The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY,

The Board of Ordnance has rejected the proposal for
the use of Schonbein's gun cotton in the British army.

The Queen has directed that the Wellington statue
shall be removed from its present resting place.

On Wednesday Mr. Nicholson, late a solicitor at Wor-
cester, was thrown from his gig and killed.

Three entirely new houses in Oxford-place, Old Bromp-
ton, fell in on Thursday, and killed two workmen.

A vessel arrived from Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope,
has brought, besides a general cargo, 82,320 lb. weight of
dug bones.

Mr. Alsager, the ex-city correspondent of the Times,
made an attempt on his life, by cutting his throat, a few
days since. The unfortunate gentleman still survives.

Two steamers on Windermere have had a most success-
ful season, the proprietors having received a very hand-
some dividend upon their capital.
The Glasgow Examiner states, that though trade is
brisk at Paisley, the weekly average of the weavers'
wages does not exceed seven shillings.
A young female, named Hester Elizabe►h White, has
been committed for trial for burglary and robbery at
Ealing.

During the past fortnight the magistrates of Bucking-
hamshire have committed 26 prisoners to the Aylesbury
House of Correction, for offences against the game-laws.
A few days since, while a Mr. Harris, of Bristol, was
cutting his toe-nails he let the knife slip, and drew blood;
mortification and lock-jaw ensued, and he died. _ _

KENDAL.—John Wakefield, Esq., of Sedgwick, was
last week, for the second time, nominated to the dignity
of Mayor of Kendal, on the ground of his "activity in
promoting the best interests of the town in every way."
The remains of Miss Harriet Churchill, of Manor-
piace, South Chelsea, niece of the poet, and the last
member of his family, were on Tuesday deposited in the
family vault in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster.
The nest celebration of the Eton Montem, which will
take place in May, 1817, will probably be the last, as the
heads of the school are said to have resolved upon abolish-
ing it. _ _

On Monday week, several youths at Redditch, Worces-
tershire, went out to shoot rabbits, and as one was firing,
he lodged the contents of the gun in the head of one of
his comvanions,namedJohnThomas,killiogkitp instantly.

Mr. Dcnr.iry, the wutiaei. ror me Hti[i'Adnert7ser, in
a recent libel case against the proprietor of that paper, has
returned his fee, amounting to fifty guineas, as he con-
siders the liberty of the press the " living soul" of freedom.
GENERAL DISPENSATION.—Liguori declares without
hesitation, that in heretical countries it may be necessary
and proper, on some occasions, to conceal one's religion,
or even to profess to be of the religion generally held.
On Monday, Mr. Bettridge, of the firm of Jennens and
Bettridge, London, had the honour of waiting upon her
Majesty and Prince Albert to exhibit the specimens of
paoier mache and japan works.
The tolls of the four turnpike gates on the road between
Canterbury and Chatham, which were put up for auction
two years since at £2OOO, are now advertised to be put up
at a little more than £l4OO. Other roads have suffered
in still greater proportion.

THE''HOP DUTY.—From the return, it appears that
the amount this year of the old duty on hops is £242,929,
and the aggregate £448,609. This is, we believe, nearly
double the ordinary produce of the duty, the crops of
hops having been most abundant.
The London papers are dull beyond all precedent.
The Globe of Saturday week has a leader on Chemistry, and
mechanism of the lungs. The chief article of the Times
of Monday is an essay on pavvnbroking ; recommending
the State as the " great uncle" of the poor people.
Mrs. French, the lady of the Dean of Elphin, died a
few days since in consequence of having had administered
to her by a servant, an embrocation in mistake for a
draught, which had been prescribed by her medical atten-
dant. _ _

It is said that the Court of Directors of the East India
Company has privately adopted the resolution of confin-
ing the grant of cadetships and assistant surgeoncies to
candidates who are in some way connected with the mili-
tary or civil services in India.
A MAN STUNG TO DEATH.—On Friday week, an
inqaest was held at Hemsby, Suffolk, on the boiy of Mr.
Palmer a miller in that village, who, a few days before,
bad, while employed in his garden, accidentally overturned
a skep of bees. The insects attacked the intruder, and
stung him so dreadfully that he died a short time after.

P. W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P., has presented to all his
allotment tenants, at Shirehampton, a sufficient quantity
of seed wheat to sow their land with this year, in order to
encourage them to depend less upon the potato crop,
which has proved so complete a failure for two successive
years.
The majority of the bakers in the metropolis last week
again lowered the price of bread one halfpenny in each
41b. loaf. The lowest price now charged on the Surrey
side of the water, Whitechapel, &c., is 7d. per 41b. loaf,
while the best bread is 9d., as charged by the full•priced
bakers.

On Tuesday last, the wife of a labouring man, at John-
stone, gave birth to four children. Three of them lived

were all males, and not much under the usual size. The
mother is doing well ; she is a young woman, and never
had any children before.
Applications are about being made to parliament for
making and constructing a bridge over or across the river
Thames, at or from, or near Essex-street. Strand, to the
opposite shore. at or near Dowt.en's Wharf, in the Marsh
and Wall liberty ; also, for making and maintaining a
market at or near the south end of the proposed:bridge.
Government hai just concluded the purchase, for
£25,000, of about 14 acres of land, on the east side of
Birmingham, for the erection of a great central bar-acks
for England. The electric telegraph will communicate
from the centre of the barracks with all parts of the
country, extending along every line of railway that may
be made.

