The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-01-06 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

A want of room prevented the insertion of the follow-
ing interesting letter from Jamaica in our paper of Fri-
day last
JAMAICA, NOVEMBER 7, 1834.—The following is from a
private letter :—Since my last I have but little to communicate,
and that little of an unfavourable character. The whole frame
of our society seems to have received an irretrievable shock;
masters and apprentices look with a suspicious and jealous eye
upon each other—the former finding himself without the slight-
est control over his miscalled apprentices—the latter aiming at
every possible mode of evading labour. The generally incapa-
ble and partial stipendiary magistrates are worse than useless;
they are, in many instances, the cause of greater indisposition
on the part of the negroes to enter properly upon the new sys-
tem ; this new system, in fact, never will answer the expecta-
tions of either party. It is both morally and physically im-
possible, and those who tell you to the contrary either know
nothing of the matter or are interested in deceiving you,. 'lime,
and a very short time, will bear me out in this opinion, which
is, indeed, the conviction of ninety-nine out of every hundred
persons here—a conviction which has been forced upon them
by circu.ustances of a nature not to be mistaken. It is highly
to be regretted that persons, whatever may be their motives,
should misrepresent the present position of affairs in Jamaica
and thus cause our transatlantic friends and enemies to imagine
that we are in a state of comparative perplexity, when the de-
plorable fact is, that it is snore than probable that (under our
best circumstances now ! ) not more than one-third of the quan-
tity of produce that was shipped from Jamaica last year will be
obtained in the present ! The negroes will never again work
as they did when slaves, nor will they ever work (eren for hire)
as white men, now they are free ! The plan has been tried, and
is proved a complete failure. There are certainly exceptions,
but in the proportion of one industrious black to five thousand
lazy ones ! In a very short time it is snore than probable that
this flue but distracted country may be what St. Domingo has
been.

" It would be.sufficiently, ruinous and dreadful were gun shee
to confine himself to what is termed " passive resistance," but
you will perceive by our papers that several instances of arson
and rebellion have occurred since my last account, iu open day;
among them one in the very face of the special magistrate, .who
was at Belvidere (the scene of their activity) at the time, and
during the absence of the GOVERNOR on a trip to the CAI-
UAy.O,I
"The crops are looking well, and the seasons hive continued
favourable ; but, alas ! all bountiful nature in vain pours out
the contents of her cornucopia upon us; the labourers are reck-
less, indolent, and rebellious; the crops can scarcely be got in.
One hogshead of sugar in lieu of five, one bag dpimento in
place of six, and one cwt. of coffee instead of four, must ruin us,
despite of the prodigal hand of nature and the advancing prices
of West Indian produce.
" By the papers you will learn that although the Governor is
highly respected in his private capacity, and considered as
meaning well to Jamaica, vet be is considered incompetent
to govern this country, midis becoming very unpopular in his
vice-royaltyship. There was a serious sniff between his excel-
lency and the House of Assembly (which met for business on
the Ist October,) respecting the right of the latter to examine
into the proceedings of the deputy-commissioners of compensa-
tion. However, the Marquis, like a crafty statesman, wade a'
show of apology which the house were willing to consider as sin-
cere, and the affair blew quietly over. Thus, Fabius-like, his
lordship partially succeeded by a species of seeming retreat.
The house have now been a month in session, and, hitherto, but
little is done. The Governor has given his assent to two or
three bills respecting tonnage duty, receiver-generals', and se-
cretaries' fees. &c., &c., commissioners of accounts, law, &c.
A bill by Mr. 'Walkie to render illegitimate children legitimate,
on the subsequent marriage of their parents, was lost on a divi-
sion in the house. A bill for appointing a certain additional
number of special magistrates, from among the island's magis-
tracy, and giving them a /owl and concurrent and equal juris-
diction with the stipes has been registered in council !
"`!'here have been several shocks of earthquake lately, far
more awful and appalling than have been felt here for many
years, but no serious mischief resulted from them.
"We are in hourly dread of being visited by that dreadful
scourge, cholera; it is now raging terribly at Trinidad de Cuba
and at Carthagena, on both sides of us." .

