The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-30 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

CORK ASSIZES.
• LESSEE OF CASEY AND OTHERS V. SAMUEL JERVIS.
This was an action, brought to try the validity da lease alleged
to have been made by defendant to the father of the plaintiff, in
the year 1797.
Several persons were examined to prove the handwriting of
the subscribing witnesses to the lease. Among them was
Mrs. Meagler, who said she was married to defendant's bro-
ther, Sampson Jervis, and gave it as her opinion that in the do-
cument now produced the name of Samuel Jervis was written
by himself.
Cross-examined by Mr. Bennett—How old are you, my dear ?
Witness—l leave that to you to guess.
Counsel—Well, then you are 25 ?
Witness—l'd really expect that so bright and eminent a law-
yer would make a better guess than that. - -(Laughter.)
Counsel—Are you 35 ?
Witness—Yes, a little more.
-Counsel—Will you swear that von arc not more than 35 ?
Witness—lndeed, I will not. .
Counsel—Why, God bless me, you have not a grey hair in
your head, ma'am !
Witness—Why, indeed, you have a few more, sir. (Laughter.)
Counsel—Are you forty? '
Witn'ess—l won't swear that I am quite forty, but I'm very
near it.
Counsel—When were you married?
Witness—l was married on the 4th of September, 1815.
Counsel—Flow well you remember the day !
Witness—l dare say, sir, that you too, remembers the day
you were married. (Great laughter.)
Counsel—l am not very accurate as to the day, but I think I
remember the-night pretty well. (Continued laughter.)
Counsel—Was it by day or by night you were married?
Witness—'Twas by day, sir. .
Counsel—What were you when you were married ?
Witness—l was a maid. (Shouts of laughter.)
Counsel—Do you mean a maid servant ?
WitnessNo, but a "maid in all her charms." (Laughter.)
Counsel—Did Sampson Jervis ever get tipsy with you ?
Witness—No he never did.
Counsel—Then you married him, not through tipsiness, but
all from love ?
(Witness here hesitated, and looked somewhat confused.)

Counsel—Come, now, wasn't that the fact ?
Witness—Why, then, allow me to ask you, sir, what did you
marry yourself for ?
Counsel—Hang me, madam, if you'll catch me telling you that
easily. (Great laughter.)
Verdict for the defendant with costs.

LONDON GAZETTE.-TUESDAY, AUGUST 27.

INSOLVENT.
Aug. 27, John Howard, St. Mary-at-Hill, victualler.
BANKRUPTS.
_ _

Jo'in Pachett, Liverpool, saddler and harness-maker. September
7, October 8, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Mr.
Mawdslev, Liverpool ; and Messrs. Addington, Gregory, and Faulk-
ner, Bedford-row.
Allen England Fowler, Liverpool, merchant, September 6, October
8, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Mr. Booker, Liver-
pool, and Messrs. Frampton and Loftus, New Inn.
John Thompson, Liverpool, grocer, Sept. 6, Oct. 8, at the Claren-
don Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Mr. Smith, Liverpool ; and
Messrs. Keightley and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London.
Thomas Roberts, Liverpool, and Joseph Roberts. Holywell, Flint-
shire, ironmongers, Sept. 4, Oct. 8, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birming-
ham. Solicitors, Mr. ingleby, Birmingham; and Messrs. Norton
and Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square, London. •
Thomas Isaac Dimsdale, Trinity-square, corn-factor.
John Jackson, 'Old City Chambers, Bishopsgate-within, jeweller
and watchmaker.
William Wright, lleathfield, Sussex, dealer and chapman.
Harriet Roberts, Chirk, Denbighshire, draper.
Martin Gately, Birmingham, victualler.
Thomas Dean, Manchester, victualler.
Michael Heathcote and John Heathcote, Manchester, merchants.
John Patch, Exeter, hop-merchant,
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Murray and J. Strachan, Liverpool.—G. J. Newman and H.
Bourne, IN est Mailing, Kent, linen-drapers.--W. Livingston and J.
M'Kean, Huddersfield, cloth-merchants.—J. H: Dunkin and J. Ba-
ber, Winsley, Wiltshire, quarry-masters.—C. Porter an'd E. Aydon,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocers.—E. M`Lellan, J. M`Lellan, and W.
M'Lellan, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, cabinet-makers.--J. Walter
and T. Lee, Cannon-street, dealers in leather.—C. Shaw and P. Mat-
chett, Birmingham, iron-founders.—C. H. Ashley and H. Upward,
Suffolk-lane, wine-merchants.
DIVIDENDS.

