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4. 1836. lstitutional princi very condition of 'antler far—of pas virtue have a per- course is never yen to be progree• Lions to the latent an their error, and expended ite fuel, )e supposed, as, it these 2,497 voters he exercise of their t reluctant to take their neighbours — without wounding it character of ano those ties that hold Is this not an ho more of it ! But Form itself? Does uses ? Is not this Lion that bill could :iation of its prin led throughout the )f Liverpool, from right and interest ioration reform bill, the statute book. Lout any assignable physical effect can this restoration of I of Liverpool, ad lation. Poisonous s of corporeal dis d of political insu r• their virulence, a ed his heart against ral things ? Shall ind Providence not in the tender minds I to nurture' in its displeasure follow ? A* man with impu vriter, " be he that of this book ;" and because we cannot Df Him who causes he name of' Chris 3lace their eternal :vealed in his word, )01-rooms. Where nce filled those half lowered the tone of ? Where ate the ion spiritual truth, meet discipline, for Where are they ? pestilence carried Ist not the plague lence that walketh Irian or catholic in irrows the noblest ty from man his re moment of distress, We parents of those are now withdrawn forego the oppor cat;on ? Oh, they that the fault is not for their children's cannot consent to the religion of the Gath, that the pro truded from the na ps we shall not be ioly truth, that with that first fruit of its' er. Departed! no,' the infant mind to it or the disgrace of erring testimony be ys so. Before the Is infused into our vas the fountain of frank of the refresh ual spring has been r admission (though d exists in a protest- catholics. In one but 95 protestant ng to 740, are the •onder why the pro it not rather be a le protestant rising ld deplore' the un sdrniring and coin ' principle of those h with se great a fuse the evil." ts to happier days. .he national schools• and Great George' year ago was at a ide. In every one ) record decided ma rinciples. In 1835 a favour of radical ;overnment not ef is implicated in the n shares the crime.'' bre you—it is your be remiss in your tharacter to the na° xonerate yourselves less inclination, to should have no diffl of Mr. Hope. We f facts—we publish es they naturally y of that malignant us. We value the ever to soil it by injustice, we s hall )e with that candour per it will be see' with a "protestant be eloquence of on e ,ondon. Its thrills re than a year 110 aspect of Papacy• the weight which venge, and that vo n-oof that it bad lost lame of protestse almost every ve` / ' ,hone upon a pa ct 'es are springing 01) of darkness." were asidioudy, at W ag 's at which our fore good news , of great let us attest our 0 the.approaching -These sessions were irt-house, in Kirkdale, 'm. Edwards, Esq., ' as Lyon, Esq., Joh, t ra t e s. A number 0' sere fined £5 for now occasioned by their ommented on by . the ge to the grand Jul, be practice of e m p loy; the prisoners' c ounsel, ught the watching eL se that no unfair ad' ,et. He also high u l Lion of tithes, as likely 1 disputes between the 'hick were now cou- Lins upwards of fort,' ur. Na cases of ifl wards the close of the misdemeanour against Testing a nuisance bY e parish of Winwick. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Nov. 4, 1836. LECTURE ON OPTICS.-MECIIANICS' INSTITUTION of On Sitturday evening Mr. Addams delivered the 01_11111 hs.ture • the course, and, notwithstanding the inclemency of the evening, his audience was large. We are obliged to exercise our reason in conjunction with our sight in order to arrive at the true relations of an object in size and s distance, otherwise we should be greatly deceived ; the moon, for in stance. does not appear to be larger than a piece of circular paper a fOot in diameter, yet we know this is by no means her magnitude. When we see a body associating with others in the neighbourhood, such as a horse in the neighbourhood of a house, or a house in the S s OSighbourhood of other houses with trees beyond, we are enabled to J° (l 6 of the magnitude of the house better than we should be were -- avelo'see it insulated and alone. Generally speaking, our notions of - the Magnitude of bodies will be regulated by the angles which the ex tremes of the bodies will subtend. But this is not all ; for if we were to take a disc of paper and hold it at a certain distance from the eye, it will cover a hundred houses placed at the distance of a mile, so that we judge of a body partly by the angle it subtends, and partly by knowing that a certain space intervenes between us and it. There is another circumstance which will give us some idea of the magnitude of a body—namely, the muscular motion of the eye. We find that the angle subtended by bodies is inversely with the distance. The degree of illumination of a surface tvill influence very much our no tion of its magnitude and distance ; it is very well known that a snow clad hill looks nearer to us than one covered with verdure. It receives the light of the sun and reflects a portion of it into the eye. If an artist represents a globe he makes its centre light and gradually dar kens the remainder towards the circular edge, and the reverse if he is drawing the concave appearance of a basin, &c. If we see any objects through a fog they appear unnaturally distended. This arises from our misconception of their distance, and our deeming them fur ther off than they really are. This is taken advantage of in theatrical representations, gauze screens being stretched across the stage to • keep off the light and convey an idea of distance. We do not all of us see objects either of the same colour or of the same size, but our ideas as to size are similar, because we see different objects in the same relative proportions to each other, It is by no means improbable that a sparrow sees things larger than we do, and that a grain of mustard seed would seem to it as large as a globe a foot - in diameter. With regard to colours, some persons cannot determine them at all. A gentleman of Mr. Addams's acquaintance could not tell the difference between bright scarlet and green. Dr. Dalton, of Manchester, is afflicted with a similar kind of vision ; he is not able to examine the colour of chemical precipitates, but on occasions of great delicacy is obliged to call in his apprentices to give him the re quisite inforination. A story is told of-basTurchasing a pair of scar let stockings instead of drab ones. Some persons see the apparitions of objects when their eyes are closed, although wide awake at the time. Mr. Addams instanced several individuals so circumstanced, amongst others a gentleman residing at Hull, to whom the most terri ble and hideous forms appeared the moment he lay down in bed and closed his eyes. The only mode of accounting for these waking vi sions is by supposing them to be caused by the action of a blood vessel Upon the retina so as to put it into a state of vibration. We are deceived almost daily with regard to the images of bodies, 4tit -seeing the resemblance of things in a directior. where the real objects ass il belonging to these resemblances are not. For instance, when be bolding our image in a looking-glass we would imagine that some ' ` l.: '*one was placed behind the glass, did not reason tell us different. When a looking-glass is first shown to a monkey, and even to a sa vage, f: they look behind it to see whether any being is there. The image always seems at an equal distance on the opposite side of a looking-glass to that at which we are from the glass, and in a straight direction. This will apply to the drawing of landscapes in which a sheet of water occurs, as by this rule is is very easy for us to deter mine the length of shadow which any tall object near the water ought to cast upon its surface. All we have to do is to draw a perpen dicular line from the base of the object into the water equal in length to the object itself, and then the point where a straight line carried from the eye will cut the water in its passage to the lowest portion of the perpendicular line will show how far the shadow of the ob ject should project into the water. If the axis be true in both eyes, they will both of them form a focus ,at the same point, and every thing placed there will appear as one ; but if the axis of the eye be distorted, two bodies will be seen. This will readily be illustrated by pushing either eye on one side, when we shall see two bodies where we previously only saw one. Again, If we look at our finger when placed near the nose, we see objects doubled at a greater distance ; in this instance the angle described by each eye is different from the focal angle of the objects we see dou bled. If a wafer be put upon a slip of card board, and the card board be placed near the eye, the wafer will appear to separate into two. We may see three images by having two wafers put at the distance of di inches upon a piece of card board 7 or 8 inches in length if the end of the card is placed near the side of the temple, so that we may look at the card board with both eyes open. The first wafer becomes dou ble owing to the oblique vision compelling the eyes to shift their axis Into a very inconvenient position. We are not unfrequently deceived in looking over an expanse of level water, and suppose that the water rises up an inclined plane as it recedes from us. This we know is not the case. but on the contrary it dips down in a trifling degree the Contrary way. This circumstance depends upon the different mag nitude of the angle subtended by the portion of the water that is near to that which is far off. If a line be drawn from the eye to the water that is at our feet, it will ascend as we carry it to the extreme distance of the water, and as the eye ascends in following the line it appears to us that the water itself rises. If we stand at one end of a long gal ' lery the, door will appear to ascend in the distance for the same rea son, and when it reaches the level of a line drawn horizontally from the eye. called the point of sight, both these lines become united, and 'become what is called the vanishing point. A knowledge of this