The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-02 00:00:00

and dirt; us must have bun experkneed," attention to this remark by placing the P issage in italics ; and we added, (again, however, ahout th e usua l typographical sign,) a commendation 0 the picture to our free-trade agitators. Yet the %hole of these passages the Guardian discreetly sup presses ! That the American manufacturer regards the native agriculture of his country as a valuable support to fall back upon, is a fact which the league oracle, who would fain persuade the British people to destroy their native agriculture, is not desirous to obtrude upon the notice of his readers. 'We should not' perhaps have noticed these petty meannesses but for a rather obtrusive flourish of his own excessive virtue, and dislike of " petty misquota tions," exhibited by the Guardian in the same publica tion in which he thus offends, added to our wish to address a few remarks to the gentlemen of the Anti- Corn -law League, upon the very passages which their organ has chosen to garble. We are told by these gentlemen, on every occasion, that America only wants a market for her agricultural produce, to become a large purchaser of our manufactured goods. The American market is a losing market, exclaims the league manufacturer, because you will not enable him to buy by taking of his abundance of corn. But what says the American journalist? Why that unless we take the corn of America " at profitable rates to the producer," there is " little prospect for a demand for manufactured goods, DOMESTIC or foreign"---that there is little prospect of American mills and American manufacturers being re-employed! In other words, the modest demand of America, and of the league, is this : take the surplus corn of the republic ; destroy the British farmer; leave England without that source of strength to fall back upon which a prosperous native agriculture affords;—in order that AMERICAN, not British, manufactures may GO AHEAD! At a meeting of the Dock Committee, on Thursday, a reference was made by the surveyor to " a report on 'Change," to the effect that the transit sheds on the west side of Prince's Dock were " giving way ;" and, in answer to a que s ti on f rom a mem b e r o f th e com mittee, with respect to the party upon whose authority the report in question was * circulated, Mr. Hartley is reported to have said that " the subject had been men tioned to him by Mr. Chapman." A copy of a letter addressed by that gentleman to the chairman of the Dock Committee, explanatory of his real share in Mr. Hartley's " report on 'Change," has been handed to us for publication, which, as a matter of justice to him, we - now lay before our readers ; and we are, in addition, authorised to state that not a syllable, directly or 'indirectly, has passed between the surveyor and himself upon the subject of the sheds alluded to. Liverpool, July 29th, 1842. MY DEAR SlR,—When you spoke to me yesterday about the transit sheds, I scarcely knew what your drift was. My atte ntion, howev er , h as b een ca ll ed to the proceedings of the Dock Committere, wherein it ap pears or (with hi s usual want of accuracy) stated I the ad Dock b told Surve him the transit sheds were giving way. k uuw F his inform a ti on, an d yours, I b eg to state what I do or of the report mentioned ; it is as follows :—Whilst P a ssing along the west side of Prince's Dock some time ago, a gentleman pointed out one of the transit sheds as having sa ,gged, and w hi c h certa i n l y has that appearance. I have al waYs been opposed to the erection of the transit sheds, con sidering t h e expence would be a waste of money ; and I have "dared my opinion to be, that ultimately they will have to come down, or be granted to the public free of charge, for the Pur poses of exp or t, an d not i mport, as i nstead of expediting poses of of the latter, they will only impede it. With t _ es pect to th e d es i gn o f t h e trans i t sheds, or the specification fur the contract, I am quite satisfied that the Surveyor, al .t,h,ough anxious t o d o hi s b es t, wou ld b e sure to b otch every "ng, as he has done the graving docks. As You be your Surveyor i s f on d o f " reports on 'Ch ange, " w ill kind enough to ask him if he did not discharge one thof the head foremen of the dock yard for having laid down e new works railway acco r di ng t o th e S urveyor ' s sec ti on , feet 81 in the centre, (instead of 4 feet Si in the clear;) an d had not some of the rails to be taken up again ? PI hope you will g i ve th e S urveyor an opportun i ty of ex laining• Ile has always bee n 8o ver y accommo d a ti ng 't o the shipowners and shipbuilders, that I, as one of the for 'er; watch him narrowly, in order that he may receive at (4 e hands of the public the reward due to his merits.-1 remain, my dear sir, yours faithfully, HENRY CLEAVER CHAPMAN To Thomas Sands, Esq., Chairman of the Dock Committee. Of course Mr. Hartley will be able to explain how this discrepancy between himself and Mr. Chapman, upon a matter of fact, has arisen. In the supposition, however, that the defects alleged to exist in the con struction of the transit sheds had been noticed by no better an authority than Mr. Chapman appears to be regarded by a portion of the Dock Committee, we really cannot see that the exclamations of " hear," and the " laughter" with which the surveyor's flippant allusion to that gentleman is reported to have been received by the committee, were in the best possible taste. Mr. Chapman, we are aware, is not one of those who are in the habit of regarding as the per fection of wisdom or skill every dictum or every con struction of the dock surveyor. But the committee may believe us when we say that there is a large body of the public who are similarly incredulous ; and it is scarcely safe for gentlemen who are, or ought to be, representatives of the interests and the opinions of a large community, to sneer at the judgment of portions of that community, however unimportant they may imagine them to be. On the present occasion, it appears that the " report on 'Change," so flippantly disposed of by the surveyor, does not rest upon the authority of Mr. Chapman ; and we venture to say, that if any half dozen members of the committee will tak e the pains to examine the erections complained of, it will take some better authority than that of the sur veyor himself to satisfy them that the report in question is without warrant, or that the sheds are such as the trustees of the Dock Estate ought to be proud of ! We state this deliberately, after having viewed them throughout, that they would be disgraceful to the architect of a cow-shed; and that any engineer for wilt " they had been built by a responsible contractor Wo uld not d o hi s d uty if h e di d not require them to be pulled d own aga i n ! They are, in fact, A BOTCHthllo_Ugllollt. With respect to the subject mentioned in the con cluding paragraph of Mr. Chapman's letter, we can of cour se know n o thi ng , or w h a t amounts to not hi ng. We have, however, heard of the matter before—that an old and valuable servant of the Dock Estate was dismissed at a moment's warning, because of the mis construction of the railway mentioned ; and it cer tainlY does appear to us, now that the affair has assumed the shape of a tangible charge, made by a kno wn and responsible party, that the Dock Committee are r hound to put it to rest by instituting an enquiry in its correctne s s. Diffi cu lt y th ere can b e none i n hematter, even under the p ecu li ar managemen t of Public works of our Dock Estate. Had the laying of the railway in question been let to any respectable c ri o l nt et s r t .. 4- , u r , the ex p ense o f an y error o f c onstruction w " a " fallen upon such contractor, and there nlii have been an end of it. But as such was not the case ; as the work was done by a servant of the Dock Trust, and done so incorrectly that that servant Was discharged ; as the expense of the mistake must have fallen upon the Dock Estate, and it is broadly charged that the mistake itself lies at the door, not of the poor man who has been made the victim, but of the surveyor himself ;—it is certainly the duty of the committee to ascertain in what quarter the blame 18 justly chargeable. The ed man must have dischar had a secti on of the railway to work by. Let th a t section be produc e d to the committee; and if the rails are there laid dow n as 4 feet 81- inches in th e clear— the width of nearly every railway in the kingdom— th charge fallsen Mr. H to art the ground. and Mr.. Chapman's • We may have something to say on a future occa sion respecting the recent order of the committee to appropriate the western side of the Prince's Dock to vessels discharging. At present our space is limited; but we venture to hazard an opinion, nevertheless, that a more absurd project was never attempted to be carried out by any public body, and that it can never be worked for six months ! TESTIMONIAL OF THE BRAZILIAN MERCHANTS TO DR. DUNDAS °trate 16th of March, last year, a general meeting of the British merchants, resident at Bahia, was held in that place for the pur pose 01 ex ' p ressino. their attachment and esteem towards D r . Dendas, late surgeon to the British Hospital two there, previous t o his leaving that city, after a residence of and-twenty years. chair, an d the foil Richard Latham, Esq., was in the adopted : o wing resolutions were unanimously Ist.---" That a service of plate, value three hundred gui neas, with a suitable inscription, be presented to Dr. pan das ' late surgeon to the British Hospital, in testimony of our es teem, for his talents as a physician—his virtues as a man — his value as a frienddisplayed in the zealous and successful we called Cat:hives of arduous' and Important dale:, througho at the long period of two-and-twenty years." 2nd.