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L4'( 1 ( tiND 141"1TION. lard-c 'welve o'clock AT al Tt )ILS James Aim] John Aikin Richard Brigl Samuel Buile) William Cochi Edward Chalo John dio Isaac B. Cook , J. C. Corbally G. L. Cox James Cox J. T. Crook James Crostie John Coward Charles G. Co Henry Hansol W. H. Darby Joseph Paws William Earl. Joseph C. Eli Eyre Evans Quintin S. S. Guir Sampson Gell Thomas liaigh Smith Harriso► James Harvey R. E. Ha Thos s Harvey Thomas Hit W. H. Higg Howard H A. C. Jeff', J. R. Jeffr( Timott Jev Sir Arr s Jeons ECTION TING of ELEC ouTH ERN rwcov's on oft County Lted a Corn. moptitut. tors to b IWilliam Preston William Rathbone William Rathbone i Richard Rathbone R. W. Henry Ronnily W. F. Sim IWilliam Stewart W. H. L. Syers Charles Tay!elm Thornely Thorneiy, INI.R Joshua Waimsie I ~V'illi Wield k. H. W Chairman of the Meeting TO THE I GENTII T hasten tc S OF SOL I LANCASHIRI knowl ___ I aiidr spring of IM4, feet freedom of u .eased y o lgu 4, I avoNfed involved the freed the country. t of a requisition .ctors of It one of the diluent 1 answer your call have been rem resources, and scrupulous as lance, the pit representative of the peopt period of the Election in the the strenuous advocate of per- that it wr,s a'vital question ; that it prosperity, and probably the peace of Richmo IA ')DIT SOUTH LA THE' of V TILL NIGHTIN have onr poets ability, constantly that I hare given will shortly !d, and we must its = of either her a fact, Ireland 1, our labours will not termi !ommerce and industry shall zits are powerful and fertile in some of them may not be over esting our progress. Vigi s to be the first duty of the vever deficient I may be in :u1 constantly to advocate Le country and mankind. to the intellectual progress triumphs of industry, as ' a sound education. We o distant period, whilst we anti, to set an ex i of peace :LIIIII BROWN NL ADS" tSEMENT. ;:1 BE ELECTION: r Conducting the ELECTION LE'S SONG EVERY DAY, at at various opinions a's song! I might quote Milton. with his " most musical, most melancholy ;" Coleridge, Keats, and others, in proof of this, but my space forhids. The song of the nightingale is, in fact, full of both joy and sorrow. The words of M ilton, and the Grecian lible of the origin of the nightingale, have im pressed the idea of the melancholy of this n - Jble bird's But the general character of and full of an extacy uncon- Tt is like a mountain stream, uty and riotous gladness. power and spirit. But, and wailing that down to the ,ng on the mind of lowes the b less n. 'Whit f the forgc the felici other v raptur d exults, It is just as if y a sense of resist- r and anon, the memory r be long altogether l seems to feel all a, and to express it as no that old horror, that woft able grief, will come back throws itself again into ib:e ! but Set ration, that inextinguish i!" In another moment it midst of the present, and ruoonlight copse, le's Journal. makes the eveni ring with its triumphant music SANDs OF PERU.-1 he w! sen's r by frui me asp( with their N ui vali courapd their fot and d4n - ip tog; Sc .nt of drag( stranded o shore, and e. out of which they end of t way. ber of woodland, or t —Peg cred for thirty- at , nt of the Peruvian s southern cstremity, pre vast deserts of sand, varied sges and plantations ; has en- Samu Thon Then Thou Thou ure or commerc upportable beat .umblit, monum In the sandy plains Is to loe their way y gives way before want of 23, a transport, carrying •ed and twenty strong, soldiers got on re unable to fit,il their :y w,re met by a num- food, who tad been sent but already one hundred died of thirst and wear-- n the fellowing day. arid deserts, de to the strongest the btd of a the Forty-e priced c ht hot greater part of th creased by the shif in many instances dry durir traveller's danger is m ature cf the sand, which the wind ls, and in columns eighty to one e medanos are another strarge angerous wilds. They are sand escent. ten or twenty fret high, . Their base is moveable, and a tolerably strong wind, they wander ; h. TI n of thpce d raisPs in enormous Cl( hundred feet Tih( the form of a - c h a sharp crest when impelled ov rt ; the smaller ones, more easily ng the large. The Ltter, however, after the current of air from reaching the for mer—take the wind out of their sails, it may be said— and then run over and cru s h them, themselves breaking tip at the same time. In afew hours, what was pr ev i ous l y a level, ;s Wien covered with ranges of hillocks, hindering a view of the horizon, and bewildering the most cape riomed wonderers through these perilous reg ions.— yon Tschudi's Travels in Peru. LORD GEORGE BENTINCK AS A POLITICIAN.—Having once accepted the honourable but onerous task, from that hour he devoted himself to it, body and mind. No exer tion, no application was considered by him too great, if the result of it would be to render him more fit for his task. Had the question in dispute been more of a mere party question—had it, for instance, ben such a question as that of Emancipation, where appeals to political honour and denunciations of ministerial treachery would have formed the staple of the speeches to be delivered, and when the tactics of management would be almost confined to mere resistance, the sudden acceptance of the leader ship would not have involved so much mental responsi bility. But in the case in question, the position of a new leader was quite different. The combined knowledge of the statesman and the political economist had to be brought to hear on a question aboundiog in statistics of the most varied kind, statistics varying with almost every week ; and this in the face of watchful and able opponents on both sides of the House, as well those who had been engaged during their pubic life in assailing the positions to be taken up, as those who, having all alone defended them, now suddenly abandon them, and, knowing their weak points, turned that knowledge to advantage. To fill such a post, then, was no slight undertaking for a man like Lord George Bentinck, bred, as he says, a soldier, who was an active politician only in what he is pleased to call, in modesty of spirit, the " humblest office which a political man can fill," and who for so many years bad turned almost his whole attention to other and less digni fied pursuits. His success was signal. The first speech of any importance he made on the corn question appeared on the face of the report to be a failure. In the House it was no such thin... The noble lord hod an (+yet in pro tracting his speech, and to accomplish that he sacrificed some of its power and effect. He did not rise till a late hour, and then continued speaking so long a time that the House grew impatient, and much confusion prevailed to wards the close of his address. But in those parts of it which were heard, and which, in fact, contained the real pith of his argument, such a striking acquaintance with the complex and extensive facts, and such a power of ar gument, were exhibited, that the noble lord, prolix as he was, made a very deep impression on the House. His very next speech, made under more favourable circumstances, confirmed it ; Lord George displayed so accurate and complete a knowledge of his subject, that even detraction was silent. Opponents were as ready as his own sup porters to admire his displays. They knew from expe rience what an amount of application must have been given in order to enable him to obtain so thorough a mastery on so difficult a subject. Lorl George 13entinck, as may be supposed, has not attained, or even approximated to, perfection as an orator. He was too much preoccupied with his subject to be able to strike any new style of oratory for himself ; it was enough to be able to aeliver his speech with an average ability. So he trusted to old, time-honoured forms in action, intonation, and delivery— forms long since abandoned by all but a few members of either House, and which, like cast-off habits, have travel led down through different classes till they now dignify and embellish that kind of eloquence which one hears after dinner at the London Tavern. It is singular to notice how the infusion of the popular