The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-11-01 00:00:00

o ." • .Ar RER 1, IS3" LONDON LATES7'•SHIPPING-NEWS., The Th ree Lloyd's,' Five o'clock, Saturday. Sisters, Thomas, from Liverpool to Aberystwith, e • "noginto Holyhead, on the 27th, struck on an anchor and "Ink she has since been raised, and brought into Holyhead harbour. ~ The Willi am, Orfeur, from Liverpool, has put into Holyhead, leaky, hound to Alexandria. The Prowgel, Jong, from Liverpool to Rotterdam, has pu into Holyhead, leaky, and with loss of sails and spars. . T he Anna S op hi a, Belgher, from Liverpool, has arr i ve d at Kingstow n, w i th loss of rudder, having been driven on East Pier, bound to Trieste. The Achilles, Weatherby, from Liverpool, arrived on 20th of August at Rio Janeiro, iu 61 days. The Harriet, Thornton, arrived in G 6 days, on the 25th August; and the Warwick, Gib- SOIL on the 21st, in 47 days. Tho Brothers, Salmon, arrived on 3d September, in 52 days, athl the Jamaica, Weston, in 56 days, on the 7th, at Bahia.— The Esther, Manthord, has arrived at Leghorn, in 37 days. The Frederick Young, Carr, on 13th October, arrived at Trieste from Liverpool. The Messenger sailed from Bahia, on Ist September, for Li verpool, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. „„ e t he great feature of the week in the sporting arena is the Zewniarket Houghton Meeting, the last of the Newmarket the i ng , of the season ; an d, i n d ee d, it may be considered as last meeting in England for this year to which the slightest ;lioportance is attached. Altogether, the Houghton Meeting ' c alorie off with much spirit, and was attended by a brilliant ae ' s ' s t i.fe of nobility and fashion. The races for Monday pos cip., considerable interest, in consequence of the ” Criterion" mo ney Coming off on that day, upon which large sums of Y depended; four matches for the day were off, and the fifth ps ss won by Mr. Day's Arthingworth, beating Gen. Grosvenor's st t a l, Gravity. The first challenge of the Derby and Oaks' m" 8 of 100 sovs. each were won by iEgyptus, (S. Rogers,) ating Chantilly and the Bravo; 6 to 4 on Chantilly,. 5 to 2 on i ,_ , 4l'Ptus, and 5 to 1 agst Bravo; won in a canter, by six lengths. ne Criterion Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 20 ft, for two year olds, I. r . re won by Bentley, beating the rest of "the crack" stud of , The betting was 5 to 4 agst Bentley, 4 to 1 agst Lord Ber ner s filly, 6 to 1 agst L ou i sa, an d 8 t o .1 agst Freedom. The !natch for £5O between Mimosa and Cockatoo was won by the ;ur mer. The Boudoir Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. were won ,lialanguish, beating Malibran and Fanny Grey ;, 2 to 1 on libra.n. The races of Friday commenced with the contest 1 . " ,) ?r the H an di cap of LlOO, a plate which was won by Little y Blue, beating Datura, Lucetta, Salute, colt by Bizare, rasto, and the Saddler 7 to I agst the winner, 4 to 1 agst Da (t)l,l.a. The S weep o f 2O sovs. was won by Duke of Grafton's to 2 `Y r aPie, beatin g filly by Fi garo , Fortunatus, and Reveller: 1 ag s t th e w h iner, 2to 1 agst filly by Figaro, and 4 to 1 je,t F "turlatus. 'rhe L5O Plate was won by Claret, beating "" r a ; 4to 1 agst the winner, 2to 1 agst Datura. There is 0 other matter in the sporting circles before us at present which calls for any remark ; but as we alluded to the appointment of r. Gully, the member for Pontefract, as steward for the race s of that borough next year, we may as well add, that he is using every exertion to obtain subscribers to the meeting, and he has already succeeded in procuring twenty of the most influential me n upon th e turf to subscribe to a handicap of 25 sovs. each, in addition to fifteen already signed, which, it is expected, will be the means of bringing back The Pontefract races to the standard of its merits, and to the splendour which characterized tlri"m_e,years ago. The following is the latest state of the bet- DEREY.-1.8 to 1 agst Guardian, (t) ; 20 to 1 agst `-'omet, (t) 25 to 1 agst Olympic, (t); 50 to 1 agst Trulla, < e h . (t). The res t as state d b e f ore . T H E OAKS. —7 to 1 agst otillon, (t); 16 to 1 agst Louisa, (t). ST. LEGER.-15 to 1 agst Cotillon, (t). QUOITING.—The return match, (not the rubber,) at this strenhening and much admired Lancashire game, between Joseph Tucker, John Boardman, John Barnes, and George enkett, of Manchester, and George Wareham, Geo. Buckley, William Taylor, and John Leigh - , of Liverpool, eight expe lenced players, for £4O, came off on Tuesdaylast, at the Griffin, r. Gardener's, Broughton, near Manchester, in the presence o f a great concourse of spectators. The betting in Manchester ' as even ; but in Liverpool 6 to 4 was freely laid upon the Li verpool pl ayers, who, it will be remembered, beat the Man iester player s eas il y l ast wee k , near the Botanical Gardens in this town. Towards the cloie both parties were equal, Man chester having got 17 and Liverpool 17, and the Manchester appeared rather the favourites, when Liverpool threw in four at once, thus b ea ti ng M anc h ester b y one , 21 being th e g ame. The Manchester men should have played out the rubber the following day however, greatly to the surprise of those interested, they zetused to do so ; but an agreement was drawn up, that if the Manchester players did not choose to play before the Bth instant, the stakes are to be given up to the Liverpool men. The Li verpool players complain sadly of the treatment they received from the Manchester players, the latter having not only made a yrou,4 for the purpose, but, it is said, they threw every impedi ment in the way of their play : quite at variance with the kind treatment the opposite side experienced in Liverpool. , OPOSAL FOR ESTABLISHING A COLLEGE IN LIVERPOOL. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. StR,--The liberality of our corporate body is attested by the I) ublic buildin gs , the many and various benevolent, and by the literary institutions of the town. As a well-wisher to my speci es, and aware of the paramount importance of a sound -education, combining correct religious sentiments, literature, and science, I beg le ave mos t respectfully to call the attention of the present worthy Chief Magistrate, and other members of the a Liverpool Corporation, to the necessity, importance, and practicability of founding. College which shall combine these advantages. Happy shall I be, if by the union of the friends of ,„the Establi s h e d Church among whom I place foremost the N-iorporati on , an institution bearing that name, and similar in Plan to King's College, London, may be raised. The increas- Ing population, wealth, and commercial importance of the town, are the admiration of foreigners, and perhaps the envy of others. The former are led by these proofs of rapidly ex tending greatness not unfrequently to apply the misnomer city,'. and till convinced of the contrary will not believe that Liverpool possesses no College. The plan of the Roya l Insti "'inn, though excellent, by no means supersedes the neces sity for such an institution. The terms of admission to its schools and lectures are too high and exclusive to render it generally useful. I hear and read of constant appeals to the public on behalf of the Mechanics' Institute. Why may not the higher, or even the middling classes, of the town, who _, e r iong to the E s t a bli s h e d Ch urc h , have similar advantages istol has its College, and the north of England its Univer -81 importance neith er can boast of a population, wealth, or commer cial equal to Liverpool. When I call to mind the numbers respectability, zeal, and influence of the Clergy of Pie Established Church, and the vicinity of the excellent and learned Diocesan, and when I see so many munificent proofs .or the kind attention which the Corporation spew to any sug gestion for th e p ros p er it y o f this great town, I cannot think (tat this appeal will be wholly in vain. ifMoney, I am sure, is not wanting, and I am much mistaken there b e a want of disposition to give. Only let an example be set by ou r worthy Corporation in the gift of land, and a sum suticient will b e ra i se d to en d ow suc h an institution. i f thou g ht more advisable , it might be proprietary, consist n I g of shares, each shareholder having power to nominate -Vopils according to the amoun t o f hi s s h ares. A charter might, 2 1 Th*, be obtained. Proprietary schools under the manage 4oeut of a comm i t t ee o f directors are now common in the metropolis. B u t 1 plead for a Coll ege under the direction of 4 - 41 Clergy and others, members of the Church as by law established. Yours, &c. -Liverpool, Oct. 29, 18.33. LATIMER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST4ND4RD. SlR,—The par agra ph which appeared in your paper of Tues aY last, headed " Premature birth, and inhuman treatment m of the other" vas sent by rne as the transaction then appeared tme as on e I had a right toexpose, because, by hiding it, I ade myself a party in the transaction. That there has been a most wanton piece of cruelty commit ted in the transaction alluded to, the parochial officers of the township of West Derby are ready to confess ; but that it was slot don e by their knowledge is evident, but the inadvertent . and sole act of an inexperienced constable, in removing . the Poor woman so soon after her misfortunes, more especially Where she had been so kindly treated. When the parties ar !.',l,y? at Low-hill W or kh ouse, t h e G overnor was at c h urc h . --- ±n_ reason the po or su ff er i nc , woman was not admitted there w as in conse quence, I learnt' yesterday, of dampness of the w ails of the houses, which have, of late, been rebuilt to that . With the parties I received note from Mr. W nstanl e y (one of the overseers,) certainly couched in terms 131 c ommiseration, and I understand both himself and the other .rochial officers are kind-hearted and humane gentlemen; the lame cannot be attached to them, but to the act of an assist ant-constable, wh o per h a p s th oug ht h e was d o i ng r i g ht w h en he was committin g an ac t o f crue lty, th e consequences o f Ihich might have been of the most serious nature. lam glad 3 Say, that b o th th e mo th er and her twins are doing wll.