The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-14 00:00:00

COLD It was, Fire wa 3 Goilgh, am Tanta at all, and ands of rig on . b Ir, with fi ve steamer pers hay, act that a the sub ) hare 8 1,1 EMT certain. aci f slaver Dtentiary 'COD d s kill Sir Henry Pottinger v - en his opinion •,•• _ kong should be counter- difficulties in vas feared, be tined tritish tizating the causes English p 1 of hos- and Dido, havin; v h three st _ were, nevertheless. mor sisted prin- The land force most ---- most of them living av in the month of Ja- knderson, wined tha. s ee 'whorl asvY , «hree Po r tu. jer native an d ti creek ri ., e ven ma .....: brig Ann, it s of Europe or America lays, five Chinese junk which was ing it either )ne had The assembling of on the Sutlej, although manifestly an ar for the double purpose of securing the retreat from - Shere Singh, the ruler of the j Punaub, he Bitish ge to t of criticism another las for given an honour of the Governor anrne. The !Et fectually done his_ duty, particularly by its confines. British Soveri tllekund is described ly supported by the er for the purpose. Will De eeived a visit at Fe of Shere Singh, and who then persons p at re :n.-rexplanation respecti, 4 that held on C The c00,..-_ of Gboznee, and on Ca tair p terminated in the i ng the last campaign in Affghanis itio, i n to the conduct of General Shelton was still going forward. . . been known of the st ng _ s at Cahul. nce Scinde is to the effect that the u tellige whose doubtfulfrom policy and intr i g uin g conduct had the a l tern ation of war and peace , - —oAks kept up nf Maior Outram, with system of good intelli ent of India. One of ted. by flying to a fprt f ihe - British cot 1 Na D ig the most satistactor us• for without s Indus nor the progres v for a t is directed to- Ided last year to 31e 1......__ The e company mxt ra ea' ordered • "rmy, whereby a dime nd a consequent five per cent. loan • ' d as ienuituiv - ed. Thep rospects of India are consu w dire cte d towards its inter !lnd attent ion is nolent. An act has been p roposed in the legisla -1 w hi c h tends to p ut a fi n al stop to a ll descrip strict! st oo has no children, was recovered. The nd which to dteriorf ate the reputation of nliv discovered. and ie Belveder e , Supreme Court ot a desp.at 1 of Sir H. Pottin tbe Chinese on the ,t be already F,e7 da and to nagin"9 e Nerbudd nndoned by flat I also and ma ad and second serang—ta mp-followers a by Chu lande nd then . in officer, .a. a smal its exteniv..e: bur 1?,45.‘, ;of of ves at Bombay. ,er to j ) on shore, al (duals quitted ilost of armed Chinese, who •ee o'clock in the askets to the capital (about 90 miles Is- reCked),w .e they were s had little communication ,t they w Nerbudda s of India, oned on co exposed to a ... Two men died from cold, and several ott subjected to the Ix rcely allowed sufficient above seven dreary mor The br the 6th or D. 10, long. Naiad, Pe and then' without I America, 7wartlr 3 death, ( s and A s crowded to this immen ) 8000( ',VTELLIf brOUgnE Us . , In d papers troll and of Formosa, had been i act had b ee n perpetrated by roclaniation goes on to describe • - and con- a man Cl entiary was re- afiscated. who had a renewal in the in particu- cer to controul st great object of attack the flagstaff and the flag, d doors of the buildings 1, and tE h was t Canton, and put to dea P steamer_ Jll ke...e,--- ained there until the 14th, - " Pottinger, who yeas ) order a k Sir IL Pi .ce to be their commerce in aided refusal from ere comments Mr. T aders ( docactnßpioed places sh plenipo nen busily errip ates of Somnauth have - gh few or caw, .—._ • p ears, that the na after they were th' It now ra fts vtiorr the g a n thus 'ading us, [De down to plunder were made prisoners the women ----;,nns, under eircum rang) were air ld the rem, vv" - hole iv boas, mass, a Of course the ( issuing from doomed to Eli h outbr ders of mat couc Towards and it wa2 iuld take after an early breakfast, retur: found quite as we left them; I their v ten booty a seized, and (bled for b .ely fora share in t covert t dreadir I the mornini at lie had onl :fore, venture :o inter at length appeared at about n the lawless fellows who had h. session of it. It was pleasan went down to the not escar to run riot ;catter t COMMERCIAL NY Notwithstanding the riot t Canto ton and Macao had not cuff oth at Con roe respects mpro%e ioth for imports and exports re expected to be of an average quality. exc s fearen qualities, the suDpl than last season. 1 which The qua The markets opene chops Congous a► tlu IS to 23 tael ; good di 28 tael. To these rat F the purchase of 50 —Common Comgou, he fine Congous ha to Great-Brit urn of the exports in this f October, 1841, to the Green, 1842:—Black, 34,632,47 31,6481 b. The export foi 7,629,176 Total, 42 of September is 4,369,9711 b, in nine vessels re The crop of silk .v the iv to etc ion for 4e 1 said to be exc The cotton market nil in c ence of heat Our latest quo gal, tael 7 to 9. ael 5 to ominaily £3 to £3. lOs Very little w Only a mo little basin Accounts Calcutta, t- T The ne early arrivals commanded high r fetched 8 Spanish dollars 05 per c prospects for itta and the neighbourhood N ourable The market a a active arance extensive have in some in- done, a stances been paid Freights Lad advance end may b 1, and Clvde,'dt which rates, howeve was still till ransports on Prospect oft The follow the months of De Mary Elizabeth, D crime, Yairhelc )key ; Bloreagi Queen Baas; Ripley, N HONG KON —Within these f ps have arrived in the docks from the lately- Brtisla settlement of Hong Kong w in perpetuity) cargc •3 of teas great number of ships have also arrived during the Calcutta and other ports in the eastern hemisphere with va luable miscellaneous cargoes of silks, sugars, &c. Yesterday morning accounts were received of several vessels having arrived in the gowns from our e.stern possessions, and which may be expected in the Thames, in consequence of the Practice now - .-^" sten,- ek from i-tuge ery animate r to-morrow la Royal Gazelle, Jan. 10 prompt surrou the cou ierally adopted of emplo The river has had pearance during the week in consequence of the nua arrival of ships fa i well as upwards of 50( sail of colliers an loyment to a great number of more Om half-starved EXTRAORDINARY PRE RVATI ON OF HUMAN LIFE From the Ber iawrout, Kimball, which arrived at Boston on :ember, from Rio, on the 11th ult., in lat. 28 0, fell in with the wreck of the British brig :er, of and from Halifax for Deime 'led on the 14th September, and on the 22d,in s_capsized in a heavy water, and with lcss of all her spars except Took from her William Fosdick, of New ram. a next day full of he foremas rwo tnen were drowned forecastle when she _ . and six had died of rand thirst, and Fosdick was in a helpless state, unable York, seaman, the or survivor capsized to stand, and could 1 have survived but a short tim We copy from the Boston Transcript the following particulars of this sad (- " The preser' most wonderful ion of tt, It appea )t the sailor Ft maiaed 49 days Nee flour was w wet with salt known that there was a rani in the cabin. Fosdick dived down several tir ceded in obtaining it, on which they lived sor that nothing remained to support life. " Of the seven that remained (two being dro forceastle when the Naiad upset,) it is remarkable that most fleshy, anti apparently the strongest, died first. Ever thing was done by Fosdick to keep up ti on preserved in oil panions, but they failed one after another hope fled they yielded and died. When the all rough, they were obliged to take to the - themselves, there to remain until it becalm " They had now all perished but two—Fosdick and a com panion, who were in the top one dark night ek reached over to where his companion la s soon her was retop and It —ocher to rain to rouse him to obtain a few drops of wat found bim dead fell into the s-a s it fell, but In the morning he cut him loose, and he en, remained alone six dtys belot e he hall. Lireat credit is due and should t he displayed in savit unable to stand or eve i gruel, 1 , elng fr his cat with ‘v entirely i his case rance off minutes made up age, and belongs HEALTH OF SIR CHARI from Kingston state, that the governor-ge given up by his medical attemdants. Dropsy t and his death was considered as certain. )REIGN INTELLIGENC.I UNITED Rochester, Car sailed from New Yo England, Captain B. on the 20th, arrived accounts brought by tt those recc dby the Un 1. Fosdick is t city of New York, where I been f t town 'he othe op of too hig .e declining. 