The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-01 00:00:00

PROPOSED MARRIAGE OF THE QUEEN.

(From the Watchman.)
The Coburg Family. have left for the continent, and it is
very generally understood, that the arrangements are com-
pleted for the communication of a marriage between Prince
Albert of that house, and Queen Victoria; and it is also
rumoured, that he is a convert to the Romon catholic re-
ligion. This report gathers much confirmation from the
fact, that although Prince Ferdinand attended St. George's
chapel while on a visit, his children attended high mass at
the Rowan catholic chapel at Clewer. This chapel is pri-
vate property ; but it seems to be generally understood, that
a new Roman catholic chapel is to be built in Windsor which
will be worthy of Romish visitors to the English court, and
the increasing number of officials ; and perhaps of the queen's
husband, and . " When James 11. went to mass,
the Duke of Norfolk, carrying the sword of state, stopped
at the chapel door, and let the king pass. Your father,'
said James to him, would have yonefarther.'—' Your ma-
jesty's father, replied the duke, would not have gone so
far.' " Her majesty once had a father, who, it is
believed, " would not have gone so far" as her surviving
parent has done in the arrangements. But what are his
brothers doing, to leave an affair of this importance in the
hands of a family, which, by matrimonial alliances, and
juvenile conversions, is evidently degenerating into popery ;
and to a ministry which is bound hand and foot to do the
bidding of the infidel and popish agitators of the day ? Are
they not to be consulted ? and if not, are they not going
to interfere ? Are they going to look on quietly, while the
Coburgs provide for their relatives at the expense of the re-
ligion of our beloved country ?—and while the protestant
throne of their revered protestant parent, passes into popish
hands ! lt is more than a question of mere curiosity,
whether the Duke of Wellington's visit to Windsor had any
connexion with these matrimonial preliminaries. The Duke
and Sir R. Pei ought to see to it, that they and their pro-
protestant coadjutors do not sleep at their posts. If there are
two men in the nation who are more bound than any others
to make every effort to avert a popish alliance, they are the
men : for they brought forth the Catholic relief bill of 1829,
but for which, popery could not now have been in the posi-
tion which it occupies in all the councils of the state, and in
all the movements of the court. The duke at that time was
given to understand from the bishops, that the Wesleyans
generally we opposed to this fatal measure ; and we well
remember that he admonished their lordships to beware that
they did not nourish the piper of Wesleyanism to their own
destruction. Time, however, has shown the groundlessness
of his fears in reference to the conduct of the Wesleyans
towards the church of England ; and the correctness of their
apprehensions as to the 'tendency of their relief bill to in-
crease the influence of the papist beyond successful control ;
and the Wesleyans have a right, above any other Christians,
to remind him of the fears which his conduct then excited,
and to call upon him to save the nation from the fruits of his
own want of foresight, in laying the foundation of all that
we now unite to deplore, by passing the popish relief bill of
1829.

POWER ON STEAM.—The greatest load lifted by any en-
gine now at work in this country was by one in the consoli-
dated mines, which raised a load of 90001bs. every double
stroke it made, and did this nine times a minute, amounting
to 567,022 tons, lifted 7 ft. 6 in. in twenty-four hours ; and
this astonishing machine could be started, stopped, or regu-
lated, by a little boy.—Mechanics' Magazine.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

In the city of London registratien there has been a gain
to the conservatives of 587 votes.

'EXTRAOEDINAR— SHEEP.—There if_ now in the possession
.of John Brown, I sq.., Robertson-s -roet, Glasgow, at his
stables, a sheep of .he Cheviot breed, weighing 20 stone as
it stands alive !

