The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-02 00:00:00

' *TN. . AN, ► 44, N o , - _ -.lc; 7'N .• • 1 06 • IkN\ TUITION ON THE GUITAR. MR. WITHYCOMBE begs to announce to tie N obilit y , Gentry, and. his Friends, of Liverpool,Aathe conti nues to give INSTRUCTION on the above fashionable Instrument, at his Residence, 28, JUVENAL-STREET. Schools and Private Pupils attended. S. RICHARDSON, (LATE WOOD BROTHERS,) - - _ 74, LORD-STREET, (Six Doors from Paradise-street,) Begs to announce to the Public, that he is now SELLING OFF HIS STOCK OF HATS, CAPS, &c., At very Reduced Prices, previous to extensive Alterations. TO FAMILIES FURNISHING: MESSRS. BRADLEY BROTHERS beg respectfully to inform their Friends and the Public.; that in conse quence of REMOVING to the Premises, Iqo. 7, BOLD STREET, (which they are now altering,) the whole of their large and splendid CABINETand UPHOLSTERY STOCK is NOW SELLING at and under PRIME COST. The HOUSE and SHOP to LET in Richmond-row. Richmond-row, August 18, 1842. SUPERIOR OLD WINES IN BOTTLE AND THE WOOD. RICHARD ABRAM, 26, NORTH JOHN-STREET, under Me Harrington Chambers, avails himself of the pre sent season to offer to his Friends and the Public his very choice Old PORTS, from Two to Eight Yeas in the Bottle. Also, SHERRY, in Brown, Amber, and ("old Colour; to gether with every other description of WINES. To be LET, an excellent FAMILY HOUSE, situate in Fallcner-terrace, Upper Parliament-street. Rent £7O per annum. (One concern.) IMPORTANT TO BUYERS OF WOOLLEN GOODS. W. AND T. MORRIS RESPECTFULLY invite the attention of the Public to their present Immense Stock of WOOLLEN GOODS suitable for the fall trade, probably the Inrgest ever seen in this town, and which are now selling at unusually low prices. From the extent of the Stock, the grest variety of articles kept—from the low Yorkshire to the finest West of Eng land—and from the frequency the Stock is replenished, Wholesale Buyers, Shippers, &c., will find a decided advan tage in making their purchases at this 'Warehouse. W. and T. M. have been particularly careful in the selec tion of their Pilot Cloths, Beavers, &c., and warrant all their Goods made of Pure Wool, and free from waste or shoddy. The present Stock of the following articles is well worthy the attention of buyers : BEAVERS, Waterproofed in all Colours. PILOT CLOTHS, ditto, ditto. TWEEDS, ditto, ditto. MILLED SUPERFINE BROADS, ditto, ditto. FANCY CLOAKINGS, at Reduced Prices. LADIES' HABIT CLOTHS, in very superior qualities. DRAB CASSIMERES and FANCY DOESKINS, about 200 Pieces, part of a Bankrupt Stock, full 30 per cent. under the regular prices. SATIN, SILK, VELVET, and PLUSH VESTINGS, an elegant and superior aasortment, and at very low prices. MORRIS'S WOOLLEN WAREHOUSE, No. 80, LORD-STREET. DESSERT FRUITS, &c. &c.: AT MIDDLEWOOD'S OLD-ESTABLISHED FAMILY FRUIT WAREHOUSE, 6, PARKER-STREET, CHURCH-STREET. j MIDDLEWOOD is now supplied with the best se t/ • lected Fruits ; his Pines are of the finest flavour ; his last arrival of Forbidden Fruits and Shaddocks are the Peech flavour, and the most grateful Fruit imported ; Malta Oranges, Kent Filberts and Walnuts, English Grapes, with every choice Fruit in season. French Chrystallised Frnits, Poetillas, Bonbons, Preserved Ginger, Limes, Shaddock and Orange Marmalades, Guava Jam, French and Spanish Olives, India Soy, Curry Powder, Potted Tongue, Ham, and Beef. Pickles and Sauces in great variety. J. M. begs respectfully to draw Public attention to the following : FAMILY HAIR OIL, Patronised by Persons of Distinction, and held in the highest estimation at the Toilet. It renovates, and produces the finest lustre, even w hen the Hair is on the decline or turning gray. It is more nutritious than other Oils used for the same purpose. Its great utility renders it of national importance. The testimonials and kind recommendations of many distinguished personages in Parliament remove any doubts of its efficacy, and it is the first and only article for similar use ever sanctioned by Go vernment. The increasing demand will meet with every attention. The VEGETABLE SOAP is also highly esteemed for its emolient properties, and has an equal claim to preference. Sold at is. per square and 10s. per dozen.—Family Oil, in bottles for the toilet, 7s. 6d; and 10s. ; and pot boxes at 25., 3s. 6d., and ss. each. The great utility of the Family Oil was satisfactorily proved on the 10th of April, 1830, in Parliament, when Mr. Goulburn, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, was pleased to grant the protection sought by the Proprietor. Orders, addressed to the Proprietor, No. 6, Parker-street, Liverpool, will be duly attended to. j PRIESTLEY, CHEMIST, Lord-street, begs particu -0 • larly to call the attention of his Friends and the Public to the undermentioned selection of Preparations. PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS. Which approach nearer than anything yet discovered to the Chalybeate Waters of Germany. The style of pre paring PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS is peculiar to himself, and combines scientific skill with great accu racy ' • and though numbers of people unacquainted with the business, and others, have of late years attempted imita tions, they have invariably been found to be spurious com pounds, neither possessing the agreeable flavour nor the me dicinal properties of the Seidlitz Waters. Sold in Boxes, 2s. each, containing twenty-four Powders, to make one dozen tumbler glasses, and in Tin Cases, 10s. each. The latter are put up in a very eligible form for ex portation, or to use at sea, and will keep any length of time in all climates. THE FLUID EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILLA. In this preparation are concentrated all the Medicinal Pro perties of Sarsaparilla Root. To pOSons, therefore, who, from various causes, would experivice great inconvenience, or with whom it would be utterly blipossible to prepare the Compound Decoction, the Fluid Extroct, which possesses the advantages of portability and of keeping in any climate, will be found a most desirable mode of employing this much esteemed Medicine. Two teaspoonsful of the Fluid Extract, put into a wine glass full of water, makes a preparation equal in strength to half a pint of the Compound Decoction, formerly prescribed by the London, Edinburgh. and Dublin Pharmacopoeias. The diseases in which it has proved most beneficial are those of the Skin; such as Scorbutic Affections, Eruptive Diseases, Secondary Symptoms, &c., arising from a diseased state of the system at large. For removing Blotches, Pim ples, &a. from the Face, this Medicine has no superior. The extensive use and high reputation of this preparation has led to numerous imitations, disguised by the name of Syrup, Essences, &c. The whole medicinal virtues of the Sarsaparilla consist in its extractive matter, and it possesses no .real property in the form of essence, while the Syrup is injurious to the digestive organs by cousin:: acid fermentation, VEGETABLE HAIR OIL Is allowed to be an excellent discovery for invigorating and renovating the human Hair. It eradicates the Scurf, nou rishes the Hair, prevents its falling off, produces a mostbeau tiful natural curl, and gives to artificial Hair a peculiar soft ness of texture and luxuriant appearance. Sold in Bottles at ls. 3d. and 3s. each. VEGETABLE TOOTH POWDER. A pleasant Tonic Tooth Powder, which simply removes all tartarous incrustations from the enamel ; and by its peculiar properties preserves that necessary covering.—Sold in Boxes, 2s. 6d. PRIESTLEY'S FURNITURE PASTE. For Cleaning and Polishing Furniture without labour or trouble. This paste is used for cleaning and polishing every description of furniture, whatever preparation may have been previously used for that purpose , it adds a high lustre to French polish.—Sold in Pots at ls. each, or 3 pots for 2s. 6d, FURNITURE OIL, Half-pint Bottles Is. , Pint Bottles 1 s. 9d.. Quart Bottles, 3s , GENUINE METALLIC LUSTRE. _ . This article is recommended to Housekeepers for cleaning all manner of Gold and Silver Plate, Metal Teapots, Pewter Measures, Brass Fenders, Candlesticks, Stair Rods, Brass Plates on Doors, Tin Covers, &c. &c.: with half the usual labour which is generally required with other preparations the above Lustre leaves a beautiful polish on the Metal. It will also be found useful in the Stable department, for clean ing Brass-mounted Carriage, Gig, or Coach Harness.—Sold in Squares at 6d. and ls. each. ESSENTIAL SALT OF LEMONS. For taking Iron Moulds, Ink Spots, and other Stains, out of Linen, Muslin, Lace, &c., and for many other useful pur- Poses.—Price per Box, or three Boxes for 2s. 6d. MUCHADMIRED ALMOND FLAVOUR. A few drops of this Flavour added to Custards, Puddings, Cakes, Wines, Jellies, &c., communicate a most delicious taste of Almonds.—Sold in Bottles, with Directions, ls. 6d. and 3 8 . CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER A teaspoonful may be taken for a dose three times a day „,,_wLy INVENTED CRYSTALLINE OIL. _2: 1 2 1 _ 1 alimpid Vegetable Oil, consolidated by a peculiar f ' 0 1 ,7 1 7 11 , _,an,4 really is one of the best Preparations ever made curl, n unng and beautifying the hair, and keeping it in Phy n , Medicine ' gad Surgeons' Prescriptions carefully prepared. Chemicals. eit s fitted up for sea. Genuine Drugs and An order fro m • the, above preparations residing in the country for any of der, will meet WitVPns, with a remittance or post-o ffi ce or immediate attention IMPORTANT TO LADIES. KEARSLEY'S OR IGINAL WIDOW WELCH'S . FEMALE PILLS their strongly oluonniyg recommended m rn justly ende celebrated to the for ever y lacy,llaving obtained the sanction and appro peculiar viltue . s, a . re' of most Gentlemen_ of the Medical Profession, as a no tice of effectually removing obstruc tions, inconveniences to which the safe and dvarleulaiebvilenMg Medicine in bons, an which, at an early f r ame is liable, especially th ose an exercise and frequentlyge arise from wan female period of , life, : they create t neral debility of the sy stem and nervousnhaaPpaetite, correct indigestion, remove giddiness disorders, pains headache, and are eminently useful in wi ndy Palpitation of the heart : beingstomach, shortness of breath, and used with safety in all per fectly innocent, may be season s and climates. ' ion of Dr. Osborne, an eminent The following is the op in . . nto Sir Patrick Dr um 11 , • and Physician rum 11, practitioner of Dublin, In one of his recent lectures, and the Mercers' Hospital. • reported in the Dublin Medical ...... Journal, he makes the fol lowing remarks on this Medicine ILL " THE WIDOW WELCH'S i D s,—These Pills have an extensive sale, and are in high andlong-established repute, , S tc .m i n as an effectual remedy in removing 0 bstructions lady under y females. One ofthem was given to a you n g same night; care, with the desired effect following on the and three other cases came to my knowledge , in which similar result followed their use." • tV7 - It is necessary to inform the Public t h a t KEARS LEY'S is the only ORIGINAL and GENUINE MEDI CINE of this description ever made, and has been prepared by the m f or more than FIFTY YEARS !! Purchasers are. particularly requested to reniark, that, as a testimony o f authenticity, eac h Bill o f Di rect i ons conta i ns - an affidavi t , and bears the signature of " C. KEARSLEY," in writing, and each box is wrapped in white paper. Sold, 'Wholesale and Retail, by J. Sanger, 150, Oxford street, Londo n ; Clay, Fisher, and Blake, Bold-street; Johnson, Elllison, Thompson, and Rawle, Church-street ; Priestley, Lord -street ; Dean, Lathbury, and Colquhoun, Castle-street ; Aspinall, St. James-street ; Titherington, and Bradford, Oxford -street ; •Bird, Great George-street ; Eg gleston, Copperas-hill ; m.Guffie, Oldhall-street ; Owen, London-road, Liverpool; and by all respectable Medicine Venders in town and country. ~~ THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 2d instant, MRS. CLARKE'S BENEFIT, ou which occasion MR. MACREADY, of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, has kindly granted the aid of his valuable services, and will, for the first time here, perform his original character of CLAUDE, MELNOTTE, in the Play of THE LADY OF LYONS ; ,Positively the only Night of his Appearance. After which, a new Farce, called THE WINDMILL. And a new Farce called LUCKY STARS; or, The Cobbler of Cripplegate. EDINBURGH, LEITH, & NEWHAVEN RAILWAY. QUEEN'S VISIT. THE DIRECTORS beg to intimate to the Public, that 11 with the view of meeting the demand for conveyance to and from the Sea-coast on the Day of Her Majesty's Arrival, and during the Stay of the Royal Fleet in the Forth, they have resolved to anticipate the Opening of the Line with Locomotives by Opening, for this occasion, with Carriages worked by Horses. On WEDNESDAY first, the 31st current, and until farther notice, the Trains will Start every Half-hour, from Scotland street and Trinity respectively, from Nine o'clock Morning to Seven o'clock Evening. A. G. FIELD, Secretary. Railway Office, 14, St. Andrew-street, August 27, 1842. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. TAKE NOTICE, those Persons who are still indebted to the Estate of the late THOMAS PEARSON, Timber Merchant, who died August 25th, 1842, are reqfiested within Twenty-one days from this Notice, to cause the same to be settled, otherwise legal means will be strictly enforced with out further Notice. And all those to whom the Estate of the late Thomas Pearson stands indebted, and who may not have sent in their Demands, are requested by the above notice, under the pain of forfeiting their Claims, to hand in the same to Mr. ROGER LEECH, Accountant, South Castle-street, in order that the same be examined, and, if correct, forthwith discharged by the surviving Executor, who will not hold himself responsible for any Claims after the expiration of this Notice. THOMAS CASSON, Coach Builder, Bold-street, Executor to the Estate. Sept. 2, 1842.. (Errors excepted.) INSTITUTION FOR THE CURE OF DISEASES OF THE HEAD, CHEST, STOMACH, AND BOWELS, No. 51, ISLINGTON, BETWEEN CLARE-STREET AND ST. ANNE-STREET. Attendance EVERY DAY from NINE o'clock. THE Institution for the Cure of Diseases so general and important as those of the HEAR, CHEST, STOMACH, and BOWELS, will be found, among other advantages, to comprise the following recommendations to extensive notice and support. lst.—lt is open every day, for gratuitous advice to the Poor ; their claims to attention being constituted simply and at once by the fact that they are labouring under ailments for the cure of which they seek advice. 2nd,—lt is available to respectable Individuals and Families of the UPPER and MIDDLE CLASSES, when they require the services of a regularly educated and authorised Physician. Accordingly, Advice and Attendance may be had on this reasonable consideration, namely, that the professional remu neration or charge will be on a scale suitable to the circurn stances or rank of the patient. This arrangement will meet the case of those who cannot afford to give the large fees usually expected to be paid to a Physician. lair THE INSTITUTION FOR THE CURE OF DISEASES OF THE HEAD, CHEST, STOMACH, AND BOWELS is open every day. ADVICE FROM NINE O'CLOCK UNTIL TWELVE AT NOON. FAMILY ATTENDANCE, AND PATIENTS VISITED AT THEIR OWN RESIDENCES, AS USUAL. J. S. THOII.BURNE, M.D., Liverpool. 51, Islington, July, 1842. STEAM NAVIGATION. (From yesterday's Times.) Allusion was made, a very short time back, under this head, to the discouraging situation of the various projects connected with steam navigation across the Atlantic, since they appear to be hastening at an accelerated pace towards final abandonment and ruin. The refitting of the ominous " ten-gun" brigs by the admiralty is talked of, to supply the place of the steam-vessels of the West India Mail Packet Company ; the Great Western Steam-ship Company, trad ing between Bristol and New York, are stated publicly to be in such pecuniary difficulty as to be compelled to bring the whole concern to an early close ; and the North American Mail Company, the only party now left to prosecute the enter prise of steam communication with;America, are appealing to Government and to the trading interest to afford them a more efficient support, without which they also must throw up their contract, and that rapid and safe mode of intercourse be finally relinquished' It will be quite apparent from the previous history of the last named company, that they must form the chief depend ence of the two countries in this respect, and that if they cannot succeed none can. It is stated to be composed of about 30 proprietors only, and to differ from joint stock con cerns generally in confiding the whole management to two individuals, Mr. G. Burns, of Glasgow, and Mr. David Maciver, of Liverpool, who are the individuals recognized by Government as the contractors. Though usually termed " Cunard's line," after Mr. Cunard, of Halifax, that gentle man is only one of the general proprietors. On the 4th of July, 1840, they commenced the first voyage of the contract service of carrying the American mails, for which the Go vernment was under agreement to pay £60,000 per annum, but within nine months the managing partners made the mortifying discovery that the undertaking was a losing one, and that the whole capital they had embarked in it must be sacrificed unless they could obtain some further assistance from Government. On the representation they made, arebearing of the case was permitted, and after a most rigid investigation into their affairs, in the course of which it was proved, though they carried a great number of pa ssengers and light cargo besides, that their receipts could not cover the expenditure, an addition of £20,000 a year was conse quently made to their allowance from the Government. With this advantage, they were encouraged to struggle on since that period with this undertaking, but still find, with their large capital of £300,000, and the intelligence and indus try brought to bear its employments, and returns no profit. These statements are denied, it should be observed. from a publication at Liverpool, apparently under the influence of the parties engaged in this undertaking, but there is no reason for believing that it has given an untrue or an exaggerated account of their situation, which, if they did, would be easly exposed and re-act upon themselves, and hence it may be admitted that the manner in which their appeals is to be dis posed of has become a public question. After making this admission, however, the mode of dealing with it is by no means rendered so clear by the parties them selves as it ought to be in such a case. They advert vaguely to possible attemps at competition with them, based upon the wreck of other undertakings, and seek, perhaps too eagerly, to establish what ought to be self-evident; after the ex perience acquired under their own contract, that no under taking for steam conveyance across the Atlantic can suc ceed, unless united with the service of the Government in the transport of the mails. Any department of the Government, to which in regular course their appeal ougth to be made in a direct manner, would require some better guide, and demand of the complainants not only an exposition of the grievances under which they la boured, but some specific suggestions of such a remedy as they themselves feel to be applicable to their situation. If the terms of their contract are still too low, let them state what ought to be a matter of no difficulty after the long experience they have gained, what terms they do require to work the con tract with that advantage to themselves to which they are honouiably entitled, and the question would then speedily be brought to some issue. The government cannot, and the public will not, through indolence and inattention to such matters generally, do anything to keep off that rivalry which the North American Mail Company seem to dread, and which, if their position is a sound one, they ought as little to apprehend as the Bank of England or the East India Company the puny attempts of Tay petty trading corpora tion. The contract with this company has been impugned on the ground that it is a monopoly, and bad in principle, and that the management of such an undertaking should devolve upon the government itself, at whatever loss, as one means, among others, of gradually creating an efficient steam naval force ; but we should prefer leaving this in pri vate hands to those of the Admiralty or any other public de partment. The dangerous and laborious service in which they are to be employed secures a supply of vessels of the best class and upon the best principles ; and, therefore, leav ing all other advantages out of the question, we should be glad, not only to see the North American Company secured in permanence to the public service, but an attempt made to re-organise on better principles, and under more prudent management, that West India Company of which'the ruin is pronounced to , be all but certain. To return to the old vicious system of the West India packets and ten-gun brigs is a misfortune : to recede from the great project for a com munication by steam with America, so long successfully worked, and to the future success of which the want of money is the only impediment, is a national disgrace. Fu ture improvements in this navigation may render that pro fitable hereafter which is not so at present ; but if the chain is once broken, any attempts of that kind will be without a motive. THE POTTERY RIOTS.—Tne Staffordshire Advertiser has the following estimate of the loss occasioned by the des truction of property during the riots in the Potteries : " We have made some inquiry as to the estimated amount of damage, but find that accurate estimates have not been pre pared. - The following are rough calculations, but will be very far from the exact amounts when computed. At Mr. Parker's (Albion House), where the destruction of property was complete, and where very little property was got away before the rioters began, and not even the plate was saved, the loss is estimated at from £4,000 to £5,000. At the Rev. E. Aitkens's, the loss is estimated at £2,000. Mr. Aitkens was more fortunate than his neighbour Mr. Parker, as he was able to secure his own plate, and also the communion plate, which was in the house at the time. The worthy clergyman also managed to send away several manuscripts, a few of his books, and part of his clothes ; and since the des truction, some of his books and a few other articles have been restored. At Mr. Rose's, Penkhull, the loss cannot be less than from £7OO to £800; and at Mr. Allin's, Great Fenton, we learn it is something less than £4OO. At Dr. Vale's, of Longton, where a fine library was partly destroyed and partly stolen, and where the spoliation of property was carried as far as possible, and the house greatly injured by fire and the merciless Impds of the mob, the damage cannot, we should think, be mnck short of £1,500. Putting these sums together, and making a proportionate addition for the various s e done other at p I M aoo r. s Mason's, desoribed s t t e h r e ' s, totaland d damage the a g e in our Mr. F °rr last, e done appears to be about £lo,ooo. The loss will have to be made good by the hundred. - - - - At the meeting