The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-24 00:00:00

AN " INGENIOUS DEVICE."—A " gentleman" called at
a public-house in King-street, North Shields, a few days ago,
and requested to be supplied with a bottle of the best whisky.
The landlady promptly attended to the wishes of her whole-
sale customer, and in a twinkling the bottle was deposited in
his pocket. "The money," he coolly said, "he would call
and pay—to-morrow." The good dame replied, that it was
not her custom to trust strangers ; whereupon, with an air
of offended dignity, he dreW a bottle fiom his pocket, and
returned it in a huff. The landlady, shortly after the depar-
ture of her insulted visiter, examined the bottle, and found
that it was filled with—water !

THE HUME-AN HUMBUG.—O'Connell has intimated to
Joseph Hume that he must retire from Kilkenny, in conse-
quence of his vote against ministers. [Pooh, pooh, the great
Greek financier comes " too far north" not to have learned
from the example of one of the "most incomprehensible of
all imaginable vagabonds" how to conciliate the wholesale
Irish boroughmonger. " A thousand pounds"—" say, a
thousand pounds." Eh, Dan? Eh, Joe ?]—Salisbury Herald.
GROWTH OF THE PENNY POSTAGE QUESTION.—Before
Rowland Hill's plan was published in 1837, it is believed
there was not a single petition for the reduction of postage.
In the session of 1837 five petitions were presented. In that
of 1838, 320, and in the present session, up to the 15th May,
880 petitions for the penny postage have been presented to
the House of Commons alone.

PATRONAGE OF THE WHIG GOVERNMENT.—SOMO of the
channels of this patronage we may briefly state, with the
sums annually absorbed in them :—Poor law commissioners,
£54,000 ; slave commissioners, £14,700 ; Irish railway com-
missioners, £12,700 ; superintendents of factories, £9,000 ;
record commissioners, £4,000; criminal law commissioners,
£5,000 ; inspectors of pris• ns, £6,000 ; Scotch Church com-
missioners, £4,000; ecclesiastical commissioners, £2,500;
hand-loom weavers' commission, £4,000; Irish boundary
survey, £7,000 ; with perhaps as many more absorbing an
equal amount. And these are offices created by the govern-
ment which pledged itself to act with rigid economy, and rule
withput patronage.—Berwick Warder.

There is a rumour that the whig carriage having been over-
turned and seriously damaged, has not been well put together
again, and that there are, in fact, so many screws loose, that
it is extremely doubtful whether, though it has resumed, it
can pursue its journey. To drop the metaphor, it is said that
Lord John Russell having, by his " finality" speech and
pamphlet, offended the radicals past forgiveness, there is no
chance of their giving in their adhesion to any government of
which he is a member. Lord Melbourne, on the other hand,
declares his inability to carry on the government deprived of
his House of Commons leader. Spring Rice, too, has
brought his department into a state which neither he himself
can manage, nor is any other whig, however anxious for
place, equal to unravel. Besides this, Lords Durham and
Normanby, rivals for power, are anxious to shoulder out the
premier, who, after all, may fall himself a prey to the very
petticoat influence to which he owes his temporary reinstate-
ment.—Herald.

DREADFUL FIRE IN LONDON, AND Loss OF FOUR
LIVES.—On Monday morning, about half-past two o'clock,
a fire broke out in the lower part of the premises of Mr. Un-
win, a lithographic printer, No. 32, Bucklersbury, Cheapside,
London. A police constable instantly alarmed the inmates,
and in a few seconds the dense volumes of smoke that issued
from the lower floors completely prevented the unfortunate
persons from making any escape by the street door. Infor-
mation was forwarded to the various fire stations, and only
a few minutes elapsed before the Watling-street, Farringdon-
street, West of England, and about a dozen other engines
and their firemen reached Bucklersbury, and threw torrents
of water on the flames, and at intervals the unfortunate inmates
were seen at the different windows imploring assistance.
Ladders were obtained, and placed against the walls ; but
only two individuals were able to effect their escape, namely,
Mr. and Mrs. Unwin, the latter of whom, in throwing her-
self from a window on the second floor into a large sheet held
by three men, came with a dreadful crash to the ground.
