The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-05 00:00:00

been received. On the 20th u consisting of 7000 men, met the enem • three or four miles from the capital FOREIGN 4- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.-IMPORTANT NEWS FROM AMERICA AND MEXICO. The royal mail steam-ship Caledonia, Captain Lott, ar rived in the Mersey about half-past ten o'clock on Tues day night, with American papers to the 16th instant. The Britannia reached Halifax just as the Caledonia was leaving, but there was no intelligence of the arrival of the ,Sarah Sands. The following highly important telegraphic despatch from Washington gives particulars of a dreadful battle fought between the Americans and Mexicans, in which about 1000 of the former and 5000 of the latter were killed. The following is a copy of the despatch :-- " Washington, Sept, 14. p. m. " Despatches for the government have this moment at Charbuzes The Mex CI , heavy artillery. After two hours' bloody c gallant troops swept everything before them thn nnint of the bayonet. The American lc than a thousand, while that of tl at five thousand, and amongst th guished men, both generals and civil the Mexican commissioners Mid two m Mexican is es timated many distin- ated on lom was Herrera Ind were to hold an ncia escaped with two companies to Taluca, and has since pronounced against Santa Anna and peace. The engagement commenced ahnnt nno e'elnek in the afternoon. It lasted over two hours. The enemy was completely routed from every point, and those who were not killed or wounded were in full flight for the city. At Churubusco the Mexicans say Santa Anna commanded in person, but that he retired early. The young men of the capital, from whom so The loss on our side has fallen r south Carolina and New York vol try and Smith's Battallion, and th :Magruder and Taylor. The South Carol nearly cut to pieces. Thirteen Mexica killed and wounded. More amunition was captured than Gen. Scott has used since he has been in the country. The following are the terms of the armistice agreed upon while the commissioners of the two governments shall ne gociate terms of peace : "Neither army is to be reinforced, nor build new de fences during the armistice, nor go beyond its present line ; in short, the two armies are in no way to interfere with each other, without 48 hours notice." CorroN.—There has been a speculative feeling since It heavily upon the ;eers—the 6th Infan- our 1 to cents per _ of the last days amount to 5,600 1 , and o batteries of Capts 3-16 per lb.: flour and turpentine, 1-8 to 1-6 per barrel; grain, 6d. to 7d. per bushel. To London, 2-6 per barrel for flour, and other articles in proportion.- To Havre, nominally, for cotton, id. per lb. ; flour 70 cents per barrel ; ashes, 8 to 10 dollars per ton ; rice, 10 dollars per ton. A destructive fire has occurred at Quebec houses and stores were burnt. A St. Petersburg letter states th hles, equa Several 6t the amount in value GOVERNORSHIP OF MALTA.—The Hon. Edward Fitz gerald, son to Lord William Fitzgerald, and nephew to the Duke of Leinster, is the secretary to'' Mr. More O'Ferrall the new Governor of Malta. In a New York letter it is remarked, " The potato disease has made its appearance all over this country, and bids fair to be more extensive than we have ever had it before." It must be mentioned, however, that this state ment proceeds from a considerable holder of breadstuffs. A dreadful fire broke out at Constan ult., which destroyed 250 large houses stone mansions and the British Chapi e on the including sixteen were thrown into the flames and.burnt to death, by order of Ahmet Pacha. The ship on board which the guns taken at the battle of Meeanee were shipped for England has been wrecked at Bangor, and the guns are now lying under water, but the Indian government is making great efforts to recover these trophies, and it is hoped that many, if not all, of them will be saved. The appointment of the Duke d'Aumale to the gover- norship of Algeria; the nomination of Marshal Soult to the honorary rankof marshal general of France, the reform agitation by which the departments are excited, and eu logies of M. Coletti, prime minister of France, are the en grossing topics of the Paris journals_of Thursday. The King and royal family left St. Cloud on Wednesday for La Ferte Vidame. The King and Queen of the Belgians are expected at St. Cloud on Tuesday. _ the emigrant sheds is abated. The inmates at the hospi tals are now a little over 1000; the daily rate of mortality varies from 12 to 24. The serious fall in breadstuffs in Britain will produce very heavy losses here. The mer chants of this country are serious sufferers by the panic in the money market on the other side. Much gloom, of course, pervades the commercial atmosphere ; and.it is to be apprehended that many who, a short time since, were possessed of considerable wealth, may find their wealth crumble away. The harvest in this country is most abundant ; but our prices do not keep pace in the down ward tendency with those in Britain. THE LATE COL. STODDART AND CAPT. CONOLLY.— The Friend of India of the 29th of July says, on the subject of these two unfortunate gentlemen—" For some time past there has been a rumour that the King of Bokhara had put to death the infamous Abdool Sumud Khan, who has been rendered so notorious by Dr. Wolff's narrative. It bas now been confirmed in a letter of a merchant at Bokhara to his correspondent at Cabul. The King struck him on the head himself with a small axe, upbraiding him with having instigated him (the King) to slay Stoddart and Conolly. This information gives additional confirmation to that which was indeed too evident previously—that those unfortunate officers were positively put to death by the Commander of the Faithful. Their relatives are, we fear, still buoyed up with hopes of their existence, which it is natural for them to cherish, but the present intelligence places the report of their death beyond all doubt." The New Zealand papers of the latter end of March mention, in terms of satisfaction, the return of Governor Grey to Auckland from his trip to Mellington and Nelson, where it appeared he had succeeded in terminating and adjusting the various unsettled land claims which for years past have been such a fertile source of complaint among the emigrants. His interviews with the aborigines have, it is alleged, done much to restore confidence, as they find that his determination will not permit them to cajole him or treat his proceedings with disrespect. The coasting trade of the settlement has latterly improved, and the revenue is also represented as exhibiting symp toms of increase. The quality of the surface coal dis covered at Nelson bas been tested by use on board the Inflexible steamer, and the results of the experiment give it a slight advantage over the Newcastle, (Australian) coal. The state of affairs at Auckland was, at the date of these accounts, rather encouraging. REPUBLICAN FREEDOM.—John C. Pulley, a free co loured man, has been arrested, says the Baltimore Patriot of the sth instant, " on the charge of receiving abolition papers, knowing them to be such, in violation of section Ist of the act of 1841, which provides that any free negro or mulatto who shall knowingly call for. receive, or de mand from any post-office in this State, or have in his possession, any abolition handbill, p am phl e t, news p a p er , or pictorial representation of an inflammatory character, having a tendency to create discontent among or stir up to insurrection the people of this State, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to undergo a confinement in the Penitentiary of this State for a period of not less than ten nor more than twenty years." The specific charge in this case was the receiving through the post-office the Ram's Horn. [The paper of which Frederick Douglass has become assistant editor.] The accused was held to bail in the sum of 500 dollars for his appearance at the next term of the Balti more City Court. He can scarcely read, it is said, and the paper was sent to him by a friend in this city.—New York Anti-slavery Standard, August 12, 1847. THE EMIGRANT FEVER IN CANADA.