CHARACTER OF A RADICAL.

A radical's character is easy to draw,
Ile hates to obey, but would govern the law;
In manners unsocial, in temper unkind,
A rebel in conduct, a tyrant in mind.
Malignant, implacable, enviously sour,
He envies all those who have riches or power;
So enipoisoned himself. he would gladly destroy
Tls• comforts and blessings that others enjoy. -
JOSEPH WICKSTUAD.

trije iLiberpool *tanbarti,

TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1835.

We are resolved that no abstract questions, or gene-
ral subjects, shall be allowed to divert our attention, or
that of our readers, from the all-important and most mo-
mentous trial which takes place to-day and must be de-
cided to-morrow. We have no fear as to the issue ; but
we conceive it would be doing injustice to the cause we
espouse, and the very numerous subscribers by whom we
are supported, if we were to devote any space to matter
in which they cannot possibly take any interest, whilst
they are engaged in a local contest involving their own
honour, their future prosperity, and the maintenance of
those principles upon which the welfare of the country
and the preservation of all our institutions in church and
state so essentially depend.
To-morrow it is to be decided whether the enlight-
ened electors of the second town in the empire are loyal
and conservative, or revolutionary and destructive—
rhe.ther a community whose very existence depends upon
security 'at home and influence abroad, are reckless of
the blessings they have hitherto enjoyed, ungrateful to
PROVIDENCE for past bounties, and are the insidious foes
of a happy constitution and an ancient monarchy ; or
whether, seeing the dangers that threaten them, they are
sensible of the protection they receive and the liberty
they enjoy, and are, besides, conscious of the ruin that
would inevitably be the consequence of anarchy, revolu-
tion,and civil war.

These awful questions, we say, are to be decided to-
morrow, and it would be paltry affectation on our part to
say that we do not look forward to the result with the
deepest cOneern. Even if we were ten times more con-
fident than we are we should say the same:, No victory
was ever achieved without much anxiety on the part of
the conqueror ; and no true general should ever trent his
enemy lightly. We have the most perfect persuasion
that the noble cause, the holy cause, of which we are the
humble advocates, will triumph; yet no true man must
relax, no sincere friend faulter, no soldier in the van
stand still, no soldier in the rear hold baek,!until the co-
lours of our adversaries are hauled down and the victory
complete. As the Duke of WELLINGTON said to the
Guards at Waterloo we say to the electors of Liverpool,
"lip, lads, and at them I"

We confess we care less for the defeat of the men who
are opposed to us than we do for the success of our prin-
ciples. If the KING is to be deserted and defied—if the
most innocent and exemplary of women is to be slan-
dered—if the church is to be spoliated, and the cure of
souls given to the socinians in England and the papists
in.,lreland—it matters not " who are the traitors," or
whether Liverpool and Manchester are to be represent-
ed, the former by a fool and the latter by a quack. If
the march of infidelity is not to be stayed—if England is
to play the part of handmaid to France—if Liverpool is
to be ridden by certain agents from New York—it can be
of no earthly importance to us whether Mr. EWART, a
man totally destitute of intellect, or Mr. MORRIS, noto-
riously ignorant of our local concerns, or Mr. HUNT, or
Mr. GULLY, or Mr. any body else is returned for Liver-
pool. Heartily as we despise the present whig candi-
dates, we do not oppose them on personal grounds, but
on those which involve principles as dear to us as our
lives. The stranger, Mr. MORRIS, tells us that he has no
confidence in a ministry professing liberal sentiments
who have hitherto been the enemies of reform. We
take Mr. MORRIS upon his own assumption. How can
the electors of Liverpool support Mr. EWART as a re-
former who started as a tory, whose father was a tory,
all his first and best friends tories, and who formerly pro-
fessed the most ardent attachment to those principles
which latterly he has found it convenient to repudiate ?
Sir ROBERT PEEL never was at any period of his life a
more strenuous anti reformer than Mr. EWART was.- We
know the comparison is odious ; for the name EWART
contrasted with that of PEEL is like holding up a farthing
candle to the sun. We therefore beg the right honour-
able baronet's pardon for the liberty we have taken in
the comparison ; but still if, according to this Mr. MOR-
RIS, Sir Itonmur's present professions are to be rejected
on the ground of his_ former
_professions, why should
those of Mr. Ewaor be received while we all know that
they are diametrically opposed to the sentiments he en-
tertained in earlier days, when he moved in much more
respectable society, and before be had flung himself into
the arms of socinians and radical reformers ? Oh, fatal
mistake ! Mr. Moak's has touched upon a sore subject.
He has, in pure innocence, inflicted a mortal blow upon
his friend. Perhaps it was not intended, and we say this
in charity ; but still we have grounds for a strong suspi•
cien that this Mr. MORRIS has been brought here to
swamp Mr. EWART. It is well known that the party are
sick of him ; that.they feel lie has no talents either of
the useful or ornamental kind; that they cannot play him
off as a trump on any occasion; and that his public ex-
hibitions are far from being flattering to their pride or
their ambition.

