The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-09 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. ,spreeond Week of Mr. and Mrs. KEELEY. Atlbt7,t TUESDAY, July 9, 1839, will be performed pera, in three acts, called Ntala,iieno. MASANIELLO. 4 , Nu Ph'. (first time here). Mr. , Barker. 'lra., , .. -", 521150.. • .Mr. G. Horncast c o , trithi leisneluirra.nt. M In i k. i . , . r . Miss Barratt. tlladazel\he tined el '. , for the first• inne'l rs. , a a n e ew . Drama, as Per greatest succeslse,relast season, e,tris's Theatre, called Syltax., DOCTOR DILWORTH. in London. ii(his original character).... Mr, Keeley. i l 01,,,Z0r Dilworth.... Mr. Baker. bit wurt l In- • • ........ Mr. G. Ilonicastle. Grant. To c i u• •• • Mrs. Clarke. Z0e.... Miss nelu with the favourite Drama called THE t LOA.N OF LOVER. 3 %! e r SPYIc, A " . 44 AnierstOrt : • . ............ mrivKerjey• Howard. 1,..4,., p.., traestine .... it.t .. .. .. Mr. ,•;-,,, rud e ••"• • • • ~ ..Liss Cleaver. Mrs. Keeley. R"httOW-itt " .......... • . ki:qra v uAy • 7ednesday), the petite Comedy mer. s, x,' IStr So y), Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. So THE iltlti*LheY,,..--After which, the new Drama a —To lin''ill h e ''''-c.VIL. Pierre Pica, Mr. Keele3r.,,s ,o . T added, the new Farce of THE QUEr"' Keeley. ItiNllet tl d °lll Tubbs, Mr. Keeley ; Mary, Mrs. NICHOLAS ALttye with the popular Drama of Spike (the Orphan), Mrs. Keeley. TO CORRESPONDENTS. t ical f • iot •riends -----• littlepatience. We ;, liti tak e roo _ (must exercise a communications at once. 'l,:t nb i k e - . __ul 1 .r all.t.heir.. mstances de •, el th e ruine inqiries into the emu \rtit,letter on " "Sunday Shaving," before we can e Zihnixot ..., `,:stailbal:7l. sos 4 V. MORNING, JULY 9, 1 3:39 * •it ' . o , qte t e ec ho back Cobbett's heartfelt ejaculation; Pkod is Ltio a,; that we have a House of Lords I." and t : i(ke-°n has our thankfulness for the blessing i•t.ki When dater, the expression of it more sincere than ofP to ht kn ow know the result of the division last ti ,,a1it,. 0311 lion the motion made by the Archbishop c. li et r Y• In overwhelming majority of ONE il l 4 4 , 114 ELEVEN of the Peers of England sha°le contrast to the " chance-medley, hap er, Ilro l „ } c i lfil ls of d ust, which, to use the words of iittl ' fro' L a in, hav e a l one prevented the Ministerial 1, 4 ; 4 It i s 'ijelcing the b eam. There is no mistaking "4 ''.d not a m atter of tw os or t h rees — o f s h utt i ng c e ' and tricking members into temporary is : , 4 kkb 8 barely to secure the preponderance of a ; 1 a tthe •• ' 4 aisi . voice of the country has spoken out in Wy att, Inte l: . 4144 L,lgible language from the Upper House •,Tlii a ll ,_,' and the crest-fallen Ministers must take A N , 'qure ss to be presented by the whole House, te , ,,, , In g, in l' k !1 t t o of a Treasury Committee. The 01 64 °° trite now for discussion. Arguments ) il q th e p rne etled to shew up the iniquity and dan- Ooth f ° Pish and infidel scheme for trepanning , ft 111 otiotiheea 40 Population. 'We rejoice that our efforts fthis % t 1 Projeotneeasingly directed to the attack o . b• kill ' and we have a right to triumph in its „I ng di s and to , 'cornfiture. We alluded in a former ~''ltti t , `attain sinister rumours being afloat with ‘: " t he h li t os by Lin of conduct to be pursued onthis 1 1' some of the great Conservative leaders. kis, t hss e ~."e P eet , are d emonstrated to have been false, 4 t ill 'io teii . B nave responded to the call made to them i trYis intelligent and educated masses of their felloss - It. e n, and P. l ( 'lall s 0 nobly have they done their duty. lte Ivll. llll we to feel grateful to the venerable . •,to tis t: a s taken so prominent a part in this ii fitt ed part Part for which his eminent abi I nger „ -(` 'lin), but which his mild and retiring '•11 ( 1, ''ould l ia . , • decline. From the of the xe led him to ,e . ro ost Church this stand, made in defence of pre c e„ f. , - .vied --us interests, demands the heartiest . '1:1.4, ant erit • We have firm and uncompromising . li t 4 Wer e who will talk of flinching in the struggle ? ee ther e more Bishops of Norwich on the 'nay, even had the whole Episcopacy 0f trait *siv e ors to the cause of Truth,—our duty acted tt Leb.. u. - 01 1 ; i e d rn ained the same •. but how dark and I+ hll t ,.. , hire been the issue of the conflict Ai t h o • n u what it now is, when such men as the Lle % D . ° , f Canterbury and the Bishop of London e i t Z a. , n t i n c. eir armour, and stand foremost •, P V 4 at s peeches of the latter Right Reverend are' jtt4the great andmeeting held lately at Willis's N t Nlly " l'riday night in the House of Lords, test, linnnewerable, and we recommend them ' 44 1 0, -41 Y t.rli -.e r„,,, to all mho are really anxious to under :Als f`.`.t nature of the present controversy. The , ill tl , ( ' Lord Brougham —unmatched , 01 - A - L o ugeam—unmatched though he t,' es 114 o fthis ; Y _ v . , substitute for argument—falls 1 1; 114 a el'or`eBa u pon such an o pp onen t. He bites h ate ki a of te Wh en he attempts to be jocose, and, for , 6 '''ell t Laugh, disto r t s i nto a l u di crous s h ape ''le whi ch i lt of th ihe cannot answer. The calm, good cite ainuntrewill between him and his Ato ts,'at ~ t it's Matter. i ll t ' o ° 4 ll , 4 e will be taken by the Melbourne Cabi- Z t et is , l n ie nce of this strongly-marked vote of ti t4 N t o a e ' 4 ° ;lot pretend to divine. We have i lon b g t t Of kr:l)l.Y ordinary rules of conduct to the sia ti l ea tili t , altr ies• The weights and scales in which , Lea k h'i other f4' t .1 P O Governments are become utterly policy we k %to% honourable dealing and manly ' ° oi l ad to t h 4 q e can accept cunning, trickery, and fraud. l Oli o , ilaf elY reckon on the desperate deeds o th;tlittg tare lost to the sense of shame. That . they 11,1)4o Ilea ce While a single plank of their rotten It ha. il k .. , Ra t p . Port the waters, is demonstrably certain. t tr 'nt pi , articular device they have in store for their V4 e !.' thevediearnent, we know not,—neither do we 4 1 4 i los/ gr e o a n . not fall, lower than the depths in which t lios oo \ L I ; they cannot well be . the objects of tt;_ il q th. 4 contempt than that which now po:nts . qt `in th e f 4. (I f a host finger of scorn. They are in the clef, 0, 1 , 1 tlish, ,c.iat enviable dilemma. If they recommend, 11: 11 : in (2 7 , 11 1. prul.e_n duty, her Majesty to rescind the titstitio.4eitlite2e,,,iri.,siialt,eor, at all events, .to enable both upon such a question as theEdu tee p , 11, 1 ;.aloe t h„ eopie, then will open upon them the . e t . l . , u a r o e(1411):(741, eLlinstoniurai 'Z . -headed Hydra of democratic whi ne , .C 2 against the . breach of the l ' Tl, ''' nas reinstated them in office : eo e , ' S ‘tlr r Yelling monsters that with ceaseless cry Oaad 1, All a h o “em as thou saw'st, hourly conceiv'd 1 :,, 0 th e rl Y born with sorrow infinite that bpi' for, When they list, into the womb 'l ieir b e o d them they return and howl and gnaw o r . Afr esh eels thus repast ; then bursting forth . _ . 4 4 , 0 0 ~e "Ith conscious terrors vex them round ." g ri ",-: 11 °titer hand, he ti: t g rarl i ce the Ilrone to o ttiey persist in their attempt, i ti tlool4,tro of the reject the constitutional r . e- P eers, then they openly proclaim of Ile ci, orti Its doctrine that a chance majority of two killtile house 4l°ll ' is to overhear and nullify the voice , t• tk li - 'rein e . it 13 ' Lords, and they must be prepared . tit:, and theutsolZeoeglaartee,and vote that House a nul ls, th e ()Ide,;t . for all purposes of legisla e 414 of ',' 'lnd at the present moment the most atlete the three ofthe realm.. Well, opt -see s ti . ce Estates of it , ,th e difficulty is of your own seeking : get " YOU best can. the-. area 4 1.- 4j o u 1 :Y waste 4 t41. Winch re 1 Of figures and mystification of U. - ive of to ii nt tiers the Budget one of the most tski t it, r end er , I ,s, a feature has this time appeared of the li o : .. l ... ley eer of the statement of the Chancellor ,i s tve allude tore than' ordinar , interest to the 1 111)- 11" him in fa -144 of t h e t tile declaration made by k tbao l vith 401:11('-h talked of Penny -postage . scheme.. ee li t , ti ,ace m il , (1 a grace does Ali-. Superficial Rice rte 11, thatt he wishes to be considered as a boon. l tts llr , ea iest a „, wit h a state of revenue such that he le i ' he i,, ,_ r. "er a vote of credit for one million ster tli °lv n si t ') P are d to recommend a scheme which, on e i ti , °Win g we , , N I ° rne of G ' Lu. recommend off £400,000 a-year from ni i nch c °venal/lent. Now we confess that our kits ef a 'ions are , ktlY on e ` Nis. I to N ' c ry much in favour of the argu- II , t 'viand Hill We dislike, as much as ~ 4 t ° Pann • NV 'nay he doe for an article than is necessary. '4 04 — rippi,„ ught too dear ; and before we con ho ~, braileh,a Government by curtailing its revenue k k 'atle Roo , we like to know how the deficiency is to n 4 hik. ` I • It • ` (1 , 3 Pelie e whilesl worse than humbug to offer a 110 Pesch of Y° l l are picking his pocket. In Pr ov th e e ,_ 'tkl, 'Non , i , Chancellor of the Exchequer we find o,ite. , will f olio, ` I ) te4 us • atev e made for the deficit which, he cit t‘ ,„ Pl'h at he de- Yet ttil ' i are fully Peps right in his assumption of a ans of . e, has prop .oaded, for we have seen no logic 11.