The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-29 00:00:00

r~ •,1161eA•• ~\~: No. 23, RODNEY-STREET, opposite Le ece. MONSIEUR MALLAN'S ELEVENTH ANNUAL VISIT TO LIVERPOOL, ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND WEDNESDAYS ONLY, Commencing 27th April. NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. I.MONSIEUR MALIAN, SURG EON -D ENTIST , of tilt:: Firm of Monsrs. J. M. and S. Malian, 10, Ludgate- - h 11, London, begs to inform his Patients and the inhabitants of Liverpool, that he has made arrangements to visit Liver pool professionally, on M orivnA vs, 'CUES o Avs, and WEDNES DAYS, for a short period, and may now be . consulted from 10 till 6, at Mrs. C. MATHISON'S, No. 23, RODNEY STREET, opposite Leece-street. Monsr. MALLAN begs to introduce to the notice of his-Pa tients and the Public, an entire new description of INCOR RODIBLE ARTIFICIAL TEETH, and can with confi dence guarantee them to answer every purpose of Mastica tion and Articulation, and dei'y detection by the closest ob server. They never change colour or break, as those now Used—are fixed without wires or ligatures—and have no un pleasant odour or unnatural gloss. Monsr. M. will thank the Members of the Faculty to pay him a visit, when he will have the pleasure of showing them his wonderful. discovery. Monsr. M. continues to RESTORE DECAYED TEETH with his celebrated MINERAL SUCCEDA. - NEUM, how ever large or small the Cavity. Loose Teeth fastened ; Scurvy in the Gufns effectually cured. Charges strictly moder ate. PATENT PERRYIAN FILTER INKSTAND THIS novel and useful Invention insures an instantaneous 1. supply of CLEAR FILTERED INK in the cup of the Filter, which can be returned into the Inkstand at any mo ment, where it is secured from injury, and not affected by lie atmosphere. The Ink, thus protected, never thickens or moulds, and remains good for any length of time in any climate. The process of filtration causes the colouring mat ter to be held in suspension ; hence the trouble and inconve nience occasioned by unsuitable Ink, generally found in ordinary Inkstands, are completely obviated by the use of the FILTER INKSTAND. One of moderate size will contain sufficient Ink for six or twelve months' writing. . THE RAVEN BLACK P EN. One Shilling per Card. _ _ ..• THE PATENT PERRYIAN RAVEN BLACK PEN iS not liable to corrosion, and will be found excellent for the use of the Counting-house, and fee general purposes. Patentees and Manufac. Sold by JAMES PERRY and Co., turers, 37, Red Lion-square, London •, LACE and ADDISON, Standard-office, Liverpool; also by all Stationers and other dealers in such articles. MILK PUNCH IRX:,YAL MANUFACTURER OF NpLI: PUNCH TO HER MAJESTY. /PHIS unique anti nectarious Liqueur has, for nearly a century, been duly appreciated nt CHICHESTER AND THE METROPOLIS. It was at the former place where the original projector of this delectable beverage ;,ad his abode; no doubt the corporation of that ancient borough evinced their good taste, and marked their approbation of this GREAT DISCOVERY, • by presenting to him the freedom of the town; but with that the present generation bare nothing to do ; suffice it to say, that this ELIXIR is now, for the very first time, introduced to the notice of the lon rivants of the northern parts of this great Kingdom for their judgment. It would be quite in vain to enter into any detail of its excellencies, yet, thus far may he vouched, that it is composed of the best materials, without any adulteration, and, in flavour, possesses the combined sweetness of the Grape, the fragrance of the Lime, with the exhiliration of Champagne; and while THE LORDS OF THE CREATION will find it an excellent addenda to the Dinner Table, THE GENTLER SEX may not disdain to sip, the more so as ROYALTY has acknowledged its transcendent merit. It has been intimated that it will prevent SEA SICKNESS, - but of that we will not vouch, never having crossed the " briny deep" with it in our possession; but should not Pro prietors of PACKET-SHIPS AND STEAMERS take the hint? And although it may not produce that " con summation devoutly - to be wished," yet, sure we are, its grateful properties are such as will be found to bean excellent Yestorative to the palates and stomachs of those who suffer from the effects of a sea voyage. It will keep in any climate, and possesses that sure criterion of genuine excellence, improves by age. LE GRAND GOURMAND will find it a most social companion to his Calepash and Calepee, and the temperate man, while he masticates his biscuit over a glass of it, will he constrained to eulogise this incomparable Liqueur. " Come and try, Don't like—don't buy," is an old saying and a good one ; and as in matters of taste every man is the best judge, this invitation is given in the full assurance that, if the Milk Punch only finds its way to the palate, it will quickly be acknowledged to stand A 1 amongst the list of those good things which cheer the heart of mankind. Sold, at 245. per dozen in pint bottles, and 425. per dozen in quarts, by B. HARAM, Wine, Spirit, Ale, and Porter Merchant, 42, Chapel-street, who is appointed SoLE AGENT or the counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire, by Mr. Hudson, of Chichester, the Manufacturer of Milk Punch to the Queen, by appointment. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING. We were scarcely prepared for so dull a market as that of the forenoon of the present day. Touching the Manchester Cub, it may be observed that 4 to 1 was offered on the field ; the Shadow leading Lord Eglinton's Bellona by only half a ' point, both would be hacked at a fraction beyond 4 or 41, or 20 to 10 taken one ( - lc the two win. The Dean had to give way for the third position to Sir Thomas Stanley's colt, 7 to 1 was asked about the latter, but almost instantly 60 to 10 was snapped at, and repeated, understood to be a " com mission;" the party would have gone on at 7. We imagine 8 to 1 is the avera•epe price v. the Dean, and 10 to 1 against any other, bar the/horses we have named ; 7 to 4 was offered on the field v. any two, or the field against 4. Aimwell was backed at 100 to S, and at the same figure Fair Louisa would have been to a auto. We did not hear any others mentioned so as to require comment. THE DERBY.—The appearance of the hettings at Tatter sall's denotes a limited field. There was very little done this morning, to wit .100 to 40 offered on the field ; 4 to 1 was accepted on Launcelot, 50 to 10 would have been taken one of the two win ; 6 to 1 offered v. Theon, and two points more a. Assassin, 20 to 1 would probably have been laid against Pathfinder. Lord Exmouth's lot have been hacked in a good quarter at 200 1,12 to 1 was offered azair•,st Aluley Ishmael and Velvet ; 70 to 20 would have been taken on Scott's lot, 0r.50 to 1 on Drayton, who was backed for 100 against Mr. Osbeldeston's•tickle colt. OAKS.—There was no betting. TAT•TERSALL'S, MONDAY. This room was crowded until near seven o'clock, but busi ness was not by any Ineans brisk. Songster was again backed at 3 to 1 toil..no of 7,2709 : his friends, however, flagged to wards the close, r::•' • "tired several offers on the same terms to pass unheeded. i,- ,, .ncelot's position, as second favourite, N 77; undoubted, 'and the greater part of the afternoon the highest offer against him was 4 to 1 : an advance of half a point, about half-past five o'clock, led to engagements to the amount of three oe four hundreds, but the layers against him were numerous, and 9 to 2 was the offering price at the finish. Theon and Assassin were hacked at the odds mentioned be low, and ieFt off stOad;. Ilokhara, Scutarie, and Confederate were at 25 to 1 eleh ; 28 to 1 was offered against the first of these in three or four qnarters,. and 20 and 22 to 1 taken in another, but the average was as we have stated : his party was select. Muley 1.-hmael advanced to 33 to 1, which was taken two or three tittles : the same odds were accepted about Cormorant, and 40 to 1 about Drayton, all to small amounts. Wardan was declared not to start in consequence of being amiss. Closingodds, : THE DERBY. 4 to 1 against f-3ott's lot.—t 3to 1 „ M. Etwall's Songster 9to „ Marquis of Vestminster's Launcelot Ito 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Theon.—t • Bto 1 „ had Albemarle's Assassin 17 ti Lad liCielburne's Pathfinder to 1 „ is r. flouldsworth's Confederate 25 to 1 „ flir G. Heatlicote's Bokhztra 25 to 1 „ Exeter's Scutarie (tee Velvet colt) 30 to 1 „ Mr. J. Gill's Prince Albert 3 to I „ Mr. Fowler's Cormorant.—t 3 . 3 to 1 „ Jerv. , ,y's Muley Mr. Pel's Drayton.—t , \{r. Oshaldeston's grey c. out of Fairy gotten's dam 1000 to 10 „ Colonel Wyndham's Gift colt.—t 1000 to 500 on S;c:itarie against Muley Ishmael (t); GOO to 400 on Prince Ati?ert against Muley Ishmael (t) ; 1000 to 500 Pathfinder nninq - Cormorant (t); 1000 to 30 against Mr. Oshaldestor.e i s lot and Solace colt (t). THE OAKS.—No betting. 40 to 1 „ 50 to LOSS OF THE ENGLISH STEAM-SHIP VULTURE. AdvicN from of the 16th instant state, that the steam ship Vulture. onirl'illicied by Captain Wylde, which sailed from London the i , t : O f May, and passed the Sound on the sth, was stranded 05 . Arendsburg, on the ‘ island of Oe se l, about eight d...tv:,1 since, on her first voyage ,his year, and (as the passengers wlrri arrived here yesterd a y su pp ose) is totall y lost. The vnue of the cqrgo, mostly indigo, amounts, it•is believed, to £ls%Wo,•and that of the vessel to 410,030. Borsenhalle, 22d APIs/. A gentleman w:lo iias arrived in London from Hamburgh reports 80,000 marks , 13 being insured in that city. Extract of a letter from a passenger on board the steam ship... Vulture, dated Isle of Oesel, May ~11 :—" About ten P.m. Friday, the Bth instant, I was awoke by the ship strik ing, and hasteniog oir deck found she had struck on a reef of sunken rocks, - caller the Canal Rock, about sixty miles frOm Daggers' Orb, at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland. It rained heavily, w ith thi c k fog a ll night; at daybreak the velas half tell of water. • We determined to make fo r the vessel shore on a raft, hut in the course of the morning a lugger had put off to our assistance ' and in her the crew and pas sengers reached thi s place about midday, but baggage, cur, and 6hip will all 'ue Inst, as s h e i s j us t b rea ki ng t o pieces.' Last week some unknown individual sent five £lOOO notes to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. , E LATI; Sta. RlOnAltn PITLESTON, BART.—We have this week to recorri the death of Sir Richard Puleston, Bart., which took place at Eniral on the 19th i nstant. Many.de part this life leaving hut little remembrance of their exist ence ; but the death of this lamented gentleman is an event not to be passed by m silence. His amiable manners and brilliant wit often made him the companion of Royalty, and both Bishop Heber and Mr. Sheridan have spoken of his superior talents with admiration. Asa sportsman, h e was well-known to fox -linnters as n man of great judgment in the " noble science ;" and on one occasion, after having fo . : a time given up " it country," on his return to it, with his hounds, he was met and greeted by many hundreds of his sporting friends. His charities were numerous, but little were they known, for he gave to all whom he considered in distress, without ostentation. In private life he was a pat tern and bright ex:mil:leaf all that does honour to the human heart, and this rro,o, a weeping eve can now testify, for there is not a domestic it his ima•e who does not deeply lament their amiable His pions resignation and unrepining patience fors.mk hi:a not in the hour of need and sickness, and his calm and peaceful end proved that his mind rested on religious consclati on and hope. Few were ever more sin cerely lamented, amid his memory will long survive in the minds of his sorrowing f r i en d s. Si r Ri c h ar d was born 3d Se p t e mber, 1765, and was twice married, first, to Ellen, daughter of William Boat„, Esq., by whom he had issue — Richard. horn 20th June, 1789, and Charlotte Anne (married to J. G. Norbury, Esq., of leulmer) • and, secondly, to Emma Elizabeth, daughter of J. Corbett, h:; 4 _., of Sundorn Castle, Salop. The deceased assumed the surname and arms of Puleston, by sign-manual in 1812, in co mp li ance w i t h t h e testamentary injunction of his maternal uncle, J. Puleston, Esq., of Emral, and Iva:: created a baronet by George IV. on the 2d November, 1813. :Sir Richard was Lieut.