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iitiatat imolai - fent 4 HOUSE OF LORDS.—Maxomt. ills on the table were forwarded a stage 311 AM proceeded to call the attention of their e extent of the distress prevailing throughout He drew a deplorable picture of the sufferings g classes in the manufacturing districts—suffer ite unmanned one to contemplate, and which ring to recount, were it not that he felt it a to lay them before the house. All these suf re borne with a most exemplary patience; and as exhibited which raised the poor sufferers se—their kindness towards each other—even ,y displaying it_werebut a shade less miserable .odeavosired to aid. It was to be remem suffering people had no share in making the .gch they were governed. They had not even a a representative, and this entitled them to be the lously protected. In tracing the causes of the dis said that the distress was owing to bad harvests ; l not be the case, for iu 1829, 1830, and 1831 we bad and prices higher, without any such dis ;led. The noble lord then adverted to the '• the distress of the people had been at .achinery, the currency, &c., and con s impossible to ascribe it to such causes. if next to what he conceived to be the causes, Ley must be looked for in the state of our id intimated that he had little fear of foreign thanufacturers if Government by its istation did not take part with the foreigner against the ive artisan. He at once detected in this state of our sign trade, not only a sufficient cause for the distress, but it ground for apprehension for the future. A petition which he had been entrusted, and which prayed their ships to hear evidence of the causes of the distress, ema- I from parties who were prepared to prove that the most ed pieces of machinery, when to be sold, could only be o foreign agents, unless at a tremendous sacrifice in not in some instances amounting to one-third of the They were also prepared to show that the more skil be workmen in our factories were emigrating, and that derable number of the capitalists themselves were emigrate also. He knew himself several individu ! latter class who would not continue in this country me alteration should take place in the corn laws. prepared to show that orders now about to be 'oreign countries would be given to this country if s of the corn laws was altered, and that the trade, f which had gone abroad, would return to this Mercantile men were ready to prove that the 'no lordships would display a disposition to recon 'aws, they would give the orders which otherwise nd to foreign countries. The noble lord then it if this country did away with the prohibitory duties, it would be impossible for America, \untry in Europe, to avoid following its exam tittee of inquiry were granted of course all uses of the distress and proposals for its considered, and evidence heard upon them, say one of those remedies never would s as now prey 1 that i otectir he admission of slave grown sugar. luded by moving that it be referred to a consider of the distresses of the country. lIPON said it was impossible that such an in ad to any satisfactory result. The object of )rd and of the petitioners also was neither more 1 of the corn laws ; and he regretted to uss this question over again. Unless certain mode of relieving the distress could be ) into committee would only give rise to ex ich would ultimately end in disappointment, travate the existing evil. The noble lord then nd that a repeal of the corn law would not effects alleged in promoting the activity of He thought it would be a great misfor t interests of the country, the agricultural ;, were to be again placed in collision, would be if this committee were granted. •e, that it would be highly inexpedient to committee, he felt it his duty to oppose the motion to; disci: facturi STANHOPE contended that the corn laws were not the f the distress, and the inquiry, if granted, must be ;lusive to the people. _ _ . KINNAIRD supported the motion. I arquis of CLANRICARDE contended that none of the its used by Lord Brougham had been answered by nt MELBOURNE said there was no use in attempt ,guise the deplorable state of the country, which e highest degree afflicting and alarming. Admitting ring, the measures to be devised should not be of ary character, but should be such as to meet the ;e ' • and he must say that, co ns id er i ng th e w h o l e id not think that it could serve any good purpose this committee. 1 of RADNOR supported the motion. ---“ , NCLIFFE thought that any interference with law would only aggravate the distress ; and he must at the corn law had not had a fair trial, and should be d more than the short period of eight weeks to test its 1 BROUGHAM replied at considerable length; after their lordships divided, and the motion was negatived tajority of 61 to 14. lips then adjourned HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. T. DuNcome.e gave notice, that on going into com )f supply he should move that it be an instruction to nmitiee to grant the supplies not yet voted for of three months only, with the exception of the sup r Canada, Syria, and China : _ _ _ JAMES GRAHAM, in a reply to a question from Mr. field, said he had received a verbal communication the commissioners to inquire into the condition of and factories, to the effect that they would very rbe enabled to make a second report. He also said, ly to another question, that it was not the intention vernment to bring in any bill this session for the pur f altering the Factory Bill. EL PEEL gave notice that he would this day move for to bring in a bill to provide more effectually for the ty of her Majesly's person. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER postponed the o Regulation Bill until Friday, and would then state r he would proceed with or abandon it. LEADER complained of a breach of faith committed Government, in passing the Municipal Corporations half-past two o'clock on Saturday morning. 1. PEEL said he did not know that the bill had passed, was quite certain that there was no intention on the the government to do anything unfair or adverse to ledge that had been given. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to a aint from Mr. Hume, said that rupee the last time the member had mentioned the subject, th e Mi nt h a d no less than £240,000 in silver money, and were still k to supply the deficiency. R. PEEL, in moving that the house should resolve into a committee of supply, adverted to Lord Pal m's announcement that!, the present government had Lord Auckland to continue in the government of In id to the noble lord's . inference therefrom that the of Lord Auckland's policy Affghanistan was ap -lof by the present government. Against this infer e protested, and he must say it was hardly fair of the lord to make the use he had done of a private letter. it R. Peel) never recollected being a party to any .ffer to Lord Auckland, nor could he find any official or document warranting the assertion. He knew that Ellenborough, by whom the letter was said to have vritten to Lord Auckland, entertained the highest Thleman, and in a spirit of high-minded )sity might have written a letter to him expressive of sh to the effect stated, but were it so he must say the lord was not justified in making the use he had done irivate communication from one noble lord to another. d PALMERSTON would at once withdraw his inference the fact if the letter of Lord Ellenborough was written ut the sanction of his colleagues. .d HowlCx said he had personal cognizance of the hat a very pressing letter bad been written to Lord iand by Lord Ellenborough. r ! innru saia it was not competent for the noble lord to vritten such a letter without the sanction of the direc ' the East India Company. J. HOBHOUSE said, not a word in the shape of dis- of Lord Auckland's p o li cy h a d b een h ear d of until arrived of the disasters in Affghanistan. Indeed, 'age, the directors of the East India Company Jeyon d the government in approving of that policy. that had been said, however, it was gratifying to find :y approved of by a man so capable of judging of I Ellenborough. rlier st R. PEEL, in reply to Mr. Hume, said it was impossible le intentions of government, as to the period of pro 1g parliament, could be known to the public, for it :cessary the supplies should be granted before the meat could come to any decision upon the subject. the motion for going into committee of supply, VILLIERS moved, as an amendment, that the house I resolve itself into a committee to consider the best of repealing the corn laws. He grounded the necessity h a proceeding upon the failure of the recent corn o cheapen prices, and upon the distressed state of the ition, which was such as to demand a supply of cheap )EN contended that a repeal of the corn laws le whole system of our manufacturing industry •--------- AaD was opposed to the total repeal of the - said be bad advocated a fixed duty, as ,eous to agriculturists and manufacturers; idful condition of the country induced him now the total reveal of the corn law. AGLION s cautioned the house against allowing the corn remain untouched until it was compelled to take it up eason, perhaps, of public excitement, and even tumult. , ould G , KNIGHT would not admit that a repeal of the corn mitigate the distress. He was confident matters improve as soon as parliament was prorogued and an gut to all this talking. r. INDLE'? contened the high price of food was the cause a the dist F. SCOTT sad trbeessc of the rich Cirri law was maintained not for the C. NATI but for the sake of the poor. ER regretted that the motion had been brought rm.', for he thought the subject had been already suffi ly discussed. _ PEEL said, the sp ee d, per one. of Sir C. N a pi er was a m anly By the discussions which were constantly he gentlemen on the lo doubt without PPosition benches were pre m having anything like intendingfi, the corn law recently well ; the wheat harvest had It was begin '-and he believed if the commenced; wheat ,K, for the purpose of profit t.'e speculators were ..uld eventually discover their t rn ulg by the ls. duty, I would attend it. He sympathised by the loss !ss which unhappily prevailed; and if c deeply with the rial alteration of the corn law would brinced that a anent relief, he would at once concede it. pria t ductive of nbered, however, that the alteration of the was be teed a temporary stagnation of trade, of courseriad,llind distress, but which, he trusted, would now pass away g id received from Portugal the intelligence that the coy. al treaty with that country had been signed, from which ticipated beneficial results. The right hon. baronet on to say that he admitted the correctness, in the ab. , of the principles of free trade, but contended that principles should not be hastily applied in a country large protected interests had grown up. He only t for s fair trial of the measures of the government, and