The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-03 00:00:00

L t p e p d i the surveyor to proceed with all expedition, and ed t o le. t hi t, ll with all the means in their power. They ti 4„ on the council for part of the expense in "n work. ;t, is tall business for X s D ° ' , k i n the Action of in cafe trgelY t, c eiver. lee , that olar)" , ii for the that t he 'en them lc a little ffi cthing' be CO ' e ,afar ies Id be ~t he itbou' from the wa nted , , e be i'l; rerr' len fr ond wantv._A, rora Mr. V). ,a of the a nd CO9. Inters tort Ived -boo' :On e "' 'ng )rePal l 1rp 0 . 4 of any 0 1 re gtll . )uld UP vc 3 s, of Ev eniog e l it in d i ~loFe r last, °' e to . r o rd .se -° be ojgh d rel - eg e e al ered un ; eeha nics sel l i t o t is o dived to l e sse t , P r d vs t co to the°o Cbu r° og , c 0 fi tter . f rom , MEMORIALS. of '"-r• Edward Molyneux, president of the keed.nsaries, was read, thanking the council for • s. siih seri c !to the application for the renewal of the of one hundred guineas to the Dispen ' ro,°lt re ~ , I ce „ ad a letter from Dr. Teff eys president of the l atio- ' ne n of the Provincial; Me r d . ieei'l, and Surgical Hati ' ' requesting the use of the suite of rooms at . the °II Thtirsd • . e rSazi one aY, the 25th of July, for the dinner t ti oll both . Or the Provincial, Medical, and Surgical Th er ° Pay t ° be held on that day. The applicants e guest "Pense that might be incurred. 1,04. ass igiriapnxited. d stated of. VITRIOL. 4 dati k p ra iinlo th t . ed that at the last council attention kli a " r cis sl? l Pment of vitriol, and other goods tjelllu,iridillonentan,ettlittcr7tvieonn.aityln the West India Dock act bah' e shipment of such goods without notice :11,1ause nin h they of £2O. It was the same in bald Katherine's Dock acts. He suggested might have passing through the w i t Ould be introduced making it penal to ship tit Zi 4 ter its ( .7 givi Packages to the shipowner or master the . If the council approved to the which had been presented, it might be 1 4. p Join C onservancy Committee.—Agreed to. • ilk te lltst Lx TUE TELEGRAPH. egra,..l' R e sented the following memorial relative 5 tilt ' v" was very nume r ously and respectably It e clBhiPful the Mayor, .Aldermen,and Common t tti, 4 t ted h e;il e ci rsi °!th , e Corporation of Liverpool MO t he tr"eu merchants, shipowners, and others Itc of the ort, have for a number of years k titti lloi c au h ri tit , h i "It and valuable information from the tele ihead, catio n whi c h has existed between Liverpool an dof Lie been so ably managed under the superin the reetot ant Watson. Nq t ' k ett atige which has been made in this esta iklinalci,jeq it is ren d ered a private i nstea d o f a pub °e ,is found to be most unsatisfactory, and ' 4 14 hlifilliP)lrwenience to the community at large only b ia ,°etn atL qg its great object in the distribution of' nau tti Nth 'un• to,,,kid t gh la , toit r the 8h of your memorialists, being subscrib n4w fre„,n,evw arrangement are enabled to obtain in i,„,;(l.lle e legraph-offic'e respecting vessels wherein Ple t r ; ute re , la ,elY concerned ; yet there are numbers of li/I tre a l deb "` e d in shipping coming to the port who are ter a rred from all such information, as well as a 1 8 4 . h 6 1 4 ti " fi ed '4 ; e r of persons resident in the town more or rtie lk ,'th the shipping interest ,;tltoellittejtlists consider that all * works embracing the of N t e t : ,4" of such general utility as.the Telegraph, th;wk 441 i, b t cted under the control and superintendence ei r ,hvo t ett)", and they cannot conceive that the saving nitutl!and a ar ought to weigh agEnn , st ti o °tlr , with t ,, e t an establishment which is so pecului,ly er ' safety of both person and property. 4 :Nr fists therefore respectfully bring this subject ;fitheq:ilite;4le ideration, in the hope that it may lead to teitd ue 4fi t , t ( I t bY which the desired object can be attained, golyh e - ` a telygraphie communication between this [HerelY secured to the public. ' rBatio o follow the signatures.] ilbeti, other ensued upon the subject ; but as Alderman e tt ten tb m embers stated that a negociation was pend thNiNtoe • - "c'ek Committee and Mr. Watson on the w as r pg the Telegraph to its former state, which Odin: to terminate satisfactorily, as they etr„"Lerference from other sources might have a r N r " s l t ! th e et' the memorial was allowed to lie on the %old it)llstinct understanding that the subject of its ti t , l , l l !.ll, a „cotl e ,,,.?,Pen for discussion at a future period. d !k h, h 'ab ote HILL' S SYSTEM OF POSTAGE. *t v "Nen t had given notice of a motion, " That thF ()f ed to p ar li ament i n f avour o f Mr. Rowland I'll . 'kr 4 taf s tage," but in consequence of the lateness the absence of Mr. R., the subject was post klll,e Pat 4, Nhi e :ENSION OF THE MARKETS. j,4ld eate n et on the list of notices had reference to con ,ir" fo r tive r , -31. ° 11 8 of the markets. '.lt was that " orders Ptiblt e as tO the squares and parts of streets to . be 4 , 14 t0h,,id I narket places and for the sorts and species hlof t N, ? v isions only for which the same respectively vere p re ' l l order to the legal setting out with exten tkEtr,aiN B ent market places " nl tnitt 't ''CLEI tK moved - that it should he referred to the pr o to make the necessary orders.—Agreed to. ` 4 e 'tak I Posed that the removal of the Haymarket Ntt lei into consideration at the same time. uroke up at half-past three. ... 111111 . 11 MME11•11011Nam....- tli 11 E NEN"; WHIG DICTIONARY. b 4 D: d )); 0,4, Russell, Esq., F.R. S. , and A. S. S . . Pub '4l .4e)1111 Cupid, Lansdown, Dan, and Littlejohn, hi gitt eet, Loin and Merton-square, S' n ti Sly d„l °4 B work has evidently been taken in hand b by .. Ztilikoi;-`entined to overcome old prejudices and 1,71)nk e ll(1 - 1,.. s We are informed that the present Govern ]yeitilif" bestow pensions upon the authors, editors, e a t t th' rs ' We give a few extracts, by which te l i t . IN ill b eiri a tAri at P . °rk is decidedly- of a popular charac . 1 , ,,'-ik li -° „ 11 . --- -Robbi ng Peter to pay Paul. . hsePell and honest way to cheat your , friends. . 41 11, 3t t je ,, B from both, and with good resolution A ry ^V ne Whig, and get absolution.—Father Dan for * conscience instead of a thousand * 4,ltilitlitt,;;Always bullying never fighting.—Dan. f ,(4l si 'sr figr. Always lying when it suits . purpose, N f tle t. A '''ling that which you have promised. `itc k select a ointment for yourself and a dozen E ia l sre " Rtl-,ili:itim-n•--Sonnd argument. °4 l " el ' t s. - --Marks to aim at. Y t tait; T he full enjoyment of every bad passion with * ai-Me/bun Exacting servitude withoutp ai t ed Slaver • ) This is enjoyed to the greatest yp m Land of Liberty," America—the largest ~t l.xs e l l lai 'l ,g . ..._ e u t u l l u i tg r g y i ni g n the world.—Robbuk. men till they cannot stand.—Hobbus 1 1 ) ,, t 4 t ~,,"i t i on of man, wife, and children, when suffering ' 5 4 4 Ny . 4 ne of poverty.—Broom. \4 hf)t 1 - T e heating when you are not- . seen, lying when 14 J' I 'Sit ilea rd, and stealing when it suits your purpose. d l lie, 'kti ee l b " of all the Whig Authors. the' ' t tia . eing forced to pay . that which you owe.. . ''t s „„ t ke. 4 , l e• - -Th e act of placing all your own relatives in tabl ° Ffices, they being, as a matter of course, the I f i •-• I' 4 gailu had fifteen places, ''(;'`a't v ial them with the fifteen gra-ces.—Gray., 1, 1 41,1111 i - ' reedomfrom all taxes, rates, and rent, (except *.-Preedom for yourself, and despotism for \lkii;el..;" e struction to the throne, and downfall to the V ti i . ' rut h, whe n wr itt en or spoken against yourself. n e Wild justice of revenge.—Dan. li 44 eeeer you see cross-bones and skull,a . B 't t , 44 4 ap i . ) l arder the inmate."—Pope Daniel s . 0 4t4 ' .1-13Pliat Ioll•—Giving money for that which it was \I I 'll prepa re a con fi sca ti on , Nit, /Lilt give me the appropriation.—Duntion. P care ille violation of laws, both human and divine. l'h 110 more for a nation's moral, lan't all I do for Lady Flora's quarrels.—Melbu b n. hGia 9 e er f e deafening plaudits of a ragged rab le. t Z° ll l the mob would gain his fame, ,1 1 ,(1 4 , 9 0t ~,,,"1 0 1 and religion should loudly declaim.—Humo. " e who sells his vote at the highest price, ,f,:o r L . etg th an people's money ;but e largest amount of the (Ik eauutry's ood 11bi!c.p.--alkitt.guarangtee which you intend to break.—Humo. I, l4 h jiltt for the cant of public faith ?—Dan co. °Ni s , .9' bad thing for others, but good for yourself, 11 0 , 4 , s pills in large doses. ued i 3 subject I won't mention— . _ "1 " from a statesman's pension.— Lanesdown. t o I ZA thing never to be answered, and unparlia- P, lt eli rl / 4 la t ,tio h ,Person to dine with.—M:elbun. ." --r he upset of Protestantism, and the set-up of i Nt ANN -- ; L evelling every existing institution to make 114(1.'IS'sq4Iiie41;.Zbew experiments.—Littlejohn. e,krt e , d 'Accomplished, tender-minded, scrupulous, ,nerk ge ntlemen—Hoic.—Awkward animals to ma liteletirMlosed to you.—Melbun. rti•ttio-.1,A1l addition to your own pension, caused by iroin others' salaries.—Broom. cp„ 'llea of H. The meaning . of this word is unknown to the ai"clipaut . `"e work. They can merely define it—being h, intin commissioners at £2OOO per 't;tv , 74l l) - ' tort -ling p a p w o lv clerks at £lOO per annum. 1-44---A nY ma ' il who can talk loud and long with 4 14e, e 11 ,1 1 igh to indo all that wise men have done. 'e}phnted.-1--Any thing you will not do. Lig s _ , Justice Refused.—Melbun. rei,411(4,-4, bloody and brutal set of men.—Dan. i4 01ey, 1. , -- SPenillin g five farthings to save three.—Hump. Wfr - A- place to make money. [\\;, y o „e,n, You're on making money bent, t " u better go to Parliament.—Cupid. .the definitionof tile authors, but they were obliged to submit to t.] tt l itlb t "*.'""...-......_____„..........________ h lll 4 i t t i . r?,.? ,C OUNT 11 , s RAILWAY.—The following is the 4rif'le ' el 'orn of the quantity of earth-work executed, ok.;tltober of men, horses, and engines employed on a l4 arch to °l the IVlidland Counties Railway, from the 23d 41 1.'‘leob• t he 20th of April, 1839 :—Earth-work executed, 111 il en t , l ° Yards ; number of men, 5071; numberof horses, 4ttreZe.s three locomotive and one stationary ; being c t ‘qh.; la the number of men of 582, and in the quantity b r kt o f"' of 13 9,000 yards during the last month. One liN l4 t he line is finished. tt hi tt kil l 4 " . o CONTINENTAL SCENERY COMPARED.