The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-09 00:00:00

s COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKET. CITY, WENESDA If EVEN ING.—Money continues so very easy upon the Stock Exchange, that large amounts of stock, which continues very scarce, have been borrowed for the ac count, producing again a backwardation, as daring, the early part of the day Consols for money were quoted at gli t and 9.1 for account. Large purchases of stock have also been made by a great portion of the Lonnun and country bankers, in addition to winch the government commissioners have laid out £2OOOO sterling in Reduced Annuities at 931, £lO,OOO of which was on account of the savings' banks, and the other moiety to be co n v er t e d into fixed annuities. Consols closed at 93 s ' a 91 for money and the account of the '27th instant. The Three and a Half per Cent. Reduced Annuities are 1031 a N. and the New Three and a Half per Cents 101% a %. Bank Stock 201 i a 202 money. India Stock is 260 mo ney and 261 time. The premium upon Exchequer Bills has advanced to 67 a 69, and on India Bonds to 63. There has not been any disposition manifested to-day for speculation in the Foreign Bonds, and the Peninsular Secu rities have closed particularly heavy. Spanish Bonds, with the May Coupons, are 17A a Portuguese New Five per Cents are 3,Li Mexican Six per Cent. Bonds are '23; and Peruvian 161 a 17. Danish Bonds are 73.1 a at, and Dutch Two and a Half per Cents are ; the Five per Cents are 1(X)1 a a . French Three per Cent. Rentes are Slf. 50e. a 75c., witu the Exchange at 251. 50c.; anti United States Bank Shares are 25. In the Share Market there has been neither much activity nor alteration. Great Western are 131 al4 prem.; Brigh ton are 2% dis.; Birmingham are 8.3 prem.: and the Quar ter Ditto Shares 24 al prem. Greenwich are 3i dis.; South ampton 4 dis. Manchester and Leeds 19 a Y 2 premium. Claridge's Asphalte are 1a 1 discount. Bahia Steam 1 dis., and the Shares of the Union Bank of Australia 5 premium. The accounts which have been received horn the Cape of Good Hope are not of much moment. The dates reach to the 2,1 of September. Front their contents it appears that the emigrant boers who had been so cruelly treated at Port Natal, by the Zoolas, had in some measure revenged them selves by an attack upon the camp of the chief, Moselakatzki„ wherein they nearly destroyed all his followers, and compel led the survivors to retreat to the mountains. From the eastern frontiers there was no news. All was tranquil be yond the continuance of a few petty thefts and stealing of cattle on the part of the Caffre tribes. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, 201 2 Long Anne., 30 vears (exp. 3 per Ct. Red. Amts. b3N-i Oct. 10, 1859,) 11 3.16 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Ditto, 30 yrs. (exp. Jan. 5, 93% 44 3% 91 3% I 1860,) 17i 3-16 4 3} per Cent. Reduced A nnu'-clndia Stock, 26U ties, 1301t4 I Ditto Bonds, 6063 p.m. New 3 1 1 per Cent. Anus. 1014i'South Sea Old Anne.. 81% Long Annuities (exp. Jan. 5, Ditto New Anns., 91; 1830)15 1 , 115.16 15 1 ! 15-16 Consols for Accouni, 91 3 1 1 Ilndia Stock for Acct., 261 SHARES. Share. Paid. Price. Bolanos Mining 150 .... 150 .... 854 7y, Cobre Copper . .... 4(► .... 38 Rhymney Iron Birmingham and Glou cester Railway 1 00 .... 30 .... 15 Eastern Counties Great Western lOO .... 35 .... 78 9 836 9 Ilull and Selby London and Brighton Loudon and Birmingbamloo .... 90 .... 173 Ditto, Quarter Shares London and Greenwich '2o .... 20 .... 16,, London & Southampton 5O .. . 50 .... 46 London Grand Junction 5O .... 5 .... 04- Manchester and Leeds lOO .... 40 .... 591 9 Manchest. & Binning 7O .... 10 .... II; Ditto, Extension North Midland lOO .... 55 .... 57i1 Union Bank of Australia 25 .... 122 .... 171- LONDON LAW COURTS. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-MONDAY. CONNELL. V. SAWYER AN., OTHERS. This case was tried at the last Li;erpotii;;;;es before Mr. Justice Williams, and was brought by the plaintiff, one of the registered officers of the Northern Central Bank, to re cover on certain promissory notes made by a person named Smith, and indorsed by the directors of the Birmingham Drapery Company, in which the defendants had been share holders. The claim was resisted on the grounds that the members of the company had not authorised the directors to make the indorsements, and that they could not be consider ed in the light of ordinary partners, and that, even if a partnership had existed, the notes were made after it had been, dissolved, and therefore it could not be considered a partnership proceeding, but only as the individual act of the directors themselves. A verdict was found for the plaintiff, subject to the above objections, and Sir W. Follett to-day. moved for a rule nisi to set aside the verdict and have a new trial granted. The Court granted the rule. Mr. Alexander obtained a similar rule in a case against a different defendant, but arising out of the same circum stances. COURT OF EXC H EQU ER.—WEDNESDAY. (Sittings in Banco.) rimm V. ea ;thou,. Mr. CRESSWELL said that this action was brongbt to try the right of ferry on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, be tween Liverpool and Birkenhead. The action was tried before Mr. Justice Vaughan, at the late Chester assizes, when a verdict of nominal damages was found for the plaintiff. The learned counsel now moved for a rule to show cause why this verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial granted on the ground of misdirection of the learned judge, and also of being against evidence. The plaintiff claimed under a charter, or licence, granted to the prior and convent of Birken head, and claimed that the ferry extended to the whole of the lands then in possession of . the priory, which included the whole of the now flourishing town of Birkenhead. 'Twenty years are, it consisted Of only the ferry house and three cot tages for the ferrymen. Now it hada population of some thousands, many of the meichants of Liverpool preferring to live on the Chester side of the river in order to avoid the smoke rt the town. The licence was recited in and con firmed by a charter from Edward 111. It remained in pos session of the priory till the time of Henry V 111., when it was conveyed to a family named Worsley, under whom the present plaintiff claimed. Many years ago another ferry was set up, called the Woodside Fern', and the defendant having purchased a portion of the soil of the same landlord tinder whom the plaintiff claimed, about half-way between the old ferry and that of Woodside; he also set up a quay and built a ferry, for which the present action was brought. At the trial the defendant proved by living testimony that for a period of 71 years the Liverpool boats had plied for hire on the ferry —that the original ferry bad a small run into the water which belonged to the terrymen—that he prevented the Liverpool boats landing on it which were not ferried by hiirielf, hut did not prevent them landing on the shore. He afterwards charged a penny for landing at the wharf, but the farmers of Cheshire refused to pay this demand, and an action was brought to try this right, when the presentdefend ant was nonsuited. The learned counsel contended that the crown had given nothing hot a permissive power to the prior, is was proved by the chatter speaking of the existence of a terry before that time. Also that the crown had no power to grant so extensive a privilege on a mile of coast ; and, further, that the corporation bad thrown the terry open to any one who did not land at or interfere with the original lauding-place. Rule to show cause granted. • neowN V. GM - MA It D. _ _ _ Mr. Cow LING moved for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial in this case, or for a reduction of damages. The action was tried before Mr. Baron Alderson at York, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff of damages to the amount of £316 lie. 7d. The action was for breach of covenant on a deed of separation. The parties were pro prietors of the Hull Packet, of which newspaper a gentleman named Quin was editor. Mr. Quin had a salary of £3OO, and at the end of the first year he was to be admitted a part ner or to receive £5OO. As he was not admitted a partner, be brought the action and recovered both the sums named of £.300 and £5OO. The proprietors separated in the year following, and the defendant having refused to pay his por tion in the action brought by Mr. Quin, the plaintiff jara ceeded against. him and obtained a verdict as stated.. I'be defendant paid £l5O into court as his share of the £3OO, and pleaded that he had been willin_ to admit Mr. Quin as part ner, but the plaintiff refused. The principal question was whether the defendant should be held to be liable for a part of the £5OO, and, if so, as he allowed judg,ment to go by de fault, whether he ought to pay any of the costs? If not, the damages would be reduced to £.` O.—Rule. nisi granted. HORSFALL I'. PIM AND ALEXANDER moved for a rule to set aside the verdict in this case, and to have a new trial. The plaintiff, it ap peared, bed been applied to by the Cork Steam racket Com pany, to September, 18311, to make two marine engines for a vessel then in process of building at the ship yard of Messrs, Russell, at Liverpool. After some time the Cork Steam Packet Company wrote to inform the plaintiff that they had sold the engines to the St. George Steam Packet Company, and that they were to be supplied to them accordingly. The plaintiff, in answer, said that he had no objection to do so, but he would look to the Cork Company for the payment, as he had received the order from them. When the engines were tried in the vessel, it was found that they failed in per forming the proper work, and it then appeared that Messrs. Russell bad furnished the plaintiff with the wrong draft of the vessel. In answer to the application of the defendants to have Hall's principle introduced into the engines, the plain tiff said that he could not do so, as it was contrary to the contract with are Cork Company. The defendants, there fore, had to make that improvement at an expense of £2OOO. and it also cost them £750. to raise the- heigist of the engine —an expense caused by the mistake in the draft furnished by the ship-builders. The defendants paid three instalments, but on the fourth instaNuent being called for, they refused payment on the ground of the extra expense they had peen put to to make the engines perform the necessary work, and especially as they had nothing to do with the error in the draft furnished by the ship-builders. The learned counsel submitted, that as the plaintiff had himself stated that he would look to the Cork Company for paynOnt—and as the defendants had no claim on the ship-builders for the error in the draft. not having made the contract with them, they were justified iu refusing the p ayment, as the Cork Company alone bad a remedy a ga i ns t th e builders. Rule to show cause granted. BARNSLEY U . MiELELLAND. Mr. ALEXANDER said this case was also tried at the last Liverpool assizes, when a verdict was given for the plaintiff to the amount of £1493 damages. The learned counsel said his application was