The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-04-21 00:00:00

1 .I 1 Ner-IR TIIE NORTH-EASTERN BOUNDARY. MR. FOX TO MR. FORSYTH Washington, March 13, 1840. The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, has been instructed by his Government to make the following communication to the Secretary of State of the United States, in reference to the boundary negotiation, and the affairs of the disputed territory. _ Her Majesty's Government have had under their consi deration the official note addressed to the undersigned by the Secretary of State of the United States, on the 24th of last December, in reply to a note from the undersigned of the 2d November preceding, in which the undersigned pro tested, in the name of his Government, against the extensive System of aggression pursued by the people of the State of . Maine within the disputed territory, to the prejudice of the rights of Great Britain, and in manifest violation of the pro visional agreements entered into between the authorities of the two countries at the beginning of the last year. Her Majesty's Government have also had their attention directed to the public message transmitted by the Governor of Maine to the Legislature of the State, on the 3d of Janu ary of the present year. Upon a consideration of the statements contained in these two official documents, her Majesty's Government regret to find that the principal acts of encroachment which were de nounced and complained of on the part of Great Britain, so far from being either disproved, or discontinued, or satisfac torily explained by the authorities of the State of Maine, are, on the contrary, persisted in, and publicly avowed. Her Majesty's Government have consequently instructed the undersigned once more formally to protest against those acts of encroachment and aggression. Her Majesty's Government claim and expect from the good faith of the Government of the United States, that the peo ple of Maine shall replace themselves in the situation in which they stood before the agreements of last year were signed; that they shall, therefore, retire from the valley of the St. John, and confine themselves to the valley of the Aroostook ; that they shall occupy that valley in a temporary manner, only for the purpose, as agreed upon, of preventing depredations ; and that they shall not construct fortifications, nor make roads or permanent set. Until this be done by the people of the State of Maine, and so long as that people shall persist in the present system of aggression, her Majesty's Government will feel it their duty to make such military arrangements as may be required for the protection of her Majesty's rights. And her Ma jesty's Government deem it right to declare, that if the result of the unjustifiable proceedings of the State of Maine should be collision between her Majesty's troops and the people of that state, the responsibility of all the consequences that may ensue therefrom, be they what they may, will rest with the people and Government of the United States. The undersigned has been instructed to add to this com munication, that Her Maje Sty's Government are only waiting for the detailed report of the British commissioners recently employed to survey the disputed territory, which report, it was believed, would he completed and delivered to her Ma jesty's Government by the end of the present inonth,in order to transmit to the Government of the United States a reply to their last proposal upon the subject of the boundary sego • tiation. The undersigned avails himself of this occasion to renew to the Secretary of State of the United States the assurance o his distinguished consideration Hon. John Forsyth, &c. H. S. Fox. MR. FORSYTH TO MR. FOX. Department of State, Washington, March 25, 18-10. The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, acknowledges to have received Mr. Fox's communication of the 13th instant, in reference to the boundary negotiation, and the affairs of the disputed territory. The intbrmation given in the closing part of it, that a reply to the last pro position of the United States upon the subject of the boun dary may be expected in a short time, is highly gratifying to the President, who has, however, given directions to the un dersigned in making this acknowledgment, to accompany it with the expression of his profound regret that Mr. Fox's note is in no other respect satisfactory. After the arrangements which, in the beginning of last year, were entered into on the part of the two Governments with regard to the occupation of the disputed territory, the President had indulged the hope that the causes of irritation which had grown out of this branch of the subject could have been removed. Relying on the disposition of Maine to co operate with the Federal Government in all that could lead to a pacific , adjustment of the principal question, the Presi dent felt confident that his determination to maintain order and peace on the border would be fully carried out. He looked upon all apprehensions of designs by the people of Maine to take possession of the territory as without ade quate foundation ; deeming it improbable that, on the eve of an amicable adjustment of the question, any portion of the American people would, without cause and without object, jeopard the success of the negotiation, and endanger the peace of the country. A troublesome, irritating, and com paratively unimportant, because subordinate subject, being thus disposed of, the President hoped that the parties would be left free at once to discuss and finally adjust the principal uuestion. In this he has been disappointed. While the pro ceedings of her Majesty's Government at home have been attended with unlooked-for delays, its attention has been di verted from the great subject in controversy by repeated complaints, imputing to a portion of the people of the United States designs to violate the engagements of their Govern ment ' • designs which have never been entertained, and which Mr. Fox knows would receive no countenance from this Government. It is to be regretted that at this late hour so much misap prehension still exists on the side of the British government as to the object and obvious meaning of the existing arrange ments respecting the disputed territory. The ill success which appears to have attended the effort made by the under signed to convey through Mr. Fox to her majesty's govern ment, more correct impressions respecting them, calls for a recurrence to the subject, and a brief review of the corre spondence which has grown out of it, may tend to remove the erroneous views which prevail, as to the manner in which the terms of the arrangements referred to have been observed. As Mr. Fox had no authority to make any arrangement respecting the exercise of jurisdiction over the disputed ter ritory, that between him and the undersigned, of the 27th of Febauary, 1839, had for its object some provisional arrange ment for the restoration and preservation of peace in the territory. To accomplish this object, it provided that her majesty's officers should not seek to expel, by military force, the armed party which had been sent by Maine into the dis trict bordering on the Reston): river ; and that on the other hand the government of Maine would voluntarily, and without delay, withdraw beyond the bounds of the disputed terri tory any armed force then within them. Besides this, the arrangement had other objects—the dispersion of notorious trespassers, and the protection of public property from de predation. • In case future necessity should arise for this, the separation was to be Conducted by concert, jointly or separately, according to agreement between Maine and New Brunswick. In this last mentioned respect, the agreement looked to some further arrangement between Maine and New Bruns wick. Through the agency of General Scott, one was agreed to, on the 23d and 25th of March following, by which Sir John Harvey bound himself not to seek, without renewed instructions to that effect from his government, to take mili tary possession of the territory, or to repel from it, by military force, the armed civil posse, or the troops of Maine. On the part of Maine, it was agreed by her governor that no attempt should be made without renewed instructions from the legislature, to disturb by arms the province of New Brunswick in the possession of the Madawaski settlements, or interrupt the usual communications between them and the upper provinces. As to possession and jurisdiction, they were to remain unchanged, each party holding, in fact, possession of the dis puted territory, but each denying the right of the other to do so. With that understanding, Maine was, without unneces sary delay, to withdraw her military force, leaving only, under a land agent, a small civil posse, armed or unarmed, to protect the timber recently cut, and to prevent further depredations. In the complaints of infractions of the agreements of the state of Maine, addressed to the undersigned, Mr. Fox has asFumed two positions which are not authorised by the terms of those agreements : first, admitting the right of Maine to maintain a civil posse in the disputed territory for the purpose stated in the agreement, he does so with the restric tion that the action of the posse was to be confined within certain limits ; and second, by making the advance of the Maine posse into the valley of the Upper St. John the ground of his complaint of encroachment upon the Madawaska set tlement beyond those it occupied at the date of the agree ment. The United States cannot acquiesce in either of these pok ti ons. In the first place nothing is found in the agreement sub scribed to by Governor Fairfield and Sir J. Harvey defining any limits for the disputed territory within which the opera tions of the civil posse of Maine were to be circumscribed. The task of preserving the timber recently cut, and of pre venting further depredations within the disputed. territory, was assigned to the state of Maine after her military force should be withdrawn from it ; and it was to be accomplished by a civil posse, armed or unarmed, which was to continue in the territory, and to operate in every; part of it where its agency might be required to protect the timber already cut, and prevent further depredations, without any limitation whatever, or any restrictions, except such as might be con strued into an attempt to disturb by arms the province of Near Brunswick in her possession of the Madawaska settle ment, Cr interrupt the usual communication between the pro vinces. It is thus that in the exercise of a legitimate right, and the conscientious discharge of an obligation imposed up on her by a solemn compact, that the state of Maine has done those acts which have given rise to complaints for which