The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-20 00:00:00

g EGGLESTON'S TOOTH PASTE.—We beg to recommend this excellent specific for the Tooth-ache ; we believe it will be found, if not a cure, a great relief in the worst of cases. We perceive by the Manchester papers that the celebrated vocalists, Miss J)elcy and Mr. Templeton, will perform there , at the Theatre-Royal, on Saturday next, in the opera of " La Sonnambula." On the sth, 6th, 7th, and Bth instant respectively, inquests were holden before Johu Heyes, Esq., on view of the bodies of individuals wh ose d ea th s had been occasioned by their clothes having been set on fire. The first of these was at Huyton, on the body of Ellen Pendleton, aged 13, whose clothes caught fire frgm a candle which she placed on the floor behind her. She lingered in the greatest agony for two days, when she expired.—That on the 6th was at Warring ton, on the body of a child named Hannah Hilton, who was about three years of age. She lived only thirteen hours after her clothes were set on fire.—The next was holden at Hay dock, on the body of Mrs. Evans, an old lady, 86 years of age. She was sitting in her own apartment, near the fire, when her clothes ignited, and almost instantly she was burned so dreadfully as to occasion her death in three days after wards.—The last of them was another holden at Warrington. The deceased, Hannah MacGowan, three years old, was playing with the fire, when she set her clothes in flames, and lived only twenty hours after.—lt would be truly lamentable to see recorded all the deaths which take place under circum stances similar to those above narrated. Death in almost any shape, to ordinary minds, has something appalling in its aspect ; but if there be one shape in which the great leveller of human nature makes his appearance more frightful .than another, it is when he carries off his victims by tire. Chil dren and elderly females form the principal item in this cata logue of human sufferings, and of these by far the greatest number belonging to the former class. Of course the majo rity of them are the children of persons in the poorer ranks of society. Parents who have any regard for their offspring, cannot caution their children too much against this danger ous element. If not checked, the practice of playing with fire, lighting sticks, paper, or any thing which comes in their yiay, is almost universal amongst children, and this practice is too often looked upon by parents with criminal indiffer ence, and it is no wonder that many, by these means, meet with an excruciating death. TOXTETII-PARK PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION Yesterday evening the half-yearly meeting of the members and friends of this Association was held in the Town-hall, Mill-street, a new building of considerable size, (erected ex pressly for the association,) and with a neat architectural front. The Rev. Mr. Mrisleile presided. He was supported by a number of gentlemen of the ward of the first respecta bility, including several gentlemen of the establishment. In the small gallery, behind the platform, were several ladies, and in the room there were a considerable number of females. Before the hour appointed for the meeting the room became filled, and shortly after the commencement of the proceedings so great was the throng, that it was found necessary to close the doors.—to the exclusion of many individuals who were anxious to obtain admittance. Mr. WNEILE said, that he understood a Roman catholic priest was now delivering controversial sermons at St. An thony's chapel, and that the advertisement announcing this announces also that he will in each of them reply to some of the Protestant discourses which have been delivered in this town. Now, said the reverend gentleman, it is certainly high time for them to reply, or at least to attempt to reply to our discourses. I delivered one about five years ago, and I believe it has never been answered yet. I took the liberty of throwing it down as a first statement in a controversy with Mr. Maguire, and to pledge myself to a rejoinder so soon as he had published an answer to my dis course. I have waited in vain for an answer. Perhaps Dr. Butler will now do what Mr. Maguire failed to do, and again I pledge myself to a rejoinder, as soon as Dr. Butler shall publish an answer to my sermon; while my sermon remains unanswered, our opponents have no right to boast. I do not approve of religious controversy in noisy public meetings, where a sally of wit or vulgarity, dissipates se rious reflection, and indisposes an assembly for the time being, to approach the subject in discussion with due reve rence. But I highly value religious controversy, gravely and dispassionately carried on through the press. And I hereby challenge the Rev. Dr. Butler to publish his sermon, in which he has referred to, and quoted from my discourse on the character of the Church of Rome." The Rev. Gen tleman adduced many instances of the evil effects of Popery. Wherever it reared its head, the liberties of the people, both civil and religious, were destroyed. They must resist its encroachments, for already had the emissaries of Po pery got into power in this country, and if their mis chievous career were not arrested, the result would be as fatal to this country, as were revolutionary and infidel principles to France, which by going on enlarging the privileges of the people (as they were called), was eventually crushed by a military despotism. The liberties of this coun try would fall a similar sacrifice if they (the Protestants) were not on the alert. The rev. gentleman then said that he had a petition to propose to the meeting which he trusted would, if numerously signed, be of great effect in obtaining the objects they had finally in view. It had the support of his rev. friend. Mr. James, of Kirkdale, and would, he doubted not, be signed by parties from Toxteth-park to Walton. (Cheers.) The petition was against Maynooth College. Manchester had shewn a floble example in this point, the signatures obtained to a similar petition in that town being upwards of 37,000. The rev. gentleman then read the following petition, making explanatory comments as he proceeded : " The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of Liverpool and the neighbourhood, " Humbly sheweth, _ _ " That whether your petitioners contemplate the college of Maynooth, in Ireland, as a political experiment, or a se minary for education, moral or religious, they are compelled to feel that it has proved a total failure. " As a political experiment, it was founded for the avowed purpose of guarding against the introduction, into these realms (by means of Roman Catholic clergymen educated on the continent), of principles altogether hostile to our religion and government. In this point of view, the experience of forty-five years more than justifies the assertion—that May nooth has been a failure ; and the examinations held from time to time, before committees of your honourable house, on the causes of Irish outrages, supply lamentable proof that it has been worse, much worse, than a mere failure. " As a seminary for education, it was of course intended by .the British government and nation, that sound morals at least should be inculcated in the College of Maynooth ; in ientlpoint. also it has been proved worse than a failure : the tion books r eturne d to your comm i ss i oners o f I r i s h educa ethie'rtas s ed by authority in Maynooth, contain systems of a n d k" if Such dissertions can deserve the name,) so inverted unchristian, as to encourage criminality and indecency --to r en d exalt render property under the British crown insecure—to a perjury, und er cer t a i n c ir cums t ances , into the rank of s uPPosed virtue ; a nd to make allegiance to their church (even when it involves sedition and rebellion) to take pre cedence of loyalty to our Sovereign. " Your itioners would rescul bt earnestly solicit the attention of your honourable house to u the fact, that the professi ons made by the Roman Catholic hierarchy to the British minister and parliament, assuring them that the per secuting doctrines of the Papal system in former ages, were now of no authority in Ireland : professions on the faith of which Mr. Pitt was induced to act in 1795, and your hon ourable house in 1829—have been palpably falsified by the circulation of the most obnoxious of those persecuting doc trines under the authoritative sanction of the same hierarchy. " Your petitioners therefore humbly implore your honour able house tot ke into your consideration the two acts of the -Irish Parliament, 35 and 40 Geo. 111, wherein certain duties in connexion with the College of Maynooth are imposed upon the Lord Lieutenant, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and several of the. Irish Judges, especially the duty of visitation : while at the same time they are debarred from all inquiry into the religious discipline or doctrines taught in that col lege. " Your petitioners respectfully but earnestly submit, that independent of the vicious principle involved, such visitation under such restrictions is useless, and that consequently the Lord Lieutenant, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and the Judges should be relieved by authority of your honourable house from all connexion with the College of Maynooth." In the course of his remarks on the petition, the rev. chairman said that the parliamentary grant to Maynooth College had now been continued for many years ; and that establishment was found to be totally subversive of religion and morality. He particularly alluded to the class books of the college, which it was undeniable inculcated principles totally inconsistent with true religion or sound morals. The rev. gentleman then adverted to Mr. Colquhoun's Bill, and sat down amid loud cheers. Mr. WATHAm moved the adoption of the petition after a very long and elaborate address . on the evils of Popery, and the absolute necessity of resisting its encroachments, if England's glory and independence were to be preserved. in conclusion he addressed himself to the immediate objects of the half-yearly meeting, urging the members and those who wished to join them, to come forward and renew their tickets, or enter their names as subscribers. (Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. JANt ES seconded the motion, stating that at that late hour he would not delay the meeting by lengthened remark, but he would gladly meet them on a future occa sion. (Cheers.) The motion was put and unanimonsly carried. The CHAIRMAN, in a few powerful closing remarks, al luded to the address of the clergy of Liverpool to the Right Rev. the Bishop of Oxford, for his exertions in inducing the authors of the Oxford Tracts to discontinue them, and said, that in order to forward the address by to-morrow's post, it was necessary that his reverend friend ( I .llr. James) and himself should retire, recommending to them as their chair man, for the rest of the meeting,—(when the signatures to the petition, and the half-yearly business of the meeting should he transacted)—their excellent friend, Mr. Smith. The rev. gentleman retired amidst loud cheers. Mr. SMITH then took the chair, addressing the meeting in a brief and appropriate manner._ _ The busi►iess of renewing tickets, paying subscriptions, &c., then commenced, and when this was concluded the meeting separated, every une highly gratified with the pro ceedings of the evening. THE LATE PROCEEDINGS IN CHINA A meeting of the East India and China Association was held, on Thursday last, for the purpose of taking into con sideration the late proceedings in China. The result