The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-10 00:00:00

hut that triumph must be its last. The 'protestants of Dublin are contributing liberally in support of the peti• tint] of Messrs. HAMILTON and WEST. Why should the subscription be confined to lielnd ? Every protestant of England has a deep interest in seeing that plunderer driven out of his strong hold. Liverpool, we hope, will do its duty. What are a few thousand pounds to the•no ble spirited merchants who are the life and soul of its prpsperity, and who have a deep interest in putting down agitation in Ireland—and who—commercial interests apart—must be anxious, as generous and benevolent men, to see peace and happiness restored to an unhappy island which is 'bleeding at a thousand wounds—whose children are destitute—whose labourers are slaves—and whose industry, first taxed by a rapacious priest, and doubly taxed by an unprincipled demagogue, are sink ing down to the most degrading barbarism under the in fluence of superstition and priestly despotism Gentle men of Liverpool, you must do your duty. One of the best evidences of civilization in any country is when the people can enjoy a joke or a caricature at their own expense. The French and English excel in this respect. One half of Paris is constantly laughing at the other, or at what our dancing friends call the stupidity and counting-house manners of JoHN BULL ; but what Englishman, and there are many thousands in Puris,,ever dreams of taking offence at the frivolities of a gay people ? In London, JOHN BULL, his wife and his daughters, return the compliment, and laugh at the capers and grimaces, the extravagant foppery, and frogeating habits of Moniieur Crapaud. But whoever hears of a Frenchman falling into convulsions, grinding his teeth, and storming like a Bedlamite, at the ridicule cast upon his countrymen ? In England we smile at each other, and laugh at the matter which, although at our own expense, excites mirth in others. The citizens of the United States of North America are the only peOple; of whonfWe' have any knowledge, who cannot endure to be laughed at. If any man or woman has dexterity enough to cheat or overreach them (which is difficult) they can pardon that, and blow a cloud with pleasure ever the unexpected loss of the dollars ; but woe be to him who ventures even a good natured sally in reference to their taste or the questionable courtliness of their manners ! If caught taking such freedoms with republican refinement, in the land of liberty, he is a dead man, or a tarred and feathered one—if it be possible. How is all this excessive sensitiveness and thin skin ed nessto be accounted for? The 'Americans are like their parent stock, a brave, enterprising, and intelligent people. Whatever they possess in wealth or fame is of their own acquirement. They -build their own ships, grow their own corn, rice, swashes, and pumpkins, and raise their own cotton, tobacco—and, we believe, their own slaves; and we have yet to learn that any English man or foreigner can fairly he accused of underrating their industrious and exemplary habits in these respects. Trade is their element—agriculture the great source of their wealth—and as traders and farthers, they are as accomplished as similar persons in other countries, and quite as much as is suitable - to their station and their avocations. Why, than, so sore, if a foreign lady should chance to read them an occasional lecture upon goOd breeding, the use of handkerchiefs and kid gloves, the art of tying a shoe, of opening and shutting a dour, and of sitting upon a chair without placing their feet upon the fender or the stove ? These are nice points which the ladies are particular about in good society, and it is right that Cousin JONATHAN should, in his progress towards aristocratism, be made acquainted with them. If he cannot be instructed at home, he ought to be thankful when a lady from Paris or London, even though poor, and unfortunately but a dress-maker or a milliner, is kind enough to give him wholesome advice at a cheap rate. But Las our cousin the good manner's to elevate his ha make his best bow, and say, "Madame, I am infinitely obliged to you?" Not a bit of it. He frowns himself into a yellow fever, and he has the nouslessness and the bearishness to construe an act of kindneis, done by one of •the gentle sex, into a studied insult, as if she had pulled the President by the nose,* had emptied a slop pail on the "striOd buntingt;" Or - sung 'Oa save the King in the gallery of the House of Representatives, Really, there is something very pettish and unmanly in all this, Which is unworthy the national character. We cannot reconcile it to any other theory than that of false pride and overweening conceit. Their pride is wounded, not because the allegations ate slanderous, but' simply because they are true. Their pride is hurt be cause the Americans fancy that as they excel every European nation in the length of their canals, the vast ness of their rivers, - and the whiteness of their flour, they ought also to excel in literature, in dramatic taste, in oratory, in pulpit eloquence, and in fashionable and courtly accomplishments. But here they commit a great mistake, and their defects are rendered more remarkable by the silliness of their resentment. They ought to re tnemberlhat, unlike the kingdoms of Eur Ope, they have no standard of manners. The courts of Paris and Lon don lead the fashions in these two countries; but in the United States there is no court, no standard of fashion, no recognised gentry, no old families, no one man in five hundred who can look back and tell who was his father's orhis mother's grandfather. The Americans, then, having no recognised standard of taste, they are compelled to import the fashions from .Eugland and France. This they do, we admit; but it is one thing to import a lace cap, or an Indian shawl, or a pair of bracelets,_ and quite another thing to know how to wear diem. This makes all the difference. The figure of a quadrille may be imported fiom Alinacks, but where are the exclusives 'or New York or New Orleans to do 3ustice to the original elegance which gave celebrity to it ? The same remark applies to other matters. Chairs iu Europe are made to sit—not to lie upon. The poker or the tongs may in this country be allowed to rest occa sionally Ipon the fender or the grate—not so a pair 'of iltiman legs. A gentleman here will sometimes be found to 'lest his arms on the table after dinner, but he never Places his feet on it. As for the use of carpets, they are intended to be trod upon, but not We stop here—a word to the wise is enough,—and far be it from us to be critical to excess. At,the same time the citizens of the United States cannot be too frequently reminded of the indecbrum, cot.to use a harsher word, of their manners, because every reminder must. have a tendency to polish them, just as knives are sharpened and polished, by rubbing ! These observations are initiatory of a paragraph in Winch Miss FANNY KEMBLE, the actress, is rather coarsely handh..d in a New York paper. We take it from the Daily AdrWiser, of the 14th January : " We are not able to see, from anything that has appeared in the newspapers, in the form of extracts,from the expected work of Miss limbic, what there is in them which has caused such an exciteineat Of feeling'against the author. We may not have noticed all that has been published,'but what we have seen is too light and trifling to enkindle resentment. Indeed, if the arti cles which purport to be extracts from her work are not proved to lie such by strong evidence, from the character which has heretofore been given of her understanding, we shall doubt their a uthenticity. If genuine, it may teach our countrymen a lesson of some importance. It would seem, from the extravagance with which they extol the individuals, who, front time to time, tome here from Europe to amuse and gratify them, and from the liberality with which they pay them for their trouble and exertions, that there is nothing in the whole circle of human eqj oyrn en t which can rank with theatrical exhibitions. If this be so, we should think it would be an exercise of public spi r it and patriotism, as well as of economy, f,r them to go to work and 44 1ste their own stage players. It would be the means of prevent ing a goad deal of money from going abroad,and at the same time sav e the it •rsons concerned from the mortification of being ri diculed and slandered by those whom they have flattered, fos tered, and enriched, without exciting any feeling of gratitude or even of civility." Unfortunate. Miss BAIL/E! What can Miss FANNY ICEMBLE have done? The New York papers take care not to tell us; but, if we are not greatly mistaken, the lady in question has written a book in which she has had the courage