent racing made amends for previous deficiencies. The following is a full Mr. Dennison's Percy. v (Templeman Mr. Robinson's Melbourne Seven started. Won cleverly. return : The Three Year Old Stakes, of 200 sovs each, h ft; colts, Bst filb, fillies, Bst 31b. St. Leger Course. Eleven subs. Lord Westminster's b c Albemarle Scott 1 Duke of Cleveland's b c Alzira, by Voltaire Nine paid. Betting-5 to 2on Albemarle. Alzira made steady running to the distance post, where Albemarle chal lenged, and, after a severe struggle home, won by a head. The Gold Cup, value 450 guineas, given by the Stewards , with 50 added by the Corporation ; three years, 7st.; four , Bst 31b; five, Bst 101 b ; six and aged, 9st. The winner of the St. Leger to carry 31b extra. About two miles and five furlongs. Lord Chesterfield's Don John, 31b extra (Nat) 1 Mr. Ord's Bee's-wing, 5 yrs. Mr. S. L. Fox's The Doctor, 4 yrs... Mr. Robinson's Melbourne, yrs 4 Betting-5 to 2on Don John (taken); 7to 2 agst Bee's wing ; 10 to 1 agst The Doctor; and 20 to 1 agst Melbourne. Bee's-wing took the lead at a capital pace, followed by Don John, The Doctor lying third, and Melbourne last. The pace and the positions continued the same till within half a distance of the chair, when Don John took up the running and won easy by nearly two lengths. The Doctor ran a moderate third, but Melbourne was beaten a long way from home. This race from beginning to end was run with great truth. The Two Year Old Stakes, of 20 sovs each, for two year old colts, Bst 51b, fillies, Bst 21b. T.Y.C. Fifteen subs. Mr. Wormald's gr c Bolus, by Physician.. Heseltine 0 1 Duke of Cleveland's b f Eliza, by Physician 0 2 Colonel Anson's br c Zimmerman, by Starch 3 Mr. J. Clarke's ch f Imogene, by Langar Mr. Osbaldeston's br f Alexandrina, by The Saddler 5 Mr. H. Coombe's ch c by Actaeon—Frederica Nine paid. Betting-2 to 1 against Zimmerman; sto 2 agst Imogene ; 4 to 1 against Eliza; 5 to 1 agast Frederica (taken); and 7to 1 agst Bolus (taken) At the commence. ment Imogene was backed at 6 and 7 to 4, and was first fa vourite. Bolus took the lead, followed by Imogene and Eliza, Zimmerman lying in the rear with waiting orders; they ran in this order half-way up the distance, where Zimmer man and the first mentioned three joined issue; a magnifi cent race ensued, the finish being so fine that the judge pro nounced it a dead beat between Bolus and Eliza, from whom Zimmerman was beaten about a neck. Imogene was well up , with them, but Alexandrina was beaten several lengths, and the Actaeon colt shut up soon after he got round the turn. Second Heat-5 and 6to 4on Eliza, who made play at a good pace to the stand, where Bolus took the lead from her, and kept it, and won cleverly. The Gascoigne Stakes, of 100 sovs each, 30 ft, for three year old colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Sat 21b. The winner of the St Leger Stakes to carry 41b extra. St. Leger Course. Lord Chesterfield's br c Don John walked over. FRIDAY. The Filly Stakes of 20 soya each. St. Leger Course. Mr. St. Paul's Creeping Molly. ..(Lye) Mr. Osbaldeston's b airy Queen Duke of Cleveland's Virginia Won easy. The Horn by Castle Stakes o of sovs each, with 50 add e d Tw mile 20 s. Mr. S. L. Fox's The Doctor (Templethan Mr. Bowes's Epirus. Won cleverly. The Scarborough Stakes of 30 sovs each, 10 (1 it. One mile. Mr. Parkin's Lanercost l. Edwards) 1 Mr. Bowes's Appleton 2 Won cleverly. The Victoria Handicap, of 5 sovs each, and 25 added. One mile. A draft, consisting of one captain, one lieutenant, two ensigns, one surgeon, and 150 rank and file, has been ordered to be in readiness for embarkation to join the service compa nies of the 36th Regiment in New Brunswick.—Morning Chronicle. A bet who should eat the most oysters was put to the proof by seven Parisians most capable in this respect. The seven ate 388 dozen of oysters; and the winner 77 dozen. ENCKE'S COMET.—Observatory, Kensington, Friday, three o'clock, a.m.—Right ascension about two hours 33 minutes— north declination about 34 degrees 57 minutes—in the field of the large achromatic telescope, is a nebuloid body hitherto undiscoved, or Encke's comet. It is extremely faint. Its motion, somewhat more than suspected since I detected it, will, I doubt not, enable me very shortly to communicate fur ther on the subject. JAMBS SOUTH. COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. Advices have been received from Demerara, to the sth of August, which are of a very gratifying character, inasmuch as all apprehension respecting the general conduct of the negroes on their emancipation on the Ist ult., may now be considered to be removed. The private letters state that, in most instances, the freed negroes had freely entered into ar rangement with their masters respecting the rates of wages, which do not much differ, with respect to the customary es tate allowances, from the bargains made in the island of Ja maica, the wages accepted being about 10 dollars per month, or is 3d to is 4d per diem. Most of the estates were in full work, and, to speak in general terms, the negroes of British Guiana had behaved with the greatest order. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Cape of Good Hope papers have been received to the 22d of July, from which we copy the following:— " Cape Town, July 22. " Our letters from the eastern frontier and from Caffreland represent the whole country as politically quiet; few depre dations or thefts have been committed, and the only circum stance of moment is the murder of a trader resident in Patas county. The Governor has left none of the chiefs in doubt as to what course he means to pursue in defending his own side of the border, maintaining order, and chastising injus tice. " With regard to the emigrant Boors, the account given in our last has been contirmed. They are retreating from Dingaan, and are, we regret to hear, suffering dreadfully in their persons from want and the inclemency of the weather." " In the Eastern Province Government Gazette (the first number of which reached us by post) we find a minute from his Excellency, addressed to those misguided people, highly creditable to his feelings as a man, and to his judgment and sense of propriety as the representative of her Majesty. We transfer it with much satisfaction to our columns; and the measure it announces has been adopted : " And let all men know that henceforth; or as soon as the necessary arrangements can be completed, the government of this colony, in all its departments, will be conducted with due regard to the dignity of the Sovereign and the sacred ness of the laws. Without this the local government can never be respected; and where there is no respect, authority dies of course." The Eastern Province Government Gazette, dated Graham's Town, May 21, states that it having been represented to his Excellency the Governor that great misfortunes have be fallen many of her Majesty's subjects who have emigrated beyond the boundaries of the colony into the interior of Africa—that they are reduced to great distress—and that a great portion of them are desirous of returning within the limits of her Majesty's South African dominions, his Ex cellency says—" 1 am anxious to act upon the principles of mercy and benevolence, and to preserve from further mis fortune and total destruction so many of her Majesty's sub jects. I hereby assure them that it shall be fully and freely allowed to all the said emigrants, or all such portions thereof as shall be desirous of returning to the colony, to do so, and to resume their domiciles and avocations, as also their rights as British subjects, without hindrance or molestation in con sequence of the said emigration, and 1 also promise to remit all pains and penalties which may have been incurred by them by the transgressions of the said laws against the cross ing of the said land boundaries of the colony." His Excellency also warns those who have already emi grated, or may still be disposed to emigrate. as a duty he owes to bis Sovereign, and to them as her subjects, that the emigration into the interior cannot absolve them from their allegiance as British subjects, and their responsibility as such to the government in the colony. His Excellency moreover assures them that when the pre servation of the peace and prosperity of the colony and of the bordering tribes shall appear to him to require that mili tary possession be taken of the seaport called Natal, he shall be prepared to do so, in her Majesty's name. STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTErt.—Friday evening, Sept 21.—There has been less doing in goods during the present week, but there is no alteration in prices. The demand for printing calicoes has been limited, but it has been quite equal to the supply, and the manufacturers are not disposed to make any concessions in prices; the best 27-inch 72's are worth 7s. 6d. to 7s. 71d. per piece, inferior sorts 7s. 3d. to 7s. lid.; 66 reed 6s. 9d. to 7s. a piece. Thl twist market continues flat.—Saturday evening, Sept. 22.—There has been little if any alteration in the price of power-loom cloth this week. The same may be said of hand-looms. Yarns are lower; why they are so, no one can tell. At this season of the year, the latter end of September, there ought to be a really good trade doing; but things are flat, and a great many young men are out of em ployment. The wiseacre Whigs ought to explain this. Lzens.—There is still a far demand for manufactured goods, though the markets since our last can scarcely be said to have been so brisk as they were a month ago. Probably more would be sold if there were a better assortment in the market; as the Cloth Halls were scarcely ever known to be so scantily supplied with bale goods as at present. HALIVAX.