The engines continued to be worked without intermission
for a considerable time; but, notwithstanding every exertion
on the part of the firemen, the entire stock, building, and
furniture were completely destroyed by half past three o'clock,
at which time the West of England and other firemen were
enabled to enter on the ruins, and after some time they found
the bodies of three out of four of the unfortunate sufferers,
burned in a most frightful manner. The servant girl was
the first found, with an iron bedstead lying across her, and
within a few yards distance two of Mr, linwin's children,
one nine and the other ten years of age. The body of the
apprentice still remains in the ruins. The property destroyed
amounts to at least £5,000, but insured in the Phoenix fire
office.

SEVEN SHIPS LOST IN THE GULPH OF RIGA. -We
are sincerely sorry to state, that on Thursday evening we re-
ceived information of the disastrous loss of seven ships in
the Gulph of Riga, on the 25th ult. Two of these vessels
are fine new brigs, belonging to the port of Aberdeen, viz.,
the Duke of Richmond and the Orlando. The others are
the Regina, of Perth (also a new brig), the Wave, and the
Pacific, of Montrose, the Deptford, of Sunderland, and two
Dutch brigs. Having been favoured with a perusal of the
letter which communicates this disastrous event, we are able
to state the facts. Capt. Horn, of the Duke of Richmond,
gives very full particulars in his letter from Windau. He
states that he had a favourable passage out to Domesness,
fell in with the ice there on the 21st ult., and lay there for
two days, until the wind came from the westward, cleared
the ice from the land, and thus enabled about seventy sail to
proceed. When this fleet were within about thirty-five
miles of Riga, the wind shifted to the south-east, and set the
ice down upon all the ships. Capt. Horn says, "We could
not get back ; and upon the 25th, about half-past nine
o'clock, the ice took our ship, and in less than twenty mi-
nutes she went down, along with six more, close to us." The
seven vessels were lost within half a mile of each. Capt.
Horn adds—We travelled over the ice to the land, a distance
here of about six miles, and stayed there two days before we
proceeded—and such travelling I never encountered. We
had a kind of cart for our clothes, and sometimes we got a
ride ourselves. The distance we came was about seventy
miles, but shall get a better conveyance from here to Liebau,
from which place they will send us to Ensinore, or where we
shall soonest got home. Mr. Robertson, myself, and the
three other British masters, are living in one house; and the
mates, with the rest of the people, are distributed through
the towa. Thank God, there were no lives lost, but we
have all lost a good many of our clothes. Of all the scenes
I ever beheld, the losing of the ships beat all; for in less
than two hours all the ships had disappeared, and not a
vestige of them to be seen, no more than if they had never
been." These letters came to Hull by the steamer to Altona.
—Aberdeen Constitutional.

ARTIFICIAL GRANITE Roans.--r Since Wednesday week,
a number of workmen have been employed inlaying down a
new pathway in that part of Bird Cage Walk, just at Storey's
Gate, London, and fronting the late residence of the Hon.
Mrs. Norton. The material composing the pathway is a
new invention. styled "Artificial granite," and a "mineral,
animal, and vegetable combination." The process adopted
in the laying it down is similar to that of the asphalte, the
composition being poured out boiling hot upon the loose
gravel, with which it amalgamates. A few minutes suffice
to make the composition quite cold, and as hard as the hard-
est stone. The appearance of that part of the pathway already
finished is that of a finely polished and black block of marble.
It is said to be impervious to wet, will not be affected by the
sun, like the asphalte • and its durability is even greater than
marble itself, which has been proved from the fact, that a
rough piece of marble or granite can be rubbed perfectly
smooth on a block of this composition, without apparently
wearing the latter. Its hardness may be judged from the
following test :-A block, about five feet by thi ee, and two
inches in thickness, was struck for several minutes with heavy
sledge hammers by the workmen, and it failed to break ;
whereas marble, granite, or any other stone, would have
flown to pieces. This composition is the invention of M.
d'Harcourt, a French gentleman, who is laying down the
above-mentioned pathway by order of the Commissioners of
Woods and Forests, who intend, should the experiment suc-
ceed, to have the whole length of Bird Cage Walk done in a
similar manner, as also the parade in front of the new palace.
