The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-05-12 00:00:00

NI A V 1') the empire. We are most atrxiana fere - tire -future prosperity of Jamaica; and being persuaded that in withholding the informa tion which we possess we might aid in hastening its destruction, we therefore fearlessly come forward and place the evils by which we are surrounded in one view before our fellow-subjects" in the mother country; and if they will our utter ruin we must submit to our fateotnalleave the rest to Divine Providence. Our files from Demerara are to the 28th March. The • complaints of, idleness and insuliordination are as loud in that colony as in. Jamaica .The Gutana Chronicle of the 25th March says : • • With all the aid which a judicious administration of the laws in the hands of an efficient magistrate, can produce to maintain peace and good order, the state of the negroes on the La Peni tence estate does not materially improve. There, punishment succeedS punishment, accompanied with• all the rigour which the law allows; and yet the obitinate spirit of these , misguided people remains unconquered, and but little (if at all) amended. We believe that, at thiS moment, there is scarcely one effec tive: negrnwoman on this estate who is not Undergoing sonic species. . of punishinent, to which she. has been condemned for her misconduct, and, consequently, that all the labour is'per; formed by the Men gang; : but even among these, who have lately been behaving tolerably well, the evil. examples of the women have produced the baneful effects to he naturally ex pected, as we were yesterday informed that upwards of twenty had absconded from the estate.- • *To attempt to calculate the loss which the proprietor of this estate is sustaining, is impossible; it must, however, be enor mous. This; however, thonikmiost" distressing to contemplate, is a matter at individual consideration ; yet it ought to be re-' membered that the fate of "One may be the fate of all; and we feel assured that, unless the insurrectionary spirit of the La Penitence negroes be speedily quelled; it cannot fail to spread,' and cause the negroes of other estates to follOw the seine mis guided course. We . haneiipolzemof this. before; but the topic is one of such moment, that me nifty well stand excused in once lucre urging it upon the public notice and the attention of the executive. that can bettlone , iiya[magistcate, witlithe fet- WeiPpoi - eriVonferreil by'the ordinance, weknow will be at t•mpted by Mr. Kellock, Should he, hiiweier, fail, it becomes incumbent upon the executive, for•the wOlfare and safety of the .colony committed to charge,: immediately to arm him with additional authority which shall be sufficiently effective to en --,force good order and industry, and to subdue the evil spirit. which now defies the present power of the magistrates. "series f harassing .i puins,hments, unrocnittingly for a space of Weeks; and perhaps niay, no doubt, ultimately conquer the obstiinicy;of tbete'people, with even the -limited powers now held by the.M . agistrates... .This is not politic, however; it is not justice to the interests o 7 the colOny at large. Such outrages as are daily offered' to the laws by the La Pe pnople,, ahould .hc f represW,as they. , arise. The cure of the evil should not be lingering and protracled, but summary and effective; and every day, every hour that is , allowed te elapse with a 40atinaaace of such a state of thiogs, but increases the hazard of the baneful' Spirit extending, and diminishes the hopes of peace and prosperity to.the oultiny. Affairs continue to 'be in a very agitated, unsettled and unsatisfactory state in :Lower Canada. We have just received a copy of the petition to the king'from the British settlers, which we shall endeavour to make room foton Friday, but the nature.of which will be gathered from.the following extract of a. letter from a gentleman resident in Quebec to a friend here. The letter is' dated the 2d April :-- • " I enclose a printed copy of our address to the king'for yoar information, and am sure you 'will feel interested for your fellow countrymen here, Who are . non living under the tyrant:97 of a Preneh majority in the assembly. While your friends in the West Indies are suffering under the arbitrary acts of the governors, we are suffering under those of the popular branch. The fact is,• thOngh the country has bein subdued by British arms, it has been virtually surrendered to the people so sub dued, by the free constitution which hai been granted to it—;-the representatives using it, not as men composing part of the great British family, but like enetnies to it, taking it up as arms in their hands td annoy the donors." in the New York Commercial Advertiser of the 13th ult., 'we find the following remarks relative to a' BritiSh colony " Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, Sept. 26, 1831.—You may rest assured, that the people here, like those of all colonies, hu/d their dependence upon Britain only so long as they are un ubte to do witheni . it....'l'he very moment they find themselves in a situation to become independent, that will be the moment of their becoming so: 'Republican:institutions are so congenial to the' habits' and associations'of mind of every new people, that, .of course. such will be the basis of whatever governinent they join; and they-will turn toWards.:the freest country on the face of the earth—tire gloriOus United America-as of Americaos the nation ,with which to form the closest alliance. At this moment, American .ships are most welcome here; end . I am ,couvinced that a coin ' inercial intercourse, most advantageous to both people, might be, and would be established, notwithstanding the distance, if the situation of theie colonies" Waii.generally known. Perhaps it may he best understood when I _give you one appalling fact. Van Diemen's•Land is now, and must be ever from its very nature, dependent for . foo'd . from Without'. It cannot produce enough for the maintenance of its present scanty population, (30,000 new, women,' and -ebildren;)—how Much less able will itsbe to &ciao as that 'pbpulation increases. = 'Wheat cannot be grown here for less than six sbillings.• sterling money the of sixty pounda-ineeight; flour, stiout Xi the kezt4set poundsireight. This katherinimum. The price is seldom s'n low. Atpresent, wheraLis shillings . tipp. bushel; flour, forty shillings the hundred. ' ion may now judge • Iwwfar this - .Market would suit Ame . rican ships lobring flour. The price may always be reckoned upon with certainty as above the minimum. In return, there is wool of the' finest quality,, which never vouches more than'lsd. per lb. beie—the'averirge price may be taken tit ' - • We agree with this writer that republican ipstitutions are most 'congenial to! the • habits of a " new people," that is to say, a people in the 'first stage of. civilization. .That there are, in the characteristics which distinguish the, people in . cktir• Penal -, gettletheufs of New South Waleslmar l y points in .common with, ..and in close analogy to, those which belong to the, inhabitants of the -United States, we are willing' to adroit. A large portion of the• latter people have had a:similar origin ; compul sory emigration having done for the fathers and mothers •of - our colonists beyond. the Cape what it did, for the ancestors of these who call themselves the free citizens of the.'' glorious United States of America." There are at present in New South Wales, as there were in Arne .4ica an hundred years ago, - many families of pure blood and untainted reputation ; but it would be absurd' to deny. that bah settlements. had their commencement in the tradsportation 'of felting. - The cruel' code under which clever persons who .had Wien certain liberties on the - streets by. day,' or had, 'through mistake, entered their rreighbonts' house, shop, or , warehouse by night, earrying,..aivay' from .the said places property which un fortunately did not belong•to them, and 'which ienbrstnt eildiwonten at the Old Bailey absurdly supposed they had etolin; or bad an intention to ateal,—this cruel code and these ungenerous prejudice% -led to the formation of the •Coltinies in question: Modern patriot% it' is true,. have dcne . much - to wipe away -.some" of the ignomtay - Which false sentiment, and national bigotry; have attached to conclbet in itself perfeetly innocent, and 'which . was nothing more than the . ' effervescence 'of public spirit, buoyant with, primitive nobleness, ,bursting the bonds of 141avisli dependence, .breaking . ,the - shackles of intolerant law, and,.eitablishing the'und4bted prerogatives of pure liberty. Our foolish ancestors werethe unworthy instruments p6rtentemt 'dispensations: without' being ,::_conscious , of it. • They imagined they:Were—punishing thieves. They supposed that they were .founding colonial gaols 77-carrying crime to the extremities of the, empire-- . locating the convict in a settleinent, the bolts, tars, and manacles of -Which would hold him in restraint, whereas; on the contrary, - they• were, as time has shown, only sow- in g the seed of freedom, laying the: corner-stones of so many "glorious" repUblics--making• Nevvgate the cra dling place of heroes—the bulks the college of philoso ‘. .iihers-÷the convict-ship the passport to fame—the brand the , mark of hononr—the sentence of the judge an intro dnetory letter t 6 the gOddeis The schoolmaster laughs at our former ignorance and hemay-1 How many RUSSELL did we not deport to- the ted States,in,former times, for no other apparent (Aimee than that of 'having at the door of 'a - theatre; °yin a crowded street, thrdst their hands into Pockets which, being invitingly . open, they ,generously Undertook to protect! Good men were, in the slang. of the day; called thieves simply because' they protected the , Public by taking .valuable articles in order to prevent 'hem from falling into the hands of unprincipled and rapacious men, In later times, to the credit of the coun- ' try be it said, we have seen men rise to be aldermen of London who have, on principles of philanthropy and generosity, most kindly 'interfered in order to restore stolen property- to its lawful owner.. That we consider a redeeming point. It brushes away Inads of our national ains. teaches this important moral lesson--that cor - ,r.,npt though the times beoie have civic functionaries who have nothing so much at heart as the gaud of their • co.linArY The American who. Wrilgs in ,the Yew York paper, Whose letter we have in part quoted, proves himself to be a philanthropist of this rare-and invaluable breed—a man Whoni we are bound to honour.