The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-17 00:00:00

FOREIGN 6- COLONIAI, IN7ELLIGEA CJ ARRIVAL OF THE ORIENTAL-LATEST FROM INDIA AND CHINA We announced briefly in our last the arrival of the Ori ental at Malta, without bringing with her the Sept-mber mail, which, from some unexplained cause, had not ar rived at Suez. We have, therefore, two mouths' mail now in arrear. By the steamer Flindostan, however, which had been dispatched from Calcutta on the 10th of August for Suez, touching at Madras. Ceylon, and Aden. we have a supply of papers which no doubt comprise all the material intelligence which the mail would have brought us. although not quite to so late a date. The news from Scinde are important. Further hostili ties have taken place, which have resulted in the entire annihilation of the torce of the fugitive Ameer Shere Ma homed. After a slight affair with Lieut. Anderson. which cut off his means of recruiting in Beloochistan. the Ameer, finding himself surrounded by the movements of Col. Roberts in the north, and of Capt. Jacob on the desert, turned upon the latter (the weakest), with about 8.000 men ; but his Belooches had not resolution enough to Stand—they broke and dispersed. Previous to this, Col. Roberts had succeeded in cap turing Meer Shah Mahomed, and in dispersing his force. Of the further operations, we have only disjointed ac counts. Great sickness was said to prevail amongst the troops. Affairs at Cabul are unsettled, and intrigues are said to De going on against Dost Mahommed. The Hur karu mentions a report that, early in the en suing cold weather, an army of observation. amounting to 15,000, will be assembled on the Sikh frontier, under the command of Sir Robert Dick " Some attribute this contemplated movement to the unsettled state of th Pun jaub, and others, anin, to a rumoured confederation. of the Afraans, aided by the Persians, for the recovery of Peshawar." The accounts from China are highly satisfactory. Col. Malcolm, who left Hong Kong on the Ist August, in the Akbar, brought the ratification of the treaty of peace, the result of which is a new Chinese tariff and regulations for the carrying on of our commerce with that country, which documents we give entire in our columns this day. • Sir Henry Pottinger has announced his determination, " by every means at his disposal, to see the provisions of the commercial treaty fulfilled by all who choose to engage in future in commerce with China, and that, in any case where he may receive well-gronnded representations from her Majesty's consuls, or from the Chinese authorities, that such provisions of the commercial treaty have been evaded (or have been attempted to be so), he will adopt the most stringent and decided meas-res a ,, ainst the of fending parties; and, where his pre t powers may not fully authorize and sanction such measures as may seem to him fitting, he wilt respectfully trust that the legisla ture of Great Britain will bold him indemnified for adopt- log them The smuggling vessels late at Whampoa were leaving the river, and H.M.S. Dido was stationed at Whampoa, to assist in making the new trade regulations observed. Meanwhiie, precautions are being taken against the future. Hong Kong is to hr. strongly fortified. n. issued by the High Commissioner hat the treaty had been ratified, and reed to, which tariffs are " to to the commerce with China of and." cannot be Majesty's There A. corresnondent avers rs to erect Id seem very unlikely to n i, but a perpetuation of al liability former ge He says t storage and packing of 11 he retained by the Hones. Dam's regime teas cnnld he taels on 0 vet b al cost, includinz all ther tt Some persons interest THE NON•INTRUSION QUESTION IN INDIA.—The ministers of the Scotch Kirk at Bombay have joined the non-intrusionist party, and formally withdrawn them selves from their connection with the Church of Scot land. A MOVING APPEAL.—THE HAGUE, Oct. 6.—Yester day the wife of Van Stenis, who has been condemned to death, with her child n her arnis fell at the king's feet as his majesty was leaving the palace of the Prince of Orange. His majesty, as may be supposed, could not hold out any hopes to her; but he treated her with great kindness, and assisted her to rise. EPIDEMIC IN THE BERMUDAS.—A fatal fever existed at the Bermuda Islands in August. Lieutenant-Colonel Arabin, commanding the artillery, fell a victim to it; also Captain Sir H. Chamberlain, Bari., of the Artillery, who succeeded him; and Adjutant Jenkin, of the Royal En gineers. In addition to these officers, 9 gunners, and drivers of the Royal Artillery, and 37 privates out of a company of -only about 70 Royal Sappers and Miners, have died, and about 120 of the reserve battalion of the 20th Regiment of the Line at present serving on the Ber muda station. We-are glad to find by subsequent accounts from the islands, that the epidemic was fast subsiding, and that the number of patients in the hospital, as well as in private houses, had greatly diminished. IMMENSE IRON MINE NEAR BALTIMORE.—The Baltimore Sun says :—" We have the satisfaction to an nounce, that - an immense iron mine has been discovered, extending along the shore, as well as some distance into the river. The outer, edge of the mine has been walled up, and large quantities of ore have been raised, which good judges pronounce to be equal in quality to any that has been discovered in the United States. The ore is al most as heavy as iron itself, and will of course yeild largely. The mine is situated on the ground of the Canton Com pany, by whom it is worked, and if it should prove as ex tensive as is generally supposed, will greatly enhance the prospects of-this enterprising corporation. A large en gine has been rected, and it is expected that operations in Smelting will be commenced about Christmas. EXCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT OF HORSES IN THZ OR DNANCE SERVICE THROUGHOUT INDIA.—By the last Mail we are informed that the camels attached to Capt. Whitlie's Bombay battery at Hyderabad have not been found to answer and the application of these animals to ordnance draught, purposes is now considered a complete failure. We leartiNthat Sir Charles Napier has ordered the battery in question to be horsed with all practicable expedition. Every day's experience serves to prove more clearly that the horse is the only animal generally suited for this purpose, and great hopes are entertained that the present heterogenous system of employing bullocks, camels, and elephants, will be abandoned, and horses given to all the batteries throughout India, which is the only means by which efficient field artillery can be en sured. The Voice of Jacob, a Jewish newspaper, announces from an authentic source that the execution of the atro cious d, cree of Leo, XII. against the Jews, which was revived by the Inquisitor-General of Ancona, And some of the clauses of which had been actually put in force, has been suspended, in consequence of the feeling exhibited by the press of England Fi nd France. and the in terference, pehaps, of some influential individuals. But Mist we have been exclaiming against the oppression of the Latin Church, the fact appears to have escaped notice, that a still more iniquitous persecution is now being per petrated by the Greek Church, a ukase having been issued by the Emperor of Russia, by which from 300,000 to half a million of Jews are ruthlessly expelled from their homes, without even shelter or sustenance being assigned to them, on no better plea than that their removal is necessary to put a stop to the contraband trade on the Polish frontier. THE LATE CONFLAGRATION AT HAMBURG.