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'JULY _ 3, 1535. tain senators, the probability of a rigorou — S;crUliny - at the next election. He fears lest the tail should suffer an alarming amputation; and his real mak), ity in the house melted down to nothing in the ordeal of a searchingcom mittee. All this is sure to come to pass should the qua lification remain in force. His policy, then, wicked though it be, is to repeal the qualification penalties. He is striving to do so in the corporations. By the pending bill the lowest member of the body corporate—the insolvent sedition monger—the trader upon his own capital in politics, and upon other men's capital in commerce—the raffish patriiit and the bankrupt orator are to be eligible to fill the highest of fices in cities and boroughs. With respect to Liverpool, for instance; a man not worth a penny may under the re form bill be intrusted with the management of an income of £lOO,OOO a year. If such a person can make himself popular, therd is nothing to prevent him from being a common councilman or even mayor. These new views of. eligibility, with regard to impor tant trusts, weie not, we may rest satisfied, adopted with out an object._ If_ it do not tally with Lord JOHN'S no tions of expediency to provide a qualification in candi dates for borough offices, we may depend upon it that si milar objections are entertained with respect to the qua lification for members of the House of Commons. The insolvents must be protected in both places, or Lord -Joey's government cannot stand. There must be no inquiry into property, or O'CONNELL'S myrmidons would be passed back again, per waggon, as they came. - Sir MORGAN OTC:MEATY quaintly remarks that lie never met swirls!' gentleman in London who would confess that his rent-roll in Ireland., was under £2,000 per an ; and we presume that Most of the members•who possess estatei irQait - are equally independent in their pretensions. But these claims to opulence seldom stand the close investigation of an. English committee ; the O'CoNNELLs turn out to be like the O'DwYEas, the O'CoNNoes like the RUTHVENS, the O'BRIENS like the rest ; that is to say, theY are . all O'DWYERS from the head to the last joint of the dorsal extremity. Now, it is notoriously upon this beggarly crew—upon these men of parchment.and fictitious qualification—that Lord' JOHN RUSSELL depends for support in the HoUse of Commons. Sir JOHN- CA4 HOBEIOUSE has confessed that the king, the. church, the aristocracy, the gentry, merchants., and bankers generally of England are op posed to the present government. He has confessed that the wealth, the respectability, and the intelligence of the country. are opposed to the administration. On what, then, does Lord JOHN RUSSELL lean for support? Clearly on O'CoNNELL and his beggarly and disqualified dependents. He has some .aid from the wild and mob ridden radicals of Scotland. But what is that ? It is of the most fleeting and uncertain character. Scotland has not yet recovered from a state of political fever; but property there wil; soon recover and reassert its influence, and then the popish alliance will be broken up. O'CON NELL'S connexion with the government has, we under stand, excited the deepest disgust in all parts of that country. The feeling would be universal if the truth were universally known. That it will be so, ere long, we have no doubt whatever ; for, as it is impossible for Lord JouN to maintain his position without the support of O'CONNELL—without 'placing himself 'entirely in his power—without making the most extraordinary conces sions to popish tyranny and insolence--these very con cessions will open the eyes of his Scottish adherents the spirit of JOHN KNOX will speak from the tomb; pre judices, lulled by deluSion and awakened by fear, will come to the rescue of a proud and intelligent people; arml the-eause'espoused by the thoughtless will be torn to pieces and destroyed by the very ,accessories of the pre- sent measures. We say again, we have no fears-for Scotland. Lord Joni RUSSEI t L, who knows nothing of the country, is proving its temper, as .a mad man essays courage, by fiticking a lighted candle in a barrel of gunpowder. By banding the radicals of Scotland, all of them presbyte rians,, with the papists of Ireland, he is doing that which, We, as his avowed enemies, desired ntnet of all, thlitga ro 'see. He, is only digging his grave, and perfecting the ignominy of -his doom:- • Every day public opinion is rising against him in England ; -so much so that we challenge him to a 'new election. In Scotland he is re tarded by unseen currents; the religious community are opposed to him; national pride detests his alliances; O'CONNELL, his right arm, is wedded, pledged, sworn, devoted to objects which Lord JOHN would, if he could, accenipliall, but which he dares not attempt..openly with out - certain and inevitable - ruin. We therefore leave thiti ambitious -hut foolish.little man—this malapert apology for a RUSSELL of the olden time—to his hopes, his reflections, and his fate. P . CONNELL has flung his mantle over him for the last ten weeks, but there is poison in its folds. He has pro strated • himself in the kennel before filthy and fetid priests, and they will have their triumph—he his re ward ! He has made common cause • with the most unprincipled demagogue in Europe ; has put popery into his alembic, and extracted votes from perjury; he has worked . sacrilege into a blister and applied it to the King's conscience; he has placedthe word of Gon under quarantine, and interdicted all communication with it under the pretext of existing disease vamped up by false clearances ; his agents have counted the number cf the pitople in Ireland and have made a false return ; truth his fie sacritc * ed to place, and principle to policy ; what confidence, then, can an intelligent people like the peo ple of England have in Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Time will tell. If the- dukedom of Bedford should be spoli ited—if the house of RUSSELL should be reduced to beggary, it will be little consolation to learn that the tuba worthless and contemptible of its shoots ruined the parent stem. The following is the evidence of one witness who was called to prove the title of Mr. O'DwYER : John Moran Dolan was then called, and examined by Mr. Harrisson.—Lives in Mount-pleasant, near Dublin; signed a deed last January ; is not certain of the time; believes o n th e 9th; has no means of recollection except from the paper; has .no doubt the deed was executed. the day it bears date; thinks he can swear so. Mr. Harrisson.—ln• a transaction granting an annuity of £3OO a-year on your property, can you not recollect when you - executed the deed--recollect yourself—will you swear it was executed the day it bears date The witness, after some hesi tation, said,. I think." can swear so. Do you mean to swear that you granted an annuity of £3OO a-year for the consider ion of .£2,500? , --cousider wed before you' answer it. After cousiderable.hesitatiqu—l think. I can swear it-1 do swear it. Cannot remember how many days be fore that he had been applied to;• it was not Mr. O'Dwyer ap plied to-him, it was his brother applied to him ; did not :villein :Lei to have seen th.t honourable member until lie had signed the paperis'at his house; to the best of his recollection had not any communication previously with the hon. member ; Mr. .Euzsinion was present with his brother and himself; cannot say how many days before the deed was executed his brother applieil. to hint; had nothing to do with settling the 'terms; he left the terms to his hrother • the money was not paid ; got a bond for the' payment of £2,500; Mr. O'Dwyer executed a bond ; has 'nut the bond; brought it to Loudon un last election. Mr. Harrisson.— , -What has become of the bond ? The last time I saw it it was in my. brother's bag with other papers, at Sir Robert Sidney's. • • Mr. Harrisson. , --Has your brother now the bond? No, he • has not; he could not find it amongst his papers. Mr. Harrisson.—Eirid you ever the bout' in your possession ? • Yes; in March. - • Mr. Harrisson.,--Did it bear British or Irish interest? . I ra ther suppose it was British. • Mr. Harrisson.—Then the bond produced £123 a-year ? sever-made anycalculatiom Mr. Harrisson.—Well,• is it hot so? I never, really, cal culated. Mr. Harrisson.—Well, calculate it now—is it not so ? Yes. Mr. Harrisson.-- . -Aud do you mean grvvely to say you granted' • an annuity of . 1:300 a-year Tor a security which produced you only £125? I made no calculation. Mr. Harrisson-.—Do you mean to tell this committee that you charged your property with £3OO u-year, and made no calcula • Lion of what the bond would produce? I did not make a cal culation. Mr. Harrisson.