no adequate cause is perceived. The undersigned feels con fident that when those acts shall have been considered by her Majesty's Government at home, as explained in his note to Mr. Fox of the 24th December last, and in connexion with the foregoing remarks, they will no longer be viewed as cal culated to excite the apprehensions of her Majesty's Govern ment that the faith of the existing arrangements is to be bro ken on the part of the United States. With regard to thi Second position assumed by Mr. Fox, that the advance of the Maim posse along the valley of the Restook to the mouth of Fish River, and into the valley of the tipper St. John, is at variance with the terms and spirit of the agreements, the undersigned must observe, that if at variance with any of their provisions, it could only be with those which secure her Majesty's province of New Brunswick against any attempt to disturb the possession of the Mada waska settlement, and to interrupt the usual communications between New Brunswick and the upper provinces. The agreement could only have reference to the Madawaska set tlements as confined within their actual limits at the time it was subscribed. The undersigned, in his note of the 24th of December last, stated the reasons why the mouth of Fish liver, the portion of the valley of St. John through which it passes, could in no proper sense be considered as embraced in the Madawaska settlements. Were the United States to admit the pretensions set up on the part of Great Britain, to give to the Madawaska settlements a degree of constructive extension that might, at this time, suit the pur poses of her Majesty's colonial authorities, those settlements might soon be made, with the like justice, to embrace any portions of the disputed territory ; and the right given to the province of New Brunswick to occupy them temporarily and for a special purpose might, by inference quite as plau s ibl e , give the jurisdiction exercised by her Majesty's authorities an extent which would render the present state of the ques tion, so long as it could be maintained, equivalent to a deci sion on the merits of the whole controversy in favour of Great Britain. If the small settlement at Madawaska, on the north side of St. John's, means the whole valley of that river—if a boom across the Fish River, and a station of a small posse on the south side of the St. ohn's, at the mouth of Fish River, are a disturbance of that settlement, which is 25 miles below, within the meaning of the agreement, it is difficult to conceive that there are any limitations to the pre tensions of her Majesty's Government under it, or how the State of Maine could exercise the preventive power with re gard to trespassers, which was, on her part, the great object of the temporary arrangement. The movements of British troops lately witnessed in the disputed territory, and the erection of military works for their protection and accorno. dation, of which authentic information, recently received at the departments of state, has been communicated to Mr. Fox, impart a still graver aspect to the matter immediately under consideration. The fact of those military operations established beyond a doubt, left unexplained or unsatis factorily accounted for by Mr. Fox's note of the 7th instant, continues an abiding cause of complaint on the part of the United States against her Majestys colonial agents, as incon sistent with arrangements whose main object was to divest a question, already sufficiently perplexed and complicated, from such embarrassments as those with which the proceed ings of the British authorities cannot fail to surround it. If, as Mr. Fox must admit, the objects of the late agree ments were the removal of all military force and the preser- - i i . S rs " ? • re 3 .. ^._ _~.~~_- \~, <-4 4 ' 'il I qb-VN b..~~ ~ 3 , 4 I`l 1 f ") 1 N vation of the p s iiitterty from further spoliations, leaving the possession and jurisdiction as they stood before the state of Maine found itself compelled to act against the trespassers, the President cannot but consider that the conduct of the American local authorities strongly and most favourably con trasts with that of the colonial authorities of her Majesty's government. While the one, promptly withdrawing its mili tary force, has confined itself to the use of the small posse, armed as agreed upon, and has done no act not necessary to the accomplishment of the conventional objects, every mea sure taken or indicated by the other party is essentially mili tary in its character, and can be justified only by a well formed apprehension that hostilities must ensue. With such feelings and convictions, the President could not see, without painful surprise, the attempt of Mr. Fox, under instructions from his government, to give to the exist ing state of things a character not warranted by the friendly disposition of the United States, or the conduct of the au thorities and people of Maine—much more is he surprised to find it alleged as a ground for strengthening a militnry force and preparing for a hostile collision with the unarmed inha bitants of a friendly state, pursuing within their own borders their peaceful occupations, or exerting themselves in compli ance with their agreements to protect the property in dispute from unauthorized spoliation. The President wishes that he could dispel the fear that these dark forebodings can be realized. Unless her Ma jesty's government shall forthwith arrest all military inter ference in the question—unless it shall apply to the subject more determined efforts than have hitherto been made to bring the dispute to a certain, a pacific adjustment, the mis fortunes predicted by Mr. Fox in the name of his government may most unfortunately happen. But no apprehension of the consequences alluded to by Mr. Fox can be permitted to the government and people of the United States from the performance of their duty to the state of Maine. That duty is as simple as it is imperative. The construction which is given by her to the treaty of 1783 has been, again and again, and in the most solemn manner, asserted also by the federal government, and must be maintained, unless Maine freely consents to a new boundary, or unless that construction of the treaty is found to be erroneous hy the decision of a dis interested and independent tribunal selected by the parties for its final adjustment. The President, on assuming the duties of his station, avowed his determination, all other means of negotiation failing, to submit a proposition to the government of Great Britain to refer the decision of the ques tion once more to a third party. In all subsequent steps which have been taken upon the subject by his direction he has been actuated by the same spirit. Neither his disposition in the matter, nor his opinion as to the propriety of that course, has undergone any change. Should the fulfilment of his wishes be defeated, either by an unwillingness on the part of Her Majesty's Government to meet the offer of the United States in the spirit in which it is made, or from adverse circumstances of any description, the President will, in any event, derive great satisfaction from the consciousness that no effort on his part has been spared to bring the question ter an amicable conclusion, and that there has been nothing in the conduct either of the Govern ment and people of the United States, or of the state of Maine, to justify the employment of Her Majesty's forces as indicated by Mr. Fox's letter. The President cannot, under such circumstance, apprehend that the responsibility for any such consequnces which may unhappily ensue will, by the just judgment of an impartial world, be imputed to the United States. The undersigned avails himself, &c. To the lion. IL S. Fox, &c. JOHN FORSYTH. MR. Fox TO MR. FORSYTH Washington, March 26, 1840. The undersigned, Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, has had the honour to receive the official note of yesterday's date, addressed to him by Mr. Forsyth, Secretary of State of the United States, in reply to a note dated the 13th inst., wherein the under signed, in conformity with instructions received from his Government, had anew formally protested against the acts of encroachment and aggression which are still persisted in by anned bands in the employment of the state of Maine within certain portions of the disputed territory. It will be the duty of the undersigned immediately to transmit Mr. Forsyth's note to Her Majesty's Government in England ; and, until the statements and propositions which it contains shall have received the due consideration of Her Majesty's Government, the undersigned will not deem it right to add any further reply thereto, excepting to refer to, and to repeat, as he now formally and distin ;tly does, the several declarations which it has from time to time been his duty to make to the Government of the United States with reference to the existing posture of affairs in the disputed territoyy, and to record his opinion, that an inflexible ad herence to the resolutions that have been announced by Her Majesty's Government for the defence of Her Majesty'srlghts, pending the negociation of the boundary question, offers to Her Majesty's Government the only means of protecting these rights from being in a continually aggravated manner en croached upon and violated. The undersigned avails himself of this occasion to renew to the Secretary of State of the United States the assurance of his distinguished consideration. H. S. FOX. The Hon. John Forsyth, &c. AMERICAN COTTON TRADE. (FROM THE NEW YORK HERALD, OF APRIL 1. The last advices from England have, as they progressed South, checked the animation in the different markets, and generally caused a depression in prices. There is now but little doubt that the crop will go over 1,800,000 bales. The following is a table of the receipts, stock, and exports, for this year and the two previous ones : Vessels Year. Stock. Receipts. Exports. loading. March, 1840.... 508,270 1,311,622 758,473 115 „ 1839....432,092 662,243 438,591 52 ~ 1838... _.405,697 1,204,894 758,882 76 The receipts thus far, notwithstanding the untoward events, have been nearly 100,000 bales larger than in 1838, and nearly fifty per cent. larger than last year, at this time. The prices in all the ports are about 50 per cent. of the rates at this time last year. The following is a table of the prices, Liverpool classification, in the leading ports, at the latest dates : Mobile New Orleans. Charleston 1840. 1839. 1840. 1839. 1840. 1839, Good and fine 2 17 10 17i 9 177 Good fair B-k 161 81 16 81 17 Fair - 74 151- 8 . 