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MAY- 11. 1S ?~ thrown their native artisans and mechanics entirely out of bread." Tu the truth of the above remarks respecting the ruin ruts policy of the present ministry the experience of the People of gp g land will bear the strongest testimony. 'Little else remlinspii; complete the measure of Whi g • in latuation th an to tIgIAV open the trade in corn, and thus plunge ten millions of the population of Great Britain into irretrievable ruin. We have very little doubt that it is the intention of the Whigs to accomplish this scheme, as soon as certain existing obstacles are re moied—Lhat is, if they are not previously driven from power. We are sorry to perceive that one melancholy result of the full emancipation of the negroes has been the death from -negligence of their children. The paper front vi - hich we "hive already quoted has the following distressing particulars In looking over the catalogue of coroners inquests (pub lished by our contemporary of the St. Jago Gazetee, it is me lancholy to observe the number of poor free negro children sacrificed by the listless negligence of their slothful mothers, .._niany of whom, feel so little anxiety about the health or wel fare of their offspring, that they never observe they are ailing or sick till they ate at the last extremity, and then they run with them to the overseer or hospital doctor when it is too late to save them. That our readers may hive authentic reports . of the cases alluded to, we subjoin a few specimens as fallow : WESTMORELAND:—OnIv the 12th September last, at My lerslield estate, on the body of a negrn child named Thomas Riley. It appeared in evidence that the child had been sick and was neglected by its mother; taken from her and given to a morie; it came on bad weather; after weather over, nurse brotight it to the overseer, who ordered a quart of flour to he given for it. Nurse roasted two dutnp!iuge, it eat a little; asked for water, drank some, then died alm,st unniediatety.—Verdict Died by the visitation of God."—At the same place, and on the same day, on the body of another negro child named Mary Dobson, also a free child on the property. It appeared trom the evidence of Rosey Beckford, that Mary Ann Clarke, the c.hild's mother, left the child with her in the morning, and when she, Rosey Beckford, went out, She left it playing in the yard. When she returned she missed Mary Dobson, and searchinv, for her she found her lying in a water hole quite dead. —Verdict "Accidentally drowned."—On the al January, at Prospect estate,.on the body of a negro child named George Pennycock, about 3 years old. The child's mother being sworn, deposed that two or three weeks ago her child was sick ; took it to the overseer who gave her medicine fur it; the child was afterwards taken very ill, and before she could take it to the overseer it died.—Verdict "Thai the child came to its death partly from neglect of its mother." On the 24th at Spring Garden estate, On the body of a free child named Diana Thomas.-Oriva Wedderburn, thechild's mother, being sworn, deposed that returning.frinn her work on Friday, she found her child blow quite . hard, took it immediately to Mr. Smith, the overseer, who sent it to the hospital, where every care was taken of her, but she died in less than an hour.—Verdict " Died by the visitation of God." " In the days of slavery such cruel neglect could seldom or never occur, because the' negro children were under the superintend ence of nurses appointed by the proprietor to attend to all the young children, to see them properly fed, clothed, and looked after, and the mistress or ladies resident on the estate were assi duous in training the young negroes to domestic habits, and paid them every possible attention when sick. But since the parents of these free negro children have had their hearts turn ed against their former I enefactots, and they feel averse to apprentice them, or trust them to the care of masters and mis tresses, they are suffered to run wild, and are doomed to perish ftota c the neglect of their careless or depraved parents. What the liiei of some of these negro mothers are, we may judge from ehe following inquest : On the 20th, at Retreat estate, on the body of a negro woman named Mary Hogg Goodwin, late an apprentice on that pro perty. Mr. Cocker, the overseer, deposed, that on Thursday shelt blow, he found deceased laying down drunk in the fowl house • she went home in the evening app a rently p re tty sob er; he ordered her to turn out to-work in the second gang; would not.allow her near the house. Friday morning, she was found lying on the King'S road beastly drunk ; bad her taken to the hospital; sent for Dr. Mason, jun.; who used the stomach pump, and did every thing possible to save her, but in vain; she died about eight o'clock that evening. Verdict—"'That Mary Hogg Goodwin died from excessive drinking of ardent spirits." " We may ask, what is become of all the children of the non praylials who have been kindly treated and coml . , irtably lodged in the houses or on the premises of the apprentice-masters dur ing their patents' term of service ? For, it is not reasonable to expect that people will be willing to hire servants who will turthen with children that are of no use, and cannot be kept under proper control. And how they are to be otherwise pro vided fur in the present unsettled state of affairs, we are at a loss to determine." From these details it is evident that incalculable mis chielvvould be the unfailing consequence of immediate `cmancination, and that it is no less an act of humanity , towards the apprentices, than of justice towards the plan - ters,-.that a reasonable period of probation should inter= vene before the former are thrown entirely upon their. We would, therefore, venture to ask the emancipationists whether they are not virtually contri bitting to swell the amount of human misery by seeking to precipitate the perfect liberty of the negroesl Would it not be much better to labour for the moral and spiritual - 4mprovernent of the apprentices, in older to fit them for the proper exercise of the tights of citizenship, than to seek to confer upon them privileges which they are in .capable of appreciating, and immunities Vthicli they are -sine to abuse.? IVe have been mach delighted with the following ex cellent slietrii.of the policy of our present ministers : (Flom the Kingston Chronicle, March 20 ) " Addison, descrikog the whigs in the reign of Queen Anue 'says, addressing himself to Britannia-- Thy favourites grew not up by fortune's sport, Nor from the.crimes or follies of a coma, ' On the °firm basis of desert they rise, .From long try!cl.faitli, and friendship - rboly ties. And Burke, too, says that in those days they believed that toe only proper method of rising into power, was through hard essays of practised friendship and experienced fidelity. .At that time it was not imagined that patriotism was a bloody idol, which required the sacrifice of children and parents, .and the dearest connexions in private life, an of all vie- toes which rise from those relations. They were not of that Ingenious paradoxical morality, to imagine that a spirit of mo deration was properly shown in patiently bearing the sufferings of your friends. Or that disinterestedness was clearly mani fested at the expense of other people's fortune. They believed that no men could act in concert who did not act in confidence; and that no men could act with confidence who were not bound together by common opinions, common affections, and common interests. own resources. " Thesa, wise men were too well-principled in these maxims, upon which the whole fabric of public strength is built, to be blown off their ground by the breath of any childish talker. They were not afraid that they should be called an ambiguous junto, or that their resolution to stand or fall together should, by placemen, be interpreted as a scuffle for power. The govern. :in, wilily,. of Queen Victus la's reign act upon no common principle of reason 07 consistency, that we know of, but that of changing .their measures to retain their places. To divide and reign is .their maxim, and to split the county into- contending factions :Appears to be the object of the acting administration. Their baneful councils spread even to the colonial legislatures, and has riiiduced in our J-maica assembly the same jarring and disunited elements which are to be found in the parliament of •the parent state. With this difference, that here the conservaf Jive is Dot of that united, compact, and formidable phalanx calculated to defeat the mischievous and destructive assaults of their ever-restless and changeable foes. And, consequently 'their' contentious conflicts are the more likely - to effect general confusion. If the conservative corps do not rally speedily, we can have little hope for the future peace or prosperity of the country!'' 