The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-04 00:00:00

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BANK OF ENGLAND. MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS. The general half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Northern and Central Bank of England was held, on Thurs day morning, ir; the large room of La.dyman's Hotel, Bridge street, Manchester, for the purpose of receiving from the directors a statement of the affairs of the bank to the 30th of June last. There was a very large attendance. Mr. J. S. Stubbs, of St. Ann's-square, was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN announced, that, since the last meeting, the Directors had procured two valuable Acts of Patliament, authorizing them to sue anti recover debts due from share holders to the bank. The Half -yearly Report of the Directors was read. It set forth, that, though the statement of accounts showed a de preciation as compared with that of the preceding half-year, the directors were confident, that the allowance made would be sufficient to cover every contingency. A number of shares held by debtors of the company had been valued at and not at the value likely to be realized, so that, in the event of the bank having to tall back upon these shares, a considerable additional amount might be reckoned upon. The statement made the assets of the bank (nett) £434,731 10s. 3d., and the liabilities £42,557 2s. Id.: balance £392,174 17s. 2d., to meet a capital of £756.700. The differences be tween the b an k and Mr. Casse l s ha d b een sett l e d . Th e d e bt due to the London and Westminster Bank, had been re duced t o a very small sum, for which ample security was The report concluded as follows :—" It is now, there fore, incumbent on the shareholders to consider what will be the best and m ost a d v i sa bl e course t o a dopt in the present situation of th e b an k , w h e th er th e affairs of the company should be wound up, or the bank be so remodelled as to re commence busin ess under another name." Mr. JOHN HALL, of Liverpool, moved, that the report be adopted, printed, and a copy sent to each shareholder. w Mr. C ooke, of Liverpool, seconde d the reso l ut i on, an d it 7 car ried unanimously. ettaA reply to some observations made by Mr. 'Farmer, the Possi t b l a tatw said, the expenses were reduced to the lowest was th e sum: nearly all the branches were closed. There exp eas e es e f Penile of that at Nottingham. and Mr. Braidley's debt. large with t n America, whither he had gone to recover a expense of the head office was very small, for, the e xception of Mr . Connell, there were not more than four or fiv e de about £ clerks. 'P hi s expense, e h fancied, was somewhere „,_per anutllll. ' BROADBENT said, the serious loss observable in makingdirectors LI P the half-yearly accounts had arisen from the old rtreectors having given too fair an account of the debtors to a l l 4 . r bank. s He w as sa ti s fi e d, that the winding up of the would engross £lO.OOO of the existing capital. Ile expressed his belief that the bank might commence business, in January next, with a capital of its own of £30,000. That capital, in the course of the next year, might, by good ma nagement, be raised to £loo,ooo—a sum which was sufficient to Imake the foundation of a good concern. Ln the course of the discussion which ensued, it was stated, t th L at the actual loss might be called £130,000, though some .eing of that might be collected. If the loss should amount to one fourth of the capital, which would, it appears, be I4 U o ,ooo, : the bank would be dissolved by the 26th clause of the deed of settlement. Mr. NV •. ' usoN, after some remarks on the necessity of deter- Mitring on the future operations of the bank and the appro prtation of its assets, moved a resolution to the effect, that measures should be taken for calling a special meeting of the ta king on the Ilth October next. for the purpose o f L lng into cons id erat i on t h e most a d v i sa bl e course to be ttaken, under existing circumstances, with regard to the affairs of the bank; and, also, that a committee be appointed to prepare such new laws or regulations for the consideration a nd sanction of the proprietors as they may deem advisable, under the 19th clause of the present deed of settlement. Mr. HALL seconded the motion, and contended, at consi derable length, that the question of dissolving, the bank Z° 4 l(l not b e entertained at th i s meet i ng , but that it would e u nadvisable to carry it on under the present deed of set tlement. Mr. Donau., of Liverpool, and Mr. FARMER expressed themselves in favour of the appointment of a committee. After some conversation on the subject, the motion was carried, and the following names were put to the meeting "namely, and agreed to, as fit persons to form the com- Mitt ce:—Mr. John Hall, Liverpool; Mr. Wm. EckersleY , Helens; Mr. William Haynes, Manchester; Mr. James Burt, Manchester' Mr. Thomas Harbottle, Manchester; M r. Alexander Ogilvie, of Mere, near Knutsford. Mr. HERBERT, of Nottingham, said, he had been deputed be the s h are h o l ders of Nottingham to attend the meeting as their representative, and had been requested to obtain an swers to certain questions which he read. These questions related to the expenses at Nottingham, and to the desirable -11"e of appointing a local committee. The loss of the bank, in that town, was stated to have been £70,000 in less than fourteen months. The CHAIRNIAN thought, the actual loss in Nottingham would be about £6281, and the estimated loss about £63,:351 14s. 4d. The subject dropped, on the directors undertaking to give Mr. Herbert any information he required at the hank, on the following morning. • Mr. HAYNES after stating that the application for the two acts first alluded to had cost a considerable sum, and would he advantageous to joint stock banks, inured, that such banks should he applied to contribute towards defraying the expense. The resolution was carried. Some conversation took place on a motion of Mr. lIALL, that the pieces of plate presented to the original members of the board, should be returned, which motion was ultimately withdrawn. WARRINGTON, (From the Manchester Courier.) SUICIDE.—On Monday an inquest was held at the Rain's Head, Warrington, before John lleyes, Esq., one of the coroners for this county, on view of the body of Samuel Maddock, who destroyed himself on Sunday morning. The deceased, who was a labourer, had been in a state of ill health for the last twelve months; and for a week before his death had kept to his bed. lie was in a low and desponding state. On Sunday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, his wife left him while she went to a neighbouring pump for pail of water; she was not absent more than two minutes, a ti ' l l _she had n o t twelve yards to go. On her return she found et ; deceased, sitting up in bed, with his throat severed from fou tea r- He died altrost instantanously. His razor was head o b r Ys side, having reached it down fi-om a shelf at the in san - t t .,e bed.—The jury found a verdict of •'Temporary - FIRE. -0 11 Saturday morning, a fire broke out in the card] Saturday on the fourth story of Mr. William Turner's cotton factory, at Fliers' Green, soon after the work people ha commenc at i their labours of ' the day. By great exertion on their part it was got under. Had it hpened at a time when assistance was nut immediately at ap hand, the whole building would have been destroyed, as there is not a lire engine in Warrington of sufficient power to reach to such a height. THE TExToTaLtsTs.--On Sunday evening, a rather strange contrast presented it se lf, i n th e con d uct o f some mem b ers of this body. During the time one party were engaged in the open air, in the front of the " Social Institution," in pro claiming the merits and mercies of the Saviour of men, and the evils resulting to body and soul from the excessive use of intoxicating drinks, another party, in the interior of the "Social Institution." were trying to prove that the Bible was not the revealed will of God, and that there was no credit to be placed in its directions or rule of faith. Mr. John Finch, who styles hi mse lf " Ki ng of the Teetotallers df Ir e l an d, Scotland, Cumberland, and Liverpool," delivered a long lecture iu support of infidelity, and proposed to his auditory the formation of an " Infidel Teetotal Society," to consist of Christians, Jews, Mahometans, Hindoos, pagans, Cannibals, Deists, Atheists, Socialists; of all classes, prolessions, em ployments, of both sexes; of all characters, qualifications, circumstances, and of all political and religious opinions ; inviting into its ranks thieves, murderers, adulterers, pi osti tures, backbiters, slanderers, liars, cheats, hypocrites, mis creants, wretches, drunkards, moderate drinkers, teetotallers, usurers, misers, gluttons, sensualists, revilers, the wrathful, hateful, malicious, envious, discontented, seditious, traitorous. ambitious, proud, ignorant, prejudiced, witches, conjurers, amblers ' horse racers, sportsmen, bull batters, cockfighters, hirdcatchers ; of all sorts, both in and out of prisons and wo rkhouses." They are to be governed by a code of laws, the principal features of which are—a denial of all religion, 4114 the ceasing to make any reflection upon the past or pre 'lent occupation of the members. Some such a rule was in 'lt:duce(' into the laws, rules and regulations of the "Unit e d Order of Cadgers" meeting in London, in the days of the celebrated " Billy Waters." No doubt it is from that noble ;,Tiety that the present has its origin. For the honour of i,,,rrsugton, be it said, Mr. Finch did not prevail upon any th e present at the meeting to put his or her name to ne pledge. T HE HA nv E s T. —A cons id era bl e quant i ty of oats, and a all y of w h eat, h as b een cut i n t h e ne i ghbourhood of W ra r e n _ngtun, during th e course o f th e l as t ten d ays. S ome who have b een h a y ma king f o r se v en wee k s, w ill T he , before Saturday ight; terminated that ot field labour. °at crop in most p a rts is said to be heavy. t kr oEs.—Good potatoes were selling in Warrington theil t e . t, nn Wednesd a y, at nine shillings a load. At Man such " 44 fo °II the. previous day, the same article realized as urteen: WIGAN. S T . 0. (From the Wigan Gazette.) afternoon led CtQlli'S INF ANT S CHOOL .—O n Sun day c k litit t k,'Dg last, two ser mons were p reac hed in St. George uent o f u ' ll this town, by the Rev. C. J. Swipe, M.A. 'ileum "ik L . l ekrod, a ft er w hi c h co ll ect i ons were ma d e amount . - ve rid, l ge whol e e o nearly £3O. The rev. gentleman dell treiy 1° ertawded congregations, t wo mos t p o w er ful and ::"PtUritl dis co U rses , i n w hi c h h e set f ort h t h e import thl, religious instruction, especially to the young, and eq rk th M of submitti ng t o a s y s t em o f e d uca ti on f oun d e d his P r"' and Socini an i sm , and conc l n d e d by urg i ng on . se r i • 4r era the necess i ty o f act i ve exert i ons i n b e h a lf o f lural tuition. lad na me BY Ditowsimc.