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at the cl pro- frointed : The it gives le rail -11 with s being Tovei:- tralytic official v have foreign to the f three svrorth North brmer, iself in reform woman To one s mar- Hill•" at this ion of ace on frosts ? th and y took •derers is one r in its Dublin March, vent of cularly Blue, est for Lore in lot be, nished :at ions r him; Ltil in- ere has :he de -e been pack .—The 3 have Le pert rritten the re -subst- i tto the Whigs evacu iferred he.ru • in his iopula dual of rtality prac• n. less in the their Edu of the ;eneral e cow re been s to be sud astead. but the with so !fleeted Judith xid be- British ;rants) 30,808 year is ber of useura evious fiber of e mu lti-um= - itudy 1838. dleries 7, and )rt pe falling L Eng three wheat n loaf re, the ual to ras re ' three a hat .t is in mace Lry for 'ceder :rienzt va, on Thiele serous n died nolds, which week zicle. ; post unday duty► rs and T HE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. T u r es t Great Western arrived at Bristol from New York on ultim o Y last She brings New York papers to the 25th days 'Heoring accomplished her passage home in fifteen r ence.., Passage outward occupied nineteen days. She and very severe weather on both passages. On her sh ett 7 Passage she passed through twenty-seven miles of gPakiaHrs.--,ctelicoaungdho.n her passage home she was seven hours in icebergs. She brings thirty seven passen- Yo N\ rk .e 'lthioin the most important extracts from the New iho WaPers, together with the correspondence of the Morn (F,n, i , !iNV, " Private Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) ten_Bl!lNG•rox, U. S., FEB. 21.-1 have important intel imic7te.to cottnnunicate from the disputed territory, which _ Gre at ~'r . tl!e great importance, both to this country and boun: tam, of the speedy adjustment of the north eastern 90a o f , r • in previous letters I have mentioned the adop t'e tr e ; rell 'e by the legislature of Maine, in relation to corrialiorsses uPon the public lands o that state. In ac- Sait4 200 with this resolution, the and-agent of the state, o en, repaired to the scene of operations on . the 000 k ti leerA t , , cr. These operations were decided upon in a b ody in session of the legislature —so very secret that every_ quit e "I' . the whole story, and the trespassers themselves tboatas hell a a s any body else. The governor of Maine spent that th e ee k more in getting up his " secret" expedition, so their trespassers had about three weeks' notice to make keatherrrahgements. Among them was an administration ab eat 'if this very legislature —one Mr. Cary—who lu!d e.l)tia dozen teams in the territory diligently employed in A tlgo.4! a waY the timber. He immediately started from irefetrffitie Capital) to look after his teams, and thus con 'rhe°:,ninformation to the parties in interest. . it i tas `lPedition was conducted wieh as much discretion as aix.po„carninenced. The land agent took with his troops a tove,!nder, which appears to have been regarded by the ds,, i ' i "`,),t as the mainstay of the expedition. They passed Place Los Arostook to near its mbuth, finding the several , 1 1th ; °l' oPeration abandoned b the trespassers. On the ysiloindistiitatit they captured a gang he about 20, and sent those "11 d i , e 3, considered the ringleaders to the gaol at Bangor, t ° I -T r " day the land -agent Mr. Mclntyre, sent a . letter ti lt , • . I'Laughlin the land agent for the province of New herbeNick, inviting' a meeting at the house of a Mr. Fitz ton es t r i t i ? about four fro hs forces, and about three °f th e f i s side of thelines. The f t respassers became ayvare f 10 .1 . 0 4 1 45, and about one o'clock on the following night, o e d th e the house with about forty armed men, who F th„ e a gent with ' two or three gentlemen who were with tilers erg— unconnectedwith the expedition, and carried I,,,novile line, th e `ricto o. " first to wl Woodstock, and subsequently to R.. la gislat u ,_ 111 e q fr oventor in his official communication - "kour s 4' sa ys that they were "carried . beyond the lines. ' t 9 Gss e aYs, that they were lodged in Fredericton gaol. on t i i _ !nor Fairfield there is a company at N o. t lo eveinvorostook, fortified Sandi anticipatins• an attack, in t ILe aecordantindertaking to destroy the timber already cu acish se ti e l e with Abe resolve of the legislature. further' 40 1)4 c deSpatch v of a reinforcement of 300 meHne, of Mr. NI I ra ent os and de c rtty re a agent to supply . the ! a to , 9, and take charge of the expedition. He Lieut.- qosro"oren %special messenger to Sir John Harvey, _ . ng 1' 4 4 ' 8 % 4 oth ° e r r '•\teiwo Brunswick, ° H e llas also for the purpose of ascertaini ed: mat ed the t he tres " whether these high-handed proce t . I "se of b ' the provincialPasserre au e t rn ho m ri e s n ed t, or in any way coun e and to procure the re- wag a , the , cs o „ is agent and those gnv confined with him. The agent ost -11 tra,.., -garged with other matters pertaining to this mlt i', ° us and ex traordinary proceeding." Re ,liePerted that the arms emplOyed by the trespassers a toar,`,e Pro p e rty of the British government, and that .t , I th eto, ',l,7tee was on the march from Fredericton, to protect i lliht IHe i se are the rumours of the day, put afloat, no ~"'i l liii a '„,, t ile friends of the governor, to shield him from the ;‘"er se - i7 ridicule of a most ill-advised and ill-conducted h' e4t eiVz -- it Private letter now before me, from an intelli s -0 dohL e4 43f Maine gives t th . e following story. which i , 1,,,,,,'",-, altog the; —" The land-agent, when I,Nihaci a n hise paperscorre and instructions with him, and also . t- that dogs t.l, in in ny The trespassers will perhaps think ill ' t ik y io're Victors belong' the' spoils, and retain the money e l a r . i kati , b or three teams that have been taken. The Th e us ° t e - ni a ° 4 will see in the newspapers, that the trespassers tle.. 'tory ti. nc ed by the British authorities, I do not believe. L o ltetos i o ua„t a military force has been sent up from Fre s, e '' ) Po en an moonshine. This business has thrown the etrilor in into great confusion. The t ,"` f ,t h is In great trouble. Many of his friends admit - 'ee e ; not the man for ' the times. The disa . ppointed t ite-Zers speak of his inefficiency, and all unite in saying . agell 'is t ' s e at s p e ak a most unfortunate appointment of land ~,c9rie ~, 'r`til their °f the story is that the land-agent and his forces, 4h, 4 eir s b c.v.. the esLd;,agent, wi n th e ll ' ' , e ye s open, walked into the arms of marched to the' scene of trespass. tees the ;," and his forces forthwith decamped, ran 60 mie 1- ' tov ri er, and were there, at the last advices, guarding A erit° rs six. o d-s (t ilitit: °°4 dem c P 11 '! e ' • P nt.... —. 0. excitement prevailed at gu ta. he ,anee4eal of the state, on the 16th i A n n sfan s t, was at 4bl t il ' i Purch asing provisions and munitions of war. the -, -Itioill--osnobitless, the interest of both governments that J oh, ove rtor i,ne trespassers should be arrested ; the mistake not necrociating with Sir asd' e ' r Har rey rfield has be zer a , standiug ejoint expediti9enn. in n Had this' been done no rnia- The plunderers are citt e, b :! . b oth cou)(a:ltlirlide haßearisern.. M Cary whom I mention above Ne r Tg concerned in the depredations had introduced an ' tt hliel: i . the house to institute an inquiry into the . charges e n e o t i l tfo t iV i e,_ against him. This affair demonstrates the fo'`°-481 boiril our inter-negotiation on this matter ofthe d t t r , ti t twith , 0 ,, _ o ndca . ry to a definite issue. It must be settled t and hoLsintinue a perpetual source of jealousy, discon tirrlandtl'itlatespadethntiascitesaltrlortfm. Mexico . do not contradict the account of il , tation of hostilities between Mexico and France, but th ,t o ~ is regarded merely as . a temporary arrangeh e toed. a "nw an opportunity of pacific adjustment throng q e e le arn ~_ , .. the British government. Orleans that Antonio Lopez eleetnta Anu4 is we : y of I T t of Mexico ; but whether by ta li , '°n, a„., . s again presi en . d• 'at e • ,vointinent, or usurpation, does not appear. Bas- IZioss4.lB,aooidoto have been appointed to the command . of a and ordered to march against Urre h a ee a n t ri tici l l lie° ' The men, expelling the French was to have Cruz } it * rlsenforeed on e the e strof the present month. Vera ad l it ii4 , l ,: l ;d m a t nt r h e e e t u d ru i t t ,se s sd ol l id th a o p u p g. e h ar t a h n s fE ecie The population which _ was little prospect ofabusausi the fall of the anstle ilhe Dse till h aed s been vi pr n libited from landing their t cargoes. h ciiiii, d e (tar," and French squadrons were 1 Nri Ptiot t s. ° f Vera Cruz, with about twent y y in sa g il of various (P ro uthe New Yo rk Morning Herald of February 20.) 1 ,7' vt.„"ucE THE E. BOUNDARY LINE. ti e agave Yeste d ON N. n of the arrest of Mr. Mein 'top .!" other 'kni': t he tres Am aY erica e rl c , am ho had endeavoured t 9 put a fif . ,p,_ passers from w the British side of the disputed ii i l3 'lle Governor of Maine has sent . to the Governor ties4l ean r l' ils wiok, to know if he authorises the arrest. In. t i t t the - 4 41 4 : great preparations are making in Maine to re hrai seeros :great 'e wh that about one o'clock on Tuesday night, the Z i n .ar ras' ere , gslept, was surrounded by about forty h, z r,c_ K leintire and others were called up and ordered M I tire demanded ;;.; 4 a '' o tnarch t Frederickton. cIl ~ , 4- 1 , 4 , til t e aeotitll,o2ity they ° arrested him—" This is our authority, th i l a eY t,...t:nander, presenting_ the_ point of a bayonet! 4 'rat e ""°,_x them to Woodstock, had them up before a ma kft.,914,,,°0 issued warrant against Mclntire, Gustavus_ .. Y:' to 'Van, and Thomas a Bartlett, and marched them lorth (51. F red ' and pr, r. Ntket,ster came to Houltor last night, and informed A ro ,Ne t t a u r tt that a body of 175 volunteers under arms, had j ok ist ook P tile river to capture or disperse the force on the l e dth,„„' and that they had employed 25 Indians, who had i ' tie f o ," nn their march. a ll ', Nic o l e w.lech Sheriff Strickland had underhis command, t di;l„, e ller s4 , l, upon No. 10, .w . here they are secure against tic. J ole th - 1,...,4_ , ~..5 their position rendering . it impossible to said at l d eol without a- strong force. The) have a brass field !th vet' their _controul in addition to small arms, It is "art a ` t 'ltt t ain Rines hakbeen chosen to the command. tize,gers.