7. 6. Ben- rid better prices per cwt. ped, and d from Mauritius, by v onth, a lar the better pric )s. to 305., In, Liverpo tes, best qualities I !nt. per 100 lb. lerate c reader. and the t] f 10.000 dol s for of EARTH 3r Arana has j of the } c:osing I OUTEI pies of arable the Hoes, correspondence th in the war in which it i The undersigned has read t " MD.. MANDEVILLE TO S' ` Buenos A lie receipt of a note fr ator of her o other mea liver I recour: French Mi 1 Arana th 4 tiately r eer ad V. and, acco ral Oribe C the Uruguary, ber bad not cro dated Buenos Ayres, r, 1842 to Senor Ara 16th DecemL., "It being the intention of the Government of Great Bri tain and France to adopt such measures as they may consider necessary to prevent the hostilities between the republics of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, the undersigned minister Majesty to that of the .tll. ;entine Republic has now, in conformity with instructions •eceived from his Government, to inform his excellency nor Arena, Minister of the For _ nt of Buenos Ayres, that the sanguinary war now existing )s Ayres and Monte Video ought to cease for affairs of the Govern- between ngland an to demand fro i other respective belligeren " 2d. That the tr( the subjects of stood that those c igners r I 19r tip course) shall w )as . sed the frontie Tl:e undersignet tion of the Goverume demsnd.—The undersi re Government of Buenos Ayres, hostilities between a f the Argentine Republic (it being [lola the same n case of hav- (Signed) dir g to 19th December, great excite foreigners, and in c of an ar d interference by England were entertained that acts of violence nst the subjects of these two fear committed ie troops that escap with Gen 'ivera, Prisident of Monte Video, were at Pa he Uruguay. All the officers that' banks o Grande had been shot, and thirty-seven foreigners of the infantry had their throats cut NEGOCIATIa WIT!! Bit tr..—Our intelli Lcter, but we prefer facts to re informed, in our correspondence, that cial envoy, by v and the French party, in his progress towards le accomplishment of a successful treaty ; but we ►earn also, lat the increased duty of 20 per cent., placed upon the mer handise of other nations, bill not be charged upon that of the ti-sl, •easons We lieve tha antageous treaty will result from the ne '3llis, according to Great Britain an ample inlet for her produce, and to Brazil a va! agricultural productions. London Journal i market for its Commerce The accounts from Alexandria of the 16th ult. state, that the sale of an immense quantity of Egyptian produce lately made to a company of three merchants of Alexandria had been rescinded, on the application of the British Consul- General, because English merchants had been excluded from all participation in the contract. The goods were to have been put up to public auction. The directors of the l3ank of Egypt, Messrs. Torizza and Pastre, published a circular on the 10th, announcing that the Pasha, by a decree of the Ist, had founded that establishment, with a capital of 700,000 talaris, and placed it under their direction. Mehemet Ali was visiting the villages of Lower Egypt, previous to his re turn to Alexandria. where he was shortly expected. The steamer Ilindostan reached Suez from Calcutta on the 12th. The latest intelligence from Beyront (of the lZh ult.) men- tions that Bishop Alexander was still there, awaiting the arrival of the imperial firman, authorizing him to proceed with the construction of the Protestant Church at Jerusalem. The Schismatical Greeks of Lebanon bad petitioned Assad Pasha to be allowed to appoint a chief of their own religion. The Catholic Greeks had refused to acknowledge the Alaronite Kaimacan. The Pasha of Aleppo having sent an expedition to Orfa, to levy the tribute due by the Arabs of that pro vince, the latter had taken arms, and repulsed the Ottoman troops RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE The last report of the directors of the Maryport and Car le Railway acts forth that the works bettreta the Litter City and Wigton are in a forward state, and it is rumoured that the line will be thrown open to the public in the course of a few months. s to tee - - - - - - - - EASTERN COUNTIES.—GeneraI Pasley made his final in spection on Wednesday last : he was accompanied by the directors; and the train reached Colchester in 211 hours, a distance of MI miles. The general declared his entire satis faction with the works, leaving the directors to use their own discretion as to the opening of the line for passengers, but expressing his belief that it could be done immediately with Tht on Friday, was a me Ilf-yearly meeting of the 'West London Railway, held The contracts for the works on the line are stated to have been let upon very advantageous terms ; and as this was satisfactory to the shareholders, the proceedings were made one of compliment to the directors and the secretary for the great exertions they have made in re -animating this project, and not allowing it to be abandoned with the capital already expended upon it, as once threatened to be the case, for want of necessary at tention to it. A LITTLE TOO EARLY.—A laughable affair occurred says the Journal de Commerce of Antwerp, one morning last week, at Merxem, in Belgium. The beadle of the church having heard the diligence pass, which had been delayed several hours by the snow, thought it was that usually ar rived at six in the morning, and, fearing he had overslept limself, rose from his bed, and began to ring the Angelus. ['his being the ordinary signal for the people of Merxem to d open their shops, they rose, and' cot:n ary occupations, although in a drowsy :lapsed before the mistake was discovered. as only half-bast two in the morning ! Instead of six, it s GREAT MATCH ON BLACKHEATH TO PICK lIP3OO STONES AT A YARD APART.—On Monday the veteran Townsend and Bill Gazley, the star of Kent, met at the Ship and Billet Tavern, Blackheath, to perform their novel match to pick up 300 stones a yard apart each; the distance, of course, was 51 miles, 540 yards, and was to be performed between them in four ht Gazley took the long length at the begining of the match, Townsend having to drop on his knee and pick up his number with his teeth. Gazley continued cheerful, con fident, and hearty, until about ten minutes past five, leaving twenty minutes more to do. He bad then, it was comput e d, done 30 miles out of the 51; but Townsend might be said to f two hours, he, nevertheless, as seen to be impossible that his on until it C 7 more sprightly associate could make the deed accord with the will. and they were compelled to cry "enough," with 35 stones on the ground, at irregular distances, which baffles calculation. The match was for £lO. A meeting of the London publishers was held on the 3d of March, to make arrangements for carrying into effect the provisions of the Copyright and New Customs Act, which comes into operation on the Ist of next month. All reprints of English works are totally prohibited, on the condition that authors and publishers give the notice required by the act. Travellers, however, would act wisely in not trusting to the negligence of either party, as works of this kind will probably be seized at the custom-house, whether due notice have been ziven or not, and there tray he some difficulty in recovering them. All works of value to a certainty will be stopped.. This is a just regulation , and will form some remedy for the system of plundr on English authors so long carried on by continential publishers, but chiefly by our countrymen on the other side of the Atlantic. Every valuable English book is published in America at a trifle compared with its original cost, and has hitherto been sent back to this country, to the great injury of the author and the publisher. This freeboot icg system is now at an end, and all except thieves will re juice.at the result.—Sun. - - AFFLICTING DEATH. — On Thursday last, an inquest was held at Wandsworth-road, on the body of Mrs. Isabella Jones, aged 6.1. the relict of Lieutenant Jones, R.N., who was killed on board the Victory in ever-memorable battle of Trafalgar. Miss Sarah Burrows stated that the deceased, who was subject to fits of epilepsy, and occasionally unwell, had been. placed under her care for the last six years. On last Monday week, about eight o'clock in the morning, wit ness was alarmed by loud moans proceeding from the parlour, and on going down stairs she found the deceased's body in the middle of the room with her clothes on fire, and the servant attempting to extinguish the flames, which she at last succeeded in doing by wrapping a quantity of drugget round the unfortunate lady. The deceased was dreadfully burnt in parlour, but how the clothes of the !d the unfortunate lady herself could not explain. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidentally burnt to death." EXTRAORDINARY POWER OF RECOGNITION IN A TIGER. —One day last week a singular circumstance occurred in Wombwell's Menageric,corroborative of the retentive memory said to be possessed by this most vicious of the forest tribe, the tiger. A sailor who had been strolling round the exhi bition, loitering here and there to admire and identify some of the animals with those he had seen in far distant climes, was attracted by the strange noise made by a tiger. who seemed irritated beyond endurance. Jack, somewhat alar med, sought the keeper to inquire the cause of so singular a display of feeling, which, he remarked, became more bois ierous the nearer he approached the animal; the keeper replied, that the behaviour of the tiger indicated that he was ' , net'', flier/end or annoyed : UDOII this tes, du his tail a utterance 11 the t !sial care urn to be to to do: the iron door was opened and in jumped Jack to he delight of himself and striped friend, and the a stonish- Don t o f t h. Innkers-on. The affection of the animal was z add licking the :o welco - me with th ieartiest satisfaction, nd when th lest tar left the den, the anguish of. the most insupportable.--Deronport rapper ❑ow, of t s of the rin by despd e morning f the They had no den with 'ours the f soldiers 11 possessi not emy e villain cleared s in a f had been supervened, letr conte constitution, the ta biect was almost a dail lg movec uebtion on Mr. Rive n it was resole working c s left cannot o. The Engli. ar of Gals est° Twan r ienced on the 9th ult —The Am le United S Excell if it be the inten _ of Buenos Ayres to accede to this ied has the honour to be, " H. MANDEVILLE." e private advices from I3ueno It existed t Ayres, of Varitattuntatr inrOimr,l URSDAY The Earl i a . CrAttENDorr, in reference to the negociations with Portugal for a commercial treaty with that country, asked if it was true that a new proposition had been sub mitted to the court of Lisbon, with an intimation that if not immediately acceded to the negociations should, on the part of Gr - Biitain, at once terminate The Earl of A - BERDEEI , ! . said that the negotiations with the court of Lis )n had been long pending doubt but that their not being broug and there could be no Arana, Mi. vate late 24th inst f Representatives upon the his Excellency and ajesty to this govern gaged with that of Monte resolution with ti ijesty "s ,vernment to ha to remove I AN DEVILLE." of the two repub le Monte Videans, .y into their own t he troops of my) Ayrean e banks of 20th of Deccm he shot HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY Somnautt conclusion was not on:y injurious to the revenue, but detrimental also to pri- The delay was in sotne measure owing to the fact that each country was desirous of revising its tariff. Latterly, however, a letter had been despatched to the court of Lisbon something of the nature described by the noble earl. To that letter an answer had been yesterday received, but until he should have an opportunity of consulting with the President of the Board of Trade be was not .prepared to state its purport to their lordships. It was determined, how ever, to bring the negociations to a close, or to terminate him, in conformity I them at once. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE then brought under the consideration of their lordships the proclamation of Lord Ellenborough of October, 1842, and moved resolutions to the effect that their lordships dewed with regret and disapproba tion the proclamation of the Governor-General of India, as calculated to mislead . the, inhabitants of I n di a as t o t h e in- tentions of the British government, and to excite religious dissensions among the various sects under our dominion in India. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that throughout the whole of the proceedings connected with the invasion of Affghanistan the most enormous errors had been committed ; and the very first of these errors was the formation of an army of Eng lishmen and Hindoos, instead of Affghans, for the purpose of occupying Affghan. He did not wish to make any charge against or to attach any blame to any one. Hi s on l y o bj ect was to defend his noble friend from the charge made against him by the noble marquis, who should have consideted what errors really had been committed throughout the proceedings, instead of fixing upon an isolated fact for the purpose of casting blame on Lord Ellenborough. The proclamation was in fact little more than a song of triumph, which pointed out that the gates of Somnauth should be brought away as the just trophies of their success. There was more danger to ap prehended of exciting a Moslem feeling in India resulting from a free, or as he would say, licentious press of that country, than from anything contained in the proclamation. With respect to the encouragement given by the proclamation to idolatry, he had only to observe that the place to which the gates belonged never had been a heathen temple, and, whatever it had been in ancient times, the sect which in those days had occupied that district, whatever that sect might have been, had long since passed away ? It was absurd, there fore, to contend smallest encoura at the return of those gates held out the gent to idolatry•. lie trusted, therefore, be joined in the vote which he shou.d giv night against the motion of the noble marquis by rev. preletes near him, who must feel convinced that there was no intention to give the slightest encouragement to any heathen doctrine whatever Lord AUCKLAND said that if errors had been committed Sir William Macnansthten was not to be held altogether re sponsible, for he had not the command even of a single re giment. He was only a political agent, and in that character had to point out to others what he conceived to be necessary, in order to carry Out the political views of the government..'' Lord COLCHESTER said that Somnauth had been a strong fortified post, and the gates had originally been taken away, as a military trophy, by Sultan Mahniopd. There was, therefore, nothing unnatural in bringing them back again, as a similar trophy of success. The Bishop of L LANDAFF opposed the motion of the Mar quis of Clanricarde, on the ground that the gates of Somnauth were restored only upon the same principle as when Paris was occupied by the allied troops; other nations had restored to them various trophies which had been previously taken from them by the French. The Bishop of Nonwficit said that the Temple of Som nauth was dedicated to Seeva, the most cruel of the Hindoo deities, and he feared the restoration of the gates of the tem ple would throw difficulties in the way of the spread of Christianity. Upon Christian principles, therefore, and totally apart from all political considerations, he felt bound to vote for the motion of the noble marquis. The Bishop of CHICHESTER said that he (lid not impute any improper intentions to the Governor-General of India, but unless the greatest prudence was exercised the interests of Christianity might be seriously interfered with in India. The Earl of CLARENDON said it was with great pain he felt himself called upon to support the motion of his noble friend, to which no answer had, in his opinion, been given by the noble duke. Lord Ellenborough had departed from the policy of all his predecessors, and risked wounding the religious feelings of a large portio❑ of our I __tan empire ; and it was to be remembered that the two most dangerous insurrections which had ever occurred in India arose from insults to the religious feelings of the Mahotnedans. It should be known that this country. was resolved to discoun tenance idolatry in every shape, and, above all, idolatry in India, where it was more filthy than in any other quarter of the globe. He would not, however, for one moment attri bute to Lord Ellenborosigh any intention to encourage ido latry in India ; but unless they wished to make this country look ridiculous, they must build a temple for the gates, in stal the requisite priests, and manufacture