The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-14 00:00:00

, r~F 4 COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. CHINA .'kND INDIA. (From yesterday's Times) Our monthly express from Marseilles has brought anticipation of the Overland Mail, letters and papers from Bombay to the 3d of February. The intelligence which they communicate is of the highest importance, and in particeelar that relating to China. On the 23d of November Sir Henry Poteinger published a proclamation, declaring that he had, since his arrival at Amoy, learned , with extreme horror and astonishment that many more than 100 British subjects, who bad been wreck4le in the ship Nerbudda and brig Ann in September, 18, an March, 1842, on the coast of the island of Formosa, had been recently put to death by the Chine se authorities there, who alleged that this cold-blooded act had been perpetrated by order of the Emperor. This proclamation goes on to describe the atrocity of this sanguinary and inhuman crime, and con cludes with stating that the British Plenipotentia aut ry horit was tie re- , solved to demand from the Emperor that the local who, by false representations, bad led to the co mmission of the enormity, should be degraded and condignly punished, and that their property should be confiscated, and the pro ceeds handed over to the officers of the British Government for the relief and support of the families of those who had been thus mercilessly put to death. A threat of a renewal of hostilities was held out in case the demand should not be complied with. It was , however, supposed that the Emperor would not refuse compliance. On the 7th of December a formidable riot broke out in the neighbourhood of Canton, which soon extended itself to the foreign factories. The immediate cause is stated to be the irregular conduct of the crews of some ships, and in particu lar of that of the Fort William, who were allowed to go ashore in numbers without any proper officer to controul them. The mob ha d, it is said, been excited pre the sa sly by viou certa i n an ti-British partisans ; th e y soon quitted ilors, who had by retreating from the original place of combat led them tosards the factories. The first great object feet atck was the British factory ; the y burned the flagstaff g, and soon afterwards the windows and doors of the buildings were forced open, the mob entered, and the work of pillage commenced. Fire was then set to the edifice, which was consumed. Luckily, the steamer Pro.eerpine, having . on board Sir Hugh Gough, arrived at Canton, and the rioting ceased. The merchants at Canton began a correspondence with Sir Hugh Gough, who remain washr H until the 14re th, also with Sir Henry Potting, whoat ongkong, qu esting the latter to order a protective force to be sent to Canton, in order that they might carry on their commerce in security. This application received a decided refusal from , Sir H. Pottinger, who, in reply, made some severe comments on the conduct of the merchants. H The latter then made st a rep li ca tion in their defence. Sir . Pottinger, in his la letter to the merchants, dated December 24, states, that the Vi cero y et Canton ha d, in reply to the letter addressed ty to him, declared his g reat anxiety, as well as his perfect a, to protect all foreigners; and had also expressed his readiness to repay such losses as might have been incurred during the late riots, after they should have been correctly ascertained and submitted through her Majesty's government. Another letter of the 21st states that Sir Henry Pottinger had applied for his recall; and that he had given his opinion that the powers of th e g overnment of Hongkong shou very strong, even to that of deport ati o , in order to counter act the lawressness of the smugglers. The difficulties in forming the commercial regulations would, it was feared, be very great, in consequence of the Chinese being likely to de mand a reciprocity of duties on their goods when imported into the British terrttories. Mr. Thom, the destined British consul at Canton, was busy there in investigating the causes of the riots. Five of the leaders of the anti- -rig party were then in the hands of the local government, and were in danger of being "squeezed," perhaps to death. In the meantime the arrival at Singapore, on c the Ist of January, of 43 transports, having on board the eepoy part of the China expedition, proves that the envoy bad not then entertained any serious apprehension of the renewal of a ho . s tilities. Her Majesty's frigates Endyrnion and 1 o, le ving ing on board Sir H. Gougi and staff, with_ three setnetasmehrusd badaccompanied the transports. Several reghim reached Madras in January. There were, nevert eless more than 20 British vessels of war, with five steamers, remaining can on the Chinese coast. The land force then consisted prin cipally of about 6000 European places.troops, we n t of them living in the garrisons of the still occupied in Two steamers h ad arrived at Bombay the month of Ja nuary, with despatches from , the B r itish plenipo tentiary. In India the newspapere have been bus ily employed in The gates of Somnauth have abuse of Lord Eltenborough. become notorious from the fact that all sought to deride the pageantry of the proces.sien to that temple, calling it either an absurdity or an irrengious act, although few or none had examined closely into the state either of the temple itself, or of the Hindoo feelings on the subject. The assembling of an army of reserve on the Sutlej, although manifestly an ar rangement for the double purpose of securing the retreat from Cabal and of obliging Shere Singh, the ruler of the Punjaub, to enter into some specific terms of advantage to the British Government, has formed another topic of criticism. The given in honour of the victorious festivities at Ferozepore armies have also been ridiculed by some. The Governor- General has most effectually done . his duty, particularly by In India, and on its confines. Shere Singh establishing peace i is about to send valuable presents to the British Sovereign, in token of his friendly displolshitioenfieeStuuanidlyleksuupnpduirsteddeshcyribthede as quiet : its tran gniiplistYlawtely seent thither for the purpose. force of 14,000 Lord Ellenborontgr who received a visit at Ferozepore from _Minister of Shere Singh, and who then the son and Prime other official persons to Lahore to re sent his secretary and the camp at Ferozepore and proceeded turn it, has broken tii) to Delhi, in order toldhave an explanation respecting certain Emperor and present shadow of the intrigues with the o Grand Mogul. It is. stated that his lordship contemplates fixing his official residerice for some time at Agra, or, per haps, Meerut. Thedcourts-martial held on Colonel Palmer Ghuenee, and on Captains Anderson, for the surrender Eyre, and Waller, have terminated in the ac- TrouP, Boyd, quittal of those oft ers from the charges brought against c _. dur ing the last campaign in Afghanis them for certain, acts tan. The investigetion into the conduct of General Shelton re in b g ee fo n nv k a n r o d w . n of the state and of Major Pottinger wastustiLla Nothing certain appears of affairs at Cahul. from Scinde is to the effect that the The intelligenceand intriguing conduct had Arneers. whose doubifutl. up during some weekendken the alternation of war and peace, the i3 _ presence of Major Outram, with have been influ by to O a ne fo o rt f whom they are a!1 personally acquainted, to enter into terms, which will, it is expected, establish a system of good intelli gence between them and the government ohfyltinydiinag. the youths of their fand IT had attempted, bad been despatched, ier but a force in a desert district, to me tee intentions ot the British coin mender, , Sir C. Nap , . which soon obliged him to_ quit tihrieufgortth,ewhmicohstWsaaS titsrlfealletdoery. stroyed. The necessity of . req h u . vio us, for without such con_ conditions from the Arneers is o the ulrnedfuusr anor year.th progress ditions neither the navigation ohfe of civilization on its banks can com pany yinent is directed to added last year to The attention of the Indian wards its finances. The extra ne each I n dian regiment has beentuortdheereadrrutoy,bwe haehroelhisyheadd,iamnid the men are to be absorbed in notion of 18,000 .men The five per cent. loan saving of expenditure will be eeffeeted, and a consequent will accru has been closed. Tbt.prospectws India are considered as directed towards its inter. satisfactory, and attegeton is no s nal improvement. An act ha t a final stop to all descrip been proposed in the legisla. lative council which tends to po,. a . riets . lions of slavery in its extensive di L who has no children, was The present Rajah of Sattara near dying of a fever, but bas ;ecotrrlietsdt. mTulinethi.naturidguwehsieohf some natives at Bombay, alluded would h ave contributed much to beendeteriofrualtleythdeisreuepvuetraetdir and the Bombay government, have case are thoroughly neutralized. of the Belvedere, burnt lately near Singapore, cation on a trial for arson before the Supreme Court of is likely to come under investi- Bombay. We take the following from a h the Chinese on the ger, relative to the cruelties iuflicten. Y des.patcb of Sir H. Pottin crews of the Nerbudda and the Ann -- Thedelver the dda tot Into 6 , nerally known, that when the Nerbu abandoned by mall natives imagines, that it to be be already ge natives of India on board of that ship master and mates of her, and also b 13who were proceeding detachment of her Majesty's reeineents ywaereoffleer and a small in her to join the expedition. 