The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-02 00:00:00

TREATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. WOOD,
And the Last Night of Mr. and Mrs. W 0 0 D, of the
Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane.
Second Week of Mr. BARKER, Principal Tenor Singer of
Mr. Braharn's Theatre, London, and of the Theatres-
Royal, Dublin and Edinburgh.
Second Week of Miss LAND, from the Theatre-Royal,
Covent-garden.

Mr. RANGER,
The highly successful representative of French Characters,
at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, who is engaged for a
Fortnight, will make his fourth appearance here onMoNDAY
EVENING.

THIS present FRIDAY, November 2d, will be per-
formed the Opera of the
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO.
Susannah Mrs. Wood.
Count Altuaviea.... Mr. Wood.
Fiorello Mr. Barker.
Countess Miss Land.
Figaro. „Mr. G. Horucastle. I Cliertibino Mrs. Tellet.
Antonio Air. Baker.
After which, the Grand Opera of
CINDERELLA.
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Cinderella Mrs. Wood.
Felix..(Prince of Salerno).. Mr. Wood.
Clorinda—Miss Land.
Baran Pompolino Mr. G. Horncastle.
Pedro Mr. Baker.
Fairy Queen ..Miss Grant.
MR. HILL,
The celebrated Comedian and representative of American
Rustic Characters, from the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane
and Haymarket, and Royal Olympic Theatre, London, and
the principal Theatres in the United States, is engaged for
FIVE NIGHTS, and will make his first appearance here
en Monday next, Nov. sth. when will be produced, for the
first time here, a new Drama, written by Mr. Ranger, called
THE ROMANTIC WIDOW.
Monsieur St. Croix Mr. Ranger'
As performed by him upwards of 100 nights at the Theatre
Royal, Haymarket.
After which, a new Drama, never performed here, written
expressly for Mr. Hill, and represented with the greatest
sPprobattea at all the American Theatres, called
NEW NOTIONS.
Major Wheeler Mr. Hill.
To which will be added, for the first time here, a new Drama,
also written expressly for Mr. Hill, and acted at the Theatre
Royal, Drury Lane, with universal applause, called the
YANKEE PEDLAR.

Hiram Dudes, (112e.fi;nkee Pedlar) Mr. Hill.
To conclude with the new Farce of
TOM NODDY'S SECRET.

Zbt ILiberpool ,Stanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 2, 1838.

fll' The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this
morning at 5 o'clock.

Tra Wl= INDIES.—We have received files of the
Jamaica Royal Gazette, Dispatch, Gazette, and Mer•-
eury, to the 26th of September, Demerara papers to
the 13th of September, and Barbadoes papers of the
lame date.

The news brought by this arrival does not appear to
be a whit more encouraging than the previous ac-
eounts. Wo subjoin as many extracts as we have
room for. We find in a Jamaica paper the following
account of the recent proceedings of the Governor :
"Oa Saturday, the Bth instant, his Excellency the
Governor, visited St. Thomas in the Vale, and was re-
ceived by the Hon. G. W. Hamilton. There were
also present a large concourse of labourers from the
various properties. His Excellency took a seat on the
sofa in the drawing-room, and addressed himself to
the gentlemen present, and remarked that he had come
to see if he could do any good ; that he was anxious
to learn in what consisted the differences between the
masters and their late apprentices, and why it was that
work bad not been resumed.

