The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-26 00:00:00

trycientßouse o f Commons a good working majority, o_ t o counte r b a l ance the Whig influences at a';i:ifrtahel'.rB clearlaenfodre,thepa) I , ted co ns tit uenc i es o f I re l an d. It in the po wer o f Si r Robert Peel and Party to t a k e office (as we have seen already), ant • a dis.solution to retain it, if these sanguine c ]P a tions are well founded. Now Sir Robert Peel Pr , o ai u ! if h e would, turn them out without any corn ,nitilse of princiPle. There needs no Lichfield-house elle°.c°lllPaet alliance —no bargaining with our bitter ne :". They have offered him their support for the to n, in the plainest language and on the fairest h a; , s • Mr. Grote says, the radicals and the tories iler : a battle to fight stand-up fight. What hin ; W hy don't we strip, and. go to work at once . des a, there is a third party iii - ,he field, hated and grc,P,ll'lBe:l 1 ))' both, which occupies the intermediate the ir, and prevents a dir ec t co lli s i on . L e t us crush „ ag RaYs Mr. Grote, and then we shall have a clear (piNpiaeg 4 a no favou r : we will then fight it out between in good earnest. Sir Robert Peel might do he would, and who would blame him ? Yet Sir ! N il t hinks it wiser and more dignified to holdhis Xcn v Itobe, if t here be any c o nservat i ves w h o t hi n k Si r old C eel too rich an d t h e Duke of Wellington too to tie -r f ac tive and eneraetic political leaders, we are thei r ? L a t hese. W e t hi n k none the worse o f t h em f or wi l i eh ill ,'Penden ce an d their superiority to all t h e t i es Iv e 1, 1)41 these miserable Whigs to place and pay. o f too that they are moderate, even to an excess tl'er s ciderati ° ll ; and we candidly confess that occasions itiq; r e ly and then ar i se on w hi c h we are di spose d t o opt bets all onward mo vemen t i n p ar ty tactics : But fid en e r judgme n t a l ways su b s id es i nto i mp li c it con - N ri e : ii Sir Robe r t. M ore t h an any man of " la t e dill he kn ows the English people. He can te l l, 'host h 4 unerrin g certa i nty, w h at i s t h e w i ses t and }'earslllloUrable course. The history of the last ten and f ..'4 ‘ rB abundant witness to t h e extraor di nar y tact otesight he has displayed,— h e h a ' qui nobis cunctando restituit rem :" oioi on s Pursued the Fabian policy with unerring pre -811 whenever 11 1 and the time shall arrive that the ce rtaiti ° lad be struck heavily and surely, we are as l 'ert a n ks w e are of our own existence that Sir Ro- With t1' ,. 441 will be bared; and his right arm he raised, e unerring aim of fate— f i , " Si Pergama dextra 41 1(I hh Possent, etiam hie defensa faissent”— 4te4 ept ether this opportunity shall arise during the , /i 'c'4ll ) ,: eB n s ion of Parliament, we willingly leave in the 'her e l 'ate and in the bosom of Sir Robert Peel. (l elay a-te many reasons which seem to recommend 1 N4,:,, 11 , (1 ' t hough time and space do not permit our the ,1" 1 `° theta at present more fully, we may refer to an :,,gllificalat readiness of the radicals to join us as ofteglli : nea t why it should not be wise at present for At -'3 ,, -11 th em. This the Ithacan desires, and the sons t ake t r i n e ,l w ould purchase at a great price ! Let us hpt . eI Y W arning, and be drawn into no snare. more t , lll such a posture of affairs could anything be tlo,e 'tePusterous than for Lord Morpeth, following l', ll l 1)°11 t he he e l s o f Kilk enny J ose ph, to e x claim, tliaposel to upon sufferance no longer !" One feels t ° eall to mind the well-known scene -44644tet5-Thus I go, all danger scorning, bin e& Some death I'll die before the morning ! not die : oh pray take warning— for, 4 Oh do not die before the morning ! P°l4 t t ir. Le ader reminded him, with great truth and th e N i i rY have never had any existence at all, but by h ave f erpl iee of both classes of their opponents. INe rspe_eit, and , expressed in our former articles, so much 411 (e c ' t '6l. L ord Morpeth as his amiable character de ftS',, He is indeed a child in malice, but his best admit that he is a child in understanding !h eti c ' e will ex i s t no l onger upon sufferance' , , . ! your It xi) days are numbered. 41. 115 t ha re been really most ludicrous to sit by gee s e Lord Morpeth under his peculiar circum talki p (his Peculia r phy s i o gnomy would aid the joke,) tileiri;a°out his t oo mo d era t e o pp o nents " stuffing ex - t cla tils with bi g wor d s ," and then spouting forth 41 4 al: r.a° rdinary braggadocio piece of impertinence "We will exist no longer upon suffer : , ,4 !". L ea . The ~Whigs exist no longer upon sufferance L e.4 (le r Paid him well for his presumption ; and as 4PI Pt was abo u t t o record his vote, it was per caMer,, eaB arY for him to give a serious (though ear }' i %ta a. . eo . For ourselves we are content with t as \‘: L : i ll the report—" Milord Morpeth pour rire !" 4 4 11 , e a l'e not near l y d one w i t h t hi s su bj ec t. Time l 'bri 4 Bl3e ct for the patience of our readers compel us 3- f g ti li B arti c l e to a c l ose , an d we s hall-postpone to td !ekl tititr e occasion many considerations which crowd (111 e11 141 4 0 1:1° 11. 11 US while we write. One word only in pr w e h a ,, called Grote and Leader as our ` P citti ` 4 ' Messrs. wi tnesses, because their testimony, coming ip the quar ter hostile to ourselves, and not implicated Itep t • P ` lll .Y tactics of the cabinet, seems liable to least i• Niti tia l° ,l l in. the p resent i nstance . W e d o n ot mean to heu t liat we prefer these gentlemen one whit to se t l'g asso c i ates. F ar f rom i t . I n our m i n ds for 41,era: qualities—viz., honesty and public spirit, your V I a re all alike. The first object with all of them 111 e acre of gain. As to the rest, the less liberal 7ro tt "angerous,—the more liberal the more pesti co,i)g We we re once un f ortunate enoug h a t school, , ' ;lih er Bt i tt ling Ci cero, to ren d er " yeneros i h o mines 3 me : at " Generous men, sir !" fell the excel -er'a voice upon our ear, in accents of thun the lib.. 4ener fts men, sir : Catiline and his party were -cas The tlkt e ' t i cia iriBll journals furnish us, from day to day, with :494 % a Co mmentary upon the recent debate in the tr N t krt i Commons. F rom the north, the south, the 1 ;ttl , t e west of that unfortunate country we hear "NI tin s ''e than brutal outrages upon the peaceable N4fiderit fren ding Protestants. As if in derision of the assertions an d em pty boasts of the ministerial the ‘'''r°, th e Papers which we have just received from 14 r e : t l are more than usually full of horrible de- A tik, Pec ting the " state of crime and outrages" in fer Pais of the country. In one case we find that 111 I, :k h it attack was made on a respectable young a ruffian armed with a formidable American th e aa lw fe s'a species o f wea pon hitherto unknown in 4ni,„B of cri me i n I re l an d . Th e b ru t a l ass assin 1 4 • ` , l p s - . L Nea 0 U t' U n his victim no less than fifteen or sixteen Punctured wo un ds in various parts of his 41 5 of no avail to assert that stabbing has 's a favourite mode of attack in England, and 411 1 1 7 4 4h /e rPool itself has furnished an instance in which Nv e - a ttack has terminated fatally. It is a sufficient .1 44? t° such a recriminatory charge to say that, in 15 4s t Out l s ted 61 of ten, such cowardly assaults are perpe , ”- 1 4 rt "'"nlea. An inspection of our criminal ca %r, Intuit satisfy any candid mind of the truth of I • 'et °n• In fact, if our gaols were emptied of ti , °l l / 4 ,""e office of the judges presiding in our W urts at the assizes would be almost a sinecure. us bicts of the country in which there is to be Ala a urge Proportion of Irishmen always present It) , 4 1 - ' l ' a mount of cri me . It will require no ordi t pa ge nnity to explai n awa y thi s no t or ious fact. 4 . in g , We may n o ti ce one remar k a ble f ac t con - Nl: l th the perpetration of the crime of murder i n e ke c ontrasted with Irel an d. When a murder by tl P; Diace England especially when accompanied }sk„. 's o. nist ances of extr aor di nar y a t roc ity, a great 4 1 ) (1: 1°4 is creat e d— t h e public journals are filled w i th tohf the minutest details connected with it—it t he absorbi ng topic of conversation far and rP.,„t .t Ireland,. on the contrary, a murder of the ' l ° l e character is passed over as an event of 't, %j ell oecurr ence—th e c i rcumstances connec t e d w ith Acted , 11 England, w ou ld occupy two or t h ree c l ose ly li p a 6 1 h unans of our b road-sheets, are b r i e fl y summe d 9 enerat °rt Paragraph, which is inserted among 4 ca r news of the day—and the public mind tailiYoemenorkeilloedcc.upied with the matter, than if a This is a melancholy proof of • N tre: lll o i f indifference produced by the frequent re tut l s uch atrocities. 14 et u , e ho e (4 ernn e tate a few more facts connected with the es z , ni Ireland. We understand from the f„,_ mo n _ D W g ent' - "mai that, on Monday evening week, as eti to m en were returning turning from a public dinner ora ce th aver of ~ioppEsq., of Roscommon, late .. -ational B an k o f th a t t own , while lac re Pro A eabl e 11141:Me eed: their way home in the most wer waylaid y a party of -'"lllfiar, IgthOeirin are, Who, y thOlit e one . word, b commenced beating them in the most cruel manner. Their savage intent seemed to be principally aimed against Mr. Tully, whom they continued to beat until his head was covered with blood. They did not leave their victim until they thought he was able to bear no more. This attack took place within one hundred yards of the po lice barrack. Again, at Richmond Villa, near Patrick's Well, Li merick, the lodge-man of William Wallace, Esq., was brutally attacked by eight men with a loaded whip and stones, and so severely beat that his skull was frac tured, and little hope was left of his recovery. Again, the Kilkenny Moderator states that, on Friday week, a young plantation in the glen of Owning, the property of Lord Duncannon, was maliciously set on fire, and about one acre of it consumed. This is only one, out of hundreds of similar cases, in which the properties of Protestant noblemen are wantonly da maged by incendiaries. It is singular that the Popish landlords should not be subject to such losses. The fact is pregnant with instruction. In the county of Mayo the following outrage was committed. On the night of Sunday week the house of Mr. William Warren, at Doneen, near Ballina, was visited by a party of Precursors, who endeavoured in vain to effect an entrance. Having failed in that ob ject, they went to a stable, where they killed a heifer, and attempted to strangle a horse