16 Middling - 14- 6 14 a 15 Inferior This shows an immense falling off in price, especially in the lower descriptions, and is .sore evident, if we take into consideration the high rates of freight. There has not, for many years, been so great a scarcity of vessels as is now ap parent in the southern ports. This fact has had a great in fluence in retarding shipments : nearly one half of all the ex ports made since the Ist October have been made since the Ist Feb., and the receipt of so large an amount will, no doubt, operate unfavourably upon the market in Liverpool, and cause a further decline in prices. LOG OF THE STEAM SHIP BRITISH QUEEN FROM NEW YORK TO LONDON, APRIL, 1840. Long. Lat. Dis. run. April 1- 2-70 20 3-65 50 4-60 35 5-55 54 6-51 17 7-46 49 8-45 25 9-32 12 10-37 32 11-27 28 12--21 51 13-15 48 14-10 20 is►- 2 p.m., steamed from dock ; 4 30, dimissed pilot; 5, observed small boat upset : bore down for her : observed a signal of distress fly ing from schooner; 5 15, ob served small boat : stood for her, and lowered cutter : picked up four men who were holding on her bottom : found, in spite of every exertion, two, out of six, had beenunfortunately drowned; 6, boat returned: stood to the eastward : took departure : Sandy Hook W, two miles. 172 WNW, moderate. 220 W, moderate. 7 30, showed lon. to American ship Governor Trump,ofNew York : exchanged colours with a Swedish ship. 241 S.W. and S. fresh. 220 S., latter part E., heavy beam swell; 4 p.m.; spoke the Ameri can packet-ship Oxford, from New York to Liverpool. 210 E. and variable, moderate, heavy . . swell from southward. 215 E.S.E. strong, W. by N. mode rate ; 10, exchanged numbers with the English ship Victory, standing to S.W. 203 E.S.E. moderate, passed a brig with loss of foretopmast—passed a ship with loss of maintopmast, standing to the westward. 230 S.S.W.to N.W. fresh. 202 N. W. strong, E. N. E. fresh gales. 210 N.N.E. moderate, passed the English barque Eliza Heywood . spolce the Effort off Milford, both standing west. 220 S., latter moderate, spoke the Fanny, of London, and Econo- mist, of Newport. 241 S., first part N., latter moderate. 214 E.N.E. strong, exchanged co lours with one of H. M. packets, standing to W. 9 a.m., Land's End, N.E. ; at noon, Lizard, N.N.W. 3 miles; at six p.m., passed an American ship, supposed to be the Samson. 5 50 a.m., anchored at Spithead, making a passage from Sandy Hook to Spithead in 14 days 7 hours, deducting the longitude on time. To Lieut. Roberts, R.N., Commander of the steam-ship e t r is s h ign Q e u d een. passengers,n in the ship DEAR SlR,—The undersigned under your command, feel it to be their duty, parting . with . you, to express, in the most decided terms, onl lemsatisfaction and comfort which they have experienced due just completed. They do not wish the preseniatb the voyage . tion to be classed among those ordinary testimoniescommunica fre- quently presented to commanders, and which are a considered as matters of course ; but would beg to be understood ex pressing, in the sincerest manner, the high opinion which as they entertain of your own deportment, both official and pe rsona l ; of the constant and kind attentions they have received • of the perfect cleanliness of the vessel under your co mma nd • of her admirable qualities as a sea-boat; and of the uncom mon superiority of the table. In the last-mentioned par ticular, they have found not only comfort, but such abun dance and luxury as to make them almost forget that they were on a sea voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Desiring that, if agreeable to yourself, youwill make this commun i ca tion public, they beg to remain, with great respect, your obedient servants. (Signed by all the Passengers.) Steam-ship British Queen, April 16, 1840. - 7 -- KIRKALDY.-GREENLAND FfsnERY.--Notwithstanding the unsuccessful state of this fishing for some years back, the owners in this place have, in the most spirited manner, fitted out four vessels for the Straits. Two of them have already sailed, the Hecla and Caledonia; and the others, the Chief tain and the Regalia, are in the offing, preparing to follow. . Mr. Yarw or th, w h o was s h o t a t an d robbed at Piff's Elm, January last, has at length so far recovered as to admit of his being removed to Cheltenham. Only one of the two balls with which h e was woun d e d h as b een extracted, and his right side is still considerably paralysed. The subscrip tions collected in the neighbourhood for his benefit, amount to £l9o.—Bristol Standard. POULTON -LE -FYLD E. Since the genial rains on Saturday a therm v , e s n u d n u s r h and Sunday last, it has y,pleasedand finea benignant Providence to e in is already beautiful ; we have a pros pect weather. In our neigh bourhood, send ou r b u o s o d w , of an abundant and scarcely recollect the wheat so backward , blyrapid growth. We but there is little or no discolouration, and we anticipate an abundant year, although it is much too early for any deci opinion to be formed as to the crops.—Preston Chronicle. It is incorrectly stated by the newspapers that Prince Er nest met with his acc ident whilst hun ting at Deene Park. The fact is, that his high ness was ridin g over the splendid do main of the Earl of Cardig an, and carelessl y swinging ng thong a large hand-whip , the heav y end of whic h accidentally the struck his mouth, and broke two of his front teeth K * . entish Gazette. 40 10 40 0 16- t\\\ 1 1' 1k 'IN 1.‘.; %me THE EW NEW YORK, MARCH 31.—The money market of late has presented few features deserving especial notice. Money has been quite abundant, but capitalists excessively shy of any but first rate paper and securities, the rate of interest Ruling from 6to 7 per cent. per annum. New York state stocks have been sought after with avidity, both capitalists and agents for European houses offering as ready purchasers at very fair rates, say, for the five per cent. stocks, payable-in 7, 10, and 15 years, at 92 a 93 ex dividend, payable to-morrow ; and for six per cents. payable in 15 years, at 101 a 102. Ohio state sixes, 96 to 97, interest payable in July. New York corpora tion bonds are also in active demand, but the supply small at about 1 per cent abo re par. Few stocks of other states have been sold here for some weeks. In local bank stocks, with here and there an exception, very little has been doing. Man hattan is offered at 86, and 851 offered. Railroad stocks are firm, as they generally are at the beginning of spring. To-day the operations in stocks were chiefly confined to the shares of the United States Bank and those of the North American Trust company, and these were again depressed by the operations, as we are credibly informed, of a combination of jobbers who for some time time past, have: prevented the price of any particular stock, when it suits their purpose, being a criterion of its actual value. These institutions having large interests in London, the departure of the steamship was deemed a fair opportunity to injuretheir prospects ; and even the Maine boundary question has been used by them as one pretext, not that it was believed that a war would grow out of it, but that it would create apprehensions in London, which would make monied men there averse to operations in all American securities. We trust that in this respect their ex pectations will be deceived; firmly convinced, as we are, that the subject furnishes no just ground for alarm. Large transactions took place to-day in foreign exchanges for remittances by the steam-ship, at the following rates : London .. 1071 a 1841 Paris 5,201 a 234 Amsderdam.. . 391 a 40 Hamburg 354 a 36 Bremen _7Bl a _7Bl The supply was full. Southern bills not endorsed here have been sold at rates from 2 to per cent. below the above quo tations. A small amount of specie is shipped to France, owing to the supply of French bills being rather short in pro portion to the amount of others offering. Spanish dollars are at 3 to 5 per cent. premium—Mexican, 1 per cent. American halves and sovereigns are at par. Inland exchanges are very dull, and rates to-day are as follows : Philadelphia .. Baltimore ' Richmond Charleston Savannah .. August North Carolina Mobile New Orleans 5 a 5 44 a 5 5 a 6 31 a 3 51 a 5 7+ a 71 6+ a 7 6 a6+ 6 a 6+ Trade generally is in a very depressed state, and appear ances indicate that the spring business will be on a very lim ited scale. Importations from Europe do not command saving prices, and a very moderate demand exists for merchandise generally. MEETING AT LANCASTER, RESPECTING THE ASSIZES. (From the Preston Chronicle.) On Wednesday afternoon last, a meeting was held in the Town-hall, Lancaster, for the purpose of adopting means to procure the return of the assize business, or a portion of it, to Lancaster. J. Dockray, Esq., the mayor, presided ; and several of the influential gentlemen of the town were pre sent. The Chairman having briefly opened the meeting, John Dobson, Esq., said that a resolutio I had been put into his hands which, with the permission of the meeting, he would read. It was to the effect, that memorials be prepared for signatures and transmitted to the proper authorities, praying that a portion of the South Lancashire business be brought to Lancaster as formerly, and that the members for the borough, and those of the northern division of the county, be requested to give it their most strenuous support. As the object in view was so well known, he would make no further observations, but beg that theresolution be adopted. (Hear.) J. Bond, Esq., had great pleasure in seconding the resolu tion. He quite agreed with Mr. Dobson, that it was expe dient that something should be done. He had some little doubts as to the efficiency of a memorial at present ; but he trusted that the time would soon come when it would be suc cessful. A memorial ought to go from that part of the county whence it was expected that the business would arise ; and for the Lancaster people alone to send up a memorial, might excite a little suspicion with those parties who had to move their business from Liverpool. He thought a com mittee ought to be formed to be in active communication with such parties. Still there would be no harm in having memorials prepared, to be ready when needed. He, for one, would do all in his power to further the object they had in view ; for it was needless to say, that in consequence of the removal of the assizes, various descriptions of property in Lancaster had diminished 20 or 30 per cent., and, in some instances, even more. Therefore, it was ext(emely desirous that something should be attempted to retrieve such a loss. Whether the assizes had been taken away from them justly or unjustly, he would not say ; but he hoped that on this question all parties would unite hand and heart, and by per severing manfully, he doubted not they would ultimately ob tain the object they had in view. He most cordially seconded the motion, which was carried. The Chairman wished to know what was meant by the proper authorities ?