The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-27 00:00:00

(nitration. BOARDING SCHOOL, GATEHOUSE „h article is as follows A FATHER OF A FAMILY.—Sir George Tuthill relates a case of an Asiatic Russian, who had by his first wife six teen infants at four, and sixty-nine at twenty-seven births— eighty-five children in all. If a planter of great experience were asked which tree he would recommend of all others for profit, he would certainly name the larch ; for considering its rapidity and its value in the timber market, it is unrivalled. The following anecdote is taken from a letter written from Ham to M. Thayer, by Prince Louis Napoleon :—" The emperor often paid attention to the accounts of his house keeping. One day, without considering who was present, he advanced towards my mother before a crowd of persons, and cried out, ' Hortense, how much do you expend for your kitchen and'your stables?' Sire,' replied she, I don't at this moment remember.' Well, you are a fool ! you may always wit h a few figures bear your expenses in mind. In every well-regulated family only the quarter of one's revenue should be laid out for the kitchen, and the fifth for the stable.' Another time, laying down rules of conduct, he remarked, ' In whatever we un d er t a k e we oug h t to calculate the cost to the best of our judgment, and add half as much more for chance expenses.' " HILL AT VITTORIA.—The sun of the 21st of June rose clear and cloudless. The allied columns stood to their arms, and marched from their bivouacs on the Bavas, i n th e assure d hope of a day of glory. Lord Wellington disposed the a rm y in three corps. The right under Sir Rowland Hill.; the left under Sir Thomas Graham ; while the centre, consisting of four divisions, formed in two columns, received orders more immediately from himself. In the right corps was the allied division under Sir William Stewart, the Portuguese division under the Conde de Amarante, and a division of Spaniards under Murillo. In the centre were the divisions of Sir Lowry Cole and Baron Alten, and those of Lord Dalhousie, and Sir Thomas Picton. On the left with Sir Thomas Graham, were the first division and General Oswald's ; also two brigades of cavalry, and the Spanish division of Longa. The centre of the enemy's position was so strong, and it was defended by such enormous batteries of field artillery, and so large a force, that any attempt to pierce it was not hopeful or prudent ; though the immense extent of line from Abecbuca to Pu ebla would, with a less formidable post for the centre, have favoured such an attack. As it was, it became necessary to force back the enemy's flanks, and to delay any assault on the French centre till the right or left corps of the al lies should have crossed the Zadorra, and be so well ad vanced as to give a powerful support in flank to a front at tack. The Spaniards of Murillo commenced the action, sup ported by the right companies of the second division, and the 7lst Light Infantry under the Honourable Col one l Cadogan. The Spaniards ascended the stee p heights of Puebla Witt great spirit, and were soon engaged with the enemy, who kept up a very hot fire of musketry on their advance. Murillo behaved admirably; he was wounded, but kept the field, and continued the combat with good countenance, till the support of Colonel Cadogan came to his aid. The enemy reinforced this point strongly, and a severe struggle ensued; but they were at length driven back, though not without having inflicted a heavy loss on the allies. The 71st regiment lost 400 men ; and Cadogan, the heroic commander of that gallant corps, fell mortally wounded at its head; be died upon the field, with his eyes anxiously f o ll ow i ng i ts a d vance . The heights of Puebla thus won, Sir Rowland Hill di ree t e d two brigades of the second division to carry the village and heights of Subijana de Alava. The village was immediately seized by the brigade of Colonel O'Callaghan, without loss ; the defensive cannonade from the heights above being ill di rected. The enemy, however, soon filled the ravines among the heights above, and a wood to the left of Subijana, with a swarm of tirailleurs, and made repeated efforts to recover the village; but they were stoutly opposed, and the contested hotly. The regiment which skirmished opposite e fire of the French volti. geurs, and the combat was maintained here till the head of a column directed by Sir Rowland Hill to advance along the lofty ridge running from the Puebla mountains, appeared the wood suffered severe: time, 0 bu - rth and light divi adorra ; the former at t ,the latter at that of Tres Almost as a the column reached its point of attack; and on under Sir Thomas Picton, followed by the crossed the bridge on the Mondonza uese four divisions formed rapidly on the 4adorra, and advanced against the enemy's right -9 immediately exposed to a "ss of Sir Rowland Hill, of Dalh seventh under the earl road h 4 left of t .ft centre v who no' their retreat from Suana de Alava With his wonted stead i ness bi and vigour. The allied columns A- -1 • • ^ • ously engaged fire; but they They were received with a most destructive nirable order. notwithstandin It was not pos ments of gularity. ble for the move ore spirit and re- General Coi. g on the left, led ged, the enemy falling upon it hotly in t not only stoutly held ground against very superior torct this attack, but, assailir and, cornin at the bayonet's point, lage of Arinez, the enemy fought for a time v.„l. it was at last carried by the haw -- ivanced, the French So long, however riflery wa s terrible nst these s attaocks g in to , drove before g on its reserve 1 11 formed, overthrew the-M In the vil- I better suc et. As the fourth and fifth division a, upon Vit toria in good order Giaha'm under Sir U under Gen •, oupport t tacked th by a'S division on the Oswald to a Dyer ti amarra Mayo; co. Both tt •' • IlldgeS itrongly Zocupi,d. G. ule of General Ossval4 point w snot and musketry, led np his lumns of battalions, witl Lawson's brigade of Artil placed two brigades of field Abechuco ; and under cover of this fi the German light battalions, supported by a tuguese infantry under my by so resolute an as illery i f bo a af r r nm t a a os n i g t , 7 1 n t r t onsack in e ajOr now :tery against the lel Haiket, with brigade of Por. .indaed the PrIP- hat one of the G combat took a, efforts to retake feated them with the tne enemy sti ed so strong') Mayor n battal which they so bravely taken ; but when the perfected loosen them to.pur 3mbination of Lord Well gton should vancing battle in the centre. No sootier had theallies passe Vittoria in pursuit of the enemy's centre and left, than Sir Thomas Graham, pushing across the river, took pc of the road to Bayonne.—(From Military TV Duke of Wellington.) em6irs of tt * The height on which the Frencch centre stood, are by tradition the same on which the English under Edward the Black Prince obtained a complete victory over the army of " Henry the Bastard, and seated don Ped ro , th e r i g h t f u l ki ng; 14 " ) ,,4jP an the throne. YY r), l'":-+„ ARRINGtfirS to assewqe on BRUCH HALL SCHOOL, NEAR % THE Young Gentlemen will b e ex p ec t__ Thursday, the 19th, Friday, the 20th, and Sat day, th 21st January, 1843, and the general business of to CH OOL will be RESUMED on the following Monday. Cards of Terms will be forwarded, and other particulars may be known on application to Mr. SKELTON, Superin tendent of the Establishment. Bruck Hall, December 24th, 1842. PHIS Seminary which is conducted on th Edinburgh Sessional School Explanatory System, is s' nate at Gate house, one of the most beautiful and health owns in the South of Scotland. Young Gentlemen r here liberally Boarded and carefully instructed in Eng Reading, with Explanation, Grammar, Geography, wit the Use of the Globes, Writing, Arithmetic, Mathematics, Book-keeping,, Latin, Greek, French, and every other Branch of Useful and Polite Literature. In this Establishment the Domestic Arrangements are conducted with the strictest order in regularity ; the Treat ment is liberal, kind, and parental, and the Introduction to the several Branches of Education is simplified as much as possible $0 the age and capacity of the Scholar, which enables him fully . s,:b comprehend the meaning and application of his progressive acquirements. Mr. Dun, late of Edinburgh, the Master of the Establish. ment, wll give references to the Clergymen of this District, several of the Directors of the Edinburgh Educational So ciety, Professor Pillans, Mr. Donaldson, Actuary to the Savings Bank, Ulverstone, &c. Mr. D. has had the honour of being very highly compli mented, as a Teacher, by Professor Pillans in his late Work on Elementary Education. There are at present only Two Vacancies in this Establish ment, for which early applications are requested to be made. For Board and Education the Terms are TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS per Annum, with no extra charges. Gatehouse, Kirkcudbrightshire. THE CORN LAWS.-MINISTERIAL INTENTIONS, When we noticed about ten days ago, the fabrications of the Globe respecting the intentions of the ministry on the subject of the corn-laws, we explained the origin of these falsehoods in the desire of the anti-corn law league, to make it appear that agitation would have an effect upon the mi nistry, and that thus the subscribers to the £50,000 fund would be encouraged to come forward in the hope that their money would not be thrown away. We observe the Standard takes the same view in a recent article : " Can anything be conceived so thoroughly discreditable to a minister and a great party as the present state of doubt about their future intentions . N o man k nows w h e th er Sir Robert Peel means in February to propose the total aban donment of all corn laws whatever, or to stand resolutely by the act of last session. No one knows what his party will do; bow many of them are urging him to stand by their mo nopolies ; or how large the proportion that are assuring him that iu any dereliction of past principles he may count on the basest compliance on their parts." The paragraph above quoted is the first of a leading article of this day's (Monday) Morning Chronicle, the concluding paragraph of whic' " Let our friends of the Anti-corn-Law League 1 therefore, that this is not the time for them to relax. have made some impression on the government by the force of their recent , pressure. They have forced them to enter tain the suggestion of an immediate capitulation. They hold the future conduct of parliament in their hands : for it is with them that the business of making up Sir R. Peel's mind rests. He evidently cannot do it himself, and he is open to change either way, according as one or other force acts upon him the more strongly between this and the 2d of February." These two paragraphs taken in juxta-position, throw a va luable light upon certain late proceedings of the journals of the League. That purpose is plainly to represent the govern ment, as in what Mr. Wakley would call a " squeezable" temperament; all to encourage the leaguers to contribute largely to the funds of those persons who are applying the screw. But let us look a little closely to the exposure of the trickery. It certainly would be " discreditable to a minis ter, and to a great party, to leave a doubt as to their future intentions," if they were concerned in creating the doubt; but surely they are not to blame for doubts created by the most audacious lying on the part of their enemies. What ever doubt upon the subject of the corn-laws existed last week, was the result of the mo s t i m p u d ent f a b r i cat i on urn_ as v' pro bably ever printed in a newspaper —the announcement of the meditated fixed duty in the Globe of the 9th—an an nouncement which, as our Gloucestershire friends have re marked, was artfully reserved for a Friday, in order that it might find its way into the great majority of the provincial papers, printed on a Saturday, before it was possible to contradict it by authority. Against such transient suspicion as was excited by this desperate falsehood, no minister, no party, no individual, can secure himself by the utmost care; and the disgrace attaches not to the object. but to the author, of the lie. Since t paid by I .