The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-23 00:00:00

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND-SINGULAR SCENE

CULSAMOND, ABERDEEN, Nov. 11.—A scene has taken
place here to-day, which will scarcely find a parallel in the
annals of Scottish history. The facts are these :—The Pres-
bytery of Ganoch having resolved, by a majority of seven, to
induct the Rev. W. Middleton, as assistant and successor to
the Reverend Ferdinand Ellis, minister of the church and
parish of Culsamond, met in the Manse this day, previous
to the hour set apart for the induction. After transacting
some preliminary business, the Presbytery adjourned to the
church ; but the concourse of people by which it was sur-
rounded was so great, and the feeling of opposition to the
presentee so strong, that it soon became evident that a riot
would ensue, if the induction were persevered in. A large
party planted themselves around the door of the church,
which was locked, and expressed their firm determination to
prevent its being opened. The sheriff of the county being
present, (at the request, we believe, of the Lord Advocate
for Scotland), endeavoured to make way for the presentee
and the Presbytery ; but he was met with the most discordant
yells from the crowd, and failed, with all the assistance of
the rural police, to effect an entrance. By-and-bye, some
one got the door opened, and then such was the rush towards
it, that one man has been dangerously injured, and others
more or less bruised. The church was filled in a few minutes,
and the windows crowded outside by those wno could notget in.
On the members of the Presbytery attempting to take their
seats, they were met with the most discordant yells ; and to
such a height was the riot carried, that the ministers and
their friends were actually stoned. One gentleman was cut
above the eve, and others were struck on different parts of
the body. The execrations of the crowd were dreadful, and
the conduct of the leaders towards Sheriffs Murray and
Lumsden was of the most violent detxription. In vain did
the Sheriff attempt to produce quiet ; all the efforts he could
use were futile ; and, with a prudence t bat did him the great-
est credit, he refrained from using the slightest threat to put
down the riot by force. Seeing that there was no prospect
of the ordination being proceeded with, the Sheriffs and
Presbytery left the church amid rene wed disturbance, and
proceeded to the Manse, where the re verend gentleman was
quietly ordained.

Thus ended one of the most deploral )le exhibitions of fac-
tions strife I ever witnessed. Few oft be parishioners of the
the parish took an interest in the proceedings, the whole of
the leaders being from the parish of / darnock, Fugue, and
other districts in the neighbourhood. They were mostly
Non-intrusionists, and their conduct this day has finished
them for ever as a party in Scotland. The churchyard is
filled with men and woman ; and the v ery parties who insti-
gated the lawless proceedings left their z infortunate adherents
to their own resources when the riot rt latched its height.

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Richard Weeks, a pensioner of the; Roy l Hospital, at
aGreenwich, at present in the Whiteh( fuse Lunatic Asylum.
Bum
Beth
of na£l-gl2o,oo6.reen (qttite insane), has be en left the enormous

PROJECTED EMIGRATION MEETING I
THE CITY.

Several merchants, bankers, and others have sent a requi-
sition to the Lord Mayor to call a public meeting, to take
into consideration national emigration on a large scale ; to
petition the Queen and the Parliament on the subject ; or to
take such other measures as the meeting may deem proper.
.The following are the resolutions which it is proposed to
submit to the meeting :

" That by official Ziespatches, and other authentic state-
ments, it is established that in most, if not in every one of
the British colonies, there is a most urgent and pressing de-
mand for the services of labouring men ; while in this coun-
try, in our manufacturing towns, and in various parts of the
kingdom, there are thousands of able-bodied, honest, and
industrious working men, who cannot find employment, and
who, with their wives and children, are reduced, in conse-
quence, to a state of absolute pauperism, and are suffering
the greatest privations and misery.
" That the natural and efficient remedy for this' state of
things, as respects the evil of a deficiency of labour in the
colonies, and the evil of a redundancy of labour and conse-
quent pauperism at borne, is the adoption of such an ex-
tended system of national emigration as shall afford every
facility to our unemployed fellow-countrymen to transfer
their labour to our colonial possessions, where their services
are in demand, and where they will be enabled to earn, by
their own industry, an honest and independent subsistence
for themselves and families, instead of pining in idleness,
misery, and starvation at home ; while, at the same time,
such a measure would relieve the labour-market, lessen the
burden of the poor-rate, create new markets for our goods,
give employment to our shipping, and be beneficial in various
other ways.

" Thai the principle of employing our extensive, fertile,
and unappropriated waste lands in the British colonies, in
the creation of a fund to be applied to the purposes of emi-
gration, b" means of which alone, in proportion as British
capital, skill, and labour are directed to their cultivation and
the development of their resources, they derive any value—
and more especially as there is abundance of capital in this
country requiring investment—suggests obvious means by
which such a system of emigration may be carried into effect ;
and it is the opinion of this meeting that Her Majesty's Go-
vernment need not apprehend any difficulty in raising the
necessary ways and means for the accomplishment of this
great national object.
" That there are great numbers of working men who are
willing to emigrate with their wives and children, and who
are highly eligible emigrants, but who cannot avail them-
selves of the offer of free passages on account of their inabi-
lity to provide the necessary clothing and outfit for the voy-
age, or to defray the necessary expense of travelling to the
port of embarcation ; and, as there could not be a worthier
object for the exercise of true Christian charity and benevo-
lence on the part of their wealthy and more favoured Yellow-
countrymen than to assist such parties in their laudable ob-
ject, that, with a view of preparing for emigration in the
ensuing spring, a general fund for assisting poor emigrants of
good character be forthwith raised by public subscription ;
and that it be under the management of the committee after-
named.

