The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-19 00:00:00

.1 1 ANtTA.ity 10. IS: 8. than in the time of any two of his predecessors. Indeed, in the year 1795, during the debate on the Treasonable Practices Bill, he himself observed that "there had been more prosecu tions fur libel within the last two years than in any 20 years be fore." On the IBth of June, 1799, Sir John Scott was elevated to the peerage by the title of Baron Eldon, and at the same time appointed chief justice of the Court of Commons Pleas. Ills first speech of any length in the House of Peers was on Lord Auckland's adultery prevention bill, on which occasion he re marked, that " the law as it stood was a farce and a mockery, and it was impossible to allow it to remain in the shameful state it stood." On the 14th April, 1801, Lord Eldon took his seat on the woolsack in place of Lord Loughborough, who was creat ed Earl of Itosslyn. In 1805, Lord Eldon commenced the opposition to the catho lic claims, which he continued till 1829, when the relief bill was passed. In 1806, on the whigs coming for a short time into power, Lord Eldon resigned the seals, whi c h we r e g i ve n t o L or d rskine, but the following year, Lord Eldon, on his party re 'twining office, was reinstated on the woolsack. In 1811, Earl Grey made a specific charge against Lord Eldon, that he had, in the year 1804, abused the royal authority by affixing the great seal to commissions fur giving the royal assent to certain bills, although the King was afflicted with a malady of the same kind which then (1811) occasioned a suspension of the regal functions. Upon this Lord King moved, that Lord Eldon be excluded from the Queen's council in the care of his Majesty's person. The motion was lost by a majority of 85, and a protest against its rejection was entered upon the journals signed by Lords Grey, Lauderdale, Holland, Erskine, Rosslyn, Derby, Ashburton, and Porisonby. During the riots in March, 1815, on account of the corn bill, Lord Eldon was one of the principal objects of popular ven geance. The insurgents attacked his lordship's house in Bed ford-square, tore up the area railings, and used them as weapons to effect an entrance. The guards at the British Museum were sent for, but the work of destruction was complete before the assistance arrived. The chancellor himself had only time to secure his personal safety by a hasty retreat through the back way into the gardens of tiii - Mdseum. Two of the ringleaders were taken into custody in the house. / - In the same year Lord Eldon addressed a letter to the Prince Regent, representing the delicacy of his health, his increasing infirmities, and requesting permission to retire. At the pressing .clesiie, however, of his royal highness, his lordship consented to remain in office. In 1820, on the accession of George the Fourth to the throne, Lord Eldon was created Viscount Encombe, of Encome, in the county of Dorset, and his barony of Eldon was raised to an earldom. In April, 1827, on the sudden dissoluticin of Lord Liverpool's administration, in consequence of the fatal illness of the premier, and on Mr. Canning being commissioned by his Majesty to form a new ministry, Lord Eldon, in common with the other members of the cabinet, resigned, and here ter sninated his long and official career, he having been chancelloi for 26 years, with the short interval only of the 14 months (1806 and 7) when Lord Erskine held the seals. If we date from his appointment to the solicitor-generalship, Lord Eldon held office fur 39 years. In the year 1830, a law scholarship was founded at Oxford by the subscription of many noble end distinguished persons, in honour of the Earl of Eldon. A proposal had been submitted to the public the preceding year, and in May, 1830, a meeting of the subscribers took place at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's, for the purpose of carrying the project into effect. Seven copies of the proceedings, with the names of the sub scribers, were beautifully printed on vellum, and bound in vellum, authenticated by the autograph signatures of the trus tees, and disposed of as follows :—one copy to the Earl of El don, and one to be deposited in each of the following libraries, viz. the British Museum, the Bodleian, the Inner Temple, the Middle 'temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gra'y's Inn. SKATING.—Since the frost set in, all the sheets of water in (he vicinity have been covered daily with skaters, St. Domingo Pit, which has long been celebrated in the annals of skating, seems to have attracted more than its due share of custom. On Sunday from an early hour in the morning till dark in the evening, its surface literally swarmed with sliders and skaters, whilst its margin was crowded with spectators of all ages and of both sexes. The pool at Traninere has also been the daily scene of bugle, and the arena of elegant feats of rivalry in the art of balancing the body in every imaginable skating position. We have not heard of any accident having occurred by the breaking of the ice on any of the pits in the vicinity of this town. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—The Gazette of Friday night publishes the following as the times at which Mr. Commissioner Reynolds will hold his court at the underipentioned places:— Lancashire—At Lancaster, Monday, March 19. Lancashire--At Preston, Thursday, March 29. Cheshire—At Chester and City, Wednesday, April 4. qel- , Fiintshire—At Mold, Friday, - April 6. Denbighshire—At Within, Saturday, April 7. Anglesey—At Beaumaris, Tuesday, April W. Carnarvonshire—At Carnarvon, Wednesday, April 11. THE DISTRICT' PROVIDENT SOCIETY. —ln another column will be found au appeal on behalf of this Society, which we conceive to be one of the most useful of our local institutions of a charitable nature. We sincerely trust that this charity will meet with a greater amount of support from the contri butions of the benevolent than it has hitherto experienced. The basis upon which it is founded is highly commendable, and the claims which it has upon public support are of the highest order. At the present inclement season there is especial need for that^eid.Which the society offers to the destitute among the ►nhabitants of Liverpool. DEATH BY BURNING.—On Monday evening last, a melancholy occurrence took place, which has thrown the family and friends of Mr. Archer, a respectable flour-dealer, of Edge-hill, into deep distress. About nine o'clock in the evening, Mrs. Archer went into the cellar fur the purpose of getting some turf; in a few minutes her screams were heard, and some of the household Ilew to her assistance, when they discovered Mrs. Archer on the ground enveloped in flames. It would appear she had fallen over some of the turf with the candle in her hand, by which her cap took fire, and in a few seconds• her whole dress was in a blaze. She lingered until four o'clock in the morning, and expired. Tim FRosT.—The long continuance of the frost has frozen the river Dee for 12 miles above Chester, and the Mersey is now impassable to Eastham, l arge s h eets o f i ce extending from the quarantine vessels to the shore. Last night the frost was more intense that it has ever yet been this winter. The thermometer stood at 16, and there is every appearance of the frost con tinuing. ST. SIMON's Susinay SCHOOL.—On Wednesday everting the teachers and friends of this school held a tea party at the school room in Lime -street. About 200 ladies and gentlemen as sembled on the occasion. The room was tastefully decorated ,with evergreens, &c.; and several flags, bearing suitable in ,scriptions, were suspended in different parts. The meeting was subsequently addressed by the ltev. H. S. Joseph, the minister of . St. Simon's Chapel, the Rev. T. Tattershall, the minister of St. Augustine's, the Rev. Mr. Thomas, Mr. Worrall, Mr. Jones, &c. We hope that the proceedings of the evening will tend to excite a lively interest in the benevolent labour of Sabbath-school teaching. Bathing, in its various modifications, is universally admitted to exercise a most powerful influence over the human constitu tion. We are happy to direct the attention of the public to an establishment (Mr. Bird's, of Great George-street) where those who may be desirous of availing themselves of the sanitary ad vantages of warm vapour baths will find their utmost wishes gratified. Mr. Bird's establishment, which is quite new, is fitted up in a syle of elegance and refinement in which taste and com fort are equally consulted. The vapour bath, we are given to understand, is a treat of such a superior description as to presen t more the idea of oriental luxury than anything with which we have been hitherto acquainted in this country. THE SOUP SHOPS.—The unusual severity of the weather having caused a cessation of work, in many branches of labour, and great distress having been previously created in numerous poor families by a more than ordinary prevalence of typhus fever, it was urgently recommended by the most active managets of the different charities for the relief of the poor, that the soup shops should be opened without delay; and a meeting wa s con sequently held in the Parish-offices, yesterday, as will appear Trait the advertisement, at which it was determined to open the soup shops, already existing in the north, and to take means for'providing a new one in the south, in place of the one which was ueces_arily discontinued there, in consequence of the land on which it was formerly placed having fallen out of lease. When it is considered, that no call has been made since De cember, 1831, that the fund then raised is not only exhausted, but that the committee are in debt to their banker; when,it is further considered, how very necessary it is that an additional 'soap shop should be provided in the south, it is earnestly hoped, that tilde appeal to public bounty will not be made in vain. We have pleattire in referring our readers to the list of subscriptions already t : eceived, and shall gladly take charge of any which our Mena may be disposed to pass through our hands.—Courier. BALL A f 'num suoc.