The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-12 00:00:00

Emptrial I)adiainntt. HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY. LORD SEATON'S ANNUITY. On the motion of Lord DUNCANNON, Lord Seaton's An nuity Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord MELBOURNE, in answer to a• question which had been put to him on a late evening, by the noble viscount op posite (Lord Strangford), relating to the exportation of ne groes from Africa by the French government, had to inform the noble viscount and the house, that, in consequence of a letter which had been transmitted to the colonial office by a mercantile house connected with Africa, and which stated, thit five hundred negroes were shipped from Pucao, on the r ver Senegal, for the military service of the colony of C venue, his noble friend at the head of the colonial depart ment directed the ambassador at Paris to make inquiries, and to take such steps as a n a ture of the circumstances might require. There bad not yet been sufficient time for an an swer Ai be received. CHINA. Lord ASHBURTON begged to ask the noble viscount, whe ther any information had been received from China, in addi tion to that which had been already laid before the house ? Viscount MELBOURNE said that no dispatches had been recently received. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—THURSDAY. Mr. BROTHERT9N presented a petition from the members of the Independent Chapel, Salford, against any grant of pub lic money for the extension of the established church. Mr. O'CoNNELL presented 70 petitions against Lord Stanley's Registration Bill—one of the petitions was from the province of Leinster, signed by the first noblemen in the province, by other noblemen, lieutenants, deputy-lieutenants, baronets, and other inhabitants, to the number of upwards of 100,000 ; the others were from parishes in Dublin, and from places in Fermanagh, Antrim, Meath, Wexford, Long ford, dzo. Mr. HAWES presented 15 petitions against church exten sion. EIIORCII EXTENSION. Sir ROBERT INGLIS gave notice that he should postpone his motion on church extension until Thursday the 21st inst. BEER BILL. Mr. PARINGTON gave notice that in the committee on the Sale of Beer Bill, he should propose a clause to place the recovery of penalties under this act on the same footing as other penalties. IRISH CLERGY. SHAW wished to ask the noble lord, the Secretary for Ireland, when the instalment due to the Irish clergy would be paid ? Lord Mortrrrn said, that new arrangements were now in progress, and he had every hope that a final payment would he speedily completed. , He could assure the hon. gentleman that no step which could expedite the business should be neglected. CONSTABULARY BILL. Mr. GREENE wished to ask the hou. gentleman, the Under- Secretary for the Home Department, if it was probable that the discussion of the Constabulary Bill would be brought on at an early day, and if it was the intention of the hon. gen tleman to introduce any alterations into the bill, he would suggest the propriety of its being committed pro forma, in order to have those alterations printed prior to their being disctased. Mr. Fox MAULE was anxious that the bill should be pro ceeded with as speedily as possible. He would now take the opportunity of mentioning one alteration which he intended to propose. He had intended proposin g that the boroughs should unite their police to the police othe counties, if the counties adopted the rural police. He thought that such a provision would be a good one, but he feared that it would encounter too much opposition to carry it into effect. He, however, intended to propose an alteration, giving the boroughs an opportunity of uniting with the county it' they thought proper, but leaving it optional with them, and he had no doubt that if they did form such union, it would be pro ductive of good effects. (Cheers.) Sir E. KNATCH/SULL wished to know if the honourabie gentleman could fix a day for the discussion of the bill. Mr. Fox MAtrix was anxious it should come on as soon as possible, but could not fix a day. Mr. C. BERKELEY asked it', under the Constabulary Bill, the option of the boroughs to adopt the union of their police with the counties was to be with the rate-payers or the com missioners ; the difference would be considerable. Mr. FoX MA.ULE'S answer was somewhat unintelligible, but we heard distinctly, that in corporate boroughs, the option was to be with the councils. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY ' having several petitions to present regarding the officers of the British legion, in quired whether the government were cognizant of the journey into Spain of General Evans. Lord MELBOURNE answered that General Evans was gone to Spain to urge his own claims, and the claims of those who had been his companions in arms ; but General Evans bad no instructions whatever from her Majesty's government. His lordship added that the several claims upon the Spanish government had not yet been arranged. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY observed that he should, at no distant day, submit a motion to their lordships on the subject. The Marquis of LANgDOWNE presented the report of the select committee on the Tithe Commutation Act Amend ment Bill; and the bill, as amended by the select committee, was ordered to be re-printed. The Earl of MoUNTCAEHEL moved for the address of the Assembly of Upper Canada in reference to the promotion of emigration ; and for a copy of the arrangements between the Emigration Company and the government. The motion was agreed to, although Lord Duncannon said that he thought the documents would be found among the Canada papers already produced. The Earl of ABERDEEN inquired whether there was in contemplation any measure for emigration from the High lands of Scotland. Lord MELBOURNE answered that it was not in contem pla ion to bring forward any measure of the kind. The " Feuing of Entailed Estates for Churches, &c. (Scotland) bill" was read the second time. It was ordered to he considered in committee on Tuesday next. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. After the presentation of many petitions, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed to defer his financial statement [budget] from Monday till Friday next. Sir R. PEEL said, that although, no one could deplore more than he did the cause of Lord J. Russell's absence, he coule not see that it was absolutely necessary to defer the statement on which the country felt so much anxiety on ac count of that noble lord's absence. _ _ The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER observed that as he should have to make a statement that would, no doubt, tive rise to, discussion, he should not like to bring it forward in the noble lord's absence. Lord SANDON moved that Mr. Labouchere be added to the Liverpool dock committee. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he was already on "five" public committees, and he therefore feared that he should not possi bly have time to attend ; if, however, it were generally de sire 1, he would do his best, though he could not promise to attend. The Earl of DARLINGTON gave notice that on Monday next he should move for a new writ for the borough of Ludlow. Sir R. PEEL stated that on Monday he should ask the Under Secretary of State, or the Attorney-General, a ques tion respecting the state—not of the law, for he believed that was clear—but as to the practical embarrassment arising from its promulgation, in respect of the rating of stock in trade, to know whether it was contemplated to bring forward any measure for removing embarrassments that might tend to vitiate any rate. Sir J. WALSH said, as the evidence was now printed, that on Monday he . should move for a new writ for Cambridge. Mr. WARBuRToN said that he should move, as an amend ment, that such election be taken by " ballot." Lord PALMEASTON, in answer to inquiries from Mr. Col quhoun, said that some mistake had gone forth that when any country enforced a blockade on the ports of another that any third power was bound to declare whether it acquiesced in, or objected to, such blockade. The right of blockade was one that attached to an independent state, and all that any other third state had to do was to notify the fact to its own subjects, that they might not incur injury through ignorance of it. As to Buenos Ayres, to which the inquiry particu larly referred, in June, 1838. the French admiral had notified to our ambassador there the fact of the blockade since en forced. There had been no actual declaration of war between the two countries, but there had been virtually hostilities be tween France and Buenos Ayres since ; indeed the very block ade was really war, though there had been no previous war, and the blockade could not be binding on a neutral state, un less it were founded on the principles of war. Mr. CoLQuiloux remarked that he made inquiry, in con sequence of the blockade having been lately rendered more stringent as to communications between British merchants and the agents at Buenos Ayres. Lord PALmERsToN rejoined that it might have been so. perhaps, as to particular individuals, but generally there had been no change for some time in the blockade, unless in re gard to some coasting trade, which the French wished to prevent. Mr. W. GLADSTONE observed that, as the house was aware, a most important motion on the subject of China was fixed for Tuesday. He, understood an overland mail had recently arrived from China. He wished to know whether the noble lord intended to lay any additional papers on the table of the house before that day. Lord PALMERSTON answered that he had no additional papers to lay on the table, with the exception of one from the China association. Mr. BARNEBY put a question with respect to the postage stamps and covers. The order in council stated that the stamps would be sold to the public at a penny each, and the covers at a penny farthing. The fact was., that the stamp distributors at the west end of the town were charging Is. 2d. a-dozen, for the stamps, and they refused to sell covers under lid. He wished to know whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer was aware of this fact, and, if not, whether it was his intention to make inquiries on'the subject, as he thought that the system to which he had adverted was an imposition on the public. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered that he thought the hon. member must be under some mistake when he stated that this course was pursued by stamp distributors. He had confounded them with other persons who had pur chased to sell. Mr. BARNEBY stated that he considered the subject of so much importance that he had written to the commissioners of stamps on the subject. The CHANCELLMi of the EXCHEQUER said that it rested with the public as to whether they would purchase the stamps from the proper distributors (the post-offices), or from those who were not licensed to sell. Mr. BARNEBY wanted to know whether those persons who were authorised by the Stamp-office to sell stamps were per mitted to charge 8 or 16 per cent. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER answered that the officers of the stamp department sold at a certain tixed price to the offices, but other parties sold at any price they could get, or the public were unwise and foolish enough to give. Sir R. PEEL asked whether it was intended to retain per manently that ornamental engraving which appeared at the head of the covers ? He had the highest respect for the ta lents of the artist by whom it had been produced, and it was not his intention at all to call in question its merits as a work of art : an inquiry and observation that called forth much laughter. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave no answer. Mr. T. DuNcomßE, Mr. Hulls, &c. ' having urged Mr. T. Walsh not t o press hi s mot i on f o r the Cambridge writ on Monday, The house resolved into committee of supply, in which Mr. H. GORDON moved the remaining miscellaneous esti mates, which called forth much desultory discussion. A TAILOR'S' BILL. —The constabulary committee ap pointed on Thursday, at the court-house, among other labours in store for them, will have to examine a tailor's bill, for clothing the rurals, amounting to the very modest sum of three thousand seven hundred pounds. Alas! and alack a day, these are indeed the days of economy with a ven geance !—Preston Chronicle. A NEW TRADE.—As we were passing by the Birming ham Townhall on Tuesday last, we read the following an nouncement of a new trade, printed in large type and posted on the first door of the hall, in Congreve-street :—" En trance for the Breakfast-makers only!" Q uest i onless there are numbers of persons in Birmingham who are desirous of being instructed in this new and interested trade —where are they to apply ?—Ted Town's 43fessetwer. MURDER .QF LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL. (From the Tirnes of Friday.) After the termination of the inquest on Wednesday night, the body of the lamented and ill-fated nobleman was placed' in a shell, and directions, we understand, were given to Mr. Richards, the undertaker, of High Holborn, to make prepa 7 rations for the funeral, which it is understood will take place on Tuesday next, with as much privacy as possible. Direc tions were also given to the police, in consequence of what transpired at the inquest, that immediate search should he made for the man Carr, who took tea with the valet at five o'clock on the evening preceding the murder, and afterwards, according to the statement of the latter, accompanied him to the stables at the rear of Norfolk-street. At three o'clock yesterday morning, about five hours after the inquest termi nated, the officers succeeded in finding Carr, who it appears occupies a room in a house in North-row, close-to Norfolk street. for which he pays 4s. a-week. He was closely ques tioned by Inspector Beresford on the subject of the murder, when it appears that he made a statement in order to account for his time on Tuesday night and also on Wednesday night, when his presence was required at the inquest ; but, although some contradictions were detected in the account which he gave, the police did not consider themselves warranted in detaining him, and he was consequently discharged. We understand he stated that he returned to his,lodgings on the night of the murder at half-past ten o'clock, and that he let himself in by means of a latch key, without disturbing the inmates ; and as it was ascertained that he had such a key in his possession, there was no means of contradicting him as to time. I•Vith respect to Wednesday night, he declares that he was present at the raffle which took place for a gun at the Royal Exchange public-house, in Adam's-mews, Grosvenor square, and that he remained there from nine o'clock until eleven that night. In this statement be was flatly contra dicted by the landlady and others in the house, and it is quite impossible that he could have spoken truly in this particular, as Superintendent Baker mentioned, towards the close of the inquest, in answer to a question by the Coroner, that he had placed constables around the house that evening for the purpose of taking him (Carr) into custody, but he had not been near the premises up to that hour (ten o'clock). As we have before stated, however, Carr is at present at large. , From an early hour yesterday morning the footpaths on both sides of the way in Norfolk-street were crowded with persons anxious to learn what steps the police were taking in order to discover the murderers, if indeed more than one person perpetrated the atrocious act. The utmost secrecy was, however, observed with reference to the subject by the officers employed in the business. The house of the late Lord William was closed against all inquirers, but Mr. Com missioner tlayne was busily engaged from an early hour in the morning in endeavouring to obtain evidence connected with the murder. The Marquis of Normanby and some members of the late nobleman's family called at the house during the morning, and held a conference with Mr. Mayne, but, notwithstanding the utmost exertions of the officers and constables acting under his directions, we ascertained that up to a late hour last night no person was in custody on sus picion of being connected with the murder, if we except the Swiss valet and two serv,ants of the deceased, who are at present detained in the house, and kept separate, in order to prevent them from communicating with each other. The excitement which prevails in the neighbourhood has rather increased than diminished since the publication of the proceedings at the inquest. During the whole of yesterday a great number of the nobility and gentry in carriages, on horseback, and on foot, passed through Norfolk-street for the purpose of taking a passing view of the house in which the appalling deed was committed. It was stated, that such was the panic produced by the news of the murder, that many families at the west-end, and more particularly aged persons living as the deceased had done in comparative retirement, entertained; perhaps for the first time, a feeling of insecurity, and began almost to doubt those employed around them. Mr. Dyer, the magistrate, and several other gentlemen, visited the house in the course of the morning,_ and amongst other inquirers a gentleman, who stated that he came direct from the Palace at the special request of Prince Albert, ap peared very anxious to learn the latest particulars for the purpose of communicating them to his Royal Highness. The general feeling in the neighbourhood now is, that the murderer, whoever he may be, must have been secreted in the house from an early hour in the evening, or he might have got down the area steps soon after 10 o'clock, when the valet went to the public-house to get a pint of beer for the cook's supper. The valet was not asked the question at the inquest, and it might be worth while to know whether lie locked the area-gate after him on that occasion. The probability is that he did not, as he had only a few yards to go for the beer ; but even that short interval would have been quite sufficient for a man on the watch to go down on the area-steps, and conceal himself on the premises until the hour arrived for putting into execution his dreadful design. In the " additional particulars "which follow will be found a minute description of the situation of the house; from which it would appear to be utterly impossible for any man to ob tain access to the rear of the house without climbing over the stables in the mews, called Ham-yard, which stables are at least 20 feet high ; and there is also the additional fact that the upper part of those stables is inhabited, so that it would be almost impossible to climb over the roofs without giving an alarm. _ • A sweep was sent for to the house in the course of yester day, and his appearance gave rise to the notion that the mur derer was still concealed on the premises, and that the sweep was to be sent up the chimney for the purpose of ascertain ing if he hadhidden himself there. The sweep was detained about half an hour and then left the house. The roofs and gutters of the houses adjoining No. 14 were yesterday close ly examined, in order if possible, to find the weapon with which the murder was effected, but nothing of the sort was discovered. It appeared that, in carrying off the plate from the pantry, the murderer disturbed the knives. We are not aware that any one of them is missing, but it is rather singu lar that the fact was not ascertained at the inquest. It appeared that when his deceased lordship was first dis covered murdered in his bed, it was observed that his left hand convulsively grasped the bed-clothes, and his tongue, which had slightly protruded from his month, was partly bitten through, and a small quantity of blood had issued from the mouth and nostrils, and was sprinkled on the pillow—a result which was probably produced at the death struggle. Among the articles found scattered about the back drawing room was a screwdriver, which it appeared had been in use in the house, and was applied on this occasion to the bureau for the purpose of wrenching it open. The papers taken from it were found scattered about the floor by the housemaid. and amongst them was a copy of the will of the late Duke of Bed ford. The confused state of the papers did not, however, ex cite any suspicion in the mind of the housemaid at first, as it appeared that her master was in the habit ofleaving his papers about the room. The articles stolen have been already described, but since the first list was published it has been discovered that other property was stolen which had not been previously missed. The second list, which is as follows, was yesterday morning delivered out to the several station-houses :—" Further par ticulars of property stolen from the residence of the late Lord William Russell, viz.—a large gold pin set with a very large pearl, a gold pin set with blue stones and a small diamond in the centre, together with a roundheaded gold union pin at tached by a small gold chain. One of the seals described in the first list had, it appears, the coat of arms of Lord Wil- Liam engraved upon it, and it also appears that his late lord ship's gold repeater was engraved with his name on the inner case. These facts cannot be too often repeated or too widely circulated. We have heard it stated that the servants living in the op posite house, No. 23, observed some circumstance on the evening preceding the murder, which haSssince struck them as bearing a suspicious appearance ; but we understand that at present they decline stating what it was that attracted their attention, and the reason they give for withholding the infor mation arises from a fear that they might implicate some party against whom no previous suspicion attached. The police will, of course, see that the ends of justice are not re tarded by any false delicacy on the part of the servants in question. We have also heard it stated that a lady named Anstruther, who resides next door to the house of the de ceased, heard, as she imagined, a groaning in his lordship's dwelling about the time when the murder was supposed to be committed, and if this be true, it is most extraordinary that neither of the three persons who slept in the house and on the floor immediately above the bed-room of the their la mented master heard any noise whatever during the whole night. A full description of the stolen property has, we un derstand, been forwarded to the several pawnbrokers both in town and country, and now that the coroner's jury have re .turned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or 'persons unknown," it is believed that the churchwardens of the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, in which Norfolk street is situated, will immediately offer a reward for the ap prehension and conviction of the guilty parties. The two churchwardens are Lord Grimston and the Right Hon. G. Dawson, who acted as foreman of the coroner's jury. It is also believed that a large reward will be offered by the home office. This is the second dreadful murder which has taken place in this district within a very short period. The murder of Mr. Westwood, of Prince's-street, Leicester-square, was perpe trated under circumstances somewhat similar to the present. The latter tragical event was accomplished by a robbery of watches and jewellery to a very considerable amount, and although in that case the property stolen could he easily identified, as the watches were all marked with the name of Mr. Westwood, no clue has been discovered up to the pre sent hour to lead to the detection of the guilty parties. Of the activity, zeal, and intelligence of the new police as a body there can be no doubt ; and as far as these qualities can be exerted, we are sure they will be in the present instance. It would be frightful, indeed, to suppose that from any defect in the system of police as at present constituted, liowever admirable it works in other respects, they should be found unequal to the duty of bringing offenders to justice stained with the most atrocious crime that can disgrace a civilized community. We hope and trust that constables the most experienced in the whole force may be selected on the pre sent occasion, so that the cold-blooded murderer of a kind hearted and unoffending gentleman may be brought to sure and speedy justice. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. As many of our readers may possibly be unacquainted witi. the locality of the scene well to state that Norfolk-street the tragical event, it may be as 31 liousesominberin”. frili lane and . Park-streeZ, s,tha south to north, between Park. , street is a small street, containing Wood's - Mews, and that on . tli nations being a mews, Grosvenor_square, each of its termi nations the south end being called e ie ncth called North-row, which nearly abuts on the rear of tl Oxford-street. Norfolk-street houseson the south side of crossed by Green-street, which runs from St. Mark's Church, North Audley-street, Wit u lr tshe ?.ristocracy, and in Norfolk-street i n P h a a r h k i - t l e a d n eh.y families rrhe are inhabited that of his late lordship (No. 14) is situate u s t re et and North-row, the back being towards Park_street. et "een Green- B e t we en that street and the residence of the deceased h owev er, a mews, called Ham-yard, the area ofwhich is, com prises a square of about 80 yards, the only means o f ss and egress to whi ch is bybetween an archway situat e d ' the houses Nos. 6 and 7 in North-row ; but that mews contains no stables which comm unicate with, or belon g to , theh house of the late lord, which, - viewed from Ham-yard, si is • tuate behind the south-west corner. From a careful examination of the house yesterday, it ap pears that there is a square paved yard in the rear, havi ng a t the back a wall about 3 0 feet high, whilst on the north and south sides are the walls of the yards of the houses adjoining on either side, each of which is about ten or twelve feet high. The tops of the walls, which have been thickly coated with whitewash, are surmounted with coping stones ; and a few inches below them are layers of slates, in a slanting position, to prevent rain from running down the walls, and had any persons obtained entrance to the premises by the rear of the house, or made their escape that way, it would have been quite impossible for them to have done so without scrat chin g or There the walls, or breaking the slates above described . "rreisl however, not the slightest appearance of any marks, and i the inmates of Ham-yard declare it to be an impossibility for any person to scale the o fthe stables (which all roofs surmounted by lofts, • . inhabited) without being seen or heard. The back and area, in which is the door by which the perpetrators of ti the right hand sicie o e r t rprder are stated to have catered, is on the yard, and is so situate that it cannot be seen from above, and there is no doubt that the marks of violence which h ave been already described as appearing on it have been caused from the inside, and not from the out side, or at least after th e door evident that the hasp or cat was opened, and it appears• the inside, also whilst the dco of the bolt was forced off from His lordship's chamber, itlmwsas open. already been stated, was the front room on the second floor and the bed is p laced w ith the head It has three windows, to the north side of the room, between the door and windows. From the position of the bed it is evident that any person, on opening the door of the room, could not se e w h o was in the )e or their condi tion, until they had passed the bed and advanced to the side of the bedstead. On the right hand side of the bed is a small beaufet, on which was placed the box said to h a v e contaieed the £lO and £ 5 notes spoken of by Courvoisier in his statement before the coroner, but which are now missing. There are also some letter-cases, which, although they have been disturbed, have not been removed. On the opposite side of the room, in a recess between the fireplace and the window, is the dressing-stand, on which there still remains a quantity of valuable gold and silver articles, apparently of much greater value than those which are supposed to have been carried away ; and in the corner next to the fire-place; in a small rack, are the gold-headed walking-sticks of the noble deceased. Opposite to the foot of the bed, suspended against the wall, is a small mahogany box, in which are seve ral razors, none of which, upon a careful examination, ap pear to have the slightest stain upon theta, or to have been used in the perpetration of the murder. After the body had been viewed by the jury on Wednesday evening, the bed, mattress, and palliasse, the whole of which were completely saturated with gore, were removed, and the body of the deceased was washed and properly laid out, the chin being tied up and a white handkerchief placed round the throat, by which means the fatal wound is now hidden from view ; and yesterday the features of his lordship pre sented no traces of his violent death, but the calmness and placidity of sleep. Not a spot of blood has been discovered anywhere in the room or about the bed, except within about eight or ten in ches of the spot on which his lordship's head was lying, hence it is inferred that the assassin must have placed the pillow over the deceased's head and face whilst he inflicted the fatal. wound, and by that means prevented the blood spouting about, which must otherwise have been the case to a very great extent. It is also a remarkable fact that not the slightest trace of bloody finger-marks could be discovered on any of the doors or upon any of the articles or furniture' in the room. It will also be recollected that Inspector Beresford, in his evidence before the Coroner, stated that he had ascertained by the quantity of rushlight burnt that it had 'only been alight about an hour and a half, and it is understood that Mrs. An struther, the lady of Major Anstruther, who resides in the house adjoining, about two o'clock on Wednesday morning heard a groan, which is now supposed to have been uttered by his Lordship, the hour corresponding with the time the murder is supposed to have been committed. During yesterday inquiries were made at the house by all the members of the noble deceased's family—the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Hawarden, Mr. Dyer, and many others of the nobility and gentry, as to whether any clue had as yet been obtained to the discovery of the perpetrators of the hor rid deed. The reply was in the negative, but Inspector Ted man, who is in charge of the premises, stated that every exertion was being used by the police to attain that desirable end. The Hon. Fox Maule, one of the Under-Secretaries of State, Mr. Commissioner Mayne, Superintendent Baker, and Inspectors Beresford and Pearce, were frequently at the house during the day fur the purpose of furthering the inquiries. All the chimuies in the house have been swept and their con tents carefully examined, but nothing whatever has been found likely to further the ends of justice. The waterclosets have also been examined, but with no better success. There is, however, one attached to the back parlour which has not yet been examined, some difficulty occuring respecting it, and it is said that the valet has expressed much anxiety about it. inquiring whether anything had been found.in it. It will, however, be examined to-day._ Inquiries have been instituted amongst the numerous pawn brokers of the metropolis, particularly at the west end, as to whether any of the articles missing had been pawned or sold, but no trace of any act of that sort has been discovered. (From the Morning,Herald of Saturday.) The excitement consequent upon this tragical Occurrence continuing to prevail with undiminished force, we continue to lay before our readers all the details which may be likely to prove of interest Mr. Dyer, the magistrate, and several other gentlemen, visited the house in the course of yesterday ; and amongst other inquirers a gentleman, who stated that he came direct from the palace at the special request of Prince Albert, ap peared very anxious to learn the latest particulars for the purpose of communicating them to his royal highness. The general feeling in the neighbourhood is, that the mur derer, whoever he may be, must have been secreted in the house from an early hour in the evening, or possibly he might have got down the area steps soon after ten o'clock, when the valet went to . the public-honse to get a pint of beer for the cook's supper. The valet was not asked the question at the inquest, and it might be. worth while to know whether he locked the area gate after him on that occasion. The proba bility is that he did not, as he had only a few yards to go for the beer; but even that short interval would have been quite sufficient for a man on the watch to go down the area steps, and conceal himself on the premises until the hour arrived for putting into execution his dreadful design. Plumbers and other workmen were again busily engaged yesterday in the examination of every drain, gutter, and cellar about the premises, but they did not succeed in finding either the weapon with which the crime was perpetrated, or any thing to indicate an attempt at concealment of any kind what ever. At Marlborough-street police court yesterday, prior to the commencement of the hearing of the night charges, the in spector of the C division on duty, reported that during Thurs day afternoon inspector Tedman, who still remains in charge of the house wherein the horrible catastrophe was perpetrated, had succeeded in tracing out that his lordship's watch, stolen at the time of the murder, was last cleaned by Messrs. Aubert and Klaftenbeveer, of Regent-street, watchmakers, and from that firm a particular description of it has been obtained, and hand-bills were in the course of • two or three hours after wards circulated round to every pawnbroker, silversmith, salesman, &c., in the metropolis and its environs. The two female servants and the valet still remain in the house; but are under the strict surveillance of the police. An inventory of the furniture and property was commenced this morning. In the course of yesterday afternoon it was stated that the £lO note missing, the razor, and the jewellery, had been dis covered by Mr. Paine in the butler's pantry. This clue is obviously of great importance to the inquiry after the perpe trator of the deed. A good deal of jealousy had existed, it is stated, in the bosom of Courvosier, in consequence of the kindness shown by his lordship to his late valet, Ellis, (who is now in the service of Lord Mansfield,) who was a great favourite of his master, and with whom he had lived upwards, of ten years. Ellis, by his lordship's orders, frequently went to the house to assist, and whenever he did so was always liberally paid by his lordship. Ellis having absented himself for some days, his lordship ordered his valet, Courvoisier, to desire Ellis to call. This mandate, however, the valet Courvoisier neglected, from motives, it is said, of jealousy. The following is a letter _from Ellis to the butler at No. 23, opposite : " May 7, 1840. " Dear George,—This morning I gave the newspaper, with the account of the inquest, and likewise a note from Mr. Wing, the Secretary of the Russell family, to Lord Mansfield. After reading the note, his lordship handed it to me to read, which complimented me highly upon my past services and continued attention to Lord William Russell. Lord Mans field is really very kind and considerate, and is very anxious that all suspicion should be removed from my shoulders. How thankful I am that I left London before the dreadful deed was committed.