—" That the following gentlemen be requested to undertake the performance of the foregoing resolution, and that the amount be remitted to them :—Samuel Johnston, Abraham Crabtree, and James Mellor, Esqrs." On Tuesday last the above resolutions were carried into effect by a presentation of a handsome Service of Plate, value £350. The chief piece consisted of a chaste and mag nificent Candelebrum, designed and manufactured by our townsmen, Messrs. Wordley and Mayer, Lord-street. The service was presented to the worthy Dr., at his residence, Upper Duke-street, by the committee of merchants, nomi nated in the second resolution. STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &c The improved business in our Cotton market still continues. During the past week, ending Friday, the sales amounted to 33470 bales, including 3700 American, on speculation, and 820 American and Pernambuco on speculation. Prices are fully supported, and the demand of purchasers is freely met by holders. On Saturday, about 4,000 bales were sold in a quiet market, to the trade. Yesterday more bustle was displayed arid a large business was done amounting to nearly 8,000 bales, at at the full prices of the preceding week. The accounts from the manufacturing districts are every where of an improved character. We have scarcely met with any one conversant with such matters, for the last fort night, by whom improvement, and that of a healthy charac ter is not acknowledged. CORRESPONDENCE, ADMISSION TO PLACES OF WORSHIP, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sin —I hope you will favour me by inserting the follow ing in your valuable journal. I have observed placarded on the walls the intended opening of an idolatrous mass-house, at the Old Swan, on Thursday next, when they purpose demanding a sum of ss. and is. 6d. admittance. I hope every protestant who is fond of seeing a performance, will attend, and if such a demand be made, let them appear in an action against the parties connected, and I have no hesita tion in saying they will be obliged to pay the penalty, namely £5OO. I shall attend myself, and if any opposition to my admittance bd offered, I will give those parties in charge of the police.—l am, Sir. &c. August 1, 1842. M. LOCAL NEWS. QUICK PASSAGE.—The splendid steamer Princess Royal arrived on Saturday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, in 15 hours, from Greenock. QUICK PASSAGES NO NOVELTY.—The splendid steamers Fire King, Achilles, Commodore, and Admiral, have all made passages from Greenock to Liverpool in fifteen to six teen hours. A deputation from the merchants connected with the trade to the River Plata, accompanied by Lord Sandon and Sir H. Douglas, had an interview with th e E ar l o f Ab er d een on Tuesday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—The royal assent was given on Saturday to the bill for making the Hunt's Bank junction, at Manchester, between the Liver pool and Manchester and the Manchester and Leeds rail ways. COLLECTION.—On Sunday morning last, a sermon was preached at Wallasey Church, by the Hon. and Rev. H. Montagu Villiers, acid a colleciion j made, for the support of the schools in connection with the church, amounting to the handsome sum of X 35 15s. 7d. We beg to call the attention of those of our readers, who are interested in the new varieties of wheat, to an invitation in another part of our paper, to examine the growth of those selected for trial by the Royal Agricultural Society of Eng land for their prize. We understand that, besides those se lected as above, several others of the best kinds are to be seen, such as Sheriff's H opetoun, Fullard's White, &c. ; and, from what we know of Dr. Sillar, we are sure that all those who may take advantage of his liberal offer, will meet with every attention. WATCH GLASSES.—By an advertisement which appears elsewhere, it will- be seen that watch-glasses can now be procured at the manufacturing prices, at Mr. Robinson's, in Williamson-street. We believe Mr. R. to be a thorough going conservative, and that it is entirely in consequence of his political opinions that the watchmakers, who in this town are for the most part on the liberal side, have withdrawn from him their support. The watchmakers must have re- alised an enormous profit out of this portion of their trade. as the usual price for a lunette glass is 2s. to 3s. 6d., while here we see Mr. Robinson selling the same at is. each. TRUMPERY A CTION.—In the Court of Passage, last week, an action was brought to recover a pretended bet, and was one of the numerous trumpery claims attempted to be made out at this sessions. The parties, it appears, met at a pub lic house, the plaintiff being a collector of orders for a brewery and the defendant a livery stable keeper. The plaintiff was bragging of the amount he had bet on the Derby, and offered to take 5 to 2 or 3to 1 against Attila. The defendant to joke him, told him Attila would not win, and said, " I dare venture to bet 5 to 1 against him." Upon this joke the plaintiff sought to obtain £5. It_appeared,the attorney for the plaintiff had first applied for £lOl Tht; learned Assessor recommended the withdrawal of a juror, which was agreed to. The plaintiff will have to pay his costs and for the at tendance of about sixteen witnesses for three days. INDECENT PUBLICATIONS.—CharIes William M`Kelvey was indicted at the Sessions, which terminated on Friday, for having sold publications containing obscene writings and pictures. By the advice of his counsel, Mr. 'enables, he was induced to withdraw his plea of not vuilty, on the under standing that he should be bound over in his own recogni zances not to offend in future. Mr. Henderson, who ap peared for the prosecution, said, that the offence had, on a former occasion, been visited in that court with two years' imprisonment. The prisoner was bound over in his own recognizance of £2OO that he should be of good behaviour for twelve months, or, in default, be brought up for judg ment. He was discharged. RlOT.—James Ryan, aged 16, and William Ryan, 28 were charged at the Sessions last week with having partici pated in the riots of the 12th of July last. The indictment set forth that the prisoners had tumultuously assembled to disturb the public peace, in Adlington-street, and then and there created a riot, and also violently assaulted and beaten James Seed with weapons. Mr. Holland was for the prose cution, and Mr. Fitzgerald for the defence. The particulars of this case were published in our paper after the committal of the prisoners by Mr. Rushton. Witnesses were called for the defence, who did not materially alter the aspect of the case. A written character was put in on behalf of Ryan, from Mr. Lawrence Heyworth. The Jury found the pri soners guilty, and they were sentenced to two months' im prisonment and hard labour. SELLING WATER FOR WHISKEY.—LaSt week at the Sessions, Margaret M'Cullum, aged 34, was charged with having, by false pretences, obtained a sovereign and four shillings, the money of Raphael Bowring. The prisoner had sold a jar, stating that it contained two gallons of whis key, but which turned out to be pure water. It was brought to the house, in a sack by a man. The prosecutor had since died, and his sister, who resides in Islington, appeared and stated the case. The prisoner made a statement to the effect, that the liquor must have been changed, when it was left in a tobacconist's shop, and the bottle sealed up when filled with water. She had !previously dealt with the lady, having sold her some catsup. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and it was stated that she had practised the same fraud in other quarters. Sentence—to be imprisoned for two calen dar months. PROPOSED HAYMARKET IN GREAT GEORGE-PLACE.— The following is a copy of a memorial, signed by nearly the whole of the shopkeepers resident in the neighbourhood, in favour of the conversion of Great George-place into a market for the sale of hay :—" To the worshipful the Mayor and Town Council of Liverpool. " We, the undersigned, con stituting a majority of the inhabitants of Great George-place and its vicinity, having understood that you contemplate re moving the Haymarket to our locality, respectfully beg to express our conviction, that such a step would be most proper and highly conducive to public interest and con venience. We have often heard farmers as well as buyers of hay complain of the great distance they ibe compelled to travel from the south end of the town. We are aware that some objections may be raised against the removal of the Haymarket to Great George-place, as the limited space and the want of a car stand, as a substitute for the present one ; but we are prepared to suggest plans which would fully meet these apparent obstacles, and we humbly, but earnestly, crave to be heard hereupon." EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Friday, at the Sessions, Michael M`Loughlin was indicted for defrauding his employers, Messrs. Samuel and James Holme, of the value of one and a-half days' labour. Mr. Paget stated the case to the jury. The prosecutors, Messrs. S. and J. Holme, are very exten sive builders in this town, and have many hundreds of work men in their employ. The prisoner, who is a labourer, was employed by them in June last, and on the 18th of that month came to the office and charged six days for his week's work. It appears that Messrs. Holme pay most of thei workmen's wages on a Friday evening ; but in consequence of the great number of their men, the time of the labourers is booked up to Friday in each week, and they receive their wages on the Saturday evening. The prisoner came to the office on the Saturday evening for his wages, having pre viously charged six full days; and the cashkeeper, not sus pecting the fraud, paid him the full 175., whereas he had only worked four and a-half days, and should, therefore, have received only the sum of 12s. 9d. The learned counsel commented upon the dishonesty of the prisoner, and stated the utter impossibility of carrying on any business with re gularity if such fraudulent practices were permitted. The case was clearly proved, and the only defence the prisoner offered was that he was drunk. He was found gu ilt y, an d the recorder, after conferring with Mr. Holme, (who was pointed out to him as being in court,) addressed the prisoner, and warned him against such dishonesty for the future. Mr. Holme had prosecuted him, not so much to punish him as for the sake of example. Nothing . could be worse than de frauding a kind master; but, agreeing in the recommenda tion he had just received, and hoping that the conviction of the prisoner would operate as a warning, he should only sen tence him to a further imprisonment of fourteen days and hard labour. NEW PAPER HANGINGS.