The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-03 00:00:00

DEATH OF MATHEWS, THE COMEDIAN.

It is with deep regret that we have to announce the death of
this eminent and facetious comedian, who expired at Devonport
on Saturday last. Another distinguished member of the ancient
school has now been taken from us; and, according to the un-
sparing dictates of Time. but a short period will elapse before
every celebrated actor of the legitimate drama will he removed
from scenes where mummery and spectacle have taken the place
of the finest specimens of the histriouic att. It is, indeed, a
bitter addition to the sorrow which must be felt by everyadinires
of the stage at the loss ot the versadiie sou of Miims, who was
wont to set the table in a roar, that no portion of the talent of
the actors of the palmy days ot the drama remains behind—
that as an additional branch of the theatrical tree is lopped off
the trunk becomes more withered, and, if not torn up by the
roots or felled by the patent axe of the destroyer, it must die
from the want of a proper support. :harles Mathews was the'
son of a bookseller, at No. 18, Strand, where he was born ou
the 28th of June, 1776. He would, therefore, have attained his
59th year had ht lived a dar-longer. Mr. Mathews. wa.s _ap-
prenticed to his father, but at an early period he imbibed a
predilection for the sock and buskin, and his first attempt before
an audience was made at the Richmond Theatre, where he
played Richmond in Richard the Titiid. He, however, soon
abandonl/4ed IVlelpomelie for Thalia, and his first engagement
was at Dublin, where he appeared in his favourite part of Lingo,
in the AgrecaUe Surprise. lie afterwards joined the York
company, under the noted Tate Wilkinson. Mr. Mathew's
debut on the London boards was on May 15, 1803, at the Hay-
market Theatre, in the character of Jabal, in Cumberland's
comedy of The Jew. It was in consequence of sortie neglect of
his powers by the managers of the large bruises that Mr.
Mathews undertook his series of entertainments at the Old
English Opera House, familiarly known by the 'appellation of
"At Home." His success was immense, and year after year
witnessed crowds of laughter-loving faces to behold the mimic
depicter of the manners and characters of the day. He repeat-
ed his soirées with unpi ecedeuted attraction at all the theatres
in the United Kingdom, and has had the honour of giving; his
entertainments before Royalty at private parties. Mr. Mathews
took a trip to the United States, where he was equally popular,
and the fruits of his voyage were afterwards manifested in his
"Trip to America." ft was affirmed that he would not dare
cross the Atlantic again, after his vivid sketches of our Trans-
atlantic brethren, but he formed a just estimate of his bold over
the risible faculties of the Americans. lie paid a second visit,
and after a slight opposition, which he put down at once in a
very able and manly address, his career was as enthusiastic as
heretofore. The change of climate and the severity el the
voyage out and home shattered a constitution weakened from
very arduous e'tertious, and we may say that he but reached
the shores which gave him breath to go to that "bourne from •
whence no traveller returns." The disease of which he died
was ossification-of the heart, under which he had laboured for
years, and which accounted for the nervous irritability of pus
temperament during his lifetime. Mr. Matthew's connexion
with Mr. Yates in the Adelphi Theatre is of course well known,
but he only performed fur the first two seasons, and took no part
in the management afterwards. Mr. Yates took to the stage by
the advice of his deceased partner, and it is somewhat remark-
able that these two actors„ possessing in so eminent a degree
the cis comica, enacted Othello. and /aye together in Liverpool.
Mr. Mathews bore a very high character in private life, and
his circle of acquaintance included some of the leading rank
and•fashion of the day. At one time he possessed a very fine
gallery of theatrical pictures, which were disposed of a short
time since. Of his merits as an actor it would he a work of
supererogation to speak. FeW men have enjoyed a more de-
served and a more lasting popularity. Whilst he could convulse
an audience by his nice imitation of the peculiarities of any
individual, he had at the same time an influence over their
feelings belonging to the trageeian. Few persons who have heard
him narrate the story of the Ganutster, and recite the little
episode of Monsieur Mallet, can forget the intensity and truth
ot his acting—if that can be appropriately culled acting whidi
was nature itself. '"rake him for all is all, we ne'er shall
look upon his like again." If private worth, an unblemished
and unimpeachable reputation, and talents of the highest nuclei
as a comedian are a.passport for fame and immortality,
.then
wilt the name of Charles Mathews be recorded iu the annals
of the stage as one of its brightest ornaments.

PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AT SIERRA LEONE.

TO THE EDITOR ON THE GREENOCK ADVERTISER.
Sir,—ln reporting the ship news; you must have observed.the
extraordinary mortality which of late has attended the crews of
vessels on the coast of Africa, especially of those employed in
the timber trade ; and 1 think that any measures which from
experience have been fcund effectual in preserving health on
such a voyage must be worthy the attention of all shipowners
and shipmasters engaged in the African trade. 1 take the
liberty, therefore, of requesting von to give publicly to the
following short detail of the means I adopted-to prevent sick-
ness on 'board the ship under Inc command, on het last voyage
to sierra Leone, during which, by the blessing of God on these
means, the must perfect health was enjoyed by all in the vessel.
First, 1 would mention, that I never lie 7 mitten a man to yu
shore while in the country; and unless this rule be most strictly
adhered to, every other precaution will be found unavaibib!e, as
disease, in sonic Shape or other, is invariably contracted from
intercourse with the natives.

Second,—Cleanliuess and ventila'ion must be promoted as
much as possible, and for these purposes I adopted the following
rules, in which the crew most eheerfuily concurred :—The ves-
sel's hold was first whitewashed. Early in the morning chlorate
of lime was profusely sprinkled, and a cup of vitriol was evapo-
rated in the hold, and this was partially repeated twice or thrice
a day.
After this process the unwholesome smell produced by the
timber, and the heat of the atmosphere was succeeded by a
freshnesS so grateful that the most prejudiced would be satisfied
of the beneficial effects of the lime awl vitriol. Every Satur-
day night two charcoal furnaces were lighted (the hatches being
shut) and left burning. until next morning, when the hold was
reopened for the escape of the smoke and gas. A large, strong,
well-secured awning was always spread on deck, under which I
end the crew slept, the hammocks being slung fore and aft on
spars. The bedding awl clothes of the crew were frequently
washed and aired every day, and nothing omitted which could
promote personal cleanliness. The mud on the timber is the
great cause of the sickness, and must be altogether removed
before shipment. Each log of timber, when raised to the port,
was carefully cleaned with serut:',i,w brushes by the Kruoinen,
and when brought on board was well sprinkled with lime, which
ought never to be used sparingly in the bold.
1 have already remarked in all these arrangements I was
cheerfully seconded by the crew, who were soon convinced of
their value from the sickness and death which prevailed on
board ships near us, where ventilation and cleanliness were
neglected. In addition to these, I urged upon the crew, and
generally with success, the propriety of wearing flannels next
the skin.

I am most desirous to press attention to the use of chlorate of
lime and vitriol, a large supply of which should form part of the
stores of every ship going to Africa, and the charcoal and fur-
naces are indispensable.-1 am, Sir.
Your most obedient servant,
ARCHD. TAYLOR,
Greenock, 22d Juue, 1835. Master Qf the Essequebo

LC:CAL NEWS.

