The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-12 00:00:00

" If any person still remains sceptical as to the happy re lease of the empire from misrule, in every department of the state, produced by the ejection from power of Lord Mel bourne's cabinet, we commend to their perusal The Budget, No. 8, just published. Col. Torrens therein demonstrates, that for the creation of the predisposing causes of the failure of the financial affairs of South Australia, the late govern ment, and the late government alone, are responsible ; ' for that failure the country has already paid upwards of £150,000, with the certainty of an annual charge for the colony. The Colonel shows, moreover, how Col. Gawler was sacrificed by Lord John Russell to screen his protege's—the land and emigration commissioners—one an Elliot. The high minded soldier,' says Colonel Torrens, ' who led the storm ing party at Badajos, and who commanded the flank com pany which charged the Imperial Guard at Waterloo, has been dismissed from his government—the commissioners who disobeyed the act of parliament have been retained in office. But no candid inquirer will estimate the comparative merits of the respective parties in accordance with these dif ferent awards of arbitrary power. Col. Gawler has no friend at court ;he had no political connection—no family ties with the members of a whig cabinet. No Lady Fanny Gawler was betrothed to a Secretary of State in charge of the Colo nial department. There is a mark upon the forehead of Lord John Russell which can never be effaced.' Colonel Torrens has touched a chord which, if we mistake not, will vibrate through the land. We do not, however, think it right to content ourselves with the notice which is here taken of Colonel Gawler; but rwe subjoin the demi-official notice which was published `e of that brave officer at the ti me o f his app o i n t men t as I:iGoverrior of S outh Australia, in 1838 : "Colonel Gawler is one of the most distinguished officers aof the British a rmy. He was present at several of the Duke Wellington's great sieges and general actions : viz., Bada jos. Vittoria, Nive, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse, and Water loo. Re volunteered the storming party at Badajos, (where he w" st ! ve relyvvorinded,) and commanded the r i g ht fl an k company of the 52d regiment during the great charge on the Imperial Guards at Waterloo. Colonel Gawler is distin guished for high intellectual attainments as well as for gal lantry in the field. At the military college he stood first in m athematics, and some tracts which he has published on professional subjects are written in a style remarkable for perspicuity and force. From his acquaintance with the me chanical and physical sciences, and from the attention he has given to the principles of government and of political econo my, he seems peculiarly fitted to call forth the resources of a new colony, while his character for calm determination and temperate vigour appears, as it were, especially adapted to extinguish dissentions and party feuds ; and, to borrow his own happy expressions on another subject, bring all author ities and parties in the colony to act together in the mighty energy of mutual confidence.' 'Captain S. Gawler, 73i1 regiment, (father of Colonel Gawler, the new governor,) was killed at the head of the grenadiers of his regiment, in close conflct with the enemy, by a spear wound, in the storming of Fort Moggerall, in the Mysore, in December, 1804." Of Colonel Crawler we would only further observe, he is a Conservative—a known, tried, and experienced man ; he was superseded by the late government to make way for Captain Grey—a liberal—unknown, un tried, and inexperienced. The responsibility of that act rests with Lord John Russell. An injury has been inflicted on Colonel Gawler; and we deeply regret that Lord Stanley, apparently, has not done him that jus tice in the House of Commons which he had a right to expect We trust, however, that there will be found in the House of Commons those independent members of the British senate, some of them Colonel Gawler's companions in arms, to whom he can look for that justice which has not yet been meted out to him. The subject brought before the attention of the House of Commons on Friday night, with respect to the period at which our existing commercial treaty with Brazil expires, and the present state of our relations with that country, is one of considerable interest to the mercantile people of Liverpool. The markets of Bra zil consume largely of the manufactured goods of Manchester and its neighbourhood, shipped from our own port; a large quantity of our shipping is employed in their transport ; and it is, therefore, of material im portance to the safety of our future transactions with that country that we should be placed upon something approaching to certainty, with respect to the duties at which our goods will be received by the Brazilian government It will be gratifying, therefore, to find, from the ex planation afforded by Sir Robert Peel in reply to the questions put to him by Mr. Forster, that notwith standing the impression of the Brazilian government that the treaty, which was ratified in November, 1827, terminates at the expiry of 15 years, or in November, 1842 ; — notwitlistanding we have been again and again assured by Whig - -radical agitation that the Brazilian government would rush to the execution of their own interpretation of that treaty, and that they were even prepared to adopt retaliatory measures towards the commerce of Great Britain—yet no notification to that effect had been made to the British government or to the Brazilian Chambers; and we may assume, there fore, that no hasty step will be reso r t e d t o discourage our commerce with the Brazilian people. In addition, however, to this assurance, it is satis factory to know that the attention of the British cabinet is anxiously directed to the cultivation of a good understanding with Brazils ; and that, to avoid even the possibility of inconvenience arising from the conflicting interpretations put upon the existing treaty, a new treaty has been prepared, and is at present under the consideration of the Brazilian government. View ing dispassionately the relative positions towards each other of the two countries, as we trust the Brazilian people are inclined to do—looking, too, at the late legislation of Great Britain in favour of Brazilian pro ductions, and at the material concessions which we be lieve have been proposed by our government to the Brazils, conditionally upon the cessation of her system of internal slavery, and the infamous slave traffic which disgraces her flag —we indulge, in common with Sir Robert Peel, a confident anticipation that all matters now at issue between the two countries will be speedily and satisfactorily adjusted. In the mean time, however, we cannot but deprecate the constant excitement which is endeavoured to be kept up in Great Britain, in behalf of the policy of— at once and without any stipulations with respect to the question of slavery—admitting the sugar of Brazils into consumption, at a low rate of duty, in the British markets. Is it patriotism, or is it humanity, which at one moment points out to the Brazilian government that retaliatory measures upon British commerce is the icourse which will be most effectual in coercing the go vernment of this country into an unconditional admis sion of slave produce ; and, in the next, endeavours to inflame the mind of our suffering population by the assertion that it is the want of that produce, and of the trade to arise from its admission, which is the fertile sourc e of all the difficulties under which they labour ? Ca n men who thus studiously throw difficulties in the wa y of the only settlement of the Brazilian question w " i ch Great Britain can embrace, with honour or con- sist eney - , be sincere now, or can they ever have been sin cere, in their obtrusive professions of philantropy towards the oppressed African race? Certainly not ! And yet to a petition for such unconditional free trade in the slave sugar of Brazil, which a few days ago was depo sited upon the table of our Exchange News-room, the first name we observed was that of the head of an emi nent firm in this town —a thorough abolitionist, and— proh pndor QUAKER. 1 • i . , ~ I - The subject to whichg‘rv a e l. i bgriefl viz., the deficiency o f ) adverted on Friday -dock an d b u ildi ng ac commodation in thi s port—ha, We are glad to observe, already received the attention of the p art i es most affected by the state of things which we then brought under their notice. We have not by one shad e aggra vated the distress which pervades every class, th e most interest remotely connected with the shipping of Liver pool. Of that we are fully satisf ie d . And neither have we misrepresented the nature and thep pressu re of those difficulties, by the operation of which that distr ess is, if not originated, at the least materially of ially increased i n sev erity. Of this fact we hav e had placed before us sufficient evidence from unexceptionable Witnesses.. Nye s t ated on Fr id ay, t h a t n umbers of British 8 I •ps , li iv:awin'g rep a i rs , h a d b ee n compelled, within th e past year, to leave this river and resort to some cheaper locality, or one which offered greater facilities, for that purpose. We are now enabled to state, that in the course of the Columbia sailed past fort n i g ht the ship from Liverpool for _illoa, (Frith of Forth,) to be re paired and classified ; and this entirely owing to the ruinously high rate of graving-dock dues here, added to the want of acco mmodation for repairing and the consequent detention and heavy outlay which would have arisen from waiting a turn. Numerous similar cases to the above have come under the immediate observation of our informant--a gentleman extensively connected with the shipping interests of the town; and so far is this course from being an exception to the general practice of shipowners and shipmasters, that it is a fact that, on the contrary, repairing in Liverpool is the exception to the ordinary course of business. " I have known" —writes the gentleman above referred to—" craft detained fourteen good working days before they could get a place in a graving-dock to copper," — an operation, from the short time in which it is per formed, involving less trouble of arrangement of the graving -docks than extensive or even ordinary repairs; and yet these difficulties are permitted to exist by the richest dock estate in the kingdom, at a time when ship owners can scarcely afford the cost of most trifling repairs, though executed at the most moderate charge, and when the great bulk of our shipwrights are verging upon actual want of the means of daily subsistence ! We may be told that the Dock Committee is, at the present moment, engaged in increasing their existing graving -dock accommodation. We admit the fact in part. The Clarence Graving-docks are just now being lengthened; but at such a tortoise pace, when compared with the winged zeal with which the Committee presses forward the adoption of any new scheme of dock con struction, that the motto, " Festina lente," might well be applied in future to the engineers' department of the trust. A few yards are certainly being added to these two docks; and, when completed, they may possibly make up for the amount of graving-dock accommoda tion, which will be withdrawn by the improvements in progress upon the site of Canning Dock. In the mean time, however, the latter are prevented working; and we ask of any reasoning man whether the trustees of such an estate as the Dock Estate of Liverpool would not have acted more wisely—more considerately tc Is their suffering fellow-townsmen, and the con venience of the shipping of the port—if they had, be fore closing the graving-docks in the centre of the town, not only pressed forward with all their energies the al teration of the Clarence Docks, but set earnestly to work to provide, in other parts of the estate, a remedy for that want of accommodation which is acknowledged by every man conversant with the trade of the port. It is not merely an enlargement of this dock, or an improve►nent of that, which is now demanded. Such tempOrary and bit by bit expedients are far from meet ing the urgent requirements of the present time. We want a total change of this system, by which impedi ments are thrown in the way of the most important trade of the port—its building and repairing trade; and convinced that such change is essential to the prospe rity of the town itself, and the continued direction of the commerce of the empire to our noble river, we shall not cease to urge upon our fellow-townsmen, and of the Dock Committee, the absolute necessity of that change being conceded. LOCAL NEWS, ROYAL HOTEL, CHESTER.