—The senatt )eratlon of the people of Hamburg, in grateful acknowledg ment of her Majesty's bounty and the liberality of the English nation, have addressed a letter to the Queen in suitable terms, signed by the presiding burgomaster, and forwarded it to their resident here, (Mr. Colquhoun.) which has been presented to her Majesty. The address is beautifully written ou vellum, and illuminated with gold and coloured letters. The illustrations and the writing are executed in the taste which began to prevail in the beginning of the sixteenth century, combining classic an- tiquity with the gothic, and forming a fantastic style Ilse ally designated the renaissance. The artist, Mr. James Gensler, of Hamburg, has succeeded in expressing power fully the proofs of good and friendly feeling, Hnd the vi- Of the fire, arid has referred to the ancient relations with the mighty empire of Great Britain. ARTESIAN WELL IN WESTPHALIA.—It is intended to bore to a depth of 2000 metres (a mile and a quarter English), and at that depth, it is supposed that the water will be of the enormous heat of 70 centigrade. The borers have reached a depth of 622 metres. To that depth, the augmentation of temperature had not followed the ordinary law, which, according to M. de Humboldt, was owing to the cooling of the column of air by the waters of filtration from above ; but once arrived at 622 metres, the ascensional force was so great as to drive back the water of the upper sources, and the ordinary law was re-established. It is the intention of the French govern ment to make an artesian well in the Jardin des Plantes, of a depth of 900 metres—viz., 200 metres more than that of Grenelle. The water from the artesian well of the J I ardin des ilantes will, it is supposed, be of a tempera ture of 31 centigrade, and it is to serve to heat the hot houses of the gardens, and supply tie hospitals of La Pitie and La Salpetriere, which . will effect an enormous economy as to fuel. RUMOURED ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.—Both the Prussian Gazette and the Aug•s burg Gazette make mention of an alleged attempt on the lite of the Emperor of Russia on the 19th ult. The for mer paper says that either a gun or pistol was fired at a late hour in the evening close to the Imperial Chancery's carriage when it was passing the Walli,chei suburbs. The Augsburg Gazette says, " It is rumoured that twenty shots were fired at the mperor and his suite, and that by a miracle nobody was wounded." It is not known whe- from lemons sign or inadvertence ration, k no notice o E. aeveral arrests have taken place at Warsaw ; lot against the life of the Emperor was talked of The iovestigation at the latter city will probably show whether the alleged machinations there be connected with the alleged attempt at Posen. Loss OF THE MEMNON.—Further particulars.—On Thursday week a brief and hastily written letter from a gentleman at Aden, connected with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, was received by their secretary, which communicates the gratifying intel ligence that there were only seven instead of one hundred and seventy passengers, who endured the personal suffer ing and loss of property consequent on the wreck of the ill-fated steamer. Five of these were enabled to reach Aden in safety ; the remaining two, a lady and gentle man, were, at the time the letter was sent off, with the crew, encamped at a village called Uloolah, about t wenty miles from the scene of the wreck. On their match to Uloolah their fatigue and sufferings must have been very great, as the heat was so intolerable as to affect one of the crew with brain fever, and who, melancholy to relate, in a fit of delirium, dashed out his brains against a rock. A steam-boat had been dispatched from Aden to fetch the above unfortunate individu,ls from Uloolah, who will be brought to England in a few days by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's vessel, the Oriental. A DANCER IN TROU BI.E.—A letter from Berlin states that Mademoiselle Lola Montez, the Spanish dancer, who has been for some time much admired in that city for her great talent, likely to be put in prison for some time. The day of the grand review she was present on horseback, and kept at some distance from the royal crrte. When, however, the firing began her horse took fright, and rushed amongst the suite of the two sovereigns. A gen darme ordered her to fall back, and at the same time gave a blow with the flat of his sabreto her horse. Feeling ir ritated at such a liberty, she struck the man across the face with her whip. He was cool enough to keep quiet, and merely lodged a complaint against her. The next day a hussier handed her a summons to appear in court to answer the charge. As soon as she learned what the paper meant, she tore it in pieces, and threw it her feet. The hussier at once went for the public force, and had her arrested for having manifested marks of disrespect to the orders of justice—a misdemeanour punishable with from three to five years imprisonment. Mademoiselle Montez, who is the daughter of a deceased Spanish general, is only 19 years of age. he best workinst of the new imnlished under four taels ) Vixen and th Amelona we have At Amov on the 25th of IS to 26, 30 dol . . 40 cents per piece; rat Malvva opium, 800 dols. n. Patna, 680 d I Straits produce look- at 4 dollars rice. 2 dnls rattans ten merchant vessels lying in tbc ~-keanz. 1 the Yang- 1 Canton foi the year ending to hate assumed a more sa id for most British imports from India have cons Tab ad sels for British ports are in great request CHINA From our Second Edition of Tuesday lost.) lave been received from as the 26th July. A fire had broken not at Canton, but by great exertions on the part of the Chinese Governor and the English residents and sailors, it was fortunately subdued without occasion ing much damage. - The latest date from England was April 6. A copy of the treaty brought home by Colonel Malcolm is among the documents furnished, and em braces every apparent provision for a future amicable understanding. As far as we can ascertain, the mer chants are highly satisfied with the treaty. Sir H. Pot tinger had formally assumed the government of Hong Kong On the 26th June; the city on the northern side of the island being named after her Majesty, " Victoria." Overland, accounts as late Council was and the whole session seems to s f rapid Mention is made of th before to have been not Galbraith, from B s of a vessel believed not iz., of the Alcmene, Cant. jay to China, lost on C ram Lant The crew and a c and tak siderable part of the cargo were saved, by the Dutch war schooner Argo. f the Philippine Islands arrived INDIA COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH CHINA By virtue of the Commercial Treaty concluded with the Emperor of China, the following are the Regulations of Trade agreed upon between the two governments : GENERAL REGULATIONS UNDER WHICH THE BRITISH TRADE IS TO BE CONDUCTED AT THE PORTS OF CAN- TON, AMOY, NINGPO, FUCHOW, AND SHANGHAI I. Pilots.—Whenever a British merchantman shall arrive off any of the five ports opened to trade, viz., Canton, Fuchow, Amoy, Ningpo, or Shanghai, pilots shall be allowed to take her immediately into port ; and, in like manner, when such British ship shall have settled all legal duties and changes, and is about to return home, pilots shall be immediately granted to take her out to sea, with out any stoppage or delay. Regarding the remuneration to be given these pilots, that will be equitably settled by the British consul ap pointed to each particular port, who will determine it with due reference to the distance gene over, the risk run, &c. 11. Custom-house Gttards.—The Chinese suprintendent of customs at each port will adopt the means that he may judge most proper to prevent the revenue suffering by fraud or smuggling. Whenever the pilot shall have brought any British merchantman into port, the superin tendent of customs will depute one or two trusty custom house officers, whose duty it will be to watch against frauds on the revenue. These will either live in a boat of their own or stay on board the English ship, as may best suit their convenience. Their food and cxven!3es will be supplied them from day to day by tie custi.m-house, and they may not exact any fees whatever, from either com mander or consignee. Should they violate this regula tion, they shall be punished proportionately to the amount so exacted. 