The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-12-01 00:00:00

THE 'LIVERPOOL STANDARD THE WAR IN MEXICO. (From a long resident in that country.) The Margate branch of the South Eastern Railway was We last week dwelt u p on th e U n it e d St a t es i ncurs i ons into Mexico ; an d a lth oug h we h ave no more recent ac - to be opened yesterday (M on d a y). counts to communicate t o our rea d er s, y e t k now i ng th a t The central station of th e e l ec t r i c t e le g raph i n L on d on , train passed over the lin e f rom their sympathi es are so t h oroug hly en li ste d i n t hi s di s - will be at the Royal Exchange. graceful inroad of th e St a t es t roo ps i n t o th e h ear t o f On Thursday the first Mexico, our anxiety now i s to dev e lop the d ee p -l a id sc h eme , Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's : which has be e n p rac ti se d by th e ca bi ne t o f W as hi ngton . Ihe goods carried between London, Birmin g h am , an d The warfare bad been in'ended to be carried forward by Rugby amount to about two thousand tons per day. that gigantic fo rce , concen t ra t e d as th ey were b y a fl eet , Our townsmen, Messrs. Williams, Ackroyd, an d C o ., transports, and men, who sailed round C a p e H orn , w h ere , are the contractors f o r th e ex t ens i on l ine o f ra il way to tke en arriving at California. they qui e tly t oo k p •ssess i on o f Birkenhead Docks. the two ports there, San Francesco and Monterey, and the The Dover Telegraph says that a fellow climbed one of States flag now floats, till the united z ea l o f Nlontezurna's the poles of the el e ctri c tel egra ph, i n W e st K ent , an d ap ne . sons sound the tocsin, and, in th e b eau tif u l an d f ee li ng plied his ear to th e w i res , i n or d er t o h ear th e news. It may not be gener a lly k nown , that, according to act " Hope for a season bade the world f arewe ll words of the pleasures of Elope, will y e t cry aloud— of parliament, the g o vernmen t h ave th e p ower o f se i z i ng , all electric telegraph s on ra il wa y s . And Freedom shook, as Koskiusko fell." 'I he proprietors of the H ungerford Suspension Bridge The emigrants who took their departure for this place intend applying to parliament, in the ensuing session, tor by land, all the male portion of whom were remarkably power to sell or lease tue bridge ; and it is said that the well armed, had different places of rendevous, which they South Western are likely to be the purchasers. quietly left by long and hard marches to this new country. The Railway Times says that there is no truth in the Many of them have already arrived, and no doubt are to rumour that negotiations are pending between the North be the useful tools of brother Jonathan, in fighting his Staffordshire and the London a n d North W estern Com battles, and colonizing this now f er til e coun t ry , t h e ex- panies. tent of which would admit o f constant emigration for As the first parliamentary or cheap train was on its way some years to come. from Manchester to Leeds, on Monday, a guard fell from The Texian government had it in contemplation to take one of the carriages, and both his legs were severed from possession of St. Fee some years past, and had a large his body. He is since dead. trading party and soldiers to effect this end ; they were. On Sunday week a train left Preston for the south however, miserably disappointed in this object, as the without a single passenger. A similar event is declared Mexicans took complete possession of them, through the never to have happened before, but it does not say much perfidy of one of their followers, and they were then all in favour of any very great necessity (not to mention the marched into Mexico, and chiefly consigned to the castle morality of the question) for Sunday trains. of Perote, where in the day time they were employed in The platform on the arrival side of the Euston-square chains, sweeping the streets, making roads, and proceed- Station has been lengthened 550 feet ; and when the car ing with the public buildings. riage-shed has been removed, there will be a continuous General Kearney lately, with a large command, amount- arrival platform of 980 feet in length, affording room for ing to at least 3000 men, proceeded from the States with about 60 carriages, or five tr• ins of average length. this army, and we recently hear that he had not only as- On Tuesday morning, the mail train near Str ckport ran cerded, but had entered Saint Fee without opposition, at full speed into a coal train, causing much destruction where he quietly ensconced himself within the walls, of property, besides personal injury. No lives were lost, proclaimed himself governor—entered the palace—de- but several persons were seriously injured, among others mended allegiance in the name of his government from a clergyman who is variously described as Curry and the Alcade and other civil citizens, and hoisted the star- Cassidy. spangled banner. The " Companion to the British Almanac" for 1847 We last week left General Taylor in the' mountains at states that, making allowances for cases of possible dis. Monterey, where already instructions had been given from appointment, it is probable that the railway openings of his government to prosecute the war with vigour ; but we 1846 will amount to between 600 and 700 miles. The conceive his army has about entered that trap from which lengths opened in the year ending November 1, 1846, we conceive there is no loophole of escape ; but we await amount to 434 fresh tidings from the seat of war. In the Sheriffs' Court, on Thursday, Mr. Shillibeer, - --.6. the well-known 'amnions proprietor, recove r ed £5OO damages from the Eastern Counties Railway Comp.-my, for injuries sustained through an accident, on the Hert ford branch line, on the 18th of October, 1845. The Company had paid £75 into court. The Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester have agreed, by a majority of four to one, to amalgamate with the Lon don and North• Western. The same meeting likewise confirmed an agreement with the Huddersfield and Man chester Railway and Canal Company for the mutual arrangement of the traffic. A LONG ORDER.—An order has been given by the York and Newcastle Railway Company, within the last few days, for three miles of trucks! The number now in use is almost countless; yet so immense is the traffic on this great trunk line of railway, that the Directors are under the necessity of ordering the additional trucks, not by the score, but by the mile ! By the inattention of a fireman employed on the South Eastern Railway, on Wednesday, a locomotive ran away from the New Cross Station to London Bridge, where it was arrested by running into the station, destroying the buffers, and knocking down the wall of the parcels office. Injury exceeding £3OO is estimated to have been occasi oned. The fireman has been sentenced to a month's im prisonment. RAILWAY INTALLI (IBA Cic. THE NESTORIAN CHRISTIANS. - We have advices from Constantinople of the 4th and 7th instant, which furnish us with frightful accounts from Kurdistan. It appears,that, in the beginning of October, the Nestorian Christians of Bias had been successfully attacked by the cruel and blood-thirsty Khan Bey ; and having taken a great many prisoners, he coolly ordered 200 of them to be sacrificed by the sword, and afterwards dispatched the heads of his victims, as a trophy of his power, to Tayar Pacha (Turkish general), who was marching against him at the head of 12,000 men. Tayar Pacha, unfortunately, having been treacherously received by the guides he bad employed, was led into the midst of the Kurdish rebels. A sharp engagement ensued, which terminated in Tayar Pacha being defeated, he having lost, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, it was reported, no less than between 3,000 and 4,000 men. The success of Bedr Khan Bey had so elated him, that he gave permission to his fol lowers to butcher whom, and when, and where they pleased. The Nestorian villages were at once seized upon, and men, women, children, and babes, were indis criminately and inhumanly put to death, after which they glutted their vengeance by burning to the ground the very habitations the Christians had occupied. It is said that some thousands of individuals thus perished. A battle, we are also told, bad taken place between the Turkomans, under Cara Achmet Khan, and the Persians, commanded by Suleiman Kdan, in consequence of a general uprising of the Gokhlans, when the latter lost 700 killed, and some thousand prisoners. The cholera was raging most fearfully in several parts of Persia, when these accounts came away.—Standard. ACCIDENT ON THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY...-. As the quarter-past one o'clock train was proceeding from Rawtenstall to Bury, on Monday last, and when on the Bury side of the Summerset station, the engine and the tender, along with two carriages and a horse-box, through some defect in the rail, were thrown off the line, and the engine embedded itself in the side of a cutting, the tender, carriages, and horse-box being upset near it, and all of them more or less damaged. There were no lives lost. In August, 1845, the shares of the Great Western Com pany stood at £152 premium. They are now at some £47 premium. There have been, however, new issues, and the premiums on these (say £l5) must he added to show the comparative value. Taking these circumstances into account, the diminished value of the property is no less than £9O a share ! Now, to what must we attribute this fearful fall? We have no hesitation in answering, to the foolish, we might almost say insane, quarrel with the Lon don and Birmingham.—Railway Times. During the year 1841, the number of first-class pas sengers carried by the London and Birmingham Company was 311,777, and for the year 1845 the number amounted to 388,884. The second-class passengers for 1841 were 386,106, but for the year 1845 they numbered 726,362. For the year 1841 the third-class passengers were 69,713, but for 1645 they were 330,258. While the first-class passengers increased nearly about 25 per cent., the second-class increased nearly 100 per cent., and the third class nearly 500 per cent. ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.—On Thurs day week the train due at 6.40 p.m. ran off the line about a quarter of a mile on the Rugby side of Ullestborpc ; it again got on the rails at the crossings at Ullesthorpe, but, some of the wagons having got injured, tore up the rails for a distance of more than half a mile, which caused about thirty wagons to be thrown off, and completely ob structed both lines of rail. The damage the Midland Company will sustain must amount td some thousands— upwards of 20 wagons are a complete wreck, and goods to an immense value completely damaged, consisting of hops, tea, fruit, hogsheads of gin, wine, brandy, &c. PRESTON AND WYRE.—The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Fleetwood on Wed nesday. At the meeting in April, Mr. Cottam was ap pointed to audit the accounts, and from his statement it appeared that now, after deducting from income all the expenses belonging to the half-year ending 31st August, a balance of £lO,OOO remains sufficient to pay a dividend of 14s. 2d. per share on the old shares; and on the half shares A, of Is, 5d., being after the rate of £5 13s. 2d. per annum. and a dividend of that amount was declared. —The directors were empowered to raise further capital for a branch line from Lytham to Blackpool. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS.—A special general meet ing of the shareholders in this line was held at Manches ter, on Wednesday. The number of directors was in creased to thirty-six, and power was given to create new shares in the company, in compliance with the provisions and powers of the several acts incorporating the company of proprietors of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Naiikation and Railway, and the Liverpool and Bury Railway, respectively, with this company. Discretionary powers were also conferred upon the directors to enter into arrangements with any other railway company which they might deem beneficial. EXTRAORDINARY DISAPPEARANCE.—A very extraor dinary event has just taken place in the works connected with the Scottish Central Railway. It was necessary to erect an embankment fifty feet high in a field near Allan Bridge, where the railway was to pass. The works ac cordingly commenced, and many thousand loads of earth were piled in the requisite place, and the work was leftlfor the purpose of acquiring solidity, but upon visiting it again it was found to have disappeared, with the exception of a few feet. On inquiry it was found that the field had ori ginally been a bog, and the weight of the soil necessary to form the embankment had broken through the external solid earth. ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW.—Oa Friday night an occurrence of a very serious character took place on this railway. The half past eight o'clock train from Edinburgh having reached the Winchburgh cut, the engine suddenly came into vio lent collision with a mass of rock which had slipped down the southern embankment and fallen upon the line. The effect was to throw the engine across both rails, and pro duce a fearful concussion of the carriages. The engine was dashed to pieces, and several of the carriages damaged ; but we are happy to say that none of the passengers suffered injury. The driver and stoker were thrown off the engine, and escaped with some slight bruises. LABOUR REQUIRED FOR RAILWAYS.—At the meeting of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, on Wednesday last, Mr. Houldsworth, the chairman, calcu culated that the railways for which legislative sanction had already been granted, and which are not formed, will require the employment of 500,000 men for ten years, supposing that this number could be withdrawn from the general labour market of the country, which is the maxi mum that can be withdrawn. He estimated the maximum cost of the railways now in the course of formation, or for which acts have been got, in Great Britain, at £200,000,000, of which £160,000,000 will have to be expended on those in England, and of this £160,000,000, the sum of £120,000,000 will be spent for labour. Not one of the least interesting features of the electric telegraph, in the case of accident, is its power to explain delay and appease suspense, even should a catastrophe occur at 100 or 200 miles away. Take an instance : " Train off the line at Rugby (said A. B. at Newcastle, wk.° had gone to fetch the mail the other day), and won't arrive till one." It is useful, too, for convivialities. Two of the legal profession meeting accidentally at Leicester, one invited the other to dinner; but the invited excused himself, saying, " I've to see Hudson, at York, to-day." " Oh," said the other, " Hudson mayn't be at home but, stay, well ask the telegraph I". The lawyers linked arms, ascertained, by a whisper from York, that Mr. Hudson " was not at home," having been suddenly sum moned to London, and made themselves at home in Lei cester.—Railway Chronicle. EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—.This company has given notice of the following lines :—A branch railway from the main line at Accrington to Clitheroe, and from near Whalley to Padiham, with a branch to unite with the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding line, near the village of Mitton. A branch from the main line at Orms kirk to Southport ; and an extension of the Liverpool, awta there. A line for Ormskirk, and Preston, and the Blackburnanclwith Preston Lancashire a li n ne i s nd o e f p t e h n e d E en a t st stationion accomm ß o ai d ly into Preston, the better connecting the East Lancashire and Manches ter and Leeds Railway in the town of Burnley. Certain deviations in the line of the East Lancashire Railway at branch Lumb, at Harlington, ingtrantt,eranpdlaßcer An extension tenstal of the Eastl, with a s h ort coa l Lancashire Railway from a point south of the town of Bury, through Whitfield. LIABILITY OF PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE MEN.— IMPORTANT DECISION.—In the Court of Exchequer, on Wednesday, the chief Baron delivered judgment in the cases of Reynell v. Lewis, and Wyld v. Hopkins, bolt actions against provisional railway committee men, in which verdicts were given for the plaintiffs, the applica tion for the court being for new triats. His lordship held that the mere fact of a man being a member of a provi sional committee was not sufficient of itself to render him liable for the debts of the company, as it amounted to no DESCRIPTION OF CRACOW.