The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-08-06 00:00:00

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TH EATRE-ROYAL, VANDENHOFF, of the Theatre-Royal, Previo4:-raden, are engaged for a limited number of n ights, mak e e t t• 9 their departure for the United States, an d wil l A.f)Ele,!l' second appearance Tuts EVENING. in•t!' s als o en , 'ON of the Theatre-Royal, pe ar a Zed fo r a limited period, and will make 1m se cond laii,nillee here on the same Evening. Covent-Garden, . 1 1 Irr.Pr_esent TUESDAY, Aug. 6,1839, will be performed , uowles's celebrated Play of the 'laiter\VHUNCHB ACK. (A alter (the Hunchback) s °rigitt allY performed by him at this Theatre.) Lirosi Sir Thoinas Clifford.. Mr. Anderson Mr. Vandenhoff, ik s . t n ' el .: •••Mr Ch l' NI du' atilrilford.. INIr al) in II o h . Mr. Baker .W. H. Bland I Fat om. Helen.. Mrs. Tenet. :. Mr. W. Howard T o Julia.. ........... Miss Vandenhoff. _ Collehlde With the Romantic Melo-Drama of . , ~ ROBINSON CRUSOE or, THE BOLD BUCCANEERS. %Iv , fo 4r4 , ,Ntsb • ------ aMr _ AY, will beerforme di' mg pro "lleAkPUlar Tragedy of l O N. lon, (a Foun , __ \ . Sergeant Tal Ilr•VIedon) Mr. Anderson • drastus, (King of rk S g r.i t, ra mulenhoir (as original! o,,„,atulle, it Vandenhoff l'' "l'o o conclude with the Melo ' f Jude by him in Lon 0 , i' 4 eia q the MILLER AND HIS MEN. . li i , rd i t , I'ew Tragedy of RICHELIEU, will be t0d,,,,, d ytto n 13 , ulwer, Bart., is in preparation, and kld e , I n th e cour t of Mr. and Miss written by Sir iih off se of the engagemen ~..:.a:ld Mr. Anderson. TO C ORRESPONDENTS. t 46411 tak e lei r e c a , tre bpon ' t ti l e e n a t tlY opp ortun i ty of communicating with k i ' lt A 4 ' lllls asl, ien °f " Ghost," from the German of Gel fieciv I ,hake•e r nog b ru , has negle c t pp d to fun and shall aear on . Friday. Th ggist,%is h us with his tat ii 4q. nez e t tl tof the Single Ladies of L—l" shall appear 'les t o , I, 4 Ppe ar by "C. J. C.," are too carelessly written ys 44441 earttheir present shape. r ec : iv the second letter to Daniel O'Connell as soon e a c° PY. " A Conservative" will understand 4 Set ch ,;t b a i r tt ' l li bj the compliments aid us . by our corres- Jit but his communication is somewhat out c l t r e G f ktith -'4xPos itor" respectin g th e t ransac ti ons o f M r . fOrlttuber—ei for Sligo,relative to the Goodwood s l B leib le • Its insertion would subject us to an Zthrtpoot &tanbarb. 1)44Y 211ORNING', AUGUST 6, 1339. 'lle first a N rati et of retributive justice, as regards the ad ike e . fl of Lord Normanby in Ireland, will take op t night • ,In the House of Lords. Of course we byPretendth to say what line of argument will be :ittk r i for e noble mover of the resolutions to be sub ,,qtiow, the C onsideration of their Lordships ; but 'lic h ,,.. efl "gh of his character and unequalled sar ki ''We to , erpoil ieri guess that his cataplasrn will be felt as 4Nli arn t by the Marquis of Normanby. Lord tigr o ,, ha s declared that it is not his intention to anY eriminative charge against the pon- N et Y 3 but much to the same purpose said the 41 'tki ck ) w hen h e to l d the mad dog, " Friend, I will " ;Lee, hut I will ra i se an ev il report aga i nst tru . 1 11 e , e vidence a l rea d y pu b l i shed i n t h e Ti mes NI P et-t ongued against the nature of Whig- In Ireland ; and we defy the boldest cham tta tpei.4o,ll;;Ognshofort of anarchy to justify or defend prerogative as the documents in I,, ,Nti ga i". l i(4l of the committee appointed to make the ittl.L i 00 establish against this vain and mischievous . e lnen ant. I S: i tistr aet • we to mark the course adopted by the to ti the ktfi a l r6 P t r t e h s e s and ministerial toadies on this oc traversed the facts, and challenged proof T y hey pl ea d e d not guilty" to the p in ut now they see k to con f ess an d avo id. eh can now front on the matter, and extol the acts .1 4 4 I ,,, n , °l °nger be gainsayed as not merely inno htt `4l7twarthy. The conduct of their hero has 114 1 41 4: i , magnanimous, and irreproachable. The S y emvriter has not confined himself to sen- C` t i 4"Pat IlY with the unfortunate, but has ex the grai l Compassion to the heart-rending sufferings • tr Y* AV lA, should Sir E. L. Bulwer be al klifford l'n in takin g rogue s and vagabonds— and Eugene Ar a ms—under the protec itt:th'eelnfl, Whil e th e I r i sh V i ceroy i s de b arre d f rom k, 4 ‘ 4 1 More substantial proofs of his commis and f ellow -feeling makes us wondrous iro n -, t 4 4 the overflowing fountain of pity in f t , turn who sits in Dublin as the represen • a j„ ty, gla why should not copious streams des ,t.tare dd en the hearts of Irish felons ? 'eZ 14 14,, n ,s o . t °lle farthing whether the charge of . en- O• ti " Itibh • . . "i e , 'g . ( mtsm is _or is not disproved in the tea4e y Which has commenced. -This was 1 14 11 ' 1 L orti ``,e gravamen of the accusation brought ut noanby. The indictment runs that he hitleqy offle th to) and perseveringly brought the i h OleF a l e e - Law in Ireland into contempt, and, by . c 41% of Pardon s, i n d ef i ance of the wishes and p c , • kt k , \ vet t Judges of th e l an d, d one a ll th a t lay in V t aa in makethe th e courts of justice in that count e wh• ' l 'dell the mockery of power was to be ex that . it might afford laughter and derision to , e , .c e , 1 4 h ow tf c an the sanctions of the penal code terrify 4 1 , Y, solemn machinery and awful forms . 1 4 1 before the magic wand of a Harle 'o"'::Rtitt•\taebtal-neeu.rit tithe eant ?—when the " ipse dixit" of a 1 4 t ,,, k 1ty !Ila n , whos e exper i ence h as b een g l eane d 411 . ' th e re afl(l of th e A t l ant i c, i s suf fi c i ent to over lyii:lllittwac°rded j u d gments of the gravest lawyers, t ile,hav e b t he char ac t ers o f t h ose w h om venera bl e t 9tlitTrd of ranged with t h e mark of pun i shment as t ilord j oh et hne ? I n this country let us suppose t h of th Russell peram b u l ate d t h e l engt h an d ktlij that for the e l and, With h er M a j esty ' s par d on i n hi s Vt, Chartist rioters and Birmingham thieves, t itic a efi anee of remonstrance f rom t h e proper d "tx RN who an lit ter contempt of the opinions of those , l et L Gt rlv Y th e d _ ue deig ne d to consult, he let loose upon th e rperate ruffians who regard life and pro • rri i r objects of revolutionary attack. Is g il t, %, arl t, t ilh s k w er e who would not confeSs that our safe 'hal had at end—that the reign of terror and Nt:4l4lliii efliumenced—and that henceforth Eng the aws 'eel( in some other clime that protection were unable to guarantee them at thi c) r e to s t be tru e of England, it applies with ten tiPttrYitig s- 1 . 1 , e unhappy country across t h e c h anne l . ve, tl 4tvli there for years has been that the laws V 4 4, wiilePenlY at d e fi ance — t h at mur d ers are !Vatir4o4``l impunity because witnesses dare not t frnru pti • d that, consequently, the gu i lty are ----art , 44 v lither pun in a larger proportion than p kte 'l fel o4 tullu ttY of Europ e . lf, th en , w h en th e a loily f h s at l ast b een secured and lodged in 'lttk e si .4. 'e(l, and a gaol, hi s c h ance of escape h as not Ittlt f or be need trust to neither crow-bar nor enfranchisement, but to the happy acci 'boners or fin e scenery i nv i t i ng t h e r t , or 4 11 e i s i ll) t° t he neighbourhood of the spot in Itit t t oil !fluted —who can expect that .outrage o tk and the shillelagh instead of the 4ee °lne Ow! ,by po the type of Erin's prosperity ? that kingdom, sick with civil blows ! ,Vl tt , at wilt thu care could not w i t hh ol d thy r i ots, 414 rg gr an t 1 governm en t do, wh en r i ot is thy care? " 41111 dar 0 v, eminent On the part of the Lord not. In the sense in which must Y used now-a-days, we admit that t ti t y the to a ve been excee di ngly popular. We e tltra tumultuous assemblage which would t i l '" t t t l ( ‘vth i o llee of the E x -Vi ceroy even now i nto k oti ttiw acclai m , w h ile the band struck up 4 at b . ar ch," a n d t h e most sweet voices of 11 out in t Stentorian chorus, htierere : budgets, bags, and wallets ; e re , 8 s to all the wanderin ,, - train; ()/le all coats and callets ; h., aril all cry ont, Amen! 1:11t111/414 ottati: czjre giltortioous feast t for thois , 4 4ibe tt „ , se by law protected, he 1 I ltir c h e, e ?wards were erected, plea se the priest !" i,, ee 4 Pr e ,. , Lord Li/tenant ! Nor is he , e uent 't fo r tis • NA' hen Don Quixote set his el ehn th e ue love of the fair Dulcinea, and gave , e ll , gail ey 114,1 of 'Y not t a yes, he gave a glorious example N, rin ° . be forgotten, and it was left to the • -44 4- to chew that he has not read atr l e `44 n . man whose levees were de eur,3, i a b 'rth, and character of Ireland, 0 0, ar , , , your with the most infamous of kh ett 'l• th e a -, for the sake of mob huzzas, for 14'kl:Rtitt t° seek of his station. Truly was he for t k id 4 the highways and byeways for ikht thenb a full, ! e a's, and the ruffians, that his t4teWe will wait for the result Of bef ore we (will pursue this subject. The troubles of the House of Commons in the question of privilege are not yet over. Another cham pion has appeared in the lists ; and although somehow or other he has shewn the white feather, and declined for the present the combat, we may take his first chal lenge as a signal for the attacks which they, by their assumption of an indefensible right, must be prepared to repel. On Wednesday night the name of Polack bid fair to be as famous as that of Stockdale, but he has proved to be a craven knight, and the House of Commons triumphs in a resolution, carried by a majo rity of 116, wherein they threaten condign punishment to all or any—plaintiff, attorney, counsel, or judge— who hereafter shall dare to question their privilege to possess "a_ monopoly of slander." Although we write in this strain, we are quite serious in our sorrow that the Lower House should take steps which we are con fident will involve them in infinite embarrassment, and that before long. They are, by an arbitrary vote, ar rogating to themselves a power which the Court of Queen's Bench, headed by the Chief Justice of Eng land, has solemnly decided they