- He is moreover a re- Publican of the finet water... He shows that lie . bwi read bistoiy, and that 1i undefstands the character of hi, eountrymen. He is evidently quite at home in Hobart Tou-n. All "tree` and "glorious" republics, he informs 0 us, are the creations of "new people;" and, although delicacy restrains him from pointing out in an invidious way the parent stock of the." new people," yet we are led , to take for granted that they settled in the original colony under peculiar disadvantages, and not altogether as free ' agents. But,he this-as it may, one thing is clear enough, and exceedingly curious. There is obviously a strong sympathy between the inhabitants of these distant settle ' clients and the citizens of the United States. How is this ? They have rarely. if ever come into contact. They are situated on the opposite sides of the globe, and yet we are assured by this New York correspondent , that Four colonists " turn towards the freest country on the face of the earth—the glorious United States of ' Ameria—as the nation with which to form the closest al liance." It is natural, we confess, for persons peculiarly situated to desire the largest *share of freedom, and hence the admiration cf the United States by certalb; subjects of ,the King of Great Britain. But can any one explain how this attachment happens to be recipro cal. The Correspondent says—" American ships are most welcome here, and I am convinced that a commer cial intercourse most adva n tageous to both 0) people might and would be established." • He then proceeds to say, " Wheat is sixteen shillings the bushel, flour forty shillings the hundred. You may now judge how far this market would vat American shi p s to bring FLOUR I" The gist of the; argdrnent is 'this. Thee ll eolonists of Hobart ToWn, being " new people," are enamoured of the free institutions or America, and the citizens of America are in love with the , excellent market in Hobart Town for wheat _and flour! It iff libeitY in the one case and dollars - the othei—FaErnasi versus FLourt! , ----- • But another question arises, which we beg leave to submit to his majesty's Colonial ,secretary. Is it quite fair that the citizens of America should be encouraged in their scheMes of bartering don'', and republican princi ples at the same time, for money, in a colony belonging to England ? If it be an advantagepus market, why should not, the whole and exclusive benefit of it be given to the subjects of the King of England ? The shipping interest is not in so flourishing a condition that it can spare any traffic to the shipowners of the United States. We hope this question.will be asked by some member of the House of Commons on an early day. What is to become of Lord JOHN RUSSELL ? Will no gentleman of genuine Whig principles, who is the repre sentative of a numerous constituency, make way for the noble lord ? The leader of the house of , commons cannot conveniently do his work without a seat in the houie, and the man of the people, the parent of the reform bill, will not surely fall so low, and become so small, as to creep into the reformed parliament by one of its key holes, the Duke 'of BEDFORD pushing him in on one side of the door, and his lordship's nephew pulling him in on the other. This would never do. It might form the subject of an excellent, fancy sketch by H. .8., but it would be too serious a joke to he attempted in - reality. From Devonshire to a leap I Man chester would have been bad enough, but to fall so far doWn as BirMingham would be like tumbling out of the drawing-room into the 'coal-hole. And yet it is said that Lord JOHN has tio other choice between that and Tavistock, unless the scruples of Mr. MARK PHILIPS could be overcome, itnd Manchester could be induced to sanction a swop of its present member for a secretary of state, which, .it is said, the electors would readily do, inasmuch as' they would be gainers by the exchange. Tonight; however, it is . probable that the intentions of the noble lord will be made known. LONDON ~44rs,sr. NEWS. City, Saturday Evening, half-past Seven o'clock. The pressure for money continues here, and it has caused a - further.decline in the public securities. Consols for money to day have been as low as 82i, and for the account at 92A but closed a shade better than the former, being 92i 1, and the l a tt er at 92 4 1 .• The scarcity of money has likeivise produced a de cline in the floating securities; Exchequer Bills having fallen to 2830 prerriimn # and the iudia*Bends are 11 1:3.. tO 51 44 1 - ePort.et . l --detf — ak..of Valdez by Zaulatara.crom - irkftitiee to-day had a seriOas decluie in Spanish Bonds and Sciip, the former falling in-94; - and the latter to premium. The market, hoikevor, ralliediiiihrds the close, the last price of the Bonds being at GUI, and the Scrip at 9} prom. The decline on. COnsols has.canied - a great depression on all our foreign securities. Colombian left oft' at VI ;.. Chilian at 53 to ; Mexican at '47 ;. and Veruvian at 37. Portuguese 13onds closed. at 101% X ; Belgian at:101X 2 ; Dutch 5 per. Gents. are at. 102 h and the 21 per Cents. at 58. We are enabled, upo'n what we consider first-rate anthorit to contradict the reported defeat of Valdez, to which we have alluded above. So far from this the Carlists have been entirely drawn out of Navarre, and Valdez haL; possessed himself of the important defiles of Amescoas and Alzana. The success of the =Carlist general over Yriati appears arose as follows :—Driven by the superior forces of Valdez towards Biltios, he intercepted the detachment under Yriati, which had left that place in pur suit of some bands of Carlists. From the great superiority of Zumalacarregu!,the return of this detachment to Bilboa was rendered imNasible ; but as Valdez was rapidly following his opponent, the advantage was not likely to be either permanent or important. It is time indeed, for the sake of humanity, that this sanguinary conflict had terminated either one wiyor the other. Advices have been received from Tripoly to the 15th of March, up to which date the expedition sent by the Sultan had not arrived. The foreign consuls had addressed a joint protest to Mohammed Caramen - ti that he must respect all the European establishments if he wishes their nations to observe 'a neutrality. This protest had been productive of good effect, and the bombs fired into the town were only directed against the property of the Pacha Sidi Ali and against the vessels cruizing along the coast for the purpose of maintaining the blockade. The communication between'Tripoly and the coasts of France . and Italy was very difficult. The town was, however, well provisioned both with grain and cattle. • The only vessels of war at Tripoly were the English corvette Favourite and the French corvette-Delegento. Late advice!. from Bermuda give the particulars of the Enter prize,. Smith master, with 78 slaves, having put into the port of Hamilton., in consequence of being _blown off the American mita when on her passage frOm Alexandria to Charleston. On the following dhy Captain Smith declared himself ready for sea, and requested the offieers of his Majesty's Customs to report the Enterprise outwards, They, however, by the advice of the law officers of the crown, declined doing so until the pleasiire of the , governor was lznown regarding the staves. In the meantime, a Friendly Society, iaitituted by the tietter. description of the .coloured inhabitants, hearing that the unfortunate beings did really desire to be free, obtained from the chief justice a writ of habeas corpus 'to brifig then; all before hits.