The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-10 00:00:00

thTOICEN OF ESTEEM.—We understand that the ladies of e Congregation of St. Barnabas Chapel, in this town, have entered into a subscription for the purpose of presenting the Rev. Dr. Carpenter with a handsome silver tea service, as a testimony of their approval of his strenuous exertions in the cause of religion, humanity, and the universal benevolence of his character. The value of the plate is contemplated to be about sixty guineas.—[This gentleman is, we believe, brother to the Rev. Mr. Carpenter, of St. Michael's Church, in this town.] - - FIRE IN SMITEDOWN-LANE.—On Friday night, about half-past nine o'clock, an alarm reached the station in Tem ple-street, that a tire had occurred in Smithdown lane. Two engines, two water carts, and a large body of firemen, su perintended by the indefatigable Mr. Hewitt, immediately got under way, and reached the scene of the conflagration before much injury had been done to the premises. The fire occurred in the hemp-room of the ropery in Smithdown lane. A small portion of the hemp was burnt, but the pre mises sustained no injury. ROBBERY OF A LAD.—Yesterday, five young men, named Samuel Powell, Edward Stockforth, Daniel Griffin, Thomas Fleetwood, and Robert Norris, were charged at the police court with having robbed a lad, who said his name was Henry Moores, of the sum of ninepence. It appeared that the com plainant lived in Canal-street, Ancoats, Manchester, and that having no employment there he came to Liverpool in the hope of obtaining some at the cotton mill near the canal. He applied on Saturday, and was told to call again on Mon day. He had only ninepence in his pocket, which he intended to reserve for his use on Sunday, and, in order not to break in upon it, he resolved to sleep that night near the brick-kilns. He did so, and about three o'clock he was awoke by a police man, No. 243, who searched him, and found the ninepence in his pocket, but returned it to him. Between five and six he was walking away when he was met by nine or ten men, among whom were all the prisoners except Stockforth ; he was seized by them, his pockets were searched, and, after taking the ninepence, they went away. Moores was shortly afterwards found by No. 243, who had searched him at three o'clock, to whom he related what had befallen.him ; the re sult was the parties already named were taken into custody in the course of the morning. They had all been seen by No. 243 previously loitering about the brick-kilns. Mr. Davenport, who appeared for them, contended that the affair was a mere lark; but Moores said it was no such thing, as he had only arrived from Manchester the day before, and none of the men were known to him. Under the circum- stances Stockforth was discharged, committed for trial at the ensuing borough sessions ni all the others were WASHINGTON IRVING.—On Saturday, a numerous meet ing of the gentlemen who wished to shew some token of re spect. to Mr. Washington Irving, on landing in this town from America, was held on Saturday, at the Sessions'-house. Hugh Hornby, Esq., was called to the chair. Mr. Todd, the honorary secretary, informed the meeting that it had been determined to invite Mr. Irving to a public dinner, and that the Mayor had been requested to preside, but that gentleman intimated that he would be gratified if some other chairman were appointed. Lord Francis Egerton was then written to, but his lordship replied, that " his engagements in London were too numerous and pressing to leave any hope of being able to leave it, even for a purpose so congenial to his feel ings." His lordship added, "If I had been resident at Worsley, I should gladly have seized the occasion for join ing in any compliment to the distinguished and excellent man in question." The committee then desired their secretary to communicate to Mr. Irving their intentions, in case he had landed in Liverpool, accompanied with such expressions as might be rendered appropriate to the occasion. From Mr. Irving's reply we take the following paragraph with which that gentleman's letter concludes : Permit me to add, that, from certain passages of your letter, I am led to view this public honour intended me in a higher light than as a mere compliment confined to myself. I perceive in it a de sire to manifest, through me, a conciliatory dispositionloward my country at a moment when untoward circumstance pre vail, and when, as you intimate, inconsiderate and designing men may seek to sow discord between the two nations. Such a conciliatory disposition, I am confident, prevails among the right-minded and right-hearted of the two countries, and, I trust, will be sufficient to neutralize any such mischievous effects as those to which you allude. There is no question at present existing between the two countries, however diffi cult at first it may appear, which is not, in my mind, susceptible of an amicable adjustment, if negotiated in that mutual spit it of forbearance, with that delicate consideration for the peculiar position and circumstances of each other, and with that magnanimous regard for each others honour and interests which ought to govern the opinions and dealings, public and private, of two great and kindred nations, whose honour and interests are in so many respects identical." ROBBERY IN A COUNTING-HOUSE.—John Rimmer, a decent-looking lad, who was office-boy in the houe of Gor don and Co., Old Church-yard, was placed at the bar of the Police-court on Friday, on a charge of having broken open a sale and stolen therefrom a sum of money, the property of his employers. From the evidence of Henry Sanderson, a clerk to Messrs. Gordon and Co., it appeared that the pri soner had been directed by him, on Tuesday last, to lock the safe door. The prisoner went towards it and apparently turned the key in the lock, and then returned it to witness. There was a duplicate key hanging inside the safe. Prisoner kept the key of the outside door. Witness, on going to the safe on Wednesday, found it open. Thomas Casares, ano ther clerk, deposed to the prisoner coming to him on Thurs day morning and telling him that the safe had been broken open—that he had found the outer door open when he came down that m nning—and that he had found the cash-box on the floor. Witness, on examining the door, found that it had not been broken open, neither had the door of the safe in which the cash had been placed. Herbert Brestowe Hughes deposed that he was cashkeeper to the house of Gordon and Co., and that on Tuesday last he had placed in the cash-box about four pounds in sovereigns and half-sove reigns, and about six or seven shillings in silver. He kept the key of the cash-box. On Thursday morning he found the cash-box and money were gone out of the safe. He gave information to the police, and the prisoner was taken into custody. On examining the coal-vault, three sovereigns, two half-sovereigns, two half-crowns, and one shilling were found wrapped in blotting paper. The blotting paper had been taken out of the office, and the money was the property of his employer. Officer Maguire deposed to finding the money as mentioned by the previous witness. The prisoner was committed to the sessions. ENLISTING alias " CRIMPING".—A young private of the 57th regiment, who is on the recruiting service in this town, appeared before the magistrates on Friday against a young man whom he said he had enlisted ou the previous day, but who was not inclined to comply with his engagement. The private said that the young man had come to the rendezvous and told him he wanted to list in the Duke of Sussex's' name. He told him he could not list him in the Duke of Sussex's name, but he would in that of her majesty. The young man then, on these terms, he said, took a shilling from him, and therefore he considered him fairly enlisted. On being ques tioned by the magistrate, the private said be could not posi tively say that the young man was not the worse for liquor. The young man himself, who was genteelly dressed, stated that he was in the service of Lord Sefton, and had been at the Post-Office with a letter from his lordship, when he was accosted by a recruiting -sergeant in the East India Company's service. The sergeant, much to his surprise, claimed a know ledge of him, and stated that he had seen him in London or Woolwich. He replied it was possible he might, as be bad been in both places, but he certainly did not know him. They went, however, to a public-house and had some drink ; afterwards they went to the rendezvous, :where they had more drink, and he (the young man) treated all the soldiers and recruits who where there with drink. He scarcely knew anything about the matter, he was so much intoxicated ; but as his prospects were something better, he never intended to go for a soldier. The recruiting -sergeant stated that he and the young man had had some little drink together, but he would not enlist him, although he bad offered, conceiving he was in jest. Several of the recruits stated that the young man was sufficiently sober to know what he was about. This statement was rebutted by the evidence of two disinterested witnesses, who had seen the young man treat all round in the room, and said that he was so intoxicated that he did not know what he was doing. Mr. Rushton sharply reproved the private for attempting to enlist the young man whilst he was in a state of inebriety, and dismissed the case, telling him for the future to take example from the sergeant, who had not attempted anything of the kind with a drunken man. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF PAPER.—A man, named John Kelshaw, was on Thursday placed before Mr. Rushton on a charge of stealing a large quantity of printed sheets for books, paper, &c. Thomas Billington, assistant with Messrs. Geo. and Joseph Robinson, booksellers, 32, Castle-street, said that about nine o'clock that morning he saw the prisoner coming down the stairs that led to the store-room with a bundle of King's Discount Tables, 25 in number, and asked him where he was going with them. He said he was going round the corner. Witness stopped him, and took him to the shop, when he dropped the bundle and ran off. He was pursued, and a police-officer coming up he was apprehended. When in Bridewell, he gave one of the officers a key, saying he had opened the store-room with it. It was found to fit the lock, and another bundle of books was found under the door, ready to be taken away. The prisoner also took four small books from his pocket, and gave them up, saying that was all he had taken. Constable Samuel Lloyd, from information received, went to Mr. Shrapnell's, 44, Ar gyle-street, and found the prisoner had there previously sold a quantity of paper. Mr. Shrapnell, drysalter, said that on the 28th of April the prisoner came to him with a parcel of paper, and asked him what he paid for his paper. The reply was, 23s 4d a hundred weight. Prisoner said the paper had belonged to his brother, who was now dead, and that he was clearing his office. Witness purchased the paper, which weighed 2 qrs. 101bs., and paid him 13s. 9d. for it. On the 28th April, prisoner brought 1 cwt. of the paper, and another cwt, on the 2d instant, and was paid 235. 4d. for each parcel. Mr. Billington said it consisted of King's Interest Tables, some Time Tables, and a bundle of waste paper. There were 100 copies of King's Tables, which were worth one guinea each ; and 400 copies of the Time Table, worth 3s. 6d. each. The whole was identified. The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions. " THE BLANCHE" STEAMER.