The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-24 00:00:00

LORD lIIINTINGTOWEWS BANKRUPTCY time to it woman either ached nothing s who d oks like a law if not a wise of the warmth of f cen ms w a Ma: ; where h Lord Her ndship at least -..— ....._ _ tg his susceptibility. He may be do an Edmonds, and many a Copland " • ' he strikes a treaty of reciprocal Cl bland acceptance for the other. man will not please him- Lt least appreciate The freshness of the heart is gone from which saw in a Lieutenant-Colonel un chivalrous generosity, and in a lady who emen near Dulwich, the beantions info princess—this, too, has departed ; and p,ppiled that stern and st( hardness have invested upwards gave performed by Bing expert of Mr. Puff at last_partially realized goers la humour of the degradation of our mn gloom_ of our farces, and the involuntary muse of the genteel comedy s in favour of Mr. Van Amburgh's gedies, th and takes refuge n our police and bankruptcy courts 3 longer gibbetted in five acts, nor n two, it cannot be denied that a commissio contains as excellent morality— same degree of palatable fun —at ,st approved " sterling comedies." If the t become a court of ease to the Old Bailey, s a good substitute for the Haymarket. ary which we for- any of our e has Basinghall-s Our readers 11 recollect the sum )orrowed ,el Copland in these ,500 of Lard Hunting commission out of pawn, and how he only nun about £7OO ; how he introduced him to Messrs. Emanuel, on condition that he bought a dressing-case and 'awned it, the proceeds to be shared between them both— '-;end, however, getting nothing ; and how he obtained `20,000 worth of bills before he came of age, to which his lordship, on attaining his majority, ex .ed a mortgage deed to the holder of the bills. We also alained—as far as Colonel Copeland's short memory would ;ar us out in the assertion—that out of this £20,000 repai o the gallant colonel, his lordship had only This statement must have impressed our r- transactions from him _eaders with a most idea of his lordship's simplicity, and the colonel's .ity. But in this eventful drama, as in every other, .n act generally disappoints the hopes of plotting dex y, and rewards the sufferings of unsuspecting ingenu ess. A Mr. Vane, who had "known Col. Copeland for ve years, and been his solicitor for five," acted as v.. by the lat mortgage-deed, wind 11.• seems to have taken fright —.dent of his name in the public prints. Con e resolves to " cut" the colonel on the first con portunity. This soon presents itself. The colonel, at an examination in Basinghall-street was warmer and drinking several glass utside of a coach all day randy-and-water." Mr. Va .0A a he had expected, writes - this characteristic note Friend and solicitor" (which, by the by, we strongly ad for insertion in the next editio n of the " Com- My dear Vane,—These d—d examinations which are ht forward from Huntingtower'S bankruptcy have iriven me mad, as you may suppose. They w ant to age, and if you can conveniently keep out of sent it would be better. lam coming down to upset the mortg London at pt Alnw and will meet yot .ote Mr. V. s reply to his friend and client's letter : " Brancepath Castle. Jan. 10. " Colonel Copeland,—l have just received your letter, at which I am as much surprised as at the report of your exami nation in the newspapers of the sth instant, and which I had not seen until to-day. You must be aware that that report is incorrect. I never either met o r had any connection w ever with Lord Huntingtower until I was introduced to him and Mrs. Edmonds by you at Mr. Fisher's, when the mort gage was executed. You must know that I appeared there by your appointment, at your particular request, and on your behalf, and that I neither went nor returned with them. These facts I consider so essantial to my character, that I shall take the earliest opportunity of stating them before the commissioner. I remain, sir, you most obedient servant, " H. M. VANE." " Sir"—" most obedient servant"—Call you this " back ing of your friends," Mr. Vane ? But you are right. The drama would not be in correq keepmg otherwise. The man of business always turns against his client in the last act. We have a " sterling" play in our mind's eye just now. The moral is—that colonels should not cultivate the friendship of minors before they have accurately ascertained what their expectations are; and that minors should not go shares in the credit of middle-aged colonels who have nothing but their credit to live on. There are also some subsidiary moralities which this story developer—firer; a fruiterer should not let a young gentleman " eat a dozen of Charmontel pears at a time in his shop ;" secondly, captains on half-pay should fol low Mr. Fonblanque's advice, " keep a special peerage book," and be more cautious than Captain Cauty.—Times. SPRING CIRCUITS.—Home Circuit—Lord Denman, Mr. Patteson. Norfolk Circuit—Chief Jnstice Tindal, ustice Coleridge. Northern Circuit—For York and rpool, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Coltman. For the ~ ,e rn counties, Mr. Baron Rolfe. Midland Cir ca., __ n Alderson, Mr. Baron Gurney. Oxford Circuit—Mr. Justice Erskine, Mr. Justice Wightman. Western Circuit—Mr. Justice Cresswell and a sergeant-at- North Wales—Mr. Justice Markle. South Wales— Lord Abinger will attend chambers Justic —Mr. Bari Justice With person named Lag naud, 26 years of age, of family in easy circumst ances, res i ding . in the commune of N comm itted suicide, a few days ago, in a After having shut himself up in his ne broke to pieces his watch and guard chain, the timepiece, and the j u g s and basin, and tore up his linen and clothes. He nest cut off his toes with a hatchet, and wounded in various places his legs with a knife. He then discharged his head, hut as the ball only took away a part • ' sans froid to take up his ArdeChes range manner rip up his stoinacn.—vwcytew... LY SUDDEN DEATEI.--On Sunday last, Mr. Clarke, an local minister, was preaching in the chapel be- D that denomination at Catcott, a village a few miles dgwater, and near the close of his sermon was ng of the uncertainty of life, and that the preacher never be permitted to leave the pulpit alive, conclud e discourse by recitinz some exquisite lines on death. which, in attempting to give out a notice of a meeting, his voice faltered, and be suddenly fell back in the pulpit. Be was immediately conveyed to a neighbouring house, and ever attention paid to him, but he never spoke afterwards, and y about eleven o'clock the same evening he expired with- Awi a Wes lo CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST AN IRISH GENTLEMAN. — :he Dublin Court of Commis im a mas been occupied for was five lays with the trial of a gentle named Ega charged with having abstracted from the Dublin and Ballin asloe coach, on the 19th of December last, a parcel, con taining a large sum in bank notes and money, the property of the National Bank, tran smitted by the branch bank at Moate to the central bank at Dublin. The evidence was purely circumstantial, so far as it affected the accused, ser and showed great carelessness and neglect on the part of the vants of the bank. No person could speak positively as to the actual amount contained in the parcel, and the parcel itself was thrown into the boot of a common stage coach. The verdict was one of acquittal, which was received with enthusiastic cheering in a crowded co urt—the cheering being re-echoed by thousands assembled without. TRAGICAL EVENT.—On Friday, considerable sensation was created in Warrington, by the report that one brother had met his death by the bands of another, and that the other had been badly wounded also. The following are the facts, as far as our correspondent, in the hurry of the moment, to save the evening train, has been enabled to collect them : —Bewsey Farm, near Warrington, is tenanted by a respect able farmer, named Crosby, who is assisted in his agricultural occupation by several sons. On Friday afternoon, one of these sons, Thomas Crosby, and one of his younger brothers (we have not asce r t a i ne d hi s c h r i s tian name), went out rabbit shooting over the far m • and on their return , p rior to the fowling-pieces being disc harged,' or laid aside, a quarrel took place between them thee cot to blows, and, in oat a sigh . rums wurus tiluy bs.- -- the heat of passion, Thomas Crosby was struck on the head by his brother with the butt end of his gun, which going off at the moment, the contents barely escaped entering the thigh of the party striking. The stock of the gun was shattered to piece s , an d suc h was t h e f orc e of the blow, that a portion of the lock of the gun fractured the skull and lacerated Thomas Crosby's brain. Medical assistance was immediately obtained, but the poor man lies in a dangerous state. FOUR CHILDREN POISONED. —The following serious occurrence, which had n i g h b een atten d e d w ith fatal cons!- quences, took place on Wednesday last in the family of a sergeant of police at Kensington. A friend having sent a present of a twelfth cake with several painted figures there on, it was distributed amongst the four children, of the re spective ages of two, four,usetyen, and nine years, about two o'clock in the afternoon , o4clsocpkrevious to the two eldest going to school. About four one of them returned home vom iting dreadfully, and shortly aftewards the other came h o me similarly affected. Both complained of violent pain and h e at in the stomach, of which also the other two complained, an d were shortly afterwards seized d with vomiti n g. A surgeon was promptly calleti in. who,eatetni.:" declared they had beening the children, and ascerta ining what they had poisoned by the paint with which the figures were coloured. Proper remedies were immediately applied, but all efforts to stop the vomiting were unsucceast u til eleven o'clock at n ight, by which time two of the e_ n rather better, and it was ren - were nearly er ex hausted- On Thursday they w cons id ere d they were likely to recover, ascer tained that one o f the children of the . It was also rs'n bY whom the cake was sent bad been similar ly seiz ed. Pe A very curious case came before the civil tribunal on Fri dayeiadame Guil t! last. The c ircumstances are as follow : mord, a corset - m aker in the Passage Saum , suffered so severely from grief for the death of three children , and lastly of her husband , th at she com p letel y lost her re ason, was gu ilty of a thousand a cts of extravagance. w he never a a mi r e d ne i g hbour, or even a customer , came to h e r , them to kiss the port rait of her deceased husband,she r ca ressed or abused them as the y either complied or refused to comply with her request. At times she made aempts to comm it suicide, either by wounding herself with a tt razor, or endeavouring to throw herself out of t the window. Her friends, finding that he r mind incessantly urne another marriage her. Several men were brought to the her real as a s c a tch, b he ut all, on becoming acquainted with of t '-runk from the proposed union. At length a person --inloyed in the prefecture, from motives Madame Guilmard was known to -es, agreed to form the alliance. 