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,~ ~ >,.,. -.K-- _-.- __ _ _~, .-. ~ _. .f, OCTOBER 20, 1835 LIVERPOOL TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY We have heard with great pleasure that a society has been rued in. this town under the above title, which has already t joined by a large number of the most respectable master tradesmen and shopkeepers. We are happy, also, to learn that to become and others in their employ have been invited thus become members and have cheerfully enrolled their names, the forming a bond of union which will materially strengthen se conservative cause in Liverpool. A. most respectable and ntlinerous meeting was held at the Clarendon-rooms, on Friday e vening, at which Mr. Samuel Holme was unanimously called ' 0 the chair, and resolutions were passed declarator y of the ()pi llion of th e meeting, that the rime had now arrived when the !stablishnient of such a society was become highly necesea.ty i counteract the efforts of the enemies of our venerable consti tution and put a stop to the spread of t hose doctrines which threaten the extinction of one branch of the legislature and the separation of church and state. The' following declaration of Prl!lciples was unanimously adopted:— " DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES OF THE LIVERPOOL TR A DESkIEN'S CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY. " We, the undersigned, deeply sensible of the blessings which 'ills country has enjoyed under a protestant governme nt, and of the importance of preserving unimpaired those venerable in stitutions, in church and state, which afford the best security for the raaintenance of religion, liberty, and order, have beheld wish alarm the constant attacks with which, year after year, those institutions have been assailed, and which at last threaten not only the existence of one branch of the legislature, but also the separation of church and state. I We, therefore, with the most anxious desire to avert, as far as lies in our power, such great evils, but trusting at the same time to a better protection than human wisdom can de DISC, do hereby resolve to use our best exertions in our several stations to promote and encourage loyalty to the King, attach ent to the House of Lords, as one strong bulwark of the real liberties of the people, and an increasing desire to return to the Commons' House of parliament men of conservative principles, men who will resist the rash innovations of theoretical - states ?wen, and, above all will secure to the people of G reat Britain And Ireland, undiminished and unimpaired, those means of in struction in the truths of the protestant religion which they now so freely possess. - presiclent, vice-president, and committee for the ensuing year were then chosen, and Mr. Hardisty, of Great Crosshall street, was appointed treasurer, and Mr. Edward Byford, secre tary. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The communications from the Isle of Mang relative to Douglas harbour, and the anomalous and invidious laws of that small island, will appear, if possible, in our next. An article on the subject which C. E. S. so ably discusses, has Le?ti omitted for want of room. ‘S T knov; something of the conrederacy to Which "attigiNEtt alludes, and the license given to the party to libel those upon whom he and his employer live; but owing to the embar rassed circumstances of the latter person, we do not think this the proper time to take up the subject. A• 13. D. has no more notion of architecture than a cow has of astronomy. Kate's rhymes are passable enough, but her meaning is to us wholly " Egerton's reflections on the Comet" will keep. Will the author favour us with his name, and a few explanations? Conservative will find the.subject to which he alludes treated on an.early day. • We tha n k S for his letter. The subject will not be forgotten. 'rfjt iLibtrpool eStanDatb. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1835 We have received New York papers which reach to the I very late date of the 2d instant. It will be seen from some extracts below, that a meeting had been called to form an anti-slavery society for the state of New York, the object of which is to demand immediate emancipa tion ! The requiSition was stated to have been signed by fifty-eight clergymen. In this we discover only the beginning of the troubles Of America.. We have already heard of innumerable out rages, of gross violations of law, and of inhuman mur ders committed, some by mistake, but all upon the il liberal and barbarous plea of suspected danger. Inno cent men have been hanged on false charges; but which charges, even if substantiated, would not. have exposed them to criminal far less capital punishment in any civilized nation of the world. The suspicion, however, which. had pr o voked the mortal ire of the republicans, in the best of all free and well-regulated countries, where the doctrines of equality are .most ostentatiously recognised, has now assumed a more tangible and formidable shape, to such.an extent that if ten men were hanged without "law and justice" as was stated, an. hundred men must now be sacrificed in the attempt to silence the new epos ties of emancipation. Can this be donell . The northern states have taken lip the question .on higher grounds. Conventions are formed to do that •by -union- which has hitherto been es_ saved only by individuals. In the ratio of zeal on the -Part-of the slave_asyne.rs a counteracting ferce has been, gathered by the -emancipationists. Popular power has :been arrayed against united interests. The decision does not depend upon the inflnenee.of prinCiple over numbers, but upon the result of equally. combined numbers. It is ,a question of state against state--of the north versus the mouth—of slavery against liberty. We have looked forward to this. From the first hour . `,that modern philanthropy in England, aided by quack cry and whiggery, triumphed over the rights of pro perty in the West Indies, we saw that the. United States 'of America would be. -the Itist,..the most reluctant, and the most powerfully debateable gronnd'on this all itnpor tant question. The : struggle has come, ,we confess, 'sooner than we expected. The voice of the emancipated in our colonies has reached the main land of America 'many tides earlier than we anticipated. It has come upon them like-a flood; we hope its ravages will not be like the deluge; but we fear the worst. The following are the extracts to which we have al- luded „ An extract from the office of the Oneida Standard and Demo crat, printed at Utica, contains a notice signed by three hun dred and sixty two persons, residing in different parts of the state, calling a " State Convention of the friends of immediate emancipation," to be held at Utica on the 21st of October next, !• for the purpose.of forming a State Anti-slavery Society for the State of New York." Of the signers of this notice fifty `,eight are clergymen' The following •is the notice. To THE FRIENDs OF [MMEOIATE EMANCIPATION IN THE STATE OF NEW YOKE. If the cordial co-operation and energetic action,of the friends 'qf human rights were ever demanded, by the conditton_of our Country and the wrongs of our fellow men, they are so at the present moment. The friends of immediate emancipation, standing as they do on the firm ground of these immutable prin .ciples, which are the basis of all true freedoni, owe it to the cause of truth and justice to adopt such measures, as shall rin- Alicate the doctrines of American liberty, and prevent our valued republican institutions front becoming a cloak to the most odious and irresponsible despotism. It is plain that the privileges of the free are now doomed as asacritice on the altar of perpetual slavery. The whole American people are bound tog e th er by common interests and obligatioes, and it would seem .as if a righteous Providence has deunicti that we shall be speedily all free or all slaves together. Believing that we have a high . duty to perform in this crisis, -and that upon the issue of the present conflict depend both the (testifies of human liberty and the blessiugs of our holy reli gion, we desire to meet the occasion as become men, christiaus, and Americans. For the purpose of proinoting a more extended co-operation and a more vigorous action in this holy cause, we therefore invite a state convention, of the friends of immediate emancipation, to be held in the city of Utica, on Wednesday, the 21st of October next, at 10 o'clock A. M. for the purpose of I - brining a state anti-slavery society fur the state of sew York. All anti-slavery societies; recognizing the duty of immediate -emancipation, are invited to send delegates. In places where no society is organized, those friendly to the cause are invited 'to meet 'and chaose delegates. Individuals throughout the 'state and from other states holding the principles of the Ame rican Anti-Slavery Society, and willing to co-operate in their support and extension, are invited to take seats in the conven tion. RENEWAL. OF HOSTILITIES. DETROIT, (M. T ) SEPT, 17.