The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATITRDAY EVF,NINO, FEBRUARY 1t444

persons situated as they are, and placed under per-
petual observation as to their every action. 'But if
public men are entitled to claim this indulgence, it is
equally evident that they are bound, by the strictest
ties, not to abuse the privileges they enjoy, and that
their conduct, when it departs from the line of pro-
priety, is neither shielded from censure, nor en-
titled to any protection on account of station or
position.

The conduct of the Irish law officers is to be
judged entirely by this rule. So long as their
official capacity demanded from them the performance
of certain duties, they were perfectly justified in
using their ability and energy to make the utmost of
their position, and if possible to secure for themselves
and their principals a successful result. But they
were not justified in using the powers of the law to
the abuse and perversion of justice—to the denial of
a fair tribunal, before which the guilt or innocence
of the accused should be tested—or to the refusal of
every privilege which persons similarly situated have
a right to demand, as the means of preparing for their
defence. The suppression of nearly one-tenth of the
jury list—the exclusion of all men of the Roman Ca-
tholic religion—and the denial of the names of the
witnesses to support the charge against the accused
cannot be justified by any principle of law or equity,
and will always remain a stigma upon the officers en-
gaged in the now pending trial.
It is greatly to be regretted that common sense
forms so small a portion of the attainments of legal
functionaries. Common sense would have told the
Irish Attorney-General that an indictment such as
he had prepared was absurd and ridiculous—that the
evidence by which he sought to support it was farci-
cal, and altogether unworthy of the attention of a
jury—and that the powers of the law were not to be
sustained by the monstrous appeal to arms of an Irish
Attorney-General. Common sense now points to
the verdict the jury ought to pronounce—will the
jury follow the dictates of common sense or of the
Attorney-General ?

In the absence of the Duke of RICHMOND, Lord
BROUGHAM on Thursday moved the second reading
of the Actions. for-Penalties-on-Gaming-Discontinu-
ance Bill—the longest-tailed Bill we ever remember to
have seen, and which might put even a Bond-street
tailor's to the blush. In bringing forward his mo-
tion, his Lordship observed that the Legislature had
at various times passed laws for the suppression of
gambling, and among them was one which imposed
a penalty on parties who should lose more than ten
pounds at a sitting at any game. In consequence of
this stringent law—which, by the bye, had fallen into
desuetude—not having been acted on for fifty years,
many Noble and Hon. Gentleman had had qui tam
actions brought against them to recover penalties to
an immense amount on account of their having betted
at horse-races. They had done so in perfect igno-
rance of the law on the subject, and when they lost
they had paid honourably ; but certain individuals
with whom they had betted had acted in a
far different spirit, and resolutely refused to
pay their bets. Steps had, in consequence, been
taken to drive these scamps from the turf; upon which,
from motives of sheer spite, they had raked up the
penal clauses of the obsolete enactment in question,
anti brought qui tam actions for the recovery of penal-
ties against many of the most honourable and distin-
guished patrons of the turf. His' Lordship having
briefly stated these particulars, concluded by moving
the second reading of his long-tailed Bill, and added,
that what it proposed was, " not that any prospective
law should be passed, but only that the bad parts of
the old law should be repealed, and some good and
sound provisions be substituted in their stead." To
this moderate proposition we do not see that the
slightest objection can be offered; indeed we could
have wished that it had been more comprehensive in
its character; though it must be confessed, at the
same time, that a law for the suppression of gambling
would be one which it would be very difficult, if not
impossible, to carry into effect. The vice, if put
down in one shape, would be pretty sure to start up
in another, and contrive, by some ingenious means or
other, to elude the most stringent enactments. Still
the experiment, impracticable as it may appear, is
worth making, for there is no social evil so utterly
demoralising in its character as that of gambling—
none which inflicts such an immense amount of grief,
remorse, and humiliation on the upper and middle
classes of society, among whom it is chiefly prevalent.
The Bishop of LONDON, while professing his intention
not to oppose the second reading of the Bill, took the
opportunity of stating that he " could not approve of
any measure that tended to encourage betting ; espe-
cially among the poor. They might leave the rich
to do what they chose with their property, but they
ought to interfere to protect the poor." The logic
of this is exceedingly curious, and deserves a word or
two of comment, if not for its force, at least for its
singularity. Why should the rich be allowed to
ruin themselves ad libitum ; and the property of the
poor only—which in far too many cases amounts to
the exact sum of nothing—be vigilantly looked after
by the law, in order that it may be turned to the
best account, and not be wasted in gambling ? Has
his Lordship no consideration—no bowels for the
wealthy and aristocratic victims df CROCKFORD'S
and TATTERSALL'S ? Can he allow these peo-
ple to lose thousands upon thousands at
hazard, or in the betting-room, without making the
slightest attempt at interference; while at the same
time he puts a stern interdict upon the poor man's
harmless bet of a few pence on a game of skittles in
the bowling-green, or on a game of cribbage in the
sanded parlour of the village alehouse ? Is gambling
correct and orthodox when practised by the rich, and
criminal only when practised by the poor ? With
great deference to his Lordship's better judgment,
we must frankly confess that we do not understand
these nice distinctions ; but are old-fashioned enough
to believe that vice is vice, whether indulged in by