with a rope. Mr. Warren was most kind to his neighbours since he came to reside among them, and there can be no cause assigned for the attack—unless, indeed, his being a Protestant may be looked upon as such by the midnight legislators. In the same county five Ribbonmen have been committed to gaol for forcibly administering ille gal and Ribbonite oaths—another proof of the exist ence of this secret conspiracy. Again, in the county of Clare a savage attack was made upon an old man, residing in the neighbourhood of Kilrush. The victim in this case was 80 years of age, and held a farm depending upon his own life. His nephew, residing with him, anxious to have the land in his possetsion on the death of his uncle, served nottces to quit upon the tenants. In consequence of this proceeding four men broke into the old man's house, and beat him in so cruel a manner that he was not expected to survive. _ _ We have thus briefly detailed a few of the more re cent illustrations of the sort of " tranquillity" enjoyed in Ireland. We may as well add that this week's ca- talogue is very imperfect. Many journals which we have not yet seen will, no doubt, furnish us with parti culars of additional outrages. The official Gazette contains two offers of rewards, of one hundred pounds each, one for a murder, and the other for a murderous assault. With such details as the preceding staring them in the face, the whig ministry have the audacity to assert that Ireland is in a state of unprecedented "tranquil lity." The truth is that Ireland was never in a worse condition than at present; and, while crime is openly connived at by the executive government, and the in stigators to crime and outrage are selected as the fittest recipients of official patronage, it is morally impossible that it should present a different appearance. " Stop the supplies" has ever been a favourite cry with the unprincipled whig faction. When foiled in argument, and covered with disgrace and discomfi ture—when every temporising expedient to prop up their tottering power has failed—when they have been driven to their last extremity, writhilig under the agonies of despair—they have never hesitated to have recourse to the base and cowardly alternative of threatening to " stop the supplies." This is done, of course, with a view to disconcert and to intimidate their adversaries. " Stop the supplies" is a sort of chevaux de frise behind which the ,baffled faction think to entrench themselves, secure from the further assaults of their opponents. Thus the Morning Chronicle, the organ of the ultra-liberal section of the cabinet, holds out the threat that the supplies shall be refused to the House of Lords, to prevent the inquiry into the state of Ireland, now in progress from being carried on. The project is thus announced—" We hope some Irish member will give notice without delay of proposing a resolution to the House of Commons to withkold the means of payment of the expensft of witnesses, or of any other charge attendant upon the committee of inqui sition, appointed by the House of Lords, to criminate Lord Normanby's administration in Ireland." Why stop the supplies ? Is it because the ministers are afraid of the pending investigation ? Does not this menace proceed from a sense of conscious guilt ? Could we have any stronger proof of the necessity for the " inquisition appointed by the House of Lords" than this audacious threat ? Does it not amply prove that the whigs consider the character of Lord Nor manby to be of more value than the peace and pros perity of Ireland ? But will the Whigs venture to countenance openly such a miserable project as " stopping the supplies" from this committee ? They dare not do so ! We give them every credit for the wish, we give them none for the courage, to propose such a measure to the House of Commons. They are " Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike." They know full well that such a base attempt would only recoil upon themselves. They know that there is too much patriotism in the country to suffer such an extingUisher to be put on the inquiry in the House of Lords. " Stop the supplies" when you like, ye skulk ing, cowardly whigs, and all the people of England will come forward spontaneously to furnish the House of Lords with the means requisite to consummate your confusion and disgrace. Your brawlers for liberty are always the most heart less tyrants. No class or party of men have ever af forded more formidable proofs of the truth of this maxim than the self-styled liberal faction of the pre sent day. Witness the brutal intimidation practised throughout this country at every general election that has taken place within the last ten years, and especially the bloody scenes that occurred at the last election for members of parliament in this very town. It appears that the same horrid system of physical intimidation is now threatened against the House of Lords, with a view to deter them from exposing the misdeeds of the Whigs. We find the following choice speciMen of the bludgeon style in the Morning Chronicle. the leading organ of the liberal party. "If the witnesses sum moned front Ireland—and we hear the chief officers of the police force are already ordered to attend—should demur to obey their lordship's summons, we should be much amused to see the reception in Dublin of the officers of the House of Lords sent to enforce their orders. We should not envy them the triumphal pro cession in which they might be ushered into Dublin by the good people of Ireland, who differ with their lordships in their estimate of Lord Normanby's government." This is equivalent to saying that the Chronicle would be " amused" to see the " good people of Ireland" assaulting and murdering those officers in the execu tion of their duty ! We trust that effectual means will be taken to prevent the blood-thirsty plan from being carried into execution. A homely adage says that " when rogues fall out there is a chance that honest men may come by their own"—an adage which is exceedingly applicable to cer tain squabbles which have recently taken place among the leading members of the Precursor's Society in Dublin. It is not long since that the redoubtable Peter Purcell called O'Connell himself to account for the possession and appropriation of certain monies col lected towards the objects of this treasonable associa tion; and, this week, a Mr. Ignatius Callaghan has brought forward charges seriously implicating the cha racter of certain persons who happen to have too promi nent a development of the hump of captativeness. We dare say that Mr. Callaghan's accusations of dishonesty are founded in truth ; and we dare say, also, that the matter will be most judiciously and comfortably hushed up, if possible. We should like to see these Precursory quarrels assume a little more'earnestness. There would then be a prospect of enlightening the people of Ire land on the subject of the division of the spoils between these Popish leaders. It would then be seen that the extorted contributions of the hardworking peasantry of Ireland are spent in administering to the luxury of a set of scoundrels, the most despicable that ever escaped the gallows. What a prodigy Van Amburgh must be !—at least if we may form any estimate of his chararter from the prominent notice bestowed upon him by one of our contemporaries. In these times of political agitation El, ' 4° e „ hole seas . r o~ d e d tre s : and Fancit Tenet Clover ;SS 1034 iI it v,, the, c , S Fe ll°i ! s. the • J it?' t, iNI- 11'4 ''s fit of Bet te th 51: 0 1,:cELLS 1i EB , ): oor tof a 70-11300, 'S, 1101 1 all it. . cribe r : r iei the " t al c, )th iro . fr,to 15 5 ,' b#!. to v e viTa) ~r~ 115.. A IrelO W :3 e%l- 'O ,l fi t .ero nle -,, s y ) Lye ot e° r , t ld t `' 1 . lie 10'1 40 i ,r tv ,, uld in the COS bring _ 4 6, 4 a t the e f° o l a 1 1 d f r e il s the:l 11'4 t t ; h t? it O w l, licY 31 ',1 Cow,/ to o ote 1 hat tY e ven 1 or to 0; for` ,V 01 ). ° 1 1 . 1 ( to 1 1 1 bit v te eol ipn 03 te l , ti •e t o il for" 'er DY, O O s trY: se p ihf es 11l a 0: 1 i cifie ot i l e thedec' e Ir. P , T ~ss or A , for fir _er I ib D P w % ill o °jj o tlo e; roo s b oo e, to n 7 l O ai e tll Li loaf f° 0 1 , c oo se i v be4l"i Peelt soo g ~ e hi e 0 ,05 , ci gb% bi er , e e pi t tP is p o e o , litti his a to Ic t ilt ' 0 0 llt i 4 be:l, " o p' • we confess that it is somewhat surprising that Van Amburgh and his wild beasts should be considered of such importance as to call forth from the able pen of our talented contemporary a leading article of a column and a half in linear ad.measurement. Surely, some sudden and astounding change must have place in the aspect of public affairs in the course of the last few days ! Is it possible that the grand menagerie at Downing-street has been broken up ? Have the ver min that have so long infested our Town-hall been ex tirpated ? Has the great Irish dragon been destroyed ? Is there, then, in truth, no higher or more dignified occupation left to the choice of our contemporary than to flourish his cat-o'nine-tails over the devoted heads of Van Amburgh and the manager of the Liverpool Theatre ? Is it possible that our contemporary has taken a dislike to political disquisitions ? Is he deter mined in future to devote his splendid abilities to the task of correcting our theatrical taste ? Has he any ambition to emulate the mimic thunder that so much pleases " the gods" in the gallery ? If such be his determination, we must be allowed to express our unfeigned regret that the conservative public should be deprived of the valuable services of our distinguished coadjutor. Henceforth the whigs may cheat and cajole, bluster or whine, just they please— O'Connell and his Papist crew may prosecute their work of destruction at their leisure—Joseph Hume may cripple our navy as much as he likes—the cut-throat Christinos in Spain may prosecute their bloody task without molestation—the Autocrat may pursue his plans of aggrandisement and plun der without fear—Jonathan may take possession of the " disputed territory" without the trouble of sending an Ambassldor Extraordinary to England— and the Chairman of the Reform Association, " our own dear Joshua," may make a fool of himself as often as he fancies. Our contemporary has higher game than these in view. His thunderbolts are hereafter to be hurled at objects more worthy of his editorial wrath. Van Amburgh and his lions have made their appear ance on the Liverpool stage, and have elicited marks of enthusiastic admiration from crowded audiences. In this ominous circumstance our contemporary has discovered the latent germ of a fearful revolution, which is to convulse all England, and, for aught we know, to shake the foundations of the earth, and