The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-03 00:00:00

AND FRENCH FORCES

The efforts of Britain and France to put a stop, by ne-
gociation or mere armed demonstration, to the devastat-
ing war waged by Rosas against Monte Video, and to
secure, at the same time, the opening of the River Plate
and its tributaries to the commerce of all nations, have at
length brought about an appeal to force. By the Cyclops
steamer, which left Rio on the 23d December, we learn
that, on the 20th November, the positions of Rosas, on
the Parana, were attacked by the united forces, and, after
an obstinate action, which lasted from 10 o'clock, a.m.,
until 7 p.m., were carri-d triumphantly, the enemy leav-
ing 400 dead in the forts (a'l blacks !), besides having
been all day seen carrying out their dead and wounded in
carts. The loss on the side of the combined forces is re-
ported to be, British, 10 dead and 25 wounded. Among
the former are two officers, Lieut. Brickdale, of the Fire-
brand ; Andrews, Dolphin. The French lost 18 dead and
70 wounded. This disparity is in part accounted for by
one of their vessels, the St. Martin, being recognised by
the enemy as one of the Buenos Ayrean squadron captured
off Monte Video, and attracting an unusual amount of
his fire, and her being, besides, unable to take up her in-
tended position. This vessel bad 44 disabled at an early
period of the engagement, and was riddled with shot.

To give our readers an idea of the strength of the
enemy, we give the following from the Brazil Courier, of
December 13 :
"On the 18th of November, the combined forces
moored about three miles from Point Obligado.

" In the evening, the captain of the Fulton, and Capt.
Sullivan, of the Philomel, British, and Capt. Trehouart,
French senior in command, went in a boat to reconnoitre
the position of the enemy's forces... They found four bat-
teries established on the right bank of the river. These
batteries mounted about 24 pieces of artillery, mostly of
heavy calibre, besides several detached field-pieces. The
river itself was barred by a stockade formed with 24 ves-
seles bound together by three strong iron chains. This
stockade was placed between the third apd fourth batte-
ries. At one of the extremities, on the right bank, were
10 fire-ships ready to be let go; at the other extremity,
on the left bank, was moored the Republicano (Rosas's
brig), armed with many pieces of heavy calibre, and de-
signed to take in enfilade the opposing ships. Two of
these batteries were nearly on a level with the river, and
two others on peaks more or less elevated. Lastly, about
4,000 men, infantry and cavalry, were posted so as to pro-
tect the shores, and oppose any landing. The works were
very strong, and evidently under the direction of Euro-
pean engineers, well acquainted with the rules of art ; and
the tenacity of resistar.ce is to be attributed to the fact
that the batteries were served by foreign deserters."
The attack was excellently arranged. The little fleet,
consisting of two steamers (the Gorgon and Firebrand), a
corvette, two brigs, and a brigantine, British ; and one
steamer (the Fulton), a corvette, two brigs, and a brigan-
tine, French—advanced in three divisions, led respec-
tively by Captains Trehouart, Sullivan, and Hotham,
British senior in command. The St. Martin, Capt. Tre-
houart, got into difficulty, but was generously assisted by
the British brig Dolphin taking up a position near her,
and drawing upon herself a portion of the enemy's fire.
In this position, a bomb-shell from the Dolphin set fire
to Rosas's brig, the Republicano (he wasn't in it), which
took fire, and shortly after blew-up. The fire ships were
loosed, but the current floated them in the wrong direc-
tion to do harm. In the midst of the fire, Capt. Hope,
of the Firebrand, went in his boat to break the chains
which united the stockade.

His intrepidity was crowned with the most complete
success. When once the chains were broken, the strong
current opened the line of vessels forming the stockade,
and the Fulton immediately took advantage to pass
through, and place herself in a position higher up, so as
to cross her fire with that of the first division.

It was at this period that Captain Trehouart, quitting
the St. Martin, which was totally disabled for further
service, went on board the Gorgon to concert with his
colleague, Captain Hotbam. Thence be passed to the
Expeditive, and made the signal of union to the Pandour
and the Procida : he then ordered his three ships to run
aground at pistol-shot distance from the batteries, at
which they threw a shower of grape. The corvette Comus
came up quickly to sustain this intrepid manoeuvre. At
the same time Captain Hotham disembarked, with much
skill and vigour, 325 English soldiers. This determined
conduct on the part of the two commanders, executed
with equal bravery and success, overcame the last resist-
ance of the enemy, aid decided the day.
The first English detachment, under the command of
Captain Sullivan, had been received on landing by a heavy
fire of musketry from the enemy in ambush in an adjoin-
ing wood, but the arrival of the rest of the troops, under
the orders of Lieutenant Hindle, quickly put the enemy
to flight, notwithstanding the efforts of their cavalry.
which were charging and ruthlessly slaughtering the
English infantry.

captain Tretiouart having likewise landed with his men,
shortly after joined the English, and took possession of
the batteries, on which the enemy discontinued further
resistance.

On the morning of the 21st, additional forces landed,
and completed the destruction of the batteries. The gun
carriages were destroyed, and the guns broken or cast into
the river. Ten bronzed cannon only were preserved, and
shipped on board the combined squadron. All this day
the allied forces remained ashore without being in the
least disturbed.