y should not he found to contribute to restore the cowl , prosperity, he would be amongst the first to propose 'ed, he om the speech . of the ~elf no gr eat confidence Jr nig own measures, and thought it cva • .n admission that the distress was to beat ein corn law. The go v e rnm ent had gone a certain plying gre a t p r i nc ipl es i n it s l eg i s l a tion, but v . y had a d op t e d near l y every t hi ng t h ey h a d pre. 1 osed. Th e t ar iff was goo d , b ut i t was not new . aw was goo d , b ut i t was not new ; while the income new,. but it wa s no t goo d. H e s h ou ld move an at, it that of the hon. member for Wolverhampton defeated, to the effect not of asserting the repeal ' , w, but th at the house, instead of going into . resolve itself into a committee to consider , hick had passed during the present session. N urged at consid era bl e l ength i n support of „notion, contending that the utmost quantity of land lich could be thrown out of cultivation by a repeal of the , o f aer nu laws would be about 2,000000 es ; and it would n law CODDE , that he had hire eadmiti4l4 Utter futid, and get lid of thin ojlotia lear4 The atiatoctas. England was the most privileged class in the world, They had the colonies, and the army, and the navy, and the church to themselves, and having all these, they ought to blush to fight over the poor man's slice of bread. He believed they well knew that this law could not be maintained. They might kill Sir R. Peel ss they had killed Mr. Canning, because he was endeavouring to legislate beneficially for the people, but it was in vain for them to hope to preserve this law. Mr. GRIMSDITCH opposed the motion, and contended that the distress was to be attributed mainly to the increase of machinery. Lord HOWICK disliked as a general rule such interference with the supplies as the motion before the house occasioned, and he also thought it was going too far to call for a sweep ing repeal of a law which had been so much discussed, and so recently agreed to by the legislature. He could not, therefore, support the motion of Mr. Villiers, and he thought that it would suffer much from the manner in which it had been brought forward, as an amendment on going into a committeeof supply. Sir J. HANMEH said, as the representative of a great com mercial community, he felt himself called upon to turn his attention to the subject of the corn laws, and he felt bound to say that his opinions had undergone a change, and he should vote for the motion of Mr. Villiers, as a means of in dicating his opinion, which was not for total repeal, but for the imposition of a moderate fixed duty. The house then divided, and Mr. Villiers' motion was de feated by a majority of 231 to 117. The house then resolved itself into a committee of supply, and a vote on account of the expenses of the China war was agreed to, as was also the vote for Canada. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Several bills were brought up from the House of Com mons, and were severally read a first time. Several bills on the table were forwarded a stage. Some petitions were presented against portions of the Mines and Colliers Bill. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition signed by 1,600 persons, educated in classes at Exeter Hall in singing, writing, arithmetic, and linear drawing, praying for assist ance to enable the system to be carried out. He took that opportunity of saying that the grant of £30,000 for the pur pose of education in a country like this was altogether in sufficient. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was glad that the present government was prepared to follow up and extend the prin ciple of proposing public grants for the purposes of education. Lord BROU Gil AM also expressed his gratification. The petition was then laid on the table. The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed the bankruptcy and other law bills from Thursday until Monday. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY Sir. R. PEEL moved, pursuant to notice, for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the better protection of her Majesty's person, and in doing so observed that he did not propose by the bill to create any new treasons, nor did he propose any additional undue severity of punishment, for he thought a remedy might be found without those aids. He first pro posed to do away with all those useless solemnities of the law in cases of high treason, which were only capable to feed the vanity of the miscreants who were tempted to commit crimes of this description by the false dignity with which they ima gined themselves temporarily invested. He proposed that in the case of such offences as those which had recently been committed, of endangering the life, or, at all events, disturb ing the tranquillity of her Majesty, the criminals should be tried in the ordinary way. He also proposed that after the passing of the act, any person who should present a gun, pistol, or any other fire-arm, even though unloaded, or who should strike, or attempt to strike, or throw any missile of any kind, with intent to injure the person or to alarm her Majesty, such person shduld be liable to the same punish ment as was inflicted for larceny ; and it should be in the discretion of the judge to imprison the criminal, and to sub ject him to personal chastisement. This, he thought, would deprive the offender of the false dignity which attached itself under present circumstances to his trial, and would, be be lieved, materially tend to the security and tranquillity of her Majesty. Lord J. RUSSELL seconded the motion, and the bill was brought in, read a first and second time, and ordered to be committed this day. On the order of the day for going into committee on the poor law bill, _ _ Mr. T. Du NCOMBE asked if it could really be the intention of the government to proceed with the bill now that the commission was so near its termination. Sir J. GRAHAM said the bill was one of great importance, and he felt bound to ascertain the sense of the house respect ing it. After some discussion, Sir R. PEEL said he confessed that the government was placed in considerable difficulty upon the subject, but he thought the best course would be for the house to decide whether the commission should be allowed to continue for five years. After some further conversation, Sir J. GRAHAM recommended that the house should dis cuss the question as to the continuance of the commission. Mr. O'CONNELL, however, and other hon. members, re quested the government to bring in a temporary bill, and to bring forward, early in the next session, a general measure. Sir J. GRAHAM said he considered the continuance of the commission for five years essential, upon which he must ask the decision of the house. With respect to the other por tions of the bill, he was disposed as far as possible to meet the wishes of the house. The house then went into committee. On the clause for continuing the commission for five years, _ S. CRAWFORD moved, as an amendment, that it should he continued only for one year. Mr. FE' RAND seconded the motion, and once more en tered upon a vindication of the guardians of the Keighley union. Sir C. NAPlER.'ontended that there were gross abuses in the Keighly union. After some observarems from Mr. HARDY, Mr. Acid- ONBY, and Mr. LIDDELL, Mr. HAWES expressed h'A regret government did not in tend to press the whole bill during the present session. Mr. C. WOOD argued in support of the continuance of the commission for five years, and expressed his opinion that it ought to be permanent. Lord SANDON contended that when such enormous power was entrusted to the commissioners, the only security for the proper exercise of that power was by subjecting it to a pretty constant revision by parliament. Sir J. GRAHAM said that there could not be a greater mistake than to suppose that the power exercised by the com missioners was irresponsible, for they were responsible to the ministers of the crown, and in fact there never was a power exercised in this country so jealously watched or subjected to such a rigid supervision as that of the commissioners. The right honourable baronet argued at considerable length against many of the objections urged against the bill. After some observations from Sir B. HALL, Mr. TROTTER supported the bill. He had sent a copy of the bill to every union in Kent and Surrey, and not having received any communication in reply, he assumed they were satisfied with the bill, which he should, therefore, support. Mr. BUCK supported the amendment, grounding his oppo sition to the bill chiefly on his disapproval of the conduct of the poor law commissioners. Captain PECHELL spoke at considerable length in support of the amendment. After some observations from Mr. AGLIONBY and Mr DARBY, Mr. KEMBLE said he had heard no argument in favour of the continuance of the commission for five years, which would not be equally forcible for its permanency. It was an arbitrary and unconstitutional power to repose in any body whatsoever, and he should therefore vote for the limitation of the period to one year, believing that if the power were granted for five years, they might make up their minds that it would be imposed upon the country for ever. He would prefer if the amendment had been for three years, but he would, at all events, support it in preference to five years. Mr. MUNTZ feared that the system of the present law was not to relieve those who ought to be relieved, but to prevent those who ought to be relieved from obtaining any assistance. He protested against the law altogether. After a few words from Mr. LawsoN, the committee divided, and Mr. S. Crawford's amendment was defeated by a majority of 164 to 92. On the motion that the clause should stand part of the bill, Colonel SIBTHORP objected to the existence of the com mission at all, and therefore moved that the clause be struck out. Lord WORSLEY supported the clause. General JOHNSON moved that the chairman should report progress, upon which the committee again divided, and the motion was defeated by a majority of 178 to 16. Mr. FIELDEN then moved that the chairman should leave the chair. Sir R. PEEL said it was advisable to retain the power of moving continual adjournments it was most desirable that it should not be abused. _ Lord PALMERSTON also expressed a hope that the public business might not be thus obstructed. Several hon. members censured the course pursued by the hon. member for Oldham as factious. Mr. WARD, Mr. AGLIONDY, and others, begged of Mr. Fielden to withdraw his amendment. After a short discussion, Mr. FIELDEN pressed his motion, which was, however, negatived without a division. The clause was then carried by a majority of 146 to 26, after which the house resumed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY Mr. MAcKINNON postponed his motion for a new writ for Southampton until the 25th