The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-12 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Irish whiskey duty in 1839 was £1,510,092; in 1840,
£1,032,582 ; and in 1141, £964,711.

Last week a woman in the Old Guard Vennel, Perth, died
at the advanced age of ninety-nine years and six months.
She retained almost all her faculties even to her latest breath.
The election of treasurer to the Lancaster Lunatic Asylum
took place on Tuesday last, when Mr. John Walker, of Lan-
caster, was elected.

A woman, aged 103, of Frejenwalde, near Berlin, has
just contracted her fourth marriage with a man of 60! The
youthful bride has a son 80 years of age.
The Courier newspaper, for many years the most flourish-
ing newspaper property in the metropolis, merged on Thurs-
day into the Globe evening paper.
COLONEL SIR ALLAN NAPIER MACNAB.—The friends of
British North America intend to give this gallant and dis-
tinguished officer a farewell dinner, at the Thatched House,
next Friday, at which the Duke of Richmond is to preside.
Mr. John Rees, manager of the National Provincial Bank
at Devonport, destroyed himself on the 2d instant, by cut-
ting his throat with a razor in his bed-room at the banking-
house.

Measures are in progress for the holding of an Eisteddfod
in Carmarthen next summer. The Lord Bishop of St.
David's (Dr. Connop Thirlwall) has consented to become
the patron.

The Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord Lieutenant of Middle-
sex, has established a rule that he will not put into the
commission of the peace any gentleman who is engaged in
business.

REMOVAL of FRANCIS.—On Wednesday morning, at half-
past seven o'clock, the above convict was removed from
Newgate, •in the custody of Newman, one of the chief
turnkeys of the prison.

Thirty-nine indictments for wilful murder have been framed
by the crown in the police case for the Ennis Assizes, in
which each man of the thirty-eight committed is severally
charged as a principal, the rest aiding and abetting.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church for the
whole United States have just decided, by a vote of 71 to
11, that a man who marries his deceased wife's sister is
guilty of incest.

The following is among the unclaimed letters at the
Blackburn Post-office :—" Mester George Little, tailor, an
Skotshman, next door toth Union Brig, not him ats next to
Dokter Grimes, but him ats next to Brig."
A. fellow, named Ford, undertook for a wager to eat forty
boiled eggs the other day at Morton, Lincolnshire, and after
performing his disgusting feat, offered to lay another wager
that he could eat twenty more.

Lord Lowther is making arrangements in the Post-office
to despatch a morning mail by railroad to several places that
now receive only the evening mail, and to some that receive
a mail only once in two days.

A Goon HAUL.—On Saturday evening last, a house, No.
9, Chatham-street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, was burglariously
entered, and £615 in bank-notes and a diamond pin stolen
therefrom. A reward of twenty pounds is offered for the
apprehension of the burglars.
REDUCTION OF AGES—TURN-OUT.—AII the mills be-
longing to Mr. Samuel Ashton, near Hyde, have this week
turned out in consequence of an attempt to reduce their
wages. The number employed has been near, if not alto-
gether, 2000 hands.

BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—This company
have contracted for the supply of all their iron rails at £6
per ton. This is owing to the depression in the iron trade.
Many other companies have had to pay as much as £II per
ton !

A movement is now making respecting the Chester Port
Improvement by a ship canal ; and we have seen a list of
names connected with the project, which, in all probability,
will be soon so largely encreased as to afford hopes of com-
mencing this grand and national work.— Chester Chronicle.

A labourer, sixty years of age, at Down's Wharf, East
Smithfield, killed himself the other day, by sucking strong
whiskey, 30 degrees above proof, through a reed inserted in
the bunghole of a barrel. He fell down insensible, and never
recovered.

CRICKET.—GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND V. GENTLEMEN
OF KENT.—This match, which was commenced at Lord's on
Monday morning, terminated the following evening, when
the gentlemen of England were declared to have won the
game by a majority of forty-five runs.