£5OO morninl the great MONIIMEN of our p jesty's gover )n, and or rue Doper of most dreadfull stablished Initusa MISCELLANEOX One nobleman is Zealand Company. Dung Chinese at Rome, who are educating d to hay stablishment of military librar soldiers S penny me A Parisian physician annoy perfect cure for hydrophobia amount of vinegar in the nd a third at sunset, to be a our years old, at Writt Last week a child, not quite fc near Preston, was killed by bein to drink four glasses of gin. Medical Times refers to recent experiments shovvinP , t advantage of inoculation for the r other epidemics. es,. and The rule-book in the office of the Queen's Bench, Dublin has had stamps extracted from it to the amount of £7OO The parties arc yet undiscovered. It appears from York papers, that the Agricultural Bank in that city stopped payment yesterday, but no particulars as to the cause have yet transpired. TO GRACE DARLING.—Her Majesty the lueen has sent £2O to the Venerable Archdeacon Thorp, in furtherance of the above project. . - The Cologne Gazette states, from Vienna, that the pro jected convention between Austria and Saxony, for tb construction of a railroad from Prague to Dresden, has bee' concluded. The Rev. William Whitelegge, M.A., late curate of St Marks', Cheetham H ill, has been app o i n t e d to t h e bency of St. George's, Hulme, vice the Rev. Joshua Lin., deceased. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Manchester On the 14th instant, an itinerant showman, intent upon "astonishing the natives" at Weston Zoyland, near Bridg_ water, sent up a fire balloon, which, in its descent, set fire to a stack of corn, which, and, three other ricks, were destroyed Tn kTAL FIRE IN GOODMAN ' S-FIELDS.—The unfor tunate girl Nancy Holland, who threw herself out of the window, with her ill-fated sister Julia, at the recent deplora ble fire in Little Prescott-street, London, is in a fair way of recovery. The woollen trade at Ashburton, Devon, still presents a scene of activity, the factories and wool shops are all open, and a busy throng _are . l forking at their different employ- ments from morn till ni The Globe repeats the rt The Queen's letter pointing Dr. Daly to t and Rev. Henry Pz vacated by Dr. Dal We have re we can entire! our, and so does inore than one tries, tbat Lord Stanley is to be o take t ip Of the H rrived in Dublin on Tbursday, ap bishopric of Cashel, and the Hon nery of S ived information from a quarter on to prof British Queen any alteration in the co Dickens visited the " Mint" the ow and at mint, but a ver ae Sanctuaries other day, not tl: wretched locality Island; ountin Bay, Orkr e proceeds, Duted amongst the poor of the neighbourhood IS. 8 , ..,. v, for by two , re during a ,y were sold to £240, distri- The Marquis of Anglesea is to succeed the late Lord Hill in the Colonelcy of the Blues; and Sir Edward Kerrison, from the 14th Light Dragoons, will succeed the noble mar quis in the command of the 7th Hussars. Numerous factories have sprung up, within the last few years, throughout the north-eastern districts of Ireland, for the preparation of flaxen thread, and the cultivation of the raw material has been greatly extended. CURIOUS ASTRONOMICAL FACT. — Tbere is no new moon in the month of February, 1843, but there are two new moons in the month of March following.. It is new moon on the 30th of January; again on the Ist of March, anil also on the 30th of March. On Tuesday last, when the one o'clock train, on the Brandling Junction Railway, arrived at Brockley Whins sta tion from South Shields, by some accident one of the tubes urst, and by its explosion the engine -man w a s y scalded.—Durham Advertiser. The Morning Chronicle says of the League, "The friends of free trade at Hounslow seem of late to have been labour ing with great activity and considerable success." With some reminiscences of what " free trade at used to be, we are sorry to hear this. The police should by all means look after the Chronicle's correspondents. SIR CHARLES BAGOT.—We regret to state, that private letters have been received in town which fully confirm the distressing intelligence relating to the dangerous illness of Hounslow' ais Excellency the Governor-general of Canada. At the date of these letters no hope whatever was entertained of his ultimate recovery. Sir Charles for some time had not been able to sleep until opiates had been administered.—Standard. The life of Hannah Roberts, the convict, under sentence of death in the prison of Flintshire, for poisoning her hus band, has been spared. The Home Secretary's letter an nouncing the fact arrived at the gaol on Saturday morning. The miserable woman had been safely delivered of a male child at ten o'clock the preceding night, which, with the mother, is doing well. NEW ZEALAND, AUG. 25.—The editor of the Nelson Examiner, published at Auckland, New Zealand, expresses his fear that the publication of the journal will have to be stopped for a time, there not being at the settlement any treacle! the principal ingredient for making the the, rollers with which the type is inked. The editor publicly solicits donations of this indispensable article. So formidable, says the Tuam Herald, is the resistance to the payment of poor-rates in that part of the Ballinasloe union, called Sheehan, that Mr. Nolan, the collector, at tended at the petty sessions of Mount Belle, on Tuesday, for the purpose of making an affidavit to ground an applica tion to government for a sufficient force to protect - him ill his duty. • The Duke of Wellington, who arrived at the castle on Tuesday, from Strathfieldsaye, upon a visit to her Majesty, accompanied Prince Albert on Wednesday morning to the royal preserves, in the Great Park, where his Royal High ness and his Grace shot for nearly a couple of hours. The Prince bagged 32 pheasants, 15 hares, 1 partridge, and a woodcock. His Grace had also excellent sport. EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.---OD Tuesday last week Dr. M'Cullagh, late of the 48th Regiment, came to his death at Maghera, county Derry, in the following extraordinary manner:—He and Dr. Barr were about to drink off two bottles of soda water, and as Dr. Barr was in the act of uncorking one, the cork flew out and struck Dr. M'Cullagh on the jugular vein, who fell down and instantly expired. REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF THE MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.—A farmer at Flalworth, between Newcastle and North Shields, after reaping a crop of barley, has actually, from the scattered grain, a second crop at present in the ear. There being of course, no prospect of its coming to maturity, he is now busy ploughing the field ; the fact, however, is remarkable, and strikingly shows the extraordinary mildness of the season.—Durham Advertiser. RIINNING.—At the Wakefield Sheriff's Court, on Wed nesday, Mr. Hill, in reproving a juryman for being behind time in his attendance, reminded him that he was thereby r ,, nning a risk of being fined. The man very innocently lied that to ffet ; . n.n Pnnrt nn 1.... t._ lone, " he 114/ LIM Ile !MCI . had been running as fast as he could and was all in a perspi ration," a declaration which caused no little merriment, Mr. Hill quietly observing that it was altogether a different sort of running of which he bad been speaking. Loss or A PILOT BOAT.—We Ere concerned to state that four pilots were lost off Kilbaha, on Saturday, after putting comrade Patrick Brennan on board the Suberb, from Alexandria to Cork, which vessel ran into the Shannon in distress. The pilot-boat was returning to shore when a squall upset her, and the hands unhappily ppri.hpd Wk aggravates this calamity is the loss of three of the crew of the Superb, who were swept off the deck by a furious sea before the pilots boarded her.—Limerick Chronicle. FILIAL PIETY.. In the Insolvent Debtors' Court, at Cork, last week, Andrew Coughlan, a very old and infirm man, ap plied for his discharge. One Michael Coughlan was sworn, and deposed that be had arrested the insolvent and brought him to Cork. The Commissioner :—What relation are you to the insolvent ? Witness :—He is my father. And did you arrest your own father? I did, when I was paid for it. The witness retired amidst a murmur of execration. The insol vent was discharged.—Dublin Journal. • A IN EN V INFERNAL MACHINE.--The Dagligt Altehanda, . L- ' - Swede, named Nobel, pease for his 'g an enemy's vessels from vater, oy means of anchors, petards, exploding by means of ollision, and thus blowing up ves se l s com i ng i nto contact "" k Allehanda adds, that the real inventor of named Ferdinand Tollin. of war is a Swede Steventon railway question ground latch continual ear, it appears DARING ATTEMPT OF CONVICTS TO ESCAPE FROM NORFOLK ISLAND. A' a , daring attempt on the pert of some leir escape from Norfolk Island, and most dreadful result, has been received. , oard the. Coquette. . The annals history furnish no parallel to the horrible scene wed. The prisoners mutinied and attempted to the vessel ; they were resisted, and a dreadful conflict ensued ; six people were killed and five wounded. The following account of this dreadful affair contains full par- captured and confined o of color a boat, It appears that twelve prisoners had tnanufacturea by means of which they succeeded in gaining Philip Island whither they were pursued and captured. . aid by the bo s crew employed in unloading was defeated, and the p ar ti es were i mpr i sone d on board. On the morning of the 21st of June, at seven o'clock, the boat's crew were let out of the prison' for the purpose of stowing the cargo of the launch, which was hanging to the stern of the brig. On reaching the deck, and seeing only two soldiers and the sergeant there, the crew took advantage of the absence of the other ten, of which the guard consisted, and rushed on the two sentries and threw them overboard ; the sergeant immediately shot one of them named Kelly, when he was knocked down by the others and severely wounded by a belaying pin. One of the soldiers was drowned, and the other saved by a prisoner named Wolfe. The sea men were then ordered into the launch, excepting two, who were told