—A report reached us yesterday that fresh difficulties had broken out on our border, which has proved more serious than anything which has yet taken place. In an attempt on the part of the Michigan authorities to arrest and commit the judges, who had attempted to exercise unlawful jurisdiction, a skirmish ensued, in which fire-arms were called into requisition, and the sheriff of Monroe, Air. 'Wood, who was 'hot long since wounded with a knife in a similar affray, received , 2 ball through the arm, from one of the rebels. We learn that :Major Wing, of Monroe, immediately marched down a rein- I lurcement of one hundred men—and reports arc eurrent here :that citir troops will again be called out FARTHER EFFECTS OF THE GALE. ( From the Charleston papers.) titinct of a letter, dated the Barrow, (Cooper River,) Sept: 20:—" I have sent you a circular with accounts of the destrue 7 lion in this settlement on the river, which is truly distressing, trtirn the wind and tide, as far as 1 have heard. 1 will commence first at Buckhall, being the most unfortunate of all the rest. It bas three breaks, two of which are about sixty feet wide each, the other about one hundred and twenty feet wide, all of which are tram ten to fourteen feet deep, and something like one hundred acres of rice in the field mostly stalked up; the ba lance Was en the stubble, but now afloat in every direction, the stacks floatilig over the cross banks and dropped on the fields that were standing, and a great part gone into the river. Such 'destruction I never saw before. One small break and several rents in the banks of Old Mulberry. At Pawleys, a large break from sixty to seventy feet wide, about fourteen or fifteen acres of rice iu the field, but I have stopped that by a half-moon wnd will save most of the rice. Exeter, a small break, but th e rice ,vas standing in the field and not much damage ; and it is stopped at South Mulberry, where there was fortunately no break. I have' heard that they have a break or a trunk blown ' out at Doekon, the rice down in the field. One break at Ell wood 40 feet wide by 15 deep, mended on Saturday, rice in the fields. Two breaks at Mr. A.'s, rice in the field. Farelawn 6 br ea k s, though not bad, souse mice down and some standing, and cotton ail in the field. I have not heard from liewislield • there I have my fears. All young rice with corn peas crops have suffereemost seriously by the whipping ,of the wind. , The tide was higher than 1 have ever seen it here on Friday night, but was much moderated yesterday morning. The destruction is too bad to think of." We present the following; as ore of the many studied Worts of popular mendacity which are weekly ; if not praCtised upon the people of America, and which with the uninitiated piss for wit'. In a London paper (the Globe) a story was told a few months ago of a cod fish having been caught with a fall-grown child in its stomach ; but the hoax was so apparent that few persons, if any,.beyond the gobeinouche of An editor who inserted it believed the story. In the case to which we are about to call attention, it is so well suited to the mental calibre of the vast majority of "citizens," that we have no doubt some,millions of persons believe it. We extract it only for the amusement of our readers : MOST HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE. - It o ' l seldom that we are called upon to record a more horrible pi shocking occurrence than that described in the annexed extract from a letter dated Boieville, Miss., August 13th, 1135,- " A mast singular and ti.'itgitC,Alcident took place in this vil lage thakAias cast a gloom over the spirits of all the citizens, and clothed one of our most respectable families in mourning. Preparations had been for some time making to erect a large four story mill and manufactory in the east part of the village, and Tuesday last was appointed for the raising. As it was a matter in which the public bud taken a great interest, y the whole population of the surrounding country assembled, arrangements were made for 'a large dinner party, and a bough-house was erected for the females. With a view of surprising the women, some young men had the night previous secreted in a thick grove of bushes, about two hundred vardi from the bough house, a nine-pound field-piece heavily Loaded, intending to dis charge it when the party were seated at the table. .Uufortunately it was pointed directly at the opening of the bough-house. "Some wretch in the mean time had taken a cat, confined its -legs, and placed it in the gun. When the party were seated at the table the caution was fired. Mrs. Blakeson, the wife of the chief magistrate of the village, who was at the head of the table, had that instant risen for some purpose, when the cat struck her just below the shoulders , and passed through her body; she uttered a single scream and fell lifeless into the arms of a lady who was next to her—she was a highly accomplished and interesting lady, and the mother of seven children, the eideit being but six years old. "The cat passed over the whole length of the table, upsetting several decanters and pitchers, and its head was driven through an inch board at the east end of the bough-house where it lodged; and what is most extraordinary, although stunned and apparently dead, it has recovered and is now alive and well. "The authorities have offered a reward of five hundred dollars for the conviction of the miscreant who was the author of this diabolical piece of mischief."-'- Western Herald—(or Richard Adams Locks.) It is confidently asserted by some persons who profess to be acquainted with.political and party movements that there will be a dissolution of parliament before the end of December. We have no information on the subject; but in looking at the state of public affairs as concerns our foreign but more particularly our domestic relations —the incendiary and revolutionary proceedings of the Irish mountebank—the slavish subserviency of the king's servants—the insults heaped upon the peers—the laws trampled upon, and the whole powers of the government in the hands of ONE MAN—and that man the denounced of the very ministers who now cringe before him and kiss the dust at his feet—when we calmly consider this extraordinary state of things, it is difficult to believe that it can last much longer. When we see the rules which govern society, even in a single family, inverted, the lackey playing the lord, the footman slapping his master's brother in the face, the Irish coachman kicking the butler, and the housemaid telling her young mistress that she must obey, not com mand, we may conclude that either the family, from some unknown cause or undivulged crime, are completely in the power of the servants, or that the police will speedily put an end to such a scene. At any rate we must be- lieve that such a state of insubordination must inevitably bring disgrace upon the one pasty and ruin upon the other. This, with due'deference be it spoken, is precisely the situation of the King, his ministers, and DANIEL O'CON- NELL; and we ask if ever any King of England was before placed in such a painful situation, or, being so placed, how long he is likely to endure it ? DANIEL O'CONNELL has in open day, and in the hear ing of thousands of his ignorant and misguided country men, most foully and wickedly slandered the House of Lords, and through the peerage he has levelled a studied insult at the King as the fountain-head of nobilit3 . He has assailed the King's brother, a man who never of fended him—who never came in contact with him—in language that would disgrace a drunken ruffian in a street broil, and which ought to exclude him, and would exclude any other man or any similar ruffian, from all decent so ciety, even in the humbler ranks of life. This O'Cox- NELL has done without any personal provocation what- ever. But suppoing he had received, or imagined he had received, some, affront from any peer, or even from ;he House of - Lorilsittself, there is no provocation or a front which could have warranted such blackguard and brutal abuse. It was language which no . gentleman, which no tradesman, which no English yeoman or la bourer would have endured or could have listened to, without sending him home upon a shutter or punishing him to the last. half-inch of his life. Gentlemen do not often resort to such violent extremities; but O'CoN-. NELL, who is not a gentleman, and whO refuses the satis faction of one under the cover of a fiction, or rather a convenient fraud, would in England have justly exposed himself to such treatment. However, having thus grievously insulted the King's brother, and heaped the most disgusting terms upon the whole order of British peers, and through