The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-05-05 00:00:00

THE POOR. LAW ACT.

( From the Brighton Gazette, April 30.) deo°
The letters of our Eastbourne and Seaford Currespon-v,o
furniell painful proof of the working of the poor law /ct. nor
fear that we shall yet hear more of this matter. A private c-tae
munication says—" I fear, should the guardians act Ill) °eV
striet letter of the bill, we shall have something serious-
tnen appear determined not to be separated from their wt
The
Ontalk loudly, and annot be misunderstood."
Sunday morning cat eleven o'clock, about 50() aitriaaltatr:,
labourers belonging to the various arishes that corar°sc„tor
Eastbourne Union met at Jevington Holt, where having ass to
bled they formed • the:twelves into a ring. They carried t„ of
flags, black, red, and white, which they placed in the reulr;el
the ring, by the side of which a perion named Totter state
ept
himself to adaress the assemblage. Ou'r'Seaford corresOun •Lais
writes as follows Tutler requested two of each parish w)eto,
him, which was done, and a consultatilm ensued between thethee
after which a horn was sounded, and Tutler adfi—assed theoch
the following terms:—' I have selected two Wt:ers for wet
parish, to give the command when required. It has been' ia,a,
that we'are to be separated from Our wives and familles.—,3
I understand, made by Grey's ministry,- I have agave" „ou
soot officers (the dekgates, we presume,) that if any o'haye
'hould be forced from your wives and families, you sh'll
our assistance by n4,,lit and by day. I have just heard from. he
of your tificers of a poor old' woman at Seaford who cut....,it
*throat, flut; ing she should be obliged to be sent to Easthou;va
Barr arks. Dl y feelings, my friends, at present, are.hort atal
I therefore beg of one and all of sou to go home peaceablitink
quiet. I have arranged with your officers for one mareirteenther
but at present I cannot fix the day tin I have heard frotno.,ceo
quarters, when I expect S(X) more to assemble. Your 01
will give you intelligence every twenty-four hours."
(From our Eastbourne Correspondent
satiOd
tu
APRIL 27.—1 n consequence of letters which wranoew
were sent last week, directed to the paupers of the &Pert-jot
parishes composing the Eastbourne Union, about SOO n'et,ao
Jevington Holt yesterday morning, at eleven o'cloc.k, tutee to
into consideration that part of the poor law at't• which rely oor,
the separation of a man and wife, when orderei into the Fd'eriir
house. We hear that the ineeting was couductetl in au °railb•
and peaceable uninuer. laelegates score oippain
drew to some distance from the general bud)tPtii.tva. who
vet
imake orr3roper
ments for memoralising in a respectful manner to the pleta
quarter on this subject. The arrangements hove hitherto
kept a profound secret.

MAy 5, 1835•

VilEil'll:B:izoYAt,"tftgaPOoL.

Second Week of MadameVESTRIS.

The new Comedy of Rural Felicity, which has been nightly
teceived with greatest approbation, will be repeated, for the
seventh time this evening and to-morrow.—Second night of
the. Welsh Girl.—Third night of the Loan of a. Lover, in
both of which Madame Vestris will-appear.
THIS present TUESDAY, the sth instant, will be per
formed the new Comedy of
RURAL FELICITY.

To be followed by the new Farce of
THE WELSH GIRL.
Julia (with sows) Madame Vestris,
After which a Ballet Dance, called
THE MILLINERS.
To conclude with a Petit Drama, called
THE LOAN OF A LOVER.

