The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-14 00:00:00

CI ~~t~' RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. - We promised in our last to suggest to the directors and proprietors of some of those railway undertakings, which are now labouring under depression a course of proceeding, by the adoption of which, the difficulty of their present position would be lessened, if not altogether got rid of. We can not, of course, where circumstances are so varied, lay down a remedy which will reach equally the evils of every case, and shall, therefore, be content to offer here a few general re marks, reserving their application to particular cases, as they may in the course of time present themselves to our notice. The first object of such companies should he to arrive at a knowledge of the precise nature of their difficulties. In most instances they are of a financial nature, and arise from in ability or unwillingness on the part of the shareholders to furnish funds with sufficient regularity to enable the directors to proceed with their works ; and the inquiry s hould at once be instituted,—To what extent does real inability exist, and on what grounds is this unwillingness founded? The mode of instituting inquiries of this nature has hitherto • been, to appoint a committee of shareholders and directors, with power to inspect books and documents, ao report to a general meeting convened for the purpose. W nd t e should rather suggest the appointment of a professional man, who, in addition to the information to be derived from the com pany's officers, should also have instructions to wait upon bodies of the shareholders, and endeavour to ascertain, from personal communication with them, the feelings and circum stances by which they are actuated in declining or delaying to perform their contracts with the directors. The faithful report of an intelligent professional man, after an inquiry so conducted, would be a document upon which the directors of any public undertaking might safely proceed to the appli cation of remedial measures; and upon which those share holders who had demurred in their payment of calls, from wrong i mpr essions of the company's position, would be wil ling to rely. It would then remain to be decided what must be the nature of the measures to be adopted, and, when the source of injury and its extent had been ouce accurately ascertained, a considerable portion of the difficulty would be obviated. Where real inability to pay existed amongst the shareholders, prompt measures could at once be adopteil to supply the place of those so circumstanced, by the substitution of sol vent and substantial parties. This, perhaps, in all cases, might not be easy of accomplishment. Where the shares of an undertaking were at a heavy discount, it could not be done at once, and especially if the discount were greater than the amount in arrear. It would still, however, be de siro,ble that the shares of insolvent defaulters should he im mediately forfeited, and resumed by the company: and the mere intimation that such shares would not be re-allotted except . at par, would of itself relieve the market, pro Canto, of the pressure by which the discount is produced. The next and more important question would be the nature of the proceedings to be adopted towards those whose ability to pay has been already ascertained, together with their reason's for withholding payment. For the sake of perspicuity, we shall class these parties according to the cir cumstances which actuate their conduct. The first whose position demands our consideration is, that of parties who having been original or registered shareholders have sold their interest in the undertaking, but either from their own ignorance of business matters,. or the neglect or wilful con nivance of their agents, have failed to secure, by a duly registered transfer, the cessation of liability. We alluded in our last to the hardship of compelling payment. from this class of shareholders ; and also to the fact that although liable in the eye of the law to be compelled to supply funds, they were unable to recover possession of the property for which they were paying. And we are sorry to learn that the number of individuals so circumstanced is very. considerable. It is the shares of these parties which have constituted the . stock with which brokers and speculators have operated upon the market—which have been .trucked backwards and for wards without any further object on the part of either sellers or buyers, than the day's profitor loss, and which now lie in the hands or dealers, ready to be poured into the market as soon as the slightest revival of confidence will produce a shadow of profit for their holders. It is on that account essential that steps should be taken to destroy a property so prejudicial alike to sound speculation and bona fide invest ment, either by adopting proceedings at once to compel 1 payment of calls in arrears and registration, or by forfeiture of the shares and re-allotment to responsible and tangible shareholders. . . To secure this object we are compelled, on a full consider ation of all the circumstances, to recommend that public companies and shareholders, who have been so imprudent as to place themselves in these difficulties, should submit to mutual sacrifices. Let the shareholders pay up an agreed portion of the arrear, and the shares be forfeited and resumed by the directors, and re-issued at par as soon as the state of the market will allow. Another class of persons whose case is worthy of consider= ation, consists of those parties who, being able eventually to pay, are so far crippled in their present means by the circum stances of the times, as to 'render their . doing so inconvenient and almost ruinous. If pressed by compulsory proceedings, these pirties must sell, at the loss perhaps of the whole amount paid, and with the certainty of still further depre ciating the value of stock in the market ; or transfer their shares to some accommodating friend,- who is not worth a shilling, and is is ready for a prison as for his bed. The shares thus transferred, of course, furnishing a ftitther sup ply of stock without responsibility, for brokers and specula tors to work with. To avoid either' of these alternatives, both alike injurious to any undertaking, the one as produc ing unpopularity, and the other encouraging fraudulent spe . - culation, we should suggest that in a few extreme cases, se curity. for a portion of the calls in arrear might be taken on payment of another portion. With respect to the third class—those able, but obstinately unwilling. to pay—we cannot offer any hand of protection to them. In most cases they will be found to consist of the unprincipled speculator, disappointed of his anticipated gain, or of the equally unprincipled adventurer s disappointed of his job; and against such the compulsory power confer red upon directors may very justly be directed. But we have some doubt whether the course of proceeding which we have pointed out, the unwinding of the en tanglements by which the proceedings of Railway Com panies have been impeded, together with an open and candid explanation to the shareholders generally, and to the public of their real position, the difficulties of which have in most instances, within our own knowledge been ridiculously exaggerated, will not have the effect of rendering unnecessary any legal proceedings at all, except, perhaps, in a few cases. We see on every hand, as new un dertakings come into operation, new proofs of the sound foundation upon which the principle of railways is based ; and when the present money crisis has passed over and the pressure is removed, we trust to witness the establishment of sound and healthy prices. It may be objected that directors of railways in course of . formation, cannot afford to lop off at once by any concession, so great a portion of their capital as will be necessary to clear them of their embarrassment by the course of proceeding which we have suggested. We have before stated that our remarks cannot be made to apply to all cases ; but we still think that the objection will be found on consideration to be of less weight than may at first be attached to it. As our space is rather limited this week, we shall not, however, be able to state so fully as we could wish the views we enter tained on this important part of our subject, but shall endea vour to do so in'our next. In the mean time, however, we may state our conviction, that in a sound railway under taking no lasting inconvenience will arise from the adoption of our suggestion, and with respect to any temporary incon , venience, the company receive a bonus to the extent of the gross sum paid upon all forfeited shares, to compensate them for submitting to it with a good grace to what they are re ally, and in fact, otherwise compelled to submit. Going to law and getting the money for which you go are not always the same thing ; and after all there is something odd in the appearance of cramming a man with a good thing by main force. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH SCOTLAND. THE WESTERN AND EASTERN ROUTES. We have received from Mr. John Whitehead a letter ad dressed to the Commissioners appointed by Government to inquire respecting the relative merits of ,the rival railways projected from London to Edinburgh and Glasgow. The letter is itself too long for insertion in; our columns, but some of the statements and calculations may be interesting to our readers, and we accordingly subjoin them. As between London and Glasgow and Edinburgh the dis tance appears to be considerably in favour of the Eastern route—i.e. the London and Birmingham to Rugby, the Mid land Counties, the North Midland, York and North Midland, Great North of England to Newcastle, and by a projected line along the East Coast to Edinburgh, with a line of 46 miles already in course of execution to Glasgow, the whole distance from London by these railways being to Edinburgh 4121 miles, and to Glasgow 4584. By the West Route, v i a Grand Junction, North Union, &c. the distance to Glasgow is 467, and to Edinburgh 513. The difference in favour of the East Route to Edinburgh is 100 miles, and to Glasgow 8 miles. The Commissioners having to report on their merits in respect of the manufacturing districts of the two counties, Mr. Whitehead gives the distance between Manchester and Glasgow by the Western Route, 279 miles and by the East ern 315—being a difference of 36 miles in favour of the West ern Line. On the other hand, from Manchester to Edin burgh, the dist ance b y t h e W es t ern Line: is 325 miles, and by the Eastern 269 miles, being a difference of 56 miles in favour of the latter. Looking at the connexion of the Western Line with the North of Ireland, to which point the attention of the Com missioners is also directed by Government, the presumption , would appear to be that in a commercial view the Western 'Route would be preferable. Something, however, will de- Tend upon the relative cost of the two route 4, and their en gineering merits, respecting which our correspoid.entis - - -, SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY, Mr. Viguoles has resigned his office as Engineer-in-Claief !,) the Sheffield and Manchester Railway Company, and Mr., 4 +Locke has been appointed to succeed hitn; The Directo rs. , V ..... ly . ti p we understand, intend pushing forward with all posible vi. V .. . le ks ;between Glossop and Manchester terminus, ( * / 1 / 4 . t - i .- — 7" Ile .to open in the first instanee.through that very $-; ,` - ---I- productive district. The works at the summit ..f - ' •,.',...i;--: k t i \ 11 0 CI U ' ‘‘ ` ll 4l.S . , l. 447 l' work r.atitSt abl ' e 000/"Ito and /•''' -1/4 \-N - ;unnel are making very satisfactory progress.—RailwayTirnes. BRADFORD AND LEEDS RAILWAY. We learn with much pleasure that the proposed branch to Bradford of the Manchester and Leeds Railway is likely to be taken up with proper energy. A survey, we are informed, has just been completed, and the gradients are found to be exceedingly favourable. The proposed branch would confer great benefit on an important manufacturing. district. We wish the spirited propjectors all the success they can desire. —Railway Times. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—BOX TUNNEL. Considerably more than half of the excavation of this stu pendous work has been executed, and as -new shafts have been sunk by the contractor to regain the arrears at certain points, no doubt is entertained that the tunnel may be com pleted within the present year. At the London end of the line every exertion has been made that the weather would allow, to complete the heavy cutting at Sunni4-hill, near Reading. The earthwork is now just finished, and the bal last is being spread upon the line, after which =the laying of the timber and rails will proceed rapidly. flood progress is made with the station at Reading, and it is expected that the railway will be opened to that town before April next. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. We hear this line will be further opened to within a quarter of a mile of Shoreditch, and on the other side to Brentwood, in March next, if the weather continues favourable. This will make about 18 miles opened. ELANELLY RAILWAY. The next 20 miles of this line will be opened about the 17th instant. There only remains about 500 yards of ballasting to finish. This will complete the line. NORTHERN RAILWAY. The commissioners appointed to report upon the most eli gible line of railway into Scotland, visit these parts some time this month. It appears that a grant of shore has been obtained from the crown for the Morecambe Bay Railway. '—Lancaster Gazette. The judicial proceedings now going forward at Monmouth add .another to the many previously existing proofs of news paper enterprise and railway facilities. Those who have seen the daily journals during this week and the last, will have noticed the ample details therein supplied of the trials of Frost and his traitorous accomplices. In the case of the Morning Post, Chronicle, Herald, and Advertiser, these de tails have in general embraced everything that has transpired down to the close of the proceedings on the previous after noon at six o'clock, at a distance of 128 miles, and yet the papers have been published (frequently with twelve columns of this matter) at six o'clock in the morning. Of course these proceedings are forwarded by a well-arranged express, and our object in adverting to the circumstance is to note how eagerly the facilities afforded by railways are sought after. On arriving at Twyford, the temporary terminus of the Great Western line, the express is transferred to a spe cial train, (or rather engine,) which accomplishes the distance of 31 miles in the short space of from 35 to 45 minutes, (in one instance in 304 minutes,) the sum of XlO being paid to the Railway Company for each trip. The Morning Post, in noting the rate of speed, expresses its " sense of obligation to the zeal, attention, and skill of the officers of the Rail way Company, of which it affords so striking a proof." The Times express is forwarded by a somewhat different route, passing, we are told, along the Aylesbury and London and Birmingham lines, by a special train—of course at very con siderable expense. GLASGOW AND AYR RAILWAY. The traffic on the part (104 miles) opened of this line, has been gradually decreasing during the autumnal months, as dias to be expected. In a short time, probably a month, a further portion, to Kilwinning, will be opened, when the traffic will in all probability be doubled, without, it is said, " any increase of expense whatever." We understand the three classes adopted by the company suit the pockets of all parties admirably—the passengers for economy, and the com pany in the returns; but on the third class the duty presses heavily. It rarely happens that lines partially opened pay their expenses; the Glasgow and Ayr has, however, done more, and, we understand, has returned a profit. The following is the traffic for the last five . months, Sun days excluded August 4 to 31 . September... October .. November December 18,4621 9,723 7,329 6,7521 5,963 • Total, five months.. 48,2291 The great misfortune of this railway is, that it does not run on Sundays. We may judge of the loss sustained by this, from the fact that the Sunday traffic on the Greenwich and Croydon lines is 25 per cent. of the gross week's; conse quently the loss to the Glasgow and Ayr is at.least 33 per cent. on their present traffic.—RailWAy Magazine. Colonel Cunningham and his colleagues having returned from a personal inspection of the proposed routes and ter minal harbours on the Welsh coast, in reference to an Anglo- Hibernian railway, are now in the north, performing the same duty with respect to the projected lines into Scotland. —Railway Times. WEEKLY RETURNS OF RA (From the Railway M I LWAY TRAFFIC, ragazine) NAME. Passen- Cash. P' mile'P.mile Passeng gers. pr.wk.ip. day. per day • X. X. X. Birmingham .. South Western — 20974 36 5 Great Western - Greenwich.. Manchester& Leeds 10776 5 9 9 444 64 1539 - Birming. &Derby — 695 18 21 York &N. Midland 1847 3014. 204 3 264 Croydon 97 4061 381 54 9991 Midland Counties 2 74 260 161 394 Eastern Counties Glasgow & Ayr.... 266 83 114 12 517 .IJlstor:4., .... •• • • • 1 wl`~ N THE NEW IRON SHIP. LAUNCH OF THE " JOHN GARROW. " ' The largest irbn sailing vessel in the world was on Tuesday launched from the building-yard of Messrs. John Roualds and Co., at Aberdeen. • The day was signally propitious ; and, long before the hour fixed for the launch, thousands crowded towards the scene of - attraction. Every possible accommodation was afforded to the immense multitude assembled within the building-yard. A gallery, specially set apart for the fair sex, was completely 'filled by " the beauty and fashion" of our " guid town" ; while the Inches, and other points of view, were crowded with eager spectators. The band of the Aber deenshire Militia was in attendance, and delighted all present with their performance of some of our most popular national airs. The moment of launching was announced by the dis charge of a piece of ordnance, which was immediately echoed by the sound of the quick-repeated strokes of the carpenter's hammer. At a few minutes past two, away went the" John Garrow" (for so was the vessel christened by Miss Aiken of Auchintoul), amid the thunder of a royal salute, and the rival cheers of the congregated multitude. The length of this noble vessel over all is 150 feet. Breadth 3l „ Depth 2l „ And measurement upwards of 800 tons. It is believed that on 14 feet water she will carry 1409 tons weight. She will be full ship-rigged ; the -standing rigging of patent metallic cordage, the lightness and other advantages of which are not yet sufficiently known here to be fully appreciated. The vessel was steered to her moorings under the direction of Lieut. Orlando Wilson, R.N. This magnificent vessel glided majestically into her future element, amidst the shouts of assembled thousands. Great national importance unquestionably attaches to this new era in naval architecture; but, in a passing notice like the pre sent, it were perhaps out of place to dwell on this point ; but this much we feel it incumbent on us to say, that; having marked the general construction of the vessel, the great strength of her fastenings, and the aspect of safety and dura bility that she exhibits, we can have but little doubt vessels of this description will time be great favourites at Lloyd's, at rates, perhaps, under those required even for vessels of English oak. The greatest credit is due to Messrs. Bowman, Vernon, and Co., not only as contractors, but also as having presented a specimen of workmanship which, combining strength, elegance, and a perfect adaptation to the purposes contem plated, we believe can hardly be surpassed. The outside is flush-jointed, and the various parts are put together in the most admirable and masterly manner. The merit and talent of the builder, Mr. J..Ronalds, are so well known, that any encomium of ours on his profes sional skill would be superfluous. We have known him as the builder of the Duke of Wellington and Queen of Scot land, steamers, and the Arkwright, West Indiaman ; and we now rejoice to see him take the lead in what we consider the greatest modern experiment in improving our marine ; and, having taken it, we have little doubt but he will keep it. This fine vessel is the property of our enterprising towns men, Messrs. Anderson, Garrow, and Co., of Liverpool. After the launch, an elegant entertainment, prepared with great taste by Mr. Mollison, of the Union Hotel, was served up in the draftsman's-room, at the works, where a numerous company of ladies and gentlemen, comprising the principal inhabitants of the town, besides Lord Haddo, the officers of the 91st Regiment, &c. &c. sat down about three o 'clock to a dejeun e r ala fourclsetle, Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur Farqu har, R.N., in the chair ; Mansfield Forbes, Esq., croupier. After the cloth had been removed, the chairman gave " The Queen," which was drunk to with every demonstration of loyal feeling. The next toast was " The Navy and Army," followed by " Prince Albert." The chairman then called on the company to fill a very full bumper, and drink to the toast of the day—" Success to the John Garrow." The toast was drunk to with loud, long', and renewed cheering. The next toasts were—" The liberal and enterprising owners, our townsmen, Messrs. Anderson, Garrow, and Co., of Liver pool"—" Messrs. Ronalds and Co., and Bowman, Vernon, Co., the builders and contractors"—" The Magistrates and Town-Council of Aberdeen"—" The Town and Trade of the City of Aberdeen," and " The Town and Trade of Liverpool." In the evening, the workmen had a ball, aad enjoyed them selves, with their wives and sweethearts, to a late hour. — Aberdeen Journal. THE NEW CHURCH AT WELCHPOOL ROBBED.—It was ascertained on Sunday morning week that the large stone, about. two tons weight, which had been placed upon the foun dation stone for the purpose of securing the new coins therein deposited, and also to form part of the building, had been Carefully removed several in c h es th e prev i ous n i ght, s o as to admit a person's hand to reach the plate covering the bottle containing the coins. The bottle and contents were taken away, but the plate was left near the spot.—Silurian. 1 . - n E PENNY POSTAGE. Yesterday the newto p re sio gu ra la t tio n n , what throughout the operation, was y, k not el y to be the difference in the amount of revenue. Vast prepa rations have been made at the post-office, in the expectation of a great excess of letters, and for the accommodation of persons employed in receiving and sor tin g them. Yest erday the carpente rs were still at work. Throughout the day the approached, at which avenues of thron the general postoffice in St. Martin's-le-Grand were more than usually o'clock there were the g E o a to throned , and as the hour of six utmost exertions time no more newspapers are received, the crowd became About a quarter before s;x sons, and it required assembled ter between . 200 and 300 per officers, to allow room for the the officers attached dispersed ' of Peake, one of ic, enartment. As soon postoffice, with some other Mice them to tbe newspaper . department . who brought newspapers to hour of six o'clock struck a hour. cheer was raised. The a vast concourse eight o'clock when as the , asco.ntcourse was,as crowd then shortly after between takeN le,xlapeeee.tedTtihwayt number informant it,owhat the mails.receiyed their bags, equal letters, bled, and much anxiety was evinced on their departure some alteration would i however started exactly at the same made inquiries as to the increase in the when he was informed that the excess was not ef , i vas was expected. It was stated that the quantity 90,000 and 100,000 letters. At the Gloucester Coffee-house and the Regent-circus, where the mail carts take the t u ag se for the mails which go westward, their appearance was not s such a s to lead to the inference that there could have been that great .excess beyond the usual supply which was antici pated would #3yis been the case. —Morning Herald qt Sa turday, • • STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS.—The markets since our last have worn• a firmer aspect than for some weeks past, but the actual amount of business transacted has not been materially augmented. It is satisfactory, however, to learn that several of our local es tablishments which had for some time been doing a merely nominal businessTa;abegun-iOemPloy additional Bands, and others have extended their hours of 'labour. Stron g hopes are, therefore, e n t er t a i ne d that ere long the woollen district will exhibit much of its wonted activity. BRADFORD MARKET.—The attendance of buyers at our market on Thursday, was somewhat better than of :•late, but the amount of businesstransacted was not materially increased. Both the yarn and wool markets were very languid, and the prices underwent no particular change. DEWSBURY.—Most of •the blanket markets in and near Dewsbury are doing but little, and the number of persons out of employment are daily on the increase. We hope to see something in the shape of a general siibidriptiori entered into for their relief. • Great distress prevail's, and the inhabitants of Dewsbury are not backward in relieving distress when ap plied to. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JAN. 10.—The improve ment in demand noticed in our last report for all kinds of both combing and clothing wools is fully maintained ; there is, however, hitherto, no correspondine advance in prices, and those obtained bear no proportion to the price required by the growers. LEICESTER.—The demand continues very dull ; no foreign orders have been received. The glove and fancy trade are much depressed ; in the fancy trade an additional number of hands have been discharged. Most of the mills are run ning short time ; but little is doing in wool. It is selling for less, by the wool-staplers, than it can, at the present time, be purchased for by the growers. The stocks of wool in the hands of the dealers and spinners are small.—Leicester Chronicle. MANCHESTER COTTON TRADE, FRIDAY EVENING.- In consequence of spinners and 'manufacturers generally asking an advance on the rates of last week, but little busi ness has been done; still goods and yarns suitable for the Indian market have gone off at a trifling improvement since this day se'night. The advance established on printing cloth from the lowest point may be noted at 3d to 4 d a piece, and prices are quite firm at that improvement. It is understood that considerable quantities of yarn have been disposed of by parties not immediately connected with the trade; and which has been held for some time, whilst the quantity direct from the spinner to the shipper has for the same period been but small. On the whole however, things are decidedly better. THE IRON TRADE.—Compared with what it has been at many periods, the present price of iron is by no means high ; and this trade has suffered, like most others, from the gene ral pressure. on the money market. Bar iron in Wales is now quoted as low as from £8 15s to £8 lOs per ton ; a gradual reduction, amounting altogether to about 20s per ton, having taken place since the spring of last year. There has not, however, been the least reduction in the rate of workmen's wages, which still continue higher than they have been at any farmer period ; affording, in truth, a larger return for labour than it has ever before acquired in any part of the world.— Silurian. In the market for metals the business has been much more limited than in the preceding week, although the quotations have been maintained. British copper is the only article which is higher, but the advance has been very small, and is attributed to the low state of the stocks on hand. DANIEL O'CONNELL. (From the Times.) Unriddle us this, good readers, if ye can. A " distin guished Irish gentleman," second to none in public repute, happens to have a trifling infirmity about him, whereby he has become almost proverbial for the fickleness of his friend ships. During a long and versatile life—now unhappily on the wane—his unrepellable zeal in making political acquaint anceships has been surpassed, if we may venture to say it, only by his whimsical dexterity in breaking and betraying them. For the last 20 years we know of no public man on the liberal side of politics (apart, of course, from his own immediate dependents) whom he has not obsequiously fawn ed upon, and in six months afterwards, computable by Shrewsbury clock to a minute, befouled and vilified with every conceivable epithet of abuse. Politicians of every class, Protestants of every denomination, artisans and aristocrats, Methodists and millowners, adversaries and associates, be- reaved parents and helpless women—all have been subjected in turns, to the benedictions and Billingsgate of this char• tered libertine. The Marquis of Anglesey and Viscount Duncannon, William Cobbett and Sharman Crawford, Whittle Harvey and Feargus' O'Connor, Lord Brougham and Wentworth Beaumont, Citiien Roebuck and Sheriff Raphael, Peter Purcell and poor Miss Courtenay—alas ! where shall we end ?—ay, the whole of them, and hundreds more, have alternately been hugged and hated, caressed and cursed, by the " distinguished Irish gentleman." Now, with such irrefragable proofs of his volatile turn of mind, be good enough to tell us how it is that the political compact which he made with the Melbourne ministry in 1836 has, to this good hour, remained unbroken ? Whenever his liberal allies, possessing a particle of independence, have re fused to become his crouching slaves, he has invariably turn ed upon them like an infuriate boar. Thus, when Sharman Crawford's sentiments and Sheriff Raphael's sovereigns were found' to be equally unavailable for his righteous purposes (" say £2OOO for wv use), the former was denounced as an intractable tory-radical, and the latter as " the'most in comprehensible of all imaginable vagabonds." How happens it, then, that this distinguished gentleman's alliance with the whigs has, for four long years, maintained a degree of stea diness, so utterly at variance with the ordinary phenomena of his life ? That he has not withheld from them a reasonable share of sharpish speech as often as he found them either slow or surly in executing his behests, must, we think, be generally admitted. 'We all recollect his ungodly virulence against' poor Jim, whose elevation to the peerage he endeavoured to ridicule by dubbing him with the ungenteel nickname of Lord Mountkite—a piece of rudeness which'we, of course, are utterly shocked at. Indeed, almost all his ' cabinet drudges have, at one time or another, been lashed and lace rated by hint without mercy. But this sort of diicipline, excruciating as its victims must have felt it to be, has never once emboldened them to retaliate, nor even to hazard the slightest symptoms of impatience. The fact is that the whigs,' too weak either to resist his demands or to resent his scurrility, have found that any other tone towards him than a low and submissive one might lead to such a fatal rupture, as, issuing in their ejectment from power, would forfeit to both their respective share of the spoils ; while, on the other hand, the distinguished Irish gentleman, knowing that the existing ministry s continuance in office is absolutely indis pensable for the success of his personal and party extortions, for aggrandising himself with a retiring pension, and for oil ing the wheels of the Papal car, has latterly endeavoured to atone for his former treatment of them by proclaiming them the best ministry that ever existed, by challenging the Queen to change them if she dare, by hurling defiance at their poli tical opponents, and by coolly telling the people of England, that if their representatives shall have the effrontery to dis place the whigs, they must answer for it, at their peril, to a, victorious Irish mob . . Yes; this threatened insurrection has been spoken of by its distinguished fomenter, as if all the munitions and resources of rebellion were in perfect readiness ; as if a fleet of transports were actually waiting to convey to our .shores the countless Popish myrmidons who are to chastise the white-livered cravens of England ; nay, as if all the artillery of our own gallant garrisons were about to be turned against us, and needed nothing but Sir Robert Peel's acceptance of office " to awaken their dormant thun der." But what mere sound and fury all this is ! Can any mi nistry be forcibly retained in power contrary to the will of parliament and the country ? Even on the supposition that a conservative government were already formed, could it possibly continue in the direction of public affairs, unless vigorously sustained. by the popular branch of the legislature? We need hardly remind the most ignorant of the distin guished followers of the . distinguished Irish gentleman, that when any Cabinet have forfeited public confidence (even, though, by various arts, they may retain that of the Sove reign), their expulsion by, parliament is a highly loyal duty, as being needful to counteract the deceptions and evil coun sels they may have palmed upon the Crown ; and therefore, if the British people shall, either by their representatives in the present parliament,, or by an adequate majority in the succeeding one, give a solemn vote, indicating to her Majesty an absolute necessity for a change of ministry,—does the dis tinguished Irish gentleman mean us to understand that the will of this great nation is to be violently set aside by a bat talion of militant monks and the well-drilled squadrons of Tipperary ? Alas, what would become of the extinguished Irish gentleman ! No matter for that : . the echoes of Dublin must, in the meantime, ring to his trumpet blast, and those of St. James's must be taught to reverberate in loud and harmonious re sponse. We are to have no change of ministry. Parliament is roundly prohibited from making the mad attempt. The whigs are to, be maintained in office at the point of the bayonet. The Papists of Ireland have voted an address to her Majesty, to remind the Queen, not merely that her Popish subjects are the only loyal adherents to her " ancient (Romish) throne," but that if her Majesty, solemnly pledg ing herself henceforth to be the Sovereign of a party, and not of her people, shall put a final interdict upon the accession of a Conservative ministry, no .sooner shall her faithful Com mons dare to assert their constitutional rights in regard to such an interdict, than 160,00GPopish swords shall leap from their' scabbards to commence that exterminating war against the liberties of England, which shall never pause until her streets are flooded, and her furrows fattened, with the blood of her Protestant. people. Of the importance attached to these warlike menaces we have more than once .given our opinion ; yet we cannot re frain from wondering for what reason they have been so tem perately abstained from until this particular moment ! Whv, we had always understood that the very possibility of our having a Conservative government was regarded by the dis tinguished Irish gentleman as a mere figment of romance. But the very fact of his bestirring himself with so much savage earnestness to deprecate the expulsion of the Whigs, affords a strong presumptive proof that he himself believes, in common with the whole country, that their days are num bered. Perhaps the vacant, seats for Newark, Devonport, Falmouth, Southwark,, Birmingham, Edinburgh, and the Tower Hamlets, which, were an amendment upon the Ad dress contemplated, would deprive the ministry of sevenvotes, have filled him with unusual dismay. Let not his soul be disquieted within him. Even if four of these seats were not irretrievably Jost to the Whigs, nothing on earth can nowssave them. The distinguished. Irish gentleman's troops must in evitably take the field ; and in that case we again inqure, with much solicitude, what shall become of the distinguished Irish gentleman ? . There are now- serving (including general officers with re giments) 581 officers who served as officers in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, and out of these 226 have been wounded.