The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-03-27 00:00:00

Efit Eibtrp..ool Atantarti. MORNING, Li, 1849 lli o', THE debate on Friday night, on the second reading of the Navigation Laws, exhibited the ministry in a lamentably disorganised condition ; and proved, if proof were required, their utter inca pacity to introduce any complete, or deliberately devised measure. First, we had from Mr. Labou chere a withdrawal of the only new feature of the present measure—the only fruit of their cogitations on the subject of the Navigation Laws, since their abortive Bill of last year — the clauses from 2 to 12 in the bill, relating to the coasting trade. We stated, in our previous remarks upon these clauses, that they would clash most injuriously against the revenue laws; that they must have been introduced without the slight est practical knowledge of the frauds to which they would give rise; and that the encouragement which they would offer to smuggling was an ob jection to them, which could not be overcome. The honourable gentleman now confesses the truth of our objections, and, at the same time, acknow ledges that had been decided, in considering them easily to be overcome, upon the most flimsy autho rity, or rather upon none at all. Mr. Labouchere is compelled to admit that the chairman of the cus toms was all along against the clauses ; and, that, by implication, to get over this difficulty, those officers whom ministers had consulted were " sub ordinate functionaries " :—we might very easily give them an appellation less polite. Mr. Gladstone next announced the failure of his own reciprocity scheme, which we may describe as one intended to take the wind out of the sail of the ministry, and to enable the Peel party to bid for the shipowners' interest to lift them into power. The burnt child, however, apparently dreaded the fire. The shipowners of Great Britain saw through the tactics of the right honourable gentleman ; and held aloof. Mr. Gladstone affects to complain of this. He confesses that he could gain to his motion no considerable amount 'of support; that the shipowners were an impracticable body, adverse to any change whatever, and would only have sup ported a motion for reciprocity in order to make of him a tool to enable them to throw out the govern ment bill. Mr. Gladstone, however, knew very well that the shipowners were not so obstinately opposed to all change as he represented them ; and that, in fact, they bad already published their ad herence to a clause in a new bill, modifying pre vious acts so as to fully meet every reasonable complaint of the operation of the existing law. We insert, again, for the information of our readers, the clause in question : into ti in Britist d be it enacted, that goods may be imported aited Kingdom, to be used therein. not nnlv but also in ships of any such foreign countr: Ince - , or in ships of any such foreign country 1 imported ; such goods ha hich the goods are last en previously landed in such foreign country; providec are reciprocally granted by any wise any such goods solely in British ships - always similar privileges such other country, other . . Surely this ought to meet, at any rate, the views of a professor of reciprocity. It will be seen easily, by any attentive observer of the divisions which have taken place in parlia ment on this question, that the battle is being fought between the various sections of the minis terial majorities. Thus, in the majority upon clause 14 of the bill, an amendment was proposed to the effect that the colonies were to regulate their own coasting trade; and here we find in the minority against ministers, three Peel's, Viscount Villiers (Sir Robert Peel's son-in-law), Messrs. Gladstone lAncoln, Sidney Herbert, Sir G. Clerk, W. Hutt, Lord Nugent, Hon. E. H. Stanley (Lord Stanley's son), and Sir John Young. In the minority on the 14th clause—which affects the navigation to and from our colonies—we find Messrs. William Brown, Birch, Bright, Cobden, Ewart, Jackson, Heyworth, Fox, Gibson, Henry, Lincoln, Gladstone, M`Gregor, Kershaw, Hindley, Col. Peel, Pilking ton, M. Milnes, Thornly, Walmesley, Col. Thom son, Lord Duncan, &c., against the measure, nearly the whole of whom gave their votes in favour of the second reading of the measure. We leave our readers to determine what chance of ultimate suc cess a measure can have, the supporters of which are thus at issue with each other upon some of its main pro IT is one of the most striking characteristics of modern statesmanship that it keeps steadily ad- vancing towards the very consummation, which it professes to be most desirous to avoid. Its policy is essentially destructive and revolutionary, whilst its authors are altogether without the manliness to confess the ultimatum, towards which they are proceeding. We look one way, and row the other; and the most Conservative of our administrations have their measures dictated to them by parties, against whose views and objects they most stre- nuously protest. A most glaring instance of this fact is to be found in the concession, which has just been made to clamour out of doors, upon the subject of a reduction in the numerical force of the army. It is notorious what are the opinions of the Hume and Cobden party, with respect to the retention of our colonial possessions. It is avowed by these men that they would at once throw off every responsibility, at present existing, to afford protec tion to British subjects who have settled in those possessions. Yet, whilst conceding to this policy, and depriving the country of the power of affording that protection efficiently, mark how studiously the Prime Minister of her Majesty's Government pro nst being supposed to entertain the opi those, to whose agitation they find them 'ldled to succumb ! We quote from well's speech on Monday n i g ht, i n SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. _ The number of beasts is not quite so large, still it is con k -ks of Sir William M o l eswor th :• derable, and the demand but small. The weather being fa ,d the house (Sir ; , ; , e ur b a e b s l t e, k r n r i i i d s ay b 's ut qu se o v ta e t r i a o l n s s ec a o re n r r le a r te abLw a e i l n l suunpspowit.edift)er admirals with their suites were present. The greatest enthusiasm was reported to prevail among the population. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The English funds opened this morning * lower than the closing prices of Saturday, and the market has continued flat. Consols are quoted 91 to for money, and 91k to * for the account. Exchequer Bills are 365. to 395. premium for those of March, and 378. to 40s. for the bills of June. In the foreign securities the market is quieter this morning, and prices closely assimilated to those of Saturday. LONDON SHARE MARKET, -YESTERDAY • • The market is very heavy this morning, except in East In dians, which, in consequence of the favourable concessions granted by the East India Company, are quoted as high as par to pm., having previously been unsaleable. Eastern Coun ties are quoted lower; in other shares the prices scarcely vary from those of Saturday. French shares are about the same as on Saturday. LONDON CORN MARKET .-YESTERDAY The supply of English Wheat at market this morning being short, factors were enabled to obtain rates fully equal to those of last Monday ; the arrivals of foreign being large (a number of vessels having come to hand since the arrivals noted at lout were made up, and which then exceeded 45,000 qrs. during the week,) a decline of fully ls. per qr. had to be submitted to upon the price of this day se'nnight, and a very limited amount of business was transacted at the decline. Flour a slow sale, with the turn in price in favour of the buyer. Barley was rather easier to purchase. Having large arrivals of Oats from abroad, the dealers were able to purchase 6d. to Is. better. Beans and white Peas unaltered; maple and gray Peas Is. cheaper. Lord John R YESTERDAY to some re mar " The hon. b W. Molesworth who has addres ..gsaauy auoactuuvo our su pply of sheep is rather less than on Monday last; there ai•e colonies where a reduction might be made in the number more buyers than on that day, but it is exceedingly difficult to of troops, and referred among others to the case of the obtain the smallest advance in price. In consequence of the lonian Islands. where he said the force might be very cold weather, lambs and shorn sheep meet with a very dull (Hear, hear.) With respect to some sale, at rather lower rates. We have vT-3 , few calves on offer, greatly reduce )e instances where too great a num ,ntained ' • but I am quite sure my cretary for the . Colonies, watches lose not of first-rate quality ; prices remain about the From Germany and Holland we have 180 Beasts, 660 iheep, and 44 Calves; Norfolk and Suffolk, 2,400 Beasts, and ;cotland, 250. the troops, when piacticable. realiy think, however, when the hon. baronet made these remarks the object he had in view was different from the object of the Govern ment. We are in possession of a great empire, which has been transmitted to us by our forefathers. The hon. baronet only thinks of the way in which it may be dimi ' ^r l If you will only take away from , instead of occupying a larger territory— s will only withdraw CUSTOMS PROMOTIONS.