The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-11-24 00:00:00

NovEmnEll 24, 1835 forget to the last day of their existence. But as the charges and the calumnies, the inueudoe and the das tardly allusions, must come before the public in another shape, we are persuaded to forbear for the present: We, however, at all hazard, take upon ourselves to state, for the benefit of those who have loosely consider. ed the proposed corporation endowment, that the Rev. Rector QAMPI3ELL is not interested in it in any way what ever. The municipal bill secures to him for life his present stipend. The object of the common council was purely, and nothing More than, to effect a final settlement of this much-agitated and ill-understood question. They were, and still are, anxious to secure to the clergy of Liverpool their present income in perpetuity, under cer tain reasonable modifiCations. The old corporation had induced the ministers of the established Church in Liver pool to accept the appointments in their gift, guarantee ing to them specified salaries. They consequently felt it to be their duty to secure to their successors what they considered a very moderate and limited income to the present incumbents. But the writer in the Chronicle calls this arrangement a corporation job. He never was more mistaken in his life. But we suspect that ignorance can hardly be pleaded as his excuse. There is too much wanton ma levolence—too much soreness of feeling—too much of politicalirancour in his rabid and vulgar animadversions, to admit of any shelter under the plea of ignorance. But.it is proper that the public should be made acquaint- ed with the whole facts, and what we now communicate, rather reluctantly, we hope will be used respectfully and gratefully by our contemporary, if not for his own sake, • at least for the sake of those whom he professes to sup port—we mean his Majesty's ministers We have, then, to inform the burgesses of Liverpool, that the proposal to endow the clergy of the corporation churches was, in the first instance, suggested by one of his Majesty's ministers, and before the municipal bill had passed into a law. We are also authorised to state, t hat the proposed endowment has received the express anti' unequivocal sanction of his Majesty's -ministers: We can also assert, the proof being before us, that one of • these ministers—one of the most upright and influential members of the cabinet—has expressed his "deep regret and great annoyance" at the singular and inconsiderate decision of the Master of the Rolls in the case of injunc tion applied for and obtained on an ex parte statement by Mr. Thomas BOLTON ; and what is more, the said cabi net minister has authorised the counsel for the corpora tion to state these his opinions in open court when he shows cause against the injunction, which will be done in a day or two, and when the injunction is sure to be dissolved. These are facts for the proprietors of the Chronicle to digest at their leisure, and we trust they will serve as a warning to them not to allow certain persons—they know whom we mean—of venomous, deceitful, and malignant dispositions to have such ready access to their types and presses. We should be sorry to see them exposed to any prosecution, knowing, as we well do, they would be deserted by the very base people who have imposed upon them, and we therefore give them this hint, which we hope they will neither misunderstand nor consider illtimed or offen sive. We have saved them from one prosecution already. They are at least £5OO richer by our intercession. We again put them in the way of saving.perhaps double that sum. We do not ask their thanks—we do not even seek to be spared their abuse; but we beg to say we cannot continue our good offices unless we see some signs of penitence and reformation. It has been reserved for an English gentleman, a re former of no mean standing, to put his foot on the neck of the ruffian O'CONNELL, and expel him from all de cent and respectable society. The merit of rescuing the whig party, or at least an honourable section of it, from the degrading trammels of the Irish beggar, belongs to Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, to whose letter we refer with un alloyed pride and satisfaction. It is of little or no moment whether the members of I3soorcEs's Club do or do not fling out O'CONNELL from their society as a worthless wretch whom no man of ho nour can associate with. They may kick or keep him— throw him off or retain him —spurn or embrace him ; but it is gratifying to know that by .doing the one they cannot possibly whitewash his character, whereas by do ing the latter they will only sink theimelves to his own base and polluted level. But whatever the majority of BROOKES'S may do, they have no choice now between de stroying O'CONNELL and destroying the club. If he is allowed to remain a member, the best and most influen tial, and, consequently, the most honourable portion of the club, must withdraw. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT un questionably speaks the sentiments of the old whiffs and the moderate reformers, who, however much they may differ with respect to measures of policy and the exten sion :If reform, are united to a man upon this question which affects personal character and identifies them with the honour of resistance or the infamy of submission. The worthy baronet does not utter a single word reflect ing upon the political principles or the avowed opinions of O'CONNELL. He does not provoke any discussion as to the expediency of pulling down or remodelling the House of Lords—he cautiously avoids any allusion to the repeal of the union—he takes no notice of the protestant church or the proposed plans for its extirpation—in short, his reasons for expelling DANIEL from BROOKES'S have relation solely to the private character of the man—to his savage ruffianism of manners—to the brutality of bis language—to bis ferocious and disgusting attacks upol individuals, who by rank and station are immeasurably his superiors, who never personally offended him, and whom he thus brutally insults under the voluntary and assumed protection of an hypocritical and a COWARD LY IRRESPONSIBILITY. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT has thus chosen a position which is invulnerable, and the only ore which the whigs can occupy with honour and save their party from signal and irretrievable ruin. He says, this is a man whom no gentleman can with honour associate with, and be asks, why should we tolerate him at the tables of our club house whom we should consider it infamy to see passing the threshold of our private mansions? But let us put it in another form. Any gentleman may by accident be thrown into the company of a thief or a swindler, in a mail-coach, for instance, or a steam packet. In such a case his only concern should be to watch his movements and take care he is not robbed. If, however, the said gentleman, being aware of the cha racter he has met by accident, should, nevertheless, in vite him to his house and treat him to a sort of experi - mental hospitality, would lie deserve the slightest com miseration if he were robbed of his last shilling, his last silver candlestick, and last silver spoon ? No, the thief, under the guise of an old clothesman, a quack doctor, or a fortune-teller, might enter the house, tamper with the servants, and succeed in robbing the master. If caught and convicted he would either be banged or transported. It would be a very different case, however, if the master himself were the patron of the thief—his dear friend— his boon companion—his bail under suspicious circum stances,--treating with indifference all surmises as to his reputation, and all tenders to prove their truth. He might in this case be robbed, and deservedly robbed, without attracting the slightest degree of sympathy, in asmuch as he repelled all warnings and was the means of intioducing his confrere " vagabond" into society in which he had committed petty depredations without be ing suspected. This is the case that Sir FRANCIS BURDETT makes out for himself in a very able manner. DANIEL O'CONNELL is more than suspected. He is convicted of something as near akin to fraud as ever was charged against mortal man. He confesses that he received £2,000 from RA PHAEL, for his own use, on certain conditions, and for a specified consideration, which he did not perform! The beggar and jobber, we admit, has not yet been convicted by a jury of his countrymen, and probably never will, for there are many difficulties in the case; but can theme be morally any doubt in the mind of any intelligent man as to his guilt % We contend this is next to impossible. Then comes the question—ought this man to remain a member of BaooKEs's Club ?