— Limerick Chronicle. PAGANINI IN a SCRAM—The Paris journals give an account of a trial the other day, in which the modern Orpheus figured as defendant, and was found liable in damages to the amount of 50,000 francs. Two years ago, in conjunction with certain other parties, he embarked in a scheme for the establishment of a Casino, a place of public amusement, on a novel plan, consisting of a fashionable club-house, concert rooms, a library., an athenreum for scientific meetings, and lectures. A joint-stock company was formed, of 700 shares of 1,000 francs each, and the establishment was denominated " The Casino Paganini." His performances were reckoned upon as a principal attraction, and he engaged to perform nowhere else. A magnificent house and grounds were ob tained in the most fashionable part of Paris, and the concern commenced operations; but, to the amazement of his asso ciates, Paganini (who had taken an active part in tbe arrange ments, and occupied apartments at the Casino) refused to he p o e f persisted, t make his app earance at t h e very fi rst concert, t h oug h h e h a d been announced, an d a ll t h e t i c k ets h a d b een so ld at 20 f rancs each. In thisconduct e a d jso n c o i t ale i tsh;staannddiitihgetphuebelnic treaties and - remonstrances considered the whole affair a piece of humbug. The enter prise, consequently, was ruined ; and "•the parties, who had lost the large sum of money invested in it, sued Paganini for damages occasioned •by his breach of faith. His defence seems to have been-a series of quibbles. It was proved under his hand that he had engaged to perform nowhere but at the Casino ; but this, he pleaded, did not constitute any engage ment to perform there. He also pleaded inability from ill health : but it was proved .that his health was as good as usual, and that he was constantly fiddling within doors, tak ing as much care as possible that nobody should have the gratification of hearing him. • At-first, damages were given against him-to the amount of 20,000 francs; but, both parties having appealed, the result of the second trial, on the 3d instant, was, that the sum was enlarged to fifty thousand. The signor, we believe, is in Italy at present, but no doubt there is property -in France from which the amount can be made good. . CURRENCY OF JAMAICA. A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE HONOUR ABLE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, ON TILE SUBJECT OF ASSI MILATING THE CURRENCY OF THE ISLAND WITH THAT OF THE MOTHER COUNTRY. TIY A MEMBER. OF TILE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, KINGSTON. `GENTLEMEN,—There is a Bill ,now before your Honour able House, for theadoption of " the'cUrrency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as the currency of this Island."—See Ist clause—and that " all money trans actions whatsoever, after the commencement of this act, shall be paid, Src. Frc., in such currency of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, so becoming currency in this Island,"—See clause 2d—also, that "all Island checks and bank notes now in circulation shall be paid -as is before provided; but, that it shalt not be laufulfor the receiver • general or any bank tore-issue any such bank-notes or checks after the day this act shall continence to operate; subject to a penalty of one hundred pounds for each so issued."—See clause 4th. Such is a very brief abstract of this Important bill, and I'can scarcely testrain the expression of my indig nant surprise, that a member of your house, should in his place, on Tuesday last state, that " this bill had nothing whatever to do with the Island checks! nor with the cur rency ! but merely that an English shilling ,should be called a shilling ; that the pound should be twenty of these shillings instead of twelve; that the money of account should be sterling instead of currency." Out upon such specious delusions, and upon a sophistry differing so widely from the usual solidity of sound argument and perspicuity of arrange ment, for which the honourable member alluded to, is so re markable. Gentlemen,—l ask you to go along with me patiently, while I exhibit a few of the " mischievous" effects to all the lead ing interests of the country, which the passing of this bill hastily, and in its present crude state, would lead to. In the first place, we are called upon to pay all engagements after a certain period in " the currency of the United King dom ;" now let us define what these words mean ; for I know much misconception is abroad on this point, and under it lies a very fatal oversight :—" Currency of the United Kingdom" means—that which will pass. current in the United Kingdom —say Bank of England notes, sovereigns, and British silver. It will not do for the banks ,here, or the receiver-general either, to attempt to issue notes purporting to be of the value of one pound, to one hundred pounds sterling each, and call them British currency, they would not be British currency, they would not be taken in payment of merchandise in Great Britain, nor pass at the receiving houSes in London for the payment 'of . acceptances. It is evident that " British currency" cannot be made in Jamaica—it is equally plain that this bill calls upon tts to discharge ALL DEBTS after a certain date, in " the currency of the' United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland," and it is equally evident, and I confidently appeal to every commercial man in - the comitiu nity, that there is not, if the whole were collected into one mass, one fourth the sum in British currency, properly so called, to meet the demands of this bill. Gentlemen,—lt would amount almost to an insult on your common sense to suppose for a moment, that as legislators you would pass a bill containing enactments, which it is phy sically impossible that the community which they are in tended to benefit, can at present comply with. Again—" It shall not be lawful for the Receiver-General or any bank to re-issue any such checks or notes after the day this act shall 'ommence to operate, penalty one hundred pounds for each."—Now let us look forward and see how this will likely work,—What will the banks do ? Those which issue their own notes will go on up to that day collecting and hoarding, so as to have as few out when the new act comes into operation as possible ; they will likewise go on collecting and hoarding silver to meet the payment of the new issue. Thus I distinctly say a very large portion of the circulating medium, (at present very inadequate in amount to the wants of the Island,) would be, for a considerable time, withdrawn ; and in the meantime, how is-the business of the country to be carried on? From what source are the labourers to ob tain their weekly wages, for which alone £2,600,000 are re quired annually ? How can the produce be prepared for ship ment, if the planters cannot get money to pay the labourers ? If no produce, how are the ships to get laden ? If no circu lating medium, how are merchants to pay their acceptances ? How are goods to be bought, sold, or paid for ? It has been well observed, that in a community like this, a circulating medium is as necessary as food; the supply must be continuous and daily, and I respectfully implore you, gentlemen, not to pass this act hastily ; nor until you are convinced that the community has within itself the,means of meeting its enactments. Again—ln all communities where banks exist, the mode in which they do business, gives a tone to all others. Until lately, papers based upon real transactions having six months to run, were readily discounted; and I dare say that, at the present moment, acceptances exceeding half a million pounds currency are now out—unretired,—and which, if any hasty measure of this kind had been contemplated, would never have been given. Now it is a fact, that since the agitation of this bill, one bank has ceased discounting altogether, another limits its discounts to paper not having more than two months to run; a further contraction 'is anticipated, and I think it would be quite right and rational if discounts ceased altogether, until the present bill assumes a definite shape. It is a duty which the directors owe their constituents to be prepared for the worst, and I approve highly of their con duct ; but what is to become of the half million of unretired paper, if the circulating medium be called in, and further discounts of even three or four months' acceptances 'refused ? Gentleinen, I shudder to look at the probable consequences to all daises ; and again I call upon you to pause and look well before you previous to legislating, and, it necessary, to take evidence at the bar of your house, as in the case of Sir Robert Peel's bill in England. 'The-honoithible the mover of the bill has publicly stated, he does not see that it can do any harni, nor does he see any great good it can effect. Again, the honourable member from St. Thomas in the East has said, that what it proposed wag 'Merely that an English shilling should be called a shil lifigY&c.,- &c. These being the leading arguments of fered in-favour of the bill, I ask, is there anything in them to induce you to press it upon the country, at a time when the monetary system of the whole world appears to be " out of joint" ? ' I gladly take this public opportunity of expressing the very high esteemandregard which -I entertain for. both these gentlemen. They have both rendered services to-this coun try, which will be too`iiidelibly eiigraven on the pages of its history ever to be forgotten ; and they have their reward, not from the pen of an.anouymous writer, but from their Fraud retrospections, and the houestconviction of their own hearts. But my admiration of their talents cannot, and will not, blind' my jUdgMent on - thig i ctr any 'Other question.' Gentle men, I hope you•will consider that I have shown practical matters of fact, and solid reasons why this bill should not become law without at least twelve months' previous notice, the alteration' ersome "clauses, and the addition of others ; these I would 'add, but that I fear exhausting your 'patience. am - a warm friend, of the -general principles of this bill, 'as I shall be of all others having for their object the nearest possible approximation of the laws, customs, and constitu tion of this country with the Parent state; and let me not mince the matter—it is by such approximation combined (blessed be God for it !) with the mild , wise, philanthropic, and truly patriotic conduct of our present Governor, aided by the good understanding which now happily ex ists between the two other branches of 'our legislature, that we are to look for the mainspring of the lasting prosperity of Jamaica. Do we want to enhance the value of property ? do so by protecting it with the same laws which exist in Great Britain. Do we want the use of British capital? We can have it (in preference to foreignerk) by making it equally secure as in the mother country. Do we want agricultural peasantry to people our mountainous districts ? = European tradesmen ? rail and tram-roads ? steam navigation•round the island—with Europe and Ame rica ?