On Tuesday week there were exhibited in Salisbury mar-
ket a waggon-load of rats' tails, consisting of forty-three
bushels ! They were the spoils of an individual rat-catcher,
who had for several years preserved the tail of every rat he
had destroyed, in proof of the veracity of his accounts of
his feats, which had not been till then impugned.
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THE MARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD .-- There is now
every reason to be sanguine of the early restoration to perfect
health of this amiable marchioness—an event that will be
the source of unmixed pleasure to all classes of the com-
munity. The latest account from Curraghmore is to the
effect that her ladyship had passed another good night, and
was free from pain or fever.

A day or two ago, Mr. William Footman, of Lutterworth,
who had been annoyed for several nights by a strange buzzing
under the floor of his bed-room, had the floor taken up, and
found, to his astonishment, that a complete swarm of bees
had colonised, and were hard at work there, having effected
an entrance through a hole in the mortar between the bricks.
This eccentric hive had already begun to form its ingenious
cellarage, a large piece of honey-comb having been formed.
The swarm was secured and placed in the garden.
REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.—About eight days ago
a swarm of young bees, from the stock of Mrs. Elizabeth
Stephenson, of Dalton-in-Furness, left the parent hive in
search of a new habitation ; and after flying about for some
time alighted upon a small bird, which was perched upon the
bough of a pear-tree, and which, strange as it may appear,
allowed itself to be hived along with the bees, and after
remaining with them a short time flew out of the live,
apparently quite delighted with its novel adventure.—Lan-
caster Guardian.

A German journal gives the following account of the ex-
port and import trade of the port of Stockholm :—" In 1821,
the exports of merchandise of every kind amounted in value
to 12,161,000 rix dollars ; in 1840, the amount was 20,437,000
rix dollars. In 1821, the imports were 11,143,000 rix dol-
lars ; and in 1840, they were 18,308,000 rix dollars." The
same article adds, " The finances of Sweden are in a most
flourishing state. Paper is of equal valike with silver, and is
even preferred on 'Change. The King, however, not satis-
fied with even this prosperity, is said to be engaged ;n new
plans of finance for Norway."

MEAL MOB AT DUMFRIES.—Rare as rioting is in Dum-
fries, a regular and formidable meal mob occurred on the
night of Saturday last. Without foundation the story was
bruited abroad that the grain dealers had entered into lk
combination for the purpose of raising the price of oatmeal,
although we have heard it stated on good authority that
most of them, from particular circumstances, have been
selling of late at or under prime cost. At ten o'clock the
mob paid a visit to the shop of Messrs. Kelly, Bridge-street,
and commenced a regular assault on the premises with
stones, smashing windows and the panels of the door, and
exposing customers, as well as the inmates, to the greatest
bodily fear and danger. After wreaking their vengeance at
this point, the mob proceeded to the shop of Mr. Bell,
Church-street, Maxwelltown, and literally, it may be said
gutted his dwelling. A whole barrowful of stones were
pitched against the doors and windows, and it was observed
by Mr. Bell, jun., who was rudely assaulted, that some of
the rioters were armed with heavy sticks and bludgeons.
Some of the offenders are known to the authorities ; and we
understand twelve persons have been apprehended, who
are tither in goal, or in the course of examination before the
shefiff and procurator-fiscal. To-day, shortly after one
o'clock, ari effort was made to rescue a juvenile prisoner
by a great crowd assembled in Buccleuch-street, but the
officers did- their duty so well that the attempt proved abor-
tive. A report is current that similar outrages occurred, in
the end of the week, in Annan and Thornhill, but as yet w.:
have received no particulars, and are, therefore, unable,
either to confirm or contradict the alleged fact.—Drnfries
Courier. finn ; _

The Judges for the Northern Circuit opened the commis-
sion for the county of Durham, on Saturday.
The dividend deciaree on the Glasgow and Greenock Rail-
way, at the recent meeting of proprietors, was £1 per cent.
premium.