111. Masters of Ships reporting themselves on arrival. —Whenever a British vessel shall have cast anchor at any one of the above-mentioned ports, the Captain will, within twenty-four hours after his arrival, proceed to the. British Consulate, and deposit his ship's papers, bills of lading, manifest, &c., in the bands of the Consul ; failing to do which, he will subject himself to a penalty of 200 dollars For presenting a fals dollar he penalty wi For breaking bulk and commencing to discharge before . . dollars, and confiscation of the goods so discharged. The Consul, Laving taken possession of the ship's pa pers, will immediately send a written communication to the Superintendent of Customs, specifying the register THE, LI VERPO tonnage of the ship, and the particulars of the cargo she has on board; all of which being done in due form, per mission will then be given to discharge, and the duties levied as provided for in the tariff. IV. Commercial Dealings between English and Chi. nese ilerchants.—lt having been stipulated that English merchants may trade with whatever merchants they please, should any Chinese merchant fraudulently abscond or incur debts which he is unable to discharge, the Chinese authorities, upon complaint being made thereof, will, of course, do their utmost to bring the offender to justice. It must, however, be distinctly understood that, if the defaulter really cannot be found, or be dead, or bankrupt, and there be not wherewithal to pay, the English mer chants may not appeal to the former custom of the Hong merchants paying for one another, and can no longer ex pect to have their losses made good to them._ V. Tonnage Dues. —Every English merchantman, on entering any one of the above-mentioned five ports, shall pay tonnage dues at the rate of five mace per register ton in full of all charges. The fees formerly levied on entry st.d departure of every description are henceforth abo lished. VI. Import and Export Duties.—Goods, whether im ported into or exported from any one of the above mentioned five ports, are henceforth to be taxed according to the tariff as now fixed and agreed upon, and no further sums are to be levied beyond those which are specified in the tariff ; all duties incurred by an English merchant vessel, whether on goods imported or exported, or in the shape of tonnage dues, must first be paid up in full, which done, the Superintendent of Customs will grant a port clearance, and this being shown to the British consul, he will thereupon return the ship's papers, and permit the vessel to depart. VII. Examination of Goods at the Custom-house. — Every English merchant having cargo to load or discharge must give due intimation thereof, and hand particulars of the same to the Consul, who will immediately despatch a recognised linguish of his own establishment to commu nicate the particulars to the Superintendent of Customs, that the goods may be duly examined, and neither party subjected to loss. The English merchant must also have a properly qualified person on the spot to attend to his interests when his goods are being examined for duty ; otherwise, should there be complaints, these cannot be attended to. Regarding such goods as are subject by the tariff to an ad valorem duty, if the English merchants cannot agree with the Chinese officer in fixing a value, then each party shall call two or three merchants to look at the goods, and the highest price at which any of these merchants would be willing to purchase shall be assumed as the value of the goods. To fix the tare on any articles, such as tea :if the English merchant cannot agree with the custom-house officer, then each party shall choose so many chests out of every 100, which being first weighed in gross, shall after wards be tared, and the average tare upon these chests shall be assumed as the tare upon the whole, and upon this principle shall the tare be fixed upon all other goods in packages. If there should still be any disputed points which cannot be settled, the English merchant may appeal to the Consul, who will communicate the particulars of the case to the Superintendent of Customs, that it may be equitably arranged ; but the appeal must be made on the same day, or it will not be regarded. While such points are still open, the Superintendent of Customs will delay to insert the same in his books, thus affording an oppor tunity that the merits of the case may be duly tried and sifted. _ VIII. Manner of Paying the Duties.—lt is herein be fore provided that every English vessel that enters any one of the five ports shall pay all duties and tonnage dues before she be permitted to depart. The Superintendent of Customs will select certain shroffs, or banking estab lishments, of known stability, to whom he will give licenses authorising them to receive duties from the English mer chants on behalf of government, and the receipts of.these shroffs for any money paid them shall be considered as a government voucher. In the paying of these duties, different kinds of foreign money may be made use of, but as foreign money is not of equal purity with sycee silver, the English Consuls appointed to the different ports will, according to time, place and circumstances, arrange with the Superintendent of Customs at each port what coins may be taken in payment, and what per centage may be necessary to make them equal to standard or pure silver. IX. Weights and Measures.—Sets of balance yards for the weighing of goods, of money weights, and of measures, prepared in exact conformity to those hitherto in use at the Custom-house of Canton, and duly stamped and sealed in proof thereof, will be kept in possession of the Superintendent of Customs, and also at the British Con sulate, at each of the five ports, and these shall be the standards by which all duties shall be charged• and all sums paid to government. In case of any dispute arising between British merchants and the Chinese officers of Customs regarding the weights or measures of goods, re ference shall be made to these standards, and disputes decided accordingly. X. Lighters or Cargo Boals.—Whenever an English merchant shall have to load or discharge cargo, he may hire whatever kind of lighter or cargo boat he pleases, and the sum to be paid for such boat can be settled between the parties themselves without the interference of govern jpent. The number of these boats shall not be limited, lior shall a monopoly of them be granted to any parties. If any smuggling take place in them, the offenders will, of course, be punished according to Ina'. Should any of these boat people, while engaged in conveying goods for English merchants, fraudulently abscond with the property, the Chinese authorities will do their best to apprehend them ; but at the same time the English merchants must take every due precaution for the safety of their goods. Xl. Transshipm , rets of Goorls.—No English merchant ships may transship goods without special permission; should any urgent case happen where transshipment is necessary, the circumstance must first be submitted to the Consul, who will give a certificate to that effect, and the Superintendent of Customs will then send a special officer to be present at the transshipment. If any one presumes to transship without such permission being asked for and obtained, the whole of the goods so illicitly transshipped will he confiscated. XII. Subordinate Consular Officers.