The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-10-01 00:00:00

OCTOBER 1, 1833. As the goods or produce of the seller, and the inclina- - ti,ons of th e b uyer, are respected in our public markets, so also, until recent times, were the rights of property re spected in England. The "owner of land or houses, the ."ler_of a ship, a cotton mill, or a cow-she d , cou ld not liave his rights-challenged except in due form of law, and upon the presumption that another claimant could establish 1 . 1 better right. In this consisted the security of . property l a England. The law threw its shield over the party in Possession —humanely leaned to the side of prescriptive right—justly presumed that an unchallenged title during series of years was a go t od title, and that all tenures and rights were beyond the reach or the adjudication of the legislature. We have now, however, commenced a new system, and it is already ruled, not that the parliament shall deal with the rights of pr o perty as in its wisdom it shall deem fit, but that the King's commissioners, appointed by the King's ministers, shall have the power of examining the title deeds of every species of property in the kingdom—of examining all contracts and leases, all covenants and mo rtgages, all purchases and transfers, at their sovereign will and pleasure. A more monstrous system never was de 'vise(' by designing men. If it be persisted in we venture t ° saY that it will ere long destroy all security, all safety, all vested interests, all ancient rights, all those bonds which hold society together, and which have hitherto been 'considered the barriers between the public robber and the Private proprietor. It is in vain to conceal that the great straggle 1 4as begun between the men of property and the tn en of no property—between the honest and the dishonest and that the door is opened wide in order that the spo liator may en t er in and appropriate to himself that which hitherto th e l aw has recognised as b elong i ng to another. It is for those who have anything to lose to consider, and th at forthwith, how the door may again be closed before it he too late. Gentlemen landowners, fundholders, ca nal proprietors, Exchequer bill holders, heirs of entail, annuitants, and tenants of valuable leases, look to your selves ! Rang out your banners on the outward walls, for the ministry and the rabble are at your threshold The reader -will easily-perceive that we are alluding to the roving commissions appointed by the government to i nquire into, and therefore to unsettle the rights of pro perty, under the shallow pretext of inquiring into the abuses of corporations. We affirm that the nominal ob ject of these commissions is a mere pretext. The pro ceedings at Leicester 'show that something much more seriou s is intended. If municipal reform only were in tended —if an extension of municipal privileges on* W, :; e re intended—if nothing more were in contemplation ' da p an enlargement of the constituency of borough towns, W in tt necessity w ou ld th ere b e f or investigating old con ` ,Fa cts, unveiling past transactions, intruding upon private property, and compelling in4viduals to produce the title deeds und er which they and their ancestors hold or h ave held certain lands or houses ? If this right of inquiry be 44/I)itted, then, we contend, that no man, no property, no tease, no mortgage, is safe or secure in England. — -Let us put a case—suppose that A B holds land in the 4licinity of Liverpool,, Leicester, London, or any other inw n. Which land had been purchased fifty, seventy, or one hundred years ago, from one or other of these corpo rations by the father, grandfather, or great-grandfather ofA 13 . What does the present holder, or any living know concerning the motives which induced his an infor to b uy, or the corporation i n quest i on to se ll? H e i s , most cases, as ignorant of the motives or the necessities r l 'dle resp ect i ve part i es, as t h e c hild un b orn . He inhe thiatved. the property from his father. His father and himself e spent thousands of pounds in improving it. When it c rone into th e p ossess i on o f the family it was the edge " 1 a sterile common, perhaps, barren, sedgy, bare, wild, ni l c comparatively of no value. The fortune of the fa - Wag liberally expended in draining, manuring, fenc • i ns, and in gi v i ng t o a naturally bad soil all the aids and a '°rnments of art and industry. Commerce gave it an accidental value. Manufactures attracted to its location a numerous population. Where the stunted grass reluc tantly grew the cotton factory was built, and the isolated cop,. - -" , •field, i n the process of time, became sophisticated Wi th the dross of a coal mine. Human habitations started 11 1 ) Where the wild pony roamed in summer, and the cur lew s creamed in winter. In this way a value was given `° the land which its purchaser never dreamt of, and which i ts former owner would have believed to be beyond the compas s of mortal auencv• But such change s have occurred even within the last thirty or forty years, and are we to be told that such pro prietor of this once hopeless property, is bound to pro 'ill" his title, or what is the same thing, that the corpo ration of whom the land was bought are bound to exhibit l i _ cl this rovin g comm i ssion the art i c l es o f sa l e , the contract ;between the parties, the title of the holder, and all the ci reumstan ces w h ich led to the dispos i t i on .an d th e trans fer What !is it come to this ? Must the holder of landed or other property be dragged before two pert and Obscur e b arristers, names almost unknown, who never h ave,. had a ny pract i ce in the courts, the mere toa d ea t ers ° . l ' a jobbi ng administration, needy and servile, ready and 'Obsequious ignorant and p resum i ng , in order to explain t° the n' Why he holds l an d s w hi c h f ormer ly belonged to the , r ,, c orporation of L e i cester, or any ot h er borough ? T his may be Whi g p o li cy, b ut i t i s po li cy never theless which is based upon i n j ust i ce. Mi n i sters m i g ht a s well , under the pretext of reform, where a man buys his nff ' who makes his sh oes , w h ere h e procure d th e mo ney Whi ch l3 he has at his banker's, who gave Mr. FowELL 110 's his original property, who travelled in Italy with 1. • JoSEPIi HUME, who brib e d th e Ti mes newspaper , a nd tile London Courier (Arcades ambo) in 1817 —wl,o ,made JAM ES B ROUGHAM a tithe-proctor—who wrote the who article agai ns t taxes M the Edinburgh Review, and o assi s t e d our honourable representative, Mr. Wm. R h Iv- inT, in composing his inimitablepoem against reform? The se are personal questions, we admit; but every t hing is personal now. The property held in trust by cor porations is p ro t ec t e d by th e l aw, and, like every other tt escription o f property , i s p l ace d under the protection .of the law, in order that it should not be under the mercy of the KING on the one hand, or the Parliament on the other: If any malversation or breach of trust takes p l ace, the courts of law are open, th e i n j ure d party has his remedy, and impartial justice is administered and its decrees enforced. It is true that the Legislature, the Kings, Lords and Commons, may pass an act of robbery. Under such an act the lands of JAMES GREEN may be ,given to JOHN GREY. It is only necessary to state in the preamble of such an act that certain reasons of state ,:policy render it expedient that GREEN should be plum tiered, and then the plunder will commence in due form. ' On this ground of expediency the lands of Protestant b ishops may be given to Popish priests. On this ground the West India planter is compelled to accept two-and ' sixpence in the pound. On this ground one man or one . • branch of trade is sacrificed to another. But the present administration are not content with the omnipotence of the legislature. They have resolved t o govern th e country by commissions; and in doing so t hey hav e usurped the power of the supreme courts, and stepped beyond the law. In fact they are acting with • out authorit y , as an irresponsible body, and summoning persons tl:ta before th ese commissions who are not bound to t which summonses are not worth a piece of waste P a ller . ,• and th e y are asking questions which no man is dto answer. The proceedings at Leiceiter will 41 0 w the e x t ent to which this folly is carried. The .com missioners are two stuff-gowned barristers of the names RITCOMBE and C OCKBURN . They summone d be !ore titel th e open court examined him upon the affairs of the borough. ere is corneal' town-ol e e- •s log exceedingly invidious in this. The in that the legal adviser of the corporation, and capacity is under the shield of the law, and can dinarnot be required to give evidence. What would any or y client say if his • against • .attorney were made a witness him in a court of justice ? The town-clerk, how ' ev er, waived his privilege and answered all questions put to him without reservation. What next took place is thus described : " That on the