WYNYARD CASTLE, NEAR STOCTON-UPON -TEE s.—The
rebuilding of the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry's
splendid chateau is in a state of great forwardness.

The Paymaster'-General has received, in an anonymous
letter from Bath, the sum of £5OO to be placed to the credit
of the public.

Frederick Hunt, a General Postoffice letter-carrier, was
convicted on Thursday of stealing two shillings from a letter,
was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years.
Mr. Joseph, who is the sculptor appointed to execute the
Wilkie Testimonial, was recommended in 1823 to Lord
Byron by Sir Walter Scott, to take his lordship's bust.

Ten shopkeepers of Todmorden bane been fined in various
penalties, for having candles in their possession short of
weight. Their defence was, they sold them to those who
wanted light.

Two ships or the lire, one to be called the Prince of Wales,
of 110 guns, and the other of 90 guns, to be named the
Princess Royal, have been ordered to be built at Portsmouth
by the Admiralty Board.
At Cardiff assizes, on Friday, Richard Edwards, alias
Tamar Dick, was found guilty of the murder of his mother
in April last. Sentence of death was passed on the prisoner,
without any hope of mercy.
On the 20th ult. Marie Victoire Audre Jenaird, a maiden
French lady, of independent fortune, aged 64, committed
suicide, by tying a garter tightly round her neck, and stick-
ing a knife, nearly up to the handle in the centre of her
throat.

THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAMER.—The Belgian specu-
lation of purchasing the British Queen, to run between
Antwerp and New York, does not seem to have attained its
object, the positive toss upon two voyages performed amount-
ing to £B,BOO sterling.
PROGRESS OF EPISCOPACY. There are at present no
fewer than four places in Scotland, in which halls are used
as temporary places of worship, by newly formed episcopal
congregations, preparatory to the erection of permanent
chapels—Annan, Hamilton, Blairgowrie, and H elensburgh.
—Scotsman.

It is said that the Parliamentary Commissioners for inves-
tigating the late exchequer bill frauds have now brought to a
close the examination of winesses, and' that it only remains
for thern to prepare their report, which may be presented to
Parliament before the close of the session. , ,

At the London Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday,
Thomas William Neatherstreet, aged 19,4 as dotivieteitupon
very conclusive evidence of having committed' a rape•Aapon
the person of Esther 14askell, a child only three years and
a half old. The prisoner was sentenced to be transpoited
for life.

It is stated in one of the daily papers. that •" on the 24th
ult., an accident occurred on the Potsdam railway, which had
nearly proved ar fatal as that on the road to VerSal'lei: The
sparks of fire from a locomotive set fire to one of. the wag-
gons. The persons inside endeavoured to open the doors,
but they were locked. At length the condUctorS succeeded
in extinguishing the fire.
A railway has been projected on .the south.side of the
Thames, the object of which is stated to be to extend the ad-
vantages of railways which may exist in the south of Eng-
land, and to unite the government establishments at Dept-
ford, and ultimately those at Woolwich, Sheerness, and
Chatham, with Portsmouth, by means of the South Western
Railway. It is at present in contemplation to form it upon
the American plan of piling, in conjunction with and upon
the bank of the Surrey Canal, which will then be completed
to Vauxhall, for the transportdion of heavy goods.—Daily
paper.

MANCHESTER ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—BIRTH EXTRA-
ORDINARY.—On Sunday last, one of the Chinese monkeys,
in the Zoological Gardens, Higher Broughton, gave birth to
a young one, which was yesterday alive and well. This is
rather an extraordinary event in this climate, which is gene-
rally found too severe for these little creatures.—Manchester
Guardian.

