The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-18 00:00:00

Captain PIDDING, who has made eight voyages to China, completed arrangements when last at Canton, securing to himself the exclusive importation of these particular Teas. Extract from Dr. Siymond's Lecture on Captain Pidding's Tea before the Med. Bot. Society. " This particular Tea has been very much and very de servedly prised, and has now become a Standard Tea in this Country." (From , Dr. James Johnson, M.D., Physician to his late Majesty, &c.) ' Suffolk-place, Pall Mall, London " Sir,—Ever since your Tea was first introduced, myself and family have used it ; indeed, only it, and we have no hesitation in giving it the preference to all others. "Yours, &c., " JAMES JOHNSON, M.D. " To Captain Pidding." CAPTAIN PIDDINGs Teas were formerly sold under the title of " Howqua's Mixture," and " Howqua's Small Leaf Gunpowder" ; but hundreds of Grocers, ahxious to profit by the celebrity of tea which he alone imports, have given the same title to rubbish of their own, so that there is now scarce one but has his " Howqua's,' " Mowqua's," " Saoqua's." or some other spurious mixture. Against such imposition, the only security is " CAPTAIN PIDDING'S NAME." This they have not yet forged, and.his signature is on every really genuine package. Sold in Chinese Catty packages, containing one pound and one-third, nett of Tea, exclusive of lead and paper,—the Black, at_the_rate of Gs. 4d. per lb. ; the Gunpowder at 9s. per lb. • Half and Quarter Catties in proportion. A Quarter Catty of Black, charged 2s. 2d., will go as far as half a pound of the commonest 'Tea, if made according to Capt. Pidding's directions given on each package GEORGE CARLYLE, RE Agent for Liverpool. J. H. PYER, Confectioner, 32, Great Homer-street, for Everton and Kirkdale. Bolton—G. J. French. Draper. Blackburn— T. Sutcliffe, Bookseller, 20, St. James's-street —J. Parkinson, Chemist, 1, Church. street. John Pratt, Chemist, 33, Ivegate. Halifax—J. W. Foster, Linen Draper ' 36, Crown-street Leeds—C. Lawson, Confectioner, 39, Commercial-street Manchester—John Ford and Co., St. Ann's-square. Preston—Thos. Green, Musie-seller, Church - street Wakefield—J. Stanfield and Co., Booksellers. For agencies, address Capt. Pidding; 22, College-hill London CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE THE CHURCH Diocasa or LIN 01.:::11—The Rev. Michael Hutton,B.A. curate of Samby, Leicestershire, has been instituted to the rectory of Seaton, Rutland hire. The Rev. Robert Ainslie, 8.A., late assistant minister of St. Peter's Church, \Val worth, has been instituted to the vicarage of Sixhills, and Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire. on the nomination of G. F. Heneage, Esq. The Master and Fellows of St. John's College, Cambridge, have nominated the Rev. C. Colson to the vicarage of Great Hormead; Herts. DIOCESE OF SALISBURY.—The rectory of Headington near Caine, Wilts, has fallen vacant by the death of the Rev. George John Majendie, clerk, 8.D., the incumbent, who was also rural dean for the deanery of Avebury, and a pre bendary canon of Salisbury Cathedral. There are now two pre bendary canonries vacant in the above cathedral at the dis posal of the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, as well as the pre centorship of the cathedral, which latter dignity or office has been void several months by reason of the death of Dr. Fisher, the late master of the Charter-house School. OiocEsn OF WORCESTER.—The Rev. Frederick Colville, M.A., has been instituted to the vicarage of Leek Wootton, Worcestershire, on the nomination of Lord Leigh. DIOCESE OF CARLISLE.—The Rev. S. Irton Fell, M.A., of Queen's College, Cambridge, incumbent of Marple, has been appointed by Samuel Irton, Esq., M.P., to the perpe tual curacy of Irton, and the perpetual curacy of Brigg, both in the county of Cumberland. DIOCESE OF BANGOR.—The Rev. W. Jones, bas been licensed to the perpetual curacy of Nefyn, Carnarvon, on the nomination of C. W. G. Wynne, Esq. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS The Re Michael Hutton, 8.A., curate of Saxby, Leices tershire, to the living of Seaton, Rutland. Patron, the Earl of Har The Rev. Edward William Batchellor has been instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, to the rectory of Cold Ashton, in that county and diocese, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Whittington. Patron, the Rev. E W. Batchellor The Rev _ A. Lambert, 8.A., incumbent of Monk Bretton, __ rectory of Cumberworth, in the county of York. The Rev. Henry Foster, M,A., to the stipeudary curacy of Largashall, near Pet i,orth. The Rev. C. A. 1. F. Smith curate,of St. Andrew's, Ply. mouth, to the office of chapla4z,k ; E . G.4!e i Sailors' Home in Lon ,. don. 41. c.;( ) of; ;; The Rev. Thomas Rutherford vicionson, late curate of Eibchesler, to the perpetual curacy of Salesbury, Lancashire. The Rev. F. F. Clark,. M.A., to the ministry of the 'new church at Hartshill, Staffordshire. The Rev. W. Jones, to the rerpetual curacy of Nefyn, Carnarvon. The Rev, J. Hebden, to the perpetual curacy of Heyhouse, Whalley, Lancashire. • The Rev. Richard Quarrel', M.A. to be chaplain to the Workhouse, Bath, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W. Elwin. . . . . . . - - The Rev. William Chamberlain, to the incumbency of the principal church in the Island of Trinidad. The Lord Bishop of Derry has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Dr. Boyton to be vicar-general of the diocese of Raphoe, in the room of the Rev, Dr. Stopford, promoted to the see of Meath. Loql Brougham was received by their majesties the King and Queen of the French on Thursday evening. There has been recently found, says a Belgian journal, amongst a heap of old books, purchased at St. Troud, the sixth known copy of the first Bible printed at Mentz. It was announced on Friday at Smithfield, that one of the first butchers in Newgate market had failed for several thousand pounds by over-speculating in foreign cattle. To one party the liabilities are upwards of £4,000, to others £l,OOO, ZOO, and minor sums of £2OO to £3OO. This is the first failure in cattle speculation. MONSTROUS SWINE.-Mr. John Halliday, of this town. reared two pigs at his mills, Ballidassidy, which were killed on the 3d instant, and their united weight amounted to sixty three scores ten lbs.! The larger one was of the Irish breed, and weight thirty-six score; the depth of flesh on its shoulder being 134 inches. It was not two years old. The other was ten inches deep on the shoulder.—Fermanagh Reporter. PETERBORO: — ELOPEMENT. — This city was all in com motion on Thursday, the 3rd, from a report that Mr. Searle, a medical practitioner, had carried away the lovely daughter of Mr. Porter, surgeon ; it turned out that the fact was so, and the fugitives were followed by the father to London ; but he was too late—for so determined were the parties to have the knot promptly tied, that they repaired to the far famed Gretna Green, and on Saturday morning, were mar- ried by the priest who officiates at thatlallowedspot. They returned to Peterboro' on Tuesday evening last, and have taken up their abode at a mansion in Broad Bridge street, near the residence of the lady's father.—Stamford Mercury. BANKRIIPTCY.—The rules and orders ursuance of the new Bankrupt Act were prornul- ORDERS 1 They are very numerous ference to the practice of the court in town and country, and to the management of estates by official assignees. The order of the Lord Chancellor, which precedes the others, princi pally requires the transmission by the secretary of bankrupts of fiats to the Court of Bankruptcy, or to district courts as directed. There are 45 general rules, and 30 relating to offi cial assignees. Copies of all country proceedings are to be sent to the Court of Bankruptcy, and all proceedings now in the possession of solicitors in cases after the Ist and 2d W. IV. are to be brought into the Court of Bankruptcy and filed. The rules are of a general character, with explicit directions to practitioners on the working of fiats, summoning of tra ders under the new branch of the act, and the termination of The orders respecting official assignees are very sig. By the 13th rule it is declared " that no official as signee shall keep under his control, upon any one estate, more than £lOO, or in the aggregate of moneys of bankrupt estates more than £l,OOO, and en CXCESSI beyond such sum shall be paid by him forthwith into the Bank of England." The other rule (the 33d) on the same subject is to the fol )wing effect:—" That if die official assignee shall keep under control more than £lOO, of money belonging to any one I.te, or more than £l,OOO in the aggregate of moneys be ng to bankrupt estates for more than one week, be shall arged in his account by the commissioner with such shall be equal to interest at the rate of 20 per cent. on said sum of £lOO or £l,OOO as the case may suc h time as such money shall be under his control Jeyond the said week , a nd unless the m oney has been kept n ro . ex c auses, the official assignee shall be di sm issed fr rm om hpirsopeomrce by the commissione ra or . the Lord Ch ance ll or , and be liable to th e costs and and have no claim for pp remuneration. nificant ss of ti last a for s ti r P l rom o- GROWTIFI CF FLAX TN IRELAND.—on „rue meeting took place of "The Belfast Society sue. tiori. and Improvement of the growth of Flax i ii As to the project itself, we have R good opinion o f t ,, and. " cess, if it continue to be fostered by such cordial tion. Not only is the soil and climate of Ireland, co - opera. sented at the meeting, equally favourable to the growtreof flax, but we believe that it ;. as been established by analy s i s that her water is equally favourable fOr its preparation. (What would not Napoleon have given had France posses"sed these natural advantages when he contempt" 1,000,000 francs to tl __ )uld discover a tia l who s method of spinning fl land to pos. the way of her turning them se - ss these advantA presuming Ire. ny• obstacles in r select ccount ent agents, of the p and a ju - dicionssel intend and instru 1 prenari vating neither of IVIANCHESTEI SPREAD EAGI V• cial Public, and Famil ae has taken and entered upo_. WEST awl cen taste and comfort of his of public is, Chops Steaks, Snacks, xoth, Sc laliv,Fromi'en'tili Two o o'cl?!;k A liberal' Id Satu ovided Table d'Hote on Tuesday, 'l' each week, at Half-past One o'cl 'wits, and Cigars have been selecte .e, and will be found of first-rate qualit Capital Stapling and Coach-house. The Wir the greates CAPTAIN PIDDING'S TEAS GEORGE CARLYLE, 38, Bold J. H. PYER, Confectioner - Everton and Kirkdal -street,Agent for Liverpool. 