The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-21 00:00:00

under its present guidance. We are, as 'a nation, steeped to the lips in difficulties—commercial, social, and financial. But can no remedy, we ask, be found except in political change ? Can no practical measures assuage the evils complained of ? Are we still, when ever afflicted—whenever suffering from tangible and determinate causes, to look only to one resource, viz., the infusion of a fresh portion of the democratic prin ciple into the state ? Will it be said that the present Pattern constitution can afford no remedy, or is it the sheer incapacity of those who direct it which prevents the remedy being applied ? We suspect the latter ; and we urge upon every sound constitutional reformer, who ought at the same time to be a sincere lover of his country, to examine for himself and to judge for himself ; pnd if he can come to the conclusion—and we think he can come to no other—that to the blun dering and shallow policy of the ministerial party we may attribute the distressed and dishonoured condition of Great Britain, we urge upon him no longer to with hold, from the motives of a false shame or a sickly fear, that support which his conscience tells him that he is bound to render to the tried friends of his country, her interests, and her still glorious constitution ! We appeal, then, to the constitutional reformers throughout the empire to stand forward at the present crisis, and avert the calamity which is impending over their country: Let them say to those who ask them for their vote and countenance to the new ministerial alliance, " We have aided you when we thought that your cause was ours—when we thought that your cause was that of the constitution ; but we will not aid any 'party, by whatever sounding ,title they may choose to designate themselves, who are allied with the enemies of our faith and the abettors of treason and rebellion. In advocating reform, we sought for good government as its result. We looked for ir creased prosperity to be infused into every department of trade and commerce : we find only distress and , embarrass . - meat. We looked for the fulfilment of your magnifi cent promises; and we find only bitter disappointment. Wherefore should we still lean on a broken reed, or cling to a falling building ?" Let this be the answer of every true reformer to those who ask him to assist in. giving a fresh impetus to the car of the political Juggernaut, in whose destroying course are found Only blood and ashes—the blood of our Protestant fellow-countrymen, the ruin of our commerce, and the sacrifice of our national church and our national honour ! To the sound portion of the reformers of Liverpool we appeal in particular. They have before their eyes the criminal apathy of the present government, upon every question which affects their prosperity as mer chants and. tradesmen, and the postponement on all occasions of British to anti-national and party interests. Will these men, we ask, with their accumulation of injuries received at the hands of a contemptible and dishonest government, be content, in order to prop up for a brief period that imbecile thing, to ally themselves with the Popish hordes of Irish whom its servile tools have within the last week been foisting upon the regis ter, for the purpose of swamping the bona fide consti tuency of their town ? We trust not. We trust that, in Liverpool at least, this impudent attempt to intrude an Irish Catholic faction, as the dictators over and tyrants of freeborn Englishmen, will be frustrated, by the formation of a FIRM AND COMPACT ALLIANCE AMONGST ALL THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES THE FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF OUR PROTES- PANT CONSTITUTION AND LIBERTIES The Protector Society, formed for the purpose of swamping the Protestant constituency of Liverpool, by enrolling as voters hordes of Irish Papists, terminated their registering labours last night, having paid the rates and taxes of upwards of 800 of the lowest charac ters in the town, men who never paid a rate or a tax in their lives before. Is not this enough to rouse the in dignation of Englishmen ? May we not anticipate from this the fierce and deadly attack, which at the next elec tion will be made by the Irish priests upon the repre sentation of this borough ? • The question—" Who are, and who are not to be members for • Liverpool," will now be decided at the sensual orgies of Derrynane, or in the gloomy cloisters of Maynooth ; and this loyal English borough, like Carlow or Kilkenny, will be sold by the Irish agitator tutneu Who Iv ill vriroar allegiance to him, and prostrate themselves to the Church of Rome. A freethinking Hume, or a Socinian Yates, if either of them will pay the price, may now become a representative of Liver pool ; or, if these prefer the honourable posts of " natural joints of the tail," our borough will find pur chasers in others equally willing to follow in the foot steps, equally willing to be the slaves, of the Irish agitator Is there then no hope, no prospect of preservation from such deep disgrace ? We almost fear not :—the Protestants of this town have been asleep —many who might have registered have omitted to do so—our warnings, the warnings of our contemporaries, have been attended to by soine, but not by all. A firm and united phalanx of 800 Papists added to the register (need we conceal the fact ?) are a formidable body. Let this fact be told, let it be told to Protestants, we .care not whether conservative or whig ; and if any, love of freedom inspires their breasts, they will act as one man, determined to sacrifice all minor differ ences for the preservation of the borough from the dominion of Popery. Let every freeman (and freemen can register till the 31st July) look to the roll—let every son and apprentice w h o . is qualified, register. Masters, ascertain whether apprentices whose servitude has expired, have registered —if not, urge them to register. The freemen of Liver pool may still do much, much to thwart the designs of their enemies, the indefatigable, wicked enemies, of the liberties and the religion of England. FREEM EN-REGISTER ! ! ! If a conservative clergyman of the Church of Eng land should venture on any occasion to come forward in public,. and advocate the cause of that constitution with, which the maintenance of the religion which he is appointed to preach is intimately bound up, he is forthwith assailed by the entire body of the radical and Popish press, as a "political firebrand" or a "furious bigot." But when a whig member of that church up holds in public the principles of the papistico-liberal party, or, at a snug conclave of the exclusively enlight ened, with.a radical town-councillor in the chair, and a Roman Catholic in the vice -chair, dilates upon the ballot, and urges upon his Protestant fellow-countrymen to ally themselves in political life with the fierce enemies of that church to one of whose richest benefices his own party zeal has won him preferment, we are called upon to admire the eloquence, and to gaze with rapture upon the disinterested and enlightened sentiments of this paragon of churchmen ! We have no wish, in noticing this inconsistency in the proceedings of our opponents and their press, to drag individual names unnecessarily before the public; but it would be sheer affectation to deny that our present remarks are prompted by a recent exhibition of a rev. gentleman (Mr. Aspinall) in the character of an apos tle of whig-radicalism ; and by the eulogistic comments of our contemporary, the Albion, upon his "eloquent", and, "forcible'.' address, Mr. Aspinall has no doubt earned the trophy bestowed upon him for his political zeal; and we can sympathize heartily with the Albion' and his party over the departure of such a glory from amongst them. We have little fear that the rev. gen tleman will be so selfish as to hide, fur the future, his brilliant talents from the World,--which has so far well rewarded•them,—or to shine " only in the closet" whilst the prospect to which our contemporary points is within his reach. As a minister of the Gospel, however zealous and however pious and exemplary, we doubt much whether he would have won such rewards and such honors from the same hands and the same lips ; but we have as little doubt that he is on the true path to a continuation of the same golden shower, when lie con stitutes himself as a messenger from the lobby of the House of Commons, to the Reform Association and the Protector Societies of Liverpool, in place .of re stricting himself to his duty as a messenger of the Gospel. ACCIDENT.--An accident which might have been attended with fatal results took place on Sunday, in Pembroke-place. One of Mr. Bushby'a cars was seen rapidly advancing from the end of Stafford-street, (the horses having taken fright in Soho street,) without the driver, and, after passing the monument, it was dashed against the lamp-post at the corner of Gill -street. one of the horses being killed by the concus sion. We are happy to say that a lady and her children, who were in th e car at th e time, received no ot h er injury than a few bruises. EXPERIMENTAL TRIP OF THE STEAM-SHIP "PRESIDENT" LIVERPOOL T o CORK — LTD DUBLIN, AND BACK (Written for the Liverpool Standard.) The following sketch of the trial trip of the President, written at various periods during the voyage, may, perhaps, be interesting to your readers, more particularly as the vessel is the largest steam-ship in the world, and, moreover, is des tined to sail between your port and New York. In order to convey some idea ofthe size, steam-power, and equipments of the ship, it will be necessary for the informa tion of those who have not seen her, to furnish some account, which I shall not extend, as I perceive you have promised a full description, to accompany the picture of the vessel, to be presented with your paper of the 31st instant, before the vessel takes her first departure for America. THE SHIP. The President, which belongs to the same company as the British Queen, (the British and North American Steam-Ship C 0.,) was built at Lirnehouse, on the Thames, by Messrs. Curling, Young and Co., the builders of the former ship, and it may be added that both vessels are constructed from drafts by our talented and enterprising townsman Mr. WGregor Laird. The President is of 273 feet in length over all. Her beam is 41 feet, and her burthen or capacity is about 2360 tons. The engines were built by our townsmen Messrs. Fawcett, Preston and Co., and are of 540 horse power. The diameter of the two cylinders, is each, 80 inches, and the paddle-wheels 30 feet 6 inches. The length of the stroke is 7 feet 6 inches. The accommodations for.passengers are of the most magni ficent description. There is a handsome saloon, with four tables running along it, finished in a rich style of Tudor Gothic, in oak pannelling, with 'pointed arches and an em battled cornice. This apartment is cheerfully lighted from the roof, as well as by four side windows of single plates of of glass, two on each side, which form thorough lights and thorough ventilators. There are sofas at each side, and four fine entrances—two from the main deck, and two from an ample corridor leading sternward, and on each side of which are double rows of commodious bed-rooms and state rooms, fitted up with great elegance. Below these there are other ranges of bed-rooms, separated by another well-lighted corridor or wide passage. The ladies' retiring cabin is ou the same level with the saloon, near the stern, from which it is lighted. This room, as well as another cabin opposite to it, is finished in Gothic style, with the walls decorated in imita tion of