The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-28 00:00:00

WRECK OF THE BARQUE CORSAIR.

Our shipping intelligence contains a brief announcement
of the total wreck of the barque Corsair, Captain Daly, from
Halifax for this port, yesterday morning, whilst in the chan-
nel. The following are the circumstances under which this
unfortunate disaster occurred :

The Corsair sailed from Halifax for this port on the 7th
instant, and after a most dangerous passage, during which
she encountered continued gales, she arrived off Holyhead at
eight o'clock p.m. on Sunday night. Capt. Daly then made
Point Lynas, where he lay till daylight yesterday morning
(Monday). The weather being clear, he made signals for
a pilot, and after standing off and on, under close reefed top-
sails he fell in with an American ship which he supposed to
have a pilot, as she had no signals flying, but it was impossi-
ble to speak her. This circumstance, combined with the in-
creasing gale, induced Capt. Daly to follow her towards the
new channel ; but, unfortunately, a fall of hail and snow
came on so heavily as to completely obscure both the light-
ship and the American vessel. Whilst Capt. Daly was en-
deavouring to wear his vessel in order to stand out, she
missed stays, and about half past eight drifted upon the
bank at the north of the new channel. The gale increased,
and the sea now making a clear breach over the barque,
she soon became leaky. The hail, however, clearing away,
Capt. Daly made signals of distress, which were instantly
answered from the light-ship. Happily the signals were also
immediately observed from the Magazines, and the life-boat
stationed there was forthwith got under weigh for the pur-
pose of proceeding to the relief of the ill-fated vessel. It
fortunately happened that the Queen of the Isle, at this mo-
ment, was passing on her voyage to the Isle of Man, and she
towed the life-boat as near to the wreck as the raging waves
would allow. Owing to the tremendous sea, two attempts
to board the Corsair were ineffectual; hut, fortunately, the
gale drove her over the bank into the new channel.
Both anchors were then dropped, but the vessel, from
being water-logged, rode very heavily. After great exertion
the crew succeeded in throwing a rope to the life-boat ; one
of them was fastened to it, and drawn through the sea into
the boat ; the rope was again hauled on board by a guy rope,
and this process was repeated till the whole of the crew, 16
in number, four passengers, and two dogs, had been
transhipped to the safety boat. Every ore was after
this manner drawn through the water from one vessel to
the other. The crew of the Corsair had left her only a
few minutes when she parted both cables and drifted upon
the main. The life-boat having then 31 persons on board
(her own crew being eleven), laboured very heavily, and
got into a swell at the stern of the wreck. Indeed she
was in imminent danger of being swamped or dashed to
pieces upon the main, but, providentially the President,
steam-tug, Captain Eccles, with the Liverpool life-boat
[which had been despatched as soon as the telegraphic com-
munication was received] came up to their assistance, and
she succeeded in towing the boat out of the breakers. Both
boats were afterwards made fast to the President, brought
safely to Liverpool, and all the parties securely landed on
George's pier.
During her passage the Corsair carried away foretopsails,
foreyard-staysails, and forestaysails. She is the property of
Messrs. Fairbanks and M`Nale, of Halifax, and was con-
signed to Messrs. Fairclough and Frost, of this port. Her
freight was oil and timber. She admeasured 302 tons, and
was in every respect considered a first •class vessel, having
been entirely coppered and copper-fastened last summer.
She stood Al at Lloyd's. The passengers were Mr. O'Neil,
Mr. Murphy, Mr. Silver, and Lieut. Turner, of the Bth Foot.
Too much praise cannot be given to the crews of the life
boats and the steam-tug, for the promptness and intrepidity
with which this humane exploit was performed, and for the
cordial unanimity with which they acted.

THE LAWFULNESS OF RULERS EMPLOYING THEIR OF-
FICIAL INFLUENCE FOR THE PROMOTION OF TRUE RELI-
GION.—To-morrow evening, at seven o'clock, there will be
divine service in St. Augustine's church, when a sermon on
the above subject will be preached by the Rev. Dr. Tat-
tershall. The sermon will be published on behalf of the
Young Men's Established Church Society.