29th April last, and as it was stated, under the dein to recover her lost ...husband, 'Mcon an IA d Fau evident, as prosperous eircumstane The ceremony was performed on the Madame Guilmard b .inn that she was ab moms the civil H ugh the several c ~ropriety that neither the church, had any suspicion of tt re V er y shortly after the m ar, _ we' ations returned with their former force, and strangt -nes were acted between the new couple. In l‘e poor womon was placed in a lir , - • Hence, after ktirne she w' ge, !lower schaged .eturn to her , reas .._ _ whether temporarily • • he commenced a su anently time alone can show, s -ee from ber last husband, on the ground that, was married to him, her faculties were not in qive a valid consent to the contract. the suit by 3unsel for Faure e Jr time since the ceremony was performed without any 'rapt by Madame Guilmard or ber relations to i annul tilt cou ld not be gone nto. ^'-..re could not be any ims tances. and a fter tae at, under the c ry body and 25,58] )r old Cribb probably not itieed, as we understand, servants or gers•on on the pr was the day appointed for. uccasion belonged to and the hearse - Mitchell, and consequently proceeded from the Lion ,ed on the n' yard. Strange and unaccountable as it may seem, it is nevertheless true that this superannuated dog, which had scarcely been off the premises for two years, and which or other servants, accompanied the hears. Barker's late residence, sat opposite the door until the body was placed within it, walked by the side of the mournful procession to the church of Little St. Mary, remained opposite thereto n„tit the remains of his friend were consigned to their final to Mr ,onsent at th e t i me place of rest, and then quietly returned home unattended, a the f u n en j o y men t o f h is o r ber reason:and therefore de. the hearse having quitted the scene some time before ! We eided th a t th e sn it o f Madame Guilmard was maintainable, pretend not to offer any comment upon this extraordinary and o r d ere d t h at th e proo f s on b o th sides should be gone occurrence, but we assure our readers the facts are as we h a ve stated them to be.—Cambridge Chronicle. into. This will be don Id not b by a part e at a futu ATTE 11 PT TO ASS INAT E SE( rmined attempt was made Yesterday afternoon, a most tl to assassinate Mr. Drummon? Robert Peel, in the open stree The motives of the at tery, not the slightest clue being that could have impelled him to the commission of so . gravated a crime. But, whatever may have been the reason influencing his mind, it will be seen, from the subjoined account, that his purpose was carried out with the most cold-blooded determination, though, fortunately, results are at present expected to mirk from the which he succeeded in inflicting on his intended victim . It appears, from information on which perfect reliance may be placed, that Mr. Drummond left Downing-street e privat secretary of Sir the broad face of day ssassin are at present involved in mvs- et obtained to the cans wound if-past t iree o'clock in the afternoon of yesterday, in company with the Earl of Haddington. They proceeded together as far as the Admiralty, where Mr. Drummond left the Earl of Haddington, and went to the banking-house of his brother of the same name, at Charing-cross. On his re turn therefrom, and when he had proceeded as far as the space between the Admiralty and the Horse Guards, he was shot at by a man who approached him from behind. The assassin walked close up to Mr. Drummond, and, showing a determination not to fail in the perpetration of the fnnl deed which he contemplated, actually put the muzzle of the pistol into the back of the unsuspecting gentleman. He then fired. Immediately after the pistol was discharged, a policeman, who had witnessed the act, rushed up, and seized the criminal. In the mean time he had returned the pistol with which he had shot Mr. Drummond to his breast, and bad drawn out another loaded pistol from the same place, and was in the act of pointing it at Mr. Drummond, when the policeman seized him and pinioned his arms from behind. TI• -barged, I pistawas disc aut the aim of the as sassin being thus diverted, the contents did not touch Mr. Drummond, nor was any_other person injured by them. Mr. Drummond was immediately conveyed - to his bro ther's bank, which, as our readers are aware, is only a short distance from the spot where the shots were fired. Here a medical man from the immediate neighbourhood was called in, and he examined the wound made by the ball. He found that the ball had penetrated the skin of the back, through the coat and under garments, but he could not trace it far- ther, not having with him the necessary instruments. As, however, Mr. Drummoud did not seem too much debili tated by loss of blood to bear being removed to his own re sidence, be advised his being immediately conveyed there. He was accordingly taken there. • Mr. Guthrie, Mi. Bransby Cooper, the eminent surgeons, and Mr. Jackson, surgeon_and apothecary, were in attend- ance and proceeded more fully to examine the wound. It was then ascertained that the ball had entered near the spine, and that it had made a circuit either over the hip-bone or under the lower rib, and then lodged near the pit of the sto mach, under the breast; thence the ball was extracted by Mr. Guthrie without any difficulty, as it lay near the surface. It was at first thought that the wound was of a dangerous character, on the supposition that the ball had taken serious effect internally ; but, on further examination, it did not ap pear that any vital part was injured. The symptoms exhi bited by the patient, after the ball was extracted, were found to be favourable, and there seemed to be no reason then to apprehend that the event would be attended with fatal effects. The assassin, on being secured by the policeman, was con veyed to Gardiner's-lane police-station, where he gave his name as M`Naghten. He refused to give his place of resi dence, but it is supposed that he is either a Scotchman or a native of the north of Ireland, who had been located at Glas gow. He was then searched, and there were found on him two £5 notes, £4 in gold, and a deposit receipt of a Glasgow Bank for £750, made out in the name of " Daniel M'Naugh ten." Thus the receipt confirmed the statement made by the prisoner with respect to his name. The prisoner was well, though not genteelly, dressed. _ _ d • Nothing transpired that could with certainty lead to a knowledge of the motives which induced the prisoner to com mit this dreadful act. It does not appear that he had had any previous correspondence with Mr. Drummond, or that he had preferred any claim or complaint to the Treasury, or was a disappointed applicant for office. His demeanour throughout was cool and collected, nor did there appear any evidence of insanity. The policeman who apprehended him heard him say, on his being arrested, " He" or " she" (the policeman is uncer tain which,) " shall not disturb my mind any longer." It is stated that the prisoner had been seen loitering about the public offices for some days previously. On one occasion the office-keeper of the Council-office, who had observed the prisoner staying about the door, asked him what his object was in so doing, and inquired whether be was in the service of the police. In answer to this question the prisoner said that he was, and that the gentlemen of the office need not be afraid for their property. In answer to inquiries made at the residence of Mr. Drum mond, in Grosvenor -street, we were informed that he was still doing well—that no immediate danger was anticipated. The patient, indeed, was not so ill as to be unable to see his brother, Mr. Arthur Drummond, who had been sent for ex press from the country on the receipt of intelligence of the occurrence. It was past midnight when we received this fa vourable account. The notification made by the surgeons for the information of those who desired intelligence of Mr. Drummond's state of health was to the following effect :—" The ball has been extracted. No vital part is injured, and Mr. Guthrie and Mr. Bransby Cooper have every reason to believe that Mr. Drummond is doing very well." EXAMINATION OF THE ASSASSIN On Saturday Daniel M`Naughten was brought up in cus tody before Mr. Hall, at Bow-street Police-office. The pri soner, as soon as he was brought into the court, was placed in the waiting-room, where he warmed himself before the fire, but did not open his lips to any one present. He is a shabby-looking person, apparently about thirty years of age, and is anything but reapectable-looking, as he has been de scribed. He is florid in complexion, with light hair; he was dressed in black, with his waistcoat buttoned up to his chin. The charge on the police-sheet was, "Daniel M'Naughten, of Poplar-row, Newington, turner, from No. 90, Clyde street, Anderton, Glasgow, about three montts, for dis charging two pistols at E. Drummond, Esq., of Charing cross, and wounding him." When placed in the dock, the prisoner looked with careless indifference round the court, 'RANCE AND ENGLAND ruing Post pDrener or the disturbance of the peace of Europe, thai we receive trom our Paris correspondents intimation of the possibility of the abrogation of the slave treaties being enforced by the factious intrigues of the enemies of the present French ad ministration. We have on this subject to present a lea simple observations ; but they are of a most serious tendency . , —and as we have lately published, on this subject ; a n the a tic articles, ascribed to the highest official sources, and which have thrown the more rabid press of France into a state of frenzy, we beg, on this occasion, to state, that our opinions are Merely those of the independent press, and of the country The question which political, diplomatical, and all thinking :essions to the French goverranent have been made with the understand ing, that, by the above treaties, M. Guizot would stand or fall ; and, what is far more important, whether these were the last concessions Lord Aberdeen could possibly make ? Both these questions are solved, AND - IN TEIE AFFI MATIVE! As regards M. Guizot, we would not suspect him for a moment of allowing his brother minister, M. Lacave Lap lagne, to vote against the treaty, merely to make this measure cease to be a cabinet question : such a course would disgrace the great statesman in the eyes of all Europe. As to Lord Aberdeen, he knows that with this treaty, all other treaties on the Lapis with France would be dissolved. Like a man provoked to fight a duel with a wild misguided antagonist, he has made the last concession honour would bear, courtesy and Christian spirit suggest; and, if a contest must still ensue, the blood shed will be on the head of the adversary. This will not be deemed language too strong, nor a result suggested by exaggeration. The treaty of 1841 was signed by all the great powers in Europe : it was signed by the am bassador of France at a diplomatic distance, per telegraph, of twelve hours from Paris. These negociations, originated under M. Mole, were continued by M. Thiers—need we say, they were all but consummated by M. Guizot ? Would it be believed, were it not not now matter of history, that during the negociation of this treaty, which only differs