The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-30 00:00:00

INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LEVANT

We have received Malta papers to the 15th instant. The
following are extracts from the Malta Times:—
ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 7.—The Pacha left yesterday for
Cairo. He told Mr. Larking that he should not molest the
Indian mails, but allow them to pass on as usual. The over-
flow of the Nile has produced the greatest disasters ; whole
villages have been swept away, The gardens of the Isle of
Rhoda are completely under water, and ruined. 4,500,000
ardeps of grain, belonging to the Pacha, (kept in magazines,)
have been washed away. Several Europeans. who occupied
land, have suffered severely. The Turco-Egyptian fleet has
partly mutinied. The sailors of the ships No. 2, No. 7, and
No. 9 have refused to go to their quarters, and much fighting
has taken place. The British squadron here, consisting of
the Asia, Implacable, and Daphne, has been reinforced by
the Dido and Gangees.
The Prometheus, which arrived from Corfu on the 12th
inst., mentions that Sir Edmund Lyons had received official
despatches from the seat of war up to the 21st ult. The
leading fact was, that Jaffa was in possession of the allies.
The French fleet of 11 sail of the line was in the Gulf of
Saalmis, and was expected to winter there.

SMYRNA, OCT. 10.—The Phoenix steam frigate, Com-
mander R. F. Stopford, left Constantinople on the 3d and
arrived at Smyrna on the sth ; after taking in a supply of
coals she proceeded on the same day to the coast of Syria,
having on board Sir C. F. Smith, R.E., whose health had
been sufficiently re-established to enable him to resume his
important duties. The United States ship of the line Ohio,
Commodore Hull, arrived at Smyrna on the Bth inst. The
United States corvette Cyane, Captain W. B. Latimer, ar-
rived in port off Jaffa on the 24th ult.
MALTA.—The Prometheus is stopped at the moment of her
departure with the mails (which are on board), which cannot
go forward, in consequence of the receipt of a despatch, at
one o'clock, from Captain Fisher, of the Asia, commanding
the blockading force off' Alexandria, stating that he had re-
ceived orders from Admiral Stopford, conformably to instruc-
tions from Lord Ponsonby, to establish a rigid mercantile
blockade. Some other arrangements must therefore be made
for the transmission of these mails by another route.

The Vanguard, 80, Captain Sir it Dunn, K.C.H., pro-
ceeded from Malta on the 13th for Syria. The Rodney, 92,
Captain Maunsell, arrived on the same day from Cork, with
the 19th regiment on board, and will sail immediately for
Syria.

GREECI

SYRA, OCT 11.—The King and Queen of Greece have
lately visited this town. They remained three days, and the
mayor and town-council gave a grand ball to their Majesties.
His Majesty has refused to sanction the establishment of an
English bank at Athens, for 2,000,000 of drachms, unless it
would restrain its capital to 500,000. People wonder .what
can he the motive of such a refusal, so much against the in-
terests of Greece, and the wonder is increased, when no pri-
vilege of issuing paper was required, as the bank was intended
to lend money on mortgage and to discount acceptances.
Torture is practised at Athens. A Greek (though a Turk-
ish subject) happened to be in a house where a robbery for
about 400 dollars was committed. lie was accused, taken up
by the captain of gendarmerie, and most horribly tortured at
different times to obtain a confession ; at last, after suffering
unheard-of cruelties, such as being hung up by the legs, an
iron hoop screwed round his forehead, wounds inflicted in
his thighs and legs, &c., he managed to send a message to
the Turkish minister, who claimed him, and who has ad-
dressed a strong official note to the Greek Government. The
person who superintended all this torture, and who ordered
it, is named Zeno, and he is the only person daily admitted
to an audience of the King, whereas his Greek ministers are
obliged to apply for a whole week together before they can
get au audience, howsoever urgent may be their business.

MONTE VIDEO AND BUENOS AYRES.
We have been favoured with the following extract of a
private letter from Monte Video :

" MONTE VIDEO, August 4th, 1840,

" We write in great haste to inform you that the French
admiral has just received intelligence that Lavalle's forces,
which a few days ago crossed the Parana, had been obliged
to re-embark on board the French squadron for safety, in
consequence of not being able to procure horses. They will
proceed immediately to the island of Martin Garcia, at the
mouth of the Parana • so all our hopes of the blockade being
raised through the efforts of the Unitarias are quite frus-
trated. We are exceedingly disappointed that things have
turned out so unfortunate for Lavalle. We have now no
alternative but to wait patiently to see what France intends
to do. We understand that our president (Rivera) is col-
lecting men together all over the country ; and we would fain
hope that the talents and craftiness of this fortunate general
will enable him to keep this province clear of invasion, al-
though, from the recent defeat of Nunez by Urquiza, in
Entre Rias, many people fear that ere long Echagne
will re-
cross the frontier to make war upon us. This news has
thrown
a gloom over all mercantile transactions, as an inva-'
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We find the following intelligence in the city article of the
horning Herald of Wednesday :