them upon Majesty itself, we find O'CONNELL, before the brutal in sult was two days old, and hardly before the ink with which he bad written his most atrocious libel was dry, a welcome and happy guest at the board of the King's re presentative in Ireland—bandying compliments with Lord MLJLGRA4E, whose master the King.is—permitted to display his vulgar arrogance at the table of the vice royl and glory in the obloquy he had cast upon the here ditary nobility of England and upon the royal family it self! Lord MULGRAVE either did or he did not know that O'CoNNELL had been guilty of the abominable and scur rilous attacks to which we have alluded. If he did not, then we contend that he Was the only man in the three kingdoms who was ignorant of them. But it is wasting words to assume this silly hypothesis even for the sake of argument. His excellency knew it as well as the ruf fian himself. He was no stranger to DANIEL'S reckless invectives in England and Scotland. He could not have been ignorant of his slanders against the Duke of CUM BERLAND. No, we would not believe the contrary under any circumstances whatever. The fellow came reeking from the stews, with all the infamy of calumny fresh upon him, into the presence of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and he came invited by Lord MutoaAvs himself; and in a full and just participation of that infamy the noble lord: has plunged himself and his court. He has opened the doors of the Castle of Dublin to this filthy and slander ous mendicant, and he has consequently shut them, and . those of his private residence to hoot, wherever he may locate -himself, against all that is pure, noble, loyal, and exemplary of the aristocracy of Great Britain. But even this recoiling act of degradation and whole some punishment is no satisfaction to the offended feel-, ings of the sovereign, his family, and the lords. • Tt.e apology and the satisfaction are not due from the Irish viceroy, but from the King's prime minister, Lord.MEL BOURNE. We 'have heard of no disclaimer on his part in'reference to the conduct of 0 1 CoNNELL. We believe that Lord MELBOURNE has not been admitted into the royal presence since O'CONNELL has been suffered to pour upon the King's family and the peerage his tinker's curse. But will Lord MELBOURNE be allowed to remain silent—countenancing the slander by his silence, and taking no step to vindicate to the King that which the subjects of the King imperiously demand ? We hope not—we earnestly trust he will not. A King, in the no bleness of his generosity, may personally forgive that which his people will not and ought not to forgive. The honour and dignity of :the crown would be compromised by permitting Lord MULGRAVE to remain another week at the head, even the nominal head, of the government of Ireland. The peerage of England, the aristocracy of England, all the intelligent people of England, demand his immediate recall. They will never rest satisfied until he is punished in the most marked manner for the atro 'cious insults lie has countenanced -in the person of O'CONNELL ; and, come when it may, they will never be content until the degradation of Lord MULGRAVE is coml inensurate to his offence. This is the rational and common-sense view of the case according to the judgment of those who have a right to speak first in the name of the insulted, derided, and calumniated people 'Of tfigland ; and it may have been the impression which this sense of ditty and justice leavei which hai leif f 8 flil conclusion that the recall of Lord MtrnettAiri i 4 tigntttitin bf Lotd ~ i : i " ~' THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. BOURNE indispensable, and consequently the resignation of ministers and the dissolution of parliament a matter of necessity . In fact weCannot'see how such a break-u p of the ministry can be avetted ; and we look forward to it in perfect confidence, unalloyed by any fear, or doubt as to the happy and triumphant results. MR. MORI'S CONCERT AT THE TEMPLARS' HALL. The first of two concerts, announced to be given at the Tem plars' Hall, took place last uight, and attracted a full and fa shionable attendance. The vocal performers were Madame Stockhausen and Mademoiselle Bildstein;—the instrumental, Mr. Mori, (violin,) M. Stockhausen, (harp,) and Mr. Lavenu and Mrs. St. Albin on the piano: A male singer was much wanted. The performances were excellent, and as effective as they well could be, with such a limited force. Madame Stock hausen sang—" Let me wander not unseen," (Handel,) and— "Or the in cielo," (Donizetta,) with exquisite taste and feel ing, and as if she felt the inutility of attempting to gild refined gold. Of Mori's violin playing, enough is known to need much comment or compliment from us. His execution and the tones he pr kduces bespeak the study of a life devoted to that instru ment. Mrs. St. Albin's Fantasia on the piano-forte was a bril liant performance. The second concert will take place this morning. LONDON' LATES7' NEWS. City ; Saturday Erening, Half-past Seven o'clock, Owing to the payment of the quarterly dividends the pressure for money - has somewhat abated. The bank has issued a notice for continuing their advances upon stock until November 20th, which has also had an influence upon the market. The coin- misSioners for the litigated 'West India compensation claims purchased yesterday about £250,000 stock in Consols at 91k. Soule further commercial information has been received to day from the United States. The following is an extract of a letter dated New York, the 16th ult. _ . _ • " The Bank of the United States will pay off their stock at about 112, but not more—the first SO the first twelve months; and five or six years will be required to liquidate the balance, without any interest. Altogether they are winding up, very judiciously, by selling out to other companies all their branches. Money is getting scarce, and is worth 9 per cent. interest out of doors. I think the demand will continue, and get worse towards the spring. There is 'a decided tendency to fall in most de scriptions of goods. The amount of cash in the treasury banks, on the Ist instant, is about 10,000,000 dollars." It appears by the advices that the gold coinage of the United States Mint in the month of August was 161,500 dollars. The private advices from Spain to-day are altogether very favourable. It is asserted that M. Mendizabal had found the finances of the country in a better state than he had anticipated. Preparations were making for for'warding considerable rein forcements to the north of Spain. We believe there is some truth in the statement that the Count 'd'Espagne and two Car list generals have been detained by the French authorities ou their way to Catalonia. A further slight improvement has taken place in the public _ _ . securities to-day, and a great degree of confidence appears to vbe entertained that the value of stock will continue to improve. The facilities afforded by the Bank of England in making ad vances upon the deposit of stock have been made use of by Many individuals who have paid up the whole of the deposits upon the Omnium, and this accounts for the comparative abun dance of capital, notwithstanding the heavy payments made on behalf of the loan. Consols for Account opened at 91f this morning, and advanced to 911, the last quotation being a mere fraction lower. For Money, business terminated at 911. A more active demand has existed to-day for the Unfunded Debt, and the premium on Exchequer Bills closed very firmly at 16s. India Bonds are steady, at an improvement from 2s. to 4s. prem . Bank Stock reached 209 in the morning, but closed at 20q._ . Bank Stock, 2081 ; Red. Annuities, 9d;; Consols, 91i; 3 per Cents. ked., 98i ; New 34 per Cents., 999; Long Annuities, l6i ; Omnium, 4 pm.; India Stock, 2531; India Bonds, 4 pm.; Exchequer Bills, 16 pm. ; Consols for Account, 911. _ _ _ _ The business done in the Foreign Stock Market has been very limited to-day. Spanish .Bonds fell nearly 1 per cent. in the morning, there being a pressure of stock still cm the market, but rallied shortly afterwards from 43ii to 411. The New Bonds closed at 411 with rather a heavy appearance. There were but few bargains made in Portuguese, which closed at 844, and the Three per Cents. at 581. Under the expectation that the speech of the King of Holland to the states-general on Monday will be of a favourable character, the Dutch 21 per Cents. rose this afternoon from 541 to 55. Columbian Bonds dropped from 331 to 321. There was no business in the other Republican Bonds. The market for railway shares continues brisk. London and Greenwich are at £2B, Brighton at £9 10s., Great Western at £ll 55., and North Midland at £8 lOs. per share. A new Om- pany is about to be formed under the auspices of the great Hebrew capitalist for joiniug the rivers Danube and Maine, by means of a canal, by which a water communication will be for►ncd from the,Gertnan Ocean and the Black Sea. The com- pane is to consist of 20,000 shares, of which £3OOO will be taken by the governinent of Bavaria. The canal is proposed to be 108 milei in length, the cost of which is estimated at about THE BRITISH GRENADIERS. This song, composed for the occasion, was sung at the New• ton Conservative dinner, on Thursday l a st, by Mr. Walton. But fur the want of time and space it would have appeared in our report of the proceedings in the STAN DA Ft D of the following day : Come listen to my story, An old one and a true, A tale of England's glory, A song of Waterloo. That story shall compel you, To lend me all your ears, And listen while I tell you Of the British Grenaidiers. All Grenalliers take pride, sir, The bear skin cap io wear ; But Boney sold the hide, sir, Before he killed the bear. For thinking of the tassels He wou iu former years, He ordered beds at Brussels - Far al! his Grenadiers.