—At any place lected for the anchorage of the English merchant ships, approved good conduct to exercise due control over the seamen and others. He must exert himself to prevent quarrels between the English seamen and natives, this being of the utmost importance. Should anything of the kind unfortunately take place, he will in like manner do his best to arrange it amicably. When sailors go on shore to walk, officers shall be required to accompany them, and should disturbances take place, such officers will be held responsible. The Chinese officers may not impede natives from coming alongside the ships to sell clothes or other necessaries to the sailors living on board. XIII. Disputes between British Subjects and Chinese. —Whenever a British subject has reason to complain of a Chinese, he must first proceed to the Consulate and state his grievance. The Consul will thereupon inquire into the merits of the case, and do his utmost to arrange it amicably. In like manner, if a Chinese have reason to complain of a British subject, he shall no less listen to his complaint and endeavour to settle it in a friendly manner. If an English merchant have occasion to ad dress the Chinese authorities, he shall send such address through the Consul, who will see that the language is be coming, end if otherwise will direct it to be changed, or will refuse to convey the address. If unfortunately any disputes take place of such a nature that the Consul can not arrange them amicably, then he shall require the as sistance of a Chinese officer, that they may together examine into the merits of the case, and decide it equitably. Regarding the punishment of English criminals, the English government will enact the laws necessary to attain that end, and the Consul will be empowered to put them in force ; and regarding the punishment of Chinese cri minals, these will be tried and punished by their own laws in the way provided for by the correspondence which took place at Nanking after the concluding of the peace. XIV. British Government Cruizers anchoring within the Ports.—An English Government cruizer will anchor within each of the five ports, that the Consul may have the means of better restraining sailors and others, and preventing disturbances. But these government cruisers are not to be put upon the same footing as merchant ves sels, for as they bring no merchandise and do not come to trade, they will of course pay neither duties nor charges. The resident Consul will keep the Superintendent of Customs duly informed of the arrival and departure of such government cruisers, that he may take his measures accordingly. xv . On: the Security to be given for British Merchant Vessels.—lt has hitherto been the custom when an English vessel entered the port of Canton that a Chinese Hong merchant stood security for her, and all duties and charges were paid through such security merchant. But these security merchants being now done away with, it is understood that the British Consul will henceforth be security for all British merchant ships entering any of the aforesaid Chinese ports. 11, ST \SD kRD. 32 Lead (white lead), ditto 33 Lead (red lead), ditto 34 Marble slabs, ditto 35 Mats (straw, rattan, bamboo, &c.) ditto. 0 2 0 0 36 Mother-o'-pearl ware, ditto ...... 1 0 0 0 37 Musk, per catty.... 38 Nankeen and cotton cloth of all kinds, per 100 catties 39 Pictures, viz., large paintings, each .... 0 1 Rice paper pictures, per 100 pictures . 0 1 40 Paper fans, per 100 catties 41 Paper of all kinds, ditto 42 Pearls (i. e. false pearls), ditto 43 Preserves and sweetmeats of all kinds,do 0 5 44 Rattan work of all kinds, ditto .. 45 Rhubarb, ditto 46 Silk, raw, whether from Chekiang, Can ton, or elsewhere, all kinds, per 100 catties Course, or refuse silk, ditto Organzine, all kinds, ditt0...... ...... Ribands, thread, &c. ditto .. Silk piece zoods, of all kinds, as silks, satins, pongees, velvets, crapes, lute strings, &c., ditto N.B. The additional duty of so much per piece, hitherto levied, to be hence forth abolished. 47 Silk and cotton mixtures, silk and wool len mixtures, and goods of such clas ses, ditto 48 Shoes and boots of leather, satin, or otherwise, ditto 49 Sandal wood ware, ditto 50 Soy, ditto. .. 51 Silver and gold ware 52 Sugar, white and brown, ditto 0 2 53 Sugar Candy, all kinds, ditto 54 Tin foil, ditto 55 Tea, ditto •••• ...... 56 Tobacco of all kinds, ditto 57 Turmeric, ditto 58 Tortoise-shell ware, ditto 59 Trunks (of leather) ditto:, 10 0 2 5 10 0 10 0 2 5 O 2 O 2 10 0 O 2 60 freasure s , i. e., coin of all kinds . . 61 Vermilion, per 100 cattier . 3 0 0 0 *** Articles unenumerated in this tariff to pay a duty of five per cent. ad valorem. A proclama Keying, annou take effect all countries as well as of E I been r been a teas and all other duties and expE the market for Br hut dull. Cotton t a Canton s. 40 cents ; pepper, Tidalwood, 7 to 9 dol 'hour of Chnsan. an Total e the 30th June, 47.727.746 lb P actory :ed, and v India app COMMERCIAL INTELT,TGENCE first to Rind Spanish go% out on . the 11th Jur The military news of the month does not possess much The Hyderabad force had returned to that statir•n. There was a great paucity of European officers at Kur rachee and Sukker. Lieut. Horne, the Adjutant of the 55th Regiment, was drowned by the upsetting of a boat in the Khypore dis trict. An officers on staff employ, belonging to corps in Sinde, had been ordered to join their regiments. The amount of prize-money at Hyderabad is likely to prove very considerable. The troops employed in Scinde at the end of June amounted to about 16,000 men, and a wing of the 78th and of the 2d Bombay Light Infantry had been sent to Kurrachee from Bombay. A large force was stated to be assembling for duty in the Punjaub, on account of recent disturbances there. SPAIN Telegraphic derpatches have been received to the fol lowing effect : " BAYONNE, Oct. B.—The elections of Malaga and Castalon are for the parliamentary party. They are for the opposition at Almeira, which rose on the Ist, and pro - claimed the central junta. The elections of Pontavedrp are equally favourable to the opposition. _ _ _ . _ " General Concha left Madr . id on the evening of the 3d, in order to assume the command of the army of Aragon." " BAYONNE, Ca. 10.—There was an attempt at a ris ing in Grendda, on the 27th September. There was fight ing ; some persons were wounded. Order was established. There was no change on the 2d at Almeira, and on the 7th at Saragossa." " PERPIGNAN, Oct. 10.—On the 7th, the junta at tempted to storm the citadel of Barcelona, with 1000 of the 1500 men disposable. They were repulsed with the loss of 80 men. Bosch, the vice-president of the junta, was mortally wounded. In consequence of this attack the citadel and forts fired on the town. The firing ceased in the evening, and did not recommence on the Bth. The forts fired only when they were provoked." The Paris correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette says that numerous applications continue to be made for the hand of the Queen of Spain. The family of Francisco de Paula, the house of Coburg ; the Courts of Naples and Lucca, are endeavouring to exercise their influence with the five powers, whilst the latter appear to have laid aside their pretensions. The propriety of the marriage of the queen with the eldest son of Don Corlos is now recognized by France, as well as by England, and this is undoubtedly an important step towards an arrangement between the five powers. The difficulties, however, are far from being removed. The conditions on which this marriage is to be effected, are not yet determined on. France and England cannot grant to the Prince of Asturias more than the title of the queen's husband. The conservative courts will pro bably yield on this point, particularly as the rights of the prince and those of the queen meet, and are consolidated by their succession. In supposing that the courts yield on this point, a new obstacle will soon arise, and the abdi cation of Don Carlos in favour of his son, would not suit the new combination. The disposition and opinion of the Cortes, also, must not be