The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-11 00:00:00

istel ; : `%,;bril° ki as, wishing to re-ente r , d re ssed themselves with blouzes, and I ' 4 ' ll o whee,barrows with vegetables , &c. and got in with ease. , 1 t b ay , e not heard that any shot has been directed at or fallen in city. The Fr enc h works in the third parallel are stated td 41 vancing. Th e wea ther is fine for the season—sharp, yet t Z3',. which prevents persons from distinguishing the effect of aifferent shells on the batteries or citadel. - 'there was a t . ' l ght frost la s t night, which the French hope is a prelude of a ` 1141 ';?; ice so as to enable them to attack the Tete de Flanders. tte(‘lNE O'CLOCK . —The fi r i ng h as be en brisk during the last hour. c . 1 4" no means of learning the loss of the French since yes but Up to Monday I'llave been persons tat e killed ,'a Wounded did not exceed 25 men. Some pwho ap r4,7ed to apprehend that siege would become a long busi t,ss now think differently, as Forts St. Laurent and Kid con -4-1;1,1e totaliy silent. The forts in the city are preparing more 4 " more to repel any attack on it. The citadel suffers consi w„Pal'lY• he weather is clouded anew, and the guns, which ( tr,,e not heard distinctly during the night or morning, are now B "ngliished as strongly as ever. In the river there is nothing p; Use French soldiers occupy the dike from Calloo towards 'il Austreweel. e , T wo o'cLocK.—The frigates Comet and Eurydice and the i p ifYette Proserpine are now stated to attack Fort St. Marie 'eh defends. itself with vigour. tintie s Th e rhe ° to , - e ° tbe [l, t. je nc2: eb a : went 'cits; alr tire; RAP len, ,i, c l , e st car- Sr Of ,der der had THE FRENCH ARMY. IlEaciirm, DEC. 4.—The night passed off quietly, the citadel ~.ehtinuing to send occasionally some shot and shells, which ,l e ilerislly have done but little mischief. The roads being torn ti !", , have become altogether impassable, notwithstanding the tosihes that were laid unon them,. and it was found impossible bring the cannon by that way. In au instant the resolution I .„'S taken to cut the trench, and to carry the 16 pieces which 0 - t in si ained to be placed by a road which laordered on the glacis I , lle l L l qe citadel. It was hoped that the Dutch, not expecting Ivo ' a daring attempt, might not perceive them, and at the t e„ r st if they were seen it was only some men lost. This bold 1 0 1 _ 1 was executed with equal courage and success. The senti le,' on the city perceived it, and in an instant a number of bul -4,1', and balls were let fly. Some men and horses were killed i „., 4 wounded, but nevertheless the guns were carried forward, 4 7 in less than three hours the ba.tteeies No. 7 and 8, being !.I.a.st, were fully armed. The most experienced officers of t e 'ollery sa id t oo muc h p ra ise could not be given to their corn 7 t s by whom this bold measure was achieved. It may also be s erved that the incredible difficulties which the weather and he t hture of the ground presented to the artillery and engi- O sawill render the citadel of Antwerp memorable, and will to th e laurels of the two corps engaged in it. As I told I ,°u, 87 pieces of cannon will soon make themselves heard. eil4norrow 44 mortars will be placed. Thus the first fire of the ten will be terrible. The artillery officers calculate that in 4h ours of the day each cannon will have fired 50 times, ,"ing in the whole about 4,500 bullets, which will strike the b e 'eaces of the citadel every day, and this independently. of ac t s each mortar wbitzers and bom ll only firs. In ordee rone. that shell e the di ve ryrection tenor he fifteen ex- s alutes; this, however, will make upwarde of 2,000 bombs, filch must, when the distance is exactly calculated, fall every Within the citadel. i t EvEN 'Lotx.—At this moment the Marshal, standin,g e ,.,the batter o y c of the centre, No. 5. having beside him the Cone hdant of Artillery and engineers, his aides ale-camp; and a %eat number of officers, who were anxious to he present, gave t e e signal. The battery, No. 5, fired the first shot, which was lLecived with a thousand cries, repeated throngh the whole aic, of " Vive le Roy." At the same moment, as if in echo, te fire of the other batteries answered to that of No. 5. tr ee spectacle was grand. The Marshal and his staff proceeded i t t 'th,. battery to battery, encouraging the troops by his , presence. the twinkling of an eye the parapets of the citadel, which p ad be en crowed with Dutch officers, were deserted, and not of of them to be seen. One could so well follow di:: course I , e the bails from Fort Montebello that the earth of the para sc's Might have been seen flying about every tithe they were itlck. The citadel returned the fire but slowly. The dis tbji arges'had not been much more frequent