—We can recommend this very well conducted hotel to the notice of strangers visiting Chester. NEW HEBREW CONGREGATION IN LIVERPOOL.—A meeting was, we learn, held on Thursday last, of resident Hebrews of this town, for the purpose of forming a new con gregation, when the same was agreed to, and thirty gentlemen put down their names as shareholders in the new synagogue about to be formed. A burial ground is also preparing in Green-lane, West Derby, and will shortly be completed. This ground will be free to all subscribers to the new estab lishment. Messrs. G. Robinson, R. Bryden, and C. Ribble, a depu tation on the Liverpool Improvement Bill, had an interview with the Earl of Ripon on Friday, at the office of the Board of T:ade, to represent the inconvenience that would result to the public from the proposed regulation that the publicans of Liverpool should be obliged to close their houses at twelve o'clock on Saturday night, and not reopen them till one o'clock on Sunday. DEATH FROM BURN ING.—On Friday an inquest was held on view of the body of Thomas Wyatt, the infant son of a man of that name, who keeps a public-house in Scotland road. It appeared that on Thursday week last, the deceased was heard to cry in an upper room of the house, and that on the servant woman going thither, she found him enveloped in flames, and standing by the side of the fire-place. Ile was severely burned on the face, arms, and chin, and gradually becoming worse, died on last Tuesday morning. There was no fire in the grate at the time, but a candle was burning on the floor, with the flame of which, his clothes must have came in contact. A verdict of accidental death was returned. SAVAGE ASSAULT BY A FEMALE.-0O Friday, at the Police -court, a tall, gaunt, and unprepossessing female, named Mary Brady, was placed at the bar on a charge of committing a dreadful assault on a small elderly female, named Mary Granagan. The complainant appeared to be dangerously ill from the blows she had received, and had to be supported to a seat in the court. Her voice was so feeble that she could not be heard by the magistrates, and Mr. Wardle stood close to her, and repeated what she uttered. She stated, in effect, that on Sunday week a young man came to see her, whom she had not seen for four years, and went out with her. On her return home, the prisoner, who lodged in the house, came in with three other women, and while she had a child on her knee, began to abuse and strike her most violently. Finally, the prisoner fell upon her; and bit her in the knee. While she was stooping to look at the wound the prisoner seized the poker, and struck her with it over the head and elsewhere so violently that it was broken in two. (The fragments were produced.) She had since been very ill, and had to be attended by a surgeon. Mr. Shaw, sur geon, Crosshall-street, said that he was called to complainant, who had three wounds on her head, was much crushed, and had since required the greatest care to preserve her life. He scarcely yet considered her convalescent. The prisoner said that she and the complainant had been drinking all the day and all the previous night ; that she had herself been attacked, and only acted on the defensive ; and that the complainant kept a house of ill-fame. The surgeon said the complainant was sober when he was called to her ; and a police-officer said the prisoner was also sober when apprehended the same day. The prisoner was sent for trial at the sessions. PORTRAIT OF TILE IRON STEAM FRIGATE " GUADA LUPE."—A very beautiful lithographic print of this fine vessel has just been published,—taken from a drawing by T. B. Horner, a gentleman of great tale n t as a d raug ht sman , and whose nautical experience qualifies him in an eminent de gree for conveying a correct delineation of the peculiar mo del, rig, and general appearance of a vessel. He has evi dently entered upon and completed his task in this instance con amore, and his success entitles him to take a high place as an artist in marine subjects. The likeness is lively and admirable in every point. It is indeed the ship herself, and nautical men who have seen her have but to cast their eyes upon it to acknowledge the fact. She is represented af dash ing along under full steam and sail—with studding-sails set " alow and aloft." The sails are set in a seamanlike manner. The sea is extremely well managed, and indeed appears (a diffi cult achievement) to be veritable" bluewater,' dashedinto a variety of forms by the briskness of the breeze, but perfectly consistent with nature throughout. A brig is represented in the distance, on a wind, and further a ship, faintly seen on the horizon, tending to enliven the scene, and to re4eve it from the otherwise inseparable monotony of " the wide waste of waters." A few seagulls are also happily introduced ; and the whole forms one of the most pleasing and attractive marine pictures we have ever seen. Tee dimensions of the ship, the size and power of her engines, her armament, &c., are given below. Inde pendently of the beauty and accuracy of the drawing, the print (which is in fine strong British Board) is in itself a beautiful specimen of the perfection attained in the art of lithography. DREADFUL ASSAULT ON BOARD OF A SHIP.—A young man, well dressed, second mate of the American ship Wal pole, was, on Friday, placed before the magistrates at the Police -court, on a charge of a most atrocious assault on a man of colour, one of the crew. He had been remanded from the previous day, the poor fellow assaulted being too ill to appear. The latter, a very stout man, with his head and eyes bound up, had to be supported into court and accom modated with u seat, being scarcely yet able to speak or to stand. He said his name was George Painter, and that he was cook and seaman in the Walpole. On Sunday morning last, about five o'clock, the prisoner called him up while he was in the forecastle to wash the decks. He had been sick all the week, and said he would not come up, as he was not well. The prisoner said if he would not he would make him, went to him, and offered to lay hands on him. He said the prisoner had better not, , or he would make him repent of it, or words to that effect. While he (complain ant) was coming up the scuttle, prisoner took a handspike from the :windlass, and struck him violently with it on the head. The blow took effect over his eyes and stunned him. He tried to :et on deck, but could not, as prisoner jammed him between the hatch and the ladder. Prisoner then kicked him with both feet, and finally got his feet upon his head, and he became stupified by the treatment he received. The mate afterwards came up, and took off the prisoner. The witness was cross-questioned, but nothing to shake his testi mony was elicited.—Mr. Rushton said that he had hoped that the case would turn out one which he could deal with summarily, but he found it of too serious a nature, and the prisoner must go for trial. The manner in which coloured men were frequently treated on board ship was most in human, and an example must be made to restrain it. The prisoner was then committed for trial at the sessions.—The complainant (who declined to say anything) was bound over to appear at the trial; and the prisoner was told that he would be admitted to bail for his appearance, himself in £lOO and two sureties in £5O each. CHARGE OF HORSE STEALING. - At the Police -court on Friday, a man named Thomas Turk, and a boy named Charles Sweel, were placed at the bar on a charge of ob taining two horses from the stables of an inn, and afterwards taking them to Manchester for sale, where one of them was sold. Both of the prisoners were employed by Mr. Sirde field, keeper of the George Inn, in this town; the man as boots, and the other under-hostler. It appeared that last week an Irishman, named Daniel Conroy, of the county Tyrone, had come to town in his vocation as a horse -dealer ; and that a negociation for the purchase of a horse and a pony was entered upon with him by a young man not then in custody, in behalf of Turk ; the representation made being that he wanted two such animals for Mr. Sirdefield, whom they would suit. On Saturday matters were brought to bear between the owner and Turk, (who was accompanied by Sweel in the several interviews thus had,) and Conroy agreed that he should have the horses on the payment of 1:38, the sum agreed upon between them, Turk stating that the money would he paid on Monday. The latter afterwards got possession of them on that day, and they were taken to then ! . livery stables. He represented to the hostlers of the esta blishment that he had bought them for himself ; had paid cr - 0 7 ft, for them ; and was going to send them to Mr. Ash took them a borrowedsaddle s t , o of Bank Hall Farm, Bootle, to grass, before he sent a gentleman up the country. Next morning, (Sun dayo he going there th fo e r y a and bridle at the stables, and b oy sweet with going if going to Bank Hall; taking also the It appeared, however, that in place of one of them rent to Manchester, where they disposed of they were aPnreh 8 ss. at a livery stables ; soon after which never authorised rded. h Mr. Sirdefield said that he had Amongst other witnesses a purchase as that stated in his name. man who had ope ned the prisoner Turk called the young name is Thomas d the negociation with Conroy, whose was involved as an Payne,but it immediately appeared that he placed at the bar, and accessory in the charge, and he was also sessions for trial. the whole three were committed to the ACCIDENT.