The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-31 00:00:00

The Bishop of Salisbury has announced that he will receive no candidate for holy orders who is not competently versed in the Hebrew language. - - —•-- - - Mr Stephen S. Rice, son of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, is spoken of as a candidate for Limerick, in room of Sir David Roche, one of the Coronation Baronets. It is rumoured that Mr. Bodkin, M.P.. intends retiring from the representation of the county of Galway; and Sir John Burke is spoken of as his successor. Colonel 11I'Gregor is now in Dublin, having entered upon his important dunes as head of the Irish constabulary. --J -. Lord Charles Wellesley embarks for Canada early in the ensuing month, to assume the command of the 15th Foot, to the lieutenant-coloneley of which corps his Lordship has been appointed. THE WHALE FlSHEEY.—Letters from liull mention the receipt of advices of the Greenland fishery by a vessel arrived there, having on board seven fish, 5,500 seals, and about 80 tuns of oil. The fishery appears to have been successful: several ships belonging to Peterhead are reported to have from 160 to 180 tuns of oil each. COAL PIT ACCIDENT.-013 Thursday, an explosion of fire damp occurred at Cleggswood colliery, Butterworth,. near Rochdale, when a youn! , man, named James Lees, was blown along the works, upwards of 100 yards, and through a door which was shut at the time The poor man is dread fully scorched. He was the only person in the pit at the time. COMMITTEE ON JOINT-STOCK BANKS.—We understand that the committee on joint-stock banks met for the last time this session on Monday last, and agreed to present the evidence to the house, unaccompanied by any report. By this it is considered apparent, that the committee is to be re newed in the next session of parliament, and' that all the great questions depending upon the result of this inquiry are thus to be thrown over for another entire Year.--/Iforniny Chronicle. AltscoScErrloN.—As a canal boat was to pass under a bridge, the captain gate the usual warning, " look out," when d little Frenchman, who was in the cabin, obeyed the order by popping his head out of the window, which received severe thump by coming in contact with a pillar of the bridge. He drew it back in a great pet, and exclaimed, Dose d— Amerikans say look out wen dey means look in." T ., Marsh a l S ou lt, accom p an i e d by hi s son , (th e M arqu i s o f ualtnatie) and the Marquis de Mornay, with other persons attached to the veteran's suite, attended the proceedings of the House o f C ommons , o n Thursday night, ent e ring about. halfpast four o'clock. They were conducted to seats below 'Pe bar. The distinguished party afterwards visited the House of Lords, while the Bishop of Exeter, the Archbishop Canterbury, &c., spoke. They were accommodated with teats in front of the throne, and behind the woolsack. Stiscui.ae CIECUMSTANCE.—Last week, as Mr. Lambe, ca binet-maker, of Chesterfield, was opening a log of pine, he d iscovered embedded in the centre of the solid wood, a cua siderable number of bees, of a description similar to the En I . ish species, though somewhat less in size. The pre :ll'46on is that the insects had crept into the tree in its 6ru tviug state, and the aperture by which they had obtained thentrance being by some accident closed up (probably from ',„expansion of the sap,) they thus became entombed alive. ----IJerbyshire Courier. k Wallace the lion, the property of Mr. Wombwell, so well 14 °41 as purveyor of animals for public exhibition, died at o lverhampton, ►at the age of nineteen. The poor creature bipeds A been ge tti ng gradually weaker . forsome time, Si) that, as rus sometimes say in affected pity for their kind, "it was .I"Ppv release for him." This is the same noble animal j," 41 demolished the dogs set upon him by some less dignified :nes at Warwick, a - few years ago. From weakness and holder this fine animal was a touching spectacle to.the verb weakly for some time before life became extinct. He looked m e n t l,weakly a few weeks since, when exhibited in this bo -"---W,rby and Chestetjield Reporter. "A LL eon LOVE."—Ann Geldings, as ugly a dame as %.,e.,rrtl. man set eves upon, was on Wednesday charged, at the gi police-office with robbing James Ward, a barge 4.than, in the employ of the Old Quay Company. Late on L t .%" 1 1( night, the prosecutor, as he was walking down larket•street, wag accosted by the prisoner, who as)tea hiin to treat her to something to drink. Of course he refused n , ; to do so, and she with a dexterity well becoming a conjurer, and actuated by the love she felt for him, put her half‘itini° his breeches pocket, and grave liberty to a captive con 4 a r i ewn piece and a shilling she found there. The deputy flaw' de was, fortunately for the prosecutor, and unfortu pLfor, the prisoner, just at hand. HE. took her under bery. ""°n, and she is now awaiting her trial fur the rob- STantirri Oo kind; both TUE HIGH SEAS.—Two occurrences of this w : re w . hich took place on board the Kingston, from. Jamaica, eirestigated by the magistrates of the Thames youth named R ey ' L llni sdaY• The first case was that of a man of the nanie who had stabbed fatally a fellow sea and who had st ruc t Manuel, with whom he had quarrelled, him. The second case was that of a moan of colour, name,! 11aldree, the steward, who stabbed Smith, the c o ok o f te attempted to cut his thn vessel, in the arm, and subsequently era, by the advice of 111;at, but without effect. Both prison half, declined sayi . Pelham, who attended on their be ther examination. 114 an y th ing, and were remanded for fur- THE NEW MAGISTRACY. --A powerful and energetic letter has been addressed to the Bishop of Exeter, by It. Oastler, of Judderstield in which that gentleman exposes the tyrannical conduct of the present ministry towards the work ing classes, by ( - loiiisin their ser v il e part i zans , in every part of the country, to fill the magistrat es ' b enc h. We quote the followi ng extract from his exc e ll en t l e tt er ; h e says:—"T h ere is o ne ot h er great evil my lord, which the present govern ineat is fastening upon . ibis the old nine'. part of the country. They find' 'orates will not be the servile tools' of the three commissioner - they andarn now appointing new magistrates, who are willing to do any thing and , * every thing that the poor-law coinmissioners command. Ibis is a great evil. It disgusts the old ma g i strates, and i t destroys the respect which the people forme r ly h a d f or t h e magisterial character." SoctF.Ty OF FRIENDS. It may be interesting to the pub lic to know , that several members of the Society of Friends, in this town, whom we some time ago mentioned as having been pronounced unworthy of being continued members of th t e_society, we re , at th e munt hl y meet i ng of B r i ghouse, h e ld a Bradford on Friday the 20th, excommunicated solely, as we understand, on . account of their having received Christian baptism and the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, although it ass their particular wish to be retained members. "A minute of disownment" will be brought up and read at the next monthly meeting, which will take place at Leeds. It is also worthy of remark, that at the same meeting, John Jowitt, Esq., of Hanover.square, resigned his membership in the society, believing that the doctrines, ordinances, and ministry of tile Church of England were the purest and most genuine apostolical Christianity.—Leeds Intelligence, OPENING OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM' RAILWAY. — • l ' wo paragraphs have been running the round of the news papers at the same time, one stating th a t the London and Birmingham railway will be entirely opened on the Ist of August; the other fixing the 10th of September for that event. We have made some inquiries on the subject ; and believe the fact to be, that the time of opening is not yet fixed, though it is net unlikely to be about the beginning of September. We uuderstand that the line is likely to be so far completed on the 21st of August as to permit the share holders to pass along it to attend the half-yearly meeting ; and at that meeting the time of opening to the public will most probably be formally announced.—ln a paragraph which we last week copied from a Birmingham paper, it was stated that a trip had been made with an engine from Denbigh Ilan to Kilsby, and through the tunnel, a distance of ten miles. The actual distance from Denbigh Hall to the oppo site extremity of the Kilsby tunn e l i s a b ou t t wen t y miles, instead of ten.—Manchester Guardian. FORTUNATE Escat's.—On Sunday last, at midnight, the fuvrn-crier announced that two boys, the elde'st only eight years of age, were missing from their homes. Every place where there was a probability of finding them was looked in to, but without success; no intelligncee could be gained of them, and- their parents laboured under the most painful anxiety during the whole of the night, supposing they' were lost to them for ever. However, on Monday morning, as the Grimsby steamer was on her passage to Hull, some passen gers nn hoard perceived a boat at adistance, appatently with out any person in it ; but, upon nearing it, discovered that it contained two children, which they took on board, and, with the boat, brought safely to Hull. It appeared, from the account given by themselves, that they were playing in th e bust, and had, by some m eans , ( w h et h er intentional or other wise,) gut adrift without oars, and the tide, at that time, ebbing, took them down nearly as far as Grimsby. We are glad to hear that the only injury they sustained was the want of food for twenty-four hours,—Hull Rockingham. MUNDRR.—A most shocking murder has been committed at a hamlet called Colehill, near Winaborne, the murderer being husband to the deceased. The circumstances of the case are as follows :—lt appears, that Daniel Evans lived with his wife et:the above-named place, the former being a razor-grinder, and the latter travelling with pedlary wares. Both were accustomed to drink freely, and, on such occa sions, words aad blows frequently ensued. Deceased had been drinking at a public-house, (the - Barley Mow,) near Wimborne, which reatly displeased her husband, and he threatened, if ever she'vntered that house again, her life should be the forfeit. - During the same day he found de ceased again these, at which he becatne greatly irritated, and began to strike her violently with his fist about the head. They then both left the house, and, as soon as they were on the road, he began a brutal and furious attack upon her, and commenced peitine stones at her with violence, one of which was seen to strike deceased in her throat, and she tell down, uttering a dreadful oath, and immediately expired. A coro ner's inquest has been held on the body. and a verdict of " Wilful murder" returned against Evans, who has been lodged in Dorchester gaol, to wait his trial at the ensuing assizes. —Dorset Chronicle. MYSTILRIOUS AFFAIR.—The London pap n e e rs es ha a v u e e l n a , s i t al w; t e , e , k n been occupied with the singular circuTs of ta London, formerly the death of Mr. Thomas Davidson Po of Newcastle, (son of the late Mr. Brough Pow, a common The tale is councillor, and much respected tradesman.) seized with a this deceased, atew weeks ago, was iv nerv ous affection the result of tippling; and . 