than they were for pe last few days. At neon the batter, NO. 1, erected in ton /vlontehello, had dismounted two p y ieces in the citadel. b' ) htl vices followed these hits, each of which was acknowledged e l a Belgian band Of music, who struck up a lively air at ery shot. ONE o'cLom—Three pieces in .parapets.l have been dis elinted, not a persoa is seen on the Several of our tg9t have struck a large barrack in the citadel; we do not per tt've that it is yet on lire. In our, batteries the soldiers rival l 4 cn o .leoid of their officers. The order is to fire slowly, and 48 'e good aim. This is most strictly obeyed. Every one is t e t onished at the slight resistance made by Chasse. There are ' o w' Persons in the trenches, but a great number in the open- It rrom them, directed in a straight line towards the citadel. t is said that the order will be given to-night to make the se- L ~1 3d parallel, which will be about 60 yards' from the glacis of inb citadel. I am not able to ve you any news of what'is pass °ll the left bank of the Scheldt, but there also there must solhe fighting, because we see smoke... 'ln the midst of. this readful conflict, Marshal Gerard preserves. wonderful sany froi4 e thinkings expressed his satisfaction in that Antwerp is I ° w free from danger. General Chasse, attacked by the lest- No. 1, of Fort Montebello, and not having fired on, the mty 'tis to be. hoped there is nothing to fear for the people of htw erp . t ;Visris.r: o'cLocx, voople here do not know what to w ike of Chasse. The military men, French, English, and Bel- Va- 11 , are totally at a loss to account . Or his conduct on any of .I r , i r, recognised principles a atta.ck and defence of a fortress. eught, they say, to have fired from the first, arid if he had, h the number of cannon at his command,,used only ordi-. ` l 'Y exertions, he might have delayed the completion of the 1 mor s front or him i,many days; and even Oen they-could , h lt4 have completed but wills loss oX•2,000 men. A•courier , :` 8 Just arrived here from Antwerp, and up to his departure the: number put hors de combat frona_the cemmenceraeut did; I understand, amount to, as many hundred. lite. 4, IN THE AFTEENOON.—The ;Mechlin gate is agaiu; eh to persons returning to the city. All the embrasures or •, 3 !e batteries on the left face of the bastion de Toledo, and some! . 1) 1 th e right, are so choked up with earth thrown up by the fire of' . 14 cannon, that the guns are silent on that side. 'The Dutch , a,begun to play from a new battery erected'on the flank of • oastion, opposed to that of Toledo, and facing the city.: is destined to attack the battery No. 2, which has done F r eat damage by its fire. The Fort Montebello, of which the q ttery was thrown up in great haste while we were expecting k attack from the Dutch, has suffered some damage by the ef fect of its own firing ,HALF-PAST 4.—We can see the artillerymen of Fort Monte at work repairing . their demi-bastions. The Dutch on t sir side are endeavouring to repair their embrasures, but the • c rt obliges them to retire by its discharge of grape amongst the • workmen. o'cLocK.—We do not hear any more cannon from the f i qe of the Lunette St. Laurent.• The Dutch are sending shells P ll l a new battery erected on the curtain of the bastion of 4 o'cLocK,—The besiegers and the besieged have ceased to fire their cannon. Each is engaged in the repairs of theworks. ,e fire of the French guns was S shuts an how each. t. l - 0 o'cLocK --Shells are disch a rged frequently fremboth sides he firing en . the French side ; is Improved. The guns of the 's l eged are no longer heafd. 41 10Nrclur.—The Datch have Placed mortars on the bastion 1 1 th e r i g h t f ac i ng the,eity,toalipw sheLs against th e batteries 2 , and 3. „ YHERSDAy, DEC. 5, HALF-PAST 3, A. M.—A, fire has broken " t lt in the citadel. o'cLocK.—The fire is still, seen to . rage with some fury, The b esiegers have recommenced their fire. eld'• 9 0 cLocK.—A brisk fireSrem. all alit on the French e does not excito the Dutadi to retUi lleir fire is very w eak on every point. tO O 13 'cLocx.—The firing has totally, ceased on the left face of Toledo bastion. The battery at Menzeoello is directing its Lis on another quarter, • 1 , . I ALF-PAST 10.—TO the ri,ght of, Montebello, chase to , the ,t:wder.-magazine, the French are, ereAing a battery for mor ,s, which will play this evening. o'CLOCK.—The fire whichbeoke out in the citadelis nearly t kti4o . . kiALF-PAST haaagain bred en out, and is now burn briskly. • O'CLOCK, p. m,—A piece oh...the right of, the Toledo bastion 4 dism o unted t,wq, pieces of.the battery No. 3. w WED N Esoay, DEc. s.