to•describe the manners of the people among whom she •has sojourned for sometime; and her descrip tions are so graphic and accurate, that She has, like Mrs. TRoLLorE, given mortal offence to the over-sensitive re- Publicans. • Of course her career as an actress is ended • Thi• was done the o! her day by one of themselves. in America. The thunders of applause are spent, and if she were to appear again, woman though she be, she would be pelted off the stage. The Advertiser recom mends the citizens to raise their own actors, as they raise turnips and horse-beans. Sooner said, wiseacre, than done. It is impossible for an actor or actress, raised in America, to read SHAKSPEARE with either correctness tr elegance. They might read it in the American lan guage, but that, like the dialect of JOSEPH HUME or Mr. RUTHVEN, is not quite English. If they should make the attempt so much th better, and so much the l arger fund of mirth for the E n " t 66, sh sketcher. If they have any prudence they will d ro p t dea. . But we ought not to be surprised at the acrimonious, testy, and thin-skinned temper of the people of the United States in their own free country, when we have daily proof that they evince it on our own shores. This is altogether unpardonable in men who have visited foreign countries, and have breathed the atmosphere op freer and more liberal nations. In New York they in dulge in a quaint sneer at the morale of the natives who come from the " far down west ;" but those who have had communication with the " far up east" do hot seem to have brushed off the education and the airs of Ken tucky. In a short article which appeared in the LIVER POOL STANDARD a few days ago some facetious notice was taken of a ship called the Republic, made, not built, as the sailors say, in some unknown corner of the United States. There was not an expression which any man of good education, or'of companionable habits, or of gener ous feelings, would hate taken umbrage at. We saw the vessel—laughed at Ni—and laughed irresistibly. If any man breathing can do so without laughing be is not, like theiship in question, of a mould which we admire. We said nothing detrimental in reference to the strength, the capacity, or the safety of the ship. She was called the Republic, and certainly had a most cornica,l appear ance, as at least five hundred persons, and every ship builder and every shipowner in Liverpool will bear witness. That was a most disastrous and calamitous laugh on our part. We have lost some three or four four-and-six pences in consequence. The magnanimous personage who has the honour to command the Republic took the joke in high dudgeon, published a contradictory adver tisement in all the papers, and actually persuaded some of his countrymen to resent the insult heaped upon his flag and nation ! Really this is below contempt. Are there no schools in America ? Is the science of smoking instead of the art of reading only inculcated in the naval academies of a free country ? .It would appear so, for we suffer damage to the extent of some fifteen shillings for our joke. Talk o: the tax upon powdered wigs —this upon laughing is much more serious. These irascible people, however, do not know what they are doing. They forget that they are foreigners here, and that they receive .profitable indulgencies to which they are. not entitled in law. What right, have they to carry letters between New York and Liverpool which do not pass through the postoflice, and by which the revenue of that establishment is deprived, and, we suspect, defrauded, of several hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds per annum ? We understand what is meant by the consiguee:s bag, but a hint, we hope, is enough for the postoflice. We have taken the liberty of borrowing, for the use of Our readers, the whole of Mr. WAGHORN'S letter to the merchants of LiVerpool, on the important subject of steam communication with India. We shall also endea 7 your to give his equally valuable appendix in our next. It is unn ec essary for us to say that the shortening of the distance between England and the eastern: world, as proposed in the plans of Mr. WAGHORN, and supported by the Board of Control, is of the utmost consequence to the commercial interests of this country. 'The route is so clearly defined, formed for us in faCt by nature, and so little liable to interruption from hostile and barbarous powers, that we need not expend the public money in exploring unknown regions, or in digging canals, cr in embanking rivers, through insular and impracticable countries. If we aretklHave a safe, which is of vital im portance, as well as an'expeditious channel of communi cation with India, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean. with the Isthmus of Suez, only 130 miles of land car riage, shortly to be converted into a railroad, well de fended by the Paella of EGYPT, form the moat conve nient and accessible route. • Mr; WAGITORN, we believe, is not a speculator in this business. He can derive ho possible advantage from the undertaking. He is simply the representative of the In dian public, under the favourable support of Lord ELLEN- IiOROUGII, deputed to fubmit to the; merchants of Liver pool the best mode of facilitating the desired communi cation. It will be for our merchants to consider whe- tiler the proposition submitted to them is or is not worthy their most cordial support. They must see at a g:ance the benefits which it is likely to confer on Liver pool. lithe steamers were built, and the -communica- tion opened, they must perceive that eventually the pac kets from England to Alexandria, via Malta, must sail to and from this port. The India trade is.gradually draw ing down towards the manufacturing districts, and ex cept,in the article of tea there is nothing worth bringing to. London. The great bulk of eastern raw silk is of no use in the metropolis. It must find its way here, and from hence are, or ought to be, and will be, exported all the• manufactures which are consumed by the hun dreds of millions o f p eo pl e w h o i n h a bit the sun:rising side of the Cape. If, therefore, the trade should tend hitherwards, of which we do not entertain a doubt, the packets also must come to the convenient haven of the Mersev. On the whole, the sum squired is but trifling, consi dering the vast advantages which are likely, nay, cer tain to flow from it. The first two packets built would be but the commencement of the business; other packets would be required, not only between .India and Suez, but between the islands of the eastern seas, bringing Ceylon much nearer our own doors, and the produce of China, and the spice islands, at a reduced freight, at even less risk, and a comparatively short investment of capital. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Half-past Seven o'clock, Saturday Evening. It is impossible to convey, in adequate language, the shame 7 tess attempts made to obtain votes for Mr. Abercroniby, which attempts continue to this moment, and exhibit a most disgust ing and degrading display of an abandonment of all principle and honour for the reckless purposes of faction. From all that we can learn, however, all these dirty efforts will fail, and the practices, in addition to the annoyance of . defeat, will have the disgrace of having forfeited all character to prevent it. The Money Market has been heavy since we last wrote, and money is not abundant. Consols for the Account closed this afternoon at 92i; Exchequer Bills have also become flat at 39 to 40 premium; but India Bonds are 21 to 23. In the Foreign Market 1 - ie Northern Bonds have supported their prices iu a great measure; Belgian Bonds are 1001 Dutch 5 per Cents. are 11:121 ; and Russian, 1094. The trans atlantic securities continue depressed; 854 j is the price of Bra zilian, 414 42 that of Chilian; 331 4 that of Colombian, and 424 that of Mexican. The speculation in Spanish or Portuguese Stock is not very extensive, nor is the fluctuation of moment. Reports have been current to-clay of the death of Miva, but we 'do not credit them. The people of Castile generally, however, are said to have made strong demonstrations' of dislike to the present government, and its duration, according to appear ances, will not be very long. The closing price of Spanish Bonds was 564 and the Scrip was at 4 premium ; Portuguese Stock left off at 924. The following are the elositig prices : Bank Stock - 2231 3 per Cent. Red - 92 IS2 3 per Cent. Consols 3i per Cent. Red 1(4 Nev‘ft,3 l )er Cec' 91 1 Chilian ' 411 42 Colombian 3411 31 Danish in; ; Dutch 5 per Cents ..1021 102 Kr ••• • • Long Annuities'l7 7-16 17-16 India Bonds 22 21 23 Exchequer Bills 4l 39 4(1 Consols for Account ....921 Belgian Bonds 10(1 Brazilian . • .ssi ..1 utth 4 - pal-Cents . - 151 Mexican 42. Portuguese .... ..... 