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

.01 .0 • t ' . *TGAN ELECTION COMMITTEE . • r • . . _ MONDAY. ...The vote of Robert Bolton, under the consideratio n when the, ictinurnment of Thursday took place, was again brought . .forviard en Friday, as soon as the committee assembled, for further investigation. After evidence showing that the voter had lost his qualifi cation before the election, the vote was declared to be bad by the committee, and it was accordingly struck off the poll. This again placed the sitting member in a majority. It now became the duty of counsel for the petitioner to as sail the votes recorded in favour of Mr. Ewart. The vote of John Hilton, registered for a house in the Whelley, was investigated. A witness named Topping stated that Hilton entered a house belonging to him on the 19th of December, 1836, at £ll a year. In January last a storm took off the chimney, and it became necessary to repair the house. The voter left, and went to live at another house in the Scholes. Cross-examined by Mr. Austin.—Did you vote at the last election ? Witness—No. Mr. Austin Why ? Witness—Because I would not pay the shilling for regis tration. . Mr. Beere—That must have reference to the county. Mr. Austin—l should like to know why you did not vote? Witness—l have told you. Mr. Austin—But you must have heard that it could not be as you have stated. Mr. Thesiger—l understand that the shilling was made a borough rate, and the revising barrister held that if it were not paid that the party was not entitled to he registered. The witness, in answer to further questions put by Mr. Austin, said that he was not registered ; that the storm was so severe that the chimney broke down the roof ; that the voter and his family were obliged to quit the house ; that re pairs were essential ' • that Hilton and his family went to the house in the Scholes, because they could not remain in the other house ; that Mrs. Hilton came several times during the period that the repairs were going on ; that the repairs were carried on up to the time of the election ; that she was in the house on the very day before the election ; that the fixtures belonged to the voter ; that a chair, a " Speer," a grate, with three seppty barrels, were left ; that a " speer" is a fixed seat ; that Mrs. Hilton sometimes spoke to him about the repairs, inquiring how they were going on; that she asked him on Friday, the Bth of March, when they would be done, but she was drunk—(a laugh) ; that she had ask ed him when she was sober ; that the grate was taken down either 4j the f the election or the week after; that the Os e out the kno ge of the voter, and it was in the house at present ; that on the 4th of April she came again to the house respecting obtaining possession, but she did not say in his hearing, " Neither I nor my master have given up posses sion ;" that he did not see Mrs. Hilton at his own house after the election ; that he saw her with Mr. Marsden in the Whelley, within a few door of the house, but he did no say, " Why, Mr. Toping , we never gave up possession ;" nor did he reply, " No ; ' that he never said he would give her 155., but he had offered that sum for the speer; that he had never said he would lock up the house, and it should fall to bits ; that part of the substantial repairs were now done ; and finally, that Mrs. Hilton and her husband were now living in the house, having broken open the doors. Re-examined—On the Bth of March Mrs. Hilton came to the house intoxicated. We then went to a public-house, and had two or three quarts of liquor with some workmen, and she said, "Am I to have the house again ?" I said that unless she would give £l5 a year, she should not have it. She offered £9. I told her that she should not have it again if she gave me a thousand a year. An Hon. Member—l thought you had offered her the house at £35 a year; and you said afterwards she should not have it if she gave a thousand a year. Why ? Witness—l cannot say. James Shakleton examined—l am the agent and collector of rents for Mr. Morris. I never received any rent from Hilton for the house he occupied. The house was not occu pied on account of the storm, from the 7th of January. On the 9th of April I made an agreement with Hilton to re-let it. Hilton and his wife were at the time in the house. We agreed on the 9th for the house, the rent being £lO a year, which was to commence on the sth of April. Cross-examined—l did not see the speer nor the grate. The repairs are not quite finished. The house wants white washing. Mr. Morris is the mortgagee of the house. Hilton is now carrying on the beer business in the house. The examination having been concludel, The Chairman said to witness, " You may go." Witness (with surprise)—Have I done ? (Laughter.) Mr. Cockburn-1 es, we have done with you. James Taylor examined—l was employed on Monday week or fortnight after the election to repair the house in question. We could not get in until Mr. Topping brought the key. There was no person inside. There was a speer, an old chair, and a grate on the premises. Cross-examined—The house had been rendered uninha bitable on account of the fall of the chimney. Mr. Thesiger then addressed the committee, contending that the vote was vitiated, and must be struck off the poll. Mr. Austin, on the other side, argued that the voter had never given up possession of the house • that his leaving it was owing to the accident occasioned by the storm in January, and that the vote ought to be retained. The room was then cleared, and, on counsel and agents reappearing, they were informed by the chairman that the committee had decided that the vote was a good vote, and consequently it was retained. This is the first assailed vote which has been retained on either side since the scrutiny commenced. It being now nearly four o'clock, the committee adjourned until eleven on Saturday. It was previously arranged that the committee should rise at half-past two on Saturday, instead of the usual hour of four. The committee met at the usual hour on Saturday, J. W. Childers, Esq. in the chair. Upon the previous day the sitting member, at the close of the proceedings, was in a minority. Mr. Thesiger commenced the business of the (lay by objecting to the vote of William Fisherwich, on the ground of removal. It was proved that the voter left the Windsor Castle public-house, Wellgate, out of which he was registered, and removed to another house in the same street, previous to the election. Mr. Cockburn, on the part of the sitting member, con tended that as the voter had only removed from one house to another in the same street, he still retained the qualification which appeared upon the register, namely, " House, Well gate," and that, consequently, he was entitled to vote at the last election. The committee thought otherwise, and struck the vote off. The vote of Mr. Robert M`Loughland was next objected to by Mr. Thesiger, and evidence having been given that the voter left his house and removed to Liverpool previous to the election, the vote was declared to be bad. This decision placed the petitioner in a majority. ' Mr. Cockburn then objected to the vote of Joseph Swift. It was proved that he removed from the premises in right of which he was registered, and that he and his brother, Richard Swift, lived in it during the time of the election. It was contended by Mr. Thesiger that there was no sur render of the premises by the voter to his brother, and that, consequently, he was entitled to vote in respect of them. The committee, however, decided that the vote was bad, and it was accordingly struc k off. The next vote objected to was that of George Hinton. The fact of the removal having been proved, the vote was given up. It was accordingly ordered to be struck ofi. The sitting member was again in a majority. Mr. Thesiger then objected to the vote of William Taylor. The evidence of the removal of the voter from the premises in the right of which he was registered having been given, the committee struck off the vote. The next vote objected to was that of Benjamen Whitley, who was registered in respect of " a house and shop, Well gate." Daniel Cox examined—Knew the premises which had been occupied by the voter. Witness now carried on busi ness in that house as a beer-seller. The voter, however, re. tained a shed in the yard, where he carried on his business of oil-cloth manufacture ; oil-cloth was hung up there to dry. The shed was an open one. The voter andswitness had mutual access to the premises. The witness, who appeared a little excited, was then cross examined by Ir. Austin. Had not Whitley the key of the premises ? Witness—lf he had not how could he get into his busi ness ?—(a laugh.). But I had it as often as Whitley. Mr. Austin—What sort of a neighbourhood is this ? Witness—a most respectable neighbourhood—what else should it be ?—(laughter.) Mr. Austin—How long did you intend to remain in it? , Witness—As long as the neighbourhood will let me— (continued laughter.) Here the witness turned his back on the committee and looked full at the council who was examining him. Mr. Austin (smiling)—l do not want you to turn to me. It is necessary the committee should hear you—so you must look on the opposite line—(pointing to the chairman.) Witness (looking at the bell-pull over the mantel-piece)— What is the use of looking at that line on the wall—what dies it know about the matter?—(roars of laughter.) Mr. Austin—Have you paid your rent ? Witness—l should think I had, or I would not be here I suppose—(laughter,) and here is my receipt. Mr Austin (taking the receipt)—l have now doi e with you. Chairman—You may go. Witness—But not without my receipt I hope—( a laugh.) Chairman (pointing to the council)—lt will be left with these gentlemen. Witness.—Oh, I know nothing about any of you, and I want my receipt—(roars of laughter, in the midst of which the witness retired.) Mr. Bere contended that the voter in this case had no qualification to entitle him to vote. Mr. Austin urged that as the voter had continued to hold the keys of the premises, he had not resigned possession of them, and that he was therefore entitled to vote in respect to them. The committee, however, thought the voter was a bad one. This decision left the petitioners in a majority The committee then rose at half-past two o'clock. The first vote investigated yesterday was that of James Whittle, occupied a considerable time, and was ultimately decided a bad vote. The next vote assailed by Mr. AUSTIN was that of John Taylor, and the voter was himself called, but before he was examined. Mr. Bere addressed the committee, requesting that the chairman would inform the witness that he was not bound to give evidence to vitiate his own vote unless he pleased. ' Mr. Austin said that the witness himself without any sug gestion from the chair might, if he pleased, object to give evidence. Mr. Bere said that, in the Hull committee, Sir George Strickland invariably cautioned the witnesses, when they came to destroy their own votes, they were not compelled to give evidence. The Chairman.—There is no criminal charge likely to arise out of the answer? Mr. Austin.—No, sir. _ _ . . . The Chairman.—the better plan would be to ascertain I whether the questions were put to him at the poll. It was ascertained that they were so put, consequently the Chairman cautioned the witness that, unless he pleased, he need not answer any question which tended to destroy his own vote. John Taylor was then recalled and examined—l remember the last election at Wigan. I lived there nearly two years. Mr. Gaskill, the solicitor, is the owner of the house which I occupied. I took it in December, 1836. I paid £2O a-year for the premises, and paid my rent quarterly. Within about a fortnight or three weeks of December last, I lived in the house. I got an excise officer named Wilson to write me a notice about the 21st of June, to give up the premises. I have a duplicate copy in my pocket—(he here produced it.) Mr. Austin.