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w \ • \. ,h. 4 • Ronal airildivOge 11 . EZPIIMBEIt OVERLAND MAIL NOM I CHINA beim caused a alight advance upon Teas. We continue to Sell Fine 4L'ongou-48. 64.—par lb., full Souchong flavour, and are justified in stating that there is no better Black Tea for general Family use, give what price you will. Always on hand—small Chests, 12 and lilbs. each. COFFEE. FINE EAST INDIA— } IS. 6D. PER LB. (The Dutch Company's Imports) The iVetherland Trading Society sell annually, by two Public Auctions—upwards of " Sixty Thousand Tons—of this class of Coffee. Colombia and Costa Rica— } Is. 9d. per lb. Strong and peculiar full flavour Jamaica— 1 2s. Od. ~ Very fine mountain growth ROBT. ROBERTS & COMPANY. COMPTON HOUSE FURNISHING ROOMS. T EFFERY and MORRISH having commenced the FURNISHING DEPARTMENT under the most favourable circumstances, arising from the great depression in the various markets, respectfully invite the attention of those who are Furnishing. P R INTED FURNITURE, for Carriage Lining:, Chair and Sofa Covers CHINTZ Do., of Warranted Colours.. 41d to the richest. WATERED MOREENS, in all C o lou rs nd. to No. Extra Quality, Do. Do. WORSTED DAMASK, for Curtains.... 12Ad. to 20d. which is the richest produced. A great variety of OIL BATZ ES, TABLE MATS, RUGS,&c. FRINGES, FLOAT LACES, BELL-PULLS, GIMPS, &c. Made to order. J. and M. being Manufacturers of Table Linens, Sheet ing*, Toweling*, 6re., and having made advantageous arrangements for an immense Stock of CLOTH WOOL BLANKETS, earnestly request MERCHANTS and CAP TAINS, having Commissions for any of these Goods, to inspect their extensive Stock. when J. and M. feel assured the necessity for visiting any other Market will be prevented. COMPTON HOUSE, 43, 45, and 47, CHURCH-STREET. ALBION NEWSROOMS, NO. 8. GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, QUEEN-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL. THE Public in general , an d Tradesmen in the Vicinit y in particular, are respectfully informed, that the above NEWSROOMS are NOW OPENED for public accommo dation, furnished with a general Assortment of Daily London, Provincial, and Local Newspapers. Irish and Scotch Journals weekly ; with a variety of Magazines, Periodicals, and Pamphlets, the character and principles of which will be so arranged as to meet with approbation from all parties. Qualification for Members—Yearly Ticket, 7s. ; Half yearly ditto. 4 s. ; Quarterly ditto , 2 s. 6d. ; Monthly ditto, ls. ; casual Visitors, ld. each visit. Connected with these Rooms is Mr. SAMUEL CAMP BELL'S Temperance and Commercial Establishment, under whose entire management the whole will be carried on, per suaded that the improvement of the mind, combined with the refreshment of the body, on strictly econimical principles, will be duly appreciated and encouraged by a discerning and intelligent public. N.B. 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GOODS and SMALL PARCELS received and forwarded to the United States and Canada by the Steamers and Sailing Vessels. 5, South John-street, June, 1842. HALF THE DUTY OFF FURS. LT G. IRELAND, 92, BOLD-STREET, Liverpool, re -31• spectfully invites the Nobility and Ladies of Lifer pool and its vicinity to inspect his NEW AND SELECT STOCK OF FURS, which is now quite ready for the Season, and comprises every novelty yet produced. - Amongst the newest may be placed THE CARDINAL CAPE. which possesses an elegance of appearance hitherto unaccom plished in the Fur Trade. H. G. I. wishes to impress upon the public the fact that every thing is manufactured on the Premises, under his own inspection ; and that having an agent always in the London Markets, he is enabled to produce the NEWEST DESIGNS, on their first appearance, and also to purchase on the most advantageous terms, consequently he can offer FURS at such prices as he fearlessly asserts will defy competition. In ALTERATIONS and REPAIRS he flatters himself he will continue to please, as they will be executed, as here tofore, on the Premises, by Workmen of the first class, from London, expressly engaged for that purpose. CLEANING MUFFS AND BOAS .... 2s. 6d. each. CLEANING CAPES AND SHAWLS..3s. 6d. „ N.B.—An Assortment of Gentlemen's Fur Coats, Boots, Gloves, Caps, and Travelling Bags, &c. A Quantity of Strong Boas for Travelling, at ls. 6d. each. FINAL CLEARANCE!!! 1 REMOVAL TO EXTENSIVE PREMISES IN LORD-STREET. GREATER BARGAINS THAN EVER, as the whole Stock is to be SOLD OFF during this present month, at GLASGOW HOUSE, opposite the Bazaar, at an AWFUL SACI,IrIGIS, 'WOOLS' nelebrated Ladiee Work Boxes, Dressing Cases, Portable Desks, Tea Caddies, Glass Lustres, Fancy Articles , & c. Bar g ains in Russia and Mo rocco Leather Goods, of a superior and lasting quality, sur passing anything of the kind in Liverpool, in Travellers' Portable Desks, Dressing Cases, Roll-up Pouches, Enve lopes, and Paper Cases. The above are solid Town-made Articles. Splendid Lustres and Chimney Ornaments. A beautitul Assortment of Papier Machtie Work, Hand Screens Card Racks, Portfoios, Tea Caddies, Envelope Cases, Inkstands, &c. at leaslt one-third under the usual prices. Splendid Tortoiseshell Tea Caddies, 28s. to 425. GLASGOW HOUSE, 53, CHURCH. STREET. September lst, 1842. The government has at length resolved to sell the harbour of Folkestone, which is to take place by auction on the 23rd of September. Baron Lionel de Rothschild has purchased a large estate at Leighton, Bedfordshire, where he intends to erect a splendid mansion, and support a large hunting establishment. A correspondent suggests that the old shoe which was thrown at Sir R. Peel in the Canongate, and which, the right hon. baronet held up with such infinite good humour, was directed by the hand, not of a rabid chartist, as might generally be supposed, but of some friend of the premier, who took this striking mode of manifesting his attachment to the head of the conservative government. According to the old Scottish custom good wishes are thus expressed; and in many instances, even to this day, a bride is duly honoured on leaving her father's house by having an old s hoe--Scottice, a bauclde—thrown after her. Though an ep h e i l e t ber d the i un it t unfavourable interpretation has been p u t on the incident referredieswaitthh wh e e S t i l r y R receivesespplaecntedfrocommtphle sm inien i t, th under stood the meaning o f the sy mbolical shoe.— Edinburgh Ad- verliser. to, - *1" \--t's - r" - ‘ • - • • • nnUatialtiN or HER Starrry, h' . A'RIYAL Or HER 'MAJESTY AT WOOLWICH. From tle Secoh) 6 Edition of the Edinburgh Courting of WC.OLVITCH. SEPT. 17....5h0rt1y after eight o'clock Earl Thursday.) Jersey arrived in one of the royal carriages, and joined the The deep and devoted loyalty for which Scotsmen have Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Ad always been di st i ngu i s h e d, was n ever more strikingly ex- miralty, and Vice-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, G.C.H., emplified th an i n th e ent h us i asm w ith which Queen Victoria and in a few minutes afterwards the scene became quite aid has been received by all classes—an enthusiasm which appears " mated by the arrival of Lieutenant-General Lord Bloom to kindle int o a new flame at every public appearance among field, G.C.B. and G.C.H. ; Major-General Sir Hew D. them of their much beloved Sovereign. From the first land- Ross, K.C.8., Commandant of th e Royal Engineers ; ing of h er M a j es t y un til th e p r esent day of her departure Colonel T. A. Parke, C. 8., Commandant of the Royal Ma from the Scottsh shore, one feeling has prevaded all classes , lines ; Colonel Conoll y , late Co mm a nd ant of the Royal Ma which con ti nues f res h an d unabated, and needs not the charm rines ; C a pt a i n Phipps 11 °ruby, C. 8., Controller of the of novelty to sustain it, being deeply founded in the reason Coast Guard, Colonel Cleaveland, Colonel Dyneley, C.B. ; and affection of the people. Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas, C. 8.: Major Sandilands, and A notice was published last night that it was her Majesty's Brigade-Major Cuppage, of the Royal Artillery, and a great intention to set out from Dalkeith at eight o'clock this morn- number of naval and military officers, and many of the mem ing, and to sail from Granton Pier about nine o'clock ; and hers of their families. at an early hour the whole intervening route—the windows, At precisely 10 o'clock, the Trident bore up opposite the the roads, and every spot raised above the common level, Dockyard, having been previously saluted by the field bat was lined with crowds of spectators, anxious to catch a de- teries in the Royal Arsenal, as she entered Woolwich-reach. parting view of their Sovereign. It was fully as interesting a The Earl of Haddington and Admiral Gage immediately spectacle as we have yet witnessed ; and the fineness of the went on board from the pinnace of the William and Mary, day, being one of the most delightful we have had, even in and the Admiralty barge, rowed by twelve rowers, went this remarkable season, gave peculiar splendour and interest alongside, steered by Captain Sir Francis Collier. to the whole scene. Her Majesty remained on deck under an awning some time, Along the line of her Majesty's progress the streets pre- in earnest conversation with the Earl of Haddington, until sented a most pleasing and animated appearance. From the vessel was made fast to the moorings. The Queen then Preston-street, along Clerk-street, to St. Patrick-square, went below, and about half an hour after her arrival descend- Nicholson -street, the South Bridge, and down to the arches ed the companion steps along with Prince Albert into the of the North Bridge, the streets were lined with anxious Admiralty barge, and they were steered ashore by Captain spectators; here and there, and wherever any spot presented Sir Francis Collier, amidst the enthusiastic cheers of those a secure position for tables, or other articles that could in any on board the different vessels and on shore. As her Majesty way raise the m above the level of the street, the masses were came alongside, a great number had an excellent opportunity more dense, but in general the appearance was regular and of seeing the Queen. Her Majesty was dressed in a splendid orderly, while the windows, crowded with ladies in all shades silk Stuart tartan dress, with two flounces at the bottom, and of dress, presented a gay and animated prospect. As her had on a plain tartan shawl formed of large white squares, Majesty approached, which she did at an easy pace, the surrounded by darker stripes, and fixed with a brooch in cheering was enthusiastic, and along her whole course, we front, exactly in the same form as worn in the Highlands. might