The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

FOREIGN 4^ 'COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE• permission from a high quarter tlidt the tDuc delPraslin obtained the means of putting en .end - to his. most AMERICA. wretched life. It is impossible, with every , desire to be By the Royal 'Mail steam-ship Hibernia, 'Captain credulous, to attach much credit .to the statements, put- Kyrie, which arrived at the Mersey at midnight on .Fri-. ' forth on authority, of the manner in , Whidi the duke coin day, we have advices from New York to the 15th, arid mitted suicide. Up till the account we publish to-day Boston to the 16th instant. The Hibernia has 'brought it was generally believed that laudanum was the particular seventy passengers. poison he had employed. He wasTepresented as having The French steamer Missouri, which left Cherbourg on swallowed the fatal draught at his own house. The most the Ist instant for New York, ran short of coal when eminent physicians in Paris were•callecl in to administer fourteen days out ; and when near some dangerous shoals, remedies, but until yesterday evening we heard nothing not far from Halifax, was boarded by a revenue cutter, of any doubt as to the nature of the particular poison. and takn into that port on the 16th instant. Having More than this, no mention WaS made f this attempt at taken in e a further supply of coals, she le ft for New York self-destruction until after he had been o in the custod y and on the 18th. under the watch of the police. !On •Teferring back to-the The Cambria arrived at Halifax at three o'elookon the accounts which we published from•day to day, it will be morning of the 17th instant, and proceeded - the same found that there was no talk of poisoning at all until •the 'lay for Boston, taking, it is said, the mails and about duke had been put under careful surveillance. M. Allard twenty-five passengers of the Missouri. and his agents are not men from whose vigilence it is easy The Philadelphia left New York on the 15th instant to escape. The prisoner could not have moved or for Havre. breathed without their connivance or permission. We The American steam ship Warrington will not leave can have no doubt that the Duke de Praslin swallowed New York for Southampton and Bremen until the' 24th poison on two occasions. The - first , time was at his , own fo September. house; and when he had been recalled to life by the Our advices from the seat of war are uninteresting. efforts of the physicians it was necessary to call in, the Owing to the activity of guerrilla parties on the route means were furnished him of repairing his first failure in from the interior to the sea coast, communications of an his cell at the Luxembourg. We have but little doubt authentic nature are cut off. It was rumoured that Gen. that on the first occasion the duke swallowed laudanum ; Scott had advanced and taken possession of the .city of on the second arsenic. An explanation put forth by the Mexico, after an engagement in which he is reported to Journal des Desbats, that after his arrest a phial was dis to have lost WO men. Later dates, however, contradict covered in the pocket of his dressing-gown,' which had this rumour, and state that General Scott •was still at contained a mixture of •laudauum and arsenic, appears Puebla, waiting for reinforcements. General Pierce had utterly incredible. Do men ordinarily commingle these reached Perote with his troops, after experiencing much poisons ? No :it was necessary to explain away the annoyance from guerrilla parties. General 'Taylor still laudanum in the first, and the.arsenic in the second in remained at 'Walnut Springs with '7OOO men. He 'would stance ; and, therefore, theidea-was devised that theduke march upon San Luis as soon as reinforced •with ZOOO swallowed a mixture of the two poisons. In order to free fresh troops. the Government from suspicion, pit has been further de- As yet there does not seem any prospect of -peace. dared that the swallowing of this compound potion took Despatches from the British minister in Mexico are said place at a period antecedent to the arrest of the duke. to have reached the legation in Washington, explaining The facts, however, do not stand so, or all the accou , is the total failure of Mr. Bankhead's efforts to procure a we have received hitherto must -be incorrect. With re peaceful settlement of the dispute between the two na- gard to the second dose (if a second dose was indeed tions. taken,) it must hade been in the prison of the Luxem- There was much sickness among the troops at 'Vera bourg, under the very eye of M. Allard, and his lynx- Cruz.' eyed agents, that the potion was :taken. Can .we, then, From New Orleans we learn that yellow fever was resist the conclusion that, in permitting the prisoner an making fearful ravages. act of self-destruction, M. Allard was acting upon high We have late but uninteresting accounts from Canada. authority ? Fever was still making dreadful havoc amongst the poor If this be so, we much doubt whether the government emigrants. have been well advised in permitting the prisoner to es cape from the sword of justice. We extract the following from the Patric of Wednes- SPAIN . This country is again in :nnst disturbed and critical position. The advices from Paris to the 19th instant, •.-• state t ministry has be xhibited in such a manner as to demand their passports unless a satisfactory answer was speedily returned to their note, calling on her faithful Majesty to observe the 4th article of the protocal of May 21. This threat seems to have been partially effective, as her Majesty sent for M. Fonseca, M. S. Carvalho, and Count Lavradio. and invited them to take office ; she re fused to commission any of them, however, to form a Ca . . binet, and signified her intention to choose her ministers for herself. They declined serving on such terms, and after some demur the Queen appointed M. Fonseca to form a Cabinet, but has so crippled him with restrictions, that it is quite impossible for him to do anything. 1n this way does her most faithful Majesty laugh at the con ditions so solemnly entered into by her, and to which she is indebted, doubtless, at the present time for her throne. From an article in the London Times of Wednesday, we make the following important extract:—" It was loudly proclaimed at this fatal season of last year, that the sole -object of the Spanish matches was to transfer the throne of Queen Isabella and the dominion of Spain to the hus band of her younger sister; and it is now actually alleged that the ministry of Madrid are on the very point of de claring their sovereign incompetent to reign, and of recom mending to the tortes the regency of the Montpensier pair ! There is, indeed, no concealing or disguisingthe facts already accomplished. It is too certain that the marriage of last autumn, which, in spite of every suggestion of de cency and honour, was forced upon an outraged queen by those most bound to protect her innocence and advance her happiness, has resulted in the very worst evils which were prophesied of its tendencies. A royal lady has been repulsed from a legitimate source of protection and en joyment towards an attractive snare which was baited and set for her especial capture. Her failings have been en couraged, aggravated, and exposed. Her friends and relations have been seduced or detached from her sde. Her natural protectors, after setting her on the wrong path, have abandoned her to her wanderings. Her sworn advisers are in the interests of her enemy. Without a friend or a councillor, Isabella of Spain now sits in the palace of Madrid unprotected and unattended, ready to be cajoled out of the inheritance of her ancestors by a protnise of independence, or to be bullied into the sale of her birthright for an hour's repose." By Madrid accounts of the 21st we are put in possession of the fact, that it was known upon that day that Narvaez had been summoned to Madrid, upon the suggestion of Senor Pacheco, with a view to his forming a cabinet. The Especiador has a strange article, which, sharply condem natory of the King's conduct throughout, concludes with abroad hint that there existed reasons for concluding that he (Don Francis) enter:ained doubts of the Queen's right to the throne. THE MURDER OF THE DUCHESS OF PRASLIN The Paris papers of Sunday week confirm the account of the attempt made by the wretched Duke of Praslin to commit suicide. The vials were found in his bed-room, -one containing nitric acid, another a white powder which has not yet been analysed. and the third had contained the laudanum swallowed by the Duke in the hope of putting an end to his existence. Every means are now taken to prevent a recurrence of these attempts. The agents of the police never leave the room where the Duke is confined. The Duke is still in a very dangerous state in consequence vening - - „ "The Duke of Praslin died in