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r T:f IN A ND INDIA l a y' s STANDARD INLET LIGENCE FROM CABUL.- STRUCTION OF THE BRITISH -v",--ONE EUROPEAN ESCAPED. , c 4, at six o'clock this morn- Lowing important intelligence E as t ; and we acknowledge.the great Willmer and Smith in Tr . :1;1 - waTd and Messrs 'cemen morning and evening 3 the intelligence from China, and Q of importance has occurred. The to the 17th Januar CHINA. ace from China is to the 17th of Jan pedition there appears to be waiting rued on Neverthe: The British uing the seizure Canton were bus s ettectire as possible. or which they sent a junk )t stated if those engineers )etch army, although it is presumed they do. e Va❑ Scholte, Van Braam, and Van Sciiroek. :'Emperor is represented as incensed and the proceedi sof the foreigners. Some of ints in the provinces he had read Great preparations are stated to f Pekin, which is under his own silt the invaders, who are expected g tears gees wei li ugh G collectedin the neighbourhood of Ningpo, ~h thought more troops necessary in order that position, the Admiral despatched a ship to 800 Europeans from Hong Kong. Her Majesty's vallis had proceeded from Hong Kong to join the The Clio had arrived at Macao. r on the 2d of January, and at Chusan on the 24th ber, the dates of the latest letters, all was quiet. amer Madagascar has been destroyed by fire; the ing taken to the boats, landed on the Chinese coast been saved by the interposition of the Hong mer ['here was some alarm respecting two iron steamers, ne and Medusa, but intelligence has arrived of their l'ne ship Viscount Melbourne, Captain M`Kerlie, letween Singapore and Macao. Some of the crew iingapore, from whence an armed vessel has been ►mbds in quest of the remainder, who are supposed ostscript of our Bombay letter announces, that an had reached that town from Madras with, the news l of the frigate Cambrian, hiving on bokrd Lord governor-general. iborough, the r AFFGHANISTAN. take the following full details of the disastrous intelli from Affghanistan from a letter published in a third of the London Times, of yesterday, dated Bombay, Ost, bringing down the narrative of events to the depar- of the mail e insurrection, which is described as participating in a measure of the religious. enthusiasm to which the fana- Moslems can be excited by the preaching ot their Imauns, e out on the night of the first of November, when Sir ander Burnes, and his brother; Captain Broadfoot, of 14th, were killed, the house of the first-named, being in the city, was plundered ; and some money in the lury of Captain Johnson, which was close to the former e, was made a prey of. The Captain having slept in the ish cantonments, escaped the slaughter, as well as Brio- Anguetelli and Captain Troup, who were his inmates. tains Skinner and Drummond, Captain Trevor and his and his children remained for some days concealed in y some of their friends. ()dab, who had on the 2d sent his son to the relief :xander Burnes, where the Prince performed pro- 7alour, received on that day a communication from . M`Naughton, then in the cantonment, about five n the town, requesting leave for Brigadier-General 'ith two regiments, and Captain Nicboll's troop, to Balla Hissar, and to shell the town. Leave was the shelling took place. The infuriated populace the Comniissariat Fort, which lay immediately to of the town, between it and the cantonment, and, veakly defended, soon became masters of it. This idful blow to the troops,-as at the time there was for two days remaining in the cantonment. Ano in which some Commissariat stores were kept, was ted, and after a defence of three days by Captain e, and a few men taken also, a panic appeared to d the troops, who found themselves, in the begin inter, shut up in their cantonments in a valley 200 n. the Indus, without sufficient clothing or food, st a fanatical Mussulman population. Even be- British leaders a difference of opinion ptevailed : y being desirous of offensive measures, while Gen. ne, from circumstances connected with the forces, aom despondency and vacillation are described as ailing, maintained his opinion for defensive ones. Aicitation of the Envoy, some small forts in the -hood, containing grain, were captured. Mean news of the dispersion of several of the Affghan ;hah Shooja's service, commanded by British offi :hed the besieged, and contributed to add to their Various reverses and successes fol- The troops from the Balla Hissar and the Envoy urged a de- General, however, main _ 1 such attacks would be futile : the soldiers be d, and all was misery. There were, neverthe ies every day, which did not tend to raise the sepoys and soldiers, who saw their enemy se, while they themselves had scarcely food and 'it raiment for the season. So greatly were they t they were one day driven back to their camp, I during three hours been exposed to a galling Eilzee Chief Osman Khan did not choose to pur thin their entrenchments, where they, it was would have made a feeble resistance. Their flour, which they obtained by- bribery during It was then recommended .that all the troops nceutrated in the Balla Hissar. Capt. Conolly, n with the Shah, advocated the propriety of so he military authorities declared the movement as they could not rely upon the disheartened e last regiment was tl.en withdrawn from the to the Cantonment a citadel on a the town, and Shah Shooja was left to are of .the movement of suc- non Candahar, now appeared disposed to enter upon Lions for the withdrawal of the British troops. The on hearing of the retreat of the Candahar brigade rning that no aid could be expected from General ien at Jellabad, or from the Indus, gave a reluctant Conferences took place, and a long list of articles, ip in Persian by Sir W. H. M`Naghton, was agreed )th sides. They are said to exceed 20 in number. ;econd, and favourite son of Dost Mahommed, Ma- I Akhbar Khan, who, subsequent to his father's sur iad remained in concealment, and bad even escaped the confines of Affghanistan, having made his ap e during the insurrection, took a decided part in the )ciation. The insurgent chiefs exhibited great willingness ave the British troops removed from Cabool, and arrange ts are said to have been made for that purpose at different tings which were held outside the cantonments. After ous parlies, a message was, on the 22d Dec., brought Akhbar Khan to Sir Wm. H. M'Naghten to request nterview on the following morning. The British Envoy t thither, accormaanied by Captains Lawrence, Trevor, Mackenzie. They had not been present five minutes, n a signal was given and all were seized and forced to int behind some Ghilzee chiefs. The British Envoy re d, and was slain, as also Captain Trevor, who had slip off the horse on which he had been placed. The mur n-s are now said to be " Ghazees," or religious enthu ts, who fight as soldiers for " the sake of God," and 1, if killed in battle, are called " Shuddees," or Martyrs. ; treatment of Sir W. H. Macnaghten's body has been ;ribed as most barbarous. His lady is stated to have red a large sum for its ransom, in order to its being de :ly intered. The other two officers were saved by the id of the Gharzees to fire at them, lest the Glailzees who before them should be wounded, they returned to the onment of the 28th. Akhbar Kban has, it appears, 3teci of his having in person killed Sir W. H. Mac- Atinger, well known since the defence of Herat, of the British mission and the negociations for al of the troops were continued. On the 6th of moved from their cantonments, which were ' by the insurgents and burnt. The snow , p on the ground, when the troops reached distant. The schemes of Akhbar _. He had despatched emissaries country through which the unfortunate Bri- ss, calling the people to rise en masse, His call was not heard in vain. On ;ornet Hardyman, of the sth Cavalry, led. Mahommed Akhbar Khan, who retreat, contrived to induce the Bri ; at night where he chose. On the khar, where the three mountain Their rear guard were obliged to act on ; the whole of the day. On the Sth the rounded by enemies, and it became evi h soldiers would have to fight their way Main Skinner went to Mahommed A kh . on a hill close to the British camp, and ---, could not proceed according to the con e reply was that they had left the Cabul canton the troops destined to protect them were ready, ;bier but he (Akhbar Khan) had the means or abad. )rotect.. them, notwithstanding their -convention. I .uoovention is not fully known, and therefore i v nom. cannot be stated. It is pretended that :mine declaring, that Although voops were to evacuate Affghanistan, and that haaroco. to General had been sent to General Nott ned a byt G o e e n n e e ral i Sale at Jeilalabad. It is said to Maj or p ou r !:Iphinstone as Conarnander,in er Anguetilnger " acting Political Agent, and n, whose violent' Colonel Chambers. not only by thee' hatred to the British had own exile and ,s wild e t c: t ruest of his father's terri sequent imprisonment in treat from fanaticism,cebu demanded them, on the by the Ghazees Unteiat.the British should, under his command, make ni, and promise not proceed further than force under Sir wi hdrawal of the . nsisted on six .al; )ad was known, a n d r / sttinger, who was lame s orders a wound, 1 ,be one, and at Aklibar from The Gha-. Lie nd Lawrence were included. 4lu le' not restrained in their attacks, and it fea r_ 11 ed on the mov e me nt towards K o,hcL, wa s attacked on all sides. The fourteen -entre seemed objects of special desire Boyd had each a child carried off. .ie Ghazees were thus busy, professed sin them, and on the 9th January de- - should be placed under his protection. the snowy wastes, the rough moun ath of January in the coldest regi „Jelled them to yield : the hostages s in that neighbourhood, 43eneral Sale to relinquish his post was f January, and on that day he refused to ins the Supreme Government. to Akhbar Khan. The unfor . nffnin assailed ; articles tLerear lers tr under the broihn, fled. by the cold f thernwer but the Euro ogether until they reacliea General Elphinstone and :es, and were detained two it by Akhbar. General I Iphinstone wrote a note ) Brigadier Anquetil—" March tonight ; there f." The British troops marched early in the came to the frightful mountain pass ; it was ; they forced the way, and reached Jugdulluk, defended for some time, until Brigadier An killed. All order was then entirely lost, and nd separation, slaughter and destruction ensued. ':.ers who were well mounted attempted to make way into Jellalabad. Some of them arrived within r miles, when they were murdered and plundered, odies left on the road. Only one officer, Doctor. the sth Bengal Native Infantry, though wounded in several places and exhausted, succeeded in r = eaching the place of safety in Jellalabad on the 13th. Of the fate of the other CVO soldier; end 6000 amp follower; nothing certain la known ; many ban boon killed, other; are dispersed,, and as yet it is diffitUlt to decide, The names of 35 ofilotri nave been published as killed from the commencement