do not possess— against which common sense revolts—and ; which the almost universal feeling out of doors refuses to accord to them. If they think it essential to the due exercise of their functions that they should have the liberty of publishing unquestioned the Repoits of their Com mittees, let them create the power by Act of Parlia ment, and then the nation will submit ; but do not let them affirm it as privilege, perplexing us with what Clarendon calls a " sophistical riddle," and compelling us to resist " the desperate consequence" which he says must result from such logic. We have discussed this matter in a previous article, but we recommend to the perusal of our readers a very able pamphlet on the subject, written by Mr. Pickering, of the Inner Tem ple ; in which he goes fully into the questions both of Law and Expediency, and shews that both are opposed to the claim of the House of Commons. We are sorry that we have not space to-day to make extracts, but we shall do so in a subsequent article. Our facetious friend Joshua Walmsley, Esquire, is reported to have given utterance to the following wan ton and malicious libel upon a large body of his coun trymen, his superiors in character and intelligence, and in everything which can ennoble our nature : " He did not wish to excite the feelings of the meet ing, but it was his firm conviction that their opponents wished to take from them all their privileges. They would repeal the Test and Corporation Acts, and the Catholic Emancipation Act ; but before they could do that, they would have to walk over their lifeless bo dies." If this gentleman had confined his antics and his mischievous speeches to the rehearsals of his own chamber, we should not have taken the trouble to have wasted one word upon him ; but when he chooses to give public utterance to his opinions, and they fly abroad on the wings of the.press, as the sentiments of an aspirant for the office of Mayor of Liverpool,— when we find him associated with those who have ever been the foes of public liberty, but who find it conve nient and politic just now to assume the cry of liberty, that they may more easily blind the unsuspecting,— then his opinions become public property, and we have a right to deal with them as we think fit. He asserts that " his opponents" would deprive the Papists of all their privileges. Does he not know that a Tory Government first gave the Roman Catholic the right of voting ?—that a Tory Government repealed the Test and Corporation Acts ?—and that a Tory Government passed the Roman Catholic Relief Bill ? It is very convenient for demagogues to have short memories, with an abundant stock of impudence. We do not intend to discuss with Mr. Walmsley the policy of repealing the Emancipation Bill, because with all his froth he cannot hold an argument for three conse cutive minutes ; but if the Papists know not how to observe the sacred character of an Oath better than their representatives in Parliament lead us to believe, the sooner that bill is repealed, the better for the liber ties of Protestant Britain. If this gentleman lived in the dominions of the Pope, his penny trumpet would soon be plugged up in the Castle of St. Angelo, if he ventured to spout his nonsense about liberty and edu cation, and all the other nostrums with which his ima gination is so inconveniently crammed, and which are just as consistent with the existence of Popery as a pair of crutches would be useful to a lobster. Let him look at the map of Europe, and say where' liberty exists ? Tn Protestant Bri6aitij ilt . 3vrcclen, in Holland, in Denmark, in the North of Germany, in the Protes tant Cantons of Switzerland, and to a certain extent in the arbitrary monarchies of Prussia and Austria; because in neither of these is the Pope permitted to exercise unlimited control. Where are the hotbeds of misery and vice, of filth and depravity, and where liberty is just as much known as a snow-storm in Zahara ? In Italy—and especially (if travellers are to be credited) in that part of it where the Pope is - a temporal governor, in Spain, in Portugal, and in the South of Ireland. And yet this friend and advocate of civil and religious liberty is found to be the Pope's utensil—the broom with which his menials are sweep ing a clean path to universal dominion " over all the kings and people of the earth." But in the libellous assertion that the Tories are desirous of robbing their Catholic countrymen of their privileges, he has uttered a piece of gratuitous nonsense. We would not deprive them of a single right; but, now that they are placed on a level with Protestants, we would restrain their attempt at usurping power for a foreign potentate ; and if we find on trial that their possession of political power is likely to endanger the liberties of the country, or injuriously to affect the interests of Protestantism, — if we find that we cannot bind their representatives by an oath, or make them loyal subjects of the British Crown,—then, in defence of liberty, we are bound to refuse those privileges which cannot be granted with out danger to our civil and ecclesiastical institutions. Let us give this gentleman a word of advice. He is aiming at the Mayoralty, as a stepping-stone to a seat in Parliament. We understand he is going to Wavertree Hall, and we recommend him to keep quiet a while : his folly may then be forgiven, though his freaks will not be. forgotten. He will never figure in History amongst such distinguished characters as Robespierre, Danton, Billand, Varrennes, and others; because, although nature has given him an abundance of activity, she has denied him the ability of those illustrious demagogues. Through the kindnesss of Mr. Willmer we have been favoured with copies of the Halifax (N. S.) Journal to the 15th ultimo inclusive. They do not contain any news of importance. The four American fishing ves sels, seized and carried into the port of Halifax, for a violation of the Treaty, had been tried, and two, the Battelle and Hyder Alley, condemned and ordered to be sold : the other two were liberated. A public meeting had been held at Halifax, for the purpose of considering of a suitable compliment to be paid to the Hon. Samuel Cunard, for his enterprise in engaging with the Government to carry, the mails to and from England by steam-vessels—thus opening to Nova Scotia the benefits of a steam navigation with the mother country. Many suggestions were thrown out as to the nature of the tribute. The general opinion appeared to centre on a service of plate, a public 'din ner, or both. It is stated that a conference had been held at Port land, by several of the Government officials of Maine, and Mr. Forsyth, Secretary of the United States, when a "draft of a convention for the purpose of regulating the proceedings of the boundary commissioners," was submitted. The terms of the draft seem to have been considered by the convention as inadmissible, while a counter proposition was agreed upon, which was con sidered would be in accordance with the views 'of Maine. The pertinacity with which Maine clings to her construction of the treaty of 1783 would almost praclude any hope of an amicable adjustinent. The British public have been made so fully acquainted with the importance of the territory in dispute, and the jus tice of their claim to it, that they can never consent to relinquish those rights to which they are entitled, both by the spiritit and letter of the treaty. _ A meeting of merchants, shipowners, and others, had taken place at Bermuda, to consult upon the propriety of erecting light-houses' in the islands. There is no further intelligence of consequence from Canada. By the packet ship Westchester, Captain Ferris, which arrived on Sunday, we have received New Pork papers to the 13th ultimo inclusive, and private advises to the day following. The news from Florida is favourable. A letter in the Savannah Georgian states that the object of the treaty made by General Macomb is about to be accomplished. The Seminole Indians in large numbers have. repaired to Fort Mellon and Fort King, and expressed their willingness and determination to retire within the limits designated in the treaty. " Every means will be tried," says the writer, "to secure them in the peaceable pos session of the territory : and if nothing now unfore seen occurs, the everlasting Florida war will certainly terminate." Another instance of Lynching is stated to have taken place at St. Louis. This shameful disregard of law and order was manifested in the case of an indi vidual who was taken by several persons, and carried before justice M`Kinney, on a charge of horse-stealing. He clearly established his innocence, and was dis charged ; but on the day after his discharge, a number of persons, supposed to be the prosecutors, went to his house, took him out, tied him, and lacerated him with whips most horribly. Three of the persons engaged in this nefarious transaction, were, subsequently, ap prehended, and gave bail to answer for the offence. A dreadful fire occurred at Eastport, on the 6th ultimo, which destroyed nearly one half the property in the town. The Boston Transcript, after describing the origin and progress of the fires, says—" Nothing remains of what was yesterday the centre, and, in fact, nearly the circumference of the business part of the town, but a heap of ruins, above which rise the blackened chimnies of the burnt buildings, and over which the smoke rests like a pall, as if to hide the hideous mass beneath. An estimate has been made of the property destroyed, which is'put at 240,000 dols., of which 80,000 dollars are supposed to be insured." Respecting the state of the crops, we have the fol lowing intelligence in the Virginia Farmer's Register : " The condition of the wheat crop in Virginia is not only very different in different sections of the state, but in the same and small districts, and even on the neighbouring farms. Hence the impossibility of guess ing at the general result, from particular reports. The products of numerous crops in the tide water region will be reduced, by the ravages of the Hessian fly, and still more of the chinch-bug, to less than the fourth of a fair crop; yet other farms in the same