- 'Twas in the worst of weather, - One Sunday-morn he drew, Horse, foot, and guns together, In front of Waterloo; And while the, rain was pouring He called his marshals. round, And wiih his glass exploring, He scanned that rising ground, He saw that ridge surmounted With scanty lines of red, And in his heart he counted That England's might was fled ; Nur knowing Arthur's dealing Had substance more than show, Cried " Soult, those troops are stealing Atvay without a blow l' Soult answered, " If you please, sir, Though small their furce appears, I rather think I see, sir, The British Grenadiers ; And if they are but now, sir, The men I knew in Spain, You'll find that rising brow, sir, An awkward place to gain." Each flatterer shrugged his shoulder, Napoleon answered, " Pooh l" Two . hours they made him older, And made him wiser too ; For his troops advancing right on, To ease him of his fears, Had little pains to light on The British Grenadiers.. To drive them from that hill, sir, They tried the livelong day, But where there is a will, sir, Not alwaNis lies a way, All parts collected round from Guns, foot, and Cuirassiers; Could gain no inch of ground froth The British Grenadiers. When fast the hours were wearing Towards the close of day, Napoleon, not despairing, Called out to Marshal Ney, " Come take of all my guard now, The bravest, best, and last, And it shall sure go hard now, But we will win the cast. " And all to make your men go More fiercely on the foe, Speak to them of Maren,go, . Of Lodi, and Eylaw." Then on they all came pouring In columns down the hill, " Long live the Emperor!" roaring, But ours were mute and still. Atrd on the ground they sat them Till a voice the silence bl'oke, Saying, "Up now guards and at therm 'Twas Arthur's self that spoke. At Brussels they were heard, sir, The three tretuendows cheers Which started at that word, sir, From the British Grenadiers. They poured three rounds of shot, sir, With muskets levelled low, And then wound up the plot, sir, With bayonets of a row. The French cry as they ran, sir, . In one another's ears, 'Twas save himself who can, sir, From the British Grenadiers. 'Twas proved, without bravadue, By this immortal fight, To wear the hand greuadoe Who have a better right. You may search the wide world's story And never find his peer, Who led that day to glory The British Grenadier. Mr. Cuthbert, the seedsmau, in Clayton-square, has in his possess on a curious instrument for projecting water— it is so , worth the attention of the scientific. BURGLARY.—On Sunday morning week, between one and three o'clock, the watchman of Capel Cure, Esq.. Chipping Ungar Essex, discovered that thieves had broken i n to his mas ter's house, and were busy in removing articles of plate and other valuables. ' He instantly attempted to secure the villains, but they made off and contrived to snake their escape. 'l' hey, however, left behind them a horse and gig, evidently hired for the purpose, and on examining the vehicle a quantity of the stolen property Was found. The robbers were two jew-looking men, and no doubt London thieves. CRUELTY To ANIMA LS.—By an act of parliament passed last session to consolidate and amend the several laws relating to the cruel and improper treatment of animals , it is ena cted , "That if any person shall, from and after the passing of this act, wantonly and cruelly beat, ill-treat, abuse, or torture any, horse, mare, gelding, bull, ox, cow, heifer, calf, mule, ass, sheep, lamb, dog, or any other cattle or domestic animal; or if any person who shall',lrive any cattle or animal shall by negligence or ill usage in the driving thereof, by means whereby any mi s _ chief, damage, or injury shall be done by any such cattle or animal, every such offender, being convicted of any or either of the said offences, before any one justice of the city, town, or county, in which any such offence shall have been committed,: shall for every such offence forfeit and pay such a sum of money, not exceeding 405., nor less than 55., with costs, as to such jus tice shall seem meet; and in default of payment be committed to gaol for a time not exceeding fourteen days." THE WEATIIEII.—It has been often observed, both by foreign and native writers, that in England October is frequently one of the most pleasant mouths iu the year. However true the ob servation may be as to this mouth in the mother country, it is certainly . niui:h less applicable to in the Isle of Man,—at least so far as it has proceeded for the present season. Since our last we have had a continual succession of cold and ungenial show ers, with very little sunshine; but however scanty the portion of fair weather, so great has been the exertion of the farmers, that. we believe very little, if any, grain remains exposed to the elements. Of the produce of the crops in the barn, we have heard no complaints, and are therefore inclined to think that the damage sustained by the bread-corn is by no means so great as has been represented. GtineNwicit I-loser - rats—His Majesty has caused—to Ise erected in the royal chapel a very beautiful monument, the work of Chantry, to the memory of the late Sir Richard Kects, which was exposed to view for the first time on Sunday last. It con sists of au animated bust of the admiral in pure white marble, resting on an elegantly forined pedeStal, and bearing the fol lowing inscription :—" This monument is erected by King William IV. to the memory of Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats, G.C.8., governor of this hospital, who was his Majesty's shipmate and watchmate on board the Prince George, of 110 guns. in which that admiral served as lieutenant. and the King as midshipman, from June, 1779, to November, 1781. In com memorating this early period of their respective careers, the King desires also to record his esteem for the exemplary cha racter of a friend, and his grateful sense of the valuable ser vices rendered to his country by a highly distinguished and gallant officer. He died April sth, 1834, aged 77 yea t s." Some of the Bristol coachmasters, it is Said, have it in con templation to run some of the most iniproved locomotive steam carriages on the turnpike road, in order to test the possibility of competing with the railway, to which, as may be imagined, they a re warmly opposed. RnsinNaTiost OF ROMAN CATHOLIC MAGISTRATES.—As a proof that it is not only amongst protestants that a sensation has been produced by the open acknowledgment Of Mr. O'Conuell's power, and the undisguised coalition between that dangerous person and the Irish government—we have to state that a com munication has just been made to us to the effect—that the Earl of Ts:emote has resigned his lieutenancy of the county of Kerry; and that all the respectable Roman Catholic magistrates in the county mean to follow his lordship's example. Our information further goes—that Mr. John O'Connell is to be the successor of Lord Kentnare,! Is not this a monstrous —an unnatural state of things? — Is it one that can last ? Postively—No.—llublin Eve ning Mail. The present rage for speculation in railway shares is much fa cilitated by .a practice which prevails in soiree of the companies, and which ought, on that ascount, to be put a stop to. We al hide to the issuing of shares without any name attached, and without requiring subscription to any deed or instrument under which the company is formed, so as to throw no responsibility do the shareholders beyond the payment of the deposit. In many instances the deposit does not exceed £l. or £2., and it is seldom more than £5., so that great numbers avail themselves of the existing disposition to gamble in them, having a chance of realiziing the money paid twice or three times over, while they incur no risk beyond the amount. of the deposit; and if the speculation prove an adverse one, may abandon the undertak ing altogether.— Times. CARLISLE FREEMEN.