4t is, indeed, perfectly true that the Whigs have no .other principle—no other motive of action, than that of .Pertinaciously ; keeping their places. To accomplish tl.is ..end they.are,ever willing to suit their policy to every ' , emergency, and ready on all occasions to shape and alter ',their measures in obedience to considerations of expedi ,ency. But it is high time that the Conservatives of Great Britain should take souse .decisit e plan for thrust ing these unpt incipled imbeciles out of office, before the mischief which they are perpetrating becomes irrepara ble. Let the people of England pour their addresses at the foot of the throne, and demand the expulsion of the Whig- Radical faction from power. Let our gracious Queen know the sentiments entertained by her loyal tiubjects, and she will not assuredly lack the courage to deal a ith her present ministers according to their merits, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC OATH.—The Earl of Shrews bury, in pursuance to a notice of motion to that effect, brought before the House of Lords on Tuesday last the c unsideration of the Roman Catholic Oath. The exhi . bition which this doughty champion of Popery made of himself on the occasion is as unaccountable as it is dis- Imiceful to himself and to his party. Of all men in the kingdo m the E.rrl of Shrewsbury should have been the list to utter a word in extenuation of the Popish ne-tn b"rs of Parliament. From the extracts which we shall Presently introduce from a work published by the noble earl before the passing of the Emancipation Bill, it ap- Pears that Ito of all others, most efft: , atually laboured to Oelude the Protestants of England into the belief that the Papist s were sincere in their professions with respect the tests proposed to be incorporated in the bill. That 'indefatigable writer, Mr. Eneas Macdouneli, in a lettpr to [ log rftiggsdils very opportunely quoted set exat passages front t lie work to which we refer. We einnot do better than lay the whole of these passages before our readers+ for the purpose of showing the consumn,ate duplicity of the Popish leaders. The following are the extracts, as contained in Mr. M:tcdonnell's letter : Sir.—As the Earl of Shrewsbury has appointed next Tuesday for the consideration of: the Boman Catholic oath, I beg leave to invite his Lordship's recurrence to the sentiments embodied in his book published in the year 1828, entitled Reasons for not taking the Test. I shall confine my reference to his "prelimi nary observations," and furnish the extracts unaccompanied by a single line of note or comment thereupon. The noble author observes as follows:—" The Protestant is now the .established church. Let her rest satisfied with this advantage. It gives her all the splendour and power and influence of worldly state, with the largest ecclesiastical revenues in Christendom to support them; thus insuring her as complete an ascendancy over every other religion as can with justice be desired."—(Page 47.) "Clemency and moderation will attach a large and . . . zealous body to her interests. Il'e should support her, not as a church possessing purity of doctrine, but as a teacher of good morals, and as a member of the great edifice of-the constitu , . lion." (Page 49.) . . . . "I trust to show, that far from there being any reasonable ground of danger to the establish ment from reinstating the catholics in their civil rights, it would be equally our interest and our inclination to uphold the honours and temporalities of the church of England."—( Page 86) . " It is equally improbable that we should unite with the dis senters for the purpose of despoiling the establishment." . "The Bishop of Peterborough cannot surely be serious, that as long as the establishment retains her temporalities with the influ ence necessarily attached to them, together with.the universi ties, and her paramount political privileges, that she can ever fall from that immense ascendancy which she now enjoys over every other • religion of th e state. "—(P age 86 an d 8i ) . . `• What object can Catholics have in unitingwith the Dissenters tcrdespoil the establishment?—(Page 87.) " When the passions are calmed, and the interests of every class are amalgamated by equal laws and equal rights, the present lamentable dis cord will cease, religious harmony will he restored throughout the land, and Christians of every denomination will he linked. together by the honk' of charity and good will alone." . - " Ihe Church qf En g l an d m i g h t - t h en enjoy her revenue and her privileges in peace and comfiat, - to the hatred or envy qf her neighbours." . . " The DisSenters have invariably, departed in finitely further from the parent church than the members of the establishment. What, therefOre, should we gain by uniting with them to despoil that establishment ? They, united, being infinite y the stronger party, woad, in case of success, take every thing for themselves. I speak not of -Ireland; any spolia tion of the Established Church there must proceed either from a convulsion in the country or from the power of the Protestant landholders." . The redress of the most grievous clerical exactions, and a moderate competency from the Government to the Catholic clergy, operating with the late amendments in.the tithing system, and equal laws and equal rights, would so far mystify the people as :o remove every idea from their minds of despoiling the establishment."—(Page 88,89.) . . . 'The great security of the Protestant establishment would consist in the alliance which it should be her inclination to form with her Ca tholic brethren."—(Page 90) " Is it not, therefore, na tural that we should support the establishment, should we see it in vaded by Calvinists and ,Levellers?"--(Page 91.) . " Ca tholics most assuredly haVe nothing to anticipate from the downfall of the church." . . .." An established church has ever formed a part of the constitution of the country. She is the promoter of learning, the preserver of the splendid memo rials of the piety of our ancestors; she is now become the en courager of the arts." . . . ''The property of the church in the bands of laymen, or in possession of sectaries, neither would nor could be half so advantageous to the country as it is now. I have already said why we have no wish to see it in our own. The sacrifice of the church establishment is, therefore, a sacrce which we neither desire as Christians nor as members of the state." —(Pages 91, 92, 93.) . . . . ‘• While iu all this I deliver only the sentiments of an individu;,l, at the same time I believe that I speak those of the body to which I belong ; at any rate, I am sure - that what I hare said 1 - have said in the sincet ily of my heart." Can any thing be plainer or more explicit than the preceding language ? But will our readers credit us when we say that, at _the very time that this language was held forth to induce the Protestants to concede the measure of Catholic emancipation, the Earl of Shrews. bury and his associates must have been aware that the Pope had actually disapproved of the oath proposed as a test for the achniS,ion of Papist. into both hou.es of Par liament? Can it be believed that the Pope had virtually exonerated the Catholics from the obligatio❑ of the oath ? Such was the fact, however diilic•olt of belief. From the year 1815 to the year 1329, when the Eman cipation Bill paSsed, the oath to which we refer was again and again put forward as having been sanctioned by the Pope. 'But So far ~ froni having 'sanctioned the obliga, tions of that.oath, we find that in the forms proposed by the l'ope there was not one word said respecting the in violability of the EstablisheilThurch. The Bishop of Exeter, in reference to this part of the subject, remarked— " As the noble earl had evinced such anxiety that everything should be brought forward, be was astonished that the noble earl had not called the attention of the house to an important docu ment, which bad been approved of by the Pope, and had been sent by his full authority as contiining the sentiments of the Pope, :especting the oath which he would permit the Roman Catholics to take.• The noble earl had not been informed by those individuals eho had supplied him with information on other points respecting a letter of Cardinal Litta, which con taiued an intimation to Dr. Poynter of the opinion of the Pope The following letter, it was to be observed, had been addressed by Cardinal Litta to Dr. Poynter, the Bishop Apostolic of the London district : • Genoa, April 26, 1815. Most Illustrious and Most Reverend Lord ; —LYour lordship has lately informed me of your speedy return to England, earnestly entreating me, at the same time, to putyou in posses sion of his Holiness's ideas respecting the conditions to obtain from the government the wished for bill of emancipation. His Holiness has been pleased to communicate to me his sentiments with regard to the only terms which, after rejecting all those that have hitherto been proposed, his dear Catholic children of Great Britian may admit with a safe conscience, should the bill f their emancipation, as has long been expected, have passed. The subjects Which come to be taken into consideration, namely, those a hich the said g overnment, for the tranquillity and secu rity of themselves and the state, so far as the Catholic subjects concerned, appear anxious to settle on a firm footing, are, first, the oath of ailegiant:e. In the event of emancipation, so as to be favourable to the Catholics in general, his Holiness will per. ! mit them to adojxt for their oath any of the three forms follow ing, &c. " In no one of the