The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-25 00:00:00

HE SEAT OF KING LEOPOLD.—Within the )rrespondent informs us, a number of work artists have been employed in putting Clare f his Majesty the King of Belgium, into urning Chronicle. rTil COMMAND.—Great diversity off opinion o is to succeed the late gallant Sir Thomas miral of Portsmouth ; the fullest expectation it Sir Harry Neale would have had the ap !port now says that the Admiralty would not gave up his seat for Lymington, for which w member. Sir Harry declines to give up equently gives up the lucrative and honoura mmand at this port. Next it is said to have r W. Hargood, and the strife of interest nose P. Durham, Lord Amelius Beauclerc, and Lague. One of the two;former will most pro ° think the chance is in favour of the gallant ison, Defiance, and Venerable.—Hampshird tNGE PEEL ON THE FOOT PAVEMENT.-00 est was held at St. George's Hospital, on the ge Buxton, aged 32. The deceased, who was tall man, was a tailor, residing at 10, Queen- On Tuesday week he was walking with nfortunately trod upon a piece of orange-peel . In falling, the inside of his right thumb sharp stone, and the nerve was completely 'ound was dressed, and no dangerous conse ticipated ; but on the Wednesday following sta an abscess having formed in the wound, 7 came on. When the unfortunate man was ital a medical gentleman attempted to admi tine, and he had just succeeded in getting his the deceased was siezed with the most vio and in this dreadful state he expired. Ver t death." ACCIDENT FROM DRUNKENNESS.—OR SOW' o very melancholy occurrence took place at of Culeross. John Malcolm, a labourer, been drinking during a part of the night, n-home till about two o'clock in the morning• at while kindling the fire, the wife's clothes ame, and that neither had been able to afford appy woman was found next morning burnt fllewhat singular, that both were among the the Temperance Society of Torryburn.---• :ETLAND ELECTION.—The result of the contest lion of this stewartry is, that Mr. Traill has y . a majority of eleven votes. At the close of l in Orkney, Mr. S. Laing had a majority of second day, was brought down to 31. Thurs , when the proclamation of the result would. have been made, the poll books from Zetland : Kirkwall, the county town; and the Sheriff returning officer, was thus placed in an awk -3y the terms of the act, the Sheriff is required irn on the next day but one after the close of this instance happened on Tuesday se'nnight, Mr. Laing and his friends concluded that the to return him as member, without waiting ooks. This, however, the Sheriff-Substitute d intimated that he had received a communi ord Advocate, that he ought not to make the is in possession of the poll-books from all the .he stewartry. On this, Mr. Laing protested l's conduct; and holding himself duly elected, partizans as the member. Forthwith he was thant car, which had been constructed of wood, tney, and dragged through the street of the clat by a long tail in his interest. But to ! , d from Zetland with the poll books from that rge majority there in favour of Mr. Traill; .1 casting up of votes, Mr. Traill was found to :andidate ; and thus the cup has been dashed ;t in the moment of anticipated enjoyment, a from the brow in the very climax of exulta- I dangerous to halloo before getting out of the be no doubt that Mr. Traill will keep hi s have not yet heard of his chairing. There 1 5 the clause of the statute as to the election the rational construction of it in connection is of the act, is, that the sheriff must be ill he polling books of his shire, and open the au be in a competent position to make the have no doubt, will be the interpretation by imons if Mr. Laing shall petition against the riff-Substitute is placed in a very awkward his superior in office, we are informed, gave irders to make the return on Thursday last, ad books had arrived or not, and the Lord ions were of a tenor the very reverse.--. r. E DRAMA.—The proprietors of the Adelphi ye applied, or are about to apply, for an ex' It is said in the dramatic circles that the ire, upon the principle of equality and " fait grant the same extension of license to Ma' which has already been conceded to Mr. :vote ' as it is now performing at the Adelphi, ful drama produced at that Theatre since it ession of Mathews and Yates. The ni g htly last fortnight have, we understand, exceeded the same period, the once popular burletto —The very amusing drama, entitled P. Q., the Olympic, is written by one of the authors iddresses.—An Eisteddvod will be held in y, under the patronage of the Cambrian nth occasion Lord Kenyon will preside.-- - vanizi cannot be brought out at Dury-lane aruary, owing to the provincial engagemelit s 4.—Kenney has written an opera for Drury :lude all the vocal strength of the company by Bishop.—Neukomm is composing a new ;rand Festival which is to take place at Bit' iutumn.—Letters from Naples mention th e )zzari, one of the most celebrated vocal per" appeared at Milan, from thence he went to ang for some years at the theatre San Carlos , ne of above 100,000 ducats.—Miss Kelly ha g rroin the Lord Chamberlain for her mono sees in the Strand, but it extends no further, , ishire having decidedly refused his sanetiol bling regular theatrical entertainments, rarzi riginal plan.