The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-08-09 00:00:00

lettl 09 elio9 0 ;Pp 13 4 (. 1 0704 14 3 , he4nl ßlac kburn, Ilig;'. kellor, 13olton Pilcher, Walmsley, Woolwri ht, ells, Barclay, for S R e' o g il a r e , y , H T o . r' H n b o y l t , , a L n e d a t E h o m, Harvey. G. w Il g o r l e t . , that emen dment, 23 ; against it, 17. As the la bock C all nutters relating to acts and proceedings thirds onliiinittee must be confirmed by a majority f un o cil had of the 44 tot e d t t °1 ° 1 61; and as two-thirds of the co Atter some e amendment was lost. A• __ farther c onversation the proceedings and report tioe i°lned, with the understanding that the co n On an no pledge for the future. Nleehat apPlication from the committee of the _Northern 1 that t4e Nrtrir,s Institute, it was moved by Mr. Wal l ;ti r r' their lise, ,i'lte'l Corporation School should be granted The eo uti T D t_i°,r . l was carried. actlourned at a quarter past three o'clock. Tilt' —ATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. ' il l Ni i --- ,I.e.4treg.itoflNlß. and MISS VANDENHOFF, of the engaged for a utott ed 11 Ya , Co vent-Garden, who th e u umber of nights, previous to th ar e e irdeparture for NI \ 'led Statc s Corj,l ll ,„ of MR. A NDERSON, of the Theatre-Royal, im, en, who is also engaged for a limited period. IV Present FRIDAY, August 9, -'4. Serjeant Talfourd's popular Tragedy of 1839, will be rpeated 10 4., lON AaraksPtoutiso.tllin rotected by Medon) • • Mr. Anderson. • • ktt... P ing of Argos).... Clenlanth°"ginally performed by him in . 14ond • Mr.. Vandenhoff, I,•_•Oii(Medon.'s daughter) . .. . Mc L :I, LeltV;lTthi‘tihiz itisl_a_ z oaot.ndenhoff. A N . i f D iN rinha V 1104 Duke Vivaldi.. Mr. W. ° Tid al 410.... Mr Gray J sO; .Bland... ` 14 .•,, , . • Miss °Cleaver. spina.... Mrs. Te e . ~0111in.,.w,lari .. ....... Miss Vandenhoff. Mr. Baker. ll t will be Aeher",\DAY August 12, produced, for the_ first__ ra, e, (with _entirely new Scenery, Dresses, and Deco ti l i'ilA) the last lift ''e i t, tart at the Theatre .lN,ew Play, written by .o Sir Edward Lytton Iti' a ', Co ven 'i AM Perfbr . med last sea lit e 'IPA. Cardinal Rich- Ec,rarden, with unprecedented success, c . alled ,;:..4,1,. ~ or, THE CONSPIRACY. riehar aildenhOff ; The Chevalier de Mauprat , a(ihisAoiliss 4h, acter,) Mr. Anderwon ; Julie de Alortei ,_ _ __ tt,i,ff----To c .1 d ' *th the Melo-Drama ot nu N .. k tA , , __ •onc, u e wi `-....._.'u-lIRE. OX IT, ZOOLOGICAL GARD S. Of-tVeNNI),A,,,Y next, the 12th ins it tt• , the representation with the Burning of Nt!efe,ted Ay . AL ENGAGEME , ramie vi ew o f the tli lII° \ r 'mPs. and the Grand ano l' . AA ' °f MOUNT VESUVIUS, ,utission MOUNT , • will again take Zitierpcnt &tanbarb. bn NORN/NG, AUGUST 9, 1339 . r ru Ntiti ° esda y night the. House of Lords affirmed the he Mol'ed b y L ord Brougham by a majority of 2. Th e l lotnbers b e i ng, for the motion 86 ; against it i twep t e l ate hour at which the division took place, ilt) a ' minutes to f our o ' clock O n:Wednesday morn tilniull).,°l tile dulne ss o f a great part of the debate; 'glio ran ' ce ettli vened by n 6i ve confessions of the rofound!s m the an d jocular attempts to laugh off the inquiry th e P4llo f Lord Melbourne, and by searching sarcasotp b P . ar t of Lord Brougham, prevented the majority e l H ig so larg e as it otherwise infallibly would have Sllitt ; el lse, however, of their Lordships has been ° Y sPoken ; and, as the Premier and Mar t, °f Nor t t. In anby chose, in the course of the debate, °le 1•e Interpretation of a criminatory charge upon i ce4l l utt ens, they must now be content to s i t under 'after' lir e of o ne b ranch of the Legislature upon a 11 4 bit4 grav e and serious as the dispensation of cri 414 Justice in a thi r d portion of the British domi_ It ‘1 , 4 kt oth e Ivholly imp oss ibl e for the House of Lor d s to iiiAt;ise than th ey did last night, if they had the 44 Vi g h t re gard for th e i nterests of Justice—the sligh th e un happy count r y o f I re l an d is afflicted. tit,t,ra evidence, with proof " as strong as Holy f t ell triphal tu at the Lord -Lieutenant had made a /15411,4 Progress through various towns in the nh 11 e Was sent to govern, and had unbarred !lese e °Dors and let loose upon society, without even had i n t Y of bail, a vast number of felons, who i Ne r - Many instances, convicted of—and were . then goi 4tt n g the punishment by law awarded for--gnev -414 doll • llp on SallitS Property and life; that his Excellency , r 4 the j e , tili s , sometimes without asking the opinions 'tied, ariatiuges before whom the offenders had been d kNetina by whom they had been sentenced, anit :Ntt:B b Y going through the mockery of consu th ei and then contemptuously acting in defiance t ! t teati r : is hes and advice. There was also the stron h g . - -, t ll 4( l l , ltet -Cody borne been to the fact that the effects of t most injurious, and were at this mo it' Perati ngg most ban e f u lly i n I re l an d—that the and n" as Lord N ormanby calls i t, h a d s i gna ll y I .4 2ellti:he end s of criminal justice—namely, the 1 41 : t Y (thil of crime —been defeated, by the misplaced tjf give it no worse a term) of the ex-Viceroy of the Iv Here th en was a plain case. The allegations t4l e oriititlesses who d e p ose d to t h ese f acts were either (1-!.se• If fals e , w h y were t h ey uncontra di cte d ? N . tte ilot Lord Hatherton, on whom in the corn 41'01. ed the duty, or who, gratuitously and '4 t he I tlsly ' assumed the task of defending the conduct Ilehti,sh Government, call contradictory evidence, 'llltrad'"ve assertions which, if unexplained and un 40111,:hted' convey the heaviest charge that can well 7 t a g ai nst a man who is thought fit by his col- It.4lsNletzzbiereentrusted with the Government of such . a land ?----why did the active and indefati- Si:cl3runlmond allow to remain upon record such ; f if they were capa b le of b e i ng ga i nsaye d Si m ; 11 , g a diff erent and more favourable complex- L 481 41) becau se it was impossible to do so. Lord o ehn t , w as there, with his unrivalled power sat. te4a, eross-e xamination—Lord Wharncliffe sa t 1)13 IllabicAssed, and impartial chairman—Lordb ret 4 6e ° lted on with eagle eye—and every t t and 17ei Poor excuse would have been sifted sub al k "le it left the defence more naked and miser -114 'ever, t e4 he it th e observed, that all that could be done to de- plan by h e . °ll llct of the Marquis of Normanby was C ltt e op t Partizans in his behalf. They now com -1:1' been hie itidecent haste with which these resolutions N ttl iltried before the notice of the House of I' .lj,l et' e a en o ll f cl . f ti tl ,le short period allowed for their limited ( . 1 to digest and comprehend the mass of t 1 1,,. 41, 14 _ u by the Committee. A more dis- Ilat at : l% as never practised by any set of . men_ ' l 4' e mPted to be palmed off on the public . by Je qY' • t 4N misters. When they saw that an in \,,,t111141,t ''as inevitable, conscious as they were a th o a - t rarlsPire utterly disgraceful to them as g 1 4Ie 3 the, tpjY tested against the justice and expe the,tiebily E n quiry into th e i r delinquencies at all, ti in • e s fro r-4eiv gc°o unced th e i r d eterm i nat i on to a b sent were~th. In the Committee, and in no way sane- I ngs, in order that when the charges A. oet , e a,l rni htio and out, and the report presented, and the . It of th "tratio the prerogative of mercy under their tiii ßht 111 rendered as clear as the noonday sun, ktsllN an " able to turn round and say that the re ,l5,Y oi er e e ! , / 5 . arte one, that the witnesses were un %lll 'g at th :11t and en e e , ec u .. • might have been contradicted t hr ee e and ations were got up by enemies in the 11to e 14 4 "ehind the back of the accused. These N i ae serti ons ttki • or ma are each and every of them false. 'ltt"L l4 ' and 114 are in Lord Hatherton an active, tit,tee nosy wholly incompetent defender through qt", qrtll4l4tigation, and every explanatory or pallia t° s i tan ee that the nature of each case admitted Itt eil e t he e d toti,rld recorded in the pages of the Report 1 4 4(i • a °Y Witnesses favourable to the govern ad t : 40 1. 11 , 4 g,an Ministers complain, and especially wining t 15°Y reiterates the cry, that they have not ° read 41 throu gh the mass of folio pages con eh e e v i d th reee titea ellee between the time when the Report kc, i , ee sinti on to the House and the evening on which 111 .1 444 elt A b s i , eal lie on for discussion. But this is a eweit-1,74Y,; sn.bterfuge. As fast As the evidence 41111 Y and Pti nted, and copies were sent to Lord tt 'nata Ministers, so 'that day by day they bled • t IA t f th k- acts chose, to make themselves masters 14 1( t 4 nd t h 41e time before the Report was presented _ C '44 044e,:s.h°110wess of this pretext for postpon ,vellit) .415 kett 1 1 1 % 11 was demonstrated in the case of 1 OP A l ar ° qes e , \ self, whose speech alone on Tuesday 41 Ini ti • th a t Istr ati t -e name of a defence of the Vice athat th e at be • He, over and over again, de debate'au not had time to go into the evidence (t) to • 4 1t h bedsw Premature — and that their Lord ettb. kt not 'air .sufficiently masters of the facts to Otl4i bs t , eist ". And yet, as Lord Brougham 'hi tit e(l -i ' ve d, the Irish Chancellor was perfectly tleenh h ad with ev,„. Ilk, ' 4 y b e . Part and tittle of the Report 15 Ned bear upon the resolutions which had k\t'l.!4 kid hadthewith N by -- Come shotted to lips ti L 'Y the 41 e could t 4e tvid give to the various facts es h t ° with Cheten". they 4 - 4 the falsehood that the Peers had no )*ed ePo before they were called upon nee . have turne d whol e o f the pages to which their eyes, as they were told again and again beforehand, amount to a number not exceeding 40; and therefore, unless, like the con temptible Prime Minister, who unblushingly confessed that he had not read a word of the Evidence, and was in the darkest ignorance of the whole subject, they preferred trifling amusements and fribble occupations to their duties as Senators, they might have been as familiar with the facts on which they were to adjudi cate as Lord Normanby is with fashionable novels or Lord Melbourne with the contents of her Majesty's kitchen. To get rid of the resolutions Lord Melbourne moved the previous question. Now every one at all versed in the usage of Parliament knows that this is only done in order to avoid the discussion of facts which are not denied to be true, but which are brought forward at an inconvenient time. Therefore, inasmuch as the