COVENT-GARDEN MARKET, SATURDAY. -The supply
during the week was very abundant, and prices were very
moderate. The spring trade has opened under every pros-
pect of a favourable continuance. Forced fruits continue
plentiful, and the prices now fall every week. Hot-house
grapes average from ss. to 12s. per lb. ; peaches 40s. per
dozen ; cherries from 18s. to 255. per lb.: strawberries, 9d.
to Is. 6d. per ounce. The supply of this last article is very
considerable, and is so extensively cultivated by forcing that
one grower in the immediate neighbourhood of London has
no less than 20,003 pots in his hot-house, the average pro-
duction of each of which is one ounce. Green gooseberries
from Bs. to 10s per half sieve ; green apricots, per pint, 25.,
and pines, which were plentiful, retained their price of ss. to
12s. per lb. ; asparagus was plentiful, and reduced in price,
being 45., 65., and Bs. per bundle ; and cucumbers fell to
ls. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per brace ; French beans were higher, at
from 3s. to 4s. per 100 ; and peas, from Portugal, impaired
by keeping after importation, sold at 10s. to 12s. per half
sieve ; new potatoes were plentiful, at 6d., Is., and 2s. per
lb., and Cornish kidneys at 2s. per dozen; white brocoli
realised the high price of from 245. to 635. per dozen, the
latter being the price at the beginning of the week, and the
brown variety at 15s. per dozen ; apples were scarce, the
principal part of the supply being foreign, but there were
some Kentish which sold at 9s. per bushel ; cabbages, per
dozen, were 6d. to ls. ; cabbage plants, 9d. to Is. 6d. per
dozen ; carrots, 2s. per bushel ; celery, 6s. per dozen ; spring
onions, 2s. per dozen bunches ; horse radish, 3s. to 7s. per
dozen • sage, 7s. per dozen bunches ; spinach, 9d. per junk ;
rhubarb, 4s. to 6s. per dozen ; small salads were abundant
and cheap, and flowers were in high perfection.
AURORA BOREALIS.-Since the display of aurora borealis
on She evening of Sunday the sth instant, which we noticed
a fortnight ago, there have been several other occurrences of
this phenomenon, one of which, on Friday night last, was of
a very unusual character, and attended by circumstances that
we do not remember to have seen previously described. When
first seen by the writer of this paragraph, which was about
half-past twelve o'clock, the aurora presented the appearance
of six large and somewhat irregular columns of light, appa-
rently ra:cliating from a point on the magnetic meridian, but
a little helow the horizon. One of these columns extended
across the sky near the western, and another near the eastern
horizon, whilst the other four divided the intermediate space
into nearly equal portions ; • and the whole extended con-
siderably to the southward of this town. There was no ap-
pearance of an arch in any part of the sky ; but a few faint
steamers shot up vertically from the column which was near
the western horizon. Interspersed with the columns of light,
and apparently springing from the same radiating point be-
neath the northern horizon, were several similarly shaped
columns of dark cloud, which preserved a remarkable con-
formity with the columns of light, amongst which they were
interpersed. After the phenomenon had continued in this
form for about ten minutes, the columns of light rapidly faded
away ; and immediately afterwards the columns of cloud
(which had a palpable motion from the radiating point) rolled
into irregular masses, and gradually dispersed, leaving the
northern half of the sky almost entirely free from clouds.
Whilst this was going on, a large and extremely vivid pillar
of light shot up suddenly from the north, extending quite to
the zenith, and then, as suddenly died away, not having lasted
altogether more than a minute. As soon as it had disap-
peared, a mass of dark cloud showed itself on the northern
horizon, at the point from whence all the other appearances
had proceeded, and then, separating into five or six irregular
columns like those which had previously dissolved, radiated
with great rapidity over the sky, still preserving a general
conformity with the previous columns of light. After ap-
pearing in the shape of distinct rays for several minutes, the
clouds rapidly extended in breadth until they joined each
other, and completely covered the northern sky in one
uniform mass. During the continuance of the phenomenon,
the wind was blowing gently from the westward, and the
night was cold and inclining to frost. Of course, the most
remarkable part of. this very unusual display of aurora was
the manifest correspondence between the columns of light,
and the clouds which accompanied and followed them. On
one or two former occasions, the writer has had occasion to
suspect a connection between an aurora and some of the
clouds which appeared in the sky at the same time ; but, on
this occasion, the conformity was so striking, that it was
quite impossible to resist the conclusion that they had a
common origin, or were in some way connected with the
same general cause. It ought to be remarked, in order to
remove a suspicion which might arise in the minds of per-
sons familiar with the appearance presented by aurora bore-
alis, that the dark columns which appeared in the sky when
the phenomenon was first seen, were not mere spaces un-
illuminated by the auroral light, and looking dark by con-
trast with it. They were composed of palpable thick cloud,
which o sscured the stars, and remained perfectly distinct
after the light had entirely faded away. There were, besides,
large spaces in the sky which were free from either clouds or
light, and presented an appearance perfectly distinct from
either.-Manchester Guardian.