—Mr. Arnold's New English ie up and ready for performance at latest il l ist of his theatre will not exceed £20,000. new play is to be called the Wife, or a Tale ry is pure invention, and the interest through' in the hero and heroine. It will !le ready to, it before Easter, as only a small p o rtion re' l .ed by the author. The characters are numerl busy.—Mr. Kean was to have terminated his, Saturday night at Grantham; on Monday he engagement at Drury-lane, which does of 3t March.—Mr. Macready will proceed tO in March, for the purpose of fulfilling ar( —The English company of comedians is s tilt houses but ill calculated to raise either "thi tation. They are, however, about to get nil he " Manager's last kick I"—The new fel )rury-lane, called the Nervous Man, is frog. Ir. Bernard. Power has an excellent Irish iervous hero will be in the hands of Farrell we understand, engaged all the Corps (I" 1 Opera House to dance at Covent-garde I.EPHANT-MDLLE. DUECK.-011 the 26th itely seen at the Cirque Olympique, wer idiere, in the department of the Loire, i 1 lishmen acted as leaders to these animal, marched them off co La Palisse, a smal !agues of that village. The owner havir.: ot one of these elephants, named d'Jeck, tht ill-humour against one of the other lead it some days before, warned him of la nded him not to accompany the caravan. - - not attend to, but on the contrary, affectti than usual towards the beast. They hal, ravelled a league when the elephant, stui rho wished to force it on, turned rouni, h his trunk, and lifting him off his hors, et above its head. The unfortunate leadv, roken by the fall, was unable to escape, a:d hold of him a second time, threw him inp .d him under its feet. The infuriated aii Is a carman, who was journeying alongt I pitched him into a field. The Poor rod ' with a few slight bruises ; but his hoil ild have probably added to the confusiq pset in a ditch along the road, where tb op. All these misfortunes would have bei thers, had not the horses of the Paris 10 lasing by at the moment, stopped in .0 leader, at the risk o f hi s lif e succee d e d it the elephant. The unfortunate Engli `ci St. Martin d'Etreaux, where he expi g tu ides ol vas nA CORRESPONDENCE. THE CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—I now return to the consideration of the important sub ject of our currency, with a reference to what I have already stated. Notwithstanding the expense consequent upon the necessity Which country bankers are now under, of keeping a consider able supply of gold beside them, for the purpose of meeting their broken payments under five pounds, and exchanging their cotes for larger sums when so required, their business has Proved beneficial to themselves, and safer to the public; their issues have been kept on a more limited scale, while the capi tals of monied men have been increasing; the trade of the country is protected by abundant supply and moderate prices; and the sound state of our currency, renders more difficult the creation of artificial capital, and of that speculative hazardous enterprise, to which it was wont to be applied by those who had every thing to gain and but little to lose. In this state of thi ngs, with our trade and commerce flowing in a safe and steady channel, generally productive of some, though moderate If t orn, wild undertakings, such as most of us have witnessed to Other times of delusive.prosperity, are now kept in check; both merchant and manufacturer require less pecuniary aid in the shape of loan or discounts; money has therefore become Plentiful, and in supply beyond demand ; in consequence, the discount rates of interest have been gradually falling, at pre sent not exceeding three per cent., and in some transactions e ven lower. These details are not likely to afford much information to Wally of your readers who may take the trouble to peruse them; out I consider them necessary to elucidate the grounds on which the opinions I entertain on the subject of our currency are t caided: that they are facts, will not, I think, be denied. I now come to the changes that are called for in our cur teacY. Such as I have seen proposed are certainly stated in ,terms more or less obscure and- undefined. As far as I have *tea able to understand them, the leading features seem to be— a desire to restore the power to issue small notes of one and t wo pounds ; next, to increase the number of chartered or joint 84)0 4 banking companie, and to remove the restrictions they are now subject to. There seem to be a few who would go the length of depreciating our currency, by increasing the value of dishonest gold and silver coin, under a mistaken idea ( I hope not a m l anonest one) that they would in that proportion enhance the value of productive labour. They seem to think that the sove -I.!lgn should retain its present value, but contain a less quan ti,ty of gold; thus, if reduced one lourth, the debtor who owed `" s • would be enabled to pay it with 15s. of the currency in ''' h ieh his debt was contracted ! There the effect would cease, as the price of everything would thereafter rise in exact pro rtion to the depreciation. This principle has been contended by a very few, as applicable to the public debt, under the tti lle