Sept. 18, J. Goodchild, sen., J. Jackson, W. Jackson, J. Goodchild,
Jun., J. Jackson, and T. Jones, sen., Bishop-Wearmonth, Durham,
bankers.—Sept. 20, J. Page, Birmingham, tailor.—Sept. 17, C. M.
Wilks, Grantham, Lincolnshire, innkeeper.,—Sept. 20, J. Tootall, G.
N. Tootal, and C. Tootal, Wakefield, Yorkshire, corn-merchants.—
Sept. 20, W. Bodman and J.Garwardine, Bristol, soap-manufacturers.
—Sept. 18, F. Ilalsall, Bristol, ,watchmaker.—Sept. 20, J. Cowgill,
Manchester, merchant.
CERTIFICATES—Stpv. 17.
J. Sanders, Birmingham, druggist. —M. Moses, Newport, Mon-
mouthshire, coal-merchant. —J. 'fhornak Walsall, Staffordshire, gro-
cer.—J. Brindlev, Aldrige, Staffordshire, farmer.-5. A. Taylor,
George-street, •if anoyer-srplare, lodgiag-house-Reeper.—B. J. Win-
bolt, Poultry, stationer.—W. Dickens, sen., Northampton, grocer.

ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—The following is a trans-
lation of • a notice, which has been circulated in Naples, and
caused much amusement there. The " artist," it appears, was
imposed on by some wag, who engaged to make his pretensions
properly understood by the English residents :—" Joseph the
gook, he offer to one illuminate(' public, and most particular for
British knowing men in general, one remarkable pretty, famous,
and splendid collection of old goods all quite -new, excavated
from private personal diggings. Be sell cooked clays, old
marble stones with ancient basso . relievos, with stewing. pots,
brass sacrificing pans, and antic lamps. Here is a stocking of
calves heads and feets for single ladies and amateur gentleman's
travelling. Also old coppers and candlesticks, with Nola jugs,
Etruscan saucers, and much more intellectual minds articles ;
all entitling him to learned man's inspection to examine him,
and supply it with illustrious protection,'of whom he hope full
and valorous satisfaction.—N.B.' lie make all the old ting brand
new, and the new tings all old, for gentlemans.who has collec-
tions and wishes to change him. -He have also one manner quite
original for make join two sides of different monies ; producing
one medallion, all indeed unique, and advantage hint to sell by
exportation for strange cabinets and museums of exterior
potentates."
THE RIVAL OrisToas.-4 public notice was issued on Wed-
nesday, announcing that in the evening of that day a discussion
woulu take place at the Exchange Dining Room, between Mr.
Owen, the pseudo-philanthropist, who has been in Manchester
for some weeks, endeavouring to establish .his system of "La-
bour Exchange Banks;" and Mr. Falvey,. a Itoman Catholic,
from Liverpool, who when Mr. Owen was lecturing a few
weeks ago, successfully combatted hiS doctrine of the irrespon-
sibility of maM The proceedings were to commence at half-
past seven o'clock, and at that time about four bundled persons
had paid sixpence each for admission, and were anxiously and
impatiently waiting the arrival of the disputants. Mr. Owen
was the first to make his appearance '•• and on the arrival of
Mr. Falvey, about half -an hour afterwards; the former ascended
the platform, and stated that his name 'had been used in the
handbill without his authority, not having had any communi-
cation with Mr. Falvey on the subject; he therefore recom-
mended such persons as had paid their money for admission,
on the faith of the placard, to demand its repayment. This was
received with tremendous groans and hisses by the friends of
Mr. Falvey, and with cheers by the Owenites, who were but a
small minority of the company; and when silence was obtained,
Mr. Falvey-attempted to explain the grounds upon which he
had used his antagonist's name ; the suggestion about return-
ing the admittance money, however, did not appear to suit his
views, and he announced that if any individual, after hearing
the lecture he was about to deliver, should be dissatisfied, his
money should be returned. This was declared to be an excess
of liberality on the part of the lecturer, and some of his friends
hugged theinselves in the idea that they should have both "stuff
and money," as they classically expressed it ; but the Owenites
appeared to have no desire to listen to Mr. Falvey's harangue,
and with their high priest at their head, they made a movement
towards-the door, where they. demanded their sixpences from
the door-keeper. This functionary, however, although he was
prepared to receive, had no instructions to refund, and the con-
sequence was, that a regular tight ensued, in which the Owen-
ites had the worst of it, and the disturbance was oniy quelled
by the timely arrival of a stisong body of police. Finding that
matters were assuming a serious aspect, and not wishing to be
mistaken as an ally of either of the belligerent parties, we
made good our retreat, leaving the lecturer, Mr. Falvey, to
amuse- his auditors as he best might:—Mancliestes• J! hold.

AUMUST 30, S 1",

FASHION, FACTS, AND FICTIONS.