—to associate With gentle tnen ?—to mingle with persons of high rank and untar nished honour ?—;to be familiarly recognised on the shady side of St. JAmEs's as a person whOrn it is no reproach to acknowledge as a friend or an acquaintance ? The mem hers of the whip club mus? answer this question. If they have any pride, any sense of honour or dignity, or any regard for the rules of decency and propriety, they will answer it in the negative. But this is not all. Suppose that O'CONNELL did not cheat or intend to cheat Mr. RAPHAEL. Suppose that the money bargain about the seat for Carlow were a strictly honourable and legitimate transaction ; still, does not enough remain to prove that O'CONNELL has wan tonlyand recklessly placed himself beyond the pale of honOrable society? fie has, elevated by the suffrages 'of his countrymen, been allowed to assume an honoura ble title and distinction, and by virtue of this be has been admitted into good society, mingling with the noble and affluent of a particular. party, and claiming to, be recog nised as a gentleman. But with these temporary and adventitious claims in his favour, he has nevertheless glaringly and potoriously violated all the laws of honour and all the rules to which gentlemen pay a most.implic4 obedience. He has, having no provocation thereto, called the brother of the King of ENGLAND " a mighty - great liar"—be has called his victim RAPHAEL " a mighty great liar"—he has said that the late House of Commons contained " six hundred scoundrels"—he has called Lord KEN MARE " a base, silly, and ungrateful creature," to u n had lent several thousand pounds—he called Mr. Secretary LITTLETON a "liar"—be insinuated as much against Lord ALTHORP—he has called Lord MEL POUENE "treacherous, insince-e, and incompetent"—he has called his 'cousin FINN "an abandoned apostate who had sold his religion"—be has called ENEAS MAC DONALD an " unprincipled renegade whom he bad saved. from beggary"—he has accused Mr. Recorder SHAW, of Dublin, of falsehood—he has, at least a thousand times, called the very men with whom he is now in close alliance "base, brutal, and bloody whigs - -and, in fine, there lives not a man, there , sleeps not a man in the grave with whom he ever had any communicatior, whom he has not loaded with vulgar and beastly invectives, so vulgar and so coarse that murder must have been tlie re sult had he not, like a base coward and a detestable pol troon, sheltered himself behind an alleged " oath in heaven." Gracious GOD! is not this enough ? Was there ever such a wretch allowed to associate with honourable men in any period or our history ? Where is the man of any latent, authority, or distinction whom DANIEL O'CON NELL has not insulted to the . last verge of endurance—to the very pistol-mouth of retaliation, but from which he has skulked under a pretext as craven as it is dishonour able ? He has an "oath in heaven," the ruffian ! What oath did he ever regard when it suited his selfish purpose to violate it ? He has an " oath" to protect his own worthless carcass. That, for prudential reasons, be will not violate. But he has, in a more solemn strain, sworn not to use his parliamentary privileges in the House of Commons to the injury of the protestant church. This last he has violated. The selfish oath—the coward's oath, he keeps—the solemn oath, the more important oath, he breaks. 'What protects the hudy of DANIEL O'CONNELL he respects most religiously—that which stands between DANIEL and perjury, between truth and illlehood, between duty and an open infraction of every sacred obligation, he laughs to scorn, and tramples upon with impunity ! Such, truth to tell, is the miscreant whom Sir FRANCIS BURDLYT, who, with all his faults, is an English gentle. man, has thought it his duty to impeach before his party, and hold up to the execration of his countrymen. And this we will say for Sir FRANCIS, opposed though we have been to his politics—he will not be turned from his purpose by any of the tricks of the RUSSELL party. His letter is a studied production. It has not been written hastily. It bears the marks of collective composition ; and we have no doubt whatever but that before publica , tion it met with the approval and received the indorse ment of a large majority of the leading whigs of Eng land. 'Under these rather novel but refreshing circumstances we take for granted that DANIEL O'CONNELL will never again show his face in England. The stamp of infamy is now indelibly imprinted on his forehead. He is now proved to be a coward and a slanderer, with the desire but without the courage to be an assassin. he should dare to come. -here, 'UPHAM, we understand, is ready with a criminal information—if his son JOHN should come here the Attorney-General will be compelled to prosecute him—but neither, we suspect, will have the audacity to appear in England. They will be compara tively safe in the mountains of Kerry, but not long! This article, upon one of the most conspicuous and de- testable of the "six hundred scoundrels" immortalized by himself, is already too long; but we must beg per mission to trespass upon our readers for a moment longer, in order to consider the effect of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S letter upon the embarrassed and desperate members of the present administration. It must be plain to the simplest understandicg that the MELBOURNE cabinet have no chance of a majority in the House of Commons without the purchased support of O'CONNELL and his tail. It must.also be admitted that if they lose O'CONNELL they lose their majority. • We take for granted that they have lost him. Ist, Because no ,cabinet minister—not even Lord MELBOURNE himself —can again meet parliament without disclaiming, in the mcst direct and unequivocal terms all connection, and every shade of direct or indirect participation with O'CoN - NELL in his open and violent denunciations of the House of Lords. 2d, The King, we have reason to know, has in sisted, in the most imperative terms, upon this disavowal. That it has already been disavowed, to a certain extent—to the fullness ofpersonal responsibility, by Lord MELBOURNE, we know. That 1.;.3 Majesty has called the cabinet to disavow it collectively we are assured of on good info ora tion determined thereby to make Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Lord MORPETH, Mr. SPRING RICE, Lord PALMERSTON, Lord GLENELG, and the whole cabinet, parties to Lord MELBOURNE'S personal declaration. What was the result of the meeting of the King's ser vants with their Sovereign at Brighton on Friday last we have no means of ascertaining; hut we know, from high quarters, enough to satisfy us that O'CONNELL was either denounced and abjured, or that the administration is at an end. We assert upon authority, that will not, and cannot be disputed, that at the Pavilion on Friday last the ministry either agreed to renounce their connection with O'CONNELL, and undertook to suppress his seditious machinations, or the cabinet retired from the royal pre sence deprived of the seals of office it does not suit our present purpose to inquire which was the preferred alternative. For the sake of argu ment, and as whip are concerned, we shall take the li berty of assuming that they preferred their dutiful repro bation of O'CONNELL'S conduct, and asserted their inde pendence. Be it so. How long can a government last which has no other majority than that furnished them by the representative of the popish priests of Ireland—men who hate England—and who, even at O'CONNELL'S com mand, would not return representatives who would refuse or he . sitate in pledging themselves to follow up their ambi tious principles to the full bent of their revolutionary de signs ? It cannot last a month. It O'CONNELL be not con ciliated, and his 35 votes secured, there is an end to the go vernment. If O'CONNELL should not appear in England, which is more than problematical, what becomes of his wretched nominees ? We pity Lord MELBOURNE, be cause without talent or influential connections, he has no friends, no party, no neutral class, wedded to him by circumstances,. upon which he can fall back. He is the avowed Lord of radicalism. He has drank of radicalism to its dregs. Every new election is against him. The people have no confidence in his administration—O'CON NELL is a dead weight which must eventually sini; In short, the days of the present administration are num bered. Whether it fall this month or the next, or tiler it shall struggle on to the next meeting of Parlia ment are matters of inferior consideration, for we feel confident that, Come what may, it cannot survive the first month of the Session. POT AND PEARY:, AStiES.