—Mr. Dobson : The resolution had been worded so, in order to make it as embracing and comprehensive as possible.—T. Higgins, Esq., in moving the second resolution, agreed with what had fallen from Mr. Bond. He had no doubt that all parties would be unanimous. He would come at once to his resolution, which was, that a committee be appointed to carry out the measures before the meeting, as far as they could do so. He then moved that a committee be formed, fully em powered to communicate by letter, or otherwise, with such towns and persons as may be expedient, and that such com mittee consist of the following gentlemen .—Mr. Dobson, Mr. Bond, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Jackson, Mr, Swainson, and Mr. Sharp. This would form a small com mittee, which was the best for working purposes. It would. be premature to memorialise the government—but if they waited for others to take the matter up, it must be some time before they did so. The committee ought to endeavour to obtain the co-operation of Manchester, Bolton, Rochdale, &c., leaving Liverpool with its own assizes, for if they at tempted to get the assizes wholly back, they might only do themselves harm. The names of the above gentlemen were then entered as the committee, Mr. Higgins and Mr. E. D. Salisbury being . also added :—W. Jackson, Esq., proposed that a subscription be immediately set on foot to defray the necessary expenses.—Mr. Clarke had great pleasure i❑ se conding Mr. Jackson's proposition. Some gentleman had thought a memorial premature, but it was better to take the flowing tide than wait for the ebbing flood. He understood some communication had been made with regard to the assize business from Manchester, and the attorneys there were willing to come over to Lancaster, although it was diffi cult for a small town to recover that which had been trans ferred from it to a large one. He understood that the com missioners appointed to inquire into some branch of the common law some years ago, then suggested that a portion of assize business should be transferred to the western cir cuit, as upon the northern one it could scarcely be got through with, in consequence of its great increase. When her Majesty's ministers were made aware of the difficulty of getting through the business at Liverpool, it might have some weight in sending back a portion of it to Lancaster. — Dr. De Vitre, in voting thanks to the chair, took the occa sion to observe, that as soon as the railway was opened, great facilities would be afforded to the Manchester suitors, to bring their business to the old courts. One of the great in conveniences complained of by those having to attend the assizes at Liverpool, was the impossibility of obtaining lodg ings near the courts,—whilst witnesses could not be kept together—they were off seeing the sights of the town—visit ing the docks and so forth,—whilst the barristers were similarly situated, and attorneys had to go two or three miles to hold consultations—all which objections were avoided in Lancaster. (Hear, hear.) A subscription was then set on foot, headed by the mayor for £5. Several other speakers put their names down for a like sum, and the meeting broke up. ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. (From the Oxford Herald.) .On Saturday last, being the - last day of Term, a congrega. tion was holden for granting graces and conferring degrees when the following degrees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS. The Hon. Reginald Windsor West Balliol College., William Miller, New College, Esquire Bedle of Law. BACHELOR OF ARTS. William Shillito, University College. On Wednesday last, Mr. William Edward Dickinson Carter, from Winchester College, was admitted Scholar of New College. The. Rev. Philip James Hanywood, B.A. of Trinity College, has been instituted in the Rectory of Bradwell next-Coggeshall, Essex, void by the death of the Rev. M. J. Brunwin • patron, M. P. C. Brunwin, Esq. The Rev. Thos. Gamier, 8.C.L., late Fellow of All Souls' College, has been appointed Dean of Winchester, void by the death of the Rev. Dr. Rennell. The Rev. Thos. Fielder Woodham, B.A. late of Worcester College, has been presented to the Rectory of Brancaster, Norfolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Bolton. The Rev. G. F. W. Mortimer, M.A., Head Master of the Western Grammar School, Brompton, late a Michel Scholar of Queen's College, Oxford, and one of Dr. Bishop's Exhi bitioners from the Exeter Free Grammar School, has been unanimously elected to the Head Mastership of the City of London School.—Western Luminary. . . . On Wednesday se'nnight, at the Berkshire Sessions, held at Newbury, the Rev. John Field, M.A. of Magdalen Hall, son of Mr. Alderman Field, of Wallingford, was elected, by a large majority of Magistrates, to the Chaplaincy of the County Gaol of Reading, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Robert Appleton. On Monday last, the Rev. John Hayes,B.A. of Magdalen Hall, was unanimously elected to the Incumbency of Christ Church, Harpurhey, near Manchester. PROMOTIONS. Rev. W. S. Salman, M.A. of St. John's College, Cam bridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Shireoaks, Nottingham shire, void by the death of the Rev. George Savile; patron, the Duke of Norfolk. Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, to be a Prebendary of Windsor, void by the death of Dr. Joseph Goodall. Rev. H. Melvill, B.D. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to be Chaplain of the Tower, in the room of the Rev. R. R. Bailey, deceased. This appointment was by the recommen dation of the Duke of Wellington, the High Constable of the Tower. Rev. E. Robertson, to the Vicarage of Shorwell and the Rectory of Motticton, Isle of Wight, vacant by the resigna tion of the Rev. S. W. Dowell ; patron, Stephen Dowell, Esq. Rev. Julius Ch ar l es H are, M.A. late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Rector of Hurtsmonceux, Sussex, to the Archdeaconry of Lewes, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Birch, D.C.L. of St. John's College, Oxford. Rev H. Gubbins, to the Living of Clounelty and Clouneagh, Ireland. Rev. Towney Blackwoed, to the Curacy of Newtonards, void by the de a th o f the Rev. M. Cassidy ; patron, the Marquis of Londonderry. Rev. W. C. Flint, Rector of Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire, to the Perpetual Curacy of Wellow, in the same county, vacant by the death of the Rev. Matthew Dixon ; patron, the Earl of Scarborough. Rev. Samuel Luscornbc, B.A. to the Rectory of Chedzoy, Somersetshire, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Thomas Boucher Coney. Rev. Robert. Lovett, B.A. to the Rectory of Trinity, Wallcott, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Thomas Fielder The Vicar of Newcastle has appointed the Rev.R th . Woodham. e W p . la L ce . Jones, B.A. Evening L ecturer of S t. Andrew's, in of the Rev. G.A. Walker, M.A. who has resigned. BODLEIAN LECTURES. — The Trustees of the Exeter Church Charities have re -elected the Rev. J. Medley, te r of St. Thomas, and the Rev. C. Worthy, Curate of St. David, as Bodleian Lecturers for the year ensuing ; a corn _ pliment deservedly paid to gentlemen who have filled the office with so much ability and advantage to the p u bli c during the year which has passed .—St James s Chronzcle. We have already stated that 34 bankruptcies took place in Paris during the first fortnight of March. The second half of that month no fewer than 57 bankruptcies were declared In Paris, averaging four a-day, one of which was for a sum of 663,000 francs. MISCELLANEOUS. Two of the Tipperary magistratet fought 'a duel the t their day, in consequence of a dispute at petty sessions. A rare example from the bench ! The 81st regiment now stationed in Hull has received-or ders to proceed to Cork via Liverpool, and the 77th to Dover. The grippe is very prevalent in Paris, and the same dis ease; under thk - naine - of influenza, prevails"' to a great extent in. London. On Tuesday evening, 2,100 remarkably fine silver mullet fere,.caught by the Bognor fishermen, and sold at four or five for ls.—Sussex Advertiser. LAMBS. — The lambing season in the neighbourhood of Barnsley, has, and is going on very satisfactorily to the farmers, most of the ewes have two lambs each, and in a great many instances some have three.—Leeds Intelligeneer. The lady who has recently been raised to the highest rank in the peerage, contrary to the opinion generally entertained of the propriety of her elevation, is familiarly known in the clubs by the sobriquet of " The Duchess—nevertheless." For a few days past the weather has been of the most pro pitious character. A genial warmth—such as we experience during the finest midsummer months in this northern cli mate—pervades the atmosphere.—Scottish Guardian. James Wood, the confeCtioner, of Philadelphia, and a na tive of Oldham, Lancashire, England, who some time ago • murdered his daughter because slie married against his con sent, has been acquitted on the ground of insanity. EXTRAORDINARY LAMBING.—Mr. John Harrison, of Burton Grange, near Barnsley, has an ewe which has lambed five lambs, all of them alive; the same gentleman had also up to Wednesday, 90 ewes, which had lambed not less than 180 lambs.—Leeds Intelligencer. Col. Pasley is preparing for renewed operations on the Royal George. Three large cylinders are making at Chatham for the purpose. One is to be shortly taken down the river, to be sunk three or four days, and then to be blown up as an experiment. The Baroness Lezhen has been called upon to make ample apology to the Duchess of Northumberland, for the neglect of certain communications which were forwarded by her grace to the Queen, the receipt of which had not been duly acknow ledged. The Duchess sought a personal explanation of the Queen on the subject, which has been much canvassed in the drawing rooms of the aristocracy. PARKER, THE MUTINEER. — Mrs. Parker, widow of the celebrated Richard Parker, often called Admiral Parker, from the part he took in the Mutiny at the Nore, and for which he was executed in June 1797, arrived in this town by the Victoria coach a few days ago, and proceeded on her way to Edinburgh. The old lady is blind, and, through the be nevolence of a kind female, she is forwarded to the metro polis of the north, to find a brief haven of rest, after being so long buffeted by the storms of this changeful life, before her eventful voyage is finally terminated.—Newcastle Jour nal. THE LANDJns.