The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-31 00:00:00

he generation now rising. We are, as yet, without any good classical seminary in the province, but the spread of education in the ordinary branches of knowledge, is incon ceivably extensive and rapid. To what avocations shall the thousands of boys, now at our schools in town and country, betake themselves when they grow up to mau's estate? It is certain that they will not labour in the field. In the ab sence of an European course of study, the bench, the bar, the practice of medicine, the pulpit, constitute dis tinctions to which they cannot aspire. The higher offices of the executive department, the home government will always take care to fill with its own creatures. The lower cannot satisfy the wants of one-twentieth part of the appli cants for employment. Then, the present generation of agricultural labourers having died away or retired, who is to supply their room ? How are the rising generation to be oc cupied in a way worthy of their extended information ? How is the large class of persons which now hangs on by the staple cultivation, to subsist? These are questions which it will be well for the philanthropists of England to ponder, before they determine upon converting this colony from a sugar-pro- ducing settlement into the residence of mere yam-growers and hucksters." These are, indeed, questions upon which the serious attention of the British people, and the British Legis lature may well be bestowed ; and we tnist that in the movement, which we now see making, towards an award of something like justice towards the West India proprietors, the condition of the emancipated negro population themselves, aggravated as its present evils will be by the refusal to adopt the steps necessary to restore prosperity to the cultivation of these noble colonies, will not be overlooked. The Liverpool Journal either misunderstands the re marks which we offered on Friday, with respect to the relative position of the Conservative party and Sir Ro bert Peel's government, or treats them in a very un candid spirit. To a Whig journalist it may appear strange enough that Conservatives should complain of the conduct of that government, upon some articular questions, and determine, with respect to those ques tions, to withhold from it their confidence and even to oppose its measures. To a Whig journalist, accus tomed to trim his course with a delicate regard to the safety of the frailest and most unstable government which ever contrived to hang together so long after it had exhausted the endurance of its supporters, it may be a matter of difficulty at first to determine the ex tent to which, in the case of a strong government, the dissatisfaction of sections of its supporters may be ex pressed, with respect to particular measures or the maintenance of particular principles, without weaken ing its moral power or giving rise to the impression that it is no longer possessed of their confidence upon general questions. To this circumstance we must at tribute it—for we cannot think the Journal capable of wilfully misinterpreting us—that we are represented by our contemporary as overwhelmed with " sorrowing despair" and a " cureless sorrow" by the measures of Sir Robert Peel's government ; that we have " no confidence" in the right honourable baronet, and are only restrained by " sickness of the heart " from "bursting into paroxysms of rage" against him. We distinctly pointed out in the article in question the grounds upon which we felt dissatisfaction, or he sitation, with respect to the accordance, by Conserva tives, of their implicit confidence to the present govern ment. Sir Robert Peel, we stated, had not acted up to the wishes of many of his most ardent friends—(he has acted up to the expectations of most)—in his treat ment of the factory question, in his treatment of the new poor law, and upon those questions which are pe culiarly Protestant questions. With respect to these — (we know of none other of material importance)—we are prepared to offer our unflinching opposition to the views of the majority of his cabinet; not with the motive of harassing its steps—not with a view of weakening it in public opinion ; but in the hope rather of strength- ening it, and at least warning it against the danger of further concession to the principle of utilitarian Whig gery. We have no fears of any " suicidal" conces sion to the principles (!) of free trade. We stated, in fact, that in his financial and commercial legislation Sir Robert Peel had our entire confidence. In urging, therefore, the Conservative party, or, at least, that portion of it who think with us upon these particular questions, to " maintain the cause itself ra ther than the men," we advised what is, with due de ference to our more politic contemporary, the only course which an honest and consistent party can pur sue. But why, asks the Journal, if this advice is to be acted upon, not cast off at once from our confidence the supporters of Sir Robert Peel's government, if we cast off from our confidence the government itself ? " A government," remarks the Journal, in a tone of self delight, " is nothing without votes at its back ; and we should like to have the one measure of the present ministers pointed out which was not supported by the votes or sanctioned by the acquiescence of Lord Sandon, Sir Howard Douglas, Lord Francis Egerton, and Mr. Bootle Wilbraham. Who has enunciated those ' suicidal' principles of free trade more boldly (would that he had been something more than lip -valiant !) than Mr. William Gladstone ? Has the new poor law met with one' syllable of opposition from the whole batch •of Lancashire and Cheshire tories ? Were these people sent to parliament to vote at the bidding of the minister for any measure which be might propose, and, as if he were an Egyptian Pasha, to defy and rule both his sovereign and the subjects of his delegated sway ? '" If the Standard really wishes to establish that character for Iniependence which it is now stickling for, it must strike nearer home at the men who arc the instruments of this ' suicidal' course. If Sir Robert Peel is mistaken, they are criminal; if he is blind, they are base. No party duty binds any honest man to support principles which he abhors, and to be an actual participant in political crime." In the first place, we shall reply to the Journal that hii facts are not true. We apprehend that , neither Lord Sandon, Lord Francis Egerton, nor Mr. Wil braham, are devoted admirers of the new poor law. The former, especially, we believe, will not support a bill, by whatever government introduced, which is not essentially mitigated in its oppressive bearing upon the industrious and unfortunate poor of England. Not one of these gentlemen, moreover, can be suspected of the peculiarly Whiggish predisposition " to vote at the bidding of the minister for any measure which he may propose, and, as if he were an Egyptian pasha, to defy and rule both his sovereign and the subjects of his delegated sway !" When these members "nearer home" do err, how ,ever, little as the Journal may be disposed to give us credit for the independence required in doing so, he •will find us prepared to pursue precisely the same course with respect to them which we have proposed with .respect to Sir Robert Peel himself. What that course will be our friends will have no difficulty in under :standing from our previous explanation; and we hope should the task unfortunately be imposed upon us— (which we do not expect)—that it will be one with the honesty of which even the Journal will be satisfied, al though it will not be so suicidal as to afford him all the fan which he may perhaps anticipate. We perceive;by•,the notice paper posted at tke door of the Town-hall that the council is threatened on 'Wednesday next with another " passage at arms," upon that everlasting subject of Whig-Radical cavil :ling, the education question. The challenger upon ;the occasion is Mr. R. V. Yates,—Sir Daphne of the .Dingle,—who will creep into the left-off armour of the .Abercromby Apollo, and astonish the education corn rriktee with his feats therein. The name of his esquire we kiow not at the present moment. Report, how ever, gives the name of Mr. Bright of Gibraltar, who, from the grace with which he is known to wield a yard stick, will no .doubt demean himself within the lists with fitting elegance and propriety. The principal object of the "onslaught," we presume, is to post pone the period at which the new system of the edu cation committee may be fairly considered to be upon trial,—which period, be it remembered, will not arrive until the total cessation of this system of petty cavil ling at the proceedings of the committee, and keyhole espionage of the proceedings of the teachers in the schools themselves. The first issue to be decided is upon the following motion, viz.— " That a special committee be appointed to inquire into the acts of religious persecution , alleged to have been com mitted by Mr. R. Stone, in ordering the children of Roman Catholics and Dissenters, in the corporation schools, to learn and teach the church catechism and to go to church ; and if he be found to have done so, to inquire further, whether he was instructed by any person or persons to do so ; and also to inquire whether he . neglected his duty in the manner alleged—and that the evidence taken be laid before the council." " Religious 'persecution" ! What an important in • quiry this will be ! The council surely cannot think of horrifying the religious world by permitting the as tounding fads which the committee proposed might possibly extract from the tutored witnesses of Mr. R. V. Yates. Seriously—the council cannot permit its valuable time to be taken up, or that of a committee, composed even of the most trilling and silly of its members, to be occupied in disproving such pitiful balderdash as has here been raked up by the eaves dropping member for South Toxteth. The second proposition of Sir Daphne is— " That compensation be granted to those apprentices, for merly in the corporation schools, who were bound under regulations which showed respect to their religious opinions and promised them valuable instruction, and who were turned out of the schools when they refused to be bound to a master whose orders they could not conscientiously obey, and who refused to give, or was incompetent to give, the instruction promised." By all means, we would say, allow the apprentices in question compensation, although not a shilling is their legal due ! We would give something to sweep away such remnants of the old system, which can only clog the efficient working of the schools as at present constituted, and serve as funnels to such ready recipients of exparte slanders as Mr. R. V. Yates. The third motion is worthy of the sublime philoso pher who devised it. It is— " That a Time-book be kept in each School, in which the Superintendent and all the Masters of that School shall enter the hour and minute when they arrive, and the hour and minute when they leave the School." We would suggest an amendment, to be moved by some Conservative gentleman, to the following effect— 'That Mr. R. V. Yates and the seconder of this motion should be permitted to station themselves daily, one at the south school and one at the north, within a convenient hearing distance from the keyholes of the school doors, in order to be enabled to report to the council the proceedings of the masters therein, Mr. Taafe being retained to put their reports into English; and that, to economize the time of the head master, Mr. William Earle should be requested to escort him in his drag, whenever his duties call him from one school to the other." • It will be perceived, by a paragraph inserted in ano ther place, that Mr. Thomas Gladstone, late member for Peterborough, and brother of our townsman, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, is a candidate, in connection with the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, for the borough of Ips wich, on the Conservative interest. The ex-members, Mr. Rigby Wason and Mr. Rennie, are ineligible to sit during the present parliament. LOCAL NEWS. THE OXFORD TRACTS REFUTED IN THEIR OWN BIRTH PLACE.