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Aneoats-street ; and every principal Town and City in the Globe. But read the following From the John ,Bull, 6th MaN 1839.- 7 We copy the- fol de Chelte;lham J ference to that sful oculist, James War Esq., F.R.S., whose he treats will lie' read mching the subject of which overy of Mr influence on t head, posses s the un- question ,nd prolong sight e J extreme Cheltenham Journal 22d April, 1839.—" That most emi v, Esq., F.R. S., was so strongly im- muff' not made of tobacco, that in !dies' Society's Works, page 334, venal cases of iutta serenaeu-red nent oculist, James 'W pressed with the uti. the third volume of tt this able the plentiful use of snuff. This snuff was. made without the aid of tobacco, that being too great a narcotic to be used as a remedy. The anticipations of this gentlemen have been fully realised by, Mr. ‘l , illiam Grimstone, the Inventor of Eye Snuff, made from aromatic herbs, so= judiciously ar ranged as in almost every case of disease touching the eye, ear, and ti cure " le delicate ( —Editor. 'gain of the head, to produce a certain " There are, perhaps, few articles which are so universally used as snuff, and various and innumerable have been the devices to tickle our noses at the expense of our pockets, but there is only one snuff—albeit many have been attempted— which has proved of any value, or indeed realised the inten tion of the consumers. Grimstone's Eye Snuff is a delightful and fragrant compound, and possesses properties peculiarly its own ; for, unlike all other snuffs, it is really of essential and important service to persons of studious habits, and of weak and infirm sight ; and if we may judge by the numerous medical gentlemen who have borne testimony to its merits, and the many well authenticated cures it has perforined, it is not undeserving of the high esteem which it has already attained, not only in this but in other countries."—Old Eng land, llth January, 1840. " We should be glad to see this snuff in general use a safe and powerful restorative.—Manchester Chronicle " GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Notwithstanding the sys tem of puffing which is carried on in this vast metropolis, we rsally must claim for Mr Grimstone the distinction of being a benefactor to his species. We have had ocular demonstra tion of the value of his snuff, which we tried out of curiosity, having at the same time a slight affection of opthahnia, which the use of the snuff very speedily removed. We therefore cordially recommend it to the public."—Crown, Aug. 26,1838. " If any testimony were wanting to prove the efficacy of Grimstone , s Eye Snuff, we should be most happy to throw ours into the grand scale of demonstrations and proofs already possessed by the inventor. Literary men, and individuals accustomed to sedentary habits or long reading, will find this snuff invaluable in keeping off headache, dizziness, &c. &c. —Old Monthly Magazine, September, 1838, p. 336. Read a few cases of Sight Restored by the Use of GRIM- STONI EYE SNUFF. Mrs. A. Cole, No. 7, Skinner's Almshouses, aged 69, sight restored and head-ache cured. W. Verlin, Esq., inflammation cured, Youghal, Ireland. J. J. Protherne, Esq., sight restored and head-ache cured, Waterford. J. W. Chester, Esq., sight restored, Ballyclough Glebe, Mal- low. , J. W. M. Reynolds, Esq., excruciating pains in the head and opaque vision cured, Upper Stamford-street, London. J. B. Lachfield, Esq., cured of opthalmia, Whitehall and Thatched-house Tavern. Mrs. Guppy, 36, Nelson-square, Blackfriars-road, cured of _ Miss Mary Roades, Market-place, Winslow, Bucks, cured of opthalmia.—witnesses to her cure, Mr. John Roades, father, and R. Walker, Esq., a magistrate. Mr. A. M'lntyre, aged 65, 8, Silver-street, Golden-square, cured of gutta serena and deafness. H. Liston, Esq., Marine Library, Ramsgate, Kent, cured of cataract and deafness. Mrs. Burberow, cured, while at Jamaica, of gotta serena, 37, Mary-street, Regent's Park, London. Mr. P. Sanderson, Harper-street, Leeds, cured of cataract. Mr. H. Pluckwell, Tottenham House, Tottenham, Middle sex, cured of opthalmia. Miss S. Englefield, Palk-street, Windsor, cured of nervous head-ache. • Marchioness de Broglio Solari, 26, Charlotte-street, hearing Surrey, head-ache, and sight restored Decimus Blackburn, Esq.. Chertsey, weakness and dimness of sight cured. George Smith, Esq., 6,. York-place, Kentish Town, weak- . , neiS and dimness of sight cured by its use. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F.R.S.—This eminent surgeons trongly recommends Grimstone Eye Snuff. Read Lachfield's Copy of a letter sent to Mr. W. Grimstone, inventor of the . celebrated Eye Snuff. The Marchioness de Broglio Solari ir'esents her best corn pliments to Mr. W. Grimstone, and has the pleasure to in form him that she had the most convincing proofs of the be neficial qualities of his Herbaceous Eye Snuff, in many cases of its restorative power, both of sight and hearing. Mr. Grimstone—sir, you are at liberty to make use of her name. Sept. 22, 1838, 26, Charlotte-street. Copy of a letter sent to Mr. Grimstone, July 9, 1838. —Having been afflicted with bad eyes for a long time, a friend who had received benefit from using your eye snuff recommended it to me. I have taken the contents of your 2s. 4d. canisters, and am happy to say my sight has im proved ; the weakness and dimness is removed ; and, sir, it is my wish wish that you make this known for the good of the public. . . 6, York-place, Kentish Town. Your's, G. SMITH. To Mr. W. Grimstone, inventor of Eye Snuff, 39, Broad- street, Bloomsbury, March 31, 1838. L afflicted for many years with a severe .nded with a dimness of sight and dart for which I have bad the first medical have taken large quantities of medicin ay relief; but I am now delighted to sa SIR,—I have been without r your valuable eye snuff, which I have taken copiously, that is, a 2s. 4d. canister weekly, I am quite free from those excruciating pains, and can read the smallest print, although I am in the 65th year of my age. This is my third testimony, and I shall be most happy to give it to you or to any respectable inquirer at my residence as I remain, with gratitude, sir, your obedient humble E. Ronsow. h truth, that ( servant, 19, Bell- ;et, Edgeware-road, Marylebone Skinner's -Almshouse Zile-end, Jan. 26,1839 Sir,—l think it my incumbent duty to return you my grate: ful acknowledgments of the efficacy of your invaluable " eye snuff." You must understand, sir, that I have for the last four or five years suffered much with giddiness in my head and dimness of sight. I naturally concluded (being in my 69th year) that it was the decay of nature, and was advised by a friend, who said much in its favc•, and the extraordinary virtues of your celebrated invention, I was induced to give it a trial, and I am happy to say that the great and signal benefit I have derived from the use of four 2s 4d canisters has ena bled me to lay aside my spectacles, has given me great relief in my head, and I feel so thoroughly convinced of its benign virtues, that my gratitude shall ever be evinced in recom mending it to all I may hereafter meet suffering with those afflictions.—l am, sir, your most obliged and grateful servant, To W. Grimstone, Esq. ANN COLE. To W.:Grirnstone, Eeq. inventor of Eye Snvjf, 39, Broad-et. Whitehall, March 80838._ _ _ tone,—Sir, I think it but justice that I should offer my acknowledgments to you for the great benefit I have derived from the use of your most exquisite fragrant com pound, composed of herbs, called Eye Snuff; its action on the membrane of the nose, causing the lachrymal glands to discharge in a manner truly surprising, and by that means to cleanse the cornea, that my eyes became healthy, strong, and performed their wonted duties in a manner that 1 have not known the blessing of for six years. The renowned Dr. Guthrie recommended me to try your eye snuff prior to my operation. Many thanks to him for his sug s to your invention, that operation will not be Sir, you have my permission to make this known in any manner you think best. Mr. Grimsl gestion, thanl I am, sir, your obedient servant, J. B. LACHFIELD CAUTION.—This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs, sold in canisters, Is 3d, 2s 4d, 4s 4d, Ss and 15s 6d each, with copies of original testimonials, gratis, with each canister, by all Agents, both Foreign and British. It can be obtained in all the principal towns and cities. A liberal allowance to shippers, owners, captains, and all vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated snuff is shipped to all quarters of the globe, and retains its benign qualitiy, in every climate. All snuffs and cigars shipped on the shortest notice. Copies of Testimonials may be had from all the Agents gratis LONDON AND DUBLIN MAIL COMMUNICATION We do not think the great advantage to the general inte rests of the Chester and Birkenhead, and the Chester and Crewe Railways, is fully appreciated. At all events, it is a topic on which we may well be excused devoting a little ve now for a long time gives an ardent advocacy to )vetnent of the mail and transit communication be- •• • ••• • i London and Dublin. Our views as to the best and direct route do not appear at present capable of being ed out. But these lines of railways realise the next best Is, therefore we trust soon to see them more used than they are for London and Dublin travelling. The palpable advantages may be briefly summed up to be—a shorter line than by the Grand Junction Railway terminating at Liver pool—more convenient landing from and embarking on board the packets on the Birkenhead than the Liverpool side the Mersey—excellent and commodious hotels immediately con tiguous to the Birkenhead terminus of the railway—a better from the river for the steamers—the whole embracing in time, under judicious arrangements, from London n, of at least one, if not two hours. The last is an t which will be better appreciated in Dublin than ere the common - complaint is that the English mail _ often arrives after the country mails h av e l e ft th e General Post-office, Sackville-street. We are