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THE PROPRIETOR OF THE NEWCASTLE JOUR NAL v. THE DURHAM FACTION. The Newcastle Journal of Saturday contains an account of the proceedings before a Sunderland bench of magistrates on Wednesday last, respecting a second attack upon the person of Mr. Hernaman, the proprietor of that paper, by Mr. John Kidson. the son of John Pexall Kidson, Esq., the Earl of Dur ham's law-agent at Sunderland, who had previously been held to bail for a similar offence. Mr. John Hernaman having been sworn, deposed as follows : On Monday last, the 25th instant, I was in Sunderland on bu siness, and, whilst walking up the High-street of Bishop-W ear mouth, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, I ob served a young man, Mr. John Kidson, coming across the street towards me. When near the Library, Mr. Kidson ac costed me. He asked if my name was Hernaman ? I replied "It is." He rejoined, "My name is Kidson," and demanded peremptorily with clenched fists, what I meant by insulting him and his family? My reply was, "I could have nothing to say to him in the public street; but that I was always to be found at Newcastle, at my own house, and if he had any busi ness with me he might communicate it there." I continued to walk up the street, followed by Mr. Kidson, who pressed upon me, incessantly using very violent and threatening language, and putting himself in a menacing attitude. When I got near the shop of Mr. Huddart, hair-dresser, I looked round to see if I could obtain the protection of a police officer, upon which Mr. Kidson placed himself in a boxing attitude, with clenched fists, put his hand to my collar, called me a d-d scoundrel, said I deserved hooting out of the town, and threatened that he would knock my eyes out. A Magistrate.—'You are certain he put his hand to your collar? Mr.Hernaman.—l am positive he did, as will be corroborated by another witness. I then became apprehensive of personal violence, as Mr. Kidson was joined by some partizans, and I sought protection in Mr. Huddart's shop. I found protection at his hands; he did not say any thing to me, but I inferred from his manner that he was inclined to prevent me from being ill-used. On entering Mr. Huddart's shop, I was followed by Mr. John Kidson, and his brother, Mr. William Kidson, Mr. Christopher John Spence, and Mr. Thomas Taylor, all of whom used violent and improper language towards me, but eventually they left the shop, and I returned to the inn where I was staying. This is the extent of my charge. The case having been fully substantiated by the evidence of a highly respectable tradesman, Mr. Cullen, before whose house the outrage was committed, Mr. Kidson was heard in his de fence, from which we make the following extract:—He said, on Monday afternoon I was walking up the street, and was told Mr. Hernaman was on the opposite side. I crossed over to him, and asked if his name was Hernaman ? He at first refused to give me an answer, and then said his name was Hernaman. I told him who I was, and asked what he meant by offensively publishing my own and my father's name in a handbill recently published at his office, and also in his newspaper. He made no reply • and I asked him whether at any time dining my whole life I 'had given the slightest cause for him to insult me or my family? (Applause from Mr. Kidson's friends.) Mr. Her naman said he would give me no answer. I then said to him, " Now, Sir, you attacked me at Your office, where I had not the opportunity of defence. NOw, Sir, you are here ; you called me a child (laughter); stand on your own defence, and let us see which is the best man." (Laughter.) Mr. Herna man says I was violent ; I admit that I was so, and I trust that the provocation I had received will be considered by the gentle men on the bench as a sufficient justification. I told trim he deserved hooting out of the town, and that ho was a coward. The Chairman.--Did you say that ? Why, calling a gentle man a coward is, of itself, a breach of the peace. Did you then follow Mr. Hernaman into Mr. Iluddart's shop, and insult him there ? Mr. Kidson.—l admit that I did so. But I put it upon this condition. I did not threaten to strike at that time, but said I might have done so had it not been for a trial now pending, or that I might strike if Mr. Hernaman again insulted me or my family. As to what Mr. Cullen has sworn to, I have no doubt he states only what he thinks actually did happen, for he is a very respectable man. Mr. Kidson having concluded his defence, Mr. Hernaman addressed the bench, in the course of which he said, I am not here to-day for the purpose of pressing the ut most rigour of the law against those by whom it has been vio lated; all I claim is, that when 1 come to Sunderland on business—and I beg to observe that my avocations frequently require me to be here, and are likely to continue to do so—that I may be permitted to walk the streets in peace, and that I may find the same protection which every Englishman has aright to expect when he enters a respectable town. (Applause.) The Chairman said they should call upon Mr. Kidson to enter into recognizances, himself in £5O, and two sureties in £25 each, to keep the peace towards Mr. Hernaman for 12 months. Mr. Kidson (the defendant) said, with great energy, "That is more than was required by the Newcastle magistrates for as saulting him there." The Chairman.—Do you use such language here, sir, to the bench ? If you repeat it, I will most certainly commit you. The required bail having been given, t=ie parties departed in psace. 'Kau Publirationo. Evans, Chepviu, and Hall have received fLAC KWO 0D ' S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. No. CCXVI. For December, 1833. CONTENTS. I. Songs of Captivity. By Mrs. Hemans.—lL Hymns of Life. By Mrs. Hemans. No. 7. Flowers and Music in a Sick Room.—lll. To a Lover of Autumn. By Miss E. M. Hamilton.—lV. Lines Written in the First Blank Leaf of Shelley's Poems.—V. I Saw Her But 'Once.-- 'I. Melodies for Middle Age. No. I.—VII. The Sabbath ening.—V St. Stephin's Day. By George Trevor.—lX The Epiphany. By the Same.—X. Merry England.— I The Radical.— XII. Summer Eve.—XIII. The Sket r. No. 6.—XIV. Fragments from the History of John Bull. Chapter 5. Of the Riot on the other side of the Pond, and how they tried to cozen Martin about letting the Church Field. Chapter 6. Of the Proceedings in the matter of Quashee the Black Servant, and how they ended to the satisfaction of nobody. Chapter 7. How John's Rents began to get into arrear, and of the meeting of Dick and his Friends at the Yorkshire Stingo.—XV. France in 1533. No. 2. Effects of the Revolution of the Barricades on Government, Religion, Morals, and Literature.—XVl. The Return of Claueboy.—XVll. Retribution.—XVlll. The Grtek Anthology. No. 5. • Also, price 6s. No. XXIII. for December, of the QUAR TERLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE, and of the PRIZE ESSAYS and TRANSACTIONS of the HIGH LAND SOCIETY of SCOTLAND. Printed for WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, Edinburgh; anti 'l' CADELL, Strand, London. Manteb. EDUCATION. AYOUNG LADY, of respectable conne ions, is desirous of engaging . as GOVERNESS in 'amily. She is competent to give instruction in the usual ranches of an En glish Education, with Drawing, French, and the Rudiments of Italian. The most respectable references can be_ given.—Ad dress, box IL, 48, Postoffice. NV -ANTED, to go to the West Indies, a eady YOUNG MAN, who has been accustomed to he Linen Dra pery Business, and understands Book-keepi . The situation will be comfortable and respectable. Letters (post paid) addressed to W. A., box W. 21, Post office, will be attended to. • fro be Vat. /FM be LET, with immediate possession ' a commodiou• T DWELLING-HOUSE, in Oxford-str t, corner of Vine street, the very best situation in Liverpo . There are two Parlours, Drawing-room, five Bed-roon Butler's Pantry, Hot, Cold, and Shower - Baths, Water Cl set, with every Fix ture complete. Rent only 50 Guineas per annum.