The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-04 00:00:00

THE STORM. (From the Morning Herald of Friday.) On Wednesday evening a storm commenced in the metro polis which continued with intermissions throughout the night, and between two and three o'clock on Thursday morning the wind, and rain, and hail, and thunder, and lightning seemed to be contending for mastery with almost unprecedented violence. The flashes of lightning were remarkably vivid, and succeeded each other in rapid suc cession, and were quickly followed by peals of thunder that shook the houses in the northern parts of London and the neighbourhood to their foundations. The following are the only disasters from the storm that we have yet heard of,.but we fear the damage sustained will prove to be very extensive. Shortly after four o'clock N esteiday afternoon the persons engaged in the long room at the Custom House were suddenly . greatly alarmed, in consequence of a large portion of the glass from the windows fronting the Thames being blown in, as also the dead lights. The damage done is very consider able, but no person received the slightest injury. On Wednesday evening a large stack of chimneys at Spitalfields workhouse fell with a tremendous crash into the centre of one of the sick wards, burying in the ruins several of the inmates who were sitting round the fire. An aged man named Moss was killed, it is supposed instantaneously, and four men and one woman have sustained very severe contusions. A young man was !dawn overboard a west-country barge yesterday morning off Battersea, and was unfortunately lust. Numbers of boats, barges, and logs of timber, were seen floating about the river, dashing violently against each other, having broken from their moorings. Kensington Gardens, Hyde, St. James's, and the Regent's Parks, are strewed with trees of every description, that have been torn up by their roots. 'The coachmen and guards of the various mails and stage-coaches represent the storm to be one of the most violent that has been known fur many years past: Between the Lower-road, Islington, and the Kingsland road, the violence of the storm was particularly fell. About half-past five yesterday morning the electric fluid struck the back part of the residence of Mrs. Hannah Gaylor, a widow lady, residing on Canal-terrace, Kingsland-road, and forced in a portion of the wall of the first floor story, to the extent of several feet. Fortunately no person was in the room. Reports are rife of considerable injury havir , been done amongst the shipping in the Pool. THE RlVfilt.—W hen the tide rose yesterday morning, at a few minutes after twelve o'clock, the river was swollen several feet above its usual height, overflowing the banks on both sides, and, for two or three hours, the low streets in the neighbourhood of Horselydown, Rotherhithe, and Bankside, were inundated. Up the river, towards Chelsea; Battersea, and Kew, the water presented almost double its width, carry ing away with its strong current several hut Sand habitations of poor fishermen, whose condition and cries were of a most distressing description. Deptford, Greenwiah, . Woolwich, and various other waterside places, have sustained consider able injury, the river having flowed into the houses situated on the banks, and several have become in ruins, the walls having sunk from the effect of the water far beyond their foundations. In the river, from London-bridge to Deptford reach, the shipping presents a woeful appearance from the violence of the hurricane, which roared with tremendous fury, carrying with it rigging and everything that came in its way; innumerable tiers of vessels were carried away from their moorings, and drifted against other tiers, which were either driven from their anchorage, or the craft stove in, and the rigging smashed to pieces. Duriug the raging of the storm a flash of lightning struck a factory chimney on the premises of Messrs. Cuthwell and Co., shipwrights, Lower Itotherbithe, and shivered it to atoms. It was not until between two and three o'clock on Thurs day morning that the tempest brought its full force to bear upon the neighbourhood of Piccadilly and the parks. It was at that time truly awful in that quarter. The clouds which had hitherto swept along in broken fragments, had crowded into one dense mass, and covered the whole horizon with more than midnight darkness; the moon had totally disap peared, the rain came down in torrents, the wind blew, the thunder pealed, and the lightning may be said actually to have blazed in' the firmament. Perhaps one of the most magnificent objects, taking all these circumstances together, that ever presented itself to the human eye, was to be seen for an instant at Hyde-park Corner. The aid of powerful Contrast was not wanting to complete the picture of the sub lime. At first there was nothing to be seen but the quivering light of the lamps, which the storm was threatening to ex tinguish. The park itself was wrapped in the deepest gloom, when suddenly a single flash illuminated the whole visible horizon. The effect was indeed electric. It is astonishing what a multitude of objects were presented to the eye and impressed upon the mind in one short moment, and in the brief revelation of a single glance. The magnificent gate way, the figure of Achilles, the trees, the houses, were exhi bited with a sort of supernatural distinctness and collective ness, and then sunk into darkness again. It was like magic —it was lightning. As the storm roiled on to the north-west the flashes and thunder-peals were repeated at intervals, but its fury did not last above twenty minutes in the neighbour hoed of Hyde-park and Brompton. After that period the limit's in these neighbourhoods began to disperse, but flashes, ,::•laPPgh fainter and fainter, still continued to cross the eye of kre traveller, and the distant roll of thunder, decreasing at ey4 •epetitiou, but removed it to another scene. We can not , th cer conclude this account than by the following extra ordi y circumstance connected with this phenomenon, which we copy from the Standard of last night : "The storm in the metropolis last night and this morning was one of the most severe to be remembered. It is hut jus tice to Mr. Murphy to say that he predicted it to the hour; and to add that the predictions of his almanack generally have been fulfilled with remarkable fidelity as regarded all that may be called extreme variations of the weather,ahough there have been aberrations, but not numerous or serious ones, in Iris anticipations of lighter changes. After the ex perience of the last year, it is scarcely possible to doubt that the author of the Weather Alrnanack' has arrived ar a prin ciple, which, carefully and scientifically fullowed up, may enable us to calculate almost with certainty 'upon atmosphe rical changes." (From the Morning Herald, of Saturday.) The severe hurricane, attended with thunder and lightning, which. Commenced on Tuesday night, and continued during Wednesday and Thursday, was, on the night of the day nearly as severe on Wednesday night. During Thursday were numerous showers attended with violent gusts of wind. As the evening advanced vivid flashes of lightning streaked the heavens in rapid succession, and about 10 o'clock the metropolis and its environs were visited by a thunder storm, the effects of which were most felt westward of town. About Hammersmith, Shepherd's Bush, Fulham, &c., it was ex tremely severe, the rain descending in torrents, while the rolling of the thunder and the howling of the wind was most terrific, when at its height a policeman of the T division, while endeavouring to gain a shelter from the pelting of the storm, was struck, opposite Lee's nursery ground, near Ham mersmith turnpike, by a flash of lightning, which nearly de prived him of his senses; and he describes , that the house which he was passing, at the moment he was struck, appeared to him to be enveloped with blue flames. Between twelve and one o'clock a tremendous storm of hail came on, which, however, lasted only a few minutes, after which the moon burst forth in resplendent light until between three and four o'clock yesterday morning, when it again became cloudy, and about four o'clock there was another storm of thunder and lightning. During yesterday the weather was more serene, the wind having shifted to the west, with but little rain. From the accounts which have reached us it would appear that the ravages of the hurricane, although its duration has been longer, have not on shore been so extensive and la mentable as that of the 28th of November, 1837. On that memorable occasion in Kensington-gardens, in one planta tion, 25 venerable and lofty trees were made to bite the dust, rearing their massive roots high in the air, by one single gust. On this occasion, however, the damaae done in either the gardens or in any of the royal parks has been compara tively trifling. At Kensington and alon g the road as far as Turnham green, with the exception of a lew tiles, chimney-pots, &c., scarcely inv damage has been done. At Ealing, and west ward towards Uxbridge, Harefield, &c., and on to Bucking hamshire and Hertfordshire, from the excessive rains most of the fields are under water, and the cross-lanes leading between the various villages are almost impassable. On Thursday morning, about three o'clock, Policeman John Hussey, T 114, had a most narrow escape from being struck dead by lightning. While passing on duty along the Addison-road, Kensington, the electric fluid struck him with such violence as to deprive him both of sight and speech. In the course of the morning he, however, gradually recovered both faculties, and has nearly got over the shock. At about a quarter past four o'clock on Thursday afternoon one of the most singular accidents occurred at No. 2, Stone buildings, Lincoln's Inn. Just as the gentlemen were leav ing their chambers, a dreadful crash from the roof downwards struck terror into all present. It appea'rs that a stack, con sisting of eight iron chimneys, had yielded to the pressure of the elements, and fell through the skylight, taking with it a large portion of a massive stone staircase, and sinking to a considerable depth into the foundation of the building. Two persons narrowly escaped with their lives. A Mr. Fitzpatrick, in the act of coining out of Mr. Spence's chambers, was vio lently struck on the head by a portion of the descending ruin ; but though his hat was crushed he miraculously es caped personal injury. Had he been two steps higher up the staircase he must inevitably have been killed. The other party, a lad, was at the bottom of the stairs at the moment, bet the mass swept past and left him unhurt. The injury done to the building 13 very considerable. 