principle enables artists to represent nature in perspective with the 'utmost accuracy and truth. Some curious toys are constructed on this principle, namely, that when we look along a fiat plane, the sur 'face appears contracted in every direction as it is at a greater distance from the eye. Coloured representations of objects are painted on cards increasing in every part as they recede from the end to which the spectator applie4 his e - ye, when the receding parts being fore shortened, a natural appearance of the object is presented to the eye. This shows us why in looking at a picture the eye should always • .strike its plane, and that is the reason pictures hung up at any height are always placed in a sloping position, so that the eye may always fall upon them at right angles. The eyes of a portrait often appear to look at a person in whatever part of the room he may be, and some persons are so ignorant as to say, it is a very good picture be ,. cause the eye always looks at the viewer; but we find that the direc tion of the eyes is caused by the direction of the rest of the face. Thus, if the nose and math should be in one direction and the eyes 'll's".o;rs in a contrary one, every body will think that the eyes are looking at him ; but when both the eyes and the rest of the face are turned in the same direction, they appear to look at any person but the viewer. This Mr. Addams illustrated by a representation of the human face, :suite tower part of which could be altered at pleasure, and the direc -12 ajji ten of the eyes was shown to depend upon that of the lower portion (no f i of the face. He also exhibited the drawin g of a cannon, which ap aol{4 ,a Peered in like manner to be p ointed at ever y observer in whatever `C` Position it was placed. Our experience will enable us to comprehend 'the reason of this. We know that it we stand before the mouth of a r, cannon mounted upon an axle and wheels, that we see the rims of the wheels and the circular mouth of the cannon, but not the sides of the wheels ; consequently the cannon, being thus represented, ap tiondt,s ;peon still to be directed towards us. In a work which has just ti'ess been brought out in Paris we have rep r e sentations of the Elgin mar -It4 hies, in which the figures of horses and men appear to be in high re " lief, standing up above the paper when the print is viewed in one di rection, and to sink in like a die when viewed in a contrary direc- Zin Li,„ lion. This is effected by the management of light and shade. The IE3/ engravings are executed by a machine. with curved lines. 2i• Some of the optical deceptions to which the eye is exposed are oc ''easioned in part by the duration of the impression of a certain por -10/1 tiun,of light upon the retina for a certain time ; that is to say, if a cif l a i 'candle Were 'to be extinguished it would appear to be lighted for a ithort time after the operation of extinguishing it took place. A star -''ln the heavens might be obliterated and we should see it for a short ' 11c) 1 sj time after. Now a body may appear before the eye but a very tran leo sient period indeed and yet leave a very vivid idea of its likeness on • the mind. Mr. Roberts, of Manchester, constructed a wheel, with an opening in it, which allowed an object to appear to the eye for a short period of time—the 30,1000 th part of a second—and yet it was possible to distinguish the form, colour, size, Sze. of the object in that limited space. Mr. Addams exhibited this experiment, as well as )) another, to prove that the rays of light which fall upon the eye will .endure for some time when the object has vanished. A piece of card 'board covered with white spots, of which four were in the centre and the'remainder disposed round its edge, was made to traverse in a cir cular orbit at the same time that it revolved upon its own axis ; the consequence of this was, that the four central spots appeared as dia gonal lines shooting across to each other at right angles, and the spots around the circumference described a number of beautiful curves. For ought we know there may be bodies of amazing size continually passing to and fro between us and the sun, for if they travelled at a certain speed we should not be able to see them, and should sustain no visible diminution of light. Several toys are constructed on this principle; in which on looking through a small aperture, we see a number of figures in active motion. Stc.. and a parrot being placed on one side of a candle, and a parrot cage on the other, the bird appears in the cage during the quick revolution of the card. A number of very beautiful and curious phenomena are caused by the superposi tion of one-half of two revolving wheels going with rapidity in diffe rent directions, the cause of which Mr. Addams explained. The phe , nomenon was brought under Dr. Farrady's notice by a gentleman who observed that whilst a pair of co g wheels were travelling in op ' posite directions, the cogs appeared to remain stationary. This lec ture was illustrated throughout with beautiful and appropriate appa `'/S.iss eatus and diagrams, by which the above remarks as well as many that we have been compelled to omit, lest they should be misunderstood. • .Were rendered clear and intelligible. • 14 1; 'On Wednesday evening Mr. Addams continued. . ? '° l 1) 2 ,: 'The light and dark streaks which are to be percei ved in rays of lgUJa 'light are occasioned by the interference of undulte, the light ones be a' ' , ing the result of the united wa ves, and the dark ones that of their op -4:1 7.1 a ss position, whereby the light is destroyed. This was beautifully ass ' g 'trded by means of a glass cistern of water illuminated from beneath '44 s, by a lamp ; two series of wa ves were simultaneously formed in the Ss / . 3 ,'; ,„ 'cistern. with two balls , and the streaks exhibited on a transparent Screen placed above the water. Double refraction is caused by all & r 4 is crystalline bodies, when looked through in a certain position, in ano flier position only one body is to be seen. It is accounted for by some .• :4 philosophers by supposing the molecule s of the cr y stals and the ether T 4,„ lc filling up their intervals, to have d ifferent refractive p owers so as to • form a double image. The polatization of light is a phenomenon caused by the transmis sion of light in such a manner as to cause its total absorption or de struction. Suppose we take a plane piece of glass and reflect light 1111 , to from it upon another piece of glass at an a n g le of about 60 degrees. 7, 4 b55,, If the second glass is turned, although the angle he the same, the light is polarized or destroyed, but if a piece of mica be interposed between the glasses the light is again visible. Mr. Addams then exhibited and .4 44 4 rrist s , described the various kinds of polaroscopes in use, as well as the po lasz "va4 larizing and depolarizing axes of crystals, terminating his lecture with Nit .1 e; an.exhibition of coloured rings and other figures by polarized lights To-morrow evening, Mr. Addams terminates his course, and will ' ' treat upon colours—opacity and transparency—absorption of light— tuo lines of the solar and nitrous acid gas spectra—theories of co o r ,4n;rf„ louriilc p h en omena —colouring of thin plates—Newtonian rings—re sultant colours and complimentary tints—homogenous light—mono visni chromatic lamp. REPRESENTATIVE Pagn.—The election for a representative peer in the place of the late Lord Dufferin, closed at twelve o'clock last night in the triumphant return of Lord 1 - lawarden, the conservative candidate. by a majority of fifty-eight over Lord Lisniore, the nobleman set up and supported by the go vernment. The number of wilts returned to the Clerk of the Hanaper hood thus : —For Lord Hawarden, 85 ; for Lord Lis.: more, 28; majority, sB.—Dublin Evening Marl. 4 - .1, -v] LIVERPOOL POLICE. CLTTING.—Oa Tuesday, at the Police-office, a respectable looking man was charged by Inspector Cottam with having been drunk and very disorderly in the streets the night before. The inspector said, that, not satisfied with cursing the whole body of the police, he had called hint "a prig, and such like , " in particular. Ile accordingly told him, if he would not pu t a lock on his mouth, and cease such expressions, he (the inspector) would put a substantial lock on hint. Threats being of no avail, he was obliged to resort to the vi et acmes, and bring the de fendant a prisoner to Bridewell. Not liking to drag him along the streets, as he was a respectable-looking man he let him walk before him; but when he got opposite the Bridewell-door, he "cut." (Laughter.) Defendant: "For sure, I was like." (Continued laughter.) He was mulcted in the usual fine of topers and discharged. SHOPLIFTING.—On Tuesday, at the Police-office, Ann Ri chardson was charged with having stolen certain waistcoat pieces from Charles heat, tailor and draper, Paradise-strait. John Newton Gleister, shopman with the above, stated that ou the preceding evening, at ten minutes past five o'clock, the prisoner entered the shop, and requested to be shown some ca lico. She ordered him to cut off a small quantity. There were some waistcoat-pieces on the counter which had just been shown to another person. As he turned his back to get a measuring stick, the prisoner snatched up the waistcoat-pieces and darted out of the shop. He missed them immediately, and ran out in pursuit of her. Ha overtook her in a few minutes, and saw the goods under her arm. He seized her, but she struggled so vio lentiv that she broke from him. He pursued her into Church street, when she was stopped by poliee-officer Shaughnessy, who found the property in her possession, The prisoner was com mitted for trial. ExreNstvE ROBBERY.