—A very fine iron steam vessel, " the Blanche," was recently launch ed from the building-yard of Messrs. Davenport, Grindrod and Patrick, engineers, of this town. She has been running between this port and Runcorn for a short time, in conveying passengers, and in that capacity has proved herself to be the swiftest of our river steamers. She is 156 tons new measurement, and strongly built ; 110 feet long, and 18 feet beam ; her draft of water 4 feet 8 inches with t en tons of coals on board. Her ke lsons, her sleepers, and her paddle beams are also of iron, constructed on the be s t principles. Her engines are of 65 horse-power, with 3 feet 6 inches of stroke, and connecting bars (the piston rods working from the bottom of the cylin ders) of 10 feet 6 inches.an few No side levers or counteracting balances are required,of the working parts are liable to derangement, and thetea v r e a r n wear much obviated. The engine is by this principle compact,. with great power and unusual lightness ; the who y le - cluding the weight of the boilers, not exceeding 16 cwt. per horse-power. The vessel has run the distance from Runco i r n n eln o di Liverpool, about 19 ' m iles, on a 14 feet 4 inches tide, stoppages, hour and five minutes. Her engines are s a a r m n e g e on the sameinproinne. employ, nt the two prin ciple as those of . the ". Alice," cylinders being hx . ed diagonally, facing each other at an angle of 45 degrees longitudinally with the vessel, and thus having the advantage of a longer connecting-rod than it the same depth with vertical cylinders. Her I c v abin se s ls a o re f very spacious and .elegant.ly fitted up—affording very and roomy accommodations for a vessel of her size superior had never had a full trial of her powers in a sea-way,. a't s ria e l trip was made yes'..erday afternoon, when . a number of gentle men, specially invited by the builders,. including several of the agents and managers of the Bridgewater trust, embarked at George's-pier. The day was fine but rather blowy for those not accustomed to t he water, but the trip was, notwith standing, most gratifying to all on board. The vessel at first went up the river nearly to Eastham, and then steamed down the river in gallant style, passing many vessels at anchor, the decks of which were covered with emi grants astonished at her speed. The views at e ac h side were extensive and beautiful, i n cluding the Lan cashire, Cheshire, and Welsh shores. A most sumptuous elegant cold collation—or rather dinner —was served up, and all on board enjoyed themselves to " the top of their bent." She went down by the Victoria Channel, rounded.the N.W. lightship, and return e d by the old channel, proving herself to be, in a considerable swell, an admirabl e sea-boa. Two (out of three) of the builders ' of the vesse l and engine were o n board, and were unremitting in their att ention and.poccesslite ness to their guests ; and we need hardly say that Su to the Blanche and her owners and builders " was drank wit's the utmost enthusiasm. There were musicians on board, and the whole was a scene of the greatest conviviality and enjoyment. The Blanche is certainly one of the fastest and most powerful boats in our river, a nd this is saying as much as can be said of a river steamboat. perhaps PICTURES.—Mr. Wilson, who is exhibiting some beautiful paintings at Crawfords, in Bold-street, will leave Liverpool in a week. We recommend amateurs to lose no time in visiting and selecting from the very choice collection he has on sale. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, as two children were crossing Tithebarn-street, one of them was knocked down by a cart, and the wheel passing over its body it was instantly deprived of life. The other child escaped. The deceased resided with its parents in Chapel-yard, Lumber street. An inquest will be held this day (Tuesday). CHESHIRE HUNT.—Mr. Calvert's very clever picture of the Cheshire Hunt, which has been engraved in a superior manner by Lewis, is just published. The portraits of the gentlemen, the members of the hunt, are extremely faithful. The groupings are well designed ; the figures are easy and natural. This is altogether a pleasing work of art, and de serves an extensive patronage from all sporting men in this and the adjoining county. DEATH IN THE BRIDAL BED.—There had been an exten sive inundation and loss of life in Derby. A newly married couple were drowned in each other's arms within half an hour of their going to bed the night of their wedding!—[The above, from an American paper, would almost incline us to suspect that our transatlantic friend has got possession of some of the &relative information, boasted of by our friend the Liverpool Times. We certainly never heard of this tragical occurrence in Derby, although we are nearer to it than the American editor by some 3,000 miles.—En. L. S.] ZOOLOGICAL GAItDENS.—This pleasant resort for public recreation opens for the season on Whit-Monday. A picto rial model of Rome will be exhibited ; when night sets in the whole tableau will be illuminated and beautiful fire-works set off. These will, as the showman says, " form von grand and meliguent sight, sich as the vorld never looked on before." An interesting accouchement took place in the gardens on Saturday last—the wolf having introduced to this world of trouble five cubs. This may be said to be an unprecendented circumstance. OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—A. re spectable looking young man, named George Buck, was brought up at the police- court yesterday on a charge of hav ing obtained forty silk handkerchiefs, by false pretences, from a draper at Preston, named Ewan. The prisoner was appre hended whilst attempting to pledge three of the handkerchiefs with a pawribroker in Dale-street. The prosecutor was in attendance, and Mr. Maxwell, the sitting magistrate, ordered the prisoner to be delivered up to him, to betaken before the magistrates of Preston. Passengers by the packet-ship New York, from New York, which arrived at this port yesterday morning :—James Sa vage, Daniel Seymour, Julius Catlin, and Thomas Kimm, United States ; Ashbel Smith and G. R. Tuelon, Texas ; D. Robertson, and three Misses Robertson, Montreal; Lady Nisbett and servant, and Miss Wilson, Scotland ; Rev. Mr. Jackson, U.S.N. ; Charles Shirreff, sen., and Charles Shir reff, jun., Canada ; J. Newberry Broschettin, Mexico ; Thos. Woods, and Mrs. Taylor and three children, England. STREET ROBBERY.—Between four and five o'clock on the morning of Saturday, a sailor from on board one of the New York liners, named James Peterson, was attacked in Leece street by a gang of men, who robbed him of seven dollars and a half. He bad been drinking with several of them the whole night, and was intoxicated when the robbery was com mitted. At the Police-court yesterday three men, named William Edwards, Nicholas Hoyle, and Thomas Carr, were brought up on suspicion of being concerned in the offence. Evidence was produced which implicated the first two pri soners, but as to Carr it was so defective that Mr. Maxwell, the sitting magistrate, ordered him to be discharged. Ed wards and Hoyle were remanded till this day (Tuesday.) CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.—The half yearly meeting of the company was held on Friday, at their office, when a satisfactory report was made of the trading for the last half-year, and the usual dividend of three per cent. was declared. The report stated that although, owing to the temporary check in the exports, the returns were not equal to those of last year, yet, from the increase which has taken place in the imports, it is found that they were the same as those of 1840. The report stated, that the company's steam vessel, the City of Dublin, built in 1823, being found too small for the service, had been sent out to the West Indies, and a satisfactory sale made of her to the Mexican govern ment. The report also paid a high compliment to the exer tions of Mr. Halliday, honorary secretary to the chamber of commerce, in having partly freed the steam navigation of the port from the hitherto oppressive charges for the Skerries Light. The report concluded by stating that, from the re duced amount of the pecuniary engagements of the company, the economical system on which the repairs of the vessels were made, the regular manner in which the trading branch of the establishment is conducted, and the large portion of the mercantile community attached to its interests, from the peculiar constitution of this company, which identifies its prosperity with the trading portion of the proprietary, the confidence which the directors had hitherto expressed in the stability and prospects of the company remained unabated ; and they were not aware of any feature or circumstance con nected with it calculated to create any other feeling than that of continued reliance on that stability. CAUTION TO BUTCHERS.—A female named Mary Bed son, who keeps a butcher's stall in St. John's Market, ap peared before Mr. Maxwell, the sitting magistrate, at the Police-court, yesterday, to show cause why she should not be fined, for having illegally exposed a quarter of lamb for sale, in the market, dressed up with the fat of some other animal. The superintendent of the market stated that this was the fifth offence of the kind which had occurred in St. John's Market, but was the first of which the defendant had been accused. The quarter was exposed yesterday morning, and a quantity of sheep's fat was wrapped round it, so as to deceive the purchaser, as to the .quality of the meat. Under the bye-laws the penalty for the first offence of this kind was five shillings, and the forfeiture of the lamb. In answer to the charge, the defendant said she bought the lamb alive, and that she did not know how it had been dressed ; she was not aware of there being anything wrong about it. Mr. Maxwell told her she had committed an offence in exposing the meat to sale in such a state, and for it she must pay 55., and forfeit the meat. The defendant immediately paid the fine. THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The Dublin correspondent of the Liverpool Journal of Saturday last, makes the follow ing announcement :—" The Repeal Association met on Mon day : the amount of rent for the week was only £24, which is not adequate to pay the expense of the establishment. Unless O'Connell makes an effort to revive it when he comes, they must shut their doors. The people throughout the country say that they are not .satisfied how the repeal rent was expended." The learned gentleman above spoken of arrived here'by the mail train from London on Sunday morn ing, and attended at Copperas-hill Chapel, at eleven o'clock. Being recognised, a large crowd surrounded the Adelphi Hotel, where be stopped, and as it was expected that he would depart for Dublin on Sunday evening, another crowd assembled at the pierhead, but Mr. O'Connell postponed his departure to Monday morning. We presume he is on the way to perform the duty pointed out by the correspondent of the Journal, and to prevent the dreaded " shutting of the doors" of the repeal, or, what is more important in the ARCH IMPOSTOR'S view of things, the closing of the money box from which he and his fellow-vampires are fed. All luck to him and his deserts at the end of it! As to any attempt to satisfy the " fine pisantry" as to where the money goes to, we can only say, that it will require a power of blarney to do that same. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER—TWO LIVES LOST. —We regret to state that an accident occurred on the river yesterday, just off Princc's-basin, by which two men, in the very prime of life, lost their lives. In the course of ie fore noon, four ; men, named Owen Griffiths, James Taylor, Wil liam Woods, and William Griffiths, left Prince's-basin to go round the rock in search of an expected ship. They em barked in a boat of considerable size, carrying sail, only five weeks old, and which was owned by Owen Griffiths. They returned against the tide without having met with the vessel they had been after, and, about half-past one, they arrived abreast Prince's-basin. They were about taking in their sails when a heavy cross sea struck the vessel on her broad side, and she immediately capsized. So suddenly did this take place that none of the men had the slightest chance of obtaining any hold of the boat, and, the tide running out very rapidly, with a strong wind, all the four were carried away. Providentially the Egremont steamer was passing at the mo ment, and, the accident having been observed from on board, preparations were instantly made for rendering assistance to the sinking men ; a boat was lowered, and Woods was picked up just as he was disappearing. William Griffiths was drifted by the tide towards a brig, which lay at anchor about 80 yards from the place where the boat capsized, and, fortunately, he came in contact with the cable, which he firmly grasped, and retained his hold till he was picked up. James Taylor Lever rose to the surface of the water after be first sunk. Owen Griffiths was seen by the pilot on board the brig to rise once, and then he disappeared. Neither of the bodies have yet been recovered. Owen Griffiths, we understand, was a married man, 37 years of age, but without family. Taylor was 27 years of age, and unmarried. A re port was current that the accident occurred whilst the men were rowing after a body which was seen floating down the river with the tide, and which was believed to be the body of one of the young gentlemen who were lately drowned oppo site New Ferry. This, however, was not the case ; the cir cumstances.are exactly as we have related them. A female died suddenly on Friday last as she was being driven in a cab along one of the streets of London. WATERING THE STREETS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,-It may be wrong to write to you about trifles, but right or wrong, I will say what I think on the present occa sion. Most spirits are weakened by water, but mine are lowered by a want of it ; indeed, if they were to be put under proof you would be scarcely able to find any, in short, at all. The cause of my depression is that which often affects tra vellers in the desert after dinner, namely, a too great preva lence of dust. This town often resembles a mighty snuff box without a lid. Dust is flying in all directions. Ladies look as if they had taken to wear powder again ; their silks seem all shot with it. Every gentleman appears to have adopted the trade of " dustman,' which, according to Walker, (not Hookey,) is defined to be "one whose employment is to carry away the dust." For my own part I am constantly fearing an indictment for appropriating the road stuff without permission. In doors we are quite unhinged. The man who invented win dows deserves a pane-gyric, but those by whose means we are compelled to keep them closed ought to be punished for their pains. Their motives it is not easy to see through. The poet says in the story of the two goldfinches— " The open window seemed to invite." The dust cannot avail itself of the quotation as an excuse for entering our house, for there is not one window that we are not compelled to keep to. Without jesting profanely, "to dust we must return," hut now we no sooner clean ourselves than " the dust returns to us." It is no use being chary of our chairs, for it seats and settles itself without ceremony upon them ; and we find we are not able to keep our table bright, however not-able we may be in such matters. It is useless to carp, for the carpet 'is full of it ; as for the blind, it is quite dark with it. In our food we are still worse off, for we meet with it in every mouthful. We might expect to find plenty of dust following the weal, but really we might as well be Cape of Good Hope Caffres (callers) as to feed upon it for ever (heifer). Where are the water-carts? What are carts for? Why are we obliged to " come down with the dust " in parish rates, if the dust is not made to come down for us? What can be more refreshing than to see on a hot day a peripa tetic Aquarius, with his dropsical cart , like a moveable Knaresborough dropping well ! How fresh and cool the street seems after it has been passed through by it ! When a boy I have often stood to watch the moving shower—but that was in George the Third's reign. To the point—as the soldier said when he charged with the bayonet. It is clear that if those who have the care of the streets do not pay more attention to them, we shall have to liquidate, at an early date, a debt which must inevitably be incurred for repairing, if not altogether renewing, the roads. The inroads made into them will leave us no roads—for day by day they are blowing off into thin air, and the paviours will have to call at every house to fetch away whatever por tion of the highway may be found therein. It would be far more agreeabl e if th e wa t e ry carriers would come about more fre quent l y, and — to quote f rom the national anthem— more liber a ll y " be pleased to pour." P. POPJOY. P.S.—Since the rains all traces of dust have disappeared. e is s t y h s e t em Stan dard, I dra w attention to the ma tt er i n expectation of dry weather why coming again. P r e v lr e a n i t k i n n g , is better than a cure. like" an incorrigible thief" and " a drunkard's face"? Because, in the first instance, it is continually being taken up; and in the sec on d, i t i s red (read) all over. ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. The adjourned meeting of the town council, for the des patch of the business remaining over from Wednesday, was he don Friday, at eleven o'clock. The MAYOR presided. THE_TOWN7CLERK'S RIGHTS Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE begged pet Mission for a few mo ments, before the council proceeded to the re gular business of the day, to bring forward a matte r of some importance. He hoped he should not be deemed presumptuous in bringing forward the subject he was about to introduce, although he was surrounded by so many gentlemen of much more ex perience in municipal matters than himself. However, he would gladly give way to any member of the council who might have deemed it proper to take up the subject. He al luded to what had fallen from the lips of the town-clerk at their last meeting—(hear, hear)—and the statement which had been made by that gentleman of his right to speak on all occasions and on all subjects, no matter what they were, which might happen to be brought before the council. He (the town-clerk) distinctly stated to the town-council at that time that he was part and parcel of the corporation, and that he possessed those rights; but after having gone through the municipal act, he (Mr. 8.-Moore) was at a loss to discover where any such powers were given to him. He found, on turning to the act, that a council was complete in itself with a mayor, aldermen, and councillors, to be chosen in every borough. This appeared from the 25th section. According to the 58th section, it was provided that the power to elect the town-clerk rested s o l e ly w ith th e counc il. I n t h e sche dule of the act no mention was made of the town-clerk, fur ther than that he was to be one of a body elected by the coun cil, and to continue in office during the pleasure of the council; and there was nothing in the act concerning his authority or power to speak, except that he was to be considered as the legal adviser of the corporation. (Hear.) As the present was a subject which vitally affected the privileges of every member of the council, he (Mr. Bramley-Moore) had taken the liberty of bringing it under their consideration. (Hear, hear.) If the functions and responsibilities of the office rested on the act of parliament, and not on the will of the council, he thought they might fairly call upon the town clerk to show them wherein his authority existed, and on what it rested ; and he further thought it due to them selves that this question should be settled, so as to know whether the town-clerk had the right on all matters to inflict a speech on the council, and on every occasion so to do when it might be deemed proper. The duties of councillors were very different, according to the act, from those of the town clerk. The latter was not subject to the same responsibili ties or the same fines; consequently he did not see how the town-clerk could be considered in the light in which he con sidered himself at the last meeting, unless the council should have one member more than it at present consisted of, and be vested with a vote. If a councillor refused, when elected, to enter the council-chamber, he was subjected to a fine of £5O ; and if he happened to become a bankrupt, be was excluded ; but none of these contingencies applied to the town-clerk. He did not see, therefore, that the town-clerk stood in the council in any other light than as their legal ad viser, and that when they wanted his advice they might call upon him for it; or if he saw any thing of an illegal nature, it would be his duty to step forward and correct it. He (Mr. Brumley-Moore) was quite willing to bear his testimony to the excellent legal opinions given 'by the town-clerk during the time that he had the honour of a seat in the council, and to say that they had been given in an able and a lucid man ner: but he wished to draw a distinction between the giving of an opinion and the right of the town-clerk to speak on all occasions and on all subjects brought before the council ; and he begged to ask the town-clerk whether he would express the' same opinion now which be had expressed at the last meeting, namely, that he was invested with the right of speaking in that council upon all subjects and upon all occa sions ? The TOWN-CLERK said he felt much obliged to the mem ber of council who had just brought this subject forward, for the very clear, distinct, and he would say, candid way in which he had mentioned it. His own opinion certainly had been such as he stated at the last council, but he conceived that it was one of those subjects which rested entirely with the coun cil. The member who had just spoken had very clearly, and, as he thought, with latitude quite sufficient for everything he could desire, defined his duties in a legal manner to be as fol lows :—namely, if called upon to advise the council, to do so. and, if he perceived anything illegal going forward, to be at liberty to give his legal advice thereupon. He certainly must say, that his own opinion of his duties and responsibilities went further than this ; but he was free to admit at once, from the course the subject had taken, that, so far as opinion went, he was wrong, and that to the opinion of the council he now deferred as he muld do on every occasion. (Hear, hear.) He clearly understood now, whatever his own opinion might be, that it was a subject which rested entirely with the coun cil. He conceived that the council had then expressed an opinion that his duties should be confined to the giving of legal advice, as had been explained by Mr. Bramley-Moore. To that opinion he would pay implicit obedience, and take it as his rule on every occasion ; and this he would do, not be cause he was submitting to that which he disliked, but as a matter of cheerful compliance with the opinions expressed by the council. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE ssid he had been. just asked by Mr. Bolton whether he had informed any one that he would bring this subject forward. He replied in the negative, and he now repeated that reply. He had not mentioned it to any one, neither had he entertained the question prior to the night be fore, when he looked over the act, and saw nothing in it bear ing on the subject of the town-clerk's right to speak in coun cil. It was then, and not until then, that he had made up his mind to bring the matter forward. (Hear.) Mr. BOLTON trusted that the answer which had just been given by the town-clerk would be deemed perfectly satisfac tory. and that nothing further would be said on the subject. . Mr. GLADSTONE said he had no wish to obtrude himself on the council in this matter ; but he must say that his sen timents differed from those which had already been expressed. (Hear, hear.) He thought the manner in which the case had been brought before the notice of the council by the honour able gentleman was clear and lucid, and that it was worthy of his talent and standing in the town ; but he was not quite so well satisfied with the explanation given by the town clerk. (Hear, hear.) He should have been much better pleased if the town-clerk had said he had given the opinion he had expressed in an excited moment, and that he regretted it—(hear, hear)—that he now saw what the views and wishes of the council were, and that be would not repeat what had occurred at the last meeting. (Hear, hear.) This was the reply he should have wished to have heard from the town clerk. (Hear.) He (Mr. Gladstone) was fully satisfied in his own mind, as far as he could form an opinion, that what had been said by the town-clerk, as to his right to address that council, did not exist neither in law nor equity—(hear, hear)—therefore he trusted the town-clerk would say that he regretted what he had stated, and that he could only at tribute it to the excitement under which he addressed the council, and that upon no future occasion should such cir cumstance again occur. (Hear, hear.) Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE really thought that the town-clerk's expressions amounted very much to that. During the time be (Mr. L.) had had a seat in that room, he could bear his testimony to the fact that the town-clerk had never inflicted long speeches on them. Whatever opinions the town-clerk might have of his position in that council, he had told the council that he bowed to that of the council, and that it was in a moment of excitement, and with a view of defending his office, he bad made the statement. That was his excuse ; and he (Mr. Lawrence) understood the town-clerk to say this. The town-clerk had never acted upon this opinion before, and he never would do it again. Mr. Alderman EvANs thought there was one passage in the town-clerk's speech which ought to content the council. He declared that it all depended on the council; and, there fore, after the opinion of the council had been once expressed, he could not of course contend that he had any rights. This had been admitted by himself, and ought to content the council. They had heard of " tearing a passion to rags," and to make more of the subject would be actually doing the same thing. The TOWN-CLERK thought it was due from him, after wnat had fallen from Mr. Robertson Gladstone, to say that it was with great pain, indeed, that he found he entertained an opinion contrary to the general opinion of the council. He had certainly given an opinion, and he was put to justify that opinion. He certainly had entertained the notion stated by him, and was not singular in that opinion ; but if he had had more time to have brought the subject forward, and it he had not been labouring under severe indisposition at the time, he would have done it, he dared say, more to the satisfaction of every member. He thought he should perhaps secure the good opinion of Mr. Gladstone, when he said that it was with great concern he brought forward an opinion which had not met with the general concurrence of the council. (Hear.) Mr. BUSH ELL said he never in his life had heard more lucid legal expositions than the council had received and he had listened to from the lips of the present town-clerk. He thought the town-clerk had said quite sufficient to satisfy any member that what had fallen from him on the occasion in question was different from what had fallen from him be fore. There were circumstances, however, which, doubtless, actuated and influenced him at the time. He was naturally excited by a kind feeling towards a brother officer, and had spoken the sentiments of his mind ; but with his explanation he was quite sure every member would be perfectly satisfied. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE expressed a hope that the council at large would be perfectly satisfied. (Hear, hear.) The TOWN-CLERK said the high value he placed upon his office might perhaps have induced him to form an erroneous opinion of its duties and responsibilities. (Hear, hear.) The conversation here dropped. CHURCH EXFENDITURE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Church-Expenditure Committee, comprising a recommendation to authorise the committee to take down a further portion of the tower of St. Michael's Church, at the estimated additional expense of £4OO, and to reduce the pew rents in St. Martin's Church, having been read, Mr. PARKER moved their confirmation. Mr. EVANS asked whether the pews in St. Martin's Church were occupied or the church filled, because otherwise he had no idea of reducing the rents. If the pews filled at their present rents, they ought not to be lowered, and any reduc tion of the rents should not be conditional. Mr. PLATT said that the seat rents in St. George's Church had been reduced two years ago, in consequence of the mi nister having complained of the highness of the rents and the poverty of the neighbourhood. The rents in St. Luke's, and afterwards in St. Michael's, were next reduced, owing to a similar cause ; but the expected result of the reduction had not been produced. They were obliged, however, either to lower the rents or to have the churches empty, as the in habitants of the respective neighbourhoods had become al tered in circumstances, and the rents in other churches were lower in amount. The revenue was nevertheless inadequate, but he justified the reduction of the rents for the reasons stated, notwithstanding. Mr. EVANS said he could see no good reason why the pew rents of the corporation churches should be under the market rate. The real cause of th e re d uc tion, in his opinion, was the radical vice of the established church—the manner in which the clergy were appointed. Men not only not at tractive, but who %yere often quit e re p u l s i ve , were a ppointed, and he believed this to be the cause of the churches not being half filled. As to lowering the ra t es o f t h e pews b e l ow th e mar ket price, be protested against it, because such a plan never produced commensurate results. Mr. PARKER. said the rents in St. M ar ti n ' s Ch urc h a t p res ent were £5 a year for six sittings down the centre aisle, and that at this low rate there were not more than two-thirds filled. The clergymen and churchwardens sa id t h at if t h e y were reduced to £ 4 , the probability was th a t t h ey wou ld li t at that price ; and upon this advice the committee had acted, and now glade their recommendation to the counc i l. Mr. BR IGH T was of opinion that sufficient grounds had not been shown for making the reduction. People could not be induced to frequent a church the minister of which was unpopular. If clergymen like the Rev. Mr. Jones of St. Andrew's were appointed, the pew rents would be £9 instead of £l. The principle of reducing the rents was a bad one. If the ministers were not attractive, th e best course to pursue was to l et them remain as long as they were in existence, and then to make proper appointments, provided the corporation had the power of presenting. Mr. SANDS thought the market price was generally esta. blished by the quality of the preacher in the church. (H ear, and Itughter.) If they had g ood men in the church, th ey woueltdtenhdaavnet, (Hear,gsoodrents hear.);anclif otherwise they would h av e no The conversation here dropped ; an d the p roceedin gs were confirmed BOROUGH COURT COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Borough Court and Court o Requests Committee were read and confirmed. HEALTH COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Health of the Town Committee comprising a recommendation that Andrew Clarke and hi wife be appointed keeper and matron of t h e Baths and Wash house in Frederick-street, were read and confirmed. COURTS OF LAW COMMITTEE The procedings of the Courts of Law Committee, com prising the architect's report, were read. The architect stated that le works were proceeding slowly but satisfacto rily, and that the only difficulty which had arisen was in respect of tir foundation, occasioned by the flowing in of a great quantir of water, which would incur considerable ex pense to ovecome, as the bottom of the shaft was lower than the drai. The proceedings were confirmed. DOCK COMMITTEE. The procedings of the Dock Committee having been read,. Mr. SAND moved their confirmation. Mr. RotiiisoN asked whether TCwould not be a saving of expense to tleestate if the material of the new dock were removed by arts instead of by a tram way? Mr. SANDi expressed himself sorry that the gentleman did not seew:o understand the subject. It was quite enough tor him to sa: that the expense of removing the excavations by a railroad could be less than if they were removed by either carts 01 water. Mr. ROBISON said that carting would afford employment to a great ma►y people. • Mr. SAND: admitted that it would afford employment, but said it %mild entail considerable expense. The saving, by the adoptia of the present course, would amount to be tween £3OOO and £4OOO. Mr. Aldernan EARLE said the streets were bad enough already witbou having more carting over them. The proceedings were then confirmed. OFFICER'S SALARIES. The M AYOt read a memorial from Mr. Tyson, of the Town-Clerkisoffice, praying for an increase of salary. The memorial stat3l that he had been in the service of the cor poration for soenteen years, during which time his conduct had given complete satisfaction to the Town-Clerk. His duties were dflicult and arduous, particularly during the period of the registration, when he was frequently detained until midnight—that he had not been more then a week dur ing the whole ,f the seventeen years absent from the office, and that his saary was'only £l5O a-year. He prayed for an increase of sahry, referred to the Town-Clerk for proof of his ability, andpresented a bill for £l5O, for extra services rendered sincelB4o. Mr. LLOYD ;aid, the extra services of Mr. Tyson would average at abort £9O a year. This application had been made since the mewing of the council on Wednesday. As he stated then, father applications would be made, and it was on that accoutt he wished to have had a committee then appointed,. to .ee what alterations or additions should be made in the several departments. There were some depart ments, he coulc state positively, in which dissatisfaction had arisen in the tovn and the public generally on account of the performance of certain duties by some of the officers therein engaged, in addtion to their duty to the corporation. He would now MOT that Mr. Tyson's application be referred to a special committee, to be composed of one member from the Finance, Watch, Courts of Law, Borough Courts, and Court of Requests Committees, and whose duty it should be to enquire into he duties of the several offices of the corpo ration, what thei- respective salaries are, and report, generally, the alterations cr additions to be made in any department. He proposed th's, because it was unpleasant to say these things without going into a committee where the truth of them or not coull be ascertained ; therefore, he would make no allusion to aty individual before going into committee; and, at the sometime, he thought an independent committee would be the best tribunal to go into this question. He therefore beggel to move, that a special committee, consti tuted as above, be appointed. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said, he did not rise to anticipate the result of any investigation into the claim of Mr. Tyson, who was a very treritorious servant of the corporation ; but he had doubts about the necessity of appointing the com mittee. The Finance and the Watch Committees were per fectly competent to judge whether they received sufficient services from the officers under their controul, and it would be an interference with all the committees if the council were to plunge headlong into an inquiry by which expectations on the part of some of the officers would be needlessly raised. Mr. Hooasoe could not agree with Mr. Lawrence. He thought the circumstance of these repeated applications for increased salaries, and of allowing private solicitation, justi fied the motion fcr the committee. He thought there was a necessity of ascertaining whether they really were paying all their servants amply, and that the course proposed by Mr. Lloyd was an exceedingly good one. He thought that a con sideration of all the cases would put an end to the present system of private solicitation, and prevent the council from at any time beiugimproperly called upon to give a kind of ex parte remuneration. _ - - Mr. EVANS said that if fifty committees were appointed, the system of private solicitation would still be , practised. About six years To, he had been upon a committee of the sort now desired. It was called the " Paid Officers' Com mittee," and at that time all the offices, officers and their salaries were reviewed. He could not conceive that there had been any alteration, or that any circumstances had since arisen which woald require a committee of the kind to be again appointed. To what would it lead ? He had a kind of instinctive horror at going into any thing which would be prejudicial to the finances of the corporation ; but, under the proposed arrangement, it would turn out what might be called in vulgar boyish language, " It's heads th e corporation loses, and tails it loses too ;" because, where was the committee who would pull down a single income, or do anything but ad