—The fire was continuod both . sides ti l th great vigour :during.the night. Some of tlifl• Intl:44 and 4lgs tr 'e Citadel were set on fine several times by cur seeds, we , li e t 'lnently saw volumes of flame shoot forth, but the soldiers ceeded in arresting their progress. At dity-bredE. the .04 our batteries was renewed with redeabled.cuergy, and h ) - ,1 o'clock we could easily perceive the ravages made by Our i 4B on the batteries of the enemy. The Lunette of St. Litlireut M ontebello broken up, and has ceased to fire. From the Lunette • b astion we can plainly see the embrasures of one side of o f the citadel, which was under . the fire of the forts 1 and 2. They are literally crumbled to pieces by our but- . f,,- During the night the besieged withdrew their cahnon 4 41,1 1 that part, and have not replaced them, so that that side :es not now reply to our shot. But they still fire from the Us-. ette St. Kiel and from the masked batteries facing ours, from No. 5 to 10. They also discharge mortars and howitzers, but the shells do no harm—most of them burst in the air. Their bullets in general are better directed. The Dutch artillery-men are skilful, but they appear to be badly commanded; for instead of endeavouring to dismount the guns, they take aim at even an isolated soldier. We have here used, for the first time, howitzers of greater length than those already in use, and the artillery are satisfied wan the result. 10 o'cLocK.—Many of our shells have fallen upon the large barrack, which seems to be a great point of attack with some of our batteries. We now and then see clouds of smoke ascend from this building. The engineers, during the fire of our bat teries, press on- their operations with activity. The second parallel is completed, and the communications from it touch the Lunette St. Laurent. 11 o'cLocx.—The Duke de Nemours, Marshal Geird, Ge neral Desprez, and their staff, have visited all the batteries. In the battery No. 3, a ball struck the lining of the bastion, and completely covered the Duke de Nemours and the Marshal with clay. Neither one nor the other seemed at all moved by the circumstance. This bullet seemed to be the last fired from the citadel. The cannon were soon after withdrawn from all the embrasures ; but to see the silence and solitude of the place and the shot and shells that fell upon it without being returned took away all interest from the scene. To-night, according to every appearance, we shall occupy the Lunette St. Laurent. and perhaps a station more advanced in the midst of the first fosse in the citadel. QUARTER-PAST 2.—Two immense colums of smoke appear rising slowly from the citadel. 'We do not knoW exactly the spot, but there is no doubt that an extensive conflagration is going on in the buildings. We learn, at the same time, that a serious cannonade is going on between the Dutch frigate Eury dice and Fort St. Marie. The great progress made in the ope rations of the siege will be manifest to-morrow. The report is circulated that the Baron Chasse looks with indifference on our rapid progress, because he calculates that the high tide on the 7th of this month will prove a powerful auxiliary to him, by en abling him to inundate a great part of our works. You should be on your guard against such stories, which are circulated with great levity. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE FRENCH BATTERIES. The following is the state and position of the ten batteries employed against the fortifications of the citadel: lit battery, Fort Montebello-6 pieces of 24, 2 howitzers. 2nd-2 pieces of 16, 2 howitzers, firing on the left front of the bastion No. 3 of the citadel 3rd-4 pieces of 24, 2 howitzers, firing on the half-moon be tween bastions Nos. 3 and 4. 4th-3 pieces of 16, 2 howitzers, firing on the left front of the Lunette St. Laurent. sth-6 pieces of 24, 2 pieces of 16, and 2 howitzers, firing on the right front of bastion No. 3. 60,-2 pieces of 16, 2 howitzer 4, firing on the left front ofbas tion No. 4. 7th-6 pieces of 21, 2 pieces of 16, 1 howitzer, firing on the same front of the same bastion. Bth-3 pieces of 16 and 2 howitzers. 9tll-6 howitzeis. 10th-8 pieces of 21, firing on the half-moon between the 4th and sth bastions of the citadel. CANADA. Quebec and Montreal papers have been received to the 12th of November. The session of the legislature opened on the 31st of the preceding month, on which occasion the Lieutenant Governor delivered the following speech : "The continued emigration, unarecedented as regards the industry and capital transferred to this country from the'parent state, is by its beneficial influence, forcing the province rapidly forward, and opening to you the fairest prospects Your deliberatioha,therefore, cannot but render the Session of peculiar importance to the general interests of the colony. " Yon will learn with satisfaction that the population has increased not less titan one-fourth since the reports forwarded for your information last session • that the emigrants, with few exceptions, are fully occupied in the districts in which they are established ; and that the extensive agricultural improvements and actual cultivation promise support and employment for our e.ountrymen, whom the current of events may induce to fix their abode in this part of the empire. " In directing your attention to these favourable results, you will find - that, under existing circumstances, no subject is more closely connected with the immediate prosperity of the colony, or reonires an earlier consideration, titan the anticipated pro gressive increase in the number of emigrants that will from this reason annually flow into the Canadas. " The Rideau Canal has been completed, by the exertions and perseverioce of the officer who had the charge of that great national work. ' " The arbitrators appointed to adjust the claims on the part of Upper Canada, to a proportion of the duties levied• at Qaehec, not having agreed on any satisfactory arrangement, a third arbitratOr will be nominated by the King, in conformity to the British act passed in the third year of his late Majesty's reign." - - - - • - - His Excellency then states that the cholera had nearly dis appeared in every district of the province and then proceeds— Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,—The annual ac counts and estimates shall be laid before you, and I trust you will make the necessary provision for the ensuing year, and for the salaries 'and claims of the several departments not sanc tioned last year. Honourable Gentlemen,—,-His Majesty having acceded to a: request of the House of• Asiembly, in respect to the appropria tion of the sums arising from the sale .of lands formerly set; apart for the support of .Grammar Schools, and not-alienated. by the authority of his M.ijesty's Government, the accounts of the board under whose control the school revenues have beet►. hitherto placed, will be delivered over to the King's Receiver General at the close of the year. In this instance-of the con sideration of the King in complying with the prayers of the 'address of the House of Assembly, you will perceive the soli citude of his. Majesty to promote the wishes of the province." His Excelleno' then concludes by stating, that whatever course may be deemed expedient for the intended object will meet his hearty concurrence. norar.anc: SWTELIAGEN,:LIL Hop DUTY.—The hop duty for the present year has just been. declared, and exceeds the expectations of the trade ; the amount i§ £139,018 4s. 3d. old duty. We understand that Sir George Cockburn is to have the West India command, vacant by the death of Sir Edward Grif fith Colpoys, K.C.B. Sir George will go out in the Vernon frigate: WESTMORLAND—VOTERS IN THE COUNTY.—We believe the number of registered votes in the county is somewhere near 4;400, 'namely . , about 2400 for the East and West Wards, and near 2000 in the. Kendal and Lorisdale Wards. In the Kendal Ward 1603, and in the Lonsdale something short of 400.- 4 Westmorland Gazette. A RuSsian officer arrived in London on Wednesday by the Hamburg steam vessel, who was the bearer of important de spatehes from St. Petersburg for the Russian Embassy. He travelled with' the utmost expedition by land, but, owing to the boisterouS state of the weather, the packet was delayed Much' beyond her regular time. He left the Russian citadel on the .214 Ult. The Dutch papers received on Thursday were brought by the General Steanirnavigation Company's mail-packet, the Sir Edward BankS, Which arrived off the Custom-house from Botterdam at half-paSt three o'clock, p.m. The report by the passengers is; that a party of the • French having made an at tack on the:Tete de Fiandres, the Dutch had opened the sluices, and the French party, being exposed to the tire from the bat .tery and,the . guit-boats, had been obliged to surrender. On the 'arrival of. the Sir Edward Banks last Saturday at Helvoetsluys, the reception was very different from that experienced by the same 'vessel on former occasions, and even on the last. voyage. One of the passengers , _ while standing at the door of the inn , seas nearly hit on the head by bricks, &c., being thrown at hint; this - treatment made him quickly leave the house, and take .shelter on. board the steam-vessel. The'CoUrtCircular of this morning does not notice the meet ing of ministers, to which we alluded yesterday. Such a meet i!ig di, nevertheless, take place, and ministers have again been in Comiuunication during the greater part of the day. It is stated in qualters which are usually well informed, that the ac tmil commencement of hostilities between the French and Dutch has occasioned serious misunderstandings among the mciiibets of the Cabinet—the party disinclined to war havin g tii'slierto been prevented from acting in active opposition by the assurances of Lord Palnaerston and his friends that no lighting woud take place. Another suggestion says, that Lord Pal-. merston has been forced into the war by the intrigues and im portunities. of Lord Durham, who has long been ambitious of possessing the seals of the Foreign Office. Another meeting of the Cabinet will be held this.evening, at which the, members within reach, it is expected, will attend.