—The Montreal papers, from the 2nd to the 6th of September, contain afflicting accounts of the ravages of fever amongst emigrants, chiefly Irish, not only on the passage out, but on shore in the hospitals. The ship Julius Caesar, from Liverpool, had lost on the passage 83 out of 471 passengers, and 60 were sick on board. The Canada and Caledonia, from Glasgow, had been proportionately unfortunate. New emigrant hospitals and sheds had been constructed near Montreal and elsewhere, and precautions had been taken to conserve the public health as far as possible. The num ber of deaths had been alarmingly great. During the week ending 28th August the deaths at Montreal had been 198 emigrants and 110 citizens, and in the following week 152 emigrants and 98 citizens. The inmates of the hos pitals there, on the 11th ult., were about 1,000, and the daily mortality 12 to 20. The health of the city was im proving a little, but the rate of deaths was still inordi nately high. It was hoped that the temperature, which which has become cooler, would mitigate the ravages of the disease. Meantime, according to a presentment of the grand jury of Toronto, no provision was made for the support or employment of the poor patients on their dis charge from the hospitals, and they were allowed to roam at large, and either beg or starve. Private bounty had been extended, but was inadequate to meet the emer gency, and the home government were blamed for suffer ing the country to be inundated with thousands of poor creatures who had no means of support. The jury re spectfully. pr esen t th at t h e necessary f un d s s h ou ld b e sup plied by the home government. Boards of Health had been established, and had acted with great energy ' • but without pecuniary a id f rom England great distress and mortality were to be apprehended during the ensuing winter. THE MINES OF AUSTRALIA._ These mines are, upon a special survey, of 20.,000 acres, di s t ance about 96 miles from Adelaide. This survey was taken in consequence of large masses of copper ore which were discovered upon the extremities of the survey. The proprietors of this survey have secured to themselves the full extent of mineral land, inasmuch as the lodes run longitudinally through the survey. This has been proved by the work ings which have been carried on, more especially in the northern half, where the principal lode shows a course of north about 35 degrees west. The general and almost unparalleled richness, as well as extent, of this mineral property is partly proved in the fact, that during the first year's operations 7,200 tons of ore were extracted. Some portions of these being the first shipments, have already been sold in the Swansea market, and realised from £lO 16s. to £3l 3s. per ton. As these, however,. were principally surface ores, and as there existed, during the first year, no available means for their due prepara tion, such as cleansing and classifying for exportation, the average return has proved more favourable than was ex- Ptctvg. The hkat accounts from ,Swansea sate, that the Burra ores are in great favour, in consequence of their great docility in the process of smelting. From the essays which have been made here of the generality of ore, the quality has varied considerably ; and since the shipment of sarfare ores had been from 25 to 80. Red oxides, grey ore, blue and green carbonates, and malachite, are the different descriptions of ore which have been ex tracted • and some specimens of native copper have re cently been found. As the workings in the southern half have not been formally carried on to the same extent as in the northern half, the amount of extraction has not been very considerable. All experienced miners who have visited this district conclude that, judging from the sur face indications, which are very numerous, and the many east and west branches, which join the main lode, some of which are from one to two feet and upwards wide, and contain copper ore, which, if well cleaned, would be a good marketable article, this district is the richest that has yet been discovered, and will eventually prove as valuable as the Barra or Monster Mine.—South Austra- ian Regi THE BORNEO PIRATES The following sequel to the account of the above action of the Nemesis with the piratical fleet, off the Borneo river, is extracted from the Singapore Free Press, of August 5 : 7 " Nine captives arrived here a day or two ago from Bruni, part of those who were on pirates attacked by the Nemesis been taken by the marine mag and we shall give the substance of the statements made by some of them. One of them, named Muda, states that he is a native of Lingen, from which he sailed about four month ago in a Board the fleet of epositions had istrate, prahu, of which he was nacodah, along with seven other men, for Pulo Sahassan. They fell in with a fleet of pirates one day's sail from Lingin, by whom they were seized. They took the men out of the boat and shared them amongst the different prahus, tying their hands and feet, plundered the boat, and cut her adrift. They then proceeciect to manta, wliere tney semen several persons ; at Pulo Soobie they took seven men and women, and at Pulo Tambelan they seized three or four more. During their passage they saw a large schooner with raking masts, and also cited a brig of Sarawak. At Pub Sahassan they were fired upon by the inhabitants, on which they thought it best to sheer off. They then debated whether they should touch at Sarawak river, but it was finally determined to proceed to Borneo Proper as it was said a steamer was in Sarawak river. They anchored off Moara river at eight o'clock at night, and next morning seized two fishermen on the shore. Between eight and nine P.M., they descried the steamer coming down the Bruni lat noon the action commenced. The prahu, in of thirty had bi nd wounded. Of the captives a woman and a boy were tot, the prisoners being made to sit on deck during the where they were attacked by the Kadyan Dyaks, who, however, on ascertaining the captives, treated them well, ud took them to the Sultan at Bruni. About forty pirates were brought in alive, and the captives were desired by the Sultan to take their revenge and cut them up. This they declined, saying, " God is great and will punish the wicked." The sultan's people then tied the hands of the pirates, and about 200 fell on them, and cut them to pieces, the Sultan undertaking to dispatch half the number, while the other half were handed over to s I Pangeran Moormein, The captives, about fifty in all, were trey Kindness by the Sultan and his people. This man relates, that while they were at Pulo Siantan the boats were hauled on shore to have their bottoms charred. One of the Chinese captives being sick and unable to work, they hanged him up to a tree, and then all fell on him and cut him to pieces. Another person of the name of Buwang states that he is a native of Columboo, a small island to the southward of Lingin. About four months ago, at three o'clock in the morning, their vill age was attacked by nimtpq mnfliar and turrt, ei cf cape in a small boat, and directed their course to Lingin feet being tied. The pirates then coasted along to the eastward, touching at several islands, such as the Tambe lans, Siantan, Soobie, Sahassan, &c. They took several people at these places —men, women, and children. They several times threatened to throw his little sister, a child of ten months old, overboard, because she cried, but at Buwang's entreaty they did not do so. Another of the captives says that he saw the sick Chinaman bun. up and cut to pieces after a feast. There seems to Cave been from seven to ten captives in each of the pirate pradus, 7 and it is probable, therefore, as only about fifty have been collected, that a number must still be in the jungle, or have been killed in the engagement, or afterwards by the Dyaks on landing, being confounded with the pirates. Every fresh detail we receive only adds a new horror to the picture of pirate life, and here we find it in the pirates amusing themselves, after a feast, by hanging up and cut ing a poor Chinaman to pieces." IRELAND. Dr. Curran, whose statistics respecting fever in Dublin caused much discussion a few months since, fell a victim to that malady last Sunday. On Wednesday the annual exhibition of the Ballinasloe Agricultural Society was held on the fair green. The articles of farm produce exhibited was very fine. The spe cimens of linen and frieze were excellent, and proved suf ficiently that if proper encouragement were extended to the poor people an important and useful branch of trade might be introduced throughout this part of the country, TUE NEW IRISH PARLIAMENT.—ANOTHER MEETING OF FIVE M.P.'s.---rhere was another assemblage of the new Liberator's tail in the smoking-room at Radley's Tavern on Thursday, and they resolved to do that which they resolved upon at the previous meeting, and nothing 'egan, .1 tteynolc _ Daniel O'Connell, Esqrs. - REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The meeting on Monday was well attended. A Mr. Edward Murphy occupied the chair. The principal speakers were Mr. John Reynolds and Mr. John O'Connell, the latter of whom designated the landlords as " murderers of the Irish people," and demanded of the government at once to call parliament together, otherwise they would be participators in their guilt. The rent was £35 Bs. 4d. The majority of the Hon. Edward Stanley—Lord Stan ley's eldest son—was celebrated at Ballykisteen, his lord ship's Tipperary residence, on a scale and in a manner to which the inhabitants of Ireland have been too little ac customed. For three successive days the tenants and labourers shared the hospitality of their noble landlord, and nearly six hundred persons testified, by their joyous countenances and happy demeanour, their enjoyment of the scene. HERRING FISIIERY—IRELAND.