three was there a single word respecting the Protestant Establishment, or Protestant succession to the throne. One of the forms has the following:—" I will defend the succession of the crown in the family of his Majesty." With this letter there were given three forms of oaths of allegi ance which the Roman Catholics were permitted to adopt. There was not one of the three forms, .which the Ro man Catholics were permitted to take as a security to the Church and State of England, in 'which there was one single word of the Protestant Establishment, or of the Protestant succession 'to the throne. Throughout these forms there was a studied abstinence front even al- lulling to the Protestant succession to the throne. No s,!curity whatever was 'offered for preserving the tempo ralities of the Church, nor would the Roman Catholic~ be permitted to enter into any such obligation. Is it not, therefore, plain that the whole procedure of the Popish faction was a deliberate and an enormous fraud upon the Protestants of England ? It is of no use to plead in reply that the oath actually taken by the Po pish members of the legislature imposes such an obliga tion upon their consciences as that which is implied in the very terms of the oath. For what is said in refe rence to such oaths ? The Rotnish casuists declare that an unlawful oath never binds—on oath taken against the rights or real utility of the Church. Such?tl oath, ac cording to the Pope, must be an unlawful oath, and can not bind. This is certainly an awful doctrine; but it is one which is distinctly maintained by the Popish Church. Witness the language of Dr. 111°Hale, as quoted b y t he Bishop of Exeter '• Dr, Wllate, who was professor of dogmatical theology was asked as to the power of the Church dispensing with oaths ; Dr. p. 283, : being asked respecting, a proposition in Bailly, ' Exisset is Ecclesia potentas dispensandi iu Vohs et Jw•araentis'--:-a proposition proved, first, from Matt. Whatsoever you shall louse on earth shall also he loosen in heaven,' admits this in the sense in which it is laid down) by th e author, hut he says there are limits to this power. When I say that the Church has the power of dispensing from oaths I understand that the Church is then the interpreter in some tuca sure of the Divine will.' If there was an oath or a vow which was impossible in its performance, or which would clash with other duties art more imperative nature, as they may be SOME, times conflicting duties, then the Church is only expressing the will of the Almighty himself in releasing a person from the in convenient obligation of an oath Or vow, which would trench upon a superior obligation. In casuistry the shades between right and wrung may be sometimes so very indistinct as not to 4e seen by ap rodivarY eye: then the Church, being the inter preter of the Divine faw, only decides what seems best in the particular case. The Church is the judge of what is expedient or not in a doubtful case, and like every other tribunal may be deceived in any particular case. )"l'e find it laid down in p. 145 of that Class Book ( Bailly, 2,1 ""; Or, Moral hettlOgv,') that the following are just causes of dispensation, viz : the honour of God ; second, the utility of the Church ; third, iii common gotta o f the retitadie ; fourth, the common good of the society. Who is to be judge of what the Attila try of the Church may require ?—The superiors of the Church.'" Theology,l4o. Jo order to explain more fully our doctrine of dispensation o oath. I wish to ol,Nerve that there is nothing in our principles •at Va riltwe with those of sound jurists anti civilians of every creed. It' any person should take an oath which may-clash with the (hits which he owed to another, he is absolr,d from that oath he is told, ' You are not bound to fulfil it.' The Church, in granting the dispensation, only declared to the individual that be has initracted, or attempted to contract, by that nit an obligation which is contrary to another dilly. Every duty springs from God; and as God cannot contradict himself by ie quiring incompatible duties, the Church only interprets the ,ltivitte will. while she releases him from the obligation of Isis :oath. In extraordinary cases (cases where persons may reason each way), in which ordinary persons are not able to decide, I am always to be directed by the superior. When you say that the Church has the goiter of dispensing oaths do not you mean the superiors of the. Church, and particu larly the Pope ? —The Pope and the bishops. In some cases the bishops—in all the Pope, that is, in those cases in which they are dispensable. Is there any case in whiCh a dispensation can be ,;ranted, in which the Pope cannot do it of himself, or in which it is neces sary, that there should be superadded to his power the power of a bishop ?—Ni.. I know not any. Is not an oath strictly a religious - act ?—Yes—ye call the Al- mighty to witness. Does it not therefore fall correctly within the principle of the spiritual jurisdiction of the Pope, as distinguished from disci pline ?—Yes, it does; but at the same time, if the dispensation should clash with any defined clear duty whi7h I owe to any authority. I- am of course to disregard the dispensation, I my self being the judge, if it is a clear case. If this language is not plain enough, look to the con duct of the Popish members since their admission into Parliament. After taking an oath Which every sane person must consider as a security for our Protestant Establishment, have they not, on every occasion, availed themselves of their privilege of. voting for the purpose of upsetting the Church? Have they not distinctly avowed it to be their aim and object to destroy the Irish Church? Have they not also voted on all qoestions'a&cting the temporalities of the Church of England? It is impos sible that there can be any mistake as to the tendency of the votes given by the Papists in parliament o❑ all the questions which have had any relation to the Church. Every one of those votes was given in concert with the proclaimed, the implacable enemies of the Church, and they are all totally irreconcileable with the spirit of the oath. What, then, is the, conclusion to which we are corn ,pelled to arrive on this subject ? It is simply this, that these fraudulent Papists took these oaths, not with any mental reservation, but with the deliberate conviction that they were absolved 7:pyo facto from the obligations of the oaths—that they took these oaths with the full de termination to overdo, the Church, and to set aside, if po,sible, the Proh.st alit succession to the throne. And will the Protestant people of England look on these things without any concern ? Will they permit a prig of perfidious perjurers to rob them of their blood bought privileges ? Are'thev content the Church should become a spoil to Infidels and Papists ? If they are not, they must speedily arouse from their apathy, and come to the rescue. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD LIVERPOOL TOWN MISSION. The ninth annual meeting of the friends of the Liverpool Town Mission rues held at the Music Hall, on Tuesday evening. The room was filled by a highly-respectable assemblage of eminent ministers, and others favourable to the objects of the institution. At half-past six o'clock, JOHN CHOPPER, Esq., was called to the chair. The Rev. Mr. STRUTT opened the meeting by the delivery of an appropriate and impressive prayer. The Cu A la Al A N said, he was happy to he able to state, that he had reason to congratulate them on the success that hid attniled • their efforts during the past year. They had had to increase their agents to double the former number. The necessity for exertion no one doubted; but they certainly were not prepared fur the great amount of ignorauce and sin which It appealed existed to the community. Ignorance and sin it appeared by • the report abounded in all directi its. I' therefare behoved them to exert themselves to the utmost to repress those evils, and to promote the extension of the Ifedeemer's - kinedom. The churches which existed were not filled. This was not because there were not people to go, but because of the unwilliogness of the people to go. They had received an express command to go forth and preach the gospel. That society was doing all that. was in its power to fulfil the command, by going forth Into the highways, and up the lanes and alleys, and calling two or three together in the name of God. It had be en t h oug ht desi ra bl e fur this society to co-operate with the temperance sOciety. They had gone amongst the reformed drunkards of that society, and with great success, Ile had received numerous reports of the great good that - had been wrought by this society. He hoped this would ai,intate them to proceed further: but to enable them t o do this th e y mus t be supplied with funds, which had hitherto been very liniited.. One benevolent indiVidual,"who had con tribute 4 lar g ely, w a s prevented from attending the meeting that evening by indisposition. Ile alluded to Mr. William Kay, who regretted much that he could not he present. • The Chair man called upon Mr.'Jones,' the secretary, to read the report. The report having been lead, from which it appeared that during the past year there' had been 33,256 domiciliary