The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-30 00:00:00

espeotfully invite attentioito their HAWLS and CLOAKS/which has CLOA rills EvENIN ri clay, , A.B. ad at Mr. CRISP'S Office, 33 IVE IttO'PESTANT DEPOT, hours of Ten MONEY MARKET some of the f Coupons .vmg come i; Por s 21+ to .he Five Brazilian 734 to 4 ialf Shares 31 to 41 premium. share. North Midland Old I, Brighton 131 to 13, Black l4 to 131 discount. , me fluctuations the funds sing quotations of yester- ) for money, and 87-1 to for ac to 11. India Stock 242 to 4. Ex- Coupons •e not so favou Lble to-da on Rotterdam 12 21; on Hamburg 13 61 t 148 to ; on Antwerp 12 11, all at three acons►deral fluctua- but they closed the same Colombian 22f to per Cent ham railways wer to 13 premium rth Midland Old Shares ,1 54 to + discount EASTERN QUESTION D LORD PONSONBY B FOR FOREIGN sliging aid of a Paris correspond s the following copy of a despatbh dor at Constanti- I to the British amb; tions to that functionary, in exact snts which we lately stated to pre relative to the exorbitant stretch of the deposition and exeom- The cautious verbiage in which tip his recommendation to the Itaie Rroclamation against the Viceroy, la •. rkable state paper ;overnment have taken into the Sultan deprived Mehemet ; bearings of that act upon the the course reupon, have invited the repre , and Russia, at their court, ,to governments that undoubtedly asons which, according to your the Sultan to take this step, and this measure in no degree pre- All, if he shOuld iission to his sovereign ; on the other )werful instrument of moral coercion d be_ prolonged, and the unfavourable to him, I ake the recent exer ultan useful towards ,ettlement of pending f her Majesty's government that the representatives of the four inople should be instructed to proceed to and state to him that their respective in pursuance of the stipulations of the seventh annexed to the treaty of 15th d to the Sultan that, if Me )d make his submission to tore the Turkish fleet, Adana, Can- iffre.; to :he Sultan should not only rein la of Egypt, but should also give iry tenure in that nachalic, according to the itied in: the treaty of July, and liable, of net Ali esty's government have reason to hope that this 11 meet the concurrence of the Governments of isia, and Russia, and your Excellency will ac e the steps pointed out in this despatch, as soon 'guts shall have received corresponding instruc- d condescend to act upon this ad his four allies, it would be expedi ,. :e immediate steps for making his-gra s respect known to Mehemet Ali, and I Sir Robert Stopforcl should afford the t every facility which they may require ;ellencyLord Ponsonby, at ension bridge has been opened at Friburg, in It extends between two rocks, in the valley of 250 feet above the ground.—Ga- a height of .RY FECUNDITY.—The wife of Daniel it Coghill, in Clayton, has lately been de he is only 19 years of age, and in the sod a few months has given birth to [am Powell, a brass-founder at Birmingham, bas tted to the county prison at Warwick, for trial at izes, charged with forging bills upon the bank of kftwoods, Spooner, and Co GLASGOW RAILWAY.—THE ALMOND gnificentstructure, the most important Edinburgh and Glasgow railway, is advancing Ipletion. When finished, it will be one of the -ks of the kind on any railway, consisting of up rty arches, which are connected by an earthen t with another bridge of ten or a dozen arche ) which these arches tower forms not one ngular features of the structure ; and when it is that they are all constructed of substantial ma lea of the cost incurred in the erection may be its present state, the viaduct presents a most arance, exhibiting the work in all its stages of ere the foundations of a pier may be discerned, above the surface of the ground—there the roken and unfinished, others perfect and com p their points to the sky, reminding the specta - is of Palmyra. In other parts, the wood frames arches are to be laid, connect tower with tower thers again, the arch itself is completed, the ;d, and the bridge appears to be complete. The es thus erected present a singular contrast to ments of forced earth which are thrown up on viaduct. Hundreds of carts are seen travers- Tiage-way, and when arrived at the end, the out of them,_ with little apparent regard to imminent danger of the eyed these works for the er altqgether incredible that such ap tive operations should be intended to 'o one who had Scottish St, MODE OF • ESCAPING FROM PRISON.—On an untried prisoner of the name of Alexan )wn by that of the " notorious Elshender," pe from Lanark jail, in which he was incar iminal charge. He was permitted to go into Mme article, when, finding a rope, he tied it to spade. which he also got hold of in the court. the spade over the wall, twenty feet in height, the spade to the other side of the cope, and down to the bottom, which having gained, he [ll for it, and has not since been seen or heard ibed as a dangerous character, and is charged to the cope-stone, when he easily ascended to ny crimes, the conviction of any one of which ,e punishment of transportation. He broke iii. and was captured only a short time ago at re he was put into a school-room, his bands back, and a couple of sentinels placed over ing the cord against the chimney-piece, he s engaging his hands, and immediately dashed mv, and would have affected his escape ; but rted in pi He held _out even then, 1g to the operation . of fence of puon ( t is fired ithout the aid of gun- d extra tim sel was blown less time than it takes us to de ald it be with even the largest ship aventor of this tremendous weapon of ued admittance at the Treasury and Ad. most nobly tefuses £lOO , O OO, which has by Louis Philippe. Were he not one of e, as well as one of the most gallant of L officers, he would have accepted the ficent offer, especially when it is consi ent £30,000 in perfecting his invention. ved Sir Sidney Smith does not revenge antry for the wrong done him by its go e called attention to this subject because g's mut real; becauiW;.e to get possession of the Duld be at an end ; and are persuaded that even for the sake of anity the inventor's silence ought to be I at any < without alteration. Spanish 211 to fi; Portuguese Five pes Three per Cents 211 to I. A slight ad- :ed in Dutch and Beigian . stocks. - Dutch 3er Cents 49/ to 50/, the Five per Cents a 97 to 9. Braziliau 73 to 5. Mexican m 66 to 8, Great Western 12 to South Western 50 to 1 per share. North Shares 23 to 1, New 3 to 1, Brighton 13i to 4, as on last were 25 40 to 45 ; on Consols sellers for account. Indian Di to 14. Exchequer Bills ;elgian stocks there was a tendency to ad manoeuvre perhaps to favour some Dutch ii operption said to be in progress. Dutch "ftnts were 50 to 1; the Five per to Si. Brazilian 731 to 44. y. Spanish Active Portuguese Five per Cents 3.2 i 76 to 8, Great outh Western 50 to ] per 23 to 2. the New 3 to 1, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SYRIA appeared in our second edition of Tuesday , which comes Ilm:ahim Paella i of the were formed in the upper position of view of attacking at day-break the ad .. He then On Austrian ro, the camp, with ti Pacha, consisting' of 1000 men, commanded by the Emir Massoud, then employed in keeping open the Pacha's communication between his head-quarters at Merouba with Bey rout. After a fa tiguing march of five hours, and having forded the Kelbson river, Commodore Napier, who was in command of the allied force, menaced the enemy's front with his battalion of Marines and his Turkish troops, whilst General Jochmus, with the third battalion of Selim Pacha's division, turned the enemy's right flank with so much promp titude and success as to cut off his retreat to the Pacha's bead-quarters, and make prisoners of four companies of regular infantry, consisting of 100 men each. The Albani ans fled, with the Emir Massoud, and the Druses, 400 in number, dispersed to their houses. The allied troops bivouacked on the field of battle, on the 25th September, and on the 26th returned to Dejoun, leaving a single batta lion to keep open the road between that fortress and the province of Kata, whence the mountaineers were joining the Turkish standard in great numbers. According to the re ports of these fugitives, Ibrahim Pacha was collecting means of transport in the villages round Merouba and Guatashos, vanced gc I of Ibrahim . , and preparing to withdraw his partisans from that neighbour hood with all convenient speed. On the day after the one on which thes successes were obtained, Admiral Stopford proceeded to besiege Saida (Si don), and having formed a detachment, composed of one English line of battle ship, her Majesty's frigate Guerrier, a Turkish frigate, an English brig, and three large British steamers, conveying 700 Turks and 300 Marines, placed it under the command of Commodore Napier, who anchored before Saida on the 26th, and demanded its immediate sur render. His requisition not having been complied with, a brisk cannonade was commenced, and 1000 men landed, who, after some resistance from the garrison, took the town by storm. The Egyptians having lost their commandant, laid down their arms, and two thousand men were accordingly carried prisoners to Dejoun ; beside which, a large quan tity of arms and ammunition fell into the hands of the Turks. Saida, as well as the small town of Sur, which had also been deserted by the Egyptians, was then oc cupied by the Turks. The capture of Saida is of consider- able importance to the future operations of the allied troops, inasmuch as it enables them to pass the mountain Gerseje, arm the inhabitants of the south of Lebanon, and even menace the Emir Beschir.. It appears the Egyptians no where maintained their ground against the troops of the Sultan and the armed mountaineers. Of the 8,000 men as sembled by Ibrahim at Balbec, Zahle, and Deir-el-Kamar, with whom he had approached within five miles of Dejoun, he could only muster 4,000 when he arrived at the last men tioned point. The Metualis, a warlike race between Balbec and Saida, were beginning to follow the example of the Me ronites, and were continually presenting themselves at the Turkish camp, to ask for arms and ammunition. The Egyptian prisoners and deserters who had expressed their willingness to fight under the Turkish standard, form ing almost an entire regiment, constituted the outpost, and were supported by the armed mountaineers in the most en thusiastic manner. On the 27th no fewer than GO Egyptian officers escaped from the camp of Ibrahim Pacha, and arrived at that of Dejoun. It is confidently anticipated that before the season arrives which will render it necessary for the Anglo-Austrian squadron to repair to winter quarters, the whole of Syria will be once more in the possession of the Sultan. MALTA, October 16 The Liverpoql contract steamer, with the London mails of the 30th ult., arrived from Falmouth and Gibraltar at two, a.m. on Monday, the 12th instant, and on the same night her Majesty's ship Vanguard with the despatches for Admiral Sir Robert Stopford and mail for the fleet, brought by the above named-steamer, put to sea for the coast of Syria, and met the Rodney outside, with the second wing of the 19th regiment, under Major Hodgson. This vessel in creases the Mediterranean fleet to 43 ships, of which 14 are of the line, all on the coast of Egypt and Syria. SPAIN MADRID, Oct. 19.