—WC have been informed that two able and well _ known churchmen, the Rev. J. R. M`Ghee, the distinguished Protestant champion, and the Hon, and Rev. Baptist Noel, ! • are about to deliver a series of lectures in the Town-hall of - - - Oxford, in refutation of the (Popish) doctrines put forth in the " Oxford Tracts." ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, LIVERPOOL. — The Rev. Wm. Hughes, whose labours in the Principality have been emi nently successful, has been appointed to St. Paul's Church, in the room of the Rev. J. N. Peill, now curate of All Saints', Rose-hill. The rev. gentleman commenced his mi- nistrations on Sunday week. - THE REv. R. AIKEN.—The Rev. Robert Aiken, who is about to leave Liverpool, delivered his farewell sermon on the afternoon of Sunday last, in the church of St. John the Evangelist, Hope-street. The church was crowded to over flow. Mr. Aiken's discourse was of a most affectionate character, and eminently adapted to the circumstances of the occasion. THE REV. C. H. BURTON.—We understand that the Rev. C. H. Burton, who has been officiating for some time as curate of St. Martin's Church, in this town, is about to re move from this neighbourhood. His exemplary labours in this sphere of duty have been productive of much good, and he retires from it with the esteem and affection of all classes. The members of his congregation are, we understand, about to present him with some memorial of their esteem. THE TWENTY-NINTH OF MAY. —Sunday last being the anniversary of the great deliverance of King Charles the Second, according to the rubric, " the form of prayer with thanksgiving to Almighty God for having put an end to the great rebellion," was read in nearly all the churches of Liverpool. PRINCESS ROYAL STEAMER.—This unrivalled vessel left Liverpool on Tuesday night, at ten o'clock, and arrived at the Bromielaw yesterday at twenty minutes past four o'clock, making the passage, with a heed wind and including fifteen minutes' detention at Greenock, in the extraordinary and un- precedented time of eighteen hours and twenty minutes. — Glasgow Argus, of Thursday. A deputation, consisting of Lord Sandon, M.P., Mr. G. W. Wood, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., Mr. Thomas Wyse, Mr. J. Hodgson , president of the Birmingham Phi losophical Institution, Mr. Russell, the treasurer, and Mr. Arthur Ryland, the secretary to the Birmingham Philoso phical Institution, Mr. Joseph Brooks Yates, resident of the Royal Institution, Liverpool, and Mr. albot, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Friday, at his official resi- deuce in Downing-street AN OFFICER REBUKED.—A man, named Thomas Wil liams, was placed before the magistrates on Friday, on a charge of having been disorderly and fighting in Banastre street, on the preceding day. Williams had his head bound up, and appeared to have received some rough usage. Reece Davis, the officer who had taken him into custody, stated that he had been very disorderly, and would not go home when he desired him, but had struck him, and he (Davis) struck him again.—Mr. Rushton : " Why did you strike the man while there were officers near you ?" Davis replied that it was because the prisoner had struck him. Mr. Rushton : " That is no excuse at all. There were plenty of officers to take the man without striking him. Such conduct is what I have always cautioned you against : you must never strike a man when you can call assistance. Let the prisoner be dis charged." THE NEW CHIMNEY-SWEEPING ACT.—The principal chimney-sweepers of Nottingham have announced their rea diness to comply with the provisions of the new act, which comes into full operation immediately. Several of them have constructed new machines for themselves, and others are letting machines out to journeymen, or are selling them at a very reasonable rate. This is as it should be, and will entirely remove any difficulty which might arise from the want of machines.—[We borrow this announcement from the Nottingham Journal, and cannot forbear the expression of some surprise that we have not yet been instructed to give a similar notice for Liverpool. Householders will not forget that the employment of climbing boys is positively prohibited, under a heavy penalty, after the new act comes into operation.] [Advertisement.] —THE NEW SEASON'S TEA.—It would be impossible for us to furnish more pleasing or important intelligence to our friends, than the progress of a large pub lic auction of Teas—which commenced on the 27th instant, wherein greater inactivity prevailed than has for many years past.—This is owing to the recent abundant arrivals of Tea from China—and the total disappearance of speculators from the market—(who have been the chief cause of the great fluctuation in prices during the last two years—but who now have been taught caution by experience, which is doubt less a boon to the public,)—it will require some new and very alarming feature in the Chinese quarrel to be announced be fore a similar feeling for speculation can be again created. Therefore, until a further change takes place, we can parti cularly recommend: Fine Stout Congou (Blackish leaf), 4s. and 4s. 3d.—for general family use—and high flavoured or choicest description Pekoe Souchong kinds, ss. and ss. 6d. —Robt. Roberts & Co., Royal Bank Buildings.— Entrance up the steps leading to Bank. May 30th, 1842. . . ANNIVERSARY OF THE RESTORATION.—Sunday being the anniversary of the restoration of King Charles to the throne of these realms, the occasion was marked by the dis play of the Royal Standard and other national flags, with boughs of oak, from the several churches and public build ings in this town and neighbourhood ; and yesterday groups of the juvenile portion of the community walked in various parts of the town, carrying children embowered in oak, and representing Charles in miniature in commemoration of the occasion. On Sunday, and also yesterday, many of the vessels and boats in the docks and on the river were de corated with flags, and branches of oak at their mast heads. In consequence of the anniversary falling this year on Sun day, the ship carpenters and others who usually walk in pro cession on the 29th of May, have, we learn, postponed their procession to the 12th of July, when they will celebrate simultaneously the Restoration and the Battle of the Boyne. DEATH FROM BURNING.—An inquest was held yester day, before Mr. Curry, the borough coroner, on view of the body of a child named Thomas Gough. The deceased, who was but three years old. was, it appeared, left by his mother, on Thursday week, in the room in 'which the family lodged in Sparling-street,—while she went for some water. The brother of the deceased, a boy of five years of age, was in the room with him. The door was locked outside, with a view to prevent them from falling down stairs, and there was only a slow fire in the grate. Another female, who lodged in the house, heard a scream, and on going into the room found the deceased in flames. She called for assistance, and several persons came, including the mother, and the fire was put out, but the deceased was so much burnt about the face, breast, arms, and neck, that, though he was dressed at the Infirmary, and afterwards attended by a surgeon, he lingered until Friday last, when he died. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died by burning, but how his clothes became ignited, there was no evidence to show. ROBBING A SCHOOL. — At the Police-court yesterday, a woman named Lynch, and her son, were charged with having committed a robbery in the Seel-street Roman Catholic School. The boy, it appeared, had been a scholar there, and knew the mode of obtaining access by the back. A week or two ago a number of hooks were missed from the library, amongst which was a copy of Lingard's History of England; and on Saturday an entrance was effected through a window, when a coat, belonging to the master, was taken away. A servant girl living in the neighbourhood bad observed the younger prisoner lurking about the premises for some time before, and she acquainted the police with this circumstance. The cellar inhabited by the prisoners was consequently searched, and the missing coat was found concealed among the bedding. The female prisoner had previously protested that she knew nothing at all, either about the robbery or the missing property. Mr. Rushton told her there could be no doubt she had instigated her son to commit the felony. Both the prisoners were committed for trial. CAUTION TO WAREHOUSEMEN AND OFFICE -KEEPERS. —Two men, of notoriously bad character, named [Cavanagh and Dolphin, were placed in the dock of the Police-court yesterday,, under the following circumstances. They had been seen together in King-street early the same morning, and at a quarter before seven o'clock Cavanagh was found by the charwoman standing at the door of Mr. Smith's office, in South John-street which he had ope ned b y means of a skeleto n k ey . The woman asked him what he was doing there, and he replied that he was one of Mr. Smith's clerks. Dolphin at the same time was standing at the front door in the street, ev id en tl y k eep i ng wa t c h. Nothing had been taken from Mr. Smith's. Police-officer No, 539, comi t , up, he took b o th i nto custody, and on Cavanagh he fi fo c u e door, nda d sk a e n leton key, which opened Mr. Smith's of a pair of boots, which had been stolen from the adjoining other property, on the 12th or the Sherlock, along with 24th instant, for it had been robbed twice. office of Jr. fected by mean s of mr. The entr . y_ R o . u n sh b t o .o t .n h , occasions a skeleton key Mr. Sherlock identified the boots as his property,, circumstances, committed Cavanagh for Ihearingthe whole td sessions, and .ordered Dol phin wo BPAI va g ploo nd for tia for trial at the ne to be imprisoned as a ee !mouths. POOR LAWS.