of an equitable adjustment, fixed upon a scale to corres pond with the original contract prices ; but those who do so seem to forget, that at the time when the great part of the debt '`as Contracted, the low prices at which the loans were taken c redit ; the consequence of the extremely depressed state of public C d it; and therefore that the risk to the lender of being paid annuity was considered to be in proportion to the price. That the war in which we were engaged, after so many alarm vicissitudes, terminated favourably, was fortunate for the ellders; but we all know it might have been otherwise. The Public can h ave no r i g ht to avail themselves of that result, or 4- " I lge the solemn engagements then entered into with their 7 t edit ors, even had the same parties continued to stand in that 8 , - ; ll4ti °n, which in few instances only can be found to be the i: s e• If ill us t ra ti on is r equ i re d, l oo k t o the l a t e B e l g i an an d ° rtugal loans, where the prices are low, but are in proportion 14 the credit of the borrowers, and to their chance of repay ment. As regards the increase of chartered or joint stock banks, the on LY impediment understood to be in their way is the bank charter, which will soon expire; it is then to be hoped that the ltehgeiisrlant:luor:eywill, by its enactments, encourage the creation of suc h banks as will afford increased security to the public in transactions, and therefore be preferable to that of Use small banking concerns that now exist in almost every quarter of the country; but as such banks are likely to be more guarded and tenacious in their issues, and in the securities on vhich they may be disposed to lend their funds, when banking i 8 transferred to these channels of increased prudence and safety, it will be more likely to narrow than to extend the pre sent paper circulation. The only change, then, that seems to be avowed and under stood, as requiring more particular observation, is that which Proposes to restore the circulation of small notes; for none have ;beenhardy enough even to hint at the direct suspension of payments, ga sh though various schemes of securities have been b roached l to cover i ssues o f notes under depos i ts or i nvestments, , u tit none with sufficient shape and substance to require consi deration : were i t ot h erw i se, I s h ou ld en d eavour to s h ow th a t LeY are uncalled for, and would not avail the parties who might e an interest in them. I therefore return to the views and l t ) ettations of those who advocate resuming the issue of small Ne tes. T hese parties profess to do so on the ground that it would .4 4 14 money more abundant; that, in proportion to its abun ee, the value of all the fruits of productive labour, and there d4;:of labour itself, would increase in this country; that abun tk. ltieci by ee of employment would thus be afforded,and readily ob er at the working classes, whose comforts would be in eased; an d that, with t h ese c h anges, genera l prosper i ty an d ,„,,e°ll te ntment would be restored ! I think I shall find no diffi i'ltY in showing that this is altogether a delusion, and that results would not be produced, were the measure itself racticable which I do not hesitate to contend that it is not. At the period when the issue of paper money, and of small motes particular, became so general and extensive, the gold ; 0 4 : r th ell cY had been withdrawn and applied to foreign payments, e Purposes and in the manner I have stated; nor was it' atl Y way possible tore cover the gold so exported until these L ati t';a gesnents terminated ; wh e n they did so, they left th e t r lt ees of payments in our fa v our, arising from the state of tl '`ic, to be received in the precious metals ; until then we were i eee 'sorily and unavoidably dependent on a paper currency. * 8 t he gold and silver was in this manner brought back, it I: ll ,, t i lito circulation, and took the place of the small notes. I tv,‘ it Must be evident to every one, that this consequence , e r the natural one to follow, and that the gold and silver re ed can only be employed in this manner. I) te ; ellist also be kept i n mind, that this Importation of the tli e e : o4B metals is the fruits of national prosperity, produced by lq, o ` 47 ourable state of our foreign trade; and I now ask those the ~ P t°P ose to restore the small note currency, and thus extend T he Per circulation, by what means they expect to effect it? I ktio 6 is now an ample supply of the precious metals in circu b 11 and found to be sufficient for every purpose : if notes are iF t ,! i ntroduced, they must displace the metallic currency, and "Y are t o b e paya bl e i n it a t the w ill o f t h e h o ld er, h ow i s 4, 1 , 8 , to be e ff ected without suc h currency, were they to succeed illisteir o bj ect? But supposing that they did so, what is to be e with the gold now i n c i rcu l a ti o n, when so displa ce d ? or 1, :sat are the inducements expected to influence the public to ive th e i r payments in paper, rather than in gold, short of Ise tei°4 ? The gold cannot b e expor t e d to other countries, b as e we have, f rom t h e re l at i ve state o f our t ra d e w ith them, te b ,; ,"ive, in place of h av i ng p ayments t o ma k e ; and it cannot - mtiPosed that