-Colonel of the Ancient Brit Ons.• Ile deceased is succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldebt son by his first marriage, Captain Puleston, of this city, who is married, and has a numerous family..- 7 Chester Courtin,. • S ~~ ~ 3'S iL,,,,,c t parliamtut. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. Lord BROUGHAM presented many petitions, one against war with China, his lordship expressing a hope that the war like proceedings had not been commenced in a desire to oh- - tain compensation for the confiscated opium. Lord ELLI;NBUROUGH stated that he proposed, on Mon day, to move for the select committee on the subject of " printed papers." The Archbishop of DUBLIN presented a petition "on the subject of the Articles and the Liturgy." That petition gave rise to an interesting discussion, in which the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Bishop of Noitwieff, and the Bishop of LoNnoN took part. Their lordships then adjourned till Monday. LOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. Colonel Rawdon, for Armagh; Sir Alexander Grant, for Cambridze ; and Bottield, Esq., for Ludlow, took the oaths and their sedts. Many petitions on the subject of the corn laws were pre sented; one by Sheriffs Evans and Wheelton, from the Cor poration of London. Mr. Hums repeated the notice of his intention to move an address to her Majesty in favour of the plan of opening the National Gallery and the British Museum on Sundays, be tween one and four o'clock. Mr. F. KELLY gave notice of his intention, on the 4th of June, to submit a motion in favour of giving to all freemen the municipal franchise. Mr. EIVART gave notice that, June 6, he should move for a reduction of the duties on sugar and coffee. Mr. PEASE asked how far it was the intention to propose the licensing of the removal of natives of Hindostan to the Mauritius ? Lord J. Russaen answered that there would shortly be an opportunity of seein g , in the clauses of the proposed bill. Mr. AGLIONDY moved for a copy of the rules and regula tions at the gaol at York, which was ordered. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD observed that he had that day received a communication from Mr. O'Connor, of great in terest and importance, relative to his confinement in York Castle, on which he had been in communication with the Under-Secretary of State, and, as he proposed taking further steps Ins the subject, he would suggest to Mr. Wakley not to ask the questions of the Attorney-General that he had inti mated his intention of putting. Mr. WARLEY complied with the request. Lord J. RES3ELL presented his two bills to amend the registration of voters in England, &c. 'Mr. VILLIEns then rose to renew the motion on the corn laws, of which the decision was unintentionally prevented before Easter, through an adjournment moved by Mr. War burton. He said that the question was, what right any one class of proprietors bad to tax the community for the sake of enriching themselves ? The arguments adVanced on the side of that pretended right had now been thoroughly sifted, and their fallacy proved. There were 800,000 men in the manu facturing districts, who pointed to these laws as the cause of their sufferings, and to repeal as the cure. These men were telling you that if corn were to he taxed for the protection of agriculture, machinery ought to be taxed for the protection of labour; and they demanded that, if they were refused them by the present legislature, an enlarged representation should be given them. It was said, on the other hand, that the repeal was sought chiefly by manufacturers, desirous to avail themselves of low prices of corn in order to lower the wages of their. workmen. Why, that was impossible. Wages were already reduced to their minimum ; and he read a letter from Dr. Ireland, a medical gentleman, who had had exten sive practice among the poor of the manufacturing districts, bearing testimony to the extent and death of the misery sustained by the working classes. Mr. Villiers then stated, from statistical sources, that in years when food was cheap and labour plentiful, the health of the poor suffered little in comparison with those years when food was dear and labour scarce ; these last were the seasons in which low fever, the offspring of want, spread death among the working people. It was pretended that the corn-growing countries refused to take our manufactures in return for our produce ; but he could show, from diplomatic correspondence, that the refusal to negotiate on reciprocal terms, came not from foreign na tions, but from England herself, whose ministers were always in fear of the landed interest. A man was now obliged to work 15 hours a day, when he formerly worked but 12 or 8. There was another pretext—that a country , like England ought to be independent of foreigners for its. food. That might be a great evil, but the want of food would be a much greater. The people are now too intelligent to be deceived by this. They see. the peasantry of Ireland growing abun- . dance of wheat, yet unable to obtain it for their own con sumption. Sir R. Peel had referred in the former debate to the large exports of England, as evidence of the prosperity of her manufactures ; he might as well have appealed to the number of mortgages and incumbrances as evidence of the prosperity of the land. Sir R. Peel, he thought, assumed a serious responsibility in upholding the existing law. Repeal might be thread at last, when it would be too late. It was not wise to delay reform till insurrection compelled the ' change; the practice of resting long, and then suddenly giv ing way to force, was a perilous policy, teaching the people that force was their most efficacious instrument. But the people had no wish to be driven into such a resort : it was one repugnant to the habits and disposition of Englishmen. • Nor would it be possible long to continue an experiment against the order of natere, which designed that the surplus produce of one country should be exchanged against that of another, and'not that the inhabitants of each should be con fined to the fruits of their own narrow district. He vouched, in support of this moral maxim, the opinions of Burke, of Chalmers, and of other ethical writers ; and, after a short appeal to the fears of the house, concluded by moving for a committee to take the present law into consideration. The motion was seconded by Mr. STRUTT, who said pro tection was only another word for taxation. The effect of the attempt to regulate prices had been to delude the farmer into the belief that cheap corn was a grievance, for which he was entitled to redress from parliament. The manufacturer sought no protection. This was the commencement of a great struggle, upon whose final issue, however long pro tracted, there could be but one opinion. Sir H. PARNELL said the linen manufacturers would be quite ready to give up their protection, and contended that the repeal of the corn laws would neither throw land out of cultivation, nor reduce wages, which he denied to rise or fall with the price of provisions. Mr. H. BAILIE, the new member for Inverness, appealed to the gentlemen returner by agricultural constituencies whether they would continti to support a government which was acting in direct opposition to the interests they repre sented. He believed that the abolition of the corn-laws would confer no permanent benefit on the working classes, while it would throw out of employ a great portion of the agricultural population. Mr. JAMES, in voting for the committee, disclaimed any wish for a complete abolition, which would be equivalent to a vote for the absolute ruin of such of the inferior lands as were fit only for the growth of corn. But he thought a committee might originate alterations which would be useful to all classes. Lord SANDON, being of opinion that the present corn laws were far from perfect, and the sliding scale by no means well adjusted, expressing his willingnes ,, , if some specific proposition were brought forward, to entertain the consider ation of it ; but he would not vote for that general and uncertain measure, a committee. He thought it a very im portant consideration for the manufacturer, whether the complete opening of the trade in foreign corn would not cause him to lose more in the home market than he would gain in the markets abroad. Mr. WARBuRToN rose amid general cries of " Divide." When these had subsided, he said that Mr. Huskisson, bat a few days before his death, had foretold that the first change in the Corn-laws would be a fixed moderate duty, and that, at no long period afterwards, their total repeal would follow. Concurring in Mr. Huskisson's opinion, he should vote for the committee. The wider the extent of the countries from which England should be supplied, the less danger that the prices in England would rise to an unreasonable height. With respect to the currency, it might be perfectly true, as Sir Robert Peel had said, that the money-market was dis turbed by other causes than the operation of the present Corn-laws in years of scarcity; but if the present Corn-laws were not the only disturbing cause, they were at all events a very influential one. The cries of " Divide" were now repeated with great perseverance, and the continued noise and movement of the house rendered it impossible to hear the hon. member during the rest of his speech. __ Mr. HANDLEY lamented the tone and temper of Mr. Vil- Tier's opening. That there had been many petitions against the corn-laws he was ready to admit and no wonder, when the facilities for the preparation of ;hem were considered ; but the masses had not spoken with force. They felt that the cheapness promised them would be a contingency, and that the only certainty would he the low wages. The con cluding portion of this, as of the foregoing speech, was drowned in the impatient tumult of the house. . The loud ness of the interruption was still increased by the rising of Mr. Mark Philips, who, as representing Manchester, spoke zealously, but quite inaudibly—of course, in favour of Mr. Villiers's motion. Lord J. RUSSELL obtained a hearing. He defended the government against the charge of having omitted to bring forward any nieasure, on this subject. When there existed a general wish for change, such a proceeding might befit a go vernment ; but in the state of feeling which now prevailed on this topic, the interference of government, instead of di minishing the embarrassment, would but add to it, by im parting party spirit into the already heterogenous mass of motives. On the present occasion he should vote for the committee. The uncertainty always inseparable- from the corn trade was aggravated by the existing laws. The present fluctuations would be much relieved, if foreigners could be enabled to calculate upon a trade to England, and should grow for that purpose a proportionally greater amount of corn. An increased demand from foreign conntries for Bri tish manufactures could hardly fail to raise the wages of the labourer, and whatever should contribute to the general prosperity of the country must needs contribute to the pros perity of the landlords, the class possessing the largest in- terast in it. At the same time, Fin was not prepared to abolish all protecting duties, thoulh he would not express himself in terms quite so strong as those used by his noble friend