of the in. surrection, but fears are entertained that they may amount to its quadruple, out of the great number missing. Some of the sepoys are said to have been sold as slaves to the Oosbeg Tartars. Letters continue to arrive from various quarters represent ing the state of the prisoners and hostages. Akhbar Khan is said in a letter received from Major Pottinger, dated Jan. 23, to be at the fort of Badeeabad, in the Lughman country, where he keeps the following prisoners, viz.:—Generals El phinstone and Skelton, Lieutenant Mackenzie, Captain and Mrs. Anderson and child, Captain Boyd, Lieutenant Eye, Lieutenant Waller, Mrs. Trevor, Lady Macnaghten, Lady Sale, Mrs. Start, Mr. and Mrs. Ryley, Serjeant and Mrs. Wade, Captains Troop, Johnson, and G. P. Lawrence, and Major Pottinger. There are, besides, the six officers and the sick who were left at Cabal on the departure of the troops. Akhbar Khan, in the letters from that fort, which are received unsealed, is described as doing everything " to make them comfortable !" An attempt of the insurgents to seize Ghuznee is said to be so far successful as that the town is in their power, but Co lonel Palmer, with his regiment and six months provisions is stated to be safe in the citadel. At Candahar an insurgent force showed itself on the 10th of January, when an attempt was made to carry off the camels belonging to the 43d Bengal Infantry,: On the 11th, Prince Suftur Jung, the youngest and favourite son of Shah Shooja, and Mahommed Atta, the Chief, came with a large force within about five miles dis tance. General Nott marched against them on the 12th, and in a short time dispersed the whole with a trifling loss ; the young Prince proved himself a coward, as he is a traitor to his father's friends. _ General Sale has, however, maintained his position at Jel lalabad, which he has; fortified with a ditch, and planted can non in different places, with a determination to defend his position to the utmost. Akhbar Khan has attempted to raise the Ooolooses, or heads of the neighbouring clans, in order to attack Jellalabad, but the gallantry and resolution dis played by Sir Robert Sale in,October, during his march from Cabul to Jellalabad, had given them such proofs of his bra very that they have hitherto rather hesitated. The troops in Jellalabad are stated to be well provided with food and able to keep their ground until the beginning of March, particu larly since they have already discomfited two contemplated attacks. INDIA There have been some serious disturbances amongst the Madras regiments at Secunderabad, in the izams country, in consequence of the Court of Directors having ordered that the allowance of battu latterly granted should be dis continued. The other parts of India are comparatively tranquil. The Siekh expedition into Thibet has' been routed, and its leader, Zorawur Suigh, slain. The expedition of Tharawaddie to Rangoon has failed, and he has lost 3000 men by the works there. THE DISASTERS IN AFFGHANISTAN (From yesterday's Times.) We have been favoured with the following interesting letter from the only uncaptured survivor of the Cabul army—Dr. Brydon. It is addressed to his brother, and dated Jellala bad, January 20. " My dear Tom,—Here I am at this place, all safe, but not all sound, having received three wounds on the head, left hand, and knee. I have lost every thing I had in the world ; but toy life has been saved in a most wonderful manner ; and I am the only European who has escaped from the Cabul army (although we have heard of two having been taken by the enemy, it is very doubtful if they will be spared). Two natives only have reached this place, making, with myself, three persons out of an army of 13,000. " I got on very well till within about fifty miles of this, with the exception of losing all my baggage, &c. I then lost the horse on which I was riding. Flaying taken one of my servants, who was wounded, up behind me, we fell rather too far in the rear, when he was pulled off from behind, and I fell with him. I was instantly felled to the earth with the blow of a large knife, which wound ed me in the head. I, however, managed to avert the second blow, by receiving my enemy's hand on the edge of my sword, by which his hand was somewhat damaged, and he dropped his knife, and made off as fast as he could, and I, following his good example, managed to reach the main body, minus ray horse, cap, and shoes, which last 1 lost in the snow. I was then trudging along holding fast by the tail of another officer's horse, when a native, who was riding close by, said that he could ride no further. and told me to take his horse, which I did without delay. I do not know who the man was, as it was quite dark at the time, .but the saddle must have belonged to an Affghan. I now got to the front, where I found a number of officers, who determined to push on, as the men would obey no orders, and were halting every minute. We travelled on slowly all night, fired at occasionally from the sides of the hills, and found ourselves at day-break about thirty miles from this, our party consisting of only seven officers, five European soldiers, and myself, the rest having lost us in the dark, and gone by some other road. . " At about 10 a. tin. we were attacked and surrounded on all sides by horsemen : three officers and the five Europeans were here killed. One of the officers was Lieutenant Bird, of the Madras army, who fell close by my side. I, with the remaining four, got clear of the horsemen, and pushed on ; three of our party being well mounted, left the fourth and myself far in the rear, when he, after coming on some way, said.his horse was done up, and that he would hide until night, for which pUrpose he 'left me about four miles from this. He was taken and killed. _ " I proceeded slowly for a short time, when I saw a great many people running towards me in all directions. I waited until they got pretty close, and then pushed my horse into a gallop and ran the gauntlet for about two miles under a shower of large stones, sticks, and a few shots, in which I had my sword broken by a stone, my horse shot in the spine close to the tail, and my body bruised all over by the stones. I was now attacked by a horseman, who left a party of about six, whom I saw leading away one of our horses who had gone on ahead ; these three were killed ; and having nothing to defend myself with, and my horse being quite done up, he wounded me on the knee and hand, when seeing me stoop down he galloped away as fast as he could, thinking, I suppose, that 1 was looking fora pistol. I now proceeded unmolested, and arrived here about one o'clock, quite done up, AS was also my poor horse, who lost the use of his hind legs next day, and died two days after without ever getting up after his arrival. If you receive this, let them know at hom” that I am alive, as I have not been able to write since October last. and perhaps we shall not have the road open when the next overland starts. Since arriving here I have had three shirts, three pair of socks, a jacket, and a pair of trousers given to me. A very fine stock, you will say ; how ever, it' must do until I can*get another outfit. Write to me and let me know the news from home. " Your affectionate brother, " WILLIAM BRYDON." " P.S. 1 arrived here about noon on the 13th. All fur ther particulars you will find in the papers; so I can write no more at present, it being awkward holding my paper whilst writing." kinprrtal parliamnit. HOUSE OF COMMONS. --MONDAY. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that he would, on Thurs day, move for the rescinding of the rule of the house which prohibited the presentation of petitions against any tax under the consideration of parliament. In answer to a question from Mr. CURRIE, Sir R. PEEL, said the honourable gentleman had correctly stated what fell from him the other evening. (Hear, hear.) He considered that he had proposed such an important affair of finance—one so necessary to meet the exigencies of the country, that if defeated on the question of an income tax her Majesty's government (if, as he before said, they were defeated on such an important measure) would have no option. (Hear, hear.) It would decide the existence of the present administration. (Hear, hear.) The adoption of an income tax was necessary to carry into effect the other resolutions relating to alterations in the tariff. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the general alterations of the duties, he should at present reserve himself, merely observing that it was his anxious wish and desire to do justice,— equal justice to all classes, commercial as well as agricul tural. (Hear.) In answer to the hon. gentleman he had to say, that it was his firm intention to uphold and carry out the general principles of the tariff which he bad proposed to the house. (Hear.) In the course of the discussion it was probable slight modifications might be made in some articles of duty, but he intended to abide by the general principle of the proposals he had laid before the house. (Hear.) The Exchequer Bills Bill was proceeded with in commit- tee, and Sir T. WILDE moved that the holders of forged exchequer bills should be entitled to be heard by themselves, their at torneys and counsel, before the commissioners, and to pro duce such evidence as they might deem material to have placed before the said commissioners. It would, he con tended, be most unjust to refuse to hear them by counsel when they had such large interests at stake. He had confi dence in the commissioners, and so he had in the judges ; but he should be very sorry to see judges left to decide upon cases in the absence of counsel. Surely no one could be so good a judge of the evidence which ought to be placed before the commissioners as the individual who held the bills, and knew best how he had received them. Sir WM. FOLLETT said the question was not whether the bill-holders were to be entitled to have counsel and witnesses heard before the commissioners, for there could be no doubt but they were so entitled ; but he question was whether, by a motion like this, the house was to take out of the hands of the commissioners the power of conducting the investigation in the most eligible way they might decide upon, and deprive them of all discretion in the matter. Sir R. INGLIS said that the claimants were requiring a pri vilege netasked by the government, for the latter had made no claim to be heard by counsel. After some observations from Lord J. RUSSELL, Mr. W AWLEY, and Mr. C. BuLusit, Sir R. PEEL said be thought it better to leave the manage ment of the investigation to the discretion of the commis sioners, who would, no doubt, hear' counsel in every case which appeared to them to require it, in order to enable them to make a just and proper report to the house, which would ultimately have to decide upon that report. After several gentlemen had expressed their sentiments, the committee divided, and the numbers were—for Sir T. Wilde's amendment 64, against it 77. The hill then went through committee, after which