" That the said committee be and are hereby authorized to
prepare petitions to her Majesty and both houses of parlia-
ment, founded on the foregoing resolutions ; and also to
adopt any other steps which rimy be necessary to insure the
best and most effectual practical result to the proceedings of
this meeting."
The following data will show the number of emigrants from
the united kingdom, with their destination, during the year
1840, derived from official sources •
To the North American colonies
To the United States 38,495
To the West Indies
To the Cape of Good Hope 513
To Sydney 7,811
To Van Dieman's Land 2Bl
To Western Australia 233
To Port Philip
To South Australia 2,911
To New Zealand 1,338

83,746

SIR HARCOURT LEES AND THE BURNING OF

THE TOWER

(From the. Birmingham Advertiser•.)

We stated in our last, from memory alone, that the Rev.
Sir Harcourt Lees had, years ago, predicted (as from secret
information of the treasonable designs of the Jesuits) the
burning of several of the public buildings of London, as well
as various revolutionary movements for crippling the energies
of England. Not wishing to rest the fact upon our own re-
collection, we sent one of our papers to the rev. baronet on
Thursday week, requesting vouchers for these facts if we
were right, or information of our error if we were wrong. On
Monday week we received a copy of the Dublin Evening
Packet, containing the following letter from Sir Harcourt,
accompanied=by lengthy extracts from letters of former dates.
We have not room for all, and as this contains the substance
of the others, publish it only.

" TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING PACKET.
" Blackrock House, sth Nov., 1841.
" (Gunpowder Plot.)
" Sir,—l have received a letter this morning from a gen-
tleman in London, who writes that, although a stranger to
me, he ventures to suggest that I would re-publish, in order
to render a great public service, (with the dates when they
were written,) certain letters which I wrote some years ago
on the subject of the burning of the Houses of Parliament
and the then contemplated firing of the Tower and other
public buildings in England, as fit opportunities should pre-
sent themselves. 1 recollect several letters that I addressed
to the nation and to yourselves also, one important commu-
nication to the Right Hon. Lord Duncannon at that awful
crisis; but in a long search this morning I can only at pre-
sent lay my hands on a few of them, which I have the honour
to enclose you ; and I have marked the extracts which I
think will throw some light on the awful calamitj which
has within these few days befallen this long-deluded nation.
The vile incendiary is a foreigner, whose name I know, who
invented the chemical preparation which burned down the
Parliament Houses, the Exchange, and other buildings • and
the flues were overheated to set fire to his combustibles.
The Tower, my informer told me, was the grand object con-
templated in order to destroy the fire-arms, to cripple Eng-
land in case of insurrection or invasion. And this awful de-
struction forms only a part of that wicked and general con-
spiracy which I have been unceasingly proclaiming to the
empire and parliament for many successive years.
" Believe me, sir, your faithful
ifAm..ututa• Lr.ff,s•
• • I nope that every precaution will be taken to secure the
royal palaces."

It is a fact, deserving of the most serious consideration,
" that the same deficiency of water, and a similar state of the
tide in the river, were experienced at the late conflagration
at the Tower as appears to have been provided for by the
Jesuits in 1666."

We are quite aware of the ridicule which the Papist and
Radical press has constantly attempted to throw upon Sir
Harcourt's letters and those who publish them, but when
public duty calls us on, ridicule has as little effect upon us as
abuse and slander. We acknowledge that the Rev. Baro-
net's statements seemed at the time they were first made
utterly incredible. But when nearly all the events which he
then stated were contemplated by Jesuitical traitors have
really taken place, there appears more reason for calm con-
templative inquiry than ridicule or railing. What the world
calls " fortuitous circumstances" will happen sometimes, but
it is rather extraordinary "fortuity" when a man declares
in plain English (not in ambiguous or Sibylline language)
that certain treasonable and destructive events are contem-
plated, and these events, one after another, actually take
place. We know not, indeed, whether it does not require
more credulity to believe that there is no connection between
the means spoken of and the ends accomplished, than is re-
quired to believe there is such connection.
But we will make no further observations, having to in-
troduce to our readers a letter from the rev. baronet himself,
which reached us by post on Tuesday night week. It com-
mences with compliments to ourselves for our zeal in the
Protestant cause, and sundry pieces of advice, but we will
omit the portion, and commence where the writer begins
with the business in hand :