and mercantile element into the representative system has affected the oratory as well as the opinions and votes in parliament. Until within the last twenty years or so, gentlemen intended for public life were regularly trained for public speaking ; a course under the elocution master was deemed essential to an aspirant for honours. The consequence was, that the general characteristics of public speakers were very similar. A tediously slow delivery, extreme pomposity. verbosity and monotony, action in what has been termed the " pump handle" style, marked them all, and may still be found in great perfection in many whose old-fashioned oratory defies and survives innovation. The crowning virtue of this style in the eyes of its professors seems to be to end every sentence intended to be emphatic with a sudden jerk and a twang. Lord George Bentinck fell naturally into this style when he first began his recent opposition ; but conflict and the influence of example have altered his style, even in this brief space of time. But even to that which he gradually abandoned his aristocratic bearing gave a kind of characteristic interest well adapted to the subject matter on which Lis speeches were delivered. Taken as a whole, bearing in mind the noble descent of the speaker, his whole aspect so essentially aristocratic, his speeches were emphatically a protest from the living representative of a post generation of statesmen, and a code of political morality long since abandoned, against a new race of statesmen, untried for good, but convicted of evil. But for some time past Lord Georee Bentinck has adapted his style much more to the modern tastes of the House of Commons. He speaks with more brevity and more to the point, and has got rid of an unpleasant drawl ing tone and a habit of hesitation. Fewer statistics and more argument charactetise politico-economicspeeches, while his purely party or personal• speeches exhibit a power and vigour not displayed in his earlier efforts. In his per sonal attacks en Sir Robert Peel he allowed the warmth and sincerity of his feelings to carry him further than has been usual in what Mr. Disraeli called these mealy mouthed" days; but then it should he remembered that he believes Sir Robert Peel to have acted with political unfairness towards one for whom Lord George entertained the most ardent aff.ction and respect, and that all men are not so constituted as to be able to treat politics as a mere game, in which only a kind of sham feeling is to be allowed to intermingle. Apart from the propriety of these attacks, the energy and debating power they exhibited spew that the noble lord can be, when aroused, a dange rous antagonist. We have spoken of his elevation as be ing an accident of the Anti-Corn-law agitation. Certainly but for the effect of that agitation he would have conti nued a silent member of the H ouse of Commons. It took much to arouse him from his indolence and tempt him (corn his retirement; but, having been once set in mo tion, we should be tempted to predict that he will hereafter take a diAinguidled pn,ition in political affairs,—Frazer, PERUVIAS CARNIVALS.—" Lima," says the Spanish proverb, " is a heaven to women, a purgatory to hus bands, and a hell to jackasses." The latter unfortunate beasts being infamously used by the negroes, who, espe cially the liberated ones, are the most cruel and vicious race in Peru. In this latter category must be included the Zambos and Chinos, half-casts between negroes and mulattos, and negroes and Indians. We turn a few pages and come to the carnival; during which, judging from the account before us, we should imagine that Lima be. came a hell not only to ill-treated donkeys, but to man, woman, and child. The chief sport of that festive season consists in sprinkling people with water, concerning the purity of which the sprinklers are by no means fastidious. From nearly every balcony, liquids of the most various and unsavoury description are rained down upon the passers by ; at the street corners stand negroes, who seize upon all who are not of their own caste, and roll them in the gutter, unless they prefer paying a certain ransom, in which case they get off with a trifling baptism of dirty water. Troops of young men force their way into the houses of their acquaintances, and attack the ladies. First, they sprinkle them with scented water, but when that is expended, the pump, and even worse, is had recourse to, and the sport becomes brutality. The ladies, with their clothes dripping wet, are chased from room to room, become heated, and are frequently rendered dan gerously ill. Diseases of the lungs, and other rheumatic complaints, are the invariable consequences of the carni val, to whose barbarous celebration many fall victims. Besides this, every year murders occur out of revenge for this brutal treatment. One favourite trick is to fill a sack with fragments of glass and earthenware, and fasten it to the balcony by a cord, the length of which is so calcu- lated that, when let down, the sack hangs at about seven feet from the ground. The sack is kept on the balcony till somebody passes, and is then suddenly thrown out, but, thanks to the cord, remains at a safe distance above the heads of those below. Although it is tolerably well known that in most streets there is at least one of these infernal machines, yet the sudden shock and alarm are so great, that persons have been known to fall down senseless on the spot. Horses are thus made to shy violently, and frequently throw their riders. The practice is each year forbidden by the police, but the prohibition is disregarded. —Blackwood. AUSTRALIAN MODE OF DISPOSING OF THEIR DEAD. —Hurrying on with a still favourable tide, but at a rate much too slow for our impatience, we passed two other small grassy islets, and a third was before us. The eastern bank had become steep, overhanging, and clothed with a mass of luxuriant creepers ; whilst, on the opposite side, was a low woody palcii, partly immersed by the hake-like . . grassy water of the river, into which one slender tree dipped its feathery crest, appearing, like mother Nar cisus, to admire its own beauty in the stream. In front the eye could penetrate far down the reach, hemmed in as it was by trees, that elm.tered thick on the water's brink. To the right was what might he called an open glade ; in the midst of it rose a tree, the branches of which were laden with a most singular-looking buildle, or roll of pieces of wood. Struck with its appearance, we rested on our oars to cb=ervt it, but scarcely had we done so, when from a point higher up, that appeared to 3ivide the river into two branches, rose a thick volume of smoke, that soon filled the air, as if a huge black cloud had lighted in that direction. We endeavoured to proceed in order to satisfy nor curiosity, but a rocky ledge, extending across the river, arrested our further progress at this time of the tide. Landi:,g accordingly, I advanced for nearer inspection towards the huge bundle of sticks before men tioned. It seemed almost like the nest of some new bird, and greatly excited my curiosity. As I approached, a most unpleasant smell assailed me, and, on climbing up to examine it narrowly, I found that it contained the decay ;».