—why, you • have only to legislate in a free, liberal character, suited to the spirit of the age, but with proper deliberation, and all these will follow. , The whole world is marching rapidly forward in arts, science, and civiliSation. I would respectfully ask—is Jamaica to stand still? I have said that I am a warm friend of , the principle , of this bill, and I shall very concisely add other reasons, ~ The most important immediate good arising from. it, will be the equalisation of exchange between this and the mother country. It is a hardship toldispose of merchandise when, premium is eighteen or nineteen per cent., at.a credit of three to six months, and when paid, be obliged to remit at' twenty-four, this is a state of things which ought not : to exist between Great Britain and'one of her richest colones , and it will be better both for planter -and 'merchant; the sooner it is put an end to. It is quite plain that one of the consequences of this bill will be, that all bank notes must be payable in specie. Now what do we want with specie, except to pay our labourers ? - When we can get a bank bill on better terms' than we can ship •specie, we take the bill, and this it is which will. regulate exchange. After the first twelve months, when the public have confidence in the sys tem, many will wonder at the small-quantity of specie which the banks will require, The second benefit arising out of the bill has already been ably pointed out by Messrs. Delgado and Carr, (see the pub. ! fished proceedings of the meeting of the chamber of com merce.) It may be the fashion with some to ridicule that which will benefit the poor, even in a small way, but in all countries the poor are the many—and demand consequently the peculiar care of the government. Already are our laboureis accustomed to shillings, sixpenses, and three pences in silver, and time only will be required to make them equally so with the smaller copper fractions of a shilling. The currency with the use of which Great Britain has become one of the first countries of the world,' cannot be a bad one for her colonies.. In 1656, when the English took posses siori of this island, there was nothing but Spanish money in it, and therefore that currency was adopted ; but what quan tity . of Spanish money is there here now ? not a thousandth art of what is necessary as a circulating medium ; then why pontinue accounts in an imaginary foreign currency in reference to a British one, which we may call peculiarly our wn ? I have heard it said " let well alone," or show us a reason for the change. I respectfully submit that I have hown reasons. Agriculture and commerce have existed without banks, and prospered too.' - Banks Must therefore be 'considered secondary to, and dependent on, those two great interests ; but when once established, the three become very closely interwoven indeed. Injure one—the others feel it immedi ately, and vice versa. Now there are three great questions about to be discussed— THE PUBLIC DEBT, THE BANKS — and THE CURRENCY. When the Irish municipal bill was sent up to the HouSe of Lords, it was ordered that it should be laid on the table until the Irish poor law bill was likewise sent up. The up per house refused to legislate on one until they had both be fore them. What I would beg very respectfully to suggest to your honourable house is, that you postpone the further discussion of the above-named three very important questions till your next meeting, when they can be taken up, and seri ously deliberated upon, with all the advantages of previous out-of-door discussion, and decided upon in a way really be neficial to the island The present state of money matters in the mother Country and the United States, renders the present time peculiarly unfit for the agitation of the three important questions re ferred to. We require here,' in consequenee,'every thing to be done to increase confidence ; nothing to disturb it ; and I appeal to the conduct of the banks to show that even the agitation of this bill has already, and very materially too, disturbed confidence. This ought not to be, particularly as no reason has been shown, by the only two members of your, honourable house, for pressing the immediate adoptiott of the bill upon the country. Gentlemen, I have thrown my ideas very hastily together, and I beg that you will place the most favourable construc tion upon them, and grant the time asked. If I have been deficient in form or courtesy, I pray, you to excuse me, my sole motive being an humble, but very ardent, desire to be nefit Jamaica. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your very obedient, servant, A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. COUNTRY GENTLEMEN IN FRANCE.—The comparative paucity of French gentlemen residing on . their estates in France is very hurtful to the poor. A frequent intercourse with the common people opens our eves to their wants, and few persons - can see misery without a corresponding feeling Of compassion, which, if excited fora moment, is either blunted or destroyed, amidst the cold-hearted splendour of a town life. 'Here England stands alone; there is no country under the sun in which the poor are so benefited by the relish of its aristocracy for a country life, and which relish, it is to_ be hoped, they will never lose. I can produce a.singular instance of this boon. When Sir Peter Pole broke up his establish ment in Hampshire, I made it a point to see the overseer of the poor, for the purpose of ascertaining , what-effect the ab sence of the family at " the great house" had ..on the -, ponr rate of the parish. I found it to be just 50 per cept.--- 1 . Monthly Periodical. EAST INDIES (From the Bengal Herald, November 10.1 _ AFFOHANISTAN. 'Letters have been received during the week from the army en route to Bamiam, to the 4th of October, and from Cabul to the Bth of that month. The following are the most inter esting extracts : " The army expect to commence their march back on the 15th. A detaChment, consisting of a squadron of the 2d cavalry, the 48th native infantry, and three guns of Captain Abbott's battery, marched from Cabul, on the 12th, towards Ghiznee. The 48th were to escort back the Dost's son. " IRAK VALLEY, OCT. 4.—We crossed the Irak pass yesterday,; with _less difficulty than we expected. But our troubles, in the way of passes, are not near over yet. Our destination is no longer Bamian, but Koolum, in Tartary. Dr. Lord has returned to Cabul, and reports that the Dust is gathering strength in Tartary .1- consequently a brigade ks... ordet'ed thither, consisting of the 25th atid . 37th native infan try and the 4th locals. Our detachment, that is, the native troop of horse artillery, 200 of Christie's horse, and the' Goorkah corps, wait for them at Bamian, whence we all pro ceed to Koolum, and there winter. We have three passes to surmount—the Ukrobut, Dundun Shikun, and Kara Kootul —none so high as the Irak ; but the Dunduu Shikun is said to be very steep. Koolum is only 1500 feet above the level of the sea, so we may expect a milder winter there than at Bamian. The cold is even now severe in the extreme—it freezes during the greater part of the 24 hours. This is an inhospitable valley, narrow, with steep wall-like hills enclos ing it. The sun set (to us) at three o'clock yesterday after noon, and up to this (8 a. m.) we have seen nothing of it. We found some snow perennial in ravines on either side of the Irak hill, and at an elevation below 12,000 feet it is so cold I can scarcely hold my pen. lam afraid the communi cation will soon be cut off by the snow. " Thermometer at 7 a : m. 6 degrees below freezing." " CABUL, OCT. B.—The 3d cavalry, escorting treasure, ar rived from Jellalabad this morning. The regiment had been sent out for the express purpose of annoying Colonel Smyth and the officers of the corps, by knocking up both horses and camels, the road between this and Jellabad being worse than it is well possible to conceive, and not a particle of forage of any. description. " Now that they have the means, the commander-in-chief, heads of departments, 16th lancers, 3d light cavalry, and 4th local horse, will move hence for Hindostanton on the l2th instant. Sir Willoughby Cotton remains in command here, with Captains Douglas, Paton, and Watt, the deputy-assist ants of the different departments. " I am happy to.inform you that the gang which so bru tally murdered Colonel Herring has either been killed or captured. "A wing of the 16th regiment of native infantry, from Ghiznee, got on their track and chased them into a small fort on a hill, which they surrounded. On their approaching the' fort, the fellows rushed out, and came boldly down to the attack. Major M`Laren had made such a judicious dispo sition of his wing as to cut off all chance of their retreating: and met them with two of his companies, while the other two had been sent round the hill, unobserved by the gang.. They. stood the fire some time, when they began to think it high time to be off, and just as they reached the hill (the flanks being lined by a party of Skinner's horse) they were met by the two other Companies 'of the 16th. So great was their surprise that they instantly laid down their arms and gave themselves up. Every man, woman, and child was taken. Several of our sepoys were wounded, and the adjutant Of the 16th, H. Balderston, wounded. Major M`Laren has had a highly complimentary order issued on the occasion. A wing of the 35th native infantry, under Captain Cowley, marched this morning for Ghiznee. They are to remain there till Major M`Laren and his wing returns, and then come back here with the captured Ghillies, who are all to be put to death, at least such is the report. Major M`Laren is still hunting parties of Ghilgies, and reducing their strongholds. " This morning we had a hard frost. There was ice in all the water vessels half an inch thick. The thermometers in my tent, after sunrise, stood at 33 degrees. We are all busy making up skates." ATTACK ON ADEN BY THE ARABS. (From the Bombay Courier of Nov. 22.) From private correspondence we are enabled to lay before our readers the following particulars of an attack on our lately-acquired possessions of Aden ' by the ex-Sultan, the chief the Abdallas, assisted by the Foudlee and numerous other Arab tribes, which, from its daring character, the num bers which composed it, and the wild bravery displayed, clearly proves, that however easy the capture of the place may have been, and however strong its natural defences, it it is not probable we shall find it a bed of roses. It appears that information had been received some time previously, by Captain Haines, the political resident at Aden, of an intended attack, who made every arrangement accordingly, in conjunction with the military authority of the place; and, notwithstanding the matter was looked upon by many as an idle threat on the part of the Arabs, every pre-. caution seems to'have been taken to repel them. The fortifications and defences of Aden are too well known by this time to require a description here, but for the benefit of those who may be unacquainted with the localities, even on paper, we may as well remark, that the neck of land, or rather sand, which connects the peninsula of Aden with the main land, is insersected by a wall about 1400 yards in length, both extremities of which touch the sea at high water ; at either end of this wall there is a semicircular projecting fieldwork mounting two guns, while three other guns are placed along the wall, in as many redoubts, at regular inter vals of 300 yards. So frequent had been the threat of an attack, that it ceased to be a subject of much consideration, much less of alarm, and the evening of the 10th found the party at the Turkish wall, totally ignorant of any unusual movement. Early in the morning a report was made that some eight or ten men were seen prowling about near the advanced sentries, but who, on being challenged, dispersed. Soon after more were seen creeping round the left fieldwork; it being nearly low.water • about four a.m. of the 11th the sentry fired, and the Arabs, finding themselves discovered, raised a tremendous shout, and rushed on in three columns of about 2,000 men each—one column upon each fieldwork, and one on the cen-, tre—but were quickly checked by a well-directed fire of grape and musketry-from-the works, while Lieutenant Ha milton,.of the Indian, navy, in the launch of the Honourable Company's brig of war, Euphrates, discharged repeated vol lies of grape from the boat's 12-pounder across - their columns with admirable judgment and precision. The cootie column alone reached the wall, within