vance salaries ? In all likelihood, the corporation would lose several hundreds a-year if the committee were appointed. Mr. BOLTON bore testimony to the constant attendance and arduous duty performed by Mr. Tyson, and expressed himself in favourable terms of the motion. Mr. BUSHELL felt quite satisfied of the necessity and im portance of some such motion. The fact of an inquiry having been made six years ago, was quite sufficient to justify the present course. He differed from the sentiments ex pressed by Mr. Evans. The council wished to do justice, because if a man was under-paid, his salary should be in creased, and if over-paid, it should be lowered, or the man dismissed. The argument of Mr. Evans, therefore, went for nothing. He was satisfied that Mr. Tyson's salary ought to be increased, and that he had too long worked for too little. A great change bad taken place in the composition of the council, and the town demanded that the conservatives, who now had the power, should institute full inquiry into the effi ciency of their servants. Mr. Ancni thought that separate committees were better judges of the willingness, ability, and fitness of the respective officers than any special committee which might be appointed. After some further discussion, in which Mr. Sands, Mr. Bramley-Moore, Mr. Barclay, Mr. Procter, and Mr. Bright took part, the standing orders were suspended in order to admit the motion, which was adopted, after having undergone revision, to the following - effect :—" That a committee be appointed, consisting of one from each of the following com mittees—Finance, Improvement, - Watch, - Courts of Law, Markets', Town-hall, and Borough Court, to inquire into the present duties of the officers and servants of the corporation, with their respective salaries, and report generally on an , alteration or addition being made in any of the departments." It was then ordered that Mr. Tyson's application, as well as that of the surveyor, made upon Wednesday, for additional assistance in his office, shofild be referred to the new com mittee. . _ —__,.... The MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of a memorial from Mr. Richard Radcliffe, jun., p r aying for an increase in his salary of £250. It was referred to the Committee of Inquiry NUISANCES. The MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of a memorial from the inhabitants of Vauxhall-road, complaining of mountebank shows and continual drumming in the neighbourhood every evening until midnight, by reason of which the shopkeepers were kept awake. The memorialists prayed for the abolition of the nuisance. Mr. JORDAN complained that, a few days since, Knight street was rendered impassable by a " Punch-and-Judy" kind of exhibition, and he was told that there was no power to re move them. Mr. EVANS conceived that those exhibitions were all inno- cent amusements, and that they ought not to be put down, but tolerated, even at the expense of considerable inconve nience to other people. The memorial was referred to the deputy town-clerk. THE HAYMARKETS. The MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of a lengthy peti tion on the subject of the proposed hay market. The peti tioners adverted to the inconvenience of the present haymar kets, expressed the pleasure they felt at seeing a market in London-road about to be established with a view to a general one, and hoped the proceedings of the council of the 6th of April on the subject would be carried into effect. Mr. J. LAWRENCE said the petition was signed by 4000 in dividuals. The MAYOR. acknowledged the receipt of another nume rously signed memorial on the subject. It was from livery stable keepers, cow-keepers, and others, who said they con sidered it their duty to represent the most desirable course to be pursued. They thought two markets would never an swer, and that a central one ought to be established. The market in London-road would not, in their opinion, be of any permanent advantage, and if tried as an experiment, would prove nothing. They concluded by saying that preference should be given to the buyer. It bore some hundreds of sig natures. The Mayor also read a short petition from coach proprietors and others, praying that the haymarket in Great Homer-street might be continued, as it was well adapted for all parties. He presented another petition, signed by about thirty individuals, praying the council to confirm the resolu- tion for establishini a IlaimarkeiTii - LOiidOTillo;d: - Ife — aiio presented a petition from the inhabitants of London-road to the same effect. These several petitions were referred, pro forma, to the Markets Committee. APPRENTICES The MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of a memorial from Charles Fagin, asking whether thecouncil insisted on cancell ing his son's indentures, and if so, what compensation they would allow him for the injury done to his prospects in life. _ _ Upon the motion of Mr: SANDBACII, this memorial was referred to the Education Committee. THE MARKET IN LONDON'-ROAD The MAYOR said the next subject on the paper was the consideration of the following resolution of the council of the 18th of April. via. That the consideration of the appro priation of London-road. above and below the monument, for a market for the sale of hay. straw, and other fodder for cattle ; and also for potatoes and other roots and vegetables, the food of man ; and also for coal; and for the purposes aforesaid all requisite orders and by-laws be postponed until the next monthly council, on the 4th of May next;" and the following motion, of which notice had been given by Mr. Bushell :—" That the resolutions of the council of the Gth of April, approving of the proceedings of the Markets' Com mittee, be rescinded, so far as such resolutions relate to the recommendation by that committee to the council to autho rise the sale of hay and straw, by farmers, in London-road." Mr. BUSHELL proposed his motion in a speech of some length. He wished the question to be thoroughly understood by the council and town at large. One of the markets was at present a dead letter; no buyers or sell ers resorte d to i t ; and it was only the mere shadow of a market. He thought the recommendation of the committee for establishing a mar ket in London-road had been carried without due considers tton at a former meeting, and that time should have been given for memorials from parties__ interested in th e ma tt er an d expressive of their opinions. Ile had himself no property in the town, neither had he any friends whose interests he wished to serve, any property, and therefore his motives, on the present occasion, could not be questioned by anybody. He wished to know, in the event of th e success of the expe riment in London-road, what was th e o bj ect of the Markets Committee, and, supposing it to fail, in what way their posi tion would be bettered? Birchfield would not not answer. He thought, if they w ished to accommo date the town, that the proper place to try an experiment wou ld b e, not in Lon don-road, but at the junction of Great George's and St. James's-streets. Mr. TURNER seconded the motion. the recommend a ti on o f t h e M ar- Mr. COOPER supp orted kets Committee, for g iving a trial to the space i n London-road. Mr. Alderman EARLE spoke in favour of the recommen dation of the committee. Mr. PARKER protested against any such experiment being tried in London .road. Mr. HoDGSON said he would leave the matter entirely in the hands of the committee. Mr. ItoniNsoN objected to the experiment being tried in London-road, and said the most convenient place for a south haymarket would be under St. James's Mount. Mr. T H o R NHILL stated that upwards of £16,500 h a d already b een e xpended in the hayroarkets, and yet it was now intended to buy Birchfield, at a cost of £25,000, whereby they would receive no more income than they did now. After some explanations from Mr. HOUGHTON, as to the terms on which he had sold his land, forming a portion of the north haymarket, from which it appeared that there were no conditions of its being for ever maintained as a market, Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE expressed his opinion that the present inconvenience of having two markets, which was the cause of all this discussion , b ad b een created by two mar k e t s having been decided upon without consultati on b etween the Finance Committee and the Markets Committee. Mr. HENRY HOLMES said there had been consultation between them. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said he had not been able to dis cover that there had been any, and be had referred back to that Mirror of the Town Council Proceedings, the Liver pool Standard. It was a great mistake to have two mar kets. It might be a question whether they would not have to retrace their steps, and have a central market: and as to a central market he did not think the expense would be so great as Mr. Thornhill thought. Some further discussion took place, after which the coun cil divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it Majority l7 The motion was consequently declared to have been car ried. lhe following members voted in the division:— For the motion. — Councillors —Messrs. Shaw, Shand, Hodgson, Houghton, Thornhill, Preston, Sandbach, Ed wards, Blundell, Henry Holmes Sands, Bolton, Bright, Yates, Robinson, H. Lawrence, Gladstone, Bushell, Parker, Jones, jun., Brassey, Trotman, Jordan, Platt, A. Smith, jun., Mather, Harbord. — .Aldermen—Messrs. Holt, Nicol, Houghton, Turner, and the Mayor. Against it—Councillors.—Meisis. Copeland, Aikin, Toul min, J. Lawrence, Cooper, Lloyd, Uigby, Kilshaw, J. Smith, G. H. Lawrence.—Aldermen—Messrs. Bulley, Freme, Bar clay, Evans, Earle. Mr. BOLTON moved " that, as the south haymarket is not resorted to by the public, the whole question of the haymar kets be referred to the Finance and Market Committees for their consideration and report." Mr. BUSHELL seconded this motion, which was agreed to without any discussion. The council then separated. THEATRE-ROYAL Under the late management of Mr. Clarke, every person of eminence in the dramatic profession was engaged during the season to appear before the Liverpool audiences. Mr. Clarke found his outlay and risk were not sufficiently repaid, and he resigned his post of public caterer and manager. Messrs. Anderson and Hammond succeeded him, determined to merit success, if not command it. They engaged a capital company, in the hope of being able to do without the attrac tion of stars—if attractions such people can be called, who often take away more money than they draw. These gentle men resolved upon putting Shakspeare on the stage in a manner unprecedented in the provinces, and, by bringing out in a superior style the various novelties as they appeared in London, hoped to induce ali the usual frequenters of the theatre to give them their patronage. They also con ceded the long-debateable ground of second price. And what has been the upshot? Let us see. A pantomime was brought out. This was admitted by all who saw it, and had an opportunity of comparing it with those produced in Lon don, to be the best of the season. The pantomime hardly paid itself. " Midsummer Night's Dream " was next brought forward. In spite of its beautiful scenery, costly dresses, dances, and etceteras, to say nothing of its exquisite poetry, it has not drawn one full house. " Macbeth," " Hamlet," and other first-class tragedies, have been done with great care and attention to stage effect; the newest farces and comedies have been played ;—still those who can crowd to the Liver or the Amphitheatre hang back, although rational amusement tenfold in proportion is provided: The " Prisoner of War" was better played here than in London, but it has found but little favour. although those who saw it appeared to relish it mightily, if we might judge by the mer riment often exhibited. The last novelty is the Bubbles of the Day," by Douglas Jerrold. It was brought out on Wednesday last. This co medy is cleverly written. The dialogue is caustic, witty, and full of repartee. The sentences are epigrammatic, and abound with smart blows at the prevailing follies and vices of society. Leigh Hunt's pen always appears to flow with honey : Douglas Jerrold's seems deeply steeped in gall. In this comedy every random shot, even, tells, and, in the