The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-18 00:00:00

ALLEGED MURDER AT FLIXTON. (From the Manchester Guardian, of Wednesday.) Yesterday the village of Flixton, near this town, was thrown into a state of great excitement by the report, which proved to be true, that a young man, a resident of the place, had been found dead in a midden-hole, with some deep wounds on his head. The discovery of the body was acci dental, and arose, we understand, from a man getting over a wall at the back of the premises of the Church Inn, for the purpose of going into an adjoining garden. This was about eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon ; and, when upon the wall, the man thought he saw some one lying in the soil hole ; and procuring assistance, it was found to be the body of a young man, twenty-two or twenty-three years of age, a master wheelwright, residing in Flixton, named Lawrence Whatinough. The body was stripped, and a surgeon was sent for to examine it. He had not arrived when our infor mant left ; but the injuries are described to us to have been a deep incised wound on the left side of the bead, behind the ear, about three inches in length, and another about two inches and a half in length more, at the back of the head. When the body was found, blood was flowing from both these wounds ; and, to all appearance, there can be little doubt but that they were the cause of death. The only other external injury was a slight bruise on one knee, which might be caused by corning in contact with some hard substance, the soil-hole being surrounded with a wall of between four and five feet in height. The face, however was very black, as of from blows. The body was no sooner recognised, than it was found that the unfortunate deceased had not been at home all the preceding night ; and it was also ascertained, that, at a late hour that night, he had become involved in a quarrel and fight with a stranger, an Irishman, in the Church Inn ; and that he had fled from:the house into:the back yard, in the direction of the place where he was found. Inquiry was made for the Irishman, and it was ascertained that he had been left in the kitchen when the family retired to bed, and had gone away about seven o'clock yesterday morning, taking with him some articles of dress, most of which were recovered by two men, one of whose hats he had taken ; but that he had been allowed then to pursue his way, in the direction of Man chester, as he was subsequently discovered, with a pair of troweers in his possession, belonging to Mr. Jones, the land lord of the Church Inn. Accordingly, information having been given to Mr. Samuel Wood, the constable of Flixton, he and some others immediately went in pursuit of the Irish naan, with what result we shall have to state hereafter. The circumstances under which the injuries have been in flicted on the deceased are at present enveloped in consider able doubt and difficulty ; but so far as we can ascertain what took place in the house, the particulars are as'follows;—The annual wakes being in progress of celebration, the large room (a chamber) of the Church Inn had many guests drinking and smoking. The Irishman, who wore a sailors blue jacket, striped trousers, and a blue cap, and who, from having an anchor and a star tattooed on the back of one hand near the wrist, had all the appearance of having been a sailor, was hawking cigars, when a quarrel arose between him and one of the company. The deceased, Mr. Watmough, in some manner, interposed, with a view to restore quietness ; but the Irishman, apparently incensed at his interference, struck him a severe blow, and knocked him backwards over a bench, A struggle ensued between them : the Irishman is said, by se veral of those present, to have struck Watmough very heavily about the head and face, as they were down on the floor. At length Watmough who seemed blinded by the blows of his antagonist, succeeded in drawing the Irishman's face to his own, and, getting the lower lip between his teeth, bit about half of it off, the severed piece being subsequently found upon the floor ! Almost immediately afterwards, we believe, Watmough succeeded in getting free from the Irishman, and he immediately ran down stairs, and, as the waiters then in the kitchen conjecture, rushed out of the back door along an open passage, and jumped or fell into a rain-water tub ; and that he next ran further up the yard. Shortly afterwards, as he did not return, a young man, an acquaintance of his, named Wood, went into the yard, and called him by name several times ; but no answer was returned, and Wood went into the house again, supposing that Watmough had made his way home. Here we must just state, that we understand there is considerable discrepancy in the account of various persons as to the time when the fight took place between the Irishman and the deceased. The landlord, Mr. Jones, states, that it was a little after eleven o'clock ; while some of the parties who were present declare, that it was between one and two o'clock in the morning. Be this as it may, the Irishman, notwithstanding the sovereign injury to his lip, was seen in the kitchen, to all appearance fast asleep, after all the other guests had retired ; and when Mr. Jones went to bed, he left him there undisturbed. In the course of the night, however, Mr. Jones, who had had but little rest for two or three nights previously, and was therefore not likely to be disturbed by a trifling cause, was awakened by a noise is the house, and he heard sonic one moving about below ; bat supposing it to be the Irishman, he seems to have taken no notice of it. In the morning, we believe about seven o'clock, the Irishman was leaving the house, when a man net him in the lobby, and recognised his own hat upon the Irishman's head. The man exclaimed, " Thou hast got my hat on;" but the Irishman pushed him on one side, and ran out of the lobby and the house. The man and another pur sued him, and overtook him at some little distance; and when they seized him, he threw down the hat, and also a coat and waistcoat which he had taken from the house, and was then allowed to pursue his way, as it had not then been dis covered that he had also stolen a pair of dark trousers be longing to Mr. Jones. It was between eleven and twelve o'clock, nearly five hours after this, that Mr. Samuel Wood, the constable, and one or two other persons, started in pursuit of him. They do not seem to have thought of commencing the pursuit on horse back, or it is probable that they might have overtaken him somewhere in or near this town. As it was, they ran hard, tasking inquiries on the road. They traced him to Stretford, and learned that he had told some one that he was going to the Oldfield-lane Doctor, to have his lip dressed. On reach ing the Northumberland Arms inn, Stretford-road, they found that the Irishman had been there some time, and had only quitted that house about an hour before. It appeared that, while there, he became very violent in his conduct, challenging a number of carters, who were drinking there, to fight. Oue of them being either somewhat pugnacious him self, or provoked by the. Irishman, stood up to fight him, when the Irishman drew a large knife, with a blade about three inches in length, terminating in a short point, like the spring -knives made to be used dagger-fashion. Brandishing this formidable weapon, he threatened to run it through any man that came near him. The landlord came into the place, and succeeded in restoring quietness, and the carters having left the house, the Irishman fell asleep, and slept about an hoer and a half, until the landlord disturbed him, and told him he could not remain there any longer. The man then left the house, and his pursuers, having gained this intelli pace, proceeded to track him further. They found, on en tering the borough, that several of the borough police had wen him at different parts of Deansgate, and entering the first druggist's shop, they found that he had been there. The druarist stated, that, at that time, he had a plaster of some kind - on` his lip, and that he applied to the druggist to dress it. The druggist told him that he must first have it stitched, and that he had better go to the Infirmary or the Dispensary, and have that done. The Irishman then left the shop, and his pursuers traced him to the corner of Peter-street, but were unable to find any further indications of his route. With the assistance of the borough police, they sought him in a great number of public-houses all round the neighbour hood, and also went to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, and to the Chorlton-on-Medlock Dispensary ; but the Irishman had not appeared at either of these institutions, and up to last evening they had not been able to find him. At six o'clock, however, they had not made any inquiry as to whe ther, in pursuance of his expressed intention, the Irishman had gone to Dr. Taylor's, the " Oldfield-lane Doctor." - The Irishman, in addition to his dress, already noticed, sad the peculiar marks on the back of one hand, is des cribed to us as being about five feet nine or ten inches in height, and rather stout. Of course in the disfigurement of his features, caused by the injury to the under lip, will be the most striking peculiarity by which he can be dis tinguished. The deceased is stated to have been a young, unmar ried man, whose parents reside in Flixton. He had just commenced business as a wheelwright. He is stated to have been a stout, strong, athletic young man, with very power ful arms ; and, according to the opinion of those who saw them both, was a match in strength for the Irishman, if the latter had not at first taken him at a disadvantage. From what we can hear, the opinion .at Flixton seems to be that the wounds were not inflicted at the time of the quarrel ; but that the murderous assault must have taken place after the family had retired to rest. It is said that this would account for the great noise heard by Mr. Jones ; and another circumstance is also mentioned which is certainly straage for the deceased to have got to the place where lila body was found, he must have got over two walls, each between four and five feet in height ; first into an outer pig sty.e, in a corner of which a young pig was found dead, as if it had been crushed by some weight falling upon it ; and next "ter the wall between the pig-stye and the soil-hole where As was found. It is not improbable that the surgeon may be able t from the state in which he found the body soon after wards it was discovered, to th r o w some li g ht u p on th e ti me at which the injuries were received, or at all events, upon the pr ? bable lapse of so me ti me s i nce d eat h had supervened. • have not heard any thing as to any knife having been won during the affray ; but we s h ou ld he 'disposed to believe that the wounds had in reality b een i n fli cte d at t h at t i me, and that the knife having penetrated the skull the y oung man raked out, not knowing whither he went, and so got over the two walls and then fell, in a state of insensibility, to rise a more . hlowever, the case, as we have stated, remains in meek doubt,—doubt which the evidence to be given at the inquest may probably remove. We have not heard when the influent will be held. STATE OF TRADE. MA/iCIMITKR.