° Po s tila Pos t ... A -ed to our satisfaction that the reve iith,ed redtletrice will not materially suffer by the tit ,;'e thso I°ll in the conveyance of letters. L o e 144 ' Iva) th e duty of a Minister of. Finance to s, c„,., --- • ' 4l43, cms how Joe thought the eta cult)? could be met, and either sketch out some plan for ' supplying the loss or abandon the scheme which. en sured the loss and gave no equivalent. Not so thought or thinks Mr. Spring Rice. He acts in admirable con s;stency with the conduct of his colleagues on the Ca nadian question. Some piece of paulo-post-futurum legislation is to correct the certain evil. What it is he does not hint at, and for the best of all possible rea sons, because he does not know. The House of Com mons is to pledge itself, (if there is a dissolution what becomes of the pledge ?) at some future day, to impose some tax to meet some deficiency. Nothing can be worse than such blindfold policy as this. The head of our financial minister is too weak to devise any plan of its own, and therefore trusts to the chapter of acci dents that by and by some member of the House will be kind enough to suggest some remedy which the House collectively has pledged itself beforehand to adopt. In these times it is peculiarly necessary to look before we leap. We suspect that in another year the House of Lords will not be so ready as hitherto to pass a prospective bill for the appropriation of the Supplies. And before the House of Commons pledges itself by a resolution to eke out the plans of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in order that he may secure a fleeting popularity by a penny postage bill, it ought to have some clue to the means by which he proposes to make this compatible with the payment of all demands upon Government. The property of the Church has been significantly pointed out, during late years, as applica ble to secular purposes, and the Radicals would rejoice to sacrifice this that maid-servants and costennongers may correspond more frequently than formerly. There may be some idea of introducing the word Clergy reserves into this country in a sense different from that in which it is used in Canada. We confess that we have our suspicions, and are very unwilling to trust Mr. Spring Rice as a Minister in anything. Before, therefore, the resolution is adopted, we earnestly hope that this eminent financier will be compelled to point out the source from which he expects to derive the money which he anticipates, and, we feel well assured, must, from some quarter or other, be obtained. The last two divisions in the House of Lords have spread the utmost consternation through the Whig- Radical ranks. From the Morning Chronicle to the Liverpool Albion we find all the organs of the disap pointed faction growling in discontent and despair. We are by no means sorry to find our radical contem poraries once more flounlering in the slough of de spondency. We had much rather see the " sorry curs" show their teeth than fawn upon the House of Lords. Nothing can more effectually subserve the interests of the conservative party than the blustering denuncia tions of their thwarted opponents. We are, therefore, delighted beyond measure that the House of Lords has taken a stand which has caused the radical press to give tongue." The more we are let into the secrets of radical tactics the more effectually are we enabled to guard against them. It is on this account that we were heartily rejoiced to find the Albion of yesterday "speaking out" so very unequivocally. The Albion must be taken as the leading organ of the Liverpool liberals. Its language must be construed as their lan guage—its sentiments and opinions must be considered as identical with theirs. We owe no apology to our venerable contemporary, the Mercury, for thus desig nating the Albion as the organ, par excellence, of the liberals of this town. It is well known that the Mer cury has long ceased to exercise any control over pub lic opinion. While the Mercury drivels in its dotage, the Albion delivers, ex cathedra, the matured and deli berate sentiments of the party to which it is attached. Considering the Albion, therefore, in the light of the leading organ of liberalism in this town, we feel some pleasure in referring to its articles whenever it enters upon a clear and honest exposition of its political creed. One of such articles graced its columns yes terday, in which it is plainly and distinctly avowed that we have the proof before us that "an unreformed House of Lords and a reformed House of Commons can never work together in unison." Of course, the object of this remark is to show the necessity for some alteration in the constitution of the House of Lords. We thank the Albion for so plainly indicating the wishes of the liberals on this subject. But let ',As see whether the terms in the proposition will not admit of a material alteration. Have we really and in truth any thing like a reformed House of_Commonsin the, sense that the Albion implies ? The Albion must, of course, use the word " reformed" in a comparative sense, as distinguishing the present House of Commons from the House of Commons as it existed prior to the pass ing of the Reform Act. Is the House of Commons less corrupt now than it was under the old regime ? Is it less the arena of factious political strife ? Is it less influenced than formerly. by personal and party motives ? Is it more correctly and strictly a popular assembly than it used to be ? Does it faithfully repreSent the public opinion of the peo ple of England ? Are its proceedings character ised by greater honesty and integrity than in times of yore ? We defy the Albion to answer these ques- For ourselves we have no hesitation what ver in furnishing a reply. We unhesitatingly proclaim _he " measuring cast majority" in the present House of Commons to be more corrupt than any House ever returned under the old system. The very paction by which the ruling power in the House of Commons has been bound together is a fraud from beginning to end. Never were trickery, tergiversation, and " enormous lying" more rife in the House of Commons than they are at the 'present moment. Never were the people of England treated with such contempt and contumely than they have been by the tyrannical majority in the " reformed" House of Commons. Never were their petitions treated with such scorn and derision as they now - are by the self-styled liberal purists in Parliament. The truth is that the " reformed" House of Commons has become a monstrous and intolerable nuisance. The people of England have at length found out that it is perfectly useless to seek for justice at the hands of the majority in the Home . of Commons, and they very naturally cast all their hopes upon the House of Lords. It is a fact that the House of Lords affords a fairer representation of the feelings and opinions of the peo ple of England than does the " reformed" House of Commons. If any proof is wanted in support of this assertion we refer the Albion to the overwhelming loads of petitions which have been sent to Parliament in op position to the government scheme of national educa tion. By which House have these petitions been treated with the greatest degree of respect ? By the House of Lords undoubtedly. We are, therefore, justified in giving expression to the wish that the House of Lords may continue to work in diametrical opposition to the so-called " reformed House of Commons," as long as the latter shall he guilty of so grossly misrepresenting the people of England. The Albion pursues its strain of virulent abuse of the House of Lords in the following terms.—" All legislation is in abeyance in this country. Things are absolutely and literally brought to a dead look. And why ? Because the Lords will have it so." Did it not occur to the sapient editor of the Albion that the allusion to the stop put to legislation conveys a most unfortunate censure upon the ministry of the day and their motely adherents ? Has it not been made a matter of re peated complaint in the House of Lords that "legislation is in abeyance"—that no measures of importance are sent up from the House of Commons until the sessions are so far advanced that it would be utterly impossible to do them justice ? Is it not equally true that the people of England have protested against almost every important measure emanating frotn the majority of the House of Commons, as unconstitutional in its character ? Can it, therefore, be expected that the House of Lords should pass such measures without examination, and in defiance of the popular feeling ? We defy the Albion to mention a single measure re jected or modified by the House of Lords, that was not so rejected or modified in concurrence with the wishes, and in conformity with the opinions, of an overwhelming majority of the people of England. It is the House or, Commons—that is, the servile herd composing the actual majority in that House—that has been " uncourteous and insulting" towards the people. The Liberals in the House of Commons have " provoked the struggle" which is to decide whether a Popish faction, or two Houses of Legisla ture, exercising co-ordinate authority; shall rule over the people of England. There cannot he any longer the slightest doubt as to which side the Albion and its Liberal allies will take in this struggle. Of course they will espouse the cause of the Popish faction — they will fight against, tile constitution—tlaty will seek to abolish the House of Lords—they will seek to do away with the sole remaining protection which is left to the people of England in the enjoyment of their civil and religious privileges—they will assert the su premacy of the base " oligarchy who are now seeking to ride roughshod" over the people. We are con tented to take our stand on the "popular principle," as recognised and responded to by the House of Lords. The "popular principle" is essentially Protestant and Conservative in its character. This principle holds Popery in abhorrence—protests against the suspension or abrogation of constitutional rights and privileges— and repudiates the idea of making the people of Eng land a nation of infidels. The " popular principle" does not court an alliance with treasonable men, or abet treasonable measures : it does not delight in lead ing the infidel to the foot of the throne, or seek to surround the table of a maiden Queen with hoary debauchees. When the Albion asserts that " the Tories have boldly stood forth to turn back the tide of education," it is guilty of uttering a deliberate and unqualified falsehood. It is needless to refer to statistical details to disprove so recklessly false an assertion. It is a fact too notorious to require any comment, that the Tories have done more ten times over than the Whigs, Radicals, and Liberals, in promoting the cause of po pular education. The truth is, that they have done too much in this way to please our Liberal philosophers. The institutions for eleemosynary instruction which are now swarming in this kingdom are too much the nurseries for Conservatism to please the infidels and the Papists of the day : and they are too much the nurse ries for Churchmen to please the political Dissenteis. These are the reasons for the clamour which has bees raised against the clergy. The 6 ories (as the Albion is. pleased to call the friends of the Church) are not desiroUs of turning back the tide of education; they only wish to direct it into proper channels—to render it the means of irrigating and fructifying the moral wilderness. This is one reason why they have been so lavishly abused. But there is another and still stronger reason for the calumnies heaped upon the heads of the Tories. It is true that they have endea voured to stop the tide of Popery which threatens to overthrow our religious liberties. It is true that they have hitherto laboured hard and successfully to stem the torrent of revolutionary violence which threatens to sweep away all that is valuable in our civil institutions. While thus struggling manfully and triumphantly in defence of the right, and in opposition to what is wrong, we wish the Tories, be they Lords or Commoners, Laymen or