—The Poor-Law Commissioners, on Thurs day afternoon, met Lord Sandon and a deputation from Li verpool, at the Home Office, on the subject of the New Poor Law Amendment Act. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.—We understand that a petition, for a commission of enquiry into the state and studies of the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was forwarded from Manchester, to J. P. Plumptre, Esq., on Monday last, con taining, 30,316 signatures, which exceeds the numbers to the petition of last year by upwards of 3,500. TOXTETH-PARK PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIA TION.—The petition adopted by this spirited and truly patriotic association, for an enquiry into the system of education pursued in the popish college of Maynooth, has received upwards of 3000 signatures—and it has been for warded to Lord Sandon, for presentation to the House of Commons. PLANS FOR THE SEE-WORK FIOUSE.—The Board of Guardians for the Parish of Liverpool selected, on Tuesday last, after a deliberation of three weeks, two designs out of the thirty-nine submitted for the proposed Workhouse, " in recto decus" for the first prize, and " coat of arms" for the second prize. The names of the architects proved to be Mr. Walter Scott, of this town, for the first prize, and Messrs. Lockwood and Allen, of London, for the second. We con gratulate Mr. Scott, who is well known by his buildings in Cheshire, on his success. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—There was an excellent attend ance last night at this very popular place of amusement to witness the Roman Festa. We must draw the attention of the police authorities to an intolerable nuisance that takes place every night while the company are leaving the gardens ; unless it is put a stop to it will very_ materially operate against Mr Atkin's interest We alh;de to the crowds of scamping boys and young men that are permitted to assemble by the sides of the road, who offer insults to the company on their progress home, not only by words and abuse, but also by throwing sand and lumps of turf in all directions. We have heard several complaints of this, and we hope that the nuisance will be reformed altogether." SMUGGLlNG.—Yesterday the man William Scott, -trate of the ship Bradshaw, whose case has been noticed before, was again brought up at the Police-court, on the charge of having smuggled 341bs. of tobacco. The evidence which had been reduced to writing, was read over, after which the prisoner was asked what he had to say in his defence. He replied that he was very sorry for what he had done, for it had been the means of ruining his character for ever, as he had obtained a responsible berth in the royal navy, which was now forfeited. Mr. Rushton said he should have thought of thaA before. In order to save a few shillings duty, he had not only placed himself in the situation of a criminal, but he had • pia the owners of the ship to very serious trouble. He must be convicted in the penalty of one hundred pounds. THE PERUVIAN MUMMY.—This singular relic of hu manity, on which the coroner was about holding an inquest through the witless hoax of some silly person, was purchased from Captain Hoodlop, of the °betoil, a ship belonging to Messrs. Brocklebank, by L. T. Gaskill ,. Esq of Seacombe. Dr. Thorburne intends - delivering a series of lectures in Li- verpool, similar to those now delivering by Signor Peltigrew, of London, and the Peruvian mummy will be exhibited in illustration. Captain Hoodlop discovered the mummy in a chalk tomb at Pisco, and it appears that he had the greatest difficulty in conveying it on board his vessel. The Spanish boatmen who rowed him and his prize to the ship, on disco vering that they had charge of a dead body, laid down their oars, and it was only by his persuading them that it was the body of his brother which he was bringing to England that prevented them from throwing it overboard. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. —The committee appointed to inquire into the communica tion between England and Ireland have, for the present, suspended their inquiries. We noticed in our last that Mr. Cubitt, the eminent engineer, had been examined. Mr. C. W. Williams, managing dieetor of the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company; Mr. Piro, the secretary of the Dublin and Kingston railway; and the Bight Hon. Frede rick Shaw, have also been examined ; and it is stated that all parties agree as to the superiority of railway communica tion between Chester and North Wales over the present mode of transmitting the correspondence vid Liverpool. It is understood that the committee will impress upon govern ment the necessity of employing engineers to examine and report upon the subject. THE FUNDS.—SATURDAY EVENING. — The English funds _ . have remained perfectly quiet, with a small amount of busi ness. Consols for money closed 92i- to I ; and for the ac- count, 93 to 4 ; Bank Stock, 167 to 168 ; India Stock, 2-19 to 251 ; Exchequer Bills, 395. to 41s. premium ; 3 per Cents. Reduced, 914 to 4 ; 34 per Cents. Reduced, 100 to ; New 31 per Cents., 100 to 4; Long Annuities, 129 16 ; and India Bonds., 21s. to 225. premium. Mexican stock has advanced to 374 to 4, in consequence of the satisfactory advices received of the state of that republic, and the progress Santa Anna is making in the developement of the resources of the country in order to increase its revenue. Spanish New 3 per Cents. also advanced, and several buyers came forward. Its last quotation was 234 to j. In other securities there was little alteration. Spanish Actives left off 224 to 31 ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 38 to ; ditto 3 per Cents., 224 to 3 ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 524 to ; Colombian, 264- to 271 ; Chaim), 88 to 90 ; Brazilian, 67 to G 8; and Belgian, 102 to 103. SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS. — We learn, from the papers brought by the Caledonia, that the inhabitants of the city and county of St. John's, New Brunswick, have recently transmitted an address to this gallant officer and their late distinguished lieutenant-governor on his election as member for Liverpool. The signatures are very numerous and truly respectable, and are led by the venerable father of the city, John Ward, Esq., J.P., followed by the honourables the senior member of the executive council, the speaker of the House of Assembly, the high sheriff of the city and county, the grand jury and the leading merchants of the community. The address states, that the return of Sir Howard to parlia ment is deemed by them " an auspicious event for the high purposes of the constitutional councils of the country," and they add, that this belief is well founded since the " adminis trative residence" of the gallant veteran " was not only marked by a support of the interests and dignity of the crown, and his own urbanity as its representative," but also because " every moral and industrial interest shared in the fostering care of his almost parental hand." MEssiznism.---We take the following from a late number of the Halifax Morning Post, brought by the Caledonia : " Dr. Collyer may fairly he said to constitute the life — if indeed he was not the pioneer —of animal magnetism in this country ; and when that science, which is now as it were in its infancy—which has but just fairly taken root—shall have grown up to a tree of knowledge,' and have spread its broad branches beneath the genial influence of light and truth,—his name will be associated with its richest and most verdant foliage. It requires no small share of intellect, as well as moral courage and firmness, to stand up the the advocate of a contemned truth, and defend it from the incredulous, the scoffs of the ignorant, and the opposition of the selfish who are unwilling that anything should exist, unless conduct - A in their own way and by their own per mission. Dr. Collyer is admirably fitted for such a task, Possessing a keen, discriminating judgement— immense nervous power—an independence of mind which knows its own recources, and is ever ready to wrestle with opposing intellect for the mastery —a perseverance that never tires —and an energy that scorns the common obstacles of the world—he has moved forward in his investigations of the science, and electrified mankind with its mighty results. When he first came to this city, the :almost united voice of the public, and by far the greater portion of the press, was against him. Every species of ridicule which ingenuity could devise, was employed to bring-his favourite science into contempt. Yet through all this, Dr. C. has stood up man fully for the right, until opposition is silenced, public opinion revolutionized, and science endowed with a new feature, in its onward march to the healing of the nations' and in its capacity to bless mankind. One year ago, nearly the whole mass of community were sceptical; now, there is not one . in ten, who has taken any pains to procure information on the subject, that doubts the existence of human magnetism. Let the honour of such results be placed where it rightly belongs." A CABMAN OUTDONE BY lIIMSELF.—The driver of a cab, 1 the number of which was not stated, appeared before Mr. Rushton, at the Police-court, yesterday, to complain against a native of France, who, he said, had hired his cab and re fused to pay him his fare. He stated that he was with his vehicle in Bevington-bush on Saturday afternoon, when the defendant, who was drunk, came up and requested him to carry him to Peter-street, which he did. On arriving at their destination he had to hawk his fare up and down the street till he could find his lodgings, a matter of some diffi culty, as he could not understand a word that Monsieur said to him. A squabble arose between them, which, as neither party understood the other, was so interesting as to excite the attention of the whole neighboirhood. At length the police were attracted to the spot, to whom the cabman, being more successful in making himself intelligible, they placed the unhappy Frenchman in durance vile on a charge of re fusing to pay the legal fare for the hire of the coach. The complainant having told his tale, the defendant began, awl with infinite gesticulation he informed the court that as he was passing along Bevington-bush he was saluted by the cabman, who asked him if he would have a ride. He con sented, and mounting the box, the good cabman conveyed him to Peter-street ; but when he arrived there he most wantonly demanded 2s. He assured the court, upon his ho nour, he had never thought of engaging the cab at all. The driver had invited him to ride, and he was fool enough to accept the invitation, for it had been the means of hi s being kept in custody since Saturday. Mr. Rushton asked the cabman whether the defendant had, as he stated, sat on the box of the coach. The complainant replied that he had, but he added, by way of explanation, that he invited hi m to go inside, but he declined. Mr. Rushton said there was no case against the defendant. It was clear that the complainant's eagerness to obtain a fare had occasioned what followed. The prisoner therefore must be discharged, and in the mean time he would recommend the cabman to be more careful how he invited drunken Frenchmen to ride , in his vehicle The Neapolitan journals mentlon the recent death at San Fili and Bianchi of a man aged 114, and a woman aged 110. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY—This splendid road has now been open a quarter of a year, last Saturday being the termination of the first thirteen weeks. The in terest which the public feel in this great undertaking is only commensurate with the advantages which it is conferring on the east and west coasts of Scotland, and the beneficial influ ence which it is destined to exercise on the two communities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. During the first quarter the company have carried 132,024 passengers consisting of 24,413 first class ; 34,016 second class ; 73,595 third class ; the first class being 181 per cent., the second class 251 per cent., and the third class being 551 per cent. The money received from these passengers stands in the inverse ratio, the first class yielding 42i- per cent., the second class 331 per cent., and the third class 231 per cent. The first week's passen gers of the quarter were 5,561 ; the last week's passengers of the quarter were 13,147. The season of the year will partly account for this increase, but the same reason may be alleged for an increased progression during the next quarter. The goods and cattle traffic department is gradually forming itself ; but, notwithstanding its immaturity and the short time since it commenced, which was some time after the opening of the line, the revenue is already equal to a fourth of the passenger receipts. For the week ending Saturday 21st May, the num ber of passengers was 13,149 ; receipts, £1,685 ss. 11d. ; horses and carriages, £27 16s. 6d• ; parcels, goods, cattle, &c., £398 lls. lid. ; total, £2,111 14s. 4 d.—Glasgow Con stitutional. ACCIDENT ON TILE BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY. — On Wednesday morning one of the company's servants (name not ascertained) who is employed near the Eckington station to adjust the " points," or swivel turnings, on the arrival of each train, was ran over by the first morn ing mail train, it is supposed while in the attempted perform ance of his duty. Some alterations having lately been begun at this point, another carriage way was formed, and it was his duty to turn the train by means of the aforesaid swivel, on the rails which lie there at a slight angle from the direct line. It is supposed, however, that it having been the night of the Eckington wake, he had taken too much liquor, and was consequently incapable of accomplishing his allotted task with sufficient quickness or steadiness ; for when the train came up he had not performed his duty, and the engine passed over his leg, b e low the knee, breaking the 9 bone and severing the leg, with the exception of a piece of flesh. it will hardly be credited, but it is nevertheless true, that the unfortunate fellow, perceiving the state of things, with the utmost sang froid, took a penknife from his waist coat pocket, and completed the amputation by cutting the flesh through ! He then took up . the detached member and platform, where he himsel f crawled, an d lay hour, till medical assistance was procured fort hre u w pw it aordnst of f e a n from Pershore, and the leg was then amputated at the thigh. The poor fellow was removed , and is doing as well as could be expected.—Worcester Guardian. STUPID HOAX.-ALLtGED BURICING AFFAIR! On Saturday morning a stupid hoax was played off upon Mr. Curry, the coroner for this borough, which, neverthe less, has excited some little merriment to those in the secret. For some days past as will be seen from another paragraph, a PERUVIAN MUMMY, imported from South America, in the ship Oberon, has been lying at the office of L. T. Gaskell, the agent of the London Times newspaper, in Lord-street C;iambers. Some lover of practical joking (who deserves to have his nose held to a grindstone for his pains), dispatched on Saturday aletter signed " Francis T. Wilson" to the coroner, informing that gentleman that the corpse of a man was lying at the office in question under very mysterious circumstances ; and that the writer confidently believed him to have met with his death from assassination. On the receipt of such a communication the coroner des patched his beadle to the office of the alleged burker, Mr. Gaskell. That gentleman, however, was not upon the spot ; and the official, in consequence, having declared his office and the serious errand upon which he had come, proceeded forthwith to institute a rigorous inquiry from some parties whom he found in occupation of the supposed place of slaugh ter or felonious concealment. The box which contained the embalmed body was at once shown him, and its history duly related ; but so dark a tale would not satisfy the man of corpses. Who knew, he thought, but that a radical town councillor, or ex-whig mayor, an ex-whig member of parlia ment, was there packed up for the resurrectionist or for some London curiosity shop ? The mysterious box was, therefore, opened ; and the beadle, with the remembrance of Burke, Hare, Greenacre, and Good, making - " Each particular hair to stand on end Like quills upon the fretful porcupine," Proceeded to note down the appearance of the strange fish or fowl which was presented to his gaze. Having completed his survey, and satisfied himself that it was neither William Rathbone reduced to parchment, nor Rigby Wason done brown, the body in question having been dead for something like a thousand years, he demanded the names of the parties present, and satisfied with his examination, withdrew to re port progress, as the House of Commons people say. In the course of the afternoon the coroner, having probably not been much enlightened with the report of his official, despatched a note requiring the attendance of Mr. Gaskell at his office. That gentleman, however, was still absent; but Dr. Thorburne, of this town, who was accidentally present, proceeded to wait upon Mr. Curry, and explained that the mummy in question was one which had been dis covered in a chalk tomb, where it had probably been buried for centuries, and brought over to this country, as before stated ; and that it was his intention shortly to make it the subject of a course of lectures. The coroner, we need not say, was perfectly satisfied with this explanation ; and severely reprehended the conduct of the authors of a hoax which had created so much trouble and annoyance. THE THEATRE - THE STARRING SYSTEM, We perceive by the announcement of the Theatre-Royal, elsewhere in our paper this day, that the lessees have at length broken through the rule they started with at the com mencement of the season,—they have engaged " a star." We have been so frequently addressed by various corre spondents to account for the non-engagement of the metro politan actors at the Theatre-loyal, that it has led us to make some inquiry into the matter; and from sources that we have no reason to doubt as to accuracy, we have gathered a few curious particulars that will, while they point out an instructive lesson, let the public a little into affairs behind the scenes. These statements, were we to give them at length, would show the rapacity of the London actors—the absurd value they put upon their services—the risk the manager runs in engaging them—and the opinion the public has of them, by the amount of patronage bestowed upon them. The lessees of the Theatre-Royal have persisted in their original plan until the stars have come to their terms—terms at once equitable and just to all parties. To Mr. Anderson's honour let it be said, that he has shown in his present engage ment a disposition to use the lessees fairly. We believe we may state, so far, that the amount of his remuneration for his fortnight's services will be entirely contingent upon his benefit. We hope the public will remember this, because their approval in supporting him on the occasion will show how far the new system is appreciated. We can point out, as we shall presently, that the new system is beneficial to the public and to the stage. The result of the benefit is, as we have said, an equitable mode of recompensing an actor ; be cause, if his services prove advantageous to a manager by drawing extra attendance, it may be at once inferred, that on the night of such benefit still greater will be the attraction. This is the old system. Munden gave his services for a fortnight, and was content to share half the receipts of his benefit with the management. Have we a Munden now, or any one that can be named within a long walk of him ? Master Betty, a surprising instance of precocious genius, but a mere " bubble of the day," it is true, yet still a good and sure card, was content to divide the nightly receipts after £9O, and give £156 for his benefit charges. Edward Kean, the greatest actor the stage has for years produced, was quite satisfied, in 1817, when in the zenith of his fame, to share after £6O per night. Think of this, ye twinklers. In the days of Johnston, Emery, and others, the sharing system was considered satisfactory to all parties, and it appears to be the only one upon which a theatre ought to be worked to be rendered a safe speculation. The labourer is worthy of his hire. If an actor excites curiosity in the public, and brings so much more money to the house than would otherwise be re ceived without him, then he is worth his proportion ; if he does not draw extra money, he is clearly not worth his salt. This has been proved, and is daily experienced in the provincial theatres. What said Mr. Hay in his speech at Portsmouth, as given in our last Friday week's publication,—" The stars were attractive, but they ran away with all the profit." So it has been in this theatre. Some of the stars have brought a little more money into the house, but have taken it away with them. For instance, Mr. Macready, who vaunts his love for the drama, and would have the public believe that he is the great reformer of the modern stage—what has he done for it in London during his last season? But let that pass. What did he for the Theatre-Royal here last season ? Mr. Mac , ready could not afford to accept an engagement unless be tween £3OO and £4OO (nearer the latter than the former) were guaranteed to him for an engagement of ten nights ! This engagement Mr. Macready had when he was last here —was paid to the very letter of the bond—and the manage ment sustained a very serious loss by him Now, will any one have the effrontery to tell us that this man's services were worth such a sum? Cui bono—what benefit did he, either mentally, morally, or physically? 