tapestry. There is ,a variety of other rooms for the officers, the stewards, &c., and the whole are admirably ven tilated and full of convenience. No fewer than 120 to 130 passengers can be accommodated. The front cabins are scarcely inferior to those under the quarter deck. They will accommodate from 40 to 50 persons, and a spacious separate dining-room -is constructed on the deck for their accommo dation. The main corridor is perhaps the most interesting and tasteful part of the ship. It is beautifully groined in the roof, in Gothic style, with pendant trusses and carved work in oak. The doors are formed as pointed arches, and richly carved. In the panels are alternate large mirrors, and paintings executed on canvas, in imitation of tapestry, the whole having the appearance of a fine picture gallery. The subjects chosen by the 'artist—ten in number—are illustrative of the life, voyages, discoveries, and misfortunes of the cele brated Christopher Columbus. They are beautifully painted in oil colours, and as attached to a transatlantic steam-ship are highly appropriate and interesting. The stewards' pan ties—one at each corner of the saloon, forward—are exceed ingly well contrived, and are resplendent with plate, glass, china, &c. The engines constitute an object of great interest to nauti cal and scientific men, from their stupendous size and beauti ful construction. In conclusion, it may be remarked, that the President is frigate-built, and that the passengers enjoy a fine long and uninterrupted walk from stem to stern on the spare deck, and when the weather is wet and stormy they find almost equal range and scope for exercise between decks. She is in truth a very wooden world, or rather a floating palace: But to notice the trial trip : THE TRIP. The directors had invited a number of gentlemen to accom pany the ship on the triVto Cork on Wednesday last, and many of these went on board the night previons to starting, every accommodation having been provided for them on a most stu pendous scale. She was moored in the Sloyne, and a steam boat was in waiting to take them on board, leaving it to their own option 'to embark in the evening or on the following morning. I preferred the latter, and on getting, on board ,found a goodly company seated at a sumptuous breakfast in the saloon, of which all partook. At ten minutes to eleven the anchor was weighed. The beautiful iron steam-ship the Phlegethon, built by Mr. Laird, accompanied us part of the way down the river. We passed several vessels outward bound, and amongst them the ship Argyle—her decks crowded with em i gran t s —men, women, and children, about to sail for Sydney. Mr. Stubb's excellent band was on . board, and played appropriate airs. At starting the speed of the engine was 121 strokes per minute. Precisely at two minutes before eleven o'clock we we were abreast of St. Nicholas's Church, which might be considered our starting point. Numbers of persons were on the quays, watching our progress, but they were too far dis tant to cheer us. A large concourse on the deck of the Floating Bath, however, gave us several hearty huzzas, which were as cordially returned. The day was tine, but rather in clined to cloudy, with a breeze from the westward. We passed the battery at 25 minutes past eleven o'clock. We thence saw a brig on shore near Formby Point, and the life boat going alongside of her. When we reached the Formby light-ship, two handsome brigs were standing down the chan nel, nearly parallel with us, and being under a press of can. vas, they formed agreeable objects until we passed them. At a quarter to twelve o'clock we got close to the Victoria Chan nel light-ship, a distance, in about one hour and five minutes, of ten miles from the Clarence Dock. About half-past twelve Liverpool began to sink rapidly in the southern hori zon, and little was visible but her towers, spires, and masts. The sea was enlivened by vessels steering in various direc tions. At 20 minutes past twelve we had accomplished nearly 14 miles. The great height of our vessel's decks from the water's edge, enabled the passengers to obtain extensive views of sea and land. Soon afterwards " all hands" were summoned below to lunch, by sound of trumpet, from one of Mr. Stubbs's ex cellent band. The breeze freshened in the afternoon, and there was a considerable roll of a sea. A large number of vessels were running up the Horse Channel. We soon passed the estuary of the Dee and the Vale of Clwyd, and about three o'clock ravidly neared the Ormshcads. A considerable additional sea-way was here experienced; but the ithiP rode gallantly over it, without taking in a drop of water. At twenty minutes to four we were off the Great Ormsheads, the ship then running seven knots, with a strong head breeze and a crested sea. The Snowdonian range of mountains were now in view, witb Penman Mawr iu front. The engine now made thirty-seven revolutions in three minutes. At half-past live we were off Point Lyuas. Here there is an iron bound shore, not unlike that of the Isle of Man — the waves fretting and foaming amongst the grey rocks below. A little in the interior, and on the heights, there are green enclosures, houses, and cottages, with a considerable sprin kling of vegetation on the hill tops. The shore then becomes so bold that we sailed within a quarter of a mile of it, passing between the main shore and a small rocky island called the Middle Mouse. When off Holyhead the guests were summoned to dinner, and partook of a most sumptuous entertainment, consisting of all descriptions of substantials and delicacies, with abun dance of champagne, claret, Madeira, choice fruits, confec tionary, &c. I had now leisure to survey the guests, and noticed amongt them the following gentlemen :—Sir J. Tobin, Mr. Mr. Ashton Case, Co i lonel Aspinwall of the United States Service ; H. Littledale, Esq. ;, —.Bainbridge, Esq., Chair man of the Directors of the Company owning the ship ; Maddock, Esq., Enderby, Esq. ; Capt. P eake, R.N. ; Isaacs, E sq . ; Capt. Read; Moyses , E s q . ; M'Gre g or Laird, Esq. i Jessop, Esq., an d o thers to the number of forty - eigh t to Joseph C. Ewart, Esq. ; Horrocks, Esq. ; fifty. I may here also furnish the names of the officers, than whom a finer, more polite, or more talented fraternity never trod the de c k' of a vessel. The ship is commanded by Cap tain Fayrer, R.N., a gentleman well known to the Liverpool public, and of much experience in, ocean steam navigation. The other chief officers—and I place them in the order of their rank—are Mr. Kean, who brought the ship from Lon don, Mr. Duncan, (previously of the Liverpool,) and Mr. Little. These all pull together, and consequently every , thing goes on smoothly and without the slightest bustle or confusion. On.the cloth being drawn, Captain Fayrer, who presided, proposed "The Queen," a toast which was given with three times three and followed up by the band playing the " National Anthem." The dessert was splendid; and the toast and sen timent went round. One of the directors of the company and M'Gregor Laird, Esq., (another,) also headed a table each. The toasts were successively given, with the honours, of " Success to the Oriental" and " the President of the United States." Tune—Yankee Doodle." Colonel Aspin wall, a veteran, of the United States Service, who has lost his left arm, returned thanks for the last in feeling and appropriate terms. Sir John Tobin, in a very complimentary address, proposed the health of " Captain Fayrer, coupled with " Success to the. President." Capt. Fayrer returned thanks. He said he felt honoured by the notice, and more particularly from the quarter from which it proceeded. He concluded by proposing the health of their good friend " Mr. Ewart." Three times three,—the baud playing—" He's a jolly good fellow." Amongst the other toasts were "The health of Colonel. Aspinwall." In returning thanks he paid high compliments to the English, amongst whom, he said, lie had passed some of the happiest days of his life. We were now close by Holyhead bay—where the land is bold and picturesque, forming a cape or head-land, near which is the Stack, on which stands the light-house. ' The light was already burning brilliantly. At a quarter to ten o'clock we hailed the ship Catherine Jackson, inward bound, and which would no doubt report us at Liverpool ; she deemed to mistake our destination—taking it for New York in place of Cork. Our next refreshment was tea and coffee, admirably served by Mr. Hemans and as sistants. After this . we lost sight of land, and the guests enjoyed themselves ad libitum—some walking the decks ; some' smoking cigars; some chatting, and others betaking them-, selves to their dormitories. For myself, I was so much entertained by the stories told by Captain Fayrer, and a few, others who remained on the watch, that I did not retire un til past. midnight, and then with my sides aching with laugh ter. We in fact amused each other by "spinning yarns. The vessel meantime rolled gallantly onward though there was a strong head wind and a rather heavy sea. In order to give the Irish land a good wide berth, we steered rather more to the southward than we should have done had it been day light ; and in the morning had in consequence to bear up so as to make the, south-east part of the island... This was, however, a proper precaution with so large a ship on a coast which is beset with shoals and difficulties. About eleven o'clock in the forenoon we saw land on the starboard bow, which turned out to be one of the Sallee Islands. The wind was fresh from S.S.W. We had then been about 24 hours out of port. The ship made good way, giving about an average of 9i knots. We now saw the high land of Dungarvon, and the afternoon was employed in run ning down the coast. The sea had here a very black appear ance : it looked indeed like " the Black Sea;" probably ft om the clouds or the colour of the bottom, or both combined. We passed Drumore Bay, at the southwest entrance to which there are three conspicuous towers. It was here remarked, that " the Great Western" might be seen ahead—that was the Great Western " Ocean." We passed a Liverpool ship, outward bound, No. 425. After dinner this day a joke was passed off by one of the passengers, at the suggestion of another. Mr. Stubbs, mas ter of the band, when we were nearly off Ballycotton was commissioned to make his appearance in the saloon as a newsman, with his horn, bringing a second edition of a Cork newspaper, written on asheet of paper. He announced that he had Just arrived alongside, and having delivered his paper to Captain Fayrer, it was read to the following effect, and was productive of some amusement, though penned in a few minutes : " CORK SOUTHERN . REPORTER OFFICE, " Six o'cloclf t _p.p.i. Thursday, July 16, 1840. ",SECOND EDITION ! " We stop.the press toannounCeto4;rreaders, that the steam-ship President, from Liverpool is now off this port. She is the largest steam-ship in the world, and appears to be a most noble vessel. Through our editorial telescope we can perceive that though some of the passengers feign to be ill, it is nothing but sham pain, Every one has been pleased with the captain. No gentleman indeed could conduct himself in a fairer manner. Mr. Keen, also looks sharp, and Mr. Little is a great man amongst the company. Many of the gentle men on board disappeared below yesterday, and as was sup posed had gone, to Davy Jones's Locker ; (query—Mr. He man's ?