Clergymen, a continuance of that success which has hitherto, under the blessing of Providence, so signally crowned their efforts. The conduct of the majority in the Town Council of Liverpool, in reference to the question which came be fore them yesterday, appears to us inexplicable on any other hypothesis than the supposition that they care not one farthing for the mercantile interests of the town. Of what earthly use is the Town Council unless it is to defend those interests ? We should lik e to know how many of the gentlemen who showed their spite yesterday to the owners of bonded warehouses pledged themselves, before they were elected, to defend the local interests of the borough. We should like to ask those gentlemen whether they think that such pledges will be soon forgotten, and whether they fancy that their conduct in breaking such pledges will not be remembered, when they again, (if they dare do so,) appeal to their constituents ? On looking over the report of yesterday's proceed ings in the council chamber, we can scarcely say that we feel any regret at the course pursued by the liberal majority. A few short months will bring us to Novem ber, when there will be another opportunity given for re lieving sundry of the liberals in the Town Council from the burden of their official duties; We are not sorry that these worthies have oncc more ventured to provoke the warehouse owners by their paltry conduct. It will tell against the liberals when the day of reckon ing comes. It is an amusing feature in the division of yesterday, that nine of the sixteen alderman voted for the amendment, while only thirteen out of the forty eight members chosen by the electors of the different wards recorded their votes in its favour. There can be no chance for obtaining a fair representation of )üblic opinion in the Council-room until one half, at Least, of the aldermen are Conservatives. That the aldermen are exclusively liberal is the fault of the Conservatives themselves, who have long since had it in their power to oust the liberals. We doubt not, after what has transpired, the Conservatives will use their power. ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF " THE MODERN' DRUIDS.' —Yesterday, the members of the Lodge No. 98, of Modern Druids, to the number of upwards of forty, sat down to an excellent dinner at the house of Mr. Lucas, Mersey-street, in celebration of the anniversary of their society. Mr. Edward Roberts ably presided on the occasion, and Mr. Robert Hatton was equally efficient as vice. The dinner consisted of substantial ♦inds, and not a few of the delica cies of the season, and was excellently served in the lodge room of the society. On the removal of the cloth, toasts, sentiments, songs, and addresses became the order of the day, and all was good fellowship and conviviality. Amongst the toasts were " Her most gracious Majesty the Queen," " The Town and Trade of Liverpool," " The absent bre thren of the Grand Lodge of Druids, No. 98," " The Lan cashire Witches," " Health and prosperity to our noble Order." " The friends of the order, the host and hostess of Lodge 98," &c. &c. The sentiments were numerous and ap propriate, and the speeches neat and humourous. We learn that there arc about 140 lodges of the same order in England (three of which are in this town), averaging from 70 to 83 members each. Their funds are appropriated to the liberal support of members during sickness, and funeral expenses. After passing a delightful evening, in the most convivial and humourous manner, the company separated, highly pleased with the entertainments of the day. THE LATE RIOTS IN NEW BIRD-STREET. — On Friday last a special petty sessions was held at the Court-house, in the House of Correction at Kirkdale, before Thos. Rawson, Esq. and other magistrates, for the purpose of hearing and deciding upon the claims made by parties suffering from damage done during the riots and disturbances which took place in this town on the 30th and 31st May last, immedi ately after the public procession of the ship-carpenters. — Mr. Crooke and Messrs. J. & E. Norris, solicitors, appeared on behalf of the many applicants. Much time was at first occupied in discussing the powers invested in the magis trates to interfere in such cases. Mr. Ambrose Lace, on behalf of the hundred of West Derby, contended that they had no such jurisdiction—that it more properly came within the borough of Liverpool. This objection was, however, overruled, the magistrates being of a different opinion;— hence the court proceeded with the first case, that of John Williams, a publican, in New Bird-street. He stated that a party of ruffians attacked his house on the evening of the 30th May ; that they demolished the windows, and after wards broke several jugs and glasses, besides other wilful damage, altogether to the amount of £2 10s. or upwards ; that he repeatedly warned the party to desist, but without avail ; that he could not particularize the persons engaged in the destruction ; that they went from his house to other houses in the same street, and had entirely escaped before tile arrival of the police.—At this juncture another consulta tion was held as to the interpretation of the act of parliament before them, wherein it was argued, that as no particular animosity or malice was shown towards this man's house or property, but that the rioters went indiscriminately from house to house, and as such rioters had dispersed without the assistance of the police, they were of opinion that the claim for compensation could not be maintained.—This de cision seemed to give much dissatisfaction among the parties assembled, many of whom seemed to be in such circum stances as not to be able to bear their respective losses. Se veral other cases were abandoned in consequence of this re- SOIL MINERS' SAFETY-LAMP.—We beg to direct the attention of our readers to an advertisement in another column, announ cing a very important discovery, under this name, which of the highest importance to all engaged in mining pursuits, and which the inventor offers to dispose of. PENNY POSTAGE.—An advertisement in another column announces a public meeting of the Inhabitants of this Town, convened by the Mayor, to petition parliament on this much agitated question. . SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING.—The Borough Magistrates, at a meeting held on Thursday last, came to an unanimous resolution to prevent all gambling within their jurisdiction, during the ensuing race week. A copy of the resolution was ordered to be communicated to the County Magistrates, who will be requested to co-operate with the Borough Magis trates in suppressing gambling. THE DOG P R OCLAMATION.—CAUTION.—We have heard many observations on the subject of the do proclamation. It has been very generally noticed, that, since the Mayor has commanded all dogs to be confined, the streets have been as much infested with them as ever. However, it would appear, that the crusade has commenced. On Saturday no less than one hundred dogs were put on their trial before Mr. Rushton. Where the owners had been found, they had been summoned : all others were to be condemned to suffer death on the gallows. Police-officer 253 stated, that he had picked up a white bull-dog at large in the street. He had made diligent inquiry, during three days, for the owner, but had been unable to find him. Sentence of death was passed upon the animal. AnOther officer, in plain clothes, said, he had found a brown and white bitch: It did not appear that he had made diligent inquiry during three days, and he was ordered to do so. On looking over the summonses, it was found from their dates, that in all the other cases, the necessary inquiry could not have been made. The cases were, therefore, postponed. In the mean time, how are the imprisoned dogs taken care of? It is to be hoped they are fed and supplied with water. It appears to us, that, if so, many dogs are all crowded together in one place, there is more danger of hydrophobia being genertted and dissemi nated than there could possibly be if they were at larege. —Albion. TILE LATE LADY FLORA llAsrmNGs.—The utmost ob servance of respect is paid by her Majesty, as also the in ferior inmates of the palace, to the remains of Lady Flora Hastings. ImmEaliately after her Majesty had risen on Fri day morning, she inquired in the most earnest manner after the situation of Lady Flora, and when the melancholy tidings of her death was announced, i her Majesty's emotion at the lamentable event was intense. Though her Majesty is in the constant habit of going to the Opera House, especi ally on Saturday evenings, she declined, and did not even taw bec I=4 auirg.—Jbaki.wread Suoeckj ?van TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. INLAND BONDED WAREHOUSES. A special meeting of the Town Council took place yester day, to consider the resolutions of the Association of Land and Warehouse Owners transmitted to the Mayor, previous to the last meeting communicating the announced intention of the Right Hon. C. P. Thomson, to bring in a bill for the extension of the privilege of bonding to in'and towns,—with a view to determine upon the expediency or otherwise of re presenting to government the great amount of property vested in warehouses' in Liverpool, on the faith of the privilege of bonding, hitherto granted exclusively, to sea port towns, and of requesting them, (should the Council so determine) to take into their consideration, before legislating on the subject, whether the advantages which the proposed measure was likely to confer in inland towns, would not be overbalanced by the injury that would be inflicted on the owners of bonded warehouses at the sea-ports. The MAYOR briefly stated the object of the meeting, add ing that the subject had stood over from Wednesday last, in order that the required notice might be given. He called upon the Town Clerk to read the letter he (the Mayor) had received from Land and Warehouse Owners, with the en closed resolutions. The TOWN CLERK then read the documents alluded to, — as follows : " At a meeting of the Committee of the Association of Land and Warehouse Owners, Liverpool, 24th June, 1839, summoned to consider a communication from Lord Sandon, as to the declared intention of Mr. Poulett Thomson to in troduce immediately, his proposed act for extending the pri vilege of bonding to inland towns. Present, W. P. Bushby, Esq., Chairman, &c., &c., &c., The following letter from Lord Sandon, being read : " H. of C., June 21, 1839. " MY DEAR SIR,—I write for the purpose of giving you the earliest information on a subject which interests all pro prietors of warehouses in Liverpool, viz., that in answer to a question from me this evening, Mr. P. Thomson has an nounced his intention to bring in a bill for the extension of the privilege of bonding to inland towns.