-'gor Courier ' of Friday says—"__ We learn by Ila,i' l lg, th at ' l ° arrived in the stage from Woodstock last to - ‘„,,_ t ake ti at the mob had broken open the arsenal there, and 'ait`raite„-fereral hundred stand of arms belonging to the tie,' "f th e Zt and that the sheriff and his deputies were in pur o ' `ft ""' The arms had been carried to the tobique set !' th e !,' Nothi o N r cas t of th ! was known at ' t VV F o e o d d e s r to je c k k t o o f n an .,, y movement Ititil men ~ , government a r Rat e the t e :° l ( *live of the enemy , ' forces, who are now N o °f th• nt s in progress towards s this ci. Under this yesterday, and came r e, on'ngs the sheriff left there ss t , t arid ,eX-PreSS to lay the proceethngsbeforethe legisla- X o aboo t '4l.l:lnflation has also gone on t . o Au sta. As he ° rga teri .i start ing he was fired at, and his horse was shot. b a kP ro 4 NY V a ., in jnrY, however, was done. In the mean time, ti,ia od n intrenched itself upon the premises,_ un_der s the . th t " e4 it: C aptain Rines. The British force has also ta 411 141. 1itl e• . 'o lf , ill the neighbourhood, but on the other side of ' l f kt i 7l 4 , It7"gh armed, apparently, wit h h av h e e t r he m stu aj l e c s t t i y o ' n s a5,,,,‘ , 10 1 i t °es not appear that the enemy I th eir Y, or own that they are acting in any other way than responsibility. (p,„,_ .... wri the New York Morning Herald of Feb. 22) . thp , - ktit," Piot I, .THE BOUNDARY TROUBLJIS. (l y led . '.;',,%lns to thicken on the border ew fas_te o r e than we Y K yester sosi %id s 'lr. Mactare passed through N si. ert tor r a • w aY . to Washington, with ,despatches fromth o e, °a ti gi hd' Halite. He reported that the legislature t _ _ a t 1it4.41e4,- aPPropriated 800,000 dollars to carry out this hlt "W e 4- S,,,,rv e , , rust that our government . as well as Gover anty, ' Will take measures immediately to preserve 4 11.1.-efi l i a nd to stop these local squabbles ; they are alike ' l rig 4_ tc the people of both countries, and ins . tead n of ist;sts,,,7 settle the • uestion will only render its fi at •PilleferVen times as difficult as it would be without local Nil G o '' in Pa t o rnor of Maine has ordered 1000 of the Penobs l cot 1'1 ) 44 of march with all speed to the scene of the troub en es,. Iliat„ th e with fot:ce under command of the new land ag . t qctt. t'' were to march on Wednesday morning from ( )si r ," th e , ''''‘,o4 the hand, Sir John Harvey is said also to have NO ht - " a thousand of his militia, with directions to 4 4 oh o P tN c ' r n t ee into the disputed territory. lso it is said i f th t 'll, d h,f!:°Ps have been ordered from F A redericton, St. ' t tgli Aro,, - ,.„' l lax ; the' a boom is to be placed at the month_ tilt -81( 9 to eaten the timber as it comes down, with toe theeat force to protect it. te e 4, verno r of Maine is said to have sent a messenger t e 't ,a,,te -:-.l:rit's!rnf Massachuset with despatches, the to l r a -. e"e nger a l • ' ° .fug 1111.1 og jurisdiction in the disputed tem y r - arrived in Boston on Tuesday. •Vro b, .., , -- zi ew York Morning r ilerald of February 23.) 1) Yl e foll 't" N. E . BOUNDARY BORDER WAR . t,Jh,r jr,l°°,itig Pro c l amation on this subject has been i ssued t ,;, 11;:t1.-tiarvey, and perhaps gives the best insight we ' ti 'lles;e tilt° the views of the Colonial authorities on this triLllle question : ,ite rr , A PROCLAMATION. 'i. ,: 1 , k i . - as, I have received information that a part of t .`it: ti " nload .Bls ,es, to the number of two hundred, or more, c V't l ,!lf 11,-e't Portion of this Province, under the junsdi ofN,i Majesty's Government, from the neighbouring i t ilt i !, kid ~4 1. 1 1 e, for the professed object of exercising 1 tt41 , 4 ; a sulvin g im any off per stated to be cutting Timber h , rtti, o ll `.l that divers other persons have, without ~ 1 14, NY, taken up arms with the intention of resisting . I,)t,:rr i ll . 1 ,% 1 ° , 1 and outrages and have broken open certain r,qte'rg to,,,6odStOCk, in which arirT and ammunition, be rth. 4 xr.. for Majesty, were deposited, and have taken the td It i i 4 Y for that purpose I do hereby charge and coln_- illtetqr„ Persons concerned' in such illegal acts, forthwit t h k,i;:'_. the arms and ammunition, so illegally taken . , 0 taCje of deposit, as the Government of the Proyce kil t . It ostil e al'e to adopt all necessary measures for resisting ;', Dar t 4 Invasion or outrage that may be attempted upon 4 km' tier or territories or subjects. itt.rfr I do hereb&hcheearrr to eatid vigilant, all Magistrates, b,.1 in k44oher be gilant, aiding and assist :tttivlllt the'l:PPrehension of all persons so offending, and to lf:rePotbv,ee itolitarjustice. And in order to aid and assist the ere hi r ,in that respect, if necessary, I have ordered a Y force to proceed forthwith to the place lit ihi ell t o Str., outrages are represented to have been committed, , 4 'Ai, or, op'el foreign invasion, as to prevent the illegal as tri t `ltrd fo r t t1 " 8 bY her Majesty's subjects in this province. (lo i l i l e aid of her, in order to be prepared, if necessary, to call hr., er, b ,. „I, ecotutional militia force of the country, I 'st k m Y ,unarge and c ommand the officers commanding the beeped battalions of the militia of the county of Carleton, forthwith to proceed as the law directs, to the drafting of a body of men, to consist of one-fourth of the strength of each of these battalions, to be in readiness for actual service, should occasion require. ' " By His Excellency's command, " WILLIAM F. ODELL." " God save the Queen." _ The persons seized with the land agent are Messrs. G. G. Cushman, and John H. Pillsbury, of Bangor, and Colonel E. Webster, and Thomas Bartlett, of Orono. Col. Webster and Mr. Pillsbury were not connected with the land agent's expedition, but were in that vicinity attending to their own private business. (From the New York Morning Herald, of Feb. 23) THE BOUNDARY TROUBLES. _ We received yesterday morning from an official source the information that the original trespassers on the disputed ter ritory were labourers employed by Shepherd Cary, repre sentative in the Legislature of Maine from Houlton, and a Mr. Purley ; the former resides in Maine, but has his store in New Brunswick. They are lumber merchants, and the whole affair originates in their desire to make money regard less of treaties and laws. The Eastern mail last night brought the following letter from Sir John Harvey to Governor Fairfield : "Government House, Frederiekton, New-Brunswick, Feb. 13, 1838. " Sir,—l have just heard with the utmost surprise and re gret, that, without the courtesy of any intimation whatever to this Government, an armed force from the state of Maine has entered the territory, the claim to which is in dispute be twixt Great Britain and the United States, and which it has been agreed, betwixt the two General Governments, shall remain in the exclusive possession and jurisdiction of Eng land, until the claim be determined. "it has been my duty, on more than one occasion, to ap prize the Executive Government of Maine, that my instruc tions do not permit me to suffer any interference with that possession and jurisdiction, until the question of right shall have been finally decided, in discussion between the two Ge neral Governments. " With the knowledge of these instructions thus explicitly made known, I cannot but repeat the expression of the deep regret which I feel, that, instead of seeking their recall or modification through the Presidential Government, the state of Maine should thus have forced upon a subordinate officer the alternative of either failing in his duty by abstaining from the fulfilment of the command of his sovereign, or, by acting up to them, placing the two countries in a state of border collision, if not the two nations in inveterate and active hos tility. " Such, nevertheless, is the position in which I find my self placed by this overt act on the part of the state of Maine, one from which I do not hesitate in entreating your Excel lency to relieve me, by ordering the immediate recall of a force whose presence within the precincts of the territory as claimed by England, it is contrary to my instructions to per mit, and it is proper that I should acquaint your Excellency that I have directed a strong force of her Majesty's troops to be in readiness to support her Majesty's authority, and to protect her Majesty's subjects in the disputed territory, in the event of this request not being immediately complied with. " With regard to any plea for these proceedings on the part of the state of Maine, connected with timber spoliations in that territory, I have to inform your Excellency that I have given directions for a boom to be placed across the mouth of the Aroostook, where the seizing officer, protected by a suffi cient guard, will be able to prevent the passige of any timber into the St. John in the spring, or to seize it, and expose it to public sale for the benefit of the Disputed Territory Fund.' " Similar precautions willbe adopted in regard to any tim ber cut upon the Upper St. John, or the tributary streams falling into it. " Anxiously awaiting your Excellency's reply to this com munication, _ _ _ I have the honour to be, " Your Excellency's " Most obedient humble servant, " J. HARVEY." On the reeeipt of this, Governor Fairfield sent a second message to the Maine Legislature, in which he went over the whole ground again, the particulars of which we have already stated. _ . Five of the trespassers taken by the Aroostook expedition, arrived at Bangor on Monday forenoon. Maine has passed a resolution appropriatiug 800,000 dols. to the support of 10,000 men, which she is now calling into the field, and calls on Massachusetts to join in the expense. Governor Everett accordingly has addressed a message-to the Legislature of Massachusetts, asserting that the juris diction of the land in question belongs to Maine and the United States, and representing the readiness of Massa chusetts, Weaned upon, to defend the Maine. The message was referred to a select committee. (From the New York Morning Herald of Feb. 25) N. E. BOUNDARY TROUBLES. The