— Y Your inserting this in your paper to-morrow, it will be but catt of justice to all parties herein alluded to, and a gratifi iiio et to, Mr. Editor, yours, & c . JOHN SHIPP, . ouse of Industry, Oct. 31, 1833. Governor. FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER, 1833. . f , EvENING DRESS.—The robe is composed of a new kind of ati ze, called gaze Fleur des anges, a rose-coloured ground, owered in separate sprigs in a blond lace pattern, and worn lovoer a satin gip to correspond. The corsage is low, cut in a 1 . ry graceful manner on the shoulders, and trimmed with a *aliPet of the same material. The lappel is square behind, cleft upon the shoulders, where it is sufficiently deep to form a map eaneron. and descending in the stomacher shape, terminates in _ rounded point a little below the waist. The lappel, bust, and sb_ottom of the corsage, are each edged with blond lace. Bouffant eeve of in front of the arm. The hair parted on the fore rid is disposed in light loose curls, which hang low at. the s. The hind hair is arranged in low bows, from which a few wild fall over the back of the head. A half-wreath of blue _ flower s is placed rather far back. Scarf of gaze sylphide, embroidered round the border in a very light pattern. Ear ringssinand neck-chain, fancy jewellery, gloves of white knitted ' rese mbling the sandal kind double-g rou nded lace. Black satin slippers of ee, ARIIIAGE DRESS.—A pelisse of lemon-coloured Bros prin es,l.e, plain, high corsage. The sleeves very large from the .ctothe wrist, and i oulder to the bend of the arm, sit nearly, but not quite, close orrespondplaced are . ornamented with knots of satin riband to deg , at regular distances. e i P ler'ne of two falls, I . o _ p on the back and shoulders, but open, so as to display the band form of the bust in front ; each fall is bordered with a bias .t q satin • a similar band adornieach side of the front of sleeves and' Mims of riband much larger than those on the bottoms aore- placed at equal distances from the waist to the . pale 11l f the skirt. Lemon-coloured satin hat, lined with much fro,,, vel vef a round and very open brim, which stands consis t .... face; crown of the helmet form. The trimming pf haitr knots of lemon-col our ed gauze riband, and a sprig k id glov e s "" l flowers to . correspond. Cashmere scarf. Lilac • Black rep' slippers. , .. - - . , LIGHT S Op WILD Fowi..—Soine Of thof the ap proach of winter o , s familiar to northern vo e s yagers , s have begun to n be visible in this country • amongst others, the migra ( tAo r _ , L xv _Nlo c lcls the south of flights of the various kinds of wild ! I 8, , n _ 1 , ' ll spend the summer in the Arctic regions, and in winter seek for a milder climate. The other day a vast flock of wild ttnit e d eu e th. l t geese rested on Chat Moss to feed, in the course of their flight a black " ' -7 It consisted of many thousand birds. When !se rose from the ground, spread over the heavens like us.i l i cln ud• and, collecting their numbers and forming pi lit w(edge-like phalanx, winged their way with amazing ra y t ,wards the more genial regions of the south.. their LIVERPOOL 411ICHJELMAS. SESSIONS,—MoNnny DEFIIAUDING•• CilEmons.—The trial of John 111` Lean, a bankrupt, flour dealer and baker, who was indicted for having, hankruni, feloniously removed certain goods ' a v n he d l h doueseellhirocl4l a. furniture, with the intention of cheating his cre ditors, occupied the attention of the court from ten o'clock on Monday morning until four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, chiefly in the examination of witnesses to prove the felony.— The case was void of any public interest, and the extreme length of the trial arose from the great number of witnesses examined to prove the abstraction of the goods ,from the premises, a mat ter of very great difficulty in all cases of this description. The debts owing to his creditors, the fiat, and the adjudication were all proved, and Mr. Rushton opened the pleadings, and Mr. Roscoe stated the case. It appeared that the prisoner had car ried on the business of a flour dealer,. in Richmond-row, having married the widow of a Mr. Clay, who was in the same busi ness, and became bankrupt. During the time the messengers were in the house a quantity of goods and household furniture were abstracted from the estate , which, it was ascertained, had been carried away to Dublin by the prisoner's sister-in-law, who had opened a shop there in the same trade as the prisoner. Warrants were taken out, and the property brought back, and the prisoner was.apprehended by a Liverpool officer at Mold, in Flintshire, and a gold watch of the value of about £2O found upon him. Mrs. Minshull, the sister-in-law of the prisoner, on land ing from Dublin, was found in the possession of £6l 3s. 6d. in cash, and a silver watch, besides the household furniture, the latter of which was identified as the property of the prisoner. Mr. Venables and Mr. Crompton, on behalf of the prisoner, took an objection to the indictment, as there was no affidavit of debt or bond, produced in evidence, to show that such was prJ duced before the Lord Chancellor, before which a fiat could not be issued against the prisoner; but the objection was overruled by the court, who took it for granted that the Lord Chancellor would not issue a fiat without such affidavits being previously made. The evidence, on the past of the prisoner, went to show that the furniture, &c., taken from Mts. Minshull were bona fide her property, and that the watch taken from the prisoner belonged to a boy . named Robert-Piercy, to whom it was given by the prisoner's wite's first husband. The jury, after hearing the voluminous evidence adduced, and the lengthened summing up of the Recorder, retired for about an hour, and then returned a verdict of Guilty against the prisoner, finding that he had de frauded his creditors to the amount of £lO and upwards, and the Recorder sentenced the prisoner to twelve months impri sonment, and hard labour, in Lancaster Castle. The watch found upon the prisoner, was ordered . to be given_ to the boy, Piercy, and on Wednesday last Mr. Venables applied to the court for the money found upon Mrs. Minshull, together with a silver watch, to be restored to her, which was complied with, and Mr. Parlour, the superintendent of police, gave up the £6l 3s. 6d. to Mrs. Minshull. TUESDAY. SwirinuiNG. , --Tamer Rogers and William Henning, two vaga bonds, termed by the police " duffers," were charged with having unlawfully andby - false pretences obtained from Mr. John Lup ton, tallow-chandler of Manchester, the sum of £2, with intent to defraud him of the same. It appeared from the evidence that, in the latter end of August last, as Mr. Lupton was re turning from the railway station, having just alighted from the carriage, he was met by the prisoner Henning, who was dressed as a sailor. Henning accosted him, and asked if he was in clined to purchase a few India silk handkerchiefs cheap. The prosecutor replied that he did not want any, hut at the same time could do with a few if they were good ones, but not being a judge he declined purchasing them • but told the prisoner to call at his (prosecutor's) lodgings and' his wife would inspect them. Prisoner Henning walked along with him to his long ings, and when going in at the door he was joined by Rogers, and they both entered together. Prosecutor's wife was not in the house, and lie desired them to call again; but Henning said that he was in great distress, as he was obliged to be off to his ship that day, and wanted money particularly, and, if the prose cutor chose, he might have the half dozen for £2 9s. Prosecutor said he should decline the bargain, being no judge of them, when Rogers said that he knew Henning very well, and that they were real India, and that he would not part with them for that price but from necessity. Prosecutor at length said that he would give £2 for the handkerchiefs, and the bargain was struck. After the prisoners were gone, the handkerchiefs were shown to a draper, who stated that they were of English manu facture and nothing but silk and cotton. A few days afterwards the prosecutor met with the prisoners near the railway station, on the look-out for other flats, and he procured - a constable, and took them into custody. The constable deposed to the prisoners attempting to run away when he came up, and a draper proved the handkerchiefs to be of worthless English manufacture. They were found Guilty and sentenced to three months impri sonment in the Kirkdale House of Correction. WEDNESDAY. THE KING F. BENJAMIN WOLF FRANKLIN.—This was an indictment for an assault alleged to have been committed by the defendant, Mr. Benjamin Wolf Franklin, the bullion dealer, in this town, upon Mr. Coglan, the auctioneer and share broker. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Venables, that the trial of the traverse was put off last sessions, at the request of the defendant, in consequence of the absence of a material witness (Mr. Armitstead, of. Leeds). The trial was put off on condi tion that Mr. Franklin paid the costs on both sides; but he was sorry to state that up to this 'time not one farthing of costs had been paid. The questiOn of costs, however, was not a part of the jury's duty to inquire about; but they would see that in the affidavits put in last session, it was sworn that the post ponement was requested in consequence of Mr. Armitstead not being able to attend, and he now hoped that Mr. Fanklin, for his own sake, could produce that gentleman. The assault had been committed upon Mr. Coglan, who was an auctioneer and a purchaser and seller of railway shares and scrip, and a more kind-hearted or honourable gentleman did not exist in the town of Liverpool. Mr. Venables was then going into the circum stances of the assault, when the, Recorder remarked that the court was perfectly aware of the respectability of both parties, and intimated whether it would not be better for them to come to some arrangement to prevent the particulars of the case being bruited about the town. Mr. Hall, for the defendant, had no objection to an arrange ment which did not compromise the honour of,his client. Mr. Venables said that he should be satisfied with a plea of guilty being entered on the record, and the costs paid. Mr. Hall replied that Mr. Franklin had offered to make an apology, which he thought sufficient, although he had no objec tion to say that his client had done that which was an assault in law, and in saying so, he did not compromise Mr. Franklin's character as a man of .honour and a gentleman. Mr. Venables thought that he had exceeded his duty to his client, Mr. Coglan, by stating that if Mr. Franklin would , plead guilty, say that he was sorry, and pay the costs, the indict ment was at an end. Mr. Hall ultimately agreed to allow a plea of guilty to be recorded, the costs to be paid subject to taxation, and thus the affair ended, no judgment being passed. FRAUD BY AMERICAN PASSENGER AGENTS.—PIiIiCk O'Neil, a well-dressed man, said to be a clerk to a Mr. Byrnes, an agent for American passengers, and Patrick Foy, a hooker-in, in the same person's employment, were indicted for having, by false pretences, obtained the sum of £lO from an Irish emigrant, named Thomas Magee, under the following circumstances : Thomas Magee stated that he came from the county of Lei trim, in Ireland, and arrived at Liverpool on the 13th of July last, with his wife and five children, intending to emigrate to America. On landing from the steam-packet, he was met by the prisoner, Patrick Foy, who asked if he was proceeding- to America. Witness said he was, when Foy said that if he went to Mr. Byrnes's office he could get a passage reasonable. Foy then undertook to find witness lodgings for himself and family at his (Foy's) 'muse, and witness left his family there, and then went with Foy to Mr. P. W. Byrnes's office, No. 3, Waterloo road. Witness there met with the • prisoner O'Neil, to whom Fov introduced him. O'Neil asked was he for America, and witness said that he was and that lie came to take a passage for himself, his wife, five children, and a young man named Gene gan. 'Witness asked when the first ship - would sail, and O'Neil replied, in the course of eight days or thereabouts; it was the Silvanus Jenkins. Witness said that he could not wait for her sailing, not having sufficient money to support himself and family so long. Upon this, O'Neil turned round to Foy and said, "we'll send him out by the Eagle, which sails to-morrow."— Witness then made a bargain for himself and family for £lO, to go in the Eagle on the following day. O'Neil asked for a deposit, but witness told him that he had no money then about him, and could not make two parts ,of it, but would pay it all at once. Foy was present during the whole of the conversation and bargain. O'Neil then drew up a ticket, which he gave to Foy, saying that, as soon as witness gave the £lO, Foy would give him the ticket for his passage. Two hours after this, wit ness met Foy at his lodgings, and the latter asked for the pas sage money, when witness refused to pay any money until he saw the vessel. Foy then asked witness to walk down to the office again, and, accordingly, he set out, accompanied by ; Foy and Ganegan; they there met with Murphy, a clerk in the office, and all of them walked down to the Prince's Dock, where they found O'Neil, standing near the ship Eagle. They went on board the Eagle, when O'Neil asked witness if he had paid his passage, and he replied that he did not intend to pay until he had seen the berth, and looked through the vessel. Witness went through the Eagle, and O'Neil put his foot upon a hoard, and said, "that's the board to, put up your berth." Witness informed O'Neil that he was satisfied with the vessel, and if he would come up to the office-he would pay the passage money. Witness then went home and fetched thirteen sovereigns, being all the money he possessed in the world, and took it to Byrnes's office, where he again saw O'Neil and Fov. Witness then gave ten sovereigns to O'Neil, saying that fie had said it to go in the Eagle, and no other ship. O'Neil re plied that he would sail the next day at twelve o'clock, and bade him get his luggage ready. O'Neil then wrote out a ticket, which witness supposed was to go in the Eagle, and wit ness stipulated with him, (and told him to write the terms at the back ()f e ttle ticket,) that if he did not sail on the following day lie was to allow one shilling a day for the keep of himself, one shilling for his wife, and sixpence each for the children so long as they stopped after that time. O'Neil wrote something on the back of the ticket, but witness could not read it, and requested O'Neil to do so, but he shuffled and said " its no matter, you be ready to-morrow morning." Witness could read writing ; but could not read what was written. Witness then asked permis sion to put his luggage on board the same night, but O'Neil said that he must not do that, as the men were busy on board, and that it would be quite time enough on' the next morning. The next day witness looked at his ticket closely, for the first time, and discovered that it was made to go out by the Sylvanus Jenkins. On finding it out witness went immediately to O'Neil, and demanded his passage in the Eagle, according to agree ment. O'Neil said that witness had not taken his passage in the Eagle, but i n the. Silvanus Jenkins. Witness denied it, but it was of no use, and O'Neil remarked that, if he could give £lO more, he should go in the Eagle. Witness had not £lO more; and, considering that he had been cheated, he went to the mayor, who advised him to make his complaint 'to Lieutenant Low. Witness went again to O'Neil, and demanded his pas sage by. the Eagle, which was then going out of the dock gates; but he refused. The ticket that O'Neil gave him was produced before the magistrate, and returned to him. Witness after wards gave the ticket back to John Murphy and Mr. Byrnes, the day after the warrant was granted by the magistrates. On that day wit n e ss was going past Byrnes s house, when he met Murphy, who asked him to go into Mr. Byrnes's, which he did, and there gave Mr. Byrnes the ticket, and they gave in return a ticket to go in the Sylvanus Jenkins. (The witness here ac knowledged that Mr. Byrnes, Murphy, and himself had some talk together in a public house previously about the matter, and that Byrnes produced a paper which witness signed.) The ticket produced in court is the ticket given to him the second time. Mr Venables requested the witness to read it, which he did. It stated that himself, wife, and passage in the Sylvanus Jenkin s . five children were entitled to a Mr. Venables, for the prisoner, produced the original ticket given to the witness, which stated that the witness and 'his family were entitled to a berth and a passage in the Sylvanus Jenkins, the ship to find water and fuel and each passenger to give a dollar to the captain for ho s pit a l L oney. U pon th e b ac k of the ticket there was something written which none in the Court could accurately ascertain the m ean i ng o f, although it looked very much like "If detain e d, w i n d and weather permitting to sail, expenses paid." Magee cross-examined by Mr. Venables.—Was never in Livei pool before. My business in Ireland was that of a process server in my own county, but not for a tithe proctor; I was appointed to the situation by government, at least by a barrister, and held my situation by virtue of an act of Parliament, 7th George IV., cap.. 36, but I cannot tell the section. I was a process-server about six years. I knew what was in the pro cesses, as they have to be filed by the' Clerk of the Court, and - THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. I' made affidavit if served. Before I was a' process-server I was in, the farming line. - I went to school until I was fifteen or sixteen years of age, and was taught reading, writing, and arithmetic : went as far as the rule of three. Before I served processes I was a farmer, and had five acres and a half of land. I was never served with any p . rocesses myself, either civil or criminal. I was induced to emigrate to America from misfor tunes, and to better my situation in life. I had some rela tions going to America in the Sylvanus Jenkins; . .but I came to Liverpool before them, and wished to get off to -America before them. The Eagle sailed on the 3lst of August,. and the Sylvanus Jenkins on the 4th of July. - I did not look iOthel'ace of the first ticket when it was given to me, and I could not read the back of it. I knew next day that I was en tered for the Sylvanus Jenkins; but I was entered for the Eagle according to my bargain. It was afterwards arranged that I should go by the Sylvanus Jenkins, and I agreed to do so on con dition that Mr. Byrnes allowed me a stone and a half of meal a day, and paid for the rent of the room where I lodged. I re ceived from Byrnes nine stone of meal. and Mr. Byrnes gave me four shillings for my lodgings, but I wanted six shillings, as was the bargain. I might have gone in the Sylvanus Jenkins if I liked ; but I did not, because Lieutenant Low detained me to prosecute. I would rather have . gone by the Sylvanus Jenkins than have stayed; but Mr. Low insisted that I must stay, and go to the Workhouse. I might perhaps have been in America by this time had I gone in the Sylvanus Jenkins. I have been in the Workhouse since July, but at whose - expense I have been living I cannot exactly say, hut, I believe, government's. By Mr. Crompton.