The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-08-30 00:00:00

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JACKSON. \'''4 f , la ' ti frs Were Mr James Gaskill and Mr. George Npt, -, the to the . estate of Peter Ilughes, a bank ktio," the defendant was Mr. George Jackson, and the 'tji,,pa bro , , ,tight to recover damages for certain property 'llednt,L, he bankrupt, and taken by the defendant and ' ll 4de" "11 pur poses. The jury found for the plain 1a r the direction of 'the learned judge, damages £7. 1411 itsa,, 'N f s ."D ANOTHER V. JONES AND OTHERS. n then67-'O,ll, bdamages of the arties, a verdict was ta e 1 —l4tiffs, £lo,oo o P—subject to a reference. 14qttil. ~ ~. 11AGSHAW V SARDINSON. I,;:r3d'new"ont. Mr. John liagshaw, a shawl manufacturer , t R. j : p as the plaintiff, and Mr. Edward Sardinson and ' ' ' bo de feroah'f ann ing t carrying on business in London, were 4.. `°14 `s• Thep laintiff sought to recover the sum or 4 t l ' the value of dssold and delivered. The jury 41 447.,r . t e1Y retur. ed a g v o e o rdict for the plaintiff, for the sum imAiii V. LAING. Ililtlielitni'd 4 efended action on •a romisory note for £loo. the Plaintiff f or £lO l 12s Gd. CRO WN COURT-THURSDAY. °Pened at nine o'clock. gaz e , 1, tAnt ,Sa 111 S Tines was indicted for a riot at Bolton, on the knirti it,ilita./.cnr_ and CROSS conducted the prosecution, 'Ne,Parri ca n‘ls defended the prisoners. N ike. 'Li's of the case will be found in the following - ,, t Heid•-1 am- warehouseman to Messrs. Orm hier. a k r .eastle, of Bolton. I was at the works on the t Runs two o'clock, when a crowd, armed with dif i4o,l7lls came to the mill. They pointed out Mr. ?i t :ea- as aad cried, " That's the man." Mr. 0. at this oa t. the watch-house door, which is the entrance to Zeota iti 'he mob began to throw stones at Mr. Orinrhod. 4 er, tilig-liouse windows and frames were broken. Mr. e book-keeper, was on the counting-house steps : tar hfe thrown towards' him, and after the mob had left, h14.-roltllith his head much wounded. a l t il eaea Makin, book-keeper to Messss. Ormrhod and stated, that on the 13th of August, he was in the rse, and hearing the clatter of feet, he went to „ I ta of ' men oor and stood upon the - steps. He saw a . large Ot tk bOrat eonnng quickly towards the mill. This witness e raat e l d the evidence of Ormrhod, as to the proceedings Ni k t , el 0 1 h i e mill. He said a stone struck him on the, uead, which stunned him. He went into th: we re and and locked the door, and a great numb f er t _ o f 31 ",:to w e? : thrown through the windows. (Some o o h us 4 .) , Produced and most of them were of tremendous p l tror od atsoti stated that she was in the employ of Messrs. ri,twlliaPtlT,Hardeastle, and worked in a mill called " the $t st Remembered on the 13th seeing a crowd coming 14 , ("ro wd ~•eet about two o'clock in the afternoon. When the r to `2 l e near the mill, about five or six persons He Ilezt ,I` ll * I think the prisoner was one of them. k h ,,,•°with 4 4 , 0 0 r to me, and I know him well. The party who kral,le Prisoner took up stones and threw them at the O l e irsb ilt they did not reach. The soldiers came up, t it ti L retreated. , said he thought this evidence not s..uffi qo,u•l tormally acquitted the priso . ner. lloir o • 128 and Edward Glennon, were indicted for a ea toe l l°ll the 14th inst. ?Itr,t4A,?ounsel as in the last case. att.:cle the said the particulars of the casewere similar •more oNeed te ~ue previous trial, but the circumstances of a IV o t i G eo rarod stated, that on the 14th inst. he was at the oae rp Mill, belonging to Ormrod and Hardcastle. he tar , ° e l°ek, a large mob, probably consisting of 500 'lidh lOr ksd ine to the mill and demanded that the hands should iv a : llt • The prisoner Morris was one of the foremost. hev - eat the flute. When the mob left the George jo t t o k e ' s D sr rsace,Fd . ed in the direction of another mill belong uinirod and Hardcastle. ~..qarde a „nrst.-I was in the employ of Messrs. Ormrod h t 1 .1" e• Was in the street when the mob came to w o l o th e 'u,eY had sticks and stones with them. When they . 4 4 ! ha,, It'll the mob called out " turn your hands out , rn e , l , l i out ; all the mills in the town are standing, "" Your's stand." A rush was made at the cognised the prisoner Morris amongst the par tt ,s b.. o Toe mob then proceeded to the Sovereign 411eA-street, and broke about 30 windows. Some et *or e ra.,`l` by came up, and we made a rush_ at the mob, 11 1 P(I'r ho 'L °Y a volley of stones. My hat was . knocked rtetl ci as Ormrod was injured. The soldiers came lltl/ afterwards, and the crowd dispersed. t he I 'M as ( P s " was employed as a watchman to Messrs. .„/Jardcastle's mill at the time the mob came _ th e t ta,t,ll-.ols witness corroborated the statements made_ i lai sone vitr t ie sses taa,t l. l :s ; but said he did not recognise either of e. i tl lttic astl 4de a• - -Wa- • th rvice of Messrs. Ormrod and tht , t l 4 4 tlzi o • b Ivtebcoe v w e e d: e o in tr o e s w s f e i r u o g m Mr. 0 rin rod, ent stones at the Royal Sov.e -1,4t,' Bt ,,* Edward Glennon was there, and I saw him . ahtil i i • il e e at one of the windows. I never lost sight of ititoso.taaa was taken into custody illisea,‘,3oldea deposed to the last witness giving Glennon •' L tody. ki L ,',iva ,tixs addressed the jury for the prisoners. In 40 t o ' I, e ease of Morris he called upon them to try his tttlll(4 political he were on hi's trial on a capital charge, and the W"tival offence. He contended that there was . to Cub f or ~!e evidence to show, that the prisoner was . with T h e °ti le , 1!gal purposes, but merely from curiosity. As t Jgr v . P ri soner, he could' not combat with facts. 11 ( 4 4 4 li t Tund both prisoners guilty. Sentence deferred.. t taa, °4 • ?C h i -I °n was charged with taking part in a riot at Al t qth e e particulars are of a similar nature to those in , tir aer t 6 Previous cases. fi r ed f o r ease had been gone into, Mr. COBBETT, who ap -4.4 oed fri the ~ Prisoner said he would not trouble . his w his pi e - a "s to go further, the defendant wished to with- T ile and plead guilty.-Sentence deferred. B ai Po le r l d m e s4Nt'irieWSZCING OF THE C i ll e A e r herd,his LORD difrel!red the p s r e isone e r s s i t yl e g brought up for judgment. nt PlllllBlllllenta awarded will be found attached "rues the calendar below. 11 ( ' ) 41) Ita 44 ing THE BOLTON RIOTS. WN 4 , hi s ,gentence on Eastwood and others, for rioting . at t f a 1-3 °unsiiip said that the cases of riot at Bolton 444a:1e:era serious and aggravated nature, from the - th e tiee of et,their being continued throughout the uay, he °t iter,'" law, and great violence had been Used towards tktpliait4,while in the due execution of their duty.. It l og eter s "'see persons of decent habits, and bearing good lt4liat t ex aP to the time of being betrayed into these un_- 4„.a.esses, brought up to receive judgment for of .ue 1 ,1 Past the law • the due enforcement of the law ilivs.,alutained ; and, however painful it might be to ttit",,Lord-:l„`ds b ounden ut to pass sentence upon them. l; te s't up o ll l , thien passed sentenc of one years' imprison- . l ia e aun of the prisoners, with the exception ot t,O 44 (1 he said in his case he had been induced to Nhtaarkte,,,teeollatnendation of the jury. He had borne . a "faia t - 1 ‘ 4., and he did not think that his present mi.s i‘rsbe s-e4'd injure it. He thought the ends of justee ' l4 r. * : liha e r ,, ved, it he ordered him to find two sureties in 1 0 - klu et and receive sentence when called upon. If th ''.as good, he would never be brought up. tlee e riot ease' kta b., a nd hat Bolton, his L . Lordship passed similar 4111, a drew the same distinction an the cases of the It d Parkins. tn t Oin b TR E e seen . SES OF INTIMIDATION._ t 4 fe l - that in all the cases of parties going . to fa . c trh.the,,i 'e out the hands, his Lordship drew a distinction tatti'd that t e ases at Bolton which he said he did on the Ned witthheauthoritie s o f the law had not been resisted sF ß hile violence. tai and • TRAINING TO ARMS. dl . 14i4 g in rai MY, alias Coupe, who had been convicted. kove, Military evolutions, and for whom Mr. COB khelltkele an arrest of judgment, on the ground that the ' (th e not framed according to the act of parlia 'thielsoll, ,°loection was overruled,) were placed at the bar. tot ' 1 %111,; 1111 ' said they 1 • d been convicted of an offence lobPt) t a ct ed Ih n er t a to transportation ; however, he should toll th at exte t p1 4 4 441 1 ip ea d se of the two Bardsleys, Cox, and Wardle, his rea• 4s ed zr -re w a distinction, inasmuch ch as the prisoners had atiabettenisii•iiecatioenon.trition for ' what they had done. He also r ee , in the case of Naylor and Dansfield, who namended to mercy by Mr. Sergeant Atcherley. i t t AN Il e , ALLEGED PERJURY. r'ria 'letro, t "IT Mau nse ll was c h arge d wi th thi s offence. els e r Y, charged th e d efendant w i th w ilf u l an d corru pt 1 4 1 (.Irawearing that he had served the prosecutor, in the itt al • C 4 0, 11 • Parsons, with a'copy of a writ of summons. ! I , s thietit e V' i lloN, for the defendant, contended that the in (11 .4 t I 44 11 0 t be maintained, inasmuch as there was io c i s . ll °w that the summons had any object in the suit tlo Th ko ,e J t t , 4. thought the objection good, and the case was t ~ L aa to r ueath THE CALENDAR. le of will be f oun d a summary o f t h e sen t en ces of ftioliNet prisoners tried :- /gildittesllsly as qle, .22, for having, at Ashton-under-Lyne, otie hsaulted one Patrick Donally, and stolen from his ,r 4 tk i l eh t il a eli l i i [j oo t rn a a n i d iy one pair of shoes, the property of the •-Two years' imprisonment, hardlabo t ur, 1 ) Ilk, rane e 11e leY, 23, for having, at Manchester, assaulted Ile wruas Ni•---One week's imprisonment. ry; ~ ,c ra ti, 35 for having, at Warrington, assaulted 1 4 4 4- t r g e4- ht t a t k k e r•Two years' prisonment. ke tlt ato ' 1 el', 33, for having, at Mancheater, feloniously to struck one Sarah Whittaker, his wife, with intexa,, arder her t:l4,l (l er a l -Death recorded. 5a. 4 41. one b ee, 23, for having, at Manchester, feloniously ••• "dle r :d so,,,"alPh &yes, and stolen from his person four f q ep, - Tet: l l ei gns, the property of John Howard and •Re Koppe rs' transportation. ,t 1, I ,„ t , 2 3, charged with having, at West Derby, oalloriAe(lexii t t i o a d wf ullY, and carnally known one Margaret labor Scot • clack 81 1, 24, for havin at Wigan, killed and slain Pr e ,; Qu'thng•--Three months' imprisonment, hard 'he h‘!tri e t 4111 4 ' l Gill 4meil Carrin gt9o, 23, for h av i ng , at Lathom, assaulted q( 1 . 