to remain on deck, and one of them was placed at the wheel, with a prisoner of the name of Moss, to assume the command. The captain, with his officers, happened to be below, and before they could proceed on deck the com panion hatch was put on, the fore and main hatches were also battened down on the rest of the guard and crew, and the mutineers were thus in complete possession of the vessel I . ncu m. - I but without fly arms, except the pistols and cutlasses taken from the two sentries. portly after they had _ taken the vessel, one of the pa i and proc d to comr btainin ich they would give up the vessel to sea in the " island " launch ; but he with their proposals, as be knew that the essel must ultimately fall into his hands again, the prisoners , eing without provisions and water, to obtain which they must necessarily expose themselves to the fire of the crew and military, who were. well armed, and only waiting for an opportunity to get on deck. Captain Boyle then broke the cabin skylight, and watched for an opportunity of shooting the man who was at the wbeel, and by a well-directed shot he at length succeeded and killed him on the spot. On the fall of the two master spirits, the others told the seamen on deck that the ship was theirs again. The hatch was taken off, and •the ship's crew and the military rushed on deck ; the latter fired on the surviving mutineers, killed three and wounded two mortally. The sergeant of the oner,l 'Aim the corporal in•the scuffle, mistaking 611 for one of the prisoners. The bodies of the killed presented a dreadful spectacle : one man's head was covered with blood and brains, and but fur the interposition of Captain Boyle, the whole of the prisoners would have been killed. The guard and crew consisted of twenty-eight men, ex clusive of officers ; and it certainly says little for their vigi lance or prowess that such an attempt could have been made with any chance of success by a handful of unarmed men. The total number of killed and wounded are—military, one drowned and two wounded ; seamen, one wounded ; prisoners, five killed and two severely wounded. The seven remaining mutineers wet heir trial for murder and piracy. ile the authorities of the island were occupied with the duties resulting from this scene of blood, some of the pri soners on shore entered one of the chapels and stole the plate. It was supposed to have been conveyed on board the Governor Philip, and strict search had been made for it, but without success. 'ully committed to Several attempts had been made previous to this affair to take the boats belonging to the island, which had been con sidered in a state of insecurity for some time; many boats had also been secretly manufactured in the bush. One man, named Stephen Brennan, had been committed for murder, and another, named Dalton, for an unnatural crime. Another occurrence had taken place, awfully illustrative of the in corrigible character of some of those wretches, and of their contaminating influence, but which we.cannot further advert to Indeed, from all we can learn, Captain Maconocbie's philanthropic effort is destined to terminate in a manner very different from that which every good man must have wished. Another party had been more successful in an act of piracy, having made their escape in a canvas boat to Philip Island, whither a party had been sent in pursuit. The settlement is represented on the whole as being in a dreadful state of excitement and disorganisation. A murder had a short time before been committed and another attempted. On Tuesday week, at Newnham, a boy who was shooting birds in an orchard, accidentally killed another boy, named Smith, who was unfortunately within range of the gun. SERIOUS CHARGE OF ARSON.—On Friday a young man named Joseph Johnson, who had been remanded from Wed nesday, was again brought up before Mr. Maude, charged with an attempt to set fire to the warehouse of Mr. Dew burst, 15, George -street. Mr. Dewhurst was sworn, and stLted that he had known the prisoner for three or four years, during the most of which time he was in the employ of Mr. Samuel Walker, agent, 'of Cross-street, who, in con sequence of ill-health, was giving up business, and that he (Mr. Dewhurst) was wi n di ng up hi s concerns. Witness bad promised to find Johnson another situation; but owing to some misconduct he had on Monday last given him a month's notice to leave. On examining Mr. Walker's cellar, in Cross street, there appeared a quantity of cotton strewed nbout the flo )r, which was covered with dust. There was also some in a skip in the same condition, and upon Mr. Beswick ex amining it he found that a quantity of cotton had recently been removed from it. This was one of the suspicious cir cumstances against the prisoner. Mr.' Thomas Smith, cotton merchant, said he had examined the cotton thaLwas found burning in the cellar, and compared it with some taken from the skips in Mr. Walker's cellar and could say that both par ce l s were o f t h e same description. Mr. Maude thought the evidence did not go far enough, and discharged the prisoner, telling him that the case was of great suspicion, and further inquiries would be made into the affair.—Man. chesler Chronicle. ERRONEOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LADY.—A case some what similar to one which has recently been a subject of investigation in this town was, on Wednesday l as t, h ear d at the Guildhall, London. Amelia Christie, a young woman of respectable appearance, was charged before Sir C. Marshall with having purloined a card of twelve yards of thread edging, value 9s. 9d., from the shop of Messrs. Hall and Allen, St. Paul's Churchyard. Mr. James, who attended on behalf of the prisoner, applied fora private hearing, on two grounds : first, that it would turn out the young lady was innocent; and, secondly, that a young lady, who was in her company, and who was to give evidence in her behalf was of so nervous a temperament that she could not be able to give her testimony in a crowded court. The request was complied with ; the hearing took place in private, all but reporters being excluded. It appeared that the two young ladies entered the shop, and took seats at the counter, opposite to each other. The pri soner was a regular customer, but her friend, who was the buyer on the occasion, was a stranger. There was a box of lace about a yard and a half behind the prisoner, on the counter. While the person who attended to them was mak ing the account, he saw a card of lace lying on the prisoner's muff, in an inclined position, nearly falling. He saw it shaken off into the lady's lap, and then mentioned the cir cumstance to Mr. Allen. The ladies went out, when, seeing that the card had not fallen on the floor, he followed the ladies, and, addressing the priso ner , told her he bad seen a card f lace on her muff, which had fallen into some part of her dress, perhaps by accident. They returned, and when in the shop the card fell from the young lady's person. She exclaimed, " How singular! The ladies were taken up stairs, and a policeman sent for. The young lady had been in the habit of dealing at the shop; she was trusted, when the amount of her purchases exceeded the contents of her purse. A piece of lace had been forced from the hand of the shopman who served her, and it fell on the floor. Mr. James thought it probable that another piece bad been forced from the assistant's hand at the same time, and had rested on the muff, and afterwards between the muff and the dress, with out her knowledge. The magistrate took this view of the case, and the young lady was discharged. AWFUL SUICIDE AT COALBROOKDALE.—An inquest was held on the 16th instant, at the Rodney Inn, before J. Hin ton, Esq., and a highly respectable jury, upon the body of W. Meaberrv, aged 19. It appeared that about ten o'clock on the Wednesday night previous the deceased had been drinking at the Coalbrookdale forge with his father, brother, and two other workmen, named Salisbury and Williams, at which time he exhibited several symptoms of a diseased state of mind, and a few minutes before he committed the unheard of and rash act, he went to the house of Mr. William Cook son, and asked the loan of a cup to take td the forge, say ing, " we have had a dress of drink given us at the forge for some work we have done," afterwards asked the servant for a kiss, saying, " it may be the last," which she indignantly refused, shortly after Mr. Cookson was surpri se d , as was un usual at that late hour, by hearing strike six or eight blows from the hammer, and almost instantly afterwards Williams came to Mr. C. begging him to come to the forge, where he found the deceased lying on his back, with his head literally crushed to atoms, and blood profusely flowing, and his brother over him, exclaiming, " ph ! my brother, Will !" Previous to this melancholy affair, without any apparent cause, he suddenly bit the nose of his companion, who was sitting near him—followed his brother out of the forge, and pinched him so severely as nearly to induce fainting, with other insane actions. Upon his father censuring him for such conduct, he sat down and wept bitterly for several minutes—then jumped up, rushed to the forge hainmer, lifted up the water-gate which sets the machinery in motion, knelt down and placed his neck upon the anvil, as for deca pitation; when before any one could rush to his assistance the hammer fell with a force amounting to a fall of several tons ; his neck was broken, the upper part of the spinal hone severely crushed, and of course instant death ensued. The jury returned a Verdict " that the deceased destroyed himself in a fit of temporiq insanity." At the request of the coro ner and jury, the Rev. Wm. Yate, their foreman, admini stered a severe reproof to the father of the deceased, for ap pearing before them in a state nearly approaching to intoxi cation, and for the careless and disgraceful manner in which he gave his evidence. —Shrewsbury paper. A FATAL EXPERIMENT.-Uri Tuesday evening last the quiet and peaceable village of Eckington, in this county, was thrown into a state of great excitement by a report that a boy about ten years of age, the son of a labouring man named Thomas Jeynes, had hung himself, and on inquiry the report was found to be but too true. For some time past the deceased had been in the employ of Mr. Sheppard, of "- -; town, as carter's boy, and on the evenin g in , upon Haynes, the carter, goi ng i nto the stablebe t-ween five and six o'clock, he discovered him lying at full length upon the ground, with a cord, one end of which w.. attached to to a beam, drawn tightly round his neck, by which his head was raised about a quarter of a yard from the ' It was conceived almost impossible that strange .,., could have taken place while be was in this position, as he had the free use of all his limbs, and he could easily have extricated himself from his situation ; but it was sup posed that he had balanced himself upon something while he fastened the cord to the beam, having done which he lost his hold and fell, and continued struggling until he got into the position in which he was discovered, but was then too weak to make any efforts to save himself. Immediately he was taken into Mr. Sheppard's house, and a person living in the village, who is occasionally called in in cases of necessity, was sent for to bleed him ; but when he arrived life was quite xtinct, and the blood refused to flow. Various rumours ere speedily afloat as to the cause of this melancholy event, me of which were calculated, if true, to connect with it hn Haynes, Mr. Sheppard's carter. It was said that he ill-treating the boy, awl some ventured to "•• bung hi 1,. On F►:' an i.