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'latt, G• lenn, E. amen9e 1, having Cation of Friday, s of the o'clock ; with the Beva n rose, but to should v hii e the d i n the One hink th e ight this rho stood , orn i n g to t minglel.!de cart. o back 01 1 . at all No co' ability to has been , sessions , Are, and , >rt in the e had not car e wits , remark s d by Pr°: borough Majority for Mr. Kearsley EWAt Three o' Clock. K rsley art Majority for Mr. Kearsley 6 ipqVri FINAL CLOSE, AT FOUR O ' CLOCK. +:4a r t 261 kearsley Majority for Mr. Ewart TAO Mr. " I rg is on that t poriti,,a if it P was ~,g " " : " t ei ancil es h i thr 3 7,o to forced whig $0 mcl• the 1 1 ` - ,0 ts grefm , " it tha' c ik )eri4oo, eo of of neither, ed Pr rl F;;;Of Pro iugr, Lear,' allelic) e b e e had been made in the introduction of individuals into pm ule 9ugh for the purpose of intimidating the electors, and th ere 'mg disorder and confusion. He knew not whether th at ~w a s any truth in this rumour, but he was well aware, eLnere were certain persons who had already interfered 'emi2 election, and had been guilty of the most extraordi de'ef,lete of i ntimidation. Even at midnight attempts had free e 7_a_ne to controul the voters, and prevent them from the case of their franchise. Such a practice was known wer e 4 as bottling the electors ; and he believed the Tories opp es ePts at it. He had always spoken respectfully of his ere4o.u_ts, and he trusted Mr. Kearsley would give him ciPlea 0 7 doing so; and notwithstanding these bottling prin. N tien , l us Party he always understood that his honourable !bey Principle lay in a contrary direction.—(Laughter.) fo r ,,, ac 7,l!eard a great d eal r especting the amending the re - Ifirettime,l He suggested, that if either of his opponents should be igato,tnat they s h ould propose a bill to sanction bottling in 1 , 1 4 the oil w ould s uggest that the words should be someth i ng ' e rn a 13 : w ing :—" Whereas, from time immemorial, it has tO4, be Practice in the borough of Wigan to bottle the elec (l4to,blt enacted, that this system be hereafter allowed." that irr and cheers.) A clause, however, should be added, dat e ,. Is n sYstem of bottling should not extend to the candi !lative „V -4 ,,ughter.) It had been stated that he was not a Inca, g a b le "'igen, consequently a foreigner, and therefore taeiriut of Properly representing them and attending to t emed ere s t s. This, he, like Partridge in Tom Jones, con- Ewa n ' Wa a a non equitor . After some other remarks, Mr. eve, art to chew that, when in the house, he had alih,„`%ended to the local interests of the people of Wigan, th e gi not at that time in the least manner connected with oec4 3 i °u gh, or even expecting to be so. He instanced the l 'onidt w hen a bill was brought into Parliament which and weli. ve the effect of depriving them of a public footpath ~titati,,,,t,also, with respect to the proposed measure of sub- Wi tail oewton as a polling-place for the county instead of , The honourable gentleman then, at some length, st at eu ed hi s advocacy of therepeal of the corn laws, for which, 11 .. e Wa s „L h e had ever voted. With regard to the poor law, tE e Pared to defend his conduct. He would not shrink 444 question, but state openly before them what he one 0 ikke• of n that oemsicu. Before that bill was passed, the „ i de Pend e „ this country ein a state of abject and absolute ' 4 ',! the 8 -. „ ; ? e, and were vassals and pensioners upon the lords em if (Hear, hear.) He appealed to them, and asked I,7onre-r, Poor-lawbill had not emancipated the honest d ' "Hot previous to the passing of that measure, had rates. egraded by having his wages paid out of the parish trey --e ar, hear.) The new poor-law bill allowed the ip for e t t(!liseek employment where he chose ; whereas, be wh• i eh b t" Passed, he was limited in his labour to the parish that e Was settled. He certainly was not an advocate tom 0 Portion of the law which allowed the separating a eeaPle In his wife.—((Cheers,) He thought that when a poor I ,ief sh„wele distressed they should not be separated, but re leheer''''',n he a dministered to them at their own home.— , ansid e 3 ') With respect to the power of the poor-law Fora it ottellers; he said, that if such extensive power were given, k _ t he p os t r e i nlY to be for a limited period, until the workings of resai e ;""v came into perfect operation, and the labourer 4 esig - ,.. 0 ,,ree and independent.—(Hear, hear.) He had been t euded - ,7 ( as a Unitarian and had been asked if he had at- Was noCie„ehurch last Sunday. In reply, he stated that he kit h e 2, unitarian though if he had been one, he should einireananied to a ' yow it ;, and that he had attended the t s erina - ' t S unday, when he had had the honour of hearing Went i h -11 Preached expressly against him. Mr. Ewart . then . taent,'‘!),an elaborate review of his actions when in Parlia sistestwitn a view to prove that he had ever been the cond for t 3 , B4 Porter of ever measure there introduced that had and `endency the welfare and independency of the people ; abo;, leluded tti g h hould support a free trade, and, 4 grie u r i ._ , a free t s ra a de n in e c s orn, by which he considered the w etiltq d st, as well as the merchant and manufacturer, Jose benefitted.—( Loud cheers.) e len, mtsi.nv, Esq. then stood up and said, G.entle lisLeoporttctlsa-atiilsat and fellow-townsmen.—There is not in this ` a ltc;„ s Passionate man who will not agree with mein Mr. Thicknesse depended for success rather upon it,e_llnfounded abuse which he has been pleased to pour f eo hisses and uproar)—than upon the soundness o ‘ e rtak il " e • (Much cheering.) That gentleman has also un ntteraen to attribute to me sentiments to which I never gave Pe . B ed il b ee ' lie descanted at much length upon the taxes lint h -_P°,lo windows, and on their unequal pressure ; bu , he, wid Perhaps permit me to recall to his recollection that t he 4, 4 ; _ io the House of Commons, gave his own vote . for • -- h ' s tan loan, to the amount of five millions sterling. sadvert, Sr.)-e To' these things, however, I shall no longer n • 41 1 to myself, I may be permitted to say, that I . have . r UP, as you all know, in the old school of "aa trse-")48Polic here the first precept that I imbibed l " fear GoCra w nd honour the king ;" and I have ever thesr t that it would be the best mode of discharging . both 1. 4 134 8 ' 1 e r red,. dutie s to serve my God according to the rites o " Le d . e .. r i eu gion of my fathers, established by the law of the rny7 to serve the king by maintaining the constitution -m iast oi )luk trY, which has not only sustained the th f ron m e viidu ti '1 the attempts which have been made to as ail ro t. effo rts 4 t ne 'realm, but triumphantly overcame the gigan power winch had ' o destroy it from without of that colossal w atte e C first the address to crush the sources of patriotic how e 1 ,.. .en , t that constitute in all countries the bonds of na enerviZinePendence and union, and thus paralysed the kral - ;ef all the surrounding nations in their own defence, le eee.. then the easy task left of sweeping them away . in kd io -.10 0 ft t almost an unresisting prey to the arms of the_in , - L t ly f e li ti n e un ambitious invader. And why, my friends, nei e u in'l l.- eountrym en left a single exception to . the general , dek e have always thought it to be under Divine Pr t ov '- l ss ;„' °w ng to our steady and firm attachment to ourma.,cht th,..._`gstitutions, which, amidst the appalling danger . s t t l ha s li r go Nded us, gave confidence to our hearts, and rests e_s_ th er : i r to the arms of every true-born Englishman. If, nthous re; gentlemen, I have appeared to any of you mindb ` er eate:- L i s uell changes in our establishments !OM, 'U. their overthrow and destruction,aysotuo my y ed not th e f e t it ih a man thus revering them, and thus devoted 4 ; for such, gentlemen, I have ever been, Irnly 7 1, and r such I shall ever remain, believing, as I i f beg ev e ,Z , such to be the true interests of my conntry, an_d a °tie who hears my declaration. On these ground Totes 'T Most respectfully, to solicit the honour of your k r :VIeJS resent election. (Great applau. p),,, • IN IGHTINGALE, amidst loud continuedi hissing, e Itt ld uproar, addressed the electors for above an hour. Wuh : h s re Peatedly called upon to desist, but spouted away e ,greatest pertinacity. b t:he re S ' i OW of hands was taken for the , three candidates. k _'''‘vart a goodly show for both Mr. hearsley and Mr. .444: For Nightingale about a dozen persons held up their "` NI • -- "A.N decided that the show of hands was in favour f% t 'h N EW art• g imt n --- 'ogale then declared that it would be perfect folly in it- go to the poll, and he should therefore withdrawhis 0 I the suffrages of the electors ! 71p po .e friends of Mr. Kearsley demanded a poll, which was li lted to take place on Saturday morning at eight o'clock. SATURDAY. by k e election has terminated in the return of Mr. Ewart, illa juvity of two. The following is the state of the poll : At Nine o'Clock. Ewart 96 Kearsley Majority for Ewart l4 Kearsley At Two o'Clock. 249 Ewart 1, 8 M on day last a fine bull, belonging to Robert Jaques, -.: talii a soY near Richmond, was slaughtered b Mr. O o - -Lenkiso' n, which weighed, on the machine, 156 stones. an e e h the afternoon of Friday the 15th, there will tlir e t le of the sun, commencing at twenty-three min t ut e esA t a h st , 2,4 0 , and ending at four minutes past four. On h o f the /rear a will have elapsed since the first recorded eclipse Sh "Ton. great (41 Pechell, the new Lord of the Admiralty, is so p.,:„ e rfP.P/e that he cannot leave his apartments at Hamp -1441e 0' 1 ; he is even obliged to be wheeled to hisdinneraa 4td 4,„. a legion of servants. This is just such colleaguea t. d„ 4 4a , wants, and a truly whig appointmen one ,30 VERNMENT WITHOUT PATRONAGE."