—Printer's Devil ;) but a general resurrection took place this afternoon and they seem to be all bu s y now taking view: of our town, that is, drawing Cork, and they have all become nautical, their cry ever and and anon being port ! port ! more (a) port " We shall publish full particulars in . our Third Edition." Ballycotton Island was now at hand. It is a very pic turesque rock, with caves and precipices at its base, and a sprinkling of vegetation on its acclivities. It lies at the entrance of Ballycotton Bay, and we could see, close to it, several small row boats, though the sea was breaking in white foam over the rocks. The coast beyond it, towards Cork,is beautiful and bold, with corn fields and pastures. Further onward the shore is still steeper at its margin, with clefts, ravines, and caves amongst the rocks, and green fields above. The roads winding in tortuous directions from the coast up the hills, to farm-houses and hamlets, are also conspicuous. On a beautiful and abrupt head land, were a number of the " natives," who ran up the hill to the verge of a precipice to watch the passing of the ship, which they doubtless regarded as a Mtge leviathan. The sea birds, on circling wing, were noisy among the rocks below We were now nearing Cork, and the engine was making thirteen revolutions in a minute, the ship running about nine and a quarter knots. COVE, PASSAGE, Your readers who have not seen the Cove of Cork, and, indeed, the scenery all round in going up to the harbour, can form but an imperfect idea of its beauty from the short and inadequate account whiCl I can here furnish. On either side of this land-locked estuary there are romantic islands and head-lands, and hills topped by forts, and other places of strength. Two of the outer islands are called the Cow and Calf, on the starboard side ; and here we fired a salute at about Bh. sm. p.m., having then steamed from Liverpool, 275 to 280 miles. We had thus accomplished the voyage in about thirty-three hours, or about 81 miles an hour through out, which, considering that the engines are as yet stiff, and that the wind was strong and unfavourable, may be said to be excellent going. It is probable too, that from two to three hours were lost by steering so fai to the southward in the night, a precaution, however, which, as before stated, was ssary under the circumstances. The forts on each side of the estuary, at its entrance, are called respectively Cambden and Carlisle forts. The scenery that opens out upon the spectator sailing up is peculiarly va ried and striking. It combines the united charms of lake and land, yllrages, towns, country seats, 'ernbosorned amongst woods, and nested on the hills ; old castles, &c., thickly gemming a beautifully undulated country, rich with fertile fields and lofty woods. In about half an hour from entering from the open sea we reached Cove, a beautiful town, built on the face of a hill, with churches and pub lic buildings of white stone, and cottages to the water's edge. On the right, in running up, we saw a charming village or bathing place, in a romantic bay, and the houses, as white as snow, reflected on the waters. On the left, rising out of the sea, arc the government store-houses, large fine buildings, on an island. We dashed up close to the town of Cove, and let go our anchor. The inhabitants were seen running to the lower streets and esplanades, to look at our big ship ; and an American brig, close to the shore, and a cutter, fired a salute. We speedily returned the compliment, and the sound reverberated amongst the hills. Having immediately afterwards learned that some gentlemen at Passage, a place further up the river, had prepared to give the directors a welcome reception, we again weighed anchor in smart style, and setting the engines a-going, proceeded onward, in a tor tuous direction, through a narrower channel, with forts, islands, and a beautiful wooded shore on each side. It was now becoming dusk, but after the view of the wide sea we had had through the day, nothing could be more de lightful or refreshing to the senses than was the panorama formed by the *beautiful hills, seats, and marine villas that everywhere met the eye from this spot. We made a sharp turn to the right in - going up, and rapidly neared Passage. Here the width of the channel, from shore to shore, does not, I should think, exceed a quarter of a mile ; and it must have been a magnificent sight for those on the shore to see so large a ship rushing up at full speed, like a floating island, so 'close to"the land. Passage lies on the west side, and is a small but bustling place, with a custom-house, inns, &c. There are smart river steam-boats constantly plying on the river, and calling here on their way backwards and forwards between Cove and, Cork. The villas, cottages, and other dwellings on the wooded heights on each side are beautiful and picturesque. Passage is about five miles from Cork. We reached it at five minutes before ten o'clock. Before we got to it, the gentlemen who had resolved to welcome us began a sort of feu de joie by sending uprockets and firing pieces of artillery. The commander of one of the neighbouring forts being known to some of the company to which the President be longs, had sent down four pieces of artillery and a sufficient number of men: They blazed away in fine style, and we re plied in a similar way. Our guns roused a hundred echoes in the hills and valleys around us. We also sent up rocket for rocket, and two lads were stationed aloft, one on each topsail yard-arm with blue lights. The shore meantime re verberated with shouts of welcome and surprise; the even ing was beautifully placid, and all seemed to give a joyous welcome to the " big ship." Numerous boats came along side loaded with the curious ; and many of the gentlemen went on shore, where a splendid supper was provided for them. Some few also found their way to Cork, by cars over land. During the whole time the ship remained at Passage, she was literally besieged by visiters, including all the nobility and gentry of the country side. Better dressed or more re spectable individuals as a mass, no part of the kingdom could produce, and the greatest good humour and harmony pre vailed throughout. Mr..Stubbs's band, dressed in uniform, began to,play choice selections at an early hour on the morn ing after our arrival. and continued to give occasional enliven ment to the gala during the stay of the ship. A temperance band from Cork was also *on board of a vessel moored close to the quay as a landin,g_stage. A fine ship, the Osceola, lay 3 n o e a o r r u 4 s o . y d s h s o o u f l d tl ' l s e t a shore,by a t h p e r o u o •a f y , a t l s ui s t h e o u d r s r aw h s i p lay up w upwards ar d i t s h o in f 15 feet of water, of the excellence of this harbour, though considerably in land. While all this was going on, the gentlemen who remained on board enjoyed their meals and intermediate refreshments, which were served with scrupulous regularity. It would be impossible to estimate the number of individuals who visited the ship in the two days, while she lay at Passage, and amongst whom a great proportion were elegantly dressed ladies. 1 should be wanting in gallantry, and in justice, however, did I not here add that a lovelier bevy of beautieS never met the eye of the enthusiast, or visited the dream of the poet. There is somethin g peculiarly attractive in Irish beauty, and without flattery it might be said *of - many of the ladies *her - trod the deck of the President, that " grace was in all their steps, heaven in their eyes; in every gesture dignity and love." The number who visited the vessel on the two days do not probably amount to fewer than six to seven thousand. Cork indeed and its neighbourhood on this occasion poured out her " loveliest and her best." I need scarcely add that Captain Fayrer and his officers had some work on their bands to welcome such a company and show them the ship, her cabins and equipments. They were all unremtting in their attentions, and the greatest good humour and urbanity pre vailed. Not the slightest accident occurred notwithstanding the number of boats that swarmed alongside, all of them anxious for precedence,—if I except a ludicrous upset of three lads, who were rescued immediately. On the morning after our arrival an excellent breakfast was again partaken of by the gentlemen on board, amongst whom was that veteran Sir J. Tobin, a deserved favourite on all nautical occasions, and who always sticks to his ship. A. great number of our passenger guests now dispersed them selves in different directions, some visiting Cove and the neighbouring country, but a greater number finding their way to Cork, either by steam-boats or by cars. I preferred the former mode, in order the better to view the scenery on each side of the river, and I do not remember to have seen, even in a southern or tropical climate, anything more beau tiful. The entrance, indeed, to Cork harbour is replete with all that can enrich the landscape, in wood and water. The estuary above Passage widens out like a lake, and then again contracts towards the town. 1 embarked in a pretty green painted steamer, " The Maid of Erin,"—for the Irish will have everything green. The succession of views on either side was beautiful. Some of the gentlemen's seats are built in the Elizabethan style. There is great undulation and va riety in the land, which presents an agreeable and rich ad mixture of hills, woods, gardens, and lawns, with many large mansions, fanciful villas, cottages, bathing retreats, and rustic pleasure-houses. There are also some ruinated places of strength and antiquity, includin4 Monktown Castle, once a fine structure, now suffered to fall into decay. Many seats and cottages were pointed out to me ; but I have not time to particularise. The lake part of the river is called Loch Monghan. The channel thence narrows, and runs to the westward,' and the land becomes higher, covered with trees to the top, and studded with beautiful mansions, terraces, and cottages. On entering the narrow part towards Cork, a handsome embattled fort, with towers, called Black Rock Castle, stands on the south point, founded on a rock. Here there is a telegraph, but the place is not garrisoned. Through out the whole distance numerous pretty sailing and row boats are met with, many of them crowded with parties of plea sure. On the right, and on the face of a wooded hill, is the seat of D. O'Callan, M.P. for the city of Cork. _We here met another steam-boat, the " Queen," com ing down, and crowded to excess, with passengers going to pay a visit to another potentate, " The President." The diversity of scenery is such, in approaching Cork, that any attempt to describe it would only " bother" me and your readers to boot. Let them only go there and see and they will pardon the admiration I have expressed. We passed a convent on the left, also a ruined castle, covered with ivy, amidst fine groves of trees. Here is also the seat of Mr. Morgan, the verdure round which is rich and variegated. On the right, nearer to Cork, are shipbuilding yards and slips, and here some fine vessels are built. On approaching nearer to the city, the Custom-house faces the voyager,—on a neck or point, which divides the channel into two, the north and south. We soon ran up past a quantity of shipping on each side the walls that inclose the river, and here saw "the Ocean," (steamer,) which had come from Liverpool on the previous morning in 3G hours—having missed the stormy night we had encountered. Here also was a large Bristol steamer , " The Queen," and another that runs to Dublin and Glasgow CORK We are now, Mr. Editor, in Cork, and as your readers must generally have read of it, I shall be brief in noticing it. Cork is the southern metropolis of Ireland, scarcely inferior in wealth and population to Dublin, and withal a splendid and thriving city. Many of the streets are wide and beau tiful, in the court part of the town, south of the river Lee, on the banks of