the Bank of England, private banks, or indi viduals, will consent to retain their gold in their coffers unem ployed, and therefore unproductive. It is, then, evident that whilst our foreign trade remains in a prosperous state, and wealth increases, however slowly, with a balance of payments to receive, it can only be received in the precious metals, which must necessarily be employed in the currency of the realm, where it forms a safer and sounder medium for internal ex changes than has yet beea discovered; nor will it stop in this state with the exclusion of small notes, but as the supply in creases, it must also displace a part of the larger description of notes now in circulation. Those who from poverty or disappointment feel the pinch that follows both, appear to indulge the expectation, that if the circulation of paper money were to be extended they would be benefitted by it. This is also a delusion. Can they suppose that those who might have the power and disposition to issue small notes on a large scale, would part with such to them, or to any other, without first receiving satisfactory security, in one shape or another ? And if these parties, who proclaim whilst they deplore their own wants, have none such to give, I ask them how they can be benefitted by such issues? On the other hand, I have already shown that those who do possess the means of giving such securities can now receive advances of money upon them, to the fullest extent prudence will admit of, and, consequently, that no further creation of capital is required. The circulating medium of Scotland is wholly paper, or nearly so, from one pound notes upwards, payable in cash at the will of the holder; but the relative situation of the two countries is very dissimilar—to speak comparatively, England is rich, Scotland is poor. England, with few exceptions, has always been accustomed to a metallic currency, Scotland to a paper. one. In England, in order to benefit and promote the national bank, private banking was restricted to six partners, and the circulation of their paper money in many instances discouraged. In Scotland no such restrictions on banking existed; the want of gold made the circulation of small notes necessary, and without them, the ordinary commercial inter course could not be carried on. With few exceptions, private banking (such as exists in England) has been discouraged there, and either chartered or joint stock companies established in preference, on account of the increased safety they afforded. One of these exceptions, under the firm of Maberly and Co., by holding out the temptation of doing business on more fa vourable terms, succeeded, some years ago, in establishing banks for issuing notes in different quarters; they have since failcd, and as yet, I understand, the holders of their notes have not even the prospect of a dividend. On tqe other hand, in the few instances that have occurred of joint stock banking com panies suspending their payments, the creditors have always been paid in full : so much for the advantages the Scotch sys tem of banking possesses over that of England. At the same time it must be taken into consideration, that the aggregate money business of Scotland is of small amount when compared with that of England; and that the issues and circulation of bank notes is controlled and checked by wholesome local regu lations, such as do not exist in English private banking; which regulations tend essentially to protect the public and be nefit the banks. I have thus endeavoured to point out the evils that were produced by an excess of paper currency, as well as the safety and advantages of a metallic one ; that the last is the fruits of a prosperous foreign trade and the growing wealth of the country, and that whilst this state of things continues, it can neither be displaced, nor paper money substituted for it, were it even desirable; that the attempt would prove a failure, and a source of disappoiu;ment to its promoters.—l am not sur prised to observe those who feel the want of money, while they see it abundant in the hands of their more fortunate neighbours (like the writer in the Albion under the signature of "an Old Sailor,")attempt to build castles in the air on the basis of paper kites, but I do lament to observe that many successful Candi dates for seass in the present Parliament, did in their addresses and speeches indulge themselves, for apparently popular ob jects, in descriptions of vague and undefined benefits, resting on similar grounds, and such as, in my opinidn, are only calcu lated to mislead the credulous and ignorant, by creating un founded expectations.