-A very great rise in produce had taken place at Quebec. Pot and pearl ashes had_ particularly advanced, the forther f roin 24 5 . h a d a d vance d to St., and the atter had risen to 42...—Werniny Herald: THE LIVERPOOL STASTllkiiii; CORRESPONDRIVCE. TO TIER RDITOR OF TIM LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—The Mercury, Of yesterdav, has copied from the Morninq Chronicle an attack upon Sir R. Peel and the Lord Bishop of London, relative to the appointment of the Rev. Thomas Dale to the living of St. Bride's, Fleet-street, .now nearly twelve Months since. • With the disposition both these worthies have to vilify the character of those who differ from them, and to abuse the church of England, it is not a little strange that so lung a period should have elapsed before this 't case of oppression ! was brought before the public. It may be they are at a loss for mater►als in their petty warfare. If so, I have no doubt the disappointed expectants from the no►►fulfilment of Lord Brougham's pro mises will supply an ample store, especially if they cau prove it to be the duty of his successors to satisfy them,' an office which, from all accounts, would be no sinecure. A fair statement and candid examination of the facts of the case will, however, I conceive, reflect the greatest credit on the Parties above alluded to. Mr. Brougham, while attending the Temple Church in De cember, 1827, was struck with the abilities of Mr. Rowlett, the reader.of the Temple, and finding his character alio well spoken of, expressed in several quarters an anxiety for his promotion. Not long after he became Lord Chancellor, and although during the several years in which he held office, he had much patronage to dispose of, still none fell to Mr. ltowlatt's lot. At the close of last year, just previous to his lordship's retirement horn office, the living of St. Bride's became vacant, and was given by him to Mr. Rowlatt, although it appears the living was net at the disposal of the Lord Chancellor. Of Mr. It. I wish to speak with all respect, and sincerely re gret be should have met with any disappointment. Ile may be a very good man, and still uut a suitable person to preside over an extensive and populous London parish. Lord B. it is true considered him quite adequate to undertake both charges, (St. Bride's and the readership of the Temple ;) but as his lordship made the mistake of presenting to a living when he had no right to do so, it is not unreasonable to suppose he may also have been mistaken as to Mr. efficiency. The expression, " aged clergyman," applied to bins in the Mercury, strengthens this supposition. Sir It. Peel, on his accession to office, finding no legal ap pointment made to the living, of course undertakes to supply • the vacancy , . Does he then appoint a relative, a friend, or a person likely hoist his connexions to strengthen his ministry ? No. Anxious in the best manner to fulfil his solemn trust, - he requests, the bishop to recommend a minister capable of fulfilling the arduous and responsible duties which would devolve on hitn. And who is the person thus fixed upon ? A man in the prime of life—zealous, active, talented, and pious—one of the ablest preachers in London—and to show above all how suitad he was to the situation, he had actually been connected with the parish, as curate, for several years. hndeared to a people who knew, and could best appreciate his character, acquainted with their wants, their affectionate spiritual friend and adviser, the active manager (and. I believe founder of several) of their charities, cute would suppose no objections could possibly be made to an appointment so eminently desirable. Such, however, is not the case.' 'Tis trite the parishioners are gratified by having their Vehived usinitterplactil- iu permanent• connexion with them. "Pis tree the spiritual wants of a vast parish are attended to by one who both feels the responsibility and is able to minister to them. But—Lord Brougham is disappointed ! Truly a useful lesson may be derived from this by any candid and unprejudiced mind. Mr. It. may be an illtreated man, but most assuredly not by the bishop.or Sir Robert Peel. He has I suspect found little occasion to congratulate himself ou the judgment of his friends, wlto have thus been the means of placing hint before the public. The Mercury makes an absurd deduction from this, " that it is evidently impossible for simple merit to rise to eminence in the church of England !" 'l7he utter udnsense of this is only equalled by its malevolence. Without referring to innumera ble instances daily occurring, this very case most strikingly militates against his assertion. What else but merit raised Mr. Dale ? But it is idle to waste time on such senseless twad dle, or to suppose that they who write to slander are capable of being convinced.—Yours, &c., A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH. OF ENGLAND. Liverpool, Nov. 21,,1835. LaYDON LATEST NEX',S. Saturday Evening, Hulf-past Seven o'clock. Rumours are again afloat as to the approaching dissolution of the cabinet. The king is reported in the best informed circles at the west end to have insisted Upon the disjunction of the government from the O'Connell party. The question therefore arises, can the present ministry exist without O'Connell's aid, and if deprived of his influence, will he not open the flocalgates of his eloquence to destroy the work of his own hands? The speech of the Queen of Spain, upon the assembling of the Cortes, was looked for with considerable anxiety this after noon; but up to a late hour this evening not one of the many courili3 who have been engaged to convey to London, to the principle capitalists and others, the particulars, had arrived. It is fully expected that the contents of this important docu ment will be received to-morrow. Accounts have been received to-day from Canada to the 22d ult. The near approach of the assembling of . the Colonial Legislature of the Lower Province had given increased activity to nearly all parties in Quebec. Meetings had been held by the party headed by M. Papineau, in order to insure his re election as speaker of the house of Assembly. This no doubt would be accomplished without difficulty; and such are the feelings of the French party, that an early prorogation of the assembly was confidently anticipated. The commissioners were pursuing their inquiries into the causes of the disagreements which have existed in the colony. The weather in Quebec had again become mild, and the fall trade was pretty active. A petition had been agreed to, which it was intended to present to both Houses of the Legislature, for the establishment of register-offices in Quebec and Montreal, with the view of regis tering mortgages and other incumbrances upon land. It is stated in a letter received from the district of Gaspe that great injury bad been done to parties engaged with fisheries on that coast, by the encroachments of the American fishermen, who not only fished beyond the limits allowed by the existing treaty, but went on shore to take bait. The Americans had acted in the most insolent manner towards the local authorities on their interfering to check the improper practice. A petition was in progress of signature to his majesty's government, praying that a vessel of war might be sent to cruize in the neighbourhood. A specimen of raw silk produced in Guadeloupe was exhibited on 'Change this afternoon, being the first produce of that island, and the sample has excited much interest in the trade, the fila ture being exceedingly fine, and the coucons larger than those produced either in Italy or India. The fact that silk can be raised in the oolony referrato is of more importance, as it is understood that the attention of some of our West India planters has been drawn to the subject of rearing the silkworm in our own colonies, which might in some degree take the place of sugar cultivation, which, under the new system of labour, and the anticipated repeal of the duty upon East India sugar, will be less profitable than heretofore. The money market continues in a very tranquil state. Con sols for account, having opened at 91, receded to 91-1, at which they left off buyers. For January the closing quotation was 91:1. It is expected that the commissioners for the litigated 'West India claims will make two or three large purchases of consols before the closing of the transfer-books, fixed to take place on Wednesday, the 2d December. It is therefore not improbable that, before the transfer-books close, the commissioners will hold not less than from £3,500,000 to £4,000,000 sterling, on account of litigated claims. The omnium of the West India loan closed a shade higher