Sir R. PEEL moved that the house should resolve itself into a committee of ways and means. On the proposition of the first resolution, Mr. M. GIBSON said that the actual state of feeling throughout the country on the subject of the income tax was very different from what was supposed by the right hon. baronet (Sir R. Peel.) It was certainly true that the tariff was viewed most favourably by the commercial classes, by whom it was conceived to be one step taken in a right direc tion. The income tax was, however, most obnoxious, be cause it must lead t o an a bh orre nt system of espionage if it a v to be mad e a t a ll pro d uct i ve . A. my animated di scuss i on aros e from the circumstance that th e fi rst resolution was put by Mr. Greene, and passe d, before manym m bers on the opposition side of the house it. At le ngt h a calm was produced by w Sir R. PEEL, ho were aware of the fa ct, it being th e i r i n tention to divide upon said, opposition. that under the circumstances it would be unfai r to have it assumed that the resolution had passed without precedent t o retrace , It would, ho w e ve r, be a dan gerouss their steps by resuming the dis cussion as the t resolution.hey w o u would have e This was, howe ver , o f littl e con sequence,veral apportunities hereafter of dividing the house upon the same l Tolution. an assertion he wouldsertionby Peel mr admit of GIBSON, that Sir R. rhadeply to stated that income tax, or tnat if any suc h were canrorilendodification of the Sir R. PEEL said he had not said anythingie would res i gn . a dis respectful to the House of Comm ons . He ou r very do all he could to carry the income tax as he ba d certainly it; but if the H ouse of Common s s hould think any alteration in the details of the measure nece ssary , he should not e be e lo s n o disrespectful to the house as to say that upon that account he would resign. WAKLEY wished to know why farmers only were to be exempted (by a special exemption) from all that scrutiny into their circumstances to which tradesmen and professional men were to be subjected. His constituents were enquiring why one rule was applied to one class of the community which was not applied to another ; but he could give them no answer. With respect to the tariff he must say that the re duction of duties upon various articles was so great that it was a matter of serious complaint on the part of those who were affected by those alterations, that the reduction in the, pips of COM bor. na liroyortion whatever to thcio in the ha. Mr, 8, Wor.rotY laid that they bad a certain test by which to eatimate the profits of a farmer, and to that test they ac cordingly resorted. This was not the case with tradesmen, and they were compelled to adopt a different rule with respect to them. After a few words from Mr. H. JOHNSTON, Sir R. Peel said he had a representation made to him by some farmers in Scotland, objecting to having their incomes judged of by an arbitrary rule, instead of being taken in the same way as those of the other classes of the community. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the rule for assessing farmers to the income tax might be productive of mischievous results by holding out inducements to sub-divide land into farms ra ther smaller than would be otherwise desirable. He should, on bringing up the report, propose a resolution on the sub ject of the income tax, and take the sense of the house upon the necessity of such an impost. Mr. GREENE, before putting the question, stated his con viction that in the early part of the evening he had put the question most distinctly. The remaining resolutions were then agreed to, the house resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Thursday. _ _ The other orders of the day were the disposed of, and the house adjourned. 'HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuEspAy Mr. MANNERS SUTTON obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better regulation of turnpike trusts. Leave was also given Lord ELIOT to bring in a bill to re gulate Irish fisheries, and to Sir Valentine Blake to bring in a bill to alter the law relating to the admission of barristers in Ireland. _ On the motion of Lord Ingestre, some documents con nected with the construction of the Plymouth breakwater were ordered to be placed before the house. The house then resolved itself into a committee of the whole house on the corn importation bill. An amendment, moved by Mr. CHILDERs, respecting the towns to be added to those from whose returns the averages were now struck, led to an extended discussion. It was con tended by the government that the additional towns would prevent the frauds hitherto practised in striking the averages, while, on the other hand, it was asserted that the towns so selected as to increase indirectly the protection to the landed interest, by lowering the averages. The amendment was ul timately withdrawn; but Mr. Childers gave notice that he would move an amendment to the same effect on the 29th clause. Mr. WAKLEY suggested that the sale of wheat unfit for human food should be exempted from the averages. Mr. GLADSTONE said that the difficulty of carrying such an exemption into operation would be very great, and it was not probable that the averages would be materially affected by any sales of the kind. The average clause was then agreed to, as were the subse quent clauses to the 22d inclusive. On the 23d clause being proposed, Lord WORSLEY rose to move the introduction of a clause, the eff,ct of which would be to have the returns made by the seller instead of by the buyer. It was suggested by the chairman, that the noble lord had better move his clause as an additional one after those in the printed bill should have been disposed of, in which suggestion Lord Worsley acquiesced. On the 27th clause, Lord WoRsLEY moved that the period for striking the averages should be extended from six weeks to ten. Mr. GLADSTONE entered into some calculations, in order to show that the averages proposed by the bill was more ad vantageous than any other. The most convenient periods would be every 13 weeks ; but, after much consideration, the periods proposed in the bill were deemed to be the fairest to be taken. After some discussion, in which several members took part, Sir R. PEEL said that an extended average, such as that proposed, would at one time operate injuriously to the con sumer, and at another equally so to the agriculturist. It was, therefore, determined to adhere to the present period, after giving much attention to the subject. On a division, the proposition of Lord Worsley was nega tived by a majority of 242 to 37. Mr. CHILDERS then moved a clause (as a substitute for the 29th), to the effect that, from the passing of the bill up to the Ist of May, 1843, the averages should be taken from those towns which had hitherto made returns, but that from May, 1813, the duty should be regulated by the averages of all the towns named in the schedule attached to the bill, un less parliament should, in the meantime, otherwise direct. On a division the motion was negatived by a majority of 202 to 69, and the 29th clause was agreed to. The remaining clauses having been agreed to, Lord WORSLEY moved his clause, to the effect that the returns of the sales of corn should be made by the seller, and not by the buyer, and that the seller should also state the year in which the corn was grown. Sir R. PEEL said that the proposition could never be car ried out so as to render it effectual for the noble lord's pur pose' It had been considered by the government, but was so full of difficulties that it was not deemed advisable to adopt it. The resolution was then withdrawn. _ _ _ Colonel - S - 18 - T - H - OR - P - then moved, " That all duties in future payable upon the importation of corn, meal, or flour from any foreign country into the United Kingdom, shall, after the passing of the act of parliament relative to the importa tion of such articles, be levied or paid at the period of im portation instead of at the period when taken out of bond as heretofore." Sir R. PEEL said that the adoption of the clause would be utterly at variance with the whole principle of the bill, and he could not, therefore, assent to it. The motion was negatived without a division. The house then resumed, the report was brought up, and ordered to be received this day. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. -.Di-- HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY The house went into committee on the Copyright Bill, the third section whereof proposed that the copyright of literary works should in future continue for the author's life, and 25 years further. Lord NIA HON, the originator of the bill, began the discussion by explaining the general scope of the measure, of which this enactment is the leading feature. He remarked upon the change in the position of literary men produced by the cessation of that patronage which they were wont to receive from the great until the time of Sir Robert Walpole ; and sketched the progress of our legislation on this subject from the reign of Anne to the present time. The proposed enactment might, to a certain extent, keep up the price of books, but the additional 6d. would be not unwil lingly paid by the reader of an admired work, who would always have some .sympathy with his author, and the author himself would be induced, by the extension of his term, to look less to present and ephemeral fame; and more to the Permanent taste and judgment of his country. It was for the national honour and interest to evince a sympathy with literature. Not only authors, but the three classes connected with them—the publishers, the printers, and the stationers—. were all favourable to the present bill. Mr. MACAULAY, concurring in the objects of Lord Ma hon, yet thought they would be better accomplished by pro tecting each copyright for the term of life or of 42 years, whichsoever of those terms should have the longest duration. This extension, which gave 14 years in addition to the present neriod of 28, would best guard against the uncertainty of human life, and most nearly equalize the protection to the earlier and to the later productions of the same writer. He illustrated this view by a multitude of striking examples, by which he . showed that Lord Mahon's measure gave the longest copyright to the crude productions of youth, and the shortest to the matured works of middle and later life. Sir R. INGLIS urged, against Macaulay's plan, that it would take away from an aged author, dying 42 years after bis publication of some valuable work, the consolation of being able to provide for his family by a posthumous copy right. He was glad, however, to have heard no more of the old objections on the score of political economy. He mentioned various instances in which eminent works of our own contemporaries would have derived less protection from Mr. Macaulay's term than from Lord Mabon's. Mr. WAKLEY saw no occasion to make any change at all in the existing law. Authors, for the last forty years, had been paid quite enough. They