'Why, the man that mends a pair of shoes for 3s. 6d,, that enables the hardy mechanic to pursue his labour, is, in our opinion, a man of more utility than Mr. Macready, or any other of his kind. And where is there a member of a profession, trade, employ ment, or occupation, that dare come forward and ask such a sum as an equivalent for services at such a rate ? It is a re markable fact. that the " Heir-at-Law," which was originally , produced at the Haymarket, with the extraordinary cast of Suett, Palmer, Fawcett, C. Kemble, Munden, Johnstone, Mrs. Davenport, Miss De Camp, and Mrs. Gibbs, did not cost the then management so much per week, as Mr. Mac ready's sole engagement lately at the same theatre ! Actors tell :us they are public property, and therefore we make no mincing the matter. The stars have been overpaid, and the public has suffered. These people have required so much of the gilt off the gingerbread, that managers, to make a bare living, have been obliged to obtain poor companies to do their ordinary work. The stars had no objection to this, because, like the foil to the stone, it only set them off to greater ad vantage ; but the public has • suffered, because it has seen a part only in each drama well played, while the rest was bur lesqued most villanously. Thus has the public suffered by I the star system. The lessees of the Theatre-Royal, in breaking the star system, do the playgoing public service. They say, "We will have a first-rate company. Our theatre is open to stars,' as they call themselves, (though we questipn whe ther it is a correct term, for they come-it rather stronger than such luminaries.) if they will engage at a price that will pay us. We can draw as much money to our house without as with them. We can get up everything in a superior manner ; and experience has shewn that more money can be taken without them." " This cannot be ! " exclaims the reader. " What! a regular company produce more money than stars ?" It is even so. In the season of 1840, the following were eugaged during the first fifteen weeks, in rotation :—Miss Tree, Miss Romer, Templeton, Mrs. Honey, Buckstone, Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Yates and wife, Bedford, Wright, Power, Gilbert, Miss Bailin, Master and Miss Marshall, Madame Vestris, C. Mathews, Vining. In 1841, Van Amburgh, Elton, Balls, G. Vandenhoff, Wal lack, Miss Delcy, Templeton, Charles Kean, Mrs. Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Yates, P. Bedford, Wieland, Wright, Master and Miss Webster, Boleno Family. In 1840, when the Adelphi people were here the best houses were drawn during the whole time, they having played that most moral piece, " Jack Sheppard." In 1841, Miss Delcy's was a first ap pearance : she did not draw. This season the Adelphi Com pany brought down several of their nasty pieces, which, if the Liverpool public had served according to their deserts, ought to have been hissed off the stage. Now here, in fifteen weeks, we have all the available talent of London ; and it is a positive fact, that during the first fifteen weeks of this pre sent season, we believe that a larger sum has been taken. than in the year 1840, and some hundreds over that of 1841 ! The " stars," it is said, have come to a resolution to de cline any engagements at Liverpool and Manchester under the present management. We saw the statement in a Lon don paper. It is clear that the lessees are better without them ; but we strongly suspect that these stars will be glad to come upon the fair and equitable terms proposed. Liverpool and Manchester have always proved good specs for these gentry, and they will not like to he cut out of the two towns. Supposing that any of them should come for a half benefit, and could clear £7O to £lOO for ten nights, we think they would be well repaid. There are many and many excellent and clever men, with many mouths to feed, who are debarred of the common comforts of life, who toil day by day, and sometimes part of the night, to make all ends meet, who do not in one or even two years, make as much as these superficial people consider an inadequate payment for a fortnight's labours. rbe doing away with the star system is the true way to advance the interests of the drama ; young actors and actresses get a chance of prac tise and advancement, their merits are tested, and if they have talent in them, it is Wought . out. They become pep : feet • they are induced to study and persevere'. feet; has been said on the subject of Miss Kemble not being engaged by themanagernent, which, if we may judge from what has been dipncd in our ears out of doors, has been greatly blamed for not engaging her. But why should the public blame any one for attending to their own interests? theatre is but a private s peculation for a public purpose, and as such, private remuneration must be looked at. Miss Kemble, or those who have bought her up, who pay her so much per week for her entire services, like the man in the van, who pays a giant or a dwarf, or a learned p i g , or any other m atter in the showman's way, have the mod es t y to ask £lOO per night. To set Miss Kemble's performance effectually on the stage, many expences, we should imagine, must be incurred, which might in round numbers, amount to perhaps £3O per night; to this must be added the expense of new scenery, dresses, &c., and the current charges of the house, besides the slack business before and after her appearance. Would it recompense any one sufficiently to run, in bad times like these, when every s i xp ence is looked at twice before it is parted with once—would such a speculation be prudent, even supposing, which may rather be doubted, a full house could be secured every night? It is said, that in the event of £lOO per night not being guaranteed, it has been proposed to ac cept two-thirds of the receipts. We have not heard whether this proposal has been acceded to, but we should fancy not. The public, that is to say the Play-going pprtion of the community, has better ch ance o f a musement with 'a coin pally like the present at . the Th e at re-Royal, without 4, stars," because, as has been sufficiently shown, every thing can be well done. That the star system is a bad one, injurious to all excep t the rapacious individuals who have an interest in keeping it in existence, is quite clear; and it is to be hoped that the management of Liverpool and Manchester will persist in their present plan, and that every other in the kingdom will follow its example. Last eveni n g Mr. Anderson , from Drury-lane, a p peare d as Othello, Mr. Brooke playing lap°. To-ni g h t, " The Lady of Lyons" will be performed, and to-morrow, " Hamlet." The latter, it may be remembered, has been admi r y put on the stage; a treat m ay be anticipated , Mr, Anderson's Hamlet is a highly.finishedTerformance, si.,...,awm,:ii=7,:imzsaempial. Mr. J. Walter, the late representative for Nottingham, has again offered himself as a candidate for that borough. HORRID DISCOVE , y. —The Ri o Papers of the last ar rival mention an atrocious case connected with slavery. It seems, that a house at Barra de Tajuca, a thriving, populated district, about five miles from Rio, had been searched by the police, and that the bodies of five blacks, who had been flogged to death, we re discovered. The proprietor of the house had beeu arrested. ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA. This fine steamer, commanded by Captain Lott, arrived this port yesterday, after a rapid passage of twel eighteen hours from B , ston and of ten day from Halifax. We subjoin a abstract of her log. nd twel ,st of her passengers an LIST OF PASSENGERS From Boston to Liverpool.—Captain Dutton, John Win thorpe Andrews, S. M. Buckingham, E. C. Richards, G. T. Snow, John Hillard, William Lobach, G. Blumenthal, James Buckley, B. B. Attenburry, A. Large, Manuel Escernden, Joachim Furlong, James Gears, William Phelps, Ferdinand Escernden, Francis Gonsales, V. Gurne, Ignacio Cazanze, Victorian Iturbe, Frances Ganes, F. Galnier. M. Valligo, D. Moam, William Parker, Frederick Lov er i ng , S e th G. Ly n d e , J. S. Brown and lady, John M`Ewen, F. A. Huntington, Dr. Jas. Hogan, John W. Harris, P. A. Bunswade, Edward Cunard, jun., and Edward Strybus. From - Halifax to Liverpool.—Major Buxton, lady, two children, and two servants, Miss Odell, Miss Tobin, Miss Porter, Mr. J. Tobin, Archdeacon Willis. Hon. S. G. W. Archibald and lady, Mr. Longwaith, Mr. Taylor, 29th regi ment, lady, and servant; Mr. Howard, Mr. Lockwood, Captain Carey and ehild. Total.—Fifty-seven ABSTRACT OF THE LOG. ' May 16.—Sailed from Boston at 2 p.m. 17.—Running for Halifax. 18.—Arrived at Halifax at 8 a.m., and sailed for Liverpool at 5 p.m. 19.—Lat 44 32, (d. r.) lon. 59 52, course S. 87 E. 11, wind variable, distance 150 miles, light airs and foggy. 20.—Lat. 44 32, lon. 54 40, course S. 90 E., wind S.S.E. and S.S.W., distance 221 miles, light breezes and foggy. 21.—Lat. 45 16, lon. 49 18, course N. 87 E. 45, wind va riable and easterly, distance 236 miles, moderate breezes and thick foggy weather. 22.—Lat. 45 34, (o. b.) lon. 44 26, course N. 84 E. wind N.E. and northerly, distance 215 miles, fresh breez and hazy, with rain. 23.—Lat. 46 23, lon. 38 53, course N. 75 E riable, distance 233 miles, calm and fine weather 24.—Lat. 47 29, lon. 33 18, course N. 75 E. 56, wind S.E and S.S.W., distance 240 miles, strong breezes and hazy, with a heavy sea 56, wind va- , wind N.W., 25.—Lat. 48 16, lon. 27 16, course N. 79 distance 245 miles, fresh breezes and cloudy. 26.—Lat. 49 18, lon. 21 10, course E. 54 E. 45, wind N.I and N.W., distance 253 miles, light breezes and squally at times. —Lat. 50 18, lon. 14 58, course N. 75 E., wind , distance 251 miles, fresh breezes and cloudy —At eight o'clock, Cape Clear be-- by h. six or even miles. 29.—Received pilot on board at 6 a.m., o Eddie Mouse May 20th, in /at. 44 32, lon. 54 40, spoke the barque St. John, of Glasgow, and reported having picked up the crew of the Gazelle, which was lost in the ice. 21st.—In lat. 45 16, lon. 49, 18, passed several icebergs, and some small pieces. 22d.—Lat. 45 34, lon. 44 26, spoke the British brig Juliet of Waterford, out 16 days from Cadiz, bound to Newfound land. 23d.—Lat. 47 29, lon. 33 18, passed the barque Odessa, with emigrants. 24th.—L - Lat. 47 29, lon. 33 18, spoke a brig at night, sup posed to be the Huddersfield. 25th.—Lat. 48 16, lon. 27 45, spoke the schooner Mary, with emigrants. 26th.—Lat. 49 18, lon. 21 10, spoke the barque Wood stock, of St. John, from New Orleans, out 31 days, bound to Liverpool. 28th.