'The noise occa sioned by the fall was heard at a great distance. Yesterday afternoon the melancholl tidings arrived in town of a ship having gone down on the Goodwin Sands, with the loss of all hands. During the squally weather on Thursday morning a laden coal-barge, navigated by two lightermen in the employ of Messrs. \ esey and Pate, was proceeding up the river, when the Diamond steamer passed her going down, and the united force of the swell raised by her, and the wind, which blew very bard.at the time, *wamped the barge, and it almost im mediately went down,ancl discharged the cargo, 35 tons of coals out of her. The two lightermen were for some time struggling in the water before the crew of a Thames police galley could reach them, when they were picked up in the most exhausted condition imaginable and conveyed ashore. The barge, after being emptied of the coals, rose bottum-up wards and was towed to a place of safety. (From the North Devon Advertiser.) On Wednesday mornrng last, a fishing boat, belonging to Mr. Richard Blackmorc, called the Lynmouth, of Lyntnouth, left that place about three o'clock in the morning; at half past nine a squall came un, by which the boat was instantly filled, and the crew, consisting of the owner, with two men, named Richard Fay and Jobn Widlake, were lost. Another boat, with two hands on board, was missed in a dense fog about 11 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and has not since been beard of. (From the Cornwall Royal Gazette.) Owing to the late excessive rains the river Camel has risen to a prodigious height. Indeed the waters have never been so much swollen, since the water-spout which burst a little above Camelford, about 40 years ago. On that occasion many persons were assembled to witness the flood, when they ob. served a.hare sitting in a bay-rick which had been carried away by the stream, apparently qu ite unconcerned ; and yes terday, as some people were gathered together at Buscarne, about a mile and a half from Bodinin, watching the swelling of the same river, they observed a cock-pheasant, swimming down the torrent. and looking around him from side to side, as unconcerned as a duck. They watched him till they could see him no longer, and he still kept his scat. Perhaps the extreme rapidity of the water prevented him from taking flight, and he was probably drowned. (From the Dublin Evening Mail of Wednesday.) For several days we have had, with little cessation, a vio lent gale of wind from the south-east, accompanied with a heavy fall of rain. Yesterday morning the storm increased to a rrican ,, , and we understand blew with such fierceness at Kingstown th.it the Holyhead packet boat did not venture to sea. In the afternoon there was a lull; but we regret to say that towards morning the storm arose again, and has con tinued with unabated violence to this boor (two o'clock). The fall of rain, an unusual circumstance with so high a wind, has been one of the heaviest in our recollection; and all the low grounds in the neighbourhood of the city are co vered with water. We have not heard of any positive da mage done; but we fear the worst accounts may be expected from the coast. (From the Dublin Ereniflg Packet of Thursday.) The weather durinv, the whole of yesterday was extremely tempestuous. A large French vessel, laden with rum, brandy, and wheat, was driven ashore on Tuesday at a place called Six-mile Point on the Wicklow coast; one of the crew fell from the main-yard, and the other hands, from the petit in which they were themselves placed, could not render him any assistance. A pilot boat put out to the assistance of the vessel, and upon returning to shore it was swamped in the surf, and out of five men who were in at the time two, who were pilots, were unfortunately drowned. The ship is now aground. In the afternoon the sea presented an angry ap pearanct along the coast. The Dodder overflowed its b anks, and the water rose to such a height as to reach nearly the tops of some of the small houses in Serpentine Avenue. The line of railroad at the engine depot, near the Dodder bridge, presented the anomalous sight of a railroad and ca nal at the same place, for the stream was there at some height, and running with considerable rapidity. Owing to the severity of the weather for the past three or four days there are no less than 14 steamers, besides nu merous sailing crafts, detained in Kingstown-harbour. The Holyhead steamer, which started at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, had to put back after clearing Kingston-harbour. A collier was lost on the Kish Bank on Monday; the crew fortunately got on board the floating light ship. Wicictow, Nov. 27.—At half-past 11 o'clock this morning a French brig in distress rounded this head, when a boat manned by five brave fellows put out to her assistance, de spite the entreaties of their families and friends, it being the opinion of the noire experienced that no boat, however ably managed, could live in the tremendous breakers dashed in by a heavy gale from the south-east. Notwithstanding, these poor fellows pulled off to the aid of the brig, and they made for her amid shrieks of despair; but she stood out again. Still the skiff, with resolute boldness, pursued her, knowing her perilous situation, and conceiving her crew to be ignorant of the harbours that could shelter her. When about three miles distant from the land, the brig was stricken by an awful sea and rendered altogether unmanageable. She then reeled round towards the laud, the skiff still following, and ran ashore at Six-mile Point, where an awful scene ensued, for the Moment she struck the skiff was upset, and her five hardy fellows committed to the raging billows, two of whom, named Carter and Merigon, struggled for a while and then sunk to rise no more; the latter was the only support of an aged and widowed parent, who with difficulty was prevented sharing the game grave with her son. 'Lhe remaining three reached the shore almost lifeless. As to the saving of the brig's crew, no description could do adequate justice to the intrepidity and resoluteness of Mr. Jones and the men of the coast guard under his command. Having tied ropes about their bodies, Mr Jones - and one of his gallant men faced the mountainous billows, and though repeatedly dashed and crushed to the earth beneath their fury, still they braved them till they reached the vessel. They found the crew, six in number, quite exhausted, and they succeeded in lodging them comfortably in the station-house at the Point. The captain of the brig is in a very weak state; he and his men are foreig ners. As yet, nothing has been ascertained re spectingher cargo or intended destination. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 28.—1 t is rumoured this morning that the brig above-mentioned turns out to be a smuggler, laden with brandy and ruin. WEXFORD. Nov. 28.—During the last four or five days, the wind has been blowing with great violence in a south-east erly direction, right against the most dangerous part of our coast. On Sunday night it arose nearly to a hurricane ; and the fearful apprehensions for the fate of any unfortunate ma riners that might be in the south of St. George's Channel, were but too unhappily realised in the morning. The Ariadne, of Belfast, laden with timber from Quebec, first struck on a rock near Tuskar Lighthouse, and was afterwards driven in a north-westerly direction among the sand banks near the Ra ven Point, north of the entrance into our harbour. She is a complete wreck, but most of the timber will be secured. Six of the crew perished; but through the active exertions of Lieutenant Lett, four of the coast guard and James Furlong, a young man belonging to the town, nine persons, who clung to the wreck, were saved from a watery grave. On the same night the Waterwitch, of Glasgow, bound to Leghorn, laden with coal and bales of wood, was driven in among the rocks, near Carnesore Point. No lives were lost, and it is expected that the cargo will be also saved. DoctorWaddy and a few others of equal bravery ventured through the surf, and brought the crew silk to shore.—lVex . ford Conservative. WATERFORD, Nov. 28.—1 n the course of Monday night the barque Isabella, of Preston, Captain Rayner, from Per nambuco, for Liverpool, entered the harbour, and went aground on Druinroe Bank, a large shoal below uncannon and Passage. She had lust her sails, and appeared to have suffered much at sea. As the wind moderated during yester day, we may entertain every hope that she will be got off with little damage. There are upwards of 60 vessels windbouud iu the roadstead of Ballyhack and Passage of Waterford, owing to the prevalence of easterly gales.— Waterford Mirror. CORK, Nov. 27.—With the exception of the memorable and destructive snow storm in February last, by which such devastations were committed among the shipping in our har bour, we have not been for years visited with such a tremen dous gale as that of Monday night. It commenced to blow hard from the S.E. at 11 o'clock, at 12 the gale increased, and from one to six o'clock this morning, without a moment's interruption, a hurricane from the S.W. prevailed, the effects of which we look for with no little anxiety. Several houses in the more elevated parts of the city have been, some partially, others entirely stripped—whilst trees that had sustained the storms of many years gave way, and were torn up by the roots. Blackpool presents a scene of much distress and con fusion since an early hour in the morning, , being all day in nundated with floods, to the height, in some places, of 10 and 11 feet, and extending from Spring-lane to Mr. Hackett's tanning establishment on the Watercourse. The Limerick mail, which left at half-past six, experienced much difficulty in getting through the flood. It was detained half an hour, and but for the intrepidity of the coachman, who dashed the horses through, the delay would have been several hours. The inside passengers were half immersed in water, an in convenience experienced also by those of the Charleville and Rakes of Mallow in coaches, the coachmen of which report that the storm was frightful in the districts through which they passed. The poorer classes of the residents at Black pool have suffered much, the flood having entered their houses, in some cases several feet in hight.—Cork Reporter. Accounts from Cove represent the gale of Monday night as the most tremendous that had been felt for a long time, the sea having washed over the quays, and much mischief having resulted to the inure exposed residences. The brig AleXstroler Stewart, of Cork, Captain Owens, is partly ashore at Monkstown, but is expected to be got off this evening. She has not suffered much. The French schooner Le Rose Victorie, which had a few days since ran foul of the Caroline, of Plymouth, is now a wreck. A small American schooner, the Scotia, the property of the Messrs. Scott, of Cove, is ashore, near the French brig, considerably injured. Such was the violence of the storm, that her Majesty's brig of war the Rolla, waiting to take in volunteers for the naval service, let go two of her anchors in the midst of the gale, and suc ceeded in riding it out in gallant style. The Joseph Wheeler, of Cork, out 57 days from Barbadoes, arrived in the harbour this morning, and reported herself at the moment our .ac count left—all well. The Marquis of Huntley, transport, from Kinsale, ran foul of a brig when entering the harbour — name not ascertained—and carried away her bowsprit. A sailor belonging to the brig, aged 18 years in the confusion of the moment, was carried overboard , and drowned.—lbid. A sealed bottle, inside of which was a hastily written note, was picked up yesterday, by Mr. J. Brown, on the strand, about half a mile front Carlingford. The note is as follows: " Ship Juno.