—A paragraph has lately gone the round of the Liverpool papers respecting some oak papers fitted up in the Dock Committee-room, which may have the effect of inducing the public to fancy that the production of them is recent. It may be remarked, that such papers, in all their perfection, have been put up, not only in our public rooms, but also in offices and hotels, for which no doubt, they are better adapted. Something is also said, in a most innocent manner, as regards the improvements in paper staining, by the introduction of steam machines, as if this also was most novel and wonderful. Those at all acquainted with the subject are well aware that such machines have been in use for nearly half a century in the production of a very inferior description of papers, which, of late, have principally stocked our auction rooms. To show that, in making these remarks, we do not wish to discountenance any improvement in paper hangings or interior decorations, we would particu larly call the public attention to a really new style of paper decorations, introduced into this country from Switzerland, by our oldest established house in town, that of Mr. Henry u"d:::::::cfcessor to the late Mrs. Mary . Dodd, and just fitted racter of the is white Sharp ' a u r y p, b l , " in the beautiful Italian villa erected by William sq., at Clifton Park, Holthill, Cheshire, from the by stiles of Walter Scott, Esq., architect. The general cha work picture fs design may be styled Florentine; the ground a satin ; the walls are divided into compartments niches with d curacy, carved " N e v n gold colour, representing, with great ac rawinood of intricate design ; the panels arg a complete of deer, lions, swans, &c., each formine and flowers partailgorgeous borders of gilded ornaments style : the Ulternate g somewhat of the Louis Quatorze work, varied with drawings comprise a species of filigree gilding is most tastefullvuTnsd of flowers and gems, in which being of the most exquisite sparingly introduced, the whole rich border runs esign and execution. An ex ceedinglyround the top of the room, and a do of corm/landing design round the bottom part, From t e judicious employment of French grays and other cool colours, the effect is not in the least gaudy, but at once rich and chaste. The introduction of this paper may be regarded as a new era in decoration, and will do much to relieve us fruit and insipidity whicll pervade even our THE EDUCATION QUESTION.—At the meeting" of the Council to-morrow, Mr. Hodgson will move the loll.) vino* resolution :—" The Town Council having been privileged, in concert with the declared sentiments of a large majority of the influential community of Liverpool, to re-establish education for all denominations, without restriction, in the corporation schools, upon the sure basis of the revealed will of God, as contained in the Bible, to the exclusion of the Irish extracts and the Douav version, that version always containing exclusive notes, deem that it would not only be inconsistent but a dereliction of principle, whilst rejecting these books on religious grounds from one school, should they sanction their presentation to any other : Resolved, therefore, whilst disclaiming all pretension to dictate, or to interfere with the religious scruples of others, that Mr. James Mnlleneux's application on behalf of the St. Patrick's Benevolent Society Schools, for a gift of these discarded books, cannot be compli e d with." Mr. Hodgson will, no doubt, receive the support of the majority of the Council in this resolution. No doubt considerable hubbub will be raised by Messrs. Yates, Earle, and Co., in order to induce some waverers not to give their support to the motion, but the member for Everton ward will, no doubt, stand firm.— He is a man of mettle, and the radicals know it. CAUTION.—As three respectable youths, about the age of 14, were proceeding up Richmond Row, on Thursday after noon last, they were accosted by a person apparently respect able, and urged by e very spec i es o f art ifi ce to procee d w i th him to his lodgings, a little higher up. They naturally felt a little delicacy in complying with his request, and after sorne little time they refused to yield to his solicitations, and pro ceeded homeward. What the object of this individual could be, of course we have no means of ascertaining, and we merely mention the subject in order that any other of our young friends, if ever pl ace d i n s i m il ar c i rcums t ances , may not b decoyed by the artful representations anti promises of any persons however respectable in appearance. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—There is now lying in the King's Dock, a fine barque called the Priscilla, Captain Purdy, hound to Alexandria, which vessel has been here about two months, and strange to relate a brace of sparrows thought proper to build a nest under the coat of the mizen mast-head, brought forth their young, which have taken flight, and now either the same birds or a brace of the same species, have taken up their abode on the other side of the same mast, and have a nest with six eggs in. Whether the young will come forth before the vessel sails remains a mat ter of doubt, as she is on the eve of starting. THE DRUIDS' PROCESSION.—In defiance of the expressed wishes of the authorities, and regardless of the example set them by the Orange and other societies, the " Order of Mo dern Druids," as they call themselves, celebrated their anni versary yesterday by a public procession. It was a ragged and wretched affair, however, shorn of much of its usual humbug; and, by the orderly inhabitants of the town, was not noticed with any greater favour or curiosity than would be excited by any everyday tomfoolery of any similar quan tity of wrongheaded and weakminded mountebanks. We saw no long beards—no Adam and Eve—no shepherds' crooks—no men in goatskin or buckram—no flowing robes— no nothing, as Mrs. Malaprop would say. All was " flat and stale" ; and we venture to predict that the " Order of Modern Druids," at least, will not in a hurry attempt ano ther exhibition of themselves. This kind of mountebankism is wonderfully at a discount within the last few weeks, during which the public have been led to reflect seriously upon its absurdity. LANCASTER ASSIZES—HOYLE v. CowPE.—ln this case, the former part of which appeared in our last, the jury re turned, on Friday, a verdict for the defendant. EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT FOR MANSLAUGHTERS —Yesterday, Cornelius Meany, a master mariner, was brought before Mr. Statham, the deputy coroner for th, borough, on a charge of manslaughter. The alleged offencer by which the mate of a vessel commanded by the prisones lost his life, was committed four years ago, and the latter ha since been in America, he having declined to surrender him. self for trial at the time, in apparent apprehension of the result. It was recently ascertained that he was in Glasgow, and Mr. Bulflour, to beadle, was last week sent to that city. and brought him here in custody. He complained much, we learn, of being apprehended on such a charge, after so long a lapse of time ; but the law admits of no such purga tion of offence, and he will accordingly be tried at the present assizes. THE FUNDS—SATURDAY EVENING.—A loan for the city of Hamburgh has, it is said, been contracted between the house of Rotschild and Co., of Frankfort, the See-handlung Company, and Heine, of Hamburgh, the amount of which is stated to be 20,000,000 marks banco. The stock is a 3 per cent. one, the contract price 94, with a deduction of 1 per cent. for commission. Considerable purchases of stock to day, in amount estimated to be at least £150,000, £120,000 of which were on account of private individuals, caused prices to advance about one quarter per cent. The market, at the close of business, presented much firmness, at the following quotations :—Consols for money, 911 ; ditto, account, 911 to -a; Bank Stock, 769 to 170; India Stock, 249 to 250 ; Ekchequer-bills, 2d. issue, 495, to 51s. pre mium ; ditto, 21d. issue, 51s. to 535. premium ; 3 per Cents. Reduced, 911; 31 per Cents. Reduced, 1001 to 1; Long Annuities, 121 to 9-16 ; New 31 per Centst, 1031 ; and India Bonds, 31s. to 335. premium. The quotations of fo reign stocks were merely influenced by the operations which occurred in the English market. Spanish Actives were quoted at the close of the day 201 to 21 ; ditto, New, 201 to ; Portuguese g net- Cents., 33 to 1 ; ditto, New, 191 to ; Dutch 21 pe• • .;s., 511 to 1 ; ditto, 5 per Cents., 1011 to ; Danish, 811 2 to 821; Colombian, 201 to 211; Brazilian, 63 to 65 ; and Belgian, 1011 to 1021. RIVAL PREACHERS.—A ludicrous, and yet a lamentable, scene was witnessed in this town on Saturday evening last, and as we are informed is weekly enacted for the gratifica tion of the idle and the profane in the neighbourhood of London-road. Upon one of the steps of the monument, surrounded by a group of his straight-haired disciples, was stationed one of the " Apostles " of that chosen people who style themselves " TATTER DAY SAINTS." Cheek by jowl with this ignorant fanatic was A RANTER, surrounded also by his admiring disciples. Whilst the " Memonite " was proclaiming his power of working miracles, and tracing his inspiration from the days of the apostles, the Ranter was denouucing, in good scriptural phrase, men led away with " strong delusions "—false prophets who were to spring up in the latter days. At one moment the Saints would drown the Ranter with a hymn; at another the Ranter would out bawl the Saints. Nor whilst this rivalry of the leaders was going on were the disciples unemployed. Wordy scrimmages took place wherever the skirts of the rival audiences joined each other. Texts were banded about like snow-balls in a schoolboy's Christmas war. Whites of eyes were lifted up, and fists SHAKEN, by meek-looking men, who might rather have been suspected of having swallowed their blankets than of being bellicose ; and all this apparently to the infinite de light of a motly group of idle lads, and particularly of the cabmen from the adjoining coach stand. Really we cannot but suggest to the Magistrates of the town the propriety of putting down these disorderly and unseemly nuisances.— Such worshipping and such preachers, exercising their voca line and their lungs in our public thoroughfares, are only calculated to briny religion itself into contempt. SUlClDE.—Suicide is unknown in Western Australia. The natives are believed to have no idea of such a thing as a per son putting an end to his own life could ever occur. When. ever Governor Grey interrogated them on this point, they invariably laughed at him, and treated his question as a joke ! Idiots are rare among the people, and mad persons are un known. HOAXING THE CORPORATION.