—Off the Saltees, spoke the ship Britannia, of New York, at 6, p.m. THE LIVERPOOL ABDUCTION CASE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH 'URDAY CRELLIN V. LEYLAND AND SULLEN Mr. Jervis applied to the Court on behalf of the defend ants, who are bankers in Liverpool, for an interpleader rule calling upon Ann Crellin and John Orr Macgill to come in and decide their respective rights to a certain sum of money in defendants' possession, to recover which an action had been brought by Ann Crellin against the defendants. It ap peared, that AnnCrellin had lodged in the defendants' hands a sum of money, of which a balance of £1,601 18s. 9d. re mained. She had brought an action to recover this balance, and defendants had received a notice, signed John Orr Macgill, stating, that he was the lawful husband of Ann Crellin, warning them, at their peril, to pay the said money over to Ann Crellin, alias Macgill, and demanding from the defendants that they should pay:the said sum of X 1,601 18s. 9d. over to him. This they refused to do, as it was notorious that the said Macgill was, at this lnoment, in the gaol of Kirkdale, charged with having been guilty of the abduction of Ann Crellin, of which charge, should he be convicted, the mar riage would be null and void. The defendants were perfectly willing and desirous of paying the money to the lawful owner, but it was rather hard that the question of the validity of Miss Crellin's marriage should be tried in this manner at their expense, more especially while criminal proceeding were pending by which the question would be decided. application had been made for an interpleader rule to Justice Wightman, but his lordship had directed the a to be made to the full Court Lord Denm an:-ZiTiiowould be the parties to the issu Mr. Jervis. — l am afraid the husband and wife, my lord ; but the act says nothing about that. The object of the act clearly is to prevent parties standing in the situation of the defendants, who are willing to pay the money to those who have a right, being placed in this manner between two fires. Lord Denman.—You may take a rule to show cause, on bringing the money into Court. Rule nisi granted. ADVANCED DUTIES UPON IMPORTS OF LINENS AND LINEN YARNS BY THE FRENCH GO VERNMENT. The following appears in the London Times of yesterday " It is evident Worn a conversation which took place in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday last, that the French government will raise the duties on linen yarns and linen manufacture , present time Al not pause to expose the folly of such a measure, or to contrast it with the policy of the Bri tish government at the very same juncture • but the follow ing figures will pr ove th a t i n a tt ac ki ng th e linen trade with Great Britain the French government is shutting up by far the most important channel of commercial intercourse be tween the two countries. The trade is of very recent crea tion, for the duties were raised to prohibition in 1826; they were, however, lowered in 1835 and 1836, and the result was as follows : Linen-yarns exported from the United Kingdom to France lb. Value. In 1832 76,512 £ 6,516 1833 867,288 • 68,229 1834 1,430,369 130,561 ' 1835 2,384,678 198,823 1836 4,012,141 276,942 1837 7,010,983 401,067 1838 1839 1840. : _ 13,137,367 629,533 1 V .- • " Our whole export of linen-yarn to all countries (inclu ding France) were in 1840, 17,733,5751 b. •, consequently the portion sent to France is more than two-thirds of our whole foreign and colonial trade in that commodity. " The total declared value of British exports to France in 1840 was £2,378,140; consequently the value of the linen yarns exported amounts to more than one quarter of the whole export trade of this country with France, " Such is the extent of the eyil—such is the enormous blow about to be aimed at the commercial relations of the two greatest countries in the world, in order to gratify the claims of a few unruly constituencies in the north of France !" It will certainly not be said that the distress which this or dinance must create, in those districts of Great Britain which are dependent upon the prosperity of the linen trade, arises from the restrictive policy, or at least the want of a feeling of reciprocity towards the producers of other countries, by the government of Great Britain. At the present moment, we only wait for a concession in return, on the part of France, to make a large reduction of the duties imposed by our tariff upon French wines, spirits, &c. This increase of the duties upon one of our largest staple manufactures, we imagine, must settle the question of any reduction at present. TROOPS FOR INDIA.—The utmost activity prevails in the military department of the hon. company in Leadenhall street, in freighting ships for the conveyance of troops. The large ship General Kyd has been taken up, and is now fitting out as a troop ship in the docks, and will sail about the middle of the next month, with 40 of the 4th and 29th regiments? FALMOUTH, MAY 26, HALF-PAST 11 P.M.—The royal mail steamer Solway, Captain Britten, with mails from Mexico, the West Indies, &c. (about a fortnight overdue), arrived an hour since, with 70 passengers, and about 400,000 dollars and 50 serons of cochineal on freight. Her dates are as follow :—Havannah, Ist May ; Nassau, 4th May ; Ber muda, 10th May ; and Fayal, 21st May, bringing mails from all the different quarters within the limits of their contract (with the exception of Honduras), and a Jamaica bag with dates to the 15th of April. The Tweed steamer brought up the mails from the latter to Turk's Island, whence they were conveyed by the Trent to Nassau ; and the Teviot arrived at Havannah on the 30th April with the mails from Vera Cruz only, those from the city not having arrived down in time to be despatched by her. We do not ascertain of this arrival bringing any news of moment either from the West Indies or Mexico. General Bustamente, the ex-President of the latter republic, is come passenger by the Solway. The ad vices from Vera Cruz, received by the Solway steamer, are to the 21st ult„ by which we learn that the proclamation of the Texian government, declaring the Mexican ports on that coast in a state of blockade, had not •caused much sensation there, particularly as it was stipppied the European powers, and England in particular, would not respect such a measure, coming' frOm a government the latter had not yet fully recognized, and which must prove so detrimental to her trade. The new tariff was to be published in the course of a week, and was to be put in force six months after that time. The elections of the new Congress had turned out decidedly against the party of Santa Anna, and from the strong military force the latter had oreated about him, it was much to be feared he would openly oppose the meeting of the Chambers, and thus give rise to new broils and disturbances between the two parties contending for power. A conducta from Mexico was advertised to leave for Vera Cruz the 25th of April. Business continued very dull. - EXECUTION IN FRANCE.—On Tuesday week the small town of Berns, in the Sarthe, was the theatre of an awful spectacle. At the sitting of the Court of Assizes for the de partment, on March 14, four men, Louvard, Belland, Drans, and Chambrier, were convicted of the threefold crime of arson, robbery, and murder. The first two were condemned to hard labour at the hulks for life, and the remaining two to death. The court further ordered that Louvard and Bel land should stand on the pillory, and Drans and Chambrier be executed at Berns, were their crimes were consummated. Early in the morning the scaffold and the pillory were erected within a few paces of each other. An assem blage of from 12,000 to 15,000 people gathered from all the surrounding country round these preparations for the exhibition of shame and ignominious death, and, notwithstanding their appearance in the centre, the scene assumed all the aspect of a fair. Booths were raised, tablts were spread, tons of cider were broached, and even games were set up. It required all the firmness of the ma gistrates, supported by the gendarmes and a detachment of troops, to prevent still more scandalous proceedings. At eight o'clock Louvard and Belland were fastened in the pillory, so placed that they could see the house of their victim, and Louvard that in which he had himself lived. He appeared to be much overcome, bot Belland displayed a disgusting effrontery in both gesture 'and language. Having stood their time they were removed. About 12 o'clock Drans and Charnbrier arrived in a postchaise under a strong escort. They were accompanied by priest, wh o , a young with much force, but mildness, endeavoured to bring th e crowd to a state more suited to the scene . they were about ns countenance to witness, and then turned to the immed iate objects of his care. Chambrier was resigned to his fate, and in a morne.nt A Most pitia ble pi c a o t n ed di ti o s n o . ffe A nc l e i s vid D pa r l a e i n is e , ss h oowv. eervsevri,ezdasiiii and his limbs trembled so conviAsively . that it required three him m twards the two several bodies were lying to m f ew e n minutest o carry a fetherin one grave in an obscure corner of the cemetery of 3erns. The crowd, so thoughtless and even licentious in the morning, overcome by the sad tragedy they had wit nessed, separated in solemn silence. THE' MANCHESTER AN) LEEDS EXTENSION MINE, AND THE JUNCTION WITH THE LIVER PO OL RAILWAY. We 1 vst week noticed the fact, that the whole of the pur chases oaf land for the extension of the Leeds Line to the Hunt's 13ank Station had been completed. We understand that the contracts for the same, two for the form a ti on o f the works of the line, and a third for the erection of the station, are to be fa on the 6th June; and it is expected that the whole of the works will be completed, and the line open to the public, to the Hunt's Bank Station, in all September, 1843. We understand that the Manchester and Liverpool Company are also proceeding rapidly with the purchases of those portions of the land reciyired for the Junction Line, which are situal k Station and the station of bable that they will succeed in purchasing the the intervention of a sheriff without any' necessity for y. The land lying between the Bolton. Station and the Liverpool Line, which belongs to the Bolton: Railway Company and the Old Quay Company, they have already entered into agreements for, and they have now a bill before parliament to confirm these agreements. The measure _is, of course, unopposed ; and we see by the papers, that the select committee on this bill had leave to sit and proceed yesterday. We believe it is expected that the Junction Line will be completed by the Liverpool and Man chester Railway Company by the tame time as the Manches ter and Leeds Extension Line ; so that this important link in the great chain of railway communication across the island from Liverpool, through Manchester and Leeds, to Hull, will be completed in the autumn of next year. It will also connect the Manchestir and Birmingham Line with the lines northward, on both the west and east sides of the island; and, in short, it is not easy to estimate its importance and advantages, by thus giving continuity to the various lines of railway communication to various parts of the kingdom. Of course the junction (f all these lines will require a spa cious station; and the Manchester and Leeds Company have already purchased ground for this purpose around their offices in Clowes' s-buildiugs, Hunt's Bank, comprising in one plot nearly five acres, or about 23,720 square yard s o f land. We see that th e Mersey and 'riven Navigation Company (the Old Quay Company) have set labourers to work to remove the masonry of the old abutments, together with the loose stone and rubbish from the river beneath the Victoria Bridge, in order to make the river navigable from that point up to Hunt's Bank, where the company will I establish a communication with the lines of railway. In our next we shall probably notice the course of the proposed. line of the Extension Railway from Collyhurst to Hunt's Bank, the direction which it is at present proposed to take for the Junction Line from Hunt's Bank to the Bolton Railway Station, and thence to the Liverpool and Manchester Line.