The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-15 00:00:00

,;at improvement
on its contemporary, but of course the latter will find its way

into cirel

where the former, in all probability never gene-
There are many subjeets of vital importance to the
rch which we rarely or never see in the columns of The
rrchman.

Lyons papers state that great quantities of snow have
his year on the Jura, on the country round Bourg,
.That is known as the Pays de Gex. The wolves
neen forced through hunger to descend from the forest
of
the Jura, and have appeared in villages at considerable
distances from their retreats. The road between Lyons and
Geneva, by_ the tort de l'Ecluse, has been rendered datwe-
f
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m the drifting of the snow.

and on
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confidence
HoftsE's CONFIDENCE IN His RlDER,—Thegreat, as was
in a firm rider and his own cot-
present, on
...picuously evinced in the case of an Arab possessed by the
late General Sir Robert R. Gillespie, who
the race-course of Calcutta, during one of the llindu festi-
vals, when several hundred thousand people may b
bled to witness all kinds of shows, was suddenlyal:em
ansdb;
the shrieks of the crowd, and informed, that a tigerrih:d es
caped from his keepers: the colonel immediately called for
his horse, and, grasping a bear-sp-ar, which was in the hands
of one among the crowd,
my : the tiger, probably, rode to attack the formidable ene
was amazamazedatfinding himself in.
the middle of such a number of shrieking beings, flying from
him in all directions : but the moment he perceived Sir
I,e crouched with the attitude of preparing to spring
instant the gallant soldier passed his horse
• t„iek and struck the spear through
"ray, afterwards sent home
When Sir Robert
'-ruck charger,

of a hors

in a leap over the ti

fell at t

3 by him to India,

was.at the sale of h

veral officers

Teets, competed fort;

)( his division, and finally
:he Bth dragoons, who contrib

er were carried home in triumph. -
THRASHING MACHINE.—A thrashing machine has re-
cently been constructed at Strathead, near Alford, by the
ingenious but unobtusive tenant, Mr. John Mackie. The
invention is, in many particulars, altogether new, and the
friction is so small, that a man, by applying one hand to cer-
tain parts of the machinery, can easily put the whole in mo-
tion. It is driven by water, a small quantity of which suf-
fices. It occupies but a small space in the barn, and per-
forms the work to a nicety. The small, but strong water-
wheel is on an improved and novel scale. This curious and
powerful little machine, at the expense of about £7, is the
admiration of all who have inspected it ; and, as one of su-
perior power could not:be constructed on the same principle,
it is well worthy the notice of the public. The ingenious
method, too, of constructing the dam and water-fall, upon
ground nearly level, is not a little admired by the numerous
visitors.

TILE BOY JONES.—This youth who acquired notoriety by
his visits to Buckingham Palace, and whose mysterious ab-
duction was noticed in the public journals some months
since, having subsequently contrived to return to his parents,
was in the early part of January placed in a comfortable
situation, under a written agreement for twelve months,
with Mr. W. Elgar, a respectable tobacconist at No. 17,
Tothill-street, 'Westminster, and the boy always expressed
himself to be well satisfied. On Friday week, however, the
boy left his master's service, and was not heard of until
the Monday following, when the father ascertained that tile
boy had been decoyed away by a man of the name of James,
and placed on board her Majesty's ship Warspite, about to
sail for America. It remains to be discovered what motive
actuated those who have induced him to leave his home.
THE WHIG LEGACY.—An official document laid before
Parliament. gives a striking illustration of the quality of whig
finance, and as strikingly illustrates the nature of the " le-
gacy" which Lord John Russell boasts of having left to Sir
Robert Peel. The return alluded to relates to the income
and expenditure of the country. Reader, behold and ad-
mire. For the year ended on the sth of January, 1841, the
excess of the public expenditure over the income was no less
than £2,101,369 2s. Id.: the net income having been
£48,084,359 18s. 4d., and the expenditure £50,185,729 Os. sd.
But this is not all. The whigs have made an addition of be-
tween twenty and thirty millions to the national debt, one
way and another ; they have caused a large increase in the
floating debt; and have lent out to commissioners, for the
feeding of whig jobs, large sums of money, which will not
come back for many, many years to come, if they ever come
back. Heavy sums have also been expended in India,
China, Egypt. and Syria, not yet brought to book.
A JUNGLE SCENE.—As they penetrated deeper into the
woods, the gloom became more intense, and the deep silence
of solitude more imposing. It almost inspired them with a
feeling of awe. Not a bird, not even an insect, was heard.
It appeared as if no living thing had ever disturbed the soli-
tude of the primeval forest. And yet there were occasional
traces of life. The tall rank grass, which grew up to the
height of ten or twelve feet, was in many places trampled.
down by the wandering herds of wild elephants ; several
recent footmarks of tigers might be traced along the sandy
path ; and once or twice a jungle-dog was seen:to glide across