--"Cracow," says M'Cul loch, " is a small and nominally independent state of Central Europe, formerly part of the kingdom of Poland ; having N. and E. Poland; W. Prussian Silesia ; and S. Gallicia. Length, E. to W. forty-six miles; breadth, varying from five to fifteen miles ; area, 488 square miles. Population (1837), 131,462, of whom 37,027 belong to the city. The budget voted for the three years, from 1831 to 1841, fixed the annual revenue and expenditure at £45,300. At the Congress of Vienna, in 1815, the territory was created into an independent neutral republic, under the protection of Russia, Austria, and Prussia..... But, since 1826, the city has been garrisoned by Austrian troops ; and the government is substantially and in fact adminis tered by the resident agents of Austria, Russia, and Prussia. And this, in truth, is the only result that could have been anticipated. No doubt it would be desirable (we do not know that) to have small independent states like this scattered up and down the continent, to serve as foci for the diffusion of political information (and rebel lion), as asylums to which persecuted individuals (and traitors) might resort, and as depots for foreig❑ produce. But the circumstances that make the formation of such states desirable," continues Mr. M'Culloch, "are quite sufficient to hinder them from ever having any real ex istence. Is it to be imagined that the governments of Russia, Prussia, and Austria, should be so inattentive to their own interests (and security) as to permit a state like Cracow, on the very borders of their territories, to become an asylum for individuals obnoxious to them, (that is, plotting the overthrow of their respective governments,) and where the latter might prosecute their projects in safety ? To suppose such a thing would be tolerated is absurd. How long should we permit a similar state to exist on the confines of our Indian empire? And have the Russians, Prussians, and Austrians less cause for jealousy." more than a promise of co-operation. Such a promise did not constitute an agreement to share in the profit or loss of the undertaking, whatever that might be, which was the real essence of partnership. He could not be re sponsible as a mere member of the committee. If, how ever, the provisional committee appointed an acting com mittee to act on their behalf, and be their agent, then the members of the provisional committee would clearly be liable for the acts of the acting committee. As to soli. citors, there were various questions which must be deter mined be the circumstances of each case, the particular terms of the prospectus, and the reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom. A new trial was granted i❑ both casts. UNIVERSITY 4:1- CLERICAL, NEWS, A Protestant Association is about to be formed at Cambridge. A preliminary meeting has been hel,:, of which a full report is given in the Cambridge Advertiser. The Senatus Academicus of the University of St. An drews have conferred the degree of LL.D. on Lord Campbell, ormerly an alumnus of that University. The Rev. W. Sinclair, of Leeds, has declined the vicarage of Bradford ; being the second time the reverend gentleman has refused promotion. The Rev. George Cuthbert, curate of Christ Church, has been presented to the district of Duckenfield, near Ashton-under-Lyne, by the Bishop of Chester. The Rev. Thomas Troughton, M.A., of Trinity Col lege, has been appointed to the perpetual curacy of Haverthwaite, Lancashire, Patron, the incumbent of Colton. The Exeter Protestant Committee have passed a vote of confidence in Sir J. Duckworth, and of no confidence in Mr. Divett, the latter member having supported the ' Maynooth Endowment Bill. The Venerable Archdeacon Shirley has been appointed the new Bishop of Sodor and Man. The Archdeacon is a member of New College, Oxford, and bad previously been appointed Bampton Lecturer for that University for 1847. The venerable Archdeacon is a sterling Protestant, and therefore warmly attached to the church. His pre sent charge is the Arcndeaconry of Derby. Mr. Bates, a contra-tenor singer of Carlisle Cathedral, has been appointed, from out of thirteen competitors, to the choir of Durham Cathedral, at a salary of £lOO per annum, with prospective increase. Messrs. Wylie and Norman, of Carlisle Cathedral, have also been appointed to the choirs of Exeter and Rochester respectively. The question of the Welsh bishoprics is satisfactorily arranged—the two Welsh sees are to be preserved, and the see of Manchester, nevertheless, to be erected imme diately. It is in confirmation of this report that the see of St. Asaph has already been filled up by :he translation of the late Bishop of Man, and that the see of Man is also just filled. A CLERGYMAN SHOT.—A correspondent whose letter is dated " Swansea " informs us that on Friday last the Rev. John Collins, Gower, was accidentally shot through his back, and that the reverend gentleman's life is in im minent danger. The gun was in the hands of another person when it was accidentally discharged, and caused the deplorable accident just named.—Cardiff Advertiser. Mr. Wordsworth has written to Glasgow, expressive of his gratification at the result of the recent contest for the Lordrectorship of Glasgow University, which was the more welcome, as Mr. W. says he was not aware he was to be proposed a candidate. Though the issue of it was contrary to the wishes of his friends. he is less pleased by the honour done to him personally than by the proof it affords of the estimation in which literature is held, in dependent of political consideration. DIFFICULTIES NOT DISCOURAGEMENTS.—AII the great societies which God has blessed bad feeole begin nings, and had much opposition to encounter. The Church Missionary Society did not begin actual missions till four years after its formation, and did not admit a single convert to the Lord's table till its sixteenth year, and now what a wide sphere of blessing God has given to it ! It was thought by dissenters to be interfering with the London Missionary Society—it was thought by Churchmen to be overthrow* the Church—it had to go through much opposition, and yet it has injured no other society—it has helped all, and is one of the great bless ings of the Church of England. NOLO EPISCOPARI.—The Rev. John Graham, D.D., Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, who has declined the Bishopric of Sodor and Man, is a native of the city of Durham, and was formerly a King's Scholar of Durham school. His parents were in comparatively humble cir cumstances, and Dr. Graham has risen to his present dignified eminence solely by his own talent and unwearied painstaking for the advancement of true religion. He possesses a warm, affectionate heart—his whole life has been characterised by acts of the most unobtrusive piety— and his disposition is amiable almost to a fault. We have no doubt his reluctance to accept a seat on the epis copal bench arises from a purely conscientious distrust (though no one who knows him well will be of the same opinion) as to his proper discharge of the solemn respon sibilities of that sacred office. CHURCH PASTORAL-AID SOCIETY.—At the meetingof the general committee, on the sth inst., three new grants were made for additional curates; three in aid of the in comes of incumbents of new districts, with endowments from £45 to £56; one towards the stipend of a chaplain for the labourers on the Melton and Stamford Railway; four for lay assistants, one of whom is appointed to labour among the men employed on the Reading and Newbury Railway ; and two small grants towards the fitting up of rooms to be licensed for public worship in populous districts. The twelve grants amounted to £586. At the same meeting twenty-two grants for curates, and two for lay assistants were renewed, amounting to £2007. The societir now aids 316 incumbents. having under their ministerial charge a population of 2,197,000; or each, on an average, 6895 souls. The average amount of the in comes of these incumbents is only £l9B, and one hundred and sixty of them are without a parsonage.house. The existing grants provide stipends for 301 clergymen and 72 lay assistants, calling for an expenditure of £33,150, when all these grants shall be in operation ; 235 clergy men and 65 lay assistants now engaged in their import ant labours, are supported by this society, at an expense estimated at £26,865 per annum. The applications before the committee have increased to thirty seven, twenty five of which are for stipends for clergymen, and twelve for lay assistants, calling for a further sum of £2490 per annum to provide the requisite stipends. THE CUURT 4- FASHIONABLE, WORLD. The Court still remains at Osborne House in the Isle of Wight, but for the last few days the inclemency of the season has almost weather-bound the Queen and the other members of the Royal family from their habitual out-door exercise It is said that her Majesty has given orders for the im iate preparation of apartments in Windsor Castle, in the Queen of Portugal and the King-Consort, first cousin of his 'Royal Highness the Prince Albert, should find it advisable to avail themselves of British hospita lity. Arrangements are also made for the reception of their majesties' four sons and two daughters. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere left Belgrave-square on Friday, for Ratchford House, near Cobham. His Royal Highness Prince Louis Napoleon. accompa nied by his cousin, a son of the late King of Westphalia, the Hon. Miss De Sslis, and Sir John and Lady Gerard, was in Liverpool last week. The distinguished party, af ter partaking of a luncheon at the Adelphi Hotel, visited the Town-hall, Hausburg's Bazaar, several of the princi pal shops, and the Royal mail steamer Cambria. His Royal Highness was on a visit to Sir John Gerard, at New Hall. LAW INTELLIGENCE In the Court of Common Pleas, Mr. Coltman delivered judgement in the case Flight v. Gibbs. It was to the ef fect that Alderman Gibbs had not been legally elected Churchwarden of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, in 1844. On Tuesday, Lord Chancellor Cottenham did not at tend Court, in consequence of there being no more busi ness before him undisposed of. The same thing occurred once in Lord Brougham's time, and once in Sir Thomas More's time ; but never, we believe, before or since. However, the existence of three Vice Chancellors makes the occurrence now nothing very wonderful. In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Tuesday, the rule for a criminal information against Mr. Busfeild Ferrand was made absolute. It was obtained by Mr. Lewis, one of the Poor-law Commissioners, for a libel in a letter to the Times newspaper, charging that gentlemen with a conspiracy to send a false report to Sir James Graham, of proceedings in the Keighley Union, to upset Mr. Fer rands statement in the House of Commons. PRIVILEGE OF A MARRIED WOMAN.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, an action to recover an upholstery bill was tried, in which the defendant pleaded that she was married, and that her husband was living, although she had been long separated from him. To this it was answered, that she represented herself to be a widow when she obtained the goods. Lord Denman told the jury the only question they bad to try was, whether or not the defendant was a married woman. The jury, being satisfied that she was, found a verdict for the de fendant. Ten years ago the province of South Australia was tenanted only by kangaroos and a few straggling natives, physically and mentally the lowest of the human race. It is at present the scene of the enterprise and energy of more than eighteen thousand individuals of English race ; has an active and extending mining industry, a great breadth of land under cultivation, and a greater covered with flocks. It imported in 1842 from this country to the value of some £32,000, and exported in the same year to Great Britain to the value of £23,000, to Van Diemen's Land, to the value of £B,OOO. And South Australia, we learn from the Governor's financial statement of 30th June last, is in this, the tenth year of its existence, a self supporting colony. The revenue for 1846 is estimated at £42,970; the expenditure at £32,677. RIOT AT Bo u LOGNE-SUR-MER.—On Wednesday after noon, Boulogne was the scene of complete commotion, occasioned by a shipment of cows and potatoes for Eng land. The mob would not allow them to be embarked, and a severe conflict took place between them and the po lice, during which the sous prefet, en grand tenue, the mayor and authorities, arrived ; they were received with a volley of stones and potatoes, several of which fell heavily upon some of the great men in office. The sous prefet had his order torn from his breast and was nearly killed. During the time the authorities were seeing the potatoes put on beard the Britannia steamer, a ludicrous farce took place ; some boys and women cut the ropes to which twenty-five cows were attached ; the beasts being set at liberty, some were driven into the water, and others hooted and pelted about the town, to the terror of the in habitants. The mob, about seven in the evening, paraded the streets, singing the Marseillaise, and when they ar rived in the Rue de l'Eau, opposite the mayor's house, they began breaking his windows. The magistrate ran out of his house, sword in hand, and if the national guard (horse) had not suddenly come up, the worthy mayor would have been severely handled. Mr. Adam, the mayor, has received several anonymous letters, stating that un less he prevents the exportation of potatoes he must suffer the consequence. If a stop is not put to the exportation, it is feared serious, and, perhaps, fatal consequences will arise. The town is at present quiet, and several of the ringleaders have been arrested. THE PEPLORAHLB EFFECTS OF THE REPEAL OF THE CORN THE JEWS IN POLAND.—WARSAW, Nov. 6.—Since Laws.—We understand that at the Michaelmas audits of the the lot of October, the memorable day on which the Jews Right Hon. Lord Feversham, held at Helmsley and Kirbymoor in the kingdom, by laying aside their national costume, side, last week, not one of his lordship' s numerous tenantry made the first step towards civilisation, has afforded u s made default, and that there was no t a s i ng l e arrear.---York_ shireman. many comical scenes through the uncomfortable positi on W in which the Jews have been placed by it. From all th e e hope we shall never have worse "eff ec t s "t o d e pl ore great cities of the kingdom respectable looking Jews ar- from " the repeal of the Corn Laws ;" but the "York rived in all the splendour of their most costly silk pelisses shireman " doesn't exhibit the customary shrewdness of trimmed with sable, with their beards and ringlets in the his shire if he supposes people can be gulled by a para best order to obtain a delay at least for some years; but graph like this. The destruction of the potato cro p h as they had come to meet their ill fate, for they were here de- given an accidental value to corn, and through a favour prived of their silk pelisses, their beards, and their locks able harvest the haggards of the farmer are well filled by some barbers, who bad received the orders of the po- with wheat. He has then the unusual conjunction of a lice, and the poor disgraced Jews stole clandestinely out high price and a large produce, and because with this of the city. A few days ago a similar event took place, double advantage:he is able to pay his rent, we are to ac which excited no little sensation, in the remotest part of cept " the repeal of the Corn Laws "as a boon for which the country, where " Chapictistn" exercises its powerful we, says the Cork Constitution, should be grateful ! influence on the demoralization of the Jews. A company, Under a potato pestilence, corn will no doubt command a consisting of 80 men, with their Rabbi at their head, ar- price that will enable the grower both to live and to pay rived at the gates of our city, in order to obtain from the his rent ; but how will it be when the potato is (as it may Prince-Governor permission to retain their old costume. again be) abundant, and when consequently corn, from That so strange a company, which might be distinguished the diminished demand, may bring little more than half at a distance by their strange gesticulations, was not per- its present rate ? Wh a t w ill th e Y or k s hi reman say t h en ? witted to enter the city without inquiry, may be conceived. However, the farmers are paying their rent, and if our General A—, the chief of the police, being informed of contemporary owns any, let hi m t a k e th em , an d b e thank the strange party before the city, ordered that they s h ou ld ful. It is more, we assure him, than he wou l n h ave an opportunity of doing if he li ve d i n I re l an d. H ere t h e rents of fice ; and there, that without sp ea ki ng a wor d t o th em , be immediately put under a good escort to the police of are carried, not to the landlord, but t o th e b an k. Th ere their beards and locks should be cut off, and their pelisses they are lodged, and thence, as we remarked last week, slit up behind. In half an hour the poor people felt the they will in all probability be drawn in spring, to be car cold air on their bald unprotected faces, and when they vied by the defaulters to Canada, or Sydney, or New York. recovered from their consternation, they found themselves All this time the land lies untilled, and the plundered again at the gates of Warsaw, whither:they had been con- landlord, while struggling to support the labourer through veyed. They bad now no further desire than to be allowed the scarcity of this year. is left to look forward to the to take the clippings of their beards home, that they might famine of the next. This, friend Yorkshire, is the way bury them in their cemetery. These, however, were dis- in which things go on in Ireland ; but we are not, though persed to all points of the compass, and the travellers had the conclusion would be as allowable as yours, inclined to now nothing more to do in Warsaw than to satisfy the proclaim it as the " effect" of " the repe a l of th e corn barber's apprentices who came for their pay. laws."—Cork Constitution. HAS A NUN CIVIL RIGHTS?—The following para graph makes reference to a law-suit pending in Ireland at the present time :—" A curious question is now pending before the Irish Chancellor, whether a nun can have civil rights, or whether she be not absolutely dead in the eye of the law. The case is M'Carthy v. M'Cartbv. All parties are Roman Catholics; and Sir Colman O'Lough lin, a Roman Catholic barrister, will argue in support of the proposition which bars the enjoyment of the claim." If our Protenant State gives a legal sanction to the usages of the Church of Rome, then the deluded creature whose case is in Chancery can have no more civil rights than if she had been dead twenty years before. We be lieve a part of the ritual employed in nun making is a kind of funeral service—a requiem over one utterly dead to the world, and separated from all its requirements, du ties, and sympathies. It is of the very nature of such a condition that the novice should be prepared to make so absolute a renunciation. But whether the State—Great Britain, the land of Cranmers, and Ridleys, and Knoxes— will legitimate the heartrending, unnatural rules of mo nachism, is another matter. It is surprising the question should be mooted at all. What have our courts of law to do with the senical—rather farcical—death of Romish perverts in disposing of questions of property ?