Gertrude.... (with songs)....Madame Vestris.
TD-MORROW; RURAL FELICITY.—After wkisb, the new
M4sicat Farce of WHY DON'T SHE MA Y? Lisette,
Madame Vestris.—A Variety of DANCIN To conclude
wittv THE BEULAH SPA. Caroline rantley, Madame
Vestris.
On THURSDAY, Madame Vestris wil appear in two of her
popular Characters.
On FRIDAY, MADAME VESTR IS BENEFIT, and the
last night of her ettgageinent., when he will perform the Cha-,
racters of Titrany,:in the tie* drama of BEAUTIES;
and Mrs. Long Singleton, in THE ELEVENTH DAY.
A. new Comic Pantomime, with .new Scenery, Mi chinery;
Tricks, &c., called THE MAN IN THE MOON, is in pre-
paration, and will be produced on MONDAY next. Harlequin,
Clown; Pantaloon; and Columbine, by Messrs. J. and T. Ridg
way, Mr. JOnas, Arid MadeMoiSelle Marie.

Lower Boxes 45.; Upper Boxes 3s. 6d ; Pit 2s. 6d.; Gallery Is.
Places may be taken of Mr. Parker, at the Box-office, from
Ten till Three o'clock. No Places can be secured unless
Tickets are taken. . .

be iLiberpool *taiOartt.

TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1835.

We have Montreal papers to the 2d April, but their
contents are of an unimportant character. We take the
following from the Montreal Herald :

" The Quebec Mercury-of Thursday contains the minutes of a
confidential convetsatiun between Mr.'Spring Rice on the one
band, and Messrs. Rdebtollt, Viger, and Morin on the other.
We shall publish thein to-morrow.; and in the meantime we
suojoin the brief, but appropriate, remarks of our friend of the
iliercary.
" In another part of -tmr-nsrmber will be found the minutes
'of a confidential conversation which took place between Mr.
Secretary Rice and Messrs. ,Roebuck, Viger, and Norin : the
two last-named have without 'shame violated the pledge of se-
crecy under which the minister commantesited his views. The
conduct is discreditable to them; but we have nevertheless no
pity fur Mr. Rice : he had no business to receive and hold inter-
course with the unauthorized delegates from Canada, and the
exposure they have made is a punishment his temporizing folly
richly deserves. •
" The Gazette of Friday records the speeches at the general
meeting of the Quebec ConstitOtional Association on the nomi-
nation of an agent.. We are glad to see that Mr. Clapham's
unaccountable conduct in regard to the appointment of Mr.
Roebuck had not been forgotten by themeeting. Mr. Clapham,
in short, was received with hisses and groans.
" Mr. Neilsou.was appointed unanimously with enthusiastic
;;sheering.
" Mr. Neilson's instructions are simply to support the Quebec,
anti such other petitions as may be entrusted to the asso-
ciation, and to co-operate with the agents, if any be appointed,
of the Montreal Constitutional Society and the North American
Colonial Association."

We are glad to find that there is some prospect of Mr.
MURRAY, the lord advbcate fur SCotland, 'being defeated
in Leith by Sir DAVID MILNE, a good conservative.
The nomination tOok plaCe on Saturday.•
In the West Riding of Yorkshire Mr. 'WORTLEY, if he
do not beat,- as we trust he will; Lord MORPETII, will at
least give his secretaryship. a hard run. The nomination
takes place.to-morrow at Wakefield.

At Penryn, Mr. Solicitor ROLFE has been returned by
majority of only twenty-two. Had Lord TULLAMORE
been Personally prpsent during the .contest, he Would,
most undoubtedly, have beeu successful. For what
reasons he absented himself we have yet to learn. Mr.
RoLrE's return, however, igluit a questionable one, and
.on the score of bribery. Of the most open kind we trust
• be will be unseated.. •

Every thing loc;lis well in Devonshire. Sir-TnomAs
AcLAND.has declared himself in the most decided terms
ip favour of Mr. PARKER. Treasury money is in abun-
iance..doing what-money can do for Lord JOHN RUSSELL.
it will be a hard struggle. The election began yester-
day, and will finish today. - -

The truth is beginning to.ooze out sooner than we et-
. pected. It will be :recollected that Lord MELBOURNE
declared in the House of. Lords, when questioned by
Lord ALVANLEY,- that he "'did' not know whether or not
by iliould 41avik-tite -aupport. of Mr. -0' Co ti NELL:" The
noble lord solemnly declared that he had made no terms
with the demagogue—that he had received no proposals
troin and had offered none to him, Lord JoTIN RUSSELL,
at the castle of Exeter,. on .Friday last; states. that 6! Lord
MELBOURNE and the cabinet' had made' no terms kith
O.CoNNELL."