—The bachelors' ball took place at Tre mailoc ou Wednesday, the 10th instant, and, according to ex pectation, was very fashionably and respectably attended by most of the nobility of Carnary'onshire . and Anglesey. The ball-room was neatly carpeted round near the seats, and circle left in the centre for three sets to form quadrilles. The chan deliers and other lights were 'decorated with artificial flowers, and the orchestra was trimmed with garlands, &c. Dancing commenced at nine o'clock ; at twelve, a most sumptuous sup per was laid out. The confectionary ornaments, &c. were made by a person from Dublin, engaged expressly for the occasion. After supper, the animating dance was renewed, and continued on till six in the morning, when the party broke up. Mr Phil lips's exhilarating quadrille band was engaged from Liverpool. The company seemed delighted with the music, particularly with Master Phillips's harp playing. The waltzes and quadrilles were by Mozart, Herz, Weippeit, Hari, Strauss, &c. WARRINGTON BALL: —On 'Friday evening the annual ball, for the benefit of the Dispensary and Infirmary in this town, was held at the Assembly-room, in the Lion Hotel. The meet ing was, as usual, graced by the presence of the families of Lan flashire and Cheshire residing in the neighbourhoOd. with many strangers. The Lady Patronesses were the Hon. Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham, Lady Bold Hoghton, Lady Gerard, and Mrs. Ire land Blackburne. The company consisted of about 250 persons of the first rank and fashion, among whom were Lord de Tabley, Lord-Lady Francis Gordon, the Hon James Lindsay, the Hon. end•Rev..Horace Powys, Lady Grey Egerton, Sir John Gerard, Mr. W m .,G erar d, Si r RicherLi Brooke. Mr. Hen. Brooke, Mr. Arthur BrOoke, Mr. and Mrs. Ireland Blackburne, and two Misses Blackburne, Mrs. Legh, of Lyman, and Miss Emina Legh; Mr. and Mrs. Cornwall Legh, High Legh, Mr. Deedes, the. Rev. Henry Legh, Sir Arthur de Capel Brooke, Messrs. Townsend, j un., ofW inchain, Mrs. Glegg, of Whithington, and the Misses Glegg, Mr. Harvey Aston, Mr. and Mrs. Townley Parker, of Cuerdon, and Miss P ar k er, t h e R ey, Th os. Black burne an d l a d y, Mr. and Mrs. Blundell, of Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. Fielding, Miss Heron, Capt. Heron. Miss Freeman, the Rev. WOl. Fox, Misses Holt, Mr. Lei g h, o f B oot h s, M r. H ug h es, Slierdley, M rs . Hughes, and Miss Charlotte Hughes, Mr. Banker, of Winstanley, Mrs. Gerard Walinsley and Miss Walmsley, the 11ev. George Eaton and Miss Eaton, of the Pole, Mr. and Mrs. Parr, Miss Parr, Mr. and Mrs. Ripley, Mts. Orrett, Mr. Jas. Heath Leigh, Mr. and Mrs. Withington, Cul cheth-hall, w i t h many ushers vho t n our space does not allow us to particularise. The display of beauty excited general admi ration. A number of the ladies wore diamonds of the most splendid description. The quadrille, waltz, and gallopade were kept up till a late hour, and the meeting passed off in the most gratifying manner tu all present, and with material benefit to the charity, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THEFT BY AN OFFICE Boy.—On Tuesday, two boys, namrd George Young and John Sloane, were brought' up at the Po licecou rt, charged with stealing a sum of money and a coat, from the office of Messrs. Shaw and Spence, merchants, India-build ings.—Alr. John Shaw, son of one of the partners, stated that Young had been ten days in their service as an office boy previously to the 19th of December last. Ou the morning of that day, when he (Mr. Shaw) went to the office, he found a candle burning on the counter, but the inside shutters were not opened. He examined the safe and found it open, and the cash box. containing from £7. to £lO. in gold and silver, taken away. He also missed five shillings from the mantel piece, and a frock coat from the office. The shutters were secure, so that the office had not been entered by the window, He had left the prisoner Young on the preceding evening to put the books in their places, and to lock up the safe and deposit the key in the drawer. After locking up the office, it was his duty to take the key to the watehouseman, and get, it back in the morning. Young was not on the premises, and on enquiry it appeared that he had obtained the key from the warehouseman, and in concert with Sloane, the other prisoner, who kept watch outside, had gone to the office that morning, and tarried away the box containing the money, with whiCh they immediately de camped to Manchester. Information having been given to the police, search was made for the prisoners, and they were brought up on Friday last in the custody of one of the Manchester police, when they were remanded. in addition to Mr. Shaw's state ment, Sloane told Lloyd, one of the constables, that he had been called out of his aunt's house by Young on the morning of the robbery, and that, alter it was committed, they had proceeded as far as Prescot, where the box was opened and the money taken out. They then threw the box into a ditch. The coat was given to a woman who undertook to find them lodgings, and the money was spent soon after.—Mr. Hall said he could not conceive how a boy like Young should have had money en trusted to him, and he thought Mr. Shaw was blameable in ex posing him to temptation. There was more evidence against Sloane than against Young. The evidence of the former was not confirmed in any one particular except against himself. After some further observations, in the course of which Mr. Hall expressed his doubts as to the sufficiency, of the evidence, but on which he said a .jury would decide, the prisoners were committed to the sessions. RIVAL BRORERS.—On Tuesday, James O'Connell, a custom's broker, was brought before Mr. Pall by a " brother of the trade named Edward David Jones, charged with an assault on the complainant. Mr. Jones stated that on Friday last, while he was in the discharg e of his duty as a broker o f customs, Mr. O'Connell pres en t e d his card to a gentleman; and on his look ing at the card, Mr. O'Connell struck him a violent blow in the face. The gentleman to whom the card was shown, confirmed the complainant's statement. When the card was shown to - the witness, Mr. O'Connell observed that though they were oppo nents in business, he would be happy to do any thing to oblige him. Mr. Jones had then looked at the card, and was struck in the manner described. Mr. O'Connell, who appeared to he greatly excited, and who had previously asked the complainant if occurrences of that kind had not taken place before, sail that these things were occurring daily with the complainant. About nine months ago, he (Mr. O'Connell) had brought him up to that court, when he received a reprimand from Mr. Hall, such as he (the defendant) never thought he would forget. Mr. Dow bad then stated that he w as a di sor d er l y c h aracter. H e (Mr. O'Connell) declared most solemnly, that he did not strike the complainant. When he showed his card to the gentleman, Jones laughed in his face, and lifted up his top coat to make the important discovery whether or not he conformed so far to Eng lish manners as to wear a shirt ! and feeling indignant at his behaviour he drove him back. He was but of short standing as a broker; and was viewed with jealousy and suspicion by the complainant, who bad told him that he was an Irishman, and asked why he did not stop in his own country, and not come and take the breal out of his mouth. He had told defendant that he and such-like Irishmen ought to be hanged, and Daniel O'Connell hanged first ; and, to crown the whole, he called him a thief in the presence of others. Mr. Hall remarked that nothing he had said was an answer to the charge of assault which had been sworn to by Jones and his witness. Mr. O'Con nell said he had attended with bail, and he wished both parties to be bound over to keep the peace. Jones was constantly also under the influence of liquor. Mr. Hall said it was perfectly clear that people resorting to the Custom-house must be annosea from day to day by these quarrels. If Mr. O'Connell had any cause of complaint against Jones, he must bring him there.— The defendant was ordered to pay 20s. and costs, or in defaul t be inaprisoned sixteen days in the Borough House of Correction . MASTER AND APPRENTICE.—Mr. Richard Gardiner ap peared before Mr. Hall, on Wednesday, having been summoned by John Price, his apprentice. Mr. Gardiner produced the indentures and handed them to Mr. Hall. The complainant said he had been working piece-work for some time past. Last week but one he made the sum which it was requisite he should make for his father, and 2s. 6d. over, to which he was entitled. When he came to get his wages his master would only pay him 3s. 9d., though he ought to have received his board wages, which were 7s. and 2s. 6d. which he had earned. The master said the statement as to the rate of wages was correct. He referred Mr. Hall to a clause in the indentures, which provided that the apprentices were not to receive payment for more time than they actually worked, Mr. Hall asked for proof of the actual time during which the apprentice had worked in the week in question. Mr Gardiner called his time-keeper, who produced the books. , The time-keeper said the complainant had absented himself during the whole of the past week. In the course of the whole of the former week he had only worked three days and a quarter. Therefore he had lost one day with another two days and three quarters. The time-keeper specified the time lost on each day according to the books. The appren tice said he had a certain sum of money to earn for his master. That sum he had earned and 2s. 6d. over; he therefore thought he was entitled to his full wages and the profit too. Mr. Hall : "Do you suppose that I shall order you to be paid your full wages for six days when you have only actually worked little better than half of that time? The master said the case stood thus. The complainant and another young man had, tasks set. What they jointly earned above that was equally divided between them. During the week in question their joint earn ings had amounted to a sum which entitled them to 2s. 6d. profit each. The complainant had credit for this sum; though be had himself lost so much time that he was curtailed of 3s. 3d. of his wages.—Mr. Hall dismissed the complaint. Stuucei,lNG.