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p ' 14%6 •S` 'N' N Soo' NI N4 l k •k\ RODNEY•STRICET, opßodte Leeoe•street. MONSIEUR MALLAN'S ELEVENTH ANNUAL VISIT TO LIVERPOOL, No. ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS ONLY, Commenci 27th April. NEW DISCOV ERY IN TEETH. MONSIEUR MALLAN, SURGEON-D ENTIST , of the Firm of Monsrs. J. M. and S. Malian, 10, Ludgate hill, London, begs to inform his Patients and the Inhabitants of Liverpool, that he has made arrangements to visit Liver pool professionally, on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, and WEDNES DAYS, for a short period, and may now be consulted from 10 till 6, at Mrs. C. MATHISON'S, No. 23, RODNEY STREET, opposite Leece.street. Monsr. MALLAN begs to introduce to the notice of his Pa tients and the Public, an entire new description of INCOR RODIBLE ARTIFICIAL TEETH, and can with confi dence guarantee them to answer every purpose of Mastica tion and Articulation, and defy detection by the closest ob server. They never change colour or break, as those now used—are fixed without wires or ligatures—and have no un pleasant odour or unnatural gloss. Monsr. M. will thank the Members of the Faculty to pay him a visit, when he will have the pleasure of showing them his wonderful discovery. Monsr. M. continues to RESTORE DECAYED TEETH with his celebrated MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM, how ever large or small the Cavity. Loose Teeth fastened ; Scurvy in the Gntps effectually cured. Charges strictly moder ate. PATENT PERRYIAN FILTER INKSTAND. rillignoveTanclusefLiinvention insures an instantaneous supply of CLEAR FILTERED 114/K in the cup of the Filter, which can be. returned into the Inkstand at any mo ment, where it is secured from injury, and not affected by "the atmosphere. The Ink, thus protected, never thickens or moulds, and remains good for any length of time in al; climate. The process of filtration causes the colouring ma ter to be held in suspension ; hence the troubl nd inconve nience occasioned by unsuitable Ink, ge rally found in 'ordinary Inkstands, are completely °by' dby the use of the FILTER INKSTAND. One of moderate size will contain sufficient Ink for six or twelve months' writing. THE RAVEN BLACK PEN. One Shilling per Card. THE PATENT PERRYIAN RAVEN BLACK PEN is not liable to corrosion, and will be found excellent for the use of the Counting-house, and for general purposes. Sold by JAMES PERRY and Co. Patentees and Manufac turers, 37, Red Lion-square , London; LACE and ADDISON, Staiidard-office, Liverpool ; also by all Stationers and other dealers in such articles. MILK PUNCH ROYAL MANUFACTURER OF MILK PUNCH TO HER MAJESTY. THIS unique and nectarious Liqueur has, for nearly a century, been duly appreciated at CHICHESTER AND THE METROPOLIS. It was at the former place where the original projector of this delectable beverage had his abode; no doubt the corporation of that ancient borough evinced their good taste, and marked their approbation of this GREAT DISCOVERY, . ' by presenting to him the freedom of the tow , but with that the present generation have nothing to do • uffice it to say, that this ELIXIR is now, for the very firsrtime, introdu to the notice of the bon vivant: of the northern parts of this great Kingdom for their judgment. It would be quite in vain to enter into any detail of its excellencies, yet, thus far may be vouched, that it is composed of the best materials, without any adulteration, and, in flavour, possesses the combined sweetness of the Grape, the fragrance of the Lime, with the exhiliration of Champagne ; and while THE LORDS OF THE CREATION will find it an excellent addenda to the Dinner Table, THE GENTLER SEX may not disdain to sip, the more so as ROYALTY ' has acknowledged its transcendant merit. It has been intimated that it will prevent SEA SICKNESS, but of that we will not vouch, never having crossed the " briny deep" with it in our possession; but should not Pro prietors of PACKET-SHIPS AND STEAMERS take the hint ? And although it may not produce that " con summation devoutly to be wished," yet, sure we are, its grateful properties are such as will be found to be an excellent restorative to the palates and stomachs of those who suffer from the effects of a sea voyage. It will keep in any climate, and possesses that sure criterion of genuine excellence, improves by age._ _ _ _ LE GRAND GOURMAND will find it a most social companion to his Calepash and Calepee, and the temperate man, while he masticates his biscuit over a glass of it, will he constrained to eulogise this incomparablt Liqueur. . . Come and try, Don't like—don't buy," is an old saying and a good one ; and as in matters of taste every mu is the best judge, this invitation is given in the full assurance that, if the Milk Punch only finds its way to the palate, it will quickly be acknowledged to stand A 1 amongst the list of those good things which cheer the heart of mankind. Sold, at 245. per dozen in pint bottles, and 425. per dozen in quarts, by B. HARAM, Wine, Spirit, Ale, and Porter Merchant, 42, Chapel-street, who is appointed SOLE AGENT or the counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire, by Mr. Hudson, of Chichester, the Manufacturer of Milk Punch to the Queen, by appointment. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING. We were scarcely prepared for so dull a market as that of the forenoon of the present day. Touching the Manchester Cub, it may be observed that 4 to 1 was offered on the field ; the Shadow leading Lord Egliuton's Belloua by only half a point, both would be backed at a fraction beyond 4 or 41, or 20 to 10 taken one of the two win. The Dean had to give way for the third position to Sir Thomas Stanley's colt, 7 to 1 was asked about the latter, but almost instantly 60 to 10 was snapped at, and repeated, understood to be a " com mission;" the party would have gone on at 7. We imagine 8 to 1 is the average price a. the Dean, and 10 to 1 against any other, bar the horses we have named ; 7 to 4 was offered on the field a. any two, or the field against 4. Aimwell was backed at 100 to 5, and at the same figure Fair Louisa would have been to a sum. We did not hear any others mentioned so as to require comment. THE DERBY.—The appearance of the bettings at Tatter sall's denotes a limited field. There was very little done this morning, to wit 101) to 40 offered on the field ; 4 to 1 was accepted on Launcelot, 50 to 40 would have been taken one of the two win ; G to 1 offered a. Theon, and two points more a. Assassin, 20 to 1 would probably have been laid against Pathfinder. Lord Exmouth's lot have been backed in a good quarter at 20 to 1,12 to 1 was offered against Muley Ishmael and Velvet ; 70 to 20 would have been taken on Scott's lot, or 50 to 1 on Drayton, who was backed for 100 against Mr. Osbaldeston's tickle colt. OAKS.—There was no betting. TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY. This room was crowded until near seven o'clock, but busi ness was not by any means brisk. Songster was again backed at 3 to 1 to .£6OO or .E7OO : his friends, however, flagged to wards the close, and suffered several offers on the same terms to pass unheeded. Launcelot's position, as second favourite, was undoubted, and for the greater part of the afternoon the highest offer against him was 4 to 1 : an advance of half a point, about half-past five o'clock, led to engagements to the amount of three or four hundreds, but the layers against him were numerous, and 9 to 2 was the offering price at the finish. Theon and Assassin were backed at the odds mentioned be low, and left off steady. Bokhara, Scutarie, and Confederate were at 25 to 1 each ; 28 to 1 was offered against the first of these in three or four quarters, and 20 and 22 to 1 taken in another, but the average was as we have stated : his party was select. Muley Ishmael advanced to 33 to 1, which was taken two or three times : the same odds were accepted about Cormorant, and 40 to 1 about Drayton, all to small amounts. Wardan was declared not to start in consequence of being amiss. Closing odds THE DERBY. 4 to 1 against Sott's lot.—t 3to 1 „ Mr. Etwall's Songster 9to 2 „ Marquis of W estminster's Launcelot 6to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Theon.—t Bto 1 „ Lord Albemarle's Assassin • 17 to 1 „. Lord Kelburne's Pathfinder 25 to 1 „ Mr. Houldsworth's Confederate 25 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Bokbara 25 to 1 „ Lord Exeter's Scutarie (the Velvet colt) 30 to 1 „ Mr. J. Gill's Prince Albert 33 to „ Mr. Fowler's Cormorant.—t 33 to 1 ~ Lord Jersey's Muley Ishmael.—t 40 to 1 „ Mr. E. Peel's Drayton.—t 50 to 1 „ Mr. Osbaldeston's grey c. out of Fairy Queen's dam 1000 to 10 ~ Colonel Wyndham's Gift colt.—t 1000 to 500 on Scutarie against Muley Ishmael (t) ; 600 to 400 on Prince Albert against Muley Ishmael (t) ; 1000 to 500 Pathfinder against Cormorant (t) ; 1000 to 30 against Mr. Osbaldestone's lot and Solace colt (t). THE OAKS.—No betting. LOSS OF THE ENGLISH STEAM-SHIP VULTURE Advices from Riga of the 16th instant state, that the steam ship Vulture, commanded by Captain Wylde, which sailed from London the lst of May, and passed the Sound on the sth, was stranded off Arendsburg, on the island of Oesel, about eight days since, on her first voyage this year, and (as the passengers who arrived here yesterday suppose) is totally lost. The value of the cargo, mostly indigo, amounts, it is believed, to £150,0M, and that of the vessel to £10,000. Borsenhalle, 22d May. A gentleman who has arrived in London from Hamburgh reports 80,000 trKirks as being insured in that city. Extract of a letter from a passenger on board the steam ship Vulture, dated Isle of Oesel, May 11 ;—" About ten P.m Friday, the Bth instant, I was awoke by the ship strik ing, and hastening on deck found she had struck on a reef of sunken rocks, called the Canal Rock, about sixty miles from Daggers' Orb, at the entrauce to the Gulf of Finland. It rained heavily, with thick fog all night ; at daybreak the vessel was half full of water. We determined to make for the shore on a raft, but in the course of the morning a lugger had put off to our assistance, and in her the crew and pas sengers reached this place about midday, but baggage, cargo, and ship will all be lost, as she is just breaking to pieces." Last week sonic unknown individual sent five £lOOO notes to the Society for the Propagation or the Gospel in Foreign Parts. THE LATE SIR RICHARD PULESTON, BART.—We have this week to record the death of Sir Richard Puleston, Bart., which took place at Einral on the 19th i nstant. Many de part this life leaving but little remembrance of their exist ence ; but the death of this lamented gentleman is an event not to bq passed by in silence. His amiable manners and brilliant wit often made him the companion of Royalty, a n d both Bishop Heber and Mr. Sheridan have spoken of his superior talents with admiration. As a sportsman, he was well-known to fox-hunters as a man of great judgment in the " noble science ;" and on one occasion, after having for a time given up " a country," on his return to it, with his hounds, he was met and greeted by many hundreds of his sporting friends. His charities were numerous, but little were they known, for he gave to all whom he considered in distress, without ostentation. In private life he was a pat tern and bright example of all that does honour to the human • heart, and this many a weeping eve can now testify, for there is not a domestic in his house who does not deeply lament their amiable mastt.r. His pions resignation and unrepining patience forsook 14n, not in the hour of need and sickness, and his calin and peaceful end proved that his mind rested on religious consolation and hope. Few were ever more sin cerely lamented, and his memory will long survive in the minds of his sorrowing friends. Sir Richard was born 3d September, 1765, and was twice married, first, to Ellen, - daughter of William Boates, Esq., by whom he had issue— Richard, b6rn 20th June, 1789, and Charlotte Anne (married to J. G. Norbury, Esq., of Fulmer) • and, secondly, to Emma Elizabeth, daughter of J. Corbett, E sq . , of Sundorn Castle, Salop. The deceased assumed the surname and arms of Puleston, by sign-manual in 1812, in compliance with the testamentary injunction of his maternal uncle, J. Puleston, Esq., of Emral, and was created a baronet by George Iv. on the 2d November, 1813. Sir Richard was Lieut.