'lt now lives remained by the ship for five days a app ae e r a rtsh,eythwate r t e h et thus landing, some of abandoned ; that they then landed on rafts under the guidance of the head and'second serang—that in thus or sea men), were the men (both cemp-followers and Lascars, down to lunder drowned or killed by Chinese who them—that all who landed were taadeeapn.3rieson,erusutdheer they got on shore, and confined in heavy i. n separate pri.. moment i r cune - stances of great cruelty, in small parties and I rang) were sons, for about 11 months , at the expiration Secondofwhich period they (with the exception Of the bead and carried to a plain a short distance from the island of Formosa, and there beheaded in cold blood, in pre caspeital.of the Bence of the Chinese local authorities. It further appears, that there were altogether 240 natives of India (170 camp-followers and 70 seamen) left in tbe Ner budda when her master and mates deserted thatessehaipp whom only the head and second s erang W e their lives ; but it is not possible to determine o tural deaths, were drowned, killed by plunderers, died na beheaded perished from ill-treatment or starvation, or wer e by the Chinese authorities. ' With regard to the brig Ann it has been ascertained that whom she had 57 souls on board when she was cast awaY, ofh deaths, na With many y e 14 were natives of Europe or America, two or three nativesPortil guese and Malays, five Chinese, and thei remainder of India. The vessel was l e, water) on shore, about midnigti v t en an b d ig t h he awndhodlery of the 57 individuals quitted her at daybreak next rnoehi n g' possession of a Chinese junk which was and took (at low was lying i n a river near the spQt, to sea in the Kt, with the object of r uttiug junk, but the violence of the gale preve• t ' ed thene eve n naak ing the attempt, and creek. or they surrencterea-vviinuue even itring a musket at the most of armed Chinese, who had been o, f ee m " bled ro und. them, about three o'clock in the after noon somecutti o the same day. They were instantly st ri pp ed, and marched g di stan ce without a particle of covering, exposed to a north wind. Two men died from cold, and several others dropped from the same cause and fatigue,, and were carried on in baskets to the capital (about 90 mles from the spot where the brig was wrecked), where they were separated into small parties and put into distinct prisons fit irons. Subse quent to this the parties had little communication with each other, but it i s known, that they were subjected to the most barbarous treatment and were scarcely allowed sufficient food to sustain life. In this manner above seven dreary months pass ed away, when it was announced to the eleven survivors, to the Nerbudda (six na tives of i n cluding the two belonging Europe and America three natives of India, and two China men, which latter individuals bad been pardoned on c ondition of entering the service of the they of Formosa), t a peace bad been made ; and they likewise then ascertained that all the rest o f their fellow-sufferers in captivity and wretched ness had been p u t to death , on or about the 18th of August last, on the g rounds stated in the Pleni po t e ntiary's other proclamation. Mr. Gully, a Brit ish merchant, A mon g the sufferer s is who was returning to Macao from. the northward, as a pas senger by the Ann. It is not possible to account for the lives of 'the six Europeans and Americans,. and three natives of India being spared ; but it is surmised, that they were con sidered to be principal men of their class, and w . ere intended to have been sent to Pekin to be there executed . to following extracts from a letter dated Canton, Dec. Bth, give some further particulars of the riots at tobalf t 0 0 0w sh n u t w Early in the evening the anti -English feeling beea itself in the setting fire to the British flag-staff, centration of the mob on the company's factory. Matter and the con getting thus serious, old Mingqua politely the American ladies were taken to his factory, whence he sending l a chair s , kindly promised they should go to his family house in case o d f necessity. Soon after they had been comfortably plache there, the smoke appeared issuing from the interior of t h e British hong, and it became evident that the incendiary mo, had fired that factory. We were now attended to Mingqua. s terrace, whence we had a full view of the sad but splendid conflagration. The skylight of Mr. Murrow's house and the chapel befrey shone beautifully for a while, till they the flames. The verandah still stood firm , but suddenly vo lumes san k in of smoke poured from every crevice, and soon after the whole roof and architrave were burning furiously. The square all the while was crowded by Chinese who had early thrown down the Company's wall and forced sundry prssag es through the paling of the square. Alm its were from time to time communicated to this imm . ense mass, and they at one moment fled in all directions , . and then swayed back again to their former position. instant mingled with the rurious cries and shouts were every the falling ruins. It crackling was. of the fire and the crash nf evident that the Dutch and Creek \ • 1 bongs must go, and our concern for the itiMaterbf the former was increased by the report of tirearms from that quarter, which several times reached 126. The fire-engines sent to check the flames were driven off, the mob declaring no one should interfere to save the British hong, and when that was done they themselves would help to save the others. This with the eastern factories was impossible; and Mr. Heard and party, after defending their entrance against the thieves for some hours, were forced by the fire to escape by the back passage at about eleven o'clock. Happily they effected this in safety ; and soon after the flames running along the verandah, consumed it, and now, of these fine porches, nothing remains standing but the lower arches and some broken pillars. Of course the Creek-hong shared the same fate. Whilst the fire was still intense there , smoke issuing from Mr. Fisher's showed that that also had been doomed to destruction. Some new alarm was felt from this fresh outbreak, but happily the same causes prevented the fire from spreading westward. The assurances of the ring-, leaders of the mob that they would fire no other factory were now corroborated by the evident exertions going on along the outskirts of the crowd to check the thieving, by despoil ing the wretches of their plunder. We became less and less apprehensive for the rest of the bongs, and after keeping the terrace till two Or three o'clock in the morning, lay down on' mat conches and got a few broken snatches of sleep. Some of our party (twelve in number) sat up till morning. Towards dawll there was a lull in the popular violence. and it was determined that the ladies and a large escort should take Mingqtles boat and proceed down to W hanipoa, which they accomplished without molestation ; the rest of us, after an early breakfast, returned to our factories, which we found quite as we left them; but, again, as the morning advanced, the mob collected, resumed full possession of the square, and reneited their work of plunder. They had now evidently found entrance into some, not empty, treasuries. Ragamuffins were appearing in quick succession laden with dollars. This illgotten booty was, however, seldom left iii their quiet possession ; every suspected fellow was soon surrounded, seized, and his dollars scattered in the scuffle, to he scrambled for by the bystanders ; for hours the square was covered by knotted groups of this kind, strug gling desperately fora share in the plunder. By-and-by the police and hong coolies mingled in the affrays for the pur pose of spoiling and punishing the villains. Thus the morn• ing wore away, and no interference came from the govern ment. No doubt the governor passed an anxious night, ready to interfere, but dreading the power of the popular party. In the course of the morning, he learned the true state of the case, and that he had only the thieves to contend with; he, therefore, ventured tAnterfere, and a strong body of soldiers at length appeared at about noon, and cleared the square of the lawless fellows who had been more than 24 hours in pos session of it. It was pleasant to sally forth again, and we went down to the seat of the conflict, where five dead bodies of the Chinese, torn and bloody, showed that some at least had not escaped, to run riot again. Numbers of wretches soon came creeping from the burning embers, evidently thieves, yet we saw none of them apprehended—the officers seemed content to scatter them. COMMERCIAL NEWS. Notwithstandingthe riot at Canton, business both at Can ton and Macao had not suffered, and, indeed, in some respects hadimproved both for imports and exports. The crops of tea are expected to be of an average quality. excepting green qualities, the supply of which %viol, it is fearea, be shorter than last season. The qualities are described as being very good. The markets opened for the season by the purchase of 50 chops Congous at the following prices :—Common Congou, 18 to 23 tael ; good ditto, 24 to 25 tael ; and fine ditto, 26 to 28 tael. To these rates 6to 7 tael must be added for consoo charge, duties, &c. Prices have, however, since given way, and although still too high. the fine Congous have all been bought up on arrival for shipment. The following is a memorandum of the exports in this article to Great Britain from the Ist of October, 1841, to the 30th of September, 1842 :—Black, 34,632,472: Green, 7,629,176. Total, 42,261,6481 b. The export for the month of September is 4,369.9711 b, in nine vessels registering 3,036 tons. • _ _ The crop of silk is represented as likely to exceed in quan tity the best season for 43e last five years, and the quality is said to be excellent. The cotton market was dull in consequence of heavy stocks, particularly of inferior qualities, and prices were declining. Our latest quotations are—for Bombay, tael 5t07. 6. Ben gal, tael 7t09. 5. Madras, 5. 5. to 9. 2. At Sincapore the markets were active, and better prices were obtained. Freight nominally £3 to £3. 10s. _ - Very little was doing at Ceylon. Coffee was 48s. per cwt. Only a moderate quantity of cinnamon bad been shipped, and little business had been done in manufactured goods. Accounts have been received from Mauritius, by way of Calcutta, to December 19, The new crop of sugar is considered a good one. The early arrivals commanded high rates, best qualities having fetched 8 Spanish dollars 05 per cent. per 100 lb. The prospects for the Indigo crops at Calcutta and the neighbourhood were favourable. The market at Bombay for imports had exhibited an active appearance, and although the transactions have not been so extensive as in the previous month, a large trade has, upon the whole, been done, and the better prices have in some in stances been paid. Freights bad advanced 205. to 305., and may_ be quoted at _ . from 50s. to GOs. for London, Liverpool, and Clyde, at which rates, however, there is not much offering. The harbour was still filled with shipping ; and as there were forty-five transports on their way from China to India, and more ard rivals looked for from all ports, there was no immediate prospect of the rates advancing. The following vessels bad left Saugor for this port .during the months of December and January, Minerva, Mills, Mary Elizabeth, Duke of Lancaster, Mc Kenzie, Fairfield, Hughes; Thorn; Queen of Englaryl, Hookey ; Blorenge, Banks ; Ripley, Norman ; Otterspool, Cornfield. HONG KONG:—Within these few days several ships have arrived in the docks from the lately-acquired (in perpetuity) tirtish settlement of Hong Kong with cargces of teas. A great number of ships have also arrived during tile week from Calcutta and other ports in the eastern hemisphere with va luable miscellaneous cargoes of silks. sugars, &c. Yesterday morning accounts were received of several vessels having arrived in the Downs from our e , stern possessions, and which may be expected in the Thames, in consequence of the practice now gerrerally adopted of employing steam-tugs,•this day or to-morrow. The river has had a very animated ap pearance during the week in consequence of the numerous arrival of ships from foreign ports, as well as upwards of 500 sail of colliers and coasting vessels. The arrivals in the docks have given employment to a great number of more than half-starved labourers. EXTRAORDINARY PRESERVATION OF HUMAN LIFE. (From the Bermuda Royal Gazette, Jan. 10.) The brig Shawmnt, Kimbell, which arrived at Boston on the 6th of December, from Rio, on the 11th ult. in let. 28 10, long. 58 10, fell in with the wreck of the British brig Naiad, Pearson late master, of and from