The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-07 00:00:00

Dlication. I in round numbers L of 5,000, u I be an ,er was bleak but no sickness of a se , structi when pro Stuart Estate, near A nount was consumed English pap e rs., sideration to establish curren Tan Island I founda credit c we sbal at long ago to nave 3 - e reduced amendment of ary affair Itinues ve s stated. e avowed inten- loes not; howeve cke, than as t is said caution to place s and the Corannat wouk :e of the Br' e old insults, a alive tr 3e of moot Le Boers iaracter towards Letters from the force state that a great loss of cattle has been sustained on the that both divisions had arrived ut news wa t Colessourg )od the rains has On the frontier and in t In describing great change produced the E, and the grass ra ble to have their said to be growing, goon t There ar ack to their own farms again. than 4,000 head now grazing Government different e hills ahoy .he forest, sen Gash c Depos and aga' slative van nor water on their s from having neithe ." The Tarka had been daily rs. From b Iccounts DM the lets s of Indian corn Catalog , A by copious giia lly th the heavy drawback of tt • River being ed the young whole of arrival is The Over Hindostan ste, ARRIVAL 0 FROM CHINA Kuper, put in ther, and being short that the Calliope sailed from ince from Nankin, on the 16th of Se, ved at Chusan on the 27th, which she leftacao on the oL. ober. arrived at Hong Konm on the 3d, M • left on the 30th, ptember ost, anu nu the Ist of ,ore on the the Cape e 17th tuber. whence sh hiLu, 11er Maje I nd Bleo 'A, were :ate, Blonde, Herald, Co i . to leave China a 1(10.000 do --- The Calliope broug ant Purvis 'ss ship Cam —This to Cove the 14 KAJES' T Maj 'e Bornt from Calmitta for CALLIOP: s by ber from Coat .nd Mod, a coin- ,tenants i Baff- —Cork 1 then tion of t others fthat the rate on ation of King. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Dd Hop& re about a g which )on which tber lolls to the Modeler Rive pncent han thos Journa guard, a and a proposition has in consequent ie to disband the old cir•' ins by 0] most brutal murder r arising from t 4..a.5G54 I been defeated by the Boers said, were exulting at our to attack the colony at its defenceless points TH WALES !ra ornmercial affairs remained was an imprnv supposed The one ;duction The resu I's Land payable in sued ti these marauders na : the Fish Ricer Flat lng man named William Harder L owe r Albany. At Bathurst r Albany " bbeiy of cattle was ,e lith coloni that the ( per cent nate trade could The Le- ad also taken evi. at efforts I from anti 11 Governmen Nicholson is increasin irn of the s ate hitt ;eneral s the enot ancilii n D Va i )f an us tustraltaco emen's Lao ecessit a to pub distress in.ou, return of men r to preven from India be due in ship was to , f January if we may calculate fron e principally erto charg Ascensio Blonde bringing as par' Herald 1,500,000 doll Browd o Vixen, Drake of the Corn . Belleiste, and 32 seamen., ected to saiLfor Portsmou this me Reporter FOREIGN INTELLIG:ENCE NEW YORK The packet-ship George which sailed from N Washing )n, Cap York on the 7th u rt on Sunday morning. The only proceeding in congress interesting The bill, it willbe;ecoifec Of American settlers in the territory of Or, enforcement of the right of sovereignty and j United States government over the said t arrival of despatc given rise L t? 109 g. and_ animated debat, ;thorn the bill originated, and those w liberal in their abuse of Great Britain. n he n Mr. C tempted to be carried into r in wh esistible advantie. reral of the s Mr. Colhonn al his i;ii r iWriniihe measure , L • • and g been actuated by an I gociated the north-eastern boun made a long speech again nurse recommended by the g treaty stipulations. and CL, It would, in a r annum Mr. B 1 been re 16 tot at Savona ) the United States, as her try and orters R bill ought n •er, that " o the 0 majority in fav re, it is said Copies of any remonstrao, s had addressed to the Frenct .0 ple Tri cent in relati sprung up for Uni _ __ The bargis y days a ss to his own—GC rnment and also all correspond- i, manifested at Washingtc ,1 . 1 the Preswen n of the comm her it is esped zck markets The clpre 1 States to make I en done for t id i tor , fore; but a large majority in defence of their dollars ; C njury sust aending be :tiler and he could no whence caught in the .t they reap having Accounts —There is for 1843 are es Greek ff of custo ade and cc s. to tbi amount o Rimlly d the far breed formed ye of whelped Jeep night of S; who re matters underg e new t s, &c. One i simultaneously in To mak a Volta listance f `• chuff g to the Eng • Bill in n, and IV number of c Britain Wick. inventi It bad 1. with from t cted coact continue to ttirc Nonld corn cast in' d, which I bucket ad to the astc TRICITY Telegraph practteab ter addressed ice, namely, a me throws c Bain to his brother. just now, to iper in London, and print i England and Scotland nearly 1 of this John 0' Groat pecul►arly con amount of th, ire and to 0' Groa I- copy of ti sed except t riy, in his ben plac [e of the You haN lt to t 3 company Cliaric Mr. D Mr. Drt believe ch the L red. and ti ing shou rbid aff in this cas hi decl :e to the laws of nce on the p :hat evidence ; and knowir le coroner th Lord tfaddi Prisoner to deprive of lif 'e few cries s when under exa- n, Mr. Bodkin, ren read over the in- lied " Not inquisition with Not Guilty r, upon situation tor-General's opening address, neared It you 1, as murder, s committed, and I from yon, be been mar rest the ainful d that he was )ove a ntlernen, —to de- r him not a respon- laws of his country for wh roved whe ;honld not be too readily lie safety requt f, and the circumstances in th that ace cowmit- difficult for well- d the motives which lead to f that morbid affection of the mded Et 'lards of ti n of th le person Id they ? re directed to p it attention to deprived of life f our own tir s of the metropolis of e midst of the people, c ing, have discharged the Sovereign of there that persons in We know of nor cape, dis but that ( DI an ill-regu- We have seen y could reach the person of th gs, gentlemen, t that f afford no the parties their cairn Ling it are not try. But I know that f the prisoner will not red to show that tate of mind at the time he hat, I feel that I ought of the case to refer to some e the Ent .borities, and law. It will state my view of the principles c be open to my learned friend. whose powerful assis am happy to see the prisoner will have, to comment upon that, and to differ from me if he thinks lam wrong. It has been the custom in these cases to refer to proceedings of au thority, and to the