—At the last meeting of the Dublin corporation a letter was read, purporting to have been written by Sir Richard Baker, one of the aldermen of the old body, declining in the most disinterested manner to receive a sum of £3OO, to which ne was entitled, by way of compensation for the loss of his office, according to the pro visions of the municipal reform act. The jobbers were in perfect ecstacies at this unexpected Godsend, and Sir Richard's letter was ordered to be inserted on the minutes in all due form. The ex-Alderman was not, however, forget ful of the adage, " a fool and his money are soon parted ;" for in the Evening Packet of Thursday night there appears a letter, signed by Sir Richard Baker, announcing that the communication read at the meeting of the Town-council was a forgery, and that he has no idea whatsoever of forfeiting hisjust claims to the £3OO. compensation money. KINGSTON TWENTY YEARS AGO.—Not more than a dozen stone buildings in the place; but one steamer making a weekly trip to Little York; two small steamers between Prescott and Belleville ; about a dozen schooners on the Iake.—KINGSTON Now.—Beautiful and substantial four story buildings lining the streets in every direction ; esta blished lines of daily steamers of the first class between Kingston and all ports on both sides of the Lake Ontoria ; an innumerable fleet of schooners and decked barges ; twenty-five small steamers adapted to and in use in the na vigation of the canal and rapids of the St. Lawrence. IMMENSE NEW STEAMER.—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered Mr. Oliver Lang, master shipwright of Woolwich Dock-yard, to submit a plan of a steam-vessel of 1,650 tons burden, and suitable for engines of 800 horse power, with a crew of 300 men. Of Mr. Lang's ability for the task which has devolved upon him there can be no doubt ; and if the splendid vessel contemplated is built at Woolwich Dock-yard, as there is every reason to believe she will be, under his own immediate superintendence, the superior workmanship of the Trafalgar completed by him, and the manner in which she entered her destined ele ment, without yielding in the least degree to the great con cussion of such an immense body, afford ample guarantee that the large steam-vessel about to be constructed will be made a model of perfection. To convey some idea of the magnitude of a vessel of 1,650 tons burden, propelled by engines of 800 horse power, it may be observed, that the largest first-class steam frigates at present in the British navy, the Geyser, Devastation, and several others, do not exceed about 1,000 tons, and 400 horse power ; and that the Penelope, 42 gun frigate, at present being converted into a steam-vessel by being lengthened 60 feet, will only be fitted with engines of 650 horse power. The steam-vessel ordered to be designed by Mr. Lang is in addition to another steam vessel of equal dimensions, with engines of 800 horse power, named the Dragon, originally ordered to be built at Wool wich, but since countermanded, for the purpose of beiug built at Sheerness or Chatham. AFFAIRS OF HONOUR IN " OULD" IRELAND.—OId Sir Capel Molyneux (not the last Sir Capel, but his prede cessor) was one of those " butchers of a silk button," who would not allow friendship to cool in the very heat of a ren contrc. When about 80, he took an offence at somethinc , said by the late General Mahon, then a youngster and major in the 9th dragoons, quartered at Armagh; and he invited the major to come out to Castle Dillon, to be shot, and then to breakfast with whatever appetite he might. They fired a brace of pistols, the young soldier taking heed to shoot wide of the grey head, while the palsied hand of the old man was sufficient security against anything but that which, they say, may kill the d-1, namely, a chance shot. Six rou n d s were exchanged in this manner, the old cock steppi ng out at each , interval during the reloading of the pistols, to interrogate " Mahon," as he familiarly accosted him, about his father's agricultural pursuits, and to enlighten him upon the relative virtues of red and white Norfolks. At last, the young major got tired of the amusement, and sent a ball whizzing by the baronet's ear, which brought him to. " Thank you, Mahon," said he, "that was well meant, buteome along now; we've had enough of it. My hand's not in this morning. Let's finish it some other time." So saying, .he took the major by the arm, and they walked together into the breakfast-parlour, where Lady Molyneux, a pious woman, was waiting with the family prayer-book open, and wondering " wh a t i n t h e world had kept them so long ?" It is sometimes well to he of a lowly origin, and, therefore, unworthy to be laid in the bed of honour. Old Bagenal of Carlow , the proudest man in the King's dominions, had a neighbour named Weld, who was rich, and admitted into society as a gentleman,. but h h s p kept igs, flour havin g mills. trespassed aristocrat'ssayed his demesne, fe for were sent home with their tails shaved off to the stump ; and, of course, a challenge was the consequence. Bagenal was in a fit of the gout, but he had himself carried into a church-yard and propped up against a tomb-stone, in which position he received the miller's fire. The shot struck a death's head and cross bones under his elbow, scattering a hundred splinters about his ears. It was now Bagenal's turn ; but he disdained even to let his pistol off in the air. " You shall never boast," said he. haughtily , " that a gen tleman's ball traversed your carcass ;" and then letti ng down the pistol to half-cock, returned it to hi s second, and hobbled into his carriage.— Tait's Magazine. SOUTH LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES The Summer Assizes for the Southern Division of this county commenced on Saturday, before the Right Hon. Lord Chief Justice Denman and Mr. Justice Manic. Mr. Justice i Maule arrived in this town from Lancaster shortly before two o'clock, and immediately proceeded to the Crown Court, where the commission was opened in due form, immediately after which the court adjourned till eleven o'clock yesterday. On Sunday Mr. Justice Maule attended divine service in St. George's Church, where an appropriate sermon was preached by the High Sheriff's Chaplain. Lord Denman did not ar rive in Liverpool till yesterday forenoon. The calendar contains two cases of murder; 12 of man slaughter ; six of abduction and conspiracy ; seven of forgery ; one of sacrilege ; 11 of burglary ; four of assault and robbery ; one stealing in a dwelling-house; three of poly gamy ; two of rape ; one unnatural crime ; one of horse stealing ; one of incitement to commit felony; two of cut ting and wounding; ono feloniously receiving; one assault with intent; 17 offences against the mint ; one concealing birth ; one committed to give evidence. There are 81 pri soners for trial, of who m n i ne can rea d an d wr it e i n a superior manner; five can read and write well; 27 can read and write imperfectly ; 12 can read imperfectly ; and 28 neither. The business of the Crown Court commenced at twelve o'clock. Many of the grand jurors had been in attendance from eleven, considering that both courts would open at the same time ; but it appeared that this was a mistake. The court having been opened with the usual formalities, the following gentlemen were sworn the grand jury : Sir THOMAS BERNARD BIRCH, Bart., of the Hazles. Sir Thomas Brancker, Knight, of Liverpool. Edmund Buckley, Esq., M.P., of Manchester. Hugh Hornhy Birley, Esq., of Broom House. James Thomas Bourne, Esq., of Heath Pile. James Bourne, Esq., of Newsham Hall. Hardman Earle, Esq., of Brook Farm. Edmund Grundy, Esq., of Bury. Adam Hodgson, Esq., of Evetton. Charles liorsfall, Esq., of Liverpool. Joseph Hornbv, Esq., of Everton. Alexander F. Halliburton, Esq., of Whitley. Arnold Harrison, Esq., of Aigburth. Shakspeare Phillips, Esq., of Barlow Hall. Clement Royds, Esq., of Faling, Rochdale. Nicholas Robinson, Esq., of Sudley. George Loch, Esq., of Pex Hill, Charles Orrell, Esq., of Black Brook. Samuel Taylor, Esq. of Eccleston Hall. William G. Unswortit, Esq., of Mayfield. Richard Walker, Esq., xi). o f B u ry. George W. Wood, Esq., 1V1.Y., of Singleton Lodge. Joseph N. Walker, Esq., of Calderstone Her Majesty's pfoclamation against vice, profaneness, and immorality, having been read, the Lord Chief Justice pro ceeded to deliver the followin g charge : Gentlemen,—ln addressing a full grand jury of this county, allow me to apologise in the first place, or rather to ex press my regret, that through some accidental mistake I un derstand you have been kept waiting for me. Some of your number can bear me witness that I was in Liverpool quite early enough to meet you at the time I appointed, for I al ways make a point of keeping engagements, whenever I have made them. I feel the importance of your time, and of the time of all those who attend courts of justice. I know the sacrifices you make in the discharge of your public duty ; and, I think that one of the most pressing duties of a judge, is to take care that no unnecessary consumption of that time take place in the administration of the law. With this view, I shall not detain you longer than may be absolutely neces- sary with the few Observations I shall make before yOu There ate a great variety of offences, I am sorry to say, in the calendar ; and some of them are of a very serious de scription, both as affecting the motive of the individuals in re gard to profit and gain for themselves, and as shewing a vio lent, and perhaps rather a ferocious spirit in some of the parties concerned. When I first addressed a grand jury of this county, it was a matter of constant regret that a species of fighting prevailed among the lower orders, in which every unfair advantage was taken, and from which death very frequently followed. I must confess I look with some satisfaction to the state of the calendar with regard to this offence, because both here and at Lancaster, if I am not mistaken, that particular species of offence has wholly disappeared from the class of crime of this county. I am quite aware that the ministers of the law have taken every opportunity of denouncing it, and that may probably have produced some effect in putting an end to this mischievous and hateful practice, yet it is even tually to religious instruction, and the general improvement in the morals of the country, that the