LIVER THEATRE.—Mr. Rayner, whose performances in
" Love's Frailties," and other pieces, have been so rap-
turously and deservedly applauded, closes his engagement
with his benefit, on Friday evening, when his talents, added
to an unusually attractive bill of fare, will doubtless ensure
him a bumper.
IMPORTANT TO COUNTY VOTERS.—Conservatives who
intend to qualify themselves to be registered as County or
Riding voters, at the next registration, as freeholders, copy-
holders, and customary tenants, or tenants in ancient de-
mesne, should be reminded that they must be in actual pos-
session of the premises, or in receipt of the rents and profits
thereof to their own use, before the 31st January, or they will
not be entitled to be registered during the present year.

Loss OF THE WILLIAM HUSHISSON.—The Lord Mayor,
yesterday, stated, in the Public-office, at the Mansion-house,
that he had received a letter in praise of the noble conduct of
Captain Clegg and his crew, and suggested a subscription
for them in London. His lordship intimated, that he would
most gladly receive subscriptions, if sent to the Police-room,
Mansion-house.—Sun, of Saturday.
Lieut. Lord, Marine-surveyor, reports, in a letter dated
Jan. 2G, and addressed to the Chairman f the Dock Com-
mittee, that " the -Voel Nant station is again in working order,
and signals pass along the whole line as usual."

CAUTION TO OWNERS OF HACKNEY CARRIAGES.---WC
are informed, that during the past week, some theif or thieves
have been industriously employed in plundering numerous
hackney coaches, cars, and other carriages of the inside cushi-
ons, and also taking out the linings of the inside ; in some
instances the linings have been cut and completely destroyed,
and the material (curled hair) with which they have been
stuffed taken away, for the sale of which a mere ytrifle would
be obtained, in comparison with the serious expenses incurred
by the owners in replacing the same. The robberies have
been generally effected in the evening, or during the night,
when the carriages have been unemployed. The " Associa-
tion of Hackney Coach and Car Proprietors " have offered
a reward of ten pounds for the discovery of the offenders,
which we trust will lead to their detection, and prevent fur-
ther depredations of a similar nature. The following parties
are the principal sufferers :—Messrs. Weltare, Greaves,
Griffiths, Disley, Kell, Whittaker, Robinson, and Penn.

THE CAPTAIN AND THE OWNERS OF THE SHIP
HUDDERSFIELD.—A report has, most unaccountably, got
abroad, that Messrs. Charles Horsfall and Son had not only
expressed their disapprobation of Captain Clegg's conduct in
interrupting his voyage to save and bring to port the passengers
on board the William Huskisson, steamer, when she was
foundering, but that they had even dismissed him from their
service. The report is mentioned in a letter which now lies
before us, which, though the writer of it is anonymous,
shows that it has received credence from many. Now, who-
ever set the rumour afloat could not have been actuated by
good motives, for a rumour so utterly without foundation was
never fabricated. All who know the Messrs. Horsfall must
be fully convinced, that, so far from having been guilty of
Captain Clegg,
they must have re-
of so much courage
jtohieoecdritrmheatotfhceeynhsuadrinng Cp
in
theira employ a man
and humanity as to lead Min to risk the safety of himself and
crew in the heroic attempt,, thave been so
which proved saulce malignity
ofthere
malignity
on of•the inventor_ must
the rumour,
foundation contradicted,
, and
state,Captainas, it not
authority,front
Clegg
he it might stilr
without llc c
bring still i that it is utterly n
Messrs. Horsfall and Son's service-
who heartily
approve of the heroic conduct which he
appro evinced on the recent
melancholy and trying occasion.-4 sion.—.. tdlb•on.
UNBELIEVING SOCIALIST CAVIL AGAINST THE CHA-
RACTER OF CHRIST.—Some f o our modern infidels, with
that disingenuousness which has always characterised
infi-
delity, turning away their attention from the ninety-nine
lovely features in the character of
Christ, and fastening their
objections upon a single spot which seems to give a handle
to them, have cavilled at Christ's miracle of the herd of
swine, and, upon the strength of it, have actually accused
him of injustice, and oppression, and unkindness. This is
one of the cavils publicly promulgated by the socialists in
some of their infidel meetings. The miracle in question will
he found recorded in the sth chapter of Mark ' • it is an
ac-
count of the man in whom there was a legion of d-?vils. (See
the Bth and following verses.) Now God makes a distinction
between clean and unclean animals—Leviticus xi. 7 and 8,
where swine are mentioned as unclean, and the Jews pro-
hibited from touching them. An unclean animal could not
be offered in any of their typical sacrifices. In this case,
then, what had the Jew in question to do with keeping
swine ? They could not he eaten, for they were unclean ;
they could not be offered in sacrifice, for they were unclean
to that nation by God's own covenant. What, then, could
they have been for? Swine were a favourite heathen sacri-
fice, because of the quantity of their blood ; and it appears
that the Jew, whoever he was, to whom the herd of swine
belonged, must have been keeping them for the purpose of
selling them to the heathen. He was so far forgetting him-
self as to minister towards an ungodly sacrifice—towards
heathenism : he was doing what it was contrary to the law
of God to do. In this point of view, therefore, Christ was
bearing a high testimony against the unlawfulness of this
Israelite making a gain by breaking the law of God ; and the
miracle was a ridding the laud from uncleanness—the root
of which was covetousness, which is idolatry.—S'evozon•
GRAND BALL AT THE TOWN-HALL, IN HONOUR OF THE
QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.—The day on which the Marriage of
the Queen takes place will, no doubt, be a gala day through-
out the country. The Mayor of Liverpool will throw open
the Town-hall to the public on the occasion, and upwards of
a thousand, we hear, will he invited to a ball in honour of
the Queen's nuptials. We hope to see the-event distin-
guished by the same display of loyalty. and good feeling in
this town which marked the Queen's coronation. - On that
occasion, men of all shades of political feeling, sinking their
differences, united to honour the sovereign ; and the same
excellent example will be followed, we hope, on the stilinam e
interesting occasion which we are shortly to witness.