" Blackrock House, Nov. 7, 1841.
"MY DEAR Sip.,-I had received from different journals
in England, and from private individuals, similar requests to
yours, and, as I could not reply to all, I endeavoured to
search out among the thousands (I believe) of papers I have
published my letters in for twenty years past, some of those
connected with the burning of the Houses of Parliament in
1834. You will find two of them in the Evening Packet of
Saturday, which I sent you yesterday. I had previously to
the receipt of your favour forwarded, on that evening, to the
editor of the Salopian Journal, an Evening Packet, along
with the one of last Saturday, containing that important pe-
tition of mine, presented to the House of Commons in July,
1840, against the Jesuits, in which I stated that I had writ-
ten to the Lord Chancellor of England on the 4th of June,
respecting the intended attempt to assassinate our innocent
and magnanimous young queen. You recollect her majesty
was fired at by the miscreant Oxford on the 10th of that
month. This villain, who was stimulated to the act by a
Jesuit emissary, was anything but insane, as was pretended.
I hope the editor will publish the extract, and the letter pre-
ceding it, which I sent him. It must make a powerful sen-.
sation, and will prove to the most prejudiced Protestant Li-
beral what these demons are accomplishing in once exalted
England. If you can get that journal it will furnish you
with one of the best weapons I could arm you with. * * *
I wrote a short, but strong letter, to the editor of the Times
on Wednesday night, giving him the name of the incendiary
who had fired, by a chemical preparation, (which my secret
informant saw tried, in a committee of twenty-one traitors,
sitting in an executive directory in London,) the Houses of
Parliament, Exchange, and other buildings. I told him the
Tower was fired by the same means (perhaps by some sworn
operative), and I charged him to publish my letter. I see,
by this paper of Saturday, that he has taken no notice. 1
wish you would mention this. The two royal palaces, Buck-
ingham and Windsor, are contemplated for destruction when
a proper opportunity can be got. You are quite right when
you state I gave warning as to the Canadas. I was ten years
proclaiming the maturing of that rebellion ; I also said New-
foundland would be the next, which it will, if not averted by
firm and decided measures immediately. Seven or eight
years ago I proclaimed the two Irish .priests, Fleming and
Troy, as principals in organising the Romanists in that im-
portant island, which was to be the bribe with our North
American possessions.altogether including the Canadas, for
aid in separating Ireland from Great Britain ; whilst a deeper
plan was laid for betraying Gibraltar to France for her assist-
ance, had the vile jacobin, Thiers, continued minister. An
Irish priest, last from Maynooth, was sent there to be a
bishop, in order to corrupt the Roman Catholic soldiers and
inhabitants. No one seemed to be aware of these treasons
but myself. However, I trust that, every event that I pre-
dicted having proved true, up to the burning of the Tower,
'the sensible part of the nation will take warning in time. I
:tee by your observation as to my being an enthusiast, that
you do not know this report of twenty years ago emanated
! Tom the Church of Rome, in order to prevent their priests
£ mei flocks from reading my early works against Popery. A.
tomish priest, a convert of mine, assured me that he was in-
s tructed to tell his congregation that I was affected with de-
rangement by Prince Hohenlohe; and another report was
placarded in the streets of Dublin, that my arm was paralysed
by the same impostor. However, thank God, I possess a
mind impregnable to fear, and a spirit that rises above all
difficulties and danger.—Believe me, faithfully yours,
" HARCOURT LE.EB."

CALCULATING PRODIGY.—There is a man living in the
parish of Aghagallon, county of Antrim, named David M'Ca-
vanagh, who was born without arms, and almost without
legs; Nature having left in lieu of the latter two small stumps,
only
ehd without
ea few inches
in
anyin length,ni t
having a small shapeless foot at-
tached, intervening. The extraordinary
things which this person can perform, mentally and bodily,
would be too tedious to enumerate.—However, we shall sub-
mit the following curious specimens of his powers of mental
calculation. M'Cavanagh solved all the subjoined questions
with civility—and, of course, without the use of pen or ink :
I. Supposing Ireland to be 300 miles in length, and 150 miles
in breadth, it is required to determine how many square in-
ches are in the entire kingdom, taking it as a parallelogram.
__Answer-292,626,432,000,000. 2. Supposing the Atlantic
Ocean to be 3,000 miles long, and 1,500 miles broad, and 100
yards deep, allowing every cubic inch of water to be an ounce
in weight, it is required to find how many tons weight of
of water it contains, taking it as a parallelopiped. Answer-
-2,939,328,000,000,000. 3, If the earth's diameter be 7,970
miles, it is required to find how many square inches are on
its surface, taking it as a regular sphere. Answer-
-1,298,202,143,293,440,000.—Ar0rtherw Whig.

MISCELLANEOUS

The old established banking' house of Ridge and C0.,-of
Chichester, haS suspended payment; but the engagements
are not of great amount.
A LOUD RE:pou-r.—The weather on Sunday was so calm
on the northern coast, that the salute fired at Dover on the
embarkation of his Excellency the British Ambassador, for
France, and was distinctly heard at Boulogne.
It is arranged that her Majesty will remove to Windsor as
early as can be considered safe by the physicians, and that
the infant Prince will be baptized in St. George's Hall, with

a costly magnificence and regal splendour unknown since the
days of George IV.—Brighton Gazette.
A DEED OF DARKSESS.—On Friday evening, at twilight,
Lord Palmerston called in a carriage at the Mansion-house,
Dawson-street, sent his card by a servant to the Lord Mayor,
and departed. On the preceding day the noble Lord dined
at the castle, and on the following day (Saturday) he sailed
for England.—Dublin Evening Packet.
It is generally remarked in Westminster-hall, that, not-
withstanding the long vacation which has elapsed since•the
last sitting of the courts, the present is the dullest and most
uninteresting term ever remembered by the oldest legal prac-
titioner.—Standard.