which it stands. The population is said to be upwards of 80,000, and with the environs probably more. There are good shops and " stores," several large public buildings, and three or four good small stone bridges across the Lee—the town being on both sides. The site of the south side is nearly level ; that of the north 'or poorer part, is on the face of an acclivity. Several of our passenger-guests betook themselves to the " Imperial," an excellent hotel near th e P os t o ffi ce . I an d several others, after, cursorily seeing the principal streets, strolled up the hill, amongst the poorer inhabitants ; where, however, is the great butter-market, a general market, and, I must add, a rag-market. The peculiarity of Irish charac ter, and the diversity of their circumstances in life, is vividly shown in Cork. , Here are well-dressed ladies and gentlemen, rolling in wealth; there, the extremes of misery and destitu tion. Like everything Irish, there is even an inversion of locality in the grades of society. The lower, or humbler classes, inhabit the higher parts of the town, and the higher the lower parts. Notwithstanding the elevation of the north part, such is the want of proper sewerage, and the accmula tion of manure , &c., that the s avour is anything but odorous. Yet even here th ere are g ood dwell ing - houses, and not a few efiontebuildings iwithin the outskirts, ta s ty mans i ons an d ta scarcely possible to conceive a stranger ad mixture. Many of the women go barefooted—a fashion pe culiar also to Scotland. I walked a c onsiderable length of ground (in company with an intelligent friend fro m th e s hi p ) on that side, but mistaking our way we did not obtain so good a view or the main part of the city, which lies in a valley, as we anticipated. In the evening I found a new road, whence the view was most magnificent, but as darkness set in, I re turned to the city, BaLARNEY nd " took CASTLE mine ease at my inn." . Having heard of Blarney Castle, I rose at five o'clock next morning, and walked out to that celebrated ruin. I was told that the journey was but four miles, but I found it at least six English miles. The first part of the road was through a long straggling succession of cottages on the north-west of the city, known by the, cognomen of " Blarney-lane." But I must be brief. I turned at a little public-house .to the right, called Blarney Cross, with a vacant space in front, but no cross that I could discover. From this road the valley of the Lee is open to the view, with an extensive country to the south and west, all cultivated in cord fields and pastures, &c., enclosed with but few trees,—in the Scottish style. A smart walk brought me to Blarney village, before reaching which, the traveller will see Blarney Castle—all that is thence visible of it through high trees being a large square lofty stone tower embattled at the top, but grey with moss, and partly delapidated. It is situated on the margin of a pleasing valley, and is surrounded by rich lands, with clumps of trees. I had to walk across a lawn, on the south of it, to find .the female who keeps the keys, and she accompanied me back, and took me to the " kissing stone," a chip or two of which I contrived to bring with me. The old lady seeing me a little shy insisted upon my kissing the stone, (or rather stones—for it has got broken in two), which I did with all due respect, so that you need not be surprized should I tip you a little of the blarney. The castle has doubtless been once a splendid place. The ascent to the top is by spiral stone stairs, of 218 steps, and the " kissing stone' ) is on the top of the north-east corner of the town. The walls - are thick, and have enclosed some large apartments, but the roof and floors have been suffered to go to decay. Adjoining, on the lower part, on the east, are the remains of a portion of the castle, of a more modern date, with towers and numerous windows ; but this, too, has, comparatively of late years been abandoned to the weather. A brook, or small river,, winds under the castle, on the north side, and below are a dungeon and a cave on the rocky foundation. The view from the top of the lamlet and church of Clarney, and the adjacent country, is very delight ful. On the demesne of the castle 600 head of cattle are fed. I found my way back to Cork by a route rather less tor tuous, and soon afterwards proceeded down to passage to join the ship. My Blarney journey, and a short delay in Cork, had nearly lost me my passage ; I was, indeed, all but left behind. FROM COVE TO DUBLIN. We sailed from Passage at a quarter -past five o'clock on the evening, of Saturday, and steered down in fine style past Cove and out again to sea, bound for Dublin. The weather was fine at the time, but ratherl;Ty:Several ofour passengers had left us at Cork and gone over land by coach to Dublin, where a few of them afterwards joined us. We had an accession of others, hewever, belonging to Cork and its neighbourhood, Amongst those were some gentlemen who came down to CoVeTi;aTeaal ' ini c-u'itei7yaclit, the Vampire, including Mr. James Roberts, brother of the commander of the steam-ship British Queen, a gentleman who is one of the most extensive farmers in the South of Ireland. The distance by sea to Dublin is estimated at about about 190 to 200 miles. We made probably the larger course, keeping outside the banks and shoals that extend along this part of the coast until we got pretty well to the northward. The night was rather stormy, with a heavy sea running, and we were considerably detained by the necessity of " heaving to," or rather " stopping the ship," to heave the lead,—our course being determinable in the night, in a great degree, by the depth of water. The haze was also thick during the night. In the morning the weather became moderate, and we were off the coast of Wicklow. The en gines worked well throughout, giving at times 15 strokes a minute—the vessel going about eleven knots an hour. As we ran on we neared the sugar loaf hills, and afterwards kept closer to the shore. The views of the coast were inte resting, this county being one of the best wooded in Ire land. We saw the two white' lighthouses, and the fort on the point south of Wicklow bay, about nine o'clock, and soon afterwards the town itself, With several vessels sailing along near it. •In the back ground there are, besides 'noun- tains nearly covered with treis, others rocky and craggy, with scanty veraure in the interstices—doubtless the favourite haunts of grouse and other game. Soon afterwards we saw the bill of Houth, at the mouth of Dublin bay, and beyond it Lamby island, and " Ireland's Eye." The coast, as we dashed along, presented new and interesting features ; but as it is generally known, I shall not trouble your readers with particulars. After passing the fishing village of Bray, between this and Kingstown, the shore is rocky, and on an island, forming a point, stands a martello town and other buildings. Behind, on a rocky hill, there is a church, the spire of which, rising over the eminence, forms a conspicuous object. When off Kingstown, the " Royal William" steam ship, of your port, came out and hailed us. She afterwards went up to Dublin, and doubtless announced our arrival. We also passed the " Mountaineer" steamer, outward bound. The harbour of Kingstown is so well known that little need be here said respecting it. It is a large sheet of clear deep water, enclosed, as it were, from the sea by a wall or breakwater, with quays, &c. going round it nearly in a circle, a narrow entrance being left on th east only. The anchorage is good. The town in which there are several large public buildings, lies on the west •, and there is a railway to Dublin, along the west side of the bay of that city. We reached the anchorage at. twelve o'clock, after a passage from Cork of eighteen .hours. We had no sooner cast anchor than boats innumerable came alongside, filled with passengers to view the ship. They were admitted during the whole day, to the number of many thousands, of ladies and gentlemen and tradespeople, nearly all of whom came down from Dublin, with the steam-boats or by the railway. The ship was like a fair the whole day. Anchored at a short distance from us lay H.M.S. Inconstant, one of the first and fastest frigates in the navy—a truly beautiful vessel. The public were admit ted to see her ; and her officers, with a party of ladies, came on board of the President, at the invitation of Capt. Fayrer, and were highly gratified. The noise of the boatmen along side, and their battles to obtain and land passengers, formed an amusing scene. There were also here, a beautiful gun brig, of 16 guns, belonging to the navy, and several fine revenue cutters. At the quays were several large government steam-ships, and the harbour was covered with handsome yachts and pleasure boats, sailing about. About four hours after our arrival, the yacht Vampire, before noticed, and which had sailed along with us from Cork, came into the harbour in gallant style, having made an excellent run. Many' of our passengers landed and proceeded to Dublin or its vicinity for the day. Several of these dined at King stown, and nearly all returned by seven or eight in the even ing, and after refreshments, returned to their respective ' sleeping places. It was determined to proceed towards Liverpool by about three o'clock in the morning, and the announcement induced many of the passengers to withdraw from the festive board earlier than they otherwise would have done. About eleven o'clock however, an alarm was heard which induced those who heard it to rush to the deck. The cry Was—" there is a man overboard ! " Mr. Dunean, the third officer in command, and whose gallant conduct you had occa sion to notice when he belonged to the Liverpool steam-ship, was at the time retiring to his berth, after a previously sleep less night passed with his brother officers on coming up from Cork, and heard a plunge in the water near the bow of the ship. He had his boots and part of his dress off, and ran up to the spar deck to ascertain what accident had oc curred. By the faint light he perceived two individuals struggling in the water, and in imminent danger. lie imme diately leaped overboard from a height that presented fearful t odds against an ordinary swimmer . , and after great exertions, "and'a narrow escape, succeeded in saving the lives of Both— a man and a boy. The man's name we afterwards learned, was Charles IN aldener. lie is the second cook of the ship, had gone on shore, and come off to the ship in a small boat or punt, guided by a lad named Atkinson. In approaching the vessel, the boat by some means, not precisely ascer tained, was upset, and the parties precipitated into the water. A considerable, and to those who witnessed it, an anxious time elapsed before Mr. Duncan, after a necessarily deep submersion could effect his object. The boy, grasping at the first object in his sense of danger, seized him by the throat, and lie had some difficulty to disentangle himself. He, however, finally succeeded in rescuing both the men in a great state of exhaustion. I need scarcely add that Mr. Duncan was welcomed on board by every one with the most heartfelt feelings of respect, and congratulations on his own escape ; which, however, with that modesty which belongs to true and courageous men, he endeavoured to avert by dis claiming all merit, and merely expressing a hope that if he were in similar danger some one might be at hand to aidhim. He changed his dress and appeared as if nothing had happened. HOME VOYAGE FROM DUBLIN TO LIVERPOOL. We are now dashing along homewards —with Holyhead not far distant. We started from Kingstown at three o'clock, but as we had to wait outside