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a man named Dennis M‘Cool, the steward of the Robertson Pier vessel, was placed at the bar of the Police-office, on a charge of attempting to smuggle a large quantity of whiskey. A police officer stated that that morning, about nine o'clock, he observed a cart with a quantity of goods coming from the Prince's Dock. He ex amined the goods and found a large jug in a basket in the cart. The carter said he brought it from the pier, anti that the stew ard of one of the packets put it on the cart. From the carters description he found out the prisoner, who acknowledged that the jug was his. A Custom-house officer deposed that the jug contained three gallons and two quarts of whiskey. The pri soner said he knew nothing about what the jug contained, he bad been requested by another person to get it on shore, and was told it contained catsup. He had no permit. He was stew ard on board the Robertson. Pier. Mr. Hall said he convicted him in the mitigated penalty of £25, or to be committed for three months to Kirkdale. ItoneEn Y.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a well known and hardened thief, named Mary Brennan, was placed before the magistrates, charged with having stolen a coffee pot. A police man stated, that at about 11 o'clock that morning he was coming past the Adelphi, and saw the prisoner and another woman going up Copperas-bill : knowing them to be bad cha racters, he followed them to a shop which they had just left and inquired if they had lost anything, when the people of the shop stated, after a short examination, that they had lost a coffee pot. He immediately followed the women, and on the person of the prisoner he found the coffee pot. The prisoner said she had bought it for Bd., and had paid for it just and honest. The complainant here stated that the coffee pot was hers, and that the prisoner had not boug,ht it off her. Depredations of this kind were continually being made on her property. Mr. Hall sentenced the prisouer to be imprisoned three months in the Borough House ot Correction. STEALING IRON.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a ruffian looking fellow, well known to the police, named Martin, was placed before the magistrates, charged with having stolen a piece of pig iron from the Docks. A policeman deposed that he saw the prisoner pick up a piece of pm iron from the quay of the Prince's Dock an d put i t un d er his jacket. He immediately went towards him, when the prisoner seeing him approach him shrunk away and dropped the piece of iron behind a cart.— When asked what he had to say in defence, the prisoner, in a strong Irish brogue said, " I'd a mind to bring id away, bud I tuk a second thought an' trew it out ov me hand, an' then this young man follid me." Mr. Parkinson said the prisoner was a well known thief. Prisoner.—" 1 was not staling at all, shur." Mr. Hall.—" You are very well known; you are always steal ing about the docks." Prisoner.—" Times is very bad, shur." Mr. Hall.—" One month to the Borough House of Correction." DRUNKEN SERVANTS.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a lady named Taylor appeared to prefer a complaint against her cook, Mary M`Fee, who appeared at the bar, for getting drunk and assaulting her. Mrs. Taylor stated the prisoner was her cook, and on Wednesday she found her drunk in the kitchen. She had got the key of the wine cellar, and taken out two bot tles of wine and a bottle of porter : of this, however, she had no proof. She was so drunk in the back kitchen that she could not get on with her cooking, and she (complainant) told her to sit down till she was sober. She (the prisoner) then went to the fire, and took up the shovel. and begun stirring the fire, covering the meat with ashes and spoiling it, and she again told her to give over and sit down, when she (the prisoner) struck her a violent blow with the shovel, and so stunned her that she had to be carried out of the kitchen by the other two servants. A policeman staled that he was called into Mrs. Taylor's house to take the prisoner into custody ; she made an attack upon him also.—Mr. Hall said, this was pretty conduct in a servant ; on her mistress going into the kitchen she had assaulted her.—Mrs. Taylor said the prisoner had only been a week with her, but a recommendation.—Mr. Hall: First of all she disgraces the house - by getting drunk, which is a very high offence in a ser vant, and then she assaulted her mistress.—Prisoner : " She shoved me first, and I only shoved,her back again."—Mr. Hall: We shall fine you 20s. and costs, or in default you must be committed fur sixteen days to the Borough Gaol. ASSAULT.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a young man, Edward Jones. was placed at the bar charged with having com - nntted ainost brutal assault on a resp ec t a bl e man name d James Davreson, the night before, •in Dale-street. The complainant, wt.o appeared with his face covered with plasters, and his head much swollen, and his -face discoloured, deposed that he was going home from seeing a friend, the night before, between twelve and one o'clock, and, when passing the top of Dale street, he met the prisoner, who pushed against him, and got hold of him. He asked him what he wanted with him—had he any business with him, when the prisoner replied, b' I'll soon let you know," and with that he hit him a most violent blow on the face with something in his fist which knocked him down senseless, where he remained till the policeman picked him up. A policeman stated that he saw the prisoner knock the com plainant down on the bricks at the top of Dale-street, and when he was down the prisoner struck him and kicked him; he (th e policem an ) then came up and made him a prisoner. The com plainant appeared quite stupefied with the blows he had re ceived. The complainant here stated that he had a surgeon to his face. and he had stated that it was cut right into the bone, and he was afraid he should lose one of his eves. The prisoner said he knew nothing about it. He was a fireman out of em ployment, He never saw the complainant in his life before. Mr. Hall Said it . was a most savage assault ; the prisoner had knocked him down and kicked hid, and probably struck him with some instrument in his hand. The magistrates had no hesitation in going the Lull extremity of the law. They con victed hint i n t h e penalty o f £ 5. i ncluding costs, and in d efault of payment to be committed for two months to the Borough Gaol: A GENUINE JbHN But.t.—Yesterday, at the pOlice office, a farmer named Johu Hockleshaw, of Qllerton, was summoned 'before the magistrates on a charge of his two Men having removed night so il H orn two p l aces,. from the twin of Liver pool, during the hours not allowed by law. On both inforiha lions he Was fined 6s. 6d. with costs. - The defendant presented a finkt specimen of an old English farmer. He' was a man about 60 yeari of age, immensely stout, but, active withal, res pectably dressed in farmer style, and had an expression on his features of sulkiness at being brought there, and dogged obsti nacy. His defence was, that he knew nothing about his men being in Liverpool, having given them orders to go elsewhere. He was fined, however, notwithstanding, when he immediately said he . would not pay. Mr. Hall: "Is that your determina tion ?" 'Farmer: Yei." Mr. Hall "Then I must order you into custody till cry warrant can be returned." The old man then submitted to be taken into custody, and was placed in the prisoner's dock. After remaining there a short time, Mr. Hall again addressed him. " Come now, why cannot you pay this fine? You seem a respectable man, and I don't wish to be harsh with you. You know I have power to detain you till my warrant for the sale of stacent of your property to cover the tine and expeuses has been returned. Come put your hand in your pocket." Fanner—" I don't see that I ought to pay it." Mr. Hall: As to my reasoning with a farmer, that is quite oat of the question. Look here, suppose I send my warrant; you will look very foolish to be kept here till Satur day; you will lose two days, and when you get home you will find a part of your property taken under my warrant, and will be laughed at by all the farmers arround you. Come pay the 13s. Fanner (after considering awhile) , "rake something off it." (Laughter.) Mr. I will lessen the flue and put you in the same situation as some of the others who have been fined. Pay ss. 6d. for each information, that will be Ils. then, 2s. off. The old farmer without uttering a svllableslowly paid the money, shilling by shilling and then walked 4teadily and sulkily out of the court. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MANSLAUGHTER IN THOMAS'S-STREET. On Saturday night, another of those foul occurrences, arising from unbridled passion, and of which there have been seve ral instances lately in this town, took plaCe in Thomas's -court, Thomas-street. The unfortunate victim„ was a shoemaker, named Denis Doherty, who lodged with a person named Fergus M'Carroll, a labourer. About twelve o'clock M - Carroll and . his wife, together with the deceased and another lodger, were sitting quietly in the house, when Mary , Ryan, a woman who lived in the street, rushed in, and begged to be protected from the violence of her husband. Ryan followed her immediately, and after M'Carroll had interfered to prevent him from striking his wife, Dogherty remonstrated with him on the indecency of his conduct. Ryan, in his fury, imtnediately struck Dogherty a violent blow upon the neck, by which the carotid artery was cut in two, and death ensued in a few minutes afterwards. An inquest was held on the body . on Tuesday, when the following evidence was laid before the jury : Catherine M'Carroll stated that the decimsed had been a lodger in her house for the last six or seven years. He was a shoemaker. On Saturday night about 12 o'clock the deceased, together with witness' husband, and an old woman, another lodger, were ad herne. About a quarter past twelve, Mary Ryan, who lives in same street with witness; came running. into the house, and begged the husband of witness to cone up to her house, as her husband was going to heat her. When