—Yours, &c. Jan. 23, 1833. MERCATOR. CHURCH TEMPORALITIES, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sir,—We hear much of the benefits which would result from reducing the Church to a state of Apostolical poverty. It is absurd to maintain, that a Christian clergyman should be as poor as St. Paul, while we permit a Christian layman to . be as rich as Crcesus. Our Saviour's doctrine about poverty has indeed a special application to the clergy : but we treat it now-a-days as if it had an exclusive one. The right rule I take to be this : a Christian clergyman should have enough for decency, according to his station, in his personal expenditure, and for liberality in his charities to others. The French Church after the Concordat of Napoleon offered an example of a cheap church—under Napoleon too, who was famous for making functionaries of• all kinds do their work. I submit to your readers the following passage from Scott's Life of Napoleon, vol. viii, p. 310: " The salary allowed by the state to the curate was only 500 fr. (£26 16s Bd)"—really under £2o—" yearly. No doubt each community were permitted to subscribe what they pleased in addition to this miserable pittance : but in France, when the number of those who care for no religion at all, and of those whose zeal will not lead them the length of paying for it, is deduced, the remainder will afford but a small list of subscribers. The consequence was, that at the period of the restoration, many parishes were and had been for years, without any public worship. Ignorance had increased in an incalculable degree." —I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, A CHURCHMAN. INFANT LABOUR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST✓INDARD. Sir,—My attention has been drawn to the subject of In fantine Labour in our Manufactories, now so much discussed in the papers ; and I recommend its further consideration to the particular notice of your philanthropic contemporaries, and their influential supporters. The grievance is so near at hand, that they need not trust to the statements made by interested individuals at a distance ; or hesitate to admit the truth• of accounts, so exaggerated and garbled, as they describe those put forth by our West India brethren in their defence to be. They can here judge for themselves,—and if a deputation were arranged out of their numerous and charitable body, and packed together in a comfortable roomy omnibus, to start with all convenience and despatch, I would attend with the highest satisfaction to cheer the departure of such an expedition from this town, to probe the truth of these inhuman charges to the bottom. Our Liberals would be better employed on such a charitable errand that begins and ends at home, than in pushing forward, to the moon, if it were practicable, the Reform Bill, and in quarrelling about the merits of the Ballot. The public are getting tired of the long unmeaning yarns spun on these sub jects,—a little rest would be acceptable after so much agitation; besides so much force has been applied to excite a rotatory motion in the Bill and the Ballot, that I think they may be safely left to spin by themselves, like friend Egerton's top, while he attends to the duties of the Mercury. What though Mr. Sadler, who has preceded our philanthro pists in taking up the cause of the young, innocent, and THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. oppressed of our own country, be a Tory and a Liberal, hold ing office under a Whig government, has been preferred by the monopolists of Factory-discipline at Leeds, as their mouth-piece in parliament : I trust that no considerations of jealousy, or a political bias, will interfere with the warm exercise of patriot zeal; and though it be not usual' to advocate a cause, however good, wherein shades of political difference do o'ercast the sun shine of generous nature, they, the Liberals, will go forth in this instance "like the sun in his might," and set a noble ex ample of chivalric and independent benevolence. Alr• Thornely not having any parliamentary duties to attend to, may have time, and a field herein to exercise himself for the public good ; and I am much mistaken if he do not reap a more sound and genuine reputation, by aiding, along with his partizans, a CAUSE so much nearer home, than he or they will ever obtain by revolutionizing the British Constitution, — making ladies and gentlemen•of the negroes in our colonies, — collecting the suffrages of the free and independent electors, in the questionable shape of beans in ballot boxes,—or in being pre sented for the third time only, before a Liverpool audience, at the Liver Theatre, as a candidate for the representation of the shopkeepers and publicans of a mercantile port in parliament. How will the ," Ladies of Peckham" act under-the cir cumstances of such gross charges being preferred, of cruelties practised, in the manufacture of articles that they are accus tomed to wear? Will they leave off the use of them, as they did the produce of our colonies, and reward others for doing the like? Will they bestir themselves for the Nan cies and Jennies of their own colour and country, as well as for the black Dianas and Clotildes who are " teeled away while playing in the treets (on the African coast !) •by white man out of a boat—and taken over water—long way—to be made present of to white lady ?" 