The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN' INTEiLIG.E.7CE. Bt' NOS AYlitS. Ttir•nos Ayres papers to the 12:h or Oct()lief, have been Ter re, -ed. They State that the accounts from Monte Video men- • t , the defest . of General Rivera on the J9th of September, at (7 - •-, , nterlet and 'estimate that he had Inst in kilted, wounded, , dispersed, 1,000 men. They also de,rrioe that he -vas not able to keep tntether more than 3tlo inen; but tit,tt with them he had eontrived to evade the Government troops. and to make an appearanre at I)uranzuo, for the put , pose, if nOssiltle',' of rz intitiv a supply of horses. The precaution , of the Government forces had prevented the realization of that object. It is then stated, th4t on the 30th September. Rivera had- ebandooed Ditr:inzuo. and marched towards Paeangas.— In the mean time. the papers announce perfect tranquility pre vailel at Monte Video. Treasury bills in circulati a ' M ononte Video, October 1, 5,559,4!)0 doclars. Exchinge on England, premium. . • COLONIAL ILVTELLIGENCE. NEWFOUNDLAXD. -,foundland Public Ledger, of the 26th ult., contains AN'•,'Jnt'S ~‘ outr,,gesconitnitted at the vetieral election' for the siist67t, wit:ch remind 145 most disaveeablv of the state of af rs Irel.tild The respectable candiilates, owing to the tvas offered to themselveS and their friends, were el t tr 4t .,l t o re l ien the contest (wider protest.) and to - leave the field to a f , rt - teioas 100 h, who, instigated by the Roman Catholic priests, hart belrved in such a manner that it became necessary to call out the trtilita , y to pitotect thy inhabitants. On the Sit- . Iniday 7reeerliair the election, the conservative electors walked in procession. and the Yellowing day the Rev. Father Troy de licere,f the follciwingoration. which is quite enough to show th a t the Rhin 'ill Catholic priesthood is the ,ante all over tlik wan k', Foot— Tr* we shoulti think, must have been a fellow pupil with Falter Keni.th at Maynooth. "Do you know, Yes terday I went down and saw the mad dogs coining out of their kennel. and a• pretty set they were—not one respectable man ain ing 0,0 —no, - pot one of the lowest of ye there would take As a co , nryinion tit. iiitsfh the streets. I ran home, fearing they would pass wilhma see i ng them in nrnc.Asion. . I see at the tail or them hut the schooner masters. The cur se /of God trig pursue. them both upon sea and land; and I hope it will fol!OIV them or anv one who 2oes with them. Sure none of , yr will go with them to - the ice." [Troy then made a pause, tin m which many of the - congregation in- the chapel exclaimed No, no, no.l " Let the !nod dogs get mad dog crews, and let them go, and may the cur=e of God attend them I" Again— " If any of those mad dogs that rose out of that kennel, that walked in that procession yesterday, are in the chapel—and particularly two-I saw myself coming herethat is -- and (t , .vo - respectatile men,) let them leave the chapel, as I cannot say,tnass while...they are present!" The congregation tlign became; agitated, but Mr. -- retained his seat; upon perceivkg which Troy violently exclaimed. " IS that man Upon this the same individual teas tapped on the shoulder by the ton of the chapel-clerk, when he r•se anti audi bly requested Troy to state to the congregation what harm he had done. No answer having-been given, the question was re peated, when the aolbassador of grace threw off his vestments. and the congregation thereupon exclaimed, "Turn him out ?" The in , d dog !" "No. no !" " Yes, yes!" and such a scene ensued as cannot be accurately described Mr. left the chapel. and was brutally pushed down, while his wife and (laugh ter were wantonly insulted ! .0n the following Tuesday, Fa ther Troy observed in the course of his harangue, that he had placed spies on the houses of the mad dogs, and that he would mark those who should be found to eater them! CANADA. giebec papers, which have been received to November 24, in speaking. of. Sir C. Grey's departure, say that it might hence be inferred that the Royal Commissioners had made a final re port. as the published instructions required it to be terminated in the province by the Commissioners; adding, the report will probably be laid before Parliament soon after its meeting., and no doubt acted upon without much delay. The question is held by them to be reduced to a very narrow comptiss,-namely, "shall England give up the Government of the country, or find means of governing it The Upper Canada papers of November 19. say, that." seve ral members of the Anti-constitutional party seem to have with drawn ;" and repeat the understanding that the independence of their judges will be secured this session the same as in Eng land, adding, a disinterested and useful session of the Legisla ture, inspiring confidence and security for the future, would mak% Upper Canada one of the most thriving countries in North America. EAST INDIES. There was a meeting of merchants, shipowners, atid others in Wita`iay, September Bth,-for the purpose of receiving the report of a cianinittee previously appointed to institute ,in quiries regarding " the inaccuracy of the scale by which the tonnage of the principal articles of export (from Bombay) was computed." it having been long a subject of complaint, and the cause of frequent misunderstandings; and to devise remedies for the same. Eleven resolutions were then propounded, and cventuilly adopted, the meeting agreeing to - "the revised scale of Nonage exhibited to the meeting. and that it be considered the gale to regt late all engagements to tonnage, at and from lioro7ise ci the United Kingdom, from and after April 1, 1837, in the at serves of s,ieciai agreement to the contrary." The re s..iu•ions and t )nnage scale were directed to be issued as a cir cular : Cie ton to be l'eekonert 50 cubic feet. Goods always to lie measured if the form of the package will admit of it; and, wlien the tonnage is computed by weight, the gross weight is t o betilten. - The C3lornho (Ceylon) papers, which hate been received to Aug,. 21, subini7, that if it were worth the attendant expense to send c,:inmissioners of ingniry from England to that colony, it would be equally jest . and useful if their recommendation, when their correctness could not be disputed, were adopted. They particularly refer to Colonel Colebrook's advice to abolish the "salt monopoly; " and add, that his opinions on Indian affairs generally were indisputable, and on this subject undisputed, "and yet the cruel system is still persevered in." It appears that so impressed was that genteman both with the inhumanity and impolicy of the system, I tit iu a letter to the Secretary of S,art for the Colonies he had again urged its immediate atioli lion, contending that it was as"adverse to. sound government. us it was cruel." This article is followed by •autither, arguing with cohtiderable force this uecessi . q of improvement in the 0, ministration of' colonial g ivernment, both at the office iu Down ir,u-street anti by the local nut kiritik,; and among' other urgent comm,ss:tmerr of kir/silty who, from trine to time, bad been sent to the coloniei Accortlin . ; t the Cn'cutia Price Current last received, the ac counts regardful!. the indigo clops were of a very indefinite cha racter; and as to they in consequence were not quotable. A scarcity- of tonnage for London. particularly for saltpetre, was co, , uplainc.d of ant hence there a.as a sligbt reduction in the qu'otath.n of th at article. Ther e w. , s no aaeratlon in the price of • silk ; but the price of c:.,tton had advanced very slichtly ; the saes, liuwel.er, are few. - The rates of exchange remained much the same. Crejt 'bill s at six months 2s. 31 to 24. 