Halifax for Deme rara, which sailed on the 14th September, and on the 22d, in let 291-, was capsized in a heavy 4qhall, keel out. She righted next day full of water, and with his of all her spars except the foremast. Took from her William Fosdick, of New York, seaman, the only survivor. Two men were drowned in the forecastle when she was capsized. and six had died of hunger and thirst, and Fosdick was in a helplest state, unable to stand, and could have survived but a short time. We copy from the Boston Transcript the following further particulars of this sad disaster: — "The preservation of the life of the sailor Fosdick was most wonderful. It appears from his statement that he re mained 49 days on the wreck, with little or no food. A little flour was washed up from the hold, which they collected wet with salt water, and dried in the sun, and ate. It was known that there was a canister of salmon preserved in oil in the cabin. Fosdick dived down several times, and sue- , ceeded in obtaining it, on which they lived some time, after that nothing remained to support life. " Of the seven that remained (two being drowned in the forecastle when the Naiad upset,) it is remarkable that the most fleshy, and apparently the strongest, died first. Every thing was done by Fosdick to keep up the spirits of his com panions, but they failed one after another, and as soon as hope fled they yielded died. When the weather was at all rough, they were o aged to take to the foretop and lash themselves, there to re ain until it became calm. " They had now all perished but two—Fosdick and a com panion, who were in the top one dark night—when it began to rain. Fosdick reached over to where his companion lay, to rouse him to obtain a few drops of water as it fell, but found him dead. In the morning he cut him loose, and he fell into the s-a. He then remained alone six days helots he was taken off by Captain Kimball. Great credit is due and should be awarded to Captain Kimball, for the medical skill he displayed in saving his life ; for he was a mere skeleton, unable to stand or even speak. He took him immediately to his cabin, put warm clothing upon him, fed him moderately with warm rice water and gruel, by which means he was gra dually restored to consciousness. Had he given him solid food it would have been fatal. By this great caution and good management he has saved a fellow-being from a horrid death—that of starvation. " He is now in comfortable quarters at the Seaman's Home, in North-square. He was entirely destitute, when his case being made known in State-street, and in the insu rance offices, yesterday, a purse of 50 dollars was in a few minutes made up for him. Fosdick is twenty-three years of age, and belongs to the city of New York, where he has a father and mother living." BEA LTII OF SIR. CHARLES BAGOT.—The last accounts from Kingston state, that the governor-general had been given up by his medical attendants. Dropsy had supervened, and his death was considered as certain. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. UNITED STATES. The packet-ship Rochester. Captain Woodhouse, which sailed from New York on the 16th ult., and the packet-ship England, Captain Bartlett, which sailed from the same port on the 20th, arrived at this port on Saturday morning. The accounts brought by these vessels are five days later than those received by the United States, but their contents are not important. •The proceedings in congress are brought down in the papers to the 18th ult. inclusive. "The senate cannot." says the Washington correspondent of one of the journals, " rid itself of the troublesome subject of the States' debts. ' Fears are felt and feigned' that the new monster of as ; sumption will soon swallow up the constitution, the union, and everything elese." The subject was almost a daily topic of debate, resolution after resolution being moved, some for and some against assumption. The question on Mr. Rives's resolutions was taken on the 18th,ult., when it was resolved by a vote of 25 to 22, that the subject should lie over to the first Monday in December. Mr. M'Duflie then moved a resolution that the government of the United States had no constitutional power to assume the debts contracted by the states for their own proper purposes, by the issue of stock, whatever fund may be pledged for the payment of the interest or principal. The resolution was ordered to lie over for a day ; but as there were only twelve working days left of the sessions, it is evident the resolutions on the subject of as sumption would come to nothing during the present year. The other proceedings in congress were devoid of interest for the English reader. The stock and the money market remained as described in the previous accounts. An arrival from Hayti had brought intelligence, that an insurrection had broken out in the southern part of the island. 'Letters had, been received from the American consul at Tahiti, one oflthe Society Islands, dated September 11, which stated that the French admiral, Dupetit Thouars, ar rived there on the Bth, and made a demand on the Tahitans of the sum of 10,000 dollars, in reparation for abuses, and as a guarantee for their future adherence to the treaties. A negotiation was commenced, which ended in the surrender of the island to France. The Reine Blanche was at Tahiti. The accounts from Texas were expressive of the alarm felt in the new republic of an attack from Mexico. The English sloop of war Electra bad arrived off the bar of Galvestor , with despatches for our minister at Howton. TUE LATE EARTFIQUAKES. — The American papers re ceived by the last arrival from the United States mention that slight shocks of earthquake were experienced on the 9th ult. at Savannab, Raleigh, Columbia, Bremen, Washington, and other cities of the union. In all probability they were pro duced by the almost expended force of the dreadful earth quakes in the West IndieF. SOUTH AMERICA. The following correspondence between Mr. Mandeville and Senor Arana has just been received via Rio Janeiro, and was posted up in the Underwriters' room on Saturday : " MR. MANDEVILLE TO SENOR ARAN A. " Buenos Ayres, Nov. 2G, 1812. " The undersigned ministerplenipotentiary of her Bri tannic Majesty to the Argentine Repu)lic has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a note from Senor Arana, Mi nister of the Foreign Affairs, addressed to him the 2 4 th inst., eneosing legalised copies of the resolution and decree come to by the honourable the House of Representatives upon the correspondence that took place between his Excellency and he undersigned, as mediator of her Majesty to this govern ment, in the war in which it is engaged with that of Monte Video. •" The undersigned has read this resolution with the deep est regret, and it now only remains for him, in conformity • with the orders received from his Government, to inform that of the Argentine Republic that the due consideration of the commercial interests of her Majesty's subjects in the River Plate may cause her Majesty's government to have recourse to other means with the view to remove the ob stacles now interrupting the pacific navigation of these waters.—The undersigned has the honour, &c. (Signed) " F. H. MANDEVILLE." The French Minister addressed a note of similar import to General Arana the same day. On the 6th of December a battle look place at Arrago Grandi, in Entre Rios, between the forces of the two repub lics, which resulted in the entire defeat of the Monte Videans, who immediately re-crossed the Urngary into their own ter ritory, and, acdoiding to the latest advices, the troops of General Orihe (commander of the Buenos •Ayrean army) were closely pursuing them, and had reached the banks of the Uruguary, opposite Salto, but up to the 20th of Decem ber had not crossed. After the above battle the following letter was addressed to Senor Arana by Mr. Mandeville, dated Buenos Ayres, 16th December, 1 . 942 : " It being the intention of the Government of Great Bri tain and France to adopt such measures as they may consider necessary to prevent the hostilities between the republics of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, the undersigned minister plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty to that of the Ar • gentile Republic has now, in conformity with instructions received from his Government, to inform his excellency Senor Arana, Minister of the Foreign Affairs of the Govern ment of Buenos Ayres, that the sanguinary war now existing between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video ought to cease for. the sake of humanity, and for the interests of the subjects of, England and France, and other foreigners resident in the country. now the theatre of war; and for these reasons he has to der4nd from the Government of Buenos Ayres, " Ist. ?The immediate cessation of hostilities between the respective belligerents. "2d. That the troops of the Argentine Republic (it being understood that those of Monte Video must adopt the same course) shall withdraw to their own territory, in case of hav ing passed the frontier. " The undersigned requests of his Excellency as prompt an answer a possible, that he may know if it be the inten tion of the overnment of Buenos Ayres to accede to this demand.—Th undersigned has the honour to he, (Sifted) " H. MANDEVILLE." According to the private advices from Buenos Ayres, of the 19th December, great excitement existed there against foreigners, and in case of an armed interference by England and France, fears were entertained that acts of violence would be committed against the subjects of these two countries. The troops that escaped from Arrago Grande, with Gen. Rivera, President of Monte Video, were at Paysander, on the banks of the Uruguay. All the officers that had been taken by the Buenos Ayreans at Arrago Grande bad been shot, and thirty-seven foreigners of the infantry had their throats cut. NEGOCIATIONS WITH BRAZIL — Our intelligence from Brazil is of a contradictory character, but we prefer facts to speculations. We are informed, in our correspondence, that every obstacle is thrown in the way of our special envoy, by the anti-slavery and the French party, in his progress towards the accomplishment of a successful treaty ; but we learn also, that the increased duty of 20 per cent., placed upon the mer chandise of other nations, will not be charged upon'that of Great Britain, or her dependencies. For these reasons we believe that an advantageous treaty will result from the ne violations of Mr. Ellis, according to Great Britain en ample inlet for her produce, and to Brazil a vast market for its agricultural. productions.