of the Irish Repeal Association, on Mon day, Mr. Burke, a working-man, moved the adoption of an address from the Repeg i l Board of Trade to the Teetotallers of Ireland, calling upon them to pledge themselves to use with but Irish manufactures ; and supported the motion me statistics. He contended that there were Irish betweenabsentees resident in Ireland ; for what difference was there room with English . a man in Dublin purchasing foreign manufactured articles s T n h d ey a person (i residing in London doing the same thin g ? many hats ponrettehnedierd heads patriotscoming nd h e h had do seen persons frothin,, who ou i, t. of the mou th, an d sa yi ng th e y wou ld die for Ireland, rlonger conde sc e n ded to visit them. There were three m during the yea r ; w hi ch , of hats imported into Ireland employ 18,000 work men ; if manufactured in Ireland, would £350,000 a-year. Ever'yasne give wage s to the amount of chant's counter was now a i n come ; and while the produce of means till and every mer fof draining Ireland of her by steamers, these vessels come bacicts the soil was carried away l f reighted g t h h t e e d national with rain manufac turedbye e t o 1 1 a r s with medals, articles, which served to comp lete depriving the people of work. not a shame to men tion,£2ol,ooo bad been expended in Birrningba that even to supply the Irish T , ; (1 1 , 0 jihich ought not to have gone out of the country ? The :urge, was car .ineoorffer ried. Mr. O'Connell read a communication from M r , suffrage. der of the Complete Suffrage Association, approving o f of the Repeal Association to unite with that body to effect their common object—an extension of the v..Nt \\z' A CHINESE STORY. THE LEARNED TAILOR. " (Translated from the Chinese by llf. Stanislas Julien, Mem ber of the Institute.) [The . following narrative, extracted from the judicial records of China, is interesting, inasmuch as it gives some curious particulars and details relative to the manners and character of the people of the " Celestial Empire."] There formerly resided in the-province of Chan-Yong a worthy Bachelor of Arts, whose family name was Pang, and his surname Ing-Fong. He went some time ago in the capi tal, for the purpose of taking his degree as licentiate, in com pany with his wife Hiu-Chi. On arriving at the gate called " Si-boa-Men," (the gate of the " Flower of the West,") they proceeded to the Hotel of Madame Wang. Here he found, to his great regret, that the examination would not take place for six months to come ; he was, therefore, di sirous of returning home to his family,—but the journey was a long one, and his funds were exhausted. He was conse quently compelled to remain at Pekin until the examination should take place. His wife (Hiu-Chi) remained all day long in a room in the first floor, where she occupied her time in embroidering pillow cases and shoes adorned with flowers ; she then went out and sold her handicraft, in order thereby to earn a subsistence for herself and husband. '` At this period there lodged in the house of a M. Tchou, situate opposite the hotel of Madame Wang, a certain licen tiate possessing the not very euphonous patronymic of Yao hong-In. Having repeatedly gazed upon the face of Madame Hiu (the wife of the candidate for university honours,) the bloom upon which far eclipsed that of the peach-blossom, he inquired a few particulars concerning her of Madame Wang, and asked her to what province she belonged. " She is," replied the lady, " the wife of M. Pong, Bachelor of Arts." " I should like uncommonly," replied Yao, " to, have a few moments' conversation with her ; could you by any means procure me an interview with her ?" Madame Wang per ceived the secret intentions of Yao, and immediately devised a stratagem. "I can do much better," she exclaimed, " than merely procuring you an interview. The worthy Bachelor of Arts is now rather hard up for cash, and he will not be sorry to obtain a little by selling his wife !"—" If that be the case," answered Yao, I leave this affair altogether in your hands, and I agree beforehand to all the arrange ments which you may think proper to make." Madame Wang, being aware that M. Pong was really in want of money, and that moreover he was in debt for the rent of his apartments, immediately went up stairs in order to see Madame Hiu. She found her seated near her bus band. "M. Pong !" exclaimed the landlady, " you had better go to the outside of the southern gate of the palace, as you may there obtain some profitable employment in writing placards, &c." " Madame Wang is right," replied his wife, " pray go there immediately." Mg-Fong yielded to their entreaties, took a little brush, and proceeded without delay to the southern gate of the pa lace to obtain employment in copying bills and placards. Soon after his arrival, an officer attached to the Imperial Observatory stopped Ing-Fong, and asked him whether he was a calligraphist. Upon his answering in the affirmative, the officer conducted him to the Imperial Observatory, and , presented him to his excellency Li, by whom he was ordered to go to the eastern gallery and eopy some reports addressed to the Emperor. In the evening he returned to his hotel, and exclaimed to Madame Wang and his wife, " Thanks to your good advice. I have succeeded in gaining admittance to the Imperial Ob servatory, where I am employed in the office of his Excel lency Li, as a copier of official documents." Our affairs are looking up wonderfully," replied Madame Hin to her husband, " it is now your turn to give some proofs of your zeal and application." At these words Madame Wang was transported with joy. "M. Pong," cried she, " his Excel lency Li is extremely partial to persons who are assiduous and hardworking ; if, when you go back to-morrow to your office. you remain there one whole month without returning home (!) his Excellency will be filled with esteem for you, and if, at a future period, you should solicit any employment you will perhaps obtain it through his extensive influence. As for your wife, do not be at all uneasy on her account, she shall continue to reside with me I" Ing-Fong yielded to these arguments without making the least opposition. He went away, taking with him his little boy, and did not re-appear at the hotel of Madame Wang for several days. The last-mentioned lady ran without a moment's delay to the licentiate Yao, and informed him that M. Pong was dis posed to sell his wife. Yao could hardly contain himself for joy, and eagerly inquired what price he demanded. Madame Wang replied that he only asked 100 ounces of silver (equal to 750 f., or about £3O sterling I) Yao immediately counted out the 100 ounces, adding 10 ounces more (equal to 75f.) as commission money for Madame Wang. Madame Wang/ then asked Yao to what country he was about to proceed, in order to fulfil the duties of his new ap pointment. He replied, that he had been appointed to the prefecture of Tchin-Lieou. " M. Pong promises," added Madame Wang, " that just as you are on the point of embark ing, he will send his wife to the boat in a sedan-chair." " I set out immediately," replied Yao ; " I will therefore wait for her in the boat, which is now lying in the bay of Tchang." Madame Wang hereupon summoned some porters, and re turned to seek - Madame Hin. " Madame," she exclaimed, " your husband is employed in the office of his Excellency Li, who gives him board and lodging, and makes him ex ceedingly comfortable. He has just sent some porters to carry you thither, in order that you may live with him." Madame Hiu instantly packed up her clothes, and got into the sedan-chair; which was conducted by Madame Wang to a boat lying in the bay of Tchang, already mentioned. Madame Hiu, having got out of the chair, perceived that it was a Mandarin's boat. She accordingly turned to Madame Wang, and asked her why she was brought to this place, when her husband had sent for her to come and live with him at the Observatory. " Madame," answered the land lady, " I must tell you the plain truth. M. Pong, finding himself in a state of extreme distress, is fearful lest your life should be made unhappy. He has therefore given you up, in order that you might become the wife of M. Yao, who is now prefect of Tchin-Lieou. As that gentleman is not yet married, he will treat you as a lady of the highest rank. Could you possibly meet with better luck ? Here is the deed by virtue of which M. Pong transfers you to another husband for the ' consideration' of 100 ounces of silver. Look at it, and you will see that I speak the truth !" Madame Hiu had not even the courage to glance at this pretended contract, but lowered her head without uttering a syllable. She was, in short, compelled to accompany the Prefect Yao to the town to which he was appointed. At the expiration of one month the worthy Bachelor of Arts, M. Pong, returned; and not finding his wife he called up Madame Wang, and asked her where his beloved Hiu-Chi was gone. The latter, after first complaining of his unjust suspicions, replied, "A short time ago you sent hither some porters with orders to take your wife away, and conduct her to your new place of residence. You now come and declare that you have seen nothing of her, for the base purpose of cheating me out of my r en t. Butl am not to be robbed in this way. No! I will go immediately in quest of the soldiers belonging to the tribunal (of justice); 1 shall then, at all events, make sure of your person, and stand some chance of being paid." Poor Ing-Fong, being unfortunately without a farthing of money in his pocket, entreated Madame Wang not to prosecute him, and retired, vainly attempting to stifle his tears and sobs. Ing-Fong, six months after this event, being still in a state of the most abject poverty, applied himself to the study of the " craft and mystery" of tailoring, and ultimately set up shop as a " knight of the shears." One day Teng, the secre tary to the Tribunal of the Magistracy, was in want of a tailor. He happened to meet Ing-Fong and took him home to his house. Ing-Fong had already been employed a fort night in making for the secretary a new suit of clothes, when Tsin-Tsai, a young domestic attached to the office of Teng, happened by chance to bring the tailor two cakes for his luncheon. Ing-Fong, perceiving that his son was wrapt in a profound sleep, kept the two cakes with the intention of giving him his share when he awoke. Upon Tsin-Tsai, en quiring why he did not eat the cakes, Ing-Fong related to him from beginning to end the dire misfortune which had befallen him. " Sir," exclaimed Tsin-Tsai, sobbing, " I will henceforth eat no more cakes, but will keep all that are given me to appease the hunger of your son." When Tsin-Tsai returned to the house of his master, he related to Madame Teng all that he had just heard. Now, it happened curiously T e enough h that M w . f . e T w e a n a g a w t r a u s e k a native t h o e f a t e h e e o u province n o h f y C T h a an in Tsai ; she ordered him to call in the tailor, and stationing herself behind a screen, requested him to relate the whole of his story from beginning to end. Ing-Fong related, with many tears, all the circumstances attending the abduction of his wife. When he had concluded, she said to him, " Mr. Bachelor of Arts, you have no occasion to make any more clothes. Remain in my house until the return of my hus band, to whom I will explain your situation, and whom I will also entreat to procure you a situation." A short time afterwards, M. Teng re-entered his house. " Sir," said Madame Teng to him, " This tailor of yours is no common working man, but a - Bachelor of Arts, of the province of Cban-Tong, who is waiting to take his degrees as licentiate. His wife