We have heard that it is the intention of the Bishop of
London to• introduce into the House of Lords on the 12th
inst., a bill to do away with what are termed " Peculiars,"
by placing those hitherto exempted jurisdictions under the
care and control of the bishops in whose dioceses they are
respectively locally situate.—Devizes Gazette.
THE CHARGE OF SWINDLING AT NORWICH. -On
Thursday last, John Harvey, whose extraordinary case was
noticed in the Standard, being sufficiently recovered from
the effects of his attempt to cut his throat, was brought up to
the Guildhall for examination, upon the charges preferred
against him, and after the inquiry he was remanded. The
prisoner was still very weak.

NICOLAS SUISSE.—This person, valet to the late Marquis
of Hertford, and who was acquitted the day before of a
charge of embezzling £1,400, the property of his master, was
again brought up at the Central Criminal Court on Thurs-
day, to take his trial for stealing a number of French in-
scriptions and coupons for the payment of Frcnch reutes, to
the amount of about £BO,OOO. The trial was postponed on
account of the absence of a material witness.

THE COINAGE.—As a great many questions have arisen
as to whether a sovereign placed on the balance ought to turn
it, it is important to know that the Bank decided, on Thurs-
day, that all sovereigns presented at their counters which
shall be on the balance, shall be taken as of legal weight.
The new silver coinage was issued to the public yesterday,
and it is understood that the Bank vaults have already re-
ceived large supplies from the Mint.

HANOVER, JULY 2.—Yesterday afternoon, about-five
o'clock, we bad a thunder storm, with torrents of rain, and
such a hurricane, that not only were the roofs of many houses
in the city much damaged, but the largest trees on the ram-
parts were broken, and a whole row of smaller trees were
torn up by the roots ; all the booths and tents created for a
fete of the citizens to-morrow were levelled with the ground,
and the boards carried to a great distance.

FLOATING PIERS ON THE. THAMES.—There are now
thirty-tree floating steam-boat passengers. The revenue de-
rived from these floating and permanent piers is not less than
£1,500 weekly, or £78,000 per annum, derived from a small
toll on passengers, which is paid by the steam-boat compa-
nies. The largest revenue is obtained at the London Bridge
wharf, and as much as £4OO in one week has been taken there
for landing and embarking passengers.
On Friday, at the Hertford assizes, the agent for Lord
Listowel at the late St. Alban's elections brought an action
against that nobleman, which excited a good deal of interest
in the county, and in which it was expected that some curi-
ous disclosures would be made in reference to the proceed-
ings connected with those elections, After the counsel for
the plaintiff had addressed a few words to the jury, the mat-
ter was amicably compromised.

DRESDEN, JUNE 27.--In consequence of the long-con-
tinued draughts the Elbe is so low that our steamers cannot
move, but the Bohemia steamer, drawing much less water,
still continues to ply between this and Jenhin. Many ships
with cargoes are aground ; the Bohemian ships pass, but very
lightly loaded, and our vessels, laden with freestone, which
would meet with a good market at Hamburg, cannot come
down the river. This gradual decrease in the water would
have given a favourable opportunity to improve the navigation
of the Elbe. The commissioners who are to meet may con-
vince themselves by personal inspection that it is high time
to make every exertion to remove the obstruction to the na-
vigation of this great German river, which is alone 700 miles
in length.

ANIMAL MAGNETISM. -M. Lafontaine gave another
lecture on this subject on Friday forenoon. The young lady
who accompanies him completely succeeded in magnetising
a young girl, on whom M. Lafontaine had tried an experi-
ment on Wednesday evening, but without success. After-
wards another female, about 25 years of age, was introduced
to M. Lafontaine, who put her to sleep in ten minutes ;
needles were put into her, but she remained perfectly in-
sensible, until restored by M. Lafontaine; her arms were
rendered quite stiff during the operation. A young lady
about 16 years of age was mesmerised, and put to sleep in
less than five minutes ; her arms were also stiff; and on being
brought to a state of sensibility, she informed the company
that, at the commencement of the operation, she felt as if
about to faint, but that the sensation was rather agreeable
than otherwise.—Belfast Times.