What says O'CoNNEtx hiniself? In a letter addressed
to his constituents, dated 'Dublin. 28th_April (Tuesday
last) he states ikhatfotlows
" I come now before the people to -avow myself THE
'IRV °TED SUPPORTER 'OF THE ADMINISTRATION. To the
Ring'sministers I havP 'TEN"DERED my .unbought,
tmpurchaseable, unconditional suppori." • ••
. The people of Englnd.are a straightforward, blunt,
honest, truth-loving people,. We ask them, then, upon
their honour and conscience, whether the: can believe
one single word that O'CoNNELLor•Lord JOHN RUSSELL
1111sSpO4I1 , .
Lord JOHN asserts that no terms have been made with,
O'CONNELL. O'CONNELL says, that, he has tendered to
.' the government all his interest,' and that he -is now "
• devoted supporter of administration • •
Reader! ponder on these facts, and call to mind re
• cent occurrences. Contrast .what has happened with
*hat is denied, and contrast both with the acts and deeds
f the MELBOURNE adMinistration when in power this
time twelve months.

Lord MELBOURNE, as prime minister in 1834, had for
the King's viceroy in Iceland, Lord WELLESLEY—for
lord high cliance4lor; Lordt B!tOtrbttAlt—for Irish attor-
ney.general, Mr.-131.actinunNE-L-for Irish secretary, .Mr.
LITTLETON"—for privatesebretary, Sir WILLIAM GOSSET.,
4c., &c Why happens it that. these men are.now dis-
carded ? 'How hap Pens it'ihat. the particular and private
friends of O'CONNELL are attorney and solicitor-general
for Ireland.? The very. Castle cirDitblin 'is purged. .ac-!
cording to his dictation. - Sir WILLIAM COSSET is
re-
titoved. Mr. Q'FERRALL, a joint of the jail, is made
'fine of the lords.of the treasury. tOrd MULGRAVE, with

the approbation of O'Co:,iyELL, is Lord Lieutenant of

IrehncJ. Lord-MORPETII is substituted for Mr. LITTLE-
' TON. Papists supplant protestants, and Mr. O'Cotv-
satisfied,,. gives .his;;. devoted support to the
new administration!
These are facts; and, with these facts staring him in
the face, will any honest Englishman believe one word
of the deeratations made by,tord JOHN RUSSELL or Lord
ItiELBOURNEI` It .is.-impossible. Here we have the
proof that some terms hac;e been made—not made per-
haps by the premier—not made by Lord JOHN—but en-
tered into, agreed upon, ratified and confirmed, by some

nlember, or accredited agent of the administration.

There is a"c"OrnpaCt written;r,underitood between the par-
. ties. The evidence is • circumstantial, but, at tile same
tirne,,perfect and convincing. We have as yet no in-
former to swear to the deed, but we have ample proof, as
jurymen, that England has
.been sold, and that the pro-
. testants•of England are made the sport, the contempt,
the dupes, and: the' victims of the popish faction in Ire-
land. The organs" of the mass faction openly boast of
it, Every little 'dirty sprinkler of •holy water makeS it
a.matter.of triumph. In our Own locality we see the li-
terary drudge;.,Who rings a small bell at the. tail of the
priest, for so many shillings per week, cutting his silly
capers in derision at our debasement. Every thing, in
that quarter, is considered to be a triumph which is cal-
culated to degrade the protestants of England, and give-
• power to the popish priest's of Irellnd. Great is the
joy caused by the victory gained by the "landless beg-
gars" of that country, and loud is the shout in favour of
the idolatries which our fathers spurned and vainly ima-
gined they had effectually extinguished in these king-
, doors. Every scribe and kitchen-maid in the pay of the
priestS isias "gay as.my lady on a birth-day, and as happy
. as abridewith her first ring. They imagine that the re-
.- .formation is repealed—that the Church of England is in
• the agonies of death—that popery is" to be restored, the
dark ages revived, our lights extinguished, and a long
reign •of priesteraft, minnowy, intolerance, and imposi-
tion about to_cornmence;
Not. an fast;if you plea% good Saint Anthony ! The
people of. England may yet be .arrumsed. They