" The Custos stated that the great bone of conten
tion was wages. The labourershad demanded a much
higher rate than the proprietors could afford to pay.
" His Excellency asked what were the terms of-
fered ?
"The Custos.—The father of a family was charged
Is. Rd. a week for the house in which they all lived,
but each individual was required to pay the like sum
for his ground, provided he was able to labour ; those
belonging to similar gangs were required to pay 10d.
or a bill in proportion to their rate of wages.
"His Excellency.—lf the people are to pay these
rates, what are they to live upon ?
"The Custos.—The husband was offered ss. per
week, the wife 6s. Bd. ; and less, according to the class
of labourers to which they belonged.
"His Excellency.—This appears a fair rate of hire;
and lam sorry that any difference should exist." [He
then called Mr. Jackson, the stipendiary magistrate,
and asked him if he knew anything respecting the
cause of disaffection among the labourers, and why
they refused the terms that had been off-!red ? Mr.
Jackson replied that he had conversed with a great
many of them, and they had expressed no objection to
paying rent for their houses and grounds, but wished
to dispose of their labour in the way they thought
fit.]
" His Excellency said, he thought the. proprietors
would consult their own interests, and allay the irrita-
tion which existed, if they would do as had been done
at Clarendon and Vere. In these parishes the rent
for house and ground had been given up for the first
three months, and the hire fixed at Is. Bd. per day.
"Mr. Page felt assured every one present would
adopt his Excellency's suggestion, provided the la-
bourers would immediately resume work.
"His Excellency inquired if that was the general
feeling, and received replies in the affirmative. He
next inquired if he should communicate that informa-
tion to the people, which being also assented to, his
Excellency addressed the people, stating that he had
been talking to their employers, or old masters, and they
seem kindly disposed to them, but that he was very
sorry to find that none of them had been at work : lie
also stated that the Queen and the country had made
them free, but it was not for that they should become
idle: their friends in Jamaica and Great Britain ex-
pected them to be industrious. His Excellency asked
them the reason why they did not work ? They re-
plied that they had been waiting for mosso the gover-
nor. They then promised the governor that they
would go to work on Monday morning; but one man
inquired what was to be the day's work ?—how many
'hours? to which the Governor replied, at least nine
hours. The people made no reply, but appeared sa-
tisfied. But notwithstanding this arrangement, and.
the promise made, our informant ensures us, that. with
the exception of two or three on each estate, and those
not working continnally, the people almost through
the parish had not up to Wednesday last turned out to
work. Upon estates where there are 200, about 15 of
20 will turn nut at six o'clock, and work till one or
two. On one property, with 86 labourers on it, only
four were at work."

The Jamaica Gazette or September 22d announces

that the House of Assembly was called to meet on the
30th ult. It says—" Our representatives will observe,
by the proclamation inserted in this day's Gazelle, that
the Assembly is called to meet on the 30th October,
for the despatch of publfc business, when, we trust,
they will be prepared to discuss the weighty measures
which will engage their attention. The country will
look with intense anxiety for the result of their pro-
rseedinga—tlie first of which in importance will be the
qaestiou, whether the Island Charter shall be main-
tained in all its essential attributes, or whether the
island is in future to be ruled by a despotic and invad•
iag power. Several violations of the charter of our
liberties, franchises, and immunities have been perpe-
trated—snper-legislation has been resorted to—the
power that has been exercised must be questioned and
resisted, and its unlawfulness proved and overthrown ;
or the island of Jamaica will be reduced to a new state
of bondage and servitude. These are questions which
must engage the most serious attention of the patriot
acid the independent senator."
The same paper contains the following warning "to
those who wish to employ African apprentices without
any power of control over them. The following
scene, we are candidly informed, lately occurred upon
Albion Estate, St.Pdary's, and will serve as an instance
of what a lawless state the island will speedily be
brought to under the present frightful experiment of
disorganized misrule.
It seems that several of the lately shipwrecked Afri-
cans had been comfortably settled on Albion Estate,
and a number of their countrymen and messmates lo-
cated in the neighbourhood. They were supplied with
every comfort and necessary of existence, and only re-
quired to do a little light field lab Our in return for the
food and lodging, &c., received. One of the consta-
bles attending to his field duties, perceiving that one
of these pauper Africans, instead of performing his
allotted task, was supinely lounging under the cool
shade of an umbrageous tree, took leave to rouse his
dormant faculties by the application of a small switch
to his back. In the twinkling of an eye the wrath of
the savage was roused. He sprung at the throat of
the constable, and, but for his superior dexterity, would
have laid him dead on the spot. The constable con-
quered the assault of the savage ; but the latter brooded
over his ulterior revenge ! By the Saturday, when
the estate's work was suspended, he hurl gathered the
whole of his African clan, who, stripped naked and
armed with long knives, cutlasses, bows and arrows,
and every other weapon they could procure, pursued
their way to the constable's house, broke open the
bed-room door, and if it had not been for a hair-
breadth escape under the bed, and through the win-
dow, would have immolated him on the spot! Not
finding their victim where they expected to catch him,
hey pursued their way to the works, and there, mis-
taking another for the person who had made his escape,
they surrounded hint in a circle, yelling their war-