—ls that a fact? It is. Mr_ Harrisson.- 1 must repeat the question. Did you grant £3OO a-year for £125 ? I did not make a calculation. Mr. Harrisson.—ls not the fact so? I took the hou. mem ber's bond, . Mr. liarrisson.—Did you grant an annuity of £3OO a-year for a security which, as it turns out, you have lost? I hope it is not lost - Mr—Harrissou.—Then I am to understand von granted an annuity fur what you never got a farthing—is the fact so ? It is. • Mr. Harrisson.—llid you receive any interest on the bond ? blone is due. Mr. Harrissen.—The annuity is .charged upon - lands which ' you hold under a lease of lives renewable fur ever ? I be lieve not. Mr. liarrisson called for the leaSes to he produced. Mr. Austin objected, as forming a bad precedent, to make the grantor of an annuity expose his title. Mr. Harrisson proceeded to examine the witness out of the leases, will) respect to the lives and the• habenda generally. Witness executed a release of The bend 'to Mr. O'Dwyer on the 'loth . of April,: iirenedtateliv after the decision of the last com• mittee ;'has no recollection that any agreement was made about the release at the time he executed the annuity, or that the i:2,500 vras not to be a lien on the property; he never paid any annuity or received any mone y ', nor . has. any recollection ofany agreement about a release. 'I lie same property is .charged with another annuity of i:2O a-year, and all his property with an annuity of £5O a-year. Cross-examined by Mr. Ausin.—Total value of this property is about £530 a-year ; is not of any profession; it was his inten tion to have given Mr. O'Dwyer a clear annuity of £3OO as a qualification to enable him to sit in parliament; believes it was in consequence of a suggestion of Mr. O'Dwyer's counsel that the release was executed ; doubts if he saw Mr. Lynch's draft of the release; his brother left the draft marked with his appro bation, and on that he (witness) signed it; cannot tell if any interest is due ; cannot recollect anything being said about E 1,890 being sold out of the three per cents. to pay the purchase money ; he acted all through upon his brother's advice; brought over the bond to the tst committee, not in consequence of any subpcena to produce it, but thinking his brother would wish to see it; he lett it with his. brother , and has not since found,it, nor has his brother. Mr. Harrissou.—What explanation did your brother give you ? That I was to grant Mr. O'Dwyer an annuity of £3OO, and that Mr. O'Dwyer's bond was to be executed, and it was understood between toy brother and me that he was to keep the bond ; cannot recollect Any agreeinent about a release ; cannot recollect why his brother VI as to keep the bond; cannot recollect any explanation given by his brother. the Chairman.— His brother acted as agent for Mr. O'Dwyer. To a Member.—His brother did not keep all his (witness's) papers. "Iso Mr. Austin.—Are not you and Mr. O'Dwyer very inti mate I have not the honour to be intimate with him. Your brother is, I believe ? Mr. Neeld, a member of the committee.—Do you consider yourself bound to pay the annuity to Mr. O'Dwyer when it be comes due? I certainly do, if he demands it. The ilituess was then ordered to withdraw. That very silly personage Mr. WILLIAM EWART has, no doubt unintentionally, ." let the cat out of the bag." Not having many. ideas to spare, be draws freely upon the stores of his friends, and on the present occasion Mr. DANIEL O'CONNELL is his banker. Mr. EWART told the House of Commons on Tuesday night that—"He was oonvinced_that riot only for those elected to municipal offices, but alSo for those elected for seats in that House, NO PECUNIARY QUALIFICATION WAS NECESSARY."! This is tail doctrine ; it is consequently RUSSELL doc trine; and if we mistake not it will speedily become parliamentary doctrine. It must be obvious to every man who reflects on the subject that Lord JOHN RUSSELL is nothing more than a puppet in the hands of O'CoN NELL, and that the House of Commons itself is ridden rough shod by the Irish agitator. Ireland is completely • in his hands, and the persecuted protestant clergy are entirely at his mercy. Need we be surprised then that as the majorities of Lord JOHN RUSSELL are composed of O'CONNELL'S slaves, the measures of Lord JOHN should all be moulded and dictated by O'CONNELL? But we shall perhaps be asked, what interest can the agitator possibly have in the English boroughs? Just this; corporation reform here is to be followed by cor poration reform in Ireland. It is necessary then that our measure of reform should be made the model for Irish reform, and that the principle .of pauperism contended for by O'CONNELL, and recognised by. WILLIAM EWART, should first be established in England. If qualification be repudiated here, it will as a matter of course be dis pensed with in the sister island, and then the door will be opened to the beggar, and the bankrupt in both countries. We quite agree, fur once, with Mr. EWART, that if no qualification is necessary for,borough officers, none should be required from parliamentary candidates. The unfor tunate O'DWYER was kicked out of Drogheda simply because he could not prove that he was worth £3OO a-year. Why should thiS he ? Mr. O'Dwvtia is quite as respec table, in point of character and income, as nineteen twentieths of the tail. We believe he has as large an income arising from land as some of our own English patriots, such as Mr. BUCKINGHAM for instance, Mr. WAR LEY, Mr. BOWRING, Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY, and many others. For these cogent reasons the House of Commons will take care to obviate all the difficulties arising from qualification. But wlrat•will the lords do? We have discovered the following amongst the comical proceedings of the House of Commons on Tuesday last "PROSECUTION BY THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL "Mr. GISI3O4Nri said that he rose to move, according to the notice he had given yesterday, that his Majesty's Attorney- GPneral he_direeted by_the house to prosecute all the parties who appeared to have been guilty of Viib - ery at thelpsltticit As he understood the motion was not to be opposed, he should not make au observation upon it.—Motion agreed to." The Attorney-General here alluded to is Sir. JOHN CAMPBELL, and he, of all men living we should think will have least cause to thank the house for imposing upon him so 'arduous and painful a duty. What! Sir Jow'. CAMPBELL iirosecute some of the electors of Ipswich for bribery . ? It must be a mistake. There are upwards. of five hundred reasons, to be found in the borough of Stafford, why. the present Attorney-General s ho u ld not conduct such a prosecution. There are many reasons, also, to be found in Dudley, why Sir JOHN CAMPBELL should never utter a word about bribery or corruption while, he lives. We cannot, therefore, be lieve that'this motion will be carried into effect by Sir JOHN CAMPBELL. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Wednesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock, In our Consul Market th're is but little to notice, 911 was the closing price of Consols for the Account. Money continues scarce here fur commercial purposes; 25 to 27 is the premium on Exchequer Bills, and 9 to 7 that on India Bonds. Our various foreign securities have all improVed within the last day or two. The dividends on Dutch 21 per Cents. and on the Portuguese 3 per Cents. are now in course of payment. Spanish Bonds are at 451, and the Scrip has advanced to 131 disount. In both these securities the market has a much firmer appearance than for sometime past. Portuguese 5 per Cents. are at 86, and the 3 per Cents. 58, the latter with the dividend deducted. There is rather more animation in the transatlantic stocks, which are at.36k for Colombian, the same for Mexican, and 30 fur Peruvian. Money is worth from 4 to 4i per Cent. ; and bills from Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool continue to be sent up for discount 'here. In the northern bonds the market presents no feature of mo ment.. It is understood that recruiting it favour of Den Carlos is going on in Holland. The lossof the heroic Zumalacarregny it is feared, however, will have a serious effect on the cause of Dna Carlos. 