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\ ~ \\ *mptrtat Variiamtnto HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY. Many petitions were presented on the subject of the corn laws, most of them being against any alteration of those laws. ' The Bari of RIPON moved for various returns regarding the importation of corn, and the exportation of manufac tires. The Marquis of NORMANBY stated that he expected to be able to lay the second appendix to Lord Durham's report before the house on Thursday. Lord DITNCANNON moved the second reading of the Irish Poor Law Amendment Bill. The Duke of WEttrsoTox concurred in the amendment. Lord BROUGHAM remarked that the last thing done last session was to pass this bill, and the first thing the present session was to alter it. Lord WicicLow maintained that every bill brought in by the present ministers required amendment. Lord BROUGAAId said there was one bill that required none, the English poor law. Lord MELBOURNE contended that all governments were obliged to mend their acts. As for the English poor law, if it was not altered, it was not because it did not require it. Lord BROUGHAM had never heard before that it required alteration. The bill was read a second time. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented certain returns or dered last session, and entered into some explanation of the circumstances under which the sentence of Coghlan and Bryan were commuted. Coghlan's sentence was commuted on the certificate of a surgeon. A discussion arose on the point ; in the course of which, Lords BROUGHAM and LYNDHURST concurred in regarding it as a most serious matter that the certificate of a surgeon should at once set aside the sentence of a judge. They in sisted that the certificate should be produced. The, Marquis of NORMANBY observed that the question was, whether the man was in a fit state of health to be sent to New South Wales, and the surgeon had decided that he was not. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he would move for the certificate the following day. Soon after which the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES AND REVENUES BILL. After some business of no general interest, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, preparatory to moving the second reading of the ecclesiastical duties and revenues bill, entered at some length into a statement of the present condition of the church. To raise all livings to a scale of £3OO would require £130,000; and the total sum which would arise from the contemplated application of superfluous revenues of deans and chapters, Sco. would be .£134,251. From this surplus fund, means would be found for supplying the more pressing wants of the church. He well knew that there were other wants, such as existed in extensive benefices under private patronage, and also in districts where there was an immense population in a single parish ; but he did not propose by this bill to provide for those wants, thinking that if these exertions were made on the part of those who had patronage in the church, great exertions would also be made on the part of the people at large. Sir R. H. INGLIs protested against this confiscation of property, or as hon. gentlemen opposite called it, re-distri . bution, and denied that they could take property away from Durham and give it to Exeter, or take property away from Exeter and give it to Chichester. Sir Robert objected strongly to the taking property from the chapters. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY expressed his sincere desire that the noble lord would not suffer the bill to pass in its present shape, but that he would modify its provisions, so that they should be less sweeping in terms, and afford greater relief to Wales. Mr. HUMS should give the bill his support, as it was a partial reform • but he should, at the same time, declare his belief that it did not go far enough. Mr. B. ESTCOURT protested against the adoption of the bill, as he thought that many of its provisions were such as ought not to be tolerated. Viscount DUNCANNON expressed his determination to oppose the measure • for how could the bishops, with dimi . nished incomes, establish schools and procure the instruction of the poor ? Mr. LAW was favourable to the second reading of the bill, though he did not acquiesce in any of the principles involved in its details. Mr. G. PALMER wished explicitly to hear how the property to be left in the hands of cathedrals was to be managed. Mr. A. WHITE said, that in Sunderland, there was not spiritual accommodation for more than 7,000 out of a popu lation of 50,000 ' • and, but for the dissenters, the colliers would at present have been in a barbarous state. Sir R. PEEL felt bound to support the bill. The abate ment of the demand for alteration in the church had, in all probability, arisen from the willingness shown by govern ment and that house to make the necessary reforms ; and he did not think that the position of the church would be bene fitted, if advantage were taken of the cessation of the previous clamour, to put off reforms, which were as necessary and probably as much desired, as ever. The right hon. baronet answered at great length Sir R. H. Inglis. Mr. HAWES approved generally of the principle of the bill ; and Mr. PLUM PTREE was understood to entertain seriou, fears as to the operation of it. The bill was then read a second time. FACTORIES BILL. _ _ Mr. Fox M A ULE prefaced his motion for the second read ing of .the factories bill by a detail of its various provisions for the protection and instruction of children. Lord ASHLEY said that, if the bill were carried out with a few minute alterations, it would be the means of carrying into effect the alterations of the existing law, which they were all anxious to see accomplished, and it certainly would confer a benefit upon the young children who worked in factories. Mr. lIINDLEY objected to several of the provisions of the bill. Mr. SLANEY considered the bill a very great improvement. Mr. Bair:Ks would support it to the best of his power, reserving to himself an opportunity when in committee to offer such suggestions as might be presented to his own mind or by his coustituents, who were deeply interested in this question. Mr. BacrruzazoN thought it would be a great improve ment in the bill if it assimilated the working in the cotton mills to that in the silk-mills ; namely, limiting the labour of children under thirteen years of age to ten hours daily, thus rendering the working of the measure uniform. Mr. LANGDALE said that, when the bill was in committee, he should introduce an amendment with regard to education. Mr. F. MAULE replied. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be /1 " : "' utii. yr cut, uuuugtl xe -committee without amendment. LOCAL COURTS. :=IB Lord BROUGHAM said, he had now to call the attention of the house to a subject of great importance—namely, the sub taei jest of local courts. There were no less than fifty-one peti 'wri-tions in the other house, praying for leave to bring in bills no, for the more speedy and effectual recovery of small debts. +ui.,,The noble lord said many of these petitions came from places _em of small importance, and therefore objected for such a system .114 Of legislation—he thought it much more advisable to este one of general principle, applicable to all places. The establishment of such a' number of local courts must have a ' tendency to promote jobbing, The judges, or commissioners as they were called, were all obscure tradesmen, and would in almost all cases be plaintiffs. A B and C would sit to : •. day, and try the actions in which D E and F are plaintiffs ; / IA and to-morrow, D E and F would sit and try the actions in • which A B and C were plaintiffs. That fact of itself was sufficient to call upon their lordships to look with a jealous eye on the introduction of local court bills. He trusted the gOvernment would take up the subject, and that the wish of his late majesty for safe and cheap justice to be brought home to every man's door would be shortly fulfilled. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, the subject to which his noble and learned friend had called the attention of their lordships was one of great importance, and that it excited great interest in the country might be known from the num ber of petitions for hills on the subject. The question of establishing cheap and safe tribunals both in civil and cri minal proceeding was one of the highest importance, and one which required the attention of the legislature. After some some discussion the bill went through com mittee, as did also the poor relief (Ireland) act amendment t : bill. Lord CHARLEVILLE observed that the returns ordered re specting the administration of justice to Ireland, &c., should go further back at least two years, so that there might he ample information before their lordships. rrt The Marquis of NORMANDY said that he had no 'objection to the fullest information being obtained for seven years back, if such were the wish of their lordships. Lord REDESDALE moved that the officer of that house be “Allowed to attend at the Court of Queen's Bench on Thurs . 4.: tday, and give evidence as to the minutes of evidence taken nit Mn a committee of that house. Sonic noble lords appeared to think that such a step would not be compatible with the privileges of the house, but after some striking remarks from Lord Lyndhurst and Redesdale, the question was ordered to stand over for further considera tion on Thursday.—The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS —TUESDAY. There being only thirty-five members present at 4 o'clock, the Speaker declared the house adjourned until to-morrow. HOUSE OF LORDS.-.-WEDNESDAY. The House of Lords did not assemble this day. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNEsDAY. Mr. D. W. HARVEY took the oaths and his seat, on his re-election for the borough of Southwark. New writs were ordered for the northern division of Devon, in the room of Lord Ebrington, called to the House of Lords ; and for Wigan, in the room of Mr. Potter, who vacated by accepting the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. Gonsos presented a petition complaining of the in efficiency of the Court of Review, and stated that he should hereafter call attention to the subject. Mr. P. THOMSON gave notice that he should on Thursday call attention to the report of the committee on the private business of the house, and move a resolution thereon. v i t a Mr. Hums said he should move an amendment, for the a i.-I,purpose of ascertaining how far local influence was to affect 6, 1 , -,such business. 4 , w ,- Mr. VILLIERS gave notice that, on the 12th of March, he • would move that the house resolve into a committee of the whole house, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Jpth Geo. IV., which regulated the importation of foreign co rm Mr. CHRISTOPHER added, that he should move that on ` thl ia,'t day the hou se b e " ca ll e d over. " '27Mr. PARINGTON gave no ti ce th a t , on M arc h 5, h e wou l d ,40ove for a bill to amend the law regarding the sale of beer. Lord DUNGANNON renewed his notice (fixing it for March ' ft ?' 5) for inquiring into th e M a y noo th C o ll ege system. " tr; ' Mr. II umE said that, on the question of resolving into committee of supply, on Friday, he would submit his motion n'-v - respecting the abolition of the office of lord-lieutenant of Ireland. 