the road, with the drooping tail and stealthy pace which
indicate the prowling savage. Here and there an occasional
opening in the tree tops varied the monotony of the scene,
exhibiting a gorgeous yiew of the mountains. Their stupen-
dous crags, hanging woods, and sparkling waterfalls, backed
by a sky of deeper blue than even Italy can boast, formed
a striking contrast to the sombre gloom of the forest, and
made the panting travellers sigh for the fresh mountain-
breezes which they had so lately left.—Old Forest Ranger,
by Captain Campbell.
NOBLE WILLS.—The Duke of Cleveland, has left nothing
in his will, which he had it in his power to alienate, to the
conservative heir of his honours. The new Duke has only
the entailed estates, which may be worth about £50,000 per
annum. 'ln these are included the great bulk of the Shrop-
shire property and Raby Castle, in Durham, with the domains
immediately adjoining that princely seat. But the main
territory in Durham, being one of the very finest possessions
in England, and comprising the northern banks of the Tees
for nearly thirty miles, has been severed from the dukedom,
and divided among the younger branches of the family.
Newton House, and the whole of the Yorkshire manors in
that vicinity, worth £lO,OOO a-year, and to be left to the
Duchess. The duke's two younger sons are left £40,000
a-year between them. —The Earl of Westmoreland has
made a still more singular disposition of his property. The
new earl takes nothing with his titles but Apethorp, and the
entailed estates adjoining that vast but dilapidated Castle in
Northamptonshire. The unentailed lands in that county,
the whole Somersetshire estate, the mansion in Grosvenor-
square, with all the personality, including the furniture and
pictures at Apethorp itself, nay; even, it is asserted, the dia-
monds of the present earl's mother (Miss Child, the sole
heiress of the great banker), are left to the old lord's daugh-
ter by his second marriage, the Lady Georgiana Fane. No
notice whatever is taken in this will of the daughter by his
first marriage, the Countess of Jersey—who probably ex-
pected at least to have her mother's jewels. Lady Georgi-
ana becomes thus a great heiress—probably the second in
the country.
THE " CHRONICLE" AND THE STARVING POOR.--SOCCe
radical of Wigan, who is almost as correct in his information
as Murphy is about the weather, has sent a long yarn to the
Chronicle, stating that, " by a most iniquitous law," the
operatives of this town are " half of the whole number un-
employed ; the other half with only partial work, at starva-
tion wages. We know that numbers are out of employment,
and also that many of the operatives are badly paid ; but we
fearlessly deny the statement of the Chronicle, although it
charges us with " brazen effrontery," because we dared to
contradict the radical falsehoods which are sent, for fallaci-
ous purposes, to the Liverpool and Manchester.papers. We
like to hear the pretty expressions of our contemporary,
about the brawny muscles of an English operative being em-
ployed in sweeping the streets ; but we think his compliment
to us would have been far more appropriately paid to the
mill-owners, who contracted with the whig poor law commis-
sioners to send the brawny fellows by wholesale from the
agricultural districts, in order that they might be comfortably
sweated down in factories ! The vile aspersions on the relief
committee are as utterly unfounded as they are unjust. The
base attempts made to check the stream of philanthropy, and
turn the hearts of the poor against their benefactors, are
worthy of the source from whence they spring. We know
that great distress has existed, and does still exist in our bo-
rough ; none regret it more than ourselves, and none are
more ready to alleviate it than the conservatives, who, we
trust, will never withdraw the hand of charity in consequence