—On Tuesday, at the Police-office, Matilda Hunt was charged before the magistrates with having been concerned in the robbery of Mrs. Sarah Price, wife of William Price, butcher, Cleveland-square, of a large sum of money in notes and sovereigns. Mrs. Price stated that at noon on Tuesday last she had placed a Bank of England note for £5O, two ditto for £2O each, and a number of £lO and £5 notes, to the amount of £145, with two sovereigns, in her purse, the notes in one end and the sovereigns in the other. At three o'clock on that day she left home, having previously examined her purse and seen that all was correct. She went to a house in Fraser-street, Islington ' where she remained till ten o'clock , when her husband called for her and accompanied her home. She went to her bed room and immediately missed her purse. She ran back to Islington and searched the house of her friend, thinking that she might have dropped it there, but she could not find it. She gave information at the police-office, describ ing the bills, which were marked with her husband's initials. Richard Worsley, shopman with Mr. Gressier, Great Charlotte street, stated that he had received a bill describing the robbery from the police-office. At twelve o'clock on Saturday, the prisoner came there and purchased some lutestrings and other articles which amounted to £3 6s. 71d. She took out two sovereigns and some silver, but, finding that she had not enough to pay the bill with, she tendered a £5. Witness took it to the other end of the shop, and, on looking over the notice which he had received from the police-office, lie found it lid the initials of Mr. Price upon it, in the situation described. Mr. and Mrs. Price both identified the note. When the witness Worsley asked the prisoner where she had got the note, she said a gentleman had given it to her. She was searched at Bridewell, but the two sovereigns were not found. When ask ed what she had done with them , she replied that she had not any sovereigns. On her way to Bridewell she informed James Ainsworth, constable, that she had found the note in Bold street. Ainsworth asked her where she lived, and she gave him a false direction. He, however, found, on inquiry, that she had been living for some time past with a man, at the Sham rock Tavern, in James-street. Ilia prisoner was committed for trial. ROBBERY UNDER SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.—On Tuesday Americus Salisbury and Henry Warren were brought up at the Police-court, having been remanded since Saturday last, charged with the commission of a felony, under the following circum stances.—Edmund Simmonds deposed that he was a merchant. His warehouse was situated near the Old Custom-house, and was three stories high. The middle floor he occupied himself, the ground floor and cellar he let off to Mr. Lucas, wine-merchant, and the upper floor to Mr. Salisbury, sailmaker, who had occu pied it for the last twelve months. During the last six months he had missed various articles of property of different descrip tions. There was a common stair through the warehouse to the top room. On Friday, the 23d September, he (witness) had purchased from Messrs. Corrie, Wilson, and Co., a box contain ing fifty pieces of muslin, which were placed in his counting house. The latter was partitioned off from the warehouse room, from which it was entered by a door, which was never locked. The lid of the box was taken off, and it was left open. About a fortnight ago a gentleman called to look at the muslins, when witness saw that they were all right. On 'Wednesday last he sold the muslins, and told the purchaser to count them before he took them away. The gentleman complied, and counted only forty-one pieces, which Mr. Simmonds, to his surprise, found was all that remained out of fifty which he had purchased. In consequence of this, witness went up stairs to Mr. Salisbury's room. He found Mr. Salisbury there, and also the two priso ners. He said to Mr. Salisbury, in the hearing of the two latter, that he had lost some more goods, and would like, if Mr. Salis bury would permit him, to look among the sails, &c., in his room. Mr. Salisbury acquiesced, and assisted him in the search. In one corner of the room stood an old sofa with its back from the wall. It was covered with old mats and lumber of various descriptions. Mr. Salisbury and he began to remove the things from this, and had proceeded but a short time when the former pulled ont two bottles of wine exclaiming--" What is here?" On searching further they found upwards of thirty bottles of wine. Witness went down and sent for Mr. Lucas and for a police officer. He proceeded up stairs with the latter, and asked the prisoners where they had got the wine from ?—One of them said that he had got it about a month before from the mate of the Vigilant from Surat. The other said this was correct. Mr. Salisbury who was standing near said, "It was not here yester day." Witness gave the prisoners into custody. He then went and examined his own warehouse-room. On trying the ceiling with his stick, some of the boards its one corner yielded to the pressure, and were raised up. He then went down accompanied by the policeman to the wine bins underneath, and on examina tion he found that a trap door opened from the vault into his office. About three or four inches of the partition which sepa rated his office from the warehouse room rests upon this trap door, and that part of the latter had been broken by its being opened. Witness had occupied the warehouse for above eighteen years but had never been aware of the trap door. He examined the hole that had been made in the floor of Mr. Salisbury's warehouse and found that other hoerds had been placed over it, and that it was large enough to adiuit a man through it. His room was seven feet high, and had no plaister on the ceiling. Witness went round with a police officer to several pawnbrokers, and at the shop of Mr. Cohen, in Paradise-street, he found one piece of muslin which lie knew to be one of those which had been taken from the box above mentioned. Police officer John Hailes corroborated those portions of the above statement in which he is alluded to. He further stated that he had made further inquiry among the pawnbrokers, and had found three other pieces of muslin which had been pledged recently at three different shops. Mr. Simmonds identified these also as his pro perty. Mr. Henry Cohen, Mary Wilson, John Woolley, and William Galway, all pawnbrokers, or their assistants, identified the prisoner Warren, as the person who had pledged the pieces of muslin with them. 'l'he evidence as regards the robbery from Mr. Simmonds is complete. On Wednesday this case was further gone into. Mr. Henry Walker Lucas deposed to his father being a wine-merchant, and to his occupying the cellar and ground floor of Mr. Simonds' warehouse in Canning-place. On Friday he was sent for by Mr. Simonds to the warehouse, and on going into his sale-room he was shown 35 bottles of wine. Salisbury said they had got the wine from the mate of the Vigilant, and that it had been smuggled. In consequence of seeing this wine, he went down into their wine bin to examine their stock. According to their books, there ought to be 206 dozen and three bottles in their bin. Two of the bottles found had the word " Lisbon" on the seal of the corks, which was their seal, and he had no doubt whatever but they were his father's property. Mr. J. C. Bill, the clerk of Mr. Lucas, had on the '2sth of October, in accord ance with directions he had received, counted the wine in the bin, and found only 161 dozen and four bottles. Ile had ex amined the bottles found, and lie had no doubt whatever but they were the property of his employers. The prisoner War ren, in defence, said that about the middle of September last he hoisted a sail by the jigger, and under some straw in the jigger room he found seven pieces of print; afterwaids, on looking at them, he found one of the pieces gone. No inquiry was made about them, or he should have told about them. The prisoners were committed to take their trial. COWARDLY AND BRUTAL ASSAULT.—On Wednesday, at the Police-office, a cadaverous-looking Irishman was placed before the magistrates charged with a most cowardly and brutal as sault. A gentleman deposed that he was passing up Crosbie street the afternoon before when he saw two men fighting; he looked about to see if any policeman was near to separate them, but seeing none he went up and separated them himself. Af ter lie had got the men separated, the prisoner cent deliberately behind a man who had been looking on, and struck him a vio lent blow apparently with his fist on the side of the neck, and the man fell as if "dead. The prisoner then as deliberately walked away. He (witness) followed him and watched him, and shortly he met a man in the street, and asked bins if he would assist him to take the prisoner into custody. The man replied, "No, they are only a parcel of Irishmen ;" to which witness replied that he too was an Irishman, but he saw no rea son because of that that a man should be allowed to murder a nother. Shortly after a policeman carne up, and he gave the prisoner into custody. The man the prisoner struck had not been fighting with him at all. Butler, the inspector, said he had been to see the man who was struck, and found him very much injured; his skull was fractured, and ho was in great danger. Mr. Hall said very great credit was due to the gentleman pre ferring, the charge, for his interference. His information was ordered to be taken, and the prisoner was sent back till the evi dence of the injured man can he gene into. BRUTAL ASSAULT.—On :Wednesday, at the police-office, a dirty cadaverous -looking young man, named Henry Mercer, was placed before the magistrates charged with having corn ncitted a most brutal assault on his mother. The mother ap peared with her face bruised in a most dreadful way, with scarcely a feature distinguishable. The father of the prisoner then stated that the day before his son, who he was sorry should ' be a son of his, "such a transgress as he was," came to their house, and began abusing and striking his mother. She called witness down stairs, and he endeavoured to protect her, v.hen he began at witness " like on a day's work," and thre;ened his life, swearing he would murder him, and beat him also severely. The complainant then deposed to similar facts ; that the pri soner began heating her with his fist, like knocking down a bul lock. He first came into the house with a child of his in his arms, and something appeared to have vexed him, and he began " vasperating and crabbing against her," and at length beat and abused her in a most dreadful manner, and she had lost be tween a pint and a quart of' blood in consequence, and had had to have leeches applied to her face. The prisoner said, in de fence, that he was drunk at the time, and did not remember anything about it. This was, however, denied by the police man, who took him into custody on hearing the noise in the house. Mr. Hall severely reprimanded him on the brutality of his conduct, and fined him £5 and costs, in default to go for two months to the Borough Gaol; and further, to find bail. ASS A ULT.