—London Journal of Commerce. The accounts from Alexandria of the 16th ult. state, that the sale of an immense quantity of Egyptian produce lately made to a company of three merchants of Alexandria had been rescinded, on the application of the British Consul- General, because English merchants had been excluded from all participation in the contract. The goods were to have been put up to public auction. The directors of the Bank of Egypt, Messrs. Torizza and Pastre, published a circular on the 10th, announcing that the Pasha, by a decree of the Ist, had founded that establishment, with a capital of 700,000 talaris, and placed it under their direction. Whemet Ali was visiting the villages of Lower Egypt, previous to his re turn to Alexandria. where he was shortly eipected. The steamer Hiudostan reached Suez from Calcutta on the 12th. The latest intelligence from Beyrout (of the rch ult.) men tions that Bishop Alexander was still there, awaiting the arrival of the imperial firman, authorizing him to proceed with the construction of the Protestant Church at Jerusalem. The Schismatical Greeks of Lebanon had petitioned Assad Pasba to be allowed to appoint a chief of their own religion. The Catholic Greeks had refused to acknowledge the Nlaronite Kaimacan. The Pasha of Aleppo having sent an expedition to Orfa, to levy the tribute due by the Arabs of that pro vince, the latter had taken arms, and repulsed the Ottoman troops. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The !ast report of the directors of the Maryport and Car lisle Railway sets forth that the works between the latter City and Wigton are in a forward state, and it is rumoured that the line will be thrown open to the public in the course of a few months. EASTERN COUNTIES.—GeneraI Pasley made his final in spection on Wednesday last: he was accompanied by the directors; and the trail; reached Colchester in 21i hours, a distance of 51i miles. -The general declared his entire satis faction with the works, leaving the directors to use their own discretion as to the opening of the line for passengers, but expressiog his belief that it could be done immediately with perfect safety. The half-yearlj meeting of the West London Railway, held on Friday, was a most harmonious affair. The contracts for the works on the. line are stated to have been let upon very advantageous terms ; and as this was satisfactory to the shareholders, the proceedings were made one of compliment to the directors and the secretary for tbe great exertions they have made in re-animating this project, and not allowing it to be abandoned with the capital already expended upon it, as once threatened to be the case, for want of necessary at tention to it. A LITTLE TOO EARLY.—A laughable affair occurred says the Journal de Commerce of Antwerp, one morning l as t week, at Menem, in Belgium. The beadle of the church having heard the diligence pass, which had been delayed several hours by the snow, thought it was that usually ar rived at six in the morning, and, fearing he had overslept himself, rose from his bed, and began to ring the Angelus. This being the ordinary signal for the people of Mertem to leave their beds and open their shops, they rose, and com menced their ordinary occupations, although in a drowsy state. Some time elapsed before the mistake was discovered. Instead of six, it was only hatf-past two in the morning ! GREAT MATCH ON BLACKHEATH TO PICK UP3OO STONES AT A Y ARD APART.—On Monday the veteran Townsend and Bill Gazley, the star of Kent, met at the Ship and Billet Tavern, Blackheath, to perform their novel match to pick up 300 stones a yard apart each ; the distance, of course, was 51 miles, 540 yards, and was to be performed between them in four hours. Gazley took the Tong length at the begining of the match, Townsend having to drop on his knee arid pick up Ids number with his teeth. Gazley continued cheerful, con fident, and heaity, until about ten minutes past five, leaving twenty minutes more to do. He had then, it was computed, done 30 miles out of the 51; but Townsend might be said to be dead beaten at the end of two hours, he, nevertheless, kept struggling on until it was seen to be impossible that his more sprightly associate could make the deed accord with the will. and they were compelled to cry "enough," with 35 stones on the ground, at irregular distances, which baffles calculation. The match was for £lO. A meeting of the London publishers was held on the 3d of March, to make arrangements for carrying into effect the provisions of the Copyright and New Customs Act, which comes into operation on the Ist of next month. All reprints of English works are totally prohibited, on the condition that authors and publishers give the notice required by the act. Travellers, however, would act wisely in not trusting to the negligence of either party, as works of this kind will probably be seized at the custom-house, whether due notice have been eiven or not, and there tray be some difficulty in recovering them. All works of value to a certainty will he stopped. This is a just regulation, and will form some remedy for the system of plunder on English authors so long carried on by continential publishers, but chiefly by our countrymen on the other side of the Atlantic. Every valuable English book is published in America at a trifle compared with its original cost, and has hitherto been sent back to this country, to the great injury of the author and the publisher. .This freebnot i,,g system is now at an end, and all except thieves will re joice:at the result.—Sun. AFFLICTING DEATH.—On Thursday last, an inquest was held at Wandsworth-road, on the body of Mrs. Isabella Jones, aged 64, the relict of Lieutenant Jones, R.N.. who was killed on board the Victory in ever-memorable battle of Trafalgar. Miss Sarah Burrows stated that the deceased, who was subject to fits of epilepsy, and occasionally unwell, had oeei, placed under her care for the last six years. On last Monday week, about eight o'clock in the morning, wit ness was alarmed by loud moans proceeding from the parlour, and on going down stairs she found the deceased's body in the middle of the room with her clothes on fire, and the servant attempting to extinguish the flames, which she at last succeeded in doing by wrapping a quantity of drugget round the unfortunate lady. The deceased was dreadfully burnt in the tipper part of her body. Mr. Mimpress, a surgeon, was called, who applied such remedies as are resorted to in these cases, but from the dreadful nature of the injuries she rapidly sank, and expired on Wednesday afternoon. A fire had been recently lighted in the parlour, but how the clothes of the deceased became ignited the unfortunate lady herself could not explain. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidentally burnt to death." EXTRAORDINARY POWER OF RECOGNITION IN A TIGER. —One day lattjveek a singular circumstance occurred in Wombwell's INlenegerie,corroborative of the retentive memory said to be possessed by this most vicious of the forest tribe, the tiger. A sailor who bad been strolling round the exhi bition, loitering here and there to admire and identify some of the animals with those he had seen in far distant climes, was attracted by the strange noise made by a tiger. who seemed irritated beyond endurance. Jack, somewhat alar med, sought the keeper to inquire the cause of so singular a display of feeling, which, he remarked, became more bois iercus the nearer he approached the animal; the keeper replied, that the behaviour of the tiger indicated that he was vastly pleased or annoyed ; upon this the sailor again ap proached the den, and, after gazing at the Ogee for a few minutes, during which the animal became frantic with seem ing rage, lashing his tail against his sides and giving utterance to the most frightful hellowings, discovered the tiger to be the same animal brought to England under the espesial care of the weather-beaten tar. It now became Jack's turn to be delighted, as it appeared the tiger was in thus recognising an old friend, and, after making repeated applications to be permitted to enter the den for the purpose, as he said, of "shaking a fist" with the beautiful animal, be was suffered so to do: the iron door was opened and in jumped Jack to the delight of himself and striped friend, and the a stonish ment of the lookers-ou. The affection of the animal was now shown, by caressing and licking the pleased sailor, whom he seemed to welcome with the heartiest satisfaction, and when the honest tar left the den, the anguish of the animal appeared almost insupportable.—Devonport Indepen dent. i3artialttentarp proret.bingo. HOUSE OF LORDS.--THURSDAY. The Earl of CLARENDON, in reference to the negociations with Portugal for a commercial treaty with that country, asked if it was true that a new proposition bad been sub mitted to the court of Lisbon, with an intimation that if not immediately acceded to the negociations should, on the•part of Great Britain, at once terminate. The Earl of ABERDEEN said that the negociations with the court of Lisbon had been long pending, and there could be no doubt but that their not being brought to a conclusion was not only injurious to the revenue, but detrimental also to pri vate interests. The delay was in some measure owing to the fact that each country was desirous of revising its tariff. Latterly, however, a letter had been despatched to the court of Lisbon something of the nature described by the noble earl. To that letter an answer had been yesterday received, but until he should have an opportunity of consulting with the President of the Board of Trade he was not prepared to state its purport to their lordships. It was determined, how ever, to bring the negociations to a close, or to terminate them at ouce. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE then brought under the consideration of their lordships the proclamation of Lord Ellenborough cf October, 1842, and moved resolutions to the effect that their lordships viewed with regret and disapproba tion the proclamation of the Governor-General of India, as calculated to mislead the inhabitants of India as to the in tentions of the British government, and to excite religious dissensions among the various sects under our dominion in India. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that throughout the whole 1 1 of the proceedings connected with the invasion of Affghanistan the most enormous errors bad been committed ; and the very first of these errors was the formation of an army of Eng lishmen and Hindoos, instead of Affghans, for the purpose of occupying Affghan. He did not wish to make any charge against or to attach any blame to any one. His only object was to defend his noble friend from the charge made against him by the noble marquis. who should have considered what errors really had been committed throughout the proceedings, instead of fixing upon an isolated fact for the purpose of casting blame on Lord Ellenborough. The proclamation was in fact little more than a song of triumph, which pointed out that the gates of Somnauth should be brought away as the just trophies of their success. There was more danger to ap prehended of exciting a Moslem feeling in India resulting from a free, or as he would say, licentious press of that country, than from anything contained in the proclamation. With respect to the encouragement given by the proclamation to idolatry, he had only to observe that the place to which the gates belonged never had been a heathen temple, and, whatever it had been in ancient times, the sect which in those days had occupied that district, whatever that sect might have been, long since passed away. It was absurd, there fore, to contend that the return of those gates held out the smallest encouragement to idolatry. He trusted, therefore, he should be joined in the vote which he should give that night against the motion of the noble marquis by the right rev. preletes near him, who must feel convinced that there was no intention to give the slightest encouragement to any heathen doctrine whatever. Lord AUCKLAND said that if errors had been committed Sir William Macnaughten was not to be held altogether re sponsible, for he had not the command even of a single re giment. He was only apolitical agent, and in that character had to point out to others w imt he conceived to be necessary, in order to carry out the political views of the government. Lord COLCHESTER said that Somnauth had been a strong fortified post, and the gates had originally been taken away, as a military trophy, by Sultan Mabmoud. There was, therefore, nothing unnatural in bringing them back again, as a similar trophy of success. The Bishop Of LLANDAFF opposed the motion of the Mar quis of Clanricarde, on the ground that the gates of Soranauth were restored only upon the same principle as when Paris was occupied by the allied troops ; other nations had restored to them various trophies which had been previously taken from them by the French. The Bishop of NORWICII said that the Temple of Som nauth was dedicated to Seeva, the most cruel of the Hindoo deities, and he feared the restoration of the gates of the tem ple would throw difficulties in the way of the spread of Christianity. Upon Christian principles, therefore, and totally apart from all political considerations, he felt bound to vote for the motion of the noble marquis. The Bishop of enrol ESTER said that he did not impute any improper intentions to the Governor-General of India, but unless the greatest prudence was exercised the interests of Christianity might be seriously interfered with in India. The Earl of CLARENDON said it was with great pain he felt himself called upon to support the motion of his noble friend, to which no answer had, in his opinion, been given by the noble duke. Lord Ellenborough had departed from the policy of all his predecessors, and risked wounding the religious feelings of a large portion of our Indian empire ; and was to be remembered that the two most dangerous insurrections which had ever occurred in India arose from insults to the religious feelings of the Mahomedans. It should be known that this country was resolved to discoun tenance idolatry in every shape, and, above all, idolatry in India, where it was more filthy than in any other quarter of the globe. He would not, however, for one moment attri bute to Lord Ellenborough any intention to encourage ido latry in India; but unless they wished to make this country look ridiculous, they must build a temple for the gates, in stal the requisite priests, and manufacture an idol, the design and estimate for which would be, he might venture to say, a most curious production. He believed he was not mistaken in supposing that the government had already communicated to Lord Ellenborough its opinion on the subject of his pro clamation, and he now should be anxious to see if they would condemn their own letter to the Governor-General of India by voting against the motion of the Marquis of Clanricarde. Lord FITZGERALD denied that the letter to Lord Ellen borough was one of censure, nor had it been said by Sir R. Peel in another place that it was a letter of condemnation. He referred to a private letter read by Lord Colchester, in which. Lord Ellenborough stated that he had re-written the proclamation three ti m es, in order to prevent th e poss ibili ty of its being made liable to the construction which had been since so industriously placed upon it. He trusted their lord ships would reject the motion, because it did not do justice to the motives or the actions of the Governor-General of India. Lord BROUGHXii, rose to deny all the charges made against Lord Ellenffisrough, who had not taken the earliest opportunity, as was alleged, of attacking the policy of his predecessor, nor in any way given the slightest encourage ment to any species of idolatry, or any just cause of irrita tion to the Mahomedans under his government. The noble lord then entered into a detail of the occurrences in India, contending as he went along that Lord Ellenborough had said no more than state his own policy, which was certainly in contravention of that of Lord Auckland, so far as ordering the evacuation of A if g hanistan. Hi s di sapprova l o f t h e po licy of Lord Auckland was known from his actions, and it would be absurd to make a mystery of that which was noto rious. The proclamation told the people nothing which they did not know before, and he believed Lord Ellenborough had no intention whatever of attacking his predecessor. The Temple of Somnauth did not belong to the religion of Brahma but to the Budhists, and it could not therefore flat ter the Hindoos, or offend the Mahomedans. The fact was that the gates Of the temple were military trophies, which both Hindoos andvgahornedans rejoiced as I n di ans to see restored to their country. When Paris was occupied by the allied troops was there a single objection to sending back to Rome the altar -pieces taken from thence by the French ? Could there be found the most bigoted Protestant from even the north of Ireland, or the most bigoted Presbyterian from Scotland—and neither could be charged with a deficiency of zeal—he did not believe that either would object to those altar.:pieces being returned to Rome because of its being under the influence of a certain scarlet individual. The noble and learned lord, in conclusion, on behalf of an absent man, called upon the house to give him that which he me rited—an honourable acquittal. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the thanks of the Court of 'Directors of the East India Company had been given to Lord Auckland for having avoided all connection between the government in that country and the temples of worship of the natives, and it therefore was incumbent on Lord Ellenborough not to allow a single act of his in any way to connect them. The differences between Catholics and Protestants and other religions in 'Europe bore no ana logy to the wide sea which separated the religions of India. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE replied ; after which their lordships divided, and the motion of the noble marquis was defeated by a majority of 83 to 25. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY. Mr. V. SMITH moved the following resolution That this house, ', h ying regard to the hi g h an d i mpor t an t func tions of the Governor-General of India, the mixed character of the native population, and the recent measures of the court of directors for discontinuing any seeming sanction of idolatry in India, consider that the conduct of Lord Ellenbo• rough, in issuing the 'general orders of the 16th of November, 1842, and in addressing the letter of the same date to all the chiefs, princes, and people of India, respecting the restora tion of the gates of a temple to Somnauth, is unwise, inde corous, and reprehensible." Mr. E. TENNENT referred to the demand made by ltunjeet Singh to Shab Soojah for the restoration of the gates of Somnauth as a proof of the great importance of the trophy in the consideration of the people of India. They had been distinctly alluded to by Lord Ellenborough as trophies or memorials of our military triumphs in Affghanistan. The proclamation was oriental is its style, but it was to be remem bered that it was addressed to oriental minds familiar with the most exaggerated metaphors. There could be no reli gious feeling in the case at all, either on the part of Lord Ellenborough, or of the n at i ves of I n di a. f or S u l tan Mah mood, himself a Mussulman, had conquered Mahomedans as well as Hindoos ; and the many Affghan invasions, which swept over India, had fallen as heavily upon one religion as the other. The opponents of Lord Ellenborough, in their eagerness to censure the style of one proclamation, had alto ,ether overlooked his great exer ti ons , an d h a d endeavoured, in his atisence, to damage his well. earned reputation. The country, however, would confirm the decision of the house, and sustain the high character of the noble lord. Mr. MACAULEY contended that Lord Ellenborough had betrayed a want of official decency in affixing a stigma upon his predecessor oy his proclamation—a predecessor who had exhibited towards him so much disinterested care. It was difficult to conceive how a Christian government could govern an empire so extensive as India, containing as it did a vast population, varied in its characteristics, habits, and super stitions. This country, however, succeeded in elevating the female character in India, to abolish suttees, and ameliorate the horrors and debasing customs of Hindoo idolatry. Our more recent policy had been of a neutral character, withdraw ing all countenance from any species of idolatry ; and regard ing not its religious aspect but its influence on temporal hap piness, it would be treason to the progress of civilization to pay homage to the superstitions of India. From that nen. trality Lord Ellenborough had departed by bringing back the gates of Somnauth, and had insulted truth by paying homage' to falsehood. Was his proclamation to be carried out? No such thing. The foolish proclamation would ex hibit Lord Ellenborough as the first Governor-General of India who was doomed to be laughed at, and that derisive laughter was now re-echoed from Europe and America. The noble lord had acted without the advice of his council, which bad no power to control him, for he was away from it, acting upon his own solitary judgment. Mr. HOGG agreed that it was impolitic for a governor general to act without the advice of his council, but it was to he remembered that Lord Auckland also had issued his dis astrous Simla proclamation on his own authority only. tie trusted the house would not sanction such an attempt as this to hunt down an absent public servant for the mere purposes of party animosity. He was not prepared to defend the pro clamation of Lord Ellenborough from indiscretion, but he felt confident the house would not single out one act of indis cretion for the purpose of censuring a functionary whose every other act called for undivided approbation. Capt. M AN GLEs, without attributing to Lord Ellenborough any intention to disparage Christianity, said it was never theless an impeachment of his judgment and common sense that he should not have seen the inevitable tendency of the proclamation. Mr. ESTCOTT said that this motion was to be attributed to the animosity which Lord Ellenborough had provoked by the manner in which be had so gloriously retrieved the great errors of his predecessor. There was certainly a strong feel ing against the proclamation, but while the people of this loved plain country loved th e i r re li g iO n they dealing also, and hated hypocritic a l p re t ences . Mr. HOME would have preferred a direct motion for the recal of Lord Ellenborough to the one moved by the hon. gentleman. The n o bl e l or d bad manifested gross ignorance both with respect to the