—Apply on the Premises, or at the Office of this paper. MO be LET, with immediate possession a good FAMILY HOUSE, No. 4, Park-place. A YARD and SHED, in Mason-street suitable for various purposes, being near the central Docks ' • And a lower WAREHOUSE-ROOS , with an OFFICE therein. D Arly to ROGER FISHER and Co., Charlotte-place, Szlthouse MO be LET, for a Term of Years, at a moderate Rent, and may be entered upon immediately, free of Rent until May day next, that old established FERRY, known by the name of the " ROYAL ROCK FERR Y," with the Quay, harf, Hotel, and Stabling for Twenty Horses, and from 20 50 statute acres of Land, most delightfully situated on th banks of the River Mersey, in Higher Bebbington, in the nty of Chester, about two miles from Liverpool. From the provements that have recently been made on the Premises, e Hotel may fairly be ranked as one of the best Family and Visiting Hotels in the neighbourhood of Liverpool. The Quay is very spacious, and so constructed that Steam and Sail-boats land Passengers at it at all times of the tide. There is a good Turnpike-road from the Hotel to Chester, &c., and a new Turnpike-road is now forming, which will shorten the distance considerably between the Ferry and Chester.—Coaches will soon commence running from the Ferry to Chester, Shrewsbury, Birmingham, and other parts of the kingdom. The Aimwell, fast-sailing Steamer, and several excellent Sail-boats, are regularly plying between George's Pierhead and the Ferry. The Steamer and Sail-boats, and some Furniture in the Hotel, may be taken by an incoming Tenant at a valuation. Further partieular3 may be had by applying (if by letter, poit-paid), to Mr. MORECROFT, Solicitor, 32, Church-street, Liverpool. LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29. INSOLVENTS. Nov. 28.—John Bright, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, plumber. Nov. 29.—Edward Baines Gibbins, Red Lion-square, lodging-house keeper. BANKRUPTS. William Scott, Finsbury-circus, merchant. John Francis William Brewer, Star-corner, Bermondsey, victualler. George Stockman, Portsea, linen-draper. William Bradstock, Berrow, Worcestershire, farmer. Frederick Fry and Henry Fry, Bath, butchers. John Jackson, Lewis,, York, plumber. Richard Smith Le Nottingham, lace-manufacturer. Thomas Pound, Bishopstone, Wiltshire, baker. John Schofield, jun., Rochdale, woollen-manufacturer. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Bryant, Wallington, Sussex, draper. DIVIDENDS. Jan. 2, T. T. Bernard, Pall-mall, banker—Dec. 2, J. Gaiger, Bea minster, Dorsetshire, grocer—Dec. 20, J. Thwaites, Austin-friars, commission-agent—Dec. 20, J. Maberly, Bread-street, Cheapside, banker—Dec. 10, IL Newark and J. Toms, Wood-street, Cheapside, riband-manufacturers—Dec. 20, F. Taylor, Webber-street, Black friars-road. victualler—Dec. 27, J. Coates and G. Haworth, Ingletou, Yorkshire, cotton-spinners--Dec. 21, M. Heathcote and J. Ileaocote, Manchester, merchants. CERTIFICATES, DECEMBER 20. J. Chapman, Liverpool, hosier—J. Orbell, Great Henney, Essex, miller—R.. Blow, Great Grimsby, merchant—S. M. Cox, Exeter, seri vener—J. Tansley, Little Dean-street, Westminster, ironmonger—J. Newson, Silver-street, Wood-street, whitesmith— W. Miller, Bath, grecer—J. Read, Bathwiek, Somersetshire. baker—W. Howells, Gel lyhave, Monmouthshire, shopkeeper—G. Watkins, jun., Limehouse, builder. SUGAR—The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Nov. 26, is 295. Old. per cwt., exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. , GRAlN.—General Weekly Average which governs importation, received in the week ended Nov. V.—WHEAT, 50s Ild ; B.VILLEY, 30s 8d; OATS, 19s Ild; RYE, 33s Id; BRAxs, 37s 4d; Pius, 41s 7d. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 1833. By the Lord Melville packet which arrired at Fal mouth on Friday evening last, we have received a file of Jamaica papers to the 27th October, and private letters of various dates. When the packet left, the House o' Assembly was engaged in a rather stormy discussion of the Slave Emancipation bill. On the 23th Mr. Mats moved that the bill be passed under protest, but an amendment Wel; moved by Mr. Cox, and ultimately car ried by a majority of 21 to 14 to this effect :—" That it be recommended to the House to appoint a committee to take into consideration his EXCELLENCY'S message of the 15th instant, and to bring in a bill, or to recom mend such measures as may seem meet and expedient ifor the preservation of the peace of the island, under the altered system by the bill passed in the Imperial Parlia ment." A committee of 24 members was subsequently ap pointed, seven to be a quorum The general impres sion is that the House will pass a bill for the immediate emancipation of the negroes. The utmost gloom and stagnation prevail. In several places the slaves had already refused to work; a general cessation of labour was apprehended ; the planters do not seem to place any faith in the promised payment of the twenty millions, and we seriously fear that both misery and bloodshed will be the consequences. The following are extracts from private letters re ceived by one of the most eminent mercantile houses here :- "JAMAICA, 22d OCTOBER, 1833.—The House of Assembly are going on expeditiously with their business. The Slave Abolition Bill will be brought forward on Friday next, 25th instant. I understand there are no very material alterations to be made from the bill sent out by ministers, which is tilled with the most ridiculous absurdities; in fact, it cannot be termed anything else but the West India Robbery Bill. It is under stood here that, if the Assembly were to reject any of the prin cipal features of the bill, the unprincipled ministry would at once deny compensation. JAMAICA, 18th OCTOBER, 1833.—Y0u will observe, by the public prints, that our Assembly is now sitting, and that th e y are going on mildly, at least so far as we have been advised in the country parts. A copy of the act for the Abolition of Sla very having been transmitted me by the Lord Melville packet, which arrived at Port Royal last Monday, I have thereby been furnished with the most preposterous enactments that were ever penned by a senator. Throughout the whole the immediate and total ruin of the colonies are aimed at. As to compensa tion, I cannot see how the colonists can expect ever to get one farthing,—the commissioners, lawyers, and their clerks ale the parties to benefit thereby. By the time it can come to any kind of adjustment we shall be dead; indeed, it appears that his Ma jesty's ministers never intended that we should receive any part of it." The same packet has brought some important news from South America. We give it in the words of our private correspondent at Fahnouth '• The news from Carthagena is important. A French ship has been there, from Martinique, for the purpose of dernanding satisfaction for an insult to the French consul. She blockaded the harbour. The British and French consuls interfered; the blockade was ri 1 ed ; 'but a larger'force was expected about the 10th of November to renew it. The squadron intended to com pel St. Domingo to fulfil her treaties with France had been, for a time, diverted from that object for this service. The Car thagenians were, preparing to act on the defensive, and great excitement prevailed there. Ihe negroes, moreover, had shown a disposition to revolt. It was hoped that the Supreme Go vernment at Bogota would avert actual hostilities. " I regret to state, that the Lyra packet, which sailed from Crooked Island thirteen days before the Melville, has not yet arrived." It is some consolation to