—On Tuesday afternoon, a fine the ,-d Robert Wright, came to his death by falling in ha g t .ia,l'at the Britannia bridge. He was engaged in open er th. e i ti:tek. and it is supposed that while walking over one 'afire- to k, he accidentally fell in. 'The deceased's re 0, th e ree at Burscou.h. Mr. Rogerson held an inquest " Accidental b ody the same ev'ening, and a verdict was returned of dental Death." :81!%Sociar. SYSTEM.—On Monday evening last, Mr. J. quell delivered a lecture on the evils of the new social i n the' Propounded by Mr. Robert Owen and his followers, cr owded in this town. The place wasnot Was riot • The lecturer, after stating the cause he espoused str uck tbat of any political or religious party. for socialism surdittar dogmas Pecup at the root of all religion, proceeded to detail the of the Owenians, and to show their rib eerwit, which he did in a masterly manner; but as they repeiteti predominant, be ev rehiefly of exploded infidel notions. too monstrous to f we may spare our readers the pain o , gai n , n g t hem. At the close of the lecture, a weaver, whose fa r coulht4 not learn, held a discusion with the lecturer 4 ,, ut en u o ur ; but as the detail s of what passed would u, ter est our reader;generally, we forbear entering into The D. fr . .2e _.uke of Wellington is entertaining a large party o, ..!?,as at Wishner Castle. The Earl and Countess of Jers e y i'm not he Of the circle, fur the countess, accompanied by .nti Villiers, has arrived at Paris, en route to the coronation °I the E mperor of Austria, at Milan. na li er Majesty an d court are expected to remain at Windsor I `;' t ille eight wee k s l onger, and then proceed to the Pavilion, r ighton, f or a month. Crace, the decorator of Wigmore estlreet.nth t o hre a received insons the oard of reen s embellish th e Ptructiavilion by froni the end b of Octobe g r. QueeA. PRESIC NT FOR THE QUERN. —We s h ou ld i mag i ne t h at n Vi ctoria must soon have two or three additional store uses erected , w h erein to deposit all the tokens of affection (1 1 1 _ 4t flow in from h er l ov i ng subjects. Shawls, stockings, t'"°4 42", che mises without s eams, and b onnets from America are .I:Ogst the latest on the list, and a circumstance has just n wa that such en com municated to us b y a gentleman in this town w hi c h "e ents not li to es etso nal apparel . On are Monday str he ictly was mited travelling on the ?" ther ibn Mail, and, when at Falkingham, a small wicker .h.asket, mounted for convenience on a broom, was hoisted to _ (he coachman by an old lady who emerged from one of the a.. wayside cottages On the top was sewn a piece of paper °a which Was wri'ten but not with a crow quill small and 13 " t, To her Gracious , Majesty Queen Victoria, Defender of England and Ireland, London, 0 r e l whre.',:t the tt basket was of course awakened, and a few little l, pokes lid displayed to the passengers a .. beautiful little tortoiseshell eat, reposing and . with a quantity of bre a d b her in case she on a piece of muslin, side, took it i nto her head to he hungry tefore she reached the halls of royalty.—Essex Herald. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. In consequence of the immense overflow last night to all parts of the Theatre on the occasion of MR. CLARKE'S Benefit, and numerous parties not having been able to ob tain admittance for want of room, the Public is respect fully informed that any of Mr. Clarke's Outstanding Tickets will be received at the Doors this evening. Second week of Mr. HARLEY. Second appearance of Mr. and Mrs. KEELEY, who are engaged for Teu Nights. Third week of Mr. F. VINING. THIS present TUESDAY, September 4, will be per il_ formed Colman's Comedy of the HEIR. AT LAW. Doctor Pangloss Mr. Harley. Dick Dowlas Mr. F. Vining. Z,kiel Homespun Mr. Keeley. Caroline Dormer Mrs. Baker. Cicely Homespun.... Mrs. Keeley. The original Epilogue, by the Char4icters. After which, the Musical Drame:illed the SWISS COrrAGIt; Ott WHY uON'T YoIRAIARRY. Nets Tieck Mr. Keeley. Max Mr. G. Horncastle. To conclude with the Farce of FRIGHTENED TO DEATH. Phantom Mr. Harley, (As originally performed by him in London.) Mumps Mr. Baker. Corinna Mrs. Baker. .Miss Grant Emily Patty Mrs. Tellet On WEDNESDAY, the Comedy of WILD OATS. Ephraim Smooth, Mr. Harley; Rover, Mr. F. Vinin; Sim, Mr. Keeley ' - Jane, Mrs. Keeley. After which will be produced, for the first time here, a new Farce ' written by " Boz," called THE STRANGE GENTLENIAN. The Strange Gentleman, Air. Harley, as originally performed by him in London. To conclude with a LOAN OF A LOVER. Peter Spyk, Mr. Keeley; Gertrude, Mrs. Keeley, nit iliberpoot gi:tantiarb. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 4, 1838. The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morning at 5 o'clock. CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.—By the arrival of the Great Western. in Kingroad, on Wednesday night last, we are put in possession of news. from Ca• nada to the 11th ultimo, and from New York to the 16th ultimo. This noble vessel made the passage home in little more than thirteen days. Her outward passage, it will be recollected, was only fourteen days and a half. She thus accomplished both the outward and inward passages in twenty-seven days and a half — less than the average passage out of the sailing pack ets. The Great Western brought eighty-seven cabin passengers, an immense number of letters, and some freight. She brings home despatches from Lord Dur ham, in answer to those taken out by her. The con tents of these have, of course, not yet transpired. A dinner was given on board the Great Western the day preceding her departure from New York, by Mr. Richard Irvin and Captain Hosken, to their friends, which is described as a splendid affair. About one hundred persons were invited ; upwards of fifty sat down to table, which groaned with the weight of the viands and wines. Among the guests were Governor M'Duffee, the Hon. Messrs. Prentiss, Clark, Ver plank, and many strangers of distinction. The New York Gazette says, " the Great Western departs to-day, at four o'clock, on her sixth passage across the Atlantic, and so little has the interest in this noble vessel subsided, that her departure IN ill create almost as great a sensation as her first return trip. Her commander will carry with him the good wishes of all who have had the pleasure of personal inter course with him, and her officers and men have de served, as they well received, the good opinions and good feelings of our citizens, and they may carry home the consciousness of having so deported them selves as to have maintained the high character of their country." The continued success of the Great Western, has at length seriously affected the immense interest em barked in the sailing liners at New York, and it ap pears there is a regular searching for causes of com plaint and dissatisfaction, which are spread about with such assiduity, and so magnified, as doubtless, to have some effect on the interests of the concerts. For our own part, we are quite at a loss to understand how 120 people can be breakfasted, lunched, dined, tea'd and supp'd, for fourteen successive days, with any satisfac tion at all. The directors, it is stated by many of the paSsen gers who came home in the ship, have only to go on their efforts ate appreciated, and so long as the pas sengers feel, as those we have conversed with, have expressed themselves to feel ; that neither pains nor expense are spared to make them comfortable, the di rectors have nothing to fear. Their ship on the next voyage would bring 200 first class passengers, if there was more room for them, from New York The news brought by the Great Western is of very little importance. We subjoin the most interesting extracts from the Canadian papers. (From the Quebec Gazette of Aug. 10.) TORONTO, Aug. I.—Moreau, the Yankee.land pirate, was executed at Niagara on Monday last,in pursuance of his very just sentence. Owing to a want of the necessary precau tions in securing Mr. Ketch, who was a coloured man, be forehand, that sensitive functionary bolted, and, it is said, narrowly escaped with his life; and, what is very unusual, Mr. Sheriff Hamilton was obliged to execute his own duty in p7opria persona—and, it is said, that the duty was well done! (From the Montreal Herald of Aug. 10.) The New York papers of Monday notice the arrival, on the day previous, of the brig Queen Victoria, from Bermuda, bringing accounts to the 28th ult., which reports the arrival of Her Majesty's ship Vestal, with the transported traitors, who are, as we suspected they would be, admitted on their parole, of honour to a residence in the main island, and do not experience any interruption in their excursions to any pan of it. We should nut be surprised if the Government should open the prison doors in Canada and admit the mur derers and burgla rs i n cus t o dy, o n th e i r paro l e o f h onour, to a residence in the country. Consistency requ i res suc h a course, but Whig s have "never been celebrated for that quality. The Government could learn, with apathy, that hundreds o f th e volunteers in Montreal, who took uparms in its defence, were starving, and that their families had to be supported by vo l untary su b scr i ptions fur soup kitchens, without ever deigning to notice them; but no sooner are a few hundred traitorous vaga b on d s caught in the act of fighting against and murdering h er M a j esty troops an d l oya l subjects, than a cry is raised annul the enlightened spirit of the age, and they are forthwith let loose on society, or get; the use of a ship of war to take them to Bermuda, where they are treated as if they were public benefactors. We have always ridiculed the idea of this lenient policy leading to any good result, or making a single traitor loyal. No further back than Wednesday afternoon there was a beautiful "loyal manifes tation exhibited in this city by the soi disant sons of liberty, many of whom are but recently liberated from prison. They met on the old racecourse, where they went through their old pranks of drilling and firing at a target, after which they marched into town, headed by a band of execrable music, and carrying branches of the maple tree, which they recognise as their national (!) emblem. Go on, ye brave enjans du sul, until another 6th of November shall arrive, and see you again scattered to the four quarters of the earth; but remember, you will never again have the chance of returning to repeat your rebellious game a third time. The volunteers who suf fered so much on your account last winter, have learned a lesson which they must assuredly will not forget, and may ex claim with the .few in the Merchant of Venice, "The villany you teach me I will execute, and it will go bard but 1 will better upon your instruction." The New York papers