— qqlle t , of that I retract all former opinions on the alleged ,Nt; 4 gronglish scenery. In fact, having now journeyed O de t1 1 11 :11e, 1 7: 1 Part loften asked myself what of the island, 1 " adto• ( Pontry of equal extent may compete with it tl):kri eti 'ration of the traveller ? We have not, I admit, for 4 d ever- lowin- , tint of a southern sun—the only ti tt r e ll i w s iti ch 1 would again wish to travel ; but w . e have .. k h Pe 4 • and woodland scenery, which the South of , t hey 4. „ziere?ffers.; we have, moreover,. bold mountainous '''l 4 , e t o L 'en districts, recurring more frequently than :tri 'r i ti '-' Met with on the continent. France, the ugliest , 4 th a war e rho world in the eyes of every foreigner, will, 1 -ri tt e t ot ' claim itself super-eminently . beautiful. But, i ll ta v bilmttyl'Y are of claim Frenchman, a beautiful country and a rich t gli e „ of a otillnous terms :he has no conception . of the 41 4t r f• WV landscape that does not flow with milk and l'c't4 II of a'r"e his admiration for his drearily-expanding h:31§1, 1 try of _able land. With few exceptions, the picturesque , th e I France is restricted to the South of the Garonne It 'o tiaks le l „ to'setrLe_, in.clu.ding, also, Auvergne. Germany offers eq lo c i "t admiration of a Dr. Syntax ; for, excepting .. 114 11,7?Il eet 411.(Itted between the Tyrolean Alps and the Danube, t t lit Ldre,,,, that might not vie with the most inencte 11iniltrtue,7,..e and.uninteresting corn regions of France : while i 'le ~,dy „ P.,ladi of Bavaria, corresponding with that of hNl '44 lp l / 4 - gie OPposite side , of the Alps, has not even the l>'ie th e - Tad the straggling vines of the latter country to . t t l i ot retleePY traveller. - Having crossed the Alps, we 11 4. l at of ti , It t 9 prove the superiority of English scenery ~,t ‘ Llit it Lie Netherlands, Holland, Prussia, or even Po `l(i ''ida maY ask what are natural beauties of thefluviorum t,, Iv o ., . 47. 1 ., ? _ .. 0 ] 'ren t, w ere 48, those to whom the rivers of a . more gigan tN t. 1 1 re unknown roudl termed their mountain sweeps, it is true, through a r th. i t 41' 1 for a e .„ l : ° ' P y rich fertile ), . , li st s b... • thrtiense distance from its Alpine source ; but I t l ik litsh ni Y fr l a s in tl e a l t r , and would be most tame were ir not for ti e Ttr‘ _ e t _. .. 1 ork of the out Alps and Appenines, , 11 44 Y • th"'"omard-Venetian territory nothing can be more t th e ere, th e bed of the river is some twenty feet higher . 11 1. N th tir round* I) e tlgh - e to p tng country, while towering banks restrain t& t d e ,... Of the ridge of sand or gravel which it has t q l ; k4 l4 T h or e C o n o w nt i th , it, and which form its constantly rising 1. L stone II , on each side, is subdivided by immense •A L ...tad ..k; w i l.; , Pi e ' "t 1 tl , t,, e ach 1.. iro ten have been gathered from the surface of ti e lite et kiod ; b wn together in lines which serve to sepa st,z, ly cover ut so wide are these stone fences, that they e "Thioh, L t flore ground than is contained in the en `"eY surround.— The cosmopolite England. TO CORRESPONDENTS " Argus" is perfectly correct in his remarks, but we have no t space for his letter. " Theogos" complains of a subject which has frequently been brought before the public, and, we are sorry to add, with out effect. A similar result would, we fear, follow the pub lication of his letter, or it should appear. " A Friend to the Standard" has no just cause of alarm. It is easy to indulge in expressions of " disgust" and charge s of " gullibility," but we should attach an importance to them by making any reply. We must positively decline inserting the letter of Mr. Flude on the Carbonate of Barytes." The subject does not possess sufficient interest for the columns of a newspaper. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. MR. CHARLES KEAN is engaged at this Theatre for Ten Nights, being his FAREWELL VISIT TO LIVERPOOL, previous to his departure for the United States, and will make his fifth appearance this season T HIS present FRIDAY, May 3, 1839, when will be re peated Shakspeare's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet Mr. Charles Kean. The Ghost of Hamlet's Father.... Claudius.... Mr. Lynne, Of the Theatre-Royal, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, his first ap pearance here. . Mr. Chaplin. I Osrick.. Mr. W. 11. Bland. Laertes Mr. W. Howard. The Queen.... Miss Cleaver Ophelia Miss Faucit. To conclude with the popular Melo-Drama of the TALE OF MYSTERY. Count Romaldi.... 'rancisco Mr. Chaplin. I Michelli Mr. Vivash. Mrs. Baker. Incidental to the Piece, A PAS DE DEUX BY MR. AND MRS. J. RIDGWAY. The Box-office will be opened daily, when. Tickets may be ad, and Places taken, of Mr. PARKER, ' from Ten until Three. oratio Selina jP Zlimpool tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1339. In the Operative, a Chartist paper, which has been recently started, we find the following atrocious lan guage, in an article signed by Bronterre O'Brien, one of the members of the National Convention :—" There is no use in mincing matters. The landlords and ca pitalists of this country, including the profit-monger on the land, as well as the profit-monger of the fac tory, must either concede the rights of the people, or they must be exterminated. Twenty millions of peo ple were not made to be either slaves or playthings for these murderers. If the landlord opposes armed force to the rights of the people, the landlord must be put to death. If the capitalist opposes armed force to the rights of the people, the capitalist must be put to death. If the farmer, or any description of profit monger, opposes armed force to the rights of the peo ple, the farmer or profit-monger must be put to death. We deliberately charge these several classes with being wilful robbers, traitors, and murderers of the people. We charge them with being traitors, because they have usurped the sovereignty of this nation to the exclusion of Queen as well as people. We charge them with being wilful robbers and murderers, because nine tenths of their wealth is acquired solely by robbery, and because there is not a large town in Great Britain in which scores or hundreds of poor people are not every year starved to death in consequence of their robberies. The landlord produces nothing ; the capi talist produces nothing ; the farmer or profit-monger produces nothing. 'Whatever service is rendered by these classes to society (supposing them to render any) is far more than paid for by their annual expenditure, without allowing them one farthing to accumulate. There is not a common pickpocket in society—there is not a burglar, not a highwayman in the land, that does not get his bread more honestly than the majority of those monsters. What right have those assassins to make laws for me, more than I have for them ? What crime have I committed that my life and character should be at their disposal ? What just reason is there why my employment, or non-employment, should de pend upon their murderous speculations ? What right have they to hang or transport our fellow-creatures, for crimes not the one-thousandth part equal to their own ? For crimes, too, that would never have been commit ted but for the greater crimes of those horrible mon sters ? I defy the power of man to show any cause — to assign any reason—why those murderers should hold the government of the country in their hands. I could assign a thousand just reasons why they should have no share whatever in the government. I have only to point to the one hundredth part of their noto rious acts of felony and treason, to show that they have no right even to live in the land. I could adduce proofs strong as holy writ, to show, that, in stead of exclusive authority, they deserve to be driven with fire and sword out of every community on the earth." The real designs of the Chartist agitators are here plainly and unequivocally avowed. Those designs are of the most destructive character; and we very much fear, unless the government of this country is speedily devolved upon men of more firmness and ho nesty than the present imbecile ministry, that these murderous designs will be carried into execution. We have already to record an actual outbreak of Chartist violence. It appears from the Salopian Journal that these revolutionists have taken forcible possession of the town of Llanidloei. We trust that an example will be made in the punishment of these insurgents that nay deter others from setting the laws of the land at defiance. " There is no use in mincing matters"— the Chartist agitation must be immediately crushed, or the country will be deluged with blood. Our radical contemporaries hasie repeatedly desig nated the Ribbonite conspiracy as a phantom of the imagination. They have endeavoured to turn to ridi cule all the statements which have been published in the conservative journals of Ireland respecting the out rages committed by the members of this treasonable confederacy. They have, over and over again, echoed the boast of O'Connell that this secret society has long since ceased to exist. But what is the fact? We ven ture to assert that Ribbonism was never more prosper ous than it is at present. It has its ramifications over the whole extent of Ireland. Its members (we speak advisedly) have been selected by the executive as the fittest objects of promotion in the departments of the revenue and police. Acting upon the recommenda tions of O'Connell and his priestly associates, Lord Normanby has almost exclusively appointed these re bels to different posts in the constabulary force of Ire land. A discovery has just taken place which proves, beyond the possibility of a doubt, that these Popish traitors have been thus invested with the authority of officers under the government. The Carlow Sentinel announces that two Ribbonmen have been actually de tected in the police force in the town of Gowran. These men, whose names are Patrick Stafford and Daniel Doran, are among the recognised chieftains of the treasonable fraternity. It appears that Stafford, while on his way home from Gousbridge, accompanied by a Protestant policeman, and while under the influence of liquor, divulged the secret of his being a captain of _ _ Ribbonmen, and attempted to seduce his Protestant comrade from his allegiance, into the ranks of this Popish confederacy. On their arrival at the barracks, the villain, imagining that he had secured his intended victim, displayed certain papers containing the signs, passwords, and the oath of a Ribbonman, to his com- rade, whom he wished to name a day to have him sworn in. The Protestant policeman immediately con sulted his superiors—the papers were instantly secured, and intelligence of the discovery was forwarded to Dublin Castle. A private investigation followed, when the traitors acknowledged the truth of the charges pre ferred against them. The rebels were dismissed from the force, and strict