have • ,beep;,irupot:ed upon. too Jong. We place b efo t
them the declarations of the partiei who live no othhr
bond of union than that which is supplied by the-charms
of poker and. We adMit • that• the asceridancr of
popery in Ireland is the secret and, the real object of the
confederacy:* In.short it comes .to .this—Englishmen,,
think of it l—is -England to be governed by English-
men, by prOtestants, or by O'CoNrtum, and the popish
priests of Ireland ? .
We submit this question to our countrymen. -Are
they willing that England should be an Irish question?
Are they content that the voice of our people should be
controlled and overruled by a band of factious papists,
who hate the King because he is, a protestant, antsi who
never will be satisfied until they see in England a mo-
narch who shall- restore to them, by his own fiat, all the
supreme absurdities of an idolatrous religion ? If there
be persons in this community of these islands who
dream of sUch.,ail-insult to our feelings and our princi-
ples, they dream. under the morbid influence of wild
infatuation. They may entice, but they cannot com-
mand. : They-mar-delude for the moment, but they will
fail in convincing the .judgment . when brought to the
conflict. They may' make sinners,. but not conVerts.
They may betray the multitude to the verge of 4estruc-.
tion, but the multitUde will
.turn. round and destroy,
them.

This catastrophe may happen sooner than some men
contemplate. • The people Of. England have hitherto been
too generous towards the Roman catholics of Ireland ;
and they will perhaps begin to see, and that before long,
that they have given power to a particular class of per-.
sons who use it solely to injure their benefactors. ,They
have no desire to. withhold 'from Roman-,catholics the
fullist enjoyment of civil and religious liberty, or take
from them any of the privileges they have conferred ;,
but if they perceive that the Roman catholics, not content
with equal rights, aspire to supreme power, and become
dictatorS in the government or in either house of parlia-
ment* tiroy will timiollsobably perceive tbe in:comity of
curtailing their pretensions, and of breaking the chain
which connects them with the institutions of England.
Mr. O'CoNNELL..stiiieS that for the present, and provided
the RUSSELL cabinet will act upon his suggestions, he'
will not demand the" repeal of the union: But-is Mr.
O'CoNNELL quite sure that he' can preveni a repeal of
the union ? That may, sooner than he dreams of, becoMe
more an English than an Irish question. If all the power
of the 'British government is to be confided to O!CoN-
NELL, so far as Ireland is concerned, and the demagogue
is. to nominate the members of the executive, in that
island, appoint the chancellor and the judges; remodel
the corporations, and extend the franchise, so that instead
of having some fOrty or fifty, we shoUld have an hundred
popish, members in the House of Commons—when all
this is done, it will be beyond the power of O'CONNELL,
beyond the ptisver of his whole tail, beyond the power of
the priests and th 4 4ix 'millions of, paupers to prevent a
repeal of theunion.
.The people of England Would de-
tnafi'd it, insist, uponfit, piFoick IT !