of the foul attacks of radical calumniators.—Wigan Gazette.
VOL A L'AMERICAINE.—A hearty old farmer's wife, re-
siding in the vicinity of Choisy le Roi, had just come out, on
Saturday, from the Bank of France, where she had received
a sum of 800 f., when she was accosted by two individuals who,
by means of that stratagem so often exposed, and which, one
would think, was now thoroughly " blown upon," succeeded
in dragging her into a cabaret, where they exchanged her mo-
ney for a padlocked leathern bag, containing(' rouleau of sous
instead of double Napoleons ! The two fellows then made
some excuse to go out, and of course never returned. The
poor dupe had no other remedy than to apply to the com-
missary of police. One of the thieves was captured on the
same evening Tinder circumstances of a very curious nature.
An inspector of police perceived two individuals in close con-
versation with a countryman, and suspected that they wanted
to rob him. He followed them, and saw them enter with
their dupe into the shop of a wine-seller in the rue Notre
Dame des Victoires. After waiting a little time the inspector
desired the man of the house to inform the stranger that one
of his countrymen was below. On his appearing, the inspec-
tor warned him of the trick which he suspected the two
sharpers were about to play upon him, and requested bim to
change his money with them without hesitation, and to come
out at the same time as they did. On the two sharpers and
their victim descending the stairs, one of them was instantly
collared by the inspector, the other escaped. On being taken
to the police station, he was recognised as an old thief, and
moreover as one of the fellows who had sto!en the 860 f. be-
longing to the farmer's wife. He was accordingly com-
mitted to " durance vile."—Gazette de Tribunaux.
SPAIN AS IT is.—The Augsburgh Gazette of the 4th inst.
contains the following piquant article upon men and things
in Spain at this time :—" Three men at this present moment
govern Spain—Linage, Marliani, and Aston. Espartero
sleeps the greater part of the day or plays at cards in bed.
Ile is of a weak and delicate constitution. Linage, Marliani,
and Aston are intimate with one another, and the two former,
goaded. on by the latter, are the declared enemies of France.
(I.anage, because he thought himself offended by the sending
I_f an officer to the head-quarters of Espartero by General
Soul t, for the purpose of accompanying the head-quarters as
GF reennecrial
a French Commissioner. Marliani is offended because the
Government
'Pearrni
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sh ianni his
Englishman,e x egttatu ri
sa s a
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these
Lord Palmerston. Marliani, the most active
thieesseptilriirteoef in ,is of Italian origin.: he has been inti-
mate, on the one hand, with the Court of Spain and on the
other with Zea Bermudez, and also with Mendizabal; and
thus may be seen to possess a sort of chamelion nature and
spirit of boldness and audacity. The predominant features
in the Spanish character are indifference and indolence ; and
indifference and indolence have ruined Don Carlos. The
double nature of the Spanish laisser oiler isveryclear.ly visi-
ble in the work of Prince Lichnowsky. Espartero,
own side, is the very incarnation of coldness and indOleonncehis
a hermaphrodite nature—a creature born of the absolute
monarchy of Ferdinand VII. For some time he was dis-
posed to treat with Don Carlos, had Don Carlos effected an
entry into Madrid ; and in that case he would have had
rebels shot in favour of Don Carlos, taking advantage of the
extraordinary avarice of Queen Christina, which was the
of the ill-success of the Christinos in the
army. The
hceauLetion is one which despises death, and at the
same time is of joyous disposition."