to in volve the whole planetary system in confusion and But to be serious. We verily believe that the article to which we have been alluding, must have been penned in a moment of nervous excitement, superin duced, no doubt, by the appearance of Van Amburgh and his wild beasts on the Liverpool stage. On no other hypothesis can we account for the strange jumble of ideas, the singular admixture of images, which the article contains. The people of England—the ever green foliage of Shakspeare—the plough-boy—the butcher's apprentice—the fishmonger—the smith—the barber—the housemaid—the bowers of Paradise — French paint and paste—pot-house wit—Negro filth— Yankee coarseness—Mr. Van Amburgh—Nova Zem bla English—the Duke of Devonshire—the waves of the sea—savage life tigers, hyenas, and monkeys, sapping our educational system, our new lessons in morals, our liberality in religion, and flinging our poetry to the winds the Queen and her court — Van Amburgh again—the French revolution—Lord Brougham's natural theology—these are the topics blended most mysteriously together by our contempo rary. The concatenation of ideas is passing strange. We sincerely hope our contemporary will never look upon wild beasts again, excepting when strongly and securely caged. Otherwise we shall not answer for the consequences. WARRINGTON OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of this association, for the appointment of officers, &c., for the ensuing year, took place on Tuesday evening, at the Town-hall, in the Market-place, and was numerously attended by the members. Previous to the business of the meeting, Mr. THOMAS WILSON, the President, stated, that the room having been used for an anti-corn law meeting, he endeavoured to ascer tain who had sanctioned the use of it for such a purpose, and obtaining no satisfaction he waited upon John Ireland Black burn, Esq., at Hale Hall, and found that the room had been used without his approval, and he (Mr. Wilson) had now power to prevent a recurrence of it. Mr. B. also stated, that he appreciated the objects of their association so highly that he had determined to enlarge the room, and render it more convenient and better adapted for their meetings. On the appointment of the officers, Mr. Wilson said, that having performed the duties of the President since the formation of the association, a period of nearly four years, he had deter mined to retire, in order that some gentleman more compe tent to perform the duties of the office (though he would yield to no one in zeal) might be substituted in his place. A sound conservative friend had agreed to undertake those onerous duties, and he hoped they would all be unanimous in the election of that gentleman. The officers for the ensuing year were then chosen, and the Treasurer reported the funds to be in a very flourishing condition. Several toasts were then drank, and among the rest " Mr. James Quin and the Protestants of Ireland," upon which Mr. QUIN rose and said, that he was delighted to have the pleasure to stand before a meeting of warm-hearted English conservatives. In Ireland the protestants were a minority, and therefore despised and treated with contempt by O'Con nell and his faction. The Irish protestants looked for succour and support to their English brethren, who did not sufficiently estimate their privileges, and could not do so un less those privileges were contrasted with the degraded con dition of the Irish peasantry, who were sunk in ignorance and poverty through the blighting curse of popery. The PRESIDENT, in acknowledging his health, detailed the origin and progress of the society, and assured his friends that he would continue to feel a great interest in the pros perity of their cause, though no longer their president, and that his best energies would still he at their command. Mr. JOSEPH CRISP, on his health being drank, assured the meeting that unless conservatism was based upon sound protestantism, it was of little worth, and urged them all to be ready for active service, as a general election might be nearer than they anticipated, and it behoved them to look well to all who requested their suffrages, as unfortunately it now appeared that there were some professors of conserva tism, who could and did shrink from a fearless defence of our Protestant Institution, in Church and State. After a very social evening, the party broke up about eleven o'clock, and accompanied their ex-president home with the band. The Postoffice will be removed to the new apartments, in the Custom-house, on or before the 10th of May. MERCURY VISIBLE.—The planet Mercury, so seldom seen by the unassisted eye, is now very distinctly visible in the evening, from a few minutes before eight till a few minutes after that hour. He is then a little to the right of the bril liant evening -star Venus, and is nearer the horizon. INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY.—We copy the follow ing announcement from the Halifax .Guardian of Saturday : " That magnificent steamer ' The Liverpool' is advertised for sale to-day." Instead of " for sale" read "to sail." The Liverpool did sail on Saturday, and we have no doubt will make an excellent trip. It is the intention of the Directors of the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Railway Companies to in crease the speed of the mail trains on their lines of railway, so that the distance between Manchester and London, and Liverpool and London, shall be accomplished in nine hours. We understand that the alteration will commence on the Ist of May next.—Birmingham Herald. RHEUMATISM.—An instance of a very quick cure of this painful malady has occurred under our own eye. The person whose case we allude to had been for many weeks confined by a severe attack of rheumatism all over the body, and tried many expedients to remove it, but without success. She was at length advised to try Barker's Pills, and in five or six days was totally relieved from all pain. We record it in the hope that a really effectual remedy for rheumatic pains has been discovered, and that many may benefit from its use. — Scotsman, June 11th, 1834. CLASSICAL CHAMBER CONCERTS.—The second of these delightful performances, under the patronage of the Mayor and the gentlemen of the Liverpool Glee Club, will take place on Monday next. The selection is of the highest order, and from the great success attending the first of the series, we have every reason to expect a very full attendance. DELIGHTFUL BEVERAGE.—Some persons are always dry, but this is not the case with the generality of mankind ; how ever, the season is at hand when all will frequently want a draught to quench their thirst. In this kingdom we have abundance of soda water makers, and we can strongly recom mend the soda water manufactured by Mr. Ellis, of Ruthin. As to the cause of this superiority, our knowledge of che mistry does not enable us to form an opinion on the subject. —See advt. , LIVER THEATRE.—Mr. Grossmith s benefit takes place to-morrow evening, when the Liver Theatre will again be closed, and his very talented sons make their farewell bow to a Liverpool audience. We perceive they are to delight the good folks of Chester to-night, and proceed to Wigan and Manchester next week. THE FORCE OF AFFECTION.—We have been informed that the wife of Daniel Cole, who was lately committed to gaol, charged with the wilful murder of Bailey the police man, is rapidly recovering, and that notwithstanding the narrow escape she had from the fatally intended stab made at her throat by her husband—(the clasp knife actually penetrated her neck between the carotid artery and the wind-pipe)—she manifests the utmost anxiety about him, and in the presence of several of the officers of the Hospital, a few days ago, she expressed a fervent hope that she would speedily recover to comfort him. " Never fear, however," she said, " I'll be out of this time enough at any rate to save his life." FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AT THE GRAND JUNCTION HOTEL.—The Lord Primate of Ireland, the Ladies Anne and Catherine Beresford, W. Seymour, Esq., (72nd High landers,) Thomas Gascoigne, Esq., Dr. Lloyd Jones and family, H. Hart, Esq., Lady Featherstone, John Cromie, Esq., Mrs. and Miss Cromie, W. Thorpe, Esq., H. May, Esq., W. Wilson, Esq., Capt. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Coch rane, Henri Vereul, Esq., R. Sconce, Esq., C. Mullock, Esq., Thos. Arkwright, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Pringle, Thos. Beattie, Esq., C. H. Mackenzie, Esq., C. Rembhard, Esq., Col. Wyndham, Rev. Mr. Gerard and family, C. H. Bews, Esq., Percy Mogan, Esq.,. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Dr. Cul lien, H. Bridgman, Esq., M.P. W. Clarke, Esq., the Lady Gore Booth and family, G. Whittle, Esq., B. H. Craigie, Esq., C. Batty, Esq., Sir Richard Bourke, W. Finlay, Esq., Mrs. Marshall and family, Rev. Mr. Elrington, H. Alexan der, Esq. Lady Blessington's character of Lord John Russell, which has been bandied about in the whig journals, seems to amount to this, that he is an exceedingly agreeable person when you have got rid of his shYness and his sourness. SUICIDE BY POISON. CORONER'S INQUEST ON THE _ROBY% Yesterday, an inquest was held by P. F. Currie, Esq., Coroner, at his Office, Lord-street, on the body of Elizabeth Busby, who, it was alleged, had taken a quantity of lauda num on the evening of Tuesday, the 23d instant, and in con sequence thereof come by her death ; the melancholy cause whereof will be detailed in the evidence. It will be recollected that this unfortunate woman was tried at the last assizes on a charge of attempting to shoot her husband's brother, whilst she was under a violent state of excitement from having taken a large dose of laudanum—a practice to which she resorted whenever she and her husband or his family had any contention, which it appeared was too often the case. It was necessary on that occasion to apply the stomach-pump. She was acquitted of the charge at the assizes, as the jury did not think there was sufficient evi dence to criminate her. Since then her mind has been very _ unsteady—alternately depressed and excited, and her con duct very eccentric. The circumstances of her trial having been so recently before the public, and being also referred to in the subjoined evidence, any further allusion to it here is unnecessary. The following jury were empannelled to investigate the circumstances of her sudden decease, namely : THOMAS FORS HAW , Foreman, James Clegg, S amue l Chambers, John Miller, George Sharp, Joseph Mossop, Joseph Cafferatta, James Crellin, Joseph Crone, John Bond, and James Clements, John Smith. The CORONER having briefly stated the object of the en quiry, witnesses