What then ? - 4146 we to go back to the mockery and
the profound absUidity of. having a Roman catholic par-.
liament in Dublin,-and a protestant one in London ? *NO,
no; Ireland must qien be governed as his Majesty go-
verns at the Cape•Uf Gond Hope ; turbulence put down.
by the sword, tite""priests kept •in subjection by stout
English yeomen, and the politiCal agitators taught to till
the. land anct-eultil'ate cum and . potatoes. If Ireland
could but enjoy five years of the repoSe which this sort of
government weril4hecure to lier,.she would double her
present wealth, and ,rise considerably in the scale of
nations; for all that she requires is subjection, whole-
some -restraint, and peace,. to make her one of the most
prosperous countries in the world. Her resources are
inexhaustible;:. she has a Superabundance of all the ne-
cessaries of her boys and rivers abound with fish ;
her soil is not half cultivated, and yet, the people are
indolent, and "consequently poor. Why are they poor
and destitute ?,•:;)3ecause they are under the influence of
a set' of profligate- wretches, ,political.lawyers;-and ty-
rannical priests; -who live by-turbulence, fraud, and extor-
tion. We therefore, as the friends. of Ireland, piay fur
the REPEAL -OR THE UNION 1

We congratulate Mr. POULETT THOMSON on the suc-
cessful result of bii frinds' exertions, and we sympathise
with Manchester on the degradatiOn into which its electors
have been led. The town stands now quite as low as the
Tower HaniletS,'.which return Dr. LnsipNoToN, or Fins-
bury,which inVeSts Mr. Surgeon WAKLEY With the ho•
Hours of a. setiatoi.
. The Iliqncith*ter IChronicle boldly states. that Mr.
THONSON:S: .reftirn..baS been.'" obtaibed by 'gold." It
observes • •;1 .

Unless the current anticipation be widely incorrect, the
practices to Ivhich recourse has been had during the past week
are of so abominable. a nature, and of such general notoriety,
that they clinnafbe-allowed to escape a very rigid investigation.
Ater attempting jii vain to effect a coalition with the radicals,
(the mare respectable of whom, however, either held wholly
aloof or gavea conscientious vote for Mr. Braidley,) the Thorn-
sonites perceivt,lthe necessity of adopting some other decisive
mean§ of averting defeat or swelling their majority, and thereby
exciting through the country a false confidence in the new
ministry. The hatltnied weapons of bribery and intimidation
were consequently resorted to, and of the latter mode of obtain-
ing votes ire have 'heard more than one very strong instance.
AMong the radicals 1t has been practised with shameless bold-
ness, and even tradesmen of extensive business. (not of the
radical or the Whig school) have so far been influenced as to
abstain ftonk voting; in fear of the consequences with which they
were indireetly threatened. Of the grosser, but not more abo-
minable or iuninarily; system of bribery, the instances are infi-
nitely more'numerous and flagrant. In the township of 1-lutine,
we are told thactliere were brought up to poll for Mr. Thomson,
in a state of beastly intoxication, men whose votes had been
solemnly pledged to Mr. Braidley. In Chorlton-upon-Medlock,
refreshment trekets were distributed in considerable abundance,
and with the desired success. In other districts of the town
numbers of voters expressed and indulged their disinclination to
vote in consequence of intimations which had been held out to
them.of future consequences, whilst others were deterred from
the less excusable %native, that as by extreme activity Mr. Thom-
son had on the first day gained a considerable majority, their
individual •suffrages could not turn the scale, and under the
circumstances they -thought it prudent not to poll. One other
potent engine also was brought into operation, by means of
which Mr. `Thomson gained alurtlier augmentation athis num-
hers. The father of the ministry, Daniel O'Connell, was soli-
cited to write on behalf of Mr. Thomson to the catholic priests
of the town ; he did so, and every nerve was consequently
strained by his miserable tools here to further Mr. Thomson's
election. The mandate was communicated to every priest in
the town—but we believe and hope that it was not in every in-
stance obeyed: Its effect, however, was very great, not merely
in ',reducing votes, but in bringing down to St. Ann's-square a
mob of Irish non-electors, who hallooed lustily in favor of the
right hon. wliig, and overawed his opponents."