informed, on to Dubl advanta: good authority, that if this was adopted as the mail, or post office line, there would be a greater saving in the wear and tear of the steam-packets. It is notorious they have better lying on the Birkenhead than the Liverpool side the Mersey, and there will be less danger of accidents by collision, such as last week betel the Merlin. There would be not only, therefore, a manifest saving of time to the public, but also a saving of cost to the government. These are considerations which cannot be long overlooked. It may be asked, why—these advantages being so palpable —this should not be the mail or post-office line ? We are not sure but culpability rests on the General Post-office. The two lines have been open several months, yet even the London, Chester, and Holyhead mail still " dr a gs its slow length along" by way of Hartford, within sixteen miles of coaching. arriving in Chester very often after the passengejs who left London several hours later. If the post-office autho rities possess power to compel the mails to be carried on railways on reasonable terms, this is inexcusable. If they do not, it says little for the public spirit of any company that throws obstacles in the way. But as this is a topic involving the convenience of not only Chester and North Wales, but also of nearly all Ireland, it is due to all interests that not only should tha line of communication be adopted, but also at the earliest possible period. At such a season as this, even one hour, to say nothing of the convenience, is of great importance We are E apprehensive, however, that the Grand Junction Railway Company, instead of facilitating this arrangement, throws obstacles in its way. It is supposed to have an inte tagonist to it. On that topic we shall not speculate. it to say, it has acquired what is almost tanta to a patent, as to the transit of passengers and letters districts, the public ought not to be deprived 'vantage of its line or lines in connexion with ;ive greater advantages, than a part of its line si th sorne other line is capable of affording. The public have an interest which some companies ought to con sider ; and if they will not, then they ought to be forced to bend to it. If the public interests are thus sacrificed to the convenience or supposed interest of chartered companies, parliament rfiliBi and will interfere. Such ch ar t ers were granted on the condition that the public should be better served than before ; and it is not too much to ask, that whatever is most convenient for the benefit of the public; they ought to possess without let or hindrance. Having drawn attention to the best line of post-office com munication between London and Dublin being via the Chester and Crewe and Chester and Birkenhead Railways, and the best and most convenient place in every respect for packet e m ba r k at i on and debarkation, being the Birkenhead. coast of the Mersey, we feel that it is a subject on which the public ought to remonstrate to the postmaster-general. If the General Post -office selected this as the mail route, the convenience for passenger traffic would be at once afforded.; We trust our contemporaries on the other side of the channel will not let the matter sleep.—Chester paper. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN FRANCE AND BUENOS AY RE The Armoricain of Brest publishes a copy of the treaty of • ' -- th of October, 1840, at Monte Video, peace, s between Admiral Mackau, plenipotentiary representing the French nation, and Don Felipe Arana, the plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic. TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN FRANCE BUENOS AYRES. " His Majesty the King of the French, and his Excellency the Governor and Captain-General of the province of Buenos Ayres, appointed by the Argentine Confederation to regulate and terminate the differences which have unfortunately arisen between France and the before-mentioned Government, have appointed as plenipotentiaries for this purpose, on the part of the King of the French M. Angel Rene Armand de Mackau, Grand Officer, &c., and Don Felipe Arana, Minister of Fo reign Affairs, for the Governor and Captain-General ; who, after having reciprocally communicated their full powers, have agreed-and concluded the following articles : i ne Government of Buenos Ayres recognise the indemni ties due to the French who have experienced losses or suffered injuries in the Argentine Republic, and the amount of those indemnities which alone remains to be regulated shall be de termined by six arbitrators, appointed by mutual agreement, three by each of the plenipotentiaries. In case of a difference of opinion, the regulation of the atoresaid indemnities will be referred to the arbitration of a third Power, which will be named by the French Government. " 2. The blockade of the Argentine ports will be raised, and the island of Martin Garcia will be evacuated by the French forces, within eight days after the present convention shall have been ratified by Buenos Ayres. The materiel of the armament of the island shall be re-established such as it was on the 10th October, 1838. The two ships of war be long to the Argentine republic, which were captured during the blockade, or two others of the same force and value, will be placed, with their materiel of armament, at the disposal of the said Argentine government. " 3. It, within a month after the ratification of the pre sent treaty, the Argentines who have been banished from their native country at different periods since the month of December; 183.8, shall abandon the hostile attitude which they have assumed against the government of Buenos Ayres, the said government, admitting the friendly interven tion of France relative to those individual offers to grant those permission to return to their native country whose presence there is not incompatible with the public security ; and the persons to whom such permission shall be accorded shall not be molested on account of their previous 'conduct. As to the Argentines who are at present in arms upon the ter ritory of the Argentine Confederation, the present article will only apply to such as shall have laid down their arms within eight days from the date of the official communica tion of the present convention, which communication shall be made to the chiefs through the medium of the French and Argentine agents appointed for this purpose. The generals and chiefs are not comprised in this article, except those who by ulterior acts shall have rendered themselves worthy of the clemency and indulgence of the government of Buenos Ayres. 4. It is understood that the government of Buenos Ayres shall continue to recognise the perfect and absolute indepen dence of the oriental republic of Paraguay, in the manner stipulated by the convention of peace concluded the 27th of August, 1828, with the empire of Brazil, without prejudice to their natural rights, inasmuch as the justice, honour, and security of the Argentine federation require. " 5. Although the rights and advantqges which foreigners enjoy at present in the Argentine republic are common to all friendly and neutral nations, the plenipotentiaries of his ma jesty the King of the French, and the governor of the pro vince of Buenos Ayres, declare that until a treaty of com merce shall have been concluded between their respective go vernments, French subjects shall enjoy all the privileges of the citizens of the most favoured nations. " 6. Notwithstanding the stipulations of the preceding article, if the government of the Argentine federation has accorded rights to the natives of any part of South America more extensive than those granted to the subjects of the most favoured nations, these rights cannot be extended or re claimed by the French citizens established in the territory of the republic. " 7. The present convention will be ratified, and the rati fications exchanged in Paris within eight months, or as soon as possible, through the medium of a mi n i s t er pl en ip o te n tiary of the republic, who will be accredited for this purpose to the government of his majesty the King of the French. " In faith of which the respective plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this convention on board the French brig La Boulonnaise, the 29th October, 1840, " BARON' DE MACKA.U, " FELIPE ARANA." The Commerce states that a letter had been received from an officer on board Admiral Mackau's fleet, dated Monte Video, October 20, which contains the following passage : " Admiral Mackau has been lately to Buenos Ayres, under the protection of the British flag, because the forts fired even upon the boats which carried a flag of truce." The same letter continues thus :—` General Lavalle, the mortal enemy of Rosas and of his government, and who we have supported up to the present time, is master of the entire province, and with our assistance would soon be master of Buenos Ayres, and the head of the government; instead of which, being abandoned by us, and depending upon his own resources, he must inevitably be conquered by Rosas, who has more troops under his command than Lavalle." The Commerce remarks that the treaty signed by Admiral Mackau, which sacrifices Lavalle, proves that M. Thiers's policy was the same in America as in Syria, and adds, that this is the reason that journal feels so profound a dislike for a man whose ministry produced such shameful results. NEWS FROM THE EAST. (From the Supplement to Me Malta Times,) MALTA, JAN. the arrival of the French steamer Tancrede we have received advices from Constantinople to the 28th ult. from Smyrnato the 29th ult. and from Egypt to the 26th ult. The news from Constantinople is very important, but may be given in a few words :—The Porte requires Mehemet Ali to give up the Turkish fleet—to reduce his army and navy— to proclaim the Hatti Scheriff—and then the Sultan will most probably reinstate him in the Pachalic of Egypt, and cede to him its hereditary possession for his family. Admiral Walkerhad already left Constantinople for Egypt, to take possession of the fleet. Our correspondent from Alexandria says—" that all com munication with Syria is cut offby the desert, and that there is much doubt as to the real position and movements of Ibra him Pacha. It is said that he has 37,000 troops under him in pretty good condition, somewhere in the neighbourhood of Dainascus, on which city he has levied very heavy contri butions. Mehemet Ali had asked Admiral Stopford to com municate with his son to announce to him the cessation of hostilities, and the admiral had kindly consented to place at his disposal the Hydra to convey the letter. CONSTANTINOILE, DEC. 28.