at the head of the governme n t. What he should wish would be, the sub s tit ut i on of a moderate fixed duty ; and his object was to increase the food of the labourers, without de stroying the protection of agriculture. In what he had now said he desired that he might not be understood as relying on the argument that our manufactures are on the verge of ruin. The allegation, he thought, b a d b een greatly over stated ; hut, without reference to any such cl ass o f consider ations, he should vote for the committee. Mr. PILYIVE moved as an amendment, to add the words " with a view to the reduction of the average prices," but the hon. member did not find a seconder. Mr. MuNTZ thought the repeal of the corn laws would not confer the benefits upon society which many of his friends The addition of cost occasioned by the existing lost to the country. It entered • into the and particularly led, the value of land, of labour, and of prices of many commodities, • of labour. If expected. laws l• ias these laws were repealed, not wholly formed two-thirds of our com merce property in England, would soon fall to . the continental level. Our home trade now world be occasioned in the home t o r a o d o e e as thing, n e g l the great deficiency which IVO ; and no increase of foreign trade would compensate l as any man ; but if thers was demand by a free trade in cor t n o . undoubtedly, and so was labour ; but trade was in a very had condition, be H a e f l r i e k e e( t i ra fr d e e e let there be a free trade in all. At present, change would not, in his opinion, Telieve either the trader or remedied, he could not the labourer. If an evil was to he ° from the see the wisdom of setting out by the superadditi n of another evil. He believed the misfortune to have aris en unwise conduct of the governments of all partiest_ wh o h e, a r d misrnanwced this country for the last 20 years. However, notvvithsi an di ng all he had said, he should vote dec i d edl y for going into th e committee, for he thought the landlords had the direct power to benefit the poor; and if those landlords did not use it, he must himself employ such indirect means as lay within his own reach. Mr. Vinntlins, in reply, complained of the unwillingness which the house had shown to let this subject be discussed. Many members on his side had endeavoured to speak, but one after another had been put down by noisy interruption. The same sort of thing had been done at meetings out of doors. How could the house occupy itself so usefully as on this important subject? Its time had not been very valua bly employed in the course of the present session. Parlia ment had been sitting almost five months, and nothing had been done. There was now an end to the diScussion of the present question m this house ; this house had refused to discuss it, and the people must now look at the remedy for themselves. The division then took place : for the motion, 177 ; azainst it, 300. - Mr. PIGOTT then, after a short explanatory speech, ob. tanned leave to bring in a bill for the registration of voters in Ireland ; and the house adjourned at two o'clock. ~r '.3 mss-+! .~ ~►as~ " • - I - 10t7SE F LORDAIIV.D-xEsnA - v: The House of Lords did not meet to-day, having adjourned from Tuesday till Monday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS—WEDNESDAY. After the presentation of several petitions, and the transac tion of private business before the house, Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD presented a petition from the Radical Club of Reading, complaining of the treatment to which Vincent had bean subjected. Mr. T. DuNcomuu presented' a petition from Bradford, remonstrating against the mode in which Mr. Feargus O'Connor had been treated in prison, and praying that he may be removed from the felOns' to the debtors' side, or that inquiry into Mr. O'Connor's case may be instituted. A long conversation on the subject followed. Mr. LlAsTiu. presented a petition from the Paisley Emigra tion Society, praying for free passage to Canada, for a year's rations from government, and for an allotment of land, for which emigrants might give promissory notes. Sir E. KNATCHBULL objected to its being received, as it prayed for a money grant ; but Lord J: RUSSELL did not oppose it, and the petition was laid upon the table. Sir F. TatNCH gave notice of a motion for Thursday .respecting the Rude light, and the expediency of restoring the lustres and also of a motion, on the 9th of June, respecting the embankment of the Thames. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice, for Thursday, that he should move for leave to bring in a bill for the better appro priation and distribution of .the revenues of Canada ; and, also, a bill for the distribution of the proceeds from sales of the Canada clergy reserves. The house then went into committee on the juvenile offenders' bill. It was subsequently " counted out." MURDER OF LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL-FUR THER EXAMINATION OF COURVOISIER. (Prom thoOforning Herald of Yesterday.) Yesterday beingwche day fixed for reading over the deposi tions of the witnesses who had given evidence against Cour voisier, the street fronting the office-was crowded all day. The prisoner, on his arrival at the office, appeared in much better spirits than he had done on previous occasions. Shortly before one o'clock, the night charges having been disposed of, Mr. Hall took his seat on the bench, which was occupied by persons of distinction, amongst whom were se veral ladies. Mr. Dowling, Commissioner of Police for Li verpool, was also present. At one o'clock, Mr. Flower, the solicitor for the prisoner, entered the office, and took his seat at the table appropriated to the professional gentlemen ; he was followed by Mr. Hob lee, the solicitor for the prosecution, accompanied by Mr. 'ing, the solicitor to the Duke of Bedford; and shortly after, Francois Benjamin Courvoisier Was placed at the bar. He looked in better health than on Saturday, and bowed to the court as he entered. He appeared perfectly calm and firm, and less anxious than on former . occasions. The following additional evidence was then gone into Lady Sarah Baillie, wife of C. N. Baillie, residing at Hamp ton Court said—l knew the late Lord William Russell. He married my eldest sister. He came to see me at Hampton Court, last Easter Sunday, and gave me a letter to read, which he took from the left band pocket of his coat.. lie took it out of his letter-case, which was a brown silk one, and from his letter-case there fell a small locket, which re mained on my table while his lordship went to the afternoon chapel. On his return from the chapel I returned him his locket, which I believe he put into the .side pocket of his coat, but he did not put it into the case. His lordship some time afterwards wrote to me to inquire if ha had left the locket on my table. I caused a search to be made, and replied that I thought his lordship would find that he had put it in the pocket of his coat after he had dropped it. I never saw his lordship after. I believe that the smaller locket of the two produced is the one that was dropped at my apartments by his lordship. The hair in that locket was tied with blue silk. Cross-examined by •Mr. Flower—l never saw the other locket in my life. • Mr. Hall suggested that perhaps it would be a convenience to the medical men, if their depositions were read over. • This suggestion having been acceded to, the evidence •of Mr. Elsgood was read over, and the witness, in addition to his farmer deposition, stated, in answer to questions from Mr. Hall, that his lordship's shirt collar was not cut, and it was open ; that the wound was from left to right, and had been inflicted by the right hand. Sarah Mansell, the housemaid, in addition to her former deposition, stated, in answer to Mr. Hall, that on the Tues day night Carr left the house with the prisoner, when he went to take the letter the first time to the stables, and did not afterwards return. She also stated, in answer to Mr. Hall, that when she went into Lord William Russell's bed-room for the first time on Wednesday, following the prisoner, she called out, " My lord, my lord," to which the prisoner then replied, " There he is ;" that the pri soner bad not previously said any thing, or made any exclamation on entering the room. Tim words " There he is," were all that the prisoner said, and he uttered this while he was opening the shutters. She also stated that when the valet came from Richmond to London, on the 22d of April, the prisoner said that his lordship had lost a little locket while he was at Richmond. Prisoner said he could not find it, nor did he know how it was lost. The prisoner was sometimes in the habit of having a lire in the pantry. There was no fire there on the Monday before the murder, and the cook had cleaned the place up on the Tuesday morn ing. • Prisoner was up before the witness, and on her coming down stairs, she observed he had a large lire in the pantry. She 'said, " Why have you got such a large fire ?" and he said, " I thought I would burn the rubbish up." Witness looked into the pantry on Tuesday evening when sh'e went to bed, and the fire was out. She did not take any notice of the fire-place in the pantry on the Wednesday, and can not say if there were any appearances of anything having been burnt. There is a door leading into the attic staircase from Lord William's bed-room. When that door is closed, what is going on below cannot be heard. On Wednesday morning the door was slightly open. You could not hear a person with slight shoes walking about below if the attic bed-room doors were shut. The door was not a spring door, and (lid not make much noise. She did not hear any noise from the door on the night of the murder. (Mr. Holder handed two small spoons to witness—one a salt and the other a tea-spoon—which she identified as his lordship's property.) She found them, on the Thursday after the murder, in the prisbner's pantry, in a cupboard on the left hand side. The crest on one of them is nearly rubbed out. Cannot say whether it is by wear or not. Inspec tor Pearce was just at the pantry door, and the cook was in the pantry, when she found thespoons. She had seen plate previously in the same place. She had seen the locket now produced frequently in his lordship'ti possession. The last time she saw it was on the Tuesday before he went to Richmond, the 14th April. There was hair in it bound with blue silk. She never recollects seeing the other locket pro duced. Witness had a glass of ale on the Tuesday night, about three quarters of an hour before she went to bed. It was handed to her by the prisoner. He also. offered her something out of apint bottle, which she tasted and refused, but the cook took a glass of it. It was sweet. She felt very sleepy after she had taken the ale. He said in the evening we were going to have a pot of ale at nice o'clock, and he invited witness to take some. He had been in the habit of offering witness r.le. He had done so ; but they had had none for a week previously, as the prisoner had been under the doctor's hands. There was nothing particular in the taste of the ale. It was shortly after the cook came in that he asked witness to take something out of a pint bottle. He poured it into a wine glass. Witness tasted it, but declined taking any more. He said what was the name of it, but witness dbes not remember. He said it was some wine his lordship had bad on the Monday before, when he had com- pany. Witness felt unusually sleepy and heavy ; that sensa tion came over her shortly after she had taken the ale. Pei- soner drank some of the same ale out of another glass. Mr. FloWer said he should have asked that question, but he thought it better to defer the cross-examination. They would put all their questions together at a future day. Mary Hammel', the cook, in addition to her former evi dence, said, I left a tire turning in the kitchen when I went to bed on the Tuesday night, and I left coals to feed it. The prisoner was up when I went to bed. It was usual for me to leave a fire lighted in the kitchen, and coals to feed it with. I do not recollect whether any of the coals appeared to have been used the next morning. Ido not recollect closing the lower bolt of the. back door. It was so difficult to move it, that latterly I had not been in the habit of attempting to bolt it. Ido not think I attempted to bolt it on the night of the Tuesday in question. I kept the thimble in my work-box in the cupboard of the kitchen. On the night of Tuesday, May 5, when I went to bed the box was not locked; the next morning the cupboard-door was open, and the box on the table. We never kept any plate in the drawers of the kitchen. There was nothing of any value kept in them. the drawers were shut when I went to bed. I found them open the next morning, but with the exception of their being open they were in the same state I had left them over night. Two of the drawers had been apparently rumaged, and their contents disturbed. • Inspector Tedman, in addition to his former deposition, said the door of Lord W. Russell's bed-room in opening and shutting made so little noise, that a person lying in bed could not hear it. The bedclothes on the prisoner's bed, on the Wednesday morning, were partly turned down, as if a person had got out of bed, but it is -impossible to say whe ther any person had been lying between the sheets that night, or had been merely on the bed. It was the uncle of the prisoner who made the application at Norfolk-street on the 10th of May, for a change of linen for the prisoner. There was a scar on' the prisoner's face o❑ the Wednesday morning, May 6th, which adpeared much as it does now.