32, Great Homer-street, for APTAIN PIDDING'S TEAS consist of one kind only of Black and one of Green. The Black is a mixture of Forty different kinds of rare Black Teas, remarkable for their great strength, delicious flavour, and natural aroma. This natural aroma of the Tea being completely preserved in the Packages in which it is imported. The Green is Small Leaf Gunpowder Tea of the finest kind, and is grown only on one Estate. xis from Belgium to su pesantry in the proce 9, are the main requisites ; and undertakings re( discretion; Belgium has availed What i our engineers, and our operative manufacturers there to prevent Ireland availinC herself of the flax-growers and flax-cfressersof Neigium ? Nor, if successful in growing flax, need she fear competition with Belgium, or any other flex-growing country, in the sale of it; for her agricultural labour is more abundant and cheaper than theirs. It maY turn out, perhaps, as Sir Robert Bateson surmises, that the north of Ireland is not butlicientiv genial for the plant;- but of the capabilities of the south there is no doubt; and why should not the southern provinces prove to Ireland, in the 'growth of flax, what the southern, states are to America in the growth of cotton? The reward of the enterprise would be to Ireland a rich cue—a vast •scrurceof employment for labour, and a vast export of valuable produce.. England, alone, is a customer for the article to the amount of £5,000,000 or X 6,000,000 a _year., and she would have " all the world before her" besides."—llerad. m the 1 TARIFF or iIIE GERMAN COMMERCIAL UNIOI say that the prog nostications of evil so diss'em' inaied - have proved almost entirely withou Lion ; iudeed, we the docuu ss to Brit interests and commerce >ortant articles of B sh export are, vii of figured goods of mixed cotton and Niro( the same situ ) left in almos were placed by the last tari imports of iron been more effected, thong Lion in whic nor ha. evident that strenuous efforts have been r the German states producing that article to procure the im position of a heavier duty upon Engfish iron of all sorts, and indeed almost one-half of this state paper is taken up with protocols and arguments for awl against increasing the duties upon the two articles of cotton n iron. Fortunately, Th a how ever, some of the most important and influential states of the Union saw the mischief that would be inflicted upon the general well-being of German commerce by an incresaed tax, which would tend to cripple their own trade to a degree hardly to be foreseen ; and the.consequence was, that with the exception of the increase upon printed goods manufac tured of a mixture of cotton and wool, the tariff is really very little altered. The following are the heads in which the present differ from the former scale of duties : Quantity By the 14 dollar Standard the By the dlr divided into 24i guilder 30 and 24 parts. Standard. Impt. 1 Expt. I Impt. 1 Expt. ARTICLES COTTON GOODS. Cotton wool and - 1 woollen mixed yarns are classi fied under N 0.2 B lcentner 8 0 of the former ta rifrand are there fore taxed : lirarps,whether pre- 1 centner 3 0 pared or not ...- Piece goods and stocking wares, worked or em broidered with centner woollen, are class ed with other cot ton piece goods, and pay . CHEMICALS Chlorate of lime,") instead of being !d in Class A is bracketed, with 1 centner white lead, &c., I :fluty ther on reduced to. IttoN. Raw iron, pas over the Prussian I westernprovinees, as also from Bava: ria, Wurtemburg, r 1, Electoral I I Hesse; and Lux- I Wroughi iron, in lumps and cakes, lcentner is classed under No. 6 B, and pays_ Wrought iron enkinu" factored from the I finer sorts, and which is meant for machines and waggons, such as , 1 centner curved iron axle, &c., which are to be classed under 6 C, and pays White plates, plates, and wire GLASS AND GLAS Iron I 1 I centner WARES Hollow glass with borders only, with 1 centner uncut stoppers, bottoms, & brims WOOD & WOODEN r 1 ship's WARES. last, 374 Building and useable-{ centner ; wood, by water- or by carriage, &c., by I rafts, 75 land or shipment . 1. cubic ft. Oak, elm, ash, ma ple, cherry, pear, • • apple, plum, co me], and walnut . Beech,fir,pine,larch,") poplar, and other 1 ship's white woods, saws, last,or by staves, bars, fas- rafts, 90 cines, palings, and J cubic ft. _ trellis wood Sawed staves and') caskwood, and all I ship's other useful wood, last. coming under enu meration, No. 1.. J Or under No. 2.... LIME AND GYPSUM Burnt j sheffels 1 for 1 ton.' When brought over the Saxon frontie: trat Zi- tan, lime only pays half the usual duty LEATHER & LEATHER A.RES. Brussels and Danish) glove-leather, cor- I doyen, Morocco, }- 1 centner 8 and all coloured or I lackered leather.. TOBACCO. Cigars and snuff 1 centnerils U GAIL. Raw sugar, and sugar ll centnerl powder Raw sugar for inland refineries, under special stipulations and control.. :Mem. —These im posts are only to be taken up to the Ist of September, 1844. SILK AND SILK WARES. Black and white silk, } 1 centner or floret silk .... 1. Untwisted . . 1 centnerl 8 2. Twist, as thread,' from raw silk, such 1 centner 1 centnerill as sewing silk, fringe, &c... STONE COAL. 1. Brought into thel Prussian frontiers, I from the Elbe on Weser . STRAW, REED, AND BASS GOODS. Mats and foot covers from bass, straw, &c. 1 centned 0 .ged ns nsigni- 1 1 centner Undyed Dyed . WOOL AND WOOLLEN . GOODS. Unfulled woollens,sl as well of wool as mixed with cotton, when printed with patterns, embroi- j I dered or se wn . — With these exceptions, the whole of which are char above, the alterations in the present tariff are utterly i 1 centnerlso 0 cant, the most important being that upon mousseline de laine, figured, and upon which the duty is heavy ; plain articles of that description, without pattern, would appear to remain precisely as heretofore. THE TARIFF.—We have tasted the American pork which has been imported into this town, and God forbid that ever we should be compelled to make it our general food. We uhesitatingly state that it is totally unfit to be placed before any man, let his position in society be what it may.—Car marthen Journal. Tae CORN TRADE.—Although there is still a considera ble want of confidence on the part of purchasers, and not the slightest disposition to speculate, a steady consumptive de mand for wheat has prevailed throughout the week, of suffi cient magnitude to take off the supplies brought forward by the growers ; and, at most of the markets in the agricultural districts, prices have risen Is. to 2s. per quarter since our last. Holders of duty-paid foreigu have not been slow to take advantage of this opportunity to raise their pretensions ; and even at those ports where the largest stocks are still held, a similar enhancement has been firmly Insisted on.— lark Lane Express A NOBLE MONUMENT TO GRACE DARLING.—A letter appears in the- Berwick Warder suggesting "that the best and most appropriate monument would be the restoration of the Chapel of St. Cuthbert, where that eminent Christian worshipped, the remains of which stand upon the Great Fern Island, with a tablet within the building to the memory of the deceased. There being several families upon the islands, the chapel is wanted for the worship of GOD, and many per sons would be disposed to contribute largely to such a work, and would feel a pleasure in placing the monument in a holy place in the midst of the islands in which she and her family have lived so long." We need hardly say that we entirely concur in the view taken by the writer. THE REAL WORTH OF CHAILTISNI.—On Saturday, the ' provincial organ of chartism, the Northern Star, publi s hed the " balance sheet of the executive" for the last q uarter. This "casting-up of accounts" will enable the public to judge of the extent of chartism, and the sympathy which its advocates find in the mass of the population. better than by the 3,000,000 signatures asserted to have been attached to the " National Petition." From the recent disturbances in the north, it would be imagined by those who are not aware of the ease with which the unemployed and disaontented workmen of that district are excited, that such a bustling place as Ashton, where chartism boasts of having taken up a strong position, would show a very respectable muster of what O'Connor styles " blistered hands" in support of the charter, and also a goodly contribution to assist in its consum mation. The balance-sheet, however, shows that Ashton has but GO " fraterinizing" chartists; and their permanent re sources for the quarter amount to exactly the sum of 10 s. 2i_ Birmingham, where chartism is supposed to be, numeri cally Speaking, stronger than in any other part of the king dom, there are but 175 bond fide " paying" chartists ; and the amount they h ave " sen t i n " to the executive, during the last three montfis, is 18s. 4d. •-18- 4d or £3. 13s. 4d. per an nual, from liircrin . and 16s. Bd. to ; tli; I : fc a u m, in support of the charter i This is sympathy, indee'd o n si d e: . try ca a r d l d is s ie loO gi e v h es ar x tis s ts ; t D o a t r h i e in r g a t n o k u s , £5 ; Derby, £1 Ilalifax, 4:1. 15s. 4d Hu dde rsfield, £ l. 18d. ; Hull, £l, 12s. 6d.; Liverpool has 210 "communicating" chartists, and pays £l. 524 brethren, sends £9. 1 3 7 9 ' 2d.; and Manchester, with its whose noise and dch violence,are the artfully i fi y de in dications of a facti on asso ciated with the distress unfo rt unately have half " frighted the isle from its so general in the north, total of the income of the executive n for three 3 t i et . 7 months,T he grand total from the om: the 3,000,0 00 of partisans. friends and propriety." sympathizers,Y h £l6O. is. sd. The greater portion or esani lecturers: Dr. swa llowed up by three of the principal itinerant Dr. M'Douall's " wages" and travelling expenses. for two months, amount to £ 35 . 10 s. ; Bairstow's , to and Leach's, to £ 2l, 10s. ; the three taking £9B £33. Bs. ; . Os. This is agitating to some purpose. Tile extent, nature, and value of chartism may be well j ud g ed of from th e fact that a labori ous organization, carried on in every county in England, has enabled its various associations to induce only 11,363 persons to enrol themselves as members at twopence per quarter; ;tad of these 11,363, there are no fewer than 4,813 who have neglected to pay their twopencas. 