from those of 1831 and 1833 (unlimited as to duration) but in the ex tension of zones—that in this treaty of 1841, which gives the ships of war of France the power of exerting vexatious pro ceedings on a tenfold greater commercial navy than •her own —the only power which demanded a probationary trial of five years was Russia; not France, which joined England to overrule this proposal ! From this treaty, the French ad ministration was allowed to retreat, out of respect to their w personal good f a ith and honest intentions, battling i n v a i n the wild tid e o f popular prejudice. But whil s t th e re fusal to ratify a treaty is a rare instance indeed in political history,—and, under the above circumstances, we believe without example—t rea ties once ratified can only be abrogated by mutual consent, or by the sword." (From the Morning Post of Saturday.) We have just received an extraordinary express from Paris, bringing the result of the deliberations of the Commission on the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne, as to the paragraph to be inserted respecting the right of search question._ . _ " The Commission on Thursday afternoon decided on a paragraph proposed by M. Dupin, entertaining the three fol lowing points: " First. It expresses the satisfaction of the Chamber of Deputies at the non-ratification by France of the slave sup pression treaty of December, 1841. " Secondly. The execution of the antecedent treaties of 1831 and 1833 is to be tolerated so long as they are not ex ceeded, or if executed to the letter. " Thirdly. The wish is formally expressed, that some term may be designated for France to abandon her exceptionable position created by the treaties of 1831 and 1833, and to re turn, as the paragraph expresses it, to the common right of nations." The report of the Commission, containing the above pa ragraph, will be read in the Chamber of Deputies on Monday next, and the debates will, in all probability, commence on the Wednesday following. Our letters express strong apprehensions that the cabinet may not be able to accept the wording of the last passage, as it pledges the government to enter into negociations for the abrogation of the treaties of 1831 and 1833. No doubt seems to be entertained that the report of the Commission, in the present feeling of the Chamber, will pass without the slightest modification. BOSTON FOREIGN EMIGRANT SOCIETY (From the Boston Atlas.) The deeply impOrtant subject of the condition to which the friendless emigrant is exposed, when he lands upon our shores, has, at length, awakened a powerful sympathy in the bosoms of the most distinguished of our citizens. A higher and more truthful appreciation of the emigrant character— the elements which they possess of extending and elevating the mighty destinies of this republic, when directed by the heart and hand of philanthropy and a just conception of the deep and abiding love of freedom which burns in the breasts of the great mass who seek this continent—is the sentiment which is rapidly taking the place of jealous fears and repelling antipathy. Men are now beginning to yield to more compre hensive and statesmanlike views upon this question. The day has passed when men would gravely, and with popular applause, propose to remedy the presumed evils of emigrants in large cities, by walling them up and saying to the stranger whose heart throbs for some spot unmarked by the hoof of despotism, this free land and its proud and glorious institu tions are the sole heritage of those whose fortune it was to b e born upon its soil. W now endeavour to devise means of converting what hitherto was considered a burden into a bles sing, and moulding the immense accessions of industrial wealth, which is annually contributed by the old world to our growing country, into the elements of national strength and We care not to what causes this noble change in popular greatness feeling is attributable : it is enough that it is sanctioned by the highest spirit of benevolence, and, we may add, a wiser and more patriotic regard to the true interests of this coun try. Institutions framed for the purpose of giving direction to this honourable sympathy for the emigrant, are the in struments to which we must look for the consummation of this noble design. Their successful and and seemed not the least affected by the situation in which he was placed. When asked for his name, he gave it with strong Scotch accent. Several witnesses were then examined corroborated the facts as stated above. James Partridge, A 136, was as follows : `• I have been on duty in Whitehall, near the Council office, and I have seen the prisoner about there for the last seventeen or eighteen days, walking up and down, generally looking in the direction of the Duke of Buccleuch's house. The prisoner was sometimes standing in the Council-office. On the 13th, I went up to him at about eleven o'clock, and asked him if he was waiting for anybody; and I think he said, lam waiting for a gentleman,' and then walked away down Whitehall. Yesterday he came at about half-past ten, in front of the Council-office. lle remained there for about an hour, on one or two Occasions standing on the steps. I passed him several times, and looked him full in the face, Their evidence The evidence of and at last I said, ' Have you seen your gentleman ?' and think he said, ' No.' About half an hour after I saw him eating some bread, which be took from his pocket. He was then standing opposite Lady Dover's. I saw him loitering about till half-past three o'clock." On being asked if he had any question to put, the prisoner said, " I do not recollect having any conversation► with the gentleman. It may be true, or it may not be." Mr. Bransby Cooper, the surgeon, after giving an account of the nature of the wound, said that neither he nor Mr. Guthrie could, at first, trace the ball. _„. b ... utiu energetic action cannot fail to realise the sanguine hopes which the friends of the emigrant entertain from this medium ; they look to the vast domains of the West as an El Dorado for foreign emigrants, which, while affording them a productive reward for their industry, will increase, to an immeasurable extent, the wealth and strength of the nation. Through that vast 'and wild country may be planted a race of men who will carry the flag and intelligence of America to the borders of the Pacific, and render a rude, untrodden waste the busy mart of commerce, and a western frontier that sh a ll gree t the traveller of those seas with an impregnabl e f ron t t o the almost illimitable country within. The conviction that incalculable usefulness will be derived from such a soci e ty has long b e e n f e lt by some of the most acti ve an d i n fl uent i a l men of our city. The distinguished Consul of G rea t Bri tain, t an, question among a Grattan, c ircle o t when they engage in any mat teri among of public utility, infuse into it a spirit that stp. _.amps its success as inevitable ; and to him, in an eminent degree, is deserving the credit of assembling the highly respectable ld if ever, has a me e ti ng b een meeting, in point of talent , zeal , and the publi c p os iti on o f those present, the account of which we are abo u t t o su b m i t. We may safely say, that seldom, convened for any public object which brought together a larger or more respectable representation of the various in terests of our city. The meeting, which we may remark, was intended merely as one for oreliininary consultation, was held at the Ex change, on Wednesday evening. At an early hour we noticed the entree of many of the most distinguished professional and mercantile gentlemen in the city. The meeting was or ganised by calling to the chair Thomas Colley Grattan, Esq., who, at the earnest solicitation of the gentlemen present, consented to discharge the duties of that position, and E. Hackett Derby, Esq., was appointed secretary. Mr. Grattan, on taking the chair, briefly explained his views in relation to theestablisbment of an Emigrant So " We then directed Mr. Drummond to turn upon his back, that we might examine the anterior part of the body, when a small projecting lump led to examination with the finger, and the ball could be distinctiy felt immediately under the skin, so that a mere incision of the'lancet led to its immediate and easy removal. The two openings now showed that the ball had traversed around the left half of the wounded gentleman's body. I consider Mr. Drummond in no immediate danger. hall had mP-' ns though it had been rifled. I think Mr. Drummond will have a_ protracted confinement." The evidence having been concluded, Mr. Hall addressing and asked whether he wished to say anything. The prisOnei• said, "No sir, not at the present.' He was then removed from the bar, but it having been almost immediately after wards intimated to the magistrate, that he now wished to say something, he was brought back. Mr. Hall (to the prisoner).—l understand you now wish to say something. The prisoner.— Yes, sir; I wish to say that it is the Tories of my native city who have driven me to this act. They fol low and persecute me wherever I go ; and they have, by their treatment of me, already ruined my health and disordered my mind. I can't sleep at night, and have no rest night nor day. They have followed me to France, to different parts of England, and to other places—in short, wherever I go. The system they have pursued towards me was such tbat 1 could go on no longer. I believe I have been driven into a con sumption by them. I believe I shall never he the same in dividual again that I was before. I used to have good health and strength. They have accused me of crimes of which I was never guilty. They have done everything in their power to harass my mind and to persecute me ; and, in fact, to murder me. That is all I have to say at present, and it ca❑ be supported by evidence. The prisoner here paused. Mr. Hall.—Have you anything more to say ? Prisoner. —Only that they have completely disordered my mind. lam quite a different man from what I used to be before they commenced their persecutions. The prisoner again paused. Mr. Barnaby.—Have you anything to add to your state ment? Prisoner. —No, sir. The statement was then read over, and Mr. Hall asked the prisoner whether he had any objection to sign the statement which he had made. The prisoner replied, " No." The statement was handed to him in the dock, and he very coolly - appended his signa ture thereto. As Tyrrell, the jailer, was about to remove him, the pri soner in a very earnest manner turned towards Mr. Hall, and, pointing in the direction of the cell adjoining the court, said, " Shall I be kept in that place for the whole fortnight! Because if I be, I'll not lire." Mr. Hall.