—l was glad to compromise with Mr. Byrnes, having no alternative. I wished to get off to America, but I have been detained as a witness for government. Bernard Ganegan was called to corroborate the testimony of the last witness; but Mr. Itaincock stated that, as he was a pro secutor in a similar case against the defendants, he should dis pense with his evidence, feeling confident that the testimony of the last witness was sufficiently conclusive ageinst the prison ers. This was the case for the prosecution; for the defence no witnesses were called; but Mr. Venables addressed the jury, on behalf of O'Neil, to the following effect :—He said, that his learned friends had rested their case upon the testimony of one witness, and in the evidence adduced he should be glad if either of the learned counsel would point to any part of it whi c h a t a ll touched upon or affected the defendant 'O'Neil. If this indict mentcoutd be sustained, he knew not how any clerk in a coach office or merchant's counting-house could escape punishment; or why, if this prosecution went on, they were not liable to pro secution for any misrepresentation they might think proper to make in their situation as clerks. If they looked to the evi dence of the prosecutor, they would find he was not au ignorant man, but able to read and write ; and, if they looked to his his tory, they would see that he was not so illiterate as to be im posed upon by any paper when given into his hands to perfect a contract. tie had been a process-server, and in that capacity was obliged to read every part of a process before he served it, so as to make affidavit of the service. Was such a man likely to be deceived by a paper of that description? Would he not know when a ticket was put into his hands whsther it was for the Eagle or the Sylvanus Jenkins ? There was no ambiguity or similarity in the names of the vessels; it was stated distinctly on the ticket that his passage was taken in the Sylvanus Jen kins, and that ticket was the foundation upon which the con tract rested. Besides, the witness had relatives going in the Jenkins, and it was not at all unnatural to suppose that he was desirous to go in the Jenkins, had he not been unnecessarily interfered with. As he had stated, they had rested their case upon the evidence of one person, when other witnesses might have been called, perfectly acquainted with the contract between both parties. Why was not Murphy called ? he was not im plicated, but they had not ventured to put him in the box. Why was not Mr. Low called, to whose officiousness this prose cution was owing, and but for whom the prosecutor might now have been on the shores of America, where he was seeking a refuge. Who was Mr. Low?—he knew nothing of Mr. Low but what he saw written upon his brief ; and by what authority did he send the witness and his family to the Workhouse? He was not aware of the power which authorized him to do so. If a witness was unwilling to give evidence, the magistrates had the power of committing, but not to the Workhouse, to be kept from July to the present time at the parish expense. Surely the rates of Liverpool were quite high enough without so unnecessarily encumbering them with a family under such cir cumstances, and Mr. Low had no right whatever to keep them there; and if, by their verdict, they encouraged Mr. Low in this business, any person under similar circumstances might go to Mr. Shipp, the governor, with a family, and order him to keep them in the Workhouse at the parish expense. He did not see how the evidence affected O'Neil in the least; he was not a principal, and there was no pretence for saying that he was a partner with Mr. Byrnes; for as soon as Magee applied to O'Neil, he did not look up to him as a principal, but to Mr. Byrnes, who, he believed, bore an unimpeachable character. And did not Mr. Byrnes perform that partof the contract wherein he agreed to keep Magee and his family until the vessel sailed? The matter was merely a breach of contract, and he might put it as though he went to Mr. Bretherton's coach-office, and took a place direct to London by the mail, and if the clerks were to send him instead, by a coach - through Birmingham, equally as con venient; ought he to prosecute that clerk criminally for receiv ing money under false pretences? No, it would be a mere breach of contract similar to the present case, and he never before knew of such a scheme as this for construing a breach of contract into a charge of receiving money under false pretences. The defendant (O'Neill bore an excellent character as clerk to Mr. Byrnes, and if they gave a verdict against hint for re ceiving money under false pretences, the young man's cha racter would be damned for ever, and he would be incapable of procuring, with such a stigma on his reputation, a situation in any merchant's counting - house; he therefore hoped that a favourable verdict would . be returned. He (Mr. Venables) could not understand why the cause was tried in the Borough Court at all. The transaction took place at the end of July, and the Lancaster assizes were held in August; then why was not the cause brought forward at Lancaster, so as to deliver the parties immediately, and allow Magee to get to his desti nation, and save Isis expenses to the parish ? fle thought the case a most fit one for the assizes, as being the first on record in which a breach of contract was construed into a charge of obtaining money.under false pretences. This Mr. Low is said to have been sent by government, then why was he not put into the witness box to give evidence of his appointment, and to explain why the case was not taken to the assizes, and the reason that Magee and his fatuity were sent to the Workhouse? Had the charge been for a breach of contract, he (Mr. Venas hies) doubted - whether an 'action - could' have bob - ft - sustained, seeing that the business had been settled with the man with whom the breach had been committed, and, under all the cir cumstances of the case, lie felt assured that the jury would acquit the defendant. The learned counsel having concluded his observations, the recorder summed up the evidence with mach perspicuity, re marking that the evidence for the prosecution had been given with great fairness and impartiality; after which the jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty against both the prisoners. Mr. Raincock said that there was another charge against the prisoners, of a similar nature, wherein Ganegan, the person be fore alluded to, was the person who had been defrauded, and he would have been brought up as a witness in the last case, had they not thouhrht that the evidence of Magee would be perfectly conclusive. they, however, would-not put the other case against the prisoners, as the termination of the first would satisfy . the ends of ustice. The learned Recorder, in addressing the prisoners, said that the evidence of the fraud against them was, in his mind, per fectly conclusive, and an intelligent jury had entertained the same opinion. He was not aware that many deception s of the kind were practised, but if there were, he hoped that this would operate as a warning. Hethen sentenced O'Neil to six months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, at Kirkdale, and Foy to three months, in the same prison. [We understand that the expenses of Magee and his family, at the Workhouse, are not defrayed out of the poor's rate, but by Government, and that the amount of their support since July will be between £lB and £20.1 tin TURN-OUTS.—The business of the sessions concluded with the trials of the turn-out workmen belonging to the trades' union, who were indicted for having riotously and tumultuously assembled to obstruct other workmen, and preventing them from following their employment. Their names were Ni c h o l as Ellwood, John - Clegg, James Moorccoft, Jvhn Swales, and Th o mas Williams; there was also an indictment for a conspiracy - against the prisoners. The facts as disclosed at the trial were simply those which have previously appeared in print. It appe a red that at various times the prisoners had' congregated about the buildings in the course of erection by . Messrs. Holmes, the builders, and others in the same trade, in September last, and some by violence and others by bad language towards the opera tives in employment, had endeavoured to intimidate them from proceeding with their work. The whole of this, of course, arose from those men who were in work, accepting situations without agreeing to the monstrously unjust and absurd conditi ons re _ quired irons them by the -body of oper..tives styled the "trades' union." Some of the prisoners had been very violent in throwing brickbats and stones at those who possessed sufficient common sense to accept 2-Is. per week (the regular wages,) and go to work instead of meddling with the contracts and other busi ness of their masters. Nicholas Ellwood, one of the prisoners, a blacksmith, in the employment of Messrs. Gladstone and Eddowes, who had nothing whatever to do with the unionists, on one occasion proved the most violent, and nearly dept iced a . young man, named Beattie, a bricklayer, of the use of his right hand from the force of a brick which lie threw at hi m .— Mr. Holmes, the builder, in giving evidence, detailed the ab surd demands which were made by the workmen, and which had caused the trade to be so long in a state of abeyance ; at one time he received notice from the union that they had come to a determination that the masters should not contract for buildings, and consequently the works at the Lock Hospital and the Infirmary were to be stopped. The jury found them all GUilty„ and the Recorder sentenced each to six months' impri sonment in Lancaster Castle,_ which punishment it is hoped will operate as a caution to others. Boardman, the man convicted of bigamy, was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment in Lancaster Castle. STATEMENT OF SUPPLY, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON FOR THE tJNITED STATES. Charleston, 21th September, 1833. Crop of 1832-3—Received to 21st September at New Orleans . Dlobile. . , 393,781* .. 