—On Wednesday, at the police-office, a stout, fresh looking Irishwoman, named Ann Platt, appeared before the magistrate to complain that a grievous " assault and battery" had been committed upon her by a countryman of her's, named Geo. Neale. The complainant, addressing the magistrates, said, " Place s'er worships, on Saturdhay night wog tree days, I met dhis man in London-rod, an he lives nabur to me, so sis he widout sayin' anythin' he kn ocks me down, an I fell on me arm an hurt id very bad intirely, an' he's olers a doin' dhat same." On being asked what he had to say to this the defend ant put himself in an attitude of defence, and then addressing the magistrates, said, " I begs pardon yer boners, but no sich a thing. I was coining along opposite some liquor vaults, whin this woman ses, "what are you doin' there ?" an' she up with her arm, and shoved me back'erd way down, this fashion, (suiting the action to the word, and nearly upsetting a gentle man who's fortune it was to sit near him, amidst much laugh ter.) I axes ver pardon, sir. Well, yer banners, down I come flat as.a griddle. reight on my boddam in' the chennel. Well, up 1 gets, and when I had scraped the mud off on me, she says, 'you d—d orange thief if I get you into our cellar I'll smother ye as we've smothered many a protestant afore." She's olers agate on me this road a cause l'se a member of the Of England, calling me " a—d orangeman." and I defy 'em to pruv that I belong to any orange society at all." He called a witness who deposed to the woman knock him over in the channel. The magistrates, however, said it was not the first tune he had been -before them, and fined him ss. and costs, or in default, seven days to the House of Correction. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—On Wednesday, at the Police-office, Four Irishmen, whose names were Thomas Reynolds, Richard Mercer, Terence Lynch, and John Gibney, were pieced at the bar on e charge of receiving several sacks of oats which had been stolen from the warehouse of Messrs. Blain and Sons, in Campbell-street, near the Duke's Dock. Aaron' Partridge, a carter, in the employ of one William Swift, who keeps carts for hire, deposed that he was engaged with his master's cart, on Tuesday week, to fetch some corn from a warehouse in Campbell-street. The man who hired him, also accom panied him to the warehouse where they found another man ready waiting, and they two then lowered, from an upper room in the warehouse, ten sacks of oats into his cart. The two men then directed him to drive to Key-street. He did so, and the men overtook hitu on the road. When he came opposite to a yard in the above street he was directed to stop there. The man who accompanied him from the warehouse then went into the yard and spoke to the prisoner, Reynolds, whom he saw there, and who said there was not room for the oats there, but that they had better be taken to Waterloo-road. The yard of which the prisoner spoke in Key-street, was used for the purpose of feeding pigs. The witness then drove as he was requested to do to the back of a Public-house in Pennington-street, kept 'by the prisoner Terence Lynch. When he had arrived there, the two men who had loaded the corn at the warehouse, un loaded it, and carried into Lynch's yard ; they were assisted by the prisoner, Mercer. Information of the robbery having been conveyed to John Walker, a serjeant of the dock police, he made inquiry, and having secured Partridge, the carter, matters were put in a train for the detection of the offenders. Partridge denied all knowledge of the men who had hired him and loaded the corn, but accompained the officer to Lynch's house, where he soon ascertained that the corn had been removed to the house of a man narned.Gihney, one of the prisoners. As the whole of the prisoners appeared to be concerned in the affair, and would not disclose the names of those men who had brought the corn to them he took them into custody. Mr. Crewe, solicitor, appeared on behalf of Lynch, and Mr. Davenport, solicitor, on behalf of Gibney. They were all committed to take their trials at the ensuing sessions. Lynch at the intercession of his attorney, was permitted to give bail for his appearance. INHUMAN BARBARITY OF A MOTHER. —Yesterday, at the Police-office, an interesting looking child about 8 or 10 years of age, named Ellen Alcock, and who presented an appearance of being much neglected, being dressed in filthy rags, and very dirty, was placed at the bar charged by one of the constables of St. Martin's Market, with having committed petty thefts in the market. The policeman stated that it was his belief the child was forced to it by its mother; and its back was striped with severe beating from top to bottom, in a most shameful manner. A respectable looking woman named Gibson here stepped for ward, and said she lived neighbour to the mother of the child, and the manner she had seen it treated was most disgraceful ; sho had seen the mother beat it with a cane till its back was one mass of wreaths, she had seen her burn her, and hold her by the heels with her head in a tub of water, and she herself was living with a man in the house whilst her husband was out. The child too she had had before she was married. Mr. Hall here ordered the child to be turned round, and its back pre sented a most dreadful spectacle, being red wreaths from top to bottom ; one side of its face too, was seared with a severe burn. The mother of the prisoner, quite a ,young woman, here stepped forward, and exhibiting a birch roil, said, " this was the very thing I beat her with, I bought it on purpose, and I beat her for stealing a penny cake." The witness said the child was taught to steal ; she had told its father, who was a butcher, and lived out of town, of its treat ment, and he had promised to take the child; he made an al- lowance to mother for its keep. Mr. Hall said the mother's conduct was disgraceful. From the evidence ; she had heat the child, she had burnt her, she had held her in a tub of water, and tied her to the bed-stock. The mother denied this, and behaved in such an unfeelinr , manner that Mr. Hall ordered her to be placed in the dock, which appeared to have a softening effect upon her. On its appearing that the mother was a housekeeper, she WtiS liberated on her promise to attend to-day, when the overseer is in attend ance, in order that the child may be placed in the workhouse. On its being told to her that the child would be detained, she squeezed out some hypocritical tears, and falling on her knees in the dock entreated that she might take the child with her. Mr. Hall, "Oh dear, no; certainly not; I shall see the overseer, and get her put into the workhouse.' 'rho unfeeling wretch then left the court. A PRETTY COUPLE. —Yesterday, at the police-office, a good looking female, named Mary Eaton, stood up to complain . against another female, named Elizabeth Crutchley, to whom 4 nature bad dealt female charms with a most sparing hand, for having, as she stated, broken the windows of her house the day before. The complainant said that the prisoner had come to her house, and created a great disturbance outside, and because she would not let her in she commenced breaking her windows, Prisoner.—" Why your worship she lives with my husband as is separated from me, and because he's stopped his 'lowance to me 1 went to his house, and all I said to her was, Mary,' says 1, if he keeps you he' s like to kee p me. ' That's all I said ; and I only wants my rights your worship." (Laughter.) Com plainant.—" Why, she'd need talk, she's in the family way of her second since she left her husband." Mr. Hall.—" Well, if she is so, you have taken the husband." Complainant—(drop ping a curtsey)—" Oh, no, sir, I'm his housekeeper." Pri soner. —"Why, sir, there's only two beds in the house, and his two brothers sleeps in one bed, and she and him sleeps in t'other. All I did was to go and ax civily what was the reason they 'stopped my supplies.' " Mr. Hall.—" One seems as bad as the other. Will you promise not to go and create a disturbance again if 1 let you go?" Prisoner.—" Oh yes; thank yer ho nour." The prisoner was then discharged. A DELICATE FEMALE.—Yesterday, at the police-office, a respectable-looking female, named Alice Yates, having the ap pearance of a respectable mechanic's wife, appeared to com plain before the magistrates against another female who was in custody, and who was also very decently dressed, for getting drunk and abusing her continually. The complainant stated that the prisoner was continually getting drunk, and when so, she was in the habit of coming and creating a_disturbance in the street before her door. Prisoner.—" Oh you woman ; please your worships that person has illified my character in difficult circumstances, and says lam a common prostitutioner. 1 defy her to soy anything against my character, barring 1 gets a. lit tle drink nows and then; if she can—let her. (Laughter.) I made a confidant of her, and told her a few frivolous things, and that's all she can say against me. (Continued laughter.) And yer worships, my husband hag come home yesterday, and she has done this to prevent my living with him." Mr. Hall.— In what state was she, officer, when you took her into custody ?" Constable.—" Back Portland-street, sir." (Loud laughter.) Mr. Hall.—"ln what state was she?" Constable.—" Oh ; very drunk." Complainant.—" As soon as ever she gets out she will do the same again." Prisoner.—" There's a woman for a neighbour!" (Laughter.) Mr. Hall.—" I shall fine you ss. for being drunk." The prisoner giving a most colloquial nod at the complainant, as she was being removed, said, "thank ou, Mary." Ice three-quarters of an inch in thickness, was, on Monday morning last, carted from the p onds iu the suburbs of the metropolis. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county palatine of Lancaster :--2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancas ter's own militia —Joseph Withers, gentleman, to be Lieut. vice Oglethorpe, resigned. Ductiv OF LANCASTER. —The two patent places of receivers for the duchies of Cornw all and Lancaster, held by the late Sir W. Knighton, have been conferred on Sir Henry Wheatle y , Lancelot's hey. H e was rrooms of a ware _ h and Colonel ofm being in the gift of her M a j es ty, and the latter in that o Lord Holland. SUDDEN DEATH. — On Fr ida y a labourer, in the em p lo y of M o r n . s l e 4 .larle, was belonging to rk t n at g g left alone by his fellows for a few minutes; when they returned they found hun lying dead upon a bale of cotton. wo d i n ii t ( le n tena oft i , thein up On a post mortem examination of the body by Mr. Simpson, death was found to have ensued from congestion of the lungs. Bony Foeten.—On Saturday, an inquest was held before James Haves, Esq.' count y co roner, at North Meols, near S ou thport, - on the body of anon, name unknown. The deceased had been washed ashore, and from the appearance of the body there is reason to believe that he had been some weeks in the water. He was about 5 feet 7 inches in height, and his linen was marked with the initials "'T. A." The jury returned a verdict of " found drowned." The St. Mungo, Rhyl steamer, sailed from George's pier -head on Saturday last, at half-past 10 in the morning, but owing to the rough-state of the weather did not arrive at her destination before one o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The captain very prudently put back and anchored at Hoylake. She had on board from 50 to 60 passengers, and rode out the storm most gallantly. At a full assemblage of the Operative Conservative Associa tion at Manchester, it was resolved that Mr. Charles Wilkins be respectfully requested to address that numerous body upon the leading principles of conservatism. We understand that the learned gentleman has acquiesced; and appointed the even ing of the 2d of December for tha t p ur p ose. - The folloling . ticl-:, ditional fact will tend to show in what esteem that gentleman' , talents are held by the party whose cause he so ably advocates.' 'rho dinner of the Operative Conservative Associationt War rington, was fixed for the 10th of this month, but finding that Mr. Wilkins's professional engagements would prevent big at tendance, to insure his valuable aid, and to tncet his eonveni ence, the dinner is postponed to the Nth, when we have not the least doubt that the Conservatives of Warrington will muster in full strength. The Liverpool Protestant Association have fixed on Tuesday' next, fo th first anniversary meeting. The meeting is aact- vertised r to be eir held in the Amphitheatre, Great Charlotte-street, and the Rev. R. J. M.'Ghee, and the Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan, ate announced as expected to attend. From the well-known talents of these gentleman, and others of the resident cleigy, the meeting is expected to create great, and unusual interest. But, without their valuable aid, we feel well convinced that the cause for which the meeting is convened, for the " maintenance of Protestant principles, and the diffusion of Protestant infor mation," would draw together a firm pha lanx of suppertet. such as has on more than one similar occasion addorned with its thousands the spacious interior of the Amphitheatre. UNwitot.EsOsin '.BEAT. —Yesterday, at the Police-office, an information was laid against John Chears, butcher, for having exposed a large quantity of meat for sale, unfit for food. The market leave-looker deposed that the day before, he found the carcase of a beast weighing 3001b5., in the public slaughter house, exposed for sale, belonging to John Cheers, butcher, which was unfit for human food. The wife of the defendant appeared, and complained that it was a heavy loss to them. Mr. Hall really thought that it would be useful to inflict very hea va fines in those cases, whenever immense quantities of meat were Cnind. The constable said the husband had been very abusive when they had seized the meat. Defendant's wife. (‘ Yes, he was in a great passion at its being seized, for it is a great loss. He bought the beast alive, and it has turned out worse than was expected." Mr. Hall--" I must enforce the law; it is one of the worst eases which has come before me." The defendant was then fined 20s. and costs. VERB Coot..—A "Traveller," who has just published a work on the "Art of Duelling," among other observations on the " Method of Practice," observes, "Do not omit either, if you puncture your adversary when engaged, to carefully free our sword from any moisture, previous to returning it to theb bard. I had a beautiful toledo considerably damaged by the carelessness of a friend in this respect. During the confusion that necessarily arises upon a principal receiving the coup de cceur, such an accident is very likely to occur." A little further on, under the head " Precautions to be observed," he tells us, "lf, upon the discharge, his adversary's ball has taken effect, he must not be alarmed or confused, but quietly submit the part to the examination of his surgeon, who should close round him with his second the moment the discharge has taken place. I cannot impress upon an individual too strongly the Propriety of remaining cal m an d co ll ec t e d when hit; he must n ot allots him self to be alarmed, or confused, but summoning up all his reso lution, treat th e ma tt er C oo lly Land if he dies. g o off with as good a grace as possible." .We " calculate " this gentleman would find some difteulty itt putting his theory into Practice: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. -- EVIDENCE OF RE-ACTION. FINAL STATE OF THE POLL AT LIVERPOOL. No. I, EVERTON WARD. Mr. James Heyworth (c).... Mr. Quayle (R) No. 2, SCOTLAND WARD. Mr. Richard Houghton (c) Mr. Sheil... (R) . 163 - 30 No. 3, VAUXHALL WARD. Mr. W. Shand (c) Mr. Muspratt (a). - 18 No. 4, ST. PAUL'S WARD. Mr. Barton (c) .. Mr. Stitt (R) . 138 . 116 - 22 No. 5, EXCHANGE WARD. Mr. Mellor (R) Mr. Sands (c) No. 6, CASTLE-STREET 'WARD. Mr. Bolton (R) Mr. Wilkinson (c) No. 7, ST. PETER'S WARD. Mr. R. Bright (R) Mr. N. Litherland (c) No. 8, PITT-STREET WARD. Mr. Bibby (c).. Mr. R. W. Preston (n) No. 9, GREAT GEORGE'S WARD. Mr. Charles Lawrence (c) Mr. Henry Ripley (a) NO. 10, RODNEY-STREET WARD. Mr. J. N. Wood (c) Mr. Thomas Holt (R).. No. 11, ABERCROMBY WARD. Mr. T. Brocklebank (R) Mr. Thomas Kaye (c) . 1S; . 79 -109 . 199 . 192 . 192 • 151 - 41 . 160 . 120 - 40 . 217 . 193 - 14 . 192 . IGS' --- 24 No. 12, LIME-STREET WARD. Mr. Vincent Higgins (a) 295 Mr. A. Lace (c) - 20 No. 13, ST. ANNE'S V Mr. Mason (n). Mr. J. Wtight (c).. No. 14, WEST DERBY WARD. Mr. John Smith (c).., Mr. R. W. Wood (R) . 200 . 180 ---- 20 No. 15, SOUTH TOXTETII WARD. Mr. Jordan (R). Mr. Alex. Smith (c) Mr. Platt (R). Mr. T. M. Gladstone (c) No. 16, NORTE' TOXTETH Ward. Mr. Rarnsden (a). Mr. Sheppard (c). . 16 . 138 --2: . 109 . 100 . 112 . 98 . 195 . 133 - 62 LYMINGTON, Nov. 1. M.ssrs. C. Finder, T. Gatrell, J. Skeats, and H. Figg, the conservative candidates, have been this day re-elected council lors of this borough. GUILDFORD, Nov. 1. The conservatives of this town obtained another triumph to day, on the occasion of an election of four members of the town-council, the numbers at the close of the poll being as fol lows ; - CONSERV ATIVES.-Mr. Palmer, 198; Mr. W. Lockwood, 183; Mr. W. King, 173; Mr. W. 11. Slater, 172. WHIG-RI DICA L3.-Mr. Nichols, 116; Mr. Filmer, 102; Mr. C. Foster, 92; Mr. G. Austen, 86. Messrs. Palmer and Slater were conservative members of the town-council, and have been re-elected, while the only two ra dical members of that body have been rejected. The whole of the four conservatives who are now elected, were members of the old corporation previous to the municipal reform act. DOVER, Nov. 1. At our municipal election, held this day, the conservatives have nobly clone their duty, notwithstanding the utmost exer tions and influence used by some of the government officers, particularly one of the principals of the ordnance department, in favour of the self-styled liberal candidates; and this, too, in the face of the investigation instituted by the governmeni itself after the last municipal election, into the conduct of some of their officers here who were charged with undue influence on behalf of the then conservative candidates, but of which they were honourably acquitted. It remains to be seen whether the same inquiry will now be made. The result of the election is as follows: CASTLE WARD.—Mr. William Moroll, (conservative,) 144; Mr. G. H. Loud, (conservative,) 143; Mr. Edward Knocker, (radical,) 125; Mr. James Walker, (radical,) 113. TOWN WARD.-Mr. W. H. Payn, (moderate,) 190; Mr. John Purbrooke, (conservative,) 169; Mr. J. A. Walker, (ra dical,) 166; Mr. Robert Barton, (conservative,) 144. PIER WARD.—Mr. Dauiel Nazer, (conservative,) 164; Mr. Edward Seward, (conservative.) 156 ; Mr. Thomas Birch, (ra dical,) 143; Mr. James Woisfuld, (radical,) 130. COLCHESTER, Nov. 1. The Conservative cause is triumphant in our town. The whole of the Candidates elected as Councillors are Conserva tives. We have three wards, and there were two to be elected for each ward. The following is the poll : Ftrisr WARD.—Couke, 293; Smith, 266; Brown, 212; Havens, 177.. SucoNn WARD.—Mills, 202; Grimwood, 200; Scott, 145 ; Hubbard, 110. THIRD WARD.