--Off the Irish coasts the herrings have appeared in enormous shoals, although peculiar in their range, for the Penzance and St. Ives boats failed for more than ten days in meeting them in the usual tracks. Last week incredible quantities have been taken in Dungarvan bay, and several large vessels are there saving them en masse on board, and taking them to Liverpool. Herrings never were finer nor in such num bers as this season in Greatman's and Costello bays, Galway. AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT.—A correspondence has taken place between the Lord Lieutenant and the Duke of Leinster, relative to the proposal of his Excel lency to send out experienced agricultural lecturers to in struct the peasantry in the best and 'most approved systems of husbandry. In furtherance of that admirable project, the Lord-Lieutenant and the Duke of Leinster have each contributed £5O, and a special meeting of the Council of the Agricultural Society of Ireland has been held to com plete the arrangements. A MODEL IRISH M.P.—Mr. Guinness, member for Kinsale, has taken an extensive dock and stores, with the intention of building a patent slip and dry dock for vessels frequenting that port, or passing the harbour and requiring repairs. Mr. Guinness also contemplates building a num ber of substantial dwellings for the use of workmen who will be employed. He has assured his constituents that the profits of these undertakings shall be expended exclu sively for the benefit of the working population of the borough. . BREACH OF THE SABBATH.-At the Ardglass petty sessions, held on Wednesday, the miller of Sheepland was fined in the mitigated penalty of half-a-crown, for work ing his mill on the Sabbath day. This should serve as a caution to others not to transgress in a similar way. But is it not a sad and humbling thought that we are obliged to go back to the reign of William the Third for a statute to enforce the decent external observance of the Lord's day ! Such is the fact, and all we can boast of is, that the law under which the above desecration of the Sabbath was punished has, as yet, escaped the repealing ptocess of these enlightened times. 7 -Downpatrick Recorder. OPPOSITION TO THE PAYMENT OF RENTS.—The com bination against the payment of rents, already mentioned, is spreading rapidly in Ireland. Now that the corn is in the haggards the landlords solicit something on account of the two or three years' rent due, to enable them to meet the increased poor-rates and their own liabilities ; but no, the word has gone forth that the tenant must be fortified against all risks of scarcity before he part with a bushel of wheat or a pound note to any creditor. In the mean time, the landlord is harassed by claimants who are as heartless as the writers in the government newspapers or the Irish poor-law commissioners. Let him serve an ejectment—and then prepare his coffin or fly from the country, if he value his life. Let him remain at home, and trust to the honour of his tenantry and the mercy of the commissioners, and the poor-house must become his residence. THE CORN MARKETS.—It is rather a curious circum stance in the price of breadstuffs that, while native grown wheat has fallen fully ss. per ouarter from the 20th to Monday the 26th, Indian corn should have advanced 3s. per qr. It is not easy to explain this difference, unless it may be attributed to the arrivals of foreign wheat into the English markets. Yet stranger still, large cargoes of Indian corn continue to arrive in our port. Last week there could not be fewer than 60 cargoes heavily laden maize, arrived in our harbour from foreign ports. The price of wheat in the Cork market has fallen ls. 6d. per barrel. Good oats were purchased yesterday at 10s. per barrel. The Ocean steamer, for the greater part laden with corn, leaves Cork this day for Liverpool. While the price of wheat continues at from 255. to 265. per barrel, it will be a remunerating one to the farmer, that being the price of any good wheat offering for sale.—Cork Consti tution. AN INCORRUPTIBLE REPEALER.-Mr. Chisholm Ansty, the repeal member for Youghal, having been solicited by one of his constituents to obtain a situation for his son, writes a reply which would have astonished Daniel O'Con nell. Ile says in the course of it—" When I asked for your vote it was not for myself, but fir the cause which you and I professed to serve. If you ' voted for me against your interest I sacrificed mine by becoming your candi date. I am more odious to the Minister and to Lord Ponsonby, and to the Duke of Devonshire, than you can be. And yet, if I consulted my interest, I should try to san d on g ood terms with all these; for I am a poor man and necessarily dependent upon my personal labour for my support. Other men have got into Parliament to push their fortunes. It is right that •such people should hold themselves under a per onal obligation to the electors whose votes enabled them to get there. I got into Par liament to serve the country, and particularly the borough town which sent me there. I not only do not seek place, but, if place be offered to me, I mean to refuse it—so long, at least, as Repeal fails to command the support of Administrations. To this I stand publicly pledged. But, pledged or not, such is my resolution. Every year, there fore, that I am a Member of Parliament, I may,—and probably 1 shall—become much poorer than I am now. But I cannot by any possibility become a farthing richer by my seat. It is clear, then, that I owe no personal obligation to my constituents, who elected me only on the public grounds on which alone I sought their confidence." A 14^- _ itOMISH PRIEST. — Among the cases tried at the ses sions on Saturday was that of a man named Buckley against a priest named M`Carthy, for assault. Buckley is employed by the Rev. Mr. Cotter, of Donoughmore, to carry about bibles and tracts for sale, and, these being in no favour with the priest, his reverence, according to the evidence, set to and horsewhipped him, flinging his books tween the acts, and pummelling him, by way of variety, with the butt end of his whip about the face and head. The first thing that appears to have aroused his reverence's wrath was a tract on -purgatory That profitable im ture is a sore subject with the papacy, and this worldly son of the church militant was naturally indignant that profane hands should presume to meddle with it. He therefore laid on with all his might, and to the fleetness of his limbs Buckley probably owes it that he was not car- ried home with br - ofcen bones. The jury, however, did not agree, and his reverence is_restored_ to his parish to resume with invigorated ardour his practical illustrations of apostolic rule. Where the jury found their difficulty we do not inquire ; but we hope they discovered it in some thing stronger than the very unsatisfactory defence. The some o' detente satisfied ode jury, and ivir. their sanction to assault and horsewhip every man who hawks a bible through his parish. Nor have his flock been slow to profit by it. What's good for the priest must be good for the people, and the latter, taking license fro 7ZI the non-agreement of the jury, and stimulated, it is said, by some savoury exhortations, assembled in great numbers round Mr. Cotter's Church, on Sunday night, with lighted barrels, and celebrated his reverence's triumph by hooting and shouting, and terrifying the congregation —Cork Constitution. EXTRAORDINARY ROMANCE IN CORK.