The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

piopect of the revenue the estimated indispens d to that Bent was redu .tarrot State in_a des r (1843 pf his late pi i its o to fora —against e and rennin a legal ten • --- was not intended to lovernment to carry on ,f disorder and distress " The pr !moval of Auckland ,ity under w iploy them i exemplary firmness and judgment; • and displayed an amount of moral courage which it would be well if some of his revilers possessed. We shall d iubtless hear the re ply of some of those parties shortly after parliament meets. In the meantime we cannot but compliment Captain Fitz-Roy upon the excellent taste displayed throughout his whole pamphlet. Some men, circumstanced like himself, would have displayed considerable and natural soreness, and perhaps acrimony of tone. Toe gallant captain, however, has preferred laying before the public a plain unvarnished statement of the whole circumstances - n the colony, and leaving that public rent upon his conduct therefrom X R lE' l' I E S a smashing business by letting post m, and then commencing suits for da- alone.—American Pa- a an auk del publicat a coward! who afraci of t D iRN LIT II RAT Our modern literature is or the very flimsiest description es, and not without sparkles of genuine but so ill constructed as to Preclude the possi- g existenc No one is enti to reject models, unless he has studied them and detected their faults; but this is considered by far too tedious a process fnr mndorn ingenuity. We are thus inundated with a host of clever writers, each relying upon his peculiar and native ability, jesting-- - -for that is the humour of the time nd all,of them forsaking nature, VINEGAR EELS vinegar are well k —The littl to find at th anything stro " Playe uary, 1846 od H. White, 2 D remark upon the of this colony—a been man lay in parlia' any, as has never r his rer ain Fitz of hear mediate ire of the diffi og his period is probably illative enthu of land from th privilege of pur- in return, they it without expens, .e next parcelled tide of emigration .ctant3 o it was I Pr e quite indisposed ield up p. f broil and dissen- e of procuring nding parties, and possible destruction Ac of the veen the the settlers an appana 1 upon be called the treaty of tea their fealty to ldertook to see jos- and claims equi:ab n Hobson, C captain lip, and entered ais office, fixing his id. In doing so, he he Company and its e in annthPr of their own These are de- pect to Au se and disi wn of Well ton were immediate neighbour. on the part of the natives, which ig. Of t state of to Welli r to allay the hostile tween the white and , an amicable settle -Ims to land near Po't ejudiced persons that e, the prosperity of peace, xtated aintenan d at that time, ;o eager for Led to have patience their sr tterior while continually E•ither would they believe or cultivation at the point tending to bring on 1 almost entirely dis- used to give the th the hboinhood, lg.; part natives and land round :jolty of the market with their rbed by native compe• :erested in x•casional h which. inte- Had their nl. there cannot now worse suffered a f A have been proved iu their ha s of Government, and vould be detached to ) without re lly unprepared ;vita umuuly, auu _ tof an outbreak of richness of the soil and the great heat of the summer. Captain Fitz-Roe's Maize, or Indian corn, flourishes, and is more wholesome vn that it remained and better than that produced in the warm south. The of the earth, as the French so rebel chiefs, apple tuL _ _ _ , justly term it, are equal. if not sup erior, to those of any s other climate ; whilst all the vegetables of the temperate regions of the old world grow with greater luxuriance than in their-original fields. I have successively and success fully cultivated the tomata, the melon, and the capsicum, in the open air, for se" seasons, at Kingston and To liest or the best parts of Wes tion is concerned. Tobacco strict ; and where is finer ...tern Canada? whilst bay, and ape, the rich green sod, the velvet abundant, and luxuriant. If the is called in question, and intertropi ward in contrast, even the woods Guiana, where the rankest of luxu stances, and consider- tigst the hat unruly rapacity of properly ,z-Roy, ye Id a conciliatory t force under his ronto, which are not the r y, in the event of tern Canada, as far as vef grows well in the weste knd was near being the wheat harvested than in we nt have precipitated the that beauty of a landse* toner was rescued from carpet of the earth, P the military went in majesty of vegetati , \ n cal near the tow -• .. t plants brought m the c living very 1 would 1 forests seventy • • _ ere xveatl aim of no iy says, 20.000 re severe these debentures was not only the , ut the promotion of mueh industry, Instead of a complete stagnation, activity and abundant employment and its vicinity improved rapidly, rich the principal holders of deben n the colony, and as speedily as pos . any deterioration of vslue, induced sibfe, te,6 64-- those persons to buy up gum, ax, umber, or copper, or other native produce, to be exported as remittances to their corre spondents instead of money. Some built small s others improved their I ‘nded property by fences and better buildings. The results were conspicuously beneficial." This resort of necessity a ppears to have been one of the captain's most heinous offences. The impression produced by the whole of the pamphlet is one of complete exculpation of the gallant officer, who has performed his duties in- -a most critical positip Most happily, as no 1 and trackless forests... _ d, the chief protector- riance prevails, will not do more than compete with the ffect a peaceable ad- glory of the ptiroreval woods of Canada. 1 know of no 'torn of the prisoner thine in this world capable of exciting emotions of wonder id adoration more direct than to travel alone tnrou b - Pines, lifting their hoary heads beyond man's jay heen in vision, unless. he inclines his head so far backwards as to 1 w de- be painful to his organisation, with trunks which require nig ye fathoms of line to span them ; oaks of the most gigantic ha n form ; the immense and graceful weeping elm ; enormous he Jiic poplars, whose magnitude must be seen to be conceived ; b girded lindens, equally vast ; walnut trees, of immense size ; the ,ve 'been the first in 4d all the public docu- beautiful birch, and the wild cherry , large enou g h to make tables and furniture of.—Sir R. H. Bonnyeastle's Canada rnor appears to have and the Canadians in 1846. ebentures, for the pur- HANIvELL ASYLUM.—The Hanwell Asylum is one of : colony until he could the noblest instances of wisdom -tempered zeal and hu t Britain. At the be- mane skill which-our age can boast of. The building and "the local govern- , e being then esti revenu its several patients, sometimes nea rl y a thousand in nom alaries and ordinary cur- her, are treated according to t he intensit y of their afflic tion ; but in no case is unneces sar y restraint practised. aths in arrears , there was ,canting even to two-thirds I Working upon the proverbial association of idleness and expenditure'; the establish- vice, in all cases where practicable, employment is re ch was authorized by the sorted to as a remedy ; and nearly all., the operations of ,h received at the Close of this vast estabisment are conducted with the utmost governor was strictly pro- order by lunat i cs ; shops of lunatic tailors and shoemakers 3ritish treasury, and no lottn may be seen here at work, and the bakery, the laundry, qircumstance, and and other domestic offices, are worked by the same " pa ssetient" classes. The out-door arrangements are upon the vernment until assistance and same system of non-restraint. The gardens and shrub om England, to relieve the cre. stress, and to keep numerous