1 Myers, a me- (heal gentleman, possessing extensive Pow. Mr. Ayers practice Al arylebone Ahd St. Pancras, was called in by Mrs. lady, became - enamoured of the and she yielded to hit. wishes; and the rumour is, that they then conspired to dispose by violence o f the injured husband, and possess.themaelves of his Property. However this be, he was removed by them to th e Westminster Hospital, a nd th ere h e s peedily improved; bet ou the 3d inst. he was removed to lodgings in the house (.1 . Mrs. Chapman, No. 3, Loudon -street, which wet e engaged fur the purpose by the surgeon. When taken to his new abode, he appeared intoxicated, and. was unaccompanied by his wife. On the folloaing day, he was very ill, and a nurse was provided, who (it is stated) was instructed bi Mr. Myers to supply him with as mu c h neat gin as he woukl take, and this was done to such an extent that he was in a continual stupor. In a few slays after he entered upon his lodgings, Mr. M. and Mrs. Pow called upon him anti obtained his sig nature to a docum en t purporting to be his last will and tes tament, which wag unthinkingly witnessed by the son and daughter of the landlady. Owthe 10th inst. Air. M. again called; and after he had been some time alone with the de ceased, Mrs. Chapman went to the bed-room, and found him adminisiering a white powder to his patient, who was subse qttently seized with violent trembling, and died the next morning. Mr. M. then waited upon the registrar of the dis trict, and gave ,him a . paper st a ti ng t h at M r. P ow had died of " d e li r i um tremens, and apoplexy, brought on by too free use of ardent spirits." Mr. M and the widow of the de ceased locked the door of the room in which the corpse lay, and kept the key; and on the issue of a coroner's incinest, Mr. M. and Mrs. Pow declared that the body should be in terred without investigation. Afte, wards Mr. M. visited the house of Mrs. Chapman, and was suspected of adopting some Means of hastening the decomposition of the body, to baffle the researches of a post mortem examination. At any rate, he was for some time alone with the body, while Mrs. Pow kept watch outside ; and on leavin g th e roo m, he washed his h ands-. Th e phials, &c. which had contained the mixtures administered to the deceased, were all removed by Air. M. and every precaution apparently adopted to render enquiry abottive. On Monday an inquest was held, but in order to allow o f the productioit'of additional evidence, the investiga tion was adjourned to Wednesday, on which day the enquiry was furth er postponed till the Monday following, when most of the a b ove facts were proved in evidence, and also that,by the direction of Mr. Myers and Mrs. Pots., ardent spirits were administered in large quantities to the unfortunate deceased. No trace of poison was found in the body, but the medical witnesses deposed, that in a case of delirium tremens, such a course was likely to cause death. Various other suspicious circumstances were elicited. Mr. Myers declined, in that stage of the proceedings. to offer any defence, and the jury br ought in a ver di ct of ' , Wilful Murder" a g ai ns t him and - 51 r s• Pow, They were conveyed to Newgate in a hackney rol etach f} fib, hiruse of Myer', in egstie,streot tia!it 0044 041, P P P AR* THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. The New Opera of AMILIE, or the Love Test. having been received on its first representation with the most enthusiastic applause, will be repeated This Evening. Mr. DOWTON, of the Theatres Royal, Drury-lane and: Covent-garden, is engaged for a Fortnight, and will make his second appearance This Evening. Last Night but Three of • MISS SHIRREFF, Mr. 'WILSON, Mr. STRETTON, and Mr. MANVERS. Principal Vocalists from the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden. rIHIS present TUESDAY, July 31, will be performed, fur the second time here, the last new Opera of AM1LIB; Ott, THE LOVE TEST. Jose Speckbacher General Count der Tietner ...Mr. Stretton_, Anderl Brenner Mr. Manvers. Lelia Mrs. W. H. Bland. Amilie.... Miss Shirreff. To conclude wills the admired Comedy of the •HYPOCRITE, Doctor Cantwell Mr. Dowton. Colonel Lambert, Mr. W. Howard; Darnley, Mr. W. H. Bland; Mawworm, Mr. Balser; Young Lady Lambert, Mrs. Baker; Charlotte, Miss Faucit. On WEDNESDAY, for the Benefit of Mr. WILSON, a Favourite Opera and other Entertainments, in which M r. Dowton, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Stretton, Mr. Manners, and Miss Shirreff will perform. On THURSDAY, Mr. STRETTON and Mr. MAN VERS' Benefit.' On FRIDAY, Miss SIIIRREFF's Benefit, and the last night of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Stretton, Mr. Manvers, and Miss Shirreff. CONCERTS R. STRAUSS, the celebrated Waltz Composer, of In_ Vienna, respectfully informs the Nobility, Gentry, and Public of Liverpool and its vicinity, that he will, in a few days. give a GRAND CONCERT, when he will per form his New Waltzes, (with his full band of Twenty-eight,) entitled Les Homages a la Reine de la Grand Bretagne.— Further particulars will be duly announced and particulars given by Mr. Whass, Music Saloon, Church-street. TO THE ADMIRERS OF THE FINE ARTS. Now Open at No. 8, BOLD -STREET, two doors above the Palatine Club, A SPLENDID EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS. BY THE OLD MASTERS, Among which will be found one from the Pencil of the in- co►nparable GUIDO, Value 2,000 Guineas, representing DIANA ON HER RETURN FROM THE CHASE. [Lire Size.] frill E PROPRIETOR feels an indescribable pleasure in being the humble instrument of introducing to the no tice of liberal and discriminating public, the inestimable production of departed genius, whose talents, like a meteor of transcendent light, have reflected glory on the country of his birth, and shed lustre on civilized Europe, giving impetus to, and promoting that refinement of taste, veneration for and elevation of soul which true greatness alone inspires; it is, therefore, with conscious pride that he invites the at tention, more particularly of those who take an interest in improynig the moral condition of mankind, by upholding science, and giving encouragement. to the Arts, the true ad mirers of which will experience a delicious treat in contem plating the beauties of this specimen, in which the Artist has displayed those appropriate and gigantic powers of concep tions upon which he has established the immortality of his fame; language, however impaSsiened, furnishes but a po verty of words to describe, and which can only be properly understood through the medium of its own silent eloquence. Admission, ONE SHILLING each.—Catalogues 6d. each. Open from Ten till Dusk ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS WILL BE REPEATED TO-MORROW EVENING, (WEDNESDAY,) AUGUST IST. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The lines by "G.," and aliothe stanzas by "M.P.H.," in our next. "Musicus" is desirous of obtaining some information re specting the "Winter Concerts" which have been an nounced to take place in Liverpool. Perhaps some of our correspondents can furnish an answer to the questions "where are they to be held ?" and " under whose auspices ?" We are requested to contradict the account of the marriage between Mr. D. M'Leish and Miss Jones, which appeared in a contemporary journal. It is a stupid hoax. We wonder the perpetrator could find no better employment. 'CT e 7 J.Abrupool 2.tanari). TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1838 (a' The publication of the STANDARD commenced this - morning at 5 o'clock. CAN ADA. — By the arrival on Friday, of hell Ma jesty's ship Hercules, at Plymouth, Nxe have received intelligence from Quebec direct to the 29th ultimo; and the New York packet Pennsylvania, which ar rived at this port on Saturday, brings news to the 4th instant from Montreal. The4lontreal Herald of the 3d instant states, that Lord Durham " was actively engaged in the preparation of measures which will, as soon as possible, be embodied in ordinances of the governor and special council relative to the jury and bankrupt law, the judicial establishments and muni cipal institutions for the whole province, general education, the establishment of registry offices, and the equitable commutation of feudal tenures." The correspondent of the London Standard gives the following account of the most recent proceedings in Canada : "QuEßtc, JUNE 29, 1836, "Sir,—l have just heard that the Bercules man-of-war is to sail to-morrow for England. Two or three paltry out bursts have taken place within the last fortnight, which of themselves are not of any great importance, and do not in dicate much organisation or arrangement amongst the rebels. It appears to all well-informed persons here, that the whole of the proceedings from the commencement can only be considered formidable with reference to any part of them which may have been promoted by the Americans. Taking a very extensive view of the whole of the relations of the Americans, both as it regards the integral strength of the republic, and our own position, there can be no doubt but that the possession of the Canadas, and the entire naviga tion of the St. Lawrence, would be to them of the first im portance' and I have not the slightest doubt (notwithstand ing all they say, and some believe, to the contrary) is the great end they have in view. It is difficult to believe that a party in Canada, apparently now so insignificant, could have proceeded so far as they have with no better materiel or grounds for success. No, the surly Yankee has felt his way through the ignorant and excited Canadian, misled by traitors in this, and arch-traitors in your own country, and guaged to a nicety his chance. The bonds which hold the southern to the northern part of the States are gradually lessening (from causes which I could explain, but it would be rather foreign to the purposes of this letter to do), and the main part of the republic arc casting about to throw off the former, and substitute the Canadas and the St. Lawrence. They have on this occasion evidently miscalculated the num ber and the importance of the disaffected. "The commerce of Canada is almost entirely in the hands of the British Canadians. Out of 500 vessels which have arrived and sailed since the Ist of May last, not five belong, either ships or cargoes, to the French part of the community, nor are they in way interested in them. They have all to gain and nothing to lose by a revolution. "I shall now endeavour to give you the best account I can of the feelings of the people here towards the Earl of Durham and the progress of his mission. I must, as a preliminary, tell you that all the merchants here are more than conservatives —they are high tories. Lord Durham's history is before them; therefore (as far as their prejudices are concerned,) he comes out at a sort of discount; yet he isknown to have great talent • and decision, and they believe him capable of setting all to rights; but as, like most of his party, he, in the zenith of his patriotism, bound himself to so many pledges and curious theories, of which their experience, since their accession to power, has taught them the fallacy , so the people here fear that, notwithstanding his 'convicti' ons, and his desire and ability to do well, yet he will find hiinSelf shackled by former professions. Hitherto, it is fair to say that he has entirely disappointed the hopes of the radicals, and proportionably confirmed the hopes of th e l oya l . Yesterday was the celebra tion of the coronation of our most gracious Queen; every exertion was made to cause the day to go off well, and it did so. Lord Durham was heartily cheered and greeted at the review on the plains of Abraham, by all on the ground. In. the evening he gave a grand ball to about 700 persons : it was a