The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-25 00:00:00

Eat Enbiegs. To sail the Ist January. For CALCUWA, The good Ship CALCU A, T. WATSON, COM 1 er; Burthen per register 389 tons,. has go accommodation for passengers.—For terms of which, and of freight, apply to ROBERT GLADSTONE, Rumford-street. A To clear positively on the 14th Januar . For BOMBAY, The Ship RICHARD WAL R, PHILIP GILL, Comm er; Burthen per register 381 tons.—For freigh r passage apply the Master, on - board, Prince's Dock, Sir JOHN TOBIN, or to WM. CLAY, broker. {. M'h For BOMBAY, DIRECT . 4,1",,` • The fine Teak-built Ship LA EAST, - 44,1%te,r 4 ALEXANDER SHACHAN, ' launder; -- -- Burthen 648 tons, sails fast, is in all respects a very eligible conveyauce.---For terms of reight or passage ap ply to ASHLEY BICOTHEItS. Lraot Enbito. For MADEIRA and FALMOUTH, MAICA, . 1 4 And will deliver Goods at the neighb ring Ports, The AMELI . Jos. COOKE, Ma A regular trader; to sail on the Ist January.—For freight or .passage apply to the Master, on board, Prince's Dock, to Mr. ADAM CLIFF, or to TAYLOR, POTTER, and -Co. Intended to sail on the Ist Januar 1833. aoL ot ,;;„ For MADEIRA, and BARB OES, roEe'STOti The Barque BOLIVAR, J. - FE fcx, Master. For freight.or passage apply to BARION, IRLAM, and HIGGINSON To sail immediately. . . For DEMERARA, : 41 1- 4 ~,, The Ship INDIAN. CHI ~, - ~1 JAMES HARGREAVES, m rider; —R - Burthen per register 417 tons." • freight, or pas• sage, having excellent cabin accommodati , apply to JOHN GLADSTONE and CO. To sail immediately. For DEMERARA, ' t i p, The fine new British-built S ' ,0 " ,7 JOHNSTONE, t , ' - „ A. MTHEIisoN, ster; _ For freight or passage, having superior accommodations, apply to the Captain, on board, Prince's Dock, or to SANDBACH, TINNE, and Co. To sail in all December, FOR BARBADOES, smigl/4, The Brig BRILLI , E. MohnAuNT, M. ; Lying in George's 'Dock.—For freight or passage apply to 11 - 101NIAS LEE and Co. For PORT MARIA, ,JAMAIC A, .4, And will deliver Goods at the Ports ad' t 4 . 21 4 .1 s The fine Brig VALIANT Wsi. BRAGG, MRS r• red ,d Burthen per register • .229 tons; A .1.; co , _re , am. copper fastened..—For freight or passage applv'iin board, Prince's Dock, to CHARLES HORSFALL, SON, and Co., Merchants, or to • • • " JOHN NELSON WOOD and Co. • To swi immediately. For TR IN IDSII, The fine Brig ELIZABETH, .. HUGHES BROWN , A i lr, l 0" tons; British-built, and coppered.--F ernes of freight or passage apply to the Ma'ster, on board,' king's Dock, to J AS. LOGAN, or to 'W. ULAY, Broker. .1 , • .►a 4 ' - .. - . • • For DEMERARA, • . . -..i... - The fast-sailing Ship GEORG OWN, •• ... JAMES MILLER, M . r; - Lying in the Prince's Dock.—Ft terms of freight or passage apply to . T. and H. MURRAY: . For ANTIGUA, , • The Ship PIKE NIX,' • Captain HARTLEY; For freight or passage appiv to U. NV (IP: SHAND. , • • pain anti Vortitgal, • - LINE OF PACKETS FOR`LI ' N, • To sail the Ist 'Jana The ANN PAL ; H. W. ltotsTo&E, aster; A 1, 166 tons, coppered and copper-fastened.--Vor terms of freight or passage, having saperio,r aii:onimo'dations, apply to the Qivners, JOHN BIBBY arid Co. *tram VacitttO. For DUBLIN AND ' FAST. STE AVITV ' I I i OIgAN Y, INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 'the ;wove Company sail their Vessels, (with or without Pilots,) taking Goods and Passengers to the followin g ports , namely D , ;. ! ToDUBLIN Daily. To BELFAST, the CITY OF DUBLIN', on Wedne gay next, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon, from the Cy:Li:ewe Dock. ' •- • . . • • Apply, for Dublin Line, to , • SAMUEL PEB,RI 27 , .for-Belfast Line, to Water -street. JOHN MTAAMMN. - • taz37 TOPSAM AND. EXET 4 The new, elegant, and fast St ZEPII YR C. HADAWAY, R.N., ramander, Will sail for the ahove places, with Gob( • and Passengers, .on the 9th Jdnuary next, landing Passenk rs; &c., at. some of the intermediate ports.—Particulars as to height, or passage, may . be had on application to 'WATSON & PIM, St. George Steam Packet Company's Offices, Clarence .Dock, and 21, Water-street, Liverpool, 24th Dec., 1832. Liverpool. .ra Packet ,C..atcfs by auction. On THURSDAY next, the 27th instant a welve o'clock, al BuctiANAN'and BaowNE's Ofti ldhall-street, ` 100 Tierces Jamaic FEE. Apply to Messrs..Jons HALL . erchants, or to BUCHANAN and BROWN, Brokers. On FRIDA r next, the 28th instant, at his Offi • , 18,• Exchange buildings, 150 Bales East India SAF WER,, Just landed ex Joseph Winter, from C ,utta, , JOl- -BARON, Broker. , On FRIDAY next, the 28th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at SHAND and Honsi?Att's.Office, Exchange-alley North, 1000 dry West India Lying, in top room, No. 1, Esc n: -buildings, Per Rapid, from Jamaica.—LApply to di essrs: C. HORSFALL, SoN; and Co. Merchants, or to . SHAND.and HORSFALL, trukers,.. On FRIDAY ileXt; the 28th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at 111o.ur- NEUX; TAY Don; and Co.'s Office, 16, Chapel-street, iir2 13. Bales fine Bengal SAFFLOW • 1 l-, .. &Casks Venetian:CßEAM 0 ' ARTAR, 30 Vales Naples MADDER I OTS, Just landed.