WAR WITH ENGLAND.—CREOLE QUESTION.—To the
unsettled points with England we now add the Creole ques-
tion, one of the most excitable of any in the south. We have
now the following knotty points to quarrel about :-
1. The N.E. boundary question—Maine and part of New
England.
2. Canada burnings and revolution—Western New York, &c.
3. African seizures—Commercial seaports.
4. State Debts—The repudiating States.

5. The North West Teiritory—Western States

6. Creole case—Southern States

Here is as pretty a kettle of fish as ever was caught on the
Grand Bank, and if a war with England can't be got out of
so many questions, we shall give up ship, and cry " enough"
at once.—New York Herald.

NEW CHURCHES.—Ten new churches are now building
in various parts of London, of which two are completed, and
only await the consecration of the bishop. Those finished
are the new church of St. Saviour's, Southwark, and the
church on the grounds of the Charter-house, in Goswell-
street. New churches in Gordon-square and Knightsbridge
are in a forward state. Two are building in Bethnal-green,
one at Camberwell, another in the New Kent-road, one at
Chiswick, and one in the Roll's Liberty. The new places of
worship will accommodate 15,000 persons. In';:most of the
above districts new schools are being erected for the educa-
tion of the children of the poor, and will he opened with the
churches.

CORN-LEAGUE RIBALDRY.—The Sun of Thursday re-
ports what is called a "great" meeting of the Anti-Corn-
Law Delegates in London. In the list of these personages
are above a hundred men calling themselves, by a prostitu-
tion of the word, " reverend !" In the course of the pro-
ceedings several allusions were made to sacred subjects ; one
of them, from Pope's Messiah, "0 spring to light, auspici-
ous Babe be born !" introduced in reference to the Corn
Bill, was followed, the Sun tells us, by "immense cheering
and laughter," another, a stanza quoted from a hymn used
in many dissenting meetings,

" Come hungry-, come thirsty, come naked, come bare,

" You can't come too filthy;Come just as you are,"
was received with " shouts of laughter," and we do not find
that one of the reverend agitators ventured a word of reproof
at the gross impiety of the speakers, or of indignation at the
use made of the poetry which is mixed up, in their chapels,
with their devotions (?) Out upon such canting knaves!

SUPPOSED

SHOCKING AND MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
CHILD MURDER.—On Thursday afternoon, between four
and five o'clock, a cab was driven up to the entrance of the
Queen's Lying-in Hospital, New-road, and in it were two
females, Mrs. King and a fine young woman about 20 years
of age, named Susan Howard, both of whom had for some
time past lodged together at a house in Davies-street, Berke-
ley-square. The matron made her appearance, and it was
intimated to her by Mrs. King that her companion was in
labour. After some little hesitation about receiving her, as
she was not provided with a ticket, she was at length ad-
mitted, and conducted into one of the rooms up stairs. She
seemed in a very weak state, and was assisted into bed, when
the attention of the midwife was directed towards a bundle
which she brought with her into the establishment in ques-
tion. She was asked what was in it, and the reply she Made:
was, "Oh ! that's the child." The bundle was opened, and
in it was found a fine newly-born male infant, dead, and
having in its throat, just below the left ear, a deep and jagged
wound.—London Times.

BERLIN, FEB. 6.—The protest of the Porte against the in-
stallation of Bishop Alexander of Jerusalen, which was
caused by French intrigue, has been withdrawn in conse-
quence of the united representations of the Prussian and Bti-
tish cabinets, through Lord Aberdeen, who signified to the
Porte, in the course of last month, that it was not the inten-
tion of the British government that the Bishop of Jerusalem
should enjoy greater privileges than any other subject of the
Queen of Great Britain. Thus the distrust which was raised
in the Sultan's mind by the remonstrances of the catholic
powers has been removed, and the changes, of which the bi-
shop's appointment is but the commencement, may proceed.
You have no doubt heard that Konigsburg is about to be
made one of the strongest fortresses in Prussia. This measure
is highly popular, as indicating a greater separation from Rus-
sian interests. The last ukase published by the Emperor of
Russia, confiscating all catholic and Greek church property,
will have serious consequences. Such a violation of sacred
rights on the part of a power which desires to be considered
the protector of legitimacy in Europe, must meet with gene-
ral disapprobation, particularly when contrasted with the
conduct of our King, who, by maintaining their equal rights,
is endeavouring to reconcile all sects and parties.
THE WINE TRADE.—FALLING OFF IN THE CONSUMP-
TION OF PORT.—The annual circular of Messrs. Shaw and
Maxwell, wine merchants, for the past year, states, that
`• owing to the generally depressed state of trade in this coun-
try, and in all parts of the world, the consumption of wine
has fallen off within the last year upwards of 300,000 gallons.
A very remarkable change has taken place in the use of Port,'
which fifty years ago constituted 70 per cent of all wines con-
sumed, but has fallen to little more than 32 per cent. Sherry'
on the contrary, has risen from 16 to upwards of 40 per cent.
French wines are gradually becoming better known, and last
year there was an increase of seven per cent, the greater part
of which consisted of Champagne, and various cheap spark-
ling wines under that name; but many of the light agreeable
second and third growth red wines, as well as the finest first,
growths, have taken the place of Port. Madeira has fallen
about two per cent, and, notwithstanding that there are now,
very fine old wines to be had, does not regain its former re-
putation." Rhenish has fallen 15, and Marsala risen six,
per cent. Cape has fallen five per cent, and it was only the
temptation of paying only half the duty of any other wine
that induced the importation of a single pipe. Of the half-
million gallons that paid duty, a large proportion was sold as'
Sherry.