--In Cork, twelve months since, a young gentleman, a Roman Catholic, stu dying for a profession, was in the habit of visiting the hrmen of a fradnernan a TTnitorinrs rehn had a handenme. Havipg to prosecute his . stuc Dublin took his leave, iras absent eleven months, never wrote to the lady, and on his return to Cork did not renew the in- called on him, and de s inanded what his intentions were. The student disclaimed having ever promised marriage, or intended marriage. His visitor asked him to confront the lady. He consented. On entering his father's drawing room he found her in a bridal dress, her family dressed for a marriage feast, and a Unitarian clergyman prepared to perform the ceremony. A brace of loaded pistols lay on the sideboard, and the student, in fear, consented, and was married ! As one of the party was a Catholic, a priest was in attendance, and he performed the ceremony ac cording to the rites of his church. At the conclusion the student claimed the protection of the priest, who obtained for him permission to depart. He left the house and did not return. The double marriage was announced, on the l'ith ultimo, in the Cork Examiner, which paper, last Monday, vouched for the fidelity of the facts, but stated, " there had been an engagement, as we are informed, but the engagement was broken off formally, on the part of the gentleman, a day or two before the circumstances which ended in an unwilling marriage taking place. Let ters written by the lady and her sister are in the possession of the gentleman ; and as the whole affair is under the proceedings at law, these letters must, ere long, become the property of a curious public. We shall only say that they will have a very decided influence upon the case. The lady, it is rumoured, loved " not wisely, but too well ;" and the gentleman pointedly denies he could have been the individual so loved." RAILWAY AFFAIRS, A. fatal accident occu 'ed on the London and Brighton DAT afternoon. As the way on Portsmouth train was going from Portsmouth to Brigh ton, one of the guards, named Hart, was adjusting some luggage on one of the carriages as the train was going under an archway near Angmering, when his head came in contact with the arch, and the poor fellow was killed on the spot. From official returns it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on upwards of 3,152 miles of rail- ..4zut),848, thus accounted for :—£111,094 for the conveyance of passengers only, £47,550 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £48,204 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an in crease of £24,225 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was about 2,525. At a special meeting of the Wear Valley, Middles borough and Redcar, and Stockton and Darlington Rail way Companies, it was resolved to lease the Wear Valley (which now includes the Bishop Auckland and Weardale, the Wear and Derwent, the Weardale extension, and the Shildon tunnel) and the Middlesborough and Redcar line to the Stockton and Darlington, at a rent equivalent to 6 per cent. on the capital. COLLISION ON TILE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—A collision took place near the Reading station on Tuesday morning last, by the up and down train coming in , contact with each other. The accident is attributed to the " switchman," or " pointsman," having given the wrong way, wa signal, and thus caused the train to pass on to the impro per rail. Several of the trucks were destroyed, and pro perty to a large amount damaged and destroyed ; but no personal injury was sustained. INCREASE OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The Great Western traffic returns during the last thirteen weeks have, without the opening of a single additional mile of railway by the company during the last twelve months, exceeded those for the corresponding thirteen weeks of last year by no less a sum than £11,500, or nearly £lOOO per week. A remarkable fact connected with this increase of receipt is, that, notwithstanding the depressed condition of the mer cantile world, the Great Western Company have, during the last two weeks, carried more goods of a general de scription than they had ever previously conveyed in the same period. The goods' receipts for the last week, amounted to £5,280. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—We are happy to learn that in the course of about six weeks from the present time the electric telegraph will be completed between Lon don and the North. The delay which has occurred in completing the line of communication, by the fixing of wires between London and Rugby, is anything rather than creditable to the greatest of railway companies. We re joice that the reproach which it involved is to be so soon removed. At the present moment the telegraph from Liverpool can communicate with York, Hull, Newcastle, Berwick, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Lincoln, and Rugby, and when the chain is completed between the latter station and London, all the towns at present connected with the me tropolis will, of course, be also in communication with the north. DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morn ing, a luggage train on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way, on coming down the incline from Cowlairs station, acquired such a velocity while passing through the tunnel, that the men stationed at the breaks had not sufficient power to arrest its progress. The train was heard by seve ral persons coming down the incline at such a rapid pace as to excite alarm, when, almost immediately after, a tre mendousic with the fearfulrashwasheard, m hich om sh e o n o t k um the i n t neighbourhood. The train, penetrated above fifty feet into one of the railway com pany's stores, situated above the Star Hotel, bringing down in its headlong career a thick stone gable and two stone partitions, and entering into two of the offices con nected with the stores. The scene of ruin here presenting itself was most appalling ; three breaks, with a number of trucks lying piled above one another, and covered with the stones of the gables and partitions, and the beams, rafters, and flooring of the storehouse, were lying together in one mingled mass.. There were four or five men on the trucks at the time; three have escaped with their lives, although two of them are severly injured, and two are still missing, one of whom, James Macarthur, a married man, was seen on the foremost break immediately before the collision took place, and there can be little doubt that he has met his death among the rubbish. One of the guards leaped off the train as it emerged from the tunnel, and es caped with a slight cut on the head and a few bruises; the other two who have been found were lying among the ruins senseless, covered with large stones, but recovered in about twenty minutes after, so far as to be able to speak. They are both very severely bruised. FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER (Prom the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion,") The autumnal dresses are frequently ornamented with velvet of contrasting colour, and the demilongue sleeve pointed cuffs, fixed by a velvet mend, and on the flounces several rows of narrow velvet. The form of dresses varies but little : corsages are always tight, ornamented in a va riety of ways, revers brandenbourgs formed of chefs in guimpe, with buttons ; a new style of guimpe trimming forms a series of leaves, imitating oak, &c., placed con trariwise from the throat to the bottom of the skirt, in creasing gradually in size. Among the newest materials for travelling dresses and robes de chambre is the chatoy ante. It is of grey worsted Chene, with large check of red, orange, or blue silk, made with a single deep flounce, en biais, and corsage guimpe also en biais. The skirts seem to be increasing still in length, and are worn shorter in front. A pretty novelty for walking dresses are those of cachemire, with . application of cachemire on the front of the corsage, and chatelaine in rich rosaces, pines, &c. Redingotes are very much worn, and generally in the amazone style, but shorter, sometimes of the waistcoat form, showing the muslin chemisette. Bonnets begin to assume an autumnal appearance, capotes of crape are often ornamented with velours epingle. Capotes of taffetas are made with pinked trimmings, and nceuds of velvet inside, the deep colour of which forms contrast to the light bonnet. Neglige bonnets of fancy straw are lined with gros de Naples, and ornamented in side by poppies and tulle of paille color, with double ba volette of taffetas, pinked and simple mends and brides of pinked taffetas. Cock's feathers will be again fashion able, one half black, the other green, blue, or any con trasting colour. Another novelty are the marabouts and follettes glaces, with the natural wings of insects, the varied tints having much effect both by candle-light and in the sun. New mantelets are in preparation for the autumn ; the prettiest are of cashmere satin, and satin de Chine. Many new styles of trimming will also be introduced in manteaux ; the Girondins of black, or very dark coloured satin, the reine Marguerite of velvet, and the Marie Stuart, are spoken of. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. SODOR AND MAN. - Sodor is from Sundery, (or Southern) Hebrides, the diocese having once included them, together with the Isle of Mim. The Perthshire Advertiser says, " We understand that it has been determined to erect in Perth, connected with the Episcopal Church in Scotland, a Cathedral, on a grand and magnificent scale." On the 12th ult. ten of the bishops ordained sixty-eight deacons and seventy-four priests. Of these twenty-two deacons and twenty-nine priests belonged to Cambridge, and twenty-seven deacons and twenty-nine priests to Ox ford; the rest were from Durham, St. Bees, &c._ TAE CLERGY IN IRELAND.