—It affords us great satisfaction to be able to state that Lord Melbourne has granted a pension to the widow and children (three) of the late John Lander. That amiable and very intelligent individual had indeed a strong claim on the country ; for, like his brother Richard, though not in actual service on the spot, he too was a sacrifice to that spirit of African enterprise which has identified the name of Lander with the history, and, we trust, the civilisation, of that continent. It is a credit to the minister that he has thus acknowledged, though we believe, of necessity, in a les ser degree than might have been hoped, the debt of gratitude due to the intrepid explorers of the Niger and the interior of Africa, so fatal to European life. RAISING THE WIND.—MR. FEARGIJS O'CONNOR AND THE Northern St ar.—A bill was rather numerously posted on Thursday, in Manchester; announcing a public meeting of the Chartists, to be held in the Hall of Sc►ence (Chartist erection) on Good Friday, at two o'clock, for the purpose of taking into consideration a proposition from Mr. O'Connor, as to the propriety, or otherwise, of laying on an additional Halfpenny on the Northern Star, or of adopting some other mode, for the purpose of supporting, the wives and families of the numerous Chartists, now imprisoned in every part of the kinghom.—Adn►ission free. CANNIBALISM IN PARIS.—The chief physician of one of the hospitals in Paris, having a few days since invited a great number of his medical friends to witness an anatomical de monstration on the liver of one of his patients, who had died, and which, from its enormous size, was an object of great medical interest, first regaled them with a copious and splen did breakfast. The breakfast being over, he sent a servant to the cellar - to fetch the liver, which he had placed there. In a few minutes the poor fellow returned in a fright, and said it was no longer in the cellar. An inquiry took place, from which it appeared that the cook seeing more guests ar rive than he had expected, and thinking that the liver which was in the cellar was that of a calf, dressed it in order to make up the deficiency of his provision. The feelings of the guests at the discovery were not of the most enviable des cription. CHRISTMAS DINNERS IN WORKHOUSES. — The poor-law commissioners have given positive instructions to the auditors of parochial accounts to disallow in the accounts any expen diture which shall henceforth have been incurred in supply ing the inmates of workhouses with extra dinners on Christ mas-day ! The Duke of Buccleuch has given orders for the immediate erection of a new church atllawick, the church accommoda tion of that populous town being far from adequate to the wants of the inhabitants. His Grace not only intends being at the sole expense of the structure, but purposes also to en dow it. Circulars have been issued by the Home Secretary to the various lord-lieutenants, informing them, " that an inspec tion of the yeomanry cavalry by field officers of her majesty's regular forces will take place in the present year, and that all corps which shall assemble on permanent duty, or for train ing and exercise, are to be inspected during their respective periods of assembly." The editor of a New York paper, after giving various sta tistical details respecting the comparative mortality of Lou don and New 'York, observes—" It is not a little singular, that whilst the population of London is more than five times as great as New 1 ork, the total number of deaths should not be twice as many, and the number of murders and violent deaths should be much less. The great scour in the bed of the river Welland, caused by opening Mr.. Beasley's new-cut, has left part of the : old,chan nel dry, in which there has been discovered an ancient vessel filled with blocks of stone for building purposes.. It is con jectured that the vessel had lain there nearly 400 years, as at about that period many churches were built in the fens.--Litz cola Chronicle. MR. KEAN.-;-Mr. Charles Kean has returned to New York from Charleston, where his success was-great, and the receipts at his benefit amounting to 1,200 dollars. By this time he is playing a farewell engagement At the Park theatre, New York. His health, however, it is painful to hear, is precarious, and he has, in consequence, determined, under medical advice, to sojourn awhile at some of the West India islands, (Cuba) in order to acquire strength for his journey to England, to fulfil his engagement at the Haymarket. — London Paper. PENRITH.—The weather, during the last week, has been favorable for the husbandman, and the fields are richly ar rayed in their mantles of green. On Sunday warm showers, with little sun and wind; Monday the same, excepting a little more warm ; beautifully bright, with a powerful sun on Tues day, and frosty in the night ; more bright on Wednesday, and the sun extrerffely hot during the forenoon ; in the after noon warm refreshing showers and no wind.—Carlisle Pat riot. THE BITER BITTEN, Oy, THE FLITTER FLEECED. Daniel Stubbs, who was making a moonlight flit on the night of Sunday se'nnight, from Tunstall to Golden, while moving a load of goods to the latter place, another fellow, as sly as himself, thinking it a golden opportunity, entered the house at Tunstall, by a false key, and cleared off a bed, bedstead, bed-clothes, and furniture, and a suit of wearing apparel, to the no small chagrin of the moonlight flitter.—Staffordshire Gazette. Mr. Topcliffe, of High Ellers, near Doncaster, has at pre sent in his possession a fine lamb, three weeks old, with five legs, the fifth leg projecting from a support underneath the left shoulder blade. In other respects the lamb is quite per fect, and is as active and healthy as any in the flock. The leg projects from a second blade bone, and down to the knee is formed of one bone ; below that part it is double, and at the termination are two complete feet.—Leeds Intelligencer. SINGULAR PRODUCE.—A few days ago, the occupier of a house at Pudsey, near Leeds, was much surprised, on going into the cellar, which is arched with stone, to find suspended from the roof a great number of mushrooms, many of which were five inches in diameter, and were of the finest flavour. The present tenant has occupied the house upwards of twenty years, and never saw anything of the kind before. EXTRAORDINARY MATCH.—HORSE v. RAILROAD.-111r. Burke, of trotting•celebrity, has matched himself to ride aid drive the distance of the trainroad from Birmingham to Lon don (110 miles) in live hours, for £llO. The match to take place on any road, chosen by Burke, between London and Manchester. To come off within three months. The odds are on " time."—Coventry Herald. THE WIFE OF MANY HUSBANDS.—On Friday last died, aged about 40, the wife of Mr. R. Mann, saddler and land lord of the Three Pigeons public-house, in Burford. She married four husbands by the time she was 30 years old, and has left behind her an excellent character for industry and all the domestic virtues.—Oxford Journal. IMPORTANT TO LANDLORDS.—By the Small Tenements Bill, which passed last session of parliament, landlords of houses under £2O a-year, after giving half a year's notice to the tenant, and on his refusing to quit, giving the tenant another notice of intention to apply to the magistrates for a warrant to obtain possession, can obtain a warrant directed to a peace officer, who is empowered thereby to give peaceable possession in the middle of the day, and break open the door if necessary. REMARKABLE CASE IN THE HORSE.—There is now in the possession of Mr. Fearn, surgeon, of Derby, an extra ordinary specimen of stony concretion taken after death from the large intestine of a horse. It weighs eighteen pounds, and has a circumference of two feet three inches; and, not withstanding its immense bulk, it does not appear to have been evidenced by any symptoms during the animal's life. It consists of a regular succession of laminae from its centre to its circumference, like the layers of an onion, and appears to have been slowly deposited by the secretion from the inner lining of the bowel. Though examples of alvine concretions of a much smaller size are not very uncommon, it is probable that this specimen is as far as bulk is concerned, unique.— Staffordshire Gazette NEW STEAM VESSEL.—Experiments are in the course of being tried with the model of a new form of steam vessels ; and as far as they have yet gone, with every prospect of a successful result. At present we can only state of this re markable invention, that there are no paddle-wheels, nor external works of any kind. The whole machinery is in the hold of the vessel, where a horizontal wheel is moved by the power of steam, and, acting upon a current of water, ad mitted by the bow, and thrown off by the stern, propels the mass at a rapid rate. By the very simple contrivance of stopcocks, &c., on the apparatus, the steamer can be turned on either course, retarded, stopped, or have her motion reversed. This will be literally a revolution in the art of steam navigation.—Literary Gazette. PLURALITY OF WIVES.—One of the most impudent cases of bigamy that ever disgraced this country has been disco vered during the past week. On Monday night an inspector of police, from Manchester, called at our office, to inquire into the residence of a family named Wiley, in this town, and from him we learnt that a man of the same name, with twenty aliases, who many years ago lived in Nottingham, had been apprehended on charges of bigamy and felony. His real name is George Wylie, but he has called himself at different times George Whiley, George Webb, George Wright, George Glover, George Wilson, and a dozen other Georges. It appears that he has married no fewer than seven wives, namely—first at Halifax, second at Cambridge, third at Coventry, fourth at Portsmouth, fifth and sixth at Norfolk, and seventh at 'Winchester. He has also robbed almost every person who has employed him ; and having obtained money under false pretences, the, police at Win chester were despatched after him. He had the unmatched impudence to be then on the point of taking his eighth wife, at Windsor, when his arrest and conveyance to Winchester spoiled the notable match. Handbills had been issued seve ral years ago, offering a reward for his apprehension, and he has been advertised in the Hue and Cry without effect, till lately. He is a native of Nottingham, but it is twenty-seven years since he resided here. He has been carrying on his bigamy practices for upwards of twenty years, undetected, but will at length meet with his reward. Two of his wives have been found, and will appear against him.