owed a great portion of that reward to the unsurpassable invention of printing ; without this, what could the authors have done ? The house should not interfere against the cheapness of books which was indis spensable to the improvement of the people's minds, The old system had produced works which would never be ex ceeded under any new one ; but then, formerly, authors were not, as now, worshippers of the golden calf. The urgency of the literary men of the present day for a measure like this was a degradation to literature itself. Why should poets be protected so much more than other inventors f No poet's invention had done for the public what bad been done by Jenner's discovery of vaccination, or Harvey's of the circu lation of the blood. Nor did the medical discoverer acquire his skill, like the poet, by a pleasant exercise ; but through sickness, and sorrow, and infection. Yet, in the medical profession, a man who sought exclusive profit by a secret he kept to himself was scouted as a quack, not protected as an inventor. He then quoted some lines from an eminent living poet, for the purpose of exhibiting what he considered as the inferiority of poetical to scientific talent. In the case of a patent, only 14 years were allowed, unless on application to the Privy Council, who, under special circumstances, might, at the expiration of that term, add seven years more. Why should a larger term be allowed to literature '? He compared the high prices at which many greatworkshadbeen sold pend ing the copyright in them with the low prices at which the public had obtained them when the copyright was expired; and enumerated many cases of large sums received by mo dern authors. _ _ . . . . _ _ _ Mr. MILNES reprobated the spirit in which Mr. Wakley had given his quotations. He denied that prices are mate rially augmented by copyright, and instanced high prices of various books in which no copyright subsists. He vindicated the characters of :the writers who had concurred in the pre sent application to the legislature. Great sums had, indeed, been received by a few among authors; but no literary in comes could be compared with the gains of the leading men in that medical profession which had been brought into so invidious a parallel with literature. He preferred Lord Ma hon's proposal to that of Mr. Macaulay, but was glad to have so fair an alternative. The first and second sections having been passed, Mr. MACAULAY, on the third, proposed the amendment already explained by him. _ Lord MAHON ex - pressed his adherence to his own plan. Sir R. PEEL said he had been at first inclined to think that the power of extension in each case ought to rest, as in the case of a patent, with some authorized body ; but seeing that the house was inclined to deal with the subject by general legislation, he would not persist in his original view. He• should prefer Mr. Macaulay's plan to Lord Mahon's, if seven years were added after death where the 42 years had expired. _ Mr. MACAULAY was not d e p t o o d s be e se d i adopt rs t eo o d—n am e this gestion. e ffiAelarc.i o W u sy only y o w b s h e e r r v e e d it thato ught t protectionsw newc h o e ti r e l dstuhbgee work protected was of value; where it was worthless the law would have no operation. He preferred the combination suggested by Sir Robert Peel to either of the other plans. He reminded the house that in the instance which had been mentioned of Dr. Jenner, a reward had been given by par.. liament ; and he hoped that in other cases of high desert this precedent would be followed,' Lord Jour/ RUSSELL was glad to see that, except Mr. Wakley, all seemed to concur in the principle of the clause. He thought the best course was that of Lord Mahon, to giv e the copyright for life, and during a certain term afterwards ; but for the sake of settling the question, he wished Mr. Macaulay to acquiesce in Sir Robert Peel's intermediate re commendation. Some conversation took place, with a view to an arrange ment ; but no party seemed inclined to give way ; an d M r. AGLIONBY said, that some members, of whom he was one, were opposed to all extension whatever, on the principle of protection to the reading public. The now and thedivided resultsuccessively was that on ß plans omE R o l f the , PEEL'S combination was a do p ted, g iving 42 y ears a t all var c io o u n r itt parties, ee events, and seven more from the author's death, when the 42 years shall have expired in his lifetime. When the clause had got into that state, Mr. WAKLEY, on the usual question, " that the clause so amended stand part of the bill," divided the house again; but the clause was sustained as amended. The 4th clause proposed to give a similar benefit to the authors of books already published. Mr. WAKLEY con tended that this benefit ought to go to the publisher rather than the auth or ; and Mr. AGLIONBY, t h a t n o such benefit ought to be gi ven to either, but that the wo rk ou g ht to be thrown open t o th e publicw o uld who o therwise be damaged by an ex post fact o legislation in this particular. Mr. HARDY remarked, that h* this se ause could give no en couragement to the production of valuable works, because the works it anted lens produced already. As between author and publisher, he was for the author. Mr. Mn. defended the clause, the object of which, he said, was not so much to encourage literature in general as to benefit existing authors and their families. Mr. GILL was adverse to the clause. The committee, dividing, affirmed it. These repeated divisions decided the principle of the measure. The committee then proceeded with several sec tions of regulation and detail. After which the house adjourned. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL THIS EVENING, FRIDAY, April Bth, will be per t formed, for the last time, Shakspeare's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. . With the New Comedy of THE PRISONER OF WAR. TO-MORROW, (Saturday,) a favourite Tragedy, and other Entertainments. On MONDAY, MACBETH. After which will be re vived the popular Nlelo-drama of the MILLER AND HIS MEN, which will be produced with NEW SCENERY and COSTUME. TO PROFESSIONAL GENTLEMEN AND OTHERS. J B. HEWITT, SHORT-HAND WRITER AND PRINCIPAL • REPORTER TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, begs to offer his services to Legal Gentlemen and others who may wish to obtain SPECIAL REPORTS of any Cases for Trial at the ensuing LIVERPOOL ASSIZES. Standard-office. TO CORRESPONDENTS Our correspondent " R. J." must observe, from the state of our columns to-day, and during the past fortnight, that we have had no space for reviews of any new publication. We shall notice that which he mentions at our first opportunity. The name of one of the parties in the abduction case ought to have been spelled Dunlevy, and not Dunlevie. A correspondent is desirous of calling the attention of the authorities to an abominable smell proceeding from South Castle-street, between Cable and Atherton-streets. He says it is sufficient to generate a fever to the persons who have occasion to pass frequently. The lines on " The death of Christ" cannot appear at present and we fear their merit will not pass muster. INFORMATION AGAINST THE LIVER THEATRE AND THE ABDUCTION CASE We intend to publish in a, SECOND EDITION, a full report of the proceedings at Kirkdale this morning on the information against the Lessees of the Liver and Haymarket Theatres ; together with whatever additional evidence may be adduced in the Abduction Case. EIR Eibrrpoot kAanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1842 " Vare, redde mini Legiones !" was the anguished exclamation of the Roman emperor ; and well indeed may the insulted might of England urge that demand now upon her Majesty's late Whig administration. Where, my Lords Auckland and Palmerston, Mel bourne and Russell—where is the noble British force which a few months ago was plunged by your blind and reckless policy into an unprovoked interference in the affairs of Affghanistan ? Where are M`Naughten, Burnes, Trevor, and the host of gallant Englishmen who led on that doomed and devoted band ? Where are their fond wives who followed them to the scene of slaughter and of shame ? Where is the gallant 44th ? Where the faithful native troops which fought with them for the cause and beneath the flag of England in that ill-starred quarrel ? Oh, if we had a voice which could pierce through the leaden folds with which the selfish heart of Whiggery is enshrined, we would peal upon your ear every name of that host of slaughtered and butchered men, whose blood now blackens the rocks and whose bones bleach beneath the suns of In dia, until even your impenetrable and seared souls would cower beneath the storm of indignant reproba tion which such a catalogue of infamy would draw down upon you, from the justice of a betrayed and abused people ! But a few months ago, an army of 13,500 men, composed of the best blood of England and her Indian provinces,—high in hope, and complete in appointment and discipline, —were embarked in that unhappy ex pedition. Of that army, one—BUT ONE (!)—Euro pean has made his way, a fugitive, to a British settle ment ! A few, and amongst the number fourteen la dies, the wives of British officers, remained, at the last date from the scene of slaughter and shame, in the hands of their treacherous and savage foes. The re mainder, more than 13,000 men, have fallen beneath the combined effects of the inhospitable climate to which they were wantonly submitted, and the attacks of the infuriated and fanatical hordes by which they were surrounded,—have become the victims of the gross incapacity of their leaders or of the basest treachery from their remorseless enemy. Their slaughtered bo dies, mingled with the trophies of a hundred glorious fights, bestrew the mountain passes and the plains of Affghanistan ; are food for the vultures to gorge upon ; are sport for barbarians to trample upon ; are objects for thousands of British wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters to wail over. They have fallen, not as Eng lishmen have fallen in days past, with the trumpet notes of victory ringing in each ear whilst its nerve was fast becoming dull and dead—not with the advancing bay onet and the flying banner of their loved land gleam ing upon their glazing eyes ; but with the bitter con sciousness of defeat and humiliation weighing down their once proud spirits and strong arms,--pent up in mountain defiles, wearied and despairing,—they have been shot down and butchered, the shame of their last hour—their country's shame, not theirs !