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THE ARMY.—From a Parliamentary return we learn
that in 1834 there were were 5,675 sergeants, 1,789 trum-
peters and drummers, and 90.831 rank and file, in the
army. In 1840, 6,217 sergeants, 1,840 trumpeters and
drummers, and 104,597 rank and file, and in 1843, the
effective strength of the army consisted of 6,760 sergeants,
2,064 trumpeters and drummers, and 115,124 rank and file.
On Thursday morning week, a barrister, named Jones,
residing at Lincoln's-inn, in a state of somnambulism,
dreaming that he was attacked by banditti, crept out of
the window, and, suspending himself by his hands, kicked
vigorously with his feet, breaking from five to six panes of
a window beneath. He at length lost his hold and fell to
the ground, falling within three feet of some iron railing,
but was happily not much hurt.
THE WATER COMPANY.—A company has been formed
and provisionally registered, under the title of the United
Kingdom Artesian Water Company, for obtaining pure
water by sinking artesian wells. The water used last
year by the water companies is estimated at 314,553,012
hogsheads. And it is calculated that, from the chalk bed
on which London is built, more than ten times the quan-
tity needed for all the towns in England could be raised.
The company propose, in the first place. to supply the
public baths and washhouses, and, instead of iron, to use
glass or porcelain pipes.
Baron Liebig imagines the essence of the potato dis-
ease to consist in the conversion of the albumen, a usual
constituent of healthy potatoes, into caseine, a principle
which, by its great instability of composition, is supposed
to cause the potato to putrify rapidly.—The Plough.—
The Rev. F. Dauvenov states, in the Taunton Courier,
that he has discovered by the microscope a minute insect,
crystal-like and transparent, resembling a spider, in the
midst of potato mildew, evidently feeding on it, and
making its nest among the thread-beds of fungi. From
observations made, there must be more than 100 in a
single tuber.

The gun-cotton may be easily made by saturating cotto
with a mixture of equal parts of nitric and sulphuric acid
and afterwards washing it well in clean water, and care-
fully drying it. We would recommend great caution in
exploding this substance. It ought to be known that, at
a temperature of 130 degrees, the cotton explodes spon-
taneously. Great care should therefore be taken in drying
it.

AMIABLE TRAIT IN THE CHARACTER OF THE LATE
MR. STEWART, M.P.—Mr. Stewart's filial devotion to
his mother, and her affection for him, are well shown in
the simple but eloquent fact, that when he was absent
from Carnock, never did one post pass without bringing
letters from the one to the other. This singularity was
almost equalled in his correspondence with his sister the
Duchess of Somerset, and other branches of the family.
THE DAGENHAM MURDER.—The three police consta-
bles, named Butfoy, Fearns, and Stevens, who have been
under surveillance in consequence of the contradictory
evidence they gave relative to the murder of the policeman
Clark, at Dagenham, have been dismissed from the force.
The Attorney and Solicitor-General were of opinion that
as the policemen were not sworn at the time they gave
false evidence, they could not be indicted for perjury.
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—A letter in the London
Times informs us of the amazing fact that the prices of
admission were trebled on Lord Mayor's Day, upon
the pretence that, in addition to the ordinary sights,
visitors would have an• opportunity of seeing the civic
procession ! Surely such profanation as this will draw
the attention of the heads of the Church to the indecency
of making a show of such a building, whether for hire or
not.

DR. WAREING'S SPECIAL PLEADING.—Dr. Wareing's
quasi contradiction may be, in reality, no contradiction
at all. The charge was that the young man was proffered
a dispensation. The bishop's defence is that he did not
beforehand proffer or afterwards grant any dispensation.
No charge was made that he had oranted a dispensation.
It was that he had proffered one. He denies that he
proffered beforehand; he does not deny that he after-
wards proffered a dispensation.—Morning Herald.
The whole of the magistrates officiating at North
Shields have sent in their resignations, in consequence, it
is understood, of their refusal to grant a licence to the
railway terminus at Tynemouth having been overruled at
the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, held at
Alnwick. An address to the magistrates of the east
division of Castle Ward, expressive of confidence in their
impartiality and justice, is in the course of signature in
the borough of Tynemouth.

