The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-24 00:00:00

DECEISIBEit 24, 1833 Opened up. 'rilis is no dream now ; it is a matter of fact and history. Is it, then, reasonable to suppose that Russia will res tore these territorial acquisitions without a struggle, far less give up to a threat, perhaps an empty threat, what her nobles have so long been eager to accomplish—what her statesmen have anxiously cherished—what her very poets have chaunted- in prophetic. song ? No, no ! It would be more than the head of the Emperor is worth. Russia Will not surrender the rights and advantages she has ac quired by diplomacy or farce of arms ! The English Whigs seem to be awake to this. The treasure is gone, and they storm most furiously, but they are perplexed as to how they should act. There is only one way, and that way is to go to war ; but have they courage —have they reasonable grounds— have they the means As to the grounds of war we shall not speak at present; the means, however, demand some consideration. On this head his MAJESTY'S ministers have their mis givings, for if we can understand this policy, from the obscure hints given in their own journals, they intend to call in the aid of MEHEMET . Au, and induce him to make another descent upon the southern shores of the Bospho rus, in .order to open up the passage of the Dardanelles. This is one way certainly of making war upon economical principles; but a cheap war, like a cheap pair of boots, will, we suspect, be found a dear bargain in the end. — There is much folly, if not madness, in the attempt—par simony and baseness united—but let the attempt be made at their peril. We will assume that the Viceroy of Egypt falls into the views of the cabinets of :London and Paris, and that he is induced to violate his last treaty, the ink of which is hardly yet dry, and march upon the devoted lines. What then! Why Russia would, the next day, order an hun dred thousand men to pass the Balkan, and take posses sion of Constantinople. England and France would be so much identified with the hostile movements of ME HEMET, that the moment their fleets and armaments ap peared in any part of the Mediterranean, WILLIAM of Holland perhaps would be tempted to settle his unsettled quarrel with. King tEoPoLD and the " brave Beiges." The first act of aggression —the first cannon-shot that should be fired—would be a signal for a general war in Europe. Russia would tolerate no revolutionary marauders within her borders—the Prussians are ready to espouse the cause of the Netherlands at a moment's notice—Austria can have no sympathy with the Whigs and reformers of Eng land —the exemplary Louts PHILIPPE would be hurled from his throne before the expiration of three months— MEHESIET would be easily bought off, and England left to fight the battle single-handed, which she is no more able to do with the present crippled state of her finances, and with the present imbecile ministers in power, than she is able to pull the sun from the firmament. For these reasons we are by no means convinced that the Whigs have any serious intentions of declaring war against Russia. They can talk, and swagger, and bluster; but that will be the extent of their war. They will try uegociation, which, of course, will fail; they will fire away with protocols, which Russia will laugh at; they will, perhaps, send a few crazy ships badly manned and ill provided to the Mediterranean, merely for the sake of appearances ; but in the end they will sit down dog gedly and pocket the affront. Better have a quid in the mouth, as uncle Ben says, than a kick—no matter where! Lord REIN RUSSELL has, within the last few days, been making a speech among certain of his admirers and sup porters in the south of Devon, in which, of course, after taking great praise to himself for the measures of the li beral and enlightened government under which he holds office and receives pay, he is pleased to bestow a niggard ly modicum of his eulogy upon his MAJESTY'S ministers. The only subject upcn which he is silent and hermetically sealed is that of the corn laws . ; and upon this, the only one for which his hearers cared a single rush, he is amazing ly condescending to say nothing. Cunning ISAAC Ta vistock Abbey and Covent-garden market are both in -jeopardy Mr. POULETT THOMSON has been amusing himself in the same way at Manchester. Reader, have you ever seen an old cork, which had done its duty like a good ma rine in a wine bottle—or a piece of deal board, or any other lumber—thrown overboard, in order to ascertain how the current runs ? If so, you can be at no loss to guess the purport of Lord JOHN'S orations at Plymouth, or Mr. POULETT THOMSON'S fructifying speeches in Man chester. MACAULAY, of the ten thousand a-year, began this sort of bagman canvass at Leeds,—but that was before he bad received tile ten thousand. He was sent forth to try the feeling of the people in favour of the Whigs, and although he did his best he found the adverse stream so strong, and the Whigs so universally despised and hated, that upon the rule of discretion being the better part of valour he was glad to ensconce his patriotism under an Indian sinecure, which he had honestly and frugally and Presciently contrived for himself. His mission was a de cided failure ; the Leeds radicals did not spare him, al though one of their leaders had been purposely sent to gaol to be out of his way; they smoked and dried him in a most masterly manner, and none felt this more keenly, or shuffled off more adroitly in consequence, than Mr. THOMA S BABINGTON MACAULAY himself. His " teeming eloquence" is in consequence entered " outwards ;" the talents of this rising young man, the Demosthenes of Yorkshire, are lost to the ministry ; and in pure despair the Whigs propose that his mantle shall fall upon one BAINES, the printer of the Leeds Mercury, whose fame as an historian is said to rival that of HUME and GIBBON, but who might, in imitation of the two kings of Brentford, who smelt at the same rose, whip the same top with our own erudite and ingenious friend of the Liverpool Mer cury. In the sea of politics there is not a borrowed cork jacket between them; in a horse-pond the struggle would be mortal to both. Mr. POULETT TuomsoN has been sent to Manchester to do that which Mr. MACAULAY failed to do in Leeds, and his inferior talents have exposed him to greater dif ficulties. It must be poor consolation to the ministry to know that only in three towns of the kingdom have they been able to _muster. a - respectable party to cheer the speeches of their emissaries under the influence of port wine and gin twist. In Plymouth, Leeds, and Man chester alone have they dared to make the attempt. Leeds, as we have said, was a failure ; in Plymouth a silly and dependent corporation packed an audience, and ►st Manchester not more than a dozen of the respectable inhabitants of the town graced the political festival. Three towns out of five hundred is a fine specimen of popularity ! Why do they not order Mr. EWART to try his popularity in Liverpool, merely for the sake of a joke? There are three towns in which their popularity is about to be tried in sober earnest—in Leeds, Huddersfield, and Berwick, and in these places the ministerial candidates, like a doubtful bill negoeiated by JOHN MINTER HART, are sadly at a discount. The exhibition, however, of poor POULETT THOMSON, was distressingly painful and melo-dramatic. He was •confronted with his colleague, Mr. MARK PHILIPS, who for every fifty pounds which THOMSON gets from the M inistry has b een guilty of recording a vote against em. Mr. THOMSON felt this, but being a subordinate of the -government, he took proportionately higher gmund in the absence of a more responsible representa tive. After talking' about the corn, cu rrency , an d poor laws, ',Nell clearly showed he dissented from the opi nions of Lord GREY and the majority of the cabinet, he .soaped over the reciprocity treats? with France, and de clined sa y i ng a word upon that subject, from which his 'constituent stitent uents e leet much, and u p on t h e satisfactory ad just of which they, induced thereto .by his former representations, Placed so much hope and confidence. Ho wever, he said nothing of the reciprocity treaty. tie did not assign an 3„ r should eason why we consume 11 1 , • , wines and silksot Vra nc e, while the amiable Louis yin upoPPE interdicts our cottons, woollens, and cutlery. n these