The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-16 00:00:00

Voted, s g i o us turn, Ire, unde stock U 1 i v adoPt.el t of gres° niing lase prese nt ` - , j. Rigg' t co me t ire S shall osu I d reEP ect ' gg , a ss ;s tony_,, vine n ic l ding $ 1 " the r° r, the . sur ; eting P 6," eoreP l :: bat a i! . l , ° l e s, WO le rad ° ~gets ;, for tli" Leir Leigh d' e 'd ly al be, "sights. hich . i oe 7'. —"MI 4414,LIARLES KEAN, MADAME VESTRIS, Mr. 4 et r -c.S MATHEWS, Mr. POWER, and other erninen' D ue Performers are also engaged. uue • ' Notice Will be given of their appearance. win A r, , N kair e L• 41A1' e tibtrpool gPtanbarb. Ut Bb Oh MORNING, APRIL 16, 1339. g_ SNtlatit;" comes forth from Mr. Ridgway's accom -4 Prees afeeling question, in the shape of a ‘qti th e , entitled, " Shall we overturn the Coach ?" N ora :text it is answered, appropriately enough, by thus t e e ( ,Jarvies," (who, as a political manmuvrer, ekl e ° ; "w the illustrious example of Mr. Weller, 41 his celebrated drive to Eatanswill,) "We tk is ' Mr. Jervis, we believe, is a Welsh : ti e* w ith all the doggedness peculiar to that I.we dar e s ay h e w i ll hold to his point. He ar '"/ tted ' and must make good his words. But ql e lv cannot by himself, overturn the c oa ch ; e se e tO xlll .0 reason to anticipate that the ultra-radi tPite f !,° l tnnit the crime of self-destruction, merely :lit:l:tit Miserable friends the whigs. We know th e 4 111 1 -6 why they should talk of splitting. There Stockahi aild bears in the vote-market as well as in we\xcliange. There is a .. familiar operation 4 t h e ove understood that tacticians call " run aain w and this can b e p l aye d off with as much nh etlln inster as in the City o f L on d on . 'Those 1 / 41 ' tai d ge4tleulen who, at the close of the last week, ~e h., to be in doubt how they should vote,—we -grci . tt ueir number estimated variously from eight . ,;:feevvere engaged in the laudable occupation q R t he top of the market" ; and no doubt the . e h k h P s, and still more that bulky gentleman so b lv „ h 4l / 4 41 1 11 , 0 1 1 / 1 in the city," who is viceroy over the to a n all e xtraordinary pinches, can play off the and evince on the politi ca l s t age hi s h o Hav e q u alification s for the character of " Bear." k 4 "'e of ‘ ll , ° doubt the division will set at rest the tt ,1411. 'lLxr,: Roebuck, and the fears of Lord John 'Tat price the public must pay for this (1 4 ° dati on 111 )trui to ou r pure and popular ministers, it i 541 ry or nni. . W hether even t i me w ill s h ow : s i nce the thek,lteZtleal corruption flows into de v io us courses , \‘°ll4 t o fabled A re th usa, di sappears b e l ow t h e t) th net i ` 4l)e the sear c hi ng i nqu i r i es o f opposition . eae ge °W erer, that p u bli c a tt ent i on w ill be drawn 4 4 l r e ntv e e. men, and that ne ith er th e i r squeamish o°l,l;teted tance now, nor their votes as eventually li t , ) 'th e? . _pthe coining division, nor the price they 11 ( ljle, may escape the noti ce o f th e B r iti s h 0 l ess . R'y'es of elll , °ll sho u ld be learnt from all this,—viz., that er Y degree are o f one an d t h e same kid ney. ttiottlike, (cull! that th e i r diff erences are, as t h ey say he frie nti rul nur differences." The whig, constitu- L44lo4reh ' he ca ll s hi mse l f, of the church and Yr—the radical, who, when the church has ,it „ aNy 'ep titl ;,- of f It Y3 will tolerate a nominal sovereign, for tlg t 'Lek ° l•tri and convenience of detail,—the rank „, )10,_ e v . 4.1 would sweep away at once every yes th. N a p ‘4'Y established institution in church and t 7it t , : _ I th ese Igo r agree in the main, and have merged 1,1, 1 %Ns frerences ! To this liberal paradox we , t o s ubscribe, without the slightest reluc -1„11Ich ey a gree in the main. " Come, let me c ' are i : the silent prayer of every one of them. me h , - not for the constitution, nor the radical „N o - tin t , `ge :Nty Principle, nor the republican for sheer kliN ti ll °r the papist for his mother church, in VeY e _ l l These are as dust in the balance, i tI N 4 th ik the beam. " Come, let me clutch thee.,,, thhtli th e Main point, and in this they all agree ; ‘ll4 I .ly , t e , . )r du agree, like the quarrelsome couple iteir unanimity is wonderful! All the rest t k tt 6414° mi nor differ ences . A n d so too i s t h e °f the spoil. This also is a minor differ :e all ° fle which the bulky gentleman to whom ands it rather more difficult to accom 146patti4 °wthis Is tk what th e y are j ust now occup i e d t e A l Settl e d somehow it must be before the ;t4 t it - ge radicals will not be bamboozled ; and, I 4::Im stti not pay to ou s t t h e ex i st i ng m i n i stry, \tlAa s t for wages, and come i nto wor k aga i n d o otti:°nient, on the best terms they may. If ?, m end teCl thi s; we suppose Mr. Duncombe's till I f the will have made it clear to every- IF )11 e radicals had been serious in their talk atsi o t w e e that g the ministers, they would not have 111, ; et that-.5in...1-I,ep.endent opportunity. They know th th do them no harm whatever. The goose has \‘•(, iii golden `*l e ggs, and though not so qiiickly as e 4 fabl e e, they know better than the man in te‘ll4l4lle.-th ktt4t acme t eY will not kill the golden goose. lig ed of these minor differences may have rt 4_ 7 lread y , klq "til "Ilhort Re4tl peel's amendment does not angle 041 elnen. It tells the whole story simply • kl , t ‘l 7 o, l _ l P Y y . to l t Puts out the principle broadly. This NtiNtd d eal with the English people • openly, klt t) h) no sh„,• ttb, fact. --ing, no keeping in the back , t id. N e i s lolls and dishonest artifice. At the 1,,'11)0 exposes the • tt lil V ote n th e enemy to difficulties : for it t or e wi th ev.ntage ground of truth. Every one ti, ne ministers stultifies himself. Now '°rt m° ministers to those who, like old Trapbois, tunes L rt 4i t t l 4 ,,N kb, Avet, have their own con-si-de-ra i' 4etite Inifficient. But it is of moment to 11 1 i t k i 41%1% 8 Witt go abroad among the house , tly , and the 'e ty Up on. th freeholders of counties :it kk ilt 4 ' T here e waters, and shall be found after 4, b , tleith er ili nst be ado neral election before at 'lo l et it: ancl;artY can much with the pre 4rge, honest Mien the appeal is made to the t o e Engle, at lY and straightforwardness will 4 irl i t\/ , f o e4d , w e lli of t h is '• g 0 unrewarded. th e , a rd t o a Journal have not been induced "qp no e°4Bervative triumph on this divi - L . th e i r ...."eneve the whigs have quite filled .4'l..eltedness to the brim, We expect rIiIiATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. The Public is respectfully informed th a t 18. MR. BRAHAM gaged for Ftvt NIGHTS, an d w ill appear this Evening in the char ac t er of Masaniello. Tsls present TUESDAY, April 16, for Present A u b er ' s Opera, in three acts, cal le d will be per k MAS ANIELL 0. aBaniello, (with the original music) .... Mr. Braham, as or iginally p er f ormed by him in London. Miss El v i Don Alphongo. Mr. G. H orncast l e. ta• • G raut I Fenella, (the Dumb Gi r l) . . Mi ss F auc i t. To c onclud e w i th Mr. Knowles's popular Play of WILLIAM T/ELL. VI IL , Compressed into three acts. Gi-gell'il Te 11.... ...Ur:Stu - art. I Albert .... Master Edwards. er...... Mr. Gray. i Milael.... Mr. IN . Howard. Emma.... Misi Cleaver. ,O a w t ,, , '-aPt '"NESDAY, the Musical Play of the SLAVE. bi a, i Malcolm, (his original character) Mr. Braham ; Gam- Nlr:ll.,Stuart ; Capt. Clifton ; Mr. G. Horncastle ; Fogrum, lipiha 40r; Matthew Sharpset, Mr. W. Howard ; Sam alt Mr. &alter ; Miss Von Frump, Mrs. Clarke ; r hhe iC is s Grant ; Stella, Mrs. P. Crowe. To conclude with , zit ' 63-Drain of RAYMOND and AGES; or, THE 4b IN N 0 0 a ip, t7 ' IAR SD AY, a F avour i te Opera, in which Mr. 0 A lt will perform, w i t h a popular Afterpiece. I.'l is 'tt lIIDAY FRA DIAVOLO an d th e WATERMAN, 'L ez e 4'ENEFI T of Mr. M r. BRAHA, and the last night o f Nerae n t . Ai r C . N. • C L, _BURGH, who is engaged for Six Nights, A 4 lerit, 'um appearance on MONDAY, April 22, and exhibit hi:f extraordinary performances with THE WHO o,;_ TRAINED ANIMALS, as represented last .sea iheat-Thßundred and Fifteen ' Ni - viits in succession, at the Drtheur -laneand patronised on many occa re nY her Majesty. „ ix THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. is t IVE f,..,°uR MORE NIGHTS ONLY. PoitiCILAiv,;LNING, April 16, and - "lNA i p'‘,E OF PERFORMANCE ! AND : -"'" EXTRA MUSICAL ATTRACTION ! ~,,,__M A STER B. GROSSMITH, -- `"elY new Dramatic Entertainment, called I n NUMBER NIPP ! ! 8. 41 . 1 44.i c h lee_af T HE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ! )1: 4 1 ,Nydl appear in above Forty Characters ; tiq..Y Can".,,?4 leon Buonapkir c t Marco Missolonghi Matthew Parr ! ~ with 'numerous Songs t Itir.',"ew Scenery, Dresses, and Machinery. bar the great ‘l4°Bsurn, sen., i n re t urn i ng hi s most s i ncere r„ ,,.. patronage bestow „ id on his Sons : . has kbrl:. 4t ry, s : l and pleasure of announcing to the Nobility, ate Friend Public of Liverpool, thpy by the kindness of a ofTht_min.`"cl, (one of their grea*st patrons,) . ANOTHER tttnlist greater attraction is added to this fashionable place ii tt° Th YOUNG LADY whose extraordinary T A T AP -eta e • d 0 reat a SENSATION IN h_t7he Piano create s . g ORLD, at the opening of the Town-hall, to;' , ,lie with Sir e only times rge Smart, at the last . Festival I George she has ever appeared in pub- Poki..