—In t went alone the patronage of the Irish . government 1 %11, 1°14 not less than three hundred lucrative appoint ttipeo--Iktidi_d that in the police force for there are sixty-four eator t ka magistrates, two hundred and t venty-e . g ta l es' and eighteen pay-masters. Pretty . pickings truly t ot ,` Tail." How else could the agitators have been nen. Work ? l'te val lL tr•—Scarcely do we remember sickness being so art :loll 2A at this place as it is at theboth Latta. adults adults and children ; a great pres ent nume of sudden : 11 tt, 4 ave taken place amongst the former, whilst the '"°a ar e cling from a multitude of diseases incident to Tlt's"-Leeds Intelligencer. malld f kARL OF ZETLAND.—On Wednesday last, by_croamnd i7ta r o4 a ia Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the G gr t :,,.,of the Craft, the freemasons of England assembled bra t esp e - q lodge, appeared in masonic mourning, as a mark ro. f 4 rite et to the memory of the Earl of Zetland, who was the tratertitpaster of that order. The general mourning of 26t a t t Y will continue for six months, dating from the h nary, ASSIZES.--The business at the approaching ti`raloC ;"'mda commenced on Saturday, will be very cons! zit c:: i n the Crown Court. There are now 59 prisoners in Ztal 0 - 7 r, awaiting their trials, and 37 out on bail, making a t i . °, of which number no fewer than 26 are charged assault. Only Bof these prisoners are !rom the Vi.eat-"'4 and East Ridings ; the remaining 85 being from R iding. —Leeds Intelligencer. ktrciEAst INC UBATION.—On the 10th of February last, a 1 t ,„ 4 4 e, 'a nest, containing 14 eggs which had been . recently 0 , , a vireazel was found by Captain Bainbridge, in a L'er oi ll „_Ma estate hear Crimple House, Pannal. The num dies-6,,ga,Shows that the bird commenced laying about the Zast °` J anuary, a circumstance rarely known even to l the pmt veteran sportsman, as it is not usual rW o ,,,t e s to commence breeding till April or May.—lbi d . t'44I:I),,,tRFUL ESCAPE.—On Friday, as a sinker, called ninchcliffe, was ascending from a coal pit, at par- f vi 7 ro ar naleY, belonging to Joseph Porter,. Esq.,. part o riteh,tr slipped from off the drum, and tlinehhffe was Yard. l4 of the corve, and fell to the bottom, a distance of hereas much shaken and bruised by the fall, but `taett:"lY was about three feet of water at the bottom, a t e °lnst. have been dashed to ifieces.—lbid. Cilla Cq% ! °24l r . AND RETRENCHMENT.—There is yet hope for Oolptlri, and for Mr. Spring Rice. The government con /1714g a s aving of fifty pounds a year by transacting . the n°lis t a t e the port of Lancaster in an ordinary dwelling sitieh'.ad of the appropriate and ornamental building in Pe l :.,ja now done, an which was erected at considerable e s ;", °Y the quay commissioners for the express purpose. ,Al, &titillate the nation . oft azette. lidgate met in company one hose " pert, con ketirtking sparks," who, whatever may be the subject, te „t t ls .more exact intelligence than any one around them. tityi,,_" eraan, on every occasion, answered the last speaker & la phZ! But, sir, I happen to know." He had repeated ,`"lrty a great many times, to the annoyance of the whole t ' olZ er i Mr• Flad te with peculiar dryness of manner, tia n th;fli h ra, " you really hav more fortuitous informa tL'ocku-I..any man I ever conversed with." "na.o.—Scandal has been busy about the palace pre kakieta It h t o eh .as been rumoured, that the Queen inflicted per t! solz e as tlaernent on one of her ladies of the bedchamber tYis Pitling fault, and that the lady in question, Miss te th e t the palace in consequence. But Miss Davys is i g , e Palace, and the rumour is contradicted. Another ti - qt ith. ta t t liat h er Majesty, hearing some evil report—a vio ot° ;:m with a court physician—of a lady who attends "'a h D uches s of Kent,. commanded her to remain in her t e t artibe r • tt oo ' a o o b le Lthat the fair prisoner complained to . her bro ttkk and w marquis ; that the brother demanded invqtiga- Of tjiip th e not be put off by the premier's promise . to trait laa„clUarrel ; that the result has been the restoration thi," t ietio o freedom and favour. We have heard no tcotnea w the l a ‘'e latter story. - -(qeectator.) The Age sa i o Of Hastings he Lady Flora Hastings, sister to the Mar- Ithi et p e She was supposed, from some peculiarity 414 wat.tirl appearance, to be enceinte, a circumstance -ma of the sproved by a medical certificate, given on de continues who continues in the palace. TO CORRESPONDENTS Z" has omitted to append his name as a voucher, a rule which must be adhered to. Qrbt Kibtrpool gPtanbatt. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1539. It is far, very far from our intention or inclination to increase the differences of opinion, or the acrimoni ous feelings, which now lamentably divide our fellow subjects ; and it is still more painful to us to be com pelled to say anything which may he calculated to in crease those feelings particularly amongst our fellow townsmen. We would much rather act the part of peace-makers or reconcilers, than of peace-breakers, or fanners of that flame which already exists. But duty to the cause of truth, duty to our country, and duty even to those who differ from us, compel us to notice with marked disapprobation whatever occurs that we deem erroneous, or prejudicial to the public at large. If we wound, it is only to heal—if we rebuke, it is only to expose error—and if we call public attention to any transaction, it is not to gratify any invidious feel ing, -for we know not the man towards whom we en tertain any such disposition, nor to hurt the feelings of the transgressor, nor to hold him up to public odium or contempt, but, in faithfulness . and sincerity, to point out his error, that others may know and avoid it, and that we may be, if possible, the humble instrument of correcting it, and of thus rendering him and the public some little service. If it were practicable to allude to the erroneous prin ciples of public characters, without thereby designating the individuals concerned, we would cheerfully do so ; our great object being to censure actions and princi ples, not men; but this appears impossible. The circumstance on which we are about animad verting, and which we consider not only very repre hensible, but an awful harbinger of still more awful deeds, occurred on Wednesday last in the TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. For the principal actor in that transaction we enter tain a very high respect; and of his private worth and virtues, no one holds higher opinions than we do ; but these very virtues not only increase our regret that he should be one of those who is carried away by the so phistry, artifice, and plausible arguments of designing men, but render the correction of his errors a still more paramount duty ; for the more respectable the indivi dual, the greater the number of his virtues, and the higher he is thought of by the public at large, the greater the necessity of exposing and refuting his er roneous principles. " Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se Crimen habet, quanta major qui peccat habetur." At the Town Council Meeting, held on Wednesday last, a certain petition from the operatives of this town, containing 2,030 signatures, was presented ; the chief object of the prayer of which was, that the Bible should not be excluded from the Corporation Schools. On that occasion a certain highly respectable gentle man is reported to have said, amongst other things, in proposing that the petition be received, " that he did so because it professed to come from the operatives, on whom he wished to throw no disrespect, feeling rather that those persons who had filled their minds with SUCH NONSENSE were the parties to blame. He wondered how any one could assert that the Bible was excluded from the Corporation Schools. He main tained that the Scriptures were not only taught, but taught as efficiently in the Corporation Schools as in any other in town. He moved that the petition be re ceived out of respect to the people who had been HUM BUGGED, for the HUMBUGGERS were more to blame than the HUMBUGGED" As we have said before, the more respectable the source from which error proceeds, or 'such language as the above, the more dangerous it is, and therefore the more does it demand investigation and refutation. Just as, the more respectable the appearance of a counter feiter of coin, or a forger of bank notes, the more dan gerous are his proceedings ; for the greater likelihood is there of his deceiving the public. , There are four distinct sentences in the above speech to which we beg leave to call attention. First, the declaration that " the petitioners' minds were filled with NONSENSE " 1 We ask, against whom was this charge made ? and what is the "nonsense" with which the minds of the petitioners were filled ? We reply, without fear of contradiction, it was made against the most talented and devoted clergymen of the Church of England in Liverpool ! and the "nonsense" with which the mind: , of the petitioners were "filled" by these clergymen, is an anxiety that the Sacred Scriptures should not be excluded from, but be taught in, the Corporation Schools of this town. So it has come to this—that, in a public body in England, no less than the TOWN COUNCIL OF LIVER POOL, the prayer in a petition, signed by TWO THOU SAND AND THIRTY OPERATIVES, that the Sacred Scriptures should not be excluded from, but be regu larly taught in, the Corporation Schools of said town, is denounced " NONSENSE" !