—Apply to ----- MOLYNEUX,• TAYLOR, and Co, brokers. On FRIDAY next, the 28th instant, at Twelve,o'clock, at T. and LITTLEIMLE -and Co.'s Office, Exchartbuildings, 33 Bales of B eng al SAFF , WE , . Bags of Malabar GIN B. Apply to Messrs:l)ll;ton, RiclimoND, d Co. Merchants, or. to T. and FL LITTLER LE and Co. Brokers. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD On 4pait. On SATURDAY, the sth January next, at One o'clock, at T. and H. LITTLEDALE and Co's Office, Exchange_L u ildi ngs , Li verpool, The wel k n Ship, A 1 • . 41 ,.. ELI ern, * ....... - JAMES LSO N, Master, '-- - Burthen per register 409 25-94 tons, with all ber ma terials, as per inventory ; now lying in the .King's Dock; was new coppered in December last year, has since undergone every necessary repair, and may be sent to sea with little or no ex pense.—For inventory, and other particulars, apply to . JOHN BOLTON. For SALE, - The New Ship II 1.4 k Burthen per reg i s t er 461 t o ns ilt o f the best mate rials, and may be sent to sea a a small expense.—For inventory, &c., apply to DUNCAN GIBB. For SALE, The new Barque 111 N lELD, 290 tons register, thoroughly er-fastened, carries a large cargo, sails fast, and every way an eligible merchant vessel.-4 or inventory, &c. apply to DUNCAN GIBB. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Gi ILDIIALL, DEC. 20. CAMPBELL V. RICKARDS AND OTHERS. This was an action by Mr. Campbell; a merchant at Sydney, New South Wales, against the defendants, commercial agents, of Leaden hall-street, to recover a sum of money, which it was alledged that the plaintiff had lost through their gross negligence. It appeared that the plaintiff had written to the defendants desir ing them to effect an insurance of £4700, on the cargo of the ship Cumberland, of which the plaintiff was the owner. 'he letter con taining the instructions was inclosed to a gentleman of the name of Harris, and on the -envelope was written a desire that Mr. Harris should retain the letter in his possession 30 days before he delivered it to the defendants, to whom it was addressed by the plaintiff from New South Wales. Mr. Harris delivered the letter at the expi ration of 35 days at the office of the defendants, and informed them of the contents of the envelope. The defendants afterwards effected the insurance, but without communicating to the underwriters the contents of the envelope, or the fact that the letter had been kept back 35 days. The underwriters resisted payment of the loss, on the ground, that a material fact had been concealed from them by the agents, and an action having been brought on the policy, the Court de cided that the underwriters were, Under the circumstances, discharged from their liability. The present action, was therefore, brought against the agents to recover a compensation in damages for the loss sustained by the plaintiff through the defendants'• gross neglect. Mr. Pollock, Mr. Serjeant Jones, and Mr. Follett, who conducted the plaintiffs' case, called several witnesses—underwriters and insur ance-brokers—who stated that • the' information as to the envelope ought to have been communicated to the underwriters on effecting the insurance, as it might have altered their view of the , risk.-- Sir J. Scarlett, for the defendants, submitted that there was no case to go to the jury, as there had been no proof that the vessel had ac tually sailed, or that there, had been a valuable cargo, or, in fact, any cargo shipped, The learned Judge,.-after hearing .Mr.' Pollock; and some evidence which he adduced as to the sailing, said he would not stop the case, but would take a note Of the objection. Sir J. Scarlett then addressed the jury. He observed that this case, if the jury decided for the plaintiff, would. be one of peculiar hard ship on the defendants. it h a d no t b een a tt em pt e d t o lie proved that the defendants had wilfully withheld the information which it is said they ought to have communicated, and there were decided cases to show that the underwriters had a right" to demand only facts from insurers or their agents, and not collateral-circumstances, which might arise merely from the fears and weak nerves of owners and shippers. The defendants, exercising their honest judgment as agents, had not Considered it necessary to g i ve th e i n fOi ma ti on . To entitle the plaintiff to recover he ought to have proved that the defendantswere ..aware that the information was material to the underwriters; and that he had desired them to communicate it. • - • The Lord Chief Justice, on summing up the case to the jury,ob served that as it had been already decided that the inforination was material, they had now only to determine whether the defendants had or had not been guilty of gross negligence in not giving it to the underwriters. The Jury found for the Plaintiff—Damages £4lOO, the-extra pre mium paid on the p o li c y being deducted. HAWES V. FORSTER AND ANOTHER. This was an action by Messrs.,Hawes, soap-manufacturers, a"ainst Messrs. Forster and Co., oil-merchants, under these circumstances : The - plaintiffs in • May, 1830, ordered 80 'tons of palm oil of