Can disgrace go further than this ? Setting aside the
bribery and the drunkenness, the treachery and the inti-
midation; we Oine at once to the fact that O'CONNELL,
',through the pii.Oish priests, has hart the insolence to dic-
tate to the electors' of Manchester. He has commanded
the priests, fund the priests have commanded their slaves
to vote for • CvCONpIELL'S nominee. This, too, in an
`English tov;nl Can there be an Englishman in it who
does not feel the insult offered to his class and country ?
We mistake, however, if the lesson will be lost on the
people of England. It will teach, them what they may
expect when popery has gained the vantage ground to
which it aspires. They will not only be eommanded to
vote fur the supporter of idolatry, but they will he com-
pelled to kneel in the dust before .the mock miracle of a
false God,' borne aloft-by the priest in a funereal pro-
.cession. ft is not come to this yet; but it has done so
in the United States of America, and will, unless we are.
on the alert, be speedily introduced to England. What
next?

The'tone of some of our local coniemporaries.has been
rather.' doleful. during the past week, and. no wonder,
seeing-that sixteen petty patriots, called commissioners
Of the_watch, all prime favourites in their day, and im-
mense-liberals withal, have been turned out. of office,
without die slightest compassion being shown towards
them, and nobody: disposed to give them a character.
It would'have made a milestone weep, could a milestone
have seen the treatment which these worthy ex-officials
experienced on Wednesday last, at the annual meeting
of the .rate payers. Turned off!—kicked out !—sent
adrift ! unmercifully and thanklessly, after serving the
public so long and so faithfully ! It was a painful sight.

ft is somewhere said, " Thou shalt ndt muzzle the ox
that treaded' out the corn." Did not the late commis-
*oilers:act upon this truly charitable maxim? They
mot actually live upon the rates as the fat commissioner
did who is. made luinourable mention of in Gil Bias ;
they only played a small game into each others hands..l
No dpubt they::did so for the benefit of the inhabitants.
Mrceonaliiisioner BUTTON supplfedludoriSl :Mr. Corn-

emissiOner FEATHER supplied beds ; Mr:. GomMissioner
TYPE-'`iitppliad 'printing). .:111t..' Qoromissioner....VENDill,
supplied ironmongery ; and ,so, on, each,-.little dealing
.despot contributing something to the general stock, 'vot-
ing and auditing'the payment of his own' account,'order-.
ing goods and paying him Self, in a way which must
have given entire satisfaction to the whole board.
The only commissioner whose merits seem to have
been neglected is Dr. COLLINS. We nowhere find that
he was called upon to supply bleeding, and -it does 'not
appear that any of the commissioners required physie.
The worthy doctor, we regret to say, was at
.no one
time required to act professionally. He is the only'pa-
triot who did not save the public money by selling some-
thing 'cheap to his brother commissioners; and . yet,
strange to say, he' was dismissed like the °tilos. . It is
quite lamentable!

Our contemporaries tell us that the catastrophe which
deprived the town of so many honest and zealons servants
was brought about by the STANDARD' and a " knot of
tories." This is quite shameful,. if true. What right
have the stupid; corrupt, and jobbing tories to inquire
how liberal and respectable gentlemen manage public
trust? TJii breath of suspicion never lighted on such
men. Can any corrupt motive be attributed to the sirn:
ple act of an independent commissioner selling to himself
and colleagues so: many watchmen's lanterns, so much
leather for hose, so many Birmingham buttons for coats,
so many gallons of good ale for refreshment, or so many
excellent bats at the low price of ten shillings each ?
None but a tory, or a " knot of tories," could imagine
any thing so mean or wicked. Would it not have been
absurd if a commissioner, having bats to buy and bats.
to' sell, had gone to any other batter than himself? -.He
was the best judge of the article, and, as he had -the. re-
gulation of the price, he knew better than any other man
what profit ought to be charged consistently with the
true principles cifTarish economy. He would have been
an unwise commissioner and a faithless steward; if' he
had exposed,..the public to the risk of being cheated by
some exorbitant tradesman, who could not be supposed
to have the interest of the rate-payers so much at heart
as himself.. . .

