The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-11 00:00:00

frigates; on board one of them was the new commanding offi cer, said to be a most daring fellow. The extraordinary powers demanded by Eustamen being still refused by the senate, he had placed Gen. Arista at the head of 1500 men, and intimated an intention, in case the refusal was persisted in, of dissolving that body by force, and usurping the coveted powers. FURTHER NEWS FROM CANADA. ( From the London Standard of Saturday.) A British government messenger arrived yesterday with dispatches to go by the Great Western. He left Montreal on Monday. The dispatches announce the capture of 80 patriots at the surrender of the mill, and 32 previously, making 112 in all, and that they had been sent to Montreal, with Sir G. Arthur's order that they should all be tried and banged. The following dispatch from the Hon. Col. Cathcart, of th e King's Dragoon Guards, stationed at Chatubly, gives details of the miserable attempt made by the rebels to main tain a position on the Boucherville mountain. Chatnbly, Nov. 15, 1838. Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, that, on my ar rival here yesterday evening, I learned that the camp in the Boucherville mountain had broken up, and that Malhiot had crossed over at the ferry to Pointe Olivier. I also heard of some threatened disturbances at St. Mary's, on the oppo site side of the river. I ordered an officer and thirty men of the lsth, accompanied by some loyal persons, acquainted with the inhabitants, to leave this at five o'clock this morn• ing, and go there to search for arms—not without hopes of taking Malhiot. Some arms were taken, and two leading agitators were brought in, who remain for examination to morrow. 1 also learn from the cute of this place (who has been most praiseworthy in his exertions to restrain his flock from participating in the rebellion, and in bringing to justice the agitators and those who had coerced the peaceably dis posed), that he had learned that three guns and a consider able quantity of arms and ammunition were in the mill near the lake in the centre of the Boucherville mountain, that he had sent a young ecclesiastic of the name of Le Fevre, to recommend to his parishioners, for their own interest, the voluntary surrender of all those warlike stores immediately to him, to be by him delivered to me, and I hourly expect them. As they did not arrive last night, I patroled this morning to the mountain with 20 Dragoons, and on arriving at the wood, about eleven o'clock. met Major Johnson, with the 66th, and two guns, proceeding to make the seizure. After making some visits fcs arms, and sending home the patrol, I joined Major Johnson, at the mill, and found him in possession of three guns, ten or twelve dozen casks of powder, some 30 muskets and a great many pikes—also, a good deal of ammu nition made up, particularly artillery cartridges, with bags containing some dozen of musket balls attached to each. Major Johnson was to return from Beloiel, for the night, with his capture, the particulars of which he will, no doubt, himself detail; but I write this, as I have a more direct means of communication. I have the honour to be, Sir, 'Yoiir most obedient humble servant, GEo. CATHCART, Lieut. Col. K.D.G. To the Military Secretary, &c., &c. CAPTURE GF "BILL JOHNSON," THE BUCCA- NEER OF THE LAKE. (From a letter to his Excellency Governor Marcy, dated Ogdenshurgh, Nov. 18.) "William Johnson was yesterday arrested by Charles 'l'. Burwell and A. B. James, about three mites above Ogdens burgh. He was traced and found in the woods by Mr. Bur well, and driven from his covert towards a bay in the river St. Lawrence, where his son lay in waiting for him with a row boat, ready to convey him away. Mr. James, however, had got young Johnson ashore, taken possession of his boat, and secreted his oars, so as not to allow a chance of escape. Old 4 Bill' rushed down to the river, closely pursued by Burwell, where he was met by James. He called aloud. My boat, my boat!' He was ordered by Mr. J. to surrender, but he declared he would never do so while alive. He had a pistol in each hand, and swore that he would sooner die than be taken, and threatened to shoot the first man that approached him. James and Burwell attempted to seize him, and took hold of him several times; but he broke from them, and re treated. _ " His son advised him to flee to the woods, that he would help him away if in his power, but that his boat and oars had been taken from him, and that he had uo means of giving him assistance. Johnson then attempted to escape to the woods, but was prevented, and when he saw there was no chance of escape, he came to a halt, and offered to surrender, if his pursuers would allow his son to have his arms. They replied they did not seek his arms but his person After a parley, considerable delay, and a vast deal of threatening, he gave his son a Cochran rifle, (12 discharges,) and two large rifle pistols, and then started with B. awl J. for Ogdens burgh, still however retaining four small pistols and a large Bowie-knife, but which, in the course of a few minutes, he also gave to his son. They had proceeded about one-third of a mile, when they were met by a file of U. S. soldiers, a deputy sheriff from Jefferson, and a deputy U. S. marshal, to whom Johnson was delivered, and conveyed on board the steam-boat in the employ of government, under Col. Worth." [Thence, as will be seen by accounts from Oswego, Sachett's Harbour, &c., he was conveyed to prison in Jefferson county.] JAMAICA.—We have received files of the Jamaica Royal Gazette, Dispatch, Mercury, and Gazette, up to the 4th ultimo. We learn from the Royal Gazette, that the House of Assembly met on the 30th of Octo ber, for the dispatch of business. The following is the address deli veted by the Governor on the occasion : " Gentlemen of the Council, " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly. " The most important event in the annals of Colonial his tory has taken place since I last had the pleasure of meeting the legislature of this island ; and I am happy in being able to declare, that the conduct of the labouring population, who were then the objects of your liberal and enlightened policy, entitles them to the highest praise, and amply proves how well the) have deserved the boon of freedom. " It was nut to be expected that the total extinction of the Apprenticeship Law would be followed by an instantaneous return to active labour, but, feeling as I do, the deepest in terest in the successful result of the great measure now in progress, I sincerely congratulate you and the country at large on the improvement which is daily taking place in the resumption of industrious habits, and I trust there is even_ prospect of agricultural prosperity. " Many important subjects, consequent upon the altered condition of society, will, I hope, receive your early, and serious consideration. " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly. " I shall lose no time in laying before you various dis patches from het Majesty's government. " I beg to assure you of my cordial co-operation in all measures which may tend to improve the laws ; to give se curity to property ; to protect the just rights of the peasantry, and ensure peace and happiness to all classes of her Majesty's subjects: - • The speech was subsequently referred, by a large majority, to a committee of the whole house on the state of the island. Very protracted discussions were likely to arise in committee, as there seemed to be a very strong determination to make a stand upon the privileges . of the House of Assembly, and its right to legislate for the island. We are sorry to say that the reports as to the state of Jamaica continue to be unfavourable. The negroes still manifested the greatest indisposition to settle down to work. Great complaints are still made re specting the ruinous interference of the missionaries, whose policy it seems to be to encourage the negroes in the unprofitable system of " squat ting." On this subject the Gazette of the 20th of October has the following remarks :—" If it were not for the mischief which the man has the power to inflict, we certainly should indulge in a hearty laugh at the notion of that notorious libeller Knibb, bringing a criminal informa tion for libel against one of the reporters of his gross calumnies, the editor of the Cornwall Courier. Upon the plea cf the greater the truth the greater the libel, he may probably gain his ends, and the truth-report ing editor may run a chance of being punished for the crime of exposing the atrocious falsehoods propagated by this wholesale dealer in slander against the propri: etary body of Jamaica! " This same Knibb, who has realised a fortune by the preaching and printing of libels against the colo nial inhabitants, and who boasts he can lay down £lO,OOO to assist the negroes in squatting, in order that he may hasten desolation, and drive the proprie tors of property from the land, seems now busy in promoting by passive resistance what he formerly executed by means of the firebrand and the sword! And as he seems bent upon the ruin of St. James and Trelawny, we trust Sir Lionel Smith will be prepared to give a satisfactory reply to his government, when he is called upon to account for his communication with, and amiable courtesy towards, this, furious agi tatt4. Knibb, indeed, appears to be an especial pet of the Queen's House party, and we could not but admire the cfficial report in yesterday's Morning Journal respecting the opening of a new Baptist chapel !" Respecting the conduct of the labourers we have the following information in a letter addressed to the editor of the Dispatch, from the parish of Manches• ter :—" It is not my intention to enter upon a lengthy detail in informing you how matters really stand in this parish, with respect to the general working of the labourers; and having taken considerable pains to inform myself upon the subject, I think very few, if any, exceptions can be opposed to my statement. " Where the people are working, (for it is not on every property they are doing so,) the Monday is a broken day, in consequence of the reluctance they feel to commence work until the day is far advanced. Seldom is it on Fridays, and I may always say never on Saturdayti, do they work . at all for the proprietor. If they do labour on that day, it is in their grounds; but many, it is feared, waste their time in idleness and wandering about. I may further state, that on the days on which they do labour, there is not upon an average, one-half of the negro population above ten years of age who turn out then, rarely beginning work before eight a.m., or continuing it after three p.m ; therefore, deducting one hour at least, for breakfast, you can judge by this to ‘vhat a scale the cultivation of pro perties will ultimately be reduced, unless some change shortly take place, and a more general and willing dis position be evinced on the part of our peasantry to carry it on. It was considered by a few, and hoped by many, that a " steam power" had been discovered, from the circumstance of one or two gangs having taken piece work, and, at a high rate of wages, per formed an extraordinary quantity of labour; but this