—There is still no life in the market, and though business is limited in amount, it does not affect prices at present; but this can hardly be expected to continue without an improved demand for most goods. There is nothing fresh to notice either in yarns or wool. BRADFORD M.ARKST, SEPT. 20.—Wool.—There has cer tainly been less business done in wools to-day, and through out the week, than for some time back, but we do not hear that prices are at all easier. Yarn.—We can note no altera tion in this market; the demand is steady, without any variation in price. Piece.,--The general aspect of the market to-day is pretty, - much the same as stated in our last report. In some quarters we hear of slackness; and it is evident that merchants exercise the greatest cautiuu in making purchases. . • ... No alteration as respects prices. .WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, SEPT. 21.—There has been another active week for the sale of the middle and ordinary descriptions of combing wools. There is no feature in the trade for short wool; prices are steady, with a fair demand. HUDDERSFIELD, SEPT. 18.—The very animated briskness which we noticed last week for all kinds of goo ds has, if any thing, been exceeded to-day. A brisker market was scarcely ever known for light fancy articles. Coarse cloths for winter are readily sold. The makers anticipate an excellent trade this winter. LEICESTER.—The demand for goods continues much the same as it has been for the last few weeks. There is a fair amount of business doing, but the buyers do not purchase so freely as usual at this season of the year. So large a number of the workmen are employed in assisting to secure the har vest, that comparatively few goods are being made, and the demand for yarns is consequently rather slack. The aspect of the wool market has decidedly improved during the last ten days. The impression seems to be general that it has been at the lowest, and there is a much greater disposition to purchase, and considerable sales have been effected, but without any advance in price.—Leicester Chronicte. Viscount Deerhurst, we regret to state, is lying in a hope less condition. His lordship is surrounded by a large circle of relativei. A ".TERRY LOAD" AND HIS SPOUSE.—A few days ago the wife of a " jerry lord" in Manchester eloped with a rival in trade, taking with her in money and goods about £lOO, the property of her liege lord and master, who immediately took post horses and set off for Liverpool in order to ascertain the retreat of the runaways. . Fancying he was on the wrong scent he was induced to take the mail to Lancaster, where he arrivived on Tuesday night. After a little inquiry he found that a gentleman and lady answering the description of his wife and the gallant, were staying at a public-house in the town, to which he repaired early nest morning. His suspicions were converted into certainty on seeing his spaniel dog, while Fido manifested his joy on seeing his master after the usual fashion of his race. Having procured the assist ance of superintendent Wright, the injured husband broke open the door of the bed-room in which the guilty pair were, and obtained restitution of the' goods and wearing apparal, and £75 of the money of which his wife had robbed him. The misguided woman was deaf to all entreaties to return to her home and her child, and her husband returned to Man chester w r. She is about 30 years of age, we under stand,,;ii 11,920 d lne ' g. Her companion is a married man of atipttt4hiAsa n leaves a wife and family at Man -11 4hes,ter. I f - he toll they set out for Newcastle loge -theri-fL eicesief; -' di . -- .. - • ' . --, ! -:--- 1 - ...., 6- ----"' - - - 4- -, .r. , ',_,-' 'o' ' •"_ - . 'I .a, : it r-- i .. .- • •,_ , - ›, r ., ./ --: _ !i' - • , - '4 J: -- . - ......,..L._ .‘,.. ~.i...„, CRIMINAL COURT, LONDON._THURSDAY. • THE TRIAL OF MYERS. The trial of Myers being specially appointed to take place the first this morning, the court was crowded at an early hour. Immediately after the learned judges' taking their seats, Myers was placed at the bar—he bowed respectfully to the court, and appeared perfectly composed. He is - a rather good-looking man, with light golden hair. The pri soner pleaded not guilty to the indictment charging him with the wilful murder of Mr. Pow in a firm voice. Mr. Prendergast and Mr. Doane appeared for the prose cution; and Mr. Phillips and Mr. Bodkin were counsel for the prisoner. Mr. Prendergast stated the case to the jury on behalf of the prosecution. The case he was about to lay before the jury was one which involved the question of the manner in which Mr. Pow came to his death. The charge was one of great importance to the prisoner and the public at. large. Mr. Pow had been for some time previous to the facts taking place which formed the subject of the present enquiry an inmate of the Westminster hospital, in consequence of his being afflicted with delirium tremens, arising from excessive drinking. The treatment he bad received there was success ful, and he left the hospital, accompanied by his wife and the prisoner. The prisoner was upon terms of intimacy with Mr. Pow and his wife—indeed, with the latter, he should show that the most improper intimacy existed. Du ring the time Mr. Pow was in the Westminster hospital, it would seem that the prisoner had expressed a desire to have the controul of the property of Mr. Pow, and one witness who would be called would prove that he had been asked to witness a power of attorney, but that he had refused to do so upon the prisoner stating to him that the person whose pro perty it was to affect was a madman, and in a lunatic asylum. That the prisoner had complete controul , over Mr. Pow, there was no doubt. He had taken apartments for him, and was constantly with him. When those apartments were taken Mr. Pow was in a tolerable state of health, but shortly afterwards he was taken ill, and a nurse was engaged to attend him. He was seized with convulsions, and died in a few days. He should show to the jury that during the ill ness of Mr. Pow very little was given to him except gin. It would also be shown that the nurse had directions from the prisoner to give the deceased that liquor. It. was the prac tice he believed among medical men in cases of delirium tremens to give stimulants, but not to the extent that had been given in the present case. He would be able to show that on some occasions Mr. Pow had taken more than a pint of gin in a day, and in addition to that t.he prisoner had ad ministered to Mr. Pow hyosciamus. There could be no. doubt that some of the medicines given by Myers to the deceased were of an extremely proper description ; but other medicines had been given, especially a composing draught, which had had the worst effect. What that draught was compoied of they could not tell, as the bottle which contained it could:not be found. Mr. Justice Vaughan asked whether hyosciamus was not an extremely proper remedy to administer in a case of deli rium tremens? Mr. Prendergast admitted that it was; but the question would be the quantity administered, and, from the medical man he should call, he thought he should be able to show that the quantities administered were excessive. After Mr. Pow had taken that medicine, be was seized with convul sions, and what was the course that was then adopted by the prisoner? Why, then Mr. Pow was almost at the point of death, he took upwards of a pint of blood from him, although a brother medical man advised him not to do so, as Mr. Pow was dying. Mr. Justice Vaughan enquired how soon Mr. Pow died after another medical man was called in ? Mr. Prendergast said that he was called in on the Tuesday, and Mr. Pow died on the Wednesday. Mr. Justice Vaughan could not but think that every medi cal man would shake in his bed if, in a case like the present, he was to be subject to a charge of murder. Mr. Prendergast submitted that where death was caused by the improper treatment of a medical man, he was guilty of murder. According to the statement of the prisoner himself, the death of Mr. Pow was to be beneficial to him, for he had been repeatedly heard to say that it would be a thousand pounds in his pocket. It would be shown that the prisoner had encouraged Mr. Pow in his habits of drunkenness. On the Sunday previous to Mr. Pow's death, the prisoner drew up a will for him, by w hich he gave the prisoner £l,OOO, and appointed him trustee and executor. That the prisoner was on terms of extreme intimacy with Mrs. Pow would be clearly shown, and he should also be able to prove that he and Mrs. Pow were seen to enter a brothel on the day on which Mr. Pow expired. Mr. Justice Vaughan enquired whether it did not appear that Mr. Pow had been subject to delirium tremens before he knew the prisoner. Mr. Phillips.—Yes, for years. Mr. Prendergast said that was no excuse for the course adopted by the prisoner, who had done all in his power to cause Mr. Pow to recur to his old habit of drinking, in order to accelerate his death. It would be for the jury to say whe ther or not the prisoner had been the cause of the death of Mr. Pow, and if they were of opinion that through the means adopted by him the death of Mr. Pow had accrued, they would be bound to find the prisoner guilty of the whole offence; but if they should feel inclined to look with a more favourable eye upon the matter—if they should be of opinion that he bad acted unskilfully and through ignorance—then they would find him guilty of manslaughter. Mr. Baron Alderson.