It was during the hottest part of this remarkable en-
gagement that Captain llothani wrote to his colleague,
Ceptuin Trehouart, the words underneath quoted—words
equally honourable to the writer and to the party ad-
dressed—" If the title of brave' has ever been deserved,
it is by you and your crews." "Si le titre de brave a
jamais 6t6 rr.eriic, c'est par yetis et vos equipages."
The engagement with the batteries began at 10 a.m.,
and lasted till 5 p.m., during which tine ihere was an in-
cessant firing. From sto i p.m. the landing and the des-
truction of the works took place.

Feb. 3, 1846,

Too much credit cannot be given to all parties eniNto
in this gallant affair ; and it is particularly gratifyingp
notice the perfect cordiality and mutual admiration
ing between the leaders and forces of the two nations'

AMERICA.
We have received New York advices to the 13th
nuary inclusive, together with late accounts (rem Canh'ep
.2piMexicß, by the arrival of the packet-ship SleP"

Whitney, Captain Popham.
These advices are of considerable importance. p
proceedings in Congress with regard to the ONO' (lien
stilt continued to partake of the same warlike char the
but no decisive vote had yet been taken in either of tre,
houses. In the Senate, on the Bth ultimo, Mr. A11!1:, the
port ed back from the—Ceminittee on Foreign Aual- the
joint resolutions advising the President to notify t° to
British Government the desire of the United Statt. _.ri
terminate the joint occupancy of the Oregon terlldeot
now in force with an amendment direcling the Fre° ,aid
to adopt that step. In introducing this Mr. Allet!,,ra,
he was instructert to move an early day for its ecologic,
tion ; but, as a senator had intimated to him that bevai
to Tided to start a preliminary question on Mond* bfa
January, he should on that day move the Senate to , of
day to take up the joint resolution. The proceedin, re.
the Senate present no other feature of interest.
clir cus.
gards those of the House of Representatives, the
sion upon the Oregon notice question had not tertninte,
The great demand upon our space precludes, hogr",,
the possibility of giving any lengthened details of the Ping
ceedings; and we must content ourselves with scat
that no new views had been elicited during tbe debate
The contemplated movement against the existing beet
had at length opened. A bill to repeal the law bad
introduced into the House of Representatives. Jot.
All parties, speculators and buyers in the flour and ~so
ton markets, were eagerly looking ont for Euri;od
news ; and, as the latest dates received from Eng ~e•
were of the 4th December, it was expected that late
;ti„
counts would shortly be received by the sailing Pacloo,
The arrival out of the celebrated Corn-laws awl°
merit of The Times might be daily expected.
Our Canadian advices still hint at the existence of dic!
sension in the Cabinet; but nothing definite had cr.
spired. The journals comment warmly upon the b'"
tering proceeding of the American Congress.
Mexican accounts to the 14th December contradict tbtc
report that General Paredes had made a revolutiona"
movement against the existing Government. hl
The journals r ceived publish a despatch from Getli,a
circulatedto si , ParedesN ovt
eo therae,
bpeo
rrSt2es6co,r
fe
statingtha ir
his intention
ino tf
et
niWl
tai
that
in. ,
Coloneltdated
ro Sanarnrri
caegLofonouribsril
incecl
ratorship, he had ordered Barragon to be arrested °tie;
proceedings taken against him. The Mexican Diaoo
Gaberne confirms this. There would, therefore, ut"nie
obstacle in the way of Mr. Slidell, the American °nod
ter; and we may probably receive within a short Peruo
accounts of the settlement of the Texan and Califolv—
questions

The congregation of Ignatius Loyola have inaugora. of
in their church at Rome, a Triduum for the converso"
the people of England. se
ANNEXATION OF IRELAND.—In the American kJ-So
of Representatives the other day, the clerk crave), reatbe
proposal, made by a member, to annex Ireland to

United Stares. - , of tbe
On the 12. h ult., the anniversary of the birth ce,
King of Naples, the Queen was safely delivered of a Pet; st
His Majesty, therefore, was felicitated on both eveo'

the same time

ile°
occurred last month to the "M
rigate Princeton, while in the harboord
Boston. The furnaces of her engines set her on fire' 1:04/
she was much damaged in the after part before the 0,0
could be extinguished. Her powder magazines "-
flooded with water.
SANDWICH ISLANDS.—Of fifty-eight independent $0
vereigns in Europe, eighteen have less population tlbe
this kingdom, and thirty have less square miles.
kingdom of Saxony approaches nearest to it in arooiln'of
territory, having 5,705 square miles, and a populatioed
1,680,000. This country is capable of sustaining an eqfp
number, besides having the great advantage of beirig
vourably situ kted for a commercial marine.
hd.el•
Paris jou nals state that the campaign against A.id
Kader WH!'• tor a moment at an end. The splendid COltbe
corps of Youssouf had been so cut up and harassed
pursuit of the Emir, that it been found necessary t° ‘O,
solve it. About Abd-el-Kaler nothing certain was k° of
Besides the weather disasters of the desolating corP"ot
General Levasseur, the Arabs hung tt on his retreat, 00
off by scores the stray soldiers, and captured irnfne
quantities of arms and baggage.
tso
The Akhbar of Algiers has a letter of the 6tb ins;o,
from Djidjili, stating that at about six o'clock in the„,,f'cleo
ing of the preceding day lightning fell upon the vs,
bleckhoose, and caused four cases of ammunition 10 'el,
plode. The place and every article in it was destra
and the ten men who were on duty at it were all ales
02 fully burnt or mutilated by the splinters. One .0
died the same night, and five more were expected to SP