—The Supreme Council has at length decided on the terms to be conceded to Mehemet Ali ; they are such only as a conqueror would impose on an enemy completely at his mercy; and the insolent spirit in which they are dictated may be characterised in two words— Vee victis The tenure on which he will be allowed to retain the Pachalic of Egypt will be no better than that of any other Pacha of the Porte. He is to have neither army, fleet, nor revenue ; he is to be assigned a yearly salary, while the Porte appoints its own mouhassils for the collection of the public taxes. The Egyptian troops are, to a certain extent, to be quartered every year in Turkey, and to be replaced by a Turkish force, which is to be commanded by Pachas of infe rior rank, nominated by the Porte. Such part also of the Egyptian fleet as it shall deem expedient must be delivered, together with the Turkish, into the hands of Admiral Stop ford. The effect of these provisions will, if duly executed, be to reduce Mehemet Ali in the government, where he has for the last thirty years enjoyed sovereign and undisputed authority, to a mere cypher. He would, in short, be placed by them so completely in the power of the Sultan, that he would have no security for his head, which, indeed, there has already been some question in the council of declaring forfeit. The Sheikh Islam, doubtless at the instance of Red schid Pacha, and in order to silence the supporters of Mehe met Ali in the council, openly denounced him as one with whom no terms could be observed, and who, by his treason and his crimes (the most atrocious of which was having put to death two of the principal Sheikhs,) had forfeited all claim to mercy. It is evident, therefore, if the four Powers still lend their assistance to the Porte, that the Pacha has little to expect from its forbearance. Everything, however, depends on the view which the former may take of the obligations they have come under to the Sultan by the convention of July, and which the zealous partizans do not hesitate to affirm bind them to the prosecution of hostilities a r outrance against Mehemet Ali. Should this construction prove correct, we may estimate at its real value the ingenious recommendation of the Powers to the Porte to be satisfied with Syria, while they profess their readiness, should it insist upon it, to con quer Egypt in the bargain. (From the Manzari Shark, of Dec. 29) CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 22.—The Port has received official intelligence, dated the 9th inst. of the entraice into Aleppo, of Zecheria Pacha and Esaad Pacha. The former was about to proceed to occupy Damascus, which had been completely evacuated by the Egyptians, who were in full retreat by the Mecca road. Ibrahim Pacha, since the fall of Acre, appears to be exceedingly confused in the head. He orders into his presence officers who have long been dead, and others he should know to have abandoned him ; besides which he gives directions so directly contradictory, that the people about him are often completely puzzled how to act. Soliman Pacha, on the contrary, it is added, is as col lected and cheerful as if nothing bad gone wrong. Ibrahim's Divan Kiatibi, or official secretary, Munib Effendi, who has left him, arrived here in company with the Tatars who brought the above intelligence. Five thousand more troops are going off to Syria as a reinforcement. The steamer Tahiti Bahid proceeds to-day and takes a detachment, besides Hussein Pacha, president of the Military Council, who goes on a special mission to organise the re-conquered Sandjaks, and will return shortly. Redschid Pacha, late of Topkhan6, Eyub Pacha, and Abd-el Pilch», who are to serve on the staff of Zecheriah Pacha, the new Seraskier, who had not yet received news of his appoint ment, when he prepared to set out from Aleppo for Damas cus. A body of medical men, with Dr. Zohrab, we under stand, at their head, also go down by the Tihiri Bahiri as well as several Kiatibs of the army, who should have gone to Syria in the Seri Pervas. ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 27.—There has been some disposition to disturb the peace of the Suez desert shown by the Arabs of the Mount Sinai and Tor country, probably from want of occupation. None of the Hon. East India Company's coals are going from Suez to Cairo at present. The Arabs know that the mails are not worth robbing, there being nothing of value to them in the boxes. The Pasha will make the road safe for travellers, as heretofore. There have been a few sporadic cases of plague in this citi l and fears are entertained of a rather severe plague this seasod; that being the usual follower of a great inundation. The letters from Rhodes of the 20th ult. state that the English and Austrian fleets, as follows, were anchored at Marmarizza. The following are the names :—Princess Charlotte, 104, with Admiral Stopford's flag, and com manded by Captain Fanshawe ; Powerful, 84, Commodore Napier; Rodney, 92, Commandant Mansell; Vanguard, 80, Commandant Sir David Dann ; Ganges, 84, Commandant Reynolds; Edinburgh, 72, Commandant Henderson; Thun derer, 84, Commandant Berkeley •, Implacable, 72, Com mandant Harvey ; Calcutta, 84, Commandant Sir Lam Roberts ; Revenge, 78, Commandant W. Waldegrave ; Bel lerophon, 80, Commandant Austen; Cambridge, 78, Com mandant Barnard ; Benbow, 72, Commandant. Huard ; Hazard, 18, Commandant Helliott • Dido, 18, Commandant Davis. Several steamers were also at Marmarizza. The Austrian squadron consisted of the Medea frigate. Admiral Baron Bandeira, and Captain Major Buratovich ; the Guer riera frigate, Archduke Frederick ; the Leipsic and Adri a corvettes, and Veneto brig. LEGAL CHANGES.—Many opinions have been formed to day as to the person who is to fill the situation of judge, which will so soon be vacant in consequence of the resigna tion of Mr. Justice Littledale. One of the'most current ru mours is, that the Attorney-General, fearing that the pre sent administration may soon be no more heard of, and being heartily tired of the hard work of the bar, intendi to claim the appointment. Others say that the Solicitor-General will take the legal post ; but then, against this it is argued that Newark is not sufficiently secure for the government to per mit that seat to be vacated. Beyond these two gentlemen rumour has not gone, but various have been the conjectures as to the new Solicitor-General, presuming either the Attor ney or Solicitor-General should be raised to the bench. Mr. Erle and Mr. Austin are the favourites.—Correapondent of the Time:. • JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKIT, MONDAY EVENING.—The funds show a further improve ment to-day, and Consols left off 90 tog for money and for account 901 sellers. Bank Stock 168 to 9. India Stock 251 to 3. Exchequer Bills 8s to lOs premium. Foreign Securities improved slightly. Spanish Active with the Coupons 2-14 to 4. Portuguese Five per Cents 32 to 4, the Three per Cents 30 to 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents 504 to 4, the -Five per Cents 984 to 94. Belgian 974 to n. Brazilian 714 to 24 . Mexican 284 to 9. Colombian 234 to 4. London and Birmingham Railway Shares were 82 to 4, Great Western 27-1 to 84, the Half Shares 13 to 14, Gosport 54 to 64 (ex div.) premium. North Midland 22 to 20, East ern Counties 14i to 4, Brighton 64 to 4, Blackwall 4 to 34 discount. New North Midland 2 discount to par. South Western 57 to 8 psr share. In general the share market was flat to-day and shares lower. It will be observed that Gosport are quoted as having paid a dividend. This is a curiosity of the sort, as the railway is not finished, nor are there any rreturns from which as understood the dividends are derived. It seems to be a novel sort of scheme for pay ing dividends now before the capital is all expended on the works lest perchance the profits when the railway is com plete should not be forthcoming. TUESDAY EVENING.—A slight re-action may be noticed in the Funds to-day, Consols being at the close 89* to 90 for money, and 90* to 1 for account. Exchequer Bills 8s to lOs premium. Bank Stock 169 t o 171. I n di a St oc k 250 t o 2. In foreign securities there is scarcely any variation except ing in Brazilian which advanced again to day, and may be quoted 72 to 3. Mexican 281 to 9. Colombian 231 to Spanish Active with the Coupons 241 to Portuguese Five per Cents. 32+ to 1, the Three per Cents. 201 to 1. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 501 to I, the Five per Cents. 981. to 9+. Belgian 911 to 9. Danish 78 to 1. London and Birmingham Railways were 83 to 5, Gosport 6to 7 premium. Eastern Counties 14i to +, Blackwall 4 to 34, Brighton 61 to 1 discount. The rates of foreign exchanges negotiated to-day wetc as follow :—on Paris 25 521 to 571 ; on Amsterdam 12 21 to 1 ; on Rotterdam 12 24 to 3 ; on Antwerp 12 21 ; on Hamburg 13 7 to 1 ; on Frankfort 1481, all at three months. WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Some small sales of stock pro duced an unfavourable influence on the Consol-market, but they do not appear to have been prompted by any political cause ; for money the last price was 89/ to 1; and for the account, 89/, buyers. Exchequer Bills also declined from Bs. to 10s. premium to 6s. to Bs. premium. Bank and India Stocks are again rather better. Bank Stock was finally quoted 170 to 171 ; and India Stock, 250 to `252; Three per Cents. Reduced, 90 to 1; 31 per Cents. Reduced, 981 to /; Long Annuities (expiring January 5, 1860), 13 3-16 ; Ditto, 30 years (expiring October 10, 1859), 13 ; and Ditto, 30 years (expiring January 5, 1860 ) , 12i to 15-16 ; and India Bonds, 8 discount. The lower prices from the Paris Bourse caused flatness in the Spanish market, the Actives falling from 241 to to 24/ to I, which was their closing quotation. A demand for Belgian and Brazilian stock has brought a rally in their value, and to-day Belgian closed at 98 to 99, and Brazilian 73 to 74. Portuguese 5 per Cents. left off at 32 to ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 20 to I; Columbian, 23+ to 1; Mexican, 28+ to 1 ; Dutch 23 per Cents., 501 to I ; and Ditto 5 per ents. 981 to 991. In the share market business was done at rather lower prices, which is attributed to there being more sellers than buyers. Birmingham left off at 82 to 84 premium ; Great Western, 26 to 28 premium; Ditto Half-shares, 11i to 121 premium ; South Western, 57 to 58 per share ; Gosport, 54 to 61 to 6i premium, ex. div. ; North Midland, 22 to 20 dis count ; Ditto New, 2 discount to par ; South Eastern, 15+ to 144 discount ; Blackwall, 4 to 34 discount ; and Brighton, 64 to 3 discount. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. Re-engagement of Mrs. WAYLETT and Mr. ALEX. LEE. Mr. RAYMOND. Mrs. WAYLETT in Three Charac ters. Mrs. RAYMOND in a new Interlude. THIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 22d instant, and TO-MORROW (Saturday), the Entertainments will commence with the new Drama, called TRANSFORMATION; OR, MY SISTER KATE. Charles Unit, Mr. Higgie; Torn Chaff, Mr. C. F. Mar shall; Mrs. Kate Moreton, Mrs. Waylett. Song—Mr. Charles Bland. The Highland Fling, by Miss De Blaquiere. To which will be added, the new laughable Interlude, called WOOING A WIDOW ; OR, LOVE UNDER A LAMP-POST. Daniel Dowgate, Esq., (Bachelor and Drysalter,) Mr. Tilbury ; John, (his Servant,) Mr. C. F. Marshall ; Arthur, Mr. Higgie; Widow Bloomley, Mrs. Waylett. Mr. Mungall will Dance his popular Sailor's Hornpipe. Mr. C. F. Marshall will Sing a new Song, written expressly for him, by Mr. Higgie, called " The Royal Proclamation ; or, You mustn't Kiss the Baby !" In the course of the Evening, Mrs. Waylett will Sing the admired Irish Ballad'of " Nora Creina ;" " Pretty Star of the Night ;" " When Night Elves Dance ;" an d, w ith Mrs. Barton, th Duet of " Evening Bells." To be followed by a laughable Farce, entitled THE VALET DE SHAM. Mr. Tweezer, Mr. Tilbury; Captain Trivet, Mr. Higgie; Wigler, Mr. C. F. Marshall ; Clipper, Mrs. Raymond. To conclude with the splendid Romantic Drama, entitled PETER WILKINS ; OR, THE FLYING INDIANS! Peter Wilkins, Mrs. Waylett; John Adams, Mr. Tilbury; Nicodemus Crowquill, Mr. Higgie ; Phelim O'Scud, Mr. Raymond ; Wild Man of the Woods, Mr. C. F. Marshall ; Yourakee, Mrs. Barton. Boxes, 3s. •, Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d.—Second Price, Half past Eight : Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; no Second Price to the Gallery. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six. Perform ance to commence at Seven precisely. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET, Mrs. WAYLETT will appear in Two of her most popular Dramas, and Mr. ALEXANDER LEE, being positively their Last Appearance but Four this Season. Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND ! Mrs. WAYLETT'S SONGS ! Mr. ALEXANDER LEE will preside at the Pianoforte. MRS. RAYMOND'S BENEFIT. (IN MONDAY next, the 25th, and TUESDAY, the 26th NJ instant, the Evening's Entertainments will commence with a Drama called .• THE MAID OF. - MADRID; OR, WHAT IS SHE AT ? Olivia, Mrs. Waylett; Minette, Mrs. Raymond; Julio, Mr. Higgie ; Ctesar, Mr. Tilbury ; Vincentio, Mr. C. F. Marshall. Mrs. Waylett will Sing, " When the Stormy Winds," assisted by all the Ladies in chorus, with Mrs. Barton, the new and beautiful Duet, composed by Mr. Alex Lee, called " Where the Sweet Roses Bloom," Mrs. Waylett, Mrs. Raymond, Mrs. Barton, and Mr. C. Bland will Sing the admired Quartett from the Opera of " Artaxerxes," called " Mild as the Moonbeam." Trio—Mrs. Waylett, Mrs. Raymond, and Mrs. Barton, " All in the Merry Month of May." Mrs. Waylett will Sing " When Night Elves Dance," and " Dream not away such Nights as these." Miss De Blaquiere will appear in a Fancy Medley Dance. Mr. Mungall will Dance his admired Sailor's. Hornpipe. Mr. Charles Bland, a Favourite Song. • Mr. C. F. Marshall, a Popular Comic Ditty. To which will he added, a langhable Interlude, called THE MAYOR IN A MIST; OR, THE THREE COFFINS.! Colonel M`Mahon, Mr. Raymond ; Captain Mandeville, Mr. Higgie ; Pogo Von Puddlewitz, (a Burgomaster,) Mr. C. F. Marshall; Lestelle d'Aubri, (assuming different cha racters,) Mrs. Raymond. In the course of the Evening, the Band will perform Two Popular OVERTURES. To conclude with • BLUE JACKETS; OR, FEMALE SAILORS! Admiral Trunnion, Mr. Tilbury •, Charles Herbert, Mr. C. Bland ' • Ben Binnacle, Mr. C. F. Marshall ; Fan n y Trunnion, Mrs. Waylett; Lieut. Firefly, Mrs. Waylett. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be had of Mr. FOGG, at the Box-office, each day, from Eleven till Three, and at the usual Places. LIVERPOOL GRAND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS. THEATRE-ROYAL. THE FOURTH and LAST CONCERT of the Season will take place on TUESDAY next, the 26th instant. PRINCIPAL PERFORMERS : MISS ROMER, MRS. ST. ALBIN, MISS ST. ALBIN, MISS STOTT, MR. HARRISON, MR. MACHIN, And HERR KCENIG, the celebrated Cornet-h-Piston Solo, From the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane. The Orchestra will be complete in every department. Leader.... Mr. HERRMANN. Non-Subscribers' Tickets may be had at the Theatre, and principal Music-shops. Dress Circle, is. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, ss. ; and Gallery, 2s. Doors open at Seven, and the Concert will commence at Eight o'clock. The Plans of the NEW CONCERT HALL, to he erected in RODNEY-STREET, may be seen at the Box-office of the Theatre on Monday and Tuesday, where Subscribers' names will be received. THE COURT WINDSOR—TunsDAY.—This afternoon the Queen and his royal highness Prince Albert walked on the terrace and the slopes. The Duchess of Kent did not take her accustomed walk to-day. Lady Portman arrived at the castle this morning, and suc ceeded :the Duchess of Bedford as lady in waiting on her majesty. The Earl of Listowel has succeeded the Earl of Fingal, and Mr. Rich has succeeded Admiral Sir R. Otway, as the lord and groom in waiting. _ The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Earl of Fingal, and Admiral Sir Robert Otway, have taken their de parture. The following personages will be included in the royal din ner party this evening :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Earl Listowel, Lord and Lady Leveson. Lady Portman, Lord Alfred Paget, Hon. C. A. Murray, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Misses Pitt and Paget, Captain Sey mour, Mr. Rich, Colonel Bouverie, Barouess Lehzen. Hon. Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. George Edward Anson, Lord and Lady Kinnaird, Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Paget, Lord George Paget, and the Ladies Eleanora and Constance Paget. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen's private band at tended after dinner yesterday, at the Castle, and her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the distinguished guests, danced quadrilles and gallopades in the course of the evening. The company separated about 11 o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went to Swinley Park this morning to enjoy the sport of shooting, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Mr. G. E. Anson, Hon. C. A. Murray, and Lord Alfred Paget. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel Bouverie, rode out in a pony phaeton this afternoon, and after the return of the royal party, her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness walked on the terrace of the Castle and the slopes. The Earl and Countess of ] Erroll and Lady Ida Hay arrived this evening on a visit to her Majesty. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, walked on the slopes for some time to-day. Sir James Clark arrived this morning at the Castle, and took his departure in the evening. The Right Hon. Sir W. Fremantle, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Ladies Eleanore and Constance Paget, Lord Paget, Lord George Pagel, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, will have the honour of dining with her Majesty this evening. AYTON ESTATE.—The estate of Ayton has been purchased by Mr. Mitchell Innes of Stow, for the sum of £170,000. — Scottish Guardian. There was an excessive flood in Canterbury on Friday, and the houses in the neighbourhood of Westgate were inun dated. Portugal and Spain have accepted the mediation of En gland in respect of the navigation of the Douro.—Govern ment Evening Print. It is said that on the new organisation of the army, six more lieutenant-generals and eleven more major-generals are to retire on pensions. —Globe. A witness, in his cross-examination before the Lewes Bench on Tuesday se'nnight said, " He was no more drunk than a man ought to be on a cold night." Mrs. Catlin, wife of Mr. J. Catlin, a respectable farmer of Felden, was safely delivered of three fine boys, by Mr. Merry, surgeon, of Hemel Hempstead, on Tuesday last. The Archbishop of Dublin has presented £lOO to the funds of the school at Lucan, for the education of the sons of the clergy. The Earl of Roden and the Bishop of Elphin are donors of £3O respectively. In the event of a new election, the names of the honour able Skeffington Foster, son of Lord Ferrard, and Major M'Clintock, of Drumcar, are mentioned as candidates for their native county, Louth. DEATH Or CAPTAIN ALSAGER, M.P.—We regret ex ceedingly to state, that Captain Alsager, M.P., for the eas tern division of the county of Surrey, expired on Monday morning, after a tedious illness, in the 60th year of his age. FARNHAM.—A marriage was celebrated at our church on Tuesday, between William Harmsworth, late of the 66th regiment, to Widow Nevell, being the 7th happy wedding between the parties, be being her third husband, and the happy bride, his fourth wife.