of the deliberations of the association was the adoption of a letter to Viscount Palmerst on, in which the .members entered express into by their dissatisfaction at th e recent arrangements l. Captain' Elliott with the Chinese authorires The letter was signed, on Saturday, by all the houses enga g ed with the trade with China, and forwarded, in the even ing, London. We subjoin a copy of the document : "To the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Forei g n A ffairs. " My Lord,—We, the undersigned merchants of Liver pool, engaged in the trade to India and China, venture to address your lordship on the subject of the intelligence which has reached us by the last overland mail, announcing, th at a preliminary treaty had been entered into between her Ma jesty's Plenipotentiary and the Chinese Commissioner, and we do so under deep feelings of disappointment and alarm. " In the treaty to which we refer, as officially communi cated to the British residents in China, on the 20th of January last, we cannot recognise th e fulfilment of any one of the :great and important objects avowedly sought to be obtained by her Majesty's Government in the mission of the formidable armament which proceeded to the coast of China during the la s t year ;. nor can we trace in its p rovisions any thing calculated to afford a prospect of redress for past loss and suffering, or to allay distrust and apprehension in enter ing upon new dealings with the Chinese. " We refrain from intelligence, however worthy of credit, which has reached us from private sources in China, and ab stain from speculating upon the nature of the details that arc stated to remain to be negociated ; but we find, in the contents of the circular itself, issued by her Majesty's Pleni potentiary, ample reason for approaching your lordship with urgent entreaties, that her Majesty's Government will not ratify a treaty the avowed and prominent conditions of which are calculated to degrade the British character in the eyes of other nations, and which contains neither that repa ration for the past nor that security for the future *which the country was led to expect she had a right to demand and was in a situation to enforce. " We have the honour to remain, my lord, your most obedient servants, &c. Liverpool, April 16, 1841." A CAUSE WITHOUT EFFECTS.---" What would be the effects of a general break up of the banks ?" asked a friend of ours of a shrewd New Yorkite the other day. " Why, no e f fects," was the ready answer.--American Paper. ARRIVAL OF COMMODORE SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B MEETING ON FRIDAY On Friday, at twelve o'clock, a very numerous and highly respectable meeting of the gentlemen who signed the requi sition to Sir C. Napier, K.C.8., to accept of an invitation to a public dinner, and others who were favourable thereto, was held in the Cotton Sales' Room. His Worship the Mayor was called to the chair. He stated that a deputation had on Thursday gone alongside the Oriental by the government tender, and had presented the requisition, and he had the pleasure of stating that the invitation had been accepted. His Worship read the reply of the veteran Commodore, in which he returned thanks for the honour done him, and said that he should have much pleasure in becoming their guest. The meeting would therefore now proceed to make such arrange ments as would give effect to the entertainment. He had to state, that Mr. Garnett, of the Custom-house, had intimated that he had not yet received the order for the release of the Oriental from quarantine ; but that he expected it at half past seven on Sunday morning, and that no time would be lost in rendering it available. He (the Mayor) had also re quested Mr. Tudor to communicate with Commodore Napier, as to the precise day (naming either Monday or Tuesday) which would be most convenient for him to attend.—Mr. Maratto said, that on this occasion all political feeling should be merged, and he could not but remark on the bad taste shown by the Mercury ,of that day, by an ex pression of political feeling in reference to this subject. The object was that all parties should join to pay a compli ment to a gallant and deserving officer.—The Mayor re gretted that such feeling should be manifested in any quarter ; for never was a total absence of such feeling in the signing of any requisition.—A conversation took place as to the fittest place for the dinner, and the general opinion was that the Amphitheatre alone would accommodate the expected guests and the ladies. A committee of management, consisting of upwards of thirty gentlemen, of all parties, was then ap pointed, with power to add to their numbers, and it was agreed that they should meet at the Town-hall at two o'clock, to commence business. A vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor, and the meeting separated. At a subsequent meeting of the committee, it was arranged that the dinner should take place last night; and, contrary to the expectation of Mr. Garnett, the order for the release of the Oriental did not arrive on Sunday, and the gallant Commodore did not set footing on terra firma until yester day morning. We now proceed to lay before our readers the enthusiastic welcome which he met with from the inha bitants of Liverpool. LANDING AND GRATIFYING RECEPTION OF THE HERO IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TOWN. Yesterday morning, shortly after eight o'clock, the steamer Redwing, commanded by Lieutenant Tudor, went down to the Sloyne, for the purpose of conveying Commodore Sir Charles Napier from the Oriental, where he has for some days been imprisoned under the quarantine laws, to the George's Pierhead. No time was lost by one who so well understands the value of that important commodity, and who has ever shown so much readiness to take it by the forelock. The gallant Commodore transferred himself to the Redwing immediately, and the consequence was that he approached the pier long before the hour announced for his landing. It was officially stated, on Sunday, that the veteran would debark at ten, o'clock : the Redwing reached the landing place at a few minutes past nine. Had the landing taken place at the time appointed, there might have been more present, but the mul titude could scarcely have evinced greater enthusiasm. A deputation of the committee appointed for the purpose bad proceeded from the Town-hall between eight and nine o'clock, accompanied by a band of music. The effect of this was to gather a large concourse of people, while many others had rushed to the pier, at an early hour, for the purpose of making sure of a good vieW. _ The gallant Commodore was received, on his landing, by loud acclamations from all present, and be proceeded, accom panied by the band playing (of course) " See the conquering hero," the deputation, and a vast crowd, to the Town-hall. The procession was a triumphal one all the way. Flags were hoisted on the shipping, from several warehouses and build ings, and the royal standard fluttered over the Town-hall. The bells also rang merrily in various parts of the town. The British ensign floated over the Custom-house. The Com modore is of moderate stature, but of a firm and athletic figure, indicating great activity, and a capability of enduring much fatigue. He has a full, good•humoured, and intelli gent countenance. At the Town-hall Sir Charles was received by the Mayor, and, on appearing before the vast crowd assembled, in Castle street, was received with loud acclamations, which lasted for several minutes. The M AYOR then presented himself, and said he had the pleasure of acquainting his fellow-townsmen that the gallant commodore who had so greatly distinguished himself during the late operations in Syria, had just been released from quarantine, and was now before them. (Loud cheers.). The gallant and distinguished officer would perhaps say a few words td them, but his time was rather limited. He would, however, have great pleasure in meeting the inhabitants of Liverpool, at one o'clock, upon the area of the Exchange. (Cheers.) His worship then introduced Commodore Napier, who was received with unbounded cheering. Commodore NAPIER, after bowing to the assembled crowds, said he felt deeply honoured by the marks of atten tion which had been paid to him since his arrival in this country. I 'am sure, he concluded, I shall always, to the last day of my death—(laughter)—l mean my life, return my thanks to the inhabitants of Liverpool. (Great cheering.) The Mayor, Commodore Napier, and the gentlemen pre sent, then retired. In a few minutes afterwards the Mayor's carriage was prepared, for the purpose of his worship shew ing the gallant commodore a few of the lions of Liverpool. Immediately after the departure of Commodore Napier to the Adelphi Hotel, the Mayor caused a circular, of which the following is a copy, to be sent round to the members of the Town Council : " The Mayor directs the Council to be apprised, that it is this instant arranged, that the Address to Sir CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.8., is to be presented at one o'clock 10-day, at the Adelphi ; at which time and place the Mayor would be honoured by the presence of the Members of the Council. " RD. RADCLIFFE. " Ten o'clock, A.M., 19th April, 1841." Copies of the above were also posted on the doors of the At one o'clock the. Mayor, accompanied by several mem bers of the Council, waited on Copamodore ..Napier at the Adelphi Hotel. There were then present all the members of the Council, and several gentlemen of the town, besides Ma jor-General Napier, Sir Thomas Useher, Captain Bradley, Lieutenant Johnson, &c. &c. The MAYOR having taken his seat, with the gallant Com modore at his right hand, addressed the Council as follows : —Gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you Commodore Sir Charles Napier.—(Cheers.) Sir Charles Napier, I congra tulate you upon your arrival in this country, after a series of victories which will hand your name down to posterity as one of the greatest heroes and one of the greatest negociators of the human race, after having terminated a short but success ful war in an honourable peace. (Cheers.) Sir, upon behalf of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Isurgesses of-Liverpool, I have the honour to present you with an Address from that body. With your permission I will read it. The Mayor then read the following Address : " TO COMMODORE SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B. " We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Liverpool, beg to offer you our sincere congratulations on your arrival in this country. We gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity of expressing the high admiration with which we regard your valour as a warrior and your ability as a negociator, and of declaring the feelings of pride and satisfaction with which we hail your return after a career of glory, whereby the naval supremacy of her Majesty's arms has been upheld, the best interests of commerce sustained, and the peace of Europe preserved. "'f our example will have its influence on the distinguished service to which you belong ; and, under the direction of commanders like yourself our navy will always be ready to maintain the honour and independence of our country, and to promote the happiness and peace of the civilized world. " Given under the common seal of the borough, the 14th of April, 1841." Commodore NAPIER, then received the address, and replied as follows :—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, it is with the great est pleasure I return you my thanks for the very kind man ner in which you have received me in