1 expect to see these " friends of humanity," all on the alert, with their subscription books, bags, and boxes, organizing their snug little coteries—dealing only with members of their so ciety—writing notes with crow-quills on tissued paper—reports, addresses, &c. &c., in pretty pea-green covers—in a cause much more becoming. "We shall see." In the mean time they . have the wishes and the prayers of those whose necessities are the most urgent,—whose evils speak "trumpet-tongued,"— "whose nation is their nation," and whose cause is their cause. Allow me to notice, in conclusion, how much the swagger-. er ing tone of your contemporaries is abated, and congratulate you and'them on the change. Their former arrogance and self conceitedness weie intolerable. Like ancient Pistol, they might " look pig and utter prave ords at the pridge, as you shall see in a summer-day," yet be made like him to " eat the leek they mocked at,"—" much goot may the skin do their broken coxcombs." They will find themselves no losers by act ing more temperately. As King Henry V. said, " when lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner." I am, &c. Jan. 21, 1833. WEST INDIA SLAVERY. TO MR. JOHN CROPPER, JUN. FIDELIS. Sir,—As you are known to be the Chairman of the Anti- Slavery Society of Liverpool, and an advocate for the immediate emancipation of the Slaves in our West India possessions, I presume I need offer no apology for addressing you on the following interesting subject. In the proceedings of the Court of Chancery on Saturday last, in the case of Thornley v. Byrne, it is stated that Lord Crawford and Lindsey, who died in 1816, had bequeathed to ctrtain Trustees a tract of land in Antigua, for the benefit of his neg'roes there, and directed that in the present year, 1833, the Tailaole of them, 134 in number, should be emancipated, and the proceeds of the land divided amongst them. The priod having arrived, the emancipation of the negroes is now claimed; but'as there are twelve old people and some children among them who are unable to maintain themselves, this preliminary question arises, how are these aged and helpless negroes to be supported after they are made free ? The other negroes belong ing to the Estate say that they will not support them. The law of the Island very justly and humanely requires that for every aged slave who is to be emancipated, £3OO currency must be deposited in the Public Treasury, the interest of which is em ployed for his maintenance during the remainder of his life. In the case now referred to, the money saved from the land for the whole of the negroes, amounts only to £750; and thus the want of maintenance for the helpless aged and children stands, both in fact and in law, as an insurmountable difficulty in the way of their manumission. Now I ask you whether this be not a fair and fitting oppor tunity for the exercise of that philanthropy by which your so ciety professes to be actuated? It cannot be doubted that Lord Crawford's design was most benevolent; but means are want ing to carry it into effect. A mere deposit of a sum of money, for a few years, will both secure the emancipation of these slaves, and prevent their emancipation from accomplishing their ruin. The Anti-Slavery Society has ample means. Will it now show its compassion for the slaves—its zeal for their -emancipation—by something more than mere words ? Need I say to you, that it is but cold and questionable philanthropy to plead for the manumission of the negro, regardless of the diffi culty of the question, and reckless of its danger, and yet to shut the heart and the hand when called upon to contribute some thing more than mere pleading in its behalf? You are an advocate for immediate emancipation. Do you see no difficulties on this question, from the circumstances of the case before us? If you do not, as earnest and as able an advocate of emancipation as ever lived, sees differently. At the close of the proceedings, when Sir Edward Sugden had spoken of the case as a proof of the difficulty attending the question of eman cipation, the Lord Chancellor Brougham is reported to have said, " I agree with you, Sir Edward, that the case suggests many and very serious reflections regarding negro slavery." NEMO. A CHILD KILLED BY ITS MOTHER.-On Wednesday last, an inquest was held before Mr. W. S. Rutter, coroner, on the body of a male infant, who was supposed to have been mur dered by an unnatural mother. It appeared that about eight, weeks ago the woman, whose name is Ann Hamlet, went to live in a lodging-house in Bury-street, Salford. She was in a state of pregnancy, and represented herself as a widow whose husband had been dead six months, and she had with her a boy fourteen years of age, and a girl aged three years. About thiee weeks ago she gave birth to the infant whose death gave rise to this inquiry. On Saturday night last, she went to bed about twelve o'clock, in a state of intoxication, and several of the other lodgers in the house were disturbed during the night, by the continued crying of the child; towards morning, how ever, the noise entirely ceased, and about ten o'clock namlet sent fora woman who lived in a neighbouring cellar, and shewed her the corpse of the child, saying that it had died that morn ing, and that her eldest son, a young man who did not live with her, was present when it died. The woman, who was her self the mother of twelve children, observed some marks about the deceased which satisfied her that At had been smothered, and the fact that Hamlet had not mentioned the child's death to any person in the house, increased her suspicions. Infor mation was accordingly given to the police, and Hamlet was taken into custody, and on inquiry being made from the son, who, she said, was present at the death, he stated that he had never been near his mother since she went to those lodgings. Boutflower, the surgeon, examined the body of the deceas ed, and found the heart and other vessels charged with blood, which might he the result of spasmodic croup, or of any check on the passage of air from the windpipe to the lungs, either by external violence or convulsions which affected the muscles of the throat. The inquest was adjourned till yesterday, when the fury expressed their opinion, that the mother had uninten tionally overlain the child, and a verdict to that effect was recorded. The woman was reprimanded and discharged,— Manchester Courier. LOCAL. LANCASHIRE MILITIA.