There was a time when Liverpool held a proud, a dig-
nified, an envious station in the power, the fame, and the
talents of her representatives. There was a time when
the most splendid orators of England wrestled for the
prize of her patronage—when GEORGE CANNING bore
the bell—when BROUOIIAM in vain sought her favour—
when HUSKISSON fought, conquered, and died in her
cause—when old General GASCOYNE, her best friend—
the poor man's friend—the merchant's consul in London
----the freeman's defender—was the very personification
of Liverpool in parliament ; but that. time, alas, 'has
passed away 1 We were once worthy of the name given
to us.by old Sir John O'GAIINT. We prized the honours
our local interests conferred. We stood the highest
as iLe constituents of the most brilliant of O'llr statesmen.
But what are we now ? In the place of CANNING .W 0
have Mr. WILLIAM NwAcT7--in (Ate place of id V-SKISSON

we have a silly intruder of the name of Monniz, seat
down by Mr. POULETT THOMSON, and who, as a tool,

is employed to make Liverpool subservient to the selfish
designs of certain speculators in Manchester. In place
of talent we have imbecility—in place of honesty we have
quackery—in place of sterling worth and sincerity we
have Mr. JANES MORRIs

Electors of Liverpool ! are we to submit to this? The
late Mr. EWART was a most deserving man, and his me-
mory «ill be held in regard ; but is his son the repre-
sentative of that man ? Read his address. Is it writ-
ten by a man who has even a moderate pretension to ta-
lent ? Does it convey even a ray of intellect ? Is it in-
telligible ? Would it be tolerated as an exposition of a
mechanical theorem at the Institute to which no me-
chanics are admitted ? Is it grammatically correct in
construction ? Is it conveyed in language which is
open to the grasp of common sense ? We say IT IS
NOT ; and we here bid defiance to Mr. EWA/IT to pro-
duce to us any admissible proof that he is capable of
writing or understanding the English language. If on
no other ground, we contend that Mr. EwAaT should be
spurned by the electors of Liverpool. We are ready
to prove that he is incompetent to do senatorial jus-
tice to the very absurd principles he professes. CAN-
NING and HusKissos could defend us—General GAS-
COYNE was favourably received by the House— and
while he represented us we stood above reproach, for
our esteemed member never was mentioned but in terms
of honour. But is Mr. EWAnT listened to in the House
of Commons ? No. Is lie respected ? No. Has he
any weight? No. Is lie not laughed at and despised
by every member?—is he not made sport of in St. Ste-
phen's ?—is he not treated as a very feeble person, ex-
tremely ignorant, and presuming in the ratio of his ig-
norance, by every member of the House of Commons ?
Yes. He was the tom-fool of the house, and in that
character has brought deep disgrace upon Liverpool.

Electors ! EW ART must be thrown out. Poor Mr.
Moßnis knnws that ha has not a chance but he thinks
that his contest in Liverpool will give him credentials to
some other less respectable borough, and that he will
have the privilege of trading upon this presumption for
some considerable time. We have, however, our eye
upon him, and we shall spoil his sport wherever he may
appear, whether under the protection of Mr POULETT
THOMSON, or otherwise.