magnificent display. The next day's Gazette contained an amnesty to a considerable extent, the particulars of which you will see in the one which accompanies this. The English party were rather alarmed •at this proceeding, and a considerable sensation was manifested. You will not be surprised at this, or at the feelings of the English Canadians, who saw the ruf fians pardoned and set at liberty, who, it is well.known; - had determined, had they been successful, to have murdered all of English descent or connection. I should say the amnesty has not tended to increase the confidence in Lord Durham, but it is unfair to judge of him yet; he has an Herculean task before him, and his health is not good. By-the-bye, last Tuesday he visited the man-of-war luconstanf, arid on quit ing the side, by some means stumbled, and fell froth the top to the bottom of the ladder, head foremost. Some officers who were at the foot of the ladder broke his fall, and he was scarcely injured, but much shook: This circumstance tended to elicit the feelings of the people towards him, which wereof general sympathy, and I think I may say that any accident which at this moment would deprive us of his services, should be considered a great calamity to the Canadas. "There are reports just received that the Americans are measuring and preparing' to erect works on the disputed territory, and there has been a movement perceptible within the last few days. The Malabar has, it is said, gone to Halifax for more troops; and the sudden sailing ofthe Pique for England is considered referrible to this matter. One thing is certain, that England must have her' boundary line, or go to war if she has the slightest intention of retaining Canada. "1 have conversed with several well-informed Americans; they labour hard to convince us that they have nothing to do with the Canadian revolt, and that they do not want the Ca nadas. The great anxiety they evince to impress this on our minds proves to me the converse, and that the Canadas are a great object to theM. We shall, however, see. The loyal party here are fully disposed to support Lord D. in the ob-. jeet of his mission, and he certainly, on the whole, is popu lar; but this is entirely on the supposition of the course he will take, and there can be no doubt but a misapplied lenity in the present crisis will but sow the seeds of future misery and bloodshed. The harbour looks gay with so many men-of• war. I think there are eight. Amongst the rest there is a small frigate called the Pearl, commanded by a son of the celebrated and gallant M arqu i s o f Anglesea, w hich excites general admira tion, and is an object of great curiosity from her beautiful appearance, and the exquisite order it is said she is in." - (From the Quebec Mercury of June 26.) Thursday next being the day appointed for the coronation of our youthful and beloved Sovereign, will be observed by the military with the salutes of artillery usual 00 such occa sions, and a grand review will take place of the Brigade of Guards, on the Plains of Abraham, at noon. In the evening the Countess of Durham will give a grand ball and supper at the Castle of St. Lewis, for which cards have been issued to a very larue patty. It is intended that. the illumination on Thursday should be general. We perceive that preparations are already making at the Castlo fur what will, no doubt, be a brilliant display, (From the Quebec Maroury of June 28•) We are s9rry to say that bath big F4cellepoy the GeYOrnel General and his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir John Colborne have met with accidents within the last two days; fortunately neither have proved so serious as might have been the case. Lord Durham when descending the ladder from the Inconstant frigate, on Tuesday to embark in the barge, unfortunately caught his heel in one of the steps, and he fell forward with much violence, and had not the fall been broken by Admiral Sir Charles Paget," who was already in the barge, the consequences must have been alariningly se vere. Sir John Colborne's accident, was by the falling of his horse yesterday, when his Excellency was taking his morning ride ; whilst proceeding at a hand gallop the animal fell, and the gallant general received some cuts and bruises in the face; he, however remounted and proceeded home, declaring himself but little hurt. It has been decided that the proposed illumination in ho hour of the coronation shall not take place to-night. The number of families invited by the Countes of Durham to the ball at the Castle will occasion the houses to be left iu the charge of servants, and accidents from fire might occur through negligence, or the gratification of a natural curiosity which might take those left in charge to see the display in other places. A notice from the police-officebas been posted to this effect. The review of the Guards in honour of the day took place at noon. After the usual preliminary ceremonies the feu de joie and the salvos of artillery were fired and the business of the review began. The two regiments were in 'nearly equal strength, the garrison duties of the day having been divided between them; these splendid bodies of men appeared to the highest advantage. The weather was cloudy, but the day be►ng in some degree considered as a holiday, most of the English shops being closed, the number of spectators was very great. His excellency the Governor General was present,.on horseback, as was also his Excellency Sir John Colborne, commander of the Forces, and Sir James Mac Donnell, with their respective suites, together with the officers of the general staff, forming together a numerous and splen did military cortege, such as has not before been for a long time seen in this country. The presence of the Earl of Durham and Sir John Col borne gave great satisfaction, as it showed that the injuries they bad sustained from their recent accidents were not so severe as had been apprehended. The royal standard was hoisted on the citadel at sun-rise, and the same proud banner also floated from the inaintop gallant-mast head of the Cornwallis, bearing the admiral's flag This ship, as well as the other ships of war, was dres sed in a profusion of flags and colours, and, the wind being strong enough to carry them out, their appearance was most brilliant. The merchant vessels were also more or less dressed according to their means. • At noon, just as the tide turned, and the ships we re swing ing at their anchors, the salutes commenced, the yards being manned at the time; the position of the ships shifting whilst the salutes were firing, added much to the effect, which was very striking, and attracted crowds of spectators fr.am• every place commanding a view of the harbour. We do not re collect on any similar occasion to have seen the city wear so festive an appearance. The rain fortunately of the morning held off till the ceremonies were over. (From the Quebec Gazette-of June 29 ) Letters have been received in town, stating that the ban ditti which had taken refuge iu the swamp above Chippewa, had been entirely destroyed by a detachment. of the 24th re giment, under Major Townshend, but not without some loss. (From the Supplement of the Gazette by Authority of this day.) SECRETARY'S OFFICE., QUEBEC, JUNE 28. His Excellency the Governor General has been pleased to appoint— Sir Charles Paget, Grand Cross of the Hanoverian Order, Vice Admiral of the White, Major General Sir James M'Donnell, K.C.B. and K.C..H., Lieut. Col. the Hon. Charles Grey, The Hon. Colonel George Couper, And the Hon. Charles Buller, to be Members of the Special Council. (From the Quo' ;cc Morning Herald of June 30.) His Excellency Sir John Harvey, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, arrived yesterday in the Charybdis. The Quebec Gazette of June 30th contains an ina;- portant ordinance, issued by the Governor-General, dated June 28th, setting forth that Wolfred Nelson, R. S. M. Bouchette, and others, now in Montreal gaol, having acknowledged their treasons and sub mitted themselves to the will and pleasure of her Ma jesty, and Louis Joseph Papineau and otheri who have absconded and withdrawn themselves from the pursuit of justice, it being her Majesty's pleasure that no further proceedings shall take place save those pro vided in this ordinance, directs that Wolfred Nelson and the others shall be transported, to the islands Of Bermuda, not to return on pain of death, and the same penalty is to be incurred by Papineau and the others who hare absConded, if found at large in this province. The favourable provisions of this ordinance are not to extend to the murderers of Lieut. Weir. BRITISH GUIANA.—By the barque Intrepid, which arrived at this port on Sunday, we have received the Guiana chronicle to the 21st ult. From this journal we learn that a notice of motion for the speedy termi nation of negro apprenticeship had been formally in introduced into the Court of Policy, on the 19th of June, by Dr. M'Turk, a respectable planter of the co lony. In rising to give notice of this motion, he dwelt upon the great change which it had for its ob ject—a change which would necessarily involve the most complicated interests. He urged the propriety of entering upon die consideration of this subject with caution and temper, and expressed his earnest wish to reconcile all parties in the community. The plan con templated by Dr. Id‘Turk was, to bring in a bill for the abolition of apprenticeship as existing in the colony, the bill to take effect on the Ist of August, under the proviso " that all the labourers shall have to remain and work at their usual occupations till the first of January, for reasonable wages, to be fixed by the court." His Excellency the Governor stated that several gentlemen had signified to him their intention of ter minating' the apprenticeship of their pmdial labourers on the Ist of August. The Guiana Chronicle is decidedly opposed to the proviso for compelling the labourers to remain on the estates and work at a fixed rate of wages till January ensuing, alleging that "if the apprenticeship was to be abolished it should be free and unconditional, and not clogged by any thing which might detract from the magnanimous nature of the favour to be bestowed." BLOCKADE OF BUENOS AYRES BY THE FRENCH. Our attention has been very forcibly drawn to the sub ject of the recent blockade of Buenos Ayres; by the French fleet under Admiral Leblanc, which certainly appears to us to be a very extraordinary and unjusti fiable proceeding. In the Mexican affair there is a show of justice, owing to the forced loans which 'the French were called upon to pay ; but at Buenos Ayres Ayres there does not appear to have been a shadow of reason for any armed interference, the minister having shown that the authorities had merely. dealt with some unruly subjects according to their deserts. We say subjects, because they were to all intents and pur poses, both from long residence and by legal form, na turalised citizens of Buenos Ayres, and therefore re sponsible to that government for any infraction of the laws of the republic. In order that our .readers may be in possession of the facts of the case, we shall transcribe from the Times the following detail of the circumstances which led to the blockade. The con duct of our government at home is, unfortunately,. marked by such a singular fatuity, that we are by no means surprised to learn from the subjoined particu lars that our commercial interests at Buenos Apes have been blindly but culpably sacrificed to the cupi dity and ambitious views of our liberal allies the French. The affair of the Vixen must be too well , known