41., or 20 11:I. to 2s. U-41. per Coiripapy's rupee. Bank Beni,ll rates di:eon:it or. GNerirtneut an d salary paper, 4 per cent. ; on private hills, 7 per cent.; interest upon loan on (Jo veruinent paper, 5 per cent. GLASGOW CON SERA - A . IIV E OPE Fi.ATIVE ADDRESS 'lO SIR ROBERT PEEL. OPERATIVE ADDRESS TO Ste ItoBERT PE meeting of operatives of Glasgow, hording constitutional sentiments,. was held on Fritlay evening. in the Iron Church Session-house, agreeably to the appointment of a preliminary meeting on Wednesday evening, at which. _it had been resolved to present Sir Itobert Peel with an address, on occasion of his contem plated .visit to this ens. On the motion of Mr. J. 11rown, Wright, liainilson, etoth-Tapper, teas called to preside. The chairman intioduced the business with a pithy and well xpressed speech on the rapid progress of constitutional opinion's and .the winking cla sses of at/1011g the higher. so c i e ty, which, he remarked, would, by and by, give ". a heavy blow and great discouragement'' to. the ascendancy of popish and wirig-radical principles in the goi,o.runient. of the country. Mr. Keddie, tne becretary, afterwards rend the_ draught of an. address to Sir liotiert, congrattiiiiting him tin his elt!ction - to the Lord "Itectoz'sliip of the University, :Lod on hi, distinguished' c4reer as a, I+ tates,nait ; and expressing the ilttachalut ( - )f the operatives to the British constifii:ion, and their ;ipirrobaii,in of salutary reforms iu our institutions—their affection for the Church of Scotland, and their 'gratitude to Sir - Robert fur iris eseilons to extend it. The address was utianimously apploVed of, and the secretary was tinirticted to make the necessary cont;• inuoication to Sir Robert Peel. The meeting unanimously lesulyt,a/ to form an. operative conservative association, eta that the committee he empowered to prepare. regulations ter the-society. It would lie too lunch to expectoverwheiming uutabeib yet; but a good time is coining. The intelligence sad enthusiasm inaniiestecl la the meeting a - as full of hopeand consolation iu these degenerate times. The politicai idluence even-of so Mall tudiviituais —based. way we riot lume,_upon higher' principles still to their various spheres as fathers, and brothers, arid companions, boost be very great. This, so tar as we are aware, is the tiist• combined movement of the constitu tional.operatives which has taken place in Scotland. and we have no fear for a most respectable result ; but, should it even prove premature, they will at least have the proud gratification of i w i ug aid", to say with the French umiiarch, " All is lust but our huietur!"—Suoitidi Goordido. Tlll4 WEATHER. , IigAVY GAI.F.S AND Now-siuttg.—The metropolis and its euvirons have been visitCtt at intervals, lince Saturday after no nn, with tremendous gales of. wild, accompanied by heavy Colkof ,gin,t, so- as io render the var;otis approaches to London this itearoing ant , tterot very great difficulty. in consequence ofitmotimp - , ,, able state of the roads, the shot t stages were hall-au-h ,, ltr awl au hour behind their usual time; while very ti.ariv of :arenimls had not arrived when we went to press, which hits tit -1,1,161 v. precluded Us from receiving. our usual supple of papers and letters, both foreign and Ilmnestie. Thnse, however, which. reached the Postollice, (though at a late hour) have brought us nor enrrsponalence front Southampton, Head ing; 'Bristol, Livt,rpool, Leeds, Edinburgh, Inverness, and Dublin; but the remainder is still wanting. Twelve mails are now due, besides those from France, Holhod, and H amburgh, 'This ~e urt*?twe has eatried a great stagnation iu business.—London Standard ~/'Monday - eening. SfipEwSnultS. ONE O . CLOCK. Wali asoAv MORNING.— O w i ng to an immat.se tall of t•lort - in the midland counties on Sunday night and 31invIay last. the wail to thi•: town, whieit left London oti Mond a y eve. lug, has not yet arrived, nor had any coach arrived trout in liiriniagham Niterilay af terniiiin that left the inet:•iipulis on Monday. nue mode of tht: coaches downwards An Loud in lrerr, it c st:ned fetailied itt Towcester, while those going upwards were det,iiiied at Dun church, bet..veen which plac,s OP, roads were bto,kod. tip wiih snow many feet deep. he same stoppage t , ,Ls ittBc . , occurred ou the more western roads. The Bristol nir,il to ttt.is town, which should have arri •ed in Shrewsoury ye , terrlay niorn i ug at six o'clock. dial not arrive here until seven o'clock yesterday evening.- 7 -Salopian firithtal. Stice our last, the weather has teen of the most i ntense se, verity, with a coal bleak wind from N.N.E., accompanied w ith a heavy fall of snow, which continued with but slight intermis sion up to last nigh!. consegonnre of the heavy falls of snow s tnrh of (tarlide. the Loudon mail on Saturday was nearly two behind time;--the proper time of arrival being a little tol'ore two P.M. (hi Sunday the mail did not arrive till about h o .l*-p3st seven. And ldst nigh' it had not arrived up to the hour 5-qin g to press.— Glasgow Courier. I:NN • et • RGlE—The weather for some time past had !,een milit for the winter season. On W d irne,Nim:szt.hitrsd:iy last. the thertnii,eter t , 3 , 1 at 511 and morning, liei , ottne coil and froidy on Friday, and on ,4etnrciay trim "' i Y he , ta ti 4r e ti, l . o p at s's o'eloi•k. a vi..1,0t gale ihlrsut to trAmpl , emd.. _ heavy snow showers, and ex an•d 0,0 a the ni.rth-eao still' continuos, tow, the ',how 4 , 1•4 the lethpfiNittite r i nd, nos 'arcoirintlrett i n a by.the vitlti I,t'S. °Nilo Sundaes ni 7 tlt. the the rmo , neter.'4ox r ,,:, c , P i t : r ll4 V 44. .equence of this stare' we/1.141er, e IE4 gon clic. not arrive hate ttl! sevon eurficle, uh 'The Ither mails wri:s also late in th e i r . .?"Hitty mtzht. Itrntal.—Glagote LONDON POLICE REPORT. MANSION-HOUSE. On Satardas% , . a great cl;:al of laughter was caused by the de tailr in the toilowing ease:— An elderly man of respectable appearance, named Poole, was summoned by a -Mr. Bailey, to answer fot the misappro priatien ot two separate sows of £5 each. Mr. Bailey stated, that in the beginning of the last month he gave to - Mr. ['Nile a check upon the Bank of England for £5, and soon afterwards another check fora similar sum, with directions to him to purchase, as an agent, some articles at Robin's Auction-rooms. Mr. Poole appointed the- 17th of Noveinber, for the settlement at the Auction Mart, when he was either to produce the goods or to return the money. The meeting took place, and Mr. Poole exhibited a book in which some articles were marked down as purchased > but not an ar- LICIP. nor a farthing of money was offered. Witness afterwards inquired at Robin's, but fo - und that Mr. Poole had made no purchase there, and he Cout' some difficulty in obtaining another interview with the gentleman until aided by the Lord Mayor's authority. Mr: Poole, having adjusted his spectacles, stated that he had for sonic time wished that this unfortunate Matter had been brought before the Lord Mayor for an equitable adjadment; but he feared his Lordship's was not exactly the tribunal at which it was capable of being arranged. His. connexion with Mr. Bailey, arose friiin an adiretrisement in " The .Times," stating that a nelson was wanted to conduct business for an in dividual possessed of capital,. and that the former was to have the sole management of the affairs of the concern, and would not be required to adVance a farthing. The:sitnation appeared to 'him to be exactly the thing for him, and an interview rook place, at which Mr. Bailey .declared , himself to be the advertiser, that he was a man - of property out of business,• was to put his money down against his (Mr. Poole's) judg ment in a sort. of general trade, and that there should be a division, of profits. The proposition was quite agreeable, and Mr.- Bailey stated that he could command from one to five or six hundred pounds, and if mote was required, his acceptances were good to a considerable anuiunt, and could be made avail able to the purposei of their commercial enterprise. His (Mr. Poole's) advice was; that they should purchase goods at auctions, as he perfectly well understood that sort of trade, and he went to look out accordingly. The first purchase he made was at a sale under the Sheriff, where he bought some bargains ; but, upon writiug to Mr. Bailey, he found that no money was to be had until dividend day, but the gentleman proposed that this bill should be discounted. He (.Mr. Poole,) took the bill to several discounters, but every one declined to touch it, although it was or.ly for £3O. . .Mr. Bailey.—That was because your name was to it, which was enough to damn arty bill. Mr. Poole.—Very good, very good. At last Mr. Bailey said that he had a ,friend who could discount the bill, and he after wards told me that he got it done, and put it in the bank, but if I. had had £l5O at the thee, I could have made £4l) or £5O by the sale. • • ' Mr. Bailey.