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FLtteraturr. POETRY. FRAGMENT OF AN ORATION. PART OF MR. WFIITBREAD'S SPEECH, ON THE TRIAL OF LORD PVT INTO VERSE E MIL. CANNING, AT TILE TIME 14ELVIL IT WAS DELIVNRED (From Bell's Life of Carnal] I'm like Archimedes for science and skill, Pm like a y I'm like (w I'm like a y If you ask Much better than April, or 1\ a res t ung lady ju lv the I Ith November, On that day, ml) lords, th truth I assure ye, My sainted prc r set up his brewery On that da ing straight up a hill; gun brewing beer; is c nnubial career; On thatd On that d On that day . I And the angels all cried, " Flcre's old 5\ hitbread u-coming !'' So that day still I hail with a smi'e and a sigh, For his beer with an E, and his bier w th an I; And still on that day, in the hottest of w,ather, h from his tills shed his summing Rs the be: which o' ns of this hou all support shades this respectable lein at those windows, s my ancestor's shines, als, his bla The whole ' So for The r So long as that My name shall COST OF (From the Liverpool Health of Towns' Advocate.) Let us begin with the loss entailed on the community by the evils which now exist. It is always an expensive matter to act, either in the neglect of natural laws or con trary to them ; and as we have already proved that the low sanitary condition of the town proceeds from these very circumstances, we m-y infer that all the suffering and disease and death, which is taking place around us, cannot exist without occasioning a most serious pecuniary loss to the community. We have already shown that, assuming Ulverstone district as a standard of comparison, there are no fewer than 3611 deaths a year, in Liverpool, more than there ought to be, if we could raise its sanitary state to that of Ulverstone. And we have also given Dr. Play fair's estimate of the annual excess of cases of sickness at 101,108. Our space will not permit us to trace the bear ings of these two facts on the wellbeing of the public through all their ramifications ; but we shall state a few of the more prominent results. FIRST.—Out of these 3611 deaths, there are 2063 adults; and every individual born in the town loses, on an aver age, 211 years of life. There is a great mortality, as we have already seen, among chil.lren ; and of those persons who arrive at adult age, every individual loses ln years of the natural term of existence. The amount of pecu niary loss from these causes has been calculated by Dr. Playfair as follows ;—lst. Taking the ordinary expense of funerals at £5 each, the annual extra cost under this head would be £18,055.-2d. If the productive labour of each individual be assumed as worth 10s. a week, the total annual loss of labour would amount to £953,225.-3d. Supposing each case of sickness to involve an expense of £l, we should have an annual loss of £lOl,lOB from this cause. So that the first direct loss to the community is no less than £1,072,388 per annum, in addition to the great expense of medical charities, which, in Liverpool, have a constant struggle for existence, on account of the heavy demands on them, from the bad sanitary state of the town. SECONDLY.—The support of a large number of widows and orphans is continually entailed upon the public. In March, 1844, there were 1895 widows, and 1834 children under 14 years of age, dependent on them, in the receipt of out-door relief in the parish of Liverpool, in addition to widows and orphan children in the Workhouse ; of the latter of which there were, at the same period, 344. Now, we do not mean to say that all of these were thrown upon the parish as a consequence of the low sanitary condition of the town, but that a very considerable proportion may have been reduced to widowhood and orphanage from this cause, we have already given sufficient evidence to show. Another serious item of parish expenditure arises from fever, which, to a great extent, attacks persons in the vi gour of life and usefulness. It has been proved, for in stance, that the number of fever cases occurring between the ages of 20 and 30, is nearly equal to the number takin , -1 1 other ages put together; and this :,bourhoods does not choose the r its victims, but hardworking mecha- place at a of unhealthy neigt weak and sic nics, in the very prime of their usefulness. Thu. it was found that, during an epidemic, at Glasgow, out of 429 persons attacked with fever, only 10 were emaciated and unhealthy in appearance, and only 65 were of spare habit, all the others being vigorous. Now, if we would form an Df fever, a disease arising from e of the exoen j . preventible causes, let it be remembered that, during one w epidemic in Liverpool, the North ana South Dispensaries attended 5779 cases, and that we must add to these the number attended in the Fever Hospital and by other cha rities, as well as by private practitioners. The palish authorities of Liverpool and West Derby are the most competent parties to estimate the amount of poor-rate necessary to meet the expenses arising from fever, and other preventible diseases. in their boundaries. It was found that in two of the London parishes the cost of relief for fever cases alone, independent of every other disease, was £2467 16s. in one year. It is a great mistake to suppose that where there is a high rate of mortality, the population must necessari:y decrease. It is, on the contrary, a law of nature, that the more deaths there are, the more births there must be. We see similar efforts at the preservation of species throughout the vegetable and animal kingdoms ; so that, wherever there are a great number of infants born, we may be sure there is a high rate of mortality, while the sur sickly population. There is thus _ eto the community, for in Liver pool we have an excess of no fewer than 504 births a year. vivors grow up into Knssoor, on the Punjaub, 01 EXTRACTS FROM THE LIFE OF GEORGE CANNING.* MR. CANiVING'S MARRIAGE-MAGNANIMOUS LOVE On the Bth of July, 1800, Mr. Canning was married to Miss Joan Scott, daughter and co-heiress to Gen. Scott, and sister to the Marchioness of Titchfie'd, afterwards Duchess of Portland. General Scott is said to have been a man of peculiar habits and eccentric character, who possessed considerable wealth, which he left tied up by some very singular and stringent conditions. Miss Scott's fortune was large, and placed Mr. Canning at once in a position of independence. The union was in every point of view a source of mutual happiness. The unsullied pu rity of Mr. Canning's life, and his love for domestic plea sures (for, after his marriage, he seldom extended his inter course with general society beyond those occasions which his station rendered unavoidable), were rewarded by as much virtue and devotion as ever graced the home of an English statesman. In an antechamber in Mr. Canning's house there used to hang over the mantel-piece a painting of two female figures—the Duchess of Portland and her sister. The duchess, who was many years the elder, is represented leaning over her sister, and caressing her with an expression of affectionate emotion. From the history attached to the picture, we learn that this attitude was chosen by the Duchess herself, as a memorial of a some what romantic circumstance in the lives of the sisters. It seems that General Scott made the principal part of his fortune by play, to which he was passionately addicted, and which in his time ran high in the fashionable world. He was remarkable for many personal singularities, odd tastes and antipathies ; and, amongst the rest, he conceived an extraordinary aversion to the aristocracy. He carried this feeling to such an extreme, as to resolve that neither his family nor his money, if he coul.l prevent them, should ever be found shining under a coronet ; and in order to secure this object he inserted a strict condition in his will, that if either of his daughters should marry a nobleman her moiety of a sum of £200,000, which he divided be tween them, should devolve upon her sister. The Duchess of Portland was the first to disobey this testamentary in junction ; but her sister, refusing to take advantage of the will, insisted upon an equal