forgotten. It will be difficult to lead them to a similar determination. GREECE The revolution in Greece seems to have settled down very quietly. The last advices from Athens, which are to the 19th ult., represent the country as perfectly tranquil, and King Otho returned public favour. The new minis try enjoyed his Majesty's confidence, and were actively enrrazed in the routine government of the country. A Stockholm letter states that the town of Egersund (Norway) was entirely destroyed by fire on the 4th ult. The Leipsic Gazette announces the death of Count de Briancki, at Warsaw, leaving a fortune of 120 millions of Polish florins ; X 3,000,000. LONGEVITY ieth M ss. aged 112 years ,cendants lied in Baltimore last Saturday week. Her the fifth generation followed her remains to the grave The Cologne Gazelle states that the German Customs' Union have fixed the duty on raw English iron, after the Ist January, at 16 Saxon grosehen (about ls. 60.) the quintal VICTORIA, JULY ;h report that ;tern. although THE TARIFF The following is the only corrected official edition, printed expressly for the use of the merchants in and con nected with China : EXPORTS 1 Alum, per 100 catties 2 Aniseed star, ditto Ditto, oil of, ditto 3 Arsenic, ditto 4 Bangles (or glass armlets) ditto 5 Bamboo screens, and bamboo wares of all kinds, ditto.. 6 Brass leaf, ditto.. 7 Building materials, ditto 8 Bone and horn ware, ditto 9 Camphor, ditto 10 Canes of all kinds, per 1,000 11 Capoor CutcLery, per 100 catties ..... 12 Cassia, ditto T. M. C. C. O 1 0 0 O 5 0 0 50 0 0 O 7 5 0 05 0 o 02 0 0 15 0 0 Duty free 10 0 0 15 0 0 05 0 0 03 0 0 07 3 0 10 0 0 Ditto oil, ditto 13 China root, ditto 14 China ware, all kinds, ditto 15 Clothes, ready-made, ditto 16 Copper and pewter-ware, &c., ditto 17 Corals, or false coral, ditto 18 Crackers and fire-works of all kinds 19 Cubebs, ditto . 20 Fans, (as feather• fans, &c.) ditto 21 Furniture of all kinds, ditto 22 Galingal, ditto Gamboge, ditto _ di 24 Glass and glass ware of a 25 Glass beads, ditto 9i (Vole (as fish clue kinds, d &c.) ditto 28 Hartall, ditto 29 Ivory ware (all kinds), ditto 80 Kittysols, or paper umbrellas, ditto 31 Lackered ware, all kinds, ditto .. 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 IMPORTS T. M. C. C. 1 Assafoetida, per 100 catties . 1 0 0 0 2 Bees' wax, ditto 3 Betel nut, ditto .. 4 Bicho de mar, Ist quality, or black, ditto 0 8 0 0 Ditto, 2d ditto, white 0 2 0 0 5 Birds' nests, Ist ditto, cleaned, ditto 5 0 0 0 Ditto, 2d ditto, good middling do 2 5 0 0 , Ditto, 3d ditto, - uncleaned ditto . 0 5 0 0 6 Camphor (Malay), Ist do, clean, pr catty 1 0 0 0 Ditto, 2d do, refuse, ditto.. 0 5 0 0 7 Cloves, Ist ditto, picked, per 100 catties. 1 5 0 0 Ditto ' 2d ditto, • Mothei;ditto 8 Clocks, watches, spy glasses, all kinds of writing desks, dressing boxes, cutlery, perfumery, &c., 5 per cent. ad valorem. 9 Canvass, 30 to 40 yards long, 24 to 31 inches wide, per piece 0 5 0 0 10 Cochineal, per 100 catties 11 Carnelians, per 100 stones Ditto Beads, per 100 catties .... 10 0 0 0 12 Cotton, ditto 13 Cotton Manufactures, viz. : Long Cloths, white, 30 to 40 yards long, 30 to 36 inches wide, per piece 0 1 5 0 Cambrics and Mastitis, 20 to 21 yards long, 40 to 46 inches wide, per piece 0 1 5 0 Gray or Unbleached Cottons, viz., Long Cloths, Domestics, &c., 30 to 40 yards long, 28 to 40 inches wide, ditto Gray Twilled Cottons, 30 to 40 yards long, 28 to 40 inches wide, ditto Chintz and Prints of all kinds, 20 to 30 yards long, 26 to 31 inches wide, ditto 0 2 0 0 Handkerchiefs under 1 yard square, each 0 0 1 0 Handkerchiefs above 1 yard square, do. 0 0 1 5 Gingharns, Pullicates, Dyed Cottons, Velveteens, Silk and Cotton Mixtures, Woollen and Cotton Mixtures, and all kinds of Fancy Goods not in current consumption, 5 per cent. ad valorem. 14 Cotton Yarn and Cotton Thread, per 100 catties 15 Cow Bezoar, per catty 16 Cutch, per 100 catties . 17 Elephants' Teeth, Ist quality, whole, do. 4 Ditto, 2d quality, do. broken 2 18 Fish Maws, ditto .. 19 Flints, ditto.. 20 Glass, glass ware, and crystal 5 per cent. ad valorem. 01 5 0 38 0 0 0 35 0 0 ware of all kinds 21 Gambier, per 100 catties 22 Ginseng,ist quality, dint Ditto, 2d ditto. or refuse, ditto 23 Gold and Silver Thread : 01 3 0 O 0 3 0 10 0 0 O 5 0 0 O 5 0 0 10 per cent. ad valorem. and Buffalos', per 100 Ist quality, or real, per catty... 2d ditto, or imitation, ditto ... 24 Gums, Benjamin, per 100 catties Olibanum, ditto :Myrrh, ditto Gums unenunierated 25 Horns, Bullocks' cattier 2 0 0 0 26 Horns, Unicorns' or Rhinoceros' ditto 3 0 0 0 27 Linen, fine, as Irish or Scotch, yards long, inches wide, per piece 0 5 0 0 Coarse linen, as line❑ and cotton mix tures, silk and linen mixtures, &c. 5 per cent. ad valorem. 28 Mace, or flower of nutmeg, per 100 catties 1 0 0 0 29 Mother of Pearl shells ditto 0 2 0 0 30 Metals, viz.:— Copper, unmanufactured, as in pigs, do 1 0 0 0 Ditto manufactured, as in sheets,rods,do 1 5 0 0 Iron, manufactured, as in pigs, ditto 0 1 0 0 Ditto, manufactured, as in bars, rods, &e., ditto Lead in pigs, or manufactured, ditto Quicksilver, ditto.... .. Steel, unmanufactured, ditto . 0 4 0 0 Tin, ditto Tin Plates, ditto Unenumerated Metals. 10 per cent. ad valorem. ... .___ 31 Nutmegs, Ist quality, or cleaned, per 100 catties Ditto, 2d ditto, or uncleaned, ditto 1 0 0 0 32 Pepper, ditto .. .... 33 Putchuck, ditto 34 Rattans, ditto. ... . 35 Rice, paddy, and grain of all kinds.. 36 Rose maloes, per 100 catties 37 Saltpetre, (to be sold to government agents only,) per ditto 0 3 0 0 38 Sharks' fins, first quality or white, per do 1 0 0 0 Ditto, second quality or black, do. 0 5 0 0 39 Skins and Furs, viz.:— Cow and ox hides, tanned and untanned 0 5 0 0 Sea otter skins, each . Fox skins, large, each Ditto, small, each Tiger, leopard, and marten skins, each 0 1 5 0 Land otter, racoon, and sharks' skins, per hundred Beaver skins, ditto Hare, rabbit, and ermine, ditto 40 Smalts, per 100 catties 41 Soap, ditto 42 Stock Fish, &c 43 Seahorse Teeth 44 Treasure and Money of all kinds --- - - --- -. 45 Wine, Beer, Spirits,, &c. - . --- __ __ In quart bottles, per 100 bottles In pint ditto . In cask, per 100 cattier ... 0 5 0 0 46 Woods, namely— Ebony, ditto . Sandal Wood, ditto Japan Wood. ditto Unenumerated woods, 10 per cent. ad valorem. 47 Woollen manufactures, viz., broadcloths, Spanish stripes, habit cloth, &c., 51 to 64 inches wide, per chang of 141 inches 0 1 5 0 Long ells, kerseymeres, flannel, and narrow cloths of this description, ditto. 0 0 7 0 Blankets of all kinds, each . 0 0 7 0 Dutch camlets, per chang of 141 inches . 0 1 5 0 Camlets, ditto Imitation, ditto, bombazettes, &c. ditto. 0 0 1 5 Bunting, (narrow,) ditto .. Unenumerated woollen goods, or silk and woollen, and cotton and woollen mix tures, &c.... . 48 Woollen yarn, per 100 cattias 3 0 0 0 N.B. All articles unenumerated in this tariff 5 per cent. ad valorem. ARREST OF A HORSE DEALER FOR A HIGHWAY ROBBERY COMMITTED 16 YEARS AGO.