Another mis.

the same fate.
PROTESTANT CONFERENCE.—The result of the E° a 0•
gelical Conference, at Berlin, has not officially transPl' 44
but their discussions have turned upon the four folio
points :—the junction of all the Evangelical conregattarr
in Germany ; the organisation of a general church gurthe
ment, arrangement in the mode of worship, av,hel
congregational confession of faith. It appears that
have unanimously voted in favour of establishing eee'
astical conferences at regular periods, the delegates t;et'iro,
chosen by the various districts and by the universl.o,i
With re2ard to the form of church government, it 340
but certain that Prussia , Wirtemberg, Saxony, and ft?,
are favourable to a synod and to Presbyterian institutio;"
PREMATURE INTERMENT.—The Paris Constittlii
d bl
states that the cases of premature interment prevente
fortuituous circumstances amount in France, since tOO
year 1533, to ninety-four. Of those, thirty-five per eat
awoke of themselves from their lethargy at the 0310
the funeral ceremony was about to commence; thireir
recovered in consequence of the affectionate care 0f....1,bi0
families ; seven in consequence of the fall of the colo°
which they were inclosed ; nine owed their recover:hi(
wounds inflicted by the needle in sewing their sc,innesi
sheet; five to the sensation of suffocation they expenebe" ee
in their coffins; nineteen to their interment having. iv
delayed by fortuitous circumstances; and six to thete
meat having been delayed in consequence of doubts gel
ing been entertained of their death. It is awful to re
.100
how many persons in the absence of such " fortune
circumstances," have been and may daily be buried IPA,
No supposed corpse should be interred until it exhibits"'
equivocal symptoms of decomposition.
RUSSIA.—The last news from the Caucasus up te.,;06 tht
20th December, informs us that the forts on the left
of the Russian line were surprised by the mountaineeee:
the Russian garrison consisting of from 800 to 1200 teetty‘
has been cut to pieces, or made prisoners ; the loss c's4o'
mountaineers was also very considerable. A large tefir
tity of arms and ammunition fe 1 into the hinds of tbe,;oo
tors. Prince Woronzow bas given orders for proparil:etr'
that are really extraordinary at this season of the 'el'
The preceding intelligence was communicated by
alto
rto
ler wbo leftTeflis on the 2Uth December. They aPPetirre
have been known in other parts of Russia, for a e.,"Oerf'
spondent writes from St. Petersbnrgh, the 8.11 Jaueee
that the last despatches from the Caucasus had eut;els°'
a great sensation in all circles. The Emperor ,
reached St. Petersburgh on the 11th of January, °o,eol
return from his tour. After some hours' repose, lie tel.
to the cathedral church of Casan, and was present sor
mass. The populace received him with every mark °itr
tisfaction. From church. the Emperor went to the "la
ter palace after having reviewed the guard on dull'
the evening there were illuminations.
j°l
SITUATION OF THE CANTON OF BERNE.—Tue foil
of the Great Council of Berne, relative to the revf°',etb"
the Constitution being appointed to be submitted'
approval of the Primary Asseinblies on the Ist 0: ]Feb'
ruary, parties are beginning again with all energy :ore;
tate, in order to bring together the elements of a vie" rotr
which both sides make sure. The eyes of all Switrtso
are directed towards Berne, for on the attitude it
depends in a great measure the fortune of the fibers:
of the Confederation. If the Government triumPl4ol
may be assured that there will be a pause, or at leaaborS
modifications in the federal policy ; and if the bau,',6„otb°
of the Jesuits is obstinately demanded, there
again that display of hot zeal which a year ago exe"-
e
, •
deputation of this canton. On the other hand, rf t t bheti .s
dical party obtain the upper hand. it may occorper
will bring into all that appettainko the federal Peor,o,l;
ardour the more fierce in proportion to the deeP,r„eo4
merits it has to satiate. All, however, greatly °,erolts:i
which party soever may triumph, in keeping M. I%leitby I
at the head of affairs. This Magistrate, wpilst, at e 0
extensive influence, be has supported a Gove.r., afta
which, but for him, could not have lasted a roorTo'9ll.sl"
the defeat of the corps francs, has by no means
ascendancy over the best-informed Radicals. Threefel;lt
0$
diplomacy regards very attentively the march of Stiet
being quite aware of the consequence that tntiooll,l
throughout Switzerland from the political orgo'sibold
the canton of Berne ; for it must not be forgotten.o frr
canton of Berne will take the lead in federal Oral
..1
the Ist of January, 1847.