the defendants, who undertook that it should be delivered on the 30th of June following, but they afterwards sold it to another dealer. Th e The price rose in the mean time £4 a ton, and the plaintiffs, having been obliged to buy oil at the increased price, now. brought their action to recover £320, being the amount of 80 tons at £4 per ton. The broker who transacted the businesi, and was called to prove the contract, was desired on his cross-examination to refer to his hook containing the entry made by him, and on doing so he stated that, according to that entry, if the ship did not arrive with the oil on the 30th of June, the contract was not to be carried intoeffect. Sir J. Searlett objected to this evidence, contending, that the entry in the broker's book could' not be opposed to the written contract between the parties for the purpOse of setting it aside. The Solicitor-General, on the other side, contended, on the autho rity of several decided cases which -he cited; that the contract as entered in the broker's•book- was the. only one binding _on the parties. That which his learned friend called.the written contract" was only the bought and sold notes. Sir J. Searlett Te4trrpd_ to a case in which, he said, Lord Tenderden had rejected the broker'sbook when an attempt was Made to oppose it to thewritten' edn'traft.' - • * 1 -- • . The learned Judge • was -of' opinion. that the • book could not be re ceived in evidence: A question then arose as to the production by the defendants of the , " sold" note, It was ultimately admitted by 'the Solicitor-General, that if the. points !of law Were' in favour of the plaintillV they Were entitled to recover, though he submitted that upon the evidence J.:3 per ton.only should be the amount of the damages. • The Jury, - however, found for the plaintiff for the lull. amours claimed. Tun PRESS IN THE EAST.—Thete`are in CalCutta five daily and eight weekly newspapers; six monthly journals; two quarter lies, and two annuals. Mr. JA'sius M'QuEEN, late Editor of the 'Cliegozu Courier, arrived at, St. John's, Antigua, on Saturday last, from St. Kitt's, on a tour to Windward. The A,g,ent to Lloyd's hoisted his flag, and several of the vessels in the harbour displayed their colours, in compliment to this advocate of the West Indian Proprietors, t and other demonstrations of regard were shown him on his landing. He has taken up his sojoUrn with-his countryman, ' Robert Orr, E 9., where he receives numerous, visits from his friends.—lt is Intended to give him a grand entertainment; by 'subscription, on Thursday next.. Weekly Regist er , N ov . 6. THE LAZARETTO AT MALTA.= "-Soon after our arrival, I .was conducted,to the quarantine harbour, and h av i ng l an d e d , `Was :ushered into a large quadrangular building, enclosing 'a spacious court-yard; from which a flight of -steps led up to a. 'narrow gallery : this gallery,- which is continued round the in- . teridr of the building, forms the general outlet 'to the various chambers fitted to the, reception of those who are .to endure the Misery of quarantine. Some' huge iron rings suspended by` ' bolts fastened in the wall, about ten or twelve feet above the stone floor, convey to the unfortunate occupant of each of these chanibers all the horrors of a prison;' anti the bare whitewashed walls, bOasting no other ornament, besides'these, thin the ill carved names and poetic effusions of those who had preceded them, are little calculated to. relieVe Min' from the constant in clination he feels to ask of himself, What have I done to be thus incarcerated ? Among other inscriptions,' one in parti cular attracted my notice. It was the conjugation of the verb :" to get out,", preceded by the negative. It ran thus.:' " I can't get out- 7 'i hou can'st not get out—He, she, or it, can't get out,-' Cc. 'This was careful l y wr it ten i n F renc h , I tal i an, Spanish,' German, Roniaic, and Arabic, and in most of these languages most perseveringly 'conjugat e d th roug h moo d s a nd tenses. X. wooden bedstead, an old table, and a stool which had stood the brunt of many a day's ill-treatment, 'were' sup plied for my use by the clerk of the lazaretto, a most obliging cha racter, *lto:welcomes the arrival of any unforfunate stranger tiiih he secret satisfaction of profiting by him in the hire of his furni ture.--My-companiOns in the lazaretto consisted of two officers Of the British"regiment quartered at Corfu, and two gentlemen from Constantinople; but each of us being apprehensive of incurring the penalty of a 'longer Confinement by coming in contact with each other, our communication was distant, though courteous, and our appKoach to, each other no nearer than tie whole ipace Which separated the doors of our respective cells. A'solitary supper was followed by a night of ill repose. At length the morning came; it was serene and beantiful; the sounds of boats passing and repassing, the distant voices of, sailors busy among the shipping, and, now and then, the noise _of a solitary ,fOotstep in the gallery, bespoke the business of the day to be already begun, as I lay upon my wooden