counties will , make an average product. The relative product of the great divisions of the state (in general, though with many exceptions,) is still believed to be as stated in our last number; that is, increasing from very short in the tide water and adjacent higher counties, to better in the middle region, still better in the Piedmont range of counties, and to very fine crops in the great valley or region west of the Blue Ridge. The corn crops are good, and afford a fine prospect, except from the great danger of the chinch-bugs passing from the wheat to the corn fields. We wish that some of our readers would furnish for publication such facts as they have learned by observation, of the history and habits of this destructive insect. Such a subject at the north would have engaged the peni of scores of observing and suffering farmers ; here, of not one. Oats are very good, owing to . the unusual amount of moist and cool weather in the latter part of spring. The crop of tobacco is remarkably good." A correspondent of the Albany Evening Journal, writing on the subject of , the crops, says—" I have travelled a good deal through the country, and never before saw the crops look so well. Particular articles have before looked as promising as they do now; but I never saw such universal promise of abundance. Corn is backward but thrifty, and warm weather in July and August would give us a full crop." Mr. Seward, the Governor of the State of New York, had, in consequence of representations having been made to him, that incendiary attempts to set fire to dwelling-houses, and other buildings, on the borders of the state, had been renewed, issued a proclamation offering a reward of two hundred dollars, and all neces sary extra expences, to be paid on conviction for the arrest of each and every person concerned in such aggressions. Respecting this Mr. Seward, we find the following remarks in the National Gazette :—" The noble, plain, republican sentiments of Governor Seward's address at Staten Island, on the fourth of July, have our ardent commendation. We need from men high in office and influence, the frequent expression, the inculcation of such opinions. Governor Seward goes to the foundation of true republicanism,—equality. Not only the equality which every citizen enjoys as his political birth-right, but that mental and moral equality, which may be nearly approximated by universal and sound education." Our liberal friends will discover from this complimentary effusion what are the ultimate results of the march of democracy. Are they prepared to "go the whole hog " with their trans-atlantic prototypes ? _ _ _ John Stuart, Esq., brother to Sir Alexander M`Nabb, and Lieut. Grogan, of the 32nd regiment, fought a duel near Toronto, on the 2nd ultimo. Three shots were exchanged by the parties, but neither was hurt. The cause of -fne duel was the elopement of Mrs. Stuart with Lieut. Grogan. The news from Mexico reaches to the 29th of June. The Morning Courier and Enquirer of July 13th says, —" By the Casper Hauser, Capt. Kingsbury, from Vera Cruz, we have received Vera Cruz papers to the 18th ultimo. Our accounts from that city by the way of New Orleans are two days later, and have thus anticipated any news they contain. From a perusal of their contents, however, we feel more fully impressed than we were before, with the belief that the country is fast acquiring a state of tranquillity under the present government." Respecting the state of the money market, &c., we have the following in the Courier and Enquirer : " By the arrival of the packet-ship Siddons, this morn ing from Liverpool, we have been put in possession of advices from that city to the close of business on the evening of the 14th ultimo, giving us the transactions in Cotton, on that and the preceding day, which were neither as extensive, nor effected at as firm prices, as during the two weeks previous. The sales on the 13th were abOut 2,506 bales, and on the 14th would pro bably have reached 3,000, and although no variation is reported in prices, it is evident from the nature of the advices received, that a decline was anticipated, which however would be entirely governed in its extent by the forbearance of holders from pressing their stocks on the market. From the manufacturing, districts there was no improvement in the accounts which had reached Liverpool subsequent to the sailing of the steam ship, and the English Cotton market must in fact be considered in a very critical state. The money market remained without change, nor does any thing appear to have transpired in the commercial world worthy of notice. " The Stock Market to-day has again presented a very depressed appearance, with a further tendency to decline in prices. Sales were made of United States Bank at 1131, Dry Dock Bank 90, Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. 674, Harlem Railroad Co. 46, and Ston ington Railroad Co. at 25. "The sales of Sterling Exchange for transmission by the Liverpool packet to- morrow, were chiefly at 10 per cent. premium, at which rate the Bank of the United States were drawers to-day, being 1 per cent. over their previous price ;—some sales have been made for the Havre packet of the 16th at sf. 121, but not to any great extent; Bills on Holland may be quoted almost nominally at 41c; on Hamburgh, 364 to 364 c; and Sic. on Bremen. In the rates of domestic Ex change our quotations generally show some advance for the last week. We now quote Bills on New Orleans at 21 to 3 per cent. discount; on Mobile 10 to 12, Louisville 21 to 3, Nashville 5 to 6, Natchez 9to 10, Savannah 4 to 41, Charleston i to 24, and Augusta 4 to 5 per cent. discount." The new packet-ship Memphis was to sail from New York on the 16th ultimo. She may be expected in the course of the day. The British Queen and the Great Western were to leave New York on the Ist instant. They will probably reach England in the course of next weex. DARING ROBBERY.—On Saturday evening, about eight o'clock, three men obtained admittance to the house of Mrs. Johnson, Devonshire-place, Everton. They tied the servant girl in the kitchen, and proceeded to the chamber where Mrs. Johnson was in bed. They took a purse containing £5 and a valuable watch. Three men supposed to have been the thieves have been apprehended. We find great pleasure in calling public attention to a very interesting collection of paintings, advertised for sale, by Mr. Closs, on Wednesday (to-morrow), and although we do not arrogate to ourselves a competent knowledge of this interesting branch of science, have no hesitation in pronoun cing them the best we have yet seen. The painting, by Mu rillo, of Boys Eating Fruit, is a decided masterpiece, amount ing, in our opinion, to perfect illusion..—See adv. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-FRID AY. ILLEGALLY PAWNING. John M'Gahey, a young man, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having taken away and pledged a coat belonging to a fellow lodger, without his permission. The case being proved, the magistrate decided that the pri soner should pay a tine of 20s. and costs, 155., or, in default of payment, be imprisoned 21 days. FELONY BY A LODGER. Edward Dean was placed before the magistrate on a charge of felony committed more than two years back. Elizabeth Worrall said that she was the wife of Charles Worrall, and lived in Lambert-place, Lambert-street. The prisoner went to lodge at her house about Christmas, 1836, and remained until the 4th February, 1837. About two o'clock on the afternoon of that day, Dean went out, and returned no more to his lodgings. It was ascertained that he had left behind him his own old clothes, and that a surtout coat, a pair of trousers, and a silk handkerchief, belonging to the son of witness, had been taken. She did not see the prisoner again until Thursday forenoon, when she observed him in St. John's Market, and went up to and accosted him. He pretended not to know her ; but she took hold of him and detained him until police-officer Charles Worrall came and took him into custody. Henry Worrall, the owner of the stolen property, on be ing taken to the prisoner, said, " How could you think of treating me in the way you did?" He answered, "I am very sorry that I did so ; I can't look you in the face." In reply to the question of what he had done with the clothes, he said that he pawned the coat and wore the trousers out. The prisoner had tried on the coat on the Sunday before he went away. The prisoner, on being asked whether he had anything to say, replied, " I shall do my endeavour to know my own in future, and this shall be a warning to me. It shall never happen again, sir. He was committed to take his trial. ASSAULT. Two gentlemen, one of them a chemist and druggist in the town, were charged with having, on the previous night, as saulted a young man who was following his benevolent oc cupation of endeavouring to reclaim an unfortunate, female. The Bridewell keeper who booked the gentlemen, stated that they were drunk ; but this was indignantly denied by both. One of them said, " You ought to be ashamed of yourself, sir, to make such an avowal. It is nothing but an act of gross perjury. I was as sober as 1 am now." The other gentleman denied that he had assaulted the complainant. He only touched him in the slightest possible manner with an umbrella, and that umbrella was a silk one. They had acted only out of " a little carelessness and wantonness." The magistrate said that their appearance bespoke them to be gentlemen, and they ought to know how to conduct them selves in a fitting manner. They were each fined 40s. and costs—in default of payment to be imprisoned for 21 days. SATURDAY. HOUSEBREAKING. John Young and John Lane, two ruffianly-looking fellows, were placed at the bar of the police-court, on Saturday, charged with having broken into the house of Mr. John Tuffin, of Edge-hill. It appeared that, on Saturday morn ing, Mr. Tuffin sent his family and servants to Cheshire. He went away himself to pay his parish-rates. On his return home he attempted to open his front door with his key, but, to his surprise, he found that it was chained inside. Confident that he could not have chained it inside himself, he