instant. In reply to a question from Mr. GRIMSDITCH, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that his noble friend at the head of the commission appointed to inquire into the amount of forged exchequer bills, had informed him that the commission would shortly be enabled to make a report. He would make inquiry as to whether they would be able to do so durng the present session. _ On the motion of Sir R. PEEL, the Queen's Protection Bill went through committee, was read a third time, and ordered to be engrossed. . Sir J. GRAHAM, in reply to a question from Lord Pal merston, said that when he pledged himself to support the principle of the Mines and Collieries Bill, the pledge was given on the part of the government. Sir R. PEEL, in reply to a question from Mr. Hardy, said it was not the intention of the government to bring forward any grant for church extension. After a speech from Mr. HUME, recommending a ll manner of reductions, and one from Mr. W. WILLIAMS, respecting the remuneration of clerks in public offices, the house went into committee of supply. Sir R. PEEL moved the usual vote for the British Mu seum, which led to some conversation as to the propriety of the rule excluding young children irom the Museum when with their parents, a. rule which did not prevail at the Na tional Gallery. The agreedr e te vo W te s of ulli 6 m 2 a ,o t o el o y forthe to. On t of parliame n t, s of the two houses Mr. of L Hum ods z r r . equired an account of theexpentshees House f ou th se e House Sir R. P EEL said, that from time immemorial of fnly Lordsurt portion had f therefused p public b t l o i e give money this that information. tb ey could a I t t was sth dealthe with, an d i t was placed at their disposal by means of an ad dress to the Crown, which ordered such a sum as it sup posed to be sufficient to su p por t t h e di gn i ty o f th e H ouse of Peers; under these circumstances he hoped for so small a sum as X 21,000, th e hon. member would not persevere in requiring information which was so calculated to revive for mer jealousies between the two houses of Parliament. Mr. HUME said that the House of Commons had a right to know the items of this expenditu r e, and in order to obtain it he would move that the vote be reduced to the sum of £21,000. On a majority of divi 90 sio to n M23r. Hume' s proposition was defeated by a Mr. HUME then moved to reduce it by the sum of ;£12,000, and a discussion ensued which terminated by the withdrawal of the motion, and the vote was agreed to. Th e house was occup r ie e d su t m he ed: e t m he ain p d r e o r te o e f ti t o h n e o e f v h e e n r in m g in o e u s s t i e m b a a t e d s . The other Bill was passed. j d e i s s t c y ll ' ss4-idiscussing Person orders of the day were th en di sposed of, and the adjourned.houAsfeterthet hhe President Tyler has recently had a daughter married. N o intoxicating beverages were allowed_ at the mystical festi vities. MitWPILANEOU TheCa arrived at Quebec this rear 16,29`2 dinigrghts ; twit yedri 13,50 J; increase so fare 2,e83. MintnEn.—We have this day to record a brutal murder committed on the highway at Worr Mill Brow, Styal, near Wilmslow, at an early hour on Tuesday morning week, on the body of a factory operative, named Henry Lockett, aged 30 years, a married man with three children. An inquest was held on the body, by Mr. Roscoe, coroner of the Knuts ford division, at the house of Mr. William Dale, the Old Ship Inn, Styal, on Thursday afternoon, when evidence to the following effect was adduced .—The deceased, Henry Lockett was a blower tenter, of Messrs. Greg's cotton mill at Styal, and on Monday evening, after leaving work, went to a public-house at Wilmslow, to join a lodge of Foresters, who had that day been having their annual dinner. It ap peared, that he left this house between twelve and one o'clock, and on his way home to Styal was seen in company with two men, named Samuel Lowe, a bricklayer by trade, and Horatio Worth, a factory operative; and when and where these individuals left him was not satisfactorily shown. Shortly after two o'clock on Tuesday Morning, a person named Thomas Atkinson, in returning from Wilmslow to Styal, found deceased lying across the footpath, with his hand upon his forehead, and quite dead. He saw another person coming towards the spot, and having obtained asssis tance, the body was carried home. A deep wound was found on the back of deceased's head, as if he had received a severe blow from some sharp instrument, and his neck was much discoloured as if from being strangled. Samuel Lowe, one of the parties seen in deceased's company late the pre vious night, absconded on the following morning, and has not since been met with. The other person, Horatio Worth was taken into custody to await the result of the inquest, A post-mortem examination of the body took place on Thursday, by Mr. Nightingale of Mr. Moore, surgeons, of Wilmslow. and Mr. Braithwaite of Knutsford, from whose concurrent testimony it appeared that death had been caused by strangulation, but that the fracture of the skull was sufficient to have caused it ultimately. The jury after a lengthy investigation into the circumstances, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons at present unknown ;" the evidence against the suspected party not been sufficiently strong to fix the crime upon them. Mr. Adamson, high constable of Macclesfield, has taken the subject in hand, and, it is hoped, the guilty party or parties will be soon discovered. PARENTAL CRUELTY.—On Friday night, the Ist July, a report was circulated in the neighbourhood of Tarporley, that a child had been found in a pig-stye, at Utkington that morning, covered with bruises and wounds, and having a large chain rivetted to her leg, &c. Upon hearing this, Mr. Baker, the special high constable, immediately proceeded to Utkinton, and there at the cottage of a person named Row land, who had kindly given the poor child shelter, he found the improbable story verified. The sufferer, who is of very diminutive stature, stated, that she was twelve years old, and " that ever since her mother died and her father got married again, she had never had any rest, for her stepmo ther was always finding fault ~ vith her, and then her father beat her, and turned her out with her chain on." The poor little creature was a mass of bruises, and from exposure to cold and wet, nearly spent, having been turned out by h er father, on Monday night, and told that if ever she came near the house again he would kill her. She had wandered about the lanes in the vicinity of the forest, until found as before described, asleep in the pig-stye, at Utkinton. On Saturday morning, Mr. Baker apprehended the father, who is a la bourer, named I,Villiain Craven, residing at Eaton, and took him, with the poor child, and several witnesses of the father's cruelty, before Colonel Tomkinson, who committed him for two months to the House of Correction. The many acts of brutality of this inhuman monster towards his unfortunate child, are such as to make the blood run cold at their repeti tion. One out of the many we will relate—the poor child, sometimy since, burned her finger whilst roasting a crab, and upon this being told to the father, he said he'd cure her from meddling with fire again, and he then deliberately thrust her little hand into the flames and burnt it cruelly. This will scarcely be credited, but we vouch for its truth.—Chester Courant. ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE IN SCOTLAND.—A pretty smart shock of an earthquake was felt last Sunday, about midday, by the congregation assembled in the cathedral church of Dunblane, which is about 18 miles from Comrie. The shock occurred just before the dismissal of the congregation in the forenoon. Volcanic agency has for some time been suspected to be at work in this locality ; and the instruments indicated the direction to have been in a line from north-west to south-east, or the direction will, perhaps, be better un derstood by drawing a line upon the map from Dunblane to the Parliament-house of Edinburgh. This accounts for certain noises in the church, which have been heard almost weei.ly for some months past, attributed by the superstitious to the rattling of the bones of the old Romish clergy buried underneath the cathedral, in resentment of attacks made upon their orthodoxy, there being no living Roman Catholic in the parish to vindicate their tenets. The idea of the bones being commoved, however, had occurred also to scientific men, who more philosophically, though as it turns out quite as erroneously, ascribed it to some electrical influence on the old prebendal stalls proceeding from galvanic substances in or near the modern pulpit. Those more accustomed to consider causes and consequences were a good deal alarmed at the signs of subterranean energy under the old building, which the shock above referred to indicated, but the less initiated describe the sensation as rather pleasant than other wise.—Glasgow Gazette. DISSENT IN NORTHIJAIBEIILAND. — NorthumberIand iS another county where dissent is indeed at a low ebb—the lowest ebb. Just imagine a county containing a quarter of a million of souls, with only accommodation, in the dissenting meeting-houses, for somewhat less than 4,000 !! ! Just ima gine a county, covering an area of 1,871 square miles with 41,704 inhabited houses, with a population of 250,568, and with 492 parishes, townships, &c., yet provided with only twelve dissenting meeting-houses, which do not receive alto gether 4,000 hearers ! Mr. Archibald Jack preaches at North Shields, and Mr. William Campbell at Newcastle-on-Tyne ; and these are the dissenting altars of the county ; the rest are Homerton, Rotherham, and Yorkshire students. And this is the result of at least a century and a quarter of dissenting operations in Northumberland !—since the meeting-house at Horsley-on-Tyne was erected in 1720: twelve meeting-houses in one hundred and twenty-two years! And yet we are re quired to believe, that the voluntary principle is adequate to supply the spiritual wants of the whole land! The dissent ing ministers and ttioir supporters in this ...nary, helm! Inn few to form a separate association, have united themselves to that of Durham. A grand failure altogether. In this part of England it is the Church which teaches the people, and she teaches them well.