rich or poor. In the present instance, however, the
Rev. Prelate's anxious solicitude to protect the poor
from the evil consequences of betting, is altogether
superfluous, for gambling is certainly not the beset-
ting vice of poverty. If you desire to see it flourish-
ing, like some poisonous weed, in rank perfection, you
must go to.the halls of the wealthy and the affluent,
and not to the mechanic's or the labourer's cottage.

In taking leave of this subject, we cannot refrain from
noticing the extraordinary way in'which his Lordship is
usually in the habit of exhibiting his affectionate
regard for the welfare of the poor. It is only a few
years since he spent a whole Sunday afternoon, with
his episcopal nose flattened against the window-pane,
watching, from his palace at Fulham, the boats that
were constantly passing and re-passing, filled with
hard-working citizens, who were taking that oppor-
tunity of enjoying, after the toils of the week, a
mouthful of fresh air on the breezy river. The
ghostly Prelate was of course shocked at this act of
desecration on the part of the poorer classes of society,
and, by way of showing his affection for them, he did
his best to put a stop to their harmless Sunday water
excursion by holding it up to public reprobation in
the House of Lords. We do not learn that he ever
spent a Sabbath afternoon watching the carriages
of rank and affluence rolling past his town-house in
St. James's-square, on their way to the Parks,
the Zoological Gardens, and other places of
fashionable resort. The occupants of such car-
riages were, we presume, privileged persons,
and not to be subjected to episcopal scrutiny.
It is good that a High Church. dignitary should
always have the welfare of the poor in his
eye ; but it is not good that his interference with
them should be of a petty, teazing, vexatious, and
Pharisaic character. Interfere as much as you please,
my Lord Bishop, to better their condition in life—to
improve the quantity and quality of their food—to
give them the means of acquiring a better education
—and to obtain for them more regard and kindness
from the rich ; but leave them to the quiet enjoyment
of their harmless bet at skittles when the day's work
is at an end ; and even should you again chance to
see them rowing on the water on Sunday afternoons,
inhaling the fresh air—a luxury to them, though not
perhaps to you—and feasting on the tranquil sylvan
beauty of the landscape, pray, shut—we beseech you
—your pious eyes, and forbear to horrify the House
of Lords with your indignant denunciation of tle
spectacle.

The following paragraph appeared in a leading
article of the Post, a day or two since, and we quote
it for the purpose -of making a few comments on it :
"A rumour has found its way into some of the news-
papers respecting a Central Association for the Pro•

tection of Agriculture, to be formed in London. Some

names have been mentioned of Members of both
Houses of Parliament, who are to take a leading part
in this Association ; if anything of the kind be on
foot, it would be well that the honest and zealous

friends of Protection should be OR their guard

against the possible construction of a Society
which, under the name of protection for agri-

culture, might, in reality and truth, be merely
a protection for Ministerial policy." In another
part of the same article. our Contemporary
repeats his warning to the. Monopolists in these
terms :—" The agriculturists of England cannot le
too cautious not to fetter themselves in any way.