—A heavy squall has laid us on our beam ends, lat. 55, and carried away all masts. We are now rigging jury ones, but fear we o ill be short of spars, almost all being washed overboard. J. Carson." The document bears no date; but as a quantity of wreck had floated in at Grenore Point, both yesterday and the day previous, it was greatly feared that the vessel abovenamed had gone to pieces. The fate of the crew is unknown.—Neivry Telegraph. (From the Cork Constitution of Saturday.) We mentioned on Thursday that great fears were enter tained fur the vessels that, after being so long wind bound, went on Tuesday, and it is said that a number of them are stranded along the coast, between the Harbour's Mouth and Kinsale. Never, we believe, has a storm left behind it more lamentable traces of its fury. In Dungarvon Bay there are five vessels wrecked, and no fewer than twenty lives lost. The names of the vessels we have not heard, but one of them is a West Indian, laden with rum and coffee. She struck on a rock, and in less than half an hour after, the casks were rolling through her sides. Three bow-spt its, we are informed, were driven into Tramore Bay (Waterford) on Wednesday, and after them a vessel dismasted and without any one on board. The Nora Creina steamer sailed from Waterford quay on Monday, and returned on either Tuesday or Wednesday, her cargo shifted, and the pigs, sheep, &c. that were on deck, washed overboard. From Wexford the accounts are equally disastrous. We subjoin one relating to our own city WRECK OF THE ROBERT NOBLE OF CORK.—The Robert Noble of Cork, Lewellyn, master, which sailed from Cork for Newport, laden with flour and oats on Tuesday, was on Wednesday night, at 12 o'clock, cast ashore at . Kilinore, about ten miles from Wexford. The master and crew saved. The vessel is much injured, but part of the cargo will be saved in a damaged state. LOSS OF THE MARY OF LIVERPOOL—The following let ter, which ought to have been in time for our last publica tion, announces the loss of the Mary of Liverpool. It is not a little gratifying to us that the cut representing the mode by which the survivors were rescued from the wreck of the Kil larney, seems to have been, under Providence, the means, in this instance, of saving seventeen human beings from a dreadful death. The Mary was 368 tons burden , and besides cotton, had on board sarsaparilla, isinglass, ndia-rubber, and other valuable commodities. Since the letter was written she has gone to pieces, and the Reporter tells us that "the destruction of property by the country people from that mo ment is represented as being enormous, very little of the cargo being saved." We mention the fact on the :authority of our contemporary. Did we rest it on our own, of course it would be denounced by the liberal press, (the Reporter in cluded) as a gross libel on the honest persons whom they call " the people." • TO TILE EDITOR OF THE CORK CONSTITUTION .Richfoi dstown, Nov. 27, 1838. SIR,—On the morning of Tuesday, the 27th instant, at dawn of day, I was informed that a vessel had struck in Clonakit y Bay, at Simon's Cove, near my house. I instantly proceeded to ie spot, and found her about a quarter of a mile from the rocks, all masts gone, the crew on the bow sprit, with a tremendous sea. They had made several inef fectual attempts to send a line on shore, attached to pieces of spars, buoys, &c., all of which failed from the out-haul of the sea. In a little time I recollected the manner of taking round the rope, which I saw described and represented in your paper in the case of the Killarney steamer. Fortunately there were near several hawsers of small boats, which we fas tened together, and after a great deal of exertion got round, and so near the ship that they were able to throw a grapple into it from the bowsprit, by which means we got a strong rope from the vessel to the shore, and after four hours' hard work, had the heartfelt gratification of saving seventeen hu man beings, every one of whom must have perished but for the plan of getting the rope to the ship. I must not forget to mention the able assistance given by the Messrs. Crofts, Lu cas, and the Coast Guard, as well as the people on the spot, all of whom behaved in the very best manner, and in many instances risked their lives endeavouring to save the crew. She proves to be the Mary of Liverpool, Captain George Smith, master, from Maranham, to Liverpool, with a cargo of cotton. I fear the ship and cargo will be a total wreck. Conceiving that the above plan of getting a rope to a ship in distress, when practicable, cannot get too much publicity. I am, your very obedient, • THOMAS LUCAS. WRECK OF THE MARY, OF ST. JOHN'S—TWO LIVES LOST.—The Mary, of St. John's, New Brunswick, 548 tons burden, is wrecked at Whiting Bay, near Youghal. She is so high up on the strand that there is no probability of her being got off. Her sails are blown to ribbons, her masts almost gone, hut her hull is little injured. Two of the sea men, we regret to say, are lost—the remainder (seventeen in number,) with the captain, are saved. A gentleman who went from Youghal on Thursday to see the vessel, writes as follows:—We are indebted for the extract to a respectable mercantile friend to whom we have often been under obliga tions for similar favours : " We saw the seventeen who survived, with the captain also a fine Newfoundland dog which was on board, and by whom all the eighteen were saved. As soon as the vessel struck, a rope was fastened about his neck and he was sent ashore. It was then made fast, and the sailors gut ashore along it, but the two men who perished fell from exhaustion, and were drowned." -- Since the above was written we have spoken with a person who observed the vessel before she struck and witnessed the way in which the crew were rescued. The waves were run ning so bign that every time the vessel sunk between them not even her masts were visible. When she struck, there was an earnest and anxious consultation as to what was to be done. The dog seemed to comprehend the emergency. He jumped up, placed his paws on the bulwark, and motioned with his head from one to another as if to make them sensible that their chance of safety depended upon him. The motion was understood; a sailor prepared a rope; the animal bent his neck to receive it: the moment it was secured be sprang overboard, and amid the conflict of wind and wave bore it to land. One end was made fast on shore, while to the other was attached a plank, on which five of the crew successive) were saved. The sixth was to have been a hoy, whom they called "Bill," but as he was about to step on the plank, his heart failed, and he was drawing back, when a sea swept him and a seaman overboard. They shrieked fearfully, and made one desperate struggle to reach the plank, but it was vain— the wave was retiring, and they were hurried away and drowned. The bov, a few minutes before his tur❑ to take the plank, asked the captain for eleven sovereigns which his father had given him in America to bring to his mother, who lives in Belfast, remarking that if he was to be lost, the money should be lost with him. The captain handed them to him, and boy and money went down together. After this no attempt was made tp land by the plank. The tide was falling, and at low water the vessel was " high and dry" upon the strand. Among the survivors is a boy of the name of Donovan, from Kinsale. The sailors were all taken to the house of a man of the name of Conynghain, just at band, by whom and his family all the attention that they stood iu need of was humanely paid them. The Mary was a new vessel, this being but her third voyage. Her cargo con sisted of ►imber and a few bags of flaxseed. LOSS OF THE ST. PATRICK STEAMER ANN THREE OF HER CREW.—To the losses above enumerated we have to add that of the St. Patrick steamer, the property of the Water ford company, by whom she was purchased from Sir John Tobin. She left .Liverpool on Tuesday morning about six o'clock; and bad nearly reached her destination (Waterford) when, about eight o'clock on Wednesday evening, she struck the shore near the Tower of H ook, and was soon after dashed to pieces. So total has been the destruction, that we are told not a plank of the timber work remains. Tier cargo consisted of heavy goods, soap, hats. &c., and we are surly to add that three of her -crew perished. The remainder, however, consisting of 20 persons, were saved. The captain's arm, we understand; was broken.—About three years ago, a vessel of the same name belonging to the St. George Com pany, having mistaken the light, was lost, with her cargo, in the same place. The lives were saved. ROBBERY OF NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS, The Doncaster Chronicle of Saturday contains the follow ing notice under the head of " Correspondence:—" A few months ago, during our temporary absence from home on business—a Doncaster Chr onicle was ordered to be addressed to ' John Crook, Esq., Clement's-inn Chambers, Strand.' The paper was sent, and this week application was made for payment of the account. We found John Crook, Esq.' residing on the third flat; and when the subject of payment for the paper was started, he professed himself to be very sorry'— (no doubt)—`but the paper had been ordered by a 'young man without any author.ty from hint.' On our ex pressing surprise that, when he found the liberty taken with his name he did not apprise the parties, who were thus swindled out of their goods—he replied, that he was 'delicately situ ated,' forsooth; and then the trouble—he received between forty and fifty papers in a.day,' to his great annoyance; and to have .` to open all these, and to write to all the proprie tors !' We told him we could not comprehend his feelings of delicacy,' and as to the annoyance,' we would take care he should not long have to complain of that; as we would apprise our brother proprietors of the trouble to which h., was put, and no doubt they would soon relieve him from the very disagreeable visitation." In another part of the same paper the subject is thus alluded to:— " After we left 'John Crook, Esquire,' we confess we were puzzled to know why the parties should be anxious to get so many provincial newspapers into their bands: in the course of the day the mystery was solved. " Having been walking several hours, we sent to a cele brated restaurateurs,' in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly, to procure sonic of the ' creature comforts,' which he so rally dispenses. We were shown into a splendid dining room, fitted up in the usual London style; and on looking around, one thing did surprize us—viz., the number of pro vincial papers—thirty or forty at least—which were in the room, our own being amongst them. On inquiry, we found that these papers were supplied to the proprietor at some thing less than half price -by some party in the city. We, could not ascertain who supplied them, and, of course we do not say it was the ' young man,' whOordered this journal to be sent to J oho Crook, Esquire;' but, no doubt, it was somebody who obtained the papers equally cheap (for we do not know how things can be obtained cheaper than by not paying for them), and who imposed upon the respectable restaurateur (whom we most distinctly acquit of all intention of doing wrong) by some well-invented tale of 'agency,' or something of the kind, to account for his obtaining them. We insert this statement, as well as the other, as a caution to our brother proprietors." PRECURSOR SOCIETY. ( From the Dublin Evening Mail.) The new coach-and-six (the Precursor,) which Mr. O'Con nell is to drive through the Convention act, was turned out yesterday for an experimental trip. Mr. Ignatius Callaghan occupied the box-seat—whilst Peter Purcell, as guard, blew the horn for the collection of the annual tribute. On the suggestion of one of the Corporation of Bachelors—the gallant and reverend "Rector" of Etnyvale—" the daughters of the Green Island" were unanimously elected members of the society ; whilst, on the motion of Mr. O'Connell, his " dear friend General Cloony," was admitted to a similar honour. As the Precurser Society affects to be legal, and to pursue its objects by legal means, we must suppose that in the authory which raised Mr. Cloony to the rank of " Gene ral" in the army, Mr. O'Connell and the other members re cognize a legal authority. In commenting upon the proceedings of this Society, it is obvious that our remarks must be chiefly, if not exclusively, confined to Mr. O'Connell: he is the Society—the rest but the wig and cloak, the shoes and inexpressibles with which he keeps his body comfortable. On this occasion he brought forward his promised address to the radicals of England and Wales, prefacing it by a speech, the objects of which appear three-fold—l. to per suade the population of this country that their condition under the rule of Victoria is worse than that of the Poles under the despotism of the monster Nicholas-2. to bolster up the tottering fabric of whig administration—and 3. to depreciate the rivals who tore Irons his brow the laurels of English Popularity—Oastler, Stephens, and the once-beloved Feargus O'Connor. The address to the British radicals dis creetly confines itself to the two latter of those objects ; but it compensates - for the loss of a third part by the grossest vituperation heaped upon the English people. lie contrasts their agitation with his own, and accusing them of the most treasonable and bloody•designs—says of them:— "They speak of violence ;" and of himself, " Give me the agitation that breaks no law, infringes no statute; give me the agitation that takes away from no man his property, that encourages no violence, and above all, and before alt, give me the agitation that shudders, as it were, at the slightest shedding of human blood." (Loud cheers.) Nay, in Ireland this peaceful agitation will " not allow one blow to be struck—one man's hand to be lifted in anger . against another." Either the lamb like agitator speedily forgets his "own rede"—or erects a different standard for England; for, in the course of the proceedings, we find the following happy illustration of his peaceful, legal, and con stitutional doctrines:— . . • "I am glad," said Mr. O'Connell, "that there is so much unanimity of feeling amongst us on the subject . ' {the re specting the persons and pensions of our neighbours'. " A man in the crowd here exclaimed—' And in England too.' "Mr. O'Connell—l thank you, Sir, but you do not appear from your accent to be an Englishman. " Man—No, Sir, but I !net O'Connor in Preston, and I said I would kick the ruffian. "Mr. O'Connell—iou never were more right in your life." The - Times of Wednesday, received this morning, "has, from the nature of his late addresses, very happily antici pated the course which the demagogue would take in his address; and indeed it is so complete - a rafacciamenio of his speeches (given in our columns elsewhere) that we do not mean to stint our space by the idle repetition. Instead of it we give the powerful and brilliant paragraphs of our distin guished contemporary, and doubt not that our readers will thank us for the substitution: '• He tells his whiskey-steeped admirers that the English have always oppressed, and hated, robbed, and butchered them, going back for illustrations to the treaty of Limerick, what he calls the massacre of Mullimas, and the conquering career of Cromwell, who, having a faithless and cruel enemy to deal with, treated them on some occasions to a spice of their own mercy and morality. But somehow or other, this histortgrapher forgets the wholesale massacre of Protestants in 1641, the burnings and tortures and pike-murders of 1796, and the return made by the England of the 18th and 19th centuries, for similar manifestations of goodwill from the Irish race and their perpetual attempts for 300 years preced ing to sieze that power (under the name of iudependence) which would have enabled them to make war on this country as on a foreign kingdom, and become an ulcer in her side. The England of this and the century before it has been re cognised by the whole civilised world as a generous benefac tress to Ireland. The vassalage of the Irish, entailed upon them by their own ferocious hostility to Great Britain, the people of this country have converted into a state of equal freedom with their own. Our whole domestic history for the last GO years has been but one series of beneficences heaped on Ireland, unbroken save by the savage efforts (tithe Papists, to repay our liberality from time to time with rebellion. When famine raged among these grateful Irish, and when their own bloated demagogues did nothing but whine to Eng lish charity for relief, who fed, and clothed, and comforted, and saved the race o f s er p e nts, who are now taught to whet their fangs for our destruction—who, but the detested' Eng lish nation?—The base-minded scoundrel who spits his daily venom at the people o f E ng l an d, because they have learned to despise his villainies and to 'reject his counsels, has the folly to avow that when he and his papist accomplices were weak, 'they cringed to us,' "but now thevlre strong enough `they kick us off.' And this code Of magnanimity and mo rality it appealed to, as an answer to the reproaches which all honest men have brought against its professors—viz., that they have made promises which they never fulfilled, and took. oaths which they have flatigiously broken. • Aye, we confess it all; when weak, we cringed, when strong we bully; we are perjurers, we are traitors; hurrah, boys! Who's afraid? Lying, perjury, and Popery for ever!' " Our able contemporary thus concludes : "One word more. Mr. Daniel O'Connell declares that the Irish Papists can have no further reliance on England, bet must work out a repeal of the union for themselves. Now, it is not the first time by a dozen that the Irish Papists, as a military power, have set themselves, sword and pike in hand, against the British Protestant and Papist as a power; and what has hitherto been the result? By they have done much; by 'cringing,' more; but what have they got by fighting? Let them try again, if not yet satisfied. England has no objection." At the conclusion of the day's proceedings, we find that the society adjourned himself to Tuesday week, b e ing e n route to the county of Wexford in the interval. We find it announced that in this great national movement only eight or ten Barristers have embarked their character and prospects. We know of but one Member of Parliament (Mr. O'Brien, of Clare,) out of Mr. O'Connell's own family, who has sanctioned the agitation with his name; and though Priests in abundance crowd round the banner of agitation, no gentleman of independent property or station has put his hand to the preliminary Oriflam of Repeal. We are curious to know—perhaps Mr. Ray, the Secretary of this and th e T ra d es ' Union would be kind enough to inform us—how many of the 7 iradestnenof Dublin have - enrolled themselveZtite books of the Precursors ? Theta is a topic of a nature so delicate, and of a character so startling that in all former societies, and upon all by-gone occasions, even Mr. O'Connell avoided any, the slightest al lusion to it in his manifold addresses and out-pourings. _ It . - cannot fail attracting observation that that gentleman's shy ness upon the subject is gradually giving way, and that the deep-rooted sentiment of his heart is now from time to time gradually developingitself, in sly, but affectionate references, to the re-possession of the forfeited estates. Duke of Devon shire, Lord Lansdowne, Whig absentee landlords, look to this! NOVEL STEAM-SHIP.—A ship, called the Maria, of Lon don, Captoin Black, is now fitting out in the West India Export Dock, with two locomotive steam-engines, and ma chinery of ten-horse power each, for the purpose of pro pelling the vessel by means of paddles, which are made to ship and unship like coach wheels, and can be put on or taken off without much trouble while the ship is under weigh. The Maria is a vessel of near 500 tons burt hen, built at Yar mouth, and has made a sailing voyage to Quebec and back, unaided by the power of steam. She is of the ordinary de seription of vessels of her class, and the engines and ma chinery are placed between two decks, occupying a space of not more than twenty faet in length by five in width on each side. The vessel is going to China, and the paddles are only to be made available during calms and light winds, which it is well known are met in certain latitudes on the East India and China voyagers. SECO NI) EDITION. Standard Office, Three o Clock. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4. The imports of every article in the Corr. trace were very light until Saturday; since then a change of wind has brought in large supplies. The advance stated in our circular of Tuesday was fully maintained throughout the week here, and followed by a similar rise both in Wakefield and Manchester:- Prime English and Foreign Wheat was sold at 12s. to 12s. 6d, and Oats 3s. 7d. to 3s. 10d. Supers Flour 64g. to 675., and Fines GOs. to 635., per sack of 2891b5. The demand for Meal was steady at 355. to 365. per 2401b5. Barley was a free s t ale at ss. to ss. 6d. per 601b5., and some Chevalier sold for. 445. to 455. per quarter. 'TOTAL. 26126 5706 12223 3788 4320 l 78(1 11228 Two O'CLOCK. At this morning's market prime Wheat was readily sold at the above quotations; a few samples roundland English brought 13s. Inferior kinds were quite neglected. Meal and Flour were dull, and last Tuesday's rates scarcely ob tained.:63s. t 0.665. for superfine Flour, and 345. 6d. to 3.55. 6d. Meal. A cargo of fine Wicklow Oats sold at 3s. Ild., ordi nary runs, 3s. 7d. to 3s. 10d. No alteration in Barley." Bran in demand, at Ipd. to 20d. per 24 lb. BUTTER. —The import this week 8304 firkins. We con. tinue to have a steady demand, particularly for Fine Butter, at annexed rates. Bacon and Lard also are firm; prices Looking up. AVER AG] WHEAT, 4,709)s S d s d Irish, red white English, red.... 9 6.. 11 61 Do. white ....10 0.. 12 6 Foreign, red Do. "white ....10 6 .. 12 0 OATS, 445 fibs .. 3 6 .. 3 11 BARLEY, 4IY 60 lbs. 4 6 .. 5 6 Do. malting.— 6 0.. 7 0 AVERAGE PRICE S D S D) Bacon, 4' cwt. Long Middles.. 44 0 e 46 6 Short do. .... 49 0 .. 50 0 !lams 56 0 58 0 Lard, Keg 59 0 .. 60 0 Do. Bladders.. 00 0 .. 64 0 Prime Mess Beef, 41? tierce. 105 0 ..IG7 6 Prime Mess Pork, 49' barrel, 78 0.. 80 PRICES, ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the.l3th to the 19th November, 1831 COAST WISE. 18176 5521 9 270 1147 1752 BE AIN s, imp. mea. s (1 s d Irish.... 