visits to the poor. of which 6300 were visits to the sick ; there had been 1-1,90 j ineetious, anti 24.800 religious tracts distributed, of which upwards of 13,000 were distributed at the assizes and races. Mr. John Jones read over the accounts, from which it appeared that £129 16s. I Id. had been the balance iu band, but that this sum had been absorbed in the payments of salaries of agents whom they had found it necessary to eniploy. - Mr. Jou N JONES proceeded to congratulate the society on the present large and respectable meeting. He rejoiced at .this meeting, because it convinced hint fellv lhat the Toik - n 'Mission was beginning to make an impression amongst the. congrega tions of the town. They had, as had been stated, 11,0 e an increase of five in their agents. The committee were fully persuaded that they were justified in this increase to the ex . perases, having no doubt that the funds would be such as would enable them to meet the outlay. The present income, however, did not exeeed £3OO, and the - expenditure for the next year would be £600: anti if they appointed a general superintendent; which .was very desirable, the expenses would not he less than £BOO. Mr. Jones proceeded to allude to the absence of Mr. Kay, who, he said, had been the best frien.l of the society, the income having beets £303, of which, he (Mr. Kay) had contri• buted one third. . • Mr. STEEL, read a series of extracts from the journals of the agents. From these it appeared that the latter had been received with kindness by the people generally, but the ignorance and wickedness which had been observed were described as deploia hie. An agent had, amongst others, visited .thesesidence of a reputed fortune-teller, where he, found fifteen young people assembled waiting for the appearance of the former. He ad. dressed them on the suhject of their visit, and while he was thus engaged, the fortune-teller came down the stairs. The agent spoke to her concerning her profession, when her husband justified it by the quotation of a passage. from Isaiah. The husband was a cripple, and the wife said he was also an idiot. She said she was pursuing an honest means of getting a liveli hood, Both the husband and - wife had a dissipated d uuken appearance. The ignorance and darkness pervading some of the streets, it was stated. could.not be worse if it were. a heathen country. The Rev. JAMES LISTER moved, that the report be adopted, and pi inted and circulated under the direction of the committee. He expressed his satisfaction at the improvement of the present meeting over the last. He had no doubt that many of the friends of Christ were unaware of the deplorable ignorance of the great truths of the Gospel in which a peat mass of the peo ple were plunged—ignorance which. was worse than that which pervaded the mass of the heathens. 'Throughout Asia there was scarcely an individual of a family who did not worship some god or other; but here there were individuals who lived without worship,—without God—without Christ—and without hope. He had conversed with a tradesman a short time ago, who could not recollect that he had ever been inside the walls of a church. Ile had never read the Scriptures to his family, or given them any religious instruction 'whatever. • If thiS were so with a re• spectable tradesman, what would be the case with the pool ? He Was gratified to hear that 016-lad - got au Irishaderempthyed to visit the Irish in this town. The reverend gentleman pro. seeded to allude to a new Welsh chapel that had been opened, and expressed a hope that they would soon have an Irish Chapel where there Would be nreaching in the Irish language. There were large masses of Irish in ;this town, and the priests would not be able tO prevent them from going. to hear the gospel if it were preached in their native Irish. The Catholics considered the English version of the Scriptures heretical, but the Irish version, he believed, was not under the ban. The Rev. Justine TUNSTALL, of Kirkdale; seconded the re 'solution. The Rev. gentleman said be was deeply interested in the Liverpool Town Mission, and he knew that the agents had not over-rated their success. He staled that he had assisted them to the utmost of his power, and gave instances of the be neficial results of the system adopted. The resolution was put,and carried. • The Rev. J. CARRUTHERS moved a resolution to the effect, that the meeting deSire to give thanks to almighty God for the increasing prospects of the society, and to pray God for the in fluences of the holy Spirit on their future exeitions. The Rev.Tnolu as SQlANCEseconded the resolution. It gave him great pleasure, he said, to stand forward as an advocate of this noble and godlike institution. It gave him great pleasure because he admired the principles upon which this noble sOciety was governed. lie understood the passage " Paul plants, and Apollus waters" in the light iif a promise, for, said he, God gives the increase." The reverend gentleman spoke in tones of admit ation of the simplicity of the means made use of by the town mission. The resolution was put and carried, after which a collection was made. The CHAIRMAN announced that he had received a letter from Mr. Crewds.m. of Manchester. The writer said, that he felt great interest in the success of the Liverpool Town Mission, for the use of which he. enclosed the shin of £lO. Mr, JONES atillifillaCed that he hail received . a donut ion of £5O from—James Cropper, Esq.,-arni from the Chairman, Edward Cropper, Esq., who had requested that he would not mention his name, a donation of £25. There was also a sum of £lO, which had be-n sent by a willow. It was the widow's mite. The Rev. RotiEllT YOUNG proposed the third resolution, to the effect, that while the meeting rejoiced in the spread of the gospel among the heathen, it was incumbent on them not to degaect the spiritual welfare of those who were near to them. The R e v. Mr. PETiors seconded the resolution in a speech of ninch eloquence and power. '• ' The Rev. Mr. STRUTT propOs'e'd the officers for tine ensuing year; seconded by the Rev. DANIEiI, JONES, and carried. Thank s were erred to the Chairman, and the meeting sepa rated at half-past nine o'clock, 0 noN A TroN REGATTA.—From an advertisement which appears in our paper of this day, it appears that a splendid re gatta will take place at the loyal Rock Ferry, on the 28111 of June. W e have no doubt, th a t on such an occassion, it must prove a pott..rf ti l attraction. We hope that it -wilt pr.ive the first of an annual series of regattas on the Mersey. h, T!tE THEATRE lion L.—Last evening the pleasing opera of ‘ N ,'""lia" was nerforined at this Theatre, when Mrs. Wien), oyer splendid voca l p',, rs, again delighted very numerous inolitory. We pe r c e i ve th a t thi s even i ng is- announced as the le‘st .other appe arance this engagement , when she ty id take her benefit , along with M r . W oo d , w i t h t h e opera o f "Cinderella," followed by the principal Tart of "111asaniello.". \Ve Fore, however, soon aga i n to see Mrs. - WOod.amongst us; . - she in variably delights and always draws good houses. - • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. IirOTING AND ASSAUI.TING l'orrcE OFFlcErts.--4Thurteen or'fifteen individuals , chiefly Irishmen of the lowest (lass, were oo Tuesday last, placed at the bar of the Police-court, charged aith having assaulted several police-officers, and behaved in a rioteus and disorderly manner the public streets. Mr. Whitty dated, that at a qua t ter to eight o'clock on the preceding even ing, Iwo :nett were fighting in Stockdale-street The crowd which surrounded them, were divided into • two .factions, and much centention was going on. I'he police-officers to the num ber of three or four went into the crowd, and endeavoured to part the combatants. Upon this the mob assailed the officers, and assaulted them with the utmost fury. Mr. Whitty pro ceeded to say, that from information which .they had received, they had apprehended the persons at the bar, and he expected to be able'to identify them on the following day. The officers Mere unahle.to attend at that moment. One of them was sup posed to be inconsiderable danger. The prisoners were re manded till the following day. On Wednesday. Police-officers, Nos. 6, 154, 283, and an officer named .I..uptou appeared in court: Each.of them bore marks of great violence, especially about the head and face. Mr. Hall having caused them to be sworn, the y pointed o ut s e v e n pri soners , w h ose names were M'Anallv,Toole, Edwards, Hall, Carroll, Nevilte, and Tim mins. Police-officer 288, stated, that on Monday night, soon after eight o'clock, he was in Stockdale-street, where he saw a a great crowd surrounding two men that were fighting. The people were exceedingly riotous and violent. • He called three other officers, and they went into the croualto part the two men. The mob instantly attacked them with fury, and he (witness) was knocked down by several severe blows on the head. He could not tell who struck him. Police-officer No. 6 stated that he was on duly in Scotland-road, on Monday evening. Shortly after eight o'clock, he was called to assist in quelling a disturb ance in Stockdale-street. He was knocked down several times, and at length a very heavy blow, which he described as like the kick of a horse, laid him senseless. He identified Edwards and Toole as having beet) exceedingly violent, and as having insti gated the mob to press forward on the officers. Police-officer 154 gave testimony generally corroborative of the above. lie identified Carroll as having been amongst the most furious of the assailants. Police-officer Lupton stated, that he received several severe cuts and contusions on the head and face, from the individuals in the crown. lie identified M'Anally and Edwards. Inspector M`Donald stated, that. he was, on Tuesdav morning, about nine o'clock, walking along Vauxhall-road, when he saw Neville, Hall, and Edwards together, as he passed them, he heard Edwards telling the other two of his exploits of the preceding evening. He said he-had pitched it finely into No. 6, and that he got a glorious kick at another officer when he was down. Timmins was also identified as one of the ring leaders. 