—and that denuncia tion is made by the Ex-MAYOR of Liverpool, in the presence of the present Mayor, as chairman of said council ! 0 tempora 0 mores ! This act not a little evinces how much the Reform Bill of 1832 tends to produce attention to the prayers of the working classes of society, and how much cal culated it is to increase a reverence for that SACRED BOOK, which contains the revealed will of the CRE ATOR. Jealousy and anxiety about Scriptural educa tion has now been pronounced (in 1839), by the highest authority in Liverpool, " NONSENSE" ! Again : the same highly respectable gentleman is reported to have expressed his "wonder how any one could assert that the Bible was excluded from the Corporation Schools ;" which is equivalent, if the sen tence have any meaning, to an unequivocal declaration that the Bible is not excluded from the Corporation Schools of Liverpool ! In order to increase this gentleman's " wonder," as well as to maintain truth, we join the petitioners in asserting, that THE BIBLE is virtually excluded from the said Corporation Schools. Here, then, we join issue, and shall try the merits of the question. But we cannot help expressing our regret at being under the painful necessity of denying the truth of this gen tleman's statement, so ingeniously put forth in the shape of " A WONDER" — which mode of expression is well known to convey a stronger assurance than even a positive declaration; for which purpose the sentence was, no doubt, shaped in that form. Moreover, we do not, by any means, wish the public to place any particular reliance on our simple denial of anything, except we can substantiate it by incontrovertible facts. In order to expose and refute the sophistry by means of which the affirmative in this case is maintained, and by means of which the good people of Liverpool are deceived, we deem it necessary to make a few common place explanations ; particularly as we confess that we do not possess that superiority of understanding, nor have we, as yet, arrived at that acme in " the march of intellect," which would enable us, as it appears to have enabled others, to consider "a part equal to the whole" —a school to be the same as the school-room—and a pamphlet, containing certain mutilated and perverted passages of Scripture, to be the same as the Bible The said schools consist of the children of all reli- gious denominations—Protestants, Roman Catholics, Unitarians, &c. When the petitioners used the word "excluded," in reference to the Sacred Scriptures, we are sure, although they are operatives, that they are not quite so ignorant as to imagine that a certain book, commonly known by the term "Bible," consisting of certain sheets or leaves of paper, and bound up in a certain shape or form, would not be admitted within the walls of those school establishments ; nor that any children so disposed would not be permitted, within the said walls, after school hours, to read, or have read for them by any person or persons so disposed, the Bible. They knew all this was practicable ; but they desired that the Bible should be made one of those books regularly taught the children who constitute the said schools. Yet advantage has been taken of this mode of expression, and said petitioners were ridiculed under this subterfuge of words ; conduct which, con sidering the character of the petitioned, manifests more disingenuousness than we are inclined to attribute to the hOnourable member. The petitioners meant—and the gentleman on whose conduct we are animadverting has too much talent and penetration not to know well what they did mean — that the Bible should be made one of those books re gularly taught all the children in those schools ; instead of, as it is now pretended to be taught, by substituting a work with certain pervet ted passages of Scripture, and leaving optional with s the children the reading the Bible after school hours ! Will any one presume to say that this system does not virtually exclude the Bi ble from the school ! And yet this gentleman not only considered an anxiety that the Bible should be tang ht in the school, " NON SENSE" ; but ,e,xpressed his "wo NDER" that any one could assert th at the Bible was excluded from the Corporation Schools ! We, nothing daunted by the effects which might arise from this gentleman's " WONDER," do repeat the assertion, that the Bible, prop erly so called, is not taught in said schools, and, moreover, that it is virtu ally excluded therefi-om. The next assertion_ made by the sa me gentleman was, that " the Scriptures are not only - taught, but taught as efficiently in the Corporation S clu)ols as in any other in town." To what can this assertion be attributed ? To his head we hope : but we prefer l caving the public to draw its own conclusion. Let vis examine what this gentleman considers as an equivalent for the Bible ; for the Bible is not taught in thos e schools. The book which is used in thee :e schools as a substi tute for the Bible, is called " SCRI PTURAL LESSONS :" No. " 1" is now before us, i.e., t ;he substitute in these schools for the Bible : a book an " improved" version of the Scriptures, the whole tenor ( which is calculated not only to inculcate, insidiously,: Popery and Unita rianism, but in it, the most funda mental truths of the gospel are undermined by an igi iorant and dishonest traiklation ! and this is the inst, :action in the Scrip tures which is as ejicient (in the he mumble gentleman's opinion) as in any school in tow a, where ,the sacred word of God itself is taught ! We beg to give briefly a few rea: ;ons for our unqua lified condemnation of this ephemel •al production—this Bible of the Corporation Schools—'" as efficient" as the authorized version. In the first place, Roman Catholics and Unitarians approve of it. This they never would do if it did not, either directly or indirectly, posy lively or:negatively, promote their views. Secondly, The frequent referee ice made in it to the Douay Bible as of equal authoril ;y with our Protestant version, evinces the disposition to favour Popery. This Romish Bible was principally ti anslated by one who, for multiplied acts of treason, was compelled to fly from his country, and who, when he w( !nt to Flanders, exer cised all the powers of his mind t& ) overthrow the Pro testant reformation in England. He was patronised by the infamous Duke de Guise, y rho, with Catherine de Medicis, planned the massacre 0.0 tens of thousands of Protestants on St. Bartholomew's• day, and was the willing instrument of Gregory X 111.., who appointed a public thanksgiving at Rome for t`he success of the above-mentioned slaughter ! Thirdly, The notes in this " No. L Scriptural" (or rather Corporation) " Lessons," have a pernicious ten dency. They are not numerous, but many are of the most unscriptural nature. Fourthly, The perversion on pag e 16 of the 15th verse of the 3rd chapter of Genesis, i s diabolical ! This verse, in which the foundation of the gospel and of the divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ:ar e so explicitly set forth, is so completely metamorphose Id, that it appears downright nonsense ! enough to m ake any man, let alone a child, consider it unintelligi Ile jargon ! Yet this is the book which, " as dicient4 r" as the Bible it self, teaches scriptural truths. Fifthly, and lastly, —We shall con tent ourselves for the present with simply pronouncing; our unqualified condemnation of the manner in whi ch, on page 17 of said " Corporation Scriptures," the Word of God is mutilated and perverted, so as to rt seder obscure and unintelligible the blessed truth ex plained in the sth chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. Accor ding to the plan adopted in this cast e., of passing over certain verses and joining others together, murder itself may be justified by the Scriptu res—e.g., " Judas went out and hung himself "—" Go thou and do like wise" ! Time and space will not allow us to enlarge on this part of our subject. We doubt not but we could find in almost every page of said work sc we gross perver sion of sacred truth. We trust we Ilave done enough to open the eyes of those Dissenters- —we mean those Dissenters who hold the views of the Gospel embodied in the articles of the Established Ch• arch—who blind foldedly encourage this system of et lucation, which is so much calculated to advance throul ;hout the land the cause of Popery, of Unitarianism, an d of Infidelity. The last part of this gentleman's: speech which we shall notice is that in which the ex pressions " HUM BUG" " HUMBUGGERS" ! and ' HUMBUGGED" ! occur. He used these expressions three times in one short sentence ! We should be glad to know do these expressions constitute an essential pa rt of the "efficient scriptural education" taught the children in those schools, of which the gentleman is so powerful a pa tron, and so able and zealous an advocate ? Were we as disposed to criticise and analyse .expressions, as the friends of the honourable gentleman are to ridicule peculiar pronunciation, we have here a fine field. But no ! we forbear : we only hope that Cie gentleman will devise some modern derivation for th ese words, ere he pays his next visit to his school, lest some of the chil dren may, through curiosity, ask him,, or discover, the radical meaning of the same. A few remarks upon the remarks of another worthy councillor, and we are done with tbis subject for to day. _ _ We allude to the gentleman who expressed his asto nishment (astonishment and wonder being, it appears, the order of the day) " that any one acting as a chair man should send a note to that body, not daring to put his name to it" ! When we were at school there were