—Londoit Standard, of Thursday. . . On Sunday morning the bans of not less than sixty couples were published in our parish church.—Brighton Gazette. • STACK BURNING.—We regret to have to record that this deed of darkness and crime has displayed itself in the quiet agricultural district of Low Furness. On Sunday night last some deluded wretch set fire to a haystack standing in a field near Dalton, and belonging to Mr. John Paxton. The stack was entirely destroyed, and that it was the work of an incen diary there is not a shadow of doubt. A reward of £5O has been offered for the, discovery of the offender- If detected, we hope the last penalty of the law will be inflicted, as a warning to others to shun so detestable a crime.—Westmorland Gazette. DEATH FROM DRINKING OVERPROOF WHISKEY.—Last night an inquest was held at the London Hospital, on the body of Mr. John Barrett, clerk in the London Docks. Cornelius Driscoll, employed in the Docks, said deceased was a respecta ble farmer's son, and heir to a large property in Gloucester. The preceding day he was in company with four young men, and they all drank a quantity of overproof pure whiskey, which they procured by means of a reed from a puncheon in the Docks; shortly afterwards he was found. in a. state of insensibi lity, and was taken to the Hospital, where Mr. Simons, a surgeon, applied the stomach pump, but without avail, deceased dying in a few hours. Mr. Williams said he examined the body alter death, and, on applying a candle to the contents of the sto mach, they immediately ignited. The coats of the stomach were completely destroyed. It appeared that the young man was married, and his widow said she would be plunged into the greatest distress, as her husband had not made a will, and the whole of the estates would, therefore. go to strangers.—Verdict, Accidental Death." One of the other young men has since died from the effects of the liquor. The others have recovered. THE CHURCH.—The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bi shop of London are taking measures for augmenting all the small livings in their gift, not limiting them to 1.:200 as the point to which they are to be augmented, but beginning with those under £2OO, and augmenting them partly by charging the see with an immediate payment of a certain annual sum, and with a further payment to commence at the end of 14 years af ter the first renewal of the lease under which the estate upon Which the payment is charged is holden. The Archbishop, upon the next renewal of the leases, will make an abatement in the fines, proportioned to the payment which will be chargeable on the estates ; and, by the end of the present year, the Bishop of London will have augmented all the livings in his gift under £2OO a year, of which, however, there are only eight ' • and, therefore, it is his intention, when he has gone through them all, to begin again,_ and raise them gradually to £3oo.—British Magazine.—The Rev. W. Courthope, rector of Brenchley, at his late tithe audit, made a very considerable reduction in his tithes. proportionate to the blightedcrops and other losses which the farmers have sustained.-Bussex Advertiser.—The delay in filling up the living of St. Olave's Jewry arises from the Bishop of London insisting upon the residence of the proposed incum bent.—Globe. IRELAND. A HINT.—Rev. Mr. O'Driscoll hal received a notice that he may prepare his coffin, if he seek for tithes in the county Kildare. QUEEN'S COUNTY.—The spirit of intimidation and outrage is proceeding with the most daring recklessness throughout this c ounty.—Leinster Express. EXCLUSIVE DEALING. — The system of exclusive dealing is in force at Youghall, to the special injury of two Protestant merchants. The merchants have had a meeting, and offered a reward for the incendiaries who promptedthe farmers not to sell .them corn. COUNTY KILKENNY.—The accounts from Kilkenny are la mentable in the extreme. The papers and private letters detail outrages of the most aggravated. nature. On Sunday night up wards of 20 houses were visited by the insurgents, and almost in every instance the occupiers were deprived of their arms. — Warder. We learn from the Dublin papers received to-day, that the county of Kilkenny has at length been placed under the " Peace Preservation Act. The acounts we have every day from Ire land are such, that we anticipate this proceeding must soon be a general one. Its present state is a national scandal. — Globe of Thursday. KING'S COUNTY.