following Thursday, Friday and Monday he a gain attend e d the commissioners, who required further returns from hi m i n a d dition to those alreadyth furni s h e d b y hi m, and also d emanded to b e d e li vered u p to • porati on f or the last twenty y e ern th e h all books of the cor ars, the c h am b erlain's accounts teethe last te n years, and risany ether .d oc• uments embracing the . - minutest details of corporation aff'airs, the particulars of the titles by which the corporation holds its land and other property, the par ticulars of mortgages and other securities, for money granted by the corporation or by individual m e mbers'of it, together with other matters with which he (the town clerk) had become acquainted solely as the officer and solicitor of the corporation, and as so licitor of certain members thereof. • That the commissioners in sisted that such books,' papers, doeuments, and information, should be furnished to them in public at meetings like that then assembled, which was open to all the town, and principally at tended by violent political opponents of the corporation, and that such books, papers, docuMents, and information, should be there publicly examined and questioned•at the suggestion of any individual present. That he (the Town Clerk) distinctly inquired from the Commissioners whether such books, papers, documents, and information, when furnished, Would be con fined to the commissioners themselves, or submitted to the in spection of others; to which the commissioners,' replied, that they would make no pledge upon that subject, and intimated that the utmost publicity would be given by them to such docu ments, accounts, and information, when furnished. That he (the Town-Clerk) has been informed and verily believes, that all the documents and accounts hitherto furnished by him to the commissioners have been by them handed over or shown to political opponents of the corporation, and that occasion has been taken therefrom to assail the character and rights of the corporation. — That upon the last occasion of his (the Town-Clerk) being ex amined, the Recordck, who was then present; interfered to desire him (the Town-Clerk) not to answer a question put to him in volving the title of the corporation to certain property, where upon the commissioners declared that he (the Town-Clerk) had no right whilst under examination to the advice . of the Recorder, as to what questions he ought properly to answer. That from the mode in which the examination of him (the Toivii-Clerk) and other witnesses submitted by hint to the examination of the com missioners, on behalf of the corporation, has been conducted , his mind is impressed with the belief that the further prosecution of this inquiry cannot tend to an impartial elucidation of facts — but is calculated to hold up him (the Town-Clerk) and the cor poration to the Obloquy and ill will of their political opponents. That at such meetings great excitement necessarily prevails, which the commissioners have no, power, to repress; and that such excitement is quite inconsistent with the dispassionate in vestigation of truth." Tlijs is really shameful ! We never saw such a bur lesque upon judicial proceedings. These upstart gowns men fancy that they have the power of enforcing an an surer t 6 their questions, and that the witnesses who at ' tend before them have no right to the advice of counsel. What a pity ,that these ingenious and learned gentlemen did not live in the days of the STUARTS, when they could have extorted confessions by means of the rack and the thumbscrew. Torture is the thing for them ! The inquiry ended as might have been foreseen. The town clerk submitted to the corporation the course of ex amination to which he had been subjected, and required information as to his future conduct. That body met, and came to the following resolutions : " Resolved unanimously,—That this corporation feels towards his Majesty's commission the greatest possible deference and respect, and desires to yield obedience to it, but that they do not consider that it can form any part of the object of that commis sion to assemble daily large meetings of the town and to require the disclosure before them of all the private pecuniary affairs of the corporation and of the titles by which they hold their pro perty. That therefore this corporation in Common Hall assem bled is of opinion that the Town-Clerk should not deliver up to the commissioners the further books, papers, documents, and accounts which they have now required. " Resolved unanimously,--That under the circumstance s above detailed by the Town-Clerk, this corporation does not feel justified in authorising the Town-Clerk to deliver to the Com missioners the documents specified in the said last mentioned summons." This is as it should be, and in fact is the only way to encounter impertinence. The commissioners haVe no power whatever to extort evidence. The information they receive must be gratuitous; and if the officers of the corporations chose to seal their books, and shut their lips, the commissioners have no power to open the one or the other. Under all the circumstances, and consi dering the strong bias in favour of radicalism which pre vails, this is the course which the corporations must pursue in their own defence. Dispute the power of the commission, and it will speedily be at an end. LONDON LATEST NEWS. Saturday Evening, Hall-past Seven o'clock. Since our last report the Consol Market has been flat, andfor the account the quotation at the close of business this afternoon was 88i I. Exchequer Bills have declined, the premium being now 445. to 455. instead of 48s. to 495., which premium they bore at the beginning of the week. In the Foreign Market there is a general tendency downwards. Russian Bonds are 'heavy at 1011 to 102, Dutch at 481, Danish at 741, and Belgian at 9-11. We are without any advices from Lisbon, which excites some surprise, and has caused a heaviness in the Scrip, which was done this morning at 19i, fell to 191, and closed at the first price. Spanish Stock is 211 to 22, and Brazilian at 691 to 70. Mexican Bonds are 31 to 35, and Greek at 30. Iu other securities there is nothing doing. By letters from Smyrna we learn that the fair of Balykesor had caused some activity there, and manufactures had gone off at rather higher prices. Colonial articles, in consequence of the recent information from Europe and the United States, had risen considerably, coffee having been sold at 710 piastres, and had subsequently been 720 to 750. When the advices left, the holders refused this latter sum for Brazil coffee, the largest dealers demanding 500 piastres. Letters from Naples to the 11th September state, that some very salutary rains had fallen, and had preserved the olive crop throughout the kingdom. The crop of olives would be abundant. By advices from Ancona, we learn that the Board of Health had issued a notice officially, that intelligence having been re ceived of the plague having broken out in Albania, that pro vince would be considered as suspected, and all goods, B,:c. subjected to a rigid surveillance. LIVERPOOL CUSTOM-HOUSE. Under this title we have recently drawn the attention as well of the public as of the public authorities, and, as we have reason to know, not without effect, to certain vexatious proceedings which have for some time existed in that department of the re venue at the port of Liverpool. It will always afford us plea sure to find our labours tend, as in this case, to the well-being of the community and the facility of commerce; and we hope that the correction of evils which has taken place subsequently to our notices will prdve but a beginning in that respect. There is much more to do to satisfy the just expectations of the commercial body ; and, as certain of the authorities are, offici ally, well acquainted with those expectations, it is hoped that the necessity for giving publicity to a longer list of grievances will be spared both to them and ourselves. There is, however, one little matter to which we shall take this mode . of drawing the attention of those authorities, as we think justice has been With held from the parties concerned. We have in our possession three affidavits sworn before the magistrates of this borough, in February of the present year, having reference to a trans action that occurred in the year 1831, where a party was charged with an offence against the revenue laws, which terminated in afi act of apparent extortion, as appears by the following affidavit : " Borough of Liverpool, " Personally appeared before me Charles Horsfall, Esq., Mayor, James M'Cubbin, mate of the smack Ailsa, Glasgow trader, who made oath that, in the year 1831, he was served with a summons on the 15th September, by Walker, in the command of the Cutter, to appear at the town-hall on the 29th of said month, to answer an alleged offence against the revenue, served in the Ailsa's cabin, in the presence of John Little, the master. This deponent attended at the Town-hall on the said 29th September, and was met at the door by Walker, and Farrer, the Custom-house broker; the latter told M'Cubbin that. his attendance was not necessary—that he and Walker could settle the business without his presence before the magis trates; they, Farrer and Walker, went into the Town-hall, and shortly ret urne d , w h en Farrer told deponent that Walker had informed the magistrates that deponent could not be found to be served with.the summons, having sailed to India, and had got the matter settled in deponent's favour for the mitigated penalty of £3 Is. 6d.; on the Bth October following, the said Farrer de manded the sum of £3 Is. 6d., viz., £2 los., the mitigated pe nalty, and Ils. 6d. expences, which deponent paid him. Walker, when he served the notice, recommended deponent to employ Ferrer as the only person to extricate him from the difficulties of the transaction. Deponent having since discover ed no conviction had taken place, called upon 'Walker and de manded his money. Walker referred him to Farrer, who re fused to pay it back. Deponent transmitted a statement to the principal °dicers of the port, on the 19th January, 1833. On the Ist February, Farrer returned the deponent £2 10s., keep ing the balan ce ll s . 