—There was an exceedingly gloomy market yesterday, and goods and yarns of almost all descriptions mum, quoted lower than on the preceding Tuesday. In con seeptesice of the unfavourable prospects of the coming winter, autnalmie'ig individual spinners and manufacturers in various 1 parte of the neighbourhood have already ceased to light up their factories. We hare not heard of any general agreement t. that effect ; hut understand that several meetings, for the purpoue of considering the subject, are in contemplation.— ' ilaueheorter Gtiardiata. ROCIIRALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, OCT I4.—We Lave had but a very indifferent market to-day, the demand has been slack, and the number of pieces sold limited. The prices are about the same as those of last week. In the wool market there is no change to report : the manufacturers buy both sparingly and cantiously.—lbid. HUDDRRgYIELD MARKET, OCT. 15.—There is no new feature in this day's market for the better. Like the weather, all is gloomy and discouraging, with almost a complete stag nation in every description of goods except low fancy wool- •SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A correspondent, who dates ids communication from on board the Mountstuart Elphin stens, which sailed from Port Glasgow for Bombay on the sth inat. and which he states has since been compelled, by stress of weather, to take refuge in Lamlash Bay, writes us that Mr. cowdie, surgeon to the ship, whilst fishing on the 9th, ganght a large haddock, in the mouth of which he found a stony piece of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third. The document which has been forwarded to us beaga the signature of Mr. Gowdie, and others, in attestation of the truth of this document.—Glasgow Mail. A PArruvui. Doc.—A few nights ago, as the Hon. Mr. Weitenra, M. P., was returning home, on foot, to his resi dence, at lishopsgate, he was attacked by a ferocious dog, of the mastiff breed, against which he defended himself with hit stick until it was broken in pieces. A fine Newfound land dog which he had with him had stood perfectly quiet du sing the rencontre, but, on perceiving his master entirely open to the enraged animal, rushed forward, and, after a des- Pirate struggle, succeeded in conquering the enemy. He, then, singular to relate, dragged it to a ditch some yards dis tant, where he kept it beneath the water until it was drowned. :.Reeding Mercury. Tax SZVENTEVSTII MAN.—On Wednesday the 25th ult. the seventeenth man was killed at the Summit tunnel, on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. His name was John Gornall ; he was at work at No. 8 shaft, when a large floose of earth fell, and crushed him severely about the head. He was conveyed to his lodgings, and the mistress of the house sent for the surgeon, who attended and administered as the ease seemed to require. The man got worse, and, on the Sunday following, th e surgeon was sent for, but did not ap pear until Monday evening; and on Wednesday following (the 2d inst.) the man died. On Friday the 4th, an inquest was held at the Summit Inn, by Mr. Dearden when a ver dict of " Accidental death" was returned. Some blame was attached to the surgeon for not attending the patient when sent for on the Sunday previous.—Manchester Onardian. ADJOURNED MEETING OF CLAIMANTS ON THE IMPERIAL BANK. (From the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday. The adjourned meeting of claimants on the Imperial Bank, from Wednesday last (a report of the proceedings on which day appeared in our Saturday's number) on Monday . last, was held on that day in the coffee-room of the Clarence-hotel,- Spring-gardens, when, as before, there was a tolerably numerous attendance f claimants by themselves, as well as by professional gentlemen ; amongst whom we observed Messrs. Alexander Kay, Joseph Heron, T. Higson, jun., Saunders, Hitchcock, Morris, N. Earle, (of Ashton,) Edwd. Bennett, Cresswell, &c. T he proceedings occupied from eleven o'clock to half-past three ; and, as the greater part of these proceedings consisted of discussions having no satis factory result, we shall not weary our readers with a detailed report of them. It will suffice to give a sketch of the gene ral course of the proceedings taken, and their ultimate re sult. After a good deal of time lost, in an effort to get Mr. Winterbottom, or some other great claimants, to take the chair, it was resolved that Mr. Walker be again called to the chair. Mr. A Kay then called upon him to state what had passed at the meeting of legal gentlemen on the preceding Thurs day. The Chairman thought Mr. Kay better qualified to do that himself; but three questions had been put to him by one of the professional gentlemen (and there were fourteen present) at the meeting referred to, one of which he had forgotten, but the others he would state. He (Mr. Waller) was asked whether he was willing to become a bankrupt ; and he said he was not willing, nor would he become one till they forced him to it. The second question was, " Are you willing to assign over the whole of your property,—your personal pro perty as well as your Imperial Bank copartnership property ?" This, he told them, he was not disposed to do ; because then they would take every stock and stone he possessed ; and that would be unfair, seeing that the whole of the original shareholders, the " silver gentlemen," were equally liable with the present shareholders, and had had not only broken faith with the shareholders, but with the public. He told the professional gentlemen that, if they would fix upon a de putation from the claimants themselves, to have intercourse with the shareholders at large, with a controlling power, so far as they deemed it prudent to exercise it over the accounts, that was the only way : and if the original shareholders would come forward as they ought to do, he and his colleagues were willing to come forward pro raid, according to the number of their shares, and even beyond that. He thought it best if some four or six gentlemen could be fixed upon to work up the concern, with the assistance of th e p resen t dire c t ors . If suffered to go on, he was sure the whole of the present share holders would be in the Gazette. Mr. Holt, .the original chairman of the board of direction, would, he understood, be in the Gazette of that day. He (the chairman) had heard of another or two who had gone into the country ; and, unless something were done to suspend the legal proceeding, he be lieved that in a short time there would be nothing left for them to divide. Mr. Varey said, he was prepared to state, that the directors and present shareholders were willing to come forward fairly and freely pro rata", if the shilling shareholders would also come forward with the amount of £5 per share, (instead of £20,) in which case the creditors of the bank would be paid, and that soon. He was told that some desire had been felt the other day, that the lists of shareholders, returned to the stamp-office, should be produced, and, if necessary, read at this meeting. At the request of the directors, he was pre pared with these lists from the commencement of the bank to the present time. As to reading the lists, he was in the hands of the creditors of the bank. It was for the shilling shareholders (and, he believed, some were present) to con sider, whether it was not even more consistent with honour for them to come forward now, when they could do it at a small sacrifice, than to let time elapse, and see the directors and present sh areholders falling like ninepins, till the original shareholders would be the only parties liable, with nothing to fall back upon. If they did not come forward now, in his opinion, the time would be gone past. Mr. A. Kay moved, seconded by Mr. Edward Bennett, _ _ attorney, " That Mr. Morris be requested to give a statement of the principal events of the meeting of professional gentle men on Thursday, and the result arrived at." The motion having passed— Mr. Morris, attorney, said that the first mode suggested of winding up the affairs of the bank was, that the public officers of the company should execute a judgment. After some discussion, that course was abandoned. It was then proposed, that a deed of inspection should be prepared, in which certain parties should be joined with the present di rectors, and such measures adopted as they, conjointly, con sidered most desirable for the general interests of the credi tors. After considerable discussion, such legal difficulties arose to the measure being adopted, that it was at once aban doned. A general bankruptcy was then proposed,, and the objections of the vario us p ro fe ss i ona l gentlemenpresent were considered. All the modes were discussed, and even tually abandoned, as being encompassed with so much diffi culty as to prevent the possibility of obtaining those results which the directors and the creditors alike sought. It was, therefore, concluded that the result of this inquiry should be made known to this meeting ; together with the result of those applications that were then pending in the courts above, to fix some parties, by an extension of the judgments which had been obtained. The result of those applications was the dismissal of the rules to extend the judgments against such shareholders as had been sued by the judgment creditors; not upon the merits of the case, but upon the ground that one judge at chambers had not a jurisdiction. It was upon that hearing, admitted by the parties who advocated the ap plication to extend the judgments, that the production of an office copy of the registered list of shareholders, from the commissioners of stamps, was prima" facie evidence against those parties, as being shareholders. Mr. Kay thought Mr. Morris should confine his report to what passed at the meeting of Thursday. Mr. Morris said he had already stated that ; and it was for the directors now to say, whether they were prepared to submit to the meeting any other tangible course for winding up the affairs of the bank. Mr. A. Kay said he would now ask the chairman, whether he and his co-directors, and the parties acting with them, were prepared with any proposition to the creditors for liquidating the debts. At the meeting of professional men, no papers or documents, though inquired after by several in dividuals, were produced by the directors and their officers, beyond those which were in readiness for production at the general meeting of claimants on Wednesday last ' • and he understood from Mr. Law that the same f ee li ng o f duty as before operated on his mind, and would not permit him to produce those papers and documents which he (Mr. Kay) for one considered indispensably necessary to enable the parties then meeting to arrive at a just conclusion. Mr. Hitchcock said, that the conclusion of the meeting of Thursday was, that there was nothing left but for the direc tors to consider, in the character of debtors, what plan they would submit to this meeting ; and he now asked the chairman whether they were prepared with any. Mr. Law denied that he had been asked on the Thursday for the further portion of the opinion of Mr. Wightman, and said that, as to the only document asked for in his presence, he went to the bank, and laid three copies of it before the meeting. A discussion arose as to whether Mr. Kay or Mr. Law was correct in this matter, which we need not further notice. The Chairman,—having been pressed by Mr. Kay, Mr. Hitchcock, and Mr. C. Pilling, to say whether the directors had any specific proposition to submit to the meeting—said, it was impossible for him or his colleagues to make a direct proposition, for they could not say how many of the share holders were willing to come forward. If they would liberate him, he would give them £l,OOO more than he had sacrificed already ; and he thought it a hardship that the claimants should keep working at the directors and present shareholders only, when the claimants admitted that the original shareholders were also liable. He could only say, that the present direc tors, and perhaps one or two others with them, would raise ten or twelve thousand pounds ; but people were going into the Gazette or leaving the country, and therefore, unless law proceedings were suspended, and the creditors would take the affair into their own hands, it would be ruin to the present shareholders, and would recoil upon the shilling men. The question being reiterated, the Chairman said perhaps Mr. Varey could say something. Mr. Varey said he certainly could not give to a meeting not exclusively composed of creditors, but at which ls. share holders were present, and which was open to the public, the whole of the information he possessed : he would not do so, either to please the directors or the creditors. He had no proposition to make to the meeting, because none had been made to him. But he had prepared, on the part of the pre sent shareholders, a communication in writing, by which he thought an arrangement might be entered into. That com munication he would not make, except in a professional way ; and he would make it the following morning to any gentle man, professional or otherwise, to Mr. Kay, if he pleased, who might be appointed by the meeting to receive it. Its basis would be what had already been stated. If they looked only to the present shareholders, it was impossible they could get paid as creditors ought to be paid ; but his clients, the present directors, were willing, as the chairman and Mr. Nuttall had stated, to come forward to the extent of their liability : but they must be sustained ; the creditors must support the directors in seconding the idea that the shilling shareholders were liable. As a lawyer he was advised to say, that they were every one liable. But, suppose it were a doubtful question of law, the affairs of the bank were in that state that he should advise the shilling shareholders to come forward, and by a small degree of sacrifice they could extri cate themselves, the present shareholders, an d th e pu bli c creditors of the bank from their difficulties. He should pro pose the present shareholders coming forward to the full ex tent of their ability ; but in that step they must be seconded by the. shilling shareholders. Mr. George Taylor, of Nantwich, complained of this " to morrow and to-morrow," and contended that the proposition ought to be made to the meeting. Mr. Varey said he was not prepared to make it then. Mr. A. Kay declined the responsibility which Mr. Varey would impose on him. He thought every creditor had a right to the information or proposition. If the directors were not prepared to make any proposition, but were determined to throw the whole matter upon the creditors, in the view of inducing them to embark in what he (Mr. Kay) must term Quixotic proceedings against the shilling shareholders, that was a course that no sane man could be expected to enter into. Gentlemen having large claims on the bank were asked, forsooth, to forego these clainiS upon persons before them, and whose liability was acknowledged, and join them in an attempt to fix other parties who disputed their liability, and who, whether liable or not, were meaning to try the question at law. Could any sane man be expected to engage in a war fare of this sort, instead of getting their money paid by some arrangement amongst the admitted shareholders, who, if not able to do it, ought to " submit to their fate," as Mr. Waller had said ? What lie meant by it, he (Mr. Kay) could not tell ; for he refused to adopt either of the two courses which the law pointed out. He repeated the question ; and when debtors were before their creditors, they must lay aside the advice of their professional man, and say ay or no to the question. If Mr. Waller said he could not or would not pay, then the claimants would know what to do. The Chairman repeated that the directors were not prepared to make any proposition, because they did not know the situ ation of the present shareholders, except that of some few, and very few, who were prepared to come forward, out of their own purses. Mr. Hitchcock pressed his motion for a list of those per- r sons who were considered liable by the directors. Tlie motion passed with one dissentient. Mr. Varey explained that what would be read were certified copies of the lists as returned to the stamp-office from time to time, from the commencement of the bank up to the pre sent day, beginning with Dec. 1836 ; stating those who had subsequently become shareholders, and those who had ceased to be shareholders. Mr. Kay said as the inquiry about to be entered into was so very extensive, and might embarrass his client very ma terially, he must, under that view of the case, deelin to take any part in it. Mr. Varey thought Mr. Kay perfectly justified, and wished his example were followed by every creditor. After some further discussion, Mr. Law proceeded to read from the certified copies of the returns to the stamp-office, such portions of those documents as we subjoin : Dated 16th December,lB36.) RETURN OF ACCOUNT to be entered at the Stamp Office in London, in pursuance of an act, passed in the seventh year of the reign of King George the Fourth, intituled An act for the better regulating copartnerships of cer tain bankers in England, and for amending so much of an act of the 39th and 40th years of the reign of his late Ma jesty King George the Third, intituled, An act for estab lishing an agreement with the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, for advancing the sum of three million pounds towards the supply for the service of the year one thousand eight hundred, as relates to the same." Firm or name of the banking copartnership, namely, " The Imperial Bank of England." Names and places of abode of all the partners concerned or engaged in the said copartnership, namely : Abraham John, Manchester Laing Charles, Manchester Akers Irwin, Liverpool Liebert Bernhard, do. Alger John, Ashton Lees John, do. Albrecht Mendel, Manchester Leadbeater John, Rusholme Aldred John, do. Road Abrenfeldt Jacobi, Liverpool Leigh James Newton Heath AndrewThos.B en tl ey ,A s ht on L ee b r id ge William, Ashton Andrew John, Manchester Lightbourn Thos. Manchester Andrew Jonah, Saddleworth Laurie John, do. Aspinall George, Liverpool Leigh Dennis, do. Atkins Richard, Salford Lord Jas. Edward, Chorlton Attkins Wm. Alfred, do. Lawton John, Manchester Austin John, Manchester Louis Levy, Salford Axon Joseph, Stockport Leake Robert, Prestwich Axon Charles, do. Lewis Lewis, Manchester Ayre Henry, Manchester Labrey Thomas, do. Ledward John, Ashton Byrom Robert, Dukenfield, Lees Sarah, do. near Ashton Lynch Richard, Manchester Ball William, Manchester Long Peter, do. Ball Thomas, do. Long John, do. Bond Thos. Paul, do. Long William, Hulme Byron William, Oldham Little James, do. Butterworth James, Mumps, Lindop William, Manchester near Oldham Lofthouse John, Salford Buckley Samuel, Manchester Lawless Joseph, Manchester Butterley Matthew, do. Lees Henry, Newton Moor Badley Joseph, do. Lees John, Manchester Bracewell John, Salford Lees Joseph, Newton Moor Bleakley P. A., Manchester Lees Joseph, jun., do. Broome William, do. Lees Martha, do. Booth Thomas, do. Levi Abraham, Liverpool Bibby Thomas, do. Laing George, do. Bridgeman Henry, do. Lewis William, do. Brookes James, do. Lenox Wm. Crawford, do. Buxton Henry, Chorlton Lenox Samuel, do. Boardmanßichd. Manchester Lenox George, do. Birks Alfred, do. Leach John, Warrington Baner Abraham, do. Lovett 'Henry, Everton, near Bibby John, do. Liverpool Baddeley James, do. Lucy John, Liverpool Birch John, do. Leotham John, Dublin Baikhouse James, do. Lucas Henry, Liverpool Barge Thomas, jun., do. Lindon Wm. Frederick, do. Broughton Samuel, do. Lenox Thomas, do. Butterworth Joseph, do. Leigh Ann, Warrington Brocklehurst Chas., Ardwick Lambley Abm., Birmingham Braham Isaac, Manchester Braham Joseph, do. Moors Robert, Manchester Brazley John Hilton, do. Myles Jas. Collyhurst Hall Barker Robert, do. Mason Edward, Manchester Bentley James, do. Morris Thomas, do. Burgess Thomas, Stockport Moodey George, do. Broadie Joseph, Manchester Meyer Samuel, do. Bromiley Joshua, Chorlton Meyer Ferdinand, do. Barton Alex. Jas. Manchester Miller Alexander, do. Brookes James, Hyde, near Moodey Thomson, do. Ashton Mountcastle William, do. Bentham George, Manchester Mallalieu James, do. Bardsley William, do. Massey John, do. Brook Iram, do. Muller David, Chorlton Row Bennett Edward, do. Mann Charles, Manchester Burgess Sarah Ann, Stretford Moore Richard, do. Road, near Manchester Moore William, do. Butterley Patrick, Manchester Marsden Horatio, do. Butterley Thomas, do. Manson Thomas, Ashton Barker William, do. Morris Sarah, Manchester Bakewell James, do. Matley Samuel Geo. Stretford Briddon Samuel, Liverpool Myers Thomas, Manchester Builand William, do. Moss James, do. Balman Edward, do. Mellor James Ashton Bradley Thomas, do. Macfarlane John, Manchester Briddon William, do. Mason Henry, Ashton Barlow Richard, do. Markroft Wm. Rainsough, Burton John, do. near Prestwich Bateson Richd. Wilding, do. Moyle George, Manchester Bryden Robert, do. Massey Thomas, do. Booth John Heathcote, do. Marston William do. Bridden jun. John, do. Moore Nathan, do. Batey George, do. Moore William, do. Brown William Alex. do. Middleton Joseph, Hyde Bateman James, London Mellor Evan, Manchester Barnett Elijah, Birmingham Marsden William, do. Barton Thomas, do. Marsland George, Pontefract Bagnall Edward, do. . Marler John, Newton Moor Bradbury James, do. Menagh Joon, Liverpool Bower Joseph, do. Moore Robert, do. Batt William, Birmingham Mellor Samuel, do. Mellor John, do. Collinson Edward, Liverpool Marshall Robert, do. Coddington Maria, Salford M'Gee William, do. Coddington Wm. Dudley, do. Mackay Hugh, Liverpool Cropper John, Cheetham Hill, Mackay James, do. near Manchester AP lver David, Isle of Man Cooper John, Manchester M'Creight John, Liverpool Carruthers Joseph, do. M a i n Th omas , do. Clay William, do. 