All the cotton Ili Is at Ashton, 11. de, Stayley-bridge,
Newtown, Mottra; I, &c. have resuried the working full
time. It is calculi t( 1 that the forts -f ye firms in question
will pay £lO,OOO in ; di itional wages tin ; N eek, a circumstance
that cannot fail to b therwise than most heartily welcomed
by the many thous& d hands employed in these bee-hives of
industry.
A CHALLENGE TO THE FIELD.—T ,e editor of the Wor-
eester 'Ellis (the Hol. William Linc du) closes a contro-
versy, which has been somewhat disast, ors to the Worcester
Palladium, by offering to the editor of i b: t print honourable
satisfaction in the fief I; the weapons t( Le hoes, each party
to dig one acre of pota oes, and he whos = •vork is done the
best, and in shortest ti me, to be declared U. e victor. Should
the challenge to mortal potato-digging b ; ccepted, the edi-
tor of the ~Egis will tz ti,smit the size of IL hoe by a friend
who will arrange the preliminaries for ti .e settlement of all
difficulties.—Salem G.7.l7ette.

FRIENDLY ARREST 4. —ln the Insolve it Debtors' Court
on Wednesday, a ques Tod arose respeetin, • a friendly arrest.
The insolvent was opds;sed, and it was admitted that his
brother-in-law, to whoa he owed £lB5, he I ued him for £l5
as a friendly creditor, to enable him to tali,- tie benefit of the
Act : his schedule was 1 repared before hi N;ent to prison.
The Learned Chief Con nissioner said the Court would only
sustain a petition on a fi 2,ndly arrest when he creditors were
benefitted, and not in a c se of this description. The petition
was dismissed according. 1.
THE SIMPLON.—Extr tct of a letter fre c Genoa, Sept.
19 :—" We left this last : londay with the ityt -t *ion of passing
the Simplon-road into It and had procee led 200 miles on
our-way when, with grew mortificatiot., we -wiled that, du-
ring a recent storm, an avalanche hle fa, en and so com-
pletely destroyed full hal; a mile of this bet ai iful road that
for several weeks it wil hardly be pasf,abl.: for carriages.
We had no choice, theret ire, but to retain-. here, and proceed
by Mont Cenis and Twit:. This is a sau lo qi of time and
money to us ; 'but we nitt t be thankful tc hi Vl' escaped all
other inconveniences, sini e many of the Eu ;-lish who were
pursuing the same route lound all the inns 'ail, and some
were obliged to sleep in their carriages. On Prussian fa-
mily had a narrow escape while passing the Hnonlon during
the storm ; for, having left their carriage to NVB k on, their
servant saw the torrent falling, and took the hoars s from the
vehicle, when immediate ;y the avalanche ove.-w.elmed the
latter and left not a wreck behind."