6d. f or hi s t rou bl e i n t hi s frau d ulent trans action. (Signed) JAMES WC ÜBBIN. " Sworn this sth February, 183.3, before me, " (Signed) CHAS. HORSFALL, Mayor." We do not think it necessary at present to give the other two affidavits. But it is further stated, that a representation on the subject was made to the Commissioners of Customs, and given to the Inspector-General on the 19th January, this year; and that, on the Ist February last, WC übbin attended the Inspector- General, and received back £2 10s., as mentioned in the affida vit. Four questions suggest themselves with reference to this transaction : First,—Did the Inspector-General, or any of the proper au thorities, transmit to the Commissioners of the Customs in Lon don, the representation given to him for that purpose ? Secondly, —Did or did not the Inspector-General recommend to 111‘Cubbin to withdraw such representation ? Thirdly, —Was the Inspector-General cognizant of the re storation of the sum of £2 10s. to 111‘Cubbin ? And lastly,—What course was taken • with reference to the officer or officers engaged in the affair Here we shall leave the matter for the moment. Arid we think it only an act of justice to the parties concerned to say, that our columns will be open to any fair and temperate state ment in exculpation or reply, as it appears to us that the trans action cannot rest where it is at present. THE LIVERY OOL STANDARD. TEE LI cERPOOL 'PE'STIVAL. Preparations-have been making for some time past for, the accommodation, of the influx of visitors who are disposed to grace by their presence, and aid by their liberality, the managers of this splendid undertaking, whose objects are, ilist; to provide a series of musical entertainments of the highest order that money can command, and, secondly, to render thipleaSures of the rich subservient to the necessities of the poor; but, although we have placed this as the second, we should have been more correct in designating charity. as the primary object of this Festival, at which we shall be grievously disappointed if we do not meet all that is noble and wealthy in the neighbourhood of Liverpool. — As might be expected, the tradesmen connected with fashion have made great exertions to supply the possible, or probable wauts of their customers, ample evidence of which is to be seen in all the shops from the Town-hall to the end of Bold-street, — the Bond-street of Liverpool,—most of them displaying rich as sortments -of materials for making new court, ball,,or fancy dresses, or those articles ready-made to arm the brave and the fair . for mutual destruction. The shops thus profusely lied called out yesterday a host of pedestrians, some to purchase and others to admire those death-dealing instruments those ad juncts of beauty, flowers, feathers, gauzes, laces, ribbons, and jewellery,—giving to the streets an unusual degree of bustle and activity. _ Our province to-day is limited to the mention of the Ball at the Wellington-rooms last night, which was initiatory to the other festivities of the week. At nine, o'clock the company began to assemble, and from that hour until eleven, parties of from two to six followed each other in rapid succession, when the rooms were supposed to contain about six hundred persons, chiefly of the beauty and faShion of Liverpool and its environs. At this time the ball-room, illuminated by its brilliant chan deliers, together with the other rooms of this fine suite, pre sented a scene of gaiety and animation that we have seldom seen exceeded. Here " the witches" shone forth in all the splendour of their charms; and, as if nature had not done her part to make them irresistible, "the foreign . aid of ornament" wa* not forgotten. We could not help .feeling, .in. some in stances, a strong inclination to remind them of the folly of attempting "to paint the lily or perfume .the violet." About ten o'clock, what we should call the business of the night,—were not pleasure the object of all present,—was commenced by a set of quadrilles, followed by waltzes, and succeeded by quadrille parties throughout the room. The dancing was kept up, in all its spirit and variety, until a late hour this morning. ;P . ) -" The music was under the direction of Messrs. Litolff and Adams of London ; and the refreshments were provided by Messrs. Lynn and Radley. Among the company present we noticed the . Hon. Mr. and Miss Stanley Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Patten; and other families resident in the town and neigh bourhood. Referring to the programme, as detailed in the advertise ments which have already appeared, we cannot do better than call the attention of the visitors to the following regulations which have been laid down by the committee, and approved by the Mayor, as likely to conduce to the general convenience; and as the police have received strict injunctions to enforce every part of them, the committee have earnestly requested that gentlemen will give directions to their coachmen and servants accordingly:— LOCAL NEWS. FALSE WEIGHTS.—Cirix, who wrote on the subject of the markets, in the S‘undard of Friday last, is recommended to ap ply personally to our Chief Magistrate, and he will learn that the matters ha refers to are nut overlooked, as he supposes; but it is not possible to punish persons for misconduct unless the accusing party will make the charge known. As a proof that our exec:la:W. Chief Magistrate has been most indefatigable in the discharge of his duties, it is a fact that, since the 15th of November last, 461 persons have been lined for short weights and measures, and the person complained of by Cith has been suspended: SHOOTING.—From reports that have reached us we arel in- . dined to think that game in this neighbourhood has been plen tiful, but that fewer birds have been bagged than usual. The complaints of want of cover are general. The stubbles are cut, and the turnips are weak and shallow, and there is no lying in the grass grounds. Game (birds) selling in our market at 3s. 6d. and ds. per braCe ; hares, ,is. 6d. FATAL AcctliaNT.—On Saturday, a lad of about fourteen years of age, employed on board one of the timber ships, at present in the Brunswick Dock, haying occasion to go. aloft, got upon the main-yard, and whilst engaged in pulling a rape, it is supposed over-balanced hiniself, and tell upon the deck, a height of about thirty feet, and was almost instantiv a corpse,. having fallen upon his - head. Surgical assistance was imme diately procured, and every exertion used to cause reanimation, but in vain; the poor lad had breathed his last. ATTEMPTED BeauLAßY.—On Friday morning, about three o'clock, the house of the 11ev. K. El. 'Formby, near Kirkdale, was attempted to be entered. The burglars, three in number, had succeeded in raising, by means of an iron instrument, the window, when Mrs. Formby was awoke by the noise. -At:first, it was supposed that the wind had shaken the window; but the sudden fall of the lead weight removed all doubt as to the cause of the noise. Mr. Formby ran to the bed-room window, and, throwing up the sash, observed three men dart round a corner. He immediately, for the purpose of preventing any further attempt on his house, fired off a double-barrelled gun. We need scarcely add, that the robbers did not return. Edward •Woolmer, —Esq., the proprietor of Woolmer's Exeter and Plymouth Gazette,- has been elected by the unanimous suffrages of the freemen of the City of Exeter, to the office of Mayor of that ancient City for the ensuing year. DEATH OF CAPT. BAYNTIJN.