—lt'a Mr. P001e. , ---Very good. Well, he gave me a check for €5 to pay the deposits en the goods I purchased, and he said to me, - "Now, Mr. Poole, you know the amount of our ° capital, and don't go beyond it." The Lord Mayor.—And what did you consider to be the amount of the capital ? Mr. Poole.—Something less than the £3O was the whole ca pital, although he described himself as able to put his money against my judgment. (A laugh.) The Lord Mayon—lle was certainly wrong. There was much more brains in the transaction than cash. (Laughter.) Mr. Poole.—Very good. I went, upon the faith of our capi tal, to Robins's sale-rooms, and purchased to the amount of £l7. 3s. and I afterwards went to Oxendon's sale-rooms, and bought more goods, so that the whole amount of the pur chases reached £25 or £26; and then I wrote to Air. Bailey, calling upon him to clear the lots, but I found myself deceived again, for he stated that he had not a farthing, as be had been obliged to pay his rent. (A laugh.) • Mr. Bailey.—What a pack of lies! Why should I give you more money when I had found you out? • Mr. Poole.—Very good. Well, I thought this very bad treat ment from a man who pretended to be possessed of property. The Lord Mayor.—Certainly; he had made a inure correct estimate of your orains than you made of his money . You paid the d e posit for the goods you purchased, I suppose ? Mr. Poole.—The deposits? Why no, my lord, I understand business too well for that. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor.,--Ha gave you the £lO though to make purchases? Mr. Poole.--013. dear, yes • and a great deal of trouble I had to turn it to advantage to the partnership account. Mr. Bailey.—Parthership ! I - le was my agent, and has em bezzled the money. Mr. Poole.—There is nothing I wish for so much as an equi table adjustment of this very disagreeable affair between me and my partner. (Laughter.) It has now too long remained unsettled, and I assure you it is very discouraging to a man who understands business. (Great laughter.) Mr. Bailey.--Such 'a rascally liar t never met. His wife offered me his bill at ►wo months for the amount. Mr. Huller.—Hadn't you better take it? Perhaps, if his name were on a bill without yours, it would be discounted. (Cheat laughter.) Mr. Bailey.—l take his bill! I'd see him hanged first. Mr. Poole.—Very good. I yely much fear, my lord, as I said before, that you cannot genie the unhappy difference be lweenme and my partner. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor.l am sorry I can do nothing for you, Mr. Bailay. This appears to me to be a regular joint stock affair. You and Mr. Poole formed a company, to carry on which you found £lO, and he found a much larger proportion of brains and showed that he well understood business. (Laughter.) STA I E OF IRELAND. SACRILRGIOUS 01"TRAGE.—Ori Sunday night, the ISth in stant, the church of Goresbridge way entered by brvaking the belfry windows, and a surplice and a pew carpet taken starry by some ruffians, who covered the communion table with filth, and betore they departed, in order to show their abhorrence fur the Bible, they kicked it about the church. What a deptoralle picture does the above present of the bigotry and demoralized condition of the peasantry who are driven to the committal of those outrages ou Protestant churches by the harangues of that ferocious pi iesthootl ho - openly denounce the ministers of the r ' Bl " nah- ‘ 1 L ' declare that nothing wilt sery tine!. . • THE ItEioN OF TEnnon.—On Monday last, in consequence of printed placards having been extensively circulated contain ing the names of certain. farmers of the parish of Wells whu had paid their ti:hes, Joseph Greene, Esq., 8.M., and Mr. Cameron, C.C. of Gowran, with a large body of police, attended the fair of G , ,resbridge—we presume for the purpose of protect ing the lives of those who, by the payment of tithes, obeyed the law, and-evaded ,the payment of costs. There can be littie doubt but for the presence of the poliCe - seine of the proscri bed farmers would have been immolated by the , mob. Will the government offer a reward for the incendiary printers and cir culators of those placards ? We shall see.—kid.' Fausnow of , ELECTION.—Ai a specimen of the freedom of election in Longford, we will just add. the following, which reached us as we were going to press:—" On Tuesday night last a number of armed ruffians attacked the houses of several Human Catholic freeholders near Carlickglass, within about three miles of Lo,neford, broke in their doors, and swore them to vote f u r Mr. White, or they would murder them; and, on retiring 'from the hotrses;dug oblong holes, and told the free holders that these would be their graves, If they did not obey their oaths. The pi iests . and agitators. it seems, have not la boured in vain through the country.- 7 - Pre,oneath Guardian. li.k.wano:—A reward of 1'440 is - offered by the lauded pro prietors add landholders in the neighbourhood of Baliyhealy to any versan who will give inforination of the perpetrators of the diZelical outrages 'which have been enunuilled on the tenants of Mr. Batty. About a dozen of their cows have been inhu manly hougbed by the monsters: A deep laid conspiracy seems to be laid fur the destruction of thi4 persons anil property of these industrious, unotiending men, for no reason, we utcder stand, but their having taken land from Mr. Batty. is to be hoped, from the indureineht, held out, Ili at such information will he given a,shall lead to the detection and punishment of the persuus concerned in these outrages.—lbid. - LONGFORD ELECTION - - (From the Dublin; iireniny Afail) . Owing to the state of the roads—they tieing iu many instances covered many feetrleep iu snoW—the\Lonot - ord (rags (forwarded by horse) did Hut reaco the. Post-otfice.uut I. five o'clock yester day everting, and not .uotil after tw o this afternoon. Not» ttlistan,diug all the advantages deriveable from an ad. verse sheriff, du excited rabble, anti the exei else of priestly int 7 fluenee—notwitlistandiug the state of the weather, which pre vented the gentlemen froth travelling yesterday in their car riages, .and aid not present thesatur obstacle to the lower or ders. who are Mr. White a voters. Mr. Fox has maintained his own position. and is sure of his election. , At the close of the poll last evening, the numbers stood— For,Air. Fox 195 Vor:`,l r. While 196 This surpasses anything we could have anticipated on the first day, and under such circumstances, mid affords au as surance as to the ultimate result. The luiluwitigert: OCR OWN CORRESPONDENTS. . " TIIE tif2STINGS. ;- " Longford Monday Eveni ng . " Our election cotomenced this day under circumstnoces of excitement such.as were never betbre witnessed in this county. To describe the scene ict and about the Court-house is nil- Possible: " When order was.in some measure restored the proceedings' commenced. " Mr. White was proposed by Mr. Achinutv—late a member of the Brunswick clubs, and seconded by H. )3. Sleator. • " Mr. Fox was put in nomination by Lovell Edgeworth, Esq., in a speech of great tree awl ability, and seconded by Samuel Blackball, Esq. 'the yells of the rabble, set on by the priests, nearly rendered these gentlemen inaudi!de. " The candidates then b.ietiy addressed the electors, and Mr, Grattan relieved himself of an oration. " Tuesday.—The polling commenced briskly this morning, but intimidation to an extent unknown and unheard of has been resorted to, und some of the electors have been actually carried off by force. Still, depend upon it we shall win. At one time the mob had full possession of the street, hut in consequence of their extreme violence and pressure on our friends and freeholders going up to vote, the high sheriff turned put a patrol of cavalry this afternoon, to keep the street clear in front of the Court-house. Several rows took place in the Court house and booths to -day, one so serious that the red-coats were Oblived to be brought in, and a sergeant and file of men placed on the table of the Granard and Moydon booth. Three violent attacks were made last night on one of Mr. Fox's houses, which was borne with great forbearance until the third attack, when some of the ininates - turned out ; a shot was fired, which took effect on the thigh-hone of one of the assailants." Tuesday night.