temple and its history, and he bad displayed similar ignorance as to the character of the Hin doos. The hon. member read a letter from a vakeel of the Hindoos. The hon. member read a letter from ir valceel of the Rajah of Sattarah, now in England, to the effect that nothing which had been in connection with the dead, as had been the gates of Somnsuth, could be received as homage to a Ilindoo temple, and that the gates were really regarded in India as a military trophy. After some observations from Mr. C. WYNNE and Mr. PLUMPTRE, _ _ Sir G. GREY said that no impediment should be placed in the way of the diffusion of christianity by the governor of a population so mixed as that of India. Lord Ellenborough appeared to be acting on the revolving principle, and having already addressed proclamations to the Hindoos and Chris tians, we might shortly expect one to Mahomedans. In the absence of any reprehension by the government of the con duct of Lord Ellenborough, the house was called upon to pronounce its opinion. It was not enough to condemn the taste of the proclamation ; the country should be discon nected from a transaction at the same time ludicrous and disgraceful. Lord STANLEY could not reconcile it to his public duty, or to his friendship for Lord Ellenborough, to remain silent while he was thus attacked, in his absence, for an isolated act, after having received the thanks of the house for the great achievements he had accomplished. It was said by Lord Palmerston that any government ought to be impeached which would withdraw from the " advanced position" which had been secured in Affghanistan. The presettt government had withdrawn, and he now challenged the opposition side of the house to impeach their policy, or move a vote of censure upon them for not recalling Lord Ellenborough. They would not attempt anything of this kind, but singled out a proclamation issued in the hour of victory, merely because it was couched in language somewhat too inflated. Lord Ellenborough might have been ignorant of the complete ruin of the Temple of Somnauth, but it would be gross ingrati tude to condemn a man who has rendered such essential services to his country, because of the style and composition of a particular document, and thereby to increase the embar rassments which these debates were calculated to create in India. Lord PALMERSTON said that not a single gentleman had attempted to defend the conduct of Lord Ellenborough. No one had even sought to " damn him with faint praise." Even the noble lord who had last spoken had only created a diver sion by carrying the war into the enemy's camp, and very gallantly he had played his part. He was still of opinion that a flight from Affghanistan would have been most dis graceful. Lord Ellenborough had received the thanks of the house already for the little good he had done, and even handed justice now demanded that the demerits of the great man whom they had thanked should be properly acknow ledged. Sir R. PEEL said this debate would dissipate the supposi tion which seemed to have arisen in the debate on Mr. Roe buck's motion, that a compromise had taken place between the government and the opposition. The right hon. baronet quoted a letter from Lord Auckland himself, showing that he contemplated retiring from Affghanistan before he was made aware of the extent of the disasters at Cabool, and that he had actually stated that their object was to retire with as little discredit as possible. He contended, that it was but common justice to take Lord Ellenborough's conduct as a whole, as Lord Palmerston insisted should have been the course when the Earl of Durham had, under similar circum stances, been assailed. The gates of Somnauth might have been very properl y carried off as a trophy to reconcile the undoes to their retirement from Affghanistan, and although the language used . in presenting them might have been spared, yet it would be unjust and ungrateful for that lan guage to condemn a man who had repaired the greatest dis aster which had ever befallen the British arms. Lord J. RUSSELL said there appeared to be but one opinion of the proclamation—that it was unwise, indecorous, and re prehensible. The invasion of Affghanistan had not been utterly unproductive of advantages to the people of India and this country, for we bad secured the navigation of the Indus, and had obtained an acquisition of territory, or were about to do so, for the purpose of securing that navigation. He could not move a vote of censure on the government for abandoning Affghanistan, for since he bad read the papers he was decidedly of opinion that the retirement from that country was a wise measure of policy. Agreeing in every word of the motion of his hon. friend he should cheerfully give his vote for it, and if the consequence should be the resignation of the Governor-General, he thought it would be a relief to the country from a great difficulty and peril. The house then divided, and the motion was negatived by a majority of 242 to 157. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-SATURDAY. The house sat for a short time, when Sir J. GRAHAM gave notice that he would proceed with the committee on the Registration of Voters Bill this day, and it must come into into operation on the 24th of June. The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was postponed, after some conversation, until Monday, the 10th of April, after which the house adjourned. • THEATRE-ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE. Second Night of the celebrated Performers, Mr. W. FAR . REN and Mrs. GLOVER, who are engaged fur Ten Nights. Mr. STUART, Mrs. TERNAN, and Miss FANNY TERNAN. rums present TUESDAY EVENING, the 14th instant, .I. a New Drama, called PEATIt AND PAUL. Peter Britton.Mr. W. Farrell ! Peggy Britton .Mrs. Glover, as originally performed by them in London. After which, the New Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead.. Mr W. Farren, Langley (their original characters.) - Edward . Miss Fanny Ternan. To conclude with the Farce of THE LADIES' CLUB. MRs. GLOVZIL IN THE CHAIR. TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, &c. The largely increased and most respectable circulation which the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to bring their advertisements before the notice of buyers in the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARDis steadily increasing. In Manchester, however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday—occurring upon the most im portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels arc thronged with country manu facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly es tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased and increasing interest. Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to receive an increased measure of support from the mer chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability to do justice to the interests committed to their care. MR. DILLON'S CASE. The following is, we are informed, a correct version of the circumstances upon which Mr. Dillon founds his claim upon the Government : On the night on the 15th of February, 1822, at 8 o'clock Mr. Dillon, who commanded the coast guard at Milk Cove county of Cork, proceeded out to sea with two of his boats, the one of six oars, the other of four oars. the wind at the time bloWing hard and a heavy sea running. Mr. Dillon states that be had no expectation of falling in with any smug gling vessel when he proceeded out to sea, his sole intention being to show his men that he was determined to do his duty. On getting outside of the Cove, the chief boatman, who was in the four oared boat, pointed out to Mr. Dillon a sail to the westward. Upon seeing it, Mr Dillon ordered his second boat to follow him, and pulled (for the vessel. Upon getting up under her stern, he hailed her, and received a defiance to come on. He then pulled on the lee side, and, intending to hoard her, desired the weather oars to be laid in, and the boat to be kept to with the lee ones. On his seeing, as he conceived, from 40 to 50 men on board, he sheered off and sent up a rocket, and burnt a blue light in order to alarm the coast, and to attract the attention of any cruisers that might be in the offing He also kept up a fire of musketry. During all the time the four-oared boat was lying on her oars to windward. The smuggler, finding that it wasiimpossible to effect the landing her cargo, the coast having been alarmed, put out to sea, and Mr. Dillon returned with his two boats to Milk Cove. The next morning the Captain of the Peru, who, as it appeared, was anxious to run his vessel to France, but was resisted by his crew, with the advice of his pilot, ran her into Kinsale river, where she was immediately boarded and seized by the tide surveyor. A reference to the map of Ireland will show that the har bour of Kinsale is about 30 miles distant from Milk Cove, with severel headlands intervening, and it is, therefore, quite clear, that although Mr. Dillon did prevent the landing of the cargo of the Peru in this district, but that could have no effect whatever in forcing the vessel to run into Kinsale river on the next day. It is upon these grounds, and not upon any suspicion of cowardice, that Mr. Dillon's claim to share in the proceeds of thivapture has never been at any time allowed, and he never received any sum as a share of such capture; but in October, 1833, Lord Althorn, then Chancellor of the:Ex chequer, directed the sum of £5O to be paid to Mr. Dillon, in consideration of his distressed situation, and the heavy expenses which he had incurred.---Times. BRISTOL LEATHER FAIR.—The supply at this fair las week was in most articles below the average of former spring fairs, but owing to the causes at present depressing almost every branch of business the attendance of buyers was unusually short, and their purchases extremely limited. The transactions were therefore very unimportant as compared with preceding fairs. Our quotations vary but little from former rates, except in skins, which, being in greater supply comparatively than other articles, have suffered more from the absence of a demand. In Bark a good many small par. cels were brought upon the market, but the very high prices demanded, and the near approach of the new supply, pre vented many sales from taking place. The transactions in raw goods were quite immaterial :—there is no stock. POSTOFFICE.