The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-13 00:00:00

DEcESIBEn. 13, 13 In this dilemma why is thflerk asleep at his desk, the bishop silent in his dioc, the scholar poring over ' his books ? Is there no sostirring eloquence in the church? —no herald to sourithe alarm ?—no champion to take up the gauntlet ?—o layman " in a brother's parr! bold ?" There are,id we rejoice to perceive it, como.ndications of revivir reason and prescient ap prehnsion in Bristol. In ter places there may be the boteof preparation. Somof the clergy of Scotland see,nd perhaps dread, aidev have just reason to do, the,ordng storm. But w lament to say that not one thomnith part of the neQsary preparation is yet in' nen). The P ower of resiance, according to the laws ofprojctiles, roust be grater than the power which titkes: The Church must)e arinCd:at all points, to re st esry charge, come frog what quarter it may ; for if nee enemy should suceed in forcing a passage all Noul lost. In every patsh, in every church, through th e *ed Kingdom, there should be public meetings. Theslaops and clergy are bound to make an appeal to th e O. The whole strength of our religious establish Ineilliust be put forth, Eit once, and forthwith, without n aent's delay, and petitions numerously signed must 4 :g ibe tables of both Houses of Parliament, or it will b 4 vain to contend with the majorities of Ministers and tl servile but still timorous supporters in the Corn tilts. It is the . duty of the clergy to set the example a l cal to their assistance the conscientious members of thr rspective churches. It might be done in a week ; atni before the passing of two Sabbaths, if there be thi ill, and fervour, and honesty, and patriotism in the Clod of England, without which her shipwreck and Rest downfal are inevitable. Need we say more ? %Vette done our duty; let those do theirs who have Inotesponsible duties to perform! " At the time when this strike took place," he says, " wages were as high as they had been at any period within my recollec tion, (except for a short time in 1825 , while t he price of provi sions and all other expenses had greatly fallen,) since the war." " In our own concern," be adds, " we have nearly £20,000 worth of building ready to put men to, that the men have never operated upon beyond the mere excavation of one of the founda tions." " Not an individual of them made us any overtures, and they signify to us that we must send to the Union a written compli ance with their terms; that we must enter into such engage ments as they shall point out ; and must pay to every man that. has been off work, four shillings for every day that - he has been idle !" And this is the evidence of an intelligent tradesman well acquainted with the subject of trade, and if any one will take the trouble of reading the whole of the evidence given by many intelligent men before the Parliamentary oommittee,tthey will see the hopeless prospect of better ing the - condition of the working classes by the formation of unions. The only step to counteract their pernicious tendency is, for the masters throughout the country to form a coun ter union for the protection of their rights; for we should never desire to see the combination laws again in force, as trade should ever be free as the wind, and no shackles be allowed to be forged either by masters or workmen. And, if necessary, now that the subject is better under stood, a total cessation of trade will be - the consequence of the next outbreak, which, we see by the printed rules of the new - society, is threatened early in the spring. We repeat, that our hostility to these unions has sprung from the conviction of their revolutionary tendency, of the injury they cause to trade generally, and of the ine vitable misery which. invariably follows, and ever will follow, any attempt to establish by injustice what never can be Vented by reason. . . 'an attentive observer of the signs of the times it imjbe evident that we are on the eve of great and Laity changes—that ancient and long-tried institutions arerivileges are to be altered—that rights long held to sacred are to be destroyed—and that customs are t e e substituted which are yet matters of speculation. Thether these changes will work for good or evil is niter for the historian and for posterity ; but for us, ea are the actors in this mighty drama, whceare to feel i effects; if evil=or . enjoy the benefits, if good—it is of . , most lasting consequence to adopt that line of con t which, unappalled by the dark clouds which now titer thickly around us, can calmly but firmly oppose .e spirit of mischief, and lend our aid to direct the flood tto proper channels. ... One of the greatest mischiefs at present to be dreaded ft the undue—the fearful influence of democracy. Of all t Yranniesit is the most arbitrary, of all despotisms, the most despotic, its decisions being founded without pre vious calculation, and fickle, and' uncertain ; and, al though the mass cry out for " liberty and equality," . neither the one nor the other can possibly be possessed by individuals under such rule. " A little learning is a dangerous thing ;" and we have now arrived at that criti cal point, when the lower classes have acquired just as much education as makes them dissatisfied with their lot In life, but not as much as enables them to take a wide range over the fields of commerce and legislation—not as much as will enable them to see the end from the begin ning, and the effect from the cause. At this interesting, this dangerous period, they are especially open to the designing and the rebellious. Noxioui poison in the shape of cheap publications is poured into their minds. Ten thousand disappointed and dissipated, yet talented !nen, are ever ready to increase the draught, and the' fever rising to its height is 'slaked with spirits, .which madden instead of altaving the thirst. We -ask, what 4 nean the frowning masses which we now hear of col lecting on every side ? What means the tocsin daily sounded to the operative to prepare himself for the strug RI"? .What mean the funds now raising in every corner of the kingdom, and the munitions of war so diligently collected and piled up ? -Is all this mighty preparation to end in nought ? Is all the dissatisfaction and the ef fects of the pernicious doctrines so long promulgated, to Pass away quietly in evaporation ? We think not. And When the alarming symptoms of the trades' union broke. Out in this county in the early part of the spring, we ex letlseCti .thelp_pernicious tendency; in. the full assurance • to at they were highly injurious to us, not only locally but nationally. . - Here they have been checked, but we fear not de stroyed. The seed has been cast too deep to be speedily "radieated. - In other places they were submitted to, and now they have acquired a giant's strength, and must either be allowed to spend that strength, whatever may he the consequence, or they must be put down by the strong arm of the executive, wielded by a more deter mined power than the present imbecile ministry ; for " they called them into existence for their own ambitious . . . I :nrPose9, and if they now venture to oppose them, will " speedily hurled from their seats to rise no more. . . A society has sprung out of the trade's union in Man. -thester, called. the society for a national regeneration -41 the head of which figure Mr. FIELDEN; the member for Oldham, and Mr. ROBERT OWEN, the visionary of New Lanark. In this it is proposed "to found a new order of things—to reduce the hours of labour to eight per diem and to keep the same rate of wages. A cate chism is appended to the rules, containing amongst the roost revolutionary doctrines, the most artful appeal to • religious prejudices, and holding out prospects to the workmen which common sense shows can never by any Passibility be realized. Some letters which have ap peared in the Morning. Chronicle throw a little light upon the objects of these unions. These declare boldly • that the aristocracy is a nuisance and must be abolished t that there shall be no limger an unequal distribution of l' v ellertyl that a new state of society is contemplated! t hat spoliation And agrarian law must take place! and that .individual suffering must be endured for national good! The r i g ht s o f proper t y are th ere re presented as belongi ng to none individually, but to all generally ; none are to enjoy the fruits of former industry and enter- Prize ; and those who do not now stoop to produce are not to enjoy ! And we are told that societies are formed and linked together in England, France . 1 and Germany, - all actuated by the same intentions, and all aiming at the same object. This is a part and parcel of the same union which under the hypocritical mask of providing for the aged and infirm, has been laving the first stone of an operative Builders' Hall at Birmingham, (that hot bed of revolu tion) under the superintendence of one JOSEPH HANSOM, • WllO, if we mistake not, is both an architect and a con tractor ! and is in some way connected with the " Friend to all Mankind," who in the Liverpool Mercury advo cates equalization of wages, &c. It would be quite as rational to advocate equalization in the price of sugar, c.offee, or cotton, without regard to quality. Why, there must bv. equality- in conduct—in talent—in skill—in elm . racter—lnd in every requisite that forms the human mind, before there can be an equalization of wages. There is now to be nothing but heads ; there is to be no belly; the legs and arms are to beat of one length, and y univer sal equality in mi"......ebody, and estate is to be the " con necting link !" - • These men never tell the poor and industriotis man that if the articles of life are too'-dear in one country , ,e" they will fly to.anether ; that if by the duration of labour bei ng shortened, manufactures of any sort, whether cot tons or buildings, become too high, the demand for them will cease, fin and capital will find new channels in which to w—that in destroying the capitalist, they are aiming . 