to-day, namely, at 4i prem. Exche quer bills left off at from 12s. to 14s. pm., and India bonds at 4s. pm. Bank stock has risen this afternoon from 210 to 211 India stock remains at 256. Bank Stock, 211 Red. 3 per cents., 9Ci Consols, 91i 31 per Cents. RPd., 982 New 3 1 2 per Cents., 100 i Long Annuities, 16 3-16ths. Omnium, 4i pm. India Stock, '256 India Bonds, 4 pm. Excheq. Bills, 14 pm. Consuls for Account, 911 The market for Spanish bonds has been in a feverish state, in consequence of the anxiety of the dealers to learn the contents of the speech on the opening of the cortes. The consolidated bonds have fluctuated between 481 to 4i, closing this after noon at 4S a. The deferred stock has improved from 24,1 to 251; and the passive bonds from lt4 to 15i. A slight improvement has also taken place in Portuguese stock, the Five per cents leaving off this afternoon at 91, and the three per cents. at 59. French stock is not at all affected by the anticipated rupture between France and America, tbe 5 per cent:Rentes being quoted at 108 f., and the four per (rents. at 991. The South American securities have been in rather 'better demand this afternoon, Mexican having advanced to 381; Chilian to 444; and Colum bian from 331 to 34. In the share market business has been rather slack to-day. The Greenwich railway shares have dropped to 74; the London and Brighton to 34 prem.; and the Great Western to 151. The Danube and Maine shares are rather higher to-day, closing at 21 pm. Belgian, MI I Peruvian, 261 Chilian, 44-1 Portuguese (New), 91 • Colombian, 34, Portuguese 3 per Cents., 581 Danish, 76; Spanish Consols, 48i Mexican, 381- Dutch 21 per Cents., 55i S RES.—Unrecognized Real Del Mon le, 181; Great Western Railway, 154; London and Brighton, 81; London and Black wall, di; London and Greenwich, 271; London and Birming ham, 921; North•Midiand, 6*; Danube am! -Maine, 74. LATEST NEWS FROM PERU. Letters were received here yesterday from Lima, dated 22d July, per the Pacific, arrived at Cork. We have been allowed to make the following extract from one of them : " Since the beginning of the year we have bad a most miser able time—continued revolutions, and the roads have been so infested with robbers, that it has been impossible to go out of Lirna. Since the new government came into office, affairs have been in a very disordered state. No business doing. Indeed no one has any confidence to sell, let alone to buy. We are now in daily expectation of an army of 6000 men, under the command of the President of Bolivia, Santa Cruz, from the interior, to attack General Salaverry, who is still in the neigh bourhood of Lima. Salaverry is a most sanguinary scoundrel, and scarcely a day passes hut we hear of some wanton execu tion or cold blooded murder. He has only 3000 men; but all well paid, and in the highest state of discipline, and he has ex-, pressed to his friends that he will burn every house iu Lima to the ground before he will give it up. Affairs seem to be ap proaching to a crisis, and perhaps before the Robert Finnie sails, I may be able to give you some interesting information regarding the state of Peru; at present it is in a most diStracted condition. Salaverry is president here, Orbegosa in Avequipa, and Gamarra in Cuzco and Puno. We have therefore three presidents, and no congress; at least none that is acknowledged by the country." THE IRISH CLERGY. Meetings have been held at Chester, Worcester, Manchester, and other places, for the purpose of entering into subscriptions for the relief of the Irish clergy, many of whom are reduced to a state of the most abject poverty and distress from the iilegal resistance offered to the recovery of tithes. The cases of dis tress mentioned at these meetings, as well as in the two houses of parliament ou various occasions during the last session, are too generally known, and too well authenticated, to need reca pitulation to excite the sympathy of our readers for the sufferers, or their disgust fir their oppressors. Seine measure of relief will no doubt be proposed in the ensuing parliament, whoever may be at the head of the government. But what is to become of the literally starving protestant clergymen and their families in the mean time? In several parishes no tithes have been paid for the last two years, during which period their incum bents have been compelled to part with every moveable or sale able article of property to purchase the necessaries of life; — gentlemen of high attainments, eminent for their zeal and piety iu the discharge of their pastoral duties; gentlemen whose cha rity, under other circumstances, knew no distinction between catholic, churchman, or dissenter, are now, by the popish cru sade against-tithes, reduced to this humiliating and pitiable condition In the early part of 1833, when subscriptions were entered into for the relief of the Irish clergy, those remitted from Liver pool wore or considerable magnitude. However, as we have reason to believe that the distress existing now is as great, if not greater than it was then, we hope something will be done here as well as in other places for its relief. We understand that a public meeting on the subject is in contemplation. MOST EXTRAORDINARY EVIINT.—The Mona'x Heald, of Friday last, contains the particulars of a very extraordinary event which lies occurred iu the Isle of Man. A man and his wife arrived, early in the year 183.3, on the island from Scot land, accompanied by the woman's daughter by a former hus band, The child, it is stated, was entitled, by her father's will, to the sum of £1000; and her brother, who remained with his father's relations, to that of .E6OOO. The man was in narrow circumstances, and, it is supposed, had fixed his eves on the child's portion. But how to gain his objeet was the puzzle. At the latter end of the year 1833, the little girl, who had been her mother's darling, sickened und, after a week's illness, to all 4- pearance died. The body, it. was supposed, was buried in the churchyard of Kirk Bride, the usual ceremony having been performed by the Rev. Mr. Nelson. The man, as a matter of course, communicated the tidings of the death of the child, ac companied with the clergyman's certificate of her funeral, to the guardians in Scotland, who were, consequently, bound to pay him. in his wife's behalf, the I:1000 settled upon the child by the will of her father. Whether he received The whole of the money or not, is uncertain : it is said, however, that he received £lOO, and left the island, last summer, fur Ireland. Suspicion seems to have existed as to the fate of the child ; and the neigh bours who had assisted at the funeral ►equested the clergyman to give them permission to open the grave. Accordingly, on Saturday morning week. the Rev. Mr. Nelson and others pro ceeded to the grave, had it opened, and, on removing the lid of the coffin, found—what ? a log of wood, which purported to form the body, and two pieces of sticks, intended to represent the legs! The effigy was regularly attired in graveclothes, had a cap on the head, and a tine cambric frill round the neck. Viihat became of the little girl remains tote discovered. The Herald hints, however, that it shall be enabled to communicate the se cret in its next: W.yrtasi;ot , i.—A waterspout of unusual magnitude was the lrand magnet of attraction to the gazers at Margate one day ast week. It burst over the cliffi, to Ihe great astoni,Lment nd alartn of the stereri of ttis ithenomenou: TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND.4RD. Stn,—l have been not a little amused, on reading the various addresses of oar patriotic reformers, to the muncipal electors of this borough, at the futile attempts of these writers to raise up a laudatory public feeling in their favour, for apparent indepen dence in deprecating, and not having recourse to, a personal citivas. In the perusal, disgust has also been a paramount feeling, for never did I encounter such a-specimen of the special pleading hypocrisy of a party who, not inclined to submit to a pursuit, conceived by them as incompatible with their own dig nity—nevertheless, have the imudent heartlessness to send forth a squad of their friends and satellites for the purpose of undertaking the very business which such a party declares to be " unworthy and degrading." " Doctors, however, differ;" and although the would-be-coun cillor of the Mercury-office wishes a personal canvas to be thought " degrading;"—although the trio of Scotland ward "deem it inconsistent with the perfect freedom of election ;" —although Hugh Hornby, William Rathbone, and W. It. Preston, " venture" to state that " it would be irreconcilable with the respect due to the electors and to theinselves;"—al though the whole of the remaining radical pact join in the cry, led by that staunch hound, Wybergh, of I:wart's election noto riety ; still, sir, the men who claim fur themselves and the ho nourable party to which they belong the privilege of acting in honest singleness of purpose for the public benefit, will not, I do not hesitate to affirm, be backward in an active pronialgation "of their feeling, that it is neither degrading. inconsistent, or de rogatory to their own characters or those of the electors, to com mune with their fellow-townsmen; to be ready to answer any question touching their future conduct in the council chamber, and furthermore to make such a declaration of their political sentinients as will enable the voter fairly to judge whether or not the principles of such a candidate are entitled to and worthy of his support and advocacy. I doubt not but'you will agree with me when I say that such has always been the good old English plan of proceeding, and that such is the ordeal which no political charlatan may hope to pass with impunity.