dicta of judges who have tried similar an to say for one moment that it is iestion to be c act, a que ,ion of common I by you is a question of _ and belief. The whole question will turn upon thi eve the prisoner at the bar at the time he cow- ou :ed this a ,ponsible agent—if you believe n he fired the pistol Teen right and wrot of the mind U control of some clis, cious that you believe that he did not know he was w both of God and man, then, undoubtedly, to your acquittal. But it is my duty, subject to the correction of my lord, and to the observations of my learned friend, to tell you that nothing short of that excuse can excuse him upon the principle of the English law. To excuse him, it will not be sufficient that he laboured at the time under partial insanity, that he had a morbid disposition of mind, which would not exist in a sane person ; that is not enough, if he had that degree of intellect to enable him to know and distinguish right from wrong, if be knew what would he the effects of his crime, and consciously committed it, and if with that consciousness he wilfully committted it. htli regard to the authorities upon this point, observations ave been made to the effect that they have attempted to f.fine• the law too strictly. That observation was made ithout regard to the object of the authorities. It is impos ble to lay down beforehand any definition of the madness that it is a q fety is in such nay lay laid thivn in the same :o their considera- n from wrong, in g against the to juries who ad justice ett by Mr, rass founds oner for th a tur, : in his 3 Loud r paid f referred the case Waddington.—l am a isgow. I have known the pri- When first I knew him he car r on his own account. I less of Lang and Son, by tills employed him myself aas about a year and a half rally acquainted .with him beyond em- Lently paid him money, for which ver noticed anything particular or Wont I gave fr men In the month of ;when I accidentally met the prisoner in St did not, till then. know that he was in November last I .n and asked him what he aced me the same question, and in search of employment, and he then earth I told him doing in London, He as d him that I w ren of employment also. , t Peter-street, Westminster, anti - , 4:1 through Whitehall and Parlia ment-street to Westminster-hall. The prisoner took me past Sir Robert Peel's house, when, pointing to it, he said, " That is where Sir Robert Peel stops," and added, " D—n him, to," o aat. We then cro aid, " That is 3ething to that effect here all the wealth of We then went in Westminster-hall, where N nd then ` See bow time has menu g it the prison building lere I was then at work. Westminster -bridge, and He then left me, and on lay evening he called upon me at Mr. hich he in Lon had at the pubil, I ut he said—" 06, that is of no 1 up." On leaving the public. people deposed that they had had trans. and that they never observed any prisoner. The curator of the Me that in 1838, 1839, and 1840, the tares at that institution, and that he Lures on I me summer atomy, and I had opportunities of speaking to him almost ery day, but our conversation was upon anatomy only, and t to a public- I •can r house, quarts of porter. As far as d there aboat three quarters of an houi, as chiefly about Glasgow ; but revious Monday 14 had er's shop in Great Peter !marked that the turners i Id teach them somethin he porter inctior American, examination li Gentlemen of the Jury, ,e a most s :o decid .ther or not the ful crier e as calm cumstano I havin 11 regularly Bank. I I to the public, on at once to 11 the fa On Friday, the apartments in Downing nd thence to the Admi- hem he left at ue to brummon return from which, when t the bar di t, but Y. for he anuary. Li] was belovec teemed to .be ntlemen, what a being so un- without any per- prominent situation A situation in public ovious to political enemies, of the principal minister of observed to be ill be satisfied from the facts by the prisoner t he belie that i cl he was taking altered by this I need not tell discharged the pistol. Of fact of his having deprived that cri Painful it must bi y at th, ever 01 in the 1 tten E produc t to the G 1 intimate to you, that I will require the 3 this date which deposited in th 1841, but i at 1 cc 1 transt nd Shippi The follovai: London Joint . £745; the ace( Dered. As it I then remain in I ndon till tt ght days' not , ed upon would expire, I .ust that tbi, " DANIEL .IV-01\TAt 'Amos, examined by the Solicitor-General.—l am a clerk in the bank of Messrs. Glynn and Co. ; the Glas gow and Shipping Bank correspond with us. On the 29th of November 1 paid the sum of £2O to the prisoner's draught on account of the Glasgow Bank. Willis iuige, examined by the Solicito eral.— I am an agent for toe advertisement pro. duced was inserted by a gentleman for whom I acted ; the letter produced I received answer to that advertisement, and the note annexed to it is y reply. exa m mined by Mr. Waddington.— ing at Glasgow, and found, f books and papers—a list knthony M`Nisl I searched the prisoner s Lou; amongst other things, a quanti of which I now produce. The advertisement alluded to and the answer th as follows : 'eto were • anu WI PAItTNIu.. 4. OPTIONAI £l.OOO Ir the opt►c of ulti time securit_ Apply by let ton-street, Pentonville." On the 21st of July the udvertis soner the following letter:— ding the nature of the t mention that I have been e but unfortunately d g part gaged in bu cannot help it seats at nine Id occupied foE ,eke to the delusion i the persecutions t y, and how much few years, am under 30 years 3 acquired by the s not amount to if nothing less London. attended with no r within a given period, of ,tely succeeding to tile whole 1 usiness ' Mr. Hilton's' booksel r received from the pri ness which you are en or othe urity will t I r of age, and of very activ apital which I V !xact sum spe ied in your advertis wise, have the goodness to write to m venience, and address ' D. M ton, frontland, top flat." as'adjourned to the following day SATURDAY This morning the judges took thei n the delivery of his address Several other persons, some with whom he who had known him for a length of 3 others ce in the treatment of insane I: , ns, were then examined, and stated their belief that the prisoner was affected by morbid delusions sufficient to account for the act which he had committed. Mr. Winoslow the author of a work on insanity, amongst the rest, said that the prisoner was labouring under a morbid delusion, and was incapable, at the time of comrnitiing the act, of controlling his actions. Mr. Clarkson then called Dr. B. Philip, and was abodt im, when he wrs interrupted by to examin, Chief Justice TINDAL, Wl' if he bad any eviden by the medical gentlemen who had been examined? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied that he had not. Lord Chief Justice TINDAL.—My learned brethren and myself are of opinion, that, after the testimony which has been given by the medical gentlemen of the state of the pri 3oner's mind, the case for the prosecution cannot be legally ustained—that is, if you are not prepared with other evidence , olicitor-General ce to rebut that which to rebut that testimon The witnesses were hereupon ordered to withdraw, and The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, addressing the jury, said— Gentlemen, I feel that I should not properly discharge my duty, on this occasion, if, after the opinion which has just been stated by the learned judge, 1 were to your verdict against the prisoner has intimated to me, that a ver The - Lord Chief Justice by himself and by the othe that the evidence—especially the evidence of the medical witnesses—which has been brought forward for`the d trong opinion is entertained trued jut on the bench eience, appy man, at, the time he committed the been indicted, was labouring under therefore, you are equally satisfied on that crime for which be i insanit er is entitled to a verdict in But, g, as anxious to y, that Lthninistration of public justice - ; and I be r lieve that I am right when I say that every facility has been given to the prisoner's legal ad visers to enable them to malce a defence for him. There was no wish, nor could them he any wish, on the part of the Crown other than that the ends of justice should be attained and satisfied. But, most certainly, when, in the open streets of the metropolis, crimes of this nature are committed, it is e the care of the public nnected with those erin vestigated ; for such investigations are necessary to the pro tection of the minds, the persons, and the property of us all. On the part of the prosecution, I felt it my duty to lay before you the evidence which we possessed respecting the conduct of M`Naughten in connection with the ordinary affairs of his life. With the doctrines laid down by my learned friend floi;uhlleysaagyrs that tetlihee great object, in every case of this nature,ving them as I do to be the correc t l aw ; rtain whether t arty who commits a crime was, when he committed it, a responsible agent, and whether his mind was under proper controul, or whether his controlling powers of mind had been taken from him, and that he was rendered thereby irresponsible for his actions. These are also the opinions of the learned Chief Justice, who will state to you his views in reference to the evidence which bas been adduced, andit will then be fdr you to deal with the case as you shall think fit. Lord Chief Justice TINDAL then addressed the jury, and Said the question for them to determine was, whether, at the time the act in question was committed, the prisoner had or bad not the use of his understanding, so as to know that he was doing a wicked and wrong act. If they should be of opinion that he was .not sensible at the time he committed it that he was violating the laws both of God and man, then he would be entitled to _a verdict in his favour ; and if, on the contrary, they should be of opinion that, when he com mitted the act,. he was in a sound state of mind, then their verdict would be against him. He (the learned chief justice) concurred in opinion with nis learned brethren beside him, that the evidence of the medical gentleman who had ex amined the unhappy man (he called him unhappy with respect to the state of his mind), the tendency of which they would remember was all on one side, clearly proved that his mind was in such a state at the time he committed the act as not to render him responsible for the cotnmissiow of it. If they thought it necessary that he should read the evidence, he would do so; or if they required any further information with respect to the law of the case, he would be happy to give it to them. • The Foreman.—l am desired by my brother jurymen to say to your lordship that they do not require to hear the evi dence read. Chief Justice Tindal.—lf you find the prisoner not guilty on the point in reference to which I have given my opinion, then it will be for you to state that you acquit him on the ground of insanity, in which case there will be proper care taken of him. . . _ _ The jury, without leaving the box, consulted together for about a minute, and emphatically said—we find that the pri soner is " not guilty," believing him to be insane at the time he corn The Solicitor•General.—Will your lordship be pleased to give directions respecting the prisoner's future custody ? Lord Chief Justice Tindal said he would of course be kept in safe custody until her Majesty's pleasure should be known The court then adjourned at ten minutes to eight o'clock k LEGAL DISTINCTION.—On Tuesday last, at our country Quarter S ns, two men, named Byewater urable Chai to the jur rnips, when growing in No doubt the excellent San—for be is esteemed 1. and r ir all who know him—intended to use the word " taken " r " stolen." In either case, what an absurd distinction the w makes, as though taking the property of another, without A LEG.—On Saturday evening last one of those adroit schemers, who wish to enjoy the good things of this life without paying for them, -hit -upon the following ingenious plan of securing a capital joint for his Sunday's dinner. The f e ll ow, w h o wa s well dressed,' and of respectable exterior, walked up to the shop front of a respectable butcher in the Milc-end- road, and, taking a capital leg of mutton off the hook, took it into the shop. At the moment, the butcher was engaged in receiving payment for some meat, but as soon as he was disengaged, the " dodger " addressing him said, he had purchased the leg of mutton then in his hand from a butcher a little higher up the road ; and having some misgiv ing that he had been " don e " i n t h e weight, he should feel much obliged by his (th e b utc h er ' s ) just putting it in the scale to satisfy his mind on the point. The butcher, who is one of the old school, and remarkable for his bluff John Bull mannerism, replied, that he was not in the habit of weighing the goods o f hi s fellow-tra d esm en, that he h a d enough to do to weigh hi s own hinted told the fellow, that if he hinted something about the honesty of suspiciou s persons, wished to gratify hi s scruples he must go e l sew h ere , an d th a t the sooner he took hi mself off the better. Th e f e ll ow on l y observed that he (the butcher) might, at all events, be civil, and walked out of the shop with the leg of mutton. In about twenty minutes after, the lad whose duty it was to watch the shop front m i ssed the joint • and, calling out to his master, asked if he h a d sold the leg o f mutton. The latter replied not, but findin g i t gone, the mort if y i ng tru th a t onc e occurred to him that h e b ad b e en the --- "regularly done" out of celtent pint DOUBLE 13fGANIY.