4 ' : suicidal blo w a t their own interest that it is the o r dination o f hi m " w h o spake as never man spake," and whose life was spent in doing good, that, " the poor • - shall never cease out of the land," and in ransacking the Scriptures for texts to declare the wrath of the Almighty against every oppressive master, never cast their eyes upon thos e numerous passages w hi c h command obedience ° la wful authority—which require servants to obey their Masters, to give honour where it is due, and-to render unto CXSAR the things that are Ceesett's, These doe - tee .. , . • nesare unpalatable to the levellers, who are, generally their ovvn evil appetites the Moloch to which they would 1 ( 1 1) , sacrifice the peace, the comfort, and the happiness oillions. Already has misery the !nest heartrending LONDON LATEST NEWS. Wednesday Evening, ha?f-past Seven o'clock. HORRID MURDER NEAR NORTHWICH, AND SURRENDER OF THE MURDERER. (From the Cheitei Couiant.) - ' marked the course of these unions. Parishes a re bur- executed and gibbetted many years since, for murdering a young woman ; and it will be recoliected that he cooked part of her dened with those who are now in want from the effects body, and partook of it at a public-house. Neither is the de of listening to the delusions of their leaders. And wh y ceased the first of that family who has met with premature death, a sister having been thrown from a horse and killed some time is it so ? From a reduction of wages ? From a scarcity , s i nce. of employment ? Hear the evidence of Mr. STEWARb, 1 FURTHER PAILTICULARS.—(From our Correspondent.)—The ! shocking murder of the unfortunate young woman, Mary Peru of this town, before the committee of the Commons, on ; berton, has cauSed a deep sensation.of horror in the minds of manufactures and trade. , the whole of the inhabitants of Northwich and , the neighbour hood. The inquest on the body of the hapless victim was held at Northwich on Monday last, and a verdict of " wilful murder" "They (the workmen) have issued certain manifestos, avow-, I ing that they have united all over England , Ir eland, and Scot- against Samuel Thorley; the murderer, returned. At the con land, and they have attempted to state th a t no p erson should I elusion of the inquest the wretched malefactor , who had been work 'by contract, without submitting that contract to their as- , brought back to North (the governor of Chester Castle) turnkeys, was introduced in man without their consent and authority u nder certain circum- Northwich in the care of one of Mr. Dunstan's sociatiou, called unions; and that you s h al l not dismiss any , j to the i nquest-room, and informed of the result of the investi stances. . I gatiou, which we understand he receivedwithoutbetraying any but - lettled melancholy seemed to pervade his Our money market affords little food for comment, and the quotation for the account is 834, and has been so, al ternately buyers and sellers, since we last wrote. In the foreign market Portuguese securities are depressed, the old bonds being at 563 57, and the Regency at 561 1. -- The northern bonds are nearly as we last quoted.- Dutch 21 per cents. are 50/ / and the 5 per cents 941 1. Rus sian stock remain s a t 1021 103. Spanish bonds are 231, 1. The Flower -steam-packet sailed from Gibraltar to Malta on the 15th instant, and returned on the 17th, having run foul of a merchant vessel off Malaga, and da maged one of her paddles. The merchantman, it is sup posed, will never be heard of more, as it is presumed from the severe concussion she went down with all hands. great emotion, but a s, - countenance. The coroner then made .: out. the pri;oner's mit timus in the regular form, and he was conveyed back to Chester Castle to await his trial, which will take place at the ensuing assizes. The funeral of the deceased took place ol.Weduesday last, and was attended by a la4;e concourse of persons, who seemed much affected at the solemn and heart-rending .scene. The murderer is connected I,vith.the families of some respectable and opulent farmers in Cheshire. His father and brother both rent large farms near Sandbach, and yesterday (Thursday) the brother left his home for Chester Castle, to remain a short tune with the wretched culprit,. n order, it is sup posed, to confer with him on matters connected with his worldly affairs. We understandthat the unfortunate inan;.ever since his first surrendering himself, has paid the most devout attention to his religious duties. We are given to understand that there are several inaccuracies in the statement of the Chester paper. In the first place, the wedding between the victim and the murderer had not approached so nearly that the bridal dress was bespoke ; the fact is, according to the state ment of a relative - of the deceased, that the deceased's mother had discovered that Thorley was_ the father of several illegiti mate children, and she had Conseq*.utly forbade the connec tion; independent of which, it was ascertained that Thorley was not in such excellent circumstances as he had led the deceased. to suppose, and it was thought by the mother that his sale ob ject in wishing to marry her daughter was, to possess himself of her vropc:ty. Mrs. Pemberton's husband died about' six months ago, And that circumstance preying upon her mind, to gether with the horrid murder of her daughter,- has thrown the poor woman into such a state of frenzy that she is now lying most dreadfully ill, and not expected to recover. When the murderer was lihted out of the house by the deceased, the mother, finding - her stay . long, called to her, and the deceased replied that she was coming directly. The mother immediately heard the street door shut, and, finding the deceased did not come up stairs, she again called, and, receiving no answer, became alarmed, and went into the lobby„where the shock ing spectacle of her daughter's Moody corpse lay before her. The head was nearly severed from the body. Suspicion did not immediately rest upon the prisoner, and the affair remained in mystery until in the prisoner's house was found a bundle containing the bloody clothes in which he committelthe cold blooded and horrid murder. After the foul deed was perpe trated, he called the boy in his service and told hiM of the murder, saying that he (Thorley) was then going trsdrovp- him self. Having pulled off the bloody clothes And reftiflressetioha. rtmrderergave'the - key of his house to the boy, and they both walked atdu,g the road together, when 'I horley stopped and desired the boy to go to Mrs. Peniberten's and see whether' Miss Pemberton was dead. The boy left him, but was afraid to go to Mrs. Pemberton's, and on his return to the spot where he left the murderer, the wretch had fled, and the lad thought he was gone to drown himself. It was the following day, when the . murderer's house was broken open, that the broody clothes were found., It is a singular and horrid coincidence that, about 'fifty years ago, a grand-uncle of the prisoner, whose name also was Samuel Thoiley, was exeeuted for the murder of a female ballad-singer, a few miles from the scene of the present murder, and committed 'under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, the villain having actually, after committingthe dreadful deed, cut a portion of his victim's flesh from the body and roasted it in a public-house. LONDON LATEST SHIPPING .NEWS. Lloyd's Five o'clock, p.m. Wednesday. The Ariela)rye,.from Liverpool, had arrived at Leg horn, on the 26th ult.; .in 33 days. . The Catherine Bibby, has arrived at Demerara from Liverpool. - The Jolly Tar, ROssignol, cleared out from Trieste for Liverpool on the 24th, ult. The Amethyst, Thomson, from Montreal to Liver pool, which was drien on shore at Swansea Bay, on the 2Sth, ult., was got off and brought into harbour, much damaged (though less than was expected) after discharg ing her cargo, the greater part of which was in a da maged state. The Catherine, Piton, from Liverpool, has arrived at Lisbon. The Superb, Widgeren, from Gamla Carlby to Liver pool, was driven on shore near Copenhagen,. during a gale on the 29th, ult. We have had a numerous meeting at Lloyd's to-day, at which a letter from Mr. Alderman Thompson was read, .resigning the office of chairman. The connection of this gentleman with a Marine Insurance Company at Sunderland,' was deemed by the Un - derwriters as inimi cal with the duties of their chairman, and the result of the communication between him and the other members of the Committee was his resignation. Some of his ' friends here, however, attempted to carry a motion, " that the