say, it was one continued acclamation. The Castle As the Royal carriages quitted the yard, the troops pre commenced to fire a Royal salute immediately on her advanc- sented arms, and the band played the national anthem, and ing to the open part of the North Bridge. a Royal salute was fired from four pieces of artillery, brought Along Prince's-street, Hanover-street, Dundas-street, and from the arsenal and stationed in the dockyard, under the Pitt-street, every spot was in like manner occupied ; and the command of Major Sanderling. enthusiastic acclamations of the assembled multitudes, and The first carriage contained Her Majesty and Prince Albert. the waving of handkerchiefs, were begun the moment the We were happy to observe that the Sovereign and his Royal approach of the royal train was descried. Her Majesty was Highness appeared in excellent health and spirits, although, seated in an open carriage, on the right hand of Prince Albert, we understand, they suffered a little during the voyage from and looked extremely well ; the expression of her countenance the effects of sea sickness. was remarkably sweet and pleasing. She was dressed in a The second carriage contained the Duchess of Buccleuch bonnet of a pale pink, and a splendid tartan shawl. and the Duchess of Norfolk ; and shortly afterwards , others In crossing George Street, a detachment of the Archers, containing officers and domestics connected with Her Ma under the command of Sir John Hope, were drawn up, and jesty's household followed. received her Majesty, who desired the carriage to stop, while On arriving at the entrance-gates to the dockyard, the she conversed for a few minutes with Sir John. She Royal carriages were surrounded by the workmen of the appeared to be in the highest spirits. From this point the establishment, who, at the request of Her Majesty, bad cortege proceeded slowly down North H an over Street and granted to them a holyday. They expressed their gratitude Pitt Street, on account of the immense pressure of the as- and loyality in loud and continuous cheers, which Her Ma. sembled multitude, which here seemed to be greater than jesty and Prince Albert acknowledged by repeated bows. at any other part of the line, owing to the blocking up of Cannonmills Bridge, which forced back the crowd upon the centre. After all, the efforts of the dragoons to keep the bridge clear were ineffectual ; the multitude burst through all restraint, and occupied the bridge in such a dense mass, that her Majesty, with humane consideration for the safety of the people, ordered the procession to halt for a short time till the road became gradually clear. The grounds around Granton Pier were the great point of attraction, as from thence a fine view of the embarkation and departure of her Majesty could be seen ; accordingly, before eight o'clock, many of the places were occupied by ladies and gentlemen, and crowds of people were hurrying towards it along the roads, on foot, on horseback, and in every description of carriage. Some interruption, however, took place soon after eight o'clock, from detachment of dragoons having been stationed at Canonrnills Bridge, who allowed no carriages or passengers to pass ; consequently the people were obliged to make the best of their way across the Water of Leith by any outlet which they could discover, many scrambling up steep banks and over walls, at consi derable risk to themselves, and no little damage to their clothes. A great number, however, got across in these ways, and continued to swell the multitudes around the pier, but few carriages followed, as they had to make a long cir cuit before they could get into the Granton Road. At nine o'clock, when the guns from the Castle announced her passage through the city, every one pressed forward to procure proper places for viewing her Majesty ; but from the obstruction at Canonmills Bridge, the number of people as sembled was not so great as might have been anticipated. About twenty minutes past nine the royal cortege was seen advancing at a quick pace ; her Majesty's carriage, surround ed by a detachment of Enniskillens, and followed by a great many gentlemen on horseback, a number of carriages, and an immense crowd of people, many running and keeping pace with the carriage. As her Majesty passed the densely crowded sloping bank overlooking Granton Pier, she was received with the most enthusiastic cheers ; and as the car riage proceeded along the pier, the cheers were renewed with increased effect, and amid the firing of the artillery from a height on the shore. The multitude that gathered round the embarkation was immense, and they exhibited a peculiarly striking arid pic turesque appearance, as, from the nature of the elevated ground which rises from the shore, they were marshalled in a sort of orderly array on the ridge of two terraces, in dis tinct maks, with a cloud of irregulars on both sides ; and the shout of this multitude when her Majesty embarked was heard from afar, and had a singularly fine effect. The Trident, which was destined to the high honour of conveying her Majesty to London, was lying moored along side of the outermost wharf on the eastern side of Granton Pier. Her fittings up were of the most superb description. and, altogether, worthy to receive the Queen of England. It is matter of proud boasting to the enterprising company to which this vessel belongs, that one of their ships has been selected for this high honour; and it shows the activity of the officers connected with it, that on so short a notice all things were made ready for her reception. Admiral Sir Edward Brace was in command, and Captain Bullock under him as chief pilot to her Majesty • Commander Crouch, Admiral's Secretary; Lieutenant Majesty; and Mr. Ingle field as signal mate ; Dr. Greenish, R.N., surgeon. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence acted as Commodore of the squadron. About eight o'clock a body of the Royal Company of Archers, in full field uniform, appeared on the pier, and a detachment of the same body was left in Hanover-street, to receive her Majesty there, under the command of Sir John Hope. This body was under the command of Lord Elcho, in the unavoidable absence of his Grace the Duke of Buc clench. who was in waiting on her Majesty; Major Pringle, Adjacanteceria..l,- ....a .4. mart of Dalhousie, Sir John Hope, Sir John Stuart Forbes, and Sir George S. Mackenzie, of Coil. Claud Russell, Esq., ac countant, and Alexander Thomson, Esq., of Whiterigg, were the standard-bearers. This fine body of men, whose pic turesque uniform set off to great advantage the athletic forms of many of them, have been throughout her Majesty's visit in constant attendance whenever their services were required, and have uniformly shown a zeal and devotion to theater vice of her Majesty, which must have been peculiarly grifying to her. About half-past eight o'clock a guard of honour, composed of a detachment of the 53d regiment, now in the castle, marched down to the pier, when the Archers also took up their position on each side of the platform by which her Majesty was to enter the vessel . The guard of the 53d lined the side of the wharf, and across part of the pier, thus forming, along with the Archers, three sides of a square, in the centre of which room was left for the Royal cortege. The band of the Enniskillens was in attendance, and from time to time played several exquisite airs. The company upon the pier was numerous and highly respectable. The public generally appear to have received admission to the west side ; but as all the avenues between the two sides were closed, this caused no inconvenience to those whose duty it was to attend to the embarkation. Among the distinguished persons admitted to the east of the pier were—the Lord Provost, the Lord Justice-Clerk, the Rev. Principal Lee, Lord Robert Ker, Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Sir William Drysdale, Sir Neil Douglas and Staff, Sir George Gunn Monro, of Poyntzfield, the Provost of Leith, &c. A few minutes before nine o'clock the boom of the Castle guns was heard, and was immediately answered from the Daphne and Jasseur sloops of war, then lying in the roads. This was the signal for bustle and commotion on the part of all those along the pier, and the most anxious expectation for her Majesty's coming. After some minutes' eager anticipa tion, the cheering of the assembled multitude along the works at Granton, and the running of those who, having seen the Queen at one point, were eager for another view, announced the near approach of the Royal cortege; and soon after her Majesty, escorted by the Dragoons, reached the pier, and rapidly drove down to the point of embarkation. She was received with deafening cheers—every scrap of bunting was run to the mast-head of every vessel in the harbour, the royal standard flying at the main-mast of the Trident—the yards were manned with seamen in their holiday attire, all combined to form a scene, which, for animation and excite ment, has rarely been equalled. The Royal procession was preceded a few yards by his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, who, dashing down the pier, sprung from his horse, threw the reins to a servant, and hat in hand, stood to receive her Majesty on her embarkation, as he had received her at her landing. Sir Niel Douglas was also at the platform. The Archers and the military saluted her with military honours, the band playing God save the Queen, and the yards of the steamer's foremast manned with the seamen. Her Majesty alighted from her carriage, and walked down the platform, leaning on the Duke of Buccleuch. Prince Albert gave his arm to the Duchess, who accompanied them in the carriage, and they proceeded through the line of the Archers amidst cheers and waving of handkerchiefs to the vessel. A.niong those who accompanied her Majesty on boar,, besides the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, were Lord and Lady John Scott, the Earl and Countess of Cawdor and Lady Mary Campbell, Lord and Lady Emlyn, Admiral Sir Philip Dur ham, &c., &c. Her Majesty on proceeding on board was received by Ad miral Sir Edward Brace and the other officers of the vessel, who were ranged on either side of the gangway. Sire stood for a few moments on the deck, gazing around with evident satisfaction at the preparations that had been made for her reception. She then went below, where she took an affec tionate farewell of those around her, embracing, as she parted from them, the Duchess of Buccleuch, Lady John Scott, the Countess of Cawdor, Lady Mary Campbell, Lady Emlyn, &c. The party soon after came ashore. At the time her Majesty came on board, a salute was fired from some cannon on the heights above Granton Pier, and about the same time the soldiers formed