-Colonel of the Ancient Britons. The deceased is succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son by his first marriage, Captain Puleston, of this city, who is married, and has a numerous family.-- Chester Courant. •\\ • ♦ NI; Emptrfat Varliainent HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. Lord BROUGHAM presented many petitions, one against war with China, his lordship expressing a hope that the war like proceedings had not been commenced in a desire to ob tain compensation for the confiscated opium. Lord ELLENDOROUGH stated that he proposed, on Mon day, to move for the select committee on the subject of " printed papers." The Archbishop of DUBLIN presented a petition " on the subject of the Articles and the Liturgy." That petition gave rise to an interesting discussion, in which the Archbishop of 'CANTERBURY, the Bishop of NORWICH, and the Bishop of LONDON took part. Their lordships then adjourned till Monday. \X HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. Colonel Rawdon, for Armagh ; Sir Alexander Grant, for Cambridge ; and B. Bottield, Esq., for Ludlow, took the oaths and their seats. Many petitions on the subject of the corn laws were pre sented; one by Sheriffs Evans and Wheelton, from the Cor poration of London. Mr. HUME repeated the notice of his intention to move an address to her Majesty in favour of the plan of opening the National Gallery and the British Museum on Sundays, be tween one and four o'clock. Mr. F. KELLY gave notice of his intention, on the 4th of June, to submit a motion in favour of giving to all freemen the municipal franchise. Mr. EWART gave notice that, June 6, he should move for a reduction of the duties on sugar and coffee. Mr. PEASE asked how far it was the intention to propose the licensing of the removal of natives of Hindostan to the Mauritius ? Lord J. RUSSaLL answered that there would shortly be an opportunity of seeing, in the clauses of the proposed bill. Mr. AGLIONBY moved for a copy of the rules and regula tions at the gaol at York, which was ordered. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD observed that he had that day received a communication from Mr. O'Connor, of great in terest and importance, relative to his confinement in York Castle, on which he had been in communication with the Under-Secretary of State, and, as he proposed taking further steps on the subject, he would suggest to Mr. NVakley not to ask the questions of the Attorney-General that he had inti mated his intention of putting. Mr..WAKLEY complied with the request.__ _ Lord J. RUSSELL presented his two bills to amend the registration of voters in England, &c. Mr. ViLLimits then rose to renew the motion on the corn laws, of which the decision was unintentionally prevented before Easter, through an adjournment moved by Mr. War burton. He said that the question was, what right any one class of proprietors had to tax the community for the sake of enriching themselves ? The arguments advanced on the side of that pretended right had now been thoroughly sifted, and their fallacy proved. There were 800,000 men in the manu facturing districts, who pointed to these laws as the cause of their sufferings, and to repeal as the cure. These men were telling you that if corn were to be taxed for the protection of agriculture, machinery ought to be taxed for the protection of labour; and they demanded that, if they were refused them by the present legislature, an enlarged representation should be given them. It was said, on the other hand, that the repeal was sought chiefly by manufacturers, desirous to avail themselves,of low prices of corn in order to lower the wages of their workmen. Why, that was impossible. Wages were already reduced to their minimum ; and he read a letter from Dr. Ireland, a medical gentleman, who had had exten sive practice among the poor of the manufacturing districts, bearing testimony to the extent and depth of the misery sustained by the working classes. Mr. Villiers then stated, from statistical sources, that in years when food was cheap and labour plentiful, the health of the poor suffered little in comparison with those years when food was dear and labour scarce ; these last were the seasons in which low fever, the offspring of want, spread death among the working people. It was pretended that the corn-growing countries refused to take our manufactures in return for our produce; but he could show, from diplomatic correspondence, that the refusal to negotiate on reciprocal terms, came not from foreign na tions, but from England herself, whose ministers were always in fear of the landed interest. A man was now obliged to work 15 hours a day, when he formerly worked but 12 or 8. There was another pretext—that a country like England ought to be independent of foreigners for its food. That might be a great evil, but the want of food would be a much greater. The people are now too intelligent to be deceived by this. They see the peasantry of Ireland growing abun dance of wheat, yet unable to obtain it for their own con sumption. Sir R. Peel had referred in the former debate to the large exports of England, as evidence of the prosperity of her manufactures ; he might as well have appealed to the number of mortgages and incumbrances as evidence of the prosperity of the land. Sir R. Peel, lie thought, assumed a serious responsibility in upholding the existing law. Repeal might be forced at last, when it would be too late. It was not wise to delay reform till insurrection compelled the change ; the practice of resting long, and then suddenly giv ing. way to force, was a perilous policy, teaching the people that force was their most efficacious instrument. But the people had no wish to be driven into such a resort : it was one repugnant to the habits and disposition of Englishmen. Nor would it be possible long to continue an experiment against the order of nature, which designed that the surplus produce of one country should be exchanged against that of another, and not that the inhabitants of each should be con fined to the fruits of their own narrow district. He vouched, in support of this moral maxim, the opinions of Burke, of Chalmers, and of other ethical writers ; and, after a short appeal to the fears of the house, concluded by moving for a committee to take the present law into consideration. The motion was seconded by Mr. STaurr, wha said pro tection was only another word for taxation. The effect of the attempt to regulate prices had been to delude the farmer into the belief that cheap corn was a grievance, for which be was entitled to redress from parliament. The manufacturer sought no protection. This was the commencement of a great struggle, upon whose final issue, however long pro tracted, there could be but one opinion. Sir H. PARNELL said the linen manufacturers would be quite ready to give up their protection, and contended that the repeal of the corn laws would neither throw land out of cultivation, nor reduce wages, which he denied to rise or fall with the price of provisions. Mr. H. BAILIE, the new member for Inverness, appealed to the gentlemen returned by agricultural constituencies whether they would continue to support a government which was acting in direct opposition to the interests they repre sented. He believed that the abolition of the corn-laws would confer no permanent benefit on the working classes, while it would throw out of employ a great portion of the agricultural population. Mr. JAMES, in voting for the committee, disclaimed any wish for a complete abolition, which would e equivalent to a vote for the absolute ruin of such of the inferior lands as were fit only . for the growth of corn. But he thought a committee might originate alterations which would be useful to all classes. Lord SANDON, being of opinion that the present corn laws were far from perfect, and the sliding scale by no means well adjusted, expressing his willingness, if some specific proposition were brought forward, to entertain the consider ation of it ; but he would not vote for that general and uncertain measure, a committee. He thought it a very im portant consideration for the manufacturer, whether the complete opening of the trade in foreign corn would not cause him to lose more in the home market than he would gain in the markets abroad. - Mr. WARBURTON rose amid general cries of " Divide." When these had subsided, he said that Mr. Huskisson, but a few days before his death, had foretold that the first change in the Corn-laws would be a fixed moderate duty, and that, at no long period afterwards, their total repeal would follow. Concurring in Mr. Huskisson's opinion, he should vote for the committee. The wider the extent of the countries from which England should be supplied, the less danger that the prices in England would rise to an unreasonable height. With respect to the currency, it might be perfectly true, as Sir Robert Peel had said, that the money-market was dis turbed by other causes than the operation of the present Corn-laws in years of scarcity ; but if the present Corn-laws were not the only disturbing cause; they were at all events a very influential one. The cries of " Divide" were now repeated with great perseverance, and the continued noise and movement of the house rendered it impossible to hear the hon. member during the rest of his speech. Mr. HANDLEY lamented the tone and temper of Mr. Vil lier's opening. That there had been many petitions against the corn-laws he was ready to admit ; and no wonder, when the facilities for the preparation of them were considered ; but the masses had not spoken with force. They felt that the cheapness promised them would be a contingency, and that the only certainty would be the low wages. The con cluding portion of this, as of the foregoing speech, was drowned in the impatient tumult of the house. The loud ness of the interruption was still increased by the rising of Mr. Mark Philips, who, as representing Manchester, spoke zealously, but quite inaudibly—of course, in favour of Mr. Villiers's motion. Lord J. RUSSELL obtained a hearing. He defended the government against the charge of having omitted to bring forward any measure on this subject. When there existed a general wish for change, such a proceeding might befit a go vernment ; but in the state of feeling which now prevailed on this topic, the interference of government, instead of di minishing the embarrassment, would but add to it, by im parting party spirit into the already heterogenous mass of motives. On the present occasion he should vote for the committee. The uncertainty always inseparable from the corn trade was aggravated by the existing laws. The present fluctuations would be much relieved, if foreigners could be enabled to calculate upon a trade to England, and should grow for that purpose a proportionally greater amount of corn. An increased demand from foreign countries for Bri tish manufactures could hardly fail to raise the wages of the labourer, and whatever should contribute to the general prosperity of the country must needs contribute to the pros perity of the landlords, the class possessing the largest in terest in it. At the same time, he was not prepared to abolish all protecting duties, though he would not express himself in terms quite so strong as those