injunctions were given to keep the matter a profound secret, lest it should reach the public press. These two traitors were appointed to the force at the recommendation of a Wicklow priest—another proof . of the good understanding which : subsists be tween the priests and the Ribbon conspirators. We have no doubt that the inquiry now in progress before the House of Lords will disclose many similar cases. The apprehension of such disclosures may well ac count for the extreme sensitiveness of the ministers. They may well dread an investigation which will prove them to have been in league with traitors. We have just been favoured with the " Report of George Stephenson, Esq., on the Comparative Merits of the Railway from Chester to Holyhead, and of that from Wolverhampton to Porthdynllaen." As the subject is one in which the holders of railway shares in Liverpool, and especially the Grand Junction proprietary, are largely interested, we offer no apology for indulging in a few remarks on Mr. Stephenson's pamphlet. Our readers may remember that, a short time since, a pub lic meeting was held at Shrewsbury, to take into con sideration the expediency of establishing a line of rail way from that town to Porthdynllaen, in Carnarvon shire. Resolutions were passed at that meeting ap proving of the scheme, and measures were immediately adopted for carrying it into execution. Subsequently, meetings have been held at Chester for the purpose of forming a line from that city to Holyhead, as the more eligible route for travelling to and from Ireland. The directors of the Chester and Crewe Railway have taken an especial interest in promoting this undertaking. Mr. Stephenson has been engaged by them to examine each of the routes, and to report thereon. In the pam phlet before us he has published the result of his ex amination. He proposes that the Holyhead line should commence at the junction of the Chester and Crewe Railway with the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, and passing under Northgate-street, cross the canal, at the south side of the dock and the River Dee. According to Mr. Stepenson's plan, it then runs nearly parallel to the river through Flint, Bagillt, Greenfield, by Mostyn Quay, and pursues its course 2 little inland round the flat land, avoiding Talacre Park to Rhyl, where it crosses the river Foryd ; from thence across the marshes, near Abergele, and nearly parallel to the turn pike road, leaving the Great and Little Ormesheads a little to the right, and taking the low grounds by Nant to Conway. It then crosses the river Conway, about 400 yards to the south of the bridge, and underneath the castle wall on the west side of the town ; then runs parallel to the turnpike road, which it crosses near the toll bar, and continues its course over Conway marsh, until it again reaches the coast near Penmaen Bach. At this place a tunnel will be required passing through the projecting rock of 500 yards in length. The line then takes the margin of the coast to Penmaen Mawr, continuing along the beach at this place for a short distance. It then leaves the coast, and passes below Aber, in a very direct line, to the corner of Mr. Pen nant's park wall, and under the turnpike road; and thence in a direct line to Bangor. About 490 yards of tunnel will be required before entering the city. It then proceeds in nearly a direct line to Menai Bridge. The route through Anglesea commences at the north side of the bridge, and continues on the east and west side of the turnpike road for about a mile, when it crosses under the road, and continues over the marshy ground between the monument and the Marquis of Anglesea's lodge, to .Plas Llangaffo, running down to Malldraeth. It then passes to the east of Aberffraw, above Llangyran to Llanfaelog. The line then crosses the Stanley Sands, and runs parallel to the turnpike road into Holyhead. The total length of the Chester and Holyhead line, as above described, will be 85 miles. Of this distance upwards of 40 miles will be perfectly level; while the gradients throughout in no case exceed one in 272 feet. n most instances they range from one in 400 to one In 1,000 feet. Mr. Stephenson next describes the Porthdynllaen line, which commences at the cliffs near that place, at 60 feet above high water, and passes by Pwllheli, Tremadoc, Harlech, Barmouth, Dolgelleu, and Drws y Nant, to Bala, passing on the south side of the lake, along the valley of the Dee, by Corwen, Llangollen, and Pont y Cy ssyllte; to Chirk, and thence to the Grand Junction Railway near Wolverhampton. The total length of railway to make, from Porthdynllaen to Wolverhampton, is 146 miles. Between the former place and Chirk the line is level for a distance of 14 miles only. For upwards of 10 miles of the distance, ;he rate of inclination will be one in 150 feet. After describing the nature of the works required on both lines, Mr. Stephenson next proceeds to draw a comparison of the principal features of the two routes. From Chester to Holyhead the .line passes through a generally flat country, free from any serious difficul ties of execution, and with curves and inclinations of a very favourable nature; while the works upon the line from Porthdynllaen by Bala are said to be of a nature that ought never to be attempted. In point of distance of railway to be made, the Ho lyhead line has the advantage of having 61 miles less than the other line. The distance from London to Porthdynllaen, by Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, &c., is 272 miles. The distance from London to Holyhead, by Rugby, Tamworth, Chester, and Bangor, is 262 miles; showing a saving by the Holyhead line of 10 miles. The line by Chester runs in the most direct route to the manufacturing districts of Lancashire, Leeds, Hull, York, Sheffield, and the Staffordshire Potteries ; all of which are left many miles to the north by the Shrewsbury line. Mr. Stephenson has omitted to mention the proba ble sources of traffic on the proposed lines. With the exception of the neighbourhood of Pont y Cyssylte, the Porthdynllaen line runs through a country almost entirely destitute of manufactures, mines, &c., of any description. The Holyhead line, on the contrary, passes through the rich mineral districts of Flintshire, Denbighshire, and Carnarvonshire; and has the fur ther advantage of being connected at its terminus with the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, as well as the proposed Extension Railway to Rhuabon. The thriving town of Holy Well is also on the line, the ma nufactured produce of which would alone form a con siderable item in the profits of this line. Altogether we have no doubt that the Chester and Holyhead line will be preferred, on account of its decided superiority to the other. We think Liverpool will be rather benefited than injured by the adoption of this line, which will render the mineral produce of North Wales more available than at present. This evening, in all probability, the fate of the Mel bourne administration will be decided. If any reliance is to be placed upon the declarations of the ultra-radi cals, it is certain that Sir Robert Peel will have a ma jority in favor of his amendment on the question of the suspension of the constitution of Jamaica. We sincerely rejoice at the prospect of foiling this nefarious attempt of the whigs to annihilate the liberties of that important colony. These blustering advocates of the principle of "self-government" will not be permitted, we trust, on this occasion at least, to carry out their tyrannical scheme. We have often demanded " justice for Ja maica :" we hope that the appeal has not been made in vain. The whigs have thought proper to close their career of official arrogance by the dismissal of the Duke of Newcastle from the lord-lieutenancy of Nottingham shire. Whatever may have been their motives for this arbitrary and vindictive proceeding, we have no doubt that the noble duke will be able to vindicate his charac ter to the utter confusion of his upstart enemies. His reappointment to this post of trust and honour, must be one of the first measures of a conservative adminis tration. Another glorious conservative victory has been achieved in Scotland. Though we are not yet in pos session of the final state of the poll, there can be no doubt whatever that Lord Kelburne has been returned for Ayrshire. At the close of the first day's poll he was 446 ahead of his opponent. The following was the gross state of the poll on Monday evening : Lord Kelburne (Cons.) 1560 Mr. James Campbell (Whig) 1114 Mr. Hugh Craig (Rad.) Majority for Kelburne over Campbell.. 446 Campbell over Craig, .... 1082 The first day's poll in the contest in 1837 between Lord Kelburne and Sir John Dunlop, stood as follows : Sir J. Dunlop (Whig) 1378 Lord Kelburne (Cons.) . Majority 143 Is there no evidence of reaction in Ayrshire ? The way in which election committees are ballotted for in the House of Commons is to us a complete mystery. That some trickery is practised in the matter we feel the greatest confidence. One half of the mem bers of that house, within a very small fraction, are conservatives ; and we observe, by the lists of divi sions, that their attendance is nearly as punctual and regular as that of the liberals. In spite, however, of this, and in utter defiance of the doctrine of chances, we find that the radicals have a majority on at least four out of five of the election committees. This sin gular preponderance in favour of liberalism was never more conspicuously displayed than in the ballot for the Carlow election committee, which took place on Tuesday last. Thirty-eight whig-radicals were called on this occasion, and only seventeen conservatives ! But, what is a still more astonishing fact, in connec tion with this ballot, the names of Sir Wm. Follett, Mr. Maclean, Sir George Rose, Mr. Law, and Sir E. Sugden, were included among the seventeen coriser vatives, no one of whom (owing to illness and profes sional avocations) could possibly have attended. We must say that this extraordinary result is fraught with suspicion. Two conservatives only are left upon the committee. Mr. Bruen has very slender chances of obtaining justice from a tribunal thus constituted. On reperusing Mr. Sleigh's pamphlet, entitled "A Visit to the Corporation Schools," we frankly confess that we can scarcely discover a paragraph in it which is deserving of a serious reply. As we before stated, he has left the " school question" exactly where he found it. So far from contributing in the remotest degree to " set it at rest for ever," he has indirectly furnished us with a distinct corroboration of the asser tions made by the clergy of the town in reference to the exclusion of the Bible. Mr. Sleigh may not be aware that, by