beries are neatly kept by the inmates, and are allowed to —some from actually starving— enjoy their health-giving air with the most indirect sur or debentures, bearing five per veillance, and various pastimes are allowed to minister to :ion of one year ; and as these the " mind diseased." Within doors, reading of an in ed by several speculators, and teresting and attractive, though not exciting, character, is s mach depreciated, they were Ibe noticed that this paper cur-. provided ; the tables are strewn with che a p p eriodicals, in a permanent: it was intended to the hope that their good seed may not invariably fall upon a very limited period, not exceed- the mind, as it were lying fallow. Here, as in the sane was probable that some arrange- world, outside of the Hanwell domain, society has its pets me Government for their with- and butts, and men are prone to sport with each other's e debentures enabled the weaknesses ; but this is no new phase of humanity. We, ns, and saved an extremity hardly be appreciated ter who remember but too distinctly the clanking fetters and the horrifying gaze of the inmates of the old Bethlehem, have inspected Hanwell with very different feelings; and as we walked, almost unattended, through crowds of " lu natics," were indeed gratified to find them so far sane as to be sensible of their humane treatment. From the wall of one of their dormitories we copied the following lines : " Behold! No gloomy cells where sullen madness pines In chains an't woe, where no glad sunlight shines; But here kind sympathy for fallen reason reigns ; Our rule is gentleness, not force or galling chains." On the south side of the garden lies the burial• ground, wherein all patients not removed by their friends or pa rishes are buried ; and here sleeps the individual who planned the asylum, an d eventually became one o f its in mates for a long period previous to his death—one of those 'extraordinary coincidences which belong to the category otpppulir fatalism.—Sharpe's London Magazine. Captain Under the , ador It payments Ltteraturr. TIC D caricature.—Blackwood, ,els found occasionally in Some persons suppose that they —.anti at all times in .that liquid, when sought tor with a microscope. This, however, is not the case. It is only vinegar that has been kept some time, and which has become bad, that gives birth to them. What , will not live lone in good vinegar. This I named on one occasion, when, on adding fresh vine 'o some that had been given me by a friend full of eels, their motions from that day became more and e all dead. eral weeks in the is more, the at's time they wer ,-- • y to this, 1 had k rought to et eels are immersed in sweet oil , or proof lotions are much impeded, but vitality is ---fwas agreeably surprised ate post that only one soldier drank CE IN CANADA er than beer or water; and of course very ttle of the former, owing to the expense of transport, ras to be had. The soldier that did drink spirits did not rink to excess. How did all this happen in a_ place where drunkenr aad been pr The soldiers who were of t 82nd regiment, h been selected for the Their' young commanding offi- crickeiing,boating, and every amusement, but permitted no gambling. He - -lldiers and their families, and, them, and to keep their A and played, read and is as cheap as dirt there, )t. a temptation which they could not resist. In he bad sleighing, snow-shoeing, and every eaer and the very deep 1 feel persuaded that, now provided such handsome garrison libr -.,e11-selected books for ►`'- • - I a school for the so n short, he knew bow to manag minds engag ith the severe weather compatin to the station oldiers, if .ound, were not only be attached to every large barrack, there won less _ be scorned, as it has been within the last twenty yea the officers. A hard-drinking officer will scarce tolerated in a regiment now, simply because excessive dr'nking is a low, mean vice, being the indulgence of self for unworthy motives, and beneath the character of a gen tleman. To be brought to a court-martial for drunken ness is now as disgraceful and injurious to the reputation of a❑ officer therefore, sel as it was to ;e, and, m occurs in t British army The vic of Car ver, drink nd tempe societies will not mend it. Their good is very equivocal, unless combined with religion, as there is only one Father Ma thew in the world, nor is it probable there will be ano ther.—Bonnycastle's Canada and the Canadians. SIR WILLIAM FOLLETT ON MASONRY. — Toe future Attorney-General had been for many months called to the Bar when we again met. This was, early in 1626. but feelingly, of the professional existed among those to whom he was now " said he, "is a joke to it. jealousy whi You can have no conception of its extent or strength, un less you yourself belonged to the profess;on." He then reverted to past scenes and mutual friends ;• and in the iversation. I inferred, from a passing remark, a Mason. I as course of y conclusion "It is," was his reply : "I was initiated Light had not then beamed upon And I expressed in scoffing terms my astonish " In your early strugAes at the 84r," remarked let earnestness, "you require something to reconcile you to your kind. You see so much of bitter ness, and rivalry, and jealousy, and hatred , that y ou are thankful to call into active agency a system which creates in all its varieties kindly sympathy, cordial and wide spread benevolence, and brotherly love." " But surely," said I, " you don't en the length of asserting that Ma sonry does all this ?" " And more The true Mason thinks no evil of his brother, and cherishes no designs against him. The system itself annihilates parties. And was correct. at Cambridge he, with q stringent he curt ' " Well! wel pion : you cannot, Fay or do as ypn will, affirm of it that Masonry is a religious system. By-and-by, you will know better," was his reply I will only say this, that the Bible is , never closed ason's lodge; that Masons habitually use , odges ; and, in point of fact, never assemble for any purpose without performing acts of religion :—I gave you credit,' continued he with a smile, " for being more thoroughly emancipated from nursery trammels and slavish prejudice."—Stray Leaves from a Free-mason's Note-Book. CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS OF CANADA.—Canada is. as 1 have written two former volumes to prove, a mag nificent country. I doubt very much if Nature has created a finer country on the whole earth. The soil is generally good, as that made by the decay of forests for thousands of years upon substrata, chiefly formed of allu 'le deposit from waters, must be. It m Quebec to the Falls of St. Mary, al- grayer in in a M their k vium or diluvium, ti ost a less strear toral is a enormous tropical h ,rsected and interiaceu uy Illiwuri ,ded with small lakes, whilst its lit- Ilelled in the world, expanding into ,s, abounding with fish. If the bsent, if ita winters are long and ex nean fruits abun- pica' ones, owing to the SECOND EDITION. LORD ASHLEY.