—Mr. Price Edwards, collector of Customs at Southampton, has been promoted to the collectorship at Dublin, in the room of Mr. Worthington. Mr. Powell, comptroller in Liverpool, has been appointed collector at Southampton. Mr. Gardner, collector at Manchester, has been appointed comptroller in Liver pool. Mr. Taylor, collector at Rochester, to be collector at Manchester. Mr. Hodden, collector at Cowes, to be collector at Rochester. Mr. Clark, comptroller at Sligo, to be collector at Cowes. our commanders and officers— no doubt your military forces may be made very much 111. r. " "'V% ' , reposed by the hon. id, instead of 8 member for Montrose you may reduce CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOLS.—The sum of £7O w collected in Christ Church, on Sunday last, after sermo them to 49,000 or 39,000. (Cheers.) But then our ob jects are different. Ours is, to maintain the empire we have inherited from our ancestors in all its integrity. (Cheers.) If once you say your object is to diminish it, to make it smaller this year than it was the year before, and take it away bit by bit, you may of course go on till you reduce it to the limits of this island. (Cheers.) That may be an economical experiment, but it is not one in which I should be willing to embark. (Cheers.) My belief is, if you give any signs of shrinking from your duty of preserving the empire committed to your pro tection, that though you may have no enemy now, you td find soon enough you had enemies who would de that you in honour could not 1 be that instead of such esti you we should be obliged to ask for d cheers.)" by the Revds. F. Ould and Dr. M`Neile, in aid of these first-rate schools, which afford instruction to upwards of 800 children. The church in the evening was crowded to suffocation, and the rev. doctor preached a most effective sermon, which produced an impression even deeper than that ordinarily 0000.aionoel by the. ray ganflaronn'a col Pron appeals. It affords us the greatest satisfaction to find that of the eight girls in this school recommended for ap prenticeship by the government inspector, the indentures for five of them were actually received yesterday, so that these promising children have a fair prospect of obtaining a comfortable and honourable maintenance for life. The other three, the government authorities declared their in ability to apprentice, because of a desire to confine the number of such apprentices from this school to those already granted. These facts, in connection with others of an equally gratifying nature, which we have already had opportunities of recording testify to the admirable capa bilities which the talented mistress of the school—Miss Inman— possesses, of imparting to the children placed under her considerate superintendence the instruction which is valuable for them both in time and eternity. something from ya it, and the result wo a thou war estimates Nothing can be more certain than the fact that such would be the result of the carrying out of the very policy upon which the Government was at that moment entering. If we shrink from our duty of preserving our colonial empire, it will undoubt edly fall from us, to aggrandise some other power, which entertains more just notions than ourselves of the duty of pa ren t s t a t es to t h e i r i n f ant depen dencies. But is th ere no t a course o f act i on, b y which such a result can be brought about quite as effectually and as rapidly as by our resigning the military occupation of our colonies ? A re th ere no t moral ties, and ties of interest, which we may . break? We say, yes; and that very course o f ac tion we have been pursuing towards our colonies for years past. Nay, more; at this moment it is producing its results. Before the ink was dry, which recorded his lordship's profession of a re gard for the integrity of our colonial empire, and his determination to maintain it, if necessary, by force, the British public were put in possession of the fact that one of the most valuable portions of that empire—Canada—was already debating th e question of total separation from the British Crown. And that question must be debated, and decided too, not only in our colonies, but at home. What claim have we now upon the allegiance of Canada which we are not preparing to break ? We have already stripped the Canadian farmer of any advan tage over the foreigner in our markets ; and we are about to extend the s ame policy to the Cana dian shipowner, What object can either have in ' How BEEF Is PROVIDED IN CALIFORNIA.—Ea;Iy this morning a bullock was brought up and slaughtered in front of the house. The process of slaughtering a beef is as fol lows :—A vaquero, mounted on a trained horse, and pro vided with a lasso, proceeds to the place where the herd is grazing. Selecting an animal, he soon secures it by throwing the noose of the lasso over the horns, and fas tening the other end around the pommel of the saddle. During the first struggles of the animal for liberty, which usually are very violent, the vaquero sits firmly in his seat, and keeps his horse in such a position that the fury and strength of the beast are exhausted without producing any other result than his own exhaustion. The animal, soon ascertaining that he cannot release himself from the rope, submits to be pulled along to the place of execution. Arriving here, the vaquero winds the lasso round the legs of the doomed beast, and throws him to the ground, where he lies perfectly helpless and motionless. Dismounting from his horse, he then takes from his legging the but cher-knife that he always carries with him, and sticks the animal in the throat. He soon bleeds to death, when, in an incredibly short space of time for such a performance, the carcase is flayed and quartered, and the meat is either roasted before the fire or simmering in the stewpan. The lassoing and slaughter of a bullock is one of the most ex citing scenes of the Californians ; and the daring horse. manship and dexterous use of the lariat usually displayed on these occasions are worthy of admiration, I could not but notice the Golgotha-like aspect of the grounds sur• rounding the house. The bones of cattle wera thickly strewn in all directions, showing a terriblp slaughter of the four-footed tribe, and a prodigious consunavtiol of flesh,—What I saw in California, THE_ LIVERPOOL STANDARD. seeking to prolong the connexion ? Why should they submit to the irritating control of the Colonial The court opened at a quarter past nine o'clock. Office, or tax themelves for the support of a Cana- short cases were sent to Mr. Justice Colerid~e's court. IMPORTANT CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER A ' T PR ES TON . dian court and governor-general ? They require Roger Fogg, charged with killing and slay ing M ary H a rt, on frctm us no military protection. They are capable mtheen3tOthauJdulitulauskrmat voice, was placed at the bar for arragn of defending themselves from their Indian neigh able looking man,-iace4,perrii g uilty. " e t d e e r a uf " fi n te ot ssceEyo f F H ri e en i t s is a re bours; and we should be phwerless in protecting spect jury, for the Attorney-General, opened the case to the them, against their will, against their American gio t teu v t e i r on on the t part of the Crown. He said neighbour. Apart from the Whig-Radical policy, j the'Ase r was e life, i l e r , ea u t u e t l t importance, iusecuti 0 prosecution s w a u ffic u t s i t n t f u the t e(t preservation of human y which has thrown the whole power of the govern- i c n ar o u rter , t o o n le a t n it I) En g t r u irglly known to the public, that persons ment into the hands of the rebel majority of the liable to danger, must carr ysiunuesA that business s especially ss w t h s a u t c i u h e as lower state—the Papineaus and Lafontaines—there is in our commercial policy alone sufficient induce- f t a ot requisite l,e con af s e me t cl y eua c en f ns those whom they employed, and to use regardery avf i r e t ee e r l i i g e e v r e o d r t a h c a c t id l ent that might result in ment to lead the most loyal amongst our Canadian i e showcotld u t the jury ce to s. that the prisoner, who had the care and management brethren to look to annexation with the American u m s a e c d hi a n c eiz ih d a i t d t utusethot precaution which he ought to have union as their natural and most desirable course. consequenceemploy w u a; A t i h e e s losssrs. Cooper severalof an d lives. Etr This result is being rapidly accomplished. The The prisoner was in the ti:Eitcnfutroen4vfnhoLariled Lambert business as cotton spinners and menu continual contemplation, on the American side of a er s t te ß am ol . t e o u n gi tl e ill u s i Porneistojt6 26 - horse machi the St. Lawrence, of a thriving and protected in- nery was l worked by m and the steam was generated in two boilers, only I ° ve r r se e u r n o d w e e r r ii dustry, growing manufactures, and a