—The poll at its close was in point of fact even, though it is announced— F3r Fox 195 for White 196 Major . --1 _ _ They h'ave polled man for man—the apparent majority in favour of White being oecasi , med by the insertion of en aadi lional name oil one of the slips. " Haif past Nine.—The town is perfectly tranquil. White's people never expected that we could have held on so evenly with them, considering all the opposition given to Our voters comiriz up. " To-morrow the country gentlemen will be in, and we shall give the priests the go-lg..' DuatoN.—Owing to the dreadful state of the weather, the ground b‘eing ciNered with snow, scarcely any of the country uieils arr:ved at . the l'ostoffice this morninp:: and the. London mail of Monday :ernainerl . due when we wore going to . press.— Dub/in Fr enPui II Wednesda y It shkild I e gentnally known that the overseers of the poor, in every parish or oui , n, are made liable 'for all payments in their ai counts paid out of the pocr.rates that are not strictly withiu the intention and weaning of the poor law act. THE kIVERN)OT, gTANDARD. E R. II ARWOOD re.speetfuliv informs his Friends the BEXI'EI WA LTZ and . QUADRILLE BA LL take place et his Rooms, Nelson,s.treet, _Great Geuriz,e,qu , tre, on TU ES A Y next, the 3il of Januati'... Tickets to be had at the Chrioniele , ofEc. - , Lorl-street, of Mr. HA itwooo, at the Rooms, and at his Resideace, 16, Chester street. •,,,* The JUVENILE ACADEMY will RE-OPEN on SATURDAY, 7th January, 18.37. Standard Office, Friday Morning, 2 o'clock. °Wing to the obStructions on the roads , we have not re ceived the London papers of Tuewhy and Wedne,s dav, and are, consequently, unable . furr ! i.qt our readers'icith our usualamount 'afa,.Fareign and other intelligence. For thei!iike j'e - aion*i!. are short of the Gazette and other commercial information. .The latest London papers that hare refff;/ , !tc,;(y up to the hour of going to press are the morningand,evening papers of Monday last. We understand that our Manchester neighbours have had more recent arrivals. In our next we shall be enabled, we trust, to give some account of the unusual stale of the roads produced by tha recent extraordinary fdlls of snow. _The particulars that have reached us as yet ,are very :contradictory. 2r )c ,e:tantiarb. FRIDAY MORA r f,VG, DECEMBER 30, 1836. It indicates but little knowledge of the credulity of himan nature, and less acquaintance with the craftiness of designing men, to stiffer a hundred-times-confuted sition to be put forth by one whose name gives it fresh authority, and not to meet it with renewed exposure. If " the last word," as regards the final judgment of time, be " the word which lasts longest"—yet,.as respects cur rent policy, that argument carries the point to which no reply is made. We, therefore, think it would be a dere liction of duty, as public censors, to suffer the factious, or self-deluded leaders of radical reform, to trumpet forth their specious declarations without adding a.commentary to them which may serve to rectify_ error, and to give a correct interpretation to their meaning. To this task we are now called by sOme'speeches delivered—as a radical paper blazons it forth—at a " grand reform dinner 10 Northampton." The triple star which dimly twinkled on that occasion in the Boeotian atmosphere of Northamp ton, was composed of Mr, - Smith, !M.P., tutelary deity of the place, Earl Spencer, and Earl Fitzwillianyhich Earl Spencer was evidently the widens. - We say no thing of Mr. Peach, to whom the dinner was given, as he was only Maydr of Northampton. leading Metro politan journal tells us, that it is in vain to reason with Earl Spencer. We never intended it; but although Mr. Smith, as well as Earl Fitzwilliatn, uttered absurdities enow to serve for comments for a dozen successive jour nals, we shall consider them as the minor feet in this po litical amphibrach; and endeavour to exhibit the folly dis played in the noble earl's speech ; and, by such exhibi tion to reason, if not with his lordship, at least with the country, a large portion of which is too apt to regard the dicta of such men with something little short of venera tion ; indeed, whilst it is worth while for radicals to pro mulgate pernicious errors, it must be the interest of con ' servative truth to expose them. Lord Chesterfield says, a graceful entrance into a room almost infallibly stamps a ^ l, =inwf , 4r of the company present, and liteero, we know, consurers the greatest embarrass ment to belong to the exordium of a speech ; but my Lord .Spencer gets over the threshold of his address ac cording-to an artifice peculiarly his own—by thrusting the posteriors of his oration forwards, and making his .prefatory bow after he has fairly wriggled himself into the subject. He said, "I think it would be best, before I preface that toast, to tell what it is I intend to propose." Well, then, now fur his lordship's pre prefatory observa tions—things so out of course may well be expected to have something extraordinary in them. His lordship declared, that he thinks ministers are neither "going too far" nor " too fast"—that they are only carrying out our (whig-radical) principles into effect"—that they are pro posing measures which he thinks beneficial to the coun try, and he believes the enlightened state of the country will enable them to carry them." These, and such like general expressions, uncoupled, and unincumbered with a single argument, came from the lips of "second child ishness" of my Lord Spencer. Whether ministers are going too far, or too fast, in the career of constitutional destruction, we will not now dis pute—indeed it is with arguments, and not assertions, that disputations should be conducted-but these radical orators know nothing of logical reasoning beyond the major proposition—they entrench themselves behind ge neral declarations, which, howeVer absurd, like all other general 'declarations, are difficult of disproof. Three words.may affirm,.that esar ur Aleitander never lived, whilst a 'volume would be required to confute that affir illation. So these whit -radicals said, the reform bill would prove a panacea for every political ill, which, though calm, Sobel reason ridiculed, yet was one of those things that ignorance or prejudice could always vaunt, fearless of detection. But now the reform bill has passed— it lots had a fair trial—and we have a 'right to ask these wholesale declaimers of refOrm why, instead of cheating their deluded followers with :" hopes deferred"—goldeu days to come—they do not point to some single substan tial blessing, which every one confessedly enjoys, and. say, this is the fruit of reform. Let us suppose that my Lord Spencer; instead of the unmeaning, and, therefore, _more pernicious verbiage, which he uttered on'this occa sion, had aildiestied tiis aftee-dinnerauditory—.--the erect ears of radical dissenters—in some such terms as follow, there would have been sense at least :in the appeal :--- " My Friends—we meet here, this day, to express, with unfeigned gratitude, our thanks to the leaders of reform for the many great benefits they have conferred upon us. It is to the reform bill that we are indebted for that uni versal superabundant activity of trade in every part of the kingdom, but 'especially here in Northampton, and that immense diminution of , taxation %%Lich, this day, oc casions the pockets of every one of us to be full—vou know, you feel, and can well appreciate that measUre, which has given every one present, and even - the un grateful conservatives also—though they Will not acknow ledge it—that easy independence we all now enjoy ; every man now sits under his own fig tree—th ere is ' no complaining heard in our streets' —poverty has departed from the land at the frown of refortn—the artizan every where finds full employment, and an ample reward for his labour—his ' children are olive branches round his table'—' cornerstones'—poiished, as one said, with h ap . pv conceit, by our radical veteran Lord Broughant's rub stone—our manufacturers are flourishing beyond all ex ample—not a mill standing idle—like bee-hive N ma ki ng golden honey—and all