'We ha4e advices froin New Greneda which state that Jose Maria Serna had been convicted of being concerned in the conspiracy of the Ist of July, and condemned to death, but recommended to mercy. The president, Santander; did not however think fit to comply with the recommendation, and Serpa was shortly to be executed. The congress of New Gre nada was in session, and proceeding with its business as usual. Three new bishops had been appointed by the pope for New Grenada. The army of the Equador was increasing, and exettions con.: tinned. The town of Perucho had been blunt by a guerilla party. By accounts from Newfoundland it is stated that the seal fishery had been exceedingly successful. Further advices from Mexico mention that General Alvarez, at the head of the insurgents, was surrounded on the province of Zacetius, and confined to the villages of Texca, Texlcutrago, and Cacahuttipee. Troops, owlet General Montesdeines and Colonel Banos, were already iu the provinces, and those under General Braos on their way thither. Colonel Villareal had entered Acapulco, and the troops of Couycan had taken posses sion of San Luis. . Other advices, however, differed from these widely, and state, that no leSs than eight provinces had declared in favour ofthe, plan of Texca, and that Alvarez had the command of at least 8,000 men,.with thirty-two pieces of artillery and abundance of ammunition, and other material for a rigorous prosecution of the contest-. Additional accounts have also been received from Buenos Ayres. • An engagement had taken place between a body of the Buenos - Ayres troops and Indians on the one part; and a body of hostile Indians on the other. The latter were totally de feated with a loss of 133 Indians and G 7 squaws killed, 3 caciques and 353 squaws prisoners, besides 84 ehristian captives of both sexes recaptured ; and there also fell into the hands of the vic-. tors '2,000 sheep, 300 goats, 200 oxen, and 132 horses. By advises fro►n Monte Vidio it appears that the government had ordered the decree of the Ist December last, which exoner ated national as well as foreign vessels from paying pilot dues provided the said vessels dischajged all their cargo in the port of Monte Vidio, be considered void and of no effect. _ The letters from Rio Janeiro continue to represent the con. dition of the. country as very unsettled. At Babia and Per nambuco disturbances had taken place, and had been followed by many executions. Commerce at both places was entirely suspended. Beason is always striving, always loss; at a and of necessity it must so come to pass, while it is exercised about that which is not its proper object. - Let us be content at last to know God by his own methods; at least so much of him as he is pleased to reveal to us in the sacred Scriptures. To apprehend them to be the word of God is all our reason has to do, for all beyond it is the work of faith, whith is the seal of heaven impressed upon our human undeit•tandiug. —Th'stdelt. ' - TAIL LIVERPOot -sTANDARu.. LIVERPC.IOL POLICE. • TRICKS Of CA ft' antvsas.,—Five7ruffianly-looking fellows, whose avocation of car driving is a nui-ance to the town, were brought before the magistrates, charged by a lady of the name of LAY'2, , lles, with refusing a fare. It appeared from the-evi dence of the lady, that on the 2ith ult. she sent her servant from the Baths on the Pier to the coach stand, where the de.; Pendants, Peter Jones, George Johnson, John Hall, Charles Howard, and James Jones, were plying for hire. The servant directed James Jones, in the first instance, to drive to the Baths, and take Mrs. Lascelles to Norton -street, at the same time asking the fare, which he said was two shillings. The servant said the proper fire was only Is. 61., when the de fendant stated that he was engaged. She then went to the next coach, the driver of which also said he was engaged, and a signal passing from driver to driver, they were all in the same story. Mrs. Lasceltes then went to the stand, and asked each driver whether he refused the fire, and on receiving the same answer, she to o k th e number.of the car. Martindale, the inspector of hackney coaches, brought witnesses to prove that the defendants were not engaged, and said that the legal fate was Duly Is. GI Under these circumstances the magistrates fixed the defendants in ss. and costs. Two others, who did not appear to the summonses, were fined 10s. and costs. ItoeuErty AT WALTON.—A woman, named Sarah Pendle ton, was charged with s t ea li ng a quantity of knives and forks, the property of Mr. James Hadley, of the Adelphi Hotel. It appeared from-the evidence of James Isherwood, a labourer employed to take care of Me., Ratiley's cottage, at Walton Breck, that on Wednesday, the 24th June, he went to bed at the cottage a little before eleven o'clock, leaving all secure. About four o'clock on the following morning, on coming down stairs, he found several drawers open in the kitchen. He ex amined the Louse, and missed a carving knife and fork, a dozen knives and forks with white hafts, a pair of spectacles and case, uud other property. On looking through the house, witness observed that a pane of glass had been cut entirely out of the parlour window, and a small padlock, which had fastened the window, appeared to have been forced away. The knives had been taken from the sideboard in the parlour. The knives in the custody of Riley, the police officer, are the same which were stolen. Richard Roscow, assistant to a pawnbroker in Richmond terrace, stated that he received a hand bill of the robbery, de scribing the property stolen, and on the 27th June the pri- Souer came and offered the knives and forks produced for pledge or for sale. Witness asked her to whom they belonged, and she said to a person of the name of Wilson, in Fox-street. A constable came into the shop at the time, and she was taken into custody. Mr. Radley stated that the knives and forks he had no doubt were his; but there was no mark upon them. The spectacle ca , ehe could swear to. • Rile.y,.theofficer, said that the pri so n er t o ld hi m t h a t' s l le was pledging the knives and forks for two boys who lived in Ford street.--1-Committed to the sessions. STEALING, LEAri.—A man, named Thos. Moore, was placed at the bar, chargekwith stealing a quantity of lead from the roof of the premisesof Mr. Houghton, soap-boiler, of MVieear street. It appeared from the evidence of John Little..a.porter employed about the premises, that on the 29ta June lad, about five in the afternoon, he was informed that two men were on the roof of the soapery. As the utensils at the works were about being removed fur sale, he suspected Aolliething, wrong, and, on going on the roof, he observed the prisoner and an other man carrying a bag. fie ran up to them. and seized . the prisoner with the bag in his' possession—the other made his escape. On examining the bag, it contained 73 lb of lead, which had been removed from the roof: The prisoner, who had been employed about the premises as a day porter, was committed to the sessions fur trial. YEsTERDAT.—(Before the MA YOR and Sir Tilos. BRA NckEn.) Pit:km(3 PO6CRTS.--- An incorrigible young pickpocket, well known to the police 'by the name of John Williams, was com mitted for three months for abstracting a gentleman's pocket handkerchief at the theatre, on the previous night. IRISH BROGARS.—A number of Irish men audwomen„of the lowest class, who have recently been brought to this country at a cheap rate by the steam-packets, were brought up, sor,.e for begging and others for drdnken and disorderly conduct in the streets. In each case the mayor desired the constibles to take them to the parish office, in order that they might be sent back to their own dear country. This appeared to the culprits a .much greater punishment than if they had been sentenced to three months at the tread-mill. CHARGE OF Asssimz.i--Emmanuel Wolfe, a jew vender of cold rings, brooches, ladies' combs, and other articles of finery and fancy, appeared to prefer a c h arge o f assau lt an d . b attery against a Mrs. nun, the wife of Larry Finn, an Irish labourer, who, it appeared, had been a customer to Moshe: fur gems, for which Larry had refused to pay. Dish here voman, pleash•yer, honour, hash a hushhand what owsh the monish, and ash he wothd not pay, I put him in the court of requests, and takes out de execution, and goes with dis here bailiff, (slapping a man, named Pigot, on the shoulder,) to take de prisoner (dat ish him what should b e m y p r i soner) into custony; but wizen we got to ish house, the rife here, Mrs. Finn, said he vash not at home. I cash not to be doue: that vay, because I thought he vash at home; but as soon as began de surch, dish Mrs, Finn did begin to scratch my face and tear inv coat. The complainant here exhibited a long red scratch on 'his face, and a dilapidated ragged coat, which, he said, were the handy work of his customer, Mrs. Finn. To prove the case, he then called Pigot, the court of requests officer, who staled that he went to the house of the defendant with an execution, at the suit of the complainant. Com plainant went in with him for the purpose of pointing out Finn, when the defendant said that he was not within. Complainant insisted thakhe was, laid hold of the defendant by the shoulders, and attempted to make his way up stairs. Complainant.