having been stolen away from him, he found him self in utter destitution, and learned the trade of a tailor, in order to earn a scanty subsistence ' • pray, Sir, use your inter est in favour of this poor man, who, I would add, is a fellow countryman of yours." M. Teng then called Pong-Ing-Fong, and said to him, " As you say you are a Bachelor of Arts, have the goodness to show me your diploma." Ing-Fong drew from his bosom a little silken bag, from which be took his diploma and pre sented it. Teng, seeng that the tailor's story was true, said to him, " Mr. Bachelor of Arts, your examination will not take place untill the 4th moon of next year. Draw up, to-morrow morning, a petition, stating that you belong to a distant province, and that it is impossiblb for you to wait until the examination takes place. I will sup port the prayer of your petition, and will afterwards endea vour to procure you a situation." Ing-Fong followed the instructions of M. Teng—drew up his petition, and presented it to the Minister of the Magistracy. Teng immediately got him appointed assistant prefect of Tchin-Lieon. As soon as Ing-Fong had received the official intimation of his appoint ment, he went to take leave of Madame Wang, his former' hostess. That lady, having poured forth a volley of con gratulations, asked him to what province he was appointed. Ing-Fong replied, that he was nominated assistant prefect of Tchin-Leion. On hearing this, Madame Wang was terribly frightened, and knew not what in the world to do ! " Your Excellency," exclaimer; she to Pong, " has resided in my house for several years, and I fear I have been wanting in respect to your Excellency ! Permit me to present your Ex cellency with a robe of blue cloth, and to tie up your Excel lency's hair with satin ribands of five different colours. Pray when does your Excellency set out?" "To-morrow morn ing," replied Ing-Fong, who forthwith took his leave and departed. Madame Wang immediately summoned her little brother, Wang-Ming-I, and said "Pong, who was a short time ago merely a Bachelor of Arts, has just ob tained a high appointment. Teng, the Secretary to the Minister of the Majestry, has intrusted him to carry 500 ounces of silver to his family. Run after him—kill him, and bring me back his head ! We will then divide the moneylinto three portions, of which you shall take two, and myself one !" Wang-Ming -I foilowed her advice, and suc ceeded, by travelling day and night, in overtaking Pong at I stoppings h e L m u i t a lp - o T e ff .d s l i h n i g s him, Excellency'saHaltn and d r! drawing nh r giee head, when e w th hisoe nkPntoihnf knife. He knife, et providentiallyhwe a a same o time ut to o h u e t re o u f p h o i n s a h h a a n n d d , o a n n e d d fell a upon m urd t e h r e ou g a ro i u n n te d n . t ioNnV,aanngd asked Pong wheth er , himself t o the v d e u n r g i e n a g nc h e is st ori anyd indignation n Pekin, ati on he o fa n h y a n d o ex poseddy Ing-Fong informed him with t ears o f th e con d uct o f M a d ame Wang. Mn acquainted h him ad received from that return wi tht the e woman. He barba rousthen commission i which contented himself with cutting off a few tresses also gave Ming-I th e ro b e an p fr r o e m vio t u h s e ly c . hild T ' h s e he l a a d tt . er Itnogo-k t , F , ,I? presented him s ome d a y s ,:biaeg.nhs and as v ae t s h iaknigs proof Ireod a o n f d mo c i carried o e hu d egr t ,e h ta e ir tn i ee with which Madame Wang back to Madame Wang. At these words she tw il ha a es c l tfi l r e el l ls o esd r e s o w f iot A fh r hj t oi s ay , ' haa s ni a rd i d ae xn h de e a ; imi s erdo,b_e " Thanks to your exer tions ! the root of the misfortune is extracted !" Ing-Fong, meanwhile, proceeded to Tcbin-Lieou ; he had resided there some months in his new capacity,buwthheanvihnigs sons happened by chance to enter the house of Prefect Yao! His wife, on beholding the child, instantly rec ogn i sed h i m as her long-lost son, but s he was utterly at a l oss to imagine what had brought him to that part of the country. Y ao - Hong-In in the meantime having prdteopaacrosemcdreeaeasnnp,d parta k e' lendid of ban iqtrtkinavdiatmede hiiisiandjwuana placed ctand leis A s wifei i n stant-Prefect her f ormer l beh s recognised in the person of the husband Pong, she hastily rushed from her place of conceal ment, and Ing.Fong having also at the same moment recog_ nized his beloved wife Hiu-Chi, the long divided pair rushed into each other's arms, shedding oceans of tears. After the first emotions of joy had subsided, they related by turns all the incidents that had happened to them since their unfor- 1 tunate separation. The Prefect Yao was so terrified, that he remained motionless as a statute, without been able to utter a single ejaculation. The happy pair returned together to their house, where the mother was once more re-united to her beloved child. Ing-Fong immediately addressed a com plaint to the tribunal of Khai-Fong-Fou. The judge, Pao- Kong, was highly indignant at the conduct of the Prefect, and reported the case to the Emperor. He condemned Yao to work as a slave in the garrison of Wou-lin. Not content with this, he also despatched two of his myrmidons (rejoic ing in the names of Tchang-Long-E and Tchao-Hou) to the capital, with orders to repair to the gate of the " Flower of the West." These trusty emissaries seized Madame Wang and brought her before the tribunal of the angry judge, who, having examined her, inflicted upon her a condign and sum mary, punishment, well worthy of the days of Caliph Haroun Al Raschid. The judge first caused her to receive 100 stripes with a bamboo rod, after which he sentenced the wretched woman to immediate decapitation in the market-place, to the intense satisfaction of all the inhabitants. THE MAYOR'S DEFENCE OF THE MANCHESTER BOROUGH MAGISTRATES. At a late hour we have received a report of the speech of Mr. Nield, the mayor of Manchester, at a meeting of the council of that town, on Wednesday last, in exculpation of the conduct of the borough magistrates during the recent disturbances. We should have liked to give this document entire. We are compelled, however, by the demands upon our space to restrict ourselves to a few passages. Mr. Maude was called upon to deal with that case in one moment ; and he had no information to justify him, as a magistrate, in taking any other course than the one he did take. It is said that' Mr. Maude was so stupid that he allowed the procession to pass through the town without doing any thing to arrest its progress. What is the fact? The procession was in the town. Mr. Maude asked what was their object ? "We wish," said they, "to go to Ste venson's-square, to excite a feeling of compassion on our behalf." Where are you from ?" " From Ashton." "You / have no business to go to Stevenson's-square, and I shall not allow you to do so : you must return home by a certain direction." Now at that very moment the turn out at the mills had commenced. The people went home ; the town was cleared of them. There was no evidence to show that these were the people who had turned out the individuals from the mills ; and there was no evidence to show Mr. Maude that this was not a procession of the very same character of which he had seen a great many others. Had Mr. Maude known, what was the fact, that the, mills in Ashton, Dukinfield, Hyde, Stalybridge, and Oldhani, bad all been turned out, it would have made a wide difference iu his proceedings. He knew nothing of the kind. Mr. Maude, or we, as magistrates, may be told that it was our business to go to Ashton, Hyde, and all these places. I submit that if it is in the province of the magistrate to be a police-officer, that may be so; but I have yet to learn for one that that is _my duty, and I beg to decline it. (ApplausA.) We were, as we have stated, in perfect ignorance of all these circum stances ; therefore we are not answerable for that which has occurred at all. (Hear, hear.) It is known to most members of the council—perhaps not to every one—that on the Tues day when this occurred I was in London on business relative to bills before parliament connected with corporation affairs. The business which took me to London was concluded on the Tuesday ; and I arrived in Manchester on the following morning, by the first railway train from Birmingham. When 1 arrived at my own house, the first sight which struck me as unusual was the demolition of the lodge win dows at our works. This filled me with astonishment; I came to inquire the cause, and heard what it was. There fore, instead of being allowed an hour's rest, linstantly ordered a cab, and directed my horse to follow me to the Town-hall. When I arrived there I found my friend Mr. Maude was there, with Colonel Wemyss, and Sir Charles Shaw. We immediately mounted our horses, and put our selves at the head of the military. The magistrates were immediately assembled, and we immediately began to consider the measures that it was necessary for us to adopt. The borough magistrates never lost their post : on the Wed nesday night I don't recollect any magistrate sleeping at the York Hotel ; but from Wednesday night to the present time they have always been sleeping there; and I am not aware that up to yesterday this post has been left for one hour, night or day, Sunday or week-day, since the occurrence of these circumstances. (Applause.) Mr. Beswick's services have been extremely valuable to the magistrates on this oc casion. (Hear, hear.) This local knowledge, not only of the localities of the town, but of the people with whom he had to deal, has been of very great advantage to us—(bear, bear) ;—and I am happy to say that I don't recollect one single instance in which his information has at all misled us. (Applause.) But, gentlemen, I will say that although a force was thus organised of 400 to 500, with their periods of service varying according to circumstances and relieving each other, yet these were wholly inadequate to meet what occurred ; fur, in the out-districts of the borough, bands of persons were prowling about, partly begging and partly in timidating; and we had the most strenuous complaints, which the force then at our disposal rendered it impossible for us adequately to meet. The mayor then noticed the reasons for calling the council together, and spoke highly of the zeal of the coupcillors. FASHIONABLE LADY SWIMMERS IN FRANCE (From a Correspondent of the Morning Post.) The lingering lionesses (of fashion) occupy public atten tion by the display of a new accomplishment, in which they promise to surpass the greatest masters of the art—this art being that of swimming ! If you pass betwixt four and six o'clock before the establishment of cold baths on the Quai d'Orsay, you behold there the most brilliant equipages of the fairest leaders of fashion—equipages awaiting the Pari sian Naids, whose gambols in the (doubtfully) pure stream of Father Seine their shouts and laughter do not allow you to doubt of. Amongst the most celebrated and the most in trepid of they fair swimmers are found the pretty blue stocking COn2tesse d'Hausse—and the Comtesse de S—, chief favourites of the river god ; and in right of this protec tion, boldly venturing out in the open tide of the river. But a short time back they had a rival, who outshone them all. The brilliant Marchioness de C—, who has deserted the flowery banks of the Seine for the shores of the ocean, where she dictates the laws of fashion and gives the ton, and is im plicitly obeyed by the fair English as well as the browner French voyageuses. During the whole summer natation had become the ruling passion of this lovely and eccentric Marchioness, and had supplanted the love of field sports and Havannah cigars. Fortunately at Dieppe she is able to in dulge in this new all surpassing fancy, and to execute her exquisite feats and dimly-discerned attitudes on a bolder scale. At Dieppe, the rendezvous of the most distinguished society in Europe, instead of bathing machines, little tents are set up on the beach—the ladies put on, besides close fitting jackets, those wash leather unmentionables considered in England as the insignia of domestic domination, an d at tended e ach by a professgr of the art, boldly venture out to sea. Nothing so startling, when you are out rowing, than to encounter all at once a lovely Nereid, with the attendant Triton, breasting the wave! The author of this revolution of fashion amongst Parisian ladies is becoming daily more and more popular. His name is Ouarnier. The illustrious Ouarnier, proprietor of the rendezvous of all young and pretty women in Paris—professor of natation to venturesome beauties. This man is decidedly a demi-god on earth—he enjoys the privilege of beholding exclusively the sports of I the fairest nymphs of the globe, When unadorned, adorned the most." They all seek his approbation, of which the least glance is the greatest of favours. As I listened on the quay I heard one lady crying out, "0 M. Ouarnier, tenez moi !" Others, M. Ouarnier, je me jette ! M. Ouarnier, je fais la Planche ! M. Ouarnier, je fais la Perche !" Such are the piquantes, exchimations and adjurations that burst out simultaneously from the voices of 200 syrens, and to which he must answer as fast as he can—the most obese, black, and stunted mortal imaginable, but at the same time the most clever, virtuous, and valiant of master swimmers. CRICKET.