—l am, dear sir, your faithful servant, "SANDON " ` W. Birkett, Esq.' " It was resolved, that this Association do take all the means in their power for defeating the proposition in ques tion, which they consider unjust, unnecessary, and inexpe dient, and, as originating only in undue favouritism towards certain local interests ; and that a deputation be appointed to act in conjunction with the Town Council of Liverpool, and with similar deputations which it is anticipated will be ap pointed from the other great Sea Ports, and that, for this purpose, copies of this resolution be sent to the Chairman ofthe East, and West India, St. Katherine's and London Docks, to the Dock Companies of Hull, and Southampton, and to the Chambers of Commerce at Leith, Glasgow, Hull, White haven, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Bristol, and Gloucester, with an urgent request for the co-poeration of those respective bodies ; and that Mr. Bushby,. and 11r. W. Birkett, be the deputation from this Association. Resolved also, that the best thanks of the Association be presented to Lord Sandon, for his very prompt attention to this important subject, and his obliging communication. " Liverpool, 24th June, 1839. " SIR,—I am directed to transmit you the annexed copy of the Resolutions at a Meeting this day, of the Liverpool Association of Land and Warehouse Owners, and earnestly to request, in furtherance of their objects, the concurrence and assistance of the Corporation of Liverpool.-1 am, sir, respectfully, your very obedient servant, " JOHN NORTH, Secretary." The TOWN-CLERIC said he had to report to the Council, that he had since received a copy of Mr. Poulett Thompson's Bill, and had made an abstract of its principal clauses for their information, as follows : " The town-clerk haq to report that on Friday last, he received a print of the bill for the warehousing of foreign goods at inland towns. " That the bill is limited to the re-warehousing at the inland towns, of goods removed from ports ; and, coupling the enacting part of the bill with the preamble, it appears to be the intention of the bill to limit the removal to goods which shall been once warehoused at a port ; but this might be more expressly declared in the enacting part of the bill. " Corn, grain, meal, and flour are excepted from the bill. " The bill enacts :- 1. " That all goods to be taken from the warehouse in any port to be lodged in the warehou e, at any town, shall be under the regulations provided in respect of goods removed from one warehousing port to another warehousing port. 2. " That no goods delivered from . the warehouse at any port, to be re-warehoused in any town, shall afterwards be exported, unless the full duties of customs be paid thereon; and 3. " That no abatement of duty on the quantity of goods delivered from the warehouse at any port, to be warehoused at any town, shall afterwards be made in respect of any defi ciency of such quantity, whether arising from lapse of time, from natural waste, or from any accidental or other cause." Mr. JOHN HOLMES then rose to move the resolution of which he had given notice. When he considered the great quantity of goods bonded at this port, and the large amount of capital sunk in warehouses, on the faith of the privilege so long enjoyed, he was of .opinion that no sound objection could be raised to his proposition. He moved as follows : " Upon taking into consideration a resolution of the com mittee of the association of land and ware-house owners, transmitted to the Mayor, communicating the announced in tention of the Right Honorable C. Poulet Thomson, to bring in a bill for the extension of the privilege of bonding to inland towns ; Resolved—That the subject be referred to the finance committee, with instructions to represent to her Majesty's Government the great amount of property invested in bonded warehouses in Liverpool, and to signify their hope that Go vernment will take into serious consideration whether the extension of the bonding system to inland towns would be a measure attended with such material advantage to those pla ces, as would bear any comparison with the injury which it is alleged by the association of Land and warehouse owners in Liverpool, would be inflicted on the proprietors of bonded warehouses in sea port towns." - - Mr. Alderman EARLE said he concurred in the resolution and therefore seconded it. The MAYOR read the resolution from the Chair, and Mr. T. BOLTON said he thought the Council had alreadl done too much as regarded the bill in question. Liverpool in common with other commercial seaports, not only enjoyed the privilege of bonding here, but would be allowed to remove bonded goods (as we understood him) to the inland towns, to which it proposed to extend the privilege of bonding to a certain extent. This was not the only town similarly circumstanced; for there were the several ports on the Clyde, the Tweed, the Severn, &c. True it was, that a large amount of property had been embarked in ware houses, and that many of them were built on laud be longing to the Corporation. But he did not see why they should, on that account, prevent other towns from enjoying the more restricted privilege contemplated by Mr Thomson's measure. The conditions laid down, as regarded those towns, were extremely hard, several bulky articles being excluded, Corn, and cotton, for instance, must first be duty paid. He thought the council wer3 premature in expressing their opinion upon the bill, and by endeavouring to defeat it, they would justly throw themselves open to a charge of great self ishness. He noticed several other disadvantages in the pro posed bill to the people of the inland towns, as compared with the privileges enjoyed under the bonded system at the sea-port. The allowance for leakage, or waste in spirits, and wines, for instance, would not be granted in Manchester. He considered that it was their interest to look to the general commercial prosperity of the community, regardless of mere individual advantages. He did not, however, anticipate those evils from the proposed measure, which some parties appre hended, and should conclude by moving as an amendment, " That it is unjust in principle to interfere with the exten sion of the bonded system to inland towns." Mr. W. RATHBONE seconded the amendment, but we could not distinctly hear his observations. We understood him to say, that it was most extraordinary to find gentlemen going back to such antideluvian notions of exclusion, as had been expressed by the supporters of the motion. If the council took any part in the question at all, they ought to be the advocates, not the opposers of free trade. These gentle men reminded him of some parties who had called in the late Mr. Huskisson to obtain his interest in their behalf. They all professsed to concur with Mr. Huskisson, that trade should be untrammelled ; but would not this address be ask ing for a little exclusive protection for themselves ? (Hear.) Mr. W. W. CURRIE said, that on the last occasion when the subject was before the council, he had expressed his opinion upon it, and he now again would offer a few obser vations. He stated then as he stated now, that he was nei ther the opponent nor the supporter of Mr. Poulett Thomp son's measure. tle did appear as a warehouse owner ; he had no individual interests to serve. He spoke merely as a member of the council. He would have been satisfied that they should take no notice of the measure, if no application had been made to them by the warehouse owners. But they were placed in such a position, that he thought they could not as a public body, which was looked up to, be indifferent to or regardless of the interests of a large number of indivi duals who had applied to them ; and on the other hand he was averse to any steps that might render them amenable to a charge of selfishness. The resolution before them, would, however, he thought, meet the difficulty without throwing them upon either extreme. It expressed no determined opinion on the part of the council. It merely went to call upon gentlemen not to proceed with the bill until they had satisfied themselves that the benefits to be derived from it would be greater than the injuries 'hick " it was alleged by the warehouse owners," would arise to their property. All Mr. Bolton s argument went against the warehouse owners : and it was certainly going too far to say, (as had elsewhere, as we understood him, been said) that it was pur posed even to send a deputation to London in their behalf. For his own part he never had entertained such a thought, nor would he sanction the expenditure of a single farthing for that purpose. All that was desired was to impress upon government that they should first be satisfied that the advan tages of the proposed measure should be at least as great as to counterbalance the disadvantages alleged on the part of the warehouse owners. Mr. E. HARVEY said that it appeared to him that Mr. Currie, (if he understood `him rightly) said the council would do nothing, or that they should tell the gentlemen that they intended to do nothing. He was sorry that his absence had prevented him from acquainting himself with the details of the measure ; but he had learned enough of it to enable him to form a judgment as to its merits. Some months ago, the question of building warehouses ou the dock quays had been discussed, and an obstruction had been tirown in the way of the project. But this principle of obstruction must not be carried too far. So long as other towns thought that the extension to them of the bonded system would he beneficial, he did not see why they should interfere to prevent it. He agreed that if they communicated at all with government on the subject, it should be simply in the manner pointed out by Mr. Currie. If tl ey went farther, he apprehended it would be said that they had been set to work by the warehouse owners. He disapproved of the obstruction system involved in the resolution, and, if it were competent in him to do so, he should move the previous question. After some conversation on the part of four, Mr. HARVEY said that he disapproved of both the motion and the amend ment, and should therefore, in order to get rid of the ques tion, move the adjournment of the meeting. Some further conversation here ensued, in consequence of the Mayor stating that if the adjournment were carried, the meeting would be at an end, and he would, in that case, be unable to make a communication to the council, which was, he considered, of considerable interest. Finall , Mr. Bolton gave way to Mr. Harvey by withdrawing his amendment. Mr. HARVEY then proposed his amendment—" That it is inexpedient for the council to interfere with respect to the bill now in