-, hod,/ of a native. Within the outer covering of sticks was one of net, with an inner one of the bark of the papyrus-tree, enveloping the corpse. According to the singular practice of uncivilised people of providing for the wants of thosa who have nothing more to do with earthly things, some weapons were deposited with the deceased in this novel kind of mortuary habitation, and a little beyond was a rill of water. There was a loneliness in the spot perfectly in keeping with the feelings this strange discovery naturally called forth ; and, from the few recent signs of the natives, it would appear that here, as in other parts of the continent, spots where the dead lie are kept sacred. Some dark brown and black hawks were perched on the trees near, looking like so many mutes stationed to show respect to the departed ; but their intentions were of a different cbarac!er, as they were waiting, I imagine, for some friendly gust of wind to shake off the covering of the deceased. While we were making these observations the conflagration on the point above continued to rage with great fury, and 1 have no doubt it was kindled in order to attract our attention and prevent us from visiting the sacred spot. Though we saw not the form of a living being, I am persuaded that the eyes of the natives were upon us, and that our every movement was watched. The me thod they adopted to lure us away from the neighbour hood of the dead was simple and !Ingenious, and might have proved successful had not the interposing ledge of rocks prevented our further progress. To effect their purpose they must have burned up a very large space as the smoke that arose obscured all that quarter of the heavens. We observed also that the ground about the burial-tree had been submitted to the flames, is if to keep away the few kangaroos that visit this spot—Captain Stokes's " Discoveries in Australia." PERUVIAN MODE OP APPLYING GUANO.—Opposite to the ports of Pisco and Chincha, lie a number of small islands, noted for their large deposits of guano, or huanu, as Dr. Tschudi corrects the orthography of the word. I The doctor gives some very interesting particulars con cerning this efficacious manure, which, although but re cently adopted in Europe,l appears to have been used in Peru as far back as the time of the first Incas. The Peruvians use it chiefly for the maize and potato fields ; their manner of employing it is peculiar, and but li Ile known in Europe. A few weeks after the seeds have be gun to germinate, a small hole is made beside each plant, filled with huanu, and covered up with earth. Twelve or fifteen hours later, the whole field is laid under water, and left so for a few hours. The effect of the process is incredibly rapid. In a very few days, the plants attain double their previous height. When the operation is repeated, but with a smaller quantity of the huanu. the farmer may reckon upon a crop at least threefold that which he would obtain from an unmanured soil. Of the white huanu, which is much stronger than the dark coloured, less must be used, and the field must be watered sooner. and for a longer time, or the roots will be destroy_ ed. When the land is tolerably good, seven hundred and fifty to nine hundred pounds of huanu are reckoned suffi cient for a surface of fourteen thousand square feet; with poor soil, a thousand to twelve hundred pounds are re quired.— VonTschudes Travels in Peru. FEMALE LIFE IN GERMANY.—The only recreation in which she ever indulges is an occasional drive or ball : for the later amusement there is at Heidelberg every fa cility. There are three species of balls—the "Burger Venrein," or the association of citizens ; the " Harmo nic," so called, we presume, from the harmonizing effect of its society—and the " Museum," 'Phial is a spacious building, containing several fins hell and concert rooms and an excellent table d'hote. This establishment pos sesses, also, the additional advantage of a capital news. room, where all the leading continental as well as English journals are taken, and amongst the latter, is our friend Mr. Punch. For a very trifling annual subscription, any one may become a member of this society, and besides access to the balls, concerts, news-room, &c., he has the " entre" to a magnificent library, which is stored with authors in all languages, and amongst the collection, strange to say, is a capital selection of some of our best English law books. There is a ball or a concert given at these rooms at least once a month, and the society fre quenting them is considered the most aristocratic of the town. To the Harmonie, however, all sorts and condi tions of men and women repair; we have seen a grafine er countess and a laundry maid dancing in the same set ; a crown prince and a he :d waiter vis-a-vis—but in Ger many this is thought nothing of, and the people who thus attain a temporary elevation, never venture to presume on it—but the instant the ball or festivity is over, return to their respective positions, the waiter and the laundry maid resolve themselves into their original elements, and the next day you will see him whom you met on the previous night, arrayed in all the gorgeousness of blue coat and snowy vest, attired in his accustomed jacket and trousers, of that extraordinary cut by which the German " kelner" is distinguished, waiting with meekness beside some so litary guest who is eating his breakfast in the coffee room of the hotel: or the lady whom you beheld in all the maiden simplicity of' white muslin, and "aperient" dia monds, carrying away a huge pail of water upon her head, which she has with much labour just extracted from the adjoining pump.—Sketches of Burschen Life. EARTHQUAKES IN LIMA.—" The city of earthquakes," would be a far more appropriate name for Lima than the city of the kings. On an average of years, five-and-forty shocks are annually felt, most of which occur in the latter half of October, in November, December, January, May, and June. January is the worst month, during which, in many years, scarcely a day passes without convulsions of this kind. The terrible earthquakes that play such havoc with the city come at intervals of forty to sixty years. Since the west coast of South America was known to Eu ropeans, the following are the dates :-1586, 1630, 1687, 1713, 1746, 1806; always two in a century. It is greatly to be feared that ten more years will not elapse without Lima being visited by another of those awful calamities. Dr. Tschudi gives a brief account of the earthquake of 1746. It was on the 28th of October, St. Simon and St. Jude's day, that at 31 minutes past 10 p.m., the earth shock with a fearful bellowing noise, and, in an instant, the whole of Lima was a heap of ruins. Noise, earth quake, and destruction were all the affair of one moment. The few buildings whose strength resisted the first shock were thrown down by a regular horizontal motion of the earth, which succeeded it and lasted four minutes. Out of more than three thousand houses, only twenty-one re mained uninjured. Nearly all the public buildings were overthrown. At the port of Callao the destruction was even more complete; for scarcely was the earthquake over, when the sea arose with a mighty rushing sound, and swallowed up both town and inhabitants. In an instant, five thousand human beings became the prey of the waters. The Spanish corvette San Fermin, which lay at anchor in the harbour, was hurled far over the walls of the fortress, and stranded at more than five hundred y ar from the shore. A cross marks the place where she struck. Three heavily.laden merchantmen met the same fate, and nineteen other vessels foundered. The town had disappeared, and travell , rs have related how, even now, when the sky is bright and the sea still, the houses and churches may be dimly seen through the transparent waters. Such a tale as this is scarce worth refuting, seeing that the houses were overturned by the earthquake before they were overwhelmed by the sea, whose action must long since hare destroyed their every vestige. But the old sailors along that coast love to tell how, on certain days, the people are seen sitting at the doors of their houses, and standing about in the streets, and how, in the silent watches of the night, a cock has been heard to crow from out the depths of the sea.—Von Tschucles Travels in Peru. AN INCIDENT OF THE WARS OF WILLIAM AND , 1 JAMES. — WhiIe Jeremiah Tisdel thus railed and cursed in hoarse accents, as he burrowed with his crooked fin gers among the upturned earth, he might not inappositely have presented to the fancy of the spectator the image of a famished ghoul cowering over some open grave, and searching for the fragments of his unclean feast. " Gone, gone, gone," he cried, in a voice of almost childish rage and grief, as he sat down upon the cold earth beside the spot, and smote his clenched hands sometimes upon his breast and sometimes upon the dull soil, until gradually this frantic energy of woe subsided into a sullen, black moroseness, from which, however, after the lapse of some ten minutes, he on a sudden started up. " Aye, aye," he exclaimed, with a new and fierce interest, " let's see how Deveril has fared." With this exclamation, be hurried toward the ruined walls; the lower windows had all been secured with iron bars, which had of course survived the flames, and now showed in sharp black lines against the grey light of morning which streamed through the build ing. Passing the clrner of the still reeking ruin, Tisdal stopped short, with a shuddering ejaculation which had a strange mixture of joy and horror in its intonation. " Then it is done !