—Sussex Express. We understand that by the conclusion of peace between France and Buenos Ayres, British property locked up at Monte Video, to the value of £1,000,000 sterling, will be rbleased. This property was of a perishable character, and therefore the most liable to suffer from the continuance of the French blockade. THE MELBOURNE ADMINISTRATION.-It iS S. govern ment kept up by abuseinent ; preserved from death by daily dying ; tolerated by the inactivity of contempt ; borne with as below the dignity of active hostility ; kept alive by a rapid succession of kicks ; bandied like a shuttlecrck from partisan to partisan ; pitied by none, used by a few, and despised by all.—(From a clever pamphlet, just published, entitled " The Premier Dissected." The Board of Directors of the Great North of Englapd Railway having heard that Sunday Working has been con tinued on a part of the line, notwithstanding the positive orders given to the contrary, the sub-engineers have been ex pressly informed that such Sunday work is not to be repeated. REPRESENTATION OF MONMOUTHSIIIRE.—We are en abled to announce that Mr. Octavius Morgan has come farward as the conservative candidate for Monmouthshire, with a good prospect of success.— Worcester Guardian. The Hon. Mr. Smythe has gone through the great portion of his canvass, and with the most triumphant success. The honourable gentleman who left the city on Saturday after noon, returned last evening from a visit to Lord Beresford, at Lamberhurst, in 'West Kent.—Kentish Gazette. The Earls of Harrowby, Bradford, and Dartmouth have respectively given £2O, and the Bishop of Lichfield, Earl Talbot, and Viscount Sandon, M.P., £lO towards the form ation of a society for morally instructing the boatmen and others employed in the navigation.of the Staffordshire canal. The most splendid royal christening upon record is that of Henry the Sixth's only son, Edward. It took place in West minster Abbey, and the mantle in which the babe was re ceived cost a sum equal to £6,000 of modern money, being embroidered with pearls and precious stones. In the Secondary's Court, London, a verdict, with £127 4s 6d damages, has been obtained against Mr. Rogerson, a surgeon, for having given a good character to a clerk engaged on his recommendation by Messrs. Maltby and Otter, solici tors. The clerk stole the sum claimed ; and it was after wards found that he had been previouslylconvicted of robbery to the defendant's knowledge. REPRESENTATION OF REIGATE.—Lord Eastnor, son of the present Lord Somers, has declared himself a c an did a t e , upon conservative principles, for the representatimi of this borough. Mr. D'Arcy, it is generally understood, has retired from the field. If this be the case, Lord Eastnor will, no doubt, be elected without opposition ; as there is no chance of any whig.radical offering himself.—Morning Herald. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A circumstance of a nove nature occurred on board the barque Armata, Captain Jack son, which arrived a t S wansea a f ew days since, while lying at gt. Jago de Cuba. A swarm of bees took possession of one of the berths in the cabin, and built the major part of a honeycomb. Captain Jackson fed them regularly with su gar and water, and had b roug h t t h em many hundreds of miles to sea with him, but a strong gale of wind coming on, they left the ship. The honeycomb may still be seen on board the ship, in the state the bees left it.—Cambrian. ROBERT OWEN AT A DISCOUNT.—At a sale one day last week, of some effects at Stoke-upon-Trent, among other articles of furniture was a likeness of Robert Owen, in a rich gilt frame, very much prized by the late owner of it. The auctioneer having having put it up for sale, a penny was offered, afterwards three halfpence, and two pence. It was ultimately sold for two shillings, but before the purchaser could get it in his possession, the likeness was taken out of the frame, and with great ceremony committed to the flames. —Wolverhampton Chronicle. PRACTICAL J OKING. —WHITTLI:SEY MERE.—An a b sur d , but very mischievous ruhiour, gained consider a bl e circula tion in Cambridge and its neighbourhood on Tuesday last, that upwards of one hundred lives had been lost on the pre ceding day, or Sunday, ou Whittlesey Mere. The rumour stated that there were several thousand persons on the ice, and that two of them fighting, a great number crowded round, and the ice broke from the pressure. On making immediate inquiry into the matter, we found that no person i n Cam bridge, connected with Whittlesey, had received a line on the subject,• although several persons were alarmed for the fate of friends and relatives ; and we further ascertained, from our correspondents in the neighbourhood of the Mere, that no accident whatever had occurred. There are two par ties very much to blame in the affair—the individual who amused. himself with the practical, but very cruel joke, of originating such a report, and the local newspaper which gave it circulation.--Cambridge Independent Free rrw. THE THREE CARACCI. UNION GALLERY, SLATER-STREET. ARRANGEMENTS having been made for the. Exhibition of these Paintings in Glasgow, Mr. BENTLEY begs re spectfully to intimate, that they will be REMOVED at the CLOSE OF THE PRESENT MONTH. Jan. 18, 1840. TO CORRESPONDENTS Our Lancaster correspondent will receive a copy of to-day's STANDARD in lieu of one of the 12th instant every copy of the latter date was disposed of prior to the receipt of his letter. We have not had an opportunity of reading the addresses from Scotland ; but as their contents are of enduring inte rest, the postponement is of little consequence. " A Protestant" notices that the " Tracts for the Times" are placed in a very conspicuous part of a popish book seller's window in Ranelagh-street. and asks whether it is not a fair inference that the doctrines inculcated therein are not very repugnant to the Romish party. Our corre spondent's deduction is a very reasonable one, and we need scarcely ask whether he ever saw in the same place any of the works of our Reformers, or any other scriptural publi cation. " A Member of Castle-street Ward" is desirous of directing the attention of the chief magistrate to the line of conduct uniformly adopted by his predecessor whenever placed in a position similar to that occupied by his worship as respects the committee now sitting on the warehouse question. We freely admit that Sir Joshua, though proving himself senseless enough in many things, always paid the greatest deference to the. wishes of the body over which he was called upon to preside. We have not received the Dublin Statesman for many weeks : we presume it is owing to the recent change of proprietor ship, but hope after this intimation the cause of complaint will be removed. Etberpoet &tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1841 Another week will carry us into the excitement of the parliamentary session, and probably enable us to form some estimate of the comparative strength of the two great conflicting parties in the state. We, there fore, seize the opportunity which is left us of devoting a small portion of our space to examine the present position and future prospects of the same parties within our own community. It is not a little instructive to notice the close affinity which exists between the condition of the ministerial party generally and that of the whig-radical party in Liverpool. Both are alike "in extronis"—clinging for a temporary support to the expediency of the hour; and the decline of both may be attributed to the same leading cause—viz., the loss of their character and re spectability. By the celebrated Lichfield-house com pact, Lord Melbourne's administration bartered the respect of the country for the parliamentary strength contained in the dorsal appendage of the Irish mendi cant. By a similar alliance, formed between the whig radical party in Liverpool and the Romish priesthood, the former bartered the confidence of the respectable portion of moderate reformers, for the occasional aid of a mob, drilled and disciplined by the astute hand of Popery. To be permitted to bask for a year or two longer in the sunshine of court favour, Lord Melbourne alienated the affections of the English gentry and yeo manry, thus voluntarily abandoning any hope which he might have entertained of permanently increased strength to be derived from an appeal to the English constituencies. The " Liberals" (!) of Liverpool, with the same contemptible time-serving spirit, made the same sacrifice of the future to ensure the prolongation of present rule —to enable them to outrage and insult, for a few months longer, the feelings of their fellow townsmen, and to gratify the insatiable malevolence which constitutes the nature of Whig-radicalism, by heaping difficulties in the path of those who are des tined to succeed them. Let any of our readers take the trouble of looking back for a few years, and comparing the condition of the Liverpool whig party with what it is at the present time. Ten years ago that party could produce upon any emergency a fair muster of men with respectable names and decent coats. Th e y could find movers and seconders of resolutions at their public meetings with oui the necessity of drawing forth from their obscurity men of the retiring character which distinguishes Mr. John Rosson or Mr. John Murray. It was not impe rative then that their deliberations should be protected by Sir Joshua \Valmsley's impartiality ; and their au diences were not always composed of Papist mobs, drafted together from the docks or from the lodging houses of Banastre-street, at the summons of the priest. Of those days they might exclaim with the poet— - "faimus Troes; fait Ilium et gloria magna Troim"— but now, alas ! no such proud remembrances are upon their lips.. Unlike the scattered remnant of that noble race who preferred unsullied honour to slavery, the Whigs of Liverpool, prostrate, kicked, and despised, choose rather to lick the dust beneath the feet of men whom, in their power and their pride, they have been accustomed to command, than to carve out for theni selves an honourable retreat from the scene of their humiliation. We need not go far to find an illustration of this la mentable deterioration in the character and