Those to whom they trusted in 1841 have as yet
done nothing to show that their championship may
be confided in." It is clear from this that, notwith-
standing his late declaration in Parliament that he
contemplated not the slightest alteration in the exist-
ing corn-law, the Monopolists have no great confi-
dence in Sir ROBERT PEEL. They still regard him
with as much distrust as ever, knowing well that
when expediency forces him to alter his views, and
to regard the sliding-scale in a different light to
that in which he now views it, he will not hesitate to
snake a sacrifice of the few tattered shreds of consist-
ency that still remain to him. We deny not—we
never have denied—that the Premier is placed in a
peculiarly difficult position, and that, turn which way
he will, he is beset with obstructions of no ordinary
character ; still, it must be borne in mind that his diffi-
culties are in a great degree of his own creation, and
that if he be now hampered at every step of his pro-
gress, it is wholly in consequence of his own timid,
tortuous policy. had he adopted a decided, ener-
getic course of action when he first took the
reins of Government in 1841, instead of flirting—
like a political, coquette as he is, now with one party
and now with another, paying unmeaning attentions
to both, and winning the affections of neither, he
would not have been in the situation in which he at
present finds himself. His majorities might have been

less in Parliament, but they would have been more
steady—more worthy to be relied on ; and though he
would have had fiercer enemies, he would have had
warmer and stauncher friends. When ALEXANDER
found, after several strenuous endeavours, that he
could not untie the Gordian knot, he at once
adopted the bold resolution of cutting it
with his sword ; and in a similar energetic
spirit should Sir ROBERT PEEL have acted with the
Monopolists. When he found that he could not make
them amenable to reason—that they slighted all his
attempts to engage them in an enlightened course of
policy, and would persist in adhering to their own
narrow prejudices, he should at once have cut all
connection with them, and boldly thrown himself into
the arms of the Liberal party. He might 'possibly
have lost by this conduct for a season, but he would
have gained by it in the long run, for he
would have had an ardent, grateful, and confiding
people at his back, and they would have taken
good care to see him handsomely through his
difficulties. No really honest statesman ever yet
appealed—or ever will appeal—to his countrymen in
vain. CHATHAM did so when the KING and the aris-
tocracy were both leagued against him—and his ap-
peal was triumphantly answered. His far inferior
son did so, when Fox, with his Coalition Ministry,
was all-powerful in the House of Commons, and com-
manded a majority in the Lords—and his appeal, also,
was successful. Earl GREY did so, when a sells}-,
dominant aristocracy arrayed itself in des-
perate hostility to the Reform Bill—and his
appeal, too, was triumphantly replied to by
the people. But all these were statesmen of
lofty, energetic character; and the most obsequious
flatterer of our present Premier will scarcely go the
length of stating that he has one single particle of
energy or decision in his nature. No, he is a
pliant, submissive' waiter on the chapter of
accidents-- a methodistical worshipper at the
shrine of expediency, who, even if he see
the right course to pursue, dare not for his
life pursue it. His sole object seems to be, to main-
tain himself inpower, and let things take their own
course, without putting himself to the trouble of
directing them. He will not side boldly with the
Monopolists—for his late declaration is a mere feint—
and he will not side boldly with the Free-traders ; but
he stands hesitating between two bundles of motives,
like the long-cared animal in the fable. He is the
PALINURUS of the State-vessel, who, trusting to
the present 'serene aspect of the weather, nods at the
helm, when he should be busy directing her course
into the appointed haven. Well, this state of things
cannot last long, and the instant the winds begin to
roar, and the waves to rise, right overboard will go
the inactive, drowsy pilot,
tielotele,
itoocobnetiseeassetr,enhee,lpless and
hopeless, on the bleak, inhospitable coast of Opposition.
"Nudonuims iiunin pelage
ignota, Palinure, jacebis arena t"