consequence of arsenic journal. - It is not said who prepared_ and furnished the it. Let us recapitulate, according to the authority wor thy of credit, the circumstances of the morning of ,the ISth. The Prefet of Police and M. Allard, the chief of the police de mirth; arrived at the Intel de Sebastiani about half-past five in the morning. The commissary of Police of the quarter and his agents were already iu th ,h.rnhpr where the dead body was lying. The P •ocurepr General, M. Delangle, arrived about - six o'clock. The Duke of Praslin was there, going and coming from one room to another, and expressing his surprise at the mode in which the murderer could have entered the house. After M. Delangle had carefully examined the localities, he declared in an energetic manner that the murderer had not come from outside, it being most evident that he belonged to the house. The Duke of Praslin grew pale on hearing M. Delangle express himself thus. Some mi nutes after the Procureur-General addressed some ques tions to the Duke, which intimated the direction which his suspicions took as to the author of the crime. The Duke became then of a cadaverous tint, and his agitation, his altered features, and his general hearing, showed to those present who ought to be considered the murderer. At the moment the examining magistrates apd the Pro cureur du Roi entered, the Duke of Praslin disappeared immediately. He went to an upper floor on which was his bedroom. It is thought, with reason, that it was at this instant that finding himself suspected he swal lowed the poison. About three hours elapsed when the Procureur-General had expressed a suspicion. From that moment the complexion of the Duke became yellow ; this was the result of the poison. The disorder in the organiza tion augmented visibly when the Procureur du Roi told the Duke what overwhelming charges there were against him, Confess that you are guilty,' said the Procureur du Roi—' confess that you have assassinated your wife.' The Duke looked at the magistrate, and concealed his face with his hands. Do not assume the attitude of ajbreat, of the assassin by profession. For yourself, if not for society, you are bound to speak the truth ; the honour of your family makes this a duty.' The Duke cast his eyes on the magis trate, and appeared as if he was going to confess his crime ; but suddenly he turned round, and said, Decidedly ; I cannot say that I have assassinated her—l did not do it.' The Procureur-General persisted, but the Duke would not reply a single word. From this moment the Duke was rigorously watched. Dr. Louis and his habitual physician endeavoured to combat the effects of the poison, which in conseauence of the over-dose did not produce immediate mortal consequences. It was discovered that it was not laudanum that he had taken, but arsenic, and the first physicians, MM. Orfila, Andral, and Louis, had not sus pected it. They gave him wine and ice ! The symptoms of poisoning by arsenic are so little known that three doctors could be mistaken. But after the 20th the Duke improved. On that day he was in a state to be interrogated by an examining magistrate, and on the 21st he was re moved to the prison of the Luxembourg. On the 22d the Duke was much better. He was able to speak to the. Cha ncellor and the Grand Referendary, and conversed during the whole day with his physician. This improvement On the 2: - 3d the vomiting. of the laudanum Lie Presse say " By the side of the Duke was a pistol loaded with ball ; but no one knows for what object it was charged, or if he intended using it against his wite. In this last hypothe- returned 10 so, on accoun the report. He certainly struck his wife with the butt -end; to finish her, as has been proved. When interrogated an the point, he replied that he desired to defend his wife against a murderer ; but on its being represented to him that there was no trace left of the flight of this mysterious murderer ' he remained silent, and hid his head in his hands. The Duke is embarrassed to explain away the scratches which are perceptible on his right hand, as well as the contusion on the leg. It is gent rally telieved that, as the Duchess was able io ring, she was first struck in bed, during her sleep, but that it was after she had quitted the bed that the decisive blows were given. The hairs left in the hands of the victim, or fallen in the struggle, were brought together by M. Orfila. At first it was sup posed that the hair in the Duchess's hand, and those on the ground, fixed to the floor by the dried olood, were of a different colour, but when M. Orfila had washed them, it was evident that they belonged to the same person, and the idea of different persons being engaged in the matter was laid aside. This hair, besides, is altogether similar to that of the husband. Some water tinged with blood was found in a basin. The interrogatory of the Duke has as yet furnished no information respecting the crime. He de clares he knows nothing of the guilty party. The gover 11SS is of Italian origin; and belongs to a noble family. still kept apart at the COncierderie. She allows that she was much moved and annoyed at being obliged to quit the Duke's family, and separate from the young ladies whose education she had superintended. She explains in this way the language of a letter written by her to the Duke de Praslin, and seized amongst his papers. What is certain is, that the Duchess took offence at the inter course subsisting between the governess and the Duke, and without a high intervention would have demanded a regular separation. The Duke, yielding to prudent ad vice, consented to the governess being sent away ; and the Duchess, in acknowledgment of this concession, settled on her a pension for life. It is said that some of the Royal Family interfered recently to reconcile the Duke and Duchess. The King, the Queen, and particularly Madame Adelaide, had a great affection for the Duchess. The Duke, who had been an intimate friend of the Duke of Orleans, was intimate also with the Duke de Nemours, who invited him to all his hunting excursions. They thought the Duke and Duchess reconciled since Mlle. de Luzzi's departure. Marshal Sebastiani, it is said, intended to set out for Corsica only when assured that his daugh ter was reconciled to her husband. The rumour prevails that letters have been seized at Mdlle. de Luzzi's which prove her influence over the Duke and their illicit inter course. It is difficult to suppose that she is not compro mised in the dreadful charge hanging over the Duke. It is also said that a warrant was issued against another mis tress of the Duke's residing in the Rue de Varennes, but who was not found at her residence." SUICIDE OF TUE DUKE DE PRASLIN The Duke de Praslin died at five o'clock on Tuesday last of poison. The event was announced in the Mani teur Parisien of Tuesday, night. The following are the terms in which the National notices this anticipated de nouement of one of the most tragical affairs of modern times : - THE COST OF 'FATE WAIL -TO AMERICA.—Six months ago, before the battles ofTera Cruz, the advance to Puebla, -or the despatch of reinforcements, the costs of the war were stated in Congress by a calculating senator to ap proach 30,000,000 of dollars. By the same estimate the marketable value of-California was set down at 15,000,000. The French colonies, seeing the rapid.strides public opinion in the mother country is making in favour of slavery emancipation, have resolved to meet the wishes of their countrymen by, taking the initiative in the question. The Colonial Council of Guadaloupe has addressed a pe tition to the King, in,which it declares that it is anxious to join in preparing the way for emancipation, and that it has appointed a committee to prepare a complete and safe plan for the total abOlition of slavery. FATAL ACCIDENT AT- GENEVA.—A most lamentable event took place last week at Geneva. The Rev. Edward Auriol, rector of St. -Dunstan's in the West, Fleet-street, was on a tour through Switzerland with his wife and son, a youth of about 17, of the most amiable disposition, their only child. They arrived at Geneva in the begin ning of last week, and were planning an excursion on the lake. The morning .after their arrival, the youth, with his parents' consent, 'went out for a stroll before break fast. Unaware of the peculiar dangers of the place, he got into a boat on the lake, was drawn into the current, hurried down the rapids of the Rhone, and totally lost. He was a youth of great promise, and obtained a scholar ship and the theological prize at the Midsummer exami nation at King's College, London, in the present year. A Colombo Times, extra, of the 15th July, (Isle of Ceylon,) contains a very alarming rumour with regard td the relations of this country with China, and one which derives considerable probability from the recent rash con duct of Sir John Davies, the governor of Hong Kong. The report is, that the attack on the Bogue Forts had roused a desperate spirit of hostility against all foreigners, but especially the English, and had led to a general ris ing of the people of Canton against them. The repoft further states that the consuls had been compelled to leave Canton, and that the Europeans were preparing to follow them. The above news is said to have been brought to Colombo by the Haddington steamer, which received it from the captain of a vessel who had been despatched to Calcutta for troops, to reinforce the garrison of Hong Kong. PUBLIC TUANKSGIVING FOR A BOUNTIFUL HAR VEST. — Gottingen, Aug..lo.