• • —udy a— inquesz, as held on the body at the Bell Inn, Eekington, before Mr. !Ind a highly respectable jury, when, after diligently - -.;(rating the case, the jury returned a ver ' strangulation; and unani- mously acquitted Haynes, the carter, of all blame whatever. In the course of the inquiry it was stated that while the de ceased was talking with two other boys, about his own age, the night before his death, about the murder at Rouse Leneh, upon one of his companions remarking that the pri soner Are' -nuld be ' - ^hserved " that he should THE CREDULITY OP UNBELIEF, Ektremc into the va (From Me Spectator.) The desperation of the coward merges hero; the careful miser assumes the and the Quixotic ays the founda- meet. or of ti condition of the impr philanthropist, as fn the The proverb applies alike - to the dtra-manifestation of each sentiment of the mind ; and thus it is that among those who pride themselves upon incredulity Re sometimes meet with the most childlike simplicity of unquestioning belief. At a recent meeting of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society a paper was read. describing a case of painless amputation of the thigh during a mesmeric trance. It was furnished by two gentlemen, Mr. W.' Topham, a b ar ri s t er o f the Middle Temple, and Mr. W. Squire Ward, M.R.C.S., for merly House Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, to the following effect :—The patient, a labouring man, forty two years of age, had suffered for nearly five years from a painful affection - of the knee : when, on the 21st June last, he was admitted into the district hospital at Wellow, Notts. During three weeks preceeding the 9th September he had not slept more than two hours in seventy ; and at this time the attempt to induce the mesmeric state was made by Mr. Top ham. It was repeated successfully every day until the 24th, when sleep was produced in four minutes and a half. "In this sleep his arms were violently pinched, as well as the dis eased leg itself, without his exhibiting any sensation ; yet this limb was so sensitive in its natural state that he could not bear even the lightest covering to rest upon it." On the Ist October it was resolved that amputation should be per formed during the mesmeric trance. Throughout the ope ration, " the placid look of the patient's countenance never changed ; his whole frame rested in perfect stillness ; not a muscle or nerve was seen to twitch. Afterwards he gradually awoke ; and upon collecting himself, he exclaimed, " I bless the Lord to find it's all over," He denied having felt the slightest pain ; and two days afterwards, the first dressing of the wound was applied under similar conditions e supposition that mesmeric manipulation can produce the state thus described is one of great improbability ; but the unbelief of the members of the society overleapt itself, and induced them almost unanimously to jump to a conclu sion which unfortunately requires for its unhesitatilig recep tion almost a larger amount of credulity than would be necessary for the phenomenon of which it is presented as the solution. The opinion thus readily adopted was simply that the patient had experienced all the pains usually attendant upon a capital operation, but that he had thought fit to feign insensibility, and with this the subject was dismissed. Now, that two. gentlemen of, we persume, professional respectability, should out of mere wantonness plan a short-lived hoax, which must,. if discovered, lead to their explusion from society, is of itself no slight improbability ; but that a timid patient, worn down with 'pain, and doomed to a dread ful operation, upon which his existence depended, should originate or lend himself to the motiveless joke, and perform his part to admiration, is an assumption of a mnrp ae►nn na;.,.. is surrounded by improbabilities, and inquire, to what ever it might lead, could not fail to be instructive. If the patient be an impostor, he can hardly have arrived at the age of forty-two without having already, by the de velopment of his genius, acquired in his own neighbourhood a pretty distinct reputation : if, on the other hand, he has hitherto maintained a character for integrity, we do not see that the fact of his being an agricultural labourer entitles any society to brand him as an impostor for making a statement which, if it proceeded from one of their own station, would be received at all events with respect, and which, as it relates to personal consciousness, they are unable to disprove. The case is caleulated to interest every humane person. We fear that it may turn out a delusion ; but at pre'sent, those who have attacked:it have merely substituted one improbability for another. The most direct evidence of which it is susceptible has been produced; and this can now only be strengthened or weakened by testimony relating to the character of the principal witness. It is possible that Messrs. Tophdm and Ward were prepared to furnish some information on the point : if not, it was easily procurable from other sources. But this, in the eagerness of incredulity, was lost sight of ; and the members appear to have departed thoroughly satis fied ; and although it is impossible to swallow a dromedary, a camel may be taken whole with very little inconvenience. VERY COOL.—The inhabitants of Barcelona, during the bombardment, were determined to take matters very coolly. The Impartial and the Constitutional journals of that town apologise to their readers for appearing only in half sheets, "as the bombardment had prevented the compositors from setting up the type." In the former paper, however, the theatrical bill appears as usual. The pieces were " Angelo, the Tyrant of Padua ; " and the ballet of " The Lover with out a Mistress !" MORMONISM.—One of the proselytes to this new faith, feeling some reluctance to leave the certainties of a tcmporal nature, which he enjoyed in Old England, engaged one of his friends who left the neighbourhood of Burslem, a short time ago, to write to him a true statement of their situation in their New Jerusalem in America, promising to join him if his representation was satisfactory. A few days ago, the expected communication arrived in a very brief epistle, in which he very shortly refers him to the 4th chapter of the Ist Corinthians, 11th, 12th, and 13th verses, as a correc t des cription of heir situation—observing, if he wrote a letter as large as a newspaper, he could not say more to him. No very flattering prospects for the poor dupes who have left their native country to follow this Jack O'Lantern in the new land of promise !--Staffordshire Mercury. DESPERATE ASSAULT--TRURLES, DEC. 19.-1 regret to inform you that on Friday, the 16th instant., this hitherto peaceable district was the scene of an outrage of a most wanton and a barbarous cnaracter. The particulars, as far as I can learn, are as follow :—An old man, named Cormack, residing on the lands of Caldfields, part of the property of Lord Miltown, was directed by Mr. Ellis, under-agent to the above-named nobleman, to inform the tenants on those lands that he (Mr. E.) would require them to meet him in Thurles, on a certain day, to settle their rents. Cormack, who is a particularly quiet and inoffensive man, upon obey ing the orders he received, was attacked by five ruffians, who beat him to such a degree that no hopes whatever are enter tained of his recovery. lam happy to add, that through the praisworthy exertions of the police of this and the adjoining stations the offenders are in custody, having been fully identified by Cormack.—Tipperary Constitution. Between nine and ten t o'clock on Tuesday night, while the shopmen of a mercer An-the rue Saint Antoine, were busy 41 shutting up, a maittentered, and, unseen, walked away with a large bale which he saw on the counter, and being joined by two other men in the street, they formed a carriage for it by joining their three pairs of arms together, in a man ner so singular that it attracted the notice of a person passing by, who made observation upon it to the young men of the shop, who, being thus put on the alert, followed the rogues, and seized them and their burden. They pretended they had no intention to commit a robbery, but that wanting some articles to make presents of the season, they were tempted by the beautiful things they saw in the warehouse, but meant only to make a selection, and then return the rest, paying for what they kept ! On this the shopmen ob served that they must have very peculiar tastes, for the goods they had taken were nothing more than a bale of wad ding. " Then, indeed," replied the rogues, "we were truly mistaken, for we believed them to be cashmeres, or at least India silk handkerchiefs." There was no mistake, how ever, when the commissary of police sent them to the pre fectu re. DREADFUL AFFRAY WITS! POACHERS.—SOO❑ after SiX o'clock on Sunday evening Mr. Thomas Humphreys, one of Sir Watkins's keepers, in the charge of the extensive woods at Llanforda, near this town, came across a most determined set of ruffians, five or six in number. He followed up, and laid hold of one of them, who had a gun, whereupon the rest set upon and beat him with bludgeons about the face and head in the most dreadful manner. It would appear, from the statement of police-constable Luke Edwards, that the quantity of blood lost by Humphreys was almost incredible: his shirt and wearing apparel were completely saturated. Dreading the villains would take his life Humphreys drew out a small pistol, repeatedly exclaiming lie would fire in his own defence if they did not desist ; but this had no effect ; one fellow followed up and lifted a bludgeon with both hands, as if to complete the mischief, when the keeper fired, but whether or not the ball took effect he could not tell, as he immediately fell from loss of blood. Some of the men very fortunately came up soon after, and he was got home. In telligence was soon conveyed to the police, and they were shortly on the look-out. One man was brought before tl - e magistrates on Monday, on suspicion, but he proved an alibi, and was discharged. They are likely to be had in a day or two.—Salonian Journal. SWINDLING OPERATIONS IN YORK.