—The tranquility of the capital remains unaltered, but emigration still continues. The title under which Maria Christina is to travel is that of Countess de Vista Allegre, which is a name derived from a fine estate of hers at Carabanchel. The departure of Isabella and the provisional regency is announced to take place on the 20th. A thousand rumours are afloat with regard, to the intentions of the new government. We are assured that the Duke of Vittoria, who is, always declaring that he aspires to being able to pass the rest of his days in quiet retreat, has decided on renouncing all his titles ; he will only retain that of Pacificator of Spain. With a view to economy various fur loughs for six months are granted, and the army is to be organised on the most economical scale. Amongst the re ports most credited is that of the convocation of the new Cortes for the 29th of March. The opening of the Cortes will probably be the signal for the fate of the cabinet. There is a combination at this moment forming to oppose all the ministerial plans. Two fractions of the opposition will march under the same banner, and combine their efforts to over throw M. Ferrer. MM. Gonzalez, Infante, and Sancho, unite now with MM. Olozaga, Cabalero, and Espronceda. This party will cause great embarrassment to the ministry. PORTUGAL The steamer Montrose, Capt. Wilson, arrived at Falmouth on Saturday afternoon, having sailed from Gibralter the 15th, Cadiz 16th, Lisbon 19th, Oporto 20th, and Vigo 21st inst. She had upwards of 20 passengers. The steamer Wilberforce bad met with an accident to the iron framework of one of her paddles, in the Bay of Biscay, which detained her at the time eight hours, and again at Vigo 14 hours, arriving at Lisbon on Sunday night. Lord Powersconrt's cutter Ante ►ope arrived at Gibraltar from Tangier on the 12th inst. The detachments of the 92 Highlanders, Ist Royals, and of the 33d regiments, embarked at Plymouth in the Medea and Vesuvius government steamers, had proceeded upwards from Gibraltar for Malta, by the 14th inst. By the passengers who landed from the Montrose information is obtained that at Vigo no feeling of excitement had manifested itself on the question of the Queen Regent's abdication. INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LEVANT We have received Malta papers to the 15th instant. The following are extracts from the Malta Times:— ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 7.—The Pacha left yesterday for Cairo. He told Mr. Larking that he should not molest the Indian mails, but allow them to pass on as usual. The over flow of the Nile has produced the greatest disasters ; whole villages have been swept away, The gardens of the Isle of Rhoda are completely under water, and ruined. 4,500,000 ardeps of grain, belonging to the Pacha, (kept in magazines,) have been washed away. Several Europeans. who occupied land, have suffered severely. The Turco-Egyptian fleet has partly mutinied. The sailors of the ships No. 2, No. 7, and No. 9 have refused to go to their quarters, and much fighting has taken place. The British squadron here, consisting of the Asia, Implacable, and Daphne, has been reinforced by the Dido and Gangees. The Prometheus, which arrived from Corfu on the 12th inst., mentions that Sir Edmund Lyons had received official despatches from the seat of war up to the 21st ult. The leading fact was, that Jaffa was in possession of the allies. The French fleet of 11 sail of the line was in the Gulf of Saalmis, and was expected to winter there. SMYRNA, OCT. 10.—The Phoenix steam frigate, Com mander R. F. Stopford, left Constantinople on the 3d and arrived at Smyrna on the sth ; after taking in a supply of coals she proceeded on the same day to the coast of Syria, having on board Sir C. F. Smith, R.E., whose health had been sufficiently re-established to enable him to resume his important duties. The United States ship of the line Ohio, Commodore Hull, arrived at Smyrna on the Bth inst. The United States corvette Cyane, Captain W. B. Latimer, ar rived in port off Jaffa on the 24th ult. MALTA.—The Prometheus is stopped at the moment of her departure with the mails (which are on board), which cannot go forward, in consequence of the receipt of a despatch, at one o'clock, from Captain Fisher, of the Asia, commanding the blockading force off' Alexandria, stating that he had re ceived orders from Admiral Stopford, conformably to instruc tions from Lord Ponsonby, to establish a rigid mercantile blockade. Some other arrangements must therefore be made for the transmission of these mails by another route. The Vanguard, 80, Captain Sir it Dunn, K.C.H., pro ceeded from Malta on the 13th for Syria. The Rodney, 92, Captain Maunsell, arrived on the same day from Cork, with the 19th regiment on board, and will sail immediately for Syria. GREECI SYRA, OCT 11.—The King and Queen of Greece have lately visited this town. They remained three days, and the mayor and town-council gave a grand ball to their Majesties. His Majesty has refused to sanction the establishment of an English bank at Athens, for 2,000,000 of drachms, unless it would restrain its capital to 500,000. People wonder .what can he the motive of such a refusal, so much against the in terests of Greece, and the wonder is increased, when no pri vilege of issuing paper was required, as the bank was intended to lend money on mortgage and to discount acceptances. Torture is practised at Athens. A Greek (though a Turk ish subject) happened to be in a house where a robbery for about 400 dollars was committed. lie was accused, taken up by the captain of gendarmerie, and most horribly tortured at different times to obtain a confession ; at last, after suffering unheard-of cruelties, such as being hung up by the legs, an iron hoop screwed round his forehead, wounds inflicted in his thighs and legs, &c., he managed to send a message to the Turkish minister, who claimed him, and who has ad dressed a strong official note to the Greek Government. The person who superintended all this torture, and who ordered it, is named Zeno, and he is the only person daily admitted to an audience of the King, whereas his Greek ministers are obliged to apply for a whole week together before they can get au audience, howsoever urgent may be their business. MONTE VIDEO AND BUENOS AYRES. We have been favoured with the following extract of a private letter from Monte Video : " MONTE VIDEO, August 4th, 1840, " We write in great haste to inform you that the French admiral has just received intelligence that Lavalle's forces, which a few days ago crossed the Parana, had been obliged to re-embark on board the French squadron for safety, in consequence of not being able to procure horses. They will proceed immediately to the island of Martin Garcia, at the mouth of the Parana • so all our hopes of the blockade being raised through the efforts of the Unitarias are quite frus trated. We are exceedingly disappointed that things have turned out so unfortunate for Lavalle. We have now no alternative but to wait patiently to see what France intends to do. We understand that our president (Rivera) is col lecting men together all over the country ; and we would fain hope that the talents and craftiness of this fortunate general will enable him to keep this province clear of invasion, al though, from the recent defeat of Nunez by Urquiza, in Entre Rias, many people fear that ere long Echagne will re cross the fro n ti er to make war upon us. Th i s news h as thrown a gloo m over all mercantile transactions, as an i nva- ' mon wonld suspend he country, and preventour e commerce p e w r i s t h f r t o h m e i o n h t t e a r i i n o i r n g of p r t duce in payment of goods sent into the interior of the pro vince." We find the following intelligence in the city article of the horning Herald of Wednesday : By a Hamburg vessel, calling at Dover, later accounts still have been received from the river Plate. From Monte g t u h s e , and from Buenos accounts t Video the dates are to the lath of in private Ayres a few days previous. So far as u letters from Monte Video , and the despatches in the papers that the statement on which they are founded , it would seem yesterday of the victory of Lavalle over Pacheco was con firmed, and that the advan ced p ost s of the victoriousT leagues but armyuts were actually at Puente de Marquez , not 2 0 la leagues only distant from Bueno s Ayres. city was described to be in consequence all in a s ta te of fermentation, and Rosas had proclaimed the penalty of death again s any one who should he found communicating w ith the invade invaders The action with Pacheco took place on the ith of Augus s t, and on the 10th La va lle' with his forces had reached Puente. _ The particulars of this extraordinaay revolution in the af fairs of R osas , so f ar as th e y ca n be gathered from the papers and _ letters, may be thus consecutively stated. After the de feat of Lavalle at El Sauce Grande, by Echague, the corn- ier for no, of the truth of which notwithstanding the contradictions of the former, there appears to be little doubt, Lavelle, who, it is said, in pursuance of his grand plan, had been for some time secretly despatching horses over to the islands of the Parana sufficient to mount a division of 600 men, who were to find the means for