.-7 0154
MARITIME DISASTERS AT THE BLACK Sgi"l:34; (
Black
several
Sea. Storms weeks past dreadfu
and l
hurr weathericanes has
of prevaile.redibl fer••
tofie
e
drove the waves in every direction, and with "ti; ;II
that the shipping in the harbour are not in 031ettnre
hear from all quarters of fresh shipwrecks. i--cir-frot
20 vessels, laden with wheat have been lost on the,.
elan coast coming from Taganrog and Kerts%esiow
greater number of these ships were Turkish or e
and were bound for the coast of Anatolia, where the
tress of the population is increasing daily in c° the to
of the late bad harvest. A real famine rages in ',;aittip4,
rior, particularly in the districts of Upper All%
great number of Greek, British, and Ausui"- IW-sif
which were coming from the ports of Souther', wbeo
and of which a part were likewise laden with
tbe 04.0
perished near the entrance of the Bosphorus, on
„alp', to
of the western coat of the Black Sea. The st;,vit'ecti
which trades between Bertsch and Redut-Itale"bet"detl'
danger of being cast by a whirlwind on the rooscisersll3l
Gelendschik and:Anapa. Its machinery became the
and the boat continued its route with its 'aa' jeo
mcuntaineers of that part of the Caucasus er';', ,fe''for
rocks on the coast in the hopes of ti,d- F° lo"
and some Circassian balls reached her e
nately for the Russian seamen, the weather he° „0. ter'
and they were enabled to re ich the port of Al
navigation of the sea of Azt‘fi is concluded for ' hi:, ore ill!
The ports of Taganrog, aicopol, and Poriia"scabef
ready covered with ice. On the 10 Vecei, lt
last merchant vessel passed the strait of Kero'c":. niorrorr,
a Greek, freighted tor :Nlarseilles. The greatesea
of the merchant ships which entered the Blacl',,,ber
the month of September to the month of Nove'ierocle'
Greeks, and came to purchase wheat to the s°9hat srti
of Russ-a; notwithstanding the high price of t"