92i 1 i 1 Russian.. lO9l Spanish 561 I Spanish Scrip. 41 3i 4 Real del M- - - St] -"-c- -Lae. .onte . liaresi.:2s pm. By accounts from Cuba we learn that the progress of the emancipation scheme in the British colonies had caused a great degree of excitement among the coloured population of that island. The Captain-General, however, • General Tacon, had taken very energetic measures to keep in . a.We . both the slaves and the free coloured. population. - His excellency had expli citly declared, that however liberal the system pursued by the mother country with respect to the island of Cuba might be, no alteration was, for the present, intended to he made iu the slave system, further than the prevention of the unportation of FEBRUARY 10, 1835. 7 "..; : ?Fr j - ^ - L THE: LIVERPOOL STANDARD. .• slaves in future. In consequence of the establishment of steam packets between the Havana and Matanzas a considerable im pulse had been given to the trade between these ports. We have accounts from Martinique as late as the Ist of Jan. The conduct of the slaves had caused serious alarm, great ex- citement prevailing among them. Indeed, so much had the fears of the colonists increased, that the general council had applied to the governor to forthwith procure a reinforcement of horse gen-d'armerie, stating their intention, until their arrival, of maintaining the troop of artillery and of marine sent out in 1831. The governor had instantly acceded to this request, and stated his hope, that with this addition to the garrison, tranquil lity would be preserved. The coffee crop had totally failed at Guadeloupe. By the latest papers from Montreal we are furnished with a very hostile correspondence between the Governor-in-Chief of Canada, Lord Aylmer, and the late Attorney-General, J. Stuart, Esq. It appears that as fur back as December, 1833, Lord Aylmer had addressed a letter, dated from the Castle of St: Lewis, December the 11th of that year, to Mr. Stuart, demand ing of that gentleman an explanation of a communication the learned gentleman had made to Lord Guderich, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated ft-urn Osbourne's Hotel, in Ja nuary of that veer. We should here state, that Mr. Stuart been suspended from his office of Attorney-General by Lord ' Aylmer, and had come to England, and was in correspondence with the government upon the subject. In the communication referred to, Mr. Stuart uses the following words relative to hia suspension :—" Under a singular misapprehension of his duty, either real or feigned, and upon grounds of which he (the go vernor) either did or ought to have known the insufficiency." Of the meaning of these words Lord Aylmer, in his letter of the December following, demands an explanation. Mr. St uar t having 'returned to Canada on the 21st of November last, replies to this letter of the Governor-in-Chief in very strong language. In this reply tie says, "I do believe your real motive for sus pending me was a desire to ensure for yourself the favour and support of a few leading demagogues in the House of Assembly, whom you know to be most anxious for my destruction." The learned gentleman then, on his part, requires to know why Lord Aylmer should• have received a petition from a Mr. Limper, containing unfounded insinuations and imputations against him ; and when the learned 'gentleman applied to know if aught of that nature was contained in the petition, his lordship should have assured him it contained no such insinuations, while, in contradiction of this, Lord Aylmer afterwards submitted the petition to the House of Asseui&ly as one of the grounds of the suspension of the Attorney-General, and, subsequently, for warded it to the Secretary of State as an evidence in support of his accusation. To this Lord Aylmer replied as follows: Quebec, November 29, 1931 SIR,--1 have received your letter of the 21st instant, in an swer tcrtnine, addressed to you on the 14th December, 1833. What Measures it may be necessary and rroper'that I shoftld adopt in piotecting my character, assailed by you in its very foundation, must remain for my consaleratiou hereafter. In the meantime I think it necessary to signify to you, that I de cline enterin g into any explanation (as desired by yo u , in yo ur letter of the 21st instant,) in relation to the petition of Lamper, or in relation to any other matter connected with my administration of the government of this province. (Signed) AYLMUR. To James Stuart, Esq. To this the learned gentleman made the following reply :-- Quebec November 3U, 1834. Mr LORD,—I have to acknowledge the receipt of your lord. ship's letter of the 29th instant. On that part of it which re. lutes to the supposed cause of offence afforded by me, I will only remark, that it is presumed that your lordship's protracted reflections will ultimately conduct you to that resource which usage has sanctioned in such cases. On the subject respecting which some explanation has been requested by me, I cannot but express surprise that your lordship should decline comp!i ance with a request in itself so reasonable and proper, involv ing, as it does, your lordship's personal veracity and honour. Trie facts stated in my letter of the 21st November, verified by public documents, establish that an untrue assertion was made by your lordship, injurious to me in its consequences, and fol lowed by acts of your lordship inconsistent with fair dealing to wards me as a public officer. On this head I requested expla nation;—vou refuse it. Under these circumstances there can, I appre'neud, be but one inference drawn from your lordship's refusal, which it is unnecessary for me to specify. Whea your lordship shall have descended from that eminence you now oc cupy, and become subject to the responsibility acknowledged in civilized society, I shall deem it necessary to call your atten tion again to the matter, and, I should hope, with better success. (Signed) J. STUAUT. To His Excellency, Lord Ayliner. SAILING OF THE EUPHRATES EXPEDITION. The weather has been - very unsettled, and many vessels were detained in .our . port by the strong north-west gales, but several have got out to sea this morning, alma ten o'clock, with the assistance of steamers, including the tran sport George Canning, on board of • which .the Euphrates expedi;ion.is embarked. As soon as this fine ship reaches the coast of Syria a strong detachment of the garrison of Aleppii will be matched across the desert, about eighty miles, to the town of Bir, on the river Euphrates, where additional fortifica iion will be constructed for the protection of the artificers while Putting up the two iron steamers, the Euphrates and the Tigris, and as a permanent dep6t for the stores. Every means will be used to conciliate the Arabs, and we trust successfully. It is only from the smaller wandering ,tribes that h os til e oppos i t i on is to be apprehended. With th e More powerful tribes, who are chiefly stationary, such arran g e men t s w ill b e eutered into as are likely to snake them comprehend the peaceable nature of the undertaking. If no untoward accident occur there is a great probability that the steamers will be completed in time to commence the descent of the river to the Persian Gulf by the middle of May. Although the principal object of the expedition he the opening of steam communication through Mesopotamia with India, it is hoped that the officers of the departments of astro. noiny, geography, geology, natural history, antiquities, &c., will have sufficient time foe prosecuting their researches in this new and interesting field, The result of their lahou.rs will be looked for with anxiety by the whole scientific world. The expedition is under the command of Captain Chesney, of the Royal Ar tillery, who was lately gazetted with the temporary rank of• colonel while on this particular service in Asia, and has been long and favourably known by the public for his science and enterprise. Officers of the steamer Euphrates :—Lieut.Cleaveland, R.N.; of H. M. steam-vessel Phoenix, fourth iu command ; . Mr.. Chaslewood, Mate, R.N., of H. M. steam-Yes.sel Salamander; eighth iu command ; Mr. Fitzjames,. Mate, R.N., of. H.M.S. Winchester, ninth in,cornrnand; one Enginetnan and two As sistants. Officers of steamer Tigris—Lieut. Lynch, Indian navy, se cond astronomer, and second in command; Mr. Eden, mate, now in Syria making preparation, R.N., sixth in command; Mr. Hector , mast e r, l a t e o f the "Li Bourka" o f th e Ni ger expedition ; one Engineman and two assistants. Scientific department:—Captain Estcourt, 43d light infantry,. pendulum and magnetic experimenter, third in command; Lieut. Murphy, 11. E., astronomer and director of trigonome trical survey, fifth in command; Lieut. Cockburn, R. A., as sistant draftsman and surveyor, seventh , in