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COWEMPORARY PRESS.

SELECT EXTRACTS•

CH/NA,-WARLIKE PREPARATIONS.
(From the Cork Constitution.)

SINGULAR INDIAN SUPERSTITION.—The Indians fres
quently bring us salmon ; and we observe, that, invariably
before they part with them, they are careful to remove the
hearts. This superstition is religiously adhered to by all the
Chinook tribe. Before the fish is split and prepared for, eat-
ing, a small hole is made in the breast, the heart taken out,
roasted, and eaten in silence, and with great gravity. This
practice is continued only during the first month in which
the salmon make their appearance, and is intended as a kind
of propitiation to .the particular deity or spirit who presides
over the finny tribes.—Totenshend's Sporting Excursions in
the Rocky Mountains.
HIDES AND LEATHER.—There are, in Great Britain and
Ireland, six or seven million head of cattle. But these do not
afford a supply of leather esufficiently large for the numerous
uses to which it serves. Ire iniport bides from Lithuania,
and other provinces of Russia <yrhere the cattle run wild in
-the forests ; and in Paraguay the east herds which range the
boundless plains are pursued and skinned, while the rest of
-the animal'is of so, little value, that ;the carcase is left to rot
upon the ground. The troubled state of these South Ameri-
can states has kept up the price of leather, by preventing the
trade in skins. The largest tanneries in the world are at
Bermondsey on the outskirts of London. The value of arti-
cles made of leather is fifteen millions per annum, and shoes
take more than one-half of that amount. Leather is not an
article we export, for other nations can supply themselves
more cheaply than we can. GloVes are made at Worcester,
Yeovil, Ludlow, and Woodstock.
HOW TO AVOID CATCHING COLD.—Accustom yourself to
the use of sponging with cold water every morning on first
getting out of bed. It should be done quickly, and followed
with a good deal of rubbing with a rough towel. It has con-
siderable effect in giving tone to the skin, and maintaining a
proper action in it, and thus proves a safeguard to the inju-
rious influence of cold and sudden changes of temperature:
therefore, a person who is in the habit of thus fortifying the
skill will besmuch less likely to suffer injury from heated
rooms, and the change from a hot room to the cold air. Sir
Astley Cooper says, " The methods by which I preserve my
own health are temperance, early rising, and sponging the
body every morning with cold water immediately after get-
ting out of bed, a practice which I have adopted for 30 years ;
and though I go from the hot theatre into the squares of the•
hospital, in the severest winter nights, yet I scarcely ever
have a cold."—T. J. Graham, M.D.
VITEIOLIC RlVER.—Although sulphur is found to exist
more or less in the vicinity of every volcano; the only in-
stance with which we are acquainted of sulphuric acid being ,
found in a state of nature, is in the island of Java, near
Batavia, the capital. A lake of sulphuric acid occupies/he
crater of an extinct volcana, from which reservoir it flows in
a rivulet down the sides of the mountain to a considerable
distance. During the dry season of the year, this remark-
able stream becomes absorbed by the thirsty, arenaceous soil
through which it runs ; but in the rainy period it forms a
confluence with another stream called the White River. The
water of the latter, although saturated with whitish clay; is
not pernicious, far less fatal, either to fish or other animals.
But the moment it is joined by the acid rivulet, the stream
becomes transparent from the acid precipitating the earthy
matter which it holds in solution; and it not only destroys
the fish, but also the whole of the vegetation over which it
passes.
GREAT MATCH BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH
COUNTRY.—Setting aside the, in our opinion, absurd story
of Dr. Hawksworth concerning Dragon—setting this story
aside, one of the earliest anecdotes connected with the turf
is that relating to the great match between a south country
horse of Mr. Frampton, the name of which. is not recorded,
