The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-20 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

A NOVEMBER FUG.—During the whole of Thursday morn-
ing the metropolis was visited with 61hick fog, which rendered
it necessary fur all persons employed in offices, shops, manu-
factories, &c., to hurn gas, oil, or candles, in order to pursue
their several avocations.

Instructious have been sent from the Lord Chamberlain's
office to prepare the 'loyal Pavilion at Brighton, for the ar-
rival of her Majesty and the court ou Thursday the 30th
insta Morning Herald.
EXTRAORDINABY WEIGHT OF THIRTY PIGS.-Mr. S.
of Streford, -recently purchased from Mr. James
Taylor 30 pigs, which, when killed, averaged 21 score each,
and 19Ibs. over.

SINGULAR ADVERTISEMENT.—The following- appears in
the advertising columns of the Wakefield Journal:—" A
finger left.—The shoemaker who left the top-point of his fore
finger on the ridge of a row of celery. in a garden near East
Moore. on Monday night last; may have the seine on appli-
cation at the Joutnal office, on condition that be produces the
remainder of the finger.—Wakefield, Tuesday, October 30."
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. J. S. THOMAS, DEPUTY-CONSTA-
BLE. —On Wednesday last, was preesuted to Mr. J. S.
Thomas, deputy-constable, from the hankers of Manches-
ter, a superb box, lined with gold,.and- suitably inscribed, as
a mark of their esteem. for the zeal, activity, and integrity-
evinced by Mr. Thomas, in the bringing to justice that Levia-
than of commercial fraud, " John Kinnear," who was con-
victed last spring assizes at Liverpool.—Manchester Guardian,

ANOTHER GRAND RADICAL DEMONSTRATION.— On Tues-
day last, what was to have been a grand radical demonstra-
tion was held in Leigh, which, however, proved to be a com-
plete failure. The meeting was to have commenced at half-
past ten o'clock ; but, from want of numbers, the greater
part of the morning was spent in heating-up for recruits in
the neighbouring townships, and. between eleven and twelve,
about 7000 persons had thus been collected together in the
Market-place. At no stage of the proceedings did the num-
bers exceed 2000, three-tourths at least being women and
children. The meciing was attended by Stephens, and
another rev. gentleman, named Jackson, of Leigh. The
proceedings are described to have been of an inflammatory
and abusive character.

HoGG AND TOK LONDON HORSES.—TO a "provincial"
who has an eye- to the sublime in horse-flesh, the London
waggon steeds rivit his attention at the very outset. This was
decidedly the case with James Hogg; and the young gentle-
man who acted as cierone to him during his visit to. the me•
tropolis informed us, that though he often called his attention
to scenes of interest, articles of vertu, or to an equipage
adorned by a galaxy of London fair ones, •the Bard of Yar-
row, having his eye on a glorious team, inure than once re-
plied, '' Odd, man, never mind the trifles; but did ever mor-
tal see sic splendid brutes?"—Dumfries Courier. - -

MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS.—In addition to the bequests of
the late Miss Byrom of £lOOO to the Intimary, and £5OO to
the Lying-in Hospital, which we announced last week, we
understand that this benevolent lady left £5OO to the Ladies'
Jubilee Charity School, £5llO to the !louse of Recovery, £5BO
for the repairs of St. John's Church (built by her father.)
£3OO to the Eye Institution, • and £3llO to the Warrington
Charity for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the
Clergy.—Surely it may be said of her, that she died not only
full of years, but of good works. In her a name, which has
been long connected with the history of Manchester, has
passed away • but "The memory of the just is bleSsed."—
ManchesterVourier.

BIRMINGHAM BURGESS 1101,11,-If we are correctly in-
formed, in the parish of Birmingham alone, out of about 3500
names on the list, not fewer than 1200 unqualified persons
are returned as burgesses. The manner in which the bur-
gess list for Deritend and Brodesley is made out, is still more
disgraceful- than even that for the parish of Birmingham.
We are informed, upon an authority in which we can place
implicit eonfidence, that out of about 1500 names placed on,
the list, 900 have, in reality, no right of voting, while many
of the most respectable householders, who have been rated
to the poor for a number of years—as it appears to us—
simply because they are respectable and not radicals, have
been carefully omitted front the burgess roll.—Birminyham
Advertiser.
THE AitcHatsHoP OF: YORK.—On Sunday last the venere
able Archbishop of York preach his farewell sermon at •th
cathedral in that city. There were present the' Earl de Grey,
Viscount Milton, the officers and the men of the Yorkshire
Hussars, and almost all the niemb,!rs of the Vernon families.
His grace said he had now reached his eighty-fourth year,
and that he felt he must refrain. from preaching at his
advanced age. The congregation might not again bear his
service ; but be entreated them to live according to and be
guided by the precepts of Christian faith; as it inust render
them happier, wiser, and bettet members of society, and in-
sure them immortal glory.— York Herald.

M RTEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY.—At a meeting of this society
on Wednesday last, a communication seas read from Mr.
Charles Green, the aeronaut, on the variety of curtents in
the atmosphere in England. He expressed his opinion that
in England, at a great elevation, the north-west current
generally prevailed throughout the year without reference to
the direction of the wind near the earth, which constant cur-
rent is at an elevation of from 3,000 to 14,000 feet. This
per current carries his balloon at the rate of about six
utiles an hour, whilst the lower current will carry hint at a
rate of thirty miles per hour. He states that in one of his
ascents from Liverpool he entered the constant current at an
elevation 0f14,(X/0 feel, and descended into a lower south-east
current at the height of 12,000 feet, the former carrying his
ballooti at the rate of five miles, and the latter at a rate of
801 miles per hour. The greatest speed he ever travelled was
97 miles in tifty-eight minutes, and his speed has often been
from 61) to 80 miles an hour. The next paper read was from
Mr. Manerly, of the
.Royal Academy of Gosport, on the
aurora borealis, from observations made for a period of twenty
five years. After advancing a theory upon the subject, he
stated, front a long series of observations, that rain and wind
invariably come on in twenty-four hours after the disap-
pearance of the aurora.

VALUE OF GIBUILTER To GREAT.BRITAIN.—The vralue of
Gibraltar to Great Britain -has been questioned by a recent
writer on Spain, who doubts whether it be worth preserving.
"The command of the Mediterranean," he observes, be-
longs to the strongest fleet." This--albeit a debateable pro-
p+>sition-I will not stop to dispute, since what Gibraltar
claims is simply the command of the entrance to the Medi-
terranean, and that clearly belongs to the power which can
most readily keep a force nrar at hand to prevent all ingress
and egress. - Now, Gibraltar is so situated as to enable Great
Britain to do this with very small naval means; whereas it
would require a fleet of any other nation to watch the straits,
because that power would have also to blockade the port of
Gibraltar. This any one at all acquainted witti the locali•
ties', the I r vailing winds, &c. will readily admit to he at times
an impossibility; and on every occasion that the blockading
squadron might be
.driven flout its cruiziug ground, the coin-
inand of the straits would again be possessed by Gibraltar,
should its batteries shelter but a few gun boats. The itn
porta nee of Gibraltar will increase tenfold in the event of a
steam war, as every thing will then depend upon the vicinity
of the contending parties to their coal depots.— Scott's Ronda
and Granada.