an idol, the design and estimate for which would be, he might venture to say, a most curious production. Ile believed he was not mistaken in supposing that the government had already cornmUnicarea to Lord Ellenborough its opinion on the subject of his pro clamation, and he now should be anxious to see if they would condemn their own letter to the Governor-General of India by voting against the motion of the Marquis of Clanricarde. Lord FITZGERALD denied that the letter to Lord Ellen borough was one of censure, nor had it been said by Sir R. Peel in another place that it was a letter of condemnation. He referred to a private letter read by Lord Colchester, in which Lord Ellenborough stated that he had re-written the proclamation three times, in order to prevent the possibility of its being made liable to the construction which had been since so industriously placeil upon it. Ile trusted their lord ships would reject the motion, because it did not do justice to the motives or the actions of the Governor-General of India. Lord BnouonAl'd rose to deny all the charges made against Lord Ellenborough, who had not taken the earliest opportunity, as was alleged, of attacking idolatry, the poli c y o f hi s predecessor, nor in any way given the slightest encourage ment to any species of or any just cause of irrita tion to the Mahoinedans under his government. The noble lord then entered into a detail of the occurrences in India, contending as he went along that Lord Ellenborough had said no more than state his own policy, which was certainly in contravention of that of Lord Auckland, so far as ordering the evacuation of Affghanistan. His disapproval of the po licy of Lord Auckland was known from his actions, and it would be absurd to make a mystery of that which was noto rious. The proclamation told the people nothing which they did not know before, and he believed Lord Ellenborough had no intention whatever of attacking his p re d ecessor. Th e Temple of Somnauth did not helong to the religion of Brahma but to the Budhists, and it could not therefore flat ter the Hindoos, or offend the Mahomedans. The fact was that the gates of the temple were military trophies, which both Hindoos and Mahomedans rejoiced as Indians to see restored to their country. When Paris was occupied by the allied troops, was there a single o bj ec ti on to sen di ng b ack to Rome the altar-pieces taken from thence by the French ? Could there be found the most bigoted Protestant from even the north of Ireland, or the most bi,7oted Presbyterian from Scotland—and neither could be charged with a deficiency of zeal—he did not believe that either would object to those altar-pieces being returned to Rome because of its being under the influence of a certain sc ar l e t i n di v id ua l. T he noble and learned lord, in conclusion, on behalf of an absent man, called upon the house to give hi m th a t w hi c h h e - rited—an honourable acquittal. • .4• G• • • The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the thanks of the Court of Directors of the East India Company had been given to Lord Auckland for having avoided all connection between the government in that country and the temples of worship of the natives, and it therefore was incumbent on Lord Ellenborough not to allow a single act of his in any way to connect them. The differences -between Catholics and Protestants and other religions in Europe bore no ana logy to the wide sea which separated the religions of India. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE replied ; after which their lordships divided, and the motion of the noble marquis was defeated by a majority of 83 to 25. Mr. V. SMITH moved the following resolution :—" That this house, having regard to the high and important func tions of the Governor-General of India, the mixed character of the native population, and the recent measures of the court of directors for discontinuing any seeming sanction of idolatry in India, consider that the conduct of Lord Ellenbo rough, in issuing the general orders of the 16th of November, 1842, and in adds essing the letter of the same date to all the chiefs, princes, and people ,of India, respecting the restora tion of the gates of a temple to Somnauth, is unwise, inde corous, and reprehensible." Mr. E. TENNENT referred to the demand made by Runject Singh to Shah Soojah for the restoration of the gates of as a proof of the great importance of the trophy in the consideration of the people of India. They had been distinctly alluded to by Lord Ellenborough as trophies or memorials of our military triumphs in Affghanistan. The proclamation was oriental in its style, but it was to be remem bered that it was addressed to oriental minds familiar with the most exaggerated metaphors. There could be no reli gious feeling in the case at all, either on the part of Lord Ellenborough, or of the natives of India. for Sultan Mali moud, himself a Mussulman, had conquered Mahornedans as well as Hindoos ; and the many Affghan invasions, whi c h swept over India, had fallen as heavily upon one religion as the other. The opponents of Lord Ellenborough, in their eagerness to censure the style of one proclamation, had alto gether overlooked his great exertions, and had endeavoured, in his absence, to damage his well-earned reputation. The country, however, would confirm the decision of the house, and sustain the high character of the noble lord. Mr. NIACAULEY contended that Lord Ellenborough had betrayed a want of official decency in affixing a stigma upon his predecessor try his proclamation—a predecessor who had exhibited towards him so much disinterested care. It was difficult to conceive how a Christian government could govern an empire so extensive as India, containing as it did a vast population, varied in its characteristics, habits, and super stitions. This country, however, succeeded in elevating the female character in India, to abolish suttees, and ameliorate the horrors and debasing customs of Hindoo idolatry. Our more recent policy bad been of a neutral character, withdraw ing all countenance from any species of idolatry ; and regard ing not its religious aspect but its influence on temporal hap piness, it would be treason to the progress of civilization to pay homage to the superstitions of India. From that nen. trality Lord Ellenborough had departed by bringing back the gates of Sonanauth, and had insulted truth by paying homage to falsehood. W'as his proclamation to be carried out? No such thing. The foolish proclamation would ex hibit Lord Ellenborough as the first Governor-General of India who was doomed to be laughed at, and that derisive laughter was now re-echoed from Europe and America. The noble lord had acted without the advice of his council, which bad no power to control him, for he was away from it, acting upon his own solitary judgment. Mr. Houn agreed that it was impolitic for a governor general to act without the advice of his council, but it was to be remembered that Lord Auckland also had issued his dis astrous Simla proclamation on his own authority only. He trusted the house would not sanction such an attempt as this to hunt down an absent public servant for the mere purposes of party animosity. He was not prepared to defend the pro clamation of Lord Ellenborough from indiscretion, but he felt confident the house would not single out one act of indis cretion for the purpose of censuring a functionary whose every other other act called f or un di v id e d approbation. Capt. MANG LES , w i t h out a tsributing to Lord Ellenborough any intention t o di sparage Christianity, said it was never tireless an impea c h ment of his judgment and common sense that he should not have seen the inevitable tendency of the proclamation. - Mr. Esreorr said that this motion was to be attributed to the animosity which Lord Ellenboroagh had provoked by the manner in which he had so gloriously retrieved the great errors of his predecessor. There was certainly a strong fe,l ing against the proclamation, but while the people of this country loved their religion they loved plain dealing also, and hated hypocritical pretences. Mr. HOME would have preferred a direct motion for the recal of Lord Ellenborough to the one moved by the hon. entlemar+ t . lord had manifested gross ignorance $5.