Committee be directed to place thernselveS in communication with Mr. Alacirman Tborrigon, with -a view to bring about a withdrawal of his letter of resig nation." This was combatted by Mr. Carruthers (the Conservative candidate for Hull, at the last election) in a speech replete with eloquence and which was received with cheers and plaudits. He fully convinced the meet ing that the worthy Alderman Was bound to " be off with the old love before he was on with the new ;" or at least, that both loves were by no means to be retained with propriety, and upon a division, the numbers stood,' For accepting the resignation Against it, , Majority for accepting the resignation, 23 A ballot was, however, demanded ; and there is no telling what the votes of those whose faces never are seen in our lobby, but at such ticklish times of ballot as this is, may effect, although there can be but little doubt that the chair of Lloyd's Committee, which ever way the ballot may go, will be vacant, the object of the worthy Alderman's friends being, in all probability, to enable him to pair off with the majority. We have this week the painful duty to record the murder of a respectable your*, female, at Leftwich, near Northwich, which has naturally caused considerable excitement in the neighbour hood where the shocking deed was perpetrate 3. Connected with this tragical affair, not the,.least singular circumstance is the surrender and self-accusation of the murderer. From in quiries which we have made, it appears that the deceased, Mary Pemberton, an interesting young woman, about twenty-one years of age, resided with Tier widowed mother on a farm at Leftwich, which is situate between Northwich and Davenham, a mile and a half from the former and half a mile from the lat ter place. About twelve- months since she became acquainted with Samuel Thorley, a gardener, and nursery and seedsinan, of Northwich, the 'wretched man who has deprived her of life. Their intimacy soon ripened into an acquaintance of a more tender nature than mere friendship, and Thorley made prepa rations for their union. He furnished a house for the reception of his intended bride, and we are informed had provided clothes for .the wedding. But whether some misunderstanding had taken place between the parties, or her friends had objected to the marriage, is not satisfactorily known ; but it is certain that a coolness had! subsisted between them for some days past. — Thorley was' much troubled by the young woman's conduct, and became very desponding: At length lie resolved to give way to his feelings, and commit the horrid deed which has added , -another stain of the blackest dye to the dark catalogue of crime; and on Friday last, after transacting his business in Northwich market, where he has a shop, he proceeded to the house of the deceased, and remained there until eleven o'clock at night, which was some time after the family had retired to rest, with out being able to adjust the quarrel. On being lighted to the door, he drew a razor, with which he had provided himself, from his pocket, and cut the unfortunate woman's throat in the most effectual manner, She instantly fell in the lobby, where she was soon after found almost lifeless ' by her mother, whose at tention was excited' as she lay in bed, by hearing what she con sidered a falling of water. Thorley immediately returned home, - and called hp a yekiith who lived in his service, to give him ad mittance : he told the boy of -his- guilt, and despatched him to his (Thorley's) father's, at Lawton-gate, near Sandbacb, to ac quaint him of the-circumstance ; and also of his intention to go directly to Chester, and surrender himself into the hands of justice. The wretched man deliberately exchanged his bloody clothes for others, and about four o'clock on Saturday morning locked up his shop; and commenced his journey to this city. He arrived at the Queens Head, Foregate-street, between nine and ten o'clock, and called for a glass of porter, but did not drink the whole.of it. After viewing the pictures in the room for some minutes, he left the house and went to the castle. He presented himself atthe lodge, and said to the person in attend ance, that he came to surrender. He was respectably dressed, and had nothing singular in his appearance besides a little wildness of the eyes. He was asked (supposing he was a debtor come to surrender in discharge of his bail, or'uncliir an order of some court) if he had an order or a commitment in his posses sion. He replied " No." "Do you surrender for debt ?" he was asked. No,".he again replied, "but for murder." He then detailed the circumstances, and, on seeing the persons to whom he was speaking incredulous, or conceiving him to be mad, he said, " I assure you it is true." Then, said the at tendant, you had better make your statement to a magistrate. "I care not how soon . I go before one, (he replied) for I wish to get it over." A magistrate was sent for, and he repeated the melancholy-tale, and persisted in hi s gat. Shortly after the chaplain of the gaol was sent for, and to him another confession' was,made; the rev, gentleman administered spiritual consola tion to his mind, and offered up a prayer in which the wretched man joined with great devotion, and he has since requested that he may be put into a cell while he can be kept quiet, tiled. he .may spend the short time he will have allotted to him to live in religious duties and preparation for another state. He speaks of the deceased in the highest terms, and says she was the most amiable and virtuous .of her sex... The, reason lie assigns for surrendering is, that ho knew there would be a great outcry about him, and he thought it the bettek course. He says his -mind is now more tranquil than it was before he committed the offence, for he was so greatly moved by .the frustration of his 'hopes that he believes he could not have lived': The prisoner was suspected imuiediately after the crime, hail been perpetrated, and letters were sent to various pelfee-ofacers, with a descrip tion of his person. He was a Creditable, tradesman in North- . %vie Ili is abl.tt thirty-}e' 01-4. age, but. does not , appear .more than five or SIX ar.d twenty, and has nothing ferocious in his appearance. An . Inquest Ita S held upon the body of the de 'ceased yeste ed, but when our paper went to press we had not heard of arer remn i t. .. , . . . The narie."Samuel Thorley," we believe, is not new on the list of mgrderers iu this county. A butcher of that name was -~ COTTAGE OWNERS' ASSOCIATION. On Wednesday evening last a numerous and respectable meeting of the owners of cottage property, was held by adjourn ment from Thursday week, at the Blue Bell Inn; London-road, for the purpose of receiving the report of the deputation ap pointed at the last meeting of the association to wait upon the churchwardens and overseers, to apply Or a reduction on the assessments of cottage property, and to gain an extension of time to pay the rates on such reduced assessments. Mr. Walthew, the chairman, opened the business of the meet ing by briefly stating its object, and informing the meeting that the gentlemen who formed the deputation were present; and would inform them of the result of the interview with the churchwardens and overseers. Mr. Hilliard moved that the deputation empowered to wait upon the churchwardens and overseers with the memorial agreed to at the last meeting, communicate the result of their inter view. . _ Mr. Knapper, one of the deputation, stated,• that himself and his colleagues had endeavoureu to discharge the duties of the mission with which they had been charged to the utmost of their ability, and he was happy to state that the 'result of the inter view with the churchwardens and overseers was as aavantat e r,ous to the interests of cottage owners as could have been expected under all the existing circumstances. (Hear.) The deputation set forth with every forcible argument, that the assessments shoiild be reduced 3h per cent., and the time of payment materially extended, and the answer to the request was final and decisive, namely, that the parish authorities had taken into deliberate-consider ation the . memorial of the cottage owners, and they took it for granted that they had no authority, so long as the present act existed, to • secede from - its operations or reduce the,assess ments, but that they had come to the determination to extend the time of payment of one half of the. rates on the present as sessments to the third day of February next, and to take that half in total. liquidation, if paid on or -before that day, and they did not consider themselves justified at coming to any other conclusion. The deputation urged the other strong points ie . the memorial, but, finding that the 'authorities. had finally made up their mind, they were content with the in dulgence granted. The cottage owners, he ho .ed w .411. e„, it 1 ensers oTthe affairs of the parish, and see that they accomplished what they had pledged themselves to perform. The authorities had pledged themselves to the repeal, at the parish expense, of that obnox ious enactment the cottage tenements' bill, which was prejudi cial to the interests of every class of society. (Hear.) He hoped that no man in the room would so far forego an open 1 acknowledgment of justice, equity, and common