used by his noble friend at the head of the government. What he should wish would be, the substitiftion of a moderate fixed duty ; and his object was to increase the food of the labourers, without de stroying the protection of agriculture. I n w h at h e h a d now said he desired that he might not be understood as relying on th e argument that our manufactures are on the verge of ruin. The allegation, he thought, had been greatly over stated ; but, without reference to any such class of consider ations, he should vote for the committee. Mr. PESME moved as an amendment, to addtheohrdots " with a view to the reduction of the average prices," the hon. member did not find a seconder. Mr. Mywrz thought the repeal of the corn laws would not confer the benefits upon society which many of his friends expected. The addition of cost occasioned by the existing laws was not wholly lost to the country. It entered into the prices of many commodities, and particularly of labour,larlyotlab d of all these laws were repealed, the value of pr Ouroperty h in om E e ng t l r a a i d id e , o w ow foulodrmsoeodn two -thirds level. w com merce; and no increase of fooorelidgnhetroaodeeasiwoonuelddicootmhpeehnosmatee the great deficiency which thiwellng, g asn demand any m b a ; b y n a free ttt i t f r t a l d i e e r s inWas corn.to b e Hea free like trade af free in r ad o e e as t o trade letthe w re asi be n a a freevery h tr a a d deina Atll. h w e a r s the trader or and ao present, undoubtedly, change would not, in his opinion, relieve el! condition, of another evil. labourer. If an evil was to be remedied , he could not see the wisdom of setting out by the superaddition evil. H e b e li eve d th e m i s f or t une to have arisen from unwise conduct of the governments of all parties, whom the had mismanaged this country for the last 20 years. However, notwithstanding all he had said, he should vote decidedly for going into the committee, for he thought the landlords had the direct power to benefit the poor; and if those landlords did not use it, he must himself employ such indirect means as lay within his own reach. Mr. VILLIERS, in reply, complained of the unwillingness which the house had shown to let this subject be discussed. Many members on his side had endeavoured to speak, but one after another had been put down by noisy interruption. The same sort of thing had been done at meetings out of doors. How could the house occupy itself so usefully as on this important subject? Its time had not been very valua bly employed in the course of the present session. Parlia ment had been sitting almost five months, and nothing had been done. There was now an end to the discussion of the present question in this house ; this house had refused to discuss it, and the people must now look at the remedy for themselves. The division then took place : for the motion, 177 ; against it, 300. Mr. PIGOTT then, after a short explanatory speech, ob tained leave to bring in a bill for the registration of voters in Ireland ; and the house adjourned at two o'clock. \. N i , ~~. HOUSE OF LORDS—WEDNESDAY. The House of Lords did not meet today, having adjourned from Tuesday till Monday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS—WEDNESDAY. After the presentation of several petitions, and the transac tion of private business before the house, Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD presented a petition from the Radical Club of Reading, complaining of the treatment to which Vincent had been subjected. Mr. T. DuNcomßE presented a petition from Bradford, remonstrating against the mode in which Mr. Feargus O'Connor had been treated in prison, and praying that he may be removed f rom th e f e l ons ' t o the debtors' side, or that inquiry into Mr. O'Connor's case may be instituted. A long conversation on the subject followed. Mr. HASTIE presented a petition from the Paisley Emigra tion Society, praying for free passage to Canada, for a year's rations from government, and for an allotment of land, for which emigrants might give promissory notes. Sir E. KNATCRBULL objected to its being received, as it prayed fora money grant ; but Lord J. RUSSELL did not oppose it, and the petition was laid upon the table. Sir F. TRENCH gave notice of a motion for Thursday respecting the Bude light, and the expediency of restoring the lustres ; and also of a motion, on the 9th of June, respecting the embankment of the Thames. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice, for Thursday, that he should move for leave to bring in a bill for the better appro priation and distribution of the revenues of Canada ; and, also, a bill for the distribution of the proceeds from sales of the Canada clergy reserves. The house then went into committee on the juvenile offenders' bill. It was subsequently " counted out." MURDER OF LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL-FUR THER EXAMINATION OF COURVOISIER. (From the Morning Herald of Yesterday.) Yesterday being the day fixed for reading over the deposi tions of the witnesses who had given evidence against Cour voisier, the street fronting the office was crowded all day. The prisoner, on his arrival at the office, appeared in much better spirits than he had done on previous occasions. Shortly before one o'clock, the night charges having been disposed of, Mr. Hall took his seat on the bench, which was occupied by persons of distinction, amongst whom were se veral ladies. Mr. Dowling, Commissioner of Police for Li verpool, was also present. At one o'clock, Mr. Flower, the solicitor for the prisoner, entered the office, and took his seat at the table appropriated to the professional gentlemen ; he was followed by Mr. H ob ler, the solicitor for the prosecution, accompanied by Mr. Wing, the solicitor to the Duke of Bedford ; and shortly after, _ _ _ Francois Benjamin Courvoisier was placed at the bar. He looked in better health than on Saturday, and bowed to the court as he entered. He appeared perfectly calm and firm, and less anxious than on former occasions. The following additional evidence was then gone into : Lady Sarah Baillie, wife of C. N. Baillie, residing at Hamp ton Court said—l knew the late Lord William Russell. He married my eldest sister. He came to see me at Hampton Court, last Easter Sunday, and gave me a letter to read, which he took from the left hand pocket of his coat. He took it out of his letter-case, which was a brown silk one, and from his letter-case there fell a small locket, which re mained on my table while his lordship went to the afternoon chapel. On his return from the chapel I returned him his locket, which I believe he put into the side pocket of his coat, but he did not put it into the case. His lordship some time afterwards wrote to me to inquire if he had left the locket on my table. I caused a search to be made, and replied that I thought his lordship would find that he had put it in the pocket of his coat after he had dropped it. I never saw his lordship after. I believe that the smaller locket of the two produced is the one that was• dropped at my apartments by his lordship. The hair in that locket was tied with blue silk. Cross-examined by Mr. Flower—l never saw the other locket in my life. Mr. Hall suggested that perhaps it would be a convenience to the medical men, if their depositions were read over. This suggestion having been acceded to, the evidence of Mr. Elsgood was read over, and the witness, in addition to his former deposition, stated, in answer to questions from Mr. Hall, that his lordship's shirt collar was not cut, and it was open ; that the wound was from left to right, and had been inflicted by the right hand. Sarah Mansell, the housemaid, in addition to her former deposition, stated, in answer to Mr. Hall, that on the Tues day night Carr left the house with the prisoner, when he went to take the letter the first time to the stables, and did not afterwards return. She also stated, in answer to Mr. Hall, that when she went into Lord William Russell's bed-room for the first time on Wednesday, following the prisoner, she called out, " My lord, my lord," to which the prisoner then replied, " There he is ;" that the pri soner had not previously said any thing, or made any exclamation on entering the room. The words " There he is," were all that the prisoner said, and he uttered this while he was opening the shutters. She also stated that when the valet came from Richmond to London, on the 22d of April, the prisoner sa id th a t hi s l or d s hi p h a d lost a little locket while he was at Richmond. Prisoner said he could not find it, nor did he know how it was lost. The prisoner was sometimes in the habit of having a fire in the pantry. There was no fire there on the Monday before the murder, and the cook had cleaned the place up on the Tuesday morn ing. Prisoner was up before the witness, and on her coming down stairs, she observed he had a large tire in the pantry. She said, " Why have you got such a large fire ?" and he said, " I thought I would burn the rubbish up." Witness looked into the pantry on Tuesday evening when she went to bed, and the fire was out. She did not take any notice of the fire-place in the pantry on the Wednesday, and can not say if there were any appearances of anything having been burnt. There is a door leading into the attic staircase from Lord William's bed-room. When that door is closed, what is going on below cannot be beard. On Wednesday morning the door was slightly open. You could not hear a person with slight shoes walking about belePtv if the attic bed-room doors were shut. The door was not a spring door, and did not make much noise. She did not hear any noise from the door on the night of the murder. (Mr. Hobler handed two small spoons to witness—one a salt and the other a tea-spoon—which she identified as his lordship's property.) She found them, on the Thursday after the murder, in the prisoner's pantry, in a cupboard on the left hand side. The crest on one of them is nearly rubbed out. Cannot say whether it is by wear or not. Inspec tor Pearce was just at the pantry door, and the cook was in the pantry, when she found the spoons. She had seen plate previously in the same place. She had seen the locket now produced frequently in his lordship's possession. The last time she saw it was on the Tuesday before he went to Richmond, the 14th April. There was hair in it bound with blue silk. She never recollects seeing the other locket pro duced. Witness had a glass of ale on the Tuesday night, about three quarters of an hour before she went to bed. It was handed to her by the prisoner. He also offered her something out of a pint bottle, which she tasted and refused, but the cook took a glass of it. It was sweet. She felt very sleepy after she had taken the ale. He said in the evening we were going to have a pot of ale at nine o'clock, and he invited witness to take some. He had been in the habit of offering witness ale. He had done so ; but they had had none for a week previously, as the prisoner had been under the doctor's hands. There was nothing particular in the taste of the ale. It was shortly after the cook came in that he asked witness to take something out of a pint bottle. He poured it into a wine glass. Witness tasted it, but declined taking any more. He said what was the name of it, but witness does not remember. He said it was some wine his lordship had had on the Monday before, when he had com pany. Witness felt unusually sleepy and heavy ; that sensa tion came over her shortly after she had taken the ale. Pri soner drank some of the same ale out of another glass. Mr. Flower said he should have asked that question, but he thought it better to defer the cross-examination. They would put all their questions together at a future day. Mary Hammen, the cook, in addition to her former evi dence, said, I left a fire burning in the kitchen when I went to bed on the Tuesday night, and I left coals to feed it. The prisoner was up when I went to bed. It was usual for me to leave a fire lighted in the kitchen, and coals to feed it with. I do not recollect whether any of the coals appeared to have been used the next morning. Ido not recollect closing the lower bolt of the back door. It was so difficult to move it, that latterly I had not been in the habit of attempting to bolt it. Ido not think I attempted to bolt it on the night of the Tuesday in question. I kept the thimble in my work-box in the cupboard of the kitchen. On the night of Tuesday, May 5, when I went to bed the box was not locked ; the next morning the cupboard-door was open, and the box on the table. We never kept any plate in the drawers of the kitchen. There was nothing of any value kept in them. 