The nature of the charge upon which a bill of indictment
was found by the grand jury at the Old Bailey last week
against Lord Ashburton, Mr. Francis Baring,• and Mr..
Humphrey Mildmay, is stated by the author of the Bankers'
Circular to be as follows :—The bill was preferred by Mr..
Thomas Kinder, whose speculations in mines are stated to
have been upon as extensive a scale in South America as the
celebrated Mr. Thomas Saunders Cave's were about the
same period in mines .n Cornwall. " Mr. Kinder brought.
out the !teal del Monte Company, whose shares of £4OO,
each were in 1825 current among men of property, at about
ten times that sum. They are now worth £3 or £-1 each.
Mr. Kinder, however, cleared a large sum by them, which;
we conclude from what follows, has been entirely lost. Sub
seiluent, we believe, to the realization of this profit,
Kinder was in Mexico, where he met with a son of Lord'
Ashburton, and conjointly with him entered into purchases
ofland in that country, which caused bills to be drawn to a
considerable amount on the house of Baring and Co.,
London. These transactions, which occurred at least 15
years ago, have been the subject of litigation in our courts of
law. Messrs. Baring (the old firm) hold a judgment-bond
of old date for a large sum against Mr. Kinder, which has
not yet been satisfied. We believe we do not go too far in,
laying it down, that any man, with or without just ground,'
may indict, or cause to be indicted, other men for a conspi-.
.racy, with a fair chance of having a " true bill" found against
them, if the proceeding is conducted with suitable instruments
and befitting skill. We have stated a fact which may have
suggested this proceeding ; and. without pretending to be'
fully acquainted with the circumstances which have, in their
opinion, justified the grand jury in finding the bill, we have
no doubt that Messrs. Barings and Mildmay will treat the:
affair with contempt—so far as it may be supposed to affect,
their characters. The fact of the unsatisfied judgment debtsj
shews the animating motive for proceeding criminally in a!
case which is tit only to be determined in a court of civil'
law."

THE LATE DUBLIN ELECTION.—REASONS FOR THE tE.
FEAT OF THE RADICALS.—The following extract from a let-,
ter from the Dublin correspondent of the Northern Whig,:
assigns some curious and interesting reasons for the defeat
of Lord Morpeth :—" Let me honestly tell you the plain.
truth, that we should have won the election, had it not been:
for the unprecedented bribery of a section of our own party !
This is a shameful confession—it is humiliating—but it is
true ; and I see no reason why the truth should be concealed.
We had funds plenty. We had an acknowledged majority on
the gross constituency of more than 200 votes. We had
everything in our favour, and we would have won the city;
in despite of every opposition, had it not been for the perfidy
of some of our own party—of some of the ward clubs, to
whom much was entrusted ! It has broken down our spirits
—it has bowed us to the dust—it has humiliated and dis,
graced us—with all the materials for success among ourselves,'
thus to owe defeat, not to our enemies, but to a section of
our own party. One fact I will mention to you :—Therti
• , •••

were but few taxes unpaid on the liberal side ; and on 31n0
day evening last, the ward clubs were supplied with as much
money as they required, to pay the outstanding taxes in each
ward. This money was not applied to the purpose for which
it was given ; and, on Wednesday, when it was painfully
found that some of the ward clubs were not bringing up their'
men, inquiry wasnniade, when it turned out that they had not
applied the money as originally intended, nor had they any
intention of doing so. The consequence was, that, as it wt.:4
useless then to refuse, the committee liberally came forward,
and again supplied the money and you may judge of the exJ
tent to which this perfidious defalcation was carried, when
mention, that from one o'clock, yesterday, to four o'clock
there was paid into the Paving Board for the outstandin
g
arrears of the paving tax alone, £7OO !—Another man wa
entrusted with £lOO ; and when called on to account for its
application, did so to the extent of one 55.! In fact, plunder!
and perfidy were the order of the day. But lam sick of thij
subject—we have been defeated. Shame—eternal shame—)
on the recreants who have caused it!"

SPREADING OF PUSEYISM.—Of the 200 resident members
of convocation, at least one quarter are tractarians. Of
these some follow Dr. I'usey, who, as Mr6Ward informs us,
has a " strong feeling against Rome ; " others Mr. New-
man, who has "no such feeling at all." In one college,
where there is a considerable number of resident fellows, al-
most all belong to either the one or the other party ; and at
Queens, Trinity, Magdalen, Christ Church, and, I fear,
other colleges, there are tutors maintaining the same views.
In a college which I have not yet named an undergraduate
friend of mine was told by the lecturer in divinity that the
English reformation had in his opinion been carried a great
deal too far. Of the spread of these opinions among the
1200 undergraduates and bachelors it is difficult to form an
estimate. But I have reason to fear that the faith of a de-
cided majority of the more serious and studious of the youth
of the place is• seriously corrupted. As a symptom, some
have the Roman breviary in their possession, and it was cal-
culated that on Sunday, December 12, at least 100 of the
junior members of the university were present at St. Mary's
Church, listening to a sermon which, whatever may have
been its object, bad all the effect of an artful and dangerous
attack on the Church of England—Letter from the Rev.
C. P. Golightly.
THE FUNDS.—SATURDAY EVENING.—The funds sere
firm to-day, with a shade of improvement in the quotations,
but with not much business doing. Consols for money 891•,
and for account 89i to Bank Stock 168 to 9. India Stock
244 to 6. The continued rise in Exchequer bills, which to-
day stand at 245. to 265. premium, is giving occasion to cer-
tain speculations on the subject of the inquiries before the
commission appointed to examine into the working of the
Exchequer bill-office, and of the motions respectively an-
nounced in both houses of the legislature on Exchequer bill
affairs. The conviction obtains that the claims of innocent
holders under the surreptitious issues are not meant to be re-
sisted, but the reverse. A material improvement may be
noted in the prices of Mexican Stock, consequent on the re-
cent arrangemeat agreed and ratified between the bondhol-
ders and the financial agents of Mexico, and on the certain
apparent prospect of an early declaration of a dividend. The
bonds left off 33 to -4. Colombian 2li• to 24-. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents were 51-3. to the 5 per Cents 101 a,
to Belgian 1024 to 3-4. Spanish Active with the Coupons
221 to -1. Portuguese Fixe per Cents 32 to 1. the Three per
Cents 19 to Brazilian 6.5 k to 64. Danish 81 to 2.
AWFUL EXTENT OP THE RIDANDSYSTEM.—ThiS town
was, during the past week, filled with confusion and alarm,
by the arrest of several persons charged with being masters
of riband lodges, on the information of one of their own
body. Most of the persons taken have been in decent situ-
ations, and of good character for their rank in life. The
person who gave the information has been sent under charge
of the constabulary to the castle, and it is rumoured that the
disclosures made are really fearful, and implicate the vast
mass of the Roman Catholic population of this county, and'
several other counties, as being connected with the riband
system, which is stated to have been in vigorous activity up
to the present moment. William Fausset, Esq., provost,
hast also gone to Dublin on information connected with this
awful system of conspiracy, and is said to have received full
and accurate information, from more than one informant, of
all the lodges in this province, with the houses where they
meet, and the numbers usually attending, and also the rules,
regulations, passwords, and object of the society.—Sligo
Journal.

COLONEL WHITE'S AGENT SHOT.-It is with feelings of
the most painful nature we state that, on Thursday night,
Mr. David Cullen, of Carrickfad, within four miles of this
town, was shot in his own bed-room ; the ball entered under
his shoulder, passed through his body, and was flattened
against the opposite wall. He has been attended by Drs.
Knott and Johnston, and his recovery, though not despaired
of, is extremely doubtful. -Mr. Cullen had been writing
letters in his bed-room, and had undressed when the assassin
fired at him through a small slit in the window which the
shutters did not cover. It is, we fear, a part of the murder-
ous riband conspiracy which was about to explode in the
country, and it is now freely said, that the person who gave
the important information referred to in the preceding arti-
cle, mentioned that an agent was shortly to be shot, and that
not less than 20,000 persons in this country alone, connected
with the riband system, were ready to turn out at a moment's
notice. Many of them appear to be respectable householders
in Sligo.—lbid.