—On Thursday to i nnight, John Brown, aged 35, who acted as seaman on board a smac k w hi ch trades be tween this port and Glasgow, bad his foot severly hurt and his great toe completely crushed. He lingered in great agony until Tuesday last when lockjaw set in, which terminated his sufferings on the following night., At the inquest on Fri day a verdict of accidental death was returned. TESTIMONY TO DR. BUTLER. —We understand that it is proposed to present a purse of gold to the above celebrated individual at the Queen's Theatre next week, doubtless in admiration of his noble and undaunted courage in at once accepting the challenge of the Rev. Joseph Baylee, publicly to discuss the merits of the Popish religion, and also for his consummate prudence and wisdom in confining his exposures of the bigoted Protestant heretics within the sacred walls of the Popish edifice, thereby showing his forbearance in the one case and his self denial in the other. THEFT FROM A BOOKSELLER.—On Friday afternoon, at five o'clock, Mark Doode went into the shop of Mr. Thos. Hodgson, stationer, &c„ Lord -street, and purchased a sheet of paper. After the lapse of a few minutes, police-officer Reid met Doode in Lord -street, with two books under his arm. His answers to the officer's questions not being satis factory, Reid insisted that he should accompany him to Mr. Hodgson's shop. There the books, w,,ich were worth 155., were claimed as Mr. Hodgson's property, the prisoner hav ing stolen them from a shelf while the assistant was serving him with the paper. The prisoner was brought up at the Police Court on Saturday, and committed for trial. We stated in our last that the body of a man had been found on the previous day in Chisenhale-street. At the inquest on Friday it was identified as that of Henry Hop kills, a carter, twenty-two years of age, who had latterly been working for Mr. Webster, a coal-dealer in Black Diamond street. It appeared, from the evidence of John Thompson, a cow-keeper, that a little before two o'clock, on Thursday morning, he observed the deceased lying dead upon the ground, with his head upon the parapet and his feet extended towards the middle of the street. A severe cut, from which blood was flowing, was observable on the back part of his head ; and be was without either hat or cap. A verdict of " accidental death" was returned. INCLUEST.—On Friday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, the borough coroner, on view of the body of Martha Jane Allen, a child of four years old. It appeared that the deceased (who lived with her parents, in Reddish-place, Pembroke-place,) was playing in the latter street with some other children, when a sailor who was passing threw out a piece of rope on the pavement, which they ran to catch hold of. The deceased was in advance, and fell close to a cart which was passing at the time, and, before it could be stop ped, one of the wheels passed over her chest, and so severely injured her that she died in a short time after being taken home. The cart was going fast, and the driver was not to blame. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." The deceased was daughter of William Allen, a joiner. INCOME-TAX COMMISSIONERS.—On Friday last a meet ing was held at the Parish-offices, for the purpose of appoint ing commissioners to carry into effect the income tax act for the Liverpool and Prescot divisions. The first seven gentle men named below were appointed commissioners, and the second seven supplementary commissioners for Liverpool : Commissioners—Peter Bourne, Nicholas Robinson, Edward D. Falkner, Thomas Booth, Edward Gibbon, Richard Houghton, Joseph D. Evart. Supplementary Commis sioners—James Heyworth, Robert E. Harvey, Thomas Shaw, Everton, Richard V. Yates, Henry Ashton, Richard Rathbone, Nicholas D. Bold. The following gentlemen were appointed commissioners for Prescot division :—Thomas Case, William Winstanley, Samuel Taylor, Thomas Rodick, Thomas Rawson, A. J. Ducker, John Worrall. THE FUNDS.—SATURDAY EVENING.—The funds were better to day both in price and aspect, and as money was easy, Exchequer-bills have supported higher premiums. The dividends paid at the Bank are now finding their way into the market, but there appears to be more desire to loan it out at interest than to invest in the public securities. Con sols for money and the account left off 91k to 4 ; Bank Stock, 166 to 167; Exchequer-bills, 2d issue, 46s to 48s premium ; Ditto, 24-d issue, 48s to 50s premium ; India Stock, 247 to 249 ; 3 per Cents. Reduced, 1004 to 8 ; and Long Annuities, 12 9-16. In the foreign stock market dealings were limited, though prices were in several instances a shade higher. Spanish Actives closed 21k to 11- Ditto, new, 21 to ex. div. ; Mexican, 354 to 6 ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 511 to ; Danish. 81 to 82 ; Colombian, 22 to ; Brazilian, 64 to 66 ; and Belgian, 102 to 103. THEFT IN A SPIRIT VAULT.—Mary Curry, alias Hanson, was charged at the Police Court, on Saturday, with having been concerned in stealing several parcels of copper money from the spirit vault kept by Mr. Rigby, in Marybone. It appeared that on Friday afternoon, about half-past two o'clock, the prisoner, with another woman and a man, went into the liquor shop in question and called for some ale. While the assistant was attending to his duties, he saw the man reaching over to a shelf, on which were several five shil ling papers of copper. He rushed at the man and took one parcel of copper from him, upon which the prisoner darted out of the vaults. She was pursued and caught, when a crown paper of copper was found in her possession. She was given into custody. Three papers of copper were missed from the shelf. The prisoner, who offered nothing in her defence, was ccrnmitted for trial. VESSELS AT LONDON AND LIVERPOOL WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER.—The comparative statement of the number of British vessels, with their tonnage, &c., entered inwards and cleared outwards from and to places within the limits of the East India Com pany's charter, from the Ist of January to the 30th of Juue, in the years 1841 and 1842, published quarterly by the East India and China Association, has just made its appearance, and from it we extract the general results :—The number of vessels entered inwards at the port of London, in 1842, was 344, with 122,031 tonnage, and 6248 men ; aga i ns t 278, w ith 111,423 tonnage, and 6056 men, in 1841 ; giving an increase of 36 vessels, 10,608 tonnage, and 192 men. The number of vessels entered inwards at the port of Liverpool, in 1842, was 106, with 43,317 tonnage, and 1944 men ; against 90, with 35,172 tonnage, and 1583 men, in 1841 ; showing also an in crease in favour of the former period of 16 vessels, with 8145 tonnage, and 361 men. SurcrnE.—On Friday last, an inquest was held on view of the body of Daniel Calvert, a blacksmith, 34 years of age, who resided in Ford's-yard, Mill-street, Toxteth-park. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased, who was very much addicted to drinking, had been brought home in a state of intoxication on Tuesday last, and made a declaration to the effect that he would never see the light of another day. On Wednesday morning he talked in a very incoherent man ner, and repeatedly fancied that some supernatural power was urging him to the commission of a dreadful deed. His mind continued to ramble during the whole of the day, but towards evening he became more composed, and slept well during the night. On Thursday morning his wife got up about eight o'clock, leaving him alone in bed. In a short time after he called her twice, and, on going up, she found him lying on his back in the bed with his throat cut. The wound was about five inches in length, and extended across the windpipe. The razor with which he had been accuse tomed to shave himself, and with which he had perpetrated the dreadful deed, was lying on the ground. He breathed his last in about an hour afterwards. He had buried his sister about three months ago, and since that time he was frequently in the habit, even when in a sober state, of talking in a rambling manner, and of fancying that strange people were in the house. The jury found a verdict to the effect that he had committed the act while labouring under a fit of temporary insanity. THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.—Although the weather on Friday morning was not particularly favourable for observing this celestial phenomenon, in consequence of the partial ob scuration of the sun by light clouds soon after his rising, yet those who had the courage to rise from their beds were not disappointed of a very beautiful spectacle. The calculation of the time of the commencement of the eclipse was exceed ingly accurate. Soon after four o'clock one digit was dark ened, and the obscuration gradually increased. The sun presented a very curious aspect. and assumed an oblong shape at one period. Soon afterwards it appeared like a crescent, and at the period of greatest obscuration the sun's appearance was that of the moon at about four days old. Indeed, the effect resembled much that of the moon, as at no period were the rays sufficiently intense to prevent its being looked upon without inconvenience to the eye. Occa sionally the light floating clouds altogether prevented the sun from being seen, but, upon the whole, the morning was favourable for the observance of the phenomenon, and it was no doubt an object of interest to many. At six o'clock the appearance of the morning resembled the period when the shades of evening set in. GOAT'S FLESH.—Mr. Grose, Superintendent of St. Mar tin's Market, appeared at the police-court, on Saturday, to substantiate a complaint against Mrs. Dyson, butcher, Pownall-square Market, for having offered for sale two legs and two loins of a goat, which, it was alleged, had been dressed to represent lamb. Holden, inspector of meat, pro duced the goat's flesh, which appeared to be very fine fat meat. Holden said it was not dressed as goat's flesh usually was, the fat having been put over it to make it resemble lamb. It did not appear that it had been offered for sale as lamb. Mr. Rushton said, there was no law to prevent a man from dressing goat's flesh as he pleased. The meat was not dressed with the flesh of any other animal, nor yet did he consider it artificially dressed. Mrs. Dyson said she did not expose it for sale with the feet on; she cut the feet off before she hung it up. Mr. Rushton—" If you had left the feet on, all persons might have seen that the legs were those of a goat." Mrs. Dyson—" I have the man here who killed it. It was fed at a gentleman's house, and well fed. It got through a window and tore a lady's bonnet, and, therefore, they decided that it should be made meat of." (Laughter.) Mr. Rushton—" Is it a kid 1" Holden—" No ; it is a full grown goat." Mr. Rushton—" Well, I cannot interfere, as it was not offered for lamb : it must be restored to the owner." The meat was restored and the parties left the court. TRICKS UPON BOYS.