—A beautiful scene was pre sented in our fields on Sunday last. In the midst of the greatest abundance of corn and other fruits of the earth, many of our congregations, in the thankfulness of their hearts for the extraordinary bounty of Providence, as sembled for the purpose of Divine worship under the open canopy of heaven, to return special thanks to Almighty God for the manifest proofs of Hs beneficence which sur rounded them on all sides. Wonderful, indeed, is the change which has taken place here within the last few months. The people who were then wandering, and in vain seeking for employment, are now all full of life, health, and activity, the reapers and threshers are every where at work, the mill going day and night, and an air of thankful enjoyment pervades every countenance. Corn has fallen ; wheat, which was .3 dollars and 20 groschen above the average price, has now fallen to 1 dollar and 20 groschen below it. The remembrance of so much mercy in the midst of judgment will, --we trust, lead the nations lof Europe to a thankful recognition of the love and wisdom of God, of the obligation to live up to their blessings and privileges. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ABDUCTION AT MALTA. — A very singular case was tried on the 11th of August, before Judge Grunge, at Malta. The plaintiffs were Misses Sophia and Mary Ann Cannon, who keep a school at Valetta, the defendant Mrs. Emma, the divorced wife of George Savage Curtis, Esq., of Teignmouth, Devon; and the action was brought to recover possession of Miss Ellen Curtis, a daughter of the two latter. The young lady, it appeared, had been confided with two sisters by Mr. Curtis to the care of the plaintiff, with strict injunc tions that they should hold no communication with the mother, the young ladies themselves signing a formal document to that effect. On the 6th of August, one of 4 ,the plaintiffs, with the three Misses Curtis, were crossing in a ferry-boat from Valetta to Sheina; to their astonish ment they were pursued by a man-of-war's gig, com manded by Lieut. Baker, of the Ardent, and which con tained Mrs. Curtis and her maid, who, it appeared, had arrived under a fictitious name from Southampton two or three days before. The crew of the gig grappled the boat, and Miss Ellen Curtis, who is only 19, was induced to step on board to see her mother, but said she would not stay, when the boat set off.—After the case had been fully argued by the counsel, and the fact proved that Miss Ellen Curtis was a minor, the court, gave judgment in fa vour of the plaintiff', condemning Mrs. Curtis to deliver up to them the young lady, to be by them re-conducted to their dwelling, there to remain under their charge until such time as. Mr. Curtis, the father, might think proper to give other directions.—An appeal against this decision was fixed for hearing on the 16th August. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The Ulster Railway, from Belfast to Armagh, is expected to be opened for traffic in October next. The first sod of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway was turned on Wednesday last, by the Earl of Courtown, Chairman of the company. The Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester have announced the consummation of their amalgamation with the London and North-western. The balance of their receipts would be distributed on the winding-up of their accounts. ESTIMATES !—The contract for the great central station in Neville-street, Newcastle. has been let to Messrs. Mackay and Reed, for £92,000. The estimates, says the Gateshead Observer, differed to the extent of £20,000. On t-u iday a man jumped on the Newcastle and Car lisle Railway, and, before he could recover himself, the iron plough in front of the Blaydon train swept him off the line. by w ife was miracul [ously preservec The opening of a portion of the Leeds and Thirsk Rail way wet', "Ivor' and Thirsk, is postponed from the end P esent month to the ieginning of her, owing a of the bridge over the Yore- ceased sudderily and he was in such a state that he could with great diffi culty utter a few words in reply to the Chancellor. ' Did said the In order wanting,' ' But there is not much time or much strength required,' replied the Chancellor ; it is yes or I have no strength to reply.' The interrogatories which took place in the prison of the Luxembourg may be summed up in these lew words He made no avowal, he replied ,ecided t is onl le afternoon symptoms of poison again appeared with fresh intensity. The same night the evil gained ground ; dreadful suffer ings tortured the prisoner, convulsions came on, and the next day it was evident that his death was approaching. The Grand Referendary went to him, it is said, and called on him to declare at what moment he took the poi son, and who prepared it for him. The prisoner replied that he took it at his hotel, but he did not say who pre- pared and gave it to him. It was the cure of the parish du Haut-Pas who administered the last sacrament to the prisoner, near five o'clock ; and in a few instants after the duke appeared before another judge." The same journal says : - " Doctors Pasquier (first surgeon of the king,) Tardieu, Canuet, Simon, and Boys de Loury, ascertained, on the 18th, in presence of the Procureur du Roi, different traces of wounds and contusions in the person of the Duke Pras lin, viz., a scratch on the right arm, two bites on the left hand, a scratch on the left hand, a wound which had re cently been bleeding on one of the fingers, and on another marks of nails, which had torn away some of the skin ; on the left leg a long excoriation and a superficial wound on the calf—all these marks and contusions were of recent date. The autopsy of the body was performed yesterday by MM. Tardieu, Canuet, Simon, Boys de Loury, and s I Orfila. By the use of Marsh's apparatus a large quantity of arsenic was discovered The bOdy remains at the pri- son in the hands of justice." Private letters state that the Peers would declare them selves incompetent to entertain any charge against Mdlle. de Luzzi in respect of the murder of the Duchess of Praslin, and that there being, in fact, no evidence whatever against her, she would be discharged without trial before any tribunal. It is said that, bating the imputations of improper intimacy with the Duke of Praslin, and which it was said she could successfully rebut, the character of Mdlle. de Luzzi was that of a woman of superior abilities and distinguished manners. SWITZERLAND. — In Switzerland there is every proba bility of recourse being had to hostilities. Extensive pre parations are daily being made by the Sunderbund and the antagonist states. Horses are bought up, and hired, all the saddlers in Berne are engaged in fitting up saddles, and batteries are being erected. The nation of innkeepers, notwithstanding, may contrive to postpone the decision of their dispute till later in the day, for no people know bet ter the value of money. A great sensation is created :among the Paris journals by the recent seizure of four of their number, namely, the Reforme, the Gazette de France, the Union Monar chique, and the Charivari. It appears that these papers have fallen under the reprobation of government for hav ing published some strong remarks upon the murder of the Duchess of Praslin, by her husband, and connected that event with the general state of corruption into which society in France has fallen. THE RIVER PLATE.