'He did not deny that he had been in the'crowd, but he'Said he laid on the officers for the mere purpose of getting them safely away. The prisoners generally denied the charges. Mr. Hall was of opinion, that against Neville and Hall there was not sufficient evidence. With respect to the others, he said the testimony'did not directly'prove that they had struck any blows. litit as it was shown that they were in the crowd, and had urged the mob, they were equally guilty. The prisoners • were ordered to pay a fine of £5 each and costs. In default of payment, they were to be cotnmitted to the House of Correction for two months. CHARGR OF BURGLARY —A great number of burglaries have recently been committed at the larger mansions and villa resi dences in the suburbs and neighbourhood of this town. On Wednesday, many merchants and others whose lonises have lately been broken into, attended the court in consequence of the apprehension of a young man named John Roberts, who some time since lived as servant with a wealthy individual of this town. No' eYidence of any importance was produed. Constable James Ainsworth deposed, that he and Balsa!l had apprehended the prisoner, on suspicion. In his possession Iheyhey found two black kid gloves, which were for the right and left hands, thought they were not the fellows of each other. Mr. Montgomery stated, that his house had been entered lately, and amongst the articles stolen were some black kid gloves. He put on one of the gloves found in the possession of the prisoner, and produced a glove , of a similarappearauce, which he thought was the fellow to it. He knew of no mark, however. that would -enable him to swear to it. Ainsworth said be thought they could find other evidence. The prisoner was remanded fur a week BauTA I. Ass A ci.T.—On Weditesday, at the Police-office, a coloured man, the second cook on board the Shakspeare, ap peared before the magistrates to prefer a complaint against a' female named Jane Cerro!, the keeper of a sailors' boarding house, for having struck hint across the face with a knife, and cut through his nose and Up. The complainant appeared with his face covered with plaisters, and the prisoner with a tienten dous black eve, quite swollen up. The complainant stilted that he lodged at a public-house i❑ Dale-street, and the night' before, about eleven o'clock, the prisoner came in drunk and begun pulling him about; he pushed her off, and finally went up stairs to his room to gel out of her tray. She soon after followed him, with a man, pointing hint out as the man ho had used her ill and abused her ; and whilst he (coin plains it) was • talking to this man, she nude a cut at him with a clasp knife across the face, and was running at hint to make another gash .when he knocked her down and gave her the blow on her eye i❑ self- - defence. II is story was corroborated by another coloured matt, who stated that the persons in the house at the time were so exasperated against the woman for what she had done, that, if he had nut kept them off her, they would have severer• beaten hen—Mr. Hall said, the magistrates must put a stop to the use MI these knives; it was rather too common a practice to make use of them in this way. She must pay £5, including - costs.or, in default of p . ki.ment, be committed for two mouths to the Borough Gaol. THE' STOT.EN TntiNK.—On Wednesday, at the'Police-office, the case relating to a gentleman's trunk, which was thund a few days ago,•broken open and in an entry in North-street, which was. adjourned for further evidence, and of which we gave a short outline i❑ our last ❑umber, came on for hearing again. Four prisoners were placed at the liar, named Thomas Fianna gam :William Crow, A rchibald M`Cann, the keeper of an eating-house, and John Thompson. Inspector Thompson stated, that about nine o'clock on Thursday night he received information of a trunk being found broken open in Ninth street. Ile went there, and found the trunk, and in the inside of the lid a card was nailed with a list of the clothes which it cont fined. - kle made a search among the cellar's in the neigh bourhood, and discovered the prisoners, Flannagan, Thompson, and Crow, wearing shirts, answering the description given on the cat d, under their other shirts.. arid took them into custody. This Was on Thursday night .last, about eleven o'clock. A quantity of clothes Were afterwards found in a privy adjoining M'Cann's house, of. which the •police got information, and WCann was taken' into' custody —A tine-looking boy, named Alfred Coupland,• slated that he came 'to Liverpool. from Norwich; on Thursday night, to join a vessel belonging to Yar mouth, to which he was apprenticed, and brought the trunk with biro, containing his clothes. this cousin was with him, and they went to the NlenAi Bridge Inn, opposite St. George's Church. and the trunk was-taken along with them, and put down iu the passage. On the Saturday afterwards, on making inquiry for, the trunk, it was missing. The clothes produced were all his. A servant at M`Cann's house deposed to two of the pri soners, Flannagan and "l'hompson, coming. into M'Cann's house, on Thursday night, with a female and a quantity of clothes. They came and asked for a bed.—Another female, named Ann Brookes. who lives near M`Canlni house, deposed that on Friday morning, before her husband, who is a smith, got up to work, she I mked out of the window to ascertain what time it was, and saw the prisoner .M'Cann and some females ! very busy with some clothes in Al'Caun's kitchen. She was surprised at this, and watched them, and whilst doing so saw one ! of the women conic out with a bundle of clothes, and go Tutu the privy and push it down into it, and afterwards throw some bricks upon it. During the day she told the police of what she had seen.—Another witness deposed to two voung men bringing the trunk into Crow's house, whilst helvas out, and he would not let them stop with it, hot ordered them to carry it away as it might be stolen. When Crow returned he said he hail done quite tight. It was stated that above one-half of the clothes, winch consisted of a complete outfit for the sea, were missing.—The infUrmat lons against the prisoners were ordered to be taken CAUTION To INTEMPERATE YOUNG MEN.—Two well dressed young men. were on Wednesday, placed before Mr. Hall, charged by officers No. 219 and 2-16. under the following eircumsririrce:—Police-officer 219 stated. that he was stationed at Sand hill's-bridge and road, about a week ago, at night, he saw two gentlemen pass him, and some time afterwards, he heard some stones falling. Ile went to the sp o t, but the gentle meh were gone. He found that several coping stones had been thrown down from the stone Bownlory wall , just below the bridge. On Monday aright, he'ag'itin Siiiv two gentlemen pass him. The:slime thing occurred again; he heard the st,rnes falling, and running quickly to the spot, he found the two pri soners, who had thrown down more of the stones. By the assistance of his brother officer, he took them both into-cus tody. They were both in liquor.— A gentleman stood up and said, he attended on behalf Of Joint Shaw Leigh, Esq. to whom the, wall belonged. The walls and fences were frequently de ' stroyed, and Mr. Leigh wished to leave the matter in Mr. Hall's hands. An old man was produced, who stated that it. would cost 20s. to repair the wall.—The defendants stated, that they had been out to dine. The slimes on the will were loose, and one of them fell' almost riccirientaLy, while one of the parties were playing with it.—Mr. Whiny said, the young men were strangers in the town, so that they could not have been in the habit of breaking down the wal s, ihot.gh the offence was much too common. Mr. Hall ordered the defendants to pay it fine of 40s. and costs, and further to pay Mr. Leigh 2Us. for the damage. On the representation of one of the young men, that their income was but small, Air. Ilan iningated the penaity to 20s.—animadverting, at the same time, on the great inii4opii ety of their conduct. A Da UN 5 SN Lout..—Yesterday at the Police.oflice, an out Irishnian, just arrived from the sister island, t' as placed before the magistrates, charged with having, the night before, been found drunk in the streets so early as 6 o'clock, and unable 'to. take care of fiiitiself. After his discharge, he made an applica tion to the magistrate, that he had lost a large snin of money.