—The match between Sussex (with Fuller Pilch: and All England, terminated on Wednesday in favour of Sussex by six runs. BIGAMY .—The Rev. Stephen Aldhouse, late lecturer at Allhallows, London, was sentenced to seven years' trans portation, at the London Central Criminal Court, for the crime of bigamy. CHOLERA. — Several cases of this malignant disease have just occurred, both in Shields and Newcastle, in not a few instances they have terminated fatally. The disease, of course, is traceable to the immense quantities of unripe fruit everywhere exposed, and the warm weather conjoined. During the sitting of the Wesleyan Conference in Lon don, 53 young ministers were ordained. The Rev. J. Jack son retires from the editorship of the Magazine, and is to be succeeded by the Rev. G. C u bitt, w i t h t h e Rev. J. S. Stamp, as assistant. The Centenary Fund has realised £210,000 ; £BO,OOO of borrowed money on chapels had been paid off, and the debt of the Missionary Society (£30,000) has been reduced two-thirds. BONE-BARGAINS.—A living ass is said to be better than a dead lion ; but old Cobbett once fancied he could make a something out of the bones of Tom Paine, which (or some other person's ?) he brought over from America, and offered for sale in London. Last week a still more extraordinary bargain was proposed, by advertisement in the Times news paper, viz., the skeleton of Jonatha n Wild, for so small a sum as £5. Surely the author of "Jack Sheppard" would give twice as much for it by private contract. The following delicate mode of conveying a hint, which we copy from one of the Jamaica papers, shows, that in the way of " politeness," the West Indians may even set an example to ourselves :—A CARD.—A huge dead dog, whose body is at present lying on the Parade, near to the Poor house, presents his respectful compliments to the Police officers, and requests-that his remains may be removed as speedily as possible, to supersede the necessity of an inquest being held on him, by the worshipful John Crows. Tuesday night's Gazette announces that the Queen has conferred the honour of Knighthood upon Charles George Young, Esq., Garter Principal King at Arms. It also notifies that in consideration of the distinguished gallantry displayed by the 13th Light Infantry during the campaigns in the Bur mese empire and Affghanistan, her Majesty has approved of that Regiment's assuming the title of the 13th or Prnye Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry, and of its facings being changed from yellow to blue. MARRIAGE OF THE CROWN PRINCE OF HANOVER.— The Hanover Gazette of the 22d ultimo, contains a royal proclamation, signed " Ernest Augustus," invoking the blessings of Providence upon the nuptials of the Crown Prince. "The amiable and elevated qualities of the bride," says the proclamation," and the reciprocal cordial attachment so much at of the a ffi anced couple, allow us confidently to hope that the happiness of our beloved son, which we ha ve heart, is fully secured by this union. May div ine Providence bestow upon this union its choicest blessings. We are assured that our faithful subjects will unite with as in these our fervent wishes and prayers." FOREIGN MEAT.—The season is now at hand when the preserved meats of Hamburg will be in perfection, and we may then hope for a good supply of them, being prepared ourselves, from personal experience, to assert their excellence, and the probability of their becoming a favourite article here. Some excellently flavoured meat, received from South America, has recently been shown here on 'Change, and the numerous tasters among the m erchants generally exp r essed their approval of it. Of this we can procure an abundant quantity, if the preservation of it succeeds so as to bear a long voyage; for even lightly-salted meats for the continent are apt to suffer before they reach the dealers here.— Observer. The Liverpool steamer has brought advices from Lisbon of the 22d instant. Prince Frederick of Austria had arrived in that city in the Bellona frigate, and had set out to visit their Majesties at Cintra. The addr ess had bee n carried in the Chamber of Deputies by the G overnment, b y a majority o f 62 votes to 19. The new President had tendered his resig nation in consequence of insults he_ had received from ce a r tain of the opposition deputies, but i_tal been appeased vote of censure upon them by th e Ministerial party. The Spanish slaver lately brought into the Tagus continued to remain there ; and the Government had informed the Chamber of Deputies, in answer to an inquiry from one of the members, that it would not be allowed to s a il. Th e tariff question remained in statu quo. The t reasury was in application ha i l great difficulty, and it was repo rted that an been made to the British Government for permission to account of the postpone the payment of the instalment on expenses of General Clinton's division. AFRICAN EMIGRATION TO THE WEST INDIES. [The following letter, from a gentleman well known in ,his town, appears in the Colonial Gazette of Wednesday Last :—] AFRICAN EMIGRATION TO THE WEST INDIES. To the Editor of the Colonial Gazette. Blackheath, 6th August, 1842. Sir,—A pamphlet has lately been published by the Anti- Slavery Society, containing answers to certain queries re specting emigration to the West Indies from the coast of Africa, circulated by the society among its correspondents. The gentlemen whose replies are published, with that spirit which thinketh no evil, charitably suppose that the advocates of such emigration intend in reality-to re-establish the slave-trade. As I have advocated emigration from Africa rather pro minently, and have no desire to be considered even by the reverend correspondents of the Anti-Slavery Society as fa vourable to the commencement of a new slave-trade, I send you the copy of a memorandum on the detail of emigration which was handed to a member of the West African Com mittee, and embodies my views on the subject. I think the most impartial men will allow that the system recommended is unlike any slave-trade, ancient or modern. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, MACGREGOR LAIRD. EMIGRATION FROM AFRICA TO THE WEST INDIES, SUP POSING IT CARRIED ON BY H. M. GOVERNMENT. It is presumed that the inquiries of the West African Com mittee have satisfied them— Ist. That, owing to the unhealthy nature of the African climate, it is impossible to use European agency to any ex tent in Africa; that the agents employed to civilize and in struct the Africans there must be of their own race. 2d. That the way to create such an African agency, on a scale sufficiently great to have any effect on the vast mass of people in Africa, is to bring numbers of them into contact with Europeans and civilized men of their own race. 3d. That the British colonies in the West Indies are the only parts of the world where such a contact can take place on terms of mutual safety. Consequently, That a free emigration to and from Africa and those colo nies is the natural, the quickest, and the only way to bring such agency into play. This emigration being therefore necessary on African grounds alone, the expense, mode of conducting it, and ca pability of the colonies usefully to employ the emigrants so introduced, are important points to be considered. As to the expense. It fortunately happens that the ma chinery in this country for regulating and conducting such emigration is in existence and operation, in the shape of the Emigration Commissioners. It is desirable, on many ac counts, that no separate office should be created : no neces sity exists for it: if, eventually, the present Commissioners are overworked, their number can be added to. No expense need therefore be incurred on that head. The means of transport at present used are vessels char tered by different colonies, consigned to different agents. I object to this system ; as, though at first view it appears cheaper, in reality it is much more expensive than if done by the government ; as being liable to run into abuse from the competition of agents paid 'per head for the emigrants they procure their employers ; as creating suspicion and distrust in the minds of the Africans where they see such a competi tion and eagerness to procure them, and thereby preventing numbers availing themselves of the benefits of emigrating who would readily embark in a government vessel ; and as, under the present state of our relations with foreign powers whose flags are used in the slave-trade, liable to obstruction, delay, and misrepresentation. I have recommended the establishment of a steam-commu nication, by the government, between the coast of Africa and the West Indies, and given an estimate of its cost. Its advantages would be very great, and its cost less than any other means the government could employ. Its immediate effect on emigration would be by the quick return of the vessels to give great confidence to the people, and destroy the feeling of dread they have of the sea. Incidentally, it would have a most important effect upon the slave-trade; as it is probable that if the British government were seen en couraging free emigration to their colonies in so decided a manner, such a panic would be created in Brazil and Cuba, that not another dollar would be advanced to extend their plantations or purchase fresh slaves. They are fully aware, that with abundance of free labour, backed by the wealth of Great Britain, the colonies of Guiana and Trinidad can meet, compete, and undersell them in the markets of Europe. In this view, if the steam-communication were to cost double what it will do, the money would be well expended.