Liverpool. I have not words sufficient to express to you how sensible I feel of your kindness ; and for any services I have been able to perform, either as a naval or a military officer, or as a negociator, as you have been pleased to call me, I have been very well re warded by the kindness I have met with from you this day. (Cheers.) I am happy to say, that after the long peace we have had, you have no reason to fear that the naval service of this country has in the least fallen into disgrace on that oc casion ; for throughout our campaign, though very short, I never saw more zeal, capacity, or courage displayed by the British navy. (Cheers.) Rely upon it, there are many officers as capable of performing that service as I was ; and that, should ever war take place in any part of the world, you will find those officers sufficient and able to keep up the glory of the British navy and the superiority of this country. (Loud cheers.) I return you my thanks for your great kind ness, and I always wish to see prosperity in the city of Liverpool. (Loud cheers.) The gentlemen of the council then separated. After leaving the room, there being a great crowd outside the hotel, it was arranged, that as they were very anxious to see the gallant officer, he should say a few words to them. The MAYOR, in a few words, introduced to the assemblage the gallant commodore, who was received with loud and re peated cheers. Commodore NAPIER said—On seeing so large a body of my countrymen, I can only repeat what I before stated for the kind reception you have given me, that the remembrance of it will never be erased from my memory. (Cheers.) Gen tlemen, for any service I may have been enabled to render my country, abroad, I am amply repaid by your kind welcome this day. (Cheers.) The gallant commodore then retired, as did those who stood around him, amidst loud and prolonged shouts of ap probation. Immediately afterwards the commodore, accompanied by the naval officers who attended him, the mayor and members of the council, and others, walked in procession down Ranelagh-street, and up Church .street and Lord-street, towards the Town-hall. The whole line of street was densely thronged, and many hundreds who were anxious to obtain a sight of the gallant old commodore, pushed forward for this purpose—but few of them, so dense was the assemblage, were successful. A hasty repast having bean concluded, at the Town-hall, an adjournment took place to the great ball-room, from the front of which the mayor again introduced Commodore Napier, to an immense crowd in the area of the Exchange, who hailed his appearance with enthusiastic cheers. The MAyon stated that it had been intended that their gallant friend should address them from the foot of Nelson's monument, but the numbers being so great that had been found impossible. He begged to introduce to them Commo dore Napier, the distinguished commander of the British navy in Egypt and Syria. (Immense cheers.) Commodore NAPIER then presented himself, and was greeted with renewed cheering. He said, gentlemen, it was quiteimpossible for the Mayor of Liverpool to have brought me to a more appropriate place to thank you all for the great kindness I have received from you in this town, than at the foot of Nelson's monument. (Great cheers.) I hope and I trustEngshmlithae, that so long as I shall live, and so long as we are and so long as we are sailors, we shall vindi cate the character of our navy in defending our country, and in benefitting our trade. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I feel obliged to work double-tide to-day, therefore I hope you will not think I can address you at length. I now again return you thanks for the great kindness you have shown me, though I have not words sufficient to express what I feel towards the inhabitants of Liverpool. (Great cheering, during which the commodore retired.) During the brief stay of the ga ll an t Commodore at the Town Hall, th e E xchange News Room,. which it was :ex pected he would visit, became crowded with the " broad cloth" of the town ; and the Exchange area was also densely thronged. It was thought that he would speak only in the room, but after waiting for about a quarter o, an hour those there congregated hurried out, the gallant admiral having just made his appearance at the centre window of the great ball room of the Town Hall, over the area. He was loudly and bowing to the mu l t i tu d e, a dd resse d them as abovecheered, reported. nt Tine e then p rocee d e d w ith hi s f r iends to g al la the Exchange News Rooms, which was more thronged than we remember to have ever seen it, the tables, chairs, counter, &c. also bearing as many anxious spectators as would stand upon thern. The entrance of the gallant officer (about ten minutes past two) was hailed by repeated hearty cheers, fol lowed by loud clapping of bands. The cries of " the bar ! the bar," and also, " make a circle that he may be heard," became frequent ; but such was the density of the crowd, and the preoccupation of every elevated piece of furniture, as well as the bar, that it was found impossible to accommodate the commodore with a point d'appin, whence he would have the slightest chance of being heard. From his low stature, too, comparatively few of them present could obtain even a sight of his countenance. Under these circum stances the gallant officer, after returning the gratulations of those who were fortunate enough to get close to him, was Pain to escape from the crowded room and return to the Town-hall. In a few minutes afterwards, be entered the Mayor's carriage, accompanied by some friends, and retired to his hotel (the Adelphi), preparatory to attending the grand entertainment of the evening. THE DINNER. The banquet, at the Royal Amphitheatre, was one of the most splendid we remember to have witnessed, whether as regards the size of " the house," and its appropriate decor ations ; the rank and standing of the guest ; or, though last mentioned not least in estimation, the galaxy of beatity and fashion that graced the whole range of boxes,—giving ample indication of truly British feeling that "None but the brave deserve the fair." It was announced that dinner would be on the table at six o'clock ; but long before that hour, nearly the whole of Great Charlotte and Roe streets presented long lines of carriages, and many parties found their way into the house, doubtless with a view to obtain good seats. The interest excited by the occasion was such that hundreds of individuals, many of them in the humbler walks of life, congregated round the doors merely for the purpose of catching a glimpse of the gallant Commodore as he entered, and honouring by their cheers one of the most dauntless of his country'sdel fenders. We need scarcely add that when he alighted the shouts were loud and long. _ The Amphitheatre was admirably fitted up, under the active superintendence of the committee, who, to the last moment, were unceasing in their endeavours to render the entertainment worthy of the occasion, and calculated to gratify "national" and not party feelings. The whole was decorated with numerous flags bearing devices. At the back of the stage (forming three sides of an octagon) were three very large flags, one on the right representing " The Death of Nelson ;" and that in the middle the Liverpool coat of arms, with the motto "Town and Trade of Liverpool ;" and that on the left, a figure of the Duke of Wellington on horse back, with the inscription " The hero of a hundred fights,— defender of Old England's rights." Immediately over the proscenium, and appended from the lofty roof, was a beautiful and very large royal standard, of rich silk, with the motto at top, " For God, our Queen, and our country ;" and the words below, " Success to the ship wrights." Just below this, and immediately over the head of the chairman and the guest, on each side of him, was sus pended a handsome large naval crown, embattledlalternately with a mast and sail and the stern of a ship of war, and sur rounded at the lower part by a wreath of laurel. From this crown were hung two flags, in a diagonal position, one on each side. That on the right (in compliment' to the gallant commodore, who is a Portuguese admiral), was the Portu guese admiral's flag—white and blue horizontally—and in scribed in gold, CAPE ST. VINCENT—BUSACO—PONZA. The corresponding flag, opposite, was the Commodore's broad pendant, a red flag, bearing, in gold, the words, WEST INDIES—BEYROUT— SIDON— ST. JEAN D'ACRE. . - From each wing of the proscenium were appended two beau tiful banners, on poles surmounted by crowns. The lower banner on the right bore the arms of the Napier family, quartered, and beautifully emblazoned, on a white ground, with the word " Napier" at the top ; and at the bottom, the forcible Scottish motto, " Ready, aye ready"—in French parlance, " Toujours pros." The corresponding banner, on the other side, contained the Arms of England, on an heraldric shield, and surrounded by national flags and tro phies of war, with the motto, " England triumphant." Over each of these the other banner on each side represented a star, on a red ground radiated with gold, and in the centre the inscription, " Napier and Victory," surrounded by a wreath of laurel. From one of the boxes was hung an elegant silk standard of England, and opposite to it the union jack. In front of the gallery_ over the boxes was a splendid large flag—St. George and the Dragon. On each side of this were two small decorative flags, with wreaths, the one bearing the word " Bey rout," asd the other, " Acre." Near the back of the gallery, in the centre, was a very large flag, represent ing Neptune and the Triton supporting the British arms. On each side was hung an antiqne Portuguese flag, with cas tellated arms of that country. The house was well lighted, and these decorations, together with those attached to the house itself, which are in the richest Moorish style of ara besque, presented a very beautiful and even gorgeous ap pearance. The dinner was provided by Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel, and did much credit to his taste and judgment. All the substantials and delicacies of the season were supplied in abundance, and the confectionery, &c., was superb. The latter were in keeping with the occasion, representing towns, castles, and other warlike devices. The tables were nu merous both on the stage and in the pit, which was boarded over to the same level. A cross table was placed in front of the stage, running crossways, for the principal guests, and on each side of the chair were two decorative triumphal arches of sugar work, decorated with small silk flags, bearing appropriate devices, the most elevated of which was—" The Gallant Napier." The chair was filled by Thomas Bolton, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool. To his right sat the distinguished guest of the evening, Commodore Napier, and Sir Charles Shaw ; on his left Major-General Napier, (author of the Peninsular War,) Commandant of the Northern Division of the Island. In other parts of the room were Sir Thomas Usher, K.C.H., Captain Bradley, R.N., Lieutenant Johnson, Flag Lieutenant to the Commodore ; Lieut. Pritchard, Lieut. Tudor, Lieut. Patch, Lieut. Hancock, Lieut. Green, Captain Pazler, 10th foot ; Colonel Wallace, of the Royal Bengal Service ; Lieut. Pdnsonby, Paymaster of the sth Pusileers ; Manackza Cur setza, a distinguished merchant and poet, of Bengal, Captain Bevis, R.N., Edward Rushton. Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate of Liverpool ; R. Radcliffe, Esq., Town-clerk ; W. Rathbone, Esq., J. B. Yates, Esq.,. James Aspinall, Esq., Charles Booth, Esq., H. C. Lacy, Esq., James Aikin, Esq., Thos. Sands, Esq. The MAYOR said the first toast he had the honour of pro posing was one which, whether as related to their duty as subjects, or to their gallantry as men, would, he was sure, be there received with great satisfaction. (Cheers.) He would therefore propose " The health of her most gracious Majesty tlie Queen (cheers), and may she long be the grace and or nament of the court she now adorns" jthrect . times three). National Anthem, " God save the Queen"—all standing. The next toast was " The health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal" (three times three). Glee—" Hail! smiling morn." The MAYOR nest gave "The health of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and the other branches of the Royal Fa mily." (Loud cheers.) Glee—" My dear Mistress." The MAYOR said, the next toast which he had the honour to propose, was one which was more immediately related to the visit of the gallant gentleman whom they had the honour of receiving as their guest. (Cheers.) He had the honour of proposing the health of Commodore Sir Charles Napier. (Renewed cheering.) His achievments in the East were fresh in the recollection of the meeting ; they were indeed more like witchcraft than the ordinary actions of human _ _ beings. He had achieved within the Period of one short ' month what in former years would have occasioned years of bloodshed. He (the Mayor) believed the commodore had been about forty years in the service of hisicountry ; and from his youth upwards he had been distinguished for bravery, for courage, and for enterprise which would carry his name down to posterity as one of the greatest commanders the British navy could boast of. (Cheers.) He had gained victories in the West Indies, at Cape St. Vincent, upon the coast of Portugal, and more recently the taking of Beirout, Sidon, and Acre. (Cheers.) Although in the abstract he (the Mayor) was not friendly to war, yet on occasions like this, when the honour, or the interest of our country made it necessary, Fie would be the first to join heartily in the wish that our arms might be conducted by men like the gallant gentleman whom they had that night the honour of meeting. (Loud cheers.) In past years, and in periods, perhaps, within the recollection of most present, we had had Nelson in the navy, and Moore in the army—(cheers); we have now living the Duke of Wellington (an immense burst of cheers) ; and, though last not least, we had Sir Charles Napier (renewed cheers). He was proud to have had the honour of having introduced this distinguished commander, because his conduct had justified the hope that whenever the occasion arose there would be found good men and true to take the place of those who had gone before (cheers). Their valiant friend the commodore was active in his habits ; he was possessed of an active and a decisive judgment; he was well acquainted with the modern arts of war, and whenever there was occasion, in the discharge of his duty, he shewed knowledge, skill, and decision—and these qualities had been conspicuous in him during the somewhat brief period of the last campaign. In addition to these qualifications, which had distinguished him, and made him the admiration of all the country, he had united still stronger claims upon our attachment and regard. In the exercise of the good sense he had shewn as a negoci ator, with a sound and large judgment, not angry or over bearing towards the opponent he had vanquished, he was just and considerate, and he proposed only terms which eventually were confirmed. (Cheers.) And as the end of all wars was peace, so he, by a short war, had brought about peace in a few months, which threatened to be the beginning of a long and extensive war. (Cheers.) That consideration alone would justify them in thinking that this country was deeply indebted to the distinguished part which their guest had acted in that momentous crisis. His opponent was the Pacha of Egypt, and, although an opponent, he hoped he might be excused alluding on this occasion to the part which that individual had been permitted to perform. In this country we had derived great benefits from his system, particularly in allowing us to go through his territories to India when we were at war with him—(bear)—conduct which entitled him to the gratitude of Englishmen, and the admira tion of every just and noble-minded man in the world. (Loud cheers.) In giving a view of the career and the conduct of the distinguished guest whom they had the honour to enter tain, he (the Mayor) was conscious that he was unable to render justice to his merits, and he sincerely regretted that that chair was not on that occasion filled by some one who would do more justice to the claim of the gal lant commodore upon them. (Cheers.) But however much he regretted his inability, he would hold sincerely and man fully that their gratitude and justice was due to their honour able guest, and that he was entitled to the gratitude not only of this country, but of the world at large. (Cheers.) He might have seemed niggardly of his praise. If he had, he assured the meeting he had no such feeling, and he hoped they would attribute it to his not being used to address pub lic assemblies at any length. His worship, after some more observations of the like import, gave " Our distinguished guest; may our commanders imitate his courage in battle, and in his skill and decision in the service of his country ; and may his efforts be attended with honourable peace." (Loud cheers.) Commodore NAPIER on rising to reply was very warmly greeted. He said, that when a man was placed in the situa tion he had been that evening, it was often the custom for him to say he could not return thanks for the honour done to him. (Cheers.) But when he looked around him and saw six hundred gentlemen who had done him the honour to meet him, and that circle of ladies who had thrown around the meeting their spells to charm their hearts, he could not find words to say how grateful had been the day of his re ception in this great commercial city, and how much obliged he was to the gentlemen who had that evening so handsomely received the toast of his health. This was not the first time lie had been in Liverpool. He had the honour of being here some years ago when Marshal Soult—an old warrior who had had been fighting all his life against England, and who was, nevertheless, received as such an individual would be who bad justly distinguished the English character. He did not think he went too far in stating that the manner in which this town received Marshal Soult, had been one of the great est causes of the preservation of peace between this country and France. (Cheers.) If they had received Marshal Soult as they had, after he had been fighting all his life againstthis country, it was not at all surprising that they should so receive him who had been fighting all his life for his country. (Cheers.) He had been placed in peculiar circumstances. He was iu the Mediterranean . when the insurrection in Syria began ; it was an insurrection • against his friend Mehemet Ali, and he was proud to say that Mehemet Ali was his friend. Mehemet Ali did not understand the pr o p er way o f governing and managing Syria ; he wanted a p roper a d m i n istration andinstruction that our brother Christians in Syria were to be governed. They rebelled justly against him ; but Mehemet who [was a very vigorous and active man was determined to put down , that insurrection, and, to the astonishment of all Europe, he put it down expeditiously, and he (Commodore Napier) though he was bound in justice to say that he had put down . that insurrection in.the moat moderate manner he ever saw. (Cheers.) With the exception of one day, he did not believe I there was one single act of tyranny or cruelty committed against the inhabitants of Sydon. That insurrection cer tainly produced one thing ; it certainly expedilet the minis ters of those countries and of the four powers to sign the treaty of the 15th July, for the liberation of Syria from the " tyranny of his friend, Mehemet Ali." He happened to be placed in that situation as second naval officer upon the coast of Syria. The treaty arrived upon the 10th of September, and there was very little time to be lost (hear) ; it was necessary to carry the thing through. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) They had double tide work, and he was placed in the situation of both admiral and general, and obliged to do the duty of both to the best of his knowledge and belief. (Cheers.) He was very happy to say that in the course of one month alone—one short month—they succeeded in driv ing a very large force—a force of £lOO,OOO men—out of Syria, and in liberating the inhabitants of Lebanon. (Cheers.) The business still was not over. He had a very small force of only 10,000 men, whilst Mehemet Ali had 50,000 or 60,000. Shortly after the taking of Acre he went to Alexan dria ; he saw the pacha, and he told him he meant to carry into execution the treaty of the 15th July. He (Commodore Na pier) took upon himself the very great responsibility, without instructions either from the government, or advices from the commander-in-chief, to send to Mehemet Ali and proffer to him peace. After two or three day's discussion of one sort or another—in four days peace S was made and signed. (Cheers.) He thought the war in Egypt and in Syria was then at an end; but when the treaty went to Constantino ple it was repudiated. protested against by the ministers, up set by the authorities in Syria, and the whole business was abandoned, and had to be begun again. (Hear.) But he did hope and trust, notwithstanding all this, notwithstanding Syria had submitted, and notwithstand ing terms had been sent to Mehemet Ali, which he could not accept without throwing the whole of his country into rebellion—without causing dissensions, discord, and rebellion in his family. He (the commodore) thought he had done perfectly right to reject those terms with scorn ; but by the liberal terms—the terms he accepted—he opened his trade, he gave up monopolies, I'e gave up the slave trade. (Cheers.) All this only he asked for ; " let me," he said, " devote my self to improve Egypt. I have given up all ideas of conquest. He was sorry to say it, but it was his duty to say it plainly, honestly, and straightforward, that from the beginning Me hemet Ali had given no provocation, but had earnestly endeavoured to carry out the treaty of the 15th July. He sent in his submission—he gave up the fleet, and in fact put himself in complete submission to the Sultan his master. Loud cheers.) But the Porte was ill-advised—by whom it was not for him to say at that moment. It was advised, not to attack him in Syria if strong, but if he was not strong, to attack him. (Hear, hear.) The whole of .Syria was evacuated in consequence of the treaty, and they had a right to expect that honour and jus tice would be done to Mehemet Ali. The gallant Com modore went on to she* the injustice of the treatment Ofthe Pacha of Egypt. The Mayor proposed the health of the army and navy, coupling with it Major-general Napier, commandant of tne northern district, and Sir Thomas Ussher. Gen. NAPIER returned thanks in a very eloquent speech, on the part of the army. Sir THOMAS USHER returned thanks on the part of the The other toast were our East Indian Army, which was replied to by Col. Wallace, the Lord-lieutenant, the High Sheriff, and other toasts of an ordinary description ; and the Esembly dispersed at half-past ten. THEATRE-ROYAL. The gallant Commodore, after quitting the banquet at the Amphitheatre, visited the Theatre-Royal, to honour Mr. Templeton with his presence. Three naval officers, including Captain Townley, entered the stage-box about ten o'clock ; the audience instantly rose, but the enthusiasm was checked by one of the gentlemen exclaiming, " The Commodore is not present, but will be here directly, and I will go and fetch him." Soon after the gallant Commodore entered, the au dience started up, and gave three enthusiastic and terrific cheers three times repeated. " Rule Britannia" was then sung by the strength of the company, Mr. G. Horncastle singing the solos, the house joining in chorus. Templeton's Tom Top seemed to please the gallant sailors immensely. On quitting the theatre the audience gave three cheers, which were repeated by the populace outside as the Com modore entered his carriage. We understand that the gallant officer immediately pro ceeds to his seat, Murchistoun Hall, Horndean, Hampshire. He will not return to the Mediterranean, but succeeds Rear- Admiral Ross in the command in the Pacific. A similar testimony to the gallantry of the commodore awaits him in the south to that which has welcomed him here, arrange ments having been made to invite him to a public dinner at Portsmouth. The following impromptu has been written on the occasion by Mr. Stonebouse, of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, and dedicated to Commodore Napier. It is worthy of a place amongst our national ballads.