—On Saturday, John Humphreys was charged, at the police-court, with having obtained money under false pretences. Police-officer 345, who had taken him into custody, produced two fine little boys, who stated that they were from the country. They had asked the pri • soner to procure them a ship, as they desired to proceed to sea. For this service they had to pay the prisoner 12s. each, which was all they possessed. They had waited since Thurs day in a state of destitution, but the prisoner did not keep the appointment which he made with them, nor had he pro cured them a ship. They had met with him that morning, when he demanded 3s. more from them, or he could not get them a ship. The prisoner said, in his defence, that he had negotiated with the captain of the American ship Percival to take one of the boys, and the mate had promised to employ him, but had not done so. Mr. Rushton sent an officer to bring to the court the captain or mate of the Percival. The officer, on his return, said that the captain of the Percival was unable to attend at that moment, but it appeared that the boys, when they met the prisoner that morning, had im portuned him to fulfil his engagement, when he went, for the first time, to the Percival, and asked the captain to em ploy them, but he was unable to comply. Mr. Rushton said he feared there were many frauds of this nature practised on boys. The prisoner was remanded till Monday. The cap tain of the Percival was in attendance at the court yesterday, when he stated that he had had nothing whatever to do with the prisoner. The prisoner then stated that it was another man whom he had enraged with. Another case was proved in which he bad obtained 15s. from a boy. The prisoner was committed to the sessions. -------- - THE ECLIPSE. -- Mr. M. Holden, of Preston, well known for his astronomical observations, has furnished th e p u bli c of that town with the following particulars conne c t e d w i t h that event, in a letter addressed to the papers of that town. " The beginning of the eclipse of the sun, which commenced this morning (Friday), at 4h. 43m. 305., was not see n at Preston, the sun being at that time covered with a cloud, and when it shone forth, nearly one quarter of it was covered, and a beautiful twilight skirted the edge of the dark moon for some time, but that disappeared. There was a great vibra tion all along the dark edge of the moon , that was projected on the sun, like the view of an object seen through the heat of a brick kiln ; this continued to the end. I saw the middle of it ; about nine parts out of twelve were covered; the time was 511. 39m. morning. All the time to the end, the moun tains of the moon were seen projecting some elevated cones, and others long, and sloping off each way, which made the valleys appear. The eclipse ended 6h. Urn. 10s. The in strument used was a fine achromatic, of polland's, more ‘ than five feet focal length, with a treble object glass nea r ly four inches in diameter, belongiag to. G. Horrocks, E sq . This eclipse has been a notable one in the south of Spain, and France, being total, and the darkness lasting three or four minutes. It bas passed over Marseille!i, Genoa, Turin, Milan, Verona, Vienna, and, passing on in a line curving south, in the form of a bo w , qu it e through Asia, on to China, and, passing Nankin, entered the Pacific Ocean, and passed on along it for more than 2,000 miles. The line I have men tioned is more than 100 miles broad, and 9,500 long, where total darkness has passed over," The Royal Mail Steamer Britannia sailed from Boston on the 2d instant, and may be expected here on Friday morning. Excellent salmon was selling in our market on Saturday at 4d. per lb. SUCCESS OF DISSENT AT WATERLOO. —The congrega tion at the Rev. J. B. :1 4 ‘Crea's chapel, at Waterloo, on Sunday last, notwithstanding the number of visitors there, consisted of three individuals. The rev. gentlemen, to whom we have been told the chapel belongs, has offered it for sale. CHILD DESERTION.—On the night of Saturday week, a male infant, of about ten weeks' old, was found deserted, on a piece of vacant ground at Mount Vernon, near Edge-hill. The parish authorities of West Derby, in which the spot is situated, have offered a reward of five pounds for such infor mation as may lead to the apprehension of the unnatural mother NARROW ESCAPE. —On Saturday night, a young woman fell overboard from one of the Seacombe steamers, and as the tide was running very strong at the time, ran an im minent risk of losing her life ; but one of the boatmen, in a praiseworthy manner, immediately jumped into the river, and succeeded in rescuing her from a watery grave. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., gave a grand din ner on Saturday last, to a numerous and distinguished circle, comprising Dwarkanauth Tagore, his Exccellency Mr. Ever ett, the American minister ; Sir Edward Sugden, Chancellor of Ireland; Sir Allan Napier M`Nab, Sir Francis Burdett, Sir H. Pelly, Hon. Eliot Yorke, Mr. Thomas Gladstone, Mr. E. Cardwell, &c., at his residence, Whitehall Gardens. CELEBRATED BULL, SIR THOMAS FAIRFAX...-^We have seen a lithographed engraving of the bull called Sir Thomas Fairfax, which is celebrated among agriculturists for having obtained prizes at Otley, Leeds, Northallerton, and else were. The animal was painted by Mr. Ansdell, and litho graphed by our townsman, Mr. Miller, who has executed his task with fidelity and spirit. ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH, HOPE-STREET.-- We find that the above church, which has been closed for the last few weeks, since the Rev. Mr. Aitkin left it, and has undergone a thorongh repair, will be re-opened on Sunday next, and the sermons, both morning and evening, preached by the new minister of the church, the Rev. R. Cargill, LL.D. THE JURISDICTION OF CORONER'S CASE.—WC gave in our last the particulars of this case, in which ft was unde termined whether the coroner for Liverpool or South Cheshire had jurisdiction to hold an inquest on a young man who had died in this town from an accident received in Cheshire, Lord Denman having recently decided that both the death and the cause of it must occur within the jurisdic tion of the coroner who holds the inquest. The facts of the case were communicated to Mr. Churton, the coroner for Cheshire, and on Friday the body of the deceased was conveyed to Cheshire, when an inquest was held in the case, and a verdict returned, that the deceased was " Accidentally killed by a kick fronaz horse'/' The body was brought back to this county by' the relatives of "the ileeetised and interred. .• THE TEE-TOTALLERS.. 7 -these gentlemen, fond. as • they may be of weak drinks; are not, we presume, amphibious ; and may, therefore, thank their lucky stars, and some other influences, that they had not their intended display yester day. How their banners would have draggled in the mud during the soaking rain which fell without intermission from day break till two o'clock, p.m., yesterday ! With tea slops for their living, and sloppy garments for their covering, what perfect sponges must have been their drenched bodies ! What a wringing and hanging out to dry they have escaped. They would really have been considered pumps to turn out in such wet weather, and would have run to any place for sucker—for more roughly handled they could not have been. They would have required some tcetinary surgeons to doctor them after such a day, for multitudes of colds would have ensued. • THEATRE RoYAL.—Miss Grant, who was here two years ago as a vocalist, commenced an engagement last night, playing Apollo in Midas. Mr. J. Russell and Mr. Selby are remaining through the week. The former will sing the " Widow Malone" again on Wednesday night, in conse quence of the applause that it has met with on former occasions. If "Jim Crow" brought Rice a fortune, the " Widdy Malone" ought to do no less for Russell. The former was a disgusting piece of buffoonery; the latter is a clever specimen of humourous singing, and such as is seldom heard now-a-days on the stage, for taste and expression are blended with the fun that abounds in it. The audience take it up with apparently great relish, and regularly encore it. This being the race week, the sporting folks, after the fatigues and the pleasures of the day, will, no doubt, muster strong in boxes, pit and gallery. The selections of the en tertainments for the week are of a roost amusing character, and cannot fail to please. ANNIVERSARY OF THE TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETIES. —Yesterday commenced the celebration of the eighth anni versary of the Total Abstinence Societies of this town, to be continued throughout the week, In consequence of the in tended procession (yesterday) having been given up in de ference to the wishes of the authorities, a number of the Teetotallers resolved to enjoy an aquatic excursion ; and ac cordingly they hired a steamer to convey them to and from the new town and watering-place of Fleetwood on Wyre. The morning, and, indeed, the greater part of the day were very unpropitious ; but no fewer than about 140 of the mem bers of the several societies embarked at six in the morning and proceeded on their petit voyage ; and though the rain at times fell heavily, they enjoyed themselves in a manner which those who have no dread of " water" within or without, could alone know under such circumstances. After amusing themselves for some time at the new town, they re turned in the evening, (which was comparatively fine) much gratified by the trip, and—which is rather paradoxical—in high spirits, though there was no flow of " spirits" amongst them. At seven o'clock in the evening a public meeting of the Teetotallers was held in the Royal Amphitheatre. The chair was occupied by Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., who said, that although they had not had their procession they had not much to regret, seeing that the day had been most unpropitious for such a display of their numbers. The magistrates of the town thought it prudent that the procession should not take place, but it was not from any apprehension that the Tee totallers would cause a disturbance. They could not for a moment suppose that sober men would strive to create riot and disturbance. Riot and disturbance were the legitimate offspring of drunkenness and intemperance: Tito magistrates supposed that if a procession had been pure fitted of the Tee totallers, it would have been a precedent 'for other societies, disparagement whom they were resolved hereafter , if it were in th e i r p ower , paragement not to have processions. It'was therefore no of teetotalism that the magistrates should, iii Los instance, have expressed their wishes that no procession should take place. The Rev. Mr. Mackay, Mr. John Thompson Hill; and Mr. John Hockings, the Birm ingham blacksmith, next addressed the meeting in snpport of the principles of total_ abstinence, and they were listened to with marked attention. The proceedings terminated about ten o'clock. On Wed nesday a public tea party will be held at the Amphitheatre, and on Thursday will be given the "popular treat of "The Trial of John Barleycorn." A number of the most celebrated advocates of total abstinence will be present at the several meetings. On Friday evening, two boys, about nine years of age, were unfortunately drowned off Brunswick -square, Bristol, while bathing. Several persons were near the spot at the time, notwithstanding which, nearly an hour elapsed before the bodies were brought on shore, when, of course, life was quite extinct. On Wednesday night, whilst the fete was progressing at Jesus College, Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, who was amongst the crowd lost the star from his breast, which is said to be worth 500 'guineas. The announcement of the loss created a great sensation, it being generally supposed that an expert thief had stolen it. The police made a most minute search, and at a late hour of the night, after the Duke of Cambridge had retired, the star was found in the gardens of the college by sergeant Langley. It had been trodden on, and two or three diamonds were lost from it, otherwise ti,e damage was not extensive. The officer imme diately proceeded to the duke's temporary residence, and restored the star to his Royal Highness, who expressed great satisfaction at the vigilance of the officer. THE EASTERN QUESTION.