—Five murders, or attempts to murder, have taken place within the last fortnight, in the neighbourhood of Tullamore; and the Protestant Freeholders have been inti midated from registrating their votes. The system of intimida tion is complete, and now attempted to be extended to the judges of the land.—lbid. DUEL.—A hostile meeting took place between Mr. Blenner hassett, of Ballyseedy, county Kerry, and Mr. Maurice o',Cou nell at Tralee,on Friday last. It appears that Mr. O'Connell attacked Mr. Blennerhassett on account of something relating to the canvass of the county, and the result was an almost im mediate meeting at which three shots were exchanged. The principals were then withdrawn by their friends. The Drogheda Journal states, that an attack was made on Wednesday, by the peasantry, on a small party of police that had been detached from a large force of military au d police en gaged in the collection of tithes. Two of the peasantry were; kilted, and a policeman who endeavoured to reach the main • body, for the purpose of informing them of the dangerous situ ation of his comrades was shot dead by one of the insurgents. MR.P'CONNELL.—The O'Connell rent, we are well informed, is collecting vigorously in this country at present. It was pub lished from the altar of a chapel not many miles distant from . this town,ion Sunday, the 11th inst., that government had offer ed Mr. O'Connell the weight of himself of gold, but .that he indignantly refused to betray his country :—" from £5 to sd. per head is the tax," said the speaker, and the poor people gave theio money most cheerfully, rather than lose the Liberator.—: Fermanagh Reporter. A very numerous meeting of the Privy* Council assembled yesterday, and declared they county of Kildare under the pro visions of the " Peace Preservation Act." This proceeding has been rendered necessary by the state of disturbance in that county, which has been permitted to assume a dangerous character, owing, we greatly fear, to the carelessness and pusillanimity of the gentry, The disturbances in the county of Clare and the Queen's comity , were completely put down by the exhibition of courage, and a determination to assert the supre macy of,the law. '1 lie respectable and intelligent classes in the county of Kilkenny wilt have to blame themselves if they, y emit the lawless and evil-disposed to riot with impunity.-- Ile Government has shown every readiness togive theirutmost assistance to preserve the public peace, and to protect the lives and property of the well-disposed.—Dublin Times. IVEISC.EI.I.II.2.ZEOUS. We, hear that one of the pledgers to the immediate abolition of slavery was recently °tiered by his father (a dignitary in the church,) as an able advocate (if they would &et him into Par liament,) to the West Indian Committee, of which Mr. Hib bert is chairman.—Globe. SPENCER.—The Hon. Mr. Spencer (Lord Althorp's brother) who recently gave up his ministry in the establish ment to become a Roman Catholic priest, has been appointed to a district at West Bromwich, in Staffordshire. The Wol verhampton Chronicle, in speaking of Mr. Spencer, describes him as a man of unassuming planners and simple habits ! ENGLISH SLAVERY.—WC were in Mary-le-bone parish last week; and were much shocked to behold Englishmen yoked to carts,_ like beaits of burthen, dragging stones for the repair of roads. Surely this is most disgraceful. What is the overseer but a driver, and what are the poor famished-looking wretches but slaves!—Metropolitan Magazine. A NOBLE TAILOR.—The great Mr. Stultz, tailor, in Clifford- Street, who retired to France a few years ago, and was created Baron Stultz, died on the 17th November, at his estate called Aires, in the south of France, after an illness of nine days. This estate cost him upwards of £lOO,OOO (we believe £103,000.) He had another large estate near Baden-on-the-Rhine. About a year ago the Baron sent the Emperor of Austria a present of £40,000, to do with it what he pleased, for which present he received in return the Order of Maria Theresa, and the patent as Count Gothenburg. The Baron had great wealth in the bank at Vienna (Rothschild's.) His property, besides these estates, exceeded £400,000. —Globe. EXTRAORDINARY COMPLIMENT TO A TAX-COLLECTOR.—At the late tithe feast of the rector of Wortham_ , one of the poorest parishes in Suffolk, when the health of the constable of the parish, who is also collector of the rates and taxes, was pro posed, several of the farmers represented to the Rev. Gentle man that the individual whose health was about to be drunk was in great distress. The chairman immediately drunk his health, and in wishing, him greater prosperity presented him with a£s note. The hint was taken by the farmers ; the man was sent upon some errand into the parish, and during his abseil& every farmer subscribed, according to his means, something towards his relief. On his return, a plate con taining a handsome present of gold and silver was handed to him, in approbation of his industry in private life, and of his integrity as a public servant of the parish. How seldom does a collector of rates and taxes meet with the sympathy of those among whom he lives!