The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-20 00:00:00

AMERICAN PACKET TRADE. We have great pleasure in announcing that a new line of packets has been established between London and New York, and of the five ships which form it, three are British built, and manned by British sailors. These v essels will regularly call at Portsmouth for the accom modation of passengers. In this respect, the ship owners of London have set an example which we trust Will be speedily imitated in Liverpool. It is singular enough, notwithstanding the facilities we possess, and the noble ships which belong to the port, that the mer chants and ship-owners of Liverpool have never at tempted to compete with the American packets. Whe ther the bade is not deemed sufficiently profitable we are unable to decide ; but what is profitable on the one side of the Atlantic must be equally so on the other. great mistake has been fallen into by overrating the form, the quality, the construction, and the swiftness of these packets. We have many ships in Liverpool decidedly superior in every respect to the red pine ships o ni the United States, and which are equally well Mapted for carrying passengers. It is true that none of our ships are fitted up in the same gaudy style as that of the Americans, and we, should be very sorry to see it borrowed by us. The florid finish of the cabins— the glare of variegated woods—the richness of the car- Pets' and the glitter of. the mouldings and rails, may be 'deemed elegant according to some tastes, but in our es timation th e y are quite . the reverse ! They are elabor ately vulg ar . Him would au English gentleman be l aughed at if he fitted up his dining-room or his drawing -1;xon in the f as hi on of the cabin of a New York packet ? f act, the cabin should b e finished, as near as ship f o r m lro uld admit, in th e s t y l e o f a f as hi ona bl e d raw i ng -room f or the ladies, with a general cabin to correspond. And this is what we wish to see done in the first British line °f packets established in Liverpool. Tbere_is no occa sion whatever to build new ships. Liverpool already Poss esses a c ons id e t a bl e number of vessels which only Tequire th e touch of an artist to render altogether match less- We ca n d o i n, t hi s respect what cannot be done in America. We have beautiful chaste and classical de signs at hand, and all that is required is a painter, a first ate cabinet ma k er, and an upholsterer to produce such • a cabin, for elegance and comfort, as has never yet been f%een, In order to show ihat we are not tampering with or drawing an ideal picture, we shall mention here The names of certain ships which we contend are equal, I n ot superior, to any of the. American packets. There t a , re the lqnd, the Lintin, the Oriental, (Mr. Porter') _ne Euphrates, (M'Cracken,. Jamieson,- and C 0.,) the iu m u k e Lancaster, (Gladstone and C 0.,) the Part field, , i e ssrs• C. Tavleur and Sons,) the Tory, (Mr. Duncan " lr. hh.) the John Taylor, (Messrs. Taylor, Potter, and °'') the St. George, (Messrs. Acraman and Stitt,) and e e aumbia ; (C ro pp er , B enson, an d C o.) Here, then, Itre at once named, at random, ten as splendid ships as bever Mo ved,upon the waters, and, f rom their diMensions, out perfectly fitted for the p ac k e t t r ad e , b e i ng a ll luta) tons British register. "ill it be said that these ships, if completed in the style We have alluded to, for, the packet trade between this Country and the United States, would not attract pas ;ogers as readily as the New York ships? We contend' Rey would, f or t h is reason, that being equally elegant, a nd fini s h ed with as much reg ar d t o com f ort a s t h e f ore i gn n t o t ." , they . would b e super i or to them in strength, .! . 'etY, and sw if tness. A . B ritish-built ship is well-known have at least four times the durability of an American,- and this results from the excellence and great strength of lli e materials of which she is constructed. This strength' therefore must. be safety; and as that is everything in na vigation, if they were once established they would un doubtedly obtain the preference. The public would 13t,rilY have to be made acqua i n t e d w i t h t h e real facts, and 16ritisli ships would instantly supplant those of the United States. We hope to see the experiment tried soon. rEBRUARY 20, .1835 STEAM COMMUNICATION TO INDIA. We understand that Mr. WAGRORN since lag visit to s tai verpool , has- received such faviittrable propOsal s from tome of th e * most influential merc h ants as h ave i n d uced him 2 Proceed to . London forth w ith, to lay , the same befor e deal governm en t an d t h e East India Company.• A goo d has been said in praise of the expedition whiCh , R _ lt ilecl front this port a few day s ago for the Euphrate s; ont after ap all, we c anno t l o ok upon that adventure in 3' other light than a whid. job. That a practicable "iltnunicition can be opened. up to India via the En 1-4irates, we hold to be all b u t i m p oss ibl e. - S ome f acts nteresting to the lov ers of science may be di sco v er ed b y the .. „ expedition; but what has selectee to do with the real , ° Jeet of forrtiing a rapid communication with the East ? r"no has only to look at a map to .see that the Mediter e tlean, , cross Egypt, and d own t h e R e d S ea to I nd i a, Only natural and safe route: The people of India e most anxious to see a steam communication formed :7 t his.roule;. an d are willing tobehr a large porti on o f t h e cost of it; but as - they have not the materials for comm ence steam' v esse l s , th ey l oo k to E ngland to I , lll nence the Unde r taki ng .. F or our part we are con :tleed th at t h e t i me is come when this communication `l' t he means in their power. If 'Mr. CHARLES G RANT 1 ,7 6 justifi ed in ' giving £20,000 in supp or t o f t h e Eu :,,),lrates expedition, which at the b es t i s b ut a cur i ous Z o e ature, and by no means a wise speculation, surely rd i ELLENBOROUGH would be m uc h more warranted tngiving twice or ten times that sum, if necessary, to ob :in a safe and` rapid communication to Indi a an d Chi na, th e sh enlipracticable route to which we h ave a ll u d e d . . 4 : e Public money cannot be .better expended th a n i n tilli ng such m o d es o f conveyance, which would b r i ng eastern possessions one-half nearer to our o w n, 19r ee• In.sh or t, th e measure . spea k s f or it se lf , an d t h e taa who shall have the honour of promoting and carry -11. - e it into effect will secure for himself the everlasting lat itude of many millions of" the inhabitants of India China. Th e wor k ntst,be done, and we look to p: 3 r d ELLENBORO UGH , th e p resen t governmen t , an d th e 1.1: 18t I ndia ComPany, as th e p att i es w h o h ave t h e power, we en terprise,, and the,public spirit to perform-it. Mr. all praise, ze a l an d exert i ons i n t hi s matter are beyi i nd PNise, and be is entitled to the thanks of the whole 4) raunity ;-and we sincerely - trust that his plans will oa e carried into effect, und e r th e p a t ronage o f t h e govern-. fearet and the E ast India Company . It isgratifyi ng t o. read y that there are gentlemen in Liverpool who are "Y to assist Mr. WAGnoRN to the fullest extent. - Tit E SOUTII SEA DUTIES oN'..I3RITISH SHIPPING ( From a Correspondent.) t ho thes e w h o are not immediately'interested in the S ou th S ea I ' e 'l " it may not perhas e known that a duty f a artial and e 4r4s SiVe character is I p evi b , ed upon pri . Zish ship o ping p , which has eii°4lo instances caused the abandonment of an intended voy- Be t° the Pacific. - l'h shi l l. e duty of three shillings per ton on the ship, that is, one I ng and sixpence on the outward, -and the like sum on the wa, ew th e - su Voyage, tog e th er w ith £2 per cent. (ad valorem) on t o P hi horge ward cargo, was originally levied on all,vessels trading laces w it h in • • the limits granted to the South Sea Compa n y, " th '" 441 ,1 Buenos Ayres on the east, and all the places we t ra d e ei— outh cal the w est coast of Amer i ca. These dut i es were imposed, °l ler to indemnify the ci own for having purchased from the S outh Se a Company their exclusive priiilege of trading to the d S ea, hy the 55th Geo. cap. 57, which act expressly 1 4 ` t ea that these duties shall cease and determine when the 889 the fund created by that act shall have been completed. 4114 Y the reciprocity treaty entered into with the government of 4°B Ayres a few years since, it is' stipulated that all goods Ported • . . high er into Great Britain from that country shall not pay fr, duties . th an t h ose l evied upon merchan di ze i mporte d tle 4l tl the most " favoured foreign country;" and, in conse erentee of this tre a ty, t h e goo d s i mported from t h enca are ex tint ed fr°lll paying the South Sea d u ti es , w hil e the toannage. i 0. Briti s h shipping is still retained. Vid A t th e period when the act referred to was passed, Monte 40 1 .2' and. in fact, all places on the River Plate, were consi.. L o 7: to be situate within the limits of the South Sea Company's co ntrflit a r, and, in consequence, a l l goods imported froM thenee, thlt, contr ibute d toe fund; but i n th e year 1833 it was discovered hi v as M Th onte Video, or the territory on th e nor th b an k o f t h e P o , " P late, miyht have been in p ossess i on o f the crown of ( .4 4 — u ri :al bef ore 1710, the - period when the South Sea C om p any ' s r e, r was granted ; all the South Sea duties paid upon goods imported from those places, within the Custom-house statute limitations, were returned, and, of course, have not since tI time been levied. 