—The English people may not know it, but it appears very likely that they are at war just now in Syria. We were at war iu Syria a short while ago, fighting Mehemet Ali all for love of Abdul-Mejid ; now we are to be, or perhaps we are, at war with Abdul-Mejid, all for the love of some Syrians—designation not exactly known. Our " representative" at Constantinople has been " arranging this little matter" in 1841-2 ; and what it is all about we" may know in 1843.4, for that is about tha time usually taken by diplomotists to answer questions in the flouse of Commons. Turco-Egyptian Syrian War, Boun dary Questions, Sulphur T rea t y , Chi nese W ar, Aff g h an W ar, Right of Search, Revenue Deficiency, Income-Tax, were not enouga : the round of national amusements, provided by our old Whig managers, was not complete without a Turco-Syrian war in S7ria, under the improved manage ment of the Tories.—Spectator. PENSIONS ON THE CIVIL. LIST.—A parliamentary paper, published on Thursday last, gives the following list of all pensions granted between June 20, 1841, and June 20, 1842 : July 23, Snow Harris, Esq. £3OO, in consideration of his scientific discoveries ; August 3, Miss Sophia Ward, £2OO, for her long services to the royal family ; August 20, the widow of Sir John Jeremie, £2OO, on account of her hus band's colonial services •, August 30, John Anster, LL.D. £l5O, and Rev. Henry Francis Cary, £2OO, for their literary labours ; August 31, the widow of the author of " James's Naval History," £lOO, for recording the achievements of the British Navy; and to the sister of Maj or Cl a p per t on, the African traveller, £5O, for the additions made by him to geographical knowledge. Total pensions, £1,200. THE FINALITY or THE ROMAN CATHOLIC EMANCIPA TION ACT.—Mr. Shell announced in the House of Commons on Thursday night, that next session " the whole Roman Catholic question would be revived in all its force." What is the " whole Roman Catholic question ?" It is the de struction of the Irish church—it is the expulsion of Protes tantism from Ireland. " Less than thorough" will not meet the demand which the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland make on their parliamentary friends. Religious animosity has to be revived in Ireland by command of its political priesthood, and its progressive civilization interrupted, that a blow may be inflicted on the Protestant faith. The price at which the Romish ecclesiastics are willing to allow Ireland to be tranquil is the abolition of its church. It is as well to know what the future has in store for us, and if any man be, next session, unprepared for the struggle it is no fault of Mr. Sheil. We are thankful to the hon. gentleman for his timely notice. THE INCOME TAX AcT.—The following is a summary of the provisions of the Income Tax Act, which is about to come into operation. The first two schedules o f th e act re l ate to income arising from land , or in other words, from ren t s or from profits of mines, &c. The occupier will be required to make a return of the rent he pays or of the p resent va l ue o f the property in his occupation. The owners of mines, &c., must make a return of the profits on an average of five years. Of canals, railways, &c., the amo un t o f the preceding year. On the profits of a manor, on an average of seven years. Of fines on leases, the amount of the preceding year, and other uncertain profits of land, on a fair average to be allowed by the commissioners. The landlord's duty will be charged on all incomes from these sources, although they do not amount to £l5O per annum : the duty must be paid by the occupier, and the landlord's portionmay be d e d ucte d f rom the rent ; if the owner has not an income of £l5O h e may apply to the commissioners of his district, who are required to give him a certificate, which will entitle him to demand f rom th e col lector of his parish the amo u nt which has been d e d uc t e d f rom his rent by his tenant for the income tax. The tenant's tax will not be charged if he has not an income of £l5O. The duties charged under schedule C, that is to say, on money in the funds, &c., will be charged at the bank, or at the places where the dividends are payable ; no return is necessary to be made of this source of income, as the duty will be deducted from the dividends of every amount ; and as i n t h e case o f rent, if the person has not an income of £l5O per annum, he may obtain a certificate from the co mm i ss i oners and demand the amount deducted from his dividends to be paid to him by the collector of his district. The returns which will be re quired under schedule D from persons concerned in any trade, or concern in the nature of trade, will be the amount of their profits on an average of three years, from profes sional men the profits of the preceding year, and the like from persons entitled to profits of an uncertain value. And where th e b us i n ess is carried on by several persons in part nership, the return must be made by the precedent partner, at the place where the concern is carried on, and it will be sufficient for the other partners to return, as to their income derived from the partnership, that the return of income has been made by the precedent partner. All persons having been charged to the full amount of their income are entitled to deduct a proportionate amount of ta x f rom any sums pay able by t h em ou t o f their income, and any person refusing to allow the tax is liable to a penalty of £5O, and treble the amount of the principal. TRANSATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION. The following calculations (which, we believe, will be found to be accurately worked) of the comparative distances be tween New York and Bristol, and New York and Liverpool ; and also between Boston and Liverpcol, via Halifax, will be valuable to those of our readers who may be desirous of com paring the respective length of the passages out or home of our trans-Atlantic steam-ships running between these ports : FROM BOSTON TO HALIFAX From Boston Wharf t o th e Li g h t 11 „ the Light to Cape Ann.. 25 „ Cape Ann to Cape Sable (course N. 78 deg. E.) „ Cape Sable to Sambro Light (N. 55 deg. E ) 111 „ Sambro to Halifax ict - 382 FROM HALIFAX TO LIVERPOOL. From Halifax Wharf to Sambro lB „ Sambro to Cape Clear (N. 79 deg. E.).... 2207 „ Cape Clear to Tuskar Tuskar to Holyhead. " Holyhead to the Bell Buoy 6O " the Bell Buoy to Liverpool l4 - 2524 Total from Boston to Liverpool, via Halifax .... 2911 FROM NEW YORK TO BRISTOL. From New Y or k to Cape Clear (N. 76 deg. 30 min. E.) ~ Cape Clear to Lundy Island (S. 85 deg. E.) 182 „ Lundv Island to the Flat Holm „ Flat Holm to anchorage, King's Road l6 FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL. —_ 3010 From New York to Cape Clear 2754 " Cape Clear to Liverpool (as above) 353 Taking, therefore, th e di rec t course in each case, as by the calculations given, we have the following results : The voyage from New York to Liverpool is 43 miles longer than from New York to Bristol. From New York to Liverpool is longer than from Halifax to the same port by 529 miles. From New York to King's Road, near Bristol, where the Great Western anchors, is 99 miles further than from Boston, via Halifax to Liverpool. On their last homeward voyage, the Great Western started from New York for Bristol, and the Acadia from Boston for Liverpool on the same day, and nearly at the same hour. The Columbia arrived 32 hours before the Great Western, and her average rate of running towards the end of her pas sage was 11 knots an hour. She made the shortest passage across the Atlantic on record, being but 91 days from Hali fax. Allowing the same rate of speed to both vessels, and averaging it at 10 knots, we have Thirty-two hours at 10 miles an h0ur........ 320 miles. General detention at Halifax of the mail ships in receiving the letter-bags, &c , 6 hours, equal to 380 Deduct greater distance to be run from New York to Bristol, than from Boston to Halifax and thence to Liverpool ...... 99 The Great Western is therefore astern of her contemporary 2Bl miles. We do not offer this statement of facts in any invidious or partial spirit of comparison, but merely for the information of those who (erroneously, we think,) looked upon the voy age in question as a sort of trial, or race, that would decide the question of their respective powers--and we leave such parties to make what they please of it. For ourselves, we do not (in common with many nautical men) consider that a single long trans-Atlantic voyage of two ships, though start ing from one port at the same hour, and navigated with equal skill and attention, would furnish a decisive proof of their respective speed. Much depends upon the chance of winds and the state of the sea after they lose sight of each other, and one may fall into favourable veins of wind and smooth water, while the other, though only a few miles further north or south, may find the elements altogether adverse, and be thereby constrained to shape a different and more circuitous course. Of this numerous instances may at any time be ad duced. Both the vessels alluded to (as have all the Boston and Halifax line) have proved themselves to be crack ships. They have, indeed, done wonders ; and even were a slight shade of difference established between them, we should lament the exhibition of any public feeling towards them, save that of a generous encouragement of that science and enterprise in which they originated, and which, notwithstand ing the obsta c l es t o b e overcome , w ill vet, we hope, lead to the full and profitable establishment of ocean steam navi gation. LIVERPOOL RACES These races commence to-morrow. The following is a list of the horses likely to run for the Cup, with the names of their riders. It may not be quite correct, but will be found very near the mark. A great many horses have arrived, and the prospects of the race are very favourable, and promise much sport. 