powerful na- spinning ropT July which a number oflers, females were at work. tionality, as contrasted with their own dependent 31st e 7. loor ulLt u h v e e b u oilys suddenly . burst, carrying away others, of th position, under the dominion of apa d r u e t n ie t s state has . in lo ure filimp t e he r y ooN a patseveral persons werse so severely ° Amongst which has ceased to perform a parent's sa t tn e e rs aa M y. ari le H e r l t ie w v a e s d s& a d t re e dfu s a u s l c d al t l e ed e t u bg i sl d ie died the been gradually operating upon the minds of the Tu th e a n t t th . e boilers had exploded from a want of proper manage- Canadian an s ar r - Canadian people ; and a spark was only wanting to whether in due and h h e ad v e stion to be decided was e give a direction and an impulse to their convictions.e m r'care T the prisoner, That who had charge of the works. The engine, That spark has at length been applied by the mi- of were onl 3 28-horse power, and they would learn that the nistry of Lower Canada; and the whole country boilersastoed I . , t v u or t lf ,e it )3o ll l u e t rs th a a s t :' u or w so u r i r i t t im u time was at the date of the last advices, as may he seen past, steam had q been so raised with his power. It appeared that the prisoner's positiog from the reports elsewhere, in a state of violent for- did not ,was that of principal manager, for Mr. ment, annexation with the American union being Cooper T u rg , a s t u teAd at t t c; te the tsu mill, and his . partner, Garrington, very seldom, tlieprisonei • was left in charge almost universally regarded as only a question of of the works. True, there was an engine tender nei employed, but time. he was under the orders and control of the prisoner, and when Can Lord John Russell, or any British minister, anything was'wanted he had t ner, and the latter it was whoonaoro apply only neglectedanco t l u t the tak l e l tioe gravely propose to prevent that step by force of m ec u a v u e t! i ons s f u o m r e the safety of the people under him, but actually arms ? He cannot. The attempt would be pre- precautions wh;ch had previit';r u e s ? y auti l c; e n e a tf y ap a p ti e lionA to the boiler posterous and ruinous. Nay, more; it would be boilers autite were w of what are called the " waggon '; shape, unjust and tyrannical. We adopted our alienating had eacher a eagi re 2 i t u te e et 2 B fe i e n t ch 3 e i s nc T e nf b b y y 3 Bleet wide, and policy towards these colonies with full deliberation ; theys e t e u t k B ee i p nZe m s. The toe boilers tt were supported by a number of stay we broke the contract, implied when they were firstr iru a tu nd u slt p o se str u e r ittr ec n t f u h u em as to prevent the sides or settled; we withdrew from them every privilege bottom ge outwards. l , C , ll:l c sl i on was r o e leave they possessed as British subjects ; and they They were generally fired up to a' ° r pressure rom e to work andaii engine o u ti t l i nuch more power than that employed a right now to make a fresh arrangement aotntlyhetchha; i pressure ut e for themselves with any country which will protect of more than ten or they could t s o ef g y e's u q e u e a d r:i i n t prisoner worked them up to about twenty pound pressure; and foster them. We may deplore such a step on vuo:T t l im the he ac i f ul i involved the prisoner in the part of our Canadian fellow-countrymen, as one the charge laid against th p e ru s v a e fr t r hu o t f the parties near in danger. It would' beg placedlearly deeply injurious to the interests and the greatness requiredthert s eth a i u ng t z e ron e f su with the boilers, for they often of the British Empire ; we may deplore it as the g n e s r w o lr su tty e a c if i e n d g t t h h e e m in fr t e o q s u o er i y i forerunner of other similar losses, and as conferring warned the prisoner of th! ) dan s re s p o a'i t r i c a u p u r t e iu ss u u e r d e. au T d h t ear t isoner, and also his employers, had been upon the republic of the United States a preponde- w w a e s re t m old ad the if he persisted danger ranee of power most dangerous and fatal; but we would ensue.' The I; 3 o r iTe e r i s . engineer named Clayton, and both he and Mr. e cannot, with any show of justice, blame our abus ed They found rac such a t t te e oi s lika t e y , -v td ve w s a o r u n t ed f the d pri soner of the danger. Th ° e and &fronded colonial brethren for taking q o u r ar e e r, so it required a pressure of step. We have driven them from our side. It is twenty pounds to the square inch to open them . and relieve the boilers. Mr. Clayton recommended the application of what the selfish blindness of our own legislation which are called "boil-over" pipes, of Iv he i l lizere placed in a perpendi has precipitated the evil. cular position in the waterand rose over them to the height of twenty-five feet, so boilers, when a pressure of twelve pounds of steam was on, n,the water would boil over at the top of the pipes, so that all danger of explosion would be escaped. of the machinery escaped. They also recommended that a or should be thrown off, as it would otherwise be worked above its power. This was done, and the result was safety, but the pri- CROWN COURT Y.- - ESTERDAY. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) SPAIN soner finding that the Steam was not enough to drive the ma chinery with advantage, directed the pipes to be taken off, and again worked the engine up to twenty horse power. The peo ple employed near the boilers naturally became alarmed, and expressed their fears ; and a month before the accident a person named Lomax, who was called on to do some repairs to the boilers, said there would be no satisfaction in doing so, and that he would not guarantee the safety of the boilers for five minutes. The boiler did burst, and seven persons lost their lives. Mr. Clayton also warned the prisoner, saying, that if anything happened, he would appear:against him. In conclu sion he summed up the several points to which the jury were called upon to direct especial attention, in order to arrive at a just and proper verdict. Betsey Lambert, called by Mr. Crompton, and sworn, said— In July last, I worked at the Lambert mills, and have done so for years. When any thing was wanted for the mill, the pri soner was applied to. The mill was owned by Mr. Cooper and Mr. Garrington. Cooper never came, but Garrinston very often. I was employed with other women in the reeling-room. At the time of the explosion, there were eight of us in the room. I was afterwards sent to the House of Recovery. The boilers burst at eleven o'clock. Part of the floor was blown up, and the steam and sulphur filled the room. I was ill scalded, as was Mary Hart, and three others who were sent to the House of Recovery. Mary Hart died same day, about three o'clock in the afternoon. In reply to questions put by the learned defender, witness said he was a most humane and kind man, and that he ever held forth a Christian example to all aroun d him by his con duct. Cross A Madrid letter, of the 19th instant, states that prepa rations were being seriously made for the expedition to Italy, and orders have been given to the civic guard of the environs and of the provinces to replace the garrison of the capital. ITALY. News of the departure of the Austrians from Milan, leaving only 4,000 men there, has been received, and it was hourly expected that the complete evacuation of that capital would take place. The intention imputed to the Austrians is to take up a position in advance of the forts of Peschiera, Mantua, and Verona. They had evacuated the Duchies and the entire country south of the Po, where movements were organised under the Piedmontese. It was not expected that any serious fighting would take place until the Piedmontese army should reach the line of the Adda, or even that of the Mincio. The Genoa Gazette, of the 19th instant, states that the Austrians have evacuated the Valle d'lntelvi. It is said that Tuscan troops are marching towards Paullo, on:the Modenese territory. The Modenese troops have aban doned Castelnuovo. General Haynau has burnt the small town of Lorco, at the mouth of the Adige, con taining about 3,500 inhabitants. The Alba of Florence, of the 17th instant, states that a courier has left Genoa with a despatch to the Tuscan ministry from the Piedmontese government, demanding a contingent of 20,000 men and one million of scudi for the Italian army. The same courier is to proceed to Rome, and demand of the Roman republic a contingent double the above. xamined by Mr. WILK INS.—Mr. Fogg had the ma nagement of another mill in Pitt-street, and during his absence the Lambert mill was managed by Mr. Holden, a young man. Mr. Holden, surgeon, called by Mr. Knowles.-1 was called to Mary Hart, and saw her at a house near the mill. She suffered much from extensive and severe scalding : She died about six o'clock the same evening. She was lying on the floor when he first saw her. There were in the same room also Sarah Hesketh, Jane Carr, a female named Jackson, and the engine tender, Jackson, who afterwards died the same evening about an hour before Mary Hart died. Mr. KNOWLES here put a question bearing on the death of Jackson, there being some objections raised to the validity of entering into evidence regarding the deceased, as the prisoner was not upon his trial for causing his death, the point was not pressed. Mr. Clayton, called by Mr. Knowles.