command. Dr. Staunton, R. A., physician and naturalist. Mr. Ainsworth, surgeon and geologist. Mr. Staunton, chemist and assistant naturalist. Mr. V. Germain, draftsman and assistant engineer. Mr. Thomson, second draftsman, and in charge of the chro nometers. Signor Riga, apothecary and interpreter. Hadgi Hail!, second interpreter. By the above arrangement there is a reserve in every depart ment of duty and science, in case of illness or d ea th. The following are a few of the details of the steamers:— Euphrates-10 feet long; 19 beam; 2 engines, `t3 horse power; weight of iron, exclusive of tnachinery, 23 tons l e wt.3 qrs. 71b .; weight of boilers 16 tons 6cwt. lqr. 181hs. ; draft or water under 3 feet; weight of engine 251 tons. Ti g ri s -85 f eet long; 16 beam; '2 engines, 10 horse power; weight of iron -work, 14 tons 17cwt. '2qrs. 11b. ; weight of boiler s , 7 tons 1 4ewt. 3qrs. 51b.; draft of water, under 2 fest ; weight of engine, 11 tons. It maybe asked, what is to become of the expedition in case of political disturbances in Syria ren:ierin,,,a the prosecution of the enterprise in this quarter impracticable? Even this un toward contingency has been provided against. The George Canning has been chartered for three months certain, and for twelve months conditionally, as she may be ordered from the coast of Syria to retrace her way through the Mediterranean, and to proceed by the Cape of Good Hope to Bombay, or to Bussorab, at the head of the Persian Gulf, near the mouth of the Enphrates. Not a few are of opinion that the expedition should have started from this point, and ascended the river, but we do not join those who cavil at the arrangements that have been made and are now carrying into effect. We feel satisfied that Col. Chesney has sufficient reasons for preferring the de scent of the river; and we conclude with wishing every success to him and his gallant band, and. cheering them on in their interesting but perilous enterprise. -MR. BAlNEs.—This hon. gentleman is stated, in the York Chronicle, to have said, at the late.vellow dinner at the Bull and Mouth, that he rloes not intend to A.ffer himself again as a can didate for a seat in parliament,' b - ehuse he finds it injurious to his health, and incompatible with his business. At th e H a lif ax yellow leathering on Wednesday last Mr. Baines, it will be seen, cautioned his hearers against the error that the tory party is a weak one. On the contrary, said he, it i s b o th' s t rong and c - t ive. No doubt Mr. Baines has had experience of the fact. Three years ago he thought otherwise. A man is never too old to learn.—Leeds Intelligencer. REMARK ABLE DURATION OF THE RAINBOW.--On Thursday morning last a rainbow appeared a.quarter before nine o'clock, and continued visible without interruption till eleven o'clock. The wind blew strong from the south-west the whole time. The phenomenon was observed between Shadwell and Harewood bridge.—lbid. LUNAR Bow.—On Thursdaveveniug, about a quarter before twelve o'clock, a grand lunar ()Ow was seen at Barnsley. The eastern part. Of the hemisphere was very much brightened by the uncommon glare of the bow. Its rays were variegated in a most beautiful manner, but it was not of long duration.—Mid. THE COTTAGE OWNERS AND TDB WATER COMPANIES.— We refer our readers to an advertisement which appears in the STANDARD of this day, containing an account of the result of an application to the water companies respecting a cheaper and better supply of that first necessary of life to the occupants of smaller tenements. It will be seen that the dispensers of water could not be prevailed upon to condense their charge from its present state of expansion. If their charg e. be . too high, an application to parliament Tor iv third company would soon settle the business; THE LATE GALES.- - 7A paragraph having appeared in the Albion of yesterday, stating that no vessel, except the steamers, had sailed from this port during the last week. we are requested to state that the Margaret Ifighfidd, for Leghorn, aud the Amelia picket of the lit.instant, for Genoa, sailed on Sunday, the Ist instant, and passed Holyhead on the following Tuesday. We are also requested to state that the Fanny Council packet of the let instant, for Lisbon, sailed on Wednesday lust, and passed Holyhead on the following day. THE HIGH GALLS.—The Dab/in Evening Mail of Friday states, that owing to the tempestuous state of the weather the London mail, due on the morning of that day, did not reach the office until half-past two o'clock in the afternoon. BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—After all that has been said, and the preparations which have been made, we are given to under stand that it remains very doubtful whether their Majesties will inhabit the New Palace during the approaching season.— Murning Purer. IWe suspect that it never will be inhabited by their Majesties, because it is one of those architectural abor tions which, from its want of the necessary conveniences, is absolutely uninhabitable. It would make a capital blackin ,, _ shop, and we would recommend Lord Palmerston t , ) take it and start in oFposition to " Day and Martin" and " Robt. Warren." It would be a capital spec for his lordship, particularly if he could secure Lord John as his " Poet Lanreat.—E. L. 8:] The Marquis of Bute was the first nobleman who, for a cen tury, proposed to build and endow a new parish church in Scot land. Her Grace the Duchess. Countess of Sutherland is the second noble person who has resolved on a similar act of patriotism aud piety. _ . . STEAM NAVIGATION TO INDIA. TO THE MERCHA.VTS OF LIVERPOOL. GENTLEMEN,—TWO projects have been acted upon during the last nine years, to bring about a steam communication with India, in order to bring that country closer to this. • Ist. The project by the Cape, which occupied 113 days, and failed as to speed, owing to the want of more depots, there being only one, and that at the Cape. 2d. The project of bringing mails and passengers from India to Suez, which hitherto has failed also, as far as speed is 'con cerned, owing to the steamers that are now in India not being fit for the purpose;* and when the snails did arrive eventually at Suez by these inefficient.steamers, they were delayed in that country because there was no steamer between Alexandria and Malta in order to complete .the whole distan ce by s t eam b e t ween India and England. By a late notification from his Majesty's postuffice department, this last difficulty is got over, and from March next (18.35) there will be a regular monthly steam com munication between Alexandria and England via Malta, on purpose to give encouragement to the Indian project on the other side of the Isthmus. Government have also settled that the postage dune on letters by steam to Alexandria shall be the - same its the postage charge on letters by steam to Malta. That his Majesty': present government are must favourable to this object will appear by letter from Lord Elle.uhocough, the president of the India Board, which letter was published by me in the Times and Morning 'l ei - a id, L on d on newspapers, on t h e 'Bth of January last, (Isar)). The Bengal Steam Committee having (at a public westing,; of its subscribers on the 7th Janu ary, 183-1) selected. use "to do all in my power to Promote the object of a permanent steam communication between England and. India by the route of the Red Sea," I therefore have come down to Liverpool to lay before the merchants of this populous and enterprising community what I deem a rational and proper plan to establish the intercourse with India by steam naviga tion, and thus bring India, as it were, one half nearer to this country in all that respects th e t rans it o f l etters, passengers, and valuable freight, &c., &c. My qualifications for this prcminent position, (as acknow ledged in toy appointment to the task by the Bengal Steam Committee,) arises out of the interest and great attention I have paid to this subject for the past nine years, under the patronage of that committee, during which time I have journeyed through Egypt and the Red Sea three times, also by land from the East to the West Continent of India expressly to gain knowledge of all the bearings of this important qu est i on . I h ave b een a l so acknowledged - by the Governor-Gene ra l o f I n di a (L or d 'Wm. I3entinck) as a fit and proper person to undertake the manage inent of it in Egypt. I will now give a general outline of my ideas. let. Ilis Majesty's government have established a line of steamers to c mmeuce in March, 1835, between England and Alexandria, but as there are no efficient steamers in India which are fit to navigate between Suez and India, I propose that a steam company be formed f or th e b u ild an d outfit of two steamers of 600 tons, and QulrE 140 horse-power each, one to be sent to B om b a y for sale, and the other to be sent to Calcutta for sale; that '250 shares of £2OO per sharet constitute the capital for such a company; that its directors be 12 principal shareholders who shall form a managing commit tee for carrying . the same into effect. I propose to go to Man chester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leith, Dublin, and Loudon, to extend and to soticit shares to this object, if it be thought desirable, which, to me, it appears to be to extend to all parties in the Uuited Kingdotn, interested in India or the East, au opportunity of patronisiug or even embarking in this undertaking. 