By a Hamburg vessel, calling at Dover, later accounts
still have been received from the river Plate. From Monte
gtuhse, and from Buenos
accounts t
Video the dates are to the lath of
in private
Ayres a few days previous. So far asu
letters from Monte Video, and the despatches in the papers
that the statement
on which they are founded, it would seem
yesterday of the victory of Lavalle over Pacheco was con-
firmed, and that the advanced posts of the victoriousT leagues but armyuts
were actually at Puente de Marquez, not 20 la
leagues only distant from Buenos Ayres. city was
described to be in consequence all in a state of fermentation,
and Rosas had proclaimed the penalty of death agains any
one who should he found communicating with the invade
invaders
The action with Pacheco took place on the ith of Augusst,
and on the 10th Lavalle' with his forces had reached Puente.
_ The particulars of this extraordinaay revolution in the af-
fairs of Rosas, so far as they can be gathered from the papers
and
_ letters, may be thus consecutively stated. After the de-
feat of Lavalle at El Sauce Grande, by Echague, the corn-

ier for no,

of the truth of which notwithstanding the
contradictions of the former, there appears to be little doubt,
Lavelle, who, it is said, in pursuance of his grand plan, had
been for some time secretly despatching horses over to the
islands of the Parana sufficient to mount a division of 600
men, who were to find the means for facilitating the move-
ment of the remainder of the expeditionary army, crossed
that river himself on the 23d of July at the head of 2,000
men into the province of Buenos Ayres, leaving the rest of
his troops under the command of Ramerez and Munez in ob-
servation upon the opposing army. On the 27th Roses re-
ceived the intelligence of this invasion, and on the instant
gave orders to Pacheco, who was liberally supplied with
money for the purpose, to collect troops and attack the foe.
At the moment of being sent for Pacheco was at a ball, but
so urgent was the occasion deemed that only half an hour
was allowed him to prepare for his expedition. On his arri-
val in front of the enemy, who stood on the defensive, he
proceeded forthwith to the attack, although late-in the even-
ing, and with a small river in front to cross ; the result of

which has been stated.
It is undeniable that this reverse alone so close to the
capital must make the position of Rosas extremely critical,
in addition to which it must be noticed that a body of 200
men are said to have deserted from Pacheco during the ac-
tion. This is the first serious example of disaffection in the
troops which had till then occurred, and as a party of some
strength was known to exist against him in Buenos Ayres
itself, his situation was likely to become more perilous still
with treachery both among the troops and people. In fact,
in those countries, it may be generally assumed thatboth one
and the other will go with the strongest side.
That which contributed to make the position of Rosas
perhaps more irremediable, and which most must have en-
couraged the operations of the hostile forces against him, was
doubtless the revolt and separation of several of the pro-
vinces of the federative government. In the papers now re-
ceived the proclamations of the federal provinces of Salta,
Tucuman, Catamarca, and Cordova against him appear, with
their treaties of inter-alliance for mutual protection.
The approaching fall of Rosas, if his fall be destined, will
prove a welcome relief to the French, who have been so long
and so vainly blockading Buenos Ayres, and making war
upon him. It will be an opportune release for their squad-
ron at the precise moment when most needed, and, on the
supposition of war in Europe, most in danger.

COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE,

PORT PHILIP,

We have been favoured with the following extract of a
letter, dated " Melbourne, Porth Philip, 9th June :"
" This part of New Holland is admirably adapted for cul-
tivation, for dairying, and fattening cattle. Our soil, for the
most part, is rich in the extreme. Those people who have
been trading for years to New Zealand allow, upon examina-
tion, that our soil is superior to what is in general to be
found there, and that we have greatly the advantage in hav-
ing a comparatively clear and flat country to work upon ;
while at New Zealand, in the bottoms and ravines where the
good land is to be found, it is so thickly timbered that it
would require an outlay of £l5 to £2O an acre to clear it.
We are not subject to the scorching heats or droughts of the
Sydney side, nor the frosts of Van Dieman's Land, judging
from what has been experienced during the few years this
country has been settled ; and surely, if we find that while
around Sydney and Van Dieman's Land they experience a
drought more severe than was ever before felt in these colo-
nies, so that their cattle are lean, starved, and dying, while
from Port Philip we send a supply to them of fat wethers
and bullocks,—surely this is sufficient to satisfy the most
incredulous that here will always be found a sufficiency of
rain for all purposes. To develope the resources of this co-
lony, we must have a constant and large supply of labour.
" Government are using us at present most abominably,
by appropriating our land fund for purposes that will in no
way benefit this colony. They have taken it to defray the
expense of colonising New Zealand. It has saved the Syd-
ney government from bankruptcy, and is now in part sup-
porting their jail and road-gangs, while our roads and streets
are left in the most horrid state of neglect. This must and
shall be altered. We will not sit by and see our pockets
picked, or ourselves made the dupes of any one. The wants
of Australia Felix, and its distance from Sydney, require
that it should be made a separate government. lam aware
that no one almost can believe the real state of this colony
to be so far progressed. Such rapidity of growth is unpre-
cedented in the annals of colonisation. But we shall agitate,
agitate, agitate, till government is compelled to own our
grievances, and restore us what they have robbed from our
pockets. Our land fund has already yielded upwards of
£200,000 ; the land to be sold this month will realise
£lOO,OOO at least ; and every two or three months there is a
larger addition to it. With such an accumulating fund
turned towards the purposes of immigration to this colony
exclusively, (as we have•every right to claim,) what could
we not effect ? Labour is all we want, to drain the wealth
from the surrounding colonies.

" Wages in town average from £3 to 10s. a-week
for brickmakers, bricklayers, masons, plasterers, wrights,
painters, sawyers, smiths, &c., &c. In the country, farm
servants,• shepherds, and stockkeepers get from £35 to £55
a-year, with board and lodging ; and when a man is married,
his wife can earn other £3O, besides board, &c., by becoming
dairywoman, as we are in great want of such at present.
" We are at present memorialising the Sydney council
and Sir George Gipps upon the necessity of allowing us a
resident judge and a supreme court at Melbourne ; and we
are about to send a petition to the home government, pray-
ing that Australia Felix be made a separate colony. I have
sent you a newspaper of to-day, in which you will find the
substance of both petitions, and shall by and bye send you a
statistical account of the colony, which is soon to be pub-
lished by One of our newspaper editors, a very clever fellow.
Melbourne (a lithograph of which will accompany the pam-
phlet) is beautifully situated on the banks of the river Yarra,
which is navigable to the town for vessels of 90 tons, a dis-
tance of six miles. Hobson's Bay, a large and spacious arm
of the sea, receives the waters of the Yarra at its most
northern point, where stands Williamstown—the Greenock,
as I may style it, of our Melbourne Glasgow."