-Mr. John Brit ton, the Leicestershire horse dealer, after realising a com petency, and establishing himself in the world with every appearance of solidity, has been committed for trial on a charge of highway robbery. perpetrated in Somerset shire sixteen years ago ! At that moment the county of Somerset was infested by a gang of highwaymen, led by John Britton, alias " Gipsy Jack," and a man named John Burton. On the occasion of Priddy fair, the at tacked and robbed several persons on the high road, and all but murdered two men named Hedge and Bartlett. Burton was taken, tried, convicted, and in August, 1827, executed at Taunton. Britton escaped and it was sup posed that he had left the country or committed suicide. But, about a month ago, a policeman saw Britton, the Leicestershire horse dealer, in Smithfield market, and felt persuaded that he was the Somersetshire highwayman. On inquiry he found that he was living at East Langton, and dealt lamely in horses. Ile hesitated to arrest him, been tried for his n not knowing 1 cleat offence, and punished ar roan therefore made the matter known to his inspector who instituted inquiries, and then had him apprehended at Waltham fair. He most positively denied that he was the man, asserted that Britten the highwayman had been executed, and stated that he was living in good credit at East Langton, with his wife. His protestations, however, availed him nothing; he was taken into Somersetshire, fully identified, and committed for trial. Fourteen years ago, says the Leicester Chronicle, he married Miss Mar tha Worciford, of the Coach and Horses Inn, Kibworth Harcourt ; and, eight years afterwards, another wife came to East Langton, from Bris bigamy ; but she, having (it is to prosecute him for apposed) been bought off, ,ervants, . - so happy as to enjoy the esteem of his neighbours : they will not be sorry," says the chronicle, " if he should never return to Langton." UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, The Times states that a circular has been signed by a majority of the resident clergy of the united bishoprics of Gloucester and Bristol, alleging that the union has been disadvantageous to the church. The Bishop of Exeter, in his recent charge delivered to the candidates for the sacred ministry, made the follow. log obsery .Lion on extempore preaching : " Avoid," said his "extempore preaching, for it is a mark of either a conceited or idle disposition." DEATH OF THE DEAN OF LLANDAFF.—This venerable dignitary of the church (the Very Rev. John Probyn) died on Thursday last, at Manor-house, Longhope, Glocester shire, in his 82t1 year. The deanery is one of the least lu crative in the church—the emoluments, we believe, not exceeding £5OO per annum. SIR ROBERT PEEL AND CHURCH EXTENSION.—SiT Robert Peel, has, within these feyv days, forwarded a che que for £4,000 to the eccle4iastical commissioners, with the view of raistng a fund to meet the demand for the building of churches, which will ensue from the act that was passed in the last session.—English Churchman. The important Ecclesiastical office of the Archdeacon of Manchester has at len'2,th been formally created ; the necessary instrument having passed the Great Seal and been confirmed by the. Queen in Council. The rev. John Rushton is the newly-appointed Archdeacon. The juris diction of the Manchester Archceaconry will extend over the whole of the county of Lancaster south of the Rib ble; and the office is constituted as a precursor to the intended Bishopric to be seated at Manchester.—Globe. THE PREMIER AND THE ECCLESIASTICAL COM MISSIONERS.—In reference to the letter from Sir Robert Peel to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, announcing a donation of £4,001, which appeared in our last impression, the Standard has the following remark : " The writer of the foregoing letter is, as all know, the Prime Minister, and First Lord of the Treasury. His official salary is £5,000 per annum, and this whole amount he. has within thee months given back to the people, in two sums—£l,ooo to the education fund, and here £4,000 to the fund for supplying the means of religious worship. These are the terms upon which the right hon. baronet serves. He devotes his talents and his toil to the service of his country, accepts the legal equivalent, and then gives that equivalent back, in a manner contrived with the in genuity of true benevolence, to do the utmost amount of good. We admire and respect Sir Robert Peel in all rela tions ; but in this instance we have a pride in presenting the Prime Minister of England to the nations of Europe. We should, we know, give offence, if we were to recapitu late all the acts of munificence which even the right hon. baronet's jealous care cannot keep entirely concealed, as even the two we have mentioned would be, were they not necessary for example. We trust that in these, at least, Sir Robert Peel will be imitated by all who, like him, have derived wealth from the labour of the people. In any case, it cannot be denied that the Premier " Serves his England for herself," like his great model Pitt. CHARGE OF PUSF.YISM AMONGST OUR MISSION ARIES IN INDIA REFUTED.—The friends of Foreign Missionaries will, we have no doubt, be gratified by the following extract from a recent charge delivered by the Bishop of Madras, in which the freedom of the reverend labourers in the cause of the gospel, in India, from a par ticipation in the practice of the followers of Dr. Pusey is eloquently maintained. "So much misrepresentation has been circulated lately against the reverend missionaries of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, located in the different colonial dioceses, of which those resident in my own have not, I fear, been without their portion, that I feel it my duty to this vast mission. ary diocese, over which it has pleased providence to call me to preside, and which I fully believe to be the rich est, and, perhaps, the whitest, field of missionary labour to be found in the whole world, to endeavour to repel it. We read frorri time to time, as the monthly mails arrive from England, dark hints of strange doings in the East ; of a lingering after customs, if not of their open assump tion, which savour of the worst follies of Romanism, and of a leaning towards some of its most pernicious doc trines; in a ,cord, of a taint of semi-popery plainly to be detected here, as elsewhere, among the missionaries of the venerable society. It is due, then, from me to my brethren, who are labouring for Christ in my diocese, publicly to declare my firm persuasion, that there is not one missionary supported here, either by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, in Foreign Parts, or by the Church Missionary Society, who is not simply and sober ly a faithful, uncompromising clergyman of the Church of England, and that I ,could not wish for better men. The missionary church of this diocese is equally pure from extravagance and latitudinarianism." TESTIMONIAL TO THE WORSHIPFUL WILLIAM BRUCE KNIGHT. M.A., CHANCELLOR OF THE DIOCESE OF LLANDAFF.—The Lord Bishop of Landaff presided on Tuesday, the 3rd inst., at the Chapter hou ,, e, and, after a dinner, which was attended by nearly 100 of the clergy and gently of the neighbourhood, presented to the ltfrv. gentleman a chaste and elegant service of plate, consist ing altogether of nearly 800 ozs., manufactured by Messrs. Payne, of Bath, and a gold chronometer, by Ar nold.—ne plate bears the family arms, and the following inscription " Presented to the Rev. and Worshipful WILLIAM BRUCE KNIGHT, ~ M. A Chancellor of the Diocese of Landaff, _ _ and T►easurer to the Glarnorganshire Clergy Charity Fund,' by the whole body of the clergy, and a great portion of the laity of the diocese ; as a means of recording their unanimous sense of his ability and zeal in ;he discharge of his official duties, and of his unceasing and eminently successful exertons in the cause of the widows and orphans of necessitous clergymen of the county of Glamorgan : Also, in token of affectionate attachment to him, as their companion, their guide, and ft lend ; of gratitude for advice and instruction always promptly and kindly given, both in public and in private ; and of deep respect for his learning, his talents, his labours in the ministry ; more especially for his unwearied efforts in promoting, within his jurisdiction, all the interests, spiritual and temporal, of our Holy Apostolical Church. 1843." THE SCOTCH CiIURCH RIOTS IN SCOTLAND.—The opposition to the installa tion of the newly-appointed ministers of the Church of Scotland, to supply the place of those who have seceded, is so violent in Ross•shire, that 203 troops have been or dered to that county. FIELD PREACHING.—We have heard of a friendly farmer in the west, who, in gratitude to God for the abundant harvest, has arranged the stacks in his stack yard in a circle, so that the sheltered space within may accommodate the Free Church of his parish.