—Me lay hold of her by the shoulder? Dat ish not true. Magistrate.--Your own witness says that you were the first to commence the assault. Complainant.-oh, no; I could not do it. Look at my coat. Defendaut.—He struck me first, your worships, the w wags. bone. Complainant.—Ale shtrike? Where is your marks, madame? The defendant said that she could show her marks if the magistrates had any inclination to see them. The magistrates, however, having none, and considering that one party was equally as bad as the ether, dismissed the case, to the great disappointment of the jew, who said it was a hard case to lose his moni3k and his coat, and get nothing in return but scratches and kicks. Mr. Parlour, the superintendent of police. said that the com plainant was one of those jews who induced pOor men's wives to purchase trinkets on credit for treble their value, and then put their husbands into the court of revests for the amount. ROBBRBY BY A SHOPMAN.—John Crighton, a shorn-nun in the employment of Mr. Bamford, linen diaper, of Dale-street, was charged with stealing property from his master under the following circumstances:—lt appeared from the evidence that a few days ago some silk handkerchiefs having been missed front the complainant's shop, the prisoner was suspected, in consequence of his fellow-shoprnan seeing an unhemined silk handkerchief under his pillow, in bed. Phis was told t o M r . Bamford, who, having missed other articles, immediately' sent for a police officer, who took the prisoner into custody, and searched his box.' In the box was found a handkerchief cut flora apiece that had not been offered fur sale, Which the pri soner- said 'he'had had in his possession for two yeara. Mr. Bamford stated that the pattern had only been published six months, an d as he swore to the property found, the prisoner was committed for trial. Yr Haul, (The Sun,) a Welsh Magazine. London: H. Hughes, St. Martin's le-Grand. Llandovery : W. Rees. This is a new monthly publication, printed in the Welsh language. Its objects will be collected from the following extract, taken from its English prospectus:— "No patriotic Welshman can contemplate, without the deepest regret. the pernicious tendency of the political doc trines almost exclusively disseminated amongst his country men, by means of the periodical publications circulated in their language—doctrines which ultimately threaten the subversion of all subordination and rational government, and the substi tution of anarchy, with all its concomitant miseries. The venom of these doctrines is also rendered more powerful and deadly by the efforts of artful and restless demagogues, who, with an alarming activity, scatter the seeds of disaffection among the lower classes, and prepare their minds for the most desperate acts of overt - rebellion. Establishments that are venerable and sacred are vilified and held up to public con tempt; the long-established and hitherto undisputed preroga tives of the crown are questioned, or attempted to be abused, the throne sought to be divested of its authority, and religion denied its claims upon our veneration and support; the ties of society are doomed to destruction, and the comforts of peace and order are in danger of being annihilated, and buried under the ruins of a disastrous revolution. These must inevitably be the effects of the wild theories and baneful practices of mad dened democrats, if permitted to complete an undisturbed career; therefore it becomes the duty of every loyal and pa triotie individual to exert his utmost 'energy to arrest the pro gress of this devastating flood, which menaces the utter over throw of our venerable national institutions, and aims at the root of monarchy, and the admirable constitution of the Briti s h realm. To obviate and avert such a tragic consummation, which the stupendous powers of the press have been so exten sively and sedulously exerted to accelerate the publisher has determined upon issuing a new Welsh periatical, wherein it is proposed to advocate the doctrines and practice of scriptural religion, without a bigoted adherence to party, or an exclusive endeavour to further the ends of any particular faction. It is intended to inculcate the avowed maxims of Christianity, and to enforce the performance of duties that are enjoined, rather than to be the scene of polemical discussions, and the disseminator of speculative essays on abstruse subjects in theo logy. In the political department, care will be taken to fur nish the misguided populace with just end proper views of the nature and peculiarities of our glorious constitution, and the purposes and excellencies of our,vmemble.institittions in church and state." INCIDENT AT BRUGES.—By WoansworTn. In Bruges town, in many a street Whence busy life hath fled, Where, without hurry. noiseless feet The grass•grown pavement tread, Theie heard we, halting in the shade Flung from a convent tower, A harptbat tuneful prelude made To a voice of thrilling power. The measure, simple truth to tell, Was fit for seine gay throng, Though from the same grim turret fell The sbaduw and the song. When silent were both voice and chords, The strain seemed doubly dear, Yet sad as sweet, for English words Had fallen upon the ear. . It was a breezy hour at eve, And pinnacle and spilt" Quivered and seemed almost to heave, Clothed with innocuous fire; But, where we stood, the setting sun Showed little of his state, And if the glory reached the nun, 'Twas through the iron grate. Not always is the heart unwise, Nor pity idly borne, If even a passing stranger sighs For them who do not mourn. Sad is thy doom, self-solaeed dove ! Captive, whoe'er thou be, Oh! what is beauty, what is love, And opening life to thee! • Such feeling pressed upon my soul, A feeling sanctified By one soft trickling tear that stole From the maiden at my side. Less tribute could she pay than flak Borne pity - o'er the sea, Fresh from the beauty and.the bliss Of English Illicit). THE COTTON TRADE. • From a Corriipondent.) • . . The cotton manufactures of this country have now become of such vital importance to the general trade of the empire, and furnish employment to sticb an immense body of the population, that we hope to be excused if at this moment we devote a space in our columns and call the attention of our readers to the consideration of a subject so interesting to many of them, and so important to the community at large. It has been obvious, for several years past, that the consumption of this staple has outstripped the production, and that we have had not only here, but throughout Europe, gradually decreasing stocks, with consequently enhanced price& The subjoined table will, at a glance, confirm this, as far as our own country is concerned Years. 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 - 1832 1833 1831 Import.. 821 582 891 750 747 871 903 902 930 951 Consump 467 511 .675 732 745 83 . 2 858 891 88) 919 Export.. 73 95 69 64 118 33 75 67 68 87- Stocks.. 446 422 572 526 410 415 385 330 309 216 Average pine of 61 6i 5i 6 1 1 6 . 61 81 81 noweds. These quantities it will be perceived are all given to the nearest thousand, which is sufficiently accurate for our present purpose. The estimates of the stocks in the kingdom at the close of each year include those supposed to be held by dealers and spinners as well as those in the ports, and although the former must always be a mere matter of opinion, yet the close observation and attention to the subject of the extensive and intelligent brokers whose tables we have taken the liberty of quoting, lead us to the conviction that no very important mistake can have been made. The overwhelming importation of 1825, which was 821,000 packages, against 540 the year immediately pre ceding, drove prices from an average quotation of 11;s i d. cloWn to 61d. for Boweds; and such was the effect ou the great mass of persons engaged in the cotton trade that an average quotation of 9d. for Boweds was considered as a thing almost impossible : prices accordingly remained at an average quotation of bid. for Boweds from 1828 to 1832 inclusive, although from 1823 to 1832 inclusive, (with the exception of one year, 18300 the import never equalled the consumption and export. In 183.3 and 34 the smallness of the stocks, as compared with the consump tion, began to excite more attention, and prices gradually advanced to 81d. e 84d. for these two years. Notwithstanding the great encouragement held out to the cotton growers, by the considerably enhanced prices, it is obvious that the consumption is