to secure the anchor, the proper hour to be stated is a quarter past three, The engines worked speedier than before, making 16 revolutions a minute, so that the ship could not be making less than 11 or 12 knots an hour. We had also set our sails forward — namely, foresail, top-gallant sail, and jibs, but they did not do her much good, the speed from the steam being so great that they frequently lifted. In four hours three quarters we reached clear of Holyhead, the vessel having accomplished 57 miles in that short period; We passed several vessels, each under a heavy press of sail. The bold rocky shore of Anglesea, with its small islands, bays, and scanty up land verdure, afforded sonic romantic views, varying from what they appeared when we passed them outward bound. We sailed between the main land and the Skerries. At nine o'clock we were off An - dwell, and immediately afterwards passed close to the Middle Mawn. Having run down the east of Anglesea, we came in view of Penguin Island, and the shores on each side the Menai Straits. At a quarter past ten o'clock we were off the Ormshead. The speed of the engine was now frequently upwards of sixteen revolutions per minute, and the ship was found to run frequently four teen knots, by the long line. We met the Merlin govern ment mail-boat, Captain Townley, bound to Dublin. The swiftness with which the vessels passed each other was sur prising. Captain Fayrer, and other gentlemen, exchanged civilities with Captain Townley, and the band played " Hearts of Oak,' but the roar of our paddle-wheels, which dashed the sea into a sheet of foam on each side, probably prevented the band from being heard on board the mail ' boat, We now overhauled two large ships running up chan nel, with studding sails set below and aloft. While running along by the Victoria Channel, a meeting of the gentlemen on board was held in the saloon, for the purpote of presenting to Mr. Duncan a testimonial of their respect for his gallant conduct on the previous night, in Kingstown harbour; or rather to prepare for the purchase of a piece of plate to be presented to him, the immediate object being that lie might learn how his devotion to the cause of humanity—the brightest characteristic of the genuine British sailor —was appreciated by all on board, many of whom might not have another opportunity of meeting him. A handsome subscription was immediately entered into for the purchase of a snuff-box, which is to bear the following INSCRIPTION " Presented by the Directors of the British and American Steam Navigation Company, and tbq Captain and Officers of the President (Captain Fayrer, R.N.), and their Friends on board of that vessel, to Mr. Duncan, as a mark of their ap probation of his gallant and ineretorious condtict, in jumping overboard, and saving two men from a watery grave, in Kingstown Harbour, on the 19th July, 1840." The compliment thus conveyed was communicated to Mr. Duncan by one of the directors in handsome terms, and he returned thanks in terms the most unassuming. When your readers are reminded that Mr. Duncan is the same gentleman who, during the last voyage of the Liverpool from New York, with the carpenter of the ship, gallantly leaped overboard, and saved the life of a man who had fallen from the vessel during a stormy sea, and could not long hays survived, nothing need, I think, be added to induce the pub lic to come forward, and add to the value of the testimonial which is about to be presented to him. Such men are wor thy of the civic crown. The:Dee now opened out, and in!the intermissions between some slight showers, when the sun partially looked out, the Cheshire and Lancashire shores were both distinguishable, with the various objects which, as it were, belong to " home." Tire smoke of the town was also visible, and the white houses of Waterloo. After seeing for some days the high lands of Ireland, these coasts looked somewhat diminutive, but were nevertheless welcorhe to most of those on hoard. When all the sails of the vessel were taken in she lost only half a knot an hour, as she continued to make good 13} miles an hour. We passed the N. W. Light Ship (15 miles from the town) in 81 hours after leaving the Kish, We came round the Victoria Channel, there not being suf ficient water in the other. By this, however, we had to run a distance of four or five miles further. The vessel stood up from' Formby at about 13 knots an hour. A sumptuous re past was then partaken of by about forty gentlemen, while the band played *appropriate airs. When near the Formby Light Ship she accomplished l 5 knots by the line. In passing several ships, British and American, the Presi dent was loudly cheered, and the compliment was returned. We were. op p os ite the Rock Light Ho use a t fi ve m i nu te s past one, so that we had made the voyage to that point in eight minutes under the ten hours. 'We fired several guns as we passed up the river. Crowds of spectators stood on every quay, from the Clarence dock to the Potteries, and could not have failed to be gratified by the noble appearance and performance of the ship. At half-past one precisely she was opposite the Baths on George's pier, a little beyond the starting point, so that she completed the voyage from Kings town, with new engines, and under some other disadvantages, in precisely ten hours, or at the average rate of twelve nauti cal miles an hour, the distance being forty leagues. The vessel passed rapidly up to her anchorage at the Sloyne, and the gentlemen on board were landed by two river steam-boats that came alongside for the purpose. Thus concluded a trip, I will venture to say, Mr. Editor, hitherto unparalleled in the annals of steam navigation, both as regards the size and splendid accommodations of the ves sel by which it was accomplished, the excellent arrangements for the comfort and enjoyment of every one on board, and, above all, the triumph of science which the result has so fully established. The President is a ship of immense length and immense tonnage. It could not be doubted that she would afford sufficient space for the " exercise" of those on board ; but some doubt had arisen even in the minds of prac tical men whether she would not prove unwieldy, and difficult to work at sea, or even in smooth water. These doubts must be entirely dissipated by the first performance of this noble ves sel. She is steered with the comparative ease of a yacht, even in a heavy sea-way, and may be worked through narrow and intricate channels with equal ease. A more easy or finer sea-boat it is impossible to conceive. There is no labouring, no pitching and rolling to cause uneasiness. All is steady, dry, and comfortable, and in point of space, convenience, and ventilation, she cannot be surpassed. Before concluding, I am bound in justice to notice the peculiar kindness and attention shewn by the directors and the captain and officers to every one on board. Nothing could be better calculated to elicit a general feeling of satis faction, and, I may add, of friendship. It was, in fact, a delightful amalgamation of parties, many of whom were be fore unknown to each other. There were on board gentle men of various countries, and particularly of England and the United States, and apart from the conviviality of the occasion, there was exhibited a degree of intelligence and amity that can scarcely fail to conduce to new and favour able results for both countries; In the " provisionary" department no expense or care seemed to be spared. Mr. Hough, who provided the viands and liqueurs, gave the utmost satisfaction : every thing was excellent and abundant. Mr. Hemans and his assistants, Mr. Myers and others, as stewards, were unremitting in their attention to the guests, and there was not a want left unsupplied. No hotel could be better appointed. The whole establishment will, notwithstanding, be considerably aug mented on the vessel's proceeding to America with her com plement of passengers, and there can exist no doubt but she will prove herself in all points a " crack ship.". rmay state, in conclusion, that the after cabin and saloon were designed and executed by Mr. Simpson, .of London; the fore cabin by Messrs. Humble and Milcrest in the joiner work, and the painting of this and other parts of the vessel by Mr. White, of our own town. The house on deck for a dining-room for the fore-cabin passengers was built by Messrs. T. and D. Service, and the plumber's work by Mr. M`Nicol and Mr. M`Fee. The figure-head is the work of Mr. Archibald Robertson. There are on board six engines, and a large number of firemen. The following tribute on the merits of the President is written by a young lady, known to one of her gallant officers, and one of whose productions we recently inserted, and which was read on board on the trial trip : ON A VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT. What flag soars so high and so proudly in air, What vessel so nobly doth stand ? See the President's name in bright letters appears, -The wonder and pride of our land. Full many a treasure she'll bear o'er the deep, And hearts that are valiant and true, Oh ne'er may lov'd friend have occasion to weep The wreck of such vessel and crew : ' So noble her structure, as if to defy The fury of ocean or wind ; The best that the forest and earth can supply Are all in her service combined. Our forefathers dream'd not, as under the shade Of their oak they so peacefully slept, That ere its lov'd branches and saplings should fade, Their sire the broad ocean had swept. Full many a valley is robbed of its pride— The ivy laments its fond stay — The earth has its long hidden treasures supplied, And fair winds. shall waft her away. And joyous and light be the hearts she shall bear, Their voyage a flowery spring In life's recollection, undimm'd by a tear, And. glide on the noiseless wing. May Friendship in bonds ever sacred and true, With Love smiling bright at her side, And Hope's beaming glance ever sparkle anew, In the President ever preside. MORE RIB BONISM IN IRELAND We are compelled to continue our notice of the progress of Ribbonism, by the dogged obstinacy with which its exist ence and dangerous tendency are denied by our Popish and ministerial contemporaries. Let those contemporaries be at the pains to read, and have the candour to copy, if they dare, the following charge delivered by Judge Torrens, on Monday week, at the Cavan Assizes, to the jury, empannelled to try a man named James Brady, for being a:member of a Ribbon Society, and having a copy of its pass-words in his posses- sion. " Judge Torrens charged the jury and drew a line between the evidence of Gilligan and the other informers ; he did not consider his testimony so much tainted as that of the others. If they believed his testimony, it presented to their view a society bound together by secret bonds and obligations, not only through this country, but appearing in other great towns, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, &c., and it was natural for them to inquire what were the objects of such an associ ation, the designs of which were kept so secret, and the mem bers of which belonged to only one class of the community. It appeared that the association were not only for the pur pose of redressing what they considered their wrongs, but even for the purpose of attacking the life of a fellow-crea ture. whom they supposed had infringed on any of their rules, and which hostility had, in more instances than one, led to the death of individuals. Another witness went further, and stated that taking arms was one of their objects ; and they were shown to have some of the most dangerous objects which could exist in any community not under the government of law. His lordship next adverted to the