gathered from the flowers and fruits of the reform bill;--and although, my friends, there has been an amendMent of the pour-law act, yet you all know very well it is quite a dead letter —a sort of cure for leprosy, a disease which has ceased to exist— for our workhouseS are without inmates, parish officers without duty, and the buildings themselves will soon be turned into theatres for public diversion. All these, and more, !wl) "more than I have power to tell," are t h e genuine, well authenticiited, consequences, of the reform hill. You yourselves know, by happy experience, thati speak the truth." _ _ _ Sonwhing after this fashion of sreeoh would be bring- in home ga!isfact ion to men's bosoms ; a Man would only have. occasion to put his hend into his pocket for an ar 'gni-pent, to convince himself of the reality of all he heard ; he would only here to look abroad in the retired lanes and dark alleys of his town, to find abundant proofs -of. the truths of these facts—his day-hook, or his "till," or his bank .book, or his iron chest, would furnish demon -stration enough of his happy state ; whilst every news paper. into which he looked would tell him of manufac turing production labouring after insatiable demand—of parishes rejecting the poor law amendment bill, as if theyhad no poor. Hold ! we do not mean that these evidences justly quadrate with present times. We have spoken, as the radicals do, .by way of anticipation—of a millenary or two of years to come ; and for such "always to be" expectations deluded multitudes are content to deprive themselves of the blessings they might enjoy, under institutions which have raised their country to its proud pre-eminence. But why, we iterate, why does my Lord Spencer beat about the hush of reform without stetting .any game ? Mr. Smith touched, with very gentle hand, the rugged topics of reform, and, finding them rather scanty, gave us the same sort of tete et queue advance, which Earl Spencer seems to have thought best suited to the zig-zag, minds of Northampton reformers. He said he believed " if they looked at the conduct of fhe administration since they came into office, there would be no reason to be dissatisfied. Parliamentary reform had been carried, and then—and what then ?—wity, face about, says Mr. Smith, and " look still farther back."— " Catholic emancipation passed—t he test and corporation acts repealed—slavery abolished—corporation reform-e -the liberty of the press." Why these radical reformers must themselves be a corporation, endowed with the ad jUnet of roYalty--eit never dies-and, as in royalty all power and dominion acquired by ancestral virtue descend to and' belong to the reigning monarch, so the Whigs in the ascendant shine with all the glory of their predeces tiers. Well we are content to receive these radical re formers placarded round with all these BILLS, and we . then ask, do they not cut a most ridiculous figure ? If these be all the services they can boast for two or three 'generations of men, we can extinguish the lustre of their fame as easily as Quinbus Flestrin put out the flames of the palace of Laputa. We do not deny that the aboli tion of slavery is a positive good —no, we heartily re joice in it ; but that triumph became a garland to the whip by one of the most dishonourable artifices that parliamentary craftiness ever employed. Charles James Fox, the leader of the whits, robbed the indefatigable advocate of the negro, Wilberforce, of a wreath which his unwearied zeal had so justly entitled him to wear— aye, and which he will wear ; for history will snatch it from the brow of the spoliator Charles James Fox, and place it upon the temples of William Wilberforce, the conscientious champion of insulted and injured man—the African slave. We concede that the repeal of the test and corporation acts was a positive good ; but neither of these measures has afforded that good after which radi cals are seeking. The first was a vindication of the rights of humanity—the second a removal of political barriers to power; and radicals want plenty of money— like Lovegold, they must " touch something real." 'But what good has the Catholic emancipation act effected ? It has rendered every one of the " qualified" in Ireland eligible to Parliament, and every one of the wretches of that priest ridden land, equally eligible, when he can ac quire the qualification—and soon, perhaps, if their Go hall should prevail, they will, with no qualification at all, be acceptable members fin parliamentary honours. Happy privilege ! The starving Irish peasantry may be mem bers of Parliament. - Catholic emancipation for ever ! But to be serious. Does not the present condition of Ireland give the lie direct to all this vaunting declama tion about the blessings of Catholic emancipation > Oh that we had power to open the eyes of the radicals! They are as blind as moles. Why do they not perceive, that all the reform measures that have been passed, and all those which are in posse, germinating in the hot-bed brains of their agitators, are every one calculated to be nefit not the poor radical, but the wealthy radical ; not to give the wretched artizan employment, but to get the rich radical Roman Catholic or the radical dissenter an office or a title; not to relieve the unfortunate poor —no, for them more rigorous measures are prepared in Eng. land, and all help refused for Ireland. What has reform, „ vim c,,,ao,pataun un US 101GI.CaU, UV&A LUG starting Irish—the hundreds of thousands of destitute of that facti o n-oppressed country ? It has brought into Parliament sonic fifty men, whom, before, you " would ha% e disdained to have set with the dogs of vour flock." Add, if you please, the Irish municipal reform bill, and who will be benefited ?—the destitute Irish ? No; those selfish wretches who are above want, and only ask for power—the poor Irish do not covet the honours of town-councillors, aldermen, or mayors—they cry for food, and, in return, O'Connell promises to get for them, if he can, a reform in the corporations. Ask the unemployed weavers in the manufacturing districts what they want, and they will tell you work ; and against what do the radical leaders, with whom Earl Spencer here identifies himself, direct their complaints ?—Church rates, to which they do not contribute, but of which a few political dissenters wish to get rid, as a stepping stone to further spoliation. It is clear to demonstration that every one of these radicals is looking " for his gain from his quarter." My Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell pledge the glory and the security of England fur office ; Mr. O'Connell sacrifices his country for tribute; Corporate Towns prostitute and ruin public peace to be the municipal pageants of an hour ; Dissenters violate the charities of life and degrade the character of Christi anity fur secular rivalry ;—and what do you think the pour radicals want ? Will they be content to be num bered in the field on the day of action, and be satisfied without any of the spoil of victory ? Are the poor radicals clamorous for nothing but the glory of their . leaders ? Oh, no ! We will tell Earl Spencer what they expect, and we will further tell him how they will obtain all they expect—they want no partition of your empty honours—they care not a straw how the Irish tithe ques dun is settled—it concerns them not who are English 'councillors or Irish mayors. No; disguise it as you will, or even hidden as it may be from many of them selves, all they want is money, or money's worth. When they make the welkin ring with their cries for reform, it is only because they think it is a golden deity which will " Scatter - plenty o'er a smiling land"—when they join in the chorus of universal suffrage and vote by ballot, it is because they expect their representatives will carry a bill through parliament that shall order a weekly pay, Ment to be paid to each of them, commensurate with his wants—andlet how true the words of the poet— " now small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure !" put let us pursue this reasoning to its natural con clusion. We -will suppose, through intimidation created by an array of the physical forceof the country, that the House of Lords is reformed, or abolished, if you please —that nniversal suffrage and vote by ballot