only appears to ,have been done by fits and starts, a mere flash in the pan, not in the continuous manner necessary for the proper cultivation of a plantation; and even if it were, certainly not at a rate of wages which would leave a remuneration for the planter. They (the labourers) are .also somewhat capricious in their selection of work, preferring only such as billing pastures and building stone walls—to that most essen tial required by the planters, of cleaning and picking their coffee. They are unwilling to engage in either, until the former is so heavy as to endanger the pro ductiveness of the trees, and the latter until it is in a state not only injurious to their future yielding, but at the risk of a great portion of their present fruit falling to the ground, placing tile planter_in the dilemma.. of either cultivating his estate at a price ruinous to his interest, or compelling him altogether to abandon its cultivation. " This, Mr. Editor, is an unhappy state of things— one which cannot long exist without its baneful effects being felt by both the employer and the employed; and, in my humble opinion, it owes its origin to two main causes : the one, to those liberal gentlemen who have taken upon themselves the se/passumed character (but with very little pretension to it) of being the friends and advisers of the negroes, but who, in reality, have only occasioned distrust and dissatisfaction in their minds ; the other, to the privilege that has been given them in the temporary occupation of their houses and grounds, for the latter of which, I believe, almost by general and tacit consent in this parish, no charge has been made, from the most humane and conciliatory motives." On the state of public credit in the island of Ja maica we have the following remarks in the Dispatch of Nov. 1. :—" When an evil is foreseen, it is wisdom to apply ourselves to meet it ; to check, or at all events to mitigate or alleviate its horrors. The state of the public credit of the island calls for the most serious attention ; it was never more jeopardized than at the present moment. We are assailed from without by an adversary powerful and strong, without any previ ous intimation of the hostile act, to throw us on our guard; and the blow is about to fall on us unprepared. Our adversary is our unnatural parent—Great Britain! , who, as we shall elsewhere show, has assumed a stretch of power in relation to the interrial legislation of the Island never previously attempted. It is a blow aimed at the destruction of the freedom and usefulness of our Local Parliament. It is, perhaps, the mere courier or forerunner of what a Whig Ministry, pretended friends of freedom, ate preparing to attempt. That a deter mined constitutional stand is necessary to be taken by the popular branch of the Parliament of Jamaica, to assist and protect her independence, is now apparent to all reflecting persons; and the utmost coolness should be displayed, while the greatest talent of the House should be exercised to guard us against the im pending dangers that surround us. Senators of Ja maica! arouse your energies; but, in doing so, take care you run not from one extreme to the other. It is constitutional to withhold the supplies. Our ances tors did so successfully, when their privileges were merely threatened; and they declined, in some ex treme cases, to transact business AT ALL with the Go vernment, until full redress was given fur wrongs committed on their undoubted and sole rights. We are now somewhat differently situated. "If the present Parliament of Great Britain is more gifted than those of former times, and undertakes to superlegislate for your country, let them have all the honour to themselves; and as the bright page of his tory will hand down to posterity this wise assumption of power, let the same page also contain the informa tion, that the wealth of Britain kept pace with the wisdom of its Parliament; and that it paid the whole expenses of the government of its colony of Jamaica out of the general revenues of the empire. "The principle of representation and taxation is universally admitted as an axiom in legislation, and you need not dread that the Parliament of Britain will attempt to tax your constituents. Uphold the public credit, and you will return the confidence of all classes of the united community of Jamaica; trifle with it, and you will lose your privileges, and seal the ruin of your country." PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY.—It is quite obvious to the most superficial observer of passing events, that the political aspect of this great nation, at the present moment, is big with circumstances of the most por tentous importance; and that the drowsy " Palinu rus," who sits nodding at the helm of affairs, must speedily relax his grasp of a post which, procured on such base, unprincipled, and unconstitutional terms, he has with so much treachery, treason, and turpitude, adhered to and degraded. • Every loyal subject and sincere lover of his country must observe, with apprehension and alarm, the fear ful blows which England, the once proud arbitress of the world, is every day submitting to from every blus tering bully, Larbarian, savage, or supercilious priest ly bigot who may think fit to display his cairage by a kick at the head of our national Lion, sick;' alas 1 and no wonder, with the unsavoury and nauseous garbage which " liberalism" has, with bestial. cruelty, been thrusting down his throat. But are such occurrences only to be looked at to be patiently endued ? Are not you, and we, and every honestindividual Protestant in the British empire members component of this ma jestic Lion, which cowardice, insolence, and Popish priestly intolerance are so unceremoniously and cruelly buffeting ?—and how long are we to endure all this? An opportunity will, at no very distant period, be afforded the Protestants of this country to free them selves from the incubus that paralyzes their energies. When Popery was rampant in the land, the high and holy cause of Protestantism triumphed over that dam nable heresy, and introduced blessings unknown to any nation yielding obedience to the despotism eman ating from Rome. Our rulers, in latter years, appear to have forgotten this fact, and act as though a victo rious foe were, with forced marches, bearing down upon us as a retreating, and disheartened, and insig nificant band. Position after position has been yielded by them, and Popery, with characteristic penetration and alacrity, has resolutely seized on them as they have been vacated, and converted thein into so many points from whence to hurl ruin and disgrace upon our retiring columns. In proof of this, we need only di rect the attention of our readers to the cesion of what was termed " Catholic Emancipation,",which, so far from satisfying Popery, has only excited her thirst and strengthened her hands more fiercely and more forcibly, and with more implacable hate, to war against the settled and time-approved institutions of our Pro- testant realm. Look, we say again, at the national system of education, which, in this land in which Pro testantism is, happily, the established religion, liberal ism has planted in Ireland. The Bible is excluded from them, so as not to offend the prejudices of the Popish superstition ; but Protestantism is compelled to endure the introduction into them of the Romish mass-book, with all its attendant coadjutors, or--to quit them. The fable of the hedgehog and the snakes is lucidly borne out in the case in point : after admit ting the half starved and famishing wretch under the same cover with our Protestant children (to whom this prickly beast very soon, fearing any annoyance and inconvenience,) coolly and insolently tells them that if they are not comfortable in their present situation they are at liberty to quit it, but he is perfectly at ease where he is. Thus these schools, nicknamed " na tional," instead of being the means of affordingsound scriptural knowledge indiscriminately to all sects, have been monopolised by Popery, and converted into so many hotbeds for the propagation of her fearful, here tical, and idolatrous superstition. For the fact is no torious (and the experiment made in this town by the Corporation is corroborative of it) that no scripturally minded Protestant parent will allow his children to breathe an atmosphere so pollutedmonks, and friars, and jesuits principally (in Iceland) being the esta blished dispensers of the national humbug. Here then we have the children of parents who profess the national religion of the country virtually excluded from the benefit of a national system of education, which ought to be in consonance with the established religion of the country. The Protestant population in Ireland and . in this town pay for such a system, but they are cajoled and swindled out of it, and are neces. sitated to build other schools rather than allow their children to come in contact with "the unclean thing" cherished in liberal, national, and corporation schools. And what is the lesson that such dear-bought expe rience ought to teach Protestants ? We will tell them. First,—it ought to teach • them to watch closely the measures of government, be that governnient consi dered (as was the Duke of Wellington's) friendly or (as is the present) hostile to the Protestant institutions of the country, and speak out, so that they must 5e heard and attended to, should those measures be such as to endanger any Protestant right or institution. Had Protestants done this in 1829, Wellington—the too confiding Wellington—would have been spared many a bitter pang that his breast has since felt, and the British empire many a disgrace that she has since been impotent to ward off or wipe out. Had they done this when the infamous national education bill was broached, to-day it would not be required of them to found new schools into which to transplant the good, old, national, scriptural mode of education pur sued in the old seminaries from which the thorny hide of Popery has driven them., Secondly,—it should teach • them to seek out men discreet and wise, whose passport into Pat liament at the next election must be "Pro testant ascendancy in church and state," and " no Popery !" We shall not then find the sacrifice of Pro testant life and property palliated or passed over with out active and searching inquiry, nor the sources of law and justice overawed and trampled upon without having the demons of anarchy, superstition, and ty ranny visited with merited retributive punishment. To effect this great and devoutly to be desired good, how small is the effort required 1 Apathy, however, will never effect it. The strong man must exert his strength if he wish to be victorious. He must not be dormant while his enemy is vigilant and active. When Samson slept, by the simple cutting off a lock of his hair, he was robbed of his strength. " Principiis obsta"—thus s , :yr we. The Protestant clergy have a great weight of re• sponsibility resting on them at the present juncture. It is ridiculous trash and nonsense to say that the clergy have no right to interfere in politics. They are men, and, as men, must fight the battle of their great Captain against all his enemies, come they in a spiritual or bodily shape. Popery is His enemy, and it is insidiously rooting itself at the base of our con stitution, of which the Established Church is at once the brightest ornament and support. Faithfulness, therefore, compels the clergy to protest against the un holy connexion, and to warn unceasingly their flocks, that they be not allured by any specious sophistry or worldly cant to tolerate what is diametrically opposed to every principle from which Protestantism derives it: splendour and usefulness. England expects, therefore, that the clergy will do their duty ; and they will do it we have no doubt. THE " LIVERPOOL."