for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted, or that the damages should he reduced. It appeared that on the 4th of February the defendant wrote to the plaintiff at Savannah, ordering a certain quantity of cotton, but, in consequence of the unfavourable state of the market, the defendant again wrote on the 7th of Feb. (three days after the first letter,) countermanding, the order. The Plaintiff, in answer, said that the countermand came too late, and that the cotton had been purchased ; and he drew, accordingly, on the defendant for £l5lO. When the cotton arrived in this country it was arranged that the cotton should be sold by the defendant, and it produced £9A At the trial evidence was put in by the plaintiff to prose that the first letter was marked as having arrived at New York on the 17th March, and the second one on the 22d, but the learned counsel submitted that distinct evidence ought to have been given as to the dates of the ar rival of the letters at Savannah. On the other point, as to the reduction of the damages, it was admitted by the witnesses for the plaintiff that six of the bales were purchased to make up the amount of the draft for £l5OO after the arrival of the second letter. The CoURT thought that the jury bad gaorU presumptive evidence of the second letter being' too late; but us to the re duction of damages, they were of opinion that the verdict should be reduced to the extent of the value of the six bales. Rule granted accortlinzfv. CANNIBALISM EXTRAORDINARY. — AIBIateeIeCtIOUB bill, of which the following is a copy, was delivered by a landlord to the agent of one of the candidates "To eating six freemen up stairs; to eating eight freemetidown stairs ; to eating a parson and his two friends after supper." A Mann FOR JoNATHAN.—A gentleman near Wicks worth had a 111113 d for a sparrow pudding, so he rubbed the hedge over with birdlime, thinking in the morning to have plenty of game ; but to his astonishment, when daylight dawned, and he looked out, the hedge was gone! for the sparrows had alignted on it in such quantities,. that tearing to be boiled or h'ik.d, .Tilen thee ro,,4it held thr'm fast; as a last resenrce, they jew away with it. " COURT CIRCULAR WIN DSOIL—MONDAY.—The Queen held a privy council at taco o'clock this afternoon. It was attended by Viscount Mel lnurne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Hill, Lind Albermarle, Lord Conyngham, Duke of Argyll, and Mr. Spring Rice. Lord Byron and Mr. Rich were the lord and groom in wait ing : Mr. Bathurst, clerk of the council. The council broke up at two o'clock. Her Majesty rode in the Park at three o'clock, on horse back, and was attended by Lady Barham, Viscount Mel bourne, Viscount Palmerston, Baroness Lebzen, Lord Byron, Lord Cdnyaglaam, Lord Surrey, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Mr. Digby, and Mr. Rich. Lord and Lady Howard de Walden left this morning for town. The following personages have arrived and will have the honour of joining the royal dinner party this evening :—Lord ConVugham, Lady Surrey, Lord 11111, Lord Albemarle, • Mr. Bathurst, and Mr. Spring Rice. Her Majesty held a privy cooed! at two o'clock on Tues day afternoon, at Windsor Castle. It was attended by the first lord of the treasury, the seereta.ty of state fur foreign affairs, the chancellor of the exchequer, the lord stewaid of the household, the lord chamberlain, the master of the horse, and the commander of the forces. Some orders in council on colonial matters were submitted to her Majesty in council, and were approved of. Lushington, judge of the Admiralty Court, was, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's most honour able privy council, and took his place at the board. The Hon. William Bathurst was the clerk of the council in waiting. 'fits court was attended by Lady Barham, lady in waiting; Lord Byron, lord in waiting; the Earl of Surrey, treasurer of the household; and Mr. Rich, M.P., groom in waiting. WINDSOR. — TuEsnAL—The Queen rode in the park on horseback this afternoon, accompanied by her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, and the folloiving distinguished personages :—Baroness Lehzen, Lady Teresa Digby, Hou. Miss Cavendish, i Miss Quentin, Lord Surrey, Lord Byron, Marquis of Conyngham, viscount Melbourne, Mr. !Lich, lion. Col. Cavendish, Mr. Digby, and Sir George Quentin. Lord Hill and Mr. Bathursttook their departure this morn ing, as did also Dr. Lushington. No day has yet been named for her Majesty's departure for Brighton. 131:1GliTON. — TUESDAY.—fler Royal Highness the Prin cess Augusta drives out every day on the cliffs. Yesterday her royal highness was acownymnied Fly Lady Chichester. Her royal highness en t er t a i ne d th e Dowigerl,;(ly Langlittur to dinner yesterday. , This morning betrayal highness took a carriage airing on the cliffs, and afterwards joined the pro menaders on the pier. The following called this day to pay'their respects to the princess :—Lady Hyde Parker (on leaving,) the Earl and Countess of Rosie, Mr. and Mrs. John Foley, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Lady Hotham, and Miss Trafford. No definite instructions have been received as to the pre cise period of the removal of the court from Windsor to Brighton. WiNDSOFI—WEDNESDAY.--This afternoon her Majesty took her accustomed exercise in the park. The Queen rode on horseback, attended by Lady T. Digby, Lady Barham, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Barroness Lehzen, Mr. Digby, Viscount Melbourne. Hon, Colonel Cavendish, Mr. Ricb, Lord Byron, Lord SurreY, and the Marquis Conyngham. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by Lady Mary Stopford, rode out in the forenoon, in a pony phaeton. Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Spring Rice took their de parture this morning, as did also General Alava, who arrived last night, and had the honour of dining .with her Majesty. STEAM COMMUNICATION FROM IRELAND TO AMERICA. The voyage from England to America by steam not hav ing been accomplished when the railway commissioners were appointed, they were specially instructed to inquire into the subject of a steam communication between some Irish port and America. They have accordingly reported at consider able length on the various points connected with this ques tion; but after the successful accomplishment of that voyage which has now taken place from England, it is needless to refer to more than one or two of the commissioners' obser vations. In considerieg the best port for steam communi cation with America, Tarbert, on the Shannon, is the only port which the commissioners consider likely to compete with Cork for that purpose • and as it would render neces sary an extension of 30 miles of railroad (from Limerick), while it is only 46 miles to the west of Cork, they think the latter would, upon the whole, be the most advantageous. If the railway from Dublin to Cork were executed, the journey from London to Cork would be performed in 29 hours .al lowing 2t) miles per hour tor railway travelling) ; which, as it, would save two or three days to the mails and passengers from London to America, the commissioners imagine would secure the conveyance of the London mails to be established by that route. From Glasgow and Liverpool one or two days might be saved in like manner, while the facility would be still greater, and the expense proportionally less of joining the vessels at Cork. The commissioners suppose the usual course would be, that the steam-vessels making this voyage should take in the bulk of their cargo, fuel, &c., in Great Britain, and then touch at Cork tor the mails and the re mainder of their passengers, cargo, fuel, and other sea stores. Bristol is the only British port which offers advantages nearly balancing those of Cork. From London to Bristol by rail way, and thence by sea to Cork, would require about the same time, or a little more, than by the proposed railway to Cork, but the former route would be more subject to occasional de lays from adverse wind and weather. Although, therefore, passengers and letters from London and the South and West of England might be conveyed to America nearly as quickly and conveniently from Bristol as from Cork, yet, from Liver pool and all places north of it, the journey to Cork would be as short and easy as to Bristol, while the former port. is one or two days' voyage nearer to America. And even the Bristol vessels would probably find it their interest to touch at Cork for passengers from the North, and to complete their fuel and stores. If a line of packets were established tor the convey ance of mails and passengers alone, iu which case the short est distance would be the great consideration, the commis sioner; think that 'Farber', on the Shannon, might perhaps be the most appropriate port for that purpose.—Limerick Standard. SPORTHY 7 G INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—TuEsDAY A considerable portion of the afternoon was occupied in settling for the first day's racing at Newmarket; many spe culators, however, did not take the trouble to settle either in person or by agent, so that their accounts are likely enough to stand over till the spring ; great complaints were made on this neglect. Several bets were made on the Derby; Acre llerator, Erin-go-Bragli, and Zimmerman were in request, but Epidauris fell back several points, and -1 to 1 was bet against the whole lot. The only change in the favourites was in Westonian and Flambeau, against whom there were plenty of offers. The room closed as follows :- 4 to 1 against Scott's lot—taken. 10 to 1 Ld Jersey's Brother to Bay Middletou,offd 17 to 1 Lord Jersey's Ilderim—taken. 17 to 1 Mr. Wreford's Weittonian—offered. 18 to 1 Duke of Rutland's Flambeau—Offered. 25 to 1 Sir G. Heatheote's lot—taken. 30 t o 1 Mr. Bowes' Accelerator—taken. 33 to 1 Lord Chesterfield's Bloomsbury. 33 to 1 Colonel Anson's Zimmerman—taken. :33 to 1 Mr. Allen's Fitz-Ambo—taken. .35 to 1 Mr. Bowes' ltrin-go-Bragh —taken: 1000 to 25 Charles Duff, Scott, anti Dulcinea—taken 50.3 even on Fitz-Ambo against Epidaurus—taken. 1000 to 5 Wapiti winning the three events—taken. 1000 to 5 Brother to- Bay Al iddleton, Wapiti, .and the. Commodore; and the seine against Brother to Bay Middleton, Bei•eption, aad The Commodore, for three events—taken. CLITHEnnE STEEPLE CHA SE.—This ehace, from the well known celebrity of the horses and the numeiical extent of the entry, bids fair to attract a very numerous assemblage of the admirers of the turf. It is fixed to come off on the 29th instant. For the sweepstakes of 5 sous each, for horses. &c., of all ages; (weight, 12 stone each ; thorough bred horses to carry 1(JIb extra; distance about 3 miles; gentlemen riders) it will be seen, from the subjoined list, that there are no less than 21 subscribers: Mr. D Hornby's br g Antonio. Mr. 'l'. Ashton's b g Sir Robert. Mr. J. Garnett names ch g Doubtful. Mr. Ashton's b g Picturesque. Mr. Brocktehurst names b in The Lady. Mr. G. Ashton names ch in Harriet. Mr. Wm. H. Horuby's g g Sweetbrier. Mr. Garstarig names b m Miss Fanny. Mr. Win. Whalley names br g I,afaette. Mr. Sandford names hr g The Rogue. Mr. H. Garnett's b g Flibbertl.gitibet. Mr. Bury names g g The Dandy. Mi. Hindle's hr g Blucher. Mr. Gorton's gr h Challenger. Mr. Hardman's br m Josephine. Mr. Neilson's b g Seroggins. Mr. Lomax names br g Rob Roy. DI r. Otldie.names ch hPatrick. Mr. Rideout's bl g Blacklock. NEW IDEA.