facilitating the move ment of the remainder of the expeditionary army, crossed that river himself on the 23d of July at the head of 2,000 men into the province of Buenos Ayres, leaving the rest of his troops under the command of Ramerez and Munez in ob servation upon the opposing army. On the 27th Roses re ceived the intelligence of this invasion, and on the instant gave orders to Pacheco, who was liberally supplied with money for the purpose, to collect troops and attack the foe. At the moment of being sent for Pacheco was at a ball, but so urgent was the occasion deemed that only half an hour was allowed him to prepare for his expedition. On his arri val in front of the enemy, who stood on the defensive, he proceeded forthwith to the attack, although late - in the even ing, and with a small river in front to cross ; the result of which has been stated. It is undeniable that this reverse alone so close to the capital must make the position of Rosas extremely critical, in addition to which it must be noticed that a body of 200 men are said to have deserted from Pacheco during the ac tion. This is the first serious example of disaffection in the troops which had till then occurred, and as a party of some strength was known to exist against him in Buenos Ayres itself, his situation was likely to become more perilous still with treachery both among the troops and people. In fact, in those countries, it may be generally assumed thatboth one and the other will go with the strongest side. That which contributed to make the position of Rosas perhaps more irremediable, and which most must have en couraged the operations of the hostile forces against him, was doubtless the revolt and separation of several of the pro vinces of the federative government. In the papers now re ceived the proclamations of the federal provinces of Salta, Tucuman, Catamarca, and Cordova against him appear, with their treaties of inter-alliance for mutual protection. The approaching fall of Rosas, if his fall be destined, will prove a welcome relief to the French, who have been so long and so vainly blockading Buenos Ayres, and making war upon him. It will be an opportune release for their squad ron at the precise moment when most needed, and, on the supposition of war in Europe, most in danger. COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE, PORT PHILIP, We have been favoured with the following extract of a letter, dated " Melbourne, Porth Philip, 9th June :" " This part of New Holland is admirably adapted for cul tivation, for dairying, and fattening cattle. Our soil, for the most part, is rich in the extreme. Those people who have been trading for years to New Zealand allow, upon examina tion, that our soil is superior to what is in general to be found there, and that we have greatly the advantage in hav ing a comparatively clear and flat country to work upon ; while at New Zealand, in the bottoms and ravines where the good land is to be found, it is so thickly timbered that it would require an outlay of £l5 to £2O an acre to clear it. We are not subject to the scorching heats or droughts of the Sydney side, nor the frosts of Van Dieman's Land, judging from what has been experienced during the few years this country has been settled ; and surely, if we find that while around Sydney and Van Dieman's Land they experience a drought more severe than was ever before felt in these colo nies, so that their cattle are lean, starved, and dying, while from Port Philip we send a supply to them of fat wethers and bullocks,—surely this is sufficient to satisfy the most incredulous that here will always be found a sufficiency of rain for all purposes. To develope the resources of this co lony, we must have a constant and large supply of labour. " Government are using us at present most abominably, by appropriating our land fund for purposes that will in no way benefit this colony. They have taken it to defray the expense of colonising New Zealand. It has saved the Syd ney government from bankruptcy, and is now in part sup porting their jail and road-gangs, while our roads and streets are left in the most horrid state of neglect. This must and shall be altered. We will not sit by and see our pockets picked, or ourselves made the dupes of any one. The wants of Australia Felix, and its distance from Sydney, require that it should be made a separate government. lam aware that no one almost can believe the real state of this colony to be so far progressed. Such rapidity of growth is unpre cedented in the annals of colonisation. But we shall agitate, agitate, agitate, till government is compelled to own our grievances, and restore us what they have robbed from our pockets. Our land fund has already yielded upwards of £200,000 ; the land to be sold this month will realise £lOO,OOO at least ; and every two or three months there is a larger addition to it. With such an accumulating fund turned towards the purposes of immigration to this colony exclusively, (as we have•every right to claim,) what could we not effect ? Labour is all we want, to drain the wealth from the surrounding colonies. " Wages in town average from £3 to 10s. a-week for brickmakers, bricklayers, masons, plasterers, wrights, painters, sawyers, smith s , & c., &c. In the country, farm servants,• shepherds, and stockkeepers get from £35 to £55 a-year, with board and lodging ; and when a man is married, his wife can earn other £3O, besides board, &c., by becoming dairywoman, as we are in great want of such at present. " We are at present memorialising the Sydney council and Sir George Gipps upon the necessity of allowing us a resident judge and a supreme court at Melbourne ; and we are about to send a petition to the home government, pray ing that Australia Felix be made a separate colony. I ha v e sent you a newspaper of to-day, in which you will find the substance of both petitions, and shall by and bye send you a statistical account of the colony, which is soon to be pub lished by One of our newspaper editors, a very clever fellow. Melbourne (a lithograph of which will accompany the pam phlet) is beautifully situated on the banks of the river Yarra, which is navigable to the town for vessels of 90 tons, a dis tance of six miles. Hobson's Bay, a large and spacious arm of the sea, receives the waters of the Yarra at its most northern point, where stands Williamstown—the Greenock, as I may style it, of our Melbourne Glasgow." FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE IRWELL.-SEVEN MEN DROWNED It is our melancholy and painful duty to record the most extensively fatal accident that has occurred on the river Ir well, at least in the neighbourhood of this town, since twelve workmen were drowned while crossing the river in a boat, during the erection of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Bridge, in April, 1830. The circumstances preceding and accompanying this melan choly catastrophe are the following : The Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company (the Old Quay Company), as our Manchester readers are aware, have had a number of men employed for some few weeks past, in deepening the navigation of the river from the New Bailey Bridge to Hunt's Bank. The earth, stones, and gravel got up by excavation and dredging, were removed in an ice-boat belonging to the company,—a square-sided boat about 30 feet in length and fifteen feet in width, very shallow, being not more than about two feet from the gunwale to the bottom. This boat laden with gravel, &c., had proceeded on Monday evening last from the place where the excavations were pro gressing to Throstle Nest, about two miles lower down the river, where there is a weir, near the paper manufactory of Messrs. Smith and Ingle. Yesterday morning, about six o'clock, Captain Yates, the captain of one of the trading flats on the river, then lying at Throstle Nest, and delivering ropes and oakum to the paper manufactory, observed that the ice boat, which had been made fast the preceding night, before the men left it, was drifting away. He accordingly hailed one of the navigation company's flats also lying near, and which indeed was used as a sleeping cabin by the company's men, when staying at Throstle Nest. The captain of this flat, Arnold Clare, immediately proceeded with three or four navi gators, to do what they could to stop the ice-boat from drift ing down the river, which was much swollen by the heavy rains, and the current was running strong. Before they could do any thing, however, the ice-boat had drifted upon the weir. Captain Clare then put his flat to the other side of the river, and moored her to a tree, and then got a small boat, took a line to the ice -boat, and thereby attached the ice boat to the flat. Then he and three or four men, who we understand had been sleeping on board his flat, to gether with four others who had just reached the place from Manchester, got into the ice-boat, which was still on the weir, and began very thoughtlessly and impru dently to lighten her, by throwing quantities of the earth and gravel, with which she was laden, into the weir-hole. The ice-boat thus becoming light, and there being, as we have stated, a flood in the river in consequence of the rains, the current dragged her onwards with so much force, that the rope, by which the flat was attached to the tree, broke ; and, of course, the ice-boat began her downward course over the weir. There were then upon this boat, including Captain Clare, nine men ; seven of whom attempted to save them selves by jumping into the small boat by which they had been conveyed on board the ice-boat. Five of the seven succeeded in getting into the boat ; but the other two, in their haste and the confusion, fell into the river, and were, we believe, immediately swept over the weir and drowned. The five men in the small boat were also hurried over the weir ; the boat was capsized, and all the men were drowned. Two men remained on board the ice-boat, having failed in getting into the small boat in time; they were carried over the weir, but very fortunately the now lightened boat came up again and righted, below the weir, and they, having clung fast to her, were saved. The alarm and dismay that the shocking event caused spread rapidly through the neighbourhood, and every effort was made to recover the bodies without delay ; but we understand that some time elapsed