We have little to add to the intelligence already
published, and the extracts of this day from the
French papers respecting Spain. The liberty of the
press at Madrid was said to be destroyed, and all
journalists were threatened with prosecution who
should write about the rising at Alicant, but of these
we see no proofs in the journals. The Eco del Com-
mereio is more violent than at any former period, and
exhorts all who love their country rather to die in
the cause than submit to oppression. " Threatened
in our personal safety," it says, "and confiding in
their physical strength, they struggle face to face
against devotedness and patriotism. A horrible
struggle, in which the liberty and the fate of Spain
are made the stakes—a struggle in which we are de-
termined to die, as are all who have at heart the love
of liberty, and who know how to defend to the utter-
most the Constitution which is threatened by the Mus-
sulman sabre of a cursed power. May the curses of
all good Spaniards—may the brand of ignominy fall
on the heads of whoever recedes one pace, or who
gives way either from weakness or fear before the
persecution of the tyrants. Let us repulse the blows
directed against the sanctity of our institutions, and
if we must perish in the defence of so noble a cause,
we will have avengers and imitators."

Friday the 2d inst. being a holiday at Madrid, no
business was done in the funds.

The alarming intelligence from Spain has caused
much excitement in Paris, and furnished topics for
all the papers. Most of them, especially those favour-
able to the Government, comment on the occurrences
at Alicant and St. Sebastian with much caution, and
evidently wait for further news, and possibly also to
ascertain the views of the Court, while those of the
Opposition regard the outbreak as the commencement
of a general rising against the Government of NAR-
VAEZ and GONZALES BRAVO. The National and the
Siecle are justly most indignant against the ar-
bitrary and violent conduct pursued ever since
the downfal of ESPARTERO. " Whom," it asks,
" have they arrested—LopEz, CORTINA, and
MADOZ, the most eminent men in Spain,
those who procured the expulsion of ESPARTERO
and through whose good offices the majority of the
QUEEN was declared. The mask has now fallen,
and the counter-revolution is exposed to view. The
Moderado party has hiunched, at all risks, on the
ocean of violence, and its first act is more violent
than all other despotic Governments have ventured
on doing." " There is this difference," says the
Siecle, " between the conduct of the ex-Regent
ESPARTERO and the present Camarilla, that the
letter, if not the spirit of the Constitution was re-
spected by one, and both are despised and derided by
the other. Spain is again delivered to all the horrors
of civil war, and the whole country cries out against
a dictatorship which is without talent, dignity, or
grandeur." The Commerce and the France malig-
nantly accuse England of instigating the insurgents ;
but the opinions of men who can state such wicked,
such ungenerous falsehoods, are utterly unworthy of
notice. The following telegraphic dispatches have
been received by the French Government, one of
which leaves no doubt that NARVAEZ, after having
abrogated the Constitution, and put an end to the
Cortes, is resolved to disarm the National Guards,
and establish a military despotism :
TELEGRAPIIIC DISPATCHES.
"BAYONNE, FEB. 4.

" 11/ the evening of yesterday tho disarming of the
National Guard of Iron and St:Sebastian was 'effpeted
without opposition. It is said that this is a general
measure, taken in virtue of an order of Government
which reached on the 2d."

" BAYONNE, FEB. 6.
" On the 30th Alicant was still in the power of the

insurgents. The Captain-General of Valencia, RoN-
CALI, is marching on ..klicant with troops, and a
moveable brigade under the command of General
CONCHA, has also left Madrid. ' _ _

" Attempts at insurrection took place on the 29th
at Alcoy Elche, Cocentirna, and Muro, all in the
neighbourhood of Alicant, but they were promptly
checked by the inhabitants, who captured and killed
several of the seditious."