'As the fund intended to be created by the 55th Geo. 111. Iva directed to be charged upon both the shipping and their tar goes, the abandonment of one of these two sources of revert., . under a treasury minute, would imply the right or power t( abandon both. The cargo dutyi,infinitely the most valuable and the least oppressive, wasitargeable on 'foreign products while the one retained falls exclusively and oppressively on th. British shipowner. The question then to be now considered is have the shipowners paid their quota towards this fund, or is thl tax to be continued until they only have raised the require(' amount? With respect to the South Sea duties it will be seer that a treaty of reciprocity has virtually annulled an act of par. liament in the most important of its provisions ; the minister 01 the day, who suspended these cargo duties, was, no doubt, pro tected by the annual indemnity act, which is generally passed without being attended to by the members of either house of Parliament. The tonnage duties paid in the port of Liverpoo. amount to about three thousand pounds per annum, and this sum we have reason to suppose is equal to the whole amount collected in all the other ports. Enough has been said to excite some further inquiry into this subject. The sum collected is too trifling to be of the smallest consequence as an object of revenue, but is exceedingly op pressive from the partial nature of its operation. CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST-INDARD. SIR,-With mingled sentiments of surprise and disgust, the parishioners of North Meols have heard of the slanderous and spiteful maledictions of "Civis" and Co., as inserted in that vermiculous print, the Mercury of Friday last. It was to be hoped that, the contest of the election over, all reference to the past would have been buried in oblivion, and the peace of the parish generally become the aim of " every resident therein. But these anticipations are disappointed, and "Civis" has gain said his own recent declaration--"that he would not again in terfere as regarded the late con t es t," by r idi cu li ng and stigma tising.men who never injured him, nor ever wished to do so— men industriously and quietly following their own avocations, and leaving others to do the same.. The rankling and festering genius of disappointment hath yet sway over some minds • and an amusing and w e ll-t o ld paragraph in the ManchesterL i eurier, - respecting a rustic voter from the moors, near Bolton, forms the weak and silly pretext for "Civis" to ridicule the olden, fashion of the natives of this parish, as regards their mode of accosting or designating each other by their patronymic , appellations!—such as "fatty's Dick," "Margery's Peter," &c. You, sir, and every well informed ruind—any person who has travelled through various counties of England—will know that different counties pro .nounce a different dialect; and that.many towns in one county (this for instance) have a different idiom or form of expres sion; and it is a well-known fact, that many provinces in Italy scarcely understand the language of a neighbouring province. To argue that such forms, or customary modes of expression, are proofs of either ignorance, want of natural discrimination, or powers of reasoning, is both absurd and renascent of long exploded errors. The electors of this parish will not yield, in point of sagacity, natural shrewdness, or powers of reasoning, to either " Civis" or his complottino abettors; and notwith standing all comparisons are odious, 'I will boldly assert that they are far more progressive in Civilization and christian edu cation, than many portions of this county; and this, too, with out being in possession, of equal facilities of obtainingknow ledge. If sectarian dissatisfaction does not spread its baneful influence with sufficient rapidity—if political demoralization bath not yet tainted their minds, and rendered them discon tented, idle, and envious—it must and will be acknowledged by all whose opinions are worthy attention, that such facts are strong indications of natural and sound powers of reasoning, rather than, as wily " Civi s " w ou ld insinuate, proofs of igno rance ! I will wager the Wrekin, near Salop, to a single sand hill, that "ninety-nine out of every hundred" of the conserva tive voters of this parish have a better knowledge, and more consistent action, in the principles of right and wrong, than those who would wickedly' asperse them, through the medium of that weekly trash bag, the Mercury; and certain I am, that not all the ignited cinders of sedition—not all the burning lava of impiety vomited forth from the Lord-street crater—will ever divert them from that course they have adopted. If some dozen or so of disaffected spouters and scribblers have not hitherto succeeded in their efforts to qpread their nets, and catch votaries to any extent, it augurs favourably for the parish; and when I state that about 220/of 250 voters (exclu sive of Birkdale) in this 'parish, polled foiEgerton and Wil braham, the friends of order will rejoice and be satisfied. ' - Having stated what I feel and know to be facts, I shall not, Mr. Editor, occupy your columns in reb u tti ng th e coarse per sonalities of "Civis;" they carry their own foil along with them. No threats, no intimidation, no unfai r p rac ti ces were resorted to in this parish in canvassing for the conservative interest; no power, by authority, nor by assumption, beyond that of fair reasoning, and .argument, and truth; and these 1 trusty and good weapons were successful in putting General "Civis" and his Falstaff regiment completely hors de comb - at! and hence the. bitterness of wailing of the' vanquished I No steward, no "underling," no solicitor, (personally and coarsely designated,) no canvasser, fought with any weapons but such as I have stated. Verbum sat. With regard to several falsehoods in "Civis's" mass of spleen and vituperation, I shall be very brief. The 30 voters for Molyneux and Wood contains a list of men who disturb the penal in every ppssible way; some by sowing . the seeds of evilgoing from house to h;use, 'with religion on tiprand discontent in their hearts; some by fighting w,whilst one or two of their voters are far more imbecile and bigotted devoteei than is prudent to express. The scenes that "Civis" witnessed at the polling . -booth were not more than two in number, and he could not witness much, for he was not there two enntintious hours, and that to get a bill sanctioned. There isaint one 'voter in this parish but well knows his ;christian and surname, can pronounce them rea dily and distinctly, and, if some cannot write their names, they at least know how to spell them, and that is mote than can be said for " Civis's" talent;. I will make no remarks upon these . proofs of falsehood ; but shall close with stating -that certain- individuals in the whig radical interest here scoured the parish often; they. influenced one voter's wife to scratch his face, and a tailor not to make him a pair of trousers, because lie would support Egerton and Wilbraham. Another voter 'had two loads o f d ung g i ven to him if he would v o te f or Molvneux and Wood. Several weavers have been ref use d w or k on the same account, in this parish. ~ The malignant and slandered residents of this parish earnestly hope that you will give this a place in your coluinns as soon asriossible' that they may n o t b e pl ace d in a false and scu rr il ous light be fore the rest of the county, by the Liverpool. Me rcury or.its myrmidons. - PUBLICOLA. Southport, Feb. 18, 1835. TO THE EDITOR OF THE' LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Pray, Mr. Editor, can you inform his anxious townsmen whether a certain Liverpool radical who attended the whit' dinner given to the defeated Candidates ' Messrs. Biddulph and Maddocks, on Friday last, at D en bi g h, be yet alive? The radical alluded to—who is an "out and outer" of the genus socinian—had (in consequence of the destructive senti inents he uttered) the alternative offered him by the highly respectable conservative whigs present, either to be pitched out of the window—thrown down .stairs—or behave himself as a gentleman; and not exactlx ;knowing which choice he made, perhaps you can give the desired information, whether this bril liant specimen of the Liverpool liberals has been permitted by the ancient Britons to return to his weeping friends alive. TO THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF LIVERPOOL AND THE PARTS ADJACENT. THE HUMBLE PETITION OP H- H ., OF . ALPHABET-HALL, IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, ESQ., Humbly showeth,—that your unfortunate petitioner, in most societies in England, has always been treated with the greatest respect and attention, which he cannot but dee' his due, as his descent is of great antiquity, and his relations of unquestionable respectability. In divers parts of Lancashire, however, but particularly in your ancient and honourable town, your peti tioner has been, and is, treated with great indignity by persons of all occupations, trades, charact ers , and dispositions—either totally forsaken or associat e d with strangers with whom he has no feeling, affection, or sympathy in common, and in whose company he is afraid he cuts a most contemptible and unenvia ble figure. In proof of which:your petitioner submits the following facts to your most gracious consideration:— . A young lady to whom i your unh a ppy p e titioner, notwith standing her cru e l usage, s distressingly attached, observed to him, (she being somewhat inclined to romance,) that " the igh ills made a very pretty contrast with the valleys—that the ouses and uts were sweetly hintetspersed among the auging woods— that she, was fond of eating the howls oot in the hevening— that the urn of the ive-ieing bee was cheering in the hautum, when the timid hair was redolent of oney, (honey-water, I sup pose,) when the alf-ushed breete breathed the balmy hinfluence of the appy hhour hover abitation, millet, hearth, hand hocean--- a time which she haiways ailed with ar tf e lt hem ition and oly "hadiiiiration." The lady's flights are not always, however, so transcendental. Her nerves are delicate, and her course of reading has not tend ed to strengthen them. She is orirbly hafraid of the prancing ofan ol se, yet fears nal() shoot harrows at susceptible arts, (at mine, for instance.) Notieitstanding herdelicacy, she—how shall I write the odious confession ?