—A return has been laid before the House of Commons, showing the amount of gold, silver, & c ., con tained in letters which have been consigned to the Dead Letter-office, in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, during the five years ending 1841, and which had been opened be cause the parties to whom they were addressed could not be found. The amount in gold, bank notes, and silver, found in such letters, for the five years, was £28,898 for London, £696 for Edinburgh, and for Dublin £2830; total, £32,424. The total amount in bank post-bill, bills of exchange, pro missory orders, &c., exclusive of money, was £ 2 ,053,341. The amount restored to the owners was £167,179, and that paid into the revenue £134: but it is necessary to state, that the bills had all been restored or destroyed by the authority of the owners, and the sums recovered to the owners for the two last years cannot be stated, as the " dead letters had not remained three years in the office. MorromANlAi—The following case is given in the Standard to show how stebngly epidemical the fashionable monomania is becoming. And this case we cannot do better that describe in the words of our before-mentioned excellent contemporary: —`• The case at Bow-street, yesterday, opens, indeed, a new and an interesting chapter in the science of monomania, sug gesting hints that no doubt will be acted upon. Mr. the menacer of the life of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it appears, claims a large sum of money, which he thinks he would obtain but for the opposition of the too vigilant guardian of the public purse, and he communicates in a mild way to the party certainly most interested in the subject of his communiclition, certain monomaniacal notions about the propriety of taking a pistol and sending a ball through him.' Why should not this mode of seeking money or promotion be extensively adopted ? We can fancy a letter to the follow ing effect producing a considerable impresiion upon a nervous man Sir, lam an unhappy monomaniac who am very desirous of £—, or the office of —; now vacant (as the case map be), and I have been able to think of nothing for the last month (excuse me) but taking a pistol and sending a bullet through you. I enclose my certificate of monomania from halt a dozen mad doctors, and have the honour to be, sir, your very humble servant, --. P.S. Please send the money or the appointment (whichever is demanded) with as little delay as possible, as I find all•my dreadful thoughts rushing into my mind.' Or, more shortly-±' Sir, Put £5 in a certain place, or expect to hear something more of yours, A— Monomaniac by Deploma. P.S. Be quick—verbum mt.' Such are some of the less horrid con sequences to be anticipated from the establishment of the 'new doctrine." THE LARGEST STEAM FRIGATE IN THE NAVY.—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty last year approved of a plan submitted by Mr. Oliver Lang, Master Shipwright of the Woolwich Dockyard, of a steam frigate on a far larger scale of dimensions and power than any hitherto constructed, and ordered her to be built at Woolwich, and named the Terrible. It is now contemplated that this splendid steam frigate shall be built at Deptford Dockyard on the same slip from which the Worcester 50 gun ship will shortly be launch ed. This arrangement will prove a source of great satisfac tion to the inhabitants of Deptford,who, from recent reports, feared that the place would cease to be a building-yard. As a portion only of the dimensions of this great Leviathan of the deep was given on a former occasion, the following more full details will convey some idea of the magnitude of this vessel : Feet. Inches. Length between perpendiculars.... 226 0 Keel for tonnage 196 101 Breadth extreme Depth in hold Burden in tons 1,847 She is to be supplied with Maudslay and Field's patent double cylinder marine engines of 800 horse power. The cylinders will be 72 inches in diameter, and the erection of the engines alone has been contracted for at the cost, includ ing the boilers, of the large suni of £40,250. The engine room will be of the following splendid dimensions :-75 feet long, 38 feet broad, and 27 feet deep ; and the weight of the engines and requisite gear connected with them will be up wards of 500 tons. The diameter of the paddle-wheels are to b.: 34 feet by 13 feet in breadth. The coal-boxes will contain 800 tons of coals ; and, altogether, this great vessel will far exceed in length and other important points the largest ship of-the-line ever constructed in this country. The Lords of the Admir4l4 have shown by th e i r a d opt i on o f M r . Oliver Lang's pl an of a steam-frigate of such magnificent and un paralleled dtiMensions, that they are ,resolved Great Britain shall continue to reign, as she has previously done, mistress of the seas, and that they will cor di a ll y encourag e every nn provement in modern science tending to render the navy of this country the most efficient, and it may be said, far supe rior to any other power in the world. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We can answer " Inquirer" more satisfactorily on Frida3% Can " A Young Physiologist" furnish us with the paper he mentions, and we shall then be better able to say what we can do with it ? Ebt Eibtrpsal &tanDarlt. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1843 In a recent article upon the debate on Mr. IlLebuck's motion, we intimated to Sir Robert Peel that his generous protection of his discomfited opponents, and particularly of Lord Palmerston, was not a kind of proceeding which would find imitators. The mo tion of Thursday night,—in condemnation of Lord Ellenborough's Somnauth proclamation, ostensibly, but against his lordship's entire policy, in reality,---- and the debate by which it was followed, afford ample proof that our estimation of the length and breadth and depth of Whig-radical meanness and dishonesty was not greatly at fault. The reader has perhaps seen, at some period of his life, a cur, or some other mongrel specimen of the canine race, relieved by the humanity of a passer-by from the unenviable pressure of a cart-wheel upon his loins, or dragged, at the risk of smeared hands and garments, from a pit in which he was being stifled by inches. Did the gasping ani mal lick the hand which preserved him, or even whine forth his thanks at his feet ? No. Ten to one it snapped at his legs and, with a portion of his torn trousers hanging from its jaw, ran yelping off, to plunge next moment into some fresh dishonesty, and reap the reward of a sousing in a horsepond, or a kick in the ribs from some victim of its propensity for meddling and peculation. Such is precisely the con duct of the faction, over whose head Sir Robert Peel interposed the shield of his good nature. His hand lifted the baffled incapables out of the mire in which they were plunged ; and their first moment of reco vered breath and' spirits is devoted to an attack upon their preserver. We are sincerely pleased, however, to observe that the conduct in question has not been without its efiect upon the mind of the Premier. Sir Robert distinctly announced On Thursday night his sense of the ingrati tude displayed, and his resolution that, in future, he should not be the man to interpose between the ex ministers and those who bring down punishment upon their heads. Most deeply do we deplore that, in the case of Mr-Roebuck's motion, he was led thus to in terpose. We shall be satisfied, however, if the error is not repeated. The proceedings taken by government against the Chartists implicated in the recent disturbances in the manufacturing districts have terminated much as we anticipated. The supremacy of the law has been vin dicated. The Chartist agitators, and their dupes, have been taught that they will not be permitted to goad to frenzy a suffering people, in the hope of achieving by violence their insane projects ; and at the same time justice has been tempered with mercy, the convicted prisoners having, instead of receiving a summary sen tence, been required to present themselves at the next sitting of the Court of Queen's Bench in London, where most probably they will be bound over to keep the peace and discharged. It was due, we maintain, to the character of her Majesty's advisers, to take this course. The working classes were to be taught a lesson; they were to be taught that they could not, in a civilised country, and under constitutional government, be permitted to cor rect their injuries, real or assumed, with their own hand. The selfish or misguided men, by whom those classes are usually led, were also to be taught that the law of England was not a weapon which mere cobweb sophistries could \ : suffice to blunt. On the other band, these lessons welly) be taught in a kindly, not a re , vengeful, spirit. Could it be doubted that the offen ders; or at least the majority of them, and the masses whom they led, had acted under cruel provocation ? The progressive deterioration of their condition during the past twenty years, and the evidence before their eyes of a disposition on the part of their employers to make further and further reductions in wages—the threats known to have been in circulation with respect to these reductions, and the impression, so sedulously spread amongst them, by Chartist and League agita tors alike, that the remedy was solely in.a demonstra tion of their strength, for the carrying of a legislative change—the charter or free trade in corn —were toge ther sufficient to impel ignorant men to a course of violence and folly; and no gcivernment could have visited, with consistency, a heavy weed of punishment upon the overt actors, whilst those equally, if not more guilty persons, who precipitated their course of error, were screened in immunity, by the greater secrecy or cunning with which they, worked out their object. That such persons there were, few men who have perused the evidence brought forward upon this trial-- fewer still, acquainted with the state of the manufac turing districts- during the past year—will venture to deny. What, we ask, is the impression which we find existing in the mind of the arraigned Chartists ? Why that the League manufacturers were straining every effort to break up the Chartist party, and to drive the working classes, from sheer desperation, into the movement in favour of cheap bread. The two parties have long been notoriously at feud with each other. The master Leaguer had been endeavouring to seduce his Chartist workmen to give up Feargus and his six points, and embrace the cause of free trade. 