DEATH OCCASIONED BY FIL IG HT.—About two months sinf,et
a woman:went into the shop of fir. S. Simmons, publicanv
shopkeeper, in Maidstone, and requested Mrs. to alio her
Lc weigh some eels. Mrs. S. told the woman she could not.aiT,3s
her to weigh them there, as the aversion she had against
so great that even the sight of them would cause her to be hat
It appears, however, that the woman paid no attention to Tota
Mrs. Simmons had said to her, but immediately took some he
her basket, and threw them into the scale. The sight ot,(ai
eels, and the nearness of them to Mrs. Simons's person, hea
she had predicted) such an effect as to cause her to be
bed, where she remained in a most dreadful state until
is-
' week, when death put an end to her sufferings, leaving ?, "Iv
consolate husband and young'family to deplore their untone
loss.—Kent Herald. 1 ef
There was something very mysterious in the rernova ,
-nie-
Charles X. anti his family from Holyrood, which at the la
we were induced to attribute to the jealousy of the treble
French rider; but truth will out, and we hope we shall bye a_ur
ere long to make it more- apparent'than it is just yet -e. ° a
power to do. We think, however, it is not difficult to foinuio,
conjecture that the classic ground of John' Knox was_ al
thought a very fit stage for the pranks, of the descendanyoro,
Loyola ; and that in order to put himself mere at free the
Dionas conducted the intrigue which ended in inducing his
poor old King to remove from a situation where he and «ould
family enjoyed themselves as much as their situation
permit. Here the
_young Prince was attended by BarblitrEt•
oy Maupas, and byßarrande, one and all of them men °llOlO
rate talent and ability—particularly the last.; but they ate ,uit
all dismissed, and are to be replaced by whom ? BY aie
from Naples.! !.! The Prince is lost.—Caledonian itlercoP f
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-011 Tuesday the marriage.e,!,
the Earl of Uxbridge, eldest son of the Marquis of Aogle:riei
with the :Hon. Miss narriet Bagot. daughter of Sir Ce •D.
and Lady Bagot, was solemnised at St. Peter's Church, Earoie
square. There were present at the ceremony nearly OF w the
of the relatives of the distinguished* families, including aaj
Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lady Marvborough, Ea,rimar
Countess of Dartmouth, Lady E. I3agot, Marquis all" Lady
chioness Conyngham, Lady Agnes Byng, Lord and
Tempkmore, Colonel Bagot, Ladies Paget, Sc. The Dand Duchess of Richmond were prevented being present Ilya
recent domestic affliction. Sir Charles and Lady Beg°;,t 400-
an elegant dejettne on the occasion, at their mansion in ii
square. The Noble bridegroom is in his 36th year, and ',lns a
4;
son and two daughters living by his former marriage Tr" ja
niece of the Duke of Argyll.; the fair bride, we believe, is
her 18th year.
I. 011 C
REAPING !MACHINE.—It will be in the recollection the
agricultural readers, that at the last annual meeting °' 11r,
Highland Society, at Kelso, a premium was awarded to 'ery
Mann, of Wigton, in this county, for the invention of a coat
ingenious and efficient machine for reaping corn. Since ati
time, the inventor has succeeded in making great improvetii
in his machine, which is now admitted to hens.,p e
erfect'a"qe-
operations
,as the bandsickle with all the advantages Of ve'
dition and economy. One of, the machines, with the iialireia,
meats,- has lately been made in this city, under the sur.,rol-
tendence of Mr. Mann, and sent, to order, to spirited. aFf,'.lo
turist in Ireland, who had been much taken with its canse"Aleld
for the harvest-field. The machine was made trial of In a, field
at King-moor, near this city, previous to its transmissi%ho
Ireland, in the presence of several eminent a,griculturists,
were delighted and astonished with its success.- We understrdener
that Mr. .Mann is about proceeding to Roxburghshire in ° the
to exhibit the efficiency of his machine to some members of 0,
Highland Society. and others in that district, where it has
cited considerable interest.—Carlisle. Patriot.
A CHOICE OFFER.—The following curious document
been published in the parish of North Creake, Norfolk:--