8 9 Mr. Holmes's b h Vulcan, 5 yrs 8 7 Duke of Richmond's hr h The Currier, 6 yrs (Rogers) 8 7 Lord Westminster's br c Satirist, 4 vrs (J. Day, sen.) 8 5 Lord Eglinton's b m Bellona, 6 yrs 8 4 Mr. Treen's ch h Fitzroy, 5 yrs 0 Lord Milltown's ch m Cruiskeen, aged .... Doubtful, 7 12 Mr. H. Wormald's ch g Fieschi, aged.... (Heseltine) 7 11 Mr. Peace's ch h The Lord Mayor, 6 yrs .. (Marlow) 7 10 Mr. Cauty ns gr c Portrait, 4 yrs .. (Jones, doubtful) 7 10 Mr. Mostyn's b c Prince Car a d oc , 3 y rs (Whitehouse) 7 8 Major Hay's ch h Retriever, 6 yrs (rider not known) 7 7 Lord Chesterfield's ch cKt of the Whistle, 4 yrs (Nat) 7 6 Mr. Graydon's ch h Clinker, 6 yrs (rider not known) 7 4 Mr. Hornby's br ti Champagne, 5 yrs (W. Noble) 7 4 Mr. Bell's b c Thirsk, 4 yrs 7 3 Ld Eglinton's br h The Young'un, 5 yrs...(G. Noble) 7 2 Coi. Cradock's b c Pagan, 4 yrs 7 0 Lord Chesterfield's eh m Rhodanthe. 5 yrs.. (Francis) 7 0 Mr. Watt's b c Forester, 4 yrs 7 0 Lord Milltown's bin Zelmyra, 5 yrs Doubtful 6 10 Mr. Gregory ns Mr. Treen's Una, 4yrs(rd. not known) 6 9 Mr. Allen's b e Phaon, 4 yrs Latest Betting to 1 agst Pritice Caradoc ;, 2 to 1 agst Retriever. FIRST DAY azARAaI ' llll The R ' STAKES of 15 sovs. each; - 10' ft.,' wit. 30 added. Three yeari old; - 6st 81b; four, Bst 21b; five, Bst 9lb; six and aged, 9st. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a quarter. Lord Westmi ns t er ' s b c Satarist, 4 yrs Lord Eg,lirigton's b h Doctor Caius, 5 yrs .............. Sir John Gerard's eh f Meal. by Bran, 3 yr 5............ Lord G. Bentinck ns br h The Currier, 6 yrs Lord Stanley's b g Sybarite, 4 yrs Mr. Mosty n us b h Vulcan, 5 yrs Lord Miltown us h c Galaor, 4 yrs Mr. Bell ns br in The Shadow, 6 yrs A MAIDEN PLATE, value 70 Sovs. Three years old, ist four, Bst 51b ; five and upwards, Bst 121 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Heats, once round and a distance. The second horse to receive 10 sovs. out of the Plate. Mr. Johnstone's br f by Voltaire, out of Proserpine, Jupiter's darn, 4 yrs Lord Stanley's b c Fatalist, 4 yrs . Mr. Graydon's ch c Recompense, by Recovery, out of Taste, 3 yrs Mr. Thompson's b f by Speculator, out of Ambuscade, 3 yrs Mr. R. J. Mostyn's ,eh c Preparation, 3 yrs c Mr. G. Cla r k e ' s ch Woldsman, 3 yrs Mr. King's br f by Mule) , Moloch, out of Lilla, 3 yrs.... Mr. Singleton's ch c Smike, 3 yrs Lord G. Bentinek's ch c Peloponesus, 3 yrs SECOND DAY. Her MAJESTY'S PLATE, value 100 Guineas. Three year: old ist. 51b., four 9st. Ilb., five 9st. 111 b., six and agec lOst. 21b. Two mile heats. Mr. Meiklam's b c by Physician, out of Solace, by Longwaist, 3 yrs Lord Eglingto n s b f Blue Bonnet, 3 yrs.. Lord Westminster's b h Sleight-of-Hand, 6 yrs Mr. William Jones's b g Tubalcain, 6 yrs Mr. Holme's b h Vulcan, 5 yrs Mr. Graydon's br h Roscius, 6 yrs Mr. Graydon's ch c Recompense, 3 yrs Mr. Thompson's b c Flamingo, 3 yrs Mr. Watt's b c Forester, 4 yrs Mr. Peace's b g Defence, aged Col. Cradock's b c Pagan, 4 yrs • Mr. Langshaw's b f by Speculator, 3 yrs Mr. M. Jones's gr h Portrait, 4 yrs Mr. Heseltine's br m The Shadow, 5 yrs Lord Chesterfield's ch c Marshal Soult, 4 yrs Mr. Clarke's ch c Woldsman, 3 yrs Mr. Vansittart's b c Galaor, 4 yrs Lord Milltown's ch m Cruiskeen, aged Mr. Kirby's br h Lanercost, aged. Mr. Dawson's b c Arcanus, 3 yrs Mr. Singleton's ch c Smike, 3 yrs Duke of Richmond's br h The Currier, 6 yrs THIRD DAY. The STANLEY STAKES of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 30 sovs. added, for two and three years old. T. Y. C. Two years old 6st. 121 b., three 9st. 21b. Fillies and geldings allowed 21b. The second horse to save his stakes. Lord G. Bentinck's b c Misdeal, 3 yrs Sir John Gerard's ch f Meal, 3 yrs Colonel Byng ns oh f Belle Dame, 3 yrs Mr. Mostyn's ns b c by Beagle, out of Jemima, 3 yrs Lord Stanley's ch c by Amurath, out of Mysinda, 2 yrs Mr. Kelly ns b f Frea, by Romulus, 3 yrs Lord Westminster's b f Maria Day, 2 yrs Mr. G. Clarke's oh c Philip, 2 yrs The SELLING STAKES, a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 70 sovs. added. Three years old ist., four Bst. 41b., five Bst 101 b., six and aged 9st. Winners once to carry 31b. extra, twice 61b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Heats, once round. The second horse to receive 10 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to be sold for 150 sovs., if de manded in the usual way. Lord Stanley's b g Sybarite, 4 yrs .. Mr. Graydon's ch c Recompense, 3 yrs Mr. Eddison's b c Idle Boy, 3 yrs Mr. Clarke's ch c Woldsman, 3 yrs Mr. King's br f by Muley Moloch, out of Lilla, 3 yrs .. Lord Milltown's b f l'Uccello, 3 yrs Mr. Johnstone's br f by Voltaire, out of Proserpine, 4 yrs Mr. Meiklam's b g Wee Willie, aged Mr. Meiklam's ch f Florence, 3 yrs Mr. Holker's blk f Tariff, 3 yrs Mr. Singleton's ch c Smike, 3 yrs Lord G. Bentinck's ch c Peloponesus, 3 yrs Mr. William Jones's b g Tubalcain, 6 yrs PROTESTANTISM.—Let nothing content you short of sound Protestant Christianity —no enervated, attenuated, sickly, half-gasping system of theology—hut vigorous, bold, Bible Christianity—the Christianity of a Luther, of a Melancthon, of a Knox, of martyrs, of apostles, of CHRIST—the Christi anity that came down from Heaven and will take you to it. — From Gems of Protestant Truth. GREATER DURABILITY OF IRON THAN WOOD IN SHIPS. —By reference to a paper, written by Mr. Creuze, we find it stated that fifteen years is cosidered to be the average dura tion of ships of war, Mr. Chatfield, indeed, makes it only thirteen years, while in actual service; and although many ships of a much greater age are now in existence, these are sometimes virtually new ships,—since, after a few heavy re pairs, very little of the old timber remains, and the same parts of a ship are frequently two or three times renewed. 'There are, however, some ships of a great age having mu c h of their original timber left; but these are only exceptions, and may be set off against a much greater number of pine built ships which have only lasted five or six years. Numer ous instances may be adduced of the loss sustained by the nation from the ravages of the dry rot, without taking into account the extra number of vessels required to fill the places of those under repair. I may instance on case out of many. A splendid 120-gun ship, which cost the country £120,000, required twice to undergo the most extensive repairs, with out having been once in service. There is now at the quar antine ground, in the Mersey, employed as a hulk, a beautiful frigate called the Arethusa, which, from the early developement of the dry rot, was condemned before she ever put to sea! Iron vessels, on the contrary, built of a corres ponding strength, would doubtless last for fifty years, or these at very remo t e an and iro vessel being once Iperiod s onger , with and, eery the light durability repairs, of ascertained, would be a fair standard for all others of the same thickness.—Granthant on Iron Ship-Bnilding. RANDOM THOUGHTS ON WEDNESDAY'S COUNCIL. We think the Messrs. Waterhouse have behaved most nobly. and by presenting their land gratuitously to the Cor poration have passed the most cu tti ng re b uke on the " snivelling " members who made so free with their names at a former council. We were amazed with what tenacity our friend Billy stuck to Mr. Hodgson as an authority, because the latter happened to suit his book on the improvement question. —" Mr. Hodgson said so, and I regret he is not present to support this opinion, in which we are agreed." How we apples swim ! We think the gaol bed question scarcely worth a passing remark, and:merely notice it for the satisfaction of drunken gentlemen,ithatPthey will still find there soft beds on the payment of 25: 4 notwithstanding Mr. Councillor Bright willed to the 'contrail,. We are glad'Mr. Molyneux gave notice of a motion to rescind the obnoxious and obstructive resolution on the edu tion question;,and we trust every true Conservative will be at his post on this occasion to support him. No excuses. " Wheie there'ta will, there's a way," as Mr. Earle said. We think, the inhabitants of the good old town, if they have not , made the discovery before, will now find out, on reading the debate on the Town Hall and Borough Court Committees, who are the real reformers of abuses and best supporters of the towns true interests. Messrs. Lloyd and Cooper deserve our warmest acknowledgments for the manly exposure of what scarcely appears a tradesmanlike tran saction. Messrs. Ross and Nightingale are scarcely prudent in set ting up the defence of the London trade list ; any tradesman will supply you with• Birmingham or Sheffield wares at the manufacturers list price, but not a word about the 50 and, in some instances, 70 per cent. discount. " Oh, no, we never mention it !" The monstrosity of their accounts is only to be equalled by the conduct of Mr. Ross, who made his appearance in the Council Chamber as a reporter, though he never once took a note. He had even the audacity to attempt to make' a speech, and was " hushed" by his . more prudent friend, Mr. William Earle. We regret Mr. Ross was not permitted to chaunt his Night ingale notes, and then incur the penalties of the law for ex ercising the functions of a councillor•Wltlnout authority. All our praises why should lordg engross ? Rise, then, my muse, and sing of honest Ross ! We think it would add much to the good order and peace of the Council if certain meMbers would not" rise" quite so often ; we will mention two, in particular, 'who are each in their way, patterns of conceit:-4-Mr. James Aikin and Mr. T. Bolton, one of whom ‘.` rose" no fewer than eighteen times, and the other fourteen at the last Council.—Why does Mr. Bolton eclipse Taglioni?—Because he can sit on his toes, and the latter can only stand on hers. We think Mr. Harvey is placed Ivifiere.he ought to be, on the street side of the Town Hall dotii.' I•Ie can now relieve the gaol committee of much anxiety knd 'skint by devoting the energies of his eomprehensire'mind to the mental im pr?rment.of the turnkeys at Kirkdale. - We think, as on a former occasion, the concluding scene of the Council was by far the best, when poor Richard Vaughan found himself all alone in the midst of the " tyrant majority" calling upon' t!irn;tb-go on. " No !" he exclaimed, - " may I perish : I had rather crack my. sinews, break my back, Than I should such dishonour undergo— And waste my sweets without a friend to hear !" AFFGRANISTAN The :following letter, received by a .person in this town, from his brother, a private in , her-MajestY's ninth - regiment of foot, now serving under G enera l . ollock in India, will b e _ _ read with interest at the present moment Camp Jellalabad, Affghanistan, April 22nd, ,18 . 