a formal re solution of the Town Council, it was agreed that the " Irish System of Education" should be introduced into the Corporation Schools. N ow, it is well known that according to that system the Bible is not intro duced during school hours. On the contrary, it is expressly provided that an hour shall be devoted, after the regular business of the school is over, to the religious instruction of the pupils; and even then it is not im perative on the master or any one else to produce the Bible. Indeed, no provision whatever is made for enforcing the attendance of the children during the hour so set apart for religious instruction. We say, therefore, that the Irish system does practically ex clude the Bible durirtg school hours.. The resolution authorising the Education Committee to introduce this system is to this day unrescinded. Mr. Sleigh's " Visit to the Schools," therefore, is no answer to the " decla rations" made by the opponents of the Irish system. His statement respecting the presence of " the Bible— the actual Bible" in the schools may be perfectly correct, and yet not invalidate in the least the statements against which he declaims. If the Bible be in use in these schools, as a school book, let Mr. Sleigh inform us on what authority it is so used. Let him inform us when the Irish system was set aside, and under what sanction. Let him remember that the dispute lies between the clergy and the corporation. Until the latter repeal the obnoxious resolution, Mr. Sleigh's assertions, however multiplied, can have no other effect than that of making him ridiculous in the eyes of the public. As to the alleged proficiency of the pupils of these schools in biblical knowledge, the very subjects touched upon in Mr. Sleigh's examinations prove that that knowledge may have all been obtained through the medium of the "Extracts." The subjects are all his torical. The vital doctrinal truths of the Bible are not alluded to. The exclusion of these is the essential vice of the system. In conclusion we would just remark that Mr. Sleigh should have informed himself with respect to the real merits of the dispute, before he ventured to publish his abusive tirade against the clergy of Liverpool. THEATRE-ROYAL. Since our last notice of what actually took place at this establishment during the successful engagement of the de serving Van Amburgh, Mr. C. Kean has appeared in four of his select characters : as Hamlet, Rolla, and Othello, and last night as Sir Giles Overreach, in Philip Massinger's " New Way to Pay Old Debts." The houses, alias the receipts, have been unusually shy. Of Mr. Charles Kean's merits as a Shaksperian tragedian it is superfluous to speak. Like every actor and every human being, he has his peculiarities of voice, manner, and style in other words, he has what is colloquially termed " his ways." So had his wilful and unreflecting father. And so had the diminutive Garrick ; so had the asthmatic Kemble— a man who owed his success much more to his real genius for worldly prudence, and a caution exceeding that of a na tional Scot, than to his intrinsic powers as an actor, but which are not here questioned, except relatively. So too had Kemble's only successful pupil, Young—his pupil in wheedling off the stage, as while wearing the high-heeled shoe of Melpomene on it. So likewise, in his way, has the greatest living artist, take him all in all, that the acting drama ever has enjoyed, as a classic illustrator—William Charles Macready. Our remarks at present being intentionally general, we pass from any further notice of Mr. Charles Kean's Sir Giles than saying that it is confessedly, by his enemies as well as admirers, the best on the stage. It is a disagreeable part in an obsolete play—a play with the peculiar feeling of which mixed audiences of the day cannot force themselves into sympathy. The same applies to the Germanisms and super seded claptraps in the play of " Pizarro," for the Rolla of which Mr. Kean is physically deficient in _freight. Had he been the Pizarro, and Mr. Gray or some other " heavy man" the _Rolla, the parts had been more naturally cast, though we cannot say that they had been better acted. But of Mr. Kean's other impersonations during this week, we are constrained to be more particular. Altogether his Othello and Hamlet of Wednesday and Monday were de lineated with ability ; some scenes .tti the style of a master.: but there were other scenes, nay acts, which were as re markably provocative of censure. In Hamlet, for instance, particularly in the early dialogue of the play, Mr. Kean's pauses were not merely singular ; they were offensive to all who were conversant with the text, and the cues cues to his part. We question the object of these pauses. What is gained by them ? Mr. Kean may fancy that they prepare the way for eccentric emphases or intonations, or by serving to pique attention they thereby aid him in making himself the observed of all observers ? Be the design what it may, and apart wholly from the text of Shakspeare being generally known, we are of opinion that to attempt such novelties" or pauses of humour, betrays want of judgment in untried genius itself ; and if so, how much more are not they to tie avoided by one of upwards of twelve years' labour, and with an audience too like that of Liverpool, which from the mixed nature of its resident constituents, and which, especially during summer from its influx of visiters, more closely resembles a London one in its jury-like feelings and judgment than any other in the provinces ! Forced pauses the length of a seaman's sleep, with night mare startings when in the humour to awake to a conscious ness of his situation and the current of the dialogue, were the characteristics of Mr. Kean's opening scenes both in Othello and Hamlet. These drawbacks as clouds of humour, are remediable. Were they inherent defects of articulation, or mannerisms confirmed by habit, they had not been ad verted to. Being otherwise, however, we say reform them altogether. From what cause we cannot divine, (for playing in the provinces is not sufficient to account for it) Mr. Kean's pronounciation of several words is a departure from orthodox usuage without the exculpatory plea of the slightest necessity on the score of rhythmus or measure of blank-verse; or of any improvement in the prevailing standard of either accent or orthoepy. To justify these exceptions be it remembered that the stage is justly regarded as one of the great schools and standards of the English language as it is or ought to be spoken : now neither Mr. Kean nor his admirers—among whose ranks we claim to be included—can justify his wilful provincialisms in his pronouncing passeth after the fashion of the shopmen on the Surrey side of the Thames, and the diphthong i (for it is not a pure vowel) in the words icicle, fine time, &c., like the natives of the north of Ireland. Unless Mr. Kean departs from his use and wont in this respect, in his readings of Hamlet this evening, we ask of any one who does not pre tend, through ignorance or the affectation of indifference, to be above such hypercritical minutia: ; we ask those who have ears to hear, to listen, if in his very opening scene with his mother in The Court of Denmark, he does not say— " I have that within which paw-seth show !" Mr. Kean dwells perceptibly to the dullest ear on the first syllable of this word with the stress improperly on the vowel a, which he converts into an open one ; whereas, as every schoolboy and observer of the usages of educated mid." soft society" knows, or by listening can at once satisfy himself, the vowel instead of being an open is a shut one—shut in by the consonant s, one or both of which should legaliy go with the first syllable instead of being divorced from it. As to the diphthong i, in such words as have been instanced, is it not provincial and exceptionable taste to read them teim for time, fein for fine, and so on? To revert to his hesitating pauses, these have been occasionally alternated with an oppo site extreme ; namely, a volubility of utterance, the progres sion of which rivalled that of a light train of the first class descending the inclined plane from Manchester. These strictures are not to be misunderstood ; they are offered in the spirit of a faithful observer, or say rather a listener. As impressions they are either right or they are wrong ; and as the remarks of a writer for the public in re spect of an actor to the public, it is for the public to decide whether they are just or not. Though pressed for room, we must add that the admirers of Mr. Kean or those who have yet to see him will find him in excellent voice, indeed on none of his previous visits do we recollect it being hall; so good. His health, too, is what his personal friends could wish it,;to be. He is therefore in every respect physically qualified to give the fullest effect to , his existing conception of his favourite characters. On Friday, we shall advert to Van Amburgh's brilliant success at Manchester ; and notice two accessions to the stock company, in the persons of Mr. Vivash and Mr. Lynne. PACKET SHIP CAMBRIDGE.—Perhaps there never was a ship built that has been so successful as the Cambridge. She is now a little over one year old, and has performed five voy ages to Liverpool. Her accommodations, arrangements, and convenience for comfort cannot be surpassed. Her cabin is splendid, and can accommodate with the extra berths, nearly fifty passengers. The dining table is forty feet long, and, consequently, each passenger can have two feet. There is a cabin on deck, where the passengers can assemble when the weather is too boisterous without. In the place of the jolly boat, to keep fowls and cattle in, there is a house built up with compartments for the cow, the pigs, and the fowls, and which closes tight, so that in the event of a hurricane, they are per fectly safe ; and then attached, is a large ice -house, in which fresh beef, and in fact provisions of all descriptions are kept nice, cool, and fresh, during the entire voyage. We have been told, by passengers, that they have entered the pOrt of Liverpool dining on fresh beef and fowl. When the weather is pleasant, the passengers have a clean flush deck, fore and aft, where they can dance, promenade, and the like. The Roscius is different : she was built with a poop deck, which are rapidly getting into fashion, and are much liked. We think that all ships should be constructed like the Roscius. Another and very important improvement in the Cambridge, is the different entrances to the cabins. The ladies have theirs —the gentlemen theirs—and the steward's is distinct from all, which, heretofore, have been compected, and much to the vexation cf the ladies. The fou voyages of the Cambridge have netted the owners 30,000 dollars, and the passage money of the present trip is 6000 dollars. It is now doubtful whether the Liverpool packet owners will ever reduce the fare. They say that it will be impossible to furnish the ship in the same splendid manner as is now done, and unlyss they do, passeng ers will be continually complaining. As the reduction makes but little difference to the passenger, but is of vast importance to the pioprietor in the long run, we do not believe they will make the reduction—certainly not at present. The Cambridge is full freighted, and we noticed the other day, a large box, which contains a splendid bust of Daniel Webster, sent to Mr. Gair of Liverpool, by Jonathan Goodhue, Esq., of this city.