42 ora 44 0 Fr,oun, Al 280 tbs Firsts 63 0.. (36 fi Supers Seconds 42 0.. 58 0 Inferiors MEAL, V 2401b5. , 31 0 ..Z6 6 EirtAx. V24lbs., 1 4.. 1 9 OF BUTTER, S D S ,D Butter, 4P cwt. •C arlow Waterford Coleraine. 0 0 Limerick — 0 0 Belflst Derry, 92 0 .. 96 0 Cork, 3ds, 9O 0 .. 84 Newry. Dundalk — 0 0 Sligo — 0 inclusive. DESCRIPTION Wheat Qrs Barley Qrs. Oats Qrs. Flour Sicla Ditto Brls. Malt Oatmeal Loads Rye Beans Qrs. Pease Qrs. Shelled Barley Qrs. Ind. Corn Rapeseed Qrs SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4.—Wind ARltiVED.—Theodosia, 'Thompson, from Jamaica; .ailed 20th Oct —Mary, Owen, from Quebec—Atlantic. Johnson; Resolution, Forrest, and Clio, Daly, from Miramichi—Scotland, Robinson, from New York—and Teazer, —, from St. Übes. Jane, Gregory, for Rio Janeiro, has put back, with loss of sails, &c. Jos. P. Dobie, Cortie, from Jacmel, at Falmouth ; sailed 13th Oct. It is feared the cargo has sustained material damage from the quanttiy of water shipped. it having swollen so much as to raise the decks, and oblige the captain to throw overbard about 250 bags coffee Royal William, Irvine, from Hambro' at Plymouth, for Calcutta, with loss of boat, decks swept. and mate washed overboard Active, Brooks, from Ostend for this port, at Whitehaven Clasina. -, hence for Amsterdam, at Plymouth, with mizen mast broken Enterprise, Boyes, hence at Miramichi Vesta, Garrod, hence for London. at Deal, with loss of sails, &c. Qlasgow, Hamilton, from Sincapore, at Deal The French squadron from Toulon, at Havana, and sailed 22nd Oct. for Vera Cruz Tyrer, Ellis, hence of China 7th July Peggy, Noble, from Newport, at Cardiff, cargo shifted, vessel strained, and leaky, must discharge, bound to Liverpool Lynx, —, and Mischief, ; hence at Lisbon Iberia, (steamer.) from Falmouth for Gibraltar, at Penzance, with mails for India, with loss of rudder. The mails would be for warded yesterday by the Braganza (steamer) FAtinotrir, Dec. I.—George IV, Leggett' from Charente for Liverpool, is discharging MILFOItD, Dec. 2.—A quantity of malt, and the stern of a vessel with Providence on it, and some paper, from which it appears tho master's name was Barfield. have been washed on shore here Hawk. Norris, from Lisbon at this port, in Bday s , The Boddino tons, hence to Africa, was putting into Lisbon, with loss of rudder, as the Hawk cane out --- PORTSMOUTH, Deo. 2.—The Lady Paget, Allen, from Liverpool to Batavia, put in this port yesterday, with cargo shifted, loss of boat, bulwarks, sails, &c. in a gale on the 21th, 25tli and 26th ult. 600 miles west of the Land's End STRANHARII, Nov. 29.—Maria. Burgen, from Charleston to Liver pool, put in here yesterday with loss of bulwarks, sails, &c. and part of cargo thrown overboard. The Mayflower, of Killough, was put on shore yest rday in Cairn Bay KINGSTOWN, Dec. I.—A brig, timber-laden, and water-logged, with three men in the rigging, was passed on the 29th Nov. off Tuska r —.,..... Dunt.ig, Nov. I.—Shepherdess. from Leghorn to Liverpool, must discharge to reair Dec.D BOULOGNE, l.—Mettina Jantina, from Liverpool to Rotter dam, was driven on shore yesterday, about 20 miles to the west ward of this port, crew saved The Alert, Gregson, was abandoned yesterday, in a sinking state near this port ; crew arrived here Cowes, Dec. 2.—Experiment, Mackie. from Liverpool to Lon don, was driven on shore yesterday, near Netticstone, and is sunk so that the mast only is above water. Crew saved SKULL. Decal.—The captain, five of the crew, and oue pas senger, have been saved from the Thomas Tucker HoLAHEAn, Dec. 3.—Sceptre, Stewart, from St. Domingo to Falmouth, drove on shore last night, 3 miles south of the Bead,and is a total wreck •, mate and one man saved. A smat part of the cargo saved in a damaged state WARUINGTON Tim HEIR AT LAW.—" Money often makes the man;" and there never was a better bit of good truth than the maxim which says—" Prosperity finds friends; Adversity tries them." No sooner was it known in Warrington that CharleS Higginsoa, the man who, a few weeks ago, was sent to Knutsford for trial, on the charge of being "a sham fireman," and plenty hard Pickering of cash, , than hi s friendsh b a y d th c e o d m e e at ito f s h u is u s d e r c y o l n a d rg e e ou p s o i s a s , es t • h si e on la s t , e Ric a• Ir o on f Ijig s t g e i r n e s d o nMt pretty 'sq s . " Charles Vin es ," the painter, he was quickly transmographied g ß i ;d a fo n r d d, fr i o ie m ar yl L ai e t i l gh into Charles Vines Iligginson, Esquire. To be sure, be was in mison, and confined to gaol allowance; but two professional gentle men of Warrington flew to his assistance, and there was quite a race between them as to which should be first in pro curing• bail for him; and on Monday, a few minutes.after Mr. Lyon had taken his scat on the Warrington bench, Mr. Wright, builder, of Leigh, and Mr. Clayton, cooper, of War rington, were presented, and accepted as bail for Mr. Hig ginson's appearance - to take his trial at the next Knutsford sessions. A- few minutes after this another active solicitor made his appearance, and tendered two other•gentlemen us bail; but Mr. Lyon having already granted a superse d eas for the discharge of the prisoner from Knutsford, that step was unnecessary• • A race to Knutsford followed, to announce to Mr. Higginson - that the necessary bail for his appearance had been procured. He was taken before P. Berton, Esq., a county magistrate, who happened to be attending a meet ing of poor-law guardians, at the George Inn, and having, in the presence of both his legal friends, entered into his own recognizance for his appearance at the sessions, he was forth with discharged from the custody of the governor of Knuts furd gaol. Mutual congratulations followed, and Mr. Hig ginson was immediately brought back to Warrington. On the way, the party had a bit of an upset at Latchford, by coin ing in contact with a gig going to High Leigh; but that, all things considered, was excusable. Next day Mr. Higgingon, by the aid of the proprietor of a ready-made clothe s reposi.• tory, was attired in a new suit of sable black; and thus fur nished, accompanied by Mr. Bayley, he scent in a post chaise to take possession of his newly-acquired estates at Bedford. The executors of-the late Mr. Higginson were in attendance, and gave him formal Imssession. The will of the late Mr. Iligginson was dated 1822, and his then acquired property was left amongst his uncles and cousins. Chai!es Higginson, as the nearest relative of the deceased, comes into th , pro perty acquired since the making of the will, in addition to his share under it. The estate at Bedford consists of a new ly-erected mansion, about thirty-five Cheshire acres of land, and several coal-pits. The whole property to be divided, it is said, will exceed £40,000. THE SoLoma's Bu;DE. —Mr. Fletcher, a publican, ap peared at Warrington Petty Sessions, on Monday, to show cause why he refused to deliver up his daughter's clothes. Miss Flether, it would seem, "had a beau, who for a soldier would go ;" this coming to the ears of herparents, she eloped on Monday night with the object of her affections, a corpo ral, engaged in the recruiting service at Warrington. On thelollowing Thursday, just two days after she came of age, they were lawfully married by licence at Warrington church, and the husband now sought to recover possession of her wearing apparel, she having left home with nothing more than the things she stood upright in. Mrs. Fletcher, in strong terms, alluded to her daughter's misconduct, and made no hesitation in asserting that the public house till had furnished the necessary supplies for obtaining the license, wedding ring, hoops, &c. Both resolutely refused to give up a single halfpenny worth of the "soldier's bride's" clothing, unless compelled to do so by the strong arm of the law. Mr. Lyon, the chairman, said the complainant had no legal claim to the clothes of his wife, us she was under age, and not in a situation to have acquired any property of her own. The corporal asked whether he was not entitled to a dress which had been presented before marriage to his wife by her father ? Mr. Lyon decided that he had no such right, but, even if he had, the magistrates had not power to decide such a question. Both parties then left the office. PUBLIC-110[3SE INFORMATIONS.—OH Monday, two publi cans of Warrington Were convicted in the sum of £2 108.6 d. penalty and costs, for having persons drinking in their houses during the hours of divine service. COACH ,ACCIDENT. —On Friday se'nnight, the Star, Lon don coach, was overturned at Sankey, near Warrington, and one of the horses killed. Some of the passengers were slightly injured, but they were all able to proceed on their journey to Liverpool. A legal gentleman, who lately paid his addresses to the daughter of a tradesman near Holborn, was forbidden the house, for which he sent in a bill of ninety-one pounds thin. teen shillings and fourpence, for two hundred and seventy live attendances advising on family affairs. RULES FOR CHOOSING A HORSE—HINTS FOR NOVICES.— To define a perfect horse is nearly impossible; to tell you where to buy one so completely so. As a purchaser it is im material where you gi.), whether to Hyde Park Corner, Newmarket, Smithfield, or Newcastle, you will most proba bly be taken in wherever you go; however. I shall endeavour to describe such outward beauties and active qualifications as are requisite; and if, you meet with such an one keep your eye on him. The height of a horse is of little consequence provided he is higher behind than before. Nothing is more pleasing to a traveller than the idea of continually getting forward. Let him carry his head low, that he may have an eve to the ground, and see the better where to set his feet. The less he shifts his feet the easier he wilt move for his rider, and (important qualification in a roadster) he will brush all the stones out of Lis way, which might otherwise throw him down. If he turns out his toes as well as he should do, he will then disperse them to the right and left, and avoid the trouble of kicking the same stone a second time. A bald face, wall eyes and white legs, (if your horse is not a grey one,) is to be preferred, as, in the night, although you may ride against what you please, no one will ride against you. His nose cannot project too much, for by keeping a constant tight rein on him, you will sit as firm as if you were held on. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. MHIS present TUESDAY, December 4, 1838, will be JL performed the Tragedy of DAMON AND PYTHIAS; Or, The FORCE OF FRIENDSHIP. Damon Mr. Stuart. Pythias Mr. Howard. Calanthe,....Miss Faucit I Herinionc ..... Miss Cleaver. After which the new Farce of TOM NODDY'S SECRET. Captain Ormond... Mr. W. Howard. Tom N0ddy,.......Mr- Baker I ..... Mr. Slaiter. Mary,.. Miss Grant I Gabrielle,.. Mrs. Toilet. To conclude with the Romantic Melo-Drama of ROBINSON CRUSOE. TO-MORROW. (Wednesday), for the BENEFIT of Mr. STA ITER, the Comedy of SPEED THE PLOUGH. After which the Ballet Dance of THE OLD COMMODORE. To conclude with the Melo Drama of LUKE THE LABOURER. Mr. Knowles' last new play of The Maid of Mariendorpt. as now performing nightly with the greatest success at the Teatre Royal, Harmarket, is in preparation, and will be produced previous to the close of the present season. . • THEATRE-ROYAL. LIVERPOOL. AX RS. TELLET and Mr. CHAPLIN have the honour 1 respectfully to announce that their BENEFIT will take place on FRIDAY EVENING next, the 7th instant, on which occasion will be performed the celebrated Comedy of THE BELLE'S STRATAGEM. Doricourt Mr. W. Howard. ' Flutter Mr. Chaplin. Letitia Hardy.. Miss Faucit. I Mrs. Hackett.. Mrs. Clarke. Lady Frances Touchwood . Mrs. 