" ' May no miscarriage prevent my marriage.' " to
" Jeremiah Southgate, of North Creake, Norfolk, intent.uei.
be married at Syderstone Church, on Thursday, before Meth
mas-day; when that may happen, and to return to ;Iv.
Creake to dine. Mr. Reeve gives a goose to be roasted; bc
Elliot gives a hen to be roasted ; Mr. Rowe gives a pig Tait'
roasted; Mr. Hendry gives a calf to be roasted ; and Mr. the
cloth Brett gives one stone of flour; and, in order tbal.far
meat should be well basted, do you see, Mrs. Ludman, Mr•
riotte, Mrs. Fitte, Mrs. Sharpe, Mr. Brett, Mr. Arter, the
Sutton, and Mrs. Palfield, do each give a pound of butter; ble
said Jeremiah Southgate will provide every thing else
to so very festive an occasion, and hereby gives notice tf_Je is
changingyoung women desirous of their condition, that n,,at
at present disengaged, and he advises them to considcrit'ae,
though there be luck in leisure, yet in this case delays are ud."
gerous, for with him he is determined, first come first SeTenne
, V
PROOF OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.—There the
especial proof of the immortality of the soul, founded au• lo
adaptation of the soul; and therefore so identical in prinelleej
with, the subject and main argument of our essa that We of
its statement to be our best and most appropriate tY— erminatia'lte
this especial inquiry. The argument is this. For every ais
or every faculty, whether in man or in the inferior aniri•it be
there seems a counterpart object in external nature. Let tbo
either an appetite or a power ; -and let it reside either in
till
sentient, or in the intellectual, or in the moral economy-'5.,
there exists a something without that is altogether suited t`!o,
and which seems to be expressly provided for its gratificati° is
There is light for the este ; there is air for the lungs; the stet
food for the ever-recurring appetite of hunger; there is let
for the appetite of thirst; there is society for the love, wne,llo
of lame or of fellowship ; there is a boundless field in alle $
objects of all the sciences for the exercise of curiosity—lbich
word, there seems not one affection in theliving creature, w
is not met by a counterpart and a congenial object in the
rounding creation.—Chalmer's Bridgewater Treatise. the
PRETTY PICKINGS.—We extract from a London paper ar
following paragraph :—"The salaries of the commissioners_ fa
pointed to inquire into the state of municipal corporationsao
Scotland are to be as follows—First commissioner £3OO, id
the others £2OO each, for the first two months, and if the intnf
be not then concluded to receive one-fourth of the above *ls.
for each succeeding month until the termination of their,,,
bours. They are also to be all Owed a guinea a day for live";
and the amount of their travelling expenses." This " sre et
culate" will ensure forty-four pounds seventeen shillings
week to one commissioner, and thirty-two pounds seven Sip,
lings to an indefinite number of juniors, for two months eert3bo
exclusive of travelling expenses. Should these gentlemelly
unable to complete their letrrned labtairs within 'two iltOtlylo.
which "we guess" will be found impossible, thee, twenty ea
pounds two shillings per week to the commanding officer, *.
nineteen pounds seventeen shillings to each of the private,itea'
this "Royal Company of Sappers and Miners" will be lice.
standing
.pay, as long as they may remain in active servt
Considering that we are now in the long vacation, and till eai
live in "times economical," the briefless young Whigs will
have much cause to complain."
oss
Tun STEAM-SHIP DUNDEE.—On Monday afternoon, 00,
launched from the building-yard of Mr. Wood, at Port Gleltip
the splendid steam-ship Dundee,—the largest ever buy est
Scotland, and, with the exception of the Monarch, thelartire-
in Britain for commercial purposes. The length of her WO 600
ment is about 162 feet, breadth 28 feet, and tonnage nearlY 010
tons. We can hardly say too much in praise of this band,s°l of
and substantial vessel. Mr. Wood's character as a bull tbe
steam-vessels has hitherto stood on the top of the list, n?,,a• st
present specimen of his abilities, we are certain, will and
raise his character still higher as a man of science, indePelie of
of the workmanship, which is very superior. As an instant
the manner in which the launch was conducted, we ma,' • so
tion, that the descent of the Dundee into the Clyde W,pti'
swift, smooth, and gentle, as to be almost completely imPere- for
ble to the individuals on board of her. The accommodation,
passengers is of the most splendid description, and the steel:ipi
for goods on the most extensive scale. The Dundee, 55
is intended to be a regular trader between the flourishing nrro.
after which she is named and the city of London, is to`)* ett;
polled by two engines of about 120 horse power each, and ri'atia.
of proportionate dimensions,—the largest in Europe,—mae of
fitted up by our ingenious townsman, Mr. Robert NaPei'll°
the Vulcan Foundry, Washington-street, Bromielaw• • sir
Dundee reflects the highest credit upon the scientific Fttel
Boman under whose superintendence she was built and Der?