Parliament, relating to inland bonding warehouses." FiutasE expressed himself against interfering with the measure, and therefore in favour of the amendment. Mr. lIBBY said he differed from those gentlemen who spoke in favour of the amendment. They (the council) were sent there to take care of the interests of the town, and he thought these interests ought, to the utmost, to be supported. After noticing some of the clauses of Mr. P. Thompson's bill, he proceeded to say that it would in its operation entail great loss on the town and the corporate estate. He believed that if it passed, in would prove of no benefit to the inland towns. Docks had been built at Runcorn, and several ves sels, with a view to convert it into a sea-port ; but (as we un derstood him) no advantage accrued, but the contrary. Com missioners were appointed and pronounced it to be entitled to be a port, and government thought it would become a source of large revenue ; but the result was delay in the de livery of cargoes, pilfering, &c. Mr. Alderman EvAiss said he agreed that it was desirable to have warehouses on the dock quays • but with regard to interfering with the bill in question , he thought they were travelling out 'of the way. MK Bibby said the they were atom to peottx* the Waal iatittODAS of WO (lOWA, aid ha doubted not they would take care of them ; but in exercising their judgment on that point, he trusted their decision would be in accordance with morality. Taking this view of the sub ject, he could not sufficiently condemn the narrow-minded system, and exclusive, which it was proposed to pursue towards our neighbours, for whom, on all other occasions, they expressed their greatest fellowship. If he was himself one of the most narrow-minded warehouse owners, he would hail the measure proposed in parliament. It was a measure, indeed, which of all others he remembered erected expecta tions that could never be realized ; which in fact " held the word of promise to the ear, but broke it to the hope." He defied the owners of inland warehouses, restricted as they would be by this bill, to injure Liverpool. Those warehouses could only receive goods destined for local consumption. Nothing could be received in them, but what was prohibited from being exported. Even corn was thus restricted. They were reduced, therefore, to articles of local consumption. The principal advantage would be simply in wines and spirits. He hoped that the narrow-mindedness of the last age would not be perpetuated by such motions as that before them, but would disappear in this ; and that they would act upon higher views and principles,—views more allied to sound discretion and morality. With regard to the Association of Warehouse an I Land Owners, about whom so much sympathy was manifested, he begged to remind them, that they had long ago (as we understood him) said that they would go in with out the aid of either the Corporation or the Dock Committee. As a body, they were in constant communication with the commercial heads—the leading men in the country. They had Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell all to themselves. They were so independent 'and so potent withal, that the Corporation could do them no good. If they consented to this proposition, the world would point at them the finger of scorn ; they would accuse them of returning to the old trade of jobbing ; of making, in fine, the community subser vient to party interests and feelings. They are bound to protect the interests of the town exclusively, so far as that could be done justly ; and to interfere with the affairs of others only when they could do so with credit to themselves. The case before them was not, he thought, one in which they could so act with justice, honour, or consistency, and he, therefore, supported the amendment. Mr. MASOZ said he thought the warehouse-keepers had been rather too forward on the present occasion : they had, to use a homely phrase, been pulling the string rather too tightly. He could not see upon what principle of sound policy or consistency, they could interfere with a measure, the object of which was to extend the commerce of the country. He felt disposed to protect the special interests of the town, as far as was consistent and fair ; and so far would he protect the warehouse owners ; but when they came forward as mono polists, he could not help entertaining some doubts as to their real intentions. He could not, indeed, suppose that their op position was roused merely for their own sakes ; and he shrewdly suspected that if the measure had been introduced to parliament by some other gentleman who differed from Mr. Thompson in politics, they would have met it in a very different way. (Hear.) He thought they had made it too much a party question. This was, be believed, no real ground for the interference of the council in the matter. It was a question which had no connexion with individual interests, or with the corporation as a body, and ought not, therefore, to be interfered with by them. On the whole he was de cidedly opposed to the proposition of Mr. Holmes, and should vote for the amendment. Mr. IsAAc HOLMES said that no injustice would be done to Manchester or other inland towns, by the withdrawing of the measures proposed to parliament. In this town no bonded warehouses were allowed above 500 yards from the docks. But, by the proposed bill, the people of Manchester would have bonded warehouses 40 miles from the sea. He agreed with Mr. Bolton that the measure would be inopera tive. He believed, indeed, that for every 20s. drawn at those new bonded warehouse, the cost would be more than equal to the income. Much money would thus be unneces sarily drawn from individuals, and this would be injurious to Liverpool. The only advantage would be to the present government, which in the officers to superintend these ware houses in Manchester, Birmingham, &c. would obtain an accession of patronage. If in these towns there were ware houses already, the question would be different. It would then be unjust to interfere ; but they had no warehouses, and therefore no injury would be done to them by the mea sure being withdrawn. The corporation were trustees for the property of the town. A great part of the land on which the warehouses were built belonged to them, and they ought to protect it. But if the bonded warehouses were to be ex tended in the town; if this was found necessary, they ought to represent to government that such warehouses ought to be built two miles from the dock quays. . Mr. GLADSTONE said that if the question be admitted that the measure of Mr. P. Thomson would injure the corporate and other property of the town, it was their bounden duty to protect it at all hazards. The question as to whether such a course was liberal or illiberal to inland towns. it was not for them but parliament alone to consider. They ought most strenuously to protect their own property. Mr. SHELL said the two last speakers had strongly urged that the council should protect the property of the town at all hazards. He would not be so exclusive. Their first allegiance was to the community at large—their next to the monarch on the throne. Many people argued from the cir cumstances under which they were placed. If oppressed they were loud in praise of liberty, and redress. If they en joyed any particular privilege, they were unwilling that others should partake of it. When London enjoyed the tea mono poly, they did not wish it to be broken. Liverpool, however, urged their claims to partake in the trade and obtained their point. With what consistency then could they endeavour to prevent other towns from obtaining bonded warehouses ? As an abstract right every town ought to enjoy the same privilege of bonding. He concluded an address of consider able length by urging the propriety of leaving the matter in the hands of the government. Mr. WALfususs - said that he did expect that those who supported the motion would have shown how the warehouses were to be injured. But they had failed to do this. He con sidered the motion an unwarrantable interference, and op posed to the principle of " Do unto others as you would ba done by." How would they like the merchants of Manches ter to tell them they should build no cotton factories in Liverpool? He believed that the measure in p lace of bein g injurious to Liverpool would be beneficial ; for the new facilities afforded would increase the general commerce of the country and consequently benefit the town. Mr. BLACKBURN recapitulated the motion, and contended that it did not pledge the council to the support of the ware house owners as against the measure, but merely sought an investigation before a decisive step were taken. He thought they had a simple duty to perform at the request of the ware house owners. Mr. EARLE said be bad seconded the resolution in the hope that a discussion would ensue, in which the injury to the warehouse owners would be shown. He quite concur red with Mr. Blackburn. Mr. COGLAN thought if the resolution were agreed to, go vernment would inevitably consider that the council had taken part with the warehouse owners, against the measure of Mr. Thompson. He expressed hims el f stron g l y a g ainst all monopolies. Mr. CURRIE explained. Mr. JOHN HOLMES briefly replied—when the amendment of Mr. Harvey was put from the chair, and the votes taken by the card. The following was the result : For the Amendment.—Councillors J. Mellor, T. Bolton, E. Filcher, J. Walmsley, J. Woollright, W. Rathbone, W. Lassen, T. Harvey, V..lliggins, T. Morecroft, J. Mason, E. Segar, and T. Coglan ; Aldermen R. Shiel, J. Hornby, G. Holt, R. Benn, E. Evans, T. Bulley, T. Holt, W. P. Freme, and E. Harvey,-22. Against it.—Councillors J. Holmes , R. Houghto n, Isaac Holmes, W. Shand, W. Preston, B. Frankland, G. Wright, H. Holmes, J. Bibby, J. Cooper, J. N. Wood, R. Gladstone, T. Blackburn, J. Smith, W. M. Duncan, and W. W. Currie ; Aldermen C. H. Jones, W. Earle, J. Moon, T. B. Barclay. and the Mayor,-21. Majority for the Amendment,-1. POSTAGES. The Mayor then submitted a letter from Mr. GEORGE MOFFAT, Treasurer of the London Mercantile Committee on Postages, relative to the penny postage. This was referred to the Finance Committee, and the Meeting broke up. Why is Mr. M`Neile's new curate like the fine weather ? Doye give it up?—Because he has raised the Mercury! CHURCH or ENGLAND ScnooLs.—The collection on be half of these schools at St. Jude's church, on Sunday last, amounted to £6B 9s, amongst which was a sovereign enclosed in a piece of paper, on which was written " from T. M. who has witnessed in merica the demoralizing effects of educa- tion without religion." NEW LIGHT Honsr.