which about 250 of them found their wayehen thei'emainder were Obliged to retreat ; those who got in were joined 4y, about 150 others, who had crawled along and succeeded, in passing unobserved round the left' fieldwork. Finding their retreat cut off; after . losing setae , men in attempting it, they made a rush at-the heights 'com manding the wall, but on receiving two shots, and losing one of their number, they retreated, and tried another part of the .hills, where Mr. Nott, a midshipman of the Indian navy, was placed with a party of seamen and a gun, on receiving . the first shot 'from which they fled in great confusion, and made a desperate rush to pass outside the left 'fieldwork,. where Mr. Cameron, of the European regiment, .was placed. Here the slaughter was dreadful, about thirty of their number being mowed down on the spot. • Some made good their retreat, and a few fled away into the hills, where they were either taken or shot the next day. In the meantime the firing from the artillery was kept up from the front, and by Lieutenant Hamilton on the flank, till Only about five rounds of grapeshot remained at the wall, when an order was given to cease firing, the enemy being at a considerable distance. On this the Arabs, taking it for granted that all the ammunition of the 'defenders was ex pended, rushed, with a loud yell, in five columns again to the wall, within a short distance of which they were once more fatally checked by the destructive fire of grape and musketry in front of the flank. Daylight had just broken on the scene, and showed the Arabs in full retreat, in a dense mass, extending from side to side of Alm broad part' of the isthmus, their numerous camels loaded with dead—those very camels, some of which carried small guns, and all of which were intended to be laden witliThe plunder of the English, of whose wealth they had formed mpst extravagant notions. The ex-Sultan had per suaded them that " all the buttons worn by the English were of solid gold, and that preciOns stones and valuables of -all kind awaited their expected victory." It appears they were • led to expect but . a very feeble resistance. ;. • Otte communication says—" We took 28 prisoners, and buried 32 of their dead ; and from the wall they were ob served to load a great number of camels with dead and wounded. The`garrison had but one man wounded." CANADA. MESSAGE of his Excellency C. POULETT THOMSON, Go vernor. General of British North America, to the legisla ture of Upper Canada, recommending the new plan for the union of the two Canadas, delivered at Toronto on Satur day, December 7th, 1839. HONORABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUN CIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.—In pursuance of the intention expressed in his speech from the throne, the governor-general desires now to bring under the consideration of the House of Assembly, the subject of the .re-union of this province with Lower Canada, recommended by her majesty in her gracious message to both houses of par liament, on the 3d of May last. For several years the condition of the Canadas has occu pied a large portion of the attention of parliament. That they should be contented and prosperous—that the ties which bind them to the parent state should be strengthened—that their administration should be conducted in accordance with the wishes of the people, is the ardent desire of every British statesman; and the experience of the last few years, amply testifies that the imperial parliament has been sparing neither of the time it has devoted to the investigation of their affairs, nor of the expenditure it has sanctioned for their protection. The events whi , :h have marked the recent history of Lower Canada are so familiar to the House of Assembly, that it is unnecessary for the governor-general further to allude to them. There the constitution is suspended, but the powers of the government are inadequate to permit of the enactment of such permanent laws as are required forthe benefit of the people. Within this province the finances are deranged, public im provements are suspended, private enterprise is checked, the tide of emigration, so essential to the prosperity of the coun try, and to British connexion, has ceased to flow—while by many, the general system of government is declared to be unsatisfactory. After the most attentive and anxious consideration of the state of these provinces, and the difficulties under which they respectively labour, her majesty's advisers came to the conclusion, that by their re-union alone, could these difficul ties be removed. During the last session of the imperial legislature, they indeed refrained from pressing immediate legislation, but their hesitation proceeded from, no doubt, as to the principle of the measure or its necessity. It arose solely from their desire to ascertain more fully the opinions of the legislature of Upper Canada, and to collect informa tion from which the details might be rendered more satis• factory to the people of both provinces. The time then, is now arrived, beyond which a settlement cannot be postponed. In Lower Canada it is indispensable to afford a safe and practicable return to a constitutional go vernment. And so far as the feelings of the inhabitants can be there ascertained, the measure of the re-union meets with their approbation. In 1.) pper Canada it is no less necessary to enable the pro vince to meet her financial embarrassments, and to proceed in the developments of her natural resources. There are evidently no means in this province of fulfilling the pecuni ary obligations which have been contracted, but by a great increase in the local revenues. But so long as Lower Canada remains under her present form of government, neither pro vince possess any power over the only source from which that increase can be drawn, nor, even were it possible to restore a representative constitution to Lower Canada, unaccompanied by the re-union, would the position of this province be much improved, since past experience has shown the difficulty of procuring assent to any alteration of the customs laws suggested from home. This province has engaged in undertakings which reflect the highest honour on the enterprise and industry of her in habitanti. The public works which she has completed or commenced, have been conceived in a spirit worthy of a suc cessful result, but additional means are indispensable to avert the ruin of some, and secure the completion of others. Nor will that alone uffice. Lower Canada holds the key to s all those improvements ; without her co-operation, the na vigation for which nature has done so much, for which the province has so deeply hurthened itself, must remain incom plete, and a barrier be opposed to the development of these great natural resources which the hand of Providence has so lavishly bestowed on this country. ..With a view to remove all these difficulties, to relieve the financial e mbarrassments of Upper Canada, to enable her to coniplete her public works, and develope her agricultural ca pabilities, to restore constitutional government to Lower Canada, to establish a fitm, impartial, and vigorous govern- ment for both, and to unite the people within the m, in on common feeling of attachment to British institutions and British connexions, the union is decreed by her Majesty's government ; and that measure alone, if based on just prin ciples, appears adequate to the occasion. Those principles in the opinion of her Majesty's advisers are, a just regard to the claims of either province, in adjust ing the terms of the union, the maintenance of the three es tates of the provincial legislature, the settlement of a perma nent civil list, for securing the independence of the judges— and to the executive government, that freedom of action which is necessary for the public. good • and the establish ment of a system of local government, adapted to the wants of the people. . It was with greatsatisfaction thather Majesty's Govern ment learnt that upon the question of the union itself the House of Assembly had pronounced their decided judgment during the last session; and it only remains for the Gover nor-general now to write their assent to the terms upon which it is sosuglieto be - effeCted. That decision was ordered, accompanied with recommenda tions, to which the Government could not agree—but the Governor-general entertains no doubt, that under the altered circumstances they will no more be revived. It will be for the Imperial Parliament, guided by their intimate knowledge of . constitutional .law; and 'free from the bias of local feelings and interests to arrange the - details of the measure. The first of the terms of re-union to which the governor general desires the assent of the House of Assembly is the equal representation of each province in the united legisla ture. Considering the amount of the population of Lower Canada, this proposition might deem to place that, province in a less favourable position than Upper Canada. But under the circumstances in which this province was placed, with the increasing population to be expected from emigration, and having regard to the commercial and agricultural enterprise of its inhabitants, an equal apportionment of representation appears desirable. The second stipulation to be made is the grant of a suffi cient civil list. The propriety of rendering the judicial bench independent alike of the executive and of the legislature, and of furnishing the means of carrying on the indispensable ser vices of the government, admits of no question, and has been affirmed by the parliament of Upper Canada, in the acts passed by them for effecting those objects. In determining the amount of the civil list, the House of Assembly may be assured that the salaries and expenses to be paid from it will be calculated from her Majesty's government, with a strict regard to economy, and the state of the provincial finances. Thirdly, the kovernor.general is prepared to recommend to parliament that as mkich of. the existing debt of Upper Canada as has been contracted for public works of a general nature, should, after the union, be charged on the joint reve nue of the united province. Adverting to the nature of the works, for which this debt was contracted, and the advantage which must result from them to Lower Canada, it is not un just that that province should bear a proportion of their ex pense. • On these principles the governor-general is of opinion that a re-union of the two provinces may be effected, equitable and satisfactory in its terms, and beneficial in its results to all classes. He submits them to the consideration of the House of Assembly, in the full conviction of their impor tance, and in the hope that they will receive the assent of the house. Fortified by the expression of their opinion, her Majesty's government and parliament will be able at once to apply themselves to the full development of the scheme, and to the consideration of the provisions by which it may be carried into effect with the greatest advantage to the people of both provinces. If, in the course of their proceedings, the House of As sembly should desire any information which it is in the power of the governor-general to afford, they will find him ready and anxious to communicate with them frankly and fully, and to aid,, by all means in his power, that settlement on which he firmly believes that the future prosperity and ad vancement of these colonies mainly depend. MISCELLANEOUS. There is said to be no less a sum than two millions and a lalf spent annually in gin in the metropolis. To how many :housands would this afford health and happiness if laid out in raiment and food. THE CENTENARY FUND.—The Watchman states that the subscriptions'of which information has been forwarded to the secretaries, amount to £225,000, and that the sum actually received by the treasurers exceeds £llO,OOO. Five clusters of dark spots are now traversing the sun's disc; two of which are particularly large, and should the weather clear up, they will present a fine appearance, for the telescope. We understand that the Hon. G. Cavendish, one of the members for Derbyshire, will move, and Sir W. Somerville, Bart. member for Drogheda, will second, the address to her majesty on the rayal speech at the opening of the ensuing session.