tastes of our local whig-radicals. The melancholy exhibition at the late meeting at the Music-hall is quite sufficient for our present purpose. With what alacrity on that oc casion an ex-councillor, and an aristocrat of the first water, might be seen hobnobbing with a journeyman tailor ! With what meekness the whig patriot, once the observed of all observers, submitted there to play a third-rate part, whilst the " first business" was per formed by members of the Rosson brigade, with the fugleman himself as prompter and stage-manager! Amiable and gentle William Rathbone ! On that day, beneath thy puritanical coat and under the shadow of thy broad-rimmed beaver, what a mixture of bitter thoughts and crawling, abject subserviency might we not have found ! But we , pass from the contempla tion. We will not press too hard upon a fallen party. Still, however, we must urge upon our readers the general features of the picture which whig-radicalism in Liverpool now presents to us. In that picture we see a party, respectable so far as regards the circum stances and the personal character of its members, sub mitting to an alliance with men whose objects and whose character are alike dangerous. Pulled down contumeliously from the pedestals to which their 'own inflated vanity had raised them, they are willing rather to lend their contribution of spleen and envenomed feeling to a furious democracy, whose efforts are di rected to undermine the fabric of the constitution and destroy the integrity of the empire, than to fall back into a subordinate rank amongst the friends of exist ing institutions, and to aid in the fulfilment of duties which they have proved themselves incapable of dis charging. . Yes, the fact is now undeniable that the Whig aris tocracy (!) of Liverpool—the Rathbones, Earles, Ew arts, et hoc genus omne—possess no longer a controlling power over the vulgar herd of shopocrats and cellar patriots whose " most sweet voices," in former days, have contributed to swell their triumphs. They have fondled into life a power of a coarser and more endu ring nature than their own, which, at length, able to move by its own unaided strength, has hustled them into the kennel, and will from henceforth pursue its own objects after its own fashion. To gain a tempo rary triumph they allied themselves with Popery—car ressed the monster openly in the person of the " bla tant" demagogue O'Connell, and fed it by contributions to Protector funds and Repeal rents; and they are now reaping the just retribution for political dishonesty in the desertion of the few good men of their own party and the contempt of those of every other. For the future, as a party, they must work with Popery, brawl with Popery, agitate with Popery—agitate for rebellion and for the dismember men t o f th e emp i re ; and when the day arrives on which that dark and subtle power shall throw aside its mask of assumed loyalty, " cry havoc ! and let slip the dogs of war," the mean and mercenary imbeciles who have aided the loading of the mine must either consummate their meanness by crawling aside into the shelter of falsehood and treach ery, or be crushed by the explosion. We leave them to the choice of their alternative, The most consummate specimen of assurance which we have lately met with, is contained in a leading ar ticle in the Morning Chronicle of Wednesday, in which we are told that " the repeal is their" (the Tories) " own especial question ; they alone are responsible for the mooting of it, and for whatever interest it hai excited in Ireland." Indeed ! we presume that the Conser vative party in England are allied with the " imp6s . .or," whose allusions to us are conveyed in the terms " white bellied English" and " Satanic Saxons." Again, we are told, " what impudence it is in the Tories to taunt the Whigs with an agitation which has been renclered powerless exclusively through the popularity of a Whig administration, and the respect which it has earned for the British sceptre !" The note of admiration affixed to the last sentence is that of the Morning Chronicle itself; and our readers will therefore excuse us for talk ing of " the popularity of a Whig administration," or " the respect which it has earned for the British sceptre 1" 1 We can readily belieire that Me - organs of Lord Mel bourne's administration would willingly persuade us that we are responsible for the mooting of the repeal agitation. But how can that be done ? Have the Conservative party encouraged and patronised that agi tation ? We think not. The measure of Lord Stan ley, which the• Chronicle points at as the incentive to repeal, may to some extent have exasperated the traitors from whom that treasonable outcry springs ; but that measure did not originate the agitation for repeal, and had it even done so, we cannot conceive what injury it could thereby create, so long as it is rendered "power less and harmless through the popularity of a Whig ad ministration, and the respect which it has earned for the British sceptre." Reader—excuse us for repeating the last sentence. We do confess that we are both amazed and amused at the popularity in question, and " the respect which it has earned for the British sceptre !" ! ! Good hea vens !—why, the only popularity which the administra tration in question has achieved, is confined to the hangers on of inchoate treason, whose machinations would, under a firm and constitutional government, be punished by suspension, which is vulgarly called hanging ; and as to the respect which is spoken of, we imagine that it is anything but that which ought to attend an honest administration, But to return to our text in the Chronicle; 'we are admonished that the question is, " which is the party answerable for this repeal, the extravagance of which we thus condemn, and the mischiefs of which we have so often held out ? Who but the authors of all the evils, and all calamities, discords, and dist - trbances through the length and breadth of the empire, but espe cially in Ireland, the country of their peculiar irate, the mark of their incontrollable animosity ?" How beau tifully the government organ echoes the heartless lies of the agitator ! How anxious is the mouth-piece of Downing-street to proclaim that England, and the peo ple of England, have no sympathy with their brethren across the channel. Let us return, however, to " the text." Let us see what is the end aimed at by our contemporary of the Chronicle. " And this is the party" (to wit, the Con servative party) " which would snatch the reins of go vernment out of the Whig hands—to resist Mr. O'Con nell and repeal !" Aye--here is the grand arcanum of ministerial tactics. We have allowed and encouraged the agitation of repeal until it has become dangerous ; and now who dare snatch out of our hands the respon sibility of allaying the - tlemon which we ourselves have provoked ? Truly a most legitimate and a most mo dest question. But the country, we imagine, will not be satisfied with this species of argument. Whig-radicalism has fostered a principle which is destructive to the com monweal, and it will not be allowed to benefit from the antics which its own creation may choose to enact, as a hindrance to the legitimate demands of the people of Great Britain. Lord Melbourne's administration must not be allowed to shelter itself under the treason which itself has created. We have before us a copy of the Anti-Corn Law Circular of the 14th instant, and we may say with per feet truth and sincerity, that we have seldom met with a publication more fraught with dangerous principles, or more calculated to produce mischief, than this organ of the Mammon League. We venture to assert, with out the fear of contradiction, that more levelling doc trines never appeared in the columns of any Chartist or Socialist periodical, than have been admitted into the columns of the Anti-Corn Law Circular. It is now evident that the land-owners of Great Britain are to he sacrificed en masse, in order to carry out the crude and ridiculous speculations of the free-trade phi losophers. We infer this from an article which ap pears in the first page of the Circular—copies of which article will shortly, we understand, be circulated by thousands throughout the manufacturing districts. This article is styled "A Word in the Ear of Me Land lords." It contains some of the most pernicious prin ciples of the Socialist school. The first paragraph which meets our eye contains a distinct assertion of the community of property. It says, " The landlords think the property in land more sacred than any other sort of property, and that the right of the owner to it is greater than to other sorts. They should be told That it is quite the reverse, and that it is supported by law and custom only, while it is opposed by, natural right." According to this writer, the man who re, claims a barren wilderness, and converts it into fruit ful land, or the man who exchanges the wealth which he has realized, by other pursuits of industry, for such land, after it has been brought into cultivation, has no " natural right" to his property. This is the doctrine propounded in the pages of the Circular. It is not our object to refute this doctrine. It is sufficient to say that it is utterly inconsistent with the recognized rights of labour. We only desire to point out the dangerous dogmas which are put forth under the sanction of the Anti-Corn Law League. We wish to brand these worshippers of Mammon as levellers. We wish to convict them of the crime of seeking to subvert the very foundations of all human society, and of trying to abrogate every code of human laws. The next paragraph, in the article under notice, is neither more nor less than a palpable contradiction of the one which we have already quoted. The writer says, that " the right of every man to the produce of his own labour is a natural and indisputable right; but land, not being the produce of man's labour, be longs to no one person more than another." Here is an acknowledgement that the rights of labour Pre "na tural and indisputable" rights. Well, then, land re claimed by human industry, and by the application of human skill, is, to all intents and