—A new light house is in the course of erection at Crosby Point, about eight miles from this town. We understand that it is to be 112 feet above high water, and will be finished in August. The signal will be found very useful to mariners entering this port by the north, or New Channel. A MISCREANT.—Since our last publication a man, in the garb of a gentleman, answering the description which we gave under the head " Caution to Parents," has been detected in practices alluded to in the letter of a correspondent. He was sentenced to a fine of £5, or to undergo an imprisonment of a month, and he preferred the former ; he was advised by the magistrate fortwith to quit the town. If he should disregard the advice, and be again brought before them on the same charge, we trust that he will be consigned to the treadmill, as many better men than himself have been.--Mercury. THE IRISH MAILS.—At present both mails leave Dublin wi thin six hours of each other—in the evening and at midnight; whereas, the mails from Liverpool leave in the evening and morning—twelve hours apart—the one carrying the evening papers and correspondence,`the other the morning papers and letters. This is business-like and straightforward. But not so in Ireland; there, we suppose, everything must be done after an Irish fashion, to bother the natives. One mail is started at half-past five o'clock to tell the people of Liverpool that a second packet is coming after it with the same news Was ever any management so truly Irish as this ? DEATH FROM APOPLEXY.—On Friday an inquest was held on view of the body of Jane Nokes, a woman sixty years of age, who resided with her son, a joiner, at No. 47, New Johnson-street. The deceased kept a fruit stand in William. son-square, and on her way home, on Wednesday night became ill, and fell in the street. She was taken home in sensible, and expired soon afterwards. On a post mortem examination, it appeared that the deceased had died from an apoplectic fit. A verdict was given accordingly.—[ln the depositions in this case, strong blame is attached to the con duct of several police-officers, who were called to the assist ance of the deceased. The case will, we doubt not, be inves tigated in the proper quarter. Persons may be unhappily seized with other diseases in the streets than that produced by drunkenness.]—Journal. NORTHERN AUTUMN CIRCUITS mu.. 1839, FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS.—H. R. Reynolds, Esq.. chief commissioner. Rutlandshire, at Oakham, Wednesday, Oct. 23. Yorkshire, at Sheffield, Friday, Oct. 25. York shire, at Wakefield, Monday, October 28. At the Town of Kingstown-upon-Hull, Saturday, Nov. 2. Yorkshire, at York and City, Tuesday, Nov. 5. Yorkshire, at Richmond, Thursday, Nov. 7. Durham, at Durham, Friday, Nov. 8. Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Town, Monday, Nov. 11. Cumberland, at Carlisle, Wednesday, Nov. 13. Westmoreland, at Appleby, Friday, Nov. 15. Lancashire, at Lancaster, Monday, Nov. 18. Lancashire, at Preston, Tuesday, Nov. 26. Lancashire, at Liverpool, Thursday, Nov. 28. Cheshire, at Chester and City, Monday, Dec. 2 . Flintshire, at Mold, Wednesday, Dec. 4. Denbighshire, at Ruthin, Thursday, Dec. 5. Anglesey, at Beaumaris, Satur day, Dec. 7. Carnarvonshire, at Carnarvon, Monday, Dec. 9. Merionethshire, at Dolgelly, Wednesday, December 11. Montgomeryshire, at Welchpool, Friday, Dec. 13. REFORMED CHURCH AT BIRR.—A long letter from the Rev. Michael Crotty appears in the Dublin Statesman, from which we learn that that gentleman has had some misunder standing with his cousin who was associated with him in the pastoral care of the reformed church at Birr. It appears that the Rev Miehael Crotty was deputed to England, for the purpose of obtaining pecuniary aid, to carry on the Birr Re formation, (previous to which the two gentlemen had come to a mutual agreement that they were in the course of some time to join the Established Church,) and, that during his absence, he discovered that the church at Birr was converted into a Presbyterian Meeting House, and that his cousin was received into connection with the Synod of Ulster. He im mediately returned to Birr when his cousin informed him, " that the conversion of the Reformed Church there into a Presbyterian Meeting House was not his act, but that of the people—that, on the contrary, he strenuously opposed it— that four or five of the congregation wrote to the Presbytery of Dublin, to send down a deputation to Birr , to receive the Reformed Church there into connection with the Synod of Ulster." Mr. Michael Crotty then says that as this transfer was made without his consent, it is illegal, he being recog nised in the trust-deed as the principal minister, and one of thelriisteeinf fife chdreh, and that he intends to go down to Dirt to &gaud poste&wall. THE MARINERS' CHURCH. The Floating Church Establishment, at the south-west corner of George's Dock, though known to many, is worthy of a passing notice, in order that it may be more generally visited by those who are interested in the spriritual welfare of that industrious, useful, and adventurous portion of the community, the mariners of the port. The Church was formerly a frigate belonging to the Royal Navy, and being lent by government for the purpose, was some years ago very neatly and commodiously fitted up as a church. The whole hull is so appropriated, and, by judicious alterations and interior fittings, is rendered a roomy and commodious place of worship,—being also well lighted and aired. The centre part of the upper deck was taken away, and an erection with numerous windows at the sides raised from end to end, giving the whole adequate elevation. The lower sittings are on the lower, or orlop deck. Two rows of seats also rise in tiers against the sides all round. Above these last, on each side what was the main or gun deck extend galleries ; and at each end, on the upper deck, and within the erection before noticed are two high galleries,—the whole being calculated to accommodate a congregation of 1,000 persons. On each side the pulpit at the north end are pews, behind it in a semicircular recess is the altar, very neatly embellished. The whole is neatly painted in oak graining throughout, and strangers never tail to express their astonish ment and gratification to find so large and beautiful a temple devoted to Christian worship within a ship, and continually afloat in the dock. The approaches both to the body of the Church and the galleries are easy, and the whole establish ment when the sublime object to which it is devoted is taken into account, and the success attending the efforts of those who are connected with it, is well worthy of the general support of an enlightened and religious community. On Friday afternoon divine service was performed at this interesting place of worship, and although the day and the hour did not permit of a very full attendance of those for whose benefit it is more peculiarly intended—the mariners and their families, the assemblage, including many highly re spectable individuals, was numerous. It had been announced that the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, of St. Jude's, would preach a sermon on the occasion in behalf of the funds, and the result was a highly gratifying and appropriate discourse. The Evening Prayers were emphatically read by the Rev. William Maynard, the clergyman of the church. The Rev. H. WNEILE then offered up a short and em phatic thanksgiving, and afterwards proceeded to address a powerful appeal to his auditors. He took his text from the sth chapter of the Book of Revelations, 9th and 10th verses, " And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof ; for thou vast slain and hast redeemed us to God with thy blood, out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation. And hast made us unto our God kings and priests ; and we shall reign on the earth." The church in which he then stood, (said the reverend gentleman,) was a church for mariners ; a church especially designed to teach the sacred truths of the gospel to men employed to go out into every kindred, and people, and nation. It was a church designed to inscribe, upon those who attended it, the letters of sacred and divine truth, so that they might become our epistles known and read of all men. It was a noble thing to find such a church. And where were they likely to find it but in such a country ; where but in a maritime, a highly privileged and a christian country? If they looked to the map of the world, their eyes would naturally be directed to England ; and in looking at her, if there were a city celebrated for her enter prise and commerce ; a city whose port was proverbially distinguished by its forests of masts ; which was famed for its industry and wealth, and the energy of its christian minis ters, Liverpool was the town which they would naturally expect to provide such a church. On the map of the world they came to England, and on the map of England to Liver pool; and he saw in the church in which he stood, a beau tiful and interesting emblem of the great truth he should endeavour to lay before them. Here was a vessel intended for the destructive purposes of war, converted into a temple of piety and peace. Here was a frigate once belonging to the navy ; her decks partly renewed ; her port-holes closed; the din of her cannon silenced ; the shouts of her warlike crew no longer heard, but supplanted by the joyful sounds of peace and salvation, and where the mariner might learn in his tongue, the wonderful works and mercies of God. The truth referred to in the text was the deliverance of the world from the devastation of war, and enmity, and bloodshed, and redeeming it to that everlasting peace and joy that would attend the second coming of Jesus upon earth, with all his saints. The apostle John beheld anew door opened in Heaven, and was invited by a voice which said, " Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.' And on the right hand of him who sat on the throne he saw the book with the seven seals. He heard proclamation made by an angel—" Who was worthy to open the book ?" and after a space, he was grieved that no one was worthy to open it, and he wept. And one of the elders said, " Weep not : behold the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, bath pre vailed to open the hook, and to loose the seven seals thereof." And the apostle looked again, and saw, " in the midst of the elders, a lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth unto all the earth." The apostle was at no loss to find that the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David—the one as touching his manhood, the other his divinity—was none other than Jesus himself. The horns and eyes w ere emblematical, the first of strength, the last of wisdom. The number, seven, was the number denoting perfection ; and why ? God chose to divide time into seven portions or