42. DEAR BROTHER,—I once more give'rhy 4 4tlf the pleasure of addressing a few lines to you, as 1 by"the mercy of God, a tenant of this earth, with all its 4 ie'sations, sorrows, and troubles. I last addressed you from Kowulsur, and I can now inform you, that on the sth April our force under Major-General Pollock entered the Khyber Pass, nnder a shower of bullets and stones, the latter almost as formidable as the former mentioned. My company formed apart of the right advanced, and we had to climb a mountain whose sides were almost perpendicular. As we advanced before daylight, the watchfires of the enemy appeared like stars in the firma ment, from their great height, and shone with great bril liancy. Upon arriving at the foot of the mountain, the Khyberies saluted us with a yell that sounded inhuman in my ears, followed by a shower of balls that whistled over our heads without doing any harm. We answered with as much noise as we could make, and opened a fire ppon them that soon sent them to a more respectable distance, which they took good care to keep. Only a few 4hots were fired from them until we arrived at the summit atilt mountain, where they had erected breastworks to lie behind while tiring upon us; but they soon quitted these strongliblilitilind down the other side of the hill I think they neveetVegiCs"efiare in ij little time. Lieut. Cuming and five met:rot-our regithetit were killed in ascending this mountain. On, rinotbei• anitill height they made a good stand, and the bulletS flew 'as tlifiglfAslhall , V for about half-an-hour. One man was shot'deaaNditwo wounded, close to me, upon this heie,ht, bat we4iiie6ededin driving them from their walls, and experiett '-itry littl e opposition afterwards. The firing continued "frillni about five in the morning till four in the afternoon, and' any one ,whd2 witnessed it would have thought it impossible any of tis shbuld have escaped ; but we drove thrio from their strongest post= tious, in every direction, and before the sun went down the Khyber Pass was our own. We encamped, if camp it could be called„peitiqbc felt of Allah Musjeed, but no tents were-PiteheifYlLWe'ilipt Upon our mother earth, the heavens being our tqter.",- . .Thelfdit was taken during the day of the 6th, with'icart4ltany oppli sition in the evening. My company was sent ciii . the toVof a hill, close to the fort. We slept upon the grout:id in the open air again to-night, and marched the next morning at 6 a.m. through the Thonglu Pass, expecting a warm day's work, but met with no opposition. The pass was very narrow to-Clay, and a noisy stream runs in the bottom, the'mountains rising almost perpendicular to a great height. The pass widened as we advanced, and beautiful crops flourished.on either hand, but they were completely stript,.and some villages we passed bdrned. We met with no further'OppOsition until we arrived at Dakha. The. town of Lalp . Onrkitatids. upon the opposite side of the - Giibul river to` , ll*t.tihitli4ve 'encamped upon. ,They had the impudence te'lliViio6fi iS',fland the artillery returned a few rounds'of crapettilarfh&riister. They left the. town, but returned as stiotiSirt,Kflring'ceased. The next day & detachment was sent utierth'eaketlie•tbwn ; my com pany was one ; and i the 4‘tiir!the-'3rd . Diagoons lost two men and three 4460, aniFiSiAliipe'ffr:geoOrr4 was likewise swept away rt'setkimitis'We gainerithosite shore, which was not till sdriS6o ,l3 They deserted'fhWfbivii, and fled to the mountains. We'dive it over to a fi; 'chief; ands slept in the fort. Not expecting a long jotir ) 'brought no 'provisions, and got nothing foe two days and`lw lights; bat; we managed to get one bullock and two sheep befdeeitiiiitting the town, which they had completely stript,'Enit that was not much among a thousand men. We arrived at Jellalabrid on the 16th of the present month, and found all right with Sale: On the 7th the Affghans'fired a saldte, and our poUr fellows, thinking we were driven back, became desperate, sallied out into the very heart of the enemy's camp, completely defeated him, and captured four guns, burnt their camp, and killed men and horses almost without number, and they are now lying in part upon this plain, an'avvfut sight to behold ; and brought brick his colours in triumph,qind' hoisted them on , the bastion of their fopt. Since thit,?tiley have not winter provisions, as they captured a great 41th - tier of bullocks and sheep. We are waiting for the arrival of ureinforcemerit ex pected in a few days to join us, when we shall nioi+liniward towards Cabul, where we expect' to Medlin the t forde.the Affghans can collect, which is no small one at the poOrest Of times; but I think we need not care how inany. I must now conclude, as the paper will not contain any more, and we aref not allowed to send a whole sheet at preient, until things are more settled. I received a kind letter from sister Anne, which I have not answered; and as I can neither get pen; ! ink, nor paper, for love or money, please to send her a'copyc of this. And I should be much obliged to you if you would send me a few wafers in your next letter as money will not buy them here. The total number of killed and wounded in our regiment was 41, but I cannot tell the number in the whole force.—Adieu. 22nd April, 1842. PLAIN QUESTION AND ANSWER, OR MATTER OF FACT TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Why have the radical papers in our town a larger circula tion than the conservative ?—Because the conservatives sup port them. Why do the conservatives support them ? have a larger circulation '—Because they Why do the conservatives advertise in the radical news papers ?—Because they have a larger circulation. Why have they a larger circulation ?—Because the con servatives advertise in them. The conservatives, therefore, form a Frankenstein to destroy themselves. Who are the best supporters of a newspaper ?—Those who advertise in them. The conservatives are, therefore, guilty of supporting and encouraging, both by their influence and means, the most vile and abominable principles, which they at the same time pretend to detest. _.. What is the duty of conservatives with regard to the press?—To advertise in and encourage the conservative papers, and to withhold their advertisements from and dis courage the radical press. By this means the tables would be turned in a very short time. Writing anonymously, it is no boast when I say, that although I have spent some hundreds per annum in adver tising, I have never given one penny in support of a radical paper.—Yours, TRUTH. THE FINE ARTS The Morning of the Chase. Drawn by Taylor; engraved by Ryall.: Graves, London We had the pleasuie of seeing at 7 Mr. Linnecar's, a day or two ago, a very fine etching of a work now in progress, after a painting in water colours, by Mr. Frederick Taylor. It represents a hunting party at the front of Haddon Hall, the seat of the Duke of Rutland, in Derbyshire. The time is about that of Charles„the Second. The centre of the tableau is occupied by three figures on horseback—two "demoise/s" and a cavalier. A huntsman is collaring a dog in the fore ground, while a page is adjusting the stirrup of one of the ladies. At the porch a lady and gentleman are standing, near to whom an attendant dwarf is seen doffing his " bea ver." Two splendid dogs are apparently greeting their . mas ter. A stand of hawks, with hoods, are seen to the left. In the distance are huntsmen and hounds in their progress to wards the cover. This is a clever work, and executed with all the spirit, truth, and fidelity of a Landseer. The Whiskey Still. Painted by Landseer ; engraved by R Graves. One of Landseer's most telling works—a whole history at a view. It represents an illicit still in the Highlands. A hunter is sitting on a buck, tasting the mountain dew, the " whisk e y w ith exquisite smell." He app ears to be smack ing his lips, as if he relished its flavour ; a woman is seen behind him with a keg ; and the distiller himself holds a funnel and worm. A ragged girl, with a dog at her feet, is leaning against a waterrtub, into which the water trickles from the mountain. A goat browses on the hill side. IM pletnents of husbandry are scattered about, with apparatus for distilling. We may reckon this as standin g in point of merit r next to the Highland Drovers. , Children.xilb Rabbits: E dwin Landseer. Engraved by • T. Landseer. Two children tending rabbits ; b eaut if u l ly drawn. A ,t, pleasing and tasteful performance, simple in cornpos 04 , and replete with feeling. , ..iTil :142-1 Lady and Spaniels. Landseer. Engraved by T. Lambe". A lady is seen reclining on a couch; readiag a fetter, sur rounded by her four-footed favourites. A very charming work. In a pastoral letter addressed to the inhabitants of Stoke Gifford, occurs the following passage The present clerk, Silas Phillips, and his father, have held that office one hun dred and ten years ; and there are two brothers now living, the farmers Daniel and Abraham Webb, whose parents had nine children, the united ages of whom already reach the number of seven hundred and sixty-six years, averaging eighty-five each." DISCUSSION OF PHRENOLOGY, BRINDLEY t RUMBALL.-FRIDAY EVENING. Mr. BRINDLEY opened the debate by reminding the audience of the fallacy of the phrenological proposition, in estimating the total mental powers by the index of the cerebral development, whilst, on their own admission, only one-third of the brain surface can be estimated craniologically. Secondly, that the absurdity of exa mination and treatment of criminals should be con ducted by this imperfect light of so-called phrenology, which even, in the mouths of phrenologists themselves, and admitted by the present defence to be in a state of infancy. Mr. B. then alluded to fact of the Hendersoman bequest being applied to the circulation of Combe's Constitution of Man, a book of doubtful philosophy and infantile data. He re -stat e d th e var i ous depths to which the conv olutions of the brain were found to go, ranging from * to one inch— and that the b oaste d ev i dence from comparative anatom , failed entirely in supporting the mapping out of the highe order of brain (human) into 37 organs. Several other points of the inconclusiveness of craniolr indicating psychologi ca l man i festations, were detailed the omission of Mr. Rumball, the challenger in thi ,- to bring forward a brain, was shewn as incotr• the true mode of conducting a debate— was bound to bring forward evidence in support of ti affirmative—instead of Mr. Brindley, as the party challenr Mr. Rumball admitted in reply that only half the cr developments were known, and endeavoured to s! non-necessity of establishing the uniformity of the c, lutions as to ratio and equality of development. Mn Rh ball repudiated the fact of the Phrenological Journal heir the accredited organ of the phrenologists, as the caprie" imbecility of the editor was the only test of the or' character or otherwise of the papers introduced lumns. He mentioned a case or two of loss of tli, and injury to skull cap, &c. In proof of the truth of nology he quoted some authorities in favour of his affirmtions, tions, but they appeared to us s can ty in comparison with the numerous well selected ones which Mr. B. had " plies brought forward. A cast of want of correspont. between the inner and outer tables of the skull, which M. B. brought forward, was stated by Mr. Rumball to be an in stance resulting from disease ; but as the chairman stater the appearance of the skull to be sound, the case was nr upset, thou g h M r. R . seemed to rest much weight upon The strongest authority which Mr. R. adduced was a qt , tion from Mayo, viz. " that the probability was rr the different regions of the head are concerned with u._ classes of sensations and emotions, and that it would found by those who bad most studied