--more keenly felt than the pang of the death-wound or the fierce triumphant yell of the foe who gave it. Aud will not England exact for THE CRIME, which has led to such a stain upon her arms—to such a sa crifice of the best blood of her sons—a fitting retribu tion ? Will not the indignant voice of a united peo ple, in justice to the widows and orphans which they have made, cry out upon the wretched faction whose mingled selfishness and incapacity have precipitated this fearful blow upon the honour and the name of their country ? We trust they will. We trust, too, that that voice will be heard—that it will pierce the brazen front (however thick and impervious to the shame which would crimson other brows) and wring the ossified heart of Whiggery ; and if there is one Englishman in the senate of Great Britain—one Eng lishman who feels as in days past our legislators were wont to feel, when shame and betrayal were permitted to tarnish the arms of their country—we call upon that man to stand forth and arraign before the bar of par liament the government, one and all, whose ill-starred and disgraceful career has thus caused England " to bleed through all her veins I" _ _ Let us not be told, by the organs of the Indian go venament and the Whig faction at home, to look upon this as merely a "temporary reverse" ! Let us not be told. of new expeditions, of new expenditure of blood and treasure, to wipe out the memory of this fearful staM upon our arms—this fearful outrage upon our co mmon humanity ! Other hands—other hearts than tEeirs will vindicate the name and the position of Eng h and amongst nations. We seek of them only retribu t ion for the past ! We say to them only, "reddite nihi legiones . 1 " And, vre repeat, if there is an Eng tishman in the parliament of Great Britain, the minis try of Lord Melbourne, or, at the least, that portion of it whose incapacity and recklessnes.s have precipitated this heavy calamity, will be made to answer this de mand at the bar of the tribunal of that assembly, be fore th e blood of our gallant Indian army a nd the tears of the widows and orphans w hich bewail its loss shall have sunk into the ground. It has been intimated to us that, in the remarks whick we offered in our last publication, upon the sub ject o f the resolutions which will come before the ad journed council meeting this day, we assumed a tone approaching to the dictatorial, and likely to be displeas ing :to some Conservative members of that body. Our reply to this friendly hint is brief and plain. We must do otlr duty, and we will do it, if possible, without jar ring upon the feelings or wounding the self love of others ; but, on this ground alone, we will not be re strained from expressing freely to our friends, in the council and out of doors, the course which we would have them pursue upon questions of public interest. We are well aware that there are gentlemen in the council entertaining strong and conscientious Conser vative, opinions, who have a perfect horror of the im putat ion, even, of being dictated to, .or influenced by, their party, and, in particular, of being "priest-ridden" or "1 mss-ridden." In itself the feeling is an honour able e. 'We ourselves, who are influenced by no consi Aeration except our own independent convictions, woul dbe the last to treat with anything but respect the cons. ientious exercise of such a feeling upon every occat ion. But we are bound to use our own judgment with respect to the eitent to which it ehoold be car vied. We cannot allov tho feeling of independence to be pushed into a morbid feai of the dppearance only of dictation ; and when we eee,• as we have seen on more than one recent occasion, the conduct of members of i our party, influenced by that fear alone to support views which are in entire opposition to pieviously re corded opinions, and, in doing so, winning and appa rently valuing, above all things, the praise of disinter estedness from opponents, previously their most bitter censors, we cannot but call upon those parties to pause and to examine carefully and intently the position in which they are thus placing themselves, and the nature of the motives by which they are actuated. In addition, however, to the dangerous influence of this morbid sensitiveness to the imputation of being dictated to by a friendly press, is it certain, we ask, that some of the gentlemen to whom this feeling is attributable may not also be charged with an undue dread of the censures or an undue longing for the praise of the opposition press ? We are much afraid that to the latter cause is to be attributed the incon sistency of conduct which has been betrayed by some of our friends upon recent and important occasions. Gentlemen may be " press-ridden"—although Conser vatives—quite as effectually by the Radical organs as by their own. A fear of the censures, or a hankering after the praise, of a " Crito" or a Blackburn, may possess quite as much influence as the applause of con stituents. The apostate is ever caressed by those who win his aid ; the tried and faithful soldier has only don e his duty. The former is "liberal minded,"' " enlight_ ened" "unbigotted," whilst the latter is still only consistent and honest. The Radical press, depend upon it, is not blind to its power of thus influencing by alter nate abuse and fawning—censure and praise—th e wavering followers of Conservatism ; and when we see this the case—and we cannot mistake it—our own course is perfectly plain and clear. LOCAL NEWS Liverpool has during the last fortnight almost resembled a garrison town, from the numbers of soldiers of various regiments in its streets, in their route from Scotland and Ireland to Portsmouth, where the reinforcements for India are collecting. • SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—TO author ize the making of a branch line from Penistone to the North Midland Railway. We have noticed a long article of abuse in the Railway Times against the Thames Haven Company, which, as it is euidently libellous, is likely to form the subject of legal de cision, we shall notice no further than to state, that we have authority to deny all its allegations; and we certainly do not envy our contemporary his appetite for these personal attacks. Another meeting is about to be held here on the subject of the Thames Haven Dock and Railway, at which the charges will be fully rebutted. LUNE SALMON. — This delectable Fish, formerly con signed to an Agency at Preston, is now regularly transmitted, immediately on its leaving the water, to J OSEPH NEWTON ' S Wholesale and Retail Fish Establishment, 14, St. John's Fishmarket, so that the nobility, gentry, and the public in general, may now obtain fresh Lune Salmon (equal, if not superior, to that of the river Severn) three hours after it is taken out of its native element. No other person will be able to supply the public with Salmon equally fresh, as JOSEPH NEWTON is the sole lessee of the Skerton and Lune Salmon Fishery. Crimped Salmon to order, at the shortest possible notice. Mat. TEMPLETON ' S CONCERT. — WP perceive by the ad vertisement, that this celebrated vocalist has announced his concert at the Music-hall, Bold-street, on Wednesday next, and that he has succeeded in securing the powerful aid of Miss Delcy, of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. The delight with which we listened to these distinguished vocalists last season, during their short engagement at the Theatre Royal here, leads us to anticipate a still richer treat, from the variety which a concert-room affbrds. We understand that the Music-hall is about to undergo considerable alterations for the occasion. Mr. Templeton has fixed the price of ad mission at a rate suitable to the times, and we have no doubt the public will avail themselves of the opportunity. We wish him a bumper. . . LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—The follow ing notice of an intended application to Parliament in the next Session has appeared in the London Gazette " to enable the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company to alter, extend and enlarge the said railway, and the iunnel, and station, and works belong thereto, or connected therewith, situate on the easterly side of Lime-street, in the parish of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, and for that purpose to take and purchase all or any of the lands, houses, and buildings situate at the back or east side of the said Lime-street station, and lying between the same and Hotham-street (lately called Duncan-street), and Gloucester-street, and Lord Nelson street (lately called Great Neison-street), all in Liverpool oforsaid." Also (a second application) to " alter, amend, explain, repeal, enlarge, and render more effectual," some of the provisions of existing acts. Likewise (a third appli cation) to authorise the Store-street junction in Manchester, of which so much has been said in the newspapers. THE ABDUCTION CASE.—The London Times of Wednes day has the following paragraph relative to this case :—"Since the prisoners were remanded on Friday last, inquiries have been made at Gretna-green as to the circumstances of the marriage of Miss Crellin to M'Gill. The eonspirators, it appears, posted the whole way from Lancaster to Carlisle. At every change of horses spirits were ordered, of which Miss Crellin, who was in a state bordering on delirium, was made is partake. The continued doses of liquor all along the road had the effect of rendering her quite frantic before the party reached Carlisle, and to deceive the innkeepers, who noticed her condition, they geve out that she was a rich lady in a state of lunacy, whom they were conveying to an asylum in Scotland, Quick saying that he was the medical man in charge of her. She is described as having raved and cried out that she wanted to go home. As soon as the con -1 spirators reached Gretna-green dinner was ordered, and the " priest " invited to be of the party. He declined, however, but joined them after dinner, and drank several glasses of spirit. Miss Crellin being in the state which may be supposed from the drugging she had undergone during the journey from Liverpool to Gretna-green, and the " priest " well pre pared for the due celebrationr of the ceremony from the po tations he had imbibed with the conspirators after dinner, the marriage was performed. What followed the evidence already published has shown to our readers. The " priest " has, we hear, - refused to come to Liverpool as a witness against the prisoners, significantly remarking, that before he once went on a trial to England, he had received " saxty sovereigns doon in his haun." Both he and his family were extremely close when they understood that criminal poceed ings had been commenced against the conspirators, and that the object of the inquiries was to obtain evidence in support of the prosecution." MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting of the dock committee, which was held yesterday, the following members were present:—Messrs. Sands (chair man), Barclay, Holt, Middleton, Holmes, Smith, Molyneux, Mellor, Tobin, Martin, Evans, and Nicol. The sub-com mittee of works recommended that Canning Graving Dock should be permanently repaired. Mr. Holmes understood that this had been ordered before. The Chairman said it had ; but it had been found necessary to reconsider it. Some doubt had arisen in the mind of the surveyor whether it would be proper to do it : now he had given it as his opinion that it would, and that it ought to be done permanently. The reommendation was then adopted.