—Edin burah Poet. THE CORN-LAWS AND RENTS FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER. (From the "London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") Gauzes Constantine, Aixa faconnes, Siam crapes, Mousselines Luisa Fernanda bareges Haynee, with organdys, tulles, &c., are the fashionable materials of full dress ; for walking and nPglige - plaids of every dimension, checked foulards, taffetas chinois in stripes or waves ; taffetas mauves shot with lilac, green taffetas shot with a different tint of the same colour, and pe'llrines of two contrasting colours, are all much worn. In silk materials the corsages are frequently made with the corsage open in front, having collar and revers turned back and con fined by brandenbourgs and tassels, which reach to the bottom of the skirt. Neg/igi dresses are without point, and when they close behind have narrow ceintures and buckles ; they may also have revers from the shoulder to the waist. and ladies wishing to wear high corsages in evening dress, have the revers covered with lace. Fur at this season is used to ornament dresses as much as for out-door costume. Chinchilla and sables are the most fashionable furs this season. Mantelets and visites of Chinchilla are very elegant. Manteaux, mantelets, cha telaines, visites, pardessus, are all now in request with the newest styles, the rouliere, the Garrick, Manteau Grec, Infanta, and Moorish. The bonnets most approved have the forms a little spread, and rather deep at the ears, forming a circle round the face and hair. Black velvet bonnets are almost confined to the promenade. The more elegant ones are of plain coloured velvets; many of emerald green are lined with a lighter shade of green. All shades of gray are fashionable, with ornaments in cerise colour. Ca poles d coulisses of satin are trimmed with velours Ostrich feathers are much worn, but not long, merely the tips. Coloured lace is also used corresponding to the colour of the bonnet, a fauchon of velvet, the same as the bonnet, edged with black or white lace is pretty on neglig6 bonnets. Capotes of satin are ornamented with biais of velvet ; dark bonnets are often lined with pale colours. Caps of the Pompadour style, the Genevieve, the Marguerite, the Fauchon are fashionable. Hats of satin, and velvet, and historical coiffures are in favour; pretty little coiffures, merely ornamenting the top of the head are made of gold ribbon and black lace. The most novel style are the pointes, or half squares, biais de fiche'es of application lace, &c., intended to imitate the coiffures of the age of Marie Steuart. They are also used for bonnets of either satin or velvet, covering the crown, the corners uniting by a bunch of flowers, or nceuds of ribbon. THE CHASE. Sir W. M. STANLEY'S HOUNDS will meet on Wednesday), (to-morrow,) Dec. 2, at .. Eastham Village Saturday, 5, at ......... Burton At Eleven o'clock. Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet on Tuesday, (to-day), Dec. 1, at Thursday, 3, at Friday, 4, at... kbermorddu Gate ... Penley Dan Pentrebychan Each day at Half-past Ten o'clock. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet on Tuesday, (to-day), Dec. 1, at Wednesday, (to-morrow), Dec. 2, at. Thursday, 3, at Saturday, 5, at . At Half-past Ten o'clock. Tilston •••• • • . A Stamfordßridge Hurleston FOREIGN AND COLOAIAL. PORTUGAL, Advices have been received from Lisbon to the 20th, and from Oporto to the 21st instant, by the Royal Tar mail steamer, which arrived at Southampton on Thursday morning. The intelligence from Oporto is important, as it states that Viscount Sada Blndeira arrived at that city on the evening of the 20th, after he had been com pletely defeated, and had been deserted by two battalion of his troops, which pass o the roy appears that on the 16th instant Baro❑ Casal moved, with he Quee 7..p5, from Chaves to attack , who drew up his forces, con -1" a regiments of the line, the muni abOut 1300 of Viscount Sa is Ba aisting of the 3d ar cipal guard of Oporto, and a body of v advantageous position at a place name nteers, in an Nlurea. The royalists advanced to the charge, and were joined by the two regiments of the line. Baron Casal's cavalry and light troops then wheeled upon the volunteers and the municipal guard, which they dispersed with great loss, the amount of which is not accurately known. It was rumoured at Lisbon that the Count das Antas had at tacked the Duke de Saldanha's advanced posts in the neighbourhood of Santarem • but the result was unknown. The British merchants resident at Lisbon have forwarded a memorial to their government against the decree ren dering the notes of the Bank of Lisbon a legal tender, and subjecting those who should refuse to receive them to the penalty of transportation. The Portuguese govern ment has issued a fresh decree on this subject, which enacts that the previous one shall not have a retro-active effect upon transactions prior to the 14th instant. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Intelligence has been received from this colony to the 7th October, by the troop-ship Apollo, which arrived at Spithead, on Thursday afternoon. Colonel Somerset, with a body of 1,200 men, had been scouring the ravines bordering on the rivers Keiskamma and Beka, and had captured about 3,000 head of cattle. Most of the Stellen bosch burghers had returned to their homes, as they were unwilling to submit any longer to the hardships which, thee had previously been compelled to endure. The Kaffirs bad made several proposals for peace ; but the governor was determined that they should comply with his terms, which required them to give up their arms, and to restore the cattle which they had stolen. The Bey of Tunis, Ahmed Pacha, arrived in Paris on Sunday week. The Paris papers announce the death of the celebrated historian, Michelet, whose late work, called " Priests, Women, and Families," excited so much attention. Captain Hutton, a gallant officer of the royal navy, has just received the appointment of Governor of the Island of Ascension. Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Mary, niece of the Emperor of Russia, died on the 17th instant, aged 21. Roma, Nov 10.—The new pope's spirit of liberality to the Jews begins to produce its sweet fruits. Shops of every description are now opened by Jews in many places without the Ghetto. The King of the Belgians is expected in Paris, and it is rumoured that the object of his visit is to endeavour to arrange the differences between the English and French Courts on the subject of the Montpensier marriage. Mr. Cobden, in the course of what his admirers call his crusade, has arrived at. Seville, and held forth there on the subject of Free Trade. He has since been feasted at Cadiz. It appears, by accounts from Algiers, that the storm on the night of the 2d, which did so much damage at Mi lianah, was severely felt on the coast. Not less than nine teen vessels are said to have been lost. Among the many memorials lately received by the pope, is one from the Animals' Friend Society of London, pray ing him to prohibit the cruel sports of the bull ring in Spain, and the inhumanity practised towards animals in the streets of Rome. THE RIVER PLATE.—The Paris Presse announces upon authority that the settlement proposed by Mr. Hood of the differences between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video bas received the sanction of France, and that orders have been transmitted to Baron Deffandis to sign at once. EFFECTS OF GAMBLING.—To show to what extent a ruinous passion for gambling is carried, we may cite the case of a free coloured fireman on board a steamboat on the Mississippi, who, after hating lost all his money at cards, pledged his own freedom, which he also lost, his free papers being the stake, and was actually sold by the winner to a slave-dealer !—Pennsylvania Inquirer. A dreadful accident occurred on the sth ult. at Zeiten Bournow, near Constantinople. A chimney which was building at the imperial manufactory, and which had been raised to the height of nearly 150 feet, suddenly fell down, and more than 100 of the workmen employed in its erec tion were crushed. Of these 50 were dead when extri cated from the ruins. The accident is attributed to the false calculations of the engineer. A SUSPENDED BISHOP.