—New York Morning Herald. REV. SIDNEY SMITH'S LAST.—On this witty clergyman's observing Lord Brougham's one-horse carriage, he remarked to a friend—alluding to the B surmounted by a coronet on the panel—" There goes a carriage with a B outside, and a wasp within." CORONER'S INQUEST. On Wednesday morning, an inquest was held on the body of a man named James M`Greavy, of No. 47, Back Portland street, before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, and the following jury :—Peter Rawson, Nicholas Doran, William Redman, John Bradshaw, Thomas Hewit, John Jones, Joseph Raw son, David Crompton, Edward Dewhurst, William AP Ghee, James Clegg, and Thomas Rylands. The deceased, it was supposed, had attempted to commit suicide by drowning himself, but, as the evidence shows, his death was occasioned by exposure to cold, the effect of im mersion in the water. The first witness examined was James Smith, who, being sworn, deposed :—I am a black smith by trade, and live near Bond-street School. Last Sa turday, about eleven o'clock, I was on the North Shore, and saw the deceased in the water. His clothes were lying on the wall, near the water-side. About two minutes after I first saw him, I observed him going down, and I instantly rushed into the water, and rescued him. On bringing him ashore, I turned him on his side, and water came out of his mouth. The water was not more than two feet deep where he sunk, and the mud was knee-deep. I can't say whether he had been swimming. About 20 minutes before this, I saw him walking along the wall. He could not tell how long he was in the water. I helped to take him to Mr. Bullen's public-house, and after that to his own house in Back Port land-street. He did not tell me his name. Mr. George Sullen.—l keep the Mile End public-house, on the North Shore. It is very often used as a receiving house. The deceased was brought to my house last Saturday morning. When I first saw him he was sitting in a chair, quite close to the fire ; he was shivering, and moaning very much. I said to him, in a joking way, " What ! have you been drowning yourself ?" but he did not make any answer. I desired my wife to bring him a little drop of rum, as he was foundering ; he drank a part of it ; he did not speak, but turned up his eyes. I sent for the police-officers, and he was taken from my house to the receiving-house in Re gent-street. _ - Thomas Denham,—l am a labourer. I live in Cumber land-street. I saw the deceased on last Saturday morning. A gentleman on horseback told me a man was drowning—l went to the place and saw the first witness go into the water ; I followed him and helped to bring the deceased ashore. After washing him and putting his clothes on, we took him to Mr. Bullen's, and from there to his own house in Back Portland street. He said his name was James M`Greavy. Mary M`Greavy,—l am widow of the deceased James M`Greavy. He was a labourer. He left home on Saturday between ten and eleven o'clock in the morning. He was 66 years of age. He was not in the habit of bathing, I never knew him to bathe before this time. About three or four o'clock the same afternoon a man came and told me that my husband was bathing, and had got rather far into the water. He was then at Mr. Tindall's in Regent-street. I saw him there—and asked him what happened, he said he went into the water to bathe his feet, and if it had not been for some good christians who went in and saved him, I never would have seen him, but, he added, I think I'm done. He was brought home that night. A surgeon from the dispensary saw him ; but the deceased got no better. He died on Mon day morning. All the words he spoke during the night before his death was, that he was terribly crushed at his heart, and could not recover. The CORONER said, that as there was no evidence given to shew how the deceased came by his death, it would be neces sary to adjourn the inquest until a post mortem examination of the body was made. The jury assented, and the examination having taken place, they reassembled yesterday morning. John Grant,—l am a surgeon ; I was called to the deceased on Saturday evening, and found him recovering from ex haustion, brought on by exposure to cold, and did not then consider him in danger. I was informed that he had been immersed in the water. I have made a post mortem exa mination of the body, and am of opinion that the deceased died of congestion of the lungs, brought on in all probability by immersion in water or exposure to cold. The Jury returned a verdict to that effect. SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, a woman named Mrs. Brown, residing at No. 11, Clark-street, Toxteth Park, put an end to her existence by hanging herself in the cellar of the house.—The inqueston the body will take place to-day. SUICIDE IN LIVERPOOL. On Tuesday morning an inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq. coroner, touching the death of a man named Thomas Shore, who was said to have committed suicide. The first witness called was _ _ _ Marianne Cole, who deposed.—l am the wife of Joseph Cole, who is at sea. The deceased, whose name was Thos. Shore, and who got his living by selling birds, lived in a cellar in Dale-street. For some months past I have lived with him. He was a great friend of mine, and he allowed me to live with him and to have my meat, for attending to his cellar and birds when he was out. The cellar was a dou ble one. Between one and two o'clock on Monday last, I was in the front cellar, and the deceased was in the back one, when I heard a noise as if he was sick, and 1 ran directly to him. The cellar was dark, and on putting my hand against the wall, I felt that it was wet. On coming to the light, I saw it was blood that was on my hand. I went up stairs to Mrs. Spencer, who resides over head, and told her I was afraid that the deceased had cut his throat. She went down with a candle, and I followed immediately after. There was then a man in the cellar, who said that Shore had cut his throat. A doctor was called to the deceased, but he only lived about three quarters of an hour. For the last fort night, Shore used to say. that he had something heavy on his mind through his family. He was a married man, but had been separated from his wife for many years. The night before last, the deceased was rambling all night. I had not any words with him. He got up on Monday morning early, and went out. When he came back he ate his breakfast heartily. He was tipsy then, and he turned his eyes badly. After he had eaten his breakfast he went out for a bit, and then he returned and went into the back cellar. Martha Spencer examined.—l live in Dale-street. The deceased lived in the cellar under our house. About ten minutes past two on Sunday afternoon the last witness came into our house and said, " For God's sake, Mrs. Spencer, Come in, for Shore has cut his throat." I went down imme diately, and she followed at my heels. I went into the back cellar, and found the deceased sitting up in bed, and holding out his right hand. I went to light the candle which I took with me, and on my return he had fallen on his left side. I saw a razor lying on his body. I went for a surgeon. I saw deceased on Monday morning. He then seemed collected, but low in spirits. He had lived in the cellar about four years, and during that time I never saw anything that led me to think him out of his mind. _ _ .... James Cook.—On being informed that Shore had cut his throat, I went into the cellar, and found both the last wit nesses there. I saw the razor lying on the deceased. There was a wound in his throat, and the bed was covered with blood. Mr. Ainsworth, the constable, and the assistant of Mr. Cripps, surgeon, came in when I was there, and the wound was tied up. I remained until the deceased died. He only lived about twenty minutes after my entering the cellar. Thomas Ainsworth, constable, gave evidence similar to that of the preceding witness. He also stated that when the wound was sewn up the deceased tried to tear it open again. Mr. F. J. Lilly, assistant to Mr. Cripps, surgeon, found the throat of the deceased cut from side to side ; the carotid artery and the jugular vein divided, and the windpipe also se verely cut. Nothing could have been done to save his life. Mr. William Wright, surgeon,--I had known the deceased for a couple of years, and had occasionally attended him pro fessionally during that time. I saw him last week, and he complained of the hardness of the times. He has often told me that he had nothing to live for ; that his children had married and deserted him. He had scarcely the means of living, and during the last winter I had to supply him with both food and clothing. John Jones, surgeon.