129.193 Savannah 12,512 S. Island 222,708 1- Charleston 22,709 do. 193,010 1- Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida 2lB do. Total receipts to 21st September 1,029,133 Stocks Ist October, 1832.. 41,599 Total supply on 21st September, 18.33.. ..1,070,732 * Exclusive of quantity burned (1315 bales,) and also re ceived from Mobile (1383 bales) included in exports from the t 26,158 bales from Savannah to Charleston, included in ex ports from the latter. Crop of 1832-3—Exported up to 21st September, to Great Britain 28,858 S. Island ..... . • 612,907 France . Other foreign ports 839,235 Stocks remaining 21st September, In southern ports, about 6,000 And in northern ports, supposed about 28,000 34,000 873,235 Would leave the quantity taken for home use, about.. 197,497 1,070,732 ESTIMATED PROBABLE EXTENT OF TIIE SUPPLY FOR THE NEXT SEASON. From Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, the latest advices are rather favourable for large crops but it is claimed that a conside rable diminution in the supply may be expected, from the great mortality • amongst the negroes by cholera, &c. ; therefore, tak ing the full extent of last year's crop, will give from From Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and throughout the interior of this state, all accounts coincide in a very great falling off in the prospects since early in August, owing to heavy rains following a long drought, which again were followed by a burning sun, scald ing the plant and causing much fruit to drop; therefore, take last year as the fullest average al lowed, say from Mobile Savannah The South-Carolina crops are repre sented to have suffered peculiarly from the above causes; and the Florida crop is also expected to fall Charleston 190,000 short of last year, 'as the Cotton Virginia, planting is less attended to than North-Carolina,?- 80,000 Sugar; and the ravages of the Red and Floritla, 3 Bug have been very destructive in Western Florida to Cotton. 1,025,000 Probable Stocks, Ist October, 1832, say same as on 21st September,.. 31,000 Probable extreme extent of supply _fur 1833-31 1,059,000 In estimating the probable extent of the supply from South Carolina and GeOrgia, allowance is made for an equal quantity of Sea-Islands as last year ; this, however, is asserted generally by planters to be impossible, and that under the most favourable circumstances of weather, &c. from this time, 30,000 bags is a full allowance. The foregoing cotton estimate for the ensuing season, has been taken from the latest advices from the various sections of the country, and gives rather a more favourable view than otherwise, of the probable quantity; many persons who possess good means of information, reduce the probable growth from 50 to 75,000 bales, but for six weeks to come, nothing positive can be ascertained, as the crops may easily be improved or dete riorated 10 per cent. from their present appearance, as the sea son may prove more or less favourable. Of new Uplands from 500 to 600 baleihave been received and found a ready sale here; present prices from 16 to 161 for good fair to very fine ; the quality is uncommonly handsome; nothing only fair has yet been received. Rice holds steady at 2-1 to 31 dollars, the crop nearly all in, and of good quality. Liverpool freights g to Id. Exchange on London, 61 to 7 per cent. Paris, sf. 35c. to 40c. LARGE FigH.—On Tuesiay morning some flatmen observed a fish, of extraordinary dimensions, layin„o• in shoal water, on the shore near Garstdn. An attempt was directly made to take the monster. This, however, cost the party concerned more trouble than they at first anticipated, but after some• hours' la bour it was killed. The fish was then made fast to the flat and floated down the river to Mr. Drinkwater's wharf, King's Dock. It is said to be of the porpoise tribe, and measures twenty-five feet in length and twelve feet round the thickest part of the body. ROBBERY.—On Wednesday morning last, by some means or other at present unknown, some practised thief, probably an acquittal from the sessions, contrived to gain entrance to the shop of Mr. J. Walley, silk mercer; Paradise-street, and stole therefrom a quantity of silks, consisting of seven lengths Gros de Naples, colours, fawn,ftlavender, light brown, dark drab, and blue, with which he got clear off, PASSENGERS IN THE PACKET SHIP GEORGE WASHINGTON, FRONI NEW YORK.—ARRIVED ON WEDNESDAY.—Mr. Degroot, Lady, and two children, Miss Degroot, Mrs. Vernon, Mr. Mott and Lady, Miss L. Mott, Mr. Thornton, Lady, and Son, Messrs.. Leslie, Wooster, Mordecai; Thornburne, Bartlett, Davies, Adkins, Graham, Hall, Cardwell, Knowen, Wehb, Wallenburg, Bacon, Bill, and Allen. BURGLARIES.—On Wednesday night last some thieves suc ceeded in breaking iato the house of Mrs. Reynolds, a washer woman, situate at Hathersage, about five miles from Liverpool, and took away wearing apparel, the property of ladies and gen. tl e meu residing in Liverpool, to a considerable amount, with w hich they got clear off. Amongst the property carried away was a quantity of baby linen, together with sheets, shirts, petti coats, drawers, stockings, &e., several marked as follows : Ann Woodhouse, A.W., S.A.S. M.W.S., M.S., Eliza Har greaves, E.H. H., E.S., M. Allen, E.M.R., E. Mather Ro berts, E.E.C., Adriana Wyatt, E. B. Buddicom, C.P. Buddicom, Jessie L. Cuthbcrtson, T. Towne, Baldwin, T.M.S., Tipton, Nickson, Threlfall, M.S. Waters, p.T.s., T.E.S., J. Lace, H. Lace, E. Lace, A. H. Cooper, and A.M.H. It is supposed that the burglars gained admission at the back part of the premises, as the back window was found open.—Ori the same night, in the same village, the house of another washer woman, named Ann Boardman, was also broken open, supposed to be by the same villains, and a large quantity of clothes, en trusted to Mrs. Boardman to wash, belonging to various people, were stolen. No clue to the thieves has vet been discovered.— On the same night an attempt was made to enter the shop of Mr. Charles Pain, hatter, of Byrom-street, by breaking open the lobby door leading to the back part of the premises, but they were overheard in their work by a girl near the house, and the villains decamped without effecting their purpose. 'CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM COMPANY.—Our contemporary, the Courier, has been led into an error in speaking of the Dub lin Steam Company, that a dividend of 3 1 per cent. had been declared, instead of 21, as formerly. The dividend declared, we are informed, was £3 per cent. for seven months, their late act having thrown the half-year settlement one mouth later than usual. With respect to the prospects of the Company, report speaks favourably, and that the extension of the inland naviga tion in Ireland, which the Company . are proceeding with, has given more certainty to their operations : by insuring a large portion of trade from the interior, their prospects am much im proved; and have been productive of a small increase of dividend already. The Company have lately got an amen de d act , au thorizing the raising additional capital for the extension of their inland trading intercourse. The custom of the Company has been for many years to pay a dividend of but 5 per cent., appor tioning the remainder of the profit to the freighters; giving a return of 20 per cent. to contractors; and also a bonus of 121 per cent. to shareholders. By this plan, the trading perma nence of the Company is cured; and the profits, beyond the re serve fund, and the dividend of 5 per cent., are divided among those who support the establishment -by their yearly freights. There is certainly some novelty in this mode of proceeding ; and, however it may suit a Steam-boat Company, who look to their own shareholders for support, it is not perhaps so appli cable to railroads and otherjoint stock companies. Were it possible, however (and we here throw out the hint advisedly), to extend a little of this policy into the system of our Manchester Railway Company, its ultimate value might not disappoint its directors. At present those who use the railroad, should they be shareholders, have no advantage over any other class. A little of the policy which the Steam-boat Company have so suc cessfully adopted would attach the merchants to their own mode of conveyance. A bonus of this description on freight, to shareholders, as such, would be a strong temptation to traders, and often turn the scale in favour of a railroad over a water conveyance.—Gore's Paper. William Cotter Kyle, LL.D., vicar-general of the diocese of Cork and Ross, has appointed the Rev. John Quarry, LL.D. to the office of surrogate.—Cork Evening Herald. The Bishop of Cloyne, Dr. Brinkley, has subscribed ten pounds for the repairs of some Roman Catholic Chapels in his diocese;—this is kind. Pray, is Dr. Brinkley on the look out for prefrment from the Pope, when the Irish Church Establish ment shall he demolished? We should like to know how much Dr. Doyle has given to the New Church Fund in England ?— Age. • NUMBER OF BEGGARS.—The number of beggars in Europe is computed at seventeen millions. The population is 178 mil lions; we suppose that this proportion is 3 to 100 in Denmark; 14 to 100 in Holland; 16 t0..100 in England.—Visitor of the Poor. GOETHE'S LOVE OF ORDER.—Every thing that was sent out in writing—the smallest note of invitation—must be written, folded, and sealed, with the greatest possible care, neatness, and elegance. Every thing unsymmetrical—the slightest blot or scratch—was intolerable to, him. His enjoyment from the sight of the most beautiful engraving was disturbed if lie saw it awkwardly handled, or at all crumpled; for all that sur .rounded him, and all that proceeded from him, must be in unison with the symmetry and clearness of his inner percep tiolis. and nothing must he allowed to trouble the harmony of Characteri,ties of Goethe. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSIIT MAGAZINE The perusal of the 'Noveniber number of - this rising Magazine will, We think, afford its readers no small de gree of gratification. The principal article consists of some excellent observations on the Bishdp of Limerick's " Life and Remains of Dr. Phelan,." of whom it is said, " whatever Dr.- Philpotts was in the sister country during the" agitation of the Catholic question, he was in his own; and, had he lived in better times, it would not have been altogether in vain that the sophistry and mis 7 representation of the most plausible and audacious of all the stirrers up of sedition in this unhappy land, received from his last pen the keenest rebuke and the completest e•zposure." The " Literary Reform" is a clever jen &esprit, in the phraseology and form of an Act of Parliament, con sisting of forty clauses, the first of which provides 1. That to prevent the recurrence of sundry lamentable evils that are daily observed to flow from the publication of books utterly void of, and wholly uninformed with taste, sense, or knowledge, it shall in future, that is to say, from the day of the passing of these presents, be unlawful and criminal, and a high crime and misdemeanour, for any person or persons, - male or female, to practise the calling, crafty trade, or profession of authorship, save and except such person or persons shall be possessed of, and endowed with, some portion or portions, mea sure or measures, grain or grains, of the qualifications afore said, that is to say, taste, sense, and knowledge. * 7. And whereas it is very usual and a daily practice for authors and authoresses to procure by certain corrupt methods and artifices the insertion in divers reviews, magazines, news papers, and other periOdical publications of laudatory critiques by their own pens, written upon their own books or productions, intermingled with glowing panegyrics and encomiums upon their Own talents and abilities, and whereas such authors and authoresses arc not in general the most trustworthy and un biased judge's of their own literary -merits or demerits, it is hereby enacted that henceforward said practice shall be deemed a high literary misdemeanour, and shall subject the offender to the punishment at present by law attached to common swin dling. 14. And whereas there now is in common and vulgar use, in publications of all kinds, but more .particularly newspapers, a certain establihed and fixed set of quotations, many taken from the ancient classic authors, but most from Shakspeare, Milton, Pope, and other writers of renown in our own tongue, which quotations, albeit in themselves excellent, and often marvellously apt in their application,, s bave notwithstanding grown stale and wearisome by reason of their unceasing recur rence, be it hereby enacted, that said set of quotations shall, from and after the passing of this act, be relieved and respited, and suffered to rest in peace, and a fresh detachment from the same or other authors be picked out and ordered upon duty. 15. But nothing in the foregoing clause contained shall be taken or construed,. so as to prevent, impede, let, hinder, or in any wise Obstruct Daniel O'Connell, Esq. M.P. in the free use, upon all occasions ' and in all sp e ech es or letters by him delivered or written, and in the course of any single speech or letter, as often as to him shall seem meet and proper, of a cer tain passage, or extract from certain poems, commonly called Moore's Irish Melodies, to wit, " Great, glorious, and free, First flower of earth,, and first gem of the sea." as from said Irish melodies, reference being thereto had, will more plainly appear. * 24. All editors and conductors of Reviews, Magazines, News papers, and other similar publications, shall heneeforward be deemed unqualified for their situations or functions, unless they the said editors and conductors shall have been initiated into the rudiments of a liberal education. 25. All sub-editors shall at least be required to read and write; but nothing in this or in the previous clause contained is in any manner or wise intended to affect or to apply to a certain class of periodicals commonly called Annuals. * • 3>3. Any historian found practising the calling or mystery of a scavenger or dustman, or any epic poet detected cleaning shoes, or any professor of ethics caught picking pockets, or any lecturer on astronomy or other sublime science discovered vend ing gingerbread or exhibiting Punch and Judy, shall be forth with degraded from the high and honourable vocation of letters, nor shall any plea of distress, indigence, penury, or hunger be allowed or received on -behalf of any pe rson -himself so de meaning, lowering, and exposing. * If the reader be desirous of turning from the gay to the grave, we advise him to peruse attentively "A Dia logue between the Head and Heart of an Irish Protest ant," which opens thus D.—Y on are in an unreasonably bad temper. liEART.-1 am in a bad temper, and somewhat dangerous, but . not unreasonable. Have 1 not.. good cause to be in a bad temper ? Here are we, the loyal protestant gentry of Ireland, by whose att ac h men t t o the law, and the church, and the crown, this Island has for two hundred and fifty years, (ever since its actual conquest,) been preserved to the British Empire. We, by whom three dangerous rebellions have already been put down in this realm, and who would be ready to put down another in the same cause, were it to burst out to-morrow. Here are we, I say, who are the co nt r ollers of popery; the safeguards of British connection; the guarantees of the empire's integrity; the most respectable body of men for our members, in all Euroye, whe ther we be considered with regard to wealth, industry, intellect, position, or absolute power; here are we, I say again, who in a word, are the arbiters of Britain's fate, deceived, insulted, spoiled, and set at defiance. HEAD.—Softly ; softly. The whigs still love our church, though they have been her involuntary spoliators. They cannot be such fools as not to value our friendship, though they have much against their design estranged our affections. See, now of late, whets they perceived to what a miserable state we are reduced, through their mismanagement, have they not sacrificed their pride of principle, and exposed themselves to the charges of hypoCrisy, and tyranny, for our sake ? - HEART.—'They have sacrificed no principle who never had any. They have done nothing for our sake, who never had an aim beyond the gratification of their own political conceits. Is it for our sake, that we are exposed to as much of the indignity of their bill, as the vilest clamours of the Arena ? Is it for our sake, that we dare no more meet than a mob ? Is it for our sake, .that we, are denied even the use of their bill's authority, for the collection of our rightful property . ? Ilaan.—Surely it is something in our favour, to he able to lie down without the fear of having our houses burned, or our throats cut before morning. It is something for a Man to be able to walk from his . own door to his place of worship, without risk of b e i ng s h o t a t f rom behind his father's tombstone. It is something for a Man to get his rents, too; and the privilege of setting one's lands to tenants of one's own choosing, is also something. The bill was unconstitutional, and galling; but it has had the effect desired. It. has tranquillized tue country. HEART.—Tranquillity; do you call it? The tranquillity of fear for an unjust power, is more than open violence. It is either manhood prostrated, or deeper malice concealed. Yet you will never cease taunting me with our tranquillity. Go taunt the plundered traveller with the quiet comforts of his gag ; We regret that our space compels us to limit our ex tracts from this article to the following concluding pass ages of the Dialogue : HEAD.—It is fair and natural that all gallant spirits should sympathize with one another; nor can I blame the brave man who recognizes as admirable a courage in Shane O'Neill as in Harry Percy—they both were very valiant rebels—so was Hugh Tyrone ' • perhaps as good a capta in a s Claverhouse or Montrose. Owen Itoe was a famous general, and a brave gentleman ; but remember, I beseech you, had they succeeded, we had not been here. Had they su cceeded, the Irish to-day would have been fit rivals o f th e Greeks or Portuguese—as it is, they are a great part of a great empire. So much for the injustice of English interference. Hs:arm—lt is not of English interference they complain.— Their great outcry is against English misgovernment. HEAD. —That is because they have not the candour or the courage to declare the true cause of their indignation. They talk of seven centuries of misgovernment: now, for more than four out of these seven hundred years this is absolutely false.— Up to the time of Elizabeth there was in reality no government to mismanage. Till then, the English could scarce govern them selves, much less a turbulent and angry neighbour; and, had the Irish been Armed of the stuff to make a nation, they had, every year of that time, an opportunity on more than equal terms of asserting their right to govern themselves—nay, of actually be coming the dominant island of the two. Could they have done so, had they possessed elements of a nation, then the English would have been, indeed, the dog in the manger, and the charge of misgovernment, or rather of government prevented, might stand; but let any man of common discretion look at any dis trict either within or without the pale, to inquire whether or no, during all that time, it needed, or could spare protection, and whether he directs his attention to the stone castle of the Hi bernicised Baron, who lived by Coign and Livery, or to the timber Dun of the native Chieftains, supported by Bonaghts and Cuttings, or to the forest, or the mountain cavern of the free booter, subsisting by the plunder of his neighbour's cattle, he will find in all ranks and classes, and amongall varieties of men, the same selfish clanship, the same contracted tyranny and blind savage levity, which, from Castle Dun and Cave will give him full assurance over all the island, that till the time of Elizabeth, Ireland possessed nowhere either the will or the power of go verning herself. After Elizabeth's time, indeed, that question may admit of argument; but much or little as they may have had, the English have always had more. Whether that power has been too laxly or too strictly exercised since Ireland's actual government began, I leave any reasonable man to gather from the fact, that, during its most vigorous operation we prospered exactly in proportion to our late decay under its relaxing in fluence. HEART.