—At the revising barrister's court for this town on Mondai Week, all the freemen %Sere disfranchised for this year, in consequence of the town-officer having ne glected to exhibit the lames on the door of the Town-hall, on the first Sabbath of August; conform to the act of Parliament. £BOO,OOO. . , Brazilian, ; Colombian, 32 ; Portuguese (new,) 881 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 581; Russian, 108; Spanish, 444; Ditto (new.) <Ili; DuiCk 21 per Cents., 55; Dittos per Cents., 104 4-1; Unrecognized Real Del Monte,l7; United Mexican, 3i ; Brighton Railway, 91 ; Great Western ditto, 11k; North Midland ditto, 81; Provincial Bank of Ire land, zltig. LORD BROUGHAM, EX-CHANCELLOR. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL SlR,—When I furnished you some weeks ago with a statement of the coMparative number of cases decided by Lord Eldon and Lord Brougham in bankruptcy. I intended the following week to have sent you a similar statement of the number of cases decided by those noble lords in what I would call proper chan cery business, as distinguished from bankruptcy business, but the absence of some of the books at the binders prevented me; however, you now have the result of my labours. I have, as before, taken indiscriminately two volumes of reports of chan cery cases decided in Lord Brougham's time, and reported by Messrs. Mylne and lieette. The first volume contains 78 cases, of which his lordship decides 37, and the Master of the Rolls 41. The second volume contains 125 cases, of which 13 may be put aside, net having come before , either Isis lordship.or the Master of the Rolls; so that I have to give an accmint of 112 contained in this volume. Of this number the Master of the Rolls has decided 74, and his lordship 38. One case in each volume de cided by his lordship has been appealed against, and, as I anticipated in my former letter, are still pending before the House of Lords. In the second volume of these reports there is a case " Stocken o. Stocken," an appeal case, where his lord ship refers to a prior decision of " Mundy c. Earl Howe," and then says, " but, before finally giving judgment, I shall take further time to look into and consider that case." The report ors add, " The case was mentioned several times afterwards, but no final jadyment appears to have been pronounced." The appeal to his lordship was heard ou the 21st December, 1833, and the report has been just published (1835.) . . . . Let us now see what Lord Eldon has done, first premising that the selection of the two volumes of cases decided in his lordship's time has been made quite a' random. The volumes are the eleventh and nineteenth of Vesey, jun. The eleventh volume contains 114 cases, of which 09 were decided by Lord Eldon, and 15 by Sir William Grant, the then Master of the Rolls; the nineteenth volume contains 112 cases, of which Lord Eldon has decided 112, and the Master of the Rolls 30. We, therefore, find that Lord Brougham has only decided a fraction more than 5-12ths of the cases found in the two volumes of Mylne and Keene, whereas Lord Eldon has decided 10-12ths of those reported in the two volumes of Vesey above-mentioned. Before I sat down upon this subject, I had no doubt of the re sult; the investigation, however, was necessary, that the public might be disabused, and the facts made known. Palmam qui meruit feral! and Lord Eldon, it must be acknowledged, has most triumphantly entitled himself to bear it away. In conclusion permit me to notice, that in the Mercury fol lowing my foimer letter there was au attempt to throw dust in the eyes of the readers of that silly journal, but not the slightest attempt made to falsify the statement put forth in my letter. As I then said, so I now repeat, here are the data, and let those contradict it who can. lam no " Catumniatnr" of Lord Brougham. I write the truth; but a "Calumniator" neither writes it nor speaks it. G. STATE OF TnAiw. TRADE OF Laos.—The woollen cloth trade of this town and . neighbourhood continues in a very healthy state. No alteration in prices have been observable, but wether fleeces meet better sale than they did some time ag0.... BRADFORD Mattatx.,-,The demand fory.oods at this market on Thursday was fully as extensive as' bath been felt fur some weeks past, and in the broader qualities there was a limited supply, but narrow pieces were more easy to be met with. For yarns of almost all qualities there was a good demand, but no material change in prices was -effected.— The•wool market is pretty good. lluddersfield market on Tuesday was better than for some weeks past in the demand for plain and other heavy cloths, but fancy goods and articles of a heavier fabric were rather dull of sale. ROCHDALE, OCT. 12.—The're was a very active - market to day, the supply scarcely equal to the'demand. Low and middle qualities were eagerly bought up, and there was a fair bus.ness dune in the best sorts. The supply of middle qualities of wool is by no means good; of the best qualities there is an abun dance. A SAMPLE OF DEFINITIONS FOR A NEW POLL TICAL DICTIONAU V. ELECTION (Popular)—A meeting of voters to elect a person to serve in parliament. The 'candidate who may he able to introduce the words " reform" and "libe:ty" oftenest into his speech, and afford to give most cakes and ale to the people, is almost invariably successful. LlBERTY—Sometime since signified' freedom; unreetraint, now used by the vulgar and ignorant to signify something which cannot be obtained but by a revolution and a total suhvei sion of the powers that be—likewise equality, and always the was cry of the disaffected and revolutionary party. PA.RLIAIBENT ( flots4s . of)—Once the place where the repre sentatives of the people of the' nation met to le,gislate-now the houses in which men who may: have any private animo sity, or who hold different opinions with regard to state matters, meet to abuse each other. The houses were burnt down lately, and contiguous to the now ones it is proposed to have a diteliiug room. REFoasi—The real signification of this word is to amend, to substitute something good for something that is bad, but it is now used to signify an overthrow of anything. or annihila tion of something or other, whether good or bad. When reform is mentioned in a political sense, an overthrow of the constitution is meant. Ranicat.---An animal whose nature is not exactly known; one was silo in the neighbourhood lately, but he disgorged such a quantity of half digested gulls and putrid stuff that no per son could approach it for the smell. Wri tn-Buttermilk, sour milk, or whey; likewise a name taken at present by all minor statesmen who are .desirous of be corning joints of the tail of O'Connell. A Writi; NODLEMAN DOING WHAT HE WILI.WITII HIS OWN. —Lord Yarborough has lately caused several of his tenants within the borough of Great Grimsby to be served with notices to quit their premises, in consequence of their refractory con duct at the late eisction for that place, in so far thinking and acting for themselves as to decline to vote for his lordship's nephew, Mr. Edward ileneage, the present member for the borough, among whom are those highly reivtlable tradesmen, Mr. W. Smith and Mr. W. Harrison: , 00r401 Y~~`~ LGOAL NEWS. Dtsoaozat.tits.—Great complaints having been made of the number 'of -disorderlies of both sexes- who congregate on the Sabbath in Oldhall-street and ,other streets in the town, the Mayor has issued orders to the constables to apprehend all idle people found loitering in the streets. Yesterday a number of loose and disorderly men and women were brought before the Mayor charged with disorderly conduct in the streets during divine service, and, having no lawful visible means of obtaining a living, they were committed to gaol as vagrants. PICK POCK Ers.—The town is quite infested by these vermin, chiefly young lads, who are trained up regularly to the profes sion: Yesterday five or six were brought before the Mayor, at the police 7 court, and committed•td the ,sessions for pract►sing upon the pockets of his Majesty's liekes in various parts of the town. , . STEALING A CARPET.—Yesterday, at the tonce. , court, a warehouseman in the employ of Messrs. Shan Ha and Co., carriers, of the Old Quay, was placed at the bar on.the above charge. It appeared from the evidence of Captain Morley, of the watch, that about ten o'clock yesterday morning Stevenson, a watchman, observed the prisoner making his way along Pool lane wiih a large Brussels floor-carpet in his arms. Suspecting all not to•be right, Stevenson followed him into a pawnbroker's shop, where he was offering the carpet to pledge. On being questioned by the watchman, the prisoner said that the carpe was his own property, and that he lived in Hudson-street. I was subsequently discovered that it belonged to Mr. Shanklin in whose warehouse the prisoner was employed. These facts being proved, the prisoner was committed. Wtioixsat.a RUBBERY EY A SERVANT.