know that the KING'S com missioners have gone hence. They have had for twenty four days, with the intermission of three Sundays, which happily still continue to be days of rest according to law— and GOD only knows bow long this law shall remain un repealed—these commissioners, however. have had twen ty-four days of as hard labour as ever TITUS OATES had, in a' cause the comparative merits of which we must de cline stating out of respect for the Earl of DURHAM and his MAJESTY'S ministers. Whatever they may Lave ex-. perienced elsewhere, or are likely to experience, seeing the high legal opinions which have been given against them, Messrs. WILKINSON and HOGG, as the KING's corn missioners, have been treated respectfully and courte ously by the Mayor, Aldermen, and other officers of the Liverpool Corporation. That they did, on many occa sions, evince an overweening partiality towards the op ponents of the Corporation is but too true. That they, day after day, listened to the irrelevant statements of po litical mountebanks, in whom excessive vanity is a dis ease, and who imagine they combine in their own persons the whole essence of popular opinion, as the ape before a number of mirrors considers his own antics as so many tokens of respect paid him by an admiring audience of apes behind the glass—that they listened to mere gos sip—gave ear to refuted falsehoods—tolerated every sort of hearsay and random opinion—and heard puling seni lity dwell on antiquated misfortunes, fiscal exactions, and unappreciated patriotism and benevolence--is a fact re corded with their own pens. Their partiality was not only in favour of the accusing parties, but it was con spicuous, on many occasions, in waiving the defence or the explanations offered by the accused. The desire to appear strictly judicial in their proceedings was sustained theatrically; but to a calm observer and a disinterested one, it was obvious enough that the duty they had to discharge, and-the-4%20t they were commissioned to pro mote, were never lost sight of for a moment. They well knew--and what man does not know ?—that the precon ceived notions of his MAJESTY's ministers were adverse to the present rights and chartered privileges of all ex isting corporations. As lawyers, if they be lawyers, which we much question, inasmuch as their names are entirely new to us—but supposing them to be lawyers— they must have known that they were trespassing beyond the limits and the functions of judicial inquisitors. They did not confine themselves to facts—they did not merely inquire whether charters had been violated, or corporate rights abused—they went far beyond this, for they re ceived opinions, listened to every idle tale, administered encouraging stimulants to every obscure and.self-consti tuted publicist, attended lectures as if they had been lis tening to JEREMY BENTHAM, and seemed delighted with the philosophical soap-suds of Mr. TAYLOR, and the po tential physic of Dr. COLLINS. They never forgot that they were stipendiaries removable at an hour's notice. They invariably had an eye on the legal quarter whence their instructions emanated, and, like men wise in their generation, they very naturally counted the trees by the only wayside which they fancied could lead to prefer ment. There is a tide in the affairs of barristers as well as other men. But notwithstanding this too obvious partiality on the part of the commissioners, the readiness with which all their commands were complied with, the intuitive truth which marked all the answers of Mr. FOSTER, the Town-clerk, the clearness of that learned gentleman's explanations, the minuteness and accuracy of his details, must have astonished, and, had they been other men, must have delighted them beyond measure. There was no reluctance on the part of Mr. FOSTER to fur nish the commission with every information, not only that which his own experience and knowledge could so well supply, but 'also the certified copies of all THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Mr. BRAHAM, of the Theatres-Roval, Drury Lane and Covent Garden, is engaged for five nigfits, and will make his second appearance here these two years, this present TOUSDAY, the 3d.instant. Miss TURPIN, of the Theatre-Royal, Haymarltet, who is re-engaged expressly for Mr. Braham's Nights, will also appear this Evening. THIS present TUESDAY, the 3d instant, will be performed Dr. Arne's serious Recitative Opera of ARTAXERXES. Artabanes..Mr. Braham Artaxerxes.. Miss George I Arbaces ..Ir. Frazer Mandane. - .Miss Ta After which the favourite rce of the RENDEZVOUS. To conclude with the popular Melodraine of the MILLER AND HIS MEN. Grindoff (the Miller)..Mr. Cooke Lothair..Mr. Lacy I Claudine.. Miss Seymour Havina..Mrs. Vining TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) Weber s celebrated Opera of DER FIIEISCHUTZ. Rodolph.. Mr. Braham I Agnes.. Miss Turpin After which the Musical Farce of NO SONG, NO SUPPER, Frederick.. Mr. Brahain Margaretta.. Miss Turpin To conclude with the Melodrame of the BROKEN SWORD. TO CORRESPONDENTS. A Salt Proprietor will be attended to on Friday. To all our other correspondents, whose letters can be made available, we b eg to say that w e will endeavour to bring up our arrears next publication. The letter of Mr. Davis, as well as that of Mr. Purnell, are in type, and will appear in our next. (El bt Eiberpool Atantiarb, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. charters and all abstracts from books, and the mu nicipal records which could throw light upon the transactions of the Corporation in ancient and modern times. He actually inundated them with information. Every shilling that was ever received was most fairly and honourably accounted for. So irrefragable was his evidence, that no charge of jobbing or corruption was attempted to be proved, and the questions which were asked for that purpose failed to establish any one of the many insidious if not slanderous allegations which have too long been circulated for factious purposes. What the commissioners think we neither know nor care ; what they shall report we believe to be of very little consequence; because we live in times when neither honesty of intention, purity of motives, nor rectitude of principle or action, is regarded amid the reckless and dis honest rage for Innovation which prevails. The commissioners may or they may not report fa vourably of the Liverpool Corporation. That we leave between their consciences and the last account. It is in la national point of view of slight consideration whether the y are for or against us. We look to a much high er principle than that which a commissioner's bias, or a !minister's policy may be disposed to recognise. We , consider the commissir to be. a most unconstitutional and illegal usurpation of power, aiming directly at the rights of property, and rendering every man's hearth and home liable to the domiciliary and inquisitorial visi tations of some ministerial or parliamentary hireling. The dispensing power assumed by the infamous JAMES IL was not more derogatory to the rights of conscience and property—not more insulting to the oaths of sworn men —not more mischievous or tyrannical than the power assumed by the Whigs in the honoured and revered name of the son of GEORGE 111. From the beginning to the end we see nothing in it but usurpation. It has placed the SOVEREIGN in this most unpleasant and peril ous position, viz. that the loyal subjects of the KING have had no alternative between defying the powers of the commission and doing an act in open violat:.,n of their oaths. Mr. FOSTER, with consummate tact and ability, has placed this dishonouring alternative in the clearest light. He says, when speaking of the various royal charters granted to this borough (see his speech on Thursday last) that " these charters declared that the town of Liverpool should be a free borough governed under the title of Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses of the town of Liverpool ; and expressed that it should be suf ficient in law to render them capable of receiving dues and making bye-laws; and that all the privileges and immunities should become the property of themselves and their successors. in fee and for ever. They gave power to the Corporation to purchase property. The charter of WILLIAM HI. confirmed the above-mentioned charters, and enjoined that the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses should hold their privileges without hin drance; the same to descend to their heirs in succession; and that the said burgesses should not hereafter be ag grieved or otherwise disturbed BY ANY OFFICER OR MI NISTER IN ANY OP THEIR FRANCHISES OR JUDICATURE." 1! Now let us pause here for a moment. These, as above quoted, are the exact words of the charter of our Pro testant King WILLIAM the Third. The proviso against "officers" and "ministers,"—against Lord GREY, Lord BROUGHAM, and their "officers," WILKINSON and Ilona for example—was introduced as a declaratory clause to remove all fear with respect to the unhallowed attempts made by JAMES the Second in favour of the Roman Catholics. The charter, in the most unequivocal terms, restrained the power of any future " minister " or "officer " of the Crown, or any body else, from question ing the tenure by which such property was held—from interfering with it in any way, and it was to be held, as the Liverpool. Corporation have invariably held it,--r-for the exclusive benefit of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Bur gesses, "in fee and for ever." This being the case—these being the words of the charter—we have only to lament, as humble individuals unconnected with the Corporation, and uninfluenced by its acts, that the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses (lid not, in the first instance, read this clause in their charter to the commissioners, and inform them that they could not, consistently with the faithful discharge of their duties, recognise the extra-judicial, extra-constitutional, and illegal poWer usurped by the advisers of the Crown, and the present House of Commons. We admit that gene rous minds, conscious of innocence, and writhing under the unsparing slanders of revolutionary demagogues, are naturally tempted to brave the restraints of royal charters, and undergo the ordeal of an inquisitorial though an illegal commission, in the proud satisfaction that they have done nothing which they are ashamed of —nothing that they wish to conceal. We freely admit all this. We can imagine the popular odium which would have been raised against them had they stood upon their rights. We can conceive the yell of drunken patriotism, and ferocious clamour, that would have rung far and near. It is disagreeable to meet popular indig nation with a scoundrel for a general, and the mob with its fangs open. It is unpleasant to be pelted with mud, even in an old coat, as Sir JOHN CAM HOUHOUSE and old - BURDETT well know. But in these times we are of - opinion—and we have entertained the same opinions in other times—that when a man is satisfied that he has only done his duty, he ought not to shrink from princi ple, or from being a martyr to the obloquy which a proper discharge of that duty might expose him to. Better to fight from the ramparts than from the narrow way which leads to the citadel. Better to do that in the open field which must be done sooner or later nearer the shrine. The Corporation of Liverpool have as clear a right to their property and their municipal immunities and privileges as the Duke of BEDFORD has to his houses and lands. We could mention an eminent solicitor in London, whom his Grace has more reason to know than we have, who has repeatedly asserted that he would not undertake to make good his Grace's title to any one of his numerous houses in London for the whole of its value. This is no uncommon circumstance ; and the Whigs are more deeply interested in it than all the Tories of Eng land put together. Suppose, for instance, that we, A. 8., were possessed of lands in the princedom of Lancaster, or Wales, or in any county in England, which our aaces• for had received from WILLIAM 111. "in fee and for ever." How should we treat Messrs, WILKINSON and HOGG if sent by Lord BROUGHAM to investigate the title of such a property ? Treat them I why, in good old English fashion, or as Dr. JOHNSON prescribed for a cucumber. We should ask them to breakfast, on the ground of hospitality, and then order them to "depart with a little more expedition than they came. If they should demur to this order, the footman, or, perhaps, the butler, would have a straightforward duty to perform, — either to kick them out of the hall, or toss them into the first horse-pond. That is the way, we presume, that the Marquis of WESTMINSTER, the Duke of SUTHERLAND, or the Duke of BEDFORD, would act under similar cir cumstances. This mode of treatment, illiberal as it may appear, would have been justified, except on the ground of its tending to a breach of peace, even by the Court of King's Bench. This court is the only avenue through which the King himself can visit Corporations. This every lawyer knows, and Sir JAMES SCARLET? has con firmed the legality of the opinion in the plainest terms. A commission of inquiry into Corporations is an usurpa tion of the rights of the King's independent justices. They have a right to complain of such usurpation ; it is their duty to resist it, and it is equally their duty to pro tect every man who resists it by all the means in their power. The commission was not only illegal; it was, besides, formed of materials of a still more abhorrent and repul sive kind. Ministers were known to entertain opinions hostile -to the corporations as they are at present consti tuted. Lord DURHAM, at the Gatehouse dinner, sur rounded by his creatures, congratulated the meeting on the campaign which his former colleagues had commenced against the boroughs, and considered their conduct in sending forth this illegal commission as entitling them to the thanks and confidence of the public!. We thank Lord DURHAM for his inimitable candour. He has confessed the truth like an honest, good-natured, old English ba ron. Ministers have resolved to break in upon the char terS. They have declared war against privileges con ferred by former sovereigns, and " given to be held "-in fee and for ever." Lord DURHAM tells us so, and the acts of ministers themselves prove that they are quite se rious in their intended work of spoliation and robbery. The character of the men who compose the commission shows the animus without any disguise. We are sorry that Lord BROUGHAM'S name should be mixed up with this business; but to him we are indebted fur the selec tion of the learned persons who are sent to pave the way for the preconcerted innovations. If ministers had been desirous of giving the Corporations fair play—if informa tion had been their object—if strict and impartial justice had been intended, they would at least have placed able and impartial lawyers, men of experience and unbie inished reputation, upon their illegal commission. Could they not find men of this character and of respectable standing at the bar to do their invidious and servile work ? We know not; we question if they made the search; but this we do know, that more partial, or com promised, or willing instruments, could not have been selected than those already nominated by Lord BROUGHAM. We do not believe that there are two men on the com mission who are not the zealous and pledged partizans of the noble and learned lord. Who is Sir Somebody PAL GRAVE, who is appointed to inquire into the Corporation of London? This gentleman's original name was COHEN ; he is of Jewish extraction; and the merit which recom mended him to the notice of the Chancellor was his relationship to some of the directors of the London Uni versity, and his having, some time ago, written a furious painphlet against Corporations ! The work is supposed to be scarce : there are many reasons why it should be so ; and we rather suspect that Sir FRANCIS PALGRAVE would not regret if not one of its copies were in exist ence. We do not say that to write a book against Cor porations is an offence ; we do not say that its author has done wrong ; on the contrary, he may have collected important information; and if he did, he had a right to sell it. But we say, nevertheless, that Sir FRANCIS PALORAVE, having so committed himself, was one of the last men in England who should have on such an important inquiry. In Dublin, Mr. Sergeant PERRIN was appointed; and who is Mr. Sergeant PERRIN ? A gentleman who has been opposed to the Dublin Corporation for many years; who is a violent political partizan; who is an avowed ultra reformer; who has been found guilty of bribing the poorer and radical burgesses of Dublin, and whose return as one of the members of Dublin was in conse quence annulled by a committee of the House of Corn- Mons. There is no harm of course in a reformer giving bribes had he been a Tory he would have been impaled alive ; and perhaps it is deemed pure patriotism to be an enemy of the Dublin Corporation; but admitting all this, Mr. Sergeant PERRIN is not exactly the man to be a commissioner. Messrs. Roscoa and RUSHTON of Liverpool are also commissioners. What claims had they upon Lord BEol,onam ? They are borough reformers; were of counsel against the freemen in the inquiry before the committee of the House of Commons relative to the Liverpool Corporation; and, to the full extent of their very humble powers, have been avowed opponents of the Corporation. The appointment of these men not only evinces gross partiality—it is actually indecent. There is one commissioner of the name of DRINK WATER, and another of the name of DWARRIS, both on the commission, who are violent partizans, which we suspect is their only recommendation to the government. Mr. HOGG is said to be recommended by his college at tainments. There are others of whom we know less, but quite enough to satisfy us that there is hardly a man among them who is not either notoriously or sufficiently well known to be biassed against corporations. To wind up all, we have only to add that Mr. JOSEPH PARKES of the Birmingham union is Secretary to the commission- The appointment of these men, we repeat, shows the animus of the proceedings of the Government, and their determination not to be balked in their revolutionary in novations from a want of ready and subservient instru ments. Then again, the secret object of these contem plated innovations—what is it ? In one word, we answer PATRONAGE! FroM the first moment when the Whigs came into office until the passing hour, their unceas ing study has been to create patronage. It has been " their, hope by day—their dream by night." Every change, every pretend improvement, every act and deed, every scheme, be it what it might, was made sub servient to an increase of patronage for themselves and their dependants. Call it reform if von please—call it delusion if you will—call it fraud if you dare—no matter what the measure has been, patronage has been its basis, its body, its wings, and its other adjuncts. To think of the GREYS and their emoluments, must operate as an emetic upon an honest man. The very term " Whig" is enough to make him sick. It has been grabbing, and plundering, and scheming, and jobbing with the whole set, from morning to night, ever since Sir JOHN KEY and the thieves of London placed them on the Treasury benches. The Corporation commission, and the contemplated innovations connected therewith, are intended to be a splendid source of patronage. Just imagine the patron age of two hundred recorders all at the disposal of HENRY LORD BROUGHAM ! Talk of ambition !—talk of Cardinal NirotsEir t—Lord BROUGHAM, if he had this, would have more power and influence than the KING. This, however, is aimed at—the cloud like a man's hand is in the distant horizon—and if the people them selves do not dissipate the dream of power and ambition at the first watch, it will become a splendid reality be fore the morning. As to the injustice of admitting aliens into corpora tions, without subjecting them to the ordeal through which their ordinary members pass, it was placed in a clear light by a gentleman of the name of I vtNo,-in the presence of the commissioners, on Tuesday last. Hear his own words " Mr. Irving, on the subject of the change proposed to be made in the system of obtaining freedom, said that he had availed himself of the method appointed by the charter to obtain his freedom, by deriving it from a burgess, though he was not free by birth, and f others had not been so prudent in their younger days to avail themselves of the door by which he entered, it was their own fault, and he held that it would be an act of injustice and oppression in the legislature to pass a measure whereby his privilege would be deteriorated. He did not envy Messrs. Bolton and Thornely their property, and he did not think they had any right to envy him his privilege." If we were to rake the whole of the voluminous evi dence given before the commissioners, we are certain that a more concise or more just view of the real merits of the case could not be selected.- Here we have the point at issue, and the argument in a few words. Mr. IRVING IS a freeman, Mr. BOLTON is not a freeman. Mr. IRVING has acquired privileges by servitude, which he is desirous to retain; Mr. BOLTON did not condescend to this servitude, therefore he has none of those privileges, but still he is anxious to acquire them without servitude. The contest is between parties similarly situated as these two gentlemen, in all the corporate towns of the king dom. Now, let us reverse the case. Mr. BOLTON has a park stocked with game ; and Mr. IRVING has no park and no game. Why is Mr. IRVING not allowed to kill game in Mr. BovFoN's park ? Oh, says some luminary of the Whig school—some JAMES Low; for instance—this is according to the law of meum and tuum; the park be longs to Mr. BOLTON and his heirs " in fee and for ever." He bought the park with his own money, and is, conse quently, entitled to the exclusive right of killing the game. Why, might not Mr. Irving reply,—it may be true that Mr. Bolton purchased the property, but that is no palliation of the hardship and the iniquity of excluding me from his preserves; for what right has he to so much land and game, while I have 'neither an acre nor a bird? I claim the right upon general principles ; the happiness of the greatest number is a law of nature ; but, indepen dent of that law, have I not as clear a right, upon terms of reciprocity, to his park and game as he has to my pri vileges? His estate is for him and his in fee and for ever; my privileges are mine and my heirs in fee and for ever ; and if he seeks to poach on my manor, surely lam entitled to poach upon- his ? Money purchased his property ; servitude, which is as valuable as money, pur chased mine ; and, if he dares to plunder me, I will make just 'reprisals! LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—FRIDAY, 2 o'cLocK. The demand continues good from the trade, but holders demanding a further advance prevents that extent of bu siness which the inquiry would lead us to anticipate; the ,000 b a l es , a t th e f u ll pr i ces o f sales may probably reach 2 yesterday to lb advance, an d not much offering at w these rates. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Wind West, blowing fresh. —An Irish Mail. ARRIVED. City of Glasgow, (steamer) Ewing, from olasgo wand o P f emilaPno.wdry. George IV, (steamer) Parsons , from Newry and Isle OFF PORT,.. 