Premier did not dare to move an amendment, which would have had the effect of negativing the inference to be drawn from the motion of Lord Brougham—and he by his own interpretation of it considered it in the light of a criminatory charge upon his Government— he adopted the unheard-of course of begging their Lordships, by passing to the previous question, to delay the expression of that censure of himself and his col leagues which he admitted they deserved ! Truly, Quos Jupiter cult perdere prius dementat. As for Lord Normanby, the Mantalini of the House of Lords, no exhibition could be more pitiful than that made by him in his most lame and impotent apology. It consisted throughout in complaints of want of time, and that the charge was stale—(in criminal matters there is a maxim of our law that nullum tempus occurrit regi)—that Lord Brougham had been once his friend (under one aspect of circumstances) and was now his enemy (under another, just as a man might have given Fauntleroy a character before his forgeries were found out)—and that his intentions have been innocent and proper. He is as weak in intellect as he is vain in pretension, and is no more fit to attain political emi nence than, Lord Durham is to lead a party. And yet these are the men to whom the Radicals look up ! Such be your Gods 0 ! Israel. When Sir Robert Peel left town for Drayton, the balance of power in the House of Commons changed hands for the remainder of the Session. But we doubt if his departure caused any great joy to the little Leader (as he is called by courtesy) of that paramount branch of the Legislature, who felt that he was falling into the ruthless hand 4 of Mr. Wakley and other fellow-Re formers, " ready to give a better account of the Minis ters, when their Tory patrons should be gone :"—just as the voice of the master is formidable enough to disorderly little urchins at a school, and they band together to shirk froth detection, and set authority at defiance ; but no sooner does he turn his back, than the bigger ones begin to bully the less, and these begin to wish most heartily that order might be restored, to save them from their tormentors. Lord John-Russell is precisely in the position of such a mischievous pickle. At the commencement of a Session he tries every dis ingenuous device to evade Sir Robert Peel's masterly detection and exemplary chastisement : at its close, when all real dread of punishment is gone for the time, he flies to his protection from the irregular assaults of his much-pretending and much-courted friends. Meanwhile, whatever of public respect and homage, whatever of substantial power, whatever of real and lasting glory has been gained in the Parliamentary conflicts of 1839, clings to the Conservative champion of his church and country. Place without power, office without confidence, the name of Minister without the substance, is left to the miserable Whig in Parlia ment-street. Dignified and learned leisure, surrounded by the best and ablest of his countrymen, respected and followed by them all, as the first Parliamentary Leader of his age,—such is the enviable and well earned portion of Sir Robert Peel. The support of men whom he inwardly loathes and abhors, the de testation of the wise and good, the stings of remorse, and the prospects of a Chartist winter, are the destiny of Lord John Russell. Day by day, and week by week, he will find himself more inextricably entangled in the meshes of his own net, and perplexities which he has brought upon himself will draw him nearer and nearer to sure and irretrievable destruction. This is no happy prospect ; but there was only one chance of escape for the doomed and despairing Whigs. It was a chance they were' not minded to run,—the premature accession of the Conservative party to power. With a hostile Court, with a House of Commons bit terly leavened with faction, with the train deeply laid in every populous district in England for insurrec tionary outbreak, with a system of Foreign Policy (if Policy it can be called) that had brought us to the very verge of war in every quarter of the globe at once, — it would have been a godsend to the Liberals to have relieved them from the responsibilities of their perilous position. We believe the less purblind of the party saw their interest plainly enough, and really wished to retire, to seek the only safety of forlorn despair. But thanks to the fribble Normanby, and to the wisdom that shines unseen in the recesses of Buckingham Palace, this escape was cut off from the Whigs. They are still left to battle, as best they may, with those elements of confusion which they have called into play. This is as it should be. The game which began in 1830 has not wholly worked itself out : but we have reached at least the beginning of the end. Non-inter vention, Retrenchment, and Reform are pretty well understood; and when once the Liberals are sent to the place where their deserts will be rewarded, their exclusion from power will be permanent. They will be bankrupt without certificate. They came in as men of the country—they go out as men of the Court : they came in with huge professions—they go out in utter destitution of all performance : they came in with a character, and (we will give the Devil his due) they go out with a character,—of which, like Backbite in the play, they would be much obliged to any one to rob them. Whiggery and the Whigs stink in the' nostrils of England. The Whigs have been to the poor Negro much the some kind of friend that the exemplary Mr. Fagin was to Oliver Twist. When the Abolition of the Slave Trade became a popular cry in England, the Whigs took it up, and not till then. When the Emancipation of the Slaves became a popular question, it was worked by the Whigs, and not till then. They have invariably and unscrupulously employed it for their own party purposes, and they made it the stalking-horse of their return to power, in Lord. Morpeth's celebrated amend ment to the address of 1835. In the same spirit spoke the Under-Secretary to the Opposition Peer the other evening when the Portu guese Slavery Bill was rejected,—" Thank you for your division : give us a few more such, and then we can dissolve." Of course the Bill was rejected, as Lord Palmerston' probably intended. It was an absurd . scheme, and wholly unadapted to its end. What care Foreign Courts or Foreign Flags for the brutum fulmen of the British Parliament ? They know nothing of our omnipotent House of Commons, and they care nothing. The procedure would have answered one single end— it would have brought the statesmanship of England into contempt. If the object were to intimidate Por tugal, why not tell Portugal plainly, through the voice of the Sovereign, that WAR would be declared at once if she persisted in her contumacy ? But these wretched imbeciles dare not do anything as an Executive. They dare not carry even a penny postage, much less pro claim a war, without a pledge from their myrmidons in Parliament. They ought not to be called a Govern ment. If they had brought in a Bill authorising them to declare the odious and detestable traffic Piracy, we would have gone with them heart and hand. But this they dared not do. They may trifle with Portugal, but they dared not speak out boldly to America and France, even in the plain behoof of Justice. It is Piracy : and, under whatever flag, its perpetrators should be hunted down like wolves. In 1833, when Admiral Napier was commanding the Portuguese Fleet, Portugal was at Lord Palmer ston's feet. He might have obtained from her any Slave-Trade Treaty that he would. In 1834, when the Quadruple Alliance had not been blown to the winds, and the hopes of the Spanish Povernment were young, he might have asked for what he would from Spain, and she would not have refused. But he never cared really about a matter that did not concern his selfish interests ; and he had not forecast enough to see how nearly the interests of his party might prove to have been concerned. Nothing would have been easier than to obtain the most complete and satisfac tory guarantees by Treaty, which his Lordship might now have enforced by arms : and the British Nation would have backed him as one man. But the Portuguese Slavery Bill was a mere blind— a mere dishonest artifice, designed to enlist in the Liberal ranks all the enthusiastic and well-meaning men, whom, because they feel so deeply and so right eously upon this great question of humanity, the Li berals (who think all feeling mere folly) think they may easily and safely gull. And this while they are actually endeavouring to introduce Slave-Trade Sugars, to save themselves a halfpenny in the pound, and to promote the trading interests of some of their unscrupulous partizans ! ! When did a Liberal sacrifice his personal interests (even in the smallest degree) to the dearest claims of humanity, or the most obvious demands of justice ? Dissolve on the Portuguese Slavery Bill ! The trick is too transparent a great deal. For once Lord Brougham is deserving of credit. His resolu tions were both wise and just, and his course in the whole affair discreet and temperate. We have observed in Radical columns a report of the Reverend Robert Carswell being tried for a very grave offence against one of his female servants; and although the evidence did not warrant a conviction, his conduct was most severely and justly reprimanded by the Judge, as utterly at variance with his duties as a man, a clergyman, and a master. With his accus tomed candour, the Liberal forgot to say that this pseudo-Reverend was a clergyman not of our Honoured and Holy Church, but of the Presbyterian (which in England usually signifies the Socinian) persuasion. Perhaps it is not worth while to quarrel with these impostors about the assumption of a title to which they have no more right than we have : but surely it is too bad that under the shelter of it they should cast out their scandals on the Church. So much for the Re verend Robert Carswell. • By the Parker, Capt. Risien, we have received a file of the Guiana Chronicle, to the Ist of July inclusive. They contain no news of interest, beyond the an nouncement that Governor Light had threatened to change the seat of government by removing to Ber bice . This idea is strongly ridiculed by the Chronicle, which says, that " if he but stir to make the mad attempt, we shall speedily change our governor." An ordinance " to regulate the immigration of (unindentured) labourers into British Guinea," had been passed by the Court of Policy, and promulgated as law. This act was founded, principally, on certain acts