THE REFORMATION.—On the 31st of October the 300th
anniversary of the festival of the Reformation was celebrated
at Wittemberg. In the evening a number of the most re-
spectable persons in the town formed themselves into a pro-
cession, and walked to the statue of the great reformer,
Martin Luther, where they sang a hymn.
THE RINGMER MURDER.—General Washer, one of the
four committed for trial, has been admitted to bail. It was
rather singular that two of the prisoners were witnesses
Against Washer, and yet in the confessions made by them
not the slightest allusion was made to him. In fact, the
confessions of the thrPe prisoners, Steadman, Pockney, and
Briggs, although made apart from one another, agreed that
they were the only parties concerned.

SHIPWRECK NEAR REDCAR.-A most distressing wreck
of the Susanna trader off Coatbam took place on Saturday,
when all hands perished, including a son of Widow Boogy,
of ltedcar. The poor fellows were seen shaking hands and
clinging to the mast. The life-boat tried for three hours to
get to them, but in vain. A poor dog swam on shore, and
was the only animal saved. The sea ran mountains high.
All the inhabitants of Coatham and the neighbourhood were
congregated on the shore, but were unable to afford any help
to the poor fellows.—Leeds Intelliyenccr.

EMIGRATION.—Last week, about 130 agricultural labour-
ers,dairywomen, &c. left their homes at Bridgewater, Somer-
ton, and the surrounding district, for Australia. Each of
them entered into an agreement to serve their employers for
a period -of three years. A special train was engaged at
Bridgewater to take the party to London, from which port
they embarked in excellent health and spirits. One man,
when he arrived at London, began to sigh for his home ; and
his heart failing him, he returned to his friends.—Bristol
Gazelle. , ,

GAS METERS.—The consumers of gas, who have their
meters in exposed situations, and particularly those whose
supply of gas has been stopped in previous winters, are
earnestly requested to have their -meters properly protected
from the frost, by having them carefully protected with
woollen wrappers, straw, or other suitable materials. Prompt
attention to the above will prevent much trouble and incon-
venience to all parties; hut where practicable the most effec-
tual preventive, especially in those places where a number
of lights are required, is to have a small light constantly
burning near the meter, which, by keeping the works in mo-
tion, prevents the water from being frozen.
WOMAN SHOT BY A YOUNG GENTLEMAN.—An inquest
was held on Monday, before Dr. Birt Davies, at the house of
Mr. Joseph Stinton, the Grand Turk, Ludgate Hill, touching
the death of Mrs. Ann Brain, a widow, aged i 5, residing in
her lifetime at Caton, near Alcester, who was accidentally
wounded in 'the eye by a young gentleman then on a visit to
a friend, Mr. Sumner, in that neighbourhood. The case ex-
cited considerable interest, and the individual alluded to ap-
peared in court, attended by several of his friends. As the
name of the young gentleman who was the innocent cause of
the poor woman's death did not appear in the evidence, we do
not feel called upon to publish it: but he was understood to be
of respectable family in the sister kingdom, and a student at
Oscott College. After a number of witnesses had been ex-
amined, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death
from a gunshot wound."—Birmingham Advertiser.
DEATH OF THE REV. DR. BARRY, OVER SIXTY YEARS
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH PRIEST OF FERMOY.—
On Friday last this highly esteemed and venerable gentleman
died at his house, Ballinahina, near Fermoy, at the great
age of 105 years. In early life Doctor Barry travelled ex-
tensively, having made the tour of Europe and all the islands
after finishing his education at Rome. He was a splendid
linguist, and conversed with an Italian gentleman fluently
in that tongue the day before his death. In social life Dr.
Barry could not be surpassed, and his loyalty was unshaken
by any circumstances, as he fully evinced in the turbulent
times of 1798. He was descended from the ancient and
noble family of Barrymore, and nearly related to the late
General Barry, of Ballyclough House, county. Cork. His
remains, at the earnest solicitation of the parishoners, will
be interred in the precincts of the chapel on Monday morn-
ing. He inherited an estate of about £7OO a-year, which he
has bequeathed to his nephew, Gerard Barry, Esq., J. P. of
Ballinahina. It is a fact, that the reverend doctor would not
allow a bell to be put up in the chapel a few years ago, lest it
might be an infringement of the law. His coadjutors con-
tinued teasing him about it, and, not to be annoyed by them,
he gave his consent to have the bell put up outside the chapel
yard. Nor:would he allow the rope, suspended for ringing
the bell, to descend for that purpose into the yard, so that
the ringer had to stand outside.—Limerick Standard.