Feb• 3, 1816

@meta! Aiisrellanp.
4.-
The League fund has now reached £160,000.
cor"on• E. Lascelles, son of Lord Harewood, has
....ward as the conservative candidate for Ripon.
till. very general anti-militia movement is getting up
neghout the country. It is one as vain as it is un-
necessar
Lord, Lincoln, having announced his intention to sup-
Pot
to the premier, has been requested by his consti,uents
rte his seat for South Nottinghamshire.
the s,lB expected that Sir Robert Peel's measure will pass
i it is'onnons by a very small majority—under 30. If so,
is to be rejected by the Lords.
lis" is stated that the Duke of 'Wellington has had a large
the
of the proxies which were withdrawn from him on
Two
by blush of the ministerial business returned to him.
by an Young men were killed, on Friday, at Lambeth,
ges-0 explosion of fire-works, and three others were clan-
?MY hurt.
e n the course of a case at the London Bankruptcy
on Saturday, it came out that the insolvent, a
L Man. had paid £l7O for his walk.
the °l'd Eedesdale has given up the post of whipper-in for
ths government in the House of Lords, in consequence of
iiPew measure.
stsnEctl.—There is to be seen in the garden of Mr.
, Bsvook Woodward, of the South Brink, Wisbech,
anTos,eherry trees bearing fruit of this year's growth.
Janne amount of wheat in bond in this country on sth of
ter nalY was ch colonial 944,548 quarters of foreign, and 3:344 guar-
produce.
tn testimony of the unwearied exertions on behalf of
abfree church, Mr. Fox Manic has been presented with
r
There nd beautiful drawing-room screen.
cots are more prisoners in the Wakefield House of
ths e
eetionears at the present time than there has been for
s‘Orlt
ey ta . •
.said that Lord Ashley will vacate his seat for
of ire prior to voting on the commercial propositions
one Premier, as they far exceed his expectations.
'
twa
„n Saturday night, a young woman, apparently be-
thell twenty and thirty years of age, threw herself off
ungerford Suspension Bridge, and was drowned.
eo4to: fewer than fifty-four thousand copies of the Times,
tesentig the Premier's speech were printed on Wed-
too"Y.
n Thursday week, Mr. Thomas Wrigley, of Congle-
-104 committed suicide by taking laudanum, near Mat-
whitherlse he had gone for the benefit of his health.
Opi,RW, ARK.—Mr. Stuart, Q C., was elected without
roO-sition, M.P. for this borough on Tuesday last, in the
ern of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
IrossanlFP.—lt is said that Dr. Nicboll intends to retire
d
its-e
the
ll representation of Cardiff, and that Mr. Glad-
wi b succes
oid 11 Sunday last, a female, name unknown, who had
SerY hist arrived in London in a cab from Barnet, threw
and
into the Thames and was drowned.
knd nßirl Was found, a daY or two back, in the Gloucester
the Be Canal, under circumstances which had to
,elelief that she has been murdered.
Ilene Gazelle steamer, on her passage from London to
is wt's_en Sunday week, when near the Dudgeon light, fell
eolti::u a schooner of about ,80 tons, coal laden ;. and a
klen took place which resulted in the schooner sinking.
ted 'etnale named Cooper, at Walsall, has been commitd-
tlirs„", a charge of manslaughter, for having cause
Ras jigte_hi,er neglect the death of her infant child, which
, D'allY starved.
,"iday fortnight, Mr. Thomas 'Wrigley, of Congle-
ge -tunnaitted suicide at Matlock by taking laudanum.
64 deceased had failed in business, which so preyed upon
btinci as to incite him to self destruction.
Sokrusng the Parliamentary recess, the massive official
tvos,tnain of the Usher of the Black Rod has been taken
istrilthe drawer in which it was deposited. The drawer
ben forced open.
atttg_lvitlernan ststeil, at the Clerkenwell Police-office, on
tide t 0
that he paid £1,600 a year for the dust of Is-
tha"°,,n Parish, and that he calculated his loss, yearly, by
I`l))4,erage of dustmen, at between £4OO and £5OO.
the .se, tate and long-continued heavy rains have caused
14,d :flames to overflow its banks, inundating all the low
destsfur miles above and below Windsor-bridge, to the
1,4; of several feet.
that Af°rning Herald, of Friday, expresses its belief
wherthe rumours of ministerial resignations given else-
be folio are well founded, and adds, that they are likely to
prictwtd by more.
Gey aY 8 London papers contain a note from Lord de
t 4; B..tating that no application had been made to him to
they Mr. Mr. Gladstone for Ripon, and consequently that
Lord Told have been no refusal.
tliktAshley, in his speech on Thursd night, hinted
the he should not have another opportunitay fa y oddressing
teed "se of Commons. It is said that the noble lord inejgn
voting for Sir Robert Peel's measure, to Is seat and appeal to his constituents for re-election.
,t)11 kr,kll_,GE of MURDER.—At the Lambeth Police-court,
"nuaY, Mr. Frederick Nlunton, a respectable master
the fris, Was char. ed, on suspicion, with wilfully cutting
Nasuroat of his wife, with intent to murder her. He
4rernanded.
eitopt' E. B. Geary. of Chancery-lane, London, a so.li-
toss:' considerable standing, is in custody, charged with
ta,s'ng a chancery certificate and a bank receipt for the
the'",elf £2596 17s. with intent to defraud the trustees of
stev• Edward Franks, a deceased lunatic, of the same.
e,E HOSBANDRY.—This system of cultivation is
nsn 'satiing rife in the rural districts east of Knaresbrough.
experiment is said to have exceeded the most san-
t Ile expectations of its patrons, where it had been tried
ear.
ta:ne radical press have represented Mr. Stuart, the new
fatlnber for Newark, as " a second-rate barrister." So
from this being the case, however, Mr. S. is the lead-
esnseounsel in the pr'ncipal Vice-Chancery Court, and in
heseestinence of his absence at Newark, it was actually
Cal
to close the court 'or a day.
Leas cAt• ACCIDENT.—At a place called Milton Chapel,
etsan flterbury, a splendid viaduct, consisting of three
ettiredslee arches, with the approaches on each side, se-
:tllntsp7 various intersecting little arches, fell in last
tilleknaYi and one of the workmen repairing it was
„ps,
,k. '
v-'ran-t%oassit.x MISTAKE.—On the 10th instant, George
sllo of the Yniscedwin Iron Works, Breconshire,
,ring conseque of having taken, by mistake, a blis-
4a" (e composed of cantharides and acid fluid).
etlf fad tnistakeWascommitted by the gentleman him-
Th,:ld he lingered in dreadful agony for three days.
st4siaicsrfera/d,of Friday, says that many resignations of
hold offices as well as of offices in the royal house-
• tnaY be expected. They were expected before the
niste •
,ered 'nil plan was promulgated, and when it was consi-
'sect nos likely to be less formidable than it has proved ;
"attiOw they must be realised, and realised in greater
Sil,,era than was thought probable, before Tuesday.
I'44'ol'l:sc.—On Friday and Saturday week, in the
k'ssdrves, near Lowther, the Earl of Lonsdale g.ave a
teosit:}:ooting treat to a number of his sporting friends,
stlrsh '• Whom were the Hon. Col. Lowther, the Messrs.
"1. &c. About 500 hares and other game were
'tlent• whieb hs lordsh;p made presents of to his friends,
omit high
tradesmen, and workmen.
tt tits), D
44"Ppaise s'Atstrazs.—The London papers announce the
Viteld of another bank in Yorkshire—namely, the
eat Retford Bank. At the time the Leeds and
the a,„Illog Bank stopped payment last week it
.bel a
-t
Le
ofrailway deposits which it had rem ved as
-4S-t4sts of the Sheffield and 'Retford Bank, from per-
Vrsa.3/4eeds and the neighbourhood.
a, et d QUARREL —A lad named Robson was killed on
•ts•9l,B,"'S nist t his uncle named Routledge, at Swal-
s7e I,a4l°T.tha'sni where'
.bothh. the parties resided.
ts't appeared, was abusing
into
is mother, when_ the
sLer'el"e mother's brother, came i the house, and ill-
as`ll6e,s' and after some quarrelling, the uncle struck his
Is ;sBsuddenly on the jugular vein, when the latter fell
ti,t•do expired almost immediately.
l4;41 in; 'l°Fin Manners has addressed a letter to his con-
i.'44t€s at Newark, in which he states that his opinion
:I:1g protection has undergone a change ; but that
it", the proposal of free-trade measures by Sir R.
siNtilsh," feelings of the deepest regret and alarm. It is
Iste states that he shall vote against the comprehen-
"Pit, 'aattre, unless his constituents desire him to vote
Tile
t°hess eractice of the Bank of England with regard to
ssessessas undergone another modification, in restricng
sanerWsnien, ndations to fourteen days only ; but this is
ssentstou to have reference only to the applications.
to With with the railway deposits, and has nothing to
4; the d the new measures of government. With regard
eve ePosits a few days only are now requited to re-
l. all
c his weight from the money market.
Aisle e °nuiErts.—The courier of the Morning Herald,
Ying the last India despatchesfromMarseilles,
ta"tie ov the overturning of his cabriole. The Times
orge ettwhOse instructions are, to take no illiberal advan-
fa chez, seompetitor, brought forward the Herald's des-
Ittrethe heats`ne where, however, the Herald courhiees,
e ~tage did not appear, so that both despatc
r*smenvered to The Times Paris courier and brought
thois7s° England.
lagets
os‘'PENcE.—A short time ago Mr. James Baker,
at i"' of Hereford, received a letter bearing the
tenolss, post mark, and enclosing one dozen of postage
, it was stated, were forwarkded as the value
t)st'4.elilittlefritil glass seal stolen out of Mr. Ba er's shop seven
"a •bu• It does not appear that Mr. B. ever missed
ka t
bst le, the real worth of which was about sixpence,
(jthttue repentant thief restored cent. per cent. for
No: %ttupa
1,4441 ..4,,,t,0,,_t5.hay week, an explosion of gunpowder took
Premises of Mr. Edward Garratt, grocer
istleleh deggist at Arnold, four miles from
buttNtngham,
athlladetiZ,oYed a large amount of proeerty, was not
s.wes_ ith the immediate loss of life. Several per.
tt't is 41e, however, seriously injured, and George Gar-
14:eeri,°t exPected to recover. The injuries done to the
• ol warke,estimated at £350, and to the building, the
Lt• Satssucn will have to be taken down, at .£4OO.
tetnt, mtdaY week, at a late hour, a man named Bro-
ersersaln, a state of intoxication it is believed, went to a
ths,4siss ,a house near Harrogate, for the purpose of
!OLtatel but servant, to whomgahe, he was paying his ad-
•se - Making an unusual noise, he was suspected
neessiteri and, in the momentary fear and excitement,
tttia,of -P er
the of the house seized a gun, and, by his orders,
ISl° bre' 'ervant men poured the contents into Brother-
ttg, aat, who soon after expired.
ll;Ntigl3PUL A
—On Wednesday week, near
k.e4 al,
GoCwCInDE
aNTs;nall farmer and butcher, who
kh'illha cottage near Reedham Church, went in to the
satetinge Wilde above day with his gun, for the purpose of
tO Lltkitit fowl. On returning home he was playfully
t,t‘trhiebts,boY, a sweet child about three years of age,
hi, ;ue unthinkingly set his gun down on the butt-
% "a ea' 'eet loaded and on cock, the father leaniug up-
tao htt"zzle,
At this moment the child was playing be-
,,etrn The f4tber's legs, and unconsciously pulled the trig-
Dars glln Went off, and the contents entered the
iklo.intetit,ol;:fr the head, blowing the poor man's brains out
eglij Itely
aU SkUll• Weneed hardly addwas
be, corpse, stretched at the feet of his innocent,
"aPPY, boy.—Ipswich -Express.