—En. THE FLAG OF OLD ENGLAND; OR, NAPIER'S RETURN. BY JAMES STONEHOUSE The flag of Old England, where'er 'tis unfurl'd. Defiance may bid to the arms of the world : 'Tis hallowed by vict'ry wherever it flies ; 'Tis the terror of foes, but the friend of allies. The fire that glowed in the breast of a Howe Or a Nelson, still lives in a Napier's now. Three cheers for Old England, the land of the brave ! Her tars are as free as the wind and the wave. In th' heart of the seaman fear never can dwell ; His courage no danger, no trial can quell; His spirit no battle, no storm can depress; His motto is Glory—his hope is Success. He 'll fight on the ocean, if England should call, Or wave his bright sword on the enemy's wall. Three cheers then for Napier, the honest and brave, As free as the wind, uncontrolled as the m e. The craft of the statesman the sailor ne'er knows ; His words are but few—his arguments, blows : His time is but short—his terms are all fair ; Refuse them--he brings his broadside to bear. No treaty he needs, all tricks he disowns ; His honour is England's—his faith the throne's! Three cheers for the Queen, and Napier the brave, And tars all free as the wind and the wave ! The attorneys of England and Wales pay on the average into the Exchequer, for certificates, article stamps, and ad mission stamps, the sum of £150,000 per annum. , - " WANTED.—A couple of dozen good girls, with large bumps of cookativeness, washativeness, and scrubbouseative ness on their heads and hands, to whom liberal wages will be administered. Apply all along such a street, between such and such street.—N.B. No deduction made for lacerated crockery."—American Paper. STOPPAGE OF MESSRS. BARBER AND MARSHALL'S BAN K, ATWALSALL.—BIRMIN G HAM, Friday evening, April 6. 1 regret to state that the bank of Messrs. Barber and Marshall, of Walsall, elosed this morning, or, rather, the house failed to open this morning. The inhabitants of the borough, in consequence of this untoward event, combined with the late stoppage of the South Staffordshire Bank, are placed in very unpleasant circumstances. The late failure is attributed to the embarrassments of a son of one of the firm, lately carrying on business in Liverpool. It ought to be stated, that the bank of Messrs. Barber and Co. was more a bank of deposit than of commerce. ACCIDENT TO BARON PARKE.—On Saturday morning, about ten o'clock, as Baron Parke was proceeding on horse back to Westminster Hall, his horse took fright in Hyde park, near Grosvenor -gate, and the learned Judge fell with great violence on his head. A policeman, of the A division, lifted him up, and had him conveyed in a cab to his residence in Park-street. The left side of his head was bruised, his left arm was also much injured, and the fall was so violent that he lay for some minutes insensible. No bones, how ever, were broken, and his medical attendants considered him, in the afternoon, out of danger. ORTHOGRAPHY OUTRAGED.—A. surgeon in Glasgow, the other day, received the following note from one of his patients, an Irish widow :—" i Writ this fu Lins to Lat You No that the podirs Yeu gay to me on sunday last Casid Ay grat bodkin and the sualin is C up i n t o th e boda And if you Can giv arti thing or Corn yoursalf you Wil be Pad for it and i am trubild with grat pans in the stomick also."—Glasgow Courier. THE HEIR APPARENT OF TURKEY.—The heir-apparent Abdul Assiz (a youth of about 14„ whichaccording to.the.jealous policy of the Othman dynasty, ao is still maintained, is nearly a prisoner in the palace, his pursuits are not of a nature to prepare him to wieldthescptre, though he is said to be active and of quick apprehension. resemble a basse tour, bein g fi llet i with o Hist. apartments tc of all descriptions, of which he is extremely ailr fon m d e , , s and in feeds with his own hands. He is likewise dancing on the tight rope, in which he has arrived rn at such perfection . as to be able to execute the most difficult postures without the aid of a balance-pole--an accomplishment which .. may be hereafter useful to him in maintaining the equilibrium of Europe. Such are the prospects of gooc government which the imperial family holds out to us! THE HORRORS OF WAR MITIGATED BY FREEMASONRY. —The strife of war in the year 1813, condemned at citizen of Limerick, then in command of a trading vessel, to cap tured by a French privateer, th e comman d er of which, on finding in the person of the captain, " a Brother," gave him at once his liberty, ship, and cargo. Cond uc t so truly noble was soon reported to the Lodge, and a silver vase of one hun dred guineas value was voted to the generous Frenchman. The vase was sent through the British Consul, to the Grand Lodge of France, but the gallant Marieucourt had, in the mean time, lost his life in Africa, and the vase was returned to the Lodge. Blush all who would asperse Masonry ; whe ther by ribald falsehood, or by the more dangerous attempts of sophistry. Masonry may be feared by the unrighteous, and well it may, for it exists as a record of the goodness of the Almighty, in disposing of the human heart to deeds of mercy, benevolence, and charity.—Freemasons' Quarterly Review for April. GWYRCII CASTLE.—From Cefn ogo the road w i n d s a l ong the side of the hill, command in g a view of the vale below, and passes Gwyrch Castle, a modern structure, about a mile from Abergely on the road towards Conway. It would be difficult to criticise this incongruous mass of detail and pue rility : the position is ill adapted to an edifice of this nature, more resembling an Italian or Syrian convent, built upon the acclivity of Monte Cassino or Mount Libanus, than a castle ; wanting, as it does, the solidity and dignity of a structure which makes any pretensions to the castellated style. Al though this architectural inconsistency is too apparent, there is, however, something picturesque about the edifice, which, in spite of its defects, causes the stranger to look upon it with admiration. Tribes of the Hedera genus rejoicingly fling their long and flexible branches rey towersalongtheayooduntogttewatliolsg, as if glad to escape the compa n Y g ruins, their usual associates, while many-leaved and many coloured flowering shrubs and green plantations present themselves, from every point of view. Whatever may be said about the mistakes already noticed in the castle and its ap proaches, it is gratifying to record that no gentleman in the vicinity effects more real good than does the benevolent pro prietor of Gwyrch Castle, who employs almost continually artisans of every description in his various a lt erat i ons an d improvements."—From .Roscoe 's Wales, new edition, now publishing in monthly parts. ELLSLER IN AMERICA. --" FANNY'S PROGRESS.—The St. Louis Pennant, in its innocence, abuses Fanny Elisler in set terms. " Brazen-faced and profligate woman"—" whose moral character is as rotten as her manners are impudent"— are among his choice expressions. This is certainly rich ; but the man has not seen her. A New Orleans paper says— " Fanny's character dances are the essence of all that is cha racteristic. They are no caricatures, but rea li t i es. She has a spice of tragic about her. Did__ You ever ob serve h er f ace when, in the Sylph, she found her wings had fallen ? Can features express sorrow or grief more touchingly ? To-night we shall see her in Nathalie, one of her best ballets, and then we can compare her with herse lf." The New Orleans papers of the 15th are full of her as ever. They speak of her dan cing in terms of the extremesthreaoptusree,threegreretartehanto ily th a e i y og c e a r n a - , Pties coe in da from a can not see her fn La Bayadere, au and demand a re-engagement• ar great distance in the country to see her. m She had danced in but two ballets, La Sylphide and Nathalie. There is no doubt that if her next engagement is announced in season, parties will come from Buffalo, Cleveland, and Detroit to see her. Some gentlemen threw her a garland the other night, involving 2000 dollars , worth of diamonds. OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.—No. IV WILLIAM RATHBONE, ESQ, " Shrine of the mighty ! can it be That this is all remains of thee?" Alas ! it is. Yes, reader, the individual before us is all that remains of the once-mighty William Rathbone. It is that great man—in eclipse. The inimitable " tile" is there ; the prim puritanical coat is there ; the " jaunty" air and the features which so irresistibly remind us of an ill-dressed salad—in which acidity, sweetness, and oil are blended toge ther to form a compound of no taste at all—are still to be seen : but the spirit of the man is gone. He is no more now than a walking suit of clothes of an antique cut—the form of some " praise-God-Barebones" of the rump parlia ment come down from its panel to be dusted. We must pause awhile. It is a melancholy task at any time to delineate fallen greatness ; but in such a case as the present it is absolutely heartrending. But yesterday we remember to have seen the illustrious subject of our sketch in honourable juxta-position upon our Exchange with the most renowned mendicant of the age—the celebrated Daniel O'Connell. Again we saw him piloting the great Duke of Dalmatia amongst the lions of our good old town. He moved, then, only amongst the great. He breathed only in an atmosphere of dignity and honour. But now, alas!