'w¢-c Lord ASHLEY intimated that, on March 4, he would call attention to Mr. Stuart's report on the state of the factories. Mr. P. THOMSON, in answer to inquiry, said that the re port of the commissioners respecting the hand-loom weavers would soon be presented. Lord J. RUSSELL, said (in answer to Mr. Praed's inquiry) that he had deemed it his duty to call the Lord Chancellor's P , !:4 attention to the case of Mr. Frost, a magistrate for Mon mouth, but that he did not think it right to produce the correspondence. Si; R. PEEL, having made enquiry, Lord J. RUSSELL said that he hoped to be able to intro- L duce the bill for the government of the Canadas before Easter; but that he should not move the second reading for I:it'll-some weeks after. He added that he proposed to legislate *ldAmior the two provinces ; and that the correspondence was pre ..eparing, and would be presented in a day or two. bnK Mr. LABOUC if ERE (in answer to Mr. O'Connell) said the government had not the least reason to believe that in the executions that had taken place in Canada the authorities had in any way exceeded the powers given them. WI Mr. Serg ean t T ALFOURD move d the second reading of the - copyright extension bill. • 1 - 41 Mr. HuME resisted the bill, as unjust to the public; and */- gloved as an amendment that it be read a second time that day six months. After a short debate the house divided. The second read ing was carried by 73 to 37. • In the committee of ways and means a conversation arose respecting the purchase of Exchequer Bills, by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, with Savings' Bank funds ; after which the house adjourned. . • '.l ,\ s- N k); POPISH AGGRESSION IN IRELANb. From the following extracts, which we have tran scribed from the last number of the Achill Missionary Herald, our readeri will perceive that the persecuting spirit of Popery is unaltered : The widow of the late Francis Reynolds, Esq., chief officer of coast guard, who was lately murdered in this island, de clared in the hearing of the constable who commands the police, that she heard the priest, from the altar, command his congregation to go down to the Protestant settlement and destroy it, that when the people manifested a reluctance to obey his commands, he taunted them with cowardice, and told them if they had not courage enough to do the work, to get persons that had, adding that if they did not, he would ! Mr. Reynolds being a Roman Catholic, heard this atrocious harangue in the course of her attendance on the priest's mi nistrations. As two young men from this settlement travelled along the public road, passing the village of Cashel, in which the Romish priests reside, they were hooted after by one of the priests' schoolmasters. Shortly after they overtook one of the priests, the Rev. James Dwyer, who was walking in company with his brother and another man who is employed by the priest in the capacity of a servant, as soon as the two young men passed the party, the priest's brother and servant also shouted after them, unrebuked by their Rev. companion! This is the gentleman who was lately in England soliciting aid for the erection of chapels in this island. We dare say the smoothness of his manner, and the softness of his speech on that occasion, induced many of our simple Protestant brethren to imagine that he could not be guilty of such un mannerly conduct. We know how well Romish priests, to suit their own ends, can dissemble their real character. On Wednesday, the 23d ult., the T. De V. Coneys, a cler gyman of the Established Church and one of the mission aries belonging to this settlement, went to Bullsmouth in this island to inspect a school and give religious instruction to the coast-guards who are stationed there. While engaged in inspecting the school he was informed that Wallace, the priest's schoolmaster, was approaching towards the school house, at the head of about twenty men. Shortly after this Mr. Coneys left the school, and as he passed to the coast guard station, meeting Wallace and his party, he entered into conversation with them. One of them objecting to Mr. Coneys' statements he endeavoured to show him his error, at the same time studiously avoiding the bitterness of contro versy. But all his efforts to preserve peace were unavailing. Wallace having previously used the most insulting language against the Holy Scriptures, spit in the face of John Connor the Protestant schoolmaster, who, with the most becoming calmness and patience bore this irritating insult. A man named Michael Devir, a convert from popery who stood by, said that if he were so treated he would not bear it so patiently ; he was then violently seized by two men, and, while Mr. Coneys was endeavouring to separate them, Cnn nor was thrown down with great violence on a heap of stones ; another man assaulted Mr. Coneys in the same manner, but did not succeed in bringing him to the ground. The alarm was then given at the coast-guard station that Mr. Coneys and his men were being murdered. The party immediately came to their assistance, when their cowardly assailants fled. Had not the coast-guard been at hand and come to the aid of Mr. Coneys and his men, this assault would in all proba bility have ended in the murder of one or more of the Pro testants. Our readers will recollect that so far back as October 18, 1838, a letter was addressed by the Rev. Edward Nangle to toe Chief Secretary, Loid Morpeth, complaining of a mur derous attempt made upon Connor in his own house. His Lordship promised that immediate inquiry should be made into the circumstances of that outrage. Yet no inquiry, so far as Mr. Nangle is informed, ever took place. A month after another letter was addressed by Mr. Nangle to Lord Morpeth complaining of the continued oppression and perse cution to which Connor was subjected. No notice whatever was taken of this letter, the writer could not procure so much as the courtesy of an answer. Perhaps Lord Morpeth's silence may be explained by the fact of Connor's being par ticularly denounced by Dr. O'Hale in a letter addressed to Lord John Russell. After the lapse of another month a third letter was addressed to Lord Morpeth but it was treated with the same neglect as the former ones ; up to this moment it remains unanswered. We cannot tell what Lord Mor peth's motives may he; but we hesitate not to say that his conduct expresses connivance at outrage. This of course gives great encouragement to evil doers. Since Dr. M`Hale's denunciation of Connor and his practical abandonment by the government to the fury of the rabble, he he has been three times assaulted. A Protestant chief officer of coast guard has been murdered, and a Protestant minister cannot travel through this island in the peaceable performance of his duties, without the certainty of being insulted, and the probability of being assaulted or murdered ! How long will it be ere English Protestants rise as one man and call upon our Gracious Queen to dismiss a ministry, which, to say the least of it, manifests a cold-hearted indifference to the wrongs and oppression of their brethren and her loyal subjects in Ireland ? JAMAICA. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) I send you an authentic fact, calculated to show you the real state of Jamaica, and that without some prompt and vigorous proceeding on the part of the home government, that most valuable of our sugar colonies is lost, and Mr. Spring Rice must find some substitute for his £5,000,000 of sugar duties. I will give one instance : An estate netted in the year ending 1837.. • •• • 2000 Ditto The negroes refusing to work, and the produce sent home being reduced nearly one-half, the mer chant states it will be in 1839 (and worse ; the estate will be in debt, though the annuitants are unpaid.) And this upon an estate where the negroes were kindly treated, and the proprietor was a friend to emancipation! , It is monstrous, that whilst, in many parishes in England, able-bodied labourers cannot earn above 6s. a-week, in a country where the vegetable food upon which the negro prin cipally subsists can be had for scratching the ground, the working man is to insist upon from 15s. to 20s. a-week for his labour. The government of this country has heretofore properly interfered to protect the slave : the tables are now turned, and they ought to come forward to protect the pro prietor. The grand experiment of gradual emancipation, prepara tory to free labour, was proceeding most favourably, beyond the expectation of the most sanguine of its friends ; when, in order that Lord Brougham might recover his waning popu larity, agitation upon the subject was set on foot, and with such effect, that the Jamaica legislature was compelled, against its own sense of expediency, from the known unfit ness of the apprentice, and the hiding-places in the .nnndy intct tor of thp island. to _car,rv_opt..tidiApnaPltirtliiii their own level, where one of the contracting parties is half civilized, that level will be the extinction of all civilization and cultivation. A fair remuneration for labour should be secured to the negro, but, for a few years to come, the rate of labour should be fixed with justice to both parties by the legislature, a vagrant act passed, to deal with the incorrigibly idle and disorderly, and the stipendiary magistrates, while retained at all, employed in enforcing its provisions. At pre sent, the continuance of those functionaries in office depends upon their finding employment for themselves, which the colonists think they will always, under such circumstances, contrive to do, by fomenting discontents. Such suspicions may be unfounded, but they are the necessary result of their situation. , 0000 If strong and independent courts of justice were esta blished (as was recommended by the West India commis sioners), and confidence inspired in the due administration of the laws, these occasional and ever-mistrusted jurisdic tions would be far better dispensed with. The " locust sti pendiaries" are very obnoxious, as much so as the governor at present. ORDINATION. The Lord Bishop of the Diocese held an Ordination at the Cathedral, Chester ' on Sunday last. Th e fi rs t l esson was read by the Rev. Lockhart Wm. Jeffray, M.A., the second lesson by the Rev. Wm. Chas. Dudley, 8.A., and a very suitable sermon for the occasion was preached by the Wor shipful the Chancellor from 6th chap. I s t Ti mo th y , par t o f the 11th verse,—" But thou, 0 man of God, flee these things." DEACONS. Oxford. William Courthop B.A. .. Christ Church. Digby Charles Legard RA. .. University college. George Levy B.A. .. Queen's. Thomas Baker Morrell David Roberts Cambridge. Joseph Bradley . 8.A... Corpus Christi. Charles Badham B.A. .. Emmanuel. John Dobie B.A. .. Corpus Christi. Thomas Glendow Fearne B.A. .. Catherine Hall. Robert Lovelace Hill 'M.A... St. John's. Henry Berkely Jones B.A. .. St. John's. John Kitton B.A. .. Queen's college. John Leach Thomas Lowe B.A. .. Catherine Hall. Dublin. Thomas Booth Kenneth Frazer B.A. .. Trinity. Philemon Alfred Galindo B.A. .. Trinity. Benjamin Cox Sangar B.A. .. Trinity. John Lowthian . John Parker .. St. Bees. PRIESTS. Oxford. James Brierley Edward Harry Vaughan Colt B.A. .. Queen's. Lockhart William Jeffray M.A... Balliol college. Stephen Exuperius Wentworth M.A... Balliol college. Cambridge. William Coombs BA. .. St. John's. William Charles Dudley B.A. .. Queen's college. James Alfred Boddy B.A. .. St. John's. Herbert Lascelles. Alexander Paton B.A. .. Queen's college. John Stubbs Newman B.A. .. St. Peter's. Thomas Morton B.A. .. Corpus Christi. Dublin. Charles William Richards B.A. .. Trinity. George Mansfield B.A. .. Trinity. William Walling B.A. .. Trinity. Charles Sawkins Harrison William Houghton .. St. Bees. STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENTS.--Government has appointed two gentlemen, Captain Pringle, R.E., and Josiah Parkes, Esq., civil engineer, to inquire into and report upon the na ture, causes, and practitiable methods for the prevention of accidents to life and property arising from explosions of boilers, defective machinery, &c. in steam-vessels.—Perth Courier. COURSING MATCH.