sense, as for one moment to attempt placing any obstacle in the way of the objects they sought. He was happy to find that the people on this subject had spiritedly- bestirred themselves; and with not less gratification did he see the manner in which the public press had taken the matter in hand, who had viewed the subject in its proper light. He sincerely trusted that the whole of the asso ciation would see the necessity of uniting in one common cause, so as to present, in future, the sufferings of a very large part of the community for the false gratification of a few short-sighted individuals. (Hear.) It had been insinuated that the parish authorities would not receive any communication from such societies as this, but the idea was very fallacious. The asso ciation was embodied for the purpose of defending honse and cottage property from innovation, and he thought the associa tion Should be recognised in a similar manner as the 'mercan tile bodies who are recognised by Parliament. (Cheers.) The Chairman expressed himself gratified at the courteous manner with which the Churchwardens and Overseers had re ceived the deputation ; and he consequently augured that no time would be lost in procuring the repeal of the oppressive and unjust bill, which at present pressed so heavily on the cottage owners and occupiers. He was glad to hear that the authorities had extended the time of payment to the 3d of February next. Mr. Allen thought that the thanks of the Association were due to the Churchwardens, Overseers, and Select Vestry, for the handsome and courteous manner in which the deputation was received, and for their ready acquiescence to the extension of time of payment of poor-rates, and concluded by moving a resolution to that effect, which was• seconded by Mr. Jones. - Mr. M`Gee moved the third resolution, recommending all rate-payers to- pay up their assessments by the time allowed, which was seconded by Mr. Bell.—Mr. Morgan voted the thanks of the meeting to the deputation, and Mr. Krapper return - ad thanks. . Mr. Morrison moved the 4th resolution (copies of'wtich will be found in our advertising columns).—The whole of the reso lutions being passed connected with the affairs of the association, the chairman vacated' his seat, which was taken by Mr. linap per ; *hen thanks were voted to the late chairinan.-- , Mr. thew returned thanks in an appropriate address. He had advocated the cause of the cottage-owners, because he was convinced that in doing so he was amending the condition of the working classes. The present act of Parliament, relating to the cottage-owners, materially affected the lower orders" of society and by its repeal he was sure that the poor man would be much benefited.—,'lie meeting then separated. LOCAL NEWS. RELIGIOUS INSTarCTION IN THIS Diocr.su.—We under stand that the bishop has organized a society for the purpose of effecting an. object greatly to be desired, viz., the more adequate provision. of church accommodation for , the manufacturing towns of this populous diocese. The parliamentary grants en trusted to " the commissioners fur building chorales" have been long exhausted, and the temper of the times is not favour able to their renewal. Meanwhile, the population is increasing with great rapidity; and it is lamentable to reflect that no cor responding exertions should be made to provide these growing umbel's with religious instruction. Government is laudably anxious for their education. But the sure way of giving them education is, to give them churches and ministers. Where chnrches are placed, schools immediately follow. Nothing is Wanted but the centre and the agent, the church and its minis ter. We are not yet acquainted with the details of the bishop's plan ; but we hear that it meets with much encouragement from those to whom it has hitherto been made known. The principle, we believe, is to encourage local exertions by grant ing a portion of the expenditure from the funds of the society , which are to be furnished by the contributions of those friends of the establishment who think favourably of the measure. The act of:lst Williatri IV.- cap : 38, has given it facilities which did not exist before, by assigning the-appointment of the minister to those who undertake the building and endowment.—Chester paper. CoNyivtat. MEETING.—On Saturday last, about forty of the mosst s resp . ectable gentlemen, front various parts of this county, engaged in the corn trade, dined together at the Spread Eagle, Manchester, on an occasion arising out of the following circum stance :—A requisition, numerously and most respectably sign ed; 'was, a short time ago, presented to Mr. Thomas Wagstaff, of Warrington, requesting .the favour of his sitting to Mr. Mosses, of this town; for his portrait; and, to use the terms of the requisition, " that, When completed, he would allow it to be hung up . in the dining-room at the Spread Eagle, Manchester, to remain there that his friends and isosterity might, in days to come, be reminded of one who presided so long at their festive board, with unvarying good humour and ability." Mr. 'Wag staff has for a long series of years been president at the meetings those engaged in the corn trade, who regularly visit the town ef Manchester from different parts of the county; and by his conduct has gained the esteem of all who knew him. It is plea sant to find that, even in these times, worth and high plavacter will not fail to command the respect and attachment which they ought always to inspire ; and when the party alluded to met, as we have stated, to celebrate the event of placing over the pre sident's chair the likeness of its present possessor, (which it is only doing justice to the artist to say, reflects great credit upon hint,) they enjoyed themselves over the good cheer which was provided for them, with all that genuine good humour and excel tent feeling of which their worthy chairman had ever set them so geed an example; and the hearty wishes of all around him were expressed that be might long live to sit there, the original of what, when he passes away, will always remind them of one who enjoyed the esteem of all who had the pleasure of his ac quainta nee. A. DELICATE HINT TO THE KING'S CABINET-MAKERS.---We extract the following paragraph'fsom an article in the Times ' in which the reforming talents of Lord Durham are applauded to the vein}} echo, that should applaud again :—" We cannot, of conek,`kesow, what. had. passed within the walls tit - the - Secret Canned-chamber, nor will the public be inclined to measure the credit due to the assertions of other journals by the loudness or pertinacity of those Who risk; but, whether Lord Durham comes into the Cabinet again or not, one observatiOn will meet with many approvers —viz., that the noble earl ought to be there." The Times having thus told his Majesty what he ought to do, we take it for granted that he, will not venture on so perilous an experiment as that of not paying due deference to this gratui tous, and. therefore, constitutional niece of advice. Vicitst.—On Wednesday last, as a man named Burgess' who was about taking his passage to America, was strolling along the Goree . - Piazzas, he was met by a civil sort of person, who, seeing he was a stranger, and a simple kind of country man, entered into conversation with him, inquiring . where he came from, and so forth, and soon became so familiar as to ask Burgess to partake_ of a glass of ale. "The unsuspecting one" consented to accompany his new friend to a public-house, "where a most excellent glass of ale was sold.' After tra versing various streets, they at length stopped at a public house, and Burgess and his friend went in, where they met with some other men, and they commenced tossing. Burgess recollects no more of the circumstance; but a few hours after wards he found himself in the streets, minus £93, in sovereigns, which were deposited in a bag in his pocket. It is considered that the villains, who were confederates, had, what is termed focussed the ale, viz. put laudanum in it. On discovering his loss, Burgess applied to the police, and the assistance of a con stable was procured; but so completely bothered was the poor fellow. from the effects of his loss, that he was unable to tell the house, the street, or the neighbourhood he was taken into, being a total stranger to the town. The police have used every exertion to apprehend the robbers, but without avail. Burgess, who - resides in America, and whose family is now there, had come to England to dispose of some little- property he possessed in Kent, and the £93, of which he has been robbed, was the produce of the sale. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday an inquest was held be fore James Crosbie, Esq., on view of the body of Elizabeth Jones, aged six years, who was burnt to death. It appeared from the evidence, that on Friday afternoon last the deceased was in her father's house in Union-place, Chadwick-street, and, in the absence of her mother, stood on the top the fender, which gave way, and she fell into the fire, her clothes ignited, and in a blaze she ran down stairs into the street. Mr. Davis, the surgeon, stated that the deceased was very severely burnt about the arms, sides, breast, face, and head, irons the effects of which she died—Verdict, accidental death.