--`A Connaught Rector " writes to the newspapers to call attention to the condi tion of the Itish clergy. He says :—" In illustration of the present total confiscation of church property in some parts of Ireland, I beg to state my own case. The gross income of my benefice amounts to £658 per annum. The net income which I derive from the living is £420, out of which the poor-rates are to be paid ; 6s. in the pound sterling, the present poor-rate, on the gross income, will amount to £250, to be stopped from my half-year's net --, payable at November ; and there can be no doubt that, between the poor-rates and the charges for the Labour-rate Act, there will be a similar deduction from my income in May next. Such is the reward which the elercry nre to rpm.' VP after h Avince rliwntpd themselves income of in mind, body, and estate,' to the cause of the poor ne glected tenants of, for the most part, absentee landlords during the last sixteen months of plague, pestilence, and famine,' in this unhappy land." CHURCH EXTENSION.—It is with sincere pleasure that we announce the determination of a large proportion of Bible readers to - issist the parochial clergy in the discharge of their pastoral duties. The wise restrictions and regu lations under which the appointments are to be made, the examination and license required of the candidates for this iononrable employment, the recommendation of the in cumbent in the first instance. and his continued approval throughout, both of the general proceedings of the reader, and also of the tracts or books which he will be allowed to distribute, are a sufficient guarantee for the maintenance of that wholesome order, discipline, and subordination, which our admirable parochial system is so well calculated to ensure ; and will be found, we trust, an ample security against those serious inconveniences which have been ap prehended or experienced in similar schemes, not so deeply considered, nor so well digested, as this appears to be. Yet, it is rather as an admission of the inadequacy of the present resources of the church, than as an attempt to supply them, that this concession is to be hailed with sa- of the case just as little as the appointment of one addi tional Bishop of Manchester. But both are valuable. WELSH AND ENGLISH.—It seems hard to say why and flesh of Gloucester and Bristol. Ti has been 'dis: covered that Sir Robert Peel's commission was, on one side of the Severn, a lamentable fatuity ;—on the other, its most Why ? 0 done befo] and Bangor was a mistake, Gloucester and Bristol is a lunacy. The union of St. Asaph with Bangor would have given a total of 253 benefices in the united diocese. The union of Gloucester with Bristol gives a total of 535. The average number of benefices in the present English dio ceses is 418. Thus, the united diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, if measured by the number of its benefices, ex ceeds the averaze by upwards of one fifth ; and is nearly DOUBLE the Oiled dioceses of Bangor and St. Asaph, And each of the two dioceses of Gloucester and Bristol, ALONE, exceeds, if estimated in the same way, the two Welsh dioceses put together. More than this ; the bene fices of the dioceses of Gloucester and Bristol are some thing larger than those of Wales. The cities of Gloucester and Bristol have no counterpart in the Welsh dioceses. Even the towns of Stroud, Cheltenham, Cirencester, nothing of 'the mining population in the forest of Dean, are far more than pendent to the two cities of St. Asaph and Bangor. The 116 benefices of the dioceses of St. Asaph, all put together, would hardly equal the 30 which form the city of Bristol alone. If Bangor and St. Asaph are two, then much more ought Gloucester and Bristol not to be one. If Gloucester and Bristol are one, much less ought Bangor and St. Asaph to be two.—Guardian. DIOCESE OF - RIPON.—In answer to the call now so ur gently made for an increase of the number of Bishops in this country, it is often objected that it is not .more Bishops that we want, but an increase of parochial minis ters—the working Clergy, as they are specially called. It is, perhaps, possible, that some of the hardest workers of the whole clerical body are to be found amongst the Bishops themselves; and another thing is pretty certain, " Give us more Bishops, and we shall soon have an in crease of parochial Clergy also." We have a practical il lustration of this in the diocese of Ripon. The Bishop of that diocese has just been delivering a Charge to his Clergy, in which, after having commenced by stating, that ten years had now elapsed since his appointment to the Episcopal office ; he afterwards gives a brief statistical ac count of the progress which the Church has made in the diocese of Ripon during that period. "In 1836, there ap pear to have been in this diocese 295 incumbents, 80 cu rates, 300 churches and chapels, and 180 glebe-houses, with 47 of the clergy non-resident. In 1846, we find 370 churches and chapels, and 225 glebe-houses; 360 incum bents and 120 curates, and only 27 non-resident clergy, showing an increase of 70 churches and chapels, besides 36 fresh school-rooms licensed for Divine Worship in remote hamlets, containing accommodation for 6000 persons ; 100 additional clergy, with 45 new parsonage-houses built, while there has been a decrease in the number of non-re sident clergy by about one-half. As regards the erection of schools, the advance has been still more striking. For, although the number of them does not exceed 76, yet, as they afford accommodation clear that in this department we are gaining on the in crease of our population ; for this number will represent a population of at least 240,000, an amount far exceeding any addition which can have accrued during that period." —Colonial Church Chronicle. `or near A DIVIDED PARISH.—The parish of Leigh, in Essex, is in a state of considerable agitation in consequence of Lady Olivia Sparrow having withdrawn her schools at Leigh from the pastoral care of the rector, the Rev. Robert Eden. Lady Olivia, moreover, has published her reasons. These are, she says, her " conviction of the unscriptural character of Mr. Eden's religious views, now further confirmed by the mode of conducting the cere mony of laying the first stone of his new schools. And yet more, the tone of the addresses on that occasion, and on the following Sunday, at church, wherein the Church's voice was described as God's voice '—thus, in reality, setting aside the authority of the word of God, which, in the Articles of the Church of England, to which Church Mr. Eden belongs, is held as supreme. And whatever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not required of any man that it should .be be lieved as an Article of the faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.'—(Art. vi.) " Lady Olivia fears, nay, on good authority believes, that Mr. Eden's views are essentially the same with those which have led so many from the Church of England to that of Rome. " Truly thankful," adds her ladyship, " should she be, were Mr. Eden to enable her, by a return to the genuine principles of Protestantism, to replace her schools under the superintendence of the pastor of the parish." To this Mr. Eden replies, also in print. He says :—" If her ladyship would kindly state to Mr. Eden what she means by the genuine principles of Protestantism, a return to which on Mr. Eden's part would enable her (as she is good enough to say) to replace her schools under the superintendence of the pastor of the parish,' Mr. Eden would weigh with the deepest respect and attention any such statement from her ladyship. Will it not satisfy her ladyship on this head, when Mr. Eden says that he re joices in the ' Reformation of the Church of England,' and that he gives his full assent and consent to every thing contained in the Book of Common Prayer' as set forth by the Chureh of England ? As a member of that Church, her ladyship can scarcely desire a stronger decla ration from one of its ministers. Or, if she wishes him to express his abhorrence of the errors of the Church of Rome,' she has her wish before it is expressed." COURT AND FASHION. The Court still remains in the Isle of Wight, but it is expected that her Majesty will very shortly command a removal to Windsor Castle. On Thursday, the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, The Duchess Ida, of Saxe Weimar, and Prince Gustavus of Saxe Weimar, arrived at Osborne on a visit to the Queen. The Queen Dowager returned from visiting her Majesty at Osborne on Friday. On Monday, La buquesa de la Victoria (the wife of General Espartero, Duke of Victory), arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Manchester, from the north. The Duchess and party left Manchester for London by the express train on Tuesday night. The Marquis of Kildare, eldest son of