scanty audiences who have been gathered together, there must have been present those whose ears must have tingled at unplea sant truths " touching them nearly." Those engaged in the comedy seemed greatly to exert themselves. Mrs. Clarke, as Guinea, a speculating lady's-maid, was excellent. Miss Bennett's Pamela Spreadweasle was a decided hit. If Miss Bennett fails in any part entrusted to her, it is not mentally but physically. Time will help her to become a leading member of her profession ; and it appears to us that in co medy she will take a high stand. In Pamela Spreadweasle this promise of excellence is brightly shewn. Take, for in stance, her description of the election, and the vivacity of her replies throughout the piece. We may here remark how cleverly she played Polly Pallmall in the " Prisoner of War"—how replete that was with humour and drollery. Mr. W. J. Hammond made the most of Sir Phcenix Clear cake, a sort of shadowing forth of a celebrated auctioneer. The Lord Skindeep of Mr. Baker we did not like : it was a bad burlesque upon the manners of nobility, and a worse attempt at being Farrenish. Mr. Slaiter, as Malmsey Shark, made a decided impression on the audience. The part is an insignificant one, but the actor brought it out, leaving —as all good artists should—himself in the background. Mr. Slaiter was forgotten : Malmsey Shark, the griping, rascally old wine-selling money-lender, only was seen. Costume, manners, appearance, and peculiarities,—from the partially ,paralytic arm to the hollow, chuckling laugh and shuffiinF gait,—were capital. It was a perfect " study from life." This impersonation does Mr. Slaiter great credit, and we make mention of it with unreserved praise. Mr. Cooke's Spreadweasle was a shade too boisterous, but it was delight fully vulgar. Miss Cleaver, as Mrs. Quarto, rattled through her part with much spirit. Mr. Nantz is rather too heavy for Smoke. Mr. Bellingham gave several excellent imita tions of Harley, as Chatham Brown. Miss Chaplin looked very pretty as Florentia. Mr. Benwell, as Corks, a political butler; Mr. Vivash, as Old Brown; Mr. Barton, as Mellon; Mr. Chaplin, as Waller; and Mr. Eaton, as Kimbo, did their best to make the comedy go off well. It is admirably put on the stage. The scenes are all " interiors," which present to,our view comfortably-furnished apartments, in stead of the usual one-tabled, one-chaired, bare-boarded affairs generally seen as scenes. The liberality and spirit of the lessees ought to be met with a corresponding feeling by the public. The " Wood Demon" is beautifully got up. There is in it a very pretty ballet, in which Miss Webster and Mrs. Comb dance extremely well. In this the four seasons are prettily and tastefully, introduced. The scenery is quite new. Miss Webster plays the Dumb Boy - very cleverly. We are glad to see the talent that assuredly exists in this theatre brought out. There is plenty of it, if the public would give it a chance of being seen. The " White Cat," which has been so successful in Lon don, is about to be produced. Shakspere will not draw : will spectacle and a nursery tale ? Nous verrons, vive la bagatelle. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE LIVER STEAM MILLS We regret to announce that about three o'clock on Friday morning a most destructive fire broke out in the extensive works of Messrs. E. Holme and Son, millers, on the west side of the Canal-bank. The flames, we understand, burst out very suddenly. An alarm was immediately given, and messengers were despatched fort he fire-engines at the dock stations and the station in Temple -court. Five powerful engines from the latter place were instantly on their way to the scene of conflagration, and in about twenty minutes afterwards no less than ten engines were on the spot. All were playing upon the flames at once, but without effect. No effort could save the building, and at this moment it is a heap of ruins. We are sorry to add that four men were very severely injured in their efforts to extinguish the flames. One of them was a miller in Messrs. Holme's service, and the other three were men belonging to the fire brigade. They are now considerably better. We have not heard any proba ble account of the origin of the fire, but understand the pro perty was insured. The sight was grand, but appalling, as the flames burst through all the numerous windows of the building. On the roof and the several floors giving way, and falling beneath the power of the destructive element, an immense volume of flame each time ascended from the ruins to a considerable height above the building, illumining a considerable portion of the northern extremity of the town. "It was so light," said one of the bystanders, " that I could see to pick up a pin from the ground." Whilst the place was yet reeking with the fire, Mr. `Witty, Mr. Maxwell, and some of the firemen were exerting themselves to the utmost to save the property. Whilst thus engaged, they had a narrow escape with their lives. They had just stepped back to the doorway of one of the rooms, when the superincumbent mass, amongst which was the machinery used in the upper stories, came down with an awful crash, carrying with it the floor upon which they had just been standing. The wood-work about the building being very dry, the fire baffled the exertions of the engines, until, at length, its force became exhausted by having nothing to feed upon : it then began to decline, and, about four o'clock, was got completely under control, but not until the building had been left a mere skeleton. The Liver Mills ground by steam, and, fortunately, the stock on hand was not very heavy. The property destroyed, besides the buildings and machinery, consisted chiefly of wheat and flour. A considerable quantity of both wheat and flour was, however, saved, but it was much damaged from the effects of fire and water. CHESTER RACES FRIDAY _ . The attendance on the course was rather thin, though the weather was fine. Combermere left this morning for Epsom, where he runs for the Derby. Auckland is to leave " the forest" on Wednesday next for the same destination. The racing came of as follows : The ROODEE STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 sovs added by the Dee Stand Proprietors, for three-year-olds that have run during the week. (3 subs.)_... Mr. eollett's b c Heads or Tails - (Whitehouse) I Lord Westudnaters br f Irony, sister to Satirist _Betting-7 to 4 on Heads or Tails, who waited on the mare to the distance, where he passed her, and won in a canter by a length. The PALATINE STAKES of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three- year-olds, colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 21b. (4 subs.) Lord Westminster's ch c William de Fortibus (Marson) 1 Mr. F. R. Price's gr f Valentina Betting-3 to lon William, who won in a common canter by about four lengths. The CHESHIRE STAKES of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, with 50 added by the Citizens of Chester. Two miles. (18 subs, 8 of whom paid 5 sovs each.) Mr. Plummer's br f Alice Hawthorn, 4 yrs (Bumby) 1 Lord Eglington's b m Bellona, aged Sir W. W. Wynne nd b m Miss Kitty Cockle, aged 3 Lord Milltown's ch m Cruiskeen Betting-3 to lon Alice Hawthorn, which was last till passing the chair the second time round, where she took the second place. Outside the distance she went up to Kitty, passed her like a shot, and won in a common canter by two lengths. A good race for second. The WIRRAL STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 sovs added by the Gentleman of Wirral, for two and three-year-olds; two, 6st 121 b ; three, 9st. T.Y.C. (9 subs.) Lord Westminster's Maria Day, 2 yrs Mr. Bird's b c Doctor Allen, 3 yrs Sir R. Bulkeley's b f by Bay Middleton, 3 yrs Betting-2 to lon Maria Day, and 3to 1 against Doctor After two attempts, Happy -go-Lucky took the lead, with Preparation second, the others close up, and Ernestine about 40 yards behind, where she remained to the finish. At the Grosvenor Post Maria Day advanced, and at the distance challenged Dr. Allen, who had taken Happy's place, ran with him a few strids, and won by a length easy. A good race for second : was won by about a neck : the others beaten off. After the race Mr. Price objected to the start, and it was left to the decision of the stewards, who gave the race to Maria Day. A Match for 50 sons. Mr. Payne'sl);Fe;si;, by Despot, 2 yrs, ist.. (Howlett) 1 Lord Maidstone's ch f Wide-awake, 3 yrs, 9 st 2 Betting-6 to 4on Pensive, who took the lead, was never headed, and won in a canter by two lengths. The LADIES' PURSE, value £5O, to be run for by horses beaten during the week ; heats, twice round the course. Mr. Dawson's ch f The Biddy, 3 yrs (Lye) 3 1 1 Mr. Graydon's ch h Clinker, G yrs .. . ............. 1 2 2 Mr. Langley's b c Rancour , 4 yrs Betting—First heat — Cli nker made all th e runn i ng, and, after a short struggle w ith Rancour, w on b y about three lengths. Second Heat—Clinker again made the running, but after a long struggle with The Biddy, was beaten by a neck. Third heat—The len ßiddymade way a t a m i ddling pace, and won easily by half a gth. m Sir W. M. Stanley, Bart., F. R. Price, Esq., and the Hon. j, S. Anson are appointed stewards for next year's races. JUNCTION OF THE RAILWAY IN MANCHESTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—After the conflict of interest and feeling which this important question has excited, it appears that the directors of the Liverpool line have submitted to the Hunt's Bank junction. It is indeed humiliating to the dignity and wealth of a body representing the earliest and most renowned un dertaking of this nature, that they should have yielded to the domination of the Leeds Directors, after publicly announcing their conviction of the paramount advantages of a southern over a northern junction of railways in the town of Ma'fiches ter. Mr. Hodgson, a member of the Liverpool Board, has, however, nobly redeemed the minority from the imputation of infirmity of purpose, exhibited by its other members, who must have felt some keen anticipations of public censure upon their inconsistency, in conjunction with the overwhelm ing preponderance of shares held by Mr. Hodgson and his party. It can scarcely be imagined that so powerful a mi nority will quietly see a measure so inimical to the company's interests, and forced upon it by such disueditable means, carried out to the expectation of the Leeds Directors. And it is to be wished—tor the sake of the public, who have a right to require, in the formation of this junction—that it be not made for mere selfish purposes, and have, at least, the appearance of its being what is ostensibly declared for the accommodation of the public. But how can travellers by the Birmingham and Manchester and Sheffield and Man chester lines reach the Liverpool Railway by the proposed communication? It is surely not intended to invite them to dangle themselves in mephetic air and darkness down a pit seventy feet deep, and emerge from the other tunnel shaft like a knot of colliers issuing out of their pandemonium ? The public need not entertain any apprehension that they will be deprived of a proper communication ; for parliament can never sanction so absurd a project as a tunnel while the desiderata for an union of all the railways present themselves in the line to the Store-street Station. I take it for granted, that the Liverpool and Manchester Company will sleep upon their oars until they see the fate of the bill for the tunnel project, which must be defeated, and will then gladly yield to the tide of public feeling for the southern line, from which they have been so unwillingly driven. Their late adhesion to the Hunts Bank junction will, of course, prevent any open demonstrations from them against that measure; but the Sheffield and Manchester Company, whose interests are seriously involved in the question, have only to exhibit the two proposed lines to par liament—and say, " look on this picture and on that"—" Hy perion to a Satyr" —to insure the defeat of the tunnel scheme, which must instantly neutralise the plans of the Leeds Directors and their party. Since writing the preceding observations, which I had intended to request the favour of being published in your journal, some friend has sent me your publication of the 3d instant, containing some stringent observations upon the late—but I do not believe it will be the last—decision of the Liverpool Board. The thanks of the public are due to you for your talented advocacy of the southern junction, which alone can give that convergence of lines which they have a right to demand ; and as a shareholder in the Sheffield and Manchester Company, whose interests are also involved in this question, I thank you, in the name of its proprietary, for your just and indignant reprehension, on several occa sions, of the unprovoked calumnies heaped upon it. Had it been an undertaking from which the coalescing lines of Birmingham and Leeds had nothing to fear, they, at least, would not have disturbed it as they have done in its progress to the euthanasia into which they have fruitlessly striven to drive it. But the cause of their enmity to it constitutes its value ; and the prospect of its •becoming a participant in the eastern traffic of one, and the southern traffic of the other, is destined, I conclude, to perpetuate their hostility. Assuredly no green-grocer or chandler's shopkeeper ever exhibited more degrading and silly animosity at the audacity of a competitor opening a neighbouring shop than has been done by one of these companies, while the truth of the fact is demonstrable that railways generate peculiar traffics of their own which never materially interfere with those of others. Requesting the favour of your publishing these observa tions, I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Sheffield, 6th May, 1812 ATTICUS We have readily given insertion to the communication of our correspondent " Atticus," not only because of the inte rest of the subject, upon which he writes, to our Liverpool readers—(and in truth it is of far snore interest than they are at present aware of)—but because it is only just on the one hand, that the claims of towns, seeking to be connected by a railway communication with this port, should be heard ; and, on the other, that those of our fellow townsmen whose recent concession to dictation has, for the present, repu diated, in appearance at least, those claims, should be ena bled to judge of the opinions, held beyond the limits of their own immediate locality, of the propriety and dignity of the position into which they have submitted to be driven. With respect to these we have already expressed ourselves freely ; and in everything that we have advanced upon the subject we are fully borne out by our intelligent correspondent. To oue passage of the letter of " Atticus" we would re spectfully entreat the serious consideration of the Liverpoo board. Our correspondent, whilst predicting the certain failure of any attempt to carry out the projected tunnel from Hunt's-bank to Store-street, as the junction of the Liverpool line with the Sheffield and the Birmingham lines,—and how such an absurd proposition can ever be attempted to be carried out we are at a loss to conceive—suggests that the Liverpool board should "sleep on their oars until they see the fate of the bill for that project." Surely there is, at least, reason in the adoption of such a course. If the Manchester and Leeds Company have entrapped the Liverpool directors into the adoption of their Hunt's Bank Junction, by the promise of such an underground continuation to the foot of a shaft in Store-street, from whence passengers and goods are to be lifted in buckets or baskets, or projected by some " infernal machine" to the level of the Sheffield line, surely it is but prudent, before embarking in the formation of a portion of the scheme, to ace ~hrthui the remainder, bud though IL be, is ever likely, or is even intended, to be proceeded with — whether it is ever destined to be any other than a paper plan —a mere fighting line—conceived in the fertile imagination of an engineer, for the purpose of bolstering up an imposture upon the Liverpool board and upon the public. We, at least, are satisfied not only that it never will be made, but that it was never intended to be made! Let the Liverpool board only examine facts and probabilities, and they will inevitably arrive at the same conclusion. We must return our thanks to " Atticus " for the flatter ing mention which he makes of our labours upon this junction question. We have certainly "reprehended severely," and with justice too, the unworthy course which the Leeds directors have pursued and are still pursuing, against the undertak ing in which he is interested, (in common with the public,) and against the board of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The concession of the latter body to insult and insolence has not convinced us that we are wrong ; and we see nothing as suredly in the present conduct of the Leeds and Manchester gentlemen—we see nothing of that moderation in victory— which is calculated to assureusthat concession:has purchased peace. But a fortnight ago, the same fire-eaters, who lately threatened to eat up the Liverpool line by a northern project, were about to swamp the Sheffield line (having succeeded in depriving it of a junction with Liverpool) by a branch line of their own to Ashton (I), and surely men who could put forth such an absurdity—who could thus show the true nature of their raving opposition to any junction, in the advantages of which their Sheffield opponent could participate, will not be particularly observant of any pledges which they may have entered into to abandon that northern scheme, the fear of which has driven so far from their propriety the directors of the Liverpool line ! BILLY, THE TERRIER OF THE TOWN-COUNCIL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—May I, through the medium of your columns, offer a few hints to our worthy town-councillors, upon the impro priety of having admitted the canine species into the town council. But having done so, I would humb y advise them, whenever they find a tiresome, cross-grained cur snapping at their heels, to act as the brave bruen did with the mastiff. Take him by the neck and give him a toss over, and let him go yelping to his kennel. By-the-bye, it may be as well for the friends of the animal in question to chain him up. Let them remember, that, as the hot weather is coming on, our worthy magistrates may issue orders that all mad dogs should be shot. Perhaps you will be prepared to say, let things take their course—but no ; every dog has his day. and we would rather see this worrier die a natural death. The animal has been so snappish lately at an honest policeman, that one has a notion that he feels an instinctive horror at the truncheon, and has already ringing in his ears the frightful cry of mad dog. At all events the creature should be muzzled. Your obedient servant, PINCHER. On Friday a young woman jumped from the Greenwich steamer into the Thames, and was rescued with the greatest difficulty. Lord Claude Hamilton, brother to the present Marquis of Abercorn, is understood to be the successful suitor for the hand of Miss Burdett Coutts. " Trade is very bad," said Stultz, the fashionable tailor ; "I do n't make near so many coats as formerly." " How can you expect it," was the reply, " when there are so many turivd coats among your customers in the Lords and Com mons?" GERA, APRIL 26.—His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Hanover is betrothed to the Princess Mary. eldest daugh ter of the Duke of Saxe Altenburg. His serene highness himself announced the news to the members of the Assembly of the Estates, who were mustered yesterday to keep the 25th anniversary of his highness's marriage. COPENHAGEN, April 29.—8 y a royal precept to the Bishop of Sealand, the Rev. Mr. Tryde is commissioned to confer with Baptists (the brothers Minster) who have been arrested and thrown into prison, and to ascertain the doctrines of this sect, with a view to find whether it may be proper to grant them the free exercise of their religious worship. It is to be hoped that this measure will lead to the desired end. Last Wednesday morning, between eight and nine, a fire, attended with the destruction of near 20 houses, broke out in High-street, Beaminster, Dorset. A terrific storm of thunder broke over the villages of Ban well, Worle, Wrington, and places adjacent on Monday. A man and two horses engaged in ploughing a short distance from Banwell, were struck by the electric fluid and instan taneously killed.—Sherborne Journal. From a return of the number of accidents of a public na ture on railways, it appears that they are considerably dimi nishing. In the last five months of the year 1840, 28 acci dents, 22 deaths, and 131 cases of injury took place, while the twelve months of 1841 give only 29 accidents, 24 deaths, and 71 cases of injury. It is very satisfactory to observe that a marked diminution has taken place in the class of accidents, such as collisions, arising chiefly from mismanagement or defective arrangements. A great proportion of accidents which occurred in the end of 1840, and beginning of 1841, were of the same nature, no fewer than 17 acci dents having occurred in eight months from August, 1840, to April, 1841, from the single cause of collisions by trains or engines overtaking others travelling on the same line. During the nine months from April, 1841, to January, 1812, only five collisions of this nature occur• red, and those, with one exception, unattended with fatal consequences. This diminution in the number of collisionst.y appears too great to be the result of accident, and niay e f n i I, be attributed in a considerable degree to the mors c g r - 1711 . 1 : adoption of the precautions suggested by the Inspector-6e ‘..‘` the neral, and recommended by the o ption of a this departmel i erection of proper fixed signals at station a s,..ials, the en better description of tail-lamps and h n. 4 servants, forcement of more attention to signals on part t P all trains,. iii ha of and the adoption of proper time-tables ___, 1 regularity eluding luggage trains, with a view toprep`4' successive trains. in the traffic, and proper intervals . betweea SCRIPTURAL EDUCATION A PARALLEL CASE TO THE EDUCATION QUESTION IN THE LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL We have been repeatedly told, by the opponents of the present system of education in the corporation schools, that appeal e t t o o a p r court a of s y l s a mw of f u l e d d o c c or t i p o e n / e t o h i e l t a E i o d i u n cga justtiott a C n o Committee that quantity or that lack of religious instruction which might square with the religious, or the non-religious, pre judices of all classes of the community,—by which Maho medan and Pagan, Jew and Mormonite, Atheist and Christian mi g ht lovingly imbibe learning and morality to gether, and be taught to worship their various deities by the same teachers, and under the same roof. A case, however, has just been tried in a superior court which will test some what severely the doctrines of the philosophers by whom this version of the law upon such matters has been put forth. The case, or rather the cases, to which we refer were those of " The Attorney-General v. Cullum," and "The same v. Le Grice," and related to the disposal of a surplus fund, arising from some charities in Bury St. Edmunds, to the pur poses of education. The circumstances were stated briefly to be the following : " In 1547, the parishioners agreed amongst themselves to sell the church plate, weighing upwards of forty stone, and bought with the money arising from the sale a large portion of land belonging to the crown. A small portion of the in come arising from that estate, which amounts at the present day to £9OO per annum, they appropriated to the repairs of the church, and the remainder to the support of the poor. In 1833, the information was filed by the Attorney-General at the relation of certain inhabitants of Bury : and, in 1836, it was referred to the Master to inquire and ascertain, amongst other things, the amount of the property, and to approve of a scheme for the future management of the estates and ap plication of the income. The Master had found, amongst other things, that it would be proper to build and support three schools in Bury out of the surplus income, namely, a commercial school, for the instruction of 150 boys; a poor boys' school, for the instruction of 300 boys ; and a poor girls' school, for the instruction of 150 girls. The Master's report left it to the