—By the arrival of the Rattler steamer at Falmouth on Friday, intelligence has been re ceived from the River Plate to the sth of July. At Monte Video terms of armistice had been proposed by the minis ters of France and England to Oribe, to which terms Oribe " NATURAL DEATH OF THE DUKE DE PRASLIN. added others, and accepted them, on these terms being "We had foreseen this conclusion, and we had been sent to the Monte Videan government, they refused them ; prepared for it two days since. Nevertheless, it appears in consequence of which, after the mails had been re .to us, that the event ought to have occurred a little ceived on board her Majesty's ship Rattler, instructions sooner or a little later. The Duke de Praslin died to-day had been sent to Mr. Hood, her Majesty's consul, to notify (Tuesday) i n hi s b e d i n th e p r i son o f the Luxembourg, to the British merchants that he had just received instruc and the following are the terms in which the official even- tions from Lord Howden, that, in consequence of the re ing journal announces the fact : fusal of the Monte Videan government to accept the "M. de .Praslin died to-dav about five o'clock in the armistice proposed by Lord Howden, he (Lord Howden) prison of the Luxembourg. The cause of his death has had given orders to Sir T. Herbert, K.C.B. to raise the been ascertained and accounted f or b y men o f sc i ence. blockade of both sides of the River Plate. The terms pro- It was with arsenic, taken i n a large dose that the Duke posed by Orb i e was, " that during the armistice, the town de Paslin poisoned himself, at th e - moment when he saw of Monte Video should be supplied with 1,500 head of that the charges had become so serious as to render ne- cattle per month, to be decided as to price hereafter, and cessary his arrest and trial. The copious vomitings which that all the ports then under blockade should be raised." he experienced on Wednesday afternoon and during the ITALY.—HOSTILE DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE _ day c Thursday , appeared alone to have reta r d e d th e e f- TR I ANS AT FERRARA.—Extract of a letter from Bologna, f ee <. poisan, which, after having ceased on Friday Aug. 14 ;—" A courier has just arrived from Ferrara. an ~,,v, resumed its entire force on Sunday." He left a dispatch for Cardinal Amat, and then continued ..is intelligence and the remarks of the Paris jour- his journey to Rome. This dispatch announced that the in+ ~ the notes of Friday makes the following remarks, Austrians, on the 13th. occupied all the posts and the licli, from all accounts, are in accordance with the gates, with the exception of the residence of the Cardinal only rational conclusion that can be arrived at : Legate and the prison. This fresh outrage on the ponti- The Due de Praslin has committed suicide in the cell fical authority was executed in great haste, and with all of his prison in the Luxembourg. The necessities of the appearance of war. Cardinal Ciacchi was onlSr justice and the indignation ot th I e people have been equally enabled to issue a second protest. All the garrison, in defrauded of their legitimate desire. How, or :when, or fantry, cavalry, and artillery, at first showed themselves where the wretched murderer obtained the poison which on the esplanade, and then spread themselves over the enabled him to escape from the indignities of a trial that City, leaving at each post from thirty to forty men with an officer. Th e art i llery was'then drawn up on the Plaza, could have no result but the scaffold for himself , a nd infarly for the children of the unfortunate lady whom he , and the streets were patrolled by strong detachments, so so barbarously put to death, the French journals give us that the city may be said to be under military occupation. no satisfactory account. The palpable insinuations how- Several waggons with ammunition have arrived here from ever, of the auti-dynastic party and the flimsy excuses of I pants Lagoscuro, and have entered the fortress. Bridges t o o ve c r ro te .,, Po, and several the organs o f the Chat e au, seem equally to p o int t o the of boats have been iscosanid, read ystnieted point a t th e same conclusion—that it was not without battalliow are, it 1111 U. aatur The preparations for the Central Station and general meeting of railways in Birmingham are now very palpable in many parts of the town. Houses in all quarters are razed, or being razed, and at present the aspect of the nothing streets affected is desolate enough. he outcry a railway-making on the money market, the reports made to the half-yearly meetings show that the calls have very generally been well met. Thus the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester have received between £300,000 and £400,000, leaving a balance due of only £lBOO. Two men stopped a railway train on its way to Bristol, the other day, by waving a red handkerchief on a stick. They requested to have a lift to Bristol. The guard good- naturedly complied, took them to Bristol, gave them into custody, and they were each fined 40s. and costs, and in default of payment committed to prison fora month. From official returns, it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on upwards of 3154 miles of rail way, was £205,232, thus accounted f0r:—£117,`246 for the conveyance of passengers only, £44,397 for the car riage of goods, and a remainder of £43,589 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £30,014 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was about 2290. RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDERS. — SharehoIders cannot be too often reminded that, by the decisions of the Courts of Chancery in the Exeter and Crediton and in the Birming ham and Oxford cases, they have power to direct and con trol their directors ; and that the Courts of Chancery will give effect to such directions and control, and expression of --;ninn—in other words, that they are not the tools of OptLuvls _ directors, but that directors are their servants, and are bound to obey their orders, given at a general meeting. — Railway Record. AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. — On Tuesday, the half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the above company was held in the Exchange Hall, Nottingham ; W. F. N. Norton, Esq., (chairman of the board of directors) president. The chairman said that before the report was submitted to them, he begged to inform them that Sir James Duke, M.P. for Boston, Mr. Braithwaite, Mr. Plant, and Mr. Robertson had retired from the direction ; and he thought it his duty to return his best thanks, and the thanks of all the directors, to Sir James Duke, for his kind attention to the interests of this company, and more particularly for the very efficient and excellent assistance which he ren dered them in the House of Commons in the hour of need. (Cheers). He (the chairman) also begged to return thanks to the other gentlemen who had retired, for the aid which they had given upon all occasions in transacting the business of the company. (Cheers.) An opportuniti would this day be afforded of replacing those gentlemen by other gentlemen, who would undertake the business which they relinquished. (Hear, hear.) He thought it was a just and true principle that those who found the money should have a full and efficient voice in conducting the business. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He was happy to say that some difference which had existed between the directors and some of the shareholders had been adjusted in a friendly manner. The views that had been proposed to the directors, respecting the management of the line, were precisely their own—namely, to carry it out with the utmost prudence and economy, and with the least possible inconvenience to the shareholders. (Loud cheers.) The chairman then entered at considerable length and in a very clear manner into the circumstances under which this line of railway was undertaken, showing that with respect to the Grantham and other canal shares no under hand or fraudulent compact had been entered into, and that the only question now respecting them was, as to when the stipulated engagements with the canal com panies should be completed. After stating that the directors were anxious that a call upon the shareholders should be delayed as long as possible, the chairman con cluded by requesting the secretary to read the report, and sat down amid applause. Tele secretary (John Gough, Esq.) then read the directorereport, which will be found in our advertising columns. The report was adopted. Sir James Duke was much pleased with the manner in which his services had been acknowledged by the chair man, and took that opportunity of assuring the directors and proprietors that he should render the company all the service in his power, because he thought the undertaking was one that they would not only be proud of, but that would be exceedingly remunerative. Mr. Gee severely the gentlemen forming the deputation from the ' committee, and expressed a strong desire nature of the negociations that had taken Le directors. A long and exceedingly turbu ensued, the result of which was, that the e interviews were read. It appears the d, in consequence of the representations of tt information required by the share shall at all times be freely furnished, )e increased from thirteen to sixteen ; d• by the deputation. In the deputation, tl holders' committe and the directory seven of them to be accordance. with this arrangement, the retiring directm were displaced by Benjamin Badger, William Durham, Herbert Ingram, and Richard Septimus Wilkinson, Esquires, after much skirmishing. Francis James Alliott was then re-elected auditor to • the company ; after which the meeting dissolved, a ,vizte of thanks being passed to the chairman,. LITHE iLTVERPOOt STAVDAWD. IRELAND. 