—We are glad to find that this splendid vessel reached New York on the 23d ult. She passed the narrows at eight o'clock A.M., in gallant style, fired a gun, and passed swiftly up to the city with colours flying, and in the finest condition. She ac complished the passage from Cork in 161 days. The excitement produced by her arrival at New York •is described by the editor of the Morning Herald (who has politely favoured us with a slip of his extra edition for the 23d) as " overwhelming." The informant of the Daily Express says that " the Liverpool performed to a charm, although they had very rough weather, with head seas and wind. She worked to perfection— nothing gave way—the vessel tight, strong, and staunch—and the passengers are all delighted. The ship had an abundance of fuel." It is unnecessary for us to add any thing to this unqualified eulogitim. The Liverpool has fully realised the most sanguine expectations of the spirited company to whom she be longs. Her passage out may be reckoned a much bet ter one than that of the Great Western, considering the state of the weather, and that her machinery was new. The Liverpool was not expected to leave New York until the sth instant, when she would bring a copy of the President's message She may, therefore, be looked for at Liverpool from the 18th to the 20th instant. Thl Lord Bishop of Chester will hold his next ordination on Sunday the 16th of December. _ _ There are six candidates for the town-clerkship of the newly incorporated borough of Manchester. A deputation, including Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Joseph Hornby, and Mr. W. Smith, had an interview with Viscount Melbourne on Wednesday, in Downing-street. We understand that the parties in this town who lost their money on Harkaway, for the Mostyn mile, have honourably met alt their engagements. It is said that a celebrated York shire jockey and trainer is minus upwards of £BOO in conse quence of the owner of Harkaway not obtaining a nomina tion for his horse. NEWTON.—COALPIT ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last, an inquest was held at Haydock, before Mr. Heves, on view of the body of Peter Greenhough, a collier. On Wednesday, the overlooker and others of Messrs. Turner and livans's men were raising the head-geer at one of the pits, when, as the de ceased and several other colliers were watching its progress, one of the shear legs gave way, and fell on the head of the deceased, who was killed on the spot. Verdict—" Accidenta death." HOUSE ROBBERY.—The house of Miss Cooper, Hart-street, was entered between the hours of three and eight on Wed nesday morning. The thieves took away a gold watch, a geld chain and seal, and £l2 in gold and silver. Entrance was effected by getting over the yard wall, and . hreaking a pane of glass in the hack parlour window. Two-thirds of the house robberies which take place in Liverpool are effected in this manner. It would most certainly contribute materially to the safety of houses if the occupiers were to have shutters on their back windows. FATAL AcciDENT.—On Wednesday, an inquest was held on the body of Thomas Briscoe, an errand boy in the iron foundry of Mr. Maw, Wood-street. On the 23d or 24th Oc tober, the deceased was standing near to the shaft attached to the engine, along with the warehouseman. The latter, on looking up, saw the boy going round with the shaft, which he did several times, and five minutes elapsed before he could be extricated. He was very much hurt. There was a compound fracture of the left arm and the right thigh; the left thigh was also smashed. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, and died on Monday.—Verdict—accidental death. li UNCORN.— COURT BA HON.—A court baron for the manor of Runcorn was held at the Boat-hOuse Tavern on Tuesday. The following gentlemen were appointed constables for the ensuing year:—Mr. Dennis Brundritt, Belvidere, merchant; Joseph Hartley, Duke's, architect; James Bennett, boot maker, Church -street; Edward Jackson, Higher Runcorn; Samuel Worrall, High-street ; John Anderton, Church street ; Thomas Threlfal Rigby, High-street; Richd. Phil lips, Old Quay; Thomas Ward, Old Quay; Joseph Middle brooke, Duke's; James Rigby, Picklow -lane; Robert Ca __ rodyce, Old S(4ery; Willis n Hazlehurst, Camden Soap Works; and William Harding, of the Town-ball, deputy constable. _ _ NOVEL CIRCUMSTANCE —On Wednesday last, a female, lately residing in Scotland-road, did penance in public at Walton church, by order of the Ecclesiastical Court, for de faming the character of her neighbour. It is many years since such an occurrence took place; the white sheet, how ever, was not enforced. This should be a warning to the fair sex who are troubled with an evil tongue. This singular scene excited considerable interest in those who witnessed it . PICTURE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—We under stand that it is the wish of several gentlemen, of different shades of politics, to have a very beautiful sketch of the Duke of Wellington visiting the field of Waterloo, from the pencil of Mr. Haydon, worked up into a painting, as an ornament of the new St. George's Hall, or some other public building. The splendid reputation of the Duke, and the great services which he has rendered to Europe and his own country, will, we doubt not, cause many to concur in the object who differ from .his grace as a politician. Amongst others, we under stand his worship the Mayor has subscribed very liberally to this object.— Times. DEATH BY FIRE.—On Friday an inquisition was taken before P. P. Curry, Esq., on view of the body of a little girl named Ann Jones, aged 10 years. The deceased, it ap peared, lived with her parents, in a cellar in Hardman street, and on Wednesday evening last was in the act of lifting her brother from within the fender when her clothes caught fire. The aunt of the deceased, who lived in the house above, hearing her cries, ran to her assistance, butbe fore the flames could be extinguished, the sufferer was so dreadfully burned all over the body, that though she was dressed at the Dispensary, she expired at three o'clock on the following morning. Verdict accordingly. DANGEROUS PRACTICE.—During the present week persons have Leen engaged in . proving cannon on the north shore. Out of fifteen pieces, six burst under the test, fragments of a large size having been thrown on and near the public road. One alighted close to a policeman on duty in the district, another in a field behind. Bank Hall, and a third, of appa rently 56 lbs. in weight, within a few feet of the road. Com plakts have been made that human life should thus be placed in jeopardy. It is certainly imperative upon the conductors of such experiments to exercise every possible caution, a necessity which we have no doubt they feel as strongly as we do. Cannon must be proved somewhere: if-the necessary risk attending the process can, by any practical means, be diminished, it is the dnty of the conservators of the public safety to see that those means are adopted The Mayor, we understand, has interfered in the matter, and received an assurance from Messrs. Fawcett and Prestonthat the practice shall be discontinued within the borough. 'THEATRICALS.—Mr. Kean, we understand, commences an engagement at the Manchester Theatre on the 24th in stant, when the house opens for the season.—Brown, so long the favourite of the Liverpool public, took his first benefit at New Yor k on the 7th ult., and we are happy to say it proved a bumper.—Mr. Bates, proprietor of the Royal Amphithea tre, &c., in this town, has erected a splendid theatre in Man chester,—Nicholas Nickleby has been adapted to the stage by Mr. Stirling, and is drawing crowded houses nightly at the Adel phi Theatre.—W. J. Hammond took his benefit at the Victoria Theatre on Monday week. Ducrow and T..P. Cooke gave Mr. Hammond their valuable services.—Mr. and Mrs. Wood have prolonged their stay in Dublin for a few days longer.—Mr. Ranger has just concluded a very success rut engagement at Edinburgh. IRON STEAM.SHIP. —Thc British and American Steam Navigation Company have this week contracted with Mr. John Laird, of Liverpool, (the builder of the iron steam ves sel Rainbow, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company,) for an iron steam-ship, of 1,200 tons, to be called the Atalanta, and intended to run between this country and the United States, in conjunction with the British Queen and the President. From the experience Mr. Laird has had in this description of naval architecture, and the speed he has already attained in the vessels he has built, those well able to form an opinion on the subject confidently predict that this vessel will reduce to ten days the average passage between Liverpool and New York. —Athenceitm. The en gines will be made by Messrs. Fawcett, Preston and Co. FlRE.—About -me o'clock on Saturday morning, a fire broke out in the drying-stove of Messrs. S. and J. Holme, the extensive builders, in Seel-street. The drying-stove, a building four stories high, is situated at the extreme end of the yard, in the direction of Parr street, and is heated by a large furnace, from which flues run through the entire build ing. The origin of the fire is at present a mystery; it com menced in the front story, to which the exertions of the fire police confined it. Messrs. Whitty, fowling, and Hewitt, the superintendent of the fire-police, were early on the spot. The great quantity of timber lying in the yard, together with the inflammable nature of the materials, would have rendered an extensive fire in the premises of the Messrs. Holme ti matter of frightful speculation, Such a ditiaster, however, was Nounately prevented, CORRESPONDENCE. THE "GREAT SLANDERER." TO THE EDITOR OF TEE LIVERPOOL ST.4ND.4RD, SIR,—It is not very common for ladies to address commu nications to editors of newspapers, but I fear the spirit of chivalry in good old England is gone, and I have waited With-much anxiety to see our cause taken up by some one more accustomed to these matters than myself. I have read in some of the papers which I am in the habit of looking into, the vile slanders of that great curse to Ireland, Daniel O'Connell, who, in one of his speeches, vilified the mothers, wives; and daughters of England! Surely some of our spi rited inen: ; in. parliauient u-idl>.trri.ng.