suspected that thieves were in the house. He immediately procured assistance, entered the house, and there found the two prisoners. They were at once brought before the magi strate. There was no evidence to prove that they had touched any of the property. An officer was, therefore, sent up with Mr. Tuffin, to ascertain whether the prisoners had laid hands on any of that gentleman's goods. When the parties returned it was announced, that nothing had been displaced, so far as could be discovered. The officer reported, that entrance had been effected by breaking two panes in the back-kitchen window. Mr. Rushton told the prisoners, it was fortunate for them that they had not been allowed to remain five minutes longer before they were discovered ; they would, assuredly, have been committed for trial at the assizes. As it was, they were committed to the House of Correction for three months. STABBING. Francisco Zooros, a tall, good-looking sailor, a native of Ostend, was placed before Edward Rushton and Christopher Rawdon, Esquires, charged with having stabbed Mary Mil ligan a female of ill-fame. It appeared that, at a late hour on the preceding night, the prisoner went with the girl to a brothel in Orange-street. As the case was not fully entered into, we will give the evidence on which the prisoner was remanded. A girl, whose appearance told of dissolute habits, stated, that, between one and two o'clock that morning, the prisoner came to the house at which she lodged, accompanied by a young woman. They went up stairs. together, and, after a while, the prisoner came down and asked for a candle. The young woman with whom he had gone up stairs came down, and he called to her to open the door for him. "As she approached him he drew out his knife and stuck her in the side," A man, dressed as a seaman, said, " I was sleeping at the house. The young woman came down stairs and he told her to open the door. When she got near him he stuck her. She shrieked Murder!' and he rushed out of the house, and I saw him throw the knife away in the entry." Police-officer No. 492 said, he heard the shrieks of ' Murder' and ran instantly to the spot. He-stopped the prisoner as be was coming out of the entry. He searched about the place and found the knife which the prisoner had thrown away. The officer here produced a formidable-look ing knife, enclosed in a leathern sheatte, to which was attached a belt for fastening it to the waist. The knife appeared somewhat larger than a shoemaker's knife. The officer further stated, that the surgeon who had been called in to attend Mary Milligan had pronounced her in consider able danger, and directed that she should be removed to the Northern Hospital. The surgeon's certificate was produced. The prisoner said, he was so drunk that he did not know what he was doing. The officer had informed him, that he had injured a female, but he had no recollection of it. The prisoner was remanded, and the officer was directed to pro cure daily reports of the state of the injured woman. YESTERDAY. A DESERTER. A young man named David Jones, was placed before Mr. Rushton, charged with having deserted from the service of the East India Company. Sergeant Murphy stated that while he was on his passage from Glasgow to this port, he saw the prisoner on hoard the steam-packet, and on accost ing him, found that he was a deserter from the East India Company. He had acknowledged having enlisted, and he was described in the Hue and Cry. The young man said he had enlisted in the service ; but had gone to Glasgow merely to see his brother, and that be intended to give himself up on his arrival here. The informations were taken, and he was committed until a communication should be made to the war office, and a reply received as to his ultimate destination. Several cases of theft were this day charged against pri soners ; but as the evidence was imperfect, they were re manded to the next day. ILLEGAL PAWNING. Peter Carson, and Agnes, his wife, stood charged with having opened a chest containing the clothes of a young man, a joiner, named John I\l`Lavin, who lodged in the same house with them, and taken therefrom a quantity of wearing ap pearel which they had pawned and appropriated the money. There appeared to be no evidence against the male prisoner, and he was discharged. The female was required to pay £l. u s. Gd., and to redeem the articles, otherwise she should be next day committed to goal. BIGAMY. A man named Prosser stood charged with having married in April last, in this town, Peggy Neville, his first wife, whom he had married in Waterford some years ago, being still alive. Witnesses were produced who had been present at the respective nuptials. The prisoner said that on the last occasion, charged of marrying in this town, he had been in a state of intoxication for a week, and did not know what he was doing. He was remanded, in order that further evi dence might be procured. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY. Three young men, William Sedgwick, John Wilcox, and Thomas Hattshorne were placed at the bar as being suspi cious characters, they having been seen on Saturday night hanging about in the neighbourhood of Devonshire-place, where an extensive robbery had been committed, and having returned to the spot after being sent away. It appeared that the house of Mrs. Johnson, in the above named street had been broken open at dusk that night ; that herself and her servant were tied hand and foot by the thieves, and left on the bed, and that property to a large amount, including a very valuable gold watch and some money, was carried off. Nothing, however, was found on the prisoners, and there being no evidence to connect them with the robbery, they were necessarily discharged. POCKET-PICKING William Belmont, a young man, was charged with having taken from the pocket of a sailor, yesterday morning, in Dale-street, a silk handkerchief. The evidence was very clear and satisfactory, and he was ordered to gaol for three months. John Donagh, and two lads, named Lawrence O'Hara and Robert Fitzsimmons, were brought before the court, charged severally by Inspector Poole, by whom they were observed, and taken in the act of attempting to pick the pockets of se veral gentlemen in different parts of the town, during the passing of the procession of benefit societies yesterday fore noon. Donagh was committed for one mouth, and the other two for three months each, as a reward for their handy work. Thomas Pennington also was placed in the dock, for having taken a string of red coral necklace from off the neck of a little girl, who, with her mother, were witnessing the said procession. The mother of the girl saw him take the beads, and when she charged him with the act, he dropped them and attempted to make his est ape. She imir ediattly called a policeman, by whom he was taken to Bridewell. Sentenced to one mouth's imprisonment. ASSAULTING THE POLICE-OFFICERS. - Henry Taylor, Dolphin and wife, were charged with hav ing interfered and prevented the police-officer, No, 175, from doing his duty on Saturday night last. Taylor, it appeared, became exceedingly unruly, and conducted himself with great violence towards the officer, by kicking and otherwise ill using him ; he was prompted on by Dolphin and his wife, who, by their language and manner, were raising a mob in the neighbourhood, and incensing the people against the police. Taylor was ordered to pay a fine of 10s. and costs, or in default, to be imprisoned eleven days. The other two were discharged, after a suitable admonition from Mr. Rush ton as to the folly of their conduct, and the liability they were under of being fined £5 for such interference. John Smith was charged with assaulting policeman No. 206 whilst on his duty. His plea before the magistrates was that he was " a leetle tossicated at the time, and didnt know much about it." However, after the policeman had related more of the prisoner's treatment towards him, such as the throwing of bottles, stones, &c., he (the prisoner) so far re collected himself, as to remind the court that " the officer had used him worse than a Turk," that he had many marks on his body, all betokened the ill-treatment he had received from the hand of the policeman. Mr. Rushton. —Why, man, you said just now that you were so tipsy that you knew nothing about it ! Prisoner.—Yes, your honour, a leetle the worse of liquor. Mr. Rushton.—Then you must pay for this assault the sum of ten shillings and costs, or, in default, be imprisoned for eleven days. A drunken, besotted-looking tailor, whose face bore evident marks of violence, whether from his own fists, or from the fists of others, or from a kindred alliance with stones of the pavement, it would be hard to tell, was brought from " The coal-hole," and appeared to answer the charge of assaulting William Harkness, a policeman on duty on Saturday night last. Poor snip looking " unutterable things," could urge nothing in his defence, and was doomed to hear the sentence of 10s. and costs, or eleven days longer confinement. MURPHY AGAIN - HIS SECOND APPEARANCE. Yesterday, that singular little deformity, who cut such a ludicrous appearance, a la Militaire. in the police -court last week, was again placed in the dock, charged with being found in the streets drunk. He had doffed his regimentals, and was no longer a drummer in the 37th Royal Sussex, but had risen to the enviable situation of a butcher's cad. On being placed at the bar, above which his head only could be seen, which, to all appearance, was nearly as large as the whole of hisbody, (for he stands not more than three feet high.) Mr. Rushton recognised him, and accosted him thus : Well Alexander Murphy, what have you done with your soldier's jacket you had on when you were here last week? Murphy, with a broad grin, and significant leer.—Oh I've laid that aside since then! Mr. Rushton.—And what are you doing for a living ? You are here char i ged with being drunk. Murphy.—Oh, dear! no Sir. I met some butchers 'tother day, and they ax'd me if I'd go with 'em to kill some mate, so I went with 'em, and we all called at many public•houses, where they had some drink. They took me in so many parts of the town, that I didn't know my way back, Mr. Rushton—Well, you are here charged with being drunk! Murphy.