CAMBRIDGE INSTALLATION.—The entertainment at Tri-
nity, on Wednesday last, was on the largest scale consistent
with the capabilities of the noble hall, the most spacious of
any among the colleges. Upwards of 400 sat down to a feast
worthy i
of the hospitality of this ancient and renowned nsti-
tutioa. The Master was, of course, in the chair ; on his
right his Grace the Chancellor, and on his left the Duke of
Cambridge. The head table included all the noblemen and
other distinguished guests, with the heads of houses, &c.,
and at five other tables were seated the members of the Uni-
versity, the whole company arrayed in full academical cos-
tume. A feeling of deep regret prevailed that the recent la-
mentable circumstances should have prevented the illustri-
ous Chancellor of Oxford and the High Steward of Cam-
bridge from being present. With only this alloy, however,
the greatest gratification and delight were manifested in an
assembly of men animated, though in different positions,
professions, and pursuits, by the same liberal spirit of attach-
ment to science, to learning, and to art.
WONDERFUL DISCOVERY ON FOSSILS.—At the village of i
Crowdicote, n the parish of Hartington, Derbyshire, about
six miles from Buxton, Mr. Daniel Harrison, a short time
ago, commenced opening a quarry or pit to try the quality of
the stone which it contained ; and, on cutting the rock down,
it was found to be a most beautifully variegated shell crystal
and strata marble, embodied with the prettiest crystallized
shells that nature or art could form, as well as other mineral
bodies. This wonderful curiosity of nature contains the fol-
lowing remarkable fossil bodies, encrusted all in one solid
mass of stone, and capable of being got up by art to the most
beautiful polish :--7.0f ornamental marble there is a variety
of white and brown, cockle shells, muscles, also plain and
fluted shells, the ammonite and nautilus shells, and peri-
winkle, snail horn. &c. The appearance of various kinds of
fish, which none but able geologists could interpret ; also
the antro.xo. The figure of this last remarkable stone, when
got up to a polish, beatifully intersected with variegated
colours of black, brown, white, and grey, and is a real
curiosity.—Sheifield Iris.

EDINBURGH 'AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—An accident
happened on this railway on Tuesday, the particulars of which
are as follow :—The eleven o'clock train from Glasgow, and
the nine o'clock train from Edinburgh, had both reached
Cowlairs, and were slowly passing, each on its proper line,
when owing to the negligence of the pointsman in leaving the
points shut instead of open, the nine o'clock train passed
over on to the other line. The engine, in consequence, came
in contact with the second last carriage of the eleven o'clock
train, the buffer-rod of which was driven into the last car-
riage, which was considerably injused by the blow, and we
regret to state that a passenger inside had one of his legs
much bruised or broken. A passenger in the second last
carriage was also slightly hurt from being thrown forward
against the opposite side of the carriage. One of the guards
was thrown of the train, but was so slightly injured as to be
able to proceed on to Edinburgh. The engine of the eleven
o'clock train was almost immediately stopped, but not before
one or two of the carriages had their wheels thrown off, and
were thus carried along the ground for some yards, though
without any injury to the passengers.
ANOTHER MURDER IN TIPPERARY.—A respectable
young mon, named Samuel Hardy, who transacted business
in this town for Mr. Brindley, was the victim. After the
labour of the week, he went from here on Sur,day morning,
accompanied by another young man, to spend the Sabbath at
Dolla, the residence of his father, which is about four miles
distant. When within a few yards of the house, a child on
the road apprised him that the parlour was full of men look-
ing for fire-arms. Upon hearing this he ran forward. On
entering, one of the party, who acted as sentinel, attempted
to stab him with a pitchfork. Having parried the thrust, he
grappled with the ruffian, and succeeded in wresting the
weapon from him. Four men who were inside, alarmed by
the noise of the conflict, now rushed out ; but young Hardy
continued still to hold as prisoner the miscreant, from whom
he wrenched the pitchfork. While thus engaged, a blood-
thirsty wretch approached him with a large gone, and struck
him on the head with it. The blow vvas.fatal ; for the brave
young fellow died of it next morning, leaving a large and
highly respectable family, with.a wide circle of friends and
acquaintances, to deplore his untimely end. Mr. Cornell,
his companion from town, was also attacked by the gang, but
escaped without serious injury, At the inquest the follow-
ing verdict was returned— w
" e find that the deceased,
Samuel Hardy, came by his death in consequence of one
mortal wound on the .left side of the head, inflicted by one
of the party who attacked the dwelling-house of his father,
William Hardy, on the morning of Sunday, the 3d instant,
of which mortal wound he languished until Monda the 4th
y,
instant, and then died at Dolla."—Nenagh Guardian.