are parts of the law of the land—that Ireland sees the Roman Catholic Church erected upon the ruins of Protestantism, and all the former revenues drawn off into Papal chan nels—every waporation Papal—what then ? Perhaps the greedy stomach of ambitious radicalism may be satiated, and reform may stop her hand from the want of objects of destruction; but Where are the poor deluded millions of radicals by whose threatening aspect we have supposed the constitution to be overthrown, all order de• stroved, religion made a bye-word—where are they ? Their leaders and orators have provided for themselves; but what advantage has been gained for the poor ? Will they join in the 10-paean of victory which brings them nothing but the remembrance of wasted hours, misdi rected rage, and painful disappointment? •We beg to tell Earl Spencer, and we tell every one who is madly putting on the amour of reform, that he is preparing to conduct a power to combat, which, Leviathau-like, is incapable of contronl, and - which may, like a troop of elephants of. old, " laden with war," turn and spend its fury upon its leaders ; all the animating harangues and ample promises made whilst the war of reform was undetermined gill be remembered when its-end is ac complished ; and if Edit Spencer, or any of his colleagues, thinks that the.physicatforce .of England is mere muscle and bone, we toll him he errs greatly, for there is united with them a discerning mind ; in ilays of the grossest ignorance, a victorious people have,always known how to extendtheir strength; it is a rpiestion of sense, not of mental deduction ; and, wheneVer this country shall arrive at such a crisis, the. baronial demesne of Earl Spencer will not be worth seven days purchase—England may perhaps be lighted up with a few conflagrations such as those of Nottingham Castle and Bristol Cathedral, as demonstrations 'of victory; but the needy multitude of reform w ill soon find that, however such exhibitions might gratify their revenge, they did not satisfy their wants, and, under whatever character they have worshipped the demon of reform, they expected ease and plenty to be returned for their sery ices. But with what ease or plenty does Earl Spencer propose to repay the numerous followers of radicalism ? Will be wipe off' the national debt ? Why that, though it might prove ruinous to thousands in the land, would not meet the greedy ex pectations of starving reformers—they will, on the day of settlement, demand prompt payment, and leave no arrears ; but the national debt is not hard cash, and to tell them that the abolition of taxes will make them easy would only provoke a smile of contempt, since they know that after t h e remission of twenty millions a year, in taxes—to which amount they have been reduced since the peace—they are in more distress than when they paid those twenty millions. No, no; the mad-blind non calculating leaders of reform, deceive themselves as they may, will assuredly find that when they have accomplish ed all their impolitic designs—rased our noble and venerable constitution from its base, extinguished the light of the Protestant religion, and annihilated the chartered institutions of learning—the people, who have given them the power to effect all these things, will have one design more. We once heard the speculative mur mur spreading in this kingdom of unalienable natural rights—or the world being a common inheritance—of which the doctrine of allodium and dominicum were the usurped innovations of tyranny and oppression. Men will not require much persuasion to induce them to be lieve this; and, infuriated as they now are with false hopes of illusive blessings to be derived from reform, ex pectation will only stimulate a keener appetite to de mand unlimited spoliation to satiate their wants. This will prove the inevitable terminus of radical reform. Whether ministers, as 'Earl Spencer denies, are proceed ing to this extremity " too fast" or have advanced " too far," it much more concerns his lordship to determine than us; that they have gone " fat" towards it, is be yond all question—that they have not gone further, we must thank time House of Lords—that they may go no further, we now ask of our countrymen for a firm de claration of public sentiment, vindicatory of British rights from the reckless hands of an oppressive government. If such consequences be, as the noble earl affirms, the necessary results of " carrying out their principles into effect," then we demand of the good sense and patriot feeling of England to check the career of destruction, under the mis-called title of reform, and, by the most un equivocal expression of their sentiments (especially at the next election) to convince his lordship and his colleagues, in his own language, adding a slight ad verbial negative, " that the enlightened state of the country will never enable them to carry them." We close our observations upon the sentiments contained in the speech of Earl Spencer, delivered at Northampton, and the strife-perpetuating harangues of Earl Fitz william and Mr. Smith, in the sound and penetrating words of Sallust :—" Longa mild alia mens est, quum res atque pericula nostra considero, et quum sententias non nullorum mecum ipse reperto. Illi mihi disseruisse vi dentur de rumns. eorum, Qui pATSI/E, pARENTiBus, ARCS ATQUE FOCtS BELLUM I)ARAVERE: res autcm monet cavere ab illis magic, quam, quid in illos statuamus, consultare. Nam cetera, tun persequare, übi facta sunt ; Hoc, NISI PROViDERis, NE ACCIDAT, ÜBI EVENIT, FRUMTRA JUDICIA THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. • - - Fifth appearance of the celebrated Tragedian, - Mr. EDWIN FORREST,. Of the Theatre-royal, Drury-lane, and of the American Theatres, who is engaged for Ten Nights. THIS present FRIDAY, the 30th instant, will be re ; peated Shakspeare's Tragedy of OTH ELLO. Othello (In which character he was received on Monday Evening with the most rapturous applause.) Ingo Mr. Stuart. I Cassio„...Mr. 'W. Howard. Desdemon a Miss Faticit. I Emilia Mrs. Stanley. After which, the CELEBRATED. GALLOP, from the Grand Ballet of Beniowsky, by Miss Adelai , le O'Brvan and Signor Sa . xoni, principal Dancers of the King's Theatre, London. To conclitile with the Farce of BLUE DEVILS. Nlegrim..., Mr. Stanley. James Mr. Baker. Annette Miss Faucit. On MONDAY next, a favourite TRAGEDY, in which Mr. Forrest will sustain a principal character. With a variety of other ENTERTAINMENTS. • • TO CORRESPONDENTS. We regret that we have nn room in our present number for the letter of "An Ee-witness." it shall appear on Tuesday. IMPLORES." From the commencement of our comments upon the admira ble lectures of Mr. Hemming, we have never wished ourselves to be understood as chemical Stagyrites, or infallible Popes, correcting that gentleman in any one of the many important truths he brought before his enlightened audience at Liverpool. We are aware that all we have written, by way of corrigenda, was within the compass of his own mind, and our only aim has been to perform the humbler task of altering, or adding a comma here and there; or, where it would havejeen imprac r•-• nr. 11 ty; , a the demonstration ourselves. to W.. the opportunity of displaying the profound depth of our scien tific learning, by letting our readers know that we can manage a proposition of Euclid. Speaking of the sulphuret of mercury, Mr. H. says, that "the sulphur, at a high heat, leaves the tner enry, and combines with the lime," which, in the sense Mr. intended, is a chemical truth, but, as we are disposed to think a similar form of expression once gave a practical (though not a very scientific) chemist a great deal of trouble, and occasioned some expense, we think it right to draw the attention of our operative friends to it. It bad been said, that the chlorine of the chloride of sodium, (common salt,) at a considerable heat, quitted the sodium to unite with lead—and he thought it pus sible, that mere heat itself might expel it, as there seemed, ac cording to the phraseology used, to be a state of transit from the sodium to the lead—his attempts failed, and would never have been made, had it been stated, that the chlorine, at a high tem perature, has a greater affinity only for lead than it has for so dium. So here, it is the superior affinity of the lime