- 11 I • er Guard We beg to call the attention of our readers, and particu larly of such of them as are shareholders in the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, to those parts of the above statement which we have marked in italics. The proposed Hunt's Bank junction, we are told, will " also connect the Manches ter and Birmingham line with the lines to the north and west. It will do no such thing. A gap will still remain be tween Hunt's Bank and Store-street; and the Manches- ter and Birmingham and Manchester and Sheffield traffic will remain isolated from any connection with Liverpool until a communication is effected between those two points. When will that communication be made ? Will it ever be made Again—" of course the junction of all these lines will re- quire a spacious station," and that station is to be upon the low ground near Hunt's Bank, to the north east of Manches ter, whilst the busines s p ar t o f th e t own an d t h e residences i of the inhabitants are fast re g to the south west. The Post-office has been removed on within the last three years. The Exchange )re. The principal hotels are s station " for the convenience of the most respectable po, will follow it in a few already there e railways is desirable, it should be a centralstation it should be, moreover, so situated, as to elevation, as to att mit the greatest possible facilities for carriages to and from it If " a spac of all t The neighbourhood of Piccadilly or Store-street, or any neighbourhood between those streets and Oxford-road would present such a situation. Hunt's Bank is not central, and it is the lowest elevation which could be selected in the neigh bourhood of Manchester. It is, in fact, a heavy drag from it to every point in the compass ; and the only recommenda tion which it possesses is, that its selection as the site of the of the Manchester railways will confer le and untenanted property of Mr. " spacious station " a value on the unaaleal Robert Gill ! But above all we beg the earnest attention of the Liverpool and Manchester proprietors to the proceedings of the Mersey and Irwell Z vigation Company river Irwell na' cept the very t gentlemen, it will labourers to work to make the able up to Hunt's Bank," in order to inter ic from Leeds and Hull, of which we have li J unc- OCSALI so 1111.1M1 as tne mints of this very Hunt's Ban tion. The merchandise of the West Riding of Yorkshire will travel per Leeds and Manchester Railway only to be shipped on board the flats of the Old Quay Company for its transport to Liverpool ! Glorious consummation ! Manchester and Birmingham Railway, too, unprovided with an eligible jOnction with Liverpool, will lay down the mer chandise brought by it, ust at theprecise point from which it can, most conveniently, be put on board the boats of the Rochdale Canal for transmission to this port. The cutlery a,pd hardware of Sheffield—the whole of which must other wise have travelled per rail Way—will now necessarily travel per canal from the same point to Liverpool I We should really imagine, that with these significant facts before them, the Liverpool and Manchester Board will begin to see the hostile influen s that have been at work to drive 11S sum o speak of private interests—the inte- rest of the Leeds and Manchester Railway to cut out its com petitor, the Sheffield and Manchester, from any share in the carrying trade from Liverpool to the north and east of Eng- land. The Ashton Canal—to strike a blow at the same un dertaking. The Old Quay Company and the New Quay Com pany—to seize upon the traffic from Yorkshire at Hunt's The Rochdale Canal Company, and the various car- upon the traffic left isolated street. The Birmingham Company—to keep its traffic from the Grand Junction ; and the Bolton Company—to carry out ultimately, by the aid of the Leeds Company, its projected northern line to Liverpool itself? An amount of influence here, actually at work, an 4 intimately dovetailed together, which those who have been its dupes will, in time, learn to weigh and to value accurately. We shall be told that it is too late now to turn back from the course into which the Liverpool Company have been se duced. It may be so. Still that company, we presume, is not fastened to this splendid " spacious station " scheme. If they are so let them keep out of it. ORANGEISM To THE EDITOR OF TH. LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sire,--I find by last Saturday's Journal, that the " smooth style" of my last letter has ruffled the amiable temper of my friend " Argus." He has, however, placed me in the good company or oily tongued Irish parsons," and, in return, I forgive him. I hope his naughty language has not the sanc tion of habit. He allows that the Orangeman's initiatory address is " very nice and good ;" but he does not like to see it in print, and Ido not wonder. There are those who wish Orange principles kept out of sight, in order that their slan ders may escape with impunity ; but it shall be ours to pub lish our laws, and to disabuse the public mind of all false impressions. I have no doubt that "Argus" himself found it easier to write a column of abuse, than to persuade himself he was writing truth after he had perused my quotation. " Argus" has a very perverse genius, He knows nothing of purple marksmen by his own admission, yet he charitably supposes it means " purple crimes," and he then logically reasons upon the consequences of tolerating the title. The " recruit" would be raw indeed who would glory in a dis tinction of so dishonourable a character. For " Argus's" satisfaction I will, therefore state that its signification is of a religious, loyal, and patriotic nature ; and more than this it is not necessary to state till " Argus" is prepared in his heart to become a Protestant loyalist. " Argus" uses even worse argument than he exhibits bad taste. He.would prefer, forsooth, " better game than a re cruit." I should think so, unless he were a cannibal. I can promise him, however, that if he bags his bird, he will find him rather tough in the digestion ! 'Tis a pity to see him waste so much powder. But " Argus" is also very clever at stratagem, and takes great credit for having now obtained information which everybody else knew, namely, that the Orangemen were going to walk in peace, under the protection of the authorities. We are told that we honour the memory of a Dutchman, and we agree ; hut add, in addition, that this Dutchman was rightful King of England. Will " Argus" say the same ? As for the defence of Sarsfield, and the avowal of repeal, I leave the matter in the hands of the public, and I have no fear that the man who fought several times against the King of England de jure et de facto, was a rebel, and that the burly agitator, who howls for repeal, do es no t l ose b y t h e speculation. Morality, indeed, and in such circumstances ! Let Raphael tell the moral he has drawn from the Hair at Carlow. We are told that the flags carried on St. Patrick's day did not create a tumult ; but does this justify the proceeding ? Praise to English forbearance, we allow our feelings to be outraged in our own town to preserve peace, and are to be told, in return, that we are to be hid in our houses—and this too in a Protestant town! It is asserted that Hibernian so cieties are legal and loyal. I hope they are : but are Itibbon societies legal ? and pray how do we know but that every nominal benefit society of Hibernians is not practically a Ribbon lodge? Look at the late proceedings before Mr. Rushton, when a society, with rules certified by a barrister, yet paid hirelings to go to Ireland—for purposes which, in reality, are never known, but which may be guessed. Orange societies have printed rules, which may be had by the public, and Orange benefit societies are legally enrolled, and are open to all loyal Protestants. It is not necessary to notice the statements about coldness to the Queen, or the escape of the Marquis of Wellesley, be yond merely stating that they are false so far as Orange lodges are concerned, and I dare him to prove the agency of these loyal bodies, " Argus" mistakes sneers for arguments when he writes about the reasons of Orange lodges being discountenanced. He is witty in intention about the scrutiny Orange lodges underwent before parliament. Allow me to refer him to Mr. and Mrs. Hall's Ireland, where Orange societies are spoken of, ,anifhe will find that the society " stood the test of two most scrutinizing parliamentary committees —one of the Lords, in the year 1825, and one of the Commons, in 1836 without the slightest itnputatjo3 being cast upon it which has any weight with rational men." It is true, that when self-styled liberals had the power to insult their opponents, during the mad times of reform, that they acted up to their bigoted principles, by crushing their fallen rivals ; for they knew that the strongholds of true liberty and genuine Pro testantism are found in Orange lodges. We have bid adieu to the past : like the phcenix, our institution has risen from its ashes, and now once more takes its heavenward flight, and soars majestically above the puny darts of its assailants. ", Argus" does not allude to my remarks upon the peace able manner we purpose walking, and the desire to avoid giv ing intentional offence. That does not suit his purpose, and he can only condescend to lower his dignity so far as to lec ture magistrates upon the duty of discouraging loyalty an: Protestantism. 