only two num bers, and three persons in each number, in the English language ; but in the multiplicity of modern improve- ments, four persons may have been invented The chairman of the meeting at which the said peti tion was agreed to, and who had been :announced, by public advertisement and placards throui hout the town, as chairman of that meeting, being an xious to let the petition rest on its own merits, and on the merits of the operatives who signed it, addressed a n ote, in the third person singular, to the Mayor, as chairman of the Town Council, in the following words :- —" The chair man of the public meeting of the operatives," &c., " begs respectfully to hand to the Mayor of Liverpool the accompanying petition," &c. Now mark : be cause this gentleman acted in this wise and judicious manner, and did not think proper, in violation of the rules of letter-writing, to end the note, which he commenced in the third person singular, with his name, he is stigmatised as one who induced the opera- Lives to do that which he himself would not sanction, and as one who had forwarded a petition to which " HE DARED NOT attach his name" ! We find also that one of the public papers of this town has come forth, and contributed its aid, in the following paragraph, to pervert the motive, and censure the conduct of the reverend chairman :—" It has some times happened," says this paper, " that gentlemen, when engaged in delicate, ilut not very creditable trans actions, have dated their communications from coffee houses or taverns, as it is not considered etiquette to bring in the name of the family residence on such oc- casions. Mr. M`Neile did not make use of a tavern, we suppose because he is a clergyman, but he popped into a bookseller's shop, and the anonymous chairman gave, as the only clue to his whereabout, that he had written from 'Perris's, Church-street.' Was he asham ed of his associates, or of the cause which he advo cates ? If he were ashamed of having presided at a meeting of operatives, we should be amongst the last to wonder at the circumstance, knowing that vanity and arrogance are amongst the most conspicuous at tributes of those who support high church principles." " He seems, however, to be not entirely destitute of all shame. He certainly presided at the meeting of the operatives, which, we doubt not, was summoned at his instigation. He was the only clergyman present, and Mr. Robertson Gladstone was the most distinguished personage amongst the opera tives. Mr. M'Neile, as chairman of the meeting, was bound to send the petition to the Mayor for presenta tion. It seems, however, he was ashamed of the office, and could not bring himself to sign his name to the note which accompanied the memorial." We only ask our worthy contemporary, is this a fair. an honourable construction to give to this gentleman's conduct on the above occasion ? Does truth require for its maintenance such perversion ? If whiggism cannot be supported but by such means, the sooner it be abandoned the better. Every one in Liverpool knows well that cowardice is not one of the reverend gentle man's qualities. But let us examine the charge. " Mr. M`Neile was bound," says this paragraph, " as chairman of that meeting, to send the petition to the Mayor for presentation." Well, did he not do so? But was he bound, we ask, to inform the Mayor who was the chairman of that meeting ? We reply HE WAS NOT. And if it be said he was so bound, we demand the authority. And if he was not bound, he has not transgressed ; for " where there is no law there is no transgression." So says, at all events, the Bible. But the same paragraph insinuates, with equal propri ety, that he was ashamed of having been the chairman at a meeting of operatives ; and then, with glorious consistency, adds that there is no doubt but " the said meeting was summoned at his instigation" ! If he were ashamed of " his associates, or of the cause which he advocates," or of taking the chair on such an occasion, we should be glad to know, how came he to convene the meeting ?—or to declare at that meeting his sentiments ?—or to take the chair at that meeting ?—or lastly, to suffer his name to be placarded about the town as the chairman of that meeting ? We leave the task of reconciling this to Whig ingenuity. As to the charge of his having written his note from " Perris's, Church-street," instead of from his own residence, it is not worth an answer; but the fact is worth much, as proving incontrovertibly the correct ness of the reason we have alleged for the whole of his conduct on this occasion, namely, that the petition should rest exclusively on its own merits, as the petition of the Protestant operatives of Liverpool. In making these remarks, we think it due to tr rev. chairman to add, that whatever we 1 ave said this subject has been purely voluntarily, from the fuel: of the case as published in the newspapers, withou` having had any communication, directly or indirectly, upon the subject, with the rev. gentleman, or with any of his friends, or even acquaintances. • We may well say, it is hard in these di..ys to know how to act; for the conduct which would formerly have been commended, is now, by reformers, censured —prudence and modesty are denounced as marks of cowardice and conscious guilt, while faithfulness in the defence of truth is branded as malicious interference, and the defender a firebrand ! Of all crimes which the enemies of truth may think proper to attribute to this gentleman, cowardice is one of which, at all events, the council has good reason to know, he is not guilty. Had the rev. gentleman, (the chairman of the meet ing alluded to,) commenced his letter in the first person singular, and attached his name thereunto, as in that case he would have of course done, the Town Council would have accused him of arrogance, and an attempt to force the petition of the operatives, by the signature of one (the chairman) who was not an opera tive himself. Most judiciously and becomingly, there fore, did the rev. gentleman act in not having attached his name to his note, but left the petition to rest on its own merits, and on the just claims of the 3020 opera tives who signed it. Yet from this conduct it is con cluded " HE DARE NOT PUT HIS NAME TO IT !" We have often heard that great souls dwell in little bodies, of which certainly we have, in the Town Coun cil, a full exemplification. No one of any tolerable intellect, who has read the discussions during the last week in parliament, and who has reflected upon the present state of England, but must come to the conclusion that ere long she will be exposed to very alarming collisions—to a struggle between the friends of truth and the friends of error — which, while it will shake this kingdom to its centre, will try the mettle and test the sincerity of those who profess to value the institutions of our country, the constitution for which our forefathers fought and bled, and the cause for which Ridley and Latimer were brought to the stake. The clouds are already gathering in the political ho rizon—the atmosphere is surcharged with the elements of destruction—and the earth trembles, indicative of an awful catastrophe. The gates of democracy once opened—the demon of infidelity once let loose—and the reins of the deceived and infatuated multitude once thrown off—then, ay then, will men's hearts quake : then will be known who are, and who are not, in heart, on the side of our con stitution. Then will the mask be thrown off : then will the wealthy be glad to purchase, by ruinous sacri fices (but then, perhaps, too late), the blessings which they now enjoy : then those who now grudge their paltry tens towards the maintenance of truth, will cheerfully contribute their thousands to preserve their position in society. But then the multitude will bring ruin on themselves and on their best friends, like the horse, which becomes infuriated . by being freed from its bit, dashes headlong forward, regardless and uncon scious of consequences, to the brink of some fatal pre cipice, where, unable to stop, it plunges itself, and often its best friend, into inevitable destruction. Alas ! alas ! would we could convince our country of the truth that such will as certainly arise from the present course of things, if not timely checked, as that the sun, which arose this morning in the east, will this evening set in' the west. Under these circumstances, it is every man's duty to use his best endeavours to devise the most judicious means for averting the threatening storm ; and it was under this conviction we ventured last week to gix our humble opinion as to its cause, and now ventu. to suggest a remedy. Having attempted to investigate the cause of radi calism, and having, for the sake of perspicuity, divided it into three distinct heads, viz., the proximate, the pre disposing, and the exciting, we shall now advert to the cure : but, in so doing, we request it may be distinctly understood we do not pretend to go into any detail, but merely suggest general principles. The body politic is in many respects analogous to the human body, subject to various derangements of function, to morbid actions, and to injury and destruc tion from without as well as from within. Hence the principle of treatment in both cases must be extremely similar. The first principle in the treatment of the diseases to which the human body is exposed, is to find out the cause ; the second is to remove that cause; and the third is to assuage and remove the effects of that cause. But it not unfrequently happens that when the cause has been of a very violent nature, or has re mained in the system for any considerable length of time, some of the very effects become themselves the cause of