TO CORRESPONDENTS

" A Teetotaller " may be perfectly right. It is very probable
that he may personally not be advancing the interests of
popery, but we will not say so much of the body to which
he has attached himself.

We quite agree with our correspondent " Paddle," that a
steam-boat excursion would be by far the most rational
mode of the members of the various benefit societies en-
joying their anniversary days, and think it would be well if
some large steamer could constantly be had for such pur-
pose. But then comes the question, where are they to go ?
In mentioning the Isle of Man, our correspondent forgets
that it is very seldom that the boat can go and return in
the same day, and he equally forgets thit at Illidcorn it is
not always high water, so that a trip there woilldthlntlr ad-
mit of a few hours stroll. Where arp the matip,leautiful
watering places mentioned by our cmopnndegill
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TUESDAY

MORNING, JULY 12, 1842.

By the arrival of her Majesty's mail steamer, the
Isis, we have received advices from Jamaica to the
Bth June and from British Guiana to the Ist June.
The Isis sailed from Barbadoes on the 24th, Santa
Cruz the 26th, St. Thomas the 27th, and Turk's Island
the 30th of May ; Havannah the 15th, Nassau the
18th, Bermuda the 24th June; and Fayal the 2d of
July. The steamer Forth arrived at 'Nassau, on her
outward passage, on the 18th.

The news brought by the Isis is not of material im-
portance. From British Guiana we learn that distress
amongst the colonists continues, and that the cot ibined
courts have come to the unanimous determination that
unless the assistance of an extensive measure of immi-
gration is afforded them by the home government, they
must next year, of necessity, withhold the supplies or-
dinarily granted for the support of the civil list. The
following are a portion of the resolutions in which this
determination is conveyed :

1. Resolved,—That the distress to which the proprietors
of sugar plantations, the produce of such estates being the
only exportable product from this colony of any magnitude,
have been and are reduced, has been so clearly shown by the
published statement of the working of sixty sugar estates in
this colony as to demand an efficient and immediate remedy.
2. Resolved,—That the quantity of exported produce in
the year 1841, contrasted with the exported produce of the
previous year, shows a decrease of 6410 hogsheads sugar,
3900 puncheons of rum, 2,268,630 pounds of coffee, and 161
bales of cotton.

3. Resolved,—That it is apparent to this court, that the
exports of the year 1841, contrasted with those of the year
1837, prove the following alarming decrease :
Hhds. Puns. Puns. Llbs

Sugar. • - Rum. • "Molasses. Coffee. Cotton.
1837-62,461.... 17,602.... 31,429.... 3,966,200.. 2510
1841-34,199.... 11,119.... 16,169.... 1,088,670.. 170
4. Resolved,—That this court, taking into consideration
the depressed state of the colony, and referring to its repeated
declarations that the civil list was only granted in perfect
reliance upon a scheme of extensive immigration being pro-
moted by her Majesty's government; and that it would be
impossible for the colony, without such relief, to bear the
burden of taxation imposed upon it, finds that the result
justifies those declarations, and that the country is now un-
able to bear the burden of the present civil list, as well as
other heavy charges for religions and charitable purposes.
5. Resolved,—That notwithstanding the distreased.state of
the financial concerns of the colony, this court, in order to
keep faith as far as possible, and to show itieartreged'dgre to
maintain the dignity of the officers of her Majesty's civil
government here, and its anxiety to avoid any act tending to
embarrass the Secretary of State for the Colonies, will pro-
ceed with .the estimate for 1842; but that unless a. large and
comprehensive measure of relief be afforded to the colony in
the course of the current year; by immigration, or otherwise,
it will be utterly out of the power of this court, consistently
with a due regard to the interests of the colony, thereafter to
vote the civil list on its present-scale.
6. Resolved;-7--That the remedies which appear to this
court necessairy to be applied, are :—First, a reduction in
every depatiMent of the local government, which can be ef-
fcated with propriety and justice to the claims of individuals,
and a due regard to the efficiency of the.public service ; Se-
Condly, the encouragement of immigration on an extensive
scale, under the immediate control of her Majesty's govern-
ment.