announce that Sir John Col borne had reached Montreal from Upper Canada, and that he immediately proceeded to Quebec. Sir John had been making a tour of examination along the Up per Canada frontier, as far as Sandwich, with a view, it is said, to the erection of fortifications. APKenzie's Gazette states that there are not, in both Cauadas, more than 5,000 British troops, and that the number will be reduced to 4,000 by desertion and other causes before the close of the navigation. We apprehend the " agitator" will hardly prevail upon the Canadian insurgents to- give any further trouble by such idle stories as the above. He seems entirely to forget the enthusiasm of the loyal volunteers, who, without any aid from the regular troops, drove him and his misguided followers to take refuge in Navy Island. Lord Durham, it *is s id, has conceived the mag nificent project of opening a ship canal from Lake Erie to the sea—a project much more easily conceived than executed. The Canada papers state that Lord Durham has sent for Governor Prescott, of Newfoundland, for Sir Charles Fitz Roy, the Governor of Prince Edward's Island, and for Sir Colin Campbell, the Governor of Nova Scotia. In Prince Edward's Island troops are to be raised for her Majesty's service, and the usual bounty paid whel they arrive at head quarters. , On the subject of Lord Durham's more recent pro ceedings in Canada we find some very cogent but just remarks in the Morning Herald of Saturday last. Our contemporary observes—" By the latest accounts from Canada, Lord Durham's system of conciliation' towards the traitors and their secret abettors, is de-. scribed to be producing its natural results. The rebels are, as a matter of course, strengthened in their senti ments of hostility to England, by the secret sympathy with their courses, which they, very naturally, ascribe to Lord Durham. The hesitation which has been evinced to vindicate the law, appears to the adherents of Papineau, a tacit recognition by the governor-gene ral, of the justice of their cause. They recollect that he is the viceroy selected by the whig government of England, notoriously, on the ground of his "liberal" sentiments. They know that the whig government of England owes much to the English friends of Canadian " liberalism"--the Humes, and Leaders, and `Yarbur• tons;—and they can scarcely avoid the conclusion that the "liberalism" of Lord Durham is akin to the "li- beralism" of the Roebuck party, and, by consequence, akin to their own sentiments. Lord Durham's course of action has favoured all these presumptions. His lordship has carefully avoided countenancing the royal ists. He has never acknowledged their most merito rious services during the late rebellion. He has, on the other hand, screened the traitors from the conse quences of their treason. He has violated the law, in order to save them from the ordeal of a trial;—and whilst, js we have stated, he has sedulously avoided the slightest allusion to the loyalty of the volunteers who so promptly aided the Queen's troops in baffling the traitors, lie has fawned upon the American abettors of treason in the Canadas The same journal proceeds to remark :—" We have always declared our fears that Lord Durham would, by his despicable policy, thoroughly disgust the loyal population of Canada! Our prediction would appear to he, unfortunately, in the course of rapid fulfilment. The loyal volunteers feel that their noble efforts and sacrifices are not appreciated by the representative of our 'liberal' government—and that feeling may, yet, give rise to fatal consequences! The liberated trai tors, too, have recommenced their marchings, and drillings. They are anxious, no doubt, again to try their fortune in the lottery of civil war. Their luck may mend, perhaps, if proved under the sympathetic eye of Lord Durham ! The great man himself has been again entertaining parties of American citizens from the frontiers—including, doubtless, a fair sprink ling of the men who invaded our Canadian territories, and put the Caroline steam-boat to its piratical uses ! We may expect, indeed, to hear shortly that Lord Durham has been following out the soothing' system by regaling at the vice-regal table, Bill Johnston, and his brother cut-throats. Bill, by the way, is said to have figured lately at a public ball; and as Lord Dur nam has given two or three balls to American citizens, it is very possible that his lordship's dwelling may have been the spot honoured by Bill's Terpsichorean evolutions. Whilst, however, Lord Durham has been ‘eonciliating, , ' the Americans, and toasting the health of their President, how have the men of the United States been acknowledging his lordships civilities ? Let the following most expressive statement supply the answer ! The narrative, be it observed, is taken from one of the United States journals ! ( From the New York Inquirer, Aug. 8.) The steam-bo,t Bunker-hill arrived in our port yesterday, having on board some 200 discharged Canadi a n vo l un t eers, who had been taken on board at Malden, to be landed at Chippewa. They were dressed as militia usually are, as suited their fancy, and their colours were as various as their dresses. They were accompanied by their officers, and were civilly behaved- Notwithstanding this, however, a number of blackguards 50072, gathered round the vessel while she was dis charging her freioht, and commenced abusing the men, and ultimately pelted the men with missiles. Captain Homans, of the government steam-boat Milwaukie, having however been applied to, he stationed sentinels to protect the stran gers, and the rabble dispersed. We trust a strong example will he made of some of them for their disgraceful conduct. The same game, we hear, was played at Toledo and Cleve land. "This outrage, let it be noted, was committed on the loyal subjects of the Queen of England—on men ad mitted to be 'very civilly behaved'—not at an Ameri can outpost, near the scene of the last disturbances, but in the city of New York. The outrage in ques tion is, in truth, but an embodiment of those senti ments towards England, which animate the breast of Mr. Van Buren and of the vast majority of his fellow countrymen ! And it is to the authors of such a dis graceful violation of all international courtesy that Lord Durham delights to truckle ! " If Lord Durham shall remain in Canada, Canada will, in all probability, be lost to the English empire. Let Lord Durham be recalled—and let his place be supplied by thirty sail of the line, and by thirty thou sand additional troops. Mr. Van Buren would then adopt Lord Durham's policy, and truckle in his turn!" The advice of our contemporary is judicious. The remedy which is proposed would, no doubt, prove effi cacious; but, alas! where are we to find thirty sail of the line, properly manned, and thirty thousand addi- tional troops. Thanks to the clipping and paring sys tem of the modern economists—the liberal philosophers of the day, our naval force is crippled in its energies. Thanks to the Irish agitators, our troops cannot be spared from the Sister Island, where they are needed to secure a semblance of tranquillity. With respect to American news we have little to add. The following are the most important ex tracts : PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 13, 5 P. 111.—This iS "resumption day," and the Whigs arc celebrating it with becoming spirit on the banks of the Wissihiccan. The demand for specie upon the banks of this city has, so far as I could learn, been very limited. Several of the banks said they had not seen any presentation of their notes for silver beyond what was common for change before the resumption. Sundry draughts from New York on several of our city banks, the United States Bank included, amounting in all to 400,030 dollars; were presented to-day; and, as the United States Bank had balances to settle, it accepted these draughts, and gave the bearer a check for the whole amount on the New York banks, so that no .specie changed hands. This looks like the good old-fashioned way of doing business,—a way which, it is thought, has been brought about by the judicious manage ment of those who have taunted her for delaying the measure. NEW Yong, AUG. 16, 4 P.M.—On Monday, the 13th instant, the banks of New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland; and Virginia, resumed specie payments. Those of Kentucky, doubtless resumed on the same day : and it was understood, that those of Indiana and Illinois would follow in four or five days. The resumption is general, with the exception of some of the South Western States. Of these, Tennessee will resume by the first of January, Alabama and Louisiana at about the same period; and Mississippi not till she cashes her next cotton crop— if then. The fall in lands, cotton, &c., has proved more disastrous in Mississippi, than any where else. The resumption has aided to restore confidence, as confi dence brought about resumption. It is reviving business. '1 he prospects of our full trade are good—better than we had any reason to expect, thanks to the free banking law, steam navigation of the Atlantic, and the return to specie payments. The wheat crops are realized ablindantly; the corn has suf fered from thought. We shall have grain to export. Of this Canada will want a portion, for the wheat-fly has com mitted great ravages in her fields; it is supposed, too, that there may be an European demand. So these circumstances will keep up prices. Mr. Biddle has met with some difficulty in the organization of his branch bank in this city, in conse quence of the understanding that it could not, under the laws of New York, sue for the recovery of its debts. We are informed by good authority, says the New York Courier, that measures are already in contemplation, which, if carried out fully, will, in the year 1840, give the following arrangement for steam packets from this port : — Monday—For London. Tuesday—For Havre. Wednes day—For Bristol. Thursday—For Liverpool. Friday—For Glasgow. Saturday—For Dublin. Flour is selling at Cincinnati as low as four dollars per barrel. It is coming down in all the markets about as fast as the holders can make it convenient.—Boston ........... Corn has advanced twenty cents. a bushel in Baltimore within a week. Very great alarm begins to be excited on account of the continual rise in the waters of Lake Superior. Whole farms, it is said, have been submerged, and wharfs and streets rendered useless. Since 1835, the rise has been from three and a half to four feet. An old and intelligent inhabi tant of Cleveland declares that be has seen the level of the water seven feet lower than it now is. The pier at Monroe, when completed, was six feet out of watei ; it is now nearly immersed. A writer in the Toledo Gazette surmises that a large river, which has hitherto discharged itself into Hud son's Bay, has been, from year to year, impeded iu its course by the accumulation of drift wood, stumps, &c., similar to that of the great raft of the Red River, till finally, it has be come completely dammed, and has cut out for itself a new channel into some one of the great tributaries to Lake Supe rior. This theory is believed to have been derived from the fur traders; but come from what source it may, the pheno menon demands the attention of our geologists and other men of science. WEATHER AT NEW ORLEANS.—After experiencing a burning drought for some weeks, the Orleannis were relieved on the 30th ult. by a flood of rain, accompanied with thunder and lightning, which had the effect of removing from the streets certain deposits, which were highly prejudicial to the health of the residents. According to Charleston papers, the heat in that city , du ring the last month, has been more unremitting and intense than it has been for the last twenty-three years. The ther mometer of the 30th ult. stood as high as 95k. The census of a house in Cross-street, New York, was re cently taking by a police-officer, when it was found to con tain an aggregate of over three hundred as miserable beings as the eye of pity could wish to look at. (From the New York Inquirer, Aug. 7.) THE BLOCKADES.—The Washington. Globe received on Thursday has favoured us with the annunciation of another blockade -- that of the ports of Peru by Chili, so that now we have the blockade of all the coasts of Mexico, even those in the Gulf of California, and on the Pacific Ocean, the blockade of the River Plate, and some of the ports of Brazil which are in the hands of the revolutionists. This forms a pretty considerable part of the Southern Continent, and we should not be astonished, were it increased, by the blockade of all Brazil by England, in case the slave trade in the former country is not stopped, for we have seen a threat of the kind held out in Parliament. ( From the Providence Journal.) FRENCH BLOCKADE OF THE MEXICAN PORTS.—We are surprised to find this arbitrary measure of the French Go vernment defended with so much zeal by certain. presses in this country. In no view of the question can we see any thing but a flagrant violation of the rights of neutrals, an unjustifiable interference with the trade and commerce of other nations. If France has any claims upon Mexico, let ber enforce them in a proper way, but not in such a way that the loss shall fall principally upon England and the United States. • ( From the New York Inquirer, Aug. 16.) MOST DISTRESSING CATASTROPHE—N INETEEN PERSONS DROWNED.-1I is our painful duty to record one of the most distressing events which, it is presumed, ever happened in nor immediate vicinity. This morning, as a boat, contain ing 2-1 or '25 persons, was passing through the Little Falls, it struck upon Hunt's Rock, and immediately filled, and, melancholy to relate, 19 persons, including children, were drowned. None of the bodies had been found at the time we obtained our information, except those of Mr. Haynes's four children.—St. John's (New Brunswick) Gazelle. GREAT FIRE IN THE PINES.—The Burlington V OW Jer sey) Herald sa y s —" C a l am i t i es thicken upon us. Fires have broken out in the pines, and the extremely dry weather fa yours their ragid enlargement. For one week they have raged, commencing on the Martha Furnace tract, and sweep ing over various sections of pine land and cedar swamp. While on Long Beach last week we could see this destroying element at the distance of many miles, casting a light as though a city were in fiamet. Owners of timber lands are busily employed tiring against the , fonsuming enemy. It is the greatest calamity of the kind ever known. From the neighbourhood of Tuckerton to Burr's Mill the country has been overrun at last accounts. One hundred thousand dol lars would not cover the damages already incurred." Extract of a letter from New York, dated August 16:— "On Monday, the 13th inst., the Banks of New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, and Virginia, resumed specie payments, which has aided to restore confidence. The pros pects of our fall trade are good—better than we had any reason to expect. " The wheat crops are realised abundantly; the corn has suffered from drought. We shall have grain to export. Of this Canada will want a portion, for the wheat fly has com mitted great ravages in her fields; it is supposed, too, that there may be an European demand. So these circumstances will keel: up prices." The Havannah papers are almost silent respecting the French blockade of the Mexican ports. The only article re lating to that subject is the following:— " Mexico, June 18. "By letters from Vera Cruz received yesterday we learn the arrival of the English packet with letters from London dated the 14th, and from Paris the 12th of April. Baron Deffaudis sailed on the 12111 from Sacrificios in the Corsair for France, leaving M. de Lisle as Charge d'Affaires. Two other vessels had sailed with sick for Martinique, as the sick ness called the vomit had begun to prevail in the Frnech squadron. A frigate, it is sail, had sailed fur the Havannah in quest of provisions." ' TUE QUEEN AND DR. HOOK.—Several of our con temporaries have been giving currency to the rumour that Dr. Hook has been informed that his services as chaplain to the Queen will be in future dispensed with. The only foundation for this report seems to have been an expression in Dr. Hook's preface to his recently published sermon, in which he states that " it was intended for the pulpit, and not for the press but that "circumstances have transpired which seem to require its publication." These vague terms have been construed into an intimation from some person about the court, acting under the instructions of the Queen, that Dr. Hook would not be allowed again to preach in the chapel-royal. The improbability of such a proceeding is, of itself, sufficient to throw discredit upon the rumour. The sermon preached by the doc tor is by no means calculated to give offence to her Majesty, much less to her Majesty's ministers, as we shall hereafter endeavour to prove. We had intended on Friday last to have introduced a few remarks on the subject matter of the sermon under notice; but we found that we should not be able, in the compass of a single article, to do justice to the question. We, therefore, resolved upon another course— that of lay ing before our readers a series of articles on the pre sent condition of the Protestant Church of England, in reference to her friends and her enemies, as well as upon certain points of ecclesiastical policy which have recently engaged considerable attention. In prose cuting this subject we shall endeavour to avoid all un necessary asperity, and to bestow upon it that calm and deliberate consideration which its importance de mands. In the mean time, we deem it right to dis abuse the public of the impression which the report, to which we have already alluded, is calculated to pro duce. The Leeds Intelligencer of Saturday last re marks—" In our last number we copied from the Age newspaper an article, in which it was stated that the rev. doctor had been dismissed from his office of Royal Chaplain on account of having proclaimed bold and vital truths in the ear of Majesty ; and we gave the silly invention an unqualified contradiction. We now repeat that contradiction because we see the fiction re iterated in the Times of Thursday, in the form of a communication from a correspondent. Dr. Hook has not been dismissed. He said nothing to excite the Queen's anger; but much to attract her serious at tention and deep reflection. Her Majesty owes her right to the Throne to the fact of her Protestantism ; and Dr. Hook informed her—probably the first time she ever heard it—that the English Protestant Church is, in doctrine at least, a pure and apostolic church , and that the Church of Rome, which the English Pro testant Church shook off because of her corruptions, is not, as it is popularly represented and supposed, the Parent Church, but a branch of the pure stream turned off, and mixing itself up with the sands of error and the filth of superstition and gross worldly conta mination." The Intelligcncer, however, does not in form us what were "the circumstances" , which led to the publication of Dr. Hook's sermon. The Carlisle Patriot supplies this deficiency, and gives the follow ing narrative of the particulars which induced Dr. Hook to send his sermon to the press:—" When Dr. Hook preached before her Majesty it was evident to all who were present that his discourse produced a more than ordinary impression ❑pon the royai auditor. On her return to Buckingham Palace her Majesty re tired into the gardens unattended, but not unobserved, for she was seen to weep. Her tears, however, were not those of anger, for, in the course of the day, her Majesty was pleased to command that there should be conveyed to Dr. Hook the expression of the high sa- tisfaction she had derived from his sermon. There were, however, persons connected with the court who viewed Dr. Hook's efforts in a different light. To those who are disposed to deal "a heavy blow and great discouragement to Protestantism" the orthodox doctrines of Dr. Hook appeared to convey a rebuke which, probably, their own consciences told them was but too well merited. The first intimation which Dr. Hook received of the kind offices which his friends at Court were disposed to render him, was from a right rev. prelate, who, on meeting him, exclaimed, " So, Dr. Hook, they say that you preached a political ser mon to the Queen." Dr. Hook replied that be would give his lordship an opportunity of judging of the truth of that statement by sending him the sermon for perusal. The sermon was sent and returned with the strongest expressions of approbation. -Shortly after another right rev. prelate, alluding to the report which was in circulation, requested permission to read the sermon, which, of course, was granted, and he also spoke in terms of the highest commendation of the discourse, and further advised Dr. Hook, as it had ex cited so much attention, and was exposed to so much misrepresentation, to " print it, and shame the fools." These are the "circumstances" alluded to in the ire face, which led to the publication of the sermon. Af ter this explanation it is scarcely necessary to add that if Dr. Hook has been forbidden so preach again in the Chapel Royal, which we do not believe to be the case, her Majesty's sentiments towards that excellent clergy man have undergone an extraordinary change—from what influence remains to be seen." THE PORT AND, TRADE of LONDON.