—Will you. Mr. Bere, produce the notice ? Mr. Bere.—You must first prove notice. Wilson was then called. He said that he wrote a notice to Mr. Gaskill, for Taylor to quit the premises in December, 1838. and served it on a clerk in Mr. Gaskill's office. John Taylor, in continuation—l have paid no rent since last June. I now owe half a year's rent. I went out in No vember, having had a law suit with a gentleman, which I lost, and was afraid of an execution. I had sold many of my things. I took away everything which was left except " a bit of a table" that was of no value. When I went away I tinned (closed) the door, and left the key with Varley, a bailiff. Var ley returned me the key, and three or four days afterwards I gave one of Mr. Gaskill's cl er k s th e k e y. I li ve d in lodgings from the middle of December (having been away from Wigan from the middle of November) to about the middle of January. On the last day of February I saw Mr. Lambe. 1 had taken a house in the Market-place, where I now live. I pay my rent weekly. Mr. Lambe directed me to go to the Eagle and Child, the principal inn, and from thence I went to Mr. Gaskill's office. I got the key of the house in which I had previously lived from a person in Mr. Gaskill's office. I went into the house. It was not finished. Thereivas no bed, nor chairs, nor table. I was not in more than five minutes. I did nothing there. Mr. Austin—What ! not awaken the echoes of the empty house? (A laugh.) Witness—No. (In continuation.) I went back to my own house. On my way to the house I met Gerrard Duce, a barber. He was with me when I went in. I have never been in the house since. I have now the key in my pocket. I have never been asked for the key. I have never been asked for the half year's rent. -I went back to the house to enable me to vote. Cross-examined-1 asked Varley to write this notice in June. I never saw Mr. Gaskill, only through a window, after that. Mr. Lambe is in no way connected with Mr. Gaskill. I did not see Mr. Gaskill when I got the key again. Mr. Bere assured the committee that Mr. Gaskill had never received the notice alluded to. The vote was declared to be bad, and was accordingly struck off the poll. Mr. Austin—That places Mr. Ewart again in a majority. I think, sir, that this examination of a voter shows the ad vantage of having a voter examined, and also the propriety of not making a mere removal from house to house not a sub ject of disqualification. An Hon. Member—Would you make the registration final? Mr. Humphery—What Mr. Austin means to say is this, that the Reform Act ought not to be a finality. Mr. Austin—l am not here as a politician, lam only de sirous of a reform of the Reform Act. (Laughing.) Mr. Bere then proceeded to investigate the vote of William Milligan, recorded in favour of Mr. Ewart. It appeared that the voter left Wigan, and went to Liver pool to reside, between the registration and election. In the cross-examination of the witness it further appeared, that the landlord still considered the voter liable, and that the latter had given directions to have the house let. Mr. Bere declined summing up. Mr. Austin contended that at this very moment the voter was in possession, and unless the committee were prepared to go the length of holding that he must lose his vote because he did not reside upon the premises, the committee could not declare the vote to be had. The learned gentleman, at con siderable length, maintained that the voter had an undoubted right to exercise his franchise, for he retained his qualification. No decision was come to before the hour of adjournment had arrived. TUESDAY. At the sitting of the committee this day, the Chairman said that the question involved in the vote of William Milligen was so important, and as no counsel had been heard against the validity of this vote, the committee was desirous of hearing Mr. Thesiger. The learned counsel then addressed the committee at some length, after which Mr. Austin was heard in reply. The committee deliberated with closed doors for a consider able time, and on counsel and agents re-appearing, they were informed that the committee held the vote to be a good one, consequently it was retained. Mr. Bere then proposed to strike off the vote of John Hal- Ewell, registered for a house and land in the Hermitage ; Wigan. Mary Allen, the owner of a house in Wigan-lane, was called to prove that the voter went into her house on the 11th of November last, a brother of the voter having previously oc cupied it, but had then quitted it. The assistant overseer of the poor stated that he called on the voter in October last for a rate owing for the Wigan-lane house. In July preceding Halliwell was living at the Her mitage house. Witness said that he intended to alter the rating. In his cross-examination he stated that he was appointed by the board of guardians assistant overseer. Mr. Gaskill was clerk to the board ; and Mr. Lord the chairman. The Hermitage is a farm house. In defence of the vote Mr. Cockburn called Roger Halli well, the father of the voter, who stated that he and his son were in partnership at the farm ; that the partnership com menced two years ago last July ; that the farm consisted of two or three acres of land ; that his son, who was a joiner by trade, had continued in partnership up to the present moment ; that he put his flour into a room in the farm house ; that he kept a huckster's shop ; that the farm and house were rented of Mr. Walmsley ; and, finally, that the voter had now a right to the same premises, as he ever had. Cross-examined--I took the farm. My son Roger had previously occupied it. I considered my son was the land lord. Upon my oath I did not see Mr. Woodward, the steward, and take the farm from him. After I took possession I saw Mr. Woodward's son. At that time I had paid some rent to my son. I had taken possession before I entered into partnership with my son John. I think I had paid two half-years' rent to my son Roger before I paid any rent to Mr. 'Woodward. John is a married man, and was living at the Hermitage at the time of registration. Before his mar riage he was living with the family for seven years. (It appeared there were two houses in the Hermitage.) John married shortly after we went into partnership. When he went to Mrs. Allen's, in October, he took nearly all his furniture. He left behind two tables —one was a dining table. He also left some pictures—l may call them wax figures. (A laugh.) I do not know what the figures are ; they are figures of human beings--children, or something of that sort. (Laughtzr.) They are about the size to go into my hat. They do not stand upon anything but their own legs. (A laugh.) They are upon a ledge in the bed room. Ido not know what they are worth. Ido not admire such things. I should think they are worth a shilling or two. My son did not think proper to take away these figures. The two tables are there still. The value of the house is £6 a year, without the land. We have each of us two cows on the farm. The oven on the premises is used by John and Roger. Roger lives at Scholes Bridge, about three quarters of a mile from the Hermitage. Re-examined.—The house consists of ten apartments. John has four. He bakes his bread in one of the rooms, and keeps his flour in another. He left the tables without asking me. Half the rent is paid by my son. In answer to a question put by Mr. Thesiger, the witness said, " I voted for Mr. Ewart." Mr. Cockburn then addressed the committee in support of the vote, contending that there was no alteration in the qua lification since the period of registration. Mr. Thesiger recapitulated the facts, and argued against the validy of the vote. Before any decision was come to the hour of adjoummen arrived. WEDNESDAY. The committee met this day at eleven o'clock. The Chairman announce i that the vote of John Halliwell, which was under consideration since yesterday, was a good vote. Mr. THESIGER then said that before he proceeded with other votes, he had an application to make, and which was of great importance. It was, that the committee would reconsider their decision of yesterday. as regarded the vote of William. Milligan, and allow it to be re-argued. He made the appli cation on two distinct grounds ; first, that the decision of the committee was looked upon by the legal profession with no little surprise, and they differed in tote from it. The other ground was, that after he had concluded his address, and in his absence, an hon. member called for the rate-book, the inspection of which, finding Milligan's name on it as rated, had, he had no doubt, its due weight with the committee. It was customary at trials at Nisi Prius for the judges never to call for or receive evidence which had not been tendered by counsel. There were many precedents that such an applica tion was granted. He would instance the Hull and Youghal cases, though he was free to admit there were cases where similar applications were decided otherwise. But he would contend, in all the annals of trials there never was an instance where a judge called for a document or witness which had not been produced by counsel ; and he was convinced that if any judge did so, an application for a new trial would be granted. Moreover he was placed in a false position ' • his learned friend Mr. Austen should have first supported the vote, and he should have been heard in reply. His learned friend had the last word, and in arguing the case he took quite a different line of argument than that he should have pursued in answer to his. If he had had the reply, an opportunity would have been afforded him of commenting upon the fresh evidence called for by the hon. member in his absence. The produc tion of the rate-book, he had no doubt, influenced not a little the minds of the committee, and he therefore respectfully submitted that it ought not to have been received after he had closed his address. It was the duty of counsel on both sides to furnish the evidence upon which they meant to rely. Upon these two grounds he contended that his application for re-arguing the case ought to be granted. Mr. ETWALL. — Did you not in your argument allude to rates ? Mr. THESIGER.