the craniologi- • that in some of its general features and leading indications it will be believed to be correct." The debate closed for the even ing by Mr. B.'s pushi ng h ard his antagonist for positive phrenological data, and proofs of the truth of the cc which Mr. Rumball seems at present unfurnished u but Mr. it. seemed .more inclined, we must i n fairness sr to entrench himself behind the acknowledged facts of tt slow progress of all truth, and the difficulties attending tf championship of all the abstruse sciences, which corn} tants would call fencing rather than thrusting home. On Monday evening Mr. Rumball opened the deb- Dr. Sutherland in the chair. ere the de his re vat that MONDAY EVENINC The discussion this evening was of a very animated and interesting character,. but; owing to the lateness of the hour, we cannot do more than observe, that Mr. Brindley has not only fully maintained his character as a disputant, but has also considerably increased his reputation as a man of scientific knowledge and research. He appealed to the fact of his arguments and demonstrations, drawn from the structure of the brain and skull, having been fully conceded to him ; and contended that the busts brought up in favour of phrenology could not be admitted in evi dence until the very contradictory statements concerning Good's -head were cleared up. Mr. Brindley many times called upon his opponent toj give the measurements of other criminals whose busts he produced, and also urged the necessity of an examination of living heads. At length it..was agreed that a number of living heads should be phre nologically examimed by Mr. Rumball in the presence of the committees, and that they should be brought up for judge ment before the audience to-morrow evening, when the de bate closes. This will undoubtedly give satisfaction, and produced uncommon interest in those present. A very crowded meeting may be expected to-morrow, and this prac tical test will do much to settle the question of phrenological examinations. Dr. Sutherland, Dr. Dickenson, Dr. Watson, and J. Tay lor, Esq., on - behalf of Mr. Brindley, and Dr. Thorburn and Gillon, Esql, on behalf of Mr. Rumball, were on the platform. Rumour, speaks of a proximate alliance between the Mar quisof Blandford, now in his 21st year, eldest son of the Duke of Marlborough, and Lady Francess Vane, the eldest daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry. EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALES IN MINES.—A petition has been got up in Wakefield to the House of Lords in support of Lord Ashley's bill against the employment of females in coal mines, which has been signed by our worthy Vicar and all the influential inhabitants of our town. Mr. Mark Crab tree and Mr. S, Binns, who have waited upon the inhabitants have not met with a single refusal. This speaks well of all parties in Wakefield. ADHESIVE. WAFERS ON NEWSPAPERS.—By a corres pondence in the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday, it appears that a gentleman received a newspaper sealed with a printed adhesive wafer or label, and which was charged by the post-office authorities for having " information on the 'wrapper." The gentleman complained to the Postmaster General, and received for a reply that the newspaper was correctly charged and the amount of postage could not bt refunded. Take the hint, ye teetotalers and anti-corn law mongers ! We regret to announce the death of Mrs. _ of the Right. Hon. Charles James Fox. This venerable lady expired on Friday morning, at her seat at St. Ann's he wido' the 97th year o The lighting of Paris with gas is m Within the last few weeks no fey passages, &c., in different quarters have received th of this it4Toverhent WILL OF JUSTICE LITTLEDALE.--The Will of the late Justice Littledale, Knight, one of her Majesty's late judges of - the;Courol Queen's Bench, has: just been .worn to by thWeatteutOra v in the Prerogative Court .of the Lord Arch bishop of Canterbury, it Doctors' Commons. .The personal property has-been sworn under £250,000. There are several I Ti'e',q B ',"PeADVlatlied to the testator's grand-children ' 6 "a e'er-Ks ;abut the bulk of the property goes to his daug,.... who married Mr. Courtney (who is one of the executors), to whom a dowry of £23,000 was given at marriage. EI.OrRIIENT.—On Friday last, an antiquated lady, known by the faMiliar appellation of " Mother Gossip." was most actively employed in Billingharn, Norton, s eirealating4i: report that an elopement' ' taken place in Billingham ; and which su to be correct. The parties are Mr. Hugh Short, who h, bebni - esiiding for sometime at Norton, and was formerly t Durham - University, 'and the lady Miss M.' A. Burrell daughter of the late Mr. F. Burrell, of Billinghatn, who it possessed of an independent fortune. Early in the morning of the day, Captain Short, brother of Mr. Short, en gaged a chaise and -pair at the Vane Arms, Stockton, with which he proceeded on the road to a certain spot where his brother and his willing captive were anxiously awaiting his iarrival.' They soon entered the vehicle, and proceeded 'straightway to Durham, whence they went forward in wed ding haste to Gretna Green, where the indissoluble knot was tied. As the young lady has made choice of the man she loved and esteemed, in preference to several wealthy suitors it is sincerely hoped by all w h o k now h er t h at the happiness ' :of both will be complete.—Durham Advertiser. LAEN9,II OF THE PRINCE OF WALES INDIAMA N. 'SattErchtlfPgß i jrnmellSe number of well-dressed persons as sembled in 'the yard of Messrs. Green, Wigram, and Green, the celebrated ship-builders and owners, to witness' the launch of thiktbve splendid vessel. The Blackwall Pier, the Water men'sVier, and the whol e r i ver f rontage, presented a most animated appearance from the constant arrival of small craft and steamers with persons anxious to be present. Everything being in readiness, at a quarter past two o'clock precisely the stocks and fastenings were removed, and the vessel glided majestically into the bosom of Old Father Thames, amid the firing of cannon and the shouts of the assembled multitude. She was decorated with a number of handsome Union Jacks, and could not have had less than 500 persons on board at the time. The ceremony of christening was per formed by Miss Dundas, daughter of Admiral Deans Dundas. This fine vessel is a frigate, built as a fast sailer, and will be manned and carry sufficient weight of metal to defend herself against a ship of war of similar tonnage. Among the numerous visiters on the occasion were Admiral Dundas, M.P., General Carpenter, Colonel Wyndham, Captain Owen, Captain Toiler, several naval officers of rank, and a considerable number of military officers and marines from the garrison at Woolwich. Another noble vessel of the same dimensions and tonnage is finished,'to be called the Queen, and will be launched from the same yard on orabcut next Saturday week. After the launch, upwards sumptuous msOpOtupoeurs sons of fashion and respectability were admitted by car d s into an immense workshop, which had been fitted up as a refreshment room, where they partook of a cold col f lation. , The ceremony passed off without the sli g h test acc ide n t. 6 ,) d Stockton, in d that morning , sequently proved The*CiWriinithron, in the course of a very sensible ar ticle on which might naturally e , have been , pate -- dt h o t re e benefits sultfronl o n u g rs s o m f gula T r i fa ppe ct r s aryspecial com mission, states the respecting the case of the culprit Byrnes,under sen tence now Mr for the murder of . - Robert Hall :—" At th e l ast assizes f t o h l e lo la w b i for Nenagh he was arraigned on the same charge. The same witnesses were sworn, the same evidence was produced, and few who heard the one or who read the other could have re quired much time for deliberation; yet eleven of the jury were for acquittal, while only one would have pronounced him guilty. That one bad immediately after to quit the county. His life was not safe in the neighbourhood in which he lived, and he had to seek an asylum elsewhere. He is now in —, but why expose him to danger? Even to this hour, so much does he dread assassination that, if we are not misinformed, he is preparing to emigrate. 11 ° w can justice be expe c t e d in a community like t r" 4s, and was not gove rnment right in resolving that, with foul offences on th e ca l endar, they would transfer t he trials from the di s t r i ct i n which those offences had been perpetrated, and comm i t the duty of deciding () n the evidence to pers ons l ess likely to be acted on by favour or by fear ?" T o t hi s the Constitution adds the following state that it still more singular circumstances :—" Whe we present, has been communicated to us by a personwho distsict of Tip that, of thirteen gentlemen from the no r thern commission, there were perary who met at dinner during the comuli or some imme diate two who had not lost a father, abrother,the reader will n , diate relative by the hand of the as s a ss in, usually are, of per , wonder that juries, composed, as t h e y sometimes tenacious - easily accessible by a bullet, are .3 themselves nouncing a verdict that ma y d oor' q the brother of " Among the eleven sufferers wa mr. c o oper. murdered in the company f ' ~ wa g mart' tleman, it will be rememberea s, that The most commendable idlenesss is t assumes the mask of industry. Knitt, netting, oriental tinting, wa t e r-basket-maki. general, and rug and wo rsted -work in particu. labours of ingenious idleness. NI by, we hayt ladies undertake a ca nvass with all the earliest Yet give time Nero up, i unsuccessful candidate, some have actually spread their canvass for a sa, Mittee-man at a contested firsteslo7ntioans,tlielasen.yd got—wt n o doubt, to preserve a ' jeer, dehe excellence i n s maiden beard-down in a author has a ,, orP m Y'v en is lorial -j. of the fair? D , and N y z e t r. neverpTa "TRAGEDIES.—The passed Ev iE t s h . e_n T ee ht ca bea s e t A y w o it i h h a i i h n e e l ' a v i r l s io t o t d im 's e dawn, the be deposited of his soap and razor. he d e posits the memory of the same in his play damned' deuce bf the brutality of the public • ce ueace of his five -act drama. if in his day, and the ex cue rgy to write a legitimate play,it require considerable as much to getit acted, amidst it generally requires twice state of Denmark" and the all the rottenness of " the All these vigorous 1 " plague of both the houses." elements, and rebound on hi g h in s, therefore, will vigorously react who has a play da c , a , ses of failure ; and " the author mned morning in a paroxysm as Hazlett says, "is the next i s always attribute of conceit." Of course, the failure the least possible solely to the author, just because he has ness ; and the eto do with the t . prac teal of the busi practical men make ;.t a ruletoday the blame upon any body but ceeds, it i s only themselves. When a practical man suo we then hear because he is a practical man ; when he fails, of the existence of a vexatious theorist who went before h with the wisest blowing bubbles, and whom he followed late • ntions.—Frazer's Magazine for July.