But the time is come when our acts must give force
to our professions. We must now, the day of trial being
come, give proof that w can gain the vantage ground
to which all our energies have been directed. We have
the most confident hope that all the free burgesses will
rush to the poll today. If they do not, they will pro-
claim to the world that they are utterly destitute of gra-
titude, and they will testify that the LIVERPOOL STAND-
ARD has defended them successfully but thanklessly.
This we know is not their feeling. We have watched
over their interests, and we are prepared to abide by the
results. If they deceive us, we know and shall bitterly
lament the consequences. If they allow themselves to
be dictated to by men who support Mr. Ewart, they will
demonstrate that they are men totally destitute of
principle, and unworthy of the sacred trust repostil
in them; and that instead of being freemen they are
slaves. Far better leave the establishment where me-
naces are held ottt and dictation resorted to, than become
the most despised of all serviles. Their brethren, in
this case, mould do them justice—their friends find them
better employment, and provide for their families.

There is another class of electors to whom we are
anxious to address a few words. We point to those who
constitute the middle order of society—who are alike
removed from its apex and its base—those who have
acquired property by their industry, have to a certain ex-
tent retired from business, and are living in what they
deem perfect security. It is not our aim or desire to alarm
these persons needlessly. They have invested their com-
petent fortunes in the funds, perhaps in public buildings,
in railways and canals, and in various undertakings or
speculations, all of which are more or less dependent
upon peace, security, and good government. They are
therefore deeply interested in the return of conservative
candidates, for unless we have a conservative parliament
it is in vain to hope that our national institutions will
have any indurance, or that the rights of property will
be respected. Look at the national securities ! A breath
has made them, and a breath can destroy them. Their
basis is peace, tranquillity, and the laws. Once disturb
the foundation, and the whole fabric of public credit tum-
bles to the ground. If the leveller's, as some silly per-
sons who exhibited at the hustings yesterday declared
themselves to be, are permitted to touch any one of our
establishments, the church, the peerage, or the corpora-
tions, for instance, the funds must be touched also, and
all must perish together. What would a bond of the
corporation of Liverpool be worth if such men as EWART,
RATIII3OIIE, WYBERG, Dr. COLLINS, and the brainless and
beggarly party who have lately figured at hole and corner
meetings in the Clarendon-rooms, had the management
of the borough funds? Why, a thousand-pound bond
would not be worth as many shillings. These men are
bound by their principles to destroy the very revenues
out of which the interest of the lenders is secured. They
would deal with borough property and borough engage-
ments as they would deal with national property, namely,
they would destroy it. By unsettling the monarchy they
would disturb all the relations of the monarchy, and in-
validate all the claims of those who have invested money
under the sanction of the existing laws. They might
not do this intentionally or wilfully, but their principles
point to the unhappy result, and would inevitably pro-
duce it.

Now, these worthy men, living partly out of the world,
and rarely mixing in the scenes of public life, may not
be aware that their peace, or their property, or their in-
vestments are in danger. We tell them, THEY ARE !
Their security entirely depends upon the character of the
next parliament, for if that be composed of men similar
to those Nspo composed the last, nothing on earth can
save the church, the monarchy, the funds, the credit, or
any of the valuable institutions of the empire. What
say the confederated rebels of Ireland ? A popish bi-
shop, who owes his elevation to the influence of O'CON-
NELL, tells his countrymen that he will not, under any
circumstances, pay tithes or taxes. He counsels his
slaves to murder every man who obeys the laws. He
breathes sacerdotal curses against all those of his de-
graded flock who do not follow his example. His pa.
iron, O'CONNELL, uses the same language, the conse-
quence of which is, that at least four millions of the in-
habitants of the sister island are in open insurrection
against the sovereignty of England and the laws passed
ty-the imperial parliament. How ara these menaces to
be met and silenced ? There are two ways. We must
either surrender Ireland into the hands of popish trait-
ors, and thereby place the life of every protestant in
peril, or we must arm the English yeomanry and accom-
plish the second and final conquest of Ireland. The al-
ternative involves blood. We have no remedy but in
an appeal to arms. If we tamely yield we encourage
wanton and Bold-blooded assasination; if we use com-
pulsory measures there must be a waste of human life.
But what is the moral from this unfortunate and
calamitous state of affairs ? Simply this, that what is
now at maturity in Ireland would be forced into fatal
maturity in England if the principles which disgraced
the late parliament are suffered to expand in that which
is now in the choice of the electors. There is no me-
dium. It is conservatism on the one hand, and destruc-
tion on the other. We must either defend the monarchy
or plunge into the Reign of Terror. We must either
support the church or worship the GoddPss of Reason.
We must either adhere to the laws or sink into anarchy.
We must either fight in defence of our national in-
stitutions, or make shipwreck of our faith and dissolve
those vital bonds which connect property with national
security.