—Three women named Elizabeth. Margaret, and Susannah Thompson, were Yesterday placed before the Mayor, the former charged with stealing several paits of shoes, the property of Messrs. Dyson and Martin, shoemakers, of Tithebarn-street. It appeared from the evidence that Elizabeth Thompson was a servant employCd by the complainants. They had on many occasions missed shoes from the shop - without being able to account fur their legitimate disappearance by sale or otherwise. A few days two, having a suspicion that the servant, who is an Irishwoman, had something to do with the robberies, Mr. Dyson intercepted a letter.fi um some of •her relations in Ireland acknowledging the receipt of shoes sent from England. 'Phis confirmed his sus picions, and he sent for Davison, the police-officer, who took • the prisoner into custody. On searching the house of Susannah Thompson, Elizabeth's mother, Davison found several pairs of shoes, which were identified as the property of Mr. Dyson. Pawn tickets of shoes ware also found upon all the prisoners; and it appeared that they had been carrying on WI extensive shoe trade both in England 'and Ireland from' the stock of Messrs. Dyson and Martin. They were committed. 'rho ship Clyde, N. Ireland, master, for Sydney, New South Wales, sailed on Sandey last, with the following passengers on board :—Mr. and Mrs. Yates and family, Mr. Madden, Mr. Ennis, - Mr. Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and family, and Mrs. Wallace and family, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Mr. Shast, and fifty steerage passengers. D REA riVr L . ACCIVEN'T. Th nrseal - a fteriere-ereeme. m e t e r, named Thomas Brookfield, was driving his cart along Strand street, when.several carts which were in front of him suddenly Stopped, in order to let pass some others which they were meet- His horse, which was a spirited animal, pressed for ward and was forcing peat those in front, when Brookfield, fearing that be should get jammed, rushed forward, and, while eudea vouring to check its progress, he got squeezed between his own and the neat cart. He was immediately carried to the Infirmary, where on .examivation, it wag found that several of his ribs weie fra.ctured. He died on the following day. MELANCHOLY Acet bENT.—On Wednesday last a young man, named Patcey Magarragy, an apprentice with Mr. Poster, bra zier, of this town, met with his death in the following manner: —He was attempting to get ou board the ship Josephine, lying in the Prince's Dock, the stage of which vessel was blocked with bales of cotton. To effect his object he endeavoured , to stride from one to another of the - Spars; or bearers to which the planks forming the stage were lashed. In doing this he lost his balance and fell into the dock. Two men instantly jumped into a boat hard by, but were unable fir some minutes to undo the rope by which she was seemed. Meanwhile a rope was thrown to the struggline man, but the water scented to confuse and blind him that he failed to catch it. Before the boat could get round to his more effectual assistance the unfertunate youth had sunk. Grappling irons were instantly procured, and in a few minutes firs lifeless body was dragged on the quay. when a quantity of water and froth issued from his mouth. Ile was immediately carried to the Northern Hospital, where the surgeons pronoun ced him to be quite dead. OCTRAGE.—On Thursday last, a gentleman named Davis appeared before his Worship the Mayor, and stated that, on the preceding day, as his lady was driving along the lane, near Walton Priory, in her pony phaeton, she had been met by three men, one of whom presented a pistol to her, which he - bred as she passed. Mr. Parlour said, that bills had been printed, giving a description of the offenders, and had been issued that morniug, and that be had already captured the two principal delinquents. A man, named Thomas Haslop, and a boy, called Joint Roberts, were immediately placed at the bar. Mr. Davis then brought his lady into the court. She stated that, as she was driving home, along the lane, near Walton Priory, she saw, at a dis tance, some indistinct objects, apparently moving in the hedge. As she approached nearer, she perceived that it was the two prisoners, who were dressed in white jackets. They were ac companied by a third person, in the garb of a sailor. When she came up to them, the prisoner Roberts drew forth a pistol which he pointed at her, and even pushed it in her face. The pony first swerved and then darted off, immediately after which she beard the pistol go off. The prisoners both appeared in toxicated. Mr. Myers, who:appeared as clerk to the county justices, having questioned Mrs. Davis further on the subject, discovered that he could only proceed upon the offence as an assault, upon which Alderman Horsfall, who is a county magis trate, was sent fur. The evidence was then recapitulated. A countryman, who was working behind the hedge at the time, deposed that both the prisoners were exceedingly intoxicated. He heard the report of the pistol, hut did not see it fired. The prisoners, who are both servants to a gentleman in the neigh bourhood, said that they had been together to purchase a load of hay from a farmer. On their way they had met with a poor whit was begging. They promised to give him same ar ticles of wearing apparel, and he was ureompanyingthern borne to receive their gifts. They had taken some ale, wnich had worked its usual effect upon them. Roberts sail that be had a pistol belonging to his master with him. His companioae kuew nothing of this, and were not to blame. The prisener- said nothing in extenuation of his fault. His Worship the Mayor ordered each of the prisoners to nay a fine of 205., and costs, or, in default of payment, to go to the House of Correction for two months. The money was paid. SMEGGLI IN G.—A tall, strongly-built man, attired, from top to toe in well-tarred canvas, end presenting altogether as good a picture of a bold smuggler as a painter could wish to have set before him, was, on Saturday, produced at the bar of the Police Cont.; before Alderman Sir Thomas Brancker. Mr. Powsland, a tide4loiter, belonging to the Customs, deposed, that he was passing,voss the George's Pier, on the 19th instant, when he: saw the prisoner anti another man carrying a box, which he per ceived was a foreign spirit-case. They were accompanied by two gentlemen, who, when witness asked what the box con-, tamed, where it c a ne from, &c., said, th:it it was merely a com mon box, and had been brought from Woodside by the last. packet. Witness insisted upon opening the box, upon which all the parties made off, with the exception of the prisoner,• whom he held in custody. Ele,(witness) took the box to the de pot, and found it contained twenty-six. bottles, or upwards of four gallons of French brandy. The prisoner said, that he knew nothing of the matter. lie had been engaged, as a por ter, to carry the box front the Woodside packet. It ii . prissible that the case had ben landed on the Cheshire coast, with the view of being sent over to Liverpool in one of the ferry.packets as the most likely means of evading suspicion. The prisoner was remanded. CORONER'S INQUEST.—DEATH nY DROWNING.—On Satur day last au inquisition was taken before James Pownall, Esq., touching' the death of William Turner, rigger, of this port. Mary Carrington deposed, that she was walking along the canal bank, at about seven o'clock on that morning, when she saw the body of the deceased floating in the water, at a few yards distance front her. She immediately informed some men whom she saw at a short distance, and they drew the body to the bank. Elizabeth Foster deposed, that she knew the-deceased who resided in Tenterden-street. On the preceding night the' wife of the deceased had called upon her and informed her, that deceased had been missing since the preceding Tuesday, and requested that she would assist her to make inquiry respecting him, which she complied with. On that morning she had seen and identified his body as it lay on the canal bank. John Roberts deposed, that he had taken a glass of grog with the de ceased, on board the brig Renown, on the preceding Tuesday, since which time, he understood, the deceased had not been heard of. When the latter parted with him he was quite sober. Verdict, Found Drowned. THE TISACY PEERAGE.—Mr. Leahy, the parliamentary agent of the claimant of the honour of becoming the ninth Viscount Tracy, has been for several days past prosecuting his inquiries at Didbr eke, Wincbconabe, Coscomb, and Toddington (the es tates of the former viscounts), as directed by the council, in or der fully to establish the claimant's right to this ancient title. In searching the parish registers of baptisms, &c. and tLe monu ments in the different churches and church-yards, we understand Mr. Leahy has been so successful as to leave very little doubt of the claim to the title being fully established in the next ses sion, although - we believe he has experienced very considerable difficulty in obtaining information from the old tenants on the estates friitn the death of the late lord, which took place in 1791. Cheltenham Free Press. GLORIOUS TRIUhIPII AT LElCE.TBR.