division of the legacy. She saw no reason why, having married a lord for love, the duchess should not at least be as rich as if she had mar ried a commoner upon compulsion. The picture illus trates with touching simplicity this little episode of mag nanimous love. WILBERFORCE AND PITT Wilberforce was the parliamentary apostle of Abolition. He worked at it day and night, and prayed for it wiat his daily bread. Honour to him for that, in spite of all his crotchetty little ways and eccentricities ! But he was a sad bore to Pitt, always popping in his fears and misgivings at the most inopportune moments ; a sort of philanthropic Paul Pry, perpetually forgetting his umbrella, and hoping he didn't intrude. Nobody ever had such an inobtrusive way of obtruding his advice upon every body. No matter what the question was, or who the person, or how slight the acquaintance, Wilberforce was sure to find some ex cuse for a hint or a warning, with such excellent inten tions, that it was impossible to give vent to the vexation he occasioned. He had no suspicion of the possibility of doing mischief; but went blundering on with the most amiable sincerity of purpose, good-naturedly setting all his friends right, and knocking his head against every body's business with a simplicity of character upon which experience was wasted in vain. The dull integrity of Wilberforce was always for going forward, in and out of season ; all he looked to was the truth and justice of the matter, and that, he thought would carry it against all obstacles ; he bad no idea of the low struggle of passions and interests which renders the cunning use of means even more essential to success than the purity of the end ; he never could be brought to understand the value of timing and economising his efforts ; and, like an unpractised rower, he expended a hundredfold more strength upon the oar than, skilfully employed, was necessary to propel the boat. To PAU, when he was in office, all this was quite fearful ; for Wilberforce had not the remotest notion of ministerial machinery, of parliamentary tact, or the ne cessity of management, and he used to be struck with amazement at Pitt's sagacity and cleverness in that way, which seemed to him like an inspiration. Whenever he saw any thing wrong, or what he supposed to be wrong, he could no more help hi xiself from just pointing it out, than faithful watch-dogs can help their instinct in barking at footsteps in the night. He would make the most awk ward motions out of sheer benevolence and good-hearted ness, to the indescribable embarrassment of government or the total discomfiture of his own friends ; and once was on the point of making a motion which would have broken up the administration—a result as far from his intention as the destruction of the monarchy itself—and was only prevented by a private entreaty from l'itt. But what was to be done with this charitable, unwise man—this gentle, impracticable boing ? To oppose him openly was out of the question, for there was really no gainsaying him on principle : he was propriety itself carried to a fault; it would be like opposing one of the decencies of life, al though every body must feel how inconvenient it is to have even the decencies themselves thrust under one's eyes, and rung in one's ears every hour in the day. CANNING LOVE OF LITERATURE Canning's passion for literature entered into all his pursuits. It coloured his whole life. Every moment of leisure was given up to books. He and Pitt were pas sionately fond of the classics ; and we find them together of an evening, after a dinner at Pitt's, poring over some old Grecian in a emair of the drawing-room, while the rest of the company are dispersed in conversation. Fox had a similar love of classical literature, but his wider sympathies embraced a class of works in which Pitt never appears to have exhibited any interest. Fox was a de vourer of novels ; and into this region Mr. Canning en tered with gusto. In English writings his judgment was pure and strict; and no man was a more perfect master of all the varieties of composition. He was the first Eng lish minister who banished the French language from our diplomatist correspondence, and vindicated before Europe the copiousness and dignity of our native tongue. He had a high zest for the early vigorous moulds, in all styles, and held in less estimation the more ornate and refined. W►it ing to Scott about the " Lady of the Lake," he says, that on a repeated perusal he is more and more delighted with it; but that he wishes he could induce him to try the ef fect of " a more full and sweeping style" —to present himself" in a Drydenic habit." His admiration of Dry den, whom be pronounced to be " the perfection of har mony," and his preference of that poet of gigantic mould over the melodists of the French school, may be suggested as an evidence of the soundness and strength of his judg ment. CANNING'S PATRONAGE OF MEN OF LETTERS He never suffered an opportunity to escape, of promot ing the welfare of literary men, or their connexions. Soon after Sir Walter Scott had become involved in pecuniary troubles, Mr. Canning, understanding that he was to meet him at dinner at Mr. Croker's, wrote privately to Sir William Knighton, for the purpose of interesting his ma jesty. beforehand, on behalf of Sir Walter's son, " I shall be glad," be said, " to have the protection of the king's commands in doing an act of klndt ess by Malachi Mala growther." On another occasion, James Mill, the histo rian of India, a conspicuous Radical, a man of distin guished intellectual power, the friend of Bentham. and the most prominent writer in the Westminster Review, (items not very recommendatory to the government of the day) was one of the candidates for the examinership in the civil service of the East India Company ; a situation of £2500 per annum. The Tories besought Canning to use all his influence against him. Canning refused. He ee why Mill's radicalism should prevent him )uld no slight facts, but they disclose fine traits of character ; as fragments of ore on the surface indicate the rich reins that lie below Mit. CANNING ' S CONNEXION WITH LIVERPOOL paratinn from friends who had long bestowed the most signal confidence upon him, Mr. Canning repaired to Li verpool to take leave of his constituents. His connexion with that place had been a succession of the most gratify ing triumphs, each fresh election increasing the number of his supporters, and converting enemies into active par- He bad been four times elected for Liverpool. he most for- gham ; tion there were three candidates, but as the struggle ad vanced, fresh names were added to the poll, and new bars were opened, until at last there were no less than twenty 'idates in the field; a curious piece of electioneer manceuvring which was described by Mr. Canning, in '"ac. with exquisite humour. Some of Mr. "--is were delivered at dinners and one cand iongst I his eloquence render- g the scene of its achiever presented, instruct its as renownei as Bristol, evated by Burke. Mr. Can e galas to the people. He received with the most lavish honours ; entertainments planned for the purpose of rendering homage to his _ us ; and the " Canning Club" was instituted to com memorate his connexion with the borough. He generally took up his residence at Seaforth House, the residence of Mr. Gladstone (the father of the Right Hon. ituated on a flat stretching to the north Overlooking the sea. The room which I out upon the ocean, and here he would expanse, while young isits to Liver is friend of the to A BAD S tan ts a quarrel was prc —their menced NITARY CONDITION. laces; the surr Mahomedans army might r 8, b;t eac turned into a fortified pc LOVER'S QUARF rs quar k all the lett Well, it is r poor I uld ha as we have em to the ,ory had p k and t ME I of der his aid action begun, vibe J. J. Hottinger, a Waldstette struck Yet Zwingle aros many wou r, the helmet on h the bate h by th :o peris History of the Reformation, vol. IV dace where Sir H. Har ja and Goolab Singh, and dicta- wn near the right or kof the Ghara. It is a place of great antiquity, •.. ral divisions, each hened with bastions. ere