—The,Lord Lieutenant has appointed Robert James Shuttleworth, Esq., (eldest son of James Shut tlewort, Esq., of Barton Lodge,) to a captaincy in the Ist regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own. LIVERPOOL MEDICAL LIBRARY.—At'the anniversary meet ing of the members of this institution, Dr. Squires was elected president for the year ensuing, We are , happy to announce, that our noble and excellent representative, Lord Sandon, upon hearing that a subscription was in progress for the relief of the poor sufferers by the recent fire, transmitted an order for £lO to be applied to that benevo lent purpose. • Mr. Geo. B. Irlam was on Friday appointed a Commissioner of the Dock Trusts, in the room of James Cockshott, Esq., who resigned on his being appointed a Member of the Common " Council. RAILWAY TUNNELL.—The making of the tunnell for the conveyance of passengers by the Railway from lime-street, has been commenced, but no great progress has yet been made in the work. Two shafts only have been sunk, one in the yard of the Lunatic Asylum, in Ashton-street, and one in Crown street. Several petty depredations have been committed during the past week. On Thursday last, a number of articles were stolen, from the premises of Messrs. Joseph Allen and Co., Rose place. • On Monday last, Mr. David Williams had his pocket picked of a silver watch.—OF the same day, the house of Mrs. Cowley, Lower Frederick-street, was entered, and a tea caddy and two silver tea-spoons stolen. On Tuesday, the house of Mr. Deane, attorney, in Queen Anne-street, was robbed of a silver toast-rack and a silver cream jug. Two pounds reward have been offered for the recovery of the property, but up to last night no tidings of it had been heard. Additional Subscriptions have been received since our list, for the relief of those poor families who suffered at the late fire in Lancelot's-hey and Union-street— Lord Sandon. 10 0 0 E. Arnaud, Esq. 1 o 6 Mr. J. North, Islington 1 0 , 0 Mr. Wm. Nilo& 1 0 0 Mr. Robt. Gladstone 1 0 0 Mr. R. Gladstone, jun. 0 5 0 Mr. J. Campbell 1 0 0 Mr. F. Gouthwaite l. 0 0 CONVENIENCE OF RAILWAYS.—A manufacturer from Man chester left home in the morning for Liverpool, to buy cotton : having completed his purchases, he found, on his return at noon, that hiA partner had made some large sa'es in his ab sence ; and, after a short consultation, it was determined that he should immediately go back to Liverpool, and secure the remaindet of the parcel, which he did, and was at home again early in the evening, having travelled a distance equal to one hundred aid forty 7 four miles by the turnpike-road, in twelve hours,_besides transacting important business. _ _ A POPULAR AND JUDICIOUS ALTERATION.—We understand that at the last Quarter Sessions for the county of Stafford, it was resolved, by the magistrates, on the motion of Lord Sandou, that hereafter the public business of the county should be transacted in the Grand Jury Room, at two, p. m. on the first day . of the Sessions. It had previously been transacted at the session dinner, after the cloth was removed. The public, as a matter of course, will now be admitted to the discussion o their own affairs. Such reformations as these are highly salu tary, inasmuch as they give contro). over the expenditure of ' public funds • and we .think that the inhabitants of the county are greatly indebted to our noble representative. RING-DROPPING, exploded as it has well nigh been for some time past, is still occasionally practised with success upon very simple, inexperienced, and good easy believing persons. A couple of operators in that line—man and woman—tried their hands on a female servant, living with a family at Everton, on Tuesday last. The girl was walking along Fox-street when the man passed her; presently afterwards the woman came up, and the man having drnpt something from his hand, the woman picked it up, and,. opening the paper, exhibited what appeared to be a wedding-ring. She then told the girl that she had no wish to keep it, and as she was entitled to one half, by being present,when it was found, she might have it for herself upon giving her two shillings; and to induce her to comply with the demand she assured her it was pure gold, in proof of which she pointed out what she called the stamp. The poor girl, fortqn, ately, had no money; or she would have taken the bait. A few minutes afterwards she saw the woman join the man who had. dropped the paper.—Several instances have lately occurred of this trick being played off successfully. DR. TRAILL.