he was about to leave the house to accompany the woman, Ryan came in and made a run at his wife, and knocked her down. Witness's husband stood up betwixt them, and got them to sit down. At this tithe the deceased was standing in the middleof the floor. Ryan struck a second blow at his wife, and cut her in the right arm, which she put up to ward off the blow. Wit ness did not see any knife or anything else in his hand. Wit ness's husband caught hold of Ryan, and said he should not beat his wife in that manner, but Ryan threw him down. Wit ness then pushed Ryan's wife into the street, and when she was returning she met the deceased in the middle of the street with the blood gushing down his neck. He had one band to his neck. Witness shouted out murder. Witness was then taken into custody by an officer. She did not hear that the deceased was dead till next morning. She did not see Ryan strike the de ceased, nor did she see the deceased iu any way interfere be tween Ryan and his wife. The deceased was years of age. He was in the habit of taking liquor, but was perfectly sober on Saturday night. Ryan was very. tipsey. He and the deceased were great friends. Catherine Cain was in the List witness's house on Saturday night, and confirmed her evidence as far as related to Ryan's coming into the house and knocking her husband down when he interfered to save Ryan's wife from his blows. At that time the deceased was standing on the floor. Witness heard him say to Ryan that it was a shame for him. On this Ryan turned round and struck the deceased somewhere about the head or neck. Blood immediately gushed out of the deceased's neck " just as if they had been killing a sheep." Witness did not see any knife in Ryan's hand when he struck the blow. The deceased cried out, " I am a done man." Ryan cried out, " Save the man," and then ran out, and witness had never seen him since. The deceased run out, and called fora doctor. H e was brought in dead soon afterwards. Feargus 111 - Carroll, the husband of the first witness, deposed that after the struggle betwixt him and Ryan mentioned by the former witnesses, both of them got up and walked towards the table.. The deceased was standing near the table. He said something to Ryan like this—" that it was a shame for a man like him not to have better sense." Ryan then made a blow at the deceased, anti the next thing witness saw was the blood gushing out from deceased's neck. Deceased did not fall with the blow, hut called out, "lam a done man." Witness said to Ryan, " You villain, you see what you have done now ;"• noon which he answered, " Save you life." The deceased went out of the house, and Ryan utter him. Witness did not see a knife or anything else in Ryan's hand, when he stuck the deceased. There might or might not have been time for Ryan to have taken a knife out of his pocket between the time of their getting off the stairs, where they struggled, and the blow was struck. Ambrose Lynch Berry is an inspector of police. On Saturday night he heard screams of murder m Thomas's-street. Lie went down, and found the deceased sitting in the middle of the street with his hand against his jaw. Witness thought he was drunk, and asked where the row was. He then discovered that the deceased had teen stabbed, the blood running over his stick and boots. A woman came up, and witness left the-deceased in her care, and ran up. the entry to secure whatever persons were there. He came back again in two or three minutes, but found that the man was dead. He got assistance, and had the body taken into M'Carroll's house. James Hamilton Kelly, physician and surgeon, saw the body of the deceased on Monday, and on examination found a wound on the left side of the neck, a punctured wound, very narrow and deep. Witness passed his linger into the wound, and found it proceeded downwards in the direction of the carotid artery. It was very deep Into the throat, and had severed the carotid artery, which was quite sufficient to cause death. It must have been inflicted by some sharp-pointed instrument. The blade of a large pocket knife might have caused it. After hearing the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Ryan, and the coroner issued his warrant to take him into custody.—Fifty pounds reward have beea offered for his apprehension. MEETING OF THE STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCIET Y. • On Wednesday the annual meeting of the Strangers' Friend Society was held at 1 o'clock, at the Charitable'lnstitution House in Slater-street, for the past year The meeting was very thinly attended. Mr. WM. COMER was moved into the chair. Mr. MICHAEL ASHTON then proceeded to read a statement of the accounts from which it appeared that there was an increase in the years receipts of £9. The society had distributed in various ways £458 4s. 10d. They had paid £.45 to the soup society for 19,000 quarts of soup at a half-penny a quart. The balance on hand was £227 6s. Bd. Mr. RADCLIFFE the secretary then proceeded to read the fol lowing report : REPORT. The Committee of the Strangers' Friend Society in presenting, to its subscribers a report of the manner in which their contri butions have been applied during the past year, beg to state their conviction that, although in the arduous task allotted to their visitors, instances may have occurred where they have erred through the impossibility of detecting imposition ; they have in the distribution of relief ever been actuated by the desire to carry into effect, so far as circumstances permitted, the inten tion of the founders and friends of the society, namely:—First, to seek out objects of distress, whether stranger or resident, and to become thoroughly acquainted with their real circumstances; and secondly, to apportion to each such relief as their cases re quired, and the resources of the society warranted them to afford. The main difficulty of the visitors has arisen in the endeavour to reconcile these two, not unfrequently, conflicting conditions of administering assistance. It must be obvious that in apportioning relief to the many thousands of distressed ob jects annually coining under the society's notice, the scantiness of the amount placed at its disposal for this purpose, seldom amounting to more than £5OO per year, must frequently place the committee and the visitors in circumstances in which their feelings and their judgment come into collision, and where instead of being able to afford a quantum of relief sufficient to enable a destitute individual or family to surmount their embar rassments, the visitors have it in their power only to grant such assistance as served either to alleviate present destitution, or prevent actual slat vation. But, notwithstanding this difficulty, and it is one which the committee deeply regret, they have, in special cases, not confined themselves to such limited relief. Where cases have been found to possess peculiar features of aggravated distress, or where the bestowment of a greater amount of relief promises at once to extricate an individual or family from embarrassment; thecommittee have empowered the visitors to grant extended assistance accordingly, such cases having been first authenticated and scrutinised by one or more of the officers of the society. Wbile the committee cannot but ardently wish that the society's resources were so ample as to afford the visitors the luxury ili s f being able, in addition to alle viating. of completely surmounting distress, they still account it well deserving all the cost and pains bestowed on the society to have it in their power to accomplish an amount of good, which, in numberless cases, has tended to prevent utter starvation— dried up the tears of the mourner, and caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. Several instances of such timely interposition will be given in the appendix from. many similar instances re ported by'the visitors. Were the permanent income of the society arising from sub scriptions, instead of £270 per annum, its present amount, in- creased to twice that sum, (and surely in a town of such opu lence and public spirit as Liverpool, this would not be too much to expect on behalf of the destitute stranger and foreigner from all parts; of the world, compelled by various causes to seek a temporary sojourn within its precincts,) its conductors would be able to present much more cheering results than they have at present to exhibit. • • During the past year, relief has been administered to about 1800 cases, a great proportion of whom have been families, and consisting of probably 7000 or 8000 individuals. Of these about 800 cases have been English and Welsh; 800 Irish; 100 Scotch, and _lOO destitute sailors and foreigners. ThiS relief, it is scarcely necessary for the committee again.to state, has been afforded to all in distress, iriespective of party, or creed, or country. The committee, in accordance with the design of the society, as expressed in its original prospectus, published upwards of forty years ago, feel that to be in actual distress is the only recommendation needed on the part of the applicants for its bounty. On this principle they have always acted, and still purpose to proceed, desiring humbly to act in accordance with the benign purposes df the Divine source of all blessedness, "who maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and on the unjust." Mr. EGERTON SMITH proposed a plan of doing away with street-begging. He would give to every applicant as much dry bread as he could eat, providing be eat. it there and then. If they gave soup, they would have thousands applying for it, and the funds of the society would never bear it; but a man who would eat a lump of dry bread must be really hungry to do so. Mr. AsirroN was of opinion, that for one applicant for soup there would be two for bread. _ Mr. SMITH said, he would not allow the bread to be taken away; they must eat it on the spot, else all the millers iu the country would hardly supply them, if the applicants were allow ed to pocket the bread. It was determined, that this plan should be adopted in build ings suited for the purpose. It was then moved and carried, that the report be adopted, and be printed and circulated; and that the thanks of the meet ing be given to the officers and committee for the past year. The officers for the ensuing year were then appointed. A reso lution was also passed, calling for increased subscriptions to ameliorate the severe privations of the poor at this season of the year. The meeting then broke up. • Ttiiz R tt,wA TIMES.