The extraordinary mildness of the weather has led to
results of a singular character as affects the vegetable
kingdom. The shrubs have begun to put forth their foli-
age, and in some sheltered places the pear trees are in
blossom. The cuckoo has been heard, and most of the
birds are in full song.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.—It will be seen by an adver-
tisement that the Hon. W. H. Dawnay has withdrawn
from the representation of the county of Rutland, on ac-
%mat (as he observes) of his being " unable to gainsay
the startling details in Sir R. Peel's explanations," and
yet being unwilling to act contrary to the principles upon
which he was elected to the House of Commons. The
belief is that Viscount Campden will again offer himself for
that county ; and it is even said that he will not be op-
posed. The Marquis of Exeter'e eldest son (Lord Burgh-
ley) will not be of age till the 30th of April.—Stamford
Mercury.
It is said in the highest circles, that the most illustrious
personage in the kingdom has, with her own fair hand,
written a kind and condescending letter to a Whig noble-
man, expressive of regret that any objection had arisen to
his ;holding office, when on a late occasion the task of
forming an administration had been confided to Lord
John Russell. This gracious act must console the noble-
man in question for the repugnance of a certain noble
earl to his appointment, and is very gratifying to his lord-
ship's friends.—Daily News.—[Office, or power and pelf,
my lord, would have " consoled " you much better than
"a kind and condescending letter."]
HYSTERICS INDUCED BY SYMPATHY. —At a recent
inquest, a wife, giving evidence touching her husband's
death, seemed about to faint, and the summoning officer
and others hastened to her support. The coroner said
she would he better if left to herself; and his advice hav-
ing been followed, she gave her evidence without anything
like overpowering emotion, until towards its conclusion,
a juror expressing sympathy for her situation she became
hysterical, and in that state was led out of the room.
The coroner then said that sympathy invariably produced
such an effect, whilst apparent harshness or indifference
towards persons in the witness's situation seemed to
string their nerves, and enable them to perform painful
duties, for which commiseration Would unfit them.
TROTTING MATCH.—ATROCIOUS CRUELTY.--A few
days ago, at Leeds, a wager was laid between Mr. John
Hutchinson, pipe-maker, and Mr. Proctor Hall, solicitor,
that Hutchinson's pony should trot 120 miles in 24 hours.
Hutchinson staked £2O that be should : Mr. hall £lO
that he could not. A butcher officiated as jockey. The
start took place on the Skipton road, at nine o'clock on
the Thursday morning, and the poor beast kept well up
to his task until four o'clock the following afternoon,
when he manifested symptoms of distress. Thirty miles,
however, remained unaccomplished, and stimulants were
administered, which so far re-animated the dying animal,
that he again started, and completed the undertaking, but
died on the Sunday afterwards.
HORRIBLE AFFAIR.—At Greenwich police-office, last
week, Anna Maria Richardson, daughter of the late as-
sistant to Professor Airy, of the Royal Observatory, at
Greenwich, was brought up under the following circum-
stances. The father of the girl has a wife and nine chil-
dren, and formerly held a situation at a salary of £240 a-
year, but was discharged in consequence of some disgust-
ing circumstances which have come to light. Suffice it
to say, that his daughter left home and occupied lodgings
which had been engsged for her by her father' where she
was delivered of a male child on the 15th of September,
and which she says died on the 25th of the same month.
After its death the father bought a coffin, in which he
placed the body of the child, and buried it in a garden,
where it was found by a labourer who was making a cess-
pool. The child is supposed to have been poisoned ; at
any rate, there is sufficient evidence to show that Richard-
son, who has absconded, was a party concerned in con-
cealing the birth. The prisoner was remanded.
EFFECTS OF THE HIGH TIDE.—The highest tide in the
memory of any one was that in the Bristol Channel on
Thursday, and did much damage. At Weston super
Mare, the beautiful new esplanade. erected a few years
since at great cost, and repaired only last season at a very
large outlay, has been all but completely destroyed. It
has been always considered safe from the encroachments
of the sea, but the high tide of Thursday overtopped it,
threw down its walls, and washed away a considerable
portion of the embankment. It will cost some hundreds
of pounds to repair it. The lower esplanade was more
fortunate, and successfully resisted the power of the
waves. A boat belonging to the place was washed on
shore, and her bottom beaten in, and another vessel was
injured. The surrounding neighbourhood is also much
flooded. At Kingston Seymour, a wall which was
erected to keep out the sea from overflowing the pasture
lands was thrown down, and about 40 sheep destroyed.
Ile Bristol and Exeter Railway, near Ilighbridge, is
under water for full two miles, and the first and second
up trains were detained in consequence for a considers-
able time. It is said that below Bridgewater the damage
has been even more considerable.
BRITISH SAILORS ON BOA RD OF AMERICAN SHIPS.
—A correspondent of the London Times who signs him-
self " Sailor," remarks that it behoves brother,Jonathan
to be acquainted with the following fact :—That although
Great Britain's hardy sons do now contribute some three-
fourths of the crews of the United States' navy—pro-
bably, also, of their merchant vessels—there is not one
man amongst them who will be the traitor to his country
to " trip as anchor "or " trim a sail," much if " light
a match," on board that craft which shall dare to insult
or attack his own glorious ensign. Nor can it be too ge-
nerally known that last year, when America agitated the
same Oregon question, and the intelligence became ir-
culated in the east, several of her men-of-war, then at an-
chor at Singapore-roads, were unable to put to sea in con-
sequence of the majority of their crews, who were En-
glishmen, going aft to a man, and demanding of the cap-
tains and officers an assurance that they should not be re-
quired, by word or deed, to work their vessels against
their country. Upr.n this assurance, and this only, have
those vessels ever been able to move from their untoward
fix ; and they, as well as others, floating under the spang-
led-banner, will, most undoubtedly, become placed in the
same unenviable position, should Mr. Polk and his friends
dare to move their pioneers one inch upon the neutral
ground of Oregon."
ADVENTURE OF A HORSE.—Many of our readers will
recollect of the story of the British sailor, who, falling
from the topmast of a Dutch war vessel, happened to
alight on the deck on his feet unhurt, and, turning the
quid of tobacco in his mouth, and shrugging up his trou-
sers, looked coolly around him and asked the astonished
foreigners " If any of them could do the like of that ?"
The following is a sort of parallel to it :—On Thursday,
while a cart at Coal-hill, Leith, was about to be emptied
of its contents into a vessel, and being backed for that
purpose, the protecting chain gave way, and cart and
horse fell over the quay-side, a height of about fifteen feet
to the vessel below. Being entangled, however, by the
rigging in their progress they were for a time suspended
in mid-air, until the horse was extricated and laid on the
ship's deck. By this time a crowd had collected, and
great was the laudable anxiety manifested to know how
far the animal had been injured. For a long time he lay
immoveable on the deck, and various were the surmises
as to his fate. To the satisfaction of all, however, he at
last got upon his feet and looked around him—as the sai-
lor did. As he could not be got upon the quay he was
unceremoniously turned over the ship's side into the wa-
ter, where, being taken in tow by a boat, he swam up to
the slip where the railway improvements are going on,
and being there mounted by his driver, he shook his tail,
and, to the amusement of the numerous on-lookers, pas-
see along the stone bridge, like Tarn o'Shanter's mare at
a round gallop, as if nothing had happened ! —Edinburgh
Paper

