The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-18 00:00:00

PARTNERSHIP, A GENTLE M . ,s, A B, B a Acad India Bt on manufactu rs of Hyde have visible lowed by of ice for Bedforc Mercul mess Courie Pas Great Nor London Railway MI aired forth ispectabli concern, ca. j r , tteiided, and affdrdin most ample re :ession of Capital, i esirous of being ,osed to invest On or Two Thousand W 44, Postoffice, Liverpopi TUTOR it' a 'amilv, or STANT TEACHER, a Graduji r e of a S c otch MI a lx leman's satisfaitory testimonials other highl -street and Alexander Smitt le would have no 1., Box S 24, Postoffice, Liverpool DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE given notice to re- .vers In their emplo e assistant curator of the London Zoologi- I the appointipent of naturalist It was fol- pined t Pounds WANTS a Mr. M`Gr E 01. cal Socie to the N A No last week, the taken frOm tt score 18 lb LUNAR RAINBOY welve o'clock, asp: sharp frost, which covered the river with a sheet considerable distance up towards the bridge.— THE MIIRRIAN ..—On making inquiry on Thursday, we am that the murrian is at present in Niths /. On some farms, not only every bullock, but almost every sheep, is affected more or less. The disease, however, is by no means yet general, having visited only a few localities.—Dumfries Herald, dale, Annandale, and Gallows' —The sire gth of the army in Ire- 1840, is as follows, viz.:—Royal Artil lery, horse and foot, 830 ; 4 regiments of cavalry, viz., 6th Dragoon Guards, 6th Dragoons, 12th and 17th Lancers, 1150 ; 8 regiments of infantry, viz., 20th, 22d, 42d, 45th, 84th, 86th, 97th, 99th, and 31 depots of ditto, 12,777.—T0tal 14,757.—United Service Gazette. At the Brecon Petty Sessions Wm. Williams, Esq., a ma gistrate of the county of Brecon, was convicted in the penalty of five shillings and costs for profane swearing on the Bench. It is intended to follow up the above conviction by an appli cation to the Lord Chancellor to have Captain Williams's name expunged from the commission of the peace. o have to announce t aptain S from Newcas berland coast derstand the IMPORTANT FROM NORTH BEND. - bIIUMEILAT. • r • ."•. POSTMA STER - GENERAL.—Thomas Ewing, Elisha Whit tlesey, Oliver H. Smith. foe CABINET. _ coliii s bkitr6ebi - tleheTirfrii ) riiFrii cabinet, and the po lic y of his administration. We learn that Mr. Clay, at the suggestion of his friends, declines altogether to form a part of the new cabinet, and that it is expected by them and him that Daniel Webster will, or ought also to decline, should he be offered a place there. It is furthermore stated that General Harrison will select his cabinet from the following names : SECRETARY OF STATE.—John Sergeant, Horace Binney, Edward Everett, Wm. H. Seward, John M. Clayton, Wm. C. Rivers, William Preston, John J. Crittenden, John Q. Adams. TREASURY.—John Davis, Gulian C. Verplanck, John Sergeant. NAVY. — Gulian C. Verplanck, Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, Samuel Southard, William Gaston, Theodore Frelinghuysen, John L. Pettigru. WAR.—William Preston, William P. Mangum, Alexander Porter, John Bell, Thomas Metcalfe. A rTOR NEY - GENERAL.—John J. Crittenden, John C. Spencer, William Gaston, John L. V. M`Mahan, Hugh Lezare. of the Fire Insurance Companies were speedily as possible, but all attempts were in vain, and it was completely •"- MEXICO. Our advices from the city of Mexico are up to the 20th of October, and from Vera Cruz to the 27th. Congress was then in session. This body had declared, as the will of the nation, that the executive government should not be clothed with the extraordinary powers which they had demanded. This is regarded as a rebuke to the central leaders, Bus temente and Almonte, and coming from a central junto, it must have great weight. The idle project of prose cuting a war against Texas was entertained at the capital. A law had been passed, authorising the government to con tract a loan of 2,000,000 dollars, pledging for the payment, the 17 per cent. duty, and the President is empowered to issue bonds for the amount, which are to be sold to the high est bidder, within thirty days from the 18th of October. Two thirds of this sum was to be appropriated to carrying on the contemplated war against Texas. TEXAS • Galveston papers of the 15th have been received. The Texan . Congress had organized with the Hon. Mr. Hull as Speaker pro. tem. of the House, and Vice-President Bur net as President of the Senate. Tne President's Message is long and well written. It gives a flattering account of the growth of this young republic, its.resources and population. The government and people have experienced great embar rassments from the derangement of the currency. The loan commissioners had not been able to effect a sale of bonds. The President deprecates a war with Mexico, and states his reasons in full. The commissioners to run the boundary line between the United States and Texas, had been compelled to suspend their operations for want of means. BER. Nov. 7.—Barbadoes h as been D suffering, up to the 14th of October, from a very severe drought, which created much alarm for the ensuing crop. Our latest papers, however, convey the gratifying intelligence, that a most beneficial change had taken place in the weather. Between the 15th and 19th the island was blessed with abundant and heavy showers, reviving again the prospects of the planters, and diffusing gladness throughout the land. GLUT OF STEAM-VESSELS IN AMERICA. In consequence of the competition in steam navigation, and the increased number of steam-ships running hither and thither, - from the east to the west, the days of departure from both sides, of the Queen and President, are to be changed from the Ist to the 10th of each month. This arrangement is a good one for us, and equally so for the owners of the steamers. and also for the passengers. Cunard's steam-ships start from England on the 4th, and hence on the Ist of every month, and, therefore, if the two "floating palaces" leave on the 10th,`and the Great Western a week or ten days after, as she probably will, time will be better divided, the com mercial public better pleased, and the whole world will move on its axis easier:and freer, without the aid of so much grease. The fact is, steam-ships have multiplied so fast that they interfere somewhat with each other in the way of passengers. It has so happened that Cunard's steamers and the " Presi dent" and " Queen" have left England and America on the same day. Passengers thus having two conveyances were placed like the ass of Buridan. But they divided—some took to one steamer, and others to another, and neither came nor went full, whereas if there had been a week between their departures, both would have had a fair, if not a full comple ment. It has been estimated that the two " floatinc , palaces" have lost up war d s o f 400 passengers b y Cunard's steamers in consequence. Hereafter, however, all will be right, all will be smooth, except the Atlantic in a gale of wind—all will go fast enough, and all will go full enough, till a line of American steam-ships are built and launched, and run as our sple n did p ac k e t s , " t h e fastest sa il ers and the prettiest models in the world," have been from the year '2O to this day. CANDA. The Canadia n papers are filled with preparations for the coming election. In many of the districts, particularly in Upper Canada. the canvass is very animated. In some of wails—a quantity of tar lying below in a the papers the governor-general is accused of interference peen also c:, quantity The fire was got under with the elective franchise, but no satisfactory evidence is ee and four o'clock, when the truly affecting ca- presen ted to sustain the charge. The position of the gover ch had happened was too clearly revealed. The nor is a very embarrassing one. He is about carrying into le whole inmates of the house, consisting of five effect a new system, giving to the people a greater influence )mes Howie and his wife, and their two children, over the government than they have had hitherto, while he -e and the other nine years of age, and a man of is at the same time called upon to exercise temporarily al ',oinas Marshal, a sawyer, who lodged in the most despotic power in the one province, and finds it 1)111- 11d burned black amongst the ashes. From dent not to disturb existing arrangements in the other. Hi s ....,e that no answer was given to the first alarm course is made the subject of severe animadversion on the Je by the people who gathered about the house, it is arm one side, and warm encomium on the other. The tone of ent that all the unhappy inmates had been suffocated in his answers to the various addresses made to him in his tour their beds, before the fire was discovered; and it ii the most through Upper Canada was generally - acceptable to the peo ,robable conjecture that the fire had originated in one of the ple. In reference to this matter, however, some of the pa- It appears that the inmates slept in the middle pers suggest the necessity of selecting representatives 'in The melancholy loss of so many lives, and consideration of an enti re f a mily thus fatally d estroyed, whose political principles the people have confidence, and dye awake ne d th e moat di stress i ng f e elings amongst the not thos e w h o h ave ma d e vague prom ises to supp ort the go c.)rumunitY.—Aberdetrn Comtilutional. vernor-general. A mating of agriculturists was lately held at Toronto, to to say s of th 'ere tou and upPV floor take into consideration the depressed value of agricultural produce, and to devise some means to advance the interest of the farmers. It was agreed to call a general meeting in Home District, for the purpose of petitioning the Queen to give her assent to the bill passed by the assembly last ses sion, imposing a d u ty upon agr i cu l tura l productsimported from the United States •, also, that the Queen would recom mend to the Imperial Parliament to admit Canadian wheat and flour, duty free, into the United Kingdom ; and further, to bring under the notice of her Majesty the serious difficul ties under which the Canadas labour in the transmission of their exports and imports. The Governor-General is ordering surveys and estimates to be made of the various public improvements which are most strongly pressed upon his consideration, together with correct returns of their present and probable revenues, for the purpose of selecting the more important for immediate completion. His excellency intends, it is said, to recom mend such as he feels will produce competent revenues to the notice of British capitalists, for the purpose of obtaining the amount necessary for carrying them into full operation. There has been some slight local irritation along the fron tier and the borders of Lake Ontorio. A story was put in circulation that a design was entertained by some sympathis ing desperadoes at Rochester to destroy the Canadian steamer Gore, plying between that place and Toronto, but the captain contradicted it. As the cold weather approaches, desperate or mischievous men are setting schemes of evil a-foot, but nothing serious is apprehended from any of their movements. 