—Another inquest was held before the same coroner, on the same day, on view of the body of Mary Anne O'Brien, an infant, who met with her death by a pan of scalding water falling upon her at her father's house, in Henry Edward-street—Verdict, accidental death.— On Tuesday another inquest was held on view of the body of Henry Affieck, a joiner, who fell into the Brunswick Dock in a state of intoxication the previous day, and was drowned—Ver dict, found drowned. IMPUDENT STREET ROBBERT.-011 Sunday morning last, about half-past two o'clock, as a sailor, named James Wilson, .was seeking for his lodgings, rather intnxicated,,in the neigh 4Wasitsoniftsfssthersdntki, 11 orfour young lads, who tripped up his heels. They then held him down by the neck and sided Isis pockets of four shillings and ninepence, and his backey box. The watchman coming up, the young thieves ran away and made their escape, excepting one, who was 'taken into custody, and brought before the Mayor yesterday. He was recognised by the constables as a lad who is in the habit of at tending wakes, and riding ponies for saddles and silver cups. The sailor being intoxicated at the time of the robbery, the ma gistrates did not think fit to commit' for trial on such an iden tity, but as the prisoner's character would not bear probing, be was committed- as a vagrant. - INCREASE OP TIIE Por.icE FORCE.—At a meeting of the magistrates of the borough, held on Wednesday last, in the Court-house; the prOp riety of enlarging the p r e s ent constabulary , foice of the borough was taken into consideration, representa tions having been made of its present inefficiency, when it was resolved that a necessary increase in the number of police offi cers should take place, which resolution will immediately be carried into effect. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—About half-past eleven o'clock on Tuesday morning last, a shocking accident occurred in Great Homer-street, Everton. It appears that a number of workmen were employed in constructing some houses in the above street, when the scaffolding, on which eight of the operators were standing, suddenly . gave way, and precipitated seven of the unfortunate mep into the street, amongst the lumber of the scaffold. The eighth man saved himself by providentially clinging to the chimney of one of the houses, from which peri lous situation he was rescued by the means of a ladder. Every attention to the sufferers was immediately paid by the profes sional gentlemen in the neighbourhood, after which they were conveyed to the Infirmary, where four of them now linger without hopes of recovery. The shocking accident, it is said, is not attributable to the slight building or other defect in the platform, hut is supposed to have been caused by a larger quan tity of materials being placed upon the scaffold .than it was calculated to bear at one time. SILVER PLA'rE STOLEN.—The servant of Mr. Mitchell, of • No. 42, Charles-street, Berkeley-square, London, whose house -was broken open on the 3d instant, and silver plate stolen to a very large amount, has been sent to Liverpool to endeavour to trace the thief, who is known, and supposed to have taken his course this way. The suspected person is John Stone, formerly one of the new police of the A division. The police are upon the alert, hut no clue to the apprehension of the thief has yet been discovered. On Sunday night, or early on Iklonday morning, come thief or thieves broke into the lodge of a.seciety of odd fellows, calling theinselves " Kni,crhts Templars," situate in. Great George's street, and stole therefrom a large plated tankard, bearing the arms of the " Knights Templars," two cups gilt inside, a (piantity of large-sized forks, a quantity of table Spoons, an iuceuse burner, - &c., with which they contrived to get clear off. SERIOUS ROBBERT.—On Saturday night last, the servant of Mr. Graham, of 21, Berry-street, carelessly left the street door open, whilst she crossed the road to the public house, on an errand, during which time some sneaking thief insinuated him self into the apartment of Mr. Ogilvie, a lodger in the house, and seeing an .elegant mahogany writing desk on the table, took the liberty of walking off with it undiscovered. The desk was the property of Mr. Ogilvie, and contained besides a large sum of money, property and documents of considerable value. Amongst the money carried away in the desk were eleven £5 Bank of England notes, a quantity of Portuguese coins, a silver watch bearing the name of J. Niehne upon the works, a copy of the Tariff - of the Brazils, a red Morocco case, containing a lady's miniature, and a quantity of other papers. TITLE OF THE YOUNG QUEEN OF SPAIN.—In the documents now published in Spain under the Royal sanction, the epithet "August" is supplied by that of "Innocent," for the young Queen of Spain. In these official papers she is called " Our Innocent Queen."—Londun pa per.— [Under existing circum stances this is not a badly applied attribute of royalty; The poor child is doubtless innocent and unconscious of the murders that she is the unhappy cause of—innocent of the injustice of those who use her name as a cloak to cover their own ambitious views —and innocent, too, of the miseries that even the success of her pretended friends are likely to entail upon her country. —Ed. LIVERPOOL STANDARD. BIRTH OF A SON AND HEIR TO SIR ROWLAND HILL, BART. M.P.—This happy event took place on Thursday morning last, and was immediately made known to the surrounding country, by the thundering of cannon from the Obelisk, and every pos sible joy manifested by every one in the neighbourhood. At Weston, Went, hitchurch, Hod net, Shrewsbury, Drayton, and every other place in the vicinity, the bells rang merry peals, cannon roa•;cd, and every one was gratified by the news. In another column are announcements of public - dinners in celebration of this auspicious event, and which, we doubt not, will be numerously attended by the well-wishers of the Hawkstone family.—We regret to have to mention that one of the workmen at Hawkstone, being unused to heavy cannon, lost his life, in consequence of commencing to reload without having first cleared away the refuse of the prior discharge : he was in the act of loading, and in front of the gun, when the powder ignited from the fire whitfh had hung in the breech, and the melancholy result that ensued has left a bereaved widow and family, to whom, we scarcely need add, every protection that.can be given by the Hawkstone family will be extended; and thus, as far as may be, the catastrophe will, be alleviated.—Salopian Journal. It is confidently asserted in the ministerial circles, that, at the eenimeneement of the approaching. session, ministers are pre pared to submit to Parliament certain measures that will more astonish the country than any of their former exploits. The English Church Reform Bill will be, it is said, by those who profess to be in possession of "the secrets of the prison-house," if possible, a thousand fold more radical than the measure awarded to Ireland. Lord John Russell is said to be the prin cipal assistant to the Lord Chancellor in preparing the bill. It is also rumoured, of course we cannot take upon ourselves the responsibility of vouching for the accuracy of the report, that, among multifarious other projects now entertained by the Cabinet, is a plan for imposing a tax upon funded property, in order to enable them to remove the house and.window duties, the. pressure of which has been so much felt and so mildly pro tested against by their former friends and supporters.—London Standard. NEW MUSIC. Tuts MERSEY QUADRILLES, Composed by JosnuA Liverpool, Palmer Brothers. An old but somewhat eccentric musician, Saml. Wesley, once asserted, that no new music was worth—what we must not say, that was not new, and, therefore, all new music was bad, because it is seldom new or original. How far he is borne out .by the fact we cannot take upon us to decide; however, with reference to the Mersey Quadrilles, we have heard them performed, and were we some score or two years younger, and some five or six stone lighter, we should like to dance to their pleasing and lively melody. They are inscribed by the author to Mrs. Case, of Summer Hill. THE LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOClETY.—Possessing, as we do, a greater number and variety of institutions for the pro ' motion of literature, science, and the fine arts generally, than any other town in the ewipire can boast of, it is rather-an ex traordinary circumstance that the goddess of music should.bo the only one of the " Heavenly Nine" that is unhonoured by a temple in, Liverpool. As we have neither time uor space to inquire into the cause of this defect, we will merely observe, en passant, that the concerts, whether good, bad, or indifferent, that have been got up in this place, have always been so well attended as to lead us to the inference, that the neglect of mu sic does not proceed so much from the want of souls among us attuned to harmony, as from the want of enterprise in those who should be leaders in this as well as the otherarts that tend to refine and enlighten the human tnirrd. To remove this reproach; the gentlemen of the Philharmonic Society are endeavouring to establish a series of concerts on something like a scale com mensurate with the importance of theii native town—that is, so far as their present means and appliances will admit of it—and it should be distinctly understood that "the lucre 'of gain" forms no part of their plan of operations. Under the auspices of this society, and conducted by Mr. Eyton, three Grand Concerts are in preparation, - the filet of which will be given on this day week (Ii riday the 20th) at the Templars' Hall, Great George-street. The greater part of the instrumental performers will be amateurs, of whom Mr. Evton will be the leader; The principal vocal performers will be Misses Leach and Potts, Messrs. E. Stott, J. Stott, Dodd, Collinson, and Davies. The receipts, after paying the expenses incidental to the undertak ing, will be appropriated to the purchase of new music, and the furtherance of the ultimate objects of the society—the establishment of a better school of music in Liverpool. '' DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF . LIMERICK.