3 Brigs, and 1 Snow,. at 1 p.m, The New York Packet Ship of the 16th November, New York, Captain H o xi e , took a pilot on board off Point Lynas, at eleven this morning, and may be expected up this tide. This is the argument as between Mr. IRVING aml Mr. BOLTON, and it applies to all the parties in the cottest. One set of men wish to prey upon another : the weaker party are, at present, at the mercy of the stronger; and if injustice succeed, and free Men are robbed, we slould like to know how long it will be before the same prnci pies of spoliation are applied to parks and streets—to lands and houses—to mines, ships, and factories ? But the Corporations are accused of malversatiot or corruption, and an improvident expenditure of fieir revenues. The charges brought against the Liverrel Corporation are not many in number, or very enormous in magnitude. Let us, however,. see what they are " I have endeavoured," says Mr. FOSTER, " to recollect all the notes of the items that have been objected to in the expenditure of the funds ; the principal of which appeared to be in building churches, subscribing to the King's College, London, subscriptions towards Mr. Can ning' s and Mr. Huskisson's Monuments, the subscrip tion to the races, the picture of Mr. CASE, which was hung in the rooms of the council, and the expense of :he chairs in those rooms, objected to by Colonel Williams!" • Mr. FOSTER explains these important" items in a very satisfactory manner, and in fact meets manfully every charge of a similar nature ; and .he moreover exposes the shameful misrepresentations which have been propagated with respect to them. But supposing that Mr. FOSTER • had been unable to answer one word, and that all• the alleged extravagance had been proved, what then ? Would a beggar in a ragged doublet not be ashamed cf the miserly economy, the narrow mind, and the. paltry meanness which could higgle and chaffer, and wrangle about an expenditure of a few hundred or a few thousand pounds in encouraging the fine arts, and doing honour to the integrity of a faithful servant, or a great statesman, by a Corporation whose isicome is one hundred thousand pounds per annum Y But we must turn from this sub ject—it is too contemptible 1 We must beg pardon for trespassing so much, as we find we have already done, - on the patience of our readers. But the subject is very far from being exhausted, and we will return to it. ' We have of late watched with more than ordinary in terest the proceedigzs of London Juries. cot-kr:4o,l6mi that their extraordinar l .vagaries are admirably calculated to bring the proudest boast of Englishmen, "Trial by Jury," into utter contempt. In another part of our columns, under the head of "Old Bailey Sessions, London," will be found scenes which can create no other feeling than abhorrence and disgust. The first case is that of a juror Who objected to serve, on the ground, "that it is not lawful fur men to take away the life of a fellow creature," and when rebuked for his impertinence in persisting to address the court, he further enlightened the bench by stating that " the laws of God do not give man such power as he assumes." From what sources this learned theologian draws his conclusions we must confess our ignorance ; assuredly not from the Scriptures, where the punishment of death is frequently declared, and the time, place, and manner of executing the sentence is in many instances prescribed. A short time after' this worthy had been disposed of, another man objected to serve as a juror, because " he was a member of the Society of Friends," who upon his declining to take the oath was told by the Lord Mayor that "he need not stay." The amendments of the law are so numerous that we believe even lawyers are now frequently at a loss to decide what is or is not the law, therefore a Lord Mayor's ignorance of it is very excusable; and we believe it is still a matter of doubt whether a Quaker's verdict in a capital felony can be received. The objection was raised at the Admiralty Sessions in January last, in the case of a ship carpenter who was found guilty of murdering his captain ; but before the question was submitted to the consideration of the Judges the culprit died a natural death. On this subject we have only to observe further, that we cannot see the justice or equity of extending to " the society of friends" privileges which their other fellow subjects are not permitted to enjoy : we cannot see why the affirmation of a Quaker should be considered as of equal value with the oath of every other person ; we cannot see why this sect who claim the right of making laws, not by the indirect agency of tepre• sentation, but in person, which impose oaths on others, should themselves be especially exempted from this obli gation ; nor can we see why they should escape from the performance of any other duty, whether civil or military; which we are called upon to fulfil in obedience to those laws which they take a direct part in framing. As a newspaper is expected to take cognizance of all that is new, we have to notice another novelty in Old Bailey proceedings. Two witnesses had the audacity to declare, after presenting themselves to be sworn on the Gospels, that they were atheists, and that they did not believe in the existence of a God! That this was said with the view of bringing the administration of justice into contempt there can be, we imagine, but little doubt. Within the last two years, two men and a woman were convicted at a quarter sessions; we believe in Kent, of a conspiracy to biting the institution of marriage into con tempt. The offencg was the sale of a wife in a public market—in that cast the husband, the wife, and her pur chaser were all sentenced to a severe imprisonment and hard labour. In a civilised country, to bring the admi nistration of justice into contempt cannot be an offence of less magnitude, and we should conceive that, if an in• dictment can be sustained in the one case, it can be in the other. We have heard a great deal of late of the schoolmaster being abroad :—if what we have alluded to be the result of his labours, perhaps it would have been as well had he remained at home. With reference to the case of Berthold, we make the following extract from the John Bull: " It may not be uninstructive to observe that this Mr. BEti rtiotn, the convicted felon, is the editor and concoctor of that most nefarious compound of falsehood and scurrility, the 'Black Book;' of which, no doubt, his most respectable witnesses are most ardent admirers." SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Three o'clock. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE—TUESDAY, Two O'CLOCK Although the arrivals of Wheat and Flour from Ire land during the week, are not so abundant as the previous one, the demand for Wheat was exceedingly dull both here and iu the country mat kets ; tne sales were princi pally of the finest samples, without any reduction in price. The Flour trade was very inactive and difficult to effect sales, and for some descriptions less money taken; the country markets are well supplied from the interior. Oats maintained the advance, and good Oat meal met a free sale at the currency. In other articles no alteration. At this morning's market there was little Wheat dis posed of to the millers and dealers, but some few parcels were taken on speculation, at a decline of Id. per bushel on best samples, and 2d. on'inferior. Oats in fair request at last week's currency, and Oatmeal brought an advanCe Is realizing 235. Gd. Flour noted Gd. to Is. lower. BEANS, imp. Inca. s a s d Irish 3O 0 .. 33. 0 FLouR, 41 7 280 It Eng.Btlrishsup. 44' 0 .. 45 0 Do. fines : , 38 0 .. 41 0 Do. seconds Do. fourths 18 .. 0 MEAL, V 240 lbs: 22 6 .. 