purposes, the " pro duce of labour." The right to it, thus acquired, is, therefore, on this writer's own showing, " natural and indisputable." As to the assertion that land is not the produce of man's labour, we can only designate it as a contemptible quibble. If the assertion were true, no man would possess a natural right to the use or pos session of any production which he has, by his own labour, rendered.of value or utility to himself or his fellow creatures. According to this preposterous dog ma, the fisherman has no righ: to retain possession, or to dispose of, the haul of his own nets ; nor has the miner any right to the coal, the lead, the iron, or the copper which he may dig out of the bowels of the the earth, or to the mine from which these minerals may be extracted. We nOw proceed to quote a paragraph which, for its utter disregard of every semblance of truth or candour, may he fairly said to be unparalleled in the annals of political controversy. The author states that " calcu lations have been made, showing that since the peace the landowners have received an amount of money, in the shape of an extra rent, in consequence of the corn laws, greatly exceeding the value of their lands ; and that thus, by a sort of forced purchase, the community has become the rightful owner of the land." Accord ing to this principle, all the landowners in the kingdom ought to be dispossessed of their estates. The writer, however, forgets the immense number of estates which have been sold and re-sold, at greatly advanced prices, since the period of the peace. The great proportion of these estates have come into the possession of re tired merchants and manufacturers, who have paid for them out of the capital which they have realised in industrial pursuits. Does he mean to allege that this class of purchasers ought to surrender to " the com munity" their territorial acquisitions ? The very idea is a glaring absurdity. We now come to the very pith and marrow of the senseless and mischievous article on which we have been commenting. Having asserted that " the public have a double title to the estates (of the landowners) by natural rights and by purchase," the writer pro ceeds to consider the different methods by which the public may obtain possession. The first scheme pro posed is that of augmenting the taxation of the land, leaving to the present owner only about one or two shillings in the pound, as a sort of remuneration for managing the estate. Hear this, ye retired merchants and cotton-spinners, who have invested the proceeds of thirty or forty years' labour in the purchase - of land ! At present you are receiving a return of three or three-and-a-half per cent. interest for your purchases. Are you prepared to accept about one-sixth part of a pound sterling as the interest of yotir investments ? The next proposition is, the ejection of the landowners entirely, the government letting the land entirely to the farmers, and placing the rent to the public account. A modest proposition, truly ! The sans culottes of the French Revolution did not venture half so far in the work of confiscation and appropriation. The third proposition is, the division of the land equally among the people. But, as it might be objected that " after a series of years things would come round very nearly to their present position," the writer proposes that each person should have a life-interest only in the estate, by which means, he says, " the extreme of po verty would be avoided, wealth would be more equally diffused, and a poor-law rendered useless." We so, lemnly assure our readers that we are neither exagge rating nor distorting the language put forth in the Anti-Corn Law Circular. We are quoting- the very words sanctioned by the organ of the' League. It is surely unnecessary for us to enter upon the formal refutation of such mischievous dogmas as those pro pounded in the Circular. We feel assured that any elaborate reply to such pernicious doctrines would be almost considered an insult to the common sense of our readers. It is right, however, that they should be made acquainted with the real views of the anti-corn law agitators. The author of " A Word in the Ears of the Land lords" seems to gain courage as he proceeds. He next ventures to say that " an opinion prevails among► the aristocracy, that a revolution would only deprive them of political power, leaving their estates untouched, and that the public creditor, and some traders and land owners, whose moveable properties might be plundered or destroyed in the confusion of the revolution, are the only parties who would be injured." So, then, a re volution is seriously contemplated by this anti-corn law writer. In this revolution we are solemnly assured that the property of the landowners is not one whit " more secure than that of the fundholders." Thus, it would seem, the fundholders are to suffer in common with the landowners. Hear this ! ye who have pur chased annuities; ye who have invested your money in public securities, for the sake of securing a comfort able competency for your declining years, or an ade quate provision for the surviving members of your fa milies ; and ye thrifty operatives, who have laid by in the Savings' Banks, out of your hard earnings, a small fund, which may be available as a resource against the contingencies of sickness and old age. Be prepared, one and all of you, to surrender to " the community" the fruits of your patient, and laborious, and self-deny ing exertions. Be prepared for the confiscation of all your worldly wealth. Do not flatter yourselves that you will be spared in the season of general plunder. Landlords of England ! read your doom. "The same hands that would wipe away the (national) debt, would burn the title-Cleeds - of your estates." Read again— " The leaders of a successful revolutionary movemenr would be very unlikely to commit so great an error as that of leaving the estates in the hands of the aristo cracy." Prepare yourselves for the alienation of your estates for the benefit of " the community." It signi fies not whether you have been kind and indulgent landlords. It matters not whether you have always been prominent in deeds of princely charity and muni ficence. It is of no moment whatever that you have devoted your incomes to the promotion of science and literature, or in the erection of churches, asylums, hos pitals, or any other public institutions of a Christian or benevolent character. The mandate of the Anti- Corn Law League has gone forth, and you are to be denuded of the means of doing good to your fellow creatures, which you have hitherto turned to such no ble ends. The writer of the scandalous article upon which we have been animadverting has spoken out candidly, at least—we wish we could say honestly. He concludes his plain-spoken appeal with the caution, that " the possession of a few friends among the landowners ought not to prevent the Anti-Corn Law League from making the most determined attack upon that body and its vicious legislation." Let the Earl of Fitzwil ham, and these others of the landed proprietary who have lent their aid to the anti-corn law agitators, lay these things seriously to heart, and then let them re flect whether Lord Melbourne did not for once speak the honest truth, when he declared that any man who would advocate the repeal of the corn laws must be a madman. Our own opinion of such a man is, either that he is the most consummate fool, or the most de liberate rogue—the latter of which appellatives we think is most generally applicable. The Secretary of the Protector Society has been busy, during the last few days, exerting himself in the collection of subscriptions, for the purpose of relieving those members of the society who may be reduced to such extremities as to be under the necessity of apply ing for parochial relief. This is done, of course, in order to prevent these mushroom voters from being disfranchised by the acceptance of such relief. Our reason for drawing the attention of our readers to this circumstance must be obvious. Fas est ab hoste doceri. Let the conservatives profit by the lesson which the Protectors have thus afforded. It is quite possible that, at the present inclement season, a great number of the poorer classes of the conservative voters may be in want of temporary relief. Instant measures should therefore be taken to prevent the necessity of any application, on the part of such voters, for grants out of the Parish funds. The con sequences of such applications, if complied with, might prove most disastrous to the conservative interest What, then, is to be done ? Let a meeting of each Ward Committee be instantly convened, for the pur pose of providing for the ,temporary necessities of poor conservative voters ; and let the clergy of each ward be invited to co-operate with the committees in raising the requisite funds. Surely, with the assistance of the clergy, the churchwardens, and the several congrega tions in the respective wards, they will find no difficulty in thus providing for " the poor of their own household." Let it he remembered that the conservatives are gene rally found to contribute nine pence out of every shil ling collected for charitable purposes. It is obvious, therefore, that the means are not wanting for averting the disfranchisement of their poorer brethren. We earnestly hope that our hint will be promptly acted upon. LOCAL NEWS, A collection was made on Sunday . morning last, in Lime street Chapel, after a sernion by the.minister, the Rev. Jas. Lister, for the relief of the poor, and in part to aid the soup establishment, which amounted to £33. WRITING.—We 'can confidently recommend Mr. Thomp son as a writing master. His mode of tuition is most ex cellent, and easy of acquirement: LECTURES ON THE FRENCH AND GERMAN LANGUAGES. —Two lectures are announced in another column, by Profes sor Bertinchamp, in illustration of his system of teaching languages. From the programme they promise to be pecu liarly interesting and instructive, and we hope they will be well attended. We are instructed to say, that the unfortunate accident respecting the child of James Kennedy, which died from the overdose of a narcotic administered by an individual in the employment of Mr. G. R. Sheldon, Vauxhall-road, has nothing whatever to do with the establishment of Mr. James Sheldon, of Oldhall-street. MR. WILLOUGHBY HUNTER WEISS.