—Wolton, 225; Harrington, 220; Bloom. field, 168 ; Barker, 152. TEWKESBURY, Nov. 1. At the election of Town-councillors, this day, the Conserva tives nominated were,—T. Vernon, N. Chandler, W. Moore, and H. Brydes. The Whigs proposed for re-election the four individuals who had just retired from the Council,—viz., W. Skeavington, M. Martin, J. Smith, and G. Watson. And at the close of the poll, at four o'clock, the numbers stood thus : Moore, 146; Vernon, 144; Chandler, 144; Brydges, 142; Martin, 141; Watson, 141; Smith, 138; Skeavington, 125. In December last, the Whigs succeeded in returning all they nominated. whilst the Conservative who was highest on the poll stood 37 under the lowest of the 12 persons who were elect ed. .1n July last, each party nominated two, when the Conser vatives succeeded in returning both their friends. From the termination of the above contest, it appears, that the Town-council is now equally divided, —there being eight C onserv ative Councillors and eight Whigs. PRESTON. The election of councillors for the different wards of this borough excited a very considerable degree of interest. The wards were strongly contested, and the town on Monday and yesterday presented all the appearance of a parliamentary elec tion. In Trinity ward the• three candidates were Mi. William , Holmes, C. J• Seger. Esq , barrister, and Clayton, Esq., banker; the last of whom is a conservative. The most indefa tigable efforts were used by theAriends of Mr. Clayton to secure his return, but he- took no active interest in the election him self, yet consente d to serve if chosen. E ar ly y es terday morn ing several , bands of music, accompanied with flags and banners bearing different devices, paraded the tow n ; an d . the friends of the respective parties commenced active operations.—ln Fish wick ward the candidates were Messrs. Shaw, Threlfall, Horn, a nd 'Blackhurst.--In Christ Church ward, Messrs. Brown, Leech, Noble and Arkwright. In St. John's ward, Messrs. It. p ar t, Jackson, Leece and Wilding: lit St. George's ward, Messrs. Jno. Park, Armstrong, Donson and Humber--and in St. Peter's ward, Messrs. Stevenson, Crankebaw, Park and Margison : In political sentiment the candidates were about equally divided; and party spirit was unquestionably the feeling of all interested. Up to twelve at noon no disturbance of, ma terial consequence took place, excepting a slight skirmish be tween two opponent parties in John-street, where missiles were in plentiful requisition. It passed off, however, with a few broken windows and the closing of some of the shops. In St. George's ward Messrs. Park and Armstrong were the popular candidates throughout the election. The following is the result of the election at four o'clock : Trinity Ward—Messrs. Clayton and Segar. Fishwick Ward—Messrs. Horn and Blackhurst. St. George's Ward—Messrs. Jno. Park and Armstrong. Christ Church Ward—Messrs. Brown and Leech. St. Peter's Ward—Messrs. James Park and Margison. St. John's Ward—Messrs. Leece and Jackson. Of the twelve candidates returned, seven are conservatives.— .. Manchester Guardian. WIGAN. The results of the municipal election hero are es follow : WARDS. RRFORMERS. TORIES. Seholes.... Ainsworth, Mr. 67.... Knight, R. 71 Ditto Park, W. 67....Grimshaw, T. 69 St. George's M‘Nellie, D. 81....Latham, John, 78 Ditto Walker, James, 81 ....Marden , R. 78 Queen-etreet 114‘Muldrow, Jas. 71. ...Eckerslee, James, 71 Ditto Wood, John, 73.... Fisher, Sohn, 70 Swinley Acton, Joseph, 56.... Lamb, Wm. 6 4 Ditto Ho p 7 ' wood, P. 11. 3 53.... Leach, J. C. All Saints' . Aspinall, Josh. 77....L0rd , J ohn . Ditto Ferguson, Wm. 79 .... W alls, Thos. 7 708 710 By these numbers it will aear that 6 reformers and 4 tories pp have been returned, but the election has not been officially an nounced. The councillors of the borough are now 24 reformers and 6 thrice , who, with 10 aldermen, all reformers, compose the council,—Manchester Gaardian. • One of the students of medicine, last year, at Edinburgh, was formerly one of tho Imperial Guard of Napoleon. ENGLISH TRADING VESSELS.—Nobody who has not con sidered the subject can have any idea of the extent of the English mercantile marine at this moment.' The number of her trading vessels, entirely exclusive of the Royal Navy, is 24,280. Th e capacity of these vessels is two millions five hundred and fifty three thousand six hundred and eig h t y -five tons; and they give employment to one hun dred and y-six thousand five hun dred and eighty-tbree men and boys. The above calculation. are haede front thirty-four folio volumes and manuscripts on shipping, presented annually to the Board of Trade. In ad dition to the immense fleet just enumerated as actually belong ing to B r itish ports, the British empire possesses 3579 ships, of two hundred and fo urteen thousand eight hundred and sevent y eight tons, an d fifteen thousand and fifty ni ne men. which be long to her colonies; so that altogether the country possesses 27,%359 inerchant;vessels: THE THEATRE. During this week a.round .of stock tragedies have been per formed,. but to most wretched, houses. .We understand this is 1 to be expected in the week preceeding the benefits ;_ but we, ito agine the cause to be the reeent departure of Mr. and Mrs. Wood, whose attraction caused for several weeks a continued full house; this may now reasonably be expected to have an opposite effect for a short time on the play going public. gx eitetuent having produced a temporary theatrical mania, the ab sence of the exciting cause is naturally followed by a correspon dent depression in proportion to the previous excitement. This is invariably the result of the system of "starring." If the pungent appetite created in the public, is not supplied with a continuity of suitable food, it sickens and refuses altogether that wholesome and natural diet which . before it eras satisfied with. Unless the excitement is kept up by a continuous sue, cession of " stars," the theatre is empty. We do not complain of this, nor do we find fault with the public for preferring, or with the management for offering increased attractions,—but the theatrical establishment have, we think, much cause so to do: by it their best exertions are thrown into the shade, and high merit , is sometimes totally overlooked for exotic productions of no superior worth. We have during the week regretted much to see the high talents of Stuart exhibited in his personations of Macbeth, Richard the Third, Brutus, and ROIPCO (in all its cheerless reality) "wasted on the desert air." Several of his readings of these characters have betrayed much genius both in originality and truth of conception. His Lucius Junius Brutus Of 'Wednes day evening was a splendid portraiture of the affectionate father and the inflexible patriot. The last scene especially, where, in the agonized strivings between the feelings of a father and the duties of the consul, he gives the death signal of his son as.a traitor V. his country, was portrayed with a powerful truth to nature, and irresistibly worked up the feelings to intense inter est. In the afterpiece of the " Wreck Ashore," Baker played with great humour as Martnaduice Magog, but felt far shtirt of the inimitable John Reeve in this character. We perceive that Baker has fixed Monday next for his benefit, and has published a most excellent bill of fare. \Ve trust that the house will be a bumper. We know of no actor more deserving of public pa tronage from his great and varied talents, and from his charac ter as n individual. Stuart's benefit will also shortly occur: he has been working hard the whole of the season, and his pre vious well-earned popularity has been decidedly on the increase. Last season he had the very best first benefit ever known, and we doubt not but that his friends and the public will again rally round him, and testify their sense of his merits when the time shall arrive. It is by the profit derived from the benefit that the provincial actor is remunerated; stars carry away the heavy salaries; and it is but justice that the public should support those individuals who exert themselves the whole season in their service. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST4NDARD. Ste,—As the question has frequently been asked, " why Mr. Wright lost his election for St. Ann's Ward?" the committee for conducting the election of that gentleman think themselves called'upon to give a distinct answer to it—and as facts always carry with them more conviction than bare assertions, the com mittee beg leave to lay before the public the following state ment of filets : Out of ten persons who signed the requisition to Mr. Wright. requesting him to himself to be put in nomination as Councillor for St. Ann's Ward, three of that number, regardless of this pledge, and reckless of all consistency, voted for his Radical opponent; and the remaining seven never voted at all ! ! One of the latter number has attempted to give some colour to his refusal to support Mr. Wright, declaring that he was not, at the time he signed the requisition, acquainted with Mr. Wright's political principles. But, surely, this was as valid a reason for • not signing the requisition to Mr. Wright as for not voting for him. Out of this dilemma we must leave this gentleman to ithqllie himself as ingeniously as he can. But, when it is added, that the individual refereed to has resided in Liverpool for twenty years, it will appear somewhat strange that he should so long have remained ignorant of Mr. Wright's political cha racter. In addition to the above ten worthies (though the committee do not desire to see such worth multiplied) the committee beg to state, that the pledges of tweniy-three independent burgesses were, for unexplained reasons, never redeemed. The committee have thought it proper to bring these facts before the public, in order satisfactorily to explain to those burgesses who supported Mr. Wright, the real cause why that gentleman was not placed in the Town Council. Oue fact, connected with the election, they cannot conceal, because it is encouraging to the minds of Conservatives, and says to all the members—persevere. Sixty voters were polled at the present election more than at the pre ceding; and fifty votes were registered for the Conservative interest above the number given at the election of 1833, thus exhibiting in this 'Ward an increase in Conservative voters over those of Radicals of five to one. 1 am, yours, &c. .1. PARKER, Chairman. N.B.