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE IRWELL.-SEVEN

MEN DROWNED

It is our melancholy and painful duty to record the most
extensively fatal accident that has occurred on the river Ir-
well, at least in the neighbourhood of this town, since twelve
workmen were drowned while crossing the river in a boat,
during the erection of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Bridge, in April, 1830.
The circumstances preceding and accompanying this melan-
choly catastrophe are the following :
The Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company (the Old
Quay Company), as our Manchester readers are aware, have
had a number of men employed for some few weeks past, in
deepening the navigation of the river from the New Bailey
Bridge to Hunt's Bank. The earth, stones, and gravel got
up by excavation and dredging, were removed in an ice-boat
belonging to the company,—a square-sided boat about 30 feet
in length and fifteen feet in width, very shallow, being not
more than about two feet from the gunwale to the bottom.
This boat laden with gravel, &c., had proceeded on Monday
evening last from the place where the excavations were pro-
gressing to Throstle Nest, about two miles lower down the
river, where there is a weir, near the paper manufactory of
Messrs. Smith and Ingle. Yesterday morning, about six
o'clock, Captain Yates, the captain of one of the trading flats
on the river, then lying at Throstle Nest, and delivering ropes
and oakum to the paper manufactory, observed that the ice-
boat, which had been made fast the preceding night, before
the men left it, was drifting away. He accordingly hailed
one of the navigation company's flats also lying near, and
which indeed was used as a sleeping cabin by the company's
men, when staying at Throstle Nest. The captain of this flat,
Arnold Clare, immediately proceeded with three or four navi-
gators, to do what they could to stop the ice-boat from drift-
ing down the river, which was much swollen by the heavy
rains, and the current was running strong. Before they could
do any thing, however, the ice-boat had drifted upon the
weir. Captain Clare then put his flat to the other side of the
river, and moored her to a tree, and then got a small boat,
took a line to the ice-boat, and thereby attached the ice-
boat to the flat. Then he and three or four men, who
we understand had been sleeping on board his flat, to-
gether with four others who had just reached the place
from Manchester, got into the ice-boat, which was
still on the weir, and began very thoughtlessly and impru-
dently to lighten her, by throwing quantities of the earth
and gravel, with which she was laden, into the weir-hole.
The ice-boat thus becoming light, and there being, as we
have stated, a flood in the river in consequence of the rains,
the current dragged her onwards with so much force, that the
rope, by which the flat was attached to the tree, broke ; and,
of course, the ice-boat began her downward course over the
weir. There were then upon this boat, including Captain
Clare, nine men ; seven of whom attempted to save them-
selves by jumping into the small boat by which they had been
conveyed on board the ice-boat. Five of the seven succeeded
in getting into the boat ; but the other two, in their haste
and the confusion, fell into the river, and were, we believe,
immediately swept over the weir and drowned. The five
men in the small boat were also hurried over the weir ; the
boat was capsized, and all the men were drowned. Two men
remained on board the ice-boat, having failed in getting into
the small boat in time; they were carried over the weir, but
very fortunately the now lightened boat came up again and
righted, below the weir, and they, having clung fast to her,
were saved. The alarm and dismay that the shocking event
caused spread rapidly through the neighbourhood, and every
effort was made to recover the bodies without delay ; but we
understand that some time elapsed before any of them were
taken out of the water, and up to last evening, we are in-
formed, only four had been found. They were got out of
the water about two hours after the accident, and were con-
veyed to the Britannia public-house, Ordsal-lane, Salford,
were they are now lying, and will remain, until the coroner's
inquest will be held.
All the unfortunate men were in the service of the Mersey
and Irwell Navigation Company ; all of them, with the ex-
ception of Captain Clare, were " navigators" or excavators;
and all of them have left widows and one or more children,
save one man, a widower, who has left three orphans ; ano-
ther has left a widow and eight children ; a third, a widow
and seven children. They all lived at Cadishead, a hamlet
in the'township of Barton. The distress into which their
families have thus been plunged is better conceived than
described. —Man chester Guardian.

Mr. Dunlap, the president of the bank of the United States,
has replied to a request from a large number of English share-
holders calling for a statement of .the actual condition of the
bank. In his answer he assures them, that an investigation
into the affairs of the bank, which has been in progress for a
considerable time, will soon be brought to a close, " when
the stock-holders in Europe and the United States will re-
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ceive all the information necessary to form an accurate opi-
nion of the actual condition of the institution."
BOMBAY.—There arc three residences for the accommo-
dation of the governor of Bombay ; one, the castle, situated
within the fort, has been long disused and appropriated to
government offices ; a second, at Malabar Point, is intended
as a retreat in the but weather ; Parch', the third, being the
mansion occupied.most
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Parell was originally a college of Jesuits ; and after so many
alterations and improvements that its original occupants
would be puzzled to recognize it, it is now rendered worthy
of the purposes to which it is dedicated. * * * * The
gardens of Parell are perfectly Italian, with their fountains
and cypress trees. Though regular, they are not sufficiently
stiff to offend the eye ; the nature of the ground and of the
building, which runs out at right angles, preventing the for-
mality from being carried beyond its just limit. The society
of Bombay enjoys the great advantage arising from the pre-
sence of the ladies of the governor's family, who have ren-
dered themselves most deservedly popular, by the frequency
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depriving them of their sociability. Morning visitors are re-
ceived once a•week, and on these occasions Parell assumes a
very gay appearance. The band is stationed in the hall be-
low' playing occasionally the most popular compositions of
the day ; while its pillared verandah is filled with lieveried
servants, handsomely dressed in scarlet, white, and gold.
The ample staircases are lined with flowers ; and as the car-
riages drive up, the aides-de-cong and other military resident
guests are in readiness to receive the visitors, to usher them
up stairs, and introduce them to the ladies of the family.—
iloiatic Journal.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE

At Leeds, as at Liverpool, the revision of the burgess list
has been rendered a nullity by the vast number of frivolous

objections,

The Earls of Kenmore and ListOwel will be immediately
raised to the peerage of the united kingdom.—Cork Reporter.

Lord Henley, we are gratified to learn, is now restored t,
his mental faculties, and is enabled to mix with his family
Indeed, the learned lord is so much recovered as to be en
abled to take carriage airings almost daily.

The Hon. Mrs. Waldegrave (now Countess of Waldegrave)
who was married in Edinburgh last week to the Earl of Wal-
degrave, is the daughter of the veteran vocalist Braham, and
was the widow of the noble lord's younger brother.
DovEn, Oct. 25.—M. Guizot left here this morning in the
French government steam-packet for Calais, under a salute
of 19 guns from the heights : a guard of honour attended him
on board.

DUNKELD.—EXTRAORDINARY CROP.—A small field,
situate on the south bank of the river Brean, near Inver,
and measuring less than 21 Scotch acres, has this year pro-
duced the amazing quantity of 942 bolls of oats ; and in the
last season, 200 bolls of potatoes !

PROSPECTS OF AN ELECTION.--The Shropshire Conser-
vative gives us a very flattering augury :—" Two conservatives
will represent Ludlow at the next general election, and Sir
Richard Jenkins will have a conservative coadjutor with him
for Shrewsbury." We trust this prediction may be realized.
The Grand Duke Alexander of Russia intends to set up an
extensive racing stud. His imperial highness has engaged
George Taylor as trainer and jockey, and he sailed from
Hull in the Manchester on Wednesday, in charge of the
following thorough-bred horses :—Alderman, Marchioness,
Rose, Bradwardine, Lallah Rookh, Resolution, &c. Four
lads accompanied him to ride light weights.
TORY LIBERALITY.--Last year the Duke of Portland,
owing to the distress of the working classes of Sutton-in
Ashford, granted allotments of ground for gardens to the more
needy of that class of the inhabitants, at the inconsiderable
annual rent of 35., clear of all rates and taxes. His Grace,
last month, was pleased to extend his liberality to upwards of
150 families, and thus no less than 300 are now partakers of
the noble duke's considerate munificence.
Edward Oxford's present condition in confinement is by no
means so terrible as might be imagined ; for if he has lost his
liberty he has found most other things which make life agree-
able, being furnished with all little matters to afford amuse-
ment and pleasure, enjoying a pleasant apartment, and treated
with more attention than he could have expected in former
life.

The beautiful greyhound Bess, which was the winner of
the coursing matches at Whitehaven, Workington, and
Lowther, last year, was killed on the Croft Railroad on
Friday week, in the following manner :—Mr. Benn had been
out coursing with Bess, and she struck a hare upon the rail-
road just as the train came up, and, passing over her, cut
her in half, with the hare in her mouth.
ENGINEERS, E.I.C.—We have received a letter, dated
August 20, from an officer of this corps, who states that there
has been a very general rising of the Belchochees and other
powerful tribes in, Scinde. An officer and detachment of 160
men had been unfortunately killed by these insurgents, who
had possession of the Balkan pass. There was also a rumour'
—which, from subsequent information, we fear was but too
true—to the effect that Khelat had been retaken,, in which
case the massacre of the garrison was looked upon as certain.
Five regiments were under orders for Scinde at the date of
the letter referred to.—United Service Gazette.
THE IRON MINES Or NORTHUMBERLAND.—From ex-
aminations which have been made, there is no doubt that a
rich bed of iron stone exists in the neighbourhood of Elsdon.
Considering the rich mines of iron that are already in course
of being worked by the Hareshaw Iron Company and the
Redesdale Iron Company, it is probably not too much to an-
ticipate that Northumberland will become one of the richest
iron districts in the kingdom. Railways are, doubtless, ne-
cessary to develope fully her mineral wealth ; but they will
follow when the value of the mines is thoroughly understood,
and the existence of iron-stone in abundance will, most pro-
bably, be considered a powerful argument when a public rail-
way is seriously about to be commenced.—Kelso Chronicle.
LECTURES ON SOCIALISM.—At the request of Mr.
Brindley's late audience, that gentleman returned to Chester
last week to complete his exposure of the irreligion and
abominations of Socialism, and the evenings of Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, were set apart for that
purpose. The audiences were very numerous and highly
respectable; indeed, on the two latter evenings, several
hundreds were accommodated on the stage, who could not
obtain room in any other part of the theatre. At the con-
clusion of the lectures, Mr. Brindley was invited to commence
a new course this week, which invitation he immediately
accepted, and the first lecture was delivered yesterday even-
ing. We understand that arrangements have been made for
a public discussion between Mr. Brindle), and Mr. Watts,
Socialist missionary, which is expected to take place in about
a fortnight.—Chester Courant.
KIRKCALDY.—DREADFUL CASES OF HYDROPHOBIA.—
On a Sunday morning, in the latter end of August last, a
sheep dog, in a highly rabid state, entered the house of a me-
chanic, named Young, who resides in Airdrie, near Glasgow,
and severely bit in the face a fine boy, aged six years, and a
girl aged fifteen months. The infuriated animal then left the
house, and was not destroyed until it had dangerously torn
the hand of a man passing on the street. Medical aid was
promptly procured, and every means used to extirpate the
virus from the wounds of the unfortunate individuals. The
two children apparently got well, but were occasionally in an
excited and nervous state, and were latterly sent to the house
of their grandfather in this place, for the benefit of change of
air, &c. In the early part of last week, symptoms appeared
in the boy which created the greatest alarm, up to Thursday,
when a violent attack of hydrophobia manifested itself, and
terminated fatally at half-past seven o'clock the same even-
ing. On the Saturday following, the little girl was similarly
attacked, and expired at seven o'clock on Sunday evening.
The interment of the boy took place at four o'clock on Sab-
bath, and that of the little girl at one the following day. A
post mortem examination was held on the boy by the medical
faculty. The brain was found to be in a soft and pulpy state,
with the blood vesicle turgid with blood, the epiglottis cover-
ing the mouth of the windpipe much thickened, and sur-
rounded with a quautity, of viscid mucus. The adult who