—What are the specific acts you charge against the prisoner as the cause of death ? Do you say it is the administration of the hyosciamus, which you cannot prove, or the giving of the gin ? If you say it is the latter, then you must prove that he placed no restriction upon the nurse in its administration. It seems to me you are act ing upon conjecture, and upon that you cannot accuse a man of murder. Mr. Prendergast observed that they attributed the cause of death to all the acts of the prisoner. He should prove tbat the prisoner had given directions to the nurse to give gin in unlimited quantities. Mr. Baron Alderson.—You don't prove one specific act that has been the cause of death. There is, to be sure, that bleed ing, after another medical man had said that it. would be of no use, as Mr. Pow was dying. Mr. Justice Vaughan.—There is no doubt that the adoption of that course was injudicious, but, when a man was actually dying, surely a medical man would be justified in making such an experiment, in order, if he could, to save his life. Mr. Baron Alderson.—At the utmost, the case you put, Mr. Prendergast, would only amount to manslaughter. PrcLidergait said 'he had 'stated; fie - believed, alt the facts of the case, and he must leave the court and jury to deal with it as they thought right. Mr. Justice Vaughan said that the only difficulty he felt wes whether he ought not, in justice to the prisoner, to allow evidence to be given. In his opinion the charge either of murder or manslaughter was entirely out of the question. The jnry, under the di-Pctiou of the learned judge, imme diately acquitted the prisoner. Mr. Phillips felt bound in justice .to the prisoner to say that all the property of the unfortunate deceased was £6O a year, which he was prepared to prove went to his orphan daughter. Myers on leaving the dock received the congratulations of his friends. 'The Sun says, had the trial proceeded, we have the autho rity of Mr. Hughes, the solicitor for the defence, to say, that he had several,witnesses to prove that at the time (the origin ation of this charge) it was stated Myers was at a brothrel with Mrs. Pow, he was quite in a different quarter, and in the coin pany of highly respectable persons, so that his moral character would have been cleared as fully as his professional one has already been. " We have seen also the list of above twelve first-rate phy sicians and surgeons, who were present to prove that the treatment by Sr. Myers of Mr. Pow was correct in every particular, and there were above fifty of his patients and per sons of respectability to give their approbation of his treat ment and moral character. Thus has fallen to the ground this event, which has occupied the public mind for the last two months, and on which pn innocent man, from the experts evidence given at a coroner's inquest by the man on whose own showing he had been the real paramour of Mrs. Pow, has been hunted like a beast of prey, and incarcerated in Newgate fora week, all owing to his having not been allowed to make any defence, or to disprove the charge at the inquest." CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-FRIDAY THE LATE FATAL DUEL. On Friday, John Young and Henry Webber surrendered to take their trial upon an indictment charging them with aiding and assisting one Francis Lionel Eliot to kill and murder Charles Flower Mirfin. The prisoners were young men of fashionable appearance. Mr. Broughton, the other person charged, did not surren der, on account, as it was stated, of the indisposition of Mr. Clarkson, who was to defend him. Mr. Chambers addressed the Jury. He said that be ap peared before the jury to state the circumstances that led to the present solemn and important inquiry. He begged them to dismiss from their minds all the rumours they had heard upon the subject out of doors. They were all aware that the deceased met his death in an affray called a duel. It would be unnecessary for him to enter into details upon the subject of duelling. The law of England did not enter into the nice punctilios of the code of honour, but it was clearly laid down that if two persons went out together deliberately, armed with deadly weapons and one of them was killed, the survivor, and those who aided and abetted him in the act, were guilty of murder. They were aware from the indictment, that Mr. Eliot was charged to be the person who actually caused the death of the deceased, and the offence charged against the prisoners was that they acted as seconds, and were feloniously present when the act was committed. The learned counsel then proceeded to enter into a brief detail of the circumstances under which the deceased met his death, and said there could be no doubt that death was occasioned by the shot fired by Mr. Eliot. It would be for them to state their opinions upon the facts of the case as they would be laid before them, and he was sure they would do so without any reference to the legal consequences of their decision. He then called wit- nesses. The following were examined, and gave testimony similar to that given before the Coroner's Jury :—Mr. Thomas Goto bed, Robert Matthews (waiter at the saloon,) Mr. Henry Hunt, R. Cowling (the post-boy who drove some of tine par ties from t t he Colonnade-hotel,) and Mr. Edmond Scott, the surgeon. 'ihe only important part of Mr. Scott's testimony, not al ready before the public. was that which related to the second, the fatal shot. At first he did not perceive that either was hit. The deceased walked towards hint—about six paces. He had his left hand on his right side; and witness thinks he had the pistol in his hand. He said to witness, "I am wounded." He looked towards witness, and pointed to the spot, but did not speak. Witness told him he was exceed ingly sorry for it, and added, "God bless you." The deceased said, "Good bye, old fellow." Witness then assisted to lay the deceased upon the grass. The seconds and Mr. Eliot then walked up, and asked if the wound was serious, and he told them it was a fatal wound. Mr. Broughton also asked him what he had better do, and witness told him he had bet ter leave the ground as soon as he could. The deceased died in about ten minutes. Nothing could be done for him. The wound was a small one, about the size of an inch, and was such as would be occasioned by a pistol bullet. He had no doubt that wound was the cause of his death. By Mr. Justice Vaughan.—He had no doubt that the ob ject of the conference with the parties was to effect a reconci liation. Examination continued.—Mr. Mirfin would not hear of a reconciliation, but insisted upon having a second shot. The court.—Did you hear anything about an apology? — Witness: I did not hear positively what occurred, but I have no doubt that Mr. Eliot offered to make an apology. -This was communicated to the deceased, and he said he would ac cept of no apology but a written one, and this being refused he insisted upon a second shot. The pistols were then again handed to them. Mr. Baron Vaughan said it was a pity the seconds did not interfere and prevent Mr. Mirfin from proceeding fur ther, and have either withdrawn themselves or the principals. Examination continued.—The pistols were fetched after Mr. Mirfin said he would have a second shot. Witness told the deceased that his hat had been shot through, and he took it off and looked at it but made no remark. Another pistol was then delivered to each of them—those were the pistols belonging to the deceased—and they again fired upon the same signal. Eliot's pistol appeared to go off first. He dis tinctly heard the report of two pistols, the second following the first almost immediately. Mr. Phillips asked the witness whether the duel did not appear to be conducted with fairness and regularity, and he said that it did. Mr. Justice Alderson.—l believe you state that the unfor tunate deceased met his death from one of his own pistols? Witness : He did. Mr. Baron Vaughan then addressed Mr. Chambers, and said that there had not been any proof that the prisoners were aiding and abetting.—Mr. Chambers submitted he had proved that they were sanctioning the proceeding by their presence. The court said they must be proved to be present, aiding and assisting, at the moment the shot was fired. The court did not wish to stop the case, but merely to direct the atten tion of the counsel to the material point to be proved. Henry Lee, the groom to Eliot; proved that he saw the prisoners at the spot before the duel took place, but his evidence was not material.—Two other witnesses were called, but their evidence did not go to show that the prisoners were actually present aiding and abetting the commission of the offence.—This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Adolphus appeared to ask the court whether there was a necessity for him to address the jury ?