out for sea.. Of her interior accommodations our town rerco,
will entertain an idea, when it is mentioned that the Vti
which sails regularly between the Bromielaw and Liver& re'
and was constructed under similar superintendence, may 00
garded merely as a model of the Dundee in miniature.. tore
Monday evening a numerous party, including the propveace•
from Dundee, and other gentlemen interested in the rest
dined at the Eagle Inn, Maxwell-street. Numerous apPr°r• *
toasts and speeches kept up the hilarity of the meeting 111'
late hour.—Glasgow Herald.
TiNto;'4l
LAW AGAINST THE PRACTICES OF THE TRADES'
tsTs.—Enactments, contained in the 6th Geo. IV. car' rgo*
" That from and after the passing of this act, if any Pet, or
shall, by violence to the .'person 'or property, or by threadher•
intimidation, or by molesting or in any way obstructing anLret.
force or endeavour to force any journeyman, inanufaei,"eret,
workman, or other person hired or employded in any maufael; of
trade, or business, to depart from' his hiring, employlne.,bd,
work, or to return his work before the same shall be finl'atr
or prevent or endeavour to prevent any journeyman, Tod;
facturer, workman, or other person not being hired or eulP
Leo
from hiring himself to, or from accepting work or emPlOr ese:
from, any person or persons; or if any person shall use p 1
of
ploy violence to the person or property of another, or thr "E.r f•
or
intimidation, or shah molest or in anyway obstruct anotn, aog
the purpose of forcing or inducing such person to belong I ° „ft.
club or association, or to contribute to any common funu.
to
pay any fine or penalty, on account of°his not belouglve
or
any particular club or association, or not having contributtoc
having refused to contribute to any common fund, or„ca,
any fine or penalty on account of his not having.compu_ „go.
refusing to comply, with any rules, orders, resolutions, er.„'„ges,
lations made to obtain an advance or to reduce the late of v"7,
or to lessen or alter the hours of' working, or to decrearsviei
alter the quantity of work, or to regulate the, mode of eadrje,er
on any maufacture, trade, or business, or the mana,,sott
thereof; or if any ihsfizo 'shall by violence to the Fer"
property of another, or by threats or intimidation, or foe t_t
testing or in any way obstructinganother, force or endeaLveae v„.
force any manufacturer or person carrying on any
business, to make any alteration in his mode of regu trati„
managing, conducting, or carrying on such manufacture,, ti
or business, or to limit the number of his apprentices, I ~:t,
nnmber or description of his journeymen, workmen, °0sl• er
vents ; every person so offending, or aiding, abetting, °cl.iaoc,
ing therein, being convicted thereof in manner her be ,
mentioned, shall be imprisoned only, or shall and maY etabl/v
prisoned and kept to hard labour, for any time not exc
• n•iesjeof
three calendar months."
COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—The Lord Chancellor havine
a commission to inquire into the sanity of Mr. Job Wv6st• '01;11
Cernioge, in the county of Denbigh, on the petition °loooti,
Weaver and his daughter, Mrs. Jones, a jury vras
from the body of the county of Denbigh for the 12th ills ettell4
meet at Ceinioge. Twenty-three respectable gentlernenoe,-:ei
ed, five of whom, at their own particular request, wer?...c.itties-pe
and eighteen were sworn. By the testimony of severai;aser,,,,,l
who were examined, it was quite evident that Mr. 'lv ,ht the
bowed under strong delusion. He fancied that an atten of
been made by his wife to poison him ; and said that nre Toro,
witnesses (a sur,geon) and his wife were employed by ti;ioea,.lo,
to destroy him ; that the Whigs and Tories were corn. ,tacse
gcther to destroy God, the King, and him. His prine,'E,
sion was upon religious topics and the conversion of ,1_"00c cod
At times ha expressed a wish to be'permitted to leave „Tostia:
to go to London, to ask for one of his Majesty's ships 715' oteoil
to the llolv Land, for the purpose of taking up the e3eitar
converted :fews ; he said be would go down to Gibr oat be
Matta, and so on to Jerusalem, and he would solicit „jail, I,'
Telford should accompany him to effect a commuuic4 Ivy
tween the Mediterranean and the Sea of Sicily. lit chtl',l3!
have the direct interference of God to bring about greaAiel!Lillie
in the world, in return for which he was to assist the ;-,,ig,,,ujot,
in bringing about the conversion of the Jews; and ond 0;„,i;
was seen in front of his house on his knees, praying e•ce
the stars to come down and assist them. lie expen(Le ocll
derable sum in beautifying a chapel, and it was his P~ii be.„i to
read the service on the Sunday morning : on one occalitioe',o,l,4
lected his servants altogether and administered the sac rol
them. -He had been obierved collecting hones to be bur efi,i
ing they were the bones of Tom Paine. Other evidei?cew;
conclusive was adduced, and titer jury, after a few ni.lnof
sideration, returned a verdict that " Mr. Weaver i 5 his
mind, awl has been incapah!e of the management
[tow the of May last. '—Chester Courant.
.1

FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1833.

The latest advices we have from Lisbon are to the 20th
instant, but they do not put us in possession of further in-
formation than is given in the accounts of the 17th instant,
which we subjoin :

FALMOLTU, AUG. 26.
" His Majesty's steamer African arrived this morning from
Lisbon and Oporto. She left the former place on the l'ith
instant, and the latter on the 20th. Lord Russell presented his
Credentials on the 15th as Minister Plenipotentiary from the
Court of England. The Duke of Terceira and. force left for
Villa Franca. Great accessions are continually making to his
force, and a corps of Volunteers has been formed. On the 19th
the Pedroites made a sortie, and attacked the Miguelites, and
killed several, and made several prisoners; they succeeded in
•taking possessionbf the Gaya battery, and have now completecontrol of both sides of the river, having also the possession of
the Cabodello, which has long been a source of great annoyance
to the Constitutionalists. At the time the sortie was made the
Miguelites were busy in destroying all their superabundant bag-
gage. On the Thursday they stove in a great number of hogs-
heads of wine belonging to the Portuguese, and in the afternoon
of Saturday,- after they had undermined the store of the Oporto
Company, by placing a large quantity of powder, and shells
'there, and destroyed everything, Captain Glascock landed
With the ship's crews of the Orestes and Nautilus, for the protec-
tion of British property at Villa Nova; a large body of Miguel-
ites came down to inquire the purpose of his landing; he said
.it was solely to protect the property of the English at Villa
Nova froin the fire and plunder of the Miguelites. The Echo
sailed on the 20th for Lisbon, add on the same day the blockade
of the Douro was broken. On Monday a salute was fired by
the Portuguese men of war outside the bar, under the English
and Donna Maria's colours, and on the, evening of the same
day a general salute was fired on shore. It is reported that a
part of the force at Oporto was to proceed by sea immediately
t° Lisbon for the protection of that city."
If the above may be relied upon, the cause of Don
_MIGUEL may be considered as lost, unless he and Gen.
16°I.InmoNT have resolved upon resisting the power of
England. Hitherto the British Government have not
°PenlY, or at least confessedly, taken any part in- the
struggle; but now they. have recognised the young
Queen, and are the avowed supporters of Don PEDRO
and his mercenaries. Lord Wm. RUSSELL, it is stated,
"hag presented his credentials- as minister plenipoten-
tiary from the Court of England." Presented them h—to
whom? Donna MARIA is, we believe, in France, and
"on PEDRO, her father, is only her self-elected Regent.
If it be to this adventurer that Lord WILLIAM has deli-
vered his credentials, then is. the 'British Government
fallen indeed. He might as well have presented them to
he same personage in Oporto ; for he was as much the
Regent or King of Portugal when in that garrison, as he
now is in Lisbon. But the whole proceeding, and this
last crowning act in particular, exhibits the baseness, per-
fidy, duplicity, and fraud of the British Government in
their true colours. They recognise Donna MARIA at the
end of the session of parliament, when there is no house
sitting to inquire into their motives, expose their trea-
chery, or condemn their conduct. They complete their
original designs when there is no authority to call them
to account—designs which from' first to :last
.were ob-
vious. enough, but which were'masked and denied with
all the flippancy of a wilful and ingenious liar. As to
MIGUEL or PEDRO, we do not care one single straw.—
They are both rogues in grain, as well as in wine—illus-
trious as petty despots—famous for their ignorance and
brutality; and if there be any shade of difference between
them it consists in this, that MIGUEL is the more respect-
able scoundrel of the two. We took the part of the latter
because we esteemed him not only the legitimate King of
Portugal, 'but the King de facto, and the free choice of
lie people. Who gains the day eventually is of no con-
cern to us, and is of little consequence to the people of
England. Our sage ministers have placed PEDRO upop
the throne, not merely by means of fraud and the sacrifice
of British blood, but they have ruined a whole kingdom
for the sake of a despicable adventurer. The treasures
of the country are wasted—the property of its nobles is
elmfiseated—its trade is annihilated—its population are
beggars. This is a heavy charge, but more remains
behind. The policy we have pursued in Portugal is
„i''egistered against us in all the courts of Europe.—
vVe have set an example which we fear will be imitated
t our expense. British subjects have been allowed to
take • part in this war between the contending brothers.
Ships have been openly fitted out in our harbours—arma-
-41 ents have sailed from our ports—the victnries of our
seamen in a foreign service have been lauded by the first
121inister of the Crown, and cheered by both Houses of
Parliament. Will this not be taken advantage of ? A
lay will come when our conduct in this black transac-
Iton Will be thrown in our teeth, and followed to our
,i e.rious injury. A clay will Le.me, when Russia, perhaps,
will
do for sort-16 aspiring prince in Ireland what we have
'gone for PEDRO in Portugal. America, perhaps, will
°llow the example in the West Indies, and Louis Pm-
Li? return the compliment beyond the Cape of Good
With The perfidy and dishonesty of rulers are visited
1114vith due punishment upon the nation. The people must
suffer for the acts of the Whigs, and pay dearly for the
axims they have acted upon in defiance of justice and
''olemn treaties.

It
was generally reported, though not so generally
believed in London, on Wednesday, that the King of
-'12.41N Was dead. If this should prove true the event
Would be one of the most serious importance to the peace
toif the Peninsula, for the claims of Don CARLos to the
tNiron", in opposition to his niece, the daughter of PERM-
, ND> are recognised as popularly as those of Don MIGUEL
10 the throne of Portugal. If the King be dead,' a civil
_`
al' in Spain is almost inevitable.

•
The last ....
number of the Hamp.vhire Telegraph, a paper
Ivhich cannot be suspected of any bias favourable to DON
AIIGuEL, contains a letter from Lisbon, dated the 13th in-
stant, of
, which the following is an interesting extract :
i ') ' 1 san sorry to say, Don Pedro has been doing all he could
up the'perate those of the opposite party, instead of following
conciliatory measures of Pahnella and Villa Flor. He
"as been confiscating the property of all those in Don Miguel's
service,
street be
turning respectable families of women and children into
ars, and mang o a for e well-known
fact most that tnost of those who served Miguel had the the
cho
ice between
his service and a Prison, and since Don Ped's arrival have
visited u
not dared toPedro
's
quit their ranks for fear of being shot; and this is
tyrann Pon their estates—upon their helpless families. This
"
.7 is worse than the other, as it is under the speCious pro-
mises of freedom and the laws.
if this system is persisted in,
"tugal will be worse eif under the new than under the late go-
vernment, for the misery will be doubled. It is contrary to all the
:°lPronaises of amnesty—contrary to justice—and, of course, to
1114 policy. I trust the voice of every Englishman, which has
been so loud in favour of Donna Maria's rights, will be equally
exerted to cry down this ruinous injustice."
Just so! The last tyranny is worse than the first! A
roan who has been expelled from one country for his arbi-
trary
,
' connect, as Don PEDRO has been from the Brazils,
. another country. He may he a liberator—lle may be
reformer—he may profess liberality—but in his heart
he is still the tyrant. As he numbers his years, the errors
°I hi
s youth become seasoned by time ; his vices grow and
hard with .
Darden his growth; and his faults and crimes become
part of his nature. Besides, in Don PEDRo'S case, he is

soured by the accidents and calamities of his life, and th
present gleam of sunshine is the only one which has shone
upon his fortunes for many years. On a mind like his
success operates as ardent spirits do on a prisoner long
debarred from the use of them, and in the insanity of the
moment he fancies that Portugal is within his grasp, the
people at his mercy, the crown on his head, and that " he
may do what he likes with hiS own."
It is comical enough to observe that the writer of this
letter appeals to the " voice of every Englishman," and
implores this country to interfere in order to restrain the
outrages of Don PEDRo the liberator! This beats the
story of the old man and the ass. The intercession Qf
England has been sought, and has, most indecently,
been exerted, for the purpose of dethroning Don AllouEL,
and advancing the interests of his brother; and now we
are asked to interfere to redress the wrongs inflicted by
the very man who has been conducted to Lisbon by
means of British valour and French money !