To the burgesses our sentiments are %veil known, and,
we say again, if they deceive us now, this shall be our
last appeal to them. We have a'tied in saving then)
from disgrace and disfranchisement, it is now their duty
to assist in saving their country, their church,. and their
King. If there be among them one make -so heartless,
so besotted, and s,o enslaved, as to vote for Mr. EWART,
he must be the meanest and most worthless wretch cot the

A rl5 r 6, if

face of the earth. What, vote for the man nor . as.
sociated with his betrayers, his slanderers, his malignant
enemies ? We trust there is no such burgess.

To the other householders and electors we have sai4
enough to point out the path of duty. We have said
enough to show how an independent tradesman can best
serve his country and promote his own welfare and hap-
piness. To the third—the last and the lowest class,
we do not condescend to appeal. We do not traffic in
the haunts of vice and infamy. There are men who
have no hope of acquiring distinction but by robbery,
revolution, and spoliation. These have, in all ages,
been the loudest declaimers; fur the patriotism they seek
is what Dr. JOHNSON truly characterised as the last re-
fuge of a scoundrel. We have many such patriots in
Liverpool. They are well convinced that no change,
be it ever so disastrous, can render their situation more
abject or worthless, and they are consequently in the van
of the destructiv es—the noisiest spouters in the taverns—
the most reckless hacks of the wildest radicals—the
meanest slaves of the discomfited whigs. We seek no
aid, no vote, no succour from them. They are the ver-
min of the state—the iteh of the commonwealth—dm
incurable part of the body politic ; and it is the duty of
every respectable man to keep as great a distance from
them as possible.
ELECTORS OF LIVERPOOL,
DO YOUR DUTY,
AND enruaN AS TOUR REPRESENTATIVES,
LORD SANDON AND SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS.

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

City, Saturday Evening, half-past Seven o'clock.
We are in a state of great excitement here, and the destrme-

tire party are raking hole and corner for the "sweet voices"
of those who, under that precious production, the reform bill,
have been admitted to an equal weight in the franchise with
those who have, hundreds of thousands at stake, and, of course,
are anxious to have those represent them who are likely te.
pass such.ai,easures as will lead to a, scramble for these hasp._
dreds of thousands. In consequence of reports that the destruc-
fives, upon yesterday's canvass, had been more successful than
during the preceding days, our money market experienced a
decline, and consols touched upon 911 ;, a pretty evidence of
the opinion entertained of the party by the monetary interests
here. To-day, however, 'the consols have rallied to as
people appear unwilling to credit that, at a crisis like this,
London will stoop to be a rotten borough in the hands of a
political club.
Money has certainly been easier here within the last day is
two, and the prem. on exchequer bills has been at 39 to 40, sad
that on India bonds has advanced to 21 to 23.

Our foreign securities remain with little variation from sor-
former report. Brazilian bonds are at 781 79k, Chilian bonds
are 31 to 33, Colombian 32} 1, and Dutch 5 per cents. 991 t
The dividends on Dutch 24 percents. are now in course of pay
ment, and the quotation, with dividend deducted, is 531
Russian bonds are 107 i. Little variation has taken place se
the Spanish or Portuguese bonds, the former being 541 aid
the latter 861
The contrary winds have prevented us receiving any arrivals
of material importance since our last. Lisbon letters have -
been received to the 29th ult. The average number of mur-
ders had been committed of the unfortunate Iliguelites, who
had ventured to reside in the Portuguese capital under the
government of the laws of the "young Queen.' Commercial
affairs are said, however, to be improving; and, from the state
in which they previously were, we can well believe if they alter
at all it must be for the better.