—I certainly did, but not to the particular entry, which could only be received as evidence in this par ticular case. The book itself, though put in for general purposes, was only evidence in particular cases Mr. COCKBURN, in reply, complained of the unfair advan tage which had been taken to re-argue the case. It was the last effort made to support an expiring cause. The applica tion of his learned friend was without precedent ; such an application never was granted, except where it was shown that the party was taken by surprise. In the present instance such was not even attempted to be said was the case. His learned friend had quoted the Hull and Youghall cases, but he would call his attention to the Kinsale case, when his learned friend had successfully opposed a similar application. (Laughter.) Why did not his learned friend make his ap plication sooner ! No, it was thought not necessary, but in consultrtion, his learned friend, finding the impression which the powerful argument of his friend, Mr. Austin, had made on the committee, then thought it imperatively necessary to have it re-argued , knowing, as they well did, that if they were not able to upset that decision, their case against the sitting member had not a leg to stand upon. The grounds upon which the application was made he trusted he should b 3 able to show the committee were equally fallacious. The first was, that the legal profession entertained a contrary opinion from the committee. He should be glad to know what influence such an opinion would have with them ; and secondly, that an hon. member had called for further evi dence after his learned friend had closed his address: The cases which had been quoted by his learned friend had no analogy. The committee were alone the judges, and had a right to look into any documents they chose, and ascertain the truth by any means they could. The object of the appli cation was to sustain a case which had not a leg to stand upon. The room was then cleared, and after 20 minutes' delibera tion, The CHAIRMAN announced that the committee declined to grant the application. Mr. BERE, on the part of the petitioner, proposed to strike off the vote of the Rev. J. Fleetwood, a Catholic-priest. Elijah Rhodes stated, that Mr. Fleetwood previous to November last, was a Catholic curate in Wigan, and occupied a part of a house adjoining the chapel. At that period he got unwell, and went to reside with the Rev. Mr. Gallen, at Paddington, about 20 miles from Wigan. Oh the evening previous to the election, he returned and slept that night in the house, and remained about ten days. The house was furnished. Witness could not say to whom the furniture belonged. When Mr. Fleetwood left he took away his books, leaving nothing behind him but an old trunk. Mr. Bere, against the vote, contended that the rev. gentle man once leaving the premises for such a period was a vir tual abandonment of possession. The furniture was not his, and therefore there could be no plea of possession upon that ground, and an old trunk representing a possession. His returning the very eve of the election, evidently showed that it was for the purpose of establishing a colourable possession to enable him to vote. The house was only to be occupied as long as the duties of the office, to which it was attached, were performed, and the moment he ceased to perform the duties he relinquiihed the right of the enjoyment of posses sion. It was the same as in the case of a curate of the esta blished church, who, as soon as he ceased to perform the duties from which he derived his domicile, forfeited posses sion. It was true he might call a Mr. Middlehurst and Mr. Dowling, but those witnesses were in the enemy's camp, and he therefore preferred to let the case rest on its merits, and the intelligence of the committee. Mr. COCKBURN, in support of the vote, submitted that the rev. gentleman, the voter, Mr. Fleetwood, never relinquished the possession of his apartments in the house ; they remained unoccupied up to the period of his return. As to the removal of his books, they were perhaps the only solace which he had while he went into that beautiful part of Cheshire in search of his health. His learned friend had ample opportunity of showing his abandonment of possession, by calling any of the rev. gentlemen alluded to, or even his bishop, who would be able to say whether he had removed him from his cure or not, or gave him privilege to perform spiritual duties elsewhere. He would put it to the committee seriously whether the Rev. Mr. Fleetwood, clothed with the sacred character of priest, would lend himself to such a device for political purposes. The room was then cleared, and, after a quarter of an hour's deliberation, the vote was declared to be good. Mr. Benz then objected to the vote of Henry Hampson . . In support and against the vote there was much contradic tory evidence. The room was cleared, but the committee deferred an nouncing their decision until to-morrow.L-Adjourned. MISCELLANEOUS The Limerick Chronicle says —I of the Mint." •" Mr. Shell will be Master The abandonment of the Metropolitan Police Bill was ne cessary on the part of Ministers to secure five or six votes. The Earl of Listowel is to be the new Knight of St. Patrick, in the room of the late Earl of Caledon. By the demise of the late lamented Duchess Countess of Sutherland the amount of her jointure (X 40,000 per annum) has to be added to the already princely fortune of her son, the Duke. _ _ _ NEW MAGISTRATES.—EIijah Hibbert, Esq., of Green acres, near Oldham; and William Wright, Esq., of Ashton under-Lyne, took the oaths and qualified on Friday last at the sessions for the hundred of Salford as magistrates for the county of Lancaster. Yonic MlNSTER.—Visiters to York will shortly be grati fied with a view of this magnificent edifice, without being obliged at the same time to look at the miserable and dirty little hovels placed alongside of it. The last two of these will be pulled down in the course of a week or two. Yesterday, (April 17,) about two o'clock, a fire took place at a baker's house at Stockheim, Limburg, and in less than an hour and a half, 190 houses were a prey to the flames, and 113 families were thrown into misery. The fire was not ex tinguished when the accounts left.—Antwerp paper. A NOVEL WAREHOUSE. — In a street not a hundred miles from Halifax Market Place, is a newly painted sign, on which, after the name of the shopkeeper, are the words " tailor and hat warehouse ;" thus representing the occupier of the house as both a man and a warehouse ! IRISH CATTLE.—The following is the number of pigs, sheep, cattle, and horses, imported into Bristol from Ireland, during the months of January, February, and March, 1839 — pigs, 30,734 ; sheep, 334 ; cattle, 60 ; horses, 102. CHESTER CHEESE FAlR.—There was a large quantity of cheese pitched in both Halls, at our fair yesterday, and buy ers, were numerous at the following prises :—Skim from 40s. to 50s. ; Middling from 51s. to 60s. ; and prime Cheshire fetched from 625. to 70s.—Chester Gazette. The line of Telegraph between St. Petersburgh and War-_, saw has just been completed. On the 12th instant the first telegraphic despatch was received in Berlin, announcing that the Empress had been seriously indisposed, but was quite recovered. At the Norwich City Sessions, Carter, the man who tied the woman he lived with as his wife, naked, by the hair of her head, until she was nearly dead, was found guilty, and sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction.—Bury Post. Robert Millhouse, the Nottingham poet, author of The Destiny of Man, and other works, died in•that town on the 13th instant. He was latterly in distressed circumstances, and leaves a widow and three children, the youngest only 12 months old :.something ought to be done for them. " SUCH A GETTING UP STAIRS."—In consequence of the enormous height of some of the houses at Brighton, it has been determined at a committee of housemaids that those useful persons shall hereafter demand wages in proportion to the number of stories they have to climb to their labours. THEATRICAL PUFF.—It is stated in the Sunderland Her ald, that at th benefit of the stage manager of that town, "the house wa3 :!ci densely crowded, that th 3 audience were compelled to lauyl , perpendicularly, there being no possible medium for a lateral cachinnation." RHEUMATISM. — The Boston Post recommends this reme dy for the rheumatism :—"Close all the outer doors in a four story house, open the inner ones ; then take a long switch and chase a cat upstairs and down till she sweats—pussy's perspiration is an infallible cure. The committe for the erection of Sir W. Scott's monument are short of funds to pay the balance of the treasurer's ac counts. It is therefore hoped, that gentlemen who took an interest, and have not yet subscribed, will come forivard and relieve the committee of their engagements.—Glasgow paper. SINGULAR FECUNDITY. — Mr. John Brown, Boreland of Borgue, has a ewe which has recently brought,fortli three lambs, and the yearlings are all thriving. This is the fifth time, in succession, that the same prolific animal has pro duced an equal number, and the whole of the twelve reached Maturity.—Edinburgh Evening Post: BOLTON FORTNIGHT FAIR.—The fair, On Monday last, was pretty well attended both by dealers and purchasers, and a great number of exchanges were made. There was a good show of drape cows, and a few prime milkers. The prices were a shade higher than the previous fair. Postage Reform is not a question of politics, but of the pocket, the home, the heart : Tory, Whig, Radical, and even Precursor," may unite for " a long pull, a strong pull and a pull altogether." It is not a question of " party or of faction," but one which affects every subject of the empire.-- —Spectator. - - MINISTERS NOT MUSICAL.—II is a remarkable fact that not one of Her Majesty's ministers has a box this season at the Opera ; and it is equally strange that not one of the foreign ministers at the Court of Queen Victoria has this year indulged in the same luxury. Since our last, the weather has continued favourable for agricultural purposes, although on one or two occasions, we have experienced a sharp frost, with chilling winds. During the week, several gentle showers have fallen at night, and last evening we had a few gentle showers, which lasted several hours.—Manx paper. LAW AND PHYSIC.—On Friday, the Bth of March, as Judge Torrens was charging a jury, Doctor Wallace, J.P., rushed, in a furious manner, on the bench, and unceremon iously interrupted his lordship by saying, " My Lord, there is a man in the hall of the court who is drunk and making a noise—shall I fine him ?" His lordship indignantly replied, " Fine him or physic him as you please."—Leinster Inde pendent. MENAI BRIDGE. — We are happy to inform the public that the repairs and improvents of the Menai Bridge are to be commenced immediately, under the able superintendence of W. A. Provis, Esq. The contractors for the iron work are Messrs. Edwards, of Menai Bridge Foundry, and Hazledine, of Shrewsbury.—Chester Courant. P The first of May next promises to be a grand day for th railways. Extension of the lines of some will take place, such as the Southampton, Great Western, &c ; and several will then be opened for the first time to the public. Among these are the Midland counties, the Manchester and Leeds, and the Croydon Railways. LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.—The Marquis of Bute, in Glamorganshire, and probably elsewhere, will not sufier his tenants to be distressed. He says, "If they cannot pay one year, they cannot pay two ; but I will have no distraints.. If the farm should not suit them, let me know their exact cir cumstances, and they shall have what money they require and quit." The Zoological collection of the Garden of Plants, in Paris, has just been enriched by the present of an immense tortoise from a gentleman at Havre. It is a native of the Island of Ascension, and weighs 6001bs. It is five feet in length and three and a half broad. It arrived at the gardens on Friday evening, and on the following day laid four eggs. CONSERVATIVE LIBERALITY. — On Friday se'nnight the Duke of Buckingham gave, as usual, an excellent dinner to his tenants, on the occasion of his audit day. About 400 sat down to partake of the excellent fare provided, to whom his Grace announced that those of his tenants who were in ar rears at the time of his accession to the estates would be remitted their rents.—Northampton Herald. A Quaker, vindicating the pertinacity 'of his sect in refus ing to give titles to men, gave this whimsical account :—" I had the honour" said he, " one day to be in company with an Excellency and an highness. His Excellency was the most ignorant and brutal of his species, and his Highness measured just four feet eight inches without his shoes."