was bit at the sane time is still in the west country;:unci,ii;
to the middle of last week, was well. This deploraWe case
has caused great excitement throughout the town.—Fife
Herald.

THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AT LUDLOW.-60n
Thursday last, about two o'clock in the afternoon, as George
Hathaway, the ostler at the Angel Inn, was removing an old
kitchen grate which stood in the brewhouse down the yard,
he there found amongst some old things two pair of unbleach-
ed cotton stockings, which had been placed there when wet,
as they were then quite damp and mildewed, and very dirty,
and must have been there some time undisturbed. There are
no initials upon the stockings ; the feet of the one pair are
very much discoloured, as if they had been saturated with
blood, and in some of the folds it appeared as if blood had
been concealed. The marks on the feet of this pair of stock-
ings are considered to be of a much deeper red and different
from the stains that may be caused by perspiration of the feet
when wearing new boots or:shoes. There is nothing particu-
lar on the other pair of stockings. The stockings were rolled
together, and not anything wrapped round them. We hear
that it is the intention of the magistrates to examine Hatha-
way, the ostler, and sift this mysterious affair as far as possi-
ble.—. Hereford Times.
The following memorandum has been issued from the Ad-
miralty :—`.`Admiralty, Sept. 26, 1840.—As it will frequently
occur, in consequence of the shore pay of captains of royal
marines, which is received by them monthly in advance, that
over payments will take place when they are embarked before
the expiration of the period for which they may have received
the shore pay, their lordships are pleased to direct that, in
order to enable the accountant general to recover the amount
of such over payments, the captain or commanding officer of
any of her majesty's ships and vessels in which a captain of
marines may embark, shall furnish the said captain, on em-
barkation, with a certificate of the date when he commenced
victualling, and on his disembarkation, with a certificate of
the date when he ceased victualling, which certificate the cap-
tain of marines is to transmit immediately to the accountant
general, to enable him to regulate his pay."

THE CHANNEb ISLANDS.—The threats which the French
so lately made, that they will attack Jersey in the case of a
war, have been met by the natives, both men and women,
with mingled indignation and scorn. The statement that a
steamer could subdue the island is most absurd. Its shores
are defended by Martell° towers, which are within gun-shot
of each other. They are now being put in a state of de-
fence. There are also 3,000 native militia. This force, if
necessary, could be increased to 5,000. They are well dis-
ciplined ; they arc enthusiastically loyal ; they are proudly
fond of their fatherland. There have been, I admit, com-
plaints that our whig government is remiss in not sending
more force here, in order that if war should be suddenly de-
clared, and the French were to make a dash at the island,
they might act with the native troops to prevent it for even
an hour falling into the hands of an enemy. Our lieutenant-
governor, who is a wise and brave man, has the most perfect
confidence in the loyalty and courage of the people. He has
already taken the precaution to have all the French enrolled,
with a view of sending them to the opposite shore as soon as
war is inevitable. Should a rupture take place between
England and France, and a propagandist army be sent here
in 20 steamers, they will find no sympathisers with French
principles, but they will meet with such a dmonstration in
favour of old England against young France, as will send
them back, as heretofore, to their shores, defeated and dis-
graced.—Correspondent of a daily paper.

ARMED STEAM SHIPS.—One of her Majesty's most power-
ful steam-vessels has been recently fitted with two guns, one
forward before the mast, an ordinary 32-pounder; and ano-
ther abaft the inizen mast, weighing 84 cwt., with a bore of
10.02 inches diameter. Each gun is mounted on a slide,
which moves on a pivot, so that they are capable of being
pointed in any direction all round. The velocity of the re-
coil is restrained by two powerful screws, which press the
carriage on the side with so much force, that, although there
is a strong breeching, it is rarely seen, in the case of the great
guu, brought to its full stretch. From experiments made on
the great gun, it appears, that, with only two ounces more
powder than is required for the charge of the 32-pounder,—
that is, 101 b 13oz—it is capable of projecting a hollow shot,
weighing 801 b, at a range of 16 degrees, to as great a distance
as the 32-pounder—namely, 3,850 yards, or nearly two miles
and a fifth. It is, therefore, evident, from the facilities for
advance and retreat possessed by steam-vessels, that this
mode of warfare Would be highly effective in bombardment.