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BLUE COAT HOSPITA L.—.A.t a board of
,governors held an
Tuesday, James Aspinall, Eaq. was unanimotisly elected
treasurer to this institution, in the room of the late.laraented
Richard Dobson, Esq.
SUDDEN DL A 74.—0 n Tuesday afternoon, as. Mr. Alcock,
blacksmith, of Derby-street, was passing along Temple-street
in company with a person whom he was about to join in bail for
a mutual friend, he fell down in a fit of apoplexy, and bad just
time to utter a supplicatory ejaculation to the Almighty, when
he instantly expired.
THE BLIND ASYLUM CHAPEL—The painting and decoraa
tions of this chapel being now coMpleted, the performance of
divine service in this place of public worship will be re-com-
menced on Sunday next.
FIRST COMMITT A L FOR THE ASSIZES AT LtvEapont..--The
first committal under the new regulation fur the assizes to be
holden in this town was made on Tuesday, by Sir Thomas
Brancker. John Burke and Thomas Jordan, the two indivi•
duals who were lately apprehended in Gascoyue-street, chaiged
with coining a number of hall.crowns and shillings, were era
dered to be sent to Kirkdale Gaol, to await their trial at the
next assizes for this division which are to be held in this town.
We understand there are nearly set en hundred persons con-
fined in the gaol. All future recognizanees are to be taken fir '
Liverpool. All persons whil have had their recognizances ta-
ken for Lancaster are to have immediate notice of the change.
EXPEDITIOUS TRANSIT OF GOODS BY CANAL.—We are
informed that goods delivered at Messrs. Crowley, Hickilu,
Batty, and Co.'s wharf, west side of George's Dock, are now
regularly forwarded from thence to Birmingham in the short
space of thirty-six hours! This quick dispatch must be of
great importance to the trade of both Liverpool and Birming-
ham, to and from which such immense quantities of heavy
goods are in the constant habit of being transmitted.
CONFIRM" rioai.—The Lord Bishop of Chester arrived' in this
town, on Monday last, for the purpose of holding a confirmation
at the various churches in this district, and the bells or the
parish churches rang a merry peal in honour of the event. • On
ruesday his lordship performed the interesting ceremony upon
about one thousand persons in St. .Augustine's Church, deliver-
ing both before and after the imposition of
hands an appro-
priate address. Between seven and eight hundred of the young
persons present were females. This celebration comprised only
the upper districts of the town, viz., St. Augustine's, St.
George's, Everton, and St. Jude's. Yesterday his lordship
attended St. Michael's and St. John the Baptist's, and at the
former church confirmed seven hundred and eighty-four female',
and three hundred and eighty-six boys, snaking a total of eleven
hundred and seventy persons. The church of St. Michael's,
owing to the excellent regulations of the churchwardens, Al essra.
wilkinson and Groom, was admirably fitted-up and adapted to
the accommodation of blth children and spectators, and had
altoeether a most imposing effect. Subsequent to the confirzna•
hearers, and prior to his departure Ire_treil: occasion to varrnpia.
turn service, the llishop delivered an impressive address to his
mPwri7liceoeurtlilghse of
ec‘olarrfu3sithotie
confirmationuth off ,
those whoiihaving
itig conductedi)assed
notwithstanding the large number cozgregated. The Rev. J.
at
H. Stewart, last evening, in order to render the occasion of his
lordship's visit more interesting, celebrated divine service at St. -
Bride's Church, at seven o'clock, when a discourse was especially
delivered to the voting, having an immediate reference to the
solemn engagements into which they will have personalty
duties required Croni them in after life, in fulfilment of the:
entered.

STEALING FIIGNI THE EXCHANGE NEWS Ream—A number
of petty depredations have pf late been committed at the Ex.
change News Room. Yesterday,a man named Michael Heyden
was brought up brthe keeper of the room, charged with having
purloined an umbrella •on the preceding Friday. The offence
was proved by the evidence of several gentlemen who frequent
the place, and the prisoner was committed for trial.

The riband of the order of St. Patrick. vacant by the death
of the Earl of Courtowu, has been conferred upon the Earl of
Cork.—London Paper.