—she absolutely malts with her cheese, drinks Hockfober hale, and otAe (but this wants confirmation) she had the ardiood to heat ot hartichokes with out receiving any arm from them ! , She doats on the arbour of i Liverpool, but ates ot weather. Athough very himiable, she purchases, as she herself told me, cloth hell-wide. She has fine air, which, once upon a time, she told me in familiar conver sation, she was in the abit of happlying " thine hincom parable hoil, Macassar." I do not know - where she got the quotation. Her heyes are piercing, hears quick ; she has deli cate harms, and a good art. A andsome usband, ealth, and appiness ere hand ereafter, are her hearn e st w i s h es; an d this very morning, meeting a gentleman rather lightly dressed, who happens to he no favourite with her, and who has an unhappy pe culiarity in his gait, the hops like a Magpie in a wheat stubble,) she told him that. be. was oppinghabout quite hairy. To detail all the slights and insults which your distressed petitioner receives, has received, and will receive, if his petition be not attended to, would be endless. He, therefore, most humbly requests that the ladies and gen tlemen of Liverpool, of the hamlets adjacent, and the vicinities thereof, respectively, will take his heart-rending case into their most gracious considerition, restore him to his proper place in the society of his friends and-equals, which he is not conscious of having ever forfeited, hnd also cease to associate him with beings whom he despises, always remembering that not one of them can be truly happy without him. And their grateful petitioner will ever aspirate, H. PETER HESEETH FLEETWOOD, ESQ., M.P., AND THE LI VERPOOL. MERCURY.—This paper of Friday last states that Mr. Fleetwood was "a liberal" at Preston, and "a tory" in North Meols. This is not true. Mr. Fleetwood made no public de claration of his political principles in Preston which he cou ld not consistently ass i m il ate and blend with his conservative conduct as one of the Lords of the Manor of North Meols.— Will the Mercury have the honesty to point out one single in stance of such inconsistency ? It cannot; and will be silent. The report of Mr. Fleetwood's speech, reprinted at Ormskirk, was literally copied froM a report printed at Preston ! So much for the veracity of the Mercury's paragraph-makers.—From a Correspondent. Ladies connected with the peerage or commoners used here tofore, as may be remembered, to have the opportunity, such as it was, of hearing the debates of the House of Commons by sitting round the ventilator in the roof of the old house, which afforded accommodation or "peep holes" for sixteen ladies In the present house there is tit) accommodation in the root or else where, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TnE OPERA Th 3 most attractive performaqce of the season was the one a inouncedhr Monday night, the heroic opera of "Tanciedi,'' perhaps we might be justified in saying, " Signora Cesari,', vho appeared in the part of that gallant and high-minded :night, a nd made her first curtsey—obeisance we mean—since he opening of the theatre under its present manager. 'mouse was full in every part, pit, boxes; and gallery, and the ap pearance of Tancredi on the stage was hailed with a warm and cordial greeting. And well she repaid the welcome, for she was never heard to greater advantage than in the scena "p patria," with which the part of Tancred open& As if inspired on the occasion, ,Madame Kyntherland as Amenaide rose superior to herself, and, sang with exquisite, taste, with Cesari, the duet, "Se la tua bell' imagine." The gallant bearing of the youth ful knight Tancredi was admirably sustained by Cesari, who appeared every way worth) of the hero's device- 7 ." Faith and honour." The scene in which .Tancredi challenges Orbazzano. to mortal combat was perhaps the best in the piece. Amenaide is the most perfect character we have seen l'iladame Knyther land perform as yet. But these remarks apply to the perform ance of Monday night only. "Tancredi" was again repeated on Wednesday night. The absence of Mr. Herrman, the leader of the band, produced the confusion which is generally occasioned by the absence of the legitimate andlicknowledged head of any band—whether the band be ono of fiddlers or of republican banditti. We do not know who grasped, on this occasion, the leader's bow, but we could have bow:-stringed him for his want of command, and de cimated his followers for their intractable and disorderly con duct. It appeared as if the whole band aspired to the honour of leading in turn, and there were some critics in the house who asserted that the office had devolved upon the principal violon cello. Suffice it to say, that they contrived to jostle each other, and confuse the singers through the first act ; However, before the commencement of the second act, the Marquis de Muti Pa pazurri took the command in person, and by so doing reduced the refractory spirits of the orchestra to something like order. In consequence of this change in the premiership the second act went off mere smoothly than the first. The pieces encored on Wednesday night were the duet (Kyntherland and desari) " Se la tua bell' imagine;" quartett, (Deval, Galli, Cesari, and Kyntherland,) "Gl' infelici affetti miei;" duet, (Ceshri and Kyntherland,) " L'indegna ;" and the aria, (Kyntherland,) "Alla gioja ed al piacer." The comparative failure of the performance of Wednesday was clearly wing to the absence of the leader of the band, hut we have no doubt that the next representation will be superior to the first. The part assigned to Deval was made the most of by that gentleman. The only prominent characters are those of Tancredi and knenaide. Cesari will, we hope, shortly ap pear in some of 141. other characters. She is a splendid singer, and it is to be regretted that her range of parts is so circum scribed. WIGAN, KILDARE-PLACE SOCIETY.—The claims of this persecuted institution on the christian public were ably advocated on Sun day last, in the parish church, by the Rev. James Graham, A. 111., in the course of which the reverend gentleman gave a very luminous account of the success of the society in reading the scriptures to the poor Irish Roman Catholics, by means of persons appointed for the purpose, and of the establishment of schools in which the pure word of God is read during school hours. After the sermon upwards of £22 were collected. ACCIDENT ON THE WIGAN RAILWAY.—On Sunday evening last a poor man, who resided in Ince, near Wigan, met with his death in the following manner :—He W4B walking iu the centre of the line, when the carria,ges were on their wa y a t f u ll spee d towards Park Side, a little after - six o'clock. when he was knocked down, and the whole train passed over him. The en— gineer saw him a short distance before the, train came upp, threw off the steam, endeavoured to stop the carriagei, and-caded out' to the unfortunate man, but, from the circumstance of his being entirely deaf, his shouts were unavailing. The prindpal in jury, which proved fatal, was inflicted by the concussion which knocked him down, as none of the wheels touched him. His skull was split from the back to the front, and his spine also injured. A medical gentleman (Mr. Chadwick, of Wigan) was in one of the carriages, but, notwithstandin g a ll th e ass i stance which could be rendered, he only survived a f ew h ours. A n in quest was held on the body on ruesday morning, when a verdict of "accidental death" was returned. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—As three men named Holland, father and sons, were removing part of a wall of the Bear's Paw public-house, the roof fell in, buried them in the ruins, and so injured one of the young men that he died the same evening. The others are dangerously wounded, the elder so much that his life is despaired of. DISPENSARY BALL.—The annual ball for the benefit of the above institution was held in the assembly-room on Monday eveuiug. Nearly one hundred of the fashionables attended. LOCAL NEWS. The Mercury of Friday last avers that the LIVERPOOL STANDARD and the Manchester Courier were " publicly_ burnt in Churchtown, North Mesa's." Such is not the fact. Not one householder in Churchtown is aware of such "a public" proof of, radical liberality and•wisdom. If such a deed were performed it was acted in some wretched weaver's hovel, whilst the satellite who is hurling him into misery presided over the secret orgies of the night ! The wanton and sneering allusion to a certain minister of the establishment will be replied to in another quarter.