A DOUBLE DESERTION.—Some time ago, a person, whose
name shall not be mentioned, that his blushes may be spared,
applied to the registrar of marriages at Ulverston to arrange
the preliminaries of his union with a fair dame who had re-
sponded to his sighs, and promised to take compassion on
his disconsolate state. The matter adjusted, forth they
went, arm and arm, indulging in the most soothing antici-
pations of happiness to come, of joys doubled, and griefs
divided, when, lo ! a former and once favoured lover, like an
evil genius, crossed their path. John, for that was his name,
took an opportunity of whispering into her ear the memory
of their former affection, and the susceptible dame, over-
come by the thought, accepted his proposal of marriage
within a month, leaving the hapless swain to the bitter dis-
appointment, with the prize snatched from his grasp, just as
he fancied he had laid hold of it. He returned dismayed to
Ulverston, to see whether he could not prevent the treach-
ery, and whether he had not acquired a claim over the false
one, which the interloper could not dispute ; but having
found himself without redress, he hurried home to hide his
grief in solitude. Meantime John promised to make afresh
application to the useful functionary before mentioned, on
his own behalf, but he has not yet fulfilled that promise ;
and when the importunate " she" remonstrated with him,
and backed her rebuke with a volley of reproaches, he an-
swered her by telling her that he never intended making her
his wife.—Kendal Whig.
REFINED DEPRAVITY IN HUMBLE LlFE.—Souse weeks
ago an Englishman employed on the railway, near Ratho,
came to lodge in the house of a decent sub-contractor in that
parish, who had a wife and four or five children. It appears
that the wife had been swayed from her allegiance by the arts
of her lodger, as on Wednesday last she eloped with, him,
carrying off the youngest child, an infant, and about £l5 of
money. The infatuated woman left a letter addressed to her
husband, stating that she had been induced to take the step
she had done by the workings of a guilty mind, as she could
not look him in the face, and beseeching him to be kind to
their children, and to bring them up in the fear of God, and
especially never to let them hear their mother's name men-
tioned, or be made aware of her guilt. The poor husband
came into Edinburgh the same evening in a state of great
distraction, and, with the assistance of the police, made a
search for his faithless wife and her paramour, but not a trace
of them was to be found,— Caledoxian 2fercto7.

CONSECRATION or ST. JOUN'S CFIURCII, BUGLAWTON.
This church was consecrated, according to the rites and cere-
monies of the Church of England, on Thursday last, on which
occasion a sermon was preached by the Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop of Chester.

SACRILEGE.—On Tuesday night the church of St. Luke's
Cheetham-hill, was forcibly entered by thieves, who took the
lead from one of the windows, and thus made a passage for
themselves into the body of the church. Their object evi-
dently was to steal the communion plate, as they attempted
to force open an iron safe in which they supposed it was kept,
but this safe was secured by one of Chubb's patent locks,
which resisted all their efforts, and the only booty they ob-
tained was a screw-driver and some small keys.—Manchester
Chronicle.

THE LATE COURT-MARTIAL AT BRIGHTON.—It is said
that a general subscription will be forthwith commenced
at Brighton for the purpose of presenting Captain Rey-
nolds with a service of plate ; and, further, that the inhabi-
tants of Brighton intend to invite him to a public dinner.
Should a subscription be opened, there is not the slightest
doubt but a very large mini of money will, in a very short
time, be raised, as there is an almost universal feeling in fa-
vour of the gallant Captain. The sentence has caused an
extraordinary sensation throughout the metropolis, and se-
veral thousand pounds, it is said, have changed hands ; large
bets having been made that a severe reprimand would have
been the result of the quarrel with him and the Earl of Car-
digan.—Sun.

A company of sappers and miners are to be forthwith em-
ployed in repairing the embrasures of Peudennis Castle,
Falmouth, and in restoring the dilapidations at St. Mawe's
Castle ; also to erect a battery on St. Anthony's Hill. Orders
have been issued to cause two of the packets in harbour to
proceed, one to Liverpool and the other to Ireland, for
volunteers for the Britannia flag-ship.
LATE FIRE AT PLYMOUTH DOCKYARD.—A correspon-
dent of the Western Luminary observes, in reference to the
recent destructive fire in the dockyard—" It is my opinion
that the fire was the result of accident ; but what will be
said, if• evidence can be obtained, as I believe it can, that the
' bin,' about which so much is now said, was absolutely
walked over and over, round and round, through and through,
when the roofing and the Talavera herself was a coal of
fire,' and not a single spark was to be seen there." What
will our morning contemporary say to this ? Are all his
columns, day after day, from his own correspondent,"
thus to evaporate in smoke ? Any money for a fire in the
bin ! Even a solitary spark will be rewarded with a puff
A BOLD RIDER.—On Wednesday, the 30th ult., Mr. and
Mrs. Leycester, of Toft Hall, Cheshire, on a tour 'through
North Wales, ascended Cader Idris, under the guidance of
Pugh the younger. Both rode the guide's ponies to the
summit, but the lady persisted in riding down the other side,
and, passing through the rugged precipices above Llyn Cae,
alighted safely before the Tavern at Minfordd, a feat never
yet performed by any person, save by this fair visitant.—
Chester Courant.

JERSEY, OCT. 16.—The threatened appearance of war has
caused great alarm to many of the English residents here,
and preparations are being made to repel any invasion the
French might make. Last week a general muster was made
by the authorities of the French living in Jersey, and their
names taken down to the number of 500 in this town only.
The different forts and batteries in the island have been in-
spected, and guns and carriages have been sent from England
iu a very quiet way, so as not to cause any alarm."
THE LATE MURDER AT BARNSLEY.-ID addition to the
two men, Mitchel and Robinson, who were in custody last
week, another who had absconded has since been taken by
Carnelly. His name is Fox. The inquest was adjourned to
yesterday, when it was confidently expected that the evidence
would be sufficient to warrant the committal of at least two
of the prisoners. The remains of the unfortunate victim
were interred at Barnsley on Friday morning, in the presence
of a large circle of relatives and friends, and an immense
concourse of spectators.—Doncaster Gazette.
We understand that no less than 21 gentlemen have offered
the London and Brighton Railway Company £lOO each, to
pass free betiveen London and Brighton during the first year
after the railroad is opened. This is an early indication of
the incalculable advantages that are likely to result to this
town from the completion of the railroad.—Briyhton
Gazette.

THE PACKET STATION.—We understand that there is no
doubt of the government having confirmed the report of the
commissioners in favour of the port of Dartmouth. The
mayor of Dartmouth has, we hear, received a communication
to that effect from high authority, and a similar communica-
tion has been addressed to Sir John Seale, as well as to other
par'ties in Totnes.— Western Luminary.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT CHATHAM.---SEVEN LIVES
LOST.—On the evening of the 19th instant, a fearful accident
happened in the Medway, near Chatham, by which seven
men perished. It appeared that a party of lumpers, 16 in
number, had been at work on board a merchant ship in the
river, and about seven o'clock they all got into a skiff for the
purpose of returning to the shore. It was then blowing a
gale from the N.W., and the water was very rough, while
the boat was not at all adapted for a heavy sea, or to carry so
many.persons. On nearing a vessel close in shore, over
which the party intended to go for the purpose of stepping
from the ship to the shore, a wave rolled in, and in rebound-
ing from the ship struck the boat, and the men becoming
alarmed, all got up and made a rush to get ashore, but ere
one of them could reach the land, the boat capsized and
immersed the whole party in the stream. A distressing
scene ensued ; the parties clung to each other and begun
struggling in the water, and before any assistance could reach
them, seven of them perished. Some of the survivors ma-
naged to swim ashore, and others were picked up by a fishing
boat. Measures were immediaiely taken to recover the
drowning men, but, owing to the boisterous state of the
weather, without effect. On Tuesday and yesterday the
bodies of six of the unfortunate men were recovered and
taken ashore : we understand that all the poor fellows have
left wives and families to deplore their loss.
PORTSMOUTH.—The Calcutta, 84, Captain Sir Samuel
Roberts, is ready for sea, at Plymouth, and was to sail on
Wednesday, for Gibraltar and Malta, to join Sir Robert
Stopford's flea. Admiral Sir Edward Codrington's flag,
(blue at the main), has been hoisted on board the Queen,
110, whither the whole of the officers and crew have been
transhipped from the Donegal, 78. A rumour is current
that she will be shortly despatched to the Mediterranean
with the Royal Adelaide, 110, from Plymouth. The Sala-
mander steam-vessel, Commander Henry, is hourly looked
for from the eastward, with volunteer seamen for the Bri-
tannia, 120, and Howe, 120. The St. Vincent, 120, is for-
warding for commission at this dockyard with all practicable
despatch. The Indus, 84, will be the next ship commissioned
here. Several large razee 50-gun ships are in course of pre-
paration for the pendant. The locust, a new steam-vessel, is 1
commissioned at Woolwich by Lieutenant John Lunn, late
of the Pluto steamer, which is also ordered for service. The
Monarch and Formidable, 84-gun ships, will be commis-
sioned shortly at Chatham, every despatch being used in
getting them ready for the pendant. —Brighton Gazette.

TARDY SIGNS OF WAR.—An order has arrived from go-
vernment to place all the fortifications at Dover in a state of
immediate defence, in consequence of which his Grace the
Duke of Wellington, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports,
accompanied by Mr. Jenkinson, the deputy governor, Col.
Munro, commandant of the garrison, Col. Thomson, com-
manding the royal engineers, Lord Maryborough, Lord
Fitzroy Somerset, &c., made an inspection of the castle,
batteries, &c., and selected the most appropriate places for
the placing of cannon. The citadel, and other parts of the
heights, will also be fortified as soon as possible. The bar-
racks have also been directed to be prepared for the recep-
tion of infantry and artillery to the number of 1,400 men.
The 34th regiment (the depot of which is already here) and
the 66th regiment have received directions to proceed on
their route for this place.—Correspondent of the Courier.
DEATH OF LIEUT.-GEN. SIR JOSEPH STRATON.—By the
death of this gallant officer—one of the "spirits" of Waterloo
—which took place on Friday in Park-street, Grosvenor-
square, the colonelcy of the Gth Inniskilling dragoons, which
he held since April last, becomes vecant. Sir Joseph entered
the service in December, 1794, in the 2d dragoon guards, in
which corps he served two years and three months. He
purchased a troop in March, 1797, in the 13th light dragoons,
and the majority of the same corps in August, 1801. He
studied at the Royal Military College, High Wycombe, in
1804 and 5, from whence he obtained on his examination a
diploma of the first qualification, and was appointed to the
staff of the Duke of Gloucester. He accompanied his regi-
ment to the Peninsula in February, 1810, where he served,
partly in command of the regiment and partly as second in
command, for three years, and was in all the affairs and en-
gagements in which it during that time bore part. In June,
1813, the commander-in-chief gave him without purchase, in
reward of services, the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 6th dra-
goons, of which regiment he 'died colonel. In April, 1815,
he embarked with his regiment, and commanded it in the
commencement of the battle of Waterloo, until the fall of the
gallant Ponsonby, when the command of the brigade, con-
sisting of the Ist, 2d, and 6th dragoons, devolved upon him.
This brigade, with the brigade of life guards, blues, and king's
dragoon guards, formed the two brigades of cavalry men-
tioned by the Duke of Wellington as having particularly
distinguished themselves. Towards the close of the action
Sir Joseph Straton was wounded, and his horse wounded
twice. He received for his services the order of St. Vladimir
of the 4th class from the Emperor Alexander of Russia, and
was appointed a Companion of the Bath. In 1816 he took
the name of Straton, his previous one being Muter. His
last commission of lieutenant-general bears date June, 1838.