the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, led to the hymeneal altar at Trentham New Church, on Thursday, the Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, third daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Suth erland. The noble bridegroom elect is in his 27th year. Lady Caroline is a few years his lordship's junior. The Queen Dowager, according to present arrange ments, will leave for Portsmouth, to embark on board the Howe, for Madeira, on Saturday next, the 9th instant. Her Majesty will be accompanied by her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, and Prince Edward and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, who will remain with her Majesty during her residence abroad. The Queen Dowager will be absent from England about six months. The royal retinue will be limited to not more than twenty persons. On Friday, the marriage of Mr. George Granville Ver non Harcourt, M.P. eldest son of the Archbishop of York, and the Countess (Dowager) Waldegrave, daughter of Mr. Braham, the celebrated vocalist, took place, by spe cial license, at the village church, about a mile distant from Belhus-house, the seat of Sir Thomas Lennard, near Ockendon, Essex. It is the third matrimonial contract the lady has entered into since 1839. The hon. bride groom is in his 63d year, and had been a widower during the last nine years, his first wife being a daughter of the late Earl of Lucan, by whom he had an only child, Lady Norreys. _ FESTIVITIES AT DRAYTON MANOR. - Sir Robert Peel has been entertaining at Drayton Manor a select party of gentlemen, interested in agricultural pursuits. Among the visitors were Earl Talbot, Lords Hatherton and For ester, Sir Francis Lawley, the Dean of *Westminster (Dr. Buckland), Captain Dilke, Mr. Edmund Peel, Sir Henry Delabeche, Dr. Lindley, Dr. Lyon Playfair, Professor Wheatstone, Mr. George Stephenson, the Rev. Mr. Huxtable, Mr Josiah Pashy, Mr. Mechi, and Mr. F. Woodward. On Friday, the surrounding tenantry were invited to meet them at dinner, when some admirable speeches were delivered upon most important agricultural subjects. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY The pressure upon the money market has increased during the week ; and the occurrence of failure after failure has completely banished confidence from amongst commercial men. Meanwhile, to add to our difficulties and to profit by them seems to be the only object with the directors of our national establishment, whose con duct is attracting a large share of public attention. The announcement last week of their determination to refuse all advances upon Exchequer Bills, is regarded as equiva lent to a proclamation of its impotence for all useful pur poses, and is more calculated to do injury than any pre vious step of that incompetent body. The writer of the City article of the Times, of Saturday, remarks, with justice, of the harrassing course pursued by the Bank : " The natural results of the measure adopted by the Bank of England on the 2nd of September have taken place to-day, and the city has witnessed another panic, consequent on the proceedings of that institution. Four weeks back, in the face of a steady decrease of their re serve of notes, notice was given that advances would be made on stock, Exchequer-bills, and bills of exchange, at 5 per cent., being a reduction of full one-half per cent., upon the rate then current in the market. The inevitable consequences of this plan of reducing the price of their commodity in proportion as the demand for it was increas- was pointed out previously to the Bank-made panic of April last. In both cases, however, experience was neces nary to enlighten the directors, and in both cases also the penalty arising out of this necessity has been paid by the public. Instead of husbanding its resources at the time when, owing to the absence of absolute alarm in the money "ket "-+ - •tunit' mark ~ a quiet oppor. cy is presented for it to do so, with a view of securing the means of offering aid when a time of emergency shall arise, and of thus checking the evil of momentary fear, the Bank of England is always the first in the field to add to the terrors of any existing crisis. At periods when the slightest show of liberality, even for four and twenty hours, would at once serve to check the vague apprehensions which the occurrence of two or three large failures is sure to create (and which apprehensions in their effect are far more dangerous than any real event that could possibly happen), the Bank is always in embarrassment, and, so far from protecting others, is seen to be engaged in sudden and desperate efforts to protect itself; thus giving the tone to every minor establishment, and causing universal timidity to ensue when everything depends upon the boldness of self-possession. Up to yesterday there was an all per vading cautiousness in the money-market, but there was no panic. The Bank, however, have begun to act, and now there is general contusion. them selve IVPI3It a nri For these evils, however, the public have only to thank The Gazette returns are published once a leapen its advances, the returns in question gave a warning which the public were not bound to disregard merely because it was lost upon the Bank directors. Week by week since that time the samewarning has , een repeatec with growing urgency panic nas oeen arwen to-nay wouta nave oeen regarded only as the wholesome result of an attempt to regulate business in total defiance of its commonest principle. When the Bank returns in the Gazette shall be taken at their true value, and be adopted as the guides of all com mercial men, and when the shifting measures of the Banl Court shall also be taken at their true value, and be utterly disregarded, the money-market will then be wholly freed from the danger of violent convulsions. Each weekly change will be noticed, and a gradual course will be foreseen ; there may be pressure of the severest kind, but it will never be coupled with: the fatal, an d, t o a people priding themselves upon their mercantile sobriety, humiliating exhibition of helpless fright." Under these circumstances it was to be anticipated that a serious reduction in the prices, of public securities would be experienced ;_and accordingly, on Friday, consols were down - at 841- sellers. In other descriptions of property, however, the depreciation is still greater, if indeed it can be said that such a thing as a fixed price exists. Shares are almost unsaleable; and in every branch of commerce transactions are altogether of a retail character, the most substantial houses hesitating to incur liabilities. It is re marked, in justification of this caution, and as evidence that there is something rotten in our monetary system, that the majority of the houses which have been driven to suspend payments ought never to have been under such a necessity, being perfectly solvent, and previously un tainted in credit. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 25th of September, gives the following results when compared with the previous week : Public Deposits £9,447,851 Increase .. £698,673 Other Deposits 7,484,042 Increase 298,969 Rest 4,043,012 Increase .. 22,134 On the other side of the account : Government securities£ll ,636,343 the same as before. Other securities .... 20,007,232 1ncrea5e1,266,747 Notes unemployed .. 4,112,290 Decrease 160,650 The amount of notes in circulation is £18,078,585, being an increase of £146,120; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £8,782,703, showing a decrease of £97,787 when compared with the preceding return. The movement to arrest the reckless course which is being pursued by the railway companies, has been greatly advanced by a most influential meeting held in Manches ter on Thursday, at which a very judicious media via was suggested. The stoppage, by legislative interference or otherwise, of all railway construction, is felt to be impos sible, as calculated to plunge a large portion of our work ing classes into difficulty. But works not as yet com menced with, and for which calls are making, may be postponed without any difficulty, and their various boards of direction, engineers, lawyers, and secretaries, furnished with a year's otium cam dipuitate, with or without their pay, as the subscribers may determine. That some such course should be taken, is clear from the astounding fact that in the:face of the present unprecedented pressure upon the money market, and of the total inability of share holders to transfer their property to parties capable of meeting them without enormous satrifices, the calls an nounced in the present month amount to the enormous sum of £3,493,717. Our cotton market is operated upon by the pressure for money and the decreasing consumption ; and not withstanding the rather unfavourable account of the state of the crop brought by the Caledonia, we have to notice a further decline of one farthing per lb. on all descrip tions. The sales for the week were 21,160 bales, of which 800 were on speculation, and 2,024 for exportation. The imports for the week were 12,705 bales. The stock is now 399,690 bales, against 653,190 last year, showing a decrease of 253,800. This is, however, a more favoura ble statement than was shown a few weeks ago. The total crop of the United States for the past year is now made up at 1,778,651 bales, which, with the stocks on hand, at the ports at the commencement of the year, 107,122 bales, makes an available supply of 1,885,773 bales. Of this quantity the American consumption was 427,967 bales, having nearly doubled itself within the last ten years. The market for manufactured goods is almost at a stand-still, and further reduction of working is going on. We take the following description from the circular of Messrs. Mc. Nair, Greenough, and Co.. dated Septem ber 30:— _ _ " The gloomy and unfavourable condition of business matters, as indicated in our last circular, bseomes com paratively unimportant, when viewed in reference to the ac tual position of affairs during this month,—a period which, for its intense severity, will be long remembered. We may endeavour, but it is utterly impossible, to make parties at a distance intelligibly acquainted with the influ ence which a series of disastrous tidings has had upon this locality. Failures, we believe, exceeding £5,000,000, and many of them bearing directly o cotton trade, could not be expected to happen without aggravating very materially the state of the money market, and consequently rendering discount facilities more dif ficult of attainment. But for a perceptible improvement in our home trade, and the existence of a very good de mand consequent upon that improvement, during the last three weeks, we should have had to report something approaching very near to a suspension of operations in cloth. As it is, the business done is of a limited extent. Some descriptions of yarns have, however, experienced a fair demand. Stocks of both cloth and yarns are gene rally heavier than they were a month ago, though to no material extent. Prices of both must, in many cases, be considered perfectly nominal, and be determinable only by the situation of the producer, and the character and extent of the operation submitted to him. Though cot ton has declined about lid. per pound, from the highest point, the position of spinners and manufacturers is not essentially improved by it. Yarns and goods having also given way, with a certainty of a further downward ten dency. The accounts by the overland mail, though far from favourable, are considered to be as good as might have been expected. We believe that we were amongst the first to predict that bad consequences would result from the immense and indiscriminate shipments which were being made to India and China. No regard appears to have been paid to the legitimate wants of these impor tant markets ; on the contrary, supplies have been sent forward as if consumption were boundless, and the sources of payment in return inexhaustibly valuable. The last intelligence is painfully confirmatory of our views. We may notice in conclusion, that the last American steamer, which arrived in Liverpool yesterday, has brought a fair amount of orders, and with them the agreeable intelli gence that the matters in dispute between the United States and Mexico may now reasonably be expected to be soon adjusted. Such, we hope, will be the case ; if so, a valuable market will again be open to us. The Corn Markets continue to exhibit a downward progress in prices, Liverpool exhibiting the greatest amount of firmness, which is accounted for by the fact of no heavy importations being announced as on the way to this country. With respect to the prospect for the coming year, we quote the following remarks from the circular of Mr. Robert Proctor, of Liverpool : " Assuming the year to terminate, as regards the Corn trade, with the month of September, the following tabular statements of the imports and exports of grain, &c., into and from this port may not be without interest Average Yearly Import of Grain, &c., into Liverpool, for 12 Years, ending— WHEAT I Coast wise &z FLOUR I. CORN Ireland Col. For. Brit. For. Col. For. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Aug. 31, 1841292054 23400 170442 192087 175019 36022 .. Sep. 30, 1842172365 24384 653637 65947 180505 221939 do. 1843125847 8934 76852 155507 10931 79680 .. do. 1844223502 22083 240227 259556 155200 226833 .. do. 1845295179 3413 65972 416903 41886 136086 37918 do. 1146194501 49038 287451 264983 877659 246276 192026 do. 1847130761 55006 519159 79948 1979491 410806 1171608 Exports for 12 Months, ending 30th Sept. 1845, 1846, and 1847. Wheat. Flour. Indian Corn. Cst. & Irel. For. Coast & Irel. For. Irel. & Coast Ending 30th Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. Brls. Brls. Qrs. Sept. 1845. 15627 8567 17508 30510 45636 16102 Ditto, 1846. 30510 .. 16603 159712 11671 144106 Ditto, 1847. 33115 4901 43887 641278 47611 539667 Oct. 5, 1547. Imports of Indian corn meal, during this year, barrels ; and exports 161,999 barrels.—On reference 0, the above details it will be seen that the great excess 0 1 importation has been in American flour and Indian rel. Comparatively large as the quantities of these articles ni appear, they have done little more than satisfy the gr,e4 demand upon this port, and within the last two Won' there has been very little accumulation of stock. Lat terly, however, the supplies from abroad have been uncoit monly heavy. There are no available means of correc,9 7 . , ascertaining the stocks held here, and in offering the 430, 543 lowing quantities, I believe them to be a fair a pproxini: tion at the present time :—Wheat, 120,000 qrs. ; a d: 400,000 brls. ; Indian corn, 300,000 qrs. ; Indian2oo,ooo brls. Of oats, barley, beans and peas, the qu a; titles are very moderate, and altogether are probablyon_A, 100,000 qrs. Of sack flour and oatrneal we have sear c r',, any here. The fluctuation in value, within the last tive lv " months, has been important. Selecting three of th a t } principal , articles import, American wheat, Western eon,. flour, and Indian corn, I find the maximum and of price of the best samples to be as follow :—Wheat, Pe 701bs, May 18, 14s 6d ; September 3,7 s Gd. W. C. Flo ut per barrel, May 18, 49s Od ; September 3,25 s 6d ; In dia Corn per 4801bs. Feb. 9,75 s • Aug. 17, 30s.—There see m to be very little difference dopinion as to the productifei; ness of the harvest in the United Kingdom. Barlec probably the greatest crop we ever grew. Wheat, on whole, has been good, and som e thi ng b e tt er than 135 year, but the quality is not generally s o fi ne . Oats pro l e a good fair crop. Beans and peas are d e fi c i en t probab fully one-third. The potato di sease i s aga i n s poken ci ; but as of a less destructive character than the last years. There is, ho w e ver , on ly one genera l o pi n ion tin!: a considerably less b r e a dth o f l an d was p l an t e d w ith tb l „ esculent last season ; the p resen t p r i ce i s a b ou t 100 P er cent. over that of ordinary seasons. Notwithstand ing that a satisfactory result may be anticipated from the late 'on harvest, the present and prosp ec ti ve ra t e o f consul - 1 1 1 1 J a is evidently greater than it. is calculated to supply , °/1 .,t there can be little doubt that in the course of the n e ,., twelve months large importations of b r e a d-stuffs frc':. abroad will be required, and obtained at moderate 1 10 4 as the Continental and American h ar vests a r e reported ° even more favourably than our own." FAMILIES OF CHOISEUL, PRASLIN, AND SEBASTIAN' (From Fraser's Magazine.) i of Scarcely a name is bette r k nown i n t h e capita/5 .0 Europe than that of Hor ace S e b as ti an i ; b ut few tl?,'" are in England, though he was for a consider a ble time . _ _ _ _ le details of Jondon, acquainted with t . - particular biography. shapedH service. o raeegd Sebastiani was born some 72 or 73 years ago, in Corsicl' where his father exercised the very useful, but not te r et i distinguished trade of a cooper. The Sebastiani's that they were allied to the family of Buonaparte but this as it may, young Horace entered the army in his tit year, in 1792. By his brilliant conduct at Arcola, obtained the rank of chef d'escadron, and at Verona t i t of colonel, from Moreau. Buonaparte, on his return fra t '; Egypt, was powerfully seconded by Sebastiani. With tt t regiment of dragoons he commanded he greatly influenn the fortunate issue of the 18th Brumaire, and from t"'" moment did not cease to enjoy the favour of the EmPe His master was prompt to see that he possessed not tike4 science for a great tactician, such as Davoust, Sneh e t t Soult,. or St. Cyr ;—the genius or coup d'evil of a gr, e " captain, such as Massena, Hoche, or Ney. He was 61 1,, aware that he was as little likely to shine as a gr'S, politician, like Cambaceres or Talleyrand. But that; was a sort of middle career—half military, half diplotaa_t2A —in which, he wisely judged, that he might do g iagitnenh E dcie n fie ig d emvdr o eai w ddc e aedf d fillruedollsfi i i t gzg h rneua,arc c teheu l . e feru v el e hH:aa n id e sha s a s gtnnhed a des nf loaumit C erhse:a r s uan_fana i dh e a cde n ot el" c were eedi n look (fl e a ° parfait cavalier. The malicious wits of that day U s A to say he would preserve his graceful dignity if sewe d up in a sack, and his agility if chained to a wash-tub. I _ l 'l long air gave a poetic harmony to his Raphaeleque ben, and it was impossible for women to resist so sentimer, and seducing a dragoon. The Bishop of Malines,stimag'' the Abbe de Pradt, used to say, that if Buonaparte the Jupiter, Massena the Mars, and Soult the Vulcant /i0 the revolution, Sebastiani was assuredly the Cupid. countryman,-and, as Sebastiani says, his relative, dete u i , n mined to turn this Corsican comeliness to account. 