1 ,, Westwell Srx months' imprisonment, hard labour. , 40, for havina• at Culcheth, assamted one O " N L- six months' hriprisonment hard labour. usly allti.,an, 2 7, charged *th havin•; at Liverpool, t•riitlittetitiu unlawfully killed and d slain one , Ann Costello. l• r'rna, • 1 • 1 1 411 etl i s 0 4 1 . m o e, 32, for having at Bury, killed and slain one reale.-Four months' imprisonment, hard l'orio°Ne td„ o 4 -11 ' 5 4, charged with feloniously and violently OVied. e Hannah S:Mth, at Ashton-under-Lyne. - late `Watts44 ,(ll; l l ,, it e l awft' a G n 2 d , for havin at Heaton-Norris, feloni iiiillaiz; taida'e•lth recorded. char known one Mary Anne Smith. o t ,' sl a i n 1 " 3 , 25, charged with having, at Liverpool, .4::1 othrieaoviniengJ n a i t es Ath Prestwich -Acquitted. 1 4 411 1 o rl with h lat!Y, James Coker and Abraham Hardy, o ~, killed and and Hard three months imprison- Y, acquitted. 9 7 11 1t1 4 4t 1101roY, 2G, and John Lowe, 23, charged with t it e d- 18 .killed and slain one Betty Haslam.- } l ,7 i lllc alrl a ""1 imprisonment, hard labour ; Lowe ac "P "e s 20 No end ie ' , and John Smith, 21, charged with el lt t uer l , Wi„ too, broken and entered the dwelling-house for Pr o boot3fiChl, and stolen two airs of shoes, one pair 1 ° Pert Y six ir 1111 P y ear of th e 8 C ren shoes, and two coa . ts, fel eur g , s• said Thomas Wingfield.-Transportation t a °11l o „ t o r,, h o a-r n h 2 , 4,,ira er ,e . as and ,1, Charged with having, at Liverpool,. b ;tal?bed one George Hogarth, with intent e a ?oss, 20, 4-_,qUltted4 iti ou 4 t,tiekti stabi(:;e"p*ged with having, at Liverpool,.feloni , (: o .aai s qUrph y, Vile Barnard Campbell.-Acquitted. 'tl , ) ! I st° "Ilea a _ ,), committed for having, at Liverpool, I,Ltio ti4 Plier J an nu slain one Henry Mooney.-No e Todd 2 - f • having, at Liverpool, c4z led the 1 ' for ut t or , aria e several sums of £l5O, £3O, £l4, tbe - `ttai„ Ed s „ _f' lo o, which he had received for and on Wh a Qoo.,, Da l ai: 4 ' Wilson the public and registered officer 1 1 ' 4 °Y or s p ear rYing' on business under the name of e said c.roprietors of the Bank of Liverpool, to Wiettla ß b j ' TOdd Was clerk.-Transportation for 'a.or 7 Ow e , 22 r or having at Liverpool, assaulted one 'lx Months' imprisonment, hardlabour, James Harney, 30, John Harney, 35, and John Carty, 19, for maliciously stabbing John Degan, at Ashton-under-Lyne. —The Harneys each two years imprisonment, hard labour ; Carty 12 months, hard labour. ham Prosser, 26, for having, at Liverpool, feloniously married one Ann Mark, his former wife being then living.— Two years' imprisonment, hard labour. John Willson, 21, charged with having, at Liverpool, killed and slain one Hugh Jones.—Acquitted. Robt. Lockhart, for maliciously stabbing Thos. Fazackerly, at Manchester.—Transportation for 15 years. George Lister, 56, charged with unlawfully possessing a mould for coining—acquitted; and Mary Lister, 44, for having, at Manchester, knowingly held in her possession, certain patterns and moulds for coining base shillings, and one false and counterfeit shilling.—Transportation for life. Betty Taylor, alias Mary Carbutt, alias Elizabeth Mary Carbutt, 45, for having, at Great Bolton, feloniously uttered to one Ellen Hart, one base half-crown, she well knowing the same to be base, and having been previously convicted of uttering base coin.-1 0 years transportation. Edward M`Mahon, 45, for having, at Manchester, feloni ously had in his possession certain moulds for coining base shillings and half-crowns.-15 years' transportation. Michael Grogan, 37, and Bridget Dolan, 38, for having at Manchester, feloniously made and counterfeited twenty-four shillings and eight sixpences ; Michael Grogan, 3 years and hard labour; Bridget Dolan, 2 years and hard labour. Ellen Rowley, 41., and Elizabeth Farrell, 50, charged with the same offence, acquitted. William Henry Maunsell, charged with perjury.— Acquitted. Michael Grady, 50, for having, at Ince-in-Mackerfield, unlawfully uttered, to one Margaret Holding, one base shilling, he well knowing the same to be base, and with having in his possession seven other base shillings, well knowing the same to be base.-2 years' imprisonment and hard labour. James Gorman, for possessing moulds for coining.- 3 years' transportation. Daniel Cole, 30, for the manslaughter of David Bailey, at Liverpool.—Transportation for life. James Heywood, 22, charged with the wilful murder of Mary Heywood, at Bury.—Acquitted. Francis Joorens, 23, charged with the wilful murder of Mary Milligan, at Liverpool.—Acquitted. THE CHARTIST CASES. James Coupe, 46, and Edward Riley, 26, for having, at Newton, attended a meeting to be trained and drilled to arms, and for having, at the said meeting, trained and drill ed others to the use of arms, military evolutions, &c.-18 months' imprisonment, and hard labour, and at the expira tion of the term to enter into recognizances and find sureties to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for two years, themselves in £5O each, and two sureties of £25 each. William Naylor, William Stansfield, John Wright, Thos. Ward, John Hodges, and William Darren, for attending a meeting to be trained to arms, and in military evolutions, &c. --Four months' imprisonment, and to enter into the like re cognizances and sureties. John Bardsley, Samuel Bardsley, William Cox, otherwise William Braithwaite, and Jas. Wardle, for the same offence, —Six months' imprisonment and hard labour, and to enter into the like recognizances and sureties. Richard Eastwoo[l, John Pilling, Thomas, Heywood, Robert Gillebrand, Andrew Morgan, Thomas Farrell, Jona than Mert, John Gill, Joseph Bostock, James Heywood, James Wild, James Morris, and Edward Glennon, for riot ing at Bolton.-12 months' imprisonment and hard labour each, and to enter into the like sureties, &c. John Wightman, Charles M`Millan, John Latchford, Adam Dootson, John Smith, John Green, Thos. Ratcliffe, John Holmes, and Joseph Booth, for rioting.-6 months' imprisonment each, and to enter into the like sureties, &c. John Pearsall, Isaac Crompton, William Openshaw, John Holt, charged with rioting.—Acquitted. William Baldersher, Joseph Fitton, and William Harvey, committed for riot, &c.—Bills ignored. In the above summary, no doubt, a few cases will be found wanting, as we could not with certainty ascertain the names of the parties ; as far as it goes it will be found correct. The following persons are bound over, themselves in £lOO each, and two sureties of £25 each, to appear to answer the charges against them at the next Assizes : William Tillman, 35, George Henry Smith, 35, Christopher Doyle, 29, and Joseph Linney, 30, charged with having, at Manchester, unlawfully, maliciously, and seditiously conspir ed, with divers other persons, to resist the laws of this realm, and with then and there having unlawfully and seditiously in stigated and incited divers liege subjects of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, tumultuously to assemble together, and with force and arms, to resist the laws of the realm, and to cause riots and breaches of the peace. Samuel Scott, 29, charged with having, atManchester, un lawfully and maliciously had in his custody and possession, a gun, a quantity of gunpowder, bullets, and ball cartridges, for an unlawful purpose ; and with having, at Hulme, unlawfully and maliciously conspired, with divers other persons, to resist the laws of this realm, and to cause riots and breaches of the peace. Timothy Booth, 60, charged with having, at Manchester, had concealed in his dwelling-house, sundry guns, daggers, and pistols, 200 leaden bullets, a bayonet, a quantity of gun powder, and sundry printed and written books and papers of a seditious tendency, such guns, daggers, pistols, &c., being then and there so concealed for an unlawful purpose. John Fagan, for attending an unlawful assembly, and sedi tious speeches. Wm. Vernon Jackson. 26, charged with having, at Man chester, unlawfully, maliciously, and seditiously conspired, with divers other persons, to resist the laws of this realm, and with then and there having unlawfully and seditiously insti gated and incited divers liege subjects of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, tumultuously to assemble together, and, with force ' and arms 'to resist the laws of the realm, and to cause riots and breaches of the peace. CIVIL SIDE. The whole of the criminal cases having been gone through, his lordship proceeded to try civil causes. Only two were cases brought on for trial, and possessed no general interest. NISI PRIUS COURT—YESTERDAY. GIBSON V. WARE. In this action the plaintiff sought to receive the sum of £2l 4s Gd, being for attendance on a horse, placed under the care of the plaintiff, who was a veterinary surgeon. The question was, whether the debt was contracted by the defen dant or by another party. It appeared in evidence, that the horse had been sent to the veterinary hospital in. March, 1835, and remained under attendance until August, 1836, and that the defendant had rendered himself liable for the debt.—Verdict for the plaintiff to the amount stated. FIELDEN V. SEDDON AND OTHEILS. This was an action to recover debt for interest on a sum of £2,800 lent by the plaintiff to a Mr. Baker, since de ceased, and of whom the defendants were the executors. The debt was secured by a bond and a mortgage-deed, and the interest to be paid at stated periods ; was to be 5 per cent., or, if paid earlier, 44 per cent. The amount re q uired was or interest unpaid on the amount stated since the death of Mr. Baker. The case (as stated by the judge) resolved itself into a form of law. The amount sought was £315. The jury, under direction, found for that amount. SMITH V. BURDEKIN. This was an action in trover, the object of which was to recover the title deeds of an estate belonging to the plaintiff, and placed in the hands of the defendant, one of the directors or proprietors of the Bank of Manchester. It appeared that Mr. Smith had been in business as a cotton spinner, and he opened an account with the bank. At the end of the first year after the opening of the account, he became indebted to the bank, and his father deposited with that establishment the title deeds of his estate as a security. After the death of his father, in 1834, the plaintiff came into the possession of the property, and the account between him and the bank ran on as before. He paid all he individually owed them, and claimed the title deeds from the bank ; but these were refused, be having, by an agreement, become liable for a Mr. John Middleton, who was in arrears to the bank. Middleton, it appeared, had deposited two policies of insurance on his life with the bank, but they not liking that security, the plaintiff gave a written agreement, to the effect that he engaged to pay, or cause to be paid, to the bank, on account of John 111iddleton, the sum of £53 Bs. 10d., on their producing a receipt for that amount, yearly and every year, that sum being the amount annually payable on the two policies of insurance—one of £2OO, and another for £5OO, effected at the Atlas Assurance Company, at Stockport. The bank had r.id the premiums for five years, amounting to £267 4s. 2d., which was due to them. The case was heard and argued at considerable length, and the jury gave a verdict for the defendant — so that th e bank will hold the title deeds until the amount due to them, by the agreement regarding Middleton, is refunded. KENT V. DEANE. The plaintiff is an innkeeper, and the defendant a black smith, and the action was brought with a view to recover Aciuble rent or value for a cottage at Stretford, let to the defendant by, the plaintiff, who owned the premises, and who had served due notice to quit. The sum claimed (the rent being £l4 a-year) was £2B for one year's rent, and £7 for a broken period afterwards. The case was of minor interest. The defendant had tendered the usual rent, which was re• fused. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. FIELDEN V. SEDDEN AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover from the defendants the sum of £420, being the interest on a debt and mortgage of £2BOO, at five per cent. The interest had been paid in 1834, 1835 and 1836, and the amount sought had accumulated since the year last named. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff, damages £315. BUCKLEY V. MARTIN. The plaintiff, in this case, sought to receive the sum of £241 14s. being the amount of two bills of exchange not paid when presented. The defendant, who belonged to the Imperial Bank," said, in bar of the action, that they had not endorsed the bill. It had, however, been admitted that it was signed by procuration, by a Mr. Whittenbury, a clerk of the Imperial Bank of England. He had endorsed the bills by authority of his employers. A verdict was given to the plaintiff to the amount sought. , WORTHINGTON V. BARLOW In this action the plaintiff sought to recover an amount from the defendant, alleged to be due as a deposit, on the pur chase of a public-house, and four houses adjoining, at Ashton under-Lyre, which were sold, by public sale, and knocked down for the sum of £740. The plaintiff had paid the £74 — being 10 per cent. by way of deposit, and this he never sought to recover on the ground that lie had made the purchase as freehold, whereas there was a reservation of mines in the ground, an annual rent was also required; and, as he con tended, the title was not a good one. The sale took place on the 25th of April. The payment of the deposit money was proved. It appeared, however, that the plaintiff had seen an abstract of the conditions of sale, and that he had no good ground for not completing the payment for the purchase.— The jury found a verdict for the defendant. NEWTON V. WERNAM.-WARRANTY OF A HORSE. The plaintiff (it was stated) resides at Manchester. Being desirous of purchasing a horse, and hearing of an animal which he thought would suit him, belonging to Lieut. Wernam (the defendant), he went to thebarracks to see it, taking with him a veterinary surgeon, and a groom to watch his interests in the bargain. It was a bay mare. The price asked by Mr. Wee nam was forty guineas. The plaintiff offered 35 guineas, but this offer was not acceded to. The mare had, as it was stat ed, a slight scratch or hurt on one of her knees, caused by a recent accident in leaping a stone fence in Ireland. The plaintiff, it appears, was not fully aware of this defect, if, in deed, he knew of it at all. He finally corresponded with the defendant, and agreed to purchase the mare for the sum of £37 10s. The defendant's groom, who brought the horse to the plaintiff, together with a note from defendant authorizing him to deliver the horse on payment of the money, was asked by plaintiff if he could give a warranty of the mare's soundness. To this he replied that he could ; but that, as he could not 'write, he could only put his mark to any warranty that might be drawn out. A warranty was accordingly written, to the effect that the mare was " perfectly sound in every respect," and the groom put his mark to it on behalf of his master. The mare was afterwards brought out, and a veterinary surgeon and others found that she was unsound • that she had what is term ed a " splint" on one leg, — a kind of swelling between the small and the large bones of the leg. It appeared that the plaintiff and his friend had previously trotted and cantered the mare, and did not then discover any defect. The " spline' after wards became apparent, and the defendant was informed, by letter from the plaintiff, of the fact. He stated, in reply, that he was sorry ; that he did not know that the mare was lame, and that he would make all right. The plaintiff, who had written to the defendant that he made it a rule never to purchase a horse without warranty, finding the mare .thrown upon his hands, the defendant not coming up, advertised the mare for sale, and she was sold for £l5. The action was raised for the purpose of recovering the difference between that amount, deducting the expenses, and the sum paid for the mare. The evidence was heard at considerable length, and went to show that the purchaser of the mare and his friend had had ample opportunity.to examine the mare before the pur- Chase ; and that no warranty had been given by the vendor. The groom had acted without authority. Mr. CRESSIVELL submitted that there was not sufficient proof of the warranty. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, took a similar view of the case, and the plaintiff was nonsuited. CULLUN V. LOYD AND OTHERS. The plaintiff in this case sought to recover a sum of £50., being the amount of a bank note deposited at the bank of the defendants, at Manchester, by the wife of the plaintiff. It appeared that a sum of £370. had been received by the plain tiff from a sister of his wife. Of this he put £3OO. in the bank, and gave his wife the residue to take care of. The wife had previously been married to a Mr. Birch, and in place of keeping the money, had gone to the bank of Messrs. Loyd and Co. and deposited a £5O. note in the name and for the use of her son, Robert Birch, a boy by her former mar riage, 10 years of age. The plaintiff made application to the bank for restitution of the money, but they refused to pay it, although he had offered them indemnity. It appeared that the money was, of right, the property of the husband, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. The Judge, how ever, took a note of an exception made by Mr. Tomlinson, counsel for the defendant. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Fifth Night of Mr. DOWTON, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-Garden and Drury-Lane, who is engaged for a Fortnight; and of Mr. F. VINING, of the same Thea tres, who is also engaged for a limited period. The Last Night of Mr. ANDERSON, of the Theatre-Royal, Co vent-Garden. Positively. the Last Night of RICHELIEU. THIS present FRIDAY, August 30 , 1839 , will be per formed, for the last time here, (with new Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations,) the New Play, written by Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, Bart., and performed last season, 'at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, with -unprecedented success, called RICHELIEU ;V OR, THE CONSPIR CY. Cardinal Richelieu Mr. Stuart. The Chevalier de Mauprat.. (his original character).. Mr. Anderson. The Sieur de Beringhen Mr. F. Vining, (As originally performed by him in London.) Julie Miss Faucit. To conclude with the Musical Drama of INKLE AND YARICO. Sir Christopher Curry...... Mr. Dowton. akle.... Mr. W. H. Bland. Campley .... Mr. Barker. Trudge Mr. Baker. Miss Faucit. Wowski.... Mrs. P. Crowe. Patty.. Mrs. Tenet. Ya rico. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. lUTR. CLARKE, ACTING MANAGER, most respectfully IV.I. announces that his BENEFIT is appointed to take place on MONDAY next, September the 2d, on which occasion the following auxiliary Performers will sustain principal cha racters in the Entertainments of the Evening :—Mr. DOW TON, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-Garden, and Drury lane, the second week of his engageme9t. Mr. KEELEY, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-Garden, and of Madame ei , Vestris' Theatre, who has in the kind 't manner volunteered his services on this occasion, b ' his only night of per forming. Mr. F. VINING, of the heatres-Royal, Drury lane and Covent-Garden, the second week of his engagement ; and Mr. MACKAY, of the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh, his first appearance this Season. To give additional attraction to the performances, an arrangement has also been made for this night with Mr. HACKETT, the celebrated American Comedian, who will personate the character of Colonel Nimrod Wildfire, in the Farce of The Kentuckian, being positively his only appearance this Season. ON MONDAY NEXT, SEPTEMBER 2, 1839, The Entertainments will commence with the popular Scotch Drama, called CRAMOND BRIG ; OR, THE GOOD MAN OF BALLANGIECH. Jock Howison Mr. Mackay, as originally performed by him at the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh. • After which, the new Farce, as performed last season at Madame Vestris' Theatre, with the greatest success, called J)OCTOR DILWoRTH. Syntax.... (his original character) .... Mr. Keeley. Dr. Dilworth..Mr. Baker. I O'Loughlin—Mr. G. Horneastle Mr. Paddington Mr. Vivash. Mrs. Dilworth.. Mrs. Clarke. I Zoe To which will be added, the Farce of THE KENTUCKIAN, Or, A Trip to New York. Written expressly for Mr. Hackett, and performed by him with the greatest success in all the principal Theatres of the United Kingdom. Colonel Nimrod Wildfire.. (the Kentuckian).. Mr. Hackett. Caesar.... (a Free 81ack).... Mr. Slaiter. Mrs. Luminary .. (a Tourist and Speculator) .. Mrs. Clarke. Mrs. Freeman.... Miss Cleaver. To be followed by the popular new Farce, as produced last season with the greatest success at Madame Vestris' Theatre, called THE QUEEN'S HORSE, OR, THE BREWER OF PRESTON. Tom Tubbs (the Brewer of Preston) .... Mr. Keeley, as originally performed by him in London. Mary Wakefield Mrs. Tellet. To conclude with a new Farce, never acted here, as performed last season in nightly succession at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, called CHAOS IS COME AGAIN, OR, THE RACE BALL. Colonel Chaos Mr. Dowton. Jack Bunce (his Nephew) Mr. F. Vining, as originally performed by him in London. Tottenham Mr. Baker. Harriett Miss Faucit. Tickets to be bad of Mr. CLARKE, No. 1, Houghton street, Williamson-square ; and of Mr. HALL, at the Box office of the Theatre, of whom Places may be taken from Ten until Three. GREAT COUNTY MEETING OF THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATIONS OF SOUTH LAN CASHIRE AND CHESHIRE, Under the direction of the Liverpool, - Manchester, War rington, Wigan, and NorthwzCh Committees. ®wTHURSDAY, the 26th Stember, a MEETING ill be held at MANCHESTER, of which particulars will he given shortly. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received the communication signed " Verax." If approved of, it shall appear in our next publication. The verses by " P. J. 0." will not suit our columns. We have not received a copy of the Dublin Statesman for the last two or three weeks. The Standard has been duly forwarded to our contemporary's office. Ebt Attnrpool &tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1339. The future historian of Queen Victoria will find no difficulty in obtaining the materials for his work. The History of the Melbourne dynasty will be written plainly enough for the warning of succeeding States men and the wonder of remote posterity; and, if there were no other source of information open to the stu- dent—if some eruption of a volcano, or some conquest of an Heathen Omar had swept away every other re cord of the age,—while a file of the Times or a num ber of the Mirror of Parliament shall be in existence, — the graphic language of Lord Lyndhurst will speak the character of the modern Whigs. _ The Athenian of old, who spoke over the ashes 01 his countrymen fallen in their country's battle the fu. neral oration—the national tribute to national worth — spoke not for them, for their glory, and their survivors' feelings; but for the nation, for public principle, and for posterity. So, when the great oration which closed the session of 1839 was pronounced by Lord Lynd hurst, it was not the mere portraiture of the miserable Viscount who sat before him, to shame that selfish per sonage by the exhibition of his own distorted features, but a stern lesson read to future Favourites, and a so lemn warning to a wilful and deluded people. We learn a very instructive story too from the aid which Lord Brougham rendered to the Debate. Not only do we read in his pointed remarks, winged with all the lightning of his forked eloquence, that the wretched Viscount's agitated manner betrayed the se cret stings that were working at his heart. All this we might have guessed, or have heard from an eye witness ; but it was far better to have it written down in the Debate itself—to have it fastened upon the de linquent at the time—to have it branded upon his brow in words and characters of flame. The words of this grave denunciation did not pass him by "as the idle wind, which he regards not," but as that torrid gale of Eastern climes that leaves the mark of fire behind it. But, comparing Lord Brougham's with Lord Lynd hurst's speech, we learn this further truth :—The de fence the irritated fribble tried to make, or, more pro perly, the sorry counter-charge to which he was forced to resort, was a general and sweeping (not a circum stantial and particular) attack upon the Conservatives. But here the wily ex-Whig had him on the hip.— " Why then go, or pretend to go out, merely that they might come in ?—why advise your Sovereign to send for the Duke, and the Baronet,, and the learned Lord ?', Out upon the idle pretence that hatred of Toryism is the secret spring of all yOur tortuous devices ! Hatred it is, not of Toryism, but of the Tories. The question with your genuine Whig is no question of measures, but only of men. This then must be concluded :—lf Lord Melbourne was in earnest when he pretended to retire—if he really wished to be permitted to go out—then we have his own unimpeachable testimony that Whiggery was no longer the proper policy for the British Queen and people—that the Court and the country required a more steady and firm guidance—that, in short, the great Conservative body, as it is the largest, the most powerful, and the most respected in the Empire, ought and must be entrusted with the reigns of power. If he were not in earnest, he was a party to the basest and most sordid intrigue recorded in the annals of history. What then shall we say ? For our own parts all these arguments seem to us to lead to the conclusion which we have so repeatedly urged upon our readers. We believe that Lord Melbourne planted his Swiss around the avenues of the palace,—closed every access to sound opinion, or to interchange of feeling with the people. By these acts he was successful in obtaining for his own attachis paramount influence in the highest quarter. But, as ill luck would have it, he was more than successful. He gained for some of his attaches an influence yet more powerful than his own, He was supplanted. Accordingly, when he wished to retire, he found that bolder and yet more unprincipled persons than himself were ready to play a more reckless game than his own. He was hitched in a cloven pine. He saw the dangers and disgrace of remaining : he could not and dared not retire. Such are the issues of underhand dealing. A man who has told one falsehood has often to tell ten more to hide it. The first declension from virtue entails a thousand others. Onward and downward are the paths of infamy. We believe Lord Melbourne to have been guiltless of this last intrigue ; but we believe he was forced into it by the fear of detection and the guilty knowledge of a thousand former frauds. Encircled in meshes of his own weaving, he now wears out the last hours of his wretched span. . Let a man, with the spirit of a man, picture to him self the wretched Premier enduring taunts like these. There was his avowed and dreaded opponent summing up the damning tale of misdeeds, which the culprit knew and felt as forcibly as the Judge himself,—for which be had a defence, but one which he was estopped from pleading, lest he should lay bare the record of former and yet more frightful wickedness. There was his scornful, half-pretended friend, pouring out upon his head all the bitterness of the most galling sarcasm, in charges which the accuser and the accused alike knew to be false, but which the accused dared not ex pose, (and the accuser knew he dared not,) because he had once found his interest in pretending they were true. It was a sight indeed for those cruel men who love to see strong passions show themselves in trying circumstances. Honesty is the best policy. Gentlemen Whigs, some day or other-you may find this out, and we doubt not you will then be honest. If all Peers owed their Peerages.to the same source from which my Lord of Monteagle has derived his, we should find no fault with the title " House of Incurables." With all their attacks upon that august body, the Whigs have made no impression whatever, except by their new creations. They have unhappily the power of swamping that branch of the Legislature with Littletons, and Rites, and such like trash as these. And therefore it is that Lord Mel bourne can muster anything of a division : sometimes one-third as many, and sometimes perhaps nearly one half as many, as those who divide against him. Take from him his own creations, and how many remain ? The answer is, None. . It should never be forgotten of my Lord Mont eagle that he voted for the Appropriation ,Clause in 1835 (having voted against it in 1634), because he thought it was his duty. He regretted, from the bot tom of his heart, that his vote should have any ten dency to overthrow Sir R. Peel's Ministry ! Honest, truth-telling man !—worthy child of Punic Ireland ! Neither should it pass out of mind that this ingenuous personage had, Session after Session, in the late King's life, opposed all inquiries into what he felicitously called the " disgusting details" of the Pension List. It was unmanly, unkinglike, unworthy. In the first Session of Queen Victoria, (the Radicals now were stronger and the Whigs weaker,) this very honest gentleman himself moved the appointment of such a Committee ! Why should we dwell upon the Sale of Spirits Bill, the Shannon Navigation Bill, the Irish Railway Commission,—the thousand and one measures with which the name of Rice will be associated so long as it is remembered at all ? He has got his reward. His mantle at Cambridge (placeat porcis de Barnwell) will fall upon the worthiest of worthy successors. Doubtless Gibson will be a second Rice. By the packet-ship Independence, Capt. Nye, which arrived here on Wednesday, we have received New York papers to the 7th inst. inclusive. The news from Canada extends to the 2nd instant. Mr. Clay, during his progress through Oswego, &c. was received with the greatest enthusiasm. _ It appears, from a — letter received by the Consul General at New York, from the French ginister for Foreign Affairs, that it is the intention of the French government to establish a line of four steamers be tween Havre and New York. four between Brest and Brazil, and also a line to run from Bourdeaux to Vera Cruz, or some port in Mexico. The expense is to de volve upon the Post-office department. The affairs of Florida seem to be still unsettled. A letter from East Florida states, that Sam Jones had come in at Fort Lauderdale, with 300 warriors, and gone into the district of country assigned them in General Macomb's treaty. It is stated, however, that he considers that he has a fee-simple title to the country, and will not remove west, The news from Canada is comparatively unim portant. The government bill for uniting the pro vinces had been republished in all the Canada papers, and seems to meet with universal approbation. On the 22d ultimo, the assizes for the Home district met at Toronto, for the special purpose of trying five brigands, who were taken at Point au Pele, and whose cases were contradistinguished from the other brigand prisoners taken in Upper Canada. Their names are Philip Jackson, Diogenes Mackenzie, Benjamin War ner, Isaac Mace, and John M'lntire. By advices from Cobourg to the 29th July, we learn that several persons from the American side have been captured at Cobourg, completely armed for some des perate enterprize. One of the number revealed the plot, which was to murder the most prominent of the royalists. Among the prisoners is said to be S. P. Hart, editor of the Lewiston Telegraph. The dis covery of the plot caused great excitement at Cobourg. There are said to he many more engaged in the same enterprize, who are yet at large in the province.