—Church and Stale Gazette. That she does so is, we think, evidenced by the facts contained in the following paragraph, which we extract from the London Times of Monday :—There are, at present, only six prisoners for trial at the approaching assizes for Northumberland, four of whom are lodged in the county gaol of this town, and the remaining two are out on bail. One is charged with bur glary, accompanied by an attempt to murder, which is a capital offence by the Ist Victoria, c. 86, three with robbery on the highway, one with horse-stealing, one with house breaking, and one with bigamy. The case of burglary is of a very aggravated description, and the offence was committed in April last, in the parish of Newburn, in this county. The criminal statistics of this county have for many years past been trivial, compared with some other portions of the king dom, even with the adjoining county of Durham, and afford abundant proof of the superior moral condition of the people. For a period of about 20 years there has not been a single execution within the county, nor any very conspicuous crime, with the exception of Bolam's memorable case, which, though the offence was committed in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was ultimately removed within the jurisdiction of the county. MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE.—Late on Saturday night Mr. M`Carthy, the Dublin county coroner, had a jury sum moned to inquire into the circumstances connected with the death of A. Byrne, Esq., of No. 1, Albert -terrace, Rath mines. There are various rumours affoat respecting the mys terious occurrence the subject of inquiry, but as the inquest has been adjourned until Monday, we refrain from going into any very minute detail of the facts of the case. During the greater part of last week Mr. Byrne was missed by his inti mate friends, but his absence from the several places he fre quented was not such as to create any uneasiness, and so matters remained until Saturday evening. At that period Surgeon Harvey, of Rathmines, was sent for to see Mr. Byrne, it being communicated to him that the latter was in a precarious state, and that a very painful rattle (as had been stated) was in his throat. Surgeon Harvey with great promptitude hastened to the house, and on being ushered into the back drawing-room, found Mr. Byrne dead, and from the appearance of the body he must have [been dead some days ; a more horrifying spectacle could not have been witnessed—the face was black and swollen, and the features could scarcely be recognised, while the body was also dis coloured and much swollen. Sufficient appeared to lead to the communication of the matter to the police, and Mr. M'Carthy, the county coroner, having been sent for at a,late hour, swore a jury, but adjourned the hearing of the evi dence. The police are placed in care of the house. On Sun day Surgeons Mitchell, Ellis, Fox, and others, atttended at a post mortem examination, and the contents of the stomach were removed, in order to have them analysed. The medi cal gentlemen state that the body was in a very decomposed state, and the smell was so great as to be observed, prior to the death being known, by the family in the adjoining house. It is needless to say that the whole affair has excited the deepest interest in the neighbourhood. The deceased is said to have died in the possession of a considerable sum in ready money ; and that fruitful source of good or evil has, it is very generally said, occupied a prominent position in influ encing his destiny. Mr. Byrne was in the prime of life, and not many years married. The adjourned inquest on the body of Augustin Byrne was held on Monday night, at the house of the deceased in Rathmines. The only witnesses examined were the two Messrs. Wall, the sons of Mrs. Byrne. by her former husband. Both these witnesses swore to the intemperate habits of deceased and their mother; that for the last four years they were constantly in a state of in toxication, and had frequent quarrels; but that whenever deceased was sober and his wife drunk, deceased bore all her abuse with great patience. One of the Walls further swore that it was his belief that his stepfather did not die a natural death ; but afterwards explained his meaning by saying that he thought deceased might have been smothered in a lit of drunkenness. The coroner, having stated that the medical gentlemen would not have completed the analyzation of the contents of deceased's stomach before a week, further ad journed the inquest to Wednesday. The Messrs. Wall were permitted to go at large, but enjoined to keep silent on the subject of the inquiry. Mrs. Byrne remains in custody. The deceased, it is stated, had formerly been much attached to one of the daughters of his wife, then Mrs. Wall, but that circumstances induced him to transfer his affections to lady di e d s h or tl y a ft erwar d s , leav tinhgeA mother. teettwerh oflreo l mo ' f h young earpfeorltluanyet , X d s a o t o e o d , toth the 29th B y of rn c i‘ . l a con tains a description of the l ate calamity atY'Domingo, fully confirming all the h orrors of the St . earthquake, depredations of the mountaineers with afew additional par ticulars. It appears that a ll the towns withi n 100 miles have suffered more or less, and that the al Christophe, and the citad e l in which heace of th e ce l e b rate d is buried, which is about 14 miles from Cape Hayti, are amass city itself, which is indiffer.ntly called t of ruins. Th e Hayti, Haytien, or Francois, w as b u il t by the city French of Cape while in possession, and so magnificent were its buildings, that it was styled the " Palace of the A n till es. " In extenta, about a mile square, the streets runnin g at right angles, andt i a mong the principal buildings were a p a l ace b uilt of marble brought brought from France, barracks, a splendid hospital, a cathedral, just finished at an enormous expens e , an d a large house built by Borlax, the.late governor, for a theatre, but used as a Freemasons lodge. The recent death of this governor Borlax, who was also commander-in-chief, seems to be very much regretted, for it is said his character was such that he would hare acted like the general commanding at Port de Paix, who, finding some of his men refusing to obey orders, at once ordered them to step out of the ranks, and shot them on them on the spot. The consequence of this act of timely severity at suoh a crisis was, that not a dollar was lost, whsle in Cape Hayti, for want of sufficient discipline, there seems to have been a needless sacrifice of life and property. The sick and maimed of Cape Hayti when taken from the ruins were moved on board the Active, a Hamburgh merchant vessel, the master of which, named Pelee, is spoken of in the highest terms for the great kind. pees he displayed to the sufferers. The present governor, Boyer, is said to be falling into disrequte in consequenc e of adopting arbitrary measures. Some time ago, finding the majority of the legislature opposed to his government, h e placed a guard before the House of Assembly, giving the officer a list of the names of about thirty member who were to be forcibly excluded. Those political differences have been interrupted by the earthquake, which, of course, has been all.absorbing ; but it seems certain that no more presi dents will be elected for life. t death at 1 Alelande The Hon. and Rev. Vrancis John Gm, son of EarllGrey, read himself into the valuable rectory of Morpeth, on Sun day, before a very numerous congregation. The Marquis of Hastings' splendid hunting stud was brought to the hammer at Tattersall's on Monday, and fetched fair prices. EARLY HAILVEST.—On Thursday and Friday we observed a number of shearers employed in cutting down a pretty large field of barly, on the farm of Mr. Oliver, Lochend, near Edinburgh.—Caledonian Mercury. AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATII.—On Monday evening, about seven o'clock, as an elderly woman, named Mary Harris, was walking along Aldenhan-terrace, Somers Town, she fell down, and instantly expired. The body was conveyed to St. Pancras workhouse, in which establishment the deceased has for some time past been an inmate. The Bury Post states that notices of disfranchisement have been served by a messenger from the House of Com mons on eleven of the free burgesses resident in the borough of Sudbury : three of them for giving and the others for acknowledging the receipt of various sums of money at the last election. The dispute between the guardians of the Braintree board and the poor law commissioners has terminated amicably. The commissioners aver that they never had the intention that all minutes and all notices of motion should be sent up to them, but only those which related to particular subjects, on which they had a concurrent jurisdiction; and, conse quently, they never intended to control the free discussion of the guardians.—Chelmsford Chronicle. IMPORTANT DECISION.—Lord Cockburn lately gave a decision (in a case in which he purposely avoided giving the names of the parties), that an agreement for a secret part nership is a contravention of the laws made for regulating the business of a pawnbroker, and that no legal partnership is thereby constituted.—This decision is in conformity with the dicta tof the iate Lord Chancellor (Eldon), and other judges. - - NEW RAILWAY IN FIFE.—We understand that a numer ous and highly respectable meeting was held at Inverkei thing on the 24th ult., the Provost of Inverkeithing in the chair, for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements for carrying into execution the proposed extension railway from Halbeath to the Collieries of Lumphinans, Lochgelly, and others, which will give these collierie s a ra il way com munication with the sea at Inverkeithing, and open up a valuable coal-field of almost inexhaustible extent.—Fifeshire Journal. SUDDEN DE ATH OF BARON FOSTER.--We annonnce, with regret, the sudden decease of this most amiable gentleman and righteous judge, which took place on circuit in the town of Cavan, at a late hour on Saturday night. His lordship opened the commission in that town in the afternoon of the day of his decease—dined with the grand jury, and retired early to his lodgin g s in his usual state of health. He s e ems to have escaped all suffering in his death, which was so im mediate, as to leave no room for professional skill to be re sorted to.—Dublin Statesman. On Sabbath last, Donald APKay, who officiated occasion ally as an assistant gravedigger, was drinking rather freely in a house at the shore. Feeling hi mse lf ge t t i ng heavy, lie leant his head upon the table, and, as his companions thought, soon fell into a profound sleep. They, too, followed the example. After allowing him what was supposed sufficient time to recruit, the landlord attempted to rouse him up, but found that he was a corpse. lir. Monteath was immediately cailed, but surgical aid was of no avail, as life'had been ex tinct for some time. —Perth Advertiser. We understand that Madame Petrisci or Harris, who is better known as the " Lady Thief," was dismissed from prison on Saturday last, after having completed her period of eighteen months' imprisonment, to which she had been sentenced by the Circuit Court for committing thefts in three of the hotels in this city, which made a considerable noise at the time. During the period of her imprisonment, she was principally employed in light needle-work, She left the jail exquisitely dressed, and no one who might observe her dig nified and genteel air, could suppose that she had only an instant before been liberated from the felons' ward. She departed the city, we believe, the same day; and has kept her own secret so well, that as little of her real history is known now as on the day of her apprehension.