'I he drawers were shut when I went to bed. I found them open the next morning, but with the exception of their being open they were in the same state I had left them over night. Two of the drawers had been apparently rumaged, and their contents disturbed. Inspector Tedman, in addition to his former deposition, said the door of Lord W. Russell's bed-room in opening and shutting made so little noise, that a person lying in bed could not hear it. The bedclothes on the prisoner's bed, on the Wednesday morning, were partly turned down, as if a person had got out of bed, but it is impossible to say whe ther any person had been lying between the sheets • that night, or had been merely on the bed. It was the uncle of the prisoner who made the application , at Norfolk-street on the 10th of May, for a change of linen for the prisoner. There was a scar on the prisoner's face on the Wednesday morning, May 6th, which appeared much as it does now.— (There is a scar on the bridge of the prisoner's nose as if from a scratch.) _ _ Inspector Beresford, in answer to Mr. Flower, said—l do not think Mr. Russell was in the house when the prisoner gave me the description of the watch. A gentleman has been pointed out to me as Mr. Russell, but I saw him only for an instant, and should not know him again. Inspector Pearce said—The spoon found by the witness, Sarah Mancell, I saw found in the cupboard which had been broken open. The spoon has had the crest erased by rub bing it against something. It has been erased, as the spoon is a new one. It is not done by wear. It may have been done by a file, but if so it has been smoothed. I think it has been done by rubbing it against something like a knife board. I likewise produce a knife and pen-maker, which 1 found in a case in a drawer in the prisoner's pantry on the Thursday morning, May 7. The prisoner was not present, nor did I mention it to him. I have examined every niche in the place thoroughly, and the chimneys have also been searched by sweeps. Police Constable Collier—The drains have been taken up, and a most minute search made in every part, but nothing has been found. The body of the shirt, the front of which was found in the prisoner's portmanteau, can nowhere be found. Ellis the late valet, on being shown the knife and pen maker, said—l believe this to have been his lordship's pro perty. His lordship had one similar, and the maker's name provet writtenhei. there, , andt o on it was Coley, as it is on one produced. It was usually kept in his lordship's Russia leather box in the bed-room. there,si de sire. I d ed a pi m dolsni p stoit o ota s it i i estdi delivervh positive hv t ia h ntt a go t l when biteheee hnaprdrei left asb l doen er anyhis I have wound up his lordship's watch repeatedly by his de crest rubbed off in the manner of the one produced. wi s th erv t i h e e e Mr. Hal would be better it should appear consideringonn'etnhe Hobler had said on Saturdaydepositions., as to the evidence of the state of Norfolk -street on the night in question, and he thought it Mr. Hobler said that he had Lord W. Russell had been at his house,oherlavnitdneislasd Mr. Ellis, landlord of the Castle, at Richmond, t who would'that him subsequently, to ask if he had left a locket that i‘i r s . e a h lh h i l a t h d been ongii t it made, wo and nld b e nothin g unnecessary,d as the matter was already in evidence. Mr. Hobler—Very well, sir ; but I shall have him and per sons belonging to the establishment r ea d y at the trial, in order to have them examined, if it should be necessary. Mr. Flower said he was anxious that everythin g should appear on the depositions that they should have to answer. Mr. Hobler said that he had mentioned this now, in orde r that Mr. Ellis might be cross - examined at the trial, if necessary. Alfred Stade, police constable 124 C—l was on duty in nine o'clock at night, and went off duty at six the duty at side of the street Norfolk-street on the night of the sth of May. 1 went on next morning. I take the opposite Lord William Russell's. I am thirteen minutes . going round it is No. 14. I never the house of Lord William Russell, . -street every time. I know my beat. I go through Norfolk -street am accustomed I did not see a light either above or below. in any part of the to observe those things, and saw no light . saw anything particular at Lord William Russell's house. house on the night in question. Did not observe or hear any noises in or near the house that night, nor any person seated on the step of the door, nor any person come out of Lord W. Russell's house, nor any person come up the area, nor - did I observe any person g o into the house of Lord William, either by the door or area, nor did I observe any vehicle of any sort at Lord William's door. The street was perfectly quiet. The last person I saw in the street was a fishmonger, going to No. 16, at half-past eleven. Day broke about half past three. It was a fine bright night. G. Glew, police-constable 45 C.—l was on duty in Nor folk-street on the night of the sth of May. I went on duty at nine o'clock. I left at six in the morning. lam twelve minutes going round my beat. I take the same side of the street as that on which Lord 'William Russell's house is situated. I go through Norfolk-street every time I go round. I try the doors and area-gates of the houses several times during the night. I did so with the door and gate of Lord William Russell on the night in question, five or six times, and from the time I went on duty up to half-past fi ve o'tlok in the morning, they were all safe. I did not see any light in any part of the house that night, nor did I hear any voices in the house, nor did I see any one sitting at his lordship's door, or any other door in Norfolk-street. I saw no one come out or go into his lordship's house, nor did I see any vehicle near the door. I pressed against the door fre quently. Never more than five, or six minutes could have elapsed without either myself or the policeman whose beat was on the other side having been in the street. Sarah Mancell having been recalled, said, in answer to Mr. Hall, that Inspector Beresford had applied to her for a rush light, either on the first or second day after the murder. — That she had furnished him with one from the same parcel from which she had taken the one put up in Lord William's room, and that it was of the same size. She saw it lighted. It was for the purpose of trying an experiment to ascertain how long the one found in Lord William's bed-room had been burning. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Hall said to Mr. Flower,. the witnesses are all bound over to appear at this trial, but I shall not sign his committal to-day, because I wish to get first the evidence as to a fact which has come to my knowledge, and on which I am not yei satisfied. I shall, therefore, remand him until Saturday. Mr. Flower.—Very good, sir. It is not, of course, my wish to give any unnecessary trouble, but, in a case like this, which is of the last importance to the prisoner, of course I feel anxious to know all that will be said against him at his trial. Now, Mr. Hobler has said he intends to call a witness from Richmond. I should like to know what his evidence is to prove. Mr. Hall.—He has told you the witne3ses's name is Ellis. He is landlord of the Castle Inn, and he will merely state that Lord William Russell was at his house, and that, after he left, he wrote a letter stating that he had lost a locket, in consequence of which search was made, but no loaket was found. Mr. Flower.—Perhaps Mr. Hobler will have no objection to furnish me with a copy of that letter. Mr. Hobler.—l have it not. It is in the possession of Mr. Ellis. Mr. Flower—ln this . casueverything is of impoi-tance ; the date must be known. Mr. Hall—l dare say Mr. Haler will furnish you with a copy of the letter. Mr. Hobler—Yes, sir. Mr. Hobler then Landed a letter to the magistrate, which he stated had been received at the house, addressed to Cour voisier. It had not been opened, and he thought it right to give it to the magistrate. Mr. Hall-1 shall make the same order regarding this let ter that I did in relation to the letter which I received on Saturday. The prisoner was then remanded till Friday (this day.) On being removed from the bar he was taken into a private room belonging to the office, where the letter was opened and read to him in the presence of Mr. Hobler, Mr. Wing, and other gentlemen. We understand the letter was anonymous, and recommended the prisoner to be spiritually minded, and to attend devoutly to the exhortations of the chaplain of the prison. ANALYSIS OF THE VOTES ON MR. VILLIERS'S MOTION ON THE CORN-LAWS. FOR THE MOTION. ENGLAND. Counties Boroughs 118 - 128 WALES. Counties Boroughs SCOTLAND. Counties Boroughs. 25_ IRELAND. Counties . Boroughs. Total for the motion AGAINST THE MOTION. ENGLAND. Counties .... Boroughs.... Universities. 110 105 2 217 WALES. Counties Boroughs, SCOTLAND. Counties . Boroughs. IRELAND. Counties Boroughs University Total against the motion Majority against the motion 123 RECAPITULATION . . For the Against Majority motion. the motion. Against. For, ENGLAND .. Counties .. 10 .. 110 lOO 0 ,Boroughs.... 118 lO5 0 13 Universities 0 2 2 0 IVA LE , : Counties . 1. 16 l5 0 Boroughs.... 3.. SCOTLAND.. Counties 4 ll 7 0 Boroughs.. 21 4 O.. IRELAND... Counties . 7 32 25 0 Boroughs.... 13 lO 0 3 University 0 2. 2.. By the above statement it will be seen that, taking the aggregate returns from the c ounties, . without reference to country, there is a majority ot . 147, and from the cities, bo roughs, and universities, a majority of 6, against the repeal of the existing corn-laws. FORMER DIVISIONS ON THE CORN-LAWS. 1839, March 18.—A similar, motion to the above (Mr. Villiers)—Ayes, 195 ; Noes, 342 ; Majority, 147. 1838, March 15.—Ditto (Mr. Villiers)—Ayes, 95 ; Noes 300 ; Majority, 205. 1837, March 16.—T0 admit foreign corn into Great Bri , thin at a fixed duty—Ayes, 89 ; Noes, 213; Majority, 124. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER.—The unfavourable accounts received by the Great 'Western, of the condition of mercantile affairs in the United States, and the certainty of a very large import of cotton, concurred, with other causes previously in opera tion, to produce a very dull market yesterday. There was very little demand either for goods or yarn, and the prices of both were a shade lower than on the preceding Tuesday. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MAY 25. We have had a brisk demand for flannels again to-day, and the business done has been quite equal to that of the two preceding weeks. Prices have undergone little or no varia tion. In the wool market there is no change to report ; both prices and demand remain about the same as they were the last week. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, MONDAY, MAY 25.