interesting points THOMSON was silent, and doubt he had his reasons. The weavers, spinners, d dyers gaped, but they most disaaree certainly were b ably disappointed. From the whole tenour of • M P his speecl ), , r. OULETT THOY SON, it " would appear, felt himself aggrieved and annoyed by the presence of Mr. MARK PHILIPS. He actually, to use a local phrase, turned his engines against him. The right honourable gentleman alluded to cer tain persons who, in the last session of Parliament, had crowded the lists with notices of motions for the ensuing session. He said that these notices were of the most trumpery description—alike senseless and absurd—and that it was impossible to peruse the list without laugh ing, or, to use the more fustian phraseology of the speaker, without their "exciting risibility!" The unhappy and ill-used Mr. MARK PHILIPS sat in silence, and bore these personal affronts with a sour look. The attack was galling—it was malicious—it was un pardonable ! It was as inconsiderate as it was invidious! But let us do justice between the contending parties. Mr. PHILIPS, when his turn came, and when the yarn of the other was out, replied as his own cards would have done, had they had the gift of oratory, with the Vice- President of the Board of Trade under their teeth. He answered, in bold Lancashire dialect, that HE (PHILIPS) was no tool of the ministry—that he scorned giving them a vote for the sake of office—that as he had nothing to fear he had nothing to conceal—that he had opposed the ministry—that he thought them wrong on many points —that he considered they had violated their pledges-- that they had deceived the country—that they had pro fessed patriotism and had perpetrated tyranny—that their intentions were good, but that their acts had betrayed consummate ignorance—that he had opposed them on the malt tax and the house tax—on the Irish bill—on the bank note bill—and on many other measures which, to the wisdom of Mr. MARK PHILIPs, seemed to be cruel, inexpedient, arbitrary., oppressive, and inconsistent with the pledged performance of their duties., The audience at this feast were of a very accommo dating disposition. They cheered THOMSON, and they equally cheered PHILIPS! They gave their laudations to the minister, and they were alike liberal and profuse to the ..unsparing castigator of the ministry ! This i75 - ,7ve suppose, what is called hearing both sides of the case, butit has been reserved to the Solons of Manchester to carry impartiality to an unprecedented pitch of refine ment, for they return a verdict for the plaintiff and de fendant at the same time. Fire away, Gentlemen of the Press! Four upon one, led on by a " teacher and preacher," are gallant odds in favour of Whig principles, and highly creditable to WThig courage. Fire away!— Cannister and grape shot, Iron spoon and stench pot,— they fall on us harmless; your missiles do no mischief; our flag waves proudly beyond your reach ; your heavi est pellets are to us refreshing and invigorating like a hail shower, and so secure are we in our position, that we shall take time to consider whether there be any ne cessity for opening a broadside in return. But on second thoughts, we are hardly doing justice to our local contemporaries. They have assisted Mr. SHEPHERD in flinging his unsparing scurrilities upon the STANDARD, but none of them were disposed to be come the voluntary champions, or paid hirelings of that person, until he pressed into his service the proprietors of the Mercury. The others, we are bound to confess have treated us fairly enough upon this occasion. The proprietors of the Mercury, however, we hold respon sible for the abuse of their editor, who is utterly beneath our notice, and when the proper time comes we shall have a word to say to them. Mr. SHEPHERD began the war in this way, and we intend to profit by the example; but while we have Mr. SHEPHERD in hand we have no time to inflict the knout upon the subalterns and drummers of the faction. We perceive that this reverend "teacher and preacher" has worked himself up into a most irreverent passion. This is a sure sign that the quarry has been struck, and that the shaft has sped home. He says he has not denied that he is the author of the Bridgewater Treatises, which to our sober apprehension seems something like an affirmative. We forgive him, for we suspect that neither he nor the luminary of the Mercury knows any thing about them. The highly classical and ingenious author of the history of Dick Liver certainly did not write the Paradise Lost. The soreness of Mr. SIIEPIIERD has been caused by a blister applied by himself. He complains that he was on two occasions unjustly aspersed in the STANDARD at the period of its commencement. With that we have nothing to do. He might as well complain of the castigations he received from his schoolmaster, who is dead, and hold his successor responsible. All that we know is that from the month of March to the month of November Mr. SHEPHERD'S name never appeared in the columns of this journal. He was not content to remain in his obscerity, from which he never should have been dragged by us. The municipal commissioners, however, were about to open their proceedings, and he then com menced, in a series of letters addressed to the Journal, which he no doubt considered of too much importance to appear in the Mercury, and in these he falsely and wil fully assumed a well-known professional gentleman to be one of the responsible proprietors of this journal. Al though publicly assured that his assumption was as in vidious as it was false, he continued up to almost the present hour to address these letters to that gentleman, and in them he levelled the most scurrilous abuse upon the writers of the STANDARD. We were called hacks and scribes and mercenaries—he called upon the gentle man he impudently addressed to order us to do this and that—and every sort of vulgar invective was heaped upon men, humble enough we admit, but as respectable as himself, and who associate with gentlemen as honour able and of as high station as any he ever met. Were we to endure this in silence ? Were we to stand by and consider this " preacher" the only " teacher" in Israel ? Was the Whig press of Liverpool so inof fensive in its compliments to us that it needed the aid or the impetus. of Mr. SHEPHERD'S drivel and mendacity ? We thought not—he, perhaps, was of a different opinion, which, by the way, is not very flattering to his friends. At any rate Mr. SHEPHERD began the warfare which has been carried on, if not ended, so little to his satisfac tion. He forgot that he who plays at bowls must expect rubbers, and that he who invades is not always the con queror. We shall not be dragged into any controversy about the article in a London paper, for reasons sufficiently plain. He whom the cap does not fit need not put it on. There are more PINTOS than one in Spain. Ourureverend•antagonist states that •he is not certain whether or not Mr. Commissioner HOGG was cognizan _ _ with the contents of the introductory letter, but he con fesses that he corresponded with that gentleman with re spect to its contents. This confession admits more than Mr. SHEPHERD seems to be aware of. It is a maxim of great and solemn regard by the judges of the land that they have no eye or ear except in court. Lord BROUGHAM, on a late occasion, in imitation of his illus trious predecessor, threatened to commit some imperti nent fellow who had been writing letters to his lordship relative to matters in Chancery and under judicial inves tigation. Neither Commissioner HOGG, nor Commis sioner WILKINSON, is the Lord Chancellor BROUGHAM; and Mr. SHEPHERD, therefore, imagined he could take any liberties with the judicial ear, through the medium of his footman or the penny post. This shows that these com missioners had nothing judicial in their character, and that they are hardly qualified to fill one of the minor judgeships in contemplation by the great head of the law. If Mr. SHEPHERD had any information to give or seek, the court, as it is called, was open to him, and he ought to have,gone there to ask his questions and offer his opinions. He chose another way ; and if the commissioners, sup posing them to have bad the power, when they received a private communication from Mr. SHEPHERD, had issued their warrant, and committed him to prison, they would have done nothing more than their duty. Upon this point we are willing to leave our view of it to the decision of the Lord High Chancellor. i Mr. SHEPHERD proceeds to say th t Mr. Commissioner WILKINSON did not deliver an intr ductory letter to Mr. BOLTON. On this point Mr. SUE HERD is not a compe tent witness. JOHN says that br tiler WILLIAM told him that sister SUSAN did not see th ,boy steal the goose.