0 shame, where is thy blush ! I have de n for the present with " Argus." With regard to another correspondent a the e .: I glad in who signs XXX, I have only to observe tkilt_i n , e pur poses having his testimony that the collectors for Vrrten,:es " asto mortal's, are doing their duty so wen.; :ind when ti the 12t h immortal nishment" i s over, I hope to meet him on the 12th July, and drink a pot sir, yoty's, &e., of XX to the- " glorious, memory. '—l remain,pious, AN ORANGEMAN & pugp LE MARKSMAN Liverpool, 30th May, 1842. THIRD E D I 'Ti d- office o'clock MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT-LOSS OF TWELVE We have just heard (th of the full particulars) LIVES ,• Straits, on the afternoon of y one) was, it appears, on he with a load of cockles, to be sent .t was upset in the 11 boat (an open .om Carnarvon to Bangor pool by ;n peopl steamers, and had on board thirteen or fourtt When she reached what is called the Swill, the Menai Bridge,) where there are some ro, quently a dangerous sea-way, the boat upset, ann the men on board of her were drowned, one or tv ' The steam-boats plying from this being saved marls having sailed this y, (not tar trom not been enabled to obtain any details, or the names of sufferers ; nor can we vouch for the precis brief account; but from the rumours we have heard in veral quarters, we fear the fact of the fatality to b ccuracy of tbi but too FOURTH EDITION. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGI (From Messrs. R. MAKIN & SO. THIS DA ucular.) Our arrivals coastwise and from Ireland up to Friday's market were extremely small, and though somewhat increased since, are still generally inconsiderable ; of Foreign Wheat however, chiefly from the Baltic, the import of the week is again liberal, and of Pease thence we have to note a fail supply. a large portion of Standard Office, Three o'Clo( The quantities of Wheat and Flour this port, at the reduced scale of duties under tl Act, from the 2d to the 26th instant, inclusiv Foreign Wheat, 25,739 qrs., Foreign Flour Colonial Wheat, 9,238 qrs., and Colonial r cur, 46,c rels ; of which, nearly all th e F ore i gn, an( a large r the Colonial, have been sold for consumption. The pause to any further advance in Mark-lane ye day, and the continuance of beautifully fine weather, a, peered to counteract any lively or extensive proceed ings in free Wheat at our Corn Exchange to-day. Of English Wheat, indeed, there was little or none offering, and in the value of Irish we have no change to note; but Foreign, of which there was a numerous display of samples, 11 de- in limited request, and in parti cline was conceded Home-made and Irish Flour, being scarce, may be consi dered rather derrer ; but States and Canadian, although in moderate demand, remained stationary in value. The sales in bonded Wheat yesterday and to-day, compre- hend a small parcel of fine Stettin, in granary, at Ss. 3d. per 701b5., about 1,000 - qrs. soft Polish Odessa, afloat, at 51s. 6d. per quarter, freight and insurance, with a few trivial lots of Wheat and Flour within the range of our quotations. Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease remained unvaried. d a moderate demani Oats, upon a very limited suppl 3 realised an advance of Id to 2d per 451bs both tolerably ready sale, commanded Is. to is. 6d. per 2401b5. over the rates of this day week. ARRIVALS OF CORN From the 24th to the 26th Mali, 1842 DESCRIPTION. I IRIg- COAST- 'CANADA LAND. I WISE Wheat Qrs. Barley Qrs. Malt Oats Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. Pease . Qrs. Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn .. . Qrs. 22 1 616 4 923 Rapeseec Oatmeal Flour .. Ditto .. . and Oatmeal Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat 1262 qrs. 3 Oatmeal, Ids; Flour, sacks. EXPORTS.—k, qrs.; Oats, 143 qrs• , —qr meal, 57 loads; Flour, sacks, 65 brls.—lreland. qrs. ; Rye, 7 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 874 qrs. ; Oatmeal, Flour, 207 sacks 1133 hrls.—Coastwise.Wheat, 1046 qr 116 qrs. ; Malt, qrs. ; Oats, 30 n - 'oreign. Wheat Indian Corn Malt, - s. ; Oat qrs. ; Pease Flour, 43 Beans, qrs. ; Oatmeal, 2 ,n Corn, —= Average prices of Grain, for the week ending May 2 Wheat 60s. yd. 1 Barley 255.11 d. I Oats.. 19s. sd. Rye, Beans.. 31s. 7d. I Pease.. 31s. 4d. Aggregate average of the six weep Wheat..6os. sd. I Barley 265.1fa1. I Oats.. Igs. _ Beans.. 313. 43. Pease.. 315. ht Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this w ee k. Wheat 12s.td. I Barley los. od. Oats .. . 7s. od. I R I Beans 10s. 6d. I Pease.. 10s. 6d. Ind. Corn Os. Od. I F Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Is. Od. Barley.. 28. 6d. I Oats .. 2s. od. I Rye. 2s. od. I Indian Corn.. os. I Flout 2s. Od 1 Pease , Liverpool Averages, week ending May 24, 1842. 1 Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. I Beans. Pease 601 sd. Os. Od. 1 20s. 10d. 1 Os. Od. Os. Prices .. E 49 THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS, The weather during the past week has been extremely fine, varied by occasional showers, which must have been of infi nite service to the growing crops. The face of the surround ing country looks surpassingly beautiful.—Stockport Adver tiser. THE WEATHER.---Fine fertilising showers have fallen during the week, by which the crops of grass and corn have been materially strengthened, aided as their growth has been by an alternation of warm sunshine. The gardens in our neighbourhood look most lovely, and there is promise of a most prolific crop of all kinds of fruit. The general ac counts throughout the country give the same cheering repre sentations.—Leeds Intelligences. Throughout this part of the north the country presents a charming aspect. The late rains have produced a striking change in the appearance of the crops, which now give pro mise of abundance. The wheat is strong and healthy. The oats just bursting into blade look remarkably well, and the flax, generally, wears such an appearance as must be highly. gratifying to those who take an interest in the efforts now making to improve the cultivation of that valuable crop ; while the potatoes are just what an Irishman loves to look at in the ridges. Yesterday morning we had a slight thunder storm, and the rain fell very heavily for a short time, but it soon cleared up, and we had a delightful afternoon.— Ulster Times. _ ISLE OF MAN.—At the commencement of the week the atmosphere was exceedingly chill, owing to the prevalence of the easterly wind, which changed, however, a few points on Tuesday, rendering the air more genial. Copious showers of rain have occasionally watered the smiling face of Mona, which fell chiefly in the night. The fruit blossoms are now carefully expanded, and seldom, indeed, have the gardens and orchards given greater promise of abundant produce, and throughout the island agricultural crops of every description are looking remarkably healthy. On the whole, produce of ail kinds gives hope of great abundance, and if fine weather continues, an early harvest will afford to the country a great relief from the pressure of the times which now prevails to a great extent among the labouring poor both in this island and across the channel. The Rev. W. R. Sibthorp was on Saturday admitted to Priest's Orders at the Roman Catholic College at Oscott. The coal trade is reviving at Newport. A number of ves sels have arrived within the last fortnight. A FAT - LIVING.—The annual value of the Prebend in Wells Cathedral, which has lately become vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Eseott, is three pounds! The railway from Naples to Rome has at length obtained the approval of the Holy See. It is said that an arrange ment has been made between the two states, according to which Naples will undertake the work and the expense, and Rome repay its share in annuities. A railway from Rome to Florence is spoken of as a thing quite resolved on. The Augsburg Gazette announces that the Russian army r in Poland is about being placed on the peace establishment; the cavalry is to return to Russia; but the Gazette thinks that these measures indicate a concentration of a larg e military force in the southern parts of theempire, f purpose of carrying on active operations in Ciarc,asßsiiaackofriaa of . In the neighbourhood of Guildford - street , Southwa r k, an accoucheur, residing there, rejoices in the appeopri ate Warne the s "rue of "Caudle." Not less so, in the Broadwy, is Catelipolea hairdresser, literally and truly beari ng the name ." The Cologne Gazette states, from the frontiers of Italy, that since the closing of the University of Pisa, occasioned by the seditious and tumultuous conduct of the - several arrests have taken place among 0- tat bod IArWIT.—HoW do a feeling hearted !tan and a cart, cry horse "u res L W em o ! ble each other ? B ecause they both stop at the of " Osbaldistone, the great horse dealer, now a bankrupt, is also a solicitor and coroner for Hertford. On the 19th instant the railroad between Hamburgh and Bergedorff was opened, and 800 passengers were conveyed _ along it. On the 20th, th e number was 900. Considering ;71 present circumstances of H am b urgh, this may be regarded as a large number. A Vienna letter of the 16th instant says—" The works csn our railroads are going on with great perseverance ; at i r ° te Prague will be finished in three years, and that to Trle' six years." • - The Courrier de Lyon says :—" The accident on the on ours. Versailles Railroad has not diminished the traffic s l e n ng th er e s !o b u e r ing da u y p s o o n f atnheavfeersatigvealofof2,Ws776hiatsonatnteiwileerle o .0") pas conveyed h number was by it. During the same period in last yearion.„ 9,776, being 720 less than on the last oceas Admiralty have issued The Lords Commissioners of the n c at the Wool.. s en o t f e r t i h n i g a an order to admit 12 shipwrights' PP . e %Inner being a regulated with Dockyard immediately, proportion, according to the o t , dockyard. Their lordships have e ,„ h distributed amongst the 100 apprentices every year , ho ` be dockyards, in the p oportion of men borne on their h e t a i t a b i n o s o r n e d e o c n i d t e l d le übpoooik) of tdebrdts,p,without a I Le e m ti i t s i s o i n o e n r e , r t , o, you petitioollp—en‘,Thiconn - books. , ar ~ sa id the commissioner vlinsibmleymeans of PALLIATION.—" P ra " -- ' 1 ray, life tell- PwiffublelYd,isacnbdarVidthonyhoiusr eyes insolvent r, h os,, e b o brought d u g y h o t t f said th mistake — ave neveYr • them ?" " MY ' °' 1 h paying tract such a number labour under a greatdadeht; on the cont rary fully contracts invariably done everything Th e Nuremburgh Correspondent announces : to enlarge them !" k have already been remitted to unces that 6,000 mar s Hamburg citY, and 10,000 from Augsburgh, and from that ministers, in the absence of the king, that the Bavarian "peat to th e people of Bavaria in favour g* had made a general inhabitants of Hatrih -urgh. The of the distressed Frankfort informs us that Post Ampt Gazette of getting up a lottery of b o . at Stuttgardt the booksellers are are to be sent to Hamburg, oKs and print s, the profits of which LANDS HELD CIL r There is a - tOEFEITED 13V method of - A GAME OF CHESS.— Stroeplie, a village playing at chess called C ' Spiel urzzer at board of $ squares between Magdeburg and Brunswick, on a the tenure of forfeitureby 12. 't his village holds - l is at chess. S if any of their community loses a game Some of the but as the st a k e i inhabitants are expert at this play , 4 stranger, a n d is° high, they decline finishing a game with defer the party sine die.