and Old Merlin, the best horse, as the Yorkshiremen consi-
dered, that their county had ever yet produced, Merlin was
the property of Sir Matthew Peirson, but the match became
a public concern, north against south. Sir William Strick-
land figures in the tale as a principal, and ably did he main-
tain the reputation of "wily Yorkshire." " Immediately,"
says the old Turf Register—and our readers will probably
prefer the contemporaneous narrative—" Immediately on the
match being closed, there was great betting between the
north and south country gentlemen. After Merlin had been
some little time at Newmarket under the care of one Hesel-
tine, Mr. Frampton's groom endeavoured to bring him over
to run the two horses a private trial at the stated weights
and distance agreed on in the match ; observing by what
means they might both make their fortunes. Heseltine re-
fused, but in such .a manner as to give the other hopes of
bringing him over. In the meanwhile Heseltine took the
opportunity of communicating, by letter into Yorkshire, the
proposed offer to Sir William Strickland, who was prin-
cipally concerned in making the match. Sir William replied
that he might accept of it, and instructed Heseltine to be sure
to deceive his competitor by. letting Merlin carry seven
pounds snore weight than that agreed upon, and at the same
time laying a particular injunction on secrecy. Soon after
Heseltine received this hint-he consented to the proposal
previous thereto Mr. Frampton had given his groom similar
instructions.- The two holies were prepared, started; and.
ran over .the course agreed to in the articles of the match, .
when Merlin beat his opponent something more than a length,
after excellent running. Thii being communicated to each
party by their secret and faithful grooms, who both rode the
trial, flattered each with cortainty of success—Merlin's friends
observing, that, as he had beat the other with seven pounds
extra weight, he would win his race easy : on the other side,
says-Mr. Frampton, as my horse ran Merlin so hard with
seven pounds over-weight, he will win his race to a certainty.
Immediately after proposals were made on both sides to a
very enormous amount, and accepted, and it has been as-
serted that more money was betted on this event than was
ever known, some gentlemen not only staking all the cash
they were able to advance, but their other property also.
At length the important hour arrived for the determination
of this great event, and, each party flushed with hope of suc-
cess, the south country gentlemen observed to those of the
north, " that they would bet them gold while gold they had,
and then they might sell their land." The horses started,
and the race was won by Merlin about the same distanceas
in the secret trial. In a short time the whole scheme be-
came generally known, to the mortification of its inventor,
Tregonwell Frampton, Esq. Merlin was rode by James
Hare, of Cold Kirby, near Hambleton, the celebrated York-
shire training ground. We are also told, that it was in con-
sequence of the ruinous betting which had taken place on the
above race, that the well-known but little respected law was
enacted against the .recovery of any sum of money above
ten pounds betted on a horse race. The date of the above
race is not mentioned : it most probably took place about
1106.—01 d Sporting Magazine for January.
A TORNADO.—In Silliman's American Journal of Science
and Arts for July, 1839, there is a very interesting account
of an extraordinary tornado, from which we shall transcribe
the. following portion :--" Having visited and examined the .
scene of the tornado, so well described by Mr. Willis Gay-
'lord, of-Otisco Onondago County, New York, in the Genes-
see Farmer, November 10th, 1838, we also can bear witness
to the tremendous devastation which that whirlwind pro-
duced. 'We were on the ground in September, about two
months, after the event. Before the tornado, a region of
400 or !'at/0 acres had been covered by a dense forest of pine
trees, many of them very tall and large; roads had been put
through this forest, and a few solitary houses were planted in
it, here and there.. Now we looked in vain over the whole