—l am an inspector of marine engines and steam boilers. There were two engines at the Lambert mills, of the waggon shape and low pressure principle. Some time before the explosion, I and Mr. Stevenson examined the boiler and engines. He had supplied the boilers in 1842. The usual pressure upon such boilers was 5 lb. to 6 lb. It might be worked at from nine to ten. Found by the indicator that a pressure of upwards of 20 lbs. was put on. We afterwards saw Mr. Cooper, and from a conversation with him, we put up boil over pipes. They are hollow tubes, and go at the bottom end into the water. If the pressure were above 12 lbs., the water and steam were forced up the tube, and thrown out. Some of the machinery was then thrown off, as it could not be conveniently worked with a pressure of only about 10 lbs. This was in August, 1843. We afterwards re paired the boiler several times, in stays and rivets, but the repairs were but slight. There were thirty-six stays to strengthen the boiler. The breaking of the stays indicated an over pressure. The prisoner came to see me several times about the boiler. On the second of July last he called on me, and told me one of the stays of the boiler was broken, and that he would send it to be welded. I told him my men would piece the stay, and send it in the morning. I called on Mr. Fogg on the 7th of July, and saw also Messrs. Cooper and Garrington, and told them they were working the boilers at more than they could bear. I told them they ought not to be worked above 91b. pressure. Mr. Cooper asked Mr. Fogg if they were worked over that, and he said no ; and Car rington said he thought not. I said they were working too high, for they had taken away the over boil pipes. Mr. Cooper said they had taken them away because they were continually boiling over. I said I had put them there for that purpose, to prevent over pressure. I told them if I had the same power I had over other boilers, I would not allow them to be worked so for a day. Mr. Cooper asked me what I meant. I said I re ferred to the power I had over steamboat boilers, and I hoped 1 would have the same power over other boilers. Fogg after wards came to me, and asked me whether waggon-shaped or circular-shaped boilers were the stronger. I said that the cir cular-shaped were certainly stronger. He said Mr. Garrington wanted to know what would be the cost of converting the boilers into circular ones. I said it would be great, and dis couraged the question, saying that it was not the fault of the boilers, but that they were overworking them. He said he had taken off the boil-over pipes, because they were constantly boiling over. I replied as before. After the explanation, I examined the boilers, and saw cause to conclude that they had burst from over pressure. (He explained the construction of the boiler.) Twenty-four of the stays were broken or otherwise damaged : the boiler had burst, and all the appearances indi cated that the explosion was caused by over pressure. Mr. WILKINS said that at this stage of the proceedings, he might state that if there were blame, Mr. Garrington was as much to blame as his client, for he was a principal at the works. He did not think he could alter the facts, but he was of opinion that the prisoner had not been guilty of the inten tion to take life, but had acted solely from wrong-headedness. He stated that his client had a strong feeling that if found guilty (though no intention to destroy life was now assumed) that his name should be branded with felony. His LORDSHIP said the real case was, that he had been guilty of manslaughter in law, though without intention, and that whatever the offence were called, words would not allow the facts. He was willing to believe that the prisoner had acted merely, as stated, from wrong-headedness. Mr. KNOWLES said the government bad prosecuted in this case with no vindictive feeling, but solely with a view to its being generally known to the public, that due caution and care should be taken by all persons having charge of machinery to avert accidents or lossof life to those whom they employed, His LORDSHIP said, that since the facts could not be altered, the prisoner must be found guilty; and it was for the protec tion of life and the good of all mankind that a strict rule sholild be maintained, as regarded such cases. The prisoner had certainly been, through headstrongness, guilty of gross negligence, and as the result was loss of life, the case was one of manslaughter. Mr. Wlarcs stated that it was not the prisoner who had removed the over-boil pipes, but that they had been filled up and rendered useless Jpv h a Drevious mana:zer. His LORDSHIP said t at there was no removal of the pipes, as stated by the other aide. The jury; in a few minutes, returned a verdict of manslaugh ter, with a recommendation that the court would give the prisoner's case merciful consideration. His LORDSHIP in passing sentence said, he had considered the case, and there was no need of the recommendation of the jury, for though the accused had acted so as to incur the pen alty of manslaughter, he fully believed that he had maintained the character he had received. It was wrongheadedness in persisting to use the boilers at such a pressure—by which several persons were killed. Mary Hart was scalded to death. He was glad that an investigation was going on elsewhere, with reference to other parties who were injured, and who sought compensation. What he (the prisoner) had done was not from any motive of gain, and considering the whole case he felt in clined to be lenient. He must pay a tine of £5, and enter into his own recognizance in £lOO, to keep the peace, and be of good behaviour for two years. The fine was instantly paid, and the prisoner w from the bar. Mr WILKINS stated in explanation, as re arded the owners of the mill, that they had not for a long time carried on their works for gain, but at a positive loss, solely for the purpose of keeping their people in work. CHARGE OF MURDER IN LIVERPOOL. Catherine Herbert, 21, was charged with having, at Liver pool, on the 25th of February, murdered her new-born infant male child, by strangli ng it w i t h a s t r i ng . She was also charged with concealment of pregnancy. The particulars of the case were given very recently in our columns. The jury returned a verdict of concealment of birth against the prisoner, and his Lordship, after addressing her in a feeling strain of serious admonition, sentenced her to two years' imprisonment in the Ho u se of Correction, with hard labour. ANOTHER CHARGE OF MURDER. Mary Ann Smith, a p r o s tit u t e , was charged with having, at Liverpool, wilfully murdered a , man, named Hugh Watson. The details of the case were given in this paper a few weeks ago, when it was brought before the coroner. It appeared that the charge of murder could not be sustained; but it was proved that the prisoner, who lived in a brothel in Spitalfields, had struck and thrust out the deceased into the street, where he fell, and was afterwards found dead from fracture of the skull. It was also shown that the prisoner had robbed him of some money while he lay senseless in the street, where she left him. She was found guilty, and sentenced to ten years' transpor tation. MANSLAUGHTER IN LIVERPOOL. Peter Campbell was indicted for the manslaughter, at Liver pool, of Robert Owen. On Sunday the 31st of December, pri soner and deceased, both young men, quarrelled in a public house, and fought a pitched battle of six rounds, near St. Martin's Church. Some persons interposed and they desisted, but the deceased provoked a second battle, in which he himself was twice knocked down. Deceased had the worst of it at the clO4e Of each round, when they grappled, and deceased fell, and prisoner on the top of him. Deceased had, it appeared, pro voked the fighting all through, and he struck a boy at a public house in mistake for his own brother, who had upset his (the deceased's) glass of ale. The JUDGE said that the case was a slight one, but was certainly one of manslaughter. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy. His Lordship said that he (prisoner) had been confined since December, and that was long enough. He, therefore, sentenced him to be further imprisoned only until the rising of of the court. BURGLARY. John Williams was charged with having burglariously entered the cellar or tap of Mr. Francis, publican, in Great Charlotte street, on the 18th of March. There is a stairs communicating between the house and the cellar. The door was locked, both outside and inside. On Sunday morning, at two o'clock, (the day in question,) the door was found to be so ;split that a man could get in. A police-officer saw a man running from the tap door in the street. Ile went in and found the prisoner in the tap. No property was found upon him, and none was missed. The attempt to steal in this way. by breaking into a house during the night, constituted a burglary. He was found guilty, and had twice been tried for stealing. Sentence was deferred. There were a few other cases of assault, &c., but they were of minor importance. The court rose at twenty minutes past five o'clock. (For Yesterday's Nisi Prius Court see page 6.) GENERAL TRADE REPORT. MONDAY EVENING Since the arrival of the overland mail we have been a little busier. Some parties were disappointed that ano ther battle had not been fought ; but it is generally satis factory that the enemy is at bay; and in the confidence that a sound thrashing awaits him when we next come to close quarters, the improved features of both the Calcutta and Bombay markets have produced a decidedly better feeling here, although we have not yet got fully into active operation. There has been a stiff Cotton market to-day, and 5000 bales have changed hands; the dullness in the Wool trade, however, still continues. The Colo nial markets are recovering from the depression of the last few days ; and Iron, which has been flat latterly, has met a better inquiry to-day, and orders could not be executed at previous prices, i.e., 47/ cash for mixed num bers. The Corn market has been somewhat steadier since Friday at the prices then quoted, and Indian Corn is rather more in demand to-day, mixed and yellow sam ples being fully 6d. per qr. dearer. No reaction, how ever, is apparent in the Share market, which continues exceedingly lifeless, without any change of consequence in prices : London stock is to-day 133 5, Midland 7 9. An opinion gains ground that we have gone far enough on the give-every-thing-away-to-every-body principle, and that the time has arrived for reaction. Cobden is not so great a man in the House as was expected. The popularity of the great political Mokanna of the day is considered to be on the wane : the enthusiasts of free trade are daily becoming less numerous, as each succeed ing interest feels the pressure of the tight boot ; and the discovery has been made that measures. like patent pills, concocted to suit every body, do more harm than good; that the outcry against class legislation is, like red repub licanism, generally to be found in the mouths of those who wish to enrich themselves at the expense of their neighbours ; and that there is nothing like the old fashioned system of legislation, which deals distinctively with the different wants of all,. nor offers to remedy every political disease with one universal nostrum. Some are contemplating with anxious fear our colonial possessions in the western hemisphere ; and gentlemen on 'Change concurred in the remark, that were they in the Canadas they would not hold themselves constrained to support British rule, so long as their interests were neglected by a British House of Parliament. Our position in the East Indies has been well spoken of as an "empire of opinion"; but how much more applicable is this observation to the Canadas, placed as they are in proximity to a great na tion, which dares, while republican, to be more conserva tive than ourselves ! But not only to the Canadas is attention directed : the West Indies call loudly for assistance. The present dif ferential duty on sugar of 5/6 per cwt. would be accepted as an amount of protection which might enable the Bri tish planter successfully to compete with the slaveholder ; but under the existing law, which in the course of three years will reduce the foreign and colonial article to the same level, the future cannot but be fraught with deep and irretrievable disaster. Measures, then, to arrest the further decline of the sugar duty, and to establish a fixed duty of say 5/ or 6/ per quarter on foreign wheat, are loudly demanded, not only as an act of justice to the interests involved, but as a source of revenue, which would thus easily be raised, without making the price of either article anything like the average at which it has been marketable for some years past. ST. AUGUSTINE'S SCHOOLS.—On Sunday last, the sum of £52 was collected in St. Augustine's Church, in support of the above schools. On Saturday a sailor named John Sebastian fell through the hold of a vessel lying in the docks, where he was found some time afterwards dead by his son, who went down with some food for his father. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The' playgoing public will be glad to see that Mr. Anderson and Mrs. Warner, who have been giving a series of classical performances during the past week, are engaged for a few days longer, being the close of the season. ST. BRIDE'S SCHOOLS.—The Venerable Archdeacon Brooks delivered an impressive discourse at St. Bride's Church on Sunday morning last, from Gal. vi. 10, when the sum of £3l was collected in aid of the above schools. Dr. M'Neile is to advocate the same good cause on Sun day evening next, at the same place. The auxiliary screw steam-ship Sarah Sands, Captain Thompson, will leave the Mersey to-morrow, for New York. She will then have been in port scarcely nine days, during which time, through the active exertions of her excellent commander, she will have discharged and loaded full cargoes. MILITARY PROMOTION.—We find from the Gazette of Friday, that Ensign Richard Harbord, eldest son of our esteemed and noble-minded townsman, Mr. Richard Harbord, has been promoted to the post of adjutant (vice Barnston, promoted) in the 36th Regiment of Foot, at present stationed at Cephalonia. We wish the promising youth a brilliant career in his honourable profession. THE JUDGES.—On Sunday forenoon Baron Alderson and Justice Coleridge, the judges presiding at the assizes, went incog. to the Church of the Blind, in Hotham-street, not even the doorkeepers being aware of their presence. A large crowd that collected round St. George's Church, in hopes to catch a peep at the learned judges, of course met with disappointment. Their lordships were driven out in the afternoon, and dined with the Earl of Sefton. RAGGED SCHOOLS IN THE VAUXHALL DISTRICT.— Two schools of this class, but under the less objectionable name of " Free Evening Schools," were opened last evening in the class rooms in Gascoyne-street. The at tendance was numerous, but teachers were greatly wanted, especially for the girls' classes. Daring the comparatively short period that Divine service has been celebrated in this place, the habits of the neighbourhood have exhi bited symptoms of improvement; and it would be a pity if so promising a harvest should suffer from want of la bourers. The persevering exertions of Dr. Hume de serve a better result. THE WEATHER.—Since our last publication, the wea ther has been for the most part peculiarly dry and season able, with cold winds, inclining to frosty, chiefly from the northward and eastward. Sunday was a piercing day-- wind N. by W. Yesterday a few very slight falls of rain took place, and in the evening a change of wind to the westward brough a mild atmosphere. Farming operations are proceeding vigorously, and a large breadth of oats has already been sown. Never was there a more favourable season for mellowing the soil. We have seen several fields of most promising wheat in the neighbourhood. The plant seems to be most healthy, and is not, as in some seasons, over rank, or what is called proud. Gardeners and florists are busy planting, sowing, and trimming. BURGLARY.—On Sunday night a daring burglary was committed in the house of Mr. Williams, on the Bootle Road, known as the Kno w sl e y H o t e l. When the family came down yesterday morning they found the gas burning in the cellar, tap-room, &c., and several rooms in great disorder. The thieves had effected an entrance by break ing a pane of glass, unfastening the window, and forcibly, though quietly, bursting the shutters. They th en b ro k e open a cupboard, but fortunately there were few valuable portables in the lower rooms, though the scoundrels had evidently regaled themselves with the spirits an d b eer i n the cellar. The house abuts immediately on the highway, so that the thieves are evidently as daring as they are expert. WAR MEDAL.—Amongst the Naval War Medals recently issued we have had the pleasure of seeing one which has been presented to Lieut. Petrie, in honourable 4nlrnrt rtf fighting the battles of our country at the conclusion of the war which terminated in 1815 ; and in which we long successfully struggled against a world in arms, to preserve not only our hearths from the contamination of the foot of the foe, but even our existence as a nation. We have been given to understand that this is not the only testi mony, however much prized, which this officer possesses, of his meritorious conduct in the late wars when engaged with our fleets in the West Indies and Coast of America, for, after being wounded in one of the last battles, he was rewarded by special thanks and by his promotion as Lieutenant. In Liverpool, Lieutenant Petrie has been long known as an active and enterprizing commander in our mercantile navy, and we believe that he has done not a little in promoting the trade of the port, as well as in exerting himself to improve the character of this service. A small pamphlet lately published, entitled, " Remarks on the present state of the Merchant Navy," of which he is the reputed author, may serve to show how far this is the case. DENSE FOGS — ACCIDENTS.—During the past week fogs have prevailed in this neighbourhood, more especially sea ward, and that on Wednesday afternoon and evening was so impenetrable as to cause serious inconvenience in cross ing the river. Indeed, after half-past seven o'clock, all the boats ceased running from the landing-stage, with the ex ception of those running to Woodside, and they, in order to obviate the risk of collision, only ran hourly from each side. The William Fawcett, Birkenhead boat, ran toul of a brig anchored off the landing-stage, and had her mast carried away. On Thursday the Dublin mail-boat, which generally reaches this port at four o'clock in the morning, did not arrive till twelve o'clock at noon ; and the Isle of Man and other coasting steamers were delayed from the same cause. The Cleveland, Woodside steam-boat, ran into a vessel and knocked off her figure- head. The steamer Royal Victoria, from Carlisle, in coming up the river, came in contact with the Loodiana. The steamer lost her cutwater, and the vessel was slightly damaged. We un derstand that the atmosphere inland has been bright and clear. Amongst the other incidents we may mention that the Tranmere steamer, Birkenhead, after towing out the Rosendale, bound for Pernambuco, got lost in a fog, and . the captain was compelled to come to anchor off the Great . , Ormshead. With little water or provisions, and a err , w augmented by a number of merchant's clerks and T t A t' s e not rs it may be supposed the situation, of those on board the most comfortable. The. iteamei got up on ol iurs b y morning, all "as well 041 be expected, ' SICILY We have received correspondence from Marseilles, an nouncing the arrival in that port of the Hellespont, which left Palermo on the 15th, and which brought the intelli gence of the definitive rupture of the negotiations opened between the Sicilian Government and the French and English admirals. Preparations were making for a vigorous resistance to the troops of Ferdinand. At the sitting of the cham ber on the 9th a levy en masse of all the citizens capable of bearing arms was ordered. The Fren c h an d English YESTERDAY'S POLICE, CRUEL ROBBERY.—A man and his wife were committed for trial, charged—the woman with stealing and the man with re ceiving, with a guilty knowledge—a quantity of bacon, a knife, and two sovereigns and eleven shillings from an emigrant in a public-house. The latter was in the greatest distress, as the ship in which his passage was secured had sailed, but Mr. Rush ton directed an officer to endeavour to get the passage trans ferred to another vessel. • THE STONE THROWING NUISANCE.—No less than six cases in which young boys were charged with throwing stones, were heard by Mr. Rushton. The offence, in the majority of in stances, had been committed on Sunday. The lads were each fined two shillings and sixpence. Mr. Rushton expressed him self determined to put the intolerable nuisance down. STEALING TEA.—Four women, Mary Hoyle, Jane Burns, Ellen Edwards, and Bridget Kehoe, were charged with stealing tea from a vessel discharging on the west side of George's Dock. All the prisoners were old offenders, and were sent to prison for twenty-one days._ _ MocK AUCTIAS.—JoIin Gallaher, Patrick Barker, and John M`Cardy were brought up on a charge of felony. The two for mer were lately in the employment of a Mr. Michael Riley, an auctioneer, and are relatives; they lodged in Mr. Cardy's house. Barker had been suspected by his employer, who had caused his boxes to be searched, in which were found a yard of satin, a shawl, and other articles of property claimed by Mr. Riley. Gallaher was apprehended as an accomplice, and Mc Cardy, having incited the others to obstruct the police in their search, was also taken into custody. Mr. Davenport, wh o ap peared for Farker, elicited from the prosecutor that the two prisoners, while in his service, were in the habit of attending auctions and bidding against the public, paying for and car rying away those articles which were knocked down to them, under the order to bring them back immediately after the sale concluded. The prosecutor insisted that the articles in ques tion had never been put up for sale. Mr. Rushton inquired whether any person was in the habit of selling for Mr. Riley, to which he replied there was. The magistrate at once deter mined to have him sent for, and addressing the prosecutor,t said he did not know whether they were not all liable to be in dicted for a conspiracy. Mr. Riley said his men only bough at the reserve price. Mr. Rushton : Ajury may be called upon to decide that. You hold out to the public what appears to be a beta fide sale, and have a parcel of fraudulent fellows placed there to bid against them. The case thus stands adjourned. IRISH MENDICANTS—More than a dozen of these wretched beings were placed in succession in the dock, charged with plying their craft in various parts of the town. Few accepted the alternative of being returned to Ireland, preferring tempo rary imprisonment, which the magistrate impoied, in some instances, for the term of twenty-one days. There seems to be no decline in these begging offenders; the constant stream of pauper immigrants arriving from Ireland, supplying the places of such as have been disposed of by being placed in prison, or passed back to their own land of idleness and want. The fear these wretched creatures have of being sent home again is so great that all sorts of deceptions are had recourse to, though vainly, with the object of imposing on the parish officers, as to the length of residence in the town, in order to claim the right of relief on the spot, or at least the right of remaining in the town. STABBING.—A sweep, named James Turton, was brought up charged with a most brutal and cowardly act, committed on Saturday night. It appears that between ten and eleven o'clock, he and another fellow went into a brothel in Preston street, with a girl named Ann Gardener; while in the passage of this house, without any apparent cause the sweep drew a knife, with which he inflicted a severe wound in the right eye of the wretched girl. After this vile act, it seems he gave the weapon to his accomplice, as, when he was taken, no knife was to be found. Another girl witnessed the act. The wounded girl was taken to the Northern Hospital, where her wound was attended to by Mr. Lynch, who stated that the schlerotid artery had been incised. Mr. Rushton committed the man for trial at the next assizes, and expressed an opinion that the girl's case would be better attended to within the hospital where the causes likely to lead to inflammation would be checked. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, LAST NIGHT, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES , 7 to 4 against Tartar (taken) 4 to 1 Westow (taken) 9to 1 n Loupgaron (taken) 12 to 1 Fernhill (taken) 14 to 1 . Vasa (taken) 15 to 1 « Valencia METROPOLITAN HANDICAP 8 to 1 against Lugar (taken) 9to 1 r, Dada (taken) NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 5 to 1 against Canezou (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES 3 to 1 against Honeycomb (taken) 7to 2 i, Nunnykirk (taken) CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 against Joc o' Sot (taken) Business very slack. DERBY. 7 to 2 against Flying Dutchman (taken) 7 to 1 Tadmor (taken) Bto 1 N Nunnykirk (taken) 30 to 1 # Strongbow 40 to 1 N Escalade 40 to 1 , Chatterer 45 to 1 p Westow ktake 50 to 1) DERBY, 1850. 50 to 1 against Sea Serpent (taken) 50 to 1 Harding (taken) 50 to 1 n Tordesillas 50 to 1 n Mildew 50 to . 