'ass of the schooner • ril ob hen her homeward voyage Bondicar r..cks on the Nort The crew were fortunately saved. We un if not wholly, insured. at Sir Richard Ottley, his daughti le last year resided in Italy, have be- Roman catholic faith. Sir Richard the neighbourhood of this city, and the Wesleyan methodist persuasion. said, is also shortly to be united to a !xeter Post :ockton and Hartlepool railway will be opened for rs in the course of a very short time ; and as the England railway will be opened early in the ere will be a continuous line of railway com ne towns, and also from Newcastle, &c., rd to Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, —Newcastle Journal. AT TEIGNMOUTII.—EarIy this morning, du endous gale which prevailed, a fine brig, the Eiden with timber, from Quebec, and belonging to s. Sanders and Snow, of this city, was totally wrecked ignmouth, and flung upon the beach, where she now is. One of the crew is missing . we are happy to state le remainder were saved. The cargo, we understand, was insured.—Western Luminary. Howard TRAORDINARY DAY'S SIIOOTING.—On Thursday, the " , e Marquis of Anglesey, accompanied by the ield, Lord Uxbridge, Lord Alfred Paget, and Paget, enioyed a day's sport over a part of the ng to the noble marquis. The sport The ground shot over was only four ging above 10 acres each, and the shoot ,hree hours and a half. The following list ye the diligence and care of the keeper : sants 73, rabbits 11 ; total 719.—Stafford- Lord George Burton Manor belong occupied only (died will pro' shire Exam'iner I)EODAND OF Two THOUSAND POUNDS.—We under ' -t: eve - e the conclusion of the inquest on the were killed by the late collision on the line of '''rmingham Railway at Harrow, the solici 'oanv, in conjunction with the board two men who We, the London and Birmingt tors of the railway c !dors, have been busily engaged in preparing the docu necessary on which to found an application to the of Queen' Bench to set aside the coroner's inquisition, ground that the deodand of £2OOO is an excessive one, at the verdict is not borne out by the evidence adduced. 'HE CREW OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.-It may ally known to our readers, that the old man who s the gate leading into the Park, opposite Vanburgh • e crew of the Royal George, the y years since at Spithead. The Vebb, has attained the great age not be g 'easel that went down ma 5 years ; he has been at the above gate 35 yearn, and in r to our inquiries whether he found his post a profitable ook his gray locks and answered, that some days he any. He likewise states that himself and r dine upon potatoes. We shall be much ort notice should call the attention of the helpless condition of the poor old man.— ied if th charitab: Grreenwi Jeen visited by crowds of ladies, for rpose of inspecting a shawl made entirely by the blind e Royal Victoria Asylum for the at the S ided to be presented to her Majesty. The 1 is six feet square, knit of the finest Berlin wool, in a - - -0. th e centre being pure white, and the border o less than 14 different shades of pink. The n of the beauty of the s, and in .—The small-pox has been making frightful and fatal ravages in the city of Hereford, where the mourn ' gound of the passing -bell has, of late been continually Much alarm has also been felt from the dread of contagion. A short time since the three ministers of one of the parishes issued an address urging upon the poorer por tion of their flock the necessity of vaccination ; but it does not appear to have been acted upon to the extent that could have been wished. Doubtless, .as the question of electoral disfranchisement appears to remain for the decision of the judges and the revising barristers, the heads of families are in numerous instances deterred from availing themselves of the privilege offered by the poor-law guardians.—Gloucester Chronicle. SMALL Pox EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT IN BURNLEY CHURCH 'D.—On the afternoon of Sunday last, between four and 'lock, at the conclusion of the burial service in the Qrd at Burnley, an alarming accident occurred which • have been attended with serious consequences. .guous to a grave in which the remains of .....gssey were on that afternoon deposited, there is aterraneous bone-house, the arch of which rests, or ra did rest, upon a wall about eighteen feet high, which cends from the north-east extremity of the church-yard to bed of the river. This wall, it appears, had been ren red insecure by the action of the water upon its founda ma, and the consequence was, that it gave way and fell with tremendous crash into the water-course, the arch of the fault, upon which the mourners and others were standing, falling with it. We cannot pretend to describe the scene of confused terror which ensued, when living men and women themselves mixed up with the mouldering remains of long-departed ancestors ; we are, however, happy to Site, that no one received any material injury. —Blackburn Standard. church-y diately cont Mr. Wm. ICI rue WILL OF THE LATE MARQUIS CAMDEN.—The will the most Honourable John Jeffreys Marquis Camden has ist passed the seal of the Lord Archbishop - of Canterbury, nd administration has been granted to his eldest son, the present marquis, sole executor. The personal property of the deceased has been sworn under £40,000, to be divided equally among his younger children.;. and it is generally un derstood, that the hereditary estates do not exceed £B,OOO a year. When it is recollected that the deceased nobleman, many years since, voluntarily relinquished an annual income of great magnitud e , an d pa id i nto the public treasury the re ceipts of his office of teller of the exchequer, to the amount of about £12,000 a year, the very moderate revenue left to --, ort the title, and the still more moderate to be divided ger children, being taken into the account, it too much to say, that a more splendid example of dis .N:l and self-denying patriotism is not to be found in 's of any age or nation. The late marquis had held offices in the state, having been successively Lord Tiord Lieutenant of Ireland,. Secretary of State 3, and Lord President of the Council. The was also, at his death, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of the county of Kent.—Britannia. 1g the poem for the Colonie moored th GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR RAILWAYS,—It is ru n board has been formed, and the parties ap- Board of Trade, to carry a high hand over 'ssembling of Mr. , d by the d that it aiting for the ith plenipotentiary powers :fling the commercial treaty f them. One of ti lary, to act .e; of course all at the ex s will be as to these measures, as the they to be tr, ill h a ve to pay for them; atefills little children ? If they are, we ;rs will find them full grown —aye, men— aower enough to turn them out if they st ay any tricks upon them. There will shortly be a London of delegates from all the railways in here prompt and efficient, and, we hope, resolute fined measures will be taken, to resist any unjust d conduct on the part of the government, which • that has been so unfairly raised against railways the ministers to make a pretext for trying on.— le mini CALAMITOUS FIRE IN ABERDEEN.—FIVE LIVES LOST.— with the most painful feelings that we have this week to one of the most deplorable events that has happened ”s past. About twelve o'clock on the night ay and Thursday, some seamen in a vessel .rloo Quay discovered that a fire had broken -ge, formerly known by the Glentanner soon assembled, and knocked loudly 'he house, calling o u " F ire ; ' The greatest anxiety On a window beine between Wecinesd dense smoke issued out, and the house was soon oped in flames. At this time the wind blew strongly luth-south-west, and considerable fears were en 'afety of Mr. Copland's -houses, and of 1 Co.'s works, as abundance of sparks „,n. Had the wind been from the ..y probable that the flames would have ip-building yard immediately beside the . ing in that din ayds, it is high] extended_ to the LATEST INTELLIGENCE mom NORTH AMERICA The following appeared, in part, in our second edition of Tuesday last : By the'Britunnia, which left Boston on the Ist in stant, we are put in possession of papers to that date from Boston, to the 3d instant from Halifax, and to the 30th of November from New York. The Great Western arrived. at New York on the morning of the 24th ult., having left on the 7th of the ;ame month The British Queen reached the same place on Satur day, the 21st. The log book shows that she experi enced the worst kind of weather during the voyage. Captain Roberts, of the British Queen, nobly rescued five men from an untimely grave in the middle of the Atlantic. The sufferers were the master and the four survivors of the crew.of the brig Margaret, of Severn, bound from the Bay of Chaleur to Leith, and found totally wrecked on the 6th November. The men had been 52 hours exposed to the tempestuous elements without food or raiment. The Caledonia, Capt. Cleland, arrived at Halifax on the 17th November, at 3 P.M., and sailed at 9 P.M. for Boston, which she reached at one o'clock P.M. of the 20th. General Harrison would have 234 votes as Presi dent, and Van Buren 60. Eight persons were killed and many wounded by the explosion of a steam-boat near Mobile. The following are the most important extracts from the papers we have received : (From the New York Herald, Nov. 30) STATE OF THE COUNTRY. This country is in a very interesting condition, as "ladies are who love their lords.' General Harrison, the new Pre sident, does not take office till the 4th of March. His cabi net ministers, and his chief appointments, are the principal topics of discussion among 500,000 politicians, the rest of the population, nearly 15,000,000, looking on or attending to their own business. According to the best sources of information the Clay in fluence in the cabinet will prevail over Webster or any other. If so, John Sergeant will be Secretary of State, John Davis Secretary of the Treasury, and three friends of Clay will fill the other cabinet posts. The Collector of New York is the next important appoint ment, and for that the Clay influence has selected R. C. Wetmore, and the Webster influence named Edward Curtis. Dut a great many changes may take place before next March. These are the probabilities now. Next Monday Congress meets. Mr. Van Buren delivers isage on Tuesday, and the leading topic will un be the embarrassed state of the finances. A bankrupt law will again be attempted, and in the absence of political excitement, it may pass—but what kind of a one no one can tell. A revision and increase of the tariff imposts will probably be postponed to the new congress, which does not meet till December 1841, unless General Harrison should call an extra session. If he does, he cannot get one together sooner than September next. There is some anxiety in regard to the probable action of the legislature of Illinois, in regard to means necessary to meet the January interest on the debt of that state, and also in regard to the case brought before the Court of Errors of this state, against certain holders of Illinois stock. The mere fact of the institution of this suit caused many con tracts for the stock of Illinois, about being closed in the Lon don market, to be cancelled, and the credit of the state has suffered severely. She has now but a few weeks to appro priate means and raise money to pay an instalment on her debt. Last year she was in the same predicament, and was saved only by the interference of those interested in the preservation of her credit. She is now again in the same position, with a far less chance of being pre. served by the same means. Pennsylvania, last spring, was similarly situated, and was compelled to pass a tax bill to raise her credit. The only course open to Illinois, if she expects to be able to borrow the money requisite to the finishing of her state works, and thereby rendering her past outlay available, will be to appoint a special commissioner to settle the pending lawsuits. She must select one who will not be disposed to compromise the interests of the state, in order to show half the proceeds. Having done this, she must pass a tax bill sufficient, at least, to place the prompt payment of the interest beyond a shadow of a doubt. She may then, with some chance of success, make application, in the market, for means to pay the arrears due to her con tractors, and to finish the public works. In commercial and business affairs the country is improv ing every day. There is some doubt about the resumption of the United States Bank in January next, and if she does resume, there is more doubt about its permanency. But in spite of these untoward events, the nation was never richer in produce and manufactures, and we must do well. MONEY MARKET. SUNDAY, Nov. 29, 6 p.m.—The transactions at the stock board, yesterday, were heavy, and again prices declined. United States Bank * per cent ; Stonington per cent ; Can ton * cent ; North American Trust and Banking Co. 1 per cent ; Dry Dock 1 per cent ; Paterson improved per cent. Sales of bills on Philadelphia were made at 2f discount, which is a decline on Baltimore 11 discount. Sales of state stocks were made as follows : 5,000 dls. Illinois 6 per cents 7O 2,000 dls. Arkansas bonds 81 14,000 dls. Massachusetts 5 per cents (at Boston) 98 a 981 MONDAY, Nov. 30, 6 P.m.—The stock market has pre sented no very material change in its general features to-day. Some descriptions have improved, and others have declined. N. Am. T. and Bk. rose I per cent. ; Delaware and Hudson 2 per cent. ; Canton -1- per cent. ; Paterson 1 per cent. ; Har lem declined + per cent. ; Stonington 2 per cent.; Dry Dock 1 per cent. his last mes doubtedly 1 There has been some increased demand for foreign bills to go by these packets. The supply of good bills in the market has not been very large, and many purchasers have been hold ing back, waiting larger supplies from the south. The rates, to-day, have been a little more firm, as follows :—On Lon don 8+ a B+, or d. 4 81 a 4 83 the £ sterling; on France f. 5 17} af. 5 20; Amsterdam 40+ a ; Hamburgh 364; Bremen 78. At these rates there has been less demand for specie for remittattee, and the premium on silver has fallen. has just rece E ANIMAL —A bull was driven to Yeovil market property of Mr. Henry Brake, of Closworth, It of which was 81 aw bart eighed on the Weovirweighbridge )n Tuesday night, between eleven endid rainbow encircled the moon, ad for THE PACIFIC We learn from Mr. W. H. Green, of the United States navy, who came passenger in the brig America, from Chagres, that he left Guayaquil on the 6th of October, that he passed the Isthmus of Darien on the 26th and 27th in 21 hours. That Gamaro had been re-elected President of Lima, and that business was very dull both at that place and Guayaquil. Considerable excitement existed at Lima about the Ist of September, in consequence of an affair between the French charge and the Peruvian Minister of Finance. The charge called on the minister in relation to the claims of certain French citizens, and was treated with rudeness. He chal lenged the minister, but the fight was prevented by Presi dent Gamarra, who arrested the minister, and placed a guard before the door of the French charge. The latter then made the subject the matter of an official communication, and de manded his passports. It was rumoured that the French ad miral had required the Peruvian Government to dismiss the minister and apologise for his conduct within 10 days, and that the penalty of a refusal would be a blockade of the port. The frigate Thetis was the only French man of war in port. RIO DE JANEIRO AND BUENOS AYRES. The brig Firm, Capt. Sands, has arrived from Rio Janeiro, bringing us later accounts from that city and from Buenos Ayres. Occasion had been taken on the event of the Emperor ascending the throne to enter into a parley with the rebel chief Bento Gonsalvez, in the province of Rio Grande, with a view of restoring tranquillity to that fine province, but it appears without success. - A general impression seemed to prevail that the difficul ties between France and Buenos Ayres were on the point of adjustment, although at the last accounts from the river Plate the blockade still existed. This impression was so strong that it had affected many mercantile operations at Rio. NAPOLEON'S REMAINS (From the Morning Herald of yesterday.) ST. GERMAINS, MONDAY, DEC. 14, ONE O'CLOCK. The near neighbourhood to Paris of the bridge of Pede, built across the Seine, immediately beneath the town of St. Germains, brought immense crowds from the ca pit a l, to wit ness the passage of the funeral flotilla. From seven o'clock in the morning to this moment, the railway trains from Paris have continued to pour forth their thousands. The roads from all parts of the country, as from Paris, are still incumbered with foot passengers and every description of vehicle, all verging to one common centre. Very many, however, are the disappointed, and loud are their lamenta tions, " at having gone so far for nothing"—the relics of St. Helena, conveyed by La Dorade, and convoyed by eight other steamers; having glided by it at eleven this morning. A dense mass of people were collected on each side of the river, and on that of the town of St. Germains the lofty heights were covered with persons at every opening left by the houses and villas, the windows of these being also occu pied. Tapestry and the national colours were appended to the walls of many of these. The bridge was ornamented with flags and pennants, the municipal authorities and troops lin ing it, as indeed the banks of the river. Infantry and ca valry of the regular troops, and of the civic guard from St. Germains, Versailles, and other places, were present to about 8000 men : the artillery of the national guard fired minute guns. The flotilla proceeded in much the same order as when it quitted Rouen. but this time attended by a bril liant band, 200 of the best performers of the metropolis, un der the leadership of the chief of the orchestra at the Opera, being in attendance on board one of the vessels, and playing funeral symphonies and military music. A cry of " Viva l'Empereur !" burst forth on the approach of La Dorade, which was saluted by the national flag as she passed under the bridge. From the flotilla's departure from Rouen, as before its ar rival there, the preparations above and below the river covered its banks, and were no villages or even insignificant hamlets were in sight, a salute fired from some small cannon, a dis charge of fire-arms, or the waving of a flag, attested the pre sence of detached groups of peasantry and others who had quitted their avocations not alone to gaze fora few moments on the cercueil, but to signify their participation in the nati onal feeling. The few small towns through which it passed, each according to its means bore its share in adding to the warmth of the general welcome, but no incident occurred worthy of mention at these beyond what has already been described in this and my former letters. Thus to Courbe voie and Paris, I must look to give you such further details as may prove interesting. I leave this immediately for the former place, at which I am secured the firstarrival from the windings of the river, but the character of the localities will prevent my personally witnessing the reception at St. Denis, the burial place of the Bourbon dynasty, through which the cortege must at this moment be proceeding. COURBEVOIE, 6 o'clock, Evening.