—The Mercury of Friday last notices, in very complimentary terms, 'the circumstance of our respected and estimable fellow-townsman being about to leave Liverpool, to undertake the duties of his Professorship in the University of Edinburgh. We cannot be suspected of political partiality in bearing our humble testimony to the justice of our contem p.orary's encomium. ' Dr. Trail has been a thorough and con sistent whig, yet he has, more perhaps than any other indi vidual in this comniunity, possessed the respect and esteem of all parties. The departure of such a man is no ordinary loss to the character of the town, for his professional and scientific celebrity was identified with the name of Liverpool. Holding the highest reputation as a physician, he has ever been fore most as a benevolent and public-spirited citizen; and, although the road to affluence lay invitingly before him, he aimed at a loftier ambition, denying himself ease and leisure in devoted prosecution of studies which, more than any other, elevate and ennoble our species. The ample field of usefulness upon which he is now about to enter, as Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, a science intimately and essentially connected with the most important interests of society, will afford scope for the display of abilities which have already contributed a large accession to the treasures of scientific discover). The Mercury suggest, that a public dinner be given to Dr. Traill. We . doubt not it would be a most cordial and unanimous tribute to the genius and the virtues of our eminently deserving townsman; but we are inclined to think, that a festive banquet is not the most ap propriate compliment to the scholar and philosopher. We could venture to recommend a service of plate, with a suitable inscription. It would be, Nie are sure, most promptly and gladly subscribed for, as a proper testimonial of public gratitude and respect.—Courier. BIRTHS. On Monday, the 7th instant, in London, Mrs. Henry Roscoe of a son. On Wednesday, the 9th instant, at Mobberly, the lady of the Rev. C. Mallory, rector, of a son and heir. MARRIED. On Tuesday, the 15th instant, at Kirk Braddan, Mr. William Kirk ham, of this town, to Miss Coley, of Douglas, Isleman. On Sunday last, at St. Nicholas's Church, Mr. James Shaw. coach maker, to Miss Mary Ann Jones. Same day, at St. Peter's Chapel. Seel-street, by the Rev. T. Robin son. and on the following day at St. Catherine's Church, by the Rev. T. W. Peile, Mr. James Lepp, watchmaker, to Miss Ann, eldest daughter of 'Mr. Robert Dickensop_, Byrom-stieet. On Monday last, at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. C. Townsend, John Cooke, to Eliza . Gardner, both of this town. On Tuesday last, at St. Mary's Church, plge-hill, Mr. John S. Currie, surgeon, Edge-hill , to Miss Ilenderrlron;' of Duke-street, Li verpool, third daughter of Mr. John Hendersorl,?DunaLrpaline. On Tuesday last, at Behiugton, Cheshire, A. Britain, Esq., Tran mere, to Sarah, relict of• the late William Wilson,.of this town. DIED. On Tuesday, the Bth inst., in Douglas, isle of Mae, Esther, wife of Henry Corlett, Esq., advocate, of Douglas.. On Wednesday, the 9th instant, in Hanorei-slusre, London, of a painful indisposition, in her 26th year, Eliza Debonair, the beloved wife of Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, Esq.., M. P. ? of Rossal-hall, in this county, and only daughter of the late Sir Theophilus John Metcalfe, Bart., of Fern-hill, in the county . of Berks. On Tuesday, the 15th instant, in Higher Runcorn, Cheshire, after a long and painful illness, which she bore with th e fortitude and resignation of a true Christian, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late John Orred, Esq., 'of that plaee. On Wednesday, the 16th instant, aged 27, Mr. William Jones, drug gist, Clarence Dock. Same day, at Edinburgh, Mr. James Ballantyne, the eminent . rfleld, deeply lamented, in the 58th year of her z il f ri F n , a a tme l i t r re e fi o h d e f l a, c 3 l t ic n' a aa , tte th Ftt e aYi beloved wife of the Rev. C. A. Pohlman, minister . . Same day, aged 66, Mrs. Hannah Smith, Circus-street. On Saturday last, at Birkenhead, after a protracted illness, Sarah Halton, wife of Mr. W. Mortimer, and eldest daughter of the late Mr. John Radcliffe. On Sunday last, aged 50 years, Isabel Rimmer, daughter of John Rimmer, Ainsdale. Same day, in his 17th year, after a long and painful illness, Joseph, third son of the late Mr. James Oldham, joiner, of Clayton-street. On Monday last, a.t his house, Queen Ann-street, Johnson Gore, Esq., aged 59 years. Our much-respected contemporary had recently experienced some heavy family bereavements, having lost his only son as well as his beloved wife, a short time before his death, which forms the third instance of mortality in the same family, within the last two years. Same clay, within a short time of the above, awfully sudden, Mr. Samuel Grocott, printer, for several years in Mr. Gore's employ. Same day, at Chester, in the 59th year of his age, Mr. Richard Robinson, Duke's Dock. On Tuesday last, in the 23d year of his age, Mr. Thomas Mercer Livingston, third son of the-late John Livingston, Esq., of Everton. On Wednesday last, at Eton House , near this town, Peter Cromp. ton, Esq., M. D. in the 68th year of his age. Same day, aged 48, Mary, wife of James Shaw, timber-merchant, Nelson-street, St. James's.