—There was a very large assemblage of sportsmen, from various parts of the country, at Plas Teg, Flintshire, on the 14th instant. Early in the morning the ground selected for the sport presented a lively appearance, which was considerably heightened by the vast number of country people who were eagerly waiting to witness the sport. The dogs turned out in " slapping" style, the runs were well contested, and, as will be seen, the Welsh dogs proved that they possessed superior metal to their English competitors. The following is the result of the day's sport :—Mr. Aston's Fly beat Mr. Bennett's Jim Crow ; Mr. Aston's Fly beat Mr. Rennel's Go-by ; Wilson Jones's, Es q ., M.P. P e k oe , beat Mr. Catherall's black dog Bugle ; C. B. T. Roper's, Esq. Lover beat Mr. Catherall's G u i nea .—Ch es t er G azette. GALLANT CONDUCT.— On Thursday last, one of the guards of the Halifax mail, named Swan, distinguished him self by an act of courageous gallantry, which deserves to be recorded. The mail was proceeding up Holywell-street, when Mr. Swann perceived two ladies a little in advance of him, one of whom accidentally dropped a small parcel, which proved to contain a pair of shoes. At the same moment a tall stout fellow, who was hawking door-mats, picked up the parcel and quickly decamped with it down Devonshire -street. To see the lady thus deprived of her property, was more than our hero could brook; and instantly alighting, he pursued the thief with the speed of thought, and brought him to his bearings. Unwilling to surrender his prize, the " manufac turer" threw down his. mats, and stood on the defensive—a piece of bravery which might not have been displayed, had he not perceived a colleague in his calling fast approaching the scene of action. Swann soon possessed himself of the shoes, and gave both the fellows a sound drubbing,) notwith standing that one of them got his thumb in his mouth and bit it dreadfully) and had much satisfaction in returning the parcel to the ladies, who were greatly astonished and de lighted at the courage and promptitude of their volunteer Champion.— Derbyshire Courier. EXTRACTS FROM THE NARRATIVE OF SIR FRANCIS B. HEAD. THE HISTORY OF MY APPOINTMENT TO THE GOVERN MENT OF UPPER CANADA, IN NOVEMBER, 1835. It had blown almost a hurricane from the S.S.W.—the sheep in Romney Marsh had huddled together in groups — the cattle, afraid to feed, were still standing with their tails to the storm—l had been all day immured in New Romney with the board of guardians of the Marsh union ; and though, several times, my horse had been nearly blown off the road, I had managed to return to my lodging at Cranbrook ; and, with my head full of the unions, parishes, magistrates, guar dians, relieving officers, and paupers of the county of Kent, like Abon Hassen, I had retired to rest, and for several hours had been fast asleep, when, about midnight, I was suddenly awakened by the servant of my lodging, who, with a letter in one hand, and in the other a tallow candle, illu mining an honest countenance, not altogether free from alarm, hurriedly informed me, " That a King's officer had come aft er me !), What could possibly be the matter in the workhouse of this busy world I could not clearly conceive ; however, sitting up m my bed, I opened the letter, which, to thy utter asto nishment, was from the secretary of state for the colonies, expressing a wish that I should accept the government of Upper Canada ; and that, if possible, I would call upon him with my answer, at half-past eight the following morning, as at nine o'clock he was, to set out for Brighton, to see the King. As I was totally unconnected with every member of the government, and had never had the honour even of seeing Lord Glenelg in my life, I was altogether at a loss to con ceive why thii appointment should have been offered to me. However, as it appeared there was no time to be lost, I im mediately got up, and, returning to London in the chaise of the King's messenger who had brought me the communica tion, I reached my own house at Kensington at six o'clock, and having consulted with my family, whose opinions on the subject I found completely coincided with my own, I waited upon Lord Glenelg at his residence, at the hour appointed (half-past eight); when I most respectfully and very grate fully declined the appointment. To this determination Lord Glenelgvery obligingly replied, by repeating to me his wish to be enabled to submit my name to the King for so important and difficult a trust. He begged me to consider the subject; and, in order that I might be enabled to do so, he requested me to go and converse with his under-secretary, Mr. Stephen, who, his lordship said, would give me every information on the subject. Nothing could be more uncongenial to my habits, disposi tion, and opinions, than the station that was offered to me ; while, on the other hand, as regarded my appointment in the poor law commission, never had I been engaged in a service the duties of which had so completely engrossed my mind.. Rightly or wrongly, it now matters not, I fancied that, against I prejudice and clamour I should eventually succeed in the noblest, and to my mind the most interesting of all services, that of reviving the character and condition of the English labourer ; and as, notwithstanding the unpopularity of the new act, I had, thanks to the magistrates, yeomanry, and farmers of the county of Kent, carried it into effect by ac clamation, the pleasure as well as interest of the task was daily increasing. If the poor law - commissioners had expressed the slightest wish to remove me from Kent to any station of greater diffi culty, or even of danger, it would of course have been my especial duty not to have declined ; but, as the Colonial-office had not the slightest claim upon me, and as I was really grossly ignorant of everything that in any way related to the government of our colonies, continued, so far as my own wishes, and even interests were concerned, to adhere to my opinion. Still, however, I did not like to persist in refusing my humble services to the King's government, after they had been twice required of me; and accordingly, walking towards Downing-street, under this confliction of feelings, it was with considerable reluctance that I entered the door of the Colo nial Office. In obedience to a principle which I need not repeat, I at last, without any further reference to my family, expressed to Mr. Stephen that I would undertake the duty ; and, ac cordingly, a letter was, without delay, despatched to Brighton to Lord Glenelg, who, on receiving it, immediately submitted to the King my name, of which his Majesty was graciously pleased to approve. I must now mention a few details which, though not very interesting to relate, had perhaps better not be withheld from the public. In my interview with Mr. Stephen, I learnt that from mo tives of economy, which, in a moment of so much alleged danger, I could not clearly comprehend, there would be a difficulty in continuing to me an aid-de-camp, and that not only was I to receive £5OO a-year less salary than my pre decessor, but that, instead of his military remuneration, which amounted, I understand, to nearly £l,OOO a-year, I was to forfeit to the government my half-pay as major in the army. With respect to these arrangements, I at once very dis tinctly observed to Mr. Stephen, that although it was, of course, utterly impossible for me to imagine what would be the official expenses to which I should be subjected, yet that, as so many governors, one after another, were supposed to have failed in their missions, and as the difficulties which had overcome them were declared to have increased rather than to have diminished, I considered it was unreasonable, as well as imprudent, in the government to ask me to encounter them with diminished means. I told Mr. Stephen, that to go without an aid-de-camp to a disturbed colony, where the governor had always been seen to have one, would, in my opinion, be impolitic ; and I added, that as I was altogether below my predecessors (Sir Peregrine Maitland and Sir John Colborne) in military rank, and that as I was to be divested of the command of the troops, I thought the civil elevation of a baronetcy ought to be conferred on me. In short, my argument ran upon the theory that I thought I ought not to go into action without as many shot in my locker, and as much support, as my predecessors had had. I declared I wanted no more. In reply, Mr. Stephen admitted the justness of my theory. He told me that I ought to have an aid-de-camp—that he thought I should be justified in insisting that my official ex penses, as Lord Gosford's had been, should be defrayed— and he said that if a batch of baronets were to be created, there would be no difficulty • but there were so many appli cations for the distinction, that he thought Lord Melbourne might feel he would create jealousy by a single appointment. The following day I did not see Lord Glenelg ; but, as I had been apprised that, in order that the King's promise to the legislature to Upper Canada, to give his answer in Ja nuary, should not be broken, it would be necessary I should sail in a very few days, I thought it advisable that, before I was gazetted, I should repeat, in writing, the requests I had madesto Mr. Stephen. I accordingly did this, and my self delivered the communication to Mr. Stephen, who, how ever, advised me not to force it officially upon Lord Glenelg, •„ tire fait 'al Aicii n ,ltotigli h gy h ai l giion was, of course, occupied with higher subjects, I very shortly sub mitted to his lordship (in presence, if I recollect right, of Sir George Grey) the propriety of my being raised as nearly as possible to the same level as my predecessor, to which gene ral theory Lord Glenelg, with his usual kindness, of manner, replied, There is much truth in what you say." On my arrival at Brighton, in order to be presented to the King, I explained the difficulty which had been raised about my aide-de-camp, to which it was replied, " You really ought not to go out without one." Every body thus seemed to agree with my theory, and yet nothing was settled. At last Mr. Stephen took me to Lord Howick, and after considerable trouble I was authorised to appoint Lieut. Halket, of the Coldstream guards, as my aide-de-camp. As my time was very short, my attention was much en grossed in reading over a voluminous correspondence which was placed before me in the Colonial-office. I had to wind up, or rather to cut, the thread of my business with the poor law commission, and had also my private affairs to settle ; accordingly the day of my departure arrived without any terms with the government havingbeen satisfactorily settled. I had been subjected to considerable losses by being called upon so suddenly to break up my establishment ; and for temporary profit I had been thus subjected to expenses ex ceeding £5OO. In order that the King's promise to the legislature of Up per Canada should be fulfilled, instead of being sent, as had been customary in a King's ship, I was desired to proceed with my suite, which consisted of my aide-de-camp, my civil secretary, &c., by the packet to New York, from whence I was to transport them, as well as my baggage, in the depth of winter, through the United States to Canada ; and in or der to indemnify me for all these losses, outfit, and expenses, I was offered on the morning of my departure £330, of which, I was told, it would be necessary to retain £250 for the fees of my commission. With my suite I immediately set off for Liverpool, and I was on board the New York packet, which was actually moving out of the harbour, when an official letter was de livered to me by post, cancelling the appointment of my aide-de-camp. There was of course no time to remonstrate : however, as