— American paper. REGISTRATION BA RRISTERS. - In the forthcoming miscel laneous estimates, there is an estimate of the sum required " to pay the allowance and expenses of the barristers em ployed in revising lists of voters, &c. £41,000." And an agreeable note follows, stating that " a sum of £3792 ls. Bd. has been paid from civil contingencies to make good the defi ciency of the grant of last year." No patronage here, and no little pickings for briefless Whiglings. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE. — The Magistrates and Town Council of Nairn. have petitioned Parliament in favor of the uniform penny post, according to Mr. Rowland Hill's plan ; and similar petitions are now in progress from the burgh inhabitants, and from each parish in the county of Nairn. The Stirling Observer mentions, that " since the postage be tween that town and Grangemouth was reduced from 3d. to Id. there have been nearly three times more letters despatched through the post-office. NEWBURGH. — An instance of sagacity in a dog occured here a few days ago, which is worthy of being narrated. The dog had been in charge of the'farm-stealing, which is a short distance from the house. During the night, its master was awakened by the faithful little animal scraping at the door, and otherwise• making d noise ; on the door being opened, it it did not go into the house, but wagged its tail and ran off in the direction of the steading ; when his master suspecting that all was not right, immediately put on his clothes and followed, when he caught a person quietly making off with a back-load of his straw.—Edinburgh Evening Post. In the town of Ross, in Herefordshire, a very singular anecdote of courtship is recorded between a butcher and a village maid. It appears that the fond pair had met each other in church, and had occasionally cast sheeps' eyes at each other. On the butcher professing his love in a billet doux to the fair maid, he axed her whether she would have him or no ! The poor girl could not write, but sent him in return a sheep's eye in a lock of wool, which expressed her willingness to comply with his suit, signifying eye-wool, " I will." The rumour which has been prevalent during the last fort night, in naval circles, of the intention of ministers to send a demonstration fleet to the Baltie, turns out to be correct. It is to consist of ten seventy-twos, to be commanded by Admiral Gage :—The Belleisle, Benbow, Blenheim, Corn wallis, Hastings, Illustrious Agincourt, Hawke, Edinburgh, and a tenth, the name of which has not transpired. It would seem that information which has reached the foreign office of the aggressive disposition which has recently been manifested by Russia, has led to this determination. Orders have, we are assured, been received, to countermand the apartments which were preparing at Mivart's Hotel, for the reception of the Grand Duke of Russia. We learn also, that Count Nesseirode has been dismissed ; that Count Orloff has super seded him, and that the war party in the Russian cabinet are in the ascendant. Have these changes anything to do with the organization of the above-mentioned fleet ?—United Ser vice Gazette. THE AYRSHIRE HERMIT.—On Thursday, Glasgow was honoured with a visit from Thomas Raeburn, the Ayrshire Hermit, whose outre - appearance attracted, of course, a train wondering gazers. Our readers are, we believe, aware that this singular personage has not shaved his beard, cut or combed his hair, or changed his clothes, during a period of twenty years. having a " vow in Heaven" to that effect, in consequence of alleged injustice done him in a law-suit in whiche he wr.s engaged. Thomas says he is resolved to per petrate this revenge upon himself till justice is done him by the laws of his country. At the period of the Queen's Coronation, this strange character resolved to demand from her Majesty in person that justice which he alleges was de nied him by the courts below ; but while passing through Edinburgh, which he had chosen as his route, his attention was arrested by some friendly advisers, who sent him back again to his solitary retreat in Ayrshire. While on a visit to this city on Thursday, Thomas transacted business in the Royal Bank, where, it is said, he has a cash account to the amount of about .£2ooo.—Scottish Guardian. SINGULAR AND VERY SUCCESSFUL OPERATION UPON A HORSE.-Mr. Robert Eland, of Womersley, farmer, has a horse, which on being taken up from grass, exhibited symp toms of broken wind, and became gradually worse until about the middle of March. On the 16th of that month, Mr. Nicholson, farrier of the village, ascertained, on examination, that there was an indentation of the windpipe, and that its circular form was lost, and it was very evident that the horse must die of suffocation. He performed the operation of tracheotomy in the following manner. The integument and muscles covering the windpipe were divided and dissected back to the length of five inches—a portion of the trachea about an inch square was cut out ; and, upon the finger being introduced into the windpipe, it was found that the rings of the trachea were actually broken and a false membrane had exuded over the broken portion ; so that an aperture existed for the horse to breathe through, which would admit only a small probe to be passed through. The whole of the broken rings were then dissected out, and a semi-circular tube intro duced, which remained for several days, and the external parts were gradually brought together and healed. The horse is 15 years old, and is now in perfect health and at daily work. Some of the rings are in possession of the farrier, at Womers ley, near Pontefract.—Leeds Intelligencer. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL TOWN MISSION. The tenth annual meeting of the above institution was held, at the Music Hall, on Tuesday evening last. The object of this society is to remove the moral and religious ignorance existing amongst the dense population of this great town, by means of the visits of pious and devoted men, who go about, from house to house and street to street, circulat ing Bibles and urging parents and adults generally to attend public worship, and to send their children to some of the numerous Sunday and Day Schools which are open for their reception. The labours of this association, though conducted in the most unostentatious manner, have had the effect of bringing before the public detailed and accurate statements of the actual condition of the great mass of the population. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather at the time appointed for commencing the business of the meeting, the numbers present were not so great as was expected, but, in a short time after, as the evening turned out more favourable, the hall became densely thronged by ladies and gentlemen who took an interest in the promotion of the objects of the mission. At half-past six o'clock, in consequence of the unavoidable absence of Mr. Sands, who it was expected would preside on the present occasion, Mr. JOHN CROPPER was called upon to take the chair. The proceedings having been opened with a prayer by the Rev. Mr. Fisher, the Chairman rose, and briefly addressed the meeting. 'He regretted that the absence of the gentle man who was to have taken the chair rendered it necessary for one so little qualified as he was to be called upon to do so; but as he had been thus honoured, he would endeavour to perform the duties of the office to the best of his ability. The objects of the society which they were then assembled to .support were Most iinportant to the town of Liverpool, inasmuch as it employed men to carry information into districts but little known to the meeting, as the most mo mentous subject that could engage the attention of man. Abundant proofs would be submitted to them that hitherto the society has not laboured in vain ; and the knowledge of the success that has attended its exertions, and or the great good it hes already conferred upon the community, would, he was convinced, 'act -as a strong encouragement to them to co-operate 'with the society, and still further t •prOnipte the objects which it was designs...At°, accomplish. Xige,reportof the committee, which would be read to the meeting., would w ,sho to the ladies and gentlemen present how much Ilsbeen done, but he would beg to remind them that still much re mained to be done ; and though he was sorry to have this statement to make, which he did from the, expesience he had of the extent of the society's labours, and the disproportion of their means to the end they sought to effect, he still, how -ever, felt no apprehension for the result, as he was confident that those he addressed would make exertions commensurate with the difficulties they had to surmount. The chairman, in conclusion, referred to the thinness of the meeting at this period, which he attributed to the circumstance, that a meeting had been recently held for the same purpose, in the Music Hall. At that meeting, although some interesting statements had been made, the annual report of the state and progress, and prospects of the society, had not, been prepared by the committee. It was now in readiness, and he therefore called upon the secretary to read it to the meeting. REPORT. " In presenting the tenth annual report, your committee rejoice to say that the Liverpool Town Mission is still gradu ally extending its labours, and that they have reason to hope the Christian public are becoming increasingly convinced of its growing importance. Several measures have been adopted during the past year which your committee believe have greatly improved the working of the society. At the last an nual meeting, the Town Mission had twelve stipendiary agents, who were employed by the society for half their time only. Experience proved that this was not an advantageous arrange ment, as it necessarily involved the agents in secular business, and thus prevented them from devoting their undivided energies to the religious improvement of the poor. Your committee have therefore engaged the full time of nine agents, who now give themselves wholly to the work ; and in sonic cases _this has been done at a pecuniary sacrifice on the part of the agents, which has evinced that it was with them a work of faith and a labour of love. Your society has lately lost the services of one diligent and useful missionary, Mr. Wm. Davies, who has been obliged by domestic circumstances to resign his office as one of your agents. Two new agents have however been appointed during the past year, and are now employed on full time. The present number of stipendiary agents is therefore thirteen. " Another improvement is the appointment of a superin tendent. As the number of agents increased, the necessity for this appointment became more and more urgent. Your committee are happy to state that they have secured the ser vices of the Rev. Thomas Griffith, under whose superin tendence they trust the society will be rendered an increasing blessing to the town. These new appointments, together with the employment of the full time of most of the agents, is attended by a considerable increase of expenditure; but your committee are decidedly of opinion that they will be ac companied by a proportions. - e inc ease in the efficiency of the society, and its adaptation to carry on the great work of evangelising the town. " From the monthly schedules of the agents, it appears that since the last annual meeting they have made upwards of 49,300 domiciliary visits to the, poor, of which nearly 10,000 were visits to the sick. They have held 2326 meet ings; the aggregate number in attendance being 44,114. They have conducted four adult schools for teaching scripture reading, and have been the means of sending 488 children to day or Sunday schools. They have distributed 38,055 tracts and short papers in their districts. These