—Died, on lidonday last, at East Hill, Wandsworth, in. the 59th year of his age, after a long, illness, the Rev. John Jebb, D.D. - F.R.S., Lord Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert, and Aghador. For nearly seven ":,:ears he had suffered under the effects a violent pam,y - tic seizure, which compelled him to withdraw front the more 'ye duties of his see, and to reside in this county.; for met'', al advice. But his mind survived his body; and,•while an inv.•lid scarcely able to move about his room, even with wisistance, he continued an anxious and watchful care over his diocese ; and employed the hours of languor and sicknesz in the preparation and publication. of narks, original,. _or: those of, 0f,f7. , divines, for the benefit of the church of Christ. 3 he was among the most amiable and beloved of xvic.. :, singular faculty of attaching all of everv , age to WO; tura he was among the most ilistingiiisl,ol.l3iblie4l the ale; and in personal humility and 1,44 y,, be ',111.y of his office as a christian Bishop. 7. 7 MaZ614,4•0 LIVER , POOL STAN:DARD, ,~.~--~~ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The' fluctuation in the odds on the two great events, the Derby and the Oaks, has not been very material since our last communication. Bentley, Bubastes, and Plenipo continue iu the position we placed them on Tuesday, with the exception of an improvement only of half a point to the credit of the two former. Although the changes are inconsiderable, there is some indication that there will, ere long, be a shifting of places. There appears to be a spirit of rivalry at present extant between the south country nags and the Yorkshire horses, and the latter gain confidence daily. For instance, Emigrant and Delirium have quietly and progressively advanced for the last eight or ten days, and have found backers in Lancashire, who are;con sidered to be excellent judges. A great deal depends upon the trainers : if the favourite Yorkshire horses named are well su perintended, faith may be placed in them, although they figure but as outsiders ; the fact, however, must not be forgotten, nor past off slightly, that outsiders won both the important stakes at Epsom, last year, to the great consternation of the " know ing ones." In alluding to the benefits to be derived from ex perienced trainers being employed, it brings to our memory the late contest for the Doncaster St. Leger stakes, when much was said reflecting on the conduct of Mr. Watt's trainers, but which was satisfactorily cleated up. On this subject somo " cockney sportsman," appareutiv galled by losing in his spe culations upon that race, has taken up a page in the " Old Sporting Magazine," (a work very properly termed old, from the ancient date of its news,) in detailing the whys and the wherefores Belshazzar did not win the St. Leger, and Rock iughain did. According to the statement of this " Spiriting Soon," whose racing experience, we should jufige, dues not extend beyond• Epsom Downs-or Hampton Court, Belshazzar was allowed by the trainer, or lad, a few minutes before the race, to drink copiously of water to prevent his winning. Now this wonderful story about " Beishaziar and the Water Wretch" happens to have no foundation in truth. The fact is, that although Belshazzar, we think, could have won the -St. Leger„ the reason he did not was that Mr. Watt, the owner of both Belshazzar and the winner, was determined to win the stake with his worst horse, if possible, which he succeeded in doing, as the rider of Belshazzar was evidently pulling up the moment he saw Rockingham beating the rest. This mare's nest of a plot, which,the writer in the Old Sporting Mag. pro fesses to have discovered by his own sharpness, and intended to astonish the world with, is of old date, and when first broached by the unlucky backers of Belshazzar, was laughed at, and proved to be false. Indeed the high character which Mr. Watt has ever maintained upon the turf was, at the time, a sufficient refutation to the slander. With the exception of the few alterations alluded to above, there is little variation, and no e vents in the sporting circles have come off since our last wor thy of record. The following is the latest state of the odds : THE DE It tly.-7 to 1 agst Mr. Yates's Bentley, 7% tot agst Mr. Watt's Bubastes, 13 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Plempo 16 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Shilelah, '2O to 1 agst Capt. Gardnor's' Comet, 20 to 1 agst the Duke of Cleveland's Guardian, 2J to I agst Col. Cradock's Emigrant (taken;) 23 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Delirium .(t.,) 22 to 1 agst the Duke of Giafton's Olympic (t.,) 30 to agst Col. Peel's Bee in a Bonnet , 35 to 1 agst Mr. Mills' Brother to Kate (t.,) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Betluno. None others noticed. THE OA K s.-7- -to-4-aiLeet Mr. •Wislliers‘CotilliOn, 7 to - I sgst Col. Peel's Rosalie, 14 to I agst Mr. Perth's Louisa (t.) None .ers named. LIVERPOOL POLICE.-=WEDNESDAY. A GIiNTLEM AN'S' DINNER.—John George Smith, a young man, dressed in a reduced fashionable costume, was put to the bar, charged with having, contrary to the laws of the realm, ob tained meat and drink under false pretences. ~ Mrs. Casson,. the respectable landlady of a public-house in Redcross-strect, appeared as the complainant, and was about to state her case ' when her solicitor saved her that trouble, by do iug it inore.crilmly for her._ The prisoner at the bar, according to his account,-ei:terea Mrs. Casson's tavern the preceding day, and, haring seated himself in her best•-parlour,pulled off his. gloves, stretched his arms, drew himself up opposite the fire, and rang the bell. The waiter answering the tinkling summons was ordered to bring in dinner; there was nothing but boiled chicken iu the house, for the ordinary had been previously diapatched in the ordinary way. This was no 4linner for a gentlera a ii; bu onsTerroos, the chicken appeared and disappeared in the "twi king of a bed-Post," as my Lord Duberley would say. The supply eing ina dequate to the demand, the guest ordered seine fried kidney-, and these having produced that delightful state of satisfactiln which eventuates in a vawn, he ordered some wine.:," Let it be Malled," said he, "for ram a gentleman;" and llii.emine was anuiled, fit for any gentleman's palate. After dinner came another itretch_ of his 'fine attenuated figure, _and after the stretch the bill,. the whole bill, and nothing but the bill, was produced; but,itiOn, Mr. John George Smith, like sundry other great men, had no assets—he had only , . one solitary . shilling, which was the more valued inasmuch sit was'his last. Mrs. Casson did not speak words of comfort; she got angry. Mr. Smith grew indignant, • and demanded to be accommodated with a bed for the night,. as he could discharge his bill in the morning; but Mrs. Casson's g.en ' teel lodgers demurred to Mr. John George Smith's retention, and accordingly he was handed over to a constable, and his present position was the 'necessary consequence. Mr. Smith did not deny the nature of - his taste or the extent of his appetite, but promised to . pay 45. 6d., Mrs. Casson's bill, and on that promise he was discharged forthwith. A FRACAS IN Comer.—Mary Foley, an Emeralder; who held in her arms a laughing little likeness of her beloved husband, Paddy Foley, was brought 'up on warrant to keep the peace to Mrs. M'Laughlin, as well as to all others the subjects of our sovereign lord the king. Mrs. 117'Laughlin sells soda, unties, hams, and dipped can dles, in a court in Dale street, and Mrs. Foley was one of her customers. On the preceding day, according to Mrs. M'Laugh lin, she came into her shop to buy a ha'porth of "solder," which, being interpreted, means soda, used by laundresses. Mrs. M'Laughlin said she had no solder for sale, at which Mrs. Foley got very . angry; but her anger did not prevent her from coining in again to buy a knuckle of ham, touching the weight of which there was a dispute, on which Mrs. Foley flung the knuckle of ham at Miss Ikl`Laughlin, and otherwise abused her. ". Plase, gintlemen," said Mrs. Foley, " hear me :—Yester day I wiut into Mrs. Wlestighlin's shop for a ha'perth of and Mary there was then-ahind the, counter. 