2d. If this first proposition cannot be acceded to, then I pro pose that the Liverpool merchants themselves make their own specific views known to his Majesty's government, to the lion ()usable, the East India Company, and to the different steam associations in India, how and in what way they will further the great object of a steam communication with India via Egypt, the adoption of which is now become more important anal so much more easy in consequence of the line being already es tablished by government between this country and Alexandria. It way be asked why I propose that the British public should be invited to unite to build these steam-boats? I reply, that India possesses no person of sufficient practical knowledge in whom the Indian public could place reliance, to depute the execution of such a commission,. but the earnestness they have hitherto shown with respect to the communication by steam is a proof that they would buy such steam-boats, if tendered to them, having reason to feel assured that they were built and equipped in the best manner possible, for the navigation between laidi a and Suez, or th a t th e y wo uld be willing to embark lately as shareholders in the undertaking, and employment of them. Already the Indian public have subscribed £40,000 to,open and keep open the communication by steam with this country, part of which has been expended in vessels, every way unfit for the purpose, as before explained, but the employment of which is continued solely until sienething better is resolved on in Eng land, although at an injudicious expenditure of their funds. I shall feel a pleasure in' satisfying every inquiry on this h -ad, assured that I possess every needful information. The object of a steam communication by the route of the Red Sea is obvious in every point of view as regards the best in terests of the United' Kingdom and India: it is much wished fur even by all the native Mussultnaun population of Asia and Africa, because it w ill a ff or d th em (in their own opinions) the most decided religious advantages, by giving them imme diate access to the tomb of their prophet at Mecca, which is only 60 miles from Juddab, which last place the steamers pass in sight of, in going both to and from Suez. The pilgrims of Africa get a passage from Suez to Juddah, and the pilgrims of Asia from India to Juddah; and although a great portion of these pilgrims are poor, yet there are many that are very rich, who would most gladly pay very large sums to enjoy the rapidity and certainty of a steam conveyance to Juddah. Another strong reason is, that the Pacha of Egyyt is much interested in this object, because it a ill afford hitii rapid intercourse between Egypt and the distant possessions on the Red Sea and Arabia (eta Mocha and Juddab) tributary to his governMent. More over, the coffee and gum trades of Arabia, and the gold dust from the eastern side of Africa, will become completely monopo lised by this steam company, if formed; the two former of which are now possessed almost entirely by, the Americans, who come from Baltimore (iii ballast) to Mocha, purchase their cargoes with dollars, and take the same to Marseilles, Leghorn, and Genoa, journeying thirty thous an d m il es f rom th e d ay th ey ' leave Baltimore till they discharge them at these Mediterranean ports, and oceupYin,g twelve months of tittle; whereas time dis twice, if conveyed bv the steam company's vessels, is 1:)50 miles, and in twenty days from getting the go' ds on board the steam-boat at Mocha, they would reach Cairo and Mei e find an immediate sale of great profit (100 per cent.) If a steam com pany is established, every article respecting which the gain of time is an object mii.t g.) by the stea mers —l m a y enumerate haters of business and importance, passengers generally, bullion and specie, coral; pearls, jewellery, law papers, newspapers, perioclital and monthly publications, valuable freight of every other description that will afford to pay freightage by the cwt.' instead of' the ton, (or by value,') and various other matters which time and good management are certain of bringing into the- concern, particularly as that most extraordinary man, the Pacha of Egypt, is about to commence a railroad across the Desert of Suez, to benefit his own county, an object that will materially expedite our Indian transit across the Desert. The I'acha has already pledged himself to the Governor-General of India to complete this railroad, and I myself know that souse apparatus for the purpose is preparing in this country. . The British government has given the best proof of its de sire to encourage the route by steam by exteniing the line beyond Malta to Alexandria, and both Lord Ellenborough, in his official capacity as President of the India 13aard, and Lord William Bentinck in his, of Governor-General of India, m o m whom a copy of a letter on the importance of this sub ject to the chairman of the Madras steam fund committee is i s given in the Appendix,) stand pledged, by documents in my possession, to recommend the grant o f cer t a i n sums annually, for a period of years, to any company of individuals who will undertake to make the communication by steam certain with India, believing, as they have expressed themselves in various official documents, that such will be productive of very great po litical and commercial advantages to both countries, and extend our relations beneficially with China and the East generally• and that a society of individuals is best calculated to uudertak this matter with economy and the greatest advantage in all respects, and that such, if undertaken by individuals, would be far more cheaply managed than any establishment of the kind could be by the governments of either country. It cannot be expected that a brief address like this can de tail all the advantages attending . this measure, but there is no member of the community who is at all connected with India that will not, more or less, feel the benefits arising from the rapidity of steam navigation, it tit tunately it can he established, not be quite obvious at first si g ht. I beseect) and the merchants of Liv e rp o ol in general vh as well as the Chamber of Comm e r c e o f Man chester, have already recorded their sentiments in favour of this measure) to join cordially With the Steam Committees of India thy. thoul l g it h East such u I , e n h d o i n :a Association, in bringing this matter to bear throughout the whole route from Liverpool to Bombay and Calcutta. The Board of Control is quite aware of the motive of my be ing here. The president; Lord Ellenbomugh, is anxious to as certain what is the feeling of the communities of Liverpool and of the other great commercial places of the kingdom on this subject, and expects, as he has told me, to be made acquainted as soon as possible. I therefore, with due deference to the opinion of the public, beg to suggest that the merchants here connected with the East ein trade should at once have a public meeting, at which I would be, present and prepared to give, on paper, various inter esting details relative to this matter, a knowledge of which is essential to forming a correct opinion of the merits of this ques tion in a pecuniary point of view. Should the communication by steam from the United King dom via Egypt with India be established as proposed, I think it vel' . y. probable that it will be followed, by a branch line between Point de Galle (Ceylon) and China. The mail would be on the average, fifty days between England and Point de Galle, whence the distance to Canton might be performed by stedm in twenty-eight days. It is impossible to say what lines of steam communication with various other parts of the Eastern world may diverge from the grand proposed line, and be made tribut with ary to it; as, for instance, the islands of Mauritius and Bour bon, with the Dutch possessions in the East, and eventually, perhaps, with our own in Australia. In conclusion, I have to say, that should the merchants wish to confer with the community of India on this matter before it is finally disposednf, stand ready to go to India by the line of steamers