'Thepresent amount of the military force in Ireland is 28;000 rank and file of all arms; with 2,682 enrolled pen sioners, staffs of , militia, and recruiting parties of corps. `We believe this is larger than at, any former period. Miss Martin, the heiress of the late anti-cruelty-to animals M:P., adiertises in the ;Galway Vindicator that no person is permitted to hunt or shoot on her lands is ,Galway, all the mountains beinf Toisoned. *THE LATE 'MR. O'CONNELL S EFFECTS.—The furni ture of the late Mr.- O'Connell, at Merrion-square, is advertised to be sold by auction in the course of next 'month. It is expected to realize .a. considerable amount above the intrinsic value, as remembrances of the de parted agitator. 'The library is not mentioned. WHEAT FROM SEED THREE 'THOUSAND YEARS OLD. —At Castletown on the lands of J. Eastwood, Esq., within one mile of Dundalk, may now be seen a splendid crop of-mummy wheat, the seed of which was taken from the mummy brought from Egypt, in which it was com puted to have lain about three thousand years. MORE "TRIBUTE MONEY. "— The Irish people will -never escape from the gathering begging hand of the 0 1 Connells:—A "Monument Sunday" is to be fixed soon after harvest, for the purpose•of making a general collec tion in all the Roman Catholic chapels, for the purpose of raising a monument to O'Connell. This, the people are promised, is to be the final act of national gratitude. RE.PORTED ELOPEMENT. Notice of an action for libel has been served on the, proprietors of a Dublin paper for thepublication of an article, on Saturday last, to the effect that the wife of a professional gentleman, said to be pointed out, had eloped with an officer. There is no truth in the report, if it apply to the parties supposed to be referred to. CURIOUS IMPORT INTO CORK.—On Sunday, 32 young pigs arrived from England, bythe Sabrina steamer. Such an importation to Ireland, at all times remarkable, until the failure of the potato, for the growth of pigs, is one of the strange occurrences of the day. Two of these pigs were sold at 15s. each. Young pigs, when offered for sale, realise very high prices.—Cork Co nstitution. . TRUTH Fon ONCE.--It is seldom we hear such a senti ment as the following, from a Roman Catholic priest. It was spoken at the meeting of the Irish Confederation on Friday. " I would advise the people (said the Rev. Mr. Kenyon), not to be led unthinkingly by the opinion of any one—by priest, bishop, or layman. When a priest took part in politics, he did so, not as a priest, but as a politi cian; and they should not mind the cant of Concilliation Hall, which was—' It was a priest said it,—it ought to be re spected.' A priest was to be respected when he told the truth." The sentiment was received with loud cheers by a handful of people at the Music Hall. Dare we hope that that feeble but honourable recognition of the inalien able right of private judgement will ever be responded to by the public opinion of Ireland ? DARING ACT OF PIRACY.—The subjoined letter gives a more detailed account of a daring act of piracy off the western coast of Ireland, than has previously found its way into the London journals : —Westport,:Aug. 21. — On the evening of the 15th instant, about the hour of five o'clock, as the schooner Royal Victoria, from Belfast, was passing Eagle Island, on the Erris.coast, she was boarded by about thirty pirates, who commenced at once to smash the hatches, and in a most savage manner attacked the captain, crew, and an officer and two marines belonging to the Dasher steamer, who were on board at the time to protect the cargo, flour and meal. the property of Messrs. Pinkerton and Thompson, of this town. In defence of his own life and that of the crew, the officer gave the word " fire," when a man named Peter Lavelle was shot dead, and his brother severely wounded, and three others taken prisoners. On Thursday last, Captain French, of the Dasher, arrived here, when informations were lodged against the prisoners, who have been committed to the county gaol. Mr. J. F. Bourke, coroner, and Mr. C. Kenny held an inquest, and the jury unanimously returned the following verdict :—" Justifiable homicide," adding, " that they highly approved of the cool and steady man ner in which the officer, Mr. R. Stourges, acted on the occasion." About 150 boats were pulling towards the schooner, but were kept off by the marines firing at them. I regret to say that one of the four prisoners has escaped out of the bridewell, and as yet he is not taken. HORRIBLE SCENE IN DUBLIN.—Mr. Curran gives the following account of a visit he paid, in company with two French gentlemen, to different parts of Dublin :—Near the ," temporary hospitals," which have been described as so comparatively healthy and pleasant, he found "twelve persons, men, women, and children, lying indiscrimately along the pathway and the gutter, waiting to be admit ted, some stretched at full length, with their faces to the sun, their mouths open, and " their black and parched tongues, and encrusted teeth, visible even from a distance." Inside was a small shed, roughly covered with boards, but open in front, " like the sheds in farm yards for covering dung and rubbish." He took it for a receptacle of the cast-off rags of fever patients • but hearing heavy groans underneath the heap filth. he found, to his indig nation and horror, thirty-five human beings heaped to gether indiscriminately, heads and feet intermingled, on a wisp of straw. They called to him for water to quench their thirst ; and on inquiry it appeared that they had lain there for three days, without relief and without attend ance. Some were actually dying, and did die the night after the visit ; all were afflicted with typhus. The re mainder of Dr. Curran's letter speculates on the cruelty of submitting any part of the population to such horrors, and censures the conduct of the government, which might have adopted a better system of sanatory regulations and, precautions against the extension of disease. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—At the weekly meeting of this body, on Monday, Mr. J. A. O'Neill, the defeated candi date for Kildare, presided, and spoke at considerable length. Mr. J. P. Somers, M.P., attacked the Freeman's Journal, charging it with supineness as to his own cause in Sligo, but was called to order by Mr. J. O'Connell. Mr. Crean, the secretary, told the meeting how a bill, drawn' by Mr. W. H. Gregory, one of the candidates at the city election, on his London banker, for £750, as his share of the election expenses, had been returned dis honoured, and how the petition now set en foot ostensibly for the expenses of a petition against the return, was in reality intended to indemnify the sheriff from the conse- quenc'es of this defalcation. Mr. John Reynolds, M.P., then addressed the meeting at considerable length, com menting on the want of punctuality on the part of Mr. Gregory, and expressing his perfect willingness to meet a petition on the merits. Mr. J. O'Connell held forth at great length, touching the Dungarvan and other elections, and called upon the landlords of Ireland to join the asso ciation in its endeavours to re-establish a local parliament, if they would not have their estates swallowed up under the poor law. He also read a letter from Dr. Gray, of the Freeman's Journal, on the result of the Irish elections, according to which there have been returned fifteen Whigs, nine Federalists or Precursors, and thirty-seven Repealers, and amongst the county members a majority of four in favour of the repeal of the union against both Whigs and Tories. The rent for the week was announced to be £5l 18s. CONSPIRACY TO MURDER THE OFFICERS OF KILKENNY GAOL.