— Shade of-JEREMY BENTHAM 1 is Allis evidence after the passing of the Reform Bill ? Ike mean no offence, but we cannot take Mr. SHEPHERD'S word in this matter. — When Mr. BOLTON speaks for himself we shall do him strict justice. But -will Mr. BOLTON answer this ques- tion—Ldid not Mr. Commissioner WILKINSON pay him a visit before he had been many hours in Liverpool ? Mr. SHEPHERD, who makes a free use of his friends' names, threatens us with Mr. Commissioner HoGG's " civility." Bah ! Mr. HOGG knows us, and we know him, and he will not thank the " teacher" for the hint! The following we give in Mr. SHEPHERD'S own words, and it is worth a Jew's eye : " You are pleased to say that I have been one of the 'inces sant revilers of the Corporation.' rhis is an. addition to your series•of falsehoods. In my politicarexertions my efforts have been directed to higher matters than municipal disputes; and in no speech or writing of mine will there be found any reviling of the Liverpool Common Council. If you allude to the history of Dick Liver, which, hardened sinner as - I am, I think of con tinuing, that little book contains hardly anything but an alle gorical narrative of by-gone transactions." We did not know that Mr. SHEPHERD had so greatly distinguished himself. Instead of being the author of the Bridgewater Treatises, we should have classed him with the immortal writer of Jack the Giant Killer; with this difference, that the latter is a vastly superior produc- tion. The " little book," Dick Liver, is a low satire upon the Liverpool Corporation, calculated fur the meri dian of a pothouse frequented by cobblers' apprentices.— Its attempts at wit consist of profane swearing, which abounds in almost every page ; its irony is despicable ; and its historical allusions are, mere falsehoods. The " little book" is worthy the small mind of a very ordinary man inflated with vanity. It is vended along with quack medicines and other trash, by a person whom its reverend author deems too violent in his anti-corporation politic s Mr. SHEPHERD is pleased to say that our attacks upon him have originated in our envy of his Successful career as a reformer. Stop a bit here, Sir TEACHER. Our at tacks originated in his own wilful and insolent _attacks upon us. As to being a reformer, we happen to be one too, as good, if not more honest than himself. But the truth peeps out. Mr. SHEPHERD and his literal and thin-skinned party cannot endure or tolerate the tri umphant success of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. They writhe under the unfortunate conviction that they cannot have the game all their own wa y, as hitherto. He says that the STANDARD, and other new Tory journals, were started in a fit of Tory desperation. Poor man ! Let him look around him, and see things exactly as they are. More. Tory papers have started within the last two years in England than had started for any ten years previously, and all of them have been crowned with the most emi nent success. Why ? Because whiggery has been found out—because the people generally are disgusted with the grasping selfishness, the disgraceful jobs, the venomous party spirit, the illiberal treatment of the press, and the astounding ignorance and tyranny of the Whigs. Mr. SHEPHERD would like to make a monopoly of the Whig press in Liverpool. This we tell him he cannot do. His party and personal influence, although exerted as it has been in the meanest way, cannot stay our career. lie and his party have too long had the Liverpool press, such as it was, under their control. We have to fight our battle single-handed. We have no ally —we receive no assistance from the press in this quarter—but being engaged in the cause of truth, loyalty, and independence, we have proved that that cause 'has for its supporters the best, the purest, and the noblest of our countrymen. About Mr. SHEPHERD'S suppressed letter we have only a word to say. What appeared in the Journal appeared three days afterwards in a new dress in the Times. The interpolations jostled out the only valuable parts of his first letter. Perhaps lie found them to be at variance with the sentiments lie had written to an " inti mate friend" of Lcrd BROUGHAN . S,—bat such conduct can hardly be called honest. The worthy " teacher and preacher," after puffing the "little book," which is beautifully interspersed with profane swearing, concludes his angry letter with a paragraph, not only recommending, but threatening an appeal to pistols and fourteen paces. This is bold in a professed minister of the gospel, and a Whig champion ; but what will Lord BROUGHAM say, who abhors such ap peals ? JEFFREY, the Lord Advocate, in defending STUART, once of Duncarn, defended the justice . and sound policy of duelling. Mr. SHEPHERD alludes to this affair; but he is either entirely ignorant, or, what is more probable, he studiously misrepreswts the facts ; but we put him upon hi s guar d, w h en wg - tell him that the guilty party in that affair has only dared, since the Whigs came into office, to show his face in England, and that he is at this moment a stanch ally and mercenary scribe of his MAJESTY'S ministers. Verbum Sat. The trail of the red herring (we use the " preacher's" own words) will not mislead any old and thorough-bred dog in the pack. Mr. SHEPHERD, in his postcript, says that he is going - - or gone off, but that, like S:r PETER TEAZLE, he leaves " his character behind him." Exactly as we expected ! This is the way in which, we presume, he has been accustomed to travel. What he leaves behind him he cannot well be said to take with him ; and therefore being, like the schoolmaster, abroad without a character, we heartily wish him a safe deliverance ! To conclude—we have only to say, that if Mr. SHEP HERD or any body else has any charges to bring against the STANDARD, if they are properly brought, they will be honourably and fairly met; but if, in future, lie chooses in his attacks upon us to address himself to third and irresponsible parties, as he has hitherto done, our reply will be addressed to him through Lord BROUGHAM I LONDON LATEST NEWS. Saturday Evening, half-past Seven o'clock. The extreme boisterous weather experienced of late has caused the letters received from the coast to teem with records of wreck and damage. We have, however, had few arrivals; and, to-day, in consequence of the continuance of the high winds, we are without our continental arrivals. We have seen a few letters by the Lisbon mail to-day, and it appears that Don Pedro continues to act the despot in the pure Brazilian style, and it seems evident, at least, that if the Portuguese have not got rid of a King Log, they have, at least, acquired a King Stork. Count Taipa, a liberal, who has ventured to tell the emperor his mind, and appears to have uttered certain very un comfortable truths, had been ordered under arrest, but had evaded the liberal tyrant by flight. We have accounts from Syria to the Bth September. The governor had demanded of the customs' authorities of Beyrout a statement of the importations of coffee from Yemen and America during the last three years, from which it was suspected that thti viceroy intended tp make a monopoly of this article, as he had already done of silk. Great discontent appears to exist throughout Syria at the exactions of the new government. Our Consol Market has, at length, given some indications of improvement, and the quotation for the account has been as high to-day as 891 Bank Stock has risen, being 211 to 212. India Bonds are 20 to 22, and Exchequer Bills 40 to 42, heavy. The Foreign Bonds are also better, the northern in particular being buoyant. Russian Bonds are 1031. Dutch 21 per Cents. 50a 3, and the 5 per Cents. 9la . Belgian Bonds are 95196 x, and Danish 73 1 1. Portuguese Bonds of both descriptions are 571 1. Brazilian Bonds are 661 67, and Spanish 23i 1. Up to the moment of closing this the French mail has not arrived. LONDON LATEST SHIPPING NEWS. Lloyd's, Fire o'clock, p.m., Saturday. Very few arrivals have been posted on Lloyd's books to-day, but the present month has been a very disastrous one for our underwriters, who, indeed, have suffered severely of late. The Hotspur, Hewitt, from Liverpool, has arrived at Pernambuco, and the Catherine, Bibby, from the same port, had arrived at Demerara. _ _ _ Thetis,The from London to Liverpool, was on shore near Yarmouth yesterday, but was expected to be got off. THE DUTCH EMBARGO.