23 6 BRAN, ety 24 flys 0 0 .. 1 24 of 3d. per load, fresh parcel very dull sale, and may be q WHEAT, V7O lbs. s d s d Irish (Lied red.. 6 2' 6 7 Do. undried .... 6 0.. 6 4 Do. dried white, 6 10 .. 7 4 English OATS, # 9 70 Its .. Irish dried...... 2 /.. 2 81 BARLEY, Irish 3 10 .. 4 3 REPORTED ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the 26th NOVEMBER, to the 2d DECEMBER, inclusive. IRE- COAST FO- DHITISII DESCRIPTIONS. ' LAND. WISE. REIGN AMER. TOTAL. WHEAT Qrs 4010 332 274 6916 BARLEY Qrs 238 238 OATS •Qrs 4486 126 4612 FLoult Do BRAN ....C‘i1l OATMEAL Loads. 2588 2588 MALT • • . Qrs 427 427 BEANS Qrs PEAS .. ....Qrs Rim SHELLED BARLEY. Cwt . ' RAPESEED . Barrels , INDIAN CORN ........ Qrs The import of Butter, 6,901 firkins; the trade exceed ingly flat, and prices of last week scarcely maintained. S I ) S D Belfast .......... 80 0 to 82 0 Colerain 73 0 to 74 0 Derry 75 0 to 77 0 Cork, 31s dry 62 0 to 83 0 Waterford 72 0 to 78 0 SD SD Bacon, If cwt..— 30 0 to 32 0 Hams, dry 44 0 to 50 0 Do. wet 4O 0 to 42 Firkin Lard, 44 0 to 47 0 Bladdered do 4B 0 to 50 0 AWFULZfAIh, DECEMBER 3, 1833• .STRUCTIVE STORM. - On Thursday night last ttl*-town was visited by a hurricane equal in severity to those which occurred about twelve monthis i ago, and produced at that time such deplorable effects. hursday lob barometer fell lower and more suddenly than of had been served to do for many years. Many masters or vessels which were ready for sea consequently remained in dock, and the event has shown the prudence of their con duct. In the course of the afternoon the storm came on, ana raged with uncontrolled fay, from the N.W., throughout the night. It attained its greatest height between nine and eleven o'clock on Friday forenoon, but moderated towards eve nin g . . It was high water at half-past twelve o'clock. The tide sh ould have risen ei g ht ee n f e et, but, we und e rstand, it exceeded th at altitude by about six feet, being the highest tide known for seve ral years. At this time the river presented a grand an d in : . teresting spectacle, the water dashing over the pier-heads WiLu alarming fury. A good deal of damage was done in the ship' builders' yards, loose spars, timber, boats, and in one instance the frame of a vessel being swept away. A number of boats and a quantity of old timber belonging to Mr. Atherton, of New Brighton, were also carried off. These materials, being bor ne along by the tide, gave the river the appearance Of beinr f . covered with wreck, and - the most alarming . reports disaste:s among the shipping were speedily circulated. --- : - While the storm was at its height, all intercourse between this and the Cheshire shore was suspended, the steamers not daring to attempt the passage. The Abbey, for Wexford, and the Nottingham, for Dublin, both steamers, which had sailed on Thursday, put back and ran into the Sloyne, but were unable to effect any communication with the shore until Saturday. Th e Levant Star, for Waterford, also put back. In short, nearly all the vessels which put to sea .on Thursday have been forced to return. On the ebb of the tide, the river, in addition to the wreck we have mentioned, was covered with trees, grass, 84e-t all indications that the country above Runcorn had been inun dated either by the encroachments of the tide or by heavy floods from above. We need scarcely say that many of the vessels in the (locks have sustained partial injury. The steam-boat em ployed to tow the flats belonging to the Duke of Bridgewater 's canal actually sailed over their dock! In consequence of this , her paddle-box, wheels, &c. must be taken off to permit her re turn to the river. Great damage has been done to the quays. of the Duke's Dock, and among the merchandise deposded there. In the shipbuilding yards to the westward of the Salt house Dock considerable damage also has been done. T be , stern-frame of a vessel building in Messrs. Mottershead a nd Co.'s yard had been completely torn away; providentially the men had left the stages-a few minutes previously. The loss to, many of the shipbuilders is said to be very great, a good deal or the timber in the yards having floated into the rive r- In the town there were abundant indications of th e violence of the storm, in the slates, bricks, chimney-1 pots, &c.. with which the streets were sewn. Seve" persons were more or less injured by the falling materials, but we have heard of no fatal or very serious accidents. Several yards of a wall in Moor-fields were blown down, an d we understand that a butcher's boy, who was passing, Iv" bri E J...l 7 r•....+ Part of the palisading which encloses the Zoo logical Gardens was also torn away, and the copingstones of a house erecting in llygela-street in. that neighbourhood were li terally blown off. It would be endless, however, to enumerate all the instances of damage of this sort which has been sus tained. The ball and weathercock on the spire of St. George 's Church were observed to be loose, and it is said that the upper part of the spire is shaken from its perpendicular. We believe it has been caused thus :—The vane (whose extreme length i s 4 feet 11% inches, and extreme height 3 feet 4 inches,) work; on a pivot attached to a metal rod, which runs through the bah and into the upper part of the spire, which is 223 feet high. From some cause, the action of the vane has ceased, it does not turn with the wind, and now stands to the weather. The con sequence is, that, from the repeated gusts of wind against so large a body, the top of the spire vibrates. At sea the storm has been particularly destructive. Persons who were out during its continuance describe it as having been one of the most violent they ever experienced. Several vessels have been wrecked on the adjacent coast, and a great number of valuable lives lost. The most awful occurrence is the loss of Pilot-boat No. 1, the Good Intent, which was wrecked on Ft . day morning, at Formby, when thirteen persons were drowne d ' The particulars will be found below. MELANCHOLY LOSS OF THE PILOT-BOAT NO. 1, AND THIRTEEN OF HER CREW. FORMBY, MONDAY.—This village, situate about thirteen miles from Liverpool, on the north shore, has presented s ince Friday last, it.inost melancholy and heart-rending scene, from the distressing wreck of No. 1, Pilot-boat, with the loss f the greater part of her efficient crew, four of whom were picked ep dead and deposited iu an out-hou s e a djoining FoFormb y Church, to await the result of a cor o ner's in ques t, which took place this day ; the bodies of the remainin g n i ne o f the crew , who fell victims to the tempestuous and unr u ly s torm, which visited this part of the country on Thursday and Friday last, have not yet been washed ashore. On Sunday the scene wit nessed was very affecting from the circumstance of the mourn ing relatives of the deceased crew pouring into the village to seek their own, some weeping bitterly for the loss of fathers, and others for the loss of brothers and husbands, and inane without even the gratification of finding . their mortal remain'. four only being rescued from a grave in the deep. The boat which was exceedingly welt manned and rigged, was one of t he class of pilot-boats belonging to this port, a comple ment of twenty-one men for her crew, which had been engaged on the night of Thursday last in piloting vessels outward bound, stud, in consequence of the foggy state of the weather, they were unable to ascertain their true situation, at which time the storm raged terrifically, the sea rolling .mountains high- In this dangerous situation the vessel was driven towards the Lancashire shore near to Formby. About half-past six o'clock on Friday morning signals of distress were perceived by th e inhabitants on shore, but the state of the weather was such that no person dare venture out to their rescue. About seven o'clock