—Oh, no : you will be taken to a prison, where you will be taken proper care of until you come here again. The prisoner's manner and expression of countenance clearly indicated that he was in a state of insanity ; but his extremely healthy appearance of body did not at all bear out his statement regarding his health. There is to be another hearing of the Attorney-General v. Shore (Lady Hewley's Charity) case before the Vice- Chancellor, the day following the first seal after term. TRIAL OF CHARTIST RIOTERS AT THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, HELD AT EDINBURGH, ON MONDAY LAST. — John Duncan. preacher; John Penney, mechanic; Hugh Ross, tailor; James Graham, weaver; John Scott and Peter Bennet, flax dressers ; were charged with mobbing and riot ing, as also breach of the peace, by the wicked and felonious assembling of multitudes of persons combined together for some illegal purpose, to the great terror and alarm of the lieges. They were also charged with being at a numerous ciety. Having been called on quite unexpectedly to act as president of a meeting merely intended for preliminary dis cussion, but so numerously attended as to require the forms of a public meeting, he was not prepared to enter on the subject at any length, more particularly as the object in view was generally known, and its value well understood. Mr. Grattan referred to the published Constitution of the Emi grant Society which has been highly successful in New York, and paid a handsome tribute to the great exertions of Dr. Robert Hogan and other gentlemen in effecting its establishment. . Portions - of this and other interesting documents were read to the meeting by Mr. Basket Derby, who acted as secretary. • Mr. Grattan, while recommending th e organ i za ti on o f t h e Irish Society Of New York, as the model for the one now proposed, particularly explained, that the association which he was desirous of seeing established in Boston, should be formed on the broader basis which would include emigrants from all nations within its action. On these grounds he hoped for the co-operation of the whole body of foreign residents, as well as that of such native Americans as felt the importance and advantage of the plan. Mr. Grattan, in concluding these opening remarks, expresse d hi s th an k s to the gentlemen assembled, for the promptness with which they had responded to his wishes in attending the meeting at his request. And, having thus fulfilled the object which he had so long hoped to see carried out, in bringing together so much of the influence and respectability of the city to co operate in this undertaking, he begged to be allowed to withdraw from any active public connexion with the society, as not, perhaps, consistent with his official situation, at the same time promising his best assitance to further an object of such great utility. meeting held in Bell-street Hall, Dundee, for the purpose of taking into consideration the present state of wages, at which John Duncan attended, and addressed them iu violent and inflammatory language, recommending a general strike, and advising the persons present and other workmen to go to the turnip and potato fields to take food, or like expressions, and to compel other workmen to strike, and do the same by the show of numbers, and other violence and intimidation. The indictment specified other meetings afterwards held, at which the same violent language was used, and narrated the subse- quent demonstrations on the streets of Dundee, and between that town and Forfar, for the purpose of compelling the workmen to strike work.—John Duncan pleaded guilty to addressing a portion of the meeting referred to in the indict ment ; John Penney, to breach of peace ; Hugh Ross, to being chairman at one of the meetings; and James Graham, John Scott and Peter Bennet, to breach of peace.—Lord Mackenzie said, the public prosecutor's object was not to . . At the - close of Mr. Grattan's remarks, James Boyd, Esq., arose, and, after some observations, commendatory of the object which brought them together, submitted the following preamble which, a ft er a b r i e f di scuss i on , i n which Messrs. and Eliot, Brimmer, and Bigeiow took a resolution, patfre y, part, were unanimously adopted : " Whereas, the hitherto great and increasing emigration from Europe to the United States has had the tendency of placing in the cities on the sea-board more labouring hands than can possibly find employment in the said cities, and, consequent thereon, great suffering and distress fall on the pressing claimants are constantly craving an d stranger, receiving andth the chanties of the community ; and, as it is be lieved that labour is at all times needed in extensive districts of this country, where the means of subsistence and comfort are superabundant, and easily obtained by the poorest indi vidual, who is willing to work, and that, therefore, any effort or management, which would place the surplus labour of the cities in the districts needing the same, would be a work of philanthropy and patriotism ; therefore " Resolved, That this meeting think it expedient and proper to form an association of themselves, and such others as may hereafter join them, for the purpose of granting such aid and counsel to the unemployed and destitute foreigners as may be hereafter agreed upon to be expedient and proper." Mr. Boyd further moved, that a committee be appointed to draft suitable r u l es an d regu l at i ons i n v i ew o f a permanent organization of a "Foreign Emigrant Society." This was adopted. From'the committee a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Palfrey, Boyd, and Walsh, were appointed, to submit to the General Committee a draft of a constitution and rules. The General Committee were instructed to call a meeting at the earliest expedient hour, for the purpose of defining some distinct plan of action to secure the public attention and co-operation to this object. Much friendly conversation took place as to the most advisable course to pursue, and the proceedings throughout were characterized by an ardent interest in the purposes that brought them together. We do not hesitate in pronouncing this auspicious commence ment of a great philanthropic measure as affording most bril liant promises of an immense and permanent association, which shall accomplish the greatest benefits to the stranger, uninformed as to the localities of the country, and ignorant of the hest channels for the employment of the small means they may have brought with them from their native coun would operate as a warning, and a satisfaction to the law. He therefore proposed that the prisoners should be punished by imprisonment for four months. The Lord Justice Clerk hen sentenced the prisoners to four months' imprisonment I Dundee jail, and severely admonished them as to their ict in time to come.—The diet against John Duncan was deserted, and a new warrant will he issued for his deten tion. William Clark, John Mitchell, Thomas Anderson, and James, Prydie, included in the same indictment, were outlawed for non-appearance.—Scotsman. . _ . _..... tries. We lookf 6 o; arrtO " tbe next meeting with .. the greatest interest, and anticipate from its action great perma nent blessings to the emigrants. The Court of Queen's Bench has granted a rule nisi for a new trial in the case of Carpue v. the Brighton Railway Company, wherein the plaintiff obtained £250 damages for an injury he had received during a collision. Two points were urged in favour of the rule by the defendant's counsel; firstly, that the plaintiff had not given twenty days' notice of actioli, as required by-the company's act of incorporation ; and secondly, that Lord Denman had misdirected the jury as to what amounted to negligence on the part of the defendants. THE LATE HURRIC . A.NE-TOTAI SHIP ENGLAND. OSS PEI To the already frightful catalogue of wrecks we have to add the total loss of another fine ship, the England, Captain Thomas Lewis, belonging to London, which foundered two after the hurricane in 78 feet of water, about nine miles STATISTICS OF EAST INDIA SHIPPING has just published his comparative statement of the number of British ships, with their tonnage, which have been entered inwards and cleared outwards, from and to places within the limits of the East India Company's charter, in the year 1841 and 1842. Of the number of vessels entered inwards results are shown LONDON and 1,593 T ne in 1842 of 1 a, the differenc 216,507 tonnag e and 11,654 men, and 525 ship. nage, and 1 - 0,061 men. LIVERPOOL.—An increase in 1842 of 1 ship, 708 tc and 24 men 916 ton: " CLYDE; LEITH, AND OTHER BRITISH PORTS.—A de crease in 1842 of 22 ships, 9,438 tonnage, and 506 men. "TOTAL RESULTS OF THE ABOVE PORTS.—A. decrease in 1842 of 37 ships, 25,533 tonnage, and 2,126 men. the dif ference betweerf 788 ships, 318,980 tonnage, and 16,304 men, and 751 ships. 293,427 tonnage, and 14,178 .men." Of the number of vessels cleared outwards, the following LON DO —A decrease in 1842 of 76 ships, 16,069 ton- 1, being the difference between 530 ships, and 12,101 men, and 454 ships. 197,338 5 men. A decrease in 1842 of 56 ships, 213,407 tonnay. . tonnage, and 11,25 " LIVERPOOL.— tonnage, and 1,073 men. " BRISTOL AND HULL —A decrease in 1842 of 9 ships, 3,751 tonnage . " CLYDE, LEITH, AND OTHER BRITISH PORTS.—A de crease in 1142 of 45 ships, 16,337 tonnage, and 982 men. ,nd 213 men aecrease 3f 186 ships, 61,738 tonnage, and 3,113 men, the difference between 1,006 ships, 408,607 tonnage. and 21,392 men, and ESULTS OP 820 ships, 346,869 tonnage, and 18,279 men." The facts which this yearly comparison developes suffi ciently show, that the mania for overtrading has in a degree passed, and that, as far as our commerce with distant countries is concerned, much more caution is displayed by the mercantile interest. The result is an astounding one, that a decrease of no less than 146 ships has occurred in the clearances for the Australian Colonies and New Zealand. The clearances for Bombay and Calcutta also exhibit a con siderable decrease. John Fox, author:of the history of the acts and monu ments of the Church, _ commonly called Fox's Book of Myr tyrs, was a Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of ;Sarum. An article in the " Literature of the Negro," in the Mag nolia for Nov.. states it as a significant fact, which has been strangely overlooked, that the three words Ham, Shem and Japhet, mean in the original Hebrew, black, red, and white ATTORNEYS.-145 gentlemen have tices of their intending to apply, flurinz the Ares given the regular no t ( Hilary) .. .. _ . _ . term, to be admitted to practise as attorneys of the Court of Queen's Bench ; and there are also 28 notices of applications for readmission A citizen of Schwtyz, in Switzerland, named Charles Herlobig, died lately at the advanced age of 103 years. He was a remarkable personage, as being the last descendant of Margnerite Herlobig, wife of Werner Stauffacher, who. ac cording to history, took a great part in the foundation of the _ Swiss Confederation. PASSAGE, JAN. 4.—The Rockshire, Duggan, sailed from Quebec, on the Ist November, and on the 28th November, when off St. Peter's, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a tremen dous sea struck her, carried away bowsprit, foremast, main mast, &c., and washed overboard five men, three of whom were rescued, but two young men (Edward Price, London, and Wm. William , f Finlan( -•' The - -j, were drownea. cannon steamer went out from this on Monday evening, tool\ her in tow near the Light Ship, and brought her into Water ford in a disabled condition ; by this chance the Duncannon bas a claim of £1,500. The vessel belongs to Messrs. Thos. Frost and Co., Quebec, and was bound to Liverpool. She now lies opposite the Quay of Waterford, deeply laden and dismasted. We understand she was insured.—Waterford Mirror. JAMAICA EXPORTS. — The table of exports affords the most gratifying evidence of the increasing cultivation of the colony, the total of sugar exported for the year 1841-2, being 45,613 hogsheads, 6494 tierces, and 2817 barrels, against 30,500 hogsheads, 4436 tierces, and 2296 barrels for the year preceding. We can observe, also, a slight increase in the present year's manufacture of rum, as compared with the quantity of sugar, being to the extent of almost 300 puncheons upon the whole crop ; but whether this is to be attributed to the adoption of Mr. O'Keefe's improved system, or to merely adventitious circumstances, we are not in a position to de termine. The coffee crop also exhibits an increase of above 1000 tierces ; and the ginger and pimento crop appear to have been equally successful : altogether therefore we have reason to congratulate our country friends upon the so far success ful results of their labours.—Jamaica Standard, Nov. 19. THE CHURCH IN WALES. The state of the Welsh Church is one of the deepest depression, brought on by the miserable neglect which it has experienced. Indeed it would have been well if there had been no other cause than the ne gative one of neglect. But there has been a positive cause, which has been working for upwards of a century. The strong disinclination shown by the Welsh people to the change of dynasty at the accession of the present family caused the Go vernment to put Englishmen exclusively into her sees. The consequence has been that the spirit of the clergy has been broken, and the affections of the people towards the Church, which were warmer than in any other part of the island, have been alienated. How, indeed, could the clergy, when they t against their Ivan - Cement to the saw an inseparable bar pu rule of their native Church, maintain the same high tone as their English brethern ? They were reduced to a body of impoverished vicars and starving curates, hewers of wood and drawers of water to their English masters.—Evan's peal against the Union of Bangor and St MODESTY OF AN AMERICAN EDITOR.—The New York Herald (edited by James Gordon Bennet,) has the following " leading article," under date 24th December last :—Debates in Congress--Derangement of the Mail.—Onr readers were very much disappointed yesterday, in not receiving- the report of the debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, in which Mr. Arnold, the fire eater from Tennessee, made a great speech. This disappointment was caused by the con tinual mismanagement of the mails between Washington and New York. Our reports of the debates in Congress, are so life-like, so graphic, so admirable, so original and interesting, that the public feel a most intense disappointment, when they are deprived of them at their regular morning meal. These sketches—daguerreotype reports—will have a greater rative assembly Of the nation, than any of the dull, prosy ones that ever were attempted. They have already created a perfect mania in this latitude, and they will continue to do so, to the end of the session. The disappointment in not re ceiving them is, therefore, intense. What can be the matter with the Post :-office —The following is a list of LONGEVITY OF THE PEERAGI the peers who died in 1842 with their ages January Chichester, Bishop of. February NI arch Hertford, Marquis of. Macclesfield, Earl of . Munster, Earl 0f... Norfolk, Duke of Teynham, Baron*... Ludlow, Earl... Rolle, Baron.. aged 60 Shannon, Earl of. Manners, Baron. Congleton, Baron Rodney, Baron .. Leicester, Earl of Berwick, Baron 69 Rossmore, Earl of 77 Vivian, Baron .. 67 Wellesley, Marquis B2 Teynbam, Baron* 54 October . Ferrers, Earl B2 November . Gort, Viscount.... December *lt will be observed by the above, that Lord Teynham, (14th Baron,) and his successor, both died this year. THE WORKING CLERGY OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. —The Church and Slate Gazette, in its last number, sup plies a statistical description of this class of the Established Clergy ; and founds upon it an earnest appeal in their behalf. The document states that, " Of these curates th..tre are 3,088 August September who are so to non-resident incumbents; 1,720 who are resi dent in glebe-houses ; and 1,722 to resident incumbents. Of the 3,088 curates who are so to'non-resident incumbents, 295 receive incomes under £5O per annum; 493 under £6O; 231 under £7O; 379 under £80; 395 under £9O; 111 under £100; 493 under £llO ; 33 under £l2O ; 256 under £l3O ; 30 under 1 £140; 11 under £150; 190 under £160; 32 from ziou, anu under £3lO ; two each Sunday service 20s„ 215., and 425. ; four who receive the pew-rents as the whole of their income ; 66 who take the whole income of the living ; 40 who receive no stipend at all ; and 27 miscellaneous. Next comes the case of the 1,720 curates, who are so to resident incumbents. Of these, 128 receive stipends under £5O per annum ; 22 under £6O ' • 127 under £7O ; 142 under £BO ; 2 5 1 under 1:90; 62 under £lOO ; 408 under £llO ; 15 under £l2O ; 99 under £l3O ; 19 under £l4O ; 13 under £l5O ; 520 under £160;27 from £l6O to under £310; five each Sunday service of zus., 215., and 425. ; 11 who receive the pew-rents ; three who take the whole income of the living ; 118 who have no stipend ; and 20 miscellaneous." An examination of these statistics will give a result of from £BO to £lOO a-year as the average salary of a curate. v, who some short LATE ELOPEMENT.—Captain Sher time since eloped with a young lady of fifteen years of age from the United States, and which afffir at the time caused considerable excitement in America, from the circumstances attending it, and a notice of which appeared in the London journals, is at present residing at Surinam, where he fills the office of Judge of her Majesty's Slave Commission Court, but intend 3 return, as the American papers state, in con sequence of the ill-health of his lady, and will then take the opportunity to endeavour to bring about an amicable recon ciliation between himself and Mrs. Shenley's family. The property to which the young lady is entitled is about two millions of dollars—near half a million sterling, and consists of real estate in Pittsburg—no small fortune for this gallant son of Mars to " storm and capture." It is bequeathed to her under the will of her grandfather, the late General O'Hara. The Pennsylvania legislature passed an act setting aside this legacy, and giving the revenues to the trustee ; but it may be supposed that such a law is null and void and of no effect in a court of law and equity. It is most probable, if the law thus passed be correctly represented, that the lady's ultimata right to the property is fully conceded, and only prevents her claiming it until she becomes of age. At the time of her elopement she resided at Mrs. Inglis's seminary, at Staten Island. Captain Shenley, immediately after his nuptials, came to England, and was with his lady presented to her Majesty on his appointment. He has been twice a widower, having married first the niece of Lord Fife, and secondly the second daughter of Sir William Pole, Bart. ` EXTRAORDINARY ANECDOTE OF A DOG.—Many marvels have been narrated concerning the dog and his attachment to man, but we know not that we ever heard of anything mote extraordinary than that which we are about to tell our readers. At the Red Lion hotel in this town, there is an old, one eyed, worn out dog of the terrier breed, named Crib. He lies about in the yard, or stable. or kitchen, and enjoys his otium cum dignitate just as is most agreeable to himself and consonant with his age and infirmities. Possessed of a pro- rits and position, he is soc of the f persons admitted to his friendship was the late lamen John Barker. who was kind to the old animal, as he was thing, and took a great deal of notice of For some two years past Crib has a hundred yards from the Lion gateway; • of the off Ostend The intelligence was brought by Captain Lewis, who with the chief mate, Mr. Clark, and the ship's cook, arrived off the Custom-house at eleven o'clock on Thursday night by the Belgian steamer. The England was of 425 tons burden, and belonged to Messrs. Ward and Son, shipowners at Shadwell. She was not insured. Her crew, besides Captain Lewis, consisted of first and second mates, carpenter and carpenter's mate, and 16 seamen. On the 7th inst. she left the River Thames for the coast of Africa, with about 200 tons of ballast, and ar rived safe in the Downs on the following Thursday. They proceeded on the passage the same evening, having fair weather, the wind blowing a fine breeze fro m th e eas t. How ever, at about on e o ' c l oc k on Friday morning, when the ship had arrived between Fairley and Beachey Head, it commenced blowing a heavy gale,- which increased to one of the severest hurricanes ever experienced by the oldest seaman on board. Captain Lewis, upon the storm advancing, had the ship se cured as snugly as possible ; all sail was shortened, and every man was upon deck ready in case of emergency. At about two o'clock the appearance of the weather was awful ; hail, snow, and rain descended in torrents, the sea appeared like a boiling surf, the waves rising a terrific height, and making a clear breach over the vessel. Most of the crew had lashed themselves to different parts of the vessel. During the morn ing the ship laboured very hard, and by her continually pitch ing shifted her cargo of ballast; so much so, that by day break she was completely upon her beam-ends, and making a considerable quantity of water. The crew made signals of distress, but no vessel made its appearance during that and the following day ; but at seven o'clock on Sunday morning a Dutch pilot-boat hove in sight. In the meanwhile the ves sel had become worse, the crew suffering from cold and ex haustion. During Friday they made several attempts to work at the pumps ; but the storm still continuing with unabated violence, although several were lashed to the handles, they were unable to keep a footing. Friday night and Saturday passed without any further success, and they remained lashed to the rigging until late on Saturday night when the weather became somewhat fine, which enabled them to free them selves from the quarters where they had been tied nearly 48 hours. Such was the situation of the ship then, that it was impossible to work at the pumps, or even to launch the long boat ; she lay on the water with her gunwales completely under, and her destruction was expected by all. At daybreak the following morning (Sunday) Captain Lewis and the chief officers determined upon cutting away the mainmast, in the hope of throwing the vessel more in an upright position, and in order to construct a raft. In a few minutes after the order had been given the mast fell overboard, but it had little effect upon the ship. She lay with the bottom of her keel partially out of the water, and the gunwale some feet under. There was then upwards of ten feet of water in the hold, which was fast approaching the deck. Just as they commenced con structing the raft the pilot-boat, to their great delight, hove down towards them, and succeeded in reaching the England, and taking them safely