ATTEMPTED .0-,CA PE PROM THE BRIDEWELL.—Moffatt, the
individual who was lately taken in Thomas-street for a murder
committed in Ireland, attempted on Sunday to make his escape
from Bridewell, by climbing up the chimney. His passage,
however, was intercepted by an iron grating. He had thrust
some of his clothes and a ration of bread and cheese through
the window which opens on a cistern. He was confined in the
same room from which a person named Charters, and some
others. had nearly effected their escape some time ago, by break.,
ing through the wall and jumping to the above cistern. When
the turnkey entered Moffatt's room he found it full of soot, and
the prisoner as black as a chimney-sweep.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—A meeting of shipowners and persons
contributing to the rates laid on goods and mcrchandize within
the port was held on Thursday week. at the Town-ball, pursuant
to public advertisement, for the purpose of appointing eight'
persons, nut members of the Common Council,to be eight of the
commissioners for carrying into effect the provisions of the 51st
George 111., and the 6th George IV., for the better regulation
and management of the Liverpool Docks. • The following mern-
bare were reappointed :—Messrs. Thomas 'Holt, J. Mather,.
George Green, jun., James H. Smith. T. B. Horsfall, and E.
Lyon. The two new members are Messrs. John Campbell and
Vs illitun Sharpies, tu the room of Messrs. James Heyworth and
John Fox, who retire.

OLDHAM.—The four candidates for the representation of. Old,
barn now fairly in the field are, Mr. Lees, a conservative, Mr.
Ashton Yates, a whig, and Mr. John Cobbett and Mr. Feargns
O'Connor, radicals. We understand that the radicals are di-
vided in opinion as to the merits of their two candidates, Mr.
Cobbett not corning up to their standard in his opinions on the
separation of church and state. The nomination will take place
on Friday, and the polling on Monday and Tuesday.

QVALIVICATION OF MENIBRIO OF PARLIAMENT.--Sir John
De Beauvoir, lint., the gentleman who was returned for the
borough of Windsor at the last general election, and,nuseated
on a petition, on the ground of want of qualification, was tried
in the Court of King's Bench on Wednesday, on a charge of
perjury. This crime he was alleged to have committed by
swearing, first, before two Middlesex magistrates, and secondly„
on taking his seat in the House of Commons, that be was pos-
sessed of an estate of the value of three-hundred pounds a
year, being a rent-charge granted to him upon some houses
in the parish of St. Sepulchre, Middlesex, in consideration a
£.2,900 paid.by hint to the gra.utur., On the part of the prosern-
tion it was proved that Mr. Fitzgerald, who the an-
nuity, had no right to do so, the property oh which it was
charged being that of his wife; and a land-surveyor thought
its annual vglue only £l9O is-year. The rent-charge was granted
only four or five days before Sir John took the oaths and hie
seat. The jury acquitted the defendant, beinguf opinion that he
was not aware of the insufficienv of the property at the time be
took the oath. The prosecution was brought by the Windsor
committee.
St'SPriCTED i‘it'RDEß.—On Sunday morning, at three o'clock,
the dead body of a man named Thoinas Parry, was discovered
by a labourer, lying in some vacant ground ricer a trenherlard,
in the neighbourhood of Warwick-street. The deceased, who
has been long known to the pollee I.y the cant name of "the
Slasher," was about forty-five years (doge. He was last seen
at the tavern of Mr. Worthington, in Warwick-street, otl••Sa.
turday night, a few minutes before twelve o'clock. He bad
taken an individual, a Welshmae, into the above house, tthen
the two, after sitting a short period, had quarrefled, They
departed together in great haste, and the impression on the
minds of those who were present is, -that they went out to light.
Nothing more was heard till the body of Parry was found on
the following morning. Tire heart is shockingly mutilated, the
frontal bone and the bones of the cheek presenting au appear-
entre as though they had been -battered by a. hammer. The
Welshman who was with Parry has not yet been taken, though
the police are actively employed in searching for him. A ham-
mer perfectly dean, exhibiting no marks indicative of its hav-
ing been used in a deed of such violence and barbarity as that
above-mentioned, was found at a short distance from the body.
An inquest was on Tuesday held on view of the body, when tlia
coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some
person or persons unknown. Four individuals have' been al-,
ready taken into custody on suspicion of having committed the
bove act, but three of them have been discharged.