EARTHQUAKE IN AVA.--AMERPOORA, APRI:, 8, 1839.—
You will have learned the awful visitation of an earthquake
we have had in this city I n the morning of the 23d ultimo,
and of the disastrous results which attended it. We continue
to experience shocks ever since up to the present rooment,
occuring at intervals of an hour, nay, even oftener, along
with a rumbling sound like distant thunder. At ie., ween 2
and 3 a.m. on the day in question, we were all of a ,udden
shaken off our beds from the rocking of the house it. the most
violent and frightful manner, with the doors and wi idows
flapping about with some force, and a noise not us. file the
discharge of distant artillery. At this time every light and
moveable article in the house was being thrown in e -ery di-
rection, and it was not w .thout some difficulty we k, it our-
selves on our legs. In stiort, the motion of the hous • could
only be compared to the t)8 sin g of a boat on the bil 3ws of
the ocean in a tempest. The vibrations were from n rth to
south, or vice versa, for the faces of the buildings ptiming
to those quarters suffered note than the rest, and I she...lld
think it lasted about two or , hree minutes. When the shocks
with the noise ceased, torre. ts of water were heard ru •1:1 ag
down in every direction, v. with the darkened ap tr-
ance of the clouds, the noise , birds, and the dismal hot hag
of parish dogs, tended greatl increase the awfulness o .e
event. But at daybreak wl, t iscene of horror and des .-
tion presented itself to our v v ! • Every brick buildin
the city and surrounding hil'i without a single except- ,
whether a pagoda, monastery, lwelling-house, &c., was eit te:
razed to the ground or shiveflt to pieces, burying in tl. tir
ruins men, women, and childr. n. Thus hurled into eterni y
hundreds of our fellow-creatu..ts, and at one blow, fell tae
labour of centuries. It was, ntieed, a most fortunate cir-
cumstance for the people, that he proportion of brick house.;
with those of wood or bamboo was very inconsiderable, else
the destruction of lives would have been lamentably great.
The earth was rent in several 1 laces into wide chasms and
fissures, from ten to twenty feet wide, from which deluges
of water had gushed, and a large quantity of gray earth thrown
up, covering the place around se,,eral feet deep, and emitting
a sulphurous smell. The rapid cu :rent of the Irrawaddy was
even reversed at the time of the shock, and ascended op its
bed for a while. The old cities of Ave and Tsagain, with
their numerous pagodas and other edifices, have also been
reduced to heaps of ruins, and their walls scattered and thrown
down. The towns and villages, above and below the capital,
have likewise suff, re-1, and it is reported that some have even
been swallowed ut and others desti oyed by inundation. The
number of persona hat perished Mare, and the surrounding
towns and villages, amount to between 200 and 300, which
number will, of con se, be expected to swell as reports arrive
from more distant r aces. An occurrence like this is not in
the recollection of t ,e oldest, inhabit ants in this country, nor
is there any mention in one of their historical records.
FIRE DAMP. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. Professor
Graham, at the meeting of the British Association, made an
important practical suggestion, which may be the means of
saving many lives. He observed that the qfter damp, or
carbonic acid, left 'a the atmosphere of a mine after an ex-
plosion, is suppose ..to occasion in many instances a greater
loss of life than tie explosion ; at the same time it renders
assistance imPracic fble. In many cases the oxygen of the
air is not exhaustcfl )5, the explosion, although from the pre-
sence of five or test 1 'r cent. of carbonic acid it is rendered
irrespirable. The it• iosphere will be rendered respirable by
withdrawing carbo,.i. acid, and he suggested a method by
which this might b, t fleeted. He found that a mixture of
slaked lime and porn ded Glauber's salt: , in equal proportions,
has a singular avidity for carbonic ac,c, and that air might
he completely puritie from that deleta-ious gas by inhaling
it through-a cushion I not more than an inch in thickness,
filled with that mix u a, which could ba done without diffi-
culty. This lime til ar would be an additional source of
security wherever the safety lamp is nectsiary, and it should
be invariably employe,. by persons who descend into a mine
to afford assistance to :he sufferers.

FALSE ALARM IN GIBRALTAR. (Firma Correspon-
dent.)-0a the night ( t the 7th instant t: fire broke out in
the Main-street, Gibi 3, tar, at a very late Imir. The military
were, as usual, called cut, and the extra dinary noise and
bustle, e
the sight of al, he regiments at tt at hour, blue lights
burning at the signal :;t itions, officers gal ping through the
streets, &c., caused the peaceful inhabitants to believe that
Gibraltar had been tal ?,n by storm. Tj, panic that this
alarm spread through t .e garrison was unparalleled ; rusty
swords, and guns withc .t locks, were imn,ediately put into
requisition, women ser amed louder than their affrighted
children, doors and wit lows were barrict ded, and various
Parties of soldiers who ttempted to asce •tlin the cause of
the riot, were put to a s eedy retreat by 11,t,ing sundry arti-
cles of furniture throw'. on their heads. a was along time
before the alarmed inha itants could be a .c.ared that a fire
was the only foe to thei, rest, and on 4ts b iag extinguished
by the extraordinary e) trtions of ti e mi. t.try, under the
superintendence of the k wernor, who timer; d at the engines
during the greater part c • the night, it el peared that, instead
of the Russians or other enemies having take t possession of
the Rock, a tailor's wife after an extraordinary allowance of
gin and water, had set in i• bed on fire.---(vorteier.
GRAND JUNCTION A: 'D CHESTER ANA CREWE RAIL-
WAYS.—We understand that the directot the Chester
and Crewe Railway Cot tpany have made en arrangement
with the directors of the ',rand Junction Rail,,,av Company,
which will have the effect of merging the forever project into
the latter, on terms highl3 advantageous, taking into account
the depreciated value of tire shares of the one npany, and
the enhanced value of ft.( shares of the other. It must be
advantageous to Chester hat so powerful a can pany pos-
sesses a direct interest in he line of railway, by rhich it is
brought into direct conne: lion, by means of the reading arte-
rial railways with the me ropolitan and manuft ctliring dis-
tricts. The Chester and Crewe directory have a, so not been
unmindful of the city interests in other respects, tor one part
of the arrangements embrace that great desidera 'ILI to our
river trade, a branch railway to the Potteries. The in.nediate
consequence of these arrangements has been the a lv..rnce of
the Chester and Crewe Railway shares above par ; trrad the
ultimate consequence will be, the realisation of all tire advan-
tages to this city primarily contemplated by the Choster and
Crewe Railway Company, with the certainty of the most
direct co-operation of the most powerful and influervial rail-
way company in the king lona, instead of the risk of it I active
hostility.—Chester Chronicle.