—There was not quite so much animation in this market to-day as for the last few weeks, although many goods changed hands. The demand is steady, and the prices firm. Stocks are low in new and saleable goods, so that most is done to order ; hence the chance of better prices. Business in the ware houses is also very steady, and may be considered an average. Wools are in demand, some sorts at a trifling advance.— Manehester Guardian. LEEDS.—Business seems to go on much in the same man ner as we have had to record for several weeks past. The market for super goods was somewhat brisk on both Saturday and Tuesday, but there was nothing like speculation : indeed the merchants seem afraid to purchase extensively, though the clothiers complain that prices have not been lower for several years. BRADFORD MARKET.—There is no new feature in the Wool market ; the same dulness we have recently noticed still prevails, and although the supply of Wool continues light, even late prices are with difficulty supported. There is, however, a steady demand for Yarns, though the prices remain without alteration. The piece market is considered flatter, and fewer goods have this week exchanged hands. Prices no better. HECKMONDWIKE BLANKET HALL.—There has been more business done at the market this week (on Monday and Thursday) than for some weeks past, and if the demand con tinues, it may be expected that prices will advance so as to leave the manufacturers a profit for their labour, which is not the case at present. CHESTERFIELD WOOL MARKET, May 19.—The Wool trade in this quarter maintains nearly a stationary character ; few sales are effected, and those at prices in no wise remu nerating to the grower. And what makes it most singular that it is pretty well ascertained that the present stock§ of wool in many of the principal mills at Huddersfield, Halifax, &c., are very limited. The major part of this years clip is chambered. Although the trade has for some time mani fested a supine appearance, nevertheless the staplers here are disposed to think, that before long better prices will in some measure be realized.—Leeds Intelligencer. LEICESTER TRADE.—There continues to be more doing in spring goods, and several hands have been set to work on regular hosiery. Some of the factories which were running short time have also resumed full work. Worsted is without alteration in price : wool is firm, although but little is doing in it.—Leicester Chronicle. HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—We have great pleasure in stating, that, after an unexampled depression in the silk stocking trade for the last three years, which almost seemed to denote its utter extinction, an increased demand has arisen, particularly at Derby, for that manufacture ; the number of frames employed in that place being reduced to less than a third of the number in 1836. A great number of workmen having left, hands have become so scarce, that one of the masters has been under the necessity of coming to Notting ham to seek for workmen. There is some hope that the stockingers may yet see better days, as long stockings are coming gradually into fashion ; the full-dress of the higher classes is invariably long hose, with elastic knee-bands. Should this become the reigning fashion, to wear full fashioned hose, and cut-ups for under wear be no longer re quired, the frames now in existence could not supply the de mand, and stockings (as was the case in Sheffield in the hard= ware manufactures) would be at a premium.--Nottingham Journal. DUNDEE.—The demand for new flax is very languid, and old is altogether neglected. This arises from a general im pression that prices will give way abroad, which makes holders in our markets anxious to get rid of their present stocks, while consumers are shy in making purchases, unless to sup ply their immediate wants. TLe last advices from• Riga bear that purchases of T.R.D.C. and R.C. had been made at 30, 25, and 20 rubles, which is a shade lower than former rates. Yarns are a shade lower, with very little business doing, a n d the same remark applies to linens.—Dundee Courier. FLOOD IN MORAYSHIRE.— The Elgin Courant of Friday states, that Mor a y s hi re h as b e en a gain flooded, and th a t t h e Spey and the Losse were swollen, on Sunday and Monday, nearly as much as in the great flood of 1829. A great deal of damage has been done to the crops. STATE OF TRADE. —Our trade during the week has been really bad, with no prospect of any immediate improvement. It is still to be hoped, however, that the continuance of fine weather, with which we are so unusually favoured, must make a lasting impression both as to quantity required, and prices paid.—Blackcurn Standard. mrscELLANgous. Captain Sir Edmund Lyons, ambassador to Greece, has been created a baronet. Major-General Sir Edward Bowater has been appointed one of Prince Albert's equerries. CHAR.—Last week upwards of 50 dozen of char were for warded from Windermere to London, and, owing to the now quick conveyance, were disposed of in the market fresh. The Duke of Marlborough has been unanimously elected High Steward of the city of Oxford, in the place of the late Duke of Marlborough. The merchants of Galway have entered into a subscription for the , purpose of erecting a patent slip, to encourage ship building in that port. . The mainmast of the Queen, of 120 guns, is 127 feet 7 inches high, and her mainyard 111 feet 4 inches long, and is considered, to be the largest mast and yard ever yet made. There was some excitement on Saturday in the city on aecount of alleged extensive forgeries committed by a party who has been recentle declared a bankrupt. The extent of of the forgeries is estimated at £2s,ooo.—Times. The Journal de Cherbourg, on the authority of a letter without date, from a sailor on board the Triomphante sloop, one of the French blockading squadron at Buenos Ayres, asserts that one of her boats had been captured by the Buenos Ayreans, and all the men in her massacred. The Leeds Times of Saturday has published one of a series of letters from the pen of Colonel Thompson, whose disaffec tion with Mr. O'Connell, and those who concur with that lion. and learned gentleman, is undisguised. The gallant colonel affirms that The Irish Tail! has sold the English people ; and a huge English ''fail' of different denomina tions, has either joined, or hopes t(, do it bye-and-bye." On Saturday last Mr. E. Dawson, of Inglethorp, near Stamford, exhibited a pen of ram-hogs in Peterbro' market, which were more like two-year-old sheep, their symmetry and good looks, with extraordinary fleeces, were the admira tion and astonishment of all who saw them, several weighing upwards of 18 stone of 141 b to the stone.—Cambridge Chronicle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has presented Mr. Bishop with an elegant piece of plate, in testimony of his ap probation of the manner in which Mr. Bishop conducted the performance of ancient music on the 29th of April, which was under the direction of his royal highness, whose initials are engraved under a crown and an appropriate inscription. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The opening of the ex tended line to Steventon, a distance of 52 miles from Lon don, is announced to take place on the Ist of next month. There is every probability of this grand undertaking being opened between Bristol and Bath early in September. On Saturday last, some ears of wheat were cut from a field partially in ear, between this town and Shoreham ! It is a rare, indeed an almost unparalleled, thing, to see an ear of wheat in May; and it shows the effect of the late warm weather.—Brighton Gazette. Earl Manvers, whose generosity as captain of the royal navy, in renouncing his half-pay, amounting to £3224 2s. 6d., in favour of the Royal Naval Benevolent Society, has' entit led him justly to the thanks of the whole service, has recently presented to the Royal Naval Female School a donation of 50 guineas. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—On Saturday last, as Mary, wife of Isaac Mason, coalminer, was assisting her husband at the Facken pit, near Burton-in-Lonsdale, the earth on which she stood gave way, and she was pretipitated to the bottom, a distance of 69 feet ! She fortunat6ly escaped with out even the slightest injury. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BRIDPORT—'rWENTY-TWO COT TAGES BURNT—LOSS OF LIFE.—On Friday't_last, about noon, a most destructive fire, with loss of life, occurred at Allington, adjoining the thriving town of Bridport. Twenty two cottages were burnt to the ground in so short a time that the inhabitants saved but very little of their property. HOP INTELLIGENCE.—The growth of the hop-pines in this neighbourhood, as well as the other parts of the county, dur ing the last fortnight, has been wonderful; in fact, their pro gress is so rapid as to have taken the planters by surprise, and it is feared many bines will be injured before they can get them tied. The plant in general has a healthy appear ance.—Canterbury Paper. THE DRAMA IN BATH.—The following is the heading to one of the BATS! play-bills :—" Theatre-Royal, Bath. -L - In consequence of the rapturous applause bestowed—on Rossini's! Rossini's! ! grand opera seria, the Maid of Pa laiseu, produced for the first time, in the city of Bath, on Tuesday, May sth—by eleven in the boxes ! nine in the pit ! and twenty-eight in the gallery ! it will be repeated this evening, to give the lovers of music another opportunity of hearing the composition of that great master." SAFETY VALVE TO STEAM BOILERS.—At the last meet- ing of . the Society of Arts, the gold Isis medal was awarded to Mr. Robert M`Ewen, for a mercurial guage, which answers the double purpose of an indicator of steam-pressure, and a safety valve for engine boilers. The novelty of the in vention consist in the employment of a mercurial tube, as a safety-vent for the steam, these tubes have hitherto been used only as indicators of pressure, and of a length sufficient to allow the steam to acquire a dangerous degree of pressure, without giving any other notice of the fact, than what may be observed by the eye. As the action of Mr. M'Ewen's safety valve depends on a purely physical principle, viz., the opposition of the elastic force of steam to the static pressure of mercury, withou a mechanical obstruction of any kind, it affords a free vent for the steam when its pressure exceeds the limits, corresponding to the length to which the tubes are adjusted, according to the strength of the boiler.— Athenceum. Devereux Bowly, Esq., has sent to the Museum, at Ciren cester, a very curious white substance, appearing on its upper surface like a sheep-skin dressed with alum. It has recently been found covering many acres of meadow land in the neighbourhood of Faringdon, where (during the late wet season) the meadows have been flooded by the Thames. This substance appears to be formed of vegetable fibres, blanched by exposure and the agitation of the water in which it floated, and became a sort of pulp, which, on the subsi dance of the water, was deposited, and formed a kind of paper by drying. The under surface is stained by the grass on which it dried.—Orford Herald. The Duchess of Bedford, the L a dy T av i s t oc k of poor victimised Flora Hastings notoriety, has been appointed Mistress of the Robes, in the room of the Duchess of Su therland, who being at length fully convinced of the rapidly approaching downfall of the party, has resolutely refused the urgent request of her Majesty to " keep in with the Whigs to the last." ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 26.—Lord Keane, who commanded the English army in Afghahistan, arrived here the day before yesterdy from Suez. Yesterday and to-day he was received by the pacha in the most distinguished manner. To-morrow he will embark for Malta. The English steam-boats will ply regularly during the summer between Bombay and Suez, and arrive at the latter place on the 19th of every month. HER MAJESTY.