'Mason Capt. Jas. Mullingar Cheetham John, Hyde, near Maddock Thomas, Liverpool Ashton Metcalfe James, Bolton Collinge Robert, Chorlton Mucklow Thos. Birmingham Cooke John, Manchester Cooke Paul, do. Nash Ishmael, Manchester Cooke George, Salford Naylor James, do. Cowell Gerard, do. Newton James, Dukinfield Cooper John, Royton, near Nield John, Midge Hall, near Oldham Saddleworth Caldwell James, Chodton Nutter James, Manchester Cooper Thomas, Manchester Nuttall John, do. Clegg George, Newton Heath, Nuttall William, do. near Manchester Newberry Daniel, do. Collinson John, do. do. Nicholson William, Leeds Candelet Allen, Manchester Noblet William, Manchester Cutts Frances, do. Nuttall George, Liverpool Coulburn James, do. Neal Thomas, do. Cordingley Joshua, Anden- Newson William, do. shave, near Manchester Newsham Lydia Mary, Bir- Coates John, Manchester mingham Clay Charles, Ashton Noblet James, Preston Castell William, Manchester Cole Thomas, do. Owen John, Manchester Corson William, Sheffield Oldham James, Ashton Corson John, do. Ogden James, Stockport Corns William, Manchester Ormrod John, Manchester Coates John, do. Ogle John, Retford, Notting- Carson William, Liverpool hamshire Canning Henry, do. Okiil William, Liverpool Cooper James Rothwell, do. Carlile Francis, do. Preston jun. Thomas, Man- Chambers Isaac, do. chester Cripps John, do. Potter James, Oldham Calloway William, do, Pountney Chas., Manchester Carson James, do. Pipe Maria, do. Cooper John, do. Pipe Lydia, do. Catterall Peter, do. Pipe William, do. Critchley John, do. Pershouse Henry, Rusholme Cohen John, do. Percival Francis, Manchester Crowther John, do. Peacock Ann, Denton Cock James, do. Peacock Eliza, do. Clarke John, do. Pattison George Frederick, Chapman Wm., Birmingham Manchester Cutts Joseph, do. Parry Thomas, do. Creek Joseph, do. Parry John Dixon, do. Chettle John Rev. Pontefract Pickton Isaac, Broughton Poyser Samuel, Manchester Manville Peter Williamson, Perkins Charles, do. Manchester Potter Francis, do. Dutton John do. Parlour William, Liverpool i Dennett William, do. Palmer James, do. Davis Davis, do. Pearson James, do. Danby Philip William, do. Price Charles, do. Douglass John, do. Pierson Thomas, do. Davies Peter, Warburton Peake Thomas, do. Dyson Henry, Lis erpool Price Richard, do. Dodd Henry, do. Price Richard, do. Devlin Edward, do. Pritchard Mary, do. Dorming John, do. Porter Thomas, do. Dean Charles Joseph, do. Park John, do. Dixon Chas. Manners, Wake- Perton George, Birmingham field Pemberton Edwin, Edgbaston Derham Robert, Leeds Perry Robert, Hunter Lane. Donnell Joseph, Liverpool near Birmingham Dumbell John, do. Puget William, Birmingham Dakin William, Manchester Rickersley T. Manchester Earnshaw Wm. Manchester Rister Jeremiah, do. Esdale James, do. Railton John, do. Evans Edward, do. Railton Timothy,i do. Edmundson John, do , . Royle Edward, do. Everingham John, Duke's Rymer Richd. Chorlton Row Platting, near Ashton Rainforth Samuel, Ardwick Etchells John, Ashton Ramsden Geo. Manchester Elton John, Manchester Raby Robert, do. Edwards John, Liverpool Royston George do. Elliott John, do. Ramsden Frederick, do Elliott Robert, Dublin Reynor John, do. Evans John, Birmingham Reyners Joseph, Buckley, Eames Josiah, do. _ Ashton and Manchester Ryall John, Sheffield Faulkner Robert, Salford Russell Joshua, Manchester Fawcett Thomas, Manchester Rawson William, do. Frank Meyer, do. Richardson James do. Fry William, Dukinfield, Ryder Thomas, Ashton near Ashton Richardson T. Chorlton Row Fernley Robert, Portswood, Roughsedge T. Liverpool near Stockport Robb Alexander, do. Forbes Thomas, Manchester Richardson Joseph, do. Faulkner John, Barton Rodgers John Douglas, do. Fletcher Jasper, Manchester Fox Samuel, do. Shortland Geo. Manchester Foulkes William Liverpool Smith John, Chorlton-upon- France G. Henry, Wakefield Medlock Franklin Selim, Liverpool Simpson John, Manchester Franklin Abraham Lewis, do. Sheldon Richard, do. Franklin Benj. Wolfe, do. Smith David, do. Stretch Elizabeth, do. Greenhough H. Manchester Shirt Thomas, Ashton Grittens Thomas, Plymouth Slack Robinson, Manchester Grove, near Manchester Stockwell Thomas, Chorltcn- Griswood Wm. Hooley Hill upon Medlock Gould Robert, Ashton Singleton John Manchester Gartside John, Stamford Sparrow John, Chestwood House, near Aston Schwerin A. Manchester Gadsby William, Cheetham Sutcliffe John, Rochdale Crescent Stanley James, Ashton Gough Robt. Atherton Lodge Saxon John, Dukinfield Greenwood James, Taunton, Sandiford Thomas, do. near Ashton Siddons John, Manchester Gough Simon, Chorlton Sh aw J. Sclafields, Ashton Gillham Joseph Manchester Sunderland William dc. Gould Frank, do. Sale William, Manchster Gouldbourn William, do. Stirk Henry, Ashton Grime John, do. Short Pete r , M anc h es t er Gill James, do. Slater Isaac, do. Giles William Buxton, Patri- Shepherd Henry, Hulme croft Hall Swallow John, Manchester Griffiths Robert, Manchester Selby Thomas, Salford Gibbon William, Ashton Siddall James, Ashton Goodhall Tbomas, do. Scholes R. W., Manchester Gough Charles, Manchester Stracey George, do. Graham John, do. Smith William, do. Goldsmith Robert, do. Smith Henry, do. Gledhill Edwin, Oldham Simpson Richard, do. Giles Samuel, Manchester Shorrocks Christopher, do. Ganson John, do. Steinthall Ludwig, do. Gaebel Ed. Wm., Liverpool Stohy William, do. Greenholgh John, Manchester Smith Thomas, do. Gibson Mary, Birmingham Sto n e s J o h n , do. Green Thomas, do. Swain Charles, do. Gammon William, do. Slater James, Ashton Greatwood William, do. Swift William, do. Gammon Wm. Action, do. Street Samuel, do. Simpson G., Newton Heath Hall Ralph, Stalybridge Spilling Barbara Ann, Retford, Hawarth William, Droylsden Nottinghamshire Hartley John, Manchester Sale S. Hodson, Stockport Heap Edward Barlow,Ashton Sharpe J. Brown, Liverpool Hoby Thos. Beard, Sheffield Stock William, do. Howard John, Manchester Sagar William, Rochdale Hill John Henry, Ashton Samuel Lewis Henry, Liver- Hill Thomas, Portwood Hall, pool near Stockport Scotson Samuel, do. Hammond Peter, Bank Sylvester Nathaniel, do. Bridge Shaw Thomas, Farnworth, Harrocks Jas. Wood, Ashton near Warrington Hollingdrake Henry, Stock- Sadler Letitia, Warrington port Short Sarah, Handsworth, Harrop John, jun., Ashton near Birmingham Higginbotham John, Dukin- Short Elizabeth, Handsworth field Simons Henry, Birmingham Howarth Thomas, Pendleton Smith James, do. Holgate John, Manchester Southall John, do. Holford George, do. Hamilton Joseph, do. Thompson Andrew, Ashton Hyde Thomas, St a lyb r id ge T oo k ey Richard, Hyde Hague Benjamin, Ashton Tookey William Weightman, Hague John, do. Ashton Harrison David, Salford Thompson James, Manchester Hughes Edw. Josh., Newton Thompson, John, Ashton Howe John Hodson, Denton Taylor John, Hollinwood Harrison James, Manchester Todd Joshua, Manchester Higginbotham Alfred,Ashton Taylor William, Ashton Hibbert William, New Mills, Turner Thomas, Manchester Derbyshire _ Terry Frederick, do. Hudson John, Manchester Turner George Thomas, do. Howarth Thomas, Ashton Thornton 'William, Liverpool Hough Henry, Stockport Taylor Francis, York Haigh Daniel, Manchester Tribe Henry, Liverpool Holt, George do. Thomas William Millett, do. Harrop Robert, Ashton Threlfall, William, Lancaster Haukes Robert, Manchester Thomas William Millett Mrs Hiller Harry, do. London Holt Charles Joshua, do. Thomas Edward, Oldham Hughes Edward, Ashton Townsend Richard Lateward Hodson John, Manchester Liverpool Holt Joseph, Chorlton Thomas Stuart, do. Holroyde Elkanah, Manches ter Hepworth Joshua, do. Holt Richard, do. Holt John, do. , Walker James, jun. Ashton Hopwood John, Blackburn, Wrigley George, Salford Hayley William, Manchester Whittaker Robert, Ashton Halle Emanuel, do. Whitehead. Henry, do. Harwood Jane, Liverpool Wood Eliza, do. Holdsworth William, do. Walker John, Manchester Hornby Thomas, do. Wilkinson David, do. Harrison William, do. Welsby George, do. Hanney Alexander, M.D. do. Whightman William, do. Hess Joseph, do. Wood Joshua, Audenshaw Hart Arthur Wellington, do, Williams Henry, Manchester Hadwen Joshua, jun. do. Wise William, do. Humphreys Joseph, do. Wetherall Nicholas, do. Hindle John, do. Webster Chris. sen. Hulme Heyn Gustavus, Belfast Wood Robert, Ashton Haigh Daniel, jun. Wakefield Wrlker Charles, Denton Hind, Jno. Hartley, Liverpool Webster John, Manchester Harrison John, do. Ward, Thomas, do. Hodgson Mary, do. Wrigley James, Saddleworth Hall John, do. Walker Jas. Hogden, Ashton Hiley Samuel, do. Warner John, Chorlton-upon- Hector Robert, do. Medlock Harcourt Saml. Birmingham Williamson Geo., Broughton Hollingsworth John, do. Woolley George, Duckinfield Hudson Richd. Wednesbury Woolley James, Manchester Hargrove Jchn, Birmingham Wright Nicholas, do. Holmes Rupert, do. Whitlow John, do. Jones John, London Wych J o h n , shton Johnson Jabez, Chorlton White John Richardson, Man- Jackson George, Manchester chester Johnson James, do. Worsley Thomas, Stockport Jones Mary, do. Wallworth, Jas., Manchester Johnson Thomas, do. Wilkinson David, do. Johnson George, do. Walker John, Gordon Isherwood John, do. Whitaker John, Manchester Jenkinson William, Salford Woolley Robert, Ashton Jones Owen, Manchester Wardleworth William, Cheet- Jackson John, do. wood Jackson Jonathan, Ardwick Wilkinson Thos. James, Man- Johnson John, Manchester chester Johnston John, do. Welch Thomas, do. Johnson Samuel, Broughton Waller Samuel, do. Johnson John, Salford Wood Joseph, Ardwick Green Joseph Barnet, Liverpool Woodhead John, Liverpool Joseph Moss, do. Woodhead Firth, do. Joseph Samuel, do. Wright Alex. Sliene, do. Jones Thomas, do. Waller John, do. Johnston John, do. Westmore Mary Ann, Speke- Jones Thomas Price, do. lands, near Liverpool Jones William, do. Watson William, Liverpool Johnson Thomas, do. Welch Stephen, do. Johnson Edward, do. Woods James, do. Jones Jane, do. Williams John, do. Irvine James, do. Wren Joseph, do. JohnsonJohn,Eccleston near Woods Thomas, do. Prescot Wilcox Robert, Allethwaite, Jones Robert, Denbigh near Cartmel Williams Henry, Liverpool Kay Samuel, Ashton Wallace John, do. Keighley William Jackson Worthington William Jenkin- Manchester son, do. Kenworthy George, Ashto n W es t John, Dublin Kenworthy John, do. Williams John, Liverpool King William, Manchester Williams William, do. Kennerley William, do. Ward Peter, do. Kelly John, Salford Wiggerham Thomas, Binning- Keasley Wm., Manchester ham Knowles Thomas, Salford Warden Samuel, llickley, near Kallowski John Charles, Li- Birmingham verpool Weston Thos., Birmingham Keale Henry, do. King George, do. Yates George, Stockport Kaye Richard, Manchester Yates William, Manchester Young Francis, do. Yearsley William, Timperley, Cheshire Vetman Charles, Manchester Van Oven Joshua, Liverpool Lord James, Salford Lee George, Woodlands, Broughton Levy Moses, Manchester Zanetti Joseph, Manchester Leese Joseph, Harpurhey Names or places of the Bank or Banks established by such Co-partnership.—Manchester. Names and descriptions of the Public Officers of the said Banking Co-partnership, namely : Joseph Lees, of Newton Moor, near Ashton-under-Lyne, in the county of Lancaster, cotton spinner. John Nuttall, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, wholesale grocer. Richard Law, of Manchester aforesaid, gentleman. Names of the several towns and places where the bills or notes of the said banking co-partnership are to be issued by the said co-partnership, or their agent or agents, namely ; Manchester. RETURN, &c. [dated 27th December, 1836.] Names of any and every person who may have ceased to be a member of such corporation or co-partnership, viz.— Samuel Giles, Manchester, William B. Giles, Patricroft Hall. RETURN, &c. [dated 15th February, 1837.3 Names of Any and every new or additional public officer of the said corporation or co-partnership, videlicet—None. Names of any and every person who have ceased to be a member of such corporation or co-partnership, videlicet— None. Names of any and every person who may have become a new member of such corporation or co-partnership— Henry Arrowsmith, Winton, Westmoreland. Robert Field, Cartmel; Lancashire. Robert Wilcock, Allethwaithe, near Cartmel, aforesaid. Thomas Robinson, Lower Castle-street, Kirkdale, near Liverpool. • James Harrison, Newall's Buildings, Manchester. Edmund Taylor, Feather-street, Liverpool. RETURN, &c. [dated 16th March, 1837.] Names of any and every new or additional public officer of the said corporation or co-partnership.—None. Names of any and every person who may have ceased to he a member of such corporation.