other derangements. The cause of radicalism has been allowed to remain so long in our country, that if even it were instanta neously removed, there are certain effects produced by it that would demand much attention, and take some time effectually to eradicate. We shall proceed, first, with the treatment of the cause, and then with the treatment or management of the effects. Having found out the cause, as mentioned in our lastnumber, our first indicatton is accomplished. Now as to the treatment. The proximate cause, we say, is avarice and selfishness. " Auro pulsa fides, auro venalia jura, Aurum lex sequitur, mox sine lege pudor." This is to be removed, by not only exhibiting but de monstrating the folly and the madness, eV en as regards men's own interest, as well as that of their children, of not using their utmost exertion to devise some me thod to secure to the working classes permanent em ploy, and just remuneration for their labour. And al though such a course would be attended with some little sacrifice, yet a little reflection must convince the wealthy, that it is much better to spend a pound now, rather than, in a short time, to be deprived of thou sands of pounds, or perhaps of all they possess. For if once the order of society be broken up—if once that awful phrensy—agrarianism, should seize the multitude (and who is so blind, or so ignorant, as not to read in " the signs of the times" portentous events), farewell then to public security—farewell to individual wealth and rank. And although we are fully aware that those who preach peace, peace, where there is no peace, have ever been esteemed by mankind in general far more highly than those who honestly and faithfully warned the people of approaching danger, yet we must do what our consciences tell us is our duty, regardless of the censure and reproach we thereby incur, and raise our feeble, but steady voice, in warning our fel low-subjects of the approaching crisis. We do not now want, directly or indirectly, to excite to greater acts of actual charity ; but to securing a just arrangement between the employer and the employed : to a greater liberality in the purchasing of articles, making of contracts, &c. ; so as to enable the employer to deal more liberally with those whom he employs. For if purchasers were not to beat down, in purchasing articles, the shopkeepers, these would not be necessi tated to beat down the manufacturers, and, conse quently, the manufacturers would not be under the necessity of grinding to the very earth those whom they employ. It may be said, if we were to give higher prices for articles, it would not in the least better the working class of the community, but merely enrich the manu facturer himself. We admit that would be the case if there were no law to ensure equitable wages for the operative ; but such a law could easily be devised: and if it were our province we should not despair of draw ing up a law, which would ensure all parties a just and fair remuneration. How much more calculated such a law would be to benefit all parties, than the unwise and absurd measure now attempted to be forced on the country for the free admission of foreign grain ! As it is not our duty to go into detail, we desire only to throw out hints. The whig - aristocracy will never attempt the reformation we have suggested. No, no ! that would touch their own pockets—that would require a reformation of their own selves : for they are the most avaricious, covetous, selfish persons, notwith standing all their boasted liberality, who exist on the face of the whole earth. While they, therefore, are gulling the public with the empty sounds of political reform, let us raise the standard of moral reform, and we shall have the whole operative community on our side ; and radical and whig demagogues may spout till they are sick. If, then, we could only induce the wealthy not to be ) parsimonious in the outlay of their wealth in the :chasing of English manufactures, and in the mak- of contracts, &c., we could easily have a law for insuring to the operative just acid proportionate remu neration for his labour : and then the first step towards moral and permanent reform, and towards the cure of radicalism, would be achieved. But as the virus has been in the system a long time, the effects would still have to be removed. It has contaminated the whole political system, and, although the cause may have been removed, yet the poison's effects would still remain. These must be removed by adopt ing the very course the Whigs and radicals pursue for the dissemination of their erroneous and dangerous principles ; which course consists of zeal, activity, and perseverance. It was not, nor is it, all in words with them. No ; their words have been followed up by corresponding actions. Hence, we find, they travel through the country, and address the people on the subject of their grievances; they circulate cheap pam phlets amongst them ; and radical and Whig news papers are liberally supported, encouraged, and pa tronised. This is the way they have made converts to their unwise, erroneous, and dangerous principles ; and this is the very way the professed friends of truth and order must proceed, if they be really anxious to save their church from annihilation, their country from ruin, their own properties from confiscation, and the throne of these realms from a popish or infidel dictator. It would be far better, and far more Christian-like, to be now filling the heads of the people with true wisdom and correct principles, than by-and•by to be filling their bodies with leaden balls ! As to the exciting cause, which, we said, consists in ambition in designing demagogues, if the proximate and predisposing causes were removed, there would be very little trouble in removing this. Those gentry would soon find their level ; they would soon practi cally learn the importance of what some of them, at least, had often read, ne sutor ultra crepidam ; and they would then necessarily return to their wonted occupa tions. What a change in the whole empire would then be apparent ! The wealthy would then enjoy their wealth, without sleeping, as they now are, on a magazine, and without being surrounded by the cries of the distressed, or the demands of the radical ;—the employer and the manufacture'r would be reaping the just rewards of their industry, without the pricks of conscience an noying them while on their beds ;—the Sovereign's ear would not be assailed by the discordant sounds of factious parties ;—the government would be taken out of the hands of imbecile men, who are mere professors of Christianity ;—infidelity and radicalism would wither and die ; and Britain once more rise in the majesty of her power, as queen of the earth, as ruler of the sea, and the land in which peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, would flourish. When men holding public situations or public appoint ments have not good sense enough to know when they are acting in an unbecoming manner, it becomes the painful duty of their friends, or even of strangers, to give them a gentle reprimand, both for their own benefit as well as for the bene fit of the public at large ; open rebuke being better than secret censure. We are led to these remarks by the following extraordinary if not unparallelled transaction. A certain gentleman who has lately been appointed revising Assessor of the municipal list of voters, became candidate for Rodney-street ward, the list of the voters of which ward he himself was entitled to revise. A rule was accordingly obtained to shew cause by what tenure he holds the office of Councillor of the above ward : bat, nothing daunted, the modest gentleman repairs to the meetings of the Town Council, and there acts and votes in the capacity of Coun cillor !—and, as was evident from our report, was not a silent spectator on Wednesday last. One would imagine that common decency, if not respect for public opinion, would lave caused him, the moment the propriety of his holding office became questionable, at least to refrain from taking part in the proceedings of that body till the rule had been judicially decided ; for, be it remembered, the said rule is to this day PENDING ! But alas ! in vain do we look to any one who has been contaminated by the poison of radicalism, for those fine feel ings which are so agreeable to all real gentlemen, and so peculiarly characteristic of civilized society. For, as ardent spirits render the lining coats of the stomach insensible to natural and ordinary stimulants, so do radical principles render men's minds callous to every species of refinement. —We blame not men, but their principles. After hard struggling, and if report speaks truly, hard bribing, Wigan has the high honour of being represented by no less a,personage that Mr. William Ewart. The elec tors of that borough have one consolation, namely, that it is no more necessary for their new member to cross the Scholes bridge, than it is for his " learned friend" Daniel to kiss the blarney stone. Our little cock-a-too of the House is to introduce, and no doubt carry, the following sapient measures : 1. Extension of the suffrage to every man outside the walls of a gaol or workhouse, provided he is a house keeper. 2. Voting at all future elections to be by ballot. 3. Abolition of the law of primogeniture, and the pecu niary " gratification " of members of parliament ; a most convenient abolition for " the tail." 4. The Reform of the Reform Bill. 5 The Repeal of the Corn Laws. 6. A bill for teaching Popery and abstract philosophy at the public expense. 