Lieut. Halket, in order to join me, had obtained from the commanding officer of his regiment a year's leave of absence, 1 begged he would employ it by accompanying me to Toronto as my guest, which he accordingly did. My arrival in Upper Canada will form the subject of the next chapter. I will therefore merely here state that, in the very few words which passed between Sir John Colborne and myself on the subject of official expenses, Sir John men tioned to me, in general terms, that these expenses had, during the ten years he had administered the government, exceeded his salary of governor ; and I had scarcely thus learned that the theory I had asserted in the Colonial-office was a practical fact, when I found that, even before I was sworn in, I was debtor to Sir John Colborne £1,050 for stoves, kitchen apparatus, furniture of public rooms, &c., and that I should be required to pay another £l,OOO for horses, carriages, sleighs, linen, liveries, additional furniture, &c. Considering that our valuable North American colonies were supposed almost by 'everybody in England, and espe pecially by the government, to be on the point of separating themselves from the present state, I will merely ask, was it even politic in the King's government to despatch me on so forlorn a hope, not only without sufficient means, but, morally speaking, as destitute of ammunition as General Whitelock's men were, when, without flints or fixed bayo nets, they were wilfully marched towards inevitable defeat ? Whatever may be the opinion of the public on this sub ject, I shall always believe that had I, inexperienced and un supported, fallen as soon as I reached my post, his Majesty's government would have been liable to impeachment for the loss of our North American colonies. Nevertheless, I really do thein the justice to believe that they were so intoxicated by the insane theory of conciliating democracy, that they ac tually believed the people of Upper Canada would throw up their hats and be delighted at the vulgarity of seeing the re-' presentative of their sovereign arrive amongst them as an actor of all work, without dignity of station, demeanour, or conduct : in short, like a republican governor, who, from his cradle, has been brought up to reckon " that all men are born equal"—that the fabric of human society has neither top nor bottom—that the protection of property of all de scriptions belongs to the multitude, a n d th a t th e w ill o f th e mob is the real " law of the land." POTATOES AND SPRATS.—The proper diet for a pauper has become a very important question among the zealous supporters of the poor-law bill. One of these philanthropists has discovered that there are some things more wholesome, and much cheaper, than beef and bread. He considers sprats most nutritious ; and deems it to be a grievous sin, that boat-loads of them are sold on the coast for manure. He earnestly observes, that " a plateful of sprats, which might thus be obtained for less than half a farthing, and half a pound of potatoes, which could be had for one halfpenny, would make an excellent meal." If this kind soul's advice were to be acted upon, we should very soon after have the poor devils, like his favourite fish, " as lean as a sprat.— Sunday Times. FALCONRY. — FaIconry, which is now so much in disuse among us, was the principal amusement of our ancestors. A person of rank in England, some three or four centuries tip, scarcely stirred out without his hawk upon his hand, which in old paintings is the criterion of nobility. The expense which attends this sport is very great ; among the old Welsh princes, the King's falconer was the fourth officer of state, but, notwithstanding all his honours, he was forbidden to take more than three draughts of beer from his horn, lest he should get intoxicated, and neglect his duty. In the reign of James the First, Sir Thomas Monson is said to have given a thousand pounds for a cast of hawks ; and such was their value in general, that it was made felony, in the reign of Edward the Third, to steal a hawk. To take its eggs, even in a person's own ground, was punishable with im prisonment for a year and a day, together with a fine at the king's pleasure. MISCELLANEOUS. The Marquis of Westminster's colt, which is to run for he Derby, has been named by his lordship, `The Sleight of Eland.' Lord Chesterfield has consented to continue the mastership of the Pytchley hounds during the next season. Mr. Ellice, it is said, has sold his seignory of Beanharnois, Ln Lower Canada, to Mr. Kingscote,' one of the partners' in the firm of Messrs. Ladbroke and Co. As one among many other singular coincidences, there is at this time a man named Cain Able, keeping the "Adam and Eve" tavern, in Norwich. The Dowager Countess of Sefton has presented Mr. Moore, the medical attendant of the late Earl, with the munificent sum of £l5OO, in addition to his bill, and a salary of £5OO a The amount of revenue collected at the ports of Quebec and Montreal, for the year ending January 5, 1839, is stated to exceed that of the preceeding year by the sum of £46,000. WHITE HARE.-Mr. Daniel Boote killed at Shocklach, a perfectly white hare, with a white puppy greyhound, only six months old. The prize is entrusted to Mr. Wharton, of the Carden Arms, Tilston, to stuff and preserve. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.—We hear that a case of fire arms has been received in one of the Townships of this par ish, for the use of the chartists, out of whose hard earnings they have been purchased !—Bradford Observer. It is rumoured in the legal circles that Mr. Duckworth, the member for Leicester, is to succeed Francis Cross, Esq. (resigned) as one of the masters of the High Court of Chan cery. The reduced emoluments of the office are £2OOO per annum, paid by a salary.—Evening Paper. DECREASE OF WILD DUCKS.--It is a general complaint along the whole Lincolnshire coast, that very few wild ducks have visited it this winter, scarcely a bird being now discern ible on spots that were last year covered with whole flocks of their feathered fraternity. During the forenoon service on Sunday, at. St. Paul's Ca thedral, the congregation were thrown into alarm by the fal ling of the cornices of one of the pillars that support the stu pendous dome into the.aisle with). loud crash. Fortunately no one was near the spot at the time. NEW MAGISTRATES. — On Monday morning last, being the first day of the pepding intermediate sessions, for the hundred of Salford, Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq. of Longford, near this town, and James Kershaw, Esq. of Manchester, came upon the bench, took the required oaths, and qualified as magistrates of this County.—Man. Guard. The Birmingham Railway, with all its pretended success, has only paid a dividend of three-and-a-half per cent. for eighteen months. The number of passengers have dimin ished 147 a day since the whole line has been opened, in con sequence, no doubt, of the misconduct and incivility of the servants employed upon it.—United Service Gazette. Sir R. Peel, whose views upon the corporation question both in Great Britain and Ireland, have been comprehensive and far-reaching, warned the House of Commons, that in adopting the English bill, they were substituting one set of nuisances for another. How faithfully this 'prediction has been fulfilled is known to every one whose misfortune it is to live in an English municipal town. It is currently reported, says the Staffordshire Advertiser, that the Hon. Frederick Ryder, son of the Earl of Harrowby, is likely to offer himself as a second Conservative candidate for the borough of Stoke-upon-Trent, whenever a dissolution takes place, should Mr. Davenport resign. The friends of Mr. Ayshford Wise assert that the requisition to him has met with a most favourable reception amongst the electors. A LOGICAL BARBER.—During the famous gale on Plough Monday, a hairdresser, of Monkwearmouth Shore, walked down to the Wear, to witness the destruction in progress on the river ; and while he was contemplating the ravages of the storm, some one came running up to him and exclaimed, `• Ye'd mair need be at yem—yer shop's blawn doon !" " Gart! man !" cooly replied the barber, " hoo can that be, when I've the key in my pocket ?" One of the Trowbridge chartists, with a stupidity as to the matter of consequences well befitting such persons, this week, actually charged a man, before the magistrates of the above place, with stealing a pike from him ! The instrument was produeed, and it proved to be a weapon similar to those used in the Irish rebellion, having attached to it a sharp hook, intiended to cut horses' reins. The depositions taken in this case, have been forwarded to the home office. It is said that the chartists generally, in Trowbridge and its vicinity, are furnished with these deadly instruments.—Devises Gazette. THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—The architect, Mr. Bary, and the two professors of geology, Dr. Smith, and M. De la Roche, who proceded to the north of England, and the west of Scotland, to select the granite to be used in the construction of the new edifices, have completed their report, which is to be forthwith presented to the building committee of the house. The embankment wall is nearly completed ; but no time has yet been named for .laying the foundation stone, and it has been calculated by those persons most con versant with the subject, that eight or ten years will elapse, before the completion of the new houses. The lease of the temporary offices in Great George-steeet and Parliament-street will be renewed.—Morning Herald. PETITION.—The following appears in the votes of the House of Commons ;---Corn laws against repeal. Matthias Saul, of the borough and town of Lancaster, joiner and builder. The petitioner, Matthias Saul, complains that at the late meeting at Lancaster on the subject of the corn laws, he dared not express his sentiments, or move any resosution ; he humbly prays that if protection be withdrawn from the landowner anthagriculturist, all protecting duties may be re pealed, and especially that the borough and market tolls in every town in England may be repealed, as such tolls are ex ceedingly oppressive to farmers and others bringing goods to market, and raise the price of provisions without producing any corresponding benefit." AN " IRISH FARMER" says—" The coaching interest of England used nearly 400,000 horses at work ; allow about the same for post work—so that there were nearly 800,000 horses at work, each consuming nearly three acres of produce (one of hay and two of corn), making altogether 2,400,000 acres for their support. From the different railroads that are now in progress of completion, seven-eighths of the horses will cease to be required, thus leaving 2,100,000 acres to bear corn : admit each acre to bear a quarter, thus you will have 2,100,000 quarters of corn more in the year '42 than you had in '3B, which is a larger supply than what we received this year from the Continent." RimioNism.—ln consequence of the magistrates having received private information, that there was to be a meeting of Ribbon delegates, somewhere near the junction of the counties of Donegal, Leitrim and Fermanagh, upon the night of the 4th inst., a body of police from each of these counties en fit tne delegates with all their books, papers, and paraphernalia, were captured and safely lodged in Carrick on-Shannon gaol. On the next night the police prosecuted their search in another direction, but those whom they sought, hed, no doubt, received notice of the capture of their com panions, as they had fled the country.—Fermanaghßeporter. THE PERCUSSION Locx.