'Pellet. After which, an Interlude, called the ROMAN ACTOR. Paris (the Roman Actor) Mr. Stuart. - - - the course of the. Evening, a variety of Popular SONGS, by Miss Land and Miss Grant. To which will be added the favourite Farce of PAST TEN O'CLOCK AND A RAINY NIGHT !! ! Dozey Mr. Baker. I Sam Squib Mr. Slaiter. Lucy Mrs. Tenet. Nancy ' Miss Cleaver. To conclude with a Panoramic Representation of the QUEEN'S VISIT TO GUILDHALL, displaying the whole of the ROYAL AND CIV IC PROCESSION. Tickets to be had at the usual Places; of Mrs. 'PELLET and Mr. Cu A PEAN; 10, Queen-square; and of Mr. PA RKER, at time Box-office, where Places way be taken. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. STUART, On which occasion his Sister, MISS ELIZA STUART, Of the Theatres-Royal, Bath and Bristol, and Mr. Braham's Royal St. James's Theatre, London, will make her first and only appearance. /AN MONDAY next, the 10th instant, will be performed Y the new Play written by Sir hdward Lytton Bulwer Bart., called THE LADY OF LYONS ; OR, LOVE AND PRIDE. Claude Melnotte (originally performed by him at this Theatre.) Damns Mr. Baker. Madame Deschapelles Pauline To conclude with Colman's ['lay, compressed into Two Acts, called THE MOUNTAINEERS ; Ott, LOVE AND MADNESS Octavian Mr. Stuart. Sadi Mr. Baker. I Floranthe.... Miss Cleaver. • Agnes Miss Stuart. Incidental to the Piece, Song- 7 ." When the hollow drum," Miss Stuart. Duet —" Bonny Tawney Moor," Miss Stuart and Mr. Baker Song (introduced)—" Bid me discourse," Miss Stuart. Duet—" Faint and wearily," Mr. Baker and Miss Stuart. Finale—All the characters. Tickets to be obtained of Mr. STUART, 14, Upper Beau street; Messrs. iitmE.'s Music Warehouse, Church-street Messrs. Rock LIEF and Duckwotern, Castle-street; and o Mr. PARKER, at the Boxoffice, where Places may be taken iiibcrpool FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 4, 1838 THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—The arrival o packet-ships Pennsylvania and St. Andrew, which left New York on the 9th and 16th ultimo respectively, lias put us in possession of important as well as me lancholy intelligence from Canada. We subjoin as many extracts as our space will afford. (From the New York Cowie?. and Enquirer of Nov. 9 ) CANADA WAR RENSWED. We have t o announce the important and thrilling inter. genre that the Canadian population is again in arms, re. solved to strike a blow for freedom. The news by last night's boat is, that-a general and simultaneous rising of the French populatiori on this side the St. Lawrence has taken place, and that several small posts had fallen into their hands: they had made prisoners of the soldiers stationed at Napierville, and secured a considerable amount of arms and ammuni tion. St. John, it was believed, would be attacked last night by a strong force, estimated at seven or eight thousand. The utmost consternation prevailed at St. John's yesterday, and every means was nut in requisition for the emergency. Capt. .Price's sloop, the Daniel Webster, we understand, was not permitted to leave the port. Several of our citizens went down'last evening. This movement is said to be headed by Robert Nelson, Cote, Gagnion, Hotchkiss, and several foreign military leaders. Of its results a few days will inform es; and this evening's boat will probably bring a pi city derisive All accounts speak of arms, ammunition, and men in abundance. May God prosper the right. - Martial law is again proclaimed within the district of Montreal, and we shall doubtlesS, be called to chronicle scenes of bloody ou rage. (From the Montreal Ilerabi-Extra.) Monday Morning, Nov. 5, 1838. The events we have "so often predicted are now matter of history—the Canadians have again risen in open rebellion, evidently under 'more efficient organization, and martial law was yesterday proclaimed in this province for the second time in the short space of 12 months. Most alarming intelligence reached town yesterday forenoon, that the whole country was in a state of insurrection, and that many loyalists have been murdered in cold blood in the county of Acadia. Further accounts but too plainly cntroborated the previous rumour, and a considerable body of troops was despatched to that county. The steamer Princess Victoria, whieh took over a detach ment of the Royal Artillery on Saturday afternoon to Lapa ruire, was twice set on fire by the rebels while at the wharf, but fortunately escaped without much injury. The loyalists in Laparaire had ten minutes' notice to leave the village, and getting on board the steamer Britannia, they have ar rived in ►own 'in safe'y. Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, a party of 300 rebels attacked the house of Mr. L. Brown at Beauharnois; and, after about twenty minutes' fighting, Mr. Brown, Mr. Ellice, jun., Mr. Norval, Mr. Ross, and the other constitutionalists surrendered themselves prisoners, and nothing more is at present known of their fate. Mrs. Ellice, Miss Balfour, and theother females in the house at the time, took refuge in the cellar during the engagement. Mr. Brown and Mr. Ross are both woundect Yesterday forenoon an Indian woman, at the village of Caughnawaga, who was seeking for a stray cow, discovered a large body of armed men in the woods, and gave informa tion of the circumstance to the Indians, who were then as sembled at church. They immediately seized what arms they could procure, such as muskets, tomahawks, and pitch- forks, and giving the war_ whoop, charged - their- foes, who scampered off as fast as they could, throwing down their arms as they fled. Seventy-five were taken prisoners, and brought into town handcuffed, by the Lachine Cavalry. A consi derable number of arrests were made yesterday, among whom are L. M. \Tiger, the President of the People's Bank; D, B. Viger, an ex-Legislative Councillor, Chas. Mendelet, John Donegani, C. S. Cherrier, and a great 'many other leading rebels. - The volunteers were ordered out, and vied with each other in doing their duty with alacrity. They Were appointed to search every suspected house in the city and suburbs for arms, and they brought in a consi derable supply. It was remarked that m Canadian houses there were very few men to be seen, and it is supposed that they Were not far off. The gates at the different barricades were closed, and strong pickets placed to guard them. Re inforcements of troops ‘vere sent to various quarters of the district. At Beauharnois the rebels took possession of the steamer Brougham, on her way to Lachine with the mail on board. It is currently - reported that during the engagement Mr. J. M'llonald, whilst leading on - a party of dragoons against the rebels, was shot dead, five b u ll e t s h av i ng p i erced his body. His Excellency Sir John Colborne arrived yes terday morning in the John Bull, and issued the following Proclamation : PROVINCE OF LOWER CANADA.—J. Coi.lmL NE. By His Excellency, Sir.john Colborne, Knight Grand Cross of the most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. Ad ministrator of the Government of the Province of Lower Canada, Lieutenant General in Chief of Her Majesty's Forces in the said Province, &c. &c. A PROCLAMATION, 'Whereas there exists in the District of Montreal a traitor ous conspiracy, by a number of persons, falsely styling . themselves Patriots, fur the subversion of the authority of her Majesty, and the destruction of the established Consti tution and Government of the said province; and whereas the said traitorous conspiracy hath broken out into acts of the most open and dating rebellion ; and whereas the said rebellion hath very considerably extended itself, insomuch that large bodies of armed traitors have openly arrayed them selves, and have made, and do still make, attacks upon Her Majesty's subjects, and have committed the most horrid ex cesses and cruelties: — And whereas in the parts of the said district in which the said conspiracy hath not as vet broken out in open rebellion, large numbers of such persons, so calling themselves Patriots, for the execution of such their wicked designs, having planned means of open violence, and formed arrangements for rais ing and arming ar. organized and disciplined farce, and in furtherance of their purposes, have frequently assembled in great and unusual numbers; and whereas the exertions of the Civil Power are ineffectual for the suppression of the aforesaid traitorous and wicked conspiracy and rebellion, and for the protectiOn of the lives and properties of Her Ma jesty's loyal subjects : And whereas the Courts of Justice in the said District of Montreal have virtually ceased to exist, from the impossi bility of executing any legal process or warrant of arrest therein ; and whereas the public safety requires that martial law should be exercised ; now, therefbre, I have thought fit, by and with the advice and consent of her Majesty's Execu tive Council of this Province, to issue this Proclamation, to the end that it be tnade manifest, that I shall arrest and punish, and cause to be arrested and punished, all persons who have been hitherto, or who.now are or hereafter may be in anywise acting, aiding , and assisting in the said conspiracy and rebellion, and who hereafter• may be in anywise acting, aiding, or assisting in any other conspiracy and rebellion within the said district of Montreal, according„ to martial law, either by death or otherwise, as to me shall seem right and expedient, for the punishment of all rebels in the said district. Given under my hand and seal of arms, at the Government House, in Ihe city of Montreal, i❑ the province of Lower Canada, the fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, and in the second year of Her Majesty's teign. Billis . Excellency's command, THUS. LEIGH GOLDIE, Acting Secretary of the Province. The fnllowing extracts are taken It um the New York Spec. talon of Nov. (From the Troy Daily Whig.) IMPORTANT FROM CANADA It appears from the following letter, received from Platts burgh this morning by the mayor of the city, that there has been anotb€ r rising among the patriots in Canada. Its state ments are at best mere rumours, and must be taken w" great allowance "PLATTSBURGH, Nov. 3, 1838. I' Hon. J. C. HEARTT " Sir,—Last night there was a general rising among the patriots of Upper and Lower Canada. In the city of Quebec, Theller and Dodge, the Yankee prisoners , had 2500 armed men under their command—atMontreal,2o6o men commanded by French officers from France. Dr. Nelson entered Canada by Napperill, and swept every thing ; took all the loyal volun teers prisoners, and gut 800 stand of arms deposited there .for Loyalists. Dr. Nelson left Napierville last night at six o'clock, with 1500 men, to march upon St. John's, at which places he will be joined by 1000 from the parish east of St. John's. The town was to be burned at day-break this morning. (Novem . ber sth.) All communication by land is stopped. The pa triots have possession of the lines. Bill Johnston is to work at his old stand. Saturday night, WOO men (from Ohio) at tacked Fort Malden, U. C. On the whole, the loyalists of Canada are very, unpleasantly situated. "1 am, very respectfully, your ob't servant, "M. S. GrI,MAN." "FRANKLIN COUNTY, Vt., Nov. 4,]B3B.