EXHUMATION.—The body of Mr. George Taylor, of
Carlton-upon-Trent, Newark, who died and was buried
in November, 1844, was disinterred last week, it being
suspected that he was poisoned by Miss Smith, his house-
keeper, at the instigation of his own wife. Both these
parties are in custody, Miss Smith having made a confes-
sion to the above effect, and Professor Playfair, of Lon-
don, is making an analytical examination of the contents
of the stomach of the deceased.
FOREIGN RECIPROCITY.—The Zollverein was said to
be the offspring of our corn laws, and sure to expire when
these laws should be repealed. The Zollverein has not
died, and will not die; and the first step by which it sig-
nalises its gratitude for the repeal of our corn laws is the
imposition of an additional duty of 50 per cent. upon
the previous heavy duty on our cotton yarn, and a multi-
plication twelve fold of the previous duty upon our linen
yarn. Is this the promised imitation of our liberal com-
mercial policy.
A MAN KILLED BY A PLOUGH.--On Friday, a man
named Thomas Watts, farmer, of Cottenham, met his
death in an awful manner, being absolutely ploughed to
death. His brother was guiding the plough, and he re-
quested him to turn the horses round. In doing so, be
slipped down and was dragged along, the ploughshare
passing over his head, which was smashed to pieces, the
brains being completely crushed. He died instantane-
ously. Watts was a man of some property, and had no
wife or children.—Cambridge Advertiser.
It is said that M. Guizot, at the request of the King of
the French, has furnished Lord Brougham with copies of
all the coorespondence which has passed between Lord
Palmerston and the French government, on the subject
of the Spanish marriages, in order that his lordship may
be enabled to vindicate the course pursued by the French
cabinet. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Chro-
nicle says that Louis Phillippe has received an autograph
letter from Lord Brougham, congratulating him upon the
Montpensier marriage.
MELANCHOLY BRIDAL-DAY.—On Wednesday week
was married, at St. Mary's Church, Devizes, Mr. Geo.
Nash, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Charles Bristow.
The younger sister of the bride, aged about 16, who had
been for some time in a consumption, had looked forward
to this day with considerable anxiety, and was more than
usually elated when it arrived. She saw her sister in her
bridal dress previous to her going to church, and took
leave of her ; but at the very moment that one sister was
married the other died--Devizes Gazette.
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday week,
as Mary Ann Edwards, aged 45, a fine, healthy, and
able-bodied female, employed as charwoman at the house
of Mr. Terry, Chiswell-street, London, was proceeding
into the kitchen with a large empty dish in her hand, in
stepping up a single step, she stumbled and fell, the dish
being broken into several pieces, one of which, of an an-
gular form, penetrated the right side of deceased's neck,
dividing the jugular vein and the carotid artery, and
causing instant death.
At the election of the Mayor of Nottingham, on Mon-
day, a question was raised whether a citizen of the United
States can hold that office. Mr. Cripps was objected to
"on the ground that he had, when in America, become a
citizen of the United States. The Town Clerk was of
opinion that that
..circumstance w0u1..t1_99.t_.12e
_a legal

, =towect-Dluiseir to LC a
loyal subject of the Queen, he was unanimously elected.
The discussion of the question occupied much time, and
excited great interest.

CAPT. WARNER'S LONG RANGE.—It was recently
announced that government had determined to incur
some expense for the purpose of testing Captain Warner's
invention of the long range, and that £l5OO had been ap-
propriated for this purpose. It is now further asserted
that Colonel Chaloner, R.A., and Captain Warner have
selected a place on the east coast of Essex for the experi-
ment; that Colonel W. Dundas, C. 8., Inspector of Ar-
tillery, is appointed arbitor ; and that an early day is to
be fixed for the trial. _ _ _

A sacrilege took place in the church of Butterton, Staf-
fordshire, some weeks ago, and the only clue to the de-
predators was a piece of trousers cloth lying near one of
the windows. Last week, the Stoke constabulary were
removing some persons to gaol, followed by a sympathis-
ing crowd ; one of the busiest among the spectators was
a young named Platt, a joiner, residing at Stoke. This
attracted the attention of the chief superintendent, who
observed that the trousers he wore were exactly of the
kind of which a relic had been left in the church. The
result has been that he, along with one of the former pri-
soner, has been committed for trial for the sacrilege.
THE LATE DWARKANAUTH TAGORE.—Three or four
years since this wealthy Asiatic made a princely gift of
£lO,OOO for the forwarding of education in India, and by
his last will he bas left a similar sum of £lO,OOO for cha-
ritable purposes. Dwarkanauth Tagore has left conside-
rable wealth ; besides his Zumindaree properties, he had
large capital in houses, bazaars, and mercantile pursuits,
the whole of which he bequeaths in equal shares to his
three sons (who, jointly with his European partner, are
his executors), the eldest a partner in his father's house
of business in Calcutta; the second, also brought up to
business; the third, now in London, prosecuting his
education, in view, we trust, to future eminence.
BRISTOL FREE PORT ASSOCIATION.—A public meet-
ing of operatives of the city of Bristol, to the number of
upwards of 3,000, was held on Thursday evening in the
large public room, Broadmead, for the purpose of aiding
the above association in its efforts to reduce the

excessive

port charges. The speakers dwelt upon the manner in
which the pressure of the dock dues had reduced the trade
of the city, and expressed the general belief that a reduc-
tion of charges to the extent of nearly a free port would
restore the ancient prosperity of the city. One of the
speakers promulgated a plan by which the operatives might
contribute over £3,000 a-year to the object ; and it was
unanimously resolved to lend all possible aid, as well pe-
cuniary as otherwise.

The members of the Exeter Protestant Association
have memorialised Mr. Divett, one of the members of
that city, on the subject of further grants to Roman Ca-
tholics, expressing, at the same time, their determination
" to vote at the next general election only for those per-
sons on whom they can place reliance as defenders of the
Protestant faith." Mr. Divett, in reply, declines respect-
fully, but in the most distinct and emphatic manner, to