'mods to rovided In re )y Our r ~-7 Y ou may hot, ar ly Dr t in so oppressivel magine how rejoiced I v )rry to hear t that y( elf and the childre :ontrary miles from thi hurried from Lughman to ti of Ukhbai and snow very cic very inclement when we firs bad tents to live El children place, in consequen )y Gen.. Sale, and notwitl which is still oui- at times greatly to the weather we had nothing bt only shelter be Pitied, but they all seem cheerful and happy as people can expect to be under such circumstances. I need not enumerate the names of the ladies, for the newspapers must have already informed you ; suffice it to say, that their husbands owe their lives to the presence of their wives. On the late dis astrous retreat from Cabal, Providence, indeed, has been kind towards me, protected as I have been by Him through the perils and dangers of one of the most harassing, bloody, and disastrous succession of fights in the annals of military history. At the commencement of the insurrection of the 2d of November last, I was ordered into the Balla Hissar (which is above the city) with 100 men of the 44th ; there for a succession of days and nights we were engaged in defend ing our po • ion, and in - firing upon the city: then 1 was into cantonment small forts co and barracks, vi underta' became necessary capture ; in tlit._ we lost a number of men and several officers. Svgb, ..id Robinson Robinson fell on the same day, the 4th of November, Eaban on the 6th, and Mackrell and M'Crea on the 10th. Mackrell died during the night, after suffering amputation of one of his arms, one of his legs also broken. M'Crea was cut down and killed on the spot. Though we generally defeated the enemy, and gained our points, yet the numbers opposed to us were so great that the loss of life was always great, and victory dearly gained. At length, cut off from all supplies, our draught bullocks con sumed, and our grain stores empty, nothing was left for us but to capitulate, and enter into a treaty to evacuate the country. All fighting ceased, and then supplies came in to us though at a dear rate. The weather was incessantly and intensely cold, and the snow fell to a great depth. Well, after it was agreed that these refractory chiefs were to re ceive lacs of rupees, provided they allowed us to march out of their country unmolested, in spite of this agreement, they commenced an attack upon our rear as soon as we were out of cantonments at Cabur. Our halting ground for four or five days was upon a great depth of snow. The Sepoys be came paralysed from cold, most of them suffered their arm' accoutrements, and clothes to be n from their persons dreds of them were cut enemy, 11 as camp followers and servants : id there perished. After the third day many took to the hill not an armed Sepoy was to be seen out of four regiments, consequently the whole brunt of defending the column in its retreat fell upon the remaining handful of the 44th and Euro pean Artillery, whose cannon were abandoned owing to the wretched condition of their horses. The native cavalry refused to follow their officers against the enemy, fell back on the in fantry, and embarrassed their movements ; in like manner camp followers and others rushed in upon us for protection, when attacked by the Affghans, so much so that we were at times powerless. The surrounding hills were generally co vered with people that poured deadly discharges of musketry upon us; even during night marches we were equally assailed, and hourly the column became diminished in numbers. At Jugdulluck, General Elphinstone and Colonel Shelton went over to Ukhbar Khan and other chiefs to offer terms, which they agreed to accede to ; and while this was going on, we were suddenly attacked, our men falling very fast, and fight ing bravely at the time ; when, seeing the perilous situation of our colours, I tore one colour from its staff and wrapped it about my person. Cumberland took the other, but was unable to button his great coat over it; he then handed it to Sergeant Carey, who secured it about him, but he fell during the night of our last march. The enemy closing and strongly pressing prevented our disengaging the colour, and it was unavoidably lost. Elphinstone and Shelton were not al lowed to return to us, but were detained prisoner's. In this state of affairs, a night march was determined upon : the 44th reduced to between seventy or eighty men capable of carrying arms, a few Artillerymen, and sth Cavalry, and still an inctiMbrance of camp followers, &c., started at eight o'clock at night. We soon came upon an encampment of the enemy, who commenced following up our march, shooting and cutting up stragglers in the rear, until we came to a gorge between two low ranges of hills—here the road was barricaded in two places with bushes, the progress of the column was stopped, and a hand-in-hand fight took place with the enemy, who bad been in wait for us. Here my hone fell with me, or rather a trooper of the sth Cavalry in trying to pass me pushed me down the side of the hill; the horse from weakness (having been hit by two balls, and having eaten scarcely anything for four days) was unable to rise, and I was unable to-rise either, until two men raised the horse a little, dnd I extricated myself. I lost the horse with my only remaining clothes that were on his back, and I felt the effects of the fall for a considerable time after. At this time and place fell Brigadier Anquetil, Major Thain, Captain Dodgin, Dr. Harcourt, and poor Hallalian, Captain Nicholls of the Artillery, and many other officers, including Captains Butt; Blair, and Bassett, of the sth Ca valry. On clearing the gorge, we mustered but half of the force we started with. At - eight o'cloe we continued our march, the enomy fearing, to comeztar us, though we were reduced to a handful of men, box kept up a fire upon us at a distance.. I took a • troopey-by force from his saddle, and mounted. his horse. We approached Gundamuck as day light appeared, which displayed to the enemy the smallness of our force. The enemy increasing in numbers with the daylight, we were compelled to leave the road, and take to a ill, before ascending :. which the trooper's horse was shot under the, staggered a few yards and fell. Some Affghan horsemen appeared, to whom we made a sign to come to us', - which they did ; tiring ceased. Major Griffiths and Mr. 131ewitt accompanied, the party to negotiate with a neigh bourin, chief for a certain sum of money, to. let us proceed to Jellalabad : a great number of Affehans came up the hill, red friendly with our people, until they commenced swords and pistols from the officers : this we could not stand, but drove, them from the hill, and the fight com menced again. After two hours, during which time we drove the Affghans several, times down, the hill, our little band (with the exeeption of about twenty men and a few offi cers of different regiments) being either killed or wounded, the enemy suddenly rushed on us with their knives; an awful scene took place, and ended in the massacre of all except myself, Ser jeant Fair (our mess serjeant), and seven men that the more than usual humanity displayed by the Affghans was inclined to spare in the conflict. My posteen flew open and exposed the colour, they thought I was some great man looking so flash. I was'seized by two fellows .after my sword dropped from my hand by a severe cut in the shoulder, and my pistols missed fire ; they hurried me from - the spot to a distance, took my clothes from off me excepting my trousers and cap, and led me away to a village by command of some horsemen that were on the road, and 1 was made over to the head man of the village, who treated me well, and had my wound attended to. Here I remained a month, seeing occasionally a couple of men of my regiment who were detained in an adjoining village : at the end of a month 1 was handed over to Ukhbar Khan, and joined the ladies and the other officers at Lughman. In the last struggle, Col lins, Hogg, Cumberland, Swinton, and Dr. Primrose were killed, and about a dozen other officers ; Stewart, of the Artillery, and Hamilton, of the sth Cavalry, amongst them. In making through the Khoord Cabul Pass, Leighton was shot in his thigh and fell from his horse ; afterwards, in coming through the Tazeen Pass, he and White (who was wounded in the head) were in Kujawahs. The enemy got amongst the people, dragged away the camel with Leighton and White upon it, and I fear they were deliberately killed. Every inquiry concerning Leighton and White has been made since we arrived here, which is close to Tazeen, but no tidings have been heard of them, and had they been taken into Cabul we should certainly have heard before this. Wade was killed at Jugdulluck. Evans is a lucky fellow in being left in Cahill in charge of sick and wounded European soldiers, but for safety they have been moved six merches beyond Cabul. I lost everything I possessed, nay little tent, eatables, and kitmutghar's traps went the first day; the pony took fright at the firing and got away next night. I lost Master Jack, Thomas's pony ; he got off' by pulling up his peg; his office was to carry grain and boo- and ar st;h". The horse I bought for Tom carried my trunks and bedding, I lost him and my traps in the 'r azeen Pass near to this ; my riding horse cost 150 rupees, be was shot in the jaws and in the ribs ; as I said before, he fell, and I was obliged to leave him. My bearer, Syce and Kitmurgar, got as far as Jugdulluck, but very foot-sore from frosts. I never saw them afterwards, nor have I been able to learn that either of them has reatthedJellalabad. Though a great many of the officers and men were severe sufferers from the frost, and lying on the snow, I escaped by always taking theitire caution to wrap the plig4',B skin 1,,,iia4 upon the saddle around my feet when I laid down, kAtl,4Ve r Suffered frornrrheuma tism,. and have it 4 ill about yil9-', AltrgOMAl, vvbirb is from my right shoulder' a long,U-E i . wn i nq blade-bone, is an ugly one, but it is quite.ll4jeßi ri . .Ig,e r m was made through a sheepskin Posteenr,wder 40/.6 i 4MSOLoun,was concealed, laying over my right sh,q4dkr,tzt94litticlt:,Petersharn coat i used to ,wear at Kurna,l4.,,,q,ll:3Rnel b n_pd:Vhirt. My sword fell from my hap,4, 7 444,Afflphstßr I / 04 , in ,my 'eft hand ground, and nave toy- together with whose namcs arc Meer Jaum, came whp:94, was with my, telescope to them how to us AfßeoFfirds t 4 son-in-law and I became I titick,i l 4.4ilO4l)(me back tho colour, Waugh vested of tbe tsw*sjuind,tapst of its tinsel, one dap to my able surpriseit botli the colours have been tiothing but a-mere butane 4,ribbous for some years. Thelitihilamuellt people assailetl, l lm