formerly 12 of these g to the number of the 12 sons of one to ea There are several ng country abounds ultivated spots. The inhabi • Hough observes, that at this e a good stand, as not only are (vision of the town might be ese things are common each demanding er passed between lhaps ; pride is satisfied, and rind them of the past. It once girl, whom we shall call Isa- Ii was - a - t vel how she could ever er did exactly, but she and he passionate and unjust. How at have been explained at the time; n, no dcubt, had they been left to hey still loved one another; but frien i them so effectually that e h in separation What coul len the hour of reconcil it be still, and die ! friends, that she seemed merrier ever—seemed I Well, the affair lid, in a separation. And now it ck the last links that bound them d long since ceased to wear any of hich she was once so proud, re casket with scarcely a sigh in her eyes for ever! But v could she bear to part ," most of them corn -how like a dream it nd. what a n in have dreamt on nded at length by her preservir ion in her be arned that sf t her—he would neve.r. avement ! The rest wer by the angry ant] tit! But ihe tolt years afterwards, for mfessing with rnir used to steal awa more than he deserved for I he felt i deeper first and last quarr single was at the pm ad, the sword hanging in his hand. Scarcely had tt ple a dying roan, s d by the vigorous arm of ad and closed his lif which stru rth time he )unce a still t more t " What e last words. He h kwards. There and s and eyes upturn e Reformer v r a priest to conf ithout speaking, ( alit thin 1 upon the sa still fix of the bereti to know who ) I think it is Zwingt ”walden, a e had heard t (exclaimed he itor!" Mon of d Reform, let, a Swiss lest of Col. elected for vered a speech of extraordinary e two great questions of loping the pert he had :claiming in a violent Yielding under this he was doomed D' Aubignes Captain I ine, who has ion in the councils of his sc n, used to be playing on Gladstone, who let it to Mi. Pt Latterly, Mr. Canning was the I been about a year , when having ac d the appointment of General, he went to Liverpool for the purpose king leave of his constituents. On his way down, in nce overtook him on the road that Lord Castlereagh Marquis of Londonderry—but one prefers the more familiar name) had terminated his life at North Cray, in Kent, with his own hand. Connected with this piece of news was' a rumour, which gained fresh ground every where, that Mr. Canning was universally looked upon as his successor. But Mr. Canning was slow to yield to the to Liverpool, without pected contingency wh ,ugust he dined with tt tions of popular opinion, and pursued his yen to examine On the b. On the )rning of the 30th he received tuents, unanimously a e mercantil Canning ( an address from his con d and sanctioned by all 9n d on the evening of that d Festival, to which 500 gentlemen sat down, y, a gr aring that he was en- Igements likely to grow out of .- recent vacancy, and that in the event of being con -Jlted on the matter, his determination should be guided, not by a calculation of interests, but by a balance and com rarison of duties. d ended by de norant of th MR. CANNING AND TAE OREGON QUESTION. A question was discussed during Mr. Rush's residence in this country, which as it is not yet adjusted, carries with it a surviving interest, greater than its historical ira- r in the p THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. portance is likely to sustain. This question concerned the right of territory in that dismal and inhospitable dis trict of country, lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, called the Oregon. Both England and America claimed a right of settlement and sovereignty in the Oregon, and successive negotiations seemed to have no other result than that of demonstrating the hopeless ness of arriving at a point of common agreement. The great error on our part was committed in 1818, when the British plenipotentiaries (Mr. Robinson and Mr. Goul burn), for the sake of a temporary evasion of the difficul ties, agreed to throw the country open to both claimants for ten years—leaving the question of boundary for future settlement. But what could be settled at the end of ten years, could have been more easily settled then, before the question had become embarrassed by new liens esta blished in the interval by emigrants on both sides. It is impossible to comprehend th policy of postponing the set tlement until the difficulties shall have become increased by the acquisition of local possessions, of which one or the other, or both, to some extent, must be deprived in the long inn ; adding a practical grievance to be adjusted in addition to the general right. Thus perplexed, the ques tion of the Oregon descended to Mr. Canning. Mr. Rush, who had instructions to re-open this discussion, waited upon Mr. Canning, and found him ill in bed with the gout. But they nevertheless proceeded to the inves tigation of the claim. The map of America was spread out upon the bed, and Mr. Rush traced the boundary de manded by America, which ran along the 51° of latitude. Mr. Canning expressed his surprise at the extent of the American claim ; and when the nepotiations were again renewed, the American minister reduced his demand to the 49' ; to which Mr. Canning refused to accede. Fur ther attempts were made to bring about a pacific settle ment of this disputed boundary; and Mr. Canning, frotn an anxious desire to avoid hostilities, proposed a middle course, which was rejected by America. Mr. Canning never omitted an opportunity in public or private of testi fying his amicable disposition towards the United States. The weight of his influence tended materially to restrain the temper of the English people, which was such, throughout these and other similarly hopeless negotia tions, that Lord Castlereagh told Mr. Rush that war could be produced by holding up a finger. Having failed in obtaining our acquiescence in her demand up to the 49° of north latitude, America has lately set up a claim to the whole country. She claims upon two grounds :—One by right of discovery, the other by right of treaty with Spain. Her claim by right of discovery, dates in 1792 ;—her claim by right of treaty, dates in 1819, when Spain made over all her own possessions in that unmapped country to the United States. Without descending into details, it is clear that these two rights cannot co-exist. America can not claim through Spain in 1819, that which, she says, she acquired by right of discovery in 1792. Spain could not confer upon America, that which America herself already possessed. There is another reason why Spain could not bestow Oregon upon America—namely, that it did not belong to her. " Such a union of titles," says Mr. Rush, " imparting validity [perhaps he means in-validity] to each other, does not often exist,"—an observation which might be safely carried a little further, by saying that such an union never existed before. * Chapman and Hall's Monthly Series. The Life of George Canning, by Robert Bell. London: Chapman and Hall, Its 6, Strand.—This Memoir, which is ❑ow completed, we have quoted from so largely that it will not be necessary for us to remark upon it at length. We may, however, suggest to the publisher that it would be well for contributors to a series of works de signed for all classes of readers, and especially for memoir writers, to intrude less on the public their political !canines. The present memoir is well written, but it has the fault we have suggested. THE LATE VICTORIES IN INDIA.