off the wreck. The Dutch pilot-boat, at the desire of Captain Lewis, re mained alongside of the ship until she sank, which took place in about two hours afterwards, about three leagues from the shore. The crew, upon their arrival at Flushing, were most kindly treated by the authorities, who afforded them every comfort and assistance they could wish. The British Consul at Flushing then forwarded them to Rotterdam, which place they left for London. LOSS OF THE " CONQUEROR." FURTHER PARTICULARS The boy Abchurch had been lashed to a spar, and was in a most exhausted state when washed on shore. Restoratives were immediately applied, and he slowly regained consci ousness. Before ten o'clock, on Friday, Mrs. Thompson was washed on the beach, with one of her children. The unfortunate lady was not quite dead, but survived only a few moments. The wind continued to blow strongly from the N.W. during the whole day, and several bodies came on shore, including those of Mrs. Jenkins (one of the passen gers), five children. two sailors, and two soldiers, forming part of a detachment of the 91st Regiment, who embarked for England at St. Helena, on board the Conqueror. Information was immediately forwarded to Boulogne, and Mr. Hamilton, the consul, arrived at Lorel late on Friday afternoon. Portions of the wreck and cargo were washed on shore during the day, and taken possession of by Mr. Adam, Lloyd's egent at Boulogne, on behalf of the under writers concerned. Mr. Hamilton directed a number of coffins to be prepared for the reception of the bodies of those drowned, and made arrangements for the proper performance of the funeral service. The Conqueror left Bengal on the 18th of September, 1842. No advices had been received by her owners from the Cape, but it is conjectured that she had made a very favour able passage, from the early period of her arrival in the Channel. The present was her first voyage, she being an entirely new ship. The following is a letter sent by one of the seamen to his friends by another vessel made near the coast : " orbay, ay, Jan. 12. " Dear Fathe r and Moth Off T er,—With much Thursd pleasure I send my kind love to you, hoping that it will find you in good health. We have been very unlucky in our voyage home, and have lost several hands since we left India. Two young men were drowned before we left Calcutta, and four have died since. Dear mother, send to Kate and let her know that the ship has arrived. 1 hope I shall find you in good health. Give my kindest remembrance to all inquiring friends. I expect you will see me about Monday or Tues day if all goes well. Send to Mrs. Brown, and let her know her son is well, and hopes she is the same, as well as his brothers and sisters. So no more at present from your affectionate son, " " Mrs. Harc our t, Mill wall, PopIa GEORGE HA-RCOURT. r," The Conqueror was in company with the American lihe of packet-ship Westminster during the greater part of Thurs day, both vessels continually tacking on each other's course. The latter ship arrived in the Downs on Sunday last. It appears that, although the weather has very much mo derated since Saturday, strong north-west gales have pre vailed, in consequence of which many bodies drifted ashore during Sunday and Monday, and it is generally believed that those of nearly the. whole of the crew have been recovered. The'situation of Lorel, an isolated point on the coast, has prevented a frequent communication with Boulogne; but Mr. Hamilton is stated to be unremitting in his exertions to render every possible assistance. It is hopc:l that Abchurch would have sufficiently recovered to leave the coast for Boulogne on Monday evening, and a carriage was despatched for him. He had not, however, arrived when the packet left. The few remains of the wreck have been sold by auction. Among the bodies cast on shore on Sunday was that of a sailmaker drowned in the Reliance. The remains were frightfully mutilated, and the head altogether gone. His identity was proved by the name worked on his Guernsey frock. A head was afterwards washed on shore. The Conqueror had a very valuable cargo on board, and is underwritten to a large amount. Notwithstanding this, Mr. Green will be a serious loser—his vessels being always insured for a considerably less sum than their actual value. The wreck of this ship, which has excited such painful in terest in this country, appears to have caused little sensation► at Boulogne, and little is known respecting the melancholy disaster at that place. Two gentlemen connected with Mr. Green's establishment left Boulogne on Sunday for England, and had not then even heard of the wreck. At Perthcawl, on Saturday morning, at day-break, a ship wreck was discovered on shore near Dunraven Castle, be tween two and three miles north of the Ness Lighthouse. Upon the inhabitants hastening to the coast, they learnt that the crew and master (Mr. Brereton) had lauded in safety by the vessel's boat, she proving to be the schooner George Canning, belonging to the port of Yarmouth. The vessel has since become a total wreck. Two FEMALES DROWNED.—A very lamentable accident 3ccurred at Knostrop, near Leeds, on Thursday evening last, owing, there is little doubt, to the very thick fog which prevailed at the time. A young woman of the name of Jane Foxcroft, the daughter of Mr.•Foxcroft, residing in the Isle of Cinder, Leeds, was on a visit at the house of Mr. Jona than Benson, gardener, who lives about two hundred yards below the Knostrop Lock, at a few yards distant from the Leeds and Selby Canal. About ten minutes to eight o'clock in the evening, Miss Foxcroft left Mr. Benson's house on her way home, in company with Miss Sarah Collishe, the niece of Mr. Benson. The latter young woman intended to set the other part of her way. As Miss Collishe did not re turn, Mr. and Mrs. Benson felt rather astonished, and Mr. Benson went to the lock-house about twelve o'clock, and in quired of the Knostrop lock-keeper (Mr. Jackson) if he had seen anything of his niece, but the latter had not. Mr. and Mrs. Benson retired to bed, under an impression that Miss Collishe had gone home with Miss Foxcroft to Leeds. About eight o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning, the lock-keeper found a check silk bag floating on the water, and on his car rying it to Mr. Benson it was identified as the one Miss Foxcroft had in her possession when she had left Knostrop on the previous evening. A person was sent down to Mr. Foxcroft's, and it was then ascertained that Miss Foxcroft had never reached home. Search was ,made in the canal, and the bodies of both the young women were found therein, and were got out before nine o'clock. They were found within four, or five yards of each other, and about one hun dred yards from the house of Mr. Benson. There were no marks of violence on either of the bodies. The two females left Mr. Benson's, the night before, arm-in -arm, in cheerful conversation, and there is no doubt one had actually fallen into the canal, and dragged the other after her, and both had unfortunately perished.—Leeds Intelligencer. - --- - Loss OF THE AMERICAN PACKET -SHIP SAMAEANG.— On Thursday intelligence was received of the loss of this fine ship, reported to be 600 tons burthen, which occurred near the Goodwin Sands during the tempest on the night of Friday week. The ship was laden with a cargo of turpentine, oil, and other goods, and arrived in the Downs from Quebec on Friday morning, and was progressing to her destination, Hull, when overtaken by the storm. By a statement received from her commander, Mr. Franklin Bearse, it appears, soon after the vessel arrived in the Downs the hurricane commenced, which quickly drove her upon a shoal or. sands called the Brake, close to the Goodwin Sands, off the North Foreland. In order, if possible to save the ship, he ordered his men to cut away the mainmast, with hopes it would sufficiently ease her to float her off; but that not succeeding, the mizenmast was also cut away. There being a very heavy sea, and it making a continual breach over her, he every moment expected she would break in two; therefore, the only chance was, to hoist the jib and slip the cables ; by doing so she beat over the shoal. It was then four o'clock, p.m., (Friday afternoon). As soon as she had cleared the shoal it was discovered that her rudder was gone, and the water teas making rapid pro gress in her hold. Finding the destruction of the vessel was near, they launched the long boat, and they would have in stantly jumped into it, but the waves caught it and dashed it against the ship's side with great force, by which many of its timbers were started, and to attempt afterwards to gain the shore by it was impossible. They all then took to the pumps and worked vigorously, but instead of the water diminishing in the hold it was rising fast up to the deck. Their situation now became perilous, for all knew that the ship ' could not keep above water an hour lo nger . M any o f them had fallen on their knees, and gave themselves up as lost, when at about dusk a boat was observed bearing down to their assistance. She proved to be the Duke of York cutter, belonging to Rams gate, manned by eight courageous boatmen, who, perceiving the sad condition of the ship from shore, had, in a most praiseworthy manner, pushed off to the rescue of those on board. Upon approaching the Samarang it struck against the ship's boat, and stove a hole in her side; however, they managed to stop it up, and took off the wreck Mr. Bearse arid the whole of the crew, amounting to 21 seamen. The storm at the time was raging furiously, the wind blowing fiercely off the land ; however, after great exertion, they suc ceeded in reaching Broadstairs in safety, though much ex hausted from exposure. Mr. Bearse states that the conduct of the crew of the Duke of York cutter is deserving of the highest commendation, and he and his men owe their lives to their courageous conduct, for they must all have inevitably perished in less than an hour had not their boat arrived. Nothing having been seen of the Samarang since, she is sup posed to have gone down soon after they left. Portions of her cargo, however, amounting to 180 barrels of turpentine, have been found floating off Dover, and have been brought ashore at that place. It is not exactly known whether she is insured or not.—Morning Herald. DOMESTIC Prebious td the Opening of the failways ,in the north, a letter posted in Aberdeen would reach Hull on the second day, at 12 o'clock ; now, a letter posted there at three o'clock in the afternoon, does not reach Hull until 10 o'clock in the morning of the third day.—Hull Packet. The Birmingham Railway Directors h by the shareholders to construct the line to Blisworth at a cost of X 500,000 from Peterborough estimate is, that at the expense of £lO,OOO to £12,000 per year are to be issued to carry out the project. IMPORTANT LAWSUIT.—We understand that proceedings are about to be taken to try the question whether the trustees of the Blagrave property are not bound to renew lives in the leases granted by them. As about one-fourth of the town is held on this tenure, and the lessees have for the last ten years tacitly waved their claims to renewal, the subject ex cites great interest, as it involves property to a very large amount.