—ha, ha !—the hunter caught in his own toils, the robber bereft of his spoil, the murderer of his precious life." The spectacle which elicited these words was one of sufficient horror. Through the bars of a window, within a few yards of which the speaker stood, were thrust the knee and the head of a figure, whose es cape had been rendered impracticable by two transverse bars which, deeply sunk in the side walls, secured the rest. The head, and one arm and shoulder, as well as one knee, were thrust through the iron stanchions, and all was black and shrunk, the clothes burned entirely away, and the body roasted and shrivelled to a horrible tenuity ; the lies dried up and drawn. so that the white teeth grinned and glittered in hideous mockery, and thus the whole form, arrested in the very attitude of frenzied and desperate exertion, showed more like the hideous, blackened effigy of some grinning ape, than anything hu man. With a horrible and icy fascination, old Tisdal gazed upon this appalling spectacle, till it almost seemed, to his distempered fancy, that the fiendish grinning thing was greeting him " with mop and mow," as the coal black, shrunken mask, with its shining white tows of teeth, set off by the hideous grotesqueness of its attitude, met, and appeared to return his fixed and thrilling gaze. " Deveril ! Deveril! muttered the puritan, scarce daring to speak above his breath, as he drew back a little ; for though he knew it was but fancy, the light curling smoke rising between him and that fearful object, gave to it an appearance of motion, which enhanced the horrible effect of the spectacle upon his imagination. " Deveril ! De veril s—this is horrible ! Who could have thought he'd have struggled so hard? Why did they not pike him ? Flow could they let him roast ? It was frightful !" With a violent effort Tisdal turned, and two steps placed the corner of the building between him and that terrible object. A strange feeling, sometimes almost bordering upon a gush of tenderness, came upon him as he conti nued—" Deveril! Deveril ! poor Deveril ! it was dread ful ! it was frightful !—he was my staunch companion in evil days. Oh, Deveril ! Deveril !—he saved my life once —why did I forget Blackheath ? Oh, Deveril, was it for this you saved it? Oh, my God ! that I could call him hack !—or—or at least that he had died elsewhere, and an easier death ! lle was my comrade—m . y comrade—when no one else would consort with me! Is he dead ?—is he quite—quite dead ? If he had but life enough left to for give me !—oh, that he had but life enough to forgive me !" t iThusn h g e , dreadful p sad e d a afiu king,w diiasrt rpan t t i et h a n idol ny s t iri r ea a tdu ge returned ee hysterical e. revulsion Th spot erwel,iwhere e f e , f l e el first a s - the bars themselves, stood still the awful, monkey-like figure, black and grinning as ever. 1 . 1 Deveril! Deveril ! —old boy, Deveril!" cred his former associate, almost frantically ; but the sounds echoed unheesied through the empty walls, and the thin vapour curled, undisturbed by breath or movement, like the smoke of his torment for ever ascending about and above the sooty, grinning effigy, " Deveril! Deveril! is there any life in you? Old fellow, it's I—it's Tindal—burnt brandy ! Oh, God ! Deveril ! Deveril ! won't you answer Captain Gordon? It's I—l —it's brother Snap ! Oh, Deveril, my boy, you saved me—you saved me—l know it—l remember that night. Speak, old boy, one word. I think you moved !—y ou did move !" Tisdal distractedly snatched up a long charred joist, which lay among the smouldering rubbish, and, stretching across the smoking embers and ashes, he, with the end of it, pushed the ghastly figure. The effect was horrible ; for though the pressure was but light, the grinning head separated from the body, and rolled, amid a cloud of dust, towards Tisdal's feet, while the body dropped back into the ashes and rubbish within the w a ll s, leaving but the blackened arm still clinging and sticking to the bars. If the frightful apparition had spontaneously sprung from its position, and leaping at the throat of its betrayer, Tisdal could hardly have felt a pang of terror wiider than the paroxysm which froze him, as he saw the head of his victim thus rolling and plunging through the ashes, towards his feet. At length, relieved by some thing between a sigh and a shudder, and trembling so vi olently that his legs could scarcely bear him, ne managed to withdraw as far as the low fence which enclosed the little paddock, within which had stood the mansion of Drumguntiiol, now but a scorched and smoking ruin, and seating himself upon the low grassy bank, be strove to re collect his scattered wits, and to quiet his terrible agita tion.—Fortunes of Turlogh O'Brien. LATEST FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. THE WEST INDIA AND MEXICAN MAILS. The royal mail steam-ship Tav, Captain Sharp, arrived on Saturday evening, after a fine run of 131 days from Bermuda, her last port of communication. She was not due until to-day, and her early arrival is, therefore, another practical illustration of the continued improve ment in sailing of the various powerful steam-ships be longing to the Royal Mail Ccmpany. Her latest dates are, Honduras. May 20th ; Tampico, 26th ' • Chagres, 26th ; Carthapria, 29th ; Vera Cruz. June 2d ; Demerara, 4th ; La Guayra, sth ; Trinidad, 6th ; Barbadoes, Bth ; Ja maica, Bth ' • Grenada, 10th ; Havannah, lltb ; St. Thomas, 16th ; and Bermuda. 20th. She brings 2,000,000 dollars on merchants account, but none on account of the Mexican dividends, 1,8300 z. of gold dust, 520!b. of platina, 32 serons of jalap, 93 serons of cochineal, 100 bales of tobacco, 26 cases of cigars, 55 packages of pines, 5 cases of tortoiseshell, 13 cases of tur tle, and 80 packages of sundries; the value of the whole freight may he estimated at 3.000,000 dollars. The gradual increase in the goods on freight by these ships is a strong proof of the wisdom of the company in carrving cargo, only a recent arrangement, and which is now forming a con siderable addition to the Southarnrton imports. The Tay also brings the large number of 93 passengers. _ _ We haVe letters from Mexico to the 31st May. The Mexican ports on the Atlantic were blockaded by the American squadron, and an attack on the castle of San Juan de Ulloa was expected immediately. The port of Mazatlan and city of Guadalaxara bad both declared against the government. The republic seemed to he fast verging on anarchy. Arista's army in the north is understood to have dis persed in great confusion. About half the members of the new congress had been got together. They elected General Bustamante president of the body. Senor Gorostiza had retired from the Ministry of Fi nance, and was succeeded by Senor Iturbe, who had seized all the funds in the ports, including the English dividends. The light is removed from the castle of San Juan de Ulloa, at Vera Cruz, during the blockade. The Tay brings our usual files of West India papers, by which we are glad to find a favourable change of the weather has occurred in many of the islands, too late, however, to repair the great damage the long-continued drought occasioned. The Barbadocs Standard states that they have had several showers. '1 he rain appears to have been general; it continued to the end of the month. The Trinidad Standard estimates the probable amount of sugar likely to reach the home market, as the crop from that island for 1846, at 22,000 hhds.. a decrease on the past year of 1,265, and 2,000 hhds. short of what might have been expected from the appearance of the crop at the commencement. The crop of the coming year, it