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give any pledge on the subject, and considers the conduct
of the memorialists " as partaking of religious pride, and
not much of Christian charity." Sir J. B. Duckworth,
Mr. Divett's colleague in the representation of. Exeter,
has also been appealed to on the subject, but does not yet
appear to have returned to answer.
HERRINGS.—On Tuesday, a fishing lugger was towed
into Yarmouth, with the enormous quantity of 25 lasts
and 9,500 herrings on board, which were caught off that
coast in about a week. Each last of fists contains 10,000
herrings, or 13,200 short tale, 132 being sold for each
hundred; the cargo of the lugger therefore amounts
to the prodigious number of 342,549 herrings, valued at
near £4OO. The same boat brought in nearly 15 lasts
about 12 days previous. Such a sight, even in Yarmouth,
is rarely seen, for not only was almost every part of the
boat filled, but a vast quantity was stowed on the decks,
bringing her gunwale to within a few inches of the water,
and fortunately the weather was very fine, or they must
have thrown a considerable quantity overboard.
DEATH OF A MISER.—A notice has ben posted at the
Royal Exchange, from the Court of the Archbishop of
Canterbury, that if the next of kin of Thomas Kane, late
of Old Brentford, in the parish of Ealing. dead, intestate,
did not come forward, they would be condemned by con-
tumacy, and administration granted to Thomas Maule,
the Treaviry solicitor, on the part of her Majesty Queen
Victoria. It seems that Kane, who was well known in
Brentford for his penurious habits, and bore the name of
a miser, died some few months since, possessed of con-
siderable wealth. No will could be found, and he was
not known to have a single relative, and though every en-
deavour has been used, no one belonging to him can be
discovered The above notice was issued preparatory to
possession being taken in behalf of the Crown.
A DUCHESS MADE AMENABLE TO THE GAME LAWS.
—lt will be in the recollection of our readers that a para-
graph in the papers recently announced that the Duke
of Marlborough was accompanied in a shooting excursion
by his lately married duchess, and that the latter person-
ally took part in the amusement of the day, and with her
own hand killed several head of game. Of the fact there
is, we apprehend, no doubt • but it has been followed up
by consequences little apprehended at the time. Infor-
mations, it would seem, have been lodged against the
duchess for shooting without a licence. It is supposed
that this unusual step, which if followed up must in all
probability lead to a conviction, bas been adopted in re-
taliation for some severe measures recently taken by the
duke to punish certain trespassers upon his manorial
rights.—Britannia.

A WHOLE CORPORATION DEFUNCT !—II Is the op
nion of legal men that the Town Council of Worcester
has virtually committed an act of felo de se, and has no
longer an existence, in consequence of the vacancy occa-
sioned by the death of the Mayor not having been duly
filled up within ten days, as required by the act. By, this
neglect, which occurred before the recent annual election,
the number of Councillors fixed by law was incomplete,
and consequently the acts of the remainder are null and
void.

On Saturday, at the Croydon Police-court, a fortune
teller, named Siddens, was charged with obtaining con-
siderable sums of money from a young and attractive lady,
named Elizabeth Markby Dodd, by means of fraudulent
pretences. The prisoner informed her that a young man
named Anderson, in the East India College, Addiscombe,
bad fallen in love with her ; and, strengthening the belief
by the most artful means, such as the presentation of
dresses, billels-doux, &c., succeeded in obtaining from het
considerable sums of money. The infatuation was carried
ED far that the young lady left home clandestinely, accom-
panied by the prisoner, to go to India to marry her un-
known lover. They were stopped at Dover. The magis-
trates were of opinion, however, that the evidence did not
support the charge, and the prisoner was discharged.
The Editor of the Salopian Journal has published
circular marked " Private and confidential," from one of
the recent lecturers of the Anti corn-law League, in which
he explains the objects of the " Liberal Registration
Offices," After a somewhat inflated flourish about " the
exhaustion of the septennial cycle," which•will render a
general election necessary, this document continues—" It
becomes essential to the interests of the liberal party that
they should be able to form some estimate of their actual
position in the various counties and boroughs at the date
of the commencement of the present revision of the regi-
ster, and of. the results of that revision with reference to
the state of parties. I shall feel much obliged therefore
by the inter position of your kind offices to procure for me
such information as you possess or can obtain on this
subject, in reference to the borough of Bridgenorth."
EDUCATION IN WALES.—A committee has recently
been formed in connexion with the Incorporated National
Society for the special purpose of improving and extend-
ing sound education in Wales. The committee is called
"The Welsh Education Committee," and consists of
many noblemen and gentlemen connected with the Prin-
cipality, and of various members of the Standing Com-
mittee of the National Society. The committee numbers
amongst its members all the Bishops of the Welsh Dio-
ceses ; the Marquis of Bute, K.T.; the Earl of Powis,
K.G. ; Lord Dynevor ; Lord Kenyon ' • Viscount Clive,
M.P. ; Viscount Emlyn, M.P. ; Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart.,
M.P., &c. The annual subscriptions already amount to
£2186 25., and donations have been promised to the
amount of £ll7B. Among the annual subscribers are the
Archbishop of Canterbury for £lOO, the Bishop of Lon-
don, £300; the Welsh Bishops, £lOO each; and several
other noblemen and gentlemen £lOO each. Lord Sandals
gives ten guineas annually. .

FREE TRADE EFFECTS.—The poor woolcombers of
Keighlel have had a market-place meeting, denouncing
free trade as a cheat and a delusion ; they were all working
and suffering men. The meeting was finished by moon-
light, and stable lanterns lighted the reporters to furnish
their notes. These men now represent large bodies, who
are all equally suffering from abort time and shorter
wages. We give a brief extract from one of the speakers.
" In January last," said Mr. John Town, " the masters
took it upon them to reduce wages, and he was one of a
deputation appointed to wait upon them and ask then)
not to inflict that penalty on their workmen. But the
masters said, ' No, you must submit to it, and we'll
return it to you when the corn laws are repealed.' Bat
now their arguments are changed. He had waited On
many of them, and on many of those who had joined with
them in agitating for a repeal of the corn laws ; and noW
they said the combers never can have better wages. And
why ? Because, they say, they are a class of men of weak
intellect."—This is adding insult to oppression, and is
something like the free trade compliments to the farmers.
THE BREVET.—The Gazette of Tuesday contains the
long-expected brevet. The following is a summary of the
Army Brevet :—Generals to be Field Marshals, 3 ; Lieu-
tenant Generals to be Generals, 13 ; Major Generals to
be Lieutenant Generals, 44; Colonels to be Major Gene-
rals, 107 ; Lieutenant Colonels to be Colonels, 92 ; Ma-
jors to be Lieutenant Colonels, 50 ; Captains to be Ma-
jors, 181. Total number of officers promoted, 490. The
promotion of the three senior generals increase the list Of
Field Marshals to nine, viz. :—The Duke of Wellington,
the King of Hanover, the Duke of Cambridge, the King
of the Belgians, Prince Albert, the King of the Nether-
lands, Sir beorge Nugent, Thomas Grosvenor, and the
Marquis of Anglesey, Master-General of the Ordnance.
The Navy Brevet gives the following promotions :—Ad-
miral of the Fleet, 1 (Sir G. Martin); Admirals of the
Red, 4 ; Admirals of the White, 6; Admirals of the Blue,
4 ; Vice• Admirals of the Blue, 14 • Rear-Admirals of the
Red, 20; Rear-Admirals cf the White, 17; Rear-Admi-
rals of the Blue, 20 ; Captains, 44 ; Commanders, 80
Lieutenants, 20; Masters, 20; Surgeons, 20; Pursers,
20. Total, 313.

ROMISH PR CESSIONS.—The Perth Advertiser has
the following paragraph :—"Dunkeld.—Opening and Con-
secration of Murthly Roman Catholic Chapel.—On Sab-
bath week this chapel was opened and consecrated with
all the imposing ceremonies of the Catholic Church. On
the occasion, there were present the Rev. Bishops Car-
ruthers and Gillis. and assisting clergymen from Edin-
burgh, Perth, and Dundee, besides the Rev. Mr. Mackay,
the officiating priest in that quarter. At eleven o'clock,
a procession of bishops and priests, bearing the host, ap-
proached from the Castle, accompanied by Sir William
Drummond Stewart (the founder of the edifice), the Earl
of Traquair, and other nol.),lernen.ancLfrienda of. the Ro-
man catholic persuasion. [Not content with going
through the forms of their ritual within the new edifice,
or around it, we find here a regular array of the higher
and lower ranks of the clergy marching in state, and not
only so, but with the host, a prime object of Romish wor-
ship—rather idolatry. Such exhibitions are common
ou
the Continent, and there a superstitious, ignorant Pries.
ridden people feel pleased with the circumstances of the
play. But in Protestant. Scotland we might have been
saved so public and so scandalous a display of Popi-la
folly.
Transubstantiation is bad enough, (many who professed to
believe in the monstrous tenet did not): brought out into
tangible manifestation, it will certainly gain nothing in the
way of argument, and as little in the way of respectability)

THE ANDOVER INQUIRY REPORT.—The printer to
the House of Commons has just sent forth this report,
which extends to two thick folio volumes, containing NI
thousand and thirty-four pages; twenty-five thousand
Bix hundred and nineteen questions; and seven hundred
and four pages of appendices, the whole, for we have had
the two volumes, within an ounce of fourteen pounds.
Such a mass of matter nullifies itself, for who will wade
through it. in hunting the late Home Secretary and the
Poor-law Commissioners, for whose neglect of duty the
inquiry was called for. The concluding paragraph of the
report, though it relates to but one of many similar
charges against the commissioners, is, we suppose, con-
cfrloumsiVet h
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which
theirof peraonmdputalty r
severe a censure. " That on a review of
of the commissioners with respect to the Andover In-
quiries, and towards Mr. Parker and Mr. Dc---
that they have been IRREGULAR and ARBITRARY! NOT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATUTE under which they'
exercise their functions, and such as to shake public con,
fidence in the administration of the law." If such a.re-
hta besemp?lnrvocinucergere theth
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re-
port as this had been made by a committee of the House
of Commons, or by an authority far less entitled to !e'
spect. of the conduct of a poor exciseman, or a police
constable, how long would he be permitted to remain in
office ? The government have been in possession of this
report since the 20th of August, but have taken no steps
upon it ; Sir James Graham, and the Poor-law Commis'
sioners ought at least to pay the cost of it themselves.
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month,of t ea p various
ub
short-time committees
peithroughout
d evening,ti
residing
i‘n%eHisnta
hf
Halifax
snapgna,dchi
toehlue:
emldiliono
vicinity,mert ng ofw atsh
he
room of the Odd Fellows' Hall, in that town, for the Purl
pose of giving to the factory workers, and others interesr
in the short-time movement, an opportunity of express,
ng
their sentiments on a question so nearly concerning the
happiness and welfare of so large a portion of the " pro-
ducing classes." Shortly after eight o'clock, the boo'
appointed for the commencement of the meeting, Phi;
Fielding, Esq., M.P., Richard Oastler, Isq., and One'
friends and supporters of the movement, made their sr
pearance on the platform. At this time the room vl
densely crowded, and not less than three or four thousaa,
people being present. The moment the well known and
irevered countenance of the " Factory King" was recog
nised by his old friends and parishioners, he was greeted
with' enthusiastic-cheers, and we feel confident from the
fire which lit the eye of this venerable, devoted, and
ardent " Friend of the Poor," that his reception by the
upon to occupy the chair during the proceedings of the
j,,Halifax
n Rushton,au d cea was
wo allk that h amwwt
iahsnsi
hs,
addressed
ehwi edaasar tt
unanimouslyco u l
by
Huddersfield wish.
Oastler
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al
del
naen:
evening, and, as usual, he filled the honourable post with
agrtielaetrsc.redAits.itnTilhaer
mineeeettiinn:
or two previously, at which nearly 2,000-persons were pre,
sent. The vicar and several of the clergy were present,
and Mr. W. B. Ferrand delivered a powerful address.
GALLANT RESCUE OF A CREW.—Tbe gales of last
month were most disastrous to life and property at see.
On the 15th of that month, about noon, one of the ce.l6'
brated Broadstairs fishing loggers, called the Fame,
tti
a crew of eight hands, in a heavy gale from the S.S.w
perceived a brig on the Longsand, with a terrific el
breaking over her. The colours in the rigging shove,'
that the crew had given their vessel up as lost. The
crew of the Fame immediately determined to attempt 10.,
rescue them, though at the risk of their own lives. Ate'
two unsuccessful attempts to reach her by dropping anchor
and veering out a cable, they by another effort got oppos46
to her, and finally, at the utmost hazard, got hold of a cabal
ladder, which the crew of the brig had fastened to a log'
line and committed to the waves. By means of the line
stronger rope was got out to them. The danger to the
boat was still most imminent ; but John Castle, the
master of the lugger, by means of the warp reached th
wreck in safety, and found her to be the French wig
Adelaide, of Nantes, full of water, and eight men
.011
board. They then perfected the arrangements for gettin4
the Frenchmen off, and after much perseverance, aflu'
running the utmost hazard of their own lives, they euni
ceeded in getting all of them into the lugger, and lande,
them on the following morning, at two o'clock, at North
Yarmouth. More than three hours elapsed between the,
time of their seeing the brig and that of rescuing he
crew. The Morning Herald concludes a detailed account
of the circumstance in these words :—" This noble en"
gallant act of humanity was perfol-med by poor fishermen'
Not only did they thus peril their lives, but they risked
the loss of their lugger, the sole means of their livelihol
We fervently hope that, although they bad not the qoe_J
fortune to save any property, which would have entitle,'
them to salvage, their meritorious conduct in saving the
lives of eight Frenchmen will not go unrewarded."