-4Y. consented to play some of her most difficult Pie ces, forming, with the aid of the efficient taintctratnii,e C4IPLETE AND SELECT CONCERT , tillof which, with Bills of the Dramatic E.,nter eat; v't, ,ftY ue here gratis at the Theatre, from Eleven etnek, place; may be secured by early appli 11q4e3, 2 8 It S e rgit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. Doors to be open at t Ten: Servants and Carriages to be in waiting that the father of whiggery will again have cause to chuckle, when • " He sees a certain minister, a minister to his mind, Go up into a certain house, with a majority behind ; And then he may quote Genesis, like a very learned clerk, How Noah and his creeping things went up into the ark." But of course the issue is very doubtful. Chances are more nearly balanced than they like whose nests have not yet been feathered; and if the bulls are too many for the bears,—if the radical demand be too exorbitant for the whig supply,—if the intestine dissensions in the cabinet assume so aggravated a character, that the ill-assorted body can ho!d together no longer, —or if there be divisions at the Reform Club, for which the experienced Machaons of the faction can provide no balm,—then the tables are turned, the doom of whig gery is sealed, and the door to good government and impartial justice is again opened for the British people. For this event, though they have never sought it, the conservative leaders have been long prepared. There is life in Old England yet. From one end of the empire to the other, the tocsin of constitutional liberty shall sound the call to arms. Then the quiet, unobtrusive citizen shall gird himself in earnest to the battle, for his country calls him. We shall wage that most glorious warfare, the defence of our common country. We shall rise as one man for the peaceful battles of the poll-booth and the registration -court. There will be joy over half the globe. England's most distant colonies shall rejoice, and Protestant Ireland shall put on her freedom anew. Our oppressed and deserted allies will hail the advent of a foreign minister, the " foremost man of all this world" : and that old watchword shall be revived, that " no man can appeal to England for justice, and appeal in vain." Then shall the doom of whiggery be sealed for ever ! " Ruffians, pitiless as proud, Heaven awards the vengeance due : Empire is on us bestowed, Shame and ruin wait for you !" We are abundantly satisfied that this happy con summation cannot now be long delayed. But when even a possibility of its taking place at once presents itself to the public mind, of course the keenest interest is excited. The arrivals from London will be looked for in this loyal and conservative town with the most intense anxiety on Wednesday, and each subsequent day until the final intelligence shall arrive. And we will venture to say, that should news of the " crowning mercy" be received in Liverpool this week, we shall see a day of rejoicing never to be forgotten, until the treaty of Lichfield House, and the consequent barter of royal prerogative and imperial justice for sordid and factious purposes, shall have been erased from tha page of British history, on which their black and inde. lible characters are registered for ever. On Friday night last, pursuant to notice, Sir Robert Peel read to the House of Commons the amendment which he intended to move last night, on the introduc tion of Lord John Russell's resolution. In the pro posed amendment Sir Robert Peel has concisely, but forcibly, stated the questions at issue between the mi nistry and the country. That our readers may be able to form a correct opinion of the drift of the debate which, it is anticipated, will occupy the attention of the House of Commons during the whole of this week, we subjoin the resolutions in which the right hon. Bart. has embodied his amendment : " Resolved,—That, on the 13th day of March last, a motion was made in this house for the production of various documents connected with the state of Ireland in respect to crime and outrage, including communica tions made to the Irish government relating to offences connected with ribandism, and all memorials, resolu tions, and addresses, forwarded to the Irish govern ment by magistrates, or other official persons, in re spect of crimes and outrages committed in Ireland, and the answers thereto. " That the period included within the returns so called for extends from the commencement of the year 1835 to the present time ; and that the motion made for the production of them was assented to by this house, no opposition to it having been offered on the part of her Majesty's government. " That, on the 21st day of March last the House of Lords appointed a select committee `to inquire into the state of Ireland since the year 1835, in respect to crime and outrage, which have A A lifo an d 1 cn—cre_ - perty insecure in that part of the empire.' " That in consequence of the appointment of such committee by the House of Lords, it has been proposed that this house should resolve `That it is the opinion of this house that it is expedient to persevere in those principles which have guided the executive government of Ireland of late years, and which have tended to the effectual administration of the law, and the general im provement of that part of the united kingdom.' " Resolved,—That it appears to this house, that the appointment of a committee of inquiry by the House of Lords, under the circumstances and for the purpose above mentioned, does not justify her Majesty's minis ters in calling upon this house without previous in quiry, or even the production of the information which this house has required, to make a declaration of opi nion with respect to one branch of the public policy of the executive government, still less a declaration of opinion which is neither explicit as to the principles which it professes to approve, nor definite as to the pe riod to which it refers ; and that it is not fitting that this house shculd adopt a proceeding which has the appearance of calling in question the undoubted right of the House of Lords to inquire into the state of Ireland in respect to crime and outrage, more especially when the exercise of that right by the House of Lords does not interfere with any previous proceeding or resolution of the House of Commons, nor with the progress of any legislative measure as sented to by the House of Commons, or at present under its consideration." As we have stated in another article, Sir Robert Peel has, in propounding the foregoing resolutions, carefully abstained from throwing out any bait to the greedy and expectant radicals. He has not, for the sake of obtain ing a party triumph—for the sake of grasping power and securing patronage, consented to rest his opposition to the ministry on factious groundjs. Had he been as reckless of principle as his whig opponents have shown themselves to be—had he been guilty of any such flagrant compromise as that which was involved in the Lichfield House " compact alliance "—nothing would have been easier for him than to have invited the co operation of the radical clique :in the House of Com mons. This he might have done by consenting to recommend any of their political nostrums, or rather by promising to do so, which is the ever ready expedient of the whigs when placed between the horns of a dilemma. Sir Robert Peel, however, was too high-minded to avail himself of any such dirty manoeuvre. He has met Lord John Russell foot to foot on the ground of his own choosing ; and we doubt not that the puny Secretary for the Home Department would be very glad to cry out peccavi, if he could only escape from the castigation which, ere these remarks shall have met the eyes of our readers, will have been administered on his recreant hide. Ministers thought that they were acting prudently in selecting the question of their Irish policy as the ground of an appeal to the sympathies of Parliament ; and, in one respect at least, their calculation was not extrava gant. The administration of Irish affairs, at least as far as the executive is concerned, during the vice-regency of the Marquis of Normanby, has been everything that the ultra-radical and popish parties could have desired. Acting in strict concert as these parties have been of late years, we are not surprised to find that they equally approve of the " heavy blows and great discourage ments " which Protestantism has sustained in Ireland under the accursed sway of the whigs. On no point has there existed a greater unanimity of feeling among all classes of self-styled reformers—whether whigs, radicals, or popish rebels—than in seeking to depress, as much as possible, and by every imaginable expedient, the cause of Protestantism in Ireland. This feeling has hitherto constituted almost the only real bond of union by which the motley and heterogeneous assem blage who usually vote with ministers have been kept together. It will be remembered that the whigs ob tained office through their factious junction with the radicals and papists, on the question of the secular appropriation of the funds of the Irish church ; and it must be equally notorious, that all their largest majo rities have been obtained on questions essentially rela ting to Ireland. We need not wonder, therefore, that the whig ministers have chosen Ireland as the arena on which to try their party strength. They know full well that they can depend upon the support of O'Con; nell and his tail to a man. They know that Hume, Molesworth, Leader, and the rest of the philosophical radicals, will rot be found wanting on such an occa sion. The popish hacks and the radical sponges may serve their end for once more. But what will the people of England say ? What will the people of England say ? That is the rub ! Will Lord John Russell dare to put the ques tion now under debate in the House of Commons to the issue of a general election ? Are the people of England satisfied with the unilateral sort of " justice to Ireland" which O'Connell demands, and which Lord John Russell and his colleagues seem disposed to concede ? We look forward to this issue, and that at no remote period; and, as a preliminary to it, we look forward this week to one of the most humiliating exposures of political imposture that ever befel even the degraded and hypocritical Whigs. O'Connell has made his promised appearance in Liverpool, on his way to the rescue of his humble ser vants, the Melbourne ministry, from utter and hope less discomfiture. He landed here, - :in company with what the Albion is facetiously pleased to call " other distinguished individuals," on Saturday morning last. The members of the " Precursors' Society" were ready to receive him on the pier-head, at the early hour of six o'clock in the morning. Such a motley group as met together to welcome the great agitator, it has sel dom been our fortune to behold. If a premium had been offered for collecting, together all that was de graded in appearance, or vile in character, in the town of Liverpool, we defy any one to have collected, from the filthiest alleys, courts, and cellars in the town, a more consummate set of vagabonds than graced the procession of Daniel O'Connell from the pier -head to the Adelphi Hotel. We venture to say that, for one morning at least, Mr. Hall had nearly a sinecure of his office ; for all the most reckless characters in town were congregated in Ranelagh-street. It is true that they formed a suitable caudal appendage to such a man as O'Connell, whom it would be a disgrace to any man of respectability to acknowledge. We have been informed that the gentleman with whom Mr. O'Connell walked up to the Adelphi, through the streets of Liverpool, was Mr. Langan, formerly, we believe, a prize-fighter, but now a publican in