NOVEL SPURTING —A great, uncouth. savage•looking
named John Whittaker, was brought before the ma-
gistrates, at the New Bailey, on Tuesday, charged with hav-
ing attempted to shoot his sister, with a pistol, ou the evening
before. She stated that, without any provocation whatsoever
on her part, her brother,entered her shop on last Monday
evening, and, presenting a pistol at her, threatened to blow
her brains out.—Being desired by the magistrates to say why
he conducted himself in so extraordinary a manner to her,'
she repealed that she knew no cause for it, except drink. tie
was inebriated at the (jute, and it was not once alone he so
inenaced her during the evening—he returned to her shop,
and acted in a similar mannei• four or five times. She was
afraid of her life, and wished to have him bound over.---The
prisoner stated, that he had been shooting sparrows with his
pistol, and being. somewhat in drink, he raised the pistol to
his sister, for a joke—but ha had no intention of doing her
any harm. The pistol was not loaded.—To prevent a repes
titian of such dangerous jokes at the end of a day's drunken
sparrow shooting, he was ordered to find two sureties in £lO
each, and himself in £2O. to keep the peace forthree months.
—Manchester Courier.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning 1;10, a
rather serious accident happened on the 'Bolton and Leigh
line of railway.; but it was fortunately not attended with loss
of life. Our teaders are probably aware that on this line
there is only one pair of rails, and, therefore, whatever has
either to pass along-or return must do so on the same rails.
Ott the 'twining in question, we understand the train con-
veying passengers front Bolton to the' Kenyon Junction,
started at a quarter past seven, the usual time, and arrived
at Ilag Lane,- 'When it reached there, it was found that a
train of goads, which ,should have arrived, hid not, and ther'e.
fore it was thought the train had not set off. Such anticipa-
tions, however, proved erroneous; for the passenger train
had not proceeded far down the incline, before it came in
contact with the luggage train, which was being drawn up by
the stationary engine; and such was the violence of the coo=
cussion, that most of the carriages were shivered all to pieces.
There were seven passengers in the carriage next to the en-
gine, all of whom are more or less injured, and the two engi-
neers dangerously. One, named Collier, had his leg fractured
to such an extent as to render amputation necessary. We
understand the accident arose in consequence of the dense
' fog which has prevailed these last few days, and which pre-
vented the trains being seen, until too near each other to
prevent mischief. The cause of the luggage train not being
at Bag Lane, as was expected, arose from the slippery state
of the rails, which impeded its progress.-I%an Gazelle.
—ACCIDENT ON Tiii< NORTH UNION RAILWAY. Parkside,
Friday —The London mail which left Manchester at three
o'clock, was detained at this place, between two and three
hours, waiting for the arrival of the northern mails, which
should have arrived by the North Union Railway train,
leaving Preston at 2 A.M. Ultimately the Manchester train
proceeded on without the bags, under the charge of a .guard,
from-the Manchester post office to Birmingham. The cause
of the detention, was an accident tlait occurred to the north.
union train, which we regret to stateoves-eaused by the'Svil-
'ld and malicious act of -some person, at present- unknown
•to the directors of the North Union Company. The train
left Preston at the usual hour, and had proceeded over the
narrow embankment, within a mile and a half of the Boar's
Head station, about three miles on the Preston side of
Wigan. Here the engine came in contact with a large block
of stone placed on the rail. The concussion was felt all.
along the train. At a bound the engine cleared the stone,
and fell over the embankment, some six or seven yards below
the level of the railway. In the descent the engine was
turned completely over. The concussion and sudden check
fortunately broke the link of the chain which attached the
engine to the tender, or the concequences of the accident
would have been of a much inure serious nature. Charles
Elnsworth, the engineer, a married man with a young.
family, was on the engine at the time it went over the em-
bankment, and great fears were entertained for his safety.
He was found shortly after the accident. with one of his arms
broken in two places, and his hand frightfully shat'ered. The
fireman was on the tender, and received no serious injury.
'llte engineer was
London; she
All the carriages were thrown off the line. There was only
es-
capedo
one ltasesneinegjeurr,eiaj,laasdyd,idoanlsohet
the
ejoguuranredy t .
conveyed to the Boar's Head public house, where every at-
tention was paid him that his situation required.
A post
chaise was procured from Wigan, and in that the mail bags
were conveyed to Newton in time to proceed on to London
by the second class train, which left Manchester at half-past
six. It is with much pleasure we state, that the lady who
' was in the mail at the time of the accident, had sufficiently
recovered from the effects of the fright, as to be enabled to
pursue her journey at noon. The trains from Manchester.
Liverpool, and Birmingham, were taken on by the " Fury,"
'l ether railwaygeisntebelglnCgto the directors. of the Liverpool and
Muanompany.—Manchester Chronicle.
Stn.pnunEous AND SALINE FOUNTAIN AT MAWDESLEY.
—This fountain, which has been so long springing almost,
unknown and unnoticed, is, we have the pleasure to announce,
about to be brought into repute. • Numbers are daily flocking
unto it to carry away or drink of the waters; and a gentle-
man from Liverpool has taken a lease of the field wherein
the spring is situated, for the purpose of there erecting, hot
and cold baths. Had this spring been more generally known,
it would have been more generally frequented ; for its water,
in every respect, is equal to that of Harrogate. Mr. Haugh-
ton, a medical gentleman of Ormskirk, to whom the greatest
credit is due for his endeavours to introduce the fountain into
note, informs us that the water in no wiry differs from the
Harrogate, either in its properties or ingredients. He has
lately analysed it,
and finds its component parts to he sul-
phuretted hydrogen;
carbonic acid, lime, and common salt.
Mr. Corless, surgeon, of Preston, to whom a bottle of the
water has been submitted fur examination, likewise pro-
nounces it analogous in its leading chemical characteristics
to the sulphureous waters of Harrogate, Moffat, and
Chapelle. Its medicinal properties he describes as di4pho-
retie and diuretic. and save it may be beneficially
adrninis-
teretl in some forms of
dyspepsia, hypechandriasis, &c., and
is likely to beparticularly useful either when given internailY
or wad ape/D.oly as
in Certain chroQie cutiVidas •
affections.—Preston CAroiruls. - • "

CORRESPONDENCE.