— Eleven prisoners taken at Windmill Point last fall, have received a full pardon from the Lieutenant-Go vernor of the Upper Province. The names and resi dences of the prisoners, two of whom are Frenchmen, and two Americans, are given as follows :—Oliver Law ton, Auburn; Samuel Livingston, Liston ; Edgar Rogers, Watertown; John M. Jones, Philadelphia, Jef ferson Co.; Gaines Powers, Dexter; John Graves, Grand Island, Vt.; David Delafield, Oswego; Levi Chapman, Morristown ; Turman Chapman, do. ; Bap tist Raza, Montreal ; Alonzo Mayott, Rosseat, St. Lawrence Co. Delafield was pardoned because his mother saved the life of a British officer during the last war with the United States. It is the general im pression that all the prisoners at the Fort, at Kingston, to the number of seventy, will soon be set at liberty, provided no disturbances occur , in the mean time on the frontier. By an arrival at Baltimore, advices have been re ceived from Buenos Ayres to the 25th of May. The most important matter by this arrival is a correspond ence which took place between Corn. J. B. Nicholson, commanding the United States naval forces on that station, and the Governor- General of the Argentine republic, in which an effort was made by the former to bring the differences existing between the French and the Buenos Ayreans to an amicable conclusion. This negotiation was unsuccessful. The blockade was still continued, and the papers are full of the details of each day's operation. They do not amount to much. The blockade has now been in existence 425 days. Under the head of " Merchant vessels in the port of Buenos Ayres," the Packet in each number, has the emphatic word " None." The attack of the French squadron upon the island of Martin Gracia, and the burning of several coasting vessels, and plundering them of articles of merchan dise, is characterised as piratical, and not better than the worst acts of the Algerines, and as in the highest degree disgraceful to the French nation. • On the 25th May, the anniversary of the birth of her Majesty Queen Victoria, a treaty was signed for the abolition of the traffic in slaves, arranged and con cluded between the Minister Plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Argentine confederation. From the Courier and Enquirer, of the 7th instant, we extract the following account of the New York money market:— " TUESDAY EVENING, August 6.—A fair amount of business was done in Stocks at the Board this morning, without material variation on yesterday's prices. Sales were made of United States Bank at 101+, Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. 68, Bank of Commerce 99, Vicksburg Bank 34, Harlem Rail-road Co. 464, and Stonington Rail-road Co. nt 224. " The transactions in Sterling Exchange for the packet ship leaving Liverpool to-morrow have been limited, and at some decline on the rates obtained for the steam ships. We quote Bills at 9to a per cent. premium, the latter rate being obtained by the United States Bank. We understand 300,000 dollars of the specie shipped for England on Thursday last, was on account of this institution, and against which they can draw. " An injunction has been laid on the Middling in terest Bank of Boston, by the State Commissioners, prohibiting the circulation of its notes. The Bank has a large circulation, but it is believed that its bills will be redeemed. Mr. John M. Fiske, the President. has published a card stating that the cause of the injunc tion was in consequence of the Middling interest Notes having been refused at the counter of the Suffolk Bank, and pledging himself that the issues of the Bank shall be fully redeemed. The Kilby Bank of Boston has resumed the payment of its notes in specie. • " The stock of Cotton at Savannah on the Ist instant was 2249 bales Upland, and 157 bales Sea Island; holders were shipping the balance of their stocks ge nerally, instead of offering it in market." The Queen's speech, like every thing else concocted by the degraded and imbecile Whigs, is a miserable affair. We have rarely met with a document contain ing more groundless felicitations, gross exaggerations, or palpable untruths. It scarcely contains a sentence in which there is not some flagrant misrepresentation of facts, expressed or implied. It states, among other things, that " concord prevails with regard to the affairs of the Levant"—that " France and Mexico have been reconciled",—and that the domestic peace of Great Britiin has been preserved through the firm ness and determination of the executive. We confess that we can discover no justification of the congratulatory terms in which the Queen's speech is couched. Is it a subject of congratulation that the British flag has been repeatedly insulted with impunity? Is it a topic for congratulation, that England has been on the verge of a monetary panic which threatened con sequences far more serious and disastrous than any that has yet been experienced ? Is it a matter for felicitation that the Chartists outrages at Birmingham have been perpetrated ? We do not wonder that the speech is almost silent on the subject of the internal state and condition of the country. It is no secret that all the agitation which we have witnessed during the last year, has had its origin with the Whigs themselves. The Chartist movement is only a continuation of the " physical force" movement fostered by the Whigs for their own selfish ends. The doctrines promulgated by the Char- tilt agitators are precisely identical with those which were preached by the Whigs, at the passing of the Reform Act. Lord John Russell, and his associates, may well be ashamed to contemplate the ultimate re sults of their mischievous agitation. RADICAL TRICKERY.—We understand that the Clayton Square conclave have come to the resolution that only one of the liberal, candidates for the vacant office of collector in the parish office shall go to the poll. Much as we depre cate the folly of making such appointments on political con siderations, we cannot avoid expressing a hope that the ra dical trick to which we have alluded may be defeated. GRAND PROTESTANT MEETING.—We understand that the united committees of the South Lancashire and Cheshire Protestant Associations have determined upon holding the Great Meeting, announced for the 26th of September, in the Theatre Royal, at Manchester. We anticipate a rich treat from the speeches which will be delivered on the occasion, when most of the great champions of our Protestant faith will be assembled. REGATTA ON THE MERSEY.—We are glad to find that arrangements have been made for another Regatta on our noble river, next month, on a scale that holds out high anti cipations of enjoyment amongst the lovers of aquatic amuse ments. The admirers of field sports resort to races "on share," and the noble competition conduces to the improve ment of the breed of horses. The competition in the regatta points to a similar result in the model of vessels, whether for sailing or rowing. The noble science of navigation, to which England owes her greatness, is thus advanced, and hence is our country benefitted. The chief point of attraction will be the Rock Ferry, a delightful resort, whence the races may be seen from the grounds ; but as the course will be between the Monk's and Birkenhead Ferries, and the New Ferry, the public will have an opportunity of witnessing the whole from any one of these points, or any spot on 'the in termediate shore. The boats, both for sailing and rowing, are of a " crack" description, and excellent sport is fully ex pected. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FOR THE RATE PAYERS OF THE BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.—We are informed that an act of Parliament received - the royal assent on the 19th of July last, relating to the watching of the different boroughs in England. It enacts that the churchwardens, or other pa rochial officers, shall levy a rate of 6d. in the pound for the maintenance of the watch, &c. Mr. Radcliffe, our Town Clerk, we understand, states that it is imperative on our cor poration to order such rate to be levied in this borough, not withstanding it is alleged that there is a surplus fund. These are the fruits of reform ! A borough rate of 6d. in the pound will produce about £25,000, which can be appropriated in any way that the deceptive liberals may think proper. This rate will fall particularly heavy upon the shopkeepers. We trust that this matter will be sifted to the bottom at the next meeting of the Town council.—From a Correspondent. THE BLACK ART, as exhibited by Mr. Colles, at his apartments in Bold-street, is the most fascinating amuse ment imaginable, his stock of novelties during the past week was completely exhausted, but we understand that he has either received, or is in hourly expectation of a fresh supply, including many novelties ; all who wish to amuse themselves for half-an-hour, should pay Mr. C. a visit, and those who have a desire to amuse their friends for life, should make themselves masters of some of the secrets which it is in Mr. C's power to communicate. Mr. Hall, a gentleman well adapted to the duties of the situation, has been appointed box-book-keeper, at the Theatre-Royal, in the place of Mr. J. C. Parker, deceased. We are happy to be informed that a precedent has been set to the clergy of our town by the Rev. F. Ould, in exposing the demoralising system of socialism, and its ruinous effects on the lower classes. The rev. gentleman delivered an elo quent sermon on the subject on Sunday evening last, to a congregation consisting of from 3000 to 3500 souls, among whom were many socialists. DOGS AND RABBITS.—At Mr. Toole's farm, at Arrow, near Woodside, Cheshire, may be seen an astonishing instance of attachment in a terrier bitch towards two young rabbits, which she is suckling along with her own puppy. The terrier is of the black and tan breed, and had a litter of four puppies, three of which were lately drowned by order of the owner; and, as it would seem, to supply their loss, the terrier soon afterwards brought from the fields to her nest at home three very small rabbits, at three separate times, placing them alongside her remaining puppy. One of the rabbits is since dead, but the other two are lively.and friskiag, although rats abound in the immediate vicinity. It should be observed that the dog in question is a common destroyer of rabbits, whilst on the other hand, her affection for the two she is rearing is singularly displayed by her anxiety and uneasiness whenever visitors handle her adopted, or remain in her pre sence : and here we see the offspring of two common enemies feeding together out of the same vessel. IMPORTANT TO BURGESSES.