1 Brington FOREIGN AND COLONIAL CENTRAL GERMANY. — lntelligence from Germany brings the rejection of General Welcker's motion for electing the King of Prussia Emperor of Germany, by a majority of 283 to 252. The excitement in the parlia mentary circles at Frankfort is still increasing, and it is said that Austria intends the ruin of Germany, and that the Prussian and Saxish members have declared that they will not henceforward sit with the Austrians in one and the same Parliament, or stoop to obey laws which these Austrians participate in making, while their own country defies the authority and the laws of the Frankfort Parlia ment. Immediately after the vote of the Parliament against M. Welcker's motion the Ministers of the Empire sent in their resignation to the Regent. Such a step at such a time is well calculated to startle Germany, and fill her with amazement and confusion, and the rest of Europe has reason to fear the results of that division, and of the abdication of Baron Gagern and his colleagues in office. Some of the German papers express a fear of events of a most serious nature, which might, possibly, put a term to the labours of the Frankfort Parliament. Three of the murderers of Count Latour were hanged on Tuesday, at Vienna. The BO; - ienhaielE; letters from the Russian frontier districts of the 16th instant, from which we learn that the Russian troops that were near Neidenburg have marched to Kalish. Warsaw is so full of soldiers that many regiments are forced to bivouac in the streets of that town. During the greater part of Saturday snow was falling in Paris. The cholera has struck two members of the Paris as sembly. M. BEn de Bourdon died of it on Saturday ; and it is announced that M. Gustave de Beaumont is se riously attacked with it. ____ The Socialist agitators in Paris intended to make a manifestation yesterday, (Monday,) the pretext being the alleged stoppage of the relief to the poor. The French expedition is ready to sail the moment the Austrians shall set their foot on the Pontifical territory. It consists of 12,000 men. The Archbishop of Paris has handed 60,000 f. to the Pope's Nuncio, being the first instalment of the collec tion made in the churches of Paris for His Holiness. The principal leaders of the ultra-Republicans have left Rome and accepted some mission abroad. Even Cicerrachio has proceeded to Tuscany under the pretext of fraternising with the Tuscans. The greatest anarchy prevailed, at Rome, and the people even regretted the government of Sterbini. CURIOSITIES IN THE LONDON DIRECTORY. —The Di rectory points out a division of labour in, or belonging to, the hat-trade that few persons dream of: it records hat band makers, hat-blockmakers, hat-boxmakers, hat-case makers, hat-dyers, hat-lining and leather cutters, hat shag makers, hat-tip makers, hat-varnish makers, hat-bow string makers, hatters' furriers, and hatters' trimming makers. Those who have a taste for such details, would also be amused by turning to the pages which set down the ten distinct varieties of handicraftsmen which seem indispensable to the making of a piano-forte, and the twenty-nine necessary to make the works of a watch and put it together. As instances of the extremely minute division of labour, we may add that there are tea-pot handle makesr and...v.-rim: we have mentioned one of what may be called the curiosi ties of the London Directory, we may as well digress to make a few more. Scarcely a year passes but the trade classification will notify a new trade, originating in the introduction of some novel article of commerce or in some improvement in science or the useful arts. Of such trades we find in the Directory for 1849 that there are 15 dealers in gutta percha, who owe their livelihood to the recent discoveries of Sir J. Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak. The railway mania has placed upon the record 111 " ave rage sorters and adjusters," and 3 railway statists. The tide of emigration has, it seems, so strongly set in of late, that it occasionally sweeps away to the antipodes entire habitations. Hence we find that there are two firms solely employed in building portable houses "for expor tation." A SCENE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.—It was on the 15th of November, 1847, that I took my departure from the Cres cent City, on board the steam-boat Gen. P—, of Cin cinnati, Captain R—. While lying in port, a young man of noble appe arance came on board, and took berths for himself ' and wife for some port in Indiana, and paid the fare • but whe n he brought her on board of the boat, the captain told him he would have to take his wife down on deck, for he thought she had some nigger blood in her. Here some words followed between the husband and captain, which ended in putting the lady on deck, and re-funding the passage-money. They informed me that they were from Baton Rouge, and were on the way to Indiana, to purchase a farm. The young lady had, at her breast, one of the fairest and prettiest children that I ever saw, apparev:tly about ten months old. The mother was of a truly feir;inine appearance ; she had long black hair, dark blue eyes ; and a very delicate form. Upon the boat landing at Natchez, the captain informed the authorities b f that town, that he had on board of his boat, a riraaway slave. They, of course, repaired im mediately to the boat; but could not find their victim, until s}..e was pointed out to them by the captain. They then, dragged her ashore, and put her in jail, until her hus'Jand could get what he had forgotten, namely, a cer tificate showing that he was legally i married to her. The • 'ooat shoved off, and we left them n tears. I could not myself detect anything in her countenance or conversa tion, that would condemn her in the North from walking in the highest circles of society. Now, this is but an every-day occurrence in the South, where the institution of slavery prevails, and yet northern Christians have nothing to do with American slavery !—From the :Pitts. burgh Saturday Visitor. 110 YAL g o )t ch 111/0771,PTEnL Til • - - A RATHER COMICAL SIGN OF " THE 1.13 V 'I4EV-7, 8 ~Ns e , 0 7 7 13 11 4 Our contemporary, "The Thunderer," has 3 " wh: ," e cines( e lis their hh e e d nee r s i aoyiwno.encfuvfil.ertuirugdyrhgastmlme frightening gm l w i t g biht h eher t n spr i er n iosn g pt e,epecwattirio'tttonihei the httl protectionists r onp fromta rpe i n etoe ; :. , 01. r e ts o isto.Ao; e x : La i 0 be 0 the Repeal of the Navigation Laws. if r il l — o.' beaten, our contemporary says, in hi s most sol sol s 4-IIA LL they must resort to that m os t t r emendous st e P',l . :keNID ' lution ; and he reminds th e recusan ts that a pgtert ain •'LAlS tion involves an expenditure of about £2,000,000 bt s or the bulk of which is borne by the agricultural Me' efti: f ,, Tit in other words, the members for counties, and ' t c, s ;a, Y,) the men who are not indebted for their seats to theio, u The F o L , l tbe 56, Leagues (Anti-Corn Law and Financial Retort', v Le ih gue • • or the scum of mobocracy. Are you preuared , "RANL he says, to encounter such an expenditure at chea p?'''"" corn is so low in price and beeves so ruinously Alas ! has it come to this ? Poor farmers a n af f owners ! This excellent Sir Oracle flouts You r - fe Il A with nuf aliaB verty. But you may safely assure him that you 41bieekith—owan_Y pared even for this heavy sacrifice in addition Bitlest. owner other troubles, and to avert further ruin. Y -°II ZI I l'o ta44l---(1 z. ate 13 ' clientsr tdy toe e f m t e e t Tames.te tribunal cenm ofn Cobdenpublic o lookpin o t, ')e-141111i -VIA B Riding electors with equanimity ?—or ° ll IA r 44 Kay e , Tblheeedfeiangtaionf thefor LTionirdesJioehanwßeuesk-seelel'es_seeavterfyorw,LAP" 00 late -40 s—ch . Roar knfi' e ttatien; Iltra4t.ritoo l mg. , L „00 1 ,1 MARINERS' CHU RCH S CHOOLS .-We tow , r •, the tea party this evenin g i n th e C onc ert Hall, ; Si the schools and reading room in co nnection te n Attn . , Mariner's Church, is likely to p rove a high i i . ° Dr• r , „ , g A.LL treat. Among the speake r s w ill b e the Reim', ,Att " penter, J. R. Conor, J. Corde aux , Alex, Crain" - Sutton, G. W. Warr, &c. er"" y Mr.Twisleten, the chief Poo r -l aw Comnriss ; ‘ ,rj land, has resigned the office. of m mi. The o E f ar l Peers,of H thisa rroewv evening, e w g i , Nth a 'lets• law respecting beer-shops. c o ilea . - • e at In London on Saturday a member of the fec tly"l,, House Council was fined ss. for having scales not Pe r i\ A S' 'O 4 I. " , ,n''xt ENT curate. . We understand the amount of gold recently r',. (0 011 various mercantile houses in London from C s° wj;ooae fi , r , h in the aggregate, £40,000. g o / 11 =0 ll te cal t l he th p e re a s t e t n e t n t s T:te of' . ~ •I,l l. o ! "flli r d ep "G ‘l : ios x , THE EX-ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE. -- '`6l , 4 4 4 ' 41 e40,1,1. and Countess de Neuilly are about to leave ~,o," trt for a short period, and proceed to St. Leoneru. ng - r , tf;' 4l SB , Lord Camoys has invented a syphon for drasy w a °, l (l' ( 1 8,i ot tOth A 'OIR milk from beneath the surface of the crent Sim' r "ion moat completely separating the t wo li qu id s by t' Ai b en means, and with the least possible trouble. d • 1j 4 1 ,!'• efieg The people of Cork are now ma ki ng a r enew° .4 • b e l ted n u , to finish the church at Corkin honour of Fathe,r ' O O A itrizt,ink4Te,,ess Above £13,000 have already been expended 0 1 ,7, n 11 , N 4p,1, v , 5 , building. The cholera continues to progress in Irela uj i ', ~...;r h et \ P ' ''', h t will ly L i ew sr 4.N T very bad in Ennis, several respectable pers ° , ll- 1 11 'v e onto is died of it. In Belfast there were 38 new case' 100 P li) ' Z'PetB l. ? ° °t• day, and the total deaths from it in the Belfast n u- 'told: I t ", i 305. be • Hali Rear-Admiral Sir Ch ar l es N ap i er i s t o t a ke .1( ' t ,„ 0 1 i e mand of the Cork stati on , i n p l ace o f Rear-Aur - Hon. Daniel Ma c k a y, w h o i s to b e prom ete,w p jet -"4 ORI Charley " is a great favourite with the Cork I- A c„ will be, no doubt, very popular in the south. ,' co, "itA N . Mr. Shaw, one of the oldest merchants in Bulge , 'ettn tn says, after thirty-five years' experience in the, herd t .41AL,' ) and cutlery trades of this country, that "hetol 4 tit j prove by tens of thousands of the working nu" . ,i i e Verdi's belong eeernmr ertodei h,iasi engagementuet d. o "A . he t Ee h ainbrs o nod s b e nai etnii t eei r n,he a : a d t elv e wasi s tinah , degseta psr that rieTdot heued:trum,ahneteeeerydmde and t were foioottnrap :sit n erhan e i ets : rd r teih l oab n eyti: " ide co: e 4in et; : "I k PA, 4 '4 4 o, l'er t 5 performers new to our Italian stage; Signor . 10 °„% e •t• appeared in the character of Ernani, and Mad 3 w - Ep t , ani in that of Elvira. o p! T , POACHING.-At Bury St. Edmunds, on Sat ur 0 • young man was sentenced to fifteen years' tran"P t o - C'lft -another to ten years' transportation-two othe ll o oe . tf , '„". 13 F, years' transportation, and two more to t els"' ' " ""t -rl ° th Vir . kh rity E I imprisonment-for shooting at James Clark wit, '„„" the &c. The whole circumstances arose out of a nig" . 'I t ea; reeeiira ing affair. %itirt ri Aa n ser t l i The Rev. William Shore Chalk, rector of, pc. 4A„bre - P-N the e Bedfordshire, was found lying dead in bed at 0 °,4., Je n rop r ',,,,lll th e Hotel, Euston-square, on Wednesday morninN ettio`B, Wine tO gyman who knew him deposed that he was the I"'d in the world likely to destroy himself. On hi!, pi fa. T h table were a glass tumbler and a bottle m ar ked 0 ,, • ti, 4l R vt, r , Epsom Salts," which he was in the habit of tait'7eb ' o ll4untri,", druggist's name was attached to it. His stn e ta el „be', R. strongly impregnated with oxalic acid, and it is le : fi V O i l lecei r „ - :, he had been supplied with that article in lasn' .- libri•Elty - ,`, salts. . e .. 5 the P ubii , b ATTEMPTED MURDER.-Th e i n h a bit an t s o f Vit t . e Ex] ) Brighton, were alarmed, last week, by hearillg (eV '''< 62, Ca murder, and upon looking out, they discoveren 4 : - - with blood streaming down the front of her &e s ' 4' 41 " to eh p .„ woman having been stopped, she was takell,,,,e, ltlze s C. Burroughs, a surgeon, who found a woundill'llo k lit:'tlifqa h irl three-quarters of an inch in length. The wourn` do pe 41 „jr(ls c been dressed, the female stated that it had been th e ' Vie sui Robert Spiers, with whom she lived, at the Prince 'IN , 're ••, best t but,The e m p a e n e a e c x c e u m se i d ni t e h g e woman with i h t cutting a h nds w e were her fou o u w a : o ; • y P ti , ; ,t0 a e ip ^ o e with blood. He was taken into custody, and 'toye r ,"4 44 7:1 P ^:;" tamed until it is seen whether the woman will 41 tA" whe r ' 4 wing., IArN/ the not. .01.1 t}, - 4 4 ,2 on t CHICORY, AS AN ARTICLE OF FOOD, OF LITTL S a cv, -The herb chicory has none of those specific n u a iio, 4 1 .- e `whi' r fal a r ; marked effects on the animal body which are ee,, e o I , l ata nds coffee; it may, indeed, placed in contrast with t° l 11 Si 4 4), a x St ops. of the coffee plant, be considered as nearly in tl. : s 'o root when fresh is tonic, and in large doses it ae . ,,,,1! I. b., bowels. It is alleged to be useful in certain viseti,•, k , eases of a chronic character, but in these we t hi i;ioP D is fully as efficient an agent. It has some slight j 5 s'‘•l'Ro, the action of diuretic, and its action as a ton' of trivial. We may further subjoin, that the presen ce ocl!' • 4 , La d azotised principle in its chymical constitution 0 c tl:• some of the first authorities consider as a positl„, / ,,) ( 4 , •14 D 'Irs. non of the nutritious properties of vegetable 5 84 will • 444, I. tireelrietb not been detected. Hence we should feel digr,it ,:iT, ll ,;; t 4l ',f t °frlee consider the action of the chicorium intybus as it is, so extensively with coffee, as almost ireltr i Lli P a Y i ; tlt tive, inasmuch as the root itself has little more t u. 1, 11, 4, i "kis virtues than sawdust.-Medical Times. S >g I of b " k-str THE MURDER AT TEDBURN.-At the Exeter-, t Friday, James Landick and James Mills were c. r o ; with the murder of Mrs. Gra ce H o l man , a t Tedb u r io' ke i 'l „ u e ,,,t , :raZ l i tt are Mary, on the 3rd of December. The principal e „J, j),,, Co 44„t l ol,r_ a ° in the case was that of the approver, Henry 10 : 4 1 2 . ;"°„ller, deposed to a conversation with the prisoners, ‘ B. " o ' t ri.; proposed to him to rob the old lady, also to, ••Cl . ,pr elc their project into effect, to the old woman awakinb' t o time, and her refusal to tell where her money was' they threatened to cut her- throat. According evidence, the old woman was partially stifled by A L 11 E R I clothes being kept over her he a d, an d som e it' `iNll) TO furniture were thrown on th e b e d b y L an di c k. •gr k 1,1, , et acquitted Mills, but found Landi c k gu ilt y , and 'C 'CA? „ 4 r . mended him to mercy bec au s e o f want of pro' seat , -(4 Mll murder was premeditated. Th e j u d ge passe d sou- , 0U TECH death on him in the most solemn terms. 0 8 61 th s ' t IL of SINGULAR ESCAPE OF TWO SLAVES FROM a. -I must relate to you one of the mo st wonderful ' at Ad of the escape of f ug iti ves f rom American slaverY'd • • Vio t i i ' to has ever come un d er our notice. William S i Pa' e r , t:N•h l y Craft lived with different masters in the State et 4 .1,0 s h e Wm. i; Wm. is very black; but Ellen is so nearly whitef,iti ' ki.httlove• per A , can easily pass for a white woman, her hair ",, 1 4 e , al straight as any white person's, and features th l t4xc e p and William is a mechanic, and working nights and ' c ot succeeded, in four or five years, in laying uP e t c hundred dollars. They had laid many plans bootfrom slavery, but had failed in them all •, until, n 4,1 0 '14 5 4 4 8 8 on it, A 44 a days since, they resolved upon a novel plan, - hk-• - 48: 4 th rejoiced to say succeeded in getting their freedelfo•ll • :4. 1 )4 10 PII made their escape in the following manner. o , l ` e (3 • 1 IS, was cut short, and she dressed in man's appare,r o 'ol,,i pair of goggles on her eyes, and her right hallu t rAy • A I t, lir tun sling, as though it was lame, as an excuse for ill Via. a l' be her name when requested to do so, pretending,ftle., 1y,?,„ / , 0 A she was sick. Dressed in this disguise, they to°',, Of' r th e for the North : Ellen passing as a sick gentlern". 4 t ,', l Papt e ,,L r . to see a distinguished physician, in Philadeleh i "?l', o r y her husband, passing as the servant. In this . o , twhheeyreptahses they a s t throu g h s T a h v e a y . n re a a h c , he c d h p ar h l i e la s ' N delphia p, .. t , 1 : s t i \ V t 1 0 : 1 1 Baltimnr.. .k tha Lotol e- no i‘ l) l ,' , l N `qtp, vi. L day morning last, at five o'clock. In Charles' 0, dye a s °t put up at the ve r y h o t e l w h ere John C. C a llinudi9 4iLlQti o Gov. McDuffie genera ll y put up; yet these t';', ° 4of 1, 4 guished advocatm of the " Peculiar Institution , ,i 10), et? EBC U the slaves " can't take care of themselves." a d', 1A• that a chattel slave could dress as a gentleman , ,A, ”••17,' 1 „11, through four Slave States, travelling in stearn,7oo,,) cars, is a strange story, yet a true one. I woo , • it t lltliN Nl) could hear their story; it is replete with interest'i,?l . . 'l l is a noble speci men o f h uman it y . Sh e i s truly O C P 'll be had no children to hind er th em i n their laps' u 8 • , . i now beyond the reach of th e two-legged blood-''' hat t , • 19 , 40 `' , 1 Georgia. Neither of them can rea d or wr ite, both very intelligent. Williamis abouttwenty- I °`" •fe) r e' Wt, age, while his wife is twenty-two. H e [ an d hi' e to, St' s accompany me to Massachusetts in a few days' s eeV, 0,, know they will be warmly received. So, Y° ll ,o / '` b friend, how American women have to act to g e e, ft o liberties ; yet this is called the " L an d o f !diott, 4 the Home of the Brave." -L e tt er from W." o h , - Brown, (a fugitive slave,) dated Philadelphi a ' 404 bet 30th, 1848. THE LATE RAILWAY ROBBERIES.-At _cia••••_, -e o le k Sl lk4 a l on Saturday, Henry Poole and Edward Night?',,,,elejN,,, "N'T/ 1 „ .t-ii k 411 '' found guilty of having robbed the mail trains 0 1 k; ,1 0 ,V I'. t rt. th , ib e -a] &c. on the Great Western Railway, as recenfLe A tto Re n , in our columns. They were sentenced to fin' . ~, , 40 , 4 rSa li iOr transportation. 1 , 4 The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel preached ° ; „ n h ; forenoon (for the first time since his secession) " - O' fi kt Or tional Scotch Church, Regent-square, Londo n ' tcr i, , ,,t0 0 1,1 vi m ng !? t of the reverend pastor, James Hamilton, lo w It IV) t in e qtu l k '4ll.t t °Alb unwell to attend. S,c; 0, F t. .14•1. 1 I ,A, 4 S's . •• • LIVERPOOL : ~9, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 11 ' . ' 4,h`4 i 14 , O N, T ic k, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED I fr .a i N., 1 `10, tv, I EVERY TUESDAY MOkt eb r t "' itt ( tr A By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove ' et, /lb LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, G rea t O r f o rd- 5° OP, ,t), 1 5 `'NI At No. 4, ST. Gaoaoz's C RESCENT , LIYOIt-, , '4B r. BIRKENHEAD ; TODHU NTER , Ch es t er - s t r eet :7 re et; 14 / 4 PINKNEY, Argyle-street; O SBORNE , Chester GRIFFITH, Hamilton-street. The trial of Demaine for arson will conic ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION. o f' IN ADVANCE....