returns show a considerable .increase above the returns of the preceding year, although only eleven months have elapsed since the last annual meeting. This brief enumeration of their labours will, it is hoped, be sufficient to show the friends of the society that its simple machinery is able to carry on a mighty work, were its claims to general support more fully acknowledged and more faithfully met. " From the treasurer's accounts it will be seen that, on account of the increased number of agents, the sum paid for salaries in 1838 was more than double the amount paid in 1837. This sum has been met by donations, and increased annual subscriptions, so that at the close of 1838, there was a balance of £139 17s. lid. in the hands of the treasurer. On estimating the expenditure of the present year, it appeared that, notwithstanding this balance, there would be a defi ciency of about £3OO, even if no addition should be made to the number of agents. To meet this deficiency a public tea party was lately held in this place, when the collection amounted to upwards of £lOO, in addition to a donation of £5O from Wm. Kay, Esq. While your committee would gratefully acknowledge these liberal contributions, they would earnestly request an increase of annual subscriptions, for upop the amount of permanent subscriptions your society must mainly - depend for support. At present the t annual expenditure is more than double the amount of annual sub scriptions. Your committee - have peculiar pleasure in adverting to the steady progress of the Ladies' Association. The sum re ceived from this association for the year 1838, amounted to £67 7s. 9d., being upwards of £3O more that the sum collec ted in the preceding year. " Your committee have also, as on former occasions, to acknowledge the kind assistance of the Liverpool Religious Tract Society, by their very liberal grant of 29,400 religious tracts, and 4900 short papers, and of the Liverpool-Auxiliaiy Bible Society, by a grant of fifty Testaments for the adult schools. " Considerable attention has been paid to the moral statis tics of the poor in Liverpool. A tabular view of the state of twenty-four streets has been prepared, and will be printed in the report, from which it appears, that in these 24 streets there are 2064 families, containing 6138 adults, of whom only 737 regularly attend public worship, and 3992 wholly neglect : 1761 adults are unable to read, and 1195 families are desti tute of the scriptures. The number of children is 4368, of whom 1014 attend day schools, and 230 more attend only at Sunday schools, while there are 2249 children, exclusive of infants, not attending any school. " Such are the statistics of 24 streets, noti n some half civilized country on which the glorious light of the gospel has but lately dawned ! Such is the state of 24 streets in Liverpool, and that, too, in the year of our Lord 1839 ! Startling as these numbers are to the reflecting mind when taken in the aggregate, the more we examine the details, the more gloomy and affecting does the scene appear. The fol lowing statements are extracted from the agents' journals, and many similar extracts might be brought forward : " In one small house in a court, I found that they had fif teen lodgers, the whole of whom sleep in the top garret. In several cellars I found large families with only a little dirty straw to sleep on. In this one court there are 141 immortal souls, of whom only two individuals profess ever to attend the house of God, and there are in the whole court but two Bibles. In general they received me very kindly, but never in all my labour have I been so much cast down—never have I met with so much ignorance and wretchedness. " In 98 families visited in L street, not one indi vidual goes regularly to worship, and there is but one Bible. One man in this street informed us that he never was in a place of worship.' " Your committee trust that it is only necessary that- these painful facts should be known to rouse the Christians of Li verpool to the determination that something more shall be done for those who are thus perishing around them for lack of knowledge. Your committee deeply regret that while the Dublin City Mission has about twenty agents, and the Glas gow City Mission employs forty agents, and the Manchester Town Mission employs forty-four agents, the Liverpool Town Mission should scarcely be able to support fourteen, andthat on account of their limited funds they have lately been com pelled to reject several applications from persons wishing to be employed as agents. The harvest truly is great, and the labourers engaged are few. Other labourers are waiting to be employed. Surely it cannot be that the church of Christ will withhold the means. " The rapid spread of infidelity, under the name of social ism, which has recently taken place among the poor in some of our large towns, loudly warns us that it is no longer safe thus to neglect our home population ; but that if we are still to be distinguished among the nations for our religious privi leges, we must enter into the spirit of our Redeemer's last command, that repentance and remission of sins be preached in his name throughout all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. " Your committee would beg especial attention to the agents' reports, and extracts from the agents' journals, which will shortly be read, as containing abundant evidence that the divine blessing is resting on the efforts of your society. In some parts of the town, hitherto notorious for vice, the agents appear to have had unusual encouragement." Mr. GRIFFITHS then read copious extracts from the re ports of missionary labours, sent in by the agents of the several districts to which they are appointed and into which the society has divided the town. They confirmed the ge neral statements contained in the report, but, though inte resting, the details into which they enter are too minute for publication in a newspaper. Mr. JOHN JONES, (the treasurer of the society,) read the report of the accounts, as audited by the proper officers, for the year ending the 31st Dec. 1838, by which it appeared that there is a balance in favour of the society of £139. 17s. lid. The statement, as far as we could collect from the hasty manner in which it was read, was as follows : Agents' salaries Printing, advertisenients, &c. Rent of the society's apartments lO 0 0 Expenses paid for repairs, &c., of same 10 14 3 Sundry expenses lO 10 8 For the institution Paid to Mr. Radcliffe & ano-1 16 6 ther, for expenses incurred 611 0 10 7 6 by them for the society.. Balance in treasurer's hands As far, therefore, as the resources we have in hands will enable us to go on, we need not entertain the least apprehen sion of embarassment for some time, and he fervently hoped that the result of the appeal now made would justify the ex pectations he formed of having a hundred pounds contributed to-night. The meeting could not take any other course than adopt the report, that had been read to him—the tenor of it was of a most satisfactory nature, and he trusted all he had the honour of addressing would manifest their confidence in the committee of the society, by contributing so as to enable them not only to keep their ground, but to advance further, 'and by employing more agents, to afford the means whereby the gospel would be preached to all the poor of Liverpool. (Cheers.) The Rev. H. CRICHTON then rose and moved, that the re port just read by the secretary be adopted, printed, and cir culaied. He made this motion with the greatest willingness and pleasure, for the report was well prepared, and reflected great credit on the taste, judgment, and religious feeling of the individual who drew it up. It was impossible to advert to all the topics it embraced, but there were three prominent subjects treated of by it, which they must consider carefully, before they could be induced to doubt of the qualifications — of the efficiency of the society to carry out the objects which it was instituted to promote. In the first place, the report set forth the great evils that the society had to contend with ; next, the adoption of suitable means to reduce, and finally re move, those evils ; and thirdly, the success that had already attended its operations. The great evil was ignorance, dark, dense, appalling ignorance, with all its concomitant evils — namely, irreligion in all its hideous and revolting forms, from perfect indifference, up to open, wild, and uncontrolled infidelity, and, as a consequence, vice in each and every of its odious features, and wretchedness, personal, social, and doinestic ; and what is the most lamentable reflection of all is, that this guilt, and misery, and darkness prevail amidst the surrounding light, amongst a population, that turn their eyes whither they may, must behold those splendid churches, and sacred edifices, that are on every side raised to the wor ship of the Great Creator, and in which ministers, and ! preachers, every where abound. This was a fearful aggrava ,tiOn of the mischief they were called upon to lessen and abolish, and which could not be affirmed of the heathen in the most distant lands. It was clear, from all that they had heard, that they had no adequate conception of the evils that surrounded them—ministers, were not aware of the extent of those evils, although they were sometimes witnesses of the most revolt ing instances of sin, but these were generally amongst per sons who had some knowledge of christianity. The ministers of the church could not be acquainted with the evils in which this town is involved—they could not guage, or form an esti mate of the length and depth of them, without plunging into, and actually, inspecting the sources of this irreligion, at the contemplation of which every moral feeling of one's breast recoils. Even the excellent agents of the society have not an adequate conception of the amazing amount of the immorality, ignorance, and crime, that degrade an immense proportion of the population of Liverpool. Those:who were incredulous on this subject, would do well to accomphny the agents, in order to know the enormity of the evils they had to grapple with. It was impossible to tell the extent to which God was dis honoured in the town they lived in—how his Majesty. was in sulted, his name profaned; his authority contemned, his mercy abused, and his justice outraged—how the sabbath was de secrated, the sacred word made a jest-book of, the ordinances of religion despissd, and the threatened justice of divine power dared and provoked. They should go into the crowded lanes of this town, into the courts and alleys, and witness the de solation that every where presents itself to the eye, and then ask the inmates of those wretched hovels, while bent over their half extinguished fires, as to their condition, and they will give you a narration of the cold pinching poverty they endure, that their squalid and ragged state, and their nakedness, would render unnecessary, which is sufficient to make the heart of the most callous ,shudder within him. The moral statistics of every town ought to be published, for without it, no man can comprehend the extent and enormity, to which wretched ness and misery prevail,—and which, he regretted to state, would too truly show that the great mass of town's peo ple, were very few degrees removed from a state of actual savageism. If any doubts were entertained on this head, let them but look to accounts of murders and other atrocities, that are daily published in the public journals—of parents murdered by their own children, and of children 'murdered by their parents—of wives murdered by their husbands, and husbands by their wives. These were crimes, the commission of which was