trustees to appoint mastersand mistresses, without stating of what religious persuasion they should be ; and went on to provide, that a sufficient and convenient por tion of the school-monies should be set apart daily for read ing the Scripture lessons prepared for the use of the Irish National Schools, and the authorised version of the Scrip tures, or such part thereof as the trustees should think per; •and that no other religious instruction should be intro duced into the schools. To this portion of the scheme, the defendants, who were some of the trustees, objected, and pro posed, that the masters and mistresses should be members of the Church of England, and should give general religious and moral instruction to all the scholars in such books as the go vernors should select, and on Sunday should give religious instruction according to the doctrines of the Church of Eng land, to those chiltn whose parents did not object to their receiving the same. We have here then —setting aside the difference of the source from which the funds to be expended are derived—a parallel case to that of the Liverpool corporation. It is agreed on all hands in the St. Edmunds case, that the fund and the education to be provided by it is intended fbr the benefit of all the inhabitants of the parish ; and the widest application contended for by the opponents of the _present system has never gone beyond this. The objection, too, urged against the adoption of a scrip tural system, was precisely that of the liberal party in this town, for it was argued, on the behalf of the Dissenters of Bury St. Edmunds, that as the education in question was to be provided " from funds, to which the children of Dissenters are equally entitled with those of members of the Church of England, unless the former are to be permitted to participate in the advantage of education thus to be provided, they can not but feel that they have just cause of complaint. If it be directed, that the schoolmasters and mistresses should be members of the Church of England, the schools will he im mediately impressed with the character of Church of England schools. to which conscientious Dissenters will not send their children. All that is now asked is, that no such direc tion shall be made—not that it shall be directed that the master shall be a Dissenter." In addition to this general plea it was urged also that the funds having originally derived from the Roman Catholic church, ought, in part at least, to be devoted to the education of children in the faith of that church, in reply to which it was well and truly maintained that the donors of such funds were members of the Catholic church, though an erring branch of that church ; and that, as the Church of England is that Catholic church purified by the reformation, but still the ancient Catholic church, the application of the funds for the benefit of her members will be, in fact, to apply them for the benefit of persons professing the same faith as the do nors." And with respect to dissenters it was equally well agreed that " It cannot be said that dissenters, as such, are entitled to the fund ; for, at the time of the donations, which were of the periods of Edward VI. and Queen Elizabeth, no dissent was allowed ; and no one could be what is now under stood by the term,' dissenter.' Under these circumstances we contend, that a direction should be made, that the masters of the schools should not only be members of the Church of England, but also clergymen of that church." The following judgment was then delivered by Sir Knight Bruce, V.C. :—lf there be any education, it must clearly be accompanied by instruction in religion, for without religion education would be a by-word and a mere mockery. If there be education, and therefore instruction in religion, what possible standard can the court have, or with propriety adopt, other than the established religion of the country ? Suppose the schoolmaster to be a conscientious Anabaptist, what then? Is there to be no exposition of the Scriptures ? If there were to be, then the parties must look out for some gentleman professing all the tolerated religions in the country. A master, not believing in the doctrines of the Trinity, may be called on to interpret such portions of the Scripture as relate to that doctrine, and he may do that which is unfortunately but too general with regard to the Bible, namely, skip those parts which present the difficulty. I can very well understand the argument, that no part of the funds of the charity ought to be applied to the purposes of education, that is perfectly intelligible; but it would be worse than mockery to say, that there should be education without religious instruction. If it be held, that religious instruc tion is to be given, the court can see no guide, no standard, by which it can be governed, but by the Established Church. If any other were adopted, the varieties of religions taught would be as infinite as the changes of dissent are perpetual. The scheme, in my judgment, does not provide for religions instruction. The defect is, not that it does not provide for religious instruction according to the doctrines and practice of the Church of England ; but that it does not provide at all for what, I can consider, religious instruction. If educa tion, of course I mean education including religious instruc tion, is to be provided for, I apprehend it must be according to the doctrines and principles of the Church of England. I know no/other standard or guide to which the court can re sort. Dissenting as Ido from the present scheme, so far as it relates to the purposes of education, I must send that part back to the master, fo r th e purpose of his reviewing his re port, unless some other course can be hereafter suggested. If education be part of the scheme, it is in my judgment clear, that whatever may be the particular course of instruc tion, or of exemption, if any, as to any part of the instruc tion, the masters and mistresses must be members of the Church of England. I cannot think it at present necessary to say, that either of the masters should be aclergyman ; but certainly all of them should be members of the Church of England, and no other course of religious instruction should be adopted than that which is in conformity with that church. I make these observations, upon the hypothesis, that it may ultimately be thought right that a provision for education should form part of the scheme, a matter upon which I do not mean to bind myself by any opinion at present, but re serve for future consideration. 1 shall, therefore, refer it back to the master to review his report, and to consider whe ther, having regard to the nature of the charity, and to the present state and condition of the town of Bury, it is fit and proper that any provision should be made for education ; and if the master shall be of opinion in the affirmatkye, then that it shall be declared that there is to be no master; mistress, or teacher appointed, who is not a member of the Church of England ; and that no other course of religious instruction shall be adopted, except in conformity with that church. The master, upon this, will send back a scheme, either in cluding or not including education. If he include it, he must include declarations, one affirmative and one negative. By " affirmative," I mean, that every master, mistress, and teacher shall be a member of the Church of England ; by " negative," that no other course of religious instructiom shall be adopted than in conformity with that church. If the master find in the negative, as to a provision being made for education, then he will suggest some other scheme for the employment of the fund, which is now proposed to be applied to the building of the schools. I would willingly have disposed of the question without sending it back to the master if I could have done so ; but as I see there are views which have possibly not been brought with sufficient clear ness and fullness before the master, I cannot take upon myself to do so. 211ar0 24.—0 n this day, Cooper informed the court, that all parties had agreed to modify the scheme as to education as follows :—That the masters and mistresses of the schools should be members of the Church of England ; and that, during one hour at least of each school day, the master should give religious instruction to all the scholars ; such re ligious instruction to be confined to the reading and explana tion of the Scriptures; and on every Lord's day only h o should give instruction in the liturgy. catechism, and articles of the Church of England, to such of the boys whose par en t s are in communion with that church ; and that all the scholars should be required to repair twice every Lord's day t o church. Provided, nevertheless, that any two of the trut•- tees, by a note in writing, might excuse from attendance a t church any of the scholars who were children of ueparents t understood, in communion with the Church of England. Sir Knight Bruce.—Had the parties . not agreed, have referred the scheme, as far as it relates . to eidaucation, that tk the to the gro umaster. which I wish I proceeded,it to he d iswtienrcetl not conse quence of my entertaining any preference for the Established. at the bar, Church, but from the absolute necessity of the case, that partiesthis before on th the e eo u clear g understandingreeto present°nlY it case. 1 mo dified shape. It is clearly more beneficial ItroL its s e members of whotrleiesuClthoufrcthheosfeEhentnglean‘dviltlhatnhetroefothreostee, are not so. The that all the teachers must be members of the Church of England • by which I mean that religion cannot be taught without int'erpretaticn. The court is bound to state some standard of interpretation , and there would be insurm ounta b le difficulties in statinz any other rule of interpretation than that which accords with the doctrines of the Established Church. TRUE BENEFICENCE.—A gentleman of the name of Slatic„, an eminent and op u l ent merchant, a native of the tow n of _ Poole, has undert a k en to b uild at his own expense , tin e new churches in the colony of Newfoundland. _ . - - - -------- A D u nstan, CURIOUS C IRCUMSTANCE.—An old man nameu_..-- u - ri -b i ll, now upwards of 80 years of age, and resident Quay at exception, Falmouth, has actually slept every night, with o u t azette. since his birth, in the same house.—Cornwal l .ship, no , THE BRITISH QUEEN.—This splendid. d h Capt. Keane. the property of the Belgian Government,.arri_vsyet aropton Water, on Thursday, commaT a _ e _ en , an d the o ffi cers The crew consists of nearly one hundreaurar.y ~, i from Antwerp. steam-ship, the South are all Englishmen. She is to go rseguthampton. She had to New York, and back, calling 'a ngers from Antwerp, and on board nearly one hundred Pas s h e nnee she sailed, on Satur - received more at Southampton. cv day, for New York. a in...ielemfornotrah, :11l rain i ng an old and exerienced of Stevens , and three menservants, bo A atm sm an al , l of sa t i h l e ing na b n::? „ astings , was upsct in a sudden belonging to families. at I. t h e shore ofl St. Leonard's on board perished B• P r when a on .--- rtn,i, on Wednesday morning, squall, about order to head his regiment, Herald. rton comes to Worsley Hail, Lancashire Lord Francis Ea early in the ensuing ter's yeomanry cavalry -of Lonna' - , which corps the Duke a rable on the 10th, for eight days is ordered to as permanent duty. T ., ~,, t jty'S CHARITIES.--Th • e judges are, on next LADY “ E - morn to deliver Tuesday, (this_ m their opinion in the the 1 f Lords, on law House oquestions submitted for their .. erat i on , with respect to the case cons!a . elding £3,000 a of Lady Hewley's charity, yielding year. Her ladyship b i T ' eng a 11- n i tar iau-Presbyterian, it was decided by the Vice-Chancellor,. an d afterwards by the present Lord Uni tarian -Presbyterians could receive Chancellor, that Unitarian trustees were also no part of it, and the U nit Objeetions were taken displaced by the court. On ap-, Chancery, and the jud en to parts of the evidence read ira these objections, which es were asked for their opinions on (this day.) Th they are now to pronounce on Tues day,e case is,of important to the parties, but it isalso ' . important to the public, in order to have settled the principle of the 4w, of evidence which it in, volves. ,