` The constable, with the Writ, went'off to the'ship, requesting' to see the master, and delivered him; the writ, .which, after .readiog„ Ile_ stated was . not properly served, and on-the constable declining tOjake it back it was - dropped into thebtittoinOf the hoat. The constable immediately returned,,to the Aorta to report proceedings. In the interim the master -having landed, west advised to plead - to the writ, and ultimata) , the whole of -the slaves were brought into court. After an examination they all, with the exception of a woman and five.children, aelared themselves desirous of remaining and being free -A subscription had been raised for them, and they - had all been provided with employment. 'lt was understeod that the Ameriedn captain intended to lay the tnat ter befOre the government: DEATH OP WILLIAM LINLEY, ESQ.—This accomplished Musical amateur died suddenly yesterday morning at his chim hers io Furnival's Inn. He had dined with the catch club on Thesday. Mr. Linley was the son of the writer of the music in the Dnenta, and' brother to the celebrated Mrs. Sheridan. He Wks :hinigilf a . very good composer and an excellent judge of Music. • Hi s d e a t h will be lamented by a very numerons.etrele of friends, , and by, the musical profession generally. He was verging on seventy years of age.— Landon paper. SEVERN. DROG:—The report of an intention to convertthe well,lcnoWn towei_upon Shooters'-bill to a place of public amuse ment by cutting flown the wood and formtng_pleasure-grounds, seems to be one of those long Yarns's° often told by the old tars of Greenwich. The property remains undistrub4l, and, so far as we have been able to collect information, there is no foun dation for the rumour. This fort can never acquire more cele brity than it has 'gained by appearing as a monument of the affection of Lady James for her gallant Ithsband.. The history of this prominent object is generally known :—Geriat, a strong town on the Malabar coast of India, was the principal port of the famous pirate Angria. In 1756 Commodore Jinnes was employed with a British.squadron to put aetop to the piracies. 'Angria defended hiinself in Geriat.' Upon a small island at the entrance of the harbour stood the fort of SO:ern Droog, which the commodore blew up, took the pirate prisoner, and gave effectual protection to our East India trade. A complete model of the fortress haYing been, transmitted to Lady James she erected one of a like form on Shooters'-hill, within the view from her own villa at Eltham, The property some time since' *as brought to the haMmer, and purchased by the late Alder man Blades, in whose family it remains at present. The views from .the different floors of the fort are varied and beautiful. The town of Woolwich. the docks; the Thames windiny, in, its conYse to the Metropolis, god a thousand pleasing objects de- , Ii ht the 'eye. By the hen of n glass, the Castle at Windsor, a;,d six counties, may be seen - . The Princess Charlotte of Wale/ once employed a' foreigner to paint a panorama from 146 e fort, but tare sudertalsitig. ftas never completed. THE rAvtizPooL sTANDAitiI DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF TWO STEAM BOILERS.-FIVE LIVES .LOSf. The neighbourlatiod of Vauxhall-road was thrown into great consternation, at'a quarter before three o'clock, yesterday'after noon, by the explosion of two steam boilers at Meisrs. Ring and Viears's sugar house, the bott'om of Ford-street, Vauxhall-road. Such was the force of the explosion that it carried away the whole roof of the building, blew down the newly-erected chim- ney, which fell upon a house in Maguire-street, occupied by Mr. Acton, his wile, and servant, carrying with it the roof, floors, furtiture, ',bedding, &c., &c., to the bottom rooms; ,In one of tkese Mr. Acton was sitting with his wife and a friend who ha just called upou him. The servant was in the upper part of the house, and escaped with a few contusions. As soon as she found herself able to speak she called out for assistance, and Mr. Gallemore, the late superintendent of the fire police, who chanced to belt' Maguire-street, ran to her aid, and, with some assistance, extricated her from the ruins. She informed her delilierers that• some persons were in the parlour. Mr. Gallemore immediately set some men to work to release them, and succeeded in getting out Mr. Acton, who must have sprung to the clOok on the first alarm. He was protected by a beam— which fell ,against the cheek of the door. By this time the girl was able to say that her mistress was also in the ruins. It appears that Mrs. Acton also left ,the Situa tion she was standing in and got to the back wall of the house, and; owing to this, saved her life. - The joist of the floor, in its descent, caught some :furniture which kep t it from jamming.her head against the wall; when foUnd, and she was not discovered until great exertions had been made, she was sitting with her spectacles on, and comparatively un hurt, although greatly exhauSted. Mr. Gallemore was 'then informed that a. visitor was atiOin the ruins; he and those who assisted him immediately commenced another 'search, - which after : fortyfive Minutes great exertions, were crowned with sue:: cess. Mr. John gincur,4'So. Pleasant-street, • the vi sitor of Mr. Ashton, 'had got close to the fire-place, and the an. cumulated weight of the roof, flooring, furniture, bricks, Cc., had 'fallen upon him and pressed dreadfully on his head and Hesentrbearm'earlr.lonble. 1.041,hia. being extricated.;, Mr: Sigley; the surgeon, pronounced that he breathed, hut on being taketi into the nearest public-house, he almost imtnedi atelycease4 to exigt. : .Thus, 'three out of four persons in Mr.. Aateres bonne were saved from a premature death, by the ex traerdinarY'e]tertions of a fe'W men who acted under • more's directions. 'rho number of persons who have kit theii lives in the Sugar House is not at present known. ' The cause-. of the accident was the trial of a new boiler, which, from being of insufficient s trength, exploded from its inability to bear the . pressure of the steam with which it was charged. IMmediataly after the first explosion, a second took place of the old boiler, occasioned by,_ the concussion and by the falling materials heaped upon it by the first shock. The report was not yeti' loud, although the explosion carried away the roof of the build- ing, and threw the furnace bars to a great length in the air, from • which they descended upon the roof of Mr. Acton's house. great number of bricks were carried into Vauxhall-road. The Sugar House has,' we understand, been shaken to its founda tion. (rcIITHIIR PARTICULARS.) The unfortunate men who have met with a premature death, it is supposed, are five in number, although it is not known how many were engaged upon the premises. There arc three dead bodies, taken from the ruins, now lying at Adams's public-house in Vauxhall-road, one of whom is the engineeraThe servant of Mr. Adams, who was in the upper room pulling up the blinds when the accident occurred, escaped unhurt, although the particles of the chimney passed through the room in which she was engaged. Two of the men killed Were engaged , in white washing a neighbouring cottage When the chimney fell. The bodies of the poor men when taken from the ruins, presented a most shocking and mutilated appearance. As 80012 as the watch was set,' Mr. Whitty and his men wero promptly in al. tendance, to protect the property of the unfortunate sufferers• the property Of a market woman with whom he worked. It was stated by Mr. Graham, the active and obliging superin tendent of the market, that the prisoner for some time had been suspected of robbery, for almost every person who had employed him had missed property. The case against the pri soner Wus fully substantiated, and he was committed for trial. ASSAULT ow A WATCHMAN.---JaMeS Foster, a respectable looking . young man, was char g ed w ith assau lti ng -Wi l li ams, a watchman, on Sunday night, under the following circum stances:—The prisoner it appears was found drunk in the streets by a captain of - the watch, who, seeing the state lie was in, gave him to Williams, to pass on to Berry -street, where he said . be lived. Williams had not proceeded fur with his charge when the prisoner made a sudden stop at a public-house door, saying that he lodged in the house. Williams knocked the landlord up, who said, that he kept no l o d g e r; and did not know the prisoner. Williams's stick was then resting against the AQ01:, and the prisoner laid hold of it, threw it into the mid dle of the'street, and then turn e d roun d, an d , as a recompense for the trouble the watchman bad keen at, struck him a violent blow on the head. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he was drunk, and the magistrates, believing the assertion, fined him r's for that offence, and held him to bail fur the assault. DISMISSAL of A CONSTABLE.—One of the police officers, named Shepherd, who also acts in the capacity of gardener at the Mount, was placed at the bar, charged with disorderly con duct at the Town-half, on the sabbath, whilst influenced by 4'rink. The Mayor told him that he was sorry to see a person wearing the town livery at the dock on such a charge, but he was determined to make a public example of him. He then told the prisoner to leave his dress at the treasury office, and consider himself discharged from the police service. The pri soner attempted to excuse himself, . .but the Mayor would ' not hear it. Four women of depraved character,. of the names of Fairley, Bris, Laton, and Thompson, who were brought up a few days days ago, charged with robbing an Irishman, named Richard Shield, of Belfast, of nearly 1:60 in notes awl sovereigns, at a disorderly house in Scotland-road, were again brought up to day, and fully committed for trial. LGUAL NEWS. . . . person who has re eentiv returned from ConveYing prisoners. to the hylks, states. that fioger Whitehead, the unfortunate man, : late a solicitor.in this town, who was convicted of forging a deed at the late assizes, died a few days ago on board one of his Majesty's , prison Alpe, at Woolwich, where he was lying preparatory II) Sentence being carried into execution. PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO LIEUTENANT ARMSTRONO t i,?t , 1 . 