increasing at a much more rapid pace than the production ; and it becoines a matter not of local, but of national importance, to look forward to the probable state of this great staple manu facture of our country fur the coming year. • It will be sufficient for our present purpose (which is simply to direct public attention to the subject,) to confine our observations to the supply of the raw material from the United States of America, which constitutes rather more than five .sixths of the consumption. Up to the latest dates,, eceived in New York on the Bth June, from the various shipping ports, including Macon, Augusta, and Hamburg, th! receipts since Ist October, 1834, including stocks then remaining on hand, were something under 1,150,000 bales, which were thus disposed of : To Great Britain 532,000 bales. Continent Home Consumption On hand 220,000 1,150,000 There remained to come forward from the country 100,000 bales, to make up the estimate of the crop, now generally adOpted. of 1,250,000 bales. These, added to the stocks on hand as above, give an aggregate of 320,000 bales, which will probably be distributed as fol lows : To the continent of Europe 70,000 bales Spinners in the United States 50,000 Stocks remaining nu hand in the U. S. ...10,000 -Leaving for Great Britain 1(10,0(X) Which, with 532,000 already. exported, .will make foi the year a total of 692,000 bales. This estimate =The affected, but only in a slight degree, by the greater or less quantity of the ensuing crop, Which may be shipped from the rnited States subsequent to the Ist October. and arrive here before the Ist January, as compared with the corresponding period in 1834; but we may venture to take 700,000 bales as the maximum of the import, against 733,090 in . 1336, difference ..... 33,000 Last year's consumption exceeded the supply by. 14,000 This year's consumption we think will be admitted generally to exceed that of last by 500 bags per week Increased export . 7,000 The supply therefore of 700,000 bales will be...,80,000 bales short of the consumption and export of the present year, leaving in the ports and in the hands of the trade abiont-80 1 000-kkalas of American cotton to meet the _ de mantis of the ensuing year. Let us now inquire how this demand is to be supplied. Every pOsSible inducement has been held out for the last two years to increase the growth of cotton•in the United States ; we may therefore fairly assume that the growing crops, under favourable circumstances, will exceed the last. We will make a large allowance, and say for 1835, 1,350,000 bales. The consumption in the United States and on the continent has notoriously been in creasing in a more rapid manner than even that of Great Britain, and as they require ' . better qualities, and pay higher prices than we do, we may fairly For the United States, for 1836 250,000 The continent of Europe Leaving for Great Britain 760,000 bales. The consumption of 1831 was 747.000 -bales. Add increase as above in 1835 Increased export as above Giving 780,000 bales as the requirements of 1835. Taking the demands of 1836 at only the same as 1835, we thus find that we shall still be 20,000 bales deficient, with as large . a crop as can well be imagined under the most favourable circumstances. How then shall we stand with an injured, or even an average crop? We may be told that the high prices will diminish the consumption. As yet we see no proof of this. Spinners, if we are not misinformed, have not been able to deliver their yarr.s fast enough to supply the demand; and this continues to be the case up to the Present hour. In the years 1816, 1817, and 1818, we had boweds on the average at 20d. Ift lb., although the'import and consumption stood relatively thus:- 1816. 1817. 1 818. Import 369 479..• ...669 Consumption ....337 407 422 And it was only by the overwhelming pressure of an import of 432,000 bales of East India cotton; in 1818 and 1819, that boweds were driven down to Ind. and 11Ad. in , 1819 and 1820 respectively. For our domestic con sumption nothing can be substituted for cotton goods at prices far beyond our actual rates, and when we look at the boundless fields which are thrown open to our com merce in China and the Indian Archipelago, we have the strongest grounds for believing that the demand for the cotton manufactures of Great Britain will continue to increase faster than machinery can be got ready to pro duce them. We consider it a suhject of national importance that measures should be adopted to secure, at all times, an abundant supply Of this grand staple of our manufactures, and that millions of our fellow-subjects should not be left dependant for employment and subsistence upon the favourable harvests of our transatlantic friends; or the continuance of our commercial or political relations with their government. WIGAN. VISITATION.—On Saturday last, the Lord Bishop of this diocese held a visitation of the clergy, in the parish church. The usual visitation sermon was preached by the Rev. H. J. Gunning, rector, after which his lordship delivered a most ex cellent and luminous charge to the clergy present, in the course of which he spoke in terms of high conimk,ndation of the sermon preached by the worthy and respected rector. THE PARISH CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOT.S.—On Sundaymorn ing and evening last two sermons were preached—the formerbv the Lord Bishop, and the other by the worthy recto!, after which upwards of £75 was collected in behalf of the Sunday schools connected with the parish church. One of these schools has recently been erected by subscription in the Scholes, a part of the town containing about 1800 inhabitants, chiefly weavers, where no church exists, and has not been long open, yet there are about nine hundred children in the school, the greater por tion of whom would be without education hut for such au insti tution. About two thousand children went in procession to th e Rectory, where each was presented with a bun. The - Lord Bishop was present and also visited one of the schools, and ex pressed himself highly gratified with the state of the schools and the prospects of the establishment in this town. CoNriustATloN.—On Saturday morning and on Sunday after noon his lordship confirmed a number of young persons from the town and neighbourhood. LOSS OF THE JAMES MORGAN. 'We regret to announce the loss of the James Morgan, Briscoe' master, of this port. We have been unable to obtain the parti culars, hut the followini,, , far as they go, are, we believe, cor rect. The vessel left Jamaica on the 22d of March, and had been five weeks at sea on her voyage to Cork, when she was wet by an American "liner," and run down. This occurred (we suppose at night) on the 29th of April; the vessel sunk instantly, and, we are sorry to say ; that with the exception of the Mate (Richard Cuthbert) every soul cn board perished The escape of the Mate was almost miraculous. He was aloft when the vessels came in contact. and immediately on the James Morgan ieceiving, the shock, he threw himself into the rigging of the American, which he reached just as the other disappeared! The persons who perished were eight in number, including the captain and a brother of his,who was on bo a rd. The vessel, which was laden with rum, sugar, coffee, Sz.c, was insured. The above is es much as we have been able to learn respect ing this melancholy casualty. A contemporary of yesterday evening (the Chronicle) states that the accident occurred on the 25th of April, about 9 o'clock at night—that the night was very dark and raining very hard—that there were ten persons on hoard, and that the vessel with which the James Morgan came in contact was not an American but an English one—the Montcalm, London, John Chambers, master, bt►ond from ,Lon. don to Baltimore.