* The colony receiving the emigrant should pay a certain sum per mile for the distance he has been brought, towards the expence of keeping up the steam-vessels; and binding itself to find such emigrant a free passage back to the place from whence he came after three years' residence in the colonY•t At all times, the steamers should be available to emigrants wishing to return, on payment of the rate per mile paid on their arrival in the colony. . _ _ As to the capability of the British Colonies to employ use fully and profitably a very large addition to their present po pulation, a reference to their exports in 1831 and 1840 will show, that to bring their producing powers up to what they were ten years ago, will require more emigrants than the steam-vessels proposed could convey in several years. IMPORTS FROM THE BRITISH WEST INDIES. 1831. 1840 Sugar Cwts. 4,103,800 .. . Rum C0tt0n...... Lbs. 2,401,685 .. 866,157 Pimento.... Lbs. 1,800,355 ..... 999,068 Coffee...... Lbs. 20,130,802 But much more than equalling their former production is re quired ; for the consumption' of sugar in this country would be increased by the reduction of price to at least 300,000 tons, and, by allowing its use in distilleries and breweries, to 500,000 tons per annum • which additional consumption may all be supplied by our Virest India Colonies. This is irre spective of the consumption of Europe; and the statement is made to show that we have within ourselves the power of consuming five times as much sugar from the West Indies as we now do, provided we could pay for it in manufactures. Our present consumption is paid for chiefly in goods that are peculiarly of British make, and in which we excel and un dersell the world. To show the taste of the Negro popula tion in the West Indies. a few of the items are given which comprize the increase of £1,000,000 sterling in our exports since 1831. Value of exports in 1831 Value of exports in 1840 Increase Principal articles of incresse, viz Imports for the British West Indies — Cotton G00d5.... from 21,975,459 yards, to 58,327,111 „ ... £2,500,000 3,500,000 . .. £1,000,000 Increase........ 36,451,641 yards ; Value £555,96 Increase. • 64,000 • 43,595 • 41,698 ▪ 40,081 • 40,000 34,443 • 30,000 ▪ 29,000 • 27,198 • 28,000 20,000 17,000 10,000 5,061 Soap and Candles ..... Apparel and Haberdashery Beer and Ale Butter and Cheese Leather Manufactures. Beef and Pork ... Hosiery Machinery Bacon and Hams Refined Sugar Glass Ware . Earthenware. Stationery .. Books In 1840, we paid the West Indies for 110,000 tons of sugar, in round numbers, 5j millions sterling; 3 millions were paid in manufactures, and the remainder to cover freight, charges, &c. Supposing by introducing free labour we increase the production of sugar to 500,000 tons, and lower the price from 495. ld. (the average of 1840) to 255. per hundred weight, we should pay £12,500,000 per annum to the West Indies, in manufactures to the extent of £8,000,000 and in freight, charges, profit, &c., £4,500,000 ; giving employment to 400,000 tons more shipping, and to thousands of work men in this country in all departments. These results seem visionary ; and if the same calculations were made regarding any other article of consumption, they might not be realised ; but sugar is an article of consumption in this country whose consumption is only limited by price and fiscal regulations. Reduce the one and remove the other, and in ten years it will come up to 500,000 tons, and pay at half the present duty 6,000,000 per annum to the revenue. I make these statements to show that there is an unlimited field for the profitable employment of free African emigrants in our West Indian Colonies ; that we may for years to come pass through them thousands of Africans, every individual of whom would reap a direct benefit by his contact with a clvilized society; who would be welcome to remain and be adopted into it if he chose, or if he preferred to return to his native land, would return free of expense, and impart to his countrymen a portion of the civilization he had acquired, and and stimulate others to follow his example. ' The commercial advantages would not be confined to the West Indies : these men, returning to their native country, would carry back new wants, and the knowledge requisite to create exchangeable produce to satisfy them ; an increased trade with Africa itself would be the natural result. I do not expect difficulty in procuring any amount of emi gration from Africa, provided the Home Government is con vinced that it should be done on African grounds alone, and undertake to carry it into effect. From motives of humanity I recommended the removal of a large portion of the libera ted Africans at Sierra Leone : they have certainly the first claim upon us ; and I cannot contemplate without dread their position if the Government expenditure is materially reduced or withdrawn, and they have not the opportunity of emigrating. Commencing there would also do away with a great deal of the opposition that is likely to arise at the be ginning of such an undertaking, not only from the slave trading and slave -holding interest, whose knell it would sound, but also from well-meaning men, who by some extra ordinary process have arrived at the conclusion that a neuro is better able to appreciate the blessings of Christianity and the advantages of civilized life in Africa than in the West Indies. None of these opponents . could object to the Go vernment removing these poor people from Sierra Leone to a better position; as well might they.object to our removing the starving weavers in Paisley to Canada or Australia. The first step to take is to send out positive orders to all our set tlements on the coast to receive and protect all corners, supporting them until the steamer is ready to take them to the West Indies ; this should be made known by our men of-war all along the coast, and any one once under the British flag should never be given up. I have never seen a part of Africa where, for food and protection any number of people might not be got : and I am convinced, when it becomes generally known, the natives from all parts would flock to oar settlements for embarkation; always provided that the orders of the Government were honestly and heartily followed up by their officers. On their voyage of course their treatment would be regu lated by the Emigration Commissioners. The Governors of such colonies as required emigrants should from time to time state to the Emigration Commis sioners their capacity for receiving and paying for the passage of the emigrants. Tne steamer on her voyage from Africa should make the most windward colony, Berbice ; where orders might always be lying for her, as to what colonies she might convey the emigrants to. The emigrants when landed should be at perfect liberty to choose their employers, and to accept or reject the wages offered them. The Colonial Government should keep them for ten days, in order to allow them time to make a deliberate choice. After that, a test similar to what in England is called the workhouse test should be used. The Governor should not interfere at all, even with advice as to their loca tion : their countrymen in 'the colony are their natural ad visers; and nothing is more injurious to their character as free men, than suspecting them of incapacity to act for them selves, which, apportioning them to particular estates would imply, however well meant on the part of the Government. Contracts for twelve months should be encouraged, as tending to give the emigrant habits of steady and continuous labour, Forms of such contracts should be fixed by the * The cost of a monthly communication to and from Sierra Leone and the West Indies, in steam-vessels capable of car rying 1000 emigrants of all ages each voyage, or 1200 yearly, would be £72,000 per annum, or £6 per head--about equal to the present rate paid to sailing-vessels. Twelve days would be the average passage to British Guiana, and seven teen or eighteen days back. By the last advises from Sierra Leone, the ship Superior, a very fast-sailing vessel, had been out sixty days from Demerara, with returned emigrants; and the last West India mail brought accounts of the arrival of the Cleopatra at Trinidad in sixty-two days from Sierra Leone, having been six weeks becalmed. The present emigration is going on without any such stipulation for the return. I consider it essential to the suc cess of the whole plan, as a natural and efficient guarantee that the emigrant shall be well treated by his employers —a preventive check against over-population and pauperism. Government. and none be valid except entered into before and, countersigned by a Stipendary Magistrate. To every emigrant a parchment promissory-note should be banded, dated on the day of his arrival in the colony, in some such form as this— "Three years after date, we engage to give the bearer a free passage to Sierra Leone,". &c. Signed by the Collector of Customs, and Secretary of the Government, and stamped with the Colonial seal. On an emigrant's return to Africa, a certificate of his being a British subject should be handed to him ; and if at any time afterwards he was enslaved, the enslaver, of what ever nation, should be punished as a kidnapper of her Majes ty's subjects. The native chiefs should be encouraged and invited to visit the west Indies ; and the authorities have power to order them a free passage in the steamers. All cases of dispute in which the Negro race are either plaintiffs or defendants, should he heard and adjudicated by paid functionaries appointed by the Crown. The money requisite to pay the expense of emigration should be raised by general taxation in each colony. All classes benefit by it—all should pay for it ; and in this way the emigrant himself would indirectly in three years pay the expense of his passage. EMIGRATION FROM AFRICA, SUPPOSING IT CARRIED ON BY PRIVATE VESSELS. A reference to the map will show at once the facility with which vessels with emigrants; on board can be cleared by British authorities. Commencing at our first station, the Gambia, the wind and current for ten months in the year is " down " the coast to Fernando Po : any vessel taking in emigrants to the North or West of the followinc , points would not be delayed more than from three to six days in procuring a clearance from the custom-house, or officer appointed by the Government for that purpose. At Cape Palmas H. M. Cruiser. At Cape Coast Castle The Governor. At Fernando Po H. M. Cruiser. At the Gambia From the Custom-house. At Sierra Leone . . These stations are respectively about 350 to 400 miles apart, and embrace 2,000 miles of coast. The clearer should muster the emigrants, ascertain the quality, quantity, and allowance of food and water, the pro portion of sexes, their age, description, and country, give to all an opportunity of expressing their free consent to the voyage, offer protection and a free return home to any who are dissatisfied, make out a muster-roll. sign it along with the commander of the ship, seal and address it to the go vernor of the colony to which the vessel is bound, and send a duplicate to the Custom-house in London ; another mus ter-roll, signed by the clearer, would serve for the clearance of the ship. A standing set of interrogatories might be framed in this country to be used by the clearer. It is , presumed that no man could be carried off by force under such a system ; the clearer having no interest in the matter, the conveyer being liable to transportation if con victed of smuggling any on board after clearing, arid having no inducement to run any such risk ; the emigrant being a ' free uniudentured man on his arrival in Guiana and Trinidad. , DANGEROUS ILLNESS OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. (From Monday night's Standard.) With feelings of the most unfeigned regret, it becomes our painful duty to inform our readers that the anticipations of Dr. Howley's speedy return to convalescence, in which we indulged during the latter part of last week, are not, owing to