3 U URSCOGH, NEAR OR AISKI IIK .—O n S a t ur d ay l ast t h e a b ove named gentleman was presented with an elegant tea service of plate by.his conservative friends, as a token of respect for his tritlefatigable exertions during: the late. contested election. for thelinithern division of this county.. We think the complimevit will be best unde rs t o od by g i v i ng the inscription which the plate : 'bee.rSt-I-Presented to Lieutenant Armstrong, by his neighbotirs and friends, -in acknowledgment of his triumphant success dui: ing the election of 1535, in the cause of his; church, his .king,, and his country. AWFUL MISTAKE—THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE ELEUTION.— In no place did the late arduous and victorious contest in-South ; Devonshire excite more interest than in Liver Pool, and in no town could the whigs be more confident of returning Lord John :by a triumphant m a jo r ity. Th e r esu lt o f t h e fi rst day's poll was anxiously looked tor by both- parties, as being a criterion to judge by of the event of the election; but it was never for a moment doubted by the Liverpool whigs of the success o f th e i r favourite. The Bristol mail of Wednesday was the convey a n ce by which the news was expected, and persons of different poli ;Leal views repaired to St. George's Pier-head, about twelve o'clock, to await the arrival of the mail. Amongst the parties thus congregated was observed a select coterie of whigs, who generally assemble at a publisher's shop in Castle-gtreet, to talk over the news of the day, open the scan. may. budget, con coct rules for the reforiu association, and transact other busi neis for the town generally. Despite the whistling of the winds, which were so high as to'cause a more than ordinary chattering of their teetb, the party stood waiting for the glo rious intelligence, anxious to be the first communicants on 'Change and elsewhere. By half-past twelve, the steamer, big with the mail and the fate of Devon, hove in sight to the great joy of-all present: The sanguine clique of whiglings being too impatient to await the landing of the mail, no sooner espied his.Maiesty's red.coatedmessenger than their leader, a pod looking turtle-demolishing sort of personage, With- tolerable lungs, hailed him with—" Rollo ' my hearty, what majority?" "'Six hundred and o dd," replied the guard. Huzza; shouted the interrogator ; h uzza, chorussed his party, and then scam .pertd off to the rendezvous to relate the glad tidings. ' A printer was instantly sent for to prepare a placard with the utmost despatch, for the purpose of informing the tii*n of the great victory achieved over the tories of South Devonshire, when lor Even before the piinter's copy was ready for the ope ration the mail bag was landed, and the majority discovered to be on the other side ! The mistake being ascertained, the dupes' attempted to laugh; but, lye are told from excellent authority, that their grins were horrible and malignant. Under ".the-awful circumstances" in which they were placed; -it was deemed proper to hold a private meeting at the back part of the shop, when it was unanimously resolved to -bind each per son toSecrecy; for the purpose of preventin , the rascally tories froth bearing anythiug of the incident. Our informant, who saw unseen, says the scene was highly ludicrous. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Yesterday the fancy fair and illu minations at these gardens should have taken place; but in consequence of the tnauspicous state of the weather the fete was postponed until this day, if the weather prove tine, if not, a further postponement will take place until, Monday and Tuesday next. QUICK SAILING.—The British barque Lawrence, Captain H. Gill, left this port 21st July, 18,31, with a full cargo, for Calcutta, was in the river Hoogley 30 days„disCharged, and :loaded a second cargo for the Mauritius, remained there 31 Mays, discharged, and loaded a third cargo, and arrived backat Liverpool 11th May, thus accomplishing the round in the short apace of nine mouths and eneteen days. •Tr - ACET s-RAILWAT UollirrANlhN AND CTV11140A.../ 4 441)- n4iAT4.. I:tritaaTeft Guins.—Liverpool, Henry Lieey, Bold-street.— ~The Railway Companion will be fuund an excellent guide to .:0.11 who come to this emporium of commerce, either in the pur. -auk of business, or for the purpose of gtatifyinv , their cariosity. A short account of every object worthy of , " notice' in both towns, likely to interest the stranger, is given,. tOgetberWith a Masa of valuable information in a condenled 'fortn,' This is arranged so as 'to be easily available, and mciie,pattiCularly to' strangers,and to those who are unacquainted with theirlocaliiies. It also contains the names of the several stations on the rail way, with remarks upon the peculiarities of the„grountyand the villages, gentlemen's houses, or workS in its vicinitc. The Railway Companion will, for these reasons, ,prove u. faithful' guide and pleasant companion to all Who may huvc occasion to visit Liverpool aml.Mauchester, whether alieni . or Briton's. LYCEUM Naves-ROOM.—We perceive, by the' advertisement, that this is the period of the annual subscription. to this elegant and commodious news-room, and doubt not that our towermirn will gladly avail themselves, at this period or, political le :ette ment, of the advafitage which it holds Out to them atsu a rate. • • -• • • .. 'FaEs -Lseoun.—An emigrant G erman yout h , w h o l ate l y arrived here, .hearing that the negroes aratubleif at digging seventy-six cane holes a-day, undert oo k for a sinall bet to - dig two hundred by two &clock, a task which he performed with great ease with a pick-axe and spade.---If such - taborif cOuld be continuous, it is evident that. one European labourer is equal to three negroes. Three hundred more emigrant labourers are daily expected.—Jamoica Despatch. • ENCOURAGEiMENT.TO BACHELORS.—Marriage is held in such high repute at the remote settlement of Galenalead mines, that the young men have formed themselves into a hymeneal society, and establisheda set of prerniutns to the first members that en ter into 'the 'bonds of wedlock : a suit of clothes, value sixty dollars, to the first ; another, fifty dollars, to the second; and ...forty-five dollars to the third.—American paper,' • FLY LEAvEs.—No sooner had the ' Re'verefid• DiYine,ivho was appointed to preach a charity serinon at one .of, the northern chapels ofthe metropolis, ascended the pulpit on Sun !day last, than by some strange mischance, the leaves of his' ser- Mon, which had been but slightly tacked together, took their flight by slipping off the cushion and falling in a heavy shower _on the heads of the coogi . egation; who, with the aid of the :ileadle and pew openers, were for sOtne time engaged in re-col blecting the flying leaves. : SINGULAR TASTe Or AN 'Ass.—There is now in the irSses sioa of Mr. John NValton, farmer, of Great Lever, near Bolton, :a'inale ass, which is known to be nearly fifty years of age.. He 'is named " and prefers tobacco to any other kind of 'Food; he is likewise very fond of a pinch of snuff. M Onr infor ant has within these few days seen Billy via - sticat large 'laid of pigtail with as touch your as any. ack tar in his. Majesty's service. When he had finished t he tobacco a. pinch of strong. Yippee was administered, which Bill snuffed without the:, least demur, and curling up his olfactory ,organ, delivered, one of these' charming Solos so peculia r. t o hi s species,. Billy is Chiefly . eMciloYed in carrying milk from, his master's farm to Bolton; .afid ir. Mr. Walton as any other businesi to. transact in the itoten, he can leave Billy with security at the door of a.customer, Whence he will'not budge an inch' until he heats his master's . ( Voice. Billy is inVitittbly accompanied on bis . jetirnies to Bai r a stnall.cur dog; which.it so attached to him that in the ii c f"Mir. Walton he takes his'station'chik to Billy: atal will not suffer any strauger to come near hini.—Mauchester '):. EyrttusiAssi,—Mrs. Charlotte Smith wai once larnentinz agentleman the extavagant projects and wild absurdities oilier ilhosband, and saying she wished it were possible:•LO engage .bins inAorne rational pursuit that would lead hirwinto expense. The `,gentleman suggested, that as lie was so much clisposedto eathu 4iagru, perhaps the most safe object to which it could be direct ed would be religion. " Oh! for heaven's sake, she exclaim "do not put it into his head to take to religion; for if l ie does he will instantly set about building a. cathedral."—.-Mcmoi r prefixed to the Hon. Mr.