There is no pleasing these people at all. They have
obtained the fulfilment of their wishes, and yet they are
as much, if not more discontented than ever. Under
AlloyEL. they complained of arbitrary exactions ; and
under PEDRO they complain of oppression and injustice !
They called for British intercession, when PEDRO, the
outcast of Brazil, was a pirate shut up in Terceira ; and
now that the said pirate is in Lisbon, enacting the re-
former, pillaging the almshouses, robbing the church,
and " turning respectable families of women and chil-
dren into street beggars," they still murmur and implore
the interference of the schoolmaster! The fact is, these
Portuguese liberals have had too much of the interces-
sion of this imposing personage. They owe all their
misfortunes to English mediation and English principles,
—the latter adopted by persons who do not understand
them, or if they do, make them the cover for every spe-
cies of fraud. The liberal faction has been the curse of
Portugal; first, by introducing a form of government
incompatible with the manners, feelings, and institutions
of that kingdom v-and,-pecondly, by engendering the
deadliest hatred in the minds of the people of Portugal
against the persons and measures of Englishmen. It is
a melancholy truth, that wherever that faction has been
enabk*l to gain the ascendancy in any part of Europe,
revolution has followed, discontent has been created,
and trade and commerce have been destroyed. Look at
Greece, Belgium, and Poland. Look at the new re-
publics of South America, which were called into ex-
istence to redress the wrongs of the old world. And
last, not least, look at Portugal itself. In all of these
countries England has been the arbitrator, and revolu-
tionary principles have been the scourge. They have
all had their surfeit of liberty and blood—they have all
worshipped the Goddess of Reason—they have all had
the felicity of living under what are called constitutional
laws—they have all had charters written for them by
JEREMY BENTHAM or Dr. BOIYRING—and yet, in these
reformed states there is less liberty than in Siberia—
little or no security for property—not much respect paid
to human life—no order—no prosperity.

In another place, and under the proper head, will be
found an account of the reception, by the merchants and
opulent traders in this town, of Mr. NICHOLL, M.P. for
Cardiff, who has lately so much distinguished himself in
defending the Liverpool freemen against the machina-
tions of a corrupt but aspiring faction. The joyous and
heartfelt greeting which he received was not more flat-
tering to Mr. Nicuou. than it was honourable to the
parties by whom it' was given. A more grateful sense
of eminent services, gratuitously bestowed, could not have
been evinced. We never saw a crowded assembly more
unanimous in their expressions of approbation. Not a
dissenting voice was heard—not a whisper of annoyance
mingled with the harmony of the cheers, or added its
discordance to the hospitable welcome ; for if there were
an opponent present in the room, he either did not pro-
fess to be so, or he had the good sense to be silent. -
We are the more pleased with this, from the circum
stance that it removes the disingenuous fiction which
was palmed upon several members of Parliament by the
enemies of the burgesses. These gentlemen were told
that the higher classes, and the respectable inhabitants
of Liverpool generally, were in favour of the disfranchise-
ment of the'ffeemen. The object of this calumny was
obvious enough, for the party stick at no falsehoods,
however gross, provided they serve their purpose; but
falsehood though it was, still it obtained credit, and could
only be met by a counter statement.
The reception of yesterday however will open the eyes
of those who placed faith in the invidious misrepresenta-
tions of the petitioners. The merchants of Liverpool
are almost to a man in favour of the freemen, most
anxious that harmony should be restored, and all ulte-
rior proceedings abandoned.

We have a strong inclination to write the history of
the first session of the reformed Parliament, but as we
cannot be assured that a prorogation has taken place, we
perhaps exercise a sounddiscretion in being silent.
We cannot however close our eyes or stay our pen to
the glaring fact that this, which was to be as near perfec-
tion as it is piissible for a human institution to be, has
proved one of the most venal, corrupt, jobbing and un-
principled Parliaments that ever sat in England. We
care not how far we may be asked to go back- in search
of precedents and examples, for we defy any man to find
such flagrant instances of jobbing, huckstering, seat-
selling and vote-buying by any set of ministers in any
previous Parliament.

We pass over the KEY job—the job of the Three Keys,
as it ought to be called--for the bare mention of it is
enough to make a Jew clothesman envious of place, and
every honest man sick—we pass it over we say as a dis-
gusting transaction, rank, and foul, and disgraceful to the
m inistry as well as to their minion—to the Lords of the
Treasury as well as to the " twice Loid Mayor of Lon-
don"—we therefore pass it over to notice other matters.
. .