—At a diocesan convention held at New York the first week in October, the only business of importance was the question whether ex-Bishop On derdonk should receive his salary, notwithstanding his being suspended from office on the ground of immorality and impurity. After a most tumultuous debate, the reso lution directing the treasurer to pay him over the sum of 2.500 dollars annually, out of the episcopal funds, was carried by 169 ayes against 76 nays. SPAIN.—The Madrid papers of the 18th mention that thirty-one ladies of high rank were to receive the decora tion of Maria Louisa, as a remembrancer of the Royal marriages. On the lith the theatre of Cruz was honoured with the visit of the Queen and her august Consort. The Timpo charges the government with employing unlawful means among the electors of Cordova, with the view of prevanting the return of Senor Pacheco, the opposition leader. The authorities of Toledo are accused of similar atrocities. TAHITI.—A memorial, signed by the magistrates, the established and dissenting ministers, and persons of every religious persuasion, as well as men of political parties in Beverley, has been sent to John Townelev, Esq., M.P., to be presented to Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, requesting his lordship to use his influence, in a friendly remon strance with the government of France, on behalf of the exiled inhabitants of the island of Tahiti ; and also re questing the French government to allow the poor people to retire, along with their Queen, to another island. Such reasonable requests cannot surely be refused. CRACOW.—The Cracow Gazette of the 17th publishes a long account of the formal taking possession of Cracow by Austria on the preceding day. A salute of 21 guns was fired, there was a service at the cathedral, and all possible demonstrations were made by the Austrian authorities. The public buildings were illuminated, but the feeling shown by the people was that of deep melancholy. The new arrangement is condemned unanimously by all the French papers ; some from a real regard to Poland, and others for the sake of embarrassing the ministry. It is becoming the general belief that a storm is rising against M. Guizet, which he will not be able to withstand. Al ready some of the papers have been obliging enough to name his successor—M. Mole. M=MMIUMM.IPAO,3Ma2aI IRE LAND. The Quakers of Dublin have subscribed £2OOO for the suffering Irish poor. Mr, Thomas Hackett, the recently appointed magis trate for Kilkenny, is a pawnbroker. and yet there is an objection to an M.D. or distiller ! The barque Thetis, from New Orleans, arrived at Bel fast on Tuesday with beef and Indian corn. She had met with very bad weather, and was obliged to throw between 300 and 400 sacks of corn overboard. The wife of a poor peasant at Castleharrison, Cork, has been safely delivered of a female child having three heads, perfectly formed, and on the left hand, which was more than double the size of the right, six fingers. The child doing well. The Nation endorses the indictment of the Mail. Repeal is sold I and the " consideration" goes to the ac count of Mr. O'Connell. In its last number, the organ of " Young Ireland" deplores " the decline and fall" of a man and a party to which it once looked for the regenera tion of the country. The Marquis of Londonderry has published a letter to his Irish agent, in which he states, that not only does he not intend to make any reduction in rents, but that he dis approves and objects to others doing so. It is only fair to the Noble Marquis to state, that his lands are let at moderate rents, and that his tenantry, as a bod y , are th e most respectable, and in point of circumstances, perhaps the wealthiest in Ireland. A number of noblemen, including Lord Roden, Earl of Shannon, Earl Enniskillen, have retired from the Royal Irish Agricultural Society, in consequence of a resolution excluding po'itical matters from discussion having been lately rescinded. The resolution was rescinded by the O'Connell party to open the door to an agitation for a re peal of the union. At a meeting on the 12th inst., how ever, a strong effort will be made to restore the rule in question. The peasantry of the south of Ireland are purchasing arms and ammunition openly, eagerly, and to an extent almost inconceivable. In Enniskillen the demand is so great that the shopkeepers have c ,, mmenced the traffic, and are unable to keep pace with the call upon them, and even the manufacturers in Birmingham cannot supply their Irish customers ; while in the town of Virginia, in Cavan, an immense quantity of fire-arms were sold by public auction on the fair day. AFFECTING SCENE.—Our reporter, writing from Clonakilty on Wednesday, says •—" 1 was never so deeply moved as to-day. Going to the Court-house I met two butts, on each of which were two coffins, containing the remains of four of the unfortunate crew of the Jessy Tor rens ; one of the coffins being short for the body, the foot board gave way and the legs protruded. The only persons accompanying them to the grave were the two carmen. There were nine bodies washed ashore. The body of the captain's wife has not yet been found."—Cork Conslitut. On Friday week, the Sealark was wrecked on the coast of Ballybunnion, Limerick, and all her crew, consisting of six hands, were lost. The vessel was capsized and driven on shore near where the Senator was stranded. On the tide receding, she was found bottom upwards, and the peasantry broke into and plundered her, in a most disgraceful manner. Only one of the crew was found in her—a boy named William O'Brien. lie was quite dead when discovered. The Sealark belonged to Mr. Richard Russell, of Limerick, and was conveying a cargo of flour, meal, and bran, from Askeaton to Tralee. STARVATION.—Read —read the evidence on the in quests at Skibbereen. We were about to quote, but we protest we have not heart for it. Read it, however. It must horrify, but it may also humanise. But what a country do we live in, and what m en are t h ey w h o ca ll t h emselves our rulers! Three human beings—husbands and fathers —lying down to die, with a fortnight's wages due to them, and a government store " groaning " under the weight of corn that ought to have been their food ! But " political economy " forbade. And two others are now reported to have sunk through famine! H ow long are these things to continue ?—Cork Constitution. ORANGEism.—A meeting of the representatives of va rious counties in Ireland, was held last week in the Rotunda, Dublin, when about one hundred of the most influential members of the Orange institution formed themselves into a grand lodge, which is designated "The Grand Orange Lodge of Great Britain and Ireland. The sittings of the body occupied three days, and the most perfect harmony characterised the whole meeting. The Grand Lodge of Ireland embraces amongst its members men who have never flinched from the discharge of their duty. The next meeting of the Grand Lodge will be held in Belfast, in May.—Armagh Guardian. AWFUL DEATHS IN SLIGO. —Extract of a letter from Sligo, dated Saturday, 21st November :—" Three more awfully sudden deaths occurred in Sligo yesterday. Mrs. Wynne (the collector's lady) was dressing in her room yesterday morning for church ; she pulled the bell, and when the servant went into her room, Mrs. Wynne said, ' Oh, my head!' and dropped dead on the floor. Three physicians were in attendance as quickly as possible, but their exertions proved unavailing. Mrs. Hudson (a ship broker's wife at the quays) was found dead in her bed yesterday morning, and a Mrs. Ormsby Hudson dropped dead at her ball-door last night. Her husband is the per son who keeps the Repeal reading-room." OUTRAGES.—On Saturday week an attack was made on the house of Mr. Hackett, near Clonfert, by no less than fourteen men ; a servant was mortally wounded, and the house plundered of fire-arms. In Tipperary the house of A. G. Richardson, Esq., was attacked, and that gentle man had a narrow escape of being murdered, the shot having passed over his head, and shattered the window of the room in which he then was. In addition to those, we have the usual staple outrages of highway robberies, plundering of flour, assaults ; and in one instance at Westport, an assemblage of sixty persons, many of them armed, deliberately levelled a pound, and presented their guns at the pound keeper for daring to take in cattle dis trained for rent. DUBLIN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.—The annual elec tion for a town councillor for each of the fifteen wards in Dublin, was held on Wednesday. The only remarkable feature in the day's proceedings was, the rejection of Mr. O'Connell's candidates. Mr. Barlow, who was denounced by the Liberator as a Young Irelander, was returned for the College ward, by a majority of 108 to 72. His oppo nent, Mr. Kilch, has published an address, in which he attributes his defeat, and that of the professors of moral force, to a combination of the Young Ireland party with " the rampart Tories of the ward." Mr. Andrew Rus sell Stritch, also fortified by the recommendation of the Liberator, was beaten by a Conservative, Mr. Walker, in St. George's ward. Mr. Arabin and all the others were returned without opposition. APATHY OF REi , iAneßs.