—A very daring attempt to escape was made, on Monday week, by the three prisoners now under sentence of death in Kilkenny—James Larkin, James Daniel, and Henry Walshe. After breakfast, the prisoners were turned into the corridor, for the purpose of giving them an oppor tunity of praying. One of the turnkeys, William Lee, was overtaken by Larkin, who struck him, saying " Now, you thief." Lee then seized him, and Larkin rushed towards the stairs, calling out to Walshe and Daniel, who followed him—" Boys come on ; what are you doing ?" Walshe left the corridor close behind Lark i n , but Daniel followed slowly. When Walshe reached the st irs, the turnkey laid hold of him, and a scuffle ensued. Larkin again came upon Lee, and struck him a blow on the head with a paving stone, which felled him to the ground, and attempted to run out through the door-way, followed by Daniel and Walshe, but was stopped by a prisoner named Forbes : a prisoner, named Brenan, caught one of the culprits, and took two stones from him. The governor ran into the police guard-room, and loaded all the carbines, while Ser geant Coghlen and the other constables ran to the interior of the building and captured the prisoners ; when, assisted by two of the turnkeys and some of the prisoners, they with considerabl , 'ffi d ' UNIVERSITY AND •CLERICAL NEWS The Scotch bench of bishops has lostone of its members. Dr. Moir, diocesan of Brechin, agentleman of much amia bility, died last week. He was ordained fifty years ago, and consecrated in 1837. The Rev. George Henry Moore has been presented to the perpetual curacy of St. Nicholas' Church, Heyhouses, in the county of Lancaster, and diocese of Chester, on the nomination of Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie, of Huntroyd, Esq. _ _ The Rev.A—Hume, LL.D., late of the Collegiate In stitution, has been appointed by the Crown to the incum bency of the Vauxhall district in this town, on the recom mendation of the Lord Bishop of Chester. For the four years ending at midsummer last, Dr. Hume performed the duties of curate of St. Augustine's gratuitously and without interruption ; and during nearly three years of this period he conducted a separate service for the poor in the school-room of St. Augustine's district, Upper Beau street, the position now occupied by the Rev. H. Marlen, of All Saints. LIST OF PERVERTS.—We have to add to the victims of Dr. Pusey and his confederates, at Oxford, the following : —5B. Rev. Francis New, St. John's College, Ox ford, a second curate to the Rev. Mr. Dodsworth. 59. Nicholas Darnell, Esq., M.A., Fellow of New College, Oxford. Mr. New, whose intention to join the church of Rome we intimated many months before he relinquished his cure, conformed about five weeks ago to the church of Rome ; and was followed last week by Mr. Darnell. We believe that Mr. Darnell recorded hi, vote at the late Ox ford election in favour of Mr. Gladstone.—Church and State Gazette. RECONVERSION. — Miss Marriott, eldest daughter of the Rev. Harvey Marriott, formerly rector of Claverton, near Bath, and now vicir of Loddiswell, in the diocese of Ex eter, signed her abjuration of the fatal errors of Roman ism, through the impression made upon her mind while in one of the Roman convents, by a simple reference to the word of God. The documut was read in her pre sence before the congregation assembled for the usual public service in Trinity Church, Plymouth, on the 18th of the present month, by the Rev. Hinton Smith, the re spected incumbent. He afterwards delivered an impres sive discourse on Luke xxiii. 31, 32, upon this deeply solemn occasion.—Plymouth Times. HER MAJESTY'S TOUR TO SCOTLAND Our last publication recorded the progress of the Royal squadron to Staffa on Friday night week. On the follow ing morning (Saturday) the weather was again wet and unpropitious ; but though the thick watery clouds which rested on the tops and sides of the hills gave indication from an early hour of approaching rain, the country peo ple came into the village in great numbers—many had re mained all night—and by 8 o'clock the street was thronged with chieftains in their brilliant garbs, gay ladies who not many hours before had been threading the mystic dance, and plain country folks clad in rude tartan •or in plain " hoddin grey." It was no longer a matter of uncer tainty whether the Queen should land or not. It had been announced on the previous day, by her Majesty's ex press commands, that she would leave the Royal yacht, and proceed on her way to Ardverekie Lodge, on this morning, and the most perfect confidence was reposed on her Majesty's well-known punctuality. Long before the appointed hour the stands were filled with eager specta tors ; and great numbers stood along the shore, or occu pied the windows of the neighbouring houses. A body of Highlanders, clad in the celtic garb, a party of Enniskilleners, and a posse special sonstables, were sta tioned at the pier-head to welcome her Majesty, and to guard her to the Royal carriage. On landing upon the pier (Fort William), her Majesty was saluted by Lord Lovat, Lord Ward, Sheriff Tytler, and other gentlemen of the county, and loud cheers were given by the people. The huzzas and waving of hats in creased to the utmost degree of enthusiasm as her Majesty proceeded up the pier, followed by Prince Albert, who led the Princess Royal by the hand. The Queen and her royal consort bowed repeatedly to the people on all sides ; and her Majesty, with the condescension which has marked her conduct throughout the whole of the royal progress, gave every opportunity to the assemblage of gazing upon the features of their beloved Sovereign. After leaving the village, the royal carriages proceeded at a rapid pace, along the base of Ben Nevis, and were soon far advanced on the journey to Loch Laggan. The road from Fort William to Laggan runs through a deeply-interesting country, and, to the reflective observer, will afford ample food for meditation. About two miles from Fort-William the eye falls upon the grey ruins of In verlochy Castle, situated a little to the left of the road, on the banks of the Lochy, noted chiefly for its being the scene of several feudal conflicts, and for its alleged though certainly exaggerated antiquity. Tradition, which always loves to throw an air of mysty magnificence around myste- rious objects, alleges thatlnverlochy was the residence of the Pictish kings when they came to hunt deer in the neighbouring glens ; and many other stories are told of a league which was signed here by Achaius and Charle magne, and of its being at one time the seat of an opulent city, and so on. Its round towers and quadrangular form resemble the castle built in Wales by Edward I. ; and, from names still given to certain parts of the ruin, it is ge nerally believed that it was occupied by Eanquo, the pre decessor of the Royal Family of Stuart, and by the family of Cumming, who bore great sway in the Highlands in the age of Edward I. It is obvious, from the thickness of the walls, the height of the towers, and its deep moat, that it must have been a place of great strength ; and in the grandeur, almost princely, which still hangs about its mouldering ruins, there is a marked superiority to the ar chitectural remains of a similar kind which are commonly met with in the Highlands. About two miles from Fort William the road enters an no despicable height: At an early hour the marquees put up in the.grounds of Ardverekie for the use of the royal servants were blown down, and a quantity of china and crystal was destroyed. With such violence had the wind struck the tents, that the ropes, and in one or two cases the tent poles, were broken. By this mishap the royal servants were deprived of the only shelter they could ob tain. Early in the morning the carpenters were sent for from Dalwhinnie inn, the wind having by that time lulled so as to permit the river to be crossed without danger to the boat. One long tent was then erected, in which the servants obtained breakfast, having had the want of break fast added to the troubles of the night, from there being no place to serve it up in. Throughout the day the wind continued high, and a succession of showers fell. The disagreeable state of the weather kept her Majesty con fined to the lodge, which caused much regret, as it was an- ticipated that her Majesty would have attended the parish church, two miles distant from the lodge. The weather on Monday morning was again beautiful. The sun shone, the lake was pla c id, anda warm wind crept up the glen. Prince Albert and Prince Leinirr . with the Marquis of Abercorn, went out to Glen Shirroc, to the grouse shooting. The forest of Ardverekie will be exclusively confined to deer.stalking, which sport her Majesty intends to view on a little black pony, about 124 hands high, the property cells, and placed in irons. Larkin stated, on Tuesday e at_ —y, were conveyed back to their . of the Marquis - of - Abercorn, - who purchased it from Mr. evening, that they had agreed to kill Murphy and Corrigan Macdonald, of Shirvamoor. This little animal can ac (two turnkeys), while attending mass on Sunday week, and complish, though heavily laden, a distance of twelve miles an hour. then proceed to the back door, at which Lee was usually As at Blair Athol, the sovereign is passing the time in stationed when the prisoners were going to and coming comparative retirement, and all passages to the temporary from mass, and then make their escape. They were, how- abode of royalty are strictly guarded against strangers, po ever, prevented from carrying this scheme into execution, lice being stationed at various points for that purpose. in consequence of Lee having laid down the bolt of this Any such measures, indeed, to ensure privacy, would be door for security. Having been foiled in this attempt, quite unnecessary, as one might pass the forest a hundred they proposed to drag Lee into one of the cells, murder times without observing a soul ; indeed, the country him, and conceal his body, on Monday morning, when he around bears the appearance