7. Supporting any or every bill for diminishing the prero gatives of the crown, and increasing the power of the people, for pulling down the established church of the land, and strengthening those voluntary establishments, which smile at the Regium Donum, and acknowledge Pope Gregory as their supreme head. What would the excellent and truly loyal hearted father of Mr. Ewart have said, could he have foreseen the political degradation to which his unfortunate son has at length sunk ? Since the above observations were in type we have ascer tained, upon undoubted authority, that the validity of Mr. Ewart's return will be disputed. It has been ascertained that eighteen bad votes have been recorded for Mr. Ewart. Among these are those of parties who have been resident in Liverpool for upwards of six months. We refrain from giving their names for obvious reasons. Measures have been already taken for preferring a pgition against Mr. Ewart's return, and Messrs. Thessiger and Austin have been retained as counsel for Mr. Kearsley's party. There can be very little doubt that we shall shortly have to congratulate our readers that the democrat Mr. Ewart has been kicked out of Wigan. EXPORT OF MANUFACTURES.-It has been well remarked that the majority of the advocates of the repeal of the corn laws deal with figures as children deal with their puppet soldiers—they place them where they think they will look the prettiest. Thus it was observed by Mr. Villiers, that in 1833 we exported to Germany £29,500,000 of manufactured goods. Mr. Thornely also declared that in 1834 our exports thither fell to £11,000,000; in 1835 to £10,000,000; in 1836 to £7,000,000 ; and in 1837 to £s,Boo,ooo—showing, accord ing to the beautiful arithmetic of the cotton lords, a falling off of no less than £23,700,000 in four years! But are these the facts of the case ? We have before us a statement of the declared value of British and Irish produce and manufac tures exported from the United Kingdom to Germany, which gives the following amounts :—" In 1833, £4,355,543; in 1835, £4,547,166 ; in 1835, £4,602,966 ; in 1836, £4,463,729 ; and in 1837, £4,B9B,ol6"—showing an increase in four years of £552,473. So much for the difference between a parlia mentary return, and the fallacious statements of the anti corn-law agitators ! " But," it may be rejoined, " if this be the actual result of our trade with Germany, the exports of British produce and manufactures to other parts of the world show a serious defalcation." This has been the burden of every speech de livered by the anti-corn-law delegates. They say that our exports are rapidly diminishing, and that our manufacturers are hastening to inevitable ruin. If such be the fact, how can we account for the following tabular statement, which appears in a recent parliamentary return ? EXPORTS OF BRITISH PRODUCE AND MANU FACTURES FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM. An Account of the Exports of the principal Articles of Bri tish and Irish Produce and Manufactures, in the Year ended sth January, 1839, compared with the Exports in the preceding Year. Declared Value of the Exportations in the Year ARTICLES. ended sth January. 1838. 1839. X. X. Coals and Culm Cotton Manufactures 13,640,181 16,700,468 Yarn 6,955,942 7,430,582 Earthenware 563,237 670,985 Glass Hardwares and Cutlery . Linen Manufactures -- Yarn Metals, viz.—lron and Steel 2,009,259 2,530,903 Copper and Brass 1,116,227 1,226,258 Lead 155,251 156,150 Tin, in Bars, &c 74,737 103,230 Tin Plates 350,668 434,749 Salt Silk Manufactures Sugar, Refined 453,984 550,506 Wool, Sheep's or Lambs' 185,350 432,067 Woollen Manufactures Yarn Total of the foregoing Articles .. £36,228,468 £43,338,839 How can we account for an increase of upwards of three millions in a single year in the exports of cotton manufac tures, or for an increase of upwards of one million in the export of woollen manufactures, or for an increase of nearly eight hundred thousand in the article of 1: _en manufactures— the three great staple commodities of British exportation ? A glance at the above table must satisfy every one possessed of reason and candour that an increase of upwards of seven millions in one year's exports is anything but an indication of the ruinous condition of the manufacturing interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. FRIDAY. DISMISSAL OF TWO POLICEMEN FOR BRUTALITY TO A FEMALE. This was a case arising out of a complaint preferred on a previous day, by a Mrs. Mitchell, against Thursby, the keeper of Duncan-street Bridewell (to which place complai nant had been taken into custody), for using offensive lan guage. The charge of abuse against the officers had been ordered to stand over until to-day, in order that the parties supposed to be implicated might be brought forward to be recognised by the complainant; and officers 370, 107, 301, and 110 were placed at the bar. Mr. Crewe, who conducted the case for the complainant, stated, in allusion to the remarks which had been made by the Bridewell-keeper, in referenCe to the character of Mrs. Mitchell, that so far from her being such a person as insinu ated by him, she was a very respectable woman, the wife of a Custom-house officer, one who had been in the service for a great number of years, and who resided in Daulby-street. This, however, was not intimately connected with the charge ; he merely remarked it to clear the character of Mrs. Mitchell from any aspersion which might rest upon it. He should therefore state the facts affecting the present inquiry. Mrs. Mitchell and her daughter on Monday night, were going up Copperas-hill, and observed some police-officers ill-treating a man, whereupon they remonstrated with them, saying it was not right so to act, they were overstepping their duty, and if the man was to be taken to Bridewell to take him without abuse ; an attack was then made upon them (the complainant and her daughter,) and they ran into the shop of a Mr. M'Cartney for protection, followed by the police. The daughter made her escape up stairs ; but the mother was dragged out, and taken to Bridewell, and severely ill-treated on her way thither. He should call witnesses to prove these facts, and he thought they should be able to identify the officers who had acted in so unmanly, brutal, and illegal a manner. Mrs. Mitchell was called, who described the cause of assault as stated by Mr. Crewe. It was at the corner of Silver-street the officers were ill using the man. Her daughter first re monstrated with them, when she was threatened to be taken to gaol, and upon her (the complainant) interfering, an at tempt was made to take them into custody, whereupon they ran into the shop of Mr. M'Cartney ; the officers followed ; her daughter evaded them, but they dragged her from the shop to Bridewell, and most grossly ill-treated her on the way. She was lame of ohe foot, and had dropped her slipper, which the officers refused to let her have. She had been beaten on the arm (Mrs. Mitchell here showed her arm, which exhibited marks of great violence). She did not know the numbers of the officers who took her, but on looking at 301 thought he was one. She would not swear positively to the men, but was confident that the persons who took her to the Bridewell were they who infl;(!ted the abuse. Ther e was a gentleman who was passing at the time spoke to them re specting their conduct, but she did not know his name. When in Bridewell she was much insulted by the allusions made by the keeper. It was stated to Mr Hall that the person alluded to by Mrs. Mitchell, who had spoken to the officers, was a gentle man named Humphreys, who is engaged in a respectable solicitor's office in the town, and the case was ordered to stand over till he could be sent for. When Mr. Humphreys came into court the inquiry was resumed. Mr. M'Cartney stated that, on the night in question he went to Bridewell to inquire after a Mr. Washington, a neigh bour, who had been taken there, intoxicated, when he met the officers taking Mrs. Mitchell from his (M'Cartney's) shop. She was entirely a stranger to him. Mr. Humphreys was in the street, and sent up his name, and the prisoners were liberated. Thursby, the keeper of Bridewell, said he recollected Mrs. Mitchell being brought there by Davies, officer 379, and Lup ton, officer 301. She complained of being ill-treated, by being dragged through the street to Bridewell, and was ex ceedingly violent, and was much in liquor. She was some time before she would give in her name, and upon hearing she lived in Daulby-street, knowing that there were many houses of ill-fame in that neighbourhood, it was that he made the remark which had given offence to Mrs. Mitchell. An individual sent up his name, and she was immediately released. Mr. Humphreys stated, that he was in Copperas-hill, on Monday night, and saw the officers taking Mrs. Mitchell to Bridewell in a very improper manner ; " they dragged her as if a dog." He could not identify the man who took her. He had never seen Mrs. Mitchell before. He would swear positively that at the time she was taken to Bridewell, she was perfectly sober. Elizabeth Williams, a young girl, stated she was in M' Cart ney's shop at the time Mrs. Mitchell and her daughter came in. The young woman ran up stairs, and two policemen took the old lady away. She would swear that Mrs. Mitchell as perfectly sober. She did not know both the men, but at looking at 301 she would swear that he was one, as she had some conversation with him. Mrs. Mitchell was perfectly a stranger to her. Mr. Crewe said this was the evidence for the complaint, and he thought it was of that character as to substantiate the complainant's case. There was no doubt the woman had been taken to Bridewell unjustifiably, and that the violence described had been used, and that tuc ()ulcers who used such violence had been positively identified. Under these