QUACK MEDICINES.— ‘,t the conclusion of an i !quest,
held on Tuesday, Mr. NN -,dey, M.P., said that last ; es sion
he had given notice of a notion for the purpose of suppress-
ing the sale of quack medicines, but had withdrawn ,t be-
cause it was represented to him that there were so nytny
Members who were obtuse • ignorant of medicine, at. 1 he-
cause he was told the Dover n tent were, from principle ead
practice, so wound up in t ything that savoured of e le. r-
latanism, that it would be !ess to persevere. Next ie s-
sion, however, he should no ..e deterred from bringing 'or-
ward a similar motion. One the greatest disgraces to ti e
intelligence of this country \ as the encouragement give: t
quacks, who might be caller, egalized murderess, for h
Government stamp on the T. eison they sold was a sor; o'
sanction to them. Supposinp the medicines they sold we rt
perfectly harmless, still, as the q were held forth as an m
versal remedy, their very inertness did incalculable injut v,
for they allowed disease to prof a ss to such a height that tie
remedies that at first would hays been efficacious became itt
the end, when applied too late cf no avail. Thus, whether
quacks sold deadly poisons or harmless nostrums, they de-
stroyed life ; in the one case die ertly and suddenly, in the
other indirectly and slowly. A mason throwing off a house
negligently a stone and killing tl ei ewith a passenger in the
street would be ty of wilful n. it der; not for wilfully slay.
ing the individual passenger, but to his wilful neglect of the
lives of mankind in the aggreg tra.. How far more guilty
were the invetto .s and vendors of patent poisons ! They
knowingly and wilfully administer oil them to individual pur-
chasers, and by .e system of eNte nsive public puffing, and
forged and fictit n s recommett l tory documents, their
deadly compounds were widely dis:.?l tinated among all classes
of the community.

THE TOMATO, OF LOVE APPLE.—A physician at Cincin-
nati, in the United tates (Dr. M affirms that he has
discovered a suhstiti to for calomel it the above named ve-
getable, and that " i the south-we :t the compound extract
of tomato is by fare re most popular r qedicine in circulation,
particularly for bi ions complaints It is said that its
power is decidedly "rown upon the ( r, ans of secretion and
excretion, and that ;n bilious fevers u d other diseases con-
sequent upon a tor idity or congesti I. of the liver, its influ-
ence has prevailed xith happy effects. The medicine, it ap-
pear 4, is made frm the fruit. Mar v other physicians in
America are pre:cr '.ring the use of 1 is addition to their
pharmacoprala, whlch had been hithe .t ) always exhibited in
the shape of it pill.

EAST INDIA COITPANY.—At the rar eting of proprietors
which took place on Wednesday, at h • India House, Sir
Charles Forbes direct( l attention to th ct, that the amount
of the secret service TT: me), disbursed b - the directors has
increased prodigious] r )f late. During ti e last year, no less
a sum than £53,00( lad been expenc 2: under that head.
Of the specific applic. ti in of this money n ) account has been
furnished to the cour, c f proprieters. `ti Zile the amount of
secret service money Is a gone on incret si ig, the amount of
the dividends on Ind t stock has been ;:r dually lessening ;
and worse than all, th ; ifluence of the I t India Company
has been during the sv r. period, declinin In India as well as
at home. The curse • t licapacity seem) t cling to the ad-
ministrators of our a: rs in the colon e: ,as well as in
Downing-street.

MIRAGE.—The Bo: ti n papers of Wel) esday mention,
that, on the afternoon I,r nous, a mirage distinctly visi;
ble in the harbour of 3, stop. Vessels, of which only the
sails could be seen in ti distance, were n presented by a
distinct image inverted it we the horison, e:.11 biting not only
the sails, but the hull. i n some instances ,ails were seen,
apparently of vessels bt y, nd the reach or direct vision.—
New York paper.

DEATH MR. JUSTICI VAUGHAN.—Died, nn Wednesday
night, at Eastbury Loc near Watford, the Right Hon.
Mr. Justice Vaughan, i. •he 71st year of hiss ce. This ex-
cellent judge sat in thel 'riminal Court at ti e Old Bailey
last week, and tried the p isoners wit.), his usual clearness
and dignity, and he app, a, ed pretty Nil,' unt 1 he went to
bed on the night he died He had had some '” Inptoms of a
malady of the heart, anc li id been subje t to se‘ ere rheuma-
tism, which is often trap Ferred to that vital organ. He
expired almost without a glom

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A Honey Buzzard (Perris Apivorus, Cuv.) was allot on
Tuesday last, within 100 yards of the University Museum,
`Durham, by Mr. Greenwell, of the South Bailey. It, or one
of the same species, bad been observed several days previ-
ously about the hills to the north west of Durham, but could
not be approached. It is considered rare in England; but
a year seldom passes without two or three individuals being
taken in this neighbourhood.—Durham Advertiser. •

THE EARL CP DERBY.—We are glad to state that the
health of this t -teemed and amiable nobleman continues
gradually to imp' ye. He has already recovered so much of
his wonted vigour, that he is able to pursue without pain or
difficulty, his favourite aviarian pursuits; and to superintend
and direct the extensive improvements now in progress at
Knowsley.—Preston Chronicle.

We understand that when the recent changes were being
made in the ministry, the Earl of Minto, first lord of the ad-
miralty, was offered the important appointment of Governor
General of India, but his lordship thought proper to decline.
It was circulated at the Admiralty that, should his lordship
accept that office, the Earl of Clarendon would most probably
be his successor.—Morning Herald.
MORE SEIZURES OF BRITISH. MANUFACTURED GOODS.
—The Philadelphia Inquirer states, that an extensive seizure
of imported broad cloths was effected, at Frankford, on Mon-
day, by the custom-house officer of Philadelphia. The goods
had been removed from this city, and part were found con-
cealed under a quantity of potatoes, and the remainder in a
private house. Some were also found concealed in the cellar
of a tavern in Kensington, beneath a quantity of onions. The
whole is estimated at 9000 or 10,000 dollars.—New York
Paper.

On Monday last, Mr. William Wain, gardener to Digby
Cayley, Esq. of Ripon, took from an onion bed,, promiscu-
ously, six Tripoli onions, which weighed together eight pounds
one ounce, and one of them alone weighed 294 ounces. He
has been using from the beds some time, and has always been
taking the best, therefore, had the first used been growing
now, there is no doubt they would have been much larger
than any on the bed at this time. The roots and tops were
cut close off before they were weighed.—. Durham Advertiser.
NORTHERN DIVISION OF LANCASHIRE.—We are given
to understand, on authority which we deem to be worthy of
implicit confidence, that in the event of a dissolution of parlia-
ment, Charles Towneley, Esq., of Towneley, will most cer-
tainly come forward as a candidate for this division of the
county. We are further informed that in anticipation of the
contest which Mr. Towneley's offering himself will involve,
the conservatives have made every possible preparation for
fighting a successful battle in the registration courts. —P res-
ton Chronicle.