Adherence to the old style in Russia has in practice a
curious effect : at St. Petersburg a man may receive a letter
on the 19th, dated at Berlin the 21st of the same month.
BOIMOGNE, MAY 13.—A fine steam-boat from Havre has
just put into our port, being compelled to do so by the bad
weather which had prevailed for some days. It has on board
between 400 and 500 monkeys and parrots, 60 Russian tra-
vellers, and other foreigners.—Gazette de lranee.
If it is a fact that a magistrate of Montgomeryshire has
offered himself as bail for Powell, who is committed upon
clear evidence on a charge of seditious practices, it is a cir-
cumstance that should be subjected to the notice and opinion
of the highest legal functionary in the kingdom.—Salopian
Journal.

Strange to say, some of the whig ministers, and all the
whig journals, are now praising, and most justly, the valua-
ble services of the different corps of yeomanry cavalry called
in to assist in quelling the late revolutionary disturbances—
that very yeomanry which they have done all in their power
to render inefficient.—Morning Herald.
Some of the whig journals are quite in ecstacy in stating
and repeating the fact that troops can be spared from Ireland
for the purpose of quelling disturbances in England. But,
surely, this is anything but a matter to boast of, and amounts
to a political species of " robbing Peter to pay Paul." For
what does it unfortunately prove, but that England has been
brought by these same whigs to the same state of commotion
and insecurity to which they have reduced the -sister island ?
THE MURDER AT CHELSEA. —The coroner's jury, OR
Monday returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Wm.
John Marchant." The witnesses were bound over to appear
at the next session of the Central Criminal Court.
The Marquis of Wellesley continues at Kingston House,
Knightsbridge, in an infirm state of health. His lordship
has nearly completed his 80th year, and has wholly retired
from public life.
A Mr. Sidney Smith, one of the paid itinerants of the
whigs, attempted the other day to gull the people of Hun-
tingdon with the humbug of an anti-corn-law lecture, but
they refused to hear him, and he was obliged to vanish
without having effected his purpose.
Cardinal Fesch, the maternal uncle of Napoleon, died at
Rome on the 13th instant, in the 76th year of his age. The
cardinal, who is believed to have died immensely rich, was
the senior priest cardinal of the Sacred College. He was
born the 3d of January, 1763, and was raised to the dignity
of cardinal on the 17th of January, 1803. By his death the
archbishopric of Lyons becomes vacant.
Mr. Lefevre, the candidate for the speakership, has just
published an essay on " The application of the sub-soil
plough," which some persons consider bears a striking
analogy to the mole-like propensities of the whigs.
Cu MOUS FACT.—On Monday last, a farmer in the neigh-
bourhood of Marchwiel had occasion to take a cart, which
had not been used for some weeks, to Rhos iron works, a
distance of several miles, and upon their return home the
waggoner was astonished to see a robin sitting ou its nest in
the front of the cart, where it had remained affectionately at-
taches to the embryo objects of her maternal solicitude,
undisturbed by the noise or jolting of the cart along an uneven
road.—Salopian Journal.
Among other rumours is one that Lord John Russell has
yielded to the radicals, and heis to " go the whole hog " with
them for the future. This implies that the little lord is pre-
pared to eat his own words, by making a meal of his last letter
to the electors of Stroud. Charitable persons no doubt will
be found to make for the noble lord the same apology as the
Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet makes for himself. Quarter
day is, of all days in the year, that not to be despised.
On Tuesday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, a detach-
ment of the royal horse artillery, with two guns, marched
from Woolwich, it is understood for Birmingham. On pas-
sing through Greenwich the men were loudly cheered by the
anti-chartists. Woolwich has, within the last few days, as-
sumed a very warlike appearance, from the continual aug-
mentation of stores, and preparations of troops for marching
orders. Another detachment of artillery is expected to leave
Woolwich on Wednesday.