—The universal gladness of this great national holiday will be materially heightened by the com munication we are now enabled to make, intimations of which we gave some time since. It is no longer a matter of doubt that her majesty is in a way likely to realise the hopes of all her loyal subjects, by perpetuating in the direct line, the succession to the throne.—Globe of 'Monday. It is not generally known, that Sir Hudson Lowe, antici pating that France would, sooner or later, claim Napoleon's corpse, caused him to be buried in a manner which renders his removal perfectly easy, and will prevent any necessity for rudely disturbing his remains. Though Napoleon desired that his body might rest on the banks of the Seine, he be queathed his heart to Marie Louise ; and from Sir Hudson Lowe's desire to comply, as far as lay in his power, with the emperor's will, the heart is not, we believe, placed in the coffin but is deposited in the tomb in a separate case.— Spectator. THE WEATHER AND THE. CROPS.—With regard to the growing crops, the most satisfactory accounts Continue to reach us ; indeed, up to the present period the season has been singularly auspicious, and the splendid weather expe- rienced during the spring months has gone far to repair the damage done to the autumnal sown wheat by the heavy and long-continued rains, which fell in the latter part of the past and the commencement of the present year. Should we be equally fortunate as the summer advances, a good yield of all kinds of grain may be calculated on. At the principal grain markets held during the week, the demand for wheat has been languid ; but holders have generally remained firm, and very little reduction in prices has anywhere taken place.— Mark Lane Express. CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN BRITISH INDIA.—A late Natchez paper has published facts of some interest to the cotton planters in the United States. It appears that the British government, last year, appropriated 60,000 dollars, for the purpose of obtaining the necessary information, ma chinery, and operatives, for improving the cultivation of cot ton in British India. An English agent, sent to visit Mis sissippi and Louisiana, has succeeded in hiring eight Missis sippians and one Louisianian, who are to proceed without delay to India, and on their arrival there, take charge each one of a cotton plantation, which may serve as models for those of the natives. These Americans are to carry with them cotton gins, as well as plantation tools and husbandry implements, of the most approved patterns known or used in the Southern States.—New York Commercial Advertiser of April 27. BANK FAILURE.—On Wednesday morning the whole town and neighbourhood of Ramsgate was thrown into a state of consternation by the announcement that the banking house of Austen and Son had stopped payment. The utmost astonishment as well as alarm prevailed, as it seemed to have been a long established, as well as general opinion that this house was as safe as the Bank of England. It now appears that the house, the firm of which was Austen and Son, has been carried on solely upon the responsibilty of the son, and it is doubtful if it has ever been supported in his hands by any property at all, but deposits and issues of notes. The notes in circulation are found to be about £12,000, and the deposits considerable. At a general meeting of creditors on Friday, the balance-sheet then presented showed a promise of a dividend of about 7s. Gd. in the pound. It is not, how ever, likely that this will be realized. This event has east a great gloom over Ramsgate, and trade for the present is at a stand still. Many cases of great hardship present them selves, and much private misery must be the consequence. Mr. Austen has been made a bankrupt, and instant measures will be adopted to bring matters to a speedy conclusion. — Kentish Gazette. CROCKETT YET LIVING.—The St. Louis Bulletin of the 21st ult. contains the following information :—•' A gentleman arrived in this city yesterday from the south, who brings news confirming the report that Crockett is a slave in the mines of Mexico. The letter spoken of in the previous account had been received by Mrs. Crockett, and her son, the Hon. John Crockett, had started for Mexico, with a view to re gain his father's freedom." TRADE OF SOUTHAMPTON.—The effects of the opening of the railway from London may already be seen in the crowded state of the river and harbour. During the past week, the number of splendid steam vessels lying around the pier have prseneted a very splendid and enlivening ap pearance. Monday the Archimedes, steam-vessel, paid us a visit, and excited much attention by the peculiarity of her construction. Her hull, divested of the unsightly appendages of paddle boxes, is precisely similar to that of a beautiful yatcht ; her propelling power being a newly invented appli cation of the Archimedian screw. Thursday at noon no less than five packets left the pier together, each with a large cargo of living freight, for Havre, Weymouth (two), Torquay, and Dartmouth. Many distinguished arrivals have taken place, amongst which were Lord Exmouth and Lord Aldol phus Fitzclarence.—Hampshire Independent. THE COUNTRY AND THE CROPS.—For many years we have not had a month of May so abundant in vernal charms as the present. From the warmth of April the trees are full of foliage, at a season when the leaves are scarcely bursting from their wintry envelopes, and the horse chesnuts are in flower, and equally rich in beauty and fragrance. In the orchards the blossoms of the apple and cherry trees are giv- Pig way as the fruit forms—falling, however, after having served their purpose, and leaving the promise of abundant crops. In the gardens peas are in blossom, youngootatoes are far advanced, and gooseberries and currants of% consi derable size. In the fields the wheat and spring corn are growing with almost unexampled luxuriance ; the clovers and meadow grasses are full of vigour and freshness, and the pas tures are thickly covered with herbage. In great numbers of places the field potatoes are some inches above ground, and in one or two early spots the turnip plants are springing up. All the spring birds have arrived ; many of the spring flowers are in bloom ; and on every side there is the appear ance of an early season, and of abundance for man and for beast. Never was the prospect of plenty more cheering than at the present moment, and never would its realization be attended with greater blessing to the nation.—Preston Chro nicle. Hares and partridges seem very strong and plentiful this season.. The accounts from Worcestershire speak most favourably of the ptesent state of the crops in that county. E. S. Cayley, Esq., member for the North Riding, is still in a precarious state, and has been ordered abroad for his recovery. SUICIDES AT OLDHAM.—During the course of ten years, 1830 to 1839, there have been in the borough of Oldham, 45 cases of suicide, 23 of which were directly produced by ttemperance. MARRIAGES.—From the printed returns, it appears that in the year 1839 there were celebrated, of broomstick mar riages, 4280 ; in the orthodox form, 107,201 ; making a total of 111,481 ; thus showing pretty clearly what the feelings of the country really are upon that important subject, and what a great noise a very few people are capable of making. The late rains have occasioned great, destruction to the vessels on the river Severn. It is calculated that at least £lBOO were lost by the owners, and men who work their vessels by the voyage, during the last stoppage. A new pro position will speedily be submitted to the public for the im provement of the navigation. — Worcester Chronicle. A. SHARP LAD.—On Wednesday last, as a boy was riding a horse to the fair at Barnsley to sell, he was accosted as he entered the town by a sprig of a dealer, who called out in a consequential tone, " Why, Jack that horse your'e riding is badly, look what a white face hee's gettan." " Hey," said the lad, breaking off whistling, " an yod hey a white face too, if yodlook't through a helter az long az it hez." WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MAY 2g.—The Wool trade continues in a very unsatisfactory state. Notwithstanding the very light stock in the market, the demand is languid, and prices, although stationary, are not improved. A TEETOTAL JACKASS.—At a recent Rechabite Festival, held not a hundred miles from Rasen, the chairman opened his oration in the following eloquent style, after informing his audience that he was a teetotaller :—" I have a son, continued he, " who is a teetotaller. I have a man-servant who is a teetotaller, I have a maid-servant who is a teeto taller, I have two cats who are teetotallers, I have a dog who is a teetotaller, and I have a long-ear'd jackass who is a tee totaller; in short, we are all teetotallers together.—Boston Herald. • The weather has undergone a considerable change since our last report. The return of a brisk north-east wind and a droughty temperature, had most materially diminished the heat at all hours, and rendered the air very chilly overnight, but we are glad to hear that vegetation still progresses kindly, though more tardily, from the nipping effects of the sharp and biting breeze. Yesterday, however,, the weather was more temperate, and the everchanging clouds indicated show ers at no great distance. Manx Liberal. The Globe of Saturday night states, we perceive, that pro fessor Starkie was a "senior wrangler " in the Cambridge University, and that Sir A. Grant was. " plucked." The statement is absolutely false as to Sir A'. Grant, who took his degree in the usual course ; but what is true is this, that on the late occasion Sir Alexander was the "senior wrangler," and poor professor Starkie was " plucked."—Morning Post. MOUNTJOY, THE PEDESTRIAN.—On Tuesday evening last, this individual undertook to perform the following feats on the Cambridge and Milton road for £5O :—Run a mile, — walk a mile,—walk backwards a mile,—wheel a barrow half a mils,—hop 200 yards,—trundle a hoop half a mile,—run backwards 200 yards,—pick up 50 eggs a yard apart with his monuth,—and leap over 20 hurdles placed a yard apart, all of which he was to perform within the hour, which he did with several minutes to spare.—Cambridge Chronicle. To MARE A " CAPITAL CALF."—Sago has for several years past been used with great success for feeding calves, saving half the milk otherwise required. The method of using it is to sprinkle a quart of sago into five or six quarts of boiling water, on the tire—keep stirring, and in ten minutes you have a strong jelly.—This, mixed with a small quantity of milk, is much more nutritious than milk alone, and is now used by many farmers. WOOD PAVEMENT. Amongst all the newly-invented pavements that have been lately laid down in the metropolis, there is no one to be compared with the wood-pavement; it has stood the test of all pressures and of all weather, and re mains firm, and unaffected by the influence of either. So satisfied are the Board of Works and the Commissioners of Metropolitan Roads, of the great utility of this pavement, that they have determined to adopt it.—Standard. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—We copy the following interest ing intelligence from the Sunday paper which is graciously permitted to pronounce itself to be published under the espe cial patronage of her Majesty the Queen :—" We have ex treme gratification in announcing that there is every proba bility of our most gracious Queen gladdening the, hearts and best wishes of the nation, by an addition to her Majesty's illustrious house. The announcement of this most important event will, we are sure, be hailed by every loyal subject with the utmost delight." AN AMERICAN OYSTER.—The large oyster taken by Xavier Francois, while oystering on Monday last, was brought up from the wharf on a dray last evening. An oyster measuring three feet one inch in length and twenty-three and a half inches across the widest part of it, is a curiosity. —Mobile Advertiser.—[lt would require an American swal low to take this oyster. Such an oyster here would astonish the natives.] TRANSPORTATION OF CONVlCTS.—Transportation, aS hitherto conducted, is to cease at the end of the month after next. Colonization by convicts is abolished. New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land may no longer be termed penal colonies. So far as transportation will henceforth affect Australasia, the colonies hitherto called penal will be on a par with all the others. Convicts are still to be transported, not to become slaves anywhere, nor in any way to be mixed, as convicts, with the inhabitants of any colony, but are to be confined by themselves in such places as Tasman's Peninsula and Norfolk Island, and, when their term of punishment has expired, are to be let loose, not on New South Wales or Van Dieman's land in particular, but on all that part of the world without distinction.—Colonial Gazette. CULTIVATION OF WHITE Moss.—A portion of this wild and hitherto unproductive tract is now in the progress of cultivation, and will this year, it is fully expected, turn out some fine crops of the corn and vegetables which have been sown upon it. The tract consists of seventy acres, which have been purchased from Doming Rasbottom, Esq., the owner of Alkrington ; and thirty acres, which have been pur chased from the executors of Samuel Taylor and Hilton, Esqs., of Moston. The purchasers and present owners are Joseph Jones, Esq., of Walshaw House, Oldham ; and Richard Gould, Esq., of Hope Hall, Cheshire ; and the su perintendent and manager of the important reclamation is Mr. James Dixon, of Hathershaw.—Manchester paper. COTTAGE WINDOWS.—The Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland have offered a premium of ten sovereigns for the best and most approved cottage window, combining economy in the construction, efficiency in excluding rain, af fording means of ventilation, &c. Competitors are to state the price at which they will supply the windows to the public. A specimen of the window proposed, with a statement of the necessary particulars, to be lodged with Sir Charles Gordon, Secretary of the Highland and Agricultural Society in Edin . - - burgh, on or before the Ist of September, 1840. DREADFUL. ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN OTWAY.—A very serious accident happened, on Friday evening, in Hyde Park, to Capt. Otway, of the Royal Navy, eldest son of Admiral Sir Robert Otway, Bart. Captain Otway was riding a very spirited horse in the grass field on the left of Rotten-row, when the animal reared up, shied at the hurdles, and at the same time, in consequence of the rider bearing the reins too tightly, both went over. Captain Otway fell on his back, and the horse upon him. By the concussion great internal injury arose, but no bones were broken. Captain Otway was immediately conveyed to the rooms of Col. Cavendish, at the Knightsbridge Barracks. Mr. Lane, the resident surgeon at St. George's Hospital, was the first medical attendant; but shortly after Sir Astley Cooper and Sir Benjamin Brodie arrived. Bleeding and fomentations were resorted to,_ the patient suffering the most acute agony. Lord Clarence Paget who was riding with Captain Otway at the time of the melan choly occurrence, sat by the bed of the sufferer during the whole of Friday night. On Saturday evening Sir Robert Otway arrived from Sheerness, and the gallant admiral has remained at the barracks ever since, except for a short period yesterday, when he went to bring Lady Otway and her daugh ters to the melancholy scene. We lament to state that last evening there were but faint hopes of his surviving through the night. Captain Otway is about 30 years old, and a great favourite in the navy. The Queen has sent repeatedly to learn what hope the medical gentlemen entertained. THE PENNY POST AND THE COACH PROPRIETORS,—It is quite clear that the public are converting the penny post to a purpose for which it was never intended. It was stated a short time back, in the Worcester Journal, that a " flan nel waistcoat" had, through this medium, been forwarded from Ireland to England. This appeared odd enough ; but it is little, compared with what has actually been accom plished. Penknives, silver spoons, thousands of needles, garden seeds, cucumbers, and gooseberry bushes, have been transmitted hundreds of miles in a two-penny or three penny-post letter ; nay, even a steam-engine has thus been whirled along at a railroad pace ; and, as a climax to all this, we may state, that some persons are making the post-office authorities transporters of " live stock," by forwarding leeches in letters to their friends or patients. It is to be hoped, that the public will not carry this practice so far as to enclose sucking pigs, rabbits, titmice, or " such small deer." One may easily imagine the consternation that would arise to the passengers from the voices of numerous animals of the first-named description issuing from post •letters. A notice has very properly been issued requesting persons not to en close glass bottles in their communications, which is a very proper and delicate hint ; indeed, without some check, there is •no knowing where the practice will stop. The conse quence of all this is to injure the coach proprietors to a serious extent ; and the best way for them to meet the evil is to make a material reduction in the charge for the carriage of small parcels. Certainly this is in too many instances too high. The gentleman paid about Is. Bd. for the convey ance of his flannel waistcoat from Ireland, per post ; whereas, per coach, it would probably have cost him at least three times as much.—Worcester Herald. WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.—The operations have been continued daily, with great activity and success, two divers being employed every slack tide in slinging the frag ments of the wreck. The stern-post has been got up, broken into three pieces by the great explosion of the 11th inst., to gether with a large fragment of dead wood, that stood over the keel, and was also connected with the stern-post. A very curious mass, consisting of part of the lower deck, with a portion of beam, and two knees below the dock-plank, and a rider or upright knee above it, together with part of a port, and the remaining both of the inside and outside planking on each side of a fragment of a timber, may now be seen in the dockyard. A very large cable has also been got up, measuring 24 inches round, and about 90 fathoms in length, which was generally very sound, but has been broken into several pieces, so that the diver had to descend repeatedly for two days be fore he slung the whole of it. All is clear now above the orlop deck, except some beams of the lower deck, which still remain. This day (Saturday) red flags were hoisted on board the two lumps, 10 o'clock, as a signal that two explo sions of 2501b5. of powder each would take place at the next slack tide, and two divers were sent down to make prepara tions for placing the two charges, one under the main hatch way of the orlop deck, the other near the bread-room. Lieut. Symonds, the executive engineer, who made all the arrange ments on this occasion, as well as for the great explosion of the 11th, then sent down the charges with the divers, and having removed the lumps to a little distance, he posted him self at one voltaic battery, whilst Serjeant Major Jones had charge of the other. Col. Pasley then gave the word to fire, hut only one explosion took place, which was effected by four cells of Professor Daniell's battery at the distance of 240 feet. This produced the usual effect of a great commotion in the water, in the form of an inverted bowl, spreading to a consi derable distance, but not rising to any great height, several seconds elapsing, 'after a sharp shock was felt, before the agi tation of the water took place. The second explosion, which was to have been fired by means of Mr. Alfred Smee's new voltaic battery, did not take place on completing the circuit; but Serjeant Major Jones, feeling the shock of the other ex plosion, believed it to be his own, for he completed the vol taic circuit, on first receiving the order to fire. Being or dered to complete the circuit a second time, he did so, and on keeping up the contact for about four seconds, the explo sion was effected at the distance of 460 feet. After these explosions, which were witnessed by Admirals Sir Edward Dodrington and Bouverie, Major-General Sir Hercules Pa kenham, and a number of officers of both services, and nu merous other spectators, the divers repeatedly went down again, and lashed large pieces of timber, amongst which we observed the parts of a lower deck beam. A human skull, with teeth, was also brought up from the after part of the wreck, which Colonel Pasley has declared his intention to bury in Kingston churchyard, together with such other re mains of skeletons as may be obtained hereafter.--Hamp shire Telegraph. The house of a farmer named Houlihan, near Croom, was attacked on Sunday night, when the assailants beat him and his family severely.—Limerick Chronicle. THE NOTORIOUS KNIRII.—We perceive that Knibb, the well-known baptist missionary, has just arrived in this coun try from Jamaica—a colony, the inhabitants of which he, with a zeal worthy of a better cause, continued to keep in what, in common parlance, is termed " hot water." Our fellow-countrymen in Jamaica are no doubt congratulating themselves on their seasonable deliverance from a social pest. —Glasgow Courier. The effects of the opening of the railway front London to Southampton may already be seen in the crowded state of the river and harbour. During the past week the number of splendid steam-vessels lying around the pier have pre sented a very striking and enlivening appearance. Thursday, at noon, no less than five packets left the pier together, melt with a large cargo of living freight. for Havre, Weymouth (two), Torquay, and Dartmouth.—Hampshire Independent. On Monday last, the ceremony of dispelling the supposed evil influence of witchcraft took place at Newlyn. It ap peared that a mackerel sean ' called the broom, had the ill luck of invariably missing whatever fish she shot at, and the cause was attributed to the evil wishes of a simple young woman of the place, and the mode adopted to counteract it was the burning of a portion of the article under the influ ence of the supposed witch, amid the cheers and huzzas . of the assembled multitude.—Falmouth Packet. AGITATION—THREATENED RESIGNATION OF LORD EBRINGTON.-"-We have just been informed, on what we conceive good authority, that immediately preceding Mr. O'Connell's late departure for London, he received a com munication from Lord Ebrington, stating, that if he (Mr. O'Connell) did not put a stop to agitation, and prevent the utterance of the violent language lately made use of by the spouters at the trades' political union, and at other societies over which O'Connell had control, he (Lord Ebrington) would resign the government of Ireland. Hence followed the dissolution of the trades' union.—Dublin Statesman. A PRIZE FOR FATHER MATHEW.—There is, in Belfast, at the present moment, a porter, 60 years of age, but appa rently not more than 45, who, for the last 40, has, on an average, drunk 11 pints of spirits every day. At this rate, the aggregate of this seasoned toper's drinking would be 2,739 gallons and 3 pints ; or almost 25 puncheons, of 110 gallons each—a quantity of liquid sufficient to float a lighter. At lOs per gallon, the cost of the 2,739 gallons would be £1,369 10s—a little fortune. THE QUEEN'S RIFLES.