the sea broke violently over the vessel, and washed overboard Edward Webster and Henry Hughes, who, ,although good swimmers, sank to rise no more. At this time the punt got adrift of the chocks, and the sea washed away or unshipped the main boom, which was thrown across the deck, and the main sail, in consequence, became of no service. The hapless crew, having thus been deprived of the management of the teasel, did all they could to keep her before the wind, ie or d er to endeavour to reship the main boom, and clear the deeksi; but although manned (it is said) as well as any boat on the river , they failed in doing so, as the sea was running strong and mountainous. Suddenly another terrific sea broke violently over the vessel, washed away the skylight, and filled the cabin with water. The exhausted crew immediately applied their feeble strength to the pumps, in the. hope of bailing, her out. but without avail. They were then before the wind, the gib and foresail were blown to fragments, and shortly afterwards she struck upon Formby beach. This was at no great distanc e from the shore, and the inhabitants could plainly perceive the whole of the devastating and distressing work of the !aging elements, which now appeared more boisterous than the most experienced seaman or pilot of the river ever recollect it to have been. Immediately on the vessel striking, which was be tween eight and nine o'clock, the inhabitants on shore per ceived seven of the unfortunate men climbing to the rigging , t ° l which they appeared to cling, and about twelve others contrive d to get the punt (a small boat attached to the vessel) alongside, into which they jumped, but they were no sooner in it than it swamped, and eight of the number perished. Four, with great difficulty, Succeeded in swimming to shore, and at the edge the 01 the water they were dragged out more dead than alive by villagers. Shortly after the punt sinking, the unfortunate men who had been clinging to the rigging dropped from exhaustion into. the water and were never seen again; one of them, named Bates, who had stationed himself at the top of the rigging. was seen to jump overboard into a raging sea, and it is considere d by some of his surviving companions that he did so in a fit of delirium; the people on shore, when he plunged into the wate r, fancied le had left the top of the rigging to speak to the Ine.n in the, lower rigging. At this period (about two o'clock) 11 % were seen, apparently alive, still holdingTast to the rigging , which situation, with the heavy seas continually washing over them, the wretched sufferers had remained since half-past eigh t o'clock in the morning, no one daring to brave the tempestuous billows to succour them; and when the storm began to s ubside. although nearly one hundred spectators stood gazing at the wreck and the sufferings of the crew, none seemed inclined to proceed to their rescue. At length Mr. Richard Sumner,. a surgeon, of Formby, stripped himself, and, with a bottle or rum tied round his neck, plunged into the sea and swam to wards the wreck, which, with great difficulty, he reached. H e succeeded in getting on board, having first encountered in the water what he supposed to be a human being, which, however , turned out to be a huge black bird. On boarding the wreck, Mr. Sumner found one man lifeless, enshrouded in the r igging , (Underwood,) and the rest (excepting Lancaster) almost dean' and foaming at the mouth. With the assistance of Lancaster, a stout man, who appeared quite fresh, he administered runt , from the effects-of which they partially revived, but rema ined quite senseless. He then got the punt righted, and, by its at , succeeded in bringing the sufferers to shore. During the whol e time Mr. Sumner was exerting himself, the listless spectator a s did not appear anxious ,to lend the least assistance, ari, even when the ruin was, required, he had to pay sixpence to person to fetch it from a neighbouring public-house. On being brought to shore, the sea me n g radually r e co vere d ; but they bar previously been in such a torpid state of insensibility that they were not aware by what means they had been got ashore. I.' is considered by many persons that if the life-boat, which is kept about four miles from the place where the pilot-boat wait wrecked, had been on the spot, the two that dropped fr om the rigging, and others, might have been saved. The survivors say, that the reason for the punt upsetting the moment they got into it, was, that she was entangled with the painter, from which, with all their exertions, they could not manage to release her. They also state, that if they could have contended with the current or channel called the swells, and have crossed it with the pilot-boat, they would have been all safe. The pilots sadly complain of the•want of a watch-tower, or some building near Formby-point, where, in cases of wreck, accommodati on might be found for the sufferers, and where flint and steel conk` be procured for the pilots. It is said there have been mall wrecks about Formby-point, and that there are no inhabitants,. within a considerable distance. On Saturday last the wreck Of the pilot-boat, which is called the " Good Intent," was visit e d by Mr. Edwards and Mr. Williams, master-pilots, who found that from boating about in the sea, she had worked a dock fo r herself in the sand, about six feet deep, and seventy feet lonF , from which there will be some difficulty in extricating her; was fullnf water, but from all outward appearance was not tiut injured; she was lying on her starboard side, and jud . ging water which oozed out of her, it is supposed she is injured ton that side, the lee rigging appeared to have been carried with herboom, and the starboard channel plates were complaetely wrenched off. The above is the substance of the evidence ad: duced at the inquest we attended yesterday, (Monday,) togethe_r, with some additional rarticulars. There were none of the soft. vivors examined in consequence of the precarious state of th, c i l n health from the effects of cold, and other injuries sustaineo n . the wreck. The coroner, in summing up the evidence, paid a we t merited compliment to Mr. Sumner, the surgeon, fur his almo st unexampled exertions and humanity on behalf of the survivors; which the master pilot present cordially joined in. The jury, course, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." We h eal of other wrecks which took place in the gale on Friday last, net_ Formby. One was a sloop laden with butter, wrecked off Scan. port, and all hands perished. The sloop was called the Duk e ° A Wellington, ellington, and is supposed to be a west-country vessel. .L., great quantity of butter has been washed on share near Surt°_,. b port, the barrels bearing the Cork brand. Another vessel, f Liverpool to Ostend, was wrecked on Friday, crew saved; wreck now lies on Charles's Bank, five miles from Formby• - large American timber ship now lies a wreck near the Gra n g ° ' from the effects of the Thursday's and Friday's gale. po re „- Wm. names of the deceased pilots picked up at Formby, Wm. Webster, the master pilot, John Underwood, the aPP tice, Edward Richardson, and Thos. Pendleton. The followi n g are the names of the drowned and saved : SAVED.—George Bark and Ellis Hughes, No. 8; Gee r g r e t Roberts and Henry Hughes, No. 10; Wm. Lancaster, B o b Bispham, and Edward Bridge, No. 9; Robert Taggart, a n boy, No. 1. , r d DROWNED.--William Webster, master, No. 1 ; E" sca : ,- Webster and William Howard, journeYinen No. 1; John ,joi , derwodd, Thomas Bates, John Jones, and 'Samuel Needl i apprentices, No. 1; E. Richardson, journeyman, No. 9 ' MorriS'and Joseph Roberts, apprentices, No. 9; Thomas r_r•4. dleton, jourueyinan, N0..5; Henry Hughes, appscutice, INT°• n 4tr. dol Pol tha eau Lo ( ele COI We sa 3 sta