•him to-account for his words. But I fear the spirit of our country is gone, for he has even called the House of Commons a band of ruffians! Oh ! were I a member of that house, I would horsewhip him from one end of London to rue other, or I would make him retract his words. And to add to the aggravation, I find, in reading the discussion in Dublin, that one of this abominable fellow's filthy priests repeats the vile slander on the ladies of England, and it has fallen to the lot of a spirited young Irishman to vindicate our character. Oh, England, England ! how art thou fallen ! Popery and infidelity have now almost got the mastery of our once happy country, and no good w►ll be done till our maiden Queen shall be requested, by the united voices of our fe males, to discharge from her presence all who would poison her mind by the baneful influences of Popery, and chiefly her vile intriguing ministers. Oh, for another good Queen Bess! I am, Mr. Editor, your obliged servant, Everton. ELIZA THOMPSON. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Ste.—ln your paper of Tuesday last, I perceive a letter signed A Shareholder, containing an extract from the Rail way Times, respecting the Eastern Counties Railway. Now, as any account in that periodical of the progress made on the line in question is invariably favourable, I would advise every person who wishes to embark his money in this po pery to consider well the statements constantly being brought forward about it. Toe said extract is connected with re marks of the Railway Magazine, to which publication the permanent shareholders are indebted; for whatever the mo tives of the editor may be, he certa►nly expresses what is wrong in the undertaking, and makes the distant proprietors fully acquainted wi►h their interest. Is it not annoying that the capital of the formation of this line is so soon increased to £2,100,000 (500,000 more) although not 1-12th part is yet complete, and this too, in the face of the nominal capital of £1,600,000, which still stands in all the share lists. Liverpool, 6i Dec. 1838. B. H. THE BROUGHAM INSTITUTE. TO 7118 EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND4RD. Sig.—lt is much to be regretted that our conservative friends do not attempt to get up something similar to the "Brougham Institute," which is becoming decidedly popular. It has cheapness to recommend it, and economy is the order of the day : but what detracts from its usefulness and calls for a rival establishment, is the very many questionable subjects brought forward. Of the characters who figure there I can sae nothing, my knowledge of them being so very limited. The conservative young men who resort there, must, how ever, eventually be injured by it, though occasionally it may administer to amusement; the gratification or the informa tion to be derived from such a source (under its present management) must of necessity be very small. My present object is to throw nut a hint to the conservatives that they immediately set on foot a similar establishment. A more suitable name for it cannot be hit upon than the ' PEEL'S iNsTrruTE," which might be Conducted on the same model but in a superior manner;—its lectures more useful and select; its library more extensive and judiciously selected, and allowed to circulate ; and above all, its manage ment to be placed in the hands of men of known moral worth and character. There are many young men attached to the party who would, with a little study and exercise, be come excellent lecturers, and herein the advantage to be de rived would be more than repaid by the exercise of such (by no means arduous) office; in their acquiring a fluency of speech, and what is not least, their being obliged to study useful subjects t hemselves; wherein they would become more useful and valuable members of society, and would accom plish, in no small degree, the extirpation of false notions and strange opinions springing up among us. Your very obedient servant, Lieerpool, Dec. 7, 1838. BETA. THE LIVERPOOL CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST✓INDARD, SIR,-It was a source of high gratification to me to read in your paper the account of the meetint , in behalf of the " Liverpool Church Building Society ;" and ' my earnest wish and prayer is, that it may succeed, so as to realise'the most sanguine wishes of its promoters. I cannot, however, but regret the slow progress that is making in the subscriptions towards this work of love—this doing of service to God; and the more so, as the day, the Ist of January, is fast ap proaching,. on which, a general meeting of the contributors is to take place, for the purpose of forming the society, and of furthering its views. 'Will it tell well fur the professors of christianity—will it tell well for christians of the established church in Liverpool, if the new year is allowed to be ushered in with such lukewarmness on their part? And would it not be well that, to avoid such - an appearance, and to insure suc cess in so beneficent an undertaking, that you, in your edi- tonal capacity, urged the clergy themselves to interest their various flocks in aiding the great work that is now in hand. It is strictly in their province so to do; and it is their ex hortation and importunity, that must awaken the feelings of many; there are congregations from which very large contri butions might be collected; and from every church some thing;—so that an agregate might fairly be obtained which should be at least equivalent to £lOOO a church Yours, obediently, Liverpool, Dec. Bth. 1838. T. P. H. TRYING CANNON ON THE SHORE 70 THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST/INDzIRD. SlR,—Our recent proving of cannon upon the North Shore having been publicly alluded to, we beg to observe, that we have hitherto considered the proof a mere ceremony, our cannon having, until the last trial, uniformly stood proof, as, from the process of manufacturing them, is almost ren dered certain, being cast solid, and the calibre afterwards bored. We have, accordingly, availed ourselves of the con: tiguity of the northern beach - for the purpose of their proof for a number of years, without before experiencing the ex plosion of a single gun, or, otherwise, we should not, of course, on any consideration, have felt ourselves justified in the practice. However, on the result of the late proof, (arising entirely from the cannon having been made of iron obtained from new works, and falsely represented,) we immediately, on the day preceding receiving any intimation from our most worthy Chief Magistrate, despatched some confidential servants to select another situation, upon an extended beach, greatly beyond the limits of the borough, where all future proofs will exclusively be made.—We are, Sir, yours, &c., FAWCETT, PRESTON, and CO. York-street, Dec. 4, 1838. THE RAILWAY INTERESTS OF LANCASIRE No. IV. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL SlR,—Since I last addressd the holders of railway property here, through the medium of your excellent journal, it will be obvious to any one acquainted with the amount of business transacted in these markets, that no disposition has existed to submit to be squozen out of the good things, of which we hold so large a share, at the low rates which "the money changers" have still endeavoured to keep them; and that interests in those lines, which have only been freely sold, have been parted with, at all freely, rather, because they bore a comparatively , higher pric e th a n others which from the position of the mar kets, were of necessity by the lapse of time, bargains or other wise, brought to sale, th a n that they had attained to anything like their real w or th. A strong and wise disposition to hold firmly for the day of fair prices has been manifested; and for the encouragement of this feeling, I again venture to address my brother shareholders ; and to urge them to disregard any temporary pretences for depression, of which speculators may seek to avail themselves: and rather to keep their at tention fixed upon the progressive and successful develope ments, day by day, of their most sanguine anticipations of the value of their railways. Let every man look beyond the November fog we are ju - st clearing from, to the early months of the coming year, big with such momentous results to the railway worl.l. Let me remind you that this same spring, which we know must effect so great a change, is little more than a month in advance of us; and that the time for even these very speculators to store in their shares at low prices, for the ensuing campaign, is so short, that every effort must be strained to keep down the barometer, so as to cloud and protract " the dull time- before Christmas," which all these wise ones, these Ralph Nicklebys, these old spidets in their holes, are looking fur—Query, to come at all? Not if you are true to yourselves. Look at the share lists—in our news papers, and although you see the "last price" nominally low, at which these buyers in perspective, may hug themselves in, fancied security of their prey, yet refer to the daily column, often in low times a very virginity, unmarked by a single quotation—except it be Grand Junctions at 150 premium. Should not this open the eves of these gentry, as well as keep ours so; and tell them, it they mean to buy, and share in the mines of wealth these things contain, to come up to the mark, and pay us for them like men. We see the immense returns the Grand Junction is yielding, and the noble di vidend secured for January ; and we know moreover, that the parties now buying them at their present price, (aware, as they are, of the value of other things under de pression,) would not buy them, unless thoroughly assured, that the shares would be £5O higher before June Next. We are aware also, that the London and Birmingham will pay DI per old share, and per quarter for the current half year, although the • line was only opened throughout, late in September. •"fhis splendid blunder," which was to yield no dividend at all, according to the Jeremiad in Frazer, and other antiquated croakers from the ditches of the old turn pikes. Bear in mind too, that the same increase which we have seen on the Liverpool and Manchester, will quadruple this return in three or four years, besides the offshoots of new shares. Coming next to the Southampton—and I would now speak to the Manchester (as the largest body of) holders, to bring me to whom, 1 would beg of the editors of the Railway Times, and of the Manchester Guardian, to insert this com munication in their respective columns. 