ACCIDENT Elf THE BIRMINGHAM MAIL.—As the mail la-lw
proceeding on its journey about one o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing, by some misfortune it came in' contact with the' turnpike-
gate, about two miles on the other side of Aylesbury. The
coachman, Wyatt. was thrown under the wheels, and had his
thigh broken a little above the knee, and received:so-me other
injuries. lie was conveyed, as soon as assistance could be oh-
tained. to Aylesbury. There were foot passengers, all of whom
escaped untiurt. A little more than an hour's delay occurred.
Mr. Paris, of Wilmington-square, one of the passengers, a little
before the accident had left the box-seat. and providentially was
uninjured, and able to ride one of the leaders fur prompt assist-
ance.

His Majesty has been pleased to appoint Sir Robert Buckley
Comyn to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicatures
at Madras, in the place of Sir Ralph Palmer, resigned. -
The office of Steward or Cursitor of the county, palatine of
Durham has become vacant by the demise of the Hon. Captain
Barrington, brother to Viscount. Barrington, and son-in-law to
Earl Grey. The gallant officer has left an intent family.
W AT'S IN A NAJI ? —The Disseaters, (nothing surprising
here!) is Kirkaldv are resolved, on the Fast Day, to keep
open their shops and places of business, and transact their af-
fairs as on any other dava.—Scotsman.— [Since these loose (the
oppnsite to Fast!) "lolls" are "resolved" that their temporal
"affairs" shall take precedence of their apt trial "-affairs,' why
should not their " lint;-town".froM henceforth he dubbed
all-day, in the place of Kirk-all-day? "it .is-'aur end
pleasure" that it shciuld be soli •
CAPTAIN BunNs.-=..The intAvet which the public hoe ever
taken in the family of the poet'Burns, has Keen 'n greet, that
we arc sure we are communicating an event 'tshiett wilt Rice
pleasure to thousands, when. we mentiou that Captain James
Glencairn Burns, youngest son (-tithe poet, has been promoted
to the tank of major in the East India Cumpany's servit.e.—
Dumfries Paper.
CEYLON Corros.—We entertain a very confident expecte-
tion that the Ceti len coffee now in bond, and that which will
have been shipped for the home market before the proposed
system of adanssion at the reduced duty, by virtue. of the ceyti,
ficates of growth, can come into isperrd ion, will be alike adniitted
on the new scale. if the contrary were to he the case, we can-
not understand how the assimilation of ditty on Ceylon and on
West India coffee can be meant to afford any immediate relief
to the iniporteis of the former.—Pablie Ledgm • • .
SUMMER FrtEs:'—Where are the
«'ith ,all she
weather we have had, a fly is scarcely- to beset-u,bo o„!
cholera visited us, it was preceded n'eC.l accompanied bye swarm
of flies, second only to those whisk afflicted the contutodeieus
Pharaoh and his people. The prol)abildv is that.the numbers
of these little creatpies depend on some mini-spheric eondition
of which we are not yet duly aware.. At all events,- facts ehirli
may throw light on, or serve. as guides iu investigating the
humblest phenomena of nature are worth noting. •
HAMBURG GRIEvANciE!4 --We bad intended !His week to in-
sert an article, with some further information on this subject,
but want of space pre'vents,us. We wou.d.again pr's upon all
interested in it to give their most an xions.end iniente attentmn
to it at the pee tit moment. We con infninc them that Mr.
Sieveking, one of the Svdnies (or first- magistrate,o iii Ii am-
burg, is just arriveit in tondnr,..arel. together:With Mr. Coign.,
boon, the Hanseatic Minister; hes Batt an intervieWiAvith •Leid
Palmerston. There tan lie no doobt that •the- tirjeets of his
missioa are to ward off any investigation into•the subjeut, and
if possible top obtain a renewal of the. present treaty, which
ex-
sires in Setember next. lf therefore, eq. mirchants and
hipowoers do not immediately, bestir. thernsefre4 -they will be
too late, and all the gliev‘incei complained-of will be perpetu-
ated for several years. to conc.-41Tel! Pocket. _
POPE Ju.t.ttia 1.11.--This pope gave a earilital's hat to a
servant that kept his monkey; end being asked the reason of so
strange a favour, answered, "That he saw as much in his
servant to make him a cardinal, as the cot;clase saw in him to
elect him pope."
A GREEK. HUSIIAND.—I celled yeAerday on a Greek lady,
and on tier lamenting that-she had not been out of her house
for it week, because her husband was too much engaged to-stralk,
with her, begged her to acenrirpany me in a country ramble.
" My husband will not allow'me to do so," she replied. "
interrupted the amiable man; "I never pet mit burin enjoy any
pleasure which I cannot shore. lam busied all day in pro-
viding for her comfort. Let .her stay at home, Why' should she
enjoy the fresh air. while' I etc shut op ia's dote muting-
beuse,"—Stetehes of Cr*.