before any of them were taken out of the water, and up to last evening, we are in formed, only four had been found. They were got out of the water about two hours after the accident, and were con veyed to the Britannia public-house, Ordsal-lane, Salford, were they are now lying, and will remain, until the coroner's inquest will be held. All the unfortunate men were in the service of the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company ; all of them, with the ex ception of Captain Clare, were " navigators" or excavators; and all of them have left widows and one or more children, save one man, a widower, who has left three orphans ; ano ther has left a widow and eight children ; a third, a widow and seven children. They all lived at Cadishead, a hamlet in the'township of Barton. The distress into which their families have thus been plunged is better conceived than described. —Man chester Guardian. Mr. Dunlap, the president of the bank of the United States, has replied to a request from a large number of English share holders calling for a statement of .the actual condition of the bank. In his answer he assures them, that an investigation into the affairs of the bank, which has been in progress for a considerable time, will soon be brought to a close, " when the stock-holders in Europe and the United States will re oos s i t t having usually o a, a Parell rtichetea, veryehek re ceive all the i n f ormat i on necessary to f orm an accurate opi nion of the actu a l con di t i on o f t h e i nst i tut i on ." BOMBAY. —There a rc th ree res id ences f or th e accommo dation of the go vernor o f B om b ay ; one, the castle, situated within the fort, h as b een long disused and appropriated to government offices ; a secon d, at Malabar Point, is intended as a retreat in the b u t weat h er ; Parch', the third, being the mansion occupied . most untilar prettily re T ui eiann h tt,gtd o ei aulffoyngoaudfhest effaces wti n isnos o o ea a t octl od b ael f d r,ur distanti theirilwe in t dh iin the al details. ew a a e c t afbyro midst os - . th fa e g upper nadrdinegnsp' windows the eye, a ft er rang i ng over these groves,lnxuri mmaneotlrteinrgeinto notto t catches t r c lei h eg e io s s on a fs vi by rich a i z bs of t Parell was originally a college of Jesuits ; and after so many alterations and improvements that its original occupants would be puzzled to recognize it, it is now rendered worthy of the purposes to which it is dedicated. * * * * The gardens of Parell are perfectly Italian, with their fountains and cypress trees. Though regular, they are not sufficiently stiff to offend the eye ; the nature of the ground and of the building, which runs out at right angles, preventing the for mality from being carried beyond its just limit. The society of Bombay enjoys the great advantage arising from the pre sence of the ladies of the governor's family, who have ren dered themselves most deservedly popular, by the frequency and agreeableness of their entertainments, and the kind at ftoe r n m t i o s n t h w a t h a i c r h e k t h e p e t y up p a at y t o g invited o e v v e e r r o y meot ho o g s u e e s s t. are T j a h s e t sslai gffih.t cient to give a somewhat courtly air to these parties, without depriving them of their sociability. Morning visitors are re ceived once a•week, and on these occasions Parell assumes a very gay appearance. The band is stationed in the hall be low' playing occasionally the most popular compositions of the day ; while its pillared verandah is filled with lieveried servants, handsomely dressed in scarlet, white, and gold. The ample staircases are lined with flowers ; and as the car riages drive up, the aides-de-cong and other military resident guests are in readiness to receive the visitors, to usher them up stairs, and introduce them to the ladies of the family.— iloiatic Journal. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE At Leeds, as at Liverpool, the revision of the burgess list has been rendered a nullity by the vast number of frivolous objections, The Earls of Kenmore and ListOwel will be immediately raised to the peerage of the united kingdom.—Cork Reporter. Lord Henley, we are gratified to learn, is now restored t , his mental faculties, and is enabled to m ix w ith hi s f a mily Indeed, the learned lord is so much recovered as to be en abled to take carriage airings almost daily. Th e Hon. Mrs. Waldegrave (now Countess of Waldegrave) who was married in Edinburgh last week to the Earl of Wal degrave, is the daughter of the veteran vocalist Braham, and was the widow of the noble lord's younger brother. DovEn, Oct. 25.—M. Guizot left here this morning in the French government steam-packet for Calais, under a salute of 19 guns from the heights : a guard of honour attended him on board. DUNKELD.—EXTRAORDINARY CROP.—A small field, situate on the south bank of the river Bre a n, near I nve r, and measuring less than 21 Scotch acres, has this year pro duced the amazing quantity of 942 bolls of oats ; and in the last season, 200 bolls of potatoes ! PROSPECTS OF AN ELECTION.--The Shropshire Conser vative gives us a very flattering augury :—" Two conservatives will represent Ludlow at the next general election, and Sir Richard Jenkins will have a conservative coadjutor with him for Shrewsbury." We trust this prediction may be realized. The Grand Duke Alexander of Russia intends to set up an extensive racing stud. His imperial highness has engaged George Taylor as trainer and jockey, and he sailed from Hull in the Manchester on Wednesday, in charge of the following thorough-bred horses :—Alderman, Marchioness, Rose, Bradwardine, Lallah Rookh, Resolution, &c. Four lads accompanied him to ride light weights. TORY LIBERALITY.--Last year the Duke of Portland, owing to the distress of the working classes of Sutton-in Ashford, granted allotments of ground for gardens to the more needy of that class of the inhabitants, at the inconsiderable annual rent of 35., clear of all rates and taxes. His Grace, last month, was pleased to extend his liberality to upwards of 150 families, and thus no less than 300 are now partakers of the noble duke's considerate munificence. Edward Oxford's present condition in confinement is by no means so terrible as might be imagined ; for if he has lost his liberty he has found most other things which make life agree able, being furnished with all little matters to afford amuse ment and pleasure, enjoying a pleasant apartment, and treated with more attention than he could have expected in former life. The beautiful greyhound Bess, which was the winner of the coursing matches at Whitehaven, Workington, and Lowther, last year, was killed on the Croft Railroad on Friday week, in the following manner :—Mr. Benn had been out coursing with Bess, and she struck a hare upon the rail road just as the train came up, and, passing over her, cut her in half, with the hare in her mouth. ENGINEERS, E.I.C.—We have received a letter, dated August 20, from an officer of this corps, who states that there has been a very general rising of the Belchochees and other powerful tribes in , Scinde. An officer and detachment of 160 men had been unfortunately killed by these insurgents, who had possession of the Balkan pass. There was also a rumour' —which, from subsequent information, we fear was but too true—to the effect that Khelat had been retaken,, in which case the massacre of the garrison was looked upon as certain. Five regiments were under orders for Scinde at the date of the letter referred to.—United Service Gazette. THE IRON MINES Or NORTHUMBERLAND.—From ex aminations which have been made, there is no doubt that a rich bed of iron stone exists in the neighbourhood of Elsdon. Considering the rich mines of iron that are already in course of being worked by the Hareshaw Iron Company and the Redesdale Iron Company, it is pr o b a bly n ot too mu c h t o an ticipate that Northumberland will become one of the richest iron districts in the kingdom. Railways are, doubtless, ne cessary to develope fully her mineral wealth ; but they will follow when the value of the mines is thoroughly understood, and the existence of iron-stone in abundance will, most pro bably, be considered a powerful argument when a public rail way is seriously about to be commenced.—Kelso Chronicle. LECTURES ON SOCIALISM.—At the request of Mr. Brindley's late audience, that gentleman returned to Chester last week to complete his exposure of the irreligion and abominations of Socialism, and the evenings of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, were set apart for that purpose. The audiences we re ver y n umerous and hi g hl y respectable; indeed, on th e t wo l a tt er evenings, several hundreds were accommodated on the stage, who could not obtain room in any other part of the theatre. At the con clusion of the lectures, Mr. Brindley was invited to commence a new course this week, which invitation he immediately accepted, and the first lecture was delivered yesterday even ing. We understand that arrangements have been made for a public discussion between Mr. Brindle) , and Mr. Watts, Socialist missionary, which is expected to take place in about a fortnight.—Chester Courant. KIRKCALDY. — DREADFUL CASES OF HYDROPHOBIA.— On a Sunday morning, in the latter end of August last, a sheep dog, in a highly rabid state, entered the house of a me chanic, named Young, who resides in Airdrie, near Glasgow, and severely bit in the face a fine boy, aged six years, and a girl aged fifteen months. The infuriated animal then left the house, and was not destroyed until it had dangerously torn the hand of a man passing on the street. Medical aid was promptly procured, and every means used to extirpate the virus from the wounds of the unfortunate individuals. The two children apparently got well, but were occasionally in an excited and nervous state, and were latterly sent to the house of their grandfather in this place, for the benefit of change of air, &c. In the early part of last week, symptoms appeared in the boy which created the greatest alarm, up to Thursday, when a violent attack of hydrophobia manifested itself, and terminated fatally at half-past seven o'clock the same even ing. On the Saturday following, the little girl was similarly attacked, and expired at seven o'clock on Sunday evening. The interment of the boy took place at four o'clock on Sab bath, and that of the little girl at one the following day. A post mortem examination was held on the boy by the medical faculty. The brain was found to be in a soft and pulpy state, with the blood vesicle turgid with blood, the epiglottis cover ing the mouth of the windpipe much thickened, and sur rounded with a quautity, of viscid mucus. The adult who was bit at the sane time is still in the west country;:unci,ii; to the middle of last week, was well. This deploraWe case has caused great excitement throughout the town.—Fife Herald. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AT LUDLOW.-60n Thursday last, about two o'clock in the afternoon, as George Hathaway, the ostler at the Angel Inn, was removing an old kitchen grate which stood in the brewhouse down the yard, he there found amongst some old things two pair of unbleach ed cotton stockings, which had been placed there when wet, as they were then quite damp and mildewed, and very dirty, and must have been there some time undisturbed. There are no initials upon the stockings ; the feet of the one pair are very much discoloured, as if they had been saturated with blood, and in some of the folds it appeared as if blood had been concealed. The marks on the feet of this pair of stock ings are considered to be of a much deeper red and different from the stains that may be caused by perspiration of the feet when wearing new boots or:shoes. There is nothing particu lar on the other pair of stockings. The stockings were rolled together, and not anything wrapped round them. We hear that it is the intention of the magistrates to examine Hatha way, the ostler, and sift this mysterious affair as far as possi ble.—. Hereford Times. The following memorandum has been issued from the Ad miralty :—`.`Admiralty, Sept. 26, 1840. —As it will frequently occur, in consequence of the shore pay of captains of royal marines, which is received by them monthly in advance, that over payments will take place when they a re em b ar k e d before the expiration of the period for which they may have received the shore pay, their lordships are pleased to direct that, in order to enable the accountant general to recover the amount of such over payments, the captain or commanding officer of any of her majesty's ships and vessels in which a captain of marines may embark, shall furnish the said captain, on em barkation, with a certificate of the date when he commenced victualling, and on his disembarkation, with a certificate of the date when he ceased victualling, which certificate the cap tain of marines is to transmit immediately to the accountant general, to enable him to regulate his pay." THE CHANNEb ISLANDS .—The threats which the French so lately made, that they will attack Jersey in the case of a war, have been met by the natives, both men and women, with mingled indignation and scorn. Th e s t a t em ent that a steamer could subdue the island is most absurd. Its shores are defended by Martell° towers, which are within gun-shot of each other. They are now being put in a state of de fence. There are also 3,000 native militia. This force, if necessary, could be increased to 5,000. T hey are we ll dis ciplined ; they arc enthus iastically loyal ; they are proudly fond of their fatherland. There have been, I admit, com plaints that our whig government is remiss in not sending more force here, in order that if war should be suddenly de clared, and the French were to make a dash at the island, they might act with the native troops to prevent it for even an hour falling into the hands of an enemy. Our lieutenant governor, who is a wise and brave man, has the most perfect confidence in the loyalty and courage of the people. He has already taken the precaution to have all the French enrolled, with a view of sending them to the opposite shore as soon as war is inevitable. Should a rupture take place between England and France, and a propagandist army be sent here in 20 steamers, they will find no sympathisers with French principles, but they will meet with such a dmonstration in favour of old England against young France, as will send them back, as heretofore, to their shores, defeated and dis graced.—Correspondent of a daily paper. ARMED STEAM SHIPS.—One of her Majesty's most power ful steam-vessels has been recently fitted with two guns, one forward before the mast, an ordinary 32-pounder; and ano ther abaft the inizen mast, weighing 84 cwt., with a bore of 10.02 inches diameter. Each gun is mounted on a slide, which moves on a pivot, so that they are capable of being pointed in any direction all round. The velocity of the re coil is restrained by two powerful screws, which press the carriage on the side with so much for c e, that, although there is a strong breeching, it is rarely seen, in the case of the great guu, brought to its full stretch. From experiments made on the great gun, it appears, that, with only two ounces more powder than is required for the charge of the 32-pounder,— that is, 101 b 13oz—it is capable of projecting a hollow shot, weighing 801 b, at a range of 16 degrees, to as great a distance as the 32 -pounder—namely, 3,850 yards, or nearly two miles and a fifth. It is, therefore, evident, from the facilities for advance and retreat possessed by steam-vessels, that this mode of warfare Would be highly effective in bombardment. A DOUBLE DESERTION.—Some time ago, a person, whose name shall not be mentioned, that his blushes may be spared, applied to the registrar of marriages at Ulverston to arrange the preliminaries of his union with a fair dame who had re sponded to his sighs, and promised to take compassion on his disconsolate state. The matter adjusted, forth they went, arm and arm, indulging in the most soothing antici pations of happiness to come, of joys doubled, and griefs divided, when, lo ! a fo rmer and once favoured lover, like an evil genius, crossed their path. John, for that was his name, took an opportunity of whispering into her ear the memory of their former affection, and the susceptible dame, over come by the thought, accepted his proposal of marriage within a month, leaving the hapless swain to the bitter dis appointment, with the prize snatched from his grasp, just as he fancied he had laid hold of it. He returned dismayed to Ulverston, to see whether he could not prevent the treach ery, and whether he had not acquired a claim over the false one, which the interloper could not dispute ; but having found himself without redress, he hurried home to hide his grief in solitude. Meantime John promised to make afresh application to the useful functionary before mentioned, on his own behalf, but he has n o t yet fulfilled that promise ; and when the importunate " she" remonstrated with him, and backed her rebuke with a volley of reproaches, he an swered her by telling her that he never intended making her his wife.—Kendal Whig. REFINED DEPRAVITY IN HUMBLE LlFE. — Souse weeks ago an Englishman employed on the railway, near Ratho, came to lodge in the house of a decent sub-contractor in that parish, who had a wife and four or five children. It appears that the wife had been swayed from her allegiance by the arts of her lodger, as on Wednesday last she eloped with, him, carrying off the youngest child, an infant, and about £l5 of money. The infatuated woman left a letter addressed to her husband, stating that she had been induced to take the step she had done by the workings of a guilty mind, as she could not look him in the face, and beseeching him to be kind to their children, and to bring them up in the fear of God, and especially never to let them hear their mother's name men tioned, or be made aware of her guilt. The poor husband came into Edinburgh the same evening in a state of great distraction, and, with the assistance of the police, made a search for his faithless wife and her paramour, but not a trace of them was to be found,— Caledoxian 2fercto7. CONSECRATION or ST. JOUN'S CFIURCII, BUGLAWTON. This church was consecrated, according to the rites and cere monies of the Church of England, on Thursday last, on which occasion a sermon was preached by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester. SACRILEGE.—On Tuesday night the church of St. Luke's Cheetham-hill, was forcibly entered by thieves, who took the lead from one of the windows, and thus made a passage for themselves into the body of the church. Their object evi dently was to steal the communion plate, as they attempted to force open an iron safe in which they supposed it was kept, but this safe was secured by one of Chubb's patent locks, which resisted all their efforts, and the only booty they ob tained was a screw-driver and some small keys.—Manchester Chronicle. THE LATE COURT-MARTIAL AT BRIGHTON.—It is said that a general subscription will be forthwith commenced at Brighton for the purpose of presenting Captain Rey nolds with a service of plate ; and, further, that the inhabi tants of Brighton intend to invite him to a public dinner. Should a subscription be opened, there is not the slightest doubt but a very large mini of money will, in a very s ho r t time, be raised, as there is an almost universal feeling in fa vour of the gallant Captain. The sentence has caused an extraordinary sensation throughout the metropolis, and se veral thousand pounds, it is said, have changed hands ; large bets having been made that a severe reprimand would have been the result of the quarrel with him and the Earl of Car digan.—Sun. A company of sappers and miners are to be forthwith em ployed in repairing the embrasures of Peudennis Castle, Falmouth, and in restoring the dilapidations at St. Mawe's Castle ; also to erect a battery on St. Anthony's Hill. Orders have been issued to cause two of the packets in harbour to proceed, one to Liverpool and the other to Ireland, for volunteers for the Britannia flag-ship. LATE FIRE AT PLYMOUTH DOCKYARD.—A correspon dent of the Western Luminary observes, in reference to the recent destructive fire in the dockyard—" It is my opinion that the fire was the result of accident ; but what will be said, if• evidence can be obtained, as I believe it can, that the ' bin,' about which so much is now said, was absolutely walked over and over, round and round, through and through, when the roofing and the Talavera herself was a coal of fire,' and not a single spark was to be seen there." What will our morning contemporary say to this ? Are all his columns, day after day, from his own correspondent," thus to evaporate in smoke ? Any money for a fire in the bin ! Even a solitary spark will be rewarded with a puff A BOLD RIDER.