— On T ues d ay l as t, Richard Belcher, of Little Wit t en ham , was br oug ht before the Rev. N.. Do dson, under the following circumstances, which possess a degree of impudence rarely, we hope, to be met with :— l t appears that in the year 1828, the prisoner, Richard Belcher, was married at Newington Oxon Gar diner, and lived with her until the NT' to a woman named ear 1839, when, after two days' acquaintance only, he married a secoad person, named Lucy Warren, at St. John's Church, Lambeth, who had some property belonging t o h er, and some hundreds in ready cash, no doubt the inducement to Belch er . From thence they (the last wife and Belche r ) went to Jersey,. where they lived about six months, and the fi rst w i fe came over, and was introduced to Lucy Warren as th e man Belcher's cousin, and stayed there some little time, and soon afterwards returned to England alone. Shortly after that, Belc'ler and the second woman (for wife she is not legally) came to England, and resided at Little Wittenham, where the first wife was living, Belcher declaring to the poor woman Warren, that he was previously married, and living in th e same house with both women, the first of whom only he treated as his wife, having taken pos session of the latter's p roperty. Mr. M er ty n , of . Jersey, watchmaker, to whom L ucy W arren i s re l a t e d by marriage, suspecting all was not right, came to E ng land, and finding his suspicions correct, su ccee d ed, a f ter a m ost dilige.stice, nt and praiseworthy investigation, in b r i ng ing Belcher to justice, and he now stands committed for trial at the next assizes for Berko for Bigamy.—Berkshire Chronicle, parliamentw tirottrzitnqs HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tnuttsnme oral, BE .OUGHAM called the attention of the hips ici state of the mu pal corporat with a v In doing tt wish to speak wit Lion of London. bitterness or disrespect of the corpora ldeed it would be most ungrateful of him to do so, because on a certain memorable occasion he had ther with his noble friend (Lord Den- man); with the freedom of the city, and was in consequence a member of that corporation himself. This, however, could not blind him to the enormous abuses which prevailed in that corporation—abuses, some of which were so glaring that, after his statement of that night, he would predict they could not exist for a single year. The noble and learned lord then entered into a lengthened statement of the abuses he referred to, as well in the mode of election of the responsible mem bers and officers of the corporation, as in the general manage ment of its enormous revenue. He denounced the system of city police as dreadful, and said that if the intention was to invent a system the best calculated to promote vice of every kind a better one for that purpose could not be devised /han that existing in the city of London. The administration of justice in the city was decidedly bad. The aldermen, &c., were a remnant of the o ld f eu d a l s y s t em . Th e Duke of Lancaster bad given up his judicial jurisdiction—in Durham also this jurisdiction had been given up—in fact throughout the kingdom these local jurisdictions had been abandoned, and yet in London two aldermen could try men for their lives at the Central Criminal Court. The aldermen, &c., had also the power of appointing no less than six judges—one chosen by the aldermen alone, and the other five by the Court of Common Council. Those judgeships were can vassed for, and .when Lord Denman contested the common sergeantcy with Mr. Bolland he ran a great risk of defeat, because the latter gentleman was city pleader, and those who wished to succeed him in that office got their friends to vote for his elevation. A similar influence defeated Mr. Hill. Was it right that the appointment of judges should be de pendent upon such influences and motives. The noble and learned lord then strongly denounced the practice which pre vailed of persons asking advice from city magistrates, and thus making exparle statements, when the parties whom they complained of had not the remotest idea that their con duct was to be subjected to such a public investigation. There were a nest of magistrates in the city who were fond of hunting out what they called swindlers; their imperfect knowledge of the law not telling them that swindling is a term unknown to the law, and those magistrates were conti nually listening to stories got up for the express purpose of extortion, from the fear of parties of being dragged before the public, however innocent might have been their conduct. If they persevered in this conduct after this warning, he would tell them that the Court of Queen's Bench would take cogni sance of their proceedings, and put an end to the usurpation which' they thus exercised of the jurisdiction of hi g h er courts • noble and learned lord concluded by moving ljesty, praying that her o direct the report of of justic be graciously pleasec ion of the corporation of t y of London nrsht. friend should have given a more definite notice of his object before he sought to pledge the house to an extension of the municipal corporation reform bill to the city. He concurred in all that had been said as to the impropriety of the conduct of magistrates who listened to charges which they had no assed would Put an end to the practice as his noble friend had represented it to be. h was a repre sentative government, and no doubt abuses had crept in, which he hoped to see reformed. Lord BROUGHAM then said he %%milk] withdraw hie mn_ tion, and bring it forward ir, another shape HOUSE OF LORDS.