great improvement in this respect is chiefly to be traced. The result, however, whatever the cause may be, is certainly in itself satisfactory ; and it gives us encouragement to hope, with regard to other offences of something like the same nature, that the same results may be produced by the same means. I observe with regret in several cases, that parties who have been contending with one another have had recourse to the knife, where one has perhaps been overpowered by the superior strength of the other ; and I may express now, what formerly all the other judges were in the habit of expressing, their determination to mark their strong sense of disap probation at this most atrocious practise. Whether the party takes the knife in his hand intending to use it, or has in the course of his ordinary business, and thinks proper to draw it when he is overpowered by his adversary, it is equally vile, base and cruel : and the law would not do justice to so ciety if it did not take care to carry into effect the strongest punishment in its power upon this species of crime. Ido hope and trust that the universal feeling which must exist upon this subject will produce a salutary effect upon the con duct of those who indulge in practices of this description. There are cases, gentlemen, upon which the same remark might be made, but on which it is quite sufficient to say, in .general terms, that a great deal of caution is necessary, in watching charges of that description, without describing the particulars of the cases as they appear in the depositions be fore me. Indeed, it is impossible for any one who merely reads the depositions to judge of the facts ; but you, having all the witnesses before you, will therefore be much better able to form an opinion whether, in point of fact, the offence has been completed. If you think the offence has been com pleted, whatever the nature of it may be, and you are satisfied by the evidence that it must benecegQlrilytif so, it it will be your duty to find a bill in ev ery case ; but should appear to you extremely doubtful whether th e o ff ence charged has been committed, 1 do not say it at all to influ ence your conduct, but it certainly would be, in such a case, rather a fortunate result if it should be found that the public would be spared the pain of hearing details that are so offen sive to good feeling, and so injurious to public morals. However, the great object is to perform th e dut y committed to us; and if the case proves itself to your judgment, there is no choice left. There is one case which I cannot but advert to, both from the singularity of the circumstances, and also from their no toriety. It is impossible not to see that the parties num bered in the calendar from 5 to 11, and again introduced at another number, 12, and all these parties concerned in the abduction of a female who is supposed to possess considerable property, have been made the subject of a great deal of pub lic discussion. Here we have nothing to do but with the question I before adverted to,—aye or no, does the evi dence make out the charge? The law is, that if any person shall abduce or carry away for the purpose either of marrying or defiling any female possessed of real or personal property, with intent to possess themselves of that property, those per sons shall be guilty of felony. The punishment is severe ; they may be transported for life. In the case before me probably there will be no doubt that the property was possessed ; probably, too, there will be little doubt that the person was carried away,—whether with her own consent may be an object of inquiry ,• but there will be little doubt that those who were concerned in removing her to the place where she was married, in Scotland, have done so for the purpose of becoming directly or indirectly possessed of that property. This will probably be made perfectly clear from the evidence of several byestanders who observed the transaction, and who may have seen sufficient to raise a very strong suspicion of guilt in the case from the conduct of the parties concerned. There may probably be a question of much importance and difficulty raised, because as it appears that the marriage did take place, the question of the validity of that marriage, which probably may be the great object of the previous attention, may of necessity precede every inquiry into the subject, because if the female in question has be come the wife of the principal party charged, she cannot then appear as a witness against him. Probably it will he more satisfactory she should appear before you ; but I would rather suggest the greater propriety of hearing what the other witnesses may say, and not finding the bill upon her evidence, because it may be a matter of doubt whether the felony has been committed or not, and it may be doubtful whether the marriage has been completed in point of law; there fore it will be more satisfactory if you look at the evidence of other parties rather than at that of the indivi dual to whom I allude. I do not know in what par ticular form this charge will be preferred. It may be preferred under the recent act of parliament, making offences of this description a felony, or it may be as a mis demeanour and conspiracy, of which perhaps there might be very small doubt indeed ; but Ido not at all anticipate the view taken by those with whom the conduct of this prose cution rests ; they will know much more fully than I can the circumstances, and what form it is most expedient the charge should assume. You will therefore have to deal with the case as they think proper to present it to you ; and I have thrown out these particular observations with the view of observing, that whether the marriage was completed or not, if that person has become the wife of the party charged, still the felony may be complete. If that marriage has be come, in point of law, binding, then her evidence ought to be as sparingly as possible received against him whom the law would consider as her husband. I shall detain you no longer, only in the ordinary way to request you to find bills of the lighter character at first, so that the court may be able to proceed to business; and also to state publicly, that if you or this court shall be delayed by the want of attendance of witnesses, particular enquiry will be made upon the subject, how the delay has been caused, and if it is not satisfactorily explained, the expences of those witnesses' attendance will certainly not be allowed. The grand jury then retired, and the trials commenced directly aferwards. • BIGA MY. Adam Foster, 42, was charged with having, on the 20th of September, 1840, feloniously married Mary Ashcroft, his former wife, Hannah Benton, being still alive. The facts of the case were proved, the jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to one month's im prisonment. John Armitage, aged 17, was indicted for having, at Old ham, feloniously married Mary Chadwick, on the 6th March, 1842, his former wife, Jane Townsend, being still alive. Witnesses were called, who proved the solemnization of both marriages. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and h e was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Lot Henry Coope, aged 32, pleaded guilty to a charge of having, at Winwick, feloniously married Ann Knowles, his former wife being still alive. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. BURGLARY AND CHARGE OF ASSAULT. William Wild, aged 28, William Pennington, 31, John frodgkinson, 35, and Peter Pennington, 27, were charged with having, at Chadderton, in March last, feloniously and burglariously broken and entered the dwelling -house of Jacob Scholes, and stolen therein 20 sovereigns, 3 half-sovereigns, 1 crown piece, 20 half-crowns, and 20 shillings. The pri soner Wild pleaded guilty. Mr. Brandt conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoners. It appeared that Jacob Scholes and his sister resided to gether at Chadderton. On the 31st March, after they had locked the doors and retired to rest, four men with their faces blacked broke into the house through the window. After beating Scholes, and tying his ha n d s b e hi n d hi m, an d performing the same operation on the sister, they took the money from the chimney-piece, and decamped. The prin cipal evidence against the prisoners was that of a constable, who stated that he took 'William Pennington into a tavern and treated him with brandy and rum, when he confessed the whole transaction. Against Peter Pennington there was no case, and he was acquitted. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and, after an absence of about fifteen minutes, they returned into court, and found both prisoners guilty of simple burglary. Sen tence deferred. BURGLARY Buckley Schofield, a ged 21, was c h arged with having, in May last, at Ashton-under-Line, feloniously and burglari °uslY broken and entered the dwelling -house of Henry Etchells, and stolen therefrom 91bs. of currants and other articles, th e proper ty of the said Henry Etchells. Mr. Hulton conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. Mr. Etchells keeps a provision shop in Ashton-under- Line. On the night of the 18th of May, he made his house fast and went to bed. About half-pant one o'clock on the following morning he awoke and heard . a noise. He listened some time, and at length threw open the window, where some persons ran away. lie went down stairs, and his sister examined the premises, when he found that the house had been entered through the window. He missed 91bs. of cur rants from the kitchen, a diAl of pea soup, and a can. Out side the premises, in a cart, the dish was f oun d w ith some o f the soup in it, and the can was found filled with currants. Near the cart the prisoner arid another man were seen stand ing on the night in question. They were without shoes. A pair of boots were frequently found near the Mr. Etchell's premises, and it appeared by the evidence of the constables that the prisoner had claimed them. The deputy constable of Ashton testified that the prisoner confessed the whole affair to him, stating that he merely went into the kitchen as a policeman for the purpose of getting some beer. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Sentence deferred. SACRILEGE John Williams, aged 42, was indicted for having felo niously and sacrilegiously broken and entered the parish church of Flixton, and stolen therefrom one cushion cover, one communion table cover, an iron crowbar, a linen towel, six chisels, a sixpence, three groats, eight pennies, and five keys, the property of the parishioners of the said parish. The prisoner pleaded guilty. lie was sentenced to ten years transportation. STEALING A CALF William Pennington, .To, Wild, and John Hodkinson, were placed at the bar to receive sentence for burglary. Wild said he had been told by Wild the constable, that if be would confess all he would get off. That was the reason why he had pleaded guilty. He wept, and said he had a wife and family, and he hoped his lordship would be mer ciful. Wild the constable was called, but he did not answer. His lordship said that, under these circumstances, it would be well to try him under another indictment which had been found against him. liodgiinson was then put down, and Pennington and Wilde were put on their trial for stealing a calf belonging to Mr. Thomas Lowe, of Chadderton. • Mr. BRANDT forbore to offer any evidence against Pen nington. The chief testimony was that of Wild, the con stable, who, according to Wild the prisoner, had seduced the latter into making the statement above alluded to. To him the prisoner had confessed the crime of stealing the calf, but this did not furnish legal evidence against Penning ton. Wild, the constable, denied that he had used any pro mises to induce Wild to confess. The latter, however, per sisted that his statement was correct. A verdict of acquittal was taken against William Penning ton. The jury found Wild guilty. Hodkinson was placed at the bar with the two other pri soners. He craved permission to say a few words. He stated that his father-in-law and his wife were convinced of his innocence, and that his father-in-law was so overcome with shame and grief that he hanged himself, three days after which his wife died. Since then one of his children had died. He was as innocent as any one in this court. His LORDSHIP directed that this prisoner should be put down, and he would make some inquiry into his case. He then proceeded to p ass sentence on the pr i soners Penningtonand Wild. Aft er l ay i ng before them i n a fearful point of view the horrors of transportation, his lordship sentenced them to be transported for fifteen years. The Court adjourned at twenty minutes before six o'clock to nine this morning. NISI PRIUS COURT.----MONDAY. Mr. Justice MAIILE took his seat at 11 o'clock. There was a large attendance of the bar, and among them we ob served Mr. Roebuck, one of the members for Bath, he hav ing finished his parliamentary labours in exposing election compromises. The list for the hundred of Salford was com menced with. DUNDERDALE v. MUSSABIM.—An undefended action on a bill of exchange to recover £1,680 16s. 3d. Verdict for the plaintiff. OUGHTON v. BUCKLEY wages £5O —Verdict for the plaintiff, da- JOHNSON r. BIICKLEY.—Verdict for the plaintiff, da makes £6l 6s. BENTLEY V. ROBINSON.—An undefended action to reco ver £44 9s. 6d. for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for the plaintiff. THE EARL OF DERBY V. LEE.—Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £3B. HOLMES v. BOTHAM.—Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £46. MALLALIEU V. ODDY.—Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £25. CROSS V. WHITEHEAD.—An action for work and labour done. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £6B. HALE V. WRlGLEY.—Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £2•l. Bs. SHEPHERD V. BRlGGS.—Struck out. BRIGHT V. A SHWORTH.—Verdict for the plaintiff by con sent, subject to a reference. WILSON V. DAVIES AND OTHERS.—Struck out. HARGREAVES V. DAWSON.—Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £55. ASPINALL V. HOLYLAND.—Struck out. BURDEKSN v. BROOKS.—Verdict for the plaintiff mates £273 3s. 4d. HUGHES a. SCRUTON.—An action for an assault of an uninteresting character. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £7 10s. ROBINSON V. CARROLL.—An action for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £32 7s. Id. OPENSHAW V. SEDDONS.—An action on a bill of ex change. Verdict for the plaintiff--Damages £762 12s. OPENSHAW V. CROSS.—Referred. GREEN V. BURTON.—Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £BO. BUTTERWORIH V. MUNN.—Referred GREEN V. STlAW.—Damages £2l. MANGALL V. EAGER.—Struck out. ROTHWELL V. GORTON.—Referred FERMSTON V. RAILTON.—An action on a bill of exchange. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £163 Bs. BROADBENT V. GUNTON.—The witnesses not being in attendance, and the judge insisting on proceeding, the record was withdrawn. HOLLIN V. DEANE.—Struck OUI. FIELDING V. FAWCETT. — Struck out. HIBBERT V. HIGGINSON.—This cause stood No. 48 on the list; and the judge insisting that it should be called on, Mr. MARTIN, who was for the plaintiff, said, his client was ready but he was not. The JUDGE.—When was your brief delivered? Mr. MARTIN.—This morning, my lord. The JUDGE.—It does not look very long. Mr. MA RTIN.—lt is not very long, my lord, but it is very complicated. The JunGE.—Yo u will soon make it out, I dare say. We will wait a little for you. Mr. MARTIN accordingly began diligently to study his brief ; and, atter waiting some time, the Judge asked him the nature of the case. The learned counsel replied, that it related to the use of a wall. The Judge inquired whether it was not a case which might properly be referred. Mr. Martin said it was, and after some discussion, a verdict was taken for the plaintiff, subject to a reference. . No. 49. BAMFORD V. MATHER was next called on. Mr. WILKINS stated that he had reason to believe he should be engaged in this cause, and he trusted his lordship would al low it to stand over. On inquiry it appeared that Mr. Hal salt the attorney for the plaintiff had gone to Chester. The Judge said lie ought to have been present, and ready to go on with the case. The case was struck out. No. 50, NELSON V. THE GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY, was next in order, and on its being called on, Mr. STUART WORTLEY rose and represented to the Judge' the vast inconvenience which would arise from the proceed ing of the court. The attornies in the cases must be allowed to have some discretion. It was never known to get so far down in the list the first day. The JUDGE replied that lie could not help it. The court was open for them, and they ought to be ready the first day. Mr. 'WORTLEY f eare d t h a t a grea t de a l o f mischief would be caused. The JUDGE said that not any would be done. The fault was not his, but with the attornies who were not ready. The fact was, that it was absolutely necessary to get on with business, as Saturday week was commission day at York, so that there were only eleven working days at Liverpool. After a long pause, The JUDGE enquired whether there were any causes ready in which any body appeared? No answer being returned, his Lordship consented, at 25 minutes to five, to adjourn the court. LIVERPOOL COURT OF P. SAGE The Court of Passage, for the trial of causes in the borough of Liverpool, corn inenced on Thursday before Charles Cromp ton, Esq., assessor. The cause list contained 56 issues, one demurrer, six writs of trial, and one rule for argument. FALSE IMPRISONMENT GASKELL V. MORETON.—Mr. VENABLES appeared for the plaintiff in this case, and Mr. JAMES for the defendant. The action was brought to recover damages for an alleged assault and false imprisonment. The plaintiff, John Gas kell, is an attorney's clerk, and the defendant, Samuel Hol land Moreton, is an attorney, carrying on business in Marybone. The plaintiff was in the service of the defend ant, at a salary of 16s. a week. He left it on the Bth April, 1841, and went to London. He returned to Liverpool, and entered the employment of Mr. Jones, in Doran's-lane. Whilst in the defendant's service his duty was to collect debts and rents. He left that situation without giving notice, but sent in a written statement of the account between himself and the defendant. In May last, after the plaintiff had been in Liverpool. for more than 12 mouths, the defendant caused him to be apprehended on the charge of embezzle ment: he was brought before Mr. Rushton, who remanded the case till the next day, when the plaintiff was discharged. The defendant pleaded a justification, but failed to establish it to the satisfaction of the jury, who returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £lO. BROKER'S COMMISSION. MILLER V. WiLLiNGs.—This was an action to recover £5 for work and labour done. Mr. Venables appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Harden for the defendant. The plaintiff is an estate broker, and agent for the disposal of public-houses. Mr. Spinks, of the Bull Inn, Lime-street, wished to dispose of the tap attached to his house, and he instructed the plaintiff to advertise it. The defendant replied to the advertisement the next day, and he agreed with Mr. Spinks to purchase the tap for £lOO. The commission to which the plaintiff was entitled for his trouble was live per cent. ; but before the transaction was completed, there was a difference between Mr. Spinks and the defendant, who broke off all negociation. The defendant thereupon refused to pay the commission, and the plaintiff brought the present action. On the part of the defendant, it was contended that the com mission was not earned until the contract was completed ; and Mr. Williams, the estate agent, proved that the com mission was paid, not by both parties, but by the party who employed the broker; and that if the contract proved abortive, no commission was paid. It was part of the broker's duty to see the purchaser put in possession ; pos session was necessary before the commission became due, although the contract might have been signed. Mr. T. A. Dale gave similar testimony. A witness, named Hoare, proved that possession was refused by Mrs. Spinks until £9O had been paid, the authority to pay which money was not shewn. Spinks, it was stated, had become bankrupt, and had gone to America. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. SCANDAL.