—On Wednesday, the 30th ult., Mr. and Mrs. Leycester, of Toft Hall, Cheshire, on a tour 'through North Wales, ascended Cader Idris, under the guidance of Pugh the younger. Both rode the guide's ponies to the summit, but the lady persisted in riding down the other side, and, passing through the rugged precipices above Llyn Cae, alighted safely before the Tavern at Minfordd, a feat never yet performed by any person, save by this fair visitant.— Chester Courant. JERSEY, OCT. 16.—The threatened appearance of war has caused great alarm to many of the English residents here, and preparations are being made to repel any invasion the French might make. Last week a general muster was made by the authorities of the French living in Jersey, and their names taken down to the number of 500 in this town only. The different forts and batteries in the island have been in spected, and guns and carriages have been sent from England iu a very quiet way, so as not to cause any alarm." THE LATE MURDER AT BARNSLEY.-ID addition to the two men, Mitchel and Robinson, who were in custody last week, another who had absconded has since been taken by Carnelly. His name is Fox. The inquest was adjourned to yesterday, when it was confidently expected that the evidence would be sufficient to warrant the committal of at least two of the prisoners. The remains of the unfortunate victim were interred at Barnsley on Friday morning, in the presence of a large circle of relatives and friends, and an immense concourse of spectators.—Doncaster Gazette. We understand that no less than 21 gentlemen have offered the London and Brighton Railway Company £lOO each, to pass free betiveen London and Brighton during the first year after the railroad is opened. This is an early indication of the incalculable advantages that are likely to result to this town from the completion of the railroad.—Briyhton Gazette. THE PACKET STATION.—We understand that there is no doubt of the government having confirmed the report of the commissioners in favour of the port of Dartmouth. The mayor of Dartmouth has, we hear, received a communication to that effect from high authority, and a similar communica tion has been addressed to Sir John Seale, as well as to other par'ties in Totnes.— Western Luminary. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT CHATHAM.---SEVEN LIVES LOST.—On the evening of the 19th instant, a fearful accident happened in the Medway, near Chatham, by which seven men perished. It appeared that a party of lumpers, 16 in number, had been at work on board a merchant ship in the river, and about seven o'clock they all got into a skiff for the purpose of returning to the shore. It was then blowing a gale from the N.W., and the water was very rough, while the boat was not at all adapted for a heavy sea, or to carry so many.persons. On nearing a vessel close in shore, over which the party intended to go for the purpose of stepping from the ship to the shore, a wave rolled in, and in rebound ing from the ship struck the boat, and the men becoming alarmed, all got up and made a rush to get ashore, but ere one of them could reach the land, the boat capsized and immersed the whole party in the stream. A distressing scene ensued ; the parties clung to each other and begun struggling in the water, and before any assistance could reach them, seven of them perished. Some of the survivors ma naged to swim ashore, and others were picked up by a fishing boat. Measures were immediaiely taken to recover the drowning men, but, owing to the boisterous state of the weather, without effect. On Tuesday and yesterday the bodies of six of the unfortunate men were recovered and taken ashore : we understand that all the poor fellows have left wives and families to deplore their loss. PORTSMOUTH.—The Calcutta, 84, Captain Sir Samuel Roberts, is ready for sea, at Plymouth, and was to sail on Wednesday, for Gibraltar and Malta, to join Sir Robert Stopford's flea. Admiral Sir Edward Codrington's flag, (blue at the main), has been hoisted on board the Queen, 110, whither the whole of the officers and crew have been transhipped from the Donegal, 78. A rumour is current that she will be shortly despatched to the Mediterranean with the Royal Adelaide, 110, from Plymouth. The Sala mander steam-vessel, Commander Henry, is hourly looked for from the eastward, with volunteer seamen for the Bri tannia, 120, and Howe, 120. The St. Vincent, 120, is for warding for commission at this dockyard with all practicable despatch. The Indus, 84, will be the next ship commissioned here. Several large razee 50-gun ships are in course of pre paration for the pendant. The locust, a new steam-vessel, is 1 commissioned at Woolwich by Lieutenant John Lunn, late of the Pluto steamer, which is also ordered for service. The Monarch and Formidable, 84-gun ships, will be commis sioned shortly at Chatham, every despatch being used in getting them ready for the pendant. —Brighton Gazette. TARDY SIGNS OF WAR.—An order has arrived from go vernment to place all the fortifications at Dover in a state of immediate defence, in consequence of which his Grace the Duke of Wellington, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, accompanied by Mr. Jenkinson, the deputy governor, Col. Munro, commandant of the garrison, Col. Thomson, com manding the royal engineers, Lord Maryborough, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, &c., made an inspection of the castle, batteries, &c., and selected the most appropriate places for the placing of cannon. The citadel, and other parts of the heights, will also be fortified as soon as possible. The bar racks have also been directed to be prepared for the recep tion of infantry and artillery to the number of 1,400 men. The 34th regiment (the depot of which is already here) and the 66th regiment have received directions to proceed on their route for this place.—Correspondent of the Courier. DEATH OF LIEUT.-GEN. SIR JOSEPH STRATON.—By the death of this gallant officer—one of the "spirits" of Waterloo —which took place on Friday in Park-street, Grosvenor square, the colonelcy of the Gth Inniskilling dragoons, which he held since April last, becomes vecant. Sir Joseph entered the service in December, 1794, in the 2d dragoon guards, in which corps he se rve d two years and three months. He purchased a troop in March, 1797, in the 13th light dragoons, and the majority of the same corps in August, 1801. He studied at the Royal Military College, High Wycombe, in 1804 and 5, from whence he obtained on his examination a diploma of the first qualification, and was appointed to the staff of the Duke of Gloucester. He accompanied his regi ment to the Peninsula in February, 1810, where he served, partly in command of the regiment and partly as second in command, for three years, and was in all the affairs and en gagements in which it during that time bore part. In June, 1813, the commander-in-chief gave him without purchase, in reward of services, the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 6th dra goons, of which regiment he 'died colonel. In April, 1815, he embarked with his regiment, and commanded it in the commencement of the battle of Waterloo, until the fall of the gallant Ponsonby, when the command of the brigade, con sisting of the Ist, 2d, and 6th dragoons, devolved upon him. This brigade, with the brigade of life guards, blues, and king's dragoon guards, formed the two brigades of cavalry men tioned by the Duke of Wellington as having particularly distinguished themselves. Towards the close of the action Sir Joseph Straton was wounded, and his horse wounded twice. He received for his services the order of St. Vladimir of the 4th class from the Emperor Alexander of Russia, and was appointed a Companion of the Bath. In 1816 he took the name of Straton, his previous one being Muter. His last commission of lieutenant-general bears date June, 1838. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—A se rious accident occurred on Sunday morning, about five o'clock to the luggage train which left London on Saturday night. At the time the train arrived at the Farringdon station, Mr. Brunel, the engineer-in -chief to the company, was standing on the platform, awaiting the arrival of an up-train to pro ceed to London. He observed that all the signals were cor rectly given by the several men employed at that part of the line, and was naturally astonished at perceiving the train, when within 100 yards of the terminus, approaching at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, the ordinary speed of a luggage train in its regular progress along an obstructed line. In a few seconds an accident of a most frightful nature occurred : 'the train, proceeding at this rate of speed, dashed with tre mendous velocity through the engine-house, shiver* to pieces a coke waggon which stood there as usual, overturning the two first waggons of the train, and shattering d own a great portion of the engine -house. The engine (ihe line of rails not extending beyond the engine -house ) soon be came imbedded in the earth. From the suddenness of the stoppage the passengers carriage was forced so violently against the tender that it was completely turned over. The fore part of this carriage tilted up, and it completely doubled itself over upon the timber truck. One of the passengers (T. Kitchen) was thrown off upon the rail, and the other three were crushed between the passengers' and the timber-carriage. Mr. Bru nel immediately despatched mecsengers to the several medi cal men residing in the neighbourhood ; and in a short time after the accident, Mr. Mantel', of Faringdon, and Mr. Stay ley, of Wantage, surgeons, were in attendance upon the un fortunate sufferers, who had been conveyed to the Railway Tavern a short distance from the station, James Marlow, the guard, and John Ross, th e eng i ne -d r i ver , were b ot h dead. Marlow was found jammed amongst the timber, under the passengers truck ; and Ross's head was completely flattened, a large portion of the scalp torn away, and his brains dis persed over the boiler, between which and the tender he had been crushed. An inquest was held on the bodies on Mon day, and after an examination of all the witnesses, the jury consulted together, and returned a verdict of " Accidental death" in both cases, adding, that no blame whatever could attach to the Great Western Railway Company or their agents. REGISTRATION FOR NORTH CHESIIIRE.