That the excessive fluctuations in the prices of corn are not
"occasioned by the graduated scale," may be ascertained by
any one who will only inspect the parliamentary returns of
the prices of grain in this country before the introduction of
that scale. The avern:e price of wheat in 1800 was 113 s. 7d.,
in 1803 it was only 565. 6d. I In 1808 it was 795., in 1812 it
was 1255. sd. The fact is, that the excessive fluctuations in
the price of corn, observable everywhere, constitute a prob-
lem in political economy as yet unsolved. It may be noted
as a curious fact—it. was brought prominently before the
agricultural committee in 1821—that some of our most expe-
rienced corn factors have, even in years when foreign im-
portations were hopeless, given up all attempts to calculate
prices from the actual state of the "crops, even though they
go to the expense of an actual survey of the great corn-
growing districts. How, indeed, can any man calculate on
steadiness of price under the operations of an ever-varying
currency—now expanding, now contracting, constant to no-
thing but alterations iu the value of property.—Morning
Herald.

TREATAI ENT OF PAUPERS.—The town of Bromsgrove has
again been painfully excited, in consequence of the death of
a child in the workhouse, which was reported to have been
occasioned by improper treatment on the part of one of the
medical officers. The deceased, a lad named Cartwright,
was, with several other children in the house, under the care
of Mr. Fletcher, the surgeon, for an unclean disease; and it
appears that, as it did not yield to the usual remedies, he di-
rected that a bath should be prepared with a quantity of
polassm sulphureturn : this bath was made so strong that
Cartwright died from its effects in three days, and several of
the other children were much affected. On Wednesday an
inquest was held, when evidence was procured to show that
the, quantity of Suloliuret of potass used was highly it juei-
cious. The jury returned a verdict "That the deceased,
Henry Cartwright, came to his death in consequence of being
immersed in a solution of sulphuret of potassium,' as a cure
for the itch ; and we consider the conduct of the surgeon,
under whose direction it was applied, as injudicious and neg-
ligent." We understand that a copy of the evidence has been
forwarded to the poor law commissioners.--.-Worcester
Journal.

' MAGNETISM V. TOTAL ABSTINENCE.—The Groningen
Courant relates the following curious circumstance :—About
four years ago there was received in the Catholic Hospital of
Groningen a woman of 2G years of age, named Leantje Ry-
zelman, who for the space of six years previously had been
suffering froth complete paralysis of both her legs. She had
been for two years in an hospital at Amsterdam, whence she
was dismissed as incurable, and was removed to her native
place, where she continued under medical treatment. For
the space of two years she took no sustenance, as her sto-
mach obstinately rejected food. During the interval of a
year and a half she had no evacuation, and her voice was be-
coming more and more feeble. The patient suffering under
this complicated state of disease has been suddenly cured, to
all appearance, by a magnetic sleep into which she fell, after
having partaken of the Sacrament, which sacred rite her in-
firmities had prevented her from observing for three years
previously. During this magnetic sleep, and on awaking
from it, she felt that she was recovering the use of her limbs,
and that the other symptoms of her malady were abating.
She is now so far restored as to be able to walk without sup-
port, and to take food. This fact, in all its details, is attested
by medical men, who attended the patient both in Amsterdam
and in Groningen, who observed her malady with the utmost
attention, and who have. made frequent experiments for the
purpose of mitigating the disease, and ascertaining the cor-
rectness of the patient's statements.
THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM'S RESIGNATION.—The
Bucks Gazette, a paper supposed to be under the influence
of the Duke of Buckingham, thus explains the cause of his
resignation :—" The Duke of Buckingham pledged himself
to the agriculturists to maintain, in or out of office, such an
amount of duty on foreign corn as he considered adequate
protection to the home grower. Now, had such an amount
been proposed and carried in the cabinet as the noble lord
deemed protection, he would of course have assented to it,
and remained a Cabinet Minister. The fact of his resigna-
tion suffices to prove that the reduced scale proposed was
not protective in the duke's estimation, and therefore he re-
signed. The agricultural body have much to regret in this
result, for it augurs no good to their interest, by which the
duke has stood unflinchingly and consistently since he first
commenced his public career. We shall not speculate on the
precise objections made by his grace on the scale proposed,
but we may be sure that with his desire to preserve the unity
and strengthen the' plans of a Conservative Administration,
he would have given way had such a course been consistent
with his determination to stand by the farmers. And we do
fear that when the reduced ' sliding scale' shall be made
public, the agriculturists would soon detect the grounds of
the Duke of Buckingham's refusal to acquiesce in it."