is said, will prove a short one, probably not more than 17,000 hhds., arising from many untoward circumstances, especially the frequency of fires. These fires continue. In Naparima, the principal sugar district, a severe fire commenced (16th) on Friendship Estate, and swept Espe ranee, Corinth, Concord, Ne Plus Ultra, Mr. Navet's Mon Repos, and Mr. Andre's estates, and entered the suburbs of San Fernando; a change of wind saved the town. The fire ravaged an area of ground 5 miles in extent ; a spark from a boiling-house chimney was the cause. A similar conflagration occurred the following day at Cedros, devastating the St. John, Union, Perseverance, and Loch maben estates, on the latter it destroyed canes sufficient to make 150 hogsheads of sugar ; the village fell a prey to the flames. Lord Harris, the governor, exerted himself greatly during :this severe visitation, in giving directions and using every effort to subdue the fires. Immigration still goes on to British Guiana ; Berb!ce has received 139 Coolies by the Raymond. and 260 by the Britannia, and they have had 235 Portuguese by the Planter, from Madeira, and a late arrival of 351 Coolies by the Sir Robert Peel. The Madeira immigrants are turning their attention to the cultivation of the vine. In Demerara a favourable change has taken place in the weather; constant and heavy showers have fallen. Grind ing has been resumed in several districts. The return, however, expected from the canes is very small ; the crop is variously estimated at 10,000, 15,000, and 20,000, or not more than half the crop of the previous year. The members of the House of Assembly at Tobago continue to refuse to meet to transact any business until the Chief Justice is suspended, on account of that officer not furnishing them with a copy of certain documents which they required. One or two slight showers had fallen in Grenada, but the severe drought in that island for the most part continued, and the estates are in a de plorable state. A smart shock of an earthquake was felt at Jamaica, but was unattended with damage. The Municipal Council of Metz have voted a sum of 60,000.000 f. of the budget of that place, 0 enable bakers to sell bread to the poor under the assize price. The growth of apples in Normandy, from which the cider is made, is this year so scanty that the measure, which in ordinary years is sold for lf. 25c., is now quoted at 4f. and upwards. The German journals contain accounts of several fires in Hungary, which are said to be the work of incendiaries. The towns of Leibitz and Durant were on fire on the same night. In the former 22 houses were destroyed, and in the latter 101 houses and the Lutheran church. A dreadful accident took place on Friday last on board a steamer plying between Paris and Montereau. The boiler of the engine exploded with great violence, and en gineer and two stokers were killed, and several passengers dangerously wounded. HURRICANE IN RUSSIA.—ST. PETERSBURG'', JUNE 22.—News has been received to. day from the interior of a tremendous hurricane along the banks of the Volga, which destroyed between 100,000 and 150,000 chetwerts of flour, rye, wheat, linseed, &c., which were destined for tbia place. VIDOCQ'S LAST TRIM—Most of the Paris jnnrnals announced some months ago that the celebrated Vidocq was dead. The Democralie Pacifique, in giving this news, followed it up with certain reflections, which he consi dered to be a libel, and commenced thereupon an action against the responsible editor. The case came yesterday before the Correctional Tribunal, and the editor, not ap pearing, was condemned in default to pay a fine of 501. Galignani's Messenger. TREASON rar A DOG.—An amusing story is told of the boys of Heriot's Hospital, in )682. The Earl of Argyle was in this year convicted of high treason, for refusing the test oath without certain qualifications. The Heriot boys ordered their watch-dog to take the test, and offered him the paper. When he refused, they rubbed it over with butter. He then licked off the butter, but spat out the paper. They empannelled a jury, tried him for trea son and hanged him. —Steven's Memoir-sof Geo. Heriot. EARLY DAYS OF HAYDON, THE ARTIST.—Mr. Hay don was born on the 26th January, 1786. at Plymouth where his father was a bookse'ler of good reputation. lie was educated at Plymouth Grammar School, and after wards removed to Plympton, where his education was completed in the same grammar school in which Sir Joshua Reynolds acquired all the scholastic knowledge he ever received. Haydon, in after life, was fond of referring to this circumstance ; nor unwilling, indeed, to have it said that his father. who drew a little himself, had given him the Scriptural name in the thought that, as Plympton had sent a Sir Joshua into the world, Plymouth might send her Benjamin to follow. The boy evinced a love for art at a very early period, and is said to have exhibited his first fondness for his calling on the occasion of a print which the servant had given him to keep him quiet. Thus early initiated, he found materials for his purpose in Lis father's house. He drew, read, and resolved; and, Rey nolds' " Discourses" attracting his attention, he became, before he was eighteen years of age, an enthusiast in high art, whose first word was Raphael, and his second Michael Angelo. Thus irrecoverably a painter, he left for London on the 14th of May, 1804, and entered his name as a stu dent of the Royal Academy. His skill and attention were soon noticed. Prince Hoare introduced him to Fuseli, an introduction which had something to do, perhaps, with the after errors and eccentricities of his character and style. Fuseli was fearless and outspoken, and Haydon became the same. Fuseli, in painting, was violent in action and exaggerated in expression, and Haydon was, at once, his admiring imitator. Thus injuriously misled, he never recovered from the false worship of his early faith; but, through the whole course of a long and active career, mistook Fuseli's exaggeration of attitude and drawing for the tranquil grandeur of Michael Angelo and Raphael.—Athcenerern. AN EGYPTIAN FUNFRAL.—Another uncommon fune ral procession, that of Kharsheed Pasha, late governor of Sennar, passed our house a few days after that of the saint ; and as it was the most remarkable of all such spec tacles seen in Cairo since my arrival I am induced to de scribe it to you It was preceded by six camels, each bear ing two boxes filled with corn and dates, above and be tween which sat the distributor with a stick in his hand to chive off the crowd that presssed upon him, making as great a clamour as though they were all starving ; and arrange to say, the most decently dressed persons were the most importunate. Then followed three camels with water; and then two buffaloes to be sacrificed at the tomb, and the flesh to be divided among the poor. These practices are always observed at the funerals of rich persons in Egypt, and, I believe, throughout the East. About thirty reciters of the Kur-an followed next, and about the same number of Sheyksheaded a large body of Turks of the middle classes, chiefly wearing the military dress. Then followed a tribe of Chaooshes, two and two, in full uniform; and after these walked about fifty grandees of all ages. Their dresses were most picturesque, the varieties of colour they dis played rendering the group they formed by far the most striking feature in the proce-sion. There were among them some old men who had doubtless seldom before walked in the streets of Cairo. One, bent with age and apparently blind, was leaning on a youth who seemed to be his son, and many were much exhausted. They had all walked nearly a mile, and had to walk nearly a mile and a half further, the last half mile exposed to the burning sun. But to return to the order of the proces sion. Some boss walked next, each bearing a Kur-an ; and they were immediately followed by a crowd of men bearing incense in silver censors, filling the streets and houses with clouds of frankincense and other perfumes; while others, carrying sprinkling bottles of silver, showered ',heir sweet contents around them on the more distinguished of the spectators. Then passed the bier, the appearance of which was not unusual: it was covered with a red figured Cashmere shawl, and borne d , consisting friends abnydfoaut e four men. Tofhethleadhieasr,emfemneaxlet followed, and or about twenty-five or thirty ladies , m ounted on high a d n o d alt a c i i, l - ,s host on n o d n p f o e o r h t . a p s A t l w l et the e t y slaves o i as t ine mentioned i nei ordinary scr e a d m o e n d k eys, and wailed so loudly that the noise cannot easily be forgotten by those who have heard as well as seen a grand funeral a procession r.an _ t b ; e t e b b e a mingling unti n g bo boys—and a n voices—thed the wailing reciters women, of oc casioned K a deafening yell hardly to be imagined. The led horses of the grandees bore up the rear, and thus con cluded a spectacle as singular as almost any which can have been witnessed in the streets of Cairo.