—A Chicago Paper states that the fever and ague is becoming so prevalent out west, that the settlers are straining their wits to turn its movements to some useful pur pose. Among other projects, it has been estimated that the shaking of twelve men would propel a boat of 100 tons. If this is correct, the days of steam are numbered- • ----- DISGRACEFUL PRIZE FIGHT. —Another of these disgrace ful exhibitions took place last week on the borders of Buck inghamshire and Oxfordshire, between a notorious pugilist named Hannan, and a novice called Walker. After the men had knocked each other about for more than au hour to the infinite gratification of a l arge crowd of thieves and other ruffians, the - "sport" was interrupted by the arrival of two magistrates; but these gentlemen, instead of taking the offenders into custody, merely compelled them to move into the adjoining county, where the fight was renewed, and lasted another hour. Both the blackguards were dreadfully dis figured, especially Walker, the loser of the fight; scarce a feature of his face could he seen from the battering which it had received. ANGLESEY REGISTRATION.—The North Wales Chronicle, in support of the assertion which it made about a week ago, that Mr. Edward John Stanley's brother had, like himself, received notice to quit his seat in parliament, says, "We have pleasure in presenting our readers with the subjoined ,tatement of the comparative strength of parties in A ngiesev, the result of the last registration ; and should any constitu encies falter in their progress to, or lose sight of, the goal to which Conservatism direc's their steps, let us point out to them the bright example of Mona's sons, and bid them go and do likewise. Conservatives Whig-radicals lO3O Conservative majority 149." THE MURDER NEAR GLOSSOP.—We noticed in the Guar. dian of Saturday last, the fact of the apprehension of a man on suspicion of being concerned in the atrocious murder committed on Wednesday morning, at Cold Harbour, near Glossop. The coroner's jury, at the inquest on Friday morn ing, returned a verdict of wilful murder against souse per son or persons unknown. Blocksage was thetefore discharged from custody, together with another man who had been ap prehended. The body remained without being identified until Saturday evening, when three men who came to view it (having heard the description of the deceased) stated that they knew the body to be that of a man named Thomas Manning, or Manain, an Irish labourer, recently employed on the North Midland Railway. Upon hearing this, Mr. Sheppard, the constable, on Monday morning, went to Ro therham, and found out sphere the deceased had lodged. Ile was informed that the deceased bad been persuaded to leave his work on the railway ; and he would probably have about twenty-five shillings in his possession. He went off in com pany with a man named Michael Mooney, about 40 to 45 years of age, rive feet six or seven inches high, stout, with a boil on the right cheek, and a tooth wanting in front. Mooney wore a black woollen hat, dark ground round jacket, knee breeches, dark grey stockings, and strong shoes. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Glossop was covened for Mon day evening, for the purpose of offering a suitable reward for the apprehension and con victinn of the party or parties con cerned in the murder. Owing to some negligence, the Man chester police had received no official intelligence of the murder. Manning is stated to have been a native of Crooken Hill, near Philip's Town, King's county ireland.—Man e.tter Guardian. THE NORTHERN YACHT STEAMER. • (From the Shipping Gazette.) our North Shields correspondent has transmitted us the following, furnished to him for the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette by M r. Reay, the only survivor on board the ill-fated vessel :-- To THE - EDITOR OF THE SHIPPING AND MERCANTILE GAZETTE. " S I 11,—As it is now apparent our worst fears respecting the safety of this vessel are realized,. I feel myself called upon, in consequence of the many contradictory reports in circulation as to tne vessel at the lime I left her, to state the whole cir cumstances, as far as they came under my observation. "The steamer left Shields harbour on the morning of the 11th instant, about nine o'clock. There were six steerage passengers—viz., two young men from Sunderland, about 20 years of age, one of whom was lame; two women; a book-. seller from Hatton, in the county of Durham (wbo expressed an intention of landing at Eyernoutb, if the weather permit ted, if not he said it was immaterial, as he had business at Edinburgh; ) and a cavalry soldier. In the best cabin, a fe male about 30, a gentleman about 60, and two others about 35 to 40 years of age. The crew, 1 believe, consisted of the captain, mate, engineer, tv‘i stewards, stewardess, four fire men, and three seamen. "On crossing Tynemouth bar the sea was remarkably smooth, but as we proceeded northward the wind increased, blowing fresh from about the W., and the sailors seemed to doubt the practicability of my leaving the vessel until her ar rival at Leith—the sea progressing to rise. When oft - Coquet Island, the captain said he would sheer close in with the land and there would be no fear of my getting out. In nearing North Sunderland a flag was hoisted, and when opposite that place, about two o'clock four pilots came off and took me on shore in a coble, at no further risk than the getting thoroughly wet, which we did. In my conversation with the crew they spoke in unlimited terms of commendation of the vessel in every respect, and when I left her the master and some of the passengers were below dining, there being no apprehension whatever of danger, the vessel proceeding (in 'all respects in good order) at about the usual rate at which steamers go when they have a lift of sea to contend with. I can only add, that had my direct business not led me to disembark at the place and period I did, there was no cause or apprehension of fear whatsoever in existence to have induced me to leave the vessel on her then intended passage to Leith. " In pursuance of my original intention of making a pass age in the Yacht to Noith Sunderland, for the purpose of painting portraits of the Darling family, at the Fern Islands (for a lithographic publication,) the completion of my pro fessional visit has extended beyond my expectation, other wise4,._ it was m y i n t en ti on some d a y p rev i ous to h ave p• 'Kssed vou wits this statement f o r in s e r ti o n. If I ca n - 11, i5 ..3 ,,.. ~ Itli th diem of further infor ma ti on to any one cormectew . e persons who were on board the Northern Yacht, or o . r . wise, I will, on reference, consider it my duty to communi cate it. I am, sir, yours, &c., . •`22 Wellington -street, North Shields, Out. 31, 1838." .JOHN We publish the following letter under the same head, be lieving the wreck therein spoken of to be that of the unfortu 7 nate vessel in question : TO THE EDITOR OF THE SHIPPING AND MERCANTILE GAZETTE. "S t n,—l take the liberty Wv - vriting to give you an account of a vessel I saw on the 25th of Oct., about ball way between the Spurn and the Dudgeon light vessel. At 9 A.M. saw the vessel's mast and gaff ends, supposed to be a steam-boat, as the mast was so much snioke-dyed, and the floating wreck about 20 minutes after. Be so good as to notice this in your Shipping and Mercantile Gazelle. "I remain, yours, JAS. MOAT, master of the Trent." THE REGISTRATION OF 1838. (From Fraser's alagazine for November.) We have taken the trouble, whenever an opportunity has presented itself, of noting down the actual details, and shall now offer to our readers a general view of these results, as far as they are worth reporting. For there are many counties and many boroughs, let it be borne in mind, respecting which there can be nothing to te-' port. More than half the counties of England are now no longer the arenas of political contest. In South Derbyshire, for instance, South Shropshire, East Norfolk, South Essex, North Lancashire, Westmoreland, Oxfordshire, Notting hamshire, Leicestershire, East Kent, and several other counties, in which the conservatives are in quiet possession, nothing of the least consequence has been transacted. The radicals and Whigs have resigned themselves to their fate ; and the whole business of the registration has subsided into mere routine. In one or two other cases they have been active, but without any important result. They claim in the county of Huntingdon, an advantage of about 100 by this registration. They were in a minority at the last election of nearly 400. In . North Shropshire they also claim a small advantage, without, however, having the smallest chance of gaining even one seat. In the boroughs they have better luck; but the drawing on their gains here is, that they merely triumph in a few select places, which were constructed to be, and always will be, Whig or Whig-radical preserves. At Ashton, for instance, and at Manchester and Huddersfield, they have profited slightly by the registration. At Liverpool and at Preston neither party gained anything of the least consequence. In the great boroughs, such as Birmingham, Finsbury, Lambeth, the Tower Hamlets, the registration had no results whatever, as far as the character of the consti tuency was concerned. Let us now, however, proceed to state such results as may appear to be worth putting down, beginning with the COUNTIES. CONSERVATIVES. REFORMERS. Objects. I Claims. Objects. I Claims Cr I w' " I cn ; 4 , !" • I :E. 1 ' IG I rs 7D- I .5 . . Middlesex 97.1 GOB 582 195 Yorksh. W.R 1767 1446 .. 1903-2304 1114 West Kent 4('3 243 . '296 136 South Devon 353 254 .. 172 81 North Devon 287 189 .. 718 412 - 197 S.Leicesteish 89 72 .. 1(6 41 Bucks E. Glostersh 541 331 354 153 W. Glostersh 241 145 .. 226 325 132 N. Derbyshire 188 144 139 37 ECumberland 150 82 —• 99 28 Anglesea • 434 228 .. 388 .197 Rutland. NortiiDurtiain 231 143 .. Isle of Wight. 70 41 .. S.Northaniptn 89 66 196 46 CITIES AND BOROUGHS. Con. obj. Ref. ohj. Con. Cis. sns. md. sus... md. sus, London Mar)lehoue 467 366 261 125.. 95 70 Westminster Leeds 1751 897 1628 576..229 102 Bristol 1370 470 1594 382..204 124 York Exeter Devizes Southampton Winchester Lancaster Truro Maidstone Dover i2 32 32 17.. 17 13 Durham . Scarborough Yarmouth Hertford • 2O 6 14 1.. 13 13 1 nswich Cheltenham Shaftesbury Reading Kidderinin.ter 27 12 16 7.. 4 4 Wakefield Lichfield '2O 7 6.. 6 4 Lyme Regis Leominster Andover 39 . 13 12 4.. 5 2 6 5 Christchurch Gloucester 93 47 66 38.. 43 32 24 14 Stroud 53 33 12 6.. 0 • 0 0 0 Totoesg Tiverton l6 11 10 7.. 9 3 7 3 BurySt.Ediond 78 36 71 22.. 16 12 6 6 Chichester Lewes 26 11 31 8.. 14 14 8 8 Lincoln Woodstock 56 27 20 12.. 0 20 0 17 Cambridge l4O 82 82 38.. 59 40 59 41 Bradford .... 136 66 72 31.. 72 24 60 25 Maldon Colchester Bolton BO 48 64 24.. 51 21 51 2-1 Salisbury Tewkesbury Stoke-on.T'rent 135 108 124 44.. 10 2 70 18 Worcester St. Alban's Taunton Blackburn Hythe 36 23 10 8.. 9 4 8 - 2 Hutt Poole Beverley Nortliallerton 22 7 . 5 2 Sunderland Bewdley ... Evesham - 15 :4 2.. 