mails yesterday brought nothing more of importance from the expected seat of war. Drums are beating, troops are marching, flags are flying, men are drinking, and but few are thinking in and about the neighbourhood of the N. E. Boundary Line. Mr. Van Buren has now the whole matter before him. He would like to have a war, to divert public attention from his own miserable misconduct ; but the good sense of Congress and the nation will step in to prevent this; and before the Liverpool steamer returns to Europe, we hope to see every belligerent appearance about the N. E. Boun dary Line banished, to return no more. THE CANADA TROUBLES. The incursions and maraudings are over for the present, and all is still as death on the frontier. The rascals who committed the outrage at Caldwell's manor have not been given up by our government, and if Mr. Van Buren can avoid it, he never will give them up ; the affair is at present entirely in his hands. Since the Canada troubles began this last time at Prescott, the British have taken 780 prisoners and sent them to King ston, Montreal, and London. Of this number a few have been discharged, several sent to England, and 34 have been executed : NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—Exchange on England, 1081 to 109 ; the United States Bank Stock, 1181. Cotton, the re-appear ance of animation noticed in our last continued up to yester day, throughout which the transactions were :tzain only to a limited extent. A very considerable portion of the sales during the week havebeen for exportation; prices, also, have remained without material variation, and may now be con sidered the same as previous to the arrival of the Great Western ; a trifling reduction, which in some instances im mediately succeeded the receipt of her advices, having since been entirely regained. Freights may be considered very good ; vessels fill up very readily, and throughout the season they have been quite as favourable here as at the South. TEXAS Affairs in this republic are represented to be in a quiet and prosperous condition. Gen. Rusk had returned to Clarks ville from his expedition to the frontier in pursuit of the Indians and Mexicans. who fled and retreated beyond his reach. The depredations of the savages had ceased, and for the present no apprehension was felt from danger in that quarter FROM NOVA SCOTIA. We have the Halifax Times of the th instant, and a letter from our correspondent of the same • date. In the Times is published a number of the despatches from the Colonial Office which have caused so much dissatisfaction, and have been the subject of such sharp comment in the provincial legislature. We do not understand precisely the nature of "the points in dispute, but so far as we can discern the diffi culty seems to be that the home government persists in shap ing its policy by the advice and information it receives from a few prominent individuals in the province with whose no tions those of the majority in the legislature are considerably at variance. The Times, which is conservative or tory, ac cuses the assembly of radicalism. The debate on the despatches was still in progress, and with no decrease of vehemence or acrimony. Considerable injury had been caused in various parts of the province by the heavy rains, which occasioned freshets in the rivers, &c. The frigate Crocodile arrived at Halifax, on the 3rd, from Barbadoes, with two companies of the 69th regiment ;, also the Inconstant, from Cork, with detachments of that regi ment and the 37th. Our correspondent writes that the harbour was then frozen over, and people were crossing over to Dartmouth—a circum stance which has not occurred since 1833. The schooner Mary Ann, Archi mld, for New York, is cleared, but cannot get to sea in consequence of the ice.—New York Spectator, Feb. 25. ITjt Ethrrpoot &tanbiarb‘ FROM MEXICO. Our New Orleans slips of the 11th inst. bring us the un accountable information that Santa Anna has again become the president of the Mexican . republic ; but how we are not distinctly informed. The news was brought by a French ship from Vera Cruz, which port she left on the 26th of Ja nuary. At the time of her sailing,! the intelligence had just arrived by express from the capital. President Bustamente is said to have marched, or been on the point of marching, with 4000 men against Urrea, at Tam pico. We presume, therefore, that the call of General Santa Anna to the presidency is only temporary, during the absence of Bustamente. It may be, however, that the whole is an arranged affair, and that Bustamente intends to remain ab sent, at least until the war with France is brought to a close one way or another. The decree for the expulsion of the French residents was to be put rigiorously in force on the sth instant. The Mexican inhabitants, it is said, were returning to Vera Cruz. The English and French squadrons were lying quietly before that place, and some of the accounts say that perfect good feeling existed between them. The New Orleans Louisianian, however, states that the arrival of the English fleet caused so mnch dissatisfaction among the French, that Admiral Baudin addressed a note of remonstrance to the British admiral, in which the latter was politely but firmly requested to withdraw. That an interview between them followed, in which it was agreed that two of the English seventy-fours and three frigates should proceed to Havannah ; which agreement was carried into effect. We do not know how to give entire credence to this story. It may have grown out of the sailing of some of the English ships for Havannah—probably for supplies. It is stated that Admiral Baudin entertains no hope of an amicable adjustment with Mexico, and only awaits the arrival of troops to recommence hostilites. The assumption of the government by Santa Anna certainly affords room for believing that negotiations are not likely to end the quarrel, known as he is,. to be resolute for war.--New York Spectator of Feb. 25 ECLIPSE. — There will be a total eclipse of the sun, the 15th instant ; and though this will be the case on or near the central track, yet to the northern parts of Wales and England, the whole of Scotland and Ireland, this eclipse will be entirely invisible ; but to the southern parts of Eng land and Wales a small part of the sun's disc will be ob scured near the lower limb. At Beachy Head, where it will be greatest in England, it will be but of trifling magnitude. The eclipse at Greenwich begins at 3h. 83m. 54 sec. and ends at 4h. 4m. 24sec. p.m. MURDER IN IRELAND. - At the Longford assizes, a man named Kenny was found guilty of the murder of Moorhead, a tenant of Lord Lorton. The court was densely crowded in every part. When the culprit was asked in the usual way, " Had he anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed on him ?" he called on God to witness that he was as innocent as the child unborn—that he was not nearer the place when the murder was committed than Ballinarnuck the night it took place. Baron Pennefather, in the most feeling language, proceeded to pass sentence on the wretched criminal. He recapitulated the horrid facts of the case, and expressed his entire approval of the verdict of the jury, and, in conclusion, admonished the prisoner as to his awful state in a manner which drew tears from many of the crowd, feel ings of emotion in which the learned baron himself partook. The last sentence having been passed, the prisoner, who had all along listened with attention to the address of the judge, exclaimed in a loud voice—" A long day, my lord.' , The judge had not fixed a day at this period, and appeared to be considering the subject, when a child of the wretched con vict, who stood among the crowd which surrounded the dock, commenced uttering the most lamentable cries. The pri soner's, attention was aroused to this •, his face changed to the colour of a corpse, and clenching his fist, he struck the bar of the dock violently with it, exclaiming,—" The soul won't be forty-eight hours out of my body when I will be revenged of my judge and jury, and my prosecutors !" The manner in which this atrocious sentiment was uttered dif fused a thrill of horror through all who heard it. On being removed from the dock to the gaol the crowd loudly cheered him as he passed, and some were heard to say, " Cheer up, Kenny, you die for your holy religion I" When he came to the gate of the prison he turned round to the populace, looked up at the gallows, which was over his head, and ex claimed, " Never fear, I'll die like a man." FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1339. We perceive that t,he opinion we expressed in our paper of Friday last, relative to the probability of hos tilities between this country and the United States, has been borne out, notwithstanding the dOubts expressed since then by some of our contemporaries in this town, and by several London and Dublin papers. The following extract is from the Dublin Evening Mail of last Monday : "RUMOURED WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. " Not only public rumours, but private letters which we have received, are full of something more than hints that a war with America is not to be looked to as any very distant event. In fact we are told that ministers are actually in possession of despatches—perhaps we might more correctly say communications—the contents of which it would be ex tremely inconvenient, not to say unpleasant, to speak•about. We are, however, quite certain that conservative politeness, carried as it now is to its most exquisite pitch, will not dis turb them at so delicate a juncture." We cannot fathom the tone of certain personages in both houses of parliament, unless there be more known by private individuals of high rank in the metropolis than has as yet been made public. There appear a mental reservation, a tacit acknowledgment, by Minis ters, of the present precarious condition of this nation, notwithstanding the boasted assurances from Foreign Powers of their friendly disposition towards us, which look ugly. Anguis in herba latet. HOSTILITIES HAVE ALREADY COMMENCED ! Since the above was written we have received New York papers up to the 25th ult., which convey to us the important, but ,painful intelligence. that war has actually commenced in the State of Maine, between the United States and her MAJESTY'S subjects. • Very full extracts from these papers will be found in our columns to-day. Sir JOHN HARVEY, Governor of New Brunswick, issued his proclamation on the 21st ult., calling all magistrates, sheriffs, &c. to act with vigilance and zeal; and commanding the officers of the first and second batta!ions of the militia forthwith to proceed tc the drafting of a body of men, &c. He has ordered 1,000 men to proceed at once into the disputed territory ; and regular troops have been ordered from Frederic ton, St. John, and Halifax. The Governor of Maine, on the other hand, has commanded 1,000 men to march with all speed to the scene of trouble, in aid of the force already there. Sir JOHN HARVEY addressed on the 13th ult. a very judicious letter to the Governor of Maine, im ploring that he should not be placed under the painful necessity of either abstaining from the fulfilment of the commands of his SOVEREIGN, or by acting up to them, place the two nations in inveterate and active hostility. On the receipt of this, the Governor of Maine sent a second message to the Maine Legislature, in which he paid little or no attention to the above friendly and humane letter; but merely went over the old question of the boundary line. In a postcript to this message, he adds, " In regard to all this I have only to say that, for one, I see no reason to doubt the entire correctness of the course we have thus far pursued, and that with the blessing of GOD, I TRUST WE SHALL PERSE VERE." "No SUCH ARGUMENTS AS THAT AL LUDED TO BY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR (Sir J. HARVEY) CAN BE RECOGNISED BY US 1" ACcordingly the Legislature of Maine forthwith passed a resolution appropriating 800,000 dollars to the support of 10,000 men, which force she is now calling into the field; and calls upon the State of Massachusetts to join in the expense. Let not the public forget our prediction in our paper of last Friday. " If you will not have warehouses you shall not have docks," said the chairman of the .Dock Committee, a few days ago, to several highly respectable merchants on 'Change. And this very liberal sentiment was re echoed, on the same day, by that convenient tool of Messrs. WALMSLEY and EVANS, who, wincing under the lash of his unsparing task-masters, is always at hand to do their dirty work. Who is Mr. VINCENT HIGGINS ? We protest we never heard of this man, except as a fifth or sixth-rate iron-merchant, before the reform tempest whirled him and a few others to the surface of the political pot, where they are tossed about like so many chips, and where they may proba bly remain till the good sense of the people shall scum the cauldron, and return them to the places whence they came. Yet is this man and a few such, whose presumption has got the better of their judgment, sent to legislate for the merchants of Liverpool, by men who never paid, nor ever will pay, a single shilling of dock-rates as long as they liv6 ! And they have now the audacity to stalk on 'Change, and tell the merchants of Liverpool, that " if they won't have warehouses they shall not have docks." Our able contemporary of the Mail has, with his usual talent, dissected the " report" of the Finance Committee ; but there are a few points which he has not touched upon connected with the question, and to them we beg to direct the attention of our readers. It is a well-known fact, that a motion was made in the Finance Committee that a portion of the able and well-digested report of Mr. OKILL should be expunged. Our readers will do well to recollect, that of all men living Mr. OKILL is the best acquainted with the dock and corporate estates. His invaluable services are appreciated by all. In asking him, therefore, for his opinion, the committee were right. In attempting to expunge one sentence, they were acting most disho nourably towards so able a man, and, they were prac tising a fraud upon the town at large, who had a right to know his full opinion. He says :—" It cannot be denied that the projected erection of dock warehouses has latterly had a considerable effect in promoting this decline [in the demand for land], and the experience of the last twelve months tends materially to strengthen this conclusion. One lot of land only, and that sub ject to a restriction of warehouse doors, has been dis posed of by the Improvement Committee ; and two; mainly subject to the same restriction, and one small lot out of the reach of such restriction, have been sold by the Finance Committee, in this period : and I may safely say, that, since my appointment to my office, in 1824, I never knew so few inquiries made for land; and I feel it my duty to state, which I do with all de ference, my own conviction that the construction of warehouses, to the extent proposed in the plans sub mitted by the Dock Committee, would necessarily tend to a further reduction in the value of land, and also to a depreciation of the interest of the Corporation, in the warehouses and other mercantile erections held under their leases." " Much has been said as to the very great increase of warehouse property of late years. The increase of the trade of the port has required it, and the competi tion arising from this increase has been such as to keep the rents from yielding more than a fair return for the outlay of capital, and from being otherwise a bur then on the trade. But, in estimating the increase, it is requisite to take into consideration the great decrease of warehouse property by the impiovements under the Dock Act of 1825 and the Improvement Act of 1826 : no less than eighty-nine warehouses were destroyed; and this deficit ought to be allowed for in estimating the recent increase." In this business-like manner does Mr. OKILL'S valuable testimony dispose of the statistics of Mr. WALMSLEY. No wonder those who wanted to carry the bill would have gladly expunged such testimony, had they been able. Much of a similar character to that above might be given, but this is sufficient for our purpose at present. Mr. THOMAS BOLTON says the Warehouse Question is net a party question; but, we ask, has not Mr. JOHN CROPPER been called " a traitor" ?—have not Messrs. Jo HN and HENRY HOLMES been nicknamed " pocket patriots" ?—and has not Mr. been called a conservative, because he has supported the rights of property ? There are persons, calling themselves gentlemen, who can answer these questions if they choose. In preserving those sacred rights, many of the members of council have certainly departed from the practice of modern liberals. Have the public ever thought of the patronage that the Dock Committee would possess, if they carried the bill ? A secretary is the first thing wanted, and Mr. TINDAL ATKINSON, of the Reform Association, and the busy tool of WALMSLEY, would have no objections to the situation, with £6OO or £BOO a-year ; a treasurer, with £BOO a-year ; a su perintendent, with £5OO a-year ; an inspector, with £4OO a-year ; a posse of clerks, with £l5O each; cashiers to every dock establishment, with £2OO each; dock warehouse-keepers, under-keepers, or assistants, ticket-porters, and coopers ; all to be appointed by the Dock Trustees, with a long list of et ceteras. Here is a splendid vista open to the view of many a hungry and flaming patriot, enough to make a thousand mouths water, and all this to be done that monopoly may be destroyed and trade be free and unrestricted ! Does any man in his senses suppose that one single cooper, carter, or porter would be employed in these establish ments who ventured to give a conservative vote ? We protest that we never knew a deeper scheme for grasp ing at all power and patronage of'the town, under pre tence of forwarding the interests of trade, than the scheme under review. But it wont do. To divest it of a political appearance, every possible use has been made of a few conservative names, whom we deeply regret to see in such company ; and they have 'been thrust prominently forwards, whilst the men who have been pulling the strings have been laughing in their sleeves at the deception practised on them. No exception could be taken to the statement of the warehouse owners ; and in reference to the compara tive charges between this port and London, they say in one of their communications, " To remove all doubts from the minds of your committee as to the accuracy of the Liverpool charges—members of the association would undertake to land and warehouse cargoes of any article of the produce enumerated in the accompanying statement at the rates therein specified." We shall have something to say in our next pub lication on this part of the question. The ware house owners were needlessly alarmed at the agitation of the subject. Had the Dock Committee gone to Parliament for such a bill, the first day's evidence on the necessity of their application would have settled the whole hash, and they would have been seen, like the corn law delegates, returning home in some second class train, wiser, if not better men than when they started on such a ridiculous errand. The sooner re porters are admitted to the meetings of the Dock Com mittee the better for the interests of the public. To what a lamentable condition our country must be reduced, when she suffers herself to be governad by men as destitute of confidence in their own proceed ings, as they are of fortitude or courage to meet the attacks of those opposed to them. It will be recollected that a few weeks ago Mr. DUNCOMBE, member for Finsbury, obtained an order from the House of CoMmons for permitting the thea tres in Westminster to be opened on Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent. Notwithstanding this resolution of the house, her MAJESTY'S ministers thought proper to instruct the LORD CHAMBERLAIN to interdict that order, and issue his proclamation that the theatres should not he opened on those two days during Lent. On Monday last Mr. DU N COMBE moved that a vote of censure be passed on ministers for this conduct. The resolution was as follows :—" That this house learns with regret and surprise that her MAJESTY'S ministers have thought fit to interfere with the wholly unfettered discretion which the Legislature has been pleased to vest in the LORD CHAMBERLAIN with re spect to theatrical entertainments within the city of Westminster, by directing that officer of her MA JESTY'S household so 'to exercise his discretionary au thority as to defeat the manifest object of