—The repeal rent has dwind led this week to so low a figure as £5418+. Bd. It is absurd to ascribe this steady progression downwards wholly to the pressure of famine. When nearly two millions of the ordinary contributors to the repeal fund are now in con- stant employment, at the rate of from six to nine shillings a week, it is not to believed that were confidence unshaken, and hope unabated, a fair average contribution might not be levied off the country. The class whose payments chiefly supported the repeal finances was the very hum blest. The " copper" contributions were the strength of the rent, and this support has lately disappeared; and that, too, at the very time when the wages of labour, from which it was drawn, have risen to nearly treble their or dinary average. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The regular meeting of this body was held on Monday in the Conciliation Hall. There was a most numerous attendance in every part of the building. After a little preliminary business, Mr. O'Connell said he was prepared to bring up his report upon the disunion existing amongst Repealers, and in doing so, wished to say that no man was more anxious than he was that the friends of Ireland should be joined hand in hand to restore to her her parliament; but he believed it was impossible, for it would be seen by the report he was about reading that the question between the Old and 1 oung Ireland parties was, in point of fact, should the Association adopt the doctrine of " physical force" or not?—(cheers.). The learned gentleman then proceeded to read the report, which was of great length, and by no means interesting, and set forth the various points at issue between the Old and Young Ireland par ties. Mr. O'Connell did not at all allude to the exhausted state of the treasury. The rent was announced as £54 18s. 9d. DREADFUL FIRE AT PLYMOUTH. (From the Plymouth Times of Nov. 28, 1846.) It is with considerable regret we record the occurrence, on Monday evening last, of an alarming and destructive fire, originating on the premises of Messrs. Plimsaul Brothers, ironmongers, in Buckwell-street, and which extended to several adjoining houses, and from which at one time far more serious consequences were anticipated. It appears that Mr. Plimsaul, at about eight o'clock, not residing at the establishment in Buck well-street, turned off the gas and locked the door, and left the premises, as was believed, all safe. At about half-past nine, however, some of the neighbours and a policeman perceived smoke proceeding from some part of the premises. An alarm was immediately given, and Lieutenant Holman, the superintendent, with his usual alacrity, attended by a numerous body of the borough police, was speedily on the spot, with a view of rendering whatever assistance might be required. On the arrival of the Messrs. Plimsaul, attempts were made by Mr. B. Plimsaul to enter the premises to go down into a cellar with the view of ascertaining if means could be there taken to ex tinguish the fire, which appeared to have originated in that part of the premises, but so dense were the volumes of smoke that he was obliged to desist. There being on the premises camphine. oil, candles, turpentine, &c., and in the shop about half a dozen p oun d s o f gunpowder, serious fears were entertained as to the possibility of pre venting the devouring element assuming its most fearful and destructive power ; fortunately, however, engines and plenty of help were soon put in requisition. The County, the West of England fire engines and their r es p ec ti ve brigades, and the engines of the Royal Marines, the Dockyard, the Citadel, the Custom-house, and the Royal Navy Hospital, were also b roug ht t o th e scene o f t h e conflagration with the u' most de,patch. The County engine, under the direction of Mr. Carkeet, the agent, and Mr. Parsons, the engine director was the first to ar rive, and took up its p os i t i on so as to p l y t h roug h t h e doorwayinto the shop, and was the first to commence working. The West of England engine hose was con ducted down the back lane, and James Bailey, the daunt less foreman of the brigade, ascended the roof of the house of Mr. Watts, tailor, and from thence continued to ply with considerable effect upon the back part of the premises. The Worshipful the Mayor of the Borough, accompanied by Mr. Coryndon, one of the Borough ma gistrates, was early in attendance and by his direction and influence rendered important service on the alarming occasion. Amongst the officers present were Col. Old field, ILE., Col. Edwards, R at., Cap. Blundell and Lieuts. Drew, and Hall, of the 14th Regiment, Adjutant Wright, Capt. Clarke, Lieut. Simpson, and Stevens of the Royal Marines, and Lieut. Williams, R.N., the Director of the Dockyard Police. Order was admirably pres erve d b y a detachment of the sth Fusileers, under the command of Dec. 1, 1846. IMMENV ANN. Major Symons and Lieut. Carter. Notwithstanding efforts of the engines, the flames rose to a fearful he and the greatest apprehensions prevailed. It was st by our contemp , rary on Wednesday that 14 barrel gunpowder were taken from the premises. This was the case. There were, however, 91 lbs. of powde an adjoining liuhay, but that was removed to a I of safety before the flames were visible. The en continued to play until three o'clock on Tuesday In lug, when the fury of the flames so far abated as to rel the apprehensions of its extending to the neighbou buildings. The fire, however, was not completely 0 guished until Wednesday forenoon. The pulice and s old throughout the lengthened period they remained on ground, behaved in the most creditable manner, and dered important service by their exertions. The dan, done is very considerable ; probably not less than Xi or £BOOO worth of property, however, have been either jured or consumed. Before the fire there was i n Mes Piimsauls' shop, goods to the value of about £3 l this was all destroyed. The Messrs. Plimsaul are, cured on their stock in the Norwich Office at £2OOO. premises, the property of Mr. Thomas Cater, is coral rely gutted ; Mr. Cater is insured in £7OO in the LO, Ol Exchange Office. Th e h ouse o f M r. W atts and Mr..; kett adjoining, were also considerably damaged. Watts' house and stock were both insured ; the din! to Mr. Tuckett's property has been estimated at £P he is insured in the County Office. The more roll neighbours, Mr. Wilton, tailor, Mr. Brooking's st r bonnet manufactory, Messrs. Woolf, pawnbrokers,: Weeks, milliner, were also sufferers by damage of 9 property in its hurried removal, &c. In estimating loss of Nlessrs. Plimsaul, the loss sustained by the l terruption of their business must be taken into aceo ° as an important item. This disastrous fire has f uei asr a practical test of th e va l ue o f Mil ner ' s P atent S li d Chest. About one o'clock it was discovered that books of account, and other important documents of house, which were kept in one of these Chests, w ere P i ri s l served uninjured by fi r e or water ; w hil e a l arge iron 4 of the old construction, which had been surrounded P' a brick wall, had had it s d oor f orce d b y t h e heat. the books been in it, they would have been consumed' REMARKABLE AND LATEST PERVERSION/1 ROMAN ISM (From the Church and State Gazette.) We believe we may state with confidence that a lin politan daily morning newspaper is about to pass into hands of th e R oman i sts, and that a distinguished Itt/ Catholic peer, r es id en t i n a m i dland county, will be oriev the principal proprietors. The journal alluded tti, passed through the dark wa y s o f t h e R omanisersi , ; emerged into the equally dark paths of the Romantri here are cause and effect. Mr. Faber has already tol l, that no honest Tractarian can stop short of Rome. impetus down once yielded to, the descent continues the victim is plunged into the mire : as with person% with the press : from playing with Popery they ge t tot; fess it. However this may be, we leave it to our ri daily morning contemporaries to enlighten the worklf, this last curiosity of perverted literature. The Herald, Chronicle, Daily News and Morning Postboi all peculiar sources of information from which they ji draw instructio n f or th e pu bli c ; an d as t h e latter 11; enjoys the r enown ( w h et h er we ll d eserved or not, we d°i, pretend to say) of having, on the occasion of public: t t i the only elaborate report of the porn ps and vanities en7i at the recent o p en i ng o f t h e E ar l of Shrewsbury's ft°,r Catholic chapel at Cheadle, sent some hundreds of it!" pies to his lord s hip a t Al ton T owels, we look to it as Pt sessing advantag es w h ere b y i t may outstrip its conte mn raries in affording to the public the intelligence desire''' DEATH FROM STARVATION SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE PAROCHIAL AVI RITIES OF MA RYLEBONE. On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Mills. one of the L t e don coroners, resumed an inquest, adjourned froo , , day week, on the body o f L ou i sa Mordaunt, aged tb if five. The Coroner stated that, when the jury viewed the on Friday, they im ag i ne d th at t h e d eceased was art years of age ; but they were much astonished upon $r taming that she was only thirty-five. Upon further, quiry it was shown that the deceased, her mother sister, who lived together, had been without food, 11 , out fire, and without clothing. The inquest was adjorr i to afford an o pp or t un it y t o the parochial officers t?io plain how the family were l e f t i n th at d est i tute conc l' i and in order that some little relief might be obtaioe, the survivors. In conclusion, the coroner asked A il kenzie, the summoning officer, if he had inforn parochial authorities o f th e d est i tute condition 01 family ? Mackenzie replied in the affirmative. Mary Ann Mordaunt examined.