—This gentleman, who was one of the Members fkir the City of York, expired at his lodgings in Cockspur-street, on Saturday morning. the immediat e cause of death was scarlet fever, but, the - fevered state of his mind, arising from his pecuniary difficulties, is supposed to have hastened this event. his affairs were, it appears, in a train of settlement. Peace to his manes! "To err is human"—and now that the pledge influenza has passed away, we hope that the changed constituency of the ancient City of York wiil chew that they know the value of their newly acquired fran chise' by making . a better use of it than they did in the state of political intoxication under which they exercised that right for the first time. NEW AMERICAN Co'rroN CROP.-011 the 27th August the first three bales of Upland cotton of the new crop vvere'received at Charleston, one of which was sold at 18 cents. per lb. And two days afterwards three more bales were received by the raild road, from the plantation of W. J. Bali, Esq., Barnwell Dis trict; and fifty bales were expected to be forwarded from the same neighbourhood within the following week. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Thursday week, as Mr. and Mr!. Taylor, of the Register-office, 'Wakefield, were going to Brain ley, Mr. Taylor pulled up at the Barley Mow Inn, at the en trance of that village, to give the horse some oatmeal and water. Mr. Taylor got out and walked into the house, but Mrs. T. re mained in the gig, and whilst Mr. T: was in the house, the hostler, in endeavouring to remove the bit from the mouth of the animal, slipped the blinds from her eyes, upon which she immediately plunged and set off towards Leeds with all the speed she was master of. The gig ran over several heaps of stones, met and passed many carts and waggons, and after run ning about three-quarters of a mile, it came in ..ontact with a donkey laden with a sack of coals, and by some means, not . clearly ascertained, the near hind leg of the donkey was com pletely severed from its body just above the ancle joint, and was found some distance from the body of the poor ass. The concussion turned the gig over, and threw the mare down, and Mrs. Taylor, who had wisely kept her seat, was thrown many yards upon the road. She was much bruised in the face and on different parts of her body, but medical aid was instantly pro cured; and after a few hours' rest, she was removed to Wake field in a chaise, where, we are glad to hear, she is now doing well. Neither the mare nor the gig were injured, and Mr. Taylor paid the poor man fur his donkey.—Leeds Intelligencer. WIGAN JURY.—Some months ago, a manufacturer in Wi gan, and his son, were tried at the borough sessions, on a charge of receiving embezzled materials, and so clear was the case against them, that, calculating upon nothing short of transpor tation, they converted all their property into cash before trial, with the intention of making it aOculable in the colony to which they expected to be sent. To the great surprise of the whole court, however, and not less to their own, they were declared not guilty. A few days after this unlooked for event, a gentle man of our acquaintance met two of the jurymen in company, and asked them what were their motives for giving a verdict so contrary to the evidence. The first, who was a thoroughbred Lan cashire man, replied in the rich dialect of the county, " Whov, mon, vo seen th lad and me went schoo egether, an' it ud ha bin a hard case for t' ha sent an owd schoo-tellow across t' wev ter." The second, a canny Scot, had a no less characteristic reason to assign for his conduct. "Ma troth, mon," said he "the auld fellow owed 'me ten pund, an' gin h e 'd a b ee n convict! ed, I ,should ne'er ha' seen a bawbee o' it."—NfanchesterCourier. CAPTAIN BRApSHAW, R. N., LATE M. P. FOR BRACKLEY.— On Wednesday forenoon last, considerable excitement prevailed in Worsley, in consequence of a report, which proved to be correct, that this gentleman had put a period to his existence by cutting his throat.—lt seems that he had left his residence at Runcorn on Monday, on a visit to his father, Robert Hal chne Bradshaw, Esq., at Worsley Hall, where he arrived on Tuesday afternoon, and that during these two days, in his conver sation and actions, he had'exhibited various symptoms of men-, tal hallucination. He retired to bed about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, apparently quite well, and as he did not make his appearance next morniug at the usual hour, a servant went to call him about ten o'clock, and found the door of his chamber fastened inside. After some delay it was broken open, and the Captain was found _lying on the floor with a razor 'beside ..him, and his throht cut inthe most determined manner,—nearly fiom ear to ear. He was about 48 years of age, and has left a widow and four children, two sons and two daughters; they are at present at Runcorh.—Captain Bradshaw . had been for some years stationed in the West India islands, the climate of which had very much affected his health, and of late he 'suffered much depression of spirits. Manchester Guardian. THE TORTURED PATRIOT.—OUP readers will doubtless re collect that, about two years since, Private Som erv ill e, of the Scots Greys, acquired no small degree of renown or quantity of haril cash for having been the victim of mili-• tary despotism." That he had been flogged was beyond denial; argot, he was innocent of any breach of military ; it was admitted that he had corresponded with the editor of the Thieves' Journal; argot, he was a man whose eru dition and refined taste unfitted him to be the associate of soldiers who condescended to do their duty, and were base enough to obey the orders of their officers without first inquir ing into- their " consistency with the eternal fitness of things." Mr. Sheri] Harmer, the proprietor of that respectable journal, aided by Mr. Joseph Hume, petitioned the House of Commons on behalf of this " martyr," and conducted his case.before a court of inquiry; argot, he was an honest man, fer who but an honest man would seek or obtain the professional assistance of this learned public functionary ? After running the gauntlet o f being praised by the scum of the radical press for possessing almost angelic perfection, e the hero Somerville was drum me d out of the Scots Greys, and, having thus quitted the army, h e took to the bar, the subscriptions of his admiring friends en abling him to take a' public-house in Auld Rookie; and, as we thought, he was enjoying the otium cunt dignitate, under the greenest of alt honours, those conferred by au enlightened an d an admiring public. Like his brother patriot, Sir John K e y, Bart., we imagined him to be placed on the highest pinnacie of the temple of fame, but, alas! like that far-famed twice-lord mayor, he too. has fallen from Ins high estate, that. is,-if any faith can be placed in the following paragraph which we have extracted from a London morning paper It is stated in an Edinburgh paper that Somerville, the discharged private of the Scots Greys, whose case excited so much attention som e ti me ago, and who was enabled, by means of the subscription set on foot on his behalf, to commence publican, in Rose-street, in that city, has left Scotland for America. On Saturdayf the effects he left behind him were sold by warrant of the magis trates, for the benefit of his creditors." Should this species of mortality prevail among the idols of our radical friends, ive shall begin to entertain serious doubts as to the soundness of their judgment. THE DYERS' TURN-OUT.—The dyers in the employ of seve ral firms in this town, have lately been discharged from their employment in consequence of their refusal to separate them selves from the union, a step which the masters were obliged to take, in order to retain the management of their own business in their own hands. Amongst these are the men of Mei s r s. Rothwell and Harrison, in Water-street, some of whom, how ever, have since had the good sense to return to their work i n defiance of the union. 'l' his conduct has naturally provoked the demagogues who exercise such' a pernicious control over: some of the working classes, and the men have been repeatedly annoyed in going to and from their work, by large bodies of the turn-outs who assemble for that purpose. On Monday night, three of these men were going home along Oldfield-lane, when they were surrounded by about thirty or forty turn-outs, who commenced a violent assault upon them, .and it was, -with the utmost difficulty they effected their escape. Two only of the assailants, whose names were Johnson Griffiths, and Robert Hulme, were identified, and they were brought before the ma gistrates at the. New Bailey, on Wednesday. It was proved against them that Huline struck the first blow, and that while the disturbance was going on, Griffiths came up and asked whe ther they were knobsticks, adding, "If they are, d—u them kill them." A witness was called to prove an alibi on behalf of Griffiths, but he was unsuccessful, and the magistrates ordered the prisoners to find sureties to keep the peace for three months. —Manchester Guardian. Lln reference to the dyer's turn-out, the Halifa.z Guardian observes, "'This contest, which has been of nine weeks' continuance in Leeds, is now at an end. The master dyers generally have got their complement of men, at the old rate of wages, and under written engagements to ' abandon the Trades' Union.] THE TRADES' UNlONS.