Be this, however, as it may, the "knot of tories" have
succeeded in dismissing the old and electing anew set of
commissioners; and we sincerely trust that they will
investigate the old accounts, and see that "no mistakes"
have been committed. They will also, we trust, take
care that the time of the board is not wasted in senseless
talk. We hope there is no orator among them—no'
speech-maker who can harangue them on any other sub-
ject than the one under discussion. They have much to
do, and many reforms to complete.: It is expected that
they will form a committee to inquire how the public-
lionses are conducted and kept open through the night,
and ascertain whether those who bave the protection of
our lives and property are trustworthy, and' can be Oe-
.
pended upon in any emergency.

LONDON NEWS.

City, Saturday Evening, half-past Seven o'clock.

Money continues scarce with us, and the consot market closed
this afternoon at 921 for the account. Exchequer bills are at
34 to 35 prem., and India 16 prem.
In the foreign market there is no material alteration from our
last quotations. The settlement of the account passed over on
Thursday without any defalcation, notwithstanding the extra-
ordinary fluctuations during the account. Columbian bonds
have been as high as 55k, and as low as 411, and closed thisvf-
, ternoon at 50. Chilian were as high during the account-as 59,
and as low as 51, and left off this afternoon at 57. In Spanish
bonds. also the fluctuation has been great. At the commenci,
meat of the account they were 67, from which they advanced so
-72 k, and closed this afternoon at 711 i. Porttiguese bonds have
gradually advanced, and are 1014 10'2. In the other stocks the
variations are not :material. The dividend on Belgian stock' is
now iu course of, payment, and the price islo2-1- 103 ex dividend.
Our-advises from Bombay furnish some important intelli-
gence from Peshawur. It appears that the army of the Sie,ks
which, during the mutest between Shah Saja and Dost
hommed, bad takenpossession of that province had, by order of
Runjeet Singh, Advanced towards Caubal with a view of also
seizing on that district. The forces were under the command of
Now Nahel Singh, the grandson and heir prestimptive of Run-
jeet Singh, whose conduct at the capture of Peshawur presumed
a brilliant military career, The Seik army was, hot:ever, met
by the Afghetri, under pi ahommed in person, and by hitn
were completely detertied. —TEree thousand of the Sheiks felt
in the field, among whom was the young chief.
By accounts from Penang it appears that hostilities still con-
tinued between the King of Siam and the government of Cochin
china, and that the latter had gained many advantages. There
was a complete stagnation of trade throughout Siam in conse-
quence of the king levying large contributions on his subjacta,
to support the expenses of the war.
By the accounts to-day from Ceylon we are informed that a
very destructive flood had occurred in the western part of the
province. The Kaleny river had risen ten feet three • inches
beyond its ordinary height at low water, leteing,one foot,higher
than at the inundation in.lB2S, which was the highest ever
known up to that period. It had overflown its banks on both
sides up to Silwch, a distance of thirty miles, and spread over
the country, right and left, to a distance of ten miles, over6tv-
ing the fields to the depth-of -from ten to thirteen feet. The
crop of the approaching Meba harvest had been entirely.dp-
atroyedi as well as the different vegetables cultivated by the:
inhabitants. Supplies of provisions,had been sent off from Co.
lombo in boats, and a subscription had been set on foot, the
Lieutenant-Governor, Wihnot Horton, advancing, on behalf of
the government, £5OO, and fur himself and lady .£6O. Many.
houses had been destroyed, the bridge at Jayelle had been car-
ried away, and that at Dehewell injured. Tho low grounds of
the Chelar and Sever Korles were under water. The rain hail.
been excessive, and the communication between, Cplumbo 'and
Candy had been interrupted for one day.
Our accounts from Canada to-day state that Mr. Joseph, the
collector of the customs at Quebec, whose imprisonment,by the
provincial assembly has been already noticed, had been liberated
on the 18th of March, the instant the legislature had been pro-.
rogued. It appears that the amount of the claims on the House
of Assembly of Lower Canada was £14,855 19s. 6d., which they
had no means of 'discharging. Among them is that of Mr.
Vigor to the extent of £3,777 15s. 6d., voted for two years " ne-
cessary and unavoidable expenses in, England." The printers,
Messrs. Neilson and Cowan, are claimants for £3,188'155., Bd.,
and the other printers, Messrs. Freehette and C 0.,: for
£2,114 Is. 4d. All the clerks, writers, and-poor servants'of the
house, even to the women that cleaned out the house, were un-
paid. The clerk of the house had advanced £770 Ils. 1.0 d., hut
finding. little hope of an early repayment he had declineo
fur-
ther advances.