on the 3d of next month, firm Falmouth, and bring back to them an answer us quickly as possible to the points re quired. For myself, I think of nothing else, not caring for toil or trouble, so that -I can be working towards hastening an object %illicit in my humble opiuion, will confer the greatest advantages on the people of India and England. It is my be lief, that nothing can tend more or sooner to raise India in civilization. Gentlemen, I have done, and have the honour to be, Your humble servant, THOS. WAGHORN. Angel Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool, di February, 18:35. • The Honourable Company's steamer Hugh Lindsay Is 411 tons, (builder's measurement,) was built for an armed steadier in 1829, to carry 51 days' coal, hut required 11 to 12 days to make a passage from India to 111 aculla, consequently was frightfully deep, and only went 5 knots at starting. The Fnibes was built for a river tug in the Ilooghly, to carry 4 days' coal, and required 10 to make the passage to Socotra. Moreover, they were both built of teakwood ; and no steamer built of that wood can be buoyant from its heavy specific gravity and absorption. t Or, if thought preferable, 509 shares of £lOO each. We have been informed that the late Earl of Portrnore re quested that his t wo f avor it e carr i age -horses should be shot as soon as his fu nera l o b sequ i es h a d b een performed, which was done accordingly after the funeral at Weybridge. Sheridan Knowles, it is stated in the last American papers, has been Invited to dine with the President at Washington, who treated the " Actor Poet, " as he is termed in America, with the most marl.ed attention. OlutsstoNs IN A IMA N ACKS.—Many of the cheap alinauacks, and some of the b •tter sort, for the piesent year, have chosen to omit the ever memorable battle of Waterloo from their cata logue of remarkable events. The death of Alirabedu or Robes pierre, the battle of Ortliev, the shooting of Admiral Bent*, the crowning of Buonaparte, and even the dinner given at Glas gow by the radicals to the Bart of Durimin, are all set down in due order; but the imperishable eighteenth of June, 1815, is, by these oracles of information, wonderfully identified as being ‘ 4 Corpus Christi." THE ITALIAN OPERA. Another of Rossini's compositions, "I 1 Barbiere di Siviglia," was brought out on Friday night. The principal characters were cast as follows :—Roeina, Madame Kyntherland ; Count Almavica, SignOr Deval; Don Bartulo, Signor Marani; Don Basilio, Signor Galli ; Figaro, Signor Boisragon. The piece went off with great spirit, as the whole Of the performers relied less upon their vocal than upon their imitative powers. Deval was in excellent voice, and his acting in the scenes where he appears as a drunken trooper, and in the costume of Don Basal°, would have done credit to any stage. The same ineed of praise is also due to Marani, who sustained his part with great eclat. Madame Kyntherlaud was encored in " Ecco giunto in bet momento;" of "Lino voce" the less we say the better. Bois ragon was a better Figaro than his predecessor in that character last year, Signor William s; but he was not quite at home, or so much at his ease as we could have wished to see him, for we admire his sipging very much. " Zitti, zitti" was also encored, as were some other concerted pieces. Judging from the appearance of the house on Friday, as well as the other audiences we have seen since the commencement of these performances, we should suppose that the manager is " a prosperous gentleman," and we therefore congratulate him upon the success of his enterprise. Although he has already done much in catering for our amusement he has much more to do. His female band must be strengthened by some additions — and these must be above mediocrity —and we also think that his claims upon the patronage of the public would be considerably increased by the introduction of a corps de ballet. An Italian opera without this relief is like a quadruped limping on three legs, or a bird attempting to fly with one wing, and is as un sightly as an ancient knight would have been with one spur. To an Englishman there appears something like a natural con nexion between an Italian opera and a ballet, and we cannot therefore easily disassociate the ideas. If a fresh subscription be' contemplated we have no doubt the gentry of Liverpool will guarantee the means of carrying these improvements into effect; to suppose the contrary would be a libel upon their well-known spirit and liberality. • AMERICAN ELOQUENCE. A correspondent has favoured us with the following extract from the inaugural address of Governor M`Buffie, borrowed, he says, from the Chariest(' M - Ithe 15th D last:— sys, . Mercury, 151.. sec. last It is my deliberate opinion that the unbalanced democracy of the middle and some of the northern states will pass by a rapid transition through anarchy to despotism, and I am thorongly. convinced that the institution of domestic slavery, paradoxical as it may seem, is an indispensable - element in an unmixed representative republic. (1) How sacred then is our obligation to provide for our psoperity all the necessary means of defending and preserving an institution so essential to their existence and liberty, as it is obnoxious to the prejudices of those who have the greatest possible facilities for assailing it. (2) Under these solemn convictions, I should be a faithless and trea cherous sentinel upon the watchtower of the state, if I were to lull my fellow-citizens into fatal security by crying 'all's welt' when the the incendiary, brandishing his torch, is in the very act of passing the barriers of the fom tress with the purpose of putting fire to the temple. It is in vain we labour (3) to transmit to our children a barren inheritance of wealth if unaccompanied by a adequate guaranty that they wilt enjoy it as freemen. And I do (1) awfully apprehend that if we do n:,t now provide such a guaranty, after all the admonitory lessons we have had from experience, and all the portentous signs we have seen in the heavens, (5) the next generation may not pass away before the cries 'of our posterity, from amidst the smouldering and bloody ruins of the state, will rise up in judgment against us." NOTES BY OUR CottRESPON DENT. (1) This whole paragraph requires explanation. (2) Are the assailants the whites or the blacks? (3) In South Carolina, a barren inheritance, we presume, means negroes and cotton—in England it means nothing. (4) Au;fully apprehend something beyond apprehension. (5) Does be allude to the comet? LIVERPOOL POL ICE. Before the MAYOit, Mr. Ald. IlottsFALL, and Mr. Alderman P. BoUUNE. QUESTIONABLN Roarmar.--A young man of respectable appearance was charged by a Mrs. Jones with a rubbery, under the following circumstances. It appeared tram the statement of the complainant, who resides somewhere near the New Flay market, and whose character is none of the best, that on Satur day night last the prisoner entered her house, and, after making a disturbance, and using language of an abusive nature, walked off with a valuable dressing-case. Information was given to the watchman, who overtook the pi isoner in the Haymarket, with the property in his possession. Mr. Davenport, the solicitor, appeared for the prisoner, and on cross:examining. the com plainant elicited that the charge arose out of a disorderly trans action, the prisoner having been robbed by some parties in the complainant's house, and, not being able to obtain restitution, he had taken this mode of recompense. Under these circum stances the magistrates discharged him. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF SILKS.