—Corres pondent ,of the Times. STANCE OF AFFECTION FOR A CHILD.--I wit d in the family of a native, named Alligator, an nce of affection for a departed child, which, though • hibited itself in this peculiar manner, was extremely touching. The wife had treasured up the banes of the little one, and constantly carried them about with her, not as a memento mori, but as an object whereon to expend her tenderest emotion, whenever they swelled within her breast. At such times she would put together these bones with a rapidity that supposed a wonderful know ledge of osteology, and set them up that she might weep over them. Perhaps in her imagination, as she performed this melancholy rite, the ghastly frame-work before her became imbued with the comely form of infancy; bright eyes once more sparkled in those hollow cells, and a smile of ineffable delight hung where in reality was nought but the hideous grin of death. I exceedingly regret that the mother who could feel so finely was some time afterwards overpersuaded to part with the bores o; her child. — Cap tain Stokes's "Discoveries in Australia" NEW METHOD OF FINISHING BRONZE STATUES.-- The bronze statue of Iluskisson, just completed in the royal brass foundry of the Bavarian capital, deserves an especial notice, on account of a new method of chasing which has been resorted to in this case. It is known that newly-cut brass possesses a strong lustre, which destroys the mellow aspect of the work, on which account artists have resorted to the expedient of producing a sort of arti ficial patina by the use of mineral acids. For the sake of imparting to the above work a uniform mellow appearance without using acids, Inspector Muller has resorted to the method of deed chasing. This has been perfectly success ful ; and the uniform tone which has been obtained in the whole work bids fair that the patina, as it will appear in due course of time, will be also uniform. By the use of diferent sorts of files a really different grain of the metal has been cut out, which the artist was able to produce in accordance with the nature of the part thus treated. This method is said to be a real advance in the mechanism of the bronze-founding process.—The Builder. GOVERNESSES.—In Russia the governess is held in such respect that she is led forth as au honoured guest, taking precedence of the pupil whose education she has completed. fn England it would be difficult to ascertain her position— charged with the sole care of the " precious jewels" of an illustrious house—considered competent to cultivate their minds—to form their manners—to enlarge their views, that they may keep their position, and become all that is desired in Engl sh gentlewomen—tire person who does all this, if admitted into society at all, is thrust, unintroduced, into a corner, and expected to retire when the younger children are sent to bed—slighted by the servants, who consider her a servant—and looked upon as a person to be dis missed as soon as done with by the mistress ! Fcr one governess who receives a pension for past services—services which can never be repaid—there are, protected and pros perous, a hundred ladies' maids; it is not at all uncom mon to meet with pensioned servants, but a pensioned go verness is a rara avis ; we find them in hospitals or work houses, when they are overtaken by ill health, or faded into old age.—Art Union. THE FRFNCH REVOLUTION AND THE PRESENT CRISIS OF ENGLAND.—In days like ours, which begin to familiarise men with the chances of political convulsion, it may be well worth while to listen to the conceptions of one who better knew the nature of the French Revolution than perhaps any among the great actors of the time. Napoleon was sitting by his fireside, in St. Helena, on the 3d of September :—" To-day," said he, is the anni versary of a hideous remembrance, the St. Bartholomew of the French Revolution—a bloody stain, which was the act of the Commune of Paris, a rival power of the legis lature, which built its strength upon the dregs of the passions of the people. * * * We must acknowledge that there has been no political change without a fit of popular vengeance, as soon as, for any cause whatever, the mass of the people enter into action. * * * Ge _ . . . neral rule :—No social revolution without terror ! Every revolution is in principle a revolt, which time and success ennoble and render legal; but of which terror has been one of the inevitable phases. How, indeed, can we un derstand that one could say to those who possess fortune and public situations, Begone, and leave us your for tunes and your situations,' without first intimidating them, and rendering any defence impossible? The reign of terror began, in fact, on the night of the 4th of August, when privileges, nobility, tithes, the remains of the feudal system, and the fortunes of the clergy, were done away with, and all those remains of the old monarchy were thrown to the people. Then only did the people under stand the revolution, because they gained something, and wished to keep it, even at the expense of blood." This language is memorable. It ought to be a lesson to Eng land. Napoleon here pronounces that the great stimulant of political revolution is public robbery. Privileges may be the pretence, but the real object is plunder ; and the progress of reason may be alleged as the instrument, but the true weapon is terror. In England we are preparing the way for a total change. The groundwork of a revolu tion is laid from hour to hour; the aristocracy, the church, the landed proprietors, are made objects of popular libel, only preparatory to their being made objects of public assault. The League has not yet taken upon it the office of the Commune of Paris, nor have the nobles, the clergy, and the bankers been massacred in the prisons; but when once the popular passions are kindled by the hopes of na tional plunder, the revolution will have begun, and then farewell to the constitution. The habits of England, we willingly allow, are opposed to public cruelty ; and in the worst excesses, the France of 1793 would probably leave us behind. But the principle in every nation is the same —the possessors of property will resist, the plunderers of property will fight ; conflicting banners will be raised, and, after desperate struggles, the multitude will be the masters of the land.—Blackwood. STATIONS OF TEIE BRITISH ARMY. ON TUS IST JULY, 1846 From Colburn's United Service Magazin s are mentioned, the last-named is that at Depot of the Regiment is stationed.) [Where two whic Ist Life Guards—Windsor. 2nd Ditto—Regent's Park. Royal 1-I.Guards—Hyde Park Ist Dragn Gds.—Birmingham 2d—Dublin. 3d—Piershill. 4th—Nottingham sth—York. 6th—Norwich. 7th—C. G. Hope, Maidstone Ist Dragoons—Ballincollig 2d—Dublin 3d—Bengal; Maidstone 4th—Manchester. 6th —Longford. 7th Hussars—Hounslow sth—Cahir. gth Lancers —Bengal ; 10th Hussars —Bombay 11th Hussars —Coventry 12th Lancers— Brighton, 13th It. D'goons—Newbridge :4th--Bombay; Maidstone. 15th Hussars—Madras; M'ston 16th Lancers—Bengal, Maidstn 17th Lancers—Dundalk. Grenadier Guards, (Ist batt.) '_Midst, St. George's Barr. (2d batt.)—Welington Barr. (3d batt.)—Windsor. Coldstream Guards, (Ist batt St. John's Wood (2d batt.)—Winchester. Scotch FusileerGrds—(istbatt Portman-st. Barr. (2d hatt)—Tower. Ist Foot (Ist batt.)