— (There is a scar on the bridge of the prisoner's nose as if from a scratch.) - Inspector Beresford, in answer to Mr. Flower, said—l do not think Mr. Russell was in the house when the prisoner gave me the description of the watch. A gentleman has been pointed out to me as Mr. Russell, but I saw him only for an instant, and should not know him Again. Inspector Pearce said—The spoon found by the witness, Sarah Mancell, I saw found in the cupboard which had been broken open. The spoon has bad the crest erased by rub bing it against something. It has been erased, as the spoon is-a new one. It- is not clone--by wear. It may have been done by a tile, but if so it has been smoothed. I think it has been done by rubbing it against something like a knife board. I likewise produce a knife and pen-maker, which 1 found in a case in a drawer in the prisoner's pantry on the Thursday morning, May 7. The prisoner was not present, nor did I mention it to him. I have examined every niche in the place thoroughly, and the chimneys have also been searched by sweeps. Police Constable Collier—The drains have been taken up, and a most minute search made in every part, but nothing has been found. The body of the shirt, the front of which was found in the prisoner's portmanteau, can nowhere be found. Ellis the late valet, on being shown the knife and , pen maker, said—l beli eve thi s t o h ave b een hi s lordship's pro perty. His lordship had one similar, and the maker's name on it was Coley, as it is on one produced. It was usually kept in his lordship's Russia leather box in the bed-room. I have wound up his lordship's watch rePeatedly by his de sire. I am positive that when I left his lordship's service there, I did not deliver to the prisoner any spoon with the crest rubbed off in tile manner of the one produced. • The depositions having been read, Mr. Hall stated that he had been considering what Mr. nobler had said on Saturday as to the evidence of the state of Norfolk -street on the night in question, and lie thought it would be better it should appear on the depositions. Mr. .Hobler said that he had another witness, Mr. Ellis, landlord of the Castle, at Richmond, who would prove that Lord W. Russell had been at his house, and had written to him subsequently, to ask if he had left a locket there, and that search had been made, and nothing found. Mr. Hall thought it would be unnecessary, as the matter Was already in evidence. Hohler-L-Very well, sir ; hut I shall have him and per sons belonging to the establishment ready at the trial, in order to have them examined, if it should be necessary. Mr. Flower said he was anxious that everything should appear on the depositions that they should have to answer. Mr. Hobler said that he had mentioned this now, in order that Mr. Ellis might be cross-examined at the trial, if r necessary. Alfred Stade, police con stable 124 C—l was on duty • Norfolk-street on the night of the sth of M. I went duty at nine o'clock at night , and went off duty a t six the next morning. I take the opposite side of the st ree t to Lord William Russell's. I am thirteen minutes going round my beat. I go through Norfolk-street every time. I k now the house of Lord William Russell, it is No. 14. I never saw anything particular at Lord William Russell's house. I did not see a light either above or below. I am accustomed to observe those things, and saw no light in any part of the house on the night in question. Did not observe or hear any noises in or near the house that night, nor any person seated on the step of the door, nor any person come out of Lord W. Russell's house, nor any person come up the area, nor did I observe any person gO into the house of Lord William, either by the door or area, nor did I observe any vehicle of ana sort at Lard William's door. The street was perfectly quiet. The last person I saw in the street was a fishmonger, going to No. 16, at half-past eleveti; Day broke about half past three. It was a fine bright night. G. Glew,.policesconstable 45 C.—l was on duty in Nor folk-street on the night of the sth of May. I went on duty at nine o'clock. I left at six in the morning. lam twelve minutes going round my beat. I take the same side of the street as that on which Lei:3 Williain Russell's house is situated. I go through Norfolk-street every time I gb round. I try the doors and area-gates of the houses several times during the night. I'did so with the door and gate of Lord William Russell ou the -.night in question, five or six times, and from the time I went- ou duty up to half-past five o'clock in the morning, they were all safe. I did not see any light in any part of the house that night, nor did I hear any voices in the house, nor did I see any one sitting at his lordship's door, or any other door in Norfolk-street. I saw no one come out or go into his lordship's house, nor did I see any vehicle near the door. I pressed against the door fre quently. Never more than five or six minutes could have elapsed without eitbet myself or the policeman whose beat. was on the'other side having been in the street. Sarah Marcell having been recalled, said, in answer to Mr. • Hall, that Inspector Beresford had applied to her for a rush light, either on the first or second day after the murder. — That she had furnished him with one from the same parcel from which she had taken the one put up in Lord William's room, and that it was of the Same- size. She saw it lighted. It was for the purpose of trying an experiment to ascertain how long the one found in Lord William's bed-room had been burning. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Hall said to Mr. Flower,' the witnesses are all bound over to appear at this trial, but I shall not sign his committal to-day, because I wish to get first the evidence as to a fact which has come to my knowledge, and on which I am not yei satisfied. I shall, therefore, remand him until Saturday. Mr. Flower.—Very good, sir. It is not, 'of course, my wish to give any unnecessary trouble, hut, in a case like this, which is of the last importance to the prisoner, of course I feel anxious to know all that will he said against him at his trial. Now, Mr. Hobler has said he intends to call a witness from Richmond. I should like.to know What his evidence is to prove. Mr. Hall.—He has told you the witneises's name is Ellis. He is landlord of the Castle Inn, and he will merely state that Lord William Russell was at his house, and that, after he left, he wrote a letter stating that he had lost a locket, in consequence of which search was made, but no loaket was found. _ _ Mr. Flower.—Perhaps Mr. Hobler will have no objection to furnish me with a copy .of that letter. Mr. 11obler.---4 have it not. It is in tho.possession of Mr. Ellis. r. Flower—ln this case everything is of importance; the date must be known. Mr. Hall—l dare say Mr. Hobler will furnish you with a copy of the letter. Mr.' Hobler—Yes, sir. Mr. Hobler then handed a letter to the magistrate, which he stated had been received at the house, addressed to Cour voisier. It had not been opened, and he thought it right to give it to the magistrate. Mr. Hall-1 shall make the same order regarding this let- ter that I did in relation to the letter which I received on Saturday. The prisoner was then remanded till Friday (this day.) On being removed from the bar he was taken into a private room belonging to the office, where the letter was opened and read to him in the presence' of Mr. Nobler, Mr. Wing, and other gentlemen. We understand the letter was anonymous, and recommended the prisoner to be spiritually minded, and to attend devoutly to the exhortations of the chaplain of the prison. ANALYSIS OF THE VOTES ON MR. VILLIERS'S MOTION ON THE CORN-LAWS. Counties . Boroughs. FOR THE MOTION, ENGLAND. \‘' .i LES Counties Boroughs SCOTLAND. Counties Borough. Counties Boroughs /RELA N D. Total for the motion AGAINST THE MOTION, IXGLAND. Counties Boroughs Universities. WALES. Counties . Boroughs. SCOTLAND. 118 ---- 128 Counties Boroughs. IRELAND. Counties .... Borouchs.... University .. Total against the motion .. Majority against the motion 1 3 - 4 110 105 - 217 RECAPITULATWN For the Against Majority motion. tile motion. Against. For ENGLAND .. Counties 10 llO lOO • 0 Boroughs.... 118 lO5 ' 0 l3 Universities . 0 2 2 0 WALES Counties 1.. Boroughs. 3 8 . . 5 0 SCOTLAND .. Counties : 4 ll 7 0 Boroughs.. 21 4 0 l7 IRELAND. .. Counties ~ • • _7 32 9.-, 0 Tou h s 1 lO University .. 0 2 2 0 By the above 44. Cement it will be seen that, taking the aggregate returns from the counties, without reference to country, there is a majority of 147, and from the cities, bo roughs, and universities, a majority of 6, against the repeal of the'existing FORMER DIVISIONS ON THE CORN-LAWS. 1839, March 18.—A similar motion to the above (Mr. Villiers) —Ayes, .195 ; Noes, 342 ; Majority, 147. 1838, March 15.—Ditto (Mr. Villiers)—Ayes, 95 ; Noes 300; Majority, 205. 1837, March 16.—T0 admit - foreign corn into Great Bri , tain at a fixed duty—Ayes, S 9 ; Noes, 213; Majority, 124. STATE OF TRADE. MANCIIESTER. — The unfavourable accounts received by the Great Western, of the condition of mercantile affairs in the United States, and the certainty of a very large import of cotton, concurred, with other causes previously in opera tion, to produce a very dull market yesterday. There was very little demand either for goods or yarn, and the prices of both were a shade lower than on the preceding Tuesday. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MAY 25.-- We have had a brisk demand for flannels again to-day, and the business done has been quite equal to that of the two preceding weeks. Prices have undergone little or no varia tion. In the wool market there is no change to report ; both.prices and demand remain about the same as they were the last week. _ _ HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, MONDAY, MAY 25.—There was not quite so much animation in this market today as for the last few weeks, although many goods changed hands. The demand is steady, and the prices firm. Stocks are low in new and saleable goods, so that most is done to order ; hence the chance of better prices. Business in the ware houses is also very steady, and tnay be considered an average. Wools are in demand, some sorts at a trifling advance.— Ilianehester Guardian. LEE DS' .—Business - seems to go on much in the same man ner as we have had to record for several weeks past. The market for super goods was somewhat brisk on both Saturday and Tuesday, but there was nothing like speculation : indeed the merchants seem afraid to purchase extensively, though the clothiers complain that prices have not been lower for several years. BRADFORD MARKET.—There is no new feature in the Wool market ; the same dulness we have recently noticed still prevails, and althotigh the supply of Wool continues light, even late prices are with difficulty supported. There is, however, a steady demand for Yarns, though the prices remain without alteration. The piece market is considered flatter, and fewer goods have this week exchanged hands. Prices no better. HEelcatoNnwfien BLAN - Pthr ALL.--There has been more business done at the market this week (on Monday and Thursday) than for some weeks past, and if the demand con tinues, it may be expected that'prices will advance so as to leave the manufacturers a profit foe their labour, which is not the case at present. CFIESTERFIELD WOOL MARKET, May 19.—The Wool trade in this quarter maintains nearly a stationary character ; few sales are effected, and those at prices in no wise remu nerating to the grower. And what makes it most singular is, that it is pretty well ascertained that the present stocks of wool in many of the principal mills at Huddersfield, Halifax, &c., are very limited. The rilajor part of this years clip is chambered. Although the trade has - for some time mani fested a supine appearance, nevertheless the staplers here are disposed to think, that before long better prices will in' some measure be realized.—Leeds LEICESTER TRADE.—There continues to be more doing in spring goods, and several hands have been set to work ma regular hosiery. Some of the factories which were running short time have also resumed full work. Worsted is without alteration in price : wool is firm, although but little is doing in it.—Leicester Chronicle. HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—We have great pleasure in stating, that, after an unexampled depression in the silk stocking trade for the last three years, which almost seemed to denote its utter extinction, an increased demand has arisen, particularly at Derby, for that manufacture ; the number of frames employed in that place being reduced to less than a third of the number in 1836. A great number of workmen having left, hands have become so scarce, that one of the inasters has been under the necessity of coming to Notting ham to seek for workmen. There is some hope that the stockingers may yet see better days, .as long stockings are coming gradually into fashion ; the full-dress of the hi g h er classes is invariably long hose, with elastic knee-bands. Should this become the reigning - fashion, to wear full fashioned hose, ,and cut-ups for under wear be no longer re quired, the frames now in existence could not supply the de mand, and stockings (as was the case in Sheffield in the hard ware manufactures) would be at a premium. —Nottingham Journal. • DUNDEE.—The demand for new flax is eery languid, and old is altogether neglected. This arises from a general im pression that prices will give way abroad, which maes holders in our markets anxious to get rid of their present stocks, while consumers are shy in making purchases, unless to sup ply their immediate wants. TLe last advices from Riga bear that purchases of T.R.D.c and R.C. had. been made at 30, 23, and 20 rubles, which is a shade lower than former rates. Yarns are a shade lower, with very little business doing, an d the same remark applies to linens.—Dundee Courier. FLOOD IN MoßAYsfunE.—The Elgin. Courant of Friday states, that Morayshire has been again.. flooded, and that the Spey and the Losse were swollen, on Sunday and Monday, nearly as much as in the great flood of 1829. A great deal of damage has been done to the crops.' STATE OF TnAnE.—Our trade during the week has been really bad, with no prospect of any immediate improvement. It is still to be hoped, however, that the continuance of fine weather, with which we are so unusually favoured, must make a lasting impression both as-to.qUantity required, and prices paid.—Blackcurn Standard, MISCELLANEOUS. Captain Sir Edmund Lyons, ambassador to Greece, has been created a baronet. Major-General Sir • Edward Bowater has been appointed one of Prince. Albert's equerries. CH.ATI.—Last week upwards of 50 dozen of char were for warded from Windermere to London, and, owing to the now .quick - conveyance, were disrosed of in the market fresh. The Duke of Marlborough has been unanimously elected - High Steward of the city of Oxford, in the place of the late of Marlborough. The merchants of - Galway have entered into a subscription for the purpose of erecting a patent slip, to encourage ship bUilding in that port. The mainmast of the Queen. of 120 guns, is 127 feet 7 inches high, and her mainyard 111 feet 4 inches long, and is considered to be the largest mast and yard ever yet made. There was some excitement on Saturday in the city on account of alleged extensive forgeries committed by a party who has been recentle declared a bankrupt. The extent of of the forgeries is estimated at £2s,ooo.—Time.s. The Journal de . Cherbourg, on the authority of a letter without date, from a sailbr on board the Triomphante sloop, one of the French blockading squadron at Buenos Ayres, asserts that one of her boats had been captured by the Buenos Ayreans, and all the men in her massacred. The Levis Times of Saturday has published one of a series of letters from the pen of Colonel Thompson, whose disaffec tion with Mr. O'Connell, and those who concur with that hon. and learned gentleman, is undisguised. The gallant colonel affirms that The Irish Tail' has sold the English people; and a huge English `Tail' of different- denomina tions, has either joined, or hopes to do it bye-and-bye." On Saturday last Mr. E. Dawson, of Inglethorp, near Stamford, exhibited a pen of ram-hogs in Peterbro' market, which were more like two-year-old sheep, their symmetry and good looks, with extraordinary fleeces, were the admira tion and astonishment of all who saw them, several weighing upwards oT 18 stone of 141 b to the stone.—Cambridge Chronicle. His. Royal Highness Prince Albert has presented Mr. Bishop with an elegant piece of plate, in testimony of his ap probation of the manner in which Mr. Bishop conducted the performance of ancient music on the 29th of April, which was under the direction of his royal highness, whose initials. are engraved under a crown and au appropriate inscription. GUEAT WusTr.ns RAILWAY.—The opening of the ex tended line to Steventon, a distance of 52 miles from Lon don, is announced to take place on the Ist of next month. There is every probability of this grand undertaking being opened between Bristol and Bath early in September. On Saturday last, some ears of wheat were cut from a field partially in ear, between this town and - Shoreham ! It is a rare, indeed an almost,unparalleled, thing, tp see an ear of wheat in May ; and it shows the effect of the late warm weather.—Brighton Gazette. Earl Manvers, whose generosity as captain of the royal navy, in renouncing his half-pay, amounting to £3224 2s. 6d., in favour of the Royal Naval Benevolent Society, his entit- led him justly to the thanks of the whole service, has recently presented to the Royal Naval Female School a donation of 50 guineas. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—On Saturday last, as-Mary, wife of Isaac Mason, coalminer, was assisting her husband at the Facken .pit, near Burton-in-Lonsdale, the earth on which she stood gave way, and she was precipitated to the bottom, a distance of 69 feet ! She fortunat‘ly escaped with out even the slightest injury. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BRIDPORT—TWENTY-TWO COT TAGES BURNT—LOSS OF LIFE.—On Friday last, about noon, a most destructive fire, with loss of life, occurred at Al!ington, adjoiniugthe thriving town of Bridport. Twenty two cottages were burnt to the ground in so short a time that the inhabitants saved but very little of their property. Hop INTELLIGENCE.—The groWth of the hop-bines in this neighbourhood, as well as the other parts of the county, dur ing the last fortnight, has been wonderful ; in fact, their pro gress is so rapid as to have taken the planters by surprise, and it is feared many bines will be injured before they can get them tied. The plant in general has a healthy appear ance.—Canterbury Paper. TnE DRAMA IN BATH.—The • following is the heading to one of the BATH play-bills :—" Theatre-Royal, Bath. — ~In consequence of the rapturous applause bestowed—on Rossini's! Rossini's!! grand. opera seria, the Maid of Pa laiseu, produced for the first time, in the city of Bath, on Tuesday, May sth—by eleven in the boxes ! nine in the pit ! and twenty-eight in the gallery ! it will be repeated this evening, to give the lovers of music another opportunity of hearing the composition of that great master." SAFETY VALVE TO STEAM BOILERS.—At the last meet ing of the Society of Arts, the gold Isis medal was awarded to Mr. Robert M'Ewen, for a mercurial guage, which answers the double purpose of an indicator of steam-pressure, and a safety valve for engine boilers. The novelty of the in vention consist in the employment of a mercurial tube, as a safety-vent for the steam, these tubes have hitherto been used only as indicators of pressure, and of a length sufficient to allow the steam to acquire a dangerous degree of pressure, without giving any oter notice of the fact, than what may be observed by the eye. As the action of Mr. M'Ewen's safety valve depends on a purely physical principle, viz., the opposition of the elastic force of steam to the static pressure of mercury, withou a mechanical obstruction of any kind, it affords a free vent for the steam when its pressure exceeds the limits, corresponding to the length to which the Aubes are adjusted, according to the strength of the boiler.— Athertwum. Devereux Bowly, Esq., has sent to the Museum, at Ciren cester, a very curious white substance, appearing on its upper surface like a sheep-skin dressed with alum. It has recently been found covering many acres of meadow land in the neighbourhood of Faringdon, where (during . the late wet season) the meadows have been flooded by the Thames, This substance appears to be formed of vegetable fibres, blanched by exposure and the agitation of the water in which it floated, and became a sort of - pulp, which, on the subsi dence of the water, was deposited, and formed a kind of paper by drying. The under surface is stained by the grass on which it dried. — Oxford Herald. The Duchess of Bedford, the Lady. Tavistock of poor victimised Flora Hastings notoriety, has been appointed Mistress of the Robes, in the room of the Duchess of Su therland, who being at•length fully convinced of the rapidly approaching downfall of the party, haa resolutely refused the urgent request of her Majesty to " keep hi with the Whigs to the last." • ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 26.—Lord Keane, who commanded the English army in Afghahistan, arrived here the day before yesterdy from Suez. Yesterday and to-day•he was received by the paeha in the most distinguished manner. To-morrow he will embark for Malta. The English steam-boats will ply regularly.during the summer betw - een Bombay and Suez, and arrive at the latter place on the 19th of every month. HER MAJESTY.—The universal gladness of this great national holiday will be materially heightened by the com munication we are now enabled to make, intimations of which we gave some time since. • It is no logger a matter of doubt that her majesty is in a way likely to realise the hopes of all her loyal subjects, by perpetuating, in the (Great line, the succession to the throne.