,r, it appears

Osprey, Brown, from Quebec at this port; sailed an the Igth
October. Passed in the river the ships Canada. Pekin, and
Douglas, with loss of bulwarks, &c., and several brigs partially
dismasted.

Greenoc

3 he Matador, hence for Stettin, and Jane Campbell, hence for
^ heating out thia morning, got on shore on the

train. pear Water

The ?etrel, that arrived here on Ftinday. fell in with the brig
Syra on the Ist instant, in la.. 49, long. 17, water-logged, with
the crew in the tops. Made several a tempts to get them off,
but .tailed, owing to the heavy sea anti severe gale; wa• sepa-
rated from her the following day, and unable again to fetch her.
Valeria. Wright. hence at the Elbe.
Frahoes Ann, from Batavia at Cove.
Alexander Grant,
Wight. from Mazatlan and Valparaiso off the

Unicorn, Tongel, hence at Monte Video.
Springfield, Roy, hence at Quebec.
Lynx, hence at Barcelona, and sailed for Denia ou the 22d of
October.

David Grand, Laurence, hence at Riga.
Copernicus. Zeliein, hence at Danzic.
Emma, Meincke, hence at Swinnemonde.
Slewerdina, Haan, and Martha, Collis, hence at Helvoet.
801 YJIICAD, Nov 9.—The Diadem, Bioet, from liverpool for
Rio Janeiro was towed in here this morning, dismaste,l, and
with loss of bowsprit, beid, &c., having been in contact with
the Tribune, steamer, on the 6th instant, off A rklow.
BA LBANALD, NORTH lIISK, October 28.—The Splph, Soutit,
from Liverpool for Copenhagen, got on a rock io the Sound of
Eniska. South Uisk, on the 21st instant, arid remains.
WEXFORD. Nov. 7.—The Templeman, Prowse. from Valpa-
raiso for Liverpool, that was on shore iu Ballytague Bay, was
got off yesterday, and into safety.

Mary
Jane, hence. the 2cl of Octo. er, off* Cape Sable—Mis-
Chief, 1, th October, in lat. 11 N, long. 24 W—Lady R,,wena,
hence for Sydney, the 20th Sept., on the Line, in long. 22
Powerful steamer, from London lor Calcutta. 12th n lon.
19 W.—Victoria, from Calloa for London, 1251 s Oct., in Oct.,fong. 17
..,
"•• long. 29 W—Leven Lass, 2d instant, in lat. 59, lon. 12, by
the Jeremiah Garnett. •

WEDNESDAY, NOWAIBICR S.E., moderate.
Artaivro.—Rochester. Truempn, and Pacific, Ludlam, New
York—Ahorcs Packet, Madeira—Dartmouth, Patras.
SAILED.—John Scott, Noseworrhy, ceylon--- Princess Victo-
ria, Thorns, and Exp. ess, Cubison, Maranham—Enrichetta Cle.
Martinolech, Trieste—St. Filial', Davies. for -
laud

ewfound

Acadia, (steamer,) Harrison, hence for Halifax off Inistrahull.
Envoy, M•Kettritch, from the Clyde at Quebec.
Mary. Walker, sailed from smyr-nr.
Wanderer, Palk, sailed from Cephalonia fur this port on 15th

Octoher. •
Meg Lee, Murray, hence at Venice.
Phillyra, Lovering, Ilene, at Naples.
Leander, Tope, from Marseilles, and sailed 29th Oct. for this
Port ; arid_ Sultana, Rogers, from Smyrna, and sailed 30th Oct.
for this port, both at Gibraltar.
Lerwick. Marshal, from Itichibucto; Aristotle, from Syra;
and Viola, Goodridge, from Trieste—all at Cove.
prisirexaoa. Nov. B.—The British Queen, from Liverpool for
Westrint, which was driven on shore in Shaphagen Bay 22nd
Oct. was got off the following day, and brought up here after
discharging.