'--:-----r'• ..:'-4-: NAVIGATION OF THE SHANNON.
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Id. Ye. '-‘. N icing this pamphlet, it is necessary to premise
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*se4s..lltiihk,, e speech" is one-that would have fieen spoken; in
'`"--ecrictinuation of the debate, On' Lord Kerry's mtition for.
ari address to the throne, praying his tniijeKty to„ direct
the Irish government to carry into effect the measures
reCominended in the _report of the select committee ap-
pointed last session to inquire into the stale of the•navi-
gation of the Shannon, had the. author of it been a mem-
ber of the house. 'Although. the speech does not bear
his name, it is generally known to have:been-written by
Air. C. W. Williams, .a gentlethan connected with the
Dublin Steam Navigation Company.
-Mr. Williams's object is to show that the improvement
of-the navigation of the Shannon was deemed a measure
of national importance in the reign of Queen Anne; that
its practicability is perfectly well established by the rriaAS
of information which has. already been collected on the
subject, at an expense to. the country .of £40,000, -and
that any further inquiry would be useless. In answer to
a -member who required further "necessary informa-
tion," he says :

"Talk of further information—in the name of patience—of
national patience—how Many ages are required to collect this
' necessary information r flow long' is this to go on ? Are
members of parliament supposed' to have -stomachs for• this
never-ending supply? Are they Wbe report and committee-
crammed for ever? What is to be considered a quantum suf.-
frit dose to make up the 'necessary information,' and qua-
lify them to proceed? and in. reference to a navigation which
is at our own doors-which-may be thoroughly understood by a
single hour's attention to the volumes now on your table—and
may be personally inspected by any honourable member in a
single week."
Mr. Williams refutes the position assumed by Mr.
Lgder during the debate on the reform bill, that the
prevailing ignorance of this part of Ireland arose from
""inadequate representation," by noticing the fact that
but four Irish members took any part in the debate on
Lord Kerry's motion. He asks :

" Where were the members of counties on the western bank
of the Shannon, Sligo, Roscommon, Mayo, Galway, and Clare;
and on the east and south of that river, of Leitrim and Long-
ford, King's County, Tipperary, Limerick, and Kerry ? Were
they insensible to the wants and capabilities of their respective
counties, or the claims of their constituents? Were they igno-
rant that, on an average, each of these counties might enjoy
the benefit of fifty miles of practicable inland navigation on the
main stream of the rives; and without reference to any of the
rivers or lakes? If not, why did they not press these conside-
rations on the attention of the house?'