—An official notice, sent by order of the Treasury to the . Commissioners of Customs, relative to the payment of the extraordinary expenses incurred by the Dutch vessels, in consequence of tfie recent embargo, has just been published, from which it appears that, contrary to the expecta tions of the owners of the Dutch vessels detained, the English government are determined to enforce payment of the money advanced to.the owners during the embargo.--Nasal and .Mili tars, Gazette.—[Tiris is a fine specimen of Whig justice. These Dutch mariners, pursuing their peaceful career in a period of profound peace, were d e t a ined on the "great highway of na tions" by the strong arm of power, in accordance, we suppose, with the Vs reading or translation of "the law of nations," which, of.course, directs that reparation for a violation of their letter and spirit shall be made by the injured party to the wrong doer, instead of the opposite course which common sense would seem to prescribe. Suppose an individual mariner, of either of these crews, had been detained from his lawful occu pations on shore, and redress were sought for in a court of jus tice for the wrong, would either of the judges direct the jury to mulct the plaintiff in a sum sufficient to reimburse the defend ant for the cost and charges which he had been put to in the course of his proceedings ?"- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE PILOT BOAT AND MR. SUMNER One of our contemporaries has been imposed upon in a letter which has been addressed to him under the signature of " A Subscriber," in which an attempt has been made to deprive Mr. Sumner of the merit which is due to him for his humane and successful efforts to save the crew of the pilot boat from im pending death. It is an unfortunate way of advancing any cause to attempt it by a perversion of the truth; and that such is the case in the question before us, is beyond a doubt. Our evidence is of an unquestionable character; it is derived from the mouths of the men whose lives were saved ; and who, with feel ings alike natural and creditable to them, have voluntarily called upon us to declare the falsity of the principal statements contained in the letter to which we refer. Iu making this declaration, they are unwilling that it should be construed into a censure upon others, or be deemed expressive of ingratitude to those who may have aided in their rescue from a watery grave, or in contri buting to their after comfort; but they confirm all the facts which have been so fully before the public since the loss of the boat, with reference, especially, to Mr. Sumner, being the only individual who reached the boat to their assistance. They had been several hours lashed to the rigging, after she sunk, before they saw anything of the life-boat, which was launched about three-quarters of a mile to the southward of them, and about three o'clock was brought within hail of them, having been dragged along-shore: 'She grounded on the bank about thirty or forty yards to leeward of the wreck. Mr. Sumner had to swim about thirty yards to reach the wreck, round which there was about ten or twelve feet of water, a sort of dock or pool formed by the pilot boat bedding herself in the sand. It is admitted by the pilots that the crew of the life-boat might have aided Mr. Sumner with an oar as he returned past them, greatly exhausted; and that they assisted in capsizing the punt to make a bridge, over which they crossed the pool iu their brogress to the shore. They, at the same time, express their elief; that if the life-boat had been brought opposite to the wreck before they launched her, instead of being put in the water at the distance of three-quarters of a mile, it would have been the means of saving them, and that at a much earlier pe riod. It would appear that the door of the boat-house, in which she is kept, exposes the crew in rough weather to great dif ficulty in launching her. This fact may suggest an alteration in that part of the arrangement. It is repeated 'that the sole object of the pilots in making this declaration is to h ive Mr. Sumner the merit w hi c h i s du e to huh; and it is right that the demerit of an individual who has so nobly exerted himself should not be effected by an attempt to exalt others at his expense. THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The Templar's-hall, in Great George-street, was the place where, on Friday night, we had the pleasure of seeing a highly respectable and fashionable audience assembled to encourage, by their presence, the first effort of the amateur and professional ladies and gentleirien who compose the Philharmonic Society. An orchestral gallery, sufficiently capacious to contain forty instrumental performers, has been erected at the end of the hall, which, we believe, contained about three hundred persons. The walls were decorated with the badges and armorial bear ings of that renowned body, the Knights Ternplars of Licemfrol, and presented a very pleasing coup d'ceil when the hall and or chestra were both filled. The instrumental performers were principally amateurs, of whom it is but an act of justice to say, that few persons would have made the discovery who were ignorant of the fact. The committee, to whom the difficult task of making the selections was confided, we think must have satis fied their constituents, that they ought to be re-elected, without any other pledge for their future good conduct than the manner in which they have discharged the duties imposed upon them. Among the best of the vocal pieces we must name " The Rose of the Valley," harmonised by Kny vett; "As on a Summer's Day," and that beautiful plaintive air, " On the Banks of Allan. Water." The song, "The Ray of Hope," was splendidly exe cuted by Miss Leach; and Collinson's fine bass voice was heard to great advantage in the quintetto, " Memory." The only piece that we thought a decided failure was the glee, "Swiftly from the Mountain's Brow." This was executed in rather a slovenly manner, but Miss Leach made ample amends in the next and last piece, " The Tramp Chorus," where her powerful voice was distinctly recognised amid the full swell of the orchestra. We most sincerely hope that this society is not fated to en counter any opposition from the jealousy of themusical profes sion, or from the passive resistauce,—by which term we mean the absence of an active co-operation on the part of those who are always foremost to patronise and support whatever tends to increase the store of rational amusement or general information of the inhabitants of Liverpool. Anything discordant among the lovers of harmony would be a solecism that ought not to be tolerated. MONSIEUR DEVIN'S CONCERT. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the boxes of the Liver Theatre were quite full last night, at this en tertainment. Before the performal)ces commenced an apology was made for th e indisposition of Miss Cassidy, who, however, unwilling •to disappoint the audience, performed her allotted parts. We believe this was the first appearance of the Misses Cassdiy before a Liverpool audience—of Miss Cassidy it would be almost unfair to hazard an opinion after the appeal put forth on her behalf, and of Miss E. Cassidy, we must content ourselves with sayin g that- her pretensions to musical fame as a singer, are not o f a ver y l o fty c haracter. Martini's laughing Terzetto "Vadasi via di qua" was encored; _fur this ;we could see no other reason than that it was literally executed. We suspect the audience laughed at instead of laughing with the peformer. Miss Johnson and Mon. Devin were by no means successful in "La ci darem lo mano! " This we were sorry for, because this lady is a great favourite of ours. Mr. Quarterman performed a concerto, by Hertz, on the Piano forte in grand style. His executi on is brilliant almost beyond description, his touch is, in the most rapid passages, always firm, clear, and distinct; and he is one of the most perfect masters of his instrument that we have ever heard. Mr. C. A: Wiess performed a fantasia on the flute, in which he introduced the air of "The last Rose of Summer" very prettily. 