'Arrah, be afther given us a ha'porth of solder,' says I. We haven't any,' said she. How can you say . that,' says I; seeing you have enough of it there in the windy.' That's for our selves,' says she. Oh, very well,". says I, sure an I- can get a ha'porth at any place ;' and thong God I'm not behelden to her a ha'penny. 'Well, as I was thiukin of dinner, I went into the shop agen, and says I, Mary,' says I, weigh that knuckle of hate for me;' ant it wasn't weight. ' Mary,' says I; 'tisn't weight.' "Fis,' says she. "fisn't,' says I, an • I won't take it.' You shall,' says she, and wid'out more ado, she ups wid,the unest and flung it out aft her me. I took it up, to be sure, and flung it in at her, and I b'lieve it hit her in the face, and that's all, ) our honours." Here MiA Mary entered on a contradiction, stating that Mrs. Foley flung, in addition to the ham, the carving knife at her. "Here are a ll my witnesses," said Mrs. M'Laughlin, pointing .to- a crowd of female testimony, who stood wan and pale behind her. "And here are mine," cried Mrs. Foley, referring to an equal amount of fair evidence. Upon this, all parties began to speak together, amid the din of which the magistrate announced that the prisoner was to find bail. "Won't you hear my wit nesses?" exclaimed Mrs. Foley, resisting the attempt oCAins worth, the constable, to put her down. "Hear my witnesses !" she cried, and : the faint and emphatical cry of " witnesess, nisses-es,s" was heard for several minutes, to the great amuse ment of a crowded court, from the gaoler's subterranean laby rinths. THURSDAY. Two reputed thieves, of a most roguish and determined as• pect, calling themselves Jones and. Johnson, (but whose rca names are unknown from their having _clanged them at every commitment for felony,) were brouglitsip- by Ainsworth, the constable, as suspicious characters. The constable said that he observed the prisoners lurking about the streets, as he supposed, for no good purpose, and he took them into custody. On search ing Jones, he found a couple-of chisels, evidently made to effect burglaries. He had met the prisoners together several dell; before. Johnson, with the utmost -effrontery, said that he was. perfectly unacquainted with his fellow-prisoner, and had only been in Liverpool from Leeds three days. He was a carpenter looking for work. Several of the constables spoke to John son's having been seen in company with the most determined thieves for several months, and his fellow-prisoner, Jones, was an experiencei hand in a court of justice, and the jailor, on referring to the hands of Johnson. discovered no signs of their having handled tools, being apparently more adapted to picking a pocket. The Mavortold the prisoners it was an old adage that a man might be known by his tools, and he knew sufficient of mechanics to convince him, that the make and sharpening of the chisels were not adapted for carpenter's work. The prisoner replied, that they were for rough work, which the Mayor not, being inclined to dopbt, committed both the pri soners for three months as rogues and vagabonds. A young woman was charged with stealing a quantity of canvas, the property of Messrs. Bateson and l?orsfall. Lloyd, the constable, saw the prisoner carrying h bundle in the street, and suspecting all was not right, asked her where she got it from; she refuied to state, and he consequently took her into custody, and found that the canvas bore the mark of Bateson and Horstall. A porter from Messrs. Bateson anti Co., proved the robbery, and stated such robberies were very frequent, and the Mayor committed the prisoner for trial, observing that he had some knowledge of her, he and Mrs. Wright having, from the prisoner's pitiable tales, been induced to relieve her. .Anne Jones was charged by a tradesman named Crokelt with smashing one of his panes of glass, in a fit of intoxica tion. The prisoner pleaded as an excuse that she had got drunk in consequence of burying her aunt !—Ordered to pay 2s. for being drunk, and the damages. . William Gamble, alias Bristol Bill, a prize fighter, was charged by Mr. Price, a publican, with creating a disturbance in bis house, with intent to commit a felony. T. he complainant stated that the prisoner on the previous night rushed into his bar and commenced a disturbance, he believed with an intention to create a confusion, for the purpose of robbery. The last time the prisoner was in his house he was robbed of £25, the lease of his house, and' the licence, but the prisoner could not be identified as a party in the robbery, although most likely con nected with it. The Mavor.—ls the prisoner known ? Mr. Parlour.—As a common thief, sir, and a most notorious rascal; he is called by the flash cognomen of " Bristol Bid," but his real name is Gamble. The Mayor told Mr. Gamble, that it appealed necessary to cut his gambols short for a time, and- committed him for three months. Thomas Jones, an apprentice of Mr. Ratcliffe, the tailor, was charged by his employer with stealing a quantity of cloth, silk, and other articles, at various times. It appeared from the state ment of Mr. Ratcliffe, that he had missed goods at various times, which he had at length ascertained were pawned by the prisoner. On oneeiCcasion, the prisoner had been entrusted to carry home a coat to its owner, and he returned stating that a man - had met him and taken the coat from him. Since the dis covery of his thieving propensities he had admitted the story about the coat to be false, and acknowledged having stolen it. He also implicated the parties with whom he lodged as encou raging him to steal the articles. The prisoner, however, had told so.many lies that there was no believing him. After hear , ' ing the case, the Mayor remanded the prisoner until this day, in order to give an opportunity of discovering the stolen pro .- nerty. Finis.—On Tuesday morning last, about half-past two o'clock, a fire was discovered to have broken out upon the premises of Messrs. Ashton and Ginn, shipbuilders, Waterloo-road. The watchman on the district was the first to discern the fire, which broke out in the smithy, and threatened destruction to the sur rounding property. fie immediately gave the alarm, and the engines were shortly upon the spot, as were the active superin tendents of police and watch, Messrs. Parlour and Whitty.— Notwithstanding the speedy arrival of the engines, they were some timul . aefore they could be brought to play, in consequence of the great. want of water which was felt. - The buildings in that neighbourhood, it appears, are newly erected, and. the water-plugs were so far'distant hat it was found expedient to place the engines in a connecting line with the water-plug, and by these means, after stoma delay, a sufficient quantity of water was procured, and the fire got under, but not until the forge, the counting-house, stables, and shipbuilder's materials were en tirely destroyed. ~ LONDON LAW COURTS. 1.4 KING'S BENCII.—MoNnim BURRELL, BART., V. NICUOLSON.—ThiS was. an action of trespass, brought by Sir Charles Burrell, Bart, a resident at Richmond -terrace, at the end of Whitehall, near Parliament street, against the defendant, one of the parish officers of St. Margaret's, Westminster, for entering his preinises to levy a distress for poor rates, which the inhabitants of the terrace have not hitherto paid. The , whole-of the inhabitants of this terrace claim ho be ex etnpted from the payment of parochial taxes, on the g,ruttuds that the site or these - buildings is extra-paroehhtl. It appears to be a portion of the estate called "Crown Latidi," winch is leased by the King's-Land Revenue Office to its presebt occu pants, as extra-parochial. 'the jury found a vL,dict for Ow defendant. If this question remains undisturbed, a question will arise ati. to whether' the lessees are not entitled to a'reduction of their rent from the Crown, as the leases were granted under the pre sumption that the • property was not liable to any parochial assessments. HEX V. GRANT, BELL, AND , AGAR.—This was a criminal pro seen ion, brought by Henry Winchester, Esq., an ableluian of 'London, against the proprietors and printer of the Toe San, for a libel.. The libellous matter which the defendants were accused of publishing dmsisted of statements relative to the conduct of the alderman, as ono of the assignees or the defendant 14,int, who was the.proprietor of the Sun newspaper at the time citi k 4i failure. Mr. Grant defended' himself in person. The, jury returned a verdict ill* guilty against all the defe"o - COURT OF EXCHEQUER:—TrEsnky.. BURKHART v. ANGERSTEIN.