Qp the €4.0 of the hill I haPrietiedlo be, and by these peoplex.eyscl l / 4 0. the few men xverri stiftred. was to have beeu rauSomert, , for 1000 rup ees ; and all was set tled, but the old MeliCkof.the village persuaded ine to write to Captain I'Gregor of Jellalabad to give him more money ; in, the meantime Ukhbar Khan . ame into the ne i g hb our h oo d, and the old .rascal ,was obliged to hard me over to' him—how ever, I laughed at him for losing his 1000 rupees, and told . _ . him I would learn no more prayers. It i s a miracle how I should have escaped with a whole ski n th roug h a ll our tights 'etreat the total annihilation of the 44th regiment. I regret that lam the only officer surviving wbo .witnessed the last conflict. It is gratifying to know that the Commander-in-Chief in India has express,edhimselfibapproval of my conduct; and that prombte me ; b u t th ere a re s i x com panies ti e e d to .44th Regiment, an d Y oung an d E vans, h e ila vacants pro in ni t i now only senior to me, to fill two of thetii I intend writing to him by the first opportunity on the subject. I have're ceived a letter, from the Horse Guards, informing me that Torn is noted for a commission. bly mind is greatly relieved to think that arrangements have been made to give you a monthly allowance from my pay ; I also hope you receive something, from the Cabul relief fund. Negociations 1 be lieve are going on to obtain our release, but in the present state of affairs it is impossible to say when that will occur. waited patiently upwards of four months, and we must await until the time arrives for our release. We with p all wear Afighan dr sses of one sort or the other, except He looks the picture of misery, noustachios. He meets with _; himself on an equality with shaved since we left Cabal. A Shelton, who has not yet beard and with a gr little cou young lad of my own_ r sinner of the men wexe left at Juddeatibad, in Luglimn, but we hear they are to be given up and. sent into Jellalabad immediately. In mentioning that Dr. Balfour and young Grey were killed during our last march, I should have told you that they left the column —ing the night in company with some other officers to try Jellalabad, a distance of thirty miles, but only one _ lucky enough to get in; it was Dr. l3rydon—the rest met with their deaths on the road. Having written a tolerably lengthy account of our disasters, with the cover of instead of a table, and squatted upon the ground, to of a rheumatic wrist, I may now come to aeon- and r of them v elusion. By the way, lam glad you have written to my brother—his regiment is in Ireland. A great many news. papers have been sent to us from Jellalabad, and a little money. I received seven Derby newspapers, but no letters from home ; I see my niece Harriot is married. Genera Elphinstone, you will have heard before this, died a short I o, and his re Khau (our detainer,) in s .ted ns well since v is a Ist dostan in light marching orde two Then to my company drutnmer - s March 25, 1842." THE THUGGEE DEPA (From the Agra 1 In our issue of the 19th, we stated that we believed it to be beyond 'a doubt, that the Thurs. although they have been greatly thinned, are not altozetEer exterminated ; therefore, that it would most u: measure to re the Thug- gee department for many years to come. Since then We have had our supposition confirmed, and we now know for a certainty, that several leading members of the Thug frater nity, in the Deckan and Southern India, together with many others of minor note, are still at large : indeed the number is estimated as approaching fifty ; and we understand that, besides these, who are in themselves quite sufficient to revive Thuggee throughout India, there is very strong reason for believing that another class of these miscreants exists under the guise of Biragees—Hindoo religious mendicants. In fact, most direct and positive evidence on this point has been obtained by some of the officers of the department ; and these Biragees have hitherto only escaped detection through their migratory habits, a constant change in their appearance, and by their having kept the other Thugs in the dark as to their permanent abiding places, or indeed the particular province whence they come, though there is no doubt of their being from some part of Hindostan. These wretches cannot, how ever, much longer escape detection ; even now pa r ti es are o n the look-out for them, as the routes they frequent are well known, it having been ascertained that they travel even to the southernmost point of India, and being besides further surmised that they occasionally visit Ceylon. If no impediment be thrown in the way to prevent the continued exercise of that persevering zeal which has hitherto been so'cOnspicuous in the Thuggee department, the same exertions which were so successful in tracing out and exter minating the race of 'Thugs of the Golah caste, who were for so many ages Solely and unsuspectedly located in the dense jungles•Of ttW Cuttacic prOvince, will ere long trace out this class likewise'of those vile murderers. Besides these, we are informed, that a set of miscreants infest almost all the great .thoroughfares throughout India, who mike it their business t - • traveller who un- naxt 4o poison any warily trusts himself to their hands ' • and they arc equally as much to be dreaded as were the Thugs themselves. It is quite necessary for the safety of the traveller, that these wretches should be traced out and put down ; and, with the knowledge that the government have of their existence, it will be criminal to desist until we have well grounded reason to believe the whole class have been ester; we cannot expect that the ordinal. although reformed accordi able to effect this; we hoot police of the Count!. to thelan propose(.l, ' - partinent, which has so nrticn of these secret important task v entrusted entirely to the - Th satisfactorily rooted out the greater murderers. But to return to the Thugs already known, and of whom a pretty good account has already been given, thanks to the zeal and activity of Major Sleeman and his as- sistants, we are told that active measures are still being car ried on against them, though in. some parts of India they have been completely eradicated; and there the endeavour is to keep down ' the system," but which will, we are con vinced, inevitably:revive, should this vigilance be withdrawn ; for the seed of that system, we are assured, on good autho rito, exists throughout the peninsula. In the Deckan and Southern India, as we said before, many Thugs are, it is well known, still at large • and, notwithstanding all the endea vours made to trace ;hem out,—for now they have no fixed dwelling-places,—the generality of them continue teelude their pursuers; but the chase is not altogether fruitless, for, during the last year, the offices ; in the south have been able to bring eight of these wretches to justice, and we hear that parties are now out in various quarters in search of others, whose traces they are following on good information. The success of the last year is mainly owing to the removal of one of the offices to the southern province ;. and parties from that office are constantly to be heard of in those districts, as our correspondents have from time to time made known. OF AN EAST INDIAMAN UREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE. WltEr We lament to announce the total loss of the Reliance, East Indianian, Captain Thomas Green, off Etaples, to the West ward of Boulogne, in the dreadful gale on Saturday last. It is stated, that the captain and all the crew, 116 men, have perished, with the exception of five lascars and the carpenter, a European. The Reliance was an old ship, of 1,500 tons bunt the largest vessel in the trade. She left Canton for early in May, with a cargo of more than 20,000 chests of tea, in all 1,884,7481 b ; being the largest and most valuable cargo of the season,—amounting, in fact, to one twentieth of the whole annual export of tea. As much interest will be felt in this country, in the loss of this vessel, we have copied from the Canton Price Current of July 26th, the following entry of her cargo, &c. ; the date being probably that of her clearance :—" May 6, Ship Reliance, to London, 1,515 tons. Cargo, 1.277,5661 b Congou; 3,621 Souehong ; 59,076 Hong Muay ; 6,786 Pekoe; 3,458 orange Pekoe; 406,565 Twankak ; 2,251 Hyson; 28,570 Hyson skin; 82,084 young Hvson 9,037 gunpowder; 5,734 imperial ; total 1,884,7481 b. ". We do not find any silk or other produce entered as part of her . The intelligence of the loss of this vessel was brought aver on Monti- - from 1-1-- - water ..ay morning _ ..)oulogne, by the vv Witch steam-boat. We copy the following paragraph on thr, subject from the city article of the London Times of " The shipwreck of the Reliance, from China to London, at Etaples, near Boulogne, on Saturday, has created con siderable sensation in the city. The loss of 110 persons out of the 116 on board has cast a gloom of the most melancholy description among the merchants connected with the East India trade. Hertast place of resort was St.lielena, and the parties interested in her fate were therefore in expectation every' day of hearing of her safe arrival. It appears, that of the crew and passengers, numbering the amount of persons already stated, the saved are one European, described to be the ship's carpenter, and five Lascars, who reached the shore in one of the boats of the vessel. The Reliance was an old ship on this trading station, and bad on board a cargo of tea of considerable value, besides the freightage incidental to a voyage she was in the habit of performing. The quantity of tea she brought was 1,884,7481 b, of which there were 1,277,5661 b of congeu, and 406,5651 b of twankay, with smaller proportions of other descriptions. Most fortunately for the insurance offices and underwriters in this country, their risks upon this vessel do not include more than from £14,000 to £15,000 of the £195,000 for which it is said she is insured ;- the Indian offices, that is to say, the insurance offices of Cal cutta and Bombay, being responsible for at least £150,000 to £lBO,OOO of the entire amount. This mishap, with those re ported from the Cape of Good Hope on Saturday, and others which have occurred on the coast during the late severe weather, have, in a material degree, depressed the feelings of parties connected in our.shipping interest. The London in surance-offices. and also the underwriters, have suffered by the loss of the Abercrombie Robinson and the Waterloo ; but, we are assured, not to any serious extent." (From the Times of Wednesday.) Few additional particulars have arrived of the loss of the Reliance, East Indianian, but there now remains no doubt of the fate of the great majority of her crew and passengers. The more the subject is alluded to, the more intense is the sympathy expressed at the death so many persons have ex perienced within sight almost of their native land. The fact of the drifting on shore of the bodies of the captain, one of the mates (Mr. Griffin,) and a seaman, as identified by the ship-carpenter, leaves little hope for the escape of any of those who were known to be on board, and who are not among the 'number saved. 