couch speculating on the time I ,should have to pass in this dismal abode, shut up 'from the world and scenes in wnich I longed to take'a part. The., lines of Lord Byron were running in my " Adieu, thou - quarantine That.gives me fever and the spleen." and I had already experienced Sufficient to convince me of the kustness of the noble author's observation, when a m essenger nocked at the door otrny cell,. and brought me the welcome intelligence that my' application had been successful, and that a few hours would .set me at liberty. I had felt as a prisoner, and could not help looking on the intelligence as a reprieve. The thoughts of being .so soon released recompensed me for a hasty breakfast ;.. and when the ..happy moment at rived, I took a distant farewell of my. companions, not without exciting their surprise at my good,f9rtuxig in leaving the lazar etto so soon.'' 7 ,—Natt tip/ Magavine, r . 414; . 415. JAMAICA. REPLY OP THE HOUSE OE. ASSEMBLY TO THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. " The house trusts that your Excellency's anticipation may be realised, and that no repetition of the recent criminal and horrid re bellion may again bring destruction on the inhabitants of Jamaica. The house thank your Excellency for the precautionary measures your Excellency has taken to avert the possibility of a renewal of the atrocities perpetrated only a few months since ; but the house feel it their duty to state, that no permanent tranquillity can be expected, and that no security for property and life can exist, so long as Jamai ca is kept in constant agitation. Our present uncertain state paralyzes _alike the energies of agriculture and commerce, and necessarily tends to subvert all assurances of permanent security for persons or 1 p roperty. - - When the miseries inflicted on all classes by the recent rebellion (which your Excellency has so well characterised as criminal) are considered—miseries w hi c h your E xcellency did not witness, and can scarcely imagine, it cannot he matter of surprise to us that the free inhabitants of every class should endeavour by all means to save their properties, families, and lives, from conflagration, rape, and assassi nation ; still we are satisfied that the energies of the laws of the island, administered by your Excellency, are sufficient to suppress all acts destructive of the public welfare. "This house was no party to the measure by which an inquiry was obtained in the house of the British Parliament by the West India proprietors residing out of this island, nor do we admit that the House of Commons can institute any effectual inquiry in relation to the social institutions of this island or its internal affairs. To understand the laws of any society, and the influence of customs and habits over those laws, a personal residence among the inhabitants of the country is indispensible. No evidence can convey over 4500 miles those cir cumstances which most materially affect the welfare of a people, and which, to be appreciated, must be seen. Countries might be men tioned, where the laws in theory have been considered perfect ; but where, after centuries of legislation, the people are starving and wretched. This, we are proud to say, is not the case in Jamaica, notwithstanding all the defects incident to the slate of slavery, origi nally forced on us by Great Britain. " As this house never did recognize the resolutions of Parliament in 1823—as this house never did admit the right of the House of Com mons to legislate on the internal affairs of Jamaica, even when the West Indies were indirectly re p resen t e d i n Parliament, we never can Concede that a House of Commons, which is to exist upon the prin ciple that actual representation should be the foundation of legisla tion, can justly claim to legislate over us, their free fellow-country men, in all respects their equals, but who have not, and cannot have, any voice whatever at their election, by whom, in consequence, we are not represented—who are strangers to our condition and interest, and whose attempt to dictate to us would consequently, upon their own principles of their own existence as a legislative body, be tyranny and not legislation. " Experience prevents us from deluding ourselves with the hope of a dispassionate and impartial result from the proceedings of any com mittee of the Commons House in relation to the West Indies, nor are we strangers to the fact, that pledges are now being exacted from can didates for seats in the new imperial Parliament, to vote, in respect of the colonies, according to popular dictation, and not after ample and patient examination. " This house has always declared that they will constantly and really adopt every measure for substantially benefitting the condition of the slave population, which our own local experience convinces us would really conduce to their welfare, and not injure those rights of pro perty which our constituents were forced by the British government to acquire.. " By a reference to the laws of Jamaica, your Excellency will perceive that this island was Spontaneously providing