We have a file of the India Gazette to the 13th of January.
They furnish the particulars of the commencement of hostilities
against the Shekawattess. Colonel Kennedy, with the 6th di-
vision; left the force under Brigadier-General Stevenson at
Seekur on the 10th of the preceding month and advanced upon
Keeron, where he arrived on the Ilth, aud ordered the bastions
Of that tort to.be destroyed, which was done without opposition,
large'village at the foot of the hill being deserto. The
fort of Kalmttut was also destroyed. The force aitivbd at
IsTorulghurh on the 13th, which is described as a large town
walled round, with a strong citadel, which they took possession
of without resistance, and from which place the despaidies Pre
dated. The cholera prevailed at Delhi, but the mortality had
not been great. A court martial bad been held on :Major
Henry "Dighy Coxe, of the 26th native infantry, for highly un-
military conduct and insubordination to his superior authorities.
The court found him guilty on the let, 3d, and 4th charges, and
sentenced him to be suspended from his rank, pay, tte.., for
twelve calendar months. The advices from Lucknow; in these
papers, state that previous to the resident's departure hp had
received a visit from the king for the purpose of ascertaining the
real intentions of the British government regarding the trans-
fer of the Oude territory as rumoured, and entreating the resi-
dent's interference on his majeity's behalf,

THE ENGLISH CHURCH CONIMISSION.—The public will re-
collect the very remarkable report presented by the church
commissioners a short time behre the • disselution of the late
administration. and the approbation with which ik wasgenerally
received throughout the country, The report recommended
the approximation of bishoprics to each other, iii extent .of ter-
ritorial jurisdiction, and of annual value, and so the diminution
of the motives to translation. It further recommended the abo-
lition of commendams with Iristioplics, whether ,vith or without
the'care of souls. There certainly was no- iatticatien in a report
of this nature of any indisposition on the part of the heads of
the church to introduce reform. We verily believe that no
whig administration would have dared to originate changes of
So decided a character into the church. The nation will; there-
fore, naturally feel an anxiety about the existence of such a
commission Lindell the new administration. We hope it will not
be dissolved. The highest praise of it is, indeed, a wish on the
part of Lord' Melbourne to the same effect as our own, that the
right rev. prelates who made up the clerical part of that com-
mission would continue their labours. Whom they may have
offered to them as lay colleagues in the places of Sir H. Peel,
'Lord Lyndhurst, and Mr. Goulburn, we know not; bat we
trust that the new associates will be respectable, and actuated
by the same spirit as their predecessdrs. There is still much to
du. The deans and chapters are to be dealt with ; and whoever
considers how much the revenues. of those bodies are connected
and intertwined with every tecies of property throughout the
realm, must acknowledge that the subject is indeed a very de-
licate one, and requirts the utmositemper and judgment. The
prelateswho are members of the• commission are, we believe,
the two archbishops, and the bishops of. Loudon, Lincoln, and
Petetburough.—The 17mee.