for the sulphur, which sets the mercury free. We have, in our pre ceding comments, noticed the fact, that mercury is not blackened by a solution of sulphuretted hydrogen—indeed, if we wished to procure a hydrosulphuret from a hydroguretted sulphuret, it would only be necessary to agitate the latter with mercury, whiclr would take away the excess of sulphur, and leave a co lourless hydrosulphuret. It is a trivial mistake, after stating that "mercury is 131 times heavier than water," that " one pint of mercury will weigh nearly as much as a gallon of water "—theta are no gallons that weigh 13itbs—in fact it weighs more than a gallon and n half of the old wine measure. Mercury, Mr. H. states, to " evaporate spontaneously at all ordinary temperatures above 32°. If this be true, and Dr. Fa raday is quoted as an authority—it is a most remarkable coin cidence, for as regards the mercurial scale, there is nothing in what we call 32° of Fahrenheit which is connected with any apparent change in the habitudes of mercury. It congeals at about 71 0 below the freezing point of water, and at no step from congelation to vaporization do we see any other abrupt 'assumption of new properties. It also clashes with the analogy of water, which in the state of ice and snow ,(as we frequently experieuce upon a large scale) rapidly evaporate. It is sometime since we looked in Boyle, but we do not for a moment question the accuracy of Mr. H.'s statement that that philosopher averred, "that be found metallic mercury in the head of a water gilder." We are perplexed to know where it was lodged, except in soma of the sinuses of the brain. This "water-gilder" would have proved a puzzling subject to the disciples of Gall and Spurzheim, for in whatever cavity it was lodged, frontal, parietal, or occipital, he mist have been an in tellectual, a moral, or a physical Mercury.- . We know not of any case where metallic mercury is taken up by the absorbents—and it seems equally incapable of being re ceived in that state by the lacteals ; if, therefore, it be inhaled by the lungs, we may suppose it eaters the circulation through some of the capillaries of the pulmonic artery, but thee, most probably, in the state of ae oxide, from the circumstance of its extreme division in the form of vapour, and its exposure to the Oxygen of the inspired air. How it becomes disoxygenized is difficult to explain, and,. if any where, it must be i❑ the brain itself, tot metallic mercury could not continue suspended in the blood. The experiment of Dr. Priestley with the peroxide of cuercu. ry, not only furnishes the chemist with oxygen gas, but also serves to demonstrate the existence of the disoxygenizing rays in solar although that philosopher did not draw that con clusion from it. There heat would only have driven off one atom of the peroxide—leaving the protuxide, of which Mr. H. makes mention afterwards. The peroxide of mercury, Mr. 11. observes, is sometimes mixed with " red lead," and that " this we can easily detect by heating a portion of it, when the peroxide of mercury will be dissipated, and the lead, if any, left behind as a yellow oxide." We apprehend some little error here ; it is, as we know, from many experiments, very difficult to obtain the yellow oxide of lead free from the red oxide, and, in the present case, there is no reason why it should pass from the state of red to yellow oxide. Aualagous to the case mentioned by Mr. IL, of I3asil Valen tine, is that of a patient on his voyage to India. bit related by Dr. Johnson, the erudite editor of the Medico-Chirurgical Review, who w.ts ordered to take some pills containing calomel. The patient, however, feeling very much disinclined to physic of any kind, amused himself by throwing the pills every morning into the chicken coop, which the unsuspecting birds picked up, mistaking them for peas. In a short time all the feathers came off them, to the surprise of every one on board; but, as there seemed uo disease among them, they were preserved ftom the kuife. They soon because fatter and finer fowls than had ever been seen at sea., and then, we think, the patient :mentioned the mediae treatment they had undergone. Whether this fact be worth knOoin; to our poultry farmers, or whether it wtst:d Dre. 20, 1546, admit of ;i snore extended application to other animals—stima• lating their adipose glands —crithout the mild:bleyous -conse quences that attended the fatal baneycdenco of Basil Valentine, we mast leave to be decided by trial: We add our caution to that of Mr. H. respecting the prepa• ration of "fulminating mercury," especially by young chemists they may expose themselves to irreparable accidents. THE THEATRE ROYAL. Mr. Edwin Forrest, who has attained for himself considerable celebrity in his short sojourn in England. has during the week been performing at the Theatre-royal, to overflowiug houses. Our contemporaries speak highly of his personation of Obeli on Monday evening, and also of the other characters which he has represented during the week. We have not had the oppor tunity of witnessing him before last evening in the latter part of Sheridan Kuow:es's fine play of " Virginius," in which be played the part of Virginias. Criticism on so short an acquaint ance it would he hardly fair to expect, and, if given, it could not certainly on that account be of great value. Flom a hasty judgment, however, we find our criticism almost wholly become panegyric. He appears to us to possess united in his person all the requisites of a great actor; a beautiful, athletic, and fine figure, a deep and sonorous voice capable of much eweetuess and pathos, as of terrific power it, the whirlwind of passion, a dignified and calm deportment, perfect knowledge of all the workings of the passions, and a force and truth in their depiction which we have never seen surpassed. His read ing of the character of Virginias is quite original, and no less so than true to nature. Passages were occasionally given with a beauty and strength of expression which at once delighted and electrified the audience. We involuntarily ex claimed when we left the theatre, " We never saw ' Virginias' before." At the conclusion of the play, the clapping of handl and applause was continued till Mr. Forrest made his appear ance, walked across the front of the stage, bowed, and retired. The audience, so great was the enthusiasm, simultaneously rose and gave him three distinct cheers. The house was crowded. LATEST COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Latest Freights to Exchange dates. • England, ere. on England. Bornhay....l2th Sept £1 tf° ton 2s lid I t rupee. C41.utta..... Ist Sept..Eti Ws to £7 if? ton for dead weight; £7 5s to £7 WI for li k; bt freight; £8 to £9 for silt and indigo. Produce abundant. China 4th Ju1y.....N0 freight offering... 4s 9d ire dollar. 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A Coroner's jury was on Tuesday afternoon sworn before Philip Finch Currie, Esq., to inquire into the circumstancea touching the death of Thomas Molyneux. John Molyneux, son of the deceased, stated that his father was a pipe-maker, and worked for Mrs. Morgan, in Sir Thomas's-buildiugs. On Sunday morning last, at about two o'clock, his father was at work there. He (witness.) was standing at the end of an entry which lad to the kiln, smoking his pipe and waiting for his father to go hothe sylph him. The prisoner Michael Grant, with whom was the prisoner Moreland and another man, came up to hint and asked him if he was one of Steel's men. He said "No," he knew nothing about Steel and had never worked for bin.