for the protec tion and civilization of the slave, whilst the country which _sold him to us was only calculating the profits of the traffic. " Our sovereign has declared to us that his Majesty has observed with great satisfaction various provisions for the improvement of the condition of the slaves, which, as his Majesty has stated, originated entirely with the colonial legislature. • " The finances of the country have been so impoverished by the recent insurrection, that it will scarcely be possible to provide for the island pay and subsistence of his Majesty s garrison, and this house regret that your Excellency has not yet received from his Majesty's ministers any answer to the humble memorial to our sovereign for relief in this respect—but we do trust that the reply to it will be dic tated by a desire to show consideration for the eilects of the late un fortunate revolution. " Your Excellency may with confidence rely upon our aid in enact ing every measure which may be required to discourage seditious and inflammatory language, of the evil effects of which the recent disas ters and our present sufferings have furnished most melancholy proofs. " No endeavours of this house shall be wanting to unite all classes of - our society : and your Excellency may depend upon our zealous co-operation in every effort directed to maintain the honour of our sovereign, and to promote the welfare of this island." DIS EXCELLENCY'S REJOINDER. To'this address his Excellency was pleased to make the following reply : " Mr. Speaker. and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly— . " I return you my most sincere thanks for those portions of your address personal to myself, in which you express confidence in my character and approbation of the first acts of my government. These assurances acquire even additional v a l ue , from their being shared, as you state them to be, by all classes of your constituents. I have also heard with much satisfaction, that it is your intention to take mea sures for preserving inviolate the public faith, as well in relation to the garrison, as in all other respects, so far as is compatible with the consideration for the distress of your consitutents, which it is your peculiar province to show, and which distress I most truly sympathise. " I wish that, consistently with my sense of duty, I could here close my reply, and_ refrain from expressing to you the extreme sur prise, and the deep disappointment, excited in my mind, by various sentiments, and by ,much of the general t one o f your a dd ress. The speech with which I thought fit to open you r se ss i o n s , was one which, there is none amongst you can doubt, was conceived in the most con ciliatory spirit, nor do I believe that any one has thought of accusing it of containing one-word at variance with such a spirit. It broached no theory, it required no sacrifice. It announced only for the pre sent a boon and a concession, and for my part to report faithfully and fully from hence; I know not, therefore, how it called for a reply of so extraordinary and desultory a nature. You state mutual for bearance and conciliation to be the.principles by which the legislature of Jamaica has always been. aided;g I regret the more that this day, when I thought I had least right to expect it, you should have shown towards me, this exception to your general rule. Many of the topics - you have introduced I consider most inopportunely addressed to me on this occasion, and to them, therefore, hold it to be needless to make any reply. ''How far, for instance; yOu may consider it fitting, in the present state of society; to make a disclaimer of any community of interest with the.great body of the. West India propriet ors residing in England is a question entirely between you and them, and on w hi c h I shall give no opinion further than this ; and when you make that distinction in protesting your utter disregard and indifference with respect to the proceedings of the parliamentary committees, you might in consist ency have recollected, that the first of theseinquiries to which you state yourselves to have been no party, was repeatedly pressed upon the government, in conjunction with the West India body, by your own accredited agent, with whom you were in constant communica tion at the very moment too, when you had vacated the chair of your own house, in order that your most distinguished member should, ac cording to your own votes, embark for England, so as to be in time to meet the next session of the Imperial Legislature. " It certainly would not become me to enter into any diScus s i on with you as to the principles on which you suppose the representa tion of the people of England to have been amended by the bill passed for its reform ; nor do I know by what right you assume in address ing me, that the West Indies were ever indirectly more represented in parliament than they will be now. It was then, as now, only-as representatives, legally elected by-the people of the United Kingdom, to superintend the-interests of the whole empire, that gentlemen con nectiAl with this island could have