—In Our last publication, in making some extracts from Mr. Elmes' exposition of the Trade and Port of London, we ad verted to the comparison drawn by Mr. M'Culloch between the number of shipping belonging to that port, in contrast with those at Liverpool and other out ports; but it is but fair to remark that, whether from a predilection in favour of London, or from accident, he has made the comparison on a point peculiarly un favourable to Liverpool,—for, as the capital of Liver pool is otherwise employed i it so happens that a vast many of the British shipping engaged in the Liver pool trade belong to Whitehaven, Workington, and other neighbouring places where they have more lei sure to look after shipping. Had the comparison been made with the amount of duties collected, or the number of ships employed, the difference between the ports would not have been by any means so great. In import of tobacco, sheeps' wool, &c., the ports are about equal; whilst in respect to the important article of cotton wool, and with respect to amount of exports, Liverpool immeasurably exceeds London. We beg leave to call the attention of our readers to an advertisement published in our to-day's paper, re lative to an English church now building at Athens, — an object of great interest in itself, and rendered so doubly by the associations connected with that cele brated city. For what educated man is not under the highest obligations to Athens ? And what good mem ber of our excellent church will not rejoice to see its branches planted in foreign lands, and especially in a spot where the gospel was first preached by St. Paul him self ? Itis to be hoped that the benevolence and christian feelings of the inhabitants ofLi verpool will be interested in the effort now made to introduce the services of the united Church of England and Ireland to the capital of modern Greece. Mr. Leeves has long been occu pied in the work of superintending the translation of the bible into modern Greek; and it is desirable that the nation which has received from England the pre cious gift of the scriptures in their native language, should become acquainted with the pure and scriptural liturgy of the Church of England, which has also been translated by Mr. Leeves. LOCAL NEWS. The Royal William has resumed her station on the Liver pool and Dublin line, until she leaves for her second vovage to New York, on the 20th instant. Twenty berths for New York are already engaged. It is calculated that the Great Western steam-ship netted, by her last voyage, which occupied 39 days, the sum, after deducting the expense of their keep, of £6,000 for passengers alone. STEAM TO HAVRE.-It will be seer., by an advertisement in another column, that the next steamer for France will sail on Tuesday, the 18th instant. Passengers may be now booked through from Liverpool to Paris. The terms are exceedingly reasonable. SUICIDE.-At eleven o'clock, on Sunday forenoon, Mr. John Bedlington, captain of the ship Albion, who was lodg ing at the house of Mr. Nichol, Stanhope-street, terminated his existence, by hanging himself to the bedstead. The deceased is supposed to have been in a state of insanity ; he had previously been heard to threaten that he would hang himself. STRAM TO AMERICA.-lt has been hinted to us that a junction of interests is about to be formed between " The Original Liverpool and New York Steam Packet Company," and an influential establishment now in the course of forma- two in New York, and that arrangements have been so nearly completed as to have just reason to expect that opera tions will be be commenced immediately. COMMITTED TO KIRKDAI.E.—On Saturday last, Thomas Cronan, a married man, 22 y ears of age, was brought before Messrs. Holland and Chadwick, at Rochdale, charged with committing a rape on a girl, eleven years of age, named Smith. He was committed for trial to the assizes. A VALUABLE BARGAIN.—On Wednesday last, a foreign order, or badge, was sold at Mr. Hodgson's sale-rooms, Church-street, for the sum of ten guineas. It was purchased by Mr. Hart, jeweller, of Whitechapel, who, on taking it to pieces, found it to be composed of diamonds, rubies, and emeralds, worth three hundred guineas! ACCIDENT.—A lad, named Rudyard, son of an inmate in Warrington almshouse, in the employ of Mr. Warburton, a farmer, of Dallam, was killed at Bold, on Friday week, by the wheel of a cart, which he was driving to Liverpool, laden with hay, passing over his body.—Verdict of the coroner's inquest, "Accidental death." HEALTH OF LIVERPOOL-It will, doubtless, be gratifying to the public to be informed that our workhouse and fever hospital have not for the last fifteen years exhibited so high a standard of health as at the present time, the number of cases in the hospital being comparatively trifling at this season of the year, and the sick list in the infirmary being equally light. We make this communication on the autho rity of the house surgeon.—Cuurier. A MONSTER Must' noom.—There has been, it appears, a great scarcity of mushrooms this season, but, from the variety of mighty specimens noticed in the provincial papers, it would almost seem that the genus has determined to make up in the size of individual specimens what is wanting in number. On Tuesday last one was brought to our office of the follow ing dimensions and weight :—Circumference, 3 feet 9 inches ; diameter, 14 inches; girth round the stein, 10 inches; and weight 31bs It seemed perfectly sound, and was gathered in a field belonging to Mr. Jones, of the Viaduct,Foundry. - , near Newton.—Mercurv. Flue.—Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, an alarm of fire was given from a dwelling house in Spring-street, Toxteth-park. In a very few minutes Mr. Hewitt, superin tendent of the fire police, with a couple of engines and water carts were on the spot; but fortunately their services were not required. It is said to have been occasioned by a person falling to sleep, leaving a candle burning, which set fire to the bed curtains. ENORMOUS PIECE OF COAL.—There is now to he seen, in the area behind the baths on St. George's Pier, a .piece of coal from the Earl of Balcarres's mines, Haigh, near Wigan, measurir4,--faut,fiet six inches in height, and fourteen feet in circumference, and weighing two tons three cwt. This splendid black diamond' was brought up from a mine 160 yards deep, and was placed in its present situation by Mr. J. F. Cannell, agent to the Earl of Balcarres. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.—We are glad to perceive that this undertaking, which excites great interest on both sides of the Mersey, is progressing rapidly. The contracts for the whole of the line have been taken ou terms considerably under prime cost, and upwards of 700 men are now at work. Near the turnpike road, between Brombro' and Rock Ferry, the progress of the road is already visible; and the completion of the whole line may be expecterllong be fore the period originally fixed. THE NEWCASTLE STEAMER. — Owing to the low state of the tide, the Newcastle steamer bound from Annan Water Foot to Liverpool, got aground at Newby Flats, about half past seven o'clock on Wednesday evening. With the ex ception of the inconvenience resulting from their detention, the passengers, of whom there was a large number on board, sustained no injury, as the vessel was towed back to Annan Water Foot in the next tide. We understand that the ma chinery of the Newcastle has sustained some slight damage, but she will be ready to perform her usual voyage in a day or two.—Carlisle Patriot. NEW STEAM Docx.—Preparations are begun for convert ing the Brunswick Basin, at the south end of the port, into a wet dock, by placing gates at its entrance. When the atera lion is completed, the large ocean steam-ships will be accom modated in this dock, none of the entrances to the existing docks being wide enough to receive them when their paddles are fixed. Meanwhile, to make boom for the increased and increasing number of steamers of the ordinary size, the Dock Trustees have conferred on the Trafalgar the same privi leges, as to the getting up of steam, &c., which the Clarence Dock has so long and so advantageously enjoyed. MR. CLARKE'S BENEFIT.—AS was to be expected, the very able and respected manager of the Theatre Royal, Mr. Clarke, who took his benefit last evening, had an overflowing house. We were, much to our disappointment, prevented by other engagements from attending, tAt we have been told that Harley's comicalities, and Keeley's dry humour, added to the able acting of Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Vining, Mr and Miss Vandenhoff, and Mr. Baker, kept the audience throughout in most excellent temper. The clever farce of " High Life Below Stairs" was admirably played, and was "rich" beyond measure. Numbers, we understand, could not gain admittance, and we are authorised to state, that the receipts were considerably above £3OO. Such a testimony of respect and approval by the public, must be highly grati fying to Mr. Clarke. THE ROYAL FORESTERS —Yesterday being the anniver sary of the meeting of the clubs of the society of Royal Foresters, the members of the different branches of the society paraded the the town, headed by bands of music and carrying banners, the members being dressed, some of them very splendidly and uniquely, in ancient costume of forest. green, and carrying numerous insignia of their order. The procession was also accompanied by various little Adams. and Eves, in miniature gardens, on carts; some seated be tween lambs, And some of the, Masters Adams and Misses Eves had grown so fashionably modernized, as to be riding astride of ponies, harnessed with the uuantediluvian luxury of saddle's. The members finished the day together in social harmony, with the good old fashion of eating and drinking, and we doubt not enjoyed themselves as much in the different public-houses patronized by them as our rustic ancestors under the merry greenwood tree. DEATHS FROM DROWNING. —An inquest was held on Tuesday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., on the body of a boy named Emerson, aged 22 years, who was drowned the pre ceding day in the new dock, near the Herculaneum Pottei les. A person named Roberts, who works at the potteries, when he heard of the accident, plunged into the dock, and succeeded in bringing up the dead body of the boy. The usual means to restore animation were tried without effect. The jury ex pressed a flattering opinion of the spirited and humane con duct of Mr. Roberts. Verdict, accidental death.—Another case of drowning occurred in the King's Dock on Saturday last. The deceased, whose name was Lloyd, was chief mate of the Barque Hector. When taken out of the water, the customary appliances of warmth and !friction succeeded in restoring animation; but the deceased died in a few hours after the accident. RESCUE FROM DROWNING. On Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, the boatmen belonging to the Floating Bath observed a man standing in a peculiar and suspicious attitude on the taffrail of one of the steam-boats which was moored at the Prince's Pier. Suspecting the man's inten tions, the boatmen instantly put off towards him, but as they approached he suddenly plunged into the river, apparently bent upon self-destruction. However, they succeeded in drag ging him into the boat, and delivered him to one of the police. The man appeared to be somewhat intoxicated, but the boat men said he was very dogged and sulky, not thanking them for their interference. If there were, as there ought to be in Liverpool, any fund for rewarding men for saving the lives of their fellow-creatures, the two boatmen of the Floating Bath would, no doubt, be deemed proper objects of its bounty, as the man would certainly have been dVbwned, but for their vigilance and prompt interference. ZOOLOGICAL GA finENS.