—Yours, &c., "J. ELLIS." " G. Meredith." Yesterday evening, between five and six o'clock, a letter was posted in the twopenny post-office, Mitre-court, Fleet street, and which on taking the letters from out of the box to deliver to the.lettcr-carrier, was found open ; it was written in a good hand. The following is a correct statement of its contents "It was I who killed Lord Russell. Yes, me. Who would have thought it was me who has stained my hand in blood, and that of an old man 74 years old. It was no good weapon ; it can't be helped. I have done the deed. To morrow I am on the continent, and to leave this country for ever. " W. B." The letter was immediately sent to the city police station house, in Black Horse-court, Fleet-street, and delivered to Mr. Inspector Lloyd, who considered it his duty to forward the same to the principal commissioner of the city police. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) The excitement which previously existed on the subject of the above mysterious event was yesterday afternoon greatly increased, on it becoming known that an investigation of a most important character was in progress at the residence of the late nobleman, and that circumstances likely to afford clue to the discovery of the perpetrator of the murder had been ascertained. The crowd in front of the house, which had during the early part of the day been as numerous as on Wednesday and Thursday, by five o'clock had increased to several hundreds, and within an hour afterwards Norfolk street was thronged with well-dressed persons on foot, in carriages, and on horseback, so as to render it completely impassable.• Among the throng we noticed Lord Cowley, Mr. William Peel, Lord Ashburnam, Marquis of Salisbury, and other noble and distinguished individuals, who were Most anxious in theirsinquiries as to the state of the investi gation. The reports and rumours afloat throughout the neighbourhood were manifold, some persons going so far as to assert that the l•alet Courvoisier had confessed to the per petration of the murder—that the instrument with which the murderous act was committed had been discovered in the pantry, and that several of the articles missing had also been found concealed on the premises, which rumours were strengthened by the fact that the greatest activity was mani fested by the police, and that Mr. Commissioner Mayne, Superintendents Baker of the C and May of the A division, with several inspectors, were busily engaged with carpenters in minutely searching every portion of the premises. It was even announced that a razor had been found in the pantry, which we are assured is not the fact, although there is every reason to believe that the mystery connected with the case will shortly be unravelled, and the following facts relative to the progress the inquiry had at a late hour last night attained, may be relied on During Thursday night the valet (Courvoisier) learning that a more minute examination of the premises was intended to take place yesterday morning, exhibited symptoms of great uneasiness of mind, and it was in consequence considered ad visible to restrict his leaving the back parlour, where he was attended by a police serjeant of the C division. At an early hour in the morning the examination was commenced, and about noon, two -notes, understood to be for £lO. and .15., with two or three of the missing rings, were found concealed behind a piece of skirting broad adjoining the sink in the butler's pantry, where, however, there was not sufficient space for a watch to be put, and, on the valet bein g informed of the discovery, it is said he became very ill. Workmen were,also all day engaged in taking up floorings, and all drains and sewers, but nothing at all relating to the inquiry was found. The vault of the water-closet, in which it is now supposed the plate and watch have been concealed will be examined during the night (Friday), as well also the con tents of the dust-hole and coal-cellar. _ The body of the deceased nobleman has also been opened, it being considered probable that what he drank at supper. had been drugged, which would account for the heavy sleep in which his lordship, from the appearance of his remains, is supposed to have been buried when he was deprived of life by his assassin ; and Mr. Elsegood and other surgeons, who dur ing the evening were at the house, are engaged in a strict analysation of the contents of the stomach, to ascertain if such is the fact. e melnttaptpheaat r s h e f r o w m a s t haetinquiries the al instituted g e t that l C i e a - r h r o ' s u s s t e a , t in Adam's-mews, on Wednesday evening, is correct. The mistake has arisen from there being two Henry Carrs f.e quenting the house, the Henry Carr in question, and another person of that name, a breaksman, residing in the neighbour hood. lip to 11 o'clock last night the crowd continued congre gated in front of the house, in the anticipation that the valet would be removed by the police to the station-Douse, but when our reporter left he could not learn of any intention to do so at present. No reward has as yet been offered for the discovery of the murderer. (From the Times this ar a c tr fti o i ll ou u s nrilinitti ng in their exer tion yesterday.) police n, authoritiesto light we may witli tio T n i s le tohl• perfect confidence state, aced, and, we believe considerable extent, succeeded in fixing the they have, Lora der upon the party to whom suspicion poinetgift of the m- The man, Henry Carr, who was in custody onrom the first. being concerned in the dreadful transaction, suspicion of 1, has been set at i liberty, and the two f emale servants, althou gh still the house, are no longer un der an y restraint, their en tire cence having been made app arent to those b y who m thner vestigation was conducted. We can now state upon n unques- lionable authority, that the articles found concealed behind the skirting in the pantry by Inspector Pearse, of the.A di vision, consisted of five gold medals, a Waterloo medal, four gold rings worn by the deceased nobleman up to the night he was murdered, (one of which was the wedding ring of his wife, Lady Russell,) a gold net purse, and a 1:10 bank-note. This property had not been missed in the first instance, and therefore the articles were not included in the lists sent round to the various pawnbrokers. It yas generally circulated that during the inquiry on Saturday acircumstance was brought to light which tended greatly to inrease the suspicion against the individual whose position in tie house afforded him every facility of accomplishing the dredful act. We mean, of course, Courvoisier, the Swiss vast. The circumstance al , - luded to, although not immediate connected with the mur der, casts a strong imputation upen his character as an honest servant, and shows the desire which he manifested to possess himself of the property ofhis lamented and too-con fiding' master. The fact has not )ecn made public hitherto, but we believe that the followirt statement will prove to be substantially correct. A fey weeks ago his tleceased lordship went down to Richmond, accompanied by his valet, and remained there at an lotel for a few days. He had with him a favourite locket, aid upon leaving the hotel and returning to his town residence in Norfolk-street the article in question was missed. His Lordship immediately wrote to the proprietor of the htel where he had put up, under the supposition that the laket had been left behind in the bed-room he had occupied, wth a request that it might be forwarded to him. The landbrd caused every inquiry to be made amongst the domestic: of his establishment, and the strictest search having been nade for the missing article, but without effect, the master o the hotel addressed a letter in reply to that which his Lonthip had forwarded, express ing his regret that the locket lad not been recovered. The latter communication was founl on Friday last amongst the papers of the deceased noblemal, and it so happened that the police had previously discovered a locket in the trunk of Courvoisier when they took pcssession of his effects, but it was not supposed at the time bat the article had any refer ence to the property stolen. Oi finding, however, the letter of the landlord of the hotel at Richmond, a suspicion' was naturally raised that the locket io found was the same which Lord William had lost. Couroisier, on being questioned respecting it, denied most positively that the article had ever belonged to his deceased maser, and said it was his own property. The two female servants were then questioned, but they were unable to throw my light upon the subject, as they had never seen their deceased master with such an arti cle in his possession. A messerger was then despatched for Ellis, the former valet of Lord who is at present in the service of the Earl of Mansfeld, and we understand that when the locket was shown to km he at once identified it as the same he had frequently sees in the possession of his late Lordship. Yesterday crowds from all pals of the metropolis flocked to Norfolk-street, with the doulle object of gratifying their curiosity by a sight of the house, snd if possible to learn some further news respecting the dreadful affair. A great number of vehicles belonging to the nobilLy and gentry passed through the street in the course of the thy, and numerous inquiries were made as to whether any Pesh facts had been elicited,, but the police constables engaged in the inquiry still preserved the strictest silence, and in so doing very properly obeyed their orders. The investigation was not resumed at the house during the day, but we have reason to believe that the police authorities are still actively engaged in pursuing the inquiry, in order to complete a consecutiveoain of , evidence against the accused, so that they may be enabled to present to the magistrates before whom the investigation will take place as complete a case as circumstances will admit of. We have also reason to know that the examination will take place at Bow -street, by the special direction of the Home Secretary of State, so soon as the evidence is sufficiently ripe for judicial inquiry. It is not at all certain, however, when the formal ievestigation will take place, as we understand that the work men who were employed on the premises last week are again to resume their labours this day, in order, if possible, to dis cover some more of the stolen property, as there are grounds for believing that the watch and other articles are still con cealed on the premises, and the police are determined not to relax their exertions until every portion of the house has un dergone the strictest search. It was reported in the course of yesterday that an inter view, which lasted two hours, took place on Friday evening between Courvoisier and a Roman Catholic priest, but we believe the rumour was unfounded, and, indeed, it is not very likely that such a proceeding would have been sanctioned by the police authorities under existing circumstances. It has also been stated, but not correctly, that the state of mind of the accused prevents him from enjoying his natural rest. On the contrary, we were