—Assaults, arising out of the ill feeling generated by the Trades' Unions in this town, are now of almost daily occurrence, and scarcely a week passes but we have to re cord the conviction of parties engaged in them. On Tuesday last, two men, named Michael Conroy and Thomas Brierley, bricklayers' labourers were brought up a t th e N e w Bailey, un der a warrant, charged,l amongst others not in custody, with committing a most violent assault upon another labourer, named Egan, and with intimidating several bricklayers so much that they dare not follow their employment. It appeared from the evidence that a bricklayer, named Singleton. has contracted to do the brickwork at a building in New Islington, and on. Mon day afternoon an Irish labourer, named Burns, who belongs to the union, caine to the plaCe in a state of intoxication, and began to abuse the workmen employed under Singleton, by calling them knobsticks, and other opprobrious names. H e was several times advised to go away quietly, but refused to do so, until at length a labourer, named Egan, pushed him with a hod, and he fell. The prisoners and two others then came running from a neighbouring building, at which they were employed, and com menced an attack upon Singleton's men, throwing bricks and other missiles at them, and a regular fight ensued between the parties, the result of which was that the union men were defeat ed, although they were five to three. The beaten men retired to fetch a reinforcement, but before they had time to return, Singleton's men left their work, and did not dare to go back to it. In cross-examination of the witnesses by Messrs. Heslop and Walker, who appeared for the prisoners, it was elicited that more violence was used towards Burns in the first instance than was necessary ; and it was also proved that the prisoners did not come up until they heard him crying out for help. Under these circumstances, Mr. Foster directed the prisoners to find two sureties each in twenty pounds, to keep the peace for three months, and give twenty-tour hours notice before the bail was taken. At the same time he observed, that had it not been for what was stated about Burns, he should have dealt more severely with them.—Manchester Courier. REGULATIONS. The doors of St. Peter's Church will be opened at half-past nine o'clock this morning, and the Service will begin at eleven o'clock. The doors of St. Luke's Church will he opened at nine o'clock on the mornings . of to-morrow, Thursday, and Friday, and the perform ance will begin at eleven o'clock each day, The doors of the Amphitheatre will be opened at half-past six o'clock this evening and Thursday, and the performance will begin at eight o'clock each evening. The doors of the Town-hall will be opened at nine o'clock on Friday, for the Fancy Ball. AT ST. PETER'S CHURCH. Carriages to set down at the centre gate in Church-street, with the horses' heads facing Lord-street; or at the centre gate in School-lane, with the horses' heads facing Paradise-street. To take up at the same gates, with the horses' heads facing Hanover-street and Bane lagh-street. The corner , rates opposite Basnett-street, Williamson street, and the Blue Coat ° Hospital, are exclusively appropriated to the company who walk. AT ST. LUKE'S CHURCH. -- - - - Carriages to set down. at •the gates 'at the top of Bold-street, with the horses' heads facing Renshaw-street, and to driVe off down Bold street ; .Or at the centre gate in Leece-street, with the horses' heads facing Rodney-street, and to drive off through the upper streets. To take up at the same gates, with the horse's' heads in the same direc tion. The four corner gates in Leece-street'and Bold - place are re served for the company who walk, and a 'pasSage will he railed off for their accommodation from the corner of the church in Leece-street across to Bold-street. N:B.;—The company going to the Unreserved Seats, as well as to the two side Galleries, are recommended to enter at the gates at the top of Bold-street ; and those going to the SteViards' Gallery and the Reserved Seats in the body of the •Church, at the gates in Leece street. 'AT THE NEW AMPIIITHEATRE. Carriages to set down at the entrances in Great Charlotte-street, with the horses' heads facing queen-square. and at the side entrance in Roe-street, with the horses' beads facing St. John's market, and to take up at the same doors with the horses' heads in the contrary di rection, facing Ranelagh-street and the new Haymarket. N.B.—The entrance:to the Reserved Seats ,is at tlae.Pit-door. and to the 'Unreserved at the Box-door in Great Charlotte-street. The en trance in Roe-street is P spropriated exclusively to.the company going to the Stewards' places and the seats in the. Orchestra. . . AT THE TOWN-HALL. Carriages to drive up Dale-street, and to set do wn at the g rand en trance in Castle-street, with the horses' heath facing Water-street, and at 'the west door with the horses' heads facing the Exchange buildirm. To take up at the entrance in Castle-street only, with the horses' heads in the same direction facing Water-street, no carriages being allowed to take up at the west door. Memorandum.—Carriages, - after setting down and taking up will not he allowed to turn in the street, but must drive elf in the directions of their horses' heads. This morning, a sermon will be preached at St. Peter's Church, by the Rev. Henry I. Gunning, A.M.; rector of Wigan, when the anthems and other parts.of the service usually chaunted will be given by several of the first church singers of the day, under the presidency of Sir George Smart, at the organ. This evening, a grand miscellaneous concert will be given at the new AMphitheatre, chiefly selected from the works of Mozart, Rossini, Beethoven, Handel, arid Von Weber. To morrow's performances will be limited to a grand selection of sa cred music at St. Luke's Church. Thursday's proceedings open with that master-piece, "The Messiah" of Handel; and in the evening there will be a second miscellaneous concert. Friday will present a third grand' selection of sacred music from the works of Neukomm, Hummel, a part •of Spohr's oratorio of "The last judgment," with selectionSfrom Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus," to conclude with the first part of his " Creation." And the festivities of the week will be terminated by a Grand Fancy Dress Ball at the Town-hall, where all the advantages of which such a species of entertainment is susceptible, will be afforded by that splendid and almost unrivalled range of apart ments which belong to our corporation. Of all these varied entertainments it is our intention, as we have elsewhere stated, to give the fullest account in a Supple mental Sheet, on Friday and Saturday next. In the mean time, we find by the lists of arrivals at the different hotels, some of . which arc given below, and the interest that is gene rally excited throughout this and the neigbouring counties, that there is every prospect of the Charitable Institutions of Liverpool deriving considerable advantage from the profits of of the Festival. ARRIVALS AT THE ADELPHI Lord and Lady 'l.ilfOrd, Sir Edward and - Lady 11.1ost,Yn, Gen, Ashe, Sir F. Vincent, M.P., Mr. Nuglies, Mr. Fort, M.P. and Lady, Mr..Wilson.Patten, M.P. and party, Mr. Henry and Mr. Lewis of Manchester, Mr. Lewin Reis of London, Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald of Dublin, Mr. Peters and family, Mr. Marsland, M.P. and family of Stockport, Mr. Parker of New Orleans, Mr. Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Stirling and party of Edinburgh, Rev. Mr. George, Mr. Dunne, Mr. Wilding, and Mr. John Mills, of Stamford, Capt. Poole, Mr. Sharp of London, Mr. Ainsworth's family, of .Holywell, Mr.. Grimshaw, Mr. Allison, Mr. Bren, tano, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Hope, Mr. Pownall, Mr. Tyler. Mr. Schultze. AT THE ROYAL HOTEL, Earl Ashburnham, the Hon. C. Cranstown, Mr. R. Henn, Mr. Bond, Mr. W. Kimpton, Mr. Pare, Mr. Langley and party, Mr. C. StOfelin, of London, Mr. Halliday and party, Mr. Lepton Dobson, Capt. Cator, R.N.; Col. Cator, Mr. Geo. Potter, Captain Ebrington, Captain Biggs, 7th Hussars, Mr. Farratt, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Burn, Mr. Lonsdale, Mr. Maguire, Mr. Stratford, Mr.Tooley, Mr. S. Morris, Mr. Reid of Cambridge, Mr. Carter, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Mois, Mr. Egginton, Mr. 