in line along the edge of the wharf. Exactly at half-past nine the Trident got under weigh ; and a few minutes before, her Majesty and Prince Albert came up from the cabin upon the quarter-deck, which was the signal for renewed cheering on the part of the assembled mul titude. The moorings being slackened away, the vessel glided gently from the side, amidst the buzzes of thousands on the pier, the sailors manning the yards of every vessel and of even every boat in the neighbourhood ; while to all these expressions of loyalty her Majesty and her royal con sort returned the most courteous acknowledgments, bowing at every manifestation of enthusiasm. The steamer in passing the sloops of war and the royal yacht was received by them with a royal salute ; and in a short time the ship was a considerable way down the Frith. As the Trident moved from the pier, and proceeded majes tically down the Frith, instantly taking the lead of all the other vessels, the scene was of the most animating descrip tion. Craft of every description floated on the placid waters; flags and streamers waving in the breeze ; thousands of happy faces, and all breathing blessings on her Majesty as she pro ceeded on her homeward way—combining to form a scene which the man of taste, the patriot, and the philanthropist would alike delight to contemplate. HER MAJESTY'S PROGRESS TO TOWN. Upon the Royal cortege leaving the dockyard Her Majesty and Prince Albert were loudly cheered by an immense con course of persons that lined the Lower-road reaching to Greenwich. Her carriage proceeded at a quick pace, pre ceded by outriders, and escorted by a detachment of the Bth Hussars, under the command of Captain Rolles. On passing the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, the veterans of that institu tion hoisted the Royal standard, and about 1,000 that were drawn up on the lawn with their officers strove to excel the demonstration of loyalty that the boys of the Naval School opposite, to the number of 800, manifested as Her Majesty passed. The band of the Naval School played the national anthem, and on the spire of St. Alphage Church proudly waved the Royal standard. The Royal carriages proceeded through Deptford, Peckham, and over Vauxhall-bridge, through Hyde-park, to the terminus of the Great Western Railway, at Paddington, weere Her Majesty arrived at a quarter-past eleven o'clock. ANECDOTES CONNECTED WITH THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND. (From the Glasgow Herald.) During the Royal voyage to Scotland, his Royal Highness Prince Albert having observed that the passengers of the Monarch, one of the steamers that proceeded down the Frith to meet Her Majesty, were amusing themselves with dancing, directed the Queen's attention to the fact, when Her Majesty instantly gave her gracious permission that the crew of the Royal yacht might engage in similar amusements, an act of condescension which the jolly tars very soon take care to avail_ themselves of with infinite glee. One remark able circumstance may be mentioned in connexion with Her Majesty's voyage, and it is this—that neither the Queen nor the Prince were attended by any of the lite,ies or gentlemen of the household, but merely the usual domestics ; and per haps a more handsome compliment could not have been paid to the internal arrangements of the Royal yacht, with which, upon all occasions, Her Majesty appeared highly satisfied. In Edinburgh, on Thursday, the day on which Her Ma jesty landed, some ludicrous scenes took place in consequence of the incredulity of some of the parties who had purchased tickets as to the intelligence that Her Majesty had passed the spot in which they had taken up their positions. Hun dreds, who arrived long after the Royal carriage passed by, took their seats on the scaffoldings with the most imperturb able gravity, and sat in the security of their ignorance, for upwards of half an hour, amidst the laughter and coarse gibes of the lower class of the struggling mob, who in vain assured them they had arrived too late. One old gentleman, who had come from some remote part of Scotland, was ac tually immovable. - - - When Her Majesty and Prince Albert,were driving slowly along the avenue from Dalkeitb Palace on Friday, a collier, with unwashed hands and unshaven chin, approached the carriage, and extended his hand to Prince Albert, who re ceived it with great frankness and shook it heartily. The collier did not attempt the same liberty with Her Majesty, probably because he had never shaken hands with a lady iu his life, and was not quite sure of the propriety of beginning with the Queen ; but he exclaimed " Ye're just the woman we want." Her Majesty and the Prince laughed heartily at the occurrence. The anxiety to get a view of her Majesty was excessive. At the Castle-gate an elderly woman sprung past the soldiers, and pressing through the party who had been in attendance on the Queen in the Castle, and exclaimed most convulsively, " Oh, will you let me see the Queen ? A military gentle man pushed her back, but she was not so easily put off ; again pressing forward, she stood within a yard of the Royal carriage, and, clasping her hands, cried out, " Hech, Sirs, is that the Queen ? Is that the Queen ? Weel? what have Ino seen this day ? Eli, but she's a bonnie leddie ! " The poor woman gazed awhile in silent admiration, but was at last forced to withdraw, much against her will, consoled, however, by the reflection that she had seen the Queen, and that the Queen had seen her. Decidedly the most conspicuous of all the equipages was a coach-and-four in flashing flaming scarlet livery, followed by a chaise and two in the same. Up and down, up and down, the main streets it drove incessantly on Wednesday and Thursday. The crowds of pedestrians gazed. " See ! see ! cried one in every room, and there was a rush to the windows to see. " Who is it? who is it ? " was the question ? "It is the Duke of Hamilton," cried some. But none could tell surely, and all wished to know. Who is it? It must be something great, with that red-hot kitchen furnace-coloured livery. The thing grew to a mystery. We had seen the equipage for the fifth or sixth time, when as it passed us once again, we startled our companions by a burst of uncontrollable laughter. There, in the carriage and four with the scarlet livery, we saw, not the Duke of Hamilton, but—Provost Blakie, in a blue coat and brass buttons. This mysterious equipage was the equipage of the deputation from Aberdeen. THE FLOATING ISLAND IN DERWENT LAKE NEAR KESWICK. 'lbis most extraordinary phenomenon is situate not far from Lowdore, at the south-east extremity of the lake, and a little more than 150 yards from the land, where the depth of the water does not exceed six feet in a mean state of the lake. _ _ . During the last forty years it has appeared thirteen times. In the year 1808, from July 20 to the beginning of October in the same year; in 1813, from the 7th of September to the end of October following ; in 1815, from August sto the end of the month ; in 1819, from August 14 to the end of the same month ; in 1824, from June 21 to the end of Sep tember ; in 1825, it was above the water from the 9th to the 23rd of September; and from the 11th of July to the end of September in 1826. " The circumstance of its appearing in three successive years," says Mr. Otley, " may be attributed to the extraordinary warmth of the season." It made its appearance again on the 10th of June, 1831, and remained uncovered until the 25th of September. In 1834 and 1835 it was visible for a few weeks in August and September. In 1837 it appeared in 'July and August. It appeared again on the 19th July, 1841, and remained till the end of August. And it made its appearance in the latter end of last or the beginning of the present month (September,) but it is not yet quite so large as on so lie of the former occasions of its appearance. We will not undertake to investigate the great number of hypotheses which have been advanced relative to the cause of this singular phenomenon, nor examine into any of the arguments which have been adduced, but will merely give the opinion of Mr. Otley, who is well versed in the geological and meteorological properties of the lake district, who is resident at Keswick, and who for the last thirty years has watched with much attention the operation of it. Mr. Otley says— " That it generally rises after an interval of a few days, and after a continuance of fine weather. Its figure and dimen sions are variable ; it has sometimes contained about half an acre of ground, at other times only a few perches; but ex tending in a gradual slope under water, a much greater por tion is raised from the bottom than reaches the surface of the lake. Several large rents or cracks may be seen in the earth about the place, which appear to have been occasioned by its stretching to reach the surface. It never rises far above the level of the lake, but having once attained the surface, it for a time fluctuates with the rise and fall of the water, after which it sinks gradually. When at rest in the bottom of the lake it has the same appearance as the neighbouring parts, being covered with the same vegetation, c onsisting princi pally of litterella lacustris and lobelia dorimanno, inters persed with isoetes lacustris, and other plants common in this awl .11 the neighbouring lakes; after remaining some ,ctme above the water, its verch Fnr a few inches in depth it is composed of clayey or earthy matter, apparently deposited by the water, in which the growing plants have fixed their roots ; the rest is a congeries of de cayed vegetable matter, forming a stratum of loose peat earth, about six feet in thickness, which rises from a bed of very fine soft clay. A cons iderable quantity of air is contained in the body of the island, and may be dislodged by probing the earth with a poll. This air was found by Dr. Dalton to con sist of equal parts of carburetcd hydrogen and azotic gases, with a little carbonic acid. Mr. Otley further adds— " That one material circumstance, has however, generally escaped observation —namely, that the air to which the rising of this island has been attributed, is not collected in a body underneath it, but interspersed through the whole mass. And the most probable conclusion seems to he, that the air or gas is generated in the body of the island by decomposition of the vegetable matter of which it is formed ; and this gas being produced most copiously, as well as being rarified in hot weather, the earth at length becomes so much extended therewith as to render the mass of less weight than an equal bulk of water. The water then insinuating itself between the substratum of clay and peat earth forming the island, bears it to the surface, where it continues for