THURSDAY, NOVEAIBER 12.—Wind E., moderate.
Aautvsu —David Banks, Curtis, Palermo—Sophia, Westcott.
Xabia—Bon Le, Penteo, Vianna.

SAuxu,—Hope;litchens. for Trinidad—Sarah, Major, Syra
—Pythagoras, Cafine, St. Philips—Ocean, Butchard, New Or-
leaus-rßobert Watt, Johnson, Gulf of Mexico.

Hannah, M aitland , Lady Acley, Davey ; Lady Mary, Whit
fie'; and Speedwell, Mills, I', om Bode Bay at this port, with
goods from the Eliza, hence for Valparaiso
Jane Gearey Barney, from Trieste; Herezano, Evaus, from
Zetuan ; and Senor des Passes. Miretu, from Opo►to at Cove.
Irlarn. hence for Barbadoes, off Tuskar.
Sea, Freeman, hence for New York off the Smalls.
Duke of Wellington, Finnigan, hence at Dundalk, with loss of
fotem,st.

Liberty, Mowart, hence for Copenhagen off Stromness,

FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 13.—Wind S.E.
ARRlVED.—British Queen, fm Antigua—Law Ogilby, George,
from Cephalonia.
SAILED.— Reindeer, 'Tindall, for Rio Janeiro—Jos. Wheeler,
Reed, for Trieste—Ann Paley, Lister, for Lisbon.

Margaret Wylie. Sinclair, sailed from Marseilles, for this port,
4th instant.

Concordia, Eddes, hence at Browtrshaven.
Phoenix, Neilson hence at Aalesund.
Neptun us, Neimkerchim. off Volderhang.
Alexander Giant, Alexander, from Mazatlan, at Cowes.
Jane Andersen, M'Kellar, hence for Savannah, at Belfast
Lough 2nd instt.nt.
Mermaid, Caird, hence for Havana.
Helena, Gialts, hence for Rrtterdam.

VESSELS SPOKEN

Rockall, of this port, fr7;inJVl;ai;a,"sth instant, in lat 50, lon
13—Mail, from Batavia to London, loth ultimo, in lat to N,
10n 26 W.

SATURDAY, 14th NOVEMBRE.
ARRIVED.—Mary, Ballantine, from Bonny; sailed 23d Aug.,
and from Fernando Po Ist Sept.—Medusa, —, Alexandria—
Ivo, Minanich, from Trieste—John Pearce, Luly, from Palermo
—Redbreast, I%learns, from Charente.
SAlLko.—Prima Donna, Howarth, St. Michael—Lady of the
Isles. Wheadon, Terceira—Luna, Redmond, Cuba—lreland,
Morton, Ha‘ ana— May flower, Kewley, Newfoundland—Prince
of Waterloo. Forbes; Washington, Benson; and Araminta, Ro-
gers, New Orleans—Sheridan, Cornish, New York—Mary and
Jane, Osborne, Naples.

Reis Effendi, Sutherland, hence for Havana, at Madeira, with
decks swept. cargo damaged, loss of boats, bulwarks, &c., and
one man overboard.
Warwick, Jacobson, and William Botsford, Calvert, hence at

bi,owden, Scott, hence at Brass River.
Octavio, Reid, hence at Rio Janeiro.
Bigginson, Reynell, hence at Madeira.
Pomerania, Krause, hence at Dauzic.
Eghertina Annechina, Drert. hence at Cuxhaven.
Romp, Jenkins, sailed from Malug. for this port Sqh Oct.
Poblano, De Remeuterio, sailed from Bilboa for this port sth
November.
H.M.J. Gorgon, - , from Monte Video for Portsmouth at
Falmouth, with Mr. Rood on board. Left Monte Video on the
13th Sept.; Rio 22d, and Bahia 30th Sept.

SUNDAY, nth NOVEMORR.—Wind S.E., light.
ARRlVED.—Caledonia, (steamer,) Lott, from Boston; sailed
Ist Nov.. and from Halifax 3d Nov.
SAILED.—FIora M.Donald, M'Pherson, Bombay—Eliza Bell,
Hewett, Hayti—August, Kineh, St. Thomas—John Peat, Cork,
and Lancashire Witch, Brownrigg, M. nte Video—Richard An-
derson, Bennett, Baltimore—Southerner. Palmer; Indiana,
Cornell ; and Kalmazoo, M•Cerren, New York—Wyoming, for
Philadelphia—Eclipse, Kerckhove, Ostend—Stour, Mawson, El-
sinore—Letitia, Neergard, Christiansand—Auguste, Kerkhove,
Ghent.