the inscrutable dispensations of Providence, likely to be realised. It will be recollected that the bulletin of Saturday announced that his Grace had passed a good night, and that he was gaining strength. During the, whole of Saturday no fresh symptoms exhibited themselves from which anything like an unfavourable conclusion might be drawn ; and, as may be gathered from the following bulletin of Sunday, the Archbishop on the preceding night bad been in a favourable condition : V- "1:11;drace the Archbishop of Canterbury had a good night, but has not been in so favourable a state during the morning, his strength having rather failed during the day. " Addington Park, Sunday afternoon." Shotrly after breakfast, however, the most Rev. Primate's health began to decline ; and his. Grace has since continued to fail in strength, as announced in the following bulletin, dated at seven o'clock this morning : " His Grace the. Archbishop has had some hours of rest less sleep, and is much weaker this morning. " Addington Park, seven o'clock, Aug. 29." The spasmodic cholera with which the Most Reverend Primate was originally attacked has not at all returned ; but the severity of his illness was such as to leave his bodily powers in that utter state of prostration, that the best medi cal skill has been ineffectual in restoring the tone of his cor poreal faculties. The Primate is in his 77th year. (From the Standard of Wednesday night.) The following is a copy of the bulletin received at Lambeth Palace this morning : " His Grace the Archbishop has passed a tranquil night, and continues much in the same state as yesterday. " Addington Park, August 3], 1842." The inquiries again this morning were very numerous. The Queen Dowager has regularly sent every day to ascertain the health of the right rev. primate. PURITY OF ELECTION. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) Mr. O'Connell and,his committee found the constituency of Belfast guilty of bribery, because some trifle of money had been expended in car hire. No other species of bribery was proved ; and it is at least to the credit of Belfast that the car hire was paid. Now in Dublin it appears that on the side of liberal elec tors bribery was held forth and car hire promised ; but the bribes were paid down on the spot, the car hire remains to this day unpaid, and the subject of litigation—ex. gr. . " LORD MAYOR ' S COURT. " Several carmen summoned Mr. Thomas Hutton, brother of the ex-M.P., for fares due to them for the use of their cars during the late election. Mr. Hutton was one of Lord Morpeth's committee, and authorised the ward club to engage six cars, one of which belonged to the complain ant. The amount claimed was £2 10s., being at the rate of 10s. per day for five days. " Adam Ward, a street agent for Lord Morpeth, deposed that he engaged the carmen, pursuant to the circular from the central committee. The complainant was one of the men so engaged. " The Lord Mayor.—As I never again intend to stand for Dublin, I may say I never knew anything so shameful as the liberal electors requiring cars to come up to vote at the last election. In Tipperary some of the voters walked 50 miles to the hustings ; in Cork some walked 100 miles ; but at the last election here nobody came up to the poll unless he was coached. (Laughter.) " Mr. Ray.—They will not even come to the registry, my lord, without cars, and they think we can hardly expect them to come to the hustings without them. They expect greater facilities at elections than at registries. " The circular from the central committee, authorising the ward club to employ the carmen, was then read. " The Lord Mayor said that he could not avoid giving a decree against Mr. Thomas Hutton. " Mr. Kelly, who attended on behalf of Mr. Hutton, con tended that the action should have been brought against all the committee, and not against an individual member of it. It would be a great hardship to make one member liable. " The Lord Mayor said, that the law made any member of the committee liable ; and as Mr. Hutton was summoned, and the case proved against him, he should give a decree against him. " His lordship was about awarding £2 to the complainant, thus cutting off 10s. of his claim, when " Adam Ward said—l think, my'Lord Mayor, it is a very unjust thing to cut down a poor carman's fare, when so much money was squandered at the last election. "The Lord Mayor.—There was no money squandered. " Ward.—Upon my oath, I know freemen to have re ceived, by their own confession, for their votes. •` The Lord Mayor.—Upon the liberal side ? " Ward.—Yes, my lord. " The Lord Mayor.—This is an additional reason why I should never again stand for Dublin. Upon your oath, did you know of any bribery at an election when I was a can didate " Ward.—No, my lord, I did not. " The Lord Mayor.—You did not ; and I would not take the return of all the cities in Ireland by bribing a single person. " Ward.—lf the freemen, my lord, received so much money at the last election, I do not see why an honest car man should be curtailed of 10s. I submit you are bound to protect these honest men in strict justice, as a reward for their honesty. " The Lord Mayor.—Oh, indeed, it is not a reward for their honesty. I decree the complainant £2 Ils. Bd. " The complainant stated that he had received les. from Dr. Kirwan, but it was given merely as a loan, and he should be obliged to repay him. " The Lord Mayor then struck off 10s., and decreed £2 Is. Sd. to the complainant." Mr. O'Connell has done with the city of Dublin, or rather the city of Dublin has done with him. He may, therefore, afford to tell the truth. But we needed not his late con fession to know how thoroughly corrupt and utterly con temptible that party was by which he and his colleagues were returned to parliament. The entire scene between the Lord Mayor of Dublin and Ward, the carman, is instructive and amusing. The most entertaining part of it, however, is the little colloquy in which his lordship endeavours to excul pate himself from sharing in the disgrace of Lord Morpeth and others. "On your oath," quoth he, " did you know of any bribery at an election where I was candidate? " No, my lord, I did not," is the ready reply • and " I would not take the return of all the cities i n Ireland by bribing a single, person," is the prompt rejoinder of his lordship. His lordship is too well read in " Joe Miller" to be un acquainted with the case in which a countryman of his own, charged on the evidence of two witnesses with stealing a shovel, urged in defenft - that he -could bring 50 witnesses that did not see him steal it. His lordship must have been a very maladroit candidate indeed, if his bribery were so pal pable as to be known to every jaunting-car driver in Dublin. DONCASTER RACES.—The town council have given £l,OOO to augment the value of several prizes. COMMITTAL OF RIOTERS. — We understand that upwards of 150 chartist rioters have been committed to York Castle for trial. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston fully intend to return to this country early in the ensuing month from Germany. Her ladyship's health is quite restored. A large quantity of American pork has been selling in this city within the last few days from Sid. to 5d., and is of ex= cellent quality.—Hampshire Independent. Sir George Ilayter has just had presented to him the splen; did casts of the Laocoon and Apollo of the Vatican, which were given by Pope Pius VII. to-the late Sir Thomas Law rence. Chester is the oldest city in England : according to Sir Thomas Eliot, it was built by a great grandson of Noah ! The mayor had formerly the power of respiting executions without previous application to the Crown. The staff of the northern district of England has been re modelled. Lieutenant -General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot takes the entire command. General Brotherton and Colonel Broke have been added to the staff. The head-quarters are to be Manchester and Bradford. It appears from the Railway Moniteur that a correspon dence has taken place between the French and American Governments on the subject of a st eam -b oat line between Havre and New York. The French Government proposed that each should supply two or three steamers. The Ameri cans have not yet come to a decision. PROGRESS OF THE IJRCII.—AII the newspapers of the American Church testify to her rapid advancement and suc cess. Even in Vermont, so l ong d epressed and dead to a sense of duty, Bishop Hopki ns b e h olds a rekindling of Gos twilight, and a glowing desire t o reeturn into " the old path. " In Maryland, we see the same good work going on : for a cm-respondent of The Banner of the Cross, writes thus : "In this diocese all we want is funds, and the Church could be established in every corner of it. On thi s eas t ern shore, the inhabitants are everywhere turning their attention to the Church. This, for a long time, as you are probably aware, has been a stronghold of Methodism. But that is on the wane." Confirmations are being held, almost weekly, by the American Bishops in every part of the United States ; and the truth, set forth in the Prayer-book, that " From the Apostle's time there have been three orders of Ministers in Christ's Church, Bishops, Priests, and Deacons," sinks deeper and deeper into the American mind. THE RECENT DISTURBANCES. At Manchester all the working classes, with the excep tion of a portion of the spinners and power-loom weavers, have returned to their respective occupations ; and there is reason to believe, that the last-mentioned class of operatives, who have been the most obstinate, will soon follow the ex ample of their fellow-workmen. 45 more mills are at full work, and on Tuesday the hands in many of the mills were partially at their posts. Only one instance of intimidation, and that comparatively trifling, has occurred in Manchester during this week. On Monday morning, about half-past seven o'clock, as Mr. Superintendent Beswick was. going round his division with a number of special constables, he observed about 50 or 50 women collected opposite Mr. Wooley's mill, River-street, Hulme. He rode round them, and found that they were using violent and threatening lan guage towards a woman named Fanny Crompton, who was going to work at the mill. After listening to their threats for some time, he apprehended a woman named Mary Casey, who was the most violent, and apparently the leader of the gathering. She was taken the same morning before D. Maude, Esq., at the Borough Court ; and, the above state ment having been given in evidence by Mr. Beswick, she was ordered to find two sureties in £2O each to keep the peace for three months, with notice of bail. GLOSSOP.—FOUR MEN SHOT. (From the Manchester Guardian.) Since our last publication, this place has been the scene of some proceedings of a more violent and lawless character than any that had previously occurred in the neighbourhood since the commencement of the disturbances. During the last week, the factories of Mr. Samuel Shepley, of Brook field, Mr. Joseph Cooper, of Holehouse Mill, and Messrs. Platts, of Hadfield Lodge, recommenced working with full complements of hands. The people employed in the ether establishments in Glossop and the neighbourhood, however, were not disposed to permit them to go on peaceably ; and on Wednesday an attack was made, by a large mob, upon the mill of Mr. Cooper, whose hands were driven out, and compelled to fly in order to avoid ill-treatment. On Friday, a similar attack was made on Mr. Shepley's factory ; but not with the same success. Mr. Shepley, having armed some of his workpeople, resisted the attack ; and a body of special constables coming promptly to the spot, the assailants were beaten off. Some of the parties engaged in these attacks being very well known, four of the ringleaders at Mr. Cooper's mill, and three of those at Mr. Shepley's mill were apprehended ; and, being brought before the the magistrates at Glossop, on Monday, they were severally identified, and committed to Derby for trial. After their commitment, Mr. Cooper and his two sons, who had been examined as witnesses against those concerned in the attack upon Holehouse Mill, were returning home across the fields, accompanied by one or two of their overlookers, when they were recognised by some women, who, by their outcries, speedily collected a mob; and the Messrs. Cooper were pur sued for some distance, and severely pelted with stones. Mr. Cooper and one of his sons, and the overlookers, succeeded in making their way into a house, where they were concealed ; but Mr. Joseph Cooper, jun. having been knocked down by a stone, fell into the bands of the rioters, who treated him with the most savage barbarity, and eventually leaving him for dead upon the ground. Indeed, we have heard that he has sustained a fracture of the skull, and that his recovery is considered extremely doubtful. As the turn-outs at Glossop had found themselves unable to turn out the hands at the factory of Mr. Samuel Shepley, and had also experienced the inconvenience of attempting outrages where their persons were well known, an intimation was forwarded to the turn-outs at Ashton and Stalybridge ; and, yesterday morning, a large body of men, beaded by some persons who are well known, proceeded in a straggling body from those places towards Glossop, with the intention of turning out Mr. Shepley's hands. These parties assem bled, to the number of four or five hundred, on the green at Wednesougk ; and, after remaining there for a short time, proceeded towards Mr. Shepley's mill, where they arrived between eleven and twelve o'clock. Having, from previous experience, been convicced of the necessity of some force being upon the premises, Mr. Shepley had caused a number of his hands to be sworn in as special con stables, and these, headed by their employer, came out of the building, and kept the rioters in check. Mr. Shepley told the mob that he was not disposed to allow his works to be stopped; and, having exhibited fire-arms, told them that he should certainly fire upon them in case they at tempted to enter his premises. The mob, regardless of his threats, advanced with loud shouts. The special constables met them outside the large door of the mill, and for some time succeeded in keeping them at bay. At length, finding that the mob were too numerous for them, they retreated ; and Mr. Shepley came out, telling the mob that they cer tainly would be fired upon if they made any attempt upon the premises. This seemed only to increase the fury of the mob ' • for they set to work with stones and bludgeons, to demolish the windows. Mr. Shepley, finding that the mob were still determined to enter the premises, ordered the con stables to retire into the building ; and, having loaded a double-barrelled gun, thrust it between the large doors and pulled the trigger. It did not, however, go off. He tried the other barrel with a similar effect ; but, on other guns being handed to him, he fired off the contents of two or three, loaded with small shot, and also a pistol loaded with ball. Persons were seen to flinch from each successive discharge ; and, as the shots were fired low, it was presumed that the parties were badly wounded, for they began to withdraw, when they found out the determination with which the place was defended. An ex press was sent off to Glossop for the assistance of the mili tary—a company of the 58th being stationed there. A re quest for the assistance of the dragoons from Stalybridge was also sent, and was complied with as soon as possible. John Cheetham, Esq. one of the magistrates of the division, having heard of the proceedings of the parties, went to the' spot as soon as possible ; and, finding how matters stood, succeeded for e time in keeping back the mob, who threat ened to pull down Mr. Shepley's mill, and murder both him and his family. At length the mob got into the fields round about the premises, and were about to com mence another attack, when the infantry appeared in sight, and so completely terrified them, that they scam pered off in all directions. Such is the account that we have heard from parties connected with Mr. Shepley. On the other hand, it is stated by persons who were pre sent with the rioters, that Mr. Shepley fired upon the mob before they arrived upon the spot ; and, it is fur ther alleged, that the wounded parties were not at all implicated in the riot. What had brought them from their own homes, however, or what they were doing there, the parties did not attempt to explain. The work-people at Ashton, on Tuesday, still remained out. At Rochdale ' though the turmoil has nearly blown over, a good deal of angry feeling and discontent has been left behind. There is no prospect of the dispute between the manufac turers and operatives, of Stockport, being brought to a close. None of the mills, except the silk mill of Messrs. Newton of Heaton Norris, have yet commenced work. At Norwich, the Jacquard weavers have struck for an ad vance. Several of the manufacturers have agreed to give the additional sum demanded. STRIKE AT DIJMEERMLINE. The whole trades in Dumfermline have now struck work. The chartists' committee have waited on the majority of the shopkeepers, soliciting subscriptions, and deputations have gone to country places on the same errand. On Thursday a public meeting was held at Crossgates, about 10,000 or 12,000 are said to have assembled ; and in the forenoon a great band of colliers marched through Dumfermline to the place of meeting. They had music and a flag with a figure of Justice, with scales in equilibrie. The meeting unanimously agreed to the suspension of labour for eight days, also to the other resolutions adopted by a previous meeting held in the Abbey Vends. Some masons who were engaged at a work that could not be delayed, would not resume work till they obtained a line from a person named Morrison, a shoemaker (secretary to the chartist committee), that they would not be obstructed. After getting this, they resumed work. COLLIERS' STRIKE. AIRDRIE, COATBRIDGE, AND HOLYTOWN.—Matters in this district remain without alteration since our last notice. The few works which commenced about the middle of last week are still going on, but the great mass of the colliers and iron-stone miners are still out. The plundering of the pe tatoe-fields has, as stated in our last, in a great measure ceased, and the people are understood to be supported by subscriptions and by aid rendered them in some instances by coal masters. All fears of any breach of the peace are al most entirely dissipated. REIsZFREWSHIRE.—We have much pleasure in stating that the colliers at Hurlet peaceably resumed work yesterday, after a strike of fifteen days. We understand the colliers at Salt coats and neighbourhood are putting out a few coals, by waY of working up their warning, hut they are in hopes that some arrangement will meanwhile take place. No supply has beer; received from the Kilbirnie pits this week. No supply from Quarrelton since Wednesday, but hopes are entertained of speedy settlement. Mr. Houstoun has reduced his prices from 9s. 3d. to Ss. 9d. per waggon.—Paisley Advertiser of Saturday. A large meeting was attempted to be held on Saturday ; the Sheriff along with the military interfered, and ordered them to disperse. Instead of obeying, they walked across the boundary into Perthshire, where the Sheriff's authority did not extend. A requisition was in the course of signature yesterday (Monday) forenoon to the Provost, requesting his sanction to their holding a meeting, and, we believe, after consultation with the other authorities he refused. The strike would expire on Monday night, and it will depend on the frame of mind the parties are in to-day, whether it will con tinue for another week or if they will go to work. Morrison was apprehended late on Saturday night, or early on Sunday morning. A rumour was spread on Sunday forenoon that an attempt would be made by the colliers on Monday to release him ; but whether from fear or the intervention of influential parties in the town, we know not, but no attempt of the kind had been made up to Monday afternoon. The reduction of wages is not, we hear, the cause of the strike, as the manu facturers resolved last week, to continue at the old rates• Almost all the people are idle, hundreds of them not because they wish to be so, but because they are afraid to - offend the violent leaders who vow to take revenge on all deserters. A letter from Christiana, in Norway, quoted by the Han:* burgh Gazette, says—" Oldelsthing have come to the ex traordinary resolution of prohibiting, at the expiration of ten years, all distillation of brandy." The Russian papers say, that for the purpose of completing the army and the navy a levy of five men out of every 1,0 00 inhabitants is ordered to be carried into effect throughout the western half of the empire. BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—Among the interesting novelties in the exhibition of machines at Manchester, was an auto maton blacksmith, who seemed to be the neatest-handed and best workman who ever operated on malleable iron. Idis blows, though made at the rate of 650 per minute, were quite noiseless. He converted a rough bar of iron into $ cotton-mill roller, with all its required variations in diameter and form, in 50 seconds; and did this so correctly as to leave little surplus metal to be removed by the turner or filer- A round bar of 1* diameter was reduced at one heat to $ square rod of 2- guage 29 inches long. The parent of this automaton is a gentleman at Bolton. Another remarkable machine was a table-clock without an escapement, the, fingers of which, instead of progressing by s t e p s , went their rounds with an uniform continuous motion. This ws 9 effected by substituting for the scope- wheel and pallets an upright axis, which protruded from the top of the clock-case. This axis being acted on by the mainspring (through the train), would revolve with great rapiditYt and soon run down were it not prevented as fol lows :—Over the top of the case is placed (concentrically ) a glass bell of about ten inches high; from the apex of this hangs, by a silk thread, a wire pendulum-rod, with a bullet at its lower-end. The axis of the clock, in turning round: has to push this pendulum before it; and as a pendulum-ro n of determinate length requires a determinate time for it 6 swing, the axis cannot turn round any faster than the Pen ; dulum consents to circulate by its centrif uga l f orce ; and, ,f the length of the latter be adjusted so as to perform its gyra tion in a second, it becomes the go verner o f th e ra t e of the clock, in the same way that the long pendulum does in ordi nary timepieces. It is probable that this construction may present some drawbacks to counterbalance the a dvantag e gained by the absence of the escapeme n t an d it s f r i c tion, ne a that it may not be available for the higher purposes of he" rology ; but it may, neverthele s s, be a goo d one for other!. and is certainly an elegant one for chimney-piece and ta ble clocks.—The office-beare rs f or 1843 are—Earl Rosse, P. f r e. s ident ; Earl of Listowel Lord Adair, Sir William na milton, and Professor Rpbinson, (Armagh,) Vice-Presiden ts; James Roche, Esq., Local Treasurer ' • Professor Stev elly : Rev. Joseph Ca rson, F.T.C.D.. Dr. W. C. Taylor, an ° William Keleher, Esq., Local Secretaries.