'What au earth, fel low-shareholders, is there to justify the present depreciation of our property in this line? Elere is a railway, with the largest passenger traffic out of London, as officially proved— made in the best manner, under one of our ablest and most successful engineers, at one half the cost per mile of most others; the whole length, excepting nine miles out of eighty, verging upon completion, forty miles already in work, with the traffic of ten coaches upon it, and that of thirty others gradually joining, a traffic more than double that of the Li verpool portion of the Grand Junction, which portion has mainly contributed to produce the large returns of the latter line—a railway, calculated by experienced persons, on data incontestibly established and given, to yield a revenue of 234 per cent. from its receipts, in the same ratio as the Liverpool and Manchester company now pay 10 per cent. upon theirs. Of all this you are most of you morally certain, and yet in the face of such knowledge, you are gulled into yielding to, and (to your own ultimate heavy loss, well deserved, as you will find) aiding in the working of a series of stock-jobbing manceuvering and trickery, by which the shares are held down at less than one half of their legitimate value. The de pression is accounted fur by the assertion that large time-bar gains have fallen due weekly from September to the first of this month, involving several thousand shares; in addition to which, one of the largest proprietors, to meet some family ar rangements, has, within the last six weeks, sold four hundred new shares. However the right to do as we like with our own may be claimed in such cases, yet, with all deference, such an operation does serious injustice to the joint interests of the proprietary, is not well done, and may be rightly punished by after cause of regret, and retaliation in kind. But, this over, you may expect those who have sold for a de pression, will be seeking to recover their shares, and it is our fault if they have not to pay for them. It rejoices me to see the blank columns of our share list, now that a sort of "hobble bubble" panic is attempted to beset a-work—to hear the bear "roar me so rarely" in his muzzle. Only you laugh at him, and remember the worth of your rails, and he will not only furnish you with food for your laughter, but something more substantial, for his tricks often cost him dear enough when they fail to frighten. And what tricks they do play before high heaven! It is amusing to hear these gents talk of the 1 business-like views of the long-headed men of the north— , while they think to pipe us to any tune they please,—at one , time giving us the eyes of eagles, regular sun-starers; losing sight of all sub•affetira,—asphalto sky4ouuters, too kesu- sighted for common sense : then driving us in a gale of panic, till, like the ostrich before the bunter, we plunge our sane long heads in the sand: or, more like a flock of those res pectable birds we see rnminating on IVlaghull course or Ker sal-tnoor—long heads or long necks, a-mud, a-mud, and " do ups" erect, crying "come pluck me." Are we to be so plucked ? What have the thousand-and-one rumours, "cauldron boil and cauldron bubble," purposely afloat, to do with the sort of pro perty question ?—property, cerainly the most secure and exempt from being affected. Brother shareholders, be firm; sell nothing—hold to your rails—see them well laid—well worked; and discourage jobbing; especially time bargains. TWo of the petty cockney lines are about opening throughout on Tuesday next ; the Greenwich and the Croydon soon; and they ,will,piake good prices for them; which cannot be with other things down.—The tide must soon turn. Liverpool, Dec. Bth, 1838 VV. M. The men, charged with throwing vitriol in Shannon-street, the details of which have already been fully reported in our paper, were found guilty at the sessions, and sentenced to l 5 years' transportation. THE POLICE COCRT.—Yesterday, at the Police-office there were no fewer than 46 charges of felony, and 94 disor derly cases, to be heard;—in all 140 prisoners ! THE NEW CusTom-uouss..—We are glad to hear that some movement is at length to take place respecting the com pletion of the splendid Long Room of the New Custom-house here, as we understand contracts are made with Price and Co., of Bristol, for the heating and ventilating it on an im proved principle. It is rumoured that the design of flooring it with asphaltum is already abandoned, from apprehen sion of the effluvium, and slates are mentioned as a substitute. But would not oak boards be worthy of consideration for the purpose ? LIVERPOOL. OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.— Last evening a meeting of this association was held in the Welsh School House, the Rev. Robert Davies in chair.--The meeting was addressed by Mr. Connor, Mr. Crisp, Mr. Rad cliffe, and others. The meeting was very numerously at tended by operatives. The necessity of rallying round the church to prevent the spread of Popery, and the dangerous deceits and blasphemous and unscriptural doctrines inculca ted by the Romishchurch, were strongly pointed out and commented on. This society bids fair to be of great use in opening the eyes of the lower classes to the insidious attacks of Popery under the garb of liberalism; and to prevent them from shipwrecking their present mental independence, and their everlasting happiness, on this modern Scylla. , THE STEAM SHIP LIVERPOOL—A splendid lithographic engraving of this magnificent vessel has just been com pleted, and will be published in a few days. Its execution is, in every respect, highly creditable to the talents of the artist, Mr. Isaac. We feel assured that most of our readers will consider it incumbent upon them to obtain possession of a copy of this engraving, to hand down as a heir-loom in their families, especially after finding that the Liverpool has so well sustained the high character bestowed upon her. We shall give a more detailed description of the engraving in our next. LAws OF HEALTH.—The fourth of Dr. Thorburn's po pular course of lectures on this subject was delivered on the evening of Friday last. The theatre of the Medical Institu tion was crowded on this occasion by even a greater number of ladies than formerly : we observed several families from the adjoining districts occupying the benches. The subject of digestion was continued by the lecturer: his remarks, which occupied an hour and a quarter, were listened to with marked attention. Dr. Thorburn's graphic description of stomach complaints, (a subject on which he is evidently quite at home, and on which he expatiates with something like fellow•feeling,) gave great satisfaction. He concluded by stating, that diet, physical education, and the laws of sleep, with reference to health anti happiness, should be the topics of his fifth lecture on Friday. REMARKABLE ESCAPE.—On Wednesday last, between the hours of one and two in the afternoon, a young boy, pro ceeding to school, mounted on a horse that had been left standing at a door in Warren-street, which intersects Hawke street. The horse went off at considerable speed down the street, and not being able to stop itself when it came to the double flight of steps (twenty-four in number) leading to the back of the Adelphi Hotel, it partly leaped, partly slided, to the bottom, where it fell, and the youth was thrown off. Providentially, however, neither the urchin nor the animal was injured: the former jumped up as if nothing had hap pened, and sneaked off to school, (but warned, we hope, from playing such another prank) and the horse was led away to its owner. ARRIVAL OF THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF NORMANRY IN LIVERPOOL.—The Viceroy of Ireland and his lady arrived at this port, from Dublin, on Saturday, at twelve o'clock, in the steamer Urgent, Capt. Emerson. As the tide was too low to allow the vessel to lie alongside the pier, his lordship and suite remained on deck, where they were accommodated with seats, till the water arose to a suffi cient height to allow them to land with facility. As the day was fine, a large concourse of persons assembled to greet the noble ➢larquis on his disembarkation. On Sunday morning the Marquis, Marchioness, and suite, left this town by rail way, on their way to the mansion of Earl Fitzwilliam, in Yorkshire. ARRIVALS AT THE RAINBOW HOTEL, BASNETT-STREET.— Mr. and Mrs. Britter, Mr. and Mrs George, S. Haddock, Esq., H. Blundell, Esq., Harrop, Esq., Captain Loughton, Stephenson, Esq., Buchan, Esq., and two friends ' Signor Cavan& Signor Fanchetti, Mr. and Mrs. Ingram, and Monsr. Carrolli, and son, Capt. Scott, J. Heatly, Esq., E. Glover, Esq., and family, Mr. and Mrs. Calvert, H. J. Langley, Esq., 'l'. H. Green, Esq., William Bebbington, Esq., J. Gibbon, Esq., T. Parker, Esq., Mrs. and Miss Charleton, W. Ward, Esq., M. Watson. Esq., H. Ledbetter, Esq, G. Harden, Esq., and H. Williams, Esq. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AT THE GRAND JUNCTION Ho- TEL.—The Marquis of Downshire, Lieut. Col. the Hon. H. Molineauz, Lieut. H. Price, Sir Thomas Ussher, and family, Mr. and Mrs. Macarty, and family, 'l'. H. Woodhouse, Esq., and family, A. Swinton, Esq., J. King, Esq., a Gibbs, Esq., T. H. Shenard, Esq., H. Springthorp, Esq., H. Flemming, Esq., M.P., H. C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Eg linton, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Marlow, Miss Cowan, Mrs. NlTherson, W. H. Henshaw, Esq., J, Daly, Esq., John Lyons, Esq., H. Whymms, Esq., Mrs. Hughes, and family, W. Thorpe, Esq., Lord Manvers, Col. Mackenzie, General Elphinstone, Count le Preste, Baron Lopez, Captain Stanley, Captain Vernon, W. H. Potter, Esq., G. Bromley, Esq., John Nlainwaring, Esq., C. Brittan, Esq., and H. Brown- low, Esq. v - We have perused with much uleasure the 31st edition of an interesting pamphlet, entitled "A Fractical Treatise on the Human Hair," by Mr. Ale.rander Rowland, Pupil of the late Joshua Brooks, Esq. This little work consists of a series of observations thrown together on the subject of the Culture of the Human Hair; the result of much study and experience. The frequent causes of the decay of this impor tant integument of the head areclearly pointed out, together with the means of prevention and cure. We earnestly . re commend its perusal by all classes, and understand it is given (gratuitously) to every purchaser of Rowland's Ma cassar Oil.—See Advertisement. Mits. GEARY'S STAYS.—It is with infinite pleasure that we learn, there is an invention by Mrs. Geary, of St. James's street, London, which promises great advantage to the ladies, especially the rising generation, and when we refer to the royal and distinguished patronage this stay and corset has received, and the high testimonials of their merits from the most eminent medical gentlemen in the metropolis, we feel ourselves justified in congratulating the inventress, Mrs. Geary, upon the success of her invention, which we feel satisfied, from its construction, cannot fail to benefit the female community at large. and we are happy to know that our fair townswomen have the advantage of this lady's in vention ' • as per advertisement in our columns, she has ap pointed Mrs. Cutler, of Clarence-street, the sole agent for Liverpool. ENLISTING MEN FOR THE NAVY.—A rendezvous, under the care of Lieutenant Menz, has been opened at the corner of Strand-street and Canning-place. The walls of the town are covered with placards, printed in blue ink, inviting sea men to enter the Queen's service, and pointing out to them the numerous advantages which they will enjoy by entering therein. We know not what success has attended the gallant lieutenant's appeal to the gallantry and the patriotism of his brother tars. The arrival of vessels from abroad has been numerous of late, and there must be some thousands of sea men now in port. Still, Jack prefers shaking a loose leg, and, so long as the demand fur the merchant service conti nues brisk, the Queen will, we suspect, not easily get so many men as her service may require. A number of boys, dazzled with the prospect of naval glory, have, we hear, ac cepted the bounty, and gone to qualify for naval heroes. A friend of ours, who had two boys in his service, missed both the other day. On inquiring, he found, from their parents, that they had, much against their (the parents') wish, entered the navy. Who knows but that those youngsters may, some years hence, if they should survive the effects of the battle and the breeze, become admirals and lords! SHIPWRECK.