-HEROISM OF THE COMMANDERS (From the Earl of Ripon's and Sir Robert Peel's Speechev, on Friday.) PERSEVERING INTREPIDITY OF SIR HENRY HARDINGE The commander-in-chief mentions, among those to whom he was indebted for assistance on that great day (the day of the last battle), the name of the Governor- General; and, my lords, I know not whether it is gene rally known, but I am sure it was not known when the first dispatch was published, that that gallant officer had, ten days before, met with a very severe accident—a fall from his horse—which for some days incapacitated him from attending at head-quarters. So eager was be to do everything in his power in order to facilitate the comman der-in-chief in the execution of his plans, that, one night, something having occurred to him which he thought it necessary he should communicate to the commander-in chief, he set off, without delay, in the middle of the night, and rode to the commander-in•chief's head-quarters, and it was on his return from thence that this accident hap. pened. At the time of tbis battle, although his energies were never broken down, his body was comparatively weak ; and they who know what fighting is, and what the feelings of a general must be upon such occasions, will, I think, understand what must have been the feelings of Sir Henry Hardinge when he was obliged to go down to battle in a carriage. In a carriage, however, he went ; but when he was there, his carriage was not used. He mounted his horse how? He was lifted upon it, for he could not mount it himself; and there, most probably under bodily suffering of an acute kind, be was ready to assist and to take his share, if he was called en so to do, in rendering those services which have been so nobly and honourably attested by the language of the commander in-chief. The moment the battle was over, he immedi ately proceeded to superintend the other part of the plan. devoted a body of men. Never, in the page of military history, has the hand of an All-wise Being been so signally manifested. To Him, therefore, be the glory —we, as his instruments, feel the pride. But I cannot pass over—l cannot too strongly record—facts which, whilst they add lustre to the native army, afford to me, as its head, inex pressible pride and pleasure. For upwards of a month, when the two armies were close in front of one another. notwitbstAnding the numerous temptations held out to our sepoys by men of their own colour and religion, namely, greatly increased pay, from seven to twelve ru pees a month, and immediate promotion, I had but three deserters from this large force. Nor should I omit to mention, as a proof of the high state of discipline of this splendid army, that trade has been carried on unreser vedly since we crossed the Sutlej in the several Sikh towns around which our divisions have been necessarily placed for the procufance of water, and the same confi dence has been shown as though we were in one of our long-established provinces." HUMBLE AND PIOUS COURAGE.—In the House of Commons on Friday, during the debate on the victories in India, Sir R. H. Inglis called the attention of the house "to the despatch of Sir Hugh Gough himself—a des patch which would bear comparison with any despatch in any age of the military history of this country, and which revived in some of its expressions the remembrance of some of the greatest heroes who had ever fought and con quered, and who had always attributed success to Him to whom alone it was owing. What were the words in which the Duke of Marlborough announced the battle of Blen heim ? " God has blessed her Majesty's arms with as great a victory as has ever been known." What was the language used by Lord Nelson after the battle of the Nile? " Almighty God has blessed his Majesty's arms in the late battle by a great victory over the fleet of the enemy, whom I attacked at sunset on the Ist of. August, off the mouth of the Nile." What were the expressions used by Lord Collingwood after the still greater battle of Trafal gar ? " The Almighty God, whose arm is strength, hav ing of his great mercy been pleased to crown the exertions of his Majesty's fleet with success, in giving them a com plete victory over their enemies, on the 21st of this month ; and that all praise and thanksgiving may be offered up to the Throne of Grace for the great benefit to the country and to mankind. I have thought proper that a day should be appointed of general humiliation before God, and of thanksgiving for this his merciful goodness, imploring for giveness of sins, a continuation of his Divine mercy, and his constant aid to us in the defence of our country's li berties and laws, without which the utmost efforts of man are nought." In the same spirit as the Duke of Marlbo rough, Lord Nelson, and Lord Collingwood, did Sir Hugh Gough, in words which ought to be engraven on all their hearts, so thank the Almighty God, to whose arm alone he attributed all our success. He (Sir R. Inglis) said that those men were worthy of being the countrymen of Marl borough, of Nelson, and of Collingwood, who, in the mo ment of victory could make that acknowledgment." DARING COURAGE Brigadier Cnreton directed a charge to he made in front of the enemy's entrenchments, by two of these regiments, the 16th and the Body Guard. The Ist Regiment of Na tive Cavalry, which was a weak regiment, was left in re serve, waiting for orders to act. Brigadier Cureton, after the charge of the other regiments, came up to this regi ment, and said, " Now, my brave boys, charge the camp." They heard the word, and they did charge the camp ; they charged the entrenchment; they got over it; they forced their way through it. They had the greatest pos sible difficulties to encounter, because the enemy's tents were so near that there was little or no room for the ca. valry to pass or to form. Nevertheless, in spite of all these d fficulties they passed on, they saw before them in fantry and cavalry whom it was their duty to take, and they pressed on in spite of these obstacles. There was a young officer in the regiment, of the name of Ellice, the son of a right hon. gentleman who is well known, I be lieve, to some of your lordships, who headed the attack. He had not joined his regiment for more than a few months ; he certainly never f•aw any fighting of the sort in his life ; but Mr. Ellice knew what he had to do, and that his duty was to press on, and in spite of all these ob stacles and difficulties he galloped on for the purpose of taking those whom he saw within the entrenchments. He turned round and found that such had been the diffi culties that be had only eight men with him, the rest had been unable to keep up. When he saw that, he saw that at the same time a body of the enemy's cavalry before him, and this boy at the head of these eight men charged the cavalry. They did not stand to let him bring his forces against him, but they opened their ranks, and af forded him a passage through. They killed four of his eight men, and there he was left alone with four followers. What became of the enemy ? They were all driven at last into the river, not by this boy and these few men, but they must have been panic-struck with the gallantry of the attack, and by the pressure that was afterwards made upon them. As an example of the spirit by which our troops were animated, and of the thirst for glory which affected them all, this may not perhaps be without its purpose. He was at - the capture of Monte Video. He was at the capture and attack made on Buenos Ayres. He served in the Peninsular war, from the battle of Vimeiro to the bat tle of Corunna. He was wounded in action, under Gen. Crawford at Cop,_ he was at Sabagul ; he was at the bat -. tle of Fuentes d'Onor ; he was at the siege of Ciudad Ro drigo ' • he was at the siege of Bajadoz ; be was at the bat tle of Salamanca; be was at the battle of Vittoria ; he was at Orthes ; he was at the battle of the Pyrenese ; he was at Toulose ; he was at Washington ; he was at New Or leans ; he was at Waterloo. (Loud cheers.) What a se ries of gallant services. And how rejoiced am I that there should be the opportunity, through this signal victory, of - of military exertion, exhibiting - at all periods the unbro ken spirit of military valour and military honour. After he had achieved this signal success, for which we are about to give him our especial thanks—after he bad thrown back the enemy—after he had driven the enemy across the river, he instantly hastened to join his commanding offi cer Sir Gnnoh arivonrpti nn fha Q,l, *nun fi.v.2 before the last victory was gained, to join the forces of Sir Hugh Gough and Sir Henry Hardinge, and be then took a part—a distinguished part, in the battle of So DISTINGUISHED EXPLOITS