—l was the first person called in to see the deceased. His throat was cut nearly from ear to ear. He had cut through the windpipe and oesophagus. Those in juries were the cause of death. _ _ The verdict of the jury was, that the deceased destroyed himself during a fit of temporary insanity. THE NEW YORK PACKET-SHIP WESTCHESTER, This fine vessel, which, it will be remembered, on her recent voyage from New York to this port, narrowly escaped de struction by unexpectedly coming in contact with an iceberg, so far south as lat. 43., has had her bow above water, where alone she was damaged, thoroughly repaired with " heart of oak," and is now in the Prince's Dock getting her upper works renewed and shipping a new bowsprit, so that in a few days she will again be " fit for sea." To make security double sure, although no appearance of injury appeared below, her copper (which would have lasted two or three years longer,) was entirely stripped off while she was in the graving dock, and her bottom thoroughly examined. She was found to be as perfect as when she was launched, and was accordingly re-coppered without delay. The Westchester is a vessel of 700 tons burden, and is built of the choicest live oak, locust, and other woods of the most approved description for ship-building. She is put together with a strength and fidelity of workmanship not surpassed by any of the Now Yorkers, which is saying much, no expense having been spared to render her a crack vessel. She has two flush decks ; the length of each of them is about 143 feet— her extreme length over all being 150 feet. The space be tween decks is fitted up fore an aft for steerage passengers ; the berths, thirty-three on each side, or sixty-six in all, are unusually roomy and convenient. The height between decks is 7 feet 5 inches, and the whole, lighted from the hatchways as well as by four windows in the stern, forms a cheerful " apartment," upwards of 140 feet in length and about 34 in breadth. The cabin is what is called a " deck cabin," a house built upon deck with a walk all around it. The roof of this erec tion projects in front so as to form a sheltered walk across the ship in wet or dry weather. The front is decorated with nine doric fluted columns in imitation of varied marble. The entrance is by a large folding door in the middle. The interior consists of one beautiful apartment, of seven feet six inches in height, impanelled and ornamented by the choicest cabinet woods of the United States and of South America, after the exquisite manner and taste of the cabin of the Roscius, which has justly excited so much admiration. Both were, indeed, executed by the same individual, to whom the workmanship is exceedingly creditable. The walls consist of a succession of pannelled doors, each alternately opening into a berth ; and these are divided by handsome pilasters thrown out in alto,—the whole veneered in varie gated wood of pleasingly contrasting colour, and highly French polished. The light coloured wood, forming the middle of the panels, and the pilasters, are satin wood and root of American ash, which appears even more rich and marble like than the other. The oval venetian blinds in the upper panels, are also of satin wood. The styles or frames of the doors are of bird's eye maple of unusually rich quality. The dark coloured wood, forming the indented mouldings, and the bucking and edging of the pilasters, and also a hand some cornice surmounting the whole, consist of Caraccas wood, rose wood, and fine mahogany. The lonic capitals of the pilasters are gilded, as are the bendings of the cornice, and the whole well lighted from the roof has a splendid ap pearance. The table and other furniture are appropriate. The state-rooms are similar to those in the best of the liners, and are fitted up with every requisite for cleanliness and comfort. Each of them has a side window to the deck, which renders them exceedingly cheerful. Adjoining is the butler's pantry, which, as brother Jonathan would say, pas sengers, we guess, will find to be pretty considerably well stocked. In fine, the Westchester is decidedly one of the finest vessels on the station, and we should do injustice to her commander did we not add, that those who embark with him will find that he is not only an experienced and skilful seaman, but a well-informed, polite, and agreeable companion. As a proof of the liberality of his sentiments towards this country, he jocularly remarks, that as his ship has just got a new bow of English oak, he can scarcely do less in future, while he shows his country's colours abaft, than hoist the British flag at the fore. The Westchester will sail for New York on or about the 13th instant, How TO GET UP A BANK.—The bank commissioners ap pointed by the legislature of Michigan, in their late report tell a curious story of the manner in which the Bank of Oak land was established. It appears that one W. S. Stevens, the principal owner of the concern, borrowed 5000 dollars in specie of a neighbouring bank, and sent in to the Oakland institution, to be duly credited by the cashier as capital stock paid in. He then immediately drew it out on his own ac count, and afterwards sent a hired man with it to be credited a second time as paid capital. This manoeuvre he again re peated, thus enabling the cashier to swear that 15,000 dollars in specie had been paid in, and consequently to set the bank in operation. This accomplished, the 5000 dollars were re turned to their original owner.—American Sun. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, TUESDAY. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE. A young gentleman, named John Anvil, appeared to prefer a complaint against two ruffianly-looking fellows, named Peter Naylor and John Lane. Mr. Anvil stated, that he was passing along Marybone, on Monday night, when he was suddenly set upon by the two prisoners, and some other young men. They knocked his hat over his eyes, knocked him down, and kicked him with great violence. He contrived to getup, and run a few steps away. They again knocked him down, and were proceeding further to ill-treat him, when Inspector Cochrane and Police-officer 154 came up. Cochrane said, the whole gang were notorious thieves. The two prisoners were particularly well known as depraved cha racters and depredators. Mr. Parkinson said, the prisoners had been frequently in custody. Mr. Hall ordered them to pay a fine of £3 and costs each, or be committed to the House of Correction for six weeks. They were, further, to find bail to keep the peace. Individuals who are in the habit of being out at late hours, especially in the suburbs, should be on their guard, as rob beries, with violence, have been rather frequent of late. It is evident, that a large gang of thieves have determined upon trying the success of the highway robbery system for a short time. The first aim of the ruffians, in all cases of which we have heard, has been to blind the eyes. Their task, after this, is comparatively easy. ASSAULT ON A FEMALE. Peter Aspinall, a rustic of large dimensions was placed at the bar charged with having violently assaulted a poor woman who obtains her livelihood by hawking stuff about the streets. The name of the complainant was Mary Ann Cowley, she stated that she was calling her stuff in front of Mersey-street, when the prisoner came up to her and knocked her down, and tore her bonnet and all her clothes of her back, besides destroying a shilling's-worth of radishes. A publican of Mersey-street stepped forward. He said he could put another face upon the matter. The prisoner and a party were celebrating a wedding at his house. They were near the door, when the complainant asked them to buy some radishes. They laughed at her, being country people them selv es, radishes were no treat to them. She called one of the women a bad name, upon which the prisoner struck her. Mr. Hall did not think the last witness had offered any justification whatever. _ _ -- Police-officer No. 168 said he saw the assault, and it was most brutal and violent. The prisoner was drunk, and he tore the clothes off the poor woman's back. He at once took the prisoner into custody. Mr. Hall said he would allow the prisoner and the poor woman to talk with each other, and, if he could settle it to her satisfaction, he would see what might be done. On the return of the prisoner into court, the complainant did not offer any further evidence, and the prisoner was discharged. INFORMATION FOR MASTERS OF COASTING VESSELS. Captain Barrell, commander of the brig William Hill, was summoned to show cause why he refused to pay the sum of £3 2s. 6d., claimed by one of the seamen who had sailed with him. _ _ . Mr. Davenport appeared for the defendant. On being asked for his articles, the captain said that, being in the coasting trade, he had not deemed it necessary to have arti cles. Mr. Hall.—What is your tonnage ? Captain.—One hundred and fourteen tons. Mr. Hall.—You are bound to have articles if your burden be more than 80 tons. You are liable to a penalty for every man you have taken to sea without articles. The complainant was questioned as to the time when he sailed, and all the other particulars necessary to make out his claim. To these questions he was unable to make any answer. Mr. Hall said he would not allow any difficulty to the man through the cajitain's neglect. If any difficulties arose, he would fine the captain in every case. The captain might have omitted to provide articles on purpose that those diffi culties might ensue. As it was found impossible to arrive at the true state of the case, Mr. Hall adjourned it until the following day at one o'clock, that the captain might have an opportunity in the interim of communicating with the seaman; a pretty significant hint that the captain had better settle the amount, and not put himself in a position to have the penalty exacted. The penalty is £5 for every man shipped without articles. NUISANCE Mr. Superintendent Tyrrell and Inspector Fresh appeared to substantiate an information which they had laid against Paul Prenton. for a nuisance which he had created by the deposition of night-soil on an uninclosed piece of ground contiguous to Vauxhall-road, upon the Canal-bank, and within the borough. Mr. Tyrrell said, in consequence of numerous complaints which he had heard of the nuisance created by the deposition of night-soil and other highly-offensive matter, on a piece of uninclosed ground, occupied by Mr. Prenton, he had caused informations to be laid against him. Mr. Prenton had continued to deposit the offensive matter, though he had been cautioned. On Wednesday, the 17th April, he (Mr. Tyrrell) had seen him laying down a quantity of night-soil on the land in question. Mr. Harding, who stated that he resided, and carried on business in the vicinity of the piece of land in question, proved that Mr. Prenton had been in the habit of depositing most offensive matter there in the day-time. Mr. Middlehurst stated that he also lived near the land in question. He stated that the smell was most nauseous, and that he had been compelled to remove his wife from the vici nity, as Dr. O'Donnell told him that the smell affected her health. He could bear it, but it was with great difficulty. Mr. Prenton gave similar testimony. A gentleman, who stated that he was in the habit of pass ing the spot every day, described the effluvia from the several deposits as very bad. This gentleman said the loads of waste which were shot on the ground were worse than the night-soil. Mr. Middlehurst stated, that the defendant had put them all at defiance, declaring that he had the authority of the Earl of Derby and Mr. Statter, for what he did. The con duct of the defendant, according to the testimony of the witnesses, had been most overbearing, he having, on one occasion, attempted to block up the sewer. Mr. Hall recommended the witnesses to ascertain whether the defendant really had the permission of the Earl of Derby for what he had done. If so he was sure his lordship would put a stop to the nuisance on a proper