-- The prisoner bad at this time placed his hand in his (witness's) pocket, and was taking his tobacco box from him. Witness, raised his hand and threw away the prisoner's arm, upon which the latter immediately knocked him down. Ile got up again, they hada short struggle, and both fell. His father hearing the noise came out. The prisoner,the moment the father appeared, knocked him down also. The prisoner did not again touch the deceased, nor did his companion Moreland strike at all. The latter helped him to pick up his father and to curry hint into the kiln. His (witness s) father was a little in liquor, but not much. Witness went home to his mother and sister, and sent them to his father. Ile did not himselfgo back, because he was afraid. Ile did not think the blow was struck maliciously, but through intoxication. Elizabeth Molyneux deposed, that on Sunday morning her brother ca-ne home and told her and her mother to go to the kiln to their father as he was lying dead there. They went to him and found him lying there nearly in sensible. Witness raised him up. lie requested her to take off his shoes. He then became quite insensible, and never spoke more. He died at a plea ter before one o'clock on .Moa day. The prisoners were at the kiln when she got there. She asked the prisoner Grant if he had struck her father. He said he would not tell, but if he had, it was not with the intention of doing him any injury. The prisoner Moreland was questioned by the Coroner as to his share in the transaction. Ile said he was not with Grant in the first instance. He came out of an adjacent public house and saw the first witness and Grant fight ing. Grant had his coat off. but he did know whether the other was stripped or not. They were, however, engaged in a regu lar einnhat. The old man came out of the entry and advanced towards Grant who struck him a blow which caused hint to fall haaeily un the parapet. The Coroner expressed his regret that he was not in a situation in which he could make the evidence of Moreland availai.de, as he could not discharge hint till he had received the verdict of the jury. (It had become pretty evident that Moreland bad no share in the matter.) William. Owens, an Officer of Excise, stated that he was on duty at Mr. Steel's soapery, on Sunday morning last. At about two o'clock Le heard a noise in the street, which induced him to go and open the wicket gate to see what was the matter. He PM seve ral persons in the street. He had known birth the prisoners by sight from attending the places where they worked. He saw Grant and the first witness squaring at each other and engaged in a regular combat. The son of the deceased knocked Grant down. The latter immediately pulled off his coat and waist coat, and the combat was renewed as before. Both Parties entered upon the contest willingly. Grant knocked his oppo nent down twice. The deceased came out of the entry. Wit ness thought he appeared as though he wanted to pacify them. Grant asked him what business it was of his, and struck him. He (the deceased,) fell heavily to the ground. It was a dread ful fall. One of the jurors. who appeared to have sacrified too freely at the shrine of Bacchus, had for some time annoyed the witness with a number of irrelevant questions. The witness heing now under examination by the Coroner did not imme diately answer the juror. The latter appealed rather vocife rously to the Coroner. The Coruuer quietly requested, that at • that moment he might not be interrupted. The juror, whose name is Daniel W ells, persisted ; upon which the Coro ner said, addressing the beadle, " I adjourn this inquest till to morrow, and perhaps by that time you can furnish me with a sober jury." The inquest was accordingly adjourned till hal f ... past teu o'clock. Betore the Court broke up, Mrs. Morgan, in whose employ the deceased had been, was questioued with the view of ascertaining how far her evidence would bear upon the case. She stated that when thedeceased came out of the entry, he had exclaithed three or four times to his son, who was fighting with Grant,—" Strike high, Jack !" 'The decease& •: and his son, she stated, were both intoxicated, and had caused: her considerable annoyance during the day. These points will tell considerably in favour of the prisoners as they give the affray the aspect of a drunken brawl, though it was supposed at first to have been of a more serious nature. The prisoners were. remanded.—The inquest was resumed on Wednesda y , when the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Michael Grant. Moreland was acquitted. There are now confined in Kirkdale Gaol 28 prisoners for trial at the March assizes, viz., 23 males and 5 females. Nrw Cu A eat..—ln oar advertising columns will be found an* announcement of the opening of a new methodist chapel in Chester-street, Toxteth-park, on Wednesday next, built by the natives of the principality, in connection with the Wesleyan body, whose numbers have of late been rapidly increasing in this town. The services of Wednesday will be in English, and three highly-popular ministers are expected to preach. On the following Sunday sermons will be delivered in the Welsh lan 7 gunge. FATAL ACClVENT.—Yesterday, an inquest was held before. Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Isaac Eden, a rigger, who met with' his death while engaged in his occupation, at the Prince's Dock. Charles Gile, stated, that he and the deceased , * were on Monday employed on board the Reliance, lying in thu. Prince's Dock. About three o'clock in the afternoon, the .de ceased went up to ibe top of the mast-head. and witness, who was on deck, saw him miss his hold—he fell head-foremost on the deck, He was carried to the Infirmary, where be died about a minute after his arrival. The jury returned a Vertherd " Accidental Death." • Noe-ARRIVAL or THE Lo:snow MAlL—Considerable incon— venience was experienced during the latter part of the past_ week by the late arrival of the London mail. During sevetat nights it did not arrive for four, five, and even six hours : after the usual time. The reason for this was,.that a heavy drift of snow had almost choked up the cutting at Chalk•hill, so t4at passage had to be cleared by the use of spades and shovels be!7'. , fore the coach could proceed. On Tuesday night th e ma il' did not mite at all. Yesterday morning_ the guard of the rningham mail brought intelligence that the communication ; between Birmingham and London was cut off at Duncburch , . where four mails and several coaches were snowed up. Amour 1 / 4 . those it was stated was the Liverpool mail from London, dueat half-past four o'clock on Tuesday.—Goir's Advertiser.. Tint Wasicxs.—On Saturday, Mr. Dhwling, the suieriv...• tendent of the Dock Pollee. went over to Cheshire, with an in . ; sperm'', two serjeants, and twenty m e n. A guar d was place , ' along the coast from Leasowet Castle to Hoylake. The Sand • bach is aground close to shore, betw een L easowe C as tl e and n the Lighthouse. A number of riggers have been employed to get her masts and rigging out, and carts are engaged to di sc harge, the cargo, which is a valuabl e one, upon t h e b an k . Sh e i s s tork hard and fast in the sand, and her hold is filled with water. I . ". Hers is deeply indiedded in the sand about four miles from 0!! main on West Boyle, The lite-boat got off her passengers 014 crew. She had also a valuable cargo. An Italian brig , the Phccbe, awbaosn. Daringktnocked s top a i t e u c rd es ay in so H d o t s h l e ak fo e, lh a n, nd ing the cargo fl oc floating of it was no shore, and placed under a guard. Several oth er vessels were aground in different parts of the river. The Hey. Alfred Armstrong, Hector of the palish of 1 % 1° 7 line, in th e County Tipperary, is obliged to attend the duties . "_ g ive , his pari s h c h urc h w i t h loaded pistols in his pocket, having " offence t o hi s par i s hi oners by committing o ne of them to g ao l for some trifling misdemeanour. POPISH CRUELTIES.—II is stated by President Edwards, tekrat in the reign of Charles IX. of France, 70,000 Protestants wer e slain in a few days ; and that in the persecution which be_ga t l i l a ' a 1571, there were in the kingdom of France no fewer thaw 300,000 Protestants, who fell a saclike to P°l"h c ruelty. Within ill Within the short space of thirty years, there were tnarty_„, France for the Protestant religion, 39 princes, 148 courts, weir"! barons, 147,518 gentlemen, and 760,000 of the common C T i t l i a e r si l it es tn l e . e o l i t . ii y, ne n i g it ia a n u :ta w b s o , v ly e s 2 , ( t x h ) a mo t in h viol{ cred in a few days, the Papists, by a secret agree eint, of a bar _ risen all over the kingdom, intending thy one pitifeas act , rid cruelty, to put to death every suntiving Prote (irk Otsespdiart. Irelan d oltest an i ssti•leererua—"Lns; read t the i n ttner thl,u; IN F 1\:( 1!.1 'U itq..- Wish t tier tit Mr, %Kid 4 W . qrt I,Nve 4,f il ls th 3 th , it I:mnb, hall, tho I fine alth Pap , it hi of tl of A sec' mai