to rinder it necessary for us, in this place, to animadvert upon the truckling policy of Lord Palmer ston, who would sooner see the whole trade of Great Britain involved in irremediable ruin, than he would offer a single word of remonstrance against the most flagrant acts of aggression on the part of other nations. But we shall waive all further 'remarks on this subject for the present, and proceed to submit to the notice of • our readers the particulars which are furnished in the • city article of the Times of the 21st instant:— `° Letters and publications recently received from Buenos Ayres contain more full particulars respecting the causes of the rupture with France and the consequent blockade of the river Plate than were previously known here, There is so striking a similarity in the facts and cases adduced with those which have heretofore been made public respecting the alleged Mexican grievances, that it would almost appear as if a quarrel with the two Spanish American republics had been a predetermined affair, and the same causes 'precon certed and arranged for its justification in each case. Thus, wit reference to Basle, the Swiss imprisoned by order of the Buenos Ayres government, who, upon the faith of the representations made by the French Consul, seemed to have been cruelly dealt with, it is now stated that he was a regular employe as lithographer to the state; and that he had never applied to.the Consul for protection at all, nor ever made any complaint to him, so that his interference was purely gratuitous. The man was in high favour with, and strongly protected by, General Rosas and his ministers, one of whom was bail for him in a heavy sum, which he las since been called upon to pay. Thus confidentially intrusted, he had 'embarked in intrigues against the state, endeavouring by forged and false misstatements to create a misunderstanding with Chili, and to favour the Unitarian party opposed to Rosas. These manceuvres being discovered by his letters intercepted,, he was cast into prison in the fair exercise of the power which a government has to deal with its own officers. Another grievance complained of was in the in stance of a man named Lavie, messman to a canteen under the orders of Colonel Ramirez. CoinFlaints having been made of great abuses and robberies of the clothing of the troops, a general search of every person was ordered, which he violently resisted. The result was, that on examination of his trunk 900 dollars were found. which he confessed having robbed his master of, besides 500 dollars more which he had sent away, upon which he was arrested and sent to prison. The French Consul contended for • his immunity from search andimprisonment as a French citizen. So also a man Desporey was claimed as a French subject, although he bad been 30 years in the country, was married to a native, had a family. and been duly naturalized. He had amassed a considerable property, and the Consul denied his liability, notwithstanding - all these circumstances, to serve like other citizens in the militia. By far the most glaring impropriety alledged against the French Consul was, however, the Ilia that he was in the habit, for a trifling gratuity, of granting certificates of origin or of citizenship to persons of whatever nation. To such a scandalous extent had this been carried, as it is asserted, that the Sardinian Consul on his arrival had had bitter diqiu4; with hitp Oont it, for op opteripti upon the duties of his consulship he found almost all the subjects of his sovereign certified by the French Consul as French subjects. "Although only a Vice-Consul, and without other creden tials, M. Roget claimed a right to treat questions of the high est political import with the Buenos Ayres authorities. It was likewise complained that the French had not observed a fitting neutrality in the contest between Buenos Ayres and Peru, having on various occasions furnished General Santa Cruz with vessels for himself and troops for transport front place to place, when otherwise they could not have proceeded on account of the Chili squadron, by which they were watched and blockaded. "These refutations of the French Consul's misrepresenta tions and causes of complaint against France had been offici ally laid before the British Minister there, who had fully concurred in the justice of the cours e pu rsue d by the Buenos government. It is worthy of remark, and hadgiven _rise jp much animadversion, that this was the first time raj: seven years that the question had been raised of exemptions from the laws and liabilities of the country and other special pri vileges in behalf of French citizens. The last time the points were mooted was during the consulship of Mr. Mandeville, when they were quietly disposed of. On the present occasion, however, no sooner were the pretensions urged and refused, when a French squadron was called in, and a blockade de clared. The right to these privileges was denied by the go vernment, who, in answer to the statement that such exclu sive immunities were enjoyed by the English and Americans, remarked that whatever was so enjoyed had been conceded by special treaty, and in return for friendly services, and an early recognition of the independence of the State, while France has never sought to negotiate a treaty; but, in fact, that with respect to some of the privileges adverted to, none such really existed, and on various occasions been protested against by the government, as might be verified on reference to the achives. "It may be observed that the blockade is exciting great dissatisfaction among the merchants in the city. Considering the tone adopted,by several of the Paris papers, it is suspected that the French government have other and ulterior designs in view of a political nature; for one of the common topics in these papers recently is the assertion that powerful French parties exist in all the Spanish American republics, and that thrones there hive not only been frequently offered to French Princes, but that the establishment of monarchies there under the protection of France, if not to be headed by French Princes, would be a matter of easy accomplishment. "The following order of the day, issued by the French Ad miral to his squadron, announcing the blockade, would seem by its significant and boasting allusion to Algiers to counte nance the ambitious speculations of the Paris papers. A let ter from a Spaniard at Rio sarcastically remarks on the con cluding sentence that the French Admiral has copied Nelson tres mal-ci•propos. Considering the disparity of strength and the weakness of the foe, the bombast, however out of place, is amusing enough "ORDER OF THE DAY "`Officers, Sub-officers, and Sailors,—The Argentine Go vernment, in cßntempt of its obligations, refuse to treat Franc;e according to the rank she holds. " 'lt pretends to dispense in respect to us with the common rights of nations. It wishes to subject our countrymen es tablished in•its territory to an odious and cruel tyranny. "`lt refuses to concede to the Government of the King those just and moderate demands which have been presented by his representative. " France, always generous, has long waited in hopes that the magnanimity of which she has given proofs would be bet ter appreciated. The moment has arrived when she will no longer tolerate conduct contrary to her rights and dignity. " We commence hostilities by the blockade of Buenos Ayres. If our efforts do not succeed in recalling its Govern ment to sentiments of justice and equity, if it persist in ex citing the anger of France, the example of Algiers will serve to shßw that she knows how to chastise those who are impru dent enough to offend her. Distance will be no safeguard for Buenos Ayres; we have ships to overcome it. •" Officers, Sub-officers, and Sailors,—lt is to you it belongs to protect our brethren whom foreigners would oppress. We will fulfil the task confided to us by our country. We will justify its noble confidence; she may reckon upon us; every man will do his duty."' From the Times of the 25th instant, we learn that a vessel had arrived at Antwerp, from Rio Janeiro, which brought letters stating that the blockade had been raised on the 21st of May. On the subject of the differences which existed between the govern• ments of France and Buenos Ayres we have the fol lowing additional particulars:— " According to the official correspondence with the French Consul and Admiral, which was published by the Govern ment of Buenos Ayres, and of which the Supplemento in the shape of a pamphlet has been received here, it would appear that the demands of the French had then been complied with, in so far as the practical grievances alleged. From the prices inserted, and of which a notice may not even now be out of place, it results that Lavie, the Frenchman committed and sentenced to prison for six months for theft, was released, and it was intimated to Admiral Le Blanc, that it had not been customary to subject Frenchmen to the militia service hitherto, nor would they be called upon hereafter, although according to the laws of the state they were liable. To this the Admiral replies, pretending to take it as a confession, that the imprisonment of Lavie was a just cause of griev ance, the redress of which, however, he acknowledges. The most singular feature in the answer is, his omission of all notice of the fact stated, that not • one Frenchman had been compelled to take service in the militia,' or was then serving under compulsion. One of his complaints having been, that many were so compelled and actually in service, he design edly, or artfully, not to retract a charge proved to be utterly groundless, pretends to assume the conce s si o n a s p roo f o f th e reality of thel grievance, and talks about many of his coun trymen who • had been obliged to take military service? Nothing could be snore formal than the mode in which the Buenos Ayres authorities had proceeded to verify the futility of the complaints urged by the French, who had alleged that many of their countrymen were actually and unjustly imprisoned and persecuted, and a great many more forced to take service and serving in the army.