—Cork Coittitution of Tuesday. MR. ROEBUCK AND THE PRESS. ( From the Tines of Monday,) We have been requested to insert the foll Owing : " Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, 99th Regiment, presents his compliments to the editor of The Times, and requests that he will have the goodness to insert in his journaktne following correspondence between Mr. Sterling, of Suuth-place, Knights bridge, and Mr. Roebuck, M.P. " Junior United Service Club, June 28." " St. James's-street, June 27, half.past 2 p. m. "Sir,--Within these two hours a pamphlet has been sent to me, bearing for its title The Stamp e d Press of London, and its Morality, .4.c., by J. A. Roebuck, Esq., M.P. " Probably, Sir, I make no mistake in identifying that name with yours. " b e pamphlet sets out by an announcement that the author means to try conclusions' with certain ' gentry' whom he charges with endeavouring to frighten' him, and then, as if he had the slightest reason for insinuating that I was one of these gentry,' he applies to me a long series and extensive variety of the foulest epithets in the English lanauage—such as cowardice," baseness,' 'skulking,' in order to escape the punishment due to my acts; dishonesty." selling myself to the tory party;' charlatanism in society, to hide my editor ship of The Timer,' and a degree of depravity worse than that of an assassin.' " Now, Sir, if the folly of such expressions were not ex ceeded by their iniquity as directed against myself, I should not have deemed them worthy of the slightest notice. ".There is only one word in the English dictionary by which they can be fitly characterized. Wishing, however, to write like a gentleman; I shall just say that, from whatever quarter they proceed, they 'are gross and shameful Misrepresentations of every part of my principles and conduct. " I cannot violate confidence reposed in me by going into specific refutations of chaiges which no man living has the shadow of right, in truth, or justice, to afiix 10 my name or history. " 1 never have been technically or morally connected in any manner with the editorship of The Times, not possessing over the course or choice of its politics any power or influence I,v hat soeyer, nor, by cousequeuce, being responsible for its acts. " This, however, I beg you to understand is beside the sub ject of my application to you as the avowed author of the pamphlet in question. • "My first purpose is to contradict in distinct and unequivocal terms, generally and individually, one and all of the assertions which the author of that pamphlet has made with reference to myself. .'Yonr absolute ignorance of every fact which concerns me does not seem to have prevented von from assuming such as are absolutely false in themselves, and of the most discrediteble na ure, if capable of being supported,. -nor has it restrained you from coupling them with language the must personally offensive, and wantonly insulting. •• "1 state this one unvarying ith§elice of truth in•eaels.• and every one of the accusations iu the pamphlet, rather as a warn ing to your conscience. against the injustice of persisting in them, than as any indulgence of temper or resentment on my part. My friend, Colonel Campbell, who delivers you this let ter, will apprise you of lily claim to a retractution a those out rageous and scurrilous phrases which the author of the pam phlet has thought proper to apply to me. I cannot permit myself to doubt that you will see the mo ral propriety of relieving your own mind from the conscious ness of having given them circulation. "I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, EDWARD STERLING. "J. A. Raebuci, Esq., M.P., Gray's-inn." "72, Pall-mall, June 27.. " Sir William Molesworth, on the part of his friend, Mr. Roebuck, remits to Colonel Campbell a letter from Mr. Roe buck, adlres,..d to Mr. Sterling, the contents of which Sir William considers as perfectly satisfactory to the honour and gratifying to the good feelings of both parties. "Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell." " June 27. Sir,— Your letter has been delivered to tne by Colonel Campbell. lu that letter yowexpress yourself in the following manner:— . " I have never been technically or rrinraily connected in any manner with the editorship of the Truces, tlet vissessing over the course or choice of its politics any power or intlnence whatsoever, nor, by consequence, being te.onsible for its acts. "' My first purpose is to contradict, in distinct and unequi vocal terms, generally and individually, one and all of the as sertions which the author of the pamphlet has made with refer ence to myself . : " In reply thereto I am ready to state my belief that 1 have written the passages bearing upon you personally under erro ne.ms impressions of your character and conduit. I therefore request you to consider the language which you complain of as disavowed by me and withdrawn, and I regret the misappre hension, and the words - which Fused in consequence thereof, and that I should have thus hurt your feeting,s. " I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, • "J. A. ROEBUCK." DEATH OF MATHEWS, THE COMEDIAN. It is with deep regret that we have to announce the death of this eminent and facetious comedian, who expired at Devonport on Saturday last. Another distinguished member of the ancient school has now been taken from us; and, according to the un sparing dictates of Time. but a short period will elapse before every celebrated actor of the legitimate drama will he removed from scenes where mummery and spectacle have taken the place of the finest specimens of the histriouic att. It is, indeed, a bitter addition to the sorrow which must be felt by everyadinires of the stage at the loss ot the versadiie sou of Miims, who was wont to set the table in a roar, that no portion of the talent of the actors of the palmy days ot the drama remains behind— that as an additional branch of the theatrical tree is lopped off the trunk becomes more withered, and, if not torn up by the roots or felled by the patent axe of the destroyer, it must die from the want of a proper support. :harles Mathews was the' son of a bookseller, at No. 18, Strand, where he was born ou the 28th of June, 1776. He would, therefore, have attained his 59th year had ht lived a dar-longer. Mr. Mathews. wa.s _ap prenticed to his father, but at an early period he imbibed a predilection for the sock and buskin, and his first attempt before an audience was made at the Richmond Theatre, where he played Richmond in Richard the Titiid. He, however, soon abandon l / 4 ed IVlelpomelie for Thalia, and his first engagement was at Dublin, where he appeared in his favourite part of Lingo, in the AgrecaUe Surprise. lie afterwards joined the York company, under the noted Tate Wilkinson. Mr. Mathew's debut on the London boards was on May 15, 1803, at the Hay market Theatre, in the character of Jabal, in Cumberland's comedy of The Jew. It was in consequence of sortie neglect of his powers by the managers of the large bruises that Mr. Mathews undertook his series of entertainments at the Old English Opera House, familiarly known by the 'appellation of "At Home." His success was immense, and year after year witnessed crowds of laughter-loving faces to behold the mimic depicter of the manners and characters of the day. He repeat ed his soirées with unpi ecedeuted attraction at all the theatres in the United Kingdom, and has had the honour of giving; his entertainments before Royalty at private parties. Mr. Mathews took a trip to the United States, where he was equally popular, and the fruits of his voyage were afterwards manifested in his "Trip to America." ft was affirmed that he would not dare cross the Atlantic again, after his vivid sketches of our Trans atlantic brethren, but he formed a just estimate of his bold over the risible faculties of the Americans. lie paid a second visit, and after a slight opposition, which he put down at once in a very able and manly address, his career was as enthusiastic as heretofore. The change of climate and the severity el the voyage out and home shattered a constitution weakened from very arduous e'tertious, and we may say that he but reached the shores which gave him breath to go to that "bourne from • whence no traveller returns." The disease of which he died was ossification - of the heart, under which he had laboured for years, and which accounted for the nervous irritability of pus temperament during his lifetime. Mr. Matthew's connexion with Mr. Yates in the Adelphi Theatre is of course well known, but he only performed fur the first two seasons, and took no part in the management afterwards. Mr. Yates took to the stage by the advice of his deceased partner, and it is somewhat remark able that these two actors„ possessing in so eminent a degree the cis comica, enacted Othello . and /aye together in Liverpool. Mr. Mathews bore a very high character in private life, and his circle of acquaintance included some of the leading rank and•fashion of the day. At one time he possessed a very fine gallery of theatrical pictures, which were disposed of a short time since. Of his merits as an actor it would he a work of supererogation to speak. FeW men have enjoyed a more de served and a more lasting popularity. Whilst he could convulse an audience by his nice imitation of the peculiarities of any individual, he had at the same time an influence over their feelings belonging to the trageeian. Few persons who have heard him narrate the story of the Ganutster, and recite the little episode of Monsieur Mallet, can forget the intensity and truth ot his acting—if that can be appropriately culled acting whidi was nature itself. '"rake him for all is all, we ne'er shall look upon his like again." If private worth, an unblemished and unimpeachable reputation, and talents of the highest nuclei as a comedian are a.passport for fame and immortality, .then wilt the name of Charles Mathews be recorded iu the annals of the stage as one of its brightest ornaments. PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AT SIERRA LEONE. TO THE EDITOR ON THE GREENOCK ADVERTISER. Sir,—ln reporting the ship news; you must have observed.the extraordinary mortality which of late has attended the crews of vessels on the coast of Africa, especially of those employed in the timber trade ; and 1 think that any measures which from experience have been fcund effectual in preserving health on such a voyage must be worthy the attention of all shipowners and shipmasters engaged in the African trade. 