" SIR GEORGE ARTHUR AND HIS BUTCHERIES
IN UPPER CANADA."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIFERPOOL STANDARD,

Ste,—The liberal, or Whig-radical papers of England have
been lavishing their venomous attacks upon the brave and
loyal defenders of the constitution and allegiance to their
youthful Sovereign, of the provinces of the Canadas, and
copying the execrable sentiments of one of the most diabo-
lical fiends in human shape, William Lyon
.111`Kenzie, have
dared to stigmatize the deserved and most proper execution
of 'Loma, and Mathews, two notorious rebels, as the "But-
chery of Sir Geroge Arthur"! It is our misfortune that
even at this day the Canadas and the people are so little
known and understood in England, and so trifling a degree
of credit gi;:en by our friends at home to men who, braving
the perils and rigours of this northern clime, in the depth of
winter, with only the clothes they stood in, rushed in thou-
sands to expel the rebel crew, and defend their altars and
their firesides from as wicked and crafty an enemy as the
world ever produced. Yet we ale told, from very high autho-
rity, that plunder only was the object of these misguided and
mistaken men ! The crime being of small amount, the
punishment must be in ratio! Admirable reasoning, for-
sooth! The good folks at home, beguiled by that most cor-
rupt and lying, press of the frontier of the United States, re-
echoed by the venal radical writers at home, and trumpeted
forth by that most immaculate Grecian, Joseph Hume, in
his place in the House of Commons, are• leo to believe the
thrice-told tale, that these men are martyrs to the cause if
liberty and conscience—the men who risked their lives to
protect their country, stigmatized Os blood-thirsty tyrants—
and the gallant but too humane Lieutenant-Governor held
up to public observation as a delighter in the shedding of
blood, even against the remonstrance of his council!! Jus-
tice to Sir George Arthur demands that the most unqualified
contradiction be given to these mendacious assertions: .the,
minutes of the council obtained from Lord Glenelg and Mr.
Hume, and transmitted by him to M`Kenzie, sufficiently refute
the latter charge; and the relation of the following facts, as
an eye-witness connected with the proceedings of the last
insurrectionary movement, will be a satisfactory reply to
these slanderous and indecorous charges. against this high-
minded officer. I was present when three. Indian chiefs,
who were bringing up a body of 300 Indians to hem the rebels
in, by a simultaneous movement of the troops from Toronto,
were introduced to his Excellency, at the Clifton House,
Niagara Falls, in June last. After some conversation as to
the line of march, &c., the Lieut.-Governor, addressing them
in warm and energetic language en the duty of humanity to
prisoners, desired most imperatively that "no lives should be
taken, no bluod shed, if it was possible to avoid it ! 'Take
them prisoners, but spare their lives, my friends,"—which
they solemnly promised to observe. Instead of to del ing the
immediate execution of every scoundrel taken in arms, by a
drum-head court martial, (which ought to have been done.)
a commission, after some delay, was sent over—trial by jury
aliowed—every delay asked fur granted —and the prosecuti,n
carried on in so humane a Manner by the Solicitor-General
(Mr. Draper), -as to call forth the unanimous applause of
the counsel for the prisoners. Only one; as yet, has been
executed! Sir George Arthur as little deserves these oppro-.
brious epithets as the gallant hero of many battles, Sir John
Colborne, whiose memory will be handed down to posterity
by thousands and tens of thousands of grateful hearts, as the
preserver of his country from the fangs of as blood-thirsty a
set of cowardly assassins as ever handled a pike; while the
recollection of Lords Gosford and Glenelg, " Noodle and
Doodle," will be transmitted it) execration and ineffable con-
tempt.' The truth is, all this-false leniency and puling sen-
timentality is most injurious to the best interests of the pro-
vinces: the honest and the good are disgusted to find them-
selves treated with coldness and indifference, while the guilty
and disaffected are openly encouraged and rewarded here
and at home; ex. gr., the notorious Chapman. the well-known
mover of the rebellion in Lower Canada, author of the in-
llammatery letters from London to the Correspondent and
Advocate, the hired assistant of Roebuck in all his treason-
able efforts to produce bloodshed and murder in the pro-
vinces, is rewarded by the " little Lord .I,hn" with a place
and a salary, as an encouragement to others of the same
stamp to follow so good an example!—gaol that most noble
"'Lord Gooses," who found a colony in peace and left it in
flames, by his.own folly and imbecility, is honoured with the
Order of the Bath ! What insult to loyalty is this! The
same conduct is pursued here. Men who have pushed the
affair on, or kept in the rear while the battle was raging. in
front, wilfully withholding their services and their means
when required, have fattened on the plunder of simple John
Bull, and gorged themselves in the spoil. Sutherland, the
Yankee robber, whose exploits are written in letters abided,
in the western district, is pardoned, unconditionally!—his
wicked associate in crime, Theller, whose life is doubly for.
Teited, is reprieved !—the guilty authors of the rebellion in
Lower Canada shipped off to enjoy the agreeable recreation
of spending a few moons in that delightful retreat, the Ber-
mudas, supplied with every delicacy and luxury the stores
of Quebec could afford, to make their short sojourn pleasant
and agreeable; this is the "(dim cum dignitate" of male-
factors with a vengeance! It is due to the loyal people of
Canada, that the real characters of certain individuals con-
nected with the late transactions should be correctly under-
stood in England. William Lyon Al•Kenzie is a liar of the
first water, a cheat, a. swindler, a bad husband and a must
wicked father, a rebel to his Queen, an infidel, an tirsoner,
mail robber, and a murderer!—to crown all, the right-hand
man of Hume and Roebuck ! Hear this, ye credulous dupes
of Whig-radical principles! Lount, a Yankee, was an illite-
rate ruffian, a bad husband, a wicked father, a Sabbath-
breaker,- a rebel, a manufacturer of pikes; he was a black-
smith; and elected to serve as a member of the House of
Assambly in the radical parliament ! but for Gibson,
the murderer in cold blood of all the prisoners captured in
Yonge-street, Of Mathews I know little, but firmly believe
he richly deserved his fate; they both pleaded guilty, and
acknowledged the justice of the sentence. How far the mis-
creant Theller and Isis gang deserved the clemency of the
home government, I leave to the brave and.injured men of
the western district, headed by that prince of .good fellows,
Cot.' Prince, to relate. A bare recital of all their sufferings,
trials and vexations—harassing marches in the intense cold
of winter, night and day, in the pitiless storm or freezing
blast—their want of food and clothing,—the exposure of their
wives and daughters to time merciless attacks of these despe-
radoes, to avoid which they were compelled to flee to the
woods fur protection and shelter, and one most excellent
lady. the wife of a distinguished gentleman, lost her life in
consequence! Their subsequent ill treatment by the Com-
missary-General will create a feeling of astonishment in the
breasts of the honest people of Old England, to learn that
their brethren in Canada have been subjected to such un-
merited indignities, abuse, and neglect. On the frontier, in
the late insurrectionary movement, the gallant militia of the
district of Niagara, leaving their harvest to waste. exposed
to the noonday sun and the dews of night, rushed at once to
the scene of danger, making a forced march of forty miles—
some with arms, many without,—and, without the assistance
of a single soldier, captured the whole gang! The object of
the attack on the Lancers was the murder of Cornet Heath
--the plunder of the arms and horses of the men—the rob-
bery of Mr. Overtroll's house of 1,0(X) dollars in the dead of
night—with the intended murder of Mr. Davis, postmaster,
who escaped by a miracle. If these midnight assassins are
to be pardoned or reprieved from death, their just doom, how
are the peaceable and well-disposed to be protected ?
M'Cleod was pardoned by the late Lieut.-Governor at To-
ronto, and yet we find him one of the most.desperate of the
gang! If mercy is thus bestowed upon the guilty, where is
justice to the honest and innocent? The consequence must
be, that Lynch law in future will usurp the place of the good
old law of the land 7 and as our sympathising neighbours are
preparing tor another campaign, on the closure of the Davi-
gation,'we shall then probably be enabled to chew which is
the best preventative of crime—false and injudicious mercy,
or just and immediate punishment.
I remain, Sir, yours most obediently,
J
Stamford, near the Falls of N O HN MEWBURN.
ar a iag,
Upper Canada.