this We do not say that the said Mr. Langan was not good company enough for O'Connell, but we must certainly confess that the associates of the honourable " member for all Ireland" were, on a former occasion to which we alluded in our last, of a somewhat higher grade in society. We would mention one fact, in connection with O'Connell's visit to Liverpool, which shows very plainly the estimation in which both he and his willing tools, the Whig ministers, are held by the respectable portion of the inhabitants of this opulent town—Mr. O'Con nell did not venture to show his face on the Exchange ! If he had done so, he would have been assailed by such a hearty burst of honest indignation, as would have convinced him that, however popular Lsrd Melbourne and his associates may be with the priests and their serfs in Ireland, they are absolutely the objects of de testation in England. Of O'Connell's harangues, both from the balcony of the Adelphi, and at the dinner in the evening, it is scarcely necessary for us to say much. Both speeches consisted of the usual quantum of abuse of the Orange men, that is, of the Protestants of Ireland—for with him the terms are identical in meaning—of the usual hackneyed lamentations over the deplorable condition of his unfortunate country, (he being the chief author of all its complicated miseries,)—and of the customary unmeasured calumnies against all that is great and good in the land. His paltry and pitiful personal re marks on Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell, indepen dently of the essential vulgarity of manner with which they were uttered, indicate a striking degree of mental imbecility. They fully justify the supposition that this foul-mouthed slanderer is rapidly sinking into the dotage of a second childhood. That the rabid out- pourings of O'Connell's venomous abuse should.:, be hailed with applause by the audience which listened to him, plainly shows, if other proof were wanting, that his hearers were composed of the very dregs of society. We have always reckoned O'Connell as one of the gi of 1..47 achlum have met with a more glaring instance of his boasting pro pensity than the threat which he held out on Saturday, that, " should the tories succeed in driving the present ministers from office, he would return to his country forthwith, and raise the banner of repeal, which should not be let down again but on the ashes of his grave, or until it was placed at the door of their own parlia ment in College -green." This cowardly man knew very well, while uttering this mighty threat, that he would never have the courage to carry it into execu tion. He has too great a dread of the gallows to hazard any such dangerous experiment. But we must not waste the time and patience of our readers by any further remarks upon this Prince of Humbugs. We are glad that his society was scrupu lously shunned by every respectable man in Liverpool. Our townsmen have done honour to themselves by refusing to mingle with the traitorous rabble that echoed his speeches. It will be long, we suspect, before he accepts another invitation to dine in Liver- pool. The atmosphere of the " good old town" is too loyal for O'Connell to subsist in with any degree of comfort. By the Orpheus, Captain Bailey, which arrived here on Saturday evening, we have received New York papers to the 22d ultimo inclusive, and from Canada to the 14th ultimo. The news from Canada is compara tively devoid of interest. That from the United States is scarcely more important. The excitement in the State of Maine was fast subsiding—the valour of the patriots having evaporated with their magniloquent boasts. The prevalent opinion appeared to be that no serious rupture with Great Britain would take place. It seems that the reports touching Sir John Harvey's extensive belligerent preparations had been greatly exaggerated, perhaps designedly. Similar misstate ments were circulated respecting the forces in Maine. General Scott was in correspondence with Sir John Harvey. The latest news from Rio Janeiro is to the 28th of January. It is said that news had been received there that the French squadron had bombarded Buenos Ayres. We perceive that an additional attraction is now added to the entertaining amusements at the Liver Theatre. Mr. Grossmith has done well to lengthen his stay, to enable all his friends to witness the performances of his wonderful children. The rapidity with which they change their cha racters is truly surprising. We have hitherto been unable to notice them as they deserve, but shall take an early op portunity of doing so. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' BALL.—The ball in aid of the funds of the Licensed Victuallers' Society, the object of which is to educate the children of those members who, from misfortune, have to apply for the support of the society, will be held at the Queen's Theatre, on Wednesday, the 24th instant, and we hope, from the benevolent objects of the charity, that it will be extensively patronized. NEW ANTI-CORN LAW NEWSPAPER, IN MANCHESTER. —The anti-corn-law committee, in Manchester, have re solved on establishing a newspaper, having principally for its object the dissemination of opinions favourable to the total repeal of the corn-laws. A preliminary meeting took place on Wednesday week, where resolutions were passed in con formity with the above design. On Good Friday the brig Countess Lonsdale was capsized in a tremendous gale, in lat. 44, lon. 33, (about 1300 miles from land). John Caldwell and Edw. Crumb were washed overboard, but the master, William Miller, and the mate, John Groom, with the rest of the crew, were rescued from the wreck on Easter Sunday, by Captain Dorry, of the American ship Katherine Jackson, which arrived in this port on Wednesday last. The master, mate, and crew of the brig desire to return their grateful thanks to Captain Dorry for his kindness and humanity since he rescued them from their perilous situation. CORONER'S INQUEST.—An inquest was held on Thurs day on the body of James Brownbill, an infant. The mother, who resides in Harper-street, stated that she had made some coffee in a pint jug, and placed it on the table at which the child was seated ; having turned away for a moment, she heard the child scream, and on looking round discovered that the child had fallen and pulled the hot coffee upon it. The child's chest, arms, and face were very much scalded, and having taken him to a druggist, he poured over the parts af fected a quantity of cold linseed oil, and gave her some more, mixed with lime water, with directions to bathe the scald with it.—This she did during the night, and in the morning her husband procured from the druggist some ointment, with which she was directed to dress the scald. Soon afterwards the child became convulsed. Mr. Harbord, surgeon, stated that, on the previous Tues day afternoon, he was requested to visit the child,—found it then in a dying state, he died in a few hours. Would not say that the scald alone might not possibly have terminated in death, but had no doubt that death had been caused by improper treatment. The witness here described why, in this instance, linseed oil and lime water was an improper ap plication; afterwards he made some strong remarks on the practice of druggists prescribing so frequently, which, he said, was a growing evil. Mr. Harbord then, in answer to a juryman, said that, possibly, exposure to cold might have a tendency to produce the sad consequence, and that fright might have induced convulsions. The jury having retired for a few minutes returned a ver dict, that the child died from the effects of the scald. NARRATIVE OF THE PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE FROM TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE PACKET SHIP " WESTCHESTER," BY COMING IN CON TACT WITH AN ICEBERG. The Westchester, a fine ship 'of 700 tons burthen, belong. ing to Messrs. Thos. and Joseph Sands and Co., and com manded by Capt. Watson Ferris, sailed from New York for this port on the 15th ult., having on board a competent crew, together with twenty-five steerage and two cabin pas sengers, including three females. There were also three chil dren. Her cargo consisted chiefly of cotton and tea. Noth ing particular occurred until the 24th March, when the ship, then running about nine knots an hour, and the weather being foggy, came in contact with an iceberg—an island of ice—a circumstance totally unexpected, the appearance of large bodies of ice being rarely witnessed in so south ern a latitude at this season of the year. The concussion, as might be expected from the speed of the ship, was tre mendous, and fatal as it was to three individuals, the wonder is, that the vessel was not crushed up and instantly sunk with all who were on board. Her preservation is to be attri buted to the amazing strength of the ship, to the direction in which she took the ice, and, more peculiarly, to the conform ation of that part of the iceberg itself which she struck, — by which the damage sustained was principally in the upper works, so that, though afterwards leaky, she was, by good seamanship and indefatigable labour of the crew and pas sengers, brought to her port of destination. She was on Friday brought into graving dock No. 4, and many hundreds of persons were attracted to the spot to wit ness the damage she had sustained. Her bowsprit was crushed off close to the stem ; the whole of her bows stove in aloft, so as to " rake aft," and not forward ; the bowsprit bits were broken and thrown aft ; the windlass driven five or six feet from its position, and the bits on one side broken off ; the deck of the forecastle al4o broken • and the whole of the wood-wo r k, th ough chiefly of timber as tough as whalebone, crushed into splinters. Beyond this damage, however, the ship, though she sustained a severe shock throughout, was uninjured in her bottom ; and when repaired, will be as seaworthy as ever. The following is an extract from the log-book, written by Mr. Yeaton, the first officer, in a perspicuous and interesting manner, notwithstanding the disadvantages arising from stormy weather, in a disabled ship : " March 24.—Thick foggy weather. At 11 o'clock, a. m., the watch on the look-out descried an iceberg. The fog was so dense that we could not see it soon enough to get the ship clear. She struck hard on, carrying away the bowsprit, head, and cutwater, also the wi n dl ass bi ts, an d the whole of the deck frame—and, melancholy to relate, killed three men, and wounded others. The ship drove along s ide. Ho ve the main topsail ab ac k, an d she fell clear of it. We commenced clearing the wreck, and got tackles on the stays, and hove them tight. We found the ship did not make so much water but what we could keep her free. The end—foggy weather and rain.