representation. The complaint was dismissed. CIGAR SMOKING. A gentleman named Say, appeared before Mr. Hall, on Tuesday, to answer an information laid against him by one of the officers of police, for smojcing a cigar on the quay of the King's Dock, near to a quantity of casks, which, he stated, contained materials of a combustible nature. This act was a violation of one of the by-laws of the corporation, and subjected the person convicted of it to a penalty of 10s. and costs. The`officer proved the commission of the offence by Mr. Say—the casks near which he was smoking, contained brandy and tallow. Mr. Say admitted the charge , but de nied that he was within the boundary between the docks and the street—and that any danger was to be apprehended from his smoking a cigar in the centre of the casks, even if they were of the combustible nature stated,—which, if the case was postponed, he would be able to show was not the fact. Mr. Hall would not consent to have the time of gie court so wasted—gentlemen should come prepared with whatever de fence they have to make, and not expect time to frame it, to meet the evidence that may be brought against them. He then ordered the by-law upon which the information was founded to be produced. Mr. Quick, the clerk of the Town clerk, was then called—he stated, that at a quarterly meet ing of the Town Council, held on the 9th of November, 1837, the Finance Committee, consisting of fifteen members, was appointed, and empowered to make by-laws. He proved that the committee, of which Mr. W. Currie, was the chair man, passed the by-law in question, and that it was published in one of the Liverpool journals. It enacts—that if any person shall smoke any tobacco, or other thing in any ware house or building in the borough of Liverpool, used for the deposit or custody of goods, wares and merchandize, or in any room or department connected therewith, or at or near the entrance or entrances thereto, or upon any of the dock quays, or on board any vessel, he shall be liable for the first offence, to the penalty of 10s., fo'r the second offence 205., and for every subsequent offence' 40s. and costs. Mr. Hall said, that it was not requisite to show that Mr. Say was within the limits of the docks—if it was proved he was near the goods, it was sufficient to warrant the information. He therefore fined that gentleman in the sum of ten shillings and costs. EMBEZZLEMENT. Two young men, named Dunn and Tupper, apprentices to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, were brought before Mr. Hall, on Tuesday last, charged with having embezzled various sums of money, amounting, as far as had been ascertained, to upwards of £l4, which they received for and on behalf of the Company, but for which they had not regularly accounted. The sister of Tupper, it was stated by the clerk of the establishment, tendered to him the sum which her brother had been accused of embez zling, but he declined to receive it, as it was considered necessary to punish such delinquencies. A witness was then called, who proved the payment of 14s 9d to Tupper for the freight of five bales of goods from Manchester to Liverpool, and for which he produced Tupper's receipt, which was dated the 19th March. Mr. Kidd, a clerk of the Company, to whom it was usual for Tupper and the other clerks to account every night, for all monies received during the day, referred to his book, and stated that no such item as that in question was contained in the pri'soner's return of receipts, either for that or any subsequent day. He ac counted for and paid in £2 6s 3d on that day, but this sum did not embrace that for which the receipt was given by the prisoner. Mr. Hall said that this evidence was not sufficient to warrant him in committing the prisoner on the charge of embezzlement. Properly speaking, there was no subsequent accounting proved—there was no conversation between the parties on the subject, nor was there any elopement after the transaction. At the request of an officer of the company, the prisoners were remanded till the following day, to enable him, as he was confident he would be able, to procure sufficient testi mony to bring home the charge against both of them. The complainants did not then appear to prosecute, and the pri soners were discharged. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AT THE GRAND JUNCTION HOTEL.—Lord Caledon, Col. Macgregor, Col. Greaves, Capt. Conroy, Capt. Alexander, Capt. Jackson (97th Regt.), Capt. Stoke (97th Regt.), Madame Creames and family, Arthur Forbes, Esq., John Hull, Esq., H. Barry, Esq., Mrs. and Miss Forbes, Rev. Mr. Stubbs, Rev. Mr. Martin, Lieut. Brabazon, W. E. Hutchinson, Esq., J. Hope, Esq., Mrs. and Miss Hope, H. E. Jones, Esq., J. Doyle, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Grainger, W. Ogle, Esq., H. Smyth, Esq., W. Brown, Esq., J. M`Pherson, Esq., D.A. Wallace, Esq., J. Fiskin, Esq., James Beatty, Esq., J. Dombrain,. Esq., R. Smith, Esq., H. Walker, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Abbot and family, Mrs. Daly, H. Johnstone, Esq. MILITARY MOVEMENTS.—Five companies of the 79th Highlanders, under the command of Captain M'Dougal, ar rived here yesterday evening from Dublin, in a steam vessel, and, with the remainder of the regiment, which arrived at midnight with their commanding officer, are to proceed at six o'clock this morning, it is supposed, to Manchester — whence, i,t is surmised, though no positive orders to that ef fect have been communicated, they are forthwith to be marched, and stationed in such locality as may be considered by the proper military authorities, most suitable for the prompt and effectual suppression of any riots or disturbance that may be attempted by the disaffected chartists. It is stated that one of the cavalry regiments quartered in or near the Irish metropolis, was also under orders to proceed to a similar destination ; and, in case any emergency should arise, to be so placed, as to be available, at the shortest possible notice, to put down any attempt to create riot and tumult, such as we have noticed elsewhere, has occurred in Montgomeryshire. Their presence. at all events, will have the effect of deterring those misguided men from repeating these demonstrations of their discontent, and such we infer is the object of this sud den and hasty movement of the troops,—from the fact that, when the orders were issued to the infantry regiment to be in readiness for embarkation, only three hours previous to their departure, they were doing garrison duty in Dublin, and their guards had instantly to be relieved. On their arrival here, there was considerable delay in procuring billets for the men, and it was certainly a great hardship to detain them standing in the street for upwards of an hour after landing, considering that they had been exposed for the night without rest, and it may be added, sans culottes, on the crowded deck of an Irish steam-boat. We regret to hear, that a son of Mr. Wadham Wyndham, and Mr. Thomson, brother of the president of the board of trade, were accidentally drowned on Sunday evening at Great Marlow, in Bucks. It appears the party were in a boat on the river with Mrs. Thomson, and that the boat, through some accident, having upset, the gentlemen were drowned : the lady, however, was saved. Manchester Guardian. LIVERPOOL STAN DARD ity t:. • ‘'4'; MEETING OF THE BEER SELL, A numerous meeting of the beer-sellers of thistlarilie I S M 74 held on Wednesday evening last, in Mr. Burnell's large room in Norton-street, to take into consideration the further mea sures to be taken to vindicate the rights of the trade, and to agree to petitions to parliament against the bills now pending against it. Mr NUTTALL was called to the chair, and ad dressed the meeting at considerable length, urging the ne cessity of a permanent society being formed, for the protec tion of their mutual interests. He explained the nature of Mr. Pakington's bill, which went to limit the license to retail beer to houses rated at £l5 a year or upwards, which he considered an injustice, inasmuch as a house so rated in one part of the town, might not be so good nor so well conducted as one rated a pound or two less in another neighbourhood. Lord Brougham's bill was still more fatal to their interests, inasmuch as though it did away with the license to sell ale, it restricted the sale of it within doors to the licensed victuallers ; and they all knew that to prevent them from selling within doors would be a death blow to their trade. He did not see why the retailing of ale, on paying for the license, should not be as free as the retailing of tea, or any other excisable arti tide, the parties being amenable to the law if they did not conduct their houses properly. With regard to the assertions so often made by their enemies, that the beer-houses were mere nurseries for robberies and other crimes, he considered them as calumnious and false : and he believed abundant evidence could be produced that such crimes were much more frequently concocted in the dram shops. If the beer-sellers formed a permanent society, they would be enabled, from time to time, to confute these calumnies, and to set them selves right with the public. But if they did not combine in self defence, those who were interested in putting them down would continue to attack them with impunity. These and similar sentiments, uttered by other speakers, were warmly responded to by the meeting, and the following reso lutions were finally agreed to unanimously :- I.—That for the protection of the beer-house-keepers of Liverpool it is absolutely necessary to form a permanent society. 2.—That petitions to both houses of parliament be imme diately prepared, and the trade canvassed for signatures. 3.—That a subscription be entered into to defray the ex penses, and that the subscription of each member be ss. per annum, or ls. 3d. per quarter; to be collected quarterly. 4.—That previous to the petitions being presented, another meeting of the whole trade be called, to considerof any fur ther intended measures ; of which meeting due notice will he given. Resolutions were also carried, appointing Mr. Lloyd trea surer, and Mr, Wainer secretary, pro tem., until the next general meeting. The petition to parliament was also read and approved of; it had already received a number of signa tures. _ After some slight discussion as to future proceedings the meeting separated. RADICAL AND CHARTIST MEETING AT THE POLICE OFFICE, BOLTON, Presided over by the Worshipful the Mayor., On Wednesday last, a public meeting of the lieges was convened by his Worship the Mayor, the professed object of which was to take into consderation the conduct of two of the borough magistrates, as regards the late app - ointment of overseers for Great Bolton, the legality of which appoint ment is now pending for decision in the Conti - . of Queen's Bench. The magistrates who made the appointment; were William Ford Hulton, Esq., of Hulton Park, Thomas:Ridg, way, Esq., John Fletcher, Esq., and R. R. Lomax; Esq. The town of Bolton has, since Saturday • last, been very liberally placarded with large bills, announcing that the meeting would be held in the Sessions-room, Nelson-square, " for the purpose of taking into consideration the conduct of two of our county magistrates, John Fletcher, Esq., and W. Ford Hulton, Esq., at the late appointment of overseers for this borough ; themselves having set the law at defiance, the people have no longer any confidence in them as adminis trators of justice." This requisition was addressed to " his Worship the Mayor," and professed to be signed by 130 persons, all ley-payers of the borough, but whose " local habitation," we suspect, there would be no little difficulty in finding. The meeting was called for eleven o'clock, but a considerable period after that time, there were not eighty persons in the room. Within a few minutes of twelve o'clock, the mayor, Mr. Darbeshire, counterpane manufac turer, took his seat on the bench. The radicals at this mo ment attempted to play off a ruse, but it most signally failed, in fact, the trick was too bare-faced, and even too much for his radical worship to swallow. Although the room was not one quarter filled, they lustily cried out for an adjournment to the open space in the front of the " Sessions-house." At this moment there were not 200 persons present. The Mayor said, gentlemen, there is no occasion for adjournment, there is not a single person in the gallery, and the room is nothing like full, there is yet room for a hundred persons near me. A voice cried out, There are hundreds outside who cannot get in." Several people went to the windows, and declared they had counted the number, and they did not amount to thirty. At the termination of this farce, the business of the day began in right earnest. The CHAIRMAN said they were well aware of the object of the meeting. He must honestly confess that he had ex perienced some difficulty in calling a meeting respecting The personal characters of two men ; but on the consideration of having received so respectable a requisition, and knowing that the town felt aggrieved—and properly so—he should have called that meeting if the difficulties had been still greater. (Hear, hear.) His own opinions ought never to guide him ! If a respectable requisition was brought to him, he ought to waive his own peculiar notions and bow to the request. He hoped they would adopt a proper course in the observations they might be called upon to make, by making no personal allusions to private character. The subject was a public one, and as the gentlemen were public characters, they were liable to public praise or censure. He was bound to say that a political question ought never to influence the conduct of a magistrate ; indeed, he believed, it never could happen to him! !—but if he did err, he should be most anxious to repair it. He hoped that bench, upon which he then stood, would ever maintain its high character for impartiality and justice. He would call upon Mr. Barry to read the memorial which had been prepared. The memorial, ready cut and dried, to Lord John Russell, for the removal of the two magistrates above named, was then read and adopted by the meeting, and the Mayor was requested to sign the same on behalf of the meeting. The principal speakers were a Mr. Skelton, who talked a great deal of nonsense respecting " Squire Hulton" intimi dating him from attending the meeting—a Mr. Wood, an ex member of the National Convention—a person of the name. of Lingard, who declared he was ready to go the whole hog — a worthy who rejoices in the name of Lever—and several others of the same kidney. The character of the meeting became at length of so violent a nature, that the Mayor abruptly declared it to be dissolved, and the chair was instantly accupied by a Mr. M`Caul, a So cinian Minister, who said, " he did not know the object of his being placed in such an honourable situation, but ifit was anything against either whigs or tories he was their man." The meeting was then addressed by several working men, who told them the 6th of May was at hand, and advised the people to arm themselves, and if they could not get what they wanted to go and take it by force. Thus terminated this farce. Indeed, the leadir.g wicks to a man were ashamed of the business, and abstain eT from giving their attendance. We understand that the - Rev. Mr. M'Crea, of Dublin, is to preach in the Scotch Kirk, Oldham-street, on the next Lord's day. - - NIIISANCE. — We understand that a number of carts have taken their stand in North John-street, to ,the serious incon venience of gentlemen who occupy offices in the street, and to the great annoyance of passengers, and especially of ladies. The carters, we are informed, are extremely rude and insult ing in their conduct. The other day a gentleman who is a great invalid called at one of the offices in his carriage, when these carters refused to stir, althOugh mildly remonstrated with, and he was obliged to walk about thirty yards, in the midst of torrents of rain, in order to gain access to the office, It is time that the Watch CoMmittee should remove this nuisance, which is becoming more intolerable day by day. MR. MELVILL'S CHAPEL.—I never saw a more crowded place of worship than that in which Mr. Melvill preaches. It is only seated to contain about two thousand persons ; but from four to five hundred persons are always to been seen standing in the passages. It is often impossible to effect an entrance at the door after the service has begun. , Were the chapel sufficiently large to accommodate four thousand in dividuals, I have no doubt it would be constantly u The Metropolitan Pulpit :by the Author 14f Random Recollections." . . The poor-law commissioners have appointed Henry Walter Parker, of Gray's Inn, Esq. barrister-at-law, lute 4 ly one of their assistant-secretaries ; Caesar George Otway, Lag. ; and Joseph Burke, Esq. barrister-at-law, to be assistant com. mis , :ioners of poor laws. • .L M. Arago, the French philosopher, has ittivanted .the opinion, that the climate of France is grailualiv'tecoming colder. He supposes the advance of the ineirth, polar ice , towards the temperate zones, to be the eauSe..' Sir John -. Barrow advanced a similar notion concerning the climate of England many years ago. SALMON FISHING.—CoIoneI Hay, with Mr. St.. George Gore, at the fork of the weir, below the Falls, at Castle-Con nell, hooked a salmon, which, after a leap or two out of the water, made a rush for the Battery, which, in consequence of the boat being let down too far, the fish cleared. It being impossible to follow with the boat, he ran out the whole of the line, 110 yards, and it Was quite miracidous that he did not smash the rod or tackle. One of the boatmen (Ray) jumped out on the Battery wall, up to his middle in water, and got the rod and held on the fish until the boat got round the end of the weir. The fish was still endeavouring to make the hole below (Poulherin), whicli lie did, and where he was attempted to be gaffed, but the stream carried the boat over him, and both were hurried onsq the - force of water down to Phemoone, where he was killed, after an hour's most extra ordinary sport ; he was hooked in the honnyipart of ,the tail, which may account for his making such a fight—weight 18 Ilbs. —Dublin Evening Mail. THE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND.—In our last notice of the weather we said that never had. this quarter, of the country enjoyed a more propitious season for the sowing of oats; we have the pleasure to add that the planting oaf potatoes is now going on under like favourable circumstances. The whole country is alive with industry, and as there is a greater breadth of land applied to the cultivation of the potato this year than ever we recollect to have seen before, we may hope that, should the weather prove as favourable as it now promises to be, the price of this useful esculent will be lower next winter than it has been for some time past. ;Potatoes for seed are selling at a very high rate. We have not as yet seen any oats braided, but we should think they will be above ground in many, places next week. The grass is beginning to spring freely, through the fostering influence of the late showers. —Glasgow Chronicle. A SECOND SOLOMON.—A certain auctioneer the other day verified a maxim familiar with members of the legal profession —" that when a man pleads his own cause, he is sure to have a fool for his client." Hehad to sell some property, in which he had a personal interest, in the neighbourhood of Stockport. After an exordium, he proceeded to take the biddings of the company, receiving as his first offer £2O, with which he pro ceeded by fives until it had reached £5O, and then knocked it off with great satisfaction to the last bidder, who, when he advanced to the table to claim the purchase and to pay the deposit, was gravely told by this wiseacre of an auctioneer, that he was in too big a hurry, as he had yet a reserved bill for £B5O, at the same time producing a piece of paper from under the candlestick, authorising that amount to be the.sum at which the property was to be bought in, in the event of no better a bidding being made. The purchaser at £5O, we hear intends to enforce his right to the property, and is taking measures accordingly.—Stockport Advertiser. BALLOON AND RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—On'Tuesday Mr. Green, in company with Mr. Rush and Mr. llnghes, ascended in his large Nassau balloon, from Cheltenham, pre cisely at half-past three o'clock, and after a very pleasant, though circuitous, ride of 85 miles through' the air, passing close over the park of the Duke of Wellington at Strathfield saie, they made a safe landing at a quarter-past seven, on Haizley-heath, near Hartley-row, Hants, the aeronauts having been in " Clouds' omnibus" three hours and a quar ter. The gentleman in the management of the Winchfield and Hartley-row terminus of the London and Southampton railway, on perceiving the aerial voyagers descending near to his station, sent persons to inform Mr. Green that he would have engine power ready to convey him, his companions, and balloon to London, which was accepted, and in one hour and ten minutes from the time of starting from Winchfield, a distance of 384 miles, the balloon and its previous occupants were safely landed at Vauxhall ; the rate of travelling being by balloon, 22i miles, by the railroad, 324 miles per hour. —Morning Herald. •