—From a Correspondent. Lord and Lady Stanley have returned to Carlton-gardens from a visit. to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at Goodwood. • Arrivals at the Angel Hotel, Dale-street, by H.M. kiacket ship Dolphin, Capt. Sniithett, from Dublin. Sunday, beb. 15, —Col. Butler, M.P., - county Kilkenny; Thomas Martin, Esq., M.P., county G a lway ; 12Alward S. Ruthven, Es q ., M.P., Dublin (city ;) Edward Ruthven, jun., Esq., Ate., county Kildare; R. L. Shiel, Esq., MA'., cqunty Tiperary; J. Brady, Esq., M.P., Newry; Shanon Crawford, F,Sq., M.P., Dundalk; Devonshire Jackson, Esq., M.P., Bandon; Leonard D o bbi n, M.P., Armagh (city ; ) L or d C o le, M.P.; Capt. Vi v i an, M.P.; the Earl of Clanwilliam, Mr. Knox, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Bradley, Mr. 111‘Guire, Mr. Burk, Capt. Speeling, Mr. Farrell, Mt. Watkins, Mr. Boylston, Miss O'Reilley. On Mond a y, F e b . 16, by the Com e t, C ap t . Philtipi:—The Earl of Dysart; —. Perrin, M.P.; Biewen, Esq., M.P., Carlow; and Mr. Seijeant Perrin, M.P. THE MEMBERS FOR SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—REMOVAL OF THE AssiZEs.—ln an article under the above head, which ap peared iu the Guardian of last Saturday, it is stated that Lord Francis Egerton, and the Honourable Mr. Wilbraham having been applied to for their aid and influence to obtain the removal of the assizes to this town, bad " both returned negative an swers to the application made to them ; and given the applicants to understand, that they will not only not support, but they will oppose any plan for the removal of the .assizes to Manchester." Our contemporary accompanies this 'statement with comments; but with these we shall not trouble our readers at present. Our object in drawing attention to the subject, is to give an unquali fied contradiction to the statement of the Guardian. Where our contemporary obtained 'his information is best known to himself; but we trust that in his next publication he will either produce some better authority for it than mere rumour, or at once acknowledge hi mse lf t o h ave b e e n d ece i ve d .-41 1anclester Herald. • BLUE COAT HOSPITAL—From the annual report of the trustees it appears that there are at present in this institution,. receiving board and lodging, and a suitable education, 350 scholars, namely, 250 boys and 100 gi r l s , o f w hi c h num b er 124 are orphans, 2fatherless, 12 motherless, and 7 who have pa rents, but in indigent circumstances. The subscriptions for the year amount to £2;165 145., legacies, £728; benefactions, £421 19s. 7d:; church collections, £276 Os. 3d.; receipts from other sources, £713 15s. ; making a total of £4,305 Bs. 10d. The disbursements amount to £3,975 Ws. 5i4/., leaving a ba lance of £329 18s. qd. in the bands of the bankers and trea surer. ' THE CALEDONIAN FREE SCHOOL.—The managers of this charitable institution have recently published their twenty third annual report, containing their list of subscriber s , rece i pts, and disbursem en t s . Th e number - of children now educating at this school is 390,—viz., 180 boys, and 110 girls. The system of education adopted in it is that of the parish schools of Scot land. FIRE AT WOR9LEY OLD . HALL.—For some time back work men have been employed in erecting a new wing to the Old Hall at Worsley, in order to fit it for the residence of Lord Francis Egerton and his family, and it was expected that in two or three mouths from . the present time, it would-be com pletely.furnished and ready for occupation. We regret to say, however, that on Monday night a tire broke out in this ~part of the building, which, notwithstanding , the active exertions of Mr: Southerne and a large body of the mtu employed on the estate, reduced the whole of the new wing to a shell, before the flames could be subdued. After the tire was discovered, it was soon found impracticable to save that part of the building in .which it originated, attention was therefor e di r e c t e d to t h e pre servation of the Old Hall, which is enriched with numerous splendid specimens of ancient carved work, removed thither from Holum Hall; and it is satisfactory to state that no part of the ancient building sustained any damage. The new build ing contained not a single article of furniture, the loss is there fore merely that of the woodwork, and the roof, the walls being left entire. How the fire originated we have no t b een a b le to ascertain, but we understand there is no doubt of its having been purely accidental.—Manchester Herald. SHinwseuttY Fsta.—ln our fair on Tuesday and Wednes day last, prime fat sheep averaged from sd. to 514. per lb. Fat pigs sold at 34.. per lb.; strong stores sold at the prices of the preceding fair, and small pigs advanced in price. Fat cattle sold at from 4d. to sd. per lb. Bacon 44. to sd. per lb.; and hams sd. to sid. )3er lb. Cheese maintained the prices of the preceding fair. Prime butte', iu tubs, sold at from 71d. to Bd., and in lumps at 7d. to 7id. per lb.—Salopian Journal. Luoi.ow.—Lord Clive, on the sth inst. ' gave a sumptu ous dinner to nearly 300 of his constituents and friends, at Diuham Castle (the occasional 'residence of his lordship). Every luxury in season appeared on his Cables, and a bountiful supply of champagne was not forgotten. His lordship presided till nearly ten o'cldck, when he lett amid deafening cheers from his nume rous guests. It : may be truly said of this entertainment that a more convivial and pleasant meeting has not taken place in the annals of electioneering.--Sa/opian Journal. CH VRCH RATES.—The metropolitan suburban village of Hammersmith has recently been agitated by a church rate contest, in which, after a three days' struggle, the radicals were defeated. At the close of the poll the numbers were: For the church rate it. - ' 250 Against it Majority in favour of the rate.... j 4 CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.—The Livetpool Mercury of yester day contradicts the announcement of the death of John Grandy, which appeared in its previous number; and lest there may be any demur as to the competency of his authority for so doing, our contemporary most conclusively adds-,--" be having re quested us so to do."—Manchester and Salford Advertiser. We are informed that Lord Brougham's•new Chancery rules are so ambiguous and• indefinite that nobody knows what the practice is„ and that considerable difficulty and delay is caused An consequence. Lord John Russell's haste and eagerness in cenvassing on the subject of the speakership, have, we hear, led him into the blunder of addressing on the matter, Mr. Buller, one ()four late member:. We hope his lordship had . no intention of insulting the ex-member; his lordship's ignorance of the Devonshire re presentation is not a little striking.—Wastern Luminary. NAMIC PASHA, LIVERPOOL POLICE. On Tuesday Namic Pasha and suite, accompanied by his T UESDAY . —(B e f ore t h e Ma soli and Alderman Sara veach-) worship the Mayor, and the heads of several mercantile houses, ! - SHOP Roenciv.—A man named Henry Ashton was tharged resumed their self-imposed task of visiting the princial objects with stealing a quantity of silk handkerehieli, the property of of curiosity in Liverpool. About twelve o'clock the y party left Christiana Atkinson, a shopkeeper, residing in Brownlow-hill. the Adelphi. Hotel, and proceeded to the School for the Blind, It appeared that the prisoner, in company with another man, where they were received by a number of gentlemen connected entered the prosecutor's shop on Friday evening, about six with the institution. His excellency then proceeded to .insect weeks ago, and asked to look at some silk haudkerchiefi. They the establishment,. and appeared to be much surprised at the. were shown a bundle to choose from, when the prisoner; saving charity, ability aand nd ingencould nuuity t l i s pay observeed by the the air affliof ch cted objects ss of an the 4, these will de," seized the m an d ran out o f t h e shop. Thurshy, eerfulned the police officer, subsequently apprehended the prisoner on good humour displayed by the inmates.. The party afterwards another charge of shop robbery in St.. James's-street, and ou entered the music -room, where his excellency met with a new the complainant being called upon she identified him as one of subject on which to bestow his praise. The pupils were soon the men who committed the robbery. The prisoner was com assembled, and sung some pieces of sacred music in an adnsir - • mitted for trial on this and another charge. . able and impressive style; his excellency appeared much af- 1 'Thomas Thomas and Elizabeth Flynn were committecl - for fected by the performance, and on retiring left a donation in aid !st ea li ng a fur muff from the shop of Sir. Paul Hauch, furrier, of the funds of the institution. The party then proceeded to the . ofßo ld -street. Workhouse, and were conducted through th e esta bli s h ment. I John Hughes, a labouring man, was charged with stealing a The governor was in attendance, and the various arrangements jacket, the property of John D ean , a j ourneyman i n t h e ern were fully explained. The cleanliness o f ever y part o f the : p l oy o f M r. John Tomkinson, of R u p er t- s t reet . i t appea r e d building, the healthy appearance of the aumerous occupants, that the complainant, who was at work near St...efttlaarine's And the general e con o m y di s pl a y e d i n th e management of this ' Church, Abercrombie-square, pl ace d hi s j ac k et i n some part of Ctiminodions receptacle of the indigent and unfortunate, forcibly I the church, and the prisoner took the opportunity of stealing it. struck his excellency, who was here led to remark on the bene- He was discovered by a fellow-labourer, and apprehended, when volence of the British character. He observed, that whilst pro- he desires the complainaut to give him a good hiding and let vision was made for the cl po asse or, y b a socnational act whi c h cl a i me d him go, for if he was taken before a magistrate he would he d support from all sof iety, yet private contribu- transported for life.