—Last week York was visited by a numerous body of swindlers, who appear to have been very successful in many of their performances. On Saturday last, an elderly farmer named Thos. Jefferson, residing at Haxby, a village a few miles from York, was robbed of £95 by two fellows who invited him into a public house ; and while there one of them pulled out a number of flash notes which he folded up carefully, and spoke of the necessity of caution. Mr. Jefferson very politely permitted the scoundrel to fold his money up, and as might be ex pected, when be afterwards came to look at it, he fonnd that his money was gone, and in its place he had some old dirty paper. On Monday last, a servant of the Rev. Mr. Merest, of Staindrop, near Darlington, was cheated out of a valuable carriage horse, with which his master had entrusted him for sale. While riding it out, the servant was accosted by a per son in a light coloured top coat, who commenced bargaining for the horse. The price, however, which he offered was such as the other could not take. Ultimately he induced him to exchange his horse for another which he stated would suit him a great deal better, and for which he would willingly give the price demanded by the servant. The later foolishly consented to do so, and as soon as the exchange was effected, the fellow to whom the other horse belonged, rode off as fast as he could ; and when the servant came back to look for the man who was to purchase the horse, he found he had de camped. The horse which he obtained by the exchange was not worth above 505., while the one out of which he had been defrauded was worth 40 guineas. We have also heard of another person who had a good horse rode away with by a scoundrel who pretended to try its merits; but neither he nor the horse have since been heard of. Some parties supposed to be concerned in the affair are in custody.—Leeds Merenry. THE LATE PRIZE FIGHT.—The fight between Charles Freeman, the American giant, and William Perry, the Tip ton Slasher, which had been interrupted on the 15th instant by the interference of the magisterial authorities, was renewed on Tuesday, on the Kentish coast, about six miles below Gravesend, to which place the combatants and about 400 persons were conveyed in the " Father Thames" steamer. The ring having been formed, the men entered it and stripped, when Freeman proved to he at the least an 181 stone man, while his opponent appeared to be even thinner and paler than when they previously met. The fight consisted of 37 rounds, and lasted 39 minutes : but it was evident from the outset that the towering height and great bulk of Freeman must pre vail, though it was at last brought to a sudden and somewhat unexpected close by the Slasher going down without a blow, a circumstance which he afterwards insisted to have been the effect of accident and not of design. In the earlier rounds the Slasher failed in reaching his man, and the blows of the giant passed over his antagonist ; they soon, however came to a bet ter understanding, and the Slasher sho w ed fi rs t blood in the 4th round, from a blow on the nose, and in the 6th received a blow on the ear ; as a return for these he gave the giant so severe a knock on the mouth in the 10th round that the effect quickly became visible, but at th., same time he cut his own finger se verely against the man's teeth. This blow was repeated both in the 14th and 15th rounds, and the Giant retorted in each case by planting his heavy blows on the ears of the Slasher. In the 20th round the latter seemed to be losing his wind, and he led off wildly, and danced laughingly round his opponent, without being able to get in a blow ; the Giant, who wore a serious aspect, lunged out repeatedly, and some of his blows told, though many of them were wide, and some even far from effective. In this manner the fight proceeded to its termination, the contest during the whole time being an unsatisfactory one, as the difference in the size of the men left no room for speculation on the issue; the Giant, not withstanding, fought badly, and missed many well-intentioned but ill directed blows ; the Slasher, moreover, proving to a demonstration that a well-scienced man must beat him, though he would doubtless have shown to more advantage with a man of his own size. No serious injuries were in flicted on either of the men, who remained to witnes s a sub- sequent fight between J. M'Ginty, the Scotch Champion, and Bungaree, the Australian. This contest was what the " fancy" call a far more interesting affair; it consisted of 83 rounds, lasted an hour and 47 minutes, and terminated in favour of the Scotchman, who showed too much quickness and determination for his opponent, was always at work with his right and left, and had been well taught the use of his legs. Bungaree, though blind of one eye, and nearly so of the other, fought with much courage for five rounds, at the instigation of his seconds, after his backer had given in for him.--Observer. 1,91101 y accident happened at the `Wednesday last. r it ar me of Charles Ward, 19 y age, was employed Ind on the arrival of one of stant by t prudentlT endeavoured , to get on the step of one ks before it had stopped, and his foot slipping he brought to our infirmary, but r his arrival.—=Oxford Herald. The poor fel arvived only one 'OSTAGE ENVELOPES.- vas decided that a lett —ln a action tried during last term, er transmitted to a warty by post, eas not admissible as evidence, in —, f uence of the letter itself not having the name and ad dress of the party to whom it was addressed written upon it, as well as the envelope in which it was enclosed. Persons, therefore, in writing letters which they are in the habit of enclosing in envelopes, and which may be of importance as evidence, cannot he too cautious in writing the name and ad dress, not only on the envelope, but on the letter itself.— in an envelope, w ,otldon Paper AND DISCIPI ates, that, at NA; inoeuvres, two soldiers of a regiment len in a char ge, were obliged to remain ver, who was less injured than but, being ned him to recei;ei When tb one the it were to thank him, accordin g t o m ili tary _ _ _ The officer drew his luadron to p THE WEATH en' ranks, anc —Every one mu appearance of flies in tF been seen the bat `o'n have noticed the re re-warmed rooms in town has ,' revisiting the glimpses of the Save come out of their unknown hiding iaturalis s light ; swall places, puzzling th fact of ieir h y be-r- 1 in a southern provincial paper of ushrooms ifesting side of High- hevaliet; de L ar 1 pain tc NN e re, and sittiub , Yaiptows are not, however, confine lv . e A s in the northern counties, and at the ui ae far north, awonc signs of cted "'""nr' Y 1§ clink ss than 204 could neither read noi could read and write well there were ; whilst 121 cou ld read '- 1 write i mperfectly. The remain .?.ly these facts bear witne- y educating, the lower for that fearful amount ethcientty than eny JaDULIFC9 .irgutnent, to the necessity of g e i m o e u d sl y nung, he out._ notrnind about being hung." The general opinion now Is, o ed rd u e c i a .s t , i nags, the t o o r n a l l y l that he had no intention of committing suicide,. but was of crime which now stalks through the land, unchecked by merely trying what sensation hanging would produce, when y pr a a n c d tica r l ei r i police or other stringencies, punished, but not prevented, oy - he lost his hold, fell, and could not recover himself.--Ten the rigours of the prison house.—Worcester Journal. Towns Messenger. POPERY AT NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (E.rorn the Journal.) It is usual, as our readers are aware, for the individual in vested with the honour and responsibility of the chief magistracy in our ancient corporate town to celebrate his accession to, that high and dignified office b‘ , - his uy inviting friend's to a public entertainment, now and for long known as "The Mayor's Dinner." This event in the mayoralty of Mr. Thomas Dunn has been signalised by circumstances which, however inclined we may be to deal leniently with the failings, or even with the religious principles and feelings of that gentleman, as conscientiously entertained by him, though opposed, as we conscientiously believe they are, in truth, to the doctrines of Christianity, and incompatible with the hap piness of the people and the security of the state, we consider we ought not to pass over without especial notice. These circumstances we shall develope in due course and order, re serving our observations thereon till the facts themselves are in the possession of the reader. The annual entertainment to which we refer was given, on Tuesday evening last, at the Assembly Rooms, in this town, and the guests numbered between ninety and a hundred. The worshipful the mayor. Thomas Dunn, Esq. presided, of course, and the vice-chairs were occupied by the sheriff, Joseph Hawks, Esq., and Sir John Fife. After the company had become seated, Mr. Riddell, the popish minister, who had been honoured with one of the chief seats at table, being second from the Worshipful the Mayor, on the right, was requested by his worship to say grace, which he did in the presence of two clergymen of the Church of England, one of whom was the Vicar of New castle, the accredited head of the church of this town. The repast over, it was thought by many that the worthy vicar, whose feelings had been so insultingly disregarded in the first instance, would be, at least, called upon by his worship to return thanks ; but this part of the ceremony appears to have been studiously avoided, for reasons not difficult to discover, since the sentiments of the company in respect to the former part of this exhibition could hardly have been mistaken or misconstrued. Then followed the toasts, as according to list prepared and approved no doubt by the spiritual advisers of the popish dig nitary, who thus dispensed the hospitality and munificence of the town, and it is understood that not even the vice-chair men were made acquainted with their order. "The Queen" was the first toast given, and was responded to with enthu siastic acclamatious ; but, it is said, that the pre-determined order of the toasts was not strictly observed in this respect, as in others, for that " His Holiness the Pope" stood to be given in precedence of her Majesty, and immediately after the ablution of the digits in holy water! This latter ceremony requires more than a mere notice en passant ; and, therefore, it may be well to state that the am brosial liquid was introduced and circulated in the silver ewer and basin, which, on the motion of the ex-Mayor, Mr. Al-, derman Hodgson, in the Town-council, on Wednesday week, were, with other relics of the old corporation. transferred from the Town-clerk's strong room, where they had been de posited ever since the demolition and dispersion of the Man sion House regalia, to the custody of the Mayor for the time being. The introduction of the silver ewer and basin on this occasion excited considerable attention, from the recollection of byegone scenes renewed and re-awakened, and, perhaps, the antiquity of the vessels drew, in some degree, attention from their contents, which to the uninitiated was repre sented as aqua rosa merely, and as such presented before them. There was something discreet, no doubt, in this, for had the holy liquid been represented, as it was no doubt in tended to be, it would have aroused the feelings of the com pany, Protestant for the most part, against such absurdities. To the health of " The Queen" succeeded that of " Prince Albert," and then the Chairman gave " The Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family," avoiding more direct al lusion to the other members of that family," distinguished no less by their virtues and talents than by their devoted at tachment to the civil and religious institutions of the coun try, with which they are identified by the high position they alike dignify and adorn. " Her Majesty's Ministers" were given in fair terms, and then " The Members for the County," " The Members for the Town," and " The Lord Lieutenant of the County ;" but not one word was said about " The Bishop of Durham and the Clergy of the Diocese," a toast hitherto invariably given on such occa sions ; nor was the health of the Vicar proposed individually, and though, as we have said, the head of the church in this town, he was permitted to depart without compliment and without notice. Thus was the measure of popish intolerance completed. The company, which did not sit down to dinner till about half-past seven o'clock, rose before ten, and in less than ten minutes after that hour, contrary to usual cus tom, the civic entertainment was completely deserted. In deed, it was evident that the extraordinary proceedings to which we hive referred had a marked effect upon the feelings of the company, though any expression of those feelings was prevented by various considerations, by the irregular order of the toasts, and by the early retirement of the Reverend the Vicar. Such is a brief narrative of the extraordinary circumstances attending the first civic entertainment of the first Popish Mayor of Newcastle, since the passing of the Municipal Reform Bill, and, we venture to prophecy, the last for many years to come. It must be admitted that a more pre meditated and marked insult to the vicar, to the clergy, and the inhabitants of Newcastle, could not have been offered than was done on this occasion by Mr. Thos. Dunn. That he did not propose the health of the Pope and Mr. Riddell is true, because had he done so, there was spirit and inde pendence enough, we opine, in the company to have at once resented the insult ; but he did call on the representative of the Pope to perform the mutilated religious ceremonies of the occasion, and he studiously withheld that due respect to the constituted authorities in religious matters which, as representing the feelings of the majority of the inhabitants of the town, and of the members of the council in especial, in his official capacity he was bound to render. We have spoken of this indecent proceeding as a pre meditated and marked insult to the Vicar, to the Clergy, and the inhabitants of Newcastle, and we have done so ad visedly; for the fact is, the Vicar and his friends, who were as twenty to one on the occasion, were invited, and went to the civic feast under the impression that, at least, no de parture from established custom would be attempted ; and we have been informed that it was not until within a very few minutes of dinner being announced that the Vicar was made aware that he was to be superseded in the discharge of those duties which have time out mind been performed by the individual holding the high office he does. It was only when assembled to partake of the entertainment, to enjoy the hospitality of the Corporation, that the insulting procedure wa avowed and enacted. Now, we have abstaincd - fruurmltrring to some other scarcely reprehensible circumstances that have tran spired since the commencement of the existing mayoralty, with the view of avoiding suspicion of partiality or prejudice, whio many would have been but too ready to cast upon us ; but it is rather hard that our forbearanee, and that of the inhabitants of Newcastle and their representatives in the Council, should be abused, and insult offered. HOME.—We are born at home, we live at home; and we must die at home : so that the comfort and economy of home are of more deep, heartfelt, and personal interest to us than the public affairs of all the nations in the world. How TO WRITE ABOUT AMERICA.—NOW, to compare small things with great, when we first heard it breathed that he was going to America, we thought within ourselves thus: If we had the admirable talent for observation and descrip tion, and the great reputation (to give universal currency to our " Notes ") of Boz—a man who has amused for several years a greater number and more various classes of his fellow creatures than any one we have for some years known, heard, or read of—and had intended to break up new ground in America, we should have imitated the aforesaid cat, in all except her bloody designs and doings. In plain English, we should have resolved to take—good naturedly brother Jonathan off his guard; and transmuting Mr. Charles Dickens into Mr. John Johnson, or Mr. Benjamin Brown, gone away without allowing a hint of our visit to transpire either at home or abroad. We should thus have entered America, and made all our most important observations, under a strict incognito. A month before quitting it, however, we might, perhaps, have resumed our character of " Charles Dickens, Esquire," and presenting the best letters of introduction with which we had come provided, mixed in the best society in our own proper person. Thus we should have seen Jonathan asleep, en dishabile ; and also wide awake, and in his best clothes, and his best manners.—Blackwood. BEAUTIES OF THE AMERICAN PRESS.--A " broken hearted woman," as she calls herself, Mrs. Laura Hunt, of Broadalbin, Montgomery County, New York, notifies the public through the Amsterdam Intelligencer, that her dear husband, Josiah Hunt, has left her bed and board, and strayed to parts unknown; and she forbids all girls, old maids, and widows, to meddle with or marry him, under the penalty of the law. She earnestly entreats all editors throughout the world," to lay the foregoing information be fore their readers. " Mrs. Hunt will please to perceive that we have complied with her request."—Courier and Inquirer. " And we (too), two."—New York Transcript. " And we, three."—Cineinati Mirror. " And we, four."—Stan dard. " And we, five."—Western Methodist. " And we, six."—Zion's Herald. " And we, seven."—Maine Free Press. " And we, eight."—Mobile Free Press. " And we, nine."—Woodstock Whig. " Leave her bed and board, the villain! and we, ten."—National Eagle. " And strayed to parts unknown, the vagabond ! and we, eleven." —Al bang Daily Advertiser. " And we make up the dozen."— New York Commercial Advertiser. "He left her bed ! 0 ! the vagrum ! Anti we a baker's dozen."—Pittsman States man. " And we start him again."—Miner's Journal. " Keep - him moving. Salt river is too good for him."— Jackson's Courier. " May he have corns on his toes and pains in his ribs all the days of his life. Leave a woman's bed and board, the graceless knave! We'll give him the sixteenth kick."—Carlisle Republican, " Oh. the vaga bond ! he deserves an additional kick, and we will give him the seventeenth."—Cleveland Herald. " Break a woman's heart, the fiend ! Take that, too !"—Painsville Telegraph. " We underwrite the eighteenth endorser."—Courier and Enquirer. " And we give the scoundrel the nineteenth shove."—Boston Argus. "Go a-head, and hunt him, Laura. -And here goes the twentieth."—American Senti nel. " And we repeat her wrongs and his shame to our 20,000 readers."—Saturday Courier. " Pass him round ; start him again, the scoundrel! And here goes the twenty first kiek."—Utica Daily News. THE SATISTICAL SOCIETY.—This useful body met last week, when Professor Sillyphellow read a very interesting paper on the " Moral and Physical Condition of Omnibus Cads," in the appendix to which there were some curious tables. It would appear from these that 99 cads and nth out of 104 and 2-16ths, pronounce the word "city" as if it were spelled " cty," without an " i," which would seem to show that they are of Welsh extraction, and have probably ob taiped the name of cad by descent from the Cad-walladers. The society has also - prepared some curious statistical records from a recent survey. In a parish containing 1,500 houses, there are no less than 700 children in arms giving the enor mous average of nearly half a baby to each house ; and in calculating the number of street door-bells, a still larger result is arrived at. Of 742 knockers, there are 620'out of the reach of a child, 89 want fresh painting, 32 are in tolerable repair, and the remaining 1 has been wrenched off since the .ociety's last survey. Out of 7 families occupying 9 rooms, 4 had paid their rent, 2 had some idea of doing so, and re maining 1 had made a point of always running away with the goods, in anticipation of any harsh proceeding on the part of the landlord. Amcng 14,000 children, 11,000 could sing Jim Crow, 2,986 could whistle it, while the remaining 14 had heard it, and knew it when played, but could not execute a note of it. There were 224 blankets to 116 beds ; and giving an average of three persons to each mattress, there would be 19-16ths of a pillow to every father of a family of 12 children, leaving the mother the pillow-case. In 16 attics, 24 people were employed in washing, 8 were occupied in ironing, 3 had gone out to pawn trifling articles, and 1 was frying sausages. The same curious deductions have been made from the spread of Art Unions ; for it would seem, that 762 rooms are orna mented with pictures, 640 of them containing portraits of popular performers, 89 of which were decorated with tinfoil, and 17 were entirely plain. In a collection of 300 spelling books, it was found that 3-4ths of them were Mayor's, the 1-16th were Dilworth's, and the remainder miscellaneous. 1 leaf in 2 were dog's-eared, 3 in 8 were soiled, 00-15ths in 226.334ths were torn, and 108-00ths were without any covers. Of 250,000 families, there were 249,999 that regularly pur chased Punch, and the remaining family regularly borrowed it. Out of 16 adults, who had all taken degrees at Oxford, 4 were clergymen of the established c h urc h, 6 were a t t h e bar, 3 were gentlemen of independ en t property, and the re maining 1 was lying drunk at the station-house. In a series of 26 milk-jugs, 1 had no handle, 14 were without spouts, 9 had been riveted, while 2 were perfect. Of 20 pieces of orange-peal, lying in 1 street, 17 were from 3 oranges pur chased at the stall at the corner, 2 were left there by persons casually passing, and the remaining 1, th e soc i e ty, a ft er se veral hours' tedious l nvestigation, found no means of ac counting for.—Punch MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OR THE UNITED STATES. The Independence, packet-ship, which sailed from New York on the 9th instant, arrived at this port on Sunday, having made the passage in fifteen days and eighteen hours. She brought papers up to the date of her sailing. Those of the Bth contain the President's Message, as communicated to Congress on the previous day. The news (with, the exception of the statements in the Message) is not of much importance. It appears, by despatches received in the States, from Vera Cruz, that the difficulties between that country and Mexico have been brought to an amicable close. The papers from Canada, received by this conveyance, reach the date of the 3d instant. The Kingston Gazette states, that Sir Charles Begot had received by the Acadia despatches from the Home Government, approving of his policy in the recent ministerial changes, and promising him every support in following it up. We regret to say that his Excellency's health was still precarious, and that his medical advisers had suggested a change of climate as necessary to his restoration. The rate of exchange (in New York) on England was 106 to 100 sterling, and in France 5. , 15 to 5.421. The mail steamer Columbia, which left this port on the 19th ult., arrived at Boston on the morning of the 6th instant. The message is, as usual, a lengthy document, but is on the whole, rather satisfactory, and appears to have given satisfaction to the American public. The Exchequer plan is still a favourite with the President. One-fourth of the mes sage is occupied with an exposition of his plan, as submitted to Congress last session, and with reason why it should be adopted in the present. The condition of the Treasury is better than could have been anticipated. The revenue during the past three quarters, from all sources, amounted to 26,616,593 dollars, of which more than fourteen millions were from customs and about one million from the public lands. The expenditure had been about the same as the income. About eight millions had been applied towards the payment of the public debt; and 600,000 dollars had been divided amongst the States, under the :oval distribution law. A considerable portion of the message refers to the relations between this country and the United States. The President congratulates his fellow-citizens on the aspect of foreign affairs since his last message, alludes to the difficulties at tending the settlement of the questions between this country and the states, and proceeds : The appointment of a special minister by Great Britain to the United States, with power to negotiate upon most of the points of difference, indicated a desire on her part amicably to adjust them, and that minister was met by the executive in the same spirit which had dictated his mission. The treaty consequent thereon, having been duly ratified by the two governments, a copy, together with the correspondence which accompanied it, is herewith communicated. I trust that, whilst you may see in it nothing Objectionable, it may be the means of preserving, for an indefinite period, the ami cable relations happily existing between the two goiernments. The question of peace or war between the United - States and Great Britain is a question of the deepest interest, not only to themselves, but to the civilized world, since it is scarcely possible that a war could exist between them without endan gering the peace of Christendom. The immediate effect of the treaty upon ourselves will be felt in the security afforded to mercantile enterprise, which, no longer apprehensive of interruption, adventures its speculations in the most distant sea ; and, freighted with the diversified productions of every land, returns to bless our own. There is nothing in the treaty which, in the slightest degree, compromises the ho nour or dignity of either nation. The President next alluded to the question of our African slave trade, as pending between the two nations, with par ticular reference to the right of search of American ships by our cruisers • and as he considered that such search (even after the explanations and correspondence with Lord Aber deen on the laws affecting the trade) would involve "detention on voyages, and interruption to trade," he felt himself bound in duty distinctly to declare in his annual message (last year) that no such concession could be made, and that the United States had both the will and the ability to enforce their own laws, and to protect their fla g fro m b e i ng use d f or p ur p oses wholly forbidden by those laws, and obnoxious to the moral censure of the world. After allusion to the quadruple treaty, which provides that each nation shall keep afloat in the African seas a force net less than eighty guns, to act separately and apart, under in structions from their respective governments, and for the enforcement of their respective laws and obligations, the President states this provision has been fully complied with by the United States, and that there is therefore no pretence for interference with her commerce ; and he adds, " A simi lar arrangement by the other great powers could not fail to sweep from the ocean the slave-trade, without the interpola tion of any new principle in the maritime code. We may be permitted to hope, that the example thus set will be fol lowed by some, if not by all of them. We thereby also af ford suitable protection to the fair trader in those seas, thus fulfilling, at the same time, the dictates of a sound policy, and complying with the claims of justice and humanity." The President next addresses himself to the settlement of the right of claim, between this country and the United States, to what is called the Oregon territory, embracing the immense districts between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. On this point he says :—" In advance of the acquirement of individual rights to these lands, sound policy dictates that every effort should be resorted to by the two Governments to settle their respective claims. It became manifest, at an early hour of the late negotiations, that any attempt for the time being satisfactorily to determine those rights would lead to a .protracted discussion, which might embrace in its failure other more pressing matters, and the Executive did not regard it as proper to waive all the advan tages of an honourable adjustment of other difficulties of great magnitude and importance, because this, not so imme diately pressing, stood in the way. Although the difficulty referred to may not for several years involve the peace of the two countries, yet I shall not delay to urge on Great Britain the importance of its early settlement. Nor will other mat- ters of commercial importance to the two countries be over looked ; and I have good reason to believe, that it will com port with the policy of England, as it does with that of the United States, to seize upon this moment, when most of the causes of irritation have passed away, to cement the peace and unity of the two countries by wisely removing all grounds of probable future collision. The next question noticed is the tariff; and the President strongly recommends a revision of its more stringent clauses, and also the adoption of the warehousing (or bonding) sys tem. The following passage will be read with some interest : " In revising the existing tariff of duties, should you deem it proper to do so at your present session, 1 can only repeat the suggestions and recommendations which, upon severai occasi ons . I 1,0 heretofore felt it to I , P my duty to nfrpr to Congress. The great, primary, and controlling interest or the American people is union—union not only in the mere forms of government, forms which may be broken—but union founded in an attachment of States and individuals for each other. This union in sentiment and feeling can only be preserved by the adoption of that course of policy, which, neither giving exclusive benefits to some, nor imposing un necessary burdens upon others, shall consult the interests of all, by pursuing a course of moderation, and thereby seeking to harmonize public opinion, and causing the people every where to feel and to know that the Government is careful of the interests of all alike. Nor is there any subject in re gard to which moderation, connected with a wise discri mination, is more necessary than in the imposition of duties on imports. Whether reference be had to revenue, the primary object in the imposition of taxes, or to the incidents which necessarily flow from their imposition, this is entirely true. Extravagant duties defeat their end and object, not only by exciting in the public mind a hostility to the /manufacturing interests, but by inducing a system of smuggling on an extensive scale, and the practice of every manner of fraud upon the revenue, which the utmost vigilance of Government cannot effectually suppress. An opposite course of policy would be attended by results essentially different, of which every interest of society, and none more than those of the manufacturer, would reap important advantages. Amongst the most striking of its benefits would be that derived from the general acquiescence of the country in its support, and the consequent permanency and stability which would be given to all the operations of industry. It cannot be too often repeated, that no system of legislation can be wise which is fluctuating and uncertain. No interest can thrive under it. The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital in manufacturing establishments, or in any other leading pursuit of life, if there exsists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal to-morrow what it has enacted to day. Fitful profits, however high, if threat ened with a ruinous reduction, by vacillating policy on the part of Government, will scarcely tempt him to trust the money he has acquired by life of labour upon the uncertain adventure. I, therefore, in the spirit of conciliation, and in fluenced by no other desire than to rescue the great interests of the country from the vortex of political contention, and in the discharge of the high and solemn duties of the place which I now occupy, recommend moderate duties, imposed with a wise discrimination ss to their several objects, as being not only most likely to be durable, but most advante- geous to every interest of society." The remainder of the message relates chiefly to the estab lishment of the system of Exchequer-bills (to which the President is favourable), and upon which he debates ; but as the subject relates solely to American finance we must, in the pressure of other matter, leave those interested to a perusal of the document itself—to which, however, we shall probably revert in our next publication. THE EVENTS AT BARCELONA The accounts from Barcelona come down to the 16th in stant. Some two thousand men, half of them soldiers, were at work restoring the ramparts. A war contribution of 3,000,000 francs had been imposed on the city. Thirteen soldiers were shot on the esplanade on the 13th. They were taken for execution by lot, being part of the troops who were arrested after the Captain-General entered the city, and who were decimated. Seventy-four other prisoners hail been sen tenced to ten years' hard labour in the presidios, seven to six years, two to two years, and fifty-five were discharged. The Paris Messager and Moniteur say—" M. Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Consul of France at Barcelona, was pro moted, by a royal ordinance of the 16th, to the rank of offi cer of the royal order of the Legion of Honour." 13 y alt tha Paris papers, with the exception of the National, tha favour conferred upon M. Lesseps was hailed as a dignified reply of the French Government to the calumnies of the British and Spanish press. On the Bourse it was deemed an intimation of " King Louis Philippe's resolve to assume a decided atti , tulle with respect to Spain." The last advices from Barcelona repeat, as on good autho rity. a report that the Spanish Minister at Paris had been in structed to demand the recal of M. Lesseps, the French Con sul at Barcelona. On the other hand, the French papers as sert, with an air orsatisfaction, that the conduct of the Poli tical Chief Guttierez had been disavowed by the Spanish Go vernment, and that the amnesty about to be issued by the Regent was on a large scale. The Morning Post publishes an " authentic narrative of the events at Barcelona," which, it says, may be regarded as o f ficial in respect to the facts. The main statements are, that the insurrection originated with the Republican party, and substantially was limited to that party ; and that neither the French Government nor M. Lesseps took any part in the revolt, the very great activity of the French Consul being solely directed to works of humanity. If this representation is correct, every charge against him is unfounded. And the Political Chief is directly accused of falsehood in his report on the conduct of M. Lesseps. The Post adds, that the French Government defends its representative only because it believes him to be falsely accused. We have now abund ance of officially accredited assertion on both sides : time must decide, on which side the officials have " lied like a chambermaid." SUMMER IN WINTER.—On Wednesday last, the shortest day, Mr. Ashworth gathered in his garden, opposite the Swinton station, a beautiful nosegay of flowers, consisting of wall-flowers, pinks, piccotees, polyanthuses, marigolds, vio lets, &c.—Doncaster Gazette. NOVEL FEATURE IN THE CORK CORN TRADE. —Rather a novel, at the same time hazardous, speculation in the corn trade has been carrying on in our markets for the last two months. An English gentleman, named Lyttelton, having suddenly made his appearance at the Corn-exchange, has been purchasing large quantities of black feedin g oa t s , with out any regard whatever as to quality. This be immediately ships on board a vessel for London, which he has previously chartered for the purpose, without putting it through the process of kiln drying. We understand that bis speculations have, as yet, been most fortunate, one cargo, which he pur chased about six weeks since, having reached the Thames, from our harbour, in the short space of three days. We, however, doubt much of the practicability of his preventing the corn from being heated during the voyage, while the present wet weather continues, as it must inevitably be in some measure damp, when it is shot from the bags into the hold of the vessel.—Cork Examiner. THEATRE-ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE Second Night of the NEW CH RISTMAS PANTOMIME, THE ROSE OF ARRAGON. Alasco Mr. C. Kean Mrs. C. Keags Olivi,~ To conclude with the new Comic PAttdomime,'called BARON MUNCVOISEN ; - Of, Harlequin and litiltreen• Wizard. ROYAL LIVER THEATRE THE NORWOODOPSIES. Caroline Grantlev Mrs. Honey. CHANCE CHARACTERS : SIXTEEN 8r SEVENTY. Rose Carrington, aged seventeen .... Mrs. Honey. Deborah, her Aunt, aged seventy .... Mrs. Honey. After which will be produced, with new Scenery, Dresses, and Appointments, a Grand Comic Christmas Panto- mime, entitled HARLEQUIN CINDERELLA ; Or, the Little Fairy and the Large Glass Slipper. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, fid. (Number to Gallen' limited.) Second Price : Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls. Doors to open at Half-past Six, Performance to begin at Seven. Second Price at Half-past Eight. " A Subscriber" must furnish us with his name. " A Lover of Truth" has called our attention to a remark in the Journal of Saturday, with reference to Miss Robinson , who was recently connected with the Corporation Schools. Our correspondent, who, we know, is well acquainted with the facts, informs us that the Reform Committee dismissed that female from her situation as teacher; and the annoY ance to which she was subjected was occasioned by the meddling of certain ladies, the majority of whom are stated by our informant to have been Unitarians. Elie Zibtrpool &tanDarti. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1842. The Leaguers go on swimmingly; and if we may venture to believe that amusing personage, Mr. Richard Cobden, their promised fifty thousand pounds is almost as safe as if it was already in their hands. Nay, we are assured, by the same authority, that if he, Cobden, and his fellow-agitators, could " divide and subdivide themselves," or be in fifty places at once, " they might receive £200,000 or £300,000, as well as £50,000 !" The Stockport M.P. out-Daniels Daniel, hollow; but let us proceed to the revelation, With which, on Thursday last, he accompanied the above absurdities. We have been asking, and other men have been asking—" to what purposes are these vast sums of money to be devoted ?" Let Richard Cobden answer for himself. " When he got into the House of Commons again he knew the tactics that would be pursued. There would be a great outcry against the League. Did the meeting think that he would con descend (!) to answer the attacks from such quarters? If they did he would answer them in this way. It is all very well to quarrel with them ; but unless you mind your votes the League will substitute better men for you at the next election.' rirts" WAS THE Dug - NESS OF THE LEAGUE." ! And this, of course—to supply better men at the next election—is the purposed destination of the 50, 200 or 300 thousand pounds, which the body in question is squeezing out of the various he, or she, gulls who are daily enrolling them selves amongst its members. Thanks, Mr. Cobden, for your candour; and now , if you please, we will proceed to notice another portion of your Thursday's developments. " The , meeting saw"— (what a discerning meeting !)—" how the Leagut were advancing in their discussions. The slidinrsoide had been given up by all intelligent people" —hogsYomplimentary to people so unfortunately obtuse as ourselves !—" and now they had come to the pre sent discussion with their friends, who had gone with them thus far, and who only hesitated to advance a step further from a fixed duty to a total repeal." Really, Mr. Richard Cobden, we feel inclined to demur a little to this conclusion. At all events, not so fast ! —for we have a few little conditions to stipulate for 'before we lay down our arms; and these we will at once proceed to detail. Perhaps they may be worth the consideration of those friends, who " have gone with you," as far as a fixed duty, and are now urged to gu furtlict. in particular, Svc would rccommcntl them to the consideration of the " intelligent" working classes. We perfectly remember that at the outset of this agitation—that not later than two sessions of Parlia ment ago—it was expressly agreed that, upon the boon of a free trade in corn having been conceded to the manufacturing community, that community was pre pared to submit to the withdrawal of 'all legislative protection upon manufactured commodities. This was distinctly admitted in the House of Commons, by no less influential authorities than the members for the borough of Manchester—Messrs. Philips and Gibson. The silks, the cottons, the linens, the hosiery, the lace, the shoes, boots, watches, clocks, gloves, hats, &c. of Europe, were to be admitted free of duty into the British markets, to compete there with the productions of the native manufacturer. Somehow or other, how ever, as the Leaguers get nearer, or fancy they get nearer, to their grand desideratum—a free trade—they find it convenient to forget the stipulation, that that free trade was not to be one-sided. May we take the liberty of reminding them, and their friends amongst the working classes, of this important feature in the proposed arrangement? May we ask Mr. Cobden and his allies if they are prepared to stand by " their bond," and to recognise it as undeniably just that, if one leading interest is to be deprived of its existing protection—if the British agriculturist is to be subjected to a competition with the foreign grower—in order that the manufacturer may have a cheap foreign loaf, the latter should submit to a similar competition with the foreigner, to allow the agriculturist the cheap com modities of other countries ? " Give and take" is fair play the world over ; and the free-trader cannot. therefore, consistently say " No" to such an arrange ment. We can readily surmise what will be the answer of so very flippant a personage as Mr. Richard Cobden• However averse that gentleman may he to the intro duction of such a topic in the present stage of the anti-corn-law agitation, the member for Stockport will be prepared to say at once—" Oh, by all means ! Do away with all protection. The cotton trade wants no protection. Give us but a cheap loaf and free trade, and we are ready to open our markets and compete with all the world ! " And the cotton trade can do so ; and a few other trades can do so; but many trades cannot do so, and these trades, as a matter of course, must be given over to the cheap foreign artizan. But how, we ask, is the cotton trade—we leave the others for the present to ruminate upon its effect upon their condition—to be the better enabled to sustain compe tition with the foreigner from the possession of a cheap loaf ? Why stipulate for this as the sine qud non which is to induce it to submit to the withdrawal of protec tion ? Does flour enter into the composition of cotton goods to any greater extent than that to which it is used in the composition of those " cheap and nasty" fabrics with which the foreign buyer is swindled, and the reputation of the British trader lowered in every market throughout the globe ? Does the steam-engin e consume corn ? What, then, has cheap bread to d o with the question ? It has this. It will enable the manufacturer to screw down the price of labour! It will enable him to produce cheaper ! It will enable him, in a word, to COMPETE, in price, with the foreigner in the markets of Great Britain, or in thei r own! Surely the conclusion is inevitable. CHEAP L ABOUR is the result which the League party looks for to ac company the boon (?) of CHEAP BREAD ! Let 1:1 1 r 4 our working fellow-countrymen be gulled with pro fessions; but rather exercise upon this matter their deliberate judgment and common sense. If the mas ter shoemaker, glover, hatter, hosier, and other de partments of native industry, cannot at present coo pete with the foreigner, how is the circumstance that their workmen have a cheap loaf to enable them to do so, unless those workmen will content themselves with lower wages—will make a pair of shoes, or g loves, a hat, or a pair of stockings, far less money?' All the sophistries of all the philosophers (.9 who compose the Anti-Monopoly Association of Liverpool cannot dispose of this stubborn and inevitable conclusion ! Our cotton trade, and perhaps a few other giant trades, may possibly exist under suc h a com p e tition as that with which they will be assailed by the foreign MR, and MRS. C. ICEAN, for Five Nights 0n1y.., 'HIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 27th instant , will be produced Mr. Knowles's last new Play of Mrs. HONEY, the celebrated and fascinating Actress and Vocalist, whose first appearance in this Theatre last Season was crowned with the most distinguished success; is en gaged for a limited number of nights, and wilt make her second appearance this season in two of her most popular characters THIS present TUESDAY EVENI ' , the 27th instant, I. when will he performed