—Glasgow paper. ACCIDENT AT BRIGIITON.—On Tuesday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, an alarming accident happened off Brighton. A small pleasure boat, named the Surprise, Richard Spicer owner, had been out for a cruise with a lady, her three daughters, and a little boy. The wind was blow ing hard, and the sea running high, and many of the fisher men blamed the men for taking parties out. Upon the re turn of the boat several persons were on the cliffs watching her in, when, upon her striking the beach, the wind caught her sails, and threw the whole party into the sea, including the two men who had the management of her. Very fortu nately a number of fishermen were near the spot, and imme diately rushed into the sea, and succeeded in bringing out the whole of the party. Two of the young ladies were washed under the boat, one of whom appeared at first in a lifeless state, but upon being placed on the beach she soon came round. MELANCHOLY DEATH. Robert Kesson, vintner in Helmsdale, who resisted the payment of a duty of Bs. on a dog, with which he was charged, but for which he alleged he was not liable, as the dog did not belong to him, was lately prosecuted in Exchequer for resisting the tax, and was on Thursday last committed a prisoner to the gaol of Dornoch, in default of paying a heavy penalty in which he was con victed. This step, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, had so powerful an effect on the poor man's mind, that be became what is popularly termed broken-hearted, went into a state of desperation and fury on Friday night, and when locked up alone, vented his rage in demolishing the window, and was early on Saturday morning found dead, lying on the floor of his room. " His body," says a corre spondent, " after having undergone a post mortem examina tion, has been interred. The opinion of the medical men was that he died from inflammation.—lnverness Courier. TEMPERANCE Snips.—On Wednesday, at 12 o'clock, a public meeting of shipowners, underwriters, merchants, and others interested in the safe navigation of British merchant ships, was held in the Royal Exchange Sale Room,..9las gow, to c ons id er t h e b est means o f promoting the sailing of Ca mpbell, Lord vessels on t emperance principles—Sir James Lord Pro,oat, in the chair. The attendance was highly respectable. After a good deal of conversation, a resolution was eventually carried to the effect, that the meeting highly approve of the co n d u .A of those shipowners and toasters who had introd uce d th e tempe rance principle into their vessels, and recommend its adoption by all of them, and in order that this might be more s peedily the case, they invited the Insurance Companies of Scotland to take the matter into consideration, and reduce the insurance in favour of tempe rance vessels. A committee was then appointed to carry out the object of the meeting. LARGE FIRE IN MONTREAL. —A fire broke out y es t er d ay afternoon, about 4 o'clock in an outbuilding near Mr. Torrip kics's bakehouse, in the Main-street of St. Lawren ce S u b ur b s. A high wind unfortunately prevailed at the time, which rapidly conveyed the flames to a number of the surrounding buildings, which in the short space of three h ours were totally consumed. From the Main -street the confl agra ti on spread through Lagauchrtiere to St. Dominque-street, and 25 houses irr all are said to have be en d estroyed. We regret to hear that by this calamity many respectable and indu s t r i ous members of the community have been severe sufferers. As usual, there was a great deficiency of w a t er at t h e commence ment of the fire, but this was afterwards remedied, and the exertions of the firemen were most praiseworthy. The cupola of the Montreal General Hospital, though far removed from the scene of destruction, caught fire, but from the vigilance and activity of those in char ge o f the institution it was speedily extinguished.—Montreal Gazette, June 14, Monday being the first day of the operation of the new tariff, the several . offices of th e " l ong-room, " Custom house, were occupied in the arr angement o f t h e d ut i es. The " grand side ' attracted the greatest concourse ; and 1,850 entries were made there, while on the " plantation side" the entries were about 1,000. In the " export department" there was no material alte ra ti on i n th e appearance of busi ness. The entries on wine account were not very extensive, in consequence of the se ttl emen t s w hi c h would have to be made respecting those duties on glass, which have already created so much anxiety in the mind s o f t h ose connecte d with the wine and spirit business. It is estim a t e d th a t up on clarets, sauternes, an d German wines, this alteration of the duties on glass will make a difference of about 100 per cent. Great assistance was given on this occasion by a sma ll publi cation called " The Customs' Book of Rates," in which the duties are alphabetically arranged, instead of being classified under the various heads in the tariff.—London Times. THE ENGLISH FINANCIERS.-:—We understand that Mr. Ricardo has left town for Washington and the South, and that Mr. J. Horsley Palmer will leave to-morrow. Both these gentlemen have been in our city for several weeks, and although they have not created the vulgar noise that followed Charles Dickens and his Kate, yet they have laid the founda tion of a most lasting and useful reputation in those matters that deeply concern human life. Among the leading men of England who have visited us, we know of none more fully entitled to the respect and esteem of our fellow-citizens than that truly estimable gentleman Mr. Horsley Palmer. He has been long recognised as the abiding friend of our coun try, and in every station he has held in the financial world, his best efforts have always been directed in sustaining and upholding the credit and character of our institutions. Our ,countrymen abroad have always met in him a kind, warm welcome. He has always acted under the conviction that the interests of England and that of the United States, in ali matters of trade, commerce, currency, and finance, were identical and inseparable ; and that whatever affected one nation was sure to affect the other ; and the effects of his pen in sundry able productions, as also his able testimony before a committee of parliament, all evince a singleness and disin terestedness of purpose that carries conviction, and marks him a truly upright man and sound thinker, and one who looks first to the advancement of general prosperity before shaping his own private ends.—New York paper. THE AFFAIR OF CABOOL. — (Extract from a private letter.)—We are now having a .happy reverse, everything going on well. Regarding the Affghan affair, you will have seen the force had neither a shot fired after they entered the Khyber Pass, or did they see an enemy. Lady Sale wrote to her husband, and she says " Shelton (colonel of tile late 44th, Queen's) is to blame: and much to blame; he only seemed to try how he could get out of the place unscathed." Of course he will be tried by a court-martial. Poor General Elphinstone died from fatigue and distress, but I am glad to say he has signed a paper just before his death giving a true account of the business. Major Pottinger has minuted to Government that General Elphinstone behaved bravely and nobly, but, from his weak state of health, was obliged to make over the command to Shelton, who was totally incom petent. Lady Sale says if there be a press in England she is determined to let the world know the truth ; she adds, that Sir C. M'Naghten rushed at Ukhbar Khan's throat, and then he killed him ; but, however, a few months will dis close all. if Affghanistan is to be kept, then certainly the authorities ought to be near there. Ferozepore is to be a large station for European troops. General Lumley is very ill—water on the chest. Rumour - says either Pollock, or Battene, or Graham, all of the artillery, is to be the adjutant general. To-day (May 13) is the latest date for sending letters. I understand Calcutta is very dull ; several houses have failed. RETURN OF BOZ.—DANGEROUS EXCESS OF JOY.-Mr. Dickens is again in London, safe from his transatlantic tour, which, we have no doubt, will soon produce a new harvest of stirring adventures. and graphic delineation of character. The return of the distinguished novelist was narked, as we learn f rom a f r i en d , b y an i mpress i ve and painful incident in his family circle. Immediately on'their return, the happy parents rushed to see their children. A fine boy, six years old, was roused from his sleep foi the purpose, and no sooner had the little fellow caught a glimpse of the faces so much endeared to him, and so long absent, than he burst into a transport of delight, which it was found impossible to repress. Joy was now convert e d i n t o g rief. The delirium continued, and on Friday several phy s i c i a ns were in attend ance, almost despairing of recovery. Powerful means were applied, and on Saturday he was so much- better that his speedy restora tion is anticipated. Mr. Dickens, we understand , returns a better Englishman th an h e w ent; his views of American society have not impressed him favourably with the new world, thou g h i ns t ances o f i n di v idual kindness a n d attention were showered upon hi m i n profusion. The lights and shades of American m anners —the strangelymingled t ra i ts of freedom an d d omes ti c tyrann y, of high spirit and s or did vulgarity, of liberality and meanness, which are displayed in the - social institutions and intercourse of the United States, will afford a rich field for this modern Fielding, whose best laurels have been gained by his comic humour and his moral painting of life and character.—lnverness Courier. IVIED EDITION. Standard Office, 7hrce o'clock COMMITTAL OF A SWINDLER.