—Scotiish Guardian. THE: APPROACHING ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OP SCOTLAND.—Workmen are now busily employed in fitting up the City Hall for the accommodation of the General Assembly. The arrangement of the sittings, which we shall describe when it is completed, may he expected to be very convenient and satisfactory. The strongest ROSSSHIRE.—On Saturday additional constables were in terest is felt by the public as the novel and important occasion draws nigh.—Scottish Guardian. I MATRIMONIAL DISAPPOINTMENI-;edtbefePec( t' sworn in, and a second meeting of the county gentlemen rayed in wedding garments, and attended can of ft v eri, the authorities proceeded to Resolis, along with manol' of 1 esterday week two couples P!...e s l e d wi t 'i 6 ' e l , w sh a e s r. held, attended by the lord-lieutenant, the convener, sheriffs, &c. Immediately after the meeting broke u joys of wedlock. UnfortunatelY thewval lneese.o6.A ter was engage at t e tuneo o f ' d fil re tO of the troops, for the paraphernalia, d at Bromley h. church, as Dis hoP od e 'fh t) purpose of introducing the ster of the visitation charge to the elergY ec cle col l ti rt I, to that parish to his pastoral charge and manse. The ceremony, of course, could not be e e diotelY o re o t e loty M were ° p e soldiers remained behind at the ferry-house, about two to the chagrin of the parties more it letlo B t ble il " II miles au from the church, and Sheriff Cameron and Mr, who were compelled by this contre f eip gle ete o il r a e n se a n c t e , o a m n p d a n n o ie o d p t p h o e si m ti i o n n i sv%tears. offered t s l ia n ty t h p e e a r f s t o e n r. s their l s h T o ß m z e s s s , l a N n G d o e n c j c o u y R a n it o E t N I i c e E r . taY s., o w ill: e i r l e Sh e tte li ,m : noon three more of the rioters were apprehended at last, whilst a child belonging no Sa tu an , bil ir J r i e n m i e m a d a e v r i I 1 e , and lodged in Dingwall jail. The principal in Langstreth-dale, acconapanti°edAhdY,37srererie°stbfarStkrefelllll6l%;l having left aye, we understand, still at large, some of them was amusing himself in gathering to s e ern e ine e 'f iie;Stes iii i the &stmt.—lnverness Courier. thorn near to the side of a river, hY, l i s tac e art, h ifsf r §t• Goon ADVICE.—We give the following anecdotes, and was carried by the stream a,.. '.-,, the sl, - Is te ",06''At3 which we find in general circulation, believing them to be miles. Its mother, hearing a sPla s " . 0 - o for,t d ,." - lt a n , i , i 'a , ,jio substantially correct, and very creditable to the noble per- to the place, whereshe beheld her rent i 1 sun" - 'eer sons concerned. A Rev. Doctor at Lamlas, is said to floating away without being able t° d u ntil i d , to have written to the Duke of Hamilton, requesting his ance. Its remains were not recov ere hod)" , " Or" Grace not to grant a site for a free church in Annan, to inquest has since been held upon th,e, aze ite. t ho st otti ohttrniwfhonehinaltniwyth,ci would seahtrgthsereßhngearsiuo: quitel s ei tevtn G s.mhatEp r ai e a nsevanio c gaets e cep: ha ' t capable (the r orlou e eowtft p thtrooo l weiyftuaeoojpini would just prevent t u jevagrura n eni ogsnndndtt) clergy) d r uaf s toswoop t ttr o oooett o rhnnnihk d i ieaeemeni to dnfstsEoae drahltmfofhrra the e v al .bim e noeli, defs I) , lgwtta e ii iihn e d ea n di eund — .Bl pgdd, building—ti andeunht voig a Al iet t .l awlcoebew sur p risedolii returned eu-AoutsTfttl ru "4p9eßiefeaf well-street, ttG o fiocl r li fnooa d udnsn i w n gggoo g rl bonw l a y dyn, t . , — lhdw:aee2y .L briv2o a e:eui r cr i neth : t f uc el eirs3c i tes th eaiwts e n e tif: r ge l iotvid r ierg U naeete a t i - roye l ofi , : b o l . o s eote b tfr u btot C ile i o l ifie - h po e iro li es ' i p t att ji b o t rbo vi ot f te, : icii r : e r°r eg,lspo l otide l ', l6, men of M A r. Rob n e i t " Harv . ey use of his barn to a free Church minister, as he wished to towards the bottom. keep him out of his parish, to which his Lordship re- were still more astonishlenddi E cover ca ber 0 01° 0 at to get the Free Churchman out of the parish was to plied, that be was not in the habit of interfering • with the entire hive of bees, bees' wax , . a l so lid "',.. t :re: „ t! . „0 1 , use his tenants made of their barns, and that the true way in each of which the honey, In a. st ill e t l e otl°7,;ol 4 " h preachim out."— discovery being made, Mr. Har - i f e ierve.iq . IA - 0 0" similar to the kernel of a not , 15 paid a- v erf 9 4 , 5 65,61 the log carefully around, and toy , and it 0 f t h e di 0 00 the wood which contained the h i tc, e ilig path g rOf i a bale ingly interesting to trace the w . ,o, s u rig. a s it li ne los e e r, , 4 along the edge of the tree as i f foil e f o r e f ,,i, 11 1 , permit, until at last they wet . ' en d ot ho git.;boV growth ' , and their industry Pot an ,.„ e of 1:° ..., 8 Y be oil I. el little seems to be known of the u__.t et i o n .;', e Its o orlh o or should suppose that the tree in r o od „ to 0 1 roa years old. Of the value of t_ . ' iso ofo' s rheP o f more, Messrs. Broadwood, thl r ee log ' d e r long ago, having given £3OOO fo . r . ~,,s ai . , c 0 , 1 7! o_4 a single free.—Glassow Conlity"" _ i , i s ri . o eoa e r r n u PlW Pt ih u at (31' th e be f 4 fil l DESTRUCTION OF FA-- ..- 0- "C t • - e • EtOtes' ding 0 1 1 'OlO tb FIRE.—The Perth Courier „ .4es ~ 00 ;0 AI j ning (week), the barn-yard aou rars e o', 3 1 0 0 : 3 0 . ", P A tothe eecintarent.sotteo:ro.ocio: WAtervbuttg, near Errol in thy , 8 e(I , A' st almitr o perry of Robert- Constable, I-V e " o n fi:_: n ysi e ,,tilele tj iscok - pation, were discovered to r, the 1. an C t o 0 11 e.. seemed to have bro L-en out! , hot . "' s . e tf ir t ' e r cWyP ee d s ; barn-yard simultaneouslY, t“ e bu t eve r ,Jjoea he eomt l o placed in safety without loss . ! r , nro vel jot" to l' ir itel extinguish the flames in the )..' ~,i .r e h lia,a„'prel,,,, e.i,t00,, the entire crop of the seasons,.%,,!;,s, f e lt ! es alf_ ii ielloet ., there, to the number of 79 1":"_:_ t vill _wod,"tilis e '',9 . 5 iy tbe g r bo a ilie 11 % 09 Mr; 0 a. t he e t A t h e great__ .6er vqi _: D teo,„ o ar v :iit ~, vouring element. The collected in hundreds, were Pr : ' t is e alc," so is . ';o6 ( " f ie,f ii 'a I c ii e en i t i o.a s ..u u lhi m oe ud e sc,ie,i,st which shtvibeeeicll ironbinyaCldition .. eser ta? 40 0, , can_,, t o ruin. On the whole, the loss, h ' bu t S' at it ` s o o ', 01'0 much short of £3OOO, of w hi n e i tv is t it a wo nl er vilV i ii d great aggravation of the calaie „ joy , en 0 se,eos e 0 have been the work of an inc ie n h u o be teen r bat t e 1 :00 if not el.-ranged intellcets• i o t ha s ' a l et ici Il t o vi s rP family for sorne years, and " 'lite h er nil fe. ett aill Martinmas last, had taken into 0.1410 been ill-used, both by her , ~, u p as ''" She has since delivered ber-ei. atulirdaustinitn: THE COURT. The Queen has appointed Elizabeth Marchioness of Douro to be one of the ladies of the bedchamber in ordi nary to her Majesty, in the room of Charlotte Duchess of Norfolk, resigned and Charlotte Duchess of Norfolk to be an extra lady of the bedchamber to her Majesty. THE GRAND DUKE MICHEL OF RUSSIA.