a resolution of the Commons' House of Parliament." Without at all adverting to the propriety or impro priety of theatrical performances, we cannot refrain from concurring in the propriety of Mr. DUNCOMBE'S motion ; for here we find an instance, and it is not the first instance, of our whig government attempting to constitute an authority virtually irresponsible and su perior to the Commons' House of Parliament. Ought not such conduct as this open the eyes of the people of this country to the real spirit'of whiggery ? If minis ters were confident that these theatres ought not to be opened on Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent, why did they not, like men, take their stand when first the question was introduced by Mr. DUNCOMBE ? Why did they not on that occasion raise their voice, defend their conduct, and divide the. house on the question ? Two circumstances prevented them: first, they doubted their strength ; secondly, they feared offending the ra dicals. Now, as their imbecility, cowardice, and trickery in duced them to allow the House of Commons to pass a resolution authorising the LORD CHAMBERLAIN to grant permission for the opening of the theatres on those evenings, how dare they, after that resolution was legitimately passed, interfere, and privately direct the LORD CHAMBERLAIN not to comply with the order of the House of Commons ? We verily believe such conduct is unprecedented. But this is only the "first act" of this drama; and, omitting the intermediate "acts," we arrive at the "farce." Mr. DUNCOMBE, indignant at this proceeding, and, although he is a radical, we say justly indignant, moved, as we said before, a motion of censure on ministers for their conduct. • Now for the courage, the consciousness of rectitude of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, et hoc anine genus ! Did they, like men of mind, like men regardless of the opi nions of others, provided they were conscious that they were acting right, meet this attack, repel it, defend their principles, and say, " We believe we have acted right— we are prepared for our defence—we will argue the merits of the question, divide the house, if you please; but we will not yield one atom of our opinion as to the propriety of our conduct, to the demands of radicals or to the censure of tories ?" No, no ! Lord JOHN RUS SELL feared the consequences—he feared to offend the radicals—he succumbed to the attack ; and, like a coward and a sycophant, sculked away, and took refuge under a promise to act better for the future—a virtual apology ! What a glorious 'minister ! " A Daniel come to judgment ! Yea—a Daniel !" His lordship having demanded, after Mr. DUN COMBE'S friends had expressed their desire that the motion would be withdrawn, that the house should di vide, reminds us of the semblance of courage exhibited by the crowing of a little bantam, while retreating with all possible speed from the attacks of a bird he dared not encounter. By what species of infatuation the Protestant Dis senters of Great Britain are induced to form an un holy alliance with Infidels and Papists, as they now do, thus promoting the cause of Infidelity and Popery, we cannot devise. Have they lost sight altogether of the nature and history of Popery and Infidelity ? One would imagine that their attachment to certain political principles, or their zeal against the Esta blished Church, has driven out of their minds the his tory of what Popery has been ever since the reign of CONSTANTINE THE GREAT; and the history of the black and diabolical deeds done by Infidels in France, under the name of liberty, during the revolution of 1793. How any body of people profesiing the great truths of Christianity, as the INDEPENDENTS, BAP TISTS, and others do, can reconcile to their con sciences the joining hand and hand with Papists and Infidels in order to pull down that Church, which, under GOD, has preserved that unadulterated Bible which those Dissenters profess to value above all things ; and in which Church the LORD JESUS CHRIST and the Apostles are preached, " being read every Sabbath-day," (Acts xv. 21,) is what we cannot comprehend : particularly when we recollect, that the substitution of that Church throughout the land would be, if it were pulled down, either Popery or Infidelity, or both ! We would ask the above-named Dissenters, do they flatter themselves that their disapproval of the mode of worship in the Established Church is a sufficient ground, in the sight of GOD, for their aiding and abet ting, as many of them are now doing, the open ene mies of the Bible, the covert enemies of the Gospel, and the unqualified enemies of the divinity of the SON of GOD ? We know well the way in which they are deceived by those who lie in wait to deceive : they are told that there is no possible danger of the Church of Rome ever becoming the Established Church of this land ; and that, if it even were the established religion, the same privileges would be allowed them that they now enjoy. Putting altogether out of the question the ungodli ness of in any way promoting the cause of Anti-Christ, we would take leave to ask, why is there no possible danger of the Church of Rome becoming the Esta blished Church here ? Was there ever a time when it was not an aspiring Church 2 Does not the Popu, and do not all his ministers, consider it their bounden duty to advance the cause of their politico-religious Church, to the extermination of all other Churches ? Have they not sworn so to do ? Has that obligation ever been cancelled ? We answer, it never has. Is there not danger, then, considering the above oaths— considering the immense resources of that Church— considering how much calculated her ordinances are to gratify the flesh and to delude the multitude—and considering that Infidels would much prefer that Church (for obvious reasons) to any reformed Church, is there not, we ask, very great danger of that Church becoming the established religion of this country, if the present Establishment (which GOD forbid) were ever pulled down ? From what we have read—from what we have wit nessed at home and in foreign lands—and from what we know, we firmly believe that the Church of Rome would, in case of the above event, become the Esta blished Church of this country. She aspires to it ; she teaches her people to believe it will be the case; and it is only from her present inability, that she does not openly avow it. She says, as one of her champions did a 'few months ago, " We cringe when weak ; but we demand when strong." This he no doubt learned from her pulpits. But, it may be said, if she even were in power she would not now persecute—she would be tolerant ; 'we should enjoy as much liberty then, as now. Would you ? Pray from what data do you draw your conclusions ? If from none, but from her avn promises and declarations now made, recollect that such promise necessarily involves the violation of her oath—so that you depend on a promise, the keeping of which, necessarily. involves the promiser in perjury ! Verily, a good foundation. But it may be again said, the spirit of the times, the march of intellect, the spirit of Englishmen would never submit to it. Pray, is there not as much spirit of liberty, as much march of intellect amongst the lower classes of the community in the United States as in England ? We say there is. Then we can prove that the Protestant population of that country seriously apprehend the establishment of Popery in that land. And if they do in the United States, which are separated thousands of miles from the seat of the beast, and where there is no Established Church, much more ought we to apprehend here such an event. We shall here lay before our readers the testimony of one, who lives m a country where there is no Esta blished Church, who is himself a Dissenter, belonging to the Dutch Reformed Church ; and whose remarks must therefore be valued by the Dissenters in this country. We allude to the Rev. Dr. BROWNLEE, of New York, one of the most learned, talented, and exemplary clergymen on the face of the earth. In his work called "The Roman Catholic Controversy," pub lished in New York, in 1834, on pages 306-7-8 and 195, the following incontrovertible remarks will be found : " But all the world knows that the order of Jesuits was revived in 1814, by Pope Pius VII., for the ex press purpose of gaining ghostly power in Europe, and especially to gain over the United States ; and, latterly, the Roman Catholic princes of Europe have entered deeply and zealously into the enterprise. These, it is true, care little for the Pope, and far less for his sys tem of inventions, which he is pleased, facetiously, to call the Christian religion ! The truth is, that as men, entertainini their own private opinions, neither Pope, nor the Roman Catholic princes, in Europe, ever grave hr affected to believe in the system of the Romish reli gion. Viewed strictly as a regular system of priestcraft and tyranny, it is a wretched substitute for Christianity, and to it, strictly speaking, as such, is applicable all that Voltaire and Hume wrote. In their ignorance of the Holy Bible, they mistook Popery for CHRISTIAN ITY. So does the Pope; so do his ghostly court; so do . the despotic princes of Europe." " Hence the present conspiracy, and combined ef forts to execute that conspiracy, by these European despots. And the Jesuits—who have convulsed every nation and government in Europe, they have, as the last resort, selected as the means to accomplish our ruin. And every man, in our union, who has eyes to see, and has looked steadily on for a few years past, has perceived that an army of Jesuits are at work over the land. The effort now made—and I implore my fellow citizens to mark it, and watch the progress ; the untiring effort and aim of these foreign emissaries of European despots, are to get the education of our children and young people, male and female, into their own hands ! And all those unhappy victims whom they can obtain, they send home—verily ignorant enough of the usual ornamental and useful branches—but then their one, only grand aim, is achieved. They send them home into the bosoms of their families, unblushing, irreligious, bigoted Roman Catholics ! This, as you know, reverend fathers, is the plan adopted in the con spiracy against our free institutions." " They are teachers of religion.' Yes ! and that religion