-: 'ALDAN Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Marquis of Townshend, and his brother Charles V. F. Townshend, containing allegations against a person named John Mar getta, who had, it was alleged, falsely assumed the title of Earl of Leicester, although not legitimate. The petition was referred to a select committee, and their lordships adjourned HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY Sir IL PEEL assented to the production of the papers moved for by Lord Palmerston relating to the Ashburton treaty, with the exception of such parts as were confidential. The right hon. baronet also said he would, on Monday, state the course be would adopt with respect to the question of privilege. Lord STANLEY, in reply to a question from Mr. LABOU. CHERE, said there was no truth in the rumour that in the measure relating to the importation of Canadian flour a clause was to be introduced for the purpose of excluding flour ma nufactured from grain grown in the United States. It would be sufficient if the flour was manufactured in Canada to con stitute it colonial flour. He did not expect to be able to in troduce the new measure before Easter. Lord PALMERSTON, in reference to Mr. Roebuck's charge of falsehood against the Simia proclamation, in which it was stated that Shah Soojah would " enter Affghanistan sur rounded by his troops, observed, that the proclaination was fulfilled within six months of its date : but, even if it had never been fulfilled, that circumstance would not have im peached the proclamation. Shah Soojah had entered Canda har, "surrounded by his troops," which were partly com posed of Hindostanees and partly of Affghans. Mr. ROEBUCK said his charge was that the proclamation had been drawn up for the express purpose of delusion ; and, in support of this charge, he quoted a letter from Col. Dennie, ‘ that lamented officer declared that Shah Soojah had Affghan in his whole army. He would ask if -fimmanded by British officers, and paid in whict that army was not out of British funds NLMERSTON admitted that it was commanded by jeers, hut it was paid by Shah Soojah, by means In reply to a question from Mr. EWART, Sir R. PEEL said that he was unable to give any further information respecting any alteraiton of the sugar duties than he had formerly given. In reply,to questions from Mr. A. SMITH, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that Govern ment was in possession of every inforMation respecting the value of the opium seized in China, and he would lay the whole of the papers before Parliament, in order that an opinion might be formed as to the proper course to be pur sued. In reply to a question from Mr. EIVART, Sir R. PEEL said that it was not his intention to take any step with respect to monopoly of the growth of opium in In dia until he should have an opportunity of ascertaining the opinion of Sir H. Pottinger. The house then went into a committee of supply, and the navy estimates were proceeded with. A: discussion took place as to the propriety of paying more attention to building steam ships of war, Sir C. NAPIER declaring :that w•e had never built one in this country that could be called good, or that could keep the machinery in anything like safety. In fact a cannon ball would go right through the boiler of any of them, and cause an explosion, and the men below would be cooked before they could reach the deck. Captain Rous also condemned the system of giving the command of our fleets to old men, who, from being ashore for 10 or 20 years previously, had lost two thirds of all the nautical skill they had - ever acquired. He also condemned the constant violation of the rules of the Admiralty by the captains of vessels proceeding to the Mediterranean, taking with them their wives, families, carriages, horses, &c. The ships in that service being generally in port, enabled the offi cers to reside ashore so continuously, that they became ut terly unfit for service. Fur his own part, be would rather take any gentleman brought up in St. James's-street for an officer in a ship of his, than he would take an officer brought up in such service as that of the Mediterrane ,n. A discussion was raised as to the propriety of reviving the office cf deputy accountant-general of the Admiralty, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Baring, and other hon. members objecting to such revival,. the necessity for which was, however, advo cated by 11r. Sydney Herbert and Sir James Graham, who read a letter from the accountant-general proving the neces sity . of the revival of the office owing to the great increase of of business in that department. Mr. C. Woof) proposed a reduction of the vote in order to take the opinion of the house upon the propriety of the re vival of the office, but on a division Mr. Wood's amendment was negatived by a majority of 124 to 45: The house was occupied with the discussion of the esti mates during the remainder of the evening. THE AFFGHAN WAR, The following scene was enacted in the House of Com mons on Wednesday last, during the debate on Mr. Roe buck's motion for an inquiry into the circumstances attend ing the origin of the Affghan Sir R. PEEL did not think there was any necessary con nexion between the question whether the war was justifiable, and the question whether the house ought to appoint a com mittee of inquiry. He desired, therefore, not to be under stood not as approving the policy of that war because he did propose to c:ncur in the motion for the committee. Even if he coincided in the opinion that there was reason to ap prehend danger from Russia, be considered subsequent events to have confirmed the suspicion he had originally ex pressed, that the expedition into Afighanistan would not be found justifiable. But he could not agree to lend the influ ence of Government to the appointment of the proposed committee. It had not been the usage of this country that a party.acceeding to office should employ its powers to en force vindictive measures against its predecessors. If he were dispujid to yield to party feeling, he might agree to this motion as Tretaliation upon the now thre4tened attack on Lord Ellenborough ; but he would act on no such sentiment. He would rather act upon the consideration of that which was befitting the Government and beneficial to the people. I must say (continued Sir R. Peel) that some of those who are to-night the loudest in reprobating the principle of the war were at that time the loudest in expressing approbation of it. (Hear, hear.) I remember, S!r, that the chief oppo nent of my views upon one of those occasions was no less a person than the seconder of ,the motion now under conside ration. (Hear, hear.) 'When I made a reserve as to the general policy of the war, and objected especially to the grant of money,, the hon. member for Montrose approved of the po licy, and also assented to the appropriation of the money. (Loud laughter.) Mr. H UME.—No, I did not; the policy was not the ques tion.—( Renewed laughter.) Sir R. PEEL here very deliberately turned round, and, amid much merriment, produced a volume of parliamentary debates, previously brought to him from the library by Mr. E. Tennent. Having found the passage he sought for, he continued :—lf I were trusting to my general impression, I might doubt the correctness of my recollection; but I must bring the hon. member to book—(shouts of laughter) —as he gives me so emphatic a denial. Mr. llumE.