—Globe. A new organ for Exeter Hall has just been completed, at an expense of from £l,BOO to £2,000. It is the largest in London, and next in size to those of York and Birmingham. It has two double diapasons, one of wood, the other of metal, and a Posanne double trumpet, 16 feet high. The two counties of Denbigh and Merioneth will no longer be placed under one lord-lieutenant, but each will have a lord-lieutenant to itself. We have heard Lord Dinorben mentioned as likely to be lord-lieutenant of one of the coun ties.—Ministerial Paper. A machine has lately been introduced on the extensive works of Mr. James Hunt, of Bowden Hill, near Chipsen ham, for making bricks, which has excited much curiosity. The cylinders revolve about once a minute, making in the course of each revolution about thirty-two bricks.— Taunton Journal. The workmen on the Grand Junction Railway, have turned up near the Crewe station, on Sir John Chetwode's property, a fossil tooth and part of a thigh bone of some immense ani mal. The tooth is perfect, and weighs seven pounds : the mean diameter of the thigh bone is 17 inches. On Wednesday, the extension of the police, to a circle of from ten to twelve miles round the metropolis, commenced at Hendon, Barnet, Croydon, Woolwich, Hounslow, Rom ford, and other places. The new force is composed of a por tion of experienced men from the various divisions of the metropolitan force. - - Dr. Gregory, of the Small Pox Hospital, in a note to the Editor of the Medical Gazette, states that the penny postage will have a most remarkable effect upon the practice of vac cination, asit will hring to the door of every medical man in the.country a vaccine-lymph from various sources at the , . ,mall charge of one penny. .• ACCIDENT TO THE EARL . OF LrcifFlELn.Yesterday (Friday) the Right Hon. the Earl of Lichfield, while enjoy the sports of the field at Ranton Abbey, received a spent shot in.the:ey.e. The circumstance occasioning considerable .alagm,.,tk►e attendance of. Dr. Knight and Mr. Hughes was reque'sted, and we are happy to report that the shot was rea dily extraCted, and not the slightest ill Consequence is ex pected to follOw.---Staffordshire Gazette. A MONKEY FINED FOR AN ASSAULT.-011 Thursday, as one of the Norwich city officers was collecting the fees for the shows on the castle ditches, , a, monkey suddenly jumped on his shoulder, and bit his ear until it bled. The proprie tor of the beast was summoned before the corporation magis trate, and was fined 6s. and costs, the fact being thus enter ed :—" Assault by a monkey on a policeman. Defendant fined," 84c.—Norfolk Chronicle. A HINT TO NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIBERS IN ARREARS.— One of the subscribers to the Bristol Mercury, residing at a distance, lately forwarded its proprietors a.letter, inclosing ten shillings and tenpence, for half a year's papers, in hard cash, viz., half a sovereign, sixpence, and a fourpenny bit — the whole of which, with the, letter, weighing less than half an ounce, was charged at the rate of 4d. only ! The cost, under the old system, would have been 2s. 9d. The liberals of Devonport, finding that they have no chance against the conservative candidate unless one of their men retires, and the whole of their support be given to the other, the united committees of Messrs. Tufnell and Leach have resolved to submit Their respective interests to a ballot of the electors, the one having the least support to withdraw, and use his exertions in favour of the other. NEW PEERS.-It is rumoured among the whips that Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwcod, the member for Preston ; Sir Wm. Somerville, Bart., M.P. for Drogheda, and Sir W. L. Tre lawny, whO has recently received the lord lieutenancy of Cornwall, will be elevated to the peerage on the occasion of the Queen's marriage. It is also reported that Sir J. Guest, M.P., is likely to be created 'a peer, but that is not spoken of positively. PROSPERITY OF THE WEAR.—NO less than 310 vessels have been built and registered at Sunderland during the past year, exclusive (of 40 in the tide surveyor's list, which are completed, and only require to he measured and certified. On an average, there is a launch on the Wear nearly every day in the year! Is there, then, any part in the world that can compete with Sunderland in ship-building? And be it recollected, the vessels are chiefly of a large description—a great number of them from 300 to 600 tons burden.—Gates head Observer. FORGERY IN PARISH REGISTERS. — The churchwardens of Wolverhampton collegiate church have recently detected numerous forgeries in the parish registers, and been much occupied in giving that strict investigation to the subject which its serious importance to the community demanded. It seems that, about five years ago, a person of the name of Baddelay, or Bodily, died without known representatives, upon which his property escheated to the crown ; and that, to authenticate the pedigree of some persons petitioning the Lords of the Treasury as the next-of-kin to the deceased, it was necessary to produce several certificates of birth, mar riages, &c. Several of such supposed proofs were found to have been entirely interpolated in the register, or the names of other persons altered to suit the case. The church wardens were unable to trace these forgeries to the guilty parties • but we are happy to learn, that they have now a clue which is likely to enable them to attain that object. In other instances of interpolation, the churchwardens were for tunately able to detect the person committing the offence, and to correct the register accordingly.—Wolverhampton paper. _ _ - - LONDON BILL OF MORTALITY. — The " General Bill of the Christenings and Burials within the City of London and Bills of Mortality, from December 11, 1838, to Dec. 10, 1839," presents the following results :—Christened, Males, 9,455; Females, 9,564 ; total, 19,019. Buried, Males, 8,406; Females, 8,279 ; total, 16,685. Of the number buried were : —Under two years of age, 4,371'; two and under five years, 2,035 ; five and under ten, 893 ; ten and under twenty, 657 ; twenty and under thirty, 1,170; thirty and under forty, 1,486; forty and under fifty, 1,660 ; fifty and under sixty, 1,434 ; sixty and under seventy, 1,475 ' severity and under eighty, 1,089 ; eighty and under ninety, 377 ; ninety and under one hundred, 47 ; one hundred and four, 1. A MAN OF MANY TRADES.—A correspondent informs us that there is a wonderful individual now residing in the good and pretty village of Leyland, who is engaged in, and professes to be a proficient at, all the following trades and mysteries :-1, clock and watch cleaner : 2, plumber and glazier ; 3, engine tenter or fireman ; 4, fiddle manufacturer ; 5, painter and gilder ; 6, engraver ; 7, bricklayer ; 8, plas nerer ; 9, white washer ; -10, tinman ; 11, butcher ; 12, finger and slater ; 13, smoke-jack cleaner ; 14, flue oven builder ; 15, crofter ; 16, joiner ; 17, blacksmith ; 18, machine re pairer; 19, stone-mason ; 20, millwright. Really, this miracu lous person must be a second Chritchton.—Preston Pilot. POSTPONEMENT OF THE INTENDED FESTIVITIES AT VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE.—The annual festivities at Vale Royal, the baronial residence of the hospitable and exeellent Lord and Lady Delamere, were to have taken place during the last week. They were to consist of a grand ball, a masquerade, and other amusements, to which the elite of the county were invited. The most extensive arrangements were in forwardness for the gratification and comfort of the guests, when the joy of the family was turned into sorrow by the intelligence of the lamented demise of her ladyship's bro ther, Sir Watkin Williams W ynn, and the preparations were, of course, immediately suspended. The ball and banquet were this year to have been on a scale of unexampled splen dour, and a full house was expected. LECTURES BY THE REV. DR. SCORESBY.—On Thursday evening, the 2d instant, the Rev. Dr. Scoresby delivered, in the parish church of Bradford, the first of a course of monthly lectures on the truth of the Bible. The lectures will be given on the first Thursday evening in each succeeding month. The rev. gentleman proposed four questions as the topics to be discussed, in his lectures :-Ist. Is there anything in the condition of man that requires a revelation? 2nd. Is the revelation of the Bible adapted to such requirement? 3rd. Does the Bible evince any indication of an origin differ ent from that of other books? and 4th. Are the subject, matter, and doctrines of the Bible in consistence with the character revealed by creation of the Creator? The first lecture was devoted to the treatment of the first question, and was pretty well attended.—Leeds httelligencer. Her Majesty is expected to lay the foundation stone of the new houses of parliament shortly after her marriage. MORTALITY AMONG THE PEERS DURING 1839. — During the past year 14 peers have died, namely, 3 dukes, the Dukes of Buckingham, Bedford, and Argyll; 6 earls, the Earls of Zetland, Caledon, Essex, Lauderdale, Mount Edge cumbe, and Kingston ; and five barons, Lords Howden, St. Helens, De Roos, Walsingharn, and Rendlesham . . Of the above, only one peerage is extinct, that is Lord St. Helens. The Earl of Carnwath, Viscount Dufferin, and Lord Lang ford, all of the peerage of Ireland, have also descended to the tomb during the past year. Only four members of the House of Commons have died during the Same time, :namely, Lord W. Bentiuck, Viscount Clements, Sir J. Dunlop, Bart. and Mr. M. ?med. REFORM CABINET'S CHIEF GLORY.—That this Poor- Law Amendment Act meanwhile should be, as we sometimes Bear it named, the " chief glory" of a Reform Cabinet, be tokens, one would image, rather a scarcity of glory there. To say to the poor, ye shall cat the bread of affliction and drink 'the water of affliction, and be very miserable while here, re quired not so much a stretch of heroic faculty in any sense, as due toughness of bowels. If paupers are made miserable, paupers will needs decline in multitude. It is a secret known to all ratcatchers ; stop up the granary-crevices, afflict with continual mewing, alarm, and going off of traps, your " charge able labourers" disappear, and cease from the establishment. A still briefer method is that of arsenic ; perhaps even me milder, when otherwise permissible. Rats and paupers cams ' be abolished : the human faculty was from of old adequate to , grind them down, slowly or at once, and needed no ghost or Reform Ministry to teach it.—Chartism, by Mr. Carlyle. OWENISM.—Last Saturday and Monday evenings, the talented and indefatigable Mr. Brindley, delivered two lee- tures in the large room adjoining time Northgate Hotel, Hali fax, against the Infidel principles set forth by Mr. Robert • Owen, which were both numerously and respectably attended, and in the exposure of which Mr. Brindley was throughout -, vociferously cheered by the audience. In the placard put forth by Mr. Brindley, he challenged any Socialist or ac credited agent of Socialism to discussion ; but, at the first , lecture no one attempted to come forwards to refute him in: any one point which he advanced. At the conclusion, how ever, of the second lecture, a poor simple fellow,,known by the name of Mad Dick, well known as a Chartist and So cialist in the neighbourhood, mounted the platform, and be began to speak, but the first half dozen words he uttered. were of such a disgusting nature that the audience would no longer hear hint. He was led away out of the room. A vote of thanks Was then unanimously passed to Mr.. Brindley for the excellent lectures given by him in exposure of " Owen's icentious system of Atheism.—Leeds Intelliyencer. CURIOUS CASE.