a time, till partly by escape of the gas, partly by its absorption, and partly by its condensation consequen t on a d ecrease of heat, the volume is reduced, and the earth gradually sinks to its fo rme r level, where it remains till a sufficient accumulation of gas again renders it buoyant. But as the vegetable matter of which the island is principally composed appears to have been amassed at a remote period, when the lake was of less depth than at present, receiving very little addition from the decay of plants recently grown upon the spot, it is reasonable to suppose that the process of furnishing the gas cannot from the same materials be continued ad infinitum ; but that there must be a time when it shall have arrived at its maxi- mum, after which the eruptions will become less extensive or less frequent." ASSIZE COURT OF LA HAUTE VIENNE. CRUEL ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT A MARRIAGE FEAST, AND EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF THE INTENDED VICTIM. Guillaume Bourbon was charged with having attempted the life of Jean Laborie. The crime with which the pri soner stood charged was committed under extraordinary circumstances. Jean Laborie, a farmer, aged 25, resided at Nigrelat, in the commune of Cussae, with Catherine Laborie, his sister, and the prisoner, his brother-in-law. Bourbon managed the affairs, and received the monies. He had also acted as tutor to his brother.in-law. For the last two years Jean Laborie had been paying his addresses to a young woman named Marguerite Merle ; and it was believed that the union would combine all the convenances of both age and fortune. The prisoner, however, did everything in his power to prevent, or at least to retard the match, and employed a person to en deavour to turn Laborie from his project. In this feeling of opposition it appeared that he had two motives—one of hatred, and the other of cupidity. He had, in fact, an inimical feeling towards Merle, the girl's father, by whom he fancied he had been wronged ; and he feared that after the marriage Laborie would be induced by his father-in-law to ask for a division of property. He had been heard to say, in reference to the affair, " If that bete marries the girl Merle I shall have to sell two cows ; and if he does so he shall pay for it." The opposition of the prisoner was, however, futile. The projected marriage was almost concluded, and on the sth of May the two families, accompanied by some mutual friends, repaired to Cussac for the purpose of concluding the contract. Bourbon went also, but took no part in the business of the day, keeping by himself and confining his remarks to expres sions of discontent. In a tit of excitement at a public-house, he dashed a glass down upon the table—" They will marry, will they ? Well, I will give them nothing ; I will go to law first." The contract was, however, completed ; the two families returned home to the village, and assembled at a friend's house for the purpose of passing the evening with a dance. During the time the lovers and their friends were thus en joying themselves, a repast was being prepared at the house of Merle, the f a ther of the intended bride. Ten o'clock was the hour fixed for sitting down to supper. Bourbon, how ever, had not arrived, although he bad been invited. He had, in fact, said to some person that if he came it should not be for nothing. In order to overcome his unpleasant feeling a friend named Morange was sent again to ask him to come, but could get no answer at the house, and returned to the party, thinking that Bourbon must have retired to bed. He then found that the repast was served upon a large bin or trough in place of a table. This was placed near the fireplace in a large room, which communicated by a secret door with an adjacent barn. The guests, seven in number, sat down. Four sat on the side towards the stove—namely, the intended bride and her affianced husband, her father and brother. Opposite them, a little to the right, was the door which com municated with the barn ; on the other side of the table and immediately opposite the lovers sat Morange, another friend named Barriere, and the musician, having their backs turned towards the door. The party had scarcely taken their seats when it opened. They thought that Bourbon was coming, and turned their faces that way ; no one was to be seen, but the next moment the report of a gun was heard, and the right side of poor Laborie's head received nearly the whole ch arge of the weapon. He fell forward upon the table, bathing the cloth with his blood. Two shots out of the whole charge only appearedtohave escaped him ; one of these struc k Mar g uerite Merle, and the other Morange, the friend who had gone out to invite the assassin to the feast.. The latter, although only s li g h tly wounded, received such a shock that be fell upon the floor. Taking avantage of the scene of confusion which followed his act, the assassin ; but he had been seen and recognized by two witnesses in his flight. u A third witness had seen the pr isoner enter his house the instant after the murderous act had beehavesunk committed. n the der Poor Laborie, it was thought, must effects of the wound, had he not had a very fine constitution, which enabled him to recover the shock. As it is, he has lost his right ey ' e, and has receiv ed other in j ur ies, which he will suffer from as long as he lives. The jury, found a verdict of Guilty against the prisoner, , but without premeditation ; and the Court sentenced him to hard labour for life. The prisoner, upon hearing his sentence, burst into tears, and manifested a most pusillanimous spirit. GREAT IMPROVEMENT S IN GENTLEMEN'S DRES FIRST-RATE QUALITY, SUPERIOR STYLE AND WORKMANSHIP. AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF THE MOST FASHIONABLE MATERIALS FOR GENTLEMEN'S DRESS, AT THE CIVET CAT, 72, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. DMYERS, TAILOR and TROUSERS MAKE R, • begs to call Gentlemen's attention to his list of Prices for the best quality of Cloth, Fit, and Workmanship, which cannot be excelled by any house in England. PRICES FOR PROMPT PAYMENT. A Superfine Dress Coat £3 0 0 Cassimere for Waistcoat Superfine Blue or Black Cassimere Trousers 1 10 0 A Superfine Frock Coat, Silk, &c Pilot Wrapper. 1 0 0 The new Waterproof Tattersall, Silk Lined 1 6 to the Bottom Superfine Cloth Great Coats, Velvet Collar, t 3 18 6 Facing, &c. A Military Cloak 4 4 0 A Walking Ditto 2 10 0 A Riding Habit (elegantly made) from A Suit of Plain Livery . A Fustian Stable Suit A Livery Great Coat with Cape Box Coats from NAVAL AND MILITARY UNIFORMS, TO THE LATEST REGULATION. A variety of Great Coats; Macintosh's Waterproof Clothing kept ready made. CONTRACTS. Three Suits, every Colour .. £ll 14 0 Four Ditto Ditto 15 4 0 Five Ditto Ditto 18 10 0 Six Ditto Ditto The old ones to be Returned. -- 72, Lord•slreel, Liverpool. A sober people must become moral, intelligent, and freel; a drunken people will ever be immoral, ignorant, and en slaved. " Take care of the paint," as the city girls say when a fel low goes to kiss them.—" Music and drawing taught here," as the man said when he was pulling a wheelbarrow through the streets without any oil on its axles.—" I'm laying down the law," as the client said when he floored his counsellor. AN OUTRAGEOUS Pus.—At a splendid " spread " at the Reform Club, where B— was in every sense of the word the entertainer, one of the company made a remark upon the value of Shakspeare's works. " True, there is one line of Shakspeare's," said he, " undoubtedly worth two shil lings " "Tis true, 'tis pity, and pity 'tis 'tis true.' Now, there are four 'tis's in it, and four tizzies, according to Cocker, amount to two shillings.—Crowguill in Bentley's Miscellany. • Copy OF A PLAY BILL EXHIBITED AT SEVILLE IN 1762.—T0 the soveren of Heaven—to the Mother of t he eternal world —to the polar star of Spain—to the faithful Protectress of the Spanish nation—to the honour and glory of the most holy Virgin Mary, agation of her worship the company of comedians will this for her benefit and for the pro fy give a representation of the comic piece called Nanine. da The celebrated Italian will also dance the fandango. and the theatre will be superbly illuminated. T HE WHISKERED MILLINIEL—The last and lowest he is is to starve out the poor milliner who occupation a man can b ehelping engaged in is to sell bonnets. Does occupation ? We hop e the • . hint may be taken, men wi l l 0 that our young n longer degrade themselves and . hhaesrnerloeoctther an employment. in so effeminate _ Rather shoulder the handle the ly the oar.plough. These are credit ablemusket—F.: worthy the man —out let them not 1 occupations , assume the dress, petticoats, I) ay the unless they icoats pantelets milliner, their names to Susan Frill, or and all ; and change ,Sally Corset. A JACK TAR'S IDEA OF A LOCOMOTIVE.--" Why," say s manlyabout it. Watch a s hi p now her canvass bellying " he, "there's nothing t, laying down to it just enou g h to show she feels the breeze, tossing the spray from her bow s , and lifting her head over the seas as if she stepped over 'em; there's something like life there. There's something nobl e about a horse; he step s as if h e knew he was going, and it. But the lubber — bah I proud of his duty, and able to do t s neaking along— that there concern comes inciniva FT, crawlinz on his belly like a thundering long snake with a pipe in his mouth." ' THE Wit or WOMEN.