BIGOTRY.—In a market town in this country, the wife of
a " gentleman" of the Baptist society, a few days ago, gave
instructions to her surgeon to vaccinate her children for the
small-pox. The surgeon accordingly proceeded to execute
her commands, but when about to communicate the infectious
matter to the arm of one child, the lady, out of curiosity, for
women are always curious, inquired from whom he took it ?
" A son of Mr. —," was the reply. " What the Church-
man !" vociferated the lady. The surgeon having replied in
the affirmative, she declared most positively he should not
proceed—" he should never make her children churchmen."—
Lincolnshire Chronicle.

PRESTON AND LONGRIDGE RAILWAY.—We are glad to
state that the works on this railway are now in a very ad-
vanced state. Several workmen are engaged at this end Of
the line, in preparing the site for the Preston terminus. We
anticipate a speedy completion of the undertaking, and no
exertion will be spared on the part of the directors and con-
tractors to effect an early opening. We understand that for
several months past there has been a considerable demand
for the Longridge stone, and it is fully expected that the fa-
cilities of the line, when completed for its transit, will be
brought into ample requiiition, and that an extensive traffic
may reasonably be calculated on. From the delay which has
already taken place the subscribers are, we think, justified in
requiring that the operations should henceforward be con-
ducted with all possible promptitude, and that the line should
be made available for transit with all practicable dispatch.—
Preston Paper.

IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM ENGINES.--At the port of
Toulon, preparations are at this moment being made for try-
ing an important modification of the crank of the steam-
engines for vessels, suggested by a naval officer. This modi-
fication consists in rendering the cranks fixed, or moveable
at pleasure, by means of a curb (freni,) similar to those em-
ployed for trying the power of the engines. If the experi-
ment, which is to be tried on the Styx, succeed, the paddle-
wheels will become, at will, independent of the engines, with-
out the necessity for employing a complication of machinery,
which hitherto has been more ingenious than useful.—lnven-
tore' Advocate.

THE UNITED STATES BANK AND THE MESSRS. HOT-
TINGErrn.—It is rumoured, that the Havre packet, which
left New York on the sth ult., brought remittances to the
French bankers sufficient to cover the bills drawn by the
iank of the United States which they had dishonoured, and
the dishonouring of which has so seriously embarrassed Mr.
.raudon. It is added, that these remittances will, most likely,
render it unnecessary, at least for the present, for that gen-
tle nan to avail himself of the proferred assistance from the
Bank of England. The particulars of Mr. Jaudon's success-
ful negotiation with the Bank Directors will be found under
the Money Market head.

The facetious Robert Greene, a writer in Queen Elizabeth's
reign, relates a story of an apparition who was compelled to
eat a citation, wax and all. Modern times can produce
nothing liLe this, excel)t the contrivance of a noted game-
ster, who, being determined at all events to win a large sum
of money, r e solved to destroy the evidence of a card against
him, and caning for two slices of bread and butter, and
clapping the obnoxious witness between them, he fairly de-
voured it, anu he won the game.

HABITS OF rrlIE EAGLE.—That the eagle is extremely
destructive to fish, and particularly salmon, many circum-
stances would prove. Eagles are oonstantly discovered
watching the fords in the spawning season, and are seen to
seize and carry acv ay fish. Some years since a herdsman,
on a very sultry day in.the month of July, while looking for
a missing sheep, ob,,E2rved an eagle posted on a bank that
overhung s. pool. Presently the bird stooped and seized a
salmon, and a violent struggle ensued. When the herdsman
reached the spot, he found the eagle pulled under water by
the strength of the fish ! and the calmness of the day, joined
to his drenched plumage, rendered him unable to extricate
himself. With a stone the peasatit-broke the eagle's pinion,
and actually secured the spoiler and his victim, for he found
the salmon dying in his grasp. When shooting on Lord
Sligo's mountains, near the Killeries, a gentleman says he
he heard many particulars of the. eagle's habits and history
from a grey-haired peasant who had passed a long life in
these wilds. The scarcity of hares, which were here abun-
dant, he attributed to the rapacity of these birds and he
affirmed, that, when in pursuit of these animals, the eagles
evinced a degree of intelligence that appeared extraordinary.
They coursed the hares, he said, with great judgment, and
certain success ; one bird was the active follower, while the
other remained in reserve, at the distance of forty or fifty
yards. If the hare, by a sudden► turn, freed herself from
her most pressing enemy, the second bird instantly took up
the chase, and thus prevented the victim from having a
moment's respite. He had remarked the eagles also while
they were engaged in fishing. They choose a small ford upon
a rivulet, which connects Glenculler► with Glandullah, and
posted on either side, waited patiently for the salmon to pass
over.—Saturday Magazine.

POPISH DECENCY- AND TOLERANCE.—We give the fol-
lowing fact to our readers and leave them to make their own
comments :—On Thursday evening last, when the Popish
procession which had been parading the streets of Hudders-
field, passed by the residence of the Rev. J. C. Franks, the
worthy and highly respected vicar, the band was directed to
play the air of " See the Conquering Hero Comes," which
was continued till the procession had passed the church also.
We insert this as a specimen of what we must expect when
by the helping hand of government, Popery gains the ascend-
ancy. The tune of " See the Conquering Hero Comes" will
then be performed to the blazing fires of Smithfield. What
would the Russell magistracy say to a procession of Orange-
men, merely walking through the town? A. prosecution
would instantly ensue. But Popish processions under the
patronage of Joseph and the Blessed Virgin," are not only
tolerated but encouraged, and the Magistrates' Office at Hud-
dersfield, is let to aid the mummeries of the occasion.—Hali-
fax Guardian.

IRISH STATISTICS.—Mr. O'Connell pledges his word, in
his last letter, that there are seven millions of repealers in
Ireland ; and, of course, no one doubts his word. A great
deal of doubt, however, has long prevailed as to the actual
population of Ireland ; but this little piece of niaiserie by
Mr. O'Connell—bounce, we should call it in English—with
a little mathematical help will settle the question. There are
seven millions of repealers—all adults—men who have arri-
ved at the age of discretion. Well, it is a tolerably well-
ascertained fact, that the adults are only as one to five ; so
that the population interested in the repeal must be five and
thirty millions. Of those who are against the repeal, Mr.
O'Connell makes no account just now ; but by a recent
rough calculation of his own, the protestants of Ireland are
to the catholics as one to six. So that the protestants must
be nearly six millions, making the population of Ireland al-
together nearlyforty-one millions. Will this man never leave
off talking nonsense? But the best of the joke is to come.
We mentioned to a shrewd, waggish Irishman, yesterday, the
ridiculous proposition of there being more than forty mil-
lions of people in Ireland, and his answer was, " There's
forty millions of us, sure enough ; and, if Dan says so, we
will be eighty ; though eight would be nearer the mark—that's
the truth I mean."—Morning Herald.
TEMPEST-TOSSED NOBILITY.—The Earl and Countess
of Wilton, who arrived in London, on Sunday week, from
Devonport, left on Monday morning for Walmer Castle,
to visit the Duke of Wellington. The sudden return to
town of the Earl and Countess was occasioned by the serious
injury their yacht sustained during a storm, on Monday
week, in the Bay of Biscay. We understand, that, after
losing the topmast, and having the bowsprit carried away
during the heavy sea, the mainyard sprung in two places.
These losses obliged them to return and put into the first
port. A few days since we announced the departure of
Lord Francis Egerton with Viscount Emlyn, the Hon.
Francis Egerton, and the Hon. Mr. Wortley, in his yacht,
from Cowes.' It appears, that, after getting out to sea, they
,!ncountered a storm, which lasted two day, during which
their brigantine received such injuries as to oblige them
to steer for the first port, to repair the damage, previous to
proceeding to the Mediterranean. The noble lord arrived
at Bridgewater House late on Tuesday night, but, on the
following day, left to visit the Duke and Duchess of Suther-
land, at Lemington Spa.