—Deceased sister, and expired suddenly during her absence 18th instant. Deceased, witness, and their mo rber . ., together at 93, C raw f or d -street. W itness went 0" needlework un the morning of the 18th, leaviloi sister in bed, and upon her re t urn i n t h e a f ternoo n , t p her dead. They had ne ith er a sufficiency of food, C' c ' t is nor firing. Witness someti mes earne d 3 5., at ot her ft 25., and is. a week. Her mother had 2s. 6d. a w eek 0 1 : the parish, out of which they p a id 2 s . 3d . a wee k re of By the Coroner.—They were t o t a ll y s t arve d . Her p, who had been for months unable to work, °col," earned sixpence a week. Th e y somet i mes go t a 1 1 ,1( bread from the workhouse. On one occasion Mr•ll sun, the relieving officer, said to her, " Mind, I bp, B with you; no more relief will be granted you. j i fretted her much. On a no th er occas i on her de,(l) sister, after having b een k e pt wa i t i ng at the worlt from 9 a. m. to five p. m., was sent away.unrelievea',l told the workhouse authorities they were starving the authorities refused any further relief unless theld into the workhouse. Since Friday last no one 00 0 4 them from the workhouse, nor did they receive sol from it. Mr. Harding, surgeon, detailed the result o f tbe. mortem examination, which di s ti nc tly proved alio ceased died from starvation, Mr. Merson, with several other parochial officers that they had acted in compli ance w ith the regulati o ' the workhouse. o The jury, after hlf an h our ' s a b sence , banded tf o coroner the following verdi c t :—" Th a t th e deatb_4 ceased was caused by the w an t o f th e common est 1 3 7 0 ,4 ries of life, and that they regretted that the P a ii, authorities of the parish of Maryleb one h a d not ea sufficient diligence in scrutinising the wants of deCe:o The foreman said that they equally regretted tP o r authorities had paid no a tt en ti on to t h e wa nts h 4 ceased's family si nce l ast F r id ay, although on toi their attention was p ar ti cu l ar l y d irected to their L'''" condition by the coroner and jury. STATE OF TRADE •,t1 MAteceESTER.—We have little alte r. ti on to notice ii of our market, the depression under which it has lab s the last three weeks still continuing ; and f rom the P'-e cumulation of stocks, we see little chance of an 01 1 before Christmas, unless the system of short tim e in be more generally adopted, or an increased demari t ; , however, we are scarcely sanguine enou h to anticipa arise. Generally speaking, the prices of both yarn Iw, have had a downeard tend e ncy, an d i n some f ew case o „ prices than our quotations may h ave b een su b m itted I v o these instances the sales have not been effected by t dt manufacturers, who of course are better able to h o ld al io than those of more limited capit a l. Al t h oug h th e the Indian mail have given a favourable report of N o e yarn, still we note no improvement in the demand 4. 1 following are the prices :—A-inch 60 reed printers, A e it se 44d; 26-inch 66 ditto, at 4 5 6d t o 4 s 8d : 2 7- i nc h 66 " 6 6 6d to ss; 27-inch 72 ditto, at 5 5 4e.i t o 5 s 9d ; 34- inch , " at 55 to Os ; 36-inch 66 ditto, at rs3dto Os ; 35-inch Pi' Os to 7s; 36-inch shirtings in proportion ; 49-inch shirting-, 60 reed, at 7s ed to 8s; ditto, 66 reed, at 8 5 3d : ditto, 72 reed. at es dd to los • mule yarn, No• 4 or ' to Old; No. 55's, at lid to 'lid; No. 70's, at 4.fitt so's, water twist. 94 to led ; No. 405, 12jd to 13}d P er d l ROCHDALE.—We have had a dull market to-day, '05 1 , 0 no prospect of any i m p rovement. Prices remain 0001. Ar day. There is nothing t o no ti ce i n the state of the tyro' LERDS.—Our market s h ave b een but thinly stroreei buyers this week and the stocks of goods on hare , ,,,;kl increase. The manufacturers are but partially many instances; but in others they are well emP,wittii goods (for which orders have been given) adapted 1 ,, ° , 0 ,1 rican spring trade. Some purchases have also be' t i c? thin goods for the China and East India markets . o it whole, we do not think our trade is much worse tb 5 6 ,0 6 ,0 is at this period of the year. but hopes seem to be le et°, 4 than they were a short time, a s t o an y speedy WW I ef 0 BECIEMONDWIK R.—There was ,a ricd attendanee s ifie the blanket market this week, add a pre tt y goo d b'' d but without alteration in prices. p eerr BRADFORD.—The settlement of long pending t 3 ,„ e cle ences between the woolcombers and their eirP'"'or ‘ , Keighley district. caused more Woke's in the ear l / rie°7 l ' week, but we have not heard of any extended ope ra Ole; supply of Wool in the market generally is a full a _ v iD ol i, j time of the year, but not so abundant as t".Y., bo r .o r Noils and Shorts are dull of sale, and late Prices ported.—The demand for Yarns for home Co"'s ca very steady, but the absence of the export boue dulness. The present market prise of Verne Is 90 1 . 9 a the cost producing them, that spinners generally hl", , the expedient of working short time. There is an eV nees in the Piece merkrt, and the menufacturefea reason to complain. Prices a re ex t reme l y low, bu t are by no means heavy. Heavy and double worsted, are slightly improved in d eman d , b ut pr i ces are n o HUDDERSFIELD.—We do not expect to have 800 our market before the new year. This week W e i 0 very flat one. There are, however, indications ° I ", state of things in spring. HALIFAX. —This week a rath er b e tt er f ee ling ha S g .o6 / felted in the Hall, but not m a ny more goo ds have . , prices continue unimproved. Th e sa l es h a ve bee n in fancy goods for the American market, and the, f that quarter a:e more cheeri ng . Th e d eman d Pot , coming more and more limited, a n d th e s pi n ner' of t more lessening their production. In the Wool " 19 _,,t are very cautious buyers, and p r i ces rema i n with. or 6 1 In Short Wools but little is doing, and prices ar e "0 stocks in the hands of the staplers are light. d ed LEICESTER.—There is no improvement in the 00,4 0 our last report. Every o ne i s act i ng w i th gre at 1 ,0 , chant, dealer, and m anu f ac t urer confine theirtee ' l O / present wants. The great an d cont i nued fa ll in deel during the last two mon th s w ill , i t i s feare d , leL ed,fki tion in the value of money, w hi c h w i ll be atten d prejudicial to trade. There is but little doing in o e' is no alteraton in the va'ue of Yarn ; the W I 4 1 , ~ that the demand i s dull. lios Norrixonam.—The condition of the cotton -pr anyof its branches, wh e th erwroug h t. cut . up , ( 0 ,4 04 has not mended. The drawer and pantaloon " t pt i extremely dull. The silk glove trade i s i n m u 1) j 0 ,f • The lace trade, both bobbin and warp, continnO c eol f pressed state. In despite of this, machines still I' o 9 f the reveal „,p,;„ I and what is more suri the exportation of machinery, not more than lace machines have been shipped fr , ,m Great 13 in raising the duty from 15 to as per cent., h a conraged smiths, that they make thei r own macp the Nottingham smiths h ave t wo es t a bii s hro , c change is taking place in that country as res Pei, lace trade. Hitherto, evely attempi j t;lnir o°` net machine into Lyons has bee n abortive, hue e] 76. inch machines are bought u p i n great nun' I ; and sent to the south of F rance; w hil s t other 12 to 14 quarters wide, are built to r e pl ace th e o, p are informed that a 20-point machine has been in England is a 16-point machine. em Th e afte tor the Mal Five fen s trod tom] to w B Pec te rni Wort zo rw fp" I rniCl that lord s more oosit Wh o grace bgur( A ettut %Joi e , %ye Rirge H ell 6 it will