—We beg to remind all per sons who wish to be placed on the Burgess Roll of any Bo rough within the operation of the Municipal Reform Act, that they must pay to the Overseers of the township in which they reside all the poor-rates which have become due from them up to the Ist March last, before Saturday night next, the 31st of August instant, or they will be excluded from the roll. TREAT FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.—On Monday last, Mr. Parry, of Seacombe, with his usual liberality, gave the chil dren of the Welsh Charity School, Russell-street, a gratifying trip across the river in one of his steamers. The day was tine, and the children enjoyed a most delightful and salubrious walk along the beach. On their return through Liscard, they were invited by Mrs. Marsden, Sea View, Liscard, to walk on the green before her delightful residence, where she treated them plentifully with wine and a bun each. Great praise is due to the directors of this excellent institution, for the able manner in which it is conducted. STEAM V. WIND. — The Orpheus, Captain Bailey, one of the fastest sailing packets between Liverpool and New York, arrived on Tuesday last, having left the United States on the Ist August, with the Great Western and British Queen steamers. The Independence, Capt. Nye, sailed on the 7th, and reached Liverpool on the 28th. The steamers have, therefore, had considerably the advantage of the sailing vessels on the last trip homeward. The Great Western effected the trip in twelve days and a half ; the British Queen in fourteen days; the Orpheus in twenty-six days; and the Independence in twenty-one days—the balance in favour of the Great Western over the Orpheus being thirteen days and a half — and over the Independence eight days and a half • and in favour of the British Queen over the Orpheus twelve days, and over the Independence seven days. It should however be remembered, that Liverpool is one day's sailing or half a day's steaming further from New York than Bristol. Lord Barham, on Tuesday, gave 62 prizes to cottagers on his estate, to whom he had given allotments of garden ground, as rewards for the high state-of cultivation in which they had kept up their gardens.—Lincoln Chronicle. WELLINGTON FESTIVAL.—Friday next promises to be a great day for Dover. All is bustle in making preparations for the celebration on that day of this great festival. The unique decorations of the pavilion being now nearly com pleted, its interior presents an appearance of magnificence agd splendour scarcely exceeded by those we picture to our selves of fairy land. Shields, banners, and the richest of ex quisitely worked tapestry adorn its walls ; a profusion of flags and other gay embellishments depend from its lofty roof ; and altogether such an array of grandeur is concentrated in the magnificent erection, that it would require no ordinary powers to do justice to it in the way of description. The pa vilion is to be lighted up with 11 chandeliers and 136 gas burners with ground shades. Among the distinguished personages expected to be 'present, are Lords Camden, Brougham, Newbastle, Wharncliffe, Lyndhurst, Gnildford, Sondes, Strangford, Cardigan, Brecknock, Marsham, Sir Francis Burdett, Sir William Follett, &c. The band of the 11th Drsgoons, we hear, will perform in the pavilion during dinner, after which it is probable they will retire to the Ma rine-parade to play during the intervals between the grand display of fireworks, which will take place in the evening.— Dover Chr-nicle. CAMBIL . DGE ELECTION. — Sir John Milley Doyle is ac tively cam issing the electors ; a split has taken place be r tween Sir John and Mr. Gibson, and the former exhibits no inclination at present to resign his pretensions ; but whether he will go to the poll is doubtful. Since the beginning of the fine season the number of tra vellers along the Rhine has been so considerable, that the steamers convey daily about 1,200 passengers to Mentz, most of whom are proceeding to Frankfort.—Commerce. Dr. Warneford has again shown his kind and generous feelling towards the established church by giving £4OO to wards erecting a new church at Hanham—Sherborne Journal. MANCHESTER. (From our own Correspondent.) REPRESENTATION OF THE BOROUGH. THURSDAY EVENING.—In consequence of the appoint ment of Mr. Poulett Thomson to be Governor of Canada, a vacancy has occurred in the representation of this town. The writ was received last night by the boroughreeve and constables, the legally constituted authorities, and the re turning officers for the borough (the mayor being deemed incapable of exercising that office, in consequence of the alleged invalidity of the charter). The circumstance became known here on Wednesday morning, and the conservatives were immediately on the alert ; the radicals likewise made preparations to come into the field, and the whigs at length ventured to express a determination to bring forward a man. Accordingly this morning the walls of the town were pla carded with bills—one of which is signed by Mr. Poulett Thomson, and of which the following is a copy TO THE ELECTORS OF MANCHESTER. " Gentlemen,—The state of my health during the past session has satisfied me of the difficulty of my continuing to discharge the duties of your representative conjointly with those belonging to the official station which I have had the honour to hold in the councils of her Majesty, and the same cause impelled me to decline to undertake a still more ardu- ous official task in parliament. " I have therefore accepted the important office in the British North American possessions, with which her Ma jesty has been graciously pleased to invest me, the duties of which I may hope to be enabled to perform,•and in the dis charge of which I trust that I may still render myself useful to my Sovereign and my country. " It is with deep regret that I thus, for a time at least, sever the connexion which has now for some years subsisted between us ; for I feel most sincerely the honour which I relinquish in ceasing to be your representative, and the many advantages which I derived from your constant kindness and confidence. For these I shall always remain truly grateful to you, and whenever my humble services can be made avail able to you, consistently with the circumstances in which I may be placed, 1-ehall feel equally proud and happy to devote them to you, though I shall have ceased to be the legal re presentative of your opinions and feelings. " Accept, gentlemen, the assurance of the sincere regard and esteem with which I always shall remain " Your grateful and obedient servant, " C. POULErT THOMSON. " South Audley-street, London, Aug. 27, 1839." Another placard announced that the conservatives would hold a meeting at their rooms in Spring Gardens, to fix upon a Conservative candidate : and another bill, warned the electors to beware of Samuel Jones Lloyd, the Lon don banker, who voted against the Reform Bill. Yester day evening the Conservatives held a meeting, when the names of George Clarke, Esq., the senior churchwarden, a gentleman who possesses extensive property in the borough, and Oswald Milne, Esq., also a man of property and inde pendence, were named. Mr. Clarke being in Birmingham, a deputation was sent over to him to request that he would allow himself to be put in nomination, and they intend to defer all future measures until they obtain his answer. The Radicals also held a meeting, and partly came to the resolu tion to invite Col. Thompson, whom they consider will be safer, because the Whigs will not, they say—or a section of them—at all events will not _oppose him. The Whigs at the meeting yesterday evening, came to the determination to in vite either Alderman Cobden, Mr. Samuel Jones Lloyd, or Mr. Robert Hyde Gregg. The last named gentleman is a great favourite among the Whigs, on account of an oration he made on the subject of the corn laws, at the great Ante corn law dinner, which took place in this town, some time back. He is a Unitarian, and therefore cannot expect sup port from the majority of the dissenters. Mr. Alderman Cobden is a member of the new-fangled corporation, and has acquired some notoriety by his rabid discourses against the corn laws. Although the Whig interest was strong enough to return Mr. P. Thomson last election, a most ex traordinary change has taken place since then in favour of the Conservative cause. In fact, the victory of con servatism rests with themselves. At twelve o'clock to day, the boroughreeve and constables met the burgesses at the Town Hall, when the customary forms having been gone through, he said that he had received a precept ordering a fresh election in the room of Mr. C. P. Thompson. Mr. Milne having read the precept, the Boroughreeve said, that with a view of the meeting and the wishes of the inhabitants, he should appoint next Wednesday for the nomination of candidates, and the polling to take place on the following , day. Every necessary step, he said, would be made to pre serve the peace, and he trusted that for the credit of the town, there would be no breach. Three cheers were then given for the Boroughreeve and Constables. Shortly after wards, the Conservatives held a meeting at their rooms, to n ominate candidates. George Clarke, Esq., (who had re turned from Birmingham) was in the chair. The large room in which the meeting was held was crowded to suffocation, and the attendance being much larger than the most sanguine Conservatives could have expected, it was resolved to adjourn the proceedings to three o'clock, when another meeting should be held in Bywater's Rooms, Peter-street. This augers well to the Conservative cause. A committee was formed, and the Chairman said that he had several names to propose to them, and recommended them to be up and doing, and then the Conservative cause would most assuredly tri umph. It appears that Mr. Clarke has not accepted the in vitation. Sir George Murray was spoken of in the room, but the names of the candidates intended to be nominated did not transpire, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SEVEN 0 cLocK.—A meeting of the conservatives took place at the appointed hour (three o'clock), at Bywater's Hotel. The room in which they met is capable of holding upwards of 1000, and it was about two-thirds full, although so little notice had been given. George Clarke, Esq. took the chair, and after the cheering had subsided, he said, that two months' back, Mr. Birley and himself had gone up to Lon don as a deputation from the Conservative Society, to select a candidate in the event of an election. They had had an interview with the most eminent conservative in this king dom, and he had recommended to their notice Sir George Murray. (Loud cheers.) They were not able to see Sir George at that time, as he was absent from home, but they were assured, on authority that would not admit of dispute, that he would stand for Manchester in the event of an election. It should be recollected too, that Sir George had been a mem ber of the Conservative Cabinet, and there was no doubt but that he would form a part of the administration, when Sir R. Peel came into office. Mr. Birley then moved that a depu tation be appointed to wait on Sir George Murray, and invite him to come forward and solicit their suffrages. He alluded to the condition of the conservative cause at the last election. Then Mr. Gladstone was partly pledged for Newark. The case was now materially altered. Sir George was not at present in parliament. Of his eminent qualifications for their representative, it was unnecessary for him to speak. He would only say, that under the administration of Sir Robert Peel, and he must, in the nature of things, shortly come into office, Sir George would prove a most invaluable respresenta tive of the conservative cause. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Read expressed a hope that Sir George would be present at the nomination, as their success mainly depended on his presence on the occasion. Had it not been for the absence of Mr. Glad stone at the last election, the conservatives would have won. He believed that Sir George was either in Perthshire or Dover. [A Conservative.—What does that matter, we are in a better condition than the whigs. Mr. Gregg, their candidate is at Geneva.] The resolution of Mr. Birley was then seconded, and the Chairman said that there was not the slightest doubt but that when Sir George was informed of the invitation, he would immediately come over and address the electors. It was true that the whigs, in perfect consistency with their general conduct, had taken them suddenly, but the ma chinery of the canvass was well prepared, and the success of the cause was in their own hands. The resolution appoint ing the deputation to wait on Sir George Murray was then carried unanimously amidst loud acclamations. It was then announced that district committees would be formed, and the canvass proceeded with in good earnest. FATAL PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER.—One of these disgrace ful exhibitions took place yesterday near the Water-works, Manchester, which terminated fatally in the death of one of the combatants. The names of the men are Joseph Daun and Michael Cavanah, the latter of whom was killed. At the Borough Court eight men were brought up, named John Goodwin, Wm. Shoebotham, Wm. Pickering, Thos. Loodom, Michael Loddy, James Barber, Michael Irwin, and Joseph Daun ; the Mayor stated that a coroner's inquest would be held on the body in the afternoon. All the prisoners were taking an active part in the tight. It is high time that these demoralising and brutal exhibitions were put a stop to. THE COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE V. TfiE CORPORATION. —THE NEW POLICE.—VALIDITY OF TIIE CHARTER. — On Wednesday last a meeting of the Commisioners took place at the Town-hall, Manchester, Thomas Evans, Esq., bo roughreeve, in the chair. The meeting was not so largely attended as usual. After the clerk had read over the minutes of the last meeting, Mr. Wroe read a statement of the seve ral accounts to be submitted to the meeting for their ap proval and adoption. The total amount of the accounts was £3623 6s. 4d., and a resolution was moved that they be ap proved, which was passed.—Mr. Wanklin next referred to the Commissioners as the only legally constituted public body in the town, and as alone possessing the power of levy ing a rate. He said that an assertion had been made in the Manchester Guardian, and he saw one of the editors pre sent, that the rate granted by the Commissioners of Police was illegal. He would tell that gentleman that the assertion he had made use of was a wilful falsehood.—Mr. Garnett (one of the editors of the Guardian) asked the chairman whether such language was to be tolerated ?—Mr. Wanklin repeated his observation. They had been told by their legal adviser that the rate was legal, and the attempt of the organ of the Corporation, to represent it as illegal, was contempti ble.—An altercation here ensued between Mr. Garnett and Mr. Wanklin, but the Chairman at length succeeded in restoring order.—Mr. Garnett here said he had to make an application, on behalf of Mr. Taylor and himself, to the Commissioners, to be released from the payment of rate, in asmuch as they considered it illegal; he made the applica tion in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Parlia ment. The Act stated, " that if any person or liody politic should consider themselves aggrieved by a rate, &c., they should apply to the Commissioners within nine days after such rate was granted, or at their next meeting, and that the Commissioners were empowered to give such relief, &c." — Considerable discussion then took place, as to the legality of the rate, which terminated in a motion to the effect, " that it is the opinion of this meeting that the application of Messrs. Taylor and Garnett ought not to be granted, as no just ground exists that the rate is legal."—The Chairman put the amendment and the original resolution, and declared the former carried, there being only six, the Corporation clique, opposed to it. The Mona's Isle steam-packet, from Douglas to this port, when about four miles on her passage, on Monday, picked up a boat, with one man, belonging to the pleasure yacht, the Black Eagle. The wind was blowing strong west by south, and the man had been driven out to sea. - V. 11,4 was The Rock Ferry Company, on Tuesday, gave about 200 boys and girls, belonging to the All Saints' Church Day and Sunday Schools, a trip across the Mersey and back, to the infinite gratification of the children. That beautiful and singular plant, Peristeria Elat", is now in flower, at Mr. R. Harrison's, Aigburth. We are informed that it is no difficulty in getting to see it, owing to the liber ality of the above named gentleman. We believe the plant is called in Peru, Santa Spirit°. BROUGHANI INSTITUTE, LAWTON-STREET.—The weekly discussions at this institution will be resumed on Tuesday next for the season. The question selected, for the opening night is " Is the moderate use of fermented liquors injurious ?" A sharp contest last year on a similar question terminated slightly to the advantage of the total abstinence party. CAUTION TO CAPTAINS OF VESSELS.—In a channel so confined and so crowded with small craft as St. George's, too much care cannot be displayed by the commanders of vessels employed in navigating it ; and when the want of due attention may either place in jeopardy or destroy both valu able lives and property, the slightest deviation from duty can not be too severely reprehended. We thus remark because of a conversation we had with the commander of one of the steam-boats plying between this port and Dublin, where a vessel had nearly been run down, on the evening of Friday week, by a large American sh i p , supposed to have been a packet. It appears, that the steamer was on her pass a g e from Dublin, deeplOaden, and having on board upwards of three hundred and fifty passengers, and making but little head-way in consequence of a strong head wind and sea. When about mid-channel, the man on the " look out" gave the alarm, that a large ship, running before the wind, was rapidly approaching them, and so rapid washer progress that it was with the utmost difficulty the steamer was got so far out of the way as to avoid a collision. From the circumstance of the ship's course not being altered, it was presumed that her crew bad not seen the steamer, although she had three lights burning at the time.--Albion. THEATRE.BOYAL. On Monday evening the entertainments are for the benefit of Mr. Clarke, the treasurer and general manager of the es tablishment. The bill of fare, coupled with the "occasion," is so attractiVe, that one of the fullest and most joyous houses of the season may be anticipated. As far as the season has gone, every available novelty, and what was considered worth seeing in London, have been successfully catered for, and of fered to the supporters of the drama in Liverpool. Van Amburgh's " lions" drew crowded audiences in London— , audiences including her Majesty the Queen and her subjects of all grades of intellect, from the statesman, down or up—as the case may be—to the eater of humble pie. This sets the question of the legitimacy of the exhibition at rest ; for " critics" may write as they please; it is with Spectacle as it is with Tragedy, Comedy, and Farce, PUBLIC OPINION is the test, and whet the public " of its day " tangibly patronises, there is in net a tyranny in actual operation to which every management is town or country must bow, or shut up their " shop" and go to the wall, like a set of hairbrained patriots,, with the ho nourable distinction of having their names:added to the en viable ( ?) list of the " unfortunate martyrs" iii the Gazette! If it was a crime for the people of London and Liverpool to go in crowds to see the lions—" real lions," it- is the public, not the management, who are in fault. Taglioni, too, drew in London ; and because she was guaranteed £3OO, by a sol vent establishment, to dance here, she came—to the satis faction of thousands. And what has succeeded in the me- tropolis, in other departments of talent or attraction, has been successively introduced to the notice of such of ths Liverpool public as please to support enterprise, and gratify themselves by adding to the number of lookers-on and list eners. Gloss it over as hypocrites may " affect'to do, thi question still lies in a nutshell : successful management follows public opinion. . . - In addition to five attractive pieces on Monday, the caste of each of which includes some leading members of the company, there are the names of several performers o known ability as " stars." What with Mr. Keeley In the " Brewer of Preston," the quiet humour of the Teteran Dowton, and Hackett, the American comedian in the part of Nimrod Wildfire, so buoyant and racy'vvill be the mirth that the audience will think, intleecl„ that " Chaos is Court Again." CAUTION TO THE SERVANTS OF RAILWAY COMPANIES. We understand that no less than six of the guards, in the employ of the Grand Junction Railway Company, have, within the last week, been committed by the magistrates here to take their trials at the next Kirkdale sessions, for the very serious offence of " conspiring to defraud their employers , " by permitting persons to travel along the railway, sometimes without paying any fare to the company, but only a douceur to the guards, and at other times upon paying the fare to one place, and riding to a more distant place, in consideration of a fee to the guards in charge of the train. The different cases, as presented to the committing magistrates, appeared, unfortunately, too clear, and if (as seems almost unavoidable) conviction ensues at the sessions, the punishment will be se rious, the offence of conspiring being of a very grave character. The directors had long suspected that the company were defrauded in the mode here mentioned, and indeed we under stood they had from time to time received information to that effect, from various parties who were fully cognizant of the facts ; and at length they took such steps as have led to the dis covery of what we might call a wholesale fraud. We under stand they have also determined upon certain additional pre cautionary \ measures for the future, which, though of a secret kind, can scarcely fail of leading to discovery of fraud committed by any party travelling upon or connected with the railway ; and we think the proprietors have a right to ex pect that the directors should pursue with the utmost rigour (as they now appear determined to do,) all parties who may hereafter be discovered in the practice of any fraud or attempt at any fraud upon the company. THE TOURNAMENT. (From the Glasgow Constitutional.) Finding we were not likely to obtain any information re garding that all-engrossing subject, the Tournament, by re mauntng . in Glasgow, we put our limbs in motion on Ws& nesday, and by the assistance of a little horse and steam power found ourselves in a few hours amidst the bolds ant preparation in Eglinton Park. The day was splendid, ands hearty wish that day eight days might prove equally fine was un i v ersally expressed by all present. The first object that arrested attention on nearing the castle, which is $ very • stately building, is the immense extent of a wooden pavilion in progress of erection, to be used as a dining and ball room. This great house is situate immediately behind the castle, and is in the whole 325 feet long ; 168 feet to be occupied as the ball r00m,136 as the dininig room, with a saloon in the centre of 20 feet. The whole is to be covered with canvass, made to resemble marquees, the interior being decorated in the most splendid manner possible, and hung with rich chan deliers. = From the billiard loom of the castle, the great win dow of which is to be levelled with the floor of this building, the company_ will walk into the dining room, and the decep tion will be so complete that no one, unless, they knew, would ever suspect but these but these gorgeous halls were a part and parcel of the castle itself. Five hundred persona will dine in this temporary room with ease. Proceding onwards, and across a beautiful cast iron bridge over the Lugton, you at price perceive the serpentine walk laid off as the route of the . knights and their train from the castle to the tilting ground, where a line of splendid galleries are already erected. As some slight errors appear to have been made in an account we lately copied into this paper, we may again state the space inside the lists is 650 feet long and 250 wide ; the barrier in the centre, for tilting, being 300 feet long and 4 feet 6 inches in height. The grand stand is a most conspicuous' abject, carved and gilt in beautiful Grecian style in front, many of • the decorative gild ings having been used at the late coronation of Her Ma jesty in Westminster - Abbey. In the front and centre of this gorgeous stand, which will contain about 700 persons, is a splendid seat for the Queen of Love and Beauty, who, it is still said, is to be: the Lady Seymour. This stand will be one of the greatest attractions of the occasion, it being confidently anticipated that such a display of noble dames and noble men as will there congregate has never before been seen together in Scotland. On each side of this grand stand are two smaller ones, to hold 600 persons each ; and the nobTe earl, on account of the immense number of applications, 11.95115 t given orders for another, to acommodate 1,000 persons. Immediately op posite the grand stand there is to be one erected for artists and reporters of the press, who are each to be furnished with two tickets. Inside the lists about 30 marquees will be placed for the accommodation of the knights engaged. In and around the tilting barrier • the ground will be all levelled and covered with bark and sawdust. From this it may seem that those who will occupy the stands must be a very limited number indeed, not above four or five thousand at the most, while we should not be sur prised, if the weather prove fine, to find sixty or eighty thou sand persons on the lawn. Whether all these will be able to witness the various manoeuvres on the tilting ground is very problematical ; but the whole of them may see the procession of knights from the Castle, which we should conceive to be the most picturesque part of the display, passing over, as they - must do, about three-quarters of a mile, amidst aged oaks and other noble trees. Be it observed that this :proces sion leaves the Castle at 1 o'clock, and a substantial bridge will be erected over the Lugton, with finger-posts marked " To the Tournament," to direct visitors along. We think it right also to inform the public, that neither doss nor smok ing will he allowed on the grounds. As to the dress to be worn on the occasion by the.great body of the visitors, we may once for all ob • efve, that- no, one will be refused ad mittance. It will be considered complimentary, however, to the noble Earl, to appear in plaids, with bonnets and a sprig of hether, &c. Those who occupy the stand s will either come in costume of the 14th or 15th centaries, or in fancy dresses or uniforms. We thought we would have been able to lay before our readers a programme of the procession el knights, but it could not be made up without the assistants of a gentleman from London, who was not expected to ar rive at the castle before last night. BOLAM, Tun CONVICT.—On Monday Archibald Bolas& arrived in the City of Hamburgh steamer, at Woolwich, sad was placed on board of the hulks at the Royal Arsenal. In a letter received from Oporto last week, it states the heat has been so excessive as to prevent the inhabitants from bath'ng. At midnight the therMometer stood at 80. B OLT ON FORTNIGHT FAIR.—The fair on Monday last had a much better attendance than those of late. Some prime fat beasts were brought out, and were sold at a slight reduction in price. Other descriptions maintained previous rates. TAE LATE SIR JOHN ST. AUBYN.—The baronetage of this ancient family becomes extinct by the death of Sir John ; but the large entailed estates descend to his nephew, the Rev. J. Molesworth, together with the ancient family seat of Clowance.—West Briton. We understand that Lewis Lloyd, Esq. the London banker, has purchased the property at Wing, lately belong ing to the Earl of Chesterfield. The purchase money, with out the valuation of the timber, is nearly £l7o,ooo.—Bucks Herald. -- The Worcester Musical Festival will take place on the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th of September. The principal artists engaged are Madame Persiani, Signor Timburini, Miss Hawes, Miss Woodyatt, Miss Novello, Mr. H. Philips, Mr. Machin, &c. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the great seal, granting to the Right Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring the offices of chancellor and under treasurer of her Majesty's exchequer. The Bishop of Exeter has received a letter from Lord John Russell, protesting against the interference of the chapter or the bishop with the rights of the Crown to nominate a dean, and giving his lordship notice that the Crown will take early legal proceedings to vindicate its rights and dignity.—Woot mer's Gazette. We observed, on Tuesday, in the shop of Mr. Carfrae, animal preserver, Prince's-street, a beautifully stuffed sea eagle, the capture of which was effected under somewhat curious circumstance. A few weeks ago a deaf and 'dumb lad was crossing a lonely moor, in Ayrshire, when he was suddenly assailed by two eagles, which darted down upon him with the utmost fury. Fortunately, however, he was furnished with a good stick, which he plied about him with great vigour, until at length he succeeded in driving off the one and killing the other. The lad having presented the latter to a gentleman in Ayrshire, he sent it to Edinburgh to be stuffed. It is supposed to be about two years of ag e only, but it is a noble -looking bird.—Scotsman. THE INQUISITION IN IRELAND.—We have frequently as serted that the Holy office of the Inquisition virtually exists in Ireland. We have frequently exhibited its operation in facts which have come under our notice : we shall add two which occurred within the last month in this neighbourhood. A young man who obtained a Bible at this place was led to see from the light of the sacred volume the errors of the creed in which he had been educeed. He forsook the mass, was denounced by the priest, continuing refractory he received a message, through a member of his own family that if he did not return to the church of Rome he would be murdered. With the constancy of a martyr, he still continues true to his Convictions. Another individual who is a tradesman and therefore dependent on the peasantry for support, also fors9bk the chapel. As it was suspected that disaffection to the rope was spreading in the parish, the priest in order to find out the ringleaders and terrify them into submission, ordered all his parishioners to appear at mass on a certain Sunday, stating that any person who did not shew himself at the muster should be treated as an enemy to the church. The poor trades man fearing that he would be denounced from the altar and thus be deprived of the means of supporting his family, went to the mass.house, on his way he met a confidenti al friend to whom he read, Psalm cxy. " Their idols are silver and gold the work of men's hands. They have mout hs but they speak not, eyes have they but they see not, Sic.," making anappli cation of the whole to the wafer idol which is held up for adoration in the mass-house, and which, from fear of the penalty of beggary and starvation with which he was threat. =led, he was going hypocritically to worship.—Achill Hasid.