tract for a single perfect tree. Those which had not been
uprooted or - broken in, too -near the ground, were shivered
and twisted off at different elevations, leaving only a portion,
of a shattered trunk, so that not a single tree top, and hardly.
a single branch, were found standing in the air ; there were
instead only mutilated stems, presenting a striking scene of
desolation wherever our eyes ranged over the now almost
empty aerial 'space. On the ground the appearances were
still more remarkable. The trees were interwoven in every
possible way, so as to form a truly military abattis of the
most impassable kind, nor immediately after the gale could
any progress be in fact made through the gigantic thickets of
entangled trunks and branches, without the labour of bands
of pioneers, who cut off the innumerable logs that choked
every avenue. We bad before seen many avenues made
through forests by winds, prostrating the trees, and laying
them down in the direction of its course; but - never had we
seen such a perfect desolation by a gyratory .movement, be-
fore which the thick and lofty forest and the strongest framed
buildings vanished in an instant, and their ruins were
whirled irresistibly around like flying leaves or. gossamer.
Still it was truly wonderful, that people were buried in the
ruins of their houses, and travellers with their horses and
cattle were exposed to this driving, storm of trees which
literally filled the air, and still not a single life was lost,
although some persons were wounded_"
HOSPITALITY OF ANCIENT GREECE.—Their rule of hos-
pitality was one of true politeness, formed on the golden
mean between indifference and excessive attention. They
deemed it equally wrong to dismiss the stranger who was
posed to remain, as to detain him who was anxious to depart.
While he abided with theinsthey were happy in his company,
and whenever he pleased to go away, he carried with him
their best wishes for his welfare. It was seldom, indeed, •
that a guest did go away, partiCularly if he was discovered to'
be a person of distinction, or was an hereditary. guest of the
family, -without prolonging his visit to nine or ten days' at
the least. Before the hour of the banquet arrived, he was
led to an inner apartment, where maids of the household
were in waiting with warm water, which, after removing his
mantle,
and lowering his tunic, they poured upon his head
and shoulders, while he bent over'
a brazen vase. The daugh-
terofthe family,evengarments, attended
if she were
r princess,
a af e
sh
with
tunic. andhe
mantle;
had the
s
care of the
and when the 'maid .had laved and • anointed him, she present-
ed him with the apparel. His feet were nextbathed, and,
having braced on new sandals, he was prepared to make his
appearance in the banquet hall. Here
request which he
every mark of favour
awaited him. There was no reasonable
could make which the host would
refuse,i
if
for no other cause
than merely that he was under his roof. To offer an indig-
nity to a stranger in such circumstances, still more to take
away his life, was a crime so
heinous, that no man was capabledeem-
ed of committing •
feared it who acknowledged the power and
the wrath of Jupiter.sA
him ; and, when he finally warns bed was prepared for
a shield, a faieoloo
him. In return fo'roi• some other present was bestowed upon
in the warm these kindnesses, he expressed his gra-
titudeaffectionate st terms, and charged himself with their
it was probable remembrances to such of their distant friends as
lieshould see in the course of his journey.—
London Saturday Journal.
SURPRISING EFFECTS OF CAMHHOR ON VEGETABLES.
—The stimulant effects of camphor
other animal bodies are well known uPefl
n ; i
thosebut
th human and some
are not only new, but astonishing ith • on vegetables
i their nature. A piece
of the woody stem of the tulip tree, with one flower and two
leaves, taken out of a, pot of water, containing several other
flowers of the same plant, to all appearance,lil the same
state, was placed in eight ounces of water, which had been
stirred up for some time with one scruple of 'good camphor.
In a little while, an unusually lively appearance was remark
able in the flower in the camphor; while the others, though
they bad the benefit of a large quantity of water, were sensibly
drooping. The two leaves first elevated themselves consider-
ably on their footstalks ; the flower expanded more than in a
natural state ; the stamina orchives receded from the pistil-
lum ; and the calix, or flower-cup, were remarkably reflected
back,' and grew extremely rigid and elastic. The internal
surface of the petals of the flower perspired considerably,
though a similar perspiration could not be perceived in the
flower of the same plant, in the same room and temperature.
• The camphorated plant continued in a very invigorated state
_ . •' , for two whole days, after which it began to droop ; but the
leaves drooped and decayed sooner than the flower. The other
" Too tight to be fashionable," aelhe rabbit said with his flowers and leaves of the tulip tree left in simple water, did
meek in the snare. not live more than half as long as that in the water impregna-
" I mast go down—l hope we part friends"—as the stick ted with camphor. Notwithstanding these surprising effects,
said to the expiring rocket. ne odour of camphor could be traced in any part of the
The horn of the mail coach guard is now called the branch exceptwhat immersed in the fluid. This circum-
stance was
Penny Trumpet." ance seems to render it probable that the camphor was not
LORD MELBOURNE'S LAST.—What herb does her Ma- lri absorbed by the slant but that it exerted its remarkable in-
jesty's postage remind you of? D'ye give it up ? Penny uence entirely through' the solids to which it was inimedi-
Roya/. ately applied. The appearance,
striking,
The appearance, however, was very
and might be con opium on
The Picayenne says there is a man in New Orleans with so lpared to the beneficial effects of
t the human
hot t temper, that it roasts his eggs for breakfast.constitution, Severalother experiments were
made with camphor on plants, .
MARCH OF M IND.—A rev. clergyman discoursing; lastin all of which it was very evi-.
tledent that camphor operae
Sunday-, on the propensity opresent age, to rapid. pro- as a powerful and wholesome
gress in everything, moral • phy'l somewhat •tl '
, um s , . ,
stimulant. A stalk of yellow •
V. as taken out of a phial of ine, with one expanded flower,
but too truly remarked, t'haol' mar. , sda q I t tne »tam. of m.n , t t )e. pre- more than a day. The flower water,
in which it had been placed
sent time, notwithstand. ,ding all that was said of it, earned a few minutes ft b•a er beige put in had be to d • but in a
a phial gan droop ,
great deal of luggage. • •
Whether the following juke h taming a few grains of camphor, it l' of the same size, con-
print • • •
a.s previously got i tinued in a vigorous state for man ,au to revive, and con-
we know not—it is not a bad one Somebody, after hear- but very sparingly soluble in watery Hours. rs• As camphor is
ing the very astounding evidence• • ter, it
the late Mayor of Newport, ontiglseveturiably Sir T. Phillips, that the stimulant effects were produced irliaturalto conclude
associates, asked what sort of a knight he
ofnahnismci-devant of the quantity.mingled with the water, Tt/,isaZerY small part
Frosty knight, to be sure!' was the answer,"
:John be. ' A induce us to make experiments
sealph as a°vterY might
Bull. inure if
ANTI-ELECTRICAL.—The following story is l of the expense of trying them on a e sufficiently lanar
rebated- not excessive. But still, we may apply the carnplioei' were
your "half horse and half aligator" St. Lawrence
Said he, "Heis a hard head—for he stood under. an oak manner before mentioned ; and can that be termed a uselesssi e
a thunder-storm, when the lightning sttnck the tree, and lie purpose ? A few grains of camphor, acting as a cordial, will
dodged it SEVENTEEN times, when findinghe could not clods ,I revive a drooping plant, increase
.its beauty, and prolong its
it any longer m stood and took ninctlaps in duecusiwi 12 existence. In the eye of the florist, these are objects of rto
afa head sawyer aided." r..i-}stittai v. J....Liconrj,jli Sd, . i ''lean importance.—Burt Observations on the Curiosities of
- • . , . .:,: '' .- ..-lvi,tl ilisv aof:nelleet.ea 1 este 'l.4vatui.e.•

"PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 18.—There is no question but that
Government have determined to take active measures against
the Chinese, and that the month will not pass away, without
oar dealing with the Celestials, as becomes their long and
continued insolence not only to is country, but to all other
nations trading with them. The Blenheim, 72, Blonde, 46,
Andromache, 28, all destined to reinforce the East India Sta-
tion, are nearly ready for sea, and will go out of harbour in a
few days. These ships take as many flat-bottomed boats for
the landing of troops as they can stow, and also as much ord-
nance stores and missiles as their magazines will hold. They
should take, also, flat boats in frame of a character to be able
to carry the 10 inch hollow-shot guns, as we learn, that above
Wampoa, the river leading to' Canton has only eleven feet
water; therefore none but our smallest men of war can reach
that city ; and then onlyby discharging water, ballast, stores,
and every weighty article.—Orders are received atWoolwich,
for the embarkation in these ships mentioned, of a Captain and
Lieutenant, and a strong party of Royal Artillery, who are to
take with them, rockets of the largest magnitude, Shrapnell
shells, &c. and they wilt be here in a few days. Sixty ma-
rines, with an officer, are also to embark on board the Blen-
heim, as supernumeraries."—Hampshire Telegraph.
So, then, we are to have a brush with the " Celesti-
als," and we are to deal with them as becomes—" their
long-continued insolence !" It is an enterprise wox thy
of Lord Palmerston. The Genius of the Foreign Of-
fice must have been, like the dissatisfied Irishman,
" blue mouldy for want of a beating," when it fixed
upon China for a battle-field. e are so well off at
home—have so little to occupy the attention of our
statesmen, and 'our coffers are so encumbered with su-
perabundant wealth, that, to exercise our ships, and
keep our hands in practice, our soldiers, our sailors and
our marines, in the absence of any prospect of employ-
ment in Europe, are to be sent to "flesh their valour"
at the other side of the Pacific,. and, at the mouth. of
the cannon, to instruct the Chinese in the way it be-
hoves them to conduct themselves towards those whO-
do them the favour of introducing into their dothini-
ons,--M opposition to their interests and their laws, what
Sir Robert Inglis has rightly called " the most pernici-
ous product of the earth." Is it not, we ask, an enter-
prise worthy of Lord Palmerston ? and yet we can
scarcely believe that even he has decided on a crusade
so indefencible as this. What should we say to the
Power which dared to threaten England thus—which
dared to prate about our insolence towards those who
trade with us, and to fit out fleets and flat-boats for the
blockade of our rivers and the invasion of our shores ?
—and the measure which we would not consent to take,
shall we insist upon our right to give? And then,
when we come to count the cost:—are our finances in
so Nourishing a condition that we can afford it ? What
x Mr. Baring say when he finds his income falling
short of his expenditure ? Even as it is, he will soon
be
calling on the country for assistance. He has lost
no trifle by the Postage. The Temperance Society is
rapidly reducing the " receipts of custom," and with-
out some new resource, he will find it difficult enough
to meet his ordinary outlay Except, then, there ,be
something more than has yet come- before the public,
we apprehend there will be no war with China.
Cer-
tainly the injuries said to have been inflictedon Bri-
tish subjects will not justify it if, as it is to be feared,
those injuries have been the result of their voluntary
violation of the Chinese law.
But in its present precarious condition our connec-
tion with China cannot continue. Some arrangement
we must have ; and justice, humanity, and interest de-
wand that it he pacific. Even were the country con-
tent to forego the use of tea, can we afford to lose the
three or four millions sterling which the chancellor of
the Exchequer derives from its consumption ? Where
will he find a tax so lightly and so cheerfully ac-
quiesced in ? Or, if he could, will our merchants, al-
ready suffering from the competition of the foreigner,
consent to close a channel whichh. ensures such exten-
sive employment to their and themselves ?
No, our policy is, to enlarge Wing
our intercourse, not to
contract it; and now that evefind ourselves by the na-
tural and necessary operation of events uncontrollable
by legislation, forcedfrom countries in which we have
hitherto found a market for our goods,
aprudent go-
vernment would endeavour to compensate the loss by
seeking access to others in which no such privilege has
been allowed us. China is one of these, for, with the
exception of Canton, from nearly the whole of her im-
mense empire we are shutdout. It is vain to clamour
against corn-laws—vainer still to charge upon them the
alleged diminution of our manufacturing prosperity.
Were those laws abolished to-morrow, it is the interest
of continental kingdoms to render themselves inde-
peadent of us, and that interest, even were the not in-
cited to it by the employment thus proyided for their
own people—that interest they will pursue, regardless
of the consequences to any but themselves. This is a
result for which we ought to have been prepared, and
is
if the manufacturer suffering, it is not by dragging
the agriculturistdownward to the same depth that he
There is to be relieved. is enough in.our present pro-
spects to enlist the sympathies and to employ the abi-
lities of every one who feels for the welfare and the
honour of his country, but until men apply themselves
to their consideration in a different spirit from that
which has been exhibited respecting the Corn and the
Chinese questions, we see- little hope of either the re-
removal of her difficulties or the relief of 'her dis-
tress.