—Oh, I never drinks ale ; I only drinks wine, and ruin, and brandy. and such like as that ; rye not had a glass of ale I dont't know the day when. Mr. Rushton.—Well, are you prepared to pay half-a-crown for being drunk ? Murphy (with utter astonishment, and a singular drone.)— Ah ! no ! I've no half-a-crown. Mr. Rushton.—Then you must be committed for three days. Whereupon Murphy, with the adoitness 'peculiar to his bandy-legs, stepped down to the regions below, there to re main his allotted time amongst beings like himself. What " character" he intends to appear in next time, remains to be seen. ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE SOCIETIES OF ODD FELLOWS. The several societies of Odd Fellows, belonging to the Liverpool District, yesterday celebrated the anniversary of their institution by a general procession through the_prin cipal streets, which was followed by a sumptuous repast at each of the respective club-rooms. The societies, are, we learn, no fewer than 32 in number, and these having first mustered in various parts of the town, the whole assembled in Queen's-square, about ten o'clock, with flags flying, and music playing. Soon after that hour, the whole having been marshalled in due order, walked in procession up Dale-street, round Nelson's Monument at the Exchange, and thence by the usual route, with little variation, embracing the principal thoroughfares from Great George-street to Richmond-row, and thence back to their place of starting, a distance of nearly, we should think, four miles. Each of the principal lodges was preceeded by a military band, and headed by its own appropriate flags. Many of the latter were of silk, very large, and very beautifully painted, the subjects and devices being emblematic of the charitable and benevolent objects for which the societies were founded. One of the favourite mottoes or inscriptions was—" Amicitia, amor, et veritas." There were also a large number of small flags and banners, carried in the procession, as well as abundance of splendid and appropriate regalia, including sceptres, crosiers, crooks, battle-axes, and numerous other insignia of office. The procession consisted, we learn, of upwards of two thousand individuals, all exceedingly well dressed—many of them in blatik ; and wearing rich broad silk sashes, chiefly blue, edged " with white, with gold pr silver tassels in fringe. A consider able number wore white aprons to correspond, rosettes, and white roses. Many of the officers also wore the splendid jewels of their respective societies, and the whole body looked highly respectable. The rear was brought up by the general committee, each bearing a sceptre or other emblem of power, richly chased, and apparently of silver ;—and these were fol lowed by three marshalls, mounted, and an open carriage, containing some principal officers. The apparel and general dccorations of the societies were indeed " rich but not gaudy," —and wers highly creditable to the taste of the parties. At the close of the long walk of the day the several societies retired to their respective houses of resort, where they dined, and passed the remainder of the day in the most agreeable and convivial manner. The object of these societies is, the the maintenance of a fund for the relief of sick members, and in the event of their demise, the supplying of liberal sums to their families and friends, in order to defray funeral and other expences. ARREST AND EXAMINATION OF CHARTISTS AT MANCHESTER. (From our own Correspondent.) The authorities appear at length to have aroused from their lethargic state, and have at least made some show of a determination to suppress the Chartist conspiracy. On Saturday several of the more violent leaders, including the Rev. Mr. Jackson, and Mr. Tillman, secretary of the Chartist Society, were arraigned at the bar of the Borough Court. The other prisoners were two men named Linney and Smith. Mr. Brandt appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Cobbett, a radical attorney in this town, made a lame defence for the prisoners. The charge was fully proved against them, and Jackson was ordered to find bail, himself in £3OO, and two sureties of £l5O, and the others in half the amount. In default they were sent off to Kirkdale Gaol. During the Sunday other parties were arrested, and were ex amined before the magistrates .on Monday (yesterday).—A desperate ruffian, named Samuel Scott, residing in Hulme, was taken after a most violent resistance ; and on searching his house the following were found in his possession :-68 ball cartridges, 168 leaden bullets, lb. of powder, and one fowling-piece. The Court-room was crowded to excess, and a number of persons had congregated around the building. Mr. Beswick stated that in consequence of information he had received on Sunday afternoon, he sent four policemen to the house of the prisoner. Policeman AP Mullen deposed, that yesterday afternoon, he went to the prisoner's house, accompanied by Boothby, Wolverton, and another. When they went into the house, they made some enquiry, and asked if a person of the name of Scott lodged there, upon which a woman called him down stairs. In consequence of his suspicious appearance, they thought all was not right up stairs, and attempted to go up. The prisoner then said, " Before you shall go up I will die,''.and instantly seized witness. Hovenden next attempted to go up stairs, and succeeded after an endeavour on the part of the ; risoner's wife to prevent him. The pris oner strug gled hard for some time with witness, but he was at length overpowered. Policeman Hovenden deposed, that when he went up stairs, he saw a large chest of drawers open, in which was a quantity of powder in a paper that was spread open, and the whole of the cartridge, which Mr. Beswick produced, was lying by the powder, as it the person was at work making them. There was also a lot of paper for the purpose of making cartridge. He took them with the prisoner in getting into the coach, which they had provided: there were about 1,000 persons assembled, whose conduct was exceedingly violent. The crowd followed them to the lock-ups at Chorlton-upon- Medlock, where they were compelled to take refuge. They were pelted with stones, and the damage done to the carriage amounted to £6. 7s. He was much bruised about the body. Policeman Boothby, said, that he found the gun in a clock case. He asked prisoner where he got it, when he replied, that he bought it last night. His wife said, " I often wanted you to leave this thing alone, 1 told you what would be the end of it." He made no answer. Mr. Beswick produced a card, from which it appeared that the prisoner was a member of the Political Union in Manchester. One of the policemen said, that at the time prisoner was secured in the passage, he and his wife called out " murder," and called on the mob outside to break open the door, say ing, " Now is your time, if you mean to do it." The pri soner was as violent as any man he met with. She struck him about fifty times. Mr. MAUDE then asked the prisoner what account he could give of himself? and what he had cartridge ball in his possession for ? The prisoner said, " I have no account to give, except that I had them to shoot at a target with. Mr. MAUDE.—What kind of a target do you mean. Prisoner.—A target I mean to make myself. Mr. M AUDE. - IS it known whether this man has been con nected with any of those meetings that have recently been held? A policeman here stepped forward and said, I can swear that I have seen him at some of the meetings, but cannot tell which. I have seen him at a meeting at Hulme. Mr : MAuDE.—On what evening? • Policeman.—l can't say, but it is about three weeks back. ... Mr. MAUDE.—Can you state what kind of language was used at that meeting, and the description of persons who were there ? Policeman said that the Rev. Jackson was there, and violent language used on the occasion. The prisine' declined asking this witness any questions. The Superintendent of Police said that his life had been threatened at these meetings. Policeman 64 said, that about a fortnight back he was on duty in Grosvenor-street, when the prisoner and others passed him, and the prisoner said " that they would be pr e pared soon to blow all these b—y police to h—ll !" The prisoner denied having said so. A man of the name of Wheatcroft came forward to speak as to the character of the prisoner. The prisoner was then remanded until Wednesday, in or der to obtain further information. On leaving the dock, a man in the gallery cried out " pluck up !" upon which Mr. Beswick ordered several policemen to go into the gallery, but they were not able to discover the man who had spoken. CHARTIST MEETINGS IN STEVENSON-SQUARE. - Not withstanding the arrest of several leaders, a meeting of the chartists took place in Stevenson-square, Manchester, on Saturday evening last. A. man named Bates was called to the chair, and the meeting was addressed by several speakers, but their orations were remarkably tame ; the incarceration of their leaders being the principal matter of their discourse. Two resolutions were passed, one in favour of the charter, and the other fixing the holiday to commence on the 12th of this month. The collecting box went round as usual, and the meeting quietly dispersed between nine and ten o'clock. SHAMEFUL CONDUCT OF A WHIG MAGISTRATE.-At the New Bailey, on Saturday, a summons was granted against Edward Mendell, the proprietor of the Manchester and Li verpool Hotel, Manchester, to show cause why he would not pay his waiter's salary. The sapient justice, who is one of the newly-created whig magistrates, and withal a poet, the author of the " Beacon," refused to hear the case. Mr. Taylor, who appeared for l‘lr. Mendell, insisted on the case being heard, and stated that both himself and Mr. M. had been waiting two hours, and that they were required by the summons to to there at twelve o'clock. Mr. T. further said, he had several applications to make for warrants for offences, upon which the worthy magistrate took up his hat and ab ruptly left the court, observing that he would not grant any ; and. all business was suspended until another magistrate could be procured. Mr. Taylor then observed, that he was sorry such men as Mr. James should be in the commission of the peace. If the Magistrates' clerk were appointed to the com mission, much time would be saved and public justice better administered. THE WARRINGTON CHARTISTS.