INCENDIARISM.—BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
A messenger arrived here this morning, at three o'clock. with
intelligence that an incendiary fire had broken out on Blow-
er's-hill farm, at Rowley Regis, occupied by Mr. Edward
Allsopp, and requesting that the engines belonging to the es-
tablishments might be immediately dispatched to the spot.
Two engines were immediately got in readiness, and in a very
short time were on their way to the scene of the conflagration.
On their arrival at the farm, which they had some difficulty
in finding, owing to the darkness of the night, and the bye-
roads through which they had to travel, they found that two
engines had already been obtained from Dudley, about four
miles distant, where the Birmingham and district offices have
agencies established.' Theie Were playing upon a rick of
wheat, which was found on fire, and the flames had gained
such an ascendancy before the engines were brought into re-
quisition, that none of the property could be saved. There
were, at a short distance from the burning stack, about eight
or ten ricks of wheat, and other grain ; but the wind having
most providentially set in from the quarter in which the latter
were situated, the sparks and burning straw were prevented
from communicating with the adjoining property. There is
scarcely a doubt that the fire was the act of an incendiary,
'4r. Allsopp having rendered himself obnoxious to certain
bad characters in the neighbourhood by defending his house
against an attempt at robbery a short time ago, and his pro-
perty was in consequence threatened, on more than one occa-
sion with destruction.

DISCOVERY OF A GANG OF THIEVES IN PARIS.—An
individual, named Linell, ostensibly a commission-merchant,
but suspected of being a receiver of stolen goods, was, in
in consequence, narrowly watched by the police. A warrant
was obtained against him a few days ago. by virtue of which
he was arrested, without the knowledge of anybody in the
house, and a souriciere was instantly stationed on the spot,
to lie in wait for any suspicious persons who might present
themselves. Ten thieves soon arrived, one after another,
laden with articles more or less valuable, and were succes-
sively arrested, a considerable seizure being made of jewels,
watches. clocks, and other commodities, besides a bale of
rich stuffs, most of which were found to have been stolen
from a coninziseur-voyageur, lodging at the Hotel Montes:
quieu. The next morning, when the preliminary forms of
justice had been gone through, .a loud ringing at the bell an-
nounced the arrival of another visiter ! On the door being
opened, a young man, in an elegant ball-dress, made his ap-
pearance. " What does Monsieur want at this early hour ?"
asked the police-agent. " I wish to speak with M. Linen
immediately." " Your business, then, is urgent ?" replied
the agent. " Yes (interrupted le young fellow, thinking he
was speaking to a friend or accomplice of Linell) ; I want to
borrow some money, as I rather ' outran the constable' at
last night's ball." The agent hereupon gave the dandy a
gentle blow on his waistcoat, and a sound of metal being
heard, the latter was requested to unbutton his under.
waistcoat, when. lo ! and behold ! he was found to be com-
pletely " cuirrassed" with a large silver dish, which he had
just stolen from a restaurateur's, whither he had gone to break
his fast, after leaving the Opera-house. This fashionable
thief gave his name Dorfou, and stated himself to be an ar.
chitect. On being taken to the police-station, he was recog.
nised as belonging to a highly-respectable family. having for-
merly been a student! We suppress his real name. Some
curious discoveries were made in the house of Linell ; and
it has also been found that he had another residence in a dis-
tant part of the city, where several materials for coining mo-
ney were seized by the authorities.—Gazette des Tribunaux.