— Official returns were ordered from the departments in charge of all the foreigners actually in prison at the date, the 31st of March, from which it resulted, that the whole number consisted of two Frenchmen, four Englishmen, one Prussian, and one Portuguese, so that the French at least had not the greatest cause to complain. Of these two Frenchmen, one named Pedro Jusson, a seaman, was condemned, for the assassination of Matias Canete, to four years' service on board one of the vessels of the state, and the other, Lavie, to six months' imprisonment for theft, by his own confession. In answer to the letter of the French Admiral, denouncing the incarceration of his countrymen, Rosas, the President, sarcastically observes, ' I cannot do your Excellency the injustice of supposing that you allude to these criminals, when you tell me I detain in prison your Excellency's fel low-countrymen.' So also by official returns ordered from' the commanders of regiments of the line, of militia, and the navy, it turned out that the multitude of Frenchmen in ser vice was resolved into six only, of whom five enrolled volun tarily for the bounty (about 100 dollars), and one was a vagrant, who also having no occupation voluntarily took ser vice. With those w lid thus entered as volunteers the French Admiral himself avows that he claims no right of interfe rence. Altogether, as formerly remarked, the French have made out but a sorry case for their blockade and hostile aggres.sions against Buenos Ayres.". And yet, sorry as is the case which the French have made out for their hostile aggressions, the trade of Great Britain was forced to suffer from this unprin cipled warfare. There was a time when France would not have dared to adopt so unjustifiable an expedient as the blockade of Buenos Ayres, without the permis sion of Great Britain ; but under the blessed rule of the whigs every such interference with our foreign connections is looked upon, if not with approbation, without any degree of jealousy or alarm. THE STATE OF IRELAND. —We cannot too frequently or too strongly dilate upon the mischievous and demo• ralising fruits of Popery, as exemplified in the present state of Ireland : we shall, therefore, again and again recur to the subject, with the view of exhibiting the genuine character of that system of abominable fraud, delusion, hypocrisy, immorality, and cruelty, under which the sister island has been so lung suffering. For the present we shall content ourselves with a brief enumeration of the atrocities with which the journals of the last week alone furnish us. We shall hereafter adduce proofs of the most irrefragable charrcter to establish the connection•betWeen the outrages which we shall have to relate, and the ascendancy of the Po pish priesthood over the peasantry of Ireland, and to trace the relation between the slavery in which the latter are held and the multiplied crimes of which they are guilty. In our last we inserted a very powerful article on this subject from our able and 'uncompromi sing contemporary the Dublin Evening itfml We this day also extract froM the same journal another admirable commentary on an isolated instance of at tempted Popish vengeance, which, we feel assured, will be -read with painful interest by every sincere Protestant. The circumstances of the outrage on the Rev. Marcus Beresford w ere of the most revolting character. We understand, from the Evening Mail of Wednesday last, that as the Reverend Gentleman was proceeding to officiate in his parish church of Lara, on Sunday weea, he was way - laid by two villains, who, lurking behind a hedge,- neatly opposite the House of the Roman Catholic priest, fired at him as he was passing. The miscreants were, however, through the mercy of God, unsuccessful in their diabolical and murderous attempt, though the assassins were only ten yards distant from their intended victim. Immediately after the discharge, Mr. Beresford and his servant, though both unarmed, pursued, with great intrepidity, the cowardly,, yet blood-thirsty, assailants, who instantly fled with their carbines in their hands; and although some police who happened to be near, and some of the Protestant pa rishioners who were on the way to church, joined in the pursuit, we are sorry to say that the miscreants effected their escape by mingling with the Popish con gregation which was just at that moment leaving ear ly mass, and many of whom seemed anxious to screen the murderers from justice. Here was a most deter mined attempt made to murder a highly respected and greatly beloved Protestant pastor in mid-day, and that clay the Sabbath, while he was,op his way to discharge the sacred duties of his holy calling, What if such a circumstance took place in England ? Would not the honest indignation of the people of this land be roused by such an aggravated outrage ? Undoubtedly, and even in Ireland, degraded as she is by the debasing thraldom of Popery, we rejoice to find that a deed so foul and repugnant to humanity has' excited a very powerful sensation. We find by the last papers we have received, that a reward of a thousand pounds has been offered for the apprehension of the perpetrators of so atrocious an outrage. An attempt has been made to convert this diabolical affair into a jest—an attempt, we need scarcely add, of which only a heartless Papist could be guilty, Our Dublin contemporary has satisfactorily disposed of this audacious insult to the Protestants of Cavan, as will be seen on reference to our last page. The same journal that has furnished us with an ac• count of the meditated murder of Mr. Beresford gives us an appalling detail respecting the state of Tipperary, about the tranquillity of which county so many boasts have been made by the unptincipled Oastle hacks. Mr. Justice Moore, who owes his appointment to the influence of the Popish faction, in his charge to the grand jury, takes the most elaborate-pains to avoid every allusion to the actual state,ofcrime in thecountys even at a time when murder and violence were stalk ing around his very path through the precincts of his jurisdiction. This silence will appear the more culpa ble when we consider the state of the calendar, which presented the following awful detail of crimes:— " Murder, 43; aiding in murder, 15; conspiracy to murder, 1; grievous assault, 12; rape, 4; shooting at persons, 3; perjury, 2; sheep stealing, 2; uttering forged notes, 3; robb►ng of arms, 1; manslaughter, 1 ; escaping from gaol, 4; arson, 2; childstealing, 2; highway robbery, 2; vagrancy, 5; cow stealing, 5; burglary, pig stealing, 5; obtaining money under false pretences, 1; larceny, 1; total-113." Would an English judge have passed over such an awful calendar without an impressive appeal to the grand jury ? Would he not have dwelt upon the dread ful state of society in which such an aggregate of the deepest crimes could be allowed to exist ? Would he not have lamented the lawless and abandoned charac ter of the population ? It is really painful to dwell any longer on the contrast: What county in England presents such an • accumulation of atrocities? Does the whole principality of Wales furnish so black a list .of murders and assaults, with a population of nearly five times as large as that of Tipperary ? Does the whole of Scotland, with a population nearly ,ten times as large ? What causes the difference ? Is it not Popery—demOralising, conscience• searing Popery ? We shall not, for the present, adduce but one addi tional illustration of the fearful state of Ireland, re serving a far more extended catalogue for our next publication. We take the following from the Kil kenny Moderator:— MARCH OF THE PEASANTRY IN ORGANISED BODIES. — .Since the meeting of Coppenagh, there•has been another field-day held near - Moncoin, within a short distance of Car rigeen-•—the spot where the Mob, a few years since, carne into deadly conflict with the police, who, in defence of their lives, fired upon a body of insurgents and shin three of them. 'We mention this fact as a remarkable coincidence—for we find those rebellious musters generally take place where battles have been fought, or policemen massacred in cold blood— whether to instigate the populace to vengeance, or to inspire them with fresh hatted to the law or the constituted autho rities, we cannot say—but it is a remarkable fact, and we leave our readers to draw their own conclusions. Lord Nor manbv declared such meetings " legal," at the moment O'Connell stated that we were reposing " ort A VOLCANO." and the people ready to start into rebellion. This was the opinion of the Queen's Representative, and behold what follows. The Kilkenny Journal, the organ of popery, and the official mouth-piece of the executive directory which now controls the movements of the government, in reference to the meeting in the barony of Iverk, says—, " Upon the closest calculation there were not less than SIXTY THOUSAND present at the meeting. The pedestrians were in the field, WHILE THE CAVALRY, IN A DENSE BODY! FILLED UP a luny line in the adjoining road ! ! • a a * * Occasionally' an enthusiastic shout broke the stillness of the Sabbath, and bore to the heavens the deterininationnf Irish .men to become FREEMEN." We are not informed whether these 60,000 men were armed; but if for pedestrians we substitute the term infantry, then we have an army of 60,0(X) men, consisting of "cavalry" and infantry, filing in order along the roads, from different counties, and showing by their movements a system of or ganisation more i perfect than that instituted by Field-Marshal General Priest Murphy, of ball-proof notoriety, in 1798; and, be it recollected, that a priest, the ltev. N. Carroll, placed himself at head of this body, and declared his de termination to persevere until they should obtain a full mea sure of "justice," by which we suppose he meant the final surrender of Ireland into the hands of the Popish priesthood. Is it not clear thtit the country is at this moment organised— and that it depends on some courageous fanatic, in the per son of a priest, to raise the (lag of civil war to involve us in a bloody rebellion ? We say this is the obvious inference to be drawn from O'Crinnell's declaration, that Ireland is ready' to be up, and that at this moment we repose." on a volcano." The identification of the British government with these meetings is complete—and we record it among the signs of the times as a remarkable circumstancethat for the first time in Irish history, the sanction of the representative of the sovereign has been given to tumultuous assemblages, for displaying the physical force of the people ready to start into . insurrection. Will the Irish Gentry—will the Protestants of Ireland—look to the fact, and take measures in self-de fence to protect their lives, liberties, and properties ? We seriously demand is this a state of things to be much longer tolerated under a civilised government? Are armed bands to meet together i n thi s way, in de fiance of the laws, and in contempt of the feelings of the Protestants of England and Ireland ? Are such proceedings to be justified in the House of Lords by the Queen's representative, and by the highest legal authority of the crown in Ireland ? Is a government that sanctions Stich wanton violations of the law worthy of the confidence of Englishmen ? We appeal to our couhtrymen whether the ministers who can so far for get their duties are not deserving of impeachment ? -- - WHAT HAS AGITATION DONE FOR IRELAND? ((From a Correspondent.) • There never was a time when an interrogatory, so pregnant with meaning as this, May be put with more effect than at the present. Agitation is the bludgeon upon which the Irish incendiary leans, while he dictates to a British ministry, swaggers to a British senate, and seeks to overtop, in the al titude of his ambition, the prerogative of a British crown. Agitation is the essence of his power and the success of his extortion. It has made him mighty in the exercise of mis chief, because it has placed a people at his beck. But what has agitation done for Ireland ? We would not hesitate to meet the noisiest of Mr. O'Connell's brawlers, and dare him to give a satisfactory answer to this question. We would defy him to point out, in one single instance, what benefit has accrued to any one class of the population, by all the turmoil, confusion, and excitement, in which the country has been plunged for the last five and thirty years? W e would bid him look to the metropolis of the wretched coun try, with its bankrupt traders and its tottering merchants; its commerce a bye-word; and the meagre exhibition of busi ness or circulation of capital it can boast, but the hectic and forced effects of unnatural expedients. What then have Ca tholic, National, Trades' Union, or Registration Societies or Associations done to remove so miserable a state of things —to relieve the wants and miseries of the superabundant and growing population —to clear out an over-stocked inendicity of its ragged tenants; and bring into the deserted shops and warehouses of its tottering traders, the wealth and security they should possess ? And