—It has been seriously asserted, by some of the chartist leaders, that they can, on any day, muster a body of men five thousand strong. Not withstanding this, however, only sixty were found to hold up their hands in favor of the five governing laws, just issued by the convention, at a meeting held in Tanner's-lane last week. Benjamin Moseley, a man who was formerly a Methodist, next a Joanna Southcottian, and more recently, an Owenite, and Seth Traves, were the principal speakers. Benjamin Moseley, in pointing out the advantages likely to result from chartism, said that in less than twelve months, when the charter was adopted, no woman would be called upon to go out from home to labour, they would all have to attend to household affairs ; the men would have wages sufficient to keep themselves, their children, and wives in comfort, and something to spare, in order to provide against old age ; they would have, at the least, ten shillings a day, and work no longer than six hours a day.—Manchester Courier. TRIAL OF THE BIRMINGHAM RIOTERS. — On Friday morning, at the Warwick Assises, a number of prisoners were arraigned for offences connected with the late disturbances in Birmingham. John Neale, William Shears, John Storey, William Edes, and'Frederick Mason, were indicted fpr having on the evening of the 4th of July, (the day on which the Lon don police arrived in Birmingham,) riotously and tumultu ously assembled in the Bullring, Birmingham, (together with divers other persons, to the number of 500,) armed with of fensive weapons, against the peace of our Sovereign Lady the Queen. The Attorney General conducted the prosecution. After a long trial, the jury, after about a quarter of an hour's consideration, returned a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners. Sentence was deferred. The prisoners in custody charged with rioting and arson on the 15th of July, were tried on Saturday and also found guilty. Sentence also de ferred. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. — We have heard, from what may be considered good authority, that her Majesty the Queen Dowager is shortly to honour Edinburgh with her presence ; and that the royal apartments in Holyrood Palace are about to be prepared for her Majesty's reception. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are also expected at Holyrood in the course of the ensuing month. — Edinburgh Observer. THE NEWCASTLE MURDER. — Archibald Bolam, who has within this week been tried on suspicion of the murder of Mr. Millie, was well known to many of the members of the British Association during their meetings at Newcastle last August. The inquiry room, where information was given daily respecting the different meetings, the arrivals, engage ments, &c.,was at the savings bank, the scene of this lament able catastrophe. Mr. Bolam was one of the principal offi cers concected with this department, and his attentions were very much appreciated by many of the members. April. Standard Mail.... „ at id. Courier ... Mercury .. Times .... Chronicle. Journal. .. Albion.... „ at id Advertiser (Gore's) Mercantile Gazette (Myer's) 5,0:0 0 15,000 5, 7,000 31,000 4,000 12,000, 6,00 a 17,0281 May. June. Total. 9,000 10,000 24,000 20,000 20,000 55,000 I v 5,000 .. 13,000 10,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 91,000 4,000 4,00 12,000 8,000 9,00 29,000 6,000 12,000 7,950'12,500 37,478 2,500 .. 6,000 7,000 18,500 4,500 4,500 14,000 LIVERPOOL INSTITUTION FOR CURING DISEASES OF THE EAR.—We have great pleasure in directing the atten tion of our readers to the advertisement announcing the opening of this excellent institution, which has been expressly established for the benefit of the poor, and is supported by voluntary subscriptions. Such a dispensary has been long wanted, and we hope that it will meet with that degree of encouragement which it merits. THE BOLTON CuArmsrs.--These gentlemen paid the parish church another visit on Sunday forenoon last. At an early hour the streets leading from the Market-place were crowded to excess to witness the procession, which had well nigh failed to take place. The encouragement (instead of anticipated opposition) which they had met with from the friends of the church seemed to have damped their ardour, for the muster was exceedingly thin, and it was not until the bells were rung that they proceeded to form themselves. On passing through the street their numbers were counted, and found to amount to only 600, nearly two-thirds of them being boys. On arriving at the church, they did not find such general accommodation as on the previous Sunday ; for a number of the members of the usual congregation had taken possession of their seats, and the destructives there fore were obliged to get places where they could. The sprinkling of ladies and gentlemen throughout the church had the effect of keeping the chartists in order, and their conduct was more than ordinarily decorous. An impressive sermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Robin, the curate, on their duty towards God, and his love towards them. In the afternoon a sermon was delivered in the New Market-place, by one of their own body ; and in the evening that notorious infidel, Richard Carlile, delivered a lecture at the same place. He advised them to continue going to the church, and if they were not satisfied with the minister, to erect a second pulpit, and put in a preacher of their own ! He denounced the beautiful liturgy of the church as a mixture of idolatry, superstition, and humbug ; and then read the 6th chapter of Timothy, grounding his text on the same passage fixed upon by the curate on last Sunday but one; and, in conclusion, appealed to the meeting as to which had delivered the better sermon ! ! It is quite evident that the only object of the chartists is the desecration of the Sabbath ; but the plan adopted of affording them room in the church will have the effect of preventing them from attending, except as beings converted into " the way, the truth, and the life." It is not anticipated they will be able to muster at all next Sunday. LIVERPOOL REGATTA.—By reference to an advertisement in another part of the paper, it will be seen that a regatta.; on a liberal and extensive scale, is to take place on the Mer sey on the 10th instant. We sincerely wish the,committee every success in their spirited undertaking. Sociardsm.—We understand that Mr. Brindley will at tend the Music Hall on the 14th instant, for the purpose of delivering another address on the infamous doctrines of the Social infidels, when an address to the Queen from the ladies of Liverpool will be submitted to the notice of the meeting. —See advertisement. MIDLETON SCHOOL, CORK.—At the examination recently held at the above school, for entrance into the University, Messrs. Talbot, sons of Mr. Talbot, of this town obtained distinguished honours, Mr. P. Talbot having had assigned to him the first place. MASTER BASSLE.—We are much ratified to learn the arrival in this town of Master Bassle, a youth of thirteen years of age, of whose wonderful powers of memory the English, Scotch, and Irish, as well as the most respectable London papers have made such frequent mention in warm and laudatory terms. It is his intention (see advertisement) to give TWO conversaziones, under the patronage of the worshipful the Mayor, to take place on WEDNESDAY (to morrow), August 7, at TWO and at HALF-PAST SEVEN o'clock, in the theatre of the MEDICAL INSTITUTION, Mount Pleasant. We cannot give the public a better idea of these interesting and astonishing exhibitions, than by citing, from the Court Journal of July 6, 1839, the following article rela tive to his appearance in London :—" Master Bassles Con versazione.—This interesting youth gave a conversazione yesterday week, at Willis's Rooms, under the patronage of H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex, when he exhibited his asto nishing powers of memory. The company had circulated amongst them copies of a programme, containing 20,000 questions in history, chronology, mythology, the physical sciences, &c. From this programme each person present was invited to put as many questions as he pleased; and though they were administered in the most perplexing sue cession, the answers were given with the utmost exactness, without the occurrence of a single mistake. He resolves without an effort, and as if by intuition, propositiong invol ving some of the most complicated arithmetical and algebraic processes, and this in so short a space of time, as to render it impossible that he could have resorted, however expertly, to any of the ordinary and known rules of calculation. When Master Bassle exhibited before the savans of the Bri tish Association at Newcastle, this peculiar arithmetical facility of his mind excited great attention. His wonderful powers are the result of a system of exercises, which he pro fesses to be able to communicate, so as to place others in possession of those advantages which he now commands himself." The son of an honourable, and the nephew of a peer, is shortly to lead to the hymeneal altar, the beautiful daughter of a hotel-keeper on the Leinster circuit.—Limerick Chron icle. CHESTER ASSIZES.—These assizes commence on Friday next. Amongst the causes to be tried which possess a local interest here, is the issue relative to the alleged right of the proprietors of the Monk's Ferry Hotel, to carry on a ferry at that spot, in opposition to the Lord of the Manor,—a new trial having been moved for, after the case had been decided in favour of the right of the latter to withhold his consent. The decision of this question will involve a large consideration, as regards the value of the property, to the parties immediately interested. The Rev. J. R. Stephens, the arch-agitator, will also be tried at these assizes, for uttering inflamatory and seditious language at a public meeting of " chartists." THE NOTHERN AND CENTRAL BANK.