—None. Names of any and every person who may have become a new member of such corporation or copartnership, viz. : John Warner, Devonshire-street, Manchester. James Esdale, Oxford Road, do. James Fletcher, Leyland, Lancashire. Andrew M'Clure, Nantwich, Cheshire. John Robinson, Nantwich, do. Edwin Mirfin, High-street, Manchester. Thomas Warcup Kirkbride, Nantwich, Cheshire. John Eyton, Nantwich, Cheshire. Rev. George Bradshaw, Manchester. John Turner, Bridgewater Buildings, Manchester. James Bazley, John-street. John Robinson, Blakelow, near Nantwich, Cheshire. Richard Law, agent, Manchester. RETURN, &c. [dated 23d M arc h, 1838.] Names of any and every new or additional public officer of the said corporation, or copartnership. —None—no change. Names of any and every person who may have ceased to be a member of such corporation or copartnership, viz. : James Esdale, Oxford Road, Manchester. Edward Mirfin, High-street, do. John Eyton, Nantwich, Cheshire. John Turner, Bridgewater Buildings, Manchester. James Bazley, John-street. do. John Goodier, Altrincham, Cheshire. James Harrison, Newall's Buildings, Manchester. William Dakin. Cannon-street, do. John Aldred, Deansgate, do. William Russell, Salford, near do. Joseph Butterworth, 71, Market-street, do. John Edmundson, New Market Lane, do. Robert Barker, 1, Market Place, do. Thomas Parry, Half Moon-street, do. James Bakewell, Essex-street, do. Names of any and every person who may have become a new member of such corporation or copartnership, viz. ; Robert Ashley, Deansgate, Manchester. Richard Shepherd, Warrington, Lancashire. Robert Cawood, Leeds. Peter Higgins, Manchester. Thomas Waller, senior, Mellor, Derbyshire. William Grocott Waller, Stanley-street, Manchester. Ralph Knowles Waller, Stanley -street do. Charles Wainwright, Garrett, do. Samuel Spafford, Garrett, do. Richard George Beesley, Lloyd-street, do. Matthew Weetman, Back Cooper -street do. Joseph Bennett, Glossop, Derbyshire. John Bennett, Glossop, do. John M'lntyre, Brown-street, Manchester. Andrew Leigh, do. RETURN, &c. [dated 9th Nov. 1838.] Name of any and every new or additional public officer of the said corporation or copartnership, namely : William Marston, of Manchester, in the said county of Lancaster, merchant, in the room of Joseph Lees, re moved. Names of any and every person who .may have ceased to be a member of such corporation or copartnership, namely : Joseph Lees, of Newton Moor, in the said county of Lancaster. Joseph Leese, of Harpurhey, in the said county of Lan caster. William Sale, of Manchester aforesaid. Charles Mann, do. William Kearsley, do. John Hilton Brazier' do.- _ Richard Shepherd, of Warrington, in'the said county of Lancaster. John M'lntyre, of Manchester aforesaid. Names of any and every person who may have become a new member of such corporation or copartnership, namely . Elizabeth Waller, of Manchester. Nicholas Price Wood, of Burslem, in the county of Stafford. John Irvin Holden, of Burslem aforesaid.Thos. Templeton, of Congleton, in the county of Chester. Thomas Steele, of Congleton aforesaid. James Brooke, of Macclesfield, in the said county of Chester. James Allen, of Macclesfiedl aforesaid. Henry Allen do. Joseph Allen, do. William Taylor, do. John Taylor, do. John Gordon, of Manchester aforesaid. Thomas Lyster, do. Joseph Scott, do. John Lomax Allanson, do. Richard Greenhalgh do. Thomas So wler, do. William Hart, do. Jonathan Barker, do. RETURN, &c. [dated 2d October, 1839.] Names of any and every new or additional public officer of the said corporation or copartnership, viz.:— John Harrop, at the office of the bank, 75, King-street, Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, accountant to the said bank, in the room of Richard Law, removed. Names of any and every person who. may have ceased to be a member of such corporation or copartnership : Joseph Raleigh, of Manchester aforesaid David Newton, of Macclesfield, in the county of Cheshire. Names of any and every person who may have become a new member of such corporation or copartnership.—None. GENERAL RETURN, &c. [Dated Ist April, 1839.] Names and places of abode of all the partners concerned or engaged in such corporation or copartnership: — Henry Arrowsmith, Winton House, Westmoreland. Robert Ashley, Manchester, Lancashire. James Allen, Macclesfield, Cheshire. Joseph Allen, do. do. Henry Allen, do. do. John Lomax Allanson, Manchester, Lancashire. Esther Allanson, do. do. James Astley, Stockport, Cheshire. William Ainsworth, Warrington, Lancashire. P. A. Bleackley, Manchester. do. Samuel Briddon, • do. do. Robt. Geo. Beesley, do. do. James Brooks, do. - ' ' do. • - Samuel Buckley, do. ' do. William Briddon, Liverpool, do. Rev. George Bradshaw, Manchester, do. Rev. Jonathan Barker, •• do. ' do. John Box, do. . do.- Johu Bennett, Glossop, Derbyshire. Joseph Bennett, do. do. James Brooke, Macclesfield, Cheshire. Daniel Birtles, Manchester, Lancashire. Thomas_Barker,_ Warrington, do. • . James Butterworth, Herod, , do. John Coates, Manchester, do. Rev. John Chettle, Thirsk, Yorkshire. Robert Cawood, Leeds, do. Samuel Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire. Peter Davis, Warburton, Cheshire. Charles Joseph Dean, Seacombe, do. William Douglas, Manchester, Lancashire. Samuel Fox, do. r do. Robert Field , Cartmel. Robert Gough, Hatherton Lodge, Cheshire. Robert Goldsmith, Manchester, Lancashire. Simon Gough, do. do. John Gordon, do. do. Richard Greenhalgh, do. • do. Edward Hughes, Ashton, do. Peter Hammond, Clayton, . do. John Holt, Rusholme Lodge, do. James Hudson, Manchester, do. Joseph Humphreys, Liverpool, do. Gustavus Heyn, Belfast, Ireland. • William Hague, Manchester, Lancashire. Samuel Hague, do. do. William Hounsfield, do. do. James Hounsfield, do. do. Peter Higgins, do. do. Mary Holden, Burslem, Staffordshire. William Hart, Manchester, Lancashire. Sarah Herbert, Cloudesley-street, Islington, London. James Howie, Manchester, Lancashire. Joseph William Hall, Saddleworth, Yorkshire. Joseph Heaword, Manchester, Lancashire. John Johnston, Garrott, Manchester, Lancashire. John Johnson, Oakes-street, do. do. Samuel Johnson, Broughton, do. do. John Johnson, do. do. Charles James, do. do. James Johnston, do. do. Thomas Knowles, Salford, do. William Kay, Manchester, do. J. W. Kirkbridge, Nantwich, Cheshire. William Marsden, Manchester, Lancashire. Rev. George Marsland, West Bromwich. Major James Mason, 77th Regiment. William Marston, Manchester, Lancashire. Joseph-Marler, Newton Moor; Cheshire. Harriett Anne M'Clure, Nantwich, do. Thomas Labrey, Manchester, Lancashire. Joseph 'Lawless, do. do. James Little,-Ashton, do. Robert Leake, Prestwich, do. John Lees, Manchester, do. • : ' - Thomas Lyster, do. do. Richard Law, do. do. John Lancaster, do: do. Frederick Longsdon, do. do. Andrew Leigh, do. do. William Nuttall, do, do. John Nuttall, do. do. William Nicholson, Leeds, Yorkshire. David Newton, Macclesfield, Cheshire. John Ogle, Retford, Nottinghamshire. William Okell, Liverpool, Lancashire. Samuel Oliver, Hollins-worth, Cheshire. Frederick du Puget, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Samuel Pearson, Manchester, Lancashire. Thomas Rickerby, do. do. Thomas Robinson, Liverpool, do. John Robin son , N an t w i c h, Cheshire. Joseph Raleigh, Manchester, Lancashire. John Shorrocks, do. do. Samuel Shorrocks, do. do. Henry Shorrocks, do. do. John Sparrow, Cheetwood, do. Thomas Stockwell, Manchester, do. John Siddons, do. do. Barbara Ann Spilling, Retford, Nottinghamshire. Christopher Shorrocks, Manchester, Lancashire. Samuel Hodson Sale, Stockport, Cheshire. Samuel Scotson, Liverpool, Lancashire. Thomas Steele, Congleton, Cheshire. Joseph Scott, Manchester, Lancashire. Thomas Sowler, do. do. Joseph Stamper, Islington, London. Samuel Spofford Manchester, Lancashire. . John Scott, do. do. Henry Tribe, Liverpool, do. Thomas Templeton, Congleton, Cheshire. William Taylor, Macclesfield,' do. John Taylor, do. do. James Wallworth, Manchester, Lancashire. James Wallworth, jun. do. do. Mary Anne Westmore, Speaklands. Samuel Waller, Manchester, Lancashire. Christopher Webster, do. do. George Welsby do. do. John Welbourn, Liverpool, do. Stephen Welsh, do. do. Robert Wilcock, Allethwaite, near Cartmel. • Matthew Weetman, Manchester, Lancashire. Elizabeth Waller, ' do. do. Charles Wainwright,. do., do. Nicholas Price Wood, Brirslera, Staffordshire: John Henry Wilson, Manchester, Lancashire. Ralph Knowles Waller, do. do. William Waller, do.. do. Thomas Waller, Mellor, Derbyshire. , Thomas Waller, jun. do. do. Thomas Whittaker, Manchester, Lancashire. [Besides the lists above given, was the annual return, dated 4th April, 1838, which was a mere copy of the first list, above given, with the exception of the omissions, additions, ' and alterations, also given above in the s ho r te r lists, from time to time. This return, the meeting, did not call Mr. Law to read.] THE OUTRAGE AT WINDSOR CASTLE. ADDITIONAL PARTIC ULARS - APPREIIENSION OP THE OFFENDER. (From the Morning Herald of Tueaday.) WINDSOR, MONDAY EVENING.—Such, we are informed, was the general feeling at the castle respecting the negligence (to use the mildest term) of the sentinel on duty, in suffering such an outrage to be perpetrated without his having the least knowledge of the fact of its Committal ; that a company of the 2nd regiment of life guards,' from the horse barracks at'Spittal, were ordered to mount guard at the castle until the arrival of the second rifle brigade on the following day. There was a report that the Queen had given cause of dis satisfaction to the regiment, in consequence of her Majesty not having (as had been long expected), before the 45th quitted their quarters at Windsor, presented them with the new Colours, which had been in the town during the last four months ; and it has been attempted to be shown that, as the soldiers on duty heard no noise (although some considerable noise must have been occasioned, and- easily heard if made during the stillness of the night), the sentinels themselves must have been, in some measure, privy to the outrage. We are happy, however, to state that this report hi s since been supposed to have been hazarded without foundation. Immediately after the inquiries' (before the Earl of Surrey, the treasurer of her Majesty's household), had terminated at the castle on Thursday morning, Mr. Russell, one of the inspectors of police doing duty at the castle, started for town, having, as he imagined, and which suspicion turned out to be correct, some clue to the perpetrator of the out rage. It appears that Mr. Russell, previously to his being sent to Windsor Castle, which was since the new police act came into operation, was the inspector appointed to do duty at Buckingham Palace ; and that in June last a man was appre hended by him, under the following circumstances, for attempting to gain an entrance into the palace : It appeared that in the early part of that month the sentinel on duty in that part of the garden of Buckingham Palace im mediately beneath the terrace of the north wing, heard a rustling among the shrubs, and, upon looking round, he saw a man emerge from them, and prepare to ascend the steps of the terrace. The sentinel called out, when the man answe re d, " It's all right ;" and the soldier, seeing that he was dressed as a labouring man, considered that he was employed either in the garden or kitchen. The man then passed up the steps, and, having reached the terrace, walked towa r d s a g l ass d oor which leads into the interio r , when he was noticed by one of the female domestics, who screamed out to the soldier to seize him, as he was a stranger, and who, from his wild ap pearance, she was afraid intended to do some harm. The sentinel immediately secured him, and shortly afterwards handed him over to the custody of Mr. Russell, the inspector. The fellow then used the most horrible language, called the