5 4 6 3 Portsmouth Shrewsburv.,.., 0 29 0 16.. 0 .12 0 12 Besides these, we learn that in Aylesbury the Conservative gain by the registration is 12 votes.; in Carlisle. 16; in Wey trioutb, 4; in Newport, 12; while-iu Bridgenorth, the new •Conservatives are 41, the new Radical votes 12. In erotne, also, and in Salford, the Conseivatives claim the victory, but we arc furnished with no particulars. In Dudley, and several other boroughs, the Radicals have resigned themselves to their fate, and offer no further opposition. Besides the above, there are many places in which the Conservative ascendancy is so fully established that their success in the registration is not thought worth recording; and there are several, the particulars of which will arrive after this abstract shall have been sent to the press. 232 191 .. 180 • - : . • • . - kU 32 Ref.Cls. Ind. sus. 49 22 151 77 69 31 132 44 320 156 35 22 69 48 10 4 16 10 O 0 47 21 O 0 56 51 29 17 O 9 2 2 14 10 19 14 13 8 0 0 16 4 67 29 7 6 23 11 FROM THE COURIER BELLE, OCT. 28, 1838.—(Docks public storehouses apropos of the Thames llaven.) The ad vantages of railroads are beginning to be understood in Bel gium and on the continent generally, especially as relates t' the increased circulation of money, which the carrying trad , a ffords; and the very irnportant undertaking of the Thame4 Haven Duck, at the mouth of the Thames, of which on• readers have already had an opportunity of estimating the incalculabe advantages to the Belgian commerce, which in a the addition t o it s ra il roa ds. the importations and ex, port manner ati o n a s c i ut t r l e i s e the continentm ono monopol y If Belgium cannot yet rival the foreigner, we may console ourselves in seeing the establishment of the Thames, which in a manner forms the link that unites the commerce of the continent with England, at the same time that it joins the Ostend and Antwerp railroad with the London. The forma tion of this establishment appears to us of so indisputable an advantage, the benefits resulting from it to Belgium so self evident, and the future prospects of this speculation, consi dered in a financial pointof view, so certain, that we think it probable our government will profit by the opportunity, and possess itself of a part of the unremaining unappropriated shares; we shall, at all events, take care to keep our readers informed upon this subject. SPEAKING IN CIIUItEI - 1.-AG unusual incident occurred a few Sabbaths ago during public worship in a church in one of the sea-poets on the Clyde. The clergyman was reading a portion of Scripture early in the forenoon service, when he was interrupted by a voice calling, " Haul in that sheet there !" The attention of the congregation was, of course, directed to the quarter whence the voice issued, where a sailor lad was discovered fast asleep in one of the views. " Haul iu ! haul in !" continued the mariner, with increasing vehe mence, when he was awakened by the church officer, who beckoned him to the door, whither he followed him, looking bewildered and affronted. He there expressod his sorrow for the interruption he had unconsciously occasioned ; and, under the apprehension that the people would think he was intoxicated, was desirous of returning. He stated, what was perfectly true, that his vessel had arrived in port that morning, and that he harrslept none during the past night, and very little on the two previously. Much to his credit, he added that his mother had charged him, at whatever por t he was on Sabb a th, t h at h e would be sure to attend the church, and that he was in the habit of strictly complying with her injunctions. 'the officer advised him to go home and sleep till the afternoon, when he might return refreshed, which he did. Subsequent inquiry proved that the sailor is a steady respectable young mau.—Seettish Guardian. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. (From the Bangor Chronicle.) On Saturday week, several lauded proprietors, merchants, and tradesmen of Anglesey End Carnarvonshire, met at the Penrhyn Arms Hotel, Bangor, to hear Mr. Giles's report on the eligibility and expence of forming a railroad from Ches ter, .via Bangor, to Holyhead. The weather was most tern. pestuous, and many gentlemen, residing in remote districts, were prevented Irons attending, yet so great is the interest taken in the project by all classes, that the spacious room was -crowded: Among those present we noticed Sir Richard Williams &Ikeley, Bart.;' W. 0. Stanley, Esq., M.P. for Anglesey; John Jervis, Esq., M.P. for Chester ; Admiral Carden, the Very Rev. the Dean of Bangor, John A,Villiams, of Treffos, Esq. (of the firm of Granville, Williams, and Co., of Bangor, Carnarvon, and Chester) ; Capt. Lewis Hampton,lleullys; Edward Case, Esq., Treborth ; Rev. J. Hamer, Sen., Vicar ; G. B. Granville, Esq.; James Wyatt, Lime Grove, Esq.; Thomas Goddard, Esq.; John Hughes. Esq.; Thomas Wil liams' of Bryn, Esq.; Rev. James Vinc e nt, G or ddin og ; Rev. H. Price, Vicar of Bangor; Captain Jones, Holyhead; Captain Gray; Dr. Pri ng; Robert Fron Deg, Esq.; Surgeon John Roberts; Mr. Henry Bicknell; Capt. Price; Mr. R. M. Griffith; Mr. Robert Pritchard, post master; Mr. Wm. Shone; Mr: Grindley; Mr. R. Williams; Mr. Rathbone; Mr. Jones, Brymmor; Mr. Denman; Mr. Fisher; Mr. m. Fisher, &c., &c. Communications were received from Holland Griffith, Esq., Carreglwyd; Rev. H. Wynne Jones, Llantrisant ; John Price, Esq., Plus Codnaut ; and several other laud proprietors highly approving of the measure. Mr. Giles's report and explanatory statement was listened to with profound attention, and gave great apparent satis faction to the meeting. • The report commences by observing, amid the general activity that has prevailed in the projection and construction of railways for improved communication between Ent:lend and Ireland, one of the most important is still in abeyance, that for forwarding the mails and passengers Pons London and Dublin, by the aid of an improved sea voyage to Dublin. Various plans have been proposed. One by railway from London to Chester, and thence to Flint, Conway, Bangor, and Holyhead, and by sea from Holyhead to Dublin. Aimther by railway front London -to Shrewsbury, and thence to Llangollen, • Bala, Barmouth, • Portmaduc, and Portdynllaen, and by sea from the latter place to Dublin. A third by railway from London to Liverpool, and -by sea from Liverpool to nubile. Parliamentary authority has been granted for completing a railwae from London to Chester, to which place, pa caning t.be)L;ne of the Grand Junction -Railway, the distance trout London is 184 miles, but it is confidently expected the sane' is l s of parliament will be given to the Itugby and Stone Junction Railway, whereby the distance ham 'London to Chester will be reduced to 178 miles. Adopting .therefore this lattercourse to within three miles of dhester,,the remaining dis tance to Holyhead will be 87 -miles, making the total. dis tance front London to Holyhead 262 miles, Irom.whence the sea distance is to Kingstown 63 miss, - The cpuntry between ; Chester and Holyhead will afford planes nearly horizontal for 60 mdes; 1 in 250 for three mil es , an d no thi ng e t ee p e r than lin 333 fir the remaining 24 miles. The engineering diffi culties are by no means formidable on this line—in fai.t, up to Conway, a distance of 46 miles, very .easy ; at Conway it is supposed to cross the river by means of a new bridge, to be erected above the site of the suspension bridge—a short tun nel in passing the town; at Penmaeu Mawr and I'enmaen Bach, two other tunnels will be necessary—one about a mile, the other three fourths of a mile in length. After passing these to go to South of Bangor to Menai Bridge. There it is proposed to draw the carriages over by a rope to be worked by a stationary engine, after having detached the locomotive —thus monopolizing one railway of the bridge, leaving the other still open for the road traffic. From the Menai Bridge to Holyhead the road will consist of alternate cuttings and embankments, with two short tunnels, one on either side of the Maltreath marsh. By this route, time to be employed between Loudon and Holyhead at 27 miles per hour, 91 hours, to wleich must be added s t hour for getting from the London Post-office to the station ; hour for passing Menai Bridge; s i hour for embarkation at Holyhead {which will be at 6 in the morning;) 54 hours fur average sea voyage, z hour from Kingetown to the General Postsoffice, Dublin, making altogether 16 hours. So that the mails leaving London at 8 in the evening would be at the Dublin Post-office at 12 the following day, and the return post from Dublin that evening is despatched by 7 o'clock, would arrive early the next morn ing at Liverpool and Manchester, and in ,London by 11 o'clock in the forenoon. The Liverpool mail, on its way to Chester, will gather all the mails of the southern and eastern, the midland and the greater part of the northern counties, while the Manchester traits will embrace Yorkshire and the north-eastern districts—the London and Liverpool traiu also bringing their portion of the north—all which can reach Chester during the night, and proceed from thence about 3 o'clock in the morning with the London train to Holyhead. The second project under consideration is that by way of Shrewsbury, Llangollen, Bala, and Portdynllaen—(see the report of the Commissioners for Railways in Ireland). This is stated by assuming a railway to be completed, as will eventually be the case fron t L on d on to Sh rews bu r y, a dis tance of 153 miles, haying no gr a di en t upon it s teeper than lin 3.30. There then remains t o b e execute d th e re inaintng length of 112 miles, making the total distance front London to Portdynllaen 265 miles. This is stated in the above re port to be only 260 miles, but from the map annexed to the report, it must be 265 miles. The line from Shrewsbury to Portdynllaen has one gradient of 1 to 160 for ten miles, and the remaining gradients are stated to be very good, but as the line has nut been surveyed between Shrewsbury and Llangollen, the particulars of that start are not given. The. sea distance from Portdynllaen to Kingstown is 70 miles. As to the engineering qualities of this line, it appears front the Commissioners' report that there will be great difficulty in passing Barmouth harbour, alter which a short tunnel near Dolgellev, and a viaduct of extraordivary dimensions will be requisite. There is the tunnel also of two miles length at Bala, and I should imagine that the line from Llangollen-to Shrewsbury will be very heavy and expensive. 