- 'nth the noble both with respect to the temple and its history, and he bad displayed similar ignorance as to the character of the Hin doos. The hon. member read a letter from a vakeel of the hen, reembcr read a Utter frait 6 I,6kett Mahe.. Tt. the Rajah of „ . nothing which had baen in at been the gates of Somnsuth, cou a Hindoo temple, and that the et India as a military trophy be received as hoc that lead to to rkljd in After some observations from Mr. C. WYNNE and PLUMPTRE, Sir G. GREY said that no impediment should be placed in the way of the diffusion of christianity by the governor cf a population so mixed as that of India. Lord Ellenhorough appeared to be acting on the revolving principle, and having already addressed proclamations to the Hindoos and Chris tians, we might shortly expect one to Mahomedans. In the absence of any reprehension by the government of the con duct of Lord Ellenborough, the house was called upon to pronounce its opinion. It was not enough to condemn the taste of the proclamation ; the coun , ry should be discon nected from a transaction at the same time ludicrous and disgraceful. Lord STANLEY could not reconcile it to his public dqty, or to his friendship for L or d Ell en b oroug h , to rema i n silent while he was thus attacked, in his absence, for an-isolated act, after having received the thanks of the house for the great achievements he had accomplished. It was said by Lord Palmerston that any government ought to be impeached which would withdraw from the " advanced position" which had been secured in Affghanistan. The present government had withdrawn, and he now challenged the opposition side of the house to impeach their policy, or move a vote of censure upon them for not recalling Lord Ellenborough. They would not attempt anything of this kitid,,but singled out a proclamation issued in the hour of victory, merely because it was couched in language somewhat too inflated. Lord Ellenborough might have been ignorant of the complete ruin of the Temple of Somnauth, but it would be gross ingrati tude to condemn a man who has rendered such essential services to his country, because of the style tom composition of a particular document, and thereby to increase the embar rassments which these debates were calculated to create in India. Lord PALMERSTON said that not a single gentleman had attempted to defend the conduct of Lord Ellenhorough. No one had even sought to " damn him with faint praise.' Even the noble lord who had last spoken had only created a diver sion by carrying the war into the enemy's camp, and very gallantly he had played his part. He was still of opinion that a flight from Affghanistan would have been most dis graceful. Lord Ellenkorough had received the thanks of the house already for.the little good he had done, and even handed justice now demanded that the demerits of the great man whom they had thanked should be properly acknow ledged. Sir R. PEEL said this debate would dissipate the supposi tion which seemed to have arisen in the debate on Mr. Roe-. buck's motion, that a compromise had taken place between the government and the opposition. The right hon. baronet quoted a letter from Lord Auckland himself, showing that he contemplated retiring from Affghanistan before he was made aware of the extent of the disasters at Cabool, and that he had actually stated that their object was to retire with as little discredit as possible. He contended, that it was hut common justice to take Lord Ellenborough's conduct as a whole, as Lord Palmerston insisted should have been the course when the Earl of Durham had, under similar circum stances, been assailed. The gates of Somnauth might have been very proper y carried off as a trophy to reconcile the Hindoos to their retirement from Affghanistan, and although the language used in presenting them might have been spared, yet it would be unjust and ungrateful for that lan guage to condemn a man who had repaired the greatest dis aster which had ever befallen the B r iti s h arms. Lord J. RUSSELL said there appeared to be but one opinion of the proclamation—that it was unwise, indecorous, and re prehensible. The invasion of Affghanistan . bad not been utterly unproductive of advantages to the people of India and this country, for we had secured the navigation of the Indus, and had obtained an acquisition of territory, or were about to do so, for the purpose of securing that navigation. He could not move a vote of censure on the government for abandoning Atfghanistan, for since he had read the papers he was decidedly of opinion that the retirement from that country was a wise measure of policy. Agreeing in every word of the motion of his hon. friend he should cheerfully .give his vote for it, and if the consequence should be the resignation of the Governor-General, be thought it would be a relief to the country from a great difficulty and peril. The house then divided, and the motion was negatived by a majority of 242 to 157. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-SATURDAY The house sat for a short time, when Sir J. GRAHAM gave notice that he would proceed with the committee on the Registration of Voters Bill this day, and it must come into into operation on the 24th of June. • The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was postponed, after some conversation, until Monday, the lOth of April, after which the house adjourned. MR. DILLON'S CASE The following is, we are informed, a correct version of the circumstances upon which Mr. Dillon founds, his claim upon the Government : On the night on the 15th of February, 1822, at 8 o'clock Mr. Dillon, who commanded the coast guard at Milk Cove county of Cork, proceeded out to sea with two of his boats, the one of six oars, the other of four oars. the wind at the time blowing hard and a heavy sea running. Mr. Dillon states that he had no expectation of falling in with any smug gling vessel when he proceeded out to sea, his sole intention being to show his men that he was determined, to do his duty. On getting outside of, the Cove, the chief b o at man , who was in the four oared boat, pointed out to Mr. Dillon a sail to the westward. Upon seine it, Mr Dillon ordered his . second boat to follow him, and pulled (for the vessel. Upon getting up under her stern, he hailed her, and received a defiance to come on. He then pull e d on th e l ee s id e , an d, intending to h oar d her, desired the weati;vr oars to be laid in, and the boat to be kept to with the lee ones. On his seeing, as he conceived, from 40 to 50 men on board, he iherred off and sent up a rocket, and burnt a blue light in order to alarm the coast, and to attract the attention of any cruisers that might be in the offing He also kept up a fire of musketry. During all the time the fo ur - oare d b oat was lying on h er oars to windivard. The smuggler, finding that it was limpossible to effect the landing her cargo, the coast having been alarmed, put out to sea, and Mr. Dillon returned with his two bouts to Milk Cove. The next morning the captain of the Peru, who, as it appeared, was anxious to run his vessel to France, but was resisted by his crew, with the advice of his pilot, ran her infO'Kinsale river, where she was immediately boarded and seized by the tide surveyor. A reference to the map of Ireland will show that the har bour of Kinsale is about 30 miles distant from Milk Cove, with severel headlands intervening, and it is, therefore, quite clear, that although \lr. Dillon did prevent the landing of the cargo of the Peru in this district, but that could have no effect whatever in forcing the vessel to run into Kinsale river on the next day. It is upon these grounds, and not upon any suspicion of cowardice, that Mr. Dillon's claim to share in the proceeds of this capture has never been at any time allowed, and he never received any sum as a share of such capture; but in October, 1833, Lord Althorp, then Chancellor of the:Ex chequer, directed the sum of £5O to be paid to Mr. Dillon, in consideration of his distressed situation, and the heavy expenses which he had ineurred.—Times. BRISTOL. LEATHER FAIR.—The supply at this fair las week was in most articles below the average of former spring fairs, but owing to the causes at present depressing almost every branch of business the attendance of buyers was unusually short, and their purchases extremely limited. The transactions were therefore very unimportant as compared with preceding fairs. Our quotations vary but little from former rates, except in skins, which, being in greater supply comparatively than other articles, have suffered more .from the absence of a demand. In Bark a good 92 any small par cels were brought upon the market, but the very high prices demanded, and the near approach of the new supply, pre vented many sales from taking place. The transactions in raw goods were quite immaterial :—there is no stock. PosTortFiet.