whoop, and waving knives and cutlasses over his head.
The estate's people were called to the rescue, but they

stood appalled, and by another desperate effort of stra-
tagem the innocent victim agai❑ escaped from their
grasp. The word was then given to mount and ride
off for the overseer or attorney, when the savages dis-
persed in pursuit, tracking the boy on horseback, who
narrowly escaped an arrow from their bow, by giving
his horse a sudden turn as it was aimed to enter his
body. The savages, after this defeat, sent a deputa-
tion of their body to demand a palaver at the Queen's
House; and it is said that their mia/man, conjuror, or
ambassador, found his way thither by laying four sticks
on the cross road which pointed to the proper direc-
tion !

"The negroes in the parish stand in dreadful awe
of these Obeah Priests, who believe that, though they
fear Buckra, they can instantly do for a black! And
as it is reported that the officiating constable (a black
man) has been ordered by certain authorities to re-
ceive a flogging, this has confirmed their fears; and
after such scenes are allowed to pass over with impu-
nity, can any one doubt the state of disorder and bar-
barism to which we shall speedily revert."
The Jamaica Despatch of the 24th ult., contains
the following brief account of the state of the windward
islands :—"Our fellow colonists in the windward
island papers seem to be labouring- under the same
difficulties that we are experiencing at this moment in
Jamaica.

"In St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Tobago, Grenada, and
Trinidad, the negroes are quite unsettled.—ln Barba-
does they had behaved so ill, that the military were
placed on strict duty, and the negroes had been com•
mitted to gaol by the dozens. The St. Lucia Free

Press says—

" ,Affairs are becoming worse every day with the
planters. Their properties are left without labourers
to work them ; their buildings broken into, stores and
produce stolen, ground provisions destroyed, stock
robbed, and they themselves insulted and laughed at."'
The papers of the 26th ult., give the following par-
ticulars respecting the state of the parishes of Man-
chester anti St. Dorothy :—" We are glad to perceive,
by private letters, that the labourers in the parishes of
Manchester and St. Dorothy are, in general, resuminc,
their accustomed work at a remuneration which seems

We take the following from the Demerara papers of
le 13th ult :