informed that he sleeps soundly, whatever may be his feelings with respect to the serious na ture of the charge preferred against him. • During the whole of the afternoon of yesterday the crowd in Noralk-street continued to increase. Some contented themselves with taking a passing view of the house, and then proceeded on ; but others remained for hours in the street, conversing upon the subject of the murder. The heavy shower, however, which fell about five o'clock, but the effect of putting the majority of those assembled to flight, but as soon as the storm subsided crowds of persons again collected, and remained.in.the street until a late hour. Last Friday's Gazelle contained a notice with respect to the recent murder of Lord William Russell, granting " Her Majesty's most gracious pardon to any one of them (except the person who actually committed the same) who shall dis cover his accomplice or accomplices therein, so that he, she, or they may. be apprehended or convicted thereof. And, as a farther encouragement, a reward of £2OO. is hereby offered by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, and an additional reward of £2OO. by the relatives of the de ceased, to any person (except as aforesaid) who shall discover the said offender or offenders, so that he, she. or they may be apprehended and convicted of the said offence. The same Gazette also offers a reward of £2OO. for the murderer of Mr. Templeman. • RECAPTURE AND EXAMINATION OF RICHARD GOULD, WHO WAS TRIED FOR THE WILFUL MURDER OF MR. JOHN TEMPLEMAN. (From the Times of yesterday.) It having been ascertained that the above named individual was about to proceed to Sydney under the auspices of certain parties officially connected with the city of London, the Com missioners of Police, in consequence, we believe, of some dis closures which have taken place since Gould was tried last session at the Central Criminal Court, directed Sergeant Otway, of the A division, to apply on Friday last to the ma gistrates at Bow-street for a warrant to apprehend Gould on the charge of having been an accessory after the fact in the murder and robbery of Mr. John Templeman, late of Pea cock's-fields, Islington. The warrant was granted by Mr. Jardine, and Sergeant Otway immediately proceeded to Gravesend, and at an early hour on Saturday morning took Gould into custody on board a vessel lying at that place bound for Sydney. The prisoner was conveyed to London by a steam-boat,.and at about four o'tdock on Saturday he was brought before . the chief magistrate, Mr. Hall, at Bow-street police-court, charged according to the terms of the warrant. The appearance of the prisoner was *inch improved since he stood at the bar on trial for Lis life. He was dressed in a very respectable style, and although he appeared considerably depressed in spirit's; he was perfectly collected, and heard with attention the statements made by the witnesses. • ' Mr. JaMes Miller, an inspector in the N division of police, deposed, that on the 17th of March last a burglary and rob bery were committed at the house of Mr. John Templeman, situate at Peacock's-fields, Islington. It appeared that the burglar had effected an entry through a window in front of the house by pushing out a piece of glass at the corner of a pane, and then undoing the button by which the window was fastened. In the front parlour or sitting-room a drawer had been forced open, apparently by means of a chisel. Mr. HALL..—Was - any property missing from that drawer? Witness.—l all not able to speak to that fact myself, but I believe that a quantity of silver money was stolen from it. Mr. HALL.—Was any property found on the person of the prisoner? Witness.—Yes, Sir. On the night of Tuesday, about a quarter past 11 o'clock, I went to a cottage distant about 250 yards from that which the deceased Mr. Templeman had occupied. The cottage was inhabited by a man named Allen and his wife. I found the prisoner there in bed with two children, and took him into custody. In his tiouser's I pocket I found 95., seven lucifer matches, and two pawn broker's duplicates. I afterwards took him to the station- house, and took from his feet a new pair of shoes. Serjeant King and I then proceeded to search' the cottage, and the serjeant found a quantity of silver money. Mr. HALL.—Is Serjeant King here ? Witness.—No, Sir, he is not. He is at Islington. Mr. HALL.—Then take a cab and go immediately for him. The prisoner was then removed from the bar, and, after some interval, he was again brought forward, Serjeant King having in the mean time arrived. John Collins, a constable, No. 24, was then sworn. Mr. HALL.—DO you know where Mr. Templeman lived ? Witness.—l do, Sir. Mr.' HALL.—And are you acquainted with Allen's cottage ? .Witness.—l am, Sir. Mr. 11 ALL.—Do you know of any property found in Allen's house? Witness.—No, sir, not in the house where the prisoner lived, but I searched the cottage of the deceased on the morn ing the murder was committed. It was a little after 11 o'clock, and I found two police-constables there, together with the surgeons who were engaged in examining the body. Thomas King, No. 22, N, deposed as follows :—On the morning of the 11th of March last I went to Wilson's cottage, Pocock's-fields, which was occupied by a person named Allen. and where the prisoner lodged. From infor mation I received there, I proceeded to search the premises, and between the tiles and ceiling of the back kitchen I found, placed there behind a rafter, a white cotton stocking, con taining 19 half-crowns, 48 shillings, and seven sixpences. The stocking was subsequently identified by Mrs. Allen as belonging to the prisoner. Mr. HALL (to the Inspector).—From any inquiries which you have made, or from any facts that have come to your knowledge, can you undertake to say that you will be pre pared in two or three days to bring home the charge against the prisoner.? Inspector.—Yes, sir, I feel quite convinced that I shall be enabled to do so. Mr. HALL. — I suppose you will have occasion to eall se veral witnesses?. Inspector.—Yes, sir, a great number. Mr. HALL (to the prisoner).—Do you wish to make any observation ? Prisoner.—Yes, your worship, I do. Mr. HALL.—Understand me; I do not call upon you to say any thing unless you desire td do' ger; but, as 1 am asked to remand you for two or three days,.you are at liberty to make any observation you please. Prisoner (in a tone scarcely audible).—l wish to know if there is any thing fresh against me, because all those wit nesses have already been examined on my trial. I was tried and acquitted of the charge brought against me, and there fore, unless there are fresh facts, I do not see why I should be placed here. Mr. HALL—You are not going to be tried for the same offence. The present inquiry relates to the property of the deceased, and not to his murder. For that offence you have already been tried and acquitted. Prisoner.—As regards the property I am quite sure I shall be able to show that the evidence is wrong. 1 can bring a female forward, who was to have arrived before this time, to prove my innocence. In answer to a question by the magistrate, Sergeant Otway said, that the vessel in which he found the prisoner was ex pected to sail for Sydney that day. Mr. HALL then said that he should remand the prisoner until Wednesday next, and in the mean time he directed In spector Miller to collect all the additional evidence he could. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. It appeared that Sergeant Otway went to Gravesend on Friday morning last in search of the prisoner, and. having gone on board the vessel, he inquired for a passenger named Gould, and was told no person of that name was in the ship. He then described the person of the prisoner, and was in formed that a young man answering the description came on board, bringing a letter with him, but no one knew of his coming. There was no berth prepared for him, and the cap tain was obliged to send on shore for a carpenter to get one ready. Otway immediately judged that the person described was the prisoner, and the mate having fetched him into the middy, the sergeant said, " Ah, how do you do, Gould?" He replied, " I am very well, I thank you. And, after convers ing with him for a few minutes, he sat down, when the ser geant told him that the Secretary of State was about to offer a reward of £2OO for the apprehension of the murderer of Mr. Templeinan, and at the same time he produced a copy of th e Marquis of Normanby's letter , authorizing the reward. The prisoner read the letter attentively, and then said, " No, I can't; I have made up my mind not to say anything . about it. I h ave told one person the whole affair , and will tell no more." After remaining in deep thought for some time, he asked to see the letter again, and having read it over once more, he said, " I'll have nothing to do with it, but I'll tell you what I'll do. If they gi ve me £lOO, and pa me my passage-m oney , I'll give them th e names of the parties concerned." Ot way asked, " Will y ou g ive the name of the person who coin mitted the murder?" The prisoner answered, " Yes; if they will give me £lOO and pay my passage, I will tell them who the person is that actually committed the deed." The ser geant then told him that most likely he should see him again in the Downs, and he immediately started for town for further instructions, and received directions to apply at Bow-street for a warrant, which Mr. Jardine granted. He then went back to Gravesend, where he arrived at 7 o'clock on Friday evening, but on going to the vessel he was told by the mate that Gould had gone on shore with another passenger, and had not returned. The sergeant, upon learning this, went to the town and searched everywhere for the prisoner, without -effect ; but on returning to the vessel between 11 and 12 o'clock at night, he was informed that Gould had come back, and he found him in his berth so stupidly drunk, that it was quite impossible to communicate with him then. Otway under these circumstances remained on board the vessel to prevent the prisoner from giving him the slip, and at 4 o'clock that morning he went to his berth an roused him up, telling him to dress and come on deck, which he did shortly after, and Otway then told him he must go to town with him. He asked, "By what order or authority must I go ?" Upon which he was shown the warrant, and, on seeing it, he in quired if he was to go as a prisoner. Otway told him,"' Yes," and he made answer. " Then I shan't speak to that. If they choose to detain •me for nothing, I don't let it come to any thing. You understand me ?" he added, looking significantly at Otway. He then continued—" They must do as I have said, and if they go to play any trick with me, I won't say a word, but at the same time, mind you, I am not par ticular sweet about going out." He had previously said, when he saw Lord Normanby's letter, that he expected a re ward would have been offered before that time. The sergeant then took him on board the steam-boat and brought him to town. During the voyage he asked several questions, and appeared very anxious to know what was intended to be done with him. _ _ _ The letter which he presented to the mate when he first went on board the vessel was to the following effect, and it will be seen by it that he had assumed the name of Kelly, which will account for his not having been known as Richard Gould when Otway inquired for him : " 1, Leaden-hall-street, May 7, 1840. _ " Sir,—Please receive . on board, as a steerage passenger, Mr. Kelly, the passage money having been paid to Captain Galloway.