—Messrs. Editors On Friday last, the tories in Canada began to arrest the principal Canadians at L'Acadre, and other places; on Sa turday, the Canadians rose in open rebellion, and from what cats learn, the rising will be general throughout the province. Yours, in haste. X. Y." LWe,do not know who " X. Y." is, or what dependence is to be placed upon the letter; but it is post marked St. Albans, Nov. 5.1 —N. 1. Express. The first of these " important" stories we find in two of the morning papers, and the other graces the columns of the Express. Our readers will estimate them rightly, we suppose, without any help from us ; the absurdity is too palpable to need exposition. We may remark, however, that the editor of the Troy paper might have .spoken of the statements fur nished him with somewhat more directness, if. he had looked on the map for any such place as Napierville, or reflected a moment on the probability of such events taking place at Quebec, Montreal and St. John's and the news reaching Plattsburg, all within 24 hours, or of an attack on Malden, at the western extremity of Lake Erie, being made on Satur day night, aril known at Plattsburgh on Monday. P.S.—Since the above was in type we learn that there has been a little outbreak at Beauharnois—unconnected, how ever, with any party or movement ou the American side of the line. Mr. Ellice, the seigneur. of Beauharnois, was for a short me a prisoner in the hands of the rioters, but was quickly rescued. The disturbance was soon and easily put down, and seve ral of the ringleaders were captured by the troops. An exaggerated account of this affair was probably the foundation of the story from Plattsburgh. Mona Rumours.—About nine o'clock this morning, a gentleman called upon us, with the astounding information, that a British officer had just come down, post haste, from Canada, and brought word that the lower provinces were all in commotion; that Sir John Colborne had proclaimed mar- Out law, &c. Thereupon we took measures to ascertain what truth there might be in the tale; and this is the result:—Colonel Clive of the Grenadier Guards has indeed arrived—but his intelli gence is of a very different character from that reported. No martial law has been proclaimed—no invasion or rising has taken place—and nothing has appeared to indicate that any such is probable. on the contrary, this officer says that he was instructed to inquire and look ' about, on his way down, and especiallly at the points which have been indicated as the seats of warlike movements. _ . _ He has accordingly visited Chazy, Champlin, Plattsburgh, and other places on and near the frontier line, and held full and free communications with the American officers at se veral of the frontier posts ; and he is perfectly satisfied that there is no serious nushief to be apprehended. CANADA. —We received yesterday Montreal papers to the date of Monday last. The patriotism and courage of the in invaders who had assembled at Napierville, seem to have fled, if they ever hail any, before even the appearance of Bri tish troops. Two columns, one under the immediate com mand of Sir John Colborne from St. John's, and the other under that of Col. Love from St. Valentine, reached Na pierville on Saturday morning last at the same moment, and found the place deserted by no less than four thousand men, who had collected there—probably twice the number of their enemy, who now sought them. The two affairs which have already been mentioned by our correspondent at Whitehall, would seem to have been of more importance than his letters led us to expect. In both the attacks of the insurgents, they were repelled by the militia of the provinces alone For the accounts from other parts of Lower Canada, we refer to our extracts. The followin letter was received yesterday : L'AcADIE„ Nov. 12, 1838.—Sir-1 am directed by his Excellency Sir John Colborne, to acquaint you that the re bels, who had assembled in arms in the district of Montreal, have been entirely dispersed by her Majesty's troops and the volunteers. 1 have the honour to be, &c. WM. ROWAN, Secretary. To Jas. Buchanan, Esq. her Majesty's Consul, New Vork (From the Courier of the 12th.) On Sat urday s aft ernoon the annexed despatch reached town, announcing what so was much feared, that the rebel force had evacuated Napierville before the troops reached it. • NAPIERVILLE, Nov 10, 1838. Saturday, 9, A.M. Sir,—l am directed Icy the Commander of the forces to in form you, that the force under his command has just arrived here. The rebels, to the number of 2,000, evacuated the town about two hours ago, and about the same number had previ ously gone off, many of them having thrown away their arms. The cavalry are now in pursuit of the former, on the Chateau guay toad. Colonel Love's column reached the town, from St. 'Valentine, at the same time with the Head Quarter di vision. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN EDEN, 1). A. G. It will be seen by the following despatch, which was re ceived from Major Carmichael yesterday, that Beauharnois has been retaken from the rebels, and that the prisoners taken with the Brougham steamer have been released. Beauharnois, Nov. 10, ten a.m. Sir,— I have the honour to acquaint you, for the informa tion of his excellency the commander of the forces, that, in conjunction with Colonel Philpotts, a detachment of one offi cer of engineers, twenty-two sappers and miners, one cap tain, three subalterns, four sergeants, two buglers, and one hundred and twenty-one rank and tile, 71st Regiment, with upwards of one thousand Glengarry men, were landed at Hungry Bay- this morning, marched, and took Beauharnois, rescued all the prisoners, with the exception of Messrs. Ellice, Brown, Norman, Ross, Norval, Bryson, Houndslow, and , .- • Surveyor. supposed to be at Chateauguay—with the loss of one man killed and three wounded, of the 71st Regiment. The. men are very much fatigued, and we wait here for orders. 1 have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient humble servant,. L. Chi:MICHAEL, Colonel, P, S. Major Hill, Assistant Quarter Master General. (From the Montreal Courier of the 12th inst.) By a private letter received yesterday, we regret to learn that Mr. George Hay, a respectable farmer on the banks of the Richelieu, about six miles above St. Valentine, has been robbed by the rebels of all his moveable property, including his valuable stock of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, &c.; and that all the loyal inhabitants on thaj side of the river have experienced similar treatment. Mr. Hay's house had been used as a barrack fur several days by about 200 of the rebels. The letter also stated, that abotit 100 oh them have advanced about a quarter of a mile over the lines on the opposite side of the river, and take their stand at a place called Beech Ride, near Alburgh. Besides being well armed, they have three pieces of cannon. The loyal inhabitants in that quar ter are worn out with fatigue and harassed with constant alarms. The Chambly mail carrier who arrived Yesterday afternoon, reports that the volunteers had been fired upon by the rebels, and that Mr. Dixon, the postmaster, had been obliged to fly to the fort for protection. Nine prisoners, who have been arrested in the neighbour hood of St. John's were brought to town yesterday afternoon in the Princess Victoria. Among these are two noted re bels, one named Mongeon, the other Richard. E. R. Fabre, and Doctor Lusignan, have also been arrested. Through the whole of yesterday, very large volumes of some smoke were visible in the direction of the Chateauguay; and last night a large portion of the hea vens w a s ill um i na t e d by an extensive blaze, which was visible in the direction of St. John's, supposed to be St. Athanase. The Brougham steamer which was captured by the rebels. is a good deal crippled in her machinery, and was towed down to Lachine yesterday. The mail-bag from Upper Canada, that was on board of her remained undiscovered and unopened, although its contents were valuable; it was brought into town yesterday. Considerable sensation was created in town yesterday, by the arrival of Messrs. Ellice, L. G. Brown, R. H. Norval, John. Macdonal, John L. Grant, John Bryson, John Ross, - Houndslow, David Norman, Dr. Surveyor, and another whose name we did not learn, about whose safety some ap prehensions had been entertained. It appears that after their capture at Beauharnois, they were, as it was supposed here, conveyed to Chateauguay, where they were confined to a room; from which day-light was carefully excluded, but they were allowed to have candles burning. During this time they were well treated by the Cure and the nuns, who were per mitted to send them a profusion of luxuries from their larder and cellars. They were also allowed to send money fur any thing they wanted from the village. They were being con• veyed in carts on Satuarday, as they believed, to Napierville, and had reached La Pigaounier, in the Seigniory St. George, when their escort hearing of the evacuation of Napiervilte, left them and fled. They were allowed to proceed in the same carts in Laprairie, and were even advised, it is said, by some of the older rebels, which road to take as the safest. They reached Laprairie about two o'clock yesterday morn ing, and this city about ten. Extract from a letter dated " Quebec, Thursday Evening. "There are now in this city a good number of strangers, particularly Americans ; I learn that si few of them were arrested yesterday, but I did not hear for what cause.. " It appears that depositions have been made against se veral individuals in thiS city, who attend secret meetings, and that warrants have been issued for their apprehension.— Morin-has left the city." We have been favoured with the following extract of a let ter, dated " Sandwich, Oct. 30, 1831. " All the Western and London Districts are in a bustle : 500 militia are called out at Chatham ; 350 are at Port Sarnia. All the militia here and at Amherstburgh are ordered to be in readiness at a minute's warning. The Lake Shore militia are ordered out, and the whole of the troops at Amherstburgh have been working day and night, and all last Sunday, getting the fortifications ready." The Official Gazette of the 9th inst. contains four ordinan ces of Sir John Colborne and his Special Council. The first is that authorizing the banks to suspend specie payment. Its provisions are similar to that issued on a former occasion, and its duration limited to the first of June next. The se cond ordinance authorizes the seizing and detaining, for a limited time, of gunpowder, arms, weapons, lead, and muni tions of war. The third ordinance authorizes Sir John Col borne to take such steps as he may deem necessary for the suppression of the rebellion, and to erect tribunals for the trial and punishment of the rebels. The fourth ordinance authorizes the apprehension and detention of persons charged with high treason, suspicion of high treason, misprision of high tseason, and treasonable practices, and •of the suspen sion, for a limited time, as to such persons, of the habeas corpus act. -- THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TROOPS FIRED UPON. (Correspondence of the Argus.) Sackett's Harbour, N0v.