The Memorial Bordelais of the 6th publishes the
following, but will not vouch for its veracity :

" MADRID, FEB. 1. TEN O'CLOCK, P.L.
" A Council of Ministers has, it is said, just been held, and
a Cabinet courier is to start immediately for Paris. It is
added, that a loan of 10,000,000 francs is demanded, in order
to provide for the difficulties in which the Alicant insurrec-
tion has thrown the Government. It is also said that the
Government demand that the New Spanish Three per Cents.
be quoted at the Spanish Bourse, and that M. Martinez de
Rosa is to apply for the armed intervention of France, should
it be required, to support the young Queen against the
machinations of the anarchists."

The observations made by Lord BROUGHAM and
the Earl of ABERDEEN in the House of Lords re-
lative to the slave trade have excited some severe
comments in the Opposition journals. Some of them

declare that the assertions of M. GUIZOT in the
Chamber were not founded on truth, and that the
scene in the House of Lords was previously concerted
between Lord BROUGHAM and Lord ABERDEEN, in
order to arrange matters for M. GUIZOT.
The French Funds, on Thursday, continued firm,

the Three per Cents. clogng at 81f. 95c., and the
Fives at 125 f. 10c.; Orleans Shares at 855 f.; Rouen,
841 f. 25c.; Havre, 695 f.; Avignon, 775 f.; Spanish
Actives, 30f.

THE BOURSE-=Thunnmr, FEB. 8.

First

Highest Lowest Last

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. .... 124 90 .. 125 .. 124 85 .. 124 85
Three per Cents.• •• • 81 80 • • 81 90 .• 81 80 .• 81 90
Bank of France• • .• • • ...... 3280 •.3280 ..3280 •.3280
Laflitte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslllo ..1110 ..1110 —lllO
5,000 f. Sharesso7o ..5070 —5070 ..5070
Belgian Bank
Belgian Fives .•• •• • • ••.• • • • 107 .• 107 .. 107 .• 107
1840
1842 • ..... 110/ .. 1101 .. 1101 .. 110/
Threes •••••• • • •• • • 76 50 • • 76 50 .. 7G 50 .. 76 50
Spanish Active
Passive .• ...... • . 51 . • 51 • • 54 • • 51
New Deferred
Portuguese Five per Cents 4Bl • • 481 • • 481 .. 481
Neapolitan. •••• • • • • 106 60 106 60 .. 106 GO .. 106 GO
Roman ....
RAILWAY SHARES.

Versailles, R.B. •• • • • • 350 • . 350 • • 350 .. 350
L. 8.•• •• •• •• •• 187 50 .• 187 50 .. 187 50 .. 187 50
Rouen•.•.•..•••• B4O .. 840 .. 840 .. 840
Rouen to Havre .• 7OO •• 700 .. 695 .• 695
Orleans
Strasburg to Bale.
Montpellier to Cette 5lO .. 512 50 .. 510 .. 512 50
Avignon to Marseilles• • • • • • 775 .. 775 • • 775 .. 775
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.

Versa'RQs, R. 8... .....
L.B

... 347 50 .. 347 50 •• 347 56 .. 347 50
185 .. 187 50 .. 185 .. 187 50
Rouen .... •• •• .• 842 50 .. 842 50 .• 841 25 .. 841 25
Rouen to Havre•• 702 50 .. 702 50 695 .. G 95
Orleans
Strasburg to 8a1e... ..... 243 75 251 25 .. 243 75 .. 251 25
Montpellier to Cette .
Avignon to Marseilles•• •• •• 775 -. 778 75 .. 775 .. 775

FIVE DAYS LATER FROM
AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, Two, P.M.