The WOOD job comes after, and is next in importance
to the KEY job. Its odour is not so vile as the stationery
affair; for that is quite matchless ; but it is as repulsive
as anything, with the preceding exception, can. well be.
In this case one Mr. WOOD, a six-and-eightpenny, harm-
less, unknown and brieflless barrister of the Temple—a
sort of small-beer lawyer, who, as respects taxes, stamps,
or questions of revenue, like MICHAEL CASSIO,

" Never set a barrel in the tap,
Nor the division of an entry knows
More than a turnspit."

This MICHAEL WOOD, or JOHN VV'OOD, or whatever be
his name, happened to have some electioneering interest
in the very respectable town of Preston. In this place
he had, by some means or other, which we have not time
to explain, suffiCient influence to return the Honourable
HENRY STANLEY to• Parliament at the last election. This
was a favour conferred upon a Minister and the DERBY
family ; or, to speak Professionally, a quid per advance
for a quo in expectancy. The expectancy in the nature
of events under the reform bill ripened into maturity
and Mr. WOOD bad to be provided for. He could not be
conveniently sent on a .foreign mission ; for that branch
of the patronage was monopolised by the POPSONBYS,
RUSSELLS, TEMPLES, and'people of a higher grade, care
having previously been taken that the aristocratic Whigs
should have the. most lucrative situations. Nor could
he conveniently be employed as an under secretary,
Woods of another description, our brother ELLICE, our
kinsman SMITH, and other exemplary persons filling
these,.with three or four claimants to succession in their
rear. Mr. JOHN WOOD, of Preston, however, had to be
provided for. He had sold the patriotic and respectable
pot-wallopers who form that constituency, and, of course,
he had to be paid. •
How ? This was the perplexing question. After due
inquiry it was found that no place was so well suited for
him as that which Mr. MITFORD occupied as Chairman of
the Tax-office. The Boards of Taxes and Stamps were
consolidated; Mr. MITFORD was pensioned oft after a
service of many years, in the full vigour of his health and
faculties; and Mr. JOHN Woont who, as wellave said
before, " never placed a barrel in the tap," was appointed
chairman of the conjoined boards.
The ministerial papers tell us that thiS'appointment is
done in the spirit of economy—we say, and will prove it
if necessary, that it saddles upon the country a pension of
£1,200,a-year. ;, Mr. Wpdia is Utterly unfit t 9 discharge

THE IA VERP.(

the duties of the office ; as a proof of it, Mr. iPRINGIncs
gave notice of his intention, on Tuesday last, to lay before
the house a more correct return of the stamps consumed
by the London papers than that concocted under the es-
pecial directions of Mr. JOHN WOOD. It is only under the
present administration that blundering thrives,and men are
doubly rewarded in the proportion of their InCompetenev.
We also pass over the almost innumerable c ommission
appointed by the reformed parliament to inquire into
certain abuses, most of which commissions have been
composed of needy lawyers not worth their travelling ex-
penses under any circumstances. The factory commis-
sion was one of these jobs. But we slide over these to
arrive at the corporation job. Lord BROUGHAM has se
cured to himself the patronage of thirty recorders under
his proposed bill. He took some seventy appointments
under his bankrupt bill. He has gained patronage by
every bill which he has introduced since he became Chan-
cellor. With all his pretence he has never for one mo-
ment lost sight of his interest. By his delusive cheap law
bill he calculated upon having the appointment of some
two or three hundredjudges, all Whig bayristers of course,
needy rogues in vellum, keen and hungry ; but the bill,
the hope of the Chancellor, was thrown out by the House
of Lords.

Let us, however, adhere to the corporation job. Every
reader must or ought to know, that the Whigs have most
solemnly disclaimed any connection with the Political
Unions. The KING compelled them to issue a proclama-
tion against them, particularly addressed to Mr. THoi►sAS
ATTWOOD and the tinkers of Birmingham. We believe
they have never in their hearts forgiven his MAJESTY for
this paper crusade against their particular friends. It
was, nevertheless, their policy to decry and denounce the
Political Unions.

But let us see how these denunciations in theory ac-
cord with their proceedings in practice ? A commis-
sion—a job of course—was recently appointed to in-
quire into the chartered rights, the various systems, and
,the alleged abuses of corporations; and the secretary
appointed under this commission is one PARKES, an
Unitarian, an attorney, and one of the leading and
most active members of the Political Union of Birming-
ham 1 One Mr. RUSHTON, of Liverpool, is a member
of this commission, and we admit lie is fully qualified
from being as noisy a demagogue, without even the bal•
last of professional or any other kind of talent, as is to
be found anY where. But how is PARKES made the Se-
cretary ? We answer—TUE JOB !

This is a fair specimen Of the purity of the Whigs,
the capacity of the administration, and the economy of
the reformed Parliament. We have not room to pursue
the subject farther at present, but such jobbing and cor-
ruption never took place under any rotten borough or
unreformed Parliament. We shall return to this subject.

LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTEL LIGENCE.

HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, Ave. 28.
The house sat to-day at half-past twelve o'clock. Prayers
were read by the Bishop of HEREFORD.