A LUCKY MAN.—Espartero is one of the luckiest men
on record. General Alaix, who would have hung him two
months ago, if he could have caught him, has now proposed
to give this " waiting" traitor some few millions of 'Hal*"
(according to the Morning Chronicle; but, being rather
touched with a commercial fit, we think the word ought to
have been reals) for his immense service of having bought a
scoundrel ! Aye, and he, the said Espartero, is to " have
his choice of the national property." Pay your debts,
gentlemen ! It is most excellent morality to pay Mr.
Espartero before you think of paying your debts—pay the
poor devils who are daily singing and starving before our
doors ; and then pay Mr. Espartero ! Lord Palmerston,
look to this ; and look to it quickly, or you will have some-
thing not very pleasant rung about your ears. Espartero is
a lucky man ' • give some of these unlucky fellows a chance
of being lucky too—that is of getting their own hard knocks.
—Morning Herald.

ACCIDENT AT AUST PASSAGE.—On Monday last a dead
body was found floating in the river Severn, near to King-
road, by a Berkeley pilot boat, and on being taken on shore
at Beachley Ferry, it was discovered, by a game certificate
and other papers, to be the body of Mr. William Williams,
of Redwick, Monmouthshire, one of the ill-fated passengers
on board the ferry-boat which was swamped at Beachley on
the Ist September. The body appeared to have been sanded, as
it was not much changed till after exposure to the air. when
decomposition came on very rapidly. Bills and cash were
feund in the pockets of the deceased to the amount of £9O.
It is now clearly ascertained that there were only six passen-
gers lost on the melancholy occasion instead of seven as was
first supposed. Mr. Jones is the only person who has not
been found. We think it reflects the highest credit on the
boatmen on the severn, that, notwithstanding it was well
known that many of the unfortunate persons lost on the ca-
lamitous occasion referred to had very considerable sums of
money about them, there has not been the slightest suspi-
cion that any of the bodies have been plundered ; and that
those of the crew of the boat for whose recovery no pe-
cuniary reward could be anticipated, have been as carefully
and speedily restored to their afflicted families as any of the
others, and this too at great personal inconveniences and
loss. We are happy to hear that the subscription, com-
menced by some benevolent individuals for the bereaved
wives and families of the boatmen, already amounts to a very
considerable sum.—Gloucester Chronicle,

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THEATRE ROYAL, LIVER IL'
Vote
Second Week of Mr. and Mrs. WOOD, of the
Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.
roduceioli
THIS present TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 1839, will be,Poperl
for the first time here, Beethoven's celebrated
FIDELIO, a t
As performed with most distinguished 81)10bati°3 t
Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane* re.
Previous to the Opera, the Original wirei al)°,
Leonora.. (under the fictitious name of Fideliof
Florestano) Mrs. Wood. woo .4
Don Florestano.. (a State Prisoner). • • • Mr'llornc.-
Don Pizarro (Governor of the Prison).. Mr. G.
R0cc0.... (the Jailor).... Mr. P. Cro4Re'arket.
Jacquino.... (Porter of the Prison). • • • Mr'
Marcelline.... Mrs. P. Crowe.
To conclude with the Melo-Drams °f
ROBERT MACAIRE.
Robert Macaire . Mr. W 11°
Jacques Strop Mr. Baker.
Marie. Miss Cleaver.
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TO-MORROW (Wednesday) A POPUTAIt be#l6.
in which Mr. and Mrs. Wood rf
Drama of the MILLER AND HIS MEN• Wit:lin:beef;
The Opera of the MAID OwFill pJeUDorAll
ceived last Night with distinguished approbati°°'
repeated on THURSDAY. 'E
The Opera of AMILIE ;OR THE LON tt.°° (I'6
be performed in the course of Mr. and Mrs. "

gagement. -----"'

NOW EXHIBITING,
AT THE LYCEUM ROOMS, BOLD-SO., vriv-
MARTIN'S PICTURE OF THE CORON,
(PAINTER OF BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST.)
Open from Ten till Five o'Clock. 14 G.
ADMISSION, ONE SHILL Sep
The Exhibition will be Open every Evening fro-60
Nine, when the Room will be lighted up with