Queen by various opprobrious terms, and stated that it was his intention to have killed her Majesty, " for he had come there for no other purpose." The man made great resist ance, and the inspector, with some difficulty, succeeded in getting him out of the palace. However, on getting him into the Birdcage-walk he became so violent that it was found necessary to handcuff him. A private examination took place the next morning, at the Home-office, before Sir Fre derick Roe, and the result was, after (we believe) two or three adjourned hearings of the case, his committal to Tot hill-fields Bridewell. The inspector (Russell) 'having ascertained, on Thursday last, that this man had been but a few days before liberated from prison, and knowing that he was probably residing in the neighbourhood of London, he proceeded that day to town, and after some little search discovered his place of abode, and shortly afterwards succeeded in discovering -the man himself, when he ascertained that the maniac (for mad he 'evidently is) had, but a few days before, been guilty of breaking the windowS of a chapel, as it is reported to us. The inspector had no sooner accused him of being the per petrator of the outrage at the castle, in the course of Wed nesday night, than he immediately admitted the fact. He further stated that he got into the Home Park before the gates were locked in the evening, and that he remained there during the whole of that night, sheltering him se lf un d er t h e trees—being furnished with flint stones for the purpose, which he so effectually accomplished, of throwing them over the terrace wall. It appears that when he threw the stones he stationed himself just underneath the wall where the sentry was on duty. The man was immediately taken into custody, and, as we are informed, underwent a private exa mination at the Home-office, and was remanded ; but, as we have before stated, the secrecy which has prevailed on the subject of this occurrence, among all parties who are in any way officially engaged in the elucidati on o f t h e facts, is such that it is with th greatest difficulty we are enabled' to give the account, thus far, of what has transpired. Should there, therefore, be any trifling inaccuracy in this statement, it must be attributed to the cause to which we have referred. PEACOCK SHOOTING.—This diversion in India is attended with circumstances lnot common to the shooting of fowl in general. The size and splendour of the obje c t s h ot at, and the danger with which the ;diversion is attended, from the religious veneration in which these bi r d s are held by the na tives, mark the spot with singular featu res . Ab out the pas ses in the Junglerry districts, Captain Williamson assures us he has seen whole woods covered with their beautiful plu mage, and that, speaking within bounds, there could not be less than 1,200 or 1,500 within sight; and also, that, when thus congregated, it is not thus difficult to get within shot of them. The editor of.this wor i k was intimat e with an officer in the India Compaty's servce, who never could speak of the peacock ;shooting of India without rapture. In small packs, these birds are very shy, and though heavy on the wing, they run so fast as not to be easily flushed. Captain W. says, " The best mode of approaching them is, by steal ing under the trees at night ; if there be a clear moon, so much the better. In this way by looking up among t h e foil age, the peacock may be easily distinguished. Where they are numerous, and when only one bird is wanted, as certain a mode as any is to lie in wait behind a bush near their feeding haunts ; but, without the most perfect silence is observed, this will not succeed. They are strong birds, and require a smart gun to take proper effect, unless within twenty-five or thirty yards. The best is No. 4, p atent shot; and with that size it is right to aim under the wing, if the position of the bird favour such an intention, otherwise, and more especially if the shot be smaller than the size above mentioned, it is best to aim at the head."—Encyclopedi a of Rural Sports. GREAT MEETING OF PROTESTANT OPERATIVES On Wednesday evening a meeting of Protestant Operatives was held in the Music-Hall, Bold-street, for the purpose of again petitioning the Town Council on the subject of the proposed extension of the system of education adopted in the corporation schools. The room was filled before the com mencement of the proceedings. The Rev. H. M`Neile was invited to take the chair on the occasion. The address in which the rev. gentleman was requested to preside, and which was signed by 31 operatives, stated that the object of the meeting was, " to petition the Town Council against building any more schools with the corporate funds on the present system," which the requisitionists conscientiously believed to be unscriptural. Mr. M`Neile was greeted on his en trance with tremendous cheering. Having taken the chair, the rev. gentleman said—My Christian friends and brethren, the object of the present meeting is to forward and facilitate among you the exercise of a political privilege on a religious subject ; I might, perhaps, improve the description if I said, a British privilege on a Christi an su bj ec t . (Ch eers. ) Th e privilege is that of petition—the subject is that of scriptural education. It well becomes us, therefore, in the very outset, to bear in practical remembrance that great motto, supplied for daily use in our Book of Books, which is God's own book—" In all thy ways acknowledge - Him, and he will direct thy steps." I therefore propose to ask God's blessing, through Jesus Christ, on the object and operations that we have in view. The Rev. CHAIRMAN having offered up a prayer appro priate to the occasion, proceeded to say—Now, my friends, having taken our first step, I feel that the next step which it becomes me to take is to account for the position at this meeting which I have the honour to occupy. And when I say the honour to occupy, I do not use merely a phrase of course, but a phrase of meaning ; for I do esteem it an ho nour, and a high honour, received at the hand of God, whose are the hearts of all men, that the Christian poor of this great town respect and esteem me in love for my work sake. (Great cheering.) On the 7th inst. I received a letter from the secretary of the Protestant Operative Association, en closing a request that 1 would preside upon the present oc casion. [The rev. gentleman then read the requisition, together with his own reply, accepting the invitation.] In pursuance of the request so made and accepted, I now occupy your chair; and I feel assured that your proceedings this evening, not only in the end they have in view, but also in the tone and manner in which they shall be conducted, will fully justify me in the opinion I have formed of you, and in the strength of which I do not hesitate to co-operate with you. (Much applause.) If there be any persons present who do not agree with us, in our views of w h a t i s ca ll e d ' the school question," they will bear in mind, with reference to our pub lic notice, that not having been invited to our meeting, and being:now present on sufferance, not of right, it would be a flagrant breach of common good manners in them to attempt the slightest interruption of our 'proceedings. (Cheers.) 1 have given it as my opinion that the system adopted in the existing corporation schools, is such as effectually to exclude you, and all who think and feel as you do, from any partici pation in its benefits. You will excuse me while I detain you with a few observations in support of that opinion ; not, of course, that you require them yourselves in the way of argu ment, but we have many opponents with whom it is our duty quietly and .calmly to argue, and against whose objec tions I deem it a part of my duty, both to defend you and to teach you how to defend yourselves. (Applause.) There are two things in a system of education, either of which would render it impossible for you conscientiously to join in it. First if a part of the system were to teach popery, you could not join in it ; you would be effectually exclu ded. Or, secondly, if no part of the system were to teach the Bible, you would equally be completely excluded. It would not require both of these things to exclude you : either the one or the other must exclude you. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Is this teaching the Bible a part of the system now practiced in the corporation schools ? (No, no.) The friends of that system 'say undoubtedly it is, and their proof is this :—For an hour every day Christian ministers are permitted, nay invited, to attend the schools and teach their children the Bible. But this is not all. This would only be a permission on the part of the corporation to have the Bible taught, provided some Christian minister chose to avail himself of it, but it could not in fairness be called a part of their system. They have therefore gone much farther. They have secured the teaching of the Bible, by making provision that, should no Christian minister attend, some teacher or teachers of the establishment shall take care that certain children are taught to read the Bible. Thus the reading of the Bible in the schools is not merely a matter of permission to others, but a matter of arrangement by the corporation themselves, and is, consequently, bona fide a part 'of the system. (Cheers.) Such is the arrangement of the friends of the system. The practice referred to, the corpo ration were driven to, in violation of their original rules, and such being the practice, the argument, so far as the pro testant children are concerned, is sound. Now, 1 ask, is teaching popery a part of the existi ng sys t em ? Ve answer, undoubtedly it is, and our proof of this :—For an hour every day, popish priests are permitted, nay, invited to attend the schools and teach their children popery. But this is not all. This would be only a permission on the part of the corpora tion to have popery taught, provided some popish priests chose to avail themselves of it ; but it could not in fairness be called a part of their system. They have, therefore, gone much farther, They have secured the teaching of popery by making provision that, should no popish priest attend, some teacher or teachers on the establishment shall take care that certain children are taught popery. Thus the teaching of popery in school is not merely a matter of per mission to others, but a matter of arrangement by the cor poration themselves and is, consequently, bond fide a part of the system. (Applause.) Thus the argument advanced to prove that teaching the Bible is a part of the syste,m, if sound and conclusive, proves also that teaching popery is a part of the system. And if the argument be conclusive to prove that teaching popery is a part of the system, it is equally inconclusive to prove that teaching the Bible is a part of the system. In short, in the corporation system, as it is with popery, so it is with the Bible, and as it is with the Bible, so it is with popery. (Vehement applause.) God says in the Bible—" Thou shalt not bow down to images." Popery says in her catechism—" Ye shall bow down to images." The corporation of Liverpool says, our rooms are large enough to practice bowing down, and not bowing down—(laughter and applause)—and our consciences are large enough to teach bowing down and not bowing down— (renewed laughter and cheers)—to make arrangements, and pay suitable teachers, to secure that Peter shall be taught to bow down and John