'Toe line oc cupied by railway from London through Shrewsbury to Port dynllaen at the distance of only 265 miles, the snails must be above 10 hours, on account of the steep and obstructive plain° and curvatures, to which a hour for getting from the London Post office to the railway station ; 1 hour for em barkation at Portilyullaen ; 5 hours fur the ea voyage to Kingstown, hour front Kingstown to the Dublin !e'ost office—making altogether seventeen hours at the least, being nue hour longer than by way of Chester and Holyhead. but this may more probably he eighteen hours, to which add the disadvantage of the position of Shrewsbury compared with Chester for concentration of the mails, together with the heavy cost of constructing the line front Shrewsbury to Portd y nllaen, and afterwards of working the traffic on it. From Liverpool to Dublin the sea voyoge is alt out 130 miles, requiring, according to the report of the Commi'sioners for Railways in Ireland, a main time of 131 hours. It must be remembered also that during toe storms and low water, ves sels encounter much danger and delay in leaving Liverpool harbour. It is said-that between Holyhead and Dublin no packet has been lost since the days of Queen Elizabeth. , The time by railway from London to Liverpool, assuming the dis tance to be eventually 197 miles, will be about 71 hrs, at the rate of '27 miles an hour, to which add a 4 hr. from the Lon• don post-office to the railway station, 4- hr. from the Liverpool station to the shore and embarkation; 12 hrs. ou the at erage loon Liverpool to Kingstown—'- 4 hr. thence to Dublin post office, making altogether 204 hrs., and consequently arriving in Dublin at hail-past 4 o'clock in the altet noon, which will be too late for delivering and obtaining the return from Dub lin to England that night. Moreover in bad weather the arrival in Dublin most b e too late for any delivery or fur any dispatch of English mails into Ireland that night. whereas via Holyhead, the trriva lin Dublin can always be secured during fair weather, and rarely failing in bad weather, in time for the return post of England: and eventually by means of railways from. Dublin through Ireland to reach - Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Bel fast, &c. on the next evening after leaving London. It must. also be remarked that the early hour for embarkation at Li verpool, (4 in the morning) renders it in winter very dis agreeable, net to say hazardous.—The result. of the foregoing comparison, giving the preference in point of time and eligi bility to the line by Chester and Holyhead, the next question to be considered is, how the funds can be raised, and a hat are the means of remuneration. Government could borrow at 31 per cent. but is reluctant to take charge of such works ; the public is reluctant to embark in them uulass a return of 5 per cent. be calculated upon. Assuming cost of railway (87 miles) to be £2,500,1X)0, includitr; stations and carrying establishments, iu the first place suppose a gross receipt of about £200,000. a year necessary for the purpese of paying 5 per cent. This yearly income may be justly expected from the following sources—viz: Post Office for conveying mails; Ist class passengers, 2nd class passengers, mail passeegers, parcels, and extra luggage. The Dublin and Manchester commission would also adopt this route by Chester and Crewe, in preference to Liverpool. To facilitate the project it is.proposed to raise £1,250000 by. shares, and £1,250,000 by loan (ruin GoVernment,at.32 per cent , as a first lieu upon the undertaking; the. redemption of this luau to be effected out o 1 the surplus income, after paying shareholders 5 per cent.; Government hayie g as their security not only a priority of claim upon the railway in come, but an additional hold upon it of £30,000 a year. as charges for conveying mails—together with a bonus accruing to the country from the diminished expense consequent upon simplifying the Postoffice business between. .England and Ireland through the medium of this undertaking,. to .which may be added the general national advantages resulting from it. Assuming from the foregoing lowscaie s of .charges that the income of only £200,000 a year would bQrealized now, such charge will west likely attract and establish the travelling between England and Ireland, chiefly upon this railway, hence the prospect of its paying by increased traffic a further dividend to the proprietors. In addition also to the present traffic, a still greater increase may be looked for when railways aremade from Dublin to the distant towns of Ireland, by which means Dublin will become the principal eutrepot Mr the communication between Ireland, and England. The improving trade of, North-Wales, particularly. of Anglesey, Carnarvon, Bangor, Conway, and Flint, and probably a new trade from the Proposed harbour at Orines Head will con tinually produce an increase of revenue from this line. Mr. 'Giles then entered into his calculations, which ap pearad to be under the mark: but as he observed himself, he procteded on grounds which left it not in the power of any to accuse him of exaggeration. Holyhead harbour, he observed, was now very commodi ous, and can be deepened, and its piers extended for a sum of £20,000, so as to afford ample, depth and room for large steam boats. Mr. Giles strongly recommends that that port should be used as a packet station only—not as an asylum harbour. e. • . _ .r. Sir Richard Bulkeley was then called to the chair, where upon resolutions; approbatory of the project, were passed Unanimously, the meeting, as if influenced by one mind, en into the s pi r i t of the un d erta ki ng . tering fully INSPECTION D AY. — Yesterdav the New York state artil lery, the - uniform companies, :Cud the militia in companies wit/tout uniform, paraded in the Park, marched to Washing tott-sqOare, and returned to the Park again, under the com mand of Brigadier -gener a l Morris. In the front of the City had they were reviewed be his honour the mayor, the board of common council, and a brilliant corps of staff officers. We saw only one gallant officer with a less formidabl e weapon than a handr)ike, and h e carr i e d a b rown s ilk um b rella in lieu of a swor‘d. A great deal has been said of the talking canary bird at the Royal Adelaide Gallery, and of a dog that has been made to pronounce several words. A correspondent from Boston, U. S., informs us that a gentleman of the name of Casman, in that city, has got a gold fish in a glass globe, which every day smokes a cigar und er water. Thi s, as Mr. O'Couuell says, " beats Bannagaher." MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFIL-011 the 17th inst. a severe gale was experienced off Cape Florida. The French brig Courtier de Vera Cruz, Jules Julian, from Havannah, bound to Bordeaux, with a cargo of sugar, cigars, ass driven ashore in the night of O, ith, shout 12 miles north of Cape Florida light—only seven out of sixteen souls saved. Brig and cargo totally lost. The survivors rescued from the devouring.ocean were soon visited by a large party of armed Indians, who spared their lives because they were Frmehmen, saying that they only killed Ameri cans. The Captain and the six other survivors were taken from the head) after the gale was over, by a smack from the north, bound to this place. The American brig Alderley, Thomas,wiaster, from St. Jago, went ashore about the same time, and near the same place. Every man on board, ex cepting one, _a butchtnan, were massacred by the Indians! He was spared at the time of tee general slaughter, and sub sequently hid himself in the hold of the ship. During All one day and night the Indians kept up a horrible new wow, about the brig; they were fifty in number. The next day the Indians left the brig for a short time, when the - poor man crept from his biding-place, discovered and hailed the w reck lug sloops, America and Mount Vernan, and by them was taken off, the Indians again appearing in sight after he had left the brig. The Indians will wreck the brig.--N. Paper. • t - MISCELLANEOUS. Captain Conroy, aide-de-camp to the Earl of Durham, ar rived at the Colonial-office, at 11 o'clock onffuesday morning, with despatches from Canada. A West Indian Morrison has been advertising pills to cure all sorts of disorders, purely vegetable." The fellow was charged with imposition and ignorancr., but maintained the perfect truth of his description'of his pills, as " purely vege table." Upon investigation they turned out to be pease soaked in a decoction of liquolice. A splendid steamer, called the Medusa (the twin of the Merlin, lately gone to Liverpool), was launched from the loyal Dock-yard, at .Pembroke,. on Wednesday last. She is to carry, the mails, &c. from Liverpool to Dublin, and is of 900 tons, burden, and is to have two eng i nes o f 2(10-horse power. Thes2 steamers will put that station on the most re spectable footing, and will be able to vie with and outdo the merchant-sterwiers plying on the same ground. The Milford station, it is expected, will benefit by these improvements, being in the expectation of a transfer of the Liverpool steam ers, of 150-horse power, now in use in that place. The old Tortoise coal hulk, which f o r t we l ve or thirteen years lay off the town .of Milford as a depot for coals fur the Postogice mail packets, is now no longer of use fur that service, the spacious coal yard at Ilobb's Point -answering all the pur poses required.—Cambrian. A prospectus for a new steam navigation company, inti tled the " Pacific Steam Navigation Company," has appeared to-day, and created much interest in the mercantile circles connected with the countries on the - shores of the Pacific. The object of this company is to establish steam navigation along the coast from Valparaiso to Panama, embracing all the principal ports in Chili, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and the west coast of New Granada, and in conjunction with her itla jest).'s packets in the Atlantic. to promote a more rapid and regular communication with Europe by the isthmus of Da rien, by which it is ascertained, on the best authority, that the voyage front England to Lima can be performed in about thirty da‘s, and to our Australian settlements in - about 70 days, instead of four months, points as desiderati that can re quire no comment when the mercantile interests of a nation like this become involved in the quest ion.—Morning Herald. Tsm won.rx.—An inquest was held at the Town-hall, on Saturday afternoon, on the sufferers in the late fire. Pie . vions to the commencement of the proceedings the jury took a view of the bodies of the deceased in the room where they were laid out at the King's Arms inn. They presented a most frightful spectacle. The countenances of some of them, particularly those of the rook and Miss Smith, the barmaid, were much distorted; but none of them presented any ap pearance of violence or convulsion. The court, during the proceedings of the inquest, was attended by wany of the most respectable gentleojen in the neighbourhootif and-wong others the Right lion. William Peel (the' brother or Sir Robert) appeared to take a deep and painful interest in the evidence brought forward. It appeared from the evidence that the fire Commenced in the 'rear, but the origin of it was unknown; :Soon after the tire was discovered a report was circulated that the servants were all safe, and in consequence no further exertions were made to rosette them, but time room was so full of smoke, that when the ostler opened the window, and called out to the persons within to come out, he wa sal.' most suffocated. The jury returned a verdict in each case of accidental death. ANOTHER FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WES TERN RAlLWAY.