MURDER ON COMBE-DOWN.—BATH, Nov. 18.—Early
yesterday morning our city was much excited by a report that
a murder had been committed on the previous night, on
Combe-Down. . It appears that four men, two of them named
Bancroft and Stinnard, had been drinking together at the
Carriage and Horse public-house, on the Down, kept by Mr.
Payne. During the evening a disagreement arose, and the
parties appearing inclined to fight, the landlord dismissed
them from his house. , A fight subsequently ensued out of
doors amongst the parties ; after which Bancroft went up and
offered to shake hands with Stinnard, when the latter imme-
diately uplifted his hand and struck Bancroft on the breast ;
be immediately fell, and never rose alive again, for upon being
lifted up a large clasp knife was discovered sticking in his
breast; and which appeared to have been forcibly plunged in
Up to the haft ; from the instantaneous death which followed

the blow, it is conjectured that the murderous weapon must

have riPteed hie heart_ Mr. Massey, surgeon, was immedi-
ately sent for; he drew out the knite, but all attempts to save
his life were in vain. The murderer was shortly after appre-
hended.

DOVER, NOV. 18.—WRECK—Four{ LIVES LOST.—This
morning the Confidence, of Barking, fishing smack, was
brought in here in tow of one of the Dover fishing vessels,
with loss of mast, &c., and four of her crew. The disaster
occurred in a sudden squall off the coast of Holland, about
six on Sunday evening; and the wreck, after being driven
about at the mercy the wind and waves for about 24
hours, was picked up by our fishermen on Monday after;
noon. The crew consisted originally of eight persons. At
the time of the accident the captain was on a visit on board
of another vessel, a customary practice, we understand, in
moderate weather, when little is doing in the fishing depart-
ment, as was the case in this instance: Three men and three
boys were on the deck of the Confidence, when a gale came
on suddenly, and a tremendous sea struck her, carrying away
the masts, sails, and every part of the standing rigging, and
washing overboard two men and three boys, all of whom pe-
rished, except one little fellow, about 14 years of age, who
caught hold of the boom as it floated at the vessel's side, and
by this means he was ultimately saved, after remaining a con-
siderable time in the water.

EXTENT OF THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.—The Liverpool
Times, in announcing the birth of the Duke of Cornwall,
thus sums up the vast extent of the empire ‘shich it is to be
hoped he will at some future and distant day preside over
Salutes in honour of the birth will be fired—in America,
on the shores of Hudson's-bay, along the whole line of the
Canadian lakes, in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, New-
foundland, in the Bermudas, at a hundred points in the
West Indies, in the forests of Guiana, and in the distant
Falkland Islands, near Cape Horn ; in Europe, in the Bri-
tish islands, from the rock of Gibraltar, from the impreg-
nable fortifications of Malta, and in the lonian Islands; in
Africa, on the Guinea Coast, at St. Helena and Ascension,
from the Cape to the Orange ltiver, and at the Mauritius ;
in Asia, from the fortress of Aden, in Arabia, at Karrack,
in the Persian Gulf, by the British army in Affghanistan,
along the Himalayan mountains, the banks of the Indus and
the Ganges, to the southern point of India, in the Island of
Ceylon, beyond the Ganges in Assam and Aracan, at Prince
of Wales Island and Singapore, and on the shores of China,
at Hong Kong and Chusan ; and in Australia, at the settle-
ments formed on every side of the Australian continent and
islands, and in the strait which separates the islands of the
New Zealanders. No prince has ever been born either in
this or any other country, in ancient or modern times, whose
birth would be hailed with rejoicings at so many different and
distant points in every quarter of the world."

STRANGE HISTORY OF A NEEDLE.—A FACT FOR THE
FACULTY.—The following account of the re-appearance of a
needle, after its having been upwards of sixty years in the
body of a human being, may be relied upon as correct :--Mr.
John Bridges, solicitor, of No. 9, Parade; Islington, aged 72,
swallowed, whilst at play, when between nine and ten years
of age, a needle. The occurrence created great alarm in his
family, and the most eminent practitioners of the day having
been consulted, used every effort to expel the needle, but in
vain. The fears of Mr. Bridges's parents were allayed when
they saw him grow.up to youth and manhood, without suf-
fering. Mr. Bridges arrived at the age of 60, seldom or
never suffering from ill health, but not unfrequently he has
felt great pains in various parts of his body, which have al-
ways been attributed to rheumatism. On Wednesday night
last he had, as he thought, an attack of that disease, and re-
tired early to rest, encased in flannel. About thrree o'clock
in the morning, a strange pricking sensation, felt about the
outer right ancle, awoke him, and, putting his hand to the
spot, he found protruding from the flannel what he thought
a small bit of wire. la the morning.he discovered, compar-
ing all the circumstanees, that it was the self-same needle he
had swallowed 62 years ago ! A punctured mark just over
the ancle shows where the needle has made its egress. The
needle is a strong button one ; its colour a dingy blue, and
the eye shows that it is of ancient fabric.—Morning Herald.

RAISING THE WIND.—A man owed a small account of
Ss. to a butcher in our town, whose name were a useless ap-
pendage to this document. He had in his possession a£s
note, which was divided into two halves, neatly and adroitly,
one of which was presented to the dealer in defunct animals
for payment, "Jeremy," averring he had received it " from
the other side," his 'cautious agent having divided it for
greater safety of transit, and that the other half would be
forthcoming next post. The butcher—good, easy, contented,
and comfortable man—handed over the balance, £4 125.,
and pocketed the moiety of the " Henry Haze." So far so
good ; our hero's bark " sail'd nimbly both with wind and
stream." It occurred to his fanciful recollection that a
small bill of 12s. was owing by him to a " rite worthie"
grocer, and honestly conscious that the sweets of life had as
much right to be paid for as the fleshy substantials, tendered
the other half of the severed note, saying, as he had done
before, that the remainder would be forthcoming by the next
mail. The receipted bill for the 125., with many thanks,
was safely deposited along with the £4 Ss. change; and the
next packet from England did not bring the wanting halves
to the Island, but the preceding one conveyed the ingenious
speculator from it.

APPALING ACCIDENT.—One of those peculiarly striking
incidents which so forcibly illustrate the necessity of obe-
dience to parents took place yesterday week, in the parish of
Mothvey, in the upper Part of this county. The parents of
a fine young man, aged 19, residing on the farm of Gorsaf-
issa, and bearing the name of Jones, had repeated occasion to
caution the youth against an erratic disposition that he mani-
fested, by a desire to be continually shooting., instead of
attending to his proper occupation. As to add weight to the
remonstrances of his parents, he was detected trespassing
in pursuit of game, and having no license was for both
offences fined £3O. On another occasion, his mother broke
his gun, in order to prevent a repetition of his offences ; but
the unfortunate and infatuated youth persisted in his old
habits ! On Thursday, the 11th instant, he was out shooting,
when, seeing his father coming
towards him, and fearful of
his anger, he hurriedly endeavoured to conceal his transgres-
sion by thrusting the gun into a hedge, the muzzle being
towards him ; in his eagerness to conceal the deadly weapon
effectually, his father approaching, the trigger caught in a
twig, and in an instant the whole entered the unfortunate
youth's breast, and he fell lifeless at the feet of his agonised-
parent, whose distress at the dreadful visitation can better
be imagined than described.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 19.
The import duties on foreign produce remain the same as
last week, except on Beans, raised to Ils, and on Pease, re-
duced to lls per qr. ; those on all articles from British colo-
nies continuing unaltered.
In consequence of easterly winds, prevalent since the early
part of the week, we have very few arrivals fresh up for to-
day ; exclusive of a limited quantity of Irish, Canadian, and
foreign Wheat, and a fair supply of Oatmeal, by steamers
from Ireland, the latter passint, chiefly up to Runcorn.
From the close of last Tuesday's market and onward up to
this date, the proceedings in any branch of the Corn trade
here have been extremely unimportant, and no decided change
in prices appears to have taken place during that period.
Upon a slender attendance of country dealers at our
Corn Exchange this morning, and our local millers buying
rather sparingly, the transactions in Wheat were upon a very
moderate scale :—superior descriptions, nevertheless, nearly
supported Tuesday's rates, whilst the general runs of foreign
were evidently somewhat depressed in value, and the
ordinary qualities of Irish very unsaleable and nominally
cheaper. Flour of all sorts, being taken off less freely
than usual, scarcely maintained late prices.
Barley, for both malting and grinding, was in slow re-
quest and on the terms last noted. Malt remained steady.
Beans and Pease seemed to command very little attention,
and each may be considered Is. per quarter lower.
The Oat-trade likewise was exceedingly dull, with a rather
declining aspect, and Oatmeal, having.met a very limited de-
mand, the best marks of Irish settled down to 28s to 28s 3d
per 2401b5.

80 • Sea Island I :3 6) 191 i
.... , Stained — , 1 1335
4240 . Bowed Georgia I 4i 7I I,
2230 { Mobile
Alabama and Tennessee 4i k} 1 ..
_ J 8950 ; New Orleans .. 81 ;

260652

535685
35219
18586

530 { Pernambuco & Paraiba
Aricati and Ceara
500 Bahia and Maceio
390 J Maranham
1 Sawginned

4j -
71 -

} 33433

.... Demerara, Surinam, &c
330 1 Egyptian
....1 Barbados —
go Peruvian .
.... Bahama —
I .... Laguayra —
10 ' Common West India, &c bi 820
.... Carthagena
.... Smyrna — =
.... Manilla
_1
24g0 Surat
1628 1 114611
.... Madras — -_ --
.... Bengal

} 21477

19840 bales

1 37E3 105253 j

LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT.
ASHES :WAIMEA s. d. s. d
.