—Cominitted. tions were not wanting to carry into di r ect an-v design by,which COTTON STEALING.—EIIen Smith, a married woman, was the sufferings of the afflicted could be mitigated, or the condi-. committed for stealing 4Otbs. weight of cotton wool, the pro tion of the poor alleviated.. The party then drove perry of Mr. A n th on y Elli s , o f P reeson ' s - row, b y whom she down to inspect the n or th d oc k s. These was employed as a sorter. extensive and munificent erections for the convenience of the IMPUDENT ROBBER Y.—A woman, named Mary Dnffy, was trade of the port could not but excite his surprise and admire- placed at the bar charged•with entenng the 1)4)1k-house of tion. Arriving at the Clarence Dock, his excellency and friends James Showell, No. 6, Marble -street, andastealing therefrom a were conducted on board the Gipsy steam-packet, which they chair. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor's 'wife minutely inspected. After this they were invited, by the enter- that on the preceding night, at nine o'clock, as she was sitting prising proprietor of the vessel, Sir John Tobin, to partake of a in the bar of her house she heard a voice cry out "there's a repast in a room in his extensive premises. His excellency ex- woman taking one of your chairs." She i m i ne di a t e l y ran to pressed himself highly delighted with what h e h a d seen, an d t h e the door and saw the prisoner walking away with one of the marked attention he had received. . chairs stolen from the front room. .Samuel Lloyd, a constable, From thence the strangers proceeded to the Queen's Dock, was sent for, and the prisoner given int o c us t o di.—C omm i tte d . to view a steam-vessel in the progress of building, in the yard of Messrs. W. Dickinson and Co., intended for the Levant trade. WEDNRSDAY.—(Before the Mayon, Mr. Alderman WRIGHT, On arriving at the yard, Captain Tudor, who is to command and Mr. Alderman SANDEACH.) the steamer, being introduced to his excellency, Mr.. Breed oh- INFORMATIONS A GAINST Suoexexeens..--Complaints hay served that the boat was building through the inerunsentalitv of ing been made to the magistrates by grand juries at the differ: his firm, for the Levant Compeuy; he then explained her di- ent sessions, and by others of the right -judging portion of the mensiotis and capacity, as being .400 tons, that she would be community, that the increase of crime, especially amongst the propelled by two engines of 160-horse power, and have a copper juvenile order of delinquents, is greatly owing to the imprudent boiler, the-weight of which would be . 35 tons; that this eaten- and ostentatious displayof articles of inerchandise outside the sive boiler•was adopted in order to obviate the effects of the ex- doors of puffing shopkeepers, which, instead Of attracting cus traordinark saline qualities of the waters of the Mediterranean. tourers, had the effect of increasing thieves, the officers of His excellency obseived that he felt great interest in the yes- police have received artless to enforce the observance pf the act sel,s-whieh,.he- understood. was intended to navigate is'etween .of parliament by summoning all tradearrinn en offernaingshefara. Smyrna and Constantinople, as a Medium for conveying the the magistrates, and this day several from the neighbourhood of man, and the'transmission of specie, merchandiie, and passers- Wbitechapel and Byrom -street appeared, pursuant to summons, gers. His excellency evinced the most intense curiosity in his to answer the charge, and were fined in penalties. Charles inquiries and examination of her great length, the fineness of Pain, a batter in Byrom-street, who has once or twice• been her bow, the excellent qualities of English and African oak fined before for a sialilite offence, was charged with hanging that were appareut to view. The vessel was decorated with the hat-boxes, &c., on the exterior of his Window. The defence he flags of Turkey and the British ensign. and his excellency was set up was that the boxes, caps, &c., were placed upon his own received by alarge concourse of respectable mechanics and sea- steps, which, although protruding beyond the window, were, in men, with three hearty c hee r s. Hi s exce ll enc y a ft erwar d s as - f act, w i t hi n t h e shop, as he could close his door. rind shut - diemcended the platform erected fur the occasion, accompanied by all in. the Mayor. The object now was to give the vessel a name. The constable swore that the articles were exhibited foe sale Mr. Breed then addressed the Pasha to the following effect;— outside the premises, on a kind of swing which could be placed " Your excellency has condescended to visit and inspect a yes- iu or out at pleasure, and that they might be seen from the• sel which is constructing for the Levant Company, to navigate corner of Dale-street. the Dardanelles, and to sail from Smyrna to Constantinople, A witness for the defendant, who had also been summoned for and back, to carry the mail, passengers, merchandise, and spe- a lik e aftne e and acquitted on consideration of his abating the cie. lam requested by the proprietors to thank your excellency nuisance, said that there were others in the street more guilty for the interest you have identified with this Vessel by your i - than himself and the defendant,. and they were taken no notice lustrious presence on this occasion, and to beg that you will give of by the constables. The bacon-dealers in the street hung to her a name, as expressive of the respect they entertain for their flitches outside with impunity, and he thought, whilst the your excellency, as that which they entertain for the Sublime shopkeepers paid the constables their salaries, that it' they in- Porte which is represented by your excellency, it the court of formed against one they should against another. • our royal Sovereign; may that name, your excellency, be the Mr. Alderman,Wright said it was the duty of the constables " Crescent." They venture to express a hope through me, that to lay informations against all persons so offending, and he was' this vessel may be a medium for accomplishing some of those not aware that they had neglected their duty. To put the wit magnificent objects that are entertained by a personage so en- ness .right, however, in one point, he must tell him that the lightened ;—wtro has directed his mind so much towards politi- shopkeepers did not pay the constables, but they were indebted cal science, that must tend greatly to elevate the Turkish 'em- to the corporation for their support. pire ; and that it may likewtse assist in extending many advan- The witness replied that he considered the inhabitants indi tages, and that the productive herds of Turkey, her oil and her reedy paid for the support of the police establishment. opium, may soon cease to be obstructed by regulations that are Mr. Wright said that neither directly nor indirectly did they alike injurious to the government and to the agriculturist; your contribute to the police. So far as the bacon dealers were con beautiful country produces 25',000 tuns of olive oil per annum; corned he could only say, that if they were summoned before . I allude to this:solitary fact for the purpose of introducing one the magi s t ra t es f or a like offence they would not save their bacon ' remark, which is, that steam navigation, by she easy concentra- any more than others. (Laughter.) Lion at various points, may double your intercourse with Eu- On promising to discontinue the nuisance the defendant was rope, and that in a few yeirs. Your excellency has, on a recent acquitted. occasion, said thal Turkey is ready to consume, but wants in- Mr. Hartley, a draper, in Dale-street, at the corner of By creased means ; we take the liberty to say to your excellency rom-street, was also summoned. In his defence it was stated, that we will furnish the means for extension if exports he not that the goods were not exhibited so as to come within the mean impeded by any measures of your government." His excellency, ins .of the act of parliament. After hearing the case Mr. after a few preliminary observations, then performed the cere- W right said he would t a k e an opportun i ty of loo ki ng at t h e mony of "christeni ng ," a good deal of merriment being excited premises, and in the meantime judgment should stand over. by one of his excellency's suite receiving no small portion of YESTERDAY.—(Before the Ma toe Ald • W Al ., • eiman RIG lir, the ruby contents of the' bottle upon his uniform and insignia. dermas SAN OBACH, and Alderman Sir Joins 'Num.) His excellency remarked that be most heartily wished suc eess to the enterprise evinced by the Levant Company; he said AN IMPOSTOR.—An ill-looking fellow was placed at the bar, he felt great interest in extending the commercial relations of charged by a watchman with being mad, and misbehaving him- Turkey, and whilst it afforded him infinite pleasure to be instru- self on the previous night. • mental on the occasion, he was quite sure his royal master Phase yer worship, said Cerherus, I was ca ll e d i n l as t n i g ht would net experience l ess ' at t h e prospect o f the resent and to Byrom House, in Byrom-street, to take away this fellow, Captain Tudor becoming auxiliaries, as the? , would to the who went into the place, and began undressing hi mse lf i ns t e ad prosperity of the Ott oman empire. "My' aim,' said he, "shall of calling for ale, which they, as public . shouse keepers, expected be to introduce many improvements into my country, and to him to do. I ralely believes, says the witness, that the man's facilitate where I can the intercourse so much cherished by my out of his senses. government as is that with thi s grea t ki ng d om. " "Then you believe that which. is not true," said Bacheldor, The Mayor then conducted th e p ar t y to t h e Ad e l p hi , w h ere th e B r id ewe ll-k eeper, "h e ' s as gross an impostor as ever en . his worship took his leave. Previous to this, however, the tered,the walls ofßridewell. tie has been several times her Pasha took , "sits -'• _ re on charges of a disorderly nature, and each time he has pt.