"The occurrence of most importance which has
taken place since our last, is the publication in the Ga-
zette of two Orders in Council, both of the date of the
30th of July last. By the first, the ordinance of the
12th of July, 1836, for the better regulation of the re-
lative duties of masters and articled servants, in British
Guiana, &c., w►th the three orders in council thereunto
annexed, are repealed, all contracts or treaties existing
remain in full force.
"The reports from the various districts as to the
conduct of our labouring population are as various and
opposite to each other as it is possible for them to be.
There are many of the estates on which the labourers
had at first gone steadily to work, which now have
scarcely a hand on them ; whilst upon others they mus-
ter a greater force than they could before command.
We hear also that. the people have already in many
instances exhibited the propensity common to the habits
of savage life, which we called squatting, and to which
we havealwayslooked to as one of the evils of Grenada.
It is gratify ing to us to be able to record that the ac-
counts received from several parts ol• the country are
of a satisfactory nature.
" It is with the deepest concern we announce that
the labourers at St. Vincent, with very few exceptions,
still refuse to labour for fair wages."
The Barbadoes papers of the 13th ult., furnish us
with the follow ing document :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR TO THE HOUSE OF
ASSEMBLY.
"The Governor recommends to the early consider-
ation of the Honourable House of Assembly the sub-
ject of a circular letter from her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, and of
an order by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council, relative to the practice which appears to have
arisen on the part of agents, or speculators, of engaging
the services of emancipated negroes in several parts of
the West Indies under contract for labour to be per-
formed in British Guiana and Trinidad, the object of
such persons being to assign the contracts, on the ar-
rival of die negroes at their destination, to other par-
ties, at a profit to themselves.
" MACGREGOR, Governor."
The Times of yesterday contains the following
digest of the news brought by the Spey :
" By the Spey packet papers have been received
frum Jamaica and other West India islands. The
accounts respecting the negro labourers continue to
be of a mixed character, but upon the whole it may
be assumed that appearances were more favourable to
the termination of disputes between the masters and
men on the subject of wages, and the gradual return
of the men to their labour. Complaints are made in
parts of Jamaica where work had been resumed, that
the negroes were in the habit of finishing their allotted
tasks in four or five hours early in the day, and after
that could not be induced to resume work. The pe-
culiar nature of sugar cultivation is said to require
that the labour should be more eyially diffused over
the day, but, however that may be, it does not appear
that any reasonable ground of dissatisfaction could be
urged against the men for using greater expedition
for their own ease, so long as the quantity of work
agreed upon was performed. Some uneasiness was
manifest in Kingston about the growing ascendancy
of the coloured population in a political point of view.
In alluding to sonic remarks made in the House of
Lords here on the position perspectively in which they
might be placed when in a state of entire freedom, at
which time they would perhaps conic to be invested
with political rights, it is observed that members of
the Imperial Legislature seemed to be ignorant that
such rights were already enjoyed by the coloured
people, and to show how they worked with reference
to the whites, the fact is stated that such is the pre-
ponderance of the coloured electors, that a majority of
the corporation was actually elected by, and a majo-
rity of the petty juries composed of, their class. The
influence of the white inhabitants, it was asserted, WaS
daily on the decline, and a sort of apathy and despon-
dency seemed to prevail among them, evinced by their
disinclination to work or to serve office. The Jamaica
legislature had been further prorogued to the 30t11 of
October.

" From Barbadoes the advices are to the 23d ult.
A meeting had been held there on the subject of the
contemplated alterations in the currency. Resolu-
tions were agreed upon in deprecation of the Govern-
ment plan, and the local legislature petitioned to me-
morialize her Majesty against any " alteration in the
relative value of coins as established by law and cus-
tom for upwards of 20 years," because it would inter-
fere with all pending transactions between debtor and
creditor. The most effectual mode of legally regula-
ting the present value of coins would be, it was said,
to convert currency into sterling by deducting one-
third ; the doubloon would consequently be 665. Bd.,
and the dollar 45...2i. It was also determined to peti-
tion that no further powers should be granted, directly
or indirectly, to the colonial bank. The unsteadiness
of the negro labourers w is complained of in the island,
and their disregard of the conditions of contracts. In
one instance of a turnout, some of the ringleaders
were seized and taken to prison, followed by the whole
of their comrades, who insisted on their liberation, or
their own committal with them.
" From Grenada the accounts are satisfactory. An
almost general disposition was evinced among the ne-
groes to resume their labours, where not actually at
work. The rate of wages was 4 bitts per day in ad-
dition to the usual allowances. It was common for the
men to do an extra quantity of work in overtime, for
which, as agreed upon, they received 2 bitts more.
"From Trinidad to the 22d ult. the accounts are
also more favourable. The negroes were gradually
settling down in various parts of the island. The
usual rates of wages were 3s. currency per day for a
day's task of a given measurement, with, in sonic
cases, an allowance of dried fish and rum. On many
estates medical attendance and nourishment during
sickness formed part of the bargain. Ott others the
labourers agreed to pay the medical aid themselves at
the same rate as the proprietor used to do formerly—
that is, each able•bodied labourer Is. per week, and
each half task workman 6:1:"
We must defer for the present any comments of our
own upon the intelligence which we have received by
the present arrival. The state of our 'West Indian
colonies must necessarily occupy much of the attention
of Parliament when it next assembles; and we shall
havi.bi event occasion to revert to the subject.