—An experienced burglar named Parker, his paramour, Anne Fagan, and two girls about thirteen years of age, of the name of Derbyshire, were placed at the bar on suspicion of being concerned iu a burglary cons- Mitted in Great George-street on Sunday week. From the evidence of Mr. Meredith, a silk mercer of No. 6, Great George street, it appeared that his shop was broken open at the time above mentioned. He had shut up his premises on the preced ing night, leaving all safe, and on the Sunday morning he dis covered that both back doors had been forced, apparently by a crow-bar, by means of which the thieves entered the shop, and stole a large quantity of silk and gauze handkerchiefs, expen sive shawls, &c. &c. Handbills, describing the property, were published from the police-of fi ce, but no clue to the apprehension of the thieves was obtained until within a few days, when Barton, an active officer, from information he received, repaired to the lodgings of the male and female prisoner, who occupied a room in a house in which the father of the younger prisoners resided. On his entering the room the male prisoner threw a bundle from the window into the street, which on examination proved to contain shawls and silk handkerchiefs. The property was pro duced in court, and identified by Mr. Meredith as a portion of that stolen on the night in question. Batton, on searching the prisoner Fagan, found a great number of pawntickets for shawls and handkerchiefs pledged. Under the lied of the prisoners was found concealed a musical snuffbox, which was also spoken to as the property of Mr. Meredith, but which he did not miss until found.by the constable. Various pawnbrokers attended with the goods, and identified ail the ,prisoners as having ut different times during the last week pledged the articles. The Magistrates having asked the prisoners what they had to say in their defence, Puirker said that it Nasn't sick a very likely go, as be was to go for to break a geminan's shop and prig the hankerchers. No sich a thing, his As acter was above suspicion. The truth and nothing but the truth, s'elp him, was, that as he was a going along Great George-street on Sunday week, thinking no harm of nobody,. and 'specially none to himself, he spied a large bundle in an opening near St. George's Chapel. Here's "luck," said he to himself, this good Sunday morning, somebody's dropped a bundil, I'll take it house .and see if I can find the owner. No owner, however, 'came, although he inquired of every likely puma ; and so he thought that what Providence had sent should not be chucked away, and he consequently pre served the prize by sending the greater portion to the pawn. brokers. Fagan said that she never was so extonished as when she seed a strange man, with a red waistcoat, into her bed-room ' cos she never dreamed Charl e y P ar k er h a d bi n a thi ev i ng . A s to the snuff-box being found under the bed, she was as innocent of it as the child unborn, till she peered it play " Over the water for Charley" iu the middle of the night. The handkerchief wet she pledged, Chalky gave to her. The two younger prisoners alleged, in defence, that the pro perty they pledged was given to them by Fagan. Having no doubt that all the prisoners' characters were beyond suspicion, the magistrates committed them for trial. J UVRIIILE DELINQUENTS.—Two of the younger fry of pick pockets, one of whom was crying and making wry . faces, like a monkey in convulsions, were charged with dicing into the poc ket of an elderly gentleman on Sunday last, and filching there from a bandanna. " Ilow was the robbery committed ?" said the magistrate. • " I cannot tell," replied the complainant; " and I did not miss it until this gentleman informed we of the loss." The gentleman alluded to then stepped forward, and ( whilst the culprits were, with much . pathos, executing a lachrymose duet, interspersed with ejaculations of "Oh, dear me !" b. What lies!" &c. &c.) said that he lived in Lime-'treet, and on Sunday afternoon he was standing at the window, and observed the complaitant passing. His handkerchief, which temptingly peeped from his pocket, seemed. to attract the attention of the prisoners and two other lads of a similar stamp, who dangled in the rear, apparently watching for an opportunity. At length a favotnable one presented itself, and one of the prisoners ("that's he that's crving the baldest," said the witness) insinu ated his hand to the pocket, and dreW the prize. The hand, kerchief was then, in an hocas-poces-like manner, transferred from one lad to the other, until it found a resting-place iu the breast of the Itsser prisoner. • Lesser Prisoner (wiping away his tears.)—What ! wi' me? Well, that's a good nal Ilow eau you come for to go to have the face to Fay the like o' that. The witness then said that he came out of his house, pursued the thieves, and succeeded in capturing the two prisoners; the others escaped. The Magistrate.—What have you to say to the charge? Bigger Prisoner (still yelping.)—l never clapt eyes on the wipe. I was a going to fetch a ski - lark from a chap to put in a cage, as my mother knows, and 1 met with these chaps. Oh, ! oh, dear! oh, crikey ! I' he magistrates' clerk here said that the prisoner was one of a bad and disoiderly gang. He had frequently seen him in Upper Islington with thieves. Mr. Whiny, the Superintendent of the Watch, said that the prisoner had been before the magistrates more than a dozen times. _ _ _ Bigger Prisoner (holding up his hands like a surprised Kan garoo. )—I was never here afore, and the polish officers knows it. The officers of police did not appear to know anything of the kind, but quite the contrary, as both the young gentlemen were known to them as perfect adepts at thei r p ro f ess i on; an d t h e magistrates commuted them to three months' imprisonment as rogues and vagabonds. THE DEATH (POLITICAL) OF ABERCROMBY. Words by a Prophetic Conservative.—Music by Braham. RECITATIVE. 'Twas on that spot where Daniel raves untamed, Where erst Pitt, Burke, and Canning held the sway, O'er rads and whi, and various scamps beside; But now by Peel a n d Wellington reclai&n'd, Since England's King turu'd Melbourne's gang away, And whig control, of public hatred, died. AIR. The humbug conspirers by Daniel were led To that house where no soul minds a word that he's said; But the friends of Sir Charles and the land rallied round, And out-voted, out-gr.:a.u'd, Ahercromby was fouud. The jeers of the rads, and the scorn of the wise, Whistled round his fool's cap as he sank ne'er to rise : It's all up, poor pals! (Ahercrotoby did cry,) My party is done—and, alas! so ani 1." (-Age•] AiliEft EQUIV,WAI...-Sit - Richard Nail,.le, when addressing his Constituents utter his re-election for Westmeath, said his distrust of, the tory ministry was so great, that if they were to introduce a bill forth' repeal of the union he did not -think he would vote with them; SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Three o'Clock. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN EXCIRNGE.—MONDAY, FEB. 9, 1835. The supplies of Wheat, Oats, and Oatmeal have been moderate from Ireland. Of Flour, the import has been large. The Wheat trade has been dull throughout the week. In Manchester market, a reduction of Id per bushel was submitted to.—Oats and Oatmeal have sup ported the former week's currency.—Flour has met a heavy sale, at is per sack reduction.—Barleys have con tinued to sell freely, at 4s rdl . 4s 6d 41? 60 lbs for malting. Tt E.SDAY, Two O'CLOCK. There was a limited sale for Wheat at this day's mar ket, at a decline of Id to 2d per bushel ; and for Flour at Is per sack under last week's prices. Oats were also dull, and ld per bushel lower. In Oatmeal there was no alteration. Malting Barley was 1d per bushel dearer. — The imports of Butter are 3324 firkins ; there has been a better inquiry for fresh imported parcels, but stale qua lities continue difficult of sale. Bacon, Hams, and Lard without alteration. AV ER AG WIIP.AT, 4, 70 lbs. S d a d Irish dried red.. 5 5 m 5 8 Do. dried white, 5 10 .. 6 G Do. undried.. • . 5 3.. 510 English ...... 5 10 .. 6 10 Canada ...... 6 6.. 72 OATS, IF 45 lbs... Irish BARLEY, 4r 60 lbs. Irish grinding... 3 6 .. 4 0 AVERAGE PRICI SD SD Waterford, ....... fr 4 0 tal 81 0 Colerain 66 0 .. 70 0 Carlovr, Limerick 66 0 .. 68 0 Bedfast 74 0.. 78 0 Derry 6B 0.. 70 0 Cork, ads, dry PRICES. BENNS, imp. tnea. s d s d Irish 34 0 @ 38 0 FLOUR, if 280 tbs Eng.Sarish sup 35 0 .. 38 0 Do. linos 3O 0.. 33 0. Do. seconds 24 0 .. 28 0 Do. thirds l5 0 .. 18 0 MEAL, 41! 240 tbs 0 0.. 0 0 Do. new [IRAN, 4fr24lbs 1 1.. 1 2 OF BUTTER, &c. SD BD Bacon IP cwt.... 29 0 is 31 0 ' • - Hams, dry. 4O 0 .. 42 0. Do. wet ...... 0 0 Firkin Lard, 131addered do. 5O 0 .. 55 0 Grease Butter REPORTED AR RIVALS OF CORN. From 'the 3d to the 9th Feb. inclusive. IRE- COAST- FO- BRITISH DESCRIPTIONS. LAND. WISE. REIGN AMER. TOTAL. WHEAT Qrs 5527 1154 6781 BARLEY... Qrs 350 1139 1489 OATS. FLoult Sicks 6958 353 73H Do .Barrels 1000 1000 BRAN. OATMEAL I Gads 4709 14 4723 MALT Qrs 483 314 8.1 BEANS Qrs 545 143 114 802 PEAS ........ .. Qrs 8 8 llIE SHELLED BARLEY Cmq • RAPESEED........ 13arrels i INDIAN CORN Qrst SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. AR RIVALS. Rainbow, Sims, from Pernambuco and Paraiba. Dart, Diteham. from Leghorn. IIoll•head, one p.m.—Wind E.N.E., light breeze. Nothing to r e port along the line. The barque, George Canning, having on board the Euphrates' Ex pedition, was towed out to sea this morning by a steam boat, for the purpose of prOceeding to Cork, where she will he viettrilled, and join the Alban, Government steam vessel, which accompanies her to Alexaudretta. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. The annual meeting of the subscribers to this institution was held on Friday afternoon, at two o'clock, in the gourd-room of the Pariah Offices. The Bev. James Aspinall, the president of. the society, took the chair The attendance was, as usual, not very numerous. The report was read by Mr. Boardman, the. secretary. It stated that the institution was free from d e bt.