a seat in the house, or could be long to one branch of that imperial legislature, the omnipotence of whose united voice to legislate for the whole empire, if it so think flt, is beyond dispute. This is a subject which nothing should induce me to orh, , inate. It is one whose ,fruitless agitation can only lead to un necessary irritation. I regret most deeply that on such an occasion you should have chosen gratuitously to raise so invidious a questi on by stating, that you never did admit the right of . the House of Corn- Mons to legislate on the internal affairs of Jamaica. " For all your established privileges, I shall always maintain the most inviolable respect. But as the representative here of your so vei'eigu, and amine, I cannot listen to the declaration of any such • doubt addressed to me., without a ss e rti ng , i n th e most unequivocal terms, the. transcendent power of the imperial legislature, regulated only hy its the., discretion, and limited only by restrictions they may theinselves have imposed. The long experience, of the past, as to a right which has always existed, is your best security for the future, that it will never be exerted but in extreme cases ; and no one would more deplore than mysslf, should imperious necessity ever require such. direct Interference. But it is unfortunate, at this moment, that you should not have rather preferred a temperate appeal to the justice, than a vain denial of the rights, of the British nation. The undis turbed consciousness of strength on the part of a great and generous people, is the surest safeguard that the nicest sense of equity will 'continue to act as a self-imposed restraint on the exercise of unusual but indisputable power."' . . the'Reatier arrived in the Downs, from Quebec, sailed the 20th ult. : next day, off the Pillars, saw a deep laden brig, of about 160 tons, painted black, with a narrow red riband, and scroll head; could not see her name, she was so covered with ice. On the 23d, off Fa ther Point, saw a brig hearing up, painted with a white or yellow side, and black riband run through it, with apparently a bust head. On the 24th, off Cape Chat, passed. a light bark beating up, yellow side and black riband through it, no head or bulwark s before the fore-rigging, bright main and mizenmasts, and painted foremast: appeared like the Delaibrd, Douglas. VICE-ADMIRAL THE 'HON. HENRY BLACKWOOD, BART., K. C. B.— We regret to have to announce the death of this highly distinguished officer on Friday last, at Ballyhedy House, the seat of his brother, Lord Dufferin and Clanboye, in the county of Down. The death of Sir Henry was occasioned by a sudden attack of scarlet fever, with which complaint his only daughter, Miss Blackwood, continues seri ously indisposed. Mr. Arthur Blackwood, who accompanied his fa ther, is slowly recoveringfrom an attack of the same disorder. The gallant Admiral was in his sixty-second year, and was the fifth son of Sir John Blackwood, Bart., by Dorcas, eldest daughter and heiress of James Stevenson, En., who was created, after her husband's death, Baroness Dufferm and Clanboye. Sir Henry early distill:- guisliecl himself in his profession, and at the victory of commanded the Euryalus frigate, and was'the bearer of the dis • from Lord Collingwood announcing that glorious event. He s• s 141. dered himself eminently. conspicuous by his gallant conduct when .commanding the Penelope in the Mediterranean, by his capture of the Guillaume Tell, a French 80-gun ship, which struck her flag to; Sir Henry after a smart engagement. He subsequently commanded the Warspite, 74, on the Mediterranean station, and was created. a' Baronet of the United Kingdom by his late Majesty when Prince Re gent; on the occasion of his steering the royal barge on the visit of the Allied Sovereigns to Portsmouth in July, 1814. Sir Henry's com mission of Vice-Admiral bears date July 19, 1821. Sir Henry was Groom of the Bedchamber te his present Majesty when Duke of Cla rence, and he retained hiS place in the royal household to the period of his demise. 'He Was thrice married. By his second lady he had Captain H. M. Blackwood, of the royal navy (the present baronet; and by his third, a sister to Vice-Ad m i ra l Si r J. Gore, l ie h as left .two ether sons and one daughter. The remains of the gallant and lamOnteti Ila - ronet Werefo be interred yesterday in .the family vault at Balletic fly. MISCELLANEOUS. THE DUKE OF YORK'S MONUMEN T. — YeSterday the w°,l: men completed the stone column on Carlton -terrace. A s ta `" of the late Duke of York is to be . placed on it. It is 140 f A c e e high,. with a flight of steps in the interior, and a gallery at '„,l top similar to the monument. - The statue will be b ro nze, will be 15 feet high. It will have a grand appearance from Be' gent-street, as we ll as f rom St. J ames ' s P ar k . —London , dard, Wednesday. INTERESTING TO FARMERS.-011 Wednesday last, the 12th inst., Mr. Hopperton, a farmer in the Weald of Ke n t, disc; vered six fine Sussex-br e d cows i n a s t a t e of dangerous di s te • tion and suffocation from overgorging themselves with turnip tops. By the timely application of the cattle stomach POI' five animals out of the six were speedily recovered. he SIGHT-HUNTING.