—We have received ti . Copy of this newspaper, which is exclusively devoted to the dissemination of every species of, information respecting railways. Weoppr“ve of its plan and principles, and hope that it will meet with sUccesiii LIVERPOOL APOLLO GLEE CLUB. This celebrated knicietv held its forty-second anniversary yes terday evening, at Mr. (loiden's, Richmond-row. About forty gentlemen, some of them the Lest patrons of music in this town, partook of all eicellent dinner, and during the evening enjoyed one of the highest musical treats; indeed, the style in which the glees were executed could not, by possibility be excelled.. Mr. G. Holden presided at the piano -forte: his accompaniment of "'l'he G'ee" is too well known and appreciated to require any eulogtu:n from us. The chair was admirably filled by Mr. the father of the club, and he was ably supported by Mr Gillow and Mr. Snowball, as vice-presidenti. For the gra tification of our musical readers, we subjoin the bill of fare on this occasion:— Grace before meat—" Praise the Lord." Grace after meat—" Non nohis Domine." The Queen—National Anthem—arranged by Novell°. The Queen Dowager, and the rest of the Royal Family.— Glee, " Beauties, have you seen ?"—Evan;. The Army and Navy.—Glee, " Some of my heroes are low." —Stevens.. Prosperity and Perpetuity to the Apollo Glee Club.—Madri gal, "This pleasante monthe of Mai e . '—Beale. Thomas Holden, president and father of the Apollo Glee Club. —Glee, " When winds breathe soft."— Webbe The Liverpool Glee " 0, strike the harp in praise."— Stereos. George Holden, and the English Composers of the present day.—Prize Glee, "Smiling Mirth."—G, Holden. The Liverpool pea Steak Club.—" Hail! great Apollo." Hargreaves. Sir G. Smart and the Honorary Members of the Apollo Club. —Glee, " The Squirrel."—Sir G. Smart. The memory of the deceased Members of the Apollo Club.— Glee, " In the hall I lay."—Dickens. The Vice-presidents.—Round, " La mia Dorabella."—Mozart. PASSENGER BROKERS TO LIEUTENANT LOWE, R.N. • Stn,—lt is really time that the mist which has so long ob scured the perception of the public, should he dispersed, and that the passenger brokers of Liverpool should be viewed in a proper light, instead of being beheld through ;he fallacious re presentations of newspaper reports, and the unmerited odium which you have endeavoured to cast upon them. T hey have been, since the commencement of your dynasty in Liverpool, a most persecuted people; public indignation has been invoked against them; the most frivolous complaints have been magni fied into cases of enormous delinquency, and the brokers have now only the alteinative to die under the lash, or to stand for ward in their own defence as honest men,—as the inhabitants of a free country, courting an inquiry into their conduct, not shrinking from it, demanding investigation as the only legiti mate means of reinoviog the foulest' assertions and the most opprobrious epithets that were ever heaped on commercial men in the second commercial port in the world. , • I have lately read in the newspapers a statement purporting to come from you, wherein an abstract is given of the number of passengers that have emigrated from this nort, &c. I shall not dispute the accuracy of the first part of your statement respecting, the number of emigrants, but I shall state that you owe your information to the kindness of those very men whom you are daily endeavouring to malign in the most unworthy manner. You are indebted to them for furnishing you with the number of passengers by each vessel; for more than two-thirds of the passenger-ships have not their full complement on board, consequently the tonnage cannot enable you to obtain that in formation which can only be had at the office of the passenger brokers. Then, with regard to your authority to demand such information, yon have none whatever. If lain rightly informed, Lord Stanley, when he was colonial secretary, appointed you to the situation which you now hold. But his lordship, in doing so, acted on his own responsibility, as he can show no authority for taking the liberty to make such an appointment; and if he had no authority fur appointing you, then your authority falls to the ground as a matter of course. But the emigrant agents have not treated you as they might have done; they have be haved towards you with a degree of civility and courtesy which your conduct towards them never warranted nor ever deserved. They have afforded you information, and every facility fur ob taining information, in return for which you have domineered over them in the most hauhgty manner. In their behaviour to wards you, they have acted with mildness, condescension, and respect, but not with that cringing, abject submission which your seem to expect. You state that in' 1837 there were 3760 complaints lodged at your office. Will you have the goodness to inform the public how many of these complaints were either very frivolous or utterly groundless ? You state that you obtained redress for 894, and it is •highly probable that out of the 3760 complaints, the 894 were the only ones that needed any redress. You are no more ignorant of the se f r i vo l ous complaints than I am, and Sou are well aware that more titan nine tenths of the well grounded complaints originate with feilows who are lurking about the docks, and not with the respectable passenger brokers, ,who de s pi se t h e villany that is so wantonly and so unjustly im puted to them. Yet you are never heard to denounce the real actors in such cases; for these ate the very men through whose agency your office is filled with complaints, and you know that only for them you Would have no business to attend to in your office, and consequently no opportunity of appearing a very useful man in the eyes of those who know nothing to the con trary, and who are content to believe the exparle reports that appear in the pages of newspapers. In how many cases could you trace the frauds upon passengers to the true source? but this would not answer the purpose of vilify ing the passenger brokers, who are doomed to be the victims of public indigna tion. You state that in a period of about four years and eight months, Noll wrested from passenger brokers the sum of £523. Is. 8-1-d. and restored it to poor persons emigrating from this port—at least, you state it was done through the instrumen tality of your office. Now, averaging six passenger brokers during that period, it follows that you have recovered from each house, between £lB. and £l9. per annum; in other words, taking the average passage as low as £3. you have got back the passage money of about six persons. Really this is monstrous work, and it shows' that we must be a very delinquent set of people, since six persons annually out of so many thousands have had their money returned ! But you state that redress could not be obtained for the rest, "owing to the ineffective state of the Passenger Act." That act was amended very lately, and was expected to be such as would fully answer the purpose for which it was intended. But, I tell you, that, as lung as the passengers are such people as we, to oursorrow, find them to be, it will be in vain to have one Act of Parliament after another, creating fresh changes, and throwing obstacles not only in our way, but actually injuring the very people for whom you profess to have so parental a regard. If the trade be shackled, the consequence is that it falls upon the poor emi grant, who is thereby compelled to pay a higher price for his passage. If ships are obliged to take less passengers, if greater and additional restrictions are to be placed on the trade, the amount of charter will be augmented, and the emigrants will lie necessitated to pay a higher fare. This will he the inevitable consequence. So muck for your friendly feeling to the passengers ! But the legislature will, no doubt, hear two sides of an argument. I do most positively believe that the minds of the magistrates have been prejudiced against us—that their opinions, their decisions, have been wafted and wavered, and, I am sorry to say, dragged ihto the wrong chan nel by the specious representations of some of the cases which aou have brought against us. This is an honest man's charac ter forced upon the world in the most unfavourable point of view. Newspaper iepurtsare headed "CHEATINGEMIGRANTS," or " Friaun ueoN ErainiraNTs," till the town teems with the idea that we are all a pack of swindlers, for whom Botany Bay is too good an asylum. It appears, further, that in a period of about four years and eight months, you recovered altogether £523. Is. Etiri ; though in oce single year (I 837) you obtained redress for 894! Truly this redress that you have obtained has been a most transcendant show of victory. I.3nt this, you willtell the public, is all owing "to the ineffective state of the Passenger Act. This may be very palatable for those who know no better; but for us who know the law as well as you do, such statements pass for what we know to lie their true value. I must now call attention to the following paragraph, which appeared in the Standard newspaper of this town, and which was appended to your statement in that paper: " It will be seen, by reference to the above table, that the ap pointment of Lieut. Lowe, as Government Emigration Agent, at thi s port, has, notwithstanding the great difficulties with which he has had to contend, been attended with beneficial re sults. There is no doubt, however, that a much greater benefit would accrue, if individuals who are about to emigrate, would apply to him in the first instance. Preventiou is proverbially better than cure; and if the proper course were in the first in stance taken, we might soon see an end put to a system of swin dling which is a disgrace to our community." Without alluding to the swindling department of the above paragraph, I beg to say, that it would be most injudicious to apply to you "in the first