..
Montreal, Pot.. 32 0 @35 0 Dutch, crop 70 0 —72 0
Pearl, new .. 32 6 —33 0 I Ombro ..
U. States, Pot.. none. j Gamene 32 0 —4O 0
Pearl none. : Mull
BARK, Quercit. .. 8 6 9 0 ' French, S.F. 4O 0 —42 0
lc 0a,14, ton .. .E 5 0 7 0 ; S.F.F 44 0 —4B 0
German 4 15 5 0 E.5.F... 50 0 —54 0
BRIMSTONE, V ton I E.5.F.F.56 0 —6O 0
Sicily, &c 6 5 6 10 : Spanish 4O 0 —5O 0
Tuscany 6 10 6 15 IMoLitssEs.lo cut.
CASSIA LIGNEA, S. d. s. d.' Trinidad, &c 22 0 —23
v cwt. in bond 90 0 95 0 i Demerara, &C 22 0 —24
CLOVER-SEED, V. Cut. i Bar & Antigua 27 0 —2B
American, red.. 70 0— 75 0 iMUNJEET, 76L, cud 12 0 —l4
Dutch 70 0— 76 0 1011., Olive, v•
French & Germ.7o 0— 80 0 Gallipoli ..
COCOA, V, cwt. Trieste ....
Trinidad 42 0— 49 0 Sicily
Grenada .... 1 Malaga
32 0— 36 0
Brazil Portugal; &
COFFEE, V cwt in bond. I Levar.-;;

252 gaits.
....tS3 d =3t 0

75 0 -76
75 0 -76 0
73 0 -74 0

00- 0 0
72 0 -74 0
31 10 -32 0

, .
Jama. triage ..
130 0— 63 0 Palm, V ton
ordinary ....J Fish, 7,-,,, '252 galls
good& fine ord. 72 0— 95 0 Seal, pale 4l 0 0 0
middling lOO 0-122 0 brown 34 0 —3B 0
good mid. .... 125 0-136 0 Cod 3O 0 —3l 0
fine mid. &c... 140 0-152 0 i LINSEED 7,0. cwt 36 6 —37 0
Dutch, triage..
130 0— 50 0 Rape, pale do. 56 6 —57 0
ordinary ....J Turpen. 1p cwt 53 0 —54 0
good &fine ord. 60 0— 70 0 Rica, V ~..1
middling 75 0— 80 0 i Carolina, dress. 36 0 —37
good mid. }B5 0— 90 0 in bond 29 0
fine mid., &c. Bengal, ord. do.. 10 0
Mocha

-11 0
-13 6

Ceylon
Java .

70 0— 75 0 i African none
54 0— 65 0 RUM, V, gallon, in bond.

Havana , Jamaica,
good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 i 12 to 16 0. p... 36
St. Domingo 40 0— 42 0 ' stronge,- 3 10
Brazil 3B 0— 40 0 1 choice marks.. 5 6
Laguira 5O 0— 52 0 (SAFFLOWER, 19, cwt.
Ova WOODS,'., ton X. s. X. s. Bengal,
LogwoodJam... 5 5 5 10 good & fine..x.s 0 7 0
Hon. & Dom. 5 10— 6 0 ' ord. & mid .. 210— 4 10
Campeachy .. 8 0— 8 5 • Bombay
Fustic, Span 6 10— 7 0 (SALTPETRE, Ip, cwt. S. d. s. d
Tampico 7 10— ' East India ... ... 26 0 —3O 0
Brazil
Cuba
-- ' ---------

3 8
4 lu
6 o

NICARAGUA WOOD
Rio de la Hache

orange .......... 50 0 —67 6
liver and block .. 32 0 —46 0

9 0- 11 0 SK IN Si,

rough 6 0— 710 ! Neutria, v glow 6 0 —l2 0
small 6 0— 7 10 . Chinchilli, do. .. 10 0
---25 o
Lima, solid 11 0— 14 0 , Seal, each ........ 1 4 3 0
Harwood, Ango. 8 0— 9 0 ;SR umAcOP cwt.
Gaboon
5 10— 6 10 1 Sicily ............ 9 0 —lO 0
Camwood
24 0— 26 0 ! Malaga .. n
........ no 1e
Red San. Wood 7 10— 8 0 Trieste 7 0— 8 0
FLAX, 19. ton. Verona 6 o 7 0
Riga. P.T.R. .... 43 0— 43 '6 Tyrolese
P'burg, g head .. 40 0— 41 0 SUGAR, 19, cwt.
Archangel 44 0— 55 0 B. P. Muscovado
Dutch & Elem 60 0-120 0 moist brown .. 56 0 —57 0
GALLS, 9,3, cwt. dry brown ....58 0 —6l 0
Turkey, blue 63 0— 70 0 good & mid.... 63 0 —6g 0
mixed 60 0— 65 0 fine &v, fine .. 70 0 —74 0
East India 6O o— 72 0 Mauritius,
GINGER, 19, cwt. dabs and moist 40 0 —52, 0