With respect to the civil expenses of the colony we
may state that whilst in 1837, a year of comparative
prosperity, as may be seen from the resolutions above,
they amounted to 508,000 dollars, the estimate for
1841, a year of unparalleled distress, was 1,145,870
dollars ; thus exhibiting the extraordinary and ruinous
increase of 637,570 dollars, or about 125 per cent !
whilst the resources of the colony are diminished in an
inverse ratio to the extent of upwards of 50 per
cent ! !

The advices from Jamaica are scarcely of a more
encouraging character. The internal affairs of the co-
lony continue in the same adverse condition as at the
date of our last arrivals, with the addition, however, of
some of the estates in Clarendon being abandoned for
want of labourers to cultivate them. When services
are offered, the high rate of wages demanded preclude
the possibility of engaging them; the consequence is,
that not being able to obtain money by extortion, the
negroes do so by theft; and, by the public advertise-
ments in the newspapers, we observe that scarcely a
night passes without burglary and destruction of goods
being committed. The season, however, is grateful;
and there can be no doubt that if the idleness and dis-
order prevailing amongst the negro population could
be repressed, something approaching to a prosperous
year might be realized.

The trade in British goods with South America had
revived a little, and some remittances had been re-
ceived. The sales, however, appear to have been
forced, to make room for the new goods, which would
probably supplant entirely those in the warehouses,
and have been made at long credits.
Matters are quite quiet about the seat of govern-
ment. Mr. Manton, the Speaker of the House of As-
sembly, has been appointed Vice-Chancellor, and taken
his seat.

The troops, we learn, are healthy throughout the
island ; and we hear no more of the " scarletina."
Produce is at a very low price in this market; busi-
ness dull ; and the banks very limited in their transac-
tions. The numerous failures in 1840 are still felt, as
appears by frequent bankruptcies; nor will anything
like confidence be restored for years.
We learn from the Jamaica Standard that, in addi-
tion to a war of plunder which is raging in the repub-
lic of Hayti, consequent upon the death of Mr. Chris-
topher, the late president, and the scramble for his pro-
perty, the distress occasioned by the calamity which
had visited the island had been aggravated by a fire
which had consumed the whole of the remaining pro-
perty at the Cape. the condition of the people, we
need hardly remark, is most desolate and wretched,
unprovided as they are with shelter, and suffering all
the privations of want, of food, and raiment.

The iniquities of the late government are becoming
every day more and more apparent. The following,
which we copy from the Morning Herald, affords us a
gross, though not an uncommon specimen, of that
species of misrule which they for so long a period in•
flicted upon this country. Colonel Torrens, long an
able and zealous supporter of the late government, has
allowed the high-minded spirit of the British soldier to
soar above the grovelling attachment to party politics.
He has thrown down the gauntlet ; and we feel as-
sured, when lie takes his stand on the high and ho-
nourable ground which lie has now assumed,---the de-
fence of " the high-minded soldier who led the storm-
ing party at Badajos, and commanded the flank com-
pany which charged the Imperial Guard at Water-
loo,"—when lie takes his stand upon such a ground as
this, lie will not find himself, as he has too often been,
in small minorities of the House of Commons; but
lie will find himself self-supported by the unanimous
voice of the British nation. The laurels of Waterloo
will not be soon forgotten. The brave heroes who
there fought and bled are dear to the people of this
country ; and it will be a dark day indeed for Eng-
land, when the base spirit of party politics or private
interest is permitted, unexposed, to enkindle or spread
abroad a principle of ingratitude towards those to
whom, under God, the people of this country are in-
debted for the peace, the happiness, and the liberty
they now enjoy. The Morning Herald well observes,--•