—The Committee will at all times be ready to verify any of the above facts. TO ME EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—My object in addressing you, is to call, through the medium of your valuable columns, the attention of the proper authorities to the shameful state of a portion of Park-street, Park-road, in which are four unfinished houses, known as " Jerry built." They are now in a very dangerous state, hav ing for a length of time been going to decay, and as a part of them fell during the last winter, I am anxious that the annoy ance should be remedied before the return of that season. Tho pathway in front of them is also very dangerous, the areas re maining open and entirely unprotected, myself and neighbours being constantly obliged to warn our friends to keep in the middle of the street for safety. We are now within the borough of Liverpool, vet have not a single lamp in the whole street, although rated very high for lighting. This inconvenience is much felt by a portion of the congregation of the church of St. John the Baptist, who are in the habit of coining out at the north gate in Park-street. I suggest a lamp should be placed as near as possible to this en trance, consistently with the arrangement which may be made for their distances from each other. By the bye I observed in your paper of Tuesday last, the Town-clerk decided in the council that the inhabitants of West Derby had no right to pay for lights if they had them not. I consider the same remark applies to - Toxteth Park. The sooner these hints are attended to the better fur the public, and yours, &c., AN INHABITANT. Park-street, 3d November, 1836. The Right Hon. Edward Ellice has arrived from Canada, in the Gladiator. Captain Jones, royal engineers, is appointed secretary to the Irish railway commission. We learn from Scheveningen that the herring fishers , is ex tremely favourable this year. Within this month twenty-nine boats have returned to that port. Within a few days eight boats have returned,which to thing never before heard of) have brought 700,000 herrings.—Dutch paper. The Bishop of Ripon will be confirmed on the sth, and con secrated on the 6th of November, at York, by his Grace the Archbishop, assisted by the Bishops of Durham and Chester.— Leeds Mercury. Chief Baron Joy has arrived at his seat Woodtown, county Dublin, from the continent, in most excellent health.—Dublin Mail. The mansion and adjoining premises occupied by Lord Hill, at Westbourne-green, are said to have been purchased by one of the railway companies for £20,000. The extensive manor of Bozomzeal, situated in the southern division of Devonshire, has been purchased by John Henry Seale, Esq., M.P. for Dartmouth. The Prisoners' Counsel Bill came into operation for the first time in Sussex at the Lewes sessions, when, curiously enough, every prisoner who employed counsel was convicted.—Brighton Guardian. - --•••- - • • ._.,......._,_ On Monday Lord Elliot attended Wadebridge fair, and can vassed the farmers there, from whom he obtained upwards of 30 promises in less than an hour. His lordship dined at the ordi nary, which was crowded. Wherever Lord Elliot appeared he was received with the most enthusiastic applause.—Cornwall Royal Gazette. The following states in America have prohibited their banks from issuing any notes under five dollars:—New York, Penn sylvania, Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana, Indiana, Alabama, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Naine. The tomb of Queen Catherine Parr was lately opened, and the body and feet have been found as perfect and beautiful as on the day she died. It appeared that the body had been em balmed and coated with wax. Several gentlemen of science are now engaged in ascertaining the exact nature of the pre paration. DISINTERESTED AT PLICATION OF THE PUBLIC MONEY.-- Through the instrumentality of the Chancellor of the Exche quer, £40,000 has been invested with the Irish Board of Works, for the improvement of the Shannon navigation at Limerick.-- Ministerial paper.— It might be worth inquiring how far the fact of Mr. Rice and his family having a large property bused along the banks of the Shannon may have contribut d to strengthen the arguments in favour of his grant.' auspicious event. Ibis observation will especially hr " Every discovery in medical science must be hailleydtaostahrei Balsamic Pills, prepared by Mr. Wray, of theHolbuorna unique properties of this invaluable medicine been fully de local debility, disorders of the urethra, !)ht I The l' o e f sta r s whi c . h b e sac. vton ewt considersl laye monstrated, and reflect a lustre u s skill, which his enhanced by his judicious ex • on alkirc."‘,Vihrsaihyh'sepfrteihfeismsiitolnae,l, meetings of the NEW PLI.NET.—At one of the last tnt.ohee fm M. Cacclatore Astrono mical Society, Captain Smyth read w at a h s e r u h lo a v d mgl prevented l at Palermo, stating that in exatninin a g s t ti e ll the lv ‘h a se s u l s r p ist ' proper motion, he had met with one f w h hic w h e thoimthefrheamsteaouhdtiuntoiirhtgh. The state . ° his observations that he r ' evening twilight; but from his,, is s. e ix vi m de o n u t th tl s ra s t ince is a funeral it as a new planet. situation to be beyond Ur/ CANINE ATTACOMEN e ll . Church, when a small bl took place at Clerkeneewn . 7 - " About jt b attached to I ' deceased ack terrier dog, who had long us master, was h the surrounding mourners found pressing throug . . ruers while the fu found as performing in the church. After the burial, neral service w . to drive it • found impossible . away altogether, for it always itteowkasthe first opportunity of obtaining ingress, and has'now be come regularly domiciled, under the protection of the sexton. T u n LIBERA LS.—Of all tyrants the most harsh, unjust, and inexorable, are your professing friends or liberty. Only show us a inan who lays claim to a more than ordinary degree of zeal on this head, and a thousand to one but he will be found to be in private life, an unkind husband, a cruel father, a harsh master, or a faithless friend ; while his loud professions in favour of pub lic liberty will be backed and illustrated by the ready advocacy of measures diametrically at variance with the cant of these professions. BRIGHTON, OCT. 30.—Our palace is once more, we are happy to say, enlivened with the presence of royalty. Their Majesties arrived on Friday evening, at ten minutes past five o'clock, in a travelling carriage, direct from Windsor, and were shortly followed by other •• • • the Earl and Countess carriages, containing Brownlow, Sir H. and Lady Taylor, Prince Ernest Phillippsthal, the Rev. Mr. Wood and fir Andrew Barnard. The arrival of their Majesties had been preceded by that of a body of the house hold troops, who had taken the place of the haniskillen Dra goons in the performance of the duty at the palace. Colonel Lambert is the commanding officer. In the evening there was a partial illumination. SURGICAL OPERATION.—A successful operation in a difficult case was last week performed at Charlestown, Mass, bya young twa surgeon, son of Robert Stone, Esq. of Salem . The patrennern.i; Charles Haley, who was afflicted with a disease which g ' The diseas e proves fatal, called spontaneous mortification. ikle en in commenced at the foot, and had exten ded to tbear ad;isabwh as le consultation with several surgeons , it was deemed below the knee. To a last resort for safety to amputate the leg under care of r. this Mr. H. objected, and placed himse true bisect th i e ng, incisio D n, Stone. The muscles were s evered by alf bone to cover the below the the skin preserved sufficiently tied before loosening the ex tremity,instru- and the arteries were At the close of the operation the ments to stop circulation. himse lf much relieved, and it was believed he pa ti e nt expressed Vew York Gazette. would ultimately recover. -1 POLITICAL MOVEMENTS, &c. Lord Eliot has published a second address to the electors of East Cornwall. m %%inch he asserts that he has received pro mise's of ittliport#from a decided majority of the. electors. He complains in this address that Sir if ussey Vivian has, not been sufficiently explicit in the avmval of his political sentiments, and his lordship observes, " 1, who for several years sat on the same side of the : House of Couiinons as Sir Hussey Vivian, and supported the tame government, am. persuaded he is as averse towards what are called organic changes as On Friday last Mr. Poulter constituents at Shaftee, bury, by whom he was received very coldly. The attendance Was very scanty. On the following day, being the market day, he again presented himself to the inhabitants, who the , althou speech of the previous day, did not give tine cheer *tiring the meeting. —Dorset County Chronicle. • At Gloucester a numerously signed requisition has been pre sented to John Phillpotts, Esq., calling upon.fiim, in case of a vacancy in the representation of that city, to corme forward as a candidate, an invitation which that gentleman has accepted. EV. M. O'SULLIVAN AND MR. O'CONNENL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SCOTSMAN. Killyman Rectory, May, Oct. 27, 1836. Sts,—You have given insertion to a letter from Mr. O'Con nell, which contains the following passacres:— " The Morning ChroniOle, which reached me this day; of the date of the 10th instant, contains an extract from a Scotch pa per, giving a report Of it speech of a person who styles himself the Rev, Mortimer O'Sultivan. In that speech there is the ful- lowing passage : " Remember that this is Mr. O'Connell's account—that it is essential to the Catholic faith to believe it right to murder or to bieak faith with heretics.' . "'That passage, then, I iii4clairri tohe in all its parts totally it is false that I ever gave any. - such account, neither did ever say or do anything to qualify or palliate the attributing " Lot me conclo.de with offering this test. This Mr. O'Sul livan say's, "rhis is Mr. O'Connell's account?' When? Where? Hovv ilia Mr. O'Connell give that account, or say anything to countenance the assertion ? Let him answer that question. " If lie do not answer it, he thereby-admits that he is S ca lumniator and propagatot of falsehood. If he do answer it, I will have the means of preying him such." Such is Mr. O'Connell's eliarge againetsme, and such his de mand. As yiin have published. theM in your journal, I will not allow myself to doubt your willingliess to admit my answer also. The passage in the repoit of my speech, of which Mr. O'Con nell quoted a mutilated extract, is as follows: " I have said that the Church of Rome, when she wanted to corrupt the minds of the English people, sent into England God's Holy Gestic! to teach that lessore•which God's enemy is ever endeavouring to teach—to teach the principle (and:re member that this is Mr.O'Conneil's account) that it is essential to the catholic faith to believe it right to Murder or break faith with heretics." Such is the passage from which Mr. O'Connell's extract has been quoted. It contains a referenee to very grave • charges against the Church of Rome, and names Mr. O'Connell as a witness, by whom they are corroborated; I proceed to show on what authority. The charges which I preferred against the Church of Rome on account of the publication of tbo Rhemish Testament were two— - Ist. That the notes appended to it were intended to excite dis affection in England. • 2d. That they were calculated to teach perfidy and intole rance. Mr. O'Connell has testified to the truth of both. 1 cite the. acknowledgments contained iu the Dublin Review, of which he is avowedly an editor. The first charge is thus confirmed— . " The notes of the New Testathent were undoubtedly in tended to prepare the public mind fear the invasion meditated by Philip 11., when he projected the schemes of his armada. They were in unison with the celebrated sentence and declaration of Popo Sextus Quintos, which designated Elisabeth as an illegi timate daughter of Henry Vlll.