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—A se-
rious accident occurred on Sunday morning, about five o'clock
to the luggage train which left London on Saturday night.
At the time the train arrived at the Farringdon station, Mr.
Brunel, the engineer-in-chief to the company, was standing
on the platform, awaiting the arrival of an up-train to pro-
ceed to London. He observed that all the signals were cor-
rectly given by the several men employed at that part of the
line, and was naturally astonished at perceiving the train,
when within 100 yards of the terminus, approaching at the
rate of fifteen miles an hour, the ordinary speed of a luggage
train in its regular progress along an obstructed line. In a
few seconds an accident of a most frightful nature occurred :
'the train, proceeding at this rate of speed, dashed with tre-
mendous velocity through the engine-house, shiver* to
pieces a coke waggon which stood there as usual, overturning
the two first waggons of the train, and shattering down a
great portion of the engine-house. The engine (ihe line of
rails not extending beyond the engine-house) soon became
imbedded in the earth. From the suddenness of the stoppage
the passengers carriage was forced so violently against the
tender that it was completely turned over. The fore part of
this carriage tilted up, and it completely doubled itself over
upon the timber truck. One of the passengers (T. Kitchen)
was thrown off upon the rail, and the other three were crushed
between the passengers' and the timber-carriage. Mr. Bru-
nel immediately despatched mecsengers to the several medi-
cal men residing in the neighbourhood ; and in a short time
after the accident, Mr. Mantel', of Faringdon, and Mr. Stay-
ley, of Wantage, surgeons, were in attendance upon the un-
fortunate sufferers, who had been conveyed to the Railway
Tavern a short distance from the station, James Marlow, the
guard, and John Ross, the engine-driver, were both dead.
Marlow was found jammed amongst the timber, under the
passengers truck ; and Ross's head was completely flattened,
a large portion of the scalp torn away, and his brains dis-
persed over the boiler, between which and the tender he had
been crushed. An inquest was held on the bodies on Mon-
day, and after an examination of all the witnesses, the jury
consulted together, and returned a verdict of " Accidental
death" in both cases, adding, that no blame whatever could
attach to the Great Western Railway Company or their
agents.

REGISTRATION FOR NORTH CHESIIIRE.—We understand
that the Hon. Mr. E. J. Stanley is to pay the piper for the
radical expenses of the revision, a subscription amongst the
members of the " Reform Association" having utterly failed ;
and he is therefore to be amused and reconciled to parting
with his cash by a pretended slaughter of hundreds of con-
servative voters, whom he will find alive and well in the poll-
ing booths when the day of trial comes. An article in the
North Cheshire Reformer is written in a style of swaggering
and braggadocio, which contrasts most ludicrously with the
dejected and crest-fallen orations which were made a few
months ago at the dinner given to Mr. E. J. Stanley, by his
radical friends.. Mr. Tatton Egerton is threatened with a
" fearful reckoning" at the next election, for his votes on the
River Weaver Churches' bill. Certainly his desire to afford
the poor neglected flatmen there a little religious instruction
on a Sunday ought to disgrace the house of Tatton for ever,
especially as that desirable object will be effected without
costing one Cheshire rate-payer a farthing. But bad and
desperate as the case may be, we question much whether the
electors of North Cheshire will not have a much more " fear-
ful reckoning" without the Hon. Mr. E. J. Stanley. The
Weaver Churches are a mere joke compared with the 10 per
cent. addition to the assessed taxes made by a ministry of
which Mr. Stanley IS $0 active a member,—Stockport Ad-
vertiser.

THEATRE.ROYAL, LIVERPOOL,

POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT OF JACK SHEPPARD

FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. BARKER,

Under the Patronage of the COMMITTEE Si• MEMBERS
of the PALATINE CLUB.

THIS present FRIDAY, the 30th instant, will be per-
formed the Opera of
--- MOUNTAIN SYL.PH.
Compressed into Two Acts. '
Hela Mr. P. C we.
Donald.. (the betrothed lover of Jessie . Mr. Barber.
Christie.. Mr. G. Horne tle.
iss Grant.
Jessie.. Mrs. P. Cr e.
a new Operetta, never acted here, called the

THE

CEolia.

After which,

AND BEAUTIFUL
Mr. Baker.

PICTURESQUE
Mr. Dauberry

Tom Muller.. Mr. Slaiter. I Henry Lorimer.. Mr. Barker
Mr. Kit Cadence Mr. G. Horncastle.

Miss Louisa Dauberry (on this occasion) Mrs. W. H. Bland

Fanny Miss Grant.
To conclude with the last Three Acts of
JACK SHEPPARD.
Jack Sheppard.... Mrs. Tenet.

Mr. CHARLES KEAN is engaged for the last Ten Nights
of the Season, and will make his appearance on MONDAY
next, November 2nd, in the Character of HAMLET.

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