—An order has been received to supply two companies of royal marines at the Portsmouth division with percussion muskets. Various trials have been set on foot, and still continue, at Southsea Castle, under the superintendence of Captains Ballingall and Carter, in wet and windy weather, during frost and snow; also in discharges of repeated succession without any cleaning. The same prac tice is had recourse to on the ground, at the same time, with an equal number of files armed with the common musket, and discharging the same number of loadings. Col. Jones; the commandant of the division, is very desirous that the flint lock should have every• chance, and has directed that the officers superintending during their experiments shall be sup plied with new muskets.—United Service Gazeite. ADMIRAL SIR C. PAGET.—Letters from Jamaica inform us that Sir C. Paget has been seriously attacked with yellow fever, and that for three days his death was hourly antici pated : he had, however, fortunately recovered, and was re moved to Bermuda on the 10th Jan. in the Tartarus steamer. Of the admiral's suite of twenty persons left with him, no less than six had died, includi ng D r . S co tt, th e surgeon. The influence of the disease on the admiral had the extraordinary effect of removing 211 paralytic and rheumatic affection, but rendered him extremely weak and languid : he was, however, we are happy to state, recovering rapidly.—Hampshire Te legraph. STATE OF TRADE.—There was yesterday a slight im provement in the demand both for yarn and goods, and par ticularly for heavy shirtings and domestics, which have been for some time in an exceedingly depressed state. Rather more business was done than on the preceding Tuesday ; but there was no material improvement in prices, which continue unremunerating in almost all branches of the cotton trade. The working of short time is consequently extending with considerable rapidity in all parts of the district ; and we be lieve the total number of mills that have been wholly or par tially stopped, now considerably exceeds one hundred, which number is daily increasing. We regret to learn that this partial suspension of business, coupled with the high price of bread, has caused much distress amongst the working classes in various parts of the town.—Manchester Guardian. DEATH OF THE " WANDERING PIPER."—This eccen tric individual, known by the designation of " The Wandering Piper," died in Mercer's Hospital, Dublin, on the 17th instant. It appears from his own account, that he was in duced, many years before, for a bet of several thousand pounds, which were staked by a friend, to engage in this ex traordinary mode of life. Had he relinquished the under taking, the money would have been lost to the family. A similar result would have attended his supporting himself in any other way . than by the precarious profits of his assumed profession during the stipulated period. He died in indigence, as to his personal effects. By his death the debt is said to be cancelled and it was his wish to di e . He was admitted into Mercer's Hospital, about three weeks since. He alto gether denied his identity with any of the persons whom fame had reported him to be. The cause of his death was an incurable disease of the lungs, aggravated by the effects of a severe injury of the hip, received many years since, and which, latterly, caused excruciating torments. EXTRAORDINARY' AFFAIR.—On Thursday morning a steamer, the Sampson, of Bristol, came up the river at Bide ford, having on board between 40 and 50 armed men, and, taking its position by the side of a new ship of 350 tons bur den, called the Milford, which had been lately launched from the building yard of Mr. William Brook, the armed men be gan to board the ship. Mr.- Brook, accompanied by several of his men, immediately we n t on board the Milford, demand ing what the invading party wanted on board his vessel. Mr. Thomas Corry, of. Bristol, came forward with fire arms in his hand, declaring the vessel to have been built for him. Mr. Brook replied that he had not received any money for the ship, without which it was his property. Mr. Corry threat ened to shoot Mr. Brook dead on the deck if he dared to in-' terfere ; and the lawless crew took him and his men prison ers, lashed the Milford to the steamer, and towed her out of the port ; where, the ground-swell being great, and the ves sel going on the bar, the lawless gang being afraid of th e au thorities coming off, put M r . B roo k an d hs men on shore. Proceedings will be taken against the perpetrators of this pi ratical proceeding ; but we are at a loss to conceive what could have prompted the actors to such a step.—Exeter Fly ing Post. GREAT PROTESTANT MEETING IN DUBLIN. --OR Fri day last, one of the largest meetings of Protestants ever assembled in Ireland took place at the Round-room, in the Mansion-house. The meeting was convened by the Lord Mayor, as well in pursuance of a resolution of the Corporation, as upon a requisition numNwusly and respectably signed ; and therfore not only did the emen of Dublin come within the meaning of those invited, but the Protestants at large throughout the kingdom ; and consequently a vast number of gentlemen from every part of the country were in attend ance. It is computed that not less than lietween four and five thousand persons were present. The Dublin Evening Mail of Monday last, adds, "It gives us inexpressible pleasure to state that all anticipations kspecting the meet ing convened by the Lord Mayor, on Friday last, have been realised to the letter, and in the spirit. We had been given to understand (and we said so) that a mighty change had been wrought in the temper and tactics of the movement party ; that hostile feelings of a personal na ture against the tried and faithful friends of the cause had been either abandoned or would be suppressed ? and that the manner of conducting the business of the day would be such as to permit of every conscientious Protestant taking a part in its grand object—sceuring the practicable good, with out wasting our common resources on the unattainable, and strengthening the hands of the enemy by our own internal divisions. We predicted, if such were the disposition evinced in the preliminaries, the meeting would be successful ; and not only the attendance on the occasion, (unprecedented for numbers and respectability,) but the entire proceedings and results of the meeting, have justified our estimate of public opinion." LIVERPOOL GREAT STEEPLE CHASE. [ln our third edition of Tuesday last, we briefly announced the result of the Great Steeple Chase. Our own report did not reach us in time to be available for the purpose of inser tion that evening. We now subjoin a full detail of the par ticulars, for which we are indebted to the Courier.] If extreme interest, extensive betting, and a strong muster of the great renowned from all quarters, be any criterion whereby to judge of the future, the Liverpool Steeple Chase of 1839 will be long remembered as an event in. the annals of sporting. Nimrod• regards the Steeple Chase as highly cruel, and withal dangerous, and on these grounds he thinks it ought to become unpopular ; subsequently he endeavours to persuade his readers that it is so, or at least tending- down ward in public estimation. However the sport may be ob jected to on theiscore of cruelty, and certainly the objections, so founded are not without considerable show of reason and evidence, we believe it will never be driven into unpopularity on the ground of danger incurred by the riders. All those sports that are attended with some degree of danger have ever possessed the most absorbing interest. All men of ardent feelings love moderate danger for the very excitement which it produces, and the intrepidity which it brings into action. Hence Steeple Chases are naturally popular. If those who have endeavoured to make appear otherwise had but visited Liverpool they would quickly have changed theit opinion. The town has been perfectly alive with bustle. Visitors from all quarters, and by all sorts of conveyances, have poured in upon us—from north and south—from Scot land, Wales, and Ireland by steamers, railways, coaches, chaises, gigs, and waggons. Our inns have been crowded with gentle and simple ; the taverns and private houses have been everywhere in request for the accommodation of the sporting fraternity of all descriptions. Counts Whiskerandos from Germany and France, hard-riding horse dealers from Ireland, knowing ones from Scotland, and sporting manufac facturers, tradesmen, butchers, graziers, &c. &c., from Man chester, Bolton, Wigan, and the neighbourhood surround ing. Croxteth, Knowsley, and the mansions of our country gentry have been crowded with guests, who have exhibited their " swell turns out" in our streets, jostling the equipages of our merchants, and astonishing not a few of the natives, who have heretofore looked with singular self-complacency on their tiny tilburies and tardily-trotting-tits. In short, our streets have exhibited an accession of bustle, with an assemblage tolerably motley, as is usual in such cases—peers, Corinthians, and peasants jostling with— " Knowing faded kids And dandy rats in bloom." Betting was brisk from the very commencement of busi ness, though it was greatly held in check by the uncertainty as to what horses would start. The entry exhibited a list of fifty three horses, of which two paid forfeit : a strong field was therefore confidently expected, and as several of the studs were animals of high renown for their achievements, there were not wanting those who are willing to back their favour ites, in spite of all the chances that might intervene. The Nun stood first favourite, with Rust close in her rear. After these Daxon, Seventy-four, Cannon Ball, Paulina and Rail road were held in good esteem. The betting-room at the Talbot on Monday evening was crowded to suffocation. The Nun kept the call to the last. The odds then stood as follows : 8 to 1 agst. Lord Macdonald's The Nun. 50 to 3 Mr. Chawner's Daxon. 11 to 1 Sir E. Mostyn's Seventy-four. lOU to 8 Mr. Haddy's Cannon Ball. 100 to 7 Mr. O'Moore's Barkston. 19 to 1 Mr. Marshall's Railroad. 100 to 5 Captain Childe's Conrad. 20 to 1 Lord Chesterfield's Paulina. 6 to 1 Mr. Kent's Rust. 9 to 1 Mr. Elmore's Lottery. 100 to 5 Mr. Oswell's Dictator. 50 to 3 Mr. Stephenson's True Blue. 50 to 8 Captain Lamb's Jack. The following were amongst the distinguished persons present. Sir Edward and Lady Smyth and party ; Sir Edward and Lady Blount and party ; Sir Edward Mospn, Mr. Piers Mostyn, and Mr. Alcocjc ; Colonel Copeland, Colonel Char rate ; Mrs. Morgan OTionnell ; Messrs. Maher, Armstrong, Montgomery, Cox, Butler, Jepson, Wade, Maher, Miles, Wynne, Ablet, Bevis, Newton, Thelwall, Russell, and Stubbs ; B. Collett, Esq. and party ; Townson Ince, Esq. and friend ; Captains Guard and Reid ; Theobald Theobald, Esq. ; Mr. Justice and party ; Mr. Charlton, Mr. W. T. Thomson, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Leigh, of Belmont and friend ; Messrs. Fitzherbert, C. Gifford, Holyoake, Brockles, Ben son, Hinde, Lamb and Gibson ; Captains Lamb and Gem mill ; Mr. Digby Smith, T. Trafford, Esq., of Trafford-park and party ; Captains Barron and Markham ; Lord Glenlyon ; Mr. Knight and party ; Messrs. Benbow ; Messrs. Grundy, of Bury ; Major M`Giimis ; Messrs. Bayley, Masters, A. Smith, and Captain Smith ; Captain Henderson and friend ; Messrs. G. R. Edwards, Ayrton, and Clarke ; Count Gueisnan • Mr. Hobson ; Messrs. Morgan, Taylor, Down ward, andDenman ; Mr. St. George, Mr. Blythe, &c. The great object of desire with every man whose heart was set upon the sporting was fine weather. Few, however, dared to indulge in very sanguine hopes on this subject, as the at mosphere had been most capriciously variable for months be fore. As it turned out, nothing could be more propitious. After several tolerably dry days, during which the wind blew rather boisterously from the westward, the morning of Tues day broke calm, bright, and beautiful, and it proved a fore taste of what the day was to be: As early as nine o'clock the road leading to Aintree was crowded with pedestrians of the usual class, including piemen, chimney sweeps, cigar-cellers, thimble-riggers, and all the small fry of gaming-table keep ers. As the day advanced the road swarmed with passengers of all descriptions, "from noblemen to tailors," from mer chants and wealthy manufacturers to butchers and tinkers, all hurrying to the scene of action as fast as their several means of conveyance would permit. Liverpool poured forth not only its own thousands but the thousands belonging to other places also. The surrounding country contributed its quota, and certainly a greater crowd was never before seen on any race-course than at Aintree on Tuesday. It was one dense mass of people, in some of the'more recherche points wedged to gether, so as to defy motion in those who had once got enclosed. The Grand Stand had r o accommodation for more than three fourths of the people who presented themselves ; and not an attainable point about the building, even to the very summit of the chimneys, but was occupied. All the minor stands were likewise crowded, and, in addition to the vast numbers dispersed about the course, masses of individuals were seen here and there far over the country, congregated at the points where the most dangerous leaps were to be taken. It was announced that the race was to commence at one o'clock. It was, nearly three, however, before the horses were fairly brought on the course. They were paraded about half-an-hour on the course, opposite the Grand Stand, and when it became evident what horses were really to start there euu~icti,ter iooaea rather too. at, and she was put to some severe galloping be fore the race, probably with a view of getting her in wind. Her style of going was greatly admired. Captain Beecher showed off upon. Conrad, which appeared in fine condition. Lottery, also, looked extremely well, and quite in cue for severe work. The betting immediately before the start was as follows :- 6 to 1 agst. The Nun 7to 1 Rust B . to 1 Daxon 9to 1 Railroad • • 9to 1 Lottery 12 to 1. Seventy-four 12 to 1 Cannon Ball 21 to 1 True Blue 20 to 1 Conrad 20 to 1 Charity, and 30 to 1 any other The horses, to the number of eighteen, were brought up for the start shortly after three o'clock, opposite to a side gate leilling from the race-course, on the side furthest from _the Grand Stand. The exit is sufficiently broad, and is into a lane, divided from the pasture-fields by a high bank, partly railed and partly topped with gorse and hawthorn. The steeds went away, beautifully, altogether, and but little di vision took place when they leaped or scrambled over the bank. Captain Beecher, on Conrad, led the way at a slap ping pace, apparently determined, as the old adage has it, " either to win his purse or to lose his saddle." Unfortu nately, he did the latter. Through the first three or four pasture-fields there was nothing out extremely light fencing, and the horses topped in gallant style everything that stood before them. The first obstacle that wore the aspect of a teaser was a deep ditch, about five feet wide, on the further side of which was a high bank. The high-mettled fellows made nothing of this,—they flew over it like birds, and were presently labouring through a deep, light soil, from which young wheat was springing. They next dashed over a high bank into a grass-field,,where Captain Beecher was still look ing back at his competitors, Daxon, Lottery, True Blue, Dic tator, and Paulina, in a line behind him. The field in which the riders now found themselves was a very wide one, and one half of it had been recently subjected to a very deep ploughing. Here was something for them to tug through, and a laborious run it was while it lasted. The fence oppo site the field now, was one of the most awkward of the series. It was what the jocks are in the habit of denominating a " nasty jump. " First there was a strong paling, next a rough high jagged hedge, and lastly a brook about six feet wide. Nothing daunted, the foremost riders pushed their horses and charged it gallantly. Conrad smashed through the palings and rolled over into the brook. Lottery cleared it, followed by two or three others, two or three of the quiet ones, who could choose their ground, passed close over Bee cher, and letting him feel the wind of their heels. One un lucky wight here parted company with his horse, which took a fancy to have a gallop by himself over easier ground. Bee cher was soon again in the saddle and scampering after his fellows, who had topped on every fence at the corner of the meadow, turning at a right angle from the brook. Here some play was made across a smooth pasture field, from whence a flying leap over a hedge, which all took in the best possible style, the riders were carried into a rough ploughed field. Another hedge cleared with the same alacrity as be fore,' brought them opposite to a leap which was expected to try both men and horses. After clearing the hedge, it was necessary immediately to turn short round to the left. At a distance of not more than twenty yards was a high hedge, bank, and rails, on the other side of which was a piece of water, let in for the purpose, full 15 feet wide, the field ad joining which is six feet lower than that from which the leap was to be taken. Captain Beecher who had again come up to the front, was the first to push at this, but Conrad seemed to have no mind for so much exertion. He dashed away the, rails and, tumbled headlong into the water, rolling over his rider and floundering about after a most extra ordinary fashion. Rust followed next, but his rider was more fortunate than the Captain, for he got remounted and resumed the chase, while the latter who had got a thorough immersion lost his horse into the bargain. Dax on, Lottery, and the rest flew over gallantly, and were presently pushing with what speed they might over a ploughed field, which tried their mettle sorely. The next leap was a particularly ugly one, into a field which was higher by four feet in some places than that from which the horses had to spring. They had to pass over a bank surmounted by a low hedge, (in some places a strong rail) next to which was a ditch fenced by another rail. Most of the steeds took this at the easiest part, where the double rail and ditch were taken at a flying leap, the two fields being there almost on a level. From this point it was "plain sailing" across easy fences to the lower, end of the race course. Here turning to the left the horses were brought by a straight run into the training ground, at the upper end of which was a stone wall, five feet high, erected for the occa sion. This was exactly opposite the grand stand, and it was expected to prove a teaser to more than one. Here however, the lieges were doomed to disappointment. The first horse that came up was Barkston, who turned himself quietly away, as if he refused to try the dangerous experiment, till he had seen how others, proved. Lottery, the Nun, and Paulina, came up next, and successively got over with ease. Lottery, in particular, flew over like a cat. It was observed that the, fencing of this horse throughout was most splendid. Barkston, when he saw how easy it was, walked coolly up to the wall, and sprung over it with the utmost ease. Several of the horses knocked off portions of the stone and turf, and made' a gap in the wall, which allowed "the tail," to get through without much trouble. After this straining task of more than two miles, the horses had to gallop about half a mile to the starting post, and then go over the same severe ground a second time. It was rightly said, that he who won this race would have performed his work. The second run, however, was a little easier than the first, as the horses and men not only knew what they were going to leap at, but the broken banks and fences left them a clearer course. Accordingly, all was well and effectually managed till they came to the great leap at the piece of arti ficial water before-mentioned. Dictator, ridden by Carlin, took the leap about ten yards further on than the rest of the field. He got well over, but from some cause or other stumbled and fell head foremost on the oppositeside. He was all in a heap, and it was plain he was much strained. The rest flew over one after another in capital style, and Dictator having re gained his feet, followed them. The next very awkward leap, however, finished him. He sprung over after the rest, but instantly fell, and died almost immediately. It is stated that his back was broken. Here the racing began. Rust had long since given in, and had been led back to his stable: The Nun, who had borne herself as became her high pretensions, now that the tug of war had commenced, began to exhibit strong symptoms of distress. There was whip-and spur work for the lead across the fields and the corner of the course leading to the run-in, across which a line of hurdles had been placed. Lottery had, meanwhile,.taken up the run ning with great vigour, and was convincing those behind that, if he got fairly over the next leap, he had that within him that would bid defiance to their utmost efforts. The chances were all now with Lottery, True Blue, Paulina, and Seventy-four. Lottery - took the hurdle with a most credita ble flying leap, which left the race at the discretion of his jockey. The rest came well over and did their utmost, but Lottery was in astonishing force, considering the work which he had gone through. He won with apparent ease, beating Seventy-four by several lengths. The latter was closely fol lowed by Paulina and True Blue. The favourite was nowhere, and Rust, the second favourite, as we have before mentioned, scarcely lived through the most easy part of the race. The following is the return, and names of the horses which started, with those of the riders :- 1 Lottery Mr. Mason 2 Seventy-four " Oliver 3 Paulina 4 True Blue Rail-road Cannon Ball " Newcom Jack " Wadlow Charity Dictator " Carlin Conrad Cramp Mr. Wilmot Rambler " Morgan Daxon " Ferguson Barkston " Byrne Rust " M. Wm. AP Donogh • The Nun " A. M`Donogh Pioneer Jerry The next race was a sweepstakes of 10 sovereigns each, with 30 added. Heats over the same ground as that marked out for the great steeple-chase, with the mere difference, that the horses only went once round, coming in up the regular course, and over the hurdles. The condition was, that the winner should be sold for £lOO, if demanded in the usual way. The entry was as follows : Mr. Bawlin's Rex, Mr. Thomson's Harry, Mr. Ryan's Smike, Mr. Jones's Primrose, Mr. M`Donogh's St. Nicho las, Mr. Calaghan's Wanderer, Mr. Scott's Sweetheart, Mr. Knaresborough's No Mistake, Mr. Webb's Meteor, and Mr. Johnson's Perseverance. There was some splendid fencing in this race, particularly at the great leap. It however proved fatal to poor Sweet heart at the latter place, as it had done to Dictator. The spring over the brook, or artificial ditch, and falling headlong into the field, broke her back. She was immediately killed. The following is the result of the race, as far as it proceeded : Mr. J . Ryan's b. g. Smike 1 2 Mr. Jones's ch. in. Primrose .. As it had now become nearly dark, it was agreed that this race should be concluded on the following day (Wednesday.) THE SECOND DAY'S SPORT.