—Scarcely twelve days have elapsed since we recorded the lamentable and frightful death of a young gentleman named Field, a pupil of Dr. Lardner's, on the above railroad, before we are again called upon to announce the occurrence of another accident, which has, we regret to state, been attended with similar fatal results. It appears that between nine and tees o'clock on Monday night, as one of the rail, oad police, named Chapman, was on duty between the Ealing and Han well stations, close to the latter village, he heard in the distance the noise of an engine approaching, and, on its reaching him, the engineer informed him he feared they hail run over something a few yards in the rear. Chapman instantly hastened to the spot, when by the light of his lantern, he was horror-stricken at - discovering his own father writhing in the,agnies of death, the engine and tender having passed right over him. The almost frantic son in stantly hastened to the residence of Mr. Haffenden, surgeon, of II anwell, who immediately returned with hint; but all human assistance was vain, life being quite extinct. It ap pears that the unfortunate • man was proceeding along the railway with his son's supper, nut anticipating the travelling of an engine at that late hour, and being deaf, its approach was unheard by him. The wheels of the engine, on exami nation, were found to have passed over his legs, body and chest, in a slanting direction, smashing his ribs, right ann, and left leg in a mos t f r i g htf u l manner . The basket contain ing Chaptnan's supper, together with the hat of his on fortunate father, were found lying about thirty yards from the spot where the body was discOvered.—Morning Herald. EXTRAORDINARY CASE. OF SUPPOSED HYDROPHOBIA.— About ten years ago, says a correspondent, a woman named Simmonds, then a laundress, residing at Camberwell, but now cook in a respectable family in Bermondsey-street, was bitten severely in the leg by a favourite dog. A surgeon was .immediately called in, who cauterized the wound which, in about three weeks completely healed over, and no further notice was taken of the circumstance. In about six months after the occurrence the unfortunate woman was seized with a species of fit, which. lasted for several weeks, during which period she was considered labonrit , under and treated for that most appalling disease, hydrophobia. The medical gen tleman who atteeded her gave her up :`or lost—hut to their great astonishment she recovered. From that period the wo man, who,h4 .beau of remarkably steady habits, gave wavto dritking,negleeted he y business, and thus reduced .herself and fairilyfzonyeasy.orcuinstances to a very poor condition. Mrs. Siturnotids.has; frUm the tirr.e"i f the first attack, at in tervals, varyi ng from. five to six months, been afflicted with a return of the disorder, which invariably lasts for five or six weeks together, at which time she foams at the mouth and presents all the other appearances of hydrophobia, every suc cessive attack being more severe than the preceding. It is somewhat sing ular that„ notwithstanding these repeated at tacks, Mrs. Sminends, although, at, the expiration of each, requested by her relations, would never c,i‘sent to have the dog destroyed, and it died of old age about a twelvemonth since.—Mornioy Post. INSANITY BROUGHT ON PEIZSONS IN THE WATER PROM CANNON BEIN6Fin ED oven THEM —At an early hour, a fear days since, says the New York Evening Pest, two young men went into the river at Castle Garden to swim ; at the very moment they leapt into the water; a salute was fired from some heavy piecesoLcannon, which were contiguous. When the two young men leapt in, they remained under water for some seconds ; and, on their -rising to the surface, they were observed by some bystanders to act in So fantastic a manner, that it was evident something of an unusual nature had occurred to them. A boat was therefore immediately pro cured, and the two young men taken out of the water, and brought: to the shore, when it was found that both of them had lost their senses, and so totally and entirely, as to be unable to give any explanation of how they had been affected, or what sensation they felt at the moment. Their i nsa nity was not of a violent kind, but rather what might be termed idiotic, or total prostration of every intellectual attri bute. In this melancholy condition they were conveyed borne to their friends, and ten - mined nearly in the seine state for two days, at the end of which one of them pattially recoverd his senses, but the other still remains without any symptoms of amendment. In addition to this. singular circumstance may be ►mentioned the effect produced upon fishes by a smart blow with a stick on the ice above theta.• We havo seen this tried on a stream a foot or two deep, quite closed over with frost. The fish, starting to and fro at some depth below the ice, were stopped instantly by the concussion, and floated apparently lifeless in the water.. MORECoMBE BAY H An BOUV.—The long-looked for report of Mr. Hague upon the practicability of embanking More cambe Bay has at length been received by the Whitehaven committee. This interesting and in:fete:int document, which is•represented to us, on the hest authority, as being "com pletely satisfactory," we bad hoped to be enabled to lay be fore our readers in our present number. The cause of delay arises front the desire of .the Wintehaven committee that Mr. H ague should enter rather more into detail upon some of the points 'in his report. -We hear that it will most probably be received in its amended state some time next week, when no time will be lost in calling the committee together for the purpose of taking measures for its publication. The White- Advert Herald informs us that "Mr. Hague calculates the ex pense of the embankments at £43-1,000, and assuming that 'the expense of the remaining part of the line of railway will net exceed £lO,OOO per mile for a 'distance of 55 miles, the coin required for that purpose will he 550,000. To this must be added the ordinary expense of branch railways, engineer iog, surveying. parliamentary and law expenses, contingen cies, &c. 1:206,000,- :making the total cost of the raile•av £1,2(P,0K And the Value of the laud reclaimed, viz. 46 30f) acres in Merecombe• Bay, and 5,700 in Duddon, 52,000 acres, Mr.' Hague estimates at £23 per acre, which amounts to 1:1,196,0t)0: so that the laud reclaimed will be nearly equal to the expense of making the whole of the railway." From this estimate,-'however, must be deducted the value of the land awarded to the birds of manors and neighbouring land owners, but even with this deduction the prospects of the railway are - more encouraging - than we could have ventured to hope.—Lancaster Guardian. DELEMitA, on "CATCHING A TARTAII."— Mr. B. it should be known, is a gentleman in this town who is a radical, at least so our friends must take for granted, un less they consider the expression a contradiction in terms. Welt, Mr. B. avails himself of the convenience of the rail way occasionally. On Tuesday be did so, and when he en tered one of the first classes'.' at Liverpool, he was delighted to fiittf himself in the presence of two ladies and a triplet of gentlemen. Being a' bit of a chatty fellow he soon began to converse, but his conversation being abridged by his passage through the tunnel he laid up his talking-tackle in ordinary until they emerged intr) the light of heaven. Ile then made a few remarks 'concerning the importance of steam-power, which a gentleman with a large handkerchief round his neck, reaching nearly to his. eyes, answered by grunting, " ah !" By no means discomfitted, turned his eyes to a gentleman who looked like a clergyman, awl sweet:tea:4444o thus. "And so, sir, we are to have two. preachings to-night ut Bolton; O'Connor's to be there you know : capital chap that; and that Mr. M`Neile'is coming to." One of the ladies here upon relieved herself of a small cough, and began strictly to investigate the seams of her gloves. " I wish the church was about their ears. This M'Neile only talks for what he can get. Don't tell me, I'm a radical." " Pray do you know Mr. M'Neile ?" said the clerical gentleman. " Oh, no! not I," says Mr. B. " Then .why venture to impute motives to a person whom you know not, and whose mind may, perhaps, be as independent and liberal as your own." Here the gen tleman who had hitherto been silent trod upon Mr. B.'s toe, but to no purpose, Mr. B. would ge on, and discharged forth- With a volley of radicalism which was so calmly but cuttingly answerd by the: clerical gentleman, that Mr. B. began to stammer, which opponent perceiving, such summary means Were taken of " polishing off" Mr. 8., that the latter - gentleman became dumb-foundered, and only acquired sensi bility to outward things, when the train stopping', a person whispercthin his year, "'That is Mr. M'Neile," " Dear me," exclaimed Mr. B. involuntary, and never spoke another word until tilt* arrival at- Bolton; when, hearing his reverend fellow-pasienger" inqure the way to' St. Geerges's, Mr. B. offered to escort him, and absolutely carried a smell parcel to the' door of the church, where, declining to enter, he went his way "a wiser man" let us hope. We have no doubt Mr. B. has learnt a lesson which will be useful to him for the remainder of his life, which we hope Providence may pro long.— Bolton Chronicle. . CHURCH, CHAPEL, AND SELECT RETURNS.—SeveraI of the Boards of Guardians in-East - Kent have resolved not to sanction the emploment of their clerks in procuring the re turns asked for by the Poor-law Commissioners, at the desire of Lord John Russell. They know that they were not formed to become busy-bodies and meddlers in the religious and edit cationel concerns of the parishes of their unions; they know how inaccurate ani•••such returns • must prove; they discern the cloven foot, the sinister design ; they foresee the hackney uses, in whicltif.rrbt at once resisted, any ministry, any tools of a party, may engaee them; they see the-seeds of discord laid; and they hive determined to confine their attention tii their duty. and their duty alone. It is to he honed that this feeling will prevail throughout the unions of the kingdom.— Correspondent of the Standard. CONSERVATIVE DINNER AT CLIFTON.—The annual din ner of the. Clifton Conservatw e Society was held on Monday qv enirqr, at Emeny's Bath Hotel, C!itton Down. The corn rimy, which was more numerous than on any previous occa sion, began to assetnhle•shortly after five o'clock. The chair man was J. Harding, Esq.; W. Clarke. Esq., officiated as Vice-President.. A nionv the company present were Henry Bush, Esq., GPO. - Frankiyn, Esq., J. N. Franklyn, Esq., C. Payne, Esq.,. the Rev. Mr. Street, C. Wilkins, Es J. Vining,, Esq., G eorge B ush, Esq., W. L. Clarke, Esq.,. , Z. •0. Bigg, Esq , .J. Z. M'Adam, Er.q., C. Clarke, Esq., Wil liam Goldn e y, Esq. John F ran kl in , E sq ., W. Ri nge r, Esq., P. F. Aikin, Esq., . Payne, Esq., B. G. Burroughs, Esq., C. H. Hurfqrd. Esq., H. Vaughan, Esq., C. Mortirner, Esq., W. Harmar, Esq., Dr. Smerdon, J. Daniel, Esq., Edward Frampton, Esq., and a uumberdother inftu3ntial and Ii ga y respectable gentlemen. Mr. Finlay, Assistant Barrister, decided at Quarter Ses sions, that notes passed fur payment of tithesare not recover abi e.—Limerick Chronicle. O'Connell is anxious to have the Marquis of Headfort created a Duke.