1 take the liberty, therefore, of requesting von to give publicly to the following short detail of the means I adopted - to prevent sick ness on 'board the ship under Inc command, on het last voyage to sierra Leone, during which, by the blessing of God on these means, the must perfect health was enjoyed by all in the vessel. First, 1 would mention, that I never lie 7 mitten a man to yu shore while in the country; and unless this rule be most strictly adhered to, every other precaution will be found unavaibib!e, as disease, in sonic Shape or other, is invariably contracted from intercourse with the natives. Second,—Cleanliuess and ventila'ion must be promoted as much as possible, and for these purposes I adopted the following rules, in which the crew most eheerfuily concurred :—The ves sel's hold was first whitewashed. Early in the morning chlorate of lime was profusely sprinkled, and a cup of vitriol was evapo rated in the hold, and this was partially repeated twice or thrice a day. After this process the unwholesome smell produced by the timber, and the heat of the atmosphere was succeeded by a freshnesS so grateful that the most prejudiced would be satisfied of the beneficial effects of the lime awl vitriol. Every Satur day night two charcoal furnaces were lighted (the hatches being shut) and left burning. until next morning, when the hold was reopened for the escape of the smoke and gas. A large, strong, well-secured awning was always spread on deck, under which I end the crew slept, the hammocks being slung fore and aft on spars. The bedding awl clothes of the crew were frequently washed and aired every day, and nothing omitted which could promote personal cleanliness. The mud on the timber is the great cause of the sickness, and must be altogether removed before shipment. Each log of timber, when raised to the port, was carefully cleaned with serut:',i,w brushes by the Kruoinen, and when brought on board was well sprinkled with lime, which ought never to be used sparingly in the bold. 1 have already remarked in all these arrangements I was cheerfully seconded by the crew, who were soon convinced of their value from the sickness and death which prevailed on board ships near us, where ventilation and cleanliness were neglected. In addition to these, I urged upon the crew, and generally with success, the propriety of wearing flannels next the skin. I am most desirous to press attention to the use of chlorate of lime and vitriol, a large supply of which should form part of the stores of every ship going to Africa, and the charcoal and fur naces are indispensable.-1 am, Sir. Your most obedient servant, ARCHD. TAYLOR, Greenock, 22d Juue, 1835. Master Qf the Essequebo LC:CAL NEWS. • BLUE COAT HOSPITA L.—.A.t a board of ,governors held an Tuesday, James Aspinall, Eaq. was unanimotisly elected treasurer to this institution, in the room of the late . laraented Richard Dobson, Esq. SUDDEN DL A 74.—0 n Tuesday afternoon, as. Mr. Alcock, blacksmith, of Derby-street, was passing along Temple-street in company with a person whom he was about to join in bail for a mutual friend, he fell down in a fit of apoplexy, and bad just time to utter a supplicatory ejaculation to the Almighty, when he instantly expired. THE BLIND ASYLUM CHAPEL—The painting and decoraa tions of this chapel being now coMpleted, the performance of divine service in this place of public worship will be re-com menced on Sunday next. FIRST COMMITT A L FOR THE ASSIZES AT LtvEapont..--The first committal under the new regulation fur the assizes to be holden in this town was made on Tuesday, by Sir Thomas Brancker. John Burke and Thomas Jordan, the two indivi• duals who were lately apprehended in Gascoyue-street, chaiged with coining a number of hall.crowns and shillings, were era dered to be sent to Kirkdale Gaol, to await their trial at the next assizes for this division which are to be held in this town. We understand there are nearly set en hundred persons con fined in the gaol. All future recognizanees are to be taken fir ' Liverpool. All persons whil have had their recognizances ta ken for Lancaster are to have immediate notice of the change. EXPEDITIOUS TRANSIT OF GOODS BY CANAL.—We are informed that goods delivered at Messrs. Crowley, Hickilu, Batty, and Co.'s wharf, west side of George's Dock, are now regularly forwarded from thence to Birmingham in the short space of thirty-six hours! This quick dispatch must be of great importance to the trade of both Liverpool and Birming ham, to and from which such immense quantities of heavy goods are in the constant habit of being transmitted. CONFIRM" rioai.—The Lord Bishop of Chester arrived' in this town, on Monday last, for the purpose of holding a confirmation at the various churches in this district, and the bells or the parish churches rang a merry peal in honour of the event. • On ruesday his lordship performed the interesting ceremony upon about one thousand persons in St. .Augustine's Church, deliver ing both bef ore an d a f ter the imposition of hands an appro priate address. Between seven and eight hundred of the young persons present were females. This celebration comprised only the upper districts of the town, viz., St. Augustine's, St. George's, Everton, and St. Jude's. Yesterday his lordship attended St. Michael's and St. John the Baptist's, and at the former church confirmed seven hundred and eighty-four female', and three hundred and eighty-six boys, snaking a total of eleven hundred and seventy persons. The church of St. Michael's, owing to the excellent regulations of the churchwardens, Al essra. wilkinson and Groom, was admirably fitted-up and adapted to the accommodation of blth children and spectators, and had altoeether a most imposing effect. Subsequent to the confirzna• hearers, and prior to his departure Ire_treil : occas i on t o v arrnp i a . turn service, the llishop delivered an i m p ress i ve a dd ress to hi s mPwri7liceoeurtlilghse of e c ‘ o la rrfu 3 si th oti e confirmation uth off , those whoiihaving itig conducted i)assed notwithstanding the large number cozgregated. The R ev . J. at H. Stewart, last evening, in order to render the occasion o f hi s lordship's visit more interesting, celebrated divine servi c e at St. - Bride's Church, at seven o'clock, when a discourse was es p ec i a lly delivered to the voting, having an immediate ref e r ence t o the solemn engagements into which they will have pe r s o n a lty duties required Croni them in after lif e , in f u lfil ment o f the: entered. STEALING FIIGNI THE EXCHANGE NEWS Ream—A number of petty depredations have pf late been committed at the Ex. change News Room. Yesterday,a man named Michael Heyden was brought up brthe keeper of the room, charged with having purloined an umbrella •on the preceding Friday. The offence was proved by the evidence of several gentlemen who frequent the place, and the prisoner was committed for trial. The riband of the order of St. Patrick. vacant by the death of the Earl of Courtowu, has been conferred upon the Earl of Cork. — London Paper. ATTEMPTED .0- , CA PE PROM THE BRIDEWELL.—Moffatt, the individual who was lately taken in Thomas-street for a murder committed in Ireland, attempted on Sunday to make his escape from Bridewell, by climbing up the chimney. His passage, however, was intercepted by an iron grating. He had thrust some of his clothes and a ration of bread and cheese through the window which opens on a cistern. He was confined in the same room from which a person named Charters, and some others. had nearly effected their escape some time ago, by break. , ing through the wall and jumping to the above cistern. When the turnkey entered Moffatt's room he found it full of soot, and the prisoner as black as a chimney-sweep. DOCK COMMITTEE.