—Blart - 1 EXTRAORDINARY.—A. few days ago the female hyena at the Zoological Gardens pre sented her lord with four fine cubs, this being, we believe, the first instance on record in which these animals have bred in this country. Several additions have also been made to the menagerie in other ways, both by gift and purchase. Amongst the purchases may be mentioned a fine male lion, (about two-thirds grown.) from Captain Rabot, of the brig N. Dey Dama, from Senegal, and also a beautiful gazelle. The lion, we understand, was so tame, as to follow his master, like a dog, through the streets of Senegal. It Will be seen, from the advertisement, that another grand gala will take place at the Zoological Gardens, this evening, weather per mitting. Those who have not yet seen the grand spectacle of Vesuvius will do well not to miss this opportunity, as both mountain, city, and lake, will shortly disappear. Those who have seen it will need no pressing to repeat their visit. There will also be an illumination, and a grand exhibition of fire works, both of which will now be seen to much greater ad vantage than during the long days and light evenings of summer. A THIEF TAKEN.—On Saturday three men went into a public-house, in Blake -street. They asked for two glasses of ale, saying, that one of theta was going away imme diately. When the girl had drawn the ale and returned to the parlour with it, she found only two of the men. She sus pected something, and ran up stairs, where she found one of them in an upper room, endeavouring to open a trunk. She gave an al arm , an d the fellow ran down stairs, the two hav ing already taken the hint and escaped. On hearing the calls of the girl, Crow, a policeman, gave chace to the third, and pursued him all the way to the top of Marybone, where he succeeded in capturing him. He turned out to be a no torious character, named Leyland. The officer was on the way with him to Duncan-street Bridewell, where he supposed one of the other two had been taken, when he was set upon by a multitude of thieves and pickpockets, who endeavoured to rescue the prisoner. Crow managed to push the latter into the house of Mr. Andrews, Scotland-place, when, other officers coining up, the crowd was driven off. While in Mr. Andrews's house, the prisoner was placed upon a chair in the parlour, under which, when he was removed, two skeleton keys were found. STEAM versus WIND.—The Royal William, steamer, will be recollected, sailed from Liverpool for New York on the evening of the sth July, and reached the city on the 2ith, after a passage of nearly nineteen days. We showed, by a table which we inserted after her return to Liverpool, that she had beat a number of vessels that had sailed some time before her, and that several crack ship 9 had had very long passages, a proof of the boisterous and unfavourable weather that prevailed during the Royal William's passage to the westward. We have since received accounts from New York, which place the performance of this steamer in a striking point of view. Thu s , f or e x a mple, the packet-ship Europe, w hich sailed hence two days before the Royal William, viz. on the 2d of July, did not reach New York before the 12th of August, having been forty days on the passage ! The packet-ship Sheffield, which sailed seven days after the steamer, had a passage of thirty-four days; whilst some tran sient vessels were between six and seven weeks on the pas sage. The following table will, however, show the exac length of the passages of the vessels named:— Length of Sailed. Arrived. passage. June 24.... Hannibal, Liverpool August 6....43 days June 21.... Konahasset, do. June 27.... Mississippi, do. ... June 15....'1'renton, do. July 2 Montreal, London July 2....oemulgee, Liverpool June 25.... Utica. Havre June 16.... Manchester, do . . 7....41 8....37 9-.54 July 1.... H. 'Thompson, Liverpool .. —....39 June 27. ..Robert Morris, do. • .. 12—.46 July 2.... Europe, do .41 July 3....Charletnagne, Havre .. ..40 . July 2.... Sarah Glover, Liverpool .. —....41 . July 6.... Louisville. do 13....38 . July 3.... William C. Nye, do June 20....Areatus, do July B.... Sheffield, do .. 14....36 . July 10.... Gladiator, London MEETING OF THE RATEPAYERS OF WEST DERBY. A public meeting of the ratepayers of West Derby was held yesterday morning, at the Lowhill Workhouse, to take into consideration, and determine upon, the salaries of cer tain assistant constables, (appointed at the last annual ves try meeting,) out of the highway rates of the township, there being no other fund legally available for that purpose. Mr. Overseer MOULD in the chair. It was moved by Mr. JOHN WEBB, and seconded by Mr. THOMAS SMITH, that the amonnt claimed by the four assis tant constables be paid out of the highway rate. As an amendment, it was moved by Mr. WM. HARDY, that the Survevor of the highways be not authorized to pay the constables' salaries out of the highway fund. Mr. Overseer SMITH spoke at some length of the equity of paying the assistant constables, who had been appointed by the annual vestry, out of the highway rate, and as the poor's late could not now be applied to that purpose, he was sure that the magistrates, who, in a great measure, possessed a discretionary power in such matters, would, on being re quested to pass the highway accounts, sanction the item as just and reasonable. He (Mr. S. ) anticipated Mr. Hardy's opposition to the motion, in consequence of the zeal displayed by him in opposing the accounts of the surveyors for the past year, in which he (Mr. S.) had assisted, from a conviction that the investigation proceded from, right, disinterested and honorable motives. (!) On that occasion, after a long and tedious scrutiny, the investigation had resulted in the accounts being found accurate ; and in the objectionable items, such as assessor's salaries, rent for tool-house, &c., which Mr. Hardy could not think of allowing, being unhesi tatingly approved by the justices at their special sessions. Taking this precedent into consideration it ►night be fairly presumed, when the magistrates were acquainted with the grounds upon which the constables' claims were liquidated, that no objectio❑ whatever would be made to the payment. A few of the "group select," of radical dinner party no toriety, were in attendance, watching with intenseness, the signal of their erudite fugleman. After a little crossfiring, the original motion was with drawn, it being generally understood, that the claims in question could not legally be paid by the Surveyor of high ways; and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. OPENING OF THE LONDON AND BIRMING HAM RAILWAY. We are glad to learn, that, id consequence of the unex pectedly rapid progress recently made with the works of the London and Birmingham Railway, as announced by the engineer to the directors on Thursday, the opening of the line will in all probability take place a week earlier than had been previously arranged. The 17th of September, instead of the 24th, is the day now fixed upon ; aud, from what we have heard on the subject, we have uo doubt the line will, on that day, be opened fpr passengers from end to end. We understand that the following are likely to be the times of departure from London, and of arrival in Birmingham, Man chester, and Liverpool: Eight in the morning:—First-class train; to arrive at Bir mingham at two; start from Birmingham at half-past two, and arrive in Liverpool and Manchester at seven.* Nine in the Morning:—Second-class train ; to arrive at Birmingham at four; to start from Birmingham at half-past four, and arrive in Manchester and Liverpool at ten. Pleven in the Morning :—Day mail train; to arrive at Bir mingham at five; at Manchester and Liverpool about a quar ter past ten. Half-past Eight in the Evening :—Principal mail train; to arrive at Manchester and Liverpool at seven in the morning. In addition to the above trains, which will bring passengers for Manchester and Liverpool, there will probably be two trains from London to Birmingham, which will not meet any corresponding trains in the latter town, namely, a second class train at two, and a first-class train at four in the after noon. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin, —An article having appeared in the Liverpool Albion of this day, signed " A Daily Observer," with a view to mislead public opinion in reference to an exhibition of ancient and modern paintings now on view at the Lyceum Rooms, in Bold-street, (and of which I am proud to acknow ledge myself the proprietor,) and more particularly the GUIDO, which I again with fearless pride present as a fine and indisputable production of that great master, and one of his happiest efforts. I, therefore, feel myself called upon, in vindication of my honour, the protection of my just rights, and, above all, to place myself upon a proper footing with the public, in whose estimation I must for ever fall should I allow the ignorant statements of this malicious, cowardly, and unprincipled slanderer to pass unnoticed ;—cowardly inasmuch as he withholds his name, in order, no doubt, to cover himself from the obloquy and merited scorn which this rash attempt, in the plentitude of his consummate arrogance, has entailed upon him ; and what greater proof can be quoted to show the imbecile quackery of this snake in the grass than the admi►ation with which this great work has been hailed by the admiring thousands who have honoured it with their inspection, and more par ticularly the leading connoiseurs of this town, coupled with the approval of one of the highest authorities in the land in these matters; nor is this all, for out of the mouth of this would-be assassin does he convict himself, for he tells us " the Guido is painted upon coarse canvass;"—of course it is, such being the material of the time. " Dark , '! To be sure it is, the time being the approach of night. "Dirty"! How wonderful that the accumulating dust of ages should pro duce such an effect! "A second Daniel come to judgment !" Feeling satisfied that the statements of Daily Observer have emanated from a spirit of malice and envy, for the purposes of doing me an injury and depreciating the value of the above inestimable work of art, which, however, I have the consolation of knowing will, under the shield of its transcen dent merits, continue to repel the puny shafts of all such daily observers, I am, &c., L. J. HART. Lyceum Rooms, Bold-street, 3d September, 1838. BOTANIC GARDEN.