THE EAST INDIES--As the affairs of our Eastern
possessions are likely to occupy henceforth a promi-
nent position in the public journals, we feel convinced
that we shall be excused for appropriating, a portion of
our space o the following lucid statement of facts,

'or which we are indebted to the Asiatic Journal for

the present month :
Upwards of three months' intelligence from India has
reached England during the past month, embracing topics of
much interest; but the impoitance of the news brought by
the last overland despatzh, whence it appears that the British
Government of India is about to commence military opera-

ttons which may lead to serious results, absorbs the attention
due to minor domestic subjects. A sketch of the political
state of Aflgnanistau will furnish a key to the measures about
to be pursued by Lord Auckland and his council, and will
explain the policy- of these measures, which seem to be in
some quarters misunderstood.
When the lion. Mr. Elphinstone visited the Court of Cabul
in 1808, the throne of that kingdom (a portion only of the once
extensive empire of Atlghanistan) was occupied by Schah
Shooja-001-Nleolk, then about 30 years of age, of whose cha-
racter Mr. Elphinstone gave a favourable representation. In
the succeeding year, soon after the British embassy had left
the country, Schah Shooja lost his kingdom through the trea-
chery of his vizier, -Eaten Khau; head of the powerful family
of the Barukzves, who placed Shooja's brother Mahood on
the throne et urtbol. The court soon after became the theatre
of factions; Prince :imuran, the son of Shah Mahood, indig-
nant at the imluenee exercised by Futteh Khau over his
father, plotted diiwnfall. The Schah of Persia had at this
time demanded tribute from Herat, situate on its western