totally unknown to the savage state, and as he lamented he was obliged to admit, they now disgraced civilized life, they were the more imperatively called upon to adopt the most effectual means of remedying a state of things under which such appalling offences were perpetrated. Such ob jects this society had in view,—such was its nature, as was indicated by the name of a Town Mission, the business of whose agents was—as the wretched beings whose state it pro posed to ameliorate, would not come to the light, to employ themselves in carrying the light to them. This is the end the society aimed at—to send those excellent individuals, its agents, to explain to those people, not the duties or advan tages of civil life, nor of social morality, nor of domestic peace, (for 'those would be all the results of their labour), but what was a much grand and more important object, the salvation of their immortal souls. (Cheers.) They would not be sent to descant upon the good effects of observing the precepts, of orality—nor to demonstrate that excess is ruinous to health, that it blasts the reputation, and destroy peace of mind, but, to impress the great truths of the gospel with all their force upon their hearts. If by the blessing of God they succeeded in accomplishing this object, all other blessings would follow in its tram—the means they had taken to gain that, and was sanctioned by the word of God, and conformable to the practice and character of the primitive Christians—the duty, as it was the habit of the society's agents, was to explain and read the sacred scriptures to the poor and uninformed—to diffuse moral and religiotts tracts and other publications amongst the community generally, to teach children their duties to their parents, to collect them in their day and - Sunday schools, and communicate to them the true principles, of Christian faith, and to persuade men to await the means of God's grace, and to pursue the way to salvation. Such means as these must be effectual—they are approved of by God and adopted by his followers, for the re generation of the human heart ,• they were successfully em ployed by the primitive apostles, and will always prove successful. The rev. gentleman having thus far enlarged upon the object of this society, then considered the suitable ness of the means to the end, as adopted by it. With the truths of the Gospel, by the communication of religious counsel and advice, by the force of religious example, by co operation, by union, (for the exertions of two were better than those of one) the society could not fail to reap the re ward of its labours. What is it that an active and zealous agent could not effect for this glorious cause, who had prayer, truth, good example, and religious admonition, as his co adjutors? He would prove as a dew that fertilizes the spot on which it falls, as a shade unto which the fatigued could re pose as a stream from which the thirsty could drink and be refreshed. of such advantages can be anticipated from the labours of one individual, (and their report has shown that more than this has been accomplished) what might not be ex pected from a number of individuals acting in union ? It was in this way that the Church of Christ gained its mighty triumphs over the empire of Satan—it was by institutions -like this, by societies constituted as ours, that this noble structurewas raised. The rev. gentleman, in illustration of the success which has attended the efforts of the society, re ferred at much length to the statements of individual con versions detailed in the reports of the committee and agents, —and asked, that if such results were produced by the agency of only fourteen individuals, what might be calculated upon if they had fifty agents employed ? Generally speaking, he said, Liverpool exhibited much more commercial spirit than Glasgow, yet in this latter place they had fifty agents, students of divinity, or belonging to the different halls, who were actively engaged in " this work of faith and labour of love." Taking t'ne present and past as a pledge for the future, he anticipated that in the course of a year or two, a similar demonstration of energy and zeal in this good cause would be made in Liverpool. The rev. gentleman thanked the ladies and gentlemen present for the-patience with which they had heard him, and sat down amidst much approbation. The Rev. J. LYSTER seconded the resolution, he re joiced at the increase of a society with which he had been connected, and which he took an interest from its beginning. Why, he asked, should he not take an interest in its progress and prosperity? They called it a Town Mission. What was a town mission, but an exhibition of the christian feelings that pervade the inhabitants of it? It was a missionary so ciety, and such he had no hesitationin statingwas the society that Christ and he apostles formed for the propagation of the Christion religion. They confined their personal labours to the perishing Jews around them, and when He gave them their commission to " go and preach to all nations," it was not to be forgotton that he added the words " beginning at Jerusalem." They were wiser now than the primitive Christians were, for, forty years ago, they established foreign missionaries, and he had, in consequence, on former occa sions( in his own pulpit, and in other pulpits, and on this platform too, felt himself constrained to say, while he ad mitted that foreign missions ought not to be neglected, they had been placed by the people of this country in a wrong position. (Hear, hear.) They should take lessons from their active and ever vigilant adversaries. At all periods, in the-corruptest times, the Catholic Church had their home missionaries engaged. All who were acquainted with church history knew that what they called the secular clergy, were their archbishops, bishops, priests, deacons, &c., and that their regular clergy were them belonging to the monastic orders of various denomination, which were an essential part of the machinery of the church, whose duty it was to look to the management of their foreign missions—so that the fact could not now be questioned, that their foreign mis sions were conducted on a larger scale than all the foreign missions of Protestants put together. In Rome, the depart ment under which foreign missions were regulated, expended upwards of one hundred thousand pOunds a year in its sup port, and what, he would ask, were the monks in this country, but home missionaries of Popery—they itinerate the kingdom, spreading their noxious principles. Let us take a lesson from them, they have no particular living or situation to con fine them, and thus they can independently travel through every district of the country, proclaiming their views of divine truth. The same system is persued by them on the continent, as in England, and such was the system acted upon here when the Reformation was first commenced — itinerants went about proclaiming the truths of the gospel, and the principal of those was John Knox, the great reformer of the Scotch Church. In Scotland, they system also prevailed, and ministers were employed to itinerate and ,diffuse the glad tidings of salvation through the Redeemer. He rejoiced at the design which he had learned from a tract recently received by him, hail been broached by the Chris tian Tract Society, (which was the Metropolitan Mission) to re-establish and carry out the system of eminent men going forth and proclaiming the truths of the gospel in the open air. He read a resolution agreed to by the society in a public meeting, at which Sir Eardly S. Cumming, Bart. presided, recommending the measure, and referring, in sup port of its efficacy, to the example of the Rev. George Whitehead, who, in the year 1739, now a century ago, first attempted to preach in the open air, in the-neighbourhood of the metropolis, and also to the example of the Rev. C. Wes ley, whose successful effects, to promote the diffusion of gospel light, ought to stimulate all to imitate his conduct. The reverend gentleman gave an appalling picture of the misery, and vice, and ignorance that afflicts the lower orders of society in Liverpool. No one could imagine, no concep tion could form an estimate of the state of the people in many of the lanes and back streets, but by actual visitation —all that the meeting heard was merely the superfices of their miseries—one must enter their cellars and see the con dition of the men, women, and children in them to under stand any thing of the extent of the misery, the poverty, the wretchedness, the irreligion,the drunkenness, the impurity that prevails in these dens f immorality. In conclusion he lamented that this society by its agents could not reach the higher and middle ciasses, amongst many of whom, he re gretted to say, there was much indifference to the spirit of gospel truth. They had not the same poverty and distress to plead in extenuation'of their absence from divine worship as the poor people had, to whom he had referred ;—the greater, the more terrible, then, was the responsibility they were placed under. The resolution was then unanimously adopted. The Rev. GEORGE SMYTH, of Plymouth, rose to propose the second resolution, which was an humble and devout ac knowledgment to Divine Providence for the prosperity the society had hitherto experienced in its labours during the past year, and fervently praying that, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, • the same success would attend its future operations. In support of this resolution the rev. gentleman made a very long and eloquent speech, in which he took oc casion to notice some observations of the preceding speaker. He first expressed the astonishment that a stranger must feel on coming into Liverpool, and beholding the Numerous splen did churches, dissenting chapels, and other house of divine worship, and then be informed of the great extent of im morality, the gross licentiousness, and deplorable ignorance that exist amongst out popidation, as he-feared was too truly, too accurately described' in the committee's report. It was consoling, however, to reflect that the evils, the existence of wilich could not be denied, were in some measure abated by the laudable exertions of the society, and that, as the attend ance at the present meeting denoted, more favourable pros pects of removing those evils were before them. As to the censure indirectly cast upon the support given to foreign missions, he said he should never desire to exalt the home missions by depressing the foreign missions, and he believed it would be found to be the fact, that those who decried fo reign missions, and said that charity should begin at home, were not very ardently inclined to support missions any where, and that their charity, *hen called upon to support any object, was limited to home, indeed. He denied that the conduct of the Primitive Christians, which was employed as an argument or example to enforce the necessity of confining their exertions to home conversions, was such as had been described. They did not wait till they had evangelized all at home, before they went forth to preach the gospel to all nations ; in proof of this, the rev. gentleman quoted several passages from the New Testament. With respect to the higher and middle classes, alluded to by his respected friend, he (Mr. S.) entertained a different opinion, and was confident that the labours of this society would reach the rich and in fluential through the poor and helpless. He illustrated his views, in supporting this position, at much length and with considerable effect, and then concluded by exhorting the meeting to be generous in their support and contributions to a society instituted for the advancement of such important