—Protestant ascendancy was indeed a noble scheme and worthy a great politician; vet, as in the misfortunes of our best friends, there is still something pleasing to us, I can extract even from its overthrow some comfortable solace in the thought that, while we escape our own responsibility, others undergo the risk of an experiment which, if it fail, will justify us to the world, and if it succeed will benefit our country. For the sake of the latter event, I could well submit to the substantiation of all the charges against us. HEAD.—rod grant that it may have such an issue. But I cannot say that I submit to a consequence of it, which never can take place : Irish prosperity under the new system, would in no way fix an imputation on the old. Our modern theorists have sprung into existence with the steam-engine and the rail road. Whatever these effect, they . will lay claim to, and whatever good be the consequence of their Joint influence, they must share its reputation together. HEART.—After all, they are neither steam engines, railroads, nor canals, that make a great people. They are the effect, not the cause. The Romans were the nation of the gown before a stone was laid in the via Appia. Magna Charta will outlast the reform bill, although Watling-street was the only paved road that rung to the tramp of the assembling barons. Our own volunteers are not altogether eclipsed by the trades' union, even though, in these enlightened times, no empty truck-boat, crossed once a week the utilitized Bog of Allen. The men and the cause make the great' people, and no instrumenj so worthy as the strong hand. Man.—lf the question were to be so arbitrated, come two to one, and welcome: but our enemy's boast is, that that day's gone by. We must fight our battle now with a handful of types and a composing -stick, pages like this our field, and the reading public our whiter of war. Yet even here, although the odds are so fearfully against us, we will take our stand upon the sacred mount whence Luther and Calvin thrust down the baffled thunders of Rome, and at the foot of which the traitor and the treason lay crushed, and once despairing under the virtuous energies of Burke. HEART.—WeII said ! You enlarge and gratify me. I burn with an ardour as holy as that which might have filled me on the embattled banks of Boyne. • Let us go up together, and unfurl the old flag from the iummit : and assail it who may, be lie Papist or Protestant, Whig, Tory, or Radical, y ou shall have courage, and fortitude; and hope unfailing in its defence, while I have a drop of blood from which to gather them. Nay (for GENERAL VESTRY MEETING. Yesterday, at one o'clock, a general vestry meeting of the parishioners was held in St. Nicholas's church, for the purpose of auditing and passing the half-yearly accounts of the parish from March last to the present mouth,—the Rev. Augustus Campbell in the chair. The parishioners being assembled, Mr. Lowndes, the vestry. clerk, read the notice convening the meeting. Mr. Mackinlay, • the secretary, then read the report of the transactions from the 25th of March to the 25th of September last, in conformity with the Act of Parliament, from which it appeared that the expenditure in the Workhouse varied but little from that of the previous year during the same period, and on referring to the year 1831 the accounts stood thus.—The first six. mouths of 1831, the average number of paupers in the_ house was 1,606; their cost £5,305.—1n 1832, 1,640 paupers, £5,685. In 1833, 1,769 paupers, £5,653, which showed an increase in the average population in the house of -129 persons over that of the previous year, but without increase of the expenditure • and on reviewing the expenditure of out-door poor for the ' first six months of 1831 the charge appeared to be £5,80-I.—ln 1832 £8,083, and in 183.3 £8,737, exhibiting an increase in this de partment of about £650, which arose from the number of fami lies that had been forced to make application for relief, in consequence of the distress occasioned by the sickness of last year. The various items in the accounts were then gone through. After which the reverend chairman inquired whether any gentlemen present wished to ask any questions relative to the accounts ; if they had not, the meeting was at an end. No person appearing desirous to make any inquiry after hearing the different items read, the accounts were passed without op position. Mr. Foster, the churchwarden, moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, which also passed unanimously, and the vestry separated. Tho Royal Hospital at Kilmainham—the Chelsea of Ireland —has ceased to exist. The pensioners, who were secured by the country in the possession of board, lodging, and clothing, are set adrift. Men with wooden legs are 0b1i,, ,, ed to travel for a new home in their old age, and veterans with an eye a-piece compelled to look cut for a hovel to hide their heads in. As a compensation for the loss of all their comforts, and as the amends for breaking the national faith with them, the unfortunate men get an addition of two-pence a-daT to their pensions. Here is another blow at the army. To say the least of it, it is an ill- chosen time for such experanents.—Juliq 13u/, the mere defence of our assa.ultel prin:iples is far from satisfy. jug my enlarged desires,)—advance your standard into the very m iddle of the enemy's camp, plant it on every hill in Ireland, and' I will inspire and support von to -the last. • TIE AD.—Where now are your Popish Sympathies ? A 11. E T.—llere ; warm as ever. t. cannot give up the nature 'of humanity, but I were unworthy the heart of a Uhris,ian cogld I not submit to some self-sacrifice for the Lord's sake. I still love my Popish countrymen. • I love them so much; that I %could bear the pain of seeming their error's persecutor, (and they arid error are so closely linked, that such a character were little dif ferent from what the world calls an oppressor,) for the sake of being able to love them absolutely as free, loyal, and united Protestants,_ _ _ HEAD.—Yet these have been the feelings of all the men who aave been called Ireland's'misgovernor3, and these are now the reelingi of all us whom the Irish Papists hate as their priests Bate truth, and - whom, until both priest and people know and love the truth of Protestantism, they will continue to hate, if it were till loomsday. FASHIONS, FACTS, .3 FICTIONS. A private letter arrived in town on Sunday from his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, w hi c h h o ld s o ut some pros pect of the restoration of the sight of Prince George. Isis me dical attendant had reported to his Royal Highness that the applications he had made to the eyes of the young prince were operating to the extent of his most favourable expectations, and he was far from being without hope that eventually a cure might be effected.—Albion. It was the intention of the King ;..nd Queen of Belgium to visit Claremont this year, but they have been prevented. As the queen, however, is very desirous of spending two or three weeks at that charming sedutt, the, king %villprobably bring her over next spring.—Court Juin - There is no prospect of Parliament being called on to meet before February, but we hear that all the ministers will assemble at a grand cabinet meeting either this week or early in the next. The office of storekeeper in the Stationery-office, held for some time by young Key, is at length filled up. Mr. Huntley Gor don, once private secretary to Sir W. Scott, and recently in the superintendence of the newspaper department in the Stamp office, has been appointed to the situation. The governors and directors of the poor in the parish of Greenwich have appointed five of their body to ascertain, ac cording to the data they can collect, whether a corporation would or would not be of advantage to the borough. A death-blow has recently been inflicted on the contraband traffic in spirits by an arrangement entered into by the govern ments of this country and France—viz. that no spirituous liquors be suffered to be exported to England in casks containing less than sixty gallons. A Hor.tow CONIPLIMENT.—On the chairman of the West- minster Sessions taking his seat, says a contemporary, he was congratulated by the bar on the scarcity of business before the court, there not being a single case for trial. This is of a piece with the members of another learned profession being delighted at the general healthiness of the town, and at the long faces which they appear to assume on the approach of an epidemic. The General Steam Navigation Company's packet, the Har lequin, from Calais, arrived off the Custom-house at half-past eleven o'clock on Monday; also, the William Jolliffe, from Hamburgh, arrived an hour later, both vessels having made very good passages. The following is a literal copy of an application, made a short time since, to the parochial authorities of a populous parish not 100 miles from the West India Docks to be allowed to stand a candidate for the office of parish-clerk, &c. :—" To the Vestry man of the Parish of —: Geantleman, I humilily Beg your Pardon for the Liberty I am now taking But I hope your Good ness Will excusit onccount of my having this fortnight peti tioned to the minister and churchwardens and overseers of the poor of this parish mins er and Mr. H-- the Churchwardens ses heas no ob Jeckion tooet ther for Gentleman of this Parish to . Be beard as a Candidate in the Church ther for Gentleman I Beg Leave to offer, to your notice as a Candidate for the si tuation as a Parish Cleark and to solicit the favor of your vote and intrest on my Behalf I am Constrained to Request the favor that your honors will permit me to heard as a Cleark on sunday nex I ther for humbly Prays yours honors will ; rant my Request and as in duty Bound your Petitioner he will pray for you. I am Gentleman most &c. &c." It is almost unnecessary to state the applicant's wish was not complied with. PHENOMENON.