—At Annieres, a small village two miles below this, lay the massive and gorgeous vessel which.had been built to convey Napoleon's remains from Val-de-la-Hale. A receptacle for these had been raised on-it, dpeli. &Wks ,liiiaVort: `eads of iviiicthearmarEtrtVrefrlt hiftuilttPta Tbireet: ple being by several steps. The vessel had an immense eagle (gilded) as a figure head, and bronze shields suspended all round with the names of victories, trophies of arms, flags surmounted by the imperial eagle, and laurels at its bulkhead. This magnificent and expensive piece of craftmanship was not used for the purpose it was destined for, from its great weight rendering it impossible it could be towed up by any steamer on the river in time for the translation to take place on the 15th instant, (to-morrow). This vessel was made to form part of the convoy for the last two miles. The masses which still crowded this place an hour ago are now fast dispersing, as the departure of the Prince of Join ville and suite for the Tuileries, in two of the roy a l carr i ages , which have just crossed th e bridge of Neuilly, clearly evidence that Napoleon's remains will not touch French ground for the first time to-night. The cortege arrived here at four o'clock,. and were received witho u t any pomp or di splay, the usual military salutes alone excepted. There was just sufficient of troops and gendarmerie to preserve order, every thing being reserved for the morrow. Marshal Soult, M. Guizot, and Admiral Duperre, Minister of Marine, were on the spot. A small temple, with open columns, is erected on the left bank of the river, and there the coffin will be deposited on its first landing, when some funeral service will be performed prior to its being placed on board the splendid car prepared for its reception. In front of this temple are two handsome trophies of arms bronzed over. A half-finished column, intended for a figure of Victory, is at the entrance of the bridge. PARIS, MONDAY NIGHT, NINE O'CLOCK. The whole way, as I just came along thefavenue de Neuilly, the barriere de l'Etoile, and through the Champs Elysees, was thickly studded with people, and on each side workmen busied in preparations. There is much anxiety felt by government relative to the events of to-morrow. Napoleon-le-Grand, as he is now in variably named by the opposition and anti-dynastic press, is also pronounced the personification of the glory of France, of its greatness, and of its national honour; all of which they indignantly cry have been lowered to the dust within the last few months. What a period, they exclaim, and what men (referring to the ministry termed that l'e'trangere to receive these glorious relics. The feeling against England as the instrument of that humiliation is most intense among that portion of the press, and those very people who have been the partisans and stanchest defenders, for the last ten years, of an English alliance—a betrayed friend becomes the more bitter as an enemy ! This is not the moment to enter into the region of politics, but the effect of Lord Palmerston's policy (so to call it)) to give, because it is the representative of a state of feeling which will operate actively on the conduct of the masses, if any serious disturbances should take place, as apprehended. But while this feeling so widely prevails among politicians and with the people at large, the more sober and mere bourgeois portion of the population show a disposition to separate the English nation from its govern ment, while, in reference to the last, they praise its readiness to restore the Emperor's remains and its manner of doing so. Others, again call to mind the period when Napoleon was twice scouted from this very capital, in 1814 and 1815, and rail at their own legeretec; these, in their further comments on the haters of the ruling dynasty, and of Louis Philip, in . especial, as its chief, point to the anxiety to overthrow him now and prophecy its success, would be followed in a few years by an entirely other appreciation of hint, by these very people as being one of the ablest sovereigns of France, and certainly the ablest at this moment in Europe. A few words in conclusion as to the conduct pursued by the king in this transference to Europe of the ashes of Na poleon, and the subsequent ceremonial. His readiness to give effect to so national a desire among the French, is everywhere lauded, but his sending one of his sons to fetch them is severely criticised. The king is known to have used strong language of opprobrium against the " Corsican usurper" in 1815 ; he has styled him the assassin of the Duke d'Enghein, his relative, and yet he sends his son to bring back the remains of the author of a crime against his own blood—of one who ever hated his race and name !He should have sent some distinguished admiral, but not .one of his own family. He acts from mean motives in this, and is a hypocrite in this manifestation, as he has been 'in most others. Such are the remarks which are somewhat preva lent among the higher classes, as well as others here ; it may be conceived then the disgust which has spread among them, first, on learning the king's intention personally to meet the procession at the Hotel des Invalides, and receive charge of the remains of Napoleon from the hands of his son, the Prince de Joinville, then to head the' procession himself to convey them to their resting place. Certainly the king has a difficult task to attempt to please all. Ido not venture on any opinion as to how far his conduct may be properly con sistent with good taste, but surely Louis Philip may fairly, on such an occasion as this, separate his individual from his kingly character. The Prince de Joinville, the king's commissioners, the officers and sailors of La Belle Poule, are in charge of the remains, which they brought from St. Helena, till relieved on the reception of them by the king, who will attend, sur rounded by his own staff, the clergy, and those dignitaries who have been especially appointed for this portion of the ceremonial. (From the Times of yesterday.) PARIS, TUESDAY.—After a brilliant reception at St. Ger mains yesterday, the cortege proceeded slowly to Courbevoie, where it arrived about half-past three in the afternoon. The day was bitter cold, yet scores of thousands of Parisians of all but the lower classes repaired to St. Germain, Chateau St. Denis, and Asnieres, to witness its passage. During ten days, and up to yesterday morning, Paris and its vicinity were enveloped in a fog that would have done credit to Fleet-st. ; but as if on purpose to oblige the foreign sight-seers now in Paris, and the adorers, real or pretended, of the memory of Napoleon, the sun made bis appearance yesterday. mo rn i ng, and shone throughout the day. The flotilla arrived at Courbevoie at half-past three o'clock on Monday, and the same honours as those decreed at Peeq, Chatou, Epinai, St. Denis, &c, were there paid the remains of the Emperor. _ _ At five O'clock Marshal Soult, Admiral Duperre, and M. Duchatel arrived at Courbevoie, and repaired on board the Dorade steamer, to pay their homage to the Prince de Join ville. Shortly afterwards the Duke de Nemours joined them, and spent part of the night with his brother. All the steamers were illuminated, and the tripods of the tumular boat throw out flames during the whole night. This morning, long before day, the population was seen proceeding in the direction of the Barriere de l'Entoile, by which the cortege was to enter Paris. The greatest number, however, did not stop there but pushed on to Neuilly, the the avenue of which was in the course of a short time occu pied by at least 400,000 or 500,000 persons. The troops of the line and the National Guards soon afterwards arrived, and drew up on the ground allotted to each corps on both sides of the avenue. The troops and National Guards of Courbevoie, Rueil, and other neighbouring districts lined the quays, and the artillery was drawn up close to the river side. The funereal triumphal car shortly afterwards was seen passing the bridge, and on reaching Courbevoie, was stationed under the portice of the Grecian Temple. This car, which was truly magnificent, consisted of five distinct parts-1, the base ;2, the pedestal ;3, the caryatides 1, - the shield ; 5, the cenotaph. The base rests on four massive gilt wheels ; it was 25 feet long and 6 high, and presented the form of a parallelogram, with a semi-circular platform in front. On this last stood a group of four genii, supporting the crown of Charlemagne; at the four angles were four other genii, in relievo, who held garlands with one hand, and with the other the trumpet of Fame ; above were fasces ; in the middle eagles, and the cipher of the Emperor surrounded with crowns. The base and its ornaments were covered with burnished gold. The pedestal placed on this base was 18 feet in length by 7 in height, and entirely covered with gold and purple clotii, with the cipher and arms of the Emperor. On both sides hung two velvet imperial mantles, sprinkled with bees. Behind was a nrofusion of flags. On this pedestal stood 14 caryatides, somewhat larger than life, entirely gilt over, and supporting with their heads and hands an immense shield. Those caryatides were placed, six on one side, and six on the other, back to back, and two others at the extremities. The shield was in gold, of an elongated oval form, and loaded with fasces of javelins. The sarcophagus, of an antique form, was raised above the shield. In the centre, on a rich cushion, lay the sceptre, the hand of justice, and the Imperial crown, studded with jewels. _ This monument of gold and velvet, about 50 feet high, was drawn by 16 black horses, yoked by fours, and so caparisoned as only to show the extremity of the feet. The caparison were cut in the shape of those of the tournament horses of the middle ages. and in gold cloth. At half-past nine o'clock the clergy of Courbevoie were seen descending the quay, and when it had reached the Dorade, prayers were read over the body. The Prince de Joinville then gave orders to land, when all the assistants, preceded by the clergy, went on shore, and the 24 seamen having raised the coffin on their shoulders followed the pro cession. It was 11 o'clock before the hearse left Courbevoie. It paused awhile near the statue of Josephine, after which the procession commenced its march, amidst the roario E , of artillery The - National Guards and troops of the line, infantry, cavalry, and artillery, stationed along the course of the Cro cession, formed into line after the passage of the car, and closed the procession. THE CHAMPS ELYSEES. So early as eight o'clock on Tuesday morning the Champs Elysees presented an animated appearance; numerous bodies of pedestrians kept moving forward in the direction of Cour bevoie. The National Guard began to arrive at nine o'clock, and the battalions were observed to be more complete than on any occasion of their assembling since the revolution of 1830. About a quarter past twelve o'clock the procession, which was opened by a squadron of Curiassiers, made its appear ance in the Champs Elysees, and moved slowly forward, halting at intervals. PLACE DE LA CONCORDE. . . This position, perhaps one of the most prominent, and certainly the most magnificent in the whole line of proces sion, presented an animated appearance at an early hour. At an early hour all the terraces of the Tuileries facing the Place de la Concorde were thronged by those who had been fortunate enough to obtain tickets and sum up sufficient patience to sit or stand out several hours of intense cold. In the first instance it was expected and confidently asserted, that the procession would reach the Place de Concorde by ten o'clock, as his Majesty Louis Philippe (according to the official announcement) was to arrive at the Invalides pre cisely at 11. It was, however, a quarter past one before it made its appearance at the former. At last 'tile long wished-for moment arrived, and the ap proach of the head of the procession was announced by the beating of drums, and the solemn funeral music, and the ap pearance of a detachment of Cuirassiers at the entrance to the Place de la Concorde. The programme of the grand ceremonies of the day had announced that Messieurs the Peers and Deputies, &c. were expected to be in their places in the interior of the Invalides by 11 o'clock, and that private personages munificently sup plied with tickets were not to be later than 10. It was near noon when the crowd was still waiting to be admitted at the great gate of the Invalides. The archbishop and his magnificent train of clergy again started, after delay, to meet the coffin and perform the rites of absolution at the entrance of the church ; and after a de lay of impatient but silent expectation, the funeral proces sion entered, headed by the train of priests. [We shall give the conclusion of the ceremonies on this occasion in our next.] THE INSANE WOMAN AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE PURTIIER PARTICULARS (From the Morning Herald of Yesterday.) No doubt can be entertained that the woman examined at the Home-office yesterday is insane. We understand that her husband is a colonel in the German service, from whom she is separated, but - it is not clear whether she is legally di vorced or not. It is said she has also two sons, lieutenants in the same service. In person she is about five feet three inches, slender figure, and of prepossessing countenance. Her manners are very mild and lady-like, and she assumes the name of the Countess Rosterlita. Her principal delusion (which is supposed to have been brought on by the separa tion from her husband) appears to be, that she imagines Prince Albert is indebted to her in a considerable sum of money, and that the palace at Hampton Court is her here ditary property, as she insists that it belonged to her uncle. The sword or dagger with which she attempted to wound the sentinel on duty at Buckingham Palace is of straight form, and about the size of a common bayonet. It was broke in the scuffle which ensued. When asked what her object was s,,s'e had i m portant b us i ness w ith P r i nce Albert, and must t....,,m wits out delay. Since she left the Burlington Hotel, she has been for a day or two at several other hotels at the west-end of the town, the last of which, we have heard, was Fenton s. The unfortunate woman also asserts that she is entitled to large estates in the county of Essex. The examination yesterday at the Home-office was con ducted by Mr: Hall, chief magistrate of Bow -street police office ; no other magistrate or public functionary was present. It commenced shortly after ten o'clock, and occupied nearly three hours, during which a number of witnesses were exa mined, consisting of the waiters and landlords of hotels where the prisoner had lodged ; and we were informed, on what we consider good authority (but as in the boy Jones's case, the evidence being taken in private, it is impossible to give de tails) that the protracted inquiry was evidently for the pur pose of ascertaining whether any individuals were in the habit of calling on the prisoner, and if it was supposed she had any connectio n s in this country, as f rom the first mo - ment she was taken into custody no doubt existed as to her labouring under some mental delusion. The female servant that she engaged after leaving the Burlington Hotel, was in attendance at the Home-office all the morning, but was not examined as a witness. __. On the arrival of Mr. Phillips, one of the under secretaries of the home-office, Mr. Hall communicated to that gentle man the nature of the evidence which had been adduced, and some time afterwards he left for a short time. On his return a warrant was made out, committing the prisoner to Bethle hem Hospital, till such time as her Majesty's pleasure was known. The worthy magistrate appeared to feel great sym pathy for the unfortunate female, and stated, as we under stand, that in his opinion she was an object of pity and commi seration, and that no doubt could exist but she was labouring under an aberration of intellect, probably arising from mis fortunes of a domestic nature. Despatches were sent, in the course of the day, from the home-office, to apprise the Marquis of Normanby, who is at Brighton, of the circumstances of the case, and until an an swer is received from the noble marquis it cannot be ascer tained whether it will be deemed necessary to enter into any further investigation or not ; but the general opinion is, that the unfortunate woman will be detained in Bedlam until in quiries are made as to the truth of her statement respecting her relations in Germany. The prisoner inquired several times what she had done to be kept in custody all last night, and when she was about to be conveyed in a cab to Bedlam, she asked Inspector Pearse where she was going to, when some one replied that she was going to meet gentlemen who would arrange her business. She was particularly anxious about some keys which bad been taken from her, but was satisfied on being informed that they were safe. The unfortunate woman, at the tim e s h e was conveyed from the home-office, was not aware of the place to which she was going. (From the Globe of "Wednesday evening) The unfortunate woman, an account of whose attack on the sentry at Buckingham Palace is given in our Bow-street police report, is unquestionably insane. It has been ascer tained that in the latter end of November she arrived in a carriage, attended by her maid at the Burlington Hotel, ordered the best suite of apartments to be prepared for her reception, stating that she would be visited by Lord Mel bourne and other personages of distinction. The arrange ments were made, and met her approbation ; and her diffe rent meals were supplied of the choicest delicacies. No sus picion was entertained of her b e i ng what she appeared, a foreign lady of distinction, and any peculiarity of manner was referred to her foreign habits. At length the waiter appointed to attend upon her, intimated to the proprietor of the hotel that he thought from her peculiar manner that their distin guished inmate was insane. It was arranged that the pro prietor should present the account in person, and determine by the lady's manner the course he should pursue. At the interview for this purpose, which was on the 4th inst., the lady became highly excited, and attempted to leave the house, but was prevented from doing so. She threatened to jump from the window, but was prevented, and the proprietor re mained sitting np with her all night. In the morning she contrived to evade the vigilance of those appointed to watch her movements, and left the hotel with a small bundle, leav ing herboxes behind her. Hence she was traced to the house, No. 17, Little Pulteney-street, where she resided for a few days in one room on the second floor, and while there en gaged a young woman at the Servants' Institution, Regent street, to whom she addressed the letter given at the close of this account. The poor creature, with the strange infatuation of lunatics, entertains a notion that she has a rightful claim to the throne. She maintains that the palaces are hers, and has actually ap plied to the Lord Chancellor to give her possession of Hamp ton Court. Her person is well known at the palace by the attendants, to whom she has applied for admission ; but as her man ner on those occasions w as h armless, she was merely sent away. Of her violence yesterd ay, the account in our police report is correct detail. She underwent an examination this day at the home office, before Mr. Hall, the Bow-street magistrate, when her insanity was so manifest that she excited no feeling but of commiseration. We understand that the result of the in quiry was a determinati on to obtain her admission into Beth lehem Hospital as a patient. By what means she obtained the carriage, or what her been a luggagblee left a ea rnt the Burli ngton Hotel consists of, we have not to l. After leaving the Burlington Hotel she applied for admis sion as a guest at Christie's, St. James's -street, and at other hotels in the neighbourhood, but her manner was evidently so wild, and her expressions so incoherent, that she was hastily dismissed. " Susan,—Send the wash what you have received from the landress to Mrs. Henry, 1 7, Little Pulteney-street, and the bill what you have paid for it with the money will be paid through Mrs. Putnam. T ell me in rwitting if Madame Vie torinc has finished the dresses ; •if she has delivered the same at the Burlington Hot e l? If the corsage from the gre silk dress is finished the same? and let me know in a rwitting what answer you have received at the Russian Ambassador's Hotel about my diamond ring ? You will remember that I have ordered you to go •there.on Friday next ; ar e no letters at Burlington Hotel for r ue ? How many serv an ts was there to engage herself? After having wrote this lettre, bring my eiron and umbrella to Mrs. Putnam. "Great Windmill-street " Countess of RUTZILLITZ. , Thursday, Dec. 8." Mrs, P u t nam is the wife of a tailor, and lives i n th e house, 17, Pult ene y- s treet, second floor. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. HIS present FRIDAY, the 18th, a nd TO-MORROW (Saturday), the 19th instant, the Performances will commence with a new Drama, called THE MINERALI; OR, THE DYING GIFT. Martelli.... Mr. Elton. Annette.... Mrs. Raymond. TIGHT-ROPE DANCING by the CHIARINI Family. After which, the laughable Farce of CHARLES O'MALLEY, THE IRISH DRAGOON. O'Malley.. Mr. Raymond. Jensly Jinks.. Mrs. Raymond. To conclude with MASTER HUMPHRtY'S CLOCK; OR, THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP On MONDAY next, a new Drama, in Three Acts, enti tled THE AVENGER, will be produced under the direction of Mr. Elton ; with other Entertainments. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. J.... FOGG, at the Box office, from Eleven to Three. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price, Half past Eight, Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; no Second Price to the Gallery. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six. Perform ance to commence at Seven precisely. THE THREE C,ARACCI, FOUNDERS OF TIIE BOLOGNESE SCHOOL. iIHE celebrated PAINTINGS of SUBJECTS from RE LIGIOUS HISTORY, by Annibal, Agostino, and Lu dovico Caracci, are NOW ON VIEW, at the UNION GALLERY, Slater-street, out of Bold-street, from Nine o'clock till Four, by Day-light. Admittance, One Shilling ; Children, Sixpence. In the Evening, from Five o'clock till Ten, brilliantly Illuminated with Gas. Admittance, Six pence. JOHN BENTLEY, Keeper. THE CARACCI NOTICE. TR. BENTLEY being desirous that the celebrated Pic -I.VI. tures of Scriptural Subjects, by these great Masters, should be seen by all classes, with a view of diffusing a taste for the Fine Arts has fixed the Terms f or t h e E ven i ng Exhi bition of these Pictures at SIIPENCE, that rate to com mence at Five o'clock. The Union Room is brilliantly lighted by Gas whenever the daylight begins to decline. Slater -street Union Gallery. LAST WEEK rinHE EXHIBITION of the WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS, Postoffice-place, WILL CLOSE on SA TURDAY next, the 19th instant. Admission, Is. Catalogues, ls. Also, every Evening, BRILLIANTLY . ILLUMINATED BY GAS, from Seven until Ten. Admission, ls. SAMUEL EGLINGTON Exhibition Rooms, Postoffice-place, 14th December, 1840. CONCERT. WARRINGTO Ar. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF Sir R. BROOKE, Bart., Norton Priory, Miss BROOKE, and Mr. and Mrs. THOS. LYON, Appleton Hall. MRS. ST. ALBIN m os t respec tf u ll y announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of WARRINGTON and its Vicinity, that her CONCERT takes place, at the LION HOTEL, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th instant. MISS MARIA B. HAWES, (From the Philharmonic and Nobilitees,Concerts, London ;) MISS J. CLQUGI, (From Manchester ; her first appearance ;) and Mr. FRANCIS. Mrs. ST. ALBIN, and Miss ST. ALBIN, (Her first appearance.) In the course of the Selection, Miss HAWES will .sing, " He was despised," by Handel ; " The Mermaid's Cave," by Horn ; and her own Ballad of " I'll speak of thee."— Miss CLOUGH will sing the Recitative et Aria, " Dove Sonno."—And Mr. FRANCIS will sing the Ballad of " Love and the Seasons," as sung by him at the Melodist's Club, in June last, and which gained the Prize presented by Lord Soultoun, by Blewitt; also " Adelaide," by Beethoven ; and " Black-ey'd Susan." Mrs. ST. ALBIN will perform Hummel's Rondo Brilliante, with Band Accompaniments ; also, Thalberg's celebrated Prayer, from " Mose in Egitto." Single Tickets, ss. each. To be h a d o f th e B oo k se ll ers, and at the Lion Hotel, Warrington. Just Published, Price 45., A POLL BOOK FOR THE LAST MUNICIPAL ELECTION ; Skewing the Duplicate Qualifications e of the VOTERS, and the WARDS in which they polled. The Lists have been examined with the ,Polling Papers in the possession of the Mayor. This publication, which has been compiled with the *Most care, will be found of great utility as A BOOK OF REFERENCE, and will be found of service to the several Ward Committees in carrying on the Canvass for the ensu- zng year Printed and sold by LACE and ADDISON, Standard office; and sold also by other Booksellers. TO CORRESPONDENTS We have received a donation of 5s from "A. E." towards the " ease of distress " recently advertised in our columns. Two typographical errors occur in the letter of the Rev. B. A. Marshall, inserted in our last. Instead of " external in terests " read " eternal," and instead of " to a conclu sion " read "to draw a conclusion." We have received a letter from " John Duckett, Highfield street," stating that he never publishes such accounts as those mentioned by a " Lover of Good Order," in the Standard of Friday last. Our correspondent never stated that he did. Ebe Ettnti3oot &tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1840. We are glad to find that the spirit of rational reform is beginning to make its way into the Dock Committee, and that, in future, instead of monopolising the func tions of stonemasons, ironsmiths, carpenters, quarry men, &c., all new works, alterations, and repairs, will be submitted by that body to a system of competition by open contracts. This is just as it should be. The Dock Committee might with equal propriety become their own stationers and newspaper publishers, as con- tinue any longer to exercise the functions of the nume rous classes of tradesmen to which we have alluded. The thanks of the public are principally due to Mr. Chapman for introducing the reforms which have al ready been determined upon. But, in making this acknowledgment, we must not forget the obligations under which the public have been placed by the spirited exertions of Mr. Robertson Gladstone, in pro curing the admission of reporters to the sanctorum of the Dock Committee. The salutary effects of that step are already becoming more and more visible. We trust that the resolutions to which the committee arrived last week will be followed up by others which will prove equally acceptable in a public point of view. The abandonment of one monopoly may, possibly, prove the prelude to the surrender of many more. We do not see with what consistency the Dock Committee can adhere to their resolution, to become wholesale warehouse owners and warehousemen, while they consent to relinquish the trade of dock builders and shed manufacturers. Let the building of ware houses on the dock quays be thrown open to public competition. Perhaps Alderman Evans may think it worth his while to add to his laurels by taking the initiative in so desirable a reform-. It is a pity that the tories, in their attacks upon monopolies, should become the monopolisers of every useful reform hitherto intro duced into the Dock Committee. By the bye, while upon this subject, we may as well ask why the river wall at Clarence Dock was built out so far into the river, thus destroying the straight line ? Why, again, were the gates pulled down at Clarence Dock ? TheSe questions naturally arise out of the pro ceedings of last week. It is now becoming almost an admitted fact that the ministry of Lord Melbourne cannot last above a few weeks after the meeting of Parliament ; and there are not a few, even amongst the whig party, who are ready to exclaim " Why should it ?" Twice within the last fortnight we have read amongst the announcements in the Court Gazette, the departure of Lord Melbourne from town to his seat in Hertfordshire ! His lordship has at length, it seems, received intimation of the ne cessity of putting his house in order, and providing his knife and fork at his own expense and in his own de lightful companionship. The Court, we are told, is to leave Buckingham Palace during this month, and to rusticate at Windsor until April or May. The snug family party is to be broken up, along with the Cabi net; and Sir Robert, and the conservative members of the ministry which will succeed it, must be content to pick up the lost meshes which whig negligence and inefficiency have left in the national policy, uncheeied by the smiles of gratitude which Royalty ought in jus-. tice to beam upon those who undertake so onerous and disagreeable a task. There are some, indeed, who doubt whether minis ters will meet Parliament at all on the 26th of Janu ary, and who are inclined to believe that they will ten der their resignations some day or two after the sth of that month, which we believe is quarter-day ! The prospects of the various "little wars" in which we are engaged are not so flattering as they were a week ago; and it is thought that not a few of the whig party are disposed to " shirk" the disagreeable necessity, which is known to exist, of asking for a large vote of money to repair the dilapidated state of the finances of the country, and to place our army and navy upon a full war establishment. It has often before fallen to the lot of the conservative party to have to carry on wars which their opponents have commenced, and to bear the onus and unpopularity of measures which they have rendered necessary. The next arrivals from the East will probably decide whether the impending re signation will be immediate or not. A few trifling ex cesses in China may perhaps embolden Lord Mel bourne to perform the disagreeable necessity of pre senting himself, "in forma pauperis," before the coun try ; but there is little doubt that a contrary result will induce the whole pack to raise the cry of "sauve qni pout," and leave it to other hands to unravel the tangled web to which they have reduced alike the fo reign and domestic affairs of the nation. Under any circumstances, and the sooner the better, we shall be well rid of them. Incapable we always thought them, and incapable and dishonest the country has found them. Our French neighbours have a strange fashion of turning every subject which they approach into some thing fanaastic and ridiculous. The most ordinary action of a Frenchman's life cannot be performed with out a due regard to effect; and yet, strange to say, this very striving to invest himself and his movements with importance seldom attains any other result than to render him absurd, if not absolutely contemptible. This national propensity or failing was perhaps never so conspicuously shown as in the ceremony which has, during the present week, excited the atten tion of France, and of Europe. Napoleon, her Em peror, " slept well" in his far off grave. The barren rock of Saint Helena--a speck amidst a boundless ocean—was a fitting prison for one whose vast ambi tion had deluged Europe with blood, and carried deso tion and death to the hearths of millions of the human race. The same small spot was his fittest grave; the unbroken murmur of its expanse of waters his fitting and never dying requiem. Few who had loved that man—except a Frenchman—few who cherised his glory and revered his memory, would have chosen to disturb his repose. The place in which he slept held him alone. His ashes needed no proud monument— no pompous record there. The bare, seabeaten cliffs of that desolate place told alike, to the passing mariner, the fame and the fate of him, whom the world had been compelled to chain down within its narrow limits—like Prometheus of old—until the vultures, remorse and disappointed ambition, gnawed away his heart. But this was not in accordance with the frivolity of French taste. 