is it not the same revolting and melancholy story if we turn to the provincial towns of Ireland where O'Connellism and Popery have any predominance ? Are not - beggary, bankruptcy, and perenuial starvation their sole and unvarying features ? But when we turn to the applauder of Mr. O'Connell, and bidding him look at the poor, afflicted, and deluded peasantry, and ask him, what has agitation done for them? What an swer has he to give to the interrogatory ? Can we be contra dicted when we assert, that the peasantry of Ireland are a set of wretches, from whose very bowels a guilty opulence has been wrung to feed and pamper a gross political swindler and his clutch of stupid and ignorant parvenus ; —that they have been goaded, maddened into midnight murdererers, de predators, and incendiaries, by poverty and hunger; and that to the unholy designs of individual aggrandisement in a mendicant demagogue and a rapacious priesthood,. they have been made the most guilty, reckless, and unhappy people on the face of the created globe ? Oh! if we had no other answer to the interrogatory withavhich we have commenced these ob servations than a description of the present, state of the Irish peasantry, it would be an unanswerable and a heart-sickening one! , If is impossible to imagine anything more deplorably miserable than their condition. They are steeped to the very throats in iniquity and suffering. Human degradation has scarce a parallel for that of the peasant population of Ireland. .And attire threshold of Mr. O'Connell and his underlings, the surpliced i ucen di ar i es an d di stur b ers of the public peace, do we lay the blame and the reproach of all this calamity. It is in truth what agitation has done for Ireland. Agitation has filled O'Connell's wallet. Agitation has foisted Mr. Shiel and his two brothers tin the country. Agitation has made a popish Chief-Baron and Master of the Rolls,—has l t e a s x s e taxed the Assi s t an t-B arr i ster ' s bench with hungry and lawyers.--has brief- Solicitors,as thrust upon eac h coun ty, D e p u ty-C rown filled the Police with needy and expectant adventurers ; but for the great bulk of the population what has it done ? we wish we could answer nothing, for the curse of it is, that it has made them murderers and outlaws. ' Yes, Daniel O'Connell, and ye priests of Ireland, we arraign you at the. bar of that humanity - you have so cruelly dealt by, and that justice you have mocked at, as the authors and abettors of all the wrongs and sufferings of this peculiarly miserable country. You have made its inhabitants your victims. You have trafficked upon their ignorance, and trailed upon their credulity ; you bartered them for your gain with, more com posure than the Algerine slave pirate. In fact, you made a percentage upon their sufferings, like those inhuman mon sters who flay animals alive for the additional value it gives the skin; you have, with the most cold-blooded ferocity, en dured the agonised writhings and pangs •of the misguided people, for the profit which they yielded you. Yes, we have often thought there must be soinething terribly hardened and obdurate in the hearts a ndfeelings of the men who have set themselves up as the leaders of the Irish people, when they can thus so composedly and so recklessly view the pains and penalties of the system of which they have been the origina tors. Hear them mouthing about patriotism, t h e good of th people, and liberty, and right; and one would swear they were philanthropic and honest men—look to their acts and and their results, and you must brand them, as impostors. We defy contradiction to the assertion, that there was never yet any enlarged, comprehensive, or really beneficial plan for the benefit of Ireland which had the-sanction or the assist ance, in its promotion, of O'Connell or his priesthood. Pub lic-workS, the reclamation of waste lands, the introduction of English capital, and the employment of the many great na tional resources of the county have been the cry of every po litical economist who has given the most cursory glance to the condition of so vital a portion of the empire. And yet, let us look back with what scrutiny we may, when or in what instance do we find the name of O'Connell or their Reveren ces to any such project? It is idle to discuss the matter. In his whole thirty years of agitation the profligate and unprincipled villain who enjoys the dictatorship of a time-serving and humiliated English cabi net and Irish people, never was himself, nor allowed one of his understrappers, to be an advocate for any one plan, system or measure which had for its objeCt the real intrinsic benefit of the people. Have not we then, have not all who differ from such poli tical swindlers a right to ask the question—" Who has. agita tion done for Ireland?" Would to God the people would put the same to their own hearts and consciences ! Let them but look on their zrakedand shiyeringchildren, their wretched wives and mothers; let those wives and mothers who have so often followed their heart's treasures to the foot of the gal lows; look upon their desolate homes and fire-sides; and let all who mourn and weep over what they so loved and lost, pause and investigate the sources of their sufferings and de privation, and then might the political arch-fiend and his in feriors tremble at the answer to the question —" WHAT HAS AGITATION DONE FOR IRELAND?" LONGEV I'M—There are two females residing on Low-hill, whose united ages amount to 193 years; the elder, aged 110 years, has iPhabiterj the same tenement rtimta 90 yea4s. LOCAL NEWS. THE POLICE COURT.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, there were no fewer than 103 persbns placed at the bar, charged with being disorderly and drunken, and 42 charged with felony—in all 145 prisoners- Vnsuvius.--The Eruption of Vesuvius, we perceive, is to take place to-morrow evening. We understand, that on Monday next there will be a fashionable night, under the patronage of his worship the Mayor. Something, extra, of course, may be expected. PICTURES IN BOLD-STREET.—This fine collection con tinues exceedingly attractive; several new specimens of the old masters have been added since last week. An exceed ingly well-preserved Murillo is amongst them, and has attracted especial notice. STRAUSS'S BAND.—We are delighted, as must be all who really love music, to perceive that this extraordinary band are about to perform in Liverpool. We understand that their execution is wonderful ; and that, although there are 28 performers, such is their precision, that they produce the effect of one mighty instrument. Lonn FRANCIS EGERTON, M.P.—We understand that the noble lord and his lady visited this town yesterday. After inspecting the various alterations and works going forward, especially the new tunnel of the junction canal, and " the Duke's warehouses," they returned to Worsley Hall, by the canal, in their private barge.—Manchestir Guardian. ACCIDENT.—On Sunday evening a boy, named James Hammel!, whose parents reside in Hampton-street, was killed by the falling of a block of timber upon him, in the yard of Messrs. Houghton and Smith, Toxteth-park. The house of Mrs. Dickenson, Grafton-street, was entered on Friday morning, and several silver articles, &c., stolen therefrom. Entrance was made by breaking a pane of glass in the kitchen window, and then opening it. There were iro❑ bars across the window, but the space between them was sufficiently wide to admit the body of a boy. THE Rokxr.. Wit.Eisdn.—The Royal William steamer, which sailed from this port on thesth instant for New York, was spoken on the 14th by the barque, Mary, Barton, from St. Andrews, it lat. 47, N, long. 30, W. The steamer ap peared to be in excellent trim, and was sailing remarkably fast at the time. On Wednesday afternoon, two barrels of ale were picked up in the river by an inspector and police-officer. It after wards appeared that they bad been left on the slip of George's Pier, and that the tide had floated them out. The boatmen refused to go after them, in consequenee of remuneration having been refused to them on another occasion, when they picked up 15 barrels which had been similarly floated out. A WARNING FOR COACHMEN.—A few days ago one of the coaches on the Oldham and Manchester road was overturned, and Mr. Stump, one of the passengers, who was much hurt, died on Thursday week. An inquest was held to inquire into the circumstances, and the driver, James Newton, is com mitted for trial at the next Liverpool assizes on the charge of manslaughter. On Wednesday evening, a young man named Smith acci dentally fell from the mizen-topsail yard to the quarter deck of the ship Florence, lying in the Prince's Dock. He is the son of the owner of the vessel. A surgeon was sent for; the youth was conveyed to his lodgings in Waterloo-road ; and on examination, it appeared that his head and leg were much fractured. At four o'clock on Friday morning, an alarm was given that the ship Trenton ' lying on the east side of the Princ e 's Dock, was on fire. An engine was promptly on the spot; but the fire had been extinguished. before its arrival. the mate stated that the painters had been on board the vessel on the previous day, and at their departure at night had placed their oil-cans on some waste cotton between decks. As it was the cotton which had been on fire, he thought that the oil had caused it to ignite. No damage was done to either ship or cargo. THEATRE-ROYAL—Last evening, the *veteran Dowton made his appearance again on the boards of our theatre, as Sir John Falstaff, in Shakspeare's Henry IV. It were nee:l -less to enter into any criticisms on his performance of this character. He is known and acknowledged to be the best Sir John Falstaffon the stage. We think, if it be possible, he improves in the personation of Shakspeare's imaginings of " lean Jack."—Mr. Stuart played with his customary ability as Hotspur; and Mr. Howard played very respectably as Prince of Wales.—The performances concluded with the repetition of the opera of "Fra Diavolo." Mr. Wilson, as Fra Diavolo, was obliged to claim the indulgence of the audience to omit singing one or two of the usual songs, his voice being affected by a severe attack of the influenza. This evening the new opera of "Amilie " is to be brought out. WINTER CONCERTS.—It appears, from a circular, which has been pretty widely distributed within the last fortnight, that there is a project on hand for insuring to the public, during the ensuing winter, the rational ,regale of four first rate concerts. That such will be their real feature may be relied upon, from the fact of the spirited and liberal party who has set on foot the project, and who, if it be duly coun tenanced and patronized, is stillwilling, to incur a considera ble responsibility,—being already in treaty with Mesdames Giisi and Albertuzzi, Signors Rubini and Lablache.• It is, unquestionably, an undertaking which merits the support of a community aspiring to any credit for good taste and re finernent.—Albion. Gr.AssoN DocK.