We continue to receive very cheerful accounts from the
country of the progress of the conservative cause. At Norwich
it bids fair to be a complete triumph; and at Hull, Mr. ("who
is the traitor") Hill seems likely to have a very brief career.
This learned personage possesses an armour of proof, fashioned
after the celebrated "good-intentioned" one of Lord Althorp.
When the learned gentleman is twitted for any of the numer-
ous absences for which his lilliputian career as a senator was
so noted, his constant reply is, "the engagements of my pro.
fessiou" caused it. Truly the constituency of Hall must be
careless, incited, of the value of their franchise, if they bestow
it upon an individual who regards them in oo secondary a point
of !view as to merge their interests in the more seducing one of
self-advantage.
No further accounts have been received of the long looked.
for packet from Mexico' nor is it known • whether she ha.
reached Havana or not. Much anxiety is naturally felt for the
next advice' from this latter place. Two mails ars now ail
from Mexico.

. _
That appropriately named troop, the lumber troop, is making
itself conspicuously busy as regards the approaching contest
here, and, under cover of the smoke of their tobacco pipes, its
members have been making some desperate charges upon their
pots of heavy wet, at the cost, and in the company, of the roar
reform candidates. Fancy, for an instant, the governor of the
Bank of England, at the Goat and Compases, the Hog in
Armour, the Cat and Cauliflower, and the other head-quarters
of this distinguished corps, currying sweet favour, and being
enrolled a "comrade" of the lumbering body, a modern Falstaff •
at the head of a regiment of scarecrows. Here is a prostits•
tiou of political and commercial character with a vengeance, •
and it makes us incline to think that, setting aside the rabble,
there are some men of substance who, like Samson in his
blindness, are disposed to raise the strength they possess, to pall
down the temple, and bury themselves in its ruins.
A fearful crisis is evidently at hand—the altar, the tkres•
and the constitution are now staked in the fearful contest—the
chars., ;n .iie;ent times by the noblest btond of Pars-
land must not be destroyed by the scum of modern rattan.
tionaires—the throne which foreign despotism has in vein sought
to prostrate must not be demolished by domestic treason—tist
altar round which has rallied in times of peril the protestant
faith from all quarters of the world must not.be swept away by
the force of atheistical democracy, which seeks to build on its
ruins, earthly, anarchy and eternal perdition.

THE LEVELLERS.—Mr. William Earle, junior, resterday,,
avowed himself on the hustings to be a leveller. We always,
in common with those who knew him, took Mr. Earle to be as
aristocrat, but it appears we have been Mistaken. But we all
know that it is not inconsistent with the character of a leveller to
be a petty despot. There can be no mistake about this ! Bat
if the aristocracy are to be levelled, we should like to know what
is to become of the Ear/es/

We regret to hear that the return of Mr. Hume for the cone
of Middlesex is ,by no meant certain. Yesterday he canvassed
a very large portion of the elector; and found matters generally
in a different state to what he expected, or could have wished. .
In some quarters he found things, to use his own words, alt
wrong together. Still he does not despair. The Tories have
been most actively at work in secret, and wits a degree of sue,
cess, by influence, intimidation, promises, and other unfair
means, which Mr. Flume had thought impossible. The friends
of Mr. Wood are not, we understand, sparing of any expense.
If the expenditure of money, or the zeal of his tory friends, ea* •
secure his election, he may consider himself safe. It is under-
stood that another tory candidate, though not vet declared, is
in the field. The result of this contest is looked to with the
interest.----Observer.

SHROPSICRE.—We have great pleasure in amseuncing that
the return of Sir Rowland Hill, Bad., and Wm. Ormsby Gere,
Esq., whose names are so intimately connected with die con-
servative cause, is certain for the northern division of the
county of Salop—Mr. Cotes, the late member in the whig inte-
rest, having announced his resignation. The late members for
the southern division, Lord Darlington, and the Hon. R. H,
Clive, will be elected without opposition—Sir Edward Smyth,
Bart., a catholic and whig candidate, who had commenced n
canvass, having met with such discouragement that he has at
once withdrawn from tl.e field.

WIGAN ELronoiv.—This election is fixed to take place to-
morrow. The candidates are, as our readers are aware.
John Hodson Kearslev, Esq., a conservative, and Richard
Potter and Charles Standish, Esqs., two destructive'. The
former no doubt will be returned by a very large majority, bet
some doubt exists as to which of the other two will accompany,
him. The friends of Mr. Potter, however, seem most certain.
The system of exclusive dealing alluded to in a recent number
of the STANDARD, as being adopted to intimidate the eleetest,
has had the effect of diminishing the number of Mr. Standisles
votes, and we hope it will be put an end to by the indictment
of the principals who have brought it into operation,as there
can he no doubt it is a heinous offence in the eyes of the law.
PRIZE-FIGHT AT 131:0,413R0'.—John Fea, who fought with
Robinson at Brombro' Pool, on Monday, the lith November
last, and hia second, John M`Vay, were apprehended at Man-
chester on Wednesday, the Sith ult., under a warrant issued by ,
Thomas Forsyth, Esq., magistrate' for the county of Chester,
and brought up before him, at Birkenhead, on Friday last, ter
examination, when Mr. Forsyth committed them to Chester
Castle, to take their trial at the ensuing quarter sessions. We
understand that sixteen of the principals engaged in this riot
have been committed, by Mr. Forsyth, to stand their trial it
Chester.

ASTRANef It ICA L LfCTURLA.—Itialt understand that the Astro,
nomical Lectures at Vernon-house will be commenced on Wed-
nesday, the Bth instant.

MR. EWART ON THAN:GR.—At a quarter to three o'eleek,,
yesterday afternoon, Mr. Ewart, the "late member," as he is
called, came on 'Change, and, strange to tell,'he was totally nit-
attended. He walked about for a short time evidently for the
purpose of lttrarting attention, but without effect, as no gentle.
man took the slightest notice of him. He NV RS only addresee4
by a person more than "half seas over," with whom he shook
hands, after which he walked off in the same solitary manner as
he came on.

Masses. VOLLAN'S BANRUPTCY.—We are informed that
David Vollans, the second partner in this firm, who is sow
under arrest in York Castle, has sent a blank form for the sign
nature of the Vicar or Churchwardens of Leeds, to authorise
him to receive a weekly allowance of bread, at the expence
the county, commonly known as a " bread paper," which is a
certificate that he is not worth £5. We learn that the func-
tionaries above named had declined. to sign the certificate,
having understonod that the bankrupt, when searched on be-
half of his creditors, had money in his possession to more than
that amount, besides other pro_p_erty. Joshua Vollans still res.
mains in custody in France. We stated that the charge fa
which he was detained by the French police was that of having
assumed the name of " Alexander Beaumont," his real name
being Joshua Vollans. At first he maintained that his name
was. Alexander Beaumont Vollans," hut now he says that it is
" Joshua Beaumont Vollans." On searching, however,--kt
his baptismal register, it turns out to he simply " Joshua 'Vela
lane," and a certificate to that effect, signed by the vicar, anti
by Mr. Garland and Mr. Marsh, churchwardens, has been transs•
nutted to the French authorities. Our advice, from Lyons
state, that the severity of Joshua Vollans's imprisonment has
been in some degree mitigated, and in the hope to obtain eir
further relief he has secured the services of a Counsellai
Augior. His affected readiness to disclose all his transactiesS
turns out to have been a mere trick to deceive, and, accordin,g
to our informant, his subsequent proceedings are such as
sink him still lower than he has hitherto fallen in the eettnits-
lion of the public. It now appears that the Immediate cause
of his flight was the loss of a considerable cam which ha
staled up en the result of a throw at. the gaming table in f:
hope of retrieving tho fallen furtimus of the firm, .Up to a
recent period the house with which he was con4ected had heen
gaining omen the confidence of their to_acrisnti ti, ati therefost
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