frontier, and Fetteh Khan, on pretext of aiding its gover-
nor, a brother of Schuh Mahood, marched thither, beat off
the Persians, made himself master of the fortress of Herat,
and usurped the government. On his return, Prince Kamran
worked upon his weak father to sanction the putting Futteh
Khan to death, which wait done under circumstancre of great
cruelty and indignity, and .the consequence was that the
family of !the Barukzves Was driven into rebellion. This
was in 1818. Schell Mahrnood was soon expelled from his
insecure seat, and fled to Herat, where he died in 1829; his
son Kamran succeeding to the fragment of his power.
Meanwhile Schah Shooja, after many narrow escapes, haying
been placed under restraint and plundered', by Runjeet Sing,
had obtained an asylum in British India. On the exile of
Schah Mahood he was recalled by Azeem Khan, the bro-
ther of Futteh, and head of the Barukzyes; but on this family
being offended by some act of Shooja, they abandoned their
first design, and filled the throne with his brother Ayoob,
who was, however, a mere tool in the hands of Azeem Khasi.
Civil war had now exhausted Afghanistan, and several of
its provinces had fallen into the possession of Runjeet Sing,
who, after the battle of Neushero, in 1823, established his
power eastward of the Indus, and between that river and
Peshawur on its western bank. The success of Runjeet
preyed upon the mind and health of Azeem Khan. He died,
and in his last moments charged his son, who succeeded to
his influence over the puppet monarch of Cabul, to hold no
friendship with the ruler of the Punjab, but to carry fire and
sword into his territories. Discord and anarchy followed the
death of Azeem Khan • his sun was expelled by his uncles,
who seized upon the different provinces of Cabul. Shere dil
Khan established himself at Crudahar; Sooltan Mahotned
Khan, with his two brothers, Peer Mahomed Khan and Seed
Mahomed Khan, possessed themselves of Peshawur, and
Cabul, after having several masters, came under the control
of Dost Mahomed Khan. ,Political jealousy had sowed the
seeds of everlasting discord between the brothers. The
puppet king, Ayoob, was elected front Cabal, and he fled
into the Punjab, where he was received and kept as a Taloa-
Isle deposit by Runjeet Sing, who could promote his
political schemes by alternately negotiating with the two
fugitive monarchs, Shoojah and Ayoub; or with either of the
Barukzy-e chiefs; and by intrigue as much as by his arms
he has confirmed his authority west of the Indus, possessed
himself of the valuable province of Cashmere, and obtained
the virtual dominion of Peshawur, Sooltan Mahomed Khan
being a tributary of the Sikh Rajah. The chiefs of Cabul and
Peshawur are at direct enmity; the latter had an ally in his
brother at Candahar, and both were more than suspected of a
design upon Cabul. The whole of the Barukzye family,
however, concur in an equal dread of Shah Shooja (who has
been a resident at Loodiapa, under British protection) and of
Pi ince Kamran, of Herat, both of whom have preferable
though conflicting claims to their possessions.
It will now be easy to understand the object and policy of
the measures adopted by our Indian Government. The chief
of Cabul, Dust Mellowed Khan, whether through Russian in-
fluence, or a desire to fortify himself against the enmity of
his brothers and of the Sikhs, joined the Persians in their at-
tack upon Herat, and advised that the troops of Persia and
Cabal should march upon the Indus. The ruler of Herat,
Shah Kam ran, as he now terms himself, having defeated the
Schah of Persia, who relinquished his enterprise against him,
and being joined by the Uzheck and other tribes, is strong
enough to try for the recovery of the crown of Cahul. The
ulterior views of the actual chief of that place, suit of the
Prince of Herat, with respect to the territories east uf the In-
dus, are sufficiently well known (from the representations of
Colonel Burnes) to render it highly inexpedient on our part,
or that of the Sovereign of the Punjab, to permit the success
of either; accordingly, a treaty has been concluded between
the British and Sikh governments on the one part, and Schah
Shoola, the dethroned sovereian of Cabul on the other, to re-
store this rrince to his rightful power. The British troops,
therefore, enter A fighapistan not as principals in the war-
but, jointly with the Sikhs, as auxiliaries of the legitimate
klutz- of Cabul.
The influence which Russia has had it, producing this state
of things is not apparent. The ambition of Dust Mahomed
Khan, and his hatred of Ratajeet Sing, against whom he was
endeavoured to excite the British Government, are sufficient

to account for the part he has taken; and with respect to
Prince Karnran, he must regard Russia. the ally of his enemy
the Persian King, as his foe. That the Russian envoy sup•
planted Captain (now Colonel) Burnes at Cabul is true; but
the jealousy of British influence there is pardonable.
Dust Mahomed Khan, the chief of Cabul, is described by
Captain Burnes as an accomplished and intelligent person,
of good talents for government. The Affghans ate a sober,
steady and simple people, but idle. They entertain a deep-
rooted antipathy to the Sikhs. Cabul is enclosed by high
rocky hills; the Bala Hissa, which commands the city,
stances on a narrow neck of land, about 150 feet above the
level country. Captain Burnes represents this fort as "a
poor, irregular, and dilapidated fortification, which could
never withstand an escalade." The walls of the city are in
ruins. Dust Mahomed Khan's chiefship extends north to
the Hindoo Koosh and Bameen, west to the bill country of
the Iluzaras, south to Gozni, and east half-way to Peshawur.
The country is mountainous and strong, though it has good
roads through it. His military force, when Captain Burnes
visited Calm% in 1832. consisted of 9,000 horse, well mounted
and accoutred, 2,000 infantry, besides auxiliaries and village
troops, and 14 .;tins.
The chief oC Peshawur is a well-educated man, of good

talents, and surgetsed to he favourably disposed towards the
British. His strength is unimportant, and he is at