—A meeting of shipowners and persons contributing to the rates laid on goods and mcrchandize within the port was held on Thursday week. at the Town-ball, pursuant to public advertisement, for the purpose of appointing eight' persons, nut members of the Common Council,to be eight of the commissioners for carrying into effect the provisions of the 51st George 111., and the 6th George IV., for the better regulation and management of the Liverpool Docks. • The following mern bare were reappointed :—Messrs. Thomas 'Holt, J. Mather,. George Green, jun., James H. Smith. T. B. Horsfall, and E. Lyon. The two new members are Messrs. John Campbell and Vs illitun Sharpies, tu the room of Messrs. James Heyworth and John Fox, who retire. OLDHAM. —The four candidates for the representation of. Old, barn now fairly in the field are, Mr. Lees, a conservative, Mr. Ashton Yates, a whig, and Mr. John Cobbett and Mr. Feargns O'Connor, radicals. We understand that the radicals are di vided in opinion as to the merits of their two candidates, Mr. Cobbett not corning up to their standard in his opinions on the separation of church and state. The nomination will take place on Friday, and the polling on Monday and Tuesday. QVALIVICATION OF MENIBRIO OF PARLIAMENT.--Sir John De Beauvoir, lint., the gentleman who was returned for the borough of Windsor at the last general election, and,nuseated on a petition, on the ground of want of qualification, was tried in the Court of King's Bench on Wednesday, on a charge of perjury. This crime he was alleged to have committed by swearing, first, before two Middlesex magistrates, and secondly„ on taking his seat in the House of Commons, that be was pos sessed of an estate of the value of three-hundred pounds a year, being a rent-charge granted to him upon some houses in the parish of St. Sepulchre, Middlesex, in consideration a £.2,900 paid.by hint to the gra.utur., On the part of the prosern tion it was proved that Mr. Fitzgerald, who the an nuity, had no right to do so, the property oh which it was charged being that of his wife; and a land-surveyor thought its annual vglue only £l9O is-year. The rent-charge was granted only four or five days before Sir John took the oaths and hie seat. The jury acquitted the defendant, beinguf opinion that he was not aware of the insufficienv of the property at the time be took the oath. The prosecution was brought by the Windsor committee. St'SPriCTED i‘it'RDEß.—On Sunday morning, at three o'clock, the dead body of a man named Thoinas Parry, was discovered by a labourer, lying in some vacant ground ricer a trenherlard, in the neighbourhood of Warwick-street. The deceased, who has been long known to the pollee I.y the cant name of "the Slasher," was about forty-five years (doge. He was last seen at the tavern of Mr. Worthington, in Warwick -street, otl••Sa. turday night, a few minutes before twelve o'clock. He bad taken an individual, a Welshmae, into the above house, tthen the two, after sitting a short period, had quarrefled, They departed together in great haste, and the impression on the minds of those who were present is, - that they went out to light. Nothing more was heard till the body of Parry was found on the following morning. Tire heart is shockingly mutilated, the frontal bone and the bones of the cheek presenting au appear entre as though they had been - battered b y a. hammer. The Welshman who was with Parry has not yet been taken, though the police are actively employed in searching for him. A ham mer perfectly dean, exhibiting no marks indicative of its hav ing been used in a deed of such violence and barbarity as that above-mentioned, was found at a short distance from the body. An inquest was on Tuesday held on view of the body, when tlia coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. Four individuals have' been al-, ready taken into custody on suspicion of having committed the bove act, but three of them have been discharged. ACCIDENT Elf THE BIRMINGHAM MAIL.—As the mail la - lw proceeding on its journey about one o'clock on Sunday morn ing, by some misfortune it came in' contact with the' turnpike gate, about two miles on the other side of Aylesbury. The coachman, Wyatt. was thrown under the wheels, and had his thigh broken a little above the knee, and received:so - me other injuries. lie was conveyed, as soon as assistance could be oh tained. to Aylesbury. There were foot passengers, all of whom escaped untiurt. A little more than an hour's delay occurred. Mr. Paris, of Wilmington-square, one of the passengers, a little before the accident had left the box-seat. and providentially was uninjured, and able to ride one of the leaders fur prompt assist ance. His Majesty has been pleased to appoint Sir Robert Buckley Comyn to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicatures at Madras, in the place of Sir Ralph Palmer, resigned. - The office of Steward or Cursitor of the county , palatine of Durham has become vacant by the demise of the Hon. Captain Barrington, brother to Viscount. Barrington, and son-in-law to Earl Grey. The gallant officer has left an intent family. W AT'S IN A NAJI ? —The Disseaters, (nothing surprising here!) is Kirkaldv are resolved, on the Fast Day, to keep open their shops and places of business, and transact their af fairs as on any other dava.—Scotsman.— [Since these loose (the oppnsite to Fast!) "lolls" are "resolved" that their temporal "affairs" shall take precedence of their apt trial "-affairs,' why should not their " lint;-town" . froM henceforth he dubbed all-day, in the place of Kirk-all-day? "it .is-'aur end pleasure" that it shciuld be soli • CAPTAIN BunNs.-=..The intAvet which the public hoe ever taken in the family of the poet'Burns, has Keen 'n greet, that we arc sure we are communicating an event 'tshiett wilt Rice pleasure to thousands, when. we mentiou that Captain James Glencairn Burns, youngest son ( - tithe poet, has been promoted to the tank of major in the East India Cumpany's servit.e.— Dumfries Paper. CEYLON Corros.—We entertain a very confident expecte tion that the Ceti len coffee now in bond, and that which will have been shipped for the home market before the proposed system of adanssion at the reduced duty, by virtue. of the ceyti , ficates of growth, can come into isperrd ion, will be alike adniitted on the new scale. if the contrary were to he the case, we can not understand how the assimilation of ditty on Ceylon and on West India coffee can be meant to afford any immediate relief to the iniporteis of the former.—Pablie Ledgm • • . SUMMER FrtEs:'—Where are the «'ith ,all she weather we have had, a fly is scarcely- to beset-u, bo o„ ! cholera visited us, it was preceded n'eC.l accompanied bye swarm of flies, second only to those whisk afflicted the contutodeieus Pharaoh and his people. The prol)abildv is that.the numbers of these little creatpies depend on some mini-spheric eondition of which we are not yet duly aware.. At all events,- facts ehirli may throw light on, or serve . as guides iu investigating the humblest phenomena of nature are worth noting. • HAMBURG GRIEvANciE! 4 --We bad intended !His week to in sert an article, with some further information on this subject, but want of space pre'vents,us. We wou.d . again pr's upon all interested in it to give their most an xions . end iniente attentmn to it at the pee tit moment. We con infninc them that Mr. Sieveking, one of the Svdnies (or first - magistrate , o iii Ii am burg, is just arriveit in tondnr,..arel. together:With Mr. Coign., boon, the Hanseatic Minister; hes Batt an intervieWiAvith • Leid Palmerston. There tan lie no doobt that •the- tirjeets of his missioa are to ward off any investigation into•the subjeut, and if possible to p obtain a renewal of the. present treaty, which ex sires in Setember next. lf therefore, eq. mirchants and hipowoers do not immediately , bestir. thernsefre4 -they will be too late, and all the gliev‘incei complained-of will be perpetu ated for several years . to conc.-41Tel! Pocket. _ POPE Ju.t.t t ia 1.11.--This pope gave a earilital's hat to a servant that kept his monkey; end being asked the reason of so strange a favour, answered, "That he saw as much i n hi s servant to make him a cardinal, as the cot;clase saw in him to elect him pope." A GREEK. HUSIIAND.—I celled yeAerday on a Greek lady, and on tier lamenting that-she had not been out of her house for it week, because her husband was too much engaged to-stralk, with her, begged her to acenrirpany me in a country ramble. " My husband will not allow'me to do so , " she replied. " interrupted the amiable man; "I never pet mit burin enjoy any pleasure which I cannot shore. lam busied all day in pro viding for her comfort. Let .her stay at home, Why' should she enjoy the fresh air. while' I etc shut op ia's dote muting beuse,"—Stetehes of Cr*. ~~:: t:~r