dooms all heretical governments, and teaches that no heretic has a right to rule, or even hold pro perty; that no Protestant heretic has a lawful heir, be cause no heretic is lawfully married, according to the Papal law ! They are teachers of religion !' Yes ! But in every nunnery, and in every male seminary, it is their religion to hold up ,the Pope as the legitimate master of all magistrates, and his court, and platform of rule, as the only model of perfection in the art of government ! No politics—no political emiBsary—no armed bands, can be more fatal to our country than these teachers of religion !' And their very jealousy, and eternal outcry of religious persecution,' when we expose their conspiracy against our unsuspecting peo ple, is, to me, a manifest demonstration that their whole system is a political conspiracy. The teachers of pure Christianity court publicity : they move in light, and triumph by the force of truth. But those religious' conspirators creep into houses,' and move in dark ness, and fear nothing more than light and publicity!" " It is a matter of recorded fact, that the Pope claims power over the bodies and souls of men, Protestants as well as Catholics,' and over all Protestant as well as non-Protestant government ! The Protestant govern ment of England and of the United States are only re bels, who are to be regained back by the conversion of Jesuits, or by force of arms in due time ! It is the so lemn belief of every Pope, and every true Roman Ca tholic, that the Protestant kings of Holland and England have no more right to reign than had the excommuni cated HARRY VIII. and Queen ELIZABETH ! It is the solemn belief of the Pope and every Jesuit, that our Protestant and venerable chief magistrate has no more right to bear the reins of government than HARRY VIII. or Queen ELIZABETH had in England ! The fact is, every Protestant prince, every Protestant pre sident, subject and citizen, are annually excommuni cated at Rome and in these United States. And I as sert in the face of the most unblushing Jesuit, and before the American community, that it is matter of the most notorious evidence, that on every Thursday of Passion week, annually, according to the bull In ccena Domini, our Protestant president, and all our Protestant magistrates, governors, and every Protes tant member of our city corp ora ti on , are publicly, for mally, and. solemnly excommunicated, cursed, and sent to hell and perdition, in . every Romish chapel in the United States ! But then it is pronounced in Latin, and not generally known. Every priest takes 'an oath on the evangels and the cross' to do this. And if there be one of them that can have the assurance to deny that he does this, then he is, by his own confession, A PERJURED KNAVE !" We request our Dissenting readers not to forget that this clergyman, being virtually a Dissenter, and living in a country where there is no Established Church, could have had no motive for making the above re marks, but a conviction of the utter impossibility of PROTESTANT DISSENTERS living under a Papal su premacy. Lastly. Not many years have elapsed since Inde pendents, Baptists, and others united hand in hand with Churchmen, including her most religious Bishops, Prelates, and Clergymen, in a HOLY AL LIANc E---an alliance to promote and defend the cause of the Bible. We allUde to the British and Foreign Bible Society. But now Dissenters have, with strange inconsistency, formed an alliance with the enemies of that Bible—conduct, which no power of argument could convince us is not attributable to political and secular motives, rather than to spiritual ones. Let those Dissenters, who really know and love the truth, only examine their own hearts, and we think they must come to the same conclusion, as to the primum mobile of their actions ; and we doubt not but on due reflec tion, with the Bible in their hands, they will shudder at the thought that they are now aiding and abetting the cause of the Papist and of the Infidel—the enemies of God and man ! The question will soon be, and even now is, BIBLE, or 110 BIBLE ? CASE OF IMPORTANCE TO OWNERS AND BUILDERS OF HOUSES. Before Mr. HALL, and another Magistrate, at the Police Court, on Wednesday. This was an information laid by Mr. Dixon, proprietor of certain premises on the north-east side of Cleveland-square, against Mr. Ambrose Buxton, proprietor of the adjoining premises, charging the latter with making use of a party-wall, by the insertion of beams, &c., contrary to the 9th and 10th clauses of the Liverpool Building Improvement Acts, sth and 6th William IV. The case excited very considerable in terest amongst house-owners and builders, as well as amongst surveyors, who, it will be found, entertained opposing opi nions on the peculiar merits of the case. Mr. Counsellor VENABLES appeared for the defendant ; Mr. Robert NORRIS, solicitor, for the informant. Before the case was gone into, Mr. HALL stated that the Building Act empowered magistrates in petty sessions to inflict penalties for its infraction ; but he was at a loss to know why such power should be given to them • for it ap peared to him that the questions to b e cons id er ed-under it could be competently decided only by builders or surveyors. Even when a penalty was inflicted, such cases were seldom finally decided, as the parties might still proceed to another court, the borough court or the sessions, or consent to a re ference to competent persons. He, therefore, suggested that it might be more satisfactory to both parties to appoint a referee or referees, who should have the liberty to call in a barrister, or a surveyor. Mr. NORRIS said, that his client had every confidence in that Bench, and did not therefore, wish to avail himself of the suggestion. Mr. VENABLES said that, on the part of Mr. Buxton, he had no objection to refer the matter to the sessions or the borought court, assured as he was of a verdict wherever the case was tried, as the party-wall was, he should prove, on the soil and property of the defendant. There appeared'to him indeed, to be nothing to refer, on his part. After some further conversation, Mr. NORRIS not acceding to Mr. HALL'S suggestion, the case proceeded. The clauses of the act alluded to were read, setting forth a penalty for " cutting into, or maiming" any party-wall. Mr: NORRIS said, his client was the owner of a party-wall on his premises in Cleveland-square ; and he had first to prove that fact, and secondly, that the defendant had cut into the same. If he succeeded he should be intitled to the judgment of that court in behalf of his client, and the con sequent infliction of the penalty on the defendant. Mr, Venables had made an offer to have the case tried in another place ; but he, (Mr. N.) repeated that he had perfect confi dence in the judgment of that court. He should prove that his client had exercised acts of ownership as regarded the wall in question, for from 35 to 37 years. (The premises of the two parties form, in front, the north-east angle, or corner of Cleveland-square.) He then called — Mr. Jonah Dixon.—l am a joiner, and was employed about the division-wall of the building in 1802, and in the building and joiner's work. In building Mr. Dixon's new premises, the joists were put into that wall, and they are there still. We also raised the wall about four feet higher, and so it still remains, undisturbed. Lhave since looked at the same wall used by Mr. Buxton. They (defendant) have placed the gutter to carry away the water wholly on the wall. The house adjoining the wall was formerly occupied by Mr. Fisher, and is now rebuilt by Mr. Buxton. The wall has been cut into in fresh places, for the support of three floors of timber, the holes for the spars being fresh holes. Mr. Buxton is com pleting a house and shop there. Cross-examined.—lt might have been the outside wall of Mr. Buxton's house before any premises were built on Mr. Dixon's land, which is a freehold. Mr. Fisher and Mr. Dixon were very good friends, and Mr. Dixon obtained leave to lay his beams into the wall. Re-examined.---I do not know positively that Mr. Fisher gave leave. We went into the wall at any rate. They would not have laid them in without leave. Mr. Stewart, surveyor, said he knew the wall. (A plan was here produced.) This shows the form. In my judgment it was a party-wall. It was so used years ago, and is so yet. I thought it was so from Mr. Dixo n ' s fl oors being supported by it in the usual way. The upper part of Mr. Dixon's chim ney rests partly on this wall. I know nothing of what Mr. Dixon previously enjoyed. Mr. Dixon's front wall, (at the angle of the square) runs in the same direction as the party wall, and projects upon it about half the breadth of the latter at the junction in the corner. Cross-examined.—The upper part of Mr. Dixon's chimney is not laid on to the wall. I cannot tell whether Mr. Dixon advanced his frontage into the square, so as to form, by the encroachment, the linement with the party-wall stated. Mr. VENABLES then said, that he should show that the wall was solely Mr. Buxton's, and that it was consistent with this fact that the chimney should be set partly on that wall, and also that the joists might be inserted in it ; for both these were done solely by sufferance. Mr. Buxton was owner of the soil, and consequently owner of the wall built upon it. The question was, was the wall demised to Mr. Buxton, and granted as freehold for 75 years ? This he should prove. The chimney and the insertion of the joists were merely in the nature ofeasements, ,and could not contravene an original right. Mr. HA LL here enquired of Mr. Stewart whether it was not frequently found on pulling down buildings. that joists had been inserted in the walls, supporting the floors of the adjoining houses, without leave having been given, and thus obtained easements. Mr. Stewart replied that such was certainly often the case. _ _ Mr. VENABLES then produced a lease of the property to Mr. Buxton, dated Nov. 3, 1838,—with a plan of the ground and premises, the frontage of which was 16 feet 6 inches. He also produced several other leases of the, same pro perty previously, to several successive parties from the year 1776. The last was a lease -to Mr. Fisher, and all of them were similar, with plans of the p rem i ses , an d a lik e f ront measurement in all of 16 feet 6 inches. Mr. Rushton, Corporation District Surveyor, said, I exa mined the wall in . question, and from appearances judged it to be a wall belonging to Mr. Buxton. I took a few slates off, and found it had originally been an outside wall. The new part was raised partly upon the old slates, and partly upon the cornice. The wall was a dressed wall, and it was carried out in what was called " the Flemish bond." Mr. Dixon's premises appear to have encroached upon the square and npon Mr. Buxton's front, a brick breadth, cover ing the Flemish bond. I have no doubt but that it is not a party wall. I have frequently known spars inserted in walls that were not party walls, without leave being given ; that is, on sufferance. Cross-examined—They (Dixon) could not have set out his wall in the square had it not been for the Flemish bond. Mr. Rushton here produced a map of the town of Liverpool so far back as the year 1769, which he had procured from the Town Hall ; but after some conversation, its admissibility as evidence for the defendant was disallowed, and it was with drawn. James Wood, building-surveyor of the northern district. I particularly observed the Flemish bond, and that the wall was dressed as an exterior wall. There was also a back wall, tied into the wall in question. The latter was much " wea thered." I agree with the last witness, that it has been a gable end wall, and not a party wall. Cross-examined.