were called. Jane Davis, of Richmond-terrace, Richmond-row, was first examir_ed. She deposed, that the deceased Elizabeth Busby lived in our house some time back, when we (my husband and self) lived in Virgil -street. She used to call occasionally to see me. On Tuesday night last she came to my house when I was at tea. I asked her if she would have a cup with us, which she had. She appeared, as I thought, intoxicated, and went on singing in a merry sort of way. In general this was her usual manner of behaving herself. My sister and daughter were with me at the same time. The deceased asked for some bread and cheese, which I gave her, and she asked me if I would allow her to lie on my bed. I told her she might do so for a short time, as I expected Mr. Davis in soon, and he would not like to see her lie.on the bed. She wished to lie down, as she said she had had some thing to drink. I went up stairs, from the kitchen where we were sitting, along with her, and she laid herself •on the bed. This was about seven o'clock in the evening. I then left her, and went down stairs. About half-past eight or nearly nine o'clock I went up to waken deceased, and the first thing I saw was a tea-cup on the bed, and without look ing at her I was at once seized with a suspicion that she had done something wrong. I took up the cup and went down stairs, and immediately returned again along with my sister. The deceased was quite black round the mouth. I tried to awake her, but could not, and then I went as quick as I could to Mr. Chalmers', the surgeon, and to Mr. Hicks', Mr. Hicks was not at home, but Mr. Chalmers came imme diately. The deceased never spoke afterwards. She died the next morning about four o'clock. In her pocket I found some papers in her handwriting, which I now produce. I have known the deceased for about eighteen months. She was the wife of Mr. Busby, a coach driver, and was tried at the last assizes for attempting to shoot her husband's brother. Margaret Howard, sister of the former witness deposed—l knew the deceased for some time past. She formerly lived in my sister's house. I saw her at my sister's on last Tues day night, when she appeared very merry, and was singing. I said to her I was glad to see her so well and in such good spirits. She answered that she knew I would be glad of it, but it was not so—she looked much better than she really was, for hers were false looks, and she had taken a drop ; she bared her bosom to me to show how thin she was, and she looked very thin. I do not know the cause of quarrel between her and her husband's family, but I know she was tried at the last assizes for shooting at her husband's brother. About an hour, or an hour and a-half after deceased went up stairs to lie down on the bed, my sister went to awake her, as her husband was coming home. My sister was not a moment away until she came down stairs running, with a tea-cup in her hand, and greatly alarmed she said to me, " Oh dear ! oh dear! Margaret, I am afraid this creature has been taking something bad, as I found the cup lying on the bed beside her." (Mrs. Davis said this tea-cup belonged to her, and was taken out of the kitchen by the deceased, un known to any of them.) I went up stairs with my sister, and found the deceased lying on her side, and partly on her back. 1 remained with her till she died. She was quite black about the mouth when I saw her. She often spoke to me of her husband, and was talking about him that after noon. She said he ill-used her, and that it was wrong of him to take her from her father's and then leave her. The night after he took her away from her father's, he hit her and abused her. By a Juror—The deceased was not deranged, but she talked in a rambling manner, as a person intoxicated would do. Thomas Chalmers, jun., surgeon, was next called, and on being sworn said, I was called on last Tuesday evening about a quarter past nine o'clock, to see Mrs. Busby. I found her lying on her back on a bed in Mrs. Davis' house and quite insensible. I first shook her roughly, seized her by the head and called loudly to her, but without awaking her. I then got a cup of cold water and dashed it in her face for the pur pose of arousing her, but it was of no avail. She breathed in a convulsive startling manner, like a person who had taken poison, or was in a state of apoplexy from natural causes. I was informed she had taken poison. I used the stomach pump in five minutes afterwards (having to send for it to my house). On placing my finger in the mouth of the deceased, there was no contraction of the muscles as is usual, nor was there any necessity for using the gag which is placed in the mouth before the tube of the pump is introdued. The two phial bottles produced were found in her bosom, are labelled with Mr. Warner's name, the other with Mr. Kane's, both of which contained laudanum. (It was here observed by the beadle, that Warner's assistant recollected selling some laudanum to a female in the evening of Tuesday, but he was unable to identify the deceased as the person.) The two bottles, he had no doubt, contained laudanum recently. If a person took an ounce of laudanum, he or she might live eight or ten hours ; but the length of time would greatly de fend on their previous state of health, and present condition. I saw the deceased at intervals till she died. There was no doubt that her death was caused by an effusion of blood in the brain, produced by varcatic poison. By a Juror—l examined the contents of her stomach, but could with difficulty detect the presence of opium, owing to the quantity of spirits, of a sour spirituous smell, :that she had taken. She was so insensible when I saw her, that she offered no obstruction to the tube of the pump being placed in her mouth. The muscles of the jaws are very irritable, and she showed no disposition to vomit when it reached her throat. I cut the jugular vein, and she did not indicate the least pain. I applied mustard plasters to, her limbs, and they produced no pain nor irritation, which would have occasioned blisters had she been in a state of health. Robert Jones.—l am assistant to. Mr. Kane, chemist, William Henry-street. The deceased, whom I saw at Mrs. Davis's subsequently, came to the shop on Tuesday evening, about five o'clock, and asked for some laudanum, and what the price of it was per ounce. I told her sixpence. She asked for four pennyworth, which, she said, she required for a sprained ancle. I recommended opodeldoc to her, or a com pound preparation of camphor with the laudanum ; but she said she tried camphor before, and had found no benefit from it. She brought an ounce bottle for it, (the same as has been produced,) and I gave her it a little more than half full of laudanum ; she then went away. By a Juror—She appeared calm and collected, and not at all intoxicated. There was a woman in company with her, but not any of those now present. John Jones was next called.—l am a builder • deceased was my daughter ; she w as t wen ty- s i x years old; she was married to Mr. Busby in last August or September two years, when I was in Wales ; she left her home with him ' • she never complained to me of Bu s b y ' s ill con d u ct towards her. I don't know how they lived, but I heard others say they did not live contentedly. They separated last Christmas, about which time, I remember, she sent to me for some money to buy leeches,:which she had to use, I was told, in consequence of the abuse she got from her husband. She never attempted to destroy herself while living with me ; but I was told by a Dr. Ackland she had since made an attempt, owing to some misunderstanding with her husband's family. I always thought she was not perfectly right, she was so whimsical, odd, and fanciful in her manner. I tried once to get her into an asylum, before she was married to Busby, and was pro mised a certificate from Dr. Jones for that purpose. By a Juror.—l paid rent for them both since they were married. I furnished a house for them, and what has be come of the furniture I don't know, and I gave employment to him at 20s. a week while he was trustworthy. I did every thing to make them comfortable. A brother of the deceased's husband stated, that an im pression was abroad that their family treated the deceased badly. He said their family was against the match. His brother was only 18 years old when they were married, and, for his own part, he never spoke to her but once in his life. They took every means they could to prevent the match— he went to every surrogate in the diocese, and told them that the deceased was already married to the mate of a vessel, and was an ill-conducted woman. He then related some acts of her misconduct, but the coroner and jury seemed not to relish the statement, under present circumstances. The CORONtR observed, that the unfortunate deceased, whether culpable or not, was very harshly treated, and was the victim of great oppression. The father of the deceased admitted she had been married before, and the report that her husband had a wife and chil dren in America then preyed greatly on her mind, but he died before she was married to Busby. The CORONER then stated to the jury that, in considering their verdict, they were to recollect that the destroying of one's self was not evidence of insanity ; because, if that were the case, no capital felony could ever be brought home to the accused. If the act of murder was an evidence of insanity, the murderer would get off. Assuming that the deceased took the poison, which was proved by the evidence of the wit nesses examined, the question was, was the poison taken while she was in that state of nervous excitement, which the letter written by her demonstrated, independent of the other circumstances stated to show she was labouring under tem porary insanity. The J [TRY returned the following verdict :—" That the de ceased destroyed herself by taking laudanum, while afflicted with temporary derangement." Besides the following letter written by the deceased, she had marked several songs and psalms, the 109th particularly, which she desired that Fred, as she called her husband, should read to his mother, conceiving them, no doubt, appli cable to her case : " They want thee for another, And they have broken every vow; They want thee for another, And my heart is broken now. They have laughed at all my sufferings, They have heeded not my tears ; They have severed in one fatal hour The tenderness of years. And was it well to leave me, And for them, too, to deceive me ? Long and sorely yet you'll grieve me, When I am lost to thee. " They will glory in my death, too, For they have wished it oft to me ; They will glory in my death, too, For then thou wilt be free from me. I know with falsehood