—We regret to be compelled to state, that we have received no authority to contradict the report, which we noticed last week, of a lady of rank having been found in possession of jewellery lost by Lady Augusta Gordon. As the name of the lady implicated in this scandal is in every person's mouth, we think it right to entreat the attention of the Earl of Winchilsea to a report in which he must feel the deepest interest. Lord and Lady Winchilsea are on the point of leaving England for the continent. It is said that his Lordship applied at the Foreign-office for his passport on Wednesday. The noble pair are, we believe, now enjoying the seclusion of his Lordship's seat in Kent. —Observer. SIMPLE TRUTH. A ludicrous mistake occurred at a funeral in Marylebone. The clergyman had proceeded with the service until he came to that part which says, " Our departed brother or sister," he then tur ne d to the mour ner who stood nearest to him, and asked whethe r it was a broth er or sister ! The man, imagining it referred to the relation ship to himself, very innocently said, " No relation at all, Sir—only an a cquaintance." — John Bull. WAR AND CANDLES. —An old woman the other day went into a grocer's shop at Barnsley, for a pound of candles. On their being given her, she inquired how much they were to be? " Sevenpence. Malty," said the shoprnan. " Seven pence! yo dont say Its owin g hin ‘ a,) responded th e grocer. " War ! it! , w , ot in the n ame a fortan iz it mocks mmat nab ; it' s t ' f arst time at ever all to the w ar , M a n y, " Will, i ra( (meaning el la s , n o yi no d g e d a lo r n , tdei p lal t e am y ne a d ? s uC ' knew at sowgers feight by collide leet ;"—(fight by candle light.) MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of the Grand Junction Railway was held at the Cotton Sales Room. The attendance was numerous, and the proceedings altoge ther of a most satisfactory nature. Previously to the busi ness of the day being commenced, a printed list of the pro prietors was handed to each of those present, from which it appears that the total inumber of those holding shares equal to five £lOO shares and upwards in amount, (and conse quently qualified to serve as directors,) is 960. CH ARLES LAWRENCE, Esq., the Chairman, on taking his place, requested Captain Huish to read the Report—a copy of which was supplied to all the proprietors present. The following is a copy of the REPORT The receipts of the Railway for the half-year just ended are as follows : Coaching Carriages, Horses, Parcels, and Mails . Goods, Live Stock, and Coals Rents, and Interest on Bank Account, &c £161,358 15 8 43,999 2 4 2,277 1G 7 £207,635 14 7 It could scarcely be expected that the revenue would remain altogether unaffected by the increased commercial depression of the la s t six months, weighing, as it has done, with peculiar severity on the districts intersected by the railway ; and it will consequently be seen that the return of traffic for the half-year is less than that of the correspond ing period of last year by a sum of £4,349 15s. 6d, the difference arising entirely from a diminution in the carriage of goods. The Manchester traffic has especially suffered in all its branches, and to an extent nearly double the above deficiency, thus exhibiting a positive increase in those de partments of the traffic to which the company must now mainly look for its future profits. The total expenditure of the half-year does not exeeed that of the corres p on di ng p er i o d, a lthough a new item of £2,100 2s. 3d. a pp ears i n th e presen t a ccounts for mainte nance of way on the Chester and Crewe branch. Several new engines, carriages, and waggons have also been added to the stock o f th e respect i ve d epar t men t s , w hich are debited in the current expenses, and the directors have the satisfac tion to state, that their material of every description has been improved, and is in the best working condition. The net profit for the half-year is therefore £113,661 12s Bd, to which must be added the reserve fund, amounting with interest to £8,826 Os. 4d., m a ki ng a tota l o f £122,487 13s. Od. Theincome tax, amounting to £1,826 18s. Ild., becoming payable to government, will first have to be deducted for the three months ending 30th June; and the directors, for the reason given by them on the last occasion of their meeting the proprietors, have again to advise that the sum of £5,000 be placed to the fund for the depreciation and renewal of engines and other stock. From the balance they bare now to recommend that a dividend•of £5 per cent. be de dared, amounting to £110,165, leaving, after the above deductions the sum of £5,495 14s. Id. to be carried to the credit of the reserved fund, and applicable to future divi dends. The depreciation fund, with the above appropriation, will consequently be with interest £10,040 7s. 6d. The nett receipt from Sunday travelling is 10s. per share of £lOO. The extensive workshops at Crewe being nearly ready for occupation, the company's establishment for repairing stock will shortly be removed there; and the directors are led to believe that the concentration and system which will then be obtained, will tend materially to reduce the future expen diture, and still further increase the efficiency of the various departments. The directors have great pleasure in stating, that the mode they adopted for raising £lOOO towards the erection of a church at Crewe appears to have been satisfac tory, since the portion of that sum which has been claimed only amounts to £5 17s. 3d. In their last report the directors alluded briefly to the anticipated opening of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, and stated that their attention was directed to the working of the portion of line between Crewe and Birming ham. In the discussions which necessarily arose with the Manchester and Birmingham company relative to the con duct of their traffic over the Grand Junction Line, a differ ence of opinion upon points which your directors considered of vital interest has for some time existed; as, however, the board trust that they are now happily removed, it is unneces sary to dwell upon them at length. It may be sufficient to mention generally that, impressed with the importance of having the united traffic of the two lines worked together south of Crewe, both as a measure of public safety and economy to the respective companies, your directors have, from their first entrance upon negotiations, continued to press this position as the basis of an amicable settlement. The Manchester and Birmingham Company have acqui esced in this arrangement, and the amount of remuneration to be paid to this company by the Manchester and Birming ham Company for performing this service has been satisfac torily settled. Your directors have only further to inform the proprietors, that they have no doubt all minor points will be mutually adjusted, without the necessity of having re course to arbitration; and they consider themselves justified in stating, that the arrangement is one which must tend to the advantage of the Manchester and Birmingham Company, while it relieves both companies of a portion of their ex penses, and this company of the very heavy responsibility which would have attached to them, had they, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, encouraged the traffic of the two companies being separately carried on. In consequence of the relinquishment of the Manchester traffic, a considerable reduction will be made in the working expenses ; but the directors regret that it will be necessary, at the same time, to revise the rates of carriage and fares on the line, and thus protect the company from the effect of this abstraction from their present traffic. The proprietors will bear in mind, that in August, 1839, while the Manches ter and Birmingham Extension Bill was still pending, they were informed that any division of the traffic between two companies would inevitably be the means of compelling the public to pay an increased price for the same accommodation, since it has only been by the great amount of its traffic that the Grand Junction Company has been enabled to conduct its business hitherto so economically to the proprietors, and, at the same time, so cheaply to the public. That, after these measures are adopted, a loss will still lse experienced until a considerable increase shall take place in the Manchester traffic, and consequently in the toll payable to this company, the directors do not wish to conceal, but they think it right to state to the meeting that, having carefully considered their altered position, they see no cause to apprehend that the dividends of the Grand Junction Company will he less than 10 per cent. within the year, while they entertain a confident hope that they will exceed this amount. The subject of a projected extension of the line of railway from Lancaster to Edinburgh and Glasgow has been alluded to in former reports ; and the directors have the satisfaction to inform the meeting, that the surveys and plans of the whole line have been completed, the parliamentary notices lodged, and the estimates carefully prepared by Mr. Locke, his very favourable report is now in the press, and will shortly be laid before the public. The following gentlemen, viz.—Mr. Grant, Mr. Bold, and Mr. Walker, retire from the direction on the present occa sion ; and as, by act of parliament, they are ineligible for a re-election, it will now rest with the proprietors to select three directors to supply their places at the board. The receipts on Capital Account to 30th June, 1842, were The expenditure £2,280,590 3 0 Balance in Bankers' hands £5,902 6 3 _ 2,286,492 9 3 The Total Receipts for the Half-year were 207,635 14 7 „ Expenditure . • • 93,974 111 £113,661 12 8 X 113,661 12 8 8,826 0 4 £122,187 10 0 6826 IS 11 £115,660 14 1 Balance Nett Proceeds of the Half-year, as above stated Reserved Fund with Interest . Less set aside, viz.— For the depreciation and renewal of Stock .. For the payment of the First Quarter's Income Toxin terms of the Act 1826 18 11 The number of Shares en titled to a Dividend is CAOO • 0 0 equal to 22,033 Hundred Pound Shares. A Dividend of £5 per share will amount to £110,165, viz.— On 10,918 £lOO Shares.. £54,590 0 0 10,918 £5O Do. .. 27,295 0 0 5,000 £26 Do. .. 6,250 0 0 Interest lOs per Share .. £8,812 0 0 Payable to Pro prietors 15s. Do. 22,030 0 0 110,165 0 0 £5,495 14 1 £10,040 7 6 Leaving to the Reserved Fund Depreciation and renewal of Stock Fund viz.