of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain, and certain suggestions of Lord Brougham, and made ample and scrupulous provision for the safe transpor tation to Demerara of individuals and families, free of expense, from Calcutta, New Providence, and some convenient point of the coast of Africa. This act, however, is likely to remain inoperative, and must be a dead letter, owing to the influence of the Governor in preventing the appropriation of £30,000, which had been previously voted for immigration purposes. By . the packet-ships Memphis, Capt. Nichols, which arrived here on Tuesday, and the Cambridge, Capt. Bursley, which arrived here on Wednesday, we have received New York papers to the 19th ultimo inclu sive. We are glad to announce that Capt. Bursley received from the Board of Underwriters at New York a very high testimonial of approbation, for his active and seaman-like conduct in protecting his ship from damage, during the severe gale of January last. A serious accident had occurred at Portsmouth Navy Yard on the 10th ultimo, by which one man was killed and another dangerously wounded. The damage done on the occasion. was estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000 dollars. The progress of the President continued to be the principal topic of conversation at New York. The news from Canada is quite unimportant. Some trifling disturbance seems to have taken place at Co bourgh, Upper Canada, the particulars of which were as follow :—" In the forenoon of the Bth ult. several waggons were furiously driven into Cobourgh, from the township of Haldimand, filled with a band of per sons denominated Durhamites,' with the intention of holding a public meeting, in approval of Lord Dur ham's report. They had two flags, inscribed Lord Durham and Reform ;' and proceeded to erect a hus tings in front of the Town-hall. ' But,' says the Star, the British blood of the bystanders could not brook this audacious display of insolence and rebellion—we say rebellion, because men who were a short time ago absconding or imprisoned traitors, had the hardihood to present themselves on the hustings before a loyal population.' A few old countrymen demanded a sur render of the Durhamite flags; and upon this being refused, a scuffle and riot ensued, in which the men from Haldimand were completely routed, and some of them severely wounded, though it appears that many of them had fire-arms, with which they defended themselves. The flags were seized as a trophy of vic tory, but were soon afterwards torn to pieces, and trampled with contempt." This account seems to confirm the opinion, that there are still a number of evil and discontented spirits in Upper Canada, who are ready to embrace every opportunity or pretext to agitate the country, and keep it in a perpetual state of anarchy and confusion. The only other news of importance is that relating to the affairs of the Argentine• Republic, respecting which we extract the following from the Morning Cou rier and Enquirer of the igth ultimo : " SOUTH AMERICA.—Of the result of the battle—of which the details are now going the rounds of the papers—between the troops raised by the Governor of Corrientes, one of the provinces of the Argentina Republic, who had made common cause with the present government of the Oriental Republic against the Federal Chief of the Argentine Republic, General Rosas, at Buenos Ayres, and the troops of the province of Entre Rios, who had remained faithful to the latter, we some time since received accounts by the way of Rio Janeiro, with the additional news that so elated had Rosas become at the defeat of the disaffected Corrientians, that he had rejected the overtures made to him by the French Admiral blockading Buenos Ayres, and had demanded an indemnity from France, of two millions of dollars. "To a clear understanding of the circumstances of this con test we must refer to antecedent events. The former Go vernor of the Oriental Republic, General Oribe, at Monte Video, was in close alliance with General Rosas, at Buenos Ayres, and consequently refused to countenance the hostile demonstrations of France against the latter, denying the French Admiral permission to sell the prizes he made of Buenos Ayrean vessels at Monte Video. General Rivera, who had been for some time in open insurrection against the government of General Oribe, but whose hostile operations were confined to the distant provinces and apparently pro mised little success, was suddenly, through the aid afforded him by the French Admiral, enabled to appear before Monte Video, and expel Oribe, who fled to his friend Rosas at Buenos Ayres, and place himself (Rivera) at the head of the government of the Oriental Republic, when in conjunction with the French naval forces, he captured the Buenos Ayrean Island of Manuel Garcia. " It is very evident that the French Admiral finding his blockade of Buenos Ayres insufficient to compel Rosas to comply with his—in our view of the case—unjust and arro gant demands, sought an alliance with Rivera, whom he succeeded in establishing in the government at Monte Video, and then continuing his intrigues against Rosas, caused the standard of insurrection to be raised against him in Corri entes. _ _ " This insurrection, it appears, has now been completely subdued. Another governor of the province of Corrientes, favourably inclined to the cause of Rosas, has been appointed, and the alliance which had been formed between the disaf fected chief of that province and the French, and Rivera, annulled." The following are the only additional extracts worth quoting : (From the Courier and Inquirer of July 18) The British Queen still continues out, and the impression now exists that she had not been able to get away on the Ist instant—her arrival, therefore, must be looked for as un certain, though likely to take place during the present week. THE CROPS.—JOHNSON COUNTY.—The following extract from a letter from a friend in Johnson County, dated June 20th, gives a flattering prospect for the farmers in that section of our State. In all parts of Arkansas, the prospect is equally fair, and we anticipate a most abundant season : " Enclosed I send you two blossoms that were full blown On the morning of the 17th, which is much earlier than they have ever been known toenake•their appearance in this section of the country. Cotton crops are, at this time, truly flatter ing ; but one great misfortune attends our citizens, which is, that ,a very few are growing it. Should storms and droughts not visit us in this section of the country too early, the crops of corn will be very abundant. Our harvest was in the latter part of last month. By harvest, I mean gathering wheat, as this is . the only small grain here. Wheat is good, and will yield more than most persons anticipated, after the very unusually cold weather and freezes during the first days of March last." (From the Courier and Enquirer of July 19.) THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 18.—A large business was again transacted at the Stock Exchange to-day, and generally at prices showing a further tendency to decline. Sales were made of United States Bank at 1141, Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. 671, Bank of Kentucky 78, Mohawk Railroad Co. 58k, Harlem Railroad Co. 461, and Stonington Railroad Co. at 25. The transactions in Sterling Exchange for transmission by the Liverpool packet of to-morrow, have been chiefly effected at 10 per cent. premium, at which rate the Bank of the United ,States is drawing freely ; the business has not how ever been large. There is nothing new in the general markets to-day. Flour continues heavy at our reduced quotations of yesterday, and cotton also has been more quiet. The steam-ships remain out, and most anxiously looked for. From Savannah we have the weekly report of the 12th instant. The cotton market was very dull, the sales only reaching 135 bales for the week, at prices + cent higher than had been current, previous to the arrival of the Liverpool. The stock was reduced to 2,866 bales Upland and 279 bales Sea Island. INQUESTS. STABBING. - COMMITMENT FOR MURDER. On Tuesday last an inquest was held before Henry Heath cote Statham, Esq., Deputy Coroner, on view of the body of Mary Millikin, a woman of disreputable character, who came to her death by being stabbed by a Belgian seaman, named Francia Joorens, belonging to the galliot Pauline, now lying in the Brunswick Dock. A number of witnesses were examined, but as Joorens is committed to take his trial at the assizes, to commence on Tuesday next, we do not deem it necessary to supply more than a narrative of the principal facts, the evidence of which was concurrent throughout. It should be premised too, that the principal female witnesses, who were alone cognisant of what occurred in the house, are all of disorderly character. The deceased lived with two females named Rosa Rylie and Mary Delany, in Hale's-court, at the bottom of New Bird -street. On Saturday morning last, between one and two o'clock, the prisoner Joorens, came to the house with the deceased, and they both went up stairs into the top garret, taking a candle with them ; after being a short time together, some words passed between them, and the prisoner was angry ; but no blows were struck by either, and in less than a quarter of an hour they both came down stairs. The woman Rylie, who keeps the house, and another, said they observed that the prisoner, when he was up stairs, had in his hand one of those long knives which is worn hung by a strap round the waist. He had it out of the sheath then, and had the strap off then.. The knife fell out of the sheath while he was in the house and was picked tip by one of the females and returned to him. In consequence of the words alluded to, the sailor was about to leave the house, ,and asked another female who was present to light him down stairs. The female was prevented by a companion from so doing. The sailor then requested Millikin to light him out. She did so, and when at the bottom of the stairs a cry from the woman was heard of, " Oh, Rosa, Rosa, I am stabbed with a knife!" and the noise of the door slammed to was heard. Rosa Rylie and another female went down, and found Millikin lying at the bottom of the stairs. Her clothes were cut, and she had a severe wound on the left side, just below the last rib. The knife had entered the abdonien, and wounded the intestine. Blood was flowing very freely from the wound. The seaman was not then to be seen, but he had been observed going in haste down the passage, without a hat, and was met at the bottom by a policeman, who ques tioned him as to what was the matter. Joorens replied that there were some persons up the entry who had attempted to rob him. The policeman went up the entry expecting that the seaman would have followed him. In this, however, he was mistaken. He found the woman lying in a pool of blood, and after having taken measures to obtain surgical relief for her, the officer went in search of the culprit, and found Joorens on board the Pauline. Not being positive as to the identity of the man, he took him to Millikin, and asked her, in the presence of Joorens, whether that was the man who had stabbed her. She distinctly replied, " That is the man." The knife was afterwards found in the entry, covered with blood, and was identified. The hat of Joorens was also found, was identified, and claimed by the prisoner as his.