& tended to be .ill. He has behaved in so singular and outra geous a manner in Bridewell on many occasions that I fancied myself he was out• of his mind. •A surgeon, however, having examined him pronounced him to be as sane as any of his low-prisoners.' Under these circumstances the magistrates committed the prisoner as a rogue and vagabond. • ~,DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A 11ACKNEI-COACHIIIIIAW.—One of those rttffians, of which there are a great number in Liver pool, who drive hackney-coaches, and make a practice of not only imposing upon strangers, but insulting them, was brought before the magistrates charged with abusing a commercial gen tleman staying at the Wellington Inn, in Dale-street. It appeared from the statement of the complainant that on the previous evening he hired the defendant's one-horse car, to convey him from the Liver Theatre to the inn, tor which he de manded three shillings, Conlidering it to be an overcharge he wefused to pay , it, when the prisoner struck him, and used abusive language. '1 he waiter of the inn was also assaulted when ex postulating with the prisoner, and the laudlord, me. gave him unto the custody of a watchman. The assault being proved, the magistrates held the prisoner to bail, in default of which he was committed. The owner of the car then complained -to the magistrates of the conduct of the watchman in leaving the car in the streets after the prisoner was taken to Bridewell. The magistrates said they had nothing to do with that. It was the duty of car-owners to employ drivers of good character, who would not, by their bad conduct, sacrifice the propetty of their employers. UNLICENSED GAME. DEA LERS.—A woman named Margaret Shone, who occupies the stalls Nos. 89 and 90. in St. -John's Market, appeared to an information laid against her by Abra ham M'Clute, a market-looker, charging her with having ex posed for sale.a quantity of game on Saturday last, without hav ing her christian and sernatne written on the sign, together with the words " Licensed to deal in game," contrary to the act of lit and 2d William IV., which especially provides such a regu- • lation, under a penalty of £lO. She was also further charged with having sold game from the 12th of August to the 21th of November without being duly certificated, being for every such offence liable to a penalty of £2O. .The magistrates after hearing the case, mitigated the penalty to 20s. for each offence. The information was laid at the instance of the government sur veyor ;. his object in doing so was to warn others of the breach of the law which they were constantly committing. The pe nalties are directed by the act to be applied to the funds of the parish, which was done in the present case. Aat OLD OFFENDEIL—A notorious thief, known in the Kirk dale and borough calendar as Acton Fox, who was one of the survivors at the wreck of the two boats some time ago, when so many disorderly characters were drowned on their return from a prize tight at Brombro', and who probably was resetved for a more elevated fate than drowning, was placed at the bar charged witk stealing twenty-two hair brooms, the pro perty of some person who considered his character good enough to employ him as a hawker. The complainant said that he had sent him out to hawk the brooms a few days ago, and had not seen the money nor the brooms since. lie had been on the look out for him on the day.previons, and at length caught him in a public-house dead drunk, when on asking for the brooms he was compelled to brush from the prisoner's vioLiice ; be, however, :succeeded in obtainin g the aid of a constable, and the prisoner was taken to Bridewell. The constable said that the prisonerhad been tried for felonies; but he insisted that was only once, in consequence of having been acquitted twice. On a further hearing of the ease it appeared that the prisoner's offence did' not amount to felony, and he was cousequetittly dis charged. Seventeen s hilli ngs and sixpence, which was found upon him, was handed over to the broom-dealer, Itasca I.ITV OF MARINE STORE-KEEPEES.—Four young lads, whose heads scarcely reached tits top of the dock screen, named Poutepay, Buckley, Thompson. and Kennington, were charged with stealing a quantity 9f lead, the property of a person mooed Wade. From the statement of the constable who apprehended them it appeared that the prisoners had stripped the windows of one of Mr. Wade's houses of about Mae pounds of lead, which they had sold to a marine store-keeper. Mr. Wade, however, didnut appear against them. Mr. Alderinau Wright asked if the marine store-keeper was present; the constable said lie was, and, on his stepping forward, the Mayor and the 'Magistrates told. hint that the facility given to young thieves for the disposal of stolen property by. marine store-keepers, such as himself, was the means of encouraging them in their career of crime. lie m fight consider his conduct as a great degradation, and fortunate for himself that he was not prosecuted. The boys were then discharged, th.eir parents, who were pre sent, promising to inflict upon them a little wholesome chas tisement. Daniel Griffiths, a man of bad character, was committed for stealing a cheese, the property of a provision -dealer named Parry, residing in Titheharn-street. Ihe prisoner was detected by a man named Bretlterton running away with the cheese, and apprehended. . asha took occasion to express personally to the Mayor the great pleasure he had,enjoyed by the kindness of his worship, of which he spoke in the warmest terms of gratitude. He con fessed that such marked attention he never expected to receive, either from the first magistrate of this lar ge t own , or f rom t h e i gentlemen his visit had introduced him to. Au address from the merchants of the town having been agreed to fud numerou%ly signed, a number of gentlemen were. now in wailing "To present it. His excellency received the deputation with evident pleasure. The address, of which the following is a copy, was then read: " To Namie Pasha, Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary of • the Sublime Porte at the Court of Great Britain. " We, the undersigned merchants and shipowners of Liver pool, beg to offer to your excellency the homage of our respect on the occasion of your visit to this seaport. The purpose of this direct iutercourse with us being the advancement of the mercantile relations of Turkey with England, it is with equal sincerity and pleasure we give your excellency a public testi mony of our cordial co-operation for its. accom pli s h men t . " We'view your coming among us, on the simple recommen dation of your personal rank and intelligence, as a most grati fying evidence of the philanthropy. .of your motives.. " We are anxious, ou this account, to evince our sense of the just esteem your excellency has formed of the utility of your journey into this part of England, and we thank y ou f or thi s mark of your reliance on our friendly feeling towards the Ottoman empire. " We congratulate ourselves in having contributed towards the success of the Euphrates expedition, an undertaking having for its immediate object to open an important channel for commerce in the dominions of your august master, and we rely with confidence on his sovereign protection of our' countrymen during their hazardous enterprise. " With. the renewed expression of our personal consideration and esteem, we have the honour to be your excellency's most obedient servants." His excellency replied to the address in the following terms: ".Gentlemen,—Many of your countrymen have travelled in Turkey with prejudices against the institutions and the customs of the country of which; I have the honour of being the repre sentative at the court of Great Britain, and they have thus recorded their observations in a manner very unfavourable to our true condition. But, happily, from what I have seen in my present journey, their misrepresentations have not pro duced any alteration iu the friendship and sympathy that exist between the British and Ottoman empires. I am happy to testify for myself that British sentiments respond altogether to the feelings and expectations of my countrymen, and I con- gratulate myself in having been the organ to receive this friendly declaration, in support of my country, on the part of the merchants of Liverpool. In respect of the navigation of the Euphrates, it is our interest to protect and promote it, seeing that the benefit will not be for England alone, but for Turkey likewise. The success of that expedition will make Turkey the depOt of the riches of India and of the commerce of Great Britain. Fur the respect you have shown me I sincerely thank you." The Ambassador and his suite left the Adelphi Hotel on Wednesday morning, and returned to Manchester by the ten o'clock railway train of carriages. lie will remain there some days, for the purpose of visiting the spinning and other works of that town. lie will then proceed from thence to Birmingham, and, after viewing its principal objects of curiosity, will return to London. AU persons who have seen and conversed with him here agree in opinion that be is a man endowed with great in tellectual powers, quick perceptions, and enlightened views as a statesman. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF DIAMONDS, &c.—A robbery was discovered on Monday morning to a very eauliderable amount. In the bonded warehouses of- Messrs. Hall and Co., near"the Custom-house, were deposited diamonds and other precious stones and jewellery of considerable.imlue, and everything was left apparently safe on Saturday last; but on the premises being opened ou Monday for business, it was di scovere d th a t th e depository of the gems and other property of value bad been broken open; and precious stones taken away worth between f.SO(X) an 4 £6OOO. It is stated that a portion of the diamonds were the property of Don Pedro. It is believed that the thieves must have been locked up in the warehouses at the legal quay above stated on Saturday night, and that they remained all Sunday in them, and made their escape with great difficulty on Sunday night. They appear to have enjoyed themselves while in the warehouses. The most active measures have been adopted fur the purpose of apprehending the delinquents. AN AMERICAN WONDL.R.—Professor Silliman's " American Scientific Journal" contains an account (since copied into the London Mirror) of a couple of cat-fish caught in a shrimp -net off the coast of Carolina in August, 1833, and joined together exactly in the same manner as . the Siamese boys. One was 31 and tile other 21 inches long, and the latter emaciated. Each fish was perfect, and, though there was a hollow in the integu, ment by which they were united, the viscera were entirely dis tinct. They appeared to be able to swim side by side in the natural way. FATAL AND DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE. —Two young per sons met with their death here last week under very , unusual and painful . circumstances:—Our trading vessels, it is well known, are much infested with rats, and other vermin, in con sequence of which fumigation with brimstone and charcoal is often had-recourse to by the masters. Wednesday last the smack Hero, which plies betwixt Inverness and London, and is now lying at our port, was put through this process in the course of the afternoon. Th e w h o l e was closed up, and the vessel left by the crew tilrthe following day. :The same evening, however, one of the sailors, John Fraser, aged 20, being, as is supposed, intoxicated, returned to the vessel in company with a female, Jane Stewart, aged 16, - residing on the Merkinch, and enterin g the forecastle closed the hatch. The consequences may easily be predicted. Both were found dead in the morning, having been suffocated by the fumigation in the vessel. The remains of these ill-fated • persons were interred on Saturday.---lriver nes: Courier. CURISTIAN CHARITY OF THE PRIESTS—PATRIOTIC RALITY OF " THE PEori.n."—The force of " public opinion" was exemplified with a Nengeance.on Sunday last, in the neigh bourhood of Clonenah.—An old woman, a widow Daly, wflo resided at Clodcouse, midway between Monutrath and Mary borough, died last week ; her son, Michael Daly, having voted for Sir CL H. Conte and the Hon. Thos. Vesey, was an act which could not be tolerated; and on Sunday morning last " the people" were told after mass to let " the l3ruuswickers" bury Daly's mother. The consequence of this charitable ad vice was, that the remains of the old woman were with difficulty conveyed to Marvborough for interment; and on the return of the•very few individuals who attended they were violently as sailed by a mob, within a f e w m il es cf th e t own , an d pelted with stutieg.—Cork Constitution. CITY OF DUBLIN PETITION. (From the Dublin Etening Mail, of Wednesday.) Nothing can be more clear, conclusive, and sesisfactory than the opinion of counsel upon atl the points submitted to them in reference to the case against the return of Messrs. O'Connell and Ruthven. We have seen this document—the joint produc tion of three of the most eminent pra c titi oners at the English bar, and the deep research it evinces, the pains -taking inves tigation bestowed upon every minut e f ea t ure of t h e case, shows tho labonr that has - been bestowed, and the mature thought with which it has been considered. The petition has been framed in accordance with the suggestions of counsel: and it will be lodged to-morrow, the moment the speaker is eltcted. So cer tain is Mr. O'Connell of defeat, that it is said he had if in con templation to accept the Chiltern Hundreds directly after he-- bad voted on the question of the speaker—calculating upon the petition not being lodged for four-and-twenty hours, and thus run the chance of driving the parties to a new election. This scheme will be foiled, and we may yeuttire to congratulate our readers upon the achievement of a victory not second to any .that has been gained in this country. So much do we look upon this petition as a national concern, and so little do we conceive it the mere business of an •indivi dual, that we have no hesitation in calling not only upon °tic friends in Dublin, but upon the well-affected and constitutional throughout the kingdom, to support by their contributions the carrying into effect this great and desirable object. Mr. West has nobly, and liberally, ant? generously expended immense sums in these cont es t s ;- nay, we understand that he is ready and willing to bear the whole pecuniary burden of the petition; but this ought notto be permitted. It is the cause of the coun try more than it is his; and we are confident that there is not one of our readers who will not anxiously lend his aid to the attainment of this great end. . . The General Steam Navigation Company's . mail-packet the Columbine, from. ,lianibur g li, arr i ve d ot t 'the Custom-house on Monday, at four o'clock, p.m The Rev. E. J. Wilcock, A. 8., Curate of.l.ower Brixham, has been presented to .the chaplaincy of the.Scilly Islands, on the presentation of Augustus Smith, Esq. the lord-proprietor. The gentlemen of Hastings have subscribed to present their late member, Mr Planta, with a splendid piece of plate, a table ornament, of the value of more than two hundred guineas. The work has just been completel by Alessi-5. Emanuel, of Bevis Marks, in the most exquisite style of art, and *as presented on Wedu esday last. . . Mr. Jeremie, from the Mauritius, lied an interview on. Wednesday with the Earl of Aberdeen at the colonial office. The first engine has been placed on the I.6ndon and Green wich Railway, preparatory to the Easter fair. £6 per day• has been received for penny passengers alone by the footpath to Greenwich. ARRIVAL OF THE NEW FRENCH A MDASSADOR.—Iiis Ex cellency General Count Sebastiani, with his lady and suite, arrived at the Carlton Hotel, Regent-street, on Wednesday af ternoon, at our o'clock, from' Dover, where he slept on the preceding evening, at Worthington's Hotel. His excellency afterwards went to the office of the Secretary of State foe Foreign Affairs, and had an inter v i ew w i t h t h e D u k e o f Welling ton. Hie excellency dined in the evening with the Earl and Countess of Tankerville. 'Dort Mto oxt..—The Swabian Mercury announces, after ac counts of the 3d instant from Vienna, that the emperor has granted permission to Don Miguel to reside at Vienna, where he was shortly expected, and w ou ld occupy the summer palace of the Prince . de Schwartzenberg, in the Faubourg of Reline weg. According to accounts from Constantinople of Jan. 14th, the ameassadors of France and England have re-commenced an interchange of notes with the Porte on the Ruspo-Turkish treaty. CunONO ETERS.—An Adinirality order has been issued, that, after the present year, no more prizes are to be given for chro nometers deposited for trial at the Royal Observatory. It has been a practice, for the last fourteen or fifteen years, to receive at the Observatory a certain number of chronometers, the rates of which were regularly registered by one of the assistants; and at the end of a twelvemonth that chronometer whose rate had been most equable, entitled its owner to a prize of £3OO, the second best to £2OO, and the third to £l5O, government re taining the instruments for these respective sums. The effect of this plan has been to produce an excellence in chronometers which probably no other means would have ensured. Its im mediate consequence has.been to secure for his Majesty's navy .the finest time-piece iii the world; and, as the lives of a thou sand men, and property of the value of 100,000 pounds in many - instances -depend upon the excellence of one of these instruments of navigation, the object that has been.obtained by the institu tion of priies is oue of thelighest natiotaalituportauce.—Green wick Gazette. We regret to announce the death of G. H. D. Pennant. Esq., son-in-law to the Earl of Cardigan, whoSe loss is deeply felt by his afflicted family and a large circle of friends. RAMSGATE, Fiat. IG.—We had - rather a novel visitor in our harbour this morning, which afforded much amusement to the persons congregated on the pier: it was a fine seal, which, in the eager chase of its prey, swam into our inner harbour, and the gates at highwater being closed, there was no means for its escape till the running of-the sluices, at which time numbers of of men; with nets emp loyed for cat c hi ng shrimps, endeavoured to secure the monster; but he was too knowing to be so easily taken, for aft er near l y upsetting two or three of them, he boldly dashed through one of the sluices, bade defiance to several others he met. in boats, and triumphantly swam out of the harbour. leas ing his enemies much chagrined at their want of tact in cap turing so good a prize.—KelitiA Gazette. A Fstay.