— ‘• Yer homier, I'd sovs. in My belt (that was tied fauna me, an (this morni'n' I wits a missin"em 'whin I thought I had 'em."—Mr. Pdt*itison said, when he was brought to bridewell he was searChed, and £5 12s. 61. was fOund upon him; it was very likelv he had been robbed as his waistband was open.—M r. Hnll Where are you going to what are von ?"—Cum. plaioant—" I am,goin'to America."—Mr. flail—"what a-fool ish fellow you must be, carrying sovs. abort you, and getting drunk. You are very much surprised that hily body shoOld rot, you, and take 9) sovs. from you ?"-L-Complaioatit•L'• Well, I tnet wid a triad "—Hr. Ilall—" And what are you doing abroad at the age .160 ?"—CoMplainant—l' I had a mind to purchase some land."—Mr. Hall—•' Well, 1 think your purchase is stop- P'e ( l —We will enqtftre into the case for you." Mr. Parkinson said he ; had, beeu• brought from Cauning,pla6e: wfiere it was mos( made i n to lik.elh tt.6 . m a tte r . ehi4il)eei'"blied. 'Enquiry was then ordered to be n m A TEE -TOTAL h00t..--Yesterday at the police-office a man Apparently an.ar!izan, decently clad in.a good bine coat, was placed before the magistrates charged with having, in a fit or drunkenness, smashed his neighbours windows for amuse ment, and concluded his spots by seildilig his tool through the munel of his door. As soon as he teas placed at the bar, he egan which• finally ended in complete blubbering ke a great lad, whilst the big tears r o lled down the sides of his , ce, and h e wiped them off first with one sleeve and then the The complainant stated his charge. .• Last night this ,an came drunk.hefote my house and broke my witoloas and tom all to •sinesh,' and it 'll cost the 20e. to put it right." On reckoning up the p ar t ie ulars, however, the 20s. damage was re duced to 3s. Bd. During the whoie titne•the complainant was delivering his charge, the prisoner, as Sant Weller would say. "blubbering assay like clo , k work", and keeping up a continuous. consersation to himself, and any body who would attend to him, for the amusement of the whole court, convulsing bis hearers with laughter. I'm an uolorttinale feller, sir; it you'll let toe go I'll pay the damage. ( Here the prisoner burst tutu paroxs sin of grief.) I'm a vi , ry quiet mau—( wiping his c)osy l'in - an unfortunate feller, 1 ant, (in a passionate flood of tears addressing the complainant.) You are a nasty lel low, you are; ',and I will lease your house, I will; oh dear, tilt dear; I never was in such a place before—here the prisoner broke out into loud lamentations). Send for toy master do, and he \sill pay you; I'm a poor man and willing to pay fur %stint I've dune, and very sorry for it; oh dear, ob dear, 1 wish to hurt the hairs of no man's head ; oh dear, oh deat,— ( great laughter). - 1 never Was put in jail in the city of Dublin fur any ouisdetneanour during 14 years I was there; oh dear, other. Foh dear,—( great laughter). I have an excellent character, and I belong to the Temperance Society, sir, oh, oh,—( roars of laughter). I only threw a little pebble a: the window to see if they were in; oh dear, oh dear. Mr. Ilall cut short his lament by fining him ss. for being drunk, and 3s. 81. the damage and costs, or in default to be committed for three days to the borough jail. ,„,. RETURNING A Conirt.imENT.—Yesterday at the Police-ortice, a young man, named John Hatton, was summoned before the magistrates, by a fellow workman named Henry Heeley, for grievously assaulting him, or as the coniplattiant termed it, " pitching it intil him" on Monday last. The complainant stated that the defendant met him on Tuesday morning, and asking him what he had to say for himself, " pitched it intil him woundedly right and left," and gave him a black eye, for which he summoned him to answer for the damage. 'the de-• fendant being asked what he had to say, said " tell you how it was now; all about it. There was him, and me, and another, drinking in a public-house on Monday night, and I buffered him a pint of ale to drink.—Complainant (shaking his bead) " not a pint."—llefendant—" Well, something of ale, and there wos kihan pepper in it, as this other chap he'd put in, and he threw it is his face.. We wos a laughing at him, and I wos drinking again, when he said, damn you take it, and hit the bottom of my glass with his fiist, and broke it in pieces on my face. It cut my nose, and filled my eyes with blood; and it was a long time before I could see; add after I could see and went out, this is what I wiped my nose on (holding up 'a pocket-handkerchief saturated with blood). Next morning I met-him, and asked him, as he says, what he had to. say for. himself, and struck him." AI r. Hall—" Then you paid .him off on Tuesday morn ing, for what he had done to you on Monday night ?"—Defen dant—" Yes; that's just it." ,He called 'a witness who proved the truth of what he hart stated, and said, he thought. his eyes had been cut out by thriglass.—Mr: Hall said the defendant' ought to have sumnionea Vie complainant before him, and not; have taken the laW into his own hands; nothing could justify it; he hid done very wrong; he must pay half a crown and costs. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ' MANCHESTER —'TUESDAY EVENING. The.flat is now given which settles the Chester Cup event of 1838. and the cognocenti• and the amateurs May reciprocally ex claim, '.`.Who could have thought it ?"; As-a matter of, course, the majority of the speculators were at the scene of action; in deed, there was very little spirit left• in, the way of doing busi ness here yesterday ; 3 to 1 was offered in the field; I.3irdlime backed at 5 to 1 freely ; a strong desire shown to lay against-- Sylvan and Magician. Many imagined Sylvan would not be a . starter. The winner,. we believe, was never name d; a nd n o . doubt large odds would have been laid, had any one Leen,dis posed to come out. The horse has been backed occasio nally ' only averaging 25 to 1; but, we should think, the majority. of the fieldsmen must have done very well, as some horses were so leavily'hacked for so manv weeki: One or two of the inane'', tial gentlemen will, we should guess, "throw in" large win ners; but the party cannot have thought at the post, that the horse had so excellent a chance, fur we do know that one of his: immediate party took at the rate of 13 to 2 on Sylvan. ,Marlow, the lucky jockey, we believe,. backed him at 200 to 8 some weeks since here. We have been told the winning horse is the Rroperty of Mr. Alderman Copeland, of Loudon.: The result was conveyed express by Mr. Bake, of the Bull's Head, being . Clone 22 miles on horseback, and the other 17 per. gig. The distance was accomplished iu good st vie in two hours and a half, Mr. Bike reaching, Market-street at a quarter past seven. e may add, that the nonplus colt has' been backed for the Derby at 15 to 1 since our last qit dations, and since then at 120 to 10. CHESTER EACI:S. TUESDAY, MAY 8.. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Rs; three year olds, ist 21b; four, ' 9st 21b;• five lost; six and aged, 10st 51b. Thrice round, ra ther more thou three•miles. Mr. Bradley's b h Exorable, 5 yrs (Owner) 1 Mr. Barrow's b m Catherina, aged (Lear) 2 'Mr: Cooke's br h Red Rover, aged (S. Darling) 3 Mr. Bellis's b h Seventy-four, by Memnon. 5 yrs..( Wadlow) 4 Mr. lloylances's br h Master of the Rolls, 5 yrs..(M. Jones) 5 Mr. G. Dawson's ch c Aiinwell, 3 years (Lye) 6 2 to 1 against Catherina, 3 to 1 against Rover, 6 to I against the winner. Eight drew, lied Rover jumped off first, with the Master of the Rolls close in his quarters; first mi,e and a half Catherina went a head, and made strong running to the distance last time round, where Exorable joined her, ran a few strides together; then came.out, and won easy by a length. lied Rorer ran a game horse, being in.difficulties the last three quarters of a mile.—Ran in six 'tunnies eleven seconds. Bradley rode his horse with admirable judgment. A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs fur two year old colts Sat 51b, fillies, Bst 21b Half a mile. ". Sir T. Stanley's b e Apothecary (Templeman) 1 Mr. Most yn's b c Papinean, by Etnaucipai i0n....( Darling ) Mr. T. Walter's ch c Sir Mark ( How ) 3 Four paid.-6 to 5 against Papineau, 6to 4 against A poihe. ears, 3to 1 against Sir Mark. Apothecary made the whole of the running, and won hii race easily.—Ran in 5'2 seconds. Sixty Guineas given by the Men, hers for the City, for three years old cobs, Est 81ii; fillies, GA Gib; four years old colts, fist 41h; fillies Bst 11h. Heats, (Aire round and a distance. Mr. E. Peel's gr e Said, 3 vrs.. (G. WhitehOuse) 1 1 i Mr. James's hr e Jim Urdw, 4 yrs. (J. Robinson) 0 2 Mr. A rrowsmith's eh r Mar,r,ivibe. 3y rs (W. Jones) 0 3 Mr. Marlow's eh f Fairplay, 3 yis ..(Neale) 2 0 Mr, Roberts' ht Volosia, 3y rs .. (J. Grey) 0 0 Sit T. Stanley's gr f Violet, 4 yr , crempiewao o d Saul the favourite.—First a fit heat and the second won easy. WEDNESDAY. MAY 9. The Der. STAKES of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three years old; Derby weights. To start at the Castle-pole, go once round, •and finish at the Cowinu-in-chair, Lord Westminste's eh c Sir Ralph, I.y Partaloon (11nImes) 1 Lord Derby's di c Ole Bull, by Taurus—Miss Clifton (Lye) '2 Sir T. Stanley's b city Tramp or Nicholas (Templeman) 3 Mr. Price's 4.h f Zillah, by Reveller—Morisca., (M. Jones) 4 One paid.