—Globe ' one.—Globe of Monday. It is not generally known, that Sir Hudson Lowe, antici- 1 felting that France would, sooner or later, claim Napoleon's , corpse, caused him to be buried in a manner which renders his removal perfectly easy, and will prevent any necessity for rudely disturbin g his remains. Though Napoleon desired that his body might reat on the banks of the Seineehe be queathed his heart to Marie Louise ; and from Sir Hudson Lowe's desire to comply, as far as lay in his power, with the emperor's will, the heart is not, we believe, placed in the coffin, but is deposited in the tomb in a s4parate case.— Spectator. THE WEATHER AND 'THE CROPS.—With regard to the growing crops, the most satisfactory accounts continue to reach us ; indeed, up to the present period the season has been singularly auspicious, end the splendid weather expe rienced daring the spring months has gone far to repair the damage done to the autumnal sown wheat by the heavy end long-continued rains, which tell in the latter part of the past and the commencement of the present year. Should we be equally fortunate as the summer advances, a good yield of all kinds of grain may be calculated on. At the principal grain markets held during the week, the demand for wheat has been languid ; but holders have generally remained firm, and very tittle reduction-In prices has anywhere taken place.— eilark . Lahe Express. CULTIVATION CF COTTON IN Bi":“TfSJI INDIA.—A late Natchez paper has published facts of some interest to the cotton planters in the United States. It appears th dollars,' the . British government, last year, - appropriated 60,600 ollars, for the purpose of obtaining the necessary information, ma chinery, and operatives, for improving the cultivation of cot ton in British India. 'An English agent; sent to visit Mis sissippi and Louisiana. has succeeded in hiring eight Missis sippians and one Louisianian, who are to proceed without delay to India, and on their arrival there, take charge each one of a cotton plantation, which may serve' as models for those of the natives. These Americans are •to carry. with them cotton gins, as well as plantation tools and husbandry implements, of the most approved patterns known or used in the li S i o 4 hern States.e—Nero Yopt; Cornnzercial Advertiser of BANS FAILURE.—On Wednesday morning the whole town and neighbourhood of Ramsgate was thrown into aatate of consternation by the announcement that the banking house of Austen and Son had stopped payment. The utinost astonishment as well as alarm prevailed, as it seemed to have been a long established, as well as general opinion that this house was as safe as the Bauk of England. It now appears that the house, the firm of which was Austen and Son, has been carried on solely upon the responsibilty of the son, and it is doubtful if it bee ever been supported in his hands by any property at all, but deposits and. issues of notes. The notes in circulation are found to b e e about £12,060, and the deposits considerable. At a general rneseting of creditors on Friday, the balance-sheet then presented Showed a promise of a dividend of about 7s. Gd. in the pound. It is not, hpw ever, likely that this will be realized. This event has cast a great gloom over Ramsgate, and trade for the present is at a stand etill. Many cases of great hardship present them selves, and much private misery must be the consequence. Mr. Austen has been made a bankrupt, and instant measures will be adopted to bring matters to a speedy conclusion.— Kentish Gazette. CROCKETT YET LIVING.--The 47. Louis Bulletin of the 21st ult. contains the following information e--" A gentleman arrived•iri this city yesterday from the south, who brings news confirming the report that Crockett is a slave in the mineg • of. Mexico. The teeter spoken of in the previous account had been received by Mrs.• Crockett, and her son, the Hop. John Crockett, bad started for Mexico, with a view to re gain his father's freedom." TRADE or Sotormempross.—The effects of the opening of the railway from London racy . already be seen in the crowded state of the river and hM-bour, During the past ! week, the number of splendid steam vessels lying around the pier have prseneted a very splendid and enlivening ap pearance. Monday the Archimedes, steam-vessel, paid us a visit, and excited much attention by the peculiarity of her construction. Her hull, divested of the unsightly appendages of paddle boxes, is precisely similar to that of a beautiful yatcht ; - her propelling power being a newly invented appli cation of the•Archimedian screw. Thursday at noon no less than five packets left the pier together, each with a large cargo of living freight, for Havre, Weymouth (two), Torquay, and Dartmouth: Many distinguished arrivals have taken place, amongst which were Lord Exmouth and Lord Aldol piing Fitzelarence.—Hampshire Independent. ME Con NTRY AND THE Caoese—For many years we have not had romonth of May so abundant in vernal charms as the present. From the warmth of April the trees are full of foliage, at a season when the leaves are scarcely bursting from their wintry envelopes, and the horse chesnuts are in flower, and equally rich in beauty and fragrance. In the orchards the bloasoms of the apple and cherry trees are giv ing way as the fruit forms —falling, however, after having served their purpose, and leaving the promise of abundant crops. In the gardens peas are in blossom, young potatoes are far advanced; and gooseberries and currants of a .consi derable size. - In the fields the wheat and spring corn are i growing with almost unexampled luxuriance ; the clovers and , meadow grasses are full of vigour and freshness, and the pas- tures are thickly covered with herbage.. In great numbers of places the field potatoes (are some Aires above 'ground, and in one or early turnip plants are springing up. All the spring birds have arrived; ,many of the spring flowers are'inlblisnm ; and on every side there is theappear ance of an early season, and of abundance for man and for beast. Never was the prospect of plenty more cheering than at the present moment, and .never would its realizatipro be attended with greater blessing to the nation.- , -Preston . Chro nicle. • Hares and partridges seem very strong and plentiful this season. The accounts from Worcestershire Speak most favourably of the present state of the crops in that county. E. S. Cayley, Esq., member for the North Riding, is still in a precarious state, and has been ordered abroad for his recovery.• SUICIDES AT OLDllAm.—During the course of ten years, 1830 to 1839, there have been in the borough of Oldham, 45 cases of suicide, 23 of which were directly produced by intemperance. MARRIAGES. — From the printed returns, it appears that in the year 1839 there were celebrated, of broomstick mar riages, 4280 ; in the orthodox form, 107,201 ; making a total of 111,481 ; thus showing pretty clearly what the feelings of the country really are upon that important subject, and what a great noise . a very few people are capable of making. The late rains have occasioned great destruction to the vessels on the river Severn.. It is calculated that at least £l5OO were lost by the owners, and men who work their vessels by the voyage, during the last stoppage. A new. pro position will speedily be submitted to the public for the im provement of the navigation.— Worcester Chronicle. A SHARP LAD.—On Wednesday list, as a boy was riding &horse to the fair at Barnsley to sell, he was accosted as he entered the town by a sprig of a dealer, who called out in a consequential tone, " Why, Jack that horse your'e riding is badly, look what a white face bee's gettan." " Hey," said the lad, breaking off whistling, " an yod hey a white face too, if yod look't through a helter az long az it hez." WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, 'MAY ,22.—The Wool trade continues in a very unsatisfactory state. Notwithstanding the very light stock in the market, the demand is languid, and prices, although stationary, are not improved. A TEETOTAL JACK.A . SS.—At a recent Rechabite Festival, Leld not a hundred miles from Rasen, the chairman opened Lis oration in the following eloquent style, after informing Lis audience that he was a teetotaller :—" I have a son," continued he, " who is a teetotaller. I have a man-servant who is a teetotaller, I have a maid-servant who is a teeto taller, I have two cats who are teetotallers, I have a dog who is a teetotaller, and I have a long-ear'd jackass who is a tee totaller; in short, we are all teetotallers together.—Boston Herald. The weather has undergone a considerable change' since our last report. The return of a brisk north-east wind and a droughty temperature, had most materially diminished the heat at all hours, and rendered the air very chilly overnight, but we are glad to hear that vegetation still progresses kindly, though more tardily, from the nipping effects of the sharp and biting breeze. Yesterday, however, the weather was more temperate, and the everchanging clouds indicated show ers at no great distance.—Manx Liberal. The Globe of Saturday night states, we perceive, that pro fessor Starkie was a " senior wrangler " in the Cambridge University, and that Sir A. Grant was " plucked." The statement is absolutely false as to Sir A. Grant, who took his degree in the usual course ; hut what is true is this, that on the late occasion Sir Alexander was the "senior Wrangler," and poor professor Starkie was " plucked."—Morning Post. MOUNTJOY, THE PEDESTRIAN.—OD Tuesday evening last, this individual undertook to perform the following feats on the Cambridge and Milton road for £5O :—Run . a mile, — walk a mile,—walk backwards a mile,—wheel a barrow half a mils,—hop 200 yards,—trUndle a hoop half a iuile,—run backwards 200 yards,—pick up 50 eggs a yard apart with his monuth,—and leap over 20 hurdles placed a yard apart, all of which he was to perform within the hour, which he did with several minutes to spare.—Cainfrridile ,Chronicle. To MAKE A " CAPITAL CALF."—Sago has for several years pa9t been used with great success for feeding calves, saving half the milk otherwise required. The method of using it is to sprinkle a quart of sago into five or six quarts of boiling water, on the tire—keep stirring, and in ten minutes you have a strong jelly.—This, mixed with a small quantity - of milk, is much more nutricious than milk alone, and is now used by many farmers. WOOD PAVEMENT. —Amongst all the newly-invented pavements that have been lately laid down in the inetropolis, there is no one to be compared with the wood-pavement; it has stood the test of all pressures and of all weather, and re mains firm, and unaffected by the influence of either.. So satisfied are the Board of Works and . the Commissioners of Metropolitan Roads, of the great utility of this pavement, that they have determined to adopt it.—Stendard. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—WC copy the following interest ing intelligence from the Sunday paper which is graciously permitted to pronounce itself to be published under the espe cial patronage of her Majesty the Queen :—" We have ex treme gratification in announcing that there is every proba bility of our most gracious Queen gladdening the hearts and best' wishes of the nation, by an addition to her Majesty's illustrious house. The announcement of this most important event will, we are sure, be hailed by every loyal subject with the utmost delight." AN AMERICAN OYSTER.—The large oyster taken by Xavier Francois, while oystering on Monday last, was brought up from the wharf on a dray last evening. An oyster measuring three feet one inch in length and twenty-three and a half inches across the widest part of it, is a curiosity. —Mobile Admertiser.—[lt would require an American swal low to take this oyster. Such an oyster here would astonish the natives.] TRANSPORTATION OF CONVlCTS.—Transportation, as hitherto cpnducted, is to cease at the end of the month after next. Colonization lay, - convicts is abolished. New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land may no longer be termed penal colonies. So far as transportation will henceforth affect Australasia, the colonies hitherto called penal will be on a par with all the others. Convicts are still to be transported, not to become slaves anywhere, nor in any way to be mixed, as convicts, with the inhabitants of any colony, but are to be confined by themselves in such places as Tasman's Peninsula and Norfolk Island, and, when their term of punishment has expired, are to be lot loose, not on New South Wales or Van Dieman's land in particular, but on all that part of the world without distinction.—Colonial Gazette, CULTIVATION OF WHITE MOSS.—A portion of this wild and hitherto unproductive tract is now in the progress of cultivation, and will this year, it is fully expected, turn out some fine crops of the corn and vegetables which have been sown upon it. The tract consists of seventy acres, which have been purchased from Doming Rasbottom, Esq., the owner of Alkrington ; and thirty acres, which have been pur chased from the executors of Samuel Taylor and Hilton, Esqs., of Moston. The purchasers and present owners are Joseph 'Jones, Esq., of Walshaw House, Oldham ; and Richard, Gould, : Esq., of Hope Hail, Cheshire ; and the su perintendent and manager of the important reclamation is Mr. James Dixon, of Hathershaw.—Manehester paper. CO T , T 4gE WINDOWS.—The Highland and Agricultural Society of - Saotland have offered a premium of ten sovereigns for the best and most appreyed pottage window, combining econom' in the'construction, efficiency in ea - eluding rain, af fording means of ventilation, &c. Competitors are to state the price at which they will supply the windows to the public. A specimen of tfie window proposed, with a statement of the necessary particulars, to be lodged with Sir Charles Gordon, Secretary of the Highland and Agricultural Society in Edin burgh, on or before the Ist of September, 1840. DREADFUL ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN • OTWAY.—A very serious accident happened, on Friday evening, in Hyde Park, to Capt. Otway, of the Royal Navy, eldest son of Admiral Sir 4ohert Otway, Bart. Captain Otway was riding a very spirited horae in the grass field on the left of Rotten-row, when the animal reared up, shied at the hurdles, and at the same time, in consequence' of the rider bearing the reins too tightly, both went over. Captain otway fell on his back, arid the horse upon him. By the concussion great internal injury arose, but no bones were broken. Captain Otway was immediately conveyed to the rooms of Col. Cavendish, at the Knightsbridge Barracks. Mr. Lane, the resident surgeon at St. George's Hospital, was the first medical attendant; but shortly after Sir Astley Cooper and Sir Benjamin Brodie arrived. Bleeding and fomentations were resorted to, the patient suffering the most acute agony. Lord Clarence Paget who was riming with Captain Otway at the time of the melan choly , occurrence, sat by the bed of the sufferer during the whole of Friday night. On Saturday evening Sir Robert Otway arrived from Sheerness, and the gallant admiral has remained at the barracks ever since, except for a short period yesterday, when he went to brin g Lady Otway and her daugh ters to the melancholy scene. We lament to state that last evening there were but faint hopes of his surviving through the night. Captain Otway is about 30 years old, and a great favourite in the navy. The Queen has sent repeatedly to learn what hope the medical gentlemen entertained. THE PENNY POST AND THE COACH PROPRIETORS,—It is quite clear that the public are Converting the penny post to at purpose for which it was never intended. It was stated a short time back, in the Worcester Journal, that a " flan nel waistcoat" had, through this medium, been forwarded from Ireland to Eiagland. This appeared odd enough ; but it is little ' compared with what has actually been accom plished. Penknives, sil tip opens, thousands of needles, garden seeds, cucuMbers, and 'gopyeberry hushps ; have been transmitted hundreds of miles in a tiro-penny or lirpe penny-post letter ; nay, even a steam-engine has thus been whirled along at a railroad pace; and, as a climax to all this; we may state. that some persons are making the post-office authorities transporters of " live stock," by forwarding leeches in letters to their friends or patients. It is to be hoped, that the public will not carry, this practice so far as to enclose sucking pigs, rabbits, ,titmice, or " such small deer." One may easily imagine the consternation that would arise to the passengers from the voices of numerous animals of the firat-named description issuing from post letters. A notice has very properly been issued requesting persons not to en close glass bottles id their Communications, which is a very proper and delicate hint ; indeed, without some check, there is no knowing where the Practice will atop ; The conse quence of all this is to injure the coach proprietors to a serious extent ; and the best way for them to meet the evil is to make a material reduction in the charge for the carriage of small parcels. Certainly this is in too many instances too high. The gentleman pail about is. Bd. for the convey ance of his flannel waistcoat from Ireland, per post • whereas, per coach, it would probably have cost him at least three times as much.— Worcester Herald. WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.—The operations have been conpinued daily, with great activity and success, ftvo divers being employed every slack tide in slinging 'the frag ments of the Wreck'. q'hestern•post has been got up, broken into three pieces by the great explosion of the 11th inst., to gether with a large fragment of dead wood, thiat aped over the keel, and was also connected with the stern-post. 4 very curious mass, consisting of part of the lower deck, with a portion of beam, and two knees below the aO4-tilank, and a rider or upright knee above it, together with part'of a port, and the remaining both of the inside and outside planking on each side of a fragment of a timber, may now be seen in the dockyard, A very large cable has also been got up, measuring 24 inches round, and about 90 fathoms in length, which was generally very sound, but has been broken into several pieces, so that the diver had to descend repeatedly for two days be fore he slung the whole of it. All is clear now above the orlop . deck, except some beams of the lower deck, which still remain. This day (Saturday) red flags were hoisted on board the two lumps, 10 o'clock, as a signal that two explo sions of 2501b5. of powder each would take place at the next slack tide, and two divers'were sent down to make prepara tions for placing the two charges, one under the main hatch way of the orlop deck, the other near the bread-room. Lieut. Symonds, the executive engineer, who made all the arrange ments on this occasion, as well as fer the great explosion of the 11th, then sent down the charges with the divers, and having removed the lumps to a little distance, he posted him self at one voltaic battery, whilst Serjeant Major Jones had charge of the other. Col. Pasley then gave the word to fire, but only one explosion took place, which was effected by four cells of Professor Daniell's battery at the distance of 240 feet. This produced the usual' effect of a great commotion in the water, in the form of an 'averted howl, spreading to a consi derable distance. but not rising to any great height, several seconds elapsing, after a sharp shock Was felt, before the agi tation of the water took place. The second explosion, which was to have been fired by means of Mr. Alfred Sinee's new voltaic battery, did not take place on completing the circuit ; but Serjeant Major Jones, feeling the shock of the other ex plosion, believed it to be his own, for he completed the vol taic circuit, on first receiving the order, to fire. Being or dered to complete the circuit a second time, he did so, and on keeping up the contact for :shout four seconds, the explo sion was effected at the distance of 400 feet, After these explosions, which were witnessed by Admirals Sir Edward Dodrington and Bouverie, Major-General Sir Hercules Pa , kenham, and a number of officers of both services, and nu merous other spectators, the divers repeatedly went down again, and lashed large pieces of timber, amongst which we observed the parts of a lower deck beam. A human skull, with teeth, was also brought up from the after part of the wreck, which Colonel Pasley has declared his intention to bury in Kingston churchyard, together with such other re mains of skeletons as may be obtained hereafter,—Hamp shire Telegraith. The house of a farmer named Houlihan, near.Croom, was- - attacked on Sunday night, when the assailants beat him and his family severely.—Lirnerick Chronicle. TUB NOTORIOUS KNIEB.—We perceive that Knibb, the well-known baptist missionary, has just arrived in this coun try from Jamaica—a colony, the inhabitants of which he, with a zeal worthy of a better cause, continued to keep in what, in - common parlance, is termed " hot water." Our fellow-countrrrnen in Jamaica are no doubt congratulating themselves on their seasonable deliverance from a social pest. —Glasgow Courier. The effects of the opening of the railway from London to Southampton may already be seen in the crowded state of the river and harbour. During the past week the number of splendid steam-vessels lying around the pier have pre sented a very striking and enlivening appearance. Thursday , at noon, no less than five packets left the pier together, each with a large cargo of living freight, for Havre, Weymouth (two), Torquay, and Dartmouth.—Hampshire Independent. On Monday last, the ceremony of dispelling the supposed evil influence of witchcraft took place at Newlyn. It ap peared that a mackerel sean, called the broom, had the ill , luck of invariably missing whatever fish she shot at, and the cause was attributed to - the evil wishes of a simple young woman of the place, and the mode adopted to counteract it was the burning of a portion of the article under the influ ence of the supposed witch, amid the cheers and huzzas of the assembled multitude.—Falmouth Packet. AGITATION—THREATENED RESIGNATION OF LORD EBRINGTON.—We have just been informed, on what We conceive good authority, that immediately preceding Mr. O'Connell's late departure for London, he received a com munication from Lord Ebrington, stating, that if he (Mr. O'Connell) did not put a stop to agitation, and prevent the utterance of the violent language lately made use of by the spouters at the trades' political union, and at other societies over which O'Connell had control, he (Lord Ebrington) would resign the government of Ireland. Hence followed the dissolution of the trades' union.—Dublin Statesman. • A PRIZE FOR FATHER MATIIEW.—There is, in Belfast, at the present moment, a porter, GO years of age, but appa rently not more than 45, who, for the last 40, has, on an average, drunk l pints of spirits every day. At this rate, the aggregate of this seasoned toper's drinking would be 2,739 gallons and 3 pints ; or almost 25 puncheons, of 110 gallons each—a quantity of liquid sufficient to float a lighter. At lOs per gallon, the cost of the 2,739 gallons would be £1,369 10s—a little fortune. Tan QUEEN'S RIFLES.—The epidemic which has laid up so many of the privates of the Rifle Brigade still prevails to a considerable extent. Upwards of 70 of them are at pre sent in hospital, and every day is adding to their number. Some of the officers were affected with it, but we believe they are all now completely recovered. The men who are capable of doing duty were reviewed on Monday last in the Home Park by the Marquis of Douro. In the evening the noble marquis joined the officers at iness.—Wiadsor Journal. GIGANTIC TROUT.—In a deep linn or pool of the Devon, a celebrated trouting stream in Perthshire, there was re cently caught a trout of unusually large size. Crowning n precipitous height that overlooks the pool, stands a romantic cottage, tenanted by a small farmer, who, from his window , has repeatedly witnessed the_ trout playing in the stream. For at least ten years its existence in this locality has been known, and many unavailing efforts have anglers made to secure it. A few days ago, however, the farmer succeeded at last in triumphantly capturing it. The trout was found to be 2-t: inches in length, and weighed 61b. 14oz. BLACKIE OUTWITTING HIMSELF.—A FACT.—A son of the sable race, who lives not a day's journey from the Tron gate, was attempting lately to gain the affections of a young woman, and striving by every means in his power to make his " lub " known to her, but with little effect ; at length , summing up all his courage in one grand effort, which be, no doubt thought must win her heart, he told her she " need not be afraid to lub Plato (his name) • he hab one prett y ' wife in his own coontree." The sequel need not be told what poor Plato thought must be a sure passport to her af fections, as a matter of course, had a quite contrary ten dency ; and Plato will now be convinced that polygamy below par in the estimation of the fair sex of Britain. Glasgow Argus. RURAL AFFAIRS.—It is quite a treat to be in the countrY at present, so fresh is the universal face of nature. Th e drairds, including Swedish turnips, and in some instance s out-field potatoes, are coming beautifully away, whi e th e pastures are everything the husbandman could desire—rif e, rough, and tender. far beyond general experience in the third week of May. Everywhere the kine get a full bite, 85 is sufficiently indicated by their glossy coats, and udders 50 distended that they actually complain, after their ow il , fashion, should the dairy maids fail in punctuality as milki n6 time approaches. The sown grasses lengthen apace ; pre mature seeding was checked at the most opportune momen t ' and very little doubt can exist now that the forthcoming crop of hay will be considerably beyond the average of the lot three or four seasons.—Dumfries Courier. A HOUSE STOLEN !—Strange as it may sound in the ea!' of our readers, there was actually a house stolen from th e neighbourhood of Edinburgh a few days ago. The tenerne°` to which we refer stood at the west end of Fountain Bridge' and consisted of two apartments. The - former tenant left th e premises on Thursday last. On Saturday the landlord set , , a wright to make certain repairs on the interior, which he accordingly did, and left the place about one o'clock. vl l Monday morning a mason was sent to repair some part," „ e the fabric ; but, to his utter amazement, he found that house had entirely disappeared, there being not one stone,l e „, upon another to mark the spot where it had stood ! 1 •"" very hearth-stone was carried. away. Information was it% mediately lodged at the police-office, but no trace has Y e been discovered of the thieves. It is perhaps u n necessary t° add, that the pawnbrokers, to whose hands so many stolen articles find their way, are unable, in the present instance, t° furnish any information.—Scotsman. We find in the Hull Packet a delectable illustration of the manner in which the Home Office is disposed to truckle to the Popish faction on all occasions on which an appeal i s made to it. A Protestant drummer-boy, of the 81st , tracted by the tomdawdry appearance of a Popish maas•i wtt ao was induced to accompany the Roman Catholi c soldiers o' b , were permitted to attend it. The boy having been thus2„ r sent without leave was subjected by his commanding 0 " 1 „ — i. to some slight penalty. This so enraged the Popish free",.e',.d ers of the said chapel that they h ave memor i a lized . 1, `": Normanby for a court of inquiry into the matter. T he ,i,? .. :g quest was of course complied with, and the eornira ° ,, 0 officers of the 77th and 81st r eg i ments have accor di n g'," l ie directed to repair to Scarborough for that purpose' e officer complained of is, by a droll coincide nce , name d Ora° a sufficient reason, we presume, - why he should b e subie e ' to insults and annoyance.—United Service Gazette. EXTRACTS OF TWO LETTERS FROM BRITISH GUIA S :". You have already heard of our long and tedious voy a g e ' It is impossible to convey to you within the compass 01 letter an adequate idea of the mortifi ca tion and disappoint . nwnt I e4perienced on seeing the p rese nt condition and pros' pest of the ostate. The greater part of the Prci'°' -t Y appeasein next thing to a s t a t e o f a b an d onm ent. V e ry extenso fields of canes are rotting on the ground from being overriPC and of course the succession is proportionally injured. Y..„ my arrival on the estate my first measure was to sacrinuvr entirely 184 acres of canes, and to order GO more aerel: overripe canes to be cut down and piled on the banks, al1„ notwithstanding this tremendous sacrifice, the manager l' o f forms me that it will still be the end of April or beginn',l l ,.. May before he is able to overtake the ripe canes. TB', in bourers are unsteady and capricious regarding their won' the the last degree, and absent themselves from labour o n, he most frivolous pretexts. Yesterday no fewer than .10 of de , gang of this estate were absent from work without an a l quete cause, some fishing, some shooting, and amusing th` or selves in a yariety of ways, and the only remedy the y lB . ll o ,f has is ejectment from their houses, a remedy wbiOh "„ / t cst course loth to employ, as he is himself perhaps the $ l. ; . sufferer, labour being in such demand that there are a °t o deed others ready to employ them. Apart from their tilt steadiness in labour and perhaps a good deal of pi in lffri°Aap the growing provisions, there is no reason to comp a ° are conduct of the negroes. With very few exceptions they tio eieil and respectful. You will, no doubt, be informed 1 3 . )1„, public prints that the crop of this colony fell off last T o t full third of the crop of the preceding year, and he amount to one-half the erop of former years ; and it is 4 an feared that they will continue to di m i n i s h u nless we g' It early and extensive increase,to our labouring population•isce is time for the government to open their eyes, and, in 1 ae! W of throwing every impediment in the way, to lend a "qbe hand ; -if they do not, then the West I n di a colonies I' come valueless." Qo o ' ALARM OF FIRE AT WINDSOR CASTLE.--W May 25.—This morning, about half.past seven o l co e altihn of fire was given at the Castle, and cons iderable 04 stersiation was created throughout the town, news ,a t he momentarily spread that the safety of a large portion ° ors Cakle was seriously hazarded. The first- intimatio n ra leg given to the sentry on duty near the kitchen, who, ohl v ar. a thick voltune'of smoke issuing from the window, ap,c, 0 0C the pries of the servant within, gave the alarm t 0 t,1 1 ' 1 , 0 00 , sentinel, which was quickly ponyeyed tp the guara'n i giec and thence to the barracks in 840-street, where the ' E e was in readiness to emceed to . the Castle. In the Ou r v i e s a short time, however, all danger subsided, and the se r a et of the troops was not required. It appeared that the se r r ieo' on lighting the fire in the coffee-room with a large (1° ~re. of wood, forgot to open the damper of the s tove, tb os . o ` ie y, venting the smoke and flumes from ascen di ng the ch tu .soi' and causing them to extend to a co ns id era bl e di s t a nce to°,l-gat the centre of the room. Her cries, however, soon h „ r° ,,esci' assistance, and the damage whi c h h as b een d on e is e' - ing trifling. 10 4 RE-ASSESSMENT OF WIND O W S .—Th e Liberals haveoEli no time in putting on the screw, to extort a little tuti,r e , A put pf their gulled friends, ten-pen w nd boel -1 .01,410' gentlemen who busily to act the ungrac i eus par t of a VV"lil peeper has bpen occupied during the last wceic surveying the windows in this town, and those person . , 0.0 on the faith of an understanding that the former su''' e} to be final,' and, in f a ct, th a t the window tax ive 6 ode abolished as a war tax as speedily as possible, have let ° more light into their dwellings, will receive a gentle tI Illation that an additional payment is' required froi ll ef e to support the incubus al Whiggisan,-,Well, well; _oil!' rientia docet. People are learning what Liberalism 'ark is, in the best of all possible schools.—Blackburn Sta ll ow A very melancholy case of hydrophobia occurred in last minghain in the course of last week. Nine weeks al 4 7 f yia. Sendai', Mrs. Tie, the wife of a respectable peraon , 0 1 on buattteas as a brazier anti Unman in Aleriden,We e , SO' bitten- by a fayperite dpg the •F the tii°'" arm. • rpm E y . Tye Was bitten until Tuesday week, not the slightcs`,,taiae",„ torn developed itself ; but on that day Mrs. Tye co%oial in a manner which left no doubt that the unfortunat e se or.‘', was already the subject of incipient hydrephobia• c ifa,r' professional gentlemen were called in, but all th e ;' the were unable to arrest the progress and fatal result 0 1,. 0 0 1 °'' ease. Mrs. Tye died about 20 minutes after 11 on °, l " i ns night. The first symptom exhibited by the deeeaseudg ; 11 sP4suiPilie affeetipn of the thumb, and from Weillili q ui°' to her decease s h e h a d grea t re p ugnance , no t only W h ich ° C : but, on the movement o f an y p ar ti es i n th e ro om, w 0 -t casioned the slightest current of air, she expressed B r e t, traordinary traordinary feelings of distress.—Bietninghcm -,4( 1 ° 1. , to it" Unless the Chancellor of the Exchequer can man a ,g;talisr,.; terdict the Rev. R. G. Mason from preaching te e ,,:aeo,.",a we fear he will derive but a scanty revenue in fibPr" a to° l- ,.. from his new tax on spirits. It would appea r that_d ia, revolutipn is going forward, second only in extent aeciroeilie of to the teetotal movement in Ireland. As 3 1 S , r t ia t i c of what has been done in Cavan we may mention, o f t lit t io town of Frazerburgh, which contains a population l er' • 1 1 0 more than 2,000, nearly 700 have become teetota_:o the neighbouring fishing villages there is scarcely ar w ay b 1, has not joined the movement; and nearly the sal° d et ea°, l ,„ said of the adjoining rural districts. The rev. ge° o or,T o now in Aberdeen, making arrangements for foroaing l ate , r,„ ern union, tho leading ()Wet of which is to conCe b °,,`, l ll4 . l l 4 o) , influence of the varions local societies, and the re ddeat Choy common interest to all that tends to advance the . 1 Mr. have in view.—Aberdeen Herald. a o°ll coPY The University of Edinburgh lately receive of a Greenhill, of Bank-street, the valuable donatiog.„ a tea,u s s, of a rare work printed at Edinburgh in 1567. ber t be I. , s lation into Gaelic, by John Carswell, Bishop I;JJ °:( 11 f jOall • g of the book known generally by the title 0 on tain Liturgy. This copy, though not quite perfect"; o c k is disti at the most intefesting matter for which guished, reflecting light on the state of the this !Ilefvilisation• period, in respect of knowledge, morals, nein.. to his ti n complete complete copy of this curious book, be -° but it ilr e cl. the Duke of Argyll, existed about 20 Year i s t is now generally known, if known at all, where e ntention of P,",,; 0 1t i I'l:lands St th A There was, at the time referred to, ing an English translation, but the some time ai , .. o at the task fell into bad health, : e l :lumen . who if o u r ,, e . r r - ds: and died ow n la It is to be hoped that the only co mplete copy known' -irrecoverably' lost, --Edinburgh paper. I ~; r'