—The Sun of Thursday, in a sanitary 1 article, very appositely alludes to Lord Ashley as " the ' (Further extracts from Mr. Shreeve's work on the above Wilberforce of the present day." Colony, ready for the press.) Several sermons have recently been preached in the FREETOWN. Town-hall of Kelso, by a boy only ten years of age. The LIBERATED AFRICAN DEPARTMENT. — T his de p art- reason g iven for his thus appearing before the plabilia is, went is situated on the edge of the harbour, near the that money may be obtained to further his education'. watering tank at King Jemmy. It consists of two large On Monday, there were several dishes of raspberries yards, with a residence for the assistant-superintendent, exhibited in London, at Covent -garden Market. They and good storehouses for the service of the Africans on were not the produce of forcing, but were natural crops, their release from the slave-hold. One yard is for the grown in the open air in a garden near Turnham Green, males, the other for the females, with every convenience being the second supply this season. for cooking and other comforts. On the arrival of a In consequence of the competition existing on the river slave vessel, with a cargo of these unfortunates, the mar- Thames, the fares of nearly all the steamers have under she' of the Mixed Commission Courts proceeds on board, gone a very extensive reduction. Boats are now running and, having made his inspection, forwards his repot% to netween London and Westminster Bridge, at the extra the Commissioners. The medical officer examines their ordinarily low fare of one halfpenny each person. condition, and', if no disease be on board. they are imme- AN AGED BIRD.—A magpie died on the sth of this diately landed from the crammed and pestilential slave- month, which has been in the possession of Mr. James hold, and - placed in the yard of the department. The Hagger, of Great Chesterford, for 19 years. It was taken emaciated and infirm are sorted out, and sent to the Co- from the nest when young, and it would call all the neigh lonial Hospital, at Kissey ; and in cases of contagious bours and children by their names.—Cambridge Chron. diseases raging on board—a very common visitation, from The Town Council of Sunderland have ordered a rate the fact of 300 or 400 being packed within a small com- of one halfpenny in the pound on the property in the bo pass—the vessel is sent to quarantine. The arrival of a rough, to sustain the expenses connected with the forma cargo of slaves is a peculiar and affecting sight. Before tion of a public museum, which is placed under the their capture it is the policy of the dealers to impress direction of a committee of the council. them with a terror of the English, persuading them to A HINT FOR ASTLEY'S—The directors of all the the believe that they are the most cruel masters, and will atres at Berlin have resolved to substitute the explosive exercise unheard-of tyranny over them should they fall cotton for gunpowder, in their representations, because into their hands; but how thoroughly is the illusion ells- the cotton makes little or no smoke, which is not only pelled, when one of our cruizers carries them into port, annoying to the public, but has an injurious effect upon where every appliance for their comfort, crowned by free- the voices of the actors. dom, proclaims them to be men and brothers! The sea_ The Tablet (Roman Catholic paper) announces the denness of the change is bewildering, and these children conversion to Romenism of R eview. Toogood, late editor of of nature are obliged to refer to superstitio n for an ex p l a - the Cambridge and Oxford Review. The Daily News nation. Some are literally stupified by the transition, says that a junior fellowship has become vacant at Clare whilst others abandon themselves to the wildest enjoy- Hall, Cambridge, in consequence of the secession of Mr. ments—shouting, dancing, and singing, until the hills Thomas Caswell. and shores re-echo the gratitude of their hearts for Old REAL DISTRESS.—As a convincing proof of the dreadful England's benefactions. This celebration of freedom state of the trade in Kidderminster, we have only to men lasts many days. and is humanely indulged by the officers tion that during the last fortnight, no less than eighty-six of the department. wedding rings have been purchased, chiefly from the wives This department, and the treatment o f the newly_ of weavers, by one jeweller residing in the Bull Ring in arrived Africans, have lately undergone a material change. that town. Under the old arrangement, after having been a due time Last week a vessel of 120 tons, named the Albion, one in the yard, the youths were located in the village schools, of the Woodbridge traders, was run down off the Essex where, receiving a certain amount of education, they were coast, near Wotton, by the city of London steam-ship. apprenticed as domestic servants, or to trades. The The crew of the Albion were saved with difficulty by the adults were sent to the villages, where they received an steamer, except a young man, the son of the master, Mr. allotment for a farm, implements of agriculture, with Smith. who sank with the vessel. provision and clothing for one year, all found by govern- On Friday, a meeting was held in Birmingham, convened by the clergy for the purpose of an immediate extension of meat, in which time it was supposed that they would be t able to support themselves under the guidance and ma- the infant schools in .that town. There are seven thousand infants there for whom no means of instruction are pro nsgement of the managers of their respective districts. vided. The Queen Dowager has contaibuted £5O for the This system, however, after a long trial, with every faci good work. lity given to them, was found not to have answered, — retrogression instead of progression tieing the result. An accident of nearly a fatal nature occurred at Stony The department is now discontinued,. managers re Stratford, on Tuesday, the 3d instant. A firework maker, dared, and only such retained as are necessary to govern named Holloway, put some damp gunpowder into the the district, under the new arrangement. This original oven to dry, and proceeding to work, the gunpowder was experiment has been succeeded by emigration to the West forgotten. It very soon, however, made its owner aware Indian colonies (an admirable plan of Lord Stanley). of its presence by exploding, and causing very great de- The emancipated are, as heretofore, landed at the depart- struction ; hut, fortunately, no lives were lost. went, food and clothing supplied to them , and , after a SHORT TIME MEETING.—A short time meet i ng was preparatory period, the uncontrolled choice of emigration held in favour of the ten hours' bill, in the Working in large and comfortable ships provded by government, Men's Hall, Keighley, on Wednesday evening last. A where every attention is provided forte hm on tbe pas- dense crowd attended, and hundreds were unable to obtain sage, and a provision upon their landing. In case they admission. Mr. W. B. Ferrand , M.P., Mr Oastler, and do not wish to emigrate, they are at liberty, by associa- a number of other speakers. addressed the meeting, which ting with their own countrymen, to remain in the colony seemed unanimous and enthusiastic in attachment to the and follow their own desires. Emigration, however, is ten hours bill. gladly accepted by many,—relying so fully upon British On Monday evening last, as the driver of a cart and sympathy, that all destinations and propositions are two horses, belonging to Mr. Stone, of Winwick, was faithfully trusted. Several, on the other hand, prefer returning home, his horses were frightened by the noise entering the army, captivated by the allurements of mar- of empty milk-cans in some carts which were passing on list pageantry, and in a very short time, from good usage, their way from Newton Railway Station to Winwick. become perfectly contented, and look noon the freeman He ran to the head of one of his horses, was thrown of the town with an amusing sang froid and contempt, down, and the wheel passed over his body. He died saying, "Me no freeman; me Queenman !"—a compli- soon after. , . . , ment to the Majesty of England, which probably has MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.