—Blackburn Alfred. • TEMPERANCE IN SWEDEN.—A letter from Copenhagen states that since the foundation of temperance societies in Sweden., the- itnportation', of coffee into Stockholm has been increased. by a million and a half of pounds. ONE LETTER!—A letter was lately found, in which one friend spokes° freely of another that it led to an irreconcilable quarrel. "I am surprised," observed W., "that such bitter hostility should arise out of so trivial a cause." "I am not at re plied J.; "it is unite natural; for a friend becomes a fiend if you drop a letter.' COMMAND OF 'TEMPER.—The Duke of Marlborough pos sessed great command of temper, and never permitted it to be rufliedl)y little things, in which. tven. tbugreategniem have been occasionally found unguarded. As he was. riding one day with Commissary Marriot, it began to rain and he called to his ser vant for his cloak. The servant not. bringing it immediately, he called for it again. The servant, • being embarrassed with the straps and buckles, did not come up to him. At last, it rain ing very hard, the duke called to him again, amcl.asked him what he was about, that he did not bring his cloak. " You must stay, sir," grumbled the fellow, "if it rains cats-and dogs, tilt I can get at it." The duke turned round to Marriott, and said, very coolly, "Now I would not be of that fellow's temper for, all the world." ' SKETCH OF BURKE.—No expectation that I had formed of Mr. Burke, either from his works, his speeches, his character, or his fame, had anticipated to me such a man as I now met. He appeared, • pe•rlaaps, at this. morn PP to. the. , bagle Jt pct si to . advantage in health, vivacity, and spirits. Removed from the impetuous aggravations of party contentions, that, at times, by inflaming his passions, seem, momentarily at least, to disorder his character, he was lulled into gentleness by the grateful feelings of prosperity; exhilarated, but not intoxicated., by sudden success; and just risen, after toiling. years of failure, disappointments, fire, and fury, to place, affluence, and honours; which were brightly smiling on the zenith of• his powers. lie looked, indeed, as if he had no wish but to diffuse philauthropy, pleasure and, genial gaiety all around. His figure, when he is not negligent in his carriage; is noble; his air, commanding; his address, graceful; his voice clear, penetrating, sonorous, and powerful; his language, copious, eloquent, and change-. fully impressive; his conversation is past all praise.--,llemoirs of Dr. Barney. COBBETT'S HISTORY OF SCOTLAND.—III the last number of the " Gridiron," Cobbett's Scottish tour is continued. After introducing sundry characters, and picturesque objects, he at length gazes in admiration on Bothwell Brig- unwilling to• omit an favourable an opportunity for " enlightening,' ~,he gravely says:—" We went over the bridge ealrettilothWell Brig; where the famous battle was fought between Cromwell and the Covenanters." This is another rich Specimen, of•Cobbett's ac quaintance with British history, as well as with the state of parties in this country and Engiond. It is really most unfor tunate for the " Enlightener" that there are in being such things as historical annals, else. we. do not know how far his . imaginative propensities might drive him. We opine that every schoolboy knows that Cromwell died in 1658; whereas the onslaught at Bothwell Brig did not take 'place until twenty years after poor Noll gave up the ghost and the reins of Go vernment together. We should not be surprised if Mr. Cob bett, amongst other " bubbles," held the tenet of the transmi gration of souls : but in common justice, he should have more fellow feeling for one who hated royalty with as perfect a hatred as he himself does, than rudely to disturb and resuscitate his venerable republican bones, for the purpose of compelling him to " carry on the good work" at Rothwell Brig, and that, too, against Covenanters.' But perhaps we wrong thee, Cob-, bett, in supposing that thou holdest the metempsychosian system; for it may be that, when thou affirmest Cromwell to have been bodily present at the " Brig," thou wert yet inclin ed to let his bones slumber in the grave; in which case thou art a mere harmless disciple of the celebrated sagacious Irish blunderer, Sir Boyle Roach, who maintained that a man could be in two places at once, provided he were a bird. When Cobbett arrives in London, he vows that, for the " enlighten ment" of the English people, he will perpetrate a volume out of the several papers in the Register, descriptive of his tour in this country. Good: and if the gentleman " progress" in historical accuracy as he has hitherto done, we shall not be surprised to read, about the third or fourth page of his volume, that Edinburgh Castle is a circular tower, founded by Tamer lane, on the summit of the Bass Rock: and that Arthur's Seat is a piece of low hop-ground in the Frith of Forth about ten miles S. W. of Leith fier.—Caledonian Mercury. CHURCH AND STATE. We recommend to the attention of our readers, and particularly to such of them as entertain scruples upon the propriety of there existing any connexion between. the Church and the State, the following admirable ob servations of the Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, upon this subect, which we find in his address to the electors of Halifax. We have seldom seen it treated with so much plain good sense and sound reasoning : "On a former occasion I told you that I was a mem ber of the Church, and most sincerely attached to it, but not blind to its defects; and that as its abuses rose to my mind, I should be willing to correct them. In the course of . my canvas, I have had free communication with all classes of the electors; and from the courtesy and candour with which I have been. every where re ceived, I have had opportunities of obtaining informa tion beyond even what some of my friends may have obtained on this subject. I have found many who ob ject to the connexion between Church and State; and with these I have at once expressed my difference. The phrase is somewhat indefinite; and is, perhaps, not easily explained ; but I shall endeavour to .state what I understand by it. it is' the duty of a Government to provide security for the person, for life and property ; to ensure to all a inst participation of civil rights, and salu tary rules of political relation. The mind then recurs to this—is it right that with these it should provide nothing for the religious welfare of its subjects? Surely not -that is a legitimate connexion, as I think, between Church and State, by which the one borrows ; from the other her secular authority to provide for all who are willing to re ceive it, full religious instruction, and establishes for their benefit, a pure standard of religious truth. lam aware that many think there would be no harm were Govern ment to leave this undone. In this opinion I cannot agree. There must be some virtue in an establishment which has preserved purity of doctrine for so many cen turies,—in a system which has produced so much learning, piety, and true religion. This connexion has saved the country from the re-introduction of the Romish religion; it has afforded the means of resisting the efforts of wily Icings and wicked Ministers, in their attempts to bring back upon us a religion whicli, the country had condemned —it has been our refuge after periods of troubled be wilderment; and has handed down to us a church, which, with all its faults, is purer in its doctrines than any other which the world has yet exhibited. (Cheers.) By this establishment it is provided, that all its members must teach the same doctrines, and almost all will agree that these doctrines are pious and pure ; and it has been found, as in the time of the Commonwealth, when fanaticism had spread over the land, when fifth and seventh monarchy men were seen contending with Presbyterians, Round heads with Cavaliers, and all in the heat of religious dif ference, that the Church has enabled us again to revert to a pure standard of religion. But for the Church, the purest dissent would have been less pure. It is like a perennial fountain, to which, when the stream is polluted, we may again recur to draw the revivifying water of pure religious faith. I may add, that the connexion between Church and State is sanctioned by the general tenour of the Jewish dispensation, and by many passages in the New Testament ; while nothing, as far as I am aware, (though I do not profess to be an erudite theologian) there appears to militate against such a connexion. If, then, there is no difficulty on this ground, then the Church establishment has the advantage of procuring tranquillity for all the other sects. Some most con scientious Dissenters do not desire that the Church should be destroyed; and it may be questioned, whether, if any ' of them had the superiority, they would use it with the same moderation, and allow equally free scope to all re ligious opinions. From restraints in religious opinion I have always wished for an entire release. The Church protects the Dissents in the enjoyment of this freedom; where there is no establishment, there is continual strife among the different sects.