'Down ing and lady,Mr. WConkey, Mr. Bannerman, Mr. J. Henderson Mr. N. Grinshaw, Belfast, Miss Wade, Mr. Richardson and lady, of Barnsley; Mr. Spark, of London, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Kettle, Mr. P. Cliearuley, of Waterford, .Mr. H. Hervey, Mr. Mason, Mr. Norton, Mr. Penn, Mr. Bolger; Mr. Raynar, Mr. H. Bruce, Mr. Bennett, Mr. James M'Arthur, Mr. Aspinwall, Mr. E. C. Clibborn, and Mr. Smith. AT THE ANGEL. HOTEL. I. R. Kemp, Esq., M.P., Mr. Keogh, of Dublin, Mr. Mac kean, Mr. Kent, Dublin, Mr. Hobson, Ditto, Mr. Goddard, Mr. and Mrs. Dinmmond, Major .Ovens and Family, Messrs. Badgers, Glasgow, Miss Mason, Mr. Brownley, Mr. and Mrs. Trustit, Mr. and Mrs. Gerrard, Ditton, Mr. Perkin, London, Mr. Perry, New York, Mr. Platten, Mr. Howst, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lovitt, Messrs. Hudsons, Don Pedro Regie, of Estrada Mr. Smyth, Mr. Temple, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Crain, New Bruns wick, Captain . M'Kenzie, Mr. Harwed, and Mr. Larke. STAR AND GARTER. Madame Malibran, M. De Beriot, Signor Donzeili, Mr. and Mrs. Delano, Messrs. Wright, Barker, Perkins, Taylor, Coffin, Lancaster, Dixey, Graham, Howlands, Purvis, Blackie, Ains lie, Eugene, Wilson, Yates, Ainslie, jun., Drs. Robinson and Jones. At the village of Builenborg, not far from Batavia, where there is established a small colony of Chinese, a missionary from Java lately saw in a golden casket a portrait of Napoleon, to which they offered incense and prayer. It has been stated to us that the Mr. Lonsdale, who is ap pointed Secretary to the Commission for REVISING the Criminal Low, is a student i f about eighteen months standing, and of course not within three years, at least, of being called to the bar. We should have thought that the case of Master Kingsmill Grove Key would have made ministers more cautious in their appoint ments, especially when privateSavouritism can be successfully alleged against them. The young gentleman under whose tu telage the national code is to be amended, is a son of Mr. Lons dale,•the clever artist who painted the Lord Chancellor's pic ture, and who has the honour and happiness of being patronized by his Boyal Highness the Duke of Sussex. The office to which.the young gentleman is appointed is one full of impor tance and respons►bility, and, as must be evident to everybody, ought to•be•filled by a lawyer of established reputation and long x•ierience.--Johtt gat'. NORTHERN HOSPITAL. Pursuant to advertisement a meeting - of the subscribers to this institution was held yesterday at the Clarendon rooms, for the purpose of electing honorary medical officers for the establish ment. WAI. BR - OWN, Esq., on taking the chair, opened the pro ceedings. . . . • Mr. S. IIoPE, in proposing Dr. Squires as one of the physi cians, said, he believed Dr. S. was very favourably known to the public in his professional capacity; but the Dr. had an ad ditional claim to their support, in consideration of his very va luabte services during the• ravages of the epidemic which had, in its first visit to this town; as elsewhere, caused such fearful ravages. . One o f th e oth er candidates about to be proposed, he believed, had shared with Dr. Squires the privations and risks to which that period of extraordinary anxiety had exposed them; and he trusted that they would both be, in some measure, re quited by the result of this day's proceedings. Mr. ROBERT NORRIS briefly seconded his nomination. - Mr. R. F. BREED, in proposing Dr. Collins as a candidate for the situation of Physician to their new hospital, was aware that he was proposing a gentleman who bad rendered himself somewhat unpopular by his interference in parochial and poli tical matters. He .would not stop to inquire whether Dr. Col lins was right or wrong. Such interference should be avoided by medical men. Party feeling, however, should have no in fluence on the vote of any governor of that institution, for cha rity ought to exclude every other consideration but that of the suitableness of the candidate, and he hoped that on this as on every future occasion the governors would reserve their votes until they had ascertained the professional qualifications of the several candidates, and whether they had a . proper infusion of benevolence in their compositions, or has sufficient moral courage to enable them to face death in the midst of contagion. The prominence of Dr. Collins at vestry meetings was the first cause of his k now i ng hi m , even by name, and although his impressions were then unfavourable to him, when he heard he was a candidate for the present situation, he made inquiries to ascertain if his professional merit equalled his genius. He held in his hand many certificates creditable to Dr. Collins in the progress of his medical studies in Edinburgh, London, and Paris, from practitioners of great eminence in England and on the continent, and he had found that gentleman's authority con tinually referred to in a work of much celebrity. Dr. Collins had resided ten years in the town, he had not only benevolent feelings but was always ready to evince them, and during the prevalence of the late cholera he took a district under his charge, in which he was eminently successful. In the investiga tions he had made, Dr. Collins had appeared to the greatest ad vantage both as to his rnediCal talents as well as his humanity, and he fervently hoped that the unfavourable impressions under which, from the causes before mentioned, he laboured might be effaced from their memories. He (Mr. B.), had been for many years on the committee of the central dispensary, and had per haps devoted as much time as any member of it to improve the working of that noble charity, and though nolonger a member upon it, - continued to entertain the same kindly feelings towards it. On the occasion of his retirement, two of the honorary medical gentlemen had personally offended him, and though the breach had never been healed, he should vote for them on the present occasion, because he admired their professional talents, and knew them to be indefatigable in their exertions to extend medical science; and surely as Dr. Collins' offences, such as they were, could not bear a comparison with those of the gen tlemen he alluded to, they should be put aside. He, therefore, proposed him as a highly suitable person to fill the situation of Honorary Physician to this institution, who if elected would exercise his great professional attainments in healing the sick and administering comfort to the miserable. Mr. JOHN SHIEL seconded him. From his great medi cal-experience, experience, and the knowledge which he (Mr. S.) had of his personal character . , he was sure he would prove a valuable acquisition to the Hospital. Mr. CHARLES WARNER, in proposing Dr. Lane, would not detain the meeting further than by observing that every word which had been spoken by Mr. Hope, inlavour of Dr. Squires, and of his claims through his attendance at the Cholera Hos pital, and his gratuitous services during the prevalence of the late melancholy infliction, would apply with equal force to Dr. Lane. He personally knew him to be in every way perfectly qualified to fill the situation now vacant, and in electing him he was sure the subscribers•lvould be furthering the interests of the Hospital in the highest degree. Mr. ROBERT MUSGROVE briefly seconded him and concurred with every word which had fallen from the preceding speaker. Mr. ADAM HODGSON begged to propose Dr. Reynolds, who, from the evidence of his skill which he had witnessed he was sure would prove a valuable officer of their establishment. Mr. LEWIN MOZLEY briefly seconded his nomination. Mr. FriEszE proposed Dr..Sillar, from the frequent oppor tunities he had of witnessing his zeal and indefatigable atten tion in the performance of his professional duties. He had been on the Cointnittee of the Dispensary in 1821, at which period there was but on e i n Liverpool, situated in Church-street, and the honorary medical officers of it were connected with the Blue-coat llospital, the duties of which were various and mul tiplied It had always been the custom of the Committee of the Blue-coat School to present annually the thanks of the Institu tion to its medical officers but so well pleased were they with Dr. Sillar' s serv i ces that they were not content that he should receive an annual vote, but also one in the middle of the year. This howev er D r. Sillar declined, as it would place him in an invidious situation, and he considered, by an imputation, upon his colleagues.. This alone would form a ground, were there no better ones for his appeal to the public; he considered that gen tlemanly qualifications were necessary for the fulfilment of the various duties connected with the office, and Dr. Sillar possessed not only thd medical but also the necessary gentlemanly quali fications. Mr. G. J. WAINWRIGHT seconded him. The Rev.