they have won thee, And your trusting heart beguiled ; Your mother well may shun me, For she knows I love her child. Oh ! was it well to sever Two poor hearts for ever? I can only answer, never, For I'm lost for e'er to thee. " Your mother, too, has taught you To hate me now, she says ; If her memory does not chide her, But perhaps, perhaps it may. But, alas ! you too have spoken words I can ne'er forget ; And now my poor heart 's broken, You 'll think, think of me yet. But the curse that will be over you, You never can forget ; For all my dreadful sufferings, You 'll think of me yet. " Well, Fred, your mother has done now all she can do ; you promised me last week, when you was with me, you would never listen to her again. Oh, dear me ! was it not cruel in you to coax me from my father's, and get me their ill will, and the nest day to pretend to go home for your clothes, and, when I came up to see yon, for them to drag you from me in the street. Well, Fred, if I was like your family, how I could injure them ; but in all my long suffering I never betrayed, but it was for your sake, you know. When you told me how Daniel acted, and told me the secrets of your family, did I betray you ? No, Fred ; how I have loved you nobody knows ; but to gratify you I am ever sacrificing my soul. I will never be the means of your suffering. And, oh ! my poor, poor father and mother ! Oh, forgive ! for give ! Life has no prospects for me. Oh, God ! and what a dreary chasm does the future present; but mine has been a suffering beyond the power of woman to endure ; but I leave you for another— Oh ! what world of agony is in that word. " Fred, Fred, you will curse your family yet for all my sufferings ; and your mother! your mother ! what a heart she must have, to drag you from me after all my long, long sufferings. Oh, God ! oh, God ! why, why have you for saken me ?—but guard him, watch over him, protect him. I am innocent, even in thought, of harming him ; but with my dying breath I say, and tell your mother and your femily, my blood be upon them ; but if it is possible for them to repent their conduct to me, I hope they will. Oh, God ! my soul ! my soul ! Good bye father and mother dear—pray for me. Good bye, good We all, and God bless you; God bless you, and pray for me—pray for me. But it must be, it is in the book against me. Oh, my poor heart !my poor heart ! your mother, your mother has broke it, and even turned poor Mick (who was a mediator) away, and leave his family deso late, through me. Oh, God ! lam a curse to all that takes my part. Better for me to go than that the innocent suffer. Poor Mick ! Dear father, d o so m ething, for my sake, for . : he has been injured through me. One thing I request, it is my last, let Fred, my dear, dear love, be chief mourner at my funeral, and l e t me b eg of hi m n e v er to go near his mother when he marries again. I lived two long years and a half with him, and he had only been friends with his family one fortnight and they persuaded him to leave me. Dear father, don't let him want. Oh, God ! if they make him say a word whets 1 am gone, I cannot rest in my grave. Oh ! my heart is bursting ! bursting ! Oh, his mother ! his mother ! she even cried, he told me, because I was not transported. The Lord repay her. But I must die to save him, my only, ever loved one." THE LATE MURDEROUS ASSAULT AT MANCHESTER. EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONER. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) New Bailey, Salford, Wednesday. It being generally known that the wife of the prisoner, George Whittaker, was so far recovered, from the effects of the late atrocious attack on her life, as to be able to appear and give evidence against her husband, the neighbourhood of the New Bailey and all the avenues leading to the court were densely crowded, and the interior of the court was crammed to suffocation with spectators, all anxious to obtain a glimpse of the prisoner, and his unfortunate partner. In the latter respect, however, the crowd was disappointed, as the evidence of Mrs. Whittaker was taken by D. Maude, Esq., in the Grand Jury-room, it being considered that the crowded state and heat of the court would, in her weak and delicate state of health, have an injurious effect; the poor woman was brought in a coach from the Infirmary by Diggles, the officer ; she appeared exceedingly pale, and was in a very weak state, but gave her evidence in a clear and composed manner ; she spoke in a weak tremulous tone of voice ; she was accommodated with a seat, and was placed near the magistrate ; she was dreadfully mutilated and disfigured, herhead and hands being bound up. Her evidence was gone into, and is precisely the same as has already appeared in great length in the papers, immediately after the committal of the deed, a recapitulation of which is at present unnecessary. The magistrate, D. Maude, Esq., then returned into open court, and the pri soner, George Whittaker, was placed at the bar; he was dressed in a black body coat and fustian trowsers ; he is of light complexion, very slender made, and about 4 feet 4 or 5 inches in height ; there is a sullenness in his countenance, which bespeaks him of a bad and irritable temper ; he ap peared to he about thirty-two years of age. The evidence against him was to the following effect : John Bolton stated, that he was in the house of Robert Whittaker, the prisoner's brother, at the time of the assault. Both the prisoner and his wife were there, and had retired into an inner room. Immediately afterwards he heard the cry of " Murder !" Witness rushed into the room, when he saw the prisoner with an adze in his hand, striking at his wife, and he then threw the adze on the floor. The prisoner was partly undressed.—John Allen, another witness, deposed that, hearing dreadful shrieks he ran into the room, when he beheld the prisoner and his wife : the latter was at the time lying on the floor, covered with blood, and witness saw three of her fingers lying in different parts of the room.— Daggart, the constable, deposed to having been sent for, and described the shockingly mangled state in which he found the wife of the prisoner, who repeatedly exclaimed, " Oh ! he has done it, he has done it !—he said he would murder me, and he has done it !" She was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary, and witness took the prisoner to the lock ups.—The prisoner's mother-in-law said he was quite sober at the time, and she was corroborated by Diggles.—The adze was now produced, the head of which was stained with blood. On the production of this murderous instrument, a thrill of horror pervaded the whole court. The prisoner gazed list lessly at this formidable weapon of destruction, and appeared unmoved. The magistrate directed it to be removed. It was a short-handled adze, and such as is generally used in chopping wood.—The officer had the mutilated fingers in ... court, but Mr. Mande said there wa no necessity for pro ducing them. — The gown the unfortun \e Woman had on at the time of the assault, was completely aturated with blood. The prisoner was asked if he had any questions to put to the witnesses. He replied in the negative. Mr. Maude.—Do you wish to say anything in your de fence ? _ .. . . _ _ _ The prisoner then handed in a written paper to the bench, which he wished to have read. Mr. Maude cautioned him that it might be used against him as evidence at his trial. The prisoner replied that he was guilty, and wished to say nothing but the truth. After the prisoner had been repeat edly cautioned by the worthy magistrate, the paper was read by the magistrates' clerk. We give it verbatim : " Sir,—lt is with feelings of the deepest regret that I have occasion to lay before you the statement of facts, knowing very well, that upon my examination in the presence of my wife, I shall not be able to speak in that way that I could de sire. I therefore humbly beg that you will pardon the liberty I have taken in handing to you this statement. Ido not for one moment deny the atrocious act with which I am charged. But I beg to state most seriously, at the time I committed it. I was not in my proper senses; my wife herself has too often said, that when I have drank ardent spirits to the degree I had upon this occasion, I know not what I do. As to the reason of my committing such a wanton act, I am really un able to account for it. But so far as lam able to recollect, even an outline of the circumstances as it occurred. On Wednesday morning, prior to the Sunday on which it oc curred, I went out and took the eldest boy with me, with the intention of getting a little brandy, as I felt unable, from the quantity of spirits I had been drinking the day before. I was not more than five minutes away ; upon my return I found that my wife had gone away, taking with her her youngest child, and leaving the other with me. We having had no previous quarrel to my recollection, only upon my continual drinking, and my wife never having before left me, I felt greatly agitated, which caused me still to get more drink. I went at three o'clock in the morning to her father's house, I knocked them up, the father came to the window and positively told me she was not there. I met her mother on the Thursday morning, and asked her if she had seen my wife, she also denied having seen her. I then became nearly frantic, broke up my house, took the furniture to where I do not know, being in a complete drunken state. I kept con stantly sending up and down inquiring after her, but could hear nothing whatever till the Sunday morning, when I went to one Mrs. Edwards, who told me that my wife had called there on the Saturday night, and taken the shirt up to some one of her relations at Pendleton. From thence I went again to her mother's; I saw her mother coming out of the house. I again asked if she had seen anything of my wife, but she again denied her. After a little conversation, and me treating the mother with a glass of gin, she at length said, that she would, if her husband would allow her, inform I me where my wife was ; she then fetched some rum and ale ; her husband then got up and gave consent to fetch my wife. My wife's father then said that it was their intention of send ing her into the country for a month unknown to me, if I had not come that morning. We continued at the father's house till after dinner, I being a great deal put out of my way, and keeping continually taking more drink. I asked the father if he would allow us to remain at his house all night, but he gave me no answer. We then went to my brother's in Newton-lane, and after this time I know not what took place. " To D. Maud, Esq." The prisoner listened with the greatest attention to the reading