—at an usurper and unjust ruler, who ought to be deposed—and as a heretic and schisma tic, whom it was not only lawful, but commendable to destroy." —Dublin Review, edited -by the Very Rev. N. Wiseman;D. O'Connell, and M. J. Quin,Esq. No. 11., p. 505. So much fur the design of the Rheimish notes. What is their character ? To this question we have, also, Mr. O'Connell's answer, con firming the second accusation against his church. "The topic of the Ithennish notes was incidentally brought under their (Catholic Board's) consideration by Mr. O'Connell, on the 3d of December," (1817) when he is reported by the Dublin Even ing Post to have spoken of these compositions in the following terms:— " He owed it to his religion, as a catholic and a christian—td his country as an Irishman—to his feelings as a human being— to utterly denounce the damnable doctrines contained in the notes to the Rheimish Testament. He was a catholic upon principle—a steadfast and sincere catholic, from a conviction that it was the best form of religion ; but he would not remain so one hour longer, if he thought it essential to the profession of the catholic faith to believe that it was lawful to murder pro testants, or that faith might be innocently broken with heretics. Yet such were the doctrines laid down in notes to the Rheimish Testament.—Dublisi Review, No. 11., p. 516. Such is Mr. O'Connell's character of the Rheimish annota tions. The result of his unsuccessful effort to produce a dis claimer of them, might not uncharitably be adduced as indicativ the character of his church. The "Catholic Board" refused to disavow them, adopting, as an amendment to Mr. O'Connell's motion for a disclaimer, "That a committee be appointed to prepare an address on the occasion of the re-publication of the Rheiinish notes, with a view to have the same submitted to an aggregate meeting."—Dublin Evening Post,. Dec. 6, 1817. The Roman Catholic Bishops declined to disavow them, Dr. Troy, in order to avert Protestant indignation (as Mr. Coyne testifies) prohibiting them in the diocese of Dublin, while his ecclesias tical brethren recommeded them to their " subjects" in every other part of Ireland—so unavailing were Mr: O'Connell's ert deayours—so uncousequential his quarrel with the instruments for teaching "damnable" doctrine. The Church of Rome has neither renounced the Rheimish ides, nor forfeited Mr. O'Connell's allegiance. Ido not inquire why. It is sufficient for the present to have answered the questions proposed to me, and to leave with my accuser to decide upon the manner, whe , ther in silence or in storm, iu which he will make confession of having done me wrong. I have but one further charge to answer. Mr. O'Connell complains that I do not take the doctrine of his Church from his " catechisms and books of instruction." It is from such books only that have sought information ; but I have sought it from books of authority. As to those catechisms to which reference is most frequently made, I set little value upon them; first, be cause Dr. Doyle disparaged them, affirming that " printers in country towns print them off. syithout. consulting us at all," (J. K. L., 1835;) and secondly, because I cannot ascertain the sense in which they are understood by individuals who haYe sworn the " qualification oath" taken by Roman Catholics, and who can conscientiously act as if it imposed no restraint upon them. When Protestants are enabled to understand how the church of Rome interprets that oath, they may seek informa. 'ion in the " catechisms." I am, sir, your obedient servant, MORTIM ER O'SULLIVAN: The King has been pleased to appoint the Lord John Fre derick Gordon one of the Lords of his Majesty's Bedchamber, in the room of the Lord Elphinstone, resigned. In a grande battue last. week, on the preserves of Lord Mos tyu, at Pengwern, Fiiutshire, nearly . 500 head of game were killed. In the garden of the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn, are culti vated no fewer than 6,000 ornamental plants; forcing houses on an extensive scale, under the direction of Mr. Forbes , have __. ......,. been .. constructed at 'Woburn. The King has been graciously pleased to a pprove of Mr. Jacques Galleano, as Vice-consul at Gibraltar for the King of Greece. The King has also been graciously pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas Hughes. Jun., as Consul at Liverpool fur the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. s , The o f cost which i 300 s estimated a refree . _a t the sole cost of the Rev. J. T. Nottidge, the Rector, was con secratedhe Lord Bishop of Sailor and Man, in The new church erected in St. Clement's parish, Ipswich, at last week by t addressed to the present t x. h woo e p r e . s e I n t c et: contains t a a large ll Norfolk Chronicle. Lord Chancellor,v was accidentally found, sealed with shoe ab:u°tn g 7s re U g s a i t t i tiu n g shoe maker's wax, village in the at a northern part of this county: — "the I Loard Chancier, Luonclun." The following precious composition, • ii foe 1 r ight theaslines to you my Loaid chancier. dare is a er t in c harm] y be Lougen to the lamely prop ayeney (Ayscough.) I am the rite are to Lady ayescut, and the are to sir edwed, ayescut sough kellscey (South Kelsey.) I shad which rite to me a gean . upon subjekt.--Thon ayes e u, North kellacey, near Brigh. '—Lincoln Gazette. EARL FITZWILLIAAI.—At the dinner given last. week at Peter borough to commemorate Viscount Milton's coming of age, the gentleman who presided stated some instances of the liberality and benevolence of the noble earl, known but to a very few per sons. He stated that his lordship had given ElOOO towards re pairing the parish church of Peterborough; £3OO towards de cor ating the interior of the cathedral; as also large sums to the lufant Schools. It was added that the noble earl had also, with the utmost privacy, a llo w ed £2OOO a year to the Late Mr:Wil berforce during the latter part of that excellent gentleman's life, to avert the distress arising from his pecuniary.embarrass , meats, brought on by the misconduct of a near relative. RAILROADS LIABLE FOR PARISH Wuras.--On Saturday the 22d, at the 'Kingston Quarter Sessions a case of some im portance connected with railroads, was decided by the court. The London and Greenwich ItailWay Company appealed against a rate made upon them by St. Olive's parish, on the ground that the land which was rater{ was not beneficially occe pied by them, and that one portion of it had actually been dis posed of by them. The court held that when houses and rateable property were demolished for the purpose of a railroad the com pany was bound to pay the amount of rates thus lost to the parish, whether they made use o f the ground on which the houses etuod or not. A HINT TO THE WORKING CLASSES.—If a man at twenty-, one years of age, began to save four shillings a week, and put it to interest every year, he would have— • At 31 years :of age £l 15 li 30 At '4l. At 51 61 At 5 21 At 71 When we look at. these sums,. and . w hen we think how much teptation and evil might be avoided in the verr act of saving them, and how much good a man in bumble c ircumstances may do for his family by those sums, we c annot help. wondering that there are not more savers of four shillings a week. He who u s e , h o a n k T s p h e u a i r • s e - , saves this sum may not only pay his own way, but he may h e lp To vari ot s thousandsbenevolentthis societies. world, and ln e the afflicted, and subscribe The King had or SHAKSPEARE.—Dr Car to p e h t e ' t e s C i l L t 'j o e'' a t n o i f t 1 d a iN s • i t r a l t t i v a e l . the Western Literary lostilution, Leicester square. on an elevation 200 feet msd iaaoylr't eilvei stated al them n may se g / s i attosohnotthleeiartwi mere} 'ay n t s: a e t better. l tath e ha d an important con s - Colossal. STATUE consented to be the patron, and the Queen the Patroness of ha d consented t his above the level of the names. t plan- The statue was to be raised rile pedestal tore t er a g t e i s o t u s t t o at m ue a k e e v . e o r n er s and the statue 80 feet high. It wk was to be 60 feet, should be a staircase by which the " " projected that there crown of Shakspearei head; that curious may ascend to the the statue :a house, a .Ae ' lat there should be built near Shakspeare was b simile of that , in Which it is as sumedwho should be engaged horn, for the residence of the person dence should be allotted to show the siatue; and that such resi dence .• to a female descendant of a sister of Shakspeare, now alive, I stances, and who should' but who was• in very bumble circuits fromshowing also derive any benefit that might accrue the statue. He furth er pence would b e £20,000, to b mentioned that the ex-. e r a ise rs by subscription, but that no one was to subscribe snore than one guinea. The doctor did not mention when the and calculator projectors s expected that thisizol • l • . OSSa statue might be completed.---.Btatuiarda •io• : NO 1