—Berkshire Chronicle. THE LATE STORM.—The storm of Friday night, which seems to have swept the whole of the coast, and of which we have given full details in another column, was severely felt in this neighbourhood ; but we are glad to say that the casual ties attendant upon it were not so numerous as might have been expected. Two vessels belonging to Mr. Knowles, which left Liverpool on the Friday, were sunk, and sus tained some damage; but they have both been raised, and their cargoes have been taken out. One of the vessels was called " The Brothers," and, on her striking the sands, it appears that the mate and another man on board were washed or jerked overboard. As yet, the body of only one man has been found.—Preston Chronicle. IMPORTANT DECISION AGAINST THE CLAIMS Or THE SCOTTISH CHURCH.—The Stewarton case came on for judgment on Thursday, in the Court of Session, Edinburgh. The consulted Judges had previously given in their opinions, which were six against the claims of the Church and three in their favour. On Thursday the Lord President and Lord Mackenzie delivered their opinions ; and on Friday Lord Fullerton and Lord Jeffrey theirs. Their lordships were unanimous in opinion against the claims of the Church, and pronounced an interlocutor, suspending the proceeding com plained of, and declaring the interdict already granted perpe tual and decern. Dover is likely to be this week the scene of an explosion of gunpowder unparalleled in civil engineering. No less a quantity than 18,0001b5., in three distinct charges, will be fired by galvanic means et one moment—that being the ex tent of the enormous power about to be used. The whole arrangements have been carried on by government, at the expense of the London and Dover Railway Company. Lieut. Hutchinson, R. E., superintending the whole, under General Pasley's directions. It is expected that nearly two millons of tons of material will be displaced by this one operation— saving several thousand pounds to the company. The ex plosion will take place on Thursday next, at low water, from two to three o'clock, p.m. LAW.—In the Bail Court, London, on Thursday, Miss Alice Smith, who conducts an academy in this city, obtained a verdict for £lOO 2s. against Mr. Stivens, Proprietor of the Italian warehouse, 1-1 igh -street, under the following circum stances :—Miss Smith left at Mr. Stivens' warehouse, cer tain cards (of instruction in music) printed at the expellee of £lOO, which Mr. Stower, son-in-law of Mr. Stivens, and a commission agent, undertook to dispose of. Some time af terwards, Miss Smith desired to have the cards withdrawn from Mr. Stivens' and delivered up to her. Mr. Stivens then had them not ; and Mr. Stower refused to give them up unless he was paid £l5 for his services. The case was abundantly argued by counsel, and the verdict against Mr. Slivens was given as above. THE LATE MARQLIS WELLESLEY'S LIBRARY.—At the second day's sale of this , interesting collection, yesterday, lot 388 excited much competition, and was ultimately bought by Messrs. Hatchard at no less than 91 guineas. It is thus de scribed in the catalogue :—" Letter on the present state of India, with two Manuscript Notes by the Marquis Wellesley, one particularly interesting on his Indian Policy, and a Cor rection of a passage in Alison's History." The marginal note by the late Marquis on the above letter was to the fol lowing effect :—•` The departure from ourfixed line of Indian policy was none of mine—it was the act of Colonel Monson. He was a poor, weak, but brave man. According to my in variable custom, when it was in my power, I sheltered the reputation of my subordinates when aware that they were acting from conscientious motives. The words departed,' &c., are, therefore, misapplied. I with the author of this pamphlet, who seems a sensible man, would inform Mr. Alison of it. Mr. Alison's history is an excellent one, and most just to me, but he makes some mistakes, which did I know him or any of his friends I would correct. \V." THE LATE MARQUIS WELLESLEY.—The will of the late Marquis Wellesley has been brought into the Prerogative Court of Archbishop of Canterbury for probate. It is dated the Bth of September. 1835, and John Thornton Esq., to whom a legacy of £l,OOO is given, for his long, faithful and useful services, is apppointed the sole executor. A legacy of £l,OOO is given to Alfred Montgomery, Esq., his lordship's private Secretary, in consideration of his dutiful services. The Marchioness Wellesley is constituted general residuary legatee. By a codicil, dated the 18th of February 1839, the noble testator gives his watch and seals, books and papers (with the exception of his Grenville Homer), to Mr. Mont gomery. To Earl Grey, his George, carved on a large amethyst, as a testimony of his sincere respect and esteem ; and to his highly esteemed friend, Lord Brougham, his Gren ville Homer, in four volumes quarto, as a mark of his high consideration, and of his affectionate attachment. To all his servants, his lordship gives six months' wages from the day of his death, and - his wardrobe to his valet. The perso nal estate is sworn under £6,000. ANOTHER VELSEL WRECKED NEAR BOSCASTLE—ALL HAND SLPST.—Soon after that ill-fated Indianian, the Jessie Logan, drove on the rocks at the creek near Boscastle, on the Cornwall coast, and became a wreck, another vessel, called the Elizabeth Aletta, commanded by Mr. Bakker, was driven by the fury of the hurricane upon the sands at Cruckington Haven, situated within six miles N.E. of Boscastle harbour, where in the course of an hour she was totally lost, and all on board perished. A party of the coast-guard service wit nessed the vessel come ashore, and saw the poor creatures take to the rigging, where they remained but a short period, for upon the vessel striking the sands her masts were started out of their places and fell over board, carrying with them the unfortunate crew, and none of them were seen alive after wards. They were supposed to consist of eleven seamen with the master. One body has been picked up, and two more have been seen, but it was impossible to get at them. On Tuesday the wreck was sold for £93. Tor. MARQUIS Wu r.LEsLEY's•Commtals.rs oisr MIL_. Att. sos.—The circumstance, so wholly unprecedented, of an eighteenpenny pamphlet, published only in 1812, and still on sale, having procured, at public auction, the enormous sum of £95 Ils., merely because it had in it two or three manuscript notes by the late Marquis, has naturally attracted considerable attention. The pamphlet was purchased for the Duke of Wellington, and it is said that, on the price being mentioned to him, he evinced, not unnaturally, the utmost surprise. The competitor against Mr. Hatcha r d, who bought th e l o t , was Mr. Blackwood, the publisher of Mr. Alison 's history, that firm desiring to possess such tes timony to the general excellence of the work. Mr. Hatch_ ard's order, however, was unlimited—merely " buy it ; " and, if Mr. Alison's publishers had not entered the field, there were others prepared to go to a very high price. One gentleman was ready to go as high as £5O, so that his grace had no chance of obtaining a bargain. The circumstance is unprecedented in the history of sales of books, autographs, &c. NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. —The committee appointed to investigate the present and past management of the Mid land Counties' Railway have made their report, and they state that, according "to the best of the knowledge and be lief" of the secretary, the whole of the liabilities of the com pany on capital account amount to £45,740 14s. 2d., in cluding the sums payable for reservoirs, &c., and accordingly urge that the directors shall, as soon as possible, give the shareholders a full account of them. The committee seem to think the first step for the reduction of current expenses will be a decrease in the number and allowance to directors ................. The salaries of officers and wages of servants...... The cost of coal, coke, &c., £l,lBO, reduced 20 per cent. (from the Ist of October, ]843) 1 £0 ,188 While some saving, it is said, may a l so b e looked for in a new arrangement of the banking account, and a snore advanta geous purchase and distribution of the stores. It further appears to be considered that subsequently a saving will be made in the maintenance of the way, which , taking it at only 30 per cent., according to Mr. Barlow's re port, amounts to . ... ..... And inter es t on th e d e bt, t a k en at .1 per cent... £3,890 ..... on £368,753, amounts to ....... £7,577 Leaving out of th e ques ti on f or the present a further anti cipated saving from the reduction of the interest on the re mainder of the debt when it becomes payable.: THE LOSS OF THE CONQUEROR. —The following is the statement of the boy Abchurch, who, it will be remembered, was the only survivor on the occasion of the melancholy loss of this Indianian :—" We had encountered some very bad weather for many days before the unhappy day. The last place we touched at was St. Helena, and Captain Duggan did not distinctly make out land again until the vessel struck. When this event happened the captain, from the state of the weather and the appearance of the coast, was at once aware of the hopelessness of our situation. The Conqueror grounded by the stern, the "raging sea dashed over her bows, and rushed in torrents down the hatchways. The long-boat was immediately cleared, but such was the fury of the gale that it was found impossible to launch her, and then Captain Duggan called the unfortunate ladies around him, when he informed them that he had done all in his power to aid them, but he had no longer that power, and all he could do was to commit them to the providence of Almighty God, whom he trusted would extend his mercy to preserve their lives. The ill-fated ladies heard the captain's statement with composure; and were with the children put into the gig, which was sus pended to the davits. As many others as this boat would safely hold were permitted to enter, including the boat's crew. During the whole of this painful scene Captain Dug. gan retained his firmness and self command. From the en tangled state of the cordage the gig could not be lowered, and it was deemed necessary to cut her away from the fasten ings, she dropped into the sea, and was soon after struck by a tremendous wave ; she quickly righted, but was again struck by another wave, and I then found myself in the bows of the boat, clasping one of Mrs. Thonapson's children in my arms, and there was another child in the stern. The ladies were floating in the waves, and shriek horribly around t boat. The little girl which I had in t roy arms said, 'Werere is mamma ?' I told her she was gone to heaven ; she re joined, ' And we're going to England.' At that moment a wave washed her from my arms, and I lost all recollection." PUBLIC MEETING IN CHELTENTIAM.