—A report baying gone abroad that the person who gave in his name to the ma- • gistrate in Lond on . as concerned in the late fracas on the premises of Mr. Marsh, Oxford-street, was our townsman Mr. Willoughby Hunter Weiss, who is studying singing un der Sir George Smart—we have much pleasure in contradict ing such report, and feel happy to have it in our power to do justice to a most deserving and highly talented young man, who otherwise might be injured by it. Rom( HARMONICON.—We perceive that Mr. Davis, the organist of Seaforth Church has consented to play on the Harmonicon next Tuesday. Mr. Davis has made himself master of the instrument, and executes difficult passages with much effect. The Harmonicon seems to lose none of its at tractions, as those who hear it once frequently repeat their visits • it is well worth the attention o f th e cur i ous and all who delight in music. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DIIMB.—It will be seen from an advertisement that the claims of this valuable institution will be brought forward this evening by the eloquent and de voted Mr. Stowell. These claims are sufficient of themselves at once to interest the sympathies and call forth the liberality of the public, but it is not often that they are advocated with the powerful oratory and glowing enthusiasm which charac terise Mr. Stowell. The friends of the charity will have an opportunity of gratifying more feelings than one by their presence at St. James's this evening. COMMISSION OF LIINACY.—On Wednesday, the 13th in stant, a Commission was opened at the Clarendon-rooms, in Liverpool, to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. Richard Pate Manning, a surgeon, formerly residing in Wrexham, North Wales, but now confined in the Asylum of Mr. Richd. Squires, of Walton Lodge, near Liverpool, before L. J. Venables and R. L. C arr , Esqrs. Barristers-at-Law, and Mr. Robert Norris, soli c it or, of ;his town, and a most re spectable jury of fifteen special jurymen. —The jury, after hearing, returned a verdict, " That Mr. Manning was of un sound mind since the 31st of December, 1812, without lucid intervals, but how he became so th ey k now not, unless b y the visitation of God." SHOCKING DEATH.—On Wednesday afternoon, the 20th instant, Elizabeth lielsby, an old woman who resided at Knotty Ash, came to her death under very awful circum stances. Some boys alarmed the neighbourhood by shouting that a woman was burned to death, when there was immedi ately a crowd of people collected near the spot where the old woman lived. The door was locked, and a gentleman broke it open ; he proceeded into the house, but was on the instant driven back by the suffocating fumes which met him. A carter who happened to be there then went in, and had made the whole circuit of the house before he found out the cause of the alarm ; at last, when the smoke began to disappear, he saw the deceased lying with her head down the cellar where coals are kept, literally roasted to death. She had ceased to breathe when stfe was found. `She was grasping s. stick in her lifeless hand. There was no other person in the house at the time, and, therefore, no account can be given of the manner in which the sufferer had been set on fire.—An inquest will be held on the body to-day. ANOTHER CHILD FOISONED BY THE MISTAKE OF A DRUGGIST.—VERDICT OF " MANSLAUGHTER."—CD Wed nesday last, an adjourned inquest was held before John Heyes, Esq., at Warrington, on the body of a child 16 days old, the son of William Roberts, of Crown-street, in Warrington. Its death was occasioned by laudanum being administered by its mother, instead of" Godfrey's Cordial," which had been pur chased by the person attending Mrs. Roberts in her confine ment, from Mr. Barton, druggist, Warrington.—Elizabeth Marsh, the wife of John Marsh, proved that on Saturday night, the 9th instant, she took a phial, at the request of Mrs. Roberts, to purchase some " Godfrey's Cordial;" the child having been restless and unwell. She went to the shop of Mr. Barton, and asked for a pennyworth of " Godfrey's Cordial." Mr. Barton took down a bottle, and poured some of its content s i n t o th e phi a l w hi c h Mrs. Marsh gave him. She paid for it. and took it to Mrs. Roberts. There was no label on the bottle, and nothing was said by Mr. Barton to the quantity to be given at a dose. Mrs. Roberts unfortu nately gave the child a portion of this, and the consequence was, the child died from the effects of it the following morn ing.—lt was clearly proved that the drug which Mr. Barton gave to Mrs. Marsh was laudanum, and not " Godfrey's Cordial ;" and after a very lengthened investigation, both on this day and on the 13th instant, the day when the inquest began, the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Mr. Barton, who stands committed to take his trial at the next assizes. FlRE.—Yesterday, at noon, a fire was discovered in one of the vaults of Mr. Harbord's warehouses,' New Quay, which we are informed was occasioned in the act of some men shipping rum with candles not enclosed in lanterns, one of them falling and igniting the rum. The flames from the vaults at one time assumed a fearful aspect, but a prompt supply of water having been obtained by passing hose through the apertures in the Dock wall to the Prince's Dock the fire was subdued without extending beyond the vaults. If this fire had taken place at night, with the strong breeze blowing in the direction it then was, from the north west, there is no doubt but that immense pile of warehouses in New Quay and in Launcelot's Hey, behind them, must have been destroyed, involving a class of buildings and mer chandize to the extent of at least one million of money. Fortunately, however, by the judicious arrangements of the fire police, under the superintendence of Mr. Whitty, this spot which is so well known for the extensive conflagration with which it was visited in 1833, has now been rescued from a similar misfortune, and it is to be hoped the em ployers of these men who were the cause of this alarm, will take proper notice of their carelessness. CURIOUSLY DETECTED ROBBERY OF TALLOW FROM A YARD.—On Monday, at the Police-court, three men and a woman—namely, John Disley (alias Davis,) and Elizabeth Disley, James Hyam, and Cooper were placed at the bar on a charge, affecting the first three, of having stolen a quantity of tallow ; and as regarded Cooper, on a charge of having received the same, knowing it to have been stolen. The evidence was of considerable length, and we therefore supply an outline of the facts as deduced from it. It ap peared that on Thursday, at noon, M r . F rancis C. Pitt had in his yard, at the bottom of Bent-street, a quantity of Russian tallow in casks, and that on the following morning he missed one of the casks, weighing about 8 cwt., value about £lB. The prisoner Davis (Disley) went on Thursday night, between five and six o'clock, and engaged a carter ' named Fairbrother, to take a load for him, of as he said, tallow, from the bottom of Bent-street, to a tallow-chandler's, at the top of Richmond-row. He went with him accord ingly into the yard; and he and the prisoner rolled the cask into the cart, which was a low one, and it was carted to the shop of Mr. Robinson, tallow-chandler, Richmond-row. The prisoner had some communication with a person in the shop, but said nothing about the price, and then directed him to go on, which he did. It was taken up Islington, and back by Soho-street to the same shop. Disley went in and offered it for sale to Mr. Robinson, (who was not at home when he first called), but he refused to buy it. He then accompanied the carter into Thurlow-street, opposite a court, (where he the prisoner lived) where it was unloaded with the assistance of the prisoner. A female in the court saw the cask, and on asking prisoner what it was, he said it was firewood. A little girl afterwards saw him breaking the hoops off the barrel, Another carter, named Kenra, was employed by Disley, with whom was the prisoner Hyam, on Friday, to take a load. They went in toThurlow-street,and three bags were put into the cart from a cellar. They were taken into Vernon-street, and delivered at a small warehouse, where the prisoner Cooper was, and who paid for the cartage and delay 55., which he borrow ed from a little shop opposite. The carter saw it was tallow, the string that tied one of the bags having given way. George Jones, another carter, was on Saturday employed by Hyam, and took four bags from the warehouse in Vernon -street to Wilson's tan-yard, in Naylor-street. Here Hyam and Dis ley endeavoured to sell the tallow to Mrs. Wilson ; but she refused to buy it. The female prisoner was present, but I Stood on one side. Mrs. Wilson's man went thence with them to Mr. Atkinson's, chandler, Edgar-street, who, he. thought, would buy it from them. They wanted sd. a pound; but Mr. Atkinson said 41d. was enough for it in the state it was in, and they agreed to receive that price. It was deli vered, and weighed 7 cwt. 23 lb. It Occurred to Mr. Atkin son that it was about the contents of a cask of Russia tallow, and he questioned them as to where they got it. From their unsatisfactory replies, and both of them being in liquor, he suspected it was stolen, and told them to call again for the money. Meantime lie took means to have a police officer in the premises. Disley, who said his name was Davis, came first, and afterwards Hyam and the w oman , Th ey were of c ourse apprehended, as was afterwards Cooper, who keeps the shop opposite to the warehouse alluded to, in Vernon street. The warehouse there, to which the tallow was taken, was kept by Mr. Barns, his brother-in-law, who, the mo ment he found the tallow on his premises, would have no thing to do with it. Mr. Pitt said he had seen some frag ments of the cask, and had 'also seen some of the tallow, which was similar to that which he had missed. 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