of a desert. The nearest re would be engaged in opening those small apartments. gular post is about 18 miles distant, an, even with that, They calculated that when the governor would require there is no habitual communication, nor d is there, indeed, Lee's services, in some other part of the building, he would with any other place whatever. Persons desirous of ring a bell for him, and, on receiving no answer, would send reaching Fort William have a walk of about 37 miles in another turnkey for him—this man was to meet with the same fate as Lee. If a third turnkey should come to look prospect. A temporary post between Ardverekie and Dulmhenny, for the other two, he was to be murdered, and his corpse about 16 miles distant, has been put on, for the express concealed also ; and if the governor himself came, he was accommodation of her Majesty, in order that letters may to be butchered too. By killing the officers they had hoped to make their escape. Larkin confessed that he had in- reach the Edinburgh mail up to the latest hour. Queen's tended to kill Lee ; but Walshe and Daniel said they had messengers are in daily attendance on her Majesty. The operations of the metropolitan police, consisting of In- Walshe did not attack him with a paving-stone as did not'; and Lee assured us that he believed them, as even spector Howell and five constables, are confined to the interior of Larkin. Both Daniel and Walsh said they hadendeavoured in terPersons the grounds. moving to and from the lodge are conveyed to dissuade Larkinfrom carrying out themurderousattempt ; but he would not be off it, and the other two culprits were across the water by means of the floating drawbridge , induced to persevere in the conspiracy by Larkin threaten- his Royal Highness Prince ing them that, if they did not, he would expose them when On Wednesday morning, which is carefully superintended by two Highlanders.. Albert, preceded by the keepers and dogs, rode ftom the going out on the drop. Lodge to Ben-Aulder Forest, to enjoy the sport of deer stalking. The Prince succeeded in bringing down a royal stag and a roe-buck, and returned to the Lodge in time for dinner. While the Prince was in the forest, her Ma- On Wednesday . the Queen Dowager arrived at Ryde, jesty rode out, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and where she will sojourn until her departure for Madeira. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left Drayton Manor on Mon- were mounted on small H i g hland p onies. The cl ouds day (yesterday) for Wynyard Park, Durham, tui a visit to the Princess Royal. Her Ma j est y and the Ro y al children threatened rain, and her Majesty did not extend her ride the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, during the rnadltgoeniaanndspmatdie hish further than the east end of the lake, whence she returned festivities attendant on the nuptials of the Earl of Portar- to the Lodge. lingtori and Lady Alexandrina Vane. Prince Leiningen and Mr. Anson, the Queen's private two of \ L N THE INFANTE OF SPAIN.—The Infante Don Juan of secretary, drove off at 10 o'clock for Strathmashie moors, c u a r lle o d r t ; and returned at 5 o'clock with 14 head of grouse. Earl Spain, younger brother to the Count de MOntemolin, just arrived from Venice, left London on Friday morning to meet the Count at Combermere Abbey. The Infante Don Paatock river, and was rewarded with a dish of black or trout. nte Juan arrived at a small inn, two miles from Combermere Abbey, about four o'clock on Friday afternoon, and im- Royal Highness an offer of his shootings of Aberairder, mediately sent Chevalier Dameto to inform his brother of • which Prince Albert accepted. his arrival. So soon as the fact became known to Lord On Thursday, shortly after 10 '1 1 'oe oc c his Royal High and Lady Combermere , they invited his Royal Highness ness rode out, attended by Clun ' ' k GreyC lu Cluny y e n A j l o rt y c e p d h e a r n s o n h o andy same gamekeeper, to n the and the Chevalier Dameto join the party at Combermere grouse shooting at Aberairder,returned arly i the Abbey. The meeting of the two Princes, after their long afternoon with three . brace of grouse, someblack cocks, separation, was truly interesting. The Infante Don Juan and a few hares. Her Majesty , the Prince of Wales, and will now join the Conde de Montemolin on his tour. The the Princess Royal rode ' out again on ponies in the neigh- Infante Don Juan Carlos is next brother to the Conde de bourhood of the Lodge. The sailors of the Royal yacht Montemolin, and was twenty-five years of age on the 15th arrived from Fort William tp be present at the fete in of May last. He is a general in the King of Sardinia's celebration of Prince Albert's _ birthday.. They . serenaded service, end was married in February last to the Arch- the Prince, and rf •pe oi med several aquatic exercises on the duchess Maria Beatriz'of 'Austria Fate, sister of the reign- lake. ing Duke of Modeua. They were early afoot, and passed round to the Lodge FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE Lochaber, by which it is skirted on the north, imparts a TO NATIVE INDUSTRA - . — Mr Stephenson, th e eng ineer . , now the Member of Parliament for Whitby, in his speech very sombre appearance to the landscape. During the progress to Loch Laggan Her Majesty was to the electors, thus spoke upon the question of protec tion to native industry :—I feel the effects of the good heartily welcomed by the mere handful of population who times and the bad times. I feel also the effects produced inhabit the district. She arrived at Ardverekie Lodge in by the changes in the laws, not only in this country, but the evening, and was received at the Loch-bridge by a abroad. You know that lam a large manufacturer of Highland guard, commanded by M`Pherson of Cluny. T locomotive engines. Some eight or ten years ago I en he Queen alighted at the drawbridge, and was handed joyed almost a continental monopoly of the supply of lo into a carriage on the other side by the Marquis of Aber rnmntive engines to Germany. Franc., and 11,,..i. They corn. Notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the ----- ------- -- ---------- J , - -----, ---- ---4. were unable to produce the same articles weather, her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the at the cost grounds during the afternoon. The Royal dinner party did ; therefore, they bought them out of the market. But they soon found the injurious effects of the competition: included her Majesty and the Prince, the Prince of Lei_ they that competition is injurious ; on the contrary, it is ningen, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Marquis of of advantage to any man. I beg your attention to this Abercorn, the Earl Grey, Viscountess Jocelyn, Mr. G. E. Anson, Major-General Wemyss, Captain the Hon. A. case. I held the monopoly. ' They had no chance with Gordon, and Sir James Clark. me. Their government saw that the industry of the peo- On Saturday evening the wind gradually increased in ple was shackled, although they were able to buy the ar violence until about four o'clock on Sunday morning, tide of me cheaper than they could produce it themselves. They might safely send their ' Money into our country, when it blew a gale. The wind roared up the glen with great violence, raising the waters of the loch into waves of but that was throwing the balance against them ; and the . ~ government of these countries—France, Germany, and also Belgium—immediately resorted to the protection laws. They laid on a duty amounting to something that made the cost equal to receiving my engines, or making their own. The result of this was, that Hew factories . started up in every direction, and a new creation of wealth took place, instead of sending it into my pocket. if t N ra n d w e , r,l an ce y r b t o a d in y ly ha n d ad a . rig ß h u t t t , o o c n o t m h p e la c i o n n , tr o a r ry to , bafetearfrveie siting these countries, some few years after these protec tion laws were passed, I saw a marked improvement. The people were more extensively employed, new manufacto ries were created, and instead of sending their money out of Germany into England, they produced engines to my injury but to their own benefit ; therefore, the protection ,ses and new ma- nutactures. France at present exercises the same power in respect of railway bar-iron. in this country railway bar-iron could be manufactured at half the cost it can be produced at in France ; and for some time our NiTel: 4l iron-fields were principally occupied in manufacturing rails for French lines. The same case applied there, but not to me ; it applied to the Welsh ironmasters. The result is, they manufacture their own rails, and make their own railways, perhaps at a little more cost, but then they keep all their capital at home instead of sending it abroad. THE CHARITIES. BIRKENHEAD HOMOEOPATHIC DISPEN SARY WEEKLY REPORT New Patients, 26 ; Old Patients, 45 ; EASTERN DISPENSARY, ROSE-HILL REPORT OFCASES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FRIDAY, ALTO. 20. —Persons relieved at the Dispensary, 73; Patients visited st their own homes, 137 ; Total, 210. Physician, Dr. Imlack ; Consulting Physician, Dr. Ash croft ; Surgeons, Messrs. Lockwood, Harris, and Dodd; House-Surgeon, Mr. Ball. LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, AuG. 28, DISCHARGED : In-patients cured, 22 ; Relieved and at ow* request, 4; Made Out-patients, 1; Irregular, 0; Dead. 5. — ADMITTED In-patients, 39; Out-patients, 10; Casuals during the week, 11 ; Remaining in the House, 173. Consulting Surgeon, J. Dawson, Esq. ; House Surgeon, Mr. M‘Cheane ; Apothecary, Mr. George Padley ; House Visi tors, Harmood Banner, and J. B. Brancker, Esqrs.; Chaplain, Rev. W. Blundell. Richard Gibson, Treasurer. NORTHERN HOSPITAL REPORT, Atm. 28 ADMITTED: Accidents, 33; Medical and Surgical Cases upon recommendation, 29; Total, 62.