parts. In six days he created the world, and on the seventh rested from his labours. There was, strictly speaking, noeighth portion of time, which commenced from one to seven, again and again. The seven horns signify perfect- power. and the seven eyes perfect wis dom. They are interpreted to mean the seven spirits (or perfect spirit) of God, sent forth into all the earth. The risen lamb is thus presented to the apostle as invested with the holy spirit, by whom he exercises power and wisdom upon earth. The lamb had died, but had risen again. The person so described then came and took the book out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne, and the four beasts and four-and-twenty elders fell down before the lamb ; and they sung a new song, saying, in the words of the text, " Thou art worthy to open the book, &c." Those who sung were of various nations, and they are described as being in heaven, singing a new song of thankfulness. The open book mentioned, meant the Bible ; and the whole of the revelation here alluded to was in accord ance with the Old Testament. The whole Bible, indeed, related to Jesus Christ. HE it was who spake to Adam in the garden ; to Abraham on the plain ; to Moses in the mountain; and Joshua in the camp. The sealed book was the title deed of this world, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. The preacher then referred to the current law as laid down in Leviticus, 25th chapter, 23d verse, showing that land could not be sold in perpetuity, but was redeemable every jubilee, or fifty years. The right of redemption of land was also proved by Jeremiah, 32d chapter, verse 7, before the expiration of the fifty years. The sale was regis tered in two books of purchase, one open and the other sealed. Now, the open book alluded to in the text, (the bible) proved Christ to be the purchaser of this world, which he would yet redeem at his second coming. True, he had left t for a time. He had allowed the Devil to retain his usurpation over it, and malice, hatred, deceit, blasphemy, Sabbath-breaking, and other crimes to exist in it for a time. He had left it in a state of captivity; with but a few wit nesses for him ; He-had left it for a season to its enemies ; but He would yet redeem it to righteousness, and the whole people would rejoice in his coming, and would imitate those who were in heaven when they sang and said, " Thou hast redeemed us with thy blood." In that song there was no mixture of praise to man's dignity, or man's merit ; no Unitarianism, no Popery; they simply gave praise to the Lamb of God. Those who sung that song were all descended from Adam, and, like themselves, children of sin and wrath ; but they had become redeemed with his blood ; and he prayed that, if there were amongst those he addressed worldly minded men, who thought more of their wealth and their warehouses, than their salvation ; or giddy women, more intent on ornaments for the flesh, than in looking after the immortality of their souls, they would turn from the madness of their ways, and yet sing that song of thankfulness for their redemption. He implored the wealthy merchant to have some regard to the safety of the souls of the sailors, who perilled their lives to enrich him, as well as his warehouses and his luxuries; for if a man could not sincerely sing that song, all the gold of the mines of Golconda would not avail him. When Christ returned to the world he would purify it and render its inhabitants righteous. He would break in pieces the Chaldean beast, and the Grecian beast, and the Popish beast. He would do what those did who changed this ship into a place of worship ; who converted her cock-pit, before a scene of blood and blasphemy in the hour of battle, into a place of thanksgivings and praise. Yes, men when redeemed should yet, in the language of the text, " reign on the earth." The land was not sold for ever ; but would be redeemed by its great kinsman and purchaser. This world was not to be blotted from the solemn system, and a gap left in the uni verse ; but man redeemed would yet live under the second Adam, and that was Christ, in harmony and virtue. This was a delightful prospect, and ought to stimulate them to piety and education. The Bible, that wonderful book, told them they should yet reign on earth, not as disembodied spirits, but as beings, (as men) combining both spirit and matter—to reign on earth with Him, and in his image. The rev. gentleman concluded a long discourse by a powerful appeal in behalf of the Mariners' Church. The wealth of the merchants of Liverpool was great, and it was to be lamented that they expended so little of it in diffusing the light of the Gospel amongst the seamen who assisted them to accumulate it. He strongly reprehended the apathy of masters in this respect towards their servants,—masters who said they paid their servants wages, but had nothing to do with their religious instruction. Such culpable indifference savoured strongly of infidelity. It was the duty of all masters to forward religion amongst their servants. It was lamentable to find that this little place (though beautiful in itself, and creditable to those who supported was the only Mariners' Church belonging to the establishment, and in a town of such magnitude as Liverpool; and the donations were moderate from persons who ought to give their hundreds of pounds. He hoped they would yet extend their donations ; but in the mean time, they must endeavour to make up the deficiency. A collection was afterwards made, which amounted to £2l 3s. 6d. BRITISH QUEEN, STEAM-SHIP. We announced, in our second edition of Tuesday last, the departure of the above splendid vessel from this port. She . had a fine run down the Channel. On Monday afternoon, when 51 hours out from Liverpool, she was off Brighton, where several gentlemen, a number of whom were on board, landed, and proceeded in a post-chaise to London, to report the progress of the vessel. Next morning, at nine o'clock, she anchored at Longreach, in the Thames, where she had to wait several hours for water to go up. The Directors of the British and American Steam Navip:ation Company, accom panied by a large party, left Blackwall, about eleven o'clock, in the iron steamer Rainbow, (the celebrated Antwerp boat, built by Mr. John Laird, of North Bi.ikenhead,) to meet the British Queen. The Rainbow, though 600 tons measure ment, and by far the largest iron steamer afloat, looked most diminutive alongside the British Queen. The meeting of the two steamers gave rise to mutual congratulations on the part of the individuals on board of each. The reception of the British Queen was, indeed, most gay and gratifying. The officers of the Artillery were on board the Rainbow; they had brought their band with them, and a variety of favourite airs were played during the progress of the ships up the Thames. The average number of strokes made by the British Queen's engines, during the passage from Liverpool to Gravesend, was 16 per minute ; and the average speed of the vessel was 11 miles per hour. She behaved uncommonly well, was remarkably easy, and entirely free from tremulous motion. The pilots all say, that she steers so well they can manage her as easily as a 6 or 700 ton vessel. Crowds in boats were alongside the British Queen all Saturday. Not many persons were, however, admitted on board, as few tickets of admission had been issued, in order that the taking in of coal and cargo might not beinterrupted. A large party of noblemen and gentlemen are to be admitted on board to-morrow. The British Queen will certainly sail from Portsmouth on Wednesday morning next (to-morrow.) She will, it is ex pected, be full of passengers, and have a large quantity of fine goods on freight. She will, we calculate, reach New York about the 25th instant. SINGULAR C I RCUMSTAN C E. — Last week, as some la bourers were engaged in digging the foundation of a thresh ing mill, about to be erected at Ballindalloch, and when about fifteen feet under the surface, they came in contact with a large sandstone. In the in course of their operations, they split the stone into two pieces , and a cavity in the heart of it they found, greatly to their astonishment, a toad—a lively, active "brute, "six - inches in length. and of proportionate I n wih-b m i d thanaim !--Itoicerapa ,"collard. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. FRIDAY. CASE OF SHOOTING. A respectably clad boy, of about fourteen or fifteen years of age, with his head bandaged up, applied for a warrant to ap prebend another boy, of about the same age, who had fired a pistol at him, by which he had lost his left eye. The ap plicant was an orphan. It would, of course, be improper, on an ex pante statement of the unfortunate circumstance, to state further, than that Mr. Rushton, on hearing the evidence produced, granted a warrant. CASE OF STABBING. A man named Halliday, was charged with having, in Lower Pitt-street, violently assaulted and wounded a man, whose name we did not learn. The complainant had been in com pany of the prisoner, but, as it appeared, had given him no offence ; vet the prisoner had in a passion, not only struck him, but used a clasp-knife, with which he inflicted a wound in the left arm-pit of the complainant, whose clothes at that part were saturated with blood. The complainant admitted that the wound was not serious, and gave a very clear and generous testimony of the circumstances. The prisoner attempted a sort of violent defence. Mr. Rushton said that his conduct had been most brutal, and that he was deter mined, as far as possible, to put down the un-English resort to the knife. He ordered that he should pay a fine of or be imprisoned for two months. ANOTHER. STABBING CASE. A man, who gave his name as Charles Brown, who be longed to an American ship, and who stated that he was a Maltese, was placed at the bar, charged with having in an affray stabbed two individuals on the previous night. It ap peared that, Thursday being the 4th of July, the anniversary of the declaration of American inderendtnee,the prisoner and others were in public-house, at the corner of Denison-street, when a fight took place. The constables were calleein, and it appeared that two of the men present were stabbed, so that they had to be removed to the Northern Hospital. The prisoner was seen by one of the constables to drop a sort of folding dagger, or double-edged clasp-knife, similar to those exposed for sale (and we think wrongly) in some of the marine clothing and other shops near the docks, and the in strument was produced. It was stated by the surgeon of the Northern Hospital, that the two men were severely wounded, apparently with a double-edged instrument, and that one of them was in a dangerous state. The prisoner was, as a mat ter of course, remanded until