circum stances he should leave it to the bench, knowing that it would treat it in the manner it had done similar cases upon former occasions. The defence set up by the officers was, that Mrs. Mitchell was drunk and very disorderly, and that in attempting to take her she had " dragged" them into the shop from which they had taken her. Several officers were called, but none of them gave evidence to affect the main question. Mr. Hall said, that from the evidence which had been ad duced there was one important fact established—namely, that 379 and 301 *ere the men who took the complainant into custody. This had been proved, not only from the statement of the Bridewell-keeper, but also in the case of one, by the young girl, who swore positively to 301 ; and having this fact established, there could be no doubt that these were the parties who had dealt out the abuse, for the complainant positively swore that the men who took her into custody were those who had ill-treated her ; and, that she had been ill treated, and that severely, was proved not only by the marks of violence she exhibited, but also by the testimony of a very respectable witness, Mr. Humphreys, who had stated that he was shocked at the conduct of the officers—that " they treated 1--er like a dog." The complainant was a woman be tween 60 and 70 years of age, and it was impossible that she could have been so violent as to justify them in using the violence they had done ; indeed, the evidence of Mr. Hum phreys and others showed the contrary. In the defence it had been said that the complainant was drunk ! but that she was not, had been most positively sworn by the whole of the wit nesses—all of whom, with the exception of the daughter, were perfect strangers to Mrs. Mitchell. He would state distinctly, that there was no cause for the least imputation against the character of the complainant or her daughter. All that appeared to excite the choler of the officers was one of the parties, " You are not doing your duty." Could this expression justify such brutal conduct ? Was it to be endured, that any respectable individual should be so treated ? All the witnesses called were exceedingly respectable ; and their evi dence had flatly contradicted that given by the officers, and went to substantiate the charge as stated by the complainant. In all such cases the magistrates must feel considerable re luctance in having to act against the officers of the law ; but still, when no doubt remained, as in the present case, that they had abused their authority, there was but one course to pur sue. It was the opinion of himself and brother magistrate (Mr. Birch) that the case had been clearly proved against the officers, and that their conduct had been most disgraceful,— nay, brutal ;—and that they should not be discharging their duty unless they put it out of the power of such men to act in such a manner in future ; the example would be good. They, therefore, declared that Lupton, 300, and Davi es , 379, were dismissed th e p o li ce f orce , an d they stood forthwith dismissed. Mr. Hall then called upon Thursby to stand forward, and told him that it was the opinion of the bench that he had acted in a very improper manner by insulting a female whom he knew not to the contrary was highly respectable, and which had turned out to be the case, by imputing to her the cha racter he had done. No doubt he might have acted hastily, but the bench hoped he would be more cautious in future. Thursby acknowledged his error, and bowed his thanks to the bench for its lenity. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A YOUTH OF ABSTRACTING A LARGE SUM OF MONEY FROM THE POSTOFFICE. Yesterday, two good-looking youths, statedu be most re spectably_connected, were placed at the bar of the Police court, one of them charged with having abstracted a large sum of money in Bank of England notes, and the other with hav ing received a portion of the money; (to a comparatively small amount) but, as it did not appear that the latter was impli cated in the abstraction, he was dismissed, with a serious ad monition from Mr. Hall, to take care, through the rest of his life, never to receive any money in such a way again. The father of this youth, a mercantile gentleman, appeared in court, and stated that his son was employed at his office ; that he had always conducted himself in a proper manner ; and that he was not aware of any immediate intimacy existing between him and the other boy. After a long examination of the witnesses, Mr. Hall expressed his deep regret that a youth like the other prisoner, William Henry Forbes, should so far have committed himself as to commit the offence with which he was charged ; and that from the evidence from the bench, he had no alternative left but to commit him for trial. The informations were then taken, and from these the case will be best ascertained. William Hague says, I am a commission agent of No. 17, York-street, Manchester. I and my brother, Samuel Hague, are partners. On Saturday, the 16th of January last, I wrote a letter, and inclosed in it one Bank of England note for £5OO, No. 8.M., 01288, 25th May, signed Dupree, Liver pool ; two Bank of England notes for £lOO each ; one No. 8.5., 06454, and the other No. 8.5., 07384, and both dated 24th February, 1838, one signed Wade, and the other Vantor. I afterwards addressed the same letter to Mr. Thomas S • - don, merchant, Liverpool. I afterwards took the lett: • o ts t put it into the Postoffica in Manchester. Ot the r 4l" day following I received a letter from Mr. Sleddon, itt me that the letter and money had not arri v ed. .. cane 0, 4 r to Liverpool and made enquiry at the 2ostoffice for t'le bet ter. I could not obtain any information there. On ar'4,4 morning last a person called upon me from the B ranc hßoa of England, in Manchester, with one of the totes for 4011, No. 8.5., 06454, which I found was one of those whkit a rpaf remitted to Mr. Sleddon. This morning I came Maio to Liverpool. I have seen in the care of James Sawley a £5OO note, No. B. M., 01288, dated May 25th, and a 4100 note, No. 8.5., 07384, and dated 25th February, 1838. These are two of the notes which I forwarded to Mr. Sleddon. _ 10, letter to M r . Sl e dd on was wr i tten upon t h e fl y l ea f o f a Ba* Order for £4B 16s. Od. Thomas Sleddon said—l am a merchant, and my office is in Tarlton Buildings, Chapel -street. The prisoner William Henry Forbes is an apprentice to me, and has been in my service for about t we l ve mont h s, I transact business with Messrs. Hague, of York-street, Manchester. On the 18th of February last I directed one of my clerks to write there for a balance of account. On the Wednesday following I received a letter, informing me that the money had been re mitted to me. I informed Messrs. Hague that the letter had not reached me. In the evening of Wednesday Messrs. Hague came over to Liverpool. We made inquiry at the Post-office for the letter, but could not learn anything of it. I then made inquiry from my young man who attended the Post-office for my letters. He knew nothing of the letter. I did not ask the prisoner any thing about it. It wall not his duty to go to the Post-offiee. This morning James Sawley, Mr. S. Hague, and Mr. S. Roberts came to my office and saw the prisoner. Roberts said he thought the prisoner was the boy. Mr. Lightbound was also also present. Sawley asked the prisoner if he knew Mr. Lightbound ; but he afterwards said he knew Lightbound and Welsh's shop. I asked what he had been doing at their shop. He said, " I have been there to get a note changed." Sawley asked him what amoont of note. He said " A one hundred pound note." Sawley asked where he had got the note from. He said, from Mr. Jones, my brother-in-law. Siwley took the prisoner into custody. I heard Sawley ask him where he lived. He told him. We took him there. Sawley asked him for the key of his drawer. He gave it to him, and pointed out the drawer. I saw Sawley unlock the drawer, and in it found a five hundred pound bank note, four five pound bank notes, twenty pounds in silver money, and X4l 10s. in sovereigns, and half a sovereign, and upon the pri soner a watch and £1 14s. James Sawley says, I am a police officer from Manchester. On Friday last I received some information from Mr. Hague relative to the robbery. I have endeavoured to trace one of the one hundred pound notes. I and Mr. Hague came to Liverpool this morning, and called at the shop of Messrs. Lightbound and Welsh, No. 52, Great Orford-street. I there saw the witness S. Roberts, who gave some informs tion. We then went to Mr. Sleddon's office. Roberts saw the prisoner, and said that he thought he was the boy who changed a one hundred pound note. Mr. Lightbound was there, and asked the prisoner if he knew him ? He said no. I then asked him if he knew Lightbound and Welsh's ware house ? He said I do. Mr. Sleddon asked him what he had been there for ? He. said to change a note. I then asked him what kind of a note? He said a one hundred pound note. I then asked him where he had got the note? He said from Mr.,Jones, my brother-in-law. I said are you telling me the truth ? He hesitated a short time, and then said he got it from the Post-office. I said, how did you get it there ? He said from a letter. I said, was there any more money in the letter ? He said " ye?; two or three notes, and a bank order." I asked him where the letter was ? He said I destroyed it ; I burned it. I said, where is the money? He said at home. To witness's further questions at the time, prisoner told him where he lived, at No. 109, Mount Plea sant, and when they got there, he pointed out a drawer, and gave the key of it. The money, as before stated, was found in it, and upon the prisoner's person were found £1 14s. and a watch. He said he had bought the watch for £4 105., which he had taken out of the money. On being shown the notes found in the drawer, he said they were the same be had taken from the letter. He said he had given another boy some soveregns at different times, and the remainder he had spent. Shadrach Roberts, a baker in the service of Messrs Light bound and Welsh, remembers the prisoner coming to their shop, and getting change for the £lOO note. He saw the money counted out, to the prisoner, and identified him. This being the 'whole of the evidence, the prisoher Was fully committed to take his trial at the sessions, and the wit nesses were each bound over in £2OO each to prosecute. 