We answer, the reason why "is plain as way to
parish church ;" the Shiels, the Barrons, the Baldwyns,
and the whole tribe of O's, great and little, are sent to
parliament from Ireland to promote other objects than
Ireland's good, and, unless she can rid herself of these
vermin, she would be better off, her prosperity would be
better promoted if she had no representatives at all in
the imperial parliament.
There are some valuable tables attached to this pam-
phlet. From these it appears that the sums already ex-
pended and required for the completion of the Rideau
Canal exceed considerably one million sterling, or, as
stated officially, for the promotion of water communica-
tion in Canada.

"Now; be it remembered," says the speech, "that Canada
is neither in England, nor Ireland, nor Scotland,—and it
would really seem necessary to remind honourable members of
this fact,—but in North America;- that this same Canada
may, sooner or later, as manhood outgrows the control of
infancy and pupilage, and in the natural and unerring march
of events, be separated from, and probably hostile to, the
mother country; and that if urged too long, this Canada may
throw off, perhaps indignantly, what will then be called the
unnatural, the galling yoke of continuing subjection."

Mr. Williams makes the following observations to
show that while we have been encouraging the deve-
lopment of the resources of Canada, we have neglected,
if not discouraged those:of Ireland :
" It is stated that when the canal in Canada was begun; in
1826, the whole population of the 'entire district of two hundred
miles in length,.was but one thousand nine; hundred; whereas,
we now hear, and as a matter of boast, that on the completion
of the works, in 1833, it had increased to twenty thousand. It
is not, however, stated how many of these were Irish emigrants,.
attracted by the great expenditure on these works; yet we have
millions in connexion with 'our Irish "Ottawa," whose 'in-
crease, however, is there called a calamity. 1 well remember
the notices that were posted in.th.e towns in Ireland, by the
owners of emigrant ships, and in the American papers, de-
scribing the certainty of work to be had in Upper Canada, 'and
how,- in a short time, each labourer would be enabled to pur-
chas4,,a farm for himself. I know, also, that numbers were in-
duced to emigrate, in the certainty of immediate work on this
very Canadian canal, and the flattering results they were led
to anticipate. I have even seen letters, from some mere
labourers, inviting their brethren tojoin them, in-the.certainty
of immediate employment. Now, surely, if these works. are
deiirable for Canada, and if such are the happy. results that
they produced in that country, it will not be' denied that they
are equally desirable and worthy of a statesman's consideration
for Ireland. Ibideed, these are the navigations add works, and
these are the precise results, in reference to the Shannon,
which, in the language of Mr. Nimmo, who Hied in the hope,
and died in the despair, of seeing this great Irish navigation
opened—' Give facilities of access to markets—create a trade
where Dente existed before—promote apiculture in the interior
—and furnish employment for the poor.'"

Two maps illustrative of the author's views are ap-
pended to the pamphlet, which we recommend to the
attention of our readers.

INSTRUCTIONS TO OVERSEERS RESPECTING
THE REGISTRATION OF COUNTY VOTERS.

In the first place you must, on the 20th June, put up a notice
on all the church and chapel doors in your parish in the form
prescribed by the reform act, calling on all electors to deliver
in. their claims to vote by the 20th of July.
This notice must be signed by all the overseers, and their
names had better be written at full length.
if you omitted to put up the notice on the 20th June, you
must du it the first day afterwards that you find out your error.
And you will bear in mind that those electors whose names al-
ready stand on the registers, as revised last year, need not de-
liver in afresh claim, if they retain their qualifications and for-
mer residences.