—Our excellent dock at Glasson has pre sented quite a lively appearance this week, owing to the un usual arrival of vessels from foreign parts; and happy are we to say that trade between the port of Lancaster and different parts of the world is considerably increased andstill increasing. This is particularly the case . with regard to the ports of the Baltic, North America, and Ireland. With these prospects of a permanent increase of trade, there is no lack of desire on the part of. the commissioners to provide all accommodation sit the dock. With this view a commodious dry dock is in course of rapid completion, and when finished will be a most capital work. •We observe that the commissioners are build ing.a new pilot-boat at Glasson, and Mr. Nicholson, to whose public spirit we are all much indebted, is preparing the stocks for a vessel of three hundred tons, which is about to be built for the foreign trade:—Lancaster Ga:ette. List of passengers, per packet ship Pennsylvania, Capt. Smith, which arrived on Saturday, from New York :—M r. Charles Butler, lady, and son, and Mrs. Henry Wreaks, three children, and servant, New York; Mr. John Ramsay and lady, St. Thomas's W. I. ; Mr. J. Putman and lady, Boston; General James Hamilton, Mr. Edward Menlove, and Mr. John, Webb, South Carolina • •Rig,bt Rev. Dr. Smith, 'Trinidad, - W. W. De Forest, Mr. J. A. Van AmbUrgh, Mr. Henry A. Nelson, Mr. F. A. Spies, Mr. L. B. Titus, Mr. E. F. Kulenkamp, Mr. S. Fridinthal, Mr. W. H. A. Butler, Mr. Sohn T. Emmet, and Mr. Daniel Stanton, New York; Mr. Samuel L. Crocker, Massachussetts; Mr. John Eversman, Tampico; Mr. R. Hampson and Mr. James Furnis, Manchester, England: Mr. J: B. JowS, North Carolina; Mr. W. COchran, Mexico; Mr. Thomas W. Walter and Mr. Edward C. Biddle, Phila delphia; Mr. Jonas Levy, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mr. A. L. Massingbird and servant, Lincolnshire Mr. James Fergu son, Natchez; M. F. MassendGrf, Islaini of Cuba, Mr. C.A. Donte, St. Croix. SwimmisG.--Yesterday, in consequence of an announce ment in the newspapers, and by handbills, that three cele brated swimmers, Mr. Edwards, Mi. Vipond, and Dr. Bedale, were to exhibit their peculiar excellencies in front of Prince's Pier, undressing at the Floating Bath, a large con course of spectators were assemhled along the pier wall to witness the swimming feats. It was stated in the handbills that the performances would begin precisely at three o'clock. About four o'clock a young man, dressed in a blue jacket and cap, whom we understood to be Mr. John Edwards, left the Floating Bath in a boat, and proceeded about 100 yards down the river, when he plunged in, and contrived, whilst floating bark with the tide, to take nearly all his clothes off in the water before he reached the bath again. The next feat exhibited was by Mr. Egerton Smith—the Neptune of the Floating Bath—entering a boat in a partial flannel dress, and being carried out about 150 yards, swimming back again with the tide to the bath. In about half an hour he again made his appearance ; habited in a cork collar jacket, - and earring a handkerchief, rigged like a square-sail, on a stick. He was carried out about the same distance, and whilst floating on the corks in the water, hoisted his sail, which, by the assistance of a stiff breeze, slowly brought him back, the tide having turned. The spectators beingwearied with these insipid performances now (about five o'clock) dispersed. We regret to have to announce the somewhat sudden death of Laurence Brock Hollinshead, Esq., a magistrate of this county, at his residence, Highfield, Pendlebury, on Wed nesday morning last. On the preceding day, Mr. Hollins head sat on the bench of one of the police courts held daily at the New Bailey, and acted in his magisterial capacity. That evening he ate his supper as usual; and, when he re tired to rest appeared in good health. About seven o'clock on Wednesday morning. he rang his hell; and on his servant answering the summons, he complai ne d of being very ill The servant went immediately to fetch medical assistance, and a surgeon arrived within half an hour; but Mr. Hollins head had then expired. We believe that he was in his 58th or his 59th year. He has been in the commission of the peace for this county since April, 1832, and at first acted as a magistrate on the Bolton bench ; but since his removal to this neighbourhood, three or four years ago, he has been one of the most regularly attending magistrates at the New Bai ley.—Manchester Guardian. FATAL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT.—TWO Lives LOST.—On Monday afternoon last, an inquest was held at the house of Mr. Whalley, the sign of the Swan, in Hindley, before J. Heyes, Esq., one of the coroners of the county, to inquire into the circumstances relative to the death of two women, whose names are Mary Reyes, aged twenty-five years, and Ellen Bancks, aged eighteen years. From the evidence, it appeared that this melancholy accident was solely attributa ble to the neglect of one of the sufferers, Ellen Bancks, who was the only one at the bottom of the pit at the time. When the deceased Bancks was found, she was at the extremity of the shaft of the pit, (one of Mr. Scowcroft's,) quite dead, with a candle lying near her. This induced the individuals connected with the mine to think that Bancks had been in search of something, when the inflammable air, or fire-damp, which was in the pit, was ignited by a candle she had with her at the time, and she was burned to death on the spot. On a scaffolding, about half way up the pit, stood the other sufferer, Heyes, and a man named John Anderton. Heyes was dashed from the scaffolding to the opposite side of the pit, and fell to the bottom, a distance of forty 'yards, and when taken up she was also found to he quite dead, having almost every bone in her body fractured. Anderton escaped with a few slight bruises. Had Bancks taken with her one of Davy's safety lamps (of which there were plenty provided for the pit), probably this unfortunate occurrence would not have taken place.—After a very short deliberation, the jury returned their verdict as follows:—" That Ellen Bancks was accidentally burned to death by an explosion of fire-damp; and that Mary Heyes was accidentally killed by falling down a coal-pit."-:-. Wigan Gazette. A Wnor.ESAIE PILLAGER.—Mr. Jones, the deputy-con stable of . Warrington, on Sunday afternoon last, discovered, in the person of the cook, at the Lion Hotel in Warrington, a Welsh girl, for whom the poliCe of Manchester, Bolton, Chester, and Liverpool, had long been in search, on the charge of robbing various inns in those towns, where she had been employed as a household servant. A very extensive and expensive wardrobe, a portion of the plunder, was found in her possession. It appears from a description of her person given in the Flue and Cry. that she paid a visit to the metro polis to see the coronation ; and, during her sojourn in town, robbed the Lamb inn, Lamb's Conduit-street, of £3O. besides other property. On Tuesday, Mr. Jones handed her over to. a Manchester officer, in order that the offences committed in that town might be first investigated. The prisoner was brought up at the New Bailey on Friday, charged with steal ing wearing apparel, and money, from two places where she had been living as servant, under the following circumstances. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner, who had been in the service of Mrs. lleatley, of the Plume of Fea thers public-house, Bank Top, in this town, for about three weeks, absconded on the 14th of April last, taking with her wearing apparel ut the value of several pounds belonging to her mistress, and also some belonging to a fellow-servant. She then went to lodgings in Bolton, and in the latter end of May entered the service of a Mr. BoltOn, of that place, with whom she also stayed three weeks, and at the end of that time left, taking with her £5. 12s. of her master's money, but leaving some of the clothes she had stolen from Mrs. Heatley. She was committed for trial at the next sessions. How seldom do we feel, perceive, or think of the smal beginnings of disease which surround and operate upon u in our enjoyments and intercourse with the world ! " The young disease, which must subdue at length, Grows with our growth, and strengthens with our strength." An improper regimen acting upon a particular kind of con stitution, late hours, both of retiring to rest and rising in the morning, lay the foundation of intestinal as well as s kin diseases. To all such we would recommend first a change of system, and secondly, as a powerful assistant for the reco very of health, that efficacious family medicine, Frampton's Pill of Health, which has procured the approbation of per son, in every etation of sovety. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. AN OLD STORY.—Sarah Sefton and another young woman (two rather well-dressed girls of the town) were, on Friday, charged with having robbed a gentleman on the preceding. night. The complainant, as almost invariably happens in these cases, was a stranger; but whether this circumstance is to be explained by the supposition that Dicky Sams are too knowing to be so taken in, or too shame-faced to complain when they happen to be caught, is somewhat doubtful. Cer tain it is, that robberies of this description (for the prevention of which, a police force is, of course, almost inefficacious) take place to au extent that is little calculated upon, and the great majority of the victims are undoubtedly persons from the country. In this instance the complaining party was a merchant from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He stated that he came to Liverpool on Thursday morning, and was lodging at the Adelphi. In the evening he bad been to the theatre, and he was on his way to the hotel, about twelve o'clock; when he was met by Sefton, who engaged him in conversation. After a few minutes, she called upon another woman,,who came np, and he saw Sefton transfer something to her. This excited his suspicion ; he felt in his pocket , and found that his pu rse , containing 12 or 13 sovereigns and some silver, had been stolen. He then gave Sefton into the custody of a police officer. The other prisoner, who was afterwards apprehend ed, he could not swear to. She was dismissed by the magis trate, and Sefton was put back to take her trial at the sessions. Another case of a similar nature was also heard, in which a man named Samuel Thorpe. living at Mr. Parry's, Seacombe hotel, was robbed of his watch and ss. in a house in Harrison street. The culprit, whose name was Margaret Hannery, was remanded for trial. SKINNING A YANKEE.—Yesterday, at the police-office, a thorough-bred Yankee, named George Fitzgerald, such a one, as in his own conceit, " warn't to be done no how," appeared at the police-office, to prefer a complaint against a well dressed memberof the thimble-rig club, named Edward Oaks (Hoax) for having." reglarly skinned" him of EN/ in paper money, and 191 sovs. in gold. The complainant guessed he'd lost his money; but he calculated he must be all sorts of a chap as had gone round him. He was sitting in a public house, after having bin at the Zoological Gardens on Sunday, and feeling tarnation hungry he called for a beef stake and a pint of wine to keep it company, when the prisoner at the bar came in, and soon after another young man, who began to show his money as if racoon skins had bin uncommon plenty lately; so he in quite a friendly way told the prisoner that that are was a very foolish young man to show his money slick in such a fashion. The prisoner said he was, but hinted that it was queer; they'd better take care of their money, as the other was rayther too flush of tin to have come by - it honestly. He then carefully stowed away his pocket book in his fob pocket, and advised him to do the same. He (complainant) thought there could be no harm in that, so be pulled out his pocket book, but it wouldn't go into his fob, so he (prisoner) 'offered to help him, and thrust it slantiudickler down, and told him to be very careful of it. The prisoner then went away; and when he'd to pay—for his sherry—and beef stake—and pulled out his pocket book—and found nothing in it—he said—" I'm done."