—lt was evident to me that it was an out side wall. Mr: William Furness. I am a builder. I measured 'the front of Mr. Buxton's house. The frontage, including the wall in question, was 16 feet 6 inches. The wall was so much " weathered," that it appeared to have stood the storms of many winters. I believe it to be the property of Mr. Bux ton. It bore every indication of being an exterior wall. This closed the defence. Mr. HALL said, that the present case was not like one arising out of the building of two houses in one day, but re lated to a house built many years ago. It was necessary, in calling upon the Court, to assume that this was a prescrip ccriptive right, that the informant should show an an tecedent right. But this was destroyed by the evidence adduced for the defence. The old man, Jonah Dixon, had shown that, although Mr. Dixon had had the use of the wall for 30 years, that was only by easement. It was proved, too, that so far back as 1776, the frontage of Mr. Buxton's pre mises measured the same as now, including the wall in ques tion. From the testimony of the witnesses, and the leases put in, it clearly appeared that it was an exterior wall ; and as regards the insertion of the floor timbers into it, even their own witness, Mr. Stewart, had admitted to him (Mr. Hall) that this practice was frequent, as mere easement, without conferring a right in perpetuity. Mr. VENABLES to Mr. Norris.—" You may amuse your self with ' the hole in the wall ;' but if you take a single ounce of flesh more than your due, you will throw yourself open to an action." (A laugh.) Mr. HALL said the informant had gone back only to 1802; the defendants much further. The defendants had shown a regular possession by successive lessees, with a like specified frontage throughout, namely, 16 feet 6 inches, including the wall. He could see no ground upon which he was called upon to consider the wall in question a party wall, or raise an inference of previous possession of it as such by Mr. Dixon. He was, therefore, of opinion that the plaintiff had failed to prove the facts set forth in the information, and the defendant consequently stood acquitted. Mr. VENABLES inquired whether Mr. Hall would allow the defendants' expenses. Mr. HAI4 said he had no power. REV. MR. GILES' LECTURE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The Unitarians have said that all their replies to the lectures in Christ Church shall be published, and I have no doubt they meant what they said. But will they venture to fulfil their promise ? Will they publish the lecture of Tues day evening, the sth inst., by the Rev. Mr. Giles, of the an cient chapel of Toxteth Park ? I prophecy not, unless they withhold a part. But this they cannot do, because too many were present, and can compare the painfully strange things they heard with what may be published. The lectures on both sides will be perused by thousands on thousands, for they will go through the length and bre a dth of the land ; and can I believe that Mr. Giles lecture will be permitted to go with them ? It is one thing for a thousand or twelve hundred to hear a revolting address from an indi vidual, but quite another thing to see it in print, clrthed with authority, recognized by a particular party, and perused by perhaps fifty thousand. Nevertheless, we must have all the address or none. Your's, &c., .1 HEARER. P.S.—ls Mr. Giles an orthodox Unitarian? I suppose he is, as his name has been linked with Messrs. Martineau and Thom. CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOLS.—On Sunday last, two ser mons were preached in Christ Church, in aid of the above schools, m the morning by the Rev. H. 114`Neile, and in the evening by the Rey. F. Ould. The collections amounted to £ll4. EXTRAORDINARY DESPATCH.-The Bengal, Capt. Teu lon, which arrived at this port a few days ago, performed the voyage from Mobile in the unprecedentedly short period of twenty-eight days. The Alexander Grant made a similarly quick passage about the same time. From five to six weeks between port and port is considered fair sailing. We have heard, with pleasure, that the junior members of Brasenose College, Oxford, propose erecting a monument in their chapel to the memory of their late vice-principal, the Rev. James Smith, a gentleman of this town. The authori ties of the college have, in the kindest way, testified their approval of the undertaking, and their willingness to assist. The sum already raised among the juniors exceeds £lOO. It is expected that the subscriptions will amount to about £2OO. The Rev. C. F. Frey, from America, a converted Jew, who was the founder of the " London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews," is now in Liverpool, and, being desirous of communicating to the Christian public some interesting details as to the present state of that re markable people, from facts and observations collected by him during his late tour through parts of Germany, &c., a meeting is proposed to be held for that purpose, at the Music-hall, this evening, and which we doubt not will be numerously attended. Mr. •Frey has been an inde fatigable and faithful labourer amongst his Jewish brethren upwards of forty years, and his endeavours have been signally blessed. He brings with him the highest testimonials from ministers of the Gospel of all denominations in America, during a residence in that country of twenty years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—TungnAY. A FURIOUS FEMALE. Margaret Paton appeared to complain against Catherine Hanley for an assault. Mr. Davenport appeared for the de. fendant. Margaret Pixton stated, that on Friday last she went to carry some bread and cheese to her husband, at the King's Dock. On her return, she was passing through the next street to Blundell -street, when the prisoner came behind her, and uttering the most bitter and furious invectives, tore of her bonnet, which she immediately rent into tatters. " She then fell upon me," said the complainant, " and attacted me and abused me, and tore everything but my skin off my back." Mr. Davenport cross-examined the complainant, at first with a view of showing that she was intoxicated at the time the assault was committed, but thisifailed. He then proceeded, and elicited that the defendant w i as jealous of her husband, who, she had presumed, had been in company with the com plainant. The latter, by-the-bye, was evidently " well stricken m years." It appeared clearly enough that there was no foundation whatever for the jealousy of the defendant. She had, it seemed, got into her head some vague notion that the complainant had been drinking in company with her husband. On this impulse she attacked her in the manner described. The complainant denied that she had ever seen the defendant's husband. She produced some of the clothes in court, and showed that they were torn to shreds. Neither party had any witnesses. _ Mr. Davenport said, he expected to have been able to prove that the complainant was drunk at the time. Mr. Hall : If you could prove that, you cou ld not -sho w thai it would give your client a right to beat her, and send her home in a state of nudity. Mr. Davenport : No sir ; I cannot justify the assault. Mr. Hall recommended that the parties should retire toge ther, and that the defendant should make some compensation to the complainant for the destruction of her clothes. The defendant, with fire flashing from her eyes, declared that she would not give her a farthing. Mr. Hall, after some remarks on the offence, ordered the defendant, who it appeared was poor, to pay a tine of 15s. and costs, or, in default, to be committed to the Borough Gaol for 14 days. The defendant cast a triumphant glance at the complainant and surrendered herself into the custody of the officers. CAUTION TO PAWNBROKERS. Mr. Macferson, pawnbroker, was this day giving evidence before Mr. Hall in a case of alleged felony. A pawn-ticket was produced. Mr. Hall said, he had frequently cautioned pawnbrokers respecting the illegible manner in which their tickets were written. He had once before cautioned Mr. Macferson. The ticket which had now been handed in to him was written in such a manner, that it was impossible to read it. He should therefore direct an information to be laid against Mr. Macferson, under the act of Parliament. WEDNESDAY. AN OLD OFFENDER.—A man named James Steel, was placed at the bar, and charged by police-officer 106, with having been apprehended by him on the 22d of December last, along with two others—since tried and found guilty of a serious felony. The prisoner, however, on that occasion escaped from custody, leaving in the possession of the officer, a large quantity of false and skeleton keys of all descrip tions, pick-locks, and other imple men t s o f th e tra d e of a burglar. There was also found upon him a shirt collar marked with the name of one of his companions, and a silk handkerchief, with the name of a gentleman well known, which he could not have honestly come by. He was com mitted to the House of Correction, Kirkdale, for three months. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.—Three little boys named Clay. ton, Kershaw, and Pickering, were charged with haying on the previous night, attempted to force the staple from a warehouse door, by means of a potato or manure fork. They were committed for one month to the Borough House of Correction. A LUCKY OFFENDER.—A young woman, named Mary Lawless (!) was placed at the bar on a charge of having stolen a considerable sum of money. A young gentleman of the name of Donough, stated that he lodged at No. 47, Cornwallis-street, where the prisoner was servant, and that he had in a silk purse, a sum in sovereigns and half-sove reigns, of upwards of £l6, which he missed. Another young gentleman in the house also lost five so vere i gns . Wit ness made inquiry of the prisoner about the latter sum ; and she gave him £4 in a glove, as part of it. He h a d gone a ft er her to a house in the neighbourhood which she frequented, and on receiving the £4, on their return he asked if she knew any thing of his money, when she gave his purse, containing the whole amount within about three pounds. It appeared, however, that witness had, before she gave it up, told her that if she had taken it and would return it, he would forgive her, or words to that effect. Mr. Hall regretted that the witness had been so imprudent as to make this promise, be mime he could not on that account commit her for trial, and as the other party did not appear he must discharge her. He added that she was very lucky in thus escaping ; for had the evidence warranted it, he should have committed her. Mr. Dowling here said, that everything possible had been done to redeem the prisoner after a former offence, by persons who had taken a humane interest in her behalf. She had been tried at the sessions and sentenced to be transported, but had by strong intercession been released and taken into service. She had for some time acted properly, to the great satis faction of those, who, thinking there were circumstances of palliation in her fit offence, had taken an interest in her behalf; but he regretted to say, that after having lived in se veral situations where she was kindly treated, she had again relapsed into her evil practice. Mr. Hall repeated that she had had a most fortunate escape, and ordered her to be dis charged. A DEAF AND DUMB BOY. A boy, who "wrote" himself to be deaf and dumb, was placed before Mr. Hall on Wednesday, charged by the mas ter of the Athenaeum Rooms with having boldly walked into the News-room, to solicit donations by means of small pieces of paper, stating his bereavement ; but as these were of precisely the same import as some papers presented some days ago, at the same place, by a girl who gave it to be un derstood that she was also deaf and dumb, it was suspected that he was an impostor. Several questions were put to hint in writing, to which he rapidly wrote replies,—that his name was William Crawford ; that he came from an institution near Dublin, the name of which he did not remember (pro. bably Claremont) ; that he was a tailor by trade, but was unable to work ; and that he belonged to Dundee in Scot. land, and wished to return to Glasgow. Some discrepancies having appeared in his story, he was remanded until yester day (Thursday) ; when, though he still appeared a somewhat suspicious character, it was intimated that he should be passed on to Glasgow. COMMITMENT. Two boys, named Hindley and Frazer, w ere comm itt e d for trial, for:breaking into the house of Mrs. Spurr, Shaw's. brow, and stealing therefrom some articles of wearing appa rel. A boy, named Hughes, was charged along with them, but as he was, though a bad character, not implicated accord. ing to the evidence, further than being afterwards seen with the others, he was, yesterday, discharged. The prisoner Frazer, for a former offence, had " Death recorded' against him. Hindley is also an old offender. , 117:34 THURSDAY. The cases this day were of no peculiar interest. Two"- T M women of the town were committed for trial, for the usual offence of such persons, robbing from the persons of the fools who accompanied them to their haunts. :rf LIVER THEATRE.—We perceive that Mr. Fogg, the box book-keeper, takes his benefit this evening at this delightful theatre. His bill of fare is highly attractive. We hare no doubt that the frequenters of this little " temple of mirth" will show their estimate of Mr. Fogg's zeal and attention by giving him " a bumpei" on the occasion. No one better deserves the reward of a full house. THE MARINER'S CHURCH.—A sermon was preached at this church, on Sunday last, by the Rev. W. Maynard, when a collection was made in aid of th e f un d s o f t h e S un d ay School's Seamen's Reading-room. The collection amounted to £l2 15s. THE STEAM-SHIP LIVERPOOL.—This splendid vessel arrived off New York, after a passage of eighteen days, on the 24th ult. She encountered extraordinarily severe and tempestuous weather. Under the circumstances, her passage was remarkably quick. She has fully established her charac ter for swiftness and safety. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.—A public examina tion of the pupils in this interesting institution will take place at the annual meeting, to be held on Tuesday nex t, a t ti e Royal Institution. e understand that one of the pupils will reacfaudibly a portion of scripture on the occasion. rq ONE OF THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE.—Talk of the n bag miseries of human life ! what can be a greater misery than: ‘••it being wet through ? your clothes adhere to youi skin, you are made a furnace against your will, and as you pant along ^IfT as much steam " blows of "as would work a five-horse power i engine ; should your boots be slight, you begin to doubt :zlia their nature, and wonder whether they be really boots 'in , -, lcrt pumps. Splash ! you tread upon a loose stone, and a 'et Hs, water plays upon you ; tramp ! tramp ! t ram p ! thewa you go the more you steam, and the more closely do your clothes adhere to you, until at last you are not mertlren closed in a " strait-waistcoat," but every other article of dress becomes a fetter upon your movements : you are now utterly miserable !—From Davy Dreamy, edited by Flit I POPISH MEETING.—Last night, a meeting took place at the School-room of the Popish Chapel, Browtdow-hill, for the purpose of considering the propriety of forming l an auxi liary society in this town, in a id o f th e " Cathelie tMtitate of Great Britain," established for the purpose'bf &ming what its originators are pleased to call " the faltehood of the charges made against the Catholic relifion" ; of defending Catholicity ; of circulating tracts in its support • and of " protecting" the poorer Catholics in the enjoyment of their " religious principles and practices." The attendance was rather numerous, and a considerable number of priests were present, and were the principal and almost sole speakers. The Rev. Dr. Youens was called to the chair, and, after a few prefatory remarks, read a long letter from the secretary of the Institute in London, in favour of the establishment of the society, and recommending the sole power to be vested in the said Institute. A great number of speakers fol lowed, amongst whom was the Rev. Mr. Parker, wiko was more vehement than argumentative• in his attack upon " the calumniators," as he termed the conscientious opposers of the intolerance of the Papacy. A considers ble number of persons became members of the soc k t . v . before they left the room. Why are our Protestant bre thren so tardy in joining the association formed for '" the dissemination of their principles ? Our adversaries 7: ate in the field,: and as appears, are Ative and persevering. .; As will be seen from an advertisement, petitio ns are .now ; in course of signature for the withdrawal of the annual parliamentary grant from that seminary for criminality and i n decency—Maynooth College. No Protestant in Li. verpool should hesitate or delay for a moment to afftilis signature to a petition for such a purpose. The recent ex. pos.lre of the unchristian and seditious principles inculaatid by authority in this school fully.warrants every constitutional Englishman to use all legitimate means to deliver the United Kingdom from the reproach of supporting, and even sanctioning, an institution so opposed to the peace and loyalty of her Majesty's subjects. There is now living at Wire-hall, in Lunedale, in the parish of Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, William Raine, aged 92 years, and his wife 90 : this couple have been united upwards of 70 years. RHEUMATISM.—We feel pleasure and satisfaction in re ferring to a pill, prepared by Dr. Barker of thi s c ity, f or t h e cure this most excruciating disease—Rheumatism. It is consistent with our knowledge, that several persons with whom we are acquainted have been cured after a long period of distress, and after all other remedies had failed. This is a truth, " and why should not a useful truth be told ?" Nor is this notice inserted at the request of the respectable gen tleman who made this most important discovery in medicine, or of the vendors of these pills, but of our own accord. We refer to our paper of last week for a certificate from a highly respectable gentleman, a landed proprietor in Stirlingshire, as to their virtue in removing Gout, and we have recorded in another column a convicting case from a gentleman in Eng land. Those afflicted with either maladies should at least give them a " fair trial."—Edinburgh Weekly Journal, jun.. 6, 1838. The Diligence, from Toulouse to Marseilles, was stopped on Saturday se'nnight, near Arles, by some robbers, who plundered the whole of the passengers. , •,! ANNOUNCEMEENT EXTRAORDINARY.—On Friday, initeit curiosity was excited by the appearance of a placard, offering ,ta reward for the discovery of a y oung l a d y, o f one of the .'; families in Cheltenham, who had left her home on Thin* : morning, and had not returned. It appe ars f rom th e bill, that her friends supposed that she had been decoyed int 9 the cottage of some poor family in distress, but this it appearst ri was not the case. We are glad to find that the lady has siltet„f returned to her friends.—Cheltenham Journal. , a :ud Jon -,o viii