—The court said Oak it thought it ought to be a question for the jury, whether or not the prisoners were present under such circumstances as to give a countenance to the act which had been committed. Mr. Adolphus then addressed the jury, and said that he was not young or rash enough to contend that the proceeding of duelling was legal, but he hoped the jury would look dispas sionately at all the circumstances of the case. He knew it was not enough to make the proceeding legal to say that great personages, both legal and others, had resorted to it, but still that would show the feeling of society, and that persons of great legal knowledge, who it might be supposed would be the first to uphold the laws of the country, had very frequently resorted to that proceeding. He begged the jury to recollect that the prisoners were charged with the crime of murder for merely being present. The learned counsel then proceeded to mention several cases of a similar kind, and one of Captain McNamara, in which he had killed his antagonist, but the jury, believing that he had received such provocation as no man of honour could bear, thougnt he was justified in adopting the course he did, and they acquitted him. He then proceeded to contend that there was no evidence to show that his client Webber, bad any guilty knowledge of what was going on. Mr. C. Phillips then proceeded to address the Jury in a powerful speech on the part of the prisoner Young. He said that when he came into Court that morning he did so with fear and trembling, from what he had seen published in the newspapers in -respect to the unfortunate transaction with which thi prisoners at the bar were identified. It had been stated—and the calumny had been most industriously circu lated through the medium of the press—that some one said to Eliot, the principal, "You have nothing to fear, it's all right," and the inference drawn from this was, that there had been something unfair in the duel; but had anything of the kind been proved? On the contrary, had it not been clearly established in evidence that everything that had t aken place - had been according to the nicest rules of what was called the code of honour? The Learned Gentleman then adverted in a strain of indignation to the permission given by parties in authority to the existence of such disgraceful places as the Saloon, where the unfortunate broil which led to the fatal transaction, which all deplored, took place. The learned gentleman having closed an able and eloquent ad dress, concluded by calling witnesses. Several highly respectable persons then came forward and gave both prisoners excellent characters for mildness and general kindness. It appeared from the testimony of these witnesses that the prisoner Webber is the son of a wine merchant at the west end of the town, and that the prisoner Young is the son of a gentleman living on his private pro perty. Mr. Justice Vaughan then proceeded to sum up the evi dence, in doing which be observed, that there were some peculiarities in this case which made it differ from others that had come under his notice. One of these was the num ber of persons engaged in it. The prisoners at the bar, al though present, were not called upon, it would appear, to officiate as seconds, as there were other persons present who seemed to have acted in that capacity, for they measured the ground, loaded the pistols, and gave the necessary signals; but the question for the consideration of the Jury was not whether the prisoners were seconds at the duel—for if the Jury believed that they went down to the place of meeting with the parties engaged in the melancholy transaction to further it, then, although they might not have acted as seconds, by loading the pistols, or doing any act usually per formed by seconds, still they would be guilty of "aiding and abetting," and liable to all the consequences of such a posi tion. If, however, they had any doubt that either of the prisoners were present on the occasion, then they, ought to give them the benefit of such doubt, and acquit them. - The Jury then retired, and in about twenty minutes re turned, finding both prisoners "Guilty." The Foreman then said that he was requested by his brother jurors to say, that they were not influenced in the decision they had come to by any paragraph which had appeared in the newspapers. He was also instructed to state to the Court, that the Jury felt great abhorrence at the conduct of Mr. Scott in the en tire transaction, and their great regret that he had not been placed at the bar with the other prisoners. Mr. Justice Vaughan said he perfectly concurred in this last observation of the Jury. Mr. Chambers legged, before the Learned Judges pro ceeded to pass sentence on the prisoners, to say that the prosecutor, the brother of the deceased, recommended them to the merciful consideration of' the Court. Mr. Justice Vaughan.—We intend that the verdict shall be recorded, by which the prisoners lives will be spared. The Learned Judge, then addressing the prisoners, observed, " It is our intention to recommend that you should be sub jected to a term of imprisonment. You are now in the hands of the Executive, and any application for a mitigation of the sentence to be pronounced upon you must be directed to the Secretary for the Home Department." he prisoners were then taken from the bar. COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The King and Queen of the Bel gians took leave of her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent this morning, and at a few minutes after ten left the castle, at tended by their suite and Viscount Torrington. Their Ma jesties proceeded to Ramsgate, whence it is expected they will embark to-morrow morning for Ostend, and thence proceed to the palace of Lacken, near Brussels. This afternoon the Queen, attended by her usual:suite, rode in the Great Park for upwards of two hours. The dinner party at the castle this evening will be small, there being no fresh arrivals. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen took her usual equestrian exercise at four o'clock this afternoon in the park, accom panied by her august mother, and attended by Lady Port man, the Hon. Miss Paget, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and the Hon. C. A. Murray. Some of the royal carriages followed, containing the Baroness Lehzen, and other ladies of her Majesty's suite. The Earl of Surrey, Treasurer of the Household, is ex pected at the castle this afternoon. . Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge came to town on Thursday, from Kew, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt, Colonel Cornwall, and Baron Ku esebeck. Their royal highnesses returned to Kew in the afternoon. Prince George of Cambridge was expected to leave Kew on Friday night, attended by Colonel Cornwall, for Falmouth, to embark on board the Braga nza steam-packet for Gibraltar. After his stay at Gibraltar his royal highness will make "a continental tour, and will travel under the title of Lord Cul loden. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS, &c. The Rev. Frederick Burton, B.D. to be Officiating Mi nister of the new Church , in the Old Kent-road, London. Patron, the Trustees. The Rev. John Henry Pratt, 11. A., Fellow of Caius Col lege, Cambridge, has been appointed Chaplain to the Hon. East India Company, and Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Calcutta. The Rev. Richard Kemptborne, M.A. ' of St. John's Col lege, Cambridge, has been appointed by Lord Glenelg to the Civil Chaplaincy of St. Helena. The Rev. Edward Holmes, of Farrington. to the Rectory of Thornbury, Devon, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Edgcombe, on the presentation of Mrs. Jane Edgcombe, of Thornbury, widow; the true Patron for this turn. The Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Briitol has 'appointed the Rev. Archdeacon Thorp, Chancellor of the old Diocese of Bristol, in place of the Rev. J. W. Baugh, deceased. - The Rev. Thomas George James, M.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford, Perpetual Curate of Trinity Church, Burn ley, to the Incumbency of Openshaw, within the parish of Manchester. The Rev. W. F. Bayley,_one of the Prebendaries of Can terbury Cathedral, and Vicar of St. John's, Margate, is ap pointed Domestic Chaplain to the Queen Dowager. The Rev. Gentleman, we understand, will accompany her Ma jesty on her projected trip to Malta. The Rev. Elwin Biron, A.M., Curate of Hythe, to the Living of Stodmarsh, Kent, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Charles Fielding. Patron, the Archdeacon of Canter bury. The Lord Bishop of Ripon has appointed the Rev. Wm. Clere Burges, M.A., late Curate of Northallerton, but now of Hinckley, Leicestershire, to the Vicarage of Osmotherley, in the Peculiar of Northallerton and Allettonshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. James Brown. The Rev. E. B. Bagshawe, Rector of Eyam, Derbyshire, and of Banner Cross, near Sheffield, is appointed a Rural Dean for the former district. The Rev. Thomas Harvey, M.A. has been appointed Her Majesty's Resident Chaplain at Frankfort, in the room of the Rev. Samuel Lindsey, appointed to the Chaplaincy of Genoa. The - Rev. J. Beavor Webb. to the Rectory of Templetrine, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Meade, Patron, J. C. Kearney, Esq. On Saturday last the Rev. John Little, Curate of St. Se pulchre's, Northampton, was, on the motion of Lord South ampton, seconded by the Earl of Euston, elected Chaplain to the Lunatic Institution. OBITUARY. . At Amsterdam, where he had been for 31 years the Minister of the Scottish Church, the Rev. Alexander Macintosh, D.D. in the 55th year of his age. The Rev. Robert Hallifax, Vicar of Standish, Gloucester shire. At the Vicarage, Alysham, Norfolk, the Rev. Philip Hunt, D.C.L., Prebendary of Canterbury, and Vicar of Alysham. At the Rectory House, Deal, in his 73d year, the Rev. J. B. Backhouse, Rector of that parish, and of Little Chart, Kent, and one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for Kent and the Cinque Ports. At Frickley Hall, Yorkshire, aged 76, the Rev. T. C. Rod ston Read, Rector of Full Sutton, Yorkshire. At Eton College, Chas. Wilder, Esq. M.A„ a Lay Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, aged 30. ORDINATION. At a general ordination held on Sunday, the 9thinst. in the Chapel of St. David's College, by th e Lord Bishop of St. David's, the following gentlemen were admitted to holy orders :—Deacons : J. Cuniberlege, E. D. Evans, D. F. G. Mutton, J. Lewis, T. Jones, L. H. St. George, W. Meredith, and I. Bickerstaff, all of St. David's coll. Priests : C. D. Rees, 8.A., Jesus coll., Oxford; W. Meyler, 8.A., Pem broke coll., Oxford; J. P Jones, W. M. D. Berrington, E. Rees, M. R. Morgan, and T. Parry, of St. David's coll. MISCELLANEOUS. The Rev. H. W. Wilberforce, to whom the prize of 200 guineas was awarded for an essay on the parochial system," has generously made over the whole amount to the treasurer of the Winchester Diocesan Church Building Society. TESTIMONIALS OF RESPECT PRESENTED TD CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLERGYMEN.--We have great pleasure in an nouriding to our readers that testimonials of respect have been presented to clergymen of the Church of England, be cause we are then able to refute the assertions of the radicals, that the ministers of the church are in nine cases in ten not on good terrfss with their parishioners. A correspondent has sent us the names of a few clergymen who have received tokens of regard from their congregations within the course of a short time. Let the radicals read the subjoined list, and let them blush deeply for the many falsehoods they have fre quently uttered in the most darinsr,.and barefaced manner : Rev. E. Auriol, from the parishioners of St. Clements and All Saints, Hastings; Rev. E. N. Carter, from the parish ioners of Ninfield ; Rev. J. K. Field, from the parishioners of St. John's, Taunton : Rev. J. C. Orman, from the parish ioners of Brandon. Norfolk; Rev. S. A. Walker, from the parishioniers - Bt. Mark's, Dublin. Remember, a clergyman of the much vilified Church of Ireland. Rev. E. Wilson, Master and Student of King's College, Isle of Man; Rev. W. H. Hannagan, from the parishioners of Houghton-le- Spring; Rev. D. Evans, from the parishioners Dwynnock ; Rev. J. W. Dundas, from the ladies of All Saints, and the parishioners of Portsea ; Very Rev. W. Routledge, from the congregation of St. Andrew's Episcopal Chapel, Glas gow ; Rev. - E. Postle. curate of Baulburgh • Rev. C G. T. Drifield, vicar of Prescott; Rev. C. S. Wasse, from the teachers of Wayfield Sunday School; Rev. G. Hall, from the congregation of St. Matthew's Manchester; Rev. H. Paddon, from the parishioners of Alderstoke ; Rev. E. Selwyn, from the parishioners of Ruddingto n, Nottingham shire. After reading the preceding, are we to believe that the people of England are estranged from their national church and their national clergy ?—Morning Post. A pension has been granted to Mrs. James , the widow of the author of " The Naval History of Great Britain," and other works. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Logan, gardener to Earl Spencer, cut a pine this week of the extraordinary weight of 94lb.—Northampton Herald. Elizabeth Gordon, residing in Castle-street, in this town, who had been blind for upwards of 25 years with cataract, has been restored to sight by au operation performed by Mr. Mash, House Surgeon to the General Infirmary.—North ampton Herald. NOTICE GIVEN BY A PARISH CLERK.—In consequence of the numerous burials that have taken place on the Sabbath Day, I hereby give notice, that for the future any person wishing to be buried on the Sunday must give notice on the , Saturday previous.—American raper. CHELTENHAM, SEPT. 20.—Lord Segrave has presented the noblemen and gentlemen hunting with the Cheltenham staghounds, with twelve fine deer, worth at least £250. That capital pack resume their sport early in the ensuing month. Earl Sefton continues in a delicate state of health. A pedestrian match of great interest is to take place at Lord's Ground on Monday. It is between Drinkwater and Mountjoy, the former being backed to pick up• 200 stones, one yard apart, while the latter is picking up 150 stories, the 50 nearest the basket being given to him. The contest is for £2oo.—Standard. The reigning Prince of Hohenzollern, Hechingen, who was born 22d of July, 1776, died at Hechingen on the 12th instant of an attack of apoplexy. He is succeeded by his son Frederick William, who was born on the 16th of Febru ary, 1S:01, and who, on account of tile infirm state of his father's health, has held the reigns of government for several years st is in contemplation to hold a grand Eisteddvod, and music meeting at Abel ystwith, next year, immediately before or after the festival at Worcester. The proposed meeting is to be under the patronage of the Duke of Newcastle, and Mr. Powell of Nauteos, the worthy representative and Lord Lieutenant of the county of Cardigan. The Countess of Westmoreland, accompanied by Miss Chamberlain, the daughter of Sir Henry Chamberlain Bart., embarked with her secretary and suite on board the Presi dent, at Portsmouth, for New York, on her way to Prince Edward's Island, to inspect her hereditary estates in that island.—Standard. The contemplated marriage between Viscount Duncan and Miss Phillips, daughter of Sir George Phillips, one of the newly-created baronets, is fixed to take place the second week after Christmas. The noble lord has been on a visit to the hon. baronet at his seat, Weston House, near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.—Standard. Viscount Villiers, eldest son of the Earl of Jersey, is to be united early in the spring to the beautiful and accomplished Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox, eldest daughter of the Duke of Richmond, and grand-daughter of the gallant Marquis of Anglesea. Lord and Lady jersey, who are now travelling in Italy, will return to England to be present at the auspici ous ceremony. Under the will of the late Duke of Gordon, the young lady will be entitled to a handsome dowry.— Morning Herald. LONGSHAWE LODGE.—The Duke of Rutland and his brother, Lord Manners, M.P., made several murderous di versions on the well-stocked preserves of this shooting box, the following being an account of the game killed by his Grace and Lord Manners since the 13th ult. to the early part of the week before last :—grouse, 1505; partridges, 103 brace; black game, 73. The crop of potatoes was never known to be so abundant as it is this year. Soap has risen a penny per pound in Edinburgh, in con sequence of the rise in tallow. " Your heel must be something better, I think," said a gentleman to a buxom lass, who had a hole in the heel of her stocking. " Why so?" she asked. " Because, Miss," re plied the gentleman, " I perceive it is getting out." A company is now forming to connect Chester with the Ormshead by railway, which will preclude the necessity of government doing any thing towards the conveyance of the mails for Ireland through Wales. The appointment of a successor to Capt. Sir William Elliott is not in the gift of Lord Minto. Lord Ainelius Beauclerk will select his own captain, and will write for his appointment, which cannot be refused. It is a singular circumstance that of 27 children born in the Belper district, Derbyshire, from the 20th of June to the 11th of August, 1838, there are 23 girls, and only four boys. The dispute among the committee for erecting the Wel lington national memorial continues; and Lord Melbourne, as Minister, has determined not to sanction any plan until the sense of the subscribers at large has been taken. EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE.—A stalk of oats was pulled a few days ago, on a field belonging to the Rev. Dr. Grierson, minister of the parish of Cock pen, which measured six feet in height, and near the root one inch in circumference. The head contained 259 grains.—Scottish Guardian. On Thursday last, a respectable tradesman of Exeter, killed in a field in the parish of Exminster, belonging to Mr. J. Wills, of St. Thomas, a viper of an unusual size; it mea sures more than two feet in length, and four inches round. There were two near the same spot, but the other made its escape.— Plymouth Journal. EXTRAORDINARY STEAM SPEED.--The General Steam Navigation Company's superb new steam ship Rainbow ar rived at Blackwall at half-past five o'clock on Friday morn ing from Antwerp—which city she left at a quarter past twelve on the preceding day; and of course she performed the voyage, including stoppages, waiting for pilots, &c., in seventeen hours and a quarter.—Jlorning Herald. METAL Taans.—We have pleasure in having to report an improvement in the metal trade, as connected with our manufacturing interests. Copper is now from £B7, £B9, and £9l, for the respective qualities. Tin blocks are £B5; bars, £B7 ' • and refined £9o.—Spelter is steady at £22.—Birming hwaAdvertiser. CAUTION.—We understand that a number of East India rupees are in circulation, which have in many instances been passed as half-crowns. They resemble the half-crown piece, but are rather smaller, and have on the reverse "one rupee," They 'are worth only Is. Bd.—Maidstone Journal Hop-picking, which was last year general throughout the Worcester and Herefordshire district by the 13th of Sep tember, has only just partially commenced. The crops are little more than half an average in many places, and the duties of the 49 persons appointed to collect the excise this year will be extremely light. Mr. Jacob Smith, draper, of Evesham, whilst out shooting on Saturday, must imprudently attempted to knock some apples off a tree in a friend's garden, holding the muzzle of his loaded gun in his hand, when the trigger catching a twig, the piece went off, and lodged the contents in his left side, from which he soon expired. PROGRESS OF EXAGGERATION.—The Dublin papers have wonderfully augmented on Monday at the meeting, in Palace yard. Twenty or thirty thousand, as some people had it on this side of the Channel, was an estimate sufficiently exag gerated; but the Dublin folk believe that they amounted to no less than 300,000. Some lies are said to be like snowballs, which increase as they roll. This lie is more like an avalan che.