—The au gust Duke (only brother of the Emperor of all the Rus sias), is now on a visit to this country, and has partaken of the hospitality of Windsor Castle. Owing to the very dull period of the season when the Grand Duke has thought fit to visit this country, it will be impossible for the leading aristocracy to receive him in a manuer gratify ing to him and creditable to themselves. His Imperial ghness, before leaving Windsor Castle, gave the niuni ent sum of £250, to be divided between the royal On Thursday morning this distinguished vi sitor arrived at the King's Arms Hotel, Lancaster, by railway, from London. His imperial highness was re ceived at the station by Jon. Dunn, Esq., the Mayor, and G. Burrow, Esq., chairman of directors, and pro ceeded on to the hotel, where he was occupied writing letters till noon, when he departed for the north, the dis patches having been sent off by courier south. Baron Brunow, the Russian ambassador, had arrived in Lan caster on Wednesday night. The Grand Duke visits the Duke of Montrose in Scotland, and returns to town by way of York. Sir Robert and Lady Peel will entertain his Imperial Highness and suite, at Drayton Manor, on the 21st instant, when a distinguished party will assemble to meet the Grand Duke. domestics His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge ar rived at Corfu on the 19th instant as colonel in command of the troops in the lonian Islands. ,("A Oct. 17, lei THE TITHE COMMUTATION operates as a grievance to the occupying It has been asserted that the tithe commuta;:-_llO ter . ia tea v c i o f will this year pay the tithe-owner one-sixth Ins one-tenth of the vahie of the produce. Such, however,i is by no means the case. The rent charge now r e ' ..i . e , the occupier to the tithe-owner is regulated by th ee , i) , rage price of grain ruling over the seven yearspre _eni;ely the payment, which, of course, never can bard `, hat corresponding with the prices on the last :111;v, tween the tithe-payer and the tithe necessarily will eventually make the mutual ace° rfect it o wner _P t e by t he square. The bi.rthen of his complaint is, landparl working of the commutation act the occupier of t. more this year to the irnpropriator about fifty per ea re l o .e than he would have done had the tit he of his P be the been taken i n ki n d by the old law. This alaY_,Oniet. case this year, but there is no injusti ce to the nr' e of During the first six years of the septennial acelatot wheat ruling his rent charge, he paid the itnPrg as produce. about : 13 4 r In 1837 about 3 per cent. less than the tenth of In 1838 about 14 per cent. ditto, In 1839 about 25 per cent. ditto, In 18 20 per cent. ditto, In 1841 about 7 per cent. ditto, In 1842 about 3 per cent. ditto, as will be shown by the following statement :- -- 01 ot he Average Price of Wheat sold I Rent -charge PAL i ll t e be l/t by the T the.payer. payer. regula' - eir s ei. rage of seven?' rerllgi Per Bush. X 0 6 6 1837 £o 6 iO4 11837 ****** .. o ' t . 1838 -- - - • - 0 7 61 11888 ...... • • 0 _ 6 9 1839 1840 - • 0 61 , 1841 . 0 7 - 3 ... • - r 1 1841 ........ 0 i 1842 0 7 6. . 1842 .. . .... • ~s ye3rt It is therefore the tithe-owners who, until t e n; b ,,•ing have been the temporary losers by the act, ne b l e ot sil yet received the tenth of the produce. F L ur 3 , s ixtijd, years the impropriators have received anuv-onerfle"ti, cent. less than the tithe of the average praclu ce r ecei" that is, sixty per cent. less than the would havv, 0 thei r had the old act been in cow and ythey had to elle tithe of wheat in kind from , 1838 to 1842'on l al S al seventh spoke of the revolving whee l of septe Al it n , rage has nearly struck the balance ; an d a lthi e bt ia o be unpleasant to the occupier to pay up b • is ISA h oe lump, it is no injustice, and if the farmer, in t han io , to give the tithe-owner fifty per ce nt. to di° average price of all grain for the ye ar, he 3 charging his arrears. __. ,id ___— DISASTROUS STORM, AND FQ.°ll;“''- VESSELS DRIVEN ASIIOR'' yes ha ve It is now a considerable time since s 4 l : e ii ",, a ses l l, l4 visited with a storm of such severity as F ri 4e ll 'll r°t ' er dozene the eastv e r e , so a a s b t o , u a t n t d w o by o six ' o'clock, l o there h k e , this coast. The weather previously had — o be er unfavourable, though nothing beyond wh 3r Til •tg, b°s( h . pected at this season of the ear in the Innr°ll, port ... , set in, vessels whichdriv driven speedily raised beaeh . a h e a vy sw e mo 11 1 ' fe wer t-` the re a 104 e t° t of w y s e tr r o e n The Euophemia, of Wisbeach, grounded c, eh . 0 4 bead of the pier, being cast on the rocks, en, t . lr h bas c o the water. She was laden with fruit, wn i , c iikelY o much damaged, and is now being disniantlea4ios lops become a wreck. The Miriam, Ayr ; t he 1 deg ling ; the Blackett, Sharp—al thre of - t a t a looF " b and the Gemini, of North Shields lie as he bot! e ' r , each, from the Pier to Hendon hose up 0 p ot 1, , ,`0 But the effects of this disastrOus gales 3re pv, il e 'the followingco n alongt confined e tn d t t b o the n sn southward , r o d f , Sunderland we have ; i i t u h st hea rd i i i , 0 t f a t : ree ' vessels which have been stranded tlepool : n oe „001 The Thomas Bardon Chisholm, has be c ,o o " t emi at that place, crew saved; two vessels, nar3,:edirigA, are on shore near Hezleton, north of nattleset`ii et saved ; and other three vessels, named t ,'„ w r e s° l/ ,' ire Unity, and Al inerva (of Ly-nn), are on " 0 fat lt i Hartlepool. The crews of these vessel:4, '' . 0 1 P e l ! fOrT or deP have heard, are saved ; but there is a aba T t h ed e name unknown, in a wrecked condition n ear ell ifo t whose crew has perished. h ne w e hA I in wi i n ts d vi s n t l il e l ne c e o , n a ti n n d ue it s mhaiyghb,e tiZgui:bthoavefcies.divacelr, not have to add further to the list gi' ell 1, - e. vc l) ' - o , gnogale from iti all' 10,1 an early hour in the morning, and during t' . te d 11 the banks overlooking the sea have been vi' l see ve., o f o hers of individuals, witnessing the apPalliVhe boa)obeJ BODY OF A MAN WASHED ASHO I " . 0 5 '' '' ‘ei c'i man, who appeared to be a foreign seanlan'iabt'):co' on shore on Friday night, about seven a l e t - so s P i " a little to the southward of this harbour. ; It W il t `tb e in the porch of Sunderland Church, wh eli- t e o f° ll bably be removed to some convenient place coroner's inquest.—Szenderland Times' RAILWAY INTELLIaP .......••••••• s r.,01,0' of , fitkl at t. railwayfour-w} least " ae s, Atlsyltwelve I m o ! es) is proposed, and some extremelY 'D o ' 'i r ,' ors have guessed Ihe expense at £12.6,0°.; y 5 80 1 : 0 0 0, f l3 ro rta n l ) m t L h: • ithwaite and another szentleman arriver. -a ear h lor a° the rail. at tca station, by - ictS, Of „ siettl ie ro , EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW .13 A1VW:,,C1...... E0 65e .:001 11 ' , • for the week endir, 7 18-0' a con.. 9v . traffic • „, October , , a n, ~, ja , A, 14,856 ; receipts, l.: .£lr9Rl7O PROJECTED .. 1884 2s. Od. ; horse , ityk a jr £35 15s. A 1 -[•• ; goods, parcels, cattle, S' c ' s ,aelL 1- , A set t e L tr N o v v,t. A il eh pt rh - i l el t i em i s pa, oi ini t ys a ,l l Bl. : yo l l ens t io 3 e i f i: : p.h j o B : o ll , l ° ..f e t . : . -a63 lls. 3d. C • ding " A oir Tot. 1, £ 9 ' otrespon • cAt er —ileiodAubb:thet:::ll3tl3re° erial t' t oe c he tf lately formed for making through Bury to -t are' surveYiingafies:ea er o gh M u a l h d ch g e t between Rawtenstall andßawtenstall, - ping OP l° Accrington,l,o pr li g tio o tending th • en-line to the latter town- docu.,ofluttic!„llo tension would • • throw East Lancashire the facilities of a railwoY- 0 - t I tri' ltj a If kingdom. 0 ber i e tewtll o THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAIr•--An-teoOPigllelh 4 atmospheric railway, which is now D earlY o - e ek , ,,r)f . " 6 (f 1 0 St tis reCw o bOkl o tweet' Dublin and Dalkey, took Plac e results wc:e ven more s i tar risin, and sa i rile s :itb til before. The e speed attained P was f7lll si%"rued ee tits3 and all the parts of the machine'', Ildoulli:,(11411 greatest exactness and stnoothness• , t - 00 ce tr," 0 1 4,11 we might now almost venture to 10°°°-ed °` i I ' o ll the steam railway as numbered. A s P e or ese li t , Vi e " minute is as great a stride beyond tile„,:b rata as that was beyond the stag e years ego. ,vc-vi.f:orriEn;:enoionc.n.:::eip:epEsirDvoreaprsielli.l a m p t 0 n 10 _ bn dee r a te ,