Between the 20th and 31st July, you must write out the re-
gister, which must contain a copy of the lot year's register, as
revised by the barrister with the names of all new claimants
who may have delivered you a notice of their claim and paid
you one shilling therewith, which must be inserted in the pro-
per alphabetical order.
You must not omit the names of any persons in last year's
register, although you know they may be dead, or have removed,
or sold their estates since the last revision. But you ought to
unite the words "objected to" in the margin opposite to all such
names, before you put the list on the church door, that the bar-
risters may make the necessary corrections.
On the two first Sundays in August, you must put a copy of
the whole register, containing both old and new names, on all the
church and chapel doors in your parish, signed by the overseers
as above, and keep an extra copy at your own house, for inspec-
tion, during the first two weeks in Augnst.
Any elector may object to another's qualification, and give
you notice thereof on or before the 25th August, when you are
to make a list of all objections and put a copy thereof, signed by
the overseers, on the church and chapel doors on the _two Sun-
.lays failing next before the 15th of September.
On the 29th of August, you are to deliver your list of voters,
with a-written statement of the number of persons objected to,
to the high constable of your hundred, who will forward the
same to the clerk of the peace.
If your parish lies in two hundreds, you must still make but
one register, and deliver it to the high constable of that hundred
in which the greater part of the parish lies.
And when the barristers hold their court for revising the lists
in your parish, you must attend them and take with you your
copy of the list, also a list of the objections, and all the claims
and notices of objection received by you, and after the barrister
has i*vised the list you must make your copy correspond with it,
anti. preserve it carefully and deliver it over to your successor
in office, (bathe may be enabled to make out the next year's
register, therefore—
If you or your predecessor have not preserved a copy of last
years register, you must refer to the printed register book sold
by the clerk' of the peace to make out your present year's list.
As you are subject to a penalty of £5OO for any wilful negli-
gence (and which has in sv,ne instance" been enforced) you will
do well to consult the parish attorney if you find any difficulty
in the matter.

ANOTHER EXTENSIVE AND MYSTERIOUS JEWEL

'ROBBERY.
A robbery of jewels, of the value of between £B,OOO and
£lO,OOO, was discovered to have taken place on last Monday
night, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, at the resi-
dence of the. Earl of Mexborough, No. 33, Dover-street,
Piccadilly. The property was safe in the usual place where it
was deposited, in the sleeping apartment of her Ladyship, at
nine o'clock that evening, as her Ladyship and family went
out at that hour to pay a visit, and returned between eleven
and twelve o'clock, during which period the robbery was
effected. The discovery was made by Lady Sarah Pattenton,
• his Lordship's daughter, who, finding some articles displaced,
where the valuables were usually deposited, was induced to
make further search, and at lem.oh.ascertained that the whole
of her own and her mother's jewels were abstracted. Informa-
tion was immediately forwarded to the Vine-street station-house,
and Inspector Abraham, and several active policemen, pro-
ceeded to Dovei-street to institute an inquiry into the mode by
which the robbery had been accomplished. The servants were
called up and strictly examined, but all of them denied in the
most positive way any knowledge of the robbery. In a short
time after the investigation in Dover-street, several boxes and
trinket-cases were found in some gardens near Stabhope-street;
Mayfair, by a policeman ; they were immediately recognised as
having contained some of the lost jewels, and accordingly a
more minute search took place. Several other cases were found
in the gardens, and also a pair of list shoes, which, there existed
every reason to believe. had been thrown there by the thief
within a very short period before they were found. From the
marks of wheels it was very fairly conjectured that the property
had been conveyed away in a cab, and carried otT in the dies-
tion of May Fair, where the cases and shoes were got rid of by
being .flung over the garden railings. The magistrates at
Marlborough-street police office were for sometime yesterday
engaged in examining the servants of Lora Mexberotigh and
others. The examination was private, and the result was the'
remanding of certain females, to 'whom suspicion strongly
attaches.

Mr. ROEBUCK AND THE PRESS.—The editor of the Public'

Ledger has addressed a letter. in his own name, to Mr. noel
back, in which is the following passage;—" 1 call on you, Sir, to
point out one solitary case, direct or implied, by which you on
make.good your charv, that I am either corrupt, base, cowardlp
or despotic, or that 1 have struck at the reputation of any man.
. I call on you, John Arthur Roebuck,. member ofp.irliament for
the city of Bath, to do this; or bv. younsitence admit yourself
to he the most corrupt, base, cowardly, desj otic, and assassin-like
libeller that ever disgraced humanity."