written evidence. The letters proved by that respectable wit ness; Mr. Hatton, to be the prisoner's handwriting, show the prisoner to be superior to most men, not only in his style of composition, but in the subject matter he selected. They should examine the correspondence, and see whether it bore the evidence of correspondence with the officer of a secret association. The learned judge further animadverted on the evidence." Here then we have evidence conclusive enough. as ,to the • dangerous tendency of the society ;'its extension, to Liver pool, Manchester, Sic.; and that it is not confined to the very lowest grade of society, for the criminal here was a man whose " style of composition" and " selection of his subject matter proved him to be superior to most men." Our con temporary of the Journal may perhaps find fault with the evidence alluded to by the learned judge as " tainted ;" but we must consider that to enable a witness to give evidence against a party accused of belonging to a secret society, he must, in ordeer to derive his knowledge, have previously been a member of that society, and that his evidence may on that ground be called in some measure tainted ; and also that in the present case that evidence was abundantly borne out by written testimony, in the prisoner's hand-writing. LIVERPOOL QUARTER . SESSIONS The sessions of the peace for the borough of Liverpool commenced at ten o'clock yesterday, in the crown court sessions house, before James Clarke, Esq. recorder. There were seventy• seven prisoners for trial, sixty-nine of whom have been committed on charges of felony, and eight for mis demeanours and assaults. There is also a mint case. The RECORDER, in the course of his address to the grand jury, said he was sorry to have to inform them that he con sidered the calendar by no means a light one, whether as regarded the nature of the crimes, the amount of the pro perty stolen, or the number of prisoners for trial. There were no fewer than six or seven charges against domestic servants of a serious character. The most serious of these cases was that of John Maltstag, who was alleged to have stolen a very large sum of money from his master, Andrew Browne, merchant, of Toxteth-park. Having narrated the principal facts in this case, all of which will be in the recollection of our readers, the Recorder said the main question for the grand jury would be whether an en trance as was at first supposed had been effected into the house from without, or whether the marks of that were only simulated, for the purpose of throwing suspicion into another 'direction. A pair of shoes had certainly been found in the house, and if, as stated in the depositions, it could be satis factorily proved that those shoes had shortly before been pur chased by the prisoner, it would go a long way in prdving his guilt, and justify the grand jury in returning a true bill. The Recorder then alluded to several other cases of robbery by servants, particularly those of John Welsh, John Lloyd, and John Cooper. This was a crime which required to be se verely punished, inasmuch as it was a breach of confidence, and an offence that might sometimes be carried to a very con siderable extent without detection. No police could prevent acts of embezzlement. The Recorder next mentioned the case of James Hampson ' who had become posse sse d o f a pocket-book containing about £7, which he afterwards trans ferred to his father. Unless the grand jury were convinced that when the prisoner took the book lie had a felonious in tent,they had better acquit the bill. The learned Recorder then dismissed the grand jury to their labours. A number of cases were tried in the course of the day, but as the particulars of them have already been published, a re port is unnecessary. BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL PESTIVAL.—We understand that the committee of management of the approaching festival at Birmingham have engaged upwards of 50 (we believe 56) of the members of the Liverpool Choral Society— a larger number than has ever before been engaged for a similar occasion from one place. This is a compliment which reflects the. highest credit on the musical talent of Liverpool, and particularly on the perfect organization of the above society, under its talented conducter, Mri. George Holden. THr day REG krrA.—The Liverpool regatta commences this The scene of the sports will be that part of the river opposite Monk's Ferry. We hope the weather will prove propitious, in which case we expect to enjoy an unprecedent ed treat. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The exhibition at this insti tution continues to attract hundreds of admiring visitors. It has just received a valuable acquisition to its already splen did collection of paintings in a brilliant production of the 15th century, the subject of which is " A Banquet to the Gods." The philosophical experiments have proved a daily source of delight to the numerous visitors. Very little time now re mains for inspecting this unique collection of curiosites. PRESERVATION OF THE HAIR.—In order that the pub lic may avoid the disappointments so frequently complained of in the use of oils sold avowedly for promoting the growth of hair, we beg to submit the following statements to those desirous of preserving the hair :—From 1820 to 1830 J•. Mid dlewood's Genuine Botanic Oil was interdicted by govern ment on the ground that it possessed properties, and per formed such cures of baldness, as brought it within the mean ing of the patent medicine act, and not until its great utility in preserving the hair was submitted to parliament, could a legal sale be effected. The petition presented met with the kindest attention, and the chancellor of the exchequer ex empted it from the medicine duty, to be sold under the de nomination of hair oil. The petition was presented by the late Right Hon. Wm. Huskisson, on the 10th April, 1830, while Mr. Goulburn was chancellor of the exchequer.—See advt. The ironmongers of Bradford have unanimously agreed to close their shops at eight o'clock every evening except Satur day. It appears from a arliamentary paper just printed, that there has been a considerable increase, during the lest year, (upwards of a million,) in the number and amount of deposits in savings' banks. TEA AND COFFEE DEALERS.—The number of excise licenses annually issued in England, for the sale of tea and coffee, is about 80,090. THE SUDBURY ELECTION.-Mr. Tomline's refusal to de fend his return for Sudbury does not, as some persons seem to suppose, vacate his seat. According to the law, any of the electors who please may defend the election, and they are are allowed thirty days to decide whether they will defend it or not. A report is abroad that Sir E. Wilmot has let Berkaswell Hall to Lord Canterbury, and that, in the event of a dissolu tion, he will not offer himself for the Northern Division. We give the report as it has reached . us, without in anv way vouching for the truth of it. -- Birmingham Advertiser: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF MR. JOHN BIBBY , On Saturday afternoon Mr. John Bibby, of the firm of John Bibby and Sons, merchants, and father of the Rev. Thomas Bibby, incumbent of Trinity Church, was found dead in a pond in Stand Park, not far from Aintree Race Course. The intelligence was quickly spread, and it became the topic of general conversation, Mr. Bibl2y being highly esteemed in the first business circles of Liverpool. He was recently a member of the town council. It appears that the unfortunate gentleman spent the even-. ing of Friday last in company with an intimate friend, from whom he parted about eleven o'clock, at the bottom of Everton Brow, and proceeded in a car to his residence, at Linacre Marsh. It was Mr. Bibby's almost invariable cus tom to be set down opposite the Rimrose Hotel, whence he was in the habit of walking to his mansion. He got out at this spot on Friday night, or rather on Saturday morning, about twelve o'clock. He paid the driver and bade him good night, and the latter, as he turned the head of his horse towards Liverpool, saw the unfortunate gentleman walking at a steady pace towards his home. He was missing on Saturday morning, and his family and friends were, of course, alarmed, and anxious to know what had befallen him. Their inquiries, however, were fruitless till the melancholy intelligence was conveyed to them of his body having been found as above mentioned. The watch which Mr. Bibby usually carried was not on his person when the body was found, neither was there any' money in his pockets, though it was at first conjectured that he must have had a considerable sum of money about him when he left Liver pool. Subsequent inquiries caused some alteration in the lat ter opinion, as it appeared that he had, immediately be fore he left town, sent to the bank for money, which he did not, however, take with him. Mr. Birch and Mr. Formby, magistrates of the district in which the melancholy event oc curred, have been indefatigable in their endeavours to trace out all the facts. Mr. Whitty, some of his officers, and se veral members of the rural police in th e Ki r kd a l e division, have been using unremitting efforts to arrive at the truth. All the approaches to the pond where the unfortunate gentleman was found were carefully examined to ascertain if there were any traces of foot-marks, but nothing resulted from that part of the investigation. It was surmised that the watch might possibly be in the pond, and it was dragged, but the watch was not found. Yesterday, at one o'clock, an inquest was held upon the body before John Heyes, Esq., and a respectable jury, at the Rimrose Hotel, Bootle. There were present Mr. Birch, Mr. Formby, Mr. Penny, (son-in-law to the deceased) and many others, who took a deep interest in the proceedings. The first witness sworn was Henry Ambrose, a farmer, living near Stand-park, in the township of Sefton. On Saturday last, about half-past two in the afternoon, witness was getting sticks in a field belong ing to Joseph Lettson, his brother-in-law. There was the road (an occupation path) and the park wall between him and the pond; but between the pond and the roaa there was nothing but a few brambles. The pond was about two feet below the surface of the road. As witness was in the act of leaving the field he observed the hat, shoulders, and part of the back of a man floating in the water. He did not go to the place, but immediately procured the assistance of Joseph Lettson and Wm. Martin. The body of deceased was then about three yards from the banks, and Martin drew it out of the water with a pitchfork. At that period none of them knew who the deceased was. His hat was fast upon his head, and over his eyes, and there was a dint just below the crown of it, which might have been caused either by the deceased falling against the brambles, or by the pitchfork. They searched his pockets. A pocket-book was in the left pocket of his coat, a bunch of keys, a single key, and a knife ; and a shilling was found in the left pocket of his trowsers. No watch was found upon him. There was a silk handker chief in his coat pocket, but it was not taken out. The pa pers in his pocket-book did not appear to have been a bit ruffled. There was no name on the book, but in it they found two papers for the highway rates of the township of Litherland, addressed to Mr. John Bibby. Joseph Webster, the constable of Litherland, was sent for immediately, and he conveyed the body in a car to the late residence of the unfortunate gentleman. Witness did not observe any foot marks upon the banks of the pond. By the Jury.