—Many English w en t t o A ntwerp in expectation of seeing th e ci t a d e l t a k en. Th ey b egin, howe ve; to despair, and are fast quitting the city. They thought two o f three days would h ave se ttl e d th e business. The manager °„ the theatre has been doing his best to maintain the love of , F e of tacle. For ls. 3d. British he has admitted persons to the OP e the building to view the citadel ; when the breach is made,.n. price is to be doubled ; and when the assault commences, It to be raised to 4s. British. te THE RIGHT HON. JAMES ABERCROMBY, the Whig f for Edinburgh, aft e r h o ldi ng th e o ffi ce o f L ord Chief Baro n () f Scotland only for a short p e riod, h as re ti re d ' upon a pens ion; £2,000 per annum. Pr evious ly t o hi s accept i ng office he „t„ M. P. for Caln e , in Wiltshire, and au dit or to t h e D u k e of I vonshire. Sir -I Samuel Shepherd, who re ti re d f rom t h e Scotc a Exchequer to make room for Mr. Abercromby, also re ceives n i superannuation a ll owance o f £3 , 000 per annum. The offienio Lord Chief Bar on was b es t owe d on M r. A b ercromby, by . t ht Duke of Wellington. Mr. Ralph Ab ercrom b y, son of t h e rig hon. gentleman, is Secretary of Legation to th e E ar l o f Mint° mission at Berlin, with a salary of £550. A MURDER, under cir c u ms t ances equa ll y rare in this qua%°,„r of the country as it is repugnant to civiliz e d soc i ety, wa s I )— A petrated near - Stragowna, in this county, on Tuesday night. Lat man named Cowen, wh o ac t e d as b a iliff on an estate iii ta d. neighbourhood, was tired at in his own house, and shot d ca Sonie persons, w e l earn , were l ate l y ejected from the holding he occupied, and it is said he received a threatening notice n e a long since to leave the premises or mark the consequence,, B l s we understand a p ar t o f his property had be en consumed incendiaries. We h ave received several versions of the Ol e der, but as the coroner's inquest had not taken place when we were preparing for press, we do not think it prudent to gil t them publicity until the circumstances be made known ill al° way.—Erne Packet. LAWYERS IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT.—The members of th e legal profession seem to have been remarkably unlucky durial the late elections. Amongst th e s e a r e f oun d th e names(;, Wetherell, Wilde, Sugd en , J. Willi ams , C. F o ll ett, Wakefie- , 1 Pemberton, Temple, Moore, Freshfield, Holcombe. The fo lowing list includes the principal members of the law who a re returned to Parliament :—Campbell, Ho rne , Scarlett, Sp_ankie, F. Pollock, W. B roug h am , T ancre d , • R oe b uck, D. W. 11 , Godson, Hill, Ewart, Carter, Poulter, Lushington Jerv is, Faithful, W -- iiks.[Those in italics are solicitors.3—Ley , p. „, aminer. Cour' A GOOD-NA TURED M AJOR.— I n the Bankruptcy The lately, Major Villeroy Russell came up to be examined. . 0 , major, who wa s " a goo d- natured soul, " had become sectirtl neio for several old fri en d s , w h o, h owever, taxed his friendsl4 ° O much, by " letting him in" to the amount of the security. of his liabilities w as con t racte d on b ehalf of a solicitor, nre";„i ,;(, under the late J u d ge B u ll er, an d who, perhaps, not succee" - ; in his profession, b ecame game k eeper to the Earl of Carn?rvo a In this capacity h e s h owe d t h e ma j or some " shooting, a of then induced him to become security for him to the amount a £2so,—a rather dear shot. It appeared that the maj0r.. 13 4., some valuable land e d property, and the visage s o f th e e rediT were illumined w ith " a pretty cons id era b le " smile when th e y .i heard that th ere was a pro b a bili ty of the property not (Tire being sufficient to satisfy them, but to set the major up In ht again, to which he may add the advantage of some dear-bout experience. NOVEL PROCESS.—Mr. Alderman Kelly, on Wednesday: executed a novel process from one of the Scotch courts for re r , covery of small debts. It appeared that George Coutts, a tailo_ having left London without payin g f or some cloth he had r ll-_ 0 chased from Charles Jaffray, the latter sued him at Aberdee,, , for the amount, only 455.; and he d en yi ng t h at h e was i n debten_ the court issued a commission, appointing any of the alderm en of London a commissioner, t o t a k e and report the evidence of Jaffray and hi s w it nesses res idi ng h ere in proof of his din: The defendant at Aberd een h a d f ourteen days ' notice, din t . p might employ a solicitor in London to attend and cro ss-exam''' the witnesses, but he did no t ava il hi mself of this pricilte. h The magistrate's c l er k h av i ng b een sworn to do his duo , fidelity on this occa s i on , M r . Ald erman Kelly receive d the de- positions in p r o o f o f th e d e b t , an d certified them to the Scotch court.. CARMARTHEN SAVINGS' BANK.—Our readers are aware of the defalcation of the late clerk to this bank. 