—In the ..I.N ew castle market on Saturday, a lady asked the price of a goose. "Four and The threepence," said the woman at the stall . , , of cour s e, w a s , " I will give you four shisli n gs. very four ; for, r well " said the woman ; " You may have tf o , ,n you , , a you see, I c l a pped t' threepence on, because I knaw . w oman is want summat off. Ave always find that the way o' ' to hey threepence off the guse, and a penny off t giblets —an' se a w axes accor di ng l y !" Shopkeepers less candid than the go ose merc h ant, are not i n t h e h a bit o f confessing their practices: but we think we may venture to assert that, when they have to deal with ladies who " want summat off," they take care to "ax accordingly." Heber, the celebrated book buyer, being asked _by a friend if he did not receive good discounts on making his purchases, replied, i "No sir, it is an absurd system---a discount will only answer once : —at the second and all future purchases, the trades man, in self-defence, win lay something on, to be prepared for your demand. DEPARTURE BY RAILROAD FOR WINDSOR. The directors of the Great Western Railway Company, to prevent any delay, had directed a special train to be in readi ness for her Majesty's use from seven o'clock on Friday evening, and the principal officers of the company were kept in attendance during the night. The engine chosen on this occasion to give the impetus to the Royal train was the " Erebus," which was decorated with a large Union Jack at each of the four corners, whilst a profusion of laurels adorned the top and sides of the bolter, &c. The temporary platform on the side of the line, used by the down-trains, which has been before used, was again brought into reqisi tion, and every preparation made for the accommodation of of the Roy a) party. Shortly after eleven o'clock a messenger from the admiralty arrived at the Railway with information that a telegraphic despatch had been received from Woolwich that her Majesty and Prince Albert landed at the dock-yard at half-past 10 o'clock, and would reach Paddington shortly be fore 12 o'clock. By half-past 11 a large number of elegantly dressed females, friends of the directors, who had been admitted by tickets, had taken up a position on either side of the platform, which was covered by handsome crimson car peting; and precisely at a quarter twelve o'clock the advance of the escort entered the terminus, The Royal cortege con sisted of two of the Royal carriages, each drawn by four horses, proceded by outriders, and escorted by a troop of the Bth Royal Hussars. Her Majesty, who, although apparently labouring under the effects of considerable fatigue, apppeared in the enjoyment of good health, was dressed in a tartan silk dress, and was received on alighting by Mr. Charles Russel, M.P., the chairman of the company, Mr. C. Saunders, the secretary, and Mr. S. Clerk, the superin tendent of the line, by whom she was conducted to the Royal saloon carriage, which, with two other saloon carriages and one of second class, formed the special train. Her Majesty. we rejoice to say, appeared in high spirits, as did also her illustrious consort, Prince Albert, whose sun-burnt couutenance gave him a much older appearance. At eleven minutes to twelve o'clock the engine was put in motion, and the Royal train, which was accompanied by the above officers company, sped on its course to Slough amidst the enthusiastic cheering of the persons assembled. ALTERATION IN THE WEST INDIA MAILS. anTdh t e he fo s l e lo v w er i a n l g b n r o an ti u c n e o is ffi e u x e h s ib :_ ited at the General Post-office " Henceforward the mails for Mexico, Honduras, (Belize) M C h a a r g t h r e n s , s n a g nd ua y t r h a e Isthmus , an s d t ;u nn s ,. t o o f Panama,Cabello,C a willr t b h e a ge madena , u p Santao on th. 1 day of every month as heve.tnf--, ; con,equentl y no mails will be made up on the 15th. " The mails for the British and foreign possessions in the West Indies, with the exception of Honduras, as above mentioned, will continue to be made up in London as hi therto on the Ist and 15th of every month; except, of course, when those dates fall on a Sunday ; in this case the mails will be made up on the following day. "The packets will no longer touch at New Orleans, Sa vannah, Charleston, New York, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Cu racoa, Paramaribo, in Surinam ; Maracaibo, Bahia Honda, San Juan de Nicaragua, Mayaquess, in Porto Rico ; Ponce, in Porto Rico ; Turk's Island, Cape Nichola Mole, in Hayti ; and Santa Cruz. " On the return voyage the packets will continue to touch at Bermuda and Fayal, but the schooner between Fayal and Madeira, announced in the notice of December, 1841, is now to be discontinued. " The following is a list of the ports comprised in the scheme of the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company, as now modified, with the rate of postage chargeable on a letter not exceeding half an ounce annexed to each place. " All letters marked * must be pre-paid, else they cannot be forwarded ; S. d.i Antigua Barbados 1 0 1 Belize (Honduras).... 1 0 Berbice . *Cape Haytien (Hayti) 1 5' *Carthagena . 2 3' Chagres Demerara . 1 0 1 Dominica 1 01 Grenada *Guadaloupe *Havannah Jamaica *Laguyra *Martinique Montserrat Nassau (New Provi dence) Nevia *Puerto Cabello *Santa Martha 2 3 *San Jaga de Cuba .... 2 3 *San Juan (Porto Rica) 1 5 St. Kitt'5............ 1 0 1; St. Lucia 1 0 l*St. Thomas St. Vincent.. I *Tampico 1 1 Tobago Tortola 1 0 Trinidad I,*Vera Cruz REMARKABLE EXHUMATION OF A HUMAN SKELE. It may be known to many that Lord Clifford, of Ugbrook, has ordered a new canal to be cut from a point of the new road between the village of Kingsteignton and the town of Newton Abbot. In the course of excavation on the last day of August, a workman at the depth of 61 faet below the humanpresent sk su oi r e fa to c n e c t a h m at e wiinth a contact with care the was leg bones sofa ex humed, and ultimately found nearly perfect. The skeleton presented itself bending forward in a sitting posture, the arm bones extended, and on lifting up the latter with the ribs a metallic band or armlet shining in full refulgence was thrown out, " hanging upon the arm bone or bones." The band on being tested was found to be of gold with some alloy, the workmanship was rude, and seemed to show it was not formed by, and did not emanate from, a people highly civilised. It had neither clasps nor mark of being soldered, but possessed of elasticity to open, yet rigid enough to keep close to the arm when the squared ends were brought toge ther. Its breadth is three-eighths of an inch, oval with out and flat within, and both within and without it ap peared to have some design " chipped" or cut upon it; but what it is intended to represent cannot, we think, be deci phered. To superficial observation the " jewelled arm" might lead to the supposition that the remains were those of a lady of rank ; professional examination, and the more accu rate investigation of its anatomical characters, proved it to be a male skeleton of the middle size, but evidence was also shown of great muscular power. He appeared to have fallen in conflict, or soon after some skirmish ; the ulna or elbow bone of the left fore arm being - broken obliquely, and the lower jaw also on the same side showed fracture in two places about an inch and a half apart, and the central piece of bone between the fractured parts had been forced in and was gone. What is remarkable—the articulating processes of the jaw on that side were perfect, while those on the other wise sound or right side of the lower jaw were broken off and gone, having been apparently fractured in their sockets by some ponderous blow which had beeo inflicted on one side, and had acted with great force in an opposite direction. Until within the last half century the grounds wherein this skeleton was found were unenclosed, and were called the Common. Here the Teign once flowed openly, and the sea occupied that space which alluvial deposit has long since occupied. Below granitic sand and gravel is a clay bed, and beneath, the black mud containing marine shells ; and in the latter accumulation the bones were found, not rudely cast into a mere pit, but surrounded and roofed over with alder wood in parallel pieces or rather fragments, as from the great lapse of time the whole was reduced to a soft consistence, and could be easily separated into the smallest fragments, and above these a few rude oblong stones, water-worn, were removed. The common grass of the field, which was a bright olive green colour, invested the body, and to show the extreme care of that investiture, it had all been laid smooth and longitudinally as it had been cut, the fibres parallel with each other. The front of the skull and en so trr d et s of twcho e the thigh dtoa rtmhessouthward bones ie remains poin o pointed to fsatthel h i ke t eas e at risingfi and re there,sun, worshipper o a withr o p f o o tu i h n t e - t East, welcoming or invoking the sun's orient beams. Whe ther ancient Briton, Phenician, or pagan Dane, let antiqua ries decide ; certain it is, that in the line of the landing place of the cruel Danes, at Teignmouth, these remains were interred as those of a chief, with consummate art and care. The teeth were well set, and most of them remained, until pulled out by the spectator , one by one , to be kept as charms re . The to whole prevent f o teethi the werem possessor uch of worn such precious • les t down, and prove their owner to have attained the age of 50 or 60 ye ars .— West of England Conservative. PROPAGATION OF POPERY. — The sums extracted by foreign priests from the wretchedly impoverished inhabitants of Ireland, for the Romish' propaganda, are quite marvellous. There really ought to be a re-enactment of some of the old statutes against these cormorant frauds and extortions. W e find the following sum tottle for one month, and th a t th e dead month of the year, published in the papers:—" To total received from Ist August to sth September, £670 17s. 10d," This, together with the repeal extortions and other such works, is pretty well. The truth is, that Rome gathers her taxes here now much more boldly than England.-- Londonderry Sentinel. THE TURN•OUT. ---- --- (Prow Saturday's Mane/tester Guardian.) At a numerous meeting of the hands in the mills of Messrs, Waterhouse and Thompson, Mr. Waddington, and Messrs. Clarke and Co., held on Monday morning last, near the Engine Tavern, on the New Bradford-road, a resolution was unanimously adopted, to the effect that all the mills must be turned out, or no good could be done. It was stated, at the same meeting, that it was expected 22 mills would be closed by the end of the week. At another meeting of some hand loom weavers, it was stated that they intended to turn out next week, to resist an alleged intended reduction of their wages, to the extent of 6d. per cut on tnousselaines de laiize. TURNING OUT OF WORKPEOPLE IN SALFORD. — On Thursday morning, about half-past eight o'clock, a large mob proceeded to the cotton mill of Messrs. James A. Turner and Co., Booth-street, Salford, and turned out the hands. Thence the same mob went to the mill of Mr. Wm. Morris, James's-street, Oldfield-road, and called upon the work people to turn out. They rushed out, armed with sticks and other weapons, and expressed a determination to defend their employer's property from any attack that might be made on it. A few stones were thrown by the mob, and two of the workmen were slightly hurt. Fortunately, the appearance of Mr. Diggles and the Salford police, at this juncture, so alarmed the rioters that they fled in all directions. Two of the ringleaders, John Donnelly. of Miller's-land. Manchester, and John Dunn, of Back Blakeley-street, Manchester, were taken into custody. They were brought up before Sir Thos. Potter, the same morning, at the Salford Town Hall, and remanded to the following day. Mr. Morris's hands, and also those employed in Messrs. J. A. Turner and Co.'s mill, immediately afterwarde resumed work.---On Friday the pri soners were again brought up, anti committed for trial at the sessions. DEATH OF ONE OF THE RIOTERS.—Since writing the above, we have ascertained that one of the rioters—a weaver named Joshua Lyons--was stunned by a blow which he re ceived on the left side of the head, from one of Mr. Morris's workpeople. Lyons was carried off by one of the mob, who concealed him in a house in Salford, lest he should be appre hended by the police. The blow which he received left but a slight mark, and it was expected that he would soon re cover from the effects of it ; but, perceiving that he became worse, a surgeon was sent for, who ordered him to be taken to the Infirmary. At three o'clock in the afternoon he was admitted to that institution, in a state of insensibility, from which he did not recover ; and he expired at half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning. The deceased was a weaver, 25 years of age, and has left a widow and one child. It is sup posed that the rupture of some blood-vessel in the brain was the cause of death. This is the first life that has been lost during the disturbances. On inquiry at the Infirmary, last night, we regret to learn that Edward Walsh, who was wounded with pigeon shot, while endeavouring, along with others, to turn out the hands employed at the Adelphi Dye Works, Salford, on the 10th ult., is still dangerously ill, and but little hopes are entertained of a recovery. EXAMINATION OF BERNARD M`CARTNEY, THE LIVER POOL CHARTIST, AT MANCHESTER.—At a petty sessions held at the New Bailey Court-house, in Manchester, on Thursday last, Bernard M`Cartney, of this town, a Chartist trade delegate, was placed at the bar, charged with having used inflammatory language at a public meeting in Eecles on the 11th of August last. The prisoner was apprehended on Tuesday night last, at his house, in Crosshall-street and many documents, showing his connexion with Chartism, were found in his possession. Nathaniel Fryer, of Eccles, proved that he had heard the prisoner address an assembly at Eccles on the 11th of August. He addressed the meeting as " fellow-slaves," and commented much on the evils the working-classes were suffering, all of which he ascribes to class legislation. He advised them to continue their cessa tion from labour until the document known as the People's Charter became the law of the land. He used other expres sions tending to prove the power possessed by " rampant capital over prostrate labour." On cross-examination by M`Cartney, the witness said the prisoner inculcated peace, law, and order. James Cromley and Richard Pollitt gave similar testimony. M`Cartney commenced his address by calling his haters " toiling slaves," and then entered at great length into the destitution, poverty, and misery of the work ing-classes, whom he described as degraded to the lowest pitch, and attributed all this to class legislation ; and recom mended the adoption of the People's Charter as the cure for all their evils. He also spoke of " peace, law, and order ;" and told the people not to injure person or property, nor even to excite any man's feelings ; but the first part of his speech was very exciting. He called the workpeople sons and daughters of toil ; and said this was a contest between ram pant oppression and prostrate labour. He advised the people not to work till the Charter became the law of the land. The prisoner was remanded till the following day, when be was again brought up and remanded till Friday next. Mr. Burt, solicitor, applied for the prisoner's liberation on bail, but the request was refused. At Glossop, the life of Mr. Shepley, from whose mill the rioters were fired on and three wounded, it is stated, is only preserved by the presence of the military. John Teer, Secretary to the Dyer's Union, was charged, at the New Bailey, Manchester, with rioting and conspiring to turn out the factory hands, and committed to the assizes, but admitted to bail. Bearstow, the Chartist lecturer, was apprehended in the pulpit, at Bear-lane Chapel, Bristol, on Friday, while haranguing about two hundred people. After a long exa mination, the magistrates bound him over in £lOO to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for twelve months. The Manchester Courier of Saturday contains the fol lowing : STATE OF THE TOWN.-FRIDAY. Matters continue still in a very unsatisfactory state. A few more weavers have gone in, in the course of the week, but there is still nothing like a general resumption of work, as will be seen by the subjoined statement. The first column of figures shows the number of weavers regularly employed in the different establishments ; the last, the number who have returned to work. 250 Waterhouses and Co., Temple-street 532 Twist Company, Oxford-road 144 Henry Marsland, Chester -street 127 Shawcross 70 J. Hoyle, Albion-street 300 George Clarke, Pollard-street 550 Stirling and Beckton, Lower Mosley-street 200 Bateson, Lower Mosley -street -Ferneley, Gaythorn 148 Dacca Mills, Fleet-street 55 Jones, Store-street 34 Wilson, Lark-street nom I own 165 Chappell's, Beswick 33 Jos. Gibbins, Pollard-street 250 Hugh Beeves, Jersey -street 116 Parnell and Thomson, Rodney-street 113 Dodshon and Co., Jersey-street 150 Binns, Ancoats-street 100 Thompson, Pin Mill Brow . 81 Ditto, Mill-street 90 Harbottle, Beswick-street 120 Jordan, Commercial-street -Birley -Woodley, Liver-street.. 200 Leese and Brothers 132 Barton, Pin Mill 74 J. and L. Williams, Upton-street --Fairweather -Walsh, Pollard-street .. 114 Allen 70 Handford, Jordan-street 128 Cheetham and Co. .. 0 IMPORTANCE OF THE USE OF IRON IN SHIP• BUILDING. (From the Mining Journal.) The mining interest of this country is one of no ordinary importance. The fact that the minerals which lie richly stored beneath the soil of Great Britain, when rendered available by the industry of our people, compose one of the principal sources of our national strength, is now so com monly acknowledged as to have become almost proverbial. Every fresh int ans by which the demand for the productions of our mines may be increased, must be hailed as a direct gain to the nation at large. While unemployed the ore is perfectly valueless—it is so much of the country's capital sunk and lost ; but when, by the efforts of man, its virtues are drawn forth, the products are all clear gain. A small portion of it goes into the pocket of the owner of the land, and a very large proportion of its value consists in the amount of wages paid to the labouring classes employed in raising and converting it. It is needless to trace the advantages that result from such causes, and the very important part such operations have borne, and may, to a much greater extent than heretofore, be made to bear, in supporting and perpe tuating onr country's glory. There are, however, two addi tional considerations that render the question one of para mount importance. We may first inquire —Can the metals produced from our mines be employed as substitutes for ma terials from other lands, by which our capital is drained our of the country ? And, secondly—Will the articles manufac tured from these metals be superior to those constructed of manufactured from the foreign productions? To both in quiries we may give the most decided answer, that by em ploying iron as a material for ship-building, we use it as a substitute for the timber of other countries—at the same time, that we construct a vessel in ev er y respec t super i or, and which, in addition to its direct advantages, such as in creased strength, durability, stowage, &c., will enable our own mercantile marine to cope with the ships of foreign coun tries in freights, and reverse the order of things at present ex isting—facts brought forward by the government commission ers employed in the inquiry, clearly showing that it is impos s ibl e at present for our ships to maintain their ground, while foreign vessels can work at such reduced freights. To all these, and to many other advantages, does this subject give rise, th a t we do not hesitate in pronouncing it one of the highest na tional consideration, and worthy of individual and legislative iniquity. We will, however, take a few moments to show, by figures, to what extent the substitution of iron for timber in shipbuilding will be found to be advantageous; in doing this, we, at the same time, contemplate that much more of the ship will be built of iron than at present—an opinion in which we fully agree with Mr. Grantham, and that not only the hull, but the masts and rigging, will be of the same ma terial. If experience should prove that we are correct in our opinion, all the most costly parts of a vessel will be of iron— leaving, probably, not more than one-eighth of the whole of any other material. Supposing, then, the average value of a ship ready for sea to be £2O per ton, £3l 10s. will be ex pended in iron -work, and, taking the shipping required for this country at 200,000 tons per annum, we show an expen diture of nearly £3,500,000 sterling in iron-work alone, a very large proportion of which is caused by the wages paid for producing and working it. This calculation allows no thing for the increase that may be expected in the number of our ships when better able to compete with foreigners. Mr. Grantham has, in different ways, urged this important consideration, and has shown that, in consequence of the difficulty of getting timber for our vessels, our docks are crowded with colonial and foreign-built ships, so that a very small portion of their cost is expended in the employment of our own people, and a very small portion of the materials is the production of our o wn s oil. By this simple illustration we hope we have shown that the question of iron ships is of the first importance for England ; and when we contemplate the prospect of the result of steam navigation, and nn the navy, it assumes a character that calls loudly for inquiry. A DRUNKEN Cow. —On Friday evening last a beer•.honse keeper at Merthyr put two pails of wort to cool outside his house : a cow, which was grazing close by, went and drank about twenty quarts. It is not known where she spent the night, but early on Saturday she was observed by many running up and down, evidently under the influence of Sir John ; and, in the course of the same day, the unfortunate cow died in consequence.—Monmouthshire Merlin. QUEER REGATTA.—Last week the inhabitants and visi tors of Hastings were highly amused with a regatta, not by members of the Royal Yacht Squadron, but by eight fisher men in tubs, with a shovel to steer by. The distance to be performed was from the battery, round a tub moored off Beech Cottage, and back. The party started off amidst the cheers and laughter of the spectators, but had not pro ceeded far before six out of the eight tubs were capsized, which the men did not attempt to recover, out set off to swim the distance. The tubs, however, proved victorious, as they both got in before the swimmers. The first contained Charles Brazier, who was declared the winner of the prize : and the second, a fisherman, named Richard Hide, who reached the Battery in his frail craft in safety. A second match of the same description then took place between eight boys. sons of fishermen, but their tubs met with the same fate, as only two out of the eight reached the gaol in safety, the boys swimming like fishes after them. The sport afforded considerable amusement to the numerous visitors, and it was calculated between 2,000 and 3,000 persons were present. THEATn•ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FIIHIS present TUESDAY, Sept. 20th, the favourite Nay A of the BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Caleb Balderstone Mr. Mackay. MR. J. RUSSELL'S ENTERTAINMENT. To conclude with the PRISONER OF WAR. TO-MORROW (Wednesday), GUY MANNERING, Mr. J. RUSSELL's Entertainment, and DON GIOVANNI. THEATRE ROYAL. MR. and MRS. BAKER'S FAREWELL BENEFIT. ON MO N DAY, SEPTN.MBER 26TH, 1842, THE POOR GENTLEMAN. Humphrey Dobbins Mr. Mackay. Worthington.. Mr. Brooke. 011apod.. Mr. Hammond. Sir Robert Bramble Mr. Baker. Emily Worthington Lucretia M'Tab • .. Mrs. Clarke. SONG—" WIDOW MALONE"—MR. RUSSELL. PLEASANT NEIGHBOURS. Strap.. Mr. Baker. Nancy.. Mrs. Clarke. FALLS OF CLYDE. Donald.... Mr. Mackay. Edward.... Ellen .. Miss Bennett. Mr. Nantz. Tickets to be had of Mr. BAKER, 3, Cases-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. ROYAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, GREAT GEORGE STREET, LIVERPOOL. MR. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAINMENTS. THIS EVENING and THURSDAY EVENING next, the 20th and 22d instant, at Eight o'clock, in the Royal Assembly Rooms, Mr, WILSON will give TWO EN TERTAINMENTS on SCOTTISH SONG, containing a Selection of the choicest Songs sung by him in the Enter tainments he has recently given in London. Piano-forte accompanyist, Mr. LAND, of the Theatre- Royal, Drury-lane. Doors to be opened at Half-past Seven, the Entertainments to commence at Eight, and to terminate about Ten o'clock. Tickets to the Body of the Room, 2s. 6d. ; Family Ticket, o admit Five, 10s. 6d. ; Gallery, ls. 6d. ; may be had at the Music Warehouses of Messrs. HIME and SON, Mr. WEISS, Mr. SMITH, and Mr. PALMER. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " An Operative Protestant" will find his object answered if be will look at our publication of Friday next. Captain Pile's letter concerning the vessel which he com mands, is an advertisement. On consideration we find several sentiments in the letter of " Episcopalian" which forbid us to publish it. We have received from Mr. Holden, of Whitechapel, the sum of ten shillings, to be handed to the widow of the late AV. B. Evanson. Need we commend this excellent ex ample of true Orange feeling to the brethren of the order ? We shall be happy to be made the vehicle of conveying aid and comfort to the bereaved, of whose real worth and necessities we can confidently speak. Ebt W.flurpool gi9tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1842 What is a libel ? Few men, we believe, can give an answer to this question. And yet the law of England consigns to a penalty, which may amount to absolute ruin, the unfortunate journalist who has committed an offence, the guilt of which ninety-nine men out of a hundred cannot discern ! There is not one journal in a dozen which is not guilty of libel in every publication which it issues. There is not one journal in a dozen which is not every day of its existence at the mercy of some fool or knave, whose name chances to be men tioned in its columns, provided he has as much money in his pocket as will procure for him the services of an attorney of " sharp practice," and as much character as an intelligent jury would be warranted in estimating at the value of the lowest coin in the realm. Laugh heartily at a man, quote Shakspeare or Garrick at him, write his name even, except at a respectful distance from some epithet or allusion which, by violating gram mar and punctuation, may be tortured into connection with it, and any " Dodson and Fogg" may wave the whip of the law over your unlucky head, and by the aid of its " glorious uncertainty," mulct you in a farthing damages and costs, for au offence which no twelve men, who know English and possess common sense, would decide to be an offence at all ! However we may be disposed to regard the sacred ness of private character, and however opposed to the tolerance of too great licence in the press, we must confess that we cannot but regard the fetters, - by which that powerful engine is restrained, as oppressive and absurd. We are accustomed to boast in England that public opinion is free—that the presS, which is the mouth by which public opinion speaks, is free ; yet the law baits it round with traps, into which the most wary treading will not at all times prevent it from fall ing. Upon the most ordinary subjects, the journalist, if he would be safe, must speak in parables and riddles; with him " the use of words is indeed to conceal thoughts." He must eonvevhis mcd.otng by inuendo ; and even then he must run the risk of his interpreter being a goose or a hungry legal practitioner. Straight hitting is forbidden, and shooting in the air is doubly dangerous, for you may ruffle the feathers of some senseless fowl of whose very existence you were not even dreaming. Really this perplexing state of things ought not to be. Bind down as you will discussion or remark, — restrain it as you will from inflicting wanton injury and pain upon private or public individuals,—put down the wanton or the wilful libeller; but do draw a line of distinction between what is libel and what is not,—do apportion also the amount of punishment to the quan tum of offence ! We quarrel not with the general principle upon which the law of libel is constructed. We are willing even to allow the apparently incon sistent principle, that truth should be a libel; for we hold it to be unjust that the actions of any man should he liable to be held up at all times to public observa tion, or even to ridicule. But let the truth of a charge be, at least, a palliation of the offence. Let the animus, too, be considered. Take away from the prosecutor the opportunity of selecting that form of proceedings which will inrolve the greatest amount of inconvenience and cost to the prosecuted. Make, in a word, the law of libel a protection to the character and the feelings of the honest and well-principled, and not merely an in strument of tyranny in the hands of the malicious and designing—a weapon ever ready to be used to crush the independence of a free and honest press ! Thomas Bolton, the Albion informs us, is about to retire from the representation of Castle-street Ward ; and the same luminous authority conceives that the announcement will drive us frantic with delight. This determination the said Thomas came to " not from any apprehension that he would not be re-elected as triumphantly as he had been before, but from consi derations of private convenience." What be they, Thomas ? What he these motives of private con venience ? Are they not all comprised in this—to a vain man a strong motive—that it is not pleasant to be contemptuously kicked out, and that, too, mainly by the disgust of your own friends? Such would have been the inevitable fate of Thomas Bolton ; and we are, therefore, not at all obliged to him for refusing to his friends, and ours, the pleasure which we should undoubtedly have felt in performing the operation. We would rather have met Thomas Bolton, as the candidate for Castle-street Ward, than any other man, for no other man would have been so easily beaten. The constituency of his own party are tired of him—disgusted with his factious iusolence— his unceasing ebullitions of venom against our esta blished church, which even liberals are to be found who sincerely respect ; and we dare venture to say that any other liberal candidate—the editor of the Albion himself, whom, by the bye, we should be delighted to see in the Council—will poll thirty or forty more votes than Thomas Bolton could whip up with the purse of his entire tribe to back him. We are compelled again to call the attention of the authorities to the disgusting state in which various localities of the town are permitted to remain. It is utterly impossible that the health of our population can be satisfactory whilst so many fertile sources of disease meet us in every thoroughfare ; and the authorities will really not have discharged that duty which they owe to the public until these nuisances shall have been removed, and measures taken for the effectual and per manent purification of the streets within the borough. We could point to fifty places which certainly do not appear to have been visited by the scavenger's broom for months, and in which that instrument really does not appear to us likely to be of material benefit if used. Where drainage is deficient,—where dark filthy pas sages stand open,—where owners of oyster stalls are permitted to throw their shells and offal within a few feet of crowded thoroughfares, —where nuisances ac tually grow faster than they can be rertioved,—preven tive measures appear to us to be the on ly ones likely to be at all efficacious. We have inspectors parading our streets, and, we pre;Ume, those inspectors have duties. We presume, also, that the authorities who employ th em have powers. If the owners of property Will not prot - ect and cleanse it—will not close up tlieir tiaTk and filthy passages — the authorities, we presume, are fully empowered to compel them, or to proceed themselves to do so. The want of a proper legislative protection has entailed upon us the existence, in the heart of the borough, of a mass of crowded, ill-ventilated, ill-wwered buildings. We cannot now remove them. They constitute an es tablished evil. Their owners are, to a certain extent, beyond the control of law; but they are not entirely so. When this property becomes a nuisance, dangerous to the public health, and obnoxious to the sight of every passer-by, we can at least compel its owners to abate the nuisance if we cannot accomplish the far more de• sirable consummation, the removal of the property. Whilst upon this subject, may we ask what do the authorities purpose doing with the large space of ground fronting the post-office ? At present we ob serve that it is boarded round and converted into cart sheds, timber yards, &c., with a reasonable number of narrow passages for the bestowal of offal and the con venience of skulkers and thieves. It cannot surely be for any object of profit