—Lueutenant-general Sir never reached St. James's. Many grave objections and Benjamin D'Urban will, it is said, proceed to Canada as censures have been urged against the emigration of the commander-in chief, in the room of the Earl of Cathcart, newly-emancipated African, and the measures of govern- who held that appointment with the governor-generalship. moot for carrying it out ; but this opposition emanates Major-general Brotherton, formerly of the 16th Dragoons, from interested parties in the colony, especially the Wes- will receive the appointment of inspector-general of caval leyan missionaries, who spare neither time nor exertion ry, in the room of Lieutenant-general Lygon, lately pro to defeat the project, in their exclusive register the rooted. Watchman, nominally but not really their own, it having The Morning Post revives the tale of a split in the been established with far more liberal intentions, and for Cabinet, arising from the dislike of Earl Grey to Lord much more general purposes, than the subscribers are Palmerston. The Spanish marriage is said to be the allowed to enjoy. Other opposition comes from parties question at issue. The Post hints that the Earl of Cla in England, from a want of local knowledge ands experi- g ende r is also opposed to the Secretary of Foreign f ence, so requisite to form a correct judgment of the powers fairs, and adds that if rumour do not err, the question of am': condition of the African upon his own soil. As to opening the ports and of Irish policy has only been de the question of the inalienable rights of freedom, there o pens u by a division of the Council. can be no - doubt ; nor does emigration control it. The THE WINGATE COLLIERY CLERK.—The fugitive clerk African at home, from nature, strengthened by habit and who absconded from Wingate colliery, with nearly £6OO example, is of an indolent disposition ; but by a change belonging to his employer, Lord Howden, and who was to another country, where industry is the order of society, apprehended in Ghent, in Flanders, is said to be again at liberty. Nearly the whole of the money, with the excep he readily devotes his energies to that which he sees adds to the respectability and comfort of others, and gradu- tion of his "travelling expenses , " and the cost of his " gentlemanly" outfit—his gold watch and ring , w i g , im ally, and often immediately, becomes a regenerated being, perial, and moustaches—having been recovered, "it has in which improved condition he is sustained by the encou- not been considered worth while to bring him to Durha m razement and advice of superior morality , education, and for prosecution." experience, to any that his most ingenious inq uirie s can obtain at home. " 1 PENAL DISCIPLINE OF CONVICTS.—We believe that In Africa such advantages are more confined, a mis- 1 this interesting subject is at present under the seriouscon sionary or a teacher here or there, being all that is afford- sideration of the Government, with a view to relieve New ed ; and even were they more n umerous, the climate is South Wales from its redundant convict population. It is so inimical to the exertions of the European. Whatever proposed that the transportation of males to the colonies good may be imparted, it is comparatively moderate, nay should cease, but that the deportation of women should be carried to its fullest extent, in order to diminish the many who have been converted to christianity, have re existing disproportion between the tw o s exes. It is also vetted to their former habits and belief, and exercised under consideration to establish a convict home colony in within the very precincts of the missionary's house, their , the Isle of Portland, where a proportion of the prisoners idolatrous ceremonies. There are the Ako and Ebo, and I , sentenced to transportation would be submitted to a com many other notions of the liberated, who have embraced bined moral and physical discipline, and employed in the false religion of the prophet, which being more con genial to their dispositions, from approximating more hewing and preparing stone. —Literary Gazette. closely to their original superstitious impressions, are THE DURATION OF MARRIED LIFE.—The tables of mite more easily comprehended, and consequently more readily the mean joint lifetime of males and females show, that been re. believed than Christianity; and I am satisfied, Whatever in this country husbands and wives married at the age of a fatal res. their professions may be, and notwithstanding the self- 26 live, on an average, 27 years together, the widows have been at, flattering reports of our labourers in tbe.vineyard, that a living rather more than 10 years (10.4) after their husbands' o'clock this mo, great number of the liberated lip-christians are heart- deaths, and the widowers nearly 9 nears. (9.3) after their to a squabble betw, mahomedans—and no stronger argument can be possibly wives' deaths. Where the husband is 40, and the wife 30, tle-street. When the . adduced to prove that emigration must ultimately be bone- the mean term of marr ed life is 21 years, the widows the men was stabbed in ficial, by transporting the fanatic and superstitious child living 13 years after their husbands, and the widowers 5 diately arrested, and on te of nature far froth scenes, connexions , and influences years after the deaths of their wives. The tables furnish pointed clasp-knife. which it is but reasonable to expect, must have, an almost ready answers to a great number of questions of this The injured man was conveyeL insurountable pred andthere be any chance kind, and others in which two lives are concerned.—Re- tal , where he n ow lies in a most e of overcoming this, p it on must be erance, by o f more general inter- wound, from which his bowels were p. gistrar-General's Reports. INGENIOUS SMUGGLING.—On Monday morning, a below the navel, and about two inches _ course with total strangers of superior minds and better customs. If Africa is to be regenerated by her own sons, seizure of an extraordinary description took place at the s Charles Wilmslow, and he resides at a o it is only to be accomplished by themselves, their sons, St. Katherine's Dock Steam Packet Wharf, by a Custom- - ^e-street, having recently arrived from and sons' sons, becoming the chief agents in the great house weigher. A case of live geese, brought over from 'llampion, of this port. work of salvation, both in soul and body ; one well-in- Harlingen in the Magnet steamer, had been landed from iee understand, be brought up formed, and true native christian, would do more towards the vessel, and was being examined by the officer, when re f orm ation amongst his btethren, than all the missionary he thought the geese appeared unusually tall. He made , Doves, that ever took wing to feather their nests in the a more careful scrutiny, and ascertained that a quantity ' ...POPERY IN BRISTOL.—For some time past, six sisters colony, can accomplish. of hay, forming a false bottom, had been made, on which of mercy, living in a small house in Pritchard - street , ethoevegreeedsehweenreentsbtaandqinuga,ntaintyd o o n f r v e e m ry ov t i h n i g n t d h e a a t l , b h o e ar d d is s - . St. Paul's, have exerted themselves, we are afraid, too 'These were also removed, and a quantity of cigars, weigh- successfully amongst the poor of this city. Encouraged, --ee e xposed to view. The case, geese ,-28 undoubtedly , by their s uccess, the y have lately removed Government are about to settle £ l,OOO a- y ear on the i n number—and the cigars, were immediately seized. to. Harford-house, Dighton-street, where they have been Duchess of Inverness. SERIOUS EFFECTS OF A " LARK. On the sth in- trebled in number by fresh arrivals from Belgium. We Last week omnibuses commenced running between the stant a young man about 18 years of a, who had been hear also that the sisters of penance of St. Dominic, London, and Brompton for two pence. • employed on the railway near Deal, for e a spree dressed " whose labods embrace the whole works of mery, car- L, ewe, the property of Mr. Scott, Corncockle, parish himself as a Guy Fawkes. This he did by stuffing a ga- poral and spiritual," are about to settle in another. por of Leeds, dropped a fine healthy lamb on Wednesday. bardine or large jacket he had on with straw, till, for ro- tion of this city.