—A return has been laid before the House of Commons, showing the amount rf gold, silver, &c., con tained in letters which have been consigned to the Dead Letter-office, in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, during the five Years ending 1811, and which had been opened be cause the parties to whom they were addressed could not be found. The amount in gold, bank notes, and silver, found in such letters, for the five years, was X 28,898 for London, X69G for Edinburgh, and for Dublin £2830; total, X 32,424. The total amount in bank post-bill, bills of exchange, pro missory orders, &c., exclusive of money, was £ 2 ,053,341. The - amount restored to the owners was £167,179, and that paid into the revenue £134 : but it is necessary to state, that the bills had all been restored or destroyed by the authority of the owners, and the sums recovered to the owners for the two last years cannot be stated, as the " dead" letters had not remained three years in the office. MONOMANIA.—The following case is given in the Standard to show how strongly epidemical the fashionable monomania is becoming. And this case we cannot do better that describe in the words of our before-mentioned excellent contemporary : —" The case at Bow -street, yesterday, opens, indeed, a new and an interesting chapter in the seience of monomania, sug gesting hints that no doubt will be acted upon. Mr. Dillon, the menacer of the Lie of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it appears, claims a large sum of money, which he thinks lie would obtain but for the opposition of the too vigilant guardian of the public purse, and he communicates in a mild way to the party certainly most interested in the subject of his communication, certain monomaniacal notions about the propriety of taking a pistol and sending a ball through hi m .' Why should not this mode of seeking money or promotion - be extensively adopted ? We can fancy a letter to the follow ing effect producing a considerable impression upon a nervous man :—` Sir, I ton an unhappy monomaniac who am very desirous of £ ,or the office of now vacant (as the case may be), and I have been able to think of nothing for the last month (excuse me) hut taking a pistol and sending a bullet through you. I enclose my certificate of monomania from half a dozen mad doctors, and have the honour to be, sir, your very humble servant, --. P.S. Please send the money or the appointment (whichever is demanded) with as little delay as possible, as I find all my dreadful thoughts rushing into my mind.' Or, more shortly—' Sir, Put .:E5 in a certain place, or expect to hear something more of yours, A M'N , Monomaniac •by Deploma. P.S. Be quick—verbum sat.' Such are some of the less horrid con. sequences to be anticipated from the establishment of the new doctrine." THE LARGEST STEAM FRIGATE IN TILE NAVY.—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty last year approved of a plan submitted by Mr. Oliver Lang, Master Shipwright of the Woolwich Dockyard, of a steam frigate on a far larger scale of dimensions and power than any hitherto constructed, and ordered her to be built at Woolwich, and named the Terrible. It is now contemplated that this splendid steam frigate shall be built at Deptford Dockyard on the same slip from which the Worcester 50 gun ship will shortly be launch ed. This arrangement will prove a source of great satisfac tion to the inhabitants of Deptford,who, from recent reports, feared that the place would cease to be a building-yard. As a portion only of the dimensions of this great Leviathan of the deep was given on a former occasion, the following more full details will convey some idea of the magnitude of this vessel : Feet. Inches. Length between perpendiculars.... 226 0 Keel for tonnage . Breadth extreme Depth in hold Burden in tons 1,847 She is to he supplied with Maudalay and Field's patent double cylinder marine engines of 800 horse power. The cylinders will be 72 inches in diameter, and the erection of the engines alone has been contracted for at the cost, includ ing the boilers, of the large sum of £40,250. The engine room will be of the following splendid dimensions :-75 feet long, 38 feet broad, and 27 feet deep; and the weight of the engines and requisite gear connected with them will be up. wards of 500 tons. The diameter of the paddle-wheels are to be 34 feet by 13 feet in breadth. The coal-boxes will contain 800 tons of coals; and, altogether, this great vessel will far exceed in length and other important points the largest ship of-the-line ever constructed in this country. The Lords of the Admiralty have shown by their adoption of Mr. Oliver Lang's plan of a steam-frigate of such magnificent and un paralleled dimensions, that they are resolved Great Britain shall continue to reign, es she has previously done, mistress of the seas, and that they will cordially encourage every im provement in modern science tending to render the navy of this country the most efficient, and it may be said, far supe rior to any other power in the world. THEATIAt , IIOYa, WILLTAMSON , EQUAI E Seeorid Night of the celebrated Performers, Mr. W, FA REN and The. GLOVER, who are engaged hi Nights. Mr. STUART, TERNAN. . THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 14th instant 1. a New Drama, called PETER AND PAUL. Peter Britton.Mr. W. Farren I Peggy Britton .Mrs. Glover as originally performed by them in London. After which, the New Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHE AD. Grandfather Whitehead.. Mr. W. Farren, • Langley (their original characters.) Edward .. Miss Fanny Ternan. To conclude with the Farce of THE LADIES' CLUB. MRS. GLOVER IN THE CHAIR. I\lrs. TERNAN, ant] Miss FANS d force of the dre ,om on Satur 26,1812. ,otentiary of her 13ri- TO MERcHANTS, BROKERS, &c. The largely increased and most respectable circulation which the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion , of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to briny their advertisements before the notice of buyers in the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester, however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday —occurring upon the most im portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country manu facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly es tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased and increasing interest. Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to receive an increased measure of support from the mer chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability to do justice to the interests committed to their care. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We can answer " Inquirer" more satisfactorily on Friday. Can " A Young Physiologist" furnish us with the paper he mentions, and we shall then he better able to say what we can do with it? gait Ethsrpsol &tanbaril. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1843. In a recent article upon the debate on Mr. Roebuck's motion, we intimated to Sir Robert Peel that hie generous protection of his' discomfited opponents, and particularly of Lord Palmerston, was not a kind of proceeding which would find imitators. The mo tion of Thursday night,—in condemnation of Lord Ellenborough's Somnauth proclamation, ostensibly, but against his lordship's entire policy, in reality,— and the debate by which it was followed, afford ample proof that our estimation of the length and breadth and depth of Whig-radical meanness and dishonesty was not greatly at fault. The reader has perhaps seen, at some period of his life, a cur, or some other mongrel specimen of the canine race, relieved by the humanity of a passer-by from the unenviable pressure of a cart-wheel upon his loins, or dragged, at the risk of ' smeared hands and garments, from a pit in which he was being stifled by inches. Did the gasping ani mal lick the hand which preserved him, or even whine forth his thanks at his feet ? No. Ten to one it snapped at his legs and, with a portion of his torn trousers hanging from its jaw, ran yelping off, to plunge next moment into some fresh dishonesty, and reap the reward of a sousing in a horsepond, or a kick in the ribs from some victim of its propensity for meddling and peculation. Such is