—Nottingham Mercury. The lambing season in Nottinghamshire is now nearly brought to a close ; and we have great satisfaction in stating that the mortality amongst the ewes has been considerably below an average rate, whilst the crop of lambs has been un usually great. In some flocks we hear that nearly one third more lambs have been yeaned this year than last, which was not at all anticipated. Soule very beautiful specimens of Russian velvet have just arrived from St. Petersburg. They are sent over for no other immediate purpose than that of showing the British public the degree of excellence to which the Russians have attained in the manufacture of this article, and judges of such matters pronounce them to be unequalled. They are accompanied by some samples of cotton shawls.—Post. MIRACULOUS TENACITY OF LIFE IN AN INFANT.—We have to relate the particulars of a circumstance, so singular and so apparently incredible, that but for the most positive and satisfactory proof of its truth, we should hesitate to publish a narrative which cannot but be regarded as most marvellous. Yesterday week, about noon, an infant son of Mr. John Pomfret, farmer and cheesemonger, of Fishwick, near this town, only one year and nine months old, strayed from home, and the anxious parents thinking it might have wandered into the town, had it warned by the bellitian, and although every other means was taken during the night to find the little innocent, all attempts were fruitless. On the following morning, after a sleepless night, for " A parent's woe is keener than the serpent's tooth," the disconsolate father disparingly searched some time in the fields, near to his dwelling, and at length observed in a ditch, at some distance, half immersed in mud and water, his long lost child, full twenty hours after it was first missed. Its head was reclined on its right hand, and wonderful to relate, though only 21 months old, and though probably having . been in the ditch all night, it still lived. When taken up, it was fast asleep, and the lower extremities were paralized, from the effects of long exposure to wet and cold. The father lost no time in conveying the child home, to comfort the remainder of the family, and to receive all the kind efforts that were ready to be bestowed towards its restora tion. Shortly afterwards it asked for food, of which it eagerly partook. It then began gradually to recover its health and spirits, and we are glad to add, that it is now, to all appearance, perfectly restored. To attempt to describe the parents' emotions, on recovering their lost one, after its being in such serious and protracted jeopardy, would be a vain task. So singular and hair-breathed a preservation of life has, we should think, seldom occurred.--:Preston Chro nicle. MUSICAL FESTIVAL IN YoKK.—The citizens of York. have long been looking for some official announcement of a Festival, to be held in our venerable Minster in the next Autumn ; and we regret to state that they have hitherto been disappointed in their expectations. We believe, however, that the subject has not been forgotten in an official quarter, and that at no distant period we shall have the opportunity of announcing the determination of the authorities on the subject. We had been led to suppose that it was now too late to make the necessary arrangements, but we are assured that a vigilant committee, with the experience derived from former festivals, would have ample time to do everything requisite for arranging a festival on a scale equal, if not supe rior to any of its predecessors. We have it from good au thority that in the event of a festival being held in York during the present year, it would be honoured by the pre sence of at least one distinguished and illustrious member of the royal family. In addition to this circumstance, the facility of travelling which now exists would bring an immense influx of visitors to Old Ebor on so interesting an occasion, as an uninterrupted communication by railway from London, Bir mingham, and many other important towns, will be completed previous to September. These are powerful arguments in favour of the undertaking being immediately commenced ; and should the authorities concur in that opinion, we have no doubt that a musical festival, on a scale commensurate with the grandeur of our cathedral and the importance of the county, will bring together such an array of the nobility and gentry of the land as has not been witnessed iu any provincial town during the present age.—l'orkshire Gazette.—[lt has since been stated that her Majesty the Queen Dowager, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Kent, and Prince George of Cambridge, are ex pected to be present at the anticipated festival.] AN EXCELLENT . PROPOSITION.-Mr. Baker, of Nassau Cottage, near Leeds, whose literary and other labours in be half of agricultural interest are so well known, has just pub lished a brief address " to the landed interest in general of Great Britain and Ireland, on their escape from a repeal or the destruction of the present corn-laws," in which he makes a proposal to his brother farmers which we should be glad to see an immediate response, for the sake of all the parties concerned. He calls upon them to show their sense of the advantage achieved, not by the usual modes of exultation, but by returning good for evil. The manufacturers of all classes, he observes, are suffering severely from various causes, but more particularly from want of confidence which the agitation of the corn-law question has occasioned allover the kingdom, and the drain of gold to the continent in con sequence of two deficient harvests. " Show (says Mr. Baker) the manufacturers and merchants, at once, that you are not that small and significant part of the populationwhich they have supposed you to be, and let them know, by feeling the effect of your sympathy and custom, that it is to the home trade they must look for support. The purpose of this ad dress is to implore every one of you, who can afford it, to go to your tailors and order a complete suit of new clothes. This simultaneous act of kindness, if cordially responded to, will be powerfully felt, not by the manufacturers only, but in every part of the realm ; the agriculturist will not merely get a better price for his wool, but a re-establishment of that general confidence, which is the life and soul of commerce, will return, for want of which every merchantknows we have been long suffering. The clothiers of Yorkshire will be glad to sell their present stock of cloth at cost price, or 20 per cent. below the usual rate. But let not a pecuniary advan tage be the only motive ; let relieving a fellow-countryman in distress be your chief incentive. Prove to the trading part of the community that you are ' powerful to save,' and they will then know that you are powerful to destroy." Mr. Baker also calls upon the nobility, and the other rich and great landowners, to reinember that they cannot be held as exempt from this contribution, but tells them that they should do their part both as respects themselves, personally, and their families ; and he also appeals to the ladies, who are ever alive to kind and liberal actions. "They know how much good has been done by an order to use British manu factured dresses at Court far a single birth-day ; and if they knew how many hearts would be cheered by these humble recommendations of mine being fully carried out, they would, lam sure,be,most active in promoting their success." Mr. Baker very apPropriritely calls up6n the editors Of newspapers to bestow a little ink in commendation of a proposal fraught with blessings to thousands. We therefore cheerfully com ply ; and shame, say we, upon all who refuse. We agree with him that the plan is a capital one for putting down anti corn-law agitations.—Leeds Intelligencer. CARTER'S REAL COMBAT WITII THE TIGER.—The Audience asserts that Mr. Carter, the rival of Van Amburgh, has nearly fallen a victim to his adventurous profession : " On arriving a short time since at Cahors ' " says this paper, " application was made to the authorities for license to ex hibit in an amphitheatre erected for the purpose. The ma gistrates, that they might the better judge of the risks to which the public would be liable, desired that a rehearsal of the performance should take place in their presence. This previous representation was fixed for the 3d inst., and the piece was The Lion of the Desert. A. select company was assembled to witness it ; the piece began, and Carter was lying on the stage in a feigned sleep, when the redoubtable young tiger was, as usual, let in. He closed with a spring, and a tremendous conflict ensued, but, this time, instead of being simulated, it became a real one. In two minutes the stage was flowing with blood, and terrific sounds were uttered by both the man and the animal, which were re-echoed by cries of terror from the audience. Carter was, in fact, seized by the throat and dreadfully torn. For a time the tiger appeared to be beaten off, but, returning to the attack, made another attempt to gripe his adversary by the shoulder, and in all probability would have devoured him, had not Carter, with admirable courage, contrived to drag himself to the side scene, and reach a hammer which lay there, and with which he beat the tiger till he lay senseless at his feet. Mr. Carter, who places great value upon the tiger, has hopes that he may be recovered. His own wounds, particularly those in the throat, are very severe, but are not considered to be dangerous." PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENON. — The case of Thomas Bradley, of Deighton, which was noticed several weeks ago in this paper, still continues to attract much attention. We have received the following particulars from an individual who has been to the place and made inquiry into the cir cumstance, and also respecting the previous habits of the sleeper. Thomas Bradley is the son of John and Martha Bradley, of Deighton, near Huddersfield. He was born on the 4th of November, 1817, and was consequently 22 years of age last birth-day. He stood five feet ten inches high, weighed about eleven stone, and was particularly straight and well made. From his birth till he was fifteen years of age he was not subject to any serious disease, and none of the family were ever subject to fits. When in his 16th year he fell into a sleep which continued nine weeks. In the same year he again relapsed into a sleep which continued without intermission forty weeks. During this long period he was greatly emaciated, and a considerable length of time elapsed before he was able to stand alone ; he, however, gradually recovered, regained his strength, and continued in good health up to the latter end of August of last year, when he became more than usually drowsy, with loss of appetite. On Friday the 30th of that month, whilst at his tea in the afternoon, he again sunk into sleep, in which he has ever since remained, being a period of thirty-two weeks last Fri day. His parents, acting under the instructions of Mr. Lockwood, of Kirkheaton, and of Mr. Jones, of Brighouse, the surgeons who have attended him, have been enabled to keep him in a better condition than on the previous occa sion. His position in bed is altered three times a day, the linen is repeatedly changed, and nourishment regularly ad ministered. The nourishment he receives consists chiefly of beef tea, given in minute portions, which, on reaching the top of the gullet is swallowed by a convulsive effort. By this means he receives sufficient sustenance for the state he is in. His parents manifest much uneasiness in consequence of a paragraph having appeared in the Leeds Intelligencer some few -weeks back, insinuating that the case of Hannah Moor was still fresh in the remembrance of the public, and that this was not unlikely to be an imposition of a similar character ; they are therefore desirous that the case should be fully investigated by the faculty, or by a committee of gentlemen, for whose comfort they would make every possi ble accommodation. In reference to the aforesaid paragraph, Mr. Lockwood sent a letter to the editor, in which, after giving the particulars of the case, he says, " I assure you that there can be no deception e ither on the part of the pa tient or his parents." Our informant concludes by saying that, so far as be was abl e t o j u d ge o f th e case there is nothing of deception abo u t it, b u t h e cons id ers it t o b e o n e which affords ample scope for investigation. Reports were in circulation that Thomas Bradley was a young man of dis solute habits, and addicted to dog fighting and gaming. Our informant states that he made particular inquiry respecting this charge, and from the testimony of several neighbours, he believes it to be without foundation, and the character of the parents is such as to place them above the suspicion of aiding an imposition.—Bradford Observer. JAMES MACPHERSON.—The poetical schoolmaster o Badenoch became a Napolemi among authors, overturning old dynasties, and erecting in their stead the rude produce of moor and mountain, glen, and stream. Fragments of Celtic song, which had cheered the firesides of cottars in their lonely huts, when winter nights were long and dark, were suddenly elevated into a rivalship with Homer and Shakspere. A thousand pens were at work enditing disser tations and criticisms : even Johnson was moved to leave Bolt Court, and forego the Mitre Tavern and the club, to travel to the Hebrides—in quest of Ossian, and in search of trees ! Abroad, the poems were translated into various languages, and found admirers among all classes. James Macpherson's fortune was made ; he rose like an aeronaut. He got public appointments, sat in parliament, served the Nabob of Arcot, and, in so doing, served himself. Finally, after attaining honour and riches, he retired to his native mountains, built a splendid mansion, (designed by the Adel phi Adams) among the scenes where, in lowly life, he first felt the aspirations of genius, and laboured to improve the condition of his countrymen, the broken and dispersed Gael. We were once ferried over the Spey by an old grey-headed Celt—a capital head for Caravaggio—who had, forty years before, done the same duty for Macpherson, on his return to Scotland. The poet was a great man from London and the court, bedizened with rings, gold seals, and furs ; but he looked with a moistened eye on the turf school-house in which he had once taught Gaelic, and on the hills on which he had run barefoot ; they were then his own property, pur chased with his own proper moneys ; and he told the ferry man, with strong emotion, and no doubt with Highland pride, that he would make every poor Highlander on his estate a comfortable and a happy man ! We have always thought more of Macpherson since.—Fraser's Magazine. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. The popular VOCALISTS, Miss ROMER, and Mr. G. STANSBURY, of the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane and Covent-garden, are engaged for Ten Nights, and will make their second appearance here, this Season, THIS present TUESDAY' the 21st instant, when will be •g performed the favourite Comic Opera of LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Rosetta.. Miss Romer. Mr. G. Stansbury. Justice Woodcock Mr. Baker. Young Meadows.... Mr. Barker Hodge.... MI. Slaiter. Lucinda.. Mrs. P. Crowe. Madge.. Miss Grant To conclude with the popular Tragedy of BRUTUS. Lucius Junius Brutus.. Mr. Stuart. Titus.... Mr. W. Howard. Sextus Tarquin... Tullia Miss Cleaver. Tarquinia.. Mrs. W. H. Bland I Lucretia.. Mrs. Baker. Hawthorn Mr. Gray. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We should have been very glad to comply with the request of " A Subscriber," if we had received his communica tion a few hours sooner. It shall, however, be inserted on Friday. Ebe Ziberpool &tanbatt. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1840. We have been favoured with an extract of a private letter, dated Monte Video, Feb. 1, from which it ap pears that the French seamen had, at length, all em barked. It is said that the French had advanced, or were about to advance 300,000 dollars to Rivera, that he might assist Lavalle. It is also stated that the French Admiral would leave in a few days, and that he would take the greater number of his vessels to Buenos Ayres, for which purpose he had lately landed naval and military stores, among which were 1,500 muskets and 24 battery guns, twelve and twenty-four pound ers. Some thought that this was to precede the per manent possession of Monte Video. From Buenos Ayres the accounts received at Monte Video were to the 18th of January. Nothing was said as to the rais ing of the blockade. The letter proceeds to say, "We have just heard that Oribe has passed from Entre Rios to this province, Rivera continues to take men for the army, and this leads us to think that affiiirs are not so satisfactory as his party would have us to suppose, and the, few purchasers from the country is evidence of the unsettled state of affairs." The steam-ship British Queen, Lieutenant Roberts, R.N., which left New York on the Ist of April, ar rived at Spithead on Thursday evening, having made the passage in fourteen days seven hours, deducting allowance for difference of longitude in time. The British Queen brought fifty-six passengers. The papers brought by the British Queen contain copies of further letters between Mr. Fox, the British minister, and Mr. Forsyth, the Secretary of State .of the United States. In another column we have given the most important portions of this correspondence, which appears to have created considerable excitement in the political and commercial circles. Its tone ap pears to be of a decidedly more hostile character than that of any which has preceded it. It is evident that the parties were approaching a rupture. From the last letter of Mr. Fox it would appear that all further ne gociations at Washington were suspended. He says, " It will be the duty of the undersigned immediately to transmit Mr. Forsyth's note to her Majesty's Govern ment in England, and until the statements and proposi tions which it contains shall have received the due con sideration of her Majesty's Government, the under signed will not deem it right to add any further reply." Some of the American papers treat the tone and character of Mr. Forsyth's communications as a mere political movement on the part of the present Govern ment. The people of Maine are chiefly loco-focos, and the President and his Cabinet fear the loss of the state at the approaching presidential election, unless some decisive measure is taken by the General Government. It is for this reason that Mr. Forsyth uses the follow ing language :—" But no apprehension of the conse quences alluded to by Mr. Fox can be permitted to di vert the Government and people of the United States from the performance of their duty to the state of Maine. That duty is as simple as it is imperative. The construction which is given by her to the treaty of 1783 has been again and again, and in the most so lemn manner, asserted also by the federal Government, and must be maintained, unless Maine freely consents to a new boundary, or unless the construction of the treaty is fOund to be erroneo'.is by tha decision of a din interested and independent tribunal, 'selected by the parties for its final adjustment." In the debate which ensued in the Senate, after this correspondence was communicated by the President, Mr. Webster expressed deep regret that the two coun tries were likely to come into collision. Whatever might be the disposition of the two governments, he was fearful of the consequences that might result from the embittered feelings among the residents on either side of the line. Mr. Williams (from Maine) rejoiced to find that the question was likely to be brought to a speedy issue. The Sub-Treasury Bill was still lying on the table of the House of Representatives. It would not, proba bly, be taken up till late in the session, and after the spring elections. A bill authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 5,000,000 dollars of treasury notes, and to re-issue them as redeemed, so that the whole amount at any time in circulation shall not exceed 5,000,000 dollars, had passed both branches of Congress, and wanted but the signature of the President to become a law. The legislatures of Virginia, Maryland, South Caro lina, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Ohio, and Indiana, had adjourned,without adopting any measures hostile to the bank, or intended to compel a premature resumption of specie payments. In Illinois an alter native was presented by the legislature of resumption or forfeiture of charter. The banks closed their doors, and in a few days the legislature legalised the suspension until its next session. In Mississippi banks and credit of every description see► to be an nihilated. In the specie-paying states, money was abundant on good security, at a low rate of interest. Business continued generally in a very depressed con dition. Prices were low and falling. The freighting business from the southern ports was remarkably good, and vessels were in great demand. A controversy was going on in the New York pa- pers respecting the course pursued by Mr. Bates, o. the house of Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., to. wards 'Mr. Jaudon, at the period of the difficulties of the latter gentleman, as agent of the United States Bank, in August last. This dispute seems to have been finally arranged. The news from Montreal is to the 28th, and from Toronto to the 25th of March. Much attention was directed in both the Canadas to the proceedings relative to the boundary question. It is affirmed that no military preparations were going forward on the Maine frontier which were not purely defensive, and such as the sudden irruption