-Mr. GLADWIN said, that as Mr. Udney had with drawn from a contest, • there were but three candidates for the office of surgeon, and there would not be a necessity to proceed to a poll. The CHAIRMAN read Mr. Udney's letter of withdrawal. • The Rev. Mr. GLADWIN said that it formed no slight pleasing feature of their proceedings, that they had been always marked with the greatest. unanimity ; and with regard to the gentle men proposed as surgeons, they would be the same, as the junior surgeon, with honourable feelings, had withdrawn from a contest. In proposing Mr. Gill as one of their surgeons, he considered him to be a man whose talents, experience, zeal, and devotion to his profession needed no comment from him. Mr. Gill had been before the public for some time; but was not as generally known as he c o uld wish, in consequence of his retiring habits. The earlier part of his life had been spent in the sea service, and since he had returned he had opened a school as lecturer, where he had acquired considerable repu tation. • Mr. AMBROSE LACE seconded him: • Mr. RonEaTsor4 GLADSTONE then proposed Mr. John Ban ner as one of the surgeons. He said he considered .Mr. Ban= ner's best. reeommendation consisted in his having been fur eleven years senio l r surgeon at the Dispensary. Mr. SAMUEL HOPE seconded him. The CHAIRMAN briefly proposed Mr. Wainweig ht as one o f the Sue g enus, an d was seconded by Mr. G. F. DicKsinv. The three gentlemen were then unanimously elected as Sur geons in the order of seniority as proposed. • The ltev: C. 'l'. GLADWIN hoped that the harmony which had prevailed to the present time might be continued, and as there were not the same number of places as candidates, that those who might be disappointed should bear their disa pp ointment with good humour, than which he was sure there was nothing which would contribute in a greater degree to their future success. Mr. WARNER having informed the meeting tha t the votes of no subscribe r cou ld b e received unless his subscription had been paid, • A ballot took place for the Physicians, when the number of votes was as follows Dr. Sillar 294 Votes. Dr. Squires Dr. Reynolds- 239 Dr. Hunter Lane Dr. Collins The three first gentlemen were therefore declared duly elected HURRAII FOR JOBBING!-THE PLUNKETTS TRIUMPHANT. M`Causland—the brother-in-law of the Lord Chancellor, is nominated --not elected--to the office of solicitor to the Plunkett commission—and what adds to the insult, he is per mitted to do the duties by deputy—his partner, a Mr. Fetherston, being the stalking-horse on the Occasion. My lords the bishops ye have acted wisely and well—consistently, as regarded the honour and dignity cf your own characters, discreetly, us respect ed the welfare of the church and the interests of religion. Slash away, M•Causland! Kill, burn, and destroy. Commence your work of destruction. Sweep all before you. Accumulate folios Of costs, and put money in thy purse. Thou art in truth a lucky fellow; and with glee and gusto mayest thou sing when sipping thy claret, Ibrahim's song in praise of Blue Beard— i -, T s a v et y fine thing to be brother-in-law To this excellent Jobber—this Plunked Bashaw." Have any of our readers seen the caricature published in Lon don, and sketched by the celebrated I. 8., in which Hiunilcar (Lord Plunkett) is repreSented as swearing in the Hannibals (nine young Plunketts), to hold faith to the Whigs, until they had nothing more to bestow ?—lt is excellent, and every place hunter should have a copy. Of course the proceedings at the commission yesterday were had with closed doors ; but anything more monstrous never oc curred. Setting aside the professional pretensions—and these ought to have teen the claims entitled to the highest considera tion—it is stated on the authority of the castle paper, that one of the candidates had the support of every member of the cabi net, while it is notorious that another had actually the King's letter containing his appointment—and yet the latter (Mr. Tierney) was sent from the Board-room upon the audacious plea that being a crown solicitor, he had too much business al ready to mind ! Why, sirs, M`Causland is—Solicitor to Erasmus Smith's schools, IWCausland is —Solicitor to the Education Board, M`Causland is —Solicitor to the Royal Hospital, M`Causland is —Solicitor to the Commissioners for Charitable Bequests, M`Causland is.--Solicitor to the Benchers of the King's Inns, M`Causland is One of the clerks of the Common Pleas, INl‘Causland holds an otlice in the Court of Chancery, 111`Causland is —Secretary to the Lord High Chancellor. And now— M`Causland is—Solicitor to the Ecclesiastical Commission ! ! ! Besides half-a-dozen other situations which we can't just at this moment recollect. Bravo, Mr. M'Causland ! In good sooth thou art a wonder ful man; and it would be well worth the• inquiry to ascertain whether you have a sleeping partner or no in the snacks that these snug offices must bring in. We are , however, great lovers of justice ; and we are bound to say that they are not all sine cures : as, for instance, there are at this moment twenty-four equity suits pending, in which the Commissioners for Charitable Bequests are the NPCIus parties, and which . land has of course to look after, if it were for nothing but the mere matter of costs; while, to our own knowledge; this same individual hat; been for the last forty-two days, for a brief space daily, in attendance on i the Wide-street Valuation Jury, in his capa c ity o f so li c it or to the benchers, at the paltry tee of live guineas per diem. ,We congratulate the board and the church on the happy se lection they have made of one who can devote his whole time and attention to the interests of both !—Dublin Evening Mail. The General Steam Navigation Company's mail packet, the Ramona, which arrived. on Friday morning from Hamburg, brought a messenget with despatches for Prince Lieven. The Harlequin, from Calais, arrived about the same time. The following gentlemen, who are Barristers-at-Law and Advocates, have been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to re vise and assimilate the laws of debtor and creditor in England, Scotland, and Ireland :—Mr. Manic, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Grig, Mr. Hope, Mr. Walker, and Mr. Battye. BROTHER JONATHAN.—Our young friend over the water will teach his granny to milk ducks by and bye.—" A man in Jef ferson county. (U.S.) has invented a machine for milking cows!" —What a " capital car he must be? The furniture which belonged to the Duchess de Berry, at the Castle of Blaye, is now in possession of a carpet-maker at Bordeaux, who is making his fortune by selling it at a very high price:—Petit Courrier des Daises. _ a L -_ ~~- -.- 151 COLLIERY ‘ EXPLOSION AT WORKINGTON, 111IRTEEN La - Es Last The town -of Workington was, on. Saturday night last, thrown into a state of the inmost consternation, by an explosion in the Bella Pit, near that town, the property of Henry Curwen, Esq.,-more terrible in . its nature, and more fatal in its effects, than any. similar casualty that has . happened there within the last fifty years.- - The details of this dreadful occurrence are thus given :—The men were at work in Bella Pit, about seven P.M: thatevening. In the Low Bottom Pit, which communicates with Bella Pit, and which has been only partially worked of late, a quantity of foul air had collected, to expel which Mr. Percival, one of the under-ground stewards, set on a cur rent of fresh air, a plan which has hitherto been used with success, but, in this instance, an explosion resulted, which forced the choke damp into the Bella workings, when thirteen men ind boys, and two horses fell victims to the untimely experiment. Had the danger been ap prehended, and the precaution been taken of ordering the men off work, or of waiting until the men bad finished their work, such a dreadfril sacritiee of life might have been avoided. In Accidents of this kind, the carelessness of the workmen is generally blamed, but in this instance they appear to have been quite unconscious of the im pending danger. The following are the names of the thirteen unfortu nate beings who have thus, in a moment, been hurried into eternity, besides whom Many others are partially injured, but expected to rccover :—Richard Ditchburn, John Thompson, two young men named Creen, bro thers, three named Brennan, brothers;. Samuel Mulli gan, John Donald, James Higgins , and three boy s , Andrew Jelly, John Watson, James Ditchburn. Some of these have left wives and families in the'greatest dis tress. A remarkableinstance of fortitude was shown by the mother of the unfortunate Brennans: she entered the pit at the most imminent hazard and brought out the bo dies of two of her sons herself; her husband is fortu nately spared to her,, though his life was in•a most criti cal state for some time. Every exertion which humanity could suggest, and vi.. gilance execute was promptly made, and in the course of two hours the pit was cleared of every human being, when it was discovered that thirteen lives were sacrificed. At the time of the accident occurring there were thirty eight work-people in the mine, of these twenty-fii , e were rescued, several of whom have received partial in juries, and two, John Deacon and John Hayes, are yet suffering severe ly. The scene which occurred at the pit-mouth, after the accident became known, was truly agonizing, —mothers were bewailing their children, wives their husbands, and sisters their brothers, and their cries and tears mingled strangely with the joyful transports of recognition by which a rescued relative was brought up safe to the earth. When the bodies were examined, after being brought up, it was ascertained that one youth only was burnt, the others were destroyed by what is called the after damp, the foul and noxious air, which suffocates if the person breathing it be not promptly removed from its presence. The sufferers are chiefly youths, though there are some married men in the list. The individual at whose lamp the foul air exploded is alive and dding well. Every exertion was made, to restore the sick, and great pains were taken to alleviate the sorrow of those who have to mourn over friends and relatives thus prematurely con signed to the • grave.