—We are, your obedient Servants, " HILL and WACKIWATH• " To Mr. Parker, or the officer in command of the ship Mary Catherine, for Sydney." After the prisoner was t•rought to Clerkenwell prison on Saturday evening, he appeared extremely anxious to make a confession, which he did to Serjeant Otway and the head turnkey. The effect of his statement was, that, the rob bery of the deceased was planned between Jarvis, Mrs. Jervis, and himself ; that Jervis and he went to the cottage of the deceased on the night of the murder, while Mrs. Jervis kept watch outside, and having entered the pre mises through the front window, they possessed themselves of the silver money, and that Jarvis then murdered the de ceastd with a stick which he brought with him. Upon this confession officers were immediately sent in quest of Jervis and his wife, both of whom are now in custody. (From the ObBerver). • Soon after Gould had taken his trial, it was suggested to him by certain civic authorities that he had better take up his future abode in one of our colonies, and Alderman Pirie was induced to 'offer him a passage to New South Wales. The sheriff's of London provided him with clothes and other necessaries, and, in addition, gave him no insignificant sum in money. maommt-,..*Nennatim.llll2.llll9l3o PENNY POSTAGE PICTURES. (From the Blackburn Standard) The penny postage plan has come into fuller operation, inasmuch as the long-talked-of system of pre-payment by means of stamps and stamped envelopes has been adopted. For several months past fine descriptions of these envelopes have been flying about among the newspapers, and we our selves, reposing faith in others, have lent our aid to their promulgation. Now, however, we can speak for ourselves, for the devices, in their matured beauty, aro lying before us. The pre-payment affairs are in the form of envelopes and half-sheets of letter-paper, both embellished with the same pretty picture ; and we have also little bits of stuff like stick ing plaster, with a dirty-looking bust of her Majesty, for dabbing on the back of a letter. • There has been a vast deal of talk about the device ou the envelopes ; we will tell our readers what it is like, and they may test our accuracy by the first London letter they re ceive. It occupies about one-third of the upper portion of the envelope, and a small portion of each side. In the cen tre of the group of figures whereof it is composed is a heap of mud, or something very like it, whereon is a figure of Britannia sitting upon nothing, with a shield at her knee, and a very unleonine lion at her feet. The lady's counte nance stamps her as a bit of a termagant (we hope the artist did not mean to insinuate anything against a certain august personage), and she is throwing out her arms in a tempest of fury, and scattering to the Lord knows where four naked individuals, with either wings or fins on their backs—we are not certain which, but we think fins, for the naked indivi duals are striking out as though they were swimming. Be hind the genius, and in the extreme distance, are three ships, and a reindeer mail-cart rather larger than the three ships ; but whether the ships are on land and the reindeer mail-cart at sea, or the reindeer mail-cart on land and the ships at sea, we cannot for the life of us discover. —....-- _ On the right of Britannia, and consequently on the left of the envelope, there are a couple of mighty grand elephants, backed and ready to start, and a pair of dromedaries presided over by a man with a beard and a turban. We presume these these animals are symbolical of the spead and lightness with which the penny post will travel. Near the dromedaries there is a group consisting of a determined looking gentle man, very like one of Lord Palmerston's opium smugglers, and three persons with no hair on their heads. One of them, we understand, is the High Commissioner Lin, and another Hokey Pokey Whankey Fum, the King of the Cannibal Islands : the third, we believe, is young Hokey. What these three people are doing deponent sayeth not. On the extreme left of the device are two men with great loaves on on their backs, which they seem about to hoist upon the ele phants' backs, for provision on the journey perhaps, and two others, beturbaned and bemoustached, sitting a la Snip, alias crosslegged, and writing letters galore, as.our Irish friends say, on the uneven surface of their knees. Below these a dutiful son is reading a letter to his bedridden mother, pro bably communicating his father's death, for which the old lady seems duly thankful. . _ _ Turn we now to Britannia's left. Here we have as queer a lot as on the right. There is, first, a most affecting shaking of hands between a collection of native Indians, with cock's feathers in their heads, and three Yankees in Mackintoshes ; while a little inquisitive terrier dog is poking its nose in amongst the' mysterious conclave to see the row, and a ma ture savage, in puris naluralibus, is squatted in front, with his dorsal side, in full-blown luxuriance, presented to the cri tical eye of the spectator. A little further on a savages is " doing the maternal " under a cocoa nut tree, and a quaker looking genius, in a sombrero,,is superintending two stalwart men hammering away at some casks of " raal Varginny." Below these again, two damsels are devouring a love-letter, and asinaller chip of the old block is manifesting a precoci ous desire to become acquainted with the contents of such an inflammatory missive. This is a true description of the postage device. Reader. if you want to know what it all means, we must confess to you we have puzzled our brains in vain attempts to decipher it. We know not what peculiar connexion there can be be tween that curious assortment of figures and faces—that har monious melange of elephants, camels, mandarins' tails, Yan kee beavers, naked Indians squatted with their hind quarters in front, Cherokee chiefs with feathered tufts, sucking babies, and casks of baccy, which figure so grotesquely on these en velopes, and the newly-fangled system of penny postage. Perhaps Rowland Hill, Esq. or the artist, W. Mulready, Esq. R.A. can explain, but for our part, we give up the attempt in despair. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS.—The improvement which we noticed last week still continues. The purchases in the Cloth Halls, on Saturday and Tuesday, were more extensive than for some time previ ously, and a better tone pervades all classes of tradesmen in general. Many of the cloth dressers are very busy, but there are yet a good many hands out of employ, both spinners, weavers, and cloth-dressers. BRADFORD MARKET.—A larger amount of business was transacted at our market on Thursday, than has been done on any market day for a long time past. There was not, how ever, any improvement on late prices. The Yarn market did not exhibit any peculiar animation, but an average busi ness was done. The stocks in the hands of the spinners are very low, the accounts from the wool-growing districts lead ing to the belief that the plentiful clip will have a tendency to prevent any present increase in the prices of long wools, even if current prices can he maintained. The same feeling governed the purchases in the Wool market, which were of a limited character, and former prices were scarcely main tained. _ WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET.—We have no particular al teration to note in the aspect of our market at present, as compared with last week. The favourable accounts of the new clip cause long wools to be held not quite so firmly. HECKMONDWIKE.—Very little alteration has taken place in the Blanket trade since last week, the demand for goods continuing limited, and the mercLants not buying at present on speculation, but merely for orders on hand, and to assort their stocks.—Leeds Intelligencer. WIGAN. — From the large quantities of cotton which have for the two last weeks been forwarded from Liverpool to Wigan and the neighbourhood, the people seem inclined to hope that the cotton trade is about to take a change for the better. Work for the hand-loom weaver is still scarce, and the coal proprietors are either stinting their workmen or stopping altogether.—Preston Chronicle. LANCASHIRE. — At Bolton there has been a considerable demand for cotton yarns and goods during the last week, and, in many instances, at rather better prices. The hand-loom weavers of fine fancy goods and other fabrics are more fully employed than they have been for some time past. The hands employed in the iron foundries continue to be short of work. The great distress which has prevailed here for such a length of tune appears to be gradually wearing away. The batting trade at Oldham is moderately brisk, and the ma chinery in most of the cotton mills is now in full operation : the operatives connected with other branches appear to have more work than they had three weeks ago. The cotton spin ning and power-loom weaving at Ashton-under-Lyne is rather better, and hands generally are niore fully employed. There has been a great deal of distress at Stockport, and a very great number of factory operatives have for a long time past been out of work, or only partially employed, but things ap pear to be improving, though there are still sad complaints both amongst masters and operatives. The silk trade is brisk, and weavers in Manchester, Middleton, Failsworth, and Leigh are fully employed ; and although the wages are low, the silk trade hands are in considerably better circumstances than those employed in cotton factories : there certainly appears to be cheering prospects of a brisk trade in the manufactory of silk goods in this county. The woollen and flannel weavers of Rochdale are in miserable circumstances, both as it respects the quantity of work and the low prices of wages ; manufacturers scarcely know how to act. The various trades in other towns appear to be rather improving, and we should be very glad to have to state the same with respect to the woollen cloth trade at Seddleworth and Rochdale, but things in those places at present are very gloomy. —lbid. In the Market for Metals no change in any of the quota tions has been reported, and the business has been generally in a languid state. The price of brimstone also remains un altered ; for though there is no certain intelligence of the re opening of the trade with Sicily, yet the stocks are generally reduced, and the holders firm in their demands for the pre sent rates. POLYANTRUS.—There is now in bloom in Mr. Saul's garden at Skerton, a new kind of polyanthus, raised by him from seed. The colour is orange, with lacing of gold. The stem is remarkably strong, producing a score of flowers, and all drooping somewhat after the fashion of the cowslip.— Lancaster Gazette. Soms.mmitiusxr.—On Saturday morning last, about a quarter past two o'clock, a serious accident occurred to a young man, a stonemason, named Plows , residing in Regent street, without Walmgate Bar, in the suburbs of the city of the city of York, from the extraordinary effects of somnabu lism. It appears that while he was sound asleep he suddenly leaped out of bed and went head foremost through the win dow into the yard, breaking six squares of glass, and carry ing away the frame work of the window. He no sooner alighted on the ground than, surprising to relate, being still partly asleep, he ran across the yard, and in attempting to scale a wall he was seized by hi s mother , who by this time had become aware of his situation, and he was taken into the house. It was found that his head was dreadfully cut, and that he had broken or dislocated his shoulder bone, and sur gical assistance was obtained. He had a rather indistinct recollection of some one running after him in the yard, but he was not fully awake till he was taken into the house.