—On the 3rd ult., in lat. 49 30 N., and long. 21 W., the brig William and Robert, Jas. Turner, master, from St. Andrew's, bound to Galway, experienced a ver y heavy gale of wind, during which she sprung a leak, and in eight hours' time was completely full of water, and unma nageable. She was capsized, and lost her bowsprit, fore mast, and maintopmast—the sea making a clean sweep of everything on deck, leaving nothing standing but the main mast. She then righted. For five days the crew remained in that situation, having nothing to eat or-drink. During that time two of them died of starvation. On the sixth day the survivors were rescued from a similar fate by the brig Persian, of Sunderland, Capt. Scott, from Bathurst, who received them from the wreck, and treated them with every kindness. The latter vessel, being also short of provisions, with sails all split, was obliged to put into Cork, where, she arrived on the 30th ult., after a passage of 52 days from Bathurst. THE CASE OF VITRIOL THROWING. AND CONSEQUENT DISTRESS OF THE FAMILIES OF THE SUFFERERS.-11l ex pressing our abhorrence of the crime of throwing vitriol, we but speak the feeling of all well-regulated minds, and we hope and trust that the punishment to which the recent delin quents in this town have been this week consigned at the ses sions will operate as a warning to others, and arrest the fur ther resort to a species of offence so unmanly and atrocious. We should not, however, be doing justi.7e to our own feelings on the occasion, nor giving scope to the sympathies of the humane, did we not call the attention of the public to the de plorable condition of the two men (sawyers,) who have been so dreadfully mutilated by the burning liquid thrown upon them, and the destitute condition into which their poor fami lies have consequently been thrown. The life of Donnelly is almost despaired of; and that of Falan is nearly as preca rious, his exposure to the cold on the day of trial having pro duced a threatening relapse. Meanwhile their families (as may be learned at t he Police-office) are reduced to the verge of starvation. We shall be glad under the circumstances, to be the recepients of any donations that may be left at our office for their relief; and we trust that, both with reference to the distress of the sufferers, and the atrocious outrage of which they have been the victims, the humane and well-dis posed will prornply step to their aid with effectual relief. Recruiting, on a most extensive scale, is now going for ward in no less than twenty-one Regiments of the Line. " Hannay and Dietriehsen's Almanack, Astronomical Ephemeris, and Book of General Information for 18.39. —We are positively at a loss for words to express our astonishment at the unparelleled comprehensiveness of the Almanack just published by Messrs. Hannay and Dietrichsen, for the ensu ing year. 'The re is scarcely a subject in the usual routine of events to which we do not find reference in this book of 100 pages, at the insignificant cost of 6d.; a sum which positively can little more than cover the price of the paper. The bio graphical and chronological tables are exceedingly interest ing, particularly those for the present year. The tides, eclipses, &c. are duly noticed, and tt:e progress of Encke's comet during the remainder of the present year, and Gam bart's in 1839, are traced by diagrams of the heavens. We have the list of the royal households; the House of Lords, giving the titles of the Peers, the family name, the motto of the Peers, and date of creation; the House of Commons is given twice, first alphabetically, secondly arranged by the places the members represent; the whole of the army list, giving the officers' names aphabetically arranged, (a desidera tum long wanted) with the dates of commission, and the ap pointment the officer holds; the navy list is given in like man ner; the bankers, the provincial and metropolitan; the cor poration dignities; ambassadors and consuls; universities; the list of fairs throughout the kingdom is by far the best ever printed ; and in short, as we have before observed, in formation upon every passible topic of interest is afforded to the public in this most useful pamphlet. Messrs. Hannay and Dietrichsen have certainly put all competition out of the field, for, we should say, it would be impossible for any other firm to produce a similar compilation at five times the cost." —Morning Chronicle, Oct. 28. Published by the Proprietors, and sold at their warehouse, 63, Oxford-street, London ; and by all Booksellers and Sta tioners in the kingdom, In Liverpool, by Smith, 24, Scot laud-place, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. A VICTIM OF DRUNKENNESS.—On Friday at the Police office a respectable-looking young man, wbo was said to be well connected, was brought before Mr. Hall under the fol lowing circumstances :—Bet ween one and two o'clock on the preceding morning the prisoner was found knocking at the door of Mr. Leatham, publican, Old Haymarket, demanding admission. But there was no response to his noisy vocifera tions for admittance ; strength of lungs, accompanied with a terrific onslaught against the door, proving unavailable, the prisoner commenced throwing stones at the upper windows of the house, which at length awoke Mr. Leatham, who came down stairs, but instead of permitting the prisoner to enter, •he was gives irito - the custody of an officer, and conveyed to Bridewell. It appeared that no later than the previous Wed nesday the prisoner had bee❑ incarcerated on suspicion of drunkeness. Mr. Dowling bore testimony to the respecta bility of the prisoner; he had, it appeared, been in India, and his friends were exceedliy desirous of reclaiming him, but all their efforts were ineffectual. He was described as being a person of considerable literary accomplishments—an excel- lent Greek and Latin scholar. More recently he had been in the Dock force, from which he was discharged on account of his besetting sin. The prisoner, during the examination, held down his head, and appeared sensible of his degraded position. On a promise of amendment for the future, with a suitable admonition from the bench, he was discharged, on payment of the damage which Mr. Leathom's windows had sustained. A YOUNG BEGINNEri.-On Friday, at the Police-office, an interesting looking lad, aged ten years was brought before Mr, Hall, charged with robbing a till. The employer of the boy at first declined to prosecute on account of his youth, but having been sworn, stated that the prisoner was his shop-boy. He had frequently missed money from his till, and in order to detect the thief, he marked thirty shillings, five of which he subsequently found on the prisoner. The prisoner had been three months in his service. When taken into custody, the prisoner admitted the theft. The motile' of the boy, a respectable looking woman, appeared in court, extremely distressed, and stated that she attributed the conduct of her son to the influence of the bad company he kept. Mr. Hall recommended a severe whipping as at: excellent antidote. The mother promised to have it administered, and also to send him into the country, if liberated, in order to - disconnect him from his bad associates. The poor woman was so overcome by her feelings that she was led out of court fainting. A THIRSTY INVALID.—On Friday, at the Police-office, a suspicious looking character was found in a suspicious situa tion, about twelve o'clock on Thursday night,—namely, at a back door in the vicinity of Queen-square, and being unable to give any proper account of himself, was taken into cus tody. Mr. Hall, to the prisoner: " What are you ?" —Pri soner : "lam an invalid. I've been ten weeks in the In firmary, and was only discharged yesterday."—Mr. Hall: "But the night air would not improve your health: what were you doing out at so late an bout?"—Prisoner: " 1 was waiting for a friend of mine: he promised to give me a glass of ale; but he didn't come as I expected, and so I thought I would see as how he was as good as his word."—Mr. Hall : " Ab, I think your health will be as effectually preserved in jail as out of it :—seven days to the House of Correction." A Fuittous RIDER.—On Friday, at the Police-office, a man was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with furious rid ing on the preceding afternoon, in Wood-street and the neighbourhood. The prisoner was employed as hostler in a livery stable, and having to exercise a horse, he commenced riding him at a rate which excited serious apprehensions for the safety of the rider as well as the animal. The prisoner was intoxicated. "If the horse's foot hadn't slipt," said the officer, " he would certainly have gone through that 'ere fine winder at the 'Pothecary's Hall, in Colquitt-street." The prisoner stated that he was under the influence of drink. He was fined ten shillings for being drunk, and, in default of payment, to be committed to the House of Correction for ten days. TRICKS OF SEAMEN.—Captain Vaughan, of the ship En terprise, appeared before Mr. Hall, on Saturday, having been summoned by John Sherman, a seaman, to show cause why he refused to pay the latter an alleged balance of wages. %Ir. Davenport, sol►citor, appeared for the complainant, who stated, that he shipped at Quebec, on the 16th of October last, and arrived at Liverpool on Saturday week. He bad received £3. advance at Quebec, and the captain now refused to pay him the balance. Captain Vaughan stated that he was under the necessity of engaging many new hands at Que bec. The complainant, with several others, came on board on the 16th. All the men who composed this party were drunk, and the complainant was either in that state or sick, for he was unable to attend to his duty, or to do a single hand's turn, till the 9th of the following month. The log book was put in, and the carpenter and second mate were ex amined, all of whom corroborated the statement of the cap tain. It appeared that the ship was what is called a tempe rance ship. the men being allowed tea and coffee instead of spirits. The captain said, when he was about to set sail he found that one half of his crew were drunk below, in the fore castle. Mr. Davenport called two individuals of the crew, who attempted to prove that the complainant was taken ill after he bad worked on board the vessel. The captain show ed that the complainant had admitted that his illness arose from the great quantity of rum which he had taken before he went to the ship. Mr. Hall said, he should, so far as he was able, take care that captains and owners of vessels were not imposed upon by tricks of this description. The complain ant went on board drunk, was ill in consequence, and now wished to recover his full wages. It appeared that the cap tain had offered the man wages for the twenty-one days during which he worked, but the money was refused. Mr. Hall decided that the complainant was not entitled to more, and the balance, £l. 10s. Od., was, accordingly, ordered. AN INCOMPETENT SEAMAN. The master of the ship Co rinthian was summoned by James Worrell to show why he refused to pay a balance of wages alleged to have been earned during a voyage from Quebec to Liverpool. The complain ant shipped . at Quebec, on the 16th October, at £2. 