—The sub-committee for the department of the marine surveyors recommended that the North Star, Crosby light ship, which had been two years on the station, should be brought into dock about the middle of next month, in order to be examined and cleaned : the Queen, light-ship, to be sent to the station in her place. Agreed to.—The same sub-committee also reported that se veral of the buoys had been knocked from their stations; and sunk, on which account they recommended that six new ones to be constructed, one of which should be made of plate iron, as an experiment. Mr. Tobin : I will have nothing to do with that. I dare say you will put me down as a very obsti nate fellow for it ; but I cannot help that. The Chairman : You see the sub-committee have had great consideration for your opinions, for they have only recommended one out of six. (Laughter.) After some further remarks, the six buoys were ordered as recommended.—The sub-committee for the department of the harbour-masters presented a report from the north harbour-masters of the number of stages used in the northern division of the docks miring the past quarter. Mr. Holmes asked what had been the receipts from this source? The Chairman referred Mr. Holmes for information to the treasurer.—Messrs. Duncan and Ewing requested some alterations to be made in their yard, near Brunswick Dock, al the expense of the committee. After some conversation, the committee desired the applicants to be informed that they must make the alterations at their own expense, as Mr. Challoner had done,—An application from John Roberts, keeper of the telegraph station in Chapel-street, for an in crease of salary (having now only £7O per annum), was re ferred to the committee for the marine surveyors' department. —A letter from the American consul, upon the subject of the mode of measuring foreign vessels for dock dues, and repre senting that American vessels were measured contrary to the treaty of 1815 with that country, was reconsidered, and re ferred to the solicitor.—Mr. Mellor then gave notice that, at the next meeting , he should move that the resolution of the committee to build the intended new light vessel of iron, should be reconsidered ; after which the committee separated. THE ABDUCTION CASE—COPELAND'S APPREHENSION. We give, in another column, a report of the examination rela tive the obtaining money under false pretences, by Copeland from Miss Crellin. The circumstances under which his ar rest was effected may interest the public. It appears that when Inspector Campbell went to the house, No. 90, Vine street, he took an officer with him, and knocked at the front door. 'While he was in the act of knocking he heard the sound of male voices in the parlour. A female opened the door, and immediately he proceeded into the parlour, where he found a man (but not the man of whom he was in search) a female, and a child. He searched about the room without effect, and having taken the precaution of placing the officer who accompauied him at the front door to prevent the egress of the party, he proceeded up stairs, where lie instituted a vi gorous search, but without effect. On returning down stairs, , the female who opened the door said she thought the indivi dual he wanted was in the parlour. Accordingly, he went into the latter room a second time, and searched under the . sofa, the tables, and other furniture, but, as before, without effect. He then observed a small pantry or cup board, in a corner of a room, and on searching . the door of it, found that it had been locked upon the in , side, and that the key had been left in the lock. He asked to have it immediately opened, but the parties refused to do so, and demanded his authority for searching the pre mises. He admitted that he had not a search warrant in his possession, but said that by virtue of his office he possessed the necessary authority for the purpose. The parties having still, however, refused to do as they had been or dered, the inspector despatched the officer at the door for Mr. Whitty, the head-constable, who proceeded to the place without delay. Mr. Whitty then requested of the parties to open the door, but they continued to refuse, and again demanded by what authority the head constable presumed to search their premises. Mr. Whitty informed them of the nature of his office, and of the powers intrusted to him thereby, but finding that further parley was not likely to be attended with the desired effect, he was proceeding to break open the door, when a voice from the inside told him to desist from the attempt, and that he (the party within) would open the door himself. Mr. Whitty immediately desisted : the door was then unlocked, and forthwith walked the redoubtable Mr. Copeland. The unfortunate fellow appeared pale and ghastly, and to have indulged rather freely in intoxicating drink. He asked the charge upon which Mr. Whitty was arresting him, and was told that it was for having obtained £250 from Miss Crellin, under fraudulent circumstances. He then drank off a quantity of gin to give an additional excitation to his spi rits, and was subsequently removed in a coach to Bridewell, where he arrived about twelve o'clock. CuitsTEV Assn ataizeolor the entity . 4 - f Chester commenced on Monday. There were ninety prumners for trial, and the cause list contains an entry of' twenty-three PROPERTY ON SALE.—It will be seen from Mr. Williams's advertisement, that he has very eligible and extensive pro- perty on sale. We refer our readers to Mr. Thompson's announcement, in another page, in which he holds out great advantages to those desirous of obtaining proficiency in the art of penmanship. We have seen several who have been under his tuition, who gratefully acknowlege the benefits of his system. LENOTTIS OF CARTAGE".—A publication which is adver tised elsewhere had just been published, showing the various lengths of cartage in this town. We have had no opportunity of testing its accuracy, but have understood that it is correct. The Britannia, Captain He'witt, royal mail steamship, left Liverpool, on Tuesday, with the mails for Canada and the United States, which were under the charge of Lieut. Roberts, R.N. She had about 5O passengers. The Britan nia during her stay has been newly painted and decorated, and, under the excellent management of the agents, Messrs. M'lver and Co., has been put to sea in the most perfect and beautiful condition. • • • - -• • AMPRITHEATRE.-Our space has been so occupied of late that we have not been able to find room for a notice of the clever equestrian company now performing at this theatre. Taken altogether, this company is superior to any now esta blished in this country, it is equal to Ducrow's in his best days. There is a great deal of novelty in the performances. Mr. Sands appears an extremely talented artiste. The horses are very beautiful. The humour of the clowns frequently creates risibility. We shall notice the performances in our next. THE Sour HOUSES.—NuuTher of quarts of soup made at Pickop-street from December 24th, 1841, to March 31st, 1842 Ditto at Flint•street from December 24th, 1841, to March 22d, 1842 Ditto at Gill-street from December 24th, 1841, to March 22d, 1842 350,391 The attention of our readers is directed to the following communication, addressed to Messrs. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, London, whose advertisement appears in another column :—Leicester, April 6, 1830.—Gentlemen , — About two years ago l lost all my hair in consequence of a fever, so that I was obliged to wear a wig, and being of an advanced age and subject to bead-ache, I felt great inconve nience from the misfortune, In this state of things many of my friends proposed to me divers remedies, none of which, however, had any effect; but at last I was induced to try your MACASSAR OIL, which in a short time quite restored my locks, so that I have now a remarkably good head of hair for one of my declining years.—l am, gentlemen, your most indebted and obedient servant, Wee. SHEPPARD. CONSUMPTION of SMOICH.-4I the usual monthly mete hag of the commissioners at Biithingham, on Monday last, the committee appointed on this subject reported that they had inspected the steam chimney of Mr. Clifford's mill, in Faze ley-street, to which the patent of Mr. Williams,. of Liver pool, had been applied with a view of consuming the smoke from the furnace, and they were perfectly satisfied of the utility of the plan, and its efficacy in accomplishing all that was required. The committee also referred to two letters wnich they had received in reference to Mr. Williams's inven tion from Messrs. Sharp, Roberts, and. Co„ of Manchester, and Mr. Nicholas Knight, of Liverpool, which they requested might be entered on the minutes. These letters stated that the plan had been adopted with the most complete success, di minishing the consumption of coal,increasing the quantity of steam, and at the same time reducing the amount of manual labour. SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS.—On Wednesday the Queen held a court, and an investiture of the most honourable mi litary Order of the Bath, at Buckingham Palace. The following Khights Grand Crosses of the Order of the Bath assembled and were robed by Mr. Hunter, in their Mantles and Collars, viz, :—the Duke of Wellington, Sir George Cockburn, Lord Hetesbury, and Sir George Murray. The Knights, preceded by the officers, passed into the picture gallery, where they were met by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Acting Grand :Master of the Order, and, having been called over, proceeded to the presence of the Sovereign, in the Throne-room, with the usual reverences. Her. Majesty was accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, both wearing the collar and mantle of the Order. Then,_ by her Majesty's command, Lieut. - General S i r How ard Douglas, Bart., was introduced between the two junior Knights Grand Crosses present, preceded by Bath King of Arms, bearing the riband, badge, and star of the Order, upon a crimson velvet cushion. fir floward kneeling, the Queen was graciously pleased to put the Riband and Badge over the Lieut.-General's right shoulder, Sir Howard, rising, had the honour to kiss the Sovereign's hand, and having received from her Majesty the Star of a Civil Knight Grand Cross of the Order, withdrew. The same high ho nour was afterwards conferred by her Majesty upon several other distinguished veterans. THE FUNDS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The stock-mar ket has been very buoyant to-day, the revenue returns having given great satisfaetion. Consols have been as high as 901 for money, but they left off 901 to ; and for the account, 90-i to ; Exchequer-bills were 355, to 375. pm. ; Bank Stock, 166 to 7 ex. div. ; 3 per Cent. Reduced, $9l ex div. ; 31 per Cents. Reduced, 98k; New 31 per Cents, oN ; In dia Stock, 242 ;- Long Annuities (expiring Jan. 5, 1860), 129-16. This was the first day for the private transfer of those stocks that are about to pay a dividend. In the foreign market there were but few transactions. Belgian left off 103 k to 104 k; Brazilian, 67 to 68 ex div. ; Colombian 27 to ; Mexican, 39i to 404 ex div. ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 50 to i; 5 per Cents., 100 to 1- ex div. ; Portuguese, 5 per Cents. , 35 to ; 3 per Cents., 20 to 11; Spanish Actives, 25 to New 3 per Couts„ in which . the principal business in this house was transacted, 24 to A. ROBBERY OF AN ATTORNEY.—TWO females of question able character, who gave their names Mary O'Donnell and Sarah Delany, were brought before Mr. Rushton, on Tues day, on a charge of having robbed Mr. William Barlow, attorney, residing at Oldham, of the sum of £7O. The com plainant stated that - he was lodging at Seacombe at present, and that about nine o'clock on the night of Saturday last he was on his way through Chapel-street, and when near Covent garden, saw several men and women standing together. One of the women came up and took hold of his left arm. He pushed her aside and went on a little distance, but bad n ot proceeded far when be was pushed into a side street, and received a blow behind his bead and a smack on the face. He was somewhat stunned by the blow, and was a few seconds before he recovered, but he was unable to say who had attacked, him. On his recovery he examined his pockets, and missed his purse, which contained £35 in sovereigns and half-sovereigns, and £35 in Bank of England notes, with the amounts of which he was unacquainted. Information was immediately given to officer 37, with a description of the dress of one of the women, and subsequently the two prison ers were arrested, and upon their persons several of the sovereigns were found, but the bank notes were not dis coverable. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY ANNIVERSAILY.--The twenty fifth annual meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary Society for the Liverpool district was held on Tuesday evening at the Brunswick Chapel. The chair was taken by Mr. Alderman Crook. The report was read by the Rev. J. Hargreaves. The income of this district for the past year, was stated to be £2,463 Ss., in addition to which £207 ss. 3d. was raised by the children as a Christmas offering. The increase in this auxiliary for the last year, is £264 ls. 4d., exclusive of the Christmas offering. - The Rev. R. Wood, of London, moved, and Thomas Sands Esq., seconded, the first resolution. The Rev. W. Arthur, froin India, in a very interesting and and powerful speech, moved the second resolution, which was seconded by T. Crook, Esq., and supported by the Rev. R. Newton. Thanks were voted to the chairman and the meeting adjourned. Sermons were preached at the various chapels throughout the town on Sunday last, and the col lections exceeded those of previous years, being respectively as follows ;—Pitt-street Chapel,X23 ss. 3d. ; Mount Pleasant £24 Os. Id., ; Stanhope-street, £l7 Ss. ld. ; Great Homer street, £lB 16s. Bd. ; Brunswic, £52 lls. ld. ;Total, £136 13s. 10d. After a sermon at Brunswick Chapel, on Monday evening £l9 16s. 6d. After the meeting on Tuesday night £ll9 4s. 2d. " MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM."—To -night this fan ciful and exquisite play will be represented at our Theatre- Royal,for the last time. It is a singular thing that, since it has been played, there has not been a full house to witness it ! It appears to us quite remarkable. Here we have beau tiful scenery, costly dresses, dances, songs, duets, glees, and choruses, good actors, and every requisite to make a drama tic entertainment worth witnessing ; yet those who patronise the drama actually turn their backs upon it ! Those who see it are greatly pleased with it, if we may ,judge by " the loud laughter and applause" that rings frequently through the theatre ; yet it does not draw We have noticed for some years that whatever is successful in London is certain to prove a failure here. " A Midsummer Night's Dream" has been highly attractive in the metropolis, as also "The Pri soner of War." Neither seem acce p table in William son square. Can Shakspeare be at a discount? , It would appe ar to be the case.—ln "The Prisoner o f War Mr. Baker per sonates an old navy captain very cleverly. Mr. Hammond and Miss Julia Bennett have caused much amusement by their drollery as Peter and Polly Pallmall.—On Monday " The Miller and his Men" is to be produced, with new scenery, &c. This no doubt will draw. LIVER THEATRE.—MR. RAYMOND'S BENEFIT.—TiIe benefit at this theatre on Tuesday night, for the fund of be nevolence attached to the Provincial Grand Lodge of Free masons of this province, was a profitable one, although the house was not so well 'attended as we expected. The per formances went off with great eclat. The principal novelty of the evening was the introduction by Br. Henry Dodd of Stonehouse and Hargreaves' masonic song, " Prosper the Art." He sang it splendidly, and was rapturously and de servedly encored. Br. Thompson, provincial grand organist, accompanied ; Messrs. Hornby, George, and Crank assisted. Br. Dodd, in the course of the evening, sang " The rose shall cease to blow," which was also encored.—To-night the Liver closes for the season. It has proved the most success ful, we believe, experienced for some years. The patronage usually shown to this theatre must prove gratifying to the management; and as Mr. Raymond's benefit takes place this evening, a parting manifestation of favour will be ex hibited, to prove that he has not lost the good wishes of the public. We perceive that an account of the proceedings which are to take place at Kirkdale to-day, will be given to the visitors of the Liver this evening. The entertainments which comprise the bill of fare are of a very attractive and amusing character. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond appear next week at the Haymarket. We expect both will hit the public hard, and become favourites. - - • CAUTION TO EMIGRANTS.--A respectable gentleman in this town has handed to us the following, with a request that we wauld insert it, as a warning to those about to emigrate to see that the stores on board are ample and wholesome : " The passengers on board the—[we leave the name blank for obvious reasons],—from Liverpool to Port Philip, deem it their duty to warn all persons intending to emigrate, not to take a passage without making personal investigations as to the accommodations and provisions on board, as it will be seen, from the annexed copy of a resolution, passed at a meet ing of cabin passengers, held on board, previous to putting into the Cape of Good Hope to replenish, that the assertions of owners are not to be relied on That the provisions at present on board are utterly insufficient, and unwholesome, and inferior in every department, to what we positively agreed for, and were assured by the owner were on board, on taking our passage in Liverpool. Another resolution was to the effect that a list of the articles deficient be drawn up, and appended to the report of the meeting, and a copy of the pro ceedings be given to Captain -- 7 The articles deficient are,—` water, vinegar, mustard, katsup, and pickles, white and brown sugar (no white on board, and the brown unfit for use), butter and eggs, tea, cheese, hams, and bacon, prime mess beef, potatoes and vegetables, pepper and salt, spirits, live stock, and dried fruits.-10th January, 1812. EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE OF Two JERSEY POTATOES. In the spring of the year , a friendly contention arose at St. Peter's, Thanet, between Mr. Joseph Silver, baker, of Read ing -street, and his neighbour , Mr. Joseph Hill,butcher, as to which should rear the greatest quantity of potatoes from a single root. Mr. Hill planted in his garden the cuttings of a Jersey Blue. weighing 2lbs. Goz. Mr. Silver planted the same day, close by in the Ranela g h Gardens, at the Red Lion, St. Peter's the cuttings of his seed p otato ,ighin weighing 21bs. 10oz., also a Jersey Bl ue. As a p roof of w hat may be g effected by culture and atte ntion, on diggin g u p produce of of both, a short time sin ce, on the same day, th e i mmense number of 332 potatoes , wei g hing 1411 b-. , and measuring W 18 gallons, was the prod uce of Mr. Silver's, one root eilding 23 potatoes, weighing 151 lbs. Mr. Hill's produce was 240 potatoes, weighing 1371b5., and measuring like his competi tors, 18 gallons, som e weighing upwards of 21 bs. each, and one 21bs. lloz., and being grown on the third of a perch of grouad.—Sun• TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The monthly meeting'of the town council, which was also Ole adjourned second quarterly meeting, was held on Wed nesday, in the town-hall, for the despatch of business. The Alayol:presided - FINANCE COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS. The proceedings of this committee were read by the Da- PCTY TOWN-CLERK. It appeared from them that Mr. Loch, the agent for the Bridgewater trust, bad called the attention of Lord Granville Somerset, chancellor of the duchy, and of Lord Haddington, first lord of the admiralty, to the deposit of excavations by the dock committee, from their new works, upon the strand of the North Shore. He complained that the effect of them would be to enlarge Puddington Bank, which it was exceedingly desirable to remove, and suggested that some eminent engineer should be called in to report thereon. The committee passed resolutions to the effect that the dock com mittee be requested to suspend their operations in this respect fdr the present ; but the request had not been complied with. It also appeared from the proceedings, that the Birkenhead improvement bill, which the finance committee bad been in structed to oppose, bad passed the House of Commons. BIRKENHEAD IMPROVEMENT SILL. Mr. PARKER wished to be informed of the result of the efforts ofthe deputation appointed to oppose the Birkenhead improvement bill, as far as related to the Woodside Ferry ? The Birkenhead people were satisfied that they had outwitted the corporation. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said, that as far as the House of Commons was concerned, the Birkenhead commissioners had succeeded in their wishes. The arguments of the corporation had been of no avail. There were two points which the cor poration urged in opposition to the measure. In the first place, they thought the rights of ferry, as defined in the bill s might militate against the interests of the corporation, as far as the rights of Birkenhead Ferry were concerned. The COM. missioners claimed a right of ferry both ways, whereas they had no such right, and the corporation had power in the House of Commons to set that part of the bill right. The main objection, however, was, that it was unjust for the Bir kenhead commissioners to appropriate their funds to a ape culation such as the purchase of toe Woodside Ferry unques tionably was. He thought they had no more right to speau• late with the public money in such an undertaking than the corporation had to take shares in the Harrington Docks, The wisdom of parliament, however, as far as the House of Commons was concerned, thought differently, and it was for further consideration whether the finance committee should pursue their opposition still Nailer. Mr. LLOYD inquired whether the Birkenhead ferry was to be rated under the Improvement Bill ? Mr. BOLTON said it was, as part of the property of the township. Mr. PARRER observed that in that case this corporation. would be in the anomalous position of promoters and op posers of the Improvement Bill. Mr. BOLTON remarked that if the council would recollect the committee of the House of Commons to whom the bill was referred, they need be at no loss in accounting for the result. There was a feeling hostile to Liverpool whenever a Cheshire committee met d and when it was stated that the Birkenhead Improvement Pill was referred to a Cheshire t committee, no one could be surprised at the issue. ELEVATION OF HOUSES IN FALKNER-SQUARE Some conversation took place between Mr. Alderman EARLE, Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE, and Mr. PROCTOR, con cerning the adoption of a reduced elevation for some houses ih Falkner•square by the Finance Committee, but no motion was made on the subject. BILLS TiEvpltiL PATILIAIIENI. Mr. BIRKETT inquired when prints of the bills now before parliament, as amended, would be placed in the hands of the council for consideration ? The TOWN-CLERK said it was not the parliamentary course to reprint a bill, except by leave of the house, till the bill had gone through committee. Mr,.DIRKETT observed that, by the now standing orders, the promoters were bound to deposit a reprint of their bill, as amended, seven days before going into committee. The TOWN -CLERK, in reply, said that was true; but the standing orders required the original bill and the amend ments to be lodged in manuscript. It was only till after the bill had gone through committee that a reprint could be had of it. At the same time, there could be no objection to any amended bill being placed in the Town-hall for the inspection of the members of the council. STATE OF THE STREETS Mr. Alderman EARLE wished to call the particular atten tion of the Finance Committee to the state of the streets. On a former occasion he had endeavoured to get the paving board placed under the council, because if that were so, he was sure the streets would be maintained in 'much better Order than they were ; and as the council paid a large sum or money for the repairing of streets, they were in duty hound to see that those streets, particularly the great thoroughfares, were not suffered to remain in their present state. There was London-road, from Russell-street to Lime-street, there was Mount Pleasant, there was Leece-street, from the church to the new road in Berry-street, there was Brownlow-hill, and last of all Lord-street itself, in all of which there never was such execrable pavements anywhere as were to be found in those streets. They were disgraceful to the town, and he hoped therefore that the Finance Committee would direct their surveyor to examine them. No experiments were ever made in Liverpool with the view of endeavouring to improve the public pavements as in Lonclon iindeed experimente were made in every great town in the kingdom except Liver pool. Certainly a trifling experiment had been once made opposite the Athenaeum ; the pavement then put down had never been removed to this day, and he believed it was good still. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE was rather surprised at the at tack made by the worthy alderman upon the Paving Board, because wherever the corporation had any paving work to do, they were very glad to apply to the Paving Board to do it for them. If he would attend the board himself he would soon see that he knew nothing about the subject. Mr. Alderman 4111 , g.--1 judge from llavmg seep them, Mr. Jo4N HolmEs recommended Mr. Earle to apply to the vestry for an increased rate before he ventured upon making these complaints. The Highway Board were in debt; and they had always spent their funds in the best possible way. Mr. Alderman EARLE.—Then we ought to spend more. Mr. PROCTOR said the Finance Committee had nothing to do with the works of the Highway Board. Mr. BIRKETT was by no means surprised that Mr. Alder man Earle should have made this attack upon the Highway Board ; but he ought to have given notice of his intention of doing so. Considering that there were twelve members of the council, one of whom was the chairman of that board, common courtesy should have suggested to him the propriety bf giving notice of his intention. Mr. EARLE.—I will take a lesson from Mr. Birkett in the art of politeness, and in future I will give notice. (Laughter.) Mr. GLADSTONE was glad that Mr. Earle had mentioned this subject, for he was quite sure the streets were not in the state they ought to be. The only remedy was to bring them before the notice of the public. Mr. Alderman EARLE.-1 did it with that view. Mr. GLADSTONE, in continuation, said that what the Chairman of the Paving Board (Mr. John Holmes) had stated was true : they wanted money to carry on improve ments, and they were also in debt; but at the same time he (Mr. Gladstone) contended that they were proceeding upon a wrong principle. Most of the streets that Mr. Earle had named were not safe for people on horseback. He confessed lie did not want to see legislation in favour of one class or another ; but he must say, that nine-tenths of the streets of Liverpool were not safe. He hoped that some material change would soon be made. Mr. Alderman EARLE said his object was answered by this discussion. The proceedings of the committee were then confirmed. LEASES The DEPUTY TOWN-CIERK read a list of the leases which had been granted within the p c lst month, and on the motion of Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE they were confirmed, IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS. The, DEPUTY TOWN-CLERK read the proceedings, resolu tions, and reports of the Improvement Committee. Mr. Alderman BARCLAY proposed, and Mr. H. HOLMES seconded, a motion for their confirmation. Mr. LLOYD, in allusion to a portion of the report con taining resolutions touching the improvement bill, said he had formerly made some observations on tne clauses in the bill empowering the council to appropriate property for improve ment. He objected to this power being given, because at the very moment, perhaps, when a person had made a purchase of property which he intended to use for business purposes, this clause, which he had never dreamt of, might, without no, tice, be brought into operation ; the corporation might dis. cover that such property was in the line of an intended im. provement, and he might be compelled to give it up. 'They might only require a portion of such property, and might leave an useless remainder on the hands of the proprietor. They ought to be bound to take all the property if they took any. in cases of new improvement bills which affected the rights of possessors of property, the latter had ample notice, beccause they were defined by the schedule, but by this bill they might be taken without any notice whatever. He would move that the matter be referred to the committee back again for consideration. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE objected to the clauses in ques tion, because he thought they might be made instruments of injustice. He thought it was dangerous to place such power in the hands of the council. He seconded the motion. Mr. EVANS objected to all observations tending to imply that injustice was more likely to govern the future acts of the council than justice. He had every confidence in the council of the present day, as well as in those which were to come, and he would recommend that in all cases they should legis late boldly, and with the utmost confidence that all their suc cessors would act justly. Mr. BARCLAY said the subject had had full cojksideration in the committee, and they came to the conclusron that it was advisable to go for the clauses. Mr. EARLE would be very sorry to see those clauses obli terated. He was confident that no injustice would be done, and the clauses would prevent the repetition of great injustice to the corporation, which had had to pay large sums of the public money unjustly. Mr. BIRKETT said Mr. Lloyd had alluded to the opposition which these changes would probably occasion. It was better to settle the matter here, and not to run the risk of opposition hereafter. The TOWN-CLERK explained that the clauses applied only to houses which had been burned or pulled down, or which were intended to be re-built, and which were, at the same time, in the line of a projected improvement. All these matters were necessary before the clauses could come into operation, and on the occasion of any dispute or difference reference must be made to a jury. Mr. BUSHELL said the Town-clerk's explanation was per fectly satisfactory. The TOWN-CLERK said Lord Shaftesbury, who was the great authority on matters of this nature, had expressed his approval of the clause. Mr. Lloyd's proposition was taken as an amendment on the motion that the proceedings of the committee be con firmed. The council divided on the amendment, when there appeared For the amendment Against it The amendm en t was consequently lost. 35 The following members voted on the division : For the amendment—Messrs. Copeland, J. Lawrence, Wood, Birkett, Procter, Lloyd, Parker, Bramley-Moore, and Molyneux. Against it—Messrs. Shaw, Shand, Houghton, Thornhill, Preston, H. Holmes, Mellor, J. Holmes. Bolton, Bright, Rae, Priestley, As mall, Yates, Robinson, Cooper, Bushell, Gladstone, Rigby, Kilshaw, Brassey, J. Smith, G. H. Law rence, Jordan, Platt, Holt, Bulley, Freme, Evans, Barclay, Earle, Nicol, Turner, and the Mayor. WATCH RATE. The TOWN-CLERK read the calculation of the new watch rate. The average account for seven years for Liverpool was £8,527 12s. Id. The Liverpool assessment is £952,321. The rate, which upon this amount yields the sum nearest to the average is 2d. and 7-47 the in the pound, which in the assessment give £8,526 19s. 2d. The assessment for Kirk dale is £18,191. which at 2d. and 7-47ths gives £162 18s. 10d. The assessment for Everton is £58,224, which yields £521 6s. Bd. The assessment for West Derby is £45,534, which yields £407 14s. 2d. The assessment for Toxteth Park is £106,890, w hich yields £957 l s . Bd. T ota l, £10,576 ls. Id. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE, seconded by Mr. PROCTER, moved the above rate. Agreed to. Mr. COOPER said, out of 7,000 rate-payers of Toxteth Park, .not more than 1100 or 1200 had paid. He would ask the Town-clerk, if, after letting matters go in this way, it was legal to levy for the arrears on those who were willing to pay ? The TOWN -CLERK said they looked to the overseers of the poor of the township, and might have levied on their goods and chattels long since. They appeared to be suffering through their improper misconduct in bygone years. He could not take upon himself to direct them as to their pro-