'The Right I - Nr* Lord Dynevor, with a munificence worthrof record, has kindly stepped forward, and directed that all persons, being deposit b e in the said bank of th e ir h ar d earn i ngs under £ lO s h ou ld D' paid in full all deficiencies from his lordship's private purse. THE SotniEa'sDon.—A so ldi er i n t h e Ital i an reg i men t 0 f the h Veliti of the guard s h a d, w h en at Mi lan, a dog that was innc, attached to him, following him to all his various military and invariably mounting guard with him, and sharing his se l try-box whenever he stood sentry at the gate of the vice-rega palace. In 1812, a t the time of th e di sastrous Russ i an con: paigu, among the numerous regiments composing the fine Ital ia !! army that march e d w ith th e Viceroy of Italy, Eugene Beauharnan, went the Veliti, and with them the master of the dog. T I)till ? who was already well-known to the soldiers, marched after ho, master,. and , crossing the Alps and traversing a great portion i„ the European c on ti nen t (h av i ng b een present at several battles where the Veliti were engaged,) finally arrived at m 0 s c r o o lL When the armies of Buonaparte were obliged to withdraw from that eapital in flames, Tofino still followed his master , and I : eat at through all the horrors of that memorable retreat. B e r n the murderous battle of Malorajoshlewitz, where the 11 .4'.4' 5 , behaved gallantly and suffered great loss. The Viceroy's e though they had suffered tremenduouslv, had still the consist ence and appearance of a regiment when they reached the Berezina; but on : he fatal passage of that river where so many thousands perished, they lost more than half of their remaini n g men, and the mas t er o f poor. Tofino was among the numb er ' . After that pas sage th ere was . no or d er preserved in the retre at ' the fragm en t s o f t h e V e li t i were mixed up with the fragnifi l „_ of other regiments, and all went on in fearful confusion. rnvi n c :j however, who had crossed the river in safety, and had linger. _ some time on the bank, barking and moaning as .though h e missed somebody, was soon after seen trotting after some of tn i, Veliti; and so he Continued to be seen day after day, a nd wel after week, keeping up with the retreating soldiery, and alw t a) r. close to those who wore the uniform of his unfortunate w as e n; The circumstance naturally made an impression on the men' and some of his master's comrades, in the midst of their miseries and privation s , a tt en d e d to t h e wants of the d o g w ho _,, e showed such fidelity t o th e reg i ment. But in sp it e of th e s e cares and their caresses , Tofino would n ever exc l usi vely atta c h himself to any o ne man; on the contrary, he always looked u, for the greatest number of the Veliti, and wher e they w ent n; followed, regardless of the individuals who would have retain e . .," him by their particular kindness. In thi s manner from moscon he reached Wilna, then t ravers i ng t h e rest of Lithuan i a an w Poland, the kingdom of Prussia, a part of Saxony, the Ste!! of the Confeder ac y, o f th e Rhi ne, B avaria, the Tyrol, an d in' Alps—in short, aft er h av i ng p er f orme d a journey of more tha l l two thousand five hundred English miles, Tofino again Milan in the summer-of 1813, in the rear of a small body of th e Veliti. How this poor Italian dog had travelled through regi, he and swum over freezing rivers, where the very horses 0t ` country had died, was a marvel to all who witnessed the tragic al o retreat, As soon as he was within t he walls of Milan, r rci nil d, went straight to the barracks which the Veliti had o ccupie and after waiting there some time, he trotted to the sentry - k e th by the palace -gate, where he had so often mounted guard 1 0 . 0 his master—and he never more moved a hundred yards frorn i " tit The first two or three days he was heard to howl and moan,,' this sad mood past, and he occupied his corner in the sentry - °4 in silence. The interesting anecdote reached the ears of T e Viceroy Beauharnais, who ordered that poor Tofino should f kindly treated and well-fed, and considered as a pensioner " i ) , the state. But there was no need for these orders—the Tyli e s i army, the whole population of Milan regarded the dog all n° 9 as a sacred animal, and were accustomed to show him tol l , strangers as one of the wonders and ornaments of the city. 1814, when ,the French were driven out of Italy, Tofino fell, with all Lombardy and the States of Venice, into the power o the,Austrians, who (whatever they did with the human beings that returned ' o their yoke) treated the dog as kindly as eler d he still occupied his corner of the sentry-box, and is feasted der pointed out as heretofere. Tofino lived several months uncle_ the regime of the house of Austria, and then died full of honour s and deeply regretted by the Milanese. Tofino had nothing striking in his outward appearance—he could not even preten h to . purity of blood or descent, for. he : was a mongrel—rougd bree haired, clumsily made, and about the size of our commonentereo. of terriers.—Penny Magazine. 41 4 ahe t ies the frog Up ( trla