'Were he capable of producing tones equal to the delicacy of his ex ecution, he would rank with - the first performers on this instru ment. THE QUEEN'S THEATRE, This place of amusement was opened last night by Beverly, with an efficient melo•dramatic corps. The first piece - was entitled "The Sea! the Se - a!" ,a name most probably sug gested by Neukomm's popular so called song, and, of ail others, the most likely to attract an audience in a great maritime town like this. The house was crowded. On the rising of the cur tain, the national anthem of "God save the King" was per formed by the band, and the gods so willed it,-that the whole audience should do homage to this inspiring strain by hearing it uncovered. This would seem to argue that the leprosy of Jacobinisin has not ascended from the radicals to that class usually denominated "the lower orders." There was some very respectable company in the pit and boxes. THE LIVER THEATRE. This theatre will be opened on Thursday night by Mr. W. J. Hammond and Mr. Raymond. We are informed that the company is a very good one, and that Mademoiselle Celeste, the celebrated dancer, now performing at Covent-garden theatre, and M. Le Clercq, the celebrated ballet master, are engaged. LOSS OF NO. 1 PILOT-BOAT. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL ST.4ND-4RD. Sts,—ln the report, inserted in the Journal of the 7th inst., of the loss of . No. 1 Pilot-boat, it is stated that during a lurch of the boat, the punt was washed off the deck, and thrown into the belly of the mainsail, which was rent and blown to rags. I beg to state that the mainsail and foresail are now in Liver pool, at Mr. Dickenson's sail-room, Nova . Scotia, where they may be inspected, the mainsail perfectly whole, with the excep tion of a small hole in the lining cloth, after being exposed to the united elements of wind and sea until the Ist instant; the foresail split on the after leach, by the main-boom running through it after it was unshipped (or carried away) when the sea struck the boat. I think it would have been fortunate, in this case, if the mainsail had split, as the boat would have righted after the sea broke on board of her, and not laid her on her broadside, with the water in the sail, until the main-sheet was cut away, and per rapidly filling with water down the sky light and companion, as was the case. In justice to the manufacturer of the canvas, the mainsail Neilson's No., 1, navy canvas and foresail, Neilson's No. 0, twine canvas which 1 purchased from Messrs. I. H. hind and C 0.,) and the maker of the sails, Mr. Win. Dickenson, I beg you will have the goodness to insert this satement of facts in your next, or such part as you may deem sufficient, and oblige, sir, your obedient servant, ROBERT EDWARDS, Liverpool Dec. 18, 1833. Master of No. 1 Pilot-boat. In our advertising columns our readers will find a list of books published by Mr. Blackwood, which, as they unite solid information vith delightful amusement, we especially recom-• mend as Christmas presents to the young . . Tom Cringle's Log; Passages from the Diary of a late Physician; Professor Wil son's and Mrs. Hemaiis' Poems; the Course of 'Time; the works of the Author of Cyril. Thornton, &c. &c. require, indeed, no recommendation from us. We have great pleasure in referring our readers to the Crosby Quadrilles which are noticed in another part of our paper. We understand they have already met with a most gratifying re ception at the balls of some of our nobility, and we venture to anticipate for them. a share of public patronage , equal to that by which 11'Ir. Banks's Floral Quadrilles were distinguished. Passengers in the John Jay, Captain Glover, from New York :—Mr. Monson and lady, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Gillespie, Mr. Anderson, Mr. LaXton, and Mr. Howe. PIGEON SIIOOTING.-011 Thursday next the "shots" of Li verpool anticipate a high treat at Aintree, when a cup is to be shot for. At the same time the Aintree Club will be open to receive a challenge from a similar number of any other club in England. CAUSES OF RAlN.—There is an old proverb in Germany, that when monks go -abroad it sure to rain. Frischlin says that he heard a philosopher in Prague gravely attempt to ac count for, the phenomenon, attributing it to the fumes of liquor easily escaping through the bald crowns, and becoming con densed by the cold of the atmosphere. - Conormit's INQUEST.—Yesterday an inquest was held on the body of a child named Margaret Green, who was found drowned in the canal basin. It appeared that the deceased was the daughter of the captain of a flat, and whilst playing on the deck of the vessel, she fell into the basin.—Verdict, Found drowned. BURGLARIES.—On Friday morning last the house of Mrs. Place, No. 74, Bostock-street, was burglariously entered by thieves, and property to a considerable amount stolen there from, consisting of silver spoons and wearing apparel, with which they got clear off.—On the same morning the premises of Mrs. Alice Smith, situate in Flint-street, were broken open, and a large quantity of wearing apparel was stolen. FIRES.—Soon after twelve o'clock, on Friday night, a fire broke out in Braneker's cooperage yard, Matthew-street. The engines were on the spot in a short tinte;(the Norwich Union first, the Sun next,) but from the .tardy and very insufficient supply of water, the flames were not gut under until one o'clock on Saturday morning. The damage was inconsiderable, little snore than a shed, some casks, &c., having been consumed.— On Saturday night another fire broke out upon the premises of Mr. Storey, Canning-street, which raged violently until some outbuildings were entirely destroyed. There is a vitriol-manu factory adjoining the premises, but owing to the greatexertions of the police the flames did not communicate to that building. THE WHIG CORPORATION OF DERBY.—Messrs. Cockburn and Rushton, the corporation commissioners. commenced their inquiry into the state of the corporation of Derby on Monday. The mayor (Douglas Fox, Esq.) addressed the court at con siderable length, in the course of which he stated that the corpol ration were prepared to give every information to the commis sioners; but, lest these proceedings should be brought forward as a precedent in future, he, on the part of the corporation, expressed his conviction that there was no legal authority to compel them to acoede to the present inquiry ! The investigation was then gone through. The salary of the master of- the grammar-school is £GO. He has only one scholar!—Staffordshire Advertiser.—[We believe that this is the corporation wet keeps no books.—Edit. LIVERPOOL STANDARD.] LIVERPOOL ROYAL INSTITUTION. 4 k il A meeting of the governors and patrons of the i'hools of this Institution was held on Thursday last in the Lec ur e -room, on which occasion the pupils delighted a crowded audi ty of ladies and gentlemen, by declamations and recitations; a,ul.ltrizes were delivered to the fortunate candidates. The subject of the declamations was, " Whether the Greeks or Romans are the more entitled to the admiration and gratitude of posterity," and Sheppard and Forsyth ably and eloquently advocated the views they respectively took of the question. The recitations were delivered in a most creditable manner,—each young gentleman using his utmost efforts to please. The Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS then distributed the prizes to the victors; in the higher school, Sheppard, Haucox, Banner, Elliot, Brancker, Harris, Forsyth, and M'Neill ; in the lower school, Brooks, Forshaw, 'iikin, Venables, Snowball, Harris, junior, Thompson, and Cannon; with a suitable remark to each. The reverend gentleman then described the great pleasure he had felt in listening to the original description of a bull fight, by M 'Neill; as well as the able defence of their side of the argument, involving the comparative merits of the Greeks and Romans, by Sheppard and Forsyth, who had vividly brought before their eyes the pristine glory of the ancient empires; and he could not but congratulate them in having a school in Liverpool which could now, as well as Eton, Westminster, and Shrewsbury, send its pupils to contend for pre-eminence iu the universities. He trusted that the reputation which the successful candidates had gained would be sustained by them, whilst the unsuccessful ones, remembering that, although defeated, they