The packet-ship Queen of the West has just come
up, having sailed from New York on the 24th ult.,
and having made the passage in fifteen days. The
news is five days later than that brought by the
Yorkshire. The news appears without interest.
The following are extracts from the papers

FROM WASHINGTON.—POSTAGES.—The Senate Com-
mittee have reported a Bill reducing the rates of postage,
the franking privilege, and slightly reducing the rates of
newspaper postage. The important details of the Bill
will be found under the Postcript head, in the regular
Washington Correspondence. Postages to be regulated
by weight, and the rates established at 5 and 10 cents.
FROM MEXICO.—An arrival on Monday, brings a few
days' later advices. The GovernMent of I)iario an-
nounces the arrival at Vera Cruz of the Commissioners
from Yucatan, with instructions to accept the proposals
made by Mexico. The papers confirm the reports pre-
viously brought, that troops are organising in different
parts of the country, and concentrating at Vera Cruz.
It is verbally reportel by this arrival that the vessels
composing the Mexican navy, were about to sail for
Havannah. Santa Anna continues at his country seat.
--Neu' Orleans Bee.

FROM PORT AU PRINCE.—We learn from Captain
Baker, of the schooner Council, which arrived last even-
ing from Port au Prince. that General Revera was elected
President of the Republic about the last of December.
The result was received with great demonstrations of
joy.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.—JAN. 23.

The Stock Market has not been the least affected by
the European advices. Stocks are moving up and
down without any particular cause. There are many
indications that prices will ultimately advance, and there
are as many that a different movement will take place:—
Long Island advanced if per cent. ; Haarlem ditto;
Norwich I ditto; Illinois 4- ditto; North American
Trust 1 ditto; Ohio Sixes declined per cent.; Patter-
son ditto; Indiana 11 ditto. The sales to-day were
quite moderate, showing but little activity among the
brokers. None of the principal staple articles of trade
have received but slight beneficial effect from the news,
except cotton, which is quite active.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BATH STEEPLE CHASE.—FRIDAY.
A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 60 sovs. added. Four
miles. (15 Subs.)
Mr. Stapleton's Will-o'-the-Wisp (Oliver) 1
Mr. Okedon's Fiddle-case (Mr. Lester 2
Mr. V. Jenkin's Sally-go-by-'em (Mr. Daily `3
The following also started :—Mr. V. Jenkin's Jellalabad,
Mr. J. Hardy's Woodstock, Mr. E. Reilly's Conrad, Mr.
Goldstone's Whitefoot, Mr. Conolly's Shamrock, Mr. Co-
nolly's Prince, Mr. Allen's Xerxes, Mr. Powell's Clapper,
and Mr. Hodson's Fitzwilliam.
Run in sixteen minutes. Won in gallant style.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
28 to 1 agst Martyr
30 to 1 agst Young Lochin-
var (t)
30 to 1 agst Winter
30 to 1 agst Nutwith
50 to 1 agst Celeste
55 to 1 agst Gipsy Queen.
The rest as before.

15 to 1 agst Merry Andrew
17 to 1 agst the Prior
18 to 1 agst Cattonite
20 to 1 agst Sir Robert
20 to 1 agst Pharaoh
25 to 1 agst Pagan
25 to 1 agst Freedom
28 to 1 agst Jamie Forest

DERBY.
Gtol on the field (offered) 17 to 1 agst Orlando
13 to 2 agst Ugly Buck (offd.) 25 to 1 agst Cockamaroo
15 to 2 agst Rattan (off. to t.) 27 to 1 agst Running Rei
15 to 1 agst Leander 30 to 1 agst Voltri (t)
No other change.
THE MILITARY STEEPLE CHASES.