OF TWO DECEASED OFFICERS Sir Robert Dick entered the service in November, 1800. He embarked with the 78th Regiment for Sicily in 1806, and was wounded at the battle of Maida, lie also assisted at the capture of Catrone, in Calabria. In 1807 he accom panied the expedition to Egypt; was present at the battle of Alexandria, and was severely wounded at Rosetta. He embarked with the second battalion of the 42d for the Peninsula in June, 1809, and commanded a light battalion at the battle of Busaco. He was at the action of Fez d'Arouce, where he was wounded; and also at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor. He commanded the second battalion of the 42d during the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. He com manded a light battalion at the battle of Salamanca, and the first battalion of the 42d at the storming of Fort St. Michael; also during the siege of Burgo?, as well as in the retreat to Portugal. In 1815 he commanded the 42d Regiment at the battle of Quartre Bras, where he was again severely wounded. At length he fell in the battle for gaining which we are about to return our grateful acknowledgements to the Indian army. On that occasion there also fell a most distinguished officer—l allude to Lieut. Col. Taylor, of her Majesty's 21th Regiment. He son of Lieutenant Colonel Taylor, of the 20th s, who fell in the battle of Vitniera, thus Mary and double claim to the grateful was th Light Dragon establishing an h( recollection of his cou house I will briefly recapitula Taylor. Lieutenant Colonel C. T the light company of the 20th foot in the exr Kolapore in 1827-28, served on the front With a ion of the )f Colonel D mman ded Canadian rebellion, - Where, in the sut lage occupied by the rebels, be rend, sful attack of a vil- vice; commanded a brigade of infantry in the actions of the 18th, 21st, and 22nd of December, 1845, wherein he was wounded ; the troops met to keep up the communication between Sir Harry Smith and the main army, whilst the former was engaged in the operations which led to the battle of Aliwal ; and a brigade of infantry at the battle - ^on, where he fell. of Sabr GALLANTRY OF THE SIKHS, AND DEVOTION OF THE SEPOYS In the course of a private communication to a friend, Sir Hugh Gough says, " t' o li c y precludes me publicly . recording the acts of heroism aisplayEu, nag' , mum vidually, but almost collectively, by the Sikh sirdars and army ; and I declare were it not from a deep conviction that my country's good required the sacrifice, I could have wept to have witnessed the fearful slaughters of so GENERAL MISCELLANY The Queen has subscribed £lOO towards erecting baths and pleasure gardens for the working classes at Bradford. Sir J. South announces that the comet discovered at Kiel on the 15th is not a new one, but the cornet of Biela. A nest of young well flushed blackbirds was offered for sale in Bristol market on Wednesday. Canadian butter is now selling at Sunderland for Bd. per lb. ; a large consignment has been made to merchants in that town. Madame Catalini has nearly lost her voice, and it is said she has probably made her last appearance in public. In Covent Garden market, on Tuesday, strawberries were sold at 2s. 6d. the ounce. Fine new potatoes were selling last week, in London, at from 3d. to sd. per pound. Captain Egerton, brother of Sir P. Egerton, M.P., has died of the wounds he received at the battle of Feroze shah. A tradesman in Huddersfield, on Monday week, re ceived 6d. in a letter from some party who had defrauded him of that amount. On Sunday week the barque Agerma arrived in St. Ka tharine Docks, from Boston, with twenty-five cases of turkeys, geese. and capons : also six boxes of red reindeer of superior quality. They were packed in ice. It is very remarkable that the three last Coroners of that division in the County of Devon, in Mr. Partridge's jurisdiction,—viz., the deceased and his two immediate predecessors—committed suicide. The patent right of Mr. Bencraft in his ingenious sad. dlo, for Great Britain and the Colonies, was sold on Sa turday last, at the Auction Mart, London, for fourteen hundred guineas. _ _ . Mr. V. Matthews, who fell into a vat of boiling liquor in Marsfield Distillery, a few days ago, and was actually boiled to death, lost his father, in 1826, by a similar acci dent in the same distillery. On Wednesday a terrific fire totally consumed the ex tensive premises knosn as the Canada Steam Staw-mills, situated at Rotherhithe-street, London, near the Com mercial Dock, the property of Messrs. Vertue and Co. At the Coventry Assizes, William Garratt pleaded guilty to having stolen certain moneys belonging to the Postmaster-General, and was sentenced to be transported for life. Among the visitors to the baths and wash-houses for the labouring poor in George-street, London, last week, were the Earl of Fortescue, Lord Ebrington, Lord Sandon, and Sir R. and Lady Inglis. On Tuesday five large pieces of ordnance, intended, it is said, for India, arrived from Wigan at Birmingham, on their way to London. They are 56-pounders, each weigh ing 3 tons 5 cwt., and are eight feet in length. On Friday, two pigeons were tossed at the starting of the railway train at Brighton for London, and one of the birds arrived at its home in thirty minutes less time than the train. The Stamford Mercury states, that so exceedingly scarce is copper money in Lincoln, that some of the tradesmen have been actually compelled to give change in postage s At the London Court of Bankruptcy, on Wednesday, Maria Theresa D'Asmar, commonly known as the Prin cess D'Asmar, obtained her interim order to be delivered from debts to the extent of about £290. France and England are now within an hour and a half's sail of each other, the Onyx steamer having made the voyage from Dover to Calais in that time, in a trial of speed with the rival steamer, the Princess Alice. A young woman, who was married but a week before at Birmingham, has been committed to prison for robbery, on the information of her husband, who discovered that she had a quantity of goods in her possession that she had stolen from her late master. There are hundreds of English girls—many of them from Leeds—in the flax-mills of the north of France ; and the cotton, flax, and woollen-mills of almost every foreign country have either English overlookers or English work men, together with English machinery. Whilst Valentia slate from Kerry, is used in the houses of parliament for roofing, the projectors of the Roman Catholic Cathedral at Killarney, within 40 miles of Va lentia, are importing slate from Wales, a distance of 600 miles ! A destructive fire, through the carelessness of the carter, broke out in the stables of Mr. Clarkson, farmer at Fac combe, near Andover. The out-houses, live stock therein, stacks, &c., soon became a mass of cinders. The causer of the mischief escaped with difficulty. The property is insured. The Minister of Commerce in France has made a pow erful and remarkable speech, condemnatory of the folly of Sir R. Peel's free-trade policy. He shows that the trade of France has doubled since 1830, when a protective sys tem was fully acted on in that country. THE MOST INNOCENT AND THE MOST WICKED COUNTY IN ENGLAND.—The smallest number of criminal offenders in England, in every 1000 of the population in 1841, was in the county of Westmoreland, being 6 (or six-tenths); and the greatest in the county of Gloucester, being 2,9 in every 1000. _ _ _ _ Ttie Monthly circular of one of the leading commercial firms, states, that as the demand for the fabrics of York shire and Lancashire is now going on to a greater extent than ever before, business must soon improve in those branches, notwithstanding the dulness complained of at present. . . John Oliver Richer, the once celebrated rope-dancer, died at his seat, at Swindon, on the 24th ult., in his Z3d year. George 111. was extremely fond of witnessing his performances, and for that purpose frequently sent for him to Windsor. He performed before every court in Europe, and attained great celebrity in his profession. In the House of Commons there are 2 Admirals, 1 Ge- neral, 1 Lieutenant-General, 7 Major-Generals, 22 Colo nels, 32 Lieutenant-Colonels, 7 Majors, 67 Captains of the army and navy, 12 Lieutenants, and 2 Cornets, mak- ing a total of 153 legislators interested in the consump tion of gunpowder. k A PRESENT FROM THE SUTLEJ.