— The number of patients during the year was 39,527, being a slight decrease as compared with the preceding year. The total income derived from legacies, donations, and collections, du ring the year was £713. In this sum was included a legacy of £SOU left, free of duty, by the late Win. Saltbouse, Esq., of Clarence-street ; a donation of £l5 from Mr. Atkins, the pro prietor of the Zoological Gardens, and a collection of £46 8s 8d from St. Patrick's chapel, (being the largest collection, we believe, received during the last seven years.) The whole amount received from these sources of income was £3OO less than in 1833, and showed a still greater deficiency as contrasted with 1833. An increase of subscriptions, however, together with a decrease of patients, had kept the institution (tom run ning into debt. Still it was to he expected that there would be a progressive increase of patients, corresponding to the growth of the population, and the funds were derived from sources very precarious. Until the last five years there had been a regular increase of 5000 patients for every preceding period of five years. In 1821 the population of the town was about 130,000, the number of vessels entering the port was 7810, the amount of dock dues was £91,536, and the subscriptions to the Dispen saries £2,391. In 1833, the population might be taken at 200,0 W, the number of vessels arriving 12,964, the duck dues £199,748, and the subscriptions to the Dispensaries £2,321. So that the population had increased one-third, the dock dues bad been doubled, the number af ships arriving nearly doubled, but the subiciiptions had actually fallen off. The balance sheet fur the past year was then read. The cre dit side of the account consisted of the follming items :—Sub scriptions received, (including arrears,) £21511 16s; donations, £42 Ils; collections, £63 ss; legacies, £532 3s 45; appren tice fee and miscellaneous receipts, £BO Ils 7d ; total receipts: . £336.3 7s. Among the items of expenditure were the following; Medicines for the North Dispensary, £440; for the South, £4BO, leeches for the North, £122, and the South, £122; salaries for the North, £661 I9s 6d; and for the South, £604 -Is 3d.— There were various other disbursements, making a total ex penditure for the North Dispensary of £1539 3s la, and (or the South of £1555 13s 10d; together, £3114 18s 11d. In answer to questions by Mr. W. M. Duncan, .Mr. Board man stated that the committee had paid all accounts which they knew to be owing, while there were about £5O of subscriptions in arrear. The arrears this time twelve mouths amounted to £356; but as the half-year's subscription by the parish, amount ing to £262, was included in that sum, the arrears at that pe riod might be taken at £94, against £5O at present,—Mr. Dun can observed that the low amount of the arrears was highly sa tisfactory. Thanks were then voted to the president and other office bearers for the last year. Charles Ilorsfall, Esq. was elected president for the ensuing year; Mr. W. P. Freme vice-presi dent for the North branch; and Mr. James Mulleueux for the South. A gratuity of twenty guineas was awarded to Mr. New enham, house surgeon to the North Dispensary, in addition to . his salary of one hundred guineas; and the like sum to Mr. Boardman, in addition to his salary of £l2O. A motion was submitted by the Rev. J. H. Thom, for abolishing all gratuities and increasing the regular salaries of deserving officers, but it was lost, on is division, by a great majority ; the plan of giving or witholdinir gratuities being considered as a greater stimulus to exertion than a permanent increase. A letter was read front the widow of the late Mr. Carter, house surgeon, who has re ceived a gratuity of £2O a-year since her husband's death, thank ng the subscribers for their bounty. The gratuity, according o a resolution adopted at the last annual meeting, now ceases. After the disposal of some other routine business, thanks were voted to Mr. Aspinall for his conduct in the chair, and the meet ing separated. A LONG LAwsum.—After a trial, which lasted eight suc cessive days, at Brussels, the Count Daval de Beaulieu has finally obtained a sentence in his favour, with all costs and ex penses, against the commune of Moortzel, on account of his lady, the Countess de Toict. This extraordinary lawsuit com menced two hundred years ago, and related to the avenue of a couutry seat belonging to him at Moortzel, in the arrondisse ment of Antwerp, which the commune claimed as a public road, EXTRAORDINARY FEVOCITY OF A EAT.—The following sin gular case ought to operate as a caution to persons entrusted with the care of children. On the return, last Thursday night, of Mr. G. Weiland, of Drury-lane Theatre, who is a widower, from his duties in King Arthur, to his abcde in Wakefield-street, Regent's-squa-e, he was informed by his housekeeper that his child (eighteen months old) had been disturbed several times, but from what cause she knew not. She had taken the infant up three times, but being overcome with sleep had !aid her down again. Mr. Weiland, it appears, took DO immediate notice of the circumstance, but was shortly after alarmed by hearing, a dreadful scream. Ile flew to the bed-room and took up - his child. On removing the sheet he found to his great surprise a quantity of blood round the feet. He cave the infaut to the woman to examine, and in the meanwhile turned dowu the bed clothes, when a tremendous rat started forth. With great pre sence of mind Mr. Weiland quickly cove , .ed the clothes all over the bed and tucked them tightly round, by which means he was fortunately enabled to catch and destroy the monster. The first toe of the "ri , lit foot of the infant was bitten completely round the joint, and on the side of the left foot the rat's teeth had met in tw o plac e s. The little sufferer was placed under the care of Dr. Baniadge, of Ely place, Holborn, who has pronounced her out of danger, and expressed his astonishment at h er m i racu l ous escape. The rat measured sixteen inches, and it is supposed must have made its was from the kitchen to the top of the house. About a fortnight since the captai n o f a fishing-vessel of Port-en-Bessin, in Normandy, cast his nets off that port a few leagues out to sea; but when he endeavoured to draw them iu again he felt that they were fastened to some heavy body, which, however, by his constant practice, he knew was not fixed to the bottom. After infinite trouble, and considerable damage dune to his nets, he succeeded, assisted by his men, in getting on board a large mass of a conical form, covered with stielis of various kinds, in which it seemed to be incrusted. The first attempt of the fishermen was to rid the object of all these accessories, which, however beautiful in appearance, had no attraction for them. Their interest lay in what was concealed beneath. At length, after incessant labour, they succeeded in clearing away the incrustation, when they discovered that the substance was a beautiful bell, of a mixed kind of white metal, and apparently containing a good deal of silver, ornamented with subjects in relief, and weighing about 1801bs. According . to the old tra ditions of the country, and even the notes existing in the jour nals of the Maritime Department, it is thought that this bell once belonged to. a foreign vessel which was shipwrecked on the coast of Normandy, near Port-eu .Bessin, in the time of Wil liam the Conqueror. ANECDOTE OF FENELON'S TELEMACHUS.—Bauset, in his life of Fenelon, says .that the manuscript of this celebrated work was secretly circulated in several families previousto its publi cation. This circulation was occasioned by the faithlessness of the valet to whom he gave it to transcribe. It was afterwards sold to the widow of Claude Barbin, who committed it to pre:4 ; but only two hundred and eight pages had been printed v hen it was discovered to be the work of Fenslon; and that suspicious King, Louis XIV ordered strict search to be wade at the - printer's after the sheets had been worked off, which were confiscated and burnt, and every effort made to a unihilate this admirable pro duction. Fortunately a few copies escaped, with transcripts of that part which had not been printed ; one of these was obtain ed by Adrian Moetgens, a bookseller at the Hague, who, in 1699, published it in four volumes-- The Partenr. !qr. Richard Gathorne Butt, the companion in misfortune with the Earl of Dnndonald (better known as Lord Coehrane), was liberated from the Fleet Prison on Thursday night, after a confinement of five Years and two months, for the sum of sixty cur pounds five shillings, debt and costs,