- Spencer's collected Poems: • :Died on Saturday week, in th'e workhouse of St. Matgaret's, -Westminster, at the advanced age of 106 years, Catharine Crow. She had been an inmate of the workbouse'manv years, and previous to ber being compelled,, in consequence having Outlived all her relations and friends, to seek parochial assist ance, had been a rate-payer in Westminster fur 'lO years. Her „propriety of conduct during her residence lit the workhouse iniluted rainy respectable ladies in the neighbnitritood frequent ly• to visit her, and, last year the overseers of the parish presented the churchwardens with a very well-executed portrait of the old lady, which has been placed in the board-roont by, the side of ,triat Of . Margaret Patten, who died several years since in . the lame workhouse at the still more advanced age of (it is said) 136 years. SIR CHARLES BAGOT.—VIENNA. :APRIL 26.---Sia Charles Bagot, who has come here as ambassador extraordinary' from the King of Great Britain; but who is, in fact, going ne ambas sador to St. Petersburgh, will receive- the diplomatic body to morrow and &de-yeller. Hence it is inferred that Sir Charles will remain here for a time, to see what turn affairs take in Lon don, before he sets out for Russia. Count Orloff has already left us.—Augsburgh Gazette. A few days ago there was found in one of the numerous caves at Laon. in the Aisne, a gold coin of the reign of Charles VII., called eeu ala couronne. It is in fine preservation, and is sup posed to have been struck in 1456, the, age of Joan of Arc, Agnes Sorel, and the Beau Dunois, since which 379 years have elapsed. Its intrinsic value is 12fr. CARLISLE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—We have again to record a most ,gratifying proceeding, and gratifying because in valuable at sock a moment as this, in the ceremony, of enrolling the members of the Carlisle Conservative Association. To see the crowd of different classes of ear felloW-citizens flock to the conservative, standard that has been set up, and declar e th e ir devotion to ifs righteons cause, does indeed give certain assur ance that the none bf conservative feeling is greatly increasing in ardency, and spreading in extent around as; and, if that feel ing can by means of such associations be more generally and vigorously directed to the support of our glorious protestant con stitution, we cannot believe that' the utmost rage and, malice of its enemies will *of prevai against it —Catli4e Patriot: LIVERPOOL POLIOE.-FRIDAY. (Before Mr. Alderman SANDBACH.) SEntous ROI3[I,ER V.BY AN OFFICE' Bor.- 7 --A lad, apparently not more than. twelve years . of age, was placed at the bar, al ong with his mother, a well-dressed , and rather . genteel-looking woman, charged with having stolen' £2O, the property of the. boy's master, and the female with having received it froin her son, and appropriating it to her own use, knowing it to be stolen. The case was not fully gone into, from the non-atteud once of the prosecutor, but it transpired that the prisoner was merely employdd as an office lad, and had watched his opportu nity, while the cashkeeper had his back turned, to extract front the cash-drawer the note in question. Seven pounds was taken from the lad's mother when she was apprel3ended, which the magistrate ordered tope given to the parties who had been de prived of the.note. There being no o n e p resen t to support the charge, both prisoners were discharged. A DrsHoivaste: - Anntxrimx.— , William Hall was Charged with having robbed his master, a Mr. Mansell, of sundry articlea used by hint in his business, that of a screw, bolt-makar.,, Amongst other implements which he had reason to suspect had. beets stolen r .;-10,inissed a pair of screw steaks, which he had, Aiaice traced to the_ shop of a person na me d W e b s t er , in Too, ..telli-park, who; iCappeared, had lintetrased - mitt tfie pig 'sorter about three weeks ago. The fact of the prisoner's havirrfr sottish() articlei was corroborated _hy Burgess, and the articles sworn- to by the prosecutor. Mansell said he had some reasmil to suspect that he had been repeatedly robbed by the prisoner,. but was willing to forego the prosecution, if be could get grief; the .lad, 'and was therefore desirous indentur e cancelled. 'of having the cancelled. • The magistrate said thiSC'Ould . not bnaccomplished without the consent of the prisonei, who, on being asked; de clined the propositioni sayiog, that be would much rather serve out his time. On the prisoner being informed, that in the ev ent of his being sent for trial, and a conviction should follow, his master would be released 'from the indenture, he consented to its being cancelled. After receivii ' e , a suitable admo n iti on from the magistrate, the prisoner was discharged. SATURDAY. --- (Before the MA YOR, Mr. Alderman SAND 6 ACH, and Mr. Alderman-W_lkii9 THE 11AN)C. OF ELEGANCE.—A soldier of the 33d reginient and a womaressaseed Jones, said to be his cousin, were charged with' attempting:hiet:hen a shopman residing in Whitechapel , out of sundry' yards or calico, under the following cireunastan , .ces:—The complaivant stated that on the previous day the soldier, in company with .the female prisoner, entered the shop, and, having looked at a quantity of calico, ordered. some to be cut from: the piece,.amounting in value to about 165., in pay. meat for which the soldier tendered what appeared at a glance to be a£s Bank .of England note, and requested the ch ange . On closer inspection, however, it was seen that instead of the note being of the Bank of England, it was iroal the Bank of gle<r ante, a hairdresser nam e d Hart therein promising to p a y the bearer £5 'if he could not cut a lady or a gentleman's hair better than any other person in Europe.- Considering that the prisoners contemplated a fraud, the complainant sent for a cor= stable, and. they were taken into custody. On being asked by the magistrates what they had . to urge , ia their defence, the soldier said that theleinale gave him the note at the door of .the shop and requested hint to receive the change. The female prisoner acknossledged having done so, but denied knowing it to be a had one. She had been working esti chervcornan in a public-h ou i e, and had ';'sundthe note under a seat in one of the room s . • Not being herself able to read, she took it to a friend who said it was a £5 Staving Brink note, and as she had got some money in the • Savings Bank she thought it was all right. An officer of the regiineot to which the male prisoner belongs attended and gave him a good character, and, as it did not appear that the pre'. • suners knew the nature of the note, although they were wrong in not inquiring for the owner, supposing it to be a good one, their were discharged, the magistrates cautioning them not to „meadle,with Ana !notes in future. The prisoners, who were duly impressed,with the 'hair-breadth escape they had had, s aid they would not and left the court. TICKING. POCKETS AT THE THEATRE.— James• Brown, At " picker and stealer," who generally vagabondises lit the neigh_' bourhood of the theatres, in the character of Filch, was eharged' with haying adroitly , enacted his part, by picking the pocket Of a gentleman, named Goore, of his handkerchief. The cony:. plainant said, that on Friday night last, as he was coining out of the door of the theatre, in company with two friends, he •felt a tug at his pocket, and immediately his handkerchief vanished... He perceived the prisoner close to him, and, in attemptin g seize him, he ran away. Murphy the watchman, and Captain'', Bradshaw coming up at the time, the prisoner Was pursued and overtaken. Lk had no doubt whatever but the pritioner Was . the thief. , The constables. On being referred te•bythe ; Oates, claimed the Peleoner as at; old 'acquaintance, who had . Ytequently rustioAted.al, 7 . KiricttAle• • What have you to say to the charge, inquired the I%l6'es - trite :Apra the„inisopet 'r --Prisoner. Why, please ye t hationr ' I didn't clew the gentleth ch s'hieiPerers • - I swas •apooting,along. aside o'.the three hOther, and I seed another lad a drawing itv and so:'sit,Ys I to mysel, if I,donut run they'll think it's thee; Audio I runn'd,, and sure.epough they did say it war we, htst it wern't me, vet henour, and I'll fetch the chap as did itiesif yon's na.Olj : • • . .11 , 1agistrate.Every objection. Go to Kirkdale for three, months. ,', • • , • ; Prisoner.—Well, that's 'a rum go , howsamdever, and the, races next week.-1 A raw Scotehthae calling himself Quiutain Lennon appeared against three dirty depraved harridons n ame d M ary A n ue Margaret Henry, an d Rosannah Quigley, whom lie charged ore . snspicion of having . robbed him of tw e nt y -fi ve sovere i gus. Th e • ' complainant, who, it appears, was so much int ox i c ated at .the time of the robbery that the watchman locked him up in Brides well for safety; having been, transferred from the dock to the.. witness-dock, - stated that on the previous night, as well. as he, could recollect, he was induced by the prisioner Henry to ,ace. compenv•her to a disorderly place in Atherton-street. Wifen begot there, the candles were suddenly extinguished, and he. , waeset upon by the women, who forcibly stole his purse. con e taining the Buhr above-named. He managed to seize Henry;. but the others made their escape with his purse, and he, had not seen it since. 'A watchman stated that he came to the com plainant's assistance whilst he was holding the prisoner , Henry. Quigley and Jones were found in the , sipper part of the house asleep. On further questioning the watchman and the cern plainant, it appeared that Quigley and Jones could not have been of the party, and they were, therefore, discharged. Henry was remanded for further examination. BURG L A VARS.—Four notorious thieves. for whom the police have been for some time on thelook out, named Harrison, Wil son, Framer, and Walker, were charged with committing two burglaries the same morning in Park-lane. It appeared from the evidence of three watchmen, that about a quarter before four o'clock that zooming they were alarmed by a report that the house of Mr. Caswell,. of Palk-lane, was broken open. They immediately proceeded to the premises, and found the prisoners hopping .from the roof of the house. They were captured. and in their possession was found nine pairs of shoes, five shillings in copper, ten in silver, and half a dozen silver spoons. On ex athintag the premises, it was discovered that the prisoners had effected an entrance into Mr. Caswell's house by the roof, and into that of a neighbour through a window, by scaling the wall. The shoes and money were identified by Mr. Caswell as his property, and.tbe spoons by his neighbour. The hat of one of the prisoners was round in Mr. Caswell's shop. The prisoners were renianded for further examination. YESTERDAY,.—(Before the MAtOßlltla Mr. Ald. P. ilduttsig./ . Form STEsLiNo.—A young man. named Jamas Law•letr, employed by the fowl dealers in St. John's market, as a stripper of • fowls, was charged with stealing half a dozen ducks, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,--The report of the proceedings at the parish meeting at West Derby on Iriday last, whi c h a ppe ars in the Journal, must either have been dictated by a total ignorance of the real merits of the question, or by a wilful inisrepresentaticiti. The facts of ' the case are simply as follows:—At the annual meeting (which was nothing more than a packed one,) the refOrmers; as they choose to style themselves, having secured a Majority by the culpable Supineness of.the parishidners, proceeded to vote away '' the public money to the officers kir their " valuable services.' These valuable services, in the eyes of the proposers of the in crease of salaries and the granters Of the gratuities, were con fined to two individuals, whose. " valuable services" did not consist so. much in the increased attention to their respective offices as in haiing made their official capacities subservient to certain petty purposes, and, in particular, to cipposini, the pay ment ofthe'church rates. In short, instead of dischargin'r their duties with impartiality, they are nothing more than the no minees of a few individu a l s , an d Messrs. Lawrence Heyworth, Fretne, and Co., can perhaps tell who I mean. But what occasion was there to increase the salaries of men who were notoriously well paid, considering their station ih so ciety ? The gratuities voted to the other officers Were merely a subterfuge to give the transaction a plausible appearance. The movers of this affair, however, (who areal! "honourable men," as Antony says,) - must needs attempt to remove Mr. Winward from the situation of town-clerk, because, forsooth, he is a schoolmaster and surgeon ! But, perchance, Mr. L. Heyworth can recollect that at the last vestry meeting but One at West Derby chapel he put down Mr. Winward, (who was making some observation connected with his office,) and threat. ened to strike him off. This threat can now be understood, but it was hardly fair of Mr. L. Heyworth to make a motion to re move the oldest bfficer in the township, and one too Who had given every satisfaction in the discharge of his duties, especially • as the object was not to save the salary but to leave it to apply to the reinunetation.of Mr. Dolling, he being no doubt a snore congenial spirit than Mr. Winward. Verity, Mr. Heyworth has a retentive memory, and is not very forgetful of what he imagines to be injurie s , notwithstanding all— his ostensible sanctity. .. ; • . • It is stated by the editor of-the Join-nal in his remark s on the meeting iu questionO.hat it' was a trial of strength be tween the whits and teaks, and that the latterweCe beaten upiui • all points... This I dent; for it .was4ecidedly a:question. oCnx.- . pendithre; but it may als6Amstatecilhat it was likewise 4 9nea.. :tints svhdther a few •factioualusliv4auals were to - exercise despotic coutroul over the•alfairs of.the township in,upposition `•to - the sense of the parishioners: . ,As to the ories (if we adopt the name for distincti on ) h at i ng b een defea t ed, if by that it is meant that they did not succeed to extent they intended, it own for bea , Valtee - tia4l2.: W at orpowor, as there were three to one in votes in their favdur at the meeting. The ottier . party were defeated clearly, else why be obliged to enter into any treaty with the tories. - If we con , : trast the conduct of the leaders of the tory party with the other we shall find which of them wpre actuated by most love•of fair 1 play, for afteilMr. L. Deyworth had compromised and agreed with the fortnerlo 'annurthe gratuities on condition that Mr. Dolling's increase of salary should reniaimuntouched, the con sent of the meeting was no sooner obtained thatpoint than he 'rose to effect tbe.perManent increase of £() to Mr. l'enneles salary, but which unfair course met with the reception it de served. In conclusion, I have only to obierve, that the allusion to Mr. Brassey is a mean attempt to distort the question by coupling it with the political feelings and prejudices of. the public, fur it was with the utmost reluctance, and not until repeated applica tion ware made, that this gentleman consented to. sanction ano ther meeting. So much fur what the lowinal calls the "Brassey key" to the affair; but I should not lay any particular stress on this, as the whole transaction is an illustration, among the many like instances, of the conduct of those pretended liberals and economists, by garbled and partial statem e nts, t o carr y f av o ur with the public to attain their unworthy ends.—l . am, &c., • West Der4y, May 11. A RATE PAYER. THE VICSRAGE OF CHILDWALL, TO raR EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STrIND.4RI). Si correspondent in the Liverpool Journal insinuates that the Bishop of Chester is the rector of Childwall, and has the great tithes. Now, the fact is, that Sir John Gerard, a popish baronet, is the lay rector of Childwall, and has the great tithes; this popish rector has, moreover, been of late exacting the tithe of hay from the township of Much Woolton, which has been exempt beyond the memory of man.—l am, &c., G. WATCH-COMMISSIONERS' MEETING. At the weekly meeting of this board, held on Friday, for the despatch of business, Mr. W. A. Smith in the chair, Mr. Dow ling, the superintendent of the dock police, preferred a charge against Street., the keeper of Brick -street Bride well, fur brutally assaulting two female prisoners by striking them whilst in his custody. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Dowling that between eleven and twelve o'clock on Tuesday night last his attention was drawn, when near the Queen's Dock, to two girls of loose character who . were in custody of the watchman. He observed them go quietly to Bridewell, and subsequently went in himself, and saw one of the girls, whose dress was much torn in the scuffle in which she had been engaged, imploring Street not to lock her up as her offence was only that of interfering to prevent her brother from fighting- In answer to the girl's en treaties Street turned round and struck her a l'low on the side of the head,. which he followed up by a second blow. On see ing this brutal conduct he (Mr. Dowling) asked Street if that was the proper way to treat prisoners, td which he replied "that's the way we do business here," or some words to that effect. Street then sent the watchman for a pair of handcuffs, on which he (Mr. D.) again asked why h e was go i ng to handcuff the girls as they were to be locked up and were displaying; no violence. To this Street replied th a t i f b e was t o stay an h our n or two he would hear noise enough to warrant using the handcuffs. The complainant was leaving the Bridewell, indignant at Street's conduct, when he heard a noise, and on looking round saw the girl staggering against tile wall, apparently from the effects of a heav y blow. Under these c i r cum s t a n ces h e (M r . D ow li ng) f elt it his duty to lay a complaint against '.;."trecr. The commissioners said that they were much obliged to Mr. Dowliug. for laying the case before_them,end Street having 'been called upon for his defence denied having used the words imputed to him by the complainant:- He did not, however, deny having struck the girls, but said that the blows were only " gentle taps." A servant girl of Street's, on behalf of her master, said he merely gave the girl a pat on the cheek for using bad language.. Mr. Dowling said that the "taps" were such as he should not like to receive. The dock police-officers had strict injunctions not to strike. any prisoner; : Street having left the room, a long discussion ensued as to whether he should be discharged from -the trust, when it Was resolved to give him another trial. He was then recalled and reprimanded by.the bread, who gave hint to understand that the recurrence of antis conduct, or any subsequent charge,. would subject him to dismissal. A. watchman, named Franceys, who was discharged at the last board for drunkenness, applied to be reinstated, ou the grounds that he had been twenty-one years a watchman. The application was refused. , Captain Kerr, of the watch, and two of his men were re warded for their activity in apprehending felons. The chairman having given notice of a motion for next Fri day for the appointment of a fire police committee, Mr. Thorn hill asked httu if be was aware that his duties, as chairman of the board, did not terminate with the day's proceedings. The chairman was not. Mr. Thornhill observed that it was a part of the chairman's dutie s t o att en d a t th e office during this week to see that the resolutions of the board were carried into effect. The chairman said that although he was not aware that it was incumbent on the chairman to do that, be would endeavour to be at his post. Mr. Wales having felt himself agrieyed at some expressions relative to hint that had fallen, from M r. Cooper at the last board meeting, as reported in the - Chronicle, the latter gentleman, (Mr. .C.,) said that any explanations inade use of by him on that occasion were not intended to refer personally to Mr. Wales. althbugh he had objected to the appointatent of a per manent chairman of the board. He had always found 111 r. Wales a .very efficient inetnber of the highway board. The board, having concluded the business of the day, broke up. LIVERPOOL CRAVEN MEETING. . The Liverpool Craven Meeting commences to-morrow, for the first time since the removal from the Maghull to the Aintree course, and bids fair to eclipse all that have hitherto preceded it. In addition to the treat expected in the contest for the Trades' •Cup; the entry for which contains no fewer than thirty horses, most of them of. the highest character, there is little doubt of the subordinate prizes being equally well eontested, if we may judge from the arrivals which are already reported. Touchstone, Birdlime, Catharine, General Chasse, Warlaby Bavlock, and several other horses of almost equal reputation, are booked to start for the Trades' Ctip,.which is expected to be one of the severest races ever witnessed on our course. Sir James Boswell. has no less than six hories ready for the start ; and the studs of Lord Derby, the Maiquis of Westminster, Sir R. W. Billkeley, the .Hon. L: M. L....Mostyu, Mr. Mostyn, Sir Thomas Stanley, Sir John Gerark and Mr. Allanson have Already arrived. The betting Within the *last Week has been rather languid, being , confined, to three, or fourof the moat ; -'prominent favourites, which may chiefly be'attributed'te the business doing on the Chester events,.togetberwith the uncertainty which prevailed as to wh a t horses would start for it, as, well asthe influence which the result. of iiiine,of the contests at Chester might have in the causing a fluefuatien ln the then prices. This has been4lreadv- exempli fied by the unexpected defeat of; Intriguer, who 461 a promi nent station on the odds a few days ago, but who now forms one :of " the tail," and . the _rapid iitlvanee made by Birdlime since her easy, victory over. se great aleld at Chester on' I%londay Itte betting within the last-few days has been principally offers of 4 to 1 on the, field, and' seine little has been transacted ma. Giovanni at 6 16 1. Birdlime also'finds backers at 4to 1, „with. every prospect of her increasing in favour. The following horses have arrived at Aintree;—General Chasse, Masetto,-, Bella, (late Miss lgiirgaretdßosstrii, 'lhe Barber, Sylvia ; Ca-. tharina, .bay'colt by Langer, out of Alecto, Warlaby Baylock, The Count,' Jupiter, Mrs. Oakley, Mayflower, Window Shut. Solon. Aratus, Lucifer, Miss "Wilfred, Scarborough, and Northumberland. The cocking match between Liverpool and Manchester com- Mences this day, and is considered likely to Cause some specu lations; the present offers being 6to don Liverpool, and various on Manchester. The following is the state of the odds on 'the Trades' Cup, for which eleven are expected to start;-- 3 to 1 agst Birdlime 6 to 1 agst Warlaby Bavlock 3 to I agst General Chasse 8 to 1 agst Catharine 3 to 1 agst Touchstone 1t to 1 agst Red Rover - 5 to 4 agst Jupiter ,G 1 R. • 2 to 1 agst Usury. STEAM TaAvicwrio.—A. letter from Antwerp of the Ist May says that the Attwood steam-boat had arrived there at two o'clock, .p.m._, having left London th e prece di ng day.at n i ne O'clock in the nioruing. Though the tide was very strong against it, it came .up the river without relaxing its speed. Several pfssengers going to Germany immediately took places in thediligences, so that they will reach Aix-la-Chapelle in less than fifetv-eight hours froin Loudon, a journey which, before the use of steam-boats, took six days. When the railroad is completed travellers will gain much more time. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT A Pr.kNXER'S.—A man named William Stnnmers, a clerk to Messrs. Ashley, bankers in Regent-street ; absconded from his masters' employ on Wednes day last, taking with him upwards of £5OOO in Bank of England notes, and sovereigns and silver: Summers had been in the employ of Messrs. Ashley for about a year and half, and was suyposed to be very respectable: The notes, consisting of £3OO, EZA £lOO, £5O, £lO, and £5 notes, had been rolled up together in a tin easlr-bo* and placed behind the counter safe on Wednesday interning, and very shortly afterwards it was missed, and it was thel t found .that Sommers bad absconded; and of course suspicion immediately fell upon him. in additioti to the notes, which amount altogether to more than £5OOO, 400 sove reigns, and £450 in Silver, were taken. Plank, the chief officer of Marlborough-street Police-office, and Mace, one of the con stables, have been employed, and have made every inquiry, but uo clue has been as yet afforded to the retreat of Summers. Messrs. Ashley have offered a reward fur his apprehension. INVERNESSFURE ELECTION; (Abridged froth the Inverne.ti Courier.) .. • The nomination of a m em b er to supply the vaettney in dig representation of this county, occasioned by the elevation el Mr. Charles Giant to the Peerage; took plate at laveinets ori Thursday lait. • Mr. Macpherson Grant; of Ballindrilleth, proposed Jthhei Murray Grant; of Glentiorriiton, Who was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Teitli. Mr: Macki n t os h, o f G e dd es ; pr O pdsed Chisholni of Chisholm] " a gentleman of ancient family and large possessidui in dal county, in *hose handd We may he assured our interests id church and state and all otir PnbliCinstitzitioni - will be perfettlY safe and well protected." ' Mr. Walker; of Crawfdrdtdwit, , sdetztidecltd. MiniiiititiOn., Mr. Grant Shortly addressed the electors...He, In the first place, referred then], to iris printed address as the index of hii political principles. He was &rills Member of the church of Scotland, continued in its comminution, and entertained for it the highest respect and adMiration ; he thought it the most per fect establishment for retaining genuine religion now in exist terice. He approved of the: projected, reforms in the English church: In the Irish church there were striking abuses which he wished to see removed, so as to assimilate it more closely to the church of Scotland. In the projected changes he saw no danger, and he would not ,withhold his concurrence from the principle of appropriating the surplus . funds of the Irish church to the purposes of general eduation. HO had been long ho noured with the friendship of Charles Grant, (Lord Glenels,) and had supported him on carious Occasions, but was not bound to follow any Of his opinioni in which he did not coincide. The 'contest would be carrieij on with great' zeal on both sides. Looking back at the last contest, he felt seine-apprehension that he Would be met by undue influence ott the part of proprietors peer their tenants. He hoped, however, that.sueh demoralizing attempts would not he,resorted to on the present occasiOn. Mr. Chisholm then , addressed the meeting at great length. His ..honourable opponent had said that he is not an enemy of the church, but still would support the spoliation measure of Lord John' Russell:-.