—Trinidad Dublin. (2d batt.) --Edinburgh. 2d Foot—WineheAer. :ht—G:,sport. 4th—Madras; Chatham. sth—Templemore 6th—Athlone. 7th—Barbadoes ; Naas. Bth--Bombay 9th —Bengal ; Chatham. 10th—Bengal; Chatham. 11th—N. S. Wales, sheerress. lath—Mauritius; Isle Wight. Reserve batt., Mauritius 13th—l'ort,mout h. 14th—Canada ; Plymouth. 15th—Ceylon; Waterford. 16th—Gibraltar; 17th—Bombay ; Chatham. 18th—China ; Chatham. Igth—Barhadoes ; Boyle. 20th—Bermuda ; Isle of Wight 21st—Madras; Chatham. 22d—Bombay; Chatham. 23d—Antigua ; Isle of Wight. Reserve batt., Canada 24th—Bengal ; Chatham. 25th—Madras ; Chatham. 26th—En nick illen. 27th—Cape G, Hope ; Guernsey 28th—Bombay ; Chatham. 29th—Bengal ; Chatham. 30th—Dublin. 31st—Bengal; Chatham. 32d—Bengal ; Chatham. 33d—N. Brunswick ; Clonmel. 34th—Corfu ; Cashel 35th—Mauritius ; Charles Fort. 36th—Manchester. 37th—Newport. 38th—Jamaica; Londonderry. 39th—Bengal; Chatham. 51st, under ord LATEST DATES Direct. I I: direct Australia Bahia.. , Barbadoes Bombay .. B. Ayres ... Calcutta ... C. G. Hope Charleston. China...... Demerara. Havana .., Jamaica_ La G uayra 4 0111—Can t erbu ry 41st —NI a) lin gar. 43d—Dover. 44th—Newry 193d—Canada; Carlow oth—Ceylon ; Tralee. 96th—N.S.Wales; Chatham 1 97 th—Corfu ; Isle of Wight, AT LIVERPOOL May 12 Lima . • 21 St. Helena May 24 Maranham • 2o Mauritius April Mobile May 11 Monte Video 7 N. Orleans June 13 New York April 25 Pernambuco May 1 9 Rio Janeiro •• 29 savannah .. 23 Valparaiso . 21 Vera Cruz June 16 42d—Malta ; Isle of Wight.— Reserve batt., Malta 45th--Cape of Good Hope, LW Reserve batt.. M.Video 46th—Canada; Chatham. 47th—Dublin. 48th—Jamaica; liewbridge 49th—Castlebar. soth—Bengal ; Chatham 51st—Vat: D. ; Chatham. 52d—Quebec ; Brecon. 53(1—Bengal; Chatham. 54th—Gibraltar ; lermoy. 55th—Devon port. 56th—Bury, (Lancashire.) 57th—Madras ; Chatham. 58th—N.S. Wales ; Chatham. 59th—Dublin. 60th(lst batt.)—Bombay ; Chat ;2d batt.)—Canada ; Edinbro' 61st—Bengal ; Chatham. 62(I—Bengal ; Chatham. 63d—Madras ; Chatham. 64th—Dub in. 65th—N.S.VVales ; Chatham. 66th—Gibraltar ; Clare Castle 67th Cork. 68th— Chester. 69th—Newcastle- upon-Tyne 70th—Dublin. 71st—Barbadocs ; I. of Wight. Reserve batt., Canada. 72d—Gibraltar; Nenagh. 73d—Monte Video-13 uttevant. 74th—Portsmouth. 75th—Athlone. 76th—Glasgow. 77th—Jamaica; Fermoy. 78th—Bombay ; Chatham. 79th—Gibraltar ; Belterbut. 80th—Bengal; Chatham 81st—Canada ; Jersey. 82d—Canada; Spike Island 83d—Limerick. 84th—Madras; Chatham. 85th—Buttevant 86th—Bombay ; Chatham. 87th—Aberdeen. 88th—Malta; Ballinasl :e. 89th—Canada ; Both—Ceylont ; Weedon. gist—Cape ofGood Dope; I.ofW, Reserve batt., C. G. Hope g2d—Bel fast. Reserve batt., Cephalonia 98th—China ; Chatham. 99th—N. S. Wales ; Chatham. Ritleß (Istb.)—Corfn ; Chat'm (2dbatt.)—Halifax,N.S.,lsleW, Reserve batt., Halifax, N.S. Ist W. I. Regt.—Jamaica, &c. 2nd—Nassau. _ _ _ sd—Demerara, Sierra Leone, &c Ceylon Rifles—Ceylon. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Cape of Good Hope. R. Canada Rifle Reg.—Canada. Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies—Newfoundland Royal Malta Fencibles, Malta. St. Helena Regt.—St. Helena. Lers for Bengal. Direct. llndirect I A pril 13 April 10 June 8 May 7 June 8 May 26 May 10 June 11 April 1 May 30 MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL 7, John NUAlister, audit District Court, 12 7, Thomas Pitcairn, proof and div. 7. James Kewley, proof and div Di to, 12 8, Robertso.,, Alexander and Co. .. . 9, Robert Bleakley, 2nd 0, William Nl' Roberts, Ist 9, James Irvine, Ist 10, Stephen Vertue, proof and div. 15. Joseph Taylor, proof and div. 15, Wilton V 1 o ,d, Ist 15, William Lonergan, Ist Ditt', 12 15, John Sellick Liddon, Ist 15, Thomas Dolphin Weaver, Ist Ditto, 12 15, William Kelly, proof and div. 15, James Colquhoun Kemp, proof and div. Ditto, 12 15, T. Wilson. C. K. Wilson and W. Wilson Ditto, 12 17, Robert M'Kim, Ist District Court, Manchester, 12 SIR ROBERT PEEL AND MR. COBDEN. (From the London Record.) We cannot but think that Sir Robert Peel might have paid a compliment to Mr. Cobden, without doing it in such a manner as might seem to approve of the constitu tion of the League, and of the system of its agitation, as is the reasonable inference from the right hon. baronet's speech of Monday night. When Lord Anglesea was recalled from Ireland, and said in his parting address to the Romanists, that his ad vice was " Agitate, Agitate, Agitate," every man of sense denounced the filly of the exhortation, coming from the lips of a retiring Viceroy, and only palliated his conduct by the recollection that he was fitter to charge at the head of a regiment of hussars than to govern a nation. But Sir Robert Peel must be regarded in a very different aspect, and we cannot but feel that his panegyric is fitted to stimulate the ambition of future agitators, and to call into existence a new swarm of would-be Richard Cob dens. It cannot be forgotten that Sir Robert Peel at one time entertained a very different opinion of Mr. Cobden, and thought that he did not always "appeal to reason." No one can overlook the fact that when Mr. Drummond was aFsassinated by one who designed the bullet for Sir Robert Peel, the premier spoke in such a manner of Mr. Cobden's addresses to the great Anti-Corn• law meetings, as seemed to intimate that Mr. Cobden was morally responsible for the attempted murder. Great was Mr. Cobden's indig nation, but so unsatisfactory was Sir Robert Peel's ex planation of his meaning, that it was not until che pre sent session that Mr. Cobden expressed himself satisfied, that the imputation was withdrawn. But it is not to any private feeling between Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Cobden, that we now look. We look to the fact that Mr. Cobden, not by appeals to reason merely, but by a powerful organization, meant to overawe the le gislature, has for many years laboured to carry the repeal of the Corn-laws. Could the creation of fictitious votes be styled "an appeal to rea , o.l ?" Could the preparati ons on foot for supplanting the county constituencies be regarded as an "appeal to reason ?" We regret that Sir Robert Peel should have used such language in regard to Mr. Cobden, although we are free to admit the great talents, the indefatigable industry, and the comparative moderation of that eminent agitator. We admit that amongst agitators he is entitled to a high place, but still he was an agitator. And it would have been quite as suitable if Sir Robert Peel, as he has now concluded his labours in favour of the abolition of the Corn-laws with a panegyric on Richard Cobden, bad closed his great effort on behalf of Roman Catholic Emancipation with a laboured panegyric on Daniel O'Connell. Richard Cobden and Daniel O'Connell are both unconstitutional agitators, although we freely admit that as between them, the palm of truth, integrity, and principle, must be awarded, net to theselfish, blustering, equivocating mendicant of Ireland, but to the more self denying and truth-telling Leaguer of Stockport. TIRE VALUE OF LAND AND SIR ROBERT PEEL'S MEASURES.