13 , attitudes fis eili first, it was necessary to marry the tnvied, but unaq Colonel ; and a rich heiress of one of the most illustried houses of Normandy, which had given two marshal's : te r numerous lieutenant-general to France, the only daag je o of the Duke of Coigny was selected. Mademoislot, Coigny was woed and won after the battle of Austerw, and soon after their nuptials, General and Madame S e ota tiani sa out for Constantinople, where the fortodor, countryman of the Emperor was appointed ambassa s ot At Constantinople, Madame Sebastiani died, in the 1 1 °, s ay of her age, in 1807 , in giving birth to the unfortuna te a whose sad fate has been recently deplored. DeeriVf i ber early life of the fon care of a mother—deprived tn iir ..- eighth year of event he superintending care of her fat' A re . Modemoiselle Sebastiani was placed with her matern.'„di latives. But these, however kind and considerateo,ws never supply the mental aliment and instructions !1..n af with such eloquent force from the lips and heart: 3 fdlle• fectionate mother. Of an age to enter into the wor ld nos ition • Sebastiani perceived herself completely in a fallr e grand In the year 1823, when she first appeared in molishments monde, she found, notwithstandi ng h er aacn7 t h e so/Ong and grace of mind, but a luk ewarm recep tion ITI the of the Fanbourg St. Germain. Notwithstanding •tg, position and rank of her mother's family, her own rael he grace, youth, and fortune, the great dames who gave do law in the rue de Bourbon, de G rene ll e , de Baby/On-ben St. Daminique, de Varennes, &c., looked coldly 0 " TO because of the legislative career of her father. an d Duchess de Berry, who was then in the ascendant' an d her clique, detested end despised the Sebastianis, ~T er considered them in the light of personal enemies. of was this wonderful. For some time before the deat'loi Foy—indeed from the beginning of 1824 Scbat7ire sought to rival that military tribune, not with the cle os o of benefiting his country and France, but for the POP of serving the interests of the House of Orleans. , t an Mdlle. Sebastiani is understood t o h av e early felt e,, attachment to a gentleman of the Royalist opinions. 10 Royalist "par sang ;" but this predilection is' s al the have been combatted. The cupid of the consulateiot Adonis of the empire, though born in the hum 01 0 sphere, always aped the airs of a grand seigneur, an d e rie desirous that his daughter should marry into an lies family. The young heir of the house of Choiseul Pr as gp , intimate with the house of Orleans, whose interes ts 01 , bastiana was serving, was chosen, and the nuptials to place in 1825. steel As Sebastiani's opposition to the ministers and sY,, eei l of Charles X. was fiercer in that year than it had ever tithe —as the " Comedie de 15 Ans," which was to Cld tragedy of 1830, was drawing nearer to a close, til?, title bourg St, Germain, then the arbiter of fashion, too ',. e ss, note of the marriage of a great heir and a great 1 17 ja r. both considered " des etres mal pennants," to use, t . l :l o o l / gon of the time. Those, however, who intimateu, e waS the bridegroom, lamented the fate of the bride, for ' ‘ ,i t h then considered, by those who had been brought UP .",. him, to be a contemptible profligate and degraded belebi, From the period of 1823 till 1830 M. and Mde. Choi.o seul-Fraslin were certainly little seen in the society of t P Faubourg St. Germain. The political conduct and as , o i ciations of the father of the duchess, and of the father A the duke, effectually shut against th em the d oors o f w h y the select set then called, la bonne compagnie." 1 11 a father of the duchess is said to have felt this acute but Madame de Praslin felt it not to any extent, forj a ".. had become the mother of a numerous and yeal,goc creasing family, lived in a small circle, and was daV e on cupied in the minute yet engrossing duties that ae s %and , maternity even in the highest rank. As to the be,' cum he must have felt that, under no combination of e',,i r cle. stances, could he have been a favourite in anY. circle. Without any of the natural cleverness of the roues e ra aa- Regency, he was distinguished by all their moral def,.oo, tion. He was vain, avaricious, sensual, susP ere at haughty, narrow-minded, ignorant of the value, ind i 'tb• to the existence, and neglectful of the practice oft _so In all the ramifications of his private affairs, no egad to being could depend upon him ; and while he was de profligate and promiscuous, he was penurious ev e „ r o of meanness. Neither of sentiment, nor romance, I_ c igt moral truth, did he possess a particle. He had no frifatio for he was gloomy, morose, and unsocial ; and wit D „ r cl , instruments of his degraded pleasures he did not, untie ing to report, unbend or compensate by generosity P r ,,joi suspicion and arrogant haughtiness which were his o' chTrahoucta - eristics. 0 1° Though at one time austere and apparently supers tit!, in the practice of the ceremonies of religion, he was Toe• out religious or moral principle of any kind, without rality, and without propriety. Such a man could not comprehend the exalted fee or the enthusiastic devotion, the excess of virtuous pas:, a nt the ecstatic joy, the excruciating sorrow, th e pc , ig`",o s grief, of his doating and distracted wife. All that for good and gentle in her nature was un k nown t o him' the excess of deprivation renders men insensible t?,/,.. enjoyment. It is well said by th e au th or o f th e Coi f ed' sur les Maury, that this excess is to be deprec 9 ', even in the interest of unlawful pleasures : "Car it arPieo tient a l'exes de la depravation de detruire to lls plaisirs." Much may be, no doubt, pardoned to the ardent PP P ) tuosity of youth, but th ere i s not one re d eem i ng trol f r o it the errors and crimes of Choiseul-Praslin. The P„ u aref of pleasure may, perhaps, to a certain extent, be palu„,t in a young man of nineteen or twenty ; but the Prop 10 cuous pursuit of debasing amours in a man close uP. ° ol ll ' forty-fourth or forty-fifth year, the father of ten chit, t) six of them daughters, is infamous, and shows tht,ot.i delinquent was deprived of all the purer feelings of of nature. To have made his own house the scene 0 0 ir, profligacy, and the instructress of his children his j s o '. tress, is a turpitude nearly unparalleled in the aial'Te France. We must go back to the friend of his re' h and kinsman, the prime minister of France, for sil o ! exemplar, and we find him in the person of that Pt, Chartres, afterwards Egalite, who visited Choiseul...lo9e ville in his exile, and who subsequently installed 1"- a a 131 Geniis Sillery simultaneously as his own mistress f!i i iis son's instructor. Fortunately the virtuous dispositi°otr the youth were proof against the contagion of P7 O O l example and governess practice ; for the prince , o utl t Louis-Philippe) was an incarnation of virtue in and is a model of innocence, simplicity, generosity, b lessness, and purity in old age. Madame de Praslin was not a singular wife in thei at et in which our clever weekly contemporary, the SP ec o calls her so. She had Corsican blood in her veins ,°.oeo side, and on the side of he r m oth er some of the for e ' and best blood in Fra nce . Th a t s he was ther e ! be warm, impassioned, sen s iti ve , an d hi g h-minded, n it ' V I ; conceded ; but these qualities ought to have secu.re„,,, the affection and est eem , an d no t th e murderous DP' her monster husband. Oct, hi N e Atrr 41 ' 1 11) of ta _ ' Po ther fa bl e fluff • -' ktothe b i g out I et or t a iN Urda3 Crosbie flh tiable co persons, burned, !'re was I tuited, roily s • thl ld un 14kU ls th 0,46 ail M ,I‘..Y