These races take place in the neighbourhood of North-
ampton, on the 26th of March, the day preceding the
Spring races.
HEREFORD STEEPLE CHASE.
Acceptances for the handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 forfeit,
with 150 added :—Cheroot, 12st 121b—Vanguard, llst 81b
—Regalia, 12st 81b—Lycurgus, 11st 81b—Consul, list 81b—
Discount, I Ist 71b—Creeper, list 71b—Carlow, 1 Ist 21b—
Duenna, 11 st 21b—Lottery, llst 21b—Magic, - Ilst 21b—Fat
Jack, list—Robin Adair, Ilst—Culverthorpe, lOst 121 b
Hazard, lOst ,71b—Roulette, lOst 71b—Preissnitz, lOst—
Charity, lOst—Lady Harkaway, lOst—Josephine, lOst--
Turf-cutter, lOst—Sister to Ferneley, 9st 81b. Twenty-three
others pay 5 soya. each.
THE DERBY.-Mr. Bartlett, the veterinary surgeon, of
Dorking, after au examination of Running Rein, has pub-
lished an opinion that he is four years old. We presume the
matter will be inquired into by the proper authorities.
At the Aubersley Coursing Meeting, on Friday, Feb. 9, a
sweepstakes, 16 dogs, was won by Mr. Shief's Clara, Mr.
Barnes's Blucher running up.

HAND-BOOK TO GIBRALTAR.—A little Beat work with
this title has just been published by Cowie, Jolland, and
Co., of the Poultry, drawn up by an old inhabitant of
this celebrated fortre3s, and accompanied with eight
lithographic views of the more remarkable buildings and
scenery in the neighbourhood. It contains a brief, but
interesting account of the fortifications and batteries,
the trade and commerce of the place, the character and
variegated races of the inhabitants, not over-
looking the indigenous race of monkeys that
inhabit the Rock. They appear (says the writer) to
have existed there from time immemorial, and it is the
only spot in Europe where they are found in a wild
state. The population of the town is reckoned at
20,000, and is thus classified :-9,000 natives, 900
British, 2,000 Spaniards, 1,000 Genoese, and 600 Por-
tuguese. The Jews amount to 1,800, and the garrison
generally to 4,000 troops. It contains a list of all the
Governors and Commandants of the fortress since its
capture in 1704, with some statistical details which will
be found useful.

FIRE AT LIVERPOOL—Loss OF LIFE.—On Tues-
day evening last, at a quarter to eight o'clock, a fire was dis
covered in a warehouse used ,as a cooperage, and belonging
to Mr. John Barton, Plumbe- street. The alarm was imme-
diately passed to the fire-police station, and Mr. Hewitt,
with that alacrity which always characterises him in cases
of such emergency, immediately proceeded to the spot with
nine engines, water-tanks, &c. He was soon followed by
Mr. Whitty, Mr. Maxwell, and numbers of the fire brigade-
The premises being situated in a back yard, which was filled
with staves, reaching to the height of two stories, the
tire had made considerable progress before it was dis-
covered, and on the arrival of Mr. Hewitt, the flames
were raging so furiously that the dwelling-houses at the
back and a warehouse adjoining were in the most imminent
danger. Densely crowded as the buildings were, and being
in close proximity with the premises in which the five origi-
nated, nothing but the most strenuous exertions on the part
of the fire brigade could have confined the flames to the
warehouse in which they originated; but this was fortu-
nately effected, and about ten o'clock all danger of its spread-
ing further was at an end. We regret to add that the loss of
property in this .instance has not WTI unattended by the
loss of life, One of the fire brigade was killed, and two of
his companions have been injured. These men, Pritchard,
Archer, and Bell, were playing upon the ruins, and standing
immediately in front- of the warehouse. At the mo-
ment Mr. Hewitt was cautioning tt)1411, a he had done before,
to look out, for he was sure the wall would fall, indica-
tions were given that it was giving way, and before the
three men could escape they were buried beneath the ruins.
Mr. Hewitt was caught on the heel by some base blielp„ hut
fortunately reached the arehlvgy qo e the amass huge * fell.
Even, e;xertion was iinniefliatelY used to ractie the poor men
from their {Paul situation. Archer was found to be only
slightly Injured on the fbot and leg, and Bell had his back
hurt, but poor Pritchard was dreadfully mangled. The
gutter stones from the roof of the building caught him at the
back of the head, his thigh was broken, and he was otherwise
much crushed. The three men were taken to the Northern
Hospital, where Pritchard died the following
.day at noon.
The other two are likely to recoyer.—Liverpoo/ Mercury.