—A public rneetin was held in Ch e lt en h am, on Thursday, the sth instant. The chair was taken by the Rev. Francis Close, incumbent of Cheltenham, who, after hearing Mr. Nangle's reply to Mr. Hall's attack on the Achill Mission, at the termination of the meeting made the following observations —" I think before I bring this meeting to a close, I ought to propose a vote of thanks to Mr. Hall, for to him we are indebted for the e ery able statement of my dear friend and brother; while refuting the observations of Mr. Hall, he has given us a faithful pictorial representation of the Settlement of Achill. The animus of this tourist is quite Rhin, and it is a sad thing that as parents we cannot offer to our families books of travels however beautiful, without first sifting them naarowly. The case before us reads us the practical lesson, that at a moment when we are thinking of nothing's° little, we may be putting into the hands of those we love best, that which cannot fail to have a tendency to poison their minds. On my visit to Ireland, after having passed across two hundred miles of that unfortunate country ; unfortunate in many respects, but most of all in its religion; seeing the miserable hovels, the direct result of Popery ; I should have thought the sight of the pretty row of houses in the island of Achill —its modest comfortable hotel—would, if he had a heart or a soul to feel anything, have made his heart melt within him at the kind ness and management of the good man who had effected all this. But this Mr. Hall, of whom I know nothing, sav e what I have heard read to-day, is a sad illustration of enmity against God, against Christ, and against His Gospel; that Gospel whi c h h as civilised Achill and New Zealand, and shall proceed, in spite of all opposition, throughout the whole habitable globe. Let us help forward this heaven-descended cause; not by yielding to our brother that worthless sym pathy which the writer alluded to, gave to the poor wander ing boy —a pretty speech, or a well-turned period in a book —but by some more substantial proof of our heartiness in his cause."—(Cheers.)—Cheltenham Chronicle. TIIVADRE-110TAL WILLiAMSOP-SQVAItt The Lai Week of the COMIC PANTOMIME SECOND WEEK Or "dR. STUART, of the Theatre- Royal, Haymarket. rjIITIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 24th instant , the Musical Play of THE SLAVE Gathbia Mr. Stuart To conclude with Comic Pantomime of BARON MUNCHAUSEN. TO CORRESPONDENTS SUNDAY TRADING.—We have received a communicat i on from a person who signs his letter " A Hair Dresser, which states, that the lower order of that profession dese crate shamefully the Sabbath. In common with our neighbour of the Times, the Liverpool Journal of Saturday last read us a lecture on the duty of attending to one's own business, which has amused us ex cessively. Speaking of the condition of the Workhouse, which is pronounced a " disgrace to a civilized commu nity," the Journal expresses "astounding" surprise that the official exposure of its condition should have gone so totally unnoticed in the local press. " The case," says our vigilant contemporary, " reported in the London Times was heard on the Monday, and it is surely due to the cha racters of the Liverpool Times and Standard, whose pe culiar business it was to watch the proceedings of the day preceding that of their publication, to explain how it was that they should overlook—of suppression in the absence of evidence we shall not accuse them—a statement of the highest importance, and which in every point of view de manded the prompt attention of the appointed guardians of public morals." Then there follows a violent denun ciation of the state of the Workhouse, which would have been the more intelligible if the Journal had read the text on which he was commenting. He could not, how ever, have put himself to that small trouble, or he must have done so with gross carelessness. From the third sentence of the report in the London Times he might have found that the case, instead of being heard on the Monday , did not take place till Tuesday, long after our paper had been published.. This explanation will satisfy the public that we did not neglect our duty on the day in ques tion ; or we hope we have convinced even the assi nine Journal that he has discovered, in this ' stance, the phenomenon usually called " a mare ' s n est. Is it not " due to the character" of the Liverpool Journal , " whose peculiar business it is to*watch the proceedings of the day preceeding that of its publication, to explain how it was that he should overlook,—of suppression, in the ab sence of evidence, we shall not accuse him,"—the proceed ings at the meeting of the Blind Asylum on Friday last. Perhaps the reporter for the Journal could give some ex planations on this subject. Ranrpool attanDarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1843 We are not much given to sermonising; and yet we shall on the present occasion transgress a little, a nd take a text, which our readers will find in the Morning Chronicle of Friday last. Here it is, nicely done into verse by some League laureate : " Peel, it is true, has given us foreign meat, Which all the world declare they cannot eat. We ask no turtle soup, or venison pasty ; But—save us from his tariff's cheap and nasty'! By corn and income tax, with heart of stone, He taxes bread, and gives us skin and bone." Upon these six most poetical lines we shall take the liberty of indulging in a few remarks ; but, first, might we crave of our brother journalist the name Of the author or authoress ? We are confident that they are not from the pen of any of our manufacturing friends, from the occurrence, in them, of one expree" sion— " cheap and nasty !" No manufacturer of " anything reticulated, having interstices between the threads," and the said interstices filled up with devil's dust, china clay, starch, sour flour, and the other similar materials which have contributed to associate the term in question—" cheap and nasty"—with the products of the British loom in every market of the world, could for shame avow the authorship of lines containing such an allusion. The versifier must therefore be some bard unknown; and we pray our contemporary to allow us to hand his name—Timms or Muggins perhaps—to an admiring posterity. But to our text : " Peel, it is true, has given us foreign meat, Which all the world declare they cannot eat." What a changed world it must be which cannot eat " foreign meat !" Wh y we remember it han d e d round, on nice little plates, by nice young gentlemen of the Anti-Monopoly Association, at free-trade ga therings in Liverpool; and declared by quaker ladies no bad judges of feeding—to be superb ! We rernelw ber the eloquent George Thomson's description of it , at Bolton—" fine, fresh, and tempting—fat and lean beautifully mixed, Scc." We remember how friend Ashworth craved for it ; how William Rathbone ported it, and vouched for its excellence ; how Charles Holland expatiated upon the quantities which hi s house could supply us with, if permitted; and real; really, hav e th ese eminent patriots aridliatribtessP quakers and quakeresses, been all the time trying t ° put us out of love with the " roast beef of old Ea' land," and beget a hankering in our minds for wha t we " cannot cat" ? Shocking selfishness But we forget ourselves. The " fine, fresh, and tempting beef —fat and lean beautifully mixed"—W o not permitted to be imported at a reasonable dot)' until the a l terat i on of the tariff by Sir Robert peel- No doubt, in pure spite of the right hon, baronet, the_ " fine, f res h , and tempting " commodity has all of and lean t urne d " cheap and nasty. " The " fat ono lean beautifully mixed" is now all skin and bone. Free -trade gentlemen and ladies pray to be saved•froot it. Their dental powers are not equal to the task ! I gnawing thro ug h p i pes and sinews. It is salt, i t Is hard, it is unp ro fi ta b le—in a word, it is " cheap a nd , nasty"! N ee d worse be said of it than is conveyed i n these magical wor d s, which so forcibly remind us of the rotten fabrics of their utterers ? But stop, gentlemen and ladies. " Cheap an d nasty" as i s t hi s foreign meat, it is precisely the kin, of stuff on w hi ch you would like to feed the work i a men of En g l an d . Friend Henry Ashworth, we hate your autograph to prove the fact—your dictum, to the effect th at a l though such " highly-salted food " d°B s not at pre sent su i t the taste of Englishmen, yet 1 4 4 would becom e accustomed to it in time, as they aireav_4, are to " salted herrings." You raved for this "che a p and nasty f ood"—emacked your lips at it, to perstia; us that it was fi t for human beings to eat—paraded t tu cheapness as a grievance and told the world that, o l i ve free t ra d e , every famishing mouth would be fed. see now with what With this " cheap and nasty o stuff; with this " skin and bone." Such food loft or perhaps t a k e away the superabundant spirits of Vivo poor spinners and weavers. From men, so fed' should h ear nothing of physical-force Chartism. r contented " skin-and -bone" drudges, they would w° rk on witho u t demur, no doubt, until they could work 0 longer ; and then, pork-broth, and the other tell; mercies of th e union workhouse dietary, would do the rest. Y ou, therefore, gentlemen and ladies of the t Anti -Co rn -l aw League, are not the people who ar; in dec ency at least, to rail against " cheap and 1195 t foreign meat," " skin and bone," or whatever else yon may call th e commodity which you meditated ma lti° the sole food of a British working population ! In the character of leader of the opposition—'Self assumed, n o d ou b t ) —Lord John Russell has recel'di . 0g issued a c i rcular to his fellow "outs," beseeehl of their e ar l y attendance in their places in the H°Lise Commons, and informing them that " important lea' sures would b e b rought before their notice at an earl period of the session." _---••. What be th ese i mportant measures which Lor d - job° is ab out, i n such hot haste, to promulgate t° the de , world ? I s hi s lordship about to out-Cobden Cob in his zeal for free trade ? Is he about to surpass' ie °I, 00 sycophantic earnestness the crawli ng o f the I na 00 and P ec h e ll s to shelter under the shadow League ? I s he about to set up the smooth a nd fo 0,0 sual faces of the " ministers of all denominati °° a s and w ors hi ppers of the cotton-spinning Maronibio the id o l s o f his political worship, and the oracles °beat is politic a l i nspiration ? or is his lordship merely f h upon the i n d u l gence of the reckless factiousness °f b, character, and resolved upon a course of petty a ll hef t ance and opposition to the measures of Sir 11° 0y ? Peel's government be those measures what they li/ cor e We know not; and, in good sooth, little do we d b y what may be the " important measures" medita te tha t, Lord John Russell. But we are quite satisfi ed ly to at least, one i mportant question ought in3rned iate u er occupy the attent i on of Parliament; and as tha t a ti o es tion is one i n which his lordship and his eol le re be are materi a ll y i nterested —as, in fact, it can no ill o a t risl conveniently discussed, in their absence, than w oe at the Old B a i ley can take place without the Pr the of th e pr i soner at the bar —we rejoice sincerely Post e probability t h at his lordship's worthy ennlP affo erS, i r d 0 particularly i n t erested, veal may be induced to , be their co un t enance at an early period. • h 0 bw more explicit as to t h e immediate question to