—On looking back upon the scene we have just passed, it seems as if Providence had guided us, for, had the ship struck in any other situation, all our hopes must have been blasted. The island appeared to be very long, and much higher towards the south. The part we struck was much undermined by the waves dashing against it ; for had we struck it perpendicular, she must have stove in her whole bow." Such is literally the statement of the disaster in the log book. Captain Ferris has kindly furnished us with some additional and interesting particulars of the accident. He states :—The shock was appalling. My first impression and that of my officers was, that the vessel would immediately fill. Every one on board was knocked off his legs, and thrown a distance of some feet. The ship was going at a rate of nine knots, and there was a considerable sea on. The alarm on board was excessive, as indeed might be expected. The pas sengers crowded round me as if I alone could save them from that destruction which I apprehended myself. One of the men was killed in his berth .in the forecastle by the broken timber that came against him. The other two were killed while coming up the hatch-way of the forecastle. They were crushed nearly in the middle, by the heel of the bowsprit, and the timber it carried along with it. At the time of the acci dent, the ship was under close-reefed topsails. A considerable number of the crew were below in the forecastle at the time, who did not get out. These communicated the intelligence of the death of the man below. Half of the ship's company were on deck. The part of the iceberg we struck was about fifty feet in height, and it was shelving, or sloping, like the roof of a house. The fog was so dense, that we could not see the extent of it; but at a short distance from us it ap peared to be about 140 feet in height. After the first alarm was subdued, and it was found that the passengers could keep the ship clear by plying the pumps, the crew were employed in securing the masts. The top gallant yards and top-gallant masts and rigging were sent down to ease the ship, which continued to leak. The follow ing extract from the log-book shows the subsequent situation of the vessel : Monday, March 25.—Strong gales from the S.W. At 1 p.m. hove to. At 3 p.m. encountered a great deal of field ice, but got through it. The ship made very little progress, the ice was so thick ; but it did not damage her. At sh. 30, we got through it. Captain Ferris states that the pieces of ice in this field were many of them, on an average, 10 feet above the water. On Monday (the next day) they descried another iceberg a-head, having a complete bay or harbour, formed by two arms, large enough to receive a ship of 800 tons burthen. The soundings when the vessel struck the ice, might be about 90 fathoms, and they were then on the eastern edge of the " Grand Bank." We recur to the log-book of the 25th March : At 7, p.m., the wind inclined to the westwari, and the weather cleared up. Squared away, and let her go slow through the night—the pumps still going. At 5, a.m. we buried the dead. Through the day employed in lighting the ship by throwing part of the cargo overboard. [The cargo thus necessarily disposed of to save the ship was about 200 bales of cotton, and about the same number of chests of tea. The chain cables were also stowed aft, to set her down by the stern.] Strong gales from the westward, and a large sea. At 7 a.m„ spoke a barque, standing to the westward, and informed him of the danger on the banks. At 8, passed an iceberg on the north. Ended with strong gales. On the following day, (Tuesday, the 26th,) the damage was repaired as much as possible, and all hands were employed for the preservation of the ship. " The passengers (says the log) kept the pumps going night and day ;" and it is added, " It seems as if this day the fine weather is given us to pre pare for the dangers of the sea. It enabled us to go under the bow, and make good many places where the water would run in." nR the following day, (Wednesday,) after a squally night, the people were employed in stuffing cotton into the broken part of the bow, and in spreading sails over the forecastle. On Thursday, the 28th, the gales increased, as well as the height of the sea. Through the night it blew in tremendous squalls. The vessel shipped heavy seas, which kept all hands at the pumps to keep her free. "It was (says the log-book) a dreadful night to experience. The cries of the women and children were heart-rendin g . It seemed as if our time was near at hand. But He that ruleth the mighty deep reserved us throUgh the dangers to which we were exposed. The ship had afterwards to lay to for three days succes sively, such was the violence of the storm from the westward, and during that time, it was calculated that she drifted, (in her course portward,) nearly six degrees. At the end of this period she was nearly on the same ground where the brig Countess of Lonsdale" was thrown over by a tremendous sea, and the crew of which (with the exception of two who were previously washed overboard) were rescued by the American ship Katherine Jackson, Captain Dorry. It is remarkable that though we have had strong easterly li winds in England up to yesterday, the Westchester found from the 30th ult., (after her disaster,) up to the time of her making the land at Holyhead, on the 7th instant, fine steady breezes from the westward, W.S.W. to N.W. She had in the channel to encounter a strong east wind, and did not reach this port until the 10th. But for the accident, and the detention afterwards, she would have made a glorious run. It is worthy of notice, that subsequent to the accident and the gale that succeeded it, the sailing qualities of the West chester, (though necess ar il y h andled as a " delicate subject, " after the damage she had undergone,) were fully exemplified by her having sailed, upon an average, from six to ten knots an hour. She made good, indeed, in one instance, eleven knots, for four hours together. It is en old saying, " Money makes the mare to go—whether she has a tail or no." In this instance we may say, " Skill makes the ship to go— whether she has a nose or no." It was found impossible, indeed, to rig even a jury bowsprit, and the Westchester came in without head sails, and with her fore-stays secured through the hawse holes. The passengers, during their long and arduous " vocation" at the pumps, exhibited the utmost fortitude and animation. The captain and his officers say, indeed, that they acted " nobly ;" and we have reason to believe that they landed with a grateful impression of those attentions which could be paid to them under the trying circumstances in which all on board were placed. The Westchester is now under repair, and will in a few days resume her position in dock as a regular trader to New York.—Journal. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—Friday. INFORMATIONS AGAINST A PUBLICAN. Mr. Thomas Whiteman appeared at the Police-office, to answer to no fewer than seven informations laid against him by a person named Peter Mawdsley, who, it appeared, had acted at the suggestion of the only witness who was brought forward. Robert Bennett said, that on the afternoon of Sunday, the 17th March, he went to the house of the defen dant, who is a publican near St. Peter's Church : it was dur ing divine service. He called for a glass of brandy, which was supplied by the landlady, and she received the money. On cross-examination by Mr. Crewe, witness said he had formerly followed the law in Manchester. He had resided for the last twelve months in Liverpool. The present infor mations were not laid until the 6th of April. He remem bered the 17th March, when he created a disturbance in the house of the defendant, and, on refusing to give his name, was taken to Bridewell, and, on the following day, was fined ss. by the magistrate for being drunk and disorderly. It was not until he had got a second glass of brandy that he told Mrs. Whiteman that he had been taken suddenly ill. He added, that he did not expect to receive any part of the pe nalty if a conviction took place. Mr. Hall, at the conclusion of the examination, said that the defendant had admitted in the cross-examination that the witness had been allowed to drink in the house during church-time, which would justify a conviction. The defendant was fined in the mitigated pe nalty of 50s. and costs.—The second information charged the defendant with a like offence, committed on Sunday, the 17th March. The evidence was of a similar nature to that on the first charge. Fined 20s. and costs.—The third was a charge of having allowed gaming in the house. On this Mr. White man was acquitted, there being no evidence offered.—The fourth information was preferred for a similar offence, alleged to have been committed on the 13th March. The witness stated, that on the day in question he went to the defendant's house, and there saw a party playing cards. After several intreaties, he joined them in a game. They played for glasses round, and there was also some betting on the game. Mr. Crew said, that, in this case as in the second, he should for his client deny any knowledge of the transaction, and hoped the bench would scrutinize the evidence of an individual who had been turned out of his client's house for improper con duct, and take into consideration the circumstance, that the informations had not been laid before this occurred, though the offences were all alleged to have been committed previous to that time. The defendant was fined in the mitigated pe nalty of 20s. and costs.