The London Sun of Friday, in a leading article, urges the
horrible suggestion that had Sir Robert Peel's stipulation for
the removal of the whig women from the court been acceded
to, her majesty's life might be endangered from their suc-
cessors, who, it is assumed, might conclude they were doing
an acceptable public service, and fulfilling a religious duty,
by hastening Prince Ernest's accession to the throne of Eng-
land. To what an extent of depravity has the factious dispo-
ition of the editor led him. We hope the paper will be seen
no more in any newsroom, having a character for respecta-
bility, nor in any private family where regard is had to honor
and integrity.
PEDESTRIANISM.—Mr. Stevens, of the 61st regiment, who
wagered that he would walk 75 miles in 12 successive hours,
commenced the feat on the Anglesey-road, Newport, yester-
day morning. An immense number of spectators, and some
hundreds of them from this city, lined the road at each side.
When he had walked 45 miles, which he did in 6 hours and
45 minutes, he ventured to wager £5OO. that he would ac-
complish the whole within the given time. Before he started
again, however, he took a tumbler of brandy and water,
which, heated as he was, completely overcame him and ren-
dered him incapable of proceeding further. The wager was
therefore lost.—Limerick Standard.
ORIGIN OF CHARTISM.—It is very strongly suspected
that the whig ministers were the actual founders of this
chartist agitation, and that many of the individuals now form-
ing the National Convention were originally employed by
them, and paid out of the public purse (secret service, of
course) to agitate for the charter. Wise and wary politicians,
who know something of the party, even the people's friend,
Mr. Oastler, is of this opinion. They knew very well that
the respectable portion of the community would be with them
against granting any such preposterous claims ; but it was an
excellent trick to divert the people's attention from unani-
mously demanding a repeal of the new poor law bill, which
they would have done, but for this precious specimen of
whig cunning.— Times.
A 'company is being formed at Morpeth for the establish-
ment of a woollen manufactory. There can be no doubt that
in the description of article fabricated at Hawick, Galashiels,
and other places in the south of Scotland, Morpeth will pos-
sess decided advantages over those places, not the least of
which will arise from the fact of its being the great mart for
the sale of the raw material, and in close proximity with the
nourishing town and port of Newcastle.—Newcastle Journal.
Lord Clarendon is about to receive with the hand of Lady
Catherine Barham a fortune of between £3OOO and £4OOO
per annum. Her ladyship, who is now in her twenty-ninth
year, was united about five years' since, to John Barham,
Esq., M. P. for Kendal, nephew to the Earl of Thanet, who
died three years afterwards, leaving her with an infant child,
who inherits the extensive family estates in Pembrokeshire.
The noble earl is in his thirty-ninth year, and inherits the
entailed estates of his uncle, the late Earl of Clarendon.
MEXICO.—Her Majesty's packet, Skylark, has brought
advices from Mexico to the 24th, and from Vera Cruz to the
28th of March. It appears from these accounts that the
treaty between the French government and the Mexican re-
public had been ratified by the latter. Internal dissensions
prevailed to such an extent that commercial affairs were ren-
dered completely stagnant. On the one hand it is stated that
Bustamente was about to attack Tampico, and on the other,
that nearly 600 of the federalists had sailed from Tampico
with the view of plundering Vera Cruz and seizing the moneys
received for custom dues. The exchange on England as
44, with few bills offering.
THE DERBY.—The Jockey Club would do well to establish
some stringent rule which might prevent for the future the
raising such questions after the race as are now raised in the
case of the winning horse Bloomsbury. One feature in that
rule should be, that all cbjections to the age or pedigree of a
horse should be made a month before the race, so as to give
all parties time to make and answer them ; but the race being
run and over, no such objections should be allowed, on any
pretence, to be made ; at any rate as regards bets, as there
are always shabby people enough to be found glad to seize,
or invent, any pretence for keeping their money in their
pockets.—Herald.
GIGANTIC EGG.—A domestic hen, belonging to an indi-
vidual in Maxwelltown, laid an egg, last Sunday morning,
of most gigantic proportions. It was not quite so regularly
formed as eggs are in general, having a small ridge round the
middle, and when examined by the light of a candle, it ap-
peared to contain two yolks. We measured and weighed it,
as also one of the usual size, for the sake of contrast ; the
respective dimensions of which were as follows, viz :
COMMON EGG. GIGANTIC EGG.
Length 2+ inches 3 inches.
Girth round the middle.. 54 do. 6l do.
Girth round the ends.... 6+ do. 8 do.
Weight 2 ounces 34 ounces.
—Dumfries Courier.