— A Custom-house officer, stationed on board the Pauline, de posed that Joorcns came on board the galliot about two o'clock in the morning of Saturday. The witness saw him running hastily along the quay. When, he got on board he undressed himself on deck, and took a couple of buckets of water from the dock, but what he did with it witness could not say. On Saturday the wounded woman was conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where she died on the following morning, at eleven o'clock. The wound was about an inch and a quarter in length, about three inches deep, and had passed through the intestine and entered the left kidney. There was no hope of recovery from such a wound. The prisoner declined to say anything. The jury returned a ver-• dict of Wilful Murder, and Joorens was committed, as above stated to take his trial. The witnesses were bound over to appear, in recognizances of £lOO each. MELANCHOLY DEATH. On Wednesday last a sensation of alarm and apprehension was excited at Bootle and in this town amongst the family and friends of Richard Finlow, Esq., solicitor, of this town, who resided at the former place, in consequence of his not appearing at home on the night of Tuesday, or on the follow ing morning. It was known that he had, on the former day, gone to dine with his intimate friend John Roose, Esq., of Everton-brow ; and it was found that he had left the house of that gentleman before ten o'clock, in good health and spirits. Search was made in. every possible direction, but no tidings could be obtained of the missing gentleman until the following afternoon, when, on the passing of a boat on the Leeds and Liverpool canal, (a short distance from his residence, in Bootle,) his body was observed in the water. An alarm was given, and some parties, who came to the spot, immediately recognised in it the remains of the lamented individual. The body was conveyed to his residence, a handsome cottage villa, close to the sea shore, and a little to the south of the Bootle Landmarks. A. highly-respectable jury was yesterday summoned, by John Hey es, Esq., county coroner, to inquire into the cause of the death of the deceased. They assembled at about half past three o'clock, at the Derby Arms Hotel, Bootle, and soon after proceeded a distance of about a quarter of a mile, to view the body. On their return, the coroner took the evidence bearing on the death of the deceased, and from that, and other information of the car-driver and others, not considered legally requisite, the following facts are derived : Mr. Finlow, soon after leaving the house of his friend, went to Mr. Busby's livery stables, corner of Fox-street, and ordered a car to take him home. A driver, named Richard Messenger, who gave his evidence in a very clear manner, said that he started with the deceased at about ten o'clock from the gate of the stables, and drove to Bootle by Vauxhall bridge, round the new road. The deceased, on arriving at the toll-bar, at Bootle, where they stopped a moment, ex changed a few friendly words with the gate-keeper, and the car passed on. The driver, not knowing the house of the deceased, made some enquiry, and finally found the short lane leading down to it from the main road. When about half-way down the lane, the deceased who had just previously paid the fare, told him to open the door and let him down, His wish was complied . with, and the lane being narrow the driver ledhis horse down, following the deceased at a short dis tance until he could find a place at which to turn, which he did by backing into a small crossing lane, between palings. a Fhort distance below.' He states, that the deceased, while he (the driver) led his car down after him, was but four or five yards before him, and that he observed him, with his umbrella under his arm, until he was within, as he con sidered, thirty or forty yards from his dwelling. The wit ness did not accompany him, thinking probably that he could find his home without difficulty. Nothing was (as before stated) heard of the deceased gen tleman, until the afternoon of Wednesday. His body was drawn out of the canal close to " Miller's Bridge," a short distance from his residence - and it appeared that he was ac customed to embark by the canal fly-boat at that place, on his way to Liverpool. It further appeared that he had, on Tuesday, (as he had stated, but not taken in evidence) received a considerable sum of money ; and the supposition was, that some unnecessary apprehension had come across his mind on the subject; and that he had resolved to return to Liver pool instantly, before entering his house, to look after the property; and, the night being thick, rainy, and dark, that he had fallen accidentally into the water, and could not re cover himself. There was no evidence of violence, or of foul play,—his gold watch, his pocket-book, and his purse, con taining both gold and silver being found upon his person. The only marks upon which were those made by the grapnell irons. The deceased had been remarked by all who had seen him on that and the previous days, in the best of spirits. His watch stood at a quarter past eleven o'clock, which would allow him a reasonable time to walk back from the spot where the carman last saw him, to find his way to the em barking place near which he was found—allowing a few moments for the stoppage of the watch, by immersion in the water. The Jury, after a brief consideration of the whole of the evidence,. returned a verdict in accordance with the opinion of the coroner, to the effect that—" the deceased was found drowned and suffocated in the Leeds and Liverpool canal ; but how or by what means he came to be there, there was no evidence to show." Great regret was expressed in the neigh bourhood at the demise of the deceased, who was highly respected. The Right Hon. Lord Lilford has been pleased to present the Rev. Thomas Lowe, of St. Paul's Church, Warrington, to the Vicarage of Leigh, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Topping. The Rev. Mr. Jackson, one of the chartist leaders appre hended at Manchester, has been released from Kirkdale gaol on giving two sureties of £lOO each, and becoming security himself in £3OO, to appear at the assizes, and meanwhile to be of good behaviour. MASTER BABBLE.—We perceive that this accomplished youth intends to give another opportunity to the inhabitants of Liverpool, to witness his astonishing displays of mnemo nical knowledge. His next conversaziones will take place on Saturday, at the Medical Hall.—See Adv. STOPPAGE OF THE PHCENIX BANK.—On Tuesday morning considerable excitement was occasioned here by the report that the above bank had stopped payment. The cause is explained in the circular put forth by the directors, a copy of which we subjoin : " Sir,—ln consequence of the discovery of a large deficiency in the accounts of the late manager, Mr. Samuel Henry Walsh, the directors, after much anxious deliberation, feel it their duty to suspend the operations of the bank, until they can have an opportunity of consulting the proprietors. " With this view, a special general meeting will be held as early as practicable. " By order of the Directors, " W. COLSON, Sub-Manager. " Liverpool, 6th August, 1839." Mr. Colles's novelties, now on sale, at his apartments, in Bold-street, seem to cause as great a sensation as his magical figures dil at his former visit, nine years since ; his collection of wonders is now very extensive, and well worthy the in spection of the curious. Mr. C.'s manner of showing his various experiments is extremely neat, and yet we are informed that he enables his pupils to perform them as well as himself. His advertisement will be found in another column. THE REGISTRATION.—The lists of borough and county voters will be affixed to the doors of the churches and cha pels on the two succeeding Sundays. We call attention to the circumstance, that the conservatives may be on the alert, and narrowly peruse the lists in their respective localities, so that every effort may be made to erase from the register such names as may have been inserted by the radicals upon delusive and fraudulent pretences. TAKING POISON.—On Sunday morning a police-officer was informed by a boy that a young woman to whom he pointed (named Ann Berry, and living in Gore-street) had swallowed fourpennyworth of laudanum. Hereupon the police-officer promptly took the girl to the shop of Mr. Ti therington, druggist, Oxford-street. Dr. Anderson and Dr. Poole attended, and used the stomach-pump ; and from their attention to the young woman, she is now out o f d anger . ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—About a quarter to three o'clock on Sunday morning, Mr. Page, of Wellington road, was attacked, in a field Opposite Park-street, by four young men, who twice knocked him down and attempted to rob him. Mr. Page called out for the police, and imme diately afterwards office No. 2i3 was seen approaching the spot. Of course the rascals then fled. They were closely pursued by the officer, when, seeing that detection must inevitably result if they continued their flight with the officer at their hells, they suddenly turned round and knocked him down, but not before he had had an opportunity of seeing the rogues distinctly, so as to be able to identify at least two of them. By this manoeuvre the whole party succeeded in effecting their escape. LIVERPOOL WOOL SALES, AUGUST 2, 1839.