— Leeds Inielligeneer. THE LIVERPOOL AND HALIFAX STEAMERS. From the Glasgow Mail. Our readers are aware that for some time the Britannia, one of the new Steamers destined for the goods and pas senger trade between Liverpool and Halifax, British America, has been taking in her machinery opposite the at crane at the Broomielaw. With the exception of the British Queen (which was not built in this river) she is the largest steamer which has been supplied with machinery in the Clyde. As this has now been completed, her place at the crane has been taken by the Acadia, (another of these North American Liners), and the Britannia is now undergoing the finishing touch of the painters, cabinet-makers, &c., previously to her being placed permanently on the station between Liver pool and Halifax. These packets which, in the mean time are intended to be four in number, will carry the Mail, and al together they will form a new and most important era in the history of our connection and intercourse with our North American colonial possessions. We are not aware how far the usual sailing passage between Liverpool and Halifax may be shortened by steam power, but we believe that in ordinary weather it is not expected that the trip will extend to' more than ten or eleven days. It certainly says a good deal for the ship-building and engineering capabilities of the Clyde that they have been selected to perfect these steamers ; and we have little doubt that they will behave as they should do, in this important work of combatting wind and ocean. It has been frequently thought that the steam power of the British Queen is inadequate to her tonnage ; but this error, if it be one, does not consist in the construc tion of these new steam liners, as will be seen from the fol lowing description - of the build, power, and plan of the Bri tannia, with which we have been kindly furnished. It may be stated that the four new steamers are intended to be alike in every respect of size and steam power, and a description of one will serve for all The Britannia now lying in the river is 230 feet in length, 32 feet between the paddle-boxes, and these are 11 feet 6 in. width. She is 24 feet from the kelson to the deck, and the breadth on deck at the stern-post is 24 feet 6 in. On the deck of the vessel besides the various hatchways to the in terior of it, is the forecastle deck,:4 feet above the main deck, and extending 18 feet from the stern-post. Abutting to this, and fixed on the main deck, is a patent lever windlass, by which 12 men can have a strain equal to what a four inch hawser could sustain ; 33 feet aft of this is the foremast. The paddle-boxes extend 29 feet along the deck, 14 feet 6 in. on each side of the paddle-shaft. Adjoining the paddle boxes on each side of the vessel are the deck-houses, extend ing 19 feet before and 20 aft the paddle-box. These are divided into rooms for the officers of the ship, and some of the steward's pantries. Between this and the saloon is the funnel, 40 feet high and 5 feet 6 inches in diameter. The principal deck-house con sists of the saloon and the steward's bar ; it is 71 feet long by 14 feet 7 inches broad ; one end is partitioned off at the head of the stairs leading to the second deck ; between this and the saloon is a passage, 4 feet wide, across the whole width of the deck-house, which terminates at a door on each side, forming the principal entrance to the saloon. The saloon is 36 feet long by 14 wide, and 7 feet high. Behind the saloon is a platform about 2 feet from the deck for the helmsman, from which he has a view of the whole deck of the vessel over the saloon. The bulwarks, on which is a slight railing, is 5 feet above the deck, so that the pas sengers are completely sheltered from the weather when pacing the deck ' • it also prevents the possibility of any one falling overboard, which has sometimes unfortunately hap pened to those afflicted with sickness. The Britannia has three masts, fore, main, and mizzen—and is ship-rigged. There is a bulkhead which extends the whole width of the ship from the main deck to the second deck, 80 feet from the stern. In this space are the state-rooms and berths. Next to the bulkhead, and nearest the middle of the vessel, are the ladies' apartments, consisting of eight state-rooms, contain ing 22 berths ; and two open berths at the end of the ladies' cabin, which is in the centre of the above-mentioned state rooms. There is a passage by which communication can be kept up between the ladies' and gentlemen's cabins, without going on deck. Between the passages are the main body of the gentlemen's state-rooms, extending from the gentlemen's cabin to the stern, and comprising 20, state-rooms of two berths each. Between these passages and the ship's side are 10 state-rooms, eight of them of two berths, and two of them at the extreme stern of the vessel having one berth in each. Before this is the gentlemen's cabin, with three state-rooms on one side, and two on the other, of two berths in each state room, opening into the gentlemen's cabin. Between this and the bottom of the staircase are conveniences for the steward, and a secret hatch for his entrance to the provision deck below loathe hold of the vessel. On this deck, adjoining and 'before the engine-room, is a space for the accommodation of the first engineer, his corps of engineers', and the firemen. Next to this are 12 state rooms. containing 22 berths, all opening into the gentlemen's cabin before the engine ; these are limited to those under the saloon. They are also intended for cabin passengers, there being no provision made for steerage voyagers. There: is, therefore, accommodation for 124 cabin passengers, viz., 24 berths in the ladies cabin, and 100 berths for gentlemen. There are four public rooms, the ladies' cabin, the gentle men's two cabins—the one before and the other aft—and the grand saloon. Between the last described state-rooms and the prow of the vessel, which It set apart for the seamen, is a space allotted for the servants of the cabin passengers on one side, and the officers of the ship on the other. Between them is a mess room for the servants. There is a state-room of six berths opening for the officers' mess-room on one side. On the other side are two state-rooms of six berths each, one for the male and the other for the female servants of the passengers—their mess-room being between the officers' state-rooms and their own, as above described. The engines, boilers, and coal-bunkers occupy a space of 70 feet, the whole width of the vessel. There are four boilers having three furnaces each. These are placed two in the breadth of the vessel, two of them being tired from the engine room, and two further aft., The steam of all these lead into one chest, from which it passes through a pipe to the engine, and the smoke flues all terminate at the base of the funnel. There is a very great advantage in this arrangement of the boilers. Should any of them get deranged, all communication between it and the others can be cut off, and the vessel thus enabled to proceed with the others till it is repaired. Over the boilers is a thick partition of iron, which forms the bottom of the main coal-banker. There is also a par tition on each side of the engines, forming two other s . Th ere is a communication between all these, and the coals are shifted to the respective OutletS near the boiler furnaces by the coal trimmers. The propelling, power consists of two engines of 222 horse power each. The cylinders are 721 inches in diameter, hav ing a 6 feet 10 stroke. The pistons are connected with pon derous sway-beams, 19 feet long and 3', feet deep, turning on a centre of 10 inches diameter. The other end of the sway beams are connected with a massive crank fixed at the end of the paddle-wheel shaft. The paddle-wheel is 28 feet diame ter and 9 feet wide. The engines are condensing engines on the old principle, discovered by our memorable countryman, James Watt, and brought to the height of . perfection in the Vulcan Foundry, belonging to Mr. Napier, whose eminent success in the con struction of the marine steam-engine is so well known and appreciated: The four steam-ships are the Britannia, built by Mr. Duncan of Greenock ; the Acadia, built by Mr. Wood, of Port-Glasgow; the Caledonia, building by Mr. Charles Wood at Dumbarton ; and the Columbia, building in Mr. Steel's yard at Greenock. The vessels are all to be the same size, and the engines the same power. The Britannia being only 12 or 13.00 tons' burthen, and having a power of 444 horses, it will be easily seen that she contrasts favourably with the British Queen. The British Queen is between 18 and 1900 tons' burthen, havin g a power of 500 horses. Thus the Britannia will have 100 horse power more than the British Queen, in proportion to the size of the boats and the power of the engines. We observe that there is very little difference between these British American steamers and the Liverpool steam ship. The Liverpool is 240 feet in length, 30 feet in beam, 56 over the paddle-boxes, 464 horse power, and 1159 tonnage. THE CHARTISTS AND MR. O'CONNELL. TO THE HONOURABLE THE MOUSE OF COMMONS, IN PAR LIAMENT ASSEMBLED. The humble petition of the undersigned inhabitants of Car lisle and its vicinity. SIIEWETII,—That your petitioners are of opinion that in order to make the law respected it is necessary that it should be impartially enforced, which they regret to say is not the case at present. That there are at the present moment con fined, in different prisons in England, some hundreds of persons who have been prosecuted for political offences by the government —a number twice as large, your petitioners belieVe, as were confined during half a century, for the like offences, under preceding governments. That your petition ers intend to offer no opinion on this occasion as to the na ture of the evidence upon which many of the persons now undergoing punishment have been convicted ; but assuming, for the present, that they have all been properly convicted, they humbly submit to your honourable house, that one man, who has been a thousand times as guilty as any of them, ought not to be allowed to escape with impunity. Thdt for a long course of years Mr. Daniel O'Connell, an Irish barrister, and a member of your honourable house, has been engaged in organising resistance to the law, uttering the most seditious language calculated to inflame the passions of the persons to whom it was addressed, and to excite in them hatred against the English dame and nation, and holding out a threat of civil war whenever his wishes happen to be opposed to the acts of the legislature, or the exercise of the Sovereign's prerogative. That the fatal results of the said Mr. O'Connell's attempts to produce a feeling of contempt for and disregard of the law are apparent in the disorganised state of Irish society • in proof of which we venture to refer to the report of the Irish Prison Inspectors, published under the authority of your honourable house. It appears from that report that in the last year the number of persons committed in Ireland for offences against human life was as follows :—murder, 286 ; shooting at, stabbing, administering poison with intent to murder, 85, assault with intent to murder, 132; solicitation to commit murder, 7 ; conspiracy to murder, 25 ; man slaughter, 263; arson, 80;—making a total of 278. That looking to the difficulty of procuring evidence against offend ers in Ireland, in consequence of the intimidation exercised by secret societies which have grown up out of the agitation fomented by the said Mr. O'Connell, it is reasonable to as sume that the foregoing number returned by the Inspectors of Prisons, frightfully large as it is, represents not one-half of the persons who have been guilty of the offences described. That, notwithstanding the wicked course pursued by the said Mr. O'Connell, and the dreadful results which