HEALTH OF LONDON.—Although London stands low in
point of salubrity, in comparison with the provinces of Eng-
land, it stands very high when compared with most of the
continental cities, and even states. With all the boasted ad-
vantages of the climate on the Mediterranean shores, the set-
tled salubrious seasons of France, the glowing atmosphere
and serene blue sky of Italy, we find England, and even its
gigantic, crowded, and almost boundless metropolis, enjoying
a greater share of health, and consequently possessing a high-
er value of life, than the inhabitants of almost any foreign
city or state in Europe, or perhaps in the world. It stands
with respect to Paris in the scale of health as 40 to 32 ; to
Leghorn as 40 to 35 ; to Naples as 40 to 281 ! to Rome as 40
to 24 ; and to Vienna as 40 to 224. The morality in the
latter city being as high as 1 to 224 ; in other words, five per
cent. of the whole population die annually.—London as it is.
SORREL.—SorreI is found wild in grassy pastures through..
out Europe, from the Alps of Lapland to Greece. It is now
scarcely known as a potherb in this country except at fashion-
able tables, and the small demand having now nearly banished
it from the metropolitan markets, it fetches the price of dainty
forest plants. This is owing principally to the caprice of
fashion, which extends even to our vegetable food, variety
being more frequently coveted than excellence. The use of
sorrel is of great antiquity, as are its medicinal properties,
which from its nature are acid and cooling. It is grateful to
the stomach, quenches thirst, allays the heat of the choler,
and is an excellent anti-scorbutic. A handful of the leaves
boiled in a pint of whey is an excellent medicine in April; in
short it is one of the most effectual remedies against the
scurvy, if the leaves are eaten green, or their juice drunk at
the time above mentioned.—The Vegetable Cultivator, by
by John Rogers.

JAMES THE FIRST AND THE CITIZENS OF LONDON.—A
good story is related of James I. and one of the lord mayors,
' in reference to the prosperity of the twin cities, and which,
for its happy, quiet laudation of the Thames, it would be
unpardonable to omit. James being in want of £20,000,
applied to the corporation of London for a loan of that sum.
The corporation refused ; upon which the King, in high
dudgeon, sent for the lord mayor and some of the aldermen,
and, rating them in severe terms for their disloyalty, insisted
upon their raising the money for him. " Please your Ma-
jesty," said the lord mayor, " we cannot lend you what we
have not got." " You must get it," replied the King.
"We cannot," said the lord mayor. " compel you,
rejoined the King. " But you cannot compel us," retorted
the lord mayor. "No !" exclaimed the King •, " then I'll
ruin your city for ever. I'll make a desert of Westminster;
I'll remove my courts of law, my parliament, and my court.
to York or Oxford ; and then what will become of you ?"
" Please your Majesty," rejoined the lord mayor, meekly,
" you may remove yourself and your courts wherever you
please, but there will always be this consolation for the poor
merchants of London—you cannot take the Thames along
with you."—Bentley's Miscellany.
SIR ROBERT PEEL.—Arraigned as Sir Robert Peel has
been before the tribunal of public opinion, and outrageously
maligned by the misrepresentations of a factious press, his
noble triumph over the difficulties of his late trying position,
equally with his satisfactory explanations of the reasons of
his conduct, must vastly enhance his reputation. A result
so contrary to that which his political opponents have laboured
to secure, is most cheering and important in the present crisis
of the monarchy, when its fate is so dependent on the charac-
ter of its principal defenders. We defy the most lynx-eyed
opponent of the noble baronet to detect in his conduct one
step deviating, through selfish considerations, from the
straightforward path of public duty. It was to be presumed,
that his well-known public principle would prove an ample
pavilion of security from the strife of vu'gar tongues. The
real temptations to transgress, however slightly, the rules
prescribed by a lofty and devotional loyalty, lay in the pro-
vocation to baffle suspected intrigues behind the throne,
and in the, delicate but arduous task of grappling with the
misconceptions of his sovereign mistress. He has come out
of the sharp and fiery trial, however, unscathed either as to
his public principles or loyal feelings, and occupies at this
moment a position in public favour higher than ever, and is
consequently more fitted by the late adverse and untoward
event to become the future saviour of his country. The Duke
of Wellington's speech in the House of Peers, is a triumphant
vindication of the course pursued by his right honourable
friend--Watchman--Wesleyan Methodist paper.