that this valuable ground is. this appropriated, and the property of the surround ing neighbourhood depreciated ; and we would respect-. fully call the attention of the Council to its proper dis posal. We do not suggest to what it should be ap propriated. Building upon it, however, we presume is out of the question. Some day we must connect by a road through this very ground the north and south parts of the town. In the mean time, throw down. these cart sheds—sweep away these wooden alleys — throw open this space and pave or flag it ; and imme diately you make the property at the bottom of Hano ver -street, in Cannirig-place, and in places adjacent — at present in a most dilapidated condition—worth the notice of the capitalist ; and our splendid Custom house, instead of being surrounded by unsightly ruins and half-finished erections, will be surrounded by well built and well-occupied warehouses and offices, ana become, as it ought to be, our central and best busi ness locality. The city article of the limes contains the following paragraph, announcing another failure in the Corn Trade : " The new scale of corn duties is extending its effects to the continental speculators. Many failures in the north a Europe, we are given to understand, have occurred, firma the extensive fluctuations noted in the value of wheat in our market, but none have occasioned so much regret as the stoppage of Messrs. Lubienski and Co., at Dantzic, an nounced in the letters received thence yesterday. It has been before rumoured that they would be obliged to arrange with their creditors, but from their high connexions in Poland it was not for a moment apprehended that they would be reduced to the painful necessity of closing their doors. From what has transpired on this subject in the city, it does not seem that their whole burden of misfortune has been created by the operation of the new scale of duties, though there can be no doubt of its having hastened the catastrophe, for it is universally believed that the firm had sustained damage in connexion with failures which have taken place here and in Ireland. The continental houses are ex pected to be the greatest sufferers by this event. It is yet hoped that their family connexions will come to their assist ance. Their debts and liabilities are stated to spread over £lOO,OOO to £150,000, and their assests are reckoned at not more than a tenth of that amount." To say that we did not anticipate many such failures would be gross hypocrisy. We knew that speculation, whether by the foreign or the home corn merchants, would be heavily mulcted by the working of Sir Robt. Peel's measure. The present sliding scale, and the late jumping scale have, accordingly, been found to be two vastly different affairs to deal with. The Quakers of Mark-lane have been astonished, and their efforts to victimize the native grower and the public paralized ; and homfever much we may grieve for the fate of such misled men as the parties mentioned in the remarks of the Times, we augur every good result from the ex ample which it furnishes. In future " men who play at bowls will expect rubbers." LOCAL NEWS. ACCIDENT TO THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADsToNE , M. P.—The bon. W. Gladstone is now on a visit at Har warden Castle. and during a shooting excursion Wednesday' whilst iu the act or reloading one barrel of his gun, the other by some means unknown was discharged, shattering the fore finger of the left hand to such a degree that his medical attendant, Mr. T. Moffat, M.D., of Harwarden, decided upon amputation, which was performed by him and Mr. G. Harrison, surgeon, of this city. We are glad to hear that he is going on remarkably well.—Chester Chronicle. rATAL ACCIDENT AT THE LATE VIKA.- an inquest was held on the body of Edward Monks, agedlS, one of the parties employed in getting goods out of the ware house which took fire on Monday night, in Galton-street. The deceased was in the act of assisting to throw out a bale of cotton and a case of goods from the third story, when the cat-head fell, carrying some bricks along v;ith it, one of which struck him on the head, and precipitated him into the street, producing a compound fracture of the skull. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, where he died on Tuesday. Ver dict accidental death. LARGE APPLE.—An apple was shown at the 4\iorthwich flower show, on Thursday last, 51 inches high, 12 in circum ference, and 17 ounces weight. It was grown by Thomas Ravenscroft, of Bostock. THE REV. J. BAYLEE.—On Thursday last the ladies belonging to the congregation of the Rev. J. Baylee, minister of the new Church, in Birkenhead, presented their indefati gable pastor with a handsome gold watch and appendages. SPLENDID NEW LIGHT AT WOODSIDE f'E have frequently heard of the brilliant effect produced by the Bode Lights i❑ the metropolis, and the inhabitants of Bir kenhead are indebted to the spirited conduct of the Com missioners for introducing this light at Woodside Ferry• The gas is supplied by the Birkenhead and Claughton Com— pany, who fitted up the apparatus. It throws a full radiant light to the bottom of the slip, at which point a letter maY be read at night. This light will afford comfort and safety to• passengers during the winter season. CARTS IN MILK-STREET.--Mr. Priestley appeared before; Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, on behalf of the Markets Committee, and requested that the magistrates would not enforce the fines on several parties against whom informations had been laid by constable kVilson for having left carts in Milk-street, on the preceeding Saturday. The parties he said, had been in the habit, for upwards of twenty years, of leaving their carts in the street, and no complaints had been made. Mr. Rushton said he would, for the present, merely enforce the extra costs for the service of the summonses. The fine of ss. and costs of 4s. 6d. should be suspended till he had communicated with the Markets' Committee. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING.—This meeting takes place on Thursday and Friday next, when some first-rate sport may be anticipated. The entries have well filled, a nd the same excellent arrangements that were enforced at the July meeting will again be made. On the first day, there will be five races and heats, and on the second the same num ber. For the Heaton-park Stakes there are sixty-one sub , scribers, the weights of which we give in another column• For the Palatine Stakes there are thirty-four subscribers. RETURNED ENIIGRANTS.—We noticed some weeks ago, that large numbers of people who had emigrated to the United States had returned in the ships from New York. They continue to arrive in considerable numbers. The greatest number brought by one ship, up to last week, were 250 by the Hottinguer ; but, on Tuesday night, the packet-ship NeW York arrived with upwards of 300, many of whom would starved from: want of provisions, had not Captain Cropper humanely supplied the poor creatures out of the ship's stores. Amongst the passengers were lot of British sailors, who had been some years in the American Navy, which they left, they say lest, if hostilities should break out between Great Britain and the United States, they might be brought into deadly conflict with their own countrymen. STAGE-COACHES AND OMNIBUSES.—By the new act re lating to stage-coaches, (sth and 6th Victoria I, chap. 79,), and which comes into operation upon and after the 3d ()t October next, the average space allotted to each passenger is required to be sixteen inches, measuring in a line lengthwise on the front of each seat. Children below five years of age, sitting in the lap, are not to be deemed passengers within the act. The number of passengers which such carriage is con structed to carry is, as at present, required to be legibly painted, both inside and outside, for the information of travellers by these vehicles. SPECIAL COMMISSIONS.—The Special commission for the trial of the Lancashire rioters is fixed for Tuesday, the 4th of October. :Lord Abinger and' Sir E. H. Alderson are expected to preside. The trials will be held in the Castle of Lancaster. The Special Commission for Staffordshire is to be opened on Saturday, the Ist of October, and on Monday the trials will commence. Chief Justice Tindal will preside. Upwards of 200 prisoners are now in custody. Sir Gregory Lewin is appointed one of the counsel who will appear for. the Crown at Lancaster. R. Godson, Esq., M.P., will con duct the prosecutions in the cases of riot at the Special Commission in Staffordshire. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT MANCHESTER.—On Saturday morn ing last, about a quarter before six, a fire broke out in the extensive cotton mill, known as the Blackfriars Mill, Man chester, and which was occupied by Messrs. Thornton and Co., as mule and throstle spinners. Among the manY similar properties destroyed by fire, and the writer has see" many, he has no recollection of so speedy and complete a destruction as in the present case. Nothing whatever vial saved, and there is nothing left standing but the two end gables. The building was the property of Mr. Lomas, and fully insured. Messrs. Thornton and Co., the tenants, w ere also insured. The building was eight stories high. About three hundred hands will be thus thrown out of employmen t by this calamity. The fire originated in what is known aS the blowing-room. In about an hour all was completely burnt down. The estimated loss of the building and ma' chinery is £15,000. CALUMNIES OF THE MERCURY. — " If the town c ouncil had wished to make a grant of land to the Catholic Orphag Asylum, the town-clerk could readily have drawn up a cas e in conformity with that wish—none more ably— an d a s rea dily would he have obtained the opinion of a dozen barris ters quite as learned as Messrs. Bacon and Finney, in f a vour of its perfect legality."—Liverpool Mercury Sept. 9 14- " We never said, nor did we mean it to be inferred a s our opinion, that the case which the town-clerk did prepare nt_s i . dishonest, or other than an .unzmpeacheable statement qi facts."—Liveriool IVlercury.Sept.l6th. "In the Mercury of the 2d instant, we . published communications from . 11 Wigan correspondent giving . an account of the state of trade at that place, and of certain alleged disputes between the masters and men. We have since been assured that th, statements therein made relative to Messrs. Ryland a.n i a l w it and, in order to do away Spn were yrossly i ncorrect;. the erroneous impression which they are calculated to create', we publish what we believe t o b e th e rea l f acts ."—Liverpo o ! Mercury Sept. 16th. Hint s f rom l awyers some times wor it, trange marvels, and these, we suppose, are the results of s ome of them.