—Limerick Chronicle. The conservatory now building at Chatsworth, by Sir Jeffrey Wyattville, is 160 feet lung, by IGO feet wide ; in height 60 feet. A Chinese artist has lately painted a series of six pictures to illustrate the effects of opium-smoking, after the manner, and with a similar moral, to llogarth's "Rake's Progress." GREEN PEAS IN NOVEMBER.—John Smith, Esq., of this town, had upon his table on Thursday last, a dish of green peas, gathered the same morning in his open garden in C h ari s es- s t reet.—Preston Chronicle. The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London fur the week ending Saturday last, the 3d inst.. con sisted, according to the official returns, of 31,600 ounces of silver; of which 15,000 ounces were for carded to Rotterdam, 9,000 ounces to liamburgh, 4,100 ounces to Demerara, and 3,500 ounces to Jamaica, TH E pasznY.—Every hour the Melbourne cabinet con tinues in office is fraught with augmented dangers to protest antisrn—their fatal example urging on and encouraging every attempt at demoralisation, however reckless or subtle, or de structive, in our civil, military, and religious institutions. Bel wick Paper. The Bishop of Winchester is so far recovered front his re cent indisposition as to have held a confirmation in Andover Church ou Tuesday last, when about 473 individuals were confirmed, after which his lordship delivered a short, but very excellent and appropriate charge to them. In the afternoon his lordship proceeded to flursthourne Tarrant, and held a confirmation for that and the adjacent parishes. NEW COLLEGE AT BATH.—The inhabitants of Bath are about.to cause to be erected on the heights near this city a new college, to be called Queen's College. It is to be in con nection with the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the tontine of study is to include every branch of learning and science taught there. The project is to be carried into effect by transferrable shares of £lOO each, bearing five per cent, interest. The designs and plans for the building are preparing under the direction of Mr. Manners.—Bath Ga zette. • M. Victor Hugo, according to the Presge, has sold M. Del loye, the publisher, for 2•10,000 fr., the right of printing his works for ten years; and, by the terms of the agreement, has received half of this 'money down.—The Moniteur Pa risien says that the price agreed on is 300,000 fr.; and that M. Delloye intends to apply this plan, which he bad previ ously adopted in the case of M. de Chateaubriund, still more •cxtensively. Good news for popular authors !— Paris paper. STATE OF TRADE AT BLACKBURN ON MONDAY.—We have still a fair demand fur most descriptions of power-loom cloth, but in the generality' of hand-loom fabrics there is almost literally nothing doing, and prices are declining. The yarn market, particularly in the bundle, is very dull, and without improvement- Owing to recent information from America, the cottodmarket has become less animated, and a shade of suspicion and distrust is cast over the whole trade. —Blackburn Standard. TO OYSTER EATERS.—lleceive oysters from the hand of the opener, taking care that they be eaten off the deep shell to preserve every drop of the precious liquor, so peculiarly their own. It is my firm conviction that laving-an oyster, after being . opened, on a dish, no matter for how short a period of time, diminishes materially the piquancy of flavour, and deteriorates the fish. 1 make it a rule accord ingly to eat mine " out of hand," upon all occasions, and recommend similar procedure to an individual o f a delicate gusto in the important business of oyster eating.—Black wood's Magazine. VACANT GOVERNORSHIP OF BOMBAY.—We are assured that there is no truth in the statement which has appeared in some papers, that Sir James Caruac has been appointed Go vernor of Bombay. %%le believe there is a standing order that no gentleman who has been an East India director can be appointed to any such office until he has been two years out of the direction. This, of course, sets Sir James Car, vac's appointment out of the question. The report is, that Sir Wilmot Horton will be the new governor; but no ap pointment has been made.—Globe. The city of Naples was visited by a violent thunder-storm on the 14th ult. The lightning fell upon the church of SI. Alaria-la-Nuova (luring . the performance of Divine service, striking and seriously injuring two ecclesiastics who were officiating at the principal altar. The electric fluid then pe netrated to the pavement of the church, close to the priest, who was giving the usual benediction to the congregation on the'elevation of the Host, and who was thrown to the 'ground by the force of the shock. His clothes were completely burnt, the numerous silver lustres which formed the ornaments of the altar melted like Wax candles, and the remonstrance which the priest held in his hand was reduced to ashes. WONDERFUL RECOVERY OF SPEECH.—At the beginning of last week, as our readers will recollect, police constable James O'Connor, No. 102, B division, was on duty in Vin-, cent-square, Westminster, when he was suddenly struck speechless, and conveyed to Westminster Hospital. Dr. Burn° and other medical gentlemen, by whom he was at tended, could not account fur this sudden attack. He re mained in the hospital until yesterday, his case exciting con• sidet able interest. At four in the morning his speech re turned in as sudden a manner as it left him, and his powers of articulation are even better than they were before. In con sequence of the occurrence he had resigned his situation in the police force.—Standard. 'lnc LATE STORM.—Among, other incidents of the late stormy weather we learn from Boulogne that one of the boats of ,that port, when off the mouth of the Thames a few days since, saved sixteen men' found clinging to the masts and yards of an English vessel, which had been driven on shore by the gales. To accomplish this, the boat had to go eight or ten times from the wreck to the shore. Another boat saved two men found sustaining themselves above water on the mast of an English brig which had foundered. On the 31st ult., the Wellington steamer, on her way from Dover to Boulogne, fell in with the Ajax, bound from Leghorn. to Rouen, with a cargo of oil, which had lost her rudder, and was drifting up channel at the mercy of the wind and waves, and iu momentary danger of bein;T wrecked. The Welling ton took her in tow, and brought her safe into Boulogne. THE LATE STORM. —The channel coast of France and the mouth of the Seine were on Friday exposed to most tempes tuous weather, which had been very boisterous for several days. A waterspout was observed rising from the sea at a distance off Cape la lleve, which was driven towards the Seine, and burst near the north jetty at Havre, and a second occurred about an hour after. The immense body of water produced by the bursting of the two spouts, together with the violence of the waves, forced the embanktnents near Ilartlenr, and caused great damage by the inundations to which the fissures gave entrance. N'ot►vithstanding this state of the weather, the steam-vessels Phoenix, from' London, the Paris, horn St. Fetersbuigh, and the Rotterdam, of Rotterdam, arrived in due course. On land, after a tempestuous day, a tremendous storm t)f thunder and lightning burst over the town, with showers of hail as big as walnuts. TOR NPW POOR LAW.—EPPING . UNION.—On Saturday last, Benjainio Ellis, an able-bodied labourer, wascommitt e d Mto 'id ga o l f or 14 days for refusing to work while in the Epping union wni khouse. On Friday, 26th of October, he applied to the board of guardians for some assistance to enable him to support his family, consisting of a wife and eight young- children, which he said he was not able to do at the present increased price of flour with only Bs. Gd. a week, which was all he received after paying is. Gd, rent—he hoped they would allow him a peck of flour, which was all he re quired. This the guardians refused to give him, and•he was ordered to go with the whole of his family into the union workhouse, where they are now supported at an expense of about £l. ss. 0, 3 d. a week. When taken before a magis trate he acknowledged he hail refused to work, but it wa s be cause his shoes w ere out o f repa i r an d un f i t for him towork within the garden, which was the employment he was sent to. INFAMOUS MISCIIIEP.—AbOUt five o'clock on Friday after noon, a good deid of surprise and alarm was created in our Post-office, on discovering that the letter-box was on fire. On smoke being noticed, the box was instantly broken open, and the times extinguished without much damage being done: The letters in it were, however, burnt on the edges, and a minute's delay would have destroyed the whole. The hour chosen for the purpose was one at which all the letter carders are out, and no mails to despatch for five hours. Two persons standing at the Post-office at the time had occa shin to observe all who came to the box, and .for ten minutes before the fire was observed none but one put anything in. This individual was observed to look about him for a moment, and then put a letter, or something ese, into the box, after which be deliberately walked into the Far, as is now thought, to see what effect would he produced. The transaction is, as yet, involved in mystery; and we have no idea of what could prompt to the commission of such a wanton offence.— Scottish Guardian. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT 131i.r..---A more beneficial working of this measure, which is, however, imperfect in several important sections, is beginning to be experienced. A diminution is already felt in the business of the Insolvent Debtor's Court, arising from the comparatively small num ber of prisoners confined in the several gaols of the metropo lis. The attorneys of the court have commenced their com plaints. They do nut take so many retainers as formerly, as parties about to petition are allowed to retain their own attorneys, and prepare their proceedings, before they go into custody. The number of persons confined in the several prisons was aseertained yesterday. In the Qneen's Bench there are only 110, which is considered very few, there having been at one time upwards of 750. It is stated by those who are acquainted with the matter that not one person has been brought in since the 25th October " Such a circumstance is unparalleled in the annals of prisons for debt" In the Marshalsea there are between 60 and 70. In Horsemonger lane Gaol there are 150; and in Whiteeross-street Prison the number is 310. A short time ago the number did not amount to 300, which was a circumstance of rare occurrence. The numbers are expected to decrease instead of increase,— Morning Herald. BARBAROUS MottnEn.