-WEDNESDAY. There remained to be concluded, from Tuesday's second steeple race, the concluding heat or heats—two heats having been run on that day, and each won by a different horse. A Hurdle Sweepstakes had also to ,come off. The match be tween Lottery and Paulina, as well as an intended Option Stakes, was withdrawn. A sweepstakes was made up on the ground, and several of the favourite horses were in the field. The sport, on the whole, was excellent. The day was not so favourable for the attendance of company as Tuesday, the wind being high and chilly, threatening showers of rain or snow. There was, however, a fair, andindeed a large assem blage of persons, and not a few splendid equipages. The first race (in conclusion of that of yesterday) was announced to start at one o'clock, but upwards of an hour elapsed before the riders appeared. This delay threw the final race so late, that the company, for the most part, left the ground, and the last was a disputed contest. CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND STEEPLE CHASE Five - of the horses that had originally started again took the field—namely Smike, ridden by Primrose, do. St. Nicholas, do. Wanderer, do Brown Mare by Harry, do. Mr. Bretherton. " Powell. " A. Al' Donough. " W. M`Donough. " Oliver. This was an admirable race. Smike took the lead, followed by St. Nicholas and Primrose. After they had run about three quarters of a mile, Wanderer tried to getup, but failed. St. Nicholas and Primrose then showed metal, but could not " come it. " The leaps were generally made by all the horses beautifully. After clearing the hedge near the canal bridge, the Brown Mare and Smike challenged, and ran smartly home, the mare winning cleverly. The result was : Mr. Thomson's br mby Harry .... 0 1 1 Mr. T. Ryan's b g Smike , . 1 3 2 THE HURDLE STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 sovs. added. Two miles. -Gentlemen riders. Four years old, to carry 19st. 71b., five years, list. 41b., 6 years and aged, list. 101 b. Thorough-bred horses to carry 71b. extra. The winner of a Hunter's Stake, Hurdle Race, or Steeple Chase, to carry 51b., of two 71b., and of three or more, 101 b. extra. Four to start, or the 50 soya. will not be given. This race took place on the course, two hurdles being placed on the west side, and two on the east side of the course. Mr. Stevenson's c g True Blue, aged 1 Mr. Vever's Charity Mr. Knaresborough's b h Leander, 5 yrs 0 Mr. Hodson's ch g Syntax, aged 0 This was also an excellent race. Charity led, followed by Leander ; True Blue then came up, as did Syntax. When they came to the distance post, Charity and True Blue pushed on, and kept nearly, neck and neck to the last hurdle, which Charity shied, and True Blue came in in consequence, by about half a head. SWEEPSTAKES of 50 soya. each.—Heats. This race excited much interest, some of the favourite horses being entered. Paulina Wanderer.... (Smite 1 5 0 .0 (Bretherton 2 4 0 0 (Devine 3 3 2 0 _ . Leander:— (Knaresborough) 4 2 1 wkd. over. relused to start, but finally came away with the others. Before the third heat was run the night bad set in, it being past six o'clock ; and Leander (1) and Waverley:(2) were alone placed. On the arrival of the riders at the weighing-room, a dispute arose— some of the parties being of opinion that the start had not been fair ; others that it had. Leander claimed the prize, and, in furtherance of such claim, finally walked the course. The affair will, of course, come before " the proper tri bunal." DEATH OF RAT-TRAP.---We are sorry to announce to our sporting readers that this highly-mettled and justly-cele brated racer is dead ! He was seized with inflammation on the chest, as we are informed, in the course of Monday night, and early this morning he expired. His career has been a brief but brilliant one, and the light of his fame will long he regarded with admiration.—Sunday Times. ALDERLEY TITHE COMMUTATION.—The tithe commis sioners have given notice of their intention to make a com mutation of the tithes of the parish of Alderley—a request to that effect 'having been made by the landowners. They will decide all the points in litigation. This is one of the first instances of the commissioners exercising the powers vested in them of deciding causes commenced before the or dinary tribunals. FRENCH IMPRUDENCE.—Letters from Paris mention auother unpleasant affair in that capital. One of the first houses there has been compelled to ask assistance from the Bank of France, which was granted to the extent of two millions of francs. There is no doubt of the solvency of this firm ; but having locked up their funds in railways and other heavy securities, they are not available for their immediate wants. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—On Monday last, an inquest was held at the King's Arms Hotel, Holywell, on view of the body of Edward Seville, aged 58, late of Mold, musician. It appeared from the evidence, that on the evening of the previous Saturday he was at the house of Mr. Meredith Vickers, grocer, giving instructions on the violin to Mr. V.'s son ; while thus engaged, he complained of pain in the chest and shortness of breathing, and notwithstanding every as sistance possible being rendered by the family, he expired about an hour after being first attacked.—Chester Gazette. THE TOOTH-ACHE.—The following remedy, which is of recent discovery, has, in several cases within the writer's knowledge, and in his own case among the rest, afforded in stantaneous and permanent relief to sufferers from this disease. Equal portions of creosote and spirits of camphor—both harm less ; the creosote being, we believe, an extract of tar. Apply with lint, in the same way that laudanum is used ; and if relief is not speedy, apply again and again without fear. A small phial full, of the size of a lady's little finger, may be got at any respectable chemist's for sixpence. The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London, for the week ending Saturday last, consisted, . ac cording to the official returns, of 11,763 ounces of gold coin, 34,272 ounces of gold bars, 89,295 ounces of silver bars, and 103,635 ounces of silver coin. The gold coin was disposed of as follows :-6712 ounces to Hamburgh, 1942 ounces to South Australia, 1250 ounces to Rotterdam, 919 ounces to Calcutta, and 750 ounces to Boulogne. The gold bars were shipped thus :-25,266 ounces to Hamburg, 8540 ounces to Rotterdam, and 466 ounces to Calcutta. WORTHY OF IMITATION.—It has fallen to our lot as public journalists, frequently to allude to the highly talented and Constitutional conduct and declarations of Major Molyneux Williams, of Penbedw, a gentleman whose real "liberal" principles cast far in the shade all the mock bombast of scores who style themselves liberal, while they close their pockets, and say to the needy, "be ye warmed and filled."—The gallant Major has added another laurel to his brow, of a far more unfading nature than those he won in "the battle field,"—he has sent orders to his steward, (in accordance with his usual custom,) to return twenty per cent. to his numerous tenantry in Flintshire and Denbighshire, on their half-yearly rents, due at Michaelmas last. This will prove a seasonable relief to those individuals, who last year suffered so much from the failure of their crops ; and we are convinced that it will awaken in the breast of every recipient, if possible, increased feelings of attachment and gratitude to their excellent landlord. —Chester Paper. FEMALE COURAGE.—Tuesday morning, about four, Mary Gray, the wife of one of Sir John Smyth's gamekeepers, ob served the window of her neighbour's (Staples) house open, and, thinking it somewhat an unusual circumstance at that hour, calling her son, a lad about 12 years old, gave him his father's gun, and taking another herself, proceeded to ascer tain the cause. Staples, who had been robbed several times before, was gone milking ; on coming up to the window she heard some persons in the house, but could not get them to reply to her ; she then put the -boy through the window, who let his mother in, and after searching the house she disco vered the robber in the chimney, from which place she soon dislodged him, and pinning him by the collar, while the boy held the gun to his head, kept him till six o'clock, at which time Mr. Tomkins, of Bishport, happened to come by and secured the fellow, who was taken before the magistrates at Ashton, and committed.—Bath Journal. ACCIDENTS ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL WAY.—An accident occurred on Saturday evening, on the railway between Birmingham and London. The train which left the former place at three o'clock, did not arrive in town till nearly eleven, owing to the engine breaking down about 70 miles from London, and detained on the road till the next train came up, which was obliged to take it back some miles to get it off the line, and attach it to the latter train. Ano ther accident occurred on Monday evening. About eight o'clock, the train being about two miles or less from Lon don, on its way from Birmingham, a sudden concussion of considerable violence took place, which threw one of the car riages off the rail. It was some time before the cause of the accident could be ascertained, the person in charge of the train being apparently in a state of great bewilderment ; but at length it was understood that the engine had run against a luggage van, which happened to stand in the way, the en gineer or guard not being able to see the red light, the signal for the stoppage of the train, owing to the obstacle caused by the quantity of white smoke proceeding at the time from the engine. Fortunately no other personal injury was sus tained than some slight contusions. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SUNDAY SHAVING. On Tuesday, Joseph Doubleday 'appeared to answer _s . charge preferred against him by police-officer 407. The of cer stated, that on Sunday, the 10th i ns t an t, h e saw sever al persons enter the shop of Mr. Doubleday, and, believi n g they had gone in for the purpose of being shaved, he went to the shop for the purpose of ascertaining the fact. He found the door fast, and desired to be a d m itt e d, b u t w as refused He then looked through the door and saw a man, one side o f whose face was lathered and the o th er h a lf s h ave d, sitting in a chair. Mr. Doubleday questioned the officer very minutely, as to what he had see n . Th e o ffi cer a d m itt e d, th a t he ha u not seen any person operating. Upon this Mr. Doubleday exclaimed triumphantly, that the officer had not proved an): case, as the man: might have lathered and half shaved himself for what any one knew to the contrary. Mr. Hall said, the reasonable inference was, that he (the barber) was exercising his worldly calling. It was for him to prove the contrail by his witnesses. Mr. Doubleday : "Oh ! I have no wit' nesses." I brought witnesses last time, and they were of no use. The defendant was fi ne d fi ve shillings.