have flowed from it, the only notice which the government has taken of the subject-has been to offer to promote the said Mr. O'Con nell to a seat on the judicial bench, as has been publicly de clared by that person himself, and to lavish the patron age at their disposal on his relatives and friends. That your petitioners are of opinion that the people of England will not be disposed to pay that respect and deference to the law which have hitherto been habitual to them when they see some hundreds of their fellow-countrymen torn from their families and thrown into dungeons, whilst a man who is guilty of such grave offences is not only left at liberty to pursue his dangerous career, but is caressed and honoured by the ministers of our young and unsuspecting Queen, whose dominions he seeks to dismember. That your peti tioners find in the lists . of divisions, which are published and sold under the authority of your honourable house, an ex planation of conduct on the part of ministers which would otherwise appear inexplicable ; but your petitioners are sure that although her Majesty's advisers may feel it convenient to betray their duty in order to obtain support, which is ne cessary to enable them to keep themselves in office, your lion. house will act as becomes the honest representatives of the people of the United Kingdom, and see that justice is done even although its execution should cost her Majesty's ministers their places. We therefore humbly beg that your honourable house will address her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased either to direct her Attorney-Ge neral to prosecute Mr. O'Connell for High Treason or Se dition, or, which under the circumstances would seem to your petitioners to be just, to grant a pardon to all persons now undergoing punishment for political offences. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. All the members of parliament without pairs in Paris quitted that capital for Lord Stanley's Registration Bill. The ministerial whip was very urgent. It appears by the revenue accounts of 1839, just published, that the amount of duty received for. corn imported i n t o England and Scotland was £1,101,000, while in 1838, as ap pears by a reference to the same accounts for that year, the amount received was only £187,000, and hence it appears that all the advantage apparent in the return of the re venue for the year 1839 is owing entirely to the importations of grain, and owes 'nothing to the improvement in the general trade of the country.—Times. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Mrs. HONEY, of the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, is en gaged for Five Nights, and will make her second appear ance this season, this evening. The early arrangements of the Season include the engage ment of the following Performers of the Metro politan Theatres : Mr. BUCKSTONE, the celebrated Dramatist and Peformer, of the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket. Mr. T. P. COOKE, of the Theatres-Royal Covent-garden and Drury-lane. Mr. YATES, the Proprietor and Manager of the Theatre- Royal, Adelphi. Mr. and Mrs. KEELEY, of the Theatres-Royal,. Covent garden and Adelphi. Mr. PAUL BEDFORD, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent garden and Adelphi. Mr. POWER, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden, Drury-lane, and Haymarket. And Mr. G. VANDENHOFF, of the Theatre-Royal, Covent garden. The celebrated Dancers, Mr. GILBERT and Miss BALLIN, of Her Majesty's Theatre, and the Theatres-Royal, Co vent-garden and Drury-lane, are also engaged, being their first appearance here these four years, and who will, in the various Ballets and Dances which will be produced during their engagement, be assisted by their Pupils, Master and Miss MARSHALL, and Miss TAYLOR. An engagement has also been entered into with Madame VESTRIS and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS, during their London recess, for Ten Nights, and they will make their appearance soon after the close of Covent-garden, of which due announcement will be made. Arrangements are also in progress with other eminent Per formers, and a variety of Novelties will be produced in rapid succession. THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 12th instant, will be performed the popular Romantic Musical Drama, called . _ _ _ THE VAMPIRE. Unda. Mrs. Tellet. Ruthven.... Mr. W. Howard I M'Swill Etfie Miss Grant. Mr. Baker. Lady Margaret After which, the Drama, called SEVENTY AND SEVENTEEN. Captain Vivid.. Mr. W. Howard. Miss Carrington Mrs. Honey. To which will be added the Interlude of the TWO GREGORYS. Mr. Gregory.. Mr. W. Howard I Gregory .. Mrs. Gregory.... Mrs. Baker I Fanchette.. To conclude with the Farce of THE MARRIED RAKE. Mr. Frederick Flighty Mr. W. Howard. Mrs. Flighty.. Miss Cleaver I Susan Twist.... Mrs. Clarke. Mrs. Trictrac Mrs. Honey. Cornet Fitzherbert Fitzhenry Mrs. Honey, as originally nerformed by her in London. On WEDNESDAY, the Melo-Drama of the MILLER'S MAID. Giles, Mr. Slaiter ; George, Mr. W. Howard; Matty, Mr. Baker: Phoebe, Mrs. W. H. Bland. After which the Comedy of the BEULAH SPA. Sydney, Mr. W. Howard; Kildare, Mr. Chaplin ; Magnus, Mr. Baker; Hector, Mr. Slaiter ; Mrs. Templeton, Mrs. Clarke ; Grace Ormonde, Miss Cleaver; Parker, Mrs. Tellet ; Caroline Grantly, Mrs. Honey. To conclude with the Musical Drama of the SPIRIT OF THE RHINE. Shtufllekrantz, Mr. Baker ; Huntley, Mr. P. Crowe ; Roschin, Mrs. P. Crowe ; Irma, (her original character,) Mrs. Honey. On THURSDAY—A VARIETY OF ENTERTAIN MENTS, in which Mrs. Honey will perform: On FRIDAY—Mrs. HONEY'S BENEFIT, and the Last Night of her Engagement. Mr. Baker. Mrs.Tellet. GRAND CONCERT. AXONS. DOHLER has the honour to announce a Grand .1.1 . 1 CONCERT of VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, which will take place on TUESDAY Evening, the 26th instant, at the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool. HERR MOLIQUE, the celebrated Violinist, whose performances at the Philharmonic Concerts, London, have created such an extraordinary sensation, will make his first and only appearance in Liverpool on this occasion. Vocalists, Miss BIRCH, Miss DOLBY, and Signor ZUCCHELLI. VIOLINIST HERR MOLIQUE. PIANIST Mr. GEORGE EYTON will accompany the Vocal Pieces. Full Particulars will be shortly announced. Box places may be secured on application to Mr. WEISS, Church -street. Tickets for Centre Boxes, ss. • Side Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 3s. ; and Gallery, 2s. each; may be had at the Music Shops and usual places, The Concert will commence at Eight o'clock. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1840. By the packet-ship Sheffield, Captain Allen, we have received New York papers to the 13th ultimo, inchi sive, and Canada papers to the 9th. The packet-ship Europe, Captain Marshall, which left the city in com pany with the Sheffield, also arrived here on Sunday; bringing duplicate files of the papers. The latest news from Liverpool at New York was to the 20th of March. In consequence of the advices by that arrival a con siderable degree of activity had subsequently prevailed ampng the shipping interests, and high rates of freights to the English ports were readily obtained. • From the city article of the Daily Express, of April 13, we learn that there was no new feature in the money market. The amount of deposits and specie in the United States Bank was increasing. It was calculated that as soon as the canal opened, there would be much greater activity in the market. There was a vast amount of produce to be received, though it was expected that it would only command low prices. We learn from the Washington correspondence of the Daily Express, that a debate of much interest had arisen in the House of Representatives, on the 9t ll ultimo, on the subject of the North-Eastern boundary- Mr. Hand submitted a resolution, calling on the Secre tary-at-War for a statement of the defences necessary for the frontier. Mr. Wise offered, as a substitute, to call for a general system of defence. In supporting this motion, Mr. Wise observed, " I am no alarmist- I have no idea that there is to be a war, but I go for the necessity of fortifications on the most liberal scale for a peace establishment." Mr. Adams, whose opinion is of much importance, said that not only there was no danger of a war now, but that there would be none" for many years to come. His reasons were, briellyr that the President of the United States designed that , the nation should not go to war, and that a second arbitration was very probable. Accounts from Monte Video had been received at' New York to the sth of February. It would scent that the French had raised the blockade of the ports in the province of Corrientes, in consequence of the part,' opposed to General Rosas having become predominant• Rosas himself, however, showed no disposition to yield. The federal movements in Yucatan. were assuming ,. it seems, a systematic and organised form. A con venlion of the citizens had been held at Merida, the . capital of the Province, and steps had been take" to form a provisional government. A compact had' been drafted and agreed to, the articles of which de' clared that the peninsula of Yucatan should be a free' and independent state, under the constitution o f 153 4 that the individuals who held office in 1834 should be . restored to place and power—that all ordinances and' decrees of the Central Government, which conflict with the laws of 1834, should be repealed—and that 811 officers and soldiers who might wish to quit the see vice of the Centralists, should be disbanded and absolved from their obligation of enlistment. The news from Canada is unimportant. The MO' treat Transcript; of April . 9, status that a respectab le meeting had becn held in that city for the purpose o f promoting emigration to the townships, and to open ° communication between Quebec and that Tart of the Province. The Peterborough Sentinel asserts that the manil el ' in which the 50 members for each province a re to I) '' returned to the United Parliament will be as follows Each province is to he divided into five electoral do l. sions, each of which is to he again divided into te ll ridings, each riding to return one member. Since the above remarks were written, we have re" ceived an advertisement announcing a meeting of the Conservatives of Liverpool, on this momenttais qu:; tion, to be held at the Amphitheatre to-morrow. beg to urge upon our Conservative friends, i;3. the to' c ' . and neighbourhood, the importance of their earl)" at : tendance at the meeting. It IS THE VITAL N1E0 1 : 11 OF THE SESSION. Should this bill pass, the reign ' 3 fraud and perjury in Ireland, so far as elections 31,, concerned, will be at an end ; and a really r eforn ) :: constituency, not the slaves of a factious and tu rb t lent priesthood, will return to Parliament the bens friends of Ireland—the supporters of free institt. g in Church and State, and the enemies of all degr adin d, superstitions. Ireland will then be really repres ente e s and an English majority in the House of Coonnn will have the support of her independent and Liir shackled representatives. We repeat, Lord Stan le Y st; bill is the vital measure of the session, and We tro• every good Conservative will be at his po st bef° l.e. twelve o'clock to-morrow. We understand the Re v "' Hugh M`Neile will support one of the resolutions. By the New York, Captain Barstow, which an% off the Cove of Cork on the sth instant, paPers TO CORRESPONDENTS. ERRATUM.—In the advertisement from the Highway Board, inserted last week, for Welsh square-set paving -stones, the length should have been from four to twelve inches, instead of from four to five inches. Vie Zthrrimol iPtanbatt.