—We understand that the Hon. Mr. E. J. Stanley is to pay the piper for the radical expenses of the revision, a subscription amongst the members of the " Reform Association" having utterly failed ; and he is therefore to be amused and reconciled to parting with his cash by a pretended slaughter of hundreds of con servative voters, whom he will find alive and well in the poll ing booths when the day of trial comes. An article in the North Cheshire Reformer is written in a style of swaggering and braggadocio, which contrasts most ludicrously with the dejected and crest-fallen orations which were made a few months ago at the dinner given to Mr. E. J. Stanley, by his radical friends.. Mr. Tatton Egerton is threatened with a " fearful reckoning" at the next election, for his votes on the River Weaver Churches' bill. Certainly his desire to afford the poor neglected flatmen there a little relig ious instruction on a Sunday ought to disgrace the house of Tatton for ever, especially as that desirable object will be effected without costing one Cheshire rate-payer a farthing. But bad and desperate as the case may be, we question much whether the electors of North Cheshire will not have a much more " fear ful reckoning" without the Hon. Mr. E. J. Stanley. The Weaver Churches are a mere joke compared with the 10 per cent. addition to the assessed taxes made by a ministry of which Mr. Stanley IS $0 active a member,—Stockport Ad vertiser. THEATRE.ROYAL, LIVERPOOL, POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT OF JACK SHEPPARD FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. BARKER, Under the Patronage of the COMMITTEE Si• MEMBERS of the PALATINE CLUB. T HIS present FRIDAY, the 30th instant, will be per formed the Opera of --- MOUNTAIN SYL.PH. Compressed into Two Acts. ' Hela Mr. P. C we. Donald.. (the betrothed lover of Jessie . Mr. Barber. Christie.. Mr. G. Horne tle. iss Grant. Jessie.. Mrs. P. Cr e. a new Operetta, never acted here, called the THE CEolia. After which, AND BEAUTIFUL Mr. Baker. PICTURESQUE Mr. Dauberry Tom Muller.. Mr. Slaiter. I Henry Lorimer.. Mr. Barker Mr. Kit Cadence Mr. G. Horncastle. Miss Louisa Dauberry (on this occasion) Mrs. W. H. Bland Fanny Miss Grant. To conclude with the last Three Acts of JACK SHEPPARD. Jack Sheppard.... Mrs. Tenet. Mr. CHARLES KEAN is engaged for the last Ten Nights of the Season, and will make his appearance on MONDAY next, November 2nd, in the Character of HAMLET. PANORAMA OF NEW YORK, &c, NEW BUILDING, NEWINGTON, NEAR. DOLD-STREET, NEXT TO TIME CLARENDON HOTEL. THE Public who are desirous to see this EShibition, so universally admired, will please to give it their most early attention. _ fi Day Exhibition commences punctually rnt One ; in the Evening at Seven; and again at Half-past right o'clock. Admission.—Boxes, ls. Gd., Children, is. ; Pit, is., Chil dren, 6d. ; Gallery, Gd. for each person. A Quadrille Band attends. The Building is neatly fitted up, and rendered comfortably warm. Ladies and Gentlemen and Public Schools by'Contract. I t THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXII ITION. THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EXHI ITION of the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY of WOR Sof MODERN ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN for the Seasquji, from Nine until Dusk. Admission, Is. Catalogues, Is. Beason Ticket, ss. Also, every Evening, BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATED BY GAS, from Seven o'clock until Ten. Admission, Is. SAMUEL EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. Exhibition Rooms, Postoffice-place. TO CORRESPONDENTS The letter of " A Conservative Correspondent" on Tuesday. We do not agree with " Alter" in his estimate of the qualih cations required in a candidate for municipal honours_ Among the least fit for the office of Town Councillor we reckon such men as Mr. Blackburn and Dr. Carson. We want practical men of business. We shall endeavour to prevent a recurrence of the trick of which " E. C." complains. " Vulcan" is somewhat too coarse. " A Friend" shall appear on Tuesday. We are afraid that " Veritas" has imposed upon us a task which we cannot accomplish satisfactorily. We cannot afford " Inquirer" a positive answer to his ques tion. Rumour answers in the affirmative. We trust that it will be unnecessary to act upon the sugges tion of " A Constant Reader." We trust that the peace of Europe will not, after all the vapourings of the French press, be seriously disturbed. We are sorry that vve cannot make room for the verses by "H. W." The manuscript is preserved for him according to promise. " A Reformer of All Abuses" complains of the absurd and oppressive regulations which the corporate authority have recently endeavoured to enforce against the tenants in St. John's Market. The preposterous nature of the new laws of our reforming Solons is too glaring to allow of their con tinuance in force. The tenants have a prompt remedy against these tyrants by eating against them at the next municipal election. shall appear CIA) Etbcrpool &tan Darb. FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1840 We have received our files of the Guiana Times and of the Guiana Chronicle to the 4th ultimo, inclusive. The former of these papers gives a very unfavourable view of the state of the Colony. With reference to the island Leguan, which has frequently been denominated " the Garden of the Colony," it remarks that in 1833 it made 7785 hogsheads of sugar, 1380 puncheons of rum, and 7560 casks of molasses ; while, last year its hogsheads of sugar did not exceed 2800, with rum and molasses in proportion. he papers before us contain very little news of a. The want of labourers continues to form thPinost prominent topic of discussion in British Guiana. We have received our files of the Jamaica Royal Gazette, and of the Jamaica Standard to the 16th ultimo, inclusive. We make the following extract from the Jamaica Standard : THE PROLIFIC SOIL OF JAMAICA A HINT TO INTENDING IMMIGRANTS, We have received the following interesting communication from a gentleman, on whose veracity we can rely ; " A few days ago, I cut a bunch of Plantains—commonly known by the name of Maiden, containing the astonishing number of ninety-six, weighing upon an average of a pound each--69 lbs. in all ! Now suppose three of these plantains sell for 6d. currency, or 3d. sterling, which is the present price in our market, we have one single bunch of plantains producing a trifle more than 12s. Bd. currency. Then, if we suppose that each able labourer is allowed the use of 1 acre of land for provisions, and he chooses (as he frequently does) to cultivate Plantains. and that he plants each root 8 feet square, which is- 676 suckers, and each sucker produces a bunch annually. If, then, we take the average number and weight at about half the foregoing, we have 1 acre of land, giving the enormous sum of £214 15s. sd. ! !!" Who, after reading this, can feel surprised that the gene rality of our peasantry will not work, and that Sugar, Runi, Coffee, &c. have sunk within the last few years to a mere trifle ! Or who can feel other sentiments than those of dis gust and contempt for the fanatical crusaders who have hi therto visited our shores, and gone back again swollen with the lies and slanders which they have managed to collect from every disreputable corner, instead of disseminating the true character of our peasantry—and the capability of the soil. If such men have a spark of common humanity in their breasts, how must they feel, in reading each account of the starving thousands in their own country—many of whom, but for their opposition and misrepresentation, might have, at this moment, been in the enjoyment of equal blessings with their "poor, oppressed black brethren !" Faugh ! such one sided philanthropy and mock compassion are enough to rouse the bile of an angel! And yet these men are consi dered vastly pious and consistent characters by a large mass of the English people : so true is it, that excessive gullibility and excessive liberalism are too often found existing in the same persons. Since the receipt of the news from Monte Video which we have already acknowledged under the head of foreign intelligence, we have been favoured by the same respectable firm with the following extract of a letter of a later date than that which is given by the Morning Herald : Monte Video, 17th Aug. 1840, Since writing you on the 6thinst., business has been com pletely paralyzed by the followitig events. On the 9th a brig of war arrived from Brest, which port she left 10th June, informing us that an Admiral was immediately to leave to treat with Rosas, or if negociation failed, he would be pre pared with a sufficient force to take possession of Buenos Ayres, and to bring the dispute to a conclusion. On the filth inst. a vessel arrived from the Parana, with despatches for Admiral Dupatel, advising Lim of Lavalle having landed at San Pedro, 30 leagues from Buenos Ayres, that he had mounted one half of his troops, and had engaged and defeated a body of Rosas's troops, commanded by Pacheco, and in tended to march direct upon the city of Buenos Ayres. On the 14th another brig of war arrived from Brest, which place she left on the 24th June, bringing accounts that Admiral Baudin had been appointed and would sail early in July with a considerable force, and although we are much less sanguine than we were, still we do hope that the blockade will be raised in two or three months. The affair, however, may take another turn. Rosas, if defeated, may take to the country, and by a mantonera war may destroy Lavalle, as he did in 1829. We are most anxious for the arrival of the packet now at Buenos Ayres, and trust she may bring us fa vourable accounts of the proceedings of Lavalle. The wea ther still continues very wet, so that little produce can be brought to town. The Saladeras have not yet began to kill, but may do in the course of two months. If the blockade should, however, be raised in the mean time, it will