—An inquest commenced at ten o'clock on Monday morning, before W. Bragg, Esq., coroner, : and a highly respectable jury. FURTHER PARTICULARS. At the time of the accident, there were upwards of forty persons at work. Some of the survivors yet lin ger in a precarious state. As far as we can learn—and indeed from the evidence before the jury —there was no apprehension of danger whatever. An °vet seer, very steady in his habits, and hitherto careful to his dutv, who has been accustomed to the pit from boyhood, and who has had similar duties allotted to him for years past, with out any accident, had, hi the afternoon of that day, gone down to the low-bottom of the .Bella pit (from which there is communication and air currents to the other) and let off 20 yards of foul air, which quantity he had done at intervals for some time past, but which, in this in stance, was attended with such melancholy results. The inquest, before W. Bragg, Esq., coroner, and a highly respectable jury, was held at the Green Dragon Inn, on Monday last, at 10 in the morning, when after the exa mination of several witnesses, which lasted nearly twelve hours, a verdict of " accidental death" was recorded.— Mr.. and Mrs. Curwen have been deeply concerned at such a destruction of human life ; and with their usual kindness have amply relieved the necessities of the poor surviving sufferers. The bodies were interred on Tues day in plain coffins, given by the Lord of the Manor.— The excitement was very great in Workington on Sun day and Monday ; but on Wednesday the men got par tially to work again in the pit.—Carlisle Patriot. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HEATON PARK RACES.-(CONCLUDED.) THURSDAY. A Match for 50 sovs., h ft., one mile, won by Lord R. Gros venor's Quartetto (Mr. White), beating Lord Chesterfield's Isa bel,-(Mr. Molonv.) 2tol on Quartetto; won by a length. A Handicap gweepstakes of 13 sovs. each, 5 ft., one mile, were won by Donnington (Mr. Kent), beating Brother to Duntou, Prutogenes, Conservative, Tommy Tickle, - Eaton Nun, Vv - itlev, the Guardian, and Theodolite. 6 to 4 ag s t th e winner, 3 to . 1 agst Proiogenes; 5 to 1 agst Brother to Winton ; wen by a length and a A Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft., was won by Catlap (Mr. Burton), beating Miss Lytham, 'linker, Unit, and Picturesque. 3 paid, 6 to 4 agst Tinker, 2 to 1 agst Miss Lytham, 4 to 1 agst Catlap. The Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, sft., with '25 soya. added, was walked over for. by. Mr.. Houldsworth's Circassian. 4 paid. The Manche4ter Stakes of 13 sous. each, 5 ft., one mile and a half, were won by Sir Richard Brooke's Miniature (Mr. Bur-. ton), beating Quartetto, Ostrich, and Lady Elizabeth—three paid. 2to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth, 2to 1 agst Quartetto, sto 1 agst Miniature; won ny a length. • The £5O Plate was won by length. by Whisker (Mr. Osbaldes ton), beating Unit and Picturesque. 4 to 1 on the winner; wou by three quarters of a length. FaIDAY. A Piece of Plate, value 100 sovs., added to a Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft., once round and a distance, was won by Giovanni (Mr. Sirdefield), beating Circassian, Lawnsieeves, Westport, Fitzdictor, and Colwick. sto 4 agst Colwick, 3 to 1 agst Circassian, and 5 to 1 agst the winner; won by half a head. The Match for 50 sovs. between Conservative and Isabel, was won by the former Mr. Kent), 2to 1 au the loser. 'lle Gold Cup, value 2a) sovs., given by the town of Man chester, was won by Theodore • (Mr. White), beating Chan cellor, .The Saddler, Lawusleeves, David, Ossian, Quartette, and Dame Durden-17 paid. 2 to 1 agst Chancellor, sto agst Theodore, 4 to 1 agst David, and 5 to 1 agst Ossian; wan by 3 lengths. The Claret Stakes of 15 says. each, sft., one mile, were won by Falcoubridge (Lord Gardiner), beating The Saddler, West p,ort, Ossiau, Miniature, and Catlap-2 paid. 7 to 4 nest The Saddler, 3 to 1 agst Westport, 4 to 1 agst Miniature, and 5 to 1 agst the winner; won by half a neck. A Free Handicap of 5 says. each, with 25 says. added by the club, one mile, was won by Mr. Barrow's b. f. by Whisker (Mr. Osbaldeston), beatina . Ossian, Falcoubridge, and Pro togenes. ti to son Falcoubridge, b 3to 1 agst the winner, 5 to 1 agst Ossian. A pretty race; won by a neck. The Heaton-park races having - conclude& the attention of our sporting circles has since been directed to the Newmarket meeting, which commenced yesterday, cMondao The prin cipal contests are for the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, and the October Newmarket St. Leger, upon which some business in the betting way has been effected, for the former 5 to 4• was taken yesterday on Lord Oxford's Clearwell, which is well known by his public performances, and as the field is small, and the comparative merits of his . opponents being nothing equal, his backers appear very sanguine. For the latter sto I has been taken against the Duke of Hutland's Shylock ; Weeper, Bravo, and Tutor are likely to be starters, and judging, from the latter's excellent running at Doncaster, in the Leger, we shauld say that he wili not be far off the wincing post. The Heaton meeting went off with its accustotneU brilliancy and harmony, although it was thought that the race for the Friday's cup would terminate in a dispute, and reference to the Jockey Club. It appears that •the noble and hospitable earl, to whose bounty our Lancashire sportsmen are so infinitely in debted for the annual treat afforded, rode the favourite Chan cellor, Mr. White riding the winner, Theodore. His lordship, when near the winning - post , was coming up well, and looking li like a winner, 6 to 4 being bet on hint; however, just by the by what stand he was jostled by .Captain White, and prevented, was considered unfair jockevship, from usi • the whip, and, consequently, kept back. 'file race was green but Mr. White, in consequenc e o f the reuroieil t) strat ( tce l s ‘he a ot gai7sC his jockeyship, offered the c on t es t to the earl, who refused to accept it, but it is said that had fametheiwould occurred o i upon any' n re h f i e s re l o n r e d e s . h h e affa other st(i course w ithou t t h i t betting upon - :I e t n t e a x v t e Doncaster St. Leger, the Derby, and the Oaks has not been very brisk since Friday ;• Warlaby Baylock, who di , tinguished himself at D o n cas t er, by cleverly beating the excellent fieid for the two y ear o ld stakes, has forth(' many backers, both for the St. Leger and the Derby. Buhastes, the second horse at Don caster for the two year old, isAlso admired for the •saute stakes. The Duke of GrAon''s Otynipic rprnalw, stationary at .the old price of 16 to I for the Del The following is the latest state of the odds:-- TILE DERBY.-141 to 1 a g st. Bnbastes (1) ; 16 to 1 agst. Olynapic; 16 to 1 agst. Guardian; 18 to 1 agst. Emigrant (t); 20 to 1 agst. Comet; 25 to I.agst., Delirium (t) ; 2O to 1 agst. Chifney's Colt (1); 25 to 1 agst. Co.encoe; 31) to 1 agst.. Noodle.. ST. LEGEIt.-11 to 1 agst. Warlaby Ilaylock (t); 15 to 1 agst. Buhastes (t) ; 1(1) tos agst. Poolett's Cult. THE MARCH7IS OF* WELLESLEY—INAUGURATION DINNER. —On Friday the Lord Mayor, with the Lord Mayor elect (Si r George .Whiteford), together with the sheriffs elect (Messrs. Baker and Dickinson - 1, waited upon his excellency the Marquis of Wellesley, at the Vice-regal lodge, in the l'lenix-park, when Sir George invited the noble marquls to the inauguration dinner on Monday next, at the Mansion-house. His excellency received the civic authorities in the most gracious manner, and after conversing with them on yarious topics, s t ate d that ho would avail himself of the invitation; and would be most happy to meet the corporation of Dublin on the occasion.—:Duain Warder. Loy A LTY.—TIIE EARL, or Dun n A M.—Yesterday the tricolor - Was flying from the mast head of the Earl of Durham's yacht Louisa, now anchored in the Tyne. This disgraceful exhiGitiou roused the sterling E'riglish feeling Of ImmlreOs of brave fellows, inhabitants of the two Shields, who fought the battles of their country during the lastwar; and who vented their indignation against the revolutionary flag of Prance in curses loud and. 'deep. After the insult offered by the ambitious earl to the royal in Cherb ourg h ar b o u r , by or d er i ng h is own. flag of England, arms to be placed above it, we were prepared to expect a good deal, but certainly did not anticipate that he would outrage the feelings of Englishmen in the mariner we have described.— Newcastle Journa . __ J