16s. Od. per month, representing to the captain that he could "hand, reef, and steer." When they got to sea, it was found that the man was totally ignorant of a seaman's dnties. The complainant admitted, that, pr eviously to his outward . voyage, he had only been a few months at sea, in a coat vessel. It was ordered that his wages should be paid at the rate of £2. 10s. Od. per month, whereby he became eniitled to the sum of £O. 10s. Bd. BRUTAL AND SHAMEFUL CONDUCT.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a man, about forty years of age, a heavy, bru tish-looking Creole, named Charles Tilley, was placed at the bar, on a charge of assaulting a girl of fourteen years of age, on Sunday night. A policeman stated that he saw the pri soner kicking a girl, and bearing her cry out, he went up, and took the prisoner into custody. The complainant, a ser vant girl, who was accompanied by a young woman, also a servant, stated that on Sunday night, about nine o'clock, she was walking home with her companion, and they were look ing into a confectioner's shop window, when the prisoner crossed the road to them, and asked her if she would take a walk with him. Her companion told him to go about his busineas, and be immediately pulled her (complainant) about, and on her screaming out, kicked her, and knocked her down. The prisoner said he had been writing from early in the morning to late at night for a Mr. Hawkesworth, who attended a school, and was going home, when a lotof children were knocking loudly at his door. He spoke to them sharply, when the complainantturned round, and called him a "black devil." He denied that he had kicked her. The other girl said this was quite untrue. He had come up to them as stated, and wanted the younger girl to walk with him. The officer said that he charged the prisoner with kicking the girl; but he (the prisoner) denied it. He (the officer) saw him do it. Mr. Hall said the prisoner was known : he kept a brothel, and it was perfectly clear what his object was. If he were a man of any feeling, he might make some observa tions to him on the impropriety of his conduct; but it would be in vain to do so. It was a most infamous proceeding to assault a young child, and to kick it; and, all the circum stances taken together, it was a very bad case, and one which the magistrates ought to punish with as much severity as they could. He must pay £5, including costs, or, in default, be committed for two months to the Borough Jail. CAUTION TO WASHERWOMEN.—Yesterday, at the Police office, a washerwoman, named Ann Wright, was brought up, charged with having pawned a large quantity of bed and table linen, belonging to a gentleman named Moore, which had been entrusted to her to wash. A very intelligent young woman, a servant to Mr. Moore, stated that the prisoner had a quantity of clothes entrusted to her to wash, belonging to Mr. Moore, which she had never brought home, and which ought to have been brought home six weeks before. She had repeatedly promised to bring them to Mr. Moore's, but never stated that she had pawned them. She had exa mined a large quantity of clothes, bed and table linen, produced, and most of the things were her master's, and had been sent to be waged. It appeared that the washerwoman, not bringing home the linen, had been taken into custody, and on her person were found a number -if pawnbrokers' tickets, by means of which the property had been found in the possession of several pawnbrokers. The officer said, on taking her into custody, she expressed her sorrow at not having told that she had pawned the clothes, and said she had expected money from Manchester to redeem them, and had now got it.—Mr. Moore said he gave the woman no authority to pawn the clothes.—Mr. Perry, the pawnbroker, said he had known the prisoner for twepty years, and had entrusted her with £3O worth of clothes gt a time to wash.-- Mr. Hall: Don't you know that you are liable to a very heavy penalty for taking in washing clothes? Why did you encourage her to do an illegal thing: you knew what she was doing. If washerwomen had not facilities given them for pawning clrthes, by such persons as you, this would not happen. This gentleman has been inconvenienced for six weeks for want of the linen, and the property would have been lost but for a mere accident.—The clothes pawned were valued by the pawnbroker at £2 l9,.—Mr. Hall ordered the prisoner to pay this value of the articles to Mr. Moore, and in addition to pay a penalty of £5, in default of which, to be committed fur three months to the Borough House of Cor rection. Mr. Hall also ordered an information to be laid against Mr. Perry for taking the goods in pledge. SUMMONS FOR SEAMENS' WAGES.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, Captain Blakeley, of the ship " Victoria," East India merchantman, was summoned by John Roberts, seaman, for the balance of his wages out to Calcutta. The vessel sailed from Liverpool on the 3d of December last, and arrived at Calcutta on the 20th of April. The complainant stated, that owing to the harsh treatment he and the rest of the men had received on board from the captain, and from his carrying in his pocket a dangerous weapon, which he was in the habit of beating them with, the whole of the men refused to abide by the ship, and summoned the captain be fore the magistrates of Calcutta, for the bad treatment. An arrangement was there come to that the articles should be cancelled on the captain's giving each of them up their clothes, and paying them ten rupees each; the balance of their wages up to that time to be paid on the arrival of the vessel in England. The captain refused to pay this balance; and stated that the agreement was that they should separate, and that the meg skould receive the ten rupees each only. as payment in full. On examining the captain's papers, Mr. Hall found that he had debited his owners with the whole amount of each of the men's wages, and had said nothing about the ten rupees, being a payment in full of their de mand. After a long investigation, Mr. Hall said the cap tain's statement was not borne out by his accounts; but on the contrary they were in favour of the men's statement, and ordered the balance of the complainant's wages to be paid, amounting to £7 or £B . T here were seven or eight other cases depending on this, complaints by other seamen under the same circumstances. THE CHASE. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet __ To-morrow (Wednesday), 12th, at Booth's Obelisk. Friday, 14th, at Saturday, 15th, at Weaver Hall Monday, 17th, at Manley Hill Wednesday, 12th at . Cholmondeley Castle. Thursday, 20th,at Wrenhury. Saturday, '22nd, at At half-past ten o'clock. Mr. SMYTHE OwEN's HOUNDS will meet. This Day (Tuesday), 11th, at Whittington Castle Thursday, 13th, a t ...The Queen's Head. Saturday, 15th, at .... 'The Wolf's Head Turnpike At half-past ten. The NORTH SHROP3HIRE HOUNDS will meet This Day (Tuesday), 11th, at .... Thursday, 13th, at Twendows. Saturday, 15th, at Tetton. At a quarter before eleven. MR. STUART'S BfiNEFlT.—Last evening Mr. Stuart took his benefit with the play. of the " Lady of Lyons," and the " Mountaineers," and, we are happy to say, had an excellent house. We were not able to remain and judge of the vocal powers of Miss Stuart, who last evening made her (Galt iq the afterpiece of Agnes. —We perceive that Miss Cleaver takes her benefit on Wednesday, and Miss Grant, a Ye44liSt. of same ability, makes be; appeal og Thursday, WARRINGTON. ANNUAL BALL.—The annual ball, for the benefit of the Warrington Dispensary, took place on Tuesday evening last, at the Lion Hotel. The preparations made by the worthy host were on the most splendid scale. Horabin's ex cellent band played in their best style during the evening. Upwards of three hundred individuals, embracing all the rank, beauty, and fashion of the neighbourhood, were pre sent. Among the number were—Thomas Lyon, Esq., J. I. Blackburne, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Blackburn and daughters, Sir William and Lady Gossett, Lady Amelia Kave. Misses Kaye, Lady Grey Egerton, Miss Egerton, Rev. H. C. Legh, G. C. Legh, Esq., Peter Legh, Esq., Sir R. Brooke and daughters, Wm. Hutton, Esq., Hon. R. B. - Wilbraham, Captain and Mrs. Wortley, Mr. and Mrs. Townley Parker, Mr. Hopwood, Dr. Kendrick and daughters, Captain Ro berts, Dr. James Kendrick and lady, Mr. Clare, Miss Clare, Mr. John and Mr. Thomas Clare, Mr. and Mrs. Ridgway, Miss Burdett, Mrs. Nicholson, Miss Nicholson, Mr. Wm. Nicholson, Mr. James Nicholson, Mr. Richard Allen, Mrs. and Miss Allen, Mr. John Litton, Mr. William Litton, and Miss Littons, Mr. and Mrs. Pilley, Mr. Moon, Miss Shear son, Wm. Stubs, Esq., Mrs. and Miss Stubs, Captain War dell, Mr. John Haddock, Miss Hopley from Demerara, and Mr. Cooper, Mr. James Haddock, St. Helen's, Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Stubs, Bodmer, Miss Parr, Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Robinson and daughter, Mr. E. Browne, Miss Browne, Mrs. John Browne, Mr. John Geddes, from Liverpool, Egerton Leigh, Esq. and party, Captain Edwards, Mr. Jeffrey, Mr. N. C. Scarlett, Mr. Johnson, St. Helen's, T. Braaburn, Esq., Northwich, John Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P. and party, Mr. Ireland Blackburn and party, Miss Town sbend, Swettenham, Esq., J. Tollemache, Esq., Colonel Gooch, Captain and -Mrs. Jacsoh. Misses Gleave, Mr. J. Churt on , Mr. E Gaskell and Mrs. - Gaskell, Blundell, Esq., R. E. F. Warburton, Esq., Arley, Mrs. Legh and party, of Lyme Hall, Sir J. and Lady Gerard, Miss Jones, Mr. and Mrs, Sharp, Miss Naegeli, Mr. T. Gerard, Mr. Townley, Mr. Mrs. and Misses Glegg, Mr. and Mrs. Walinsley, Peter Greenall, Esq., Daiutry, Esq., J. and Mrs. Greenall, Esq. and party. Woodcock, Esq., Sir Charles and Lady Shaker ley, 'Mrs. Whitley, Miss Tarleton , Mr. W. Caston, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Hibbert, Mr. Fitt, J. S. Brooke, Esq., T. Parr, Esq., J. H. Leigh, Esq. and Mrs. Leigh, Major Cor bett and party, Broughton, Esq., Mr. and Misses Lloyd, Mr. Nash, M. Fielden, Rev. and Miss Eaton, Captain Os borne, Banks, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Gerard, Mr. C. Ge rard, Misses Walmsley, Mrs. Plowden, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Shakerley, Barry, Esq., Mr. Den man' Mr. F. and Mrs. Gerard, Miss C. Gerard, Mrs. Nelson, Mr. Rigby, &c. SUDDEN DEATH.-011 Monday, as Mr. Green, draper, was returning from St. Helen's on foot, he was seized, when near Burton Wood Chapel, with a fit of coughing, and became so unwell that he had great difficulty in reaching the door of a farm-house in the neighbourhood. When be arrived be had only time to take out his pocket-book, containing his name and address, when he fell down and expired. It is supposed his death was occasioned by the rupture of a blood vessel. SUNDAY TR A DING.