—The fifth information was for a re petition of the like offence on the 10th March. After the witness had stated the case, Mr. Crew cross-examined him, when he admitted that he would not have caused the present informations to be laid, had there not been a dispute between him and the defendant. The defendant was therefore acquit ted on this information. Mr. Hall observed, that the stabi lity of the witness's testimony was so shaken by his last ad mission, that, if the evidence was similar in the other case, it would be useless to bring it forward. No other complaint was consequently preferred. BURGLARY. ....,_ Yesterday, two men, named John Darcey and Mark Ro berts, were committed to take their trial at the present ses sions, on a charge of having broken into the house of Mr. Lane, publican, Vauxhall-road, between Thursday night and Friday morning week, and stolen therefrom £lB i n copper, from a drawer i n th e b ar . As the prisoners will be tried this week, it is useless to enter into detail. commiTmaNT. Yesterday, a man, named William Clarke, was fully com mitted to take his trial at the sessions, on a charge of having stolen an iron column from the site of the Leeds-street chapel. POCKET PICKING. Yesterday, a boy, named Richard Essny, an old offender, was committed to the House of Correction, for the space of three months, for having attempted to pick a gentleman's pocket in Marybone, on the previous evening. —A boy, named John M'Cumashey, was also committed for one mon th, f or the like offence, near the Custom-house, on Saturday last. CEREMONY OF LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, FALICNER SQUARE, WINDSOR. This ceremony was performed yesterday morning by the Rev. Augustus Campbell, A.M., one of the Rectors of Liver pool. The hour appointed for the commencement of thehighly interesting proceedings, connected with the performance of this important ceremony, was half past eleven o'clock, but previous to that hour, an immense concourse of persons had assembled, in front of the Rev. Mr. Crawford's house, Berkely-street, where it had been prearranged, that the pro cession should be formed, and thence move towards the site of the projected sacred edifice. A great number of ladies were in attendance, and independent of the clergymen an d th e members of the committee, whose duties and feelings induced them to be present on the occasion, there were also present many gentlemen of rank and respectability, belonging to this district of the borough. The procession was conducted in the following order : The children of the Blue Coat School. The Builders. The Architect, Mr. William Murray, R.H.A., M.R.J.A., Dublin. The Rector (the and Rev. Augustusof Campbell,) accompanied by the Rev. Prince Crawford, and the Rev. G. Stokes, the clergymen of the new church. The Clergy, in their canonicals, two and two. The Friends Lnd Collectors of the new Church, two and two. The Juvenile,Association, Thus formed, the procession advanced from Berkely-street, through Parliament -street, to Falkner-square —surrounded by numbers o f s p ectators, who, whatever may have been their religious principles, evinced by their becoming demeanor, the utmost respect for the sacred object, which had collected so vast an assemblage together. When they had arrived at the ground selected for the foundation of the church, the Rev. Mr. Stokes commenced the ceremony by reading the 100th Psalm, which the children of the Blue, Coat School sang in an admirable manner. Afterwards, the reverend gentleman read the following collects and prayers :—" Prevent us, 0 Lord, in all our doings," & c . ; " O h ! Lord our HeavenlFa ther, High and Mighty;" for the Queen's Majesty, " Oh, God, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind," for all con ditions of men ; and concluded with the Lord's Prayer. The Rev. PRINCE CRAWFORD having then received the trowel from the architect, delivered it to the Rector, having first addressed him in the following terms : It gives me much pleasure on behalf of the committee ; my colleague, and myself, to offer you our grateful acknow ledgments, for the kind promptitude with which you have undertaken the ceremony connected with laying the first stone of St. Saviour's Church. And, I beg to assure you, that it shall be the unceasing wish of those who are intended to be its first ministers, to support in every way, by our humble efforts, you sir, and your respected brother rector, in the sacred, and solemn responsibilities connected with the important situation you fill in this immense parish. Believe me, sir, we feel a deep and lively concern for the prosperity of that great cause in which you, as well as we are embarked. Under the divine blessing, our object shall be—' the advance ment of the Saviour's glory, and the good of his church, by holding fast the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteouness of life.' Permit me, to congratulate you, sir, on the earnest spirit which at present pervades the land, and especially the parish of Liverpool, in favour of church extension. I confess, I hail it as a sign of better times, and I regard it as an evidence, that though our excellent esta blishment may be reviled, and misrepresented by some, and scoffed at by others—yet, she still maintains firmly, that high position in the affections of the many to which her formularies, her articles, and her invaluabl e lit urgy , so pre eminently entitle her. We beg, sir, your acceptance of this trowel, as a memorial of one great undertaking, and we would add, our united prayers, that you may be long spared to preside over the spiritual destines of this parish, and to aid and promote the erection of many such temples, where the praises of the ivine Jehovah may be suns, his mercies acknowledged, and his blessing sought for according to the titual of our venerated Church. The Rev. Mr. CAMPBELL replied, that he was not deserv ing of their approbation or thanks for doing that which he considered it to be his duty, as a Christian clergyman, to do. These were eventful times, that required the exertions of the humblest amongst them to resist the encroachments that were being made on their venerable church establishment ; and he therefore rejoiced that an opportunity was this day afforded to him to be present, and by his assistance to con tribute to the support and dedication of a temple to the Most High, which, he felt confident, would be as a citadel, whence would be guarded the interests of the sacred fabric of their holy religion. The reverend gentleman then pronounced an eloquent encomium upon the Established Church of this country, and took occasion to repudiate with indignation the assertion, made by their enemies, that the state was the main support of the church. The contrary, he maintained, was the fact; and were it not for the protection and support the institutions of this country received from the church, they would long since have crumbled into ruins, by the insidious and open assaults of atheism and infidelity. Their church did not depend upon state support. The purity of her doc trines was preserved from the time of the apostles to the pre sent hour, and no earthly power could alter or injure them. At the time of the reformation, her principles were not re formed, but refounded, and they must continue inviolate to the end of time. It was a gratifying reflection to him to know that the laity took so deep an interest in their sacred cause. It was delightful to witness their exertions, and to see that they exhibited no less alacrity in the erection and ornamenting of buildings designed for the worship of the Most High, than many evinced in the decoration of their own dwellings. He expressed a sincere hope, that this zeal in the establishment of temples to the great Creator of the universe Would suffer no abatement, but that those he addressed would persevere in their laudable exertions until they had accom plished the sacred object they had that day undertaken ; and thus, he could assure them, they would not only be contri buting to their own temporal welfare, but would be laying up treasures for themselves hereafter, that no earthly power could impair or destroy. After some further observations to the same purport, the reverend gentleman then proceeded to lay the stone, in the manner prescribed for such occa s i ons . In this operation he was directed by the architect, who exhibited the plans of the building. The National Anthem was then read by the Rev. Mr. Crawford, and sung by the children of the Blue Coat School, who were joined in it by a great portion of the spectators. We are induced to insert it here. NATIONAL ANTHEM. Lord of heav'n. and earth, and ocean, Hear us from thy bright abode ; While our hearts, with deep devotion, Own their great and gracious God. Now with joy we come before thee, Countless have thy mercies been ; Lord of light, and life, and glory, Guard our Church, and guide our Queen. Health, and every needful blessing, Are thy bounteous gifts alone ; Comforts, undeserved, possessing, Bend we low before thy throne, While the babe, the youth, the hoary, In united praise are seen ; Lord of light, and life, and glory, Shield our isle, and save our Queen. Thee, with humble adoration, Laud we now for mercies past ; Still to this most favour'd nation May those mercies ever last : Still may Britons, thus before thee, Dwell in love and peace serene, Lord of light, and life, and glory, Bless thy people—bless their Queen. The day was most propitious for the ceremony. There was hardly a breath of air, nor was a sound to be heard, to interrupt the sacred harmony of the youthful singers. In this quiet and secluded place, so remote from the bustle and turmoil of the business of the town, the effect of the music was most impressive. The RECTOR concluded by pronouncing a prayer and blessing, and the children sang the Doxology. The assem blage then began to disperse, and all seemed highly satisfied at the manner in which the ceremony was conducted. A number of the clergymen who took a part in the pro ceedings, and several members of the committee, the collec tors, and others, retired to the Rev. Mr. Crawford's house, where an elegant dejeuna was prepared for them. Amongst the gentlemen present were the Rev. Mr. Aspinall, Dr. Buck, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Leather, Mr. Murray, &c. &c. Letters were read from the Rev. Mr. Tattershall, Rev. Mr. Byrth (rector of Wallasey), Rev. Mr. Townshend, Dr. Ralph, Rev. Mr. M'Conkey, and others; all of whom expressed their regret that unavoidable engagements prevented them from attending and participating in a ceremony, the objects of which they so highly approved of. It was pleasing to observe the unanimity that was mani fested by persons of the most opposite opinions in other respects, in the promotion of this laudable and Christian object ; and it must be a source of great pride and pleasure to the Rev. Mr. Crawford and his worthy colleague, the Rev. Mr. Stokes, to find that their benevolent efforts to provide church accommodation for the inhabitants of the district in which they reside, have been so cordially seconded by their lay and clerical friends. It is expected that the building will be nearly completed in the course of a twelvemonth. The plan of it we are not informed of, but we have been told, by persons on whose judgment we can rely, that, for the purposes of accominoda• tion, and beauty of design, it is a finished performance. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR, - It was a most gratifying sight on Easter Monday, to witness between three and four thousand persons, chiefly of the working classes, enjoying themselves in the Museum of the Royal Institution, examining and pointing out to each other the objects of natural history which they conceived the most curious, or about which they had some previous know ledge. fwas there for several hours, and never did I see so many people so intent upon the object for which they had come. It was not uncommon to see a father or a mother with a family of three or four children going round from one object to another, full of the most lively curiosity ; and more than one sailor was observed tracing on the globe the places he had visited, and promising himself the pleasure of being a contri butor upon his return from his next voyage. When I first heard of the intention of opening the Mu seum to the lower classes, on the first Monday in eaeh month, I must confess I doubted whether many would attend, or if they did, whether their conduct would be such as to warrant a continuance of the privilege. It is therefore with no common gratification that I find, that on a day when the crowd was so great as to render it necessary for some time to wait in the streets till others had come out, the only damage was the breaking of two panes of glass, one by the door keeper, the other in the bird-room, by a boy, who expressed his great sorrow at the accident, adding, that he was sure his mother would pay for it. These public days really make the Museum of use to the town, and render that which in its origin was intended for the gratification of compartively but few individuals, the means of the most valuable instruction and rational amuse ment to all. Instead of being the Museum of the Royal Institution, it is now well entitled to the name of the Liverpool Museum, and as such I sincerely hope it will meet with general and cordial support. For my own part, I have determined to follow the example set me, and add to its collections when ever I meet with anything worth depositing. Understanding that the great difficulty which the com mittee of the directors have to contend with, is the want of funds, I shall at once become an annual subscriber of £l, which will enable me to admit my clerks, shopmen, and many others with whom I am acquainted, who must either forego the pleasures and the advantages of the Museum, or visit it only on those days appropriated to the lower classes. If only a few hundred individuals, to whom twenty shillings is of no moment, and of whom there are thousands in Liver pool, would become annual subscribers, the Liverpool Muse um would soon become truly worthy of our town, and second to none but the British. I am, &c. D. W. ARRIVALS AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL.—The Lord Crofton and party • Sir Thos. and L a dy B u tl er; M r . M a h er, M.P. ; Lord Kildare ; Sir Simon Heyward and party ' • Hon. J o h n Talbot, M.P. ; Mr. and M rs . F res hfi e ld, of London ; Mr. and Mrs. Tuke ; Col. O'Meara ; Capt. Williamson & party; Capt. Gossett and party ; Mr. and Mrs. Spedding, of New castle-upon-Tyne ' • T. D. 'batch, Esq. ; Rigby W ason, Esq. ; Capt. Ames, 17th Lancers ; F. M`Naghten, Esq., of Bel fast, and family ; Capts. Barron and Corbally • Scott Rus sell, Esq., of Greenock ; H a ll D are , E sq. ; Perez Lozano, Esq. ; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace ; Captain Owen ; Rev. Mr. Moore ; Professor Hulbeck ; Alderman White, of London ; Mr. Fairbank, of Hull, &c. &c. LIVERPOOL EASTER SESSIONS. These Sessions commenced yesterday. Shortly after ten o'clock, the Recorder, (James Clarke, Esq.) took his seat on the bench. The following gentlemen were then sworn as members of the Grand Jury, viz.— John Daniel Thornely, Esq., Foreman. Thomas France Barnet, William M'Cracken Robert Lewis Bolton, Thos. Rowlandson Robinson, Thomas Brancker, John Unsworth, Timothy Bourne, George Johnson Wainwright, John Wilson Carter, Robert Wright Wood, Thomas Challoner, John Wright, sen., and John Manifold, John Walker. The proclamation against vice and immorality having been read, The RECORDER addressed the Grand Jury. He sail, the duties which they would have to discharge at the present sessions would not be very burdensome, as the calendar placed before him was not heavy, as to the number of cri minals ; though some of the crimes were of a serious nature, and required their utmost attention. There was one case, which was No. 8 in the calendar, in which the prisoner is charged with having feloniously stolen one letter, one Bank of England note of the value of £5OO. and two Bank of Eng land notes of the value of £lOO. each, the property of Wm. Hague and partner, and one other letter, and one otherßank of England note of the value of £500., and two other bank notes of the value of £ICO. each, the property of Thomas Sheddon. He had read the depositions taken in this case, and he thought that the committing magistrates had acted very properly in committing the prisoner, who was employed in the capacity of a clerk, on the charge not of embezzling, but of stealing the money in question. It appeared that the person charged went to the post-office for his employers' letters, and that he was not authorized to do so on the day in question—that he had no business —that it was no part of his duty to receive letters at the post-office ; but having by some means or other learned that a money letter was expected, he went with that knowledge to the post-office, and asked for his employers letters. He obtained the letter, and the mo ment he got possession of it, he went away, abandoned his employment, and as it would be shown, burned the letter, an act which of itself was of a very improper nature. The prisoner retained all the money contained in the letter, and when apprehended he restored a large portion of the money, part of it was sunandered away by him, but on the whole, the owner of the property was not loser of much. The indict ment based upon the depositions, has been very carefully drawn out—in the first place it describ es th e money so s t o l en. to be the prop er ty of William Hague and partner, of Man chester and also th a t it i s th e property of Mr. Sleddon, to whom the money and letter were addressed. There can be no doubt but that the property belonged to Mr. Sleddon, for it appeared from the depositions, he had written to Messrs. Hague to Manchester, requesting them to remit the amount of their account, and they having done so in obedience to these directions, the moment the letter was put into the post-office, it became the property of Mr. Sleddon. Sup pose the robbery had been committed under different circum stances, and that they had sent the money by post on their own responsibility, they (the Messrs. Hague) would have been the losers by it, for, generally speaking, there is no actual pay ment of a debt until the money for the discharge of it is handed over to the party claiming it ; but in this case it was put into to the Post-office at the request of Mr. Sleddon, and he is equally liable in point of law, for the loss of it, as if he had himself lost it. Therefore, the indictment was framed as he had mentioned. There was another case (No. 33, on the calendar) of nearly the same description, but the cir cumstances attending it, made it a case of embezzlement, and not larceny. The person charged was a clerk of the Messrs. Rathbone, he got money to pay on their account, at the Cus tom-house, but instead of doing so, he appropriated it to his own use, and not as he was authorised to do. This did not constitute the crime of stealing, and, therefore, the commit ting magistrate, committed him on the charge of embezzling. He (the Recorder) had read over the depositions, and it gave him great satisfaction to say, that they were very carefully drawn out. In this case, the committing magistrate acted very properly, and did, as ought always to be the case, take care that the depositions were made in the presence of the prisoner —a circumstance that ought to appear on the face of the depositions—for it was a matter of great importance, as in the event of the death of all the parties to depositions, not one of them could be read in evidence. There were other serious cases to be tried, but they were principally mat ters of fact, and would not give them much trouble to dispose of—there were cases of burglary and highway robbery—and in reference to these cases, he begged to state to them, that this court derived no relief from the gaol delivery by the judges of assize. At the Lancaster sessions, there was not a single case to be tried. The judges considerd it their duty to clear the gaol of every prisoner, so that now there is not an individual in Lancaster Castle to be tried for any offence. Here, however, the case was different, and they would have to act accordingly. The Grand Jury then retired, and in a few minutes returned a true bill against John Youd. He was placed at the bar, and, to the indictment charging him with feloniously em bezzling the sum of £67 Os sd, the property of the Messrs. Rathbone and Company, by whom he was employed as clerk, he pleaded not guilty. He admitted taking the money, but he any denied having intention to appropriate it to his own use. Mr. James Powell, a partner of the firm of Rathbone and Co., stated that the prisoner was employed as Custom-house clerk for the firm—that it was his duty to pass entries at the Custom-house, and receive money for debentures. That was his regular duty, and he had a book in which he was to insert all his debits and credits, and at the end of every month a balance was to be struck, and he was to pay what ever was remaining due by him to the cashier. In December last, he (witness) signed a receipt for money (X 67 Os sd) on behalf of himself and the firm. The debenture was in his own name, and he returned it to the prisoner to go and get cash for it at the Excise-office. He accordingly got cash for it, which he never accounted for. He remained in the em ployment of the firm a few days after, and on the ninth of January absented himself altogether, without communicating his intention to any one. Inquiries were made for him, but the firm heard nothing of him till he was taken to the police office. The prisoner, who was undefended by Counsel, declined asking the witness any questions. Mr. Parkinson, clerk to the Collector of Excise, stated that he paid the debenture signed by Mr. Powell to some person—he could not say the prisoner was the man—on the 31st of December last. Richard Brown, cashier to the Messrs. Rathbone, stated what the prisoner's duties, as clerk to the firm, were, us already explained by Mr. Powell. He also proved the pri soner's defalcation, which he said amounted to £B2, at the time he absconded. The police officer who apprehended the prisoner•, on the 20th of March last, stated that he at first called himself John Jones, and persisted in denying his name for a consi derable time. At length he admitted he was the clerk of Messrs. Rathbone, and that he had taken the money, but not with a view of converting it to his own use. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner on being called upon to state any thing he might have to offer in his defence, repeated what he set forth at the opening . of the case, and added, he took the money to make up a loss that he sustained in August last, when he was robbed of two £5O notes, belonging to the firm, in the new marl et. He had also in his pocket 17 sovereigns, and that, with about £3O he had at home, enabled him to reduce the loss to something less than £6O. He went to Manchester in the beginning of January, to receive money from his father's executors, in the hope that he could replace the whole with out the knowledge of his employers. Mr. Brown was recalled, and being asked by the recorder, he said, he never before heard of this loss of money by the prisoner in August last. The prosecutor expressed a hope that the court would be lenient in sentencing the prisoner, the reasons assigned for which, owing to the extraordinary tumult that prevails in this court, none but his worship could possibly hear. He was sentenced to be imprisoned Tor two years. William Robinson, indicted with having feloniously and burglariously broken into the house of Francis Home, pro vision merchant, and stolen therefrom a cheese, a ham, and a small sum of money, was sentenced to be transported for ten years. Margaret Quin, Elizabeth Lever, and Jane Williams were charged with stealing five table cloths, four pillow slips, and three bolster cases, t h e property of Margaret Thomas ; and Sarah Williams with having received the same, know ing them to have been stolen. The prosecutrix keeps the Globe Tavern in Adlington street, and the three former prisoners having gone into the parlour for the purpose of drinking, saw a chest of drawers, from which they extracted the above named articles. The cellar in which they reside was afterwards searched by a policeman, when the articles were discovered in a water tub, and from the conduct of Sarah Williams during the time it was apprehended, she was a particeps eriminis. Mr. Vena bles defended her, and she was found not guilty—a contrary verdict having been returned against the other three, the Re corder, after stating that it was very improper to leave things so exposed in a public room, sentenced them to six calendar months imprisonment. Mary Robinson pleaded guilty to having feloniously stolen several articles, the property of Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, and was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour. William Henry Surber was brought up for having stolen a large sum of money from his employer, the particulars of which were fully disclosed when the prisoner was before Mr. Hall, several circumstances were stated by Mr. RzsrizoN, in mitigation of punishment, and the young man was sen tenced to 12 month's imprisonment in the borough gaol. Mary Bannon was indicted for stealing a portmanteau, the property of William Austin and John Jones. Sentenced to 2 years imprisonment. Elizabeth Cutler was indicted for stealing a barometer, the property of James Pendebury. Sentenced to be imprisoned for 18 calendar months and hard labour. James Donnelly was indicted for stealing a watch, a key, and guard, the property of Robert Geehan. - Sentenced to be imprisoned 18 calendar months. Eliza Jones was indicted for stealing some wearing apparel, the property of Elizabeth Jackson and James Simpkins, was found guilty, but recommended to mercy. Sentence de ferred. Joseph Kaye, indicted for stealing two logs of timber, the property of Charles Chaloner and. partner, was found guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned for 2 calendar months. Robert M'Alpin, charged with stealing a watch, the pro , perty of one James Dewar, was acquitted. Mary M'Avoy was indicted for having feloniously stolen two bank notes, of the value of £5O each, one bank note of the value of £2O, and £2 in silver, the property of Elizabeth Bark, and a bead purse, the property of Silvester Mattison. She was found guilty, and sentenced to two years imprison ment. Hugh Owens was indicted for stealing two firkins of but ter, four cheeses, two sacks of meal, 96 pounds weight of sugar, and 11 pounds weight of tea, the property of James Smith. He was found guilty, but recommended to mercy. Sentence deferred. James Egerton was indicted for embezzling the several sums of ss. and two half-crowns, which he had received for and on account of his master, James Connally. H e was found guilty. Sentence deferred. The Court then adjourned till ten o'clock this morning, and it is expected will be able to conclude the business of the sessions in the course of the day. The cases to be tried are utterly destitute of interest. OH ! FILL THE WINE CUP HIGH.—The glee bearing this title, and which gained a premium of the Liverpool Beef Steak Club, has just been published. It is a composition of very great merit, and will become a standard favourite with the class of glees to which it belongs. It has been stated, that the composition would have gained the gold medal, had the words been original, which, to the composer, is a compliment equivalent, or nearly so, to receiving it. The result of cold winds, dense fogs, damp atmosphere, &c., are frequently subversive of female comfort and attrac tion, by generating cracks, chaps, and a harsh ro ug h s ki n, and signalising a prominent feature of an otherwise beautiful countenance with unseemly coarseness. To successfully oppose those innovations, the ladies have a powerful friend in ROWLAND'S KALYDOR—and where the results mentioned have attained progress or completion, this infallible specific excludes and resists with an effective and rapid energy truly astonishing, rendering the skin delightfully smooth and pleasant ; and, as increasing the fairness and transparency of the skin, exceeds all competition.—See advt. - - CLASSICAL CHAMBER CONCERTS.--011r musical readers will be pleased with the announcement of these concerts. The distinguished patronage Mr. Eyton has so far obtained is security for their success. They are much spoken of as a treat seldom met with. Good music we are sure to have from the parties engaged, and we heartily wish they may lead to the establishmenteof. a series of social - meetittgs of this' kind. Nothing can contribute more to the advancement of musical taste. THEATRE ROYAL. The veteran Graham is with us, not only in person, but in power. What an embodiment of wonder this sexagenarien is ! There are " small doubts" with " small speculators" upon " small matters," respecting his age : of course, and as usual ! Some will have it that he is upwards of 70, others that he is not 50--" because no one older could sing as he does !" Upon the best authority, short of such a voucher as a certificate of his birth and baptism, the hour, the minute on't, and by some " perfect spy of the time," we believe that Braham is now in the 68th year of his active, energetic, and buoyant life. Last night .a reception was given to him of which every party then in the house may rightly feel as proud as the deserving object of it. Numerically it was not a good house— indeed, we are satisfied, that it will prove to be the thinnest during his brief engagement ; yet, to the credit of Liverpool taste no house, however full, could have exceeded the actual proof of its appreciation of Mr. Braham's genius, standing as a natural vocalist, who has successfully, and with unexcep tionable honour, stood the test of being weighed, and never found wanting in the balance of public favour, during a career of more than forty years on the Bristish stage. He is in glorious voice, and as hearty, and to all appearance, as much under the exhilarating stimulus of applause, as a rising aspirant in the bloom and prowess of youth.' He was heartily applauded, and enthusiastically encored in the exquisite air and, dramatic music of the Fancy Sketch," and in that perhaps too ornamental air (present taste consi dered) '• Is there a heart that never loved." " Masaniello" is to be produced this evening. Old as he is—and the old chanticleer knows it, and glories in the honours time is. growing upon him—what English vocalist can sing the music better than Braham ? The little part of Julio was well dressed, acted and sensibly spoken by an interesting'and promising child, one of the two sons of Mrs. E. Benwell. Hasty as this notice is, it were an injustice to the real ability of this child, not to record the fact of the proof which last night he evinced to an audience that cordially went with him and his juvenile efforts to please. BRUTAL AND FATAL ASSAULT.—We have received in formation on the point of going to preas that a most brutal assault was committed on a policeman last night in College lane. A woman in the neighbourhbod, who was quarrelling with her husband, called out for the assistance of a policeman, who in endeasouring to check the affray, received a deadly wound in the neck, and is now lying at one of the inns in Col age-lane.. THE LIVERPOOL.—This magnificent steam-ship sails for New York on Saturday next. She has already 85 berths engaged. • SHIP LAUNCH.—This day will be launched from the yard of Messrs. umble and , Trentham -street, Cornhill, a splendid s H hip; to be called the Milcrest Ellen Stewart, and intended for the East India trade. We understand that a memorial is in course of signature, from the merchants and rate-payers, to the Common Coun cil, praying that the Telegraph establishment may be open to the public at large,'as formerly. The following distinguished persons arrived, on Saturday morning last, from Kingstown, in her Majesty's mail steam_ packet, Shearwater, William Smithett, R.N., com man d er : —Daniel - O'Con ne ll, E sq., M . P .; Sir W. Brabazon, M.P.; Colonel Verner, M.P.; Sergeant Jackson, M.P.; ---- Arch bold, Esq., M.P. ; Martin, Esq., M.P.; —Young, Esq., M.P.; Barron Esq., M.P. ; Che s t er , E sq., M . P . with about sixty mo re cabin passengers.