—Yours, &c., H. Tablet'-street, 21st November, 1835. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST4NDARD. 'Sta,—The fire in Strand-street on yesterday evening com menced .the top room of the. building, and not in that part occupied by me; consequently the statement in your paper of this dal is not correct with reference to me, and in common justice I have no doubt you will give this a place in your next impression.-1 am, sir, your obedient servant, Path-street, 20th' NoWinber, I 535. PATRiCK MAGEE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sia,—Yesterday, notwithstanding the 'extreme wetness of the morning, I went from a distance to St. Jude's Church. To my surprise it was full, though not crowded in the aisles, As usual. The Rev. Mr. M'Neill preached a charity sermon for our truly excellent institution, the Northern Hospital, in Leeds street. I learned that the collection amounted to live and forty rounds, a considerable portion of which was given in copper. l'his last circumstance deserves notice, us illustrative of the effects which Mr. M'Neill has produced upon the poor of the district, great numbers of whom are now regular church-goers, reclaimed from habitual Sabbath-breaking, and also from their attendance at various dissenting chapels.-1 aru,•sir, Your obe dient servant. . JUSTUS. Liverpool, 2.3 d November, 1635, "P.S.—The latest commentary on Mr. Smith's address is the attempt made on Friday night, by the toriesin the Toxteth. park wards, to eject one of their own candidates because he is a Roman catholic !"—Allsion, Monday, Noe. 23d, 1833. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIPERPOOL ST:IND,4RD. Sitt,--The above forms the postcript to the leading article of the Albion of this day, throwing additional imputation against William Smith, Esq., whose address was so moderate and con ciliating, as well as against the conservative voters in Toxteth park wards. Now, mark the fact. That the candidate whose nomination it was considered desirable to rescind is a Roman catholic is true, but that his being so, formed a reason for such desire is false! And of the burgesses there assembled, there were five to one against his standing, because one was named as more congenial to their views and more likely to strengthen the cause. That it was not on a religious gr oun d the candidate was requested to retire, was expressly, clearly, and openly stated at that meeting. This statement, in contradiction of the assertion of the editor of the Albion. is due to Mr. Smith and to the electors in the Park, and it points out the random method on whi c h th a t e dit or i s con tented to rest his authority for his argument.—Yours, THE HEAD AND FRONT OF THE OFFENDING. Tarteth-pal lc, Nov. 2.3 d, 1835. ARMY PROMOTIONS BY MERIT. The.followiug is a statement of non-commissioned °Seers appointed to commissions in his Majesty's service from the Ist of January, 1808, to 31st December, 1814: Cornets or Ensign 3. Adjutants. Quartermasters. Total. 1808 40 21 41 102 1809 17 10 50 87 1810 46 14 35 95 1811 66 12 26 • 10-1 1812 97 18 37 152 1813 9l 36 47 173 1814 37 18 35 90 393 139 271 . 803 ;ion cntamissiofied officers appointe(l to ctinimissioni in the army since rebruary,lB2B : Cornets or Ensigns. Adjutants. Quartermasters. Total. 1828 1 3 10 14 1829 0 4 11 13 1830 4 7 :. 12 1831 1 1 4 . 6 11 1832 1 ' 3 ' 1 5 1833 1 4 3 8 1831 4 7 9 20 9 29 47 83 It will be seen by tho tbregoiug statements that so far from the existing system having the effect of depressing merit in the British service, promotion to commissions from the ranks have been made in the exact ratio of the opportnnities of distinction attaining their maximum during the latter years of the war, and that in time of peace merit in the ranks is not overlooked. Mr. Neele, the tide-surveyor, desires us to state, that the fot tuna.te..-reseue of the young woman, ,mentioned in the STAND ARD of this day week, was not. made by the police but by himself. • IMPUDENT THEFT.—On Thursday last a young woman, named Ann Mead, entered the shop of Mr. Philip Nathan, jeweller, Castle-street, and said she wished to purchase a wed ding-ring, requesting, at the same time, that some articles of that description might be shown to her, that she might choose one that, would fit her. Her request was- complied with, and, after much apparent difficulty in making her choice, she at length fixed upon one, the price of which was ten shillings. Miss Nathan, who waited on her, folded the ring in paper, and delivered it to her; she immediately placed it in her bosom, and went quickly to the door, pretending that she wished to call some one who had the money with which she .was to pair for it. She, however, seized the opportunity, and dashed out of the shop. Miss Nathan ran to the door, scarcely comprehending the meaning of so extraordinary a transaction. Fortunately the thief had been seen by a Lei ng man, named Isaac Davies, an assistant with Mr. James kill, tea-dealer% She (the thief) was running in a manner that excited the suspiciona of this young man, who, upon hearing Miss Nathan's statement, set out in pursuit of the delinquent, Whom he soon found in Cotton court, where she was endeavouring to conceal herself. She was taken into custody and searched, but the ring was not fonud upon her. She said that she had paid for it. On Friday last she was brought hefore the Mayor, when ;titer. Crewe attended on 'behalf of the prosecution. His worship, deeming the evi dence sufficiently conclusive; Ordered the eclrunittal of the pri soner. LOCAL NEWS.-- ELECTIoN oti• Tow:4 CeuiibiLioits.—The Town-clerk's lists of the burgesses objected to and of the new claimants to the right of being enrolled as burgesses under the municipal reform act will be published to-morrow. • The number of objections tendered amounts to ISIS; of which upwards of one thousand have been made by the liberals: The list of claimants contains :• the names of 1818 persons. The Conservative Registration COln rn ittee have published an advertisement, which will be found in the STAN DARD of this day, requesting the conservative bur gesses to attend at their office with the notices of objections served neon them by the Reform Association ,agentS;and to give the soli tors for the conservatives such information as may enable them to support their claims before the revising barriiters. We need not, We trust, impress upon the minds of the burgesses thus objected to the necessity of being prompt in their compliance with this request, or the importance of establiihing their right to place the affairs of the town in the hands of .gentlemen. pos sessing their entire confidence. The revising barristers, Peter Heywood and B. H. Abrahall, Esquires, will hold a court at the Sessions-house on Tuesd a y next, the Ist December, fur the purpose of revising the list of burgesses. No tithe therefore should be lost. FATAL. ACCIDENT.—Last Saturday morning a man named James Reece, who was employed in the corporation ground at the north eud of the Clarence Dock, was accidentally. killed whilst assisting one of his fellow-workmen to re mo v e th e w ind of a winch, which fell upon him in consequence of the plank upon which he was standing having given way. SUPPOSED DEATH FROM FAMINE.— The body of the man which was found by John M•Callan, a gunner in the royal ar 7 tillery, mentioned in the Standard of last Friday, after having been conveyed to the Dead House, was opened by Mr. Richard Sharock, surgeon, who gave it as his decided opinion that, the unfortunate man's death had been occasioned by absolute want of food. No marks of violence were discovered upon the de ceased's body. UNFaRTUNATIi ACCIDENT.—This day week one of the bands, named William Ashley, employed on board the steam-packet which plies between George's Pier and itock Ferry, - was acci dentally killed at the latter place by, a piece of wood giving way, to which the rope which fastens tile steamer to the pier, and striking hint -upon the forehead. We understand. the unfor tunate man has left a widow and five small children entirely unprovided for. PACKET TRANSFER.—We understand au arrangement has just been completed, by which Robert Kermit, Esq., Stephen ‘Vhitney, Esq., and Messrs. Sands, 'router and Co. have pur , chased of Messrs. Wood and Trimble and their associates, the ships Sheffield, Virginia, and United States, of the packet line sailing hence for Liveipoul un the 24th of each tnontb. It cori. sequence of this Purchase, Mr. Kermit's line of the 14th will be discontinued. The ship England of the 21th line, has been transferred to the old line,- saiting, on the Ist and IGth. The consignees at Liverpool of the line of the 24th. under .the new owners, will be Messrs. Sands, Hodgson and Co. The new arrangement will at least sustain, and it possilda increase the accommodations which the public have hitherto enjoyed.-- New York' Paper. THE LONDON ALDERHANIC ELECTION.—This contest wag brought to a close on Thursday evening ; and oil the following, day the Lord Mayor declared the numbers to be as follows: . Mr. Sheriff Salomons. Mr. Law Junes Mr. llumphrey. 67 And that Mr. Salomons was duly elected.' LAUNCH OF A STEAM-VESSEL.-011 Saturday last one of the finest and most powerful steam-vessels hitherto built in Liver pool was launched from the yard of the Messrs:Wilson: This vessel, called The Athlone, Is the property of the City of .Dub lin steam Company, and is the second of a series of new, first class cleansers now constructing, and intended to supersede the smaller vessels of that company. This vessel, as well as the other lately launched, The City of Limerick, is fastened in a peculiarly efficient manner, and is provided with iron bulk heads, from winch the greatest security is derivable in case of accident, either by tire or water, as neither can pass their pro tective partitions. The Dublin Company have also four addi- . tional steam-vessels in progress; two fur trading purposes, and two chiefly tor passengers. The latter are expected to be the must powerful and best appointed steam-ve.sseis hitherto built: BYWATER'S LIVERPoOL TIDE-TABLE AND ALMANAC FOR 183t3.—Mr. Bywater, jun. has just published a new• Almanac and Tide-table containing much additional matter and some very judicious improvements in the character of his calendar. The time and mean height of the tide are calculated from the important tables of Mr. Lubbock, V.P,11.5. but its chief novel ties are the predictions of the heights of those Cries which hap pen between six o'clock in the evening . and six o'clock in the morning, and which have been omitted in all former Liverpool Tide tables. It also points out the diurnal difference between the day and night tides, Which has never been accomplished be fore. The amount of this difference was found from Iwo thousand observations of the height of the tide made at the dock-gates. The advantaAes of these improvements to vessels entering the port and in (locking are too obvious to require any further ob sarvatiun. It'also contains new rules fur finding the depth of water in the Rock and New Channels at low water, and tables to find the tune of high water at upwards of fifty places in the neighbouirAng, channels, also calculations for the great annular. eclipse olisthe sun as it will be seen at Liverpool. REPRIANTATION OF Nowtu LA NCASHlRE.—Peregrine Townley, Esq.; of Burnley, has announced his intention of offering himself to the electors of the northern division of the, county, in the event of an election, in opposition to Mr. Wilson Patten, the present tory member. Mr. Townley served the office of high-sheriff of the county a year or two since, and was the first Roman Catholic who enjoyed the dignity after the passing of Catholic emancipation. The family of which he is.a member is, perhaps, one of the most influential in the county, and he will, of course, receive the warm support of the Roman Catholic interest, which is very powerful in North Lancashire. Mr. Townley is a consistent Whig, enjoying the personal re spect of men of all opinions, and has been repeatedly requested to conic forward and contest the representation of the county. • He may safely reckon on the unanimous support of teformers of all shades, and the most lively hopes are entertained of his triumphant success.—Carrespuitjent of the Morning Chronicle. EXPORTATION EXTRAOR DINA nit.—On Friday last, John Macdonald, a notorious cripple, who has long been in the habit of progressing on all iours about the streets of this town, soli citing alms, was brought before the magistrates, charged with having on the'preceding day, exer c ised hi s v o c a tion in -- White- Chapel. Police-Officer Elliot conveyed him to Bridewell, where, on searching him, five shillings trete found in his pocket. The Sifiy or passed sentence upon him of transport:alien whirs native country (Ireland.) C.SUTION To IIOIIMEKREPERS.—A young thief, named Wm. Johnson, was on Friday last placed at the bar of the Police court, charged with an attempt at robbery, under the following circumstances. - Mrs. Harrison Stated that she resided iu Bachelor-street; on the preceding day, at half-past five, she went out, locked the door after her, and opening the window placed the, key within upon the sash: having done this she closed the window shutter. At about six o'clock she returned, and much to her surprise found the window open. The key was where she had left it. She entered the house and was still more astonished to see that several articles of furniture hail been displaced during her absence. She went out quietly and procures the assistance of a man named Joseph Shaw, with whom she proceeded to search the house. In an upper room they found two boxes open, From which a silk dress, a Canton crape shawl, a hat, and several other articl e s had b ee n t a k en and placed on the bed ready for removal- The prisoner him self they found hidden under the bed. Police-officer Fiockhart was sent for, into whose custody they delivered him, He was committed for trial. WARINGTON.—A ball for the benefit of the Warrington Di►pensary and Infirmary ►vill be given at the Lion lintel, Warrington, on Friday, the 4th of December. The patronesses are the Hon. Mrs. 800t1 , 3 Wilbraham, Mrs. Blackburne, Mrs. Bold Houghton, and Mrs. James Heath Leigh. ROBBERY OF A BUTCHER'S SItUP BY A LADY OF PROPERTY. —On Thursday last, a woman of highly respectable appearance, who gave her name as Jane Daniels, was brought before the magistrates, and on the clearest evidence committed for trial on the charge of having robbed a butcher's shop of part of a shoulder of mutton. About an hour after her committal, Mr. Suckling, a solicitor, entered the office and on inquiring if any thing worthy of notice had occurred, was told the case of Jane Daniels. The name instantly attracted his notice, and on looking at Mrs. Daniels he recognised in her a very excellent client, for whom he had recently drawn up a marriage settlement of ±:5000, and in the previous week only had-sold property to the amount of £7OOO. Ile considered her to be worth, at least, £lO,OOO, and had always regarded her as a religious woman. As the offence was a bailable one, Mr. Suckling immediately applied to the magistrates to admit her to bail, and bail was accordingly taken. TiII:ATRE ova t..—On Friday evening last, Miss Chaplin took her benefit at our Theatre, and was honoured with a numerous and fashionable audience. The admirable comedy selected for the evening's entertainment afforded ample scope for the exercise of those talents wilich this interesting young lady so eminently possesses, and which have established her as a decided favourite in this town On her appearance Miss Chaplin was greeted with the warmest expressions of public favour, which must have been peculiarly gratifying, consider ing this is the first seitson.of.her appearance amouget us. By .permrssio❑ of the officers of the 77th Regiment, the Military Band attended on this occasion and performed several popular pieces of music. The receipts were upwards of £IW.. - We have much pleasure in calling the attention. of, our musical readers to an advertisement in another column, of Messrs. Zeitter and Co.'s New Patent Grand and Semi-grand Pianofortes. We have no hesitation in pronouncing tbese in struments to be superior in every respect to any we have yet heard. They possess a fulness, and at -the same time a rich. ness and delicacy of tone beyond nur.power to describe. and the toach is so fine that the crescendo and dinienoendo can with very little effort bo produced to trie'utmost nicety. Our limits will not permit us to eater into a detail of the vast improvement in the mechanism of these instruments : we, however consci entiously recommend them as being well worth the inspection of both professors and amateurs. . NORTHERN 1 - losvirm..—On Sunday last, a charity 'sermon on behalf of this very valuable institution, was preached in St. Jude's Church, by the Rev. 'high after whit** a col lection was mate amounting to 1:45 Bs. 2d: PATENT PERRYIAN 1' Ns.—We have again to allude in terms of praise, to the recent improvement made by the inde fatigable James Perry and Co., in Metallic Pens and Pen holders. The latter instrument renders a metallic pen exceed ingly flexible. THE IRISH CLinGy.---On Tuesday last A meeting of the clergy of the diocese and of the university took place at the Eagle Inn, for the purpose of considering the best means of assisting the Irish clergy in their present extreme distress. s ome ve ry affecting statements from the Lord Primate of Ire land, and other clergymen. were read to the meeting, which ap peared to rouse the sympathy of all present, Clergpnen, com pelled to distribute their families amongst their relations; to dis pose of the insurances which they held upon their lives; and, nr some instances, actually living upon potatoes and buttermilk were the subjects of these statements, mud° upon such good authority. Truly, if any protestant, knowing and believing these things, refuse to hold out his hand tu his suffei iugbrethren' in this their extremity, he deserves not the name of a christian, We are rejoiced to find that a general meeting will take place in the Town-hall on Monday next, having the same ol.jeet in view, and we hope to see on that occasion a crowded room-- Cambridge Chronicle. CONSERVATISM IN TILE ISLE OF `NIGHT.—We have the gratification of learning, by a letter from Cowes, that every fires pect exists of a gentleniau of sound conservative principles, in the person of Mr. Ward, of Northwood-park, being returned for the county of the Isle of 'Wight. The present member, Sir Richard Simeon, it appears, has determined to resign ; and the radical party propose to nominate in his stead one of the pre sent members for Portsmouth, John Bonham Carter, Esq. The registration has given the conservati:es a decided majority; and the events of the last session, says our correspondent, "have changed several radicals, and converted them into con servatives; these are men who, haling a little to lose, are be come awake in titne." At Newport the . radicals are very pow erful; but as disunion has appeared among them ou the subject of the corporations bill, their cause is weakened, and their an ger is unbounded. Sir Willoughby Gordon, the conservative candidate for Newport, who was rejected by a majority of one only at the last canvass, is now sore of ousting-the whrg candi• date; Mr: Hawklus.—Brighion Gazette; Tng House or WENtwolurn.—The CUrretit 'reports of tilt; deeply afflicted event which has fallen, ppon ,this noble houso have, in many instaifi•es, been, very inaccurate. We believe, however; that the following informatiqn may be.depended upon. Earl FiffAvilltain has been ill. Lilt not of reVcr, and has reco vered. Fonr of the Ladies Fitzwilliant baie 11: 4 d attacks of fever. Tbe youngest the Lady Ethelbreda, ii Very favourably convalelieetit. The otherS ar e n o t now un d er .me diC a l care, having recovered. Lady Milton has not suffered in h'er.liealtb; and as she is dow enceinte, the titl4 of Viscount Miltort remains in abeyance until it be seen whether the infant be a bov or girl. If a boy, he will, of course, inherit the title and rights of his lota father. In other circumstances, the nolde. earl's second son; the Hon. Willia m Th omas S pe n cer Wentworth Oulu 12th October, 1815,) will become Lord Milton, as heir presumptive, to the title and estates of the Independent. Rev. NEIL /IP VICA R.—Ttie late Rev. Neil M•Vicar, one of the niinisters of the West Cliiirch, taking a walk On an after noon, discovercd a woman (one of. his parishioner*) Who had ,got a lass extradrdivarv, sitting by the road side, with her bur den lying in the. mud before her. 0; will ye help me up toy bundle, sir," says she. "Ft c; fye, Jan e t; t o s ea_ t h e lik e of you in such a plight!—ldo yoti • know where all drunkards Fri to?" " Help u s e up w i' m y b un dl e, s i r, and l'll tell you" " Well, well," says the parson, " I shall. NO r ,—answer Inv question." " Well,--to tell you the truth, sir,—ju s t :char the dray o' quid dri n k is to be gotten." . . STEAM BOILER Acctnfitvis..—The Parliarnentury trustees oti the river Clyde have offered a premium nf one hundred guineas Air the best practical mode of preventing aceidents from the imperfect construction of steam engine maithinery. Another hundred pounds is to be divided amongst the unsuceeishil can didates who invent something worthy of attention. —Mining Jo ar n al. • DU. •JotiNsots.—When Mrs. Siddoni called on Dr. Johnson in Bolt-court, he treated her, contrary to his usual custom, with the most marked politeness. Frank, his servant, could not bring her a chair. "You ice, madam," said the doctor, "wherever you go hosi difficult it is to find seats." NAvit.Es tr 4 tuE LEN/mgt.—The folldWing is a state.: meat of the naval force's that the different - powers have at this moment at the various statiofis of the Levant :—France has 1 ship of the hue, 1 frigate, 7 other vessels—total 9. England 5 ships of the line, 5 frigates, 7 others—total 17. Russia will soon have 6 ships of the line, 4 fri g ates, 2 others . —total 12. Aus tria 1 frigate, 3 otherstotal 4. Egypt ships of the line, 4 frigates, 12 others—total 22. Turkey 1 ship of the line, 5 frigates, 6 others at Tripoli, and 10 vessels of different rates off Albania —tctel 28. Tins makes nearly Ivo. ships of war., To these May be added some vessels fitting out by Sardinia at Genoa. . THE FtrhINCII CHRISTINOS.--" I have, from curiosit y ; visited most of the prisons, penitentiaries, hulks, and bagries blEurope, and may consequently beast of hit Yin g seed more scoundrels than most men; but in the course of toy observation I haver saw so much villanv condensed as in the late French auxiliary corps sent (under Colonel Swartz) to the aid of her most catholic ma jesty. The last division of them, tiarowu back into France, has just passed this town. Of a Yerity,' 4 no Man has seen such rat:- cals.' "—Letter from Pan. CAPTAIN COOK.--'There is not the slightest doubt as to the authenticity of the following incident ; it,shows undeniably th e --effreti of 4iitte causes-produ c i ng great eonseqnencea. The dis-, coveries of the great circumnavigator were'owing tort particular marked shilling. Young Cook was a native of Yorkshire, and served as apprentice to a merchant and sheqikeeper in a large fishing town in that co u nty. Seine money had been missed from the till, and to detect the delinquent,- a very curiously marked shilling was mixed with the silver, Mali was accurately counted. On examining the till shortly after, this peculiar ling was missing, and Cook was taxed with having taken it out; this he instantly acknowledged, stating that its particular look had caught his ev e , but affirmed, at the e same time, that he had put another of his own in its place. The money was tecord ingly counted over again, and found to agree exactly with hit statement. Although the family was highly respectable, and therefore capable of advancing hint in his future prospects, and. also much attached to hitit, and very kind, yet the high spirit of the boy could not brook remaining in a situation where be had been suspected ; he therefore ran awe.+, and having no other resource, entered as a cabin-boy in a collier. ANIMAL Fun o.—The pagan priests were the first eaters 06 annual food; it corrupted the taste, and so eiccited them t • gluttony, that when they had eaten the same thing repeatedly' their luxurious appetites called fur variety. He who had de voured the sheep longed to masticate the shepherd. IMPROVIDENCE OP THE,POOR.—Defoe, the author of " Robin son Crusoe," considered the improvidence of the p oor a princi.: pal cause of wretchedne ss . "We are," says this shrewd ob server, "the most lazy diligent nation in the world; there is nothing more frequent than for an Englishman to work till he has got his pocket full of money, and then go and be idle of perhaps drunk, till it is all gon e . I once p a id s i x or seven men together on a Saturday night, the least 10s., and some 305., for ' work, and have seen theta go with it directly to the ale-house, sit there till Mouday, spend it every penny, and run in debt td hoot, and not give a farthing of it tel their families, though all of them had wives and children. From hence comes poverty, parish charges, and beggary."