—,On Saturday a deep sensation was created in the city, by the report of a woman being murdered in the Canongate by her own husband. It appears that the parties had been living unhappily together for some time past, from jealousy on the part of the husband. On Friday night some of the neighbours observed him beating her with a stick; and on Saturday morning, we understand, he was observed to heat her again most unmercifully by a little girl, about nine years of age; a niece of one of them, who was lir_ ing in the house. The report of the murder reached the offi cers of the police in the course of Saturday forenoon; and on going down to the house, a shocking spectacle presented itself. The body was all over black with blows arid kicks; both arms were fractured in two places, as was also the collar bone, and three severe contusions were found on the head; but the features of the face were uninjured. The husband, whose name is Higgins, matte an attempt to escape, but he was apprehended soon after. Ile then attempted to bribe the criminal officer to allow him to escape, by the offer of whiskv,—of course without success. He is about forty years of age. The woman was about thirty, of .rather a pleasing appearance. Front the aspect of their house and their shop in the Canongate, where they sold whisky, it winild seem that their circumstances were respectable anti decent. They were both natives of Ireland ; and it is a singular fact, that the mother and sister of the murdered woman came over to see her last week, anti were witnesses to parts of her husband's ill usage. They are at present in the c i t y. Hi ggins h as undergone several examinations, and stands remanded for further investigation.—Edinburgh Courant. THE PosEvrrus.—My view of the present state of that Church is simply this—that those who think as 1 do, •and are stigmatised by the world as Evangelical, as 9letlrodists, Cal vinists, Fanatics, and so forth; and who really cleave to, and endeavour to preach, the doctrines of our Articles and Homilies, are indeed the real Church of England , —that those who so stigmatise us, and (though perhaps they call them selves High Churchmen) preach (in fact) nothing but a com pound of Popery anti Heathen morality, are mere intruders Mot prelendetS—Disseriters id the worst and most dangerous s'ort: and certainly I would turn them out if 1 could. If the Laid turns them all out, by an utter subversion of the na tional establistoneut, I shall not be surprised; but shall glo rify him for his righteous judgments. But to leave the church uu account of them, when I know that I desire and endea vour to be true and faithful to all its doctrines, to its whole constitution, order and discipline, as its fathers and reform ers established it and left it, tVould not only be utterly pre posterous and absurd, but it would be an aV , fuLder,lirtion of duty, a base and treacherous desertion of my post. It would indeed be g i v i ng pl ace t o ev il ; an d actually, by net and-deed, confessing and granting, in the face of the whole world, that they are the Church of England, and mint we;. which is the very not ion will ) which they are deluding and dest ro) ing botn themselves and others. I will not, and I must not, flatter them in such a delusion; though it would be touch more easy and pleasant to the flesh to do so, by leaving the Church. than to stand firm at my post, and testify against them, that they are not the Church and have no business in it.—Rev. THEATRE-ROYAL,: LIVERPOOL: POR THE BENEFIT OF MR; HILE,``. And most positively his Last Appearance, as his engagementY. . • in Birmingham will preclude the possibility of a renewal ..• The Last Night of Mr. RANGER. THIS present FRIDAY, Nov. 9, 1838, the Entertaits—. : •• • ments will commence with a Drama, not acted hero fur twelve years, called JONATHAN IN ENGLAND Jonathan W. Duubikina..(a real Yankee)....Mr. Hi1L,....• After which, a new Characteristic S4etch, called THE YANKEE PEDLAR. Hiram Dodge..(a Yankee Pedlar, not so particular about. his word as his dollar3)....'Mr. 11111. To which will be added, the neat petit Comedy of THE ARTIST'S WIFE. Clermont (the Artist) • Mr. Ranger, (As originally performed by him iu Lotidoii.)• In the course of the Evening, Mr. Hill will recite iuustof his, ; ORIGINAL YANKEE STORIES. — . To conclude with a new Drama, called , NEW NOTIONS ON THE GO-A-HEAD ,PRINCIPLE. Major Wheeler..(a Speculator from Penobscot, State of Main, with a few New Notions, and some tough Mr. Hill. . , . . . . - ..• - MR. KEAN, ,• , , On his return from Dublin, is engaged positively for FIVE NIGHTS only, and will make his appearance on Mondai l , next, in his celebrated character of Ct.aupv. MELNOTTE, in the opular Play of the 'LADY OF LYONS, written.Tif VT!'" Sir Edwaid Lytton Bulwer, Bart. • •,:,;;.4,-,4 TO CORRESPONDENTS. T } t xt The letter of "A Conservative," however true, itgrottij , , 4' , libelous. I!: Sr , . . " W. A. H." is informed, that a vast - majority of the free- men of Liverpool are conservatives , as a retereucii TO thoil (lii last poll-book will satisfy him. .- ~. , tiitiv.s7lsl We cannot insert the query of "Q in a Corner." , - • --:., Our " Literary Notices" are postponed until Tuesday. - : - ' -- '.. 'N" The continuation of our remarks on " The Church i liit ours ,i next. We have received the following contribtition for the Soviet* /. I "."'' for Reclaiming Unfortunate Females:— . , :iltzillit The late Mrs. S £2. . - • 7 :.'1:) i ~Zt • Ebe Eibtrpool e s-tatltiarti • 4.; FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 9, 1838, : ., ,.. Ca• The Publication of the STANDARD coniu2enced this morning at 5 o'clock. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN ENGLAND AND' WALES.—The result of the municipal elections in all the principal towns of England and Wales has been ascertained. From the returns now before us we have every reason to congratulate our conservative friends on the issue of these annual struggles for ascendancy: Wherever the conservatives have thought it worth their while to enter into a formal contest with - their opponents, they have been signally successful. 1 In many plates the radicals have been allUwed to walk over the course. These instances are, of course; ' claimed as triumphs on the part of the liberal faction. No one, however, can be so blind as to acknowledo . the justice of this claim. Uncontested elections' do not always afford a fair or satisfactory criterion of the''' . relative strength of political parties; especially where"' it would be deemed a disgrace, rather than an honour, to succeed. The constitution of a great the Town Councils, subsequently to the passing . ortlie . ' Municipal Reform Act, had been such, that persons of any pretensions to respectability would be ashamed Of : entering the lists as candidates. In many place's the most violent and turbulent demagogues have - main-':' tained their ascendancy owing to the natural fepitii- - ; _ _ nance felt by men of wealth and station to sit tloWii company with a degraded set of blackgnards: The best test of the strength of parties, and of the amount of reaction, is to be found in those cities and boroughs in which the members heretofore elected some standing in society. In all such cases, `why rei' • due exertions have been used by the the cOniii•Viti'v'istl! the radicals have been signally defeated: Thit4ill. fully appear from the statements which we are to lay before our readers. One of the proudest triumphs obtained by the con servatives has been achieved at Leeds. Of the. 16 . retiring councillors, 4 were conservatives and 12 were . . • whigs : they have ben replaced by ten conservative's. and 'six whigs; being a gain of 6 members, or 12 rotes, to the conservative side of the council chamber. The • result of this election is deemed so encouragingllat the conservatives have come to the resolution of start- 4 ing two candidates at the next parliamentary election. That their chances 'of success are considerable, tivill appear from the following statement of the nun bets polled on each side : _ Cons. Tads. Headingly Ward ...... 536 West Ward North West Ward North; Ward „.. North East Ward 426 Kirkgate 'Ward Hunslet Ward - South Ward East Waril Ifolbeck Ward 9Bl, • 1093 . -:• Bramley Ward BO6 905. • • ... Total 6131 .;. Conservative Majority 157 r We should state that in the two last-mentio;edivaids • the conservatives only started their candidates the do'Y • but one before the election, with aiviest .to : try tho-. ground, rather than in the confident hope of sueces.v; En looking at the result, we cannot but congratuls-te the conservatives of Leeds on the prospect of the borough of its present representatives. Whenegff. 4 " the next dissolution of parliament tikes place, , expect to find Mi. Baines and Sir William Moleswo . rth enlisting themselves as members of O'Connell's- taiV, and thrust into the House of Commons for some obscure Irish borough, and, of course, for—a conside! . ....., ration. The city of York has returned seven conservatives • • and five radicals. The retiring councillors equally divided in politics. The elections, therefore: give the conservatives a majority of two votes, which, added to four already in the council, places the ascen' dancy more firmly in the conservatives. York n33Yr therefore, be booked as perfectly safe. In Wigan the conservatives have been signalli successful, having returned six members, whilst the reformers only succeeded in carrying jour. 1116 • • voting was as follows: Con.Y. f?ads• Scholes Ward 370 267. St. George's Ward Queen-street Ward 231 Swinley Ward 221 All Saints' Ward Total 1195 1114 1114 Conservative Majority ... 81 In Macclesfield the conservatives have been 8 611 : .• more successful. 'The results - of the municipar lions in this town indicate a progressive reaction of a • very gratifying character. The subjoined list 0 0 ' 4 . • the numbers returned by the two parties each yea r ' since the municipal reform act came into operation 1835, conservatives 2, liberals 34. 1836, ditto 5, ditto .7. 1837, ditto 7, ditto 5. • 1838, ditto 9, ditto 3. " „. In Stockport the radicals have succeeded irrearrPlL" every ward. Their success has been owing to triel`" ery, intimidation, and violence towards the conserv3 rive voters : but . it is satisfactory - tot add; that th e latter ' have Sustained no actual loss. Their relativo' pos iti°° remains the same as before. • • At Chester the conservatives have 'alto been cessful, but have s 'stained no &se. The c ouncil J'A • , always been essentially radical, and the city has ah ;vs, " e , • • at least since the passing of the reform act , b ee presented by liberals. • ' rd At Shrewsbury the conservatives have .re'1 ar ll• • ' seven, and the radicals three, members to tI I P Council. The conservatives h ave gained C..nsielerao-,/,..'; in this borough, the numbe r o f councillors.benle,7;l4..l'' equal on both sides. . Next y ea r eight radicals. toy two conservatives Will have to retire... It is no t . much to presume that Shrewsbury, at the.-next'g e . ° ! l ! ., election, will return two conservatives. Bridgenorth was the scene of great ese itement.e e the day of election, each party being most sangum.ii., of success. So turbulent did the mob become.tila: o was found necessary to read the riot act, afte wndow i Oll e Y in .,. • _s made an attack upon, a n d b ro ken all the .. the Now Inn. Th ree ra di ca l s and one'eo."'el"tivie %%ere returned—the numbers polled on each side being nearly equal. he corpo. At Wenlock no change has taken r _ ration remaining as h e ret o fore, viz., eig ht" cc' e vatives and six destructives. the mu- At Ludlow the conservatives totrluno part: in nicipal election. - beenob At Bristol -another glorious • triump h ba' '