the mercy of the Sikh, -
'Foe present :11,, of Candahar is Cohun Dil Khan, a man
of singular charactir, resembling his brother Futteh Khan,
but m"rose as well as cruel. His military force is 9,000
horse (which he could easily increase, as the city is situate
near the native seat of the Barulaye family,) and Nix pieces
of artillery. His oppression has rendered his government
unpopular.
The Pi ince of Herat, till his recent success lifted him into

importance, had but little power, and was falling into a de-.
P ~tidence on Persia. His revenue is large, Herat being situ-
ate in a very fertile country, which enabled him to keep up a
force of about 4,0(X) or 5,0(X) men. He is represented as
clinging to the hops of re-establishing the monarchy of his
father; but he has no political connexions, and has the cha-
racter of a cruel tyrant, destitute of friends and odious to his
con u tr\ men.

From this description of the condition of the country
against which the movetnents of the Anglo-Indian army are
directed, and of its chiefs, it is evident that the re-establish-
ment of Schah Shooja in Cahill, the population of which is
represented to be favourably disposed towards us, would erect
another important outwork of our eastern empire, which
would tulle counterbalance the loss of influence in Persia,
and provide for any contingencies that may happen on the
death of ltunjeet Sing. Captain Burnes remart:s, that had
circumstances brought us into alliance with Cabul instead of
Persia, we might have now possessed more trusty and useful
allies nearer home, than we can boast of in that country, at a
tenth of the expense.
‘Ve observe that Siude, formetly a dependency of Cabul,

has applied for a British force.
The resolution of the allies of Schah Shooja seems to have
been taken prior to the defeat of the Persians before Herat,
and in contemplation of the fall of that place to the Schah of
Persia. The change of circumstances has, however, only

erect the direction of the 'Tiara of the army, whiCh w.

,e to Candahar (whose chief has identified his interests with
hose of his brother at Cabul) instolltd of Herat.
Some movements on the part of Nepaul have excited alarm
at Calcutta, having been connected with the state of affairs
to the westward; but it turns out that the irruption of the
Ghoorkas into the Sikkim territory was a false rumour, and
that the embassy from the court of Nepaul was intended for
Schah Shooja, our ally, not for Dust. Mahomrd Khan, or
Itunjeet Sing. The motions of the Nepaulese, no doubt, re-
quired to be vigilantly watched. It is stated that a large body
of their troops oceopy their mountain passes, ready to ad-
vance into our territories.

The great diamond "koh-i-nor," or mountain of light,
which glittered on the armlet of Schah Shoeja when Mr'
Elphiustone visited his court, and now adorns the person o
Runjeet, was then wrested from the unfortunate monarch.

ABERCROMBY WARD.—The exertions of the con-
servatives in this ward have at last been successful,
and we have now to congratulate the town at large on
the triumphant return .of Robertson Gladstone, Esq.,
as one of the Council.
We can hardly credit the intimidation made use of
by own in authorityr—councillors and magistrates—to
compel persons whose bread depends upon the situa-
tions they hold in some of the public offices to vote for
Mr. Earle; and we are free to assert, that if a tenth
part of the intimidation used by these liberals had been
ever used by the conservatives, the radical prints
would have been filled with virtuous indignation, and
we should never have heard the last of the matter.
The parties are known—and we hope Mr. Gladstone
will not let the matter drop.

From an early hour in the morning, it was evident
that a reaction had taken place. The leveller was le-
velled not to rise again;unless, like the phoenix, he
springs from the ashes of the radicalism of the ward,
and soars into the Council-chamber, the shadow of an
alderman, self-elected, because ward-rejected, on the
most approved principles of liberalism.
Mr. Gladstone maintained his majority throughout
the day, and it was evident from the elongated visages
of the radical committee that the game was "all up"
with them. As the hour of four approached, loud and
long were the shouts of the conservatives as each vote
came up to swell the majority ; and a few minutes be-
fore four, it was suggested in the committee room,
that, as Mr. William Earle, even when he was the
Mayor, voted for Ewart and Elphinstone, and would
no doubt at the last moment vote for himself, that Mr.
Gladstone should register his vote, amidst three hearty
cheers. !e decoy took ; for in a minute or two the
chop-fallen Mr. Eni le was seen at a dot-and carry-one
pace, wendiw.! his weary way to the window. "How
many bast got, Hal ?" " One, master : chuck him
in!"