of the document, and in a very firm and audible voice corrected the clerk in the perusal, where the writing was not very legible. The worthy magistrate then asked the prisoner if he wished to add any thing to the written state ment, giving him at the same time another caution, and asking him if the document was in his own handwriting, and whe ther he had any objection to sign it? The prisoner immedi ately replied, that it was not in his handwriting, and added, " but I acknowledge to what I have done, I have no wish to conceal any thing, and have no objection to sign my name." The paper was then handed to the prisoner, who, in a very legible hand signed his name "G. Whittaker." Up to this moment, the prisoner appeared totally unconcerned at the proceedings, and at the dangerous situation in which he stood. At the conclusion of the business of the court, the depositions were read over to the prisoner, and he was fully committed to the next assizes, for this division of the county, to take his trial on the capital charge of cutting and maim ing, with an intent to do some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Maude now asked the prisoner again if he had any thing further to say. The prisoner for the first time seemed agitated, and said he wished to inquire after his children ; he was told they were in the custody of his father-in-law, and would be taken care of. The countenance of the prisoner now became deadly pale. and in a tremulous voice be replied, whilst a tear rushed into his eye, " I have always loved my children, and have done well by them until now, he (pointing to his father-in-law) is addicted to drink as well as myself, and I would wish them to be removed into the workhouse." The magistrate then assured him that his children would be taken care of. The witnesses were then bound over in the usual way, and the prisoner was removed. He was sent to Kirkdale by the five o'clock train. ALDERMANIC PUGILISM ! !—A certain alderman of the ancient borough of Woodstock, who distinguished himself so much by his impartiality on the hearing of a charge made against several respectable inhabitants some short time since, has discovered by the charter of the said borough, that he is privileged not only to enter public-houses at any period be tween sun set, and sun rise, but to use language "unfit for ears polite," insult individuals therein, and as conservator of the peace, to challenge to fight such individuals upon their showing resentment for his unjustifiable conduct. We ad vise this great (who has so strong a dislike to blue co lours) to refrain from painting the faces of his neighbours with those tints which he has such an antipathy to himself. —Oxford Herald. EXECUTION AT GLOCESTER.-011 Saturday Wm. Davis underwent the extreme penalty of the law at Gloucester, for I the murder of a labourer named Butt. The culprit stated, previously to the day of execution, in reference to his crime, that he did not go to the cow-house for the purpose of mur dering Butt against whom he said he had, at that time, no feeling of malice, nor had he any intention of robbing him ; but while in the place the remark of Butt, that he was no good there, excited his passion to so great a degree, that he could not control it. He thought he exulted over him from being in the same situation he had lost, and he waylaid him for the purpose of being revenged. An immense crowd had assembled, among which, as usual, were many females and children. The wretched man was silent but firm, his only observation, besides bidding adieu to the reverend minister, who so meritoriously and unremittingly attended him, being a request that that gentleman would convey to his friends the expression of his hope of God's forgiveness. YANKEEISM—BRUTAL ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE WITH A BOWIE KNIFE.—On the night of Friday, the sth inst., a most brutal and ferocious attempt was made in Coothill, by a man of the name of James Bran, alias Brannon, assisted by one Leonard Lucas and others, all of Cornary, to deprive a very highly respectable young man, of Carrickallan, of life by inflicting not less than fifteen or sixteen incised or punctured wounds, with an American bowie knife, on his body, five of them about the region of the heart and abdomen, two on the arm, and the remainder on other parts of his person. His life was in imminent danger, and in conse quence of Surgeon Thomas Horan , his medical attendant, being unable to certify until Wednesday last that he was out of danger, three of the persons charged with the offence have been detained in custody ever since.--Monaghan Stcaidard. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—Tuesday. SUNDAY SHAVING. &number of hair-dressers and barbers appeared to answer charges of having exercised their worldly calling on the Sab bath day. The accusations against them having been proved, they were each fined in the penalty of five shillings. COMPLAINT AGAINST A POLICE-OFFICER. Police-officer No. 9 was accused by Ann Leonard, an Irish woman, residing in the neighbourhood of Marybone, of hav ing abused her on Sunday night last. The complainant stated that about six o'clock on Sunday evening she went out to purchase some milk. She saw several persons fighting in the street. She saw the defendant pushing a man against a gateway. The man had his tongue out, and the officer was abusing him severely. She said, " Policeman dear, don't murder the man. if he's done anything wrong, get a sum mons for him, but don't murder him in that manner." Upon this the policeman turned round upon her, and struck her a terrible blow on her head with his staff. His stick was full of blood when he took it away. Another female was called, who stated that the officer was quite drunk at the time. She said he was very furious. He looked as if he were going to kill everybody. She was afraid of him, as she thought he was going to murder everybody who came near him. She saw the blow given, and saw the complainant fall from the effects of it. A third Irishwoman, who stated that she had been only one week in Livepool, said, that she saw the complainant going quietly past for some milk. She said something to the policeman, who was quite drunk, and he turned round and knocked her down. The officer declined asking any question, except from the complainant. The latter he asked if she did not take him. by the collar and tear his coat open ? She replied, No. The defendant said between eight and nine o clock on Sunday evening he saw a great and very disorderly crowd in Mary bone. A person told him that a man, whom he saw between two others, was the one who had just before abused Bonfield, another officer. There had been a considerable disturbance in the neighbourhood during the afternoon, which the officers had scarcely been able to suppress. He went up to the in dividual pointed out, and took hold of his collar, for the pur pose of ascertaining whether he really was the person who had knocked Bonfield down or not. The man immediately seized him by the collar. Another person seized him by the stock, and the complainant coming up fastened on his collar on the other side. She pulled away at him most violently, and was nearly choking him. With some difficulty he drew his constable's staff from his pocket, and aimed a blow at one of the men, but as he was not complete master of his move ments, it struck the woman. Mr. Ellis here reminded Mr. Hall, of some persons who had beep in custody for making a disturbance in Vauxhall road and Marybone on Sunday afternoon. Edward Meredith was called on behalf of the officer. He stated, that he was an assistant in a spirit vault. Shortly after eight o'clock on Sunday afternoon, there was a great disturbance in Marybone. There was a great crowd near Mr. Rigby's vaults. The crowd went over towards Midg hall-street. He (witness) saw a man between two other men. whom he knew as the individual who had struck Bonfield. He told officer No. 9, (the defendant,) and the latter ran over and took hold of him. He was immediately seized by the collar, first by the man whom he had made a prisoner of, then by another man, and lastly by the complainant. They pulled the officer about and were choking him. He told them unless they loosed him he must strike. He did strike with his staff, but witness did not see who he hit. Two other witnesses were called, who corroborated the above tes timony, and said the complainant and two men had nearly choked the officer. One of these witnesses described the mob as most riotous. They had knocked him down several times. Mr. Hall said, that had nothing to do with the case. An Irishman, who stated that he resided in Addison-street, was called. He described the whole of the affair from the commencement. According to his account, Bonfield had taken a man into custody from the mob, on charge of having assaulted another. This man was rescued from him, and the defendant afterwards took him. He was, however, at tacked, not only by his prisoner, but by the complainant and a man in the crowd. They abused him dreadfully, and were choking him when he pulled out his staff. A woman wrenched it from his grasp, when he (witness) took it from her, and returned it to the officer. They pulled his head down, and he struck out with his staff, and he (witness) believed, without intending it to hit the complainant. Bonfield was called. He stated that he did not take the man into custody, as he had not seen the assault committed ; he told the complaining party to procure a summons ,Ar him. Mr. Whitty stated, that having heard that the officer was drunk, he went to him and ordered him to go to the Vauxhall-road Bridewell, and there await his coming. Mr. Whitty went in about ten minutes. The officer had been up all night in consequence of some domestic affliction, and his eyes were red. He had therefore the appearance of a man who had been drinking, but he was perfectly sober. _ _ Mr. Hall said, the conductof the officer (the defendant,) in taking into custody the man who was alleged to have struck Bonfield, was most improper and illegal. No officer had a right to take a man into custody for an assault, unless he saw him commit it. The man whom he arrested from the crowd might have entered an action against him for false im prisonment if he had thought proper. His proper course was to have summoned the man to appear and answer the com plaint. After a further reprimand, Mr. Hall dismissed the complaint. COMMITMENTS. Yesterday a stout man, apparently a labourer in destitu tion, named George Holt, was brought before Mr. Hall, on a charge of stealing a watch from the window of Mrs. Mary Lane, pawnbroker, Sir Thomas's-buildings. Pierson Jen kins, Mrs. Lane's shopman, stated, that about half-past