--Mor ?tiny Chronicle. BAD NEWS FOR AGITATORS.—At a friendly meeting of the Tradesmen's and Operative Conservative Association, held at Mr. Searle's, the Peacock Inn, Kidderminster, on Monday last, 13 operatives enrolled themselves as members of the as sociation, declaring that they were prompted so to do from feelings of disgust and indignation excited by the conduct of the Unionists. Several other - operatives, we understand, are also about to follow the same example, add enrol themselves as members of the Constitutional Association.—Ten Towns Messenger. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—During the present week much interest has been excited on the Great. Western Railway by the running of two experimental trains, for the purpose of trying the strength and security of the "perma nent way," and the powers of the locomotive engines. On Monday and Tuesday the sEolus engine run with a train of nine carriages filled with stones and iron to the weight of up wards of 60 tons, and on Thursday the North Star commenced running with 12 carriages and 10 trucks similarly loaded, to the extent, it is calculated, of upwards of 180 tons, exclusive of the weight of the engines, which is 18 tons, The North Star accomplished the distance from London to Maidenhead in 54 minutes. ALBERTAZZL MORI, AND THE GLOUCESTER FESTIVA The on dit amongst the professionals touching the absence o Albertazzi from the Gloucester festival is curious. We give the story as it reached us. Mori engaged Albertazzi for two months on a provincial tour at 50 guineas per week, and therefore claimed her services for the festival, as a part of the agreement. The cantatrice was of a different opinion ; but, as the covenant was in writing, was seized with " sudden in disposition," prior to the beginning of the meeting. The question now arises, whether she can claim her salary from Mr. Mori. As Mr. Bunn requires her services for the open ing of Drury-lane Theatre, for which she is engaged for 300 guineas per month, the violinist may perhaps be without her services for the remainder of his tour.—Musical World. Two PEOPLE POISONED.—The wife of William Chirgwin, of Breage, labourer, and her brother, were taken alarmingly ill a few days since; and on calling in a medical man, it was ascertained that poison had been largely administered to them in their tea. Suspicion instantly fell on the woman's husband, from his having refused to partake of the tea, and from his having absconded as soon as the fact was discovered. Ile has since been taken, and has undergone an examination be fore the county magistrates, but for want of sufficient proof to warrant his detention, he has been discharged. The wife, to whom he had only been married about three months, is dead; but we are happy to learn that her brother is in a fair way of reccovery. Rumours are still afloat, which we refrain from giving; but it is hoped that the perpetrator of this dia bolical act will soon be brought to justice.—Cornwall Gazette. ANECDOTES OF POPERY.—Mr. Canning mentioned, at a meeting of the Reformation Society, held at Cheltenham, on August 10, the following facts, in order to show the necessity for operations against the Roman idolatry:—" Of late years anew town council has been appointed for Glasgow, of more enfightened and liberal principles than the old. To them ' thißoman Catholics said, that the bells pealed forth on the sth of November, and that they thought it ill became these enlightened town-councillors to permit such an exhibition of old-fashioned opinions and feelings, and the town-councillors accordingly decided that the bells should not be rung on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot. The clergy said, that without disputing who had the authority over the church bells, they felt it right to submit to the authorities of the town; but at the same time they met together, and resolved to have a sermon that day, on the errors of the IS oman church, and the bells rung forth a tremendous peal, to summon the people to religious worship ; and thus, while they obeyed the mandate of the civil authorities, they asserted their - own in herent right to have a sermon on that day. 1 hope that the bells will ever ring out their peals on the sth of November, and that these little mementos of what Popery did, and is prepared to do again, will not be swept away in the liberality of the times, but remain as nuclei, round which our children and our children's children may rally, and which may engage them to protest against the doctrines of Popery, and seek to bring its deluded followers to the power of God.—ln Paisley, the Roman Catholic priest, finding that at first things went very much against him, resolved to have a sort of contro versy : he therefore got six Roman Catholic young men, and made three of them advocate the Romish, and the other three the cause of the Protestant church. They stood up for seve ral Sundays before a very large congregation, and it always turned out that the three Protestant advocates were over come. An inquiry was set on foot, and it was discovered that it was a regular scheme of the priest; that all six were Roman Catholics, and that it was agreed that at a pre-con oerted signal the three pretended Protestant champions were to be vanquished.--I might mention another incident which occurred at Dundee, which illustrates the fact that the Ro man Catholics care not for the means by which they attain their ends. Finding that they could not obtain sufficient funds, with which to erect a chapel, they induced the mana ger of a theatre to give them a benefit.—l might mention other instances. I will name one which happened to me in Duinfermline :—I went there to preach on behalf of this so ciety, and it was announced that a Roman Catholic would stand up and oppose me. Several disturbances were made during the service; and after retiring into vestry, we were told that a man, supposed to be a Jesuit in disguise, had been haranguing the people from a tomb-stone against the sermon which had been preached, but that a Protestant weaver bad stood up on another tomb-stone, and so nobly and admirably replied to him, as obliged him to scamper off with all his might. This teaches us the importance of trying to provide the labouring classes with able arguments wherewith to meet the subtleties of the Roman Catholic advocates."—Mr. Can ning then mentioned an anecdote of a lady at Bath, who, by hearing one of his sermons in that city, had been converted from the errors of Romanism to the Protestant faith. "This is an instance," continued the speaker, " of the success of what is called the controversial mode of preaching, and meets the objection, that this mode tends to exasperate the minds of the Homan Catholics, rather than conciliate them for the reception of the truth as it is in Jesus." THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Second Appearance this Season of Mr. MORRIS BAR NETT, of the St. James's Theatre, London, who is engaged for Five Nights. Last Night but Three of Mr. COOPER, of the Theatre- Royal, Drury-lane. ripHIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the2sth instant, _I will be performed the Play of THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST. Count de Valmont Mr. Cooper. Baron Longueville Mr. Gray. Florian.... Mr. W. Howard. Bertrand Mr. Chaplin. L'Eclair Mr. Baker. Eugenia.. Miss Cleaver. I Geraldinn. ,Mrs. Baker. Rosabelle Mrs. Tellet. After which, will be produced, for the first time here, a new Drama, expressly written for Mr. Mono's BARNETT, and performed with distinguished success, at the St. James's Theatre, called THE FRENCH REFUGEE. Monsieur St. Pierre..(his original character). Mr. Barnett. Gerard Hamilton Mr. J. Ridgway. Jacob Mr. Slaiter. Lady Alice Miss Cleaver. Madge Mrs. Tellet. Louise Miss Faucit. To 'conclude with the Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN IN SICILY. TO-MORROW, for the BENEFIT OF MR. W. H. BLAND, Lord Byron's celebrated Tragedy of WERNER. Gabor, (first time here,) Mr. Cooper, as originally performed by him in London; Werner, (first time,) Mr. Stuart; Ulric, Mr. W. H. Bland; Idenstein, Mr. Baker; Josephine, Miss Cleaver ; Ida, Miss Faucit.—After whic, a variety of SONGS and DANCES.—To conclude with a new Farce, never acted here, called THE STATION HOUSE. Mil lefleur. (a Frenchman,) Mr. Morris Barnett, as originally performed by him in Loudon ; Valentine Quill, Mr. W. Howard ; Wheatly, Mr. Grany ; Fanny Paddle, Mrs. Tenet ; Miss Buckram, Mr. Baker. On THURSDAY, VENICE PRESERVED, MON SIEUR JACQUES, and HARLEQUIN IN SICILY. On FRIDAY, Mr. BARNETT'S BENEFIT and the Last Night of his Engagement. Eiberpool ,StanDarti. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 25, 1838. (*-' The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morning at 5 o'clock. THE PRECURSOR AGITATION.