—Mr. Jardine opened the plead ings. Mr. Eric stated the case. This was an action for a tailor's bill, to which the defendant pleaded infancy. The plaintiff re plied, that part of the articles supplied were necessaries, and as to the remainder, they were supplied after the defendant came of age. The defendant was introduced, in July, 1829; to the plaintiffs by his brother, Captain Angerstein. The anionut or the articles supplied from that time till the end of 1831 was £657, of which a part had been paid by the defendant's father. The present demand was for £441, of which £20:1 were paid into court. William Schultz, clerk to the plaintiffs, deposed that the defendant was introduced to them in July, 1829, by his brother, who was a customer of theirs. He was not then in the army, bnt lived with his father, in St. James's-street. In lbal he got a lieutenancy, in'the Life Guards. The father paid part of the defendant's bill in '1530. The defendant's attorney made an offer of 15s.,in the pound on the preSent bill. All the articles in the bill were ordered by the defendant. Cross-examined by Mr. Follett, (with whom was Mr. Ball.) — The defendant met with an accident, whereby his skull was fractured, two or three years ago; in consequence of which he was obliged to resign his commission in the army. The prin cipal part of this bill was due when the bill was sent into the father. Richard Burkhart, son of the plaintiff, delivered some of the articles iu the bill. There were four India Cashmere waist coats, for which eleven guineas each were charged. A Cash mere sh4lid, from which those waistcoats were made, cost from eighty to one huadred guineas, and no more; than four or five waistcoats could be made out of it. Several witnesses were called, t.o proVe the delivery of the articles; but there being some difficulty iu the proof, the plain tiff consented to be nonsuitcd. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—MoNDAY. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.—Thomtm Williams', a 41.,a1er iu marine stores, applied upon his petition to be discharge; ] from prison. The following colloquy, which took place between Mr. Com missioner Barns and the insolvent, is an exemplification of the law of imprisonment for debt : Mr. Commissioner Hairis, having inspected the sclie.lule; said to the prisoner, "I see you are in execution for £8 35., for debt and costs:' Insolvent.—Yes, I am. Mr. Commissioner Harris. —Pray, how long have you been in prison for that sum ?—Ever since the sth of October. Mr. Commissioner Harris.--And la it :true that pop only owed Dyas, the detaining creditor, £1 6S. 2d..?—lt is. (He explained that he originally borrowed of Dvas, who-is a rag.- merchant, tk, sum of £2, off which he paid 13s. 10d., but took no receipt. He offered to pay him the remainder provided he gave him a receipt for the Whole. Ho refused, and served him wlth a 4..0py of a writ. He did not plead to the action, and in Oet;,l.ev i. i was: taken in execution.) Barris.—Have you any family ? - .,—Yes; a itnir TOE. Ju. magistrate, gating a chard. were brought fru under the 3d Will. racters, being fount. were apprehended in Daniel O'Connell,'! in There not being room brought in at once, the the worst of them should b. been done, Inspectors Perry and Brandall, of t►. consequence of idforinatioa they had reek. in Whitecross-street, called the Daniel O'Conn, a receptacle for thieves, they went on Sunday nigt. of officers, and in a room up-stairs they found rim dred persons of all ages assembled together, drinkim, whom, a Mr. Palmer, who appeared to Le their chat. dressed in a wig and gown. Mr. Broughton—ls he here ?—Yes. The Chairman was here placed at the bar, attired in the cos tume of a learned judge. Inspector Perry—When I entered the room I told them not to be alarmed, and to drink their ale quietly, and make them selves comfortable. I bad then, one hundred men at may com mand. The prisoner Palmer, the judge-like chair►man, ap peared to be quite theatrical. Mr. Broughton—To the Inspectors—When you went in what were they doing? Inspector—'l hey:Were sitting together drinking in groups. Air. Broughtqn—Now, Mr. Palmer, what have ymu to say for yourself? Mr. Palmer—l opened this club twelve months ago, as a Jthige awl Jury Clak and if you will allow me I ;rill read you our rules. Mr. Broughton--,Read them. Mr. Palmer—" Rule 1. "That the Judge, Jury, and Counsel do attend every Sunday evening by seven o'clock. "2d. No person can be allowed to sit as Judge unless they have fqfilleel the place as Counsel in this court. "ad. That the officer do collect all fines inflicted by the Judr age.- "zith. Any person interrupting the Judge, Jury, or Counsel, tall be fined ono penny for each offence. "sth. Any person calling his lordship by any other name :han 'My Lord,' shall be fined one penny for each offence. "6th. Any person using profane language shall be fined one penny. "7th. That the Jury do not leave the court without permission of the Judge." Then followed a long list of minor regulations, for a detail of which we have not room. Serjeant Tilt said that on the Judge being brought into the station-house, he treated the matter with contempt. Ile said to the whole assembly, "My power is at an end. 1 was in a supe rior court, new I am in a lower court—therefore, friends, make the best of it." . Mr. Broughton, who heard the charges with considerable pa tience, eventually dismissed the whole Court, Judge; Jury, Counsel, and suitors, with an admonition as to their future con duct, and some severe remaiks touching the character of beer shopkeepers in general. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DUBLIN.—TUESDAY. CASE 01 , slit - n;(71:10N. Thomas Barnewell r. Samuel Cooper. This was an action on the case against the defendant, for: having deprived the plaintiff of the services of his daughter, Henrietta, whom he had seduced from her father's house, liscs The damages were laid at £5OOO. Serjeant O'Loughlen stated the plaintiff's case, who was, he said, of highly respectable family; and had, for sotne years, been claiming the title of 'Viscountland. kiis family consisted of four daughters, and one son. One daughter had been mar ried to an officer of the 40th, and was wide, .left a wi in 1s31; two were unmarried,' and rho fourth was the 'rinforturitieet the present action. The defendant, - was yell-ksusfrn as thV ' iwti of the late "Mr. Cooper, of Merrion-squark, - Seho htsnall hitsebii dren well provided for, and.to, ff ou.(Sanitiel) an -estate in the county of Dublin. The defendant had first become ac quainted • with Ikliss Henrietta. Barnewell iu .1&32. She was then about in her seventeenth year, and, it is. supposed, first met him at the lodging of her married sister (who had returned a widow from India,) ml the Bachelor's-walk, where she was on a visit about the month of June or July. This intimacy begun without the knowledge of her father, who then lived at Kingstown ; he also met her at Mary's Church, in the mouth of August; he contrived to r .,(set himself introduced to her by the name of Robert Cooper, and-told her that his friends were desirous of getting him married to some one else, which he was determined not to do; he professed a violent attachment to her, and so won on her affections that she consented to elope with him, and they went off toget her iu the montliof September, since which time she has never been seen by her afflicted fa mily ; he also has been hidings and the plaintiff, in the progress of this suit, was obliged to obtain leave of the court to substitute service on his laud, fur neither his land agent or his attorney knew where he resided.--Siuce the elopement letters of his have been received by his agents, and by :Ms. Haile& signed Robert Cooper," This lady showed three or four of these to his brother, Mr. J. Cooper, and returned t hem to a box where she kept them, in his presence and that of another person; but in a few days afterwards was surprised to find box anti letters gone—stolen away by some person evidently anxious to preventtheirpublieity. Ile saia that the gre a t e st obstructions had been thrown in the way , of this trial by the defendant, who had behaved in a simi larly unprincipled manner to two other females.; one was a relation of his own, residing at his father's house on 1821, and whom, in consequence, he was obliged• to marry: The other seductiOn occurred in 18'21, and he would be -able to prove that the defendant had found it necessary to make her a s i m i tas reparation. He had heard of one or two other females with whom the. defendant was connected by ties of serious strength, but these would be sufficient to exhibit him in his true colours as a married man at the tone he sesinced the daughter of the plaintiff. Mrs. Catharine Bailee, an officer's wi , Tow, and daughter of the plaintiff, proved the intimates' between her sister and the defendant. Ihe marriage of the defendant. in. January ; 'to a I,lliss Frances Clutterbuck. and a second marriag e i n 18'Ll to Mrs. Arthur, a widow, was also proved—but Miss B arnewe ll , the lady seduced, could not be produced in court. ' s The'Jury returned a verdict for the plaintif f .—Damages, one Emusaud pounds, and sixpence costs. CURIOUS LETTER.—A Quaker, who had sent his watch to one of the same belief three or four tares to be repaired, but which was not at all benefited in the end, despatohed the following characteristic epistle to the watch repairer:—" Friend John, I once more send thee my erroneous pocket-clock. The last time she was at thy board , she was in no ways benefited by thine instructions. I find, from the wavering of her hands and the index of her mind , she i s not right in the inward menu the mainspring. Therefore, take her, and purge her With thy adjusting tool of truth ; and, if possible, drive her from the error of her ways. Let her visit the Sun's motion—the true calcula tion table, and the Ainuator ; and, when thou hest brought her conformable to theik:G.:idard of Truth, send her home with the bill of moderation, h shall be remitted to thee by thy friend, OBA DIA Dated this second day of the week, commonly called Monday -.-- es~ir%F 4