—TINS day a notorious swindler named Lathom, who has for the last two or three years been earning his subsistence by swindling shopkeepers out of money and goods, was brought up at the Police-court, before Mr. Rushton and Mr. Wm. Brown. Mr. Reay, se cretary to the Guardian Society, was in attendance, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Davenport. The first case brought against him was for obtaining a pair of boots by false pretences, from a bootmaker in Mount-pleasant, but the evidence was insufficient to sustain the charge. A second case was then gone into, and it was proved that the prisoner had obtained 10s. from Mr. Stretch, tanner, of Toxteth-park, on the 11th May, under false pretences. He went to the tan yard, and represented himself as a friend of Mr. Stretch's, named George Ellison, and obtained the money from the foreman. Mr. Dowling said there were many other cases against the prisoner, but he apprehended this would be sufficient. The prisoner was then asked what he had to say in his defence. He replied, " Nothing ;" whereupon he was committed to take his trial at the ensuing sessions. Mr. Dowling stated that the prisoner, about three years ago, was a clerk in the office of Messrs. Duncan and Co., copper merchants, since which time he had been sub sisting by defrauding shopkeepers and others, in this manner. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,-THIS DAY (From Messrs. R. MAKIN & SONS' Circular.) Duties are reduced this week on foreign Wheat to Bs. Barley, 95., Pease, 9s. Gd. per qr., Flour, 4s. 9/d. per barrel, and increased upon Rye to 10s. Gd. per qr., as well as upon colonial Rye to ls. Gd. per qr. ; reduced upon colonial Pease to ls. per qr. We have upwards of 2000 qrs. of Wheat from the United States, which, with the arrivals from continental ports, make up 8093 quarters since Tuesday ; the supply of States' Flour amounts to 5000 barrels, while the general imports fresh in from all other quarters are exceedingly light. Influenced by the dull reports this week from Mark-lane, and the prevalence of exceedingly auspicious weather, the corn trade here from the close of Tuesday's market up to this date assumed, on the whole, a rather languid appearance, but without producing any material effect upon the general currency of our last circular; the tendency, however, was decidedly in favour of the buyers. At our Corn Exchange this morning, also, the trade has remained in most respects in an inactive state, sales of Wheat being with difficulty effected, to a very mode rate extent, at a decline upon general qualities of Id. to 2d. per bushel from our !act quotations, whilst, for some inferior foreign and hard Wheats, even a greater reduction would be accepted; at the same time, we may re mark that, notwithstanding the extreme fineness of the weather and the present dull aspect of the trade, there is little if any disposition to force the market at a further sa crifice than has already been submitted to. Flour has receded fully Gd per barrel, and but a limited quantity sold. Grinding Barleys and feeding Pease find purchasers in retail, about former rates. Malt and Beans very unsaleable, and prices almost nominal. Oats and Oatmeal barely support Tuesday's currency ; the demand for either article for consumption is quite limited, but about 1000 sacks of the latter have been taken for holding over. The bonded market has been very flat; Wheat is without inquiry, and 1000 barrels of Flour only have changed hands since Tuesday at 29s 6d, being a reduction of 6d per barrel. ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the 13th to the 15th July, 1842, inclusive IRE- I COAST- CANADA PO DESCRIPTION. j LAND. WISE. j & U.STS. REIGN. TOTAL Wheat Qrs. 27 24 2268 5825 839 4 Barley Qrs. 17 7 17 Malt Qrs. 4 630 654 Oats Rye Qrs. Beans Pease . Qrs. Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn .. • Qrs.l 1 260 260 Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. . . Loads 9 I 9 Flout . Sack sl 250 150 : 409 Ditto Brls. 5000 50u0 Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, qrs.; Oats, qrs.; Oatmeal,— Ids; Flour, sacks. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs. ; Bean ;, -- qrs. ; Malt, qrs. ; Oats, 150 qrs. ; Pease, s qrs. ; India❑ Corn, qrs. : Oat meal,— loads; Flour, sacks, 302 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 125 qrs. ; Barley, qrs.; Oats, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Indian Corn, 200 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 150 Ids. ; Flour, sacks 22 brls.— Coastwise. Wheat, 423 qrs. ; Barley, 47 qrs. ; Malt, qrs. ; Oats, 332 qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Beans, 5 qrs. ; Pease, 127 qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, 332 Ids.; Flour, 162 sacks 753 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending July 9. I ;2. Wheat 645. led. ; Barley 275. 5d.) Oats.. 225. 2,1. Rye.. 295. Ld Beans.. 355. id. Pease.. 345. Od. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. 645. ld. Barley 275..1(1. Oats... 21s. 3d. ! Rye.. 32.3. 7d Beans.. 335. i Id. l Pease.. 335. 4d. Duty on Foreign Grain, &Lc. this week. Wheat Bs.nd. Barley gs. Od. Oats .. . 6s. od. Rye.. 10s. 6d Beane gs. Od. pease.. gs. 6d. Ind. Corn n.. od. I Flour Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat.... Is. Od. I Parley.. 2s. 6d. I Oats ..2s. Od. Rye.... Is. Od Beans.. Is. Od I Pease.. Is. 6d. Indian Corn.. Os. I Flour.. Os. 74d Liverpool Averages, week ending July 12, 1842. I Wheat. Barley. I Oats. 1 Beans. Pease. 1 703 75 ; 1324 72 4d. 2(Js. Bd. 20s. 4d. 345. 2d. Os. Od. Prices .. 152: COTTON MARKET.-THREE O'CLOCK The demand for Cotton to-day has been very good, and fully 5000 bales have been sold at full prices. The sales of the week are again large —say 30,000 bales— of which speculators have taken 4300 and exporters 2000 bales, leaving a good supply for the trade. Prices are very firm, and the market thoroughly steady. The three measures of Sir Robert Peel's Government are now in operation—the new Corn Law Bill, the Property Tax Bill, and the Customs Duties (Tariff) Bill. I n th e course of a short discussion on Monday on what Mr. Villiers termed the "enormous grievance" of the corn laws, Sir R. Peel said, if it could be clearly shown that those laws were the cause of the present distress, he wouid consent to their repeal. But Mr. Villiers and his coadjutors will, we imagine, find some difficulty in convincing Sir Robert that the distress complained of has its origin in the protection given to the home grower. " I think it possible," said the right hon. baronet, " if you repealed all protection, a present stimulus might be given to manufactures ; but the time must come when, notwithstanding the stimulus given to manufactures, if the effect of that repeal should be to discourage domestic agriculture, and render you dependent on foreign supplies, you would repent of the means you had adopted." ASTONISHING EXPEDITION IN THE MANfIFACTURE OF A COAT.—On Thursday week, we were favoured by Messrs. A. and D. Webster, of this town, with the sight of a beauti ful brown dress coat, manufactured by themin an astonishing short space of time. The appearance of the coat is very beautiful, and fully proves that great expedition may be used in manufacturing cloths under the present system, without deteriorating from the beauty of the manufacture. The wool of which this coat is made, was in the raw state, and to sort; after two o'clock on Thursday morning, it passed through the usual process of scouring, dyeing, scribbling, spinning (on the jenny), weaving (by hand), and milling, and was manufactured into superfine cloth in 12 hours and 15 minutes. The cloth was then finished, by the patent process, in two hours and fifty-three minutes, by Mr. Wil liam Kirk, of Larchfield, and then made into a dress coat by Messrs. Robinson and Russutn, in the short space of three hours and 55 minutes. The whole time that elapsed be tween this coat being in the wool and made up and wearing was only 19 hours. The coat may be seen for a few days, at Messrs, Robinson and Russum's, Bridge end House. The great superiority of the cloth manufactured in the ordinary way, over the felted fabric, is fully maintained, although we are not aware the expedition has been equalled. In the ordinary way, cloth is often two months in passing through the various processes of manufacture and finishing. Leeds Mercury. The Rev. R. J. Al'Ghee has been for a considerable time engaged, whenever health permitted, in delivering a course of lectures in Harold's-cross Church, on the nature of the liturgy of the Church of England, with the view of showing, from the meaning and spirit of the words they gave utterance to, that all who engage in Its service are guilty of mocking the thnighty, and adding to their own eternal condemnation it they are not animated with feelings of reverence and hearty devotion. The rev. preacher, on last Sunday, entered into a recapitulation or summary of his previous discourses up to the end of the creed, and, at its conclusion, requested the congregation to stand up and perform part of the service in the manner in which he had been impressing on their consi deration. The assembly at once complied with the sug gestion, and having stood up, joined in the part appointed with the most perfect cordiality—audibly repeating each response, and manifesting the greatest zeal and sincerity. The contrast from the cold indifference which previously pre vailed, and the warmth of devotion then displayed was strikingly perceptible, and the effect was visible in the smile of satisfaction and joy which beamed in the countenance of the preacher, and the happiness of the congregation. The scene was altogether one of deep solemnity and interest.— Dublin Statesman. THE COLONIAL SOCIETY.—On Tuesday, a meeting of the members of the Calonial Society was held at the Thatched House, for the purpose of agreeing to an address to Sir C. T. Metcalf, the late governor-general of Jamaica, expressive of the high opinion entertained by the society of the able, suc cessful, and satisfactory manner in which he bad administered the duties of his office during his sojuurn in that country— an administration which, it was said, had had the effect of tranquilising a country which at the period of his acceptance of office was in a state of the utmost distraction. We noticed amongst those who were present the Earl of Mount cashel, Dr. Rolph, Mr. M. Martin, Mr. Good, Mr. Burge (the agent of Jamaica), Mr. A. Macdougall, Mr. H. Clarke, Mr. Hopkinson, Drr Ifill, Mr. B. Ifill, Mr. Morson, Lieut.- Colonel Taylor, Mr. H. Malcolm, Mr. G. Layard, Mr. D. Nugent, Mr. Urquhart, Mr. Power, Mr. A. M`Gregor, Mr. H. Guest, Sir A. M`Nab, &c. Mr. Burge entered into a lenglithened and eulogistic detail of the various principles which the right hon. baronet had laid down as those npon which the island of Jamaica should be governed, and read the address, which was subsequently unanimously agreed to. A series of resolutions upon the subject were also moved, seconded, and carried without a single dissentient voice, by Mr. Burnley, Dr. Rolph, Mr. M. Martin (who hoped the exertions of the late governor would meet their reward at the hand of his Sovereign in the shape of a peerage—(hear, hear) —Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, Mr. Hopkinson, Mr. A. M`Dougall, and Mr. H. Clarke. A deputation having been appointed, Sir A. M`Nab expressed his full concurrence in the object of the meeting, and said he was sure his Canadian friends would be delighted to hear that he had been able to be present on the occasion.—Times. On Tuesday night Sir Robert Peel brought in a bill for the better protection of the Queen's person. Hereafter, should any miscreant present fire-arms at her Majesty, or strike, or attempt to strike, her person with missiles, lie will be subject to seven years transportation, with previous im prisonment and severe bodily chastisement. This is a very wholesome measure, and will, we doubt not, prevent any further annoyance of her Majesty. ZOOLOGICAL TlllB _popular and pre-eminently attractive Re . zOrt is bp: n Daily, from Seven A. - I+l. till Dusk. The GRAND EVENING FETES take place every Monday and Friday during the Season, with THE ROMAN FESTA. At Dusk, THE GRAND ILLUMINATION OF ST. PETER'S. This inconceivably magnificent Spectacle is succeeded by the Pyrotechnic Wonders of the GIRANDOLA OF ST. ANGELO, with all its splendid incidents, terminating with the gorgeous Cascade of brilliant Fire, and tremendous Flight of Rockets. To enliven the Evening's Promenade, MR. STUBBS' ROYAL HARMONIC BAND will perform a favourite selection of Music. The Gardens are Illuminated with Gas Lamps. TO CORRESPONDENTS We shall perhaps profit by the hints of " A Conservative.' The letter of " A Convert" is not adapted for publicity. We have received Mr. Rumball's communication. tlit Etberpool &tantatt. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1842 The New Tariff Bill, which passed the House of Lords on► Friday night, having at once received the royal assent, was forwarded to our Custom-house in time to admit of its being put into operation at the opening of that establishment on Monday morning. Before the usual hour of commencing business the officers and clerks of the Long Room assembled to prepare for the merchants and others who have for some time past been waiting for the passing of the bill before releasing their goods, and were soon immersed in the bustle occasioned by the numerous entries which were pressed upon them for examination and comple tion. During the whole of Monday and Tuesday the Long Room was in a state of the greatest animation, and we certainly never saw it more thronged upon any fOrmer occasion. The payments on coffee, turpentine, and other re reduced articles were very numerous; and upwards of 2270 entries were passed in the first three days, being an increase of about 930 upon the number ordinarily made. In the multifarious assessments of a general tariff some errors and obscurities might naturally he expected and have certainly, we find, occurred. Some difficulty was experienced in ascertaining the weight of wine and spirit bottles, which are now chargeable by the cwt. Some doubts were also entertained whether the reduced rates on staves and other woods mentioned on the same page of the act (623) did not come into operation at once. It has, however, since been ruled that these rates do not commence until the 10th of October, as is the case with respect to the article of timber generally. The smelting of foreign copper, the export of coals to British possessions, and a few other minor points, seemed to occasion some differences of opinion ; and the difficulty to inexperienced persons of having to search for their articles through the seven teen tables in which they are dispersed, instead of be ing alphabetically arranged, was felt here quite as much as the Times represents it to have been in London. In addition to these temporary difficulties, the pressure upon the collector and gentlemen of the Long Room at the present juncture has been materially increased by the necessity of guarding against the receipt of light gold, and by the collection of the income tax coming simultaneously upon them. The admirable arrangements made have, however, we are glad to ob serve, obviated any serious inconvenience to the public. We may mention here that the relief afforded to the mercantile interest by the cessation of the half per cent. duty payable upon exported articles has given very general satisfaction ; and in our opinion, as one of its results, we shall for the future be much better able to depend upon the correctness of our Custom house return of exports. These documents have often been noticed as presenting features somewhat anoma lous; and we have no .doubt that when the temptation to false entries is withdrawn, we shall have to notice a material increase of the estimated money amount of our foreign shipments. A London evening paper (the Globe) of Monday last contained the following announcement : " We hear, from a quarter which is likely to be well in formed, that in the event of the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill passing the House of Lords, Sir Robert Peel intends to propose that an .ddit;onal member each be given to Middle sex and to Liverpool; thus preserving to the House of Commons its present number of members, and effecting an approach to a more equal numerical proportion between the representatives and the constituents." With respect to the truth of the Globe's discovery we know nothing. 'We doubt it, however, greatly; and half •suspect that the report has been got up by the journalist for the purpose of enabling him to in dulge in the following spiteful fling at the constituency of this town, which, be it remembered, had, not long ago, the audacity to flout at the claims of the venera ble dandy who occasionally vents his impertinence in its pages to represent them in parliament : " To give another member to Liverpool," remarks the Globe, " would serve only to raise the price of votes in that town, and thus to afford additional encouragement to bribery. The old freemen of Liverpool are among the most venal of their tribe. Their voracity is absolutely frightful. With them the semblance of public virtue is cast aside as an in•- cumbrance. The determination to render the franchise they possess a source of personal pecuniary profit, and conse quently to obtain for it the highest price which the oppor tunity afforded by the state of parties will allow them to exact, is the actuating motive of that influential portion of the Liverpool constituency. In this respect they were not surpassed by the Sudbury freemen, from whom the privilege of selling their votes to the highest bidder is to be taken away." It is somewhat amusing to see this organ of the most corrupt party which ever controlled for a season the destinies of a nation descant after this fashion against the enormity of corruption. • It is still more amusing to see this affectation of consummate purity put for ward by a print notoriously the organ of the most cor rupt politician of modern times. Lord Palmerston on purity ! The tattered hack of half-a-dozen adminis trations—the nominee of the Tiverton lace-manufac turer—on electoral morality ! The notion is about as rich as the idea put forth a few days ago, by the same illustrious authority, that his Affghanistan policy, which has been prolific only in slaughter and national humiliation, had opened the path for the admission of the cotton goods of Manchester to the markets of cen tral Asia ! " The old freemen of Liverpool arc amongst the most venal of their tribe." And yet they were not to be bought by the most venal of the venal tribe of Whig gery, with the Treasury money in his fist! " Their voracity is absolutely frightful," and yet it was not sufficient to enable them to gulp down the professions of this supreme of humbugs—this most voracious of leeches—this cormorant politician ! " With them the semblance of public virtue is cast aside as useless"; and yet they would not consent to be marched through Coventry with a statesman who never had even the semblance of public virtue to throw away! The Li verpool constituency rejected the rotten and corrupt politician who was attempted to be foisted upon them ; and, as a Whig sequitur, the Liverpool freemen are rotten and corrupt ! We can readily pardon and pity the writer of this lying rubbish. Whiggery is in ill luck, and, of course, in ill temper. But when the organ of her Majesty's late foreign secretary next enters upon a portrait of anything " venal"—of anything frightfully " voraci ous"—of anything which has cast aside " the sem blance of public virtue "—'it should beware of render ing the likeness so striking that every observer is im pelled to exclaim, " Mutato nomine, de to fabula narrator !" Our Radical and popish. contemporari es h ave, with in the past few weeks, beeia dosing us with furious dia tribes against the enormitraf secret societies. Orange societies in particular, because loyal and Protestant, have come in for a large share of their exuberant ve nom ; but we do not remember to have seen any very prominent allusion to the existence of a body of an opposite description, which is daily plunging into Out rage and crime the benighted population of Ireland, and bids fair, if not checked by the strong hand of authority, to render that unhappy country a howling wilderness. Year by year the best blood of Ireland— her Protestant Yeomanry--i s leaving its shores, for the wilds of Canada or the Backwoods of the United States. Year by year, by thousands, her industrious farmers, and her sturdy labourers, even of the Romish faith, are being driven, by the atrocious system which has fastened itself upon the land, to seek, in expatria tion, that immunity fr —oat outrage and midnight assas- ination wiiicii fi demo f;em• ilot b Year her resident landownern are being banished or cat off by the fiat of those secret tribunals which hold their mysterious sittings in every county and townland ; and yet the fertile source of all these evils—of the blood shed and crime which have rendered the name of Ire land a byeword amongst nations—is either studiously concealed or pointed to with a mildness of disappro bation—a " faint blame "—which almost amounts to toleration. Let us direct the attention of our readers, and of those journalists who have during the past few weeks been so eloquent upon the dangerous tendency of loyal Orange associations, to the report of a recent trial at Longford assizes, which will be - found in another part of our paper. By the evidence there produced it was shown that " about one-third of the lower class in the county" (and the system is not confined to any par ticular locality, but extends throughout Ireland) "were Ribbonmen." It was shown too that the society num bers amongst its members not only domestic traitors, but foreigners as well. France had sent a delegate to its meetings ; and so lately as in December last the sympathizers of America had been represented there. Upon the face of it, Ribbonisrn is disloyal and anti national. But it is more than this. It is M URDER -0 us. For what are its objects as here declared in open court by one of its leading membe,rs—by a delegate— by a man who declares that " lie has made 2000 mem bers from 1825 to 1341 ?" Why these. "If any member of the society was dispossessed of his land, he would not get long to live" ! "If you annoyed any of the society"you would get a good hiding, if you got of with that"—if the " pestilent ruffianism" employed stopped short of murder ! By the very rules of the society a Protestant was declared a marked man, and its members were required to swear " on their knees, in the presence of Almighty God," that they would not " buy anything from a heretic or Orangeman"— synonymous terms, it would appear, in Ribbon esti mation—" when they could get the same as cheap from a brother." Now we just take leave to ask of our Radical and Popish contemporaries one or two questions, with re spect to the system here developed. Was it in ac cordance with the fiat of these murderous and " pes tilent ruffians" that the streets of our town were on Tuesday crowded by menacing and savage rioters, armed with bludgeons and knives, and burning with a maniac fury against " heretics or Granyemen" ? If Ribbonmen or " sons of the• shamrock " are to be found in France and even in the wilds of America, are there none of the same loyal and eminently peaceable people at this moment in Liverpool Was it Ribbon ism or not which on Tuesday marked out for ill treat ment and savage attack every unprotected man afflict ed with even the suspicion of being a Protestant ? When our contempories are able to answer these ques tions in the negative, the public will tolerate as sincere their ribald abuse of a loyal and Protestant body; but until they can do so we shall be justified in declaring that a Ribbon spirit dictates, if a Ribbon pen does not even write, these infamous and furious slanders. LOCAL NEWS. PRESTON RACES.