shall be taught not to bow down; and if any one should ask who taught Peter to bow down, the answer is—" the 6orporation," and who taught John not to bow down—" the corporation." (Enthusiactic applause.) Who taught the English doctrine; that the church of Rome practices idolatry to be abhorred of all true Christians ? The corporation. And who taught the Romish doctrine, that the church of Rome is the one only catholic apostolic church, out of which there is no salvation ? The corporation. (Cheers.) When Peter and John grow to be young men, and compare, in mixed seriousness and anger, their con flicting educations, Peter says, " You are a heretic." John say, " You arc an idolater." " Who taught you that 1 was an idolater ?" " The corporation ; and who taught you that I was an heretic ?" " The corporation." (Deafening ap plause.) Who, then, is the greater breeder and trainer of theological game cocks ? The corporation. (Loud laughter and cheers.) Who are guilty of either insincerity towards one class, or indifference towards both as to their highest, their eternal interests ? (Hear, hear.) Yes, this is the dilemma on which the corporation were fairly horned by our Rev. friend Dr. Tattershall, at the meeting in the Amphitheatre. (Loud cheers.) But, then, what do we suppose that the liberal Town-council ought to do in the matter of education ? If they are determined to edu cate all sorts of people, why, in the name of common sense, force all sorts of people into one school ? Why not have separate schools for the different denominations ; Cannot they as easily divide the schools as the classes ? I think that they might; and if they are going to build addi tional schools, you only prefer, a reasonable request when you ask that those additional schools may not be the same as those already in existence. They say that they are the trus tees of a common fund, having all kinds of people to deal with, so that on their own principle, they ought to concede your demand. If we grant, for the sake of argument, that the population of the town is equally divided into two classes. we may say to them' " You have two schools in which pope ry is taught, and we may now make an application to you for as many in which no popery shall be taught." That, in my opinion is a very moderate ;demand. It is not the demand I should be inclined to make as a protestant, but one which, on their own principle as counters of heads, as reckoners of majorities, they ought to concede. They cannot, at least they ought•not, recede from their doctrine in this matter; but, when you ask that as many no-popery schools shall be erected as there are in existence popish schools, before they build additional popish schools, the council are bound, on their own showing, to listen to the prayer. (Applause.) And this I may here mention to you, is the very prayer of the petition which will be proposed for your adoption this evening. Again, I ask, what should the Town-council do in the matter of education It is impossible that they should agree as to what is the best course to be adopted ; their very composition renders this an imposibility. Look at what they are com posed of. Ido not mean anything disrespectful, when, to save trouble I mention names. There is my old acquaintance on this subject, Mr. William Rathbone :—he is an honest, straightforward, resolute, and conscientious unitarian. 'So he sass. (Hear, and laughter.) There is also another old acquaintanc .of mine in this—a man of considerable erudi tion, of great; research, and who practises usefully, no duubt, for his patients, in a certain learned profession. He d oes not agree with Mr. Rathbone, but believes in the holy trini ty,' and is an advocate of the voluntary principle in church government ;he disapproves of bishops. Then there is a third gentleman in the council ; he is a member of the popish church, and upholds bishops. Thus do the doctors disagree among themselves ; and, coming to the subject of education, I ask how is it possible that they can sincerely agree to one course ? And there are but two courses which honest men can adopt. One of these would be a sort of drawn battle. — Mr. Shell might say, " You may have some protestant schools, if you will let me have some that are entirely po pish ; Mr. Rathbone might demand some where unitarianism was taught ; Mr. Blackburn might ask for others where the voluntary principle was inculcated ; and so on. Thus the schools would be a sort of fac simile of the council, or the council a sort of fac simile of the schools. (Cheers and laughter.) That would be one course. The other would be for the council to say, " You see that education is not a fit subject for us to manage or contront ; it is one that specially calls for union; but reform has thrown us together like the iron and the clay in the image of old, and we cannot agree. Education, therefore, we ought not to touch. We may ma nage the dock trust or the police force—things which require adjustment of funds or outward regulations ; but where prin ciple is involved, a heterogeneous body like us cannot pro perly manage. We will therefore give up the schools we have to the highest bidder and transfer the proceeds to the corporation funds." (Hear, hear.) But they will not do that, and you do not intend to-night to ask them to do that ; but, having heard that it is their intention to build other schools, the prayer of your petition is the very modest one, that, as you and your children are excluded from those in existence, such as may hereafter be built shall not be of a kind to exclude you. I protest that it is a very modest re quest ; but, although so reasonable, so much under, rather than over, the justice of the case, I have very little doubt we shall get no credit for modesty this evening (hear, hear,) and that the few amusing turns my argument has taken in passing, will be put down to a bitter spirit, to a bad heart, to a vile and bigotted political feeling, over and above toryism. (Much cheering.) But I have learned long ago not to mind much about what is said falsely against me. I have a clear conscience. that I intend no ill-will to any one, in anything I may have said, but I have endeavoured to set before you, in a point of view such as you can at once understand—not in such a way as the clever rabbits of the press, criticising at their leisure, may find faultless—my opinion on this subject; and of the writers of the press find any fault with the paleness of your chairman's language, the reply will be, that he has spoken plainly to plain men. (Tremendous applause.) Mr. Wiven then rose to propose the adoption of the pe tition. He commenced by au allusion to the tactics of Na poleon, who, when about to engage an enemy in battle, first reconnoitered the hostile army, and, selecting what he con sidered the most assailable point, directed his chief efforts to that, merely keeping up in other quarters such a show of op position as to engage the attention of the enemy, and deceive them as to his real purpose. Such, the speaker contended, was the conduct of the court of Rome with regard to Eng land in the present day. While the pope and his emissaries amused the people of England with the cries of " Liberty," " Reform," &c., their secret a i m was to attack and over throw the key and corner -stone of our protestant position and our national prosperity, the Bible. He did not think that any one would deny the position, that Rational pros perity depends on God's blessing—that God's blessing de pends on whether God is truly worshipped—that whether He is truly worshipped depends on whether He is known or not, depends on whether His revealed word is taught or not— , es ei e (cheers)--so that anyone who-wished to aim a l'a" . 'ledge °f our national prosperity, had to aim at our know „„ e tc. God's revealed truth. That revealed word formed t'a ment in our constitution—in our national church. and education. Our constitution depends on publiC oll ee ess was formed and modified by it : and public oPe i es erS• formed and modified by education. In fact, thereforteed st thing depended on the education which children recr ia o or school; and if any o n e w i s h e d t o work a great chane e 'e atta ck political and religious i ns tit u ti ons , his plan would be e t aa g el/ them through the education of the young. R o rne e ra d e eed in this manner. A system of education had been i tii ha t of p p o ro p t i e s s h ta e n d t uc e a d t u io c n at t io o n pro to tes into Ireland, which, under the plea of giving sonles s ' ss re $ R trt an chil e ffort7f e r made to introduce a modification of that system ee land. The town of Liverpool was pitched upon for n e wt , to per ment, and the result had been what was well knoll hod all. He, however, was perfectly persuaded that, if . ij itiosl not raised up men to oppose this popish andsrerpool, scheme, there would have been, instead of two ja s hod c d a r t e h n o . lic A c n hi ldren, Irish schools over the greater part of England in a IF t e Ye r ead time, if not at the present moment. The speaker then the petition, of which the following is a copyi — °u ntil °I " To the Worshipful the Mayor and TOWil-C Liverpool, Inha bit. .2 1°, 6 0 " The Petition of the undersigned Operative ants of Liverpool, " Humbly showeth, for di ei s r r " That your petitioners, being anxious to Pr Meiosise" own children, and those of their neighbours , the _dog a scriptural education, such as will not only fit themeeed to, their duty in that state of life to which it may call them, but also furnish them with a safe gre und n ot b ut in the hour of death and in the day of judgment, leiieedt° deeply regret that your worshipful body have bee a •P media te adopt such regulations in the schools under your le,i e f ! ea controul, as to render them, in the honest judgeon, soul petitioners, nnscriptural; in consequence of wh i f„,l frog' petitioners feel themselves conscientiously ex clue o s sere e to participating in the educational advantages therein 5' the inhabitants of this town. . .0 1 " That your petitioners, hearing that it was the . 1 , to b e t hoist of your worshipful body to erect additional sc conducted on the same plan, made bold, in the asses March last, to address to your worshipful body a n ili c l i o se signed petition, representing that there are two ec ieell pleao7 hope persons in this town—one class satisfied to send tileu cr ipte to the schools which your petitioners consider r )- tho t i —another class who are not satisfied ; and pray int o b e .01 asinuch as the schools already in operation seems ,to cient for the first-named class, your worshipf ul 13°14 ot ber arrange those new projected, so as to accommodatetit class to which your petitioners belong. A teat r " That your worshipful body not having judgee, • fl eet tion worthy of a favourable response, your eetlt!°;sello' large body of the operatives of this town, would des l _„ r o - yet2, and with renewed urgency, to press the subject of then o l ot ell hoping that your worshipful body, viewing the ilul i b t e s in your petitioners as a sign of the deep and terest which prompts them so to act, will r e lesir' e b• matter, and condescend to grant your petitioners bey rels t tbe The speaker then absorsi;,t,hs went on to show on what groan teat Lees jetted to the corporation schools. The first wasse or ity,"'i teaching of different systems under the same au":,,, sece ll e, certainty and discredit were thrown upon all. J e n ' .. e' es ebi m " place, they objected to the introduction of a boee a' i r e . 