—Leicester. the truly loyal Leicester, that must especially distinguished conservative borough in the kingdom, has again nobly dune its duty. if, as Sir Robert Peelsaid, the battle fought in the registration courts be the determining test of success, then has the victory been gloriously won by the zealous adherents and supporters of the throne and the altar. We have received an authentic statement showing the result of the registration just terminated for the borough ; we are most happy to find that the total amount of conservatives tin register fur the seven parishes, including the freemen, is 1917 ; while on the other side, the total. amount of radicals on register is 169 l ; giving a majority of 226 to the cause of the constitution, loyalty, and protestantism. The cor rectness of this list is vonclie;l for by our excellent contemporary, the Leicester Journal, who has been the first to pay attention to our notice of last week, respecting our offer to record the result of the registration; for the whole of the voters considered doubtful, have, to make assurance doubly sure, been included in the radical total! We trust to have many nwre such triumphs ! —Aye. - Married at St. Martin's, It. Parrott, Esq. of St. Martin's place, to Miss Fowle, of Camberwell. Says Dick, (thats the Parrot,) "My wish who would mar it? I'm not such a very old owl. So as birds of a feather flock always together, I'll just try as mate a young Fowle." And here's luck to ye, Dick !--may many a chick And bantam be your's, jolly cock! May it never be said you are hen-peck'd when wed, 'Or your broods a . disgrace to the stock. roult q Compter. A FLilliND TO FOWL PLAY. THE gm Bturt RIBBON.—The Duke of Cleveland, it is said, will get the blue ribbon vacant by the demise of the Earl of Chatham. Thus the last honour that the Sovereign can bestow w ill admit the noble ley of his Grace of Cleveland. Most hand somely has the duke been repaid for the votive offering of six boroughs on the altar of his country. A marquisate, a duke dom, and the garter! The account of the rich peer is nicely balanced. We query if the sacrifice of one borough, now-a days, Would get the " fortunate owner," as Tom Dish used to say of his prize -tickets, a poor baron's coronet. But the Gar ter! What does immortal Will Shakspeare say in Henry Vi., touching the establishment:— "When first the order was obtained, my lords, Knights of the Garter were of noble birth, Valiant and virtuous, full of haughty courage; Such as were grown to credit by the wars, Nor fearing death, nor shrinking from distress, But always resolute in most extremes. He then that is not furnished in this sort, Path but usurp the sacred name of knight, Pufanily this most hoi'Murable order." Nobody can deny but that his Grace of Cleveland comes up to SHAKSPEARIeS Staudi•"?. r- " -=4=. , -Sin W. Fot4.eTr's DINNEII.—Thy dinner to be given to Fir William Follett by his constituents,.at..the Sabkript.ion-roonts; on Wednesday, the 21st instant, is eipcted to. be the most splendid affair that has ever talten place in this In atidi, tine .to his. friends in thin city, a considerable number of the principal gentlemen of the neighbourhood have expressed their intention of paving the learned knight the compliment of their presence, and the, two members of this division of the ; bounty have, We learn, intimated to the committee that they also will attend. The flight lion. Lord . 11olle, with his usual munifi cence on all conservative festivals, haS offerod.a splendid con tribution- of game and venison for. the ,occasion,,and other gen 7 tlemen haVe resolved to do' honour to it in asirilar..manner, Great expectation is excited on this meetingg thrum:t - mitt the neighbourhood, and the committee are indefatigable,,in pleting their arrangements for the accommodatioi of the numerous guests that are expected on this occasion.— Went?* Luminary. - • , - Loss OF HIS MAJESTY'S FRIGATE CHALLENGER.—Ports mouth, o.:toher 14.—The Conway frigate is just arrived from Rio de Janeiro, which she left on the 31st of August, with 2,000,0(X) dollars on board, on account of merchants, ,rill with the officers and ship's company of the Challenger,' which .was wrecked on the coast of Chili on the 15th of May. The whole of the, ship's company were saved, with the exception of Mr. Gordon, m►dshipman, and one seaman, and were taken off the coast (where they were in danger of being attacked by the hos tile Indians for twenty-seven days) by the Blonde frigate. The Notizie del Giorno of Home, of the Ist instant, announces that the stupendous. works, at Tivoli, for diverting the channel of the Arno thrwigh a tunnel in the Monte Catillo, being now completed, the Pope was to, proceed to that,eity on the 6th in stant, for the purpose of being present at the, deviation of the channel of the river on the following day. In the evening there will be a magnificent discharge of firewoi ks on the top of Monte Catillo. The same journal announces that a violent hurri,,:ane at Messina, on the 19th ult., and a subsequent inundation, caused the loss of 37 lives and considerable damage to the t“wt and sutrounding country. A great number of cattle were washed into tha sea. PeNistimENT OF DxsTn.—According to a Garman paper the Great Council 4:Eurich has adopted a new criminal code. Herr Zehncler made ihnotion to abolish altogether the punish- Here merit of death; but though his arguments were generally ap proved of they were not of sufficient force to carry conviction. . The punishment of death is continued for certain crimes, but is henceforward to be inflicted by the guillotine. ' SctiNF. AT QuAnTan Baas.—Sir Thomas Picton wit; tutted incoueenienced during this day for want Of, a horse: that which had carried him on the 16th was injured ; and as his staff ser vants, who were fresh from England, could not be found during the night, be was under the necessity of taking a trooper's horse : and we are assured that the general wasriding about on the 17th upon a hrirse without a saddle; while Captain Tyler, who was constantly with him durimathe whole of this day, was mounted on a pony with a,lialter. Towards night, however, the servants came back;, when the account whicit they ,gave of themselves caused the general and his staff no little amusement. - Picton commenced reprimanding them, in rather . eeyere terms for piesoming to leefve the field; hut nue Of, the amielt;" abs un dertook to be spokesman on the occasien, exeleinen their ab sence by sayiug, " About the middle of the battle of the day previous, the shot had down elsoul them so thick, although a good was in the rear, that they all agreed it was better to go further off, for fear some of the horses should be hurt." This quite disarmed the general of his anger, and he laughed heartily at the simplicity of this easeful guatdiau of his property. Be fore night the whole of the allied army was formed its position 'in the plaids of Waterloo. In one of the most .frightful and sanguinary sti swedes of the battle of Quartre Bras, where Pic ton's valour and generalship were most splendidly conspicuous that general kept at the head of their line, stimulating them by his own example. According to the Duke of Wellington's dis patch, "this was one of the most serious attacks made .by the enemy on our position." To defeat it was therefore of, vital ins oortance to the success of the day. Picton knew this, and; doubtless, felt that his own presence would tend greatly to in spire his men with confidence. He Was looking at his gallant line, waving thenton with.his sword, when ~ a ball struck him on the temple, and he fell bark upon his, horse—dead Capt. Tyler, seeing him tall, immediately cliSmonuted and ran to his aseistauce: with the aid of a soldier he lifted hiin off his horse; but all assistance was vain-ethe noble spirit was fled. The rush of war had passed on, the contending hosts had met, and none could be idle at such a moment. Tyler, therefore, placed the the body of his lamented friend and general beneath a tree, by which he could readily find it when the fight was done; and he rode forward to report to Sir James Kempf the limes which the army had sustained. That general, as senior officer, im mediately assumed the command of the division; but " Pinton' intrepid example hail done its work. Animated by their gallant chief, the men fought with a degree of fury which nothing could appal or resist." * * * * In so bad a state was the wound which Picton had received on the 16th, that it was supposed I that, from it being neglected, from.the great personal exertions which he had gone through, and the excitement necessarily at tendant upon so great a victory, the result would have been fa tal, even had lie escaped entirely on the 18th. Of Picion's. four aides-de-camp, not one remained unhurt after this sanguit'ary battle.—Merneirs of Lieat.-Gen. Sir Thomas Picton. .. Sir James Mackintosh gives the following opinion of Ho e Barth, as stated by his son in his Life , just published :—"- I per, form my promise of giving you some account of what I have been readiugin Hogarth. I do not think it is quite justice to say that he was a great comic genius. It is more true that he was a great master of the tragedy and comedy of low life. His pictures have terrific and pathetic circumstances, and even scenes; he was a Lille as well as a Fielding. His sphere; which was English low life, was contracted indeed, compared to that of Shakspeare, who ranged through human nature in all times, countries, ranks, and forms ; but he resembled Shak spear° in the versatility of his talent, which could be either tragic or comic; and in a propensity, natural to such a talent, to blend tragic with comic circumstances."—Life of Sir James Nackintosh. . . IIER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO OXIPOIth.--A meeting of the Heads of the University is to be held on Monday morning at Chriet Church, to prepare an address to her majesty on her arrival in Oxford. It was at first intended that the Dean should have the honour of entertaining her inejesty at Christ Church, but the accommodations at the Deanery were found inadequate to the reception of so large a retinue, and her majesty was reluctantly compelled to decline the proffered hospitality. The Archbishop of York also proffered the use of his noble mansion at Niineham to the royal party, but this, too, was declined, probably on ace count of its dfitancie from the University. Her Majesty will, we believe, arrive about one o'clock. She will be accompanied by the Duches of SaxesWeinier, Prince George of Cambridge,- Prince Earnest, Earl Howe, the Earl of Mayo, the Earl of Denbigh, the lion. William Ashley, her majesty's Vice Cham berlain, and other distinguished persons. Immediately on her arrival the Chancellor, accompanied by the Vice-Chancellor, will pay their respectful duty to her majesty, proceeding in state to welcome her to the University. After which the Queen will honour the Theistic with her presence, to receive the University Address, and witness the ceremony of conferring honorary de grees upon Prince Eruest, Earls Howe and Deubigh, and moot the Vice-Chamberlain, Mr. Ashley. This will take place about .three o'clock, Her majesty will next receive the address from the City. In the evening she will entertain a select party at dinner, anti from half-past nine to eleven bold a drawing-room, to which members of the University (of the degree of Master of Arts at least) and their ladies, es well as the more distinguished personages of the county, will have the entrea. On Tuesday her majesty will view the University. She will firstisonour Christ Church with her presence, and be received by the Dean, Can ons. Students, and Society at large. in their noble hall, at eleven o'clock. 'thence Mist will visit the Bodleian Library, the Radcliffe, and some of the principal huiidiugs of the Usti. versity, including Queen's College, -e here her majesty has been graciously pleased to signify her Intention to partake of an en tertainment provided by the provost and fellows of her own soe ciety. It is probable that the University printing-efface will he the last object of curiosity visited by hermajesty, who will again entertain a select party at dinner, but not hold a second draw, ing-room. The City will be illuminated in the evening during her majesty's star. , - . •• k ROY 41. NI AIthEAGES.—A letter of the 7th instant from Frank fort(tin has the foileWing: , -" It is said that i at Tooliti tiro man i ag es were proposed, with a g view of drawieg the conferences still closer the alliance between Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The Emperor Nicholas has demanded for his son, the heredi tary prince, who is about eighteen years of age, the hated of the Archduke Charles's daughter, who is seventeen, and offered to unite his daughter, the P rincess Olga, with Prince William, the King of Prussia's nephew: These plans, however, have; it is rumoured, met with obstacles. King Frederick William, on the proposal being made to hits; inquired. whether Prince Wit s Liam might nut, on his union with the Princess Olga, obtain that part of the kingdom of Poland which} is under the sceptre of the czar' This suggestion seemed to be very displeasing to the Emperor Nicholas, who has no intentioti of relinquishing his hold on Poland, neither have the Poles anyagreaterdesire to be under the dominion of a Prussian prince than to remain under that of Russia. The Archduke CharleS has frequently assured his daughter that she should not be. sacrificed .to polie tical views, and that she should be allowed to consult her own feelings its the choice of a husband. The Princesi Theresa does not appear to have any inclinatit.n to live in Russia, and it' site sbouni reuse the hand of a Russian pituce she will ear• tainly not offend her father."—Galignani. MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.—A letter has been received, by the coileceor of customs, stating that the schooner Agenora, of Belfast, SaMes Fitzsimmons, master, on her passage from Sligo to London, laden with oats and butter, was driven on shore, on the morning of the 10th instant, four miles to the westward Of that -place, and went to 'pieces; and, inelaneholy to relate, till the-crew perished. A man from the shore, who was,is the act of saving some of the wreck. was also .drowaetl. Part of her cargo, consisting of butter, is washing on shore; but none of the bodies of the sufferers had been found when the letter left that place.Nortliern Whig. Thomas Rielv and Judith Littleton were married last week by the Rev. deorge Langford in the :church of O'Brien's bridge. The bridegroom is 86 years of age, and the lady of hii choice is 84 years! ' Tea TEA rHADE,—There still continues to he an absence of animation in the sales of free trade teas now in progress, the greater part of those offered having been bought in by the mer chews. It is believed that nimt less than 40.0(X)lbs. of tea will he the amount of clearances this year, showing a considerable augmentation its the consumption since the East IndiaCompuny's trailing monopoly : has been discontinued. Fur exportatiou also there has been an increased delivery. • ANLCDOTE OF PicroN.—At the close of the peninstilar War, Sir Thema! , Picton received the well-deserved thanks of parlia ment fur his brilliant servicese and this strong man, a second Talus with his iron flail, was utterly unnerved as he rose to stammer uut his acknowledgments of this public honour. But we are elsewhere told, and the fart is curious, that on "being present when the celebrated Ireland threw a somerset overt a dozen grenadiers standing at' present arms,' with fixed bayonets, he treinbled like a leaf, and held his head down while Ireland jumped ; nor did he look up until he had first asked, ' Has,he done it ?' When assured he had, he said, 'A battle is nothing to that.'" Fleet*: asi) THE PEERAGE.— in the year 1815, Sir Thomas Picton was eieveted to the rank of Knight Crawl Cross, the lest and highest honour bestowed upon bun; Whilst many of ,Isis companions in arms had been rewarded with peerages for ser vices, to say the least of them, not more distinguished than his. His own spirited remark, when a friend naked him why his name was omitted amongst the new creation of peel's, is characteristic of the man:—" If the coronet mere lyiti nis the crown of a breach, I should have as " moat a chalice as any of them," was his reply; and time world will now admit that there was no va nity in the assertion. MORNING WALE:S.—TO a person in roll v; g oor a good walk in the country before breakfast may he bight)" beneficial and gx hilirating, while to an iuvalid or delicate person it will prove more detrimental than useful, and will induce a senStaof weari ness which will spoil the plea Sure of the whole day, ,Blany Are deceived by the current practical praises Of the freehfiess of the moruiug, and hurt themselves in summer by seeking health in untimely promenades.—Cbmbe's Physiology. . . . The sale by auction of the personal property of the late 1 - 441-1 of Devon, in Paris, finished on Thurecia v.. 't he hooka feinted, the last item, and went high. Dorl4ei',CAumiat Register (74 c ols. ) brought betweet 70° and 750 francs (f,28 to £3oBritieh.f The jewels, which Were fine and in, great wanlity, sold cheap.. The produce of the entire sale is variously reported from £30,000, to £60,000 British, all of. which, with other . property, in all, it is said, £lOO,OOO or 1:120,000 goes to his lordship's lisutiei; "'' , A -