11l blood had been between them long; and when, at the close of the last session, the League conventions and depu tations returned, half frantic, to their various homes; when they had declared, in a document hearing the names of men of station, wealth, and respectability —we were going to add sense—that the country was upon the verge of a bloody revolution ; when they pro ceeded at once, with an improving market and the prospect of the advantages to be afforded to commerce by the new tariff before them, to a red uction of the miserable wages of the working clas ses ; — what so reasonable a conclusion, on the part of those w or ki ng classes, as that which they arrived at, viz.: that in the proceedings which they adopted—the forcible stoppage of factories and other outrages—they were so precisely carrying out the predictions of some members of the League that they need • fear little i nterruption on the part of the authorities ? Wh a t so reasonable a conclu sion as that the rittempted reductio n o f wages was in tended to produce the strike which f o ll owed ? The League party are morally responsible for every act of violence which attended the outbreak of August last. We now proceed to comment briefly upon the ad mission made on Wednesday by one of the party- - Sir Thos. Potter—with respect to the doings of th e Manchester authorities during that outbreak. Sir Thomas was asked, in cross-examination by t he Attorney-General, several questions with respect to the course taken by the authorities of whom he himself was one ; and in reply the worthy knight told of sun dry meetings held and placards issued, and of his own attendance for two days and nights at the Town-hall' But he was pressed to say what protection was given to parties applying for it, whilst the mob was e ngaged in forcibly stopping the factories ; and the naive ad mission was given, that the authorities " advised the parties applying that it was the best plan to submit I , Employers anxiously seeking protection, for themselves and their workpeople, from the dictation of an excited mob, were told, that they were to yield without resis t ' a;ice to the violence offered to them And why was such a course pursued by these sage magistrates ? Sir Thomas was again and again pressed upon this point. " Were they afraid of bloodshed being the re' suit ?" : Sir Thomas Potter indignantly repelle d the idea that he could be afraid. What was the reason' then ? What could be the reason of this submission to which peaceable individuals were urged ? Why, a n that could be alleged by the worthy knight was th e assertion, as a fact, that the workpeople willingly obeyed the dictation of the insurgents, and turned ou t —an assertion which, in the case of several factories and other works, is contradicted by the efforts made by the workpeople themselves to prevent their stop-. page, by meeting force with force. We question that willingness of the men ; but wile titer it existed or not is no valid plea on behalf of th e supineness displayed by the authorities. And thi s opinion appears to have been that of the Attorney'. General himself, who commented upon it in the fol lowing emphatic language, which we recommend t° the consideration of the gentlemen to whom it refers' "No doubt," remarked the learned gentleman, this was only a part of the tampering policy which induce d the magistrates to withdraw the troops and to allot'' the mob to march into a town like Manchester, which was handed over to them for a space of 48 hours !" f We dare say we shall be greeted with a flourish °f triumph and gratulation from the Leaguers, 1- 1 1)° ° their assumed escape from the exposures with whi ch they feared this trial was rife. Let them pause, W s ' . ever, before they invite too much public attention t ° the details, bearing upo n the wretched Condition °, f their boasted population, afforded throughout the a l : dence. Bearing in mind, even, the somewhat tainte d source from which some of these details emana te ' there is still much to excite serious misgivings in th e minds of reflecting men, whether it is a sound state °f be things in which the tenth part of such evils can permitted to exist. And lest such oracles as our Col temporary the Manchester Guardian should ride oval with the impression that his clients of the League h ave effectually purged themselves of all implication in the disturbances of August, we beg to call his attention t° the pithy description of them given by the Attornel General. " Their character"—the character of the disturbances in question—" might be. described in two words. It was tumult or intimidation ou'r OF M g' CHESTER; it was ENCOURAGEMENT, IN IV IAN, CHESTER !" LOCAL NEWS. The Great Western steamer was appointed to leav e red York for this port on Saturday last. n A deputation from Liverpool, headed by Lord Sa nd s . and Sir Howard Douglas, had an interview with Mr. I . la stone on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. 0 THE ACADIA.—This vessel, which would leave Bosto n of the Ist instant, may be expected to arrive here to-daY' to-morrow. SHOP-LIFTING.—A girl named Elizabeth Cross, ° mi ., Harrison, was committed to the sessions, for trial, bY Rushton, yesterday, on a charge of having stolen a silk W e , kerchief from the shop of Mr. Abraham Haman, d eaP Park-lane. JBO The Cheshire Foxhounds meet to-morrow (Wednes ley, at Doddington, near Nantwich ; on Thursday, at Hankevii on Saturday, at Ravensmere Windmill ; on Monday, a t a stl therton ; on Wed n e s d a y, th e 22d i ns t., a t T a bley Purnbe Thursday, the 23d, at Weston Green; and on Saturday' 25th, at Ilool.Green. BANKRUPTCY FIATS.—The following is a return f of number of fiats in bankruptcy issued since the a ppearan - ax t the first Gazette p u bli s h e d after the new BankrupteY 2 4 o came into operatio n , d a t e d 15th November, 1842, t o I . fi on February, 1843 : —L on d on, 188 ; Leeds, 63 ; BirmiE e etr 44; Liverpool, 35 ; M anc h ester, 34 ; ristcd, 23; 14 ; Newcastle, 13; total, 414. ate' The public will. i n th e present wee k , have four oPP,TO-' nities—namely, Thursd a y, F r id ay, S atur d ay, an d Sun u ,,Ter/ of viewing f rom th e var i ous p i ers a fine expanse of 11 ,`", and the scen e w ill, no d ou b t, b e much enl i vene d by tc"„tar' rival and departure of numerous ships. The tide on nt y day next will be the highest during the year—height, twe one feet six inches; time, forty-two minutes past one. re . THE HINDOSTAN.—We learn from the India ned'oll', ceived in tow n y es t er d ay , t h at t hi s magn ifi cen t steau; th 0 1 started from Calcutt a on h er fi rs t t r i p t o S uez on the 1 1 ,iltie January, and reac h e d M a d ras on t h e 20 t h . It w aS P e c j tte that on. passing Point de Galle she might have learn e er aor late news from Canton. Lord Elphinstone, the ex-4 ° , 4 / o ,o e of Madr as , h a d procee d e d to E urope on b oar d t h e Bin" from Ceylon. gO i h r i r e PORTRAIT PAINTING.—Those of our readers who • e -• true and life-like portraits in oil, will be glad to peree7 iylO the announcement in our advertising columns, that 001 Mr. Mercier, the artist, has revisited Liverpool. : ▪ t e en' derstand his return has been at the express desire of• gre influential families who wish to obtain portraits by phic pencil. From a Correspondent.—[We have s een: o re of Mr. Her'der's specimens and excellent likeness es they.—Ea. L. S.] , 0 ON THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS OF v'f; communication bearing this title is to be read, ' o bs '', Samuel Holme, at the monthly meeting of the PolY,t. te rel; Society, on Wednesday evening next. Owing to the ni s oar and importance of the subject, the committee 1 18 1 01 00; visitors' tickets to every member of the Common d o, 1 and the day of meeting has been postponed from Tt.le s oc ielli enable the Mayor, who is ex officio a member of the - ec eife to attend. E ac h mem b er o f th e comm itt ee has also r additional visitors' tickets for distribution. of t r eP MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—We learn, from t "; t iog "el of this institution, which was read at the annual n' e c res s 4 , Wednesday last, that the number of members has de er yre . " o from 3767 to 3365. This the committee ascribe to the Ve er sure of the times. The receipts during the year hav e 0 1 £10,523 ; the expenditure 4 '9,869 • leaving a balanc e ' coo l ' irovid• ' - - The reo° providing for salaries, due this month, of £563. - mittee recommend a subscription to furnish the lect:l r A iery with an organ and orchestra. The sculpture g a° 0 10 1 ! shortly be still further enriched with casts. The t°, tented ber of visiters to the exhibition was 97,000; the total £4000; net, profit £2OOO. The library has been aug Il e from 9126 volumes to 11,011, and 63,6 . 03 volumes v0 13 , 0 g given out during the year. Twenty-four courses e u i lectures, or eighty lectures in all, have been delivered the year. The general condition of all the s chorO se eed i ported to be highly satisfactory, and the loss of th e • ' masters had been fully replaced.Oe Coll l' DISTRIBUTION OF W ORKS OF F INE A RT B Y v r -0,0 MENDED BY THE '(:Mi'.III . TEE OF THE HOUSE ° r opb.ber MONS ON A RTS AND M ANUFACTURES. —" A iniragaserldif been extensively circulated, to the effect that every bi b i l l to an Art-U n i on i s liable .to a penalty, recovera b l e t ia common informer. We have no hesitation in " e'd et this is inc orrec t, i nasmuch as the 46th of Geo. 're 11 ;flii' provides to the contrary. Art-Unions, therefore , e t ,. t of all affected by any existing legislative enaetn e ,r,bre e l li th e opinion is borne out by the fact, that the estau''''p tp such societies was recommended by a commit te ;viot a lo House of Commons on arts and manufactures P r i . ' 4 "so' the formation of the Art-Union tif London, as th e w l o t,' hardly have suggested an illegal proceeding. lost d 0 , 4 ciations for the p urc h ase o f p i ctures to b e di s t r ibo' i o st Ole says - the report in question, 'form one of the n 1 ,3 q; 0 0. l a re in the present age of the advantage of comb l "er tee; smallness of the contribution required brings 13 toga', a sl - r td• mass of s u b scr ib ers, many of whom, without sne'}the„'looo of associ a ti on, would never have become patrons °Art-'„flile Persons may b e assure d th a t i n su b scr ibi ng to en,,, t ter they are infri ng i ng ne ith er t h e sp i r i t nor the l ap.” — Art-thtion, March 1, 1843. -40 a S n THE FUNDS, S ATURDAY E vENING. —TI I -- - „ re Es firmness in quotations at the close of the mark et ' t, 91 '1 0 4 sols for money l e f t off at 9q- to 27; ditto, Aec°uns °4-r o 1 chequ er bill s, 7 2 to 74 premium ; and New Three,i t ins t! per Cents, 102-4- to ; India Bonds were one" it premium : and Long Annuities, for 30 Yearst : „ e „; See u ret i sth of January, 1860, 12 13-16ths. In Ferew-us cur "t not much business was transacted. A rumour ! I f : a toe rei eo that the Dutch government intend an exchange7 t he P t ioPL' the proportion of 108 four per cent for 100 0 ' gut° s ow, Five per Cent socurity ; but it bad no effect oP en . „, Won ) The Five per Cents were heavy, as they have be%, ro po i r e 0 while past, it having been before stated that the i r d this op t would be made to pay them off at par. S"u nts° l° o version of the story prove coned, it will be t a r Cel. l ' to the same thing in point of value. The Five Pei Sur off at 1021 to ; ditto, Two-and-a-half per Ce° . 4 • Po o rtv' Stuinish Actives, 21g to ; ditto New, 28i t° ;= d ca r ; 861 to 87-1 ; Mexican, 31k - to ; Brazilian, N i t o ° s-1 g in u rn es b e in C n o , n 2 v 6 e ll rt t e n d, 40-1 to 1-1; Belgian, 1044 to ia Market. In Ml n . Brazilian Scrip, 71; St. John del Rey, 4i; ;71 t ; Unregistered, .5:1 to 6 ; United Mexican, n ß g ussiinmersesssti3etnidiainlynpsrsocgrriels,:weessals. dgeritisipttto, 1 0' Scrip, 34 t o fok __The 0 for THE FIRE AT FAWCETT AND PRESTON S. ios Sr 5 ing, we believe, is a correct statement of the it is ascertained : Liverpool oflice, £2500 Buildings. Ditto, • • 2000 on H em p, Ste. Sun, .......... 8000 on Cotton. u se , Atlas, 2OOO on Wheat, &e• to rch° West England, 2OOO Building, Lake Norwich Union, 200 on Grain. Alliance, Phoenix, ...... 1 050 Globe, iP London U n i on , Manch es t er , Messrs. F awce tt' s i nsurances are reported London, with the offices there, namely £l4,soo with Scottish Unie° • 7,400 with West England. ...., 7,400 with Atlas. c7-fi,400 with London 1511 ,-' 9 10 ". 00 0- " . Estimated I mo tit • Messrs. Fawcett's, a''..' e xcee" The total loss, l ess sa l vage , w ill no doubt , I 1