—The display of plants, flowers and fruits, at these delightful gardens takes place to-morrow; we hope that the weather will be such as to induce crowds to go, we need hardly give a recommendation to so delightful and well known an exhibition. We have authority to state that the Rev. Dr. Hook has not been deprived of his chaplaincy, nor directed not to preach in his turn at the Chapel Royal; nor hai any notice whatsoever been taken of any sermon which he may have delivered there.—Morning Chronicle. The portrait of the Queen painted by Mr. Sully, an Ameri can artist, from the United States, is now exhibiting at Mr. Goadsby's, in Bold-street. The attitute is strikingly original and graceful. We should think the likeness to be a flatter ing one, it will, at any rate, give Brother Jonathan a most favourable idea of our liege lady. The painting is a decidedly fine one, and is excellent in all but the hand and arm, in which the artist seems to have completely failed. The dra pery is agreeably arranged, and the figure conies well out upon the canvas. THE SURGEON TO THE BOROUGH GAOL.—Mr. Forshaw, the late surgeon to the Borough Gaol having resigned that situation, the office is now vacant, and several candidates are in the field for the appointment. The appointment rests with the Town-council, on the recommendation of the Gaol committee. We understand that Mr. Charles Butler Greatrex is one of the candidates.. From what we have heard of that gentleman's talents, and acquirements in his profes sion, and his deportment, if he should obtain the office he seeks, the town will have been fortunate in securing his services for an institution which calls largely on the time, the patience, the kindness, and the talents of the practitioner appointed. PASSENGERS BY THE GRBAT WESTERN.—Eighty-seven passengers arrived in the "Great Western" of whom the following is a list:—S. Geohegan, W. Beaswell, Luciana Fornasari, Wm. Prehor, Mr. Currie, John Mead (servant), Wellington Gordon, J L. Payson, Mr. Jno. Siter, Mr. Langstreth, Mr. Mc. Cullock, Mr. Loudon, Mr. Steiger, D. Mc. Dougall, Miss E. Mount, T. C. Osier, C. Loeser, H. Gondin, De Bie Leuden, J. R. Girond, Mr. Vandamme, Mrs. Shewell, Mr. Geohegan's servant, Mr. Martinez, D. Smith, Samuel Swartwout, Col. Gamble, Miss Gamble. Mr. Wedderburne, P. H. James, Mr. J. Keith, E. Dumageane, Carl Bahr, Mrs. Prosser, two children of Mrs. Prosser, servant of ditto, E. Scheuley, Mr. Lamont, Mr. Huggins, Mr. Goodall, Geo. Coventry, Mr. Jno. Rutherford, Walter Rutherford, Dr. Stewart, Rhodes, Mr. A. Proed, Mr. Grimshaw, Mr. Mirandu, George Keith, Mr. Brown, J. A. Dickson, J. S. Halstead, Mr. and Mrs. Moir, S. White (boy), Thos. Cochrane, T. H. Miles, Mr. Quarrel, servant to ditto, B. Tilldue, W. Strickland, Wm, Chace, H. Meyer, D. Stewart, Capt. Maitland, Capt. Williams, A. W. Pea body, Capt. Bagot, P. R. B. Broughton, Mr. Knight, Mrs. Knight, Miss Knight, child (about three years), servant to ditto, D. Kemper, J. J. Flagg, J. APLiniglin, L. M. Ca neaux, R. APlnrosh, Johnson, Mr. Sparks, Miss Sparks, Mr. Davidson, John Trerebat, Capt. Hill. BAZAAR. —Bazaars and fancy fairs appear to be daily be coming more and more in fashion. The chapel belonging to the Wesleyan Methodists of Prescot, together with the Sun day School in that town, stood in need of restoration, if not rebuilding, and the dissenters resident in that town and neigh bourhood resolved upon trying the experiment of a bazaar for the sale of fancy and useful articles, in aid of the required fund. Wednesday and-Thursday were accordingly fixed upon for the sale, which took place in the Old Town-hall, a building in every way appropriate for such a purpose. It was tastefully decorated. The stalls were hung with blue and white, and trimmed with flowers and crimson rosettes. At the head of the room, a most delightfully-executed and very correct model representation of her Majesty in her chair of state, as she ap peared at the coronation, was placed. The imitation was car ried so far as to have miniature jewels of the colour, and, in some instances, the same material . as those in the real diadem. The stall-keepers were Mrs. Spence, sen., assisted by Mrs. Nuttall, of Nutgrove, Mrs. Stanier, Mrs. Threlfall, Mrs. Hughes, Miss Mayor, Mrs. Burnop, Mrs. Hume. Mrs. Spen cer, jun., assisted by a number of young ladies. The articles offered for sate, which fetched fair prices, consisted of every thing useful, and ofan extensive assortment of the ornamental. Son►c shell-flower watch-cases which sold for £3. and £3. 3s. each, attfacted great admiration. Two knit quilts, the pro duction of Mrs. Spence, of Hartley House, Prescot, over which a considerable portion of time had been employed, were offered at £7. each. The shell-work was a present from Miss 111‘Gee, of Naas Hall. Mr. Leather, the surgeon, a young artist, residing in Liverpool, contributed three productions in the shape of some very well executed oil paintings; one re presenting the " Madona," was valued at £lO, and two views, "The Lake of Windermere," and a winter piece, at £3. 3s. each. A glass cut candle-shade, made for the Emperor of Russia, was offered at £5. ss. The receipts on Wednesday were above £125., and on Thursday £llO. The remainder of the articles were disposed of by auction, on Friday, and the public were admitted on that day at a reduced price. Amongst the visitors present, we noticed Mrs. Dugdale of the Dovecoat, Mrs. Rowson, Mrs. Willis, John Heyes, Esq., and family, Rev. Wm. Healey, Rev. Alexander Hume, Joseph Ashton, Esq., of Liverpool, Mrs. Platt, Mrs. Pem berton, Miss Mackin, Miss Chorley, &c. Stubbs' quadrille band was engaged for the occasion, and their performance added much to the general effect of the scene. The weather was truly delightful, and the whole arrangements gave gene ral satisfaction. Mr. Stone, the proprietor of the Duchess de Berry's noble domain of Rosny, is stated to have sold it for 3,500,000 f. to a company, which is about to break it up into small lots, and to dispose of it in detail. We are very happy in being able to state that Lbrd Powerscourt is in a fair way of being speedily restored to perfect health. This announcement will afford the most sincere gratification to his Lordship's numerous friends and constituents in this city.—Bath Chronicle. A " female political union" has been established at Bir mingham, and at its first public meeting on Wednesday 7.50 members were entered. SCOTCH THISTLE.—In the garden of Mr. Ingham, o' Stow, near Gainsborough, is a fine specimen of this beauti• ful plant, bearing the large number of 101 flowers, and mea• suring six feet two inches in height.—Hall Times. A circular has been sent round to the various dock-yards, requiring, for the information of the Admiralty Board, the character and qualifications of the clerks, with a view to as certain their eligibility to future promotion. We trust that this step will not be made subservient to private ends, or, what is worse, to political objects ft is, however, well cal culated to answer both.—United Service Journal. In one of the parishes, near the Royal Exchange, a pauper now receives parish relief who formerly sat in the vestry to relieve others. The man who had been his porter has been overseer of this said parish, and had to relieve his aged master. CONUNDRUM.-Why is a newspaper like a tooth-brush ? D'ye give it up ? Because everybody should have one of his own, and not borrow nis neighbour's.—Montreal Courier. POLICE INFRLLIGENCE. PRESENTING A PISTOL TO OBTAIN ADMISSION AT THII THEATRE-ROYAL.-At the Police-office, on Friday, a re spectably-dressed young man, named Thomas Richardson. was brought before Mr. Hall on the following charge:—The prisoner, it appeared, presented himself on the preceding evening, about half-past nine, at the pit of the Theatre- Royal, accompanied by a female, and tendered five shillings for admission. The money-taker, observing the female to be one of depraved character, very properly refused, in,con formity with the arrangements of the establishment, to admit her into the pit, at the same time directing the attention of the prisoner to a part of the house appropriated to the recep tion of the frail sisterhood. The prisoner Was in a state crf intoxication, and insisted upon being admitted into the pi together with his companion. Finding that he could no t effect his object, he became exceedingly violent, and left the house in a high state of excitement. In about half an hour he returned, having in the meantime provided himself with an auxiliary which he fancied would effectually accomplish his purpose—to wit a large rifle pistol. He again demanded admission, and was again refused, upon which he immedi ately drew the pistol from his pocket, and levelled it at the bead of the obstinate money-taker. The checque-taker, ob serving his movements, came suddenly behind, and wrested the formidable weapon out of his hand. He was immediately given into custody. The pistol was not loaded. The prisoner, through his attorney, Mr. Davenport, expressed contrition for his folly, adding that he had just arrived in town from Sheffield, where he is employed as a commercial traveller. Mr. Hall commented on the disgraceful exhibition which he bad made, and the correctness of the Theatre-Royal main• gers in preventing the intrusion of improper characters among the respectable portion of the auditory. The prisoner ap peared sensible of his degradation. He was fined 5s for being drunk, which he immediately paid, and, bowing respectfully to the bench, left the court. INFORMATION UNDER THE BUILDING ACT.—On Friday at the Police-office, Mr. Roberts, builder, was summoned be fore the magisttates on the information of Mr. Rushton, the surveyor, for not putting limbers of proper strength into a . house he was building. Mr. Rushton stated, that the de fendant was building some houses at Toxteth Park, and he was not putting in the timber of the proper size and strength according to the 19th section of the act, but had got smaller timbers and had nailed pieces to the side to make them of the size required. Mr. Woods, the surveyor, corroborated the information. The defendant said he was of opinion that the timbers were stronger than required • and there were other houses in the same street which had been allowed to have the timbers patched up in the same manner. Mr. Rushton said he had examined those houses, and they weae nothing at all of the sort. The defendant was one of those builders in the Park who was building to sell, and he assured the magistrates he had a great deal of trouble with him. The defendant repeated, that others were permitted to build as he had done, and he thought he had as much right as any one to build so. Mr. Rushton explained, that about eight months ago, a Mr. Hughes had one joist in a building barely tbe required size, and on his complaining of it, Mr. Hughes said, the fault was so very trifling, he hoped nailing a piece on would remedy it. This had been done, and the joist was now stronger than was required: but that was quite a differ ent case to the defendant's, he had six or seven joists, all greatly too slender, and in order to patch them up to the re quired bulk he had nailed pieces of wood on both sides; and they were now very far from being of the required strength. Mr. Hall said the offences of others had nothing to do with . _ the defendant's guilt; but it was right to inquii-e into what he had stated. There was nothing he hated so much as par tiality. In future, be hoped the surveyor would make every person conform strictly as the act required. The surveyor said be should like the houses to be examined, for the defend- ant was asserting nothing but falsehoods. He had told him he must alter the joists, and he (defendant) had set him at defiance. Mr. Hall : " Well, are you willing to alter it?" Defendant: "Oh yes, if I must alter it." Mr. Hall : "You must alter it. How long will it take you to alter it?" De fendant: "Two or three days." Mr. Hall: "We adjudge it to be a nuisance and we allow you 7 days to alter it in. If • it is not altered in that time it must be pulled down." COMICALITIES OF THE POLICE COURT.