a future day, when the injured parties could be brought before the court. CAUTION TO PUBLICANS. Several publicans were fined for entertaining riotous and improper company, in various penalties, apportioned to the respective gravity of the offence. Mr. Rushton gave every case a most patient and lenient consideration, but remarked that due notice had been given that drunkenness, or the en tertainment of loose and disorderly company would no longer be tolerated, particularly as persons found drunkin the streets were now invariably fined—persons to whom irregular houses afforded peculiar facilities and inducements for intoxication. YESTERDAY. Before Messrs. Rushiori,floskell, Harvey and Rathbone. Upwards of one hundred and fifty cases of a drunk and disorderly nature were first disposed of, by the magistrates informing the parties that they would find it expensive work to get drunk in Liverpool; most of them were fined 2s. 6d., or two days imprisonment, the rest 55., or three days. "LOOKING FOR MY UNCLE." Tree prigs, of suspicious appearance, all of them well dressed, were placed in the dock, charged with being found lurking in and about Vauxhall-road, on Sunday evening last. They excited the attention of the policeman on duty in that neighbourhood. He observed one of the party repeatedly rapping at various shop and house doors in Vauxhall-road ; and, not liking their appearance, he obtained additional as sistance, and had all three effectually taken into custody. One of the party, (he who had been trying the several doors) said that he only arrived in town the day before, and was in search of an uncle, who lived somewhere in that neighbour hood, of the name of " Smith," (a very convenient name ;) but could not give any further account either of himself or his uncle. Upon the person of one of the ethers were found upwards of fifty skeleton keys, and a small screw-driver. This was sufficient to warrant the magistrates in committing the three to the House of Correction for three months, by the expiration of which time they would no doubt be enabled to learn where his " uncle" resided. CASE OF MALICIOUS STABBING. Charles Brown, was placed in the Dock charged with hav ing on the evening of Thursday last, stabbed Nathaniel Dyson, a young man of twenty years of age. Nathaniel Dyson was sworn. He said that he lived in Denniston-street, and about 11 o'clock on Thursday evening last, he heard a consideraUe noise, as if a quarrel, in the Old Fort Tavern, which is situated in the street above men tioned, that he went into the room amongst the people, and had not been in long before he was stabbed by the prisoner. He (Dyson) was standing in the doorway when he was stab bed, the gas was out, but he could see from the light in the bar. He gave no offence to the man, nor had ever seen him before. He received a severe wound in his left side, and had been in the Northern Hospital since the morning. Police man, David Talbot, took the prisoner into custody, and Sunderland picked up the instrument by which the wound was inflicted, it was a small dagger of about six inches in length. Mr. George Arnott deposed that be was surgeon at the Northern Hospital; that Dyson was brought into the hospital about ten o'clock on the morning of Friday last. That he examined the wound, it was a deep clear-cut wound, ap parently done by a double-edged instrument, just over the sixth rib—if it had penetrated half an inch higher it must have attended with serious c mequences. The young man was out of danger, but would hot be able to follow his voca tion (that of the sea) for some time. The prisoner was fully committed for trial at the ensuing sessions. POCKET-PICKING. John Gardner, an ill-looking fellow of not more than eighteen or twenty years of age, stood charged by Mr. Thomas Crowther, Wine Merchant, Wapping, with having taken a silk handkerchief from his pocket yesterday morn ing, about eleven o'clock. Mr. Crowther pursued him, and demanded the handkerchief; whereupon Gardner pulled from under his coat a clasp knife, and swore " he would stab him if lie did not release him." The prisoner effected his escape, and was pursued along Drury-lane, 'Water-street, and Chorley-street, where, after a violent struggle, he was secured by Mr. Joseph Pierpoint, plumber and glazier, of Drury-lane. He was committed to the Sessions fur trial. LIUNCH OF THE NILE. This vessel was launched from Pymouth dock-yard on Thursday, in the presence of an immense concourse of spec tators. The Nile is a fine ship of 92 guns, nearly all mounted on two decks, thus differing in construction with all in our navy, except the Rodney, now in the Mediterranean, and the London, now building at Chatham. She is certainly a superb ship, and is constructed on the principle of Sir Robert Sep pings ; she was laid down in 1827 ; she has a round stern, on the improved principle of T. Roberts, Esq., late builder at this dock-yard, which unites all the advantages of the round with the handsome appearance of the square stern. The following are her dimensions : ft. in. Length of the keel for tonnage l7O 4 Length of the gun deck from the aft side of the rabbit of the stem, to the fore side of the rabbit of the post 205 6 Breadth extreme 53 6 Moulded breadth 52 9 Depth in hold Extreme length from figure head to taffrail Depth from taffrail to lower side of false keel 5B 0 Burthen in tons, 2622 55-94. ARMAMENT. diam. len. in. cwt. ft. in. 6 long guns .... 8 65 9 0 28 32-pounders .. 65 9 6 4 long guns .... 8 65 9 0 30 32-pounders.. 56 9 6 Quarter-deck & forecastle 26 32-pounders.. 41 8 0 Lower deck. Main deck Total The weight of each broadside is 1652 lbs. FASHIONS FOR JULY. MORNING VISITING DRESS.—Pelisse robe of blue fignred pou de Soie, the corsage made en gerbe and partially open on the bosom, is trimmed with a tulle ruche: double bouffant sleeve. The skirt is ornamented with three folds on one side, they turn back round the border ; rice straw hat, a round and very open brim, lined with gold coloured crape, and trimmed next the face with a biais of tulle, terminated by tufts of roses; gold coloured crepe lisse ribbons, and a superb plume of white ostrich feathers adorn the crown. CARRIAGE DRESS.—Robe of Red fawn laventine, the corsage high behind, but very open on the bosom, is dis posed in three folds at the top, and crosses to one side. Large sleeves ornamented in a novel manner at the top and bottom by bands and buttons confining it to the arm. Blue crape hat, a round moderate sized brim and horizontal crown, the latter is very full trimmed with white ribbon, and two white flat ostrich feathers, which descend upon the brim. PUBLIC PROMENADE DRESS.—G reen mousseline de lame robe, the border is trimmed with three flounces, they are embroidered in silk to correspond in a light pattern, and each headed with work. Corsage half high, and Victoria sleeve. Shawl of rose-coloured pore de Soie, rounded in the pelerine style behind, and with long pointed ends, it is cut much lower than they generally are at the top. White pou de Soie hat, the edge of the brim trimmed with three folds of crepe lisse, the crown is ornamented with crepe lisse twisted in a very light style round it, and descending in long lappets which tie under the chin, and a gerbe of orange dahlias. A row of pointed blond set plain in the interior of the brim, completes the trimming. GAME.—Sportsmen will be glad to hear that most favour able reports of the breading season are received from all parts of the country. EXPORT OF TIMBER FROM HIGHLANDS. — The pro gress of the railroads in England and Scotland has lately caused a great demand for fir wood in this part of the country. The sound of the axe and the saw-mill are heard in the lone liest and most remote parts of the Highlands. We have heard of one proprietor selling his fir wood for £lO,OOO, and another for £5,300. Within the last eight or ten years, a vast number of sales of this kind have been effected, rang ing from 8,000 to 10,000 to as many hundreds each. A con siderable amount of shipping is engaged in - this trade ; and the vessels that carry out the timber in the shape of railroad sleepers, pit-props, &c., generally return with cargoes of coals, lime, and other commodities. The number of men employed in felling the trees, saw them up, and export them, is also a sort of advantage to the country. A great trade has thus sprung up, the avatar, we trust, of extending commerce in our northern region. When the Duke of Gordon, about 50 years ago, sold his mighty forest of Glenmore for £lO,OOO, the sum was considered unprecedented ; yet the same timber would now, from superior management, as well as superior value in the market, be worth more than treble the amount. Previously to this period, the laird of Grant, it is said, sold his timber at the rate of ls. 3d. for what one man could cut and manufacture in a year! Thus, our fine forests have been thinned and destroyed, and the country denuded of one Of its noblest and most valuable products.—lnverness Courier. MORE POPISH Impunts.cE..—The disgraceful conduct of a popish priest in allowing the disinterment of a child, at St. Patrick's Mass-house burying-ground, a few days ago, has led us to observe several other cliaracteristicimpositions which are commonly practised by the papists of the town. The one to which we are about to allude is of very frequent occur rence. When the child of any of the poor of that class hap pens to die, the priest having performed nearly the last piece of pagan buffoonery over thedying infant, the parents are de spatched to the churchwardens with a dismal tale of poverty to get a coffin, and this is given on the understanding that the child is buried (free of expense) in the church-yard. This accomplished, they proceed on another excursion amongst their charitable and credulous dupes,—upon whom the same popish gang think no insult or injury they can inflict at other times too severe,—viz. having "raised the coffin," they want the money to pay the priest f(1 interment ; for let it be known, that, having got the coffin, instead of taking it to the church they beg the money to pay the priest an exorbitant sum for burying it in one of the popish burial grounds; while they might have it interred free of expense at the church—in deed they receive the coffin on these terms. Where, how ever, the required sum cannot he raised they are compelled to go to church, for the priest will not do his work unless the last farthing of the enormous charge be paid. And before they even take it to be buried by the heretics, they must pay the priest for blessing a lump of clay to put into the coffin with it We hope our Protestant friends will he on their guard against thiS species of pious fraud and invariably treat po erg e 4 it ileservoo.—Afogokiathar Courier. ent 3 ' dergo be °ve Llis t