—The epidemic which has laid up so many of the privates of the Rifle Brigade still prevails to a considerable extent. Upwards of 70 of them are at pre sent in hospital, and every day is adding to their number. Some of the officers were affected with it, but we believe they are all now completely recovered. The men who are capable of doing duty were reviewed on Monday last in the Home Park by the Marquis of Douro. In the evening the noble marquis joined the officers at mess.-- Windsor Journal. GIGANTIC TROUT.—In a deep linn or pool of the Devon, a celebrated trouting stream in Perthshire, there was re cently caught a trout of unusually large size. Crowning a precipitous height that overlooks the pool, stands a romantic cottage, tenanted .by a small farmer, who, from his window, has repeatedly witnessed the trout playing in the stream. For at least ten years its existence in this locality has been known, and many unavailing efforts have anglers made to secure it. A few days ago, however, the farmer succeeded at last in triumphantly capturing it. The trout was found to be 241 inches in length, and weighed 61b. 14oz. BLACKIE OUTWITTING HIMSELF.—A FACT.—A son of the sable race, who lives not a day's journey from the Tron gate, was attempting lately to gain the affections of a young woman, and striving by every means in his power to make his " lub " known to her, but with little effect ; at length, summing up all his courage in one grand effort, which he no doubt thought must win her heart, he told her she " need not be afraid to lub Plato (his name) • he hab one pretty wife in his own coontree." The sequel need not be told ; what poor Plato thought must be a sure passport to her af fections, as a matter of course, had a quite contrary ten dency ; and Plato will now be convinced that polygamy is below par in the estimation of the fair sex of Britain.—, Glasgow Argus. RURAL AFFAIRS. — It is quite a treat to be in the country . at present, so fresh is the universal face of nature. The drairds, including Swedish turnips, and in some instances out-field potatoes, are coming beautifully away, whi e the pastures are everything the husbandman could desire—rife, rough, and tender. far beyond general experience in the third week of May. Everywhere the kine get a full bite, as is sufficiently indicated by their glossy coats, and udders so distended that they actually complain, after their own fashion, should the dairy maids fail in punctuality as milking time approaches. The sown grasses lengthen apace ; pre mature seeding was checked at the most opportune moment, and very little doubt can exist now that the forthcoming crop of hay will be considerably beyond the average of the last three or four seasons.—Dumfries Courier. A HOUSE STOLEN !—Strange as it may sound in the ears of our, readers, there was actually a house stolen from the neighbourhood of Edinburgh a few days ago. The tenement to which we refer stood at the west end of Fountain Bridge, and consisted of two apartments. The former tenant left the premises on Thursday last. On Saturday the landlord sent a wright to make certain repairs on the interior, which he accordingly did, and left the place about one o'clock. On Monday morning a mason was sent to repair some part of the fabric ; but, to his utter amazement, he found that the house had entirely disappeared, there being not one stone left upon another to mark the spot where it had stood ! The very hearth-stone was carried away. Information was im mediately lodged at the police-office, but no trace has yet been discovered of the thieves. It is perhaps unnecessary to add, that the pawnbrokers, to whose hands so many stolen articles find their way, are unable, in the present instance, to furnish any information.—Scotsman. We find in the Hull Packet a delectable illustration of the manner in which the Home Office is disposed to truckle to the Popish faction on all occasions on which an appeal is made to it. A Protestant drqmmer-boy, of the 81st, at tracted by the toindawdry appearance of a Popish mass-house, was induced to accompany the Roman Catholic soldiers who were permitted to attend it. The boy having been thus ab sent without leave was subjected by his commanding officer to some slight penalty. This so enraged the Popish frequent ers of the said chapel that they have memorialized Lord Normanby for a court of inquiry into the matter. The re quest was of course complied with, and the commanding officers of the 77th and 81st regiments have accordingly been directed to repair to Scarborough for that purpose. The officer complained of is, by a droll coiochleo.:, Harnett 0..0ge , a sufficient reason, we presume, why he should be subjected to insults and annoyance.—United Service Gazette. EXTRACTS OF TWO LETTERS FROM BRITISH GUIANA• —" You have already heard of our long and tedious voyage. It is impossible to convey to you within the compass of a letter an adequate idea of the mortification and disappoint ment I experienced on seeing the present condition and pros pect of the estate. The greater part of the property appears in next thing to a state of abandonment. Very extensive fields of canes are rotting on the ground from being overripe, and of course the succession is proportionally injured. On my arrival on the estate my first measure was to sacrifice entirely 184 acres of canes, and to order 60 more acres of overripe canes to be cut down and piled on the banks, and, notwithstanding this tremendous sacrifice, the manager in forms me that it will still be the end of April or beginning of May before he is able to overtake the ripe canes. The la bourers are unsteady and capricious regarding their work in the last degree, and absent themselves from labour on the most frivolous pretexts. Yesterday no fewer than 40 of the gang of this estate were absent from work without any ade quate cause, some fishing, some shooting, and amusing them selves in a variety of ways, and the only remedy the planter has is ejectment from their houses, a remedy which he is of course loth to employ, as he is himself perhaps the greatest sufferer, labour being in such demand that there are a hun , Bred others ready to employ them. Apart from their un steadiness in labour and perhaps a good deal of pilfering of the growing provisions, there is no reason to complain of the conduct of the negroes. With very few exceptions they are civil and respectful. You will, no doubt, be informed by the public prints that the crop of this colony fell off last year a full third of the crop of the preceding year, and did not amount to one-half the erop of former years; and it is to be feared that they will continue to diminish unless we get an early and extensive increase to our labouring population. It is time for the government to open their eyes, and, in place of throwing every impediment in the way, to lend a helping hand; if they do not, then the West India colonies will be come valueless." ALARM OF FIRE AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—WINDSOR , May 23.—This morning, about half-past seven o'clock, an alarm of fire was given at the Castle, and considerable con sternation was created throughout the town, news having momentarily spread that the safety of a large portion of the Castle was seriously hazarded. The first intimation wo given to the sentry on duty near the kitchen, who, observing a thick volume of smoke issuing from the window, and hear the cries of the servant within, gave the alarm to the next sentinel, which was quickly conveyed to the guard-house , and thence to the barracks in Sheet-street, where the engine,. was in readiness to proceed to the Castle. In the course of a short time,.however, all danger subsided, and the service of the troops was not required. It appeared that the servant on lighting the fire in the coffee room with a large quantity of wood, forgot to open the damper of the stove, thus pre venting the smoke and flames from ascending the chimney' and causing them to extend to a considerable distance towards the centre of the room. Her cries, however, soon brouo - and the damage which has been done is exceed' ing trifling. RE-ASSESSMENT OF WINDOWS.—The Liberals have lot no time in putting on the screw, to extort a little more c-sel A l out of their gulled friends, the t en -p oun d h ouse h o ld er s. A gentleman who has to act the ungracious part of a window' peeper has been busily occupied during the last week in re surveying the windows in this town, and those persons who, on the faith of an understanding that the former survey wile to be final,' and, in fact, that the window tax was to be abolished as a war tax as speedily as possible, have let a little more light into their dwellings, will receive a gentle inti mation that an additional payment is required from there to support the incubus of Whiggism. Well, well ; expe rientia docel. People are learning what Liberalism really is, in the best of all possible schools.—Blackburn Statidara• A very melancholy case of hydrophobia occurred in Bir mingham in the course of last week. Nine weeks ago, las t Sunday, Mrs. Tye, the wife of a respectable person, carrying on business as a brazier and tinman in Meriden-street; Wa s bitten by a favourite dog in the arm. From the time Mrs' Tye was bitten until Tuesday week, not the slightest synP; tom developed itself; but on that day Mrs. Tye complained in a manner which left no doubt that the unfortunate wooln was already the subject of incipient hydrophobia. Several professional gentlemen were called in, but all their efforts were unable to arrest the progress and fatal result of the ease. Mrs. Tye died about 20 minutes after 11 on Saturday night. The first symptom exhibited by the deceased was 8 spasmodic affection of the thumb, and from Wednesday, u, P to her decease s h e h a d grea t re p ugnance , not on l y t o liquid s ' but, on the movement of any parties in the room, which oc casioned the slightest current of air, she expressed most ex" traordinary feelings of distress.—Birmingham Advertiser. Unless the Chancellor of the Exchequer can manage' ° terdict the Rev. R. G. Mason from preaching teetotalisnl' we fear he will derive but a scanty revenue in Aberdeenshl r from his new tax on spirits. It would appear that a mural revolution is going forward, second only in extent and, on; portance to the teetotal movement in Ireland; As a speeiw the of what has been done in Cavan we may mention, that in. j e town of Frazerburgh, which contains a population of bt`,,t, more than 2,000, nearly 700 have become teetotalers ! j l , O the neighbouring fishing villages there is scarcely a man voi e has not joined the movement ; and nearly the same may i s said of the adjoining rural districts. The rev. gentlenan' th , now in Aberdeen, making arrangements for forming a no r th ; ern union, the leading object of which is to concentrate influence of the various local societies, and thereby attnef.", common interest to all that tends to advance the object the} have in view.—Aberdeen Herald. The University of Edinburgh lately received from _ OO , Greenhill, of Bank-street, the valuable donation of a c o l s . of a rare work printed at Edinburgh in 1567, being s e t i s ies, lation into Gaelic, by John Carswell, Bishop of th of the book known generally by the title of John * l nn Liturgy. This copy, though not quite perfect, conitsak.:_,n. the most interesting matter for which this book _ s " (1 at that guished, reflecting light on the state of the Ifi period, in respect of knowledge, morals, and I to his Grace complete copy of this curious book, belonging but it is not the Duke of Argyll, existed about 20 years iasg°n'ow deposited. generally known, if known at all, where j e t of publish- There was, at the time referred to, an int a i n who undertook ing an English translation, but the gentle m e dine afterwards the task fell into bad health, and died born () , known is not It is to be hoped that the only complete copy cgivh'iTsnation. A irrecoverably lost.—Edinburgh paPer•