—Eistory .qf the Middling arid ll'orking Classes, 2d edition, THE UNSTAMPED PREVS.—A contemporary, in commenting on the language used by Mr. Roebuck in his Twopenny lin ! stamped Paper, has the following just observations:—" We. hope that Government have not been inattentive spectators of these proceedings, and of the conduct generally of the un 'stamped press. Do they suppose that the peace of society, the security of property, or the maintenance of our mixed constitu tion, are at all likely to be promoted by swamping the stamped press, to !Vise that which is unstamp, d on its reins? We do not suppose they can be s o blind t o th e M os t obvious principles, or so neglectful of their duty to their sovereign and the public. But they must make up their minds definithrely on the subject: It will do longer do to palter between two extremes, iiacliuiug first to the one and then to the other. Either the unstamped press must be put down, or the stamp duty abolished. Our bane and antidote are both before us; and we may choose as we list. If we wish to sap the fouudations of all that is most esti , inable amongst us, and to impregnate our press with the lowest radicalism and the lowest Billingsgate, then, but not otherwise, shall we legitimate the - lucubrations of Messrs. Roebuck and Co." AGItict:LTURALSTRIKE,---Twelve farm servants in the em " ploy of Mr. E. Lake, of 1100, Kent, have been committed to Maidstone gaol for fourteen ays, for having quitted their work without giving any intimittien of their intention of so ai,loiug'. An aggravation of their conduct was, their having taken out their teams in the morning as utual, and remained with therit until mina or ten in the foremoan,-..wfacti thaw atrock_tark an d left them in care of boys, who were unable to manage them. The cause of the dissatisfaction was a reduction of their wages of Is., and in some cases 2s. a week. The magistrate Who cam mated them told them that they had an undoubted right to sell their labour at the highe t price they could obtain for it ; but having made their contract, the act of comnieriting their master's work and then leaving it unfiuished. called for the ex ercise of the punishment which the law protides to deter front similaroffencre. But for their previous good character, the punishment would have been much more Severe. Last week Thomas Blake, Esq., Undertook fOr a considerable wager to walk twelVe miles on the Barton-road, near Bury St: Edmunds, in two hours, which he accomplished in one hour and SGI minutes. DINNER To JOHN HAitDV, ESQ., U.?., B RADFO A D . The preparations for this entertaintnetit are progressing with great spirit, and upwards of 150 tickets, We hear, have been at ready taken. The dinner will take place in the Exchange baildings, un Friday, the 27th instant, tickets 10s. Gd. bottle of wine included. Matthew Thompson, Esq., will take the chair: Mr. Herds is at present in th e midst of his constituents, and finds that 'though his really independent bearing fn parliament may have roused the carping hintility of a few persons more distinguished for their hostility to the church of England than for qualities of head and heart, the snowy are with him, aye, and will return bum again when the. time comes, with Mr. M. Thomp son for it . colleague.— Leed s li t telliy e ncer. AN INDUCEMENT.—A fersori who advertiies in a morning paper fur a clerk holds ant tni; inducement:—" A small gaiety will be given, but he wi:l have enough of overwork to make for the deficiency. THE Racoaoan's REnour.—On Friday the recorder made his report to his Majesty in council at Brighton, of the prison; ers who were capitally cenvieted at the September and October sessions of the Central Criminal Court,—viz., Jamei Pratt and John Smith, for a nameless offence, committed in the borough of Southwark; Robert Swan for extorting money fromThnmas Reynolds, a Quaker, under a threat of accusing him of a name. less offence; Robert Lavender, David Ward, Benjamin Vines Michael Collins. Joseph Colemah, and !Bose'; Harris, for bur= glary; George Catline, William Miller, James Cooper; James Devine, and David Fleming, for a robbery. October. SesssionA —James Carter, for burglary ; John Wade, for shooting at Thomas Reynolds with intent to kill him; and William Web! bourn, for burglary; all of whom his Majesty was - graciously pleased to respite, except James Pratt, and John Smith, Upon. whom the law. is left to take its , tourre, and who are ordered for ex ecution on Friday next. The council were in deliberation a con-: siderable time ou the case of Robert Swan, and did tut break up until half-past eight o'clock on Friday night: The recorder came immediately to town by post, and made knoWn the result of the council to the Governor of Newgate. who lost no time in communicating it to the convicts SvhOse cases had been eported. A SACRAMENT Ot:TR AGED.—Whenever the radicals find nri opportunity to insult religion through its saeraments nod ordi . trances, they use it. We have on instance in the ,case of a brawling deuiagoone at York, named Simpson, who brought two children to To. baptised, and iii, , isted that they should be named " Earl of Kent' and " Marquis of Yorkshire" ! neatly observing " that they had as much right to be called lords us any who were born so." The cleigyinan very properly refused to allow a hole sacrament to be so outraged; but what ,must be the principles of that party who can coolly enter church; and at the fent endeavour to 'make one of the institu tions of Jesus Christ a nieditini for mockery.—Age. Mr. Augustus H. Beaumont, of Brompton-square, Landon, - having applied to Viscount Palmerston for the liberation of his' brother, Mr. Arthur James Beau Mont, from the prison of St„ Pelagic, at Paris, to which he Was committed sixteen months ago, the English ambassador at Paris directed an inquiry to be made into the circuMstanees under Which the imprisonment took place. FOND the answer of the French government to the inquiry thus instittited, it appears that Mr. Beautroint was com mitted to prison in consequent eof his being charged with being concerned in plots having for their object the subversion of the existiug Rove' ument." It further appears that his arrest was riot inconsistent with French laws, and consequently the British ambassador cannot do anything in the matter. The reason as:Signed b* the Frlmch govftrnment for the protracted imprisonineot of Mr. Beaumont, is that he, with the other pri soners, in custody for the same alleged offence, refuses to be tried by the chamber of peers.-[Abridged froM the TiMes.] • In China, if divorce is sought, except upon legal grounds, the offeoder is punished with eighty blows. There . ate sotto occa: skins on which it is granted—having no son, 'Ahem not serving her husband's parents, /opacity, theft or robbery, envy or malice, disease. It is also granted, should one Party in a. quarrel beat or wound . another- in three cases.some of these legal grounds cannot be alleged, vii., during the three years mourning for the death of a parent; if the parties were first poor and afterwards rich ; and if th e wif e had n u house Oa which she could return) at the time of her marriage. In thd north ut China a practice has lati.lp become prett) general of taking home the husband to the abode of his father-in-law, in- stead of sending the daughter to the house of her husband. silly ambition "to make light of lite" has become prevalent at Calvert, and causes frequent ,aiciiies. It is calculated that' eight or nine-tenths of the untimely deaths which come under the notice of the authorities are ciiiAed br suitide, and of these six or scvemtetiths are perpeti ated by went( n. Young women form themielies into sisterhoods, and, repining at their destiny . which give theth existence ar us mien, repair hi nunibers a 11- Ter, and, locking their erths tOgerher, plunge froln the steep' hank into the arms of death.. Espiertage id' net only a system. of the government but of private adoption, and set:vauts are et-. nerally made the ;silting insironirnis; tbey become the spies t i c the merchants or of the police, as occasio.o may requite.. Not • long since the names or several noted gamesters were published; more with a view to caution thesit4le - than to disgrace the of: fenders. Anstment them We find are cognothen of Fei-thing-po; who is descributras a fat ohd lady; seventy years of age, in ro— bust health, and a scientific boxer, She retained. in her service several ougilists s , ai bullies;— Hulrnuii s rOyasle Itbiritat • Its; I