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ADDRESS OF THE• PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION
TO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND.

The time has now arrived when it is necessary to decide
on what principles this great empire shall henceforth be vi-
verned—whether on the pure and sound Protestant princi-
ples of our forefathers, which formerly secured to Great
Britain God's blessing, and under which she attained un-
equalled national prosperity and renown, or by the new sys- :
tem of modern liberalism, under which truth and error are
to be alike sanctioned, or alike disregarded.
By you, fellow-countrymen! by your votes at the election
of your representatives must-an answer be given to this im-
portant, this vital question. Let each man then remember,
that in exercising the elective franchise, he discharges a great
public trust, and either fulfils or abandons his duty.
Consider, we beseech you, the real state of affairs; be
not led away by idle words ; but look, and look carefully
to facts. Popery, the former scourge and bane of the coun-
try—Popery, the curse of Ireland, and Italy, and Spain—
Popery, the prophesied " Mystery of Iniquity," is again
making progress among us. In 1837 forty-one Papists were
returned to Parliament ; by these men on nearly every divi-
sion since, has the scale been turned. By Papists, therefore,
you have of late been virtually governed.
Think not, brother electors ! that Popery has neglected
to use the enormous power thus possessed.
In three short years Popery has placed her votaries in the
palace, in the council, and on the bench. A Papist is the
treasurer of the Queen's household, four of the Queen's
privy councillors, three of the Irish judges, one of the lords
of the Treasury, the Irish Solicitor-General, the Vice-
President of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of the Ad-,
rniralty, these, and minor officers of state, at home and abroad,
are now Papists. Very much of this progress has been Made
since 1837. Return such another Parliament—and what
Will Popery be contented with what she has? ' Far from it.
She is ambitious, and craves supremacy; she is despotic, and
will turn power into tyranny !
And what is this. Popery ? Some new or some amended religion ? No! Popery is unchanged and unchangeable ;n she
is the author of the Inquisition, the ancient persecutor of the
Church of God ; and even now, in the.l9th century, teaches
in her colleges the doctrines that so long degraded Christen-
dom, and deluded nation after nation with blood. To Pa-
pists the Bible without comments is still a forbidden book ;
they still are deluded with the mummeries and idolatry of
the mass. And what has been her treatment of Protestants?
Let the atrocities of the Inquisition, the Gunpowder Plot,
the fires of Smithfield, the massacre of St. Bartholemew, the
slaughters in Ireland and the Low countries, and the recent
to
banthis thrilloiishment
ng nquestf early
isoon !0 Protestants from the Tyrol, reply
Brother Protestants ! this very,Popery is now supported
by grants from the public treasury—xso,ooo a
-year is paid
for a system of education conducted almost entirely by
Romish priests in Ireland—a system in which the Bible is
mutilated, and therefore God is dishonoured. £9,000 is an- 1
nually paid to the College of Maynooth, where Popish priests
are trained to disseminate her baneful principles throughout
Ireland. £2,350 was
paid in 1838 to build Popish chapels in
Ireland. £14,764 is annually paid to Popish priests in the
Colonies.
yant
Theseare facts. Do you
happrove
ioff them?false, why If Poperyythiig
lie
at
true, why is so little done for her—
all ? Remember, ourpresent
ascended the throne, was required
Queen, when she
gracious
solemnly to declare that
Popery was sup
superstitious and idolatrous. And is she, almost
as soon as seated there, surrounded by Popish coun-
to be
cilium?
Fellow-countryrnen, be not deceived. We do not ask you
to vote for this party or for that; but we implore you to
pause before YOU vote for any one who directly or indirectly
favours Popery or infidelity.
Vote then for true Protestants, and fot
t
such men only.
Oppose all mho oppose them, and once more give t"rea
Britain a Protestant House of Commons,
and restore to her
~;.S
the character of a Protestant nation. Tu,. at the present
crisis, when Jesuits and infidels, when chartists and social-
ists, are banded together with revolutionary designs—this,
fellow-countrymen, is your great political duty. For the
. e
blessings you now enjoy, martyrs have perished at the stale,
and the blood of your ancestors has been profusely shed.
Oh ! let it not be in vain ! Let not the blood of your fathers
reproach you with treachery to the good old cause they loved,
and with indifference to their glorious examples. Return
God-fearing men to parliament, and then the light of the
Lord's countenance will shine on our senate, his 'Spirit will
guide their deliberations, and the righteousness which
" exalteth a nation" will again bring down his blessings
upon us.
4. Provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God,
men of truth, hating covetousness." Exodus xviii. 21.

FACETI/E.