were not dis graced, would use their utmost exertions to ensure success upon a future occasion. He was sure they would all regret, as he did, the loss which the committee and pupils were about to experience in the removal of their head master, Mr. Peile. (Applause.) — They all knew his merits as .a master, both in the anxiety he had always shown for the improvement of his pupils and his strict maintenance of that discipline so essentially necessary to the success of the school. There were two circumstances, however, which caused him to regret it the less, first, the prospects which were opened to Mr. Peile by his removal, which he could not hope for by remaining here ; and secondly, their singular good fortune in obtaining the services of Mr. Ififf, as Mr. Peile's successor, a gentleman who came from the same nursery which bad produced Mr. Peile, Shrewsbury School. They all knew what that school had done, in sending boys to the colleges who had carried all before them, and although the pupils were ready to acknowledge how much they owed to the attention of Dr. Butler, they ascribed to Mr. Bill* the credit of being mainly in debted to his exertions for their success. He had nothing more to do than to wish them, in the old English style, a merry Christmas, and to hope that the pupils would employ their time, during the vacation, in preparing, most indefatigably, for a fresh campaign. - FORSYTH, in :the .riame of himself and': his fellow-pupils , begged Mr. Peiles acceptance of a piece of a plate (a rich and massive silver waiter) as a trifling testituotifertheir respect for a master who was always so anxiously attentive to them, with a hope that it might serve at a future period, when far distant, to remind him of those pupils who would never fail to remem ber his kindness with gratitude, or to take - a lively interest in his future welfare. Mr. PELLE returned his most sincere acknowledgments for the flattering compliment paid him. He could not take leave of them on this occasion without publicly expressing, as he had privately, his warmest thanks to the committee for the support they had afforded him on this as well as upon every other occa sion, since he had been connected with them. Words of com pliment, and of kindness, had already passed between them, on the occasion of his resigning that important trust which they had since placed in older, abler, and on the whole, he augured, more successful hands. ("No, no.") The committee and he had formally taken leave of each other, but he should hold himself wanting in his duty towards them, and to the proprie tors, whom they represent, if he did not embrace this opportu nity of drawing the attention of parents and the public gene rally, to the extent of their obliatons to that public-spirited body. He regretted that he had not oftener afforded them the rational entertainment they had that day enjoyed, but he hoped that his successor would carry the plan' he had commenced to greater perfection. Whilst he returned his thanks to the pro prietors for the use of the stage and theatre, and to the audi ence for the favourable manner in which they had listened to the performances, his thanks as manager, were also due to his performers for the excellence of their exertions. He had not needed the liberal testimonial of their regard and esteem, which they had presented him with, to convince him that most of them had had the discrimination to consider him as their sin cere well-wisher and friend at heart, under all the unprepos sessing exterior of a rigid disciplinarian. He hoped to be permitted to say that, although unpalatable at present, they would derive their greatest pleasure in after life from the salutary effects of strict discipline, as the habits which it would lead them into would accompany them into the world, and go with them through life. He would carry their present with him wherever he might go as an ornament to his sideboard, fer vently wishing, at the same time, that those ornaments might be founclin them, which, though nut so tangible, might in some slight degree serve to remind them of /rim. With his best wishes to Mr. Miff, lie would take leave of them, wishing them the compliments of the season, a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. (Applause.) We understand, also, that before 31r. Miff quitted Shrews bury, his pupils presented him with a massive silver cup, with the'following classical and complimentary inscripdon:— Viro Reverend° Frederico Miff, Prmeepturi Option) et Doctissimo, In Maoris et Benevolentin Testimonium Hoc Munuscaluin, D.D. Regise Scholme Salopiensis Alumni. A.S. MDCCCXXXIII. TO THE REVEREND ,W1LL1.4.11 SHEPHERD. SIR,—You will perceive that I prefix to my letter the cleri cal title by which you are too well known to render any change a matter of convenience ;—a title which the public have recog nised; and one, therefore, by which—whether in courtesy or not is immaterial—you shall be designated on-this, as on every other occasion of my addressing you. You have the title of Reverend, and you are advanced in years. For both those reasons, sir, you have claims to a cer tain amount of respect and indulgence. Into your . con d uc t in private life I have neither the tight nor the inclination to in quire. It is to be hoped, for the sake of the clerical title which You bear, that it is consistent with the clerical character. That, however, is between God and your conscience. Neither wi'l I apply to you abusive epithets. If others have done so, in re ference to your conduct, I should be the first to disapprove of such a course; and if I weie to extend my remarks upon that head at all, it would be to express au apprehension that those who may have adopted the proceeding have been provoked to it by your own example. With your public conduct, howeve,., I have the same right to deal that is exercised by the world at large, with reference to all men who put themselves prominently forward. Had you been satisfied with the silent enjoyment of that consummation of your hopes in political affairs, w hi c h h a , recently been made the subject of no little boasting and self congratulation', I should have been must content to have per mitted you the uninterrupted possession of all the honours to which your political consistency could possibly lead. The ex ertions which you have made for the accomplishment of that state of public affairs from which all honest men apprehend disastrous results, are of a nature to excite feelings of envy amone:those only in whose breasts the truelove of their count - 1y and tine necessity for the maintenance of its character, have ceased to be felt. Whether your individual exertions in that cause, when justly estimated , might not place you in the posi tion of the fly on the coach - wheel, is a point which others, per haps, can better determine than myself. But, whatever those exertions may have been, they had become matters of history; and the author of them had, for some time, occupied a due po sition in society. With that state, sir, it seems you are not content. dlence my present observations. Unlike yourself, 1 am a man who have figured but littl e i n the aren a o f p u bli c affairs. As, from my station in society, any such meddlin g would fail to confer upon me an enviable distinction, so would the de ficiency in my education and powers preclude any marked in terference on my part from hem. , ' productive of that effect which I should desire to see attendant on my exertions, to whatever object applied. In this respect, sir, you will, at 01_ L we differ. But, if I mix less in pul access with yourself to the general or b -t and to that fact you must attribute the prereiat letter. I have, then, remarked in the public journals—and the Neircumstance, had it proCeeded from any other quarter, would hate. caused me some surprise—l have remarked, I say, that the state of quiescence which, to men of a certain age, is generally desirable, if no in dispensable, is not coveted by y ou. I perceive a strong incli nation on your part to emerge from that situation of consistent privacy in which you have existed for some short period of time. To my own view, even, as a decided political opponent (for such I frankly avow myself), it would be matter of regret, were it only on account of your family and friends, if your determination again to obtrude yourself on public notice should have arisen from that state of indecision, that absence of sound ness in