—A young man named Bradshaw, corporal in the 10th regiment of infantry, son of Mr. Bradshaw, Nottingham, has written a father from the bank of the Sutlej, in which he incloses, as a present, a handful of hair he says he dragged from the head of a dead Sikh, after the battle of Aliwal The royal gardens at Cumberland Lodge are to be bro ken up ; the materials of the orangeries, the hot-houses, and the vinery, are directly to be sold. The celebrated Letter to vine of Cumberland Lodge, nearly 100 feet in length, which produced last year upward ; of two thousand bunches of grapes, has been commanded to be preserved. At the Stafford Assizes, Mr. Dickenson, a medical prac titioner, charged with manslaughter in causing the death of Mrs. Hickman, whom be attended in her confinement, was acquitted. It appeared that there is a difference among gentlemen of the profession as to two modes of treatment in cases such as that which has terminated fa tally. _ SINGULAR COMBAT.—A Curious incident occurred at Revesby a few days since. A rook in search of food alighted on the premises of Mr. Robert Proctor, farmer, and was immediately attacked by a fine cock ; a battle en sued, which lasted for some minutes, when the rook proved the conqueror, having actually killed chanticleer upon his own dunghill. . . Two men, named Macgregor and Inglis, have been tried at Edinburgh, charged with carrying on an extensive and combined system of swindling upon the citizens. Not less than 100 witnesses were examined on the part of the crown, and the jury being satisfied of the guilt of the.pri soners, Macgregor was sentenced to ten , and Inglis to seven years' transportation. SQUARING THE CIRCLE.--A party is said to have died, leaving the sum of £lOO,OOO in trust, to the then Lord Chancellor. for the benefit of the individual who should clearly demonstrate the squaring of the circle ; the interest, until the condition of the will is complied with, to be paid to one of the colleges at Cambridge, it is believed St. John's College. A ROOKERY IN CHEAPSIDE.—It is a sins that at the present time there are two crows' I lofty tree at the corner of Wood-street, Cheapsidt gulat fact, nests on a city the - birds are mated. One day last week a furious fight took place between the whole four of them, and which ended in the partial demolition of one of the nests. The damage has since been repaired.—Morning Post. Mr. George Robins states that the rumour respecting the sale of the Globe for £19,000 is not correct, inasmuch as no sale has yet taken place. Such a sum, he says, " would have a poor chance of possessing a journal, the profits of which, if he is not mistaken, approach £lO,OOO a year." WEST INDIA YAMS.—A small importation of three tons of this root has just been received from St. Kitts, to ascertain its availability for purposes of food in this coun try, a great many of which have found their way to the shops at the west end, where they are being sold as lux uries for the table. When cooked, either by roasting or boiling, the root is much more nutritious than the potato, nor is it possessed of any unpalatable qualities. EARLY GRAPES.—A correspondent in the Gardener's Chronicle of Saturday, who dates from near Conway, says : —" I have now (March 17) on one vine, ten bunches of grapes, almost ripe, and I may mention that the same vine produced a good crop last summer. Some years ago, I was not a little proud to have my first crop ripe by the 25th of June ; but this year I will be able to cut ripe fruit by the 25th of March." HUNG DY ACCIDENT.—On Monday, a boy named Noakes, fourteen years of age, the son of a farmer, at Ilellingley, Sussex, was found hanging in the hay-loft by the lanthorn rope from a beam, and quite dead. It ap peared from the evidence, that the deceased was in the habit of swinging by means of the lanthorn rope, putting his head through a loose noose, and holding on with his hands. THE LATE STORM.—On the 25th ult., the district of Cleveland, Yorkshire, was visited by an awful thunder storm, during which a thunder-bolt descended at Newton- Mulgrave, and shivered every pane in a new farm-house to atoms, threw down a huge chimney, split one side of the house in twain, together with a barn, prostrated the tenant's wife and aged mother, and killed the youngest child. A man was killed at Bilsdale by lightning. FIGHT BETWEEN:WOMEN.—A most brutal fight took place at West Stockwith, near Halifax,. Yorkshire, on Friday last, between Sarah Howlett and Eliza Graham, for £lO a-side, which was won by Howlett. The disgust ing scene was made much worse by their mothers acting as bottle-holders, and supplying them at intervals with drink. They fought an hour and fifteen minutes, until the authorities came and separated them. CLEARING OF LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES —On Wednesday last Mr. Kimpton superintended an ex tensive sale of timber, at Hoddesden, comprising 2647 oak timber trees, and 6667 oak saplings. The object of the noble owner, the Marquis of Salisbury, in disposing of this large quantity of timber is to clear the land for agricultural purposes. It is said that seven farms are to be created out of the land which will be thus cleared. LARGE OAK TREE.—There is nom growing on the Crickie Farm, in the parish of Llangorse, an oak tree, supposed to be the largest in Breconshire, if not in Wales, It is 36 feet 3 inches in girth, and 30 feet 4 inches high. The inside is hollow at the bottom, and there is sufficient room within for six persons to dine comfortably. Mr. Powell finds this place often very convenient to keep his ploughs, harrows, :ind other implements in, while in field use.—Hereford Journal. COLLISIONS AT SEA.—During the severe gale that prevailed in the early part of last week, several collisions occurred off the north coast, between Yarmouth and Shields. In three instances the vessels almost immedi ately foundered. TWO of these were the brigs Britannia, of Shields, and the Gironde, of Sunderland ; both crews saved. The third vessel was a schooner of about 150 tons, name unknown, which was run into by a loaded coal brig, trading to London, and before any assistance could be rendered she had disappeared, carrying with her the whole of her unfortunate crew, who have all perished. DREADFUL DEATH.—On Friday night, a man about 60 years of age, named Edward Glover, moulder, slept in a stove belonging to the Galvanised Iron Company, which is situated close to their blast furnaces, when the iron broke out from one of them, and ran through the door-way into the stove where the deceased was lying, and literally burnt him to a cinder. There was unluckily but one door to the stove, which the iron blocked up, so that the man's escape was impossible. The wall of the stove was obliged to be pulled down to extricate the re mains of the deceased.—Worcester Journal. THE BERKESWELL MURDER.—At Warwick, on Tues day morning. James Read was put on his trial for the murder of Thomas Tranter, of Berkswell, near Coventry. The prisoner is only eighteen years of age. It will be re membered that the deceased was found dead in his house, his brains having been knocked out by a bill-hook, which lay near the body. A young man, supposed to have been the prisoner, was seen as if coming from the house ; and there were various circumstances connected with his dis appearance from the neighbourhood calculated to involve him in strong suspicion, &c. The jury consulted for five minutes, and returned a verdict of Not Guilty. AN INFERNAL MACHINE AT SHEFFIELD —On Thursday morning an explosion took place at Carver street, Sheffield, which shook all the houses for some hundred yards round. On examination, it was discovered that it had been caused by an infernal machine, which had been placed against Mr. Sanderson's cork manufactory. The back windows of nine houses were completely shat tered, a brick wall levelled to the ground, and considera ble injury done to the mill and machinery. The explosion was heard for several miles round, and the shock in the immediate neighbourhood is said to have resembled an earthquake, Fortunately no one was hurt. Suspicions are entertained as to the guilty party. FATAL PRESENTIMENT.