—But 1 don't deny it.—(Renewed laughter.) Sir R. PEEL. — (shutting the book)—Oh ! Very well; then— _ _ Mr. liumE.—Oh! read, read Sir R. PEEL—(re-opening the book.)—Certainly, I'll read.—(Shouts of laughter.) [Addressing Mr. Hurne] : This is all stated, you know, in a good-humoured way. [Turning over the pages] :—I don't know where to find the sentences, I'm sure ; but I suppose I shall find them some where in the climax.—(Boars of laughter.) We usually find the strongest points in that part of the speech. — (More laughter.) Oh ! here it is : "lam of opinion that the result of the expedition will go far to strengthen the British power in India." Mr. UME . —Very good, very good.—(Great merriment.) Sir R. PEEL.—EIi - what did you say ? Mr. HUME.—Oh ! read on, read on. Sir R. PEEL.—Verr well !—" [loving seen the lamentable results of inefficient arrangements, I think the greatest credit is due to the British authorities." (Great laughter.) Oh, but he goes further than that : here's another passage,— " I think the conduct of Lord Auckland is marked by the greatest wisdom." (Roars of laughter.) Then here's ano ther, —now, what will the hon. gentleman say to this?—" I believe that it is an expedition more likely to be beneficial to India than any which has previously taken place." (Re newed laughter.) So. I have struck the hon. gentleman above and below, and I hope he's satisfied (more laughter) ; hut really I only quote this to justify myself in saying that I, who from the fist expressed my distrust of the policy of the expedition, have been met in argument by others whom, to my astonishment, 1 now find opposed to me. (Loud , heers.) Sir, I know that nothing is more easy than to argue that the House of Commons is the great inquest of the nation- bat it h itB&Oak' its funcilau to lotlttit and that it is highly desirable it should ex [sk, is tli (I-lear, ple ? near.) I will tell you a it will end in transferring. the executive government of crown to the House of Commons. (Loud cheers.) Aftt few other observations, the right hon. baronet. resume(i seat amid loud and general cheering. He had scarcely s down before Mr. Hume rose from his place on the oppoiAill benches, and, stalking across the floor of the house, seizet the volume of " Parliamentary Debates" which lay on the right hon. baronet's despatch-box, exclaiming, as he marched off with the prize, "Now, then, let me have my turn at I hook." The incident caused much amusement, honourable member for Montrose proceeded to dive into ti columns of " Hansard," amid the general laughter an ironical cheering of the house. THEATRE ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUAR MRS. CLARKE most respectfully announces that her BENEFIT is appointed to take place ON MONDAY NEXT, the•l3ih instant, en which occasion the celebrated Perfumers, Mr. W. FARREN, and Mrs. GLOVER, of the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane, Covent-garden, and Haymarket, will make their appearance. First Night of the New Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD, the most popular production of the last season at the Theatre- Royal, Haymarket, in Woich Mr. W. FAR REN will sustain his original character of " Grandfather' White head,".and M r. STUART his original character of " Langley." Mrs. TERNAN (late Miss Jarman,) of the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden Mr. B ROWNE, _ of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, and of the American Theatres, will also appear in principal characters, and Miss FANNY TERNAN,--the Juvenile Actress, only seven years of age, will appear, for the first time, as " Edward Drayton," in the Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD," and will also perform in the Farce of THE YOUNG AcTnEss. ON MONDAY next, the 13th instant, will b e rev i ve d th e favourite Comedy, called A WAY TO KEEP HIM. Sir Bashful Constant .... Mr. W. Farren, the second character performed by hirnat the Theatre , Royal, Covent-garden. Lovemore .... (first time)._ Mr. Stuart. Sir Brilliant Fashion Mr. Browne. The Widow Belmour Mrs. Glover. Mrs. Lovemore (first time) Mrs. Ternan. Muslin.. After which, the highly successful Drama, as performed Seventy Nights in succession last season at the Theatre- Royal, Haymarket, called GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead Mr. W. Farren. Edward Drayton.... (his Grandson) Miss•Fanny Ternan. Langley Mr. Stuart. Louisa — Mrs. Seymour. To be followed by a Drama, in one Act, adapted from the "Actress of all work," ea pressly for Miss Fanny Ternan, called THE YOUNG ACTRESS; OR, THE MANAGER PERPLEXED. In which Miss Fanny Ternan will sustain Six Characters Tickets to be had of Mrs. CLARKE, 1, lloughton-street, Williamson-square, and of Mr. COOKE, at the Box-office of the Theatre, of whom places may be taken from Ten until Three o'clock : no Places can be secured unless Tickets are taken, Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the Perform ances to commence at Seven o!clock precisely. Lower Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, ls. Second Price at Nine o'clock :—Lower Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. 6d.; Gallery, 6d. TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, Sc The largely increased and most respectable circulation which the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratffy ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to bring their advertisenients before the notice of buyers in the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARD is steadily, increasing. In Manchester, however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday —occurring upon the most im- portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country manu facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly es tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased and increasing interest. Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to receive an increased measure of support from the mer chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it a f fords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability to do justice to the interests committed to their care. TO CORRESPONDENTS We had prepared some remarks on the subject of the trial and verdict in the case of M`Nagliten, but are compelled to withdraw them at a late hour. ittbirpsol 'Ataaart. TUESDAY MORAING, MARCH 7, 1843 We received last night Jamaica papers to the 3d ult., and the Guiana Herald of the 24th, 26th, and 2Sth January. A summary of their contents will be found in another column. The papers have been brought by the West India Mail Packet The Forth, which arrived at Southampton on Sunday night, having left St. Thomas on the 7th ult. and Bermuda on the 16th. She has brought 31 passengers, 400,000 dollars, and 227 serous of cochineal. The gentlemen of the League appear to be just now in an awful state of perturbation. They are haunted with the fear of " a plot," hatching by somebody or other—they forget to say who—against their maiden reputation; and are elongating their ears, in the direc tion of Lancaster, with an earnestness and trepidation which it is quite painful to contemplate. What Lan caster has to do with them and their agitation it is not so easy to say. The Chartist O'Connor, and others, it is true, are there, upon their trial; but what have virtuous, patriotic, peaceful people, such as the mem bers of the League, to do with Feargus and his satellites ? " What's Hecuba to them or they to Hecuba ?" The Attorney-General, too, is at Lancaster, and a host of witnesses of, and actors in, the eventful scenes of August last are there; but what have innocent people to fear from these or any such circumstances ? The Secretary of State for the Home Department has been also subpcenaed, and actually attended for three days, as a witness in the trials in question; but what has the League to fear from Sir James Graham, or from the witness for whose production it seems the right hon. baronet was held as a kind of lien or pledge ? We are really at a loss. The affair is far too mysterious for our ingenuity to solve. There is one thing, however, which strikes us very forcibly. The Manchester Guardian of Wednesday last first raised this novel cry of " Plot—plot," and on Saturday vouchsafed us the information that up to that date it had not exploded —a fact which we were terfectly ready to believe, from the eminently tranquil state of the atmosphere, and other circumstances of a similar nature. Mr. Richard Cobden, too, on Wednes day last, at a meeting of Cockney philosophers, held at the Crown-and-Anchor, in the Strand, raised the same cry of " Plot" and " Conspiracy," and, in fact, almost predicted that something shocking was about to transpire, affecting most seriously the character of the League, against which, however, his hearers were resolutely to shut their ears. Now the thing which strikes us forcibly, as we have above remarked, is this. It is not usual for innocent men to say to their friends or to the public, " You will shortly hear something very dreadful against my character; but don't believe it !" or, " That scoundrel C or D is to be tried this assizes for burglary, and will very likely implicate me as the receiver; but don't believe him !" Such is not the usual course with innocent people—the innocent are proverbially fearless ; and, with all due deference to the superior acumen of the Manchester Guardian, we must candidly confess that our impression of the purity of the League body is by no means deepened by the anxiety displayed to prepare the world for the probable impeachment. " The thief doth fear each bush an officer!" We briefly referred in our last to the result of the division upon Mr. Roebuck's motion, for a committee to enquire into the origin and policy of the Affghan war. We were not disappointed in that result. The member for Bath, admitting the ability of his address upon the subject, and the independence and manliness of his general conduct in Parliament, was not the man from whom such a motion might best have originated. The ground which he took was far beneath the occa sion. What was, in every sense of the word, a national crime of the deepest dye, descended, in hi. hancle, into An Ad oi lure ttaiiiet) , ation of toeir office, General of India, Lord Fa merston, the loophole thus furnished, an opportunity was given to Sir Robert Peel and the .Conservative party to exer- cise that excessive generosity towards the;r opponents, which, however amiable a feeling in itself, is one the increasing practice of which is fast making - shipwrec k of the dignity of Parliament, and undermining one of 'the main bulwarks of British liberty. The policy of the Affghan war is denounced by every Conservative, in Parliament and out of doors, and by a large majority of the liberal party as well. That it was not a merely mistaken policy—an error- - the result of ignorance or weakness,—but a wrong de liberately committed, in defiance of warning as to its injustice and probable consequences, is morg than suggested, for it can be, and, in fact, has been proved• In the pursuit of this injustice an army was sacrificed , and thousands of British subjects savagely massacred; the revenues of India, to the extent of twelve or four teen millions sterling, wantonly squandered, and the safety of that important possession itself—a possession such as no country in modern history has been master of—placed in jeopardy. What, then, we ask, becomes of the constitutional responsibility of British ministers —that responsibility which the Whig press has of late so sedulously proclaimed—if the authors of such a war, distinguished equally by its. criminal Origin and the disasters by which it has been attended, are to be kept harmless, unvisited even with the condemnation of Parliament, by the protecting delicacy and forbearance of a Conservative ministry ? What is the precedent thus established, but one of perfect impunity for poli tical crime ? We respect—all men must respect—that amiability of feeling Which hesitates to crush a fallen antagonist; but we cannot admit that this was a fitting occasion for its display. The criminal here was not a penitent supplicant for mercy; but a boastful profligate who; from the bar at which he was arraigned, threw back insult and arrogant justification of hii conduct upon his accusers, and upon the very hands which inter posed to shield him from merited disgrace and punish- The bearing of Lord Palmerston, in particular, was not one to win sympathy or forbearance ; and we cannot but express regret, and in so doing we express the feeling of nine-tenths of the community, that Sir Robert Peel permitted any considerations, so trivial as those urged by him on Wednesday, to interfere with the course of justice and the constitutional practice of Parliament. Most assuredly the favour which he con ferred is one not very likely to be reciprocated, should an opportunity occur for its exercise I After all, however, Whiggery has little to plume itself upon in its escape. The condemnation of 85 independent members of the House of Commons, on an occasion when a ministry, which equally condemns the crime, interposed to screen the offenders, is a token not likely to be very gratifying to the conceited ex- Minister for Foreign Affairs, or to his small band of admirers. By the bye, shall