-hoW far that measure was intended for the good of ttzeChttrth he would. leave the ejectors GO determin e hatfaiso Stahl eitif a , liberal, Wt not prepared to go all the lene;ths'Of their late member—n;, ie they satisfied that he Should reserve tOhiaiself the right of Casting off his liberal.; ity whenever he might see oicaSiou to :do'sh ? Much had been said . about the improvement of the churches of England and Irelatid—for all measures calculated to improve them he was as anxious as his htnoitrable opponent. He bad been accused of being too young to represent the shire of Inverness, but that was.a fault of which he believed he was every day mending. At any rate he hoped to show that in coming before them he was not actuated by unwarrantable presumption, or a vain desire of personal distinction. In order to prove that this was not the case he would refer to • the names who had borne testimony on his behalf—he would turn proudly to .the'array of friends who had accompanied him thither, he might mention the in telligence, the wealth, and the sterling worth of those who had not disdained to coffer him their support. (Cheers.) Thus sup , ported,• thus urged forward in the path of duty, he could not shrink back. He said the path of duty; for who could look around upon the aspect of Public affairs —who could contem plate the rapid progress. of change, the restless activity of inno vation, unsatisfied with *hat is, simply because it has so long been, and not feel within him that which forbids a pause, which urges him to action, whiCh • speaks irresistibly —up and be doing! for he that strives not no* in her defence is the aszeszt OF HIS COUNTRY! The hodonrable candidate said in coriClusion I have been accused, geelleezen, by some of being an Episco-; palian, and therefore, say these sagacious accusers, of bourse an enemy to the church of Scotland.. I much regret the valuable time and still more valuable labour which these zealous advocates of the thurch of Scuiland have no doubt de= voted to the diligent study of her doctrines, and the careful corn , : rarison of them with those of the English church, if they have arrived at no more just conclusion than that he who belongs to the one must therefore abjure the other. Why, they could scarcely have said more had I been a Mahometan. The truth is, gentlemen, as I am sure you. know, that id doctrines these churches fully airee: This, at .all events, is not the time for them to quarrel; , and. I here declare myself a friend, a sincere admirer, a lover of the church of Scotland ; though I do :indeed 'eonfess the nirOclous crime of be- . , longing to the Episcopalian charch—a crime to which, it I remember well, your late right . honourable mem ber pleaded guilty also, a short time hack, from this very place. But I will go, further, and say that my love for the Presbyterian as an Established Church is among the strongest and highest motives which will leid ine, should I be returned as your Representative, with determined hostility to oppose any alienation of the revenues of the Irish Church. But, gentlemen, to descend for a moment to lower ground; there is another rea son, common to all, why I see cause to tremble at the attack which has been commenced upon . the Establishment of the sis ter Island. I see in that attack,• but the first skirmishing that goes before a general and more close ougagement, before the close of which„ if we now drtif: not i4cii„the enemy, there wilt be made It desperate and a fatal onelatight upon every species of property, fatal alike to the deluded aggressors and the miser able victims of their mad as sa ult. • That our enemies, our breign enemies,• believe that religion itself will speedily be overthrown among us by • the measures of our present rulers, who can doubt, t.hat, listens td: the exulting cry of France, our ancient enem—yof ihfidel France, whore all va riety of parties unite together in lifting np the voice of triumph over the crumbling establishments of once favoured England; By no means the best feature iu the aspect of the present times is that we have to witness a ministry of England, not very ca= pable in themselves, forced against his will upon the King, distrusted by the Ilouse of Lords, oppoied'by a large and most compact minority of the House of CotriniOns, under the gui& ance of a leader, whom I.thiuk, we mai,tow call one of the first men of the age, and depending for their very existence at each moment upon the fiat of a shifting party, whose only aim . seems to be the destruction of their country. We have to witness, I say, a ministry, already so degraded, yet humbling themselves still farther to bow theft necks under the yoke of an unprincipled and. mercenary demagogue. Yes, gentlem e n ; England is .now go verne d b y th e enemy of his country—the constant, the untiring, the perpetual disturber of the peace of Ireland. ' • At the close of his speech several qUestioris mere pat to Chisholm as to the course he ‘fould pursue if returned to par liament. Among them, Mr. MsEacliep, an elector, asked if he (Chisholm) considered the.catholie emancipation act to be a wise and proper measure ? Chisholm replied that, 4e 'did not think it right to question hini as to' a measure long past. If by this question was meant would he move for the repeal of the emancipation act, he would not. There was a great differenee in opposing a measure itt progress and agitating, its tepeal after, it had become the law. On a show.of hands the sherd, declared the election to havd fallen on Grant, of Glenttiorriston. A tyoll was demanded on the part of Chisholme, which the stieriathud would take place on Tuesday (this day.) TH . . r. Ho, s.—WoecesTkfe.,.l4ay 6:-Though the hop plants are backward they preseht a healthy appearance, and are gene rally- making a vigorous shoot. There; is Tittle doing in our mallet. 'Few samples ate offered, the planters being disposed to hold, unless they can realise ' l n advarteedf 3s. or -is per cwt. ALDIERS.—EXECUTION OF , BEN - MONKTAIt AND The sentence pronounced upon theietwo-„nutives by the coun cil of War of the divison of Algiers-was carried into effect on Saturday, the lith of 4pril . At half-pa st e l eve n the cr i m i na l s were brought out o f .prison. before leaving it, Ben-Monktar, who preserved all his energy, kissed the heeds of all the persons who surrounded him, natives and Frenchmen inditferently. His accomplice Gileir was, on the (wintry, climpletely absorbed in his situation. . They weee then escorted by a demtchinent of the garrison, and preceded by the executinner; led through the city .on foot ; a car destined to Cary them was found riot necessary. When they arrived at the place of eXecatioa• beyond the gate 'of Bab Moult. BettilMenktar apPeared sot prised at the immense concourse . was firm anttlield; that' crowded the:u(Abbouliug heights. step 'lfs the sight of th'e scaffold, surrounded by troops, caused him no emotion; but the _tottering steps uf his accomplieetetokened that his moral faculties were entirely gone.. The 'Moorish public crier.then cried out the following words in ihe'Arabk..langultge inhabitants of the city behold the fate of the riralefactorsoftluise who attempt Ur e'li ves of their fellow creatures--of thos'e who assassinate Frenchmen; k uow a ll w h o listen to the at this: Wfal moment; that he Wh o t rea d s t h e laws of huinanitv under foot must expect . a sitnilar punishment." Au . Officer' then read the sentence, •and klewirionktar first• mounted the scaffold,' When placed on his knees, he turned his head to examine the preParations of the executioner, and then ut tered these words—" Th ere is mi. God but God, and Mahommed is his 'prophet.!" :A single blew of a yetagh at severed his head firm body. Gael' 'did not manifest the same intrepidity but was assisted to astefid the scaffold." • - MiLastc HOLY Si ICIDE OF ADMIHAt•LEITIS.—Yesterday morning the-family of,Admiral testis, :resfiling at No. 2, Ave oue-road, St. John's Wond-road, w ere th rown into the greatest cons t erna t i on arising .00. of the `folion'tn g afflicting event. About eight o'ciock the repnrt of 'a Pistol w as h ear d i ssu i ng from the admiral's bedromni and on two of his daughters bus - rying io the spot to, ascertain the eaus:e, they we.re horror strickeu at beholding tee semy of.theii nn e rortrinare parent ex tended on the door, Weltering in his blood, and in th e agonies of death. A large duelling pistol was found lying by his aids. which the unhappy gentleman had.dtshargea through' his /wad. The assistance of the dotnestics baying been procured he was, lifted on the bed, and in a shintt Ouse Mr. Jones, surgeon, of York place, (having been sent for) arrived, but wa , unable to render the least assistance, and in a few seconds the admiral. breathed his last. Mr. Hicks,, the family physician, of Hen rietta-street, Cavendishsquare, suteteynefitly arrived, and be held a most distressing Scene; the fareily,,eirrisisting of the two daughters above mentioned, and a son, leitrg absorbed in the' steepest grief. The' adMiral, who was about sixty years of age,. was an eccentric m an o f retired h abits, and has latter l y ev i nced symptoms of an aberration of mind. He retired to led ut his usual hour CM the preceding night.-I.endon Paper. FROM THE MONTREAL HERALD. , Three cart-loads of franked documents arrived of lie* toil from Washington on the 23d of Alarvh: 'the editor of the New Yark Gazette recommends the transmitting of such hales of waste paper by sea. A gentleman and a lady, *ho were dii , orced on the 20th of February, PM, again became nieri and wife on the 23d et Februery, IrfK3s. This fact is a beautiful cuturnentary on the Ameticati law matrimonial. 'EstiGnATlor; FROM NSW Yong.-1n the Liverpool packet bf the 24th arch,. the whole spice between decks ins °et-epic:l by steerage passengers end their :luggage. - The severity of the *utter has - (iota , incalcnlable injury to' the sugar-canes awl to the more delicate frtit-tree3 of I.ounikama, 4,