imme diately cause a ver'y great advance in the price of salt, and in freights. Doubloons at Buenos Ayres had fallen to 340 dollars each. Here exchange has been done at 42d. As this is the last opportunity which is left us of al- 'luding to the approaching municipal elections, we shall embrace it for the purpose of laying before our readers a comparison of the merits and character of the dif ferent candidates. But, first, we may be allowed a few words of general application. On no previous occasion has so important a result been attached to any party contest in Liverpool as that which hangs upon the issue of the elections of Monday next. A gigantic effort is now making by the whig radical party to secure to themselves the unchallenged control of the corporate funds. To effect this object no means, however disreputable, have been spared, and no exertion, no fraud, no trickery, will be spared. The most lavish expenditare was resorted to, in order to foist upon the registers in every ward a horde of their slavish dependents, whose votes would enable hem to trample upon the respectable portion of the .onstituency ; and when baffled in this attempt by the conservative spirit of the inhabitants of Liverpool, they fell back upon the mean and miserable expedient of disfranchising, by a factious and prolonged opposi tion, the whole of those parties who would this year be entitled to be enrolled on the burgess list. They have openly and deliberately allied themselves with an alien Popish party; they have feasted its truculent agitate,. at the table of their mayor, and contributed largely to the fund by which he is enabled to run riot in his mendicant and traitorous career. In every popular movement the whiff;-radical members of the Council have been found busily and slavishly exerting them selves to fraternize with the mobocracy. Their voices mingle in every ruffian howl which is raised against the established institutions of the country. They are amongst the bitterest enemies of our Protestant Church : the defilers and defamers of our illustrious peerage, and the personal slanderers of our clergy : and they only offer up the filthy slaver of their adula tion to the Throne so long as its occupant is an instru ment in the hands of a reckless and unprincipled faction. The result of the elections, which take place on Monday next, will decide whether such a party is to be allowed any longer to fasten their unclean presence upon the town of Liverpool—to infuse their infidel and republican principles into its social institutions—to banish the religion of the Protestant Church from its public schools, and to allow Popery and Deism to en trap the minds and pervert the principles of our rising generation. Upon the issue of the elections of Mon day it will depend whether the Council of this once loyal borough is to reassume its ancient and dignified position as the firm ally of the Throne and the Church —the pure fountain of Protestant truth—a spot of sa cred ground upon which the tree of British liberty may wave its lofty arms and defy the blighting breath which issues from the cesspools of republicanism around; or whether it is still to remain a thing of reproach, of contempt, and of loathing, in the estimation of our fellow-countrymen—a hotbed of utilitarian doctrines in politics and of sectarian and infidel doctrines in re ligion. Such is the broad basis upon which rests the gene -1•a1 question between the conservative and whig-radical bodies in the approaching struggle for municipal ho nours. Let us now proceed to test the merits of the different individuals who stand forward as the cham pions of their respective parties. The wards to which the greatest importance appears to be attached by both parties are Scotland, Castle street, Pitt-street, and Lime-street wards, in all which we may anticipate that the contest will be waged with unsparing zeal. The retiring candidates in Pitt-street and Lime-street, Mr. William Rathbone and Mr. Blackburn, are great guns amongst the whig-radical party : the former being a restless and determined ra dical, a furious and foulmouthed opponent of the Church of England, and perhaps the most bitter and bigoted enemy of conservatism in the borough ; whilst the latter has distinguished himself as the leader of the 'crusade which succeeded in virtually expelling Church of England Protestantism from the Corpora tion Schools. The retiring member for Scotland ward, Mr. Thornhill, may be viewed as a kind of jackal to his party ; is styled a useful man ; and is a very use ful man when any whig-radical job is to be perpetrated in the Council ; whilst in his own ward, and amongst his constituents, he figures as a small tavern oracle—a pocket edition of the statute for regulating weights and measures, bound up in greasy calf-skin. Mr. James Aiken, the candidate for Castle-street Ward, the room of Mr. Pilcher, who retires from public lift; is also a great man with the wliitvadical party. Mr.. Aiken is a feelosopher of the ScOtch school, a corn law repealer—in which character, he had last year, the honour of making an egregious ninny of himself be ., fore Lord Melbourne—and has all but declared himself a repealer of the legislative union between Great Bri tain and Ireland. This most illustrious quadrumvirate is opposed by four staunch conservatives—by Mr. Thomas Murray Gladstone, in Scotland Ward, by Mr. Peter Hope, in- Castle-street, by Mr. Toulmin, in Pitt-street, and by Mr. Kilshaw, in Lime-street Wards—all good men, and loyal Protestant subjects. In Everton Ward, Mr. David Hodgson, a member of the conservative body, a sound churchman, and a useful member of the present council, vacates his seat; and is opposed by Mr. William Brown, formerly a member of the council, and in politics a thorough going ministerial hack. The contest in this ward will, we have no doubt, be close ; but if the conservative party, and especia4y the Church of England party, do their duty, the result is not at all doubtful. The pro ceedings of the radical faction, during the late church rate contest, will, we: trust, not be lost sight of by the electors on Monday next. In Vauxhall Ward, the retiring member, Mr. W. Preston, is opposed by Mr. Henry Copeland, a conservative, and unless the electors allow their intellects to be bemused with wash, and their principles to be drowned in the tap-tub, the radical spirit-merchant will, we think, be, relieved of the necessity of distilling his sweet wits in the council chamber. In St. Paul's Ward, a radical member;ietires, and the vacant seat is contested between R. B. Hollinshead, Esq., a member of one of the oldest families in Liver pool, and Mr. J. R. M'Guffie, a gentleman with whose existence we had, until within the last few weeks, the misfortune to be entirely unacquainted. We are in formed, however, that Mr. APGuffie—euphonious name !—is no small man in his own estimation, and is calculated to furnish—if elected—an ornament to any mayor's feast, and to occupy a large space in the coun cil chamber. We are sorry, however, to hear that there is little chance of the electors of St. Paul's Ward rejecting the claims of a candidate like Mr. Hollins head, and swallowing such a bolus as is prescribed to them in the person of this worthy dispenser of mint cakes and jalap. In the Exchange Ward, the retiring candidate is Mr. Thomas Sands, a conservative, deservedly popular amongst his constituents, for his excellent character as a merchant, for the attention which he has paid, whilst a member of the council to their local interests, and for the sound judgment and firmness which he has, displayed upon every question affecting the general interests of the borough. The candidate opposed to Mr. Sands is Mr. Wood, a merchant of whig-radical principles, whose influence we believe is considerable with the " lads of the flags," and who is just now striving hard, we hear, to increase that influence by a liberal shower of patronage amongst them of sampling orders from the firm of which he is a member. Whe ther a judicious application of these, and sundry other baits of a similar description, is complimentary to those to whom they are addressed, and will materially advan tage the success of Mr. Wood, is at present doubtful ; but we trust that there is public spirit enough in the ward to enable the conservative candidate to laugh and despise them. In St. Peter's Ward, the retiring candidate, Mr. John Priestley—a thorough-going whig-partizan, is opposed on the conservative interest by Mr. Ebenezer Rae, a member of the Scotch Church, and a firm supporter of our Protestant constitution. This ward has been hitherto considered one of the strongholds of Whig-radicalism ; but we are confidently informed that on the present occasion conservative principles will assert their supremacy, and Mr. Rae, will be placed, on Monday next, by the exertions of his friends, in a proud position upon the poll, and succeed in attaining the object of his laudable ambition. In Great George's Ward, Mr. Cooper, the retiring member, a conservative, is opposed by Mr. Thomas Taylor, a radical, whose claims upon the respectable portion of the ward we are at a loss to know. We have, however, the satisfaction to learn that, with mo derate exertions of his friends, Mr. Cooper is perfectly safe. In Rodney -street, Mr. NV. Lassell, the retiring whig member is succeeded by Mr. Charles Holland—a gen tleman of the whig-radical politics, who is esteemed a rising man amongst his party. Mr. Holland, however, has opposed to him a thorough worker, Mr. Birkett, who, in his capacity of churchwarden, has shown that• he possesses claims upon the ward which a mere talker like Mr. Holland will, we trust, compete with in vain- In Abercromby Ward, Mr. T. Todd, the retiring member, is opposed by Mr. Procter, an able conser vative, who is, we rejoice to say, considered perfectly safe. In St. Anne's Ward, Mr. J. Davies, a conservative of the old school, opposed by Mr. William Slater-- ex-draper—in the place of Mr. Edward Segar, who retires. St. Anne's Ward, we trust, will not lose sight of the insult heaped upon the member of her choice last year; but will show that, in returning Mr. Jones on that occasion, there was " no mistake," and that in the present election her constituency are re• solved upon doing their duty. Mr. Davies, the con servative candidate, is a gentleman well calculated to