objects as that of the Liverpool Town Mission. (Cheers.) Mr. D. ROWLAND seconded the resolution, and it was unanimously agreed to. As the evening was getting advanced, it was thought advisable that a collection should be now made. The plates were accordingly sent round, and a handsome sum was contributed. The Rev. JOHN PETERS proposed the third resolution, which was expressive of the meeting's approbation of the operations of the society, and recommending that subscrip tions, donations, and collections should be made to enable it to accomplish its objects. He advocated the cause for which the society was formed at considerable length, and with much energy. The TREASURER, (Mr. Jones,) in seconding the resolution, stated that the collection which had that evening been made was nearly three times greater than that of any former ; collection. (Cheers.) On the motion of Mr. EDEN, seconded by Mr. Ald. JONES, , the officers of the society for the ensuing year were nominated • and appointed. • Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting 3 separated at a quarter to ten o'clock. ON THE COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS OF NA. TIVE & ARTIFICIAL CARBONATE OF BARYTES TO MR. SAMUEL TAYLOR, OF SEDDON-STREET, PAINT MANUFACTURER AND CHEMICAL TYRO. SIR,—As you have lately been kind enough to illuminate the ignorant respecting the composition of the above useful substance, allow me to inform you that you are incorrect in every particular. You state that the native carbonate of barytes contains only 20 per cent. of carbonic acid, and is for that reason unfit for the purposes to which the artificial carbonate is applied. And you most learnedly use the names of chemical authorities in support of your statement. Now, sir, permit me, in the first place, to recommend that, before you cite the works of Rose," `: Thompson," " Brande," and " Turner," to make yourself somewhat acquainted with their contents, as you are evidently pro foundly ignorant of the whole of them, when you state that they all bear out your assertion, " that the native carbonate of barytes contains only 20 per cent. of carbonic acid." In the first place, " Rose," in his manual of analytic chemistry, translated from the German by Griffin, the only work of his yet published in England, instead of stating that the natural carbonate of barytes contains less acid than the artificial substance, does not, in any part of his book, give the com position of carbonate of barytes at all " Thompson," in his " Outlines of Mineralogy, Geology, and Mineral Analy sis, 1836," his last work on the subject, states distinctly, that " the native carbonate of barytes is composed of 1 atom of carbonic acid 1 atom of barytes 12 25" These numbers, multiplied by 8, will give the common standard, or Acid Base. 98 0 " Brande," in his last manual, published 1836, gives the following results, by Dr. Withering's analysis, (the original discoverer :)—" The native carbonate, since called ' Wither ite,' was found to be composed of 21.4 acid, and 78.6 base, in the 100." By Brande s Analysis, it contains 22.3 per cent. of carbonic acid, and 77.7 base ; and, in his third edition, published 1830, vol. ii. page 290, he distinctly states, " that the composition of the natural and artificial carbonate (of barytes) is similar." And last, though not least, my late talented and respected friend, Dr. E. Turner, of the London University, in the sixth edition of his " Elements," pub lished 1837, since his death, by his brother, gives the composition of the carbonate, 76.7 base, and 22.12 acid, making its equivalent 98.82, which is closely coincident with the results of Berzelines. . _ I have to apologise for thus troubling you with so many bookish references, which you no doubt will think very dry, as you are evidently unused to them ; but I have, however, confined myself to the authorities cited by yourself, and trust this lesson will induce you to be cautious how you again make use of them when disputing the professional statements of others. As the subject is one on which I_ felt much local interest I some months since . took the trouble to analyze a specimen. The mineral in question I obtained from the Pennant barytes and lead mine, in Flintshire, which' mine I visited, and brought away the specimen in question, which was a fair sample of " first-class carbonate," as picked and washed at the mine._ The results of my analysis were, Carbonate acid Barytes . ▪ 77 8 100 0 and, as you have disputed the truth of this analysis, I will now state the mode by which I obtained the above results, 1 in order to afford yourself, or any of your more advanced chemical friends, an opportunity of pointing out any inac curacy in the process, (if they are capable of doing so.) The mineral was first broken into small fragments, but not powdered ; and having been cautiously heated to incipient redness, to deprive it of moisture, 100 grains were weighed out. I next took a small German glass matrass, and having filled it one-third with pure nitric acid, diluted with cold distilled water, which had been recently boiled, to expel any carbonic acid it might contain, the neck of the matrass was loosely stopped by a plug of lamp cotton, and having accu rately counterpoised the matrass and acid in a balance, sus ceptible of the 1-40th of a grain, it was removed from the scale 1?y a pair of wooden tongs, and placed on a small sand bath, moderately heated by a lamp ; the cotton plug was then removed by a pair of focuses, which were retained in the hand, the cotton plug never being laid on any substance ; then, with another pair of focuses, a few fragments of the weighed mineral were dropped through the neck of the ma trass into the dilute acid, and the cotton plug quickly re placed ; when these were completely dissolved, another portion was added in the same way, repeating the operation till the whole was perfectly dissolved. The cotton plug was now removed by the focuses, as before, and by means of a small quill glass tube, air was blown into the matrass, to expel any remaining portion of carbonic acid gas that might remain in it. Afterwards, the air was with drawn by inhalation through the tube, so as to cause a cir culation, through the body of the matrass—the cotton plug being now replaced—the matrass was lifted by the wooden tongs, and the bottom being freed from any minute adhering particles of sand by a dry feather—the matrass was returned to the scale (never having been touched with the fingers)— when I found it had lost 22.2 grains of carbonic acid. A fresh portion of the mineral was now dissolved in dilute muriatic acid, (to ascertain its purity (and when completely dissolved, the solution was divided into four portions. The barytes was precipitated from one portion by hydrofluosilicic acid, and after subsidence was separated by filtration, and was washed with distilled . water—the supernatant solution and washings, having been reduced by evaporation was satu rated by carbonate of ammonia, and the precipitate being examined by the blowpipe gave a transparent, colourless glass, when with soda, on charcoal, and also on a platinum wire. The same result was produced with borax, and the beads being dissolved in a watch glass, with a drop of pure n itric acid—evaporated to dryness, and redissolved in dis tilled water were found by a powerful lens, to have deposited, the silica, which could not afterwards be dissolved in nitric acid. Another portion of the solution of muri t ate of barytes was largely diluted with distilled water, and dilute sulphuric acid carefully added as long as precipitation was produced — and in slight excess, the sulphate of barytes being separated by the filter (the first portion of the liquid being refiltered)— the supernatant liquid was evaporated to dryness, and I found it had left no residue—except a very minute trace of sulphur, which could only be ascertained by heating it in a small glass tube, the top of which was partially closed by moistened Brazil paper—and Litmus paper—the minute particle placed in the • tube completely volatilized, and the colour of the Brazil paper was slightly discharged—and the Litmus slightly ; reddened. these experiments the absence of strontian and lime in the mineral was demonstrated. Another portion of the muriatic solution of barytes, was tested with a solu tion of hydrosulphuric acid (sulphuretted hydrogen) which produced no discoluration ; a few drops of caustic ammonia were superadded without any effect. To the fourth portion of the muriatic solution a few drops of a solution of ferro cyanureta of potassium were added without effect, to which a small portion of " gmelins" ferrid cyanuret of potassium (the red prussiate) were superadded without procuring any effect. By these experiments the total absence of iron, or any other metal was proved, the sulphur and the silica being derived from the precipitants. The original solution of nitrate of baryta, from which the carbonic acid had been expelled was now transferred to a porcelain capsule, and gently evaporated to dryness by a small spirit lamp, the ma tress being well washed with distilled water and the washings mixed with the nitric solution—the dry salt thus obtained, was carefully placed in a Berlin porcelain crucible, the capsule being washed with distilled water, and the washings evaporated down to ascertain if any residue was left in it (the cover of the crucible having been luted on from the out side—the nitrade of baryta was kept at nearly a white heat for two hours—and when cool, the cover was removed, and the pure baryta on being weighed gave 77.8—this being after wards digested in a percelain crucible, in pure carbonate of ammonia, and afterwards gently ignited, on being weighed, gave 100 of pure carbonate of baryta—the original quantity — thus proving the identity of the natural and artificial sub stances.—l am, &c. CHARELS FLUDE, Practical Chemist. FEES ON PROSECUTIONS. - At the Leicester quarter ses sions, after Mr. Halford had repeatedly expressed his sur prise at the vast number of prosecutions from Lough borough and its neighbourhood, the Rev. Mr. Dudley let the cat out of the bag, by saying that the Loughborough officers " subsisted on the fees allowed in prosecutions!' Whilst this readily accounts for the number of bills ignored, the number of prisoners acquitted, and the number of unhappy wretches convicted of stealing property under the value of sixpence, we must protest against this dear mode of paying officers, few Loughborough prosecutions being conducted at less than £l2. But the expense, extravagant as it is, is nothing to the amount of injustice perpetrated to maintain the system.—Leicester _Mercury. LOTTERIES.--The ingenuity with which expedients are found for the circulation of tickets and shares of foreign lot teries in this country, in the face of an express law against the practice, which imposes a penalty on any newspaper which may advertise them, is very remarkable, and calls loudly for some means of obviating its effects. Circular let ters from the agents or contractors for these lotteries all over the continent have long been in use and an annoyance be sides, to every respectable person in England whose name and address could be procured through the court circulars and directories. They are shipped to this country in bales, and sent through the twopenny post, which is of course never paid. Latterly a new expedient has been adopted, which is that of enclosing tickets to parties residing in London, with a request either for a remittance or for their return by the post. This has become a far greater annoyance than the other prac tice referred to, for as no foreign letters, with the exception of those to France, can pass through the post-office without payment, many conscientious or timid persons, who were un willing to risk being pressed for payment of the value of the tickets if they retained them, have submitted to a tax of 4s. or ss. to get rid of that responsibility. If no check can be devised to these practices, and it is difficult to imagine a very effectual one, it would be as well, as far as the morals of the people are concerned, that lotteries were introduced at home, and the glorious days of" Hazard" and "Goodluck" restored. —Tintes---City. Article. , - , , £743 16 7 139 17 4 £BB3 13 11 This sum (XBB3. 