— tempora mutantur : now " none so poor as do him reve rence." He has descended from the stilts upon which he moved in days of old, and " pads the hoof" contentedly in companionship with beings of everyday mould. The " divi nity which doth hedge a" councillor has been rudely rubbed off, and he is now no more than a mere mortal. We regret that we cannot trace the progress of this la mentable change. It was awfully sudden. " One morn we missed him from the accustomed spot," his seat in the Council-chamber ; and yet we never dreamt that anything more serious than a fit of spleen, or something of that nature, could have deprived us of his sweet smiles. But when " Another came and yet we saw him not," a presage of some dire calamity crept over us. In another day the murder was out. The Cicero of the council had been detected smuggling himself into Pitt-street Ward, and had been stopped and marked " contraband." His career of glory had been arrested. Justice had overtaken him. He was no longer current money. He had been rung and found brassy. Time, however, the great assuager of all earthly griefs, exercised his healing influence upon that of the unfortunate ex-councillor. In a few weeks we saw his graceful beaver mounted as jauntily upon its block, his almost collarless coat buttoned as primly, and his silk umbrella borne along with an air as degage'e as ever. He had been galvanised by the few select friends who were still left him— " Amongst the faithless faithful only found ;" and, like " a giant refreshed with wine," was about to run another course—to fight another battle for his lost realm. We saw him in South Toxteth on the day of that final and fatal rencontre, and lustily he shouted his war-cry, and boldly he fought his way, inch by inch, towards the goal of victory; but why multiply words? He never reached that goal. He was again rejected—was marked double x, and can now be compared only to the liquid, which bears that magic name, in a state of complete torpidity—when the froth has gone down, and the substance is fast turning to vinegar, Since that fatal day he has been an object of melancholy contemplation. Once or twice, indeed, he has seemed to re vive. At divers gatherings of his party, in Clayton-square and elsewhere, he has attempted to exhibit in his accustomed style and with his former vigour ; but the attempt has only served to excite the risibility, and pity mingled, of his audi tories. On one of these occasions we remember to have heard that accomplished gentleman, Mr. John Langan, re mark, with a profound shake of his Phidian head, that it was "no go." The gentleman in question evidently saw that our poor friend was " all abroad"—that " the wind was knocked out of him"—that he had wandered out of his sphere, and was not at home in his new element. We are quite of this opinion ourselves. William Rathbone, EX member of the council and all its committees, is virtually dead—is Extinct. It is not that great man whom we now see daily, but his fetch only—some unholy spirit which has crept into his wardrobe. There is something awful in the thought, and we gladly turn aside from its contemplation to the object with which we set out. • Reader, that object is a noble one. We wish to immor talise the form and features of this illustrious man, as a relic for the contemplation of posterity ; but, as we have before regretted, we have no artist who is competent to the task. His character—his genius —his eloquence will live for ever; and shall we allow the shrine of all these distinguished qua lities to perish ? No. The outward man—the precious casket—must be perpetuated likewise, that the world, in days to come, may be able to contemplate the beau ideal of a " liberal" town-councillor of the present day. We pro pose, then, with a due sense of the importance attached to the subject, that our poor friend be forthwith " swathed up" and converted into A MUMMY, at the expense of the com munity, and deposited in some prominent position within the council chamber—the scene of all his past glories. Let the most experienced artists which the shores of the Nile can furnish be immediately employed. We would not lose a button of his coat, a thread of his cravat, or a portion of the nap of his beaver, for worlds ; but preserve all, even to his very umbrella, in those rare essences which have kept entire, for thousands of years, the Pharoalis and the Cheopses of that land of mystery and wonder. We have no doubt that his friend, and for so many years his collaborateur, Dr. Blackburn, would carefully superintend the process. What a delightful thought it will be to councillors yet un born, when in that chamber shall be contained so invaluable a treasure ! How proudly will they point to the hieroglyphics which will adorn the case in which the relic is deposited, and rehearse the virtues and narrate the exploits of its occupant. And at the end of some thousand years, when, according to the prediction of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, " a traveller from New Zealand will be seen sketching the last arch of London Bridge," with what awe and admiration the lover of antiquity will approach this treasure ! Imagination bears us forward to the scene. We see the learned of that advanced era con gregated in speechless wonder around this noble specimen of the present age. We see fold after fold of the covering care fully withdrawn. We see present itself—imprimis, that inimitable beaver, after the lapse of centuries still perfect— still unapproached and unapproachable in taste and style. But the contemplation overcomes us. The subject is too momentous to be discussed in the columns of a journal even like ours ; and we shall therefore publish a pamphlet so soon as the eclat of Mr. Alderman Evans has subsided, in which we may discuss it fully. SEA-MARK, GRANGE, CHESHIRE The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of a column, which is to be sixty feet high, to be erected on the site of the Old Mill, at Grange Farm, in Cheshire, took place on Friday last, the 16th instant. The day was propitious, and the at tendance on the occasion highly interesting. The ceremony was performed in a truly workmanlike manner by John Shaw Leigh, Esq., the owner of the land, who has not only granted the site on which the column is to be placed at a merely no minal rent, but most munificently given the stone for its erection from the quarry adjoining. Among the company present were Sir Edward Cust, Bart., and his amiable and interesting lady, several ladies and gentlemen from their re sidences in the neighbourhood, the Rev. Vicar of West Kirby, a deputation from the Dock Committee, consisting of Mr. Thomas Holt, Mr. Thomas Tobin, Mr. Henry Holmes, and Mr. Thomas Ripley, attended by Mr. Hartley, the dock surveyor, Mr. Lord, the marine surveyor, and the Secretary. The scenery from the spot on which the column will stand is highly picturesque, the estuary of the Dee flow ing calmly at the foot of the Welsh hills in the distance ; the sea, to the westward, stretching out to the horizon ; and in land, on the Cheshire side, all the variety of hill and valley, wood and plain. There are many interesting circumstances connected with the " Grange Ilan" estate, as it was " in the olden time," which it would be interesting to record, were there space to detail them. One may be mentioned. The whole of the low land to the westward was formerly a " Swan nery," where numbers of that noble bird used to feed and fly. Alas ! they are all now flown off. There still remains, in the stable-yard, an immense stone cistern, which, from its dimensions, cannot weigh less than ten or eleven tons, and which, in former times, was used to steep their malt. After the stone had been laid, the party were most politely invited, by the worthy proprietor, to partake of a cold colla tion he had most liberally provided to celebrate the occasion, where, with appetites sharpened by the breezes from the sea and the fresh country air, the guests did ample justice to the abundant supply of " boiled and roast," with all the necessary accompaniments, washed down with richly-flavoured wines. Toasts were drank, and several interesting addresses were delivered on the occasion. Mr. Leigh came out in splendid style, showing, not so much what he does in that way, as what he can do, if he likes. The afternoon was spent in the most pleasant and agreeable manner, and the company broke up and separated about four p.m. The column is a plain design, with a ball at the top, and is intended to act as a sea-mark, in conjunction with other marks upon the shore, in lieu of the Old Mill, which was blown down in the gale of January, 1839. Its height, sixty feet, will make it a conspicuous object from the surrounding district, and, whilst it will be an ornament to the estate on which it will stand, it will afford to the mariner a distinct object on which to cast his eye from seaward to measure his distance, and enable him to ascertain his true position with reference to the banks he is approaching, and so guide his ship in safety through the channels to the desired haven. The following inscription will be cut in a block of granite, and built into the column, in the course of its erection, at a suitable elevation from the ground, namely : Thii ColuMn was erected by the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, by permission of John Shaw Leigh, Esquire, owner of the land, who also granted the stone for its erection, Anno Domini 1811, as BEACON FOR a MARINERS frequenting the River Mersey and its Vicinity. The Foundation-stone was laid by JOHN SHAW LEIGH, Esq., April 16th, 1841. HARD SWEARING.-At the Pontefract sessions, on Wed nesday last, Sir Gregory Lewin, in addressing the jury on the improbability of the prosecutor identifying a quantity of hay, which had been stolen, said that some men's consci ences allowed them to go so far, that a witness in America once distinctly swore to a goose's leg after it had been made into a giblet pie and cooked.--Doncetater Chronicle. LITERARY NOTICES The Penny Mechanic and Chemist, We have received the last number of this useful work. It contains a variety of scientific and mechanical communica tions, and many illustrative woodcuts of new inventions and adaptations, of interest to those whose pursuits lead them to promote the dominion of the world of mind over that of matter. Governesses, or .Modern Education. By Madame Riofrey London and Paris We hail the appearance of another number of this well written work, which is devoted to the cause of the physical, moral, and intellectual education of youth, and more parti cularly of females. Madame Riofrey is evidently a lady of strong and well-cultivated mind, and of much experience and shrewdness in the important art of tuition. In addition to numerous judicious instructions and suggestions for faci litating the labour of conveying instruction to the young in a pleasing and effectual manner, we find throughout her writings a vein of religion and morality which must always render them acceptable to all who desire that virtue and the nobler feelings of the human heart should be more fully de veloped in the rising generation of the present day than in that which has preceded it. Nor is physical education, by due and vigorous exercise, neglected, but it is inculcated as not only necessary to bodily health, but to mental serenity and enjoyment. Some portions of the work are written in French and Italian, and will be found auxiliary to those who devote a portion of their time to the study of those elegant and (in higher life) almost indispensable languages. There are sonic sweet pieces of poetry both in English and French. We have but room for the following short extract, from an article " On Moral Feelings" : The highest moral feelings are to be met with in those persons, whose intellectual powers have been best directed. Mental cultivation is necessary to understand the beauties of morals, as much as mental cultivation is requisite to under stand the beauties of art; and one of the great benefits re sulting from the moral culture of the mind in early age, is that the development of moral feeling assists the intelligence and guides the mind in the choice of objects to which it is applied. But a serious evil in education is, that governesses are wanting who can feel and understand the importance of moral culture; if this work be commenced in very early life, while the heart is not yet taken with pleasure, the mind still free from care, and unfettered by prejudices against duty ; then indeed may good impressions become permanent. When moral feelings are cultivated in early age, much good may be effected by instruction, and by making the laws of God the foundation of education ; but if through the ne glect of parents, or the inefficiency of governesses, moral culture has been neglected ; nothing can compensate for this great error; and though the judgment may be correct, the conscience can never acquire its full powers. Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland Illustrated. Part IV. of this beautiful work is before us. It is printed uniform with " American Scenery," " Switzerland," " Scot land," &c., is illustrated from drawings made expressly for the work, by W. H. Bartlett, engraved by eminent artists, — the descriptive department by N. P. Willis, a writer well known to the literary world by his vivid delineations of re markable scenery in various parts of the world. We have here four beautiful engravings exquisitely drawn and executed, namely, " Ross Castle," Killarney, " Cormac's Chapel," Cashell, a building in the richest Norman style, " the " Rock of Cashell," topped by a fine castellated ruin, and " The Interior of Holy Cross Abbey," an early Gothic struc ture now the depository of the dead. These are all splendid as works of art. As pictures we give our decided preference to " Ross Castle," and " The Rock of Cashell." A con siderable portion of the descriptive portion of this number is (the scenery) being chiefly in Antrim, to original and select descriptions of that wonder of wonders, the Giant's Cause way. The following will suffice as a specimen of the author's style, and his discrimination in selection : The guide led us down a slippery and stony road, cut in the side of the hill which concealed the Causeway from our view, and, rounding the shoulder of it, we descended to a small mound, from which we got our first view of the Cause way. We were at too great a distance to distinguish any peculiarity in the view, except the lines of the basaltic pil lars, indistinctly marking the face of the cliff, and 1 was na turally disappointed at the first glance—but as we descended to the shore, and approached nearer around the bend of the bay, it seemed to me that the ruins of some templed and gi gantic city, that had been hurled from the sky, were heaped up before me in a mountain of confused architecture. The Giant's Causeway, indeed, resembles nothing so much as a mountain of hewn stones—frustra of noble columns, remnants of vast porticoes, cast down from a height into the sea. The upright and regular pillars in the face of the cliff, give you an impression that there is a city overwhelmed and buried behind them, and the disinterred Pompeii itself was not so like as this to the idea I had formed of Pompeii before visiting Italy. Our guide kept on his way to the vast projecting quay which descends from the base of these mountain facades into the sea. To borrow the very correct language of a clever tourist, " The principal or grand Causeway, consists of an irregular arran g ement of many hund re d th ousan d s o f co l umns, f orme d of a dark rock nearly as hard as marble. The greater part of them are of a pentagon figure, but so closely compacted to gether, that, though the pillars are perfectly distinct, the very water which falls upon them will scarcely penetrate be tween. There are some of the pillars which have seven, and a few which have eight sides ; a few also have four, but only one has been found with three. Not one will be found to correspond exactly with the other, having sides and angles of the same dimensions •, while at the same time the sum of angles of any one of them are found to be equal to four right angles--the sides of one corresponding exactly to those of the others which lie next to it, although otherwise differing com pletely in size and form. Each pillar is formed of several distinct joints, closely articulated into each other, the con vex end of the one closely fitting into the concave of the next —sometimes the concavity, sometimes the convexity being uppermost. In the entire Causeway it is computed there are from thirty thousand to forty thousand pillars, the tallest measuring about thirty-three feet. Among otheu wonders, there is also the Giant's Well, a spring of pure fresh water, forcing its way up between the joints of two of the columns— the Giant's Chain, the Giant's Bagpipes, the Giant's Theatre, and the Giant's Organ, the latter a beautiful colonnade of pillars, one hundred and twenty feet long, so called from its accurate resemblance to the pipes of an organ." In the literary portion of the work will be found animated descriptions, interspersed with legends and traditions, re lating to th# numerous caves, cliffs, islets, castles, and extraordinary objects which abound in that northern part of the west of Ireland. Illustrations of the Works of Shakspere. Part I. By G F. Sargent. London How and Parsons As stated in the advertisement prefixed, " the design of the present work is to realize to the senses the scenes, pic tures, and associations which Shakspere has presented to the imagination ;" and, from the specimen before us, we may anticipate the artist's triumphant success in the completion of the onerous task he has imposed upon himself. The illus trations are line engravings, from original designs, and are all executed in the finest and most elaborate style of that delicate art. The present part contains " A Room in Caesar's House ;" the " Restoration of the Market-place at Athens a " View of Sicilly;" '• A Wood near Athens ;" and a "View of Bangor," in North Wales. The figures and costumes in the first, as well as the architecture of the apartment, are minutely delineated, in strict accordance with classical truth. The " Market-place," also thronged with figures in the foreground, represents a beautiful and appropriate structur of the Doric order, the design of which the improvers of our modern towns would do well to borrow, in erecting similar structures. The portico, fronted by four fluted columns, supporting a richly carved entablature and pediment, is ex ceeding,ly beautiful. The " View of Sicilly," from the sea , with its distant white town on the shore, and the lofty Mount Etna rising in the back ground, to a point that emits a train of dusky smoke from the combustion within its womb, forms a picture that conjures up a variety of historical asso ciations, in which the beautiful, the sublime, and the disastrous are strangely commingled. The " Wood near Athens" is bold and picturesque, and will remind the Shaksperean of that delightful production, " A Midsummer Night's Dream.' ' The last illustration, a " View of the City of Bangor," and the marine and insular scenery to the west of it, is a fine picture of that small but romantically situated and antique city, and, from the point from which it is taken, we should say, a correct and striking representative. Fox's Book of Martyrs. Edited by the Rev. John Cum ming, M.A. George Virtue, London. Parts 2 and 3. This work cannot appear in too many editions, and whilst there is no necessity to offer the slightest recommendation of the work itself, we are bound to add our meed of praise to the spirited efforts of the publisher to introduce so important a publication in such an attractive and economical form. Each part is embellished with a beautiful steel engraving of some place or occurrence noticed in the number, and numer ous well-executed wood-cuts are interspersed through the pages, which impart an additional interest to the melancholy details which crowd upon the reader's attention. The name of the editor is sufficiently well known amongst the Pro testant community to guarantee the most scrupulous fidelity in the execution of his portion of his duty, and we can speak, with the greatest confidence, of the care which has evidently been bestowed upon the typographical and illustrative parts. In the original edition there is much verboseness and repeti tion which may, with the greatest propriety, be omitted, though we perceive that the judicious editor evidently keeps before the public gaze the more prominent features of the history, and nothing is left out which can in any way develope the disgusting practices of the Papacy, or serve to endear to the sons of freedom their glorious deliverance from that galling bondage. The Churchman's Monthly Review April, 1841. L. & G Seely, London We have had occasion to speak in terms of the highest commendation of the preceding numbers of this publication, and the contents of the part before us only serve to strengthen the opinion we had formed of the utility of such a work, from the character of the numbers which had been previously pub lished. The first article is a temperately penned review of that vexata guestio,"The Baptismal Regeneration Controversy," and the whole tenor of the writer's remarks is earnestly de voted to induce his readers to relinquish the question, as far as possible, as a matter of controversy, and direct it sedulously into a practical channel. The next notice con tains some well-written remarks on the interesting " Visit of Captain Gardner to the Indians on the frontiers of Chili." Another article which is worthy of special attention is, the justly indignant and well-merited castigation which is in flicted upon " The State of the American Union," on account of the horrors and cruelties which are found to exist in the United States, where the slave trade is still carried on in unmitigated severity ; and we have only room to direct at tention to some remarks, which if viewed without prejudice, will go far, in our judgment, to settle the controversy which has recently sprung up concerning the Pastoral Aid Society, which is charged with the singular fault of being too scru pulous in the distribution of its funds—too femlid of mis applying ?he means which are placed at its disposal! The other contents of the number will abundantly repay an atten tive perusal. 'WOODSIDE FERRY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,—I shall feel particularly obliged by your drawing the attention of the directors of the Woodside Ferry to the fact that their money-takers are the most impudent uncivil and rude persons possible. One day last week, in consequence of my stopping to count some change which had been given me, the money-taker absolutely pushed me on the back, in fact, he almost threw me down, and said—" Go along Nro man !" Now if this conduct is permitted, the Birkenhead Ferry will be invariably resorted to—where politeness is pro verbial—by the public generally, as well as by IVoodside, April 19M ECCLESIASTICAL A LADY AND UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE PROMOTIONS Rev. Dr. Reid, to the chair of - the ecclesiastical history in the university of Glasgow, vacant by the death of the Rev. Mr. M`Turk. Rev. Howell James, to the rectory of Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, vacant by the death of the Rev. Chris. Fleet ; pa tron, John Howell, Esq. Rev. William Evans, 8.C.L., vicar of Cwmtoyddwr, to the perpetual curacy of Rhayader, Radnorshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. James Evans ; patron, Archdeacon 'enables. Rev. Mr. Jenkins, son of the Rev. D. Jenkins, of Pudsey, to the curacy of Batley, Yorkshire. Rev. Arthur Fane, curate of Boy ton, to the vicarage of Warminster, void by the resignation of of the Rev. W. Dal by ; patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. Rev. John Scurr, to the curacy of Berwick Bassett and Highway, Wiltshire. Rev. Joseph Bosworth, D.D., of Trinity coil., Cambridge, to the vicarage of Waith, Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. George Grantham ; patron William Haigh, Esq. of Halifax. Reb. Thomas Riddell, M.A., fellow of Trinity college, Cambridge, to the vicarage of Kirby Malzeard with Masham , Yorkshire, vacant by the cession of the Rev. G. Wadding ton ; patrons, the masters and fellows of Trinity college, Cam bridge. RAILWAY SIGNALS.