instance." All men have their par tiality and their prejudices; and you, like other men, are sub-' ject to the same imperfections • and, therefore, it would be very unfair and very unjust to enable you to recommend all passen gers to one favoured house. Such a system of despotism (if it were the law) might suit a despotic country, but is net conge nial with the laws or the institutions of the British realm. We have, in our unfortunate business, to deal with the very worst of characters—with the offscourings of the human race— with robbers, runaways, villains of all sorts and descriptions, for whom the voice of public sympathy is invoked ; but there is no commiseration for us, if we lose two or three hundred pounds by a ship. Not at all! This would not suit your busi ness in Union-street. We are lo be held up to the world as swindlers! nothing less than.downright "SWINDLERS!" Swind ling whom? Men than that ate qualified to swindle us, after having perhaps swindled more acute people than we are. But the true statement of the case is. . that we are and must be expos ed as common swindlers; and all this must be made manifest, in order that you may appear a most useful man. In truth, I pity the man who attempts to rise to eminence by such meaes. There is a great difference in passengers. Some are more re spectable than others; but the bulk of them corresponds with the above unfavourable picture. It is well known to us that most of them will call God to witness the basest falsehoods, and that they will be guilty of dark, unhallowed perjury for the sake of a few shillings. Yet public sympathy must 'be awakened for them !-but none for us! How often does it happen, that an emigrant swears he has barely what will pay his passage, and the same night he gets into bad company, and comes next morn ing to lament his loss of ten, twenty, or thirty sovereigns. One day a passenger called his Maker to witness, that he had not enough to pay his hospital money; and after he was told we would he content to lose the dollar 14 went immediately to a public-house and changed a sovereign for a glass of whisky. But it appears they deserve all sympathy, and we deserve none ! Our character is precious to us, however lightly you may look upon it, and we shall endeavour to preserve it untarnished from your unworthy aspersions. A PASSENGER BROKER. P.S.—As our business has been libelled by being called " a system of swindling that. is a disgrace to our community,•" I hereby challenge you to produce a single case of direct swind ling, to name the persons who were swindled, where they enga ged their passage, and who were the actors or abettors in the crime. 1 have only one cause of regret in writing this letter, viz., that it makes von appear to be a man of greater importance than you are; for any man in Liverpool can show an aggrieved pas senger the road to the police•court. Perhaps it may be said, am only " breaking a fly on the wheel." MR. PEMBERTON'S CONCERT.—We perceive that Mr: Pem berton takes his annual concert this evening at the Templar's Hall, Great George -street. He has putout a most attractive syllabus. All the principal local perfortners of the town are engaged. and all the best vocalists, with the valuable addition of Miss Leach. THE Soci , EsiAI3I.ISIII'ANT.—We are glad to find that the truly benevolent plan of serving the poor with soup has been revived in LiVerpool. The inclemency of the season, which has thrown great ,rt um her of lahourersout of employ, renders such an e4tablishment Peculiatly- necessary. ' We hope that the customary lihera!ity of the public of Liverpool will be evinced by augmented subscriptions to this desirable object. The Marquii of Anglesey has made a liberal distribution of food and clothing to the poor on his estates in the Isle of An glesey, and also at Beautlesert: MEETING or JUSTICES.-COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS. On Tues lay, at 12 o'clock, a court of Quarter Sessions of the Justices of the borough was he'd tor the regul &on of the gaol and House of Correction. The justices present were the Mayor, Mr. John Holmes, Mr. R,oskeil, Mr. Bircht Mr. A. Hodgson, Mr. Ripley, Mr. Theodore Rathbone, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Hugh Hornby, Mr. Rawdon, Mr. Earle, and Mr. Bolton. The MAYOR, on the entrance of reporters, stated that th'e. sessional business would be first gone through, which was open to the public; after which the magistrates would resolve into a committee, which was not a session but private. Mr. RADCLIFFE, the Town Clerk, and Clerk of the Peace, then read the report of the visiting justices. The visiting jus tices found that they were required to make a report in writing, every quarter under the following heads: first, the state and condition of the prisoners ; secondly, what repairs and alte rations, if any, are required; and thirdly, the state and condi tion of the prison. The Town Clerk then read "the report of Wm. Bacheldor, keeper of the Common Gaol," which cer tified that the rules and regulations laid down for the govern ment of the prison had been duly complied with. The report then set forth the number of prisoners, male and female, the nature of their offences, and the term of their imprisonment. In conclusion the report stated that from the great increase of female transports and this class of criminals, the governor bad been under the necessity of removing this class of prisoners to a ward by themselves, which was calculated to be productive of beneficial results, in preventing old offenders from contami nating those who were imprisoned under a first conviction. The report called the attention of the justices to the necessity of an immediate alteration in the cook-house and wash:house: The building itself was inadequate to the cooking required, and was so low, that the people employed there were from morning till night enveloped in steam, and in consequence, several of them had been placed under the care of the surgeon. The wash-house was so limited as nut to be capable of getting through the washing. The Town Clerk stated that the alterations in the cook-house and wash-house could not be proceeded with till after the next quarterly council. The former report of the justices to the council had been read and approved, but by law it could not be determined on till the next session, or the next quarterly council. Mr. BIRCH—CouId not these alterations be recommended previously? and are we not now waiting for the confirmation of Lord John Russell, on that report ?. . . The MAYOR said they had determined to go on with the alter ations unless they were objected to. The TOWN-CLERk said the course observed had been that certain alterations were recommended as proper, and were taken into consideration at the quarterly councils, subject to the approbation of the Secretary of State. Lord John Russell had suggested that there should be a new gaol, and so the pro ceedings rested. It was then determined to report iu favour of the alterations before proposed, subject to some corrections, with a view to the council proceeding with those alterations according to law. They had accordingly been made to the - last council, but the rule of law of the gaol act ordered that a report of sessions, when brought before the council, should be received atone sessions or council and confirmed at another. The Gaoler's report was then ordered to lie on the table. The MAYOR then said that the next report was the chaplain's. The TOWN-crEett then proceeded to read the report of the Rev. George Stokes, officiating minister. In conformity with the regular cottons, he had great pleasure in making the report, with respect.. to, the Borough ,Gaol. Since the last report, divine service bid regularly been performed in the chapel, two full services on the Sundays and prayers on the Tuesdays and Fridays. He thought daily prayers would be extremely useful. A plan of this kind, had been introduced; t Kirkdale, and be hoped that a similar plan *mild be introduced into the Borough Gaol. He once more impressed the necessity Of forming a library in the gaol to be under the commitl of the chaplain. A plan of this kind had been 'adopted at Kirkdale Gaol, and had been found very useful by the chaplain. He thought that five pounds would purchase a great many religious and moral works in sheets, and they might be bound in the prison at a very slight cost. A library thus formed would be of great use to the chaplain, and of great benefit to the prisoners. Yet they must not be too sanguine; to make bad men good was no easy task. By this system it had been found, in Coldbath-fields prison, that good in individual instances (and amongst hardened offenders) had been the result. The effect, however, in the great majority of instances, did not reach beyond the walls. Short imprisonments he.had found to be decidedly injurious. It appeared to him to be desirable to do away with these imprison ments altogether. In the meatititne, it was a question of the utmost importance that the prisoners should be usefully employ ed. The more he saw of the prisons the more thoroughly . was he convinced that their want of moral and religious instruction and their ignorance, was the great source of crime. He had lately, by the advice of Captain Williams, examined a great many prisoners as to the cause of their committingcrimes, and he had generally found it to arise from the want of moral and religious education, and the bad example of their parents, aided by drunkenness and bad company. Some bad pleaded absolute want, but not many : if there were less ignorance, he was con fident there would be less want. He had great pleasure in as suring the justices, that the use of good books had produced much good effect during the last sessior., and he had been much pleased with Hie conduct of many of the prisoners. A new organ had been erected in the chapel, and had been a good improve ment in the service. He wished to draw attention to another alteration. Many of the prisoners were sentenced by the Re corder to pass much of their tithe in solitary confinement, and owing to the terms of their sentence they could not attend chapel. It was proposed to elect a number of seats in the chapel, so constructed that these prisoners would be able only to see the governor and the clergyman, and not to see each salter. He concluded the report with thanking the justices for fittingup a room for the personal accommodation of the chaplain. Mr. 11A suppose the magistrates are aware, that the new organ is not put up at the expense of the council, it is put up by subscription amongst the magistrates. 