—Bristol Journal. Mr. Swinnerton, proprietor of the Macclesfield Courier, tundity, he resembled more a Sir John Falstaff than a YANKEE NOTIONS OF FREE TRADE WITH ENGLAND. has been unanimously elected mayor of that borough. Guy. It was in the evening when the young man was so —The New York Journal of Commerce calculates on the Fifty boys have been expelled from Heriot's Hospital, amusing himself. He had a great many squibs about him. United States driving the Britishers out of their own pro- Edinburgh, for insubordination. Some of these got ignited, and in a moment be was inla vision market. It says :—" An English merchant, who George Hudson, Esq., M. 11115 was on a visit last week, complete blaze ; and as the squibs continued to go off in is here buying bread stuffs, says that American flour bar we understand, to the Duke a Cleveland, at Baby Castle. all directions about him, it was impossible for any one to eels are effecting a great revolution in the trade there. The South-Eastern and Continental Steam-Packet approach to render him any assistance. He now lies in a The practice from time immemorial, has been to sell flour Company have put a stop to the sailing of their packets on deplorable state, with no hopes of recovery.—Dover in very large and inconvenient bags, and the trade has the Lord's Day between Folkston and Boulogne. Chronicle. been confined to the millers and the mealmen. But the A member of the Independent congregation at Brim- NEW COIN.—FIVE SOVEREIGN PIECES.—Some five great beauty and convenience of the American barrels has yard, near Worcester, has been excommunicated by the sovereign pieces have lately been struck by Mr. Wyon, brought grocers to take up the business ; and lie says church for " slandering his pastor." and though as yetbut in the hands of a few of the authori- ' that now he has orders for fifty barrels a-week from Admiral Sir Davidge Gould, G.C.8., is appointed ties, they stand as portion of the coin of the realm ; but dealers who never before sold flour at all. The English Vice-Admiral of England, in the place of Sir G. Martin, whether they will be called out for general use, the Go- cannot contradict this : for they have no free-splitting made Admiral of the Fleet. vernment have not decided. This gold piece is considered ash or other timber from which to make these beautiful The Times says that Parliament will meet on the 19th to be the most perfect of coins. In point of size it bears barrels. So we think the repeal of the English corn --ry, only a week beyond the time to which it is pro- resemblance to a crown piece. but otherwise it is much laws will be something to us—ves, everything to us—a neater in detail. The obverse displays a representation of home market for the supply of 18,000,000 of barrels." her Majesty, and the reverse the figure of her Majesty as THE HOMICIDE PARDONED.—The Home-office is pro- Una, guarded by the lion (standard of England) , a nd ceeding in the course of liberating convicts , and in some holding the sceptre. It may be well, perhaps, to inform respects with injustice to the accused themselves. At the the public, who must for some time back have noticed the York Assizes in 1844 a man named Daniel Donovan was absence of the figure of St. George from the new crown found guilty of homicide in having killed a person during pieces, that such emblem has been entirely discontinued. a riot arising out of religious differences , in the streets of A WOMAN FOUND WlLD.—About three weeks ago, a Bradford, and was sentenced to transportation for life. young woman, 22 years of age, and of the name of Ca- Ever since that time the friends of Donovan have ex tberine Stewart, living in Brown-street, in the Merkinch, erted themselves to prove an alibi,—that is, that he was left home, and nobody knew where she had gone, until a in another place at the time of the offence, and they suc day or two ago she was discovered in the woods of Lea- ceeded in interesting Lord Morpeth in the cause. Nov, ohdin, some herds having been attracted to where she lay this plea must have been established or not. It is possible, by her shrieking or singing. She had rolled herself up in though highly improbable, that the witnesses, jury, and moss till she had made herself as round as a ball. She judge were all mistaken, and if Lord Morpeth and Sir bad thus lived for seventeen days, subsisting, it is sup- G. Grey were satisfied upon the point, a free pardon posed, on nothing but moss. She was taken home imme- ought at once to have been granted ; if not, use pro diately, almost reduced to a sk eleton. She is recovering, p riet y of such an excercise of the royal prerogative of but on account of the great shake such an unexampled mercy on their part, may be doubted. What, however, state of existence, for so long a time, must have given the is the course taken ? The• Home Secretary has sent out constitution, the progress is naturally slow. It was never a pardon provided that the man's conduct has been good thought she was wrong in the mind, though she was ob- since his transportation, and upon condition that he does served duller than usual for some time back.—lnverness not return to Great Britain, thus perpetuating the sen- Journal. . tence of banishment. The alibi, then, which would of A BRITISH FRIGATE FIRED ON BT THE PORTUGUESE• course be a complete exoneration, is apparently made the ground of annulling the se ntence, and yet t he man is —ln the intelligence given i n another column, brought from Lisbon by the Marys, "The American frigate' is treated as a criminal ! We never remember to have read said to have been dismasted by the batteries of Oporto. of anything so absurd and at the same time so mischievous —it is as much as say in g that a man ma y be half guilty We copied the statement as we found it ; but we think that the America, British frigate, must be meant, as she and half innocent —a proposition which, we suspect, will had just been ordered by Admiral Parker to Corunna, receive no countenance from the law-officers of the with instructions, as she passed Oporto, to demand satis- crown, or any lawyer in the kingdom. faction for an insult recently offered to a Mr. Noble, a ATTEMPTED MURDER IN LONDON. —On Saturday 'British merchant ! and, if our memory do not deceive us, evening, a brutal attempt was made by a man named consular agent,. in that city. This would satisfactorily George Wilmot to murder a Mrs. Haines, residing in an account for her attempt to enter, and for the hostile alley called Paradise-terrace, in the Liverpool-road, Is reception she met with. The America is a razeed 74 ;it lington. On the evening in question, Wilmot, who was will be recollected that she recently returned from the well acquainted with Mrs. Haines and her husband, Pacific, aid that her captain, the Hon. John Gordon, called at her house, where he found her busied in pre youngest brother of Lord Aberdeen, was tried by a court- paring supper. and quite alone. After some conversation, martial for having quitted that station without permission Mrs. Haines turned towards the fire, when Wilmot from the admiral co mmanding.—Britannia. availed himself of the opportunity to extinguish the can- THREE THOUSAND POUNDS SUPPOSED LOST, AND dle burning on the table in an iron candlestick, with FOUND.,—On Wednesday night last, a person from one which he then struck Mrs. Haines several tremendous of our city banks was despatched to the agency in Falkirk blows on the head. A desperate struggle ensued ; bat with a parcel containing a large sum of money, amounting, Mrs. Haines succeeded in dragging her assailant to the it is said, to £3OOO in notes. The man, on alighting at his door, which she opened. She then uttered loud cries of destination, found himself minus the parcel, and gave in- " Murder I" when Wilmot took to flight ; but he was timation accordingly, to the alarm of the agent, who took subsequently apprehended, and brought before the magis measures to apprise the police authorities here and in trates at Clerkenwell Police Court. From inquiries Edinburgh by the train which arrives at either end shortly which he had previously made, there can be little doubt after midnight. ' The Glasgow superintendent of ' police that he had attacked Mrs. Haines with the view of g taming possession of the money which he had learne d ob started in search on Thursday by the earliest mornin train ; but, on his arrival at Falkirk, the cheering nevpi that she was in the habit of carrying about her person. was communicated that the parcel had been found ID To add to the atrocity of his crime, it appears that he is safety in the carriage which the messenger left at Falkirk, indebted to Mrs. Haines and her husband for. repeated on its arrival at the Edinburgh terminus. It is likely services, and that they have frequently lent him money. that the man had fallen asleep, and leftehe parcel behind Mrs. Haines is now lying in kvery dangerous state,' and bird on the confusion of ksudden,:eteethening. — her deposition' has been taken, in case her wounds should 'pap*: . - 'I.J.. <,„r-' , ..• I. .. 1 . cause her death. . Glasgow SIERRA LEONE Standard-office, Ten o'clock THE STORM OF FRIDAY.-FUATIIER PARTICKLARS. From a letter received this morning at the Underwri ters'-rooms, dated Boulogne-sur-Mere, 21st November, we learn the total loss of the American ship Helen, of New York, Capt. Hoyt, from New York to Antwerp, with a cargo of rye and cotton, a few miles west of that Place. Out of a crew of seventeen, only six arc saved. The captain and officers are of the number lost. The vessel has gone to pieces. The English schooner Devon, Beer, from Plymouth, bound to London, with a cargo of lead. hemp, ore, &c., is also stranded near the same place. Crew saved. She is still upright. Damage not known. During Friday Dublin presented a most depressing spectacle. The day being set apart for general humilia tion and prayer, on account of the fearful state of the country. and the apprehended famine, the shops and offices were for the most part closed, and the streets and thorough fares presented a most dreary appearance. In the sub urbs considerable damage has been done to property. At Ratbgar trees were blown down, and houses com pletely unroofed. At Ringsend the river Dodder was swollen to an im mense extent, but we are happy to say there was no loss of life. Throughout the early part of the day several boats were engaged in carrying provisions, &c., &c., to the oc cupants of those houses the lower storys of which were completely inundated. The Jessie Torrens, William Skead, master, went on shore on Friday morning, near the coast-guard station at Danny Cove, near the Galley Head, and will be a total wreck ; 11 or 12 men are saved out of a crew of 20. Thiq vessel was timber laden, and bound from Quebec to Liverpool. Another vessel was seen near Clonakilty, at the west side of the entrance to that harbour, and is supposed to have gone down. The Sea Lark, in putting back into Limerick, was seen to disappear immediately off Loop-head, and is supposed to have foundered with all hands. The Senator, in run ning back, was driven into Ballybunnon bay, dashed ashore, and it is feared will become a wreck. A large ship, with Indian corn was wrecked at Bally cotton on Friday morning, name as yet unknown. The police went from Middleton to protect the wreck—crew saved. IMMENSE Loss OF PROPERTY ON BOARD THE AJAX STEAMER. — This noble ship returned to Cork on Friday morning, after experiencing the gale of Thursday night, and suffering much from its severity. The Ajax left the above port at four o'clock on Thursday for London, with a very large cargo, principally consisting of live stock and provisions. Until she had well cleared the harbour there were no indications of its coming on to blow hard, but about eleven o'clock at night, when she was forty miles from the land, the storm rose with tremendous fury, and heavy seas struck the vessel with such force as to tear away the bowsprit and smash in the forecastle deck. The stairs on the paddle boxes were at once carried away, and the flooring of the deck under the mate's berth also stove in. The vessel having a very heavy deck load of cattle, &c., it was found necessary that she should be lightened as much as possible, and accordingly out of 120 sheep on deck, all but nine were thrown overboard—the pigs were next thrown over to the number of ninety, and then as many as could be of the bullocks and cattle ; but from the terror and confusion of the deck passengers, of whom there was an immense number, sufficient assistance could not be had to throw them overboard, and the poor ani mals were killed or smothered. Out of 93 head of cattle on board, only twenty this morning were landed alive. The fury or the gale continued until day break, and the ship behaving nobly all through, when the cap tain put back, and, laying too off the harbour all night, in consequence of the number of ships in Cove and the river, he arrived at the quays on Friday, with all on board in a miserable plight. The violence of the storm, and the force with which the seas struck the vessel, may be judged from the fact that one of the chain boxes, weigh ing six tons, was carried off the rail it is usually moved upon from one side of the deck to the other, and thrown on two pigs, which were literally crushed to atoms under its weight. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The regular meeting of this body was held yesterday in the Conciliation Hall. There was a most numerous attendance in every part of the building. After a little parliamentary business, Mr. O'Connell said he was prepared to bring up his report upon the disunion existing amongst Repealers, and in doing so, wished to say that no man was more anxious than he was that the friends of Ireland should be joined hand in hand to restore to her her parliament ; but he believed it was impossible, for it would be seen by tie report he was about reading that the question between the Old and 1 oung Ireland parties was, in point of fact, should the Association adopt the doctrine of " physical force" or not ?—(cheers.). The learned gentleman then proceeded to read the report, which was of great length. and by no means interesting, and set forth the various points at issue between the Old and Young Ireland par ties.—The rent was announced as .£54 18s. 9d. Foua o'CLocn.—The Association has just adjourned. Mr. O'Connell did not at all allude to the exhausted state of the treasury. FRIGHTFUL CASE OF %TABBING We are are sorry to have to record another of those unfortunate collisions in whit h the use of the knife has been resorted to. with, we fear, too great a probability of a fatal result. The particulars of the case, so far as we have been able to learn, are as follows :—At about one o'clock this morning the attention of the police was drawn to a squabble between two seafaring men in South Cas tle-Street. When they came up it was found that one of the men was stabbed in the belly. The other was imme diately arrested, and on him was found a large broad pointed clasp-knife. The injured man was conveyed to the Northern Hospi tal, where he now lies in a most precarious state. The wound, from which his bowels were protruding, is a little below the navel, and about two inches long. His name is Charles Wiroslow, and he resides at a boarding-house in Barton-street, having recently arrived from St. John, N. 8., in the Champion, of this port. The prisoner will, we understand, be brought up at the Police-court this morning. GENERAL MISCELLANY. rogued. In the Police Court at Dundee, the other day, it was decided that a tenant cropping his land with potatoes which were an entire failure, was not liable for rent. A correspondent of the Times, states that it is intended to place the Wellington statue on a pedestal, in the area opposite the Horse Guards. Venison, imported whole from Hamburgb, was offering in Hull shambles, on Tuesday, at 6d. per lb. for the fore parts, and Is. for haunches. Owing to the recent dulness in the grain markets the bakers of Greenock have reduced the price of bread ; the 41b. fine loaf now sells at Bd., coarse 7d. On Thursday the price of potatoes fell in our market from 2s. 4d. to 2s. per peck (of two stones), with a pro spect of a further fall in the price.—Greenock Advertiser. At Southampton, on Thursday, a fire destroyed entirely the extensive range of workshops, being the coach reposi tory of Mr. Jones, extending from Above-bar-street to the Spa-road. Professor Schonbien has been experimenting with his explosive cotton in mines in Wales, and it is said with tremendous effect, one ounce of the cotton proving equal to a pound of gunpowder. WHEAT SOWING. —Throughout the fens of Lincoln.. shire, the seed wheat has been got in, and with few camp. tions in a most promising manner, there never having been known a finer seed-time. On Monday evening a masked ball was given at Black heath-hill, near London, in a cavern 180 feet below the surface. In this ball-room 1500 persous assembled, and kept up their amusements with spirit until day-break. The market for iron continues firm for cargoes in Wales, extensive contracts being offered for railway companies at home and abroad ; and in the Clyde prices are equally firm for pig iron, for the opening, in December, of the great markets of the United States. A bill will be introduced in the ensuing session of par liament for placing the tidal harbours of the kingdom un der a greatly altered and uniform management, as recom mended in the reports of the Tidal Harbours Commisision. Copies of the proposed measure wil l be early distributed. THE LADY POACHES.—We hear that the information for poaching against the Duchess of Marlborough has been defeated on a technical point of law. The statute, not looking to a violation of its prov isions by females, only introduces the masculine gender " he," and therefore " she," the duchess, escapes its operation. S I NKING OF A SCHOONER.-011 Friday morning, a large schooner that had arrived in the Thames offGravesed began nd, an by some accident stove a hole in her b ottom, instantly to sink. The master and mate took to the boat and made for the shore, but the schooner and her contents sank. AN OLD FIAT.—A case is now before Mr. Commis sioner Fane's court in which the fiat is dated so far back as 1801. The bankrupts were merchants in the City. Most of the creditors are dead, but those who survive, as well as the representatives of, the deceased, now claim a dividend, which has not yet been declared. THE LIVERPOOL tANDAItD Nov. 24, 1144 e. ALLEGED POISONING AT SIITTON. — The adjourned in quiry into the death of George Taylor, whose body was disinterred after being in the grate two years, to ascertain whether he had been poisoned with arsenic , by Elizabeth Smith, his housekeeper, who gave him some doses on the recommendation of Sarah Taylor, stepmother of the de ceased, was resumed at the Volunteer Inn, at Sutton upon-Trent. It appeared that the deceased died from ulceration of the stomach, which the surgeon who at tended him in his last illness said, after bearing the evi dence, was caused by doses of arsenic. No trace of ar senic was found in the stomach and viscera, which had been sent to London for analysis. The jury returned:a verdict of manslaughter against Elizabeth Smite and Sarah Taylor. A ROMANCE.—A Colonel of Dragoons is on friendly relations with a family in the neighbourhood of his guar ters. In the interchange of civilities an orderly is often employed. The orderly, being a fine-looking soldier, finds favour in the eyes of the fair daughter of the house, as he gallops up to the door each day. Stolen glancesare exchanged. The young lady now herself brings down the answers to the notes, messages, &c. Little conversations ensue—the conversations lead to interviews—interview' to confessions and vows—and the confessions to elopement and marriage. The Colonel is asto and vows sued— erly-corporal is deprived the parents sti al—and the ord of his " stripes" for prolonged absence The orderly appears in his real chara of a gentleman of high respectability in England ; the young couple will be possessed of a competency—a com mission is to be procured for the soldier-husband—parents are reconciled—all parties are pleased—and true love is rewarded ! Our readers will wonder why we have been giving these extracts from the note-book of some writer of vaudeville or comedietta ; but, unless we are misin formed, the play has recently been acted in real life—the scene, Edinburgh ; and the time, October, 1846.—Edin burgh Journal. MORE WORE FOR LORD PALMERSTON.—The Morning Post announces that the Russell ministry is by no means at one on the subject of Lord Palmerston's policy. Whether this be so or not, we cannot tell. But the country is already pretty unanimous against it. Mean while the clouds are thickening around the diplomatic horizon. The Northern Powers (taking advantage of the disruption of the entente cordiale between France and England) have. it is said, decreed the destruction of the neutrality of Cracow. And it is alleg"d that in this step France is not an unwilling witness. Indeed the French Government has already resorted to a puerile persecution of the Polish journals published in Paris, with an evident vi to procure their suppression. It may be interesting to copy the two solemn articles of the Treaty of Vienna ,uaranteeing theindependence of Cracow They are as krticle 6.—The city of Crat'ow, with its terri tory, is declared in perpetuity a free, independent, and strictly neutral city, under the protection of Russia, Prussia, and Austria." " Article 9.—The Courts of Russia, Prussia, and Austria, engage to respect, and to cause to be respected for ever, the neutrality of the free city of Cracow, and of its entire territory. No armed force can ever be introduced into it, under any pretence whatever." To this treaty France and England are parties, as well as the Three Northern Powers. And they, therefore, are bound to remonstrate against the guilt of its intended violation. The continental kings are playing a desperate game. But they may rest assured that a terrible retribution will follow the achievement of so infamous a breach of faith and honesty. Mr. Grantley Berkeley has written another letter of three columns in length, exposing the terms upon which he became Lord Fitzhardinge's nominee for West Glou cestershire, viz., £2OO a-year and a room in a house in town. The money does not appear to have been punctu ally paid. The letter goes at length into family matters and private arrangements. The Times very properly de clined to publish it except as an advertisement; where upon Mr. B. waxes wrath, and sends a bullying letter to the editor, which the Times remarks is worth inserting, as a confession, under his own hand, of the scurrility, falsehood, and detraction,' contained in the effusion to which we refused publicity. He says, 'lf I. desired to indulge in scurrility and abuse, falsehood and detraction, judging from your remarks on my correspondence with Mr. Harman Visgar, &0., I must hire a space in your paper, but not otherwise.' Surely he cannot think it un reasonable that if he ' desires to indulge in scurrility, be should be at least obliged to pay for it. We have ad mitted his scurrility gratis quite long enough, and he has no right to complain of his being compelled, as he says, to hire a space' for any more of the same stuff he is anxious to put forward. We acknowledge that we did not fear even our advertising columns being degraded by Mr. Grantley Berkeley's scurrility—as he confesses it to be—when we made its being paid for as an advertisement the condition of its being inserted. We fully anticipated that we should thus exclude it from our paper altogether, and our tinticipationi have been realised. We should per haps have spared him the humiliation of declining his let ter on the ground of its being made up of scurrility and abuse, falsehood and detraction ;' but as he has given this description of it, we are for once not ashamed to own that we are of the same opinion as Mr. Grantley Berkeley." ?TING INTELLIGENC Sir F. Goodricke killed last week, at Cliremont, Nor folk, 2458 head of game, 1000 of which were pheasants. SALE OF LORD HOWTII'S HUNTERS.—The following hunters were sold last week at Tattersall's :—Albert, by Recovery, 710 guineas ; Glaucus, by Glaiicus, 161 guineas ; Dahlia, by New Fashion, 155 guineas ; Jessy, by Felt, 125 guineas ; The Abbot, by Young Sir Hercules, 60 guineas ; Liverman, by Liverpool, 50 guineas ' • Oliver, by Ishmael, 33 guineas ; The Prince, by Tyrant, 32 guineas. TATtLETON COURSING MEETING. This meeting me off on Wednesday and Thursday last. The follow -The Bank be deciding courses Hall Cup, for all-aged dogs, was won by Mr. Craven's Clarina, beating Sir T. G. Hesketh's Hope; the Tarleton Puppy Cup was won by Mr. Smith's Smash'em, beating Mi. r ßank;'s Fancy; the Hesketh Cup, for all-a g ed dogs, was won by Mr. Swift's Smuggler, beating Sir T. G. Hesketh's Herdman ; the. Birthday Stakes, for puppi e s, was won by Sir T. G. Hesketh's Hector, beating Mr. `Vi liams's Cambridgeshire; and the . Rufford Stakes, for all aged dogs, was won by Mr.'Coupe's Clara, beating Sir T. G. Hesketh's Alice Hawthorn. CHASE THE Sir W. M. STANLEY'S HOUNDS will meet on Wednesday), (to-morrow,) Nov. 25, at . . H ooton Gayton Mill Friday, 27, 'at At Eleven o'clock The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet on Wednesday, (t morrow), Nov. 25, at . Tatton Thursday, Toft Saturday, 28, at . Tarporley Each day at Half-past Ten, except on Thursday, the26th, when they will meet at Eleven. The WYNNSTAY HOUNDS will meet on Wednesday, (to-morrow), Nov. 25, at Friday, 27, at Saturday, 28, at ...... Pradoe Balaton Gate Malpas Moor At Half-past Ten o'clocg STATE OF TRADE MANCRBSTER.—The business done during the past week has been very limited, much less than in any similar period since the beginning of October. An attempt has been made to effect a decline in prices, by giving currency to an averment that such had already, taken place ; but beyond the fact that, since Wednesday last, there has been less done, and a feeling of dis quietude and apprehension produced, we believe no other con sequence has yet resulted from the effort used to break down the confidence of manufacturers. There has been only a very limited demand for printing cloth this week; prices, however, have not been materially affected. Shirtings have continued to be in quiet and steady demand, at former prices. Yarns have been' dull, and rates a shade lower have been taken to force Those large orders for U.S., America, said to have been brought by the Britannia, have not yet found their way into this market. We quote to-day's currency as follows :-26-inch printing cloths, 64 reeds, at 4s 4id ; 65 reeds at 4s 6d to 4s 70; 66 reeds, at 4s 5d to ss; 72 reed ditto, at 5s 4jd to inch shirt ings, 66 reeds, at Ss to Ss 6d; 62 reeds, at 0-inch G. E. India Longcloths, 66 reeds, at Ss gi to 2 reed ditto, gs fd to les p p.; good seconds, water 4,o's, at 8:f, No. 30's at 9id, No. 40's at 12id per lb.; mule yarn, good seconds, No. 20's, at Bd, No. 30's at Bid, and No. 40's at gid per lb. The probability of a tighter money mar ket, combined with the "short time" movement, has had the effect of keeping speculators out of the Cotton market, which has exhibited symptoms of weakness, and holders Have offered stocks more freely. ROCHDALE —We have had no improvement in the Flannel market today, either as regards prices or demand. The bud- Less done has been very limited, and there is very little prospect of a speedy change for the better. On Wednesday last, the most extensive purchaser of Flannels in the Backwater market (Mr. Adam Livesey, of Manchester.) died. The absence of this gentleman was always regarded as a certain omen of a bad twist, N Market. LEEDS.—The Woollen trade still continues dull in this toV/11 and district; but there is little despondency felt by either mer e. h e a w n ts year. o r mc h n e u d f e a m ct an ure d rs a . t Hopesthi speriod pe a d of the re generally y that we shall have a revival of trade o n the settin g in of the e„r iesngenerally very slack. ___ . __ . . —, . , • . BRA DFORD.—WooI Market.—There has been more inquiry for Wool during the past week, which clearly indicates the diminished supply in the consumers' hands; and although there have been more lookers, we do not learn that any exten sive purchases have been made. The stock in the market is considerably reduced within the last two months, and the staplers find it impossible to replace their stocks with advan tage to themselves. The country dealers are by no means free to sell at present rates, their stocks being bought by them at such prices as would only entail a certain loss. Priccs keep firm here. Yarn Market.—The demand for this article continues to be of the same sluggish character as reported for some time past. The spinners have met this by very great curtailments in their productions, as most houses have either large quantities of machinery totally idle, or are runninz, short time. Prices are so ruinously low, that spinners will not accumulate stocks, and present prices are firmly maintained. Piece Market.— We have no improvement to notice to-day; a general dulness prevails. The trade is far from being remunerative, and most part of the manufacturers are acting on the defensive. Heavy goods are in most request, but at such low prices as offer no inducentea t to increase the supplies. Prices remain steady. HnnnERS FIE LA.—There has been but little doing in the Cloth Hall to-day, and although there have been a good many buyers in the town there has not been moth doing in the warehouses. We do not think, however, that trade is worse, if so had, as it was this time last year. HALIFAX.—The general dulness of trade continue., and We have no change to report. Fewer merchants have been in the hall to-day than for tire last two or three Saturdays, and the amount of goods sold has been far from large. The manufac turers cannot replace the goods at the present prices; aad the sales that take place are chiefly made to avoid ruinous accunts lations in stock. In Yarns there is no change worth notice ; but the spinners are curtailing their production, and as they re' frain from buying, the stock of Wool in the market is diminish ing, the growers having no inducement to send further supplief• LEICESTER.—The demand for goods is very dull, and especi ally so in the frame-knit and straight-down branches; we hea r of some manufacturers having stopped part of their machinery ' Worsted is slack of sale, and the spinners have generally r educe' their prices icl. per lb. from rates current a month or six weeks since. In Wool but very few transactions have taken plaCe. terms a shade in favour of the buyer ; but prices are remarksh' Y firm, considering the inactivity of the demand, the staplers be" ing convinced that if they were to submit to lower prices for their stocks they would not be able to replace them at a Wile * " ponding reduction from the grower.