—John Wil hams was charged in like manner. The officer had seen a man sitting in the shop with a cloth round him, and his face lathered. Mrs. Williams appeared for her husband. She said her husband did not lather the m an . O ne o f the King a, Dock-gatemen called upon him on S un d a y afternoon, an d they went out together. While they were absent, a man, who said he was goi ng i n t o th e country, entered, and said he wished particularly to be shaved. She told him, that there was no person at home who could shave him. He said , " then let me shave myself." This she permitted ; but, be fore he had finished the operation, her husband came in, bu t he did not interfere. Mr. Hall : " And what was he to giv e you for permitting him to shave himself." Mrs. Williams Oh ! we never charges nothing for people as shaves them' selves : we never did in our lives." Mr. Hall : " What, (hi you suffer them to be upon your premises, and provide them with razors, and lather-box, and towels, and hot water, with out payment ?'' Mrs. Williams : " Yes, we do : perhan if they thinks proper to make us a present, why we takes it. The defendant was fined five shillings. Thomas Benion was similarly charged by police-officer 260. The latter stated' that he saw two men enter the shop. He went to see wha t would occur, when he found one of the men seated, and the defendant with the lather-box in his hand. Mr. Half: " Wa s that all ?" " Officer : " Yes." `• Then you were too soon: He was meditating a breach of the law but had not committed it. He is acquitted. If Certain of the barbers, it appear s ; have made up their minds to set the law at defiance, or , at all events, to pursue their avocations on the Sabbath, and abide by the consequences. The following is a copy of a declara' tion whidh was thrown on the table of the police-court, b i )i one of the fraternity. It has, we belie v e, b een p re tty we' circulated by certain of the barbe rs a m ongs t th e i r cus tomers , and it expresses, in most extraordinary verse, their deter' mination. Since all my brother chips have met, And had a scog o'er heavy wet, And have resolved to have their way By not shaving on the Sabbath day, Aud since they're sudden pious grown, By letting people's beards alone, — Now I, myself, on block of state, With wig profound upon my pate, Do issue this decree : to wit, On Sundays, in my shop I'll sit, Until some customer's command Shall bid me on my legs to stand. And should a hypocrite pass by, With neck of starch and squinting eye, Let him turn in, and I will make Excuses for religion's sake. I'll show him the great teacher's plan Did on the Sabbath good to man ; Giving the apostate Jews a crawful, By telling them the thing was lawful. Sickness was cured, if it appeared, And banished ; then why not a beard ? Which, as a blot upon the chin, Should disappear from off the skin. Who says the law I more abuse By shaving than in cleaning shoes ; - In cooking, or in carving meat, Or taking chaps from prayers to eat ? Did not religion's author say, 'T was lawful, on the Sabbath day, If ox or ass, by step or fit, Should chance to fall into a pit, Let Jews write what they would or say, To drag them out on Sabbath day ? Then why not I my plan pursue, And to a Christian turn a Jew ? Therefore, as I'm a Dicky Sam, I do not care a single For all that modern saints may write, Or pale-faced hypocrites indite. So man of toil, with beard oppressed, Come to my shop, and have it dressed. _ A Doubtless, those who have put together the a bo v e silly a nd ribald effusion have a great notion of the effect which it r_ likely to prod uce . Th e d oggre l , however, will have a lift! effect as their own extreme cunning has had in saving them from the penalties of the law. Several barbers were success i ve l y ca ll e d upon, and charged' A on the evidence of the o ff icers o f po li ce, w i t h h av i ng exer cise: their worldly calling on the Sabbath-day. Some of the w ( adopted what they considered exceedingly injurious modes °, defence. Mr. Flanninghan was charged by police-officer 3tv, who stated that he entered the shop, an d saw th e d e fendant lathering a man. Defendant, (an Irishman :) " Was I 13 ; thering, now, or shaving?—Now mind, y ou ' re on y our oath;, which was it ?" Policeman : " You were lathering him " There, your worship,—there ! he says I was a-latherin ! him,—mind that ! Now, policeman, was it m e or m y icur s neyman?" Officer: "It was you: your journeyman 5c," ... standing beside the fire." Defendant : " Ha-ha-ha! (laligl:t ing)—he was standing beside the fire, was he ? then how co " _T r u ; he be lathering the man ? Mind that, your worship." Hall : " Have you any witnesses?" Defendant :NO: : Mr. Hall : " You are fined five shillings." Defendan.'i, " Oh, I wont pay it then. I'll go and fetch plenty of , s l ,„, nesses, if that's what you want." The defendant went asap in a hurry, but some person having inf orme d hi m o f the us , less errand upon which he was departi ng , h e re t urne d, 0 _ 3 : A loudly demanded a receipt, protesting strongly th a t h e wow_ . " , have one before he would pay a farthing. Charles Gill° P c i another of the fraternity, was opposed by a person who 11,, got shaved on his premises on the preceding Sunday vceeL This defendant cross-examined the informer very minute", as to what part of the house he was shaved in. The witnes s described the room, to which he said he , was shown by the defendant's wife. " Ha-ha !" said he, " that's not my.roo/I at all ; it's let by me to the Christian Co-operative Society3.;,l ^ • -,- bari annibe.-_,rnuta *.."• ert "'"' bP did not himself pursue hissUfld y calling on the Sunday, nor he order anybody else to do so. In proof of this, he cane' his young man. This individual swore that the room in which he shaved was let to the Christian Corporative Union Society' but it appeared he (witness) shaved in it on Sundays, while his master was at work scraping beards in hi s o th er sholb The customers here were l et in at the back door, by the. n tl e ; fendant's wife. Th e d e f endant was fined five shillings. I Waller, charged w ith a s i milar offence, thought to get o ff f because the gentl eman entered the shop for the purpose getting a tooth extracted,—the barber having, after this ration, shaved him into the bargain. He was fined five sI IP- • lings. George Knight was accused by police-officer O'Brie n ' The latter stated, that he entered the shop on Sunday morn' ing week, an d f oun d the defendant curling a person shair' He went in aft erwar d s, and saw a man, who had just bec, ° shaved, wipi ng th e l at h er off his face. The defendant migh t h ave b een acqu i tted, as the man seen by the office„ " might have sh ave d hi mse lf , t h ere being no evidence to prove that Knight operated upon him. The latter, however, 01 ', sisted upon his boy being called. " Who shaved the man?, asked Mr. Hall of the boy. "Oh !" b aw l e d Knight " that , ' not a fair q ues ti on, you k now, Mr. Hall." (Laughter.(i The lad soo n prove d t h e case, and Mr. Knight was fine five shillings. Francis O'Toole was charged by police-offic er 65. The officer said he saw five men go into Mr. O'Toold, cellar, and throu g h th e w i n d ow h e saw Mr. O'Toole shalt them. Mr. O'T oo l e , i n great wrath, said his premises we't, a cellar, and h e h a d no w h ere b ut the establishment in whic h he shaved t o i nv it e hi s f r i en d s. H e denied, in toto, ghat the officer had said. Officer : "He told me that, if I 5 1c. them shaved, I might come every S un d ay , and see the same' for he would do it.' Mr. O'Toole :" I did n ' t ;—I deny ', 1 in toto. My shaving est a bli s h ment i s my residence ; my primises, and dhey wor my frinds dhat I invited to colli e and see me." Officer : " I saw the men go in with dirt!' faces and long beards, and come out with clean faces and 1 1 beards." This the bench th oug h t was prima fade evidenc e against le panvre barbie re : h e was, accordingly, fined fi"''' shillings. PROFUSE . On Tuesday, John M'Cabe and BLEEDING Thomas Brookfield we r e charged before M essrs . H all and Currie, with fighting in th e public street. Polic e - o ffi cer 79, stated, that shortly after 01'`', o'clock that morning, he was passing along Great George" street, when he h ear d a great outcry and hubbub. He well; to see what was the matter and noise, and found the two 1 3 e l " soners fighting. B rookfield got M'Cabe down, and ' 3 " ,, ,S kicking hi m . M' Cabe stated, that he was p ass i ng along the street, when he was set upon by a number of car-driver ,. who knocked him down and beat him most shamefully. k fellow-prisoner was also a car-driver, but he did no t s trike him ; on th e contrary, he was the only one amongst theta who pick e d hi m up when he was knocked down. The office r stated, that when he arrived at the spot the prisoner Brook' field was kicking the other most violently. Nothing of the sort," exclaimed M'Cabe, " I was struck on the nose by the others, and was delivered of the maj or part o f the b lood t hat I had in my body." (Laughter.) Mr. Hall : " I supP°l you bled .gin." Prisoner : " No, sir,---I was not drunk. Mr. Currie : " It is not often that a man is drunk, a ccord , ing to his own admission." The officer said B roo kfi e ld had on the preceding night, ch arge d t h e ot h er with having abused him. Mr. Hall : " I suppose they have talked it over to gether. Well, if he chooses to be kicked, he may : it is matter of choice with hi m ." Th e pr i soners were discharge " • --- WANTON OUTRAGE. On Tuesday, a man, who desc r ib e d hi mse lf as a ma ster watchmaker, was pl ace d at the bar. The Police-officer 011 duty in St, Paul's-square stated, that on the preceding 0'1; ing, a young girl was passing through the square, when prisoner took from her a jug of milk which she was carrying' and threw the contents in her face. She called out for the Police, and he immediately crossed over to her assistanc e ' As he was advancing, the prisoner threw the jug also at VI head. He immediately took him into custody, and march him to Bridewell. A very decent-looking girl stood forwal and stated that she met the prisoner as the policeman Gibe described. He asked her to give him a drink of milk. presented her jug to him, and told him to take a drink. in stead of doing so, he dashed the milk all over her persorit and afterwards broke th e j ug over her head. Mr. Parkinso,ll said, when the priso ner was b rought into Bridewell, the on l y excuse which he m a d e was , t h at he had not thrown the upon the girl, but had thrown it into the street, The P r e . was wetted all over with the milk. It did not a pp ea r tha; the girl's clothes had suffered any material damage. Th prisoner was ordered to pay sixpence for the value of the jig and milk, and fi ve shillings and costs for the assault. i default of pay men t, h e was to b e committed to prison I °r seven days. THE NELSON TESTIMONIAL.—The committee have man e their election from the designs sent in for the "Nelson Te s “ - monial ; " and the result of a competition open to all th e talent of the country, and that has produced nearly one Wl dred and fifty d es i gns, an d employed the genius of almost as many artists during several months, is a Corinthian 0 11 ° 11 with a statue of Nelson at the top. Oh most lame and hi' potent conclusion ! The fitness of the thing is on a par with the originality of the idea. Shall we not hear of some jol °1 l tar enquire, as h e l oo k s up at the statue—that is, if his - eyes can make out the hero's features—" What has the adrar ral done that he should be mast-headed? " Mr. Railton i s the author of the s uccess f u l d es i gn ; w hi ch is as showy as tile York column is b a ld : th e b ronze ra i l i ng round the toP ", a scarcely less conspicuous feature than the statue above' The question " Who is to be the Sculptor ? ha s still to be decided. REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE OF THE DAYS OF Till h° MONTH.—OR the 31st of J u l y , 1683 , L or d William Russel-. was executed in Lincol n ' s -I nn -fi e ld s f or the stand' which made in supporting the Protestant religion against the i g; trigues of the Cou r t, i n th e re i gn o f Ch arles II„ f orme d I, Roman Catholic i n t eres t i n f avour o f t h e pop i s h D u ke t York ; as also died Syd ney —h ence the revolut i on o f 16. 0 0 (see the biography of these two illustrious martyrs.) On th 31st day of July, 1834, Lord John Russell's Bill for the AP: nropriation of the Revenues of the Irish Protestant Churc h in aid of Roman Catholic Education went into a com mitte e of the Comm ons ' H ouse o f P ar li ament ; t h e effect of which s was in direct o pp os iti on t o hi s no bl e ancestor ' s an d Sydney a glorious s t rugg l e , f or w hi c h t h ey gave up their lives. Lor , William Russell was th e son o f th e fi rst D u k e ; L or d Job Russell is the son of the seventh Duke. 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