---A series of public sales of wool commenced on the 31st ultimo, and have terminated this afternoon. The attendance of buyers was very numerous ; and, for the Australian and the Van Diemen's Land wools, the bidding was very spirited, the prices realized being fully equal to the late London sales. The sale of Cape was brisk, and sold at an advance. All the Spanish wools would have found buyers within ld. per lb. of last (January) sales. The Germans consisted principally of summer and lamb wools, which met with buyers at very full prices. Peruvians were heavy with grease, and a portion of them skin wools : the prices obtained were equal to the late private sales. Turkey wools are held for more money than the market will admit of, otherwise more business would have been done. East Indias continue to enjoy a preference in demand over all other kinds of low wools : the whole was sold at an advance of id. to id. per lb. on late sales. Alpaca, for some time past, has been in demand for the fancy trade, particularly black and brown colours ' • but at present there are few buyers, and th e sa l es went off at a decline. Upon the whole the sales have gone off well, taking into consideration the state of the money market. If a bre4ch be made in our sanctuary, it will be by the combined forces of Popery, Dissent, and Unbelief, fighting under a political flag.—Robert Southey, in 1829, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TUESDAY. POLYGAMY. William Prosser, remanded from Monday, on a charge of polygamy, was again placed at the bar. Mary Reece, wife ,of Thomas Reece, . mariner, of Little Patrick-street, Waterford, deposed, that on the.3lst Dec. 1835, she was present and saw the prisoner married to her youngest sister Margaret Neville, by the Rev. William Fraser, at the Great Protestant Church, in Waterford. The marriage was by licence. They lived together in the house of witness during about six weeks after. He then left his wife. Last Saturday week witness saw the prisoner in Liverpool, anti learned where hp lived. On Sunday following she went to King's-court, Kay-street, and knocked at the door, which was opened by the prisoner. He said, " I don't know you," and immediately left the house, On Sunday last witness went again in search of the prisoner. She asked if he were in the houSe, and the reply was that he was not. She went up stairs into a bed-room, and there found the prisoner secret ed under a bed. John dwen was with her. A constable was sent for, and police officer Casson, No. 111, came and took the prisoner into custody. Witness's sisar was between 18 and 19 years old when the prisoner married her. Witness stated that her sister was in court. Cross-examined by the prisoner.—You (the prisoner) were not drunk when you were married. The prisoner, in his defence, stated that be thought it a very hard proceeding, He had arrived at Waterford without either clothes or money. Mrs. Reece took him in to board. She kept him some time, and always gave him drink. He was drunk for a week before he was married, and he did not know what he was doing when he was married. The prisoner was :committed for trial at the assizes, the witnesses being bound to appear in recognisances of £lOO each. A BLACK CASE. A very little fellow, about ten years old, whose face was evidently very handsome, despite the thick covering of soot by which it was defiled, and notwithstanding that his sable and tattered habiliments were any thing but enhancements of beauty, was placed before Mr. Rushton under a charge of having obtained money under false pretences. A large bloated female, the wife of a master chimney-sweeper, and another little sooty as black and as diminutive as the prisoner, ap peared as the accusers. The woman said she c h arge d the prisoner with having defrauded her of a sum of money under false pretences. And how much did he obtain ma'am ? Vy, he did me out of a vole silver sixpence, by purtending it vos for his master.—Mr. Rushton : Let me advise you to take the boy home, and teach him better. Instruct him that he has committed an act of dishonesty which might lead to of fences that would prove his ruin. Don't bring him into a criminal court for a charge which involves the sum of six pence. If that boy goes to gaol at his years, he will be ruined for life. Discharge him. The prisoner was discharged accordingly. A GOOD REFORMER. An individual was brought before the magistrates charged with having driven a spring cart very furiously along the streets. The inspector of police, one or two officers, and other persons, had seen the defendant drivin g furiously in different parts of the town. The defendant described his pony as a very rusty animal, that would have its own way sometimes. A witness, who appeared for the defendant, made a very long speech, in which he said the pony was both very stubborn and very lively. The accusers swore that the defendant flogged the pony most cruelly, and the eloquent witness alluded to confirmed this view of the case ; for, he said, after the pony had evinced a disposition to have its own way by standing still, it at length started off in a brisk trot, when the defendant certainly did lay into it a bit. Mr. Rushton ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 5s and costs. The defendant looked astonished for a moment, and then assuming a threatening look, he said, " I have been a reformer, mind." " I don't care what you have been," said Mr. Rushton, "you have committed an offence against the law, and must take the consequences. Pay the fine." " I have been a reformer," said the defendant, looking still more terrible ; " but if this is your reform, I have done with it. Mind, you have had me, but you will have me no more." " Silence, silence !" exclaimed the officers, "No more of your reform fbr me," reiterated the defendant; " I have been a reformer." " But," said Mr. Rushton, unable to proceed with the business, " you are not to disturb this court—so pay your money and go away quietly, or I shall have to do something still more unpleasant." The defendant threw down the money indignantly, exclaiming, " You have had my votes before, but you'll get no more of them. Good morning, Sir." FRACAS BETWEEN GENTLEMEN. Mr. James Curry, surgeon, appeared before Messrs. Rushton and Maxwell, to answer a chargeef having assaulted Mr. William Bell, clerk of accounts at the Grand Junction Railway Station at Edge-hill. Mr. Clay, solicitor, appeared for the complainant. Mr. B e ll s t a t e d, th a t a f ew days back Mr. Curry called upon him, and asked him to pay a certain sum of money, which was due to Mr. M'Cloud. Mr. Curry produced a blank stamp with Mr. M'Cloud's name at the bottom of it. The stamp was not filled up. He (Mr. Curry) said he had a letter authorising him to receive the money. He (Mr. Bell) told him he could not pay the money under those circumstances. He would not pay it without a written order. Mr. Curry left the office, and shortly afterwards one of the men came in and told him that Mr. Curry was tra ducing his character in the yard. He (Mr. Bell) went down, and after asking him why he did so, told him that he was no gentleman. Upon this Mr. Curry attempted to pull his (Mr. Bell's) nose, but he prevented him by holding up his arm. Mr. Curry then struck him (Mr. Bell) a violent blow on his nose, and knocked him down.. Cross-examined by Mr. Curry.—Mr. Curry produced a letter to him (Mr. Bell), which he stated contained a written order for the money. He (Mr. Bell) was not aware that Mr. Curry read that order. Mr. Curry laid the letter on the table. He (Mr. Bell) had not agreed to pay the money on that day, but had said he would look into it if Mr. Curry did call. Mr. Rushton said the case was one of assault, and the money transactions had nothing to do with it. Mr. Curry said the money affair led to it. Mr. Bell had used the improper words which he stated, and that exasper ated him. He was certainly sorry for all that had occurred, and he had expressed as much to Mr. Bell. He certainly had an'order for the money, which he produced, and he was fully authorised to receive it. He repeated that he was very sorry, hut he was provoked exceedingly. Mr. Clay said Mr. Bell had not brought this matter for ward himself, but the Grand Junction Company had done so, as they were determined to protect their servants. Mr. Rushton said he thought a small fine would meet the justice of the case. Mr. Curry was fined 20s. and costs. POCKET PICKING. The pickpockets were numerous and alert on Monday amongst the crowds assembled to see the procession of Odd Fellows. Several of them were, however, apprehended, and will be safe for three months to come. John Walsh and Joseph Graham were placed at the bar, charged by Constable Maguire with having inserted their hands into the pockets of several females, in Seymour-street, as the procession was passing. They both denied the charge. Graham said, he had a bad character, and for that reason the officers appre hended him wherever they saw him. The prisoners were committed for three months. John Barton was placed at the bar charged with having stolen a gentleman's pocket handkerchief. The gentleman did not appear, and he was discharged.. A few minutes sub sequehtly he was again placed at the bar, in company with John Sumner. He had been re-apprehended by Police-offi cer.Grisenthwaite as be was going out of the court. The latter stated, that he saw Barton on the preceding day go up to a young woman in the crowd, insert his hand into her pocket, and take it forth. He (the officer) immediately seized him, and took the articles (a needle-case and some other matters) from him. The young woman attended, and identified the articles as her property. The prisoner said, a boy gave him the things, and protested his innocence. Grisenthwaite seized Sumner, and Barton broke from him and ran away. He was recognised by Grisenthwaite as be was passing out of court, and again lodged in custody. The young woman who owned the articles said, the prisoner Barton came up to her in the crowd, and made many anxious inquiries as to what had become of Sumner. The latter was not known. He stated that be worked hard for his living, and that he did not know Barton at all. He was charged with having covered the person of Barton while he effected the theft. He was remanded for inquiry to be made into his character. Barton was committed for three months. James Henry, John Walker. and several other lads, were committed for three months for similar offences. THE ORANGE-STREET ROBBERY. Three women named Farrell, Young and Ryley, were sentenced to transportation at the last session, for having robbed an Irish cattle-dealer of the sum of £460. Nearly the whole of the money was secured through the vigilance of the police. On Tuesday, an old woman who keeps a brothel in Orange-street, supposed to be the house at which the rob bery was committed, was placed at the bar. The cattle dealer stated that be had lost, amongst other money, a ten pound note. It appeared that on the morning after the rob bery was committed, the prisoner had changed the ten pound note produced at a shop in Tithebarn-street. Mr. Wardle, solicitor, who appeared for the prosecution, said the witness was unable to identify the note ; but he had taken it frpm a person in Manchester who probably could. The prisoner was remanded in order that the person alluded to should be sent for. Subsequently, however, the cattle-dealer said)le could not stay to give evidence, and the old woman was distharged. FRAUD IN A LODGING HOUSE. Agnes Carson and her husband were placed before Mr. Rushton, for having illegally pawned certain clothes belonging to John M`Larren. The latter, a native of Scotland, stated that he had come a short time since to Liverpool to look for work at his trade of joiner. Not being able to find it, he quitted the house where he lodged, leaving his trunk in the care of the prisoners, and proceeded to Chester in search of work. He returned after an absence of a fortnight and found that his trunk had bedn broken open and his clothes stolen. An inspector of police produced several pawn-tickets, which he had found in the box of the female prisoner. The shops of several pawnbrokers had been visited and the clothes, which were extremely good, were discovered and claimed. The pawnbrokers attended and produced about four pounds worth of apparel, which had been pledged by the female prisoner for £l. 10s. As there was no distinct evidence against the husband he was discharged. The female prisoner was ordered to pay the value of the articles and a penalty of 20s. In de fault she was to be imprisoned. Mr. Rushton did not say during how long a time, as he said he would give her time, to see if she could make some arrangement whereby the pawn brokers would be saved from loss. REVIVAL OF AN OLD TRICK. A middle-aged woman, named Bridget Sheen, was placed at the bar, charged with having robbed a little boy of his wages on Saturday night last. According to the statement of the little fellow, he was proceeding home with the fruit of his week's labour, (two shillings,) when he was accosted by the prisoner, who said, " Have you got your wages, my little lad ?" He replied, " Yes." Then, said the prisoner, let me put them in paper for you that they may be safe, and run into that public-house and see what o'clock it is. The lad went into the public-house as directed, but when he re turned to tell the prisoner that it was eleven o'clock, he dis covered that she had decamped with his earnings. He in formed the police-officer 306, who went with him in search of the prisoner. They found her near the market, and the lad instantly recognised her. The prisoner strenuously denied the charge. Mr. Rushton said he would make some inquiry into her character. She was remanded. THE MUNICIPAL REGISTRATION. To secure a vote at the next municipal election, the fol lowing is the necessary qualification, namely,—" The occu pation on the 31st August, and during the two preceding years, of a house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop, within the borough, for which the occupier is rated, and on which all rates due thereon, except those becoming due within six months before 'the 31st, have been paid before that date." The occupier must also, during the whole of that period, (say two years and nine months,) have been an inhabitant householder within seven miles of the borough. The day on which claimants' qualifications must be com pleted, and the last day for payment of rates, is the 31st of August. The sth of September is the day on which the overseers are required to make out the burgess lists, and to deliver them to the Town-clerk, who is to fix a copy of them on the Town-hall during the week preceding the 15th of September. The last day for notices of claims and objections is the 15th of September. A person succeeding to the occupation of a house, &c., by descent, marriage, devise, &c., is entitled to reckon as his own the occupancy and rating of the person by or through whom he succeeds. It is in contemplation to add two more troops to the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry. MANCHESTER. (From our own Correspondent.) GREAT PUBLIC MEETING. —A very numerous meeting of leypayers, convened by the churchwardens and overseers of Manchester, took place at the Town-hall, on Wednesday last. The meeting was called in consequence of the church wardens and overseers having been distrained upon by the corporation for the amount of £23,497, the apportionment of watch and borough rates for Manchester. The meeting was one of the most numerous that ever took place in Man chester, and a strong feeling was manifested against the pay ment of the rate demanded by the corporation, not a single voice being raised in their favour. G. Clarke, Esq., the senior churchwarden, was called to the chair, and com menced the proceedings by stating what had been done in reference to the disputed rates, and very ably exposed a contemptible artifice to which the corporation party, with that consistency, which has marked all their proceedings since they have been lifted into office, had resorted for the purpose of deterring the leypayers from attending the meet mg. Among other instances, he stated that the Mayor had issued a large placard, denouncing the meeting as " illegal and unauthorised," and alledging that the parochial officers had sufficient funds in hand to pay the amount claimed. A series of resolutions were subsequently passed, empowering the churchwardens in continuing to resist the rate, and in taking steps to contest its validity. The meeting lasted for three hours, and the result has astounded the corporation, by proving to demonstration that their fellow-townsmen have not the least confidence in them. MEETING OF THE CHARTISTS.—The borough magistrates are now determined to put a stop to their illegal meetings, and they have issued a proclamation, declaring that such meetings as those which have lately taken place are illegal, and expressing their determination to use all the power with which the law has invested them, to suppress all unconstitu tional assemblages of the kind. There are 22 magistrates' names attached to the proclamation. The county magis trates have issued a similar proclamation. Such conduct is deserving of high commendation, and we regret that the magistrates did not take a decided course at an earlier period. BLESSINGS OF A NEW CORPORATION.—The corporation of Manchester, about which there has been so much said with regard to the validity of its charter, are at the, present mo ment placed iu a very queer position. On Wednesday last a meeting of this sapient body took place at their rooms over the Butchers' Shambles in Brown-street, which they have exchanged for .the scene of their former deliberations over the stables in King-street—A councillor of the name of Ro berts brought forward a resolution, to the effect that in future the council as a body should be made responsible for all pay merits and orders on the Bank (the Bank of Manchester). This threw the council into a state of bewilderment, and operated as an electric shock on the Whig " cotton lads" of Manchester. One councillor rose in a very indignant man ner and asked an explanation.—The Mayor said that all that was required was, as he understood, that two names were to be sent in to the Bank.—Councillor DAY did not with to make himself RESPONSIBLE for any amount, before the va lidity of the charter was decided.—Mr. Willert objected to the resolution,. .and Councillor Broughton said, that it ap peared from the resolution THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WAS INVOLVED IN THE BOND. MT. Broughton then proceeded to quote a portion of the resolution as fol lows :—" That the said bank be requested to honour such checques and orders, and to place, all payments made in pur suance thereof to the DEBIT of the mayor, aldermen, and council of the borough."—Alderman Kay insisted that this was merely a collateral security !—Councillor Broughton : Does this resolution embrace the whole of the corporation ? —Alderman Kay : That I cannot answer ! !—The resolution having been put and carried, the council got into another difficulty, and " jumped from the frying-pan into the fire," on the police-rate question.—Mr. J. E. Taylor, principal editor of the Manchester Guardian, moved a resolution ap pointing a committee, to be empowered to appeal against the rate granted by the commissioners. He thought that if they called on the people to support the corporation, it was their duty to take every step in their power to bring the question to a legal issue, without trenching on the pockets of indivi duals.—Mr. Winder gave his most decided assent to what Mr. Taylor had stated. The council ought not, in the face of the violent conduct of the commissioners, to throw out any suggestion of a compromise. —Who will not now say that the Manchester corporation will become the laughing-stock of the town? MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—On Wednesday last a special meeting of the Manchester and Leeds Railway was held at the Offices of the Company, Hunt's Bank, Man chester, for the purpose of " deciding upon the issuing and distribution of new shares, and fixing upon the time and mode of payment, &c." James Wood, Esq., chairman, presided. Mr. Edward Westhead proposed a resolution, to the effect that £650,000 shall be raised by the creation of 13,000 shares of £5O each, such shares to be allotted to the present pro prietors, in proportion to the shares at present held by them. Mr. Frost seconded the resolution, which was carried. The chairman then said, that since the railway was opened, the number of passengers passing along the line had been upwards of 2,000 per day, and the receipts for the last four weeks had averaged £ll7 9s. per day. He was happy to inform them that they were still progressing, and the receipts had con siderably increased lately. In conclusion, he would state that they were already in the receipt of more money per mile per day, than had been'. realised by passenger traffic by any railway yet opened. The receipts were purely from the pas senger traffic, with the addition of a few pounds obtained by the carriage of vegetables. The meeting then separated. SEIZURE OF FIRE ARMS, &C. —RE-EXAMINATION OF SCOTT.