'The cargo described yesterday as principally consisting of teas, must, if not damaged be yond all use, be in such a depreciated condition as to render it of small value in set off to the losses the underwriters will have to make good on their several risks. It is said, and much to his credit, that the British Consul at Boulogne is persevering in his exertions to rescue whatever property he can from the wreck, for the benefit of the parties interested. From a part of this responsible duty he will be by this time relieved, one of the owners, Mr. Tomlin, having started for the spot immediately the new was announced. Of the state of the weather in the Channel some idea is conveyed by the account of the difficulties which two or three experienced pilots give of their passage for the river, in encountering south-west gales and thick fogs. At Lloyd's and the Jeru salem Coffee-house much speculation exists on the probable cause of the destruction of, the vessel. Before, however, some official account of her situation and loss is received, it isca matter of mere conjecture whether it was through the state of the weather or an oversight in navigation on the part of the late respected and highly esteemed commander that occasioned this most melancholy catastrophe. Dtirinig the past week dividends have been eland upon the separate estates of Daniel V Acraman, of 2s. in the pound. and of Wi!liam Edward Acraman and Alfred John Acramani of 7d. each in the pound._ The urn of rzEB,OOO, the purchase money of the piettires of 'Mr. D. W. Acraman, remains in the bands of the assignees, till the Court of Review shall have decided whether it belongs to his private estate or to the estate of Mr. W. D, Acraraau,—Bristol .rE.X.*TRAORDINARY AND LAMENTABLE LOVE AFFAIR.— The following singular, although: serioust circumstance ec carre(Lat Birstall last week, which h as ca used consider a bl e nierritnent to some, and anxiety and pain to others. About two years ago, a respectable and hand some young man corn menced.business here as barber, Etc,, and he has lately fallen violently is love with a medical gentleman's daughter in this village. Last week, he addressed a letter to her, breathing forth the moat ardent affection, and stating that if she (lid not reciprocate his passion, she would soon see him pining away, and the grave would be his,inevitable fate. Four me dical and law students, residing in this locality, being in formed of:Alm...circumstance, .determined to inflict some se vere punishment upon poor Tonsor for his imprudence lany were the suggestions• proposed; at length they agreed upon the following :—that they would send him a letter, pur porting to have been written by the fair lady, acknowledging the receipt of his, and stating she would embrace with alacrity the_first opportunity of meeting him, and the most conveni ent time for her would be that evening at half-past eight, And the most favourable place, her father's field. The pun t '-d t^ ,sionent which they intended to inflict, if he came, was to beat. him severely,, strip him of his clothes, and kick him home ; but, however, their malicious machination was frus trated. When the barber received the fair lady's sublime and , loving epistle, he was quite elevated with joy. He attired himself in his Sunday garb, brushed and curled his hair; and was where a true lover should be at the appointed tine; but, alas! instead of finding bis Dulcinea in reality, there was the medical student, dressed in a cloak, veil, and bonnet, the .other three being in ambush, disguised, and ready to pounce upon their prey. The gay Lothario ap proached the fictitious lover, and accosted him thus 7—" How do you do, Miss !" but Miss: was abashed, and did not reply. They had not proceeded far before Miss stumbled, when the kind hearted barber exclaimed, " Oh dear, Miss -, you had better take my arm ?" She then placed her arm in his, and at that instant the students rushed upon the •` happy couple," and seized the unfortunate barber; the fair lady ran away, the poor barber crying out, " Oh, leave me ; Oh, Miss -, don't leave me " But Miss w deaf to his cries arid entreaties, she ran to the top of the field, and took her bonnet, veil, and cloak of, put them under the hedge,-but on his return to them, shortly afterwards, they were gone, but have not since been heard of. While the others were trying to effect their object, the barber suc ceeded in getting one band at liberty, he pulled out a razor which he had provided himself with in case of danger, and slashed at them right and left in a very vigorous manner. When they were so unexpectedly made aware of his power, one of them struck. him 'with a stick, but he crying out " I'll shoot, I'll shoot r! . although he, had no fire-arms, made them scamper in all directions. leaving the disconsolate loiter mas- ter ot. the field. The i7ive;hastened to the nearest sur geon's, to get their wounds dressed, and one of them is so seriously wounded as to be incapacitated 'from following his ordiuiry . avocation, The other two . are not so severely wounded, but they, are laanehting over their wounds and lost clothes.—Leeds Times, .e sent to JellalabaJl of all .I,ro been his pr rived at this port on We on till the Grent Western st transaetio to extent. France, 5-45, to LATEST FROM TtIE U mail steam•ship Britann ilia h ❑ lat. -New Orleans, abania, 6 to 101 I Harlem ates were, or The domestic new; in the papers is' not of any gener . interest, the population of the several stat whole attention absorbed by electioneeri The transalantic mail steam-ship Calendonia, which sailed from Liverpool on the 18th ult. arr i ve d a t Halifax on the 30th, after a passage of twelve days twelve hours. She would reach Boston on the 2d instant. matters The accounts from Canada, are to the 26th ult. Lieute nant-Colonel Cameron, C. 8., of the 79th Highlanders, is dead. The British Statesman finds great fault with the election for justices of the peace, they being, according to that authority, of the lowest description. Mr. Morin had been gazetted as a CommisSioner of crown lands. Most of the English Canadian papers were condemning the conduct of the Governor-General, charging him with rewarding rebellion and despising loyalty. The a ppoi ntmet Edward Gibbon Wakefield - to an office oeliigh authority, was talked of. It was feared, that, if such an appointment did take place, the British party would be exasperated with the ption of a threatening attitude War was still raging between Texas and Mexico. A ru mour was prevalent that the mediation of the United States had been offered, in the hope of bringing about a reconcilia tion between the two powers. It was said that Mr. Web ster, by instruction of the President, had addressed a letter to the American - Minister, at Austria, inclosing a copy of instructions which had already been forwarded to Mr. Thompson, at Mexico, directing him to express in the name of the American Government, the hope that it might be deemed to comport with the interest of the Texan Govern ment to suspend any offensive military operation which might be in contemplation against the Mexican Republic; until the result should be known of the negotiation which Mr. Thompson had been directed to undertake. Papers of later dates mention the arrival of General Al monte, Envoy Extraordinary .and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Mexican Republic in the United States: He had been formally presented to the President, to whom lie deli vered the following address:— " The letter which I have the honour to place in . your Ex cellency's hands, sufficiently manifests the sentiments of true friend Ship which animate his Excellency, the President of the Mexican Republic, towards the Government of the United States. I can assure your Excellency, that mine are in perfect accordance with these, and that during the period of my stay in this country, as the Representative of my Na tion, I will omit no endeavour to consolidate the friendship between the two nations, which, by their political importance, in this. hemisphere, by the similarity of their institutions, and for other reasons, no less worthy to be considered, but which it would take much time to enumerate, are called to remain in a state of constant amity and good understanding with each other, not only for the promotion of their recipro cal welfare, but also from the'faCt that they are the protec- • tors and perpetrators of true Republican principles in till vast American Continent. " May Providence favour my desires !" The following is the reply of the President : " It affords me pleasure to receive you as the representa tive of the Mexican Republic, and nothing will he wanting on my part, compatible with the honour of the United States, to encourage that friendly feeling between the two countries, which you represent to be the chief object of your mission. Every motive of public interest leads me to hope, that your mission will be signalised by confirming and strengthening the bonds of amity and friendship which should always exist between neighbouring states, and nothing shall be wanting on my part to bring about so desirable an end." Meanwhile it a rom papers received from Galveston to the Bth ult. t . • exican and Texian forces had met, and that the latter ha. been victorious. The accounts are full of rumours, and but little that bears the stamp of per fect authenticity can be met with. THE AFFAIRS OF THE LEVANT (From yesterday's Times.) Our private correspondence from Alexandria of the 26th ult., received by express, announces the departure of. the British Consul-General Barnett for Cairo on the preceding day. The last dispatches received from Mehemit Ali were dated Zagazik. Letters from Dimietta and from Siout in Upper Egypt give some melancholy accounts of the misery prevailing i❑ tt►at province in consequence of the destruction of their cattle. The oxen are described as dropping dead suddenly as if struck with a musket