—Our readers will remember we ventured a few strong thoughts last week on the subject of Sir R. Peel's new and decisive measures in respect to the corn laws; and as they may now be accounted as fixed and set tled, it may be a good time to pursue our remarks in re spect to its effect and its consequences. That portion of the community whom Mr. George Robins has designated those " who ere more frightened than hurt," will do well to mark, learn, and inwardly digest the short commen tary with which we purpose to illumine our sceptical readers. The cry hiss been, and still continues, that the produce of the soil must now be so deteriorated, and the tenantry everywhere so out of heart, that ruin and the Corn Bill are become synonymous terms with the agricul turist. Now let us dispassionately, and with fairness and impartiality, look to the value of this random shot fired off by the Corn-law League to frighten good men out of their reasoning faculties. The consequences about which the Dukes of Richmond and Buckingham have alarmed themselves so much, at length seem to have arrived at fever heat. They proclaim, first, the fearful fall in the produce of the soil, indeed, to so low a scale as not to af ford a remunerating price to encourage the honest farmer to toil while he has such a dismal prospect before him ; and then they go on to remark that of necessity all those good men and true must become ha'f.ruined, and give up their farm to a balder class of successors, but necessarily at a lamentable discount on the rental. It shall be our business to oppose facts to the suppositious cases—these inventions—these sallies of a disorganised brain. In our recent observations we told the public nothing bad yet occurred that could guide our reason as to the important If—if land had been or had not been depressed by Sir Robert's measures. We then said, in an addenda, that nothing of much importance had yet been in the market, and that we must wait patiently before we decided for George Robins's long aenounced sale of the pet estate in Warwickshire, the Willen Hall estate. Before we arrived at a conclusion—we premised that this would be a safe criterion whereon to build our hopes or fears. Well, the eventful day—the long-looked-for 16th of June arrived in due course, and now let us candidly look at the result. The rental of this compact property is exactly £1,550 a year, to a tenantry without leases, and who have paid the rent for ten years without a murmur, or one solitary guinea of arrear. The estate is one of the most compact in Warwickshire, the soil most congenial for money get ting—the dairy farms not surpassable—it ne a w r ley say a ll tithe-free, and with this, the grand desideratum, it is extra-,varochica. It may be urged Men this is h ar dl y a fair case from which to draw a just result , but with the French farmer "toute au contraire." It i s the very thing to open our eyes, as the result will show—Mr. Robins, in surveying this estate, in order to arrive at a sound knowledge of its annual value, suggested that it would bear an additional £l5O a-year extra rent. Now to show that they have throughout been giving a fair price, they declined to pay anything in addition, consequently the sale must le viewed as one indicative of its real an nual value. Well, then, now is the time to see what was the determination of the tenantry. It must be remarked that every one asked for a lease, fearing a new landlord would add 10 per cent. to their rent, and this was not conceded. All were willing to pay the same, but no more; but their countenances, however, showed but too plainly their fear at separation. Thanks to their fortu nate stars, all is right (as will presently be seen), and they continue in their uninterrupted happy state of occupation. And now for the great resu:t —the Auction Mart was filled, and only by considerable capitalists. The rental, it has been stated, is £1,350 a year exactly. And now for the proof of depression ; now for visible signs of the ruin brought on the agriculturist by Sir Robert Peel ; now for the uncertain tenure of land. Hear this, " Oh, ye of little faith!" and especially those who delight to find a hole in the system of our talented and highly-gifted Mi nister, whereby to cavil. Poor people l—their fate and valueless opinion is fast approaching to become manifest. The first cff, r made was £40,000., but it is known that Mr. George Robins, ever since his memorable sales of Lord Ormonde, in 182 i (which he sold for 500,000 guineas), has adopted the system of always selling in o r f . yuinemasa,desothitshaotffehre (the wtas agent obliged theto ask Earl increase—his bidding—to guineas. That was cheerfully done, atad then commenced the pleasing task of competi tion. Soon it was discovered that Creesus, the head of all banking, establishments, was in the field ; be bid cau tiously, but still like a buyer; then came James Mellor, Craven) Wh t c k n e to s who Esq. (one of the rich tenants be it known), and bid with much earnestness and spirit, opposing the other rich dons, until he reached 48,000 guineas, when he retired from the Irace, and one more bidding of 100 guineas, made in favour of Lord Craven, succeeded in possessing him of this prize, at 48,100 guineas, or £50,905. Mr. Whickens, who bid for his lordship, then very opportunely told all the tenants that his lordship valued them too highly to let anything separate them, and promised leases at the heimagined,present rent, b ut it s accordingoul would to be their ver y difficulto wn wishes. todescribe The joy it. that this declaration diffused on their co un t enances may In conclusion, let us see wh a t a f ear f u l reverse in value i s to be laid at Sir Robert's door. Th e rental now (an d to be continued) is £1350 a year, and the price given 14 Lord Craven i s 331 y ears purchase. When this fact be comes known, as it must d o, what will the alarmists sal to this ? Fact s are exceedingly troublesome things to deal with ; th ey are not qu i te so easily controverted as as sertions are made. I n thi s case facts must prevail; an d if there be a shadow of a principle or liberality among their disappointed army, let them now confess their faults, and ask of Sir Robert to forgive them. It is a proud refutation for him, after the abuse and misrepre sentation he has been subject to ;land without envying him this just tribute to his bead as well as to his heart, we wish him very many years of happiness to enjoy the splendid result of his well imagined and well-digested plan.—The Sun. 11 Inn SHERIFFS, "SIXTY YEARS SlNCE."—There is a tradition on the Oxford Circuit, that Sir F. Buller once, met at the first assize town with a very unsophisticated Jtue Sheriff', dpgpeity bluntly carriage, f de u n m e t a i nd whetherae r d ofy made his ad e lieLo bu Lordship, d oe s ns h e i p a ,s syllable le s l an l he bal efi wa s o ,oei. g(wt (the e o t o wo h r i t s h fide) as they had been so often fobbed off with Sergeants in those parts? When satisfied on this important particulars he took his seat aside of the Judge. A grave severity on the countenance of Mr. Justice Buller occasioned some misgivings in the mind of the Sheriff; who expressed fear that he had unw itti ng l y d one somet hi ng wrong. 1: is certainly," said his Lordship with a smile, against etiquette on these occasions for the sheriff to take )315 _ seat fronting the horses, unless,"—he put his hand on the_ gent leman, who was starting up—" unless invited by tbt Judge, as I now invite you." Craddock tells a s'ory of i; learned predecessors encounter with another Sheriff, e° unamusine. The world was not then so highly refined aa at present. After the usual opening of common topics' such as the roads and the weather, the High Sheriff Wa a . to feel himself a little more emboldened, a n d ventured to ask his Lordship whether, at the last pl ac e, h e had gon e s, to see the elephant? Th e J u d ge , with great good humc an s replied, "Why no, Mr. High eriff, I cannot say that t :, did; for a little difficulty occurred; we both came in ~a town in form, with th e t rumpet soun di ng b e f ore u s, there was a paint of ceremony to be settled, which go"' visit first."—Townsend's Life of the Judges. BEES. — Proverbial as the industry of the bee is, A, should think th a t t h ere are f ew para ll e l s t o th e followiti —A cast of bees was lately presented to a gen tlemaa Cockermouth, which, in the short space of nine si,a,Y e ; produced 2811bs. of fine, rich honey, the whole of ssu,:. a was taken without destroying more than about ha s i s dozen of the industrious tenants of the hive. — Car • " Paper. THE FAME OF HOLLOWAY'S PILLS IN THE 0- 11113 .'1 HEADACHES, dimness of sight, deranged stomac hs, disordered livers, as likewise in restoring s trength at! vigour in debilitated constitutions, is so great t h a t even in the East Indies the different castes of natives are takillt but little other medicine than these famous Pills. °? native agent, in the presidency of Bombay, sold, latell retail, fifty-three dozen boxes in fifteen days. The extrir ordinary cures performed by those pills, when all oche' means Fail, is truly wonderful. Females will and this most admirable medicine. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. July 7, 1R46.