into the disputed territory last year fully justify. The New Orleans papers state that the federalists of Mexico, abandoning in despair their attempts to over throw the existing central government, had established a new and separate republic, including some of the northern provinces, which they had called the "Republic of Rio Grande," and which they had organised by the appointment of a President and other officers of state. Jesus de Cardenas was President, and Canales chief of the army. The new government was calling for volunteer aid, and expected to receive it from Texas and the United States. The property of the church and the convents, including their large landed estates, will be appropriated for the pay and bounty of volun- The provinces included within this new organi sation are New Leon, Zacatecas, Durango, Chihuahua, and New Mexico. The federalists were concentrating themselves in those places where their numbers were greatest, and their resources most abundant. Their first object was to capture Metamoras, which was teers. Part of the "'he garrisoned by less than 1,000 Mexicans. new republic is within the limits of Texas. population of these provinces is said to comprise the hardiest and most manly portion of the Mexican people. The state of Yucatan had also declared for the new republic. A party of Camanches, about 500 in number, had invaded Mexico, destroyed and pillaged in every quarter, and killed 200 of Arista's troops, General Arista intended to make a movement on the Rio Grande, with 2,000 men and a heavy train of artil lery. The strength of the central army, under Arista and Canalizo, is stated at 4,500 men. Dates from Houston, the capital of Texas, had been received at New Orleans to the 12th of February. They contained little of interest or importance. All further issues of Texas promissory notes ceased on th 19th of February. This fact, coupled with the foreign demand for them about to be created by the operation of the law making import duties cash, was likely to improve their value in the United States, as well as' in Texas. The latest information from Rio Grande states that the centralists had collected all their available Force—about 6,000 men west of the Cordilleras, to put [town the federalists, who had fled before them in small parties. We have received a file of the St. John's (N. B.) Chronicle of March 13. Its contents are comparatively Lnimportant. We beg to direct the attention of our readers to a report which appears in another column, giving the particulars of a flagrant case of robbery in Katherine Docks, London, We trust that Alderman Evans will, at length, be compelled to acknowledge that Dock Warehouses afford no positive security against depreda tions of this kind. We have received our files of the Sydney Gazette and of the Sydney Commercial Journal to the 2d of November, inclusive. We regret that, owing to the late hour at which we received these papers, we are obliged . to defer any extended extracts until our next publication. These papers are filled with comments upon the sudden exit from the colony of an auctioneer, of the name of John Thomas Wilson, who is said to have carried with him " a goodly amount in cash and property," and to have left his creditors minus in no less a sum than £50,000. or £60,000. It is added that he escaped on board the Nereus, which was bound for the South Sea Islands ; and it was proposed to despatch the revenue cutter, Prince George, to pursue him. This defalcation had naturally created a great sensation in the colony, and all parties were anxious to bring so flagrant an offender to justice. The news from South Australia extends to the 21st of September. A great number of land sales and al lotments had recently been effected in these rising and prosperous colonies. The South Australian Record states that an overland expedition had just arrived from Port Phillip, with 11,000 sheep and 560 head of cattle. It was proposed to form a new agricultural settlement on the banks of the Murray, between the route from Melbourne and Portland Bay to Adelaide. The land in this survey is said to he the richest in South Australia, and it will probably, ere long, be the maize granary of the province. The crops in South Australia were exceedingly promising, owing to the abundant fall of rain. The prices of provisions, both at Sydney and in Van Dieman's Land, were rapidly falling, owing to the abundant supplies ; and the colonies were, gene rally speaking, in a very prosperous condition. The " Anti-Slavery Meeting" of Thursday evening last might have been designated, with the greatest. pro priety, an " Anti-Planters' Meeting." The main objt ct of the meeting, like that of most other meetings •of the " humanity-mongers," seemed to be, to vilify and ca lumniate the West India interest, and to defend the insubordinate conduct of the Negroes. We confess that we do not feel any degree of regret that Mr. Scoble made his appearance in the Music Hall as the champion of the Anti-Slavery Society. There is no individual living who has so grossly com mitted himself, by his flagrant mis-statements on sub jects connected with the West Indies, as Mr. Scoble has done. This will abundantly appear from the se quel of the present article, as well as from the documents to which we shall have occasion to refor, and which we have thought it necessary to republish for the edifi cation of Mr. Scoble and his friends. The ostensible object of the meeting of Thursday last was, " to take into consideration the duty of the friends of the Negro, with reference to the present state of sla very and the slave trade throughout the world." The report of the proceedings, which appeared in our paper of Friday, will show that the real object was an attack upon the West India planters. If this was not the case, why was the subject of the British colOnies in the West Indies introduced into the discussion ? In those colonies the slave trade has no existence, and slavery itself has been utterly abolished by the voluntary and spontaneous decision of the planters. It Is a fact that - the whole- uo - trrec of tbo Anti Slavery' agitation, as carried on by such men as Mr. Scoble, has been more prominently characterised by a deer rooted and inveterate hatred of the West India proprie tors, than by any cordial sympathy with the Negroes. The planters have been the objects of the most relent less persecution; while the welfare of the Negroes seems to have been a matter of purely secondary con sideration. Unless it can be demonstrated that the ruin of the former would be the means of benefiting the latter, the agents of the Anti-Slavery Society will find it utterly impossible to justify the policy which they haYe thought fit to pursue. This, however, can not he done. The interests of the Negro population of the West Indies are intimately bound up with those of the planters : and so long as the destruction of the latter is sought after by Mr. Scoble and his friends, s° long must we accuse these men of being the real ene mies of the Negro. Their pretended zeal on his behalf will not avail them against this accusation, until they are found willing to co-operate with the planters 1 ° promoting among the Negroes habits of contente d perseverance in a course of industry and subordinatio n ' When we see them thus uniting with the natural pro" tectors of the Negroes, and seeking to elevate ther e moral character, we shall give them some degree ° I credit for their professions of humanity. In the introductory part of the proceedings, at t he late meeting, we find little that is worth remarking upon, excepting an assertion in the report which wa s read that the introduction of the Hill Coolies into the British colonies was "an attempt to revive the sla ve trade." This is a perfectly gratuitous assumption, u 0• supported by a tittle of evidence. Indeed, it is flatly contradicted by the despatches of the Governor of Brit ish Guiana, who has proved that the Hill Coolies were' in every respect, treated as free labourers, from the (10 1 of their arrival in that colony. As to their treament 10 the Mauritius, Lord John Russell's own cleclaratio w afford a sufficient answer to the language of the repo rt i He has distinctly avowed his intention to renew af'` legalise the immigration of the Hill Coolies into the Mauritius, and we have no doubt that this intention will be acted upon, notwithstanding the senseless cl3‘ mour of the anti-slavery agitators. Mr. Scoble was the chosen champion of the anti-sir very folks on Thursday. With him and his statemen ts we have, therefore, principally to deal. This gentlem an stated, that " the last time he had the honour of addre e ' sing an audience in this town, it was his painful dati to call its attention to OW wretched and' defilorable ecir dition of the Negro apprentices." How far the descrilr tion which he then gave of the condition of the Neg r d ° apprentices was consistent with truth may be infer ° , from the able letter of Sir Andre w Hallid a y, which have inserted in another column. That high-mind e gentleman, who was as much distinguished by his 1111 c i inanity as by his strict and unswerving integrity, 311 ., who was fully com p e t en t t o g i ve an au th or i ta tive °P I nion on the subject, has given us a proof that the c ° l3 c ; dition of the apprentices was anything but " wrete ße and deplorable." the Mr. Scoble says that during his recent visits t° West Indies, "he had found that commerce flourisl i ati e —that trade was never in a more healthy condition th o at the present time." From this sweeping asse rti ve , we might infer that there had been, for the last t` i e years, no deficiency in the amount of exports fro ) . t ,, 1 1 West Indies. Is this the fact ? Let the periotb;:is statements of crops and .the returns of imports iat° l l ., country furnish the reply. What says Lord John l i t? sell on this subject in his despatch toiGovernor-J' i g ras Mr. Scoble thought fit to quote this despatch as faith.it suited his purpose: but he forgot to inform his 3 con . ence that Lord John Russell has most emphatical l y the tradicted some of the assertions of Mr. Scoble. ° ll de' subject of the crops, his lordship remarks—" fie ed cline of produce is unquestionable. The return aPP en de , to your despatch of 15th October, 1839, s h°ws ! ber, crease on the quarter, from 6th July to loth oew o f as compared with 1831, 1832, and 1833, in s l 4 s ' s 7,259 hogsheads ; rum, of 2,014 puncheons; m ela ijl 7,309 hogsheads. But in coffee, the decrease is st ibs. more remarkable, being a decline from 1,618,1 0 , 10 w to 346,350, or more than three fourths of the s a l ica , production of the former years." Is this at i n ito . tion of a prosperous trade ? Again, Lord Jo . 1 ., sell, quoting the statement of the West India inr I i