—(Laughter.) The prisoner was afterwards taken into custody, and 13 sovs. found upon him. The complainant said he was a freeholder of the United States; that he was a me chanic, a farmer, a merchant, and all sorts of a man. The informations were ordered to be taken against the prisoner, and it was arranged that he should take his trial at the ensu ing Liverpool Assizes. A LIQUORISH TOOTH.—Yesterday, a child about six years old was brought up at the Police-office, charged by Mr. Tay for, chemist and druggist, near Hanover-street, with having most perseveringly paid his addresses to his liquorice. Mr. Taylor's young man stated that about two o'clock on Satur day, on going into the cellar under the shop, he found the prisoner eating away at a bundle of liquorice. He turned him out of the cellar, and sent him away. On going down about an hour after, he found the same child gnawing away at the bundle of liquorice, and this time, in addition to send ing him away, he liquorisbed his back and gave him a sound thrashing. About four o'clock he went again into the cellar, and there found the little urchin again tugging away at the bundle of liquorice. At this juncture, Mr. Taylor happening. to come in, ordered the child to be given in charge of a po liceman. Mr. Hall thought Mr. Taylor had acted very foolishly. He was afraid the mother was snore to blame than the child. On the mother promising to take care of the child, and keep him out of mischief, he was discharged. WAISTCOAT STEALlNG.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a young man, well dressed, but a noted thief, was placed at the bar, charged by a respectable shopkeeper of Scotland road, with having stolen a waistcoat. The complainant sta ted, that on Friday afternoOn last; a boy and a girl came into his shop on a pretence of looking at some handkerchiefs, and on their going out he missed a blue silk waistcoat. On Sa turday h was walking down Scotland-road, when he met the prisoner with the waistcoat on, and gave him into custo dy. The waistcoat was of a peculiar pattern, and also pecu liarly made, and was worth about 16s. The prisoner said he had bought it of a woman for 45., and that she wanted ss. for it. The prisoner called a young manand a female, his mother, who both swore they saw him in a public-house on Satur day, when a woman cause in with braces and waistcoats to sell, and amongst the waistcoats was the one in question, which she wanted Bs. Gd. for, and for which, after some bar gaining, he gave her 3s. 6d. Mr. Hall remarked on the dis crepancy of this story will, the prisoner's own account of it; but there being no proof that he had stolen it, and he con senting to give the waistcoat up, he was distharged. A HUNGRY THIEF.—At the Warrington petty-sessions, on Wednesday, James Nelson, a splendid "lump of lazi ness," was brought before the magistrates, charged with stealing nine Eccles cakes from the shop of Miss Higginson, confectioner, Sankey-street. At an early hour on Tuesday morning, the prisoner went into the shop of the prosecutrix, and, under the pretence of buying a pennyworth of lozenges, contrived to put into his pocket the cakes in question. He was observed by Mary Bruce, the servant, who gave infor mation to the police and had him apprehend e d. Th e ma gistrates committed him fur trial. MARSHAL SOULT.—The Sun of Wednesday states, that Marshal Soult and suite left Birmingham on Tuesday morn ing, at five o'clock. The party proceeded to Kenilworth and Warwick. The illustrious stranger then visited Beecham Chapel, and Kenilworth and Warwick Castles, and .all the . objects of interest in the neighbourhood. The marshal was exceedingly pleased, and much struck with the fine old baro nial residences, it being the first of the kind he had seen since his arrival in England. The beauty of the surround ing scenery was also much admired by his excellency and suite. At Stony Stratford the party was met by Mr. Bagster and Mr. Home, to whose excellent arrangements along the line, much credit was given. At this place, one of the wheels of the marshal's carriage broke, which, considering. the tremendous pace at which the party went, was, by no means surprising. A short delay, till matters were .set gallanthaii.pa hall-past style five L straight, was the only inconvenien ce occas i oned by the acci dent, and the carriages reached the railway ondoa in about four o'clock, and thence toat o'clock in the afternoon. It is singular, that, when the route of the distinguished strangers w as mar k ed out. in London, Mr. Manby undertook to hav e th e w h o l e ground gone over, ' every object of interest exami ne d, an d the party back to London at four o'clock onSuesday afternoon, a task which he would have literally accomplished to the minute had it not been for the accident at Stony Stratford. We 'believe the excursion is unparalleled for speed in the annals of tra velling in any country, and the astonishment of the distin guished strangers was frequently expressed to those about them. Along the line at Warwick, Daventry, Stony Stratford, Denbigh Hall, and the various railway stations, th e crowds collected were immense. At every town and district visited by the marshal in his route, all parties who had the honour of being presented, were unanimous in their praise of th e marked condescension and kindness with which they were received by the Marshal, the Marquis Dalmatia, the Marquis de Mornev, and the other members of the party. The ele gance and politeness of the reille enter, were combined with so much of the warmth and cordiality of the English nation, in his greetings, that it was said by one gentleman at Liver pool, "The marshal had achieved a greater triumph over the prejudices of the English people by his personal intercourse with them, than lie could have effected at the bead of 100,000 men." We cannot close this account without. adding, that the marshal expressed himself deeply indebted for the atten tion he had received from the Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, who had acted with a libe rality which might be in vain looked for from any other pri vate Company in the world. We are happy to add, that, beyond a little temporary fatigue, his excellency has not sus tained the slightest inconvenience or injury. to his health from his trip to the manufacturing districts. ESCAPE OF THREE PRISONERS FROM THE TowEtt.—On Friday morning there was much excitement iu the Tower of London, in consequence of a report that three of the Rifle Brigade, a serjeant, a corporal, and a private, had made their escape from;confinement. Two prisoners, the pay-serjeant and the corporal, deserted from the regiment a few weeks ago, taking with them £l5O, with which they had been en trusted to pay the men. A strict search was made after them, and, on Saturday week, they were apprehended on board an outward bound American packet-ship, at Liverpool, and con veyed to London. They were confined in the usual place, the guard-house or prison, commonly k nown as th e Spur guard, near the outer barrier, on the city side of the Tower. There were in all five persons in confinement on Thursday evening, two of them for slight breaches of military discipline. There is a small aperture in the back of the apartment, where the men were imprisoned, for the admission of light and air, which was secured by strong iron bars. 'About fourteen feet below this hole is the Tower moat or ditch, and escape from this place was deemed impossible. At. eleven o'clock on Thursday night, the prisoners were visited by the serjeant on duty, and locked up. At day-light on Friday morning, when the guard went to look after them, to see if all was safe, it was discovered that three of them were missing; the others were on their straw pallets, apparently fast asleep, and; on being aroused, they expressed their ignorance of the flight of their companions, declaring they were not privy to their escape On inspecting the place, it was discovered, that the iron gratings bad been removed from the aperture, which is only just large enough for the. body of a man to pass through. There was sufficient evidence, by the marks on the wall, that the three riflemen had escaped this way; but how they had kept from falling into the moat beneath appears most ex traordinary. There is a ledge, not more than seven inches in width, running the whole length of the wall, about six feet from the water's edge, but exceedingly difficult for any person to retain footing upon it, and, it is supposed, the three men continued their course along it until they reached the wall enclosing the ditch, which they could ascend with out much difficulty, and reach the glacis or ornamented sloping bank enclosed by iron railing. By climbing over these railings they were enabled to reach 'Power-hill and get clear off. The prisoners were to haNe been tried on Friday, at noon, by a general court-martial, which would, no doubt, have terminated in all of them being found guilty, and two (the serjeant and corporal) being transported for life, as their offences were of a most serious description. Parties of the Rifle corps were sent off in all directions after the fugi tives when their flight was discovered. An investigation is to take place into the conduct of the serjeant of the guard in charge of the prisoners, whose duty it was to visit the cell where they were confined every two hours. ELOP.EMENT,—An unusual bustle was created, in Ealing, on Wednesday afternoon. A post-chaise and four drove into the town at a rapid rate, and stoppral at the White Hart Inn to change horses. A gentleman and lady alighted, who evinced much anxiety to proceed immediately ; but, before fresh horses could be procured, the sound -of wheels was heard, and the lady, appearently much terrified, darted into the Oxford- Arms Public-house, about thirty yards from the White Hart, and directly ran tip stairs. The gentlman fol lowed her into the house. The lady, having ascertained that the noise she had heard proceeded from the Oxford coach, be came more composed, and they left the house together. They had, however, proceeded only a few paces, when another gen tleman, who had alighted from the Oxford coach, collared the lady's companion, and knocked him down without ceremony. A scene of altercation and confusion ensued, and the parties seemed so hostile and violent that a peace officer interfered, each of the gentlemen giving charge of the other, and they all went into a roorn.in the White Hart. Inn. In about half an hour another post-chaise and four arrived, containing the lady's mother and uncle, who immediately asserted the autho rity arising from their relationship to the care of the young lady's person, and dismissed the constable with a hand some present. It appeared, that the young lady, who is ap parently about n i neteen years of age, an d sa id to b e an heiress entitled to £45,000, on coming of age, had eloped with her companion, an of in the army, from Cheltenham, on the preceding night, and was on her way to the Temple of Hymen, at Gretna Green, when this untoward interruption took place. We understand the gentleman who exercised his prowess by knocking the gallant down was a friend of the lady's mother, who, having tired his horse•in pursuit of the fair fugitive. had mounted the Oxford coach only a few miles from Ealing, and was thus' enabled to arrive in time to arrest her further flight. The young lady left the town, to return home with her mother, about seven o'clock the same evening, and the disappointed son of Alars went to London, early thu plomitig,by one of tlie coact l e 6 .—wor n i ng •