ball. Letters from Cairo of the lith of the Ramazan announces that the unexpected and unseasonable rising of the Nile had carried desolation throughout the country. The floods had carried away the corn stores at Bonlac, which had been but lately filled. Persons wishing to pass from old Cairo to the new town were obliged to make use of boats, and the houses of Cairo were flooded by the waters of the canal of Halle, a circumstance unparalleled in the annals of Egypt Boghos Bey, in consequence of a repro him by Colonel Barnett,.and the Russia ion made to ,!, I\l Krab- mer e had ordered the Cu . ston - ; chests or parcels addressed to -house offwers, not to open any From Constantinople we have letters to the 27th ult. i n _ No account of the rising of the Druses and Maro- 27th ult. •So confident was the Divan that the Syrian coes 7 tiou was settled since.tbe adjustment of the. difficulties started by the European Powers, that it had intrusted Essacl Pasha, on his arrival at Beyrout, to lose no time in organizing the government of Lebanon according to the plan submitted to and approved by the Ambassadors. lie was accordingly to dismiss, Omar Pasha and appoint two Calunacans, who were to govern, under his control, the Druses and Maronites. As respected Persia, the Porte receeived on the 23d,. via Trebizond,intelligence of the most pacific, nature from that No recent _engagement had occurred, and a Per sian corps of army, assembled on the frontier, near Bajazid, had consented to withdraw to a considerable distance into the interior, on an assurance from the Ottoman authorities that the Turkish forces collected in the neighbourhood would likewise fall hack. The roads, however, in that quarter con tinued to be infested by Kurds, who plundered indiscrimately the caravans and travellers of both countries. cpu4try •The Porte seemed to attach the utmost importance to the events now passing in the Moldavo-Wallachian i principalities, for, notwithstanding the solemnity of the Ratnazan, it never ceased an instant to devote its attention to the affairs of Wallachia. On the 21st Sarfet Effendi, the first interpreter of the,lrnperial Divan, left for Buchorest, furnished with the most precise instructions relative to the government of that country.. On his arrival there, he was to appoint a provi sional administration, composed of three members, who were to rule the principality until the. election of the new Prince and his installation, in virtue of the sanction of the Sultan. This election was to be made by the general assembly of the deputies of the several districts, out of a list of five candi dates. Those candidates were Messrs. Campiniano, Stirbeg, General Kisselef, Valpi, and Georges Philipesco. All the chances were in favour of the latter, whose election was re garded as certain. Rifaat Pasha, the new ambassador of the Porte in Vienna, embarked for that destination in the Costendji steamer on the 27th. The Sultan intended to accredit a Minister Plenipotentiary in Berlin. 'ralat Effendi, former Charge d'Affaires in France, was to be invested with that mission. Prince Nicholas Voghorihes, son of the Prince of Samos, had left, with important despatches for the Governor of Moldavia. Emir Effendi took his departure for Verna, with the Servian deputies, on the 20th. This Envoy, who was the bearer of the beret of his Highness, confirming the election of Prince Alexander in the place of Prince Michael, was to proceed thence to Belgrade, to invest the former with the decoration and insignia of his new dignity. . The'Malta Times of the 2th instant announces that a pre cautionary naval force was to be stationed on the coast of Syria. " The very serious news, it says, " which we pub lished in our last evidently requires a force to be sent to the coast of Syria forthwith. We have seen the departure of the Indus, and we doubt not that other ships will follow. The .11owe and the Inconstant are talked of. They are taking in six months' provisions. We imagine a considerable force will be. sent." RAILWAY THROUGH VIENNA.—The Austrian government has authorised the construction of a railway to traverse Vi enna, and unite the station at the north with that of the south of the country. The carriages, are to be drawn by horses. The marriage of the Princess Augusta of Cambridge will be announced to parliament immediately on its meeting, which is expected to take place early in February, and a provision to be settled on the Princess will be promised by the minis ters. The ceremony of the marriage will, it is expected, take place at Rumpenheim, the residence _of the late Landgrave Frederick of Hesse, the father of the Duchess of Cambridge ; and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Mary of Cambridge, will accompany their rela tive to the continent, to assist at her nuptials with her cousin Frederick William Charles George Ernest Adolphus Gustavus, Hereditary Grand Duke of,Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The time for the ceremony is not at present known, but is expected to take place in the .spring of neat year.—Court Journal. ALICE LOWE AND LORD FRANKFORT AGAIN.-At the 'street Police-office, on Saturday. Alice Lowe, whose name has acquired so muchnotoriety in connection with Lord Frankfort, appeared before Mr. Twyford, the sitting magi strate, accompanied by Mr. Wolff, from the office of Mr. Flower, the solicitor, in Hatton-garden, to apply for a sum mons against Mr. Vaughan, the pawnbroker, under the fol lowing circumstances :—Mr. Wolff said he was instructed by Miss Lowe to apply for a summons against Mr. Vaughan, to compel him to give up to her a quantity of jewellery and ar ticles of verlu, which had been pledged by her at his shop. He (Mr. Wolff) stated that Miss Lowe had been tried at the Old Bailey on a charge, brought forward at the instigation of Lord Frankfort, of stealing the articles in question, when, after a lengthened investigation, she was acquitted, and on leaving the gaol the duplicates of the property were, as a mat ter of course, instantly delivered up to her, but when she ap plied to Mr. Vaughan he refused to part with the property unless an indemnity was given him. A friend of the appli cant attended to give the requisite indemnity, but in the in terim Mr. Vaughan had been served with a writ of action on the part of Lord Frankfort, and had therefore again refused to give them up. There were a great number of articles pledged, but at present Miss Lowe only applied to redeem three of them.—Mr. Twyford said he thought the applicant was entitled to a summons, but he wished to know under what particular act of parliament Mr. Wolff had applied to him. Mr. Wolff said it was under the 39 and 40 Geo. 111., cap. 99, which commanded a pawnbroker to show cause why he re fused to deliver up property on the production of the dupli cate together with the principal and interest for which it had been pledged. Mr. Twyford wished to know what power he had under that act? Mr. Wolff said if Mr. Twyford was satisfied that the case was made out, he had power:to order the pawnbroker to deliver up the property, and if he should refuse, he (Mr. Twyford) could commit him to prison until he complied. Mr. Twyford : Well, you may have your , ummons. (Turning towards Alice Lowe) Fray, : how old ' Mice Lowe : I shall be twenty in February. Mr. are you Are you sure that, you have made a regular application to Mr. Vaughan to deliver up the property? Mice -Lowe : Oh, yes! I offered him both principal and in terest, and tendered the duplicates. He says he is aware that I am entitled to the property, hut he is afraid to give it up, in consequence of the writ of action havir , been served on him. Mr, Twyford again said that the applicant could take a summons, and the parties, having thanked the worthy ma. gistrate, withdrew. ,The applicant was driven to the court in her own private carriage, her coachman being in livery. She was attired in the same garments she wore at her trial, but appeared-to be in much better health. On Wednesday the parties again -appeared befere , Mr. Twyford,-when that gen tleman postponed his decision until March, by which time the action brought by- Lord , Frankfort against Mr. Vaughan will have bcen decided, 'Vws ford desper a mark of the high esteem ent essential service they had done the province in their exteri nation. It appears that these indiviLluals, who were parties having an interest in the quiet and peace of the out stations, where these depredations aenerally occurred, undertook to scour the spot supposed to be the rendezvous of the delinquents whom they surprised and effectually vanquished, but not be fore the death of the leader on the one side, and the wounding of one of their own party on the other. The capture was made on the Yavra-yavra. - So hotly had the bushrangers been pursued since their late robberies in that district, that, ac cording to the confession of one of the gang, their determi nation was fixed to have mustered the three hands from Goulbouru, Geelong, and Melbourne for the next day, in order to seize's vessel and leave the colony. The bushran gers appear to hate been runaway seamen, well armed and accoutred for resistance in-every:possible way. A good deal of valuable property was recovered from their haunt. One of them is described as uCharles 'Ellis, of Surrey, in Eng land, aged le, but of athletic proportions considering his youth. His enthusiasm for a freebooter's life was exhibited in the maniac grasp with.which be received and caressed the dead body of his comrade when called upon to speak to its identity. Accounts had. arrived from Portland-bay of the murder of Mr. M`Kenzie, at his sheep station in that dis trict, by the backs, and the robbery of 8,000 of his flocks, The crops in most parts of Port Philip promised favourably, and a ship from South Australia advised the grain lands there as furnishing much evidence of the abundance which, in the shape . of .wheat,. barley, and oats, will hereafter be afforded by the agricultural operations of the settlers. .A surplus is positively predicted, which, it is said, including the expenses of shipment, .