—The arch-agitator las addressed a third lengthy epistle to the " heredi- tary bondsmen" of Ireland, in which he deals as largely as ever in lying abuse, hypocritical professions, and gross exaggerations. After the example of his pre vious objurgations, he deprecates the ascendancy of the Conservatives, and lavishes the most profuse com• mendations upon his Whig . allies. In this he displays at once his prudence and his gratitude. He hasevery reason to dread the advent of the Conservatives to power, as with that event would terminate his power and his career of successful agitation : on the other hand he has every reason to feel grateful to the Whigs, who have showered benefits innumerable upon himself and his family connexions—gratified, as far as lay in their power, his most ambitious expectations—and sig nalised their own disgrace by consolidating the autho rity of the rabid factions who acknowledge O'Connell as their leader and dictator. The " compact alliance" . has been of the utmost service to the Popish party, as it has placed at their disposal all the patronage of the Irish government, and enabled them to insult over and to trample upon the Protestant interest. O'Connell, therefore, st►ives with might and main to support the tottering administration of Lord Melbourne and his pliable associates. It is amusing to witness the soli- citude which O'Connell and the Popish priests con nue to evince for the perpetuity of Lord Normanby's "paternal sway" over the destinies of Ireland. Pa ternal it has been with a vengeance in reference,to the Popish party. But have the persecuted Protestants of that country any reason for congratulating themselves ❑pon the continuance of this partial paternity, which, while it hugs the plotting and rebellious to its bosom, repels the loyal and obedient from its embraces ? We think not; and we believe the time is not far distant when the pseudo-Protestants of England—those who have basely aided O'Connell in his triumphs over their brethren—who have committed actual treason against their Sovereign—will be compelled to acknowledge that they pave been led into the most grievous error. It is to the supineness of English professing Protes tants, to their connivance at the traitorous objects of O'Connell and his rabble and priest-ridden crew, and to their support of that ministry over whom O'Connell exerts the most despotic sway, that the present tri umph of Popery in Ireland is to be mainly attributed. There is no ,element in the composition of the Irish agitation which could secure for it the slightest degree of success. The parties who are attached to O'Con- nell are destitute of every species of influence excep' that which is derived from preponderating physica power. They are poor, ignorant, and besotted in the highest degree. They do not consist numerically of one half of the bona fide constituency of Ireland ; and were it not for the brutal intimidation of the ferocious priests, and for the base and multiplied acts of perjury committed by the pauper voters of that country, the " Precursors" of Ireland would not be able to return a moiety of the members for its cities and counties. How then do we account for the ascendancy which O'Connell has obtained over the destinies of Ireland? How do we account for the subjection of the Cabinet to his will ? Is it not palpably owing to the treacher ous alliance which English nominal Protestants have entered into with this blatant demagogue? Is it not owing to the yielding temerity of those members of the Established Church of England who have sacri ficed their consistency at the shrine of false liberality —of those who, dreading to be stigmatised as bigots, have not hesitated to become traitors to the best in terests of their country ? It is to these individuals that we wish to recommend the attentive perusal of O'Connell's letters "to the People of Ireland." In these epistles they will see developed, in language the purport of which cannot be mistaken, the real designs, the " ulterior" objects, of the Popish party in Ireland, and to the advancement and attainment of which the present agitation is literally " precursory." In his third letter O'Connell states that " the time for action is come"—and that " the period for acqui escence is past." What do these terms mean in plain English ? De they not amount to an incitement to rebellion ? Do they not point significantly to the ne cessity for physical exertion ? Is not this made more evident still by the following terms :—" At all events the time is come when we must either bow to Orange domination, or rouse ourselves into salutary exer tion ?" It is a well-known fact—a fact loudly trum peted by the Popish press of Ireland—that the " Orange factions," as the Protestants of Ireland are denominated, are already sufficiently humbled. They have no influence over the government—they are ex cluded from all share in the patronage of the adminis tration—they are treated with the utmost contumely by the very menials of the Castle—they are persecuted with impunity—they are marked out as the victims of every species of obloquy and misrepresentation—their gentry and clergy have been superseded in the com mission of the peace by the most zealous of the Popish bigots of the country. What, then, does Mr. O'Con nell want further ? What is the " salutary exertion" on which he so strongly insists ? Has it not reference to the general confiscation of the property of Protest ants ? Does it not imply a demand for the total de struction of the Established Church of Ireland? It is obvious that O'Connell cannot simply allude to the necessity of acquiring a party ascendancy in Ireland. He has obtained that object already. His aim must be at something ulterior—something not yet attained. We have already indicated what that object is : we shall presently have an opportunity of demonstrating the correctness of our suspicions. The word " action," or some equivalent term, is emphatically reiterated throughout the whole of tl letter of O'Connell's. He says, "Ireland once befo and only once since the Union, roused herself sim taneously into action." Again, "One thing is clear, that at present the man is an enemy to Ireland, who suggests to the Irish people apathy or acquiescence." Again, " We should make our enemies strong if we were torpid." All these terms plainly indicate the necessity for a physical organisation of the " people of Ireland." As to O'Connell's hypocritical dissuasives from "any criminal course," we can only say that we can best appreciate their value by looking to the effects which have resulted from the whole course of his agitation. On all occasions he has deprecated the shedding of blood, and ostensibly advised his hearers to desist from actual violence. Is it not singular, in the face of all this parade of his aversion to any cri minal course, that crimes of the blackest dye have kept pace with the progress of his agitation ? It is as clear as day-light that the advice of O'Connell is intended to be construed per contra. If it were not so, we should not have had so many murderous attacks upon the persons of unoffendiug Protestants recorded in the bloody page of Irish agitation. O'Connell's definition of the best " mode of agita tion" at the present time is somewhat novel and laugh able. After stating that "patriotic men may differ as :o the best mode of agitation," he thus proceeds to de- tail his own views on the subject:— •• " The manner in which our agitation should be conducted is a question open to discussion, and which may create a di versity of opinion amongst men sincerely devoted to the good of Ireland. For example, the enlightened and liberal citizens of the city of York did not agree with me as to thepostpone ment for another year of the direct agitation of the repeal. They were for instantly casting away all expectation of re lief from the British parliament, ant fur organising without delay the people of Ireland in their moral strength-to call for the repeal of the statute which destroyed our domestic legis lature. I succeeded, however, in convincing or influenciog them to believe that the best way to achieve the repeal was to bring the strength of Ireland to bear upon the British parliament, with demands so obviously just antirational as to leave no doubt on the mind of any sensible and honest man in either country, that the refusal to accede to such reasonable demands could be attributed only to a principle ollaigoted hostility to Ireland and Irishmen—a principle so, inveterate as to leave no hope for justice to our native country. from the British parliament—nor from any source save from -a domestic • legislature. In fact I produced in many that thorough .conviction which is strongly impressed on my own mind, that instead of postponing I was and am advancing the repeal by demonstra ting that, after making the most strenuous and combined ef fort which Ireland can at present make to obtain an equali sation of rights and privileges with England, all prospect of redress from that quarter is vain and hopeless. After such a demonstration nothing will be left . lbr ass save the repeal. " But to complete my plan strenuous and universal exer tion is necessary—combined and concentrated exertion is ne cessary. The familiar "long pull—strong pull—and pull al togethei" is necessary. My experiment cannot be complete without an exhibition of a national will fur equalisation of franchises and identification of rights between the two countries." Now, here we have some intimation of the real de signs of O'Connell and the Popish party. The ulti mate end is REPEAL; and .though he despairs Of achieving this end by an appeal,tO the I3ritishlggisle ture—though he positively asserts that •the "bigoted hostility" of the British Parliament leaves " bo hope for justice to his native country"—though.he'plainlY intimates beforehand that his present experiment must inevitably fail—and though he looks to " a domestic legislature" as the only source from which he expects "justice to Ireland"—yet he strangely advises his countrymen to agitate—to agitate for an object of which he pronounceb. attainnieni 2 .n impossibility "The British Parliament will neve* accede to your wishes"—he says—" they will never zonsent to do jus tice to Ireland; but never mind that=continue to agi tate—do not demand a domestic legislature--do not take refuge in the only hope which you have before