—On Saturday last trial was made on the Loudon and Birmingham Railway, in presence of Sir Frederick Smith, of two plans for accomplishing the grand object for efficient railway signals. The first was that of Mr. Pettitt, for effecting a communication between the guard and engine -driver ; the other a contrivance to enable a policeman on the line to open a whistle on the engine by fixing a catch upon the chairs which support the rails, and thus give notice to the driver in a fog, or under other circumstances, should anything be wrong a-head. We understand that both plans proved highly satisfactory.—Railway Times. SUPPOSED MURDER AT ISLINGTON.—On Sunday the neighbourhood of the Chalk-road, leading from Battle bridge to Islington, was a scene of much excitement. Soon after daylight, a policeman on duty, whilst going his rounds near the Sutton Arms, observed what at first sight, appeared to be a bundle of cloths, lying in a pond, at the corner of . . the road, and immediately opposite to the above tavern. He crossed over to the pond, and on looking into the water saw a wooman's bonnet. His suspicions were aroused, and on raising an alarm, severol men, who are in the habit of rising early to attend little plots of garden ground in the vicinity, came up, and, with their assistance, the body of a respect ably-dressed woman, apparently between 30 and 40 years of age, was taken out of the water. The face, and the whole of the front portion of the deceased's person, was covered with clay, which had adherad to her on her being thrown or having fallen into the pond. Restoratives were applied, but in vain. There is no doubt the deceased died instantly from suffocation, there being a great quantity of mud and clay in the mouth. The deceased was then removed to the vaults of Islington Church, where the body lies to be identified, as well as for an inquest. The pond is only three feet deep, and the precise spot where the deceased was taken out is near the centre, so that she could not have walked in, in a mistake, or fallen in whilst labouring under intoxication ; and the surmise which gained the greatest was. that she had been brutally maltreated, and then thrown into the water. Up to last night the body had not been owned. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.—The injection of a solu tion of chlorure of aluminium into the aeorta or main arterial trunk of an animal will preserve it fresh for an indefinite pe riod, without imparting to it the slightest taste. The chloric acid of the salt renders the gelatine or decomposable part of animal matter incapable of decomposition, perhaps by de stroying some alcali for which the acid has a greater affinity than for aluminium. The latter substance, thus deprived of its acid, becomes an insipid powder. The particulars of this discovery, by M. Gannal, will be found in the Bulletin of the French Academy of Sciences for the sitting of March 22, and in the Literary Gazette report of that meeting. From two to five pounds of the salt, dissolved in about twice or three times its weight of water, is sufficient for an ox. Persons disposed to make experiments on the subject need scarcely be reminded, that the smaller animals, such as rabbits or cats, should be employed. Subjects for anatomical dissection should also se prepared in this manner. llere is a new field opened for commerce of a most important description. Thousands of oxen on the coasts of Spanish America are slain for their skins only, the flesh being cast upon the dung hill ; it may now be preserved and shipped for the West India markets as fresh meat. No ship in future need be provided with salt meat. The health of seamen on long voyages will be preserved, and the comfort of passengers in emigrant ships to Sydney will be materially improved by the the application of this important discovery. The table of the Academie des Sciences, on the reading of M. Gaunal's memoir, was covered with legs of mutton, fowls, et id genus omne, which had been preserved for many months by the new process. The chlorure of aluminium would be very cheap when made on a large scale for commercial purposes. Correspondent of the nines. Mr. Edward Hall, a member of the Society of Friends, son of Mr. James Hall, late boroughreeve of Salford, a very active supporter of Mr. Brotherton, M.P., and at the same time, as the facts sufficiently indicate, a zealous emissary of the Anti-Corn Law league, was brought up in custody on Thursday, by virtue of a warrant issued by Mr. Justice Coleridge, upon the finding of a true bill by the grand jury at the Stafford assizes, for bribery and other corrupt prac tices at the late Walsall election. Mr. Maude, the stipen diary magistrate, P. M. James, and Mr. William Smith, held the party to bail, himself in X 250, and two sureties of £lOO each, to answer the charge at the next Stafford assizes, where this and several other cases (as it is generally under stood) will be brought under the cognizance of a tribunal somewhat differently constituted to a committe of the House of Commons.—Standard's Correspondent. CHURCH-RATE MARTYRS. — The aspirants to church rate martyrdom are running quite a race in this town, and the "snug thing" obtained by John Thorogood, and the in cipient notoriety achieved by Mister Baines, have incited a whole host of small rivals to take the field in the convenient crusade of Conscience v. Church-rates. On Tuesday last some twenty of these pocket-conscienced individuals appeared at the Guildhall, Weymouth, before Mr. A. W. Horsford and Mr. W. Bayly, magistrates, to answer to summonses issued against them by Messrs. Hancock and Robinson, the churchwardens of St. Mary's Church, for having refused to pay their respective quotas of church-rate. There was, of course, a smart muster of radicals and dissenters to encour age the embryo martyrs under their sufferings. It was quite laughable to hear the frivolous and evasive excuses urged on all sides for the non-payment of the rate. The magistrates, after hearing the cases, ordered the recusants to pay their rates, and in default of payment,' distress warrants will be issued.—Dorset Chronicle. SAUSAGES.—A cunning chap was taken before the police of Philadelphia, and fined five dollars for offering to sell sausages which he had made out of red flannel and minced turnips.—American Paper. TAXING Lux u n.t Es.—The Louisville Advertiser says, that " the Kentucky House of Representatives have added to a new tax bill upon carriages and gold watches a proposi tion to tax ' other luxuries, such as whisky, tobacco, and hemp !' Whisky and tobacco luxuries ! One is an ' un mitigated curse' and the other an intolerable nuisance ! Hemp a luxury ! Why, it is an article of indispensable neces sity so long as the whisky and tobacco are used." FILTRATION.—A. system of filtration has been invented upon a novel and grand scale, by the medium of which any quantity of dirty or discoloured water may be rendered as bright as crystal at the rate of hundreds and thousands of gallons per day. In order to convey some notion of the rapid and certain effect of this newly-discovered system, the follow ing experiments may be named. The sweepings of a dirty yard and the cleansing of a coal cellar were cast into one of these filters, and the water which flowed from it, at the rate of six gallons per minute, was as pure and clear as if it had been freshly drawn from a spring. On of these filters has been lately erected on board the Dreadnought vessel, lying off Greenwich. This filter supplies pure water for the whole of the patients on board the vessel. It acts in a double ca pacity, that of cistern as well as filter, for as fast as the water runs in it is drawn filtered. It only requires cleansing once every six mouths, which can be done in less than half an hour, without the inconvenience of the filter being taken away from the vessel. In addition to the above, this filter will purify oils, wines, spirits, without their sustaining the least detriment in taste, quality, or colour.—Standard. REMARKABLE HORSES.—It is not generally known that the gallant charger which bore Lord Sandys upon the field of Waterloo, is still living, and may be seen at this time in the grounds of his noble owner, at Ombersley, in this county. The horse is evidently on his last legs, as may be supposed to be the case, after braving the storms of more than thirty winters. " Copenhagen," the noted steed which carried the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, died a few months ago, and we believe now reposes in an honourable sepulchre near Strathfieldsaye. The following particulars relative to the fate of the horse which Sir Ralph Abercromby rode at his last field in Egypt, and from which the noble soldier fell mor tally wounded on that occasion, may not be unacceptable to our readers. The animal was an Arabian of great beauty, and in 1822 he was sent to Scotland under the care of one of the attendants of George the Fourth, then visiting the North, and was there taken in charge by a gentleman who occupied a country residence in the county of Avr. He survived for several years, and his death occurred under the following cir cumstances :—One fine frosty morning, as he was parading the park. a sound as of distant musketry struck upon his ear, and threw him into an attitude expressive of great ex citement. The noise in reality proceeded from a " curling rink" at some distance, the stones employed in that cheerful winter game often striking upon each other with such force as to seem like the report of fire-arms. Evidently fancying that he heard anew the battle sounds of his early days, the poor creature started off in a frantic state towards the spot from which the noise proceeded. He leapt at the park gate, but, alas ! his former strength was gone, and he tore him self dreadfully by the spikes which surmounted the upper most bar. Nevertheless, he made his way to the ice, where he reeled and fell. He was brought back to the park, and treated with the greatest care ; but the injury he had received was irreparable at his advanced age, and lie died soon after. THE Coax LAWS A GUARANTEE AGAINST SCARCITY. — It is the practice of the French government to grana rieskeerirarn. well stored with corn in the vicinity of all s t i t t e cities, in order to guard against such a scarcity which understand perfectly well that in the event so potently contributed to effect their firsttruei-aolfataitiliouirie. of f l t iv e risings, would prevent their receiving „ their own resources ; crops in other countries, prohibitoryiluan.% alaiyndseuvpepnliepsopfruulanri abroad, and throw them entirely o cust, wisely provide for they therefore, though at a h u e r a v c 3 Orn laws afford a precisely such an emergency. Now, any expenditure what ever of tlae public revenue ;,efonortamileinrgeantile speculation always of grain in the bonded stores, ready similar safeguard withou keeps an immense supplymwonted demand. Nor is the be at all times to meet o n confined to ourselves alone, for in 'heat rose to a famine price in the the year 1836, w of America, their markets were supplied from United States .many instances with wheatand nefit of such a and in England, roduce of those very states. It was in the year origi nally the P inheviilsni}w°' alluded to that Mr. President Van Buren, in hi s speech to congress, ' delivered this impressive lesson :—" Unhappy • is the country which depends upon another for the bread she