two on Wednesday, he heard while up stairs, a crash of a pane of glass in the shop, and on running down saw the prisoner with his hand through the window, in the act of taking out a silver watch—(produced). Witness got over the counter and overtook the prisoner about three yards from the shop. A person had previously seized the prisoner. On being asked to give up the watch, he threw it with violence on the flags. The prisoner was afterwards given in charge. The watch, before it was broken, was worth six pounds. The prisoner stated to the officer at the time, that he wished to be transported. The informations being taken, the prisoner being asked what he had to say to the charge, said—" I wish you'd transport me ; that's all I have to say." To a question from Mr. Hall, why he wished to be transported, he said he had no wife or family ; that he had had no work for seven months ; and that he had nothing to eat. He was committed for trial at the sessions. A young man, named John Ritchie, was committed for . . • trial under the following circumstances :—A police officer re ceived some information, which led him to a stable in Back Ashton-street, in the occupation of Mr. Johnson, where he found the prisoner holding open a bag, into which, another young man not in custody, was putting a cart saddle and stays, for the purpose, doubtless, of being carried off. An entrance had been effected by sliding back a window, and bursting open a folding door. The prisoner said he had been asked by the other young man, who said he was Mr. John son's servant, to go and help him to bring the gears from the stable. He was fully committed for trial. A DASHER. A tall good-lookinc , and splendidly attired female, named Mary Norman, was placed at the bar at the instance of In spector Crouch, who stated that he had found her in the street, in a state of intoxication, surrounded by a number of girls of bad character ; thus thinking she would in all pro bability be robbed by them ; that he advised her to go away ; but that in place of doing so she became very abusive, and insisted upon going with them. She stated that she was the daughter of a captain in the army. The prisoner said that her father was a captain in the 38tn regiment, and that she had come from Manchester, and intended to go h ome to Enniskillen in a day or two. Mr. Hall admonished her to be more circumspect in her conduct if she remained in this town, and discharged her. CAUTION TO MARINE STORE DEALERS Yesterday, a man who keeps a small shop, and also a cel lar, in which he carries on the trade of a marine store dealer was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with having in his possession several pieces of old timber, that had been stolen from a neighbouring yard. It appeared he had bought the timber from some lads (almost children), for a mere trifle ; but, as there was not sufficient evidence to shew that he had known it to be stolen, the case was remanded for further inquiry. We may remark that this is but one of several recent cases that have come before Mr. Hall, of " marine store dealers," as they call themselves, making purchases from children and others of articles pilfered from the docks, or from yards or warehouses, and for which, be the articles what they may, these places are the ready receptacles. Mr. Hall intimated his intention to look strictly after the keepers of such " stores" in future. THEFT. A woman, named Elizabeth Gibbons, was committed for fourteen days to the House of Correction, for stealing a gown from the house of a neighbour. She was caught in the act of carrying it off in her apron. KIRKDALE EASTER QUARTER SESSIONS. These sessions commenced yesterday morning, at the Court-house, Kirkdale. Shortly after ten o'clock, the fol lowing magistrates took their seats on the bench :—The Rev. Rector BROOKS, chairman ' • the Rev. Mr. Horton, (Orms kirk,) Rev. T. Moss, John Formby, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., Samuel Lees, Esq., Win. Blundell, Esq., (of Ince,) Sir T. Brancker, Knight, Charles Orrell, Esq., Chisenhall Chisenhall,,Esq., Thos. Rawson, Esq., Dr. Winstanley, and Thos. Rodick, Esq. The following gentlemen were then sworn as membei s o: the grand jury, viz. : PETER ROBINSON, brewer, of Warrington, foreman. John Seddon Wood, shopkeeper, do. James Wagstaff, miller, do. Samuel Toplitz, grocer, do. William Standish, maltster, do. Thomas Winstanley Taylor, gentleman, Everton. John Swan, do. do. Charles William Reid, do. do. John . Rimmer, merchant, do. Edward Woods, flour-dealer, Liverpool. John. Winiler, gentleman, do. Edward Tierman, druggist, do. George Sharpe, grocer, do. James Williams, saddler, do. Peter Youd, gentleman, do. Nathaniel Scholefield, mercer, do. Thomas Tatersall, —, do. John Smart, gentleman, do. William Sudlow, gentleman, do. Thomas Joseph Wright, agent, Clarence-street, Eveiton, who was summoned as a grand juror, was fined £5 for nob attendance ; Thomas Whally, of NI , arrington, was excused from attendance on account of sickness ; and Mr. 0. Thompson, of Liverpool, who forwarded a surgeon's certifi cate of his inability to appear, was directed to produce an affidavit to that effect, otherwise the same penalty (C 5) would be inflicted. The Rev. CHAIRMAN then addressed the grand jury : Gentlemen,—l am sorry that it is not in my power to con gratulate you on the prospect of having an early release from your duties, for the calendar which is before me is heavier than usual in point of the number of offences, though not in point of enormity of crime. I have looked over the calendar since I came into court, and there appears to be nothing in it but cases of a common nature, with which you are all no doubt more or less acquainted ; and, therefore, it will be unnecessary for me to detain you any longer from your la bours, further than to say, that the court will be happy to give you every assistance in its power, in case any question of difficulty to you should arise. The grand jury then retired to their chamber, and the clerk proceeded to call the names of those summoned to attend as petit jurors. It appeared that only 16 names had been re turned to serve on the panel, owing to some cause (neglect or accident) unexplained ; and the consequence was, that the business of the court had to be suspended until a sufficient number were in attendance. _ _ The calendar contains the names of 68 prisoners, who stand charged with felony of various kinds ; six persons are out on bail, similarly accused ; and nine prisoners are charged with the commission of misdemeanors and assaults. BLACKBURN FORTNIGHT FAIR.—Our fortnightly fair on Wednesday, although not so large as Nve have accustomed to see those of late, was tolerably supplied with cattle, and the attendance of agriculturists and jobbers was very respectable. The dealings were both brisk and extensive, and made at im proving prices.—Blackburn Standard. THE HON. GEORGE RICE TREVOR, M.P.—We under. stand that this hon. gentleman has broken up his establish ment, in Stratton-street, in consequence of the bad state of his health, it being the intention of the hon. member to make a tour on the continent, agreeably to the advice of his medical attendants.—Herald. THE NEW BEER BILL. A numerous meeting of the Beer-sellers of Liverpool was held, last night, at the Manchester Arms, corner of Jervis street and Copperas-hill, for the purpose of adopting the most efficient measures for resisting the enactment of the bill recently introduced into patliament, which has for, its- object, the gradual abolition of the present system of eon ducting and regulating licensed beer-houses. The meeting was addressed by several speakers, who argued at much length in refutation of the grounds upon which the advocates of the contemplated bill supported it. They denied that beer shops were, as was alleged, more productive of crime ,than the houses of licensed victuallers, and maintained that if a reference were made to the criminal statistics of the country, the con trary result would be apparent. Their opposition to the change was also based on the injury that would then be occasioned to persons who, on the faith of an act of parliament, had inveated their property in these establishments. To such petsonS,:the consequences of the bill being passed into a lave, woi!labe most disastrous, unless the legislature was prepared to a.trord them indemnification for the l os s they m ust necessaril . ,`sus tain. Resolutions and petitions to both Houses of Parlia ment embracing these views, and advancing other arguments in support, if not of the continuance, at least of souse modi fication of the existing system, were proposed, aml unani mously adopted. It was also resolved, that every exertion should be made by them, individually and collectively, to prevent the passing of the bill. IRELAND DEVOURING ENGLAND.-1657, June 10, Mr. Weet, on a debate concerning assessing Ireland, says, I have read offilia devoravit matrem. I wish it may. not be so in Ireland.—Parliammts and Councils of England. The mackerel season has opened on the northern coasts of France with great promise of success. A boat returned into the port of Fecamp a few days since with 60,000 fish. Gravel banks have been allowed to accumulate to such an extent at the mouth of Cowes harbour, that none but vessels of very small draught will soon be able . to enter. In the window of a marine store shop, in the neighbour hood of Whitechapel, are - a pair of India-rubber shoes ex hibited for sale, with 'the following notice attached to them : —" These Inger ruber shoes to be sold chepe. Warentid not to leke•" At a general meeting of the proprietors of the Botanic Garden, held yesterday, it was unanimously agreed that a fancy fair should be held for two days in August next, and that the proprietors waive their right of free admission on the occasiou. AYRSHIRE ELECTION ! —The canvass by the several can- didates for the representation of the counts of Ayr goes on • . with great spirit, and nbt only Lord Kelburne and Mr. Campbell of Craigie, but the Chartist delegate, Mr. Hugh Craig of Kilmarnock, seem each sanguine of success. It is said that Mr. Feargus O'Connor has most kindly offered his services to the constituency of Ayrshire, provided 'the elec tors promise to support him, and become bound to pay his expenses ; but it is not thought the hon. gentleman will be required'. —Scottish Guardian.. THE MrirtrrEuED Por.tclaNtA.N.-- - -We are '.uappillp / to hear that the Watch Committee have agreed to, recommend. to the council the payment of ten shillings a week to the widow and children of the late policeman Bailey., At the same time a subscription has been set on foot in testimony of the deep sympathy felt for the afflicted. widow and her helpless offspring. The list is headed by hisworship ; the mayor, who subscribes £10; Mr. Walmsley, chairman, of the Watch Committee follows for £5. Mr. Samuel Holme, Mr. Wooll right, Mr. Jordan, and others have also sent in their dona- tiiins . to Mr. whitty.