-6 to 5 against Sir Ralph, sto 2 against and 3 to 1 against Ole Bull. Ole Bull took the lead,. with Sir Ralph close up, who, when led out by llohnes came home an easy' winner. The SiancfCup, value 100 sacs. the gift of the Stan*ommit tee, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sacs. eac h , ages. Twice round and a distance. Three years old, , 6st 100); font - , Bst 516; five, Sat 12; six and aged, Ost 21b; mates and geldings allowed 21b. A%i inner of the value of 100 sous. in either plate or specie, once, to carry -31 b, twice, 51b, and thrice, 711) extra. Mr. Mostyn's b m Birdlime, aged....(Darling) .walked over. Seven drew and paid lo sovs. each. A Poise value 60 soya. (in lieu of the Annual City Plate) the g if t o f a portion of the Town Council and its Others Villo are anxious to promote the interests of the city of Chester; three years old to carry Est 71b. tour Sat 41b, tine Sat 12 b, six and aged 9st 21b; mares and g e ld ings a l lowed 31b. The owner , of the second horse to receive 10 sues, out of the Purse. H ea l s , one mile and a halt; three to start or no race. Mr. Peel's ch c Gadfly, 3 yrs . (G. Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. Bradley's b h Exorable, 5 vrs (Owner) 2 2 Mr. Wise's ch c Contentment, 3 - pr, ~(J. Gray) 3 d Ten drew. 711URSRAY, MAY 10, The MARQUIS of WESTMINSTER'S PLATE, value 100 sovs. in specie, added to a sweepstakes of 20 SUVS. each, h. ft. thiice round the course • three ye ars o ld to carry a feather, four, Est, five 9st, six an d aged 9st 416. Three to start, or the mo ney will not be given. Capt. Lamb's (.11 c Chit Chat, 4yrs ..... (Marlow) I Mr. J. 0. Fairlie's eh e Abraham Newlaud, 4 ) rs .....(L)e) 2 Mr. J. 0. Fairlie's fir g Z dual), aged (Cartwright) 3 Four paid 10 sues. each. Abraham Newland agst the field. Chit Chat took the lead, with Abraham close up; Zotab taking all comfortable.--Chit Chat won his lace by a neck. The Beeston Castle Slakes of 10sovs, each, with 00sovs. added by the Gentlemen of Cheshire, and the Principality; one mile and a half. Three to start, or no race. st. lb. 6 10 Mr. Doneaif's. b c Drone, 3 yrs (WV. Jones) 1 9 5 Lor'd Eglinton's b g The Poo-mate, 6 yrs . ( Lye) '2 6 12 Mr. E. Peel's ch c - Gadtly, 3 vrs (Beinetzreider) 3 Four others started. Compensation paid lOsovs. and di ew. .TATTERSA LL'S—MoNDA Y. The room was very fairly attended, but business was not so brisk as recent events at Newmarket, and the near approach of the Derby, led us . to expect. trey Mounts and Phoenix still take the lead in the Derly betting; the Grey in con s ider a bl e favour at diminished odds, the other remained as he finished last week, and very favourtiblv supported Cobham opened at 10 to I, was afterwards backed at a point Jess for £loo. and at the close or the day was not in any particitlar request. Young Bow ton's friends are so lukewarm, thk we can only quote the nominal odds against him, and the advances of Cobham put Nonplus on the shelf for the present. A trifle was laid out on lon at 14 to 1, and several bets taken about D'Egville, first at 20, and abet wardS at 18 to 1. Guided by the feeling displayed, we should say that he is likely to take a still higher ground be the day. Bullion, Conservator, and the Early Bird, are tooted at the highest prices we beard affered. We are not aware fiat either was backed outright. 20(0 to 60 was betted against Drum Major; but as 1000 to 2(1 was afterwards laid, we have thought it satest to give the highest quotation.—The Oaks was a very dull affair; Ninny and Brown Duchess have sprung a point or two each. owing, no doubt, to the signal defeats sus tained by Unique, Glenara, the Fairy Queen, &c. having ma terially weakened the field. The billowing statement comprises pretty nearly all that was said or dine from three till half past six o clock : THE DERBY. 400 to 110 against Lord G. Bentinek's Grey Momus (t 4to 1) 6to 1' „ Lord Jersey's Phoenix (t) 9to „ Mr. Umnbes's Col,hant (t and aft off) 10 to 1 „ Mr. Pavne's Young Rowton (off) .13 to :-1 „ llou Col. Austin's Nonplus colt (off) 14.t0 I „ Colonel Peel's lon (t and aft off) 18 to 1 „ Lord G. Beutint k's D'Egville It) 20 to 1 „ Ld. Stradhroke's Beggiarman (t & aft off) 20:1o. 1 „ Mi. E. Peel's The Early Bird (off) 20 to, 1 Capt. Berkeley's Bullion (off) 30 to 1 „ Mr. Forth's Conservator (41) 50 to .. 1 „ Duke of Graftoo's Chemist (off) 50 to I . „ Mr. Edward a DfUm-major (.Iff) 1000 to 12 „ Mr. J. Day's Brother to Aleppo 2200 to 1601) on Grey Minus against Young Rowton nod 'Cobham (t ); 2000 to 1000 on Conservator against Atnato (t 500 even hid between Conservator and Aleindar; a £5. note was given for choice of Young Rowton against Nonplus. The Duke of Grafton has consented to give up John Day to Lord.G. Bentinck for this race. THE OAKS. 7 to . 1 against Lord AlPewarle's BatcaroPe (1) •7t o 1 „ fir. Balson's Vespertillo (t) Bto 1 „ AI r. Peel's Ninny (I) 10 to 1 „ Mr. Moshn's Brown Duchess (t) 10 to 1 „ Lord Suffield's Calisto (takes 11 to 1) 20 to 1 „ Mr. Forth's Soldier's Consort (oir)• COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.—OD Ttiestlav morning the sup ply of vegetables of nearly every description coming into sea son was Unexpectedly attunt int . Green peas fell from Satur day's price of one guinea pet punnet to 165.; asparagus, frotn '6, to 12s. per busliet; cuctitubers, ls. Cl. each ; new potatoes of increased size flow last week's shoe, 2s. 6d. per lb.—Morn ing .Herald. - The venerable General Sir Frederick Wetherall, formerly aid-de-camp to his late Ito)al Highness the Duke of Kent, will tie.elevated to the peerage at, the approaching coronation. Sir yrederick recently received the colonelc) of the 62d foot, and is -the father of Colonel Wetherell, of the royals, who vom manded one of the divisions of the forte sent against the rebels in Canada. Cotton gloves aie furnished, by the Saxon manufacturers as low as six grusehen, or 9.1 sterling per dozen pairs; stockings at one dollar, or per doz. pairs; and nightcaps at eight grosehen, or Is. per dozen. Stout cotton caps, which are worn by the carmen and common people in that part of Germany, having shines in six different colours upon a black ground, cost 12 grosch. n 1 er dozen, or 1f sterling each. Y ,4 - , . 4,5 • SECON . . • Stan[' r o'Clock. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, MA 11. The seasonable rains of last week were succeeded by dear genial weather, and during the greater part of the present, ve getation progressed favoUrably, but having subsequently receiv ed a cbeck by cold east Winds, the Wheat crop in this circle of the country is still kept backward, and hitherto upon some soils is not altogether promising in appearance. Since Tuesday no further imports of Grain or Flour have been received here.from abroad, and very feW arrivals of any article eiiher coastwise or from Ireland, yet the trade,• on the whole, during the labt two days, seemed to pass ovet without the slightest aniniatioii: At our market this morning, the show of good free Wheats wtis very moderate, and our last quotations were generally re quired, but the millers remaining extremely inactive, all des criptions experienced a ver; tedious and limited demand. Flou r at the same time truiVed off gradually, and fully maintained its previous value. • Grinding Barlei,- upon a short supply, was in some request , and 2d. per 601bs dearer; :while Malting samples, the working season for it having nearly closed; may tiecquoted Is. per qr. lower. Malt was also difficult of sale, and rather cheaper, Beans and Pease remained unvaried. Oats, although continuing to come forward very sparingly . and appearing to be scarcely noticed, hardly supported former prices; and Oatmeal, in the absence of any extensive country buyers, was.in slow request on the terms last noted. In bonded Wheats, the late imports having been mostly cleared off last week, about 3(K) quarters of old red at ss. 9d., and a similar parcel of fresh a 61d. per 701bs. comprise the only transactions reported since Tuesday. The quantity of Flour, sold within the.same period, consists merely of about 500 barrels of American sour at 255., and 500 European sweet at 25s to 26s per bartel. COTTON MARKET-THREE O'CLO C K. There has been a good demand to-day, and the sales amount to 4,000 bags; the market has closed very steadily. The busi ness of the week amounts to 23,7 W bags, of whieh 3,600 are on i, , eculation; and 1;0(X) for export. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FRIDAY, MAY 11.