Teazer M'Guffie; Rockshire, Evans; Baron of Eramber,
Flinn; Washington, Wilkie ; Queen, Leary ; George, Reel ;
Zuz el Gaily; Springfield, Ray; Capricorn. Rourke; Ida, Lis-
r. and Chrsttatia, M'Gee, hence at Quebec.
_Huron, Driver; Malabar, Fraser; Great Britain, Frost; end
nestrel, Turner, hence at St. John, N.B.
au~Dorr; Antwerp, Robinson; Mary Ann, Brown;
'..(1 Arabella Rice, hence at Boston.
et.
tiernietta '.'R.
Eaton hence at Halifax, and sailed 28th Oct. for
John, N
Tyrone, Butler; Harvard, Corliss ; Narraganset, Destebucho;
ope ---, and Deucaleon, hence at New Orleans.
"shburton, Howland; and Europe, Ftubt.r, hence at New
ork,

arY and Jane, Flitner, hence at Gardiner.
RAI •
Wm
. . Pearce, hence at Providence.
..enes, White. hence at Ancona.
Matilda, Oldfield, hence at Sierra Leone.
Brewster, Lincoln, hence at Mobile.
Georgia, Collins. hence at Sayan, ah.
Colossus. M•Donald, hence at Charleston.
Thomas P. Cope, Mierckin, hence at Philadelphia.
Grace, Ryrie, from Antigua at Savannah.
N.B.ir Henry Huntley, Grant, sailed from Halifax for St. John,
0 22d Oct.
A violent hurricane was ex rienced at Key West I ith Oct..
Which destroyed near y the who p le of the town, drove 2(. vessels
on shore, and seriously injured several others, and destroy ed
the Key West and Sand Key lighthouses, with the people in
them.
The ports on the western coast of Mexico, south of San Diego,
Were declared under blockade lath Aug., by the United States
Nuadron. - -.•-

A ship was seen on short. on Florida Reef 13th Oct.
Llama, Jamieson, from Benin for tais port, was lost off Papoe
Id july,

Y,Aa;:touTti, 13th Nov.—The Hebe, Thompson, of Liverpool,
Sot , upon Haisborough Sand yesterday, but came t.ff, and was
on the beach at Winterton.
nio
her JANEIRO, 17th Sept.—The Bebe. Dale. which arrived
1,41 i
re n the 11th instant from Punta Arenas. must undergo re-
k,B, having started her cutwater, and received other damage.
%.'"r Vona, 31st Oct:—Th St. Patrick. hence for Liverpool,
Pot back to this port leaky, and with cargo shifted. The
rot.boat Sylph reports having spokon a packet-ship from I.i
erpool for Philadelphia, distnasted. The Magnet. Morton,
0,11 Liverpool for Montreal, is on shore on Anticosti. Captain
Dorton had proceeded to Gaspee for schooners to assist in say.
tag the cargo.
ilAtavAx, 3d November.—The Ambassador, Barbour, from St.
I°ll,l, N.B. for England, ran on shore on Mud Island 18th Oct.,
-t1 was afterwards got off and taken into Yarmouth.
e on shore
WUEBEC, gth Oct.—Three vessels are repod trib
,44t Pont Neaf, one at Cape Cotomblar, and one off Basque Is
'and. The Thomas, of Whitehaven, was seen on the Mille
Vaches, 14th instant, a total wreck.
lamiticirr. 24th Oct.—The Mary Ann Peters. M'Alpine, for
England. which grounded on the bar, has return.td into ort,
and is now discharging for repairs.

MONDAY, ]6th NOVEMBER.—Wind S.E.
SAlLED.—Vibilia, Du Flocq, tor Hayti—Severn, Wisemz-n,
John, N.B.—Brant, Gregorius, Dauzic—Union, Ruard, for
°stead.

EMUS SPOKEN.—Gleaner, Bth Nov., in lat. 47, long. 44
g""titude, of Arbroath, 12th Nov., in lat. 52, long. 18 by the
41ednnia, (steamer,) from Boston—John WLellan, for Sayan-
6th Nov , in lat. 50, long. 13, by the Tarolinta, from New
gek• With lossfi Faire
of ldfore and, hence tmizen topgallanto NeW York, 24thrnabts Oct., iu lat. 44, long.
.

SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, Nov. 11

---- -- .. _
We continue to have large quantities of stock, and the quality
this week very superior. The quantity rather exceeding the
demand, made trade dull, but the decline not quotable. All
good things sold up.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 10.
The arri►als from Ireland are still very trivial, but of
Wheat, Barley, and Malt, we have received fair supplies
coastwise since this day week, and the imports of Grain
from abroad are liberal, including 10,934 quarters Indian
Corn, and 46,061 barrels of Flour from the States and
Canada.
We have been much influenced to-day by the depressed
state of Mark-lane, and the trade has ruled exceedingly
dull, with a decline of 3d. per bushel on Wheat, 6d. to Is.
on Flour; and a greater or less reduction in the value
of almost every other article of the trade, including
Indian Corn., which is offered on the spot 2s. per quarter
cheaper, and many floating cargoes are offering, for
which no buyers appear.
Malting Barley was 3s. per quarter, grinding 2d. to 3d.
per bushel,. and Malt Is. per quarter lower, with a slow
sale for each. Beans and Pease were also in limited de-
mand, at a decline of ls. per quarter. Oats, in like
manner, receded Id. per 451 b.; and Oatmeal, though
still extremely scarce, barely maintained late prices.

DUBLIN CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 13,

We continue to have a small supply of grain. Prices remain
nearly the same as on Tuesday, except for inferior Oats, which
were sold at a reduction of 5d per barrel.

LEEDS CORN MARKET, Nov. 10

We are rather largely supplied with grain here to.day. Wheat
and Barley meta limited demand at Is to 2s per qr. cheaper than
on this day week. Beans is per qr. lower. Oats maintain
their late value.