precisely the con duct of the faction, over whose head Sir Robert Peel interposed the shield of his good nature. His hand lifted the baffled incapables out of the mire in which they were plunged ; and their first moment of reco vered breath and spirits is devoted to an attack upon their preserver. We are sincerely pleased, however, to observe that the conduct in question has not been without its effect upon the mind of the Premier. Sir Robert distinctly announced on Thursday night his sense of the ingrati tude displayed, and, his resolution that, in future, he should not be the man to interpose between the ex ministers and those who bring down punishment upon their heads. Most deeply do we deplore that, in the case of Mr. Roebuck's motion, he was led thus to in terpose. We shall be satisfied, however, if the error is not repeated. The proceedings taken by government against the Chartists implicated in the recent disturbances in the manufacturing districts have terminated much as we anticipated. The supremacy of the law has been vin dicated. The Chartist agitators, and their dupes, have been taught that they will not be permitted to goad to frenzy a suffering people, in the hope of achieving by violence their insane projects ;, and at the same time justice has been tempered with mercy, the convicted prisoners having, instead of receiving a summary sen tence, been required to present themselves at the next sitting of the Court of Queen's Bench in London, where most probably they will be bound over to keep the peace and discharged. It was due, we maintain, to the character of her Majesty's advisers to take this course. The working classes were to be taught a lesson; they were to be taught that they could not, in a civilised country, and under constitutional government, be permitted to cor rect their injuries, real or assumed, with their own hand. The selfish or misguided men, by whom those classes are usually led, were also to be taught that the law of England was not a weapon which mere cobweb sophistries could suffice to blunt. On the other hand, these lessons were to be taught in a kindly, not a re vengeful, spirit. Could it be doubted that the offen ders, or at least the majority of them, and the masses whom they led, had acted under cruel provocation ? The progressive deterioration of their condition during the past twenty years, and the evidence before their eyes of a disposition on the part of their employers to make further and further reductions in wages—the threats known to have been in circulation with respect to these reductions, and the impression, so sedulously spread amongst them, by Chartist and League agita tors alike, that the remedy was solely in a demonstra tion of their strength, for the carrying of a legislative change—the charter or free trade in corn —were toge ther sufficient to impel ignorant men to a course of violence and folly ; and no government could have visited, with consistency, a heavy meed of punishment upon the overt actors, whilst those equally, if not more guilty persons, who precipitated their course of error, were screened in immunity, by the greater secrecy or cunning with which they worked out their object. That such persons there were, few men who have perused the evidence brought forward upon this trial— fewer still, acquainted with the state of the manufac turing districts during the past year—will venture to deny. What, we ask, is the impression which we find existing in the mind of the arraigned Chartists ? Why that the League manufacturers were straining every sffort to break up the Chartist party, and to drive the working classes, from sheer desperation, into the movement in favour of cheap bread. The two parties have long been notoriously at feud with each other. The master Leaguer had been endeavouring to seduce his Chartist workmen to give up Feargus and his six points, and embrace the cause of free trade. 11l blood had been between them long; and when, at the close of the last session, the League conventions and depu tations returned, half frantic, to their various homes; when they had declared, in a document bearing the names of men of station, wealth, and respectability —we were going to add sense—that the country was upon the verge of a bloody revolution ; w h en they pro ceeded at once, with an improving market a n d t h e prospect of the advantages to be afforded to commerce by the new tariff before them, to a re d uction of the miserable wages of the working classes;--what so reasonable a conclusion, on the part of those working classes, as that which they arrived at, viz.: that in the proceedings which they adopted—the forcible stoppage of factories and other outrages—they were so precisely carrying out the predictions of some members of the League that they need fear little interruption on the part of the authorities ? What so reasonable a conclu sion as that the attempted reduction of wages was in tended to produce the strike which followed ? The Lum puty Are, Irztally reaporalle to. :Very °I outbreak of August lot,d, We now proceed to comment briefly upon the a mission made on Wednesday by one of the WI; Sir Thos. Potter—with respect to the doings of t Manchester authorities during that outbreak. Sir Thomas was asked, in cross-examination b y the Attorney-General, several questions with respect to th i e f course taken by the authorities of whom he h ill° was one ; and in reply the worthy knight told of sun : dry meetings held and pl a c ar d s i ssue d, an d of his attendance for two days and nights at the Toul'h a But he was pressed to say what protection was giv e to parties applyin g fo r it, w hil s t t h e mo b was engag e d. in forcibly stopping th e f ac t or i es ; an d the naive a mission was given, th a t th e au th or iti es " advised t he parties applying that it was the best plan to subin itl Employers anxiously seeking protection, for themselves and their workpeople, f rom th e di ctat i on o f an exci ted mob, were told, that they were t o yi e ld Without rail` ,. ance to the violence offered to them! And why wag such a course pursued by th ese sage magistra te-, Sir Thomas was agai n an d aga i n p res sed upon this point. " Were they afraid of bloodshed being the r e , i Sir Thomas Potter indignantly rePe lle the idea that he could be afraid. What was the rees atb then ? What could be the reason of this submission to which peaceable i n dividual s were urge d ? Why' a , that could be alleged by the worthy knight wa s l i t y assertion, as a fact, that the workpeople obeyed the dictation of the insurgents, end turne d O . —an assertion which, in the case of several e, fienri ind other works, i s contradicted by the efforts m ade iy the workpeople themselves to prevent their stop' suit i" No gttendcd tt page, by meeting force with force.• We question that willin gness o f th e m en ; but wil i e ; ther it existed or no t i s no va lid p l ea on b e half d t h '! I , supineness display e d by t h e aut h or i t i es . And t:T opinion appears to have been th a t o f the .Att° ll3 ,7 . General himself, w h o commente d upon i t in the ' fi t l ; lowing emphatic language, which we recomtne n t d o , the consideration of th e gentlemen to whom it re ,l b - ig "No doubt," rem ar k e d the learned gentleman , "l was only a part of the tampering policy which in dti , c the magistrates to withd raw th e t roo p s and to the mob to m arc h i nto a town lik e M anc h e ster, te , hi , was handed over t o th em f or a space of 48 hours of We dare say we s h a ll b e greete d w i t h a flouri s h o p triumph and gratulation 'from the Leaguers, oP their assumed escape f rom t h e exposures with they feared this trial was rife. Let them pause' h° ever, before th e y i nv i te t oo muc h pu bli c attent l° : of the details, b ear i ng upon t h e wretched concliti%iri, their boasted population, afforded throughout t bs . nte d dence. Be ar i ng i n m i n d , even, t h e somew hat t al ' ate , source from whi c h some o f t h ese details email the there is still much to excite serious misgiving s jfl te minds of refle c ti ng men , w h et h er i t i s a so und st ate be things in which the tenth part of such evils can p, permitted to e x i s t. A n d l est suc h orac l es as ntir.coref temporary the Manch es t er G uar di an s h o uld ride 10 with the i m p ress i on t h at hi s c li ents o f t h e L e ague t he effectually p urge d t h emse l ves o f a ll i mp li ca tion t o disturbances of August, we beg to call his atten tiO 4 , the pithy d escr i ption o f t h em g i ven b y t h e Ai t° ,. rl t be General. " Th e i r c h aracter "— t h e c h ara cter n' t o disturbances in question—" might be described i l, ll O /, words. It. was t umu lt or i n ti m id a ti on O UT 0 1 or e CHESTER ; it was ENCOURAGEMENT, I N' CHESTER !" LOCAL NEWS. The Great Western steamer was appointed to lease York for this port on Saturday last. SO j , A deput a ti on f rom Li verpool, heade d b y Lor-, Ol and Sir Howard Douglas, had an interview with ," stone on Sat ur d ay , at the office of the Board of Trsue;ton 0 0 THE ACADIA.