--A/Lion. The Rev. L. J. Nolan, who has recently abjured the errors of Popery, and been ordained a minister of the Church of England, preached two admirable sermons at St. Jude's Church, on Sunday last. The discourses of the reverend gentleman were delivered with a mildness and suavity which are sometimes not very apparent in gentlemen who have be come so disgusted with the doctrines they have renounced,: as to indulge` in apparent asperity of language respecting them. His remarks upon the votaries who are still beguiled by the delusions in which he was so long involved himself, were extremely sympathetic. COLONIZATION OF NATAL.—We have had great pleasure in perusing an interesting pamphlet by S. - Bannister, EN., on the colonization of Natal, in South-Eastern Africa, which affords every information on the subject. We had prepared' an extended notice of this p r op ose d co l ony, w hi ch, for want of space, we are obliged to defer until Friday. We observe with pleasure that a meeting is to be held at. Hertford, on the 9th of May next, for the purpose of forming a Protestant Association, at which the Rev: H. M`Neile and Rev. R. J. M`Gliee are expected to be present. The prin ciples are already announced ; and that sound Protestant and truly Christian Divine, the Rev. E2Bickersteth, is one of the Provincial Secretaries. THE FASTEST STEAMER AFLOAT. —On Friday arrived here the Fire King, ill fifteen hours and a half from Greenock. The Fire King is a wood vessel, the property of T. A. Smith, Esq., (late M.P. for Carnarvonshire,) built after a design of his own, and propelled by engines from Mr. Robert Napier's Vulcan Foundry, Glasgow. Unprecedently short as this passage is, it would have been performed in less time but for the thick weather. Mr. Smith proceeded direct to London, and the vessel left for Glasgow again the same afternoon. Miss WHITNALL'S CONCERT.—The musical portion of our readers will, we are persuaded, be pleased tesiobserve in our advertising columns, the rich and varied entertainment which the programme of Miss Whitnall's concert announces has been provided for theirgratification, to-morrow evening. The amateur or professional vocalist must be, indeed, fas tidious, who in the judicious, diversified, and the copious se lection of the songs, glees, duets, and ballads, of which this musical banquet is composed, cannot find some portion of them agreeable to his taste, and capable of affording- him pleasure and delight. In addition to the attractions which the programme of the concert presents, even if conducted by ordinary vocalists, it is most strongly recommended by the names of the distinguished performers who are to take part in it, on the present occasion. In the first place, we beg to instance MissWhitnall, whose personal and professional virtues and accomplishments, equally entitle her to the patronage of a public, proverbial like that of Liverpool, for its just appre ciation of private character and public merit. The mention of the names of Miss F. Wyndham, Mr. Hobbs. and Mr. '- Machin, as the other vocal performers of the evening, will be sufficient to denote the admirable manner in which the en tertainments will be executed. Mr.-G. tioldeu presides at the piano -forte. We confidently trust, that a crowded audi ence will be present to testify their approbation of the repast that "the bill of fare" promises them, and to reward the talents of the lady in whose behalf it is to be supplied. In fact, we cannot anticipate the contrary, seeing that the oon cert is patronized by so influential a personage as his Worship the Mayor. WHIG PROCEEDINGS IN REFERENCE 1.0.-THE WIGAN VOTERS.—Our readers are doubtless aware that the Whi g - Radical press has been b us ily emp l oye d in vilifying the cha racter of a respectable tradesman of this town, Mr. Charles Rowland, who, it has been asserted, was guilty of aiding and abetting the forcible detention of one of the voters,at the last Wigan election. We have this day the satisfaction of an nouncing that Mr. Rowland has obtained a signal triumph over his enemies. He was summoned to appear at the Quarter Sessions at Preston last week, and after being de tained, at considerable loss and personal inconvenience, from his family and business, his case was heard on Saturday last. The examination of the principal witness against him, Bromi ley, the abstracted voter, was proceeded with, but his frantic demeanour and incoherent statement of facts was such, that his own counsel threated to throw up his brief. At a late hour we received a report of the trial, of which we are sorry we cannot avail ourselves on the present occasion. As we shall give the details on Friday next, we shall not now enter further into particulars, than to state that our respected townsman, Mr. Rowland, was honourably acquitted. LIVERPOOL TOWN MISSION. —Of the many valuable public societies by which our large and populous town is distinguished, there is perhaps not one that has so many claims on the support of the community as the Town Mis sion. The committee, including churchmen and dissenters, by long experience are convinced, that the only way of con veying religious instruction to the poor, wretched and for gotten, is by visiting them in their own dwellings. If any of our readers should doubt the necessity of such a course, we entreat them carefully to peruse, and seriously to medi tate upon, the following statistical account of a single street, furnished by one of the society's agents :L-." In this street," he says, " there are 338 f a mili es , con t a i n i ng 1835 hurl:torte souls, f whom 1231 are adults and 604 children. Not one half of the adults can read ; and of the children 211 go to daily schools, and 119 to Sunday schools, and there are arso 69 infants, leaving 214 children in one street whose, educa tion is entirely neglected. Of the 338 families, only 60 pro- 1 Tess to be regular attendants at any place of worship, And we ca, know that profession is quite as favourable as practice ; and there are 192 families destitute of the ScriptUres. " Whilst .t visiting every house in such a street," the agent says, " such - : ( 1 scenes of wretchedness are often encountered, that words 0 - !. cannot describe." O ug ht not every Christian, philanthro pist, and well-wisher to his country, resident in Liverpool, to rouse himself from his lethargy, and say, " Such things ought not to be ; we cannot, we will not allow of their con-" tinuance ; we have read similar accounts from our paperii; we will support such an institution as this, and not allotv it any longer to languish for want of funds." The committee also appeal again to the ladies, and_we know that their hp peal will produce a desirable etteet. Manchester is now sup porting forty agents, all actively' employed ; and why should Liverpool have only fourteen, and these few not sufficiently supported? If the committee had fuuds, thirty might im mediately be fully employed, and that number ought to be employed, which would be calculated in two or,threo years to produce a most favourable change in 'the morals and spi ritual welfare of the people. . SPLENDID COLLECTION OF ricTup.Es.—Wewere admitted last week to a private view of the splendid and unique collec tion of pictures belonging to the late Wm. Earle, Esq., and now in the Exhibition Rooms, Post Qfftee.Place; preparatory to their being sold, by Messrs. Winstanley, to-morrow and the day following. The paintings are 122 in number, princi pally by the old masters, and, with reference to condition, genuineness, and character of art, form one - of the finest pri- Nate collections it ever was our fortune.to see,—the best, in deed, we are told, that Liverpool haa possessed since the dispersion of that of Mr. Roscoe. The collection contains several noble gallery pictures ; but, as is usually the case hi private mansions, those of a cabinet size predominate • and it does the highest credit to the fine taste of its deceasedowner, there being scarcely a piece that is not far above mediocrity, and an entire absence of the trash which speculating picture dealers are usually too successful in - imposing on amateurs under sounding names. Of Vandyke there are three speci mens ; one a head of Charles the First, of the first order and another, a head of a lady of th e P ercy family, scarcely inferior. By Salvator Rosa there are six pictures, all of a high order, and two, in particular, of surpass i ng merit. There are two noble gallery pictures by Spagnoletto, and one or two smaller by the same artist; a first-rate composition by Caravaggio, and an exquisitely-painted duplicate of the celebrated " Misers" by Quintin Matsys. A sketch by Rubens, of the - " Slaughter of the Innocents" is most characteristic of the colouring and composition of that great master. There is an undoubted head by Rembrandt, and another by Pan.l2l. Veronese ; and works by Poelemburg, Da Rosa, Coypel,'H Luca Giordano, Co r r eg i o , B reug hh e l , G u i do, Bercheeti-9,i! Proevitall, 'rempesta, Cuyp, Da Salerno, Guercino, .ilElth 5l other scarcely less distinguished Italian and Flemistoirefelo lee ters. The pictures by artists of modern, or comparitiitlyiE modern schools are few in number, but of great Among them are paintings by Eastlake, Kneller, Fuseli, Fogaoli, Williams (of R ome ), W r i g ht ( o f Derby), and ewo, one " the Mouth of th e B ren t a ," an exquisite gem s , by: Pdter Wilson. But it is in va i n f or us t o attempt to discriss, Or even to enumerate within -any reasonable limits of space, the particulars of this superb collection ; and we can only express our deep regret at its approaching dispersion, and that in this instance, as in so many others, so rare gems of art are probably doomed, after a brief glimpse at a public sale, to be buried in private mansions, instead of being col lected in public galleries to elevate and refine the public taste. ARMING.—We have reason to believe, that the purchase of pikes and other arms is much more extensive in th is neigh bourhood, than is ge nera ll y suspected. At the meeting at Hindley, to lay a church -rate—the chartists assembled, and marched in procession through the village, preceded by-two females, armed with each a long pike. They were followed by two men with naked swords, and amongst the company a number of pikes were exhibited ; and also fire-arms, which were fired off occasionally, About Westhoughtote and Chowbent, great quantities of pikes have been sald—m deed there are smiths in the neighbourhood of those .places constantly employed in the manufacture -of those WeQ,pOTIS and we believe there is scarcely - a sick or benefit 'society in which a majority of radicals are to be found, that a resolu tion has not been passed to apply the funds in the purchase of pikes or other dangerous weapons.—Tirigan Gazette.