—DISCHARGED: Cured, 36 ; Relieved and at own request, 4; Attended as Out Patients,.l9 Irregular, 0; Died, 0; Remai n i ng i n th e H osp it a l, 99. Consulting Surgeon, J. M. Banner, Esq. ; Physician and Surgeon for the ensuing week, Dr. Turnbull and Mr. Bainbrigge ; House Visitors, Henry Holmes and R. N V. Bateson, Esqrs. ; House-Surgeon, Mr. T. B. G!1- dersleeves ; Treasurer, B. H. Jones, Esq.; Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Hughes. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. TS ENTERED ON THE BOOKS OF TAE NUMBER OF NEW PATI DISPENSARIES DURING THE WEER ENDING Auo. 2 NORTH.—New cases received advice and medicine at the in' stitution, 241; new cases visited at. their own, houses, and sup plied with medicine, 115: total, 356.—Visitors, Walter F. Mac- Gregor, Esq., Vice-President; Mr. 3. H. Macrae, Mr. W. C. Fosberry, Mr. J. G. Morris. House Surgeon, Mr. Archibald Arnott. SOUTH.—New co stitution, 199 ; new plied with medicine Esq., - Vice- - Pres art. Rev 'eceived ad s visited a medicine at the in n houses, and snP )rs, Charles Booth, s, Rev. D. D. Stew- BIRKENHEAD HOSPITAI . AUGUST 28 DISPENSARY HOSPITAL ; Made C Relieved , . lar, o'r Ad- Dead, 0; Remainin witted, 16; Discharged Admitted, 10; Discharg since January 1, 1788. - Visitors for the ensuing week, Rev. A. Obini and Little; Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Stevenson and Ajr Smit; Surgeon for the ensuing week, Mr. Lingad ; Tre 3- surer, Mr. R. Bryans, Jun. ; House Surgeon, Mr. MaC" dougall ; Honorary Secretary, Thomas.Yry. Remaining, 130: Home Patients -- ); Dead, 1 ; Remaining, 34. Total Aug. 31, 1847. by the floating bridge ; and a little after six &clock com menced to serenade the Wince, by singing in excellent style Bishop's fine glee—" Hail ! Smiling Morn l" The deep swell of their voices, mingled with the dulcet strains of the violin, resounded over the bosom of the Loch, and was echoed back by the hills. The sweet sound fell with delight on the ears of all who heard it. It startled the Prince from his slumbers, and his Royal Highness, astonished and delighted, presented his thanks to the jolly tars. The party were afterwards entertained to breakfast, and remained at the Lodge during the rest of the day. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. CONSERVATISM IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT.—The Moming Herald, following up its important inquiry with accustomed industry, has carefully analysed the ' Con servative ranks, and it arrives at this conclusion : Conservatives" who voted for the third reading of the corn- law repeal bill Conservativei who were absent on the third reading of the corn-law repeal bill New " Consei - vatives" doubtful 39 Protectionists in the last parliament, re-elected • New Conservative members, protectio n ist s 42 Thus we have of Peelites, doubtful men in the old parlia ment, and doubtful men newly elected, combined - 138 Of Protectionists, old and new. These figures, added together, give the total number of " Conservative" members returned to the new parlia ment—that is 328. THE LOT OF APOSTACY. — WhiIst persons are openly speculating on a coalition between Lord John Russell, Lord Palmerston, &c., with Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham, &c., the following is the manner in which the Globe, a paper received as an exponent of the sentiments of the present government, speaks of the ex-premier :—"He can pore over the driest details and measure infinitesimal quantities, a s certain to a nicety the effect on the consumer of a five-shilling duty on cobalt selling at £3OO a ton, or one of two shillings upon castor—(oil, we presume)—sel ling at £2OO a ton—nay, he can be frank, too, with the frankest, when occasion serves, and high merit may be claimed for it through all the - well-dressed statements of succeeding years. But let investigation lead to any view of his own doings more fair than flattering, and he will none of it. It is for others with less wit and skill to make —he dresses statements." A CONTRAST.—An accident occurred at the Middlesex election, which is act unworthy of a passing notice. First at the opening of the second day's poll appeared Baron Lionel Rothschild, the millionnazre, and one of the newly elected representatives for the city, who recorded his vote for the Liberal candidates. In the same booth, and pre cisely at the same moment, a poor voter presented himself, who was objected to as having for some time past been unable to pay his poor-rates. The objection w as overruled, ppeared that the poor man had been relieved from payment of the poor-rates, and, he recorded his vote for the Conservative candidate, Colonel Wood. The circum stance is worth mentioning, as a curious illustration of the working of our free institutions. One of the wealthiest individuals in Europe, the head of a house whose favours have changed the destinies of nations, stands in the poll ing booth side by side with a man who has been relieved by his parish from payment of poor-rates, and they record their votes on opposite sides—the man of millions gave his vote for those who belong to a party which has time after time been charged with aiming at the destruction of all property—the man who cannot pay his poor-rates votes for the candidate who professes the strictest conservation of property.—Dumfriesshire Courier. LORD JOHN MANNERS AND THE REPRESENTATION OF NEWARK.—The Duke of Newcastle has addressed a letter to the Times, from which the following is an ex tract :—" In your blind and unworthy crusade against dukes.' as you are pleased to call them, as if dukes were a peculiar genus, devoid of every quality estimable in man, and merely intended as game to be hunted down by envious and overbearing levellers, I observe in your paper of the 13th, that you have mentioned me in connection with Lord J. Manners ; and, for the sake of a point, you venture to deceive the public, by telling it that Lord John did not stand inspection at Newark, and has been cashiered, and that he is now looking for a more generous and a more modern patron than the Lord of Clumber.' In justice to Lord J. M. and myself, I will not suffer this dishonest assertion to go forth without notice and contra diction. The assertion may be very well suited to excite indignation, and extract the round denunciation of some fancied political purists, as well as of, I hope but a very few, malignants. Allow me to inform you that, unfortu nately for your anti-ducal argument, the assertion re specting me is not fact. Lord J. M. never owed his seat at Newark to my patronage. He solicited and gained the good-will of the electors, and, as I hope, received the full benefit of any influence that I may possess in the borough; his cashiering, as you term it, arose from his own delicate and high sense of honour, for, believing that he owed his seat to the friendship of the uncle of the present member, _ _ tion to retire. No one can more sincerely lament the bias towards Romanism professed by Lord John than I do, but as to having had any hand in cashiering him, I dis claim it utterly—it is not true; what is true is, that I wished him to remain. With the exception of this error, as I think it, Lord John appears to me to be free of all others; a, more promising young man, one of more ex alted views and higher principles, of more in a fle n x od i n b et l i e :ef herinte grity, with perfect amiability and all the best qualities of head and heart that can adorn the Christian and patriot senator, would with difficulty :Je found in her Majesty's dominions. Any constituency might justly be proud of sons, and I wilt hero remind you, that thi s man is the him so h ii , o li :f 'c ( o lt u lk n e tr , y h m im a s y b elf e pt7aul to estimableownnhisimn, as ho noured father of two other sons, worthy of their race.- who will be conspicuous in the annals of their country- Their characters and abilities insure that!' M•P • , ON PROTECTION