we hear more of the threatened impeachment of Lord Eilenborough ? We suspect not ! We have the sincerest pleasure and delight in being able to announce to our readers, that an opportunity is now afforded them of testifying their approbation, and the esteem in which they hold the eminent'services rendered to our town and the country at large, by our highly gifted and talented townsman, the Rev. Hugh MtNeile, to whose exertions and manly courage we owe, in a material degree, our present enviable social position. A few friends of the reverend gentleman lately met, and passed a resolution to the effect that "it is de sirable to adopt some plan to mark the sense of the public services of the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, and of the benefit conferred by him not only upon the town of Liverpool but the country at large; especially as regards the promotion of religious instruction." After due consideration, it was unanimously agreed to enter into a subscription for the purpose of estab lishing scholarships connected with the Collegiate Insti tution of this town, to he called "The MeNeile Scho larships." For further details we must refer our readers to the advertisement elsewhere. We know of no means so pure, so disinterested, and so completely divested of all sinister objects ; and no compliment more likely to meet with the approbation of the rev. gentlemen, whose high-minded and chival rous notions, and complete disregard of p e rsonal advantage, are so well known, where a possible benefit may be conferred on the community at large. This is a compliment worthy of the town to bestow, and worthy of the distinguished individual's acceptance on whom it is bestowed; and while it confers honour upon him, it at the same time confers a lasting benefit on our town, and the Collegiate Institution, by offering a sti mulus to the exertion of our children to contend for so fair and honourable a prize. The subscriptions are limited to £5 for each indivi dual, and we have not the smallest doubt the call will be responded to joyfully : we feel persuaded very many clergymen's names will grace the list of contributors; and we have the high satisfaction of observing, it Is already honoured with the names of our venerated a nd highly -esteemed Bishop, and the Worshipful the Chancellor of the Diocese, as well as the Members for the Borough, and the noble champion of scriptural education, Lord Ashley. LOCAL NE WS Sir Howard Douglas is nominated, by Mr. Palmer, one of the members of the committee on shipwrecks. The Cheshire Foxhounds meet to-morrow (Wednesday) , at Darnall; on Thursday, at Bradfield Green; and on SS turday, at Tatton Park. William Clayton Green, 13. A., of Clare Hall, Cambridge► and late of Whitkirk, near Leeds and a student of the Leed s Grammar School, was on Sunday last ordained by the Bishop of Chester to the curacy of Woolton. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS' BILL.-Sir Howard Douglas presented, in the House of Commons, on Friday night, the petition agreed to at the recent meeting of the parishioner s on the subject of this bill. The British and North American royal mail steamer the Acadia, which sailed hence on the 4th ult., was spoken on the 10th, in long. 31, having got " half seas over" in less than six days. Her prssage across the Atlantic promised, there' fore, to be short. THE THEATRES.—In the House of Commons, on FridaY i 'l' Mr. T. Duncornbe pre sen t e d a pet i t i on, signed by 6,0 00 °, the inhabitant s o f Li verpool, complaining of vexatious actions which had been brought against certain parties who had been playing at the Liver Theatre, Liverpool. The British and North American royal mail steamer th e Columbia, Captain Judkins, sailed, on Saturday last, f e , r Halifax and B os t on . Sh e carried out fifty passengers, aewri whom were Sir Ch ar l es M etcalfe, the new Governor-Genera l of Canada, and suite. SIR HOWARD DonHLAs.—Our gallant representative , Si r Howard Douglas, presided, on Saturday last, at a m eeti n g of the subscribers and f r i en d s o f the United Service Institu tion, held in London. Th e S oc i ety, which is most usefu l to both services, appe ars t o b e i n a state of progressive.improve ment. General Washingt on , C ap t a i n M arbury, arrived here to day from New Orleans. She brines letters of the 28th °„ January, being late r th an t h ose brought from New Or l ea ns; yesterday by the pa c k e t- s hi p G eorge Washington, from l'sr York. Captain M ar b ury has now, for three consecu tif e voyages, brought the latest news from his ports of loading' VISITORS AT CROXTETH.—The following is a correct Us" of the visitors to the Earl of Sefton during the race week Lord Stradbroke, Sir Frederick Batheuse, Sir F. Macgrer c j c ; Sir Joshua an d L a d y G erard, Sir Richard Brook a ncl A iiss Misses Brook, Mr., M rs., and Miss Blackburne, Hardy. Mr. Beauelere, Mr. Payner, Hon. Col. Ans" —► Earl of Cr aven , H on. Frederick Craven, Mr. F. Standish' SALE OF L ORD S TANLEY ' S BREEDING STIJD.—A lar ge be draft fro m th e va l uable hunting and breeding s t u d of t by noble coloni a l secretary were brought to the hammer Tattersalls, by direction of his lordship, on the race co ut 4 at Aint ree , on W e d nesday. The lots comp t rrised the r ac o by Ibrahi m , b rot h er to Napoleon, Erin, winner of a Anglesea st ee pl e c h ase ; galloways, mares, hacks, 84 c" °- realised good prices. INQUEST.—Yesterday an inquest was held before Curry, E sq ., b oroug h coroner, on view of the body of Mic," u a a t Manly, a c hild o f four-and-a -half years old. It appTired "no on Friday aft ernoon the 'deceased, who lived with his Pu re e, in Brick -street, was in the act ofrunning across Flint -stre et, while a c ar t was passing, when he stumbled and fell u o der the off wh ee l, w hi c h passed ouer his head. He was taken t __ the Southern Hospital, where, notwithstanding every tion, he died on th e f o ll owing morning. The surg eon s , f,„ h that the d ecease d h a d suffered a fracture of the skull wow he died. V er di c t , " Accidentally killed. " alt!ted INCREASE AND DECREASE the imports of merchandise (1842) with that of the precei articles have varied : Articles increased in import. Ashes Brimstone IN IMPORTS.—On com Paring, at this port for the last Ye a ' ling, we observe the following Articles decreased in import. Bark Cocoa . Coffee, British plantation Ginger Hides Indigo Dye and Shell Lao Madders Molasses Pepper Palm oil Cassia - Coffee, foreign Cotton Wool Galls Olive Oil Pimento Rice Ruin Shumac Sugar, Mauritius and lia- Saltpetre Sugar, Bengal and Tallow Brazi l Tar Dye Woods Sheeps' Wool vana Tincal Tobacco Turpentine