At four o'clock the curtain fell upon the hopes of the
radicals, and upon the windows of a neighbouring
doctor, whose future hopes are exceedingly slender;
and the state of the poll (there being no mistake of
_figures this time) stood thus :

Gladstone

Earle

Alajority '2o

Mr. Earle being thus snuffed out, Mr. Gladstone was
loudly called for, and on presenting himself at the

window was received with loud and reiterated cheer-
ing. \%Then it hal subsided, with the exception of a
few yells from the adjoining radicals, he spoke as fol-

.OWS

Gentlemen,—My first duty is to thank you for those
great exertions by which you have placed me at the
head of the poll, for to those strenuous exertions we
mainly owe our success. I feel deeply grateful for
the personal kindness I have received; but you, gen-
tlemen, have fought for greater and nobler objects than
individual benefit, you have fought for the glorious
institutions of the country, and you have triumphed.
(Loud cheers.) You have all seen the base and libel-
lous attack upon my character which has been pla•
carded on the walls. Whoever the anonymous libeller
may be, he cannot prove the smallest statement he
has made—(No)—for if he could, and I challenge him
to do so, I should be an object of disgrace, undeserv-
ing of ordinary decency, and a deserved exile from my
native town. (Cheers.) It has been said that it is
not pleasant to sit amongst radicals, and some of my
friends have expressed their surprise that I should
attempt this Ward. But they did not know its cone
stituencv, and I am not the man to shrink from the
contest even against Ilie best champion our antagonists
possessed. (Applause.) Your votes this day have
shewn that you disbelieve the foul allegations in the
placard to which I have alluded—l asked you whether
you did so or not, and your answer has been placing
me at the head of the poll. (Cheering) You have
combated for principle, against what I may with safety
call no principle at all. (Cheers.) A gentleman in
the room has just reminded me that I have this day
been a "leveller." (Loud laughter and cheers.) Mr.
Aspinall here said something to Mr. G. who proceeded.
Another friend thinks I am a leveller of levellers.
Be this as it. may, I placed myself in your hands, and
the victory is yours. I will not at this period longer
detain you. Going as your representative, my study
will be to serve you faithfully, to defend your interests,
and also to forward the interests of the town at large.
Gentlemen,—l thank 3on again for your unceasing
kindness and your strenuous exertions, and however
ineffectual my services in the Council Chamber may
be, I will strive to do my duty to all.
Mr. Gladstone retired amidst long protracted cheer-
ing.

Mr. Holme was then loudly called for, and after a
short delay addressed the assemblage, hoping their
moderation in victory would be as striking as their
fortitude under defeat had been, and stated that if
equal exertions had been used in every Ward, equal
results would have greeted them. Mr. H. then alluded
in strong terms to the infamous placard which had
appeared on the walls, and characterised the writer, as
himself a slave in more degrading bondage than either
the Indian or American slave, who could make charges
against the reputation of any man as he had done, and
❑ot have the manliness to put his name to his allega-

The late hour at which we write prevents us giving
more than a mere outline of his remarks. Mr. Aspinall
was afterwards called for, but it appeared he had left

le room.

The success of the Conservatives in this Ward is in
a great measure attribute le to the excellent arrange-
ments of the Committee. The exertions of Mr. Mon-
caster, Mr. Atkinson, (not Tindal,) Messrs. Mellor &
Weston and several other gentlemen, have been above
all praise.

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—We have so much to
say on the subject of the Municipal Election that, in
order to do anythinglike justice to the many topics which
press upon our attention, we must defer our remarks
until Tuesday, when we shall have the advantage of re-
viewing the observations which may be offered by our
radical contemporaries. A correct analysis of the vo-
ting during the day will be found below.