" If any person still remains sceptical as to the happy re-
lease of the empire from misrule, in every department of the
state, produced by the ejection from power of Lord Mel-
bourne's cabinet, we commend to their perusal The Budget,

No. 8, just published. Col. Torrens therein demonstrates,
that for the creation of the predisposing causes of the failure
of the financial affairs of South Australia, the late govern-
ment, and the late government alone, are responsible ; ' for
that failure the country has already paid upwards of £150,000,
with the certainty of an annual charge for the colony. The
Colonel shows, moreover, how Col. Gawler was sacrificed
by Lord John Russell to screen his protege's—the land and
emigration commissioners—one an Elliot. The high-
minded soldier,' says Colonel Torrens, ' who led the storm-
ing party at Badajos, and who commanded the flank com-
pany which charged the Imperial Guard at Waterloo, has
been dismissed from his government—the commissioners
who disobeyed the act of parliament have been retained in
office. But no candid inquirer will estimate the comparative
merits of the respective parties in accordance with these dif-
ferent awards of arbitrary power. Col. Gawler has no friend
at court ;he had no political connection—no family ties with
the members of a whig cabinet. No Lady Fanny Gawler
was betrothed to a Secretary of State in charge of the Colo-
nial department. There is a mark upon the forehead of
Lord John Russell which can never be effaced.'
Colonel Torrens has touched a chord which, if we
mistake not, will vibrate through the land. We do
not, however, think it right to content ourselves with
the notice which is here taken of Colonel Gawler; but
rwe subjoin the demi-official notice which was published
`e of that brave officer at the time of his appointment as
I:iGoverrior of South Australia, in 1838 :
"Colonel Gawler is one of the most distinguished officers
aof the British army. He was present at several of the Duke
Wellington's great sieges and general actions : viz., Bada-
jos. Vittoria, Nive, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse, and Water-
loo. Re volunteered the storming party at Badajos, (where
he w" st!verelyvvorinded,) and commanded the right flank
company of the 52d regiment during the great charge on the
Imperial Guards at Waterloo. Colonel Gawler is distin-
guished for high intellectual attainments as well as for gal-
lantry in the field. At the military college he stood first in
mathematics, and some tracts which he has published on
professional subjects are written in a style remarkable for
perspicuity and force. From his acquaintance with the me-
chanical and physical sciences, and from the attention he has
given to the principles of government and of political econo-
my, he seems peculiarly fitted to call forth the resources of
a new colony, while his character for calm determination and
temperate vigour appears, as it were, especially adapted to
extinguish dissentions and party feuds ; and, to borrow his
own happy expressions on another subject, bring all author-
ities and parties in the colony to act together in the mighty
energy of mutual confidence.' 'Captain S. Gawler, 73i1
regiment, (father of Colonel Gawler, the new governor,) was
killed at the head of the grenadiers of his regiment, in close
conflct with the enemy, by a spear wound, in the storming of
Fort Moggerall, in the Mysore, in December, 1804."

Of Colonel Crawler we would only further observe,
he is a Conservative—a known, tried, and experienced
man ; he was superseded by the late government to
make way for Captain Grey—a liberal—unknown, un-
tried, and inexperienced. The responsibility of that
act rests with Lord John Russell. An injury has been
inflicted on Colonel Gawler; and we deeply regret that
Lord Stanley, apparently, has not done him that jus-
tice in the House of Commons which he had a right