—On Wednesday last, Samuel Scott was brought up again for re-examination at the Borough Court. The magi strates on the bench were Messrs. Maude, Birt, and Walker. Mr. Beswick stated, that the two officers were prepared to state the language made use of at the meetings the pri soner attended. He then called Policeman Boothby, who deposed that he had seen the prisoner at meetings held on the 23d, 25th, and 26th, in Hulme, They were held in a field. . _ Mr. MAUDE.—Are you quite sure of the times the meet ings were held ? Witness.—l can speak positively to them. Mr. MAUDE.—Did you hear any language spoken at those meetings, and by whom ? Witness.—Yes ; I saw Smith there who spoke on the occasion. Mr.'Taylor (who appeared for the prisoner) asked Mr. Beswick if he were there at the time ? Mr. Taylor then cross-examined the witness. What days do you speak of. The witness correcting himself; I speak of Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 23rd, 25th, and 26th of July. I can distinctly swear that Scott was at those meetings, and I saw him there. Mr. Taylor.--Did you take notes at the time ? Witness.—No, I did not, but I went to the office and made a report. Mr. MATJDE said the character of the Meetings would be proved to be illegal. Mr. Taylor.—To whom did you give your information? Witness.—l went to Mr. Beswick and gave him the infor mation. _ _ Mr. Taylor.—Are you sure that you saw the prisoner on Tuesday, the 23d of July ? Witness.—l am sure. Mr. Taylor.—Who do you say spoke at those meetings? Witness.—There was a man named Smith, Jackson, and a person I believe named Linney, who spoke at the meeting. Mr. Taylor.—What occupation does the prisoner follow ? Witness.—He was employed at the Twist Company. Policeman 64 said that he saw the prisoner on Tuesday evening the 23d of July, going up StretfOrd-road in direction of the meeting. Mr. MAUDE. - It was on the 25th that the prisoner made use of threatening language to you ? Witness.—lt - Mr. Taylor.—Had you the livery on when you saw him on Thursday as you state? Witness.—No, I had not. Mr. Taylor.—Then what made you so particular in taking notice of the prisoner? Witnesslie said he would blow the b—y police to h—l. Mr. Taylor.—How did he know that you were a policeman ? Witness.—l do not know whether he knew that I was a policeman, as I was in my undress. lam quite sure I saw him the three days. On one occasion there was about from 50 to 100 persons. Mr. Taylor then inquired on what ground the prisoner was remanded on Monday. Mr. MAUDE said he was remanded because there were arms found in his possession, together with a quantity of bullets. This would with the evidence of the policemen, who had sworn to his having attended illegal meetings, at which they were told to take up arms and resist the Queen's government, be sufficient to send him to a jury. Mr. Taylor.—Then it has not been ascertained whether he had these fire-arms in his possession for illegal purposes? Mr. MAUDE.—I do not say so, it will be for the jury to determine that matter. It is very clear that he has been attending illegal meetings at which resistance to the laws of the country has been inculcated. He is afterwards found with arms in his possession. Mr. Taylor.—He said he had the gun to shoot at a target with. Perhaps you have made up your mind to commit him. Will Mr. Beswick state whether he has taken down any seditious language used. Mr. MAUDE.—No. Mr. Beswick has not, but the witnesses who were cross-examined by Mr. Cobbett on Saturday, swear to such language having been used, and the witnesses swear to his being present at the meetings. The deputations of M`Mullen. Hovenden, Boothby, Robinson, and Beswick, were then read over to Mr. Taylor, who was not professionally engaged on Monday. Mf. MAUDE asked Scott if he had anything to say, but he declined making any observations then. Mr. Taylor said, he understood that Scott was a steady workman, and was obtaining 28s. a-week. He had the fore man hem to speak as to his character. •(He (Mr. T.) was afraid that he was one of those who had been misled by others. If, in a legal point of view, the observations of his masters, as to his character, who were magistrates, and thd foreman could be taken, he thought that it might induce the judge to mitigate the punishment. Mr. MAUDE said, that witnesses as to character could be heard on the day of trial. _ _ Mr. Taylor replied, that the distance would render it in convenient for them to attend, and he had not money to pay the expenses. He was sure that it would produce a favourable impression on the mind of the judge. Mr. MAUDE said, he could not accede to the request, and ordered the prisoner to find two sureties in £5O, and himself in £lOO. He then addressed the prisoner, stating, that the offence of which he had been found guilty, might be con sidered high treason, and, indeed, he did not know whether or not the Attorney-General would not prefer a charge of high treason against him. It was one of the highest criminal offences against the law, to arm against the institutions of the country. It was a great pity to see a hard working man like the prisoner, earning 28s. a-week, and bearing a good ,character, led into such a state of delusion. Bail was then tendered and received, and the persons in the gallery did not evince any symptoms of disorder. THE CHARTISTS AT PAISLEY.—The chartists of Paisley have proceeded so far in the system of exclusive dealing as to publish the results of their late survey. Under the title of " The Friends of the People," they have published a list of those dealers who are said to have expressed themselves fa vourably to the chartist cause. In addition to the depot of the 93d Regiment, which has for some time been lying here, a detachment of the 78th, under the command of Captain Hemans, arrived at the barracks on Thursday. The march of this detachment seems to have occasioned a little alarm in Glasgow, where reports were spread that Paisley was in a state of riot. We understand that so much ground bad the report gained, that a troop of horse was kept all night in readiness, to gallop from the Cavalry Barracks, Glasgow, had their services been required. We have only to add, that Paisley, in common with Glasgow, remains in a state of per fect quietness.—Paisley Advertiser. DIOCESE OF ST. ASAPH. — The annual meeting of the St. Asaph Society, for promoting the building and enlargement of churches and chapels, was held in the Chapter-house, at St. Asaph, on Thursday last. The meeting was most re spectably attended, and the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph pre sided on the occasion. The following grants were made, in aid of building a chapel in the township of Bistre, in the parish of Mold, £250, ditto at Denbigh, (additional) £5O ; for re building and enlarging the churgh at Newto n , £3OO, ditt o a t Llansaintffraid Glan Conway, £5O ; and for enlarging the church at Northop, £2s.—The extensive benefits already con ferred by this society must strongly recommend it to all friends of the establishment in North Wales. Six new churches, in aid of which the society made grants, were con, secrated in the course of last year, and one last month. Two churches have also been rebuilt and enlarged.—Chester Gazette. THEATRE-ROYAL. At the termination of the tragedy of " Virginins i "k last night, Mr. Vandenhoff was called for, and appeared before the curtain. His engagement, with that of his daughter and Mr. Anderson, increases in attraction. The revival of " Ion" drew so well as to invite its repetition this evening. In some scenes of this classic but undramatic tragedy, Mr. Anderson appears to more advantage than Macready. The critique prepared, agreeably to promise, on the performances of the week, we are compelled to defer till Tuesday, when the acting of • Mr. Andersmi, Misg Vandenboir, and of her respected father, shall be commented on. • • Richelieu is to be produced on Monday. r • • WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.' On Sunday, sermons were preached in all the Wesleyan chapels in Liverpool and the neighbourhood, to crowded con gregations, by the ministers attending the conference ; and several sermons, in different parts of the town, were preached in the open air.. Monday was the conference celebration of the centenary of the formation of the .Wesleyan societies. At six in the morning, a meeting was held for public prayer. Eight ministers offered up ardent supplications to Almighty God, in which they were joined by a devout assembly. Brunswick Chapel was completely filled- At half-past ten it was again open, and crowded to excess by an assembly eager to hear the ex-President, the Rev. Thomas Jackson, preach the centenary sermon to the conference, a service which it had assigned to him at its last year's meeting, in Bristol. The president of the conference read the service of the, Church of England. Mr. Jackson took his text from 1 Cor. 1 chap. xxvi- 7 -31 verses. " For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called : but God hath chosen the foolish things of the w orld to confound the wise •, and God hath chosen the Weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath Godchosen.—yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are :.that i no,flesh should glory in his presence. But of him ace ire`iii'Christ Jesus, who of God'is made unto us wisdom; and rightFOus ness, and sanctification, and redemption :.that, actqrdirig as it is written, he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lqrd." The two propositions which the preacher. adv.aneed',4*trie " That the. Wesleyan ministry possessed a charfterer sif'ik ingly similar to that which the apostles exercised; dig' the effects of the Wesleyan ministry were identical with!those produced by the ministry of the apostles:" M. ..Tp&son was two hours and fifty minutes in delivering his sertnop, and, all the while, the attention of the crowded asseinbly was riveted on the preacher. The fluency and pathos 6f' his address, and the touching and powerful topics which' he brought into his subject, 'had a most electrifying effect; sometimes the greater part of the conference was in this ; it was a noble effort of mind, and an uncommon instance of the power of preaching. A public meeting for prayer was held again in the afternoon. In the evening the Rev. Theo phihis Lessey, the president, preached an official sermon before the conference, a sermon of great ability, delivered in his usually impressive manner. On Tuesday morning, the conference resumed its regular sittings. The ex-president, the Reverend T. Jackson, was unanimously requested to publish, as soon as possible, the sermon which he preached on Monday morning, which he at once consented to do. The president was requested to publish his evening sermon of the same day. The Rev. John Scott, also, was requested to publish the sermon which he preached before the conference, in Brunswick Chapel, on Sunday morning last. The conference then proceeded to examine the candidates for full admission. The examina tion continued through the remainder of the day. In the evening, Brunswick Chapel was again crowded at an early hour, the public examination of the candidates having then commenced.—Courier. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 31st day of July, 1839, present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Honorable Sir Charles Theophilus Met calf, Bart. G.C.B. was by .her Majesty's command, sworn of her. Majesty's most Honorable Privy Council, and took his place at the board accordingly. Lord Granville Somerset, in the course of some remarks he had occasion to make at the commons' morning sitting, yes terday, observed that " there are not now 100 members of parliament in town ! " And yet the house is proceeding with business, introducing new bias, voting away £1,000,000, at a time, (as on Monday, for instance, regarding the " insurrec tionary " Canadas !) and all as if there were a full attendance of members.—Herald. MILITARY MOVEMENTS AT CHESTER we announced last week, the depot of the 94th regiment marched from the barracks yesterday for Chatham, under the command of Major Gascoigne ; and they have been succeeded by.the de pot of the 14th regiment, which arrived on the same day from Brecon, commanded by Capt. Haslewpod, in the absence of Major Barlow.—Chester Gazette. MARRIAGE OF THE QUEEN.—The Nuremburg Correa pondenl has again revived the story of one of the young princes of the house of Coburg being about to marry the queen, only this time it gives us " a lie with a circumstance," by asserting that. Prince Albert has been declared of-age, to -en able him to do so. There is something rather odd about this. Last year, some of the German papers gave an account of the duke publicly receiving.,eongratulations on the approaching marriage of his son with the Queen of England, which re mained uncontradicted. Are these stories put forward as feelers, first to see whether the establishment of a Coburg dynasty on the throne of Great Britain, would be tolerated by the nation or not ? Considering the vast influence England would acquire by an alliance with„so. illustrious, so we a lthy, and so powerful a house, and considering how deeply the queen's feelings must be implicated in the matter, she having had nearly a whole month's personal acquaintance with the princein question, thereis little doubt that the, snatch would be highly popular.—Cheltenham Looker-On., THE QUAKERS.—The number& Meeting:haling belong. ing to the Society of Friends inAh6A.lnitetic-Kingdbiii at‘the present time is 419 ; they meet in 236 of these twice on each Sabbath day for divine worship ; in 141 they assemble only once on that day ; and in 42 of them that orrce:Ocea - sionally omitted. . There are - 298rOut of these . 4l9 congiegatitms 'cies tante of any minister, leaving only 121 supplied by ministers. There are only 232 ministers in the connection ; 152 are wo men and 81 men. COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON.—A deputation from this great establishment, which, we underAand, is likely. to be the organ, as it certainly will be the head of the joini',"stock banks of England, has arrived at the imperial 11 to in this city, preparatory, we suppose, to its conimenceinerif,df busi ness. The times ' 'though unfavourable in one respect from present monetarydifficulties, are particularly fai•Oixable .in another froin the universal hostility entertained ttai4:4, the bank monopolies of England and Ireland, as w el iis for Uie encouraging faCt that the third report Of the 16yal'Ilank . of Liverpool, founded upon exa:6tly the same kineiples as the Commercial Bink of London; has just appeared, wherein we find that so sound, so safe, .and so successful is the. stem of one thousand pound shares, that the' Royal Bank , iysr pool has not only divid6d five percent. per amiuM j eiws paid-by capital, but out of its profits; in that short,.pehoO, laid up as a rest 68,000, and expended 40,000 ena splendid building in the heart of that thriving town.-Dublin Register. HOME.—Home can never be transferred, never be re peated in the experience of an individual. The place _conse crated by paternal love, by the innocence and sport.y of child hood, by the first acquaintance with nature, by linking the heart to the visible creation, is the only home. There is ,a living and breathing spirit in nature ; every familiar object' has history, the trees have, tongues, the very air is vocal. ' There the vesture of decay does not close in, and controul the noble functions of the soul. It sees and hears, without the ministty of gross .material substance.—Hope Leslie. • THE LAW OF DEODANDS.—In the course of an inquiry into the death of achild who had been rna over by a gentle man's cab, held a few days since before Mr. Baker, a con versation took place relative to the levying of deodands. The worthy coroner remarked on the singularity of the law and illustrated its inconsistency in certain cases. He said that if a man were to fall from the mast head of a vessel lying in the Thames, and the accident proved fatal, the ship would be liable to forfeiture ; but if a similar accident happened on the high seas no deodand could be levied. - He also observid that if a man were to be walking on the quay of the Lond4n docks, and through. some obstruction, he -felt over into the water, and was drowned, notwithstanding it might be proved that there was blame attached to the dock company, a coro ner's jury would be unable to levy a deodand, the property where the accident took place being freehold. In that case it would be necessary, in order to inflict a fine, to proCeed by action. In cases where deathresulted from absolute carelest ness or neglect deodands were useful, inasmuch as they were a sort of punishment to the parties concerned, and tended to make them more careful in future; but in instances where death ensued, f,rom unavoidable misfortune, the law of deo dands was one of the most absurd on the statute book. ' KEEPING AN EYE UPON THE ' QUEEN.—WINDSOR, SA TURDAY, AUG. 3.—ln consequence of there being no apart ments in the Castle specially set aside for the use (except as offices) of her majesty's lord chamberlain, Comberland Lodge, which has for some time past been uninhabited, is about be ing renovated and furnished for the .Earl of Uxbridge Who, it is expected, will take possession of it as his lordship's offi cial residence at Windsor, in about a month. Lord J. Rus sell will, during the autumn, and as soon as parliament is prorogued, take up his residence at the Buckhurst estate, which is most delightfully situate near Virginia Water.— Lord Howick, who has lately engaged a beautiful residence at Datchet, will be there domiciled during the same period. It is expected that Lord Palmerston will reside in the neigh bourhood of Windsor until the end. of November ; and it is rumoured, that tinting the period her majesty remains at the Castle, which will probably be till nearly Christmas, Viscount Melbourne will engage a mansion for his autumn residence in the immediate neighbourhood of the royal residence.— Observer. .[We understand that the rest of the ministers and their underlings will be quartered in Windsor and its neighbourhood.]' TIIE CiCLOPS STEAM-FRIGATE.—This magnificent vessel the largest steam man-of-war in the ,world, was launched from Pembroke dock-yard a few days ago. Her dimensions are as follow.:—Length, 225 feet ; beam between paddles, 38 feet, depth of hold, '2l feet : her tonnage is about 1300, being 200 tons larger than the Gorgon, launched from the same s lip 'about eighteen months since. tier equipment as a man-ot war will be the same in all respects as a frigate, having a complete gun or main deck, as well as an upper or quarter deck. On the main deck she will carry eighteen long thirty six -pounders on swivels, carrying a ball of ten inches diameter, and sweeping round the horizon 240 degrees. The Cyclops, like the vessel already referred to will be commanded by a post captain, these two being the only steamers taking frigates' rank. Her crew will consist of 210 men,' 20 engineers and stokers, and a lieutenant's party of marines, who will have the charge of the guns, all of which move upon *slides and fixed 'pivots, therey taking a much wider range than the ordinary carriage can give. She will he Schooner rigged, but her foremast will be of the same scantling and height as that of a thirty-six gun frigate. Her draught of water, with all on board, including six months' provisions, completely armed, and with 20 days' fuel, will be 15 feet. This quantity of fuel (400 tons) will be carried in the engine-room, but there is space in the fore and after holds for ten days' more coal, making in all sufficient fuel for 30 days' run. She has'an orlop deck below the gun deck, of dimensions so' magnifi cent that there is room to stow with comfort 800 /rool'is and their officers, so that, taking her all in all, the CYclOPs'o4y be considered the most powerful vessel in her Mileity'f§r vice. The Cyclops has been built in six months, Uritle)';The immediate inspection of Mr. William Edye; bnildei-*Orrtm broke-yard, from drawings and plans prepared by his'6l4her Mr. John Edye, the a s sistant of Sir W. Symonds, 'sui'qyor of the navy, upon whose principle, namely, the combiriiiitiif the sailing and steaming properties, this vessel has,l*th'e4- structed. The Cyclops'was docked in Sheerness cleielefAcl the 30th ult., and after remaining there for a few proceed to the manufactory of Messrs. Seward and ttt:,, Millwall, Poplar, to receive her engines, which will be iirp2o horse power, on the principle which, in the 'case Zif ;be Gorgon, has proved so successful, that th e l or dS of tWe'iiir iniralty have given orders for five more pairs of engines the same plan for as many frigates. Half-a-dozen Snii gamesteamers would do three ti mes as muc h wor k a s the e number of line-of battle ships. 'Twelve years ago, VW Cochrane mantained that a few well appointed steamers would suffice to keep in check opposing fleets in the Mediterranch.n, and, if we may judge from appearances, a short time only will elapse before the experiment is tried. The Gorgmilioni missioned by Captain C. Hendersan, K. C. B. hitk al ready served with distinction on the coast of Spain, in the Phoenix and Salamander, and is to proceed to the Mediter, rauean forthwith.—Morning Post,