13s. I Id.) is the amount of the donations and subscriptions to the society for the year. Mr. J. said that this account was made up to the 31st of December, but since that, several donations and subscrip tions have been received. He remarked, that although the meeting was not so fully attended when their worthy chair man had commented upon its thinness, it was now, he was sure, double the number of what was present at any former meeting, but even were it otherwise, the circumstance was easily accounted for by a reference to ti,e social party to which he (the chairman) had alluded. The results of that assembly were greater than its most ardent supporters calculated on— on that occasion their proceeds were upwards of £153., be sides a donation of £5O. from their President. (Cheers.) Nor did those . beneficial results end here, for he was hLppy to have in it his power to inform them that he was continually receiving subscriptions and donations to the present day. As he *as'coming to,,the _present meeting, a parcel had arrived at`his house directed to The Treasurer of the. Liverpool Town Mission Society, aiid oa Openinglt heldund it contained a very handsomely ornamented large silk purse, and what was better, there were five pounds in it, which, he doubted not, the lady who sent it, intended that it should be filled to'-night. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL• who The Last Night but One of Mr. VAN AMBURGIL will exhibit his extraordinary Performances with the whc of his TRAINED ANIMALS, as represented last seo? e d one hundred and fifteen nights in succession, to croll%. miditories, at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, and P_al r o nised on many occasions there by her Majesty ; received on each night at this Theatre, with most ellti'" astic plaudits. riPIIIS present FRIDAY, April 26, 1839, 00' t h e Enter 0 0 ' will commence with the Comedy of THE HONEYMOON. Duke Aranza. Mr. Stuart Juliana .. • Rolando .. Mr. W. Howard Volante • • Jacques Mr. Baker Zamora .. At the dof the y, - E Sag a Mr. VAN AMBURGH en will exhibit Pla his FEARLESS EXTRAORDINARY PERORMANCES with the S, LIVING LIONS, TIGERS, LEOP AR D AND OTHER TRAINED ANIMALS, From the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane. To conclude with the Nautical Marne, of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William Teller William Slaiter I Susan .......... Miss __ tie Gnatbrain Mr. Baker I Dolly Mayflower. Mrs. VA', / , On SATURDAY (TO-MORROW), for the BENE r , of Mr. VAN AMBURGH, and positively his Last AI t i , ance, and the Last Night of the Trained Animals, th i c A s tertainments will commence with the Tragedy of, 0. SHORE. After which, for the last time, Mr. VA „', 1 •11,E BURGH's Performances. To conclude with the Bu' - , IMP, :Miss Fa‘ ,cit • • Mrs. Telle,',l Mr. CHARLES KEAN t thi s Will commence an enaagement of TEN NIGHTS, 3.0 Theatre, on MONDAY, April 29th, being his FAR E I r tbe VISIT TO LIVERPOOL, previous to his departure United States. MADAME VESTRIS, Mr. CHARLES MATH Mr. POWER, and other eminent Metropolitan P erf° fil e ' fi r , are also engaged. Due notice will be given of their 30 ance. A ' sll' An arrangement has also been made with Mr. TT -- CF ' sP' the celebrated American Comedian, who will make b's pearance in the early part of the Season. CLASSICAL CHAMBER CONCERTS, TEMPLARS' HALL. VP ' Under the Patronage of the Worshipful the M AI 4 , the Gentlemen of the Liverpool Glee Club:‘.olsp EYTON respectfully informs the Subs.crlcsere3 Public that the SECOND CONCERT of the.„.tso will take place on MONDAY EVENING nett, the 29th1.,.'v0 Subscription to the three remaining• Concert s, Tickets each. Non-subscribers' Tickets, 4 s. each, t.g O ° with Prospectuses, at the Music Shops, and at Mr. 0. Academy, 36, Crown-street. ebr kibtrpoot ct____±t_T_____2bja FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 15 via The debate and the division of last week 4def now become matter of history, we propose to elablo somewhat more at large their character an dPr°ooe consequences. Those of our readers who ha ve . for us the favour to attend to our prognostication'eor several weeks back, will perceive that they Il ave to of. responded with the event with tolerable e°c,„•,ol We had surmised that the ministers would ols'tri majority not exceeding twenty. We had net el ‘ g Pec jee' the necessary absence of Mr. Shaw and Sir W. ji,es' the almost necessary absence of Lord • Douro , t : tbt mise of Lord Caledon, the vacancy of Carl°'ostili unjustifiable defection of Mr. Gibson, or the Pci,nt votes of Messrs. Ingham and Goddard. I ndee a till believe that on Friday Mr. Goddard was re c h° - the whips themselves as a conserv at i ve , and tbe pit rity was estimated at twenty. Thus far, t here „ i lt , were our predictions consistent with the actua l re a 'do l Again : we expressed our belief that the th re d - ret 4 ' Fate were held in the single hand of Sir l; be and that if he pleased to move an amendinee t _ i e ';,4 6 ing direct censure of ministers -in their gerle r '`'lpee r) he would certainly carry it. Mr. Leader's ' if tO furnishes us with the means of substantillte_.ille: opinion. We extract the following passage Pciii printed report : • sis h " And yet the noble lord, the Secretary for irel the house last night that the government 'N'i° old 9 'j longer upon sufferance. He would tell the gorer ° „ e gg 'l r A they had existed upon sufferance for the last two Y` t that their existence depended upon ten or twelve ta t that (the ministerial) side of the house, which Wig"; time be thrown into the opposition scale ; and he hon. gentlemen opposite, that more than ten or Web' bers on the ministerial side of the house wo uld jc .. . °l , 0 0E upon a motion expressing want of confidence the ' o cki generally, whenever they thought proper to motion forward." i -trstj .l 4 4 But if Sir Robert Peel took issue on the adto°'oto of Ireland simply, we ventured to state that the e of f would bear Lord Normanby through, by a h ur a r re , rity ranging from ten to twenty. We told o r ho that the author of " Yes and No" was tbe "tbc V :, leader of all the discordant sections of whi c- 0 13 terogeneous body is made up, and that it ss°,l,of' pay to make, by their votes, his past polieY coot have been " worse than a crime, an error." with this view are the speeches of the radiewro tents who ranged themselves on the rniaistferoo last' Saturday morning. Again we qiiot e Leader : to i 0!; " He confessed that he could not bring hiniscifore, a manner which might imply a censure upon the '7010:, Normanby. He was placed in a very difficult tl i reli tl s laugh), because he was as anxious as the hori.;ler" opposite to declare by his vote that he had n° c°- the government." c 0 ! 00 0 We stated, also, that while our own 8 01)16 ,0'4 tion led us to assert that these radical gentle° volti ultimately vote with ministers,—on the Privcilier€4 killing the golden goose merely because egg: 6 t on) so plenty as they liked,—yet that they w° lll ' / :0 ? ‘ until the latest moment, and make the bar as asl;pi a one for themselves, and as bad . for inin iste ,„ 3 - e ° , l , ct i sible. And we can now assert, that this V i les" and loose was played to the full as long as ` ve i :v ``.!' and that the labours and anxieties of the wj ai l' o ild et ) and of that bulky gentleman to whom we note his well-known soubriquet " The Bear," had oil re on Friday evening at seven o'clock. Tl ' e oter s l l considerable apprehensions in ministerial cluoce a number of rads sufficient to turn the 1 013 JO, vote, as Mr. Feilden of Oldham ultimately the opposition. the D e" , c . We revert to these circumstances f or all those who may be inclined to see in th i , s tie t 1 0, 1 1( ministerial advantage, and ignorantly itliaglootejl.i foundations of whig influence have been, op'. jr fixed than before the' holidays. W e sa'nt clOlOl have said from the first, their fall does -13,.;i00, Lord Roden's or Lord John Russell' s 03' cofri proximately at hand, nevertheless. ,„ t We do not mean by this to assert 131 ' o ret',tv vatives are to be in office immediately' - a y P r e:' this present session. But we do mean t° fa r ? doom of whiggery is sealed, for once a:ely We do assert, that the period is very el ° f' _, l l . to I sf f when the whig, or liberal, alliance will not by the will of a King or of a atteejjr,' 3 1i 11 , ,, p Y from its own weakness, through the naive ()ol tion and disgust of the British people. ri per / will remember that we pointed out , in a 1° by o ,l the duration of Lord Melbourne's mill i f strY o ' ea ll 7l ll that the Favourite retained his office con e bio o , l o o l , sufferance of two parties, both h o stile t . ° 6e a s" to his government; one of which b e P lic h l e ", servative measures, while he sopp ed I f es de :, patronage and place. On this point iNi r ' or cc ) more force and truth than frien dliness fr remarked : for e " The right lion. baronet, the niembecifiber governed England; the hon. and learned Ira now d l l o) ,' governed Ireland; the whigs only governed 4-',/,t4,otvi (Cheers and laughter.) The m ember fbc loge ;k e t i contented with power, without place o r Pstr° witpcl3i were contented with place and patrongei_ so t o r' (Hear, hear.) lie left it to any h o liest 01 (01, • was the more honourable position." n tii fr f Now this state of things can only last iof shall see their way to getting the toh°le,i;e selves, of which they are forced now t 0) el the lesser half: or until Sir Ro bert I 01;P:e( the favourable moment has arr ived, I°:_r r t ho' his. own shoulders all the responsibility t:verils.f sell which he now in fact directs an d g are, bi et' the former of these contingencies we. the providence, apparently far relneN ed tv iS 11°' se ieve, of' earnestly hope, and sincerely bei • a shortly at hand. We will at length. ba ck b „,, , We told our readers many weekshot ~ t he " b hei anticipations are entertained, in " t ''')A!‘ quarters, that a dissolution -of parlifureP. ovor , „AstiP • of this year, tuiaer the doiiiiilV`p" Consider this 0% . • 4 . It o h e the] f ri P eel tc 44 or active of the„ oldep en( W e e t h b ind th " n "w to o , ve tli r\ °derati or 1 1.41; ri° w Atu f l 4 b )r ario i fide a' j u d N tl e ce i n Sir nithhe ki 111 0 , t l' I nost " u iloura k _ q qa's at 'ght he t h at 41 .1 s ei ß i o pursu e hl 3 aand ce rt % l" , B4, 0 111 d })e rt -111 4,9 We With l ati n Wj the liner' pearance in the early part of the Season. Master GROSSMITH will perform at the Theatre' l4 l :o 26 CHESTER, This EVENING, (Friday, AFT"' - • performance at the Liver Theatre. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STRE ET ' POSITIVE FAREWELL NIGHT• e fit ,„ 01 mO-MORROW , (Saturday,) April 27, for the 13 e., 11 b. 0 I. Mr. GROSSMITH, Sen. Master Grossull'iiver! appear in above Fifty favourite Characters, antlj e Olt i .,„ FAREWELL ADDRESS to his Patrons,'" TitA3 7 - 0 •', 0 Iv TRIALS," " EYES RIGHT," and I 1 WE THRE-P4111.. be repeated ; in addition to which, A GRAND Cat'4ll,ool N.B.—The Liver Theaqe will positively close Tcl 3o itoof Evening. Master Grossmith performs at Wig"' Manchester, and Leeds next week.