—This vessel, which would leave 13°- .fr ot the l e t i nstant, may be expected to arrive here dgito to-morrow ali as .' S HOP - LIFTING . —A girl named Elizabeth Cr°,sspy 10 4 Harriso n , was committed to the sessions, for t r ial , :fk W et , Rushton, y ester d ay, on a charge of having sto l e n as' drOP kerchief from the shop of Mr. Abraham 1-1811atb Park-lane. es daii i I; The Cheshire Foxhounds meet to-morrow (W il ed :olt.4l , at Doddington, near Nantwich ; on ThursdaYra t r.,, at ' O O on Saturday, at Ravensmere Windmill ; on Nionu'b i rk ; die therton ; on Wednesday, the 22d inst , at Tab,leY,, dal' , Thursday, the 23d, at 'Weston Green ;* and on ° 6-1. be 25th, at Hool G reen. of t . of BANKRUPTCY FIATS. —The following is a re tu e r :rao c° Acc number of fiats in bankruptcy issued since the o , l4) ,; e tcY o gil) the first Gazette published after the new Ben„," r ,7 to : 8 , - or came into operation, dated 15th November, 1 .,,0 - ',.. - ,,„''aflui t February, 1843 :—London, 188 ; Leeds, 63 1 3 .- : i t;s e-e ' 41; Liverpool, 35; Manchester, 34 , Bristol, .""" Ort tl. 14; Newcastle, 13 ; total, 414. ' pp ,4. The public will , in the present week, have foOr s ° , 3 oasle; nities—namely, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, an d W ar tar of viewing from the various piers a tine expans e by t" tar and the scene will, no doubt, he much enlivened ori Ss tf• tide t t wea rival and departure of numerous ships, The day next will be the highest during the year- - be i F b ot ;e• f e one feet six inches; time, forty-two minutes Pas' - ofill ' 11 ,1; THE HINDOSTAII. W India 1 i - ..-- 0 1 e learn from the„ 1 0 . ,,b ceived in town yesterday, that this inagnificeok t * - 1 e 1 '0) 0 j s t a a t r at te n d u f , ro a m ti C t a e l e c e u h t e t d a on her first tr2toothSuezitonvol-s) tiPol-itloer as on the • le o r o the es k ilpd°'' that on passing Point de Galle she might have _ 0 ve , ,,0 late news from Canton. Lord El hinstone, of Madras, had proceeded to Europe P on board the elite from Ceylon. bo 04- bi PORTRAIT PAINTING. —Those of our readers vi e i l ci dr , true and life-like portraits in oil, will be glad to P er t c bat 0 0 1 e 1.. _eiannouncement. in our advertising column s, - ` Se rs, di influential hisfatnreitil. c , ''l Mercier , the artist, has revisited Liverpoo o f ov g o the esvueLlen(ft, been at the epress . _„., by ',, of ir return s n w h h a o c s wish to obtain phie pencil. From a they.—ED. L. S.] orrespondent.—EW e li , :ke neSs c of Mr. Me.,,i er , , A ON THE PUBL IC , (frie specimensii:: 0 r Id l y , s by , 01,, o , „. Samuel Holine, at the monthly meeting of . communication bearing this title ' is . to be read I.te e° e 0 and Soe i e i t m y p , o o rut Wednesdayace of yanisditothrse'datiyekoeftlsneteotinegvehr.yas been next. Owing lialettoc!o member of the ki,,.. y . , rue; o ie .. ,1 enable the Mayor, who is er. officio a member m , re c to attend. Each member of . the committee has also additional visitors' tickets for distribution. postponed tr..- - , the - e iv , the committee.,h te m ° oPtil°::::11:::ft:eti:j:, of' re, „0 rn th e g v t a MECHANICS' INS TITUTION.—We learn, f-- I , o , t ee-- ° 0 , 1 5- of this institution which was read at the annum " - decr"reg" Wednesday last, that the number of members has t he P he e o from 3767 to 3363. This •ascribe t° f e wi re r the 'committee ha a sure of the times. The receipts during the year nee, 00,03' £10,523 ; the expenditure £9,8 . 69 ; leaving . 3 „ uB.- V ie rO C °ll providing for salaries, due this month, of £ s "'"i e ctot e , 4 t i mittee recommend a subscription to furnish the '-„811910P;; with an organ and orchestra. The sculpto,,Totto,eir,i shortly be still further enriched with casts. - .I" t ot alr e- at e the uga ie btl ber of visiters to the exhibition was 97,000; £4000; net profit £2OOO. The library has beet , a bo ve t oll from 9126 volumes to 11,011. and 63,603 volum es of P t iti ljg given out during the year. Twenty-four courses ~1 1 d, re, lectures, or eighty lectures in all, have been deliv er ii Op* sc hoo se e the year. The general condition of all the ported to be highly satisfactory, and the loss of t h e 0 0 4 : masters had been fully replaced. LO l' l ' e ° ,,i/ DISTRIBUTION OF WORKS OF FINE ART BY o f b w MENDED BY THE (.(i:s.:I*.IiTTEE OF THE HOU°, 11 .91) , - i be f i MONS ON ARTS AIIND MANUFACTURES.—" A Par.,rultfatht been extensively circulated, to the effect that ever%l e 1 " tlO - an Art-Union is liable to a penalty, recovers%tial4' t common informer. We have no hesitation in 11 e :,0t,. /1 4 this is incorrect, inasmuch as the 16th , of Geo. 'are "TP"( provides to the contrary. Art-Unions, therefore , t.. menthe all affected by any existing legislative enactor / T :0 ' 0 e ( O tt ; opinion is borne out by the fact, that the establish of to such societies was recommended by a cow"' re"; ( o° . , House of Commons on arts and inanufactureaXd 0 0 ° F the formation of the Art-Union of London, oa,', rh ese,ie hardly have suggested an illegal proceeding. t ed b t ' ti a,c w o ciations for the purchase of pictures to be distrih u v ilia V e says the report in qoestion, `form one of the tr°o:gilaecion,°;:olfst.roigpo: in the present age of the advantage of comb° `her 9 .,,te i tl smallness of the contribution required brings mass of subscribers, many of whom, without P - ita - fralq of association, would never have become patroos i °Art- v o f IP Persons may be assured that in subscribing to a t l e tter they are infrin g i ng ne i ther the spirit nor the '- law."Art-Union, March 1, 1843. ily 0 ° C ) Ol t : . THE FUNDS, SATURDAY EVENING. -- T l r r , e :11,,e / 11 ; ~,s l i. firmness in quotations at the close of the maric e " n r. ,7 l il•r/6 sols for money left off at 96i to 9 7; ditto, Ac ° ,,. u e -- 3 .o “ l . to fh 'it per Cents, 102.; to ;I . ; India Bonds chequer bills, 72 to 74 premium ; and New T ore (l 7 ": g - ,0 premium : and Long Annuities, for 30 Year i '' : , e ,j S ec ,,lrr el i 3 o sth of January, 1860, 12 13-16ths. /, Fore.% - „ g ' c io 0 not much business was transacted. A rumour i st (i r es 6 s , that the Dutch government intend an exchangefithe Poon d the proportion of 108 four per cent for 100 °' q Oll 3 O r 0 Five per Ccnt saeurity ; but it had no effect uPon en for s itio o were qu°' — o iri g r iti - , The Five per Cents were heavy, as they have ,b e ,rOP. I ; irl o while past, it lowing been before stated that "' e l .- a tblot 0 would be made to pay them off at par. S"untafpc/ts le; version of the story prove coned, it will be t g r. Cea 0 0 , the same thing in point of value. The Fi'n,,' , Pe o, 5 00,5 1 861 to 871 ; off at 102 , 1 to il ; ditto, Two-and-a-half per t".,..; i ; 1 , 0 1 , 1 " 0 , A ~.., so ; to ate Spanish Actives, 21i1 to 1 ; ditto New, guese Converted. 40',1. to 11; Belgian, lan to es j to tv ,:ted .., to lornbian, 261 to 1. Business steadily progress 5 qiWNIOPto, Mel iCnil, 31 to ;1; Brazilian, 7° . i t 0 ° 51;,, 8 „0 1 `5; Market. In Minin , r Shares Bolatios ScriP4 3 B l jet ' clit Brazilian Scrip, 71; ' St. John del Rey, 4i; r i:to 1; Unregistered, 5:1 to 6 ; United Mexican, 21t Scrip, 3 to tl. .it_ is S irE FIRE AT FAWCETT AND PREST ON'9„.'SiIeS° (1. 1 0 1 Ci r 0 dun, !ng , ia l v v se e crep lo ro e to l a i li e n si ffi(l is a correct statement of the l e '' si (:;:.... £ 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 oßnuillileinjps: &C. 8000 on Cotton. _ e- 0 ‘ Atlas, West England, .. 2000 Building, Lak e ' Norwich Union,.. 200 on Grain. Alliance, Phoenix, Globe, - 300 ill London U n i on , 3OO cte d Manchester, 3OO to b e e tie Messrs. Fawcett's insurances are repor ted London, with the offices there, na mely- - £14,500 with Scottish U nio" ' 7,400 with West Eng land. 7,400 with Atlas. 9S o t '' 7,100 with London Vai ° Tooo et 1e4,00° Estimated loss at Messrs. Fawcett's, Xl"!eea The total loss, less salvage, will no doubt eA