—On Wednesday, Mr. Wak ley, M. P., concluded an inquest on the body of Mr. Samuel Rowe Brooking, aged 38, a builder. The first inquiry was twofold, as it comprised one on the body of the deceased's wife, who expired the day after hi :death, predicting that she should do so in the event of his de mise. The most extraordinary part of the affair was the singular affection manifested by deceased's wife, who de clared her death should follow his, and when he died, she continued to embrace and cling to his corpse during six hours, and four hours after that expired herself. The jury returned a verdict to the effect, that the deceased had died from the effects of accidental injuries. POTATOES.-Our Perth correspondent writes us : "The potato trade still continuesi n a thriving state, and prices on the abvance. During the whole of last week prices varied from 16s. 6. to 18s. for the London market; and prime qualities for seed realised in some few cases as high as 275. According to accounts from the south on Friday doubts were entertained if the immense quantities shipped would not produce a reaction; but there was no indication of such a result on Monday last, when good specimens realised 16s. 6d. Fromithe number of farina mills lately erected, some have conjectured that the stock in the country is nearly exhausted ; we think, on the con trary, that it is not, and that the best is yet to come. We know the crop in the Highlands is far above an average— shut up in the recesses of the Grampians, on account of the expense of transit; but 18s. per boll is too tempting for their being stored up for no use, if means can be had to drive them to market."—Edinburgh Register. NARROW ESCAPE OF AN ENGLISH OFFICER CAP TURED BY THE SIKHS.—The following, says the Dublin Packet, is an extract from a letter of one of our Indian correspondents :—" One circumstance may be named which will interest your readers, in reference to the escape of Captain Biddulph, an active and enterprising officer of the 45th, who had been taken prisoner. His sword was demanded, and refused, taken from him, and again de manded, after this indication of his inability to offer any resistance. Again he refused to yield it, and a gallows was ordered to be raised to intimidate him. The Sikhs changed their minds, and determined to blow him from one of the guns, to which he was accordingly chained, and preparations made. The action just then interfered, and called off the whole body of the Sikh troops, who left Captain Biddulph chained to the gun. One of the Sikhs offered to conduct him to the Governor-General's camp, if he would give him 1000 rupees, and not take arms again, to which he acceded, an , !, was released and conducted to Sir H. Hardinge, who at once paid the amount." RIOT AND FORCIBLE ENTRANCE.—A few days since, at the village of Holmsfield, in North Derbyshire, a curi ous outrage took place. It appears that Isaac Tomlinson, a respectable schoolmaster, resided with his wife, in a school, having bees appointed to the situation by trustees parties in the village seem to have doubted the validity of the appointment—and being anxious to instal a man of their own choice into the office, assembled in a body on rying every thing moveable into the highway, even to the coals and potatoes in the cellar, dragging Mr. Tomlinson by the legs down stairs—and after turning everybody out of the house, committed the indecent assault upon his wife, which was detailed in the evidence given before th magistrate From the number of men implicated in tl transaction, the local constables were afraid to undertake their apprehension, and the Sheffield police had to be sen for, who succeeded in capturing ten of the rioters, who China...... .. Jan. 3 were committed for trial at the next Derby Aesizes. Demerara.. .. Feb. 1 POOR LAW CRUELTY —Another instance of the conse- Havana.... .. ~ 1 .. quences of the Poor Law appears in a case on the Oxford Jamaica.... ~ 2. circuit. A young woman, 22 years of age, was delivered La Guayra. Feb. 23 ~ of a child in - the ledbury workhouse. Being very poor. and without friends to assist her, she had no means of clothing her infant. Clothes however were ,upplied knew they would be taken away on her departure, such being the cu.torn of the union. She therefore cut up a portion of_ her own garments to cover the child, and, on the seventeenth day after her confinement voluntarily left the place. The day was cold and wet. The woman was faint and weak. She appears to have wandered about for some time, and finally left the child in a ditch. Here it was found, and proper remedies administered, notwith standing which it died within a month. The woman was tried for murder and acquitted. Mr. Baron Platt, in leaving the case to the jury, animadverted strongly upon what he justly called the " iron rules" of the workhouse, " whose officers were_ prohibited from furnishing any clothing whatever to a helpless naked infant quitting their roof." . - - EXECUTION.—On Wednesday, at Leicester, William Hubbard expiated his offence in front of the county bridewell. He seemed perfectly indifferent to his fate until Saturday week, when by acme means he obtained a brick, and made an attempt to strike the constable. He was then handcuffed. On the Sunday previous to his execution, whilst the chaplain of the' b'orough gaol was reading the commandments, when he came to " Thou shalt do no murder," Hubbard rose from his seat, at:t:! C. G. HopelJan. 25 Charleston . .. coolly remarked, "Do you want to hurt my feelings?" He made another remark, also tending to show his indis position position to avail himself of the spiritual advit chaplain. Every attempt was made to render him alive to his awful situation, but he appeared determined to resist, and as he was led from his cell to the drop, whilst the rev. chaplain was reading the funeral service, he gave utter ance to an expression showing his disapprobation of that part of the ceremony. He then ascended the drop, which was at a considerable elevation ; the rope was at tached to the beam, and in less than a minute he was launched into eternity, the only remark he made being addressed to those around him. He said—" Gentleman, I have had an unfair trial, and an unjust sentence," which he repeated twice. He died almost without a struggle. There wexe 20,000 persons present. Glasg( Glasg( Grand and Arb London al Lot a and Brighton a and Croydon Hull Ass idland Cc on and V d and Manchester Taff Vale Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland Maranham :Monte Video g. Orleans .._.. _ Pernambuco gio Janeirc Valparaiso Vera Cruz RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETUI rom the Railway Magazine of Sa Passen- I gone * See London ana Dirloin;"° April 7, Ig4G. 13irtb5, lißarriago ani3 3ratbo. BIRTHS. CHOEn L t s h E e A 2 , 7t o h f u a I s ti o rn n. o, at Putney-heath, London, ViscoU ntCaf On the 28th ultimo (her own birth-day), the wife of HENRY . BIRD, Esq., M.R.C.S., England, Milan Cottage, Hampstead road, London, of a daughter. On the 29th ultimo, at Berkeley-square, London, thewife o f ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P.. of a daughter. On the same day, at Poet's-corner, Westminster, the w if e of CHARLES FRERE, Esq , of twin daughters. VTA - On the same day,:the wife of the Ref. ALEXANDER SON, M.A., St. John's, Cheltenham, of a son. 0 t he 3 31st ultimo, Mrs. WM. PEARCE, of Canning-str e et, of a daughter. On the Ist instant, at the Rectory, Sudbury, Derbyshire , th lg lion. Mrs. FREDERICK ANSON, of a daugt,ter. On the same day, at Upper Brook-street, London, the HO' Mrs. DAWNAY, of a son. On the 2d instant, at Wilton-crescent, London, the Hon. W S ' CHARLES WYNDHAM, of a daughter. MARRIED On the Igth ultimo, at Shelford. near Nottingham, Mr. GEOi HA RG EAVES, of Newcastle under-Lyme, to ELIZA , yotleg es daughter of the late Mr. JOHN GREEN, of Newcastle. On the 2lth ultimo, at St. Phillip'S