&c., will be available for the sup ply of the other parts of Australia. THE LATE GALES. DEAL, TUESDAY NIGHT. An English brig, the Smales, Robert Tyas, master, bound from Quebec to Whitby, was fertunately preserved last night from being driven from the beach (where she must have be come a complete wreck, from the violence of the gale, then just springing up)by the interpidity of the Deal boatmen. . , At about 9 o'clock last night she was about to run from the Downs, where she had put in for shelter on Sunday, to the northward ; but the captain, not well knowing the coast, got within a quarter of a mile of the shore, and in less than three fathoms of water. Indeed, so near was the vessel to the beach, that during the lull of the wind 1 could plainly hear the men speaking on board. Four Deal boats (with 40 men) immediately put off, and after great efforts for upwards of half an hour, the boatmen succeeded, with an easterly wind " blowing dead ashore," in preserving the brig (worth be tween £4,000 and £5,000), and taking it to a safe anchorage in the Downs. The captain has agreed to give £lB5 to the boatmen for having saved the vessel—an offer which will not be accepted, and therefore the case must Le taken before the Salvage Commissioners here for adjudication. There is no doubt that the salvors would accept of £2OO for their really valuable and efficient services. The revenue cutter Ranger, Lieutenant Baker, and the Lady Flora, Lieutenant Batt, which were cruising in the Downs, were last night compelled to make for Ramsgate harbour, which they reached in safety. The Russian Finland ship Iris, Captain H. E. Hockhort, arrived in the Downs this morning with loss of anchor and cable, which parted in the bay of Boulogne during last night's gale. They have just been supplied by Messrs. Goodwin, Curling, and Co., the agents to Lloyd's. Thef;rig Phcebe, of S - underland, Irom Quebec, with a cargo of timber, was very nearly blown on shore here last night, but by the timely assistance of the Deal boatmen she was got clear, with 'the loss of two anchors (which have since been supplied) and she is now riding in safety in the roads. Counsellor Lamb, an old man when Lord Erskine was in the height of his reputation, who was of timid manners and nervous disposition, usually prefaced his pleadings with an apology to that effect, and on one occasion, when opposed in some cause to Erskine, he happened to remark that " he felt himself growing more and more timid as he grew older." " No wonder," replied the witty but relentless barrister. " every one knows the older a lamb grows the more sheepish he becomes." THE QUEEN OF SPAIN.—While rumour gives so many future husbands to Isabella Segunda, did it never occur to any one that, most probably, she will never marry ? Too many conflicting and powerful interests are at stake for Espartero to risk his existence , by such a step. Besides, it is a melancholy fact, that her Majesty is inflicted with scrofula, and her general health is very precarious. Her young sister, on the contrary, is endowed with an excellent constitution, which bids fair to outlive the political one of 1837, and Exaltados, Moderados, and id genus omne, look towards her as the destined arbitress of their fortunes. — Correspondent of the Morning Post. OUTPACE.—On Friday night last, two men knocked at the door of Bridget Shaughnessy, a lone widow, residing at Quinn's Acre, near Portumna ; not getting immediate en trance, one of the fellows forced his wa y th roug h the wi n d ow , and opened : the door for his comrades. On his entering they demanded money, which she denied ; they then seized her, and threatened to roast her on the fire, which they drew from` its,reakings for that purpose; being dreadfully fright cried' , she, yielded up £29 Gs., the earnings of many a year. The'ruffians then set fire to the house at both ends, which, with the little furniture, was speedily consumed. The poor creature was robbed about five years since of all her clothes. —Galway SWindard. SAGACITY OF A CAT.—Au almost incredible instance of sagacity occurred a few days ago in a cat, which, if it bad happened in ,days of yore, when people firmly believed in witchcraft, ,would have been attributed to that cause. A friend of ours having occasion to leave the house along with his family, accidentally locked the cat outside the door. After an hour's absence. they returned, and found the cat purring at the fireside ; and onlooking about to see by what mode it had effected its' entrance, they found a quantity of soot lying in a bed-room grate, and a board, which is gene rally placed in front of the fireplace when the fire is out, forced out of its place. As an additional proof that the cat had entered by the Aimney—which, by the by, has several cans at the, top . , and• is not less than four stories from the ground—,on examining it, they found it covered with soot, and a quantity deposited on a bed on which the cat had lain down. By what• Means it had found out this novel way to get into the house,,must, like many other important things, remain unkaown; butit certainly shows a degree of reason ing power for •which the cat does not usually get credit.— Scotsman. POISONING BY SNAILS.—A family of peasants living in the commune of Clermont, near Toulouse, fell a sacrifice to poisoning by snails. The physician who attended them com municated the details to the Journal de Toulouse :—" From what I collected concerning the circumstance which preceded the disease, and those' which accompanied it, and from the symptoms 'which I myself witnessed, I had no difficulty in recognising a case of poisoning like those occasioned by nar col!co acrid vegetables such as belladonna. hyogcyamus, thorn-apple, &c. No doubt remained in my mind as to the case of this terrible disease, as soon as I knew that the snails eaten had been collected in the bushes called in French redout, but i❑ the patois of the country, roudout. Every one knows that the leaves and young shoots are a poison to the domestic animals which browse on them, and that they kill them, after causing giddiness, and a kind of epileptic attack ; but a fact which is not known, is, that the flesh of these animals may occasion the greatest danger, and even death itself. Symptoms like those which I have just wit nessed are rare ; but it is common to see among our peasants indisposition caused by snails, which comes from their eating them as soon as they are gathered. The example of the an cient Romans should he followed, and these animals should be brought to table until they have been kept six months or a year, feeding them with bran and wild thyme. This is the way also to make them fatter and more savoury.—Gazette Medicale, Oct. 22,1842. Ecosoms - AnaoAD.—(Extract of a Letter.)—" There is no alteration in the hostile disposition of the people towards us. They are greatly disappointed that our affairs hare taken so favourable a turn with America, but console themselves with the hope that we shall lose India. I have lately been into La Vendee. to Vannes and L'Orient. Except along the few chaussees, the roads are almost impassable even on foot at this season. I did not like the country. The bread is very bad, and is coated over with a thick, dark kind of varnish. The butter is worse. Inside and outside it resem bles lard mixed with dirt. I could live in Ireland cheaper than on the Loire—and how much better! Dress for fe males is double the price here that it is in Dublin ; and many articles are three times the price. Clothing for men is nearly in the same proportion. Such are the prices when the shop keepers deal fairly with you; but taking into account the cheating and imposition, you could live cheaper in London. The winter has now set in. During the last 10 days the weather has been very cold ; and they say it is excessively cold in the depth of winter. The houses are not suitable for cold wea ther ; and fuel is very dear. I feel like a man in a prison, because I cannot obtain any out-door amusement. The lands are divided into very small patchess of one or two acres ; and, without the permission of the owner, a man is not al lowed to shoot. Each owner of a small field is very tenaci ous of his rights, so that sporting is impossible." Such is the description given by a plain Englishman of the advantages of a residence on the far-famed banks of the Loire. ON THE GROWTH. OF OSIERS.—Much has been said and written about the waste lands in Ireland, and no doubt the subject is a very important one, and it were much to be de sired that capital and skill should be employed to fertilise them. There is, however, a description of waste ground to be found in almost every district that by common consent seems to be allowed to lie waste and unproductive—these are the marshy and wet spots of the farm, which, from their levels, cannot well be drained or made available for tillage. Now, if persons who have such patches were to plant them with osiers, and annually cut them, it would produce a sum that would astonish the owner. It is scarcely to be believed, although it is nevertheless a fact, that the Institution for the Blind of the city of Dublin have been obliged to import osiers largely from England to keep their hands employed, and that it frequently happens the trade of basket-making in Dublin is at a stand still (with souse at least) for want of osiers. When it is considered how little trouble there is in the cultivation of osiers—how otherwise valueless the ground is that will do well for them—how very smalli, if any, the risk of failure froM the vicissitude of seasons, and that, after all, an acre of osiers, at anything like the present price, will make More money than an acre of wheat, is it not surpri'sing that the growth of them is not more attended to? With re ference to the employment induced by an abundance of Osiers, it could easily be shown that a large plantation of osiers, as a source of employment, is of more value to the neighbourhood where it is. situated (particularly to the children, as leading to habits of industry) than the proximity of a great public work—the first is continuous and natural ; the other is evanescent, and, when done, leaves the desola tion and idleness that may be seen at Howth and other places. And let it not be supposed that the trade in baskets is a b triflins- or insignificant one. By the facilities of steam the' Great English ports are oped to us the consumption and use of fish 'and fowl baskets in London alone is enormous, where they could ha sent in nests at a very moderate freight, while the export baskets, required for the nearer ports of Liverpool, Glagow; &c., is also very considerable. The tendencies of human nature are too much to the sighing for great things that arc out of our reach, and to despise or ne glect the small Practical matters that are within our reach, Let us suppose a benevolently disposed person, having, at the same time, a wish to improve his own property, to plant in ground abet wise of ,very little value a few acres of osiers near a village, abOhnding with unemployed children ; a few pounds spent instructing them, in the first instance, would turn all these idle children to profit a bl e i n d u St ry , an d h e may haVe the Pleasure . of cirenlating one, two, or three hundred pounds per annum (far better than the suns in alms) to in crease the comforts of the villagers ; hut should he not wish to enter into the, manufacture, if he but grow the osiers he will find a.ready sale.for them,.and the abundance of the raw material will do good somewhere, either in the city or the , cotintry, by the employitentit would give. - Ebr Ethrrpoot tansoarD. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 184 We have for some months past heerribuder the ne cessity of suppl} ing to our Manchester readers tb i , want of a journal honest and bold enough to reill upon the doings of the junta who misgovern t hat great manufacturing emporium. This admission ` viii account to our Liverpool friends for the rather un dt ; e space which Manchester politics have occasinnl e occupied in our columns. Our neighbours, as t f world knows, possess the u ns p ea k a bl e a dvantage . ° being enlightened twice a week by that unerring oracle, the Manchester G uar di an . Hi s di c ta, leis °l3l • nions, his facts, are the mea t an d d r i n k o f the cotton ,, spinning population. The Guardian is their literaryt breakfast, dinner, and supper. He is the misty Pl an s which they worship morn i ng an d even i ng; and tt i f well for mankind that a cons t an t contemplatio e such a luminary has the effect of producing in t ' r gazer the state of mind denominated " muddy," ° the world w 04 long ago have been subjected t° some awful ;ulsiOn or conflagration, from the e.• traordinary amount of knowledge, commercial, 1 3°11 e tical, and philosophical, which appearsemanat from the very handling of calico and cotton bobbins,: Of late, however, " a change has Come o'er the spiri t , of the luminary in question. He has refused to s hine , has been mysterious and moody ; upon nil important matters, has been but a dumb oracle; and we have unwillingly been compelled to step out of orbit to enlighten his dis'consolate and defserted Asrol' shippers. We are happy, however, to ob:;erve, that th e sullen fit of the Guardian is at length passing fray him. The crash of the Bank of Manchester belb re his very eyes ; the sight of bank directorS with wh °lll he once hobnobbed, " Fallen from their high estate, And weltering in " recollections of rotten rag-money, premiums, a dividends of nine per cent. per annum ; the conte ilv ' plation of ruined widows a n d or ph ans , of desol ate homes and blighted pro s pect s , cause d by the gra s p ' ing selfishness and dishonesty of men who can th en ', selves swag ge r i n official trappings ;—these th ing moved him not. A h un d re d B an k s o f Manches ter might have been broken, a hundred tnanagers °i r e .sconded; and not a word would our moody ( 0° , 4 have vouchsafed respecting them. But a few rentafr, of ours upon one of his favourite theories—the reg ti . . l3 tion of the market for labour—have waked the slt um ; being philosopher. The stream of drivel is once rn el c let loose; and in a while, after the way the wind blebs has been duly ascertained, it will meander over the whole range of hitherto untouched ground, and 1 4 1' chester will be enlightened upon the subjects of ba ll '; ing and hank directions, corn-laws and curreneY , °, mystified with respect to th e same , as t h e breech es pocket barometer of our astute friend may decide. e Really, and seri ous ly, we d o sympat hi se with tb of people who are se lf- con d emne d to t h e to l er ance , er such an organ as th e M anc h es t er G uar di a n. shuffling and tri mm i ng , n ibbli ng a t straws , faste o upon petty questions of mere word s , th a t journal os never, during its long existence—if to crawl can ny called to exist—grappled, in time and honestly, with a ts question, however importantly affecting the inte re. o of the locality in which it is assume d to rePr ese ss u public opinion. It is, at this v e ry mom ent, and '1 been for years past, at iss ue w ith th e principle s ti , s action which actuate the p rocee di ngs o f the A, Corn-law League ; yet it d ares no t d eno unce t htl he proceedings. It cannot . have been ignorant o f t reckless management of the Bank of Manchester; ),et e , it has never dared to denounce that reckless ment ; and it dares not even now, ready as it is Ust i % to kick friends and opponents when they are c 1611 1 1.; express an opinion upon the subject. It shirks e ve s question upon which any section of its supP°rte to however unimportant, may differ from it; an d, 0 quote its own expressive la ngua g e , use d on a re ee for memorable occasion in a recent memorable article, of all useful purposes of a local journal, as directors public opinion in their ow n l oca lit y , t h e .71Inne4es t. • ter o Guardian and its edito rs " m i g ht j ust as well "0 Liverpool" or Kamschatka " as where they are." the We purposed offering a few remarks upon article in his last p u bli cat i on a dd resse d to oursel c ' ps ,i but really; on re -pe rusa l , we find that to do so w °l-1 10 . be only a Wast e o f paper, ink, and the patience (4° o f readers. A s a spec i men, h owever, o f t h e kind of flimsy rubbi s h,. w hi c h t h e G uar di an i s i n the ba bl ' n , passing off among hi s rea d ers as philosophy', sv e cl o p, not resist laying befo re th e p u bli c th e f o llowing e , lent morceau :—" Can the Standard point to anY c3ll 11 01 except one suicidal restrictions on trade, which s as prevent the women of Great Britain from eari lifigo good wages as are earned by the women of Ant eric a be Now what, we ask, is the inference intended t° ti oo conveyed by this passage ? Obviously, that the g, isi wages earned by the women of America are on butable to the absence of "suicidal restricti ons trade" in that country. And, yet the veriest h°°b o r , that ever pinned his faith upon the sleeve ° f Anti-Corn Law philosopher, knows well that ictitorleit rica, above most other countries, has ever n l3 a point of her boasted commercial and floa nc policy to impose those very " restrictions upon tra cie be , which the Guardian terms " suicidal , " an d tot be . .absence of which he would have us believe is t° r attributed the prosperity of her industrial popu lat ion America America protects her native industry; an d hence parts, at .least,,its flourishing state when compared is, the PanperiSed industry. of Great Britain. S u rely n os , a t tempt to deceive is, on the part'of. the Guardia n, impudent as it is - transparent and silly ! The task of correcting garbled statements „ t to' f a l s e , premises, is, however; an occupation 11— our taste; and we shall, therefore, take leave of °Le- CED STATES. Captai at of her leaving 13C. ..'U, 1 Kenerall for the packeEv D. she passed k moderate tly declined. vere to a mo- n, 106 to 1O bough they do not sui Interme.liate (late received. by the overland mail, give iment of t tory news of t death of their leader, who, with I less freebooters, had so long hai perty of th farmer bushranger rector of several companies of t determined resistance, and submits'. ,e shooting of Williams, who, as the ieir manceuvre d endeavoured, while a pri parties who had him in custody. A pub c dinner was to be given by the colonists to the gentlem ad volunteered their assistance in the capture of the [lined f AUSTRALIA have come to hand from Port Philip additional informa ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. FOR THE BENEFIT 01 ,1 31R. sLoAlv, ONE OF MS APPENILANCE THE LAST NIGHT B THIS present FRIDAY thv 18th nstanabt, -L the Performances to commence with the l aughle Piece, entitled MANCEUVRING ;• , AN IRISHMAN'S INHERITANCE ivi`Shane In the course of the Evening, a variety of SINGING' F:Conway After which, A FAMILIAR ACQUAINTANCE Mrs. Chatterley .. To be followed by the Lang' Mrs. W. n. Cup ble Interlude, in Two Acts, of A DAY WELL SPENT. I\lizzle Mr. Sloan. Bolt • Mr. Melville. Mr. Allwood, Lea der of the Band,) will perform the favour!tc Air of JENNY JONES, with' Variations on the Viola), his own composition. To conclude with (by particular desire) MESMERISM ! Mike Murphy Mr. Sloan TO-MORROW,---A variety of ENTERTAINME NTS ' in which Mr. Sloan will appear. . . TO CORRESPONDENTS The incumbency of St. Anne's is not now vested in the • poration. It was sold under the provisions of the 1 0 1, cipal Reform Act, and, we believe, wa s purchased by t Rev. Mr. Stringer, of St. John';Church, in this tow", and is consequently at hiS disposal The gratuities awarded by the Gaol Finance Committe et° their servants, in acknowledgment of their exertions Ati. e late fire in Great Howard-street, will, we suppose. be nn paid immediatelythe reason for the delay compl.ainey of by " A Constant Reader of the Standard" is sufficient it accounted for by the fact, that the proceedings of t :,!!, committee, in respect to the awards, required, actor re to the standing orders, confirmation by the council befbii; being carried into effect. The Watch Committee for!II.fo a •payment as this are, we believe, independent 01 council A correspondent, - who dates from :Manchester, segoinqui i gh tiler we think it possible to " answer" certain queries t ; i ; be encloses to us, " upon free trade principles." Th ere ( some obscurity in the question ; but we see the meanief!°, the writer, and shall give him a candid reply. It P ° Ac s t, ble to answer these or any other querie s —to refute, in any position of an opponent—upon " free trade prineiPle 9 ;„ for one of the principles of the advocates of free trade , f e et s ried out in their practice, is to make very free with e ; r ee and premises. Concede to a man this one principle o '✓s trade, and he will prove to you any absurdity you ha le mind. THE ANT .....MONOPOLY GATHERING.—We have no., on- , it-t ,ea / —who could ?—the melancholy instance of a b e rration ; d intellect pointed out to us by a Correspondent, as e vinc f in the bombastical placard of the above collectio n demented old women. " CARRIAGES must set doar'' with the horses' heads to the south, and tak e ,. e u i, with their heads to the north." PRODIGIOUS ! /P' fi e n j barrows and trucks, we presume, " take 1 1 1 3 e, " set down" at the stage door. We hope, by-the-utY,-d that stretchers will be provided for those of the exl!er r le spouters who may happen not to be provided w" necessary amount for the hire of a cab. The rejec te : r e Abercromby Ward would no doubt, if requested, take t of Mr. Joseph Hume's umbrella for the night, wi th° either interest or a charge for the ticket.