'The people of that land of fiddling, dancing, and piping, could not erase from the page of history the record of that last victorious effort which beat back their armed myriads from the battle fields of Europe, and tore from amongst them the chief, whose genius alone it was which for a time had led them on to conquest. They could not wipe out the lines which recorded the damning tale of their own desertion of that chief, and of the zeal with which they flew to worship another star, when his was obscured by the coming darkness. They could not do this ; but they could farcify the tragedy of history ! They could substitute for the romantic interest which hung around the eclipsed image of Napoleon, and in which the con temptible fickleness of their nature had stamped them as unworthy to share, the temporary eclat of a fete—a show !—a melodrame in which they might take part, and grin and grimace before the eyes of applauding thousands of tailors, petits maitres, and chefs de cuisine, and amidst the suppressed laughter of all the world besides ! _ In this laudable undertaking, accordingly, they have been engaged for the last few days. The earth has given up its dead ; the ocean has resigned her trust, to provide Paris with a spectacle and a holiday—to furnish to the yearnings of republicanism, amongst her unprincipled: journalists, and her sans culottes mobocracy, an opportunity of spurting forth their long pent up venom against that people, whose armed heel trampled them upon the field of Waterloo, and whose hand tore down the tricolour from the towers of the Louvre. Under a plea of sickly sentimentality, such as might befit the hero or heroine of a tenth-rate novel, the insensate bones and decaying flesh of the spirit which has gone to his eternal reward or his eter nal doom, have been made the object of an unmeaning pageant, have passed through triumphal arches, amidst artificial evergreens, pasteboard columns, and claptrap scenery of all imaginery devices—to furnish which half the theatres of France must have been denuded of their stage decorations; and the end of all this blowing of trumpets, and beating of cymbals and kettle drums—is what ? Napoleon's, ashes now rest + l -- 14 -e^ , " in the bosom of the people that he loved !" All that is grand and ennobling in his memory still clings to that rifled grave in the midst of the vast Pacific. The ashes only of the great man, and the lead which encloses them, are in the keeping of a fickle and frivolous na tion, which deceived and deserted him in life, and would disinter him again a month hence to gain another fete, and another holiday ! It is greatly to be feared that we have been giving ourselves credit for a far greater measure of success in our Syrian warfare than we have any just reason to calculate upon. The treaty which has been entered into between Mehemet Ali and Admiral Napier, if taken as conclusive of the question in dispute, would undoubtedly entitle us to believe that the question, as between the Pacha and the allies, was terminated by the unconditional submission of the former to the terms imposed upon him. The army of Ibrahim was to be withdrawn from Syria, and the Turkish fleet given up, upon condition that Egypt was to be guaran teed to him as an hereditary possession. It has transpired, however, now—and, although openly as serted by the London Times of Wednesday, the fact has not been attempted to be impugned by the mi nisterial organs—that the Sultan is by no means a consenting party to the granting of these favourable terms to his refractory vassal. Lord Palmerston, it is added, has guaranteed that England will not attempt to use coercive means to prevail upon the Sultan to re cognise the possession of Egypt by Mehemet; and it is plain, that in case of an obstinate perseverance on the part of Turkey in her present views, the question in dispute is still almost as far off settlement as ever. It cannot, we think, have escaped the notice of our readers, that throughout the whole of this Syrian affair, Russia has, very unaccountably, abstained from taking a prominent position. England, Austria, and Turkey have each made themselves conspicuous during the progress of hostilities ; but Russia has through out kept in the background, as if waiting her time. This apparent incongruity can be solved by the sup position that Russia has been previously acquainted with the fact that the Porte would ultimately, by her obstinacy, neutralize the efforts of the other powers to bring about a settlement; and whilst it is difficult to account for this backwardness upon any other suppo sition, it is equally difficult to understand how the Sultan could do other than readily accede to the terms proposed and guaranteed by the allies, unless he had been insidiously led on by Russia to persist in his present course of obstinacy. It must be evident then that in the event of a per severance on the part of Turkey in her present under stood policy, and her absolute refusal to recognize Mehemet Ali any longer as the sovereign of Egypt, the whole quarrel must take a different aspect, and the war, if persisted in, become, on the part of the allies, a war of aggression upon Egypt. In such a war, England, as we have already stated, is pledged by Lord Palmerston to take no share —at least as against Tur key. We cannot now turn round and compel that power to accept, what must be considered the favour able terms which it is in her power to make ; nor can we safely withdraw altogether from the contest, and leave her to the tender mercies of a Russian army of occupation. In such a case it is not difficult to foresee that, whatever be the Policy of England, the right of France to take a part in the quarrel, and to espouse the interests of the Pacha, would become clear; and, from the present ten - Ter of that people, notwithstand ing the temporary defeat of the Thiers party, we need not doubt how readily the opportunity would be seized upon. The effect of such an embroilment—for to what could it lead except a general European war ?—cannot be contemplated without serious misgivings. Under any circumstances we fear that such a contingency can not be avoided. France evidently burns to plunge once more into hostilities, and with England especially; and although we have little cause to fear her worst efforts if directed against England individually, we regard her hostile interference in such a quarrel as this as pregnant with:extensive danger to the best interests of our country. In such a struggle we could not calculate upon the honest co-operation of Russia for an hour. Her interest wfould prompt her to stand aloof, and to seize upon the moment of our weakness to carry into execution her own views of aggrandize ment, which are unhappily too well understood. With Turkey in her hands as a submissive tool, it would become, we fear, a difficult task for England, pledged as she is, and even with Austria to aid her efforts, to emerge from so hopeless an entanglement of warring interests without sustaining a serious loss of expense and blood, if not of honour. • Our attention has been directed to a letter which has been copied from the Albion into another journal, in which the Rev. Fielding Ould, of this town, is charged, upon the authority of an obscure dissenting review, with having borrowed largely, in his late ser mon on the Unitarian controversy, from Fuller's well known work on the Calvinistic and Socinian systems, without acknowledgment of any kind. Upon perusal of this letter we turned to the sermon in question, and before we had gone further than the first page of the preface, we were satisfied that a more unjust or uncan did charge was never brought against the literary re putation of any author. The reviewer must have known, and the correspondent of the Albion, so kindly patronised by a contemporary, should have known, that the writer of the sermon expressly disclaimed, in the very first page of his work, any pretension to originality, and freely and fully acknowledged his obligation to former controversialists not only for the matter of his reasoning but frequently for the . very words in which the arguments were clothed ; and this in order to guard himself against any advantage which might be taken of a less carefully measured phraseology : " It is scarcely to be expected that, on such a subject, much original matter should now be elicited. The praise of originality was not, however, the author's object, but rather usefulness and edification. He has accordingly availed him self freely of the labours of those who have gone before him in the controversy, not only in the adoption of their argu ments, but frequently' of their words; and being aware how eagerly advantage is taken of definitions and forms of ex pression by those whose tenets are here impugned, he has preferred rather to clothe himself in the verbal armour of the tried veterans in this contest, than trust himself in the weaker panoply of his own providing."