—This establish ment has now £220,000 of cash totally unemployed, and, if reports be correct, intends very soon again to resume busi ness, but as a bank of discount only. The reason assigned for this intended step is said to be that some insurmount able difficulties lie in the way, by which the directors are pre vented from legally distributing the present funds among the shareholders. An act of parliament some suggest to remedy this. THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY.—In the Liverpool , '! - ercztry of Friday last appeared a paragraph, founded on the infor mation supplied by the Wigan correspondent of that journal, stating that the assistant overseer of the poor had kept away from the office on the previous Friday and Saturday, which were the two last days for receiving rates previous to making, out the register of voters for this borough, but that his at tempt to serve his party had failed, as the honorary overseer had received the votes of about thirty radicals. Tnis is a malicious libel. We do not say that the editor of that paper knew the statement to be untrue, but we are prepared to prove that the " Correspondet" who furnished the informa tion knew that the statement was false, for he was at the office and saw the assistant overseer attending to his duties at the very period he accuses him of being absent. We are acquainted with the name of the person who sent the state ment, and, if such assertions are continued, we shall inform the public what kind of beings a paper professing to be res pectable admits into its service.—Wigan Gazette. . MEETING TO ERECT THREE ADDITIONAL CHURCHES IN WOLVERHAMPTON.—It is with feelings of the highest gratification we announce that the meeting for the purpose of taking steps towards the erection of three new churches in this town, which was held in the Assembly-room on Tuesday evening, was, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, most numerously attended, and that the spirit which pervaded all parties was such as to create the most confident feeling of the speedy completion of this most excellent and much-wanted work. The chair was taken by Henry Hill, Esq., and the meeting was most eloquently ad dressed by the Rev. W. Dalton, G. B. Thorneycroft, Esq., ttie Rev. H. Moore, &c. The cost of the churches, it was mentioned, would be about £lO,OOO each, and it was an nounced that Miss Hinckes would erect and endow one at her own expence. The Rev. W. Dalton and Mrs. Dalton were announced as subscribing £5OO to each of the others, and subscriptions of £3OO and £lOO to each were also an- nounced as given by two other individuals. The amount subscribed in the room, we rejoice to say, was upwards of I:3ooo.—Wolverhampton Chronicle. We are desirous of drawing the attention of teachers, and all those interested i n l arge schools, where economy in books is a prominent object, to an admirable introductory work on Arithmetic, just published by Mr. Guy, the celebrated author of the " School Geography," " Spelling Book," and many other school books of great reputation it is called " Guy's First Arithmetic," and answers the twofold purpose of a cyphering book and an arithmetic in the four first rules, simple and compound : the book is printed in scrip t j equal to the best penmanship, on paper of the finest quality, and the price is but Is. 3d. half bound. The book will relieve masters of much useless toil, and greatly facilitate the business of the scholar. It is an excellent introduction to the author's celebrated arithmetic. We notice also, by Mr. Guy, a little work on Book-keeping, worthy of his reputation, and much wanted in schools ; it is handsomely printed and neatly bound, the price of which is only ls. PARTRIDGES.—The breeding season bids fair for all abundance of partridges, but a correspondent in the North informs us that in consequence of the long-continued rains which have prevailed during the last and preceding weeks, a great number of young ones have fallen a sacrifice to the floods in low grounds, not being sufficiently strong to effect their escape.—Leeds Intelligencer. THE GOAT.—The common goat of England might be ren dered infinitely more useful that it now is. Where is the English cottager too poor to keep an animal which, like the ass, will pick up its food anywhere, and costing nothing to its owner, will yet cheerfully supply him with much of the nutritious food. THEATRE ROYAL. A fortnight of legitimate novelty is open to enjoyment on the part of the Liverpool supporters of the drama. Mr. Vandenhoff is engaged for a limited period with his interest ing and lady-like daughter. Of the latter we have much to say : she is making steady way in her profession, and affords proofs of it. Her Shaksperian Juliet of last night was a feeling, an affecting, and a sustained impersonation. We rank her Julia in the " Hunchback"—the , part in which she appears this evening—as second only to that of Romeo as played by a member of the late company of the late Mr. Macready, of Covent Garden. Mr. Anderson is a veteran juvenile, and thoroughly au fait at what is cal led the " business" of the stage. His voice is good, and in itself sufficiently powerful and pleasing, but its effect is marred by too much accent—a tee-tum-ti-tee, tee-ti-tee-turn. There is, besides, a slavish imitation of the mannerisms of Macready, which reminds us of the copy of one of the old masters in oil-painting, done in water colours. Mr. Vandenhoff's reception must have been grateful to him : he richly deserved it, for he commands and justifies the respect of his audiences as the man, as much as he does as a tried and appreciated actor. During the joint engage ment of Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff and Mr. Anderson, Ser jeant Talfourd's lon is to be revived ; and, as a climax of attraction, the elaborate spectacle of Richelieu is to be dis played with a richness of effect from which much is antici pated. Of the performances this evening, to-morrow, and Thurs day, we intend to say something on Friday. CIRCULATION OF THE LIVERPOOL NEWS PAPERS. The followhig is an extract from a return made to an order of the House of Commons, showing the number of stamps issued to each of the Liverpool Newspapers, from the Ist of April to the 29th of June, 1839, inclusive : We had but room, last week, being on the eve of going to press, ere we could obtain our information, to state briefly, that this meeting, for the. show of carnations, plants, fruits, vegetables. &c., had taken place on the previous day, (Thursday) in a spacious tent, immediately behind the bowl ing-green of the Derby Arms, Kirkdale ' • and that the ex hibition was beautiful, and was attended by .a succession of company of the first respectability throughout the afternoon. We now supply the following list of the flowers, fruits, &c., that obtained prizes, and the names of, the parties to whom they were awarded, will, doubtless, be interesting to botanists and horticulturists :- PRIZES. CARNATIONS.-Premier prize, Duke of Leeds, Lucre tia, Rowton, Lady E ger t on , M arc Anthony, Queen of Sheba, and Princess Charlotte, Mr. Soorn. SCARLET BIZARRES.-Ist prize, Duke of Leeds, Mr. Soorn ; 2d, Leader, A. Potts. Esq. ; 3d, Game Boy, and 4th, Tfuke of Devonshire, Mr. Soorn ; sth, Earl Fitzwilliam, Mr. Evans. CRIMSON BIZARRES.-ISt prize, Rev. J. Plumpton Mr. Evans, 2d, Pottery Quee n , ' A. Potts, Esq. • 3d, Duke of Bedford, and 4th, Charles XII, ( see dli ng ,) Mr. Evans ; sth, Wilcockson, Mr.. Soorn. SCARLET FLAKES.-Ist prize, Wilson's William IV., 2d, Rowton, 3d, Festival, and 4th, Champion, Mr. Soorn ; sth, Rob Roy, A. Potts, Esq. PURPLE FLAKES.-ISt prize, Turner's Princess Charlotte, Mr. Soorn ; 2d, Mango, 3d, Queen Victoria, 4th, Linieus,. and sth, Pearson's Seedling, Mr, Evans. ROSE FLAKES.-Ist prize, Seedling, A. Pott's, Esq. ; 2d, Queen Victoria, and 3d, Lady. Egerton, Mr. Soorn • 4th, Queen of Roses, Mr. Evans ; sth, Lady Hood, Mr. Soorn. RED PICOTEES.-Ist prize, Britley's Seedling, Mr. Evans ; 2d, Nonpariel, Mr. Soorn ; 3d, Miss Babon, A. Potts, Esq. ; 4th, Pride of London, Mr. T. Roby ; sth, Miss Ann, Mr. Soorn. PURPLE PICOTEES.-Ist prize, Queen of Sheba, 2d, Drucella, and 3d, Leigh's Eliza, Mr. Scorn; 4th Boothman's Veta, and sth, Cleopatra, A. Potts, Esq. STOVE PLANTS.-Premier prize, Gloxinia Hirsuta, Mr. Skirving; Ist prize, Ardesia Crenulata, Mr. Skirving; 2d, Hibiscus Speciocia, Mrs. Woodhouse ; 3d, Ismene Amanca ' A. Potts, Esq. GREENHOUSE PLANTS.-Premier prize, Fuchsia Fulgens, Mr. Skirving; Ist prize, Fuchsia Riccertoniai Mr. Skirving ; 2d, Fuchsia Grasilis, Mrs. Woodhouse ; 3d, De placus Punicius, Mr. Skirving ; 4th, Clethra Arborea, Mrs. Woodhouse. HERBACEOUS PLANTS.-Ist prize, Leatris Spicata Pumila, and 2d, ,Phlox Wheelerii, Mr. Skirving. ORCHIDEOUS.—Ist and 2d prizes, two specimens On- Odium species, Mr. Murray, gardener to W. Smith, Esq., Fuiwood Lodge ; 3d, Oncidium Papelio, Mr. Skirving. PANZIES.—The best pan, Mr. Skirving 2d and 3d, H. loss, Esq. - SEEDLING PANZIES.—Mr. Wm. New, of the Derby Lrms. BASKET OF PLANTS.—Mrs. Woodhouse. FlGS.—Honorary prize. MELONS.-Ist and 2d prizes, Henry Moss, Esq. GRAPES.—Ist and 2d prizes, best Black, Mrs. Wood ouse. CURRANTS.—BIack Grape, Red, and White, Mr. W. . Gandy. CHERRIES.—Ist and 2d prizes, Morello, Mr. Gandy. APPLES.—Ist prize, June eating apples, Mr. Soorn ; 2d, Keswick Codlin, Mr. W. J. Gandy. PEARS.—Ist and 2d prizes, Citron de Carmes, A. Potts, Esq., 2d, Gunner, H. Moss, Esq. ONIONS.—Ist prize, Autumn sown Tripoli, Mr. Murray, gardener at Fulwood Lodge ; 2d, Spring sown, A. Potts, Esq. CELERY.—Ist and 2d prizes, Manchester Red, Mr. W. J. Gandy. tp. CAULIFLOWER.—Mr. T. Williams, Soho-street. LETTUCE.—Ist prize,• Mr. Murray, gardener at Fulwood Lodge ; 2d, Malta, Mr. T. Williams, Soho-street. • CUCUMBERS.--Ist and 2d • prizes, Walker's .Long • - Green, H. Moss, Esq. ; 3d, Kenyon, Mr. Heyes Pike. CABBAGES.—Best two, Early Leith, (one weighing 181bs and the other 191hs) Mr. W. .1. Gandy. : CARROTS.—Ist prize, Altrincham, Mr. W. Halliday. TURNIPS.—Ist prize, Yellow Scarisbrick, Mr. W. J. Gandy. EXTRA PRIZES.---RHUBARB.