•12. My dear Sir,—A boat (not ten, as stated in the accompa nying extract), conveying a company of Colonel Worth's regiment •from Ogdensburgh to French Mills, on Thursday last at noon-day, was fired upon, and one man badly and dangerously wounded. The bunt was in American waters, and the men in full uniform Their character could not he mistaken, if, as fatally appears to he the case, within musket shot. Colonel Worth started forthwith, with a suitable force, down the St. Lawrence, to look into this business. [Extract from the Sentinel, published at Prescott (Upper Canada), Nov. 8, 1838.] . We regret to learn that an American sottlier was shot near Cornwall, on Wednesday last, by some of the volunteers sta tioned i❑ that vicinity. A gentleman just arrived in the Dolphin slates, that ten barges, apparently filled with inen, wer9 seen passing down; that they were hailed, and did not stop or make any satisfactory reply ; and the volunteers tak ing them for rebels, fired. It proved, however, that the men were American soldiers, hound for some part of the country below. A❑ American officer cattle to Cornwall the following day, making hitter complaints respecting the circumstance. We have no doubt every satisfaction that can reasonably be required will be given. If the boats were hailed and did not hail too, in times like the present, no blame whatever can be attached to the volunteers. They did no more than their duty. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET—Nov.I6. We have no change of any moment to notice in the Stock market. The business transacted yesterday was rather more extensive, and in a few instances at a trifling improvement in prices; but the market generally, for all descriptions not paying regular dividends, must bP considered much depressed. United States Bank closed at 121; Delaware and Hudson, 714; Harlem Railroad, 55k; and Stonington Railroad at a decline of 1 per cent on the closing price of the pre vious day. Sales were made of 10,0(X) in 6 per cent. Trea sury Notes, at 2 per cent. premium. The packet-ship St. Andrew, for Liverpool, being still de tained, some further sales of bills on London have been made, fur transaction by her, at 91 to 9 per cent. prem. the pre vious rates. NEWFOUNDLAND. — We have been favoured with a copy of the Newfoundland Public Ledger of the 9th ultimo, in which we find the following apposite and and forcible remarks respecting the conduct of the Popish faction towards Dr. Kielley : " Long previously to the commission of the late foul offence against the liberty of the subject, on the part of the House of Assembly, there was an assurance in the mind of every man of ordinary observation, that the priests' party were prepared to go any and every length in the accomplishment of the one great object of subduing all things to themselves; for almost every species of the most abominable tyranny was had re- course to, for the purpose of coercing individuals into a line of conduct which neither their judgments nor their consciences approved. The thunders of the church were had in requisition, and were dealt forth in all their ickening, disgusting, and—to weak minds —in all their appalling ferocity ; and those from among the best of our Roman Catholic population who have paid the common debt of nature during the prevalence of this infernal system, have died and have been buried like the brutes which perish—with out one ray of consolation from the lips cf any Christian pastor, or one solitary rite at the final inhuMation of the mortal remains ! It was not enough that they were persons of strictly moral or religious habits—they had died in the midst of their POLITICAL sins, and were, of course, accursed ! r‘ It is, however, a partially redeeming feature in the Roman Catholic population of this country, that there are a few, although a very few, of the members of that faith, who openly avow their sense of the utter wickedness of the course which the Priests have been pursuing. There are doubtless very many others who secretly entertain the same sentiment with regard to it, but who are deterred from any open expression of their views, from an apprehension that it would involve in it the thorough ruin of all their temporal concerns. Among the former class of these Romanists is the very Dr. Kiellgy whose late noble stand against the despotism of our villainous house of Assembly has done him such immortal credit, and which has,• at the same time, contributed so largely to bring our affairs so prominently before the British public.—Al Priests' Assembly as it was, it had no terrors for him —he nobly efused to do that which his own sense of honour and his min conscience forbade him, and there fore frustrated the intention of establishing a precedent which he felt would be deeply injurious to the liberty of his fellow-citizens.---The Doctor, it should be mentioned, was once a surgeon in the . British Navy, but having lost his commission in consequence of pro tracted illness in the West Indies,* he sat himself down here, and has laboured to provide for a respecta ble family all the ease and comfort befitting his pro fessional rank ; but being one of those who come under the vulgar denomination of " Mad Dogs"—(an epithet applied by the Priests to all those who have sufficient firmness and moral courage to resist their imperious and unlawful commands)—he has been the object of ceaseless persecution—the Priests notonly refusing to associate with him in funeral processions, but to per form the last offices to the dying, where the parties had been guilty of availing- themselves of the profes-. sional services of a gentleman on whose skill and ability they were disposed wholly to rely, and in whom the Protestants, besides, generally entertain the utmost confidence. "We have been thus particular in noticing the cha racter of Dr. Kielley, because it is to that gentleman • we are indebted for the stand which, in the present important instance, h. s been made ; but there are se veral other individuals in the community who are at this moment suffering under the politico ecclesiastical ban for sins of political omission or commission, who are certainly entitled to our sympathy "With the religious tenets of the Roman Catholics, as a distinct class of Christians, we have nothing whatever to do. Matters of that nature are better suited to the pulpit, or to that portion of the press which is of a much less ephemeral character than is that of the newspaper. And, indeed, speaking of the religious tenets of the Roman Catholics, we but sel-' dom hear of them ; they appear to have altogether merged in some peculiar doctrines regarding the safety of the State ; and so it is that we find the priesthood (we mean the priesthood in Newfoundland) assuming the character of politicians. It is in their character of politicians that we have had to deal with them. And what has the Roman Church in New= foundland taught us, but that instead of being a reli gious establishment, it is purely a political—restless in the extreme—impatient of control—disaffected to wards British (because they are Protestant) institu tionsand secretly, yet strongly opposed to every principle of public liberty ; in short, that it is one Po- LITICAL humbug from beginning to end. Such is the Romish Church in Newfoundland ; and it is to that very church that we owe all the miseries which we have endured since the first moment when the govern ment perpetrated the folly of giving to Newfoundlan d a local legislature. The power of the priests must be restrained,..and the most effectual way of doing that is by disfranchising their subjects. We want nothing less than a strong government, and a rigorous a dmi-7 nistration of British laws." • The Doctor's character is well known to Professors Sir Astley Cooper, Henry Cline, sen., John Heighten, Jew" Blundell, W. Bebbington, sen., James Curry, and others at St. Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals; as well as to those under whom he has practically served, in the British Na''Y viz., 13atry O'Meara, John Saunterez Downe, Sir W" Burnett. Drs. Alexander Denmark and Dewar, Physicians of the Mediterranean Fleet. Futther, the Doctor's charac ter is to he found in the records of the Admiralty; an d if the, dead could rise and speak in his favour, there would be fow l, ' in the list, Lord Exmouth, Sir Israel Pellew, and Sir James Brisbane,—to say nothing of the living witnesses, Sir Cha s ; Hamilton and Sir Thomas Cochrane, the late Governors of this Island. MR. URQUIIART.—A correspondent, who expresses himself in terns of warm approbation of the very spirited, enlightened, and energetic addresses of Mr. Urquhart, an abstract of one of which we published last week, suggests the propriety of inviting that gentleman to attend a public meeting of the mercan tile interests of Liverpool. We trust that the sugges tion thus seasonably offered may be speedily acted upon. We understand that the Chamber of Corn merce at Hall intend to give him an early invitation. Mr.. Urquhart, from the position which he occupied ag Secretary to the Eastern Embassy, and from the log intercourse which he has enjoyed with those parti es , who are best acquainted with the comme rcial and political affairs of the East, is peculiarly qualified to render the most essential services to the mercantile and trading communities of Great Britain. Frnin 3 note which he has recently addressed to Mr. Cargill; of Newcastle, it appears that the recent comma-el! treaty entered into with Turkey owes its orig in to I": suggestions. When we consider the importa nt nature of his communications, and their direct bearing op' our commercial prosperity, we cannot avoid echo':_ the the wish of our correspondent, that Liverpool ntaY favoured with his lucid and powerful expositions ° our foreign policy. THE LATE STORM.—In another part of our P-. )e . we give insertion to a small portion of the inforrnati l which has readied us respecting the devastations " the late hurricane, the effects of which on , ct' we regret to find, have been of the most uestittoO try character. Our contemporary, the Mercury, shrewdly anticipated the melancholy new s which we have received within the last day or two, by observing' the extraordinary and continued depression a t he barometrical column. In corroboration of the obser vations of the Mercury we find, from the C9rk Consti tution of Saturday, that "at Monkstown,at 4, p.m, on • Wednesday last, the wind blowing a heavy ga l e from S.W., th e mercur y sun k below 28; the lowest num on the scale, and reached a point which may be ex pressed by the number 27. 6." In Cork a similar de pression was observed. In the circular barometers the index descended to "stormy," and proceeded in a reverse course to "fair," and in some to "set fair," from which it slowly retraced its unusual course during that and the following day. We fear that we a" destined to hear of many more disasters than ‘ve have yet been apprized of, as it is probable that, from the 5691 185 11894 1096