--At the Limerick petty sessions on Wednesday last, a woman, named Ellerr English, was charged by two girls with swindlin g them, on pretence' th a t s h e was endowed with the gift of fairy ism. She promised in a certain time to give tho girls 21 stone of gold, on the condition of paving her Is. 4d. a week. The complainants stated, further that they frequently sent her presents of hens, geese, &c. Mrs. English ass red the bench that if she was allowed a mouth longer she would perform her contract James Daly, one of the city police, who arrested this subject of Queen Mab, stated that he found in her box much valuable wearing apparel, especially shoes, of which she had seven or eight pairs. Information were ordered against her, on hearing which she said no human.beingliad power over her as she was a fairy ; she told the bench, in plain terms, that it was safer for them not to meddle with her. This caution, however, was disregarded. CABitIOLLT ACCIDENT.—About half-past eleven o'clock on Tuesday tnorning, the Hon. Lady Sarah Ramsay was crossing Regeut-street, near Maddox-street, - Lfindon, at the instant a gig, driven by a gentlman, was coming along at a very furious speed. Her ladyship became terrified and confused, as the vehicle approached towards her,' and hesitated whether to recede or go forward, until the end of one of the shafts struck her ladyship voilently on the left shoulder, knocking her to the ground with tremendous force, immediately under the horses feet. The animal severely trampled on her ladyship, but for tunately some person-ran forward and seized its head, in time to preveut the wheels passing over her ladyship, who was taken up in a state of insensibility, and was found to have sustained very set ions injury about the chest and neck, and also to have broken het left wrist. Her ladyship was conveyed in a coach to her residence, N 0.7, Berkeley-street, Portman-Squate. The gentleman who had the misfortune to cause the accident, alighted, and rendered every assistance in his power. The sergeant-at-arms, H. Seymour, Esq., has summoned all the officers and messengers of the House of Commons to as semble at half-Ntst ten o'clock this morning fir the purpose of snaking the neceslary arrangements previously to the meeting of parliament on Tfithilitay. • The meeting is to take place in the new House of Commons. We understand that a similar order has been issued to the messengers, &c., of the House of Lords. This proceeding is rendered necessary in consequence of the very great alteration in their respective duties, which must result from the vast changes made in the locality of their various offices.—London paper. THE MALT TA x.—A respectable weekly contemporary, the Old England, states it has very strong rea.soikfor believing that three-fourths of the thalt tax wilt be taken off. Although we are well aware ofihe anxious desire of his Majesty's ministers to afford every relief to the agricultural interest which the finan cial circumstances of the country will allow, we believe that the giving up of so large a pqrtion of revenue as three-fourths of the malt tax is for the present totally impossible. We think it right to say thus much, lest the paragraph we have referred to, comin ,, from such authority, might lead to unfounded expecta tion and subsequent disappointment.—Alaiun. Donna Maria, the Queen of Portugal, has ordered a donatiOn of .E.lOO to be given to that useful charitable institution the Sea man's Hospital, on board the Dreadnought, to which Portu guese sailors, as well as those of all other nations, are admitted. The above was transmitted a few days ago by his Excellency Chevalier Sarmento. This well applied contribution does credit to the humane and patriotic feeling s of the young queen. TIMBER DUTIES.—The following reply has been received from Sir Robert Peel, in answer to a mernolial forwarded from several merchants, shipowners, and others of Hull, pray ing for an equitable arrangement of the timber duties. The memorial was transmitted through Mr. Carruthers:— " Whitehall-gardens, Feb. 5. "Stn,—l request that you will assure the gentlemen whose memorial you have transmitted to me, that the subject to which it refers shall undergo my consideration, and I shall be Very happy at any time to communicate with you as the represene tative of 'Hull upon that subject. " ROBERT "To D. Carruthers, Esq." —Doncaster Gazette. ORKNEY.—THE LAST OF THE ELECTlONS.—Conserratism has triumphed' in the most extreme point of the land. Notwith standing the croakings and the contradictory accounts put ' forth by out 'liberal contemporaries as to the result of this con test, the standard of independence and constitutional principles now waves triumphantly in the stormy north. From accounts received in town yesterday, we are happy to learn that Mr. Balfour, the conservative candidate, has been returned member of parliament for Orkney and Shetland, by a majority of 30 over Isis Whig opponent, Mr. Trail. The gross poll at its final close was thus:— . For M.. Balfour Fur Mr. Trail . B4 Majority for Mr. Balfour. 3O Thus finishing the general election by ;leather illustration of the spread of constitutional sentiments throughout the country. —Glasgow Courier. SIiOCKING ACCIDENT.—Between two and three o'clock yes terday afternoon the following accident occurred at the resi dence of Mr. Edward Pullen, a geutleman residing at No. 7, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square, London :—Mrs. Flyndell,* the mother-in-law of Mr. Pullen, and who has just passed the 91th year. of her age, was left sitting in her sleeping apartment, being from her imbecile state, arising from the infirmities of her advanced age, unable to leave her room, when, in a short time after Wards, a strong smell of fire was perceiyed by the occu pants of the lower part of the house. and, on, proceeding up stairs to Mrs. Flyndell's room, the unfortunate lady was found bring over the fender, with her head upon the hearth, face downwards, inimediufeiy underneath the grate, and the upper • portion of her clothes burnt completely off her, while her per son, particularly about her bosom, nec k, a n d both sides other head,.had sustained injury of - a' most frightful description, the flesh in several places being burnt into holes. Every possible assistance was rendered the unfortunate sufferer, but, of course, ,she cannot be expected to survive. • - • BANFF.—A few years ago, there was discovered by some workmen who were employed digging a ditch, in . the Hill of Macduff, a pair of antique bracelets, and a spear head, both of bronze,. and several pieces of pure gold, which were delivered by the persons wh o found th em to the Earl of Fife, as Lord of the Manor. The finders were handsomely rewarded by his lord ship for their honesty and trouble. The articles were contained in an earthen pot or jar, usually denominated terracotta. Last week, as some workmen were again - digging near th e same place, they touched upon another jar of terracotta, con t a i n i ng several trinkets, consisting of a long brass chain, a pair of curi ously finished ear-rings, - and several bracelets, all of bras s , ex cept the ear-rings, which were covered with a thin _plate of pure gold. They are now also in the possession of! the 4arl:of Fife. The jar in which they were contained was unfortunately broken in the digging. It is dif f icult to'conjecture at what period they were e i hroounn but as the per sons w h o f ound theta v d on the declivity o f t h e Hi ll, which wdiggi deposited, nga pi o e r c by e) f w g . to all appearance had till now remained in tit state of nature, eddhictlouenrcteoailtirdhand of man, the thei r a very l ong per i o d. andarticles evidently' inustti a u v e n t o r e u n c i h a e i and their shape and workmanship prove them the work of a very early age. No sarcophagus or remain sof bones were seen near them, so as to induce a belief that they were a votive offerine to the manes of the dead; and we are therefore left to conclude that they had been deposited by the owners in trou blous times, for safety, as precious relies.—.l6erdeen Observer. PAT Lucx.---A worthy bailie (now deceased.) of the good c ity of Glasgow, having occasion, about forty years ago, to visit London, was highly delighted with the prospect of his ex cursion; and what he would do when there, and bow he would comport himself, and show his magisterial dignity among the &washers, was the subject of many a talk. at the holy' he fre quented in the Callow-gate__a public -house then euphoniously. designated Po'ck's Hole. Among other things, the bailie de clared his determination to call upon the king, and be doubted not his majesty would cordially ask a Glasgow bailie to pick a dinner, or, as he called it, to take pat lock. His waggish c ompanions talkbd seriously with him, and averred that of t ' this there could not be a doubt. as "it was ua 'ever v day a Glas gow bailie was in Luuun." Away the builie went; and after sojonrnieg in the great c i ty f or a time, and finishins , his busi ness, be return e d an d resume d h i s usual even i ng scat at Pn'elt's Hole. Inquiries were poured out upon him as to his adven-. tures in the strange land he had visited, and man% things he • described; and wondrous adventures of which he hid been the hero, did the worthy bailie tell about: but it was remarked by all, that he carefully avoided speaking of his visit to the king. At length he was pressed upon the subject, and pointedly asked, if he had made his intended visit to royalty. He de clare,; he had, and that his majesty had been decent, kind, and discreet to him. "But did he ask ye to ye're dinner, bailie ?" " Na, he didna do that; but he excused himself decently, for he tell't me he was vera sorry he could not. ask me that day,_ because the queen had a washire, an' it wadna be couvenient ye ken."