—The following matter came to light in the course of an examination last week before the magistrates at Exeter. A very respectable woman, of the ludicrous age of some two or three and thirty, appeared before the Bencb, and, producing a neat white cloth with something bundled up in it, placed it deliberately before their worships, and, proceeding with some show of caution at first, which yielded to a quicker movement as preparation begat nervous anxiety, she at len4th unfolded to the view of their worships a deca pitated goose. Great was the surprise of the administrators of the law as they saw the bird lying prostrate before them, the lady not having yet broken silence, nor introduced the bird with any show of customary ceremony. The feelings of the lady were, however, too sensitive to be ceremonious, and so she plunged at once into a narrative of fact to the follow- 1 ing effect :—" Your worships, I went to market last Friday, to buy a goose for Sunday's dinner; I saw one which took my fancy, from the very young head it had ; I asked the price, and the man agreed to take ss. 6d. for it, having re fused is. all day ; I bought it, took it home, prepared it for cookery, intending to have a preliminary dish of the giblets ; but, alas ! no sooner did I come to the neck, than I found that this young head had been fastened to an old shoulder — the head, possessing all the marks of youth and tenderness, was actually sewn on to a shrivelled elderly neck. I was amazed ; I could not account for this circumstance ; I knew that they sow their fields in the country, but never heard that they sewed their geese—not knowing what improvements might have taken in agriculture, I determined to try the gib lets, and not to let the circumstance prejudice me against the goose. I did so ; I boiled the giblets. The head was done beautiful in an hour, but all the rest took three hours and a half." Finding this to be the case, she wisely abstained from trying her hand on the goose itself. .and now stood a claimant for justice against the false rustic who had thus beguiled her of her judgment. The Bench listened with astonishment to her narrative, and forthwith lent her a peace-officer to sum mon the man into their presence. He was found at a stall in the market, and speedily made his appearance. The case was now gone into finally, and the plaintiff averred that he had warranted the goose young—she always judged by the head, and that was decidedly young. The defendant said he was a native of Zeal MonajhOrum - , and the . practice in their country was to kill the geese by chopping :off the heads of them; and when they brought them to the market it was their practice to sew them on again. He affirmed that it was the invariable practice at Zeal—that he was an honest. man never before a magistrate in his life, and incapable of doing such a deed by way of deceiving the public!. The Bench gave him a grave caution ; the magistrates shakily , their heads at the protestations of innocence which he made ; and he having returned the money, and taken back the goose , minus the young head. and the old giblets, the fair plaintiff left, much comforted with the result. — Western Times. OPIUM sCossesiens . .—A correspondent of the Leeds Mercury says " that in the county of Lincoln opium eaters are quite common, and the consumption of that drug is la mentably on the increase. It is the practice in this part 0 1 Yorkshire (Knaresborough) not • to sell the article without knowing the party, or what it is going to be used for ; but in Lincolnshire the solid opium is kept weighed by all druggists in pennyworths, drachms, and half drachms, and sold al commonly as Epsom salts, without making any inquiry ; and it forms a leading article with the trade. I have heard it re marked by people well able to judge that you may calculate that every fourth customer who enters a druggist's shop in Lincoln wants either opium, laudanum, or Godfrey's cordial the two last are prepared from opium. . Its sale is chiefly amongst the lower order of people, though many respectable people may be included. The quantity they get accustornol, to take is almost incredible ; one young woman whom I served for three years never took less than 30 grains every night ; one man could (and did when he could get it) take six ounces. of laudanum every day. In consequence of the stoppage of the opium trade with China the price has fallen in this coup' try from to Ils 6d a pound, which lam afraid will crease the consumption. 1 aus not aware how far it is alfeady spread, but the whole of Lincolnshire appears stroller tainted with it. A PARALLEL—Nothing can exceed the wrath of a pick' pocket, should he happen to find.that his own art has been practised upon himself. He not only seems to think that his monopoly in " cly-faking," asthefashionablelanguarre of the day terms his profession, has been grossly infringed; b bilt 'he - cries out so lustily against the villainy of the world, that a green-horn would imagine him and his " pals" to be the only honest men left in it. He is not, however, without rival in his hypocrisy. Your whig is even his superior at it, *hen he finds that he has been served out with his own s auce. For instance,. what a roar of indignation did the Chronicle indulge in yesterday, because whig influence has been some what damaged in Scotland by the creation of a few tory life renters ! " Fire and faggots," it exclaims, " are we bonng fide people AO be robbed of our supremacy in this way The Chronicle should be reminded, as it does not choose to, remember, who first set the example, and taught the art of faggoting. flow often, and in how many counties, has the Earl Fitzwilliam been convicted of faggoting, so gross as to have earned the sobriquet of the Milton Woodman .? Is that remarkable case forgotten in which a lawyer at Bedford was commissioned to cut as many faggots oft an estate of the Duke of Bedford's as would swamp the county of Hunting' ton, so as to secure it for Lord John himself—has that es caped the memory of the grumbler against tory machine tions ? These are •not solitary instances—they are merely examples of what the whigs have been at in every E n glish county at all accessible to them, since they found by the second election, after the Reform Bill, that their footing in them was not a jot better than it was before. Those wile live in glass houses should not throw stones at other people's windows. If the tories hare here and there fortified them' selves by the creation of votes, it might justly be called a fair reprisal and act of self-defence. Bnt it is somethilif more. Grimaldi returning home one night was stopped and robbed of his watch in Islington-fields. He followed the footpad, and adroitly abstracted from his pocket the watch back again. The rascal had the impudence to complain to $ magistrate that some villain had picked his.pocket. Gri inaldf came forward and acknowledged' the 'offence. It is needless to say how the case ended.—Morning Herald. Fox HUNTING IN WILTSHIRE.—" A subscriber" (front whom we should be glad to hear again) writes to us as fol' lows :—During the last month, North Wiltshire has rivalled Leicestershire in the sports of the field, her vales and rich meadows maintaining the well-known fact, that the richer the pasture the sweeter the scent. We have seen an English Prince of true English character, like his reverend grand' father, enjoying the chase in a truly English spirit, riding as straight as the best of them, sometimes leading the Wiltshire yeoman, as a crow would fly over his farm—as often follow' ing him half smothered in dirt across its deep lanes, accost' panied by some of the first sportsmen in the kingdom, whora not even the broad waters of the swollen Avon can turn froal, their course. We have seen several swimming neck also, neck, after the impetuous pack, whose gallant daring, an d unerring nostrils will not give poor. Reynard a chance, by 81r lution in the rapid stream, of washing away the scent which Is so fatal to him. Each day, with the Duke of Beaufort hounds, the game has been found within ten minutes of el' tering the covert, and the sport has.been invariably good' Lord Moreton has had some brilliant runs. Amongst others may be enumerated oneon Saturday, the 28th ult., at Charl' ton Park. A fox was found immediately, which gave a bed' . liant run of about 25 minutes, over one of the sweetest cools.' tries in the world, and was killed in Shipton Wood. J 4 ' second fox was found in Keene's Wood, which gave rise to ,a severe run of about two hours and a half in large circles In the Braydon country, and neither hope nor rider could well wish for a harder day. Mr. Horlock's hounds met on Thurs• doy, the 2d instant. at the Hillocks Windmill, but did so t find till a quarter before one o'clock, Avhen, alter drawin6 , the grassy and scentless covert of Hanmore for about $ quarter of an hour, a few hounds were observed gathering near the boundary hedge. " A part of the pack are away, cried their indefatigable huntsman, who was not above A minute or two in getting the body of the pack well up with them. The fox broke towards the down ; and after running about two miles through stiff enclosures, passing Whyr r coppice, Richardson coppice, Berwick Bassett village, and Winterbourne Bassett, he then made over Hackpen Down t°, Dean Bottom. Here he was viewed by the whole pack an d most of the field ; and, after running for about a mile and s half in view without any tailing amongst the hounds, he teas fairly run down in a ploughed field beneath Barbary Wilt A few yards further, the body of the pack were at his bras h —with only one check of about two minutes, affording 1 1; opportunity of admiring a judicious cast. The run lasted 4 minutes, and from point to point was absent seven miles' For the last ten minutes the pace was at the top speed of the fastest.—Bath Chronicle. A FABLE.—An old gentleman, of good sense and es tate,: presented to his neighbours the melancholy spectacle of O s ' being able to exert the one for the proper control of t b ; other. On every hand he was tormented and eaten up 14% . rascally a set of servants as ever ruined a good master ; steward was a knave, his gamekeeper a poacher, the groonl stole his corn, the butler emptied his bins ; and his establish.: went, in short, was one continued scene of " high life below: stairs." Every year did Squire John resolve to make a de; house of the whole gang ; but from time to time the prude resolve was overruled by a cousin Patrick, who had lived w him so long that Squire John did not well know how b.: should live without him• Pat was aware of this weakness the old gentleman, as well as that he was fond of " peace an quietness ;" and, as the scamps were necessary to his ple a , sures,' acted accordingly- Whenever the old gentleman talks ed of sending the worthless crew to the right about, p a swore that they were the honestest set of fellows in existen ce : and that if they were turned out, he would turn out while the knaves, on the other hand, daily dinned the 0 gentleman's ears with what an orderly and affectionate ere i ; ture Pat was as long as he had his own way, but with wha t r devil he would be if they, his chosen friends, were no I ° l4 :e present to keep him in humour ! Between them and his _,l° of " peace and quietness," the old gentleman was bambo w ; led to live on a life of torment, to himself, and of r idicule_a the world, when one decided assertion of his authority w o rlo have rid him of his harpies, .and have brought Pat to 7,, senses. This is.all a feble, it, may be said; : but inlitatoll. mine, good JonN Bisee,..the fable might as well have bes; told of you. It was a sort of :Ilia tranquillity which, I ,,, t c e you, the old gentleman enjoyed, you,, more for than it is worth ; ands' putting "the comparison 1: 1 other way; are uotsyou, in like fashime with taus, b u llied O'Connell, plundered .by, the, whigs, ,and-.laughed at by cd Edrope for yotiieasinisr,Siiicly . the fable well, ancl will be at no trouble to extract from it a moral, and a ample one, —Morning Herald. ii: ,.