—The soil about the pond is rather sandy, but just now it is slippery and dirty, owing to the rains. It rained hard on Friday night. No dirt or soil was observed to cling to any part of the deceased's clotheS or body. The fields are pasture fields, and the road had been much tram pled by cattle, and by people going to and coming from the, races. Nothing was found in either of the deceased's waist coat pockets, and his watch pocket was quite straight. Simpson, a hackney coach driver, was next called. He said he lived in Bute-street, Everton. On Friday night, at a quarter past ten, he was with his coach on the stand in Castle-street, when the porter at the Royal Bank in Dale street, called him, to take Mr. Bibby and Mr. Taylor home. He went and remained there till a quarter roast eleven, when he was told by the porter to take Mr. Bibb} , to the Rimrose gate, Linacre Marsh, and to put Mr. Taylor down at the foot of Everton Brow. Witness did not know Mr. Bibby. They got into the coach together. He set Mr. Taylor down at the place appointed ; then drove Mr. Bibby along Nether field-road, through Kirkdale, and over Bootle-bridge to the ltimrose-gate. He asked Mr. Bibby to be allowed to drive him to his own door, but he replied " No, coachman, I know the road very well." He then took out some silver and gave witness 7s 6d, and as witness was turning his horses round, he saw Mr. Bibby walking along the lane leading to his own house; he seemed to walk quite steadily, but he was a little in liquor. It was a fine night. By the FOREMAN.—Mr.TayIor paid me • 2s. Air. Bibby did not ask me what my fare was, but he gave me two six pences, half-a-crown, and four shillings ; he took that out of his pocket and no more. He did not appear to count it. I had no lights to my ear. By a Juryman.—There was no conversation that I heard between Mr. Bibby and Mr. Taylor when they parted at Everton. As I was returning I did not see any person about. I returned by Rake-lane and Great Mersey-street. By the Foreman.—l have only two horses. There was no one to receive them when I got home. My wife and six children were in bed. When I had done with the horses, and eaten some supper, I went to bed. It might be a little after one o'clock. By the COADNEE up as I returned. any watch or seal .—The people at the turnpike were .not I did not notice whether Mr. Bibby had Mr. Penny here stated, that about a fortnight ago Mr. Bibby had a gold watch, which he gave to Mr. Harrison to repair ; but on this occasion he had a silver hunting watch, with a steel chain. - _ - _ The CORONER said it had been stated, although not given in evidened, that Mr. Bibby had strayed on his way home a week or two before? Who had any knowledge of that? Mr. Wolfenden, an inspector in'the county constabulary, produced an extract from one of the books of the force, spewing that on the sth instant, Mr. Bibby was found by an officer and conveyed home. Thomas Abraham, an inspector in the county constabulary, for the Kirkdale division, said that on Saturday morning, between one and two o'clock, he was walking along the turn pike road, between the Black Bull, at Walton, and the Sefton Arms. He heard some wrangling on the left, and exactly in the direction of the pond where the deceased was found. He listened at the Sefton Arms but heard nothing there. He then went down the lane but heard nothing more. In the lane he met a market cart, and two women in it, but he did not hear anything then or see any other person that night. Mr. Letson said he lived at no great distance from the pond, and he heard his dogs bark violently just at two o'clock. His wife got up to quieten them, and she said she thought she heard something, bnt she did not know what. The dogs often barked, and both he and his wife often had to get up in order to appease them. Henry Barker, a lad 12 years of age, servant to Mr. Lett son, was the next witness called. lie said he had never been taught to read or write, but on being asked what would be the consequences if he took a false oath, he gave a satisfac tory answer. His testimony was, therefore, received. He said that about eight o'clock on Friday night he went with one of his master's horses to the pasture adjoining tothe pond.' tie had to go through two gates for that purpose; and, after he had left the horse, he returned and shut both the 'gates. On Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, he went to fetch the horse, and he found one gate partly open, and the other opened quite wide, and fastened with a piece of slate just as witness was accustomed to fasten it to prevent it going to. There were three horses in the field that night, and they were all there in the morning. Ann Owen, housemaid in Mr. Bibby's establishment, said that on Thursday morning she gave Mr. Bibby a silver hunt ing watch. She fetched it down stairs for him as he had left it in the bed, and gave it to him as she was brushing his coat. The watch had the initials of Mr. Bibby's son James upon the back, "J. J. B." On Friday witness did not see the watch. She could not tell how long he had been in the habit of using it ; but he had it before she came, nine months ago. There were three or four long steel links to it. Wit ness had never seen Mr. Bibby with any other watch. She sat up waiting for him on Friday night, and did not go to bed till five o clock on Saturday morning. In answer to a question from the Coroner, Mr. Penny re peated that Mr. Harrison had Mr. Bibby's gold watch to repair. Mr. Bibby, on Fridays was in the habit of request ing the cashier to give him £4O or £5O for the purpose of, paying his brickmakers, and workmen. On this occasion, however, he did not apply for any money. Mr. Bibby was, _ _63 years of age. Mr. Thomas Wainwright, surgeon, of Everton, said lie had made a post mortem examination of the body of the late Mr. Bibby. There were several small round black spots upon the inner side of the right arm near the elbow, one upon the upper part of the fore arm, one on the back of the wrist, one on the front of each knee, and also one upon the outside of the left arm. These, when cut into, showed blood extravasated in the cellular structure, but no bruising of the muscles. The integuments of the head presented no thing unusual. The brain appeared healthy; the right and left ventricles contained a quantity of serum, as also did the base of the skull within. The stomach contained about a pint of fluid and undigested food, but in the absence of any evidence as to what he had been drinking, the appearance of this fluid could not be put down as evidence of drowning. The mouth and nostrils were perfectly free from froth. The lungs were fully expanded, filling every part of the chest. From the whole examination he inferred that Mr. Bibby was alive when he fell into the water, and that death was instan taneou4 ; the instantaneous character of his death would in dicate that he was in an exhausted state when he fell into the water, either from fatigue, or struggling, or in a state of deep siPer, The Foreman.—How do you account for the marks upon the arm ? Me. Wainwright.—l feel more difficulty in accounting for them than for anything else. The Foreman.—Would not the symptoms that you bare described be produced if death was caused by putting a hand kerchief over the mouth and nostrils ? • Mr. 'Wainwright replied that in such a case there would be some marks upon the lips. The witness Ambrose here suggested that the black marks on the arm might have been caused by dragging the body out of the water, especially as the clothes were torn by the pitchfork. Mr. Wainwright could account for the spots on the arm on no other supposition than that they had been caused by the pressure of a man's hands. He did not believe it possible to form them after death. Mr. Jones, surgeon, who assisted in the post mortem examination, concurred with Mr. Wainwright's testimony. The Cashier at Mr. Bibby's office, proved that the unfor tunate gentleman had received no money on Friday of which he was aware. This being the whole of the e v id ence, the CORONI 11, ad dressed the jury. The only suspicious circumstances attach ing to the case were the absence of the watch, and the two gates being left opened. He must, however, confess, that from the evidence of Mr. Wainwright he was disposed to di d to think that there had been unfair play. If there - had been, it might afterwards be discovered through the means of the police. He therefore did not see any occasion to adjourre t the inquest ; but he would recommend the jury t o re t urn such, a verdict as would not preclude further inquiry. The Jury then returned a verdict to the effect that the de ceased had been found dead in a pond, but how he came there, there was no evidence to shew. Arrivals at the Misses Perkins' family boarding house, 70, Duke -street :—Charles Cartier, sq. London, Professor Espy and l a d y , Philadelphia, Capt. W. Robinson, New York, C ap t. R . T albot and lady, Peer, Esq. and Miss Pepper, Edi n b urg h , Edward Oliver, Esq. p Miss Oliver, and Miss M. J. Oliver, Quebec, Charles Ware, Esq. lady, and Miss Ware, Capt. J. B. Smith, Capt. E. Talbot, Freeport, U.S. Captain Richardson and lady, Boston. THE PHILOSOPHY OF STORMS.-Mr. Espy has con cluded his several courses of lectures upon this interesting subject, and he has proceeded to Manchester where we wish him success. MODEL OF WATERLOO, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—In my last letter I promised to make a few remarks which would enable such of your readers as may be about to visit Captain Siborn's model of the battle of Waterloo, im mediately and easily to comprehend the merits of the field, as there potcrtrayed. The utmost space which could be allptted to a single letter would not enable me to enter into the various particulars ; I shall, therefore, in my present. confine myself to the de scription of the position selected and maintained by the Duke of Wellington upon that most memorable occasion. It may appear strange that statements of a very contradic tory nature should yet be circulated respecting that battle, leaving the true merits of the day apparently misunderstood, or at least but partially declared. This arises, doubtless, from the reluctance upon the part of the Duke to become his own historian. Had not the at tacks which have been made upon him relative to the battle of Waterloo been universally disregarded, and had he not maintained a general silence upon all points which yet ap pear as matters of dispute, the explanation of that field would have been to him a source of perpetual annoyance, and of greater difficulty than was the obtaining of the glorious vic tory which filled every English mind with exultation, whilst it added gall and wormwood to the envious dispositions of his astonished and disappointed foes. Wisely, therefore, he leaves the particulars upon which his fame depends to be obtained from well-established facts, and from the concise wording of the dispatch written by him upon the evening of the victory. The silence of the Duke has left room for unfounded re ports, and for statements so various, that this, the clearest and the most simple of all foughten fields, has been com pletely enveloped in mystery ; and the result of the day has been ascribed, by interested parties, to accident, to chance, and in fact to everything but to that soundness of judgment which directed, and to that invincible courage which sup ported, the tactics of the field. Fully to understand, in their utmost comprehensiveness, the Duke's plans upon that occasion, would require much investigation, and an education decidedly military ; yet (as was justly observed in a Liverpool paper of recent date) such are the means afforded by the model of Waterloo of assisting and explaining the authentic statements which have been made relative to that field, " that even the un learned in military tactics may fight the battle over again," and satisfy themselves that the victory was not the effect of chance, but the result of a deeply-laid and well-supported plan. I am sorry to say that the remarks, if they he truly stated to us, of Napoleon himself, might be looked upon as the nucleus whence arose, and around which have since been woven, the tissue of errors which have passed current as having a connexion with the true statements of the battle. Napoleon, in his despatch to Grouchy written on the field at one o'clock, and even whilst urging him to manoeuvre towards his right and afford him assistance, says—" At this moment the battle is gained upon the line of Waterloo." Now, if the battle was gained at one, or if, according to a subsequent statement, said to have been made by him, the British were beaten at three o'clock, what, shall we say, became of them during the four hours of successive and des perate attacks which preceded any influence or operation of the Prussians upon the right of his army ?