'rho prisoner is a fine-looking boy of about 14 or 15 years of age" He appeared much affected at one period of the examination, but finally signed his name without any apparent trepidation. SEAMEN'S WAGES. Yesterday, a seaman who had performed a voyage in the sloop Susanna, to Havre and back, applied to Mr. Hall for an order on the captain, Paul Brown, for his wages, from the 11th of September to the sth instant. The Captain stated, in lieu of the claim, that the complainant had shipped as an able seaman, but was quite inefficient, and therefore not en titled to the amount demanded. It appeared, however, by the evidence of the mate, and others, that the complainant had always obeyed orders ; that he was rather efficient than otherwise, and that he was not discharged on the vessel re turning to port. Mr. Hall awarded that the full amount should be paid £l4 13s. 3d., with costs. Another seaman, named Wood, belonging to the same vessel made a like claim, for upwards of £ll. The captain objected on the ground that the claimant had been mutinous while at Havre; ,but of this there appeared no sufficient proof, and the defendant was ordered to pay the amount. The captain said he would not pay it, and was informed by Mr. Hall, that if he did not, the court had the power to seize his vessel. CHARGE OF STEALING FROM A SHOP. Yesterday, a young man named William Taylor was placed before Mr. Hall on a charge of stealing -kom his employer, Mr. Beckwith, silk-mercer, &c., Paradise-street. Mr. B. said that from suspicions which he entertained, he had the Prisoner, who lived in the house, apprehended, and there were found in his carpet-bag in his bedroom, five Nirs of silk stockings, which had been taken from the stock in the shop. The head shopman identified them as belonging to Mr. B. The prisoner said he had no intention of stealing the stock ings, but had taken them through to the kitchen to wet them, as they had found it advantageous to damp some of their goods and dispose of them as " wrecked goods." He wait told by the girl in the kitchen that he must not make *slop there, and he had accordingly taken them up stairs. The story of wetting the goods Mr. Beckwith totally denied. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. - 1 . 1. b t) • • . Ot 7rN. •. • „ fek, - \ THE RECENT OUTRAGE ON THE BRITISH FLAG. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—Permit me to remark, as an old naval officer, that, in relation to the outrage recently committed upon our na tional flag, there seems to be an ambiguity in not at once producing the packet's log-book, instead of animadverting about the lieutenant's private journal, whereas, legally • speaking, it is to the ship's log-book per se, that reference should be made. Moreover, in the first instance, on the arrival, (a month since) of the lieutenant commit:ding, it is my humble opinion that his functions should have been sus pended, pro tem., and, together with the log-book, (not his journal,) ordered at the Admiralty. And, being that "old and experienced officer," &c., so highly spoken of by the editor of the Falmouth Express, in your last number, I think. ; v: • he should have acted somewhat differently, to win—First merely to have returned the fire, then immediately hauling L down his colours thus, to a " superior force :" next going,o4 board the Frenchman, presenting his sword ; when, if a suitable apology, in his opinion, was duly made, in writing only, with which, returning to H.M. little vessel, waited t 1 arrival of the British commodore upon thesaid station; thus whether he should have hoisted his colours again in the in. terval may be waived. As to fighting " his brig while a spar in her remained standing," &c.., mentioned also in the Fal mouth Express, under ordinary circumstances there can be no doubt on the subject, but thus situated it is sheer nonsense to have expected any such thing. And was the worthy lieutenant my own brother, nay, my son, I should have ad vised him to request " a court of inquiry," in elucidating forthwith the untoward affair, both in regard to his beloved country and himself.—Yours, &c., A VETERAN NAVAL OFFICER, One too fairly afloat the Ist of June, 1794. March 11, 1839. WOOD v. IRON. r! TO THE EDITOR OF THE GLASGOW CHRONICLE. Glasgow, 7th March, 1839. SlR,—Having observed in the Liverpool and Glasgow newspapers, remarks on the trial trip which took place be the Royal Sovereign and Commodore steam-ships between Glasgow and Liverpool, on their outward and home pass-ages, on Saturday and Tuesday last, which vary from each other in some respects, and in others, from being imperfectly stated, leave erroneous impressions on the minds of readers, I will f.'el obliged if you will give a place in your valuable columns to the following remarks on the said trips. f. Both these vessels left their berths, at Glasgow, on Satnr-wi • day, at eleven, a.m., the Royal Sovereign being a-head ; both vessels touched at Greenock : The Royal Sovereign an-Le riving there seven minutes before the other, and, neither I having lost any time, left that port in that relative situation4aa Between Pladda and Ailsa Craig the Commodore came uptif with and passed her competitor, and kept the lead, some..le times the one and sometimes the other gaining or losing upon her opponent, until they came within three hours sail ofs Liverpool, when the Commodore was a-head, as nearly as can be calculated, from ten to fifteen minutes. • The weather, shortly after this, having become thick, both vessels found difficulty in finding the channel. It appears, however, that the captain of the Commodore was more for tunate than his competitor, having found it in less than half an hour ; whereas, the captain of the Royal -Soiereign was not so successful, having been more than two hours it, finding it. It is, therefore, a fair deduction,• thatellowing the Commodore to have gained for the remaining three hours' sail to Liverpool, her average gain during the previous part of her passage—the utmost difference in favour of the Com modore on arrival (if both had proceeded direct to the docks) would have been twenty minutes. As,regards the homeward passage, both vessels left the Mersey, opposite the Clarence Dock-gate, abreast of each otlier, at twenty-six minutes past one o'clock, p. m., on Tuesday. For the first seventy miles, neither vessel could be said to have gained a single yard upon each other •, on reaching the Point of Ayr, being eighty-two miles from Liverpool, the Commodore was two lengths of herself a-head; however, on passing this light, the Royal S overe i gn got a-head, and maintained her position from that to between Corsail Light and Ailsa Craig, a distance of between sixty and seventy miles : the Commodore having here taken the lead, kept it to Greenock, where she arrived about seventeen minutes before the Royal Sovereign ; and as the Commodore, from her draught of water, stopped at Greenock, and sent her passengers up the river in a passage boat, the Royal Sovereign had the advantage of coming direct to the Bromie law, although nearly low water, and arrived at her ultimate destination six hours before her opponent.—l remain, Sir, your very obedient servant, JOHN TASSIE. P.S.—I understand it is reported, that rosin was burnt as fuel on board the Royal Sovereign ;—this was not the fact— not a pound. THE ODD-FELLOWS.--We observe, from an advertise ment in another part of our p a p er , th at the annual Ball of the Loyal Minerva Lodge of Odd-Fellows will take place on Easter Monday, and we have no doubt that it will be well supported, as the proceeds are intended to be devoted to a benevolent purpose. COMMODORE AND ROYAL SOVEREIGN STEAM We are requested to state, that the Commodore arrived at Greenock twenty minutes before the Royal Sovereign, having outstripped her that time on the run from Corsal Point to Greenock, a distance of 60 miles, the wind being a-head. The Commodore's passengers were sent up to Glasgow by,the Luna steamer, and arrived there twenty minutes before those by the Royal Sovereign. HOWARD TOTAL ABSTINENCE ASSOCIATION.—The above society will hold its first public meeting in the Tem plars'-hall, Great George-street, on Thursday evening next, and, from what we have heard of its organization, the respec tability and talent of its leading members, we are well led to think, that its operations will give impulse to the total abstinence question.—Correspondent of the Albion. We understand that the Dock Committee have withdrawn, for the present session of Parliament, the bill asking for power to erect warehouses on the dock quays. THE PACKET-SHIP OXFORD.—This fine vessel, which was stranded, in Bootle Bay, during the hurricane .on the morning of the 7th of January, will, it is fully expectell, be ready to take her place in the line on the 19th instant. She has undergone a thorough repair, and is now, if possible, a stronger ship than she was on the day .she-Ivas launched. She is refitting in the Graving-dock to the northward -of the Clarence-dock.