—A female appeared to complain against certain parties who had beaten her and rolled her in the mud. In allusion to a young girl, one of the defendants, she said, ." She was so 'aspirated that ske threw a handful of slush at me,"—pointing to a bruiseon her face—" this is the way they served me this morning, and yesterday they came and attacked me the second time."— Stevenson, a very active police-officer, complaining against a man who resided in a cellar, where he harboured a number of notoriously bad lads, said, "He keeps a cellar for the ex ception of thieves."—l"olice-officer No. 8 having been ques tioned as to his certainty respecting something he had over heard from a prisoner, said, "Oh ! I am sure be said so; he spoke it in a very laudable voice."—Another officer, who could scarcely have known that line of the poet, " I love thee, solemn, sober-suited night," described Wednesday se'nnight as " a very intemperate night." Two sailors were brought up for fighting on the dock quay. They stated, that they had always been good friends and comrades. Mr. Hall : " Such condtiet is very disgraceful. Why do yotrfight in this manner?" " Why," said one of the tars, "we bad a few words, and then we came to blows, that's all. It 's very hard if men can't fight when they quarrel, if they choose."—A deaf man was placed at the bar, charged with having stolen a bit of canvas from a vessel. It was not without the greatest difficulty that the prisoner could be made to hear. Tell him," said Mr. Hall, " tohao if ever he comes here again I will punish him severely." One of the officers bawled in his hear, " If ever you come here again, you'll be severely punished." There was no reply. The officer bawled still more loudly, " What do you say to that ? Will you ever come here again ? If yOu do, you 'll be severely punished, the magistrate says." "Oh, no," said the deaf man, "1 'll not come here again, if nobody brings me here, 1 'll promise that. 1 wouldn't ha' come now only they brought me here; but I'll not come again if they'll let me stop away. Thank you, sir !" A CAUTION. Eliza Hughes was placed before Mr. Hall, on Saturday. Inspector Poole stated, th a t h e h a d recently received information of several children being robbed, as they came from the Savings' Bank, where they were sent by their parents, each Saturday morning, to draw small sums of money. That morning (Saturday last) be put on plain clothes, and went to watch in Bold-street. He saw the pri soner loitering about the bank, and watched her. He saw her accost four different children, whom she endeavoured to induce to go to a back passage with her. At length she got one little girl, and took her into the new arcade which was,' . building. He went to her and took her into custod3. He sent for two little girls, who had been robbed on the preceding Saturday morning, and, placing the prisoner with several other wometr, he asked the children if they knew her. They at, once selected the prisoner as the person who.robbed Olean: _ One was a child about seven years old. She told the little creature, that she was its aunt, and thus got possession of all the money. Mr. Hall spoke in severe terms of the folly of , sending such young children for money. He thought the offi cers of the Savings' Bank ought to make a rule, that they would not pay any money to children. The prisoner was re manded for further inquiry. BEGINNING EARLY.—Yesterday at the police-office, a lad t d h i i s s t into about 12 veers old was plac . ed at:_he ti b e ar ts, police manachsaurigteedabayin bsv nie; e , e 14 s t 2 O withdy for being being d rdrunk and drunk. o 1 e i c_ r e e m a, a i ng a I greattook custody. Mr. Nall—That b oy urb ' a h n e, c s e. ele A r . l s r. a. Hall—Drunk meiet drunk? An inspector—l have se en hi m repeatedly drunk sir, myself. Policeman—He was drunk sir, an d made use of very bad language. Mr. Parkinson sa id t h e b oy had also been in custody fur felony. Mr. Hall—Y ou are b eginning early. Pay ss. for being drunk ; (a laugh) and in d e f au l t, to be imprisoned for three days in the Borough Gaol. GLASS STEALlNG.—Yesterday at the police-office, a ma n named Thomas Makin was placed at the bar, charged with having stolen some glasses, the property of Mr. John Grey, of the Rob Roy Tavern, Moorfields. An officer stated, th a t between nine and ten o'clock that morning the prisoner was offering two tumbler glasses for sale in Moorfields. He examined the glasses and saw the initials J. G. attempted to be ground out of the glass. He heard the prisoner say that he had 202 of them to sell. He accordingly took him into custody. The landlord of the Rob Roy identified the glasses as his property. The prisoner had been in his house that morning taking a glass of ale, before he was apprehended, and he (the publican) was of opinion that he had stolen the glasses then. The evidence was ordered to be taken against him, and he was remanded. R J UBERY—Yesterday, at the Police-offic . .ed Thomas Williams was charged by Mr. C. with having robbed him of a loaf of white : „ The complainant stated that his brother to! . . prisoner was attempting to steal a loaf of sug... there and saw the man detained, and the sugar him. He asked him if he had stole the sugar, and W' . did it? He said he would never du it again, and begged hard to be let off, going down upon his knees. A very la telligent lad, the brother of the complainant, said he saw the prisoner coining out of the warehouse, with the sugar loaf under his arm; as soon as he was certain it was his brother's property he seized hold of the prisoner and detained him. The prisoner, with unabashed assurance, to the boy.—Didn't • I ax you, ses I, where is that man gone? Boy.—What man? Prisoner.—He told me he wanted some sugar, and pointed to your cellar. Boy.—You said nothingabout a man. Prisoner.--Tbat man ses to me, pointing out that sugar, "Take that," ses he, " an' I'll give you sixpence." A. young man, who assisted the complainant's brother in de taining the prisoner, said that when he had been seized he actually went down on his knees and asked him to forgive him. Prisoner—When he axed me to tek the sugar, I talc it; I acteally did; I'm as hinnecent as the child unborn; I'm as hinnecent as a lamb. Mr. Hall.—He is a very im pudent fellow. Has be been tried before? Mr. Parkinson said he had only been five days out of gaol. Prisoner.—l'm as hinnecent as • a lamb. Mr. Hall.— Let the inforvations be taken. STABBlNG.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a female ser vant, named Harriet Albison, appeared to prefer a charge against a boatman, named Arthur Smith, for stabbing ber in tbe head. A policeman stated that he saw the complainant walking in Tithebarn-street the night before, when she was met by the prisoner, who never spoke a word to her, but he (policeman) saw him strike the girl on the head, and in an instant he heard her scream out, and fall on some steps, and ask him what he had done that for. On going to her he found she had been stabbed in the head.—The girl exhibited ber head, which had a large plaister across it. She said she had formerly given evidence against the prisoner for robbitl the house where she lived, and for which he had been impri soned two months:—The prisoner said he was gOing along the street with his knife out eating some meat and bread, • when the complainant got hold of him, and he gave her a• shove, and told her to go away, he wanted nothing to do with her, and his shove knocked her down on the steps. He did not know he had cut her.—Mr. Hall said this was an infa mous thine.. He must put an end to the use of these knives; it was an offence becoming much too common. The prisoner must pay £5, including costs, or be imprisoned two months in the borough gaol; an, further, find bail to keep the peace to the young woman. INDECENT CONDUCT.—Yesterday, at the Police-Office, a smith, named Robert Gallagher, was placed - at the liar, charged with having indecently assaulted several females,- going to St. Nicholas' Church, on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Griffiths, of the Athenteum New-room, stated, that , about a quarter before three o'clock on Sunday afternoon, the pri soner was in St. Nicholas' church-yard, and shoved him (Mr. Griffiths) down the steps as he was going up to church. He thought he was tipsey, and took no notice of him; but the prisoner immediately returned into the church-yard, and seized hold of a female far advanced in pregnancy, and lifted off her feet' by the waist. He then put his nose under a young lady's bonnet, and attempted to give her a kiss, and followed her into church, going into the same pew. He (Mr. Griffiths) told one of the vergers, and the man was turned out, He (Mr. Griffiths) then told him he should give him in charge, both for assaulting himself and the lady, and called a policeman, to whom he gave the prisoner into cus tody. The prisoner said, he had got a little drink, and went to St. Nicholas' Church, when they ordered 'Ain out. Mr. Hall said it was a most shameful thing ; ladiei going to a place of worship to be insulted by-birn in this manner; it was a most disgraceful thing. He could hardily have thought it possible that such a thing could have been done in LiveD • 7 pool. Mr. Griffiths said, he thought it a very serious charge, or he should not have come before the magistrates with it Mr. Hall said, Mr. Griffiths had acted vety properly, and fined the prisoner 40s. and costs, or be committed for one month to the Borough gaol. D SOR CASTES HOTEL.—The a dmirers of the deli g ht. fu art iN of bowling may have a splendid opportunity of grati fying their curiosity to-morrow evening at the Windsor Cas tle Hotel, when a cup will be contended for on the green attached. A dinner will afterw ar d s take place, which, we have no doubt, from the well-known character of Mr. Woods as an adinirable• caterer, will afford a riot, treat to the visitors. 0 **, " SDP et et ap et, ct, f