Church. Liverpool , onli SAMUEL ROBERTS, of Mold, Flititshire, to HELEN, - daughter of the late Mr. ELLIS, of Buckley. On the 26th ultimo, at the Dissenting Chapel, Market-Pla:4 Kendal, by the Rev. Edw. Hawkes, M.A , HERBERT DR °l3 ',./.. Esq., of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, to ELLEN THOEIT THWAITE, eldest daughter of the late JOHN THOME CI " Esq., M.D., "f Leeds. Es,., of On the same day, at Oswestry. HENRY FISHER, Walton-on-the Hill, to HARRIETTE, youngest daughter JOHN WARREN, Esq., Weston Cotton, county Salop. On the 26th ultimo, at St. George's Church, Hanover-e4 O • London, by the Rev. P. Smythe, C. R. MACKENZIE, Esq. MADELINE, third daughter of the late Rev. Sir W. MUE. Bart., of Cleremont, N.B. BO' On the same day, at St. Mary's Church, London, Capt. CARVER, to Mi-s CHARLOTTE TATE. On the same day, at St. P••ul's Church, Hammersmith, Len a, don, by the Rev. T. Attwood, WEIALLEY MA RKLAND , of Billiter-square. to MATILDA ; and SAMUEL FEAl"; a te Esq.. of Hong-Kong. to CAROLINE, daughters of the 'b, JAMES ILBERY, Esq., of Doughty-street, Mecklenb arE square. a re, On the same day, at St. George's Church, Hanover-Sq o London. by the Rev. Richard Hollings, of Waddington, Lin ee ,{, shire, Capt. H. D. SANDS, King's Dragoon Guards, to GE. virtllEfr GINA ELIZABETH, the eldest daughter Of GEORGE - DON, Esq.. of Springfield House, Warwickshire. ROB E On the 3oth ultimo, at St. Phil p's Church, Mr. RO--- BOOTH to Miss ELIZABETH ORRITT. the On the same day, at St. George's Church, Evertoa, Rev. W. W. Ewbank, Mr. JOHN GWYNNE, to JANET, daughter of Capt. D. M'GO WAN. of the barque Paragon, of this Po rt il4. On the 31st ultimo, at Didsbury, Mr. ABRAHAM WOLt:v,/,, DEN, of Manchester. to ELLEN, youngest daughter of ' LIAM JOHNSON, Esq., of Withington. On the same day, at St. Mark's Church, by the Rev. Mr. fi tr o, shall, Captain JAMES BANNATYNE, to PRISCILt.A I4I I 7O, GARET, eldest daughter of Mr. BR ICE WHYTE • of this to B. On the same day, at St. Bride's Church, by the Stewart, THOMAS MARTIN BLYTHE, Esq., to MARY D'., ar e. BETH, daughter of HENRY MOORE,Esq., Abercromby -sg ',',o, On the Ist instant, at the Church of St. Barnabas, bY t -he '' sorb Thomas Nolan, Mr. RICHARD WILLIAMS CHARLE S master mariner, to Miss . G;LIZABETtI POPE, of this to o• the .bY On the 2d iflstant, at St. George's Church, Everton , ous e, Rev. Green, the Rev. ROBERT JAMES, of Bowen 11 Garstang, to EMMA, third daughter of T. P. DILLO N, Everton. sTE'' On the same day, at St. Bride's Church, Mr. RlCHAE . 'asier VENS POWELL, to HARRIET. eldest daughter of E ° ' PACE, Esq. On the same day, at St. Nicholas's Church, Mr. GE . 4 0- D" FFEY. to ANN, daughter of the late Mr. RICHARD CROFT, printer, both of this town. Go ld ' On the same day, at Christ Church, by the Rev. Fieldiog.„. tO JOHN, youngest son of the late JOUN ELIZABETH, only daughter of the late WM. WHITBY , both of this town. ;At, the On the same day, at Bury, by the Rev. W. H. NY'''. ca stle' Rev. FRANCIS H. MAUDE, Curate of St. Paul's, Ne,f o ilpff, on-Tyne. to LUCY, second daughter of the late WM• Tr' Esq.. of Fsllowfi. Id Lodge, Withington. Same day, at St. John the Baptist's Church, by th e l e e v gh j: Hassan. HENRY T BROWNE, Esq., to MARGARET , ,: te ch' ter of GEORGE BLAKE, Esq., of Finehett-house, Tc r park. Same day, at Abney Chapel. Stoke Newington, by the „deo Jefferson, the Rev. BREWIN GRANT, 8.A., Incler4tAN' minister. Prescot, to MARY ANNA, eldest daughter of CIS HONIAN, Esq., of Stoke Newington, London. gee. On the 3rd instant, at Greenock, Scotland, by the„ brii Chailes Cole, Captain G ORGE MACALLISTER, o f tr jo be Ripley, to Miss DAWSON, of this town, daughter of 1 4,1 Dallso th n e , formerly i me i, r s l t y an o t f . T a e t n s te t r . fi N e i ld ar -h y,s ous c e h , u ß r o ch ch , bild t s h ; On Rev. Henry Hampton, Mr. WILLIAM HENRY PA BLIP BATH, eldest son of Mr. John Plymouth Bath, to AT_,, ie r BOND, widow of the late John Bond, jun., cooper, of '1!`" street. DIED. On the 20th of December. at Bonny, of consumption, "'tail' THOMAS SMALL CAMPBELL. of the brig Oscar. d vest On the 28th of January. in action, at Aliwal, in the 2 3 r,. i6lll of his age, GEORGE BIGOE WILLIAMS, Esq. (Corueti,jigo Lancers.) eldest son of the late Major-General Sir O P Williams,' K C.B. ...,. e ifa On the 23rd of January, at Ferozepore, of wounds 1 -,, ' 5 oed 35 in action, at Ferozeshah, on the 22nd of December , % l ap years, Captain 101 IN FRANCIS EGERTON, Bengal Ar" Deputy Assistant-Quartermaster - General. - year On the 25th of January. in action at Alfwal, in the ` 2 7 th i of thee h l i 16th t a h g l e , a , nyeerust: onlyl N sonRY o D f O H N e l n T r l y l O s R w N e t E e n S h W arn E , TE E s N q / . l , Ac i 'd go of Dana, in 18th al ' On theultimo, at Konisberg, the celebrated astronomer COUNCILLOR BARON VON BESSEL. a 1 On the 23d ultimo. at Davyhulrne, near Manchester, ag ed 7 years, Mr. CHARLES EWART. He was a native of Kilal , Lured in i.ninAaAtcythrhasehrglimreeem,mafeda memorable r bh v ai e st d trlee t g w : fm e n :s t : y ati, t e o r u l o r . y . e h a e rs wa in s f t o h r e t u S i c ,. 0 ,,,,i. v : enough to take an Eagle of one of the most distingn shed MO sions of the French infantry (the Invincibles), which he call: ab g na a t l d l s a ,s n ki t ini l e aa x si p i a l o o f : w t wo h iri e idcs h hm a n d aen t to maintain displayedbm y a threepinatriynienqgual idinnetsrpepepeairdafi°tteryTails4agleswocihodir: s vely disabling each of his assailants, one Lancer. For his distinguished gallant r y o n this occ asion he 01' promoted to a commission in the Royal Veteran Battalion. ..,, every t attack , whom was and a s up c o c i i e On the 24th ultimo, at Swansea , RICHARD MORGAN, -''''''' father of Mr. Frederick Morgan, of this town. n iel , On the 25th ultimo, at his residence, in Church-street, Bur of aged 66 years, RICHARD CHAFFER, Esq., flag merchant ..ter builder. The deceased had also filled the office of bridge-lvBo, for the Hundred of Blackburn for the long period of SS Y;. , e with the greatest credit and punctuality. As a public 001 ott was much and deservedly valued by the magistrates big, county, will have expressed in the strongest term ti.',. c i r els' estimation in which they held his services. In the socj• o ten; tions of husband, father, and friend, he was deeply a nu n d On; sively beloved and respected. As a master, his upright 3 ,„ero ° demeanour secured him the warmest affections of his nu , " .0 be workmen, and by all his family and acquaintance his losS sc ' ofte‘ long and sincerely regretted. of FREDERICK CARTW RIGHT DICKSON. and Esq., d ,.. 0 3 1 4 7 : On the 26th ultimo, at Upper Brook-street, eigh t t he •'4 the birth of a still-born son, SOPHIA GEORGIANA. A „glit" of Captain Bigland, of Bigland Hall, Lancashire. , Vge'lllll On the same day, at his residence, King - stree t, aged 75 years, Mr, WILLIAM CAMELI ela. n yshire, in his 06:„'v gr. wn, so n of the Ist, On the 27th ultimo, at Kniveton. Mr. JOB STAFFORD, late of this tt. 'accheus Stafford, farmer, Kniveton. S a s m T d R ai E , y a l H e a a vr r ing six Cheshire, d orphans4O t , oSiAeßpiAoHein their t j v: o s f s C fLIn r d leff' Same day, at Davenport THOMAS TIPPING. Esq Same day, in he st year, CATHERINE, WALLS, of Rotunda Cottage. ay, aged 17, ANDREW, third son of Mr• .A Same day, after a lingering i iughter of the late Mr. J. STAF Same day, at Chorley, aged 2i On the 28th ultimo, at his 1, RICHARD BUTLEI, Es , On the Ist instant, aged Ballamona, Braddan, Isle of ME EMMA, infant dm 1 64, Mr. JOSE Same day Oh the 2v 110 LGATE, of Springhill. Bu d friends. ANN JA Same day, aged )2, , HODGSON, of Oator On the 3rd instant. LATEST DATI )irect. I I: - direct I Feb. 4 I 4 il;: ss, aged 31, IL cie rIP A t°° 2 .o R.KIE, of her Majolooq,eo 6, Mr:.MELß° C t i be dece in RodoeY ANN, wife of Sr ;hter of Mr. O OP, APPriaoll• 31-1 BRAND pu_gf sidence oftis soot, 1,1113,0i1i' in his 41s year, M r ' a 'are iley, deeply regretted tiv W IL .hter of Aft• Mr. THOMAS 'esidence. in ...Leic ___..------ AT LIVERPe_.) -~ it a ... ••i . ! 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