judgment, to which all men, at an advanced period of their lives, are more or less subject. Be that e • it may, your name has recently been too much before the pub' • for the sus tenance of any previously acquired character for if such existed. You have addressed yourself through the columns of the public prints —upon a subject and in a manner that would war rant any supposition which might arise out of the precedin4 sentence—to a most respectable gentlethan of this town ;--1 mean Mr. Thomas Foster, the Town-clerk. Let me here state, to prevent all misconception, that as you now are, so was Mr. Foster, —twenty-four hours before the commencement of the late inquisitorial inquiry,—altogether unknown to me, even in per son. I saw, and listened to that gentleman,—in a place which was destined for the administration of justice, but which, on the occasion in question, was devoted to purposes more illegal and more unconstitutional than any which have been practised in this country since the 17th century—l listened, and bear will ing testimony to the extraordinary talent which he displayed, and to the facility with which he demolished the fine-spun sophistries and flimsy charges advanced by the opponents of the Corporation. This is the moan, sir, whom you h ave th o ught it politic to attack through the public press. Th e rea l mo tive is too apparent not to be easily discovered. The immediate and ostensible subject of the attack appears to me to be w holly un important. Still the distinct charge which was made has been rebutted in the most direct and unequivocal manner, from a quarter where the state of the case must, of necessity, be tho roughly known. Despite such disavowal, you have returned, again and again, to the charge, in terms and manner alike in sulting to the gentleman addressed—entirely wanting in that spirit of courtesy which is usually exercised by one gentleman towards another—and manifesting either an extraordinary fa tuity of intellect, or that insulting indifference to the solemn assurances of others, which is seldom displayed except where, to the mind of the party exhibiting it, the disregard of truth is ha bitual. In one or other, if not both, of these situations have you placed yourself by your proceeding. That Mr. Foster should treat the insinuations thrown out by you in a m anner which it is needless for me to express, is perfectly natural, and what you must have expected. I cannot give utterance to these sentiments, and especially when addressed to a person in your situation, without regret. They are extorted by your own pro ceedings—your voluntary and unprovoked a ttacks on others; and it would be well, sir, for yourself, and for your past as well as future reputation, that you take the advice of some judicious friend, ere you again place your name, as an accuser, before the world. ----- I had written thus far when I undertook the perusal of another of your epistles in a Liverpool paper of yesterday. In pity to your family, sir, let me reiterate the advice which concludes the last paragraph. Were I not disposed so to coun sel you, a note appended to your letter would suffice to induce, on my part, the suspension of further observations. You state that you are on the eve of quitting Liverpool for a short period. You shall find in me a generous enemy. I will not fight you behind your back. But I see no reason for withdrawing what I have written; and will take measures for insuring you the possession of a copy of it. Any reply which you may think it proper to make will not fail to receive every proper consider ation from PUBLIUS. Liverpool, 21st Dec., 1833. LIVERPOOL POLIOE.-TUESDAX. THE OUTRAGE BY SEAMEN.—Captain Atkin and the other two seamen, charged with committing a violent assault Apoh young man, named Michael Murphy, the particulars of which were detailed in our paper of Friday last, were again brought up to-day, when they applied to he admitted to bail. Mi. Par lour handed to the magistrates the certificate of a surgeon, which stated that the young roan was not out of Jagger. Sir George Drinkwaterloto the prisoners that he never recollected a more infamous and violent assault, and that he could not think o - f admitting them to hail until the surgeon stated Murphy to be completely free from danger. The prisoners were accordingly remanded. There were hut few "disorderly cases" before the magistrates to-day, and none possessed the slightest interest. SATURDAY. Tun NEWTOWN Impos : rOis.-I:'oitr idle fellows, represent ing themselves to be distressed flannel weavers from Newtown, Montgomeryshire, but who arc not in any way connected with that business, have for some months been prowling about the large towns of Lancashire, endeavouring to excite the commi seration of the public, and exact alms from the charitable, by these piteous and lying narrations. They have successfully practised their imposture in most of the nmaufacturing towns, by means of forged certificates from persons purporting to be their late employers, who, in conse q uence of the bad ness of the times, lad been compelled to discharge up wards of 600 operative flannel weavers, by which they were plunged into the deepest distress. - Intelligence of the rascally doings of these impostors at length reached the authorities of Newtown, from whence they professed to have conic, and the authorities lost no time in writing to the chief officers of police in the large towns, warning them of the im posture, and giving the names and descriptions of the impos tors. Having finished sonic of the manufacturing towns of Lancashire, two of the scoundrels arrived the other day to levy contributions on the benevolent of this town, the other two being, no doubt, campaigning elsewhere. They had not been in Liverpool, however, more than a day when our active police, who had received a communication from Wales, succeeded in apprehending them, and on Saturday they were brought be fore Sir George Driukwater. The names of the four impostors are, Evan Astley, Charles Morris, Evan Williams, and John Pugh. The two placed at the bar gave their names John Pugh and Thomas Brich, but there is every reason to suppose that the latter has given a wrong name. Mr. Parlour, the Su perintendent of Police, stated the above facts against the pri soners, and that he had received a letter from Mr. Davis, the chief officer of the Newton police, in which it was stated that the prisoners were all known in Montgomeryshire as bad characters, that their documents were forgeries, their state ments altogether false, and not one of them were connected with the trade of a flannel weaver, by which they professed to have been brought to distress. Mr. Parlour then produced the copy of a recommendation, bearing the supposed signatures of two respectable Welsh flannel manufacturers, which we give by way of cautioning the benevolent of the country against the other two impostors, who are at large; vending the same talc of woe. The following is a copy "NEWT9VSI, - MONTGU;IERYSHIRE, NORTH WALES. "To all grial Chlistians far and near, we hope you will listen to this rnournft.l tale Of woe, our trade being so much depressed at the present titlio and, in fact, it having been on the decline for some years, owing to foreign manufactures being imported to such an extent, and being so greatly overstocked with goods, has rendered it absolutely necessary to discharge upwards of 600 of our workmen. tiV e beg, therefore, to recommend their situation to a humane and generous public, being well con vinced that Britons have never yet been appealed to in vain. We have given the above to the four men named below, as being .both honest and industrious, and worthy of charitable assistance to enable fhem to get into employment. (Signed by the masters,) "JOHN Wootisr, "WILLIAM EVANS. "Names of the men :—Evan Astley, Charles Morris, Evan Williams, John Pugh." The handbill also contained the following pathetic lines, called the " Woollen Spinners and Weavers' Lamentation for the year 1833," and as they are believed to be original and nut generally known, "the annual" makers for the Yeex 1834 are at Liberty to take advantage of them : " Now, in the time of'deep diStress, We know not what to do, We know not where to wander, . Nor whither for to go. • To beg we are compelled, Or else to do something trust; To steal we are not inclined, whose and well-f e d appearance belied But iu the Laid we trust." The prisoners, their "tale of woe," having nothing to say in their def ence , were committed to the care of the gaoler for three mouths, as vagabonds, who promised to find them what they professed to have so long been seeking,—employment. Thomas Smith, George Musker, Charles Wilks, and Thomas Mate, were charged with stealing a quantity of iron, the pro perty of Messrs. Cookson, Hatton, and Co., chain cable manu facturers, in Mersey-street. it appeared from the evidence that three of the prisoners were nperatives in the employ of Messrs. Cookson and Co., and Wilks is a blacksmith in how lands-court, Oldhall-street. Messrs. Cookson and Hatton had at various times missed quantities of iron which had been given out to the men to make up into chain cables, and they at length traced the robberies to the prisoners, who were proved to have sold it to Wilks, the blacksmith. Arrowsmith, the con stable, found a quantity of iron -bars on the premises of Wilks, and found the other prisoners in the act of selling it. The case was fully made out against all the prisoners, and they were remanded. Edward Saiith and James Kirkham, two well-known thieves, were brought up on suspicion of stealing five fowls, which had been found in their possession. The fowl charge was not fully made out in consequence of the owners not being present, and they were remanded. A VROMISING YOHTH.—A boy about ten years of age, named John Owens, was charged with picking the pocket of a lady named Clark, residing in Paradise-street. It appears that Mrs. Clark was walking along Whitechapel, on Thursday last, when the prisoner, in- company with two other boys about the same age, followed her, and the prisoner succeeded in putting his hand into her pocket and extracting half-a-crown and some copper. He was _caught in the act and apprehended, -., :t-thtt' other boys made their escape. Batchelor, the bridewell-keeper, said that the prisoner had been committed no less than nine ti me s. He was committed for trial. MONDAY. An old ballad singer of wretched appearance, with long grisly grey hair, stood up " like quills upon the fretful p o r c upine, was charg e d by an officer of police with gath er i ng an audience of the people" in the streets by the exercise of his vocal powers, to which were added a begging accompani ment. Alderman Brancker told the prisoner that he could not be suffered to beg about the streets. Prisoner, (in a Cockney jargon)—yell, then, 'spose I must starve. . . Tile Alderman—You have no occasion to starve, but to ap ply to your parish. Prisoner—'Spose I have no parish. AderuLan—Where were you born ? Prisoner—'Spose, in St. Giles's, London. Alderman—Well, then, that is your parish. does'nt call that a parish, I calls it a prison, and you dusn't ketch me in it. Ald r.nan —I shall send you to the House of Correction for eight days, Pri oner—'Spose I can't help it. — Committed. A JEREMY DlDDLEu.—Archihald Wear, a cunning vaga ho:d, who gets but an indifferent livelihood by his wits, was charg d by Nits. Siuicock, a publican, with swindling her out iOs. Mrs. Simcock stated that about three months ago the pri soner cane to her house and said that he wished to leave some trunks containing property of value for seety. The property , was to be landed from the Cora, a Greenock vessel, on the at . - ternoon that he came, and being rather short of loose cash he burrowed ltk. until the trunks were forthcoming from the ship. Having secured the needful, Mr. Wear said be would go and look after the trunks, and went out. He had not been gone long before it was discovered that he had taken the liberty of hutting on Mr. •the he had on was Mr. Simcock s, and he informed that coat Simcock's great coat. He was pursued, , and had made a mistake, thinking the Complainant• own, and he gave it up. saw no his coat was more of the prisoner unSaturday apologised, last, when he entered her stating that he house e was so r r h e e d had eb t baenedn pay so longit, a b b a s t w i r a t ; thehehad io a w nd eo s i a n i e d to a acknowledgethmean time desired the loan of a few shillings. Complainant's husband was then at home, and he immediately sent the pri soner to Bridewell. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he only borrowed the 108., and with respect to putting on the land lord's coat, he was drunk at the time, and did nut know what he was about. - Sir Thomas Braneker told the complainant that he feared the case was a mere matter of debt, as there was no proof of felony, and the prisoner was discharged. Au Italian seaman charged a young woman named Ellis with robbing him of 1:2 Ids. and a quantity of wearing apparel. The complainant could not speak English, consequently he could not detail his charge. and the prisoner was remanded until this day. REASONS FOR BEATING A `WYE.--Why did you beat your wife in this way ? said the Alderman, to a little drunken tailor named Williams, who was charged with that offence. My raisons for it, may it plaise you, were, that. I II int up to her wid all the intintions of kindness in the world, and she said to me, Get away you dirty scamp and thieving rascal, says she, by raison of which the neighbours bad a license to say the same, whereby I indulged myself by quilting her a little, and for no other raison. The - watchman who too-k•the prisoner into custody said that he was iu the habit of indulging hadstif by beating his wife, and he was consequently held to bail. A LACY BA RRYMORE.—A disorderly female, named Anne Hall, whose expefence i n a c ourt of justice a n d a gaol is not inferior to that of the late Lady Barry more, was brought up for the 9ilth time, charged with being drunk and disorderly. Hose ysr honours gentlemen, said the prisoner, I am very sorry, and as I only came out of gaol yesterday, I hope you'll look over this matter, especially as Christmas-day is so near, and as I have not spent my Chri s t mas day ou t o f prison f or some years. The Aldorman.—Why thi s i s the Will time you h ave b een h ere . Prisoner.—Yes, yes hon our , but I'llnever come an y more . Th e Alderman.—Weil, as you have not had a holiday on a Christmas day for some years, I'll give you an opportunity this time, by your promisong never to come here again. The prisoner gave • the required assurance, and was discharged. Housc STE!. sEns.--Three lads were charged with p u lli ng down- the interior of an un i n h a bited house in thick -str ee t. It appeared from the evidence of the owner of the house, that the prisoners and a number of other boys, amounting in number to 40 or 50, were in the habit of breaking osen uninhabited houses in the night time, and stealing everything they could pull down. In this instance they had tore up the flowing, and made a fire of the staircase! The house had been put in re pair about a month ago, but the following day it was broken open, and now it was worse than ever. The three prisoners were found in the house on Saturday night, and had been brought up before for a similar offence. The prisoners were committed as vagrants. John Thoruson was charged with stealing two bars of iron. A watchman stated that he saw the prisoner in Cable-street, on Saturday last, carrying two bars of iron, and on questioning him he could not give an account of where he received them. The prisoner now said that he was employed to carry the iron for somebody; as to stealing it he could not think of doing such a thing, as lie despised such work. Unfortunately for the.pri soner, he appeared to be an old acquaintance of the police, having been before in custody on suspicion of breaking into a house. He was remanded until to-day, in order to find owners for the iron. BASE COlN.—John Harrison war- charged by Roberts, the officer, with being in possession of a quantity of counterfeit coin. The officer stated that on Saturday night last, a little before eight o'clock, he saw the prisoner on the Queen's Dock Quay, Who appeared to be rubbing something with his hands. Suspecting that he was a *masher, witness asked what he had got there, and the prisoner said, "What's that to you." NV it.. ness then laid hold of the prisoner's hand, and after a violent struggle succeeded in opening it, and a paper fell out of his hands, which proved to contain five counterfeit shilliugs, and six shillings and sixpence in good money. He took hiin to bride •well. Mr. Parlour said that all the bad money appeared to be from one die. The prisoner in his defence denied that he knew it was bad. He was committed for trial.