—The Warrington police committee have intimated their intention to prosecute all persons keep ing open their shops, for the sale of provisions, later than twelve o'clock on Saturday night. THE CHESHIRE. EIOUNDS. — The gentlemen of this hunt, to the number of fifty and upwards., met on Tuesday, at Norton Priory, the seat of Sit R. Brook, Bart. A fox was found in one of the covers, and the finest run with these bounds, during the present season, ensued. The fox, on breaking cover, made for Moore Gorse. Here he crossed the Grand J unction - Railway, and swam over the Duke of Bridgewater's canal, and the hounds came to a check, which afforded reynard an opportunity of making good his retreat. After a short pause the hounds again hit off the scent, and went away at a beau tiful hunting pace towards the celebrated Fox Cover, Hill Cliff, but being hard pressed, the fox made the best of his way through Appleton Park. He then led them away at a rat thng pace, leaving Stretton Church to the right , an d- directed his course for Birchall's 'Gorse; he there quickly turned about, and pursued his way to Whitley Reed, here he broke to the left, over a fine country, to the village of Mere, at which place he succeeding in escaping from his pursuers, in the plantation of P. L. Brooke, Esq., after a run of upwards of three hours, and thus ended one of the finest runs ever witnessed. POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.--It may not be unimportant to state, that a regulation has been made by the General Post-offi ce, which commenced its operations on Thursday last, whereby an entire change has been made in the money order office . department, ana that the insurances, in future, to be charged on remittances sent per post, by orders, is upon a scale greatly reduced below the one that has been acted upon for a long series of years. Those persons who have been in the habit of sending remittances in the shape of Post-office money orders will be aware, that they were charged for the insurance of such remittances, eightpence in the pound; and that, in cases where the sum to be sent exceeded £2, a shilling bill stamp was also required to be paid for, independent of the poundage. The alteration now made, then, is to the following effect:—For any sum not exceeding £2, the insurance, on granting the order, is to be sixpence; and for any amount above £2 and not exceeding £5, the insurance will be eighteenpence. Persons wishing to make remittances must apply at the Post-office for the sheet of paper to write their letter in, and on such sheets of paper is the prescribed form of order for payment of the sum remitted. The advantages which this regulation will give to the public, but more particularly to the lower classes, who are in the frequent habit of making remittances to their distant relatives by Post-office money orders, will be far from inconsiderable, as the the only additional charge to the postage of the letter will be the very moderate one for the insurance. In fact, if the sum to be remitted should not exceed £l, where the single postage is above above sixpence, it will be at once seen, that the cost for an order and the single postage will not be so much as the double postage would amount to : besides which advantage, the security of the remittance is placed beyond a doubt. But the saving will be still much greater when £2 should be required to be sent; for as we have no £2 notes, there would be no alternative but to enclose two sovereigns, the consequence of which would be to. make the letter con taining them liable to treble postage. The new regulation, 1 then, is one that offers great advantages to the classes to t ,, whom we have snore particularly alluded, and, we trust, they . will avail themselves of it. But it will also, in the absence ;, of a small note circulation, be found to, offer very convenient , e facilities to other portions of the community that are desirous of sending the payment of small sums through the postoffice. LWe do nut know that we can offer any remark more apropos - to the above matter than the one contained in the Albion of yesterday. Our contemporary remarks, "As Christmas is approaching, when we shall have the pleasure of transmitting our annual bills to our subscribers, they will, we trust, oblige us by sending a post-office money order for the amount. We shall, in all cases, gladly pay the postage of the letter con taining the order."] RULE RESPECTING TRANSPORTED ATTORNEYS. —Many of our readers will recollect that, a few years since, John Wil liams, an attorney, of this town, was convicted of forgery, and sentenced to transportation. It may also have come to the knowledge of several, that he has since been prac- Using as an attorney in Sydney. It appears that he arrived at the colony in 1829, and that he was soon engaged as clerk by a Mr. Allan, an attorney. To this gentleman his legal attainments recommended him so much that he became vir tually the principal practitioner. On the death of Mr. Allan, which happened at the latter end of 1837, several attorneys became anxious to secure the services of Mr. Williams. He accepted the offer of a Mr. Roberts, who agreed to give him DOU per annum, and other advantages for the good-will of the business which was sure to follow him. This came to the knowledge of the judges, and, as it is decidedly illegal for any one who has committed felony to practise as an attorney, they determined to put a stop to it. The Sydney Herald, of July 16, gives a long account of the proceedings. Mr. Ro berts and Mr. Williams were summoned before the Supreme Court. They made a voluntary- confession of all the circum stances of the case. The judges remarked, that if it had not been for the mode in which the proof was furnished, the attorney would have been struck off the rolls, and Williams would have been transported for seven years. They did not, however, wish to act astringently with the parties, but, as the time had arrived when the services of such men as Wil liams could be dispensed with, a reprimand and an order for puttine a stop to the practice was forthwith issued. The order is couched in the following terms, and is signed by Judges Dowling, Burton, and Willis :—lt is ordered, that, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, no attorney, solicitor, or proctor of the Su preme Court of New South Wales shall employ, as an as sistant, clerk, or writer, in or about his business as an at torney, solicitor, or proctor, any person who bath been or shallibe transported to this colony, or convicted of forgery, or any other felony, or wilful and corrupt perjury, or common barratry." BITTERN.—A very fine specimen of this rare bird was shot this week on Newton Moss, near Penrith, by Mr. Sow erby, and is now in the possession of Mr. Philip Turner, of Penrith. HONESTY IN HAGS.—A beggar asking Dr. Smollett for alms, he gave him, through, mistake, a guinea. The poor fellow, on perceiving it, hobbled after him to return it ; on which Smollett returned it to him, with another guinea, as a reward for his honesty, exclaiming, at the same time, " What a lodging honesty has taken up with !" NEW MOTIVE Powaii.—The Worcestershire Chronicle says —" We have been favoured by a correspondent with - the fol lowing account of an invention which, if what is said of itbe correct, promises to make some stir in the world:-- 4 Her Majesty's letters patent have been granted to Mr. Bryan l'A nson Bromwich, of Clifton-on-Terre, in this county,,for an improved method of propelling all kinds of machinery, both stationary and locomotive. The power is of equal mag nitude to that of steam; it can be obtained at one-sixteenth part of the cost of that power, without the incumbrance of a boiler, and its ponderous and objectionable appendages; consequently, carriages constructed almost as light and ele gant as those now drawn by horses can be propelled by this power along the common loads or railways, at any speed consistent with safety. As a motive power applied to ships and boats, it will be invaluable, there being no danger from explosion n, or any annoyance from smoke, steam, or noise; and the space now devoted to the boiler, fuel, &c., will be at liberty to be more profitably employed. The invention will be submitted to the ordeal of public opinion as soon as the patent rights for France, Belgium, and Holland have been disposed of.' " EXTRAORDINARY LINCOLNSHIRE HEIFER.—A heifer of remarkable size and breed was shipped on board the Wilber force steamer, on Tuesday last, for the London Smithfield Christmas show. This beast was calved on the 26th of June, 1834, and is consequently four years and five months old. It was bred and reared on the farm of John Richardson, Esq., of Horkstow, near Barton-upon-Humber, and has been fed upon oil-cake, hay, beans, meal, white peas, and steamed po tatoes. It was brought Caravan from Horkstow to Bar ton, and thence conveyed by steam to Hull. She has never produced a calf, and had never tasted artificial food previous to the Ist of November, 1837, having been kept on very in ferior food up to that period, Mr. Richardson being anxious that if possible she should produce a calf. Tho heifer has been indisputably in Mr. Richardsen's possession since the Ist of June, 1838.—Hull Times. MoRAIONITES —Philadelphia, Nov. 14.—Every hour in these stirring times produces something new, and I mourn to add also—something dreadful! In the state of Missouri, those miserable fanatics, the Mormons, mustered a band of 400 strong on the 25th ultimo, and in consequence of late differ ences with the citizens, who did not like their vicinity, they plundered and burned every house in the town of Gallatin, together with the court-house and post-office, driving the helpless women and children out into the wilderness. This is not all : the worst remains to be told. Capt. Bogard was dispatched with a company of 50 militiamen. to guard the frontiers of Ray county from their spoliation. These were attacked and all - slaughtered, except three or four, who made their escape with great difficulty. Possessed of the small arms and cannon of their victims, the Mormons were gone to attack the town of Richmond, Missouri, when the account came away. All Missouri is in a dreadful state of excite ment, the more especially as the conduct of the Mormons is said to be quite unprovoked. EXTRAORDINARY DRAINAGE OF THE NITH.—A corres pondent informs us, that on Tuesday last, whether by means of the flood being swallowed up by some subterraneous cave or crevice, or otherwise, the channel of the Nith at Enter kinefoot or Slunkford was left so dry that a person could have walked through it without wetting his stockings. This is certainly an extraordinary circumstance; and we commu nicate it to the public just as we have got it, not by any means vouching for the particulars, which have not yet reached us.—Dumfries Times. —[The same extraordinary cir cutnstance occurred on Tuesday last with regard to the Clyde. About twenty miles up from Glasgow, numbers of people crossed the bed of the river without wetting even the soles of their shoes, and the fish were easily caught by the hand in shallow pools, So great was the depression of the water, that the machinery of New Lanark Mills could not be driven. It will bo recallected, that the last week the barometer stood lower than it was known to have dquei4 the memory or ntnl —Soot* Guardian,