—The Practical Im portance of the Controversy with Unitarians—Preface, p. v. . . It is only necessary to add, further, that in the ap pendix there is more than one express reference to Fuller, and to authorities quoted from him; while in a note at the conclusion of the sermon, the reader is apprised that " The necessary haste with which this lecture has been sent to the press, has prevented the author from verifying sonic of the quotations which have been taken from other works, by a reference to the originals How far the reviewer's charge of " plagiarism with out acknowledgment of any kind" has been borne out by the facts of the case, we leave an impartial public to determine We have been induced to notice the charge tran scribed from the Eclectic Review, in order to show the mean shifts resorted to, for the purpose of bringing the clergy of the established church into disrepute. Whenever such attacks are made, we shall deem it our duty to repel them. After the explanation we have offered, we trust that the journals above alluded to will recognise the justice of withdrawing the uncandid charge of plagiarism. LOCAL NEWS. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meet ing of the members of the Dock Committee was held yester day at their office in Revenue-buildings. In the absence of the chairman (Mr. Leathom) Mr. Benn, the deputy-chair man, presided. The accounts of the week were read, and ordered to be paid. On the recommendation of the Sub coMmittee of Works, it was resolved that a beacon be erected on the site of Grange Mill, in Ch es hi re. Th e est i mated cost of the erection is 1:150. The North Harbour Master re ported, that at halt-past five o'clock on Monday morning an alarm was given that the Snowdon steamer, lying in Trafalgar Dock, had taken tire. On proceeding to the vessel he found the fire extinguished, and no damage done. It appeared that some.eoals in the locker had ignited. The Pilots' Committee requested the attention of the committee to a letter from the Superintendent Pilot, suggesting that two police-officers be stationed at each pier -head at tide times. The duties of these officers it was proposed should be to prevent improper per sons getting on board ships entering the docks, who were often the means of causing the crew to leave their duties and riggers to be employed in their place, to the danger of the vessels grounding - in the basin, and a source of expense to the owner. Afier a short conversation, the committee decided that they had no power to interfere in this matter : it rested with the Dock Committee. A report of the South Harbour Master, recommending the south side of Queen's Basin to be deepened three feet, was referred to the Sub-committee of Works. Mr. George Holt, chairman of the sub-committee, relative to the Queen's Graving Dock, reported that the committee had suspended-their operations upon that dock. The meeting then separated. THE TIME*, CA RACCl.—Since the price of admission has it/rt.-rod to sixpence, OroVvala of perboaa have Been LU bee the Caracci pictures. For the information of visitors, the three Caracci lived as follows :—Annibal was born in 1560, died in 1609 ; Ludovico born 1555, died 1619 ; Augustin born 1558, died 1602. They lived at Bologne, and founded the Bolognese school. PIANO-FORTE TUNING:—Mr. Venables, a very able and clever tuner, has just establi s h e d hi mse lf i n t hi s town. His address will be found elsewhere. MRS. ST. ALBIN'S CONCERT AT WARRINGTON.-It 15 anticipated that this concert will be most brilliantly attended. It is under most distinguished patronage. AMPHITHEATRE.-It will be noticed that Mr. Carter will take his benefit this evening, the performances being under the patronage of the Right Hon. Lord Stanley. We hope that a very full house will be assembled, to meet his lordship on the occasion. Ma. W. J. HAMMOND'S BENEFIT. —We hope the friends and admirers of this clever actor will not forget that his be nefit takes place on Monday. His " bill of fare" offers many attractions, as will be seen by the advertisement, in the usual column. LAUNCH OF AN IRO‘N STEAM-VESSEL.—On Monday an iron steam-vessel was launched from Mr. John Laird's works, North Birkenhead. She is intended to ply between Monk's Ferry and Liverpool in connexion with the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, and from her size, power, and su perior accommodation for passengers--both below and on deck—will be a great improvement on the present class of ferry boats. She is now, we understand, receiving her ma chinery on board, and will, it is expected, be ready for work early in the ensuing year. ACCIDENTAL DEATH. — Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, touching the death of George Thompson. The deceased lived with his uncle, Mr. Charles Thompson, of Bedford-street. Six weeks ago last Sunday he was sliding down the banisters of the stairs, and when he got to a turn on the rail, he overbalanced himself, and fell over into the lobby below. Mr. Thompson immediately sent for a surgeon (Mr. Ramsay), who came instantly, but the de ceased had his skull extensively fractured, and notwithstand ing every possible attention by Mr. Ramsay, and other pro fessional gentlemen, he died in consequence on Sunday last. The jury returned a verdict—That the deceased accidentally fell, and died from the injuries he received. MODEL OF TAE LAKE DISTRICT.—We understand that this curious and beautiful model will shortly be exhibited in Liverpool. It is the result of many years' labour of a clever local artist named Flintoft, and exhibits, with wonderful truth and effect, all the topographical and picturesque fea tures of the Alpine district of the north of England. Yesterday evening, the Rev. Hugh M'Neile gave notice to his congregation, that on Thursday evening next, (Christmas eve) he would preach a sermon on the following subject— " Household duties performed on Christain principles," and that in it he would address himself especially to servants.— We hope others besides the members of his own congregation will avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded by the rev. gentleman, to have Christian instruction given to that important and too much neglected class of the community. GREAT FOOT RACE AT NEWTON.—The match for £25 a-side, between Ben Hart, publican, of Bolton, and John Spencer, tailor, of Warrington, was run on Monday last at Newton racecourse ; the distance being 200 yards. Ben, who has now almost passed the meridian of his days, was by no means a favourite in the race, notwithstanding his former performances ; and what rendered his success still more doubtful was, the fact that he lost his last race with Fowler, of Liverpool, who had been beaten by Spencer. The Bol tonians, however, were sweet upon their " old friend," who had never yet deceived them ; and their confidence was en hanced in consequence of it becoming known that Ben had trained himself, and was in the very best health and condi tion ; whilst, on the other hand, Spencer bad been keeping up the fair at Warrington, by drinking, fighting, &c., to such an extent that, on last Monday but one, he had to appear before the magistrates to answer for his conduct. He be came a " steady man" after " this trial," but had by no means recovered " the shock : and, *pon close examina tion, looked rather pale. He is five feet nine, being an inch taller than Ben, and about twenty years younger, so that the " folks fro' Warrington" believed that he would be the vic tor ; and this opinion was kept alive by Spencer himself, who declared that he would jump off the shop-board, and beat old Ben any day without any training. It was fixed that the race should take place between the hours of twelve and two o'clock ; and, accordingly at noon, both parties, with an immense number of friends, were upon the spot; it was declared by many to be as thronged as at Newton races. Bet ting immediately commenced, the odds being 12 to 10 and 25 to 20 against Ben, which was readily accepted by the Bol tonians. At about two o'clock, the parties stripped, and came upon the course ; a straight run of 200 yards having been measured out opposite the stands, fenced on one side by the rails, and the other by a rope. The superintendent, inspector, and other officers of the county constabulary, were in attendance, and the utmost order was preserved. A gen tleman from W arr i ng t on was appo i nte d umpire for Spence r, and a celebrated knight of the cleaver from Bolton, for " Old Ben ;" Mr. Frederick Davies, of the Red Cross Inn, A d ton, the stakeholder, bei ng re f eree . Wh en str i ppe d, Ol d Ben" Ben" looked nobly ; hi s fi ne li m b s an d con di t i on prese nti ng a a cheering appearance. Sp encer b y no means l oo kedl Ky, and seemed in high spirits ; for he held three sov e reigns in his hand, which he " c h a ffi ng l y " s h oo k a t B e n, inviting hi m to bet £5 or £5O upon the race. Ben declared he had wagered all he had, with the exception of two sove reigns, , which he was willing to risk. Sp encer t oo k hi m , and Ben s umpire " went the other sovereign." They then tossed for choice of ground, the end to st ar t a t. an d s ides ; the two former b e i ng won by Spencer, the latter by Ben. A pistol shot was the signal for starting, which being given, both went off ; Ben being on the instant upon his speed, and taking the lead, beat Spencer by at least eight yards, and running the distance in 22 seconds. The Boltonians gave a loud shout, seized upon Ben, and carried him on their shoulders to his quarters, where he retired to bed for a few minutes. He afterwards challenged Sale and Fowler, to run either of them for the same sum of money, either that or the following day ; but they declined, not liking the result of the other race. After repeated challenges, George Aldred, of Charlestown, near Ashton-under-Lyne, who is known by the cognomen of " Lobscouse" (an Irish stew), was matched to run with Ben for £25 a-side, the same ground, on the 4th January next. Several races of a minor character took place during the day. Ben declares that he is open to run any man in England, 200 Yards, for £so.—Manchester Guardian. WP ch ar WE