1 4 tute for the Bible, inasmuch as such a proceedinF children open to popery. They ought and must °let V i to position that the Bible was its own interpreter... a e ao it , in the case of that book the Irish Extracts), v; . 2 , l : e leibl e d e compare scripture with scripture, so as to make "'e s ce i ' s el own interpreter? He could not compare St. ra ° r with his life; he could not compare the admonitiloso tb , e . o ; with his life ;he could not compare one book iv , ' ee , 4 so as to trace the fulfilment of the propheci es ' consequently left to the mercy of the Roman Catignt.l.°_leic,s;!ti obliged to receive their doctrine of apostolicaltradleirtreth,l', book of extracts was divested of the evidence of t • n ee of n i de scripture, the fulfilment of prophecy. In illustratteleee,it he would mention an anecdote. A protestant cleT e e, 00: it e Rev. Mr. Nangle, was travelling on a stage nett''' the • happened that he had hi s sea t between two r — fir l Neele whom he was soon engaged in a deep contro versy , t his P e er purpose of enforcing- his arguments he pulled ° iv bat from his pocket. "Aye," said one of the pri es lolo n e eo do you know that the Bible is true ?" "Be. the a iril l, 3, prophecy," was the answer of the clergyman , tin ie• diately turned to the first epistle of Timotheettes usiv " Now the Spirit speaketh exp r e s sly, that in the .. :',e s , el t o A some shall depart from the f a ith, g iving heed tone% re d ble u ing lies in hypocrisy, having th e ir tea c onsciene e .... i oe t hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanailo tee,leto from meats." After several other observations als etee o f subject, the speaker concluded by calling on tl : ) .i e ti e ette t " do everything in their power to expel the por' education from the town. (Great applause.) a t he a' eoll Mr. Trroerai FRENCH, an operative, second e to rpo r pas He stated that his children had gone to the old ! N g ., be ' ci t, school, and when they returned home in the ere ti a n rece iv ol gratified to observe the instruction which they te een $O,O But an awful change came about ; the Bible w e a s e esed from the school—the English operative was ° F el e le i l ore birthright, the Word of God—and from that n os es P e el away his children from the school, and would „ permit them to return, although a schoohnistres. ' or e see e te gone to Green-bank to have her conscience an s ot principle within her violated, waited upon hin t t° n eed they might be sent back. (Much cheering-) , ;0 1 vr% The Rev. CHAIRMAN read the resolution, sca.seoll he that the petition should be forwarded for preseetireeedl:o.o council by the chairman of the meeting, Ile I e bale tbs s remarkable scene which took place in the coun%iler te je March last, on the presentation of a petitionssiei were le, then proposed to the meeting, when objection s i g ned ' l e e le its reception in consequence of its not being ~ e ett chairman of the meeting at which it was adopte'sree 1 13 .0 0 that this time the council should not have the r at it:Jeeel for rejecting the petition, for heswasdeterminel t e ri p rooslog with his signature. The reverend gentleme n t ; au ri b c i° to say,—The meeting mi g ht n ow be dissolve` ' le of ever' t n e i n or d e ed sa b i l d isi o n n ess tl h le as su be bj e e n ct g , o s n e e eig ro t u l g l ; th b e ut e t T ) ° a t f t e el i: ti s o n o !d o b ll f i point which I would wish to press upon your I se that is, that the leering)- shortly have to 't at alt li erts the wards—(loud c—and as I thinf „oiot ti se )te. men are practical men, it may be important t'etbeillicier you act principles, being once received, will sli o e' s 's for i t ico ol , in pce. If you think it right on principle t er es l ° Y cid ture schools, and if you approve of the argil e nd ii i eeret t of scriptural and against unsciiptural schen_ e s ' his approve of the conduct of the man who tre' e f le• s ere away when the English operative was dePrive.'; K at es: right, you will never again send to the c ouncil e iste e e ft o f that ",`, elf sb er the men who were the instruments who made the council? Who turned out 50 1 1 You may perha say—" The council alone ditdhiet•resreelleoor long-established, worthy men who once coluP ° , Ae` e ee' Horsfalls and your Aspinalls ? (Great applaus.eo.,siobie e was it that put in men who had never any r en- for the diLl if t' tation of being there, except with an order, o iee tors .e db o t plying of goods? Who did that ? Why, th e n eold er ' r$ (Renewed cheers.) All of you who are liouse-ee ete e e0 t to make it yet& duty to set yourselves against. levief µ fill s i r such men to the town-council. An opportunie ovu them will shortly be presented, and I hope I l eesegiles t i them that you are resolved not to suffer this bele b t h i s Le rs, in every street and at every polling more. You must work day by day to accopniatec;;;;Vsrolevel, schools or no schools ; put the Bible into children, or we will not put you in the Townt-I;;:!.l;:rieli(t.seftb;t ment applause.) Show them that you are ilia° „ e ielli e sre,!, est. There is no' use in being moderately ari: i o e', in these days ; you should be determinedly ege I. .;rol i t agitator can now only obtain anything. L b ; moderation for weakness. They will say --- "“ i i ". e reet ) ';'ilP s e have acted very quietly, and properly, and ( to ' e aril e ivP il t they will avail themselves of your discretion oot pl t s 4, pranks ; and unless you show that you W il d I tel l shall I say ? they do not like hard words, the bele ioi have ee d alreadyto say, comea are to comingur words—but unless you show that you wo-ilfltnhocch:czliacelpe: your opponents will have the better of yenbeeelere, ti;:ej and if you bestir ourselves at a a ty t k' t ot l f i r' e .tah is n :n l i licgi P a-L o l l i e n vl ciss: e t t :l . ci j will come of it, and you will check the ac the great scheme to which Mr. Wlver has c.altoler`cieariceeetli; tion. (Much applause.) It is rather est i ' j ot.. ~t e eh have not said one word against popery t a- e - l ot ic et and much laughter.) I told you, indeed, tint it ebopseea the corporation schools ; but I said nothinfri,h (Hear, hear, and cheers.) In reading an that has to-day, I met with a remarkable discove?fticore e t . p es o , place with reg_ard to Ribbonism. In the es l „ s o ti e C ° e, fore Lord Roden's committee, in tile last see: ite lee f eole le ment, it was made clear that there existed ildharellas spiracy entirely consisting of members of # 00' °O t os and not only so, but of such members of til_ 3 : 4 loC%bori ll ge no Protestant connexions. It appeared in e n Roe/ bet will not allow a Roman Catholic to be sw l• T ee e. ie es ta i s e if he has any Protestant connexion by frof, a 0 0 ,. J o l ot afraid that if such an individual were adflaa" on e l ent tl/ ri‘ ect e of their conspiracy, he might, in some e i e f shcle e softness and tenderness, give information t u t e s t 0 ' 1 4 1 9 foul proceedings. It was also made evide n e t his e,, 0 oriel ment had attempted to discover the natureoolloatwo and failed. Last session a law came in e nd t . b i e ee' r e f s ei e. all societies using secret signs or passwo r l,s Cert 3 , oo Ali' d enabled some of the Irish inagistrates to thin er i ies and discover some of the features of thi._ les ei eeeq i blel a t ),e o , [The Rev. gentleman then read from tile Jvv_ ry t, e ro psrticulars of a remarkable case of the disco/As`hae in Belfast, and proceeded to state that arce s ads eeo core. place in the counties of Cavan and Leitri le 'riefer e e to observations on these discoveries he said] ve er wre ise ee es a el ing, there are three watchwords that I ir t i l s 'ey upon your memory. They are not new b t ee been . ~,roTtlls worse for that ; for they are good, and he' d t ee job m e' tested in various places ; they have reel hov e na ea r sos' of many of your fellow-countrymen , a nd , they will receive your approbation , and ' e hure'ch oe",rio, mories. The first is, scriptural education:the tioeiiitees.ooe,, —(cheers)--and the third is the repeal at a tin - $ t r i o pation act. (Enthusiastic applause, the o lee re a fo i r , l_P te simultaneously, waved their hats, and r) ,u. OO ' ro eo of deafening cheers, which were renewe d Ititu de es l3' After having sat down for a moment, the ni a ie oe , r and repeated their tremendous cheering. aa east . s toe jotel The petition was then formally adopteu, e let ° ; s es' probation. - tt Cons bus' The meeting then sang the hymn, The cheerful songs," &c. and then dis minated at half-past nine. persed. tif!; , 5 . ow --------------r? -.-- 0' l a 0 n fiA lt che r al PROVIDENTIAL PRESERVATION OF ,a• evi l o e . 1 .w40 —When Harvey arrived at Dover, with se c hi •Vl3r u it e : I m ta e l n y , , i t n he o y rd w e e r n t t o wemittatrhkeifropratshsepociontinch, a e 0.,01 , r 0 • -ts to Si r l ' Il si joo tt ik e then commanding at Dover Castle. 14,7rhoeloettett• sented his passport, Sir Henry told Itthyi,ireil t° o o o , l lo 1 0 but must remain his prisoner." Ha rvey "i e e - bad,f. ‘'e lij iP lif • reason, and to be informed what offence ' ..0 ~, 1 o ut e• a' I) b4 l The Governor replied it was his pleas ur , e j ica or' , e further satisfaction. In the evernni, 1.1010151.,he ' e o e .1 ; clear, thetashe packet sailed with Harvey °g i ill' : ,v 1 • 1 ' ' In ght there arose a terrible storm 1 vel t Ll , i i . o r . dit' was lost, and all on board perished. T 1 ',1 1 , 0 Gl if I# i i e, lancholy news was brought to Dover. knew oe,: he explained himself to Harvey, whom be _„rrivaik to v . !. He told him that, on the night before los t ; DO;pl)oii' perfect vision of him in a dream, c oming to t o% 'jiti , ' over to Calais ; and that he hall warlh g ich 1 10 6 1 fil lin t v a oe s m t e e t a s s n , 1 ' : 7 i w s t a hh y oa s Great and glorious, indeed, was the ti,,, s ,, s icar id 0 0 0 0 9 1 , e of a life so miraculously protected !"----"' 00 tiae ° ,ot. ro , y o v to e hf r e b s . ii lui DIVERSITY OF TASTES.--‘‘ Ther e 1S t here 1. 6 ,4 t 1,0":; follows vlari pe:bare, w f u ge t was ',o o l'V c `, this wondrous world. Not the least e . , l _ t o f a, belt tiot4 5 Ju dges ea srloutasttes:rpotisosori rtho o r capir,,itit, have lately come under our notice isty te d in L go tce,if!,, assl z e e , po ,4e t re' c o i. r . O P , The following is the way in which iy, i ,, begg,,Arcircoo. pi, " Standard" a few evenings ago : (plot' hire t 0:4 61 4i has for several years walked with the fro m !) oi l ~; P io footed, following the route of the jud es s i$ pOW A Wi . ,04, as their lordships go to hold the cuit as usual.' What at b u i f e i r gray' Y e ; 1 0 t e o re j e countenances remarkable only for I't . hai , we 0 , $ i f il A je lis the eyes of this poor woman, is inorej ler e is TheA °,, ti Pt io' this we know, that to some ThepeoPle i rerY .4 .--a) b ie: _dr pleasant spectacle in the -world. , s 0110. reel ,01",,,, o well o f a.;tP ii r, conjures up reflections in sorn ev erse la ce,' t oo ore some women's too—which are the r, _., to p ~ o o i . stead of following them about from ettli_-`.'„ oeopt..,adet,erie woman does, it is no uncommon tho . l . ,‘: e : hut r io terceo!? coiling at the bare idea of meeting einusAeosaniass -it's/ 'a the wil tarn c o d _, ing across the Atlantic to avoi , a c0...c0i .. to rr How wretched, in the estimation 1 0 0 , ~,,s f e m., ge r. at the antipodes, must be the taste I, I F , t o l; . / d of P —Wlks and Wandrings in I " oils: the Author a of "The Great Metro, ftirt p t, ;4% c 44! ) It riz al' s.E V4,l._Cof N l ' to late rlki i At 4 itk