'l'he MA YOR.—The only two points that appear for considera tion, are the library, and the alteration in the seats. Mr. ADAM. HODGSON thought that the suggestion of the chaplain was a very good one; he could not see any objection to the library, the amount was so trifling. With regard to the seats, it appeared to him to be rather au extraordinary circum stance, that those persons who had to be transported, or were sentenced to solitary confinement, had to lie excluded from any place of public worship. He should hardly think that it was in the contemplation of the recorder. He thought it the most desirable thing that could be, that these persons should attend divine service, separated if necessary. He would, therefore move, that books be provided as pointed out, and that the means be forthwith afforded to enable the attendance of these persons at divine worship. He could never believe that solitary confinement without attendance on divine worship could pro duce that good which it ought to do. The motion was seconded. Mr. HARVEY thought as they had not appointed a chaplain, and as Mr. Stokes merely held his office p ro tem, that they had better adjourn the questi on o f t h e b ooks. Mr. HonnsoN said the library must be useful whoever was the chaplain. He could not see the desirableness of delay. Was not the appointment of a chaplain part of the business to come under that day's consideration ? The MAYoll.—Perhaps, Mr. Hodgson would modify his mo tion, and approve the report of the chaplain. Mr. HoncsoN had no objection. The report was then approved, and left to the sub-commitiee to carry into execution. The MAYOR satd, the clerk of the peace had requested him to state, that the sentence of solitary confinement would not allow the prisoners to attend places of worship. Mr. liounsoN.—Unless the recorder ordered some qualifi cat ion. The TOWN•CLERK said the recorder had only power to sen tence to solitary confinement, he could not qualify. The• MAYOR said the next subject was the Surgeon's report. The TowN•CLERK then proceeded to read the Surgeon's re _ _ • The MAYOR inquired if the Justices would wish the daily re ports to be read ? They would take up much time, and they had been looked over by the jail committee. Mr. El A RV EY said he had been at the jail the day before, and there certainly was no infectious disease there. The Towis-cLEart said by the 4th of Geo. IV. c 64, sec. 3, it was ordered that every surgeon appointed to a jilt should visit every person and report thereon; and further keelia jour nal, and enter ahy observations which might occur; and such journal should he kept and produced before the justices at quar ter sessions, and be signed by the same as having been before them produced. The 17th rule of the same act was that the sur geon should examine every prisoner. A M AGISTR ATE.—A certain form was recommended by Cap tain Williams; has he complied with that form? The. M A YOR.—Yes. Mr. BIRCH said the act required that there should be an ac count of the state of the health of the prisoners. Now, such an account as was entered in the surgeon's journal was not within the meaning of the act of parliament. The journal fur several days was entered "Ditto" under several general heads. it was then moved and carried that this journal was not kept incompliance with the act of parliament, and it was requested that it he in future so kept in compliance. The TowN-CLERK then read a report of the visiting justices on several complaints relating to the conduct of some of the prisoners for being disorderly in the pi icon. Much of this was to be attributed to the insufficient attendance of officers, their number not being adequate for the duties required. It was, therefore recommended' that au additional officer for each ward be appointed. _ .• - - Mr. HARVEY did not know why that report should he read that day, as it was not customary to read the reports of the visit ing magistrates. His object in wishing an additional officer to each ward to be appointed was, that an officer's eye might always be on the prisoners, to prevent those. frequent punishments which were necessary in order to keep the jail in order. The MA You was sorry Mr. Heywood was not present, as he recollected that it was Mr. Heywood who had wished this to be carried into effect, and himself and other magistrates bad con curred in it. Without additional assistance it was impossible for-the jails to be kept properly. He had been told by one of the task mistresses that it was impossible to keep the jail in order without it. Mr. HUGH HORNBT wished to know what additional number of turnkeys would be required? Mr. H A HVEY.—Only one at pre sen t. The M ',you said it was the opinion of the bench that this alteration should be made; it would be better if some magis trate would move "that it is the opinion of this bench that the sub-committee be requested . to take the necessary steps for making this appointment." Mr. HUGH HORNBY.—Have not the visiting justices power to make this appointment? • The ToWN•CLEHK.—Thev have the power subject to being laid before the council, and being approved. The recommendations for the alterations in the prison were then confirmed. The sessions were then adjourned to Monday, the sth of Feb ruary, at twelve o'clock, and the magistrates resolved themselves into committee. A patent is about to be taken out for warming rooms by means of unslackeu lime inclosed in copper or iron balls. A wag, on hearing that there were no less than five millions and a half of holes bored ►n the floor of the House of Cou►tnons, exclaimed, " well, they have made a riddle of the hon. house at last." Dr. O'Callaghan, one of the leaders of the Canadian rebels, is from Mallow, in the county of Cork, where his father carried on the baking business. He was bred an apothecary, and his only brother was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church:— Limerick Standard. The Sovereign, transport; Lieutenant Naih, agent, is ordered to fit with all haste, and take in provisions for 200 men; wkom she will embark at Cork, most probably to augment the troops in the West Indies, weakened by the regiment which the Corn wallis will convey to Halifax. • •M&D Doc.—lt i s not mita' to hear much of mad.dogs at this season of the year„and during such weather as that which now prevails; but, on Sunday morning last, great alarm and eoniu sion was caused in the neighbourhood of Urntstou and Flixton by a dog, apparently in a rabid state,. which ran from one farm house to another, and hit a considerable number of other dogs, as well as two or three persons ; amongst whom was a female servant of Mr. Stephenson. of Urmston. The dug was finally killed near Flittort:—Manchester Guardian. ;-.7 .~,~.: :..~ MEETING OF RATE PAYERS AT BIRKENHEAD. Yesterday a meeting of the Rate-payers of Birkenhead was held at the parish church, Birkenhead, at 2 o'clock, convened by the following notice:—" A vestry meeting of the Rate payers of Birkenhead will be held in the parish church thereof, . on Thursday, the 18th day of January instant, at '2 o'clock in: the afternoon, for the purpose of considering a draft act of par liament, prepared pursuant to the resolution of the last vestry meeting. And notice is hereby further given, that the said draft now lies at the police office of the said township for the inspection of the Rate-payers. Signed John Eastwood, Thos. Boydell Colborne." It was moved by . Mr. CAsE, and seconded 14 Mr. PLATT, that Mr. It. Russell, the Church-warden take the chair. Mr. MALLABY, Solicitor, then read the requisition calling the trieeting, and the rote of the last vestry appointing a com mittee, and Mr. Case as. chairman. Mr. CASE reported the proceedings of the committee, which bad ended in the: drawing up of the draft of a bill to be laid before parliament, empowering• the township to borrow a sum of £6OOO, a debt.to that amount -having been very nearly in curred. By tlie present act the commissioners were bound immediately to commence repavnient of the debt,,and for this purpose they had already levied a rate of Is. 6d. 'iii the pound on the tenants on the rack rent. • The new bill progosed to ex tend the time for payment, whereby the burden would be re moved from the present tenant, and the rate instead of being Is 6d. would at most be 6d: No frirther sum to be borrowed than to pay off this present delit-r i it bout the consent of the ma jority of the whole of the presect commissioners, a part of whom were annually elected. He concluded with moving the adupti ,n of the draft of the bill 'which they hid prepared for the better regulation of the township. ' Mr. APPLETON rose to oppose the motion, end - spoke at great length. He contended that the general object of the bill was unnecessary; that nu fault could be found with the present commissioners, and that they had not the power of levying a rate of Is. 6d. io the pound on the rack rent. He contended that parliament would not extent the time of payment of the present money; and that instead of the projected bill lessening, it would only increase the rates. He contended that the new bill was only concocted for the benefit of the landowners, and largo proprietors, to enable them to pave , _ and sewer their own streets at the expense of the tenants. He concluded with mov ing an amendment " !nat the bill be read this day seven years." Mr. SHARP seconded the amendment. Mr. JACKSON gave an epitome of the act; and described what Were its intentions. The bill did not give the power of lending a single farthing to the landoviners, and whatever money the landlord might owe to the parish, if paid by the tenant, might be deducted by him according to the practice of Liverpool, and • elsewhere. Mr. Ma ',Lahr contended in reply to Mr. Appleton, that the commissioners had the power of laying the rate of Is. 6d. in the. pound on the rack rent. By the present att . the possession