•-•va az.. lIIt/ISL qv, _ .s
Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 brown & yel... 57 o —67 0
Jamaica 6O 0-200 0 , fine yellow .... 68 0 —7l 0
E. India, in bond 12 0— 17 0 ' East India, Bengal
Gum, 10• cwt. , Khaur 42 0 —55 0
Arabic,Turkey .. 7o 0— , 140 0 brown & ye! 56 0 —64 0
East India. 24 0— 54 0 good and fine 72 0 —74 0
Barbary 4B 0— 50 0 extra fine 75 0 —77 0
Senegal BO 0— 85 0 I Manilla, in bond 13 0 —l7 0
HEMP, lfr toll £ 8. .€ s. Havana, do.
P'burg, clean 38 0— 38 10 brown lB 0 —l9 0
outshot.. 36 10-- 37 0 yellow 2O 6 —22 6
Riga, Rhine .... 39 0— 40 0 white ord 26 0 —2B 0
outshot.. 38 0— good & fine 29 0 —33 0
Archangel
Manilla 27 0— 28 0 brown l4 0 —l7 0
Bombay
Jute
HIDES, Ox and Cow, To, lb I good and fine.. 22 0 —24 0
B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry '7,
-.• • Low, la, cut.
inferior & mid. 0 63 0 73 P'burgh, Y.C. .. 49 0 —49 6
good & prime 0 74 0 8 Odessa 48 6 —49 0
Do. salted . :.. 0 33 6 48 Archangel 47 6
N. Amer. salted 0 6
33
Brazilo 33 Buenos Ayres 39 0 —46 6
o 0 63 T
dry salted 0 6,2 0 63 AR, 90 brl.
Stockholm l7 0 —lB 0
Rio, dry
Valparaiso, dry 0 52 0 63 Carolina
Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 Virginia —
W. India, dry.. 0 53 0 7 TARTAR, rip. cwt.
salted.. 0 43 0 53 Cream of Tartar 70 0 —7l 0
East India .... 0 7 0 103 brown and yel 46 0 —65 0
Kips, B.A. dry. 0 7 0 8i TEA, To lb. in bond.
Horse, d. each 7 6 —l2 3 Bohea, Canton - --
HORSE HAIR, ip, lb. Fokein
Short
mixed
long tails 1 2 1 6 Twankay, com... 1 9 -- 1 10
combed
INDIGO, Ip• lb. in bond. Pekoe, Orange .. 2 0 3 0
Bengal. Campoi,
pur. & violet
blue & violet
blue
violet, g. & fine 6 6 7 o Souchong, corn— 2 0
ord. & mid. 5 3 6 0 good to fine.. 2 4 3 0
violet & cop. 1 r, Pekoe, flowery .. 3 0— 4 0
mixed .. I 5 °— 5 ' Hyson, c0rn..... 2 5 2 6
cop. g. & fine. 5 0— 5 6 fine.. 3 o— 4 6
ord. & mid. 3 9 5 0 Young Hyson .. 1 10 3 0
con. quality
Oude 2 0— 4 g Gunpowder,
Madras 2 6 5 0 good and fine .. 3 3 5 0
Guatimala, tip lb TOBACCO, 18, lb. in bond.
Floras
Sobres 4 9 5 9 Stemmed.. 0 5 0 7
Cortes 3 0— 4 6 Kentucky ...... 0 3 0 6
Caraccas, Floras 5 9 6 6 Maryland ...... 0 0— 0 0
Sobres 4 9 5 6 TURMERIC, 114 cwt. in bond.
Cortes
LAC DYE, 19' lb. • TURPENTINE, V. Cwt.
D.T. and prime. 1 6 2 0 American
mid. to good.. 0 63 1 4 VALONIA, 19, ton. .e s Je o
ord. & inferior 0 4 0 6 Smyrna, picked l4 0 —l9 0
MADDER ROOTS, 19. cwt. Morea
Smyrna - WAX, BEES' Rft. cwt. in bond.
Galipoli & Syria .. 42 0— 43 0 African 6 10 8 5
Frelleil
Naples 42 0+ 46 0 American 7 0 s 6

BIRTHS.
On the 15th instant, at Everton, Mrs. W. ROBY, of a daughter.
On the loth instant, the lady of THOMAs MATHER, Esq., Glyn
Abbott, near Holywell, of twin daughters.

At Little Stanmore, FELIX PRYOR ARRIED,
Esq., of Ba!dock, to HELEN
daughter of JOHN D. NORTON, Esq., one of the Judges of the
Supreme Court, Madras.
On the 13th instant, at Bebbington Church. Mr. WILLIAM
GRIERSON, civil engineer, to MARGARET STANLEY, eldest
daughter of WM. BENNETT, Esq., Windermere-cottage, Upper
Tranmere, Cheshire.

On the 14th instant, Mr. WM. AUGUSTUS PALMER, chief mate
of the Scotland, to SARAH, second daughter of Mr. HUGH
HOWARD, Gill-street.

On the 15th instant, at St. Andrews's Church, Rodney-street, by
the Rev. John Parke, Mr. ALEXANDER STEWART, printer,
Albion-office, to BARBARA, youngest daughter of the late Mr.
JOHN DICKSON, blacksmith, Dumfries.
On the 16th instant, at St. Philip's Church, Birmingham, by the
Rev. J. W. Downes, M.A., GEORGE, second sou of Mr. RANTON,
of Stafford, to SARAH, second daughter of Mr. GEE, King's Arms,
Lichfield.

Same day, by special license, at St. David's Church, Brownlow-
hill, by the Rev. D. Davies, Mr. GEORGE TAYLOR. of H. M.
Customs, Glasgow, to ANN, onty daughter of Mr. P. CROMPTON,
ironmonger, or this town.

On the 18th instant, at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, by the
Rev. Wm. Wilson, Mr. CHARLES MEESON, of Stafford, to Miss
EMMA HODGSON, of the former place.