—Courier. TYPHUS FEVER.—We are sorry to have to notice the prevalence of this virulent disorder in the lower parts of this town, and also in many villages in the neighbourhood, espe cially in Brighouse. It is a subject worthy the attention of the physician of this latter place, which is so often visited by typhus fever, smallpox, and other the most dreadful " ills that flesh is heir to." Many most heartrending circumstan ces have been mentioned to us, of the awful visitation of the present prevalent fever in some families.; but we hope that under Providence, the skill of the " healing art " will be attended with success.—Halifax Guardian. FUNERAL OF MISS BLAIR—DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-011 Saturday, previous to the funeral procession.movino• from the house of the deceased lady (who was killed a few cfays ago in Hyde Park by being thrown from her horse), a horse and cart were passing down the street,' when the horse, seeing the funeral feathers, started off at a rapid rate, knocking the driver down, and jamming him between a lant-post and the cart.' The horse still continued running, when another man attempted to stop him, but was knocked down, and the cart went completely. Aaver his body The two Unfortunate suffer ers were removed by the police to Middlesex Hospital, one of them without hopes of recovery. The mournful procession then moved. on towards the burial place,. the General Ceme tery, Kensal-green. The deceased was the esteemed daughter of - the - late Adam Blair, whose remains, with three other near relatives, were removed from Greenwich the day before to be re-interred in a newly-erected vault in the cemetery. London paper. BALLOON AscEN . r.—On Monday Mr. Gyp Son, a new can didate for aeronautic fame, made his -first ascent, from the gardens of the Standard , Tavern, Shepherdess-walk, City road. The balloon which was a new one, prepared by Mr. H. Green, who has frequently made an ascent frciii Vauxhall gardens, was 118 feet in circumference, and calculated to contain 148,588 gallons cf carburetted hydrogen gas ; the height with the car, being upwards of 68 feet. The inflation being completed, the ascent took place a few minutes before six, having in the car Mr. Gypson, the proprietor ; Mrs. Brady, the wlfe of the proprietor of the gardens ; and Mr. Henry Green, who took the management of the machine. The latter excited considerable notice and apprehension from the crowd, on account of his temerity in standing op the hoop at the bottom of the balloon until the machine went out of sight. The balloon soon disappeared behind a cloud, and went out of sight. The balloon disappeared behind a cloud, and took a direction towards Essex.—Herald. A wag at Cherburg amused himself, on the Ist instant, by making April fools for the custom-house officers. He was seen driving a horse up one of the streets with a suspicious looking sack on its back, and from time to time he turned himself round as if to see whether he was pursued or not. The curiosity of the custom-ho Use officers was soon excited, and at length they judged that he must be a smuggler of the most formidable description. Some of them summoned him to stop, but he only drove his horse the faster, and on their coming after him he whipped the sack off the animal's back, threw it off his shoulders, and took to his heels. This was too flagrant, so away went a posse of the officers after him, and after dodging him:through several -streets, for the fellow had a good pair of heels, finally caught him in a storekeeper's shop. Here he'refirsed to Olsten ifis sack; being irea private house, without the presence of a commissary of police; so the commissary was sent for, the officers Stood round in greedy anticipation of their capture, and the sack was opened —it was full of hay.—French paper. • THE QUEEN AND HER ILLUSTRIOUS FATITER.—It was mentioned some months since that a payment had been made by the Queen's commands out of her Majesty's private purse to those creditors of the late Duke of Kent, whose' ciaims had not been satisfied out of his Royal:Highnesg's oun pro perty, which, after his death, was adniinistered Under a decree of the Court of Chancery. Wa are ' new' enabled to state that her Majesty has directed a fiirther payment of 50 per cent. upon these debts to be immediately made. The debts amounted to a very ,considerable sum, and we are assured that the adoption of them by the Queen was the spontaneous act of her Majesty, and that the funds for their liquidation are provided from her Majesty's privy purse.— Herald. THE CORONER FOR MIDDLESEX AND THE MELBOURNE MINISTRY. — An inquest was held before Mr. Wakley. M.P. at the Turk's Head, Charlotte-street, Portland-place, on Monday, over the body of an illegitimate Male child, aged six weeks, whose mother resides at No. 1, Cavendish-mews. The details of the case were devoid of interest, and a verdict of " Natural Death " was returned.—Macintosh, the beadle of the district, at the termination of the inquiry, read the usual proclamation discharging the jury, and, upon his pro nouncing the concluding words, " God save the Queen," the coroner added with-emphasis, and not her ministers." A juror.—What, you don't like them, Mr. Wakley ? Coro ner.—l should be very happy-to hold an inquest upon them. Another juror.—What verdict could be returned in that case. Coroner.-1 think.the most just verdict against their political slayers would be •" justifiable homicide."—(Laugh ter.) RUMOURED CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY.. — ARIOng the many rumours to which the result of the late debate has given rise, is one, that' Lord Melbourne is to retire from the administration, and be succeeded by Lord Dur ham. Others assign the post of premier to: Lord Norfnanby. In either case the Whigs are to throw "finality" over board, and as the price of. the support of the radicals, adopt the ballot and all their Other ultra notions for their guide. That some change mast take place is pretty certain. L3rd Morpeth declares that live " upon sufferance" no longer; though what difference in that respect such a change as that here alluded to would effect it is not very easy to imagine. Sooner or later we must have a couaervative go vernment ; every day is conservative. feeling' increased throughout the country, and though a few ehoppings and changes, and expedients, such As we have alluded :to, may delay, they cannot prevent that result.—Morning Herald. CLENCHING OR A TREATY.—Never was treaty better se cured than the one signed on Friday by the repreientatives of the Great Powers. .E.aph of the five members of the Con ference signed their names 216 times, some still oftener, and with the signatures of the representatives of Holland and Belgium, the number of times'the signatures were signed may be computed at 3,006.. There 'Were upwards of 1200 seals affixed, and 30 of the .jnnior members of the respective em bassies were engaged - in expediting the affair. The treaty would probably, not ; be get signed if it had not been for the violent remonstrances. Made against the further delay de manded by the Belgian PleniPotefiliitri?s. A Belgiancourier arrived- on Saturday Calaie r : and effered'a large sum of money to be conveyed over in time to London - to deliver his dispatches, ; supposed tO, Oatain tie7t - which would have caused further procrastination.—Mornike Post. A DEsrEatAno .L.N':::Dff`SlG.w.g.r. --,- On Monday, the 15th instant, a man of the name of John Jones; otherwise " Jack y Pregethwr," was committed: to Flint gaol as a deserter from the 53d regiment of looti.an which- he enlisted about three years ago, - and-which he ,left last June whilst quartered. in Ditblith On his return, to -.Rhuddlanewbere his parents reSide, and where, from the various depredations i committed by him from time to time upon, the unwary and Unprotected, he had become so 'notorious -as to cause. the greatest appre hension and alarm in the minds of the inhabitants, complaints were made to the authorities, and steps.taken fdr his appre hension. -But he being a strong man, and of 'a vicious and - retengeful !disposition, Mr. Roberts, ,the constable of St. Asaph, requested Mr. Copeland, of Holywell, to come over-and assist-in taking him. This Mr. Roberts was com pelled to do, in consequence of the very great reluctance ma nifested by constables and others in his own neighbourhood to render him the aid he required, owing to the violent dispo sition of the prisoner: After some difficulty he was secured , near Denbigh, and brought to St. Asaph, before Colonel Sir Henry Browne, by whom he was committed, and afterwards conveyed toTlint gaol by Mr. Roberts and Mr. Copeland, to whom too much praise cannot be given for 'the promptness and sagacity evinced by them in taking so wary a bird.— ' Cfiester'Courant. IRISH RAPPEE.—A few evenings ago, a rather genteel looking man entered a lodging-house in a town a few miles from Belfast, and requested a bed for the night, which was readily granted. In a short time after, he expressed a desire to go to bed, and was shown to his room. A few minutes after, he returned to the kitchen and said that, as he now knew where he was to lie, and had seen that his-bed was clean, he would not go to bed at present. After talking for some time, he inquired if he could get some black turf, and a sowen sieve, and these being given him,- he retired to his room. This proceeding excited the attention of the family, and one of them hastened into an adjoining room, where, through' a chink, the person was seen actively employed in rubbing the turfs upon each other, the dust or mould thus procured fall ing upon a handkerchief Spread to receive it. The dust was then carefully paSsed through a sieve, andlilled up into some neat made-up papers, which lie drew from his pockets. This accomplished, he put upon the top of each- packet about an ounce of black snuff, and then dropped upon it something from a bottle, on which each parcel was securely tied up. Thus prepared, the whole were tied in a -handkerchief, and he sallied out. In his progress he entered none but the largest shops ; and, on his inquiry if : they sold snuff, he in troduced his parcels 'as Scotch Rappee, -which he had just smuggled by the last steam-boat. In three . instances he effected a sale, with persons supposed the most knowing dealers in the town, who, on the discovery of the cheat, have been so prudent as to keep the secret •of their good bargains to themselves.