you." This is the purport of his ,languagn.., ti sou nds strangely we confess. It certainly appears a peculi arly Irish sort of agitation. But perhaps. the follow ing will convey some explanation : " In this struggle there ought to be a combination of ef f ort between those who deem the British parliaMent competent and willing to afford us justice without the necessity..for re' peal, and those who deem it impossible to obtain justice for join in without the repeal. The anti-repealers ought .tu in our present effort in order to have the best pOSsible chance of proving the value of the union. The tepealers ought to_ join us in order to demonstrate to England and to the world that the union is valueless, or rather, in : its, nature, produc tive of the contemptuous oppression of Treland.." Here we have the cunning of the Jesuit at work. The Precursor agitation is set on foot in order that O'Connell may compromise the. anti-repealers. He now solicits their assistance in fUrtlierancel . ; of h is schemes that he may prevail upon them , .commit themselves so far as to be unable to 'retreat - 'nom the infatuated career to which they are,urged., He invites then . ) to make an appeal which he pronounce:to be utterly useless, in order that, upOn,itsfailare, he may turn round upon them, and claim their suffrages in fa your of REPEAL. But. it is time that we should direct Our attention to the alleged objects of the PrecnrsOr agjtatiOn: To use the language of the truculent demagogue,himself— " For what shall that appeal be made ? This is a s ubject on which we should understand each other. What Tor, are we to appeal to the British parliament ?". What is his answer to this question? Listen. " 111 y answer is, for the redress of great dad unendurable grievances. Of grievances which cannot be redressed save by the legislature. " Again, I say, let us understand one another—Lsay this the rather, because, in the selected grievances which I hal ° . stated in my two former letters, there were some, I m eal' those relative to party spirit and to the maladministrati e° of justice, for which redress may be given, as much redresl has been already afforded by the executive government. therefore do not propose to include these in our . simultan e t ous demand for legislative relief. Indeed, if ' we obtain tb a relief, the completion of the other will follow of inevitab le necessity." These "great and unendurable grievance . ' su b ' sequently enumerated and dilated upon..:7;onrsp ace will not at present permit us to follow :,the ariitatar through all these points. We mast therefore' resum e the subject. ,In the meantime we would:stie'ntiou sl Y urge upon our Protestant fellow-countrymen the ne cessity of using the most persevering exertions td frustrate the diabolical machinations of O'Connell an d his " Precursors." Every victory obtained in Engl'' 3 . over Radical dissent, Popery, and Whiggery, is a tri umph in favour of Protestantism in Ireland. , The Church in Ireland is rendered more and more sec ure by every advantage which the conservatives 'maY °b ' tain in the registration courts. Let not this be forge t i In fighting for their own rights, the Conservatives ° England are facilitating the final triumph of Protest' antism in Ireland, and contributing to exterminate t he the direst curse which afflicts that distracted.coontry ---- baneful tyranny of Popery. THEATRE-ROYAL. It is by mere chance t!'at we ever read any of the theatrieei critiques of our contemporaries, for, generally 'speakink i e when it would be a sad loss of time, and, it would not be se, -a had rather form and express our own opinion of actors plays as they are than, by reading a good criticism, - rim to, hazard of adopting the thoughts of and plagiarising a c"Il le of porary. Casting our eye over the columns of the Chronic etc Saturday last, we observed the title of the Staridierd, and ei e e j thereby induced to read the rubbish which usually TEPP e ," t is in the theatrical notices of that paper, and we found tb'pr great part of that which professed to be a critique of the tri formances at the Theatre-royal was a criticism of our they ti lt cal notice of Friday last, wherein we thought fit to tidd ' a us with Mr. Cooper's performance of Macbeth. It is art'f°C,.,, to say what consideration induced the learned critic-of cri,elsif who " does" (to use the elegant phraseology of this 7 . i. t.' i' t he the theatrical puffs of the. Chronicle to bespatter us filth of his wrath, and apply to us the hard'weids vittiP r e , "malignant," &c., for saying that Cooper was " 'Slier o a hearser of sentences." After saying that not compass the great characters of ShakspesitellieD o - den " evidently beyond his grasp," and that'" it s,tailhOV..viug seeing that fur the last twenty yeats• . he , bactsVelf s secondary Tharacters" _that he cont d . not perferur a clo;per principal—after thus comfortably .knoteltiO down, he attempts to help 'him again 1- zb4" us for saying that he could not play•Mee/e(hg.ariti b 7 s:i,ug " the wonder is that he is so good,--.ceatiiderintf MS' Prl y t he( career !" And yet the man Who wrote this calf iiettrselg`"" v ith of " giving expression to trash"! What have we - to•de- .06 Cooper's previous career? tie takes upon himself; a s e ',ter to play Macbeth, and by his performance of that cha t te rs ,° must be judged, not by a round of secondary eli arn f i lel ,t l which he can play well: If any Jack Sweep, by ac ct A o' should be allowed to play Othello at the Theatre-roYe"rder were, as in all probability he would, to do more than ,l “l ocr Desdemona—murder the whole part—be a " mere reh,l„-,r114 of sentences"—" like a steam engine piston, worie "e without variation of expression, feeling, or passion," ate therefore to puff Jack Sweep's Othello because "they„see is that he is so good considering his previous careet a ;,, jo e ing that, for the last twenty years, he .has been vrork"nchs" t totally different element ? C ' And . yet this is preciselYo' ids this " genius" says —who " does" the puffing forthe t hat —we are to do with regard to Cooper). Is it not rie!',; sour the fellow who wrote such rubbish as this should i eido critique of Friday last " trash," " , malignatit,"'"'tt l ll4o til e If it were "trash," it is indeed the "pare callingln' t i t the black." But enough of our contemporaries.- IC i s P, 40 first time we have heard they have been ..pecki".4 o th e However, the poet's distieh , shall.comfort uss:u"„ ) , f . weighty infliction— • . " Envy will merit, as its shade, pursuey e'' But, li,ke the shadow, proves the substance trti t _ eat re, i. 11o beli the .". Our business in our theatrical notices is with and nut with, our contemporaries, and henceforth , 7 0t . t he leave unnoticed such " trash" as adorns the Pag el; ed tq Chronicle. So long as the critical editorship is COill y i t heo us, we shall give our opinions freely and fairly , _,, e ,ano " fear, favour, affection, or reward"—of men as the,' 7 .. 1 0 ,j 0 ris of actors as they perfom without " considering career." This week Mr. Morris Barnett, the autbr t heir 1 1. 010, r e , is engaged, and plays in several of his favourite pictehripiog visitors of the theatre will not yet have forgotten" I' l9 l, n one , representation of Mons. Jacques, in his dra ma Of 1. when twelve months ago he visited Liverpool. Le Theatr e _ Ma. BLA ND'S BEN ISE IT• -e-The managers Of ill e bens, Royal have considerately allowed Mr. Bla nd to talcell_i„Ave; fit before the usual time, on account of his re cent ment in the melancholy death of Mrs. W. It 131 a re ly benefit is announced for Wednesday, with the otrlse., Werner," followed by the drama of " The Stati, 11:( sh 100 s in which Mr. M o rris Barnett plays. We heartitY e, a full house. h"Y; }~ ing ACCIDENT.—On Monday last, a man fell from the r i l l goe l t of a ship in the Waterloo Dock, carrying with hto: ieg ril; weighing 32lbs„ between which and the deck hi 10. t crushed, the bones protruding through the skin. e to ws , taken by the Police to the Northern Hospital, ,1. , e a c o , t WO 8 DREADFUL ACCIDENTS.—We and taa- et . e owl dents occurring on board steamers, were reciv t . D or_ Northerr Hospital, Leeds-street, on Sunday moronl4,o !'. one case, a boy, the leg and thigh were literallY:,:. oolti pices; in the other, the band suffered a like - t ' underwent amputation and are likely to do well. . o ,_ e, 34 T..: POLICE COCRT.—Yesterday, at the ponlice_. curtirge.ds. persons were brought up charged with felony, a d . 'il e „,tot i with being disorderly; in all 125 persons taken-It?'" ..,„, in one day l .., Toe LATE EXPLOSION AT NEwToN.—We regret to le t ", that since our last two other persons have died from ih 4 , effects of the late melancholy a ccident at then Viaduct Fowl. dry, at Newton, making nine in all; and ther now lies without hope of recovery. The following are the names of the sufferers, and the particulars of their families:— DEAD. Joseph Dangerfield—wife and seven children; one a cripple. Samuel Appleton—wife and seven children ; wife a cripple. James Parker—wife and one child. William Wells—wife and one c hild. .. - John Dean, William Dean, George Fazakerley, G. Clough, and 'Flaomas Price—all single. HURT—NOT EXPECIED TO RECOVER. , • John Wilson—wife and two chi ldren. ' - - - We are glad to team that a subScriptioti has' been set on foot for the relief of the families of the sufferers by this dis astrous affair, and shall be exceedingly g lad to forwardit by any means in our power. Any -sinus entrusted to`ou r 'Care shall m beh o a y n e d u ed of o t y h e e r u t n o ro A r l t e u s u s a rs te . J ra ci e n it s w , ,, h E o l a a n y s e ,: and . , Turnerperished; ' the