THE HOUSE AND ITS AVENUES ON TUESDAY EVE-
NING —No event has recently excited such intense and
general interest in the metropolis, as the antrcipated
statement of Sir Robert Peel on Tuesday night, develop-
ing his measures for the abandonment of the " protective
system." As early as one o'clock, " strangers" who
had obtained orders of admission to the gallery of the
House of Commons, began to assemble at the doors;
and, by two o'clock, there were four times as many ap-
plicants, holding members' orders, as could be accommo-
dated in the house. Long before f, nr, the lobbies and
passages leading to the House of Commons, as well as
the street between Great George-street and Westminster
Abbey, were crowded with well-dressed persons. Many
of the members who were recognised, and known to be
opponents of the Corn-laws, were warmly cheered; and
the Duke of Wellington, in passing along Palace-yard.
on his way to the House of Lords, came in for a full
share of popular applause. On the doors being opened,
a few minutes before four, there was a tremendous rush
to the Strangers' Gallery, which was speedily filled. The
interior of the house presented a spectacle widely differ-
ent from its usual dull and quiet appearance at so early an
hour. The seats below the bar, to which strangers are
admitted on the personal introduction of members, were
crowded by peers arid other distinguished individuals :
and, on the front seat, immediately behind the Serjeant-
at-Arms, sat Prince Albert, with the Duke of Cambridge
and the Earl of Jersey. This was the first visit paid by
his Royal Highness to the house during its sitting; and
considerable speculation arose as to the motives of his
presence—whether it was attributable to mere curiosity
or to a desire, in an exalted quarter, to countenance the
ministerial measure. The members continued arriving
in rapid succession until half-past four o'clock, when the
house presented a striking and exciting scene—not only
the body of the house, but the side galleries also, being
completely crowded. Indeed, there has not been so full
an attendance of members for many years, even during
the debates of Sir Robert Peel's Corn-law Bill, in 1842,
or the no less important discussions on the tariff. Sir
Robert rose at a quarter to five o'clock, and the hum of
conversation which had resounded through the house was
instantly hushed. The right hon. baronet spoke in his
usual firm and manly tone : but his statement was re-
ceived with great coolness by the majority of members
on his own side, and he was indebted, almost entirely,
to the oppositionists for the cheers with which some of
his sentiments and declarations were greeted. At the
conclusion of Sir Robert's statement, many of the mem-
bers left the house; and those who remained relapsed
into their usual indifference during the brief discussion,
or conversation which subsequently took place.— Watch-
man.

NAVIGATION.—To the inhabitants of a " sea girt isle,"
like unto Great Britain, and indeed to every other mari-
time nation, every instance of valor or skill evinced by
those devoted to navigation is justly and honourably es-
teemed. The deed of Grace Darling was one of heroism
and benevolence; and recently the affair of the schooner
" Whim," which has been navigated four thousand miles
by Captain Kerridge and only one man, all the hands on
board having died, with the exception of one other, who
was incapacitated. No such other instance of naval skill
and indefatigable exertion is known in the records of naval
history ; from their continued exposure to the atmosphere,
they were in hourly danger of an attack of Rheumatism,
which, had it occurred, their fate, and that of the ship and
cargo, would have been sealed. To guard against such a
calamity, we would recommend that all persons should be
provided with Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, which
may be taken at any time without restraint of employment.

We give above two sketches—not very elaborate affairs,
having been hastily got up, but still, we trust, sufficiently
accurate to serve the purpose of the few observations
which we wish to make upon them.
The first shows the direction of the four lines north of
the. Forth, viz. :—The Edinburgh and Northern, the
Scottish Central, the Scottish Midland, arid the Dundee
and Perth. _ _ _

The second shows the direction of the four companies
south of the Forth, centering in Edinburgh, iz.:—The
Edinburgh and Glasgow, the North British, the Caledo-
nian. and the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton. Our object
in offering to our readers the plans in question, and the
remarks which we propose making upon them, we shall
briefly explain.
It is a well-known fact, that a large amount of the capi-
tal invested in Scottish railways has been furnished by
parties in England ; and, we believe, we may safely affirm,
that of the lines south of the Forth, particularly the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, and the Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran-
ton, above one-half, at least, of the shares are held in Li-
verpool, Manchester, and London—the bulk in the two
former localities. Hence the judicious and impartial
management of these companies becomes an object to
secure which we are necessarily deeply solicitous. Share-
holders at a distance, who have no local interests to serve
—no local or personal jealousies or piques to gratify—
nothing, in short, to influence them beyond the natural
desire to see the most made of their investments—look
with a keen eye upon anything in the management of con-
cerns in which they are interested, which affords even the
shadow of a suspicion that such concerns are not carried
on with an immediate view to their permanent interests,
but that these are postponed to the advancement of some
other objects with which they have neither sympathy nor
connexion.

For some time we have known that a strong feeling of
dissatisfaction has existed among the shareholders in Lan-
cashire with the management of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway—an undertaking capable of Vast devel-
opment and, by judicious handling, of becoming second
in importance to no railway north or south of the Tweed.
The shareholders have never been able to fathom at what
precise object the directors and their chairman were dri-
ving. It was apparent to all the world, and admitted by
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Board themselves, that it was
of the first importance to th it railway to secure an effi-
cient communication with the sea, for their inland and
export and coastwise traffic; and also to get the best pos-
sible station in the centre of the town of Edinburgh.
Both these objects the shareholders conceived might have
been gained by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Board coming
to an ajeement, based on equitable terms to both parties,
with the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Board. The
latter had a station at the North-bridge of Edinburgh,
than which a better or more central for the traffic of all
the companies south of the Forth was impossible to be
projected. They had also a connexion with the docks of
Leith, and the splendid new piers of Granton and New-
haven, impossible to be excelled in convenience, and
which it is very unlikely that parliament will ever allow to
be interfered with by any competing lines.
The English shareholders of the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Railway naturally expected to see the board of directors
of that line, at once and without equivocation, avail them-
selves of the vast advantages which it held forth to their
property. They expected to see an amalgamation, on
equitable terms, between the two companies ; and we can
unhesitatingly affirm that they estimated the advantages
which the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Company could
confer upon their line—holding, as they did, the keys of
the city and of the sea—at quite as high, or a higher,
value than any which their line could confer upon the
Edinburgh. Leith, and Granton. Their jealousy and
suspicion of want of judgment, or some other impelling