—Ist prize, The Goliah, (six stems, weighing upwards of 141bs, and 7 inches in cir cumference in the thickest part of the stem, and 46 inches across in the leaf,) Mr . . W. J. Gandy. STRAWBERRIES.—A fine sample, Mrs. Squires. ;_ TURNIPS.—Three Swedish. Turnips, sown in 1838, firm, and having born a crop of seed, of 19oz in weight, 1 / 4 Mr.cM., Ashcroft, Bank . Hall. The following gentlemen were the JUDGES FOR THE DAY :—CARNATIONS AND FLORIST FLOWERS.— • Mr. Nicholson, of Bolton ; Heys 'Pyke, Everton ; and Mr. Sherwood, 'Walton. _ • PLAN ; PS, FRUIT, and VEGETABLES. Thomas Pyke, Esq., Wavertree ; and Mr. Christopher Scott; Wal. ton Nursery. . „ MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL DISTRICT BANK The general half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in thi's company took place at the Mechanics' Institution, Manchesl ter, on Wednesday last. About one hundred gentlemen were - present, including shareholders from Stockport, Bolton, Bury, Warrington, Liverpool, Bristol, and other places. Consi derable interest was excited by the expected report of the committee of shareholders, who, it will be remembered, were appointed in December last, to investigate the accounts of Taylor, Son, and Gibson, and Brown and Powell, on which it was estimated, at the last•meeting, the bank would suffer a net loss o nearly £400,000. _ _ _ S. Fletcher, Esq. the chairman of the board of directors, being called upon to preside, the report entered into a very minute history. of the two accounts, and stated that the com mittee had called in the assistance of Mr. Fosterand Mr. • Hulton, two eminent barristers, to aid them in unravelling ,- , these accounts. It appeared that the account of Taylor and,. , Co. which was the largest, the net deficit thereon being esti- • mated at £280,000, had been opened in 1830, a period when . the inexperience of the managers, in banking affairs was ob vious, and their capital was,, to a great extent, loclued•ftip. In June, 1834, the balance due to -the bank amounted to , £22,000 ; but subs:equent. to that period, in 183 6 :4 so; great was- the confidence .of thei directors in the stability of the bank, that they purchased shares_ in the market, and :qr. W. Sidebotham, who was the deputy chairman of the,board, and had a share in the management of his account, actually bought shares at a_ premium of £7 10s per share.. The account :wa* finally closed on the 20th Au s gust last, when the net loss w.a.5...., estimated at' £280,000. The other account, that of Brown ..., and PoWell, Stockport, had been -opened at the Stockpoit.... i. , branch in 1831; had subsequently been removed to Manches- „ ter, and placed under, inspection ; and with a view of averting ' the impending,bAnkruptcy of the parties, and to get what. they , could out of 'the tire, the bank had been induced to take gir.,,i q • g i f.4 whole of their - liabilities, and carry on the business, for so ' q iiv time. This departure from the legitimate principle4pfba . r i ,,, ing was, as might have . been anticipated, unsuccessffitCa4 o ff it was ultimately found necessary to close this account. ' so the 'net loss on both being estimated at £375,000. ~.,1 , ~, ff. w Mr. Jackson then read the half-yearly report of the dug 1 4 ors, which was of a satisfactory nature. It stated tba ow business of the bank, during the past half-year, had been ow and profitable, the amount of ,coromissions exceeding,, % di of the corresponding period of last year, and the race pc . . on the 'available capital of the bank being considerablY; grea4e,A dt than at any former period. The affairs of the bank hadV , s,r4,,, thoroughly investigated, and several alterations had - laßgiik . adopted by the general board, with a view to prevent t i lat,f,e i currence of losses of magnitude. They were unable tdpt4fs . ii i the exact amount of loss that would be sustained by the t,TFoci accounts that had been investigated, the assets not yet bein* s d realized, but the estimate given at the last - meeting would,b , R on considerably exceeded. Great as these losses were, they Wqq, 7 not irretrievable ; and under the system of improved inspen,, b 'tion, they felt Warranted in recommending a dividend of five ~ per cent. per annum, which would leave a surplus profit o £6500 for the half year. A long discussion ensued as to the propriety of printing the report of the committee of shareholders, which was ultimately , ' decided in the affirmative. The report of the directors *l4f s at adopted, and the recommendation for a dividend was affirm 4 Messrs. T. Boothman, jun., R. Gardiner, and T. Trueman i , 4 were appointed auditors for the year ending January next. There was no other business of importance. -c• EXTRAORDINARY IMPORT OF WOOL.—The quantity foreign wool imported into Hull during the past week, , ,far::f exceeds the quantity in - wort-2d during the previous week, . Upwards, of a million lbs. was imported from Hamburgh ; above a hundred thousand lbs. from St. Petetsburgh ; the entire import into this one port during the seven days waN I,lBB,369lbs.—Leeds Intelligencer.• .. ..-,, I , 1 THE WEATHER since our - hit has been extrernely, l 44, settled. On Friday afternoon a heavy fall of rain set iriAl*; wind blowing. from the east, which continued during,, . • ~..-' night. On Sunday morning the wind shifted to the 'so .i - ' west, and there was an interval of fine weather with .# 4- (4 sional showers during the 'remainder of the day. On 'A. .K and Tuesday there were frequent showers, but-as the at.; . 1 phere was droughty a good deal of hay was stored - on'iho I - days. On Tuesday evening a heavy storm of wind and .r' fit set in, which continued throughout the whole of Wednesdiy, and caused many of the brooks and rivulets to overflimjiatsV '. banks. Thursday and yesterday were very fine days," aUc, would do much to repair the mischief done on Wednes'd'-=•- Sk w Leeds Intetligencer. YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The preparations. f . for the approaching second exhibition of this Socicty,,whipb,• is to take place at Leeds, on Wednesday the 28 inst., are : :. going on with great spirit. The dinner pavilion, which4o.in .; Ic y course of erection in the Barrack yard, under the diroc of Mr. Chantrell, is almost completed, a large portion,4 ~ rooting and slates having been put on during the week:•••, 4 . ,.. is calculated to accomodate 2000 persons, and we understand that Mr. Ash, of the Angel Intl, has contracted, to supply a dinner,for that.nnuiber. From Mr. Ash's well-known liber ality, and his enerietice in such undertakings, we have no doubt that that branch of the entertainments of the day will give ample satisfaction. Little time now remains for those who intend tq become ,competitors for the prizes to enter their names, as ive believe that all entries must be made a for light laeforsAtAlßK clay. _ As the. Leeds fortnight fair haPP,PS p 4 I*-§44l9 R 4pyimi*4laibiiion, Nvt, anAciwte a veey'numerOU'S atten - dance.—Eeedi'lntelligencer. . ,- . the abundance of atlases for schools, we do not find aoy one so judiciously constructed as tlk Svo atlas of Mr. Russell; and the 4to maps of Ostell. To draw maps an artist should be professionally educated ; and Mr. Russell, as a practical .geographer, stands amongst the first in his profession. :The maps in these works are extremely accurate in their physical features ; and a very prominent advantage in them is, that no more names are given than can be read with facility : he has selected with great care every place of historical, commercial, and political consequence, • and rejected only such as encumber the map, and confuse the. writing, without ever being required for reference. This 'is a striking excellence in Russell's and Ostell's atlases, and it ' has very properly secured to them a high reputationin schools and families. The modern and ancient maps of Russell, bound together in a handsome 4to volume, is a most desirable book of reference either for the library or school- ' room, and exceedingly cheap. THUNDER STORM AND } Looo.—On Friday, the 26th inst. Bonacee, a small village in the neighbourhood of Letterkenny, was visited by.dn awful thunder storm and flood, by which it was completely inundated. About one o'clock the rain,bi gan to descend in torrents, accompanied by vivid .and-)rel , peated flashes of lightning, and incessant peals of thurrelofr, which continued without intermission until three, by-wLiolis time the rivulets, with which the village on either side is bor:.'. dered, became swollen to a degree never before recolleettd by the oldest inhabitant. The houses in the centre were itn;, - , mediately filled with water to a great depth, the inhabit mfr uarrowly escaping death by elevating themselves an bells, tables. and, in some instances, children were suspended byi cords around their bodies from the tops of the houses. ' , Not houses were carried off in toto, and a great number of othersb rent and shaken to their foundation ; but by a miraculetasa interposition of Providence, fortunately no lives have ban; lost. It flowed on for a considerable length of time within 4 cessant fury, carrying destruction in its track—overspreadine to a great extent that beautiful and luxuriant valley adjoifi ing—prostrating and laying waste meadow, oat, and potatoe crop, to a very large amount. Many large trees have 'been. torn up by the roots, and rocks of huge dimensions hare brew; carried to a considerable distance from their original 'beds. It is melancholy to see numerous potatoe plots, to which , : some poor families (who are at present in a state of utter' destitution) had looked forward for immediate relief,' present? an absolute surface of 'stones and sand. Altogether ninith ravages have been made and injury sustained, but it isto be hoped that Col. Pratt, yvho is the lord of the _soil; will con‘;: skier the case of the unhappy sufferers, who stand so.mneh' in need of his indulgence.—Derry Standard. 4 i , •i; D ~. , ": 1 -,-,•:: .• . 4 4, A l./ . ) . ... i ....... „.47 , __ 5. .. ,;. ... ..., Li 5...3 , : . '.. irt,: . - :•. , :i.1„, - ',..:".-4. 0 . pe.zekvii,;-/.. , ,,1-r• t , . \-.!-..., 45...?„ . . -.:.;‘,.#• .... . . ~. ~ .. VERTON AND KIRKDALE FL464A, OR- TICULTURAL MEETING7.I,v }. ~% A F~ ~~~~ ~-