—Wind N: Algonquin, Turnley, from Philadelphia for Liverpool, off Youghall sailed sth April. • Pet, Stone, tailed from Malta for Liverpool 19th April A lot. from the Cape of .Good Hope, at Dublin. Oxford. Rathbone, from New York, off the Saltees 9th instant. Eliza Saunders, Bulley; and Eliza, Nowland, from Liverpool, at Syra, with damage to their cargoes. Black-eyed-Susan, Watkins, and Royal William, Rogers, from Li verpool, at Constantinople. (;ern, -, from LiVerpool, at Smyrna, Farmer, Smarden, • do, at Malaga TO THE CANAL NAVIGATION PROPRIETORS IN GREAT I3I{ITAIN. At a period when energetic and extensive efforts are being made for the formation of Railway communications, it is• im perative upon the -CommitteeS and Proprietors of Canals to come forward nod lender their respective navigation‘ as perfect as possible. Natty of the canals have remained in yearly the same condition for several years ; are needlessly circuitous, are in a defective state of repair in their hicks, towing-piths, small, inconvenient, and even dangerous state of their tunnels—ate in adequately supplied with water, and require deepening and cleansing. It is most important these defects should no longer remain, and whilst guarding against improvident expenditure, that the several canal works of whatever kind should be. ren dered effective to the increa s ed and increasing wants and trade of the corintry;-it caneot otherwise be expected that canals will, maintain their present position against the formidable rivalry now urgantzing in the midst of them. The canal proprietors in their several districts, who. are so . much interested as shareholders, and who are trusters for dis tam' parties, are bound to attend to the efficient state of the canals in their own neighbourhood; and where there does not exist in the local Committees energy or inclination to-effect essential improvements, it becomes the duty of •the proprietors themselves at their annual general meetings to elect such per• sons as are alive to the present state of canal affairs, before they irrecoverably lose that poetein of their trade Which proper at tention may now permanently 'secure. Good, management is now become an indtspensa.ble requisite to every Canal Company. •Upon some of the canals the trade is much fettered by coin peesation and junction tonnages, conceded in the infancy of these undertakings, to the influence of opposing oarties. The Canal Companies so circumstanced will do well. "in a friendly and coneiliatrov spirit, to meet and arrange these antiquated modes of deriving income, and thus place their tonnages upon a sound and rational footing, as well as. by doing away with such arrangements as ate vexatious to the trader, and wtqch often, without heuelit to themselves, are injurious and irritating to the Companies immediately connected with the trade eft heir - district. Canal Companies not have no petty jealousies, hut unite in affording every facility to the transit of the traded this increasingly commercial. country. The writer of these observations is so strongly impressed with their importance, that he hopes they may commend theniselVes to every Canal Proprietor, and to the practical operation of every Canal Committee and Canal general meeting ,in (he kingdom. • Apri/ 2, 1838 A CANAI. PROPIIIISTOK. EXHIBITIONS AT THE BOTANIC GARDEN_—We understand that there will be iwo meetings this year at the Botatile Garden, for - the exhibition of plants, vegetables, fruits, flowers, &c. The first will be -held nu Wednesday, the b h of June, and the second on Wednesday, the lath of August, FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RUNCORN GAP RAILWAY.-- Mr. Taylor, a respectable person, who, we believe, .was em ployed nu this line, was unfortunately killed on Wednesday last. Whilst in the act of jumping on one ofthe coal waggons, his foot slipped, and he got his head entangled between two of the said waggons, when going across the incline; which caused his instant death. On Wednesday, Edhem Bev, General d' Artillerie, Inspec teur-Generill du milteriel de I kande d' Egypte, and Abel-el rahman Rouchy tls Effendi, Premier Ale-de-camp de S. E. le General Edhem Bev, inspected the establish‘knent of Mesirs. Fawcett, Preston and Co., and expressed their astonishment and gratification at the extensive (yet ations at.d magnitude of their works. They also had an opportunity of viewing several pairs (if marine anditolonial steam-engines. now in different states and progress of completion, amongst which, they observed a pair of beautiful marine steam-engines, of the aggregate power of 2el) horses, intended for a company at Calcutta. They were also much gratified with inspecting their extensive mechanism in the ordnance department ; hut, more particularly the •in spection of the progress of an ex tensi‘ e order for ordnance, now under operation for the Pacha of Ep pt, for which purpose they visited Liverpool, and expressed their fullest or entire approbation. FATAL. ACCIDENT ON THE liven —An inquest was held on Wednesday, at the hotel, Biikenhead, before the Ciironer, Faithful Thomas, Esq., to inquire into the death of Sarah Dexter, a voung lady of 18 years of age. From the evidence adduced •it appears that the deceased resided at Tranmere, and was passenger on board the Britannia, steamer, which left St. George's pier for Birkenhead at 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening. When about half way across the river, the steamer ran foul of a sloop, then lying at anchor. It would appear that the steamer, moleavouring to pass a-head of the sloop, struck against her bowsprit, and the deceased was knocked overboard. Two of the sloop's crew immediately Jumped intot heir boat which lay astern, and succeeded in getting her on board the steamer. but she was found to he quite dead. The inquest was adjourned to this morning at 10 o'clock, in order that a pod mortem exami nation of theliody might take place, kind also that further par ticulars should be ascertained of the sloop, which was found to have weighed anchor that night or earl) the, next morning, The captain and helsman of the Britannia are iu custody until the result of the inquest is known. r GA RUICK7S SlZE.—When Foote was abOut to' Pro`tiCe A' play by puppets, a lady of fashion asked hint if the figures were to be us large as life. " Oh, no, madam," replied Sam, " not much bigger than Garrick." A Dunn .1M EN DYNION.— A north countt3 man, returning from a neighbouring lair, baying !waken too freely of John Barle coin, tell asleep by the road side, and a pig being attract ed to the spot, began licking the drunken man's mouth: the latter feeling the salute, but mistaking the applicant, roared ont, `• Wha's kissin' me non ? ye see what it is to be well liket .ultra lig the lasses !" ' • • Never was tinker so tioubled with a budget as poor Spring Bice. " Make me a peer, make me anything," says the right honourable accountant, " but chancellor of the exchequer with a falling revenue. Then-the domestic sitimtion of Baring. It drives me mad. Tficlwhole thing is intolerable!" DUSIFRIES.-It is rumoured that our county member, J. J. Hope Johnstone,- EA.. of Annandale. is about to become a peer, and that Jatnes Mac.lpine Leny, Esq., of Dalswiuton, has consented, at a private meetiug of conservatives, held on Saturday morning, to be named his successor.—Dumiries Cattle?. Penalties to a considerable amount have been lately obtained iu the Isle of Wight agriinst persons who have been seen follow ing hounds without having taken out a game certificate. The penalty and costs have in each ease amounted to seven guineas. The annual meeting of the Church Pastoral Aid Society was held yesterday ih the great room, Feeler-hall. The light Hon. Lord - Ashley was in the chair. The report detailed the pro ceedings of the society fur the first scar. from which it ap peared that the grants of the society now aid 132 incumbents of parishes and districts, having the aggregate population of 1,1186,000 souls. in whose spiritual care before the aid of the society, only 147 members were employed. The grants of the s ociety provide foe an addition of 123 cle'rp oleo, 'and 21 lay assistants. The gitat ruin was nearly MIL and the platform was crowded with the friends cud supporters of the society.— Standard, Wednesday. SINGULAR DECEPTION OF A A iz TlNEtill„—One,uf them,, 1 pre tended to be an idiot, and had s , it )ar succeeded in itteceiVing the ~. officers, that he was not put itt s Eons like the restlbut merely placed under the charge of the sentinel at die Catiiti dour, where his apparently insane and Unweaniliv gestures excited the mirth of all but Lord St. Vincent, who immediately lead him I lii ough and through, and said_ to hire, I an. very much mistaken. if you are not the greatest vitlain of the whole:" The inan kept up his disguise until the trial, a toleven before the court; but alien, in the course of the investigation, some startling facts welt- ekciteil, three of the prisoners fell down on their knees and iniploied for mercy. From that moment the seeming madman slio..k off all itO;sitnulation, and iesunting his true character, astimih, , ,t l b, court with his animated countenance, and keenly rept-Oa:cited his ;iceou t tilices for 'hell ineanilessand pusillanimity. "For shame!" he said; "is this the way you give you' selves up ; "aud'thett addressing the president, he said, "Sir, I wish to cross-examine that uitness. This he did with the greatest ability, and the most remarkable acuteness of obser‘ution. In fact, he proved him se.f to he a man o f so pri o r talent and education, and fully burr: out the observat i..ns of Sir. Pitt; before referred to, he having been selected Iroll i t among the iebelhous Nish to enter as volt'', leer into the IthVN, in I Ilder lo sow the seeds of rebellion anti mutiny in the fleet, or in any regiment to which lie might ga..h access.—Breiiinn'x Li/c If St. h,seent.