—On Tuesday last an extraordinary gust of wind passed over that part of the county which lies between Porthleven, Helston, and Falmouth, coming from the sea, and taking a direction nearly from west to east. It appeared to be of very limited extent, but rushed forward with irresistible fury; it struck a stack of corn at the top of Meneage-street, at Hel stone, scattering the sheaves on every side • thence it passed to a stable, forcing open the door, which w as locked, and making a way through the thatch; it next crossed the road, where it threw down some men and horses that were passing at the time, broke several windows in a range of houses that lay in its way', and raised the slates of the roofs, forcing the thatch torn from the roof of the stable into the vacancies thus made, in an ex traordinary manner. Happily, by the direction in which it passed, the town of Helston escaped, with the exceptions above stated. From this point it appears to have crossed the country to Falmouth, where its operation was suddenly' felt by its rush ing down the bill nearly opposite to Selley's Greenbank Hotel, traversing a space about 100 yards in width. At one ex t re mity it created seine disturbance in the house, and displaced some slates from the roof, but meeting in mid course a boat at anchor in the river, it overturned it in an instant, and operated on several others to an extent nearly similar; passing across the harbour, it struck a boat at the extremity of the quay at Flush ing, in which were two seamen, and which it capsized; the men were thrown into the water, but escaped without further injury. Here there are but few houses, over which it passed, displacing a few slates, and it appears to have spent itself against the high hill behind the town , as there are no f ur th er traces o f it s pro gress.—lleinniport Independent. We have to announce the death of a much respected lady and a distinguished leader of lout ton for some years past, Mrs. Thomas Chaplin, on Monday afternoon, at her mansion in Grafton-street. This amiable lady, who arrived at an ad vanced age, was much esteemed by a large circle of the first nobility and gentry, and her town mansion as well as her beautiful demesne, in Lincolnshire, has been the scene of numerous assemblees of the beau monde. We understand by the demise of this lady, her nephews, the Lion. Captain Vynor and his brother (sons of the lady Theodosia Vynor) and a young and mil* lady adopted by the deceased,will come into possession of a splendid property, in real and personal estates. file hon. Captain Vynor was some few months ago united to the youngest daughter of Earl de Grey. Mrs. Chaplin was connected by birth and marriage with several families of great wealth in the north of England, and her loss will be severely felt by a numerous class of aged objects of charity, who were wholly dependent of her benevolence for support. _ _ . _ • Poon LAWS IN ANIERICA.—A growing sense of the evil operation of their poor laws seems to have been a chief cause in prompting benevolent persons in the cite of Boston to institute the mission to the poor, in which Dr. Tuckerman labours. A "Report of the Commissioners on the Pauper Laws," prepared mainly by Dr. Tuckerman, and presented in the beginning of this year to the legislature of Massachusetts, gives abundant evidence that the working of the system of compulsory physical aid is as baneful in America as it is in England. Within a period of 25 years, the payments to the poor of the state of Massachusetts increased in the proportion of five to one. The commissioners, therefore, fully penetrated' with the pernicious consequences of the existing system, have recommended "that in each of the three successive years of 1833, 183-1, and 1835, the allowance now granted for the states poor be diminished one-third of its present amount; and that, after the year 1835, there shall be no longer a recognition of states poor by the go vernment of this commonwealth.—Visitor tf the Poor. BARRISTERS AND ATTORNEYS.—At the York City Sessions, last week, Mr. Anderson, an attorney, applied to the court to rescind one of their orders, by which barristers arc required to conduct causes if they are present in court, in preference to Attorneys. C. H. Elsley, Esq., the recorder, said, that in this, as in other courts, a suitor had a right to conduct his own cause, aided by his attorney, but that if he did not plead his own cause, it was to his advantage that he should have the assistance of counsel rather than of an attorney. The ma gistrates, during their retirement, consulted on the subject., and on their return into court, the lord mayor said he was instructed by the court to state, that they could not entertain the application. NARROW ESCAPE.—When the Right Hon. E. Ellice and his son, aged about 18, were lately on a shooting excursion at the seat of Mr. Macpherson Grant, of Inverishie, they paid a short visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at the Doune. In consequence of the castle being occupied by a large party, these gentlemen were bivouacked in a sort of hut of two rooms, containing beds in the recesses; and in the same place was also lodged Mr. French, an Irish gentleman, likewise a guest. They retired before midnight; but the right hon. Secretary, after he had been in bed a short time, felt a great heat in the small apartment, and got up to inquire into the cause; when, looking under his son's bed, he perceived a strong light of fire in the adjoining place, which he knew was used as a kitchen. Not, however, suspecting that it had any communication with his room, he returned to bed, but was shortly afterwards roused by a cry of "Fire," and by the appearance of a young man—a favourite servant of Mr. H. Ross—exclaiming, "The gun powder is in the closet!" By this time the mattress of Mr. Ellice, jun., and the shelf on which stood the powder, were both in flames, which had actually burnt a part of the outside wrap ping paper of the canister, containing nearly 121bs. of gunpow der. While the Secretary and his son were endeavouring to subdue the fire, the fearless youth seized the canister and threw it out of the window. But for this bold and remarkable instance of courage, which would have done honour to the most intrepid adult, the valuable life of the talented and ze a l ous Secretar y would probably have been sacrificed with that of his son. Sin gular to say, although every attempt was made to awake Mr. French, by breaking the window and battering the door of his room, so profound was his sleep that. he could not be roused till the danger was over! —Aberdeen Herald. QUALIFICATIONS FOR A VISITOR OF THE POOIL—It is freely admitted that you may not be qualified for this work, even if you shall have leisure for it. You may be too credulous or to" sceptical. You may not be sufficiently alive to a sense of the wants and sufferings of others, or you may have an e xcessive, or even a diseased sensibility, which you cannot control. You may be too impatient, irritable, and harsh in your judgments of others; or too easy to be overcome by their appeals, evert against your better judgment. But the.most deficient in qua lifications for this office are not always those who, when first called to it, feel most distrustful of their ability for its duties. Nay, it is not unfrequently the case, that they who are the most ready to engage in it, soon show themselves to be the least fitted for it. There is indeed wanted furehis-service a heart to sympathize with the poor, the feeble, the sick, the widow and the orphan, the tempted and the vicious. To do important, and, above all, to do permanent good to these classes of suf ferers, we must distinctly understand in what this good consists, and what are the means by which it may most effectually be obtained. We must possess, and, if we have it not, we must acquire, a knowledge of the true condition and character of those for whom our offices of benevolence are required. We must, therefore, carry into the work a teachable mind, anti a mind as discriminating and judicious as it is kindly disposed; a mind qiiick to discern the indications, both of good and evil, in the objects of its charity, and at once patient, fair, and firm. Nor is this all. We are instruments of the most im portant good to our suffering fellow creatures; when we aid them, as far as shall be possible, to obtain this good from re .sources within themselves; by assisting them to understand the true causes of their sufferings, when these sufferings are the results of imprudence, or extravagance, or idleness, or intem perance, or of ether_ moral causes which are within their own control; and by doing what we may to call forth, to direct, and to strengthen . their capacities of self. support; of usefulness, and happiness. Are you not then, reader or might e you not, by a little practice, be qualified fur this office? Do not hastily decide that you are not. • Even though you may once, nr twice, or thrice have been deceived and imposed epee, by anise whom you would have relieved and blessed, be' nnediscouraged. You may yourself have something, and even much, to be - forgiven. Besides, experience in this, as in other circumstances of ens . barrassment and difficulty, will give you wisdom, if- you are really desirous to obtain it. But if you have ro disposition to be taught, 'by what you may see, and hear, and do, ie this inter course, I do not advis'e you to be a visitor of the per.---The Iriitor of the Poor. 1