—it is intended, during the approaching Preston Guild, to revive the races in that town. They will be run upon " The Holme," in Penworthana ; and, should there be success in a good meeting, they will be continued annually. In former years Preston Races were among the most attractive inthe kingdom. LAUNCH OF A NEW PILOT-BOAT.--On Tuesday after noon, a new pilot-boat was launched from the ship-building yard of Mr. Thomas Royden, Baffin-street. It is well known to those who take an interest in national matters, that there is no class of vessels in the construction of which more pride is taken than our pilot-boats. No pains nor expense are spared to render them as perfect as possi ble in model, materials, and workmanship. Those "in commission," if we may use the naval term, are regularly surveyed at stated periods; and whatever is requisite to in sure their stability, is ordered and at once supplied. The number of boats in use up to this time has been eleven ; and it has been the custom, whenever one of them was con sidered unfit for further service, to build another, which took her place, and assumed the same number. For some years past, however, a desire has been expressed to have an additional boat in the service ; but until recently the ap plication was rejected. At length the order was given. and Pilot-boat, No. 12 has been built ; and she made her first appr sisnre on the waters of the Mersey on Tuesday. The day was beautifully fine, and a vast concourse of ladies and gentlemen congregated in the yard to witness the launch. At a quarter before two o'clock her last supports were knocked away, and, after a short pause, she shot forward into the water amid the mingled cheers of the spectators and of those on board. The impetus carried her forward into the river, where a cannon was fired from her deck. This was responded to by similar salutes from Pilot-boats 1,3, 4, and 10, which, decked with gay colours, were sailing to and fro near the scene of action. The crews of the respec tive boats answered the cheers of the company in No. 12, and of the spectators by similar testimonies of rejoicing. The guns were loaded and discharged several times, as the vessels made sail down the river. The new boat was quickly got under sail, and a trial was made of her qualities by a trip round the light-ship, when she fully answered all expec tations of her possessing good sea-going qualities. She has a punt, built by Mr. Jones, of Tabley-street, fitted up with air-tight cylinders, which, it is anticipated, will prevent the loss of life that has occasionally taken place. These cylin ders add very little to the weight of the punt, and can be fitted up at very little expense. THE DANGER OF DELAY.—Everybody knows that delays are dangerous, but few have had so striking a proof of the fact as that which occurred a day or two ago, to a worthy shipowner on the banks of the Clyde ; who, though he may not always be able, as in the instance we are about to narrate, to "command success," yet, in the exercise of every do mestic virtue, as well as in the sterling integrity of his character as a man of business, and his warm, disinterested generosity as a friend, habitually lives up to the higher standard of Cato, We'll do more, Sempronius,—we'll deserve it. He had a vessel in Liverpool about to go to sea, and he came up on Saturday to see her off, having previously arranged to meet his better half on Monday morning at Belfast, where she had gone to enjoy a short holyday with a relative. His vessel did not sail as appointed ; but properly preferring his wife to his ship, he was still determined to take his passage that night by the Belfast boat. On applying at the packet office, he was told that the hour of sailing was ten o'clock, but that she would not go till half-past at the least. As the time drew near, he called upon one or two friends to take leave, and the partings were so difficult, or the "dock an dorrish" was so often repeated, that ten o'clock struck while yet he had half an hour's walk between hint and the Clarence Dock. Still he made himself quite easy, resting upon the assurance he had received at the packet-office. At last he began to think that no time was to be lost; and when he came within the walls of the dock he was convinced of the fact ; for there was the boat just steaming across towards the gates. With the speed of lightning he flew round to the pier, in hopes to intercept her ; and with a certain line of Young's, we presume, concerni ng " procras ti nat i on ," m i ng l e d w ith various compunctious reflections, in his mind, he began to congratulate himself upon being " just in time." But un happily he was only "in time to be too late ; " the vessel being on the opposite side of the passage, and not deeming it worth while to stop her way in order to take him on board. However, another light was just now seen beginning to move on the other side of the dock. It belonged to the Dublin boat. This was better than nothing. He could still fulfil his engagement, though at considerable additional expense and inconvenience in the land journey from Dublin to Bel fast. The steamer was hailed ; the captain condescendingly brought her alongside, and he stepped on board. But, alas! "misfortunes never come single." At eight o' c l oc k on Sun day evening his friends were astonished to see him again in Liverpool. A heavy gale of wind had sprung up in the course of Saturday night, and before the vessel had reached Holy head she was disabled in her machinery, and obliged, with considerable danger, to make the best of her way back to port. In the meantime, the Belfast boat had proceeded steadily on her way, and arrived in safety at her destination ! Our baffled voyager, who, amongst his other excellent qualities, takes all his crosses very philosophically, was, nevertheless, resolved, out of sheer spleen, to have nothing more to do with Dublin ; and another Belfast boat would not be going before the middle of the week. He had, therefore, nothing for it but to go down to Greenock, and thence cross over to Ireland, where he would probably arrive four days after his fully convinced, as we have no doubt he would be, of the valne of Lord Nelson's advice, " Always be twenty minutes too soon." CHARGE OF BREAKING INTO A HOUSE WITH INTENT TO COMMIT FELONY.—Three young men—John Fagan, Je remiah Burns, and Wm. M`Moran, were yestereay charged with being concerned in the entering of a dwelling-house with intent to rob.—A police-officer (Tool) said, that about ten o'clock the previous night, while he was in Bevington Bush, he heard an of stop thief, and saw Fagan run ning without his shoes, pursued by a female with a child. He pursued him, when the prisoner M`Moran came up and endeavoured to prevent him from apprehending the runaway; upon which lie struck M`Moran on the arm to keep:him back. The other prisoner then came up, and a crowd was raised in the street. A rattle was sprung, and some other officers came up, when bricks were thrown at the officers, one of which, thrown by Burns, struck constable Tool on the shoulder. It further appeared that one of the prisoners bad, before the officer saw them, been seen to drop a small crow bar, which was produced; M`Moran also threw a dagger or knife over a wall, and a picklock was also found on Fagan, who had a piece of deal which had belonged to the window of a house. They were afterwards secured in Paul-street. — Mrs. Disley, wife of a car-keeper in Bevington Bush, said, that she was below stairs shortly before they were appre hended, when she thought she heard a foot in the room above, and sent a girl and a child up stairs to see. One of the lat ter went up and saw the prisoners in the room, one helping the other out of the window, by which it appeared they had entered. The piece of board fitted the inside frame of the window. Mrs. Disley went out to the outside when the alarm was given, and though sbe had a child in her arms she ran after Fagan, overtook him, and held him for some time. Al'Moran had a Scotch cap when seen in the street, but had a hat when in court. There were marks on the piece of board as if made by the crowbar, and a chisel was also found. It appeared, too, that a box which was kept iu the room, and which contained money had been disturbed, an attempt hay ing apparently been made to force it open ; but no property was missed but the piece of wood that had secured the win dow inside. Mrs. Disley could not positively swear that she had left the window fastened : indeed, it appeared that she had not been up stairs after three o'clock, and that the win dow was frequently left open all day. The evidence as to the breaking into the house was not complete as regarded Burns, who, however, bad assaulted the officers while in the execution of their duty. The prisoners bad been respectively committed on former occasions, one of them eight times, another sixteen times, and the third twenty-four times—the delinquencies appearing to exceed each other in arithmetical ratio.—Mr. Rushton committed M`Moran and Fagan for trial at the assizes, and ordered that Burns should pay a fine of £5, or be committed to gaol for two months, aud, further, that he should find bail —himself in £2O and two sureties in £l5 each, or be further imprisoned for two months longer.