of 1.:1000 worth of property qualified a persoh fdr eortmtitiloner, whether he paid rates or not. He would ask whether a bOdy of commissioners so constituted, was capable of sympathising with the wishes and feelings of the township? They wanted that no man should be a commissioner who was not a rate•payer. The present commissioners had it in their power to continue this tax of Is. 6d. in the poune. for ever if they liked. Mr. Appleton had stated that £14,000 would be required for sewerage; he contended that this was incorrect. He contended that though the bill might appear to bear immediately on the landlord, it would be to his ultimate benefit, and would relieve the present tenants. It was the interest of every shopkeeper to do everything they could to enlarge the community; if it got known that the township was heavily taxed, it would drive inhabitants away; it - ought therefore to be stringent on shopkeepers to support the hill, which tended to keep the taxes down. Un- . less this act was passed to enable them to get money, the town ship would be known as a heavily taxed town. He contended,' that the debt would be put off by the bill to an indefinite period. and they would only have the interest to pay. He denied, that he advocated this measure for his own interest. As for the pal try sum that would be paid to him for watching the bill through Parliament, there were gentlemen enough present who knew that it was to him insignificant and contemptible. What he lociked to was, the prospective benefit of the township. Mr. Sharp an t Mr. Appleton were both members of the committee which had assented to the bill, and he appealed to any one, whe ther it was not a disgrace to assent to that measure in the com mittee, and then in a private meeting to propose to get up an opposition to it ? If any of them had a feeling of independence, they would retaliate with scorn on such conduct. (Great con fusion, amidst which—) Mr. APPLETON rose, but did not speak. Mr. SHARP (with great heat)—Allow me to state—(Great confusion and interruption, amidst which a dog who was in the aisle set up a hind "bow wow wow, bow wow.") A PARISHIONER.—One at once, gentlemen, if you please. (Laughter.) , Mr. M A I. L ABY.—It is, re corded that the assent embraced tbe wholeof the meeting, and Mr. Appleton was one of the meeting. Mr. APPLETON.—My attending that meeting did not prevent my atteading this. Mr. Mallithy has overturned the whole driff of my arguments. (Laughter, and "so he has." I stated that the taxation would be required to five per, cent. As to sewering, 1 said it in words, sir, that the t e n an t s v r o pld not h ave to *pay the sewerage. I come here freely,to, weak mY mind. Mr. MALI,ABY had no doubt Mr. Appletoh did, net intend to make any mis-statement. There was one re mar k be wished to make about the elective body. It was stated that , the commis sionets were to be elected.under Sturges Boiirne's Act. This bill had no such proposition. It was determined that the fran chise should rest with the £lO rate-payers, as they were most calculated to look after the general interests. . 4 . Mr. SHARP said, when he was in the commit tee there was a clause which passed the committee which was now withdrawn. He should wish to know the reason. Mr. M A LLA By said the reason was that it was Considered that the franchise would be better in the £lO householders than under Sturges Bourne's act. • Perhaps Mr. Sharp might have assented to that, thinking it might cause opposition afterwards. It was not anticipated that there would be any opposition. Mr. SHARP would propose that a clause should be inserted— that Sturges Bourne's bill should never be acted on. Mr. MA L LAB Y did not think they could get a bill ()abet kind passed. That act never could be acted on under this act. Mr. SHARP said there would be some hole for the large rate 4 payers to creep out at. (Confusion.) A RATE•PAYRR.—WiII you allow n,e— •Another RATE-PAYRR.—Mr. Chairman— A third RATE-PAYER —One at (inst. (Confusion.) Mr. SHARP at length made himself heard. A gentleman had guaranteed the.rate-payers that the cost of going to parliament with the bill should not exceed £5OO. Had Mr., Mallaby got the guarantee 1. . Mr. Ma hr.ani.—flo, I have not. Your observation does not apply to me but to others. 1 have stated that the cost would be £5OO or £550 to get the act through parliament if there was no opposition. I repeat that I will be bound by the result. • Mr. JACKSON.-1 have no objection to guarantee if there is no opposition. Several Rate-payers.--There will be an opposition. The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment. th,.se for and against it dividing to different sides of the cliut&h, ashen, at length, the tellers appointed gave in the numbers, 51 on each side. The Chairman then gave his casting vote in favour of the motion. Mr. Su A RP then demanded a poll, and it was arranged, that the poll should be open an hour that afternoon ; 'to open again this morning at ten, and dose at four in the afternoon : the vot ing to be under Sturges Bourne's act. GREAT FIRE AT ST. PETERSBURGH-DESTRUC TION OF THE WINTER PALACE. ST. PETERSBURG H, DEC. 30.—The imperial winter palace, the residence of our Sovereigns, which was built by Count Rastrelli, at the beginning of the reign of the Empress Eliza beth, and consequently near a century old, has been destroyed by fire which broke out suddenly in the inietior of the building at a late hour last night, and spread with such rapidity and fury that it defeated all our efforts made to arrest its progress, which were directed by his imperial Majesty in person, but were ex tremely difficult from the severe cold, the thermometer being at 22 degrees by Reaumur's thermometer below the freezing point, or2B degrees below zero of Farenheit.) It has not yet been possible to ascertain the original cause of this calamity which has befallen our beloved Monarch just on his returd from a long and fatiguing journey to this residence of his tinces tors. The fire is still burning, and at the moment of my Writing, that part of the palace is in lames which vontains‘the apart ments of the Emperor, the Empress, and his august family, which is opposite the Admiralty and the Boulevards. Immedi ately on the breaking out of tbe fire the imperial family retired to the palace of her imperial Majesty. The imperial hermi tage, that repository of the rarest and most costly treasures of art, the loss of which would be irreparable, is, at present, wholly untouched, and it is hoped, with the Divine assistance, that it will be preserved, and, perhaps, also the side next to the million. For this week past the winter has been very severe, the cold, has been 42 deg. Reautnur, but the communication with the in terior is very difficult for want of snow. The Earl of Shrewsbury has transmitted his usual donation for the purpose of purcha s ing coals to be given to the Indus ttious poor of the parish of B,,mpton ; and on Friday, the 22nd ult., it was distributed to upwards of 100 families. DEATH OF EARL Er.norr.- 7 We regret to announce the death of the above venerable nohleman„which took place at his resi dence, No. 1, Hamilton-place. Piicediliv. on Saturday after noon, at four o'clock, in the 87th year of his age. We believe his lordship was attacked with no particular complaint, but sunk under gradual decay of nature. His lordship was at 4 tended during his illness by his daughter, Lady Frances ¶3ankes, the wife of Mr.. Bankes, of Corfe Castle, who since her separa tion from her husband has resided with her venerable parent. Lind Eldun hai left two daughters, Lady Fiances Banks and Lady Eliiabeth Upton, the wife of Mr. Upton, the architect, and will ne.Succeeded in the title by his grandson, Lord Viscount Encombe, Who is now in his 27th year, and who came to town from Shirley House, near Croydon, to attend on his noble grand father during, his last moments. Lord Eldor, with the exception of Lord Lynedoch, was the most aged member in the House of Peers. . , ANOTHER STORY Of THE QUEEN, AS TRVII AS ANY OP THE ttasT.—Two things were under prohibitiffla in the Duchess of Kent's establishment—the tines and green tea. It is said that the Queen, immediately on returning from her irst council, ad dressed an attendant thus-'--"Te-day's Maas and a cup of green tea!" LoNnivrrv.—The annual (linnet was lately given %y Mr. Lansdown, of the White Horse Inn, Cricklade, to twenty-foot of the olden poor men of that town, whose united ages amount.. ed to 1827 years. INCENDIARTSM IN WIT.TS.—A ire, supposed to be the work of an incendiary, took place on Wednesday night week, a Chiverell, on ,a small farts in the oecup a tion o f Mi. Thorned Chapman. , A wheat rick, containing about 15 sacks, was en tirely destroyed. • A melancholy accident occurred on Tuesday to Mr. Henry Penny, jun., of Yeovil. While out amusing himself with his gun, tin getting over a hedge, he gave it tii.a boy to hold, and while in the act of retaking . it i •vihenon the other side, with the muzzle pointed towards himself,, the trigger, which was socked, caught in a bramble, and the gun exploded, lodging its con tents in the head of Mr. Penny, by which accident be was instantlj killed. tt A , PATki AND WELLS DIOCESAN CHURCH BIJILDTISTI SSOCT ATION.—This association was formed on the 11th_ of August; . 1137, and has already contributed towards providing in the Diocese 6417 additional sittings, of which 4668 are to be free and unappropriated for ever. We consider it necessary to state, that the nninbei of men intended fur Canada, as announced by the United Service Ga.: tette of Saturday, is incorrect, inasmuch as our contemporary states the entire to be only 3,900; whereas the troops at present under orders, including the artillery, amount to nearly 7,000 rank and file.--Times. Countless flocks of birds, having the appeartinCi of flelafares in the distance, passed over the north-eastern parts of the tnetro polis, in a southerly direction, et the end of lait week. SO numerous Were these winged fugitives from the black north, that they darkened the air like a cloud, and their transit oceu pied several minutes. The weather-wise consider the circh& stance d :tare prognostic of a severe sod protratt6B *Mt Of- 71 Aleirn ileftll#: r~