—or how was it that these beaten men should, at seven o'clock, have faced their foes upon the very ground their front lines occupied when first the fight began? Again, we are told that the French condemn the Duke's choice of position—that they state it to be bad—and that, but for the Duke's selection of the spot, and but for the fact of Napoleon's having failed in his endeavours to force his position, there is nothing which would point it out as favour able for defence or military operations. To fall in with French hypercriticism in this respect would completely deprive them of the only stay whereon they can, upon this occasion, rest their national esteem. The battle of Waterloo, as a test of skill, presents peculiar features. It was not the accidental meeting of two hoetile forces, where the defeated party might raise the plea of measures incom plete, or of numerical advantages on the part of his oppo nent ; but it was the long-anticipated and the ardently-sought meeting of the two greatest generals of the age. Napoleon brought upon the field upwards of 70,000 of his best and bravest troops ; the Duke had a minor force ; that numerical deficiency included 17,500 men who were worse than useless, from their snore than suspected disinclination to the British army, and to the cause of the allies ; and yet, with all the advantages of numbers, unanimity of feeling, and discipline, victory inclined to the weaker party, and the French were beaten. Now, if there had been no advantage in position, the French soldiers must have been deficient in spirit and bra very. This was not the case. Never did Napoleon's troops, his officers, or any men, manifest that quality in a more ex traordinary or conspicuous degree. Nothing can exceed, or scarcely equal, the dash and the vigour of their movements, but the steady courage and the obstinate defence by which their splendid onsets and their continued charges were re pulsed. In arguing the subject in the absence of such capabilities of demonstration as the field itself affords, mysteries, as re gards position, might and would arise ; but in the presence of the model, whereon every undulation of the field is given in its true and exact scale, the difficulty of a full and perfect conception vanishes, and truth and generosity alike require that to the advantages of that chosen spot the victory should mainly and decidedly be ascribed. The Duke intended to fight a defensive battle, and nothing can be more happy than the spot chosen for such a line of tactics. The extent or the ridge which formed the Duke's position was just sufficient for conapleWoccupation, without leaving a gap through which the enemy could penetrate. Its conti nuous character admitted of the troops being so posted that each regiment protected the flank of the adjoining, and, by the same means, the flanks of the different brigades of artil lery were fully protected against all attempts at capture or disorganization. The superior height of the ridge which formed the Duke's position enabled him to overlook that of Napoleon —to observe the number and description of the troops put in motion—and to ascertain, long before its shock was felt, the portion of his line against which the weight of the attack was directed. The declivity of the ground towards Brussels, upon which the allied reserve was posted, screened that portion of the Duke's army from the tire of the French artillery, and it enabled the Duke. to change their position without the possibility of observatidh from any portion of the French lines—whilst the intermediate ground between the positions of the two contending armies, over Which the Em peror's troops had to pass in their attacks, and to repass after their repulse, laid their columns and their squadrons com pletely open to the ravages of the British guns. On the right (and in front of that position of the field which was, at first, the right of his centre) he had the strong post of Hougomont. This post prevented any outflanking move ment on the right, and whilst in doubt of how long Hougo mont might be tenable, he had his right, under Lord Hill, thrown back, and resting upon Merbe-Braine. In advance of his centre he had the smaller post of La-Have Sainte. The occupation of these two advanced positions prevented any formation by the enemy near the British line, and obliged Napoleon, in passing these positions, either to mask them by large bodies of infantry, or to expose the flanks of his advancing and retiring columns to the troops by whom they were occupied. On the extreme left' (which pointed to Wavre) the Prus sians were expected, and known to be approaching. Here the Duke was, in a measure, and fora time, open to an out flanking movement on the part of the Emperor • but had such an attempt been made, the troops detached for such a purpose would have been opposed by the strong body of ca valry, under the Earl of Uxbridge, posted and retained for this purpose upon the left, until the arrival of the Prussians precluded the possibility of such a movement. It is evident that the whole of the Duke's arrangements and instructions were comprised in the obstinate defence of this admirable position—that his officers were directed neither to suffer themselves to be driven therefrom, nor were they to be tempted, by any partial advantage, to advance beyond the shelter afforded by the position of the Duke; and the extraordinary provision which we see made for counteracting every probable movement of the French, fully convinces us that the position was not hastily decided on, or accidentally occupied, but that it was the result of previous examination, and a careful estimation of its most minute particulars ; and it fully accounts for that astonishment and awe which per vaded the mind of Napoleon when he found himself baffled in every manmuvre, and repulsed in every attack whereby he hoped to establish himself upon the British line. Throughout the day it was evident that it was a contest for and against time. Napoleon, equally aware with the Duke that the Prussians were advancing,* and convinced (as we learn from his despatch to Grouchy) that they would ul timately arrive, to augment the numbers of the Duke—and being, until this junction could he effected, by far the stronger power, was endeavouring to crush his opponent by hasty mea sures and superior weight, whilst the Duke was husbanding and economising the British strength; and for that line of conduct the British army as individuals, and the British na tion in general. should never cease to be thankful. From the commencement of the action the most extraor dinary exertions were niade by the French; attacks and charges were made with a . vigour and a rapidity never pre viously exhibited in any modern field. Their columns of infantry were received upon the ridge by our troops in line ; their cavalry by the same troops rapidly thrown into squares, around which they rode, vainly endeavouring to penetrate through any gap, or to find a point of entrance from the shaken nerves or the unsteady conduct of the men. From the reckless and determined character of the attacks upon one side,- and from the steadiness and comparatively sheltered position on the other, it was perfectly apparent that the loss upon the side of the French was in a ratio of more than three to two of the British ; and (if the original and advantageous position could be maintained against Napoleon's troops in all the vigour of the early hours of contest,) it was easy to foresee that the strength of the armies would, ere night-fall, be more than equalized ; and that Wellington (who never moved till certain of success) could ultimately turn the tables on the foe, who had, during the morning, lavishly used and completely expended the physical powers, and jaded the horses, of even those troops which formed his usual reserves. Thus far the features ttoi ee nDt ue Duke e f i the ndtoi d the snpoot motives wish hv e i t t so s oarfve avoid the,o. d r recorded occupa tionbduakietl. e \b‘u, et h it is u n p u on m a eri s c p a ot, de th fi e ci a e d:r ie i sl: was he that desirous i w • o u s d o f r atoneecei t • every reason to suppose that had his • • that he memorable ridge, been more conspicuously formidable, nl a tag v r o e ew e s h ae a w o n v f aa e rb w el position, the Napoleon, rash and impetuous as he was, would neither have commenced, nor would he have persisted in the attack • and we have the fullest proof that had it been fence, or had any other line of tactics beenles s c pursued o , f N d e a poleon held in his hand the means of accomplishing the threat which he that morning made of " trampling to the very earth" th e sma ll but formidable band which that day crossed his path ; and by the leader's skill, supported by the soldier's hardihood, entwined its last and brightest wreath around the British. arms. Having, in this, confined myself principally to the posi tion, I shall, in my next, describe the co-operation received from the Prussians. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, FRED. S. THOMAS July 15th, 1140. —• * The prevailing opinion that the French were taken by surprise by the arrival of the Prussians at five o'clock is erroneous: at one o'clock, Napoleon's despatch to Grouchy says :—" A letter, which has been intercepted, informs us that General Bulow is about to attack our flank ; we think we see his corps upon the heights of Saint Lambert" THEATRE ROYAL. — We beg to call att en ti on to the ad vertisement. It is full of attraction. Mr. Clarke had a full house last night on the occasion of his benefit. NIGER EXPEDITION.—The first iron steam vessel for this expedition was launched from Mr. John Laird's yard, Noith Birkenhead, on Saturday last, and appears from her model and general appearan ce a d m i rably adapted for the purpose for which she has been built. She will be fitted with her ma chinery by Messrs. G. Forrester and Co. of this town, and in a few weeks, is expected to be ready for sea. The two other steamers building by Mr. Laird for the same expedi tion, are, we understand, also in a forward state. DEAFNESS CUItED.-Our readers have no doubt observed several notices of cures performed by Mr. Swift, aurist and surgeon. One has been communicated to us, which, having occurred in York, gives it a greater degree of interest. Mr. Ward, of the Turk's Head, in the Shambl es , h av i ng l ong laboured un d er that unpleasant malady, a confirmed deafness, for which he had tried the best advice, but in vain, at length put himself under the care of Mr. Swift, who, in the course of five weeks, restored him to the full enjoyment of the. sense of hearing, and he is now capable of answering the slightest whisper,—See advt.