— Set aside Dec. 31, 1841 £5OOO 0 0 Interest on do. -10 7 6 Set aside as above 5OOO 0 0 The CHAIRMAN said that the business of the meeting lay within a very small compass, being, for the most part, of a formal nature. With respect to the negociations with the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company (as regarded the working of the line between Crewe and Birmingham,) he was happy to announce that all differences of opinion were in a fair way of adjustment. It was but justice to state that they were indebted to their late excellent chairman, Mr. Moss, for this happy result, and he considered he would not be doing his duty did he not call the attention of the meeting to the unwearied and valuable services of that gentleman. (Applause.) Among many other matters, the Chairman thought it would be interesting to the meeting to submit the following, statistics which involved the manner in which the railway had been worked, and which he thought highly creditable to his friend on the right, Captain finish, who hai devoted much of his attention in drawing it up. 1. There had been no accident on the line during the half-year, nor had any passengers been killed on the line since it opened five years ago, excepting two gentlemen, who met their death by their own imprudence in leaping from the train when in motion. 2. Upwards of 7,000 troops had been conveyed on the line during the half-year, and principally within the space of one week the authorities of the Horse Guards and the inspect ing Field Officer have expressed their thanks for the manner in which this service was conducted. 3. The number of applications for missing luggage for the year ending 39th June, 1841, including articles of every de scription supposed to have been left on the Grand Junction Line, was 100; the number recovered by •the office was 79; and there is reason to believe that a great part of the re mainder never came near us. In the last year the number said to have been left was 101 ; the number recovered 73. 4. The number of complaints by passengers and other parties against the establishment for the year ending June, 1811, was 144, in which no blame could be attached to the Company or its servants, except in 44 instances. In the year ending June, 1842, the complaints had fallen to 101, in which the Company was to blame 27 times ; this included all complaints arising from detentions and late trains. 5. The amount of compensation paid by the company in the departments of coaching, goods, live stock, and general account, including all settled claims, was for the year ending June 1841, £987 Bs. 10d. ; do. do. for the year ending June 1842, £6lB ss. Sd., with a much larger traffic. 6. The decrease of Manchester traffic during the last half year is £8,078. The total decrease on the whole is only £4,349. There therefore is an increase elsewhere of £3,729 of this, the increase on Chester traffic, applicable to the 21 miles of that branch, is £3,205 2s. 7. That, with regard to the punctuality of the June 3841, out railway, it 0 appeared that in t we l ve mon th s e nding of -1,172 trains of diff eren t c l ass e s , 3,636 were to time, nvithin of time ; fifteen minutes, leaving 536, or 12 per cent., out that in the year ending June 1842, out of 4,172 trains, 3,912 were to time, or within fifteen minutes, leaving 260, or 64 per cent., out of time, being only h a lf the amount of irregu larity of the preceding year. That it must be remembered that the irregularities caused by connecting lines of railway, and the inevitable detention occasioned by deep snow, were included in these statements. C " • -- ' 1 It. ..41 ,, ,,,__Fi.. :7 . a; , '...,' -,- 0 1 i '‘." I„;k 7 A,:t: air ..• ( ; ..," \ ::ISI. - 0; .4 [ ..'.. , ,A. ! ......) .....!•'',. J- '~ ~': r) ' The Chairman then entered at some lengtkupon the 'abject of the statement of traffic made by the originators of the Chester and Crewe line of railway, on their applying for their act of parliament. It appeared that though the anti cipated traffic could not have been more than £13,000 a year in the first instance, it had been magnified by those gentlemen to double that amount in the accounts they had rendered. The parliamentary statements, indeed. could not be depended upon : and it was melancholy to reflect that members of the house should legislate in so careless a man ner. No less than £400,000 had been expended on that line, yet the gross revenue was yet but £15,000. Parliament bad, he thought, thus sanctioned a competinr , line against them, whi c h t h ey were in a mahmr compell e d to buy, and which would speedily have proved almost a total loss to the original proprietors, had it not fallen into other hands. (Hear, hear.) He was glad to say, however, that the traffic doing the present year, as compared with the last, was on the increase. Mr. ROTHERHAM moved, and Mr. EICKERSTETH se conded, a resolution to the effect that the Directors' Report, and the accounts just read, he passed. A Proprietor expressed a wish, that before the motiod was put, the interesting statistics, furnished by Captain finish, should also be published. The CHAIRMAN stated, that he had ao objection whatever. Mr. L. HEYWORTH stated, there was a mistake in the statement made as regarded the Chester and Crewe length of line. They might expect a greatly increased traffic when the several resources of the line were more fully developed. The CHAIRMAN admitted the fact, adding, that-he had only alluded to the misrepresentations that had, in the first instance, passed current in parliament. Mr. L. HEYWORTH considered it of great importance that the misrepresentations alluded to, and the carelessness in admitting them, should go forth to the public. Parliament, had the line not been sold, would have saddled the public with a heavy loss, in the exhorbitant prices which the ori ginal proprietors must have charged them to make up a per tentage for their deficiency. It was proper that this should be shown, so that greater caution might be hereafter prac tised. It was then moved and seconded, in compliance with the recommendation of the directors, that a dividend of £5 per cent. be made on the clear profits to the sth of June last, amounting to £110,165, and that the same be paid on the 15th of August instant. Mr. L. if EYW ORTHremarked, in concurring with the reso lution, that if proper legislative measures were adapted to relieve the country from its present commercial depression, they might expect a more flourishing condition of their finances. (Hear, and some disapprobation.) He felt con fident that no adequate return could be expected until there was a different kind of commercial l eg i s l at i on ; and he h ope d that the present administration would feel inclined to effect so desirable a change, and that those present would put their shoulders to the wheel and enable them to carry it nut. (Hear, hear, and some laughter.) The meeting then proceeded to the election of three direc tors, in the room of Mr. Grant, Mr. Bold, and Mr. Walker, who retired, and were not again (by act of parliament) eligible for re-election. Mr. John Moss, Mr. James Heyworth, - ancl Mr. Joseph Sanders, were proposed, seconded, and unani mouslyappointed to the vacancies. Mr. BICKERSTETH proposed a special vote of thanks to Mr. Moss, their late chairman, for his valuable services, which was carried with loud cheers. Mr. Moss returned thaa;iTa.brief and feeling manner, expressing the deep interest he should ever feel in behalf of the great concern in which they were mutually engaged. The business of the meeting being now concluded, the chair was vacated by Mr. Lawrence, and taken by Mr. Moss, who moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, and the direc tors generally, whose exertions had been beyond all praise. He added, that for himself he felt perfectly satisfied, under all the untoward circumstances of the times, with the result of the last half-year. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The motion was carried by acclamation, and the meeting separated. 43 ottrp. THE INCOME TAX, AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG (From Blackwood's Magazine for August.) All you who rents or profits draw— Enough to come within the law— Your button'd pockets now relax, And quickly pay your income tax. A pleasant medicine's sure to kill, Your only cure's a bitter pill: The drugs of base deluding quacks Made Peel prescribe his income tax, You can't enjoy your pint or pot And then refuse to pay the shot; You can't pursue expensive tracks Without a toll or income tax. Ye Quakers clad in sober suit, And all ye Baptist tribes to boot, 'Twas right, perhaps, to free the blacks, But thence arose this income tax. Ye bagmen bold, ye lovers fond, Who daily like to correspond, Remember, as you break the wax, Cbeap postage means an income tax. Ye noisy fools, wbo made a rout, To try to keep the Tories out. The blunders of your Whiggish hacks Have brought us to this income tax. Old Cupid's wish to crush the Czar Has cost us, in the Affgban war, Both English lives and Indian lace, And hasteu'd on the income tax. Regardless of the price of teas, They anger'd, too, the poor Chinese, The Mandarins have shown their backs, But war soon brings an income tax. Yet now I hope the new tariff Will something save in beer and beef; If that be so, you'll all go snacks, And half escape your income tax. At least we poor folks fear no shock At hearing the collector's knock ; His jest the poundless poet cracks On him who calls for income tax. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY.—The Illustrious, 72, with the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam, has sailed from Honduras, for Bermuda, in company with the Hydra and Spitfire; and Fair Rosamond and Charybdis, for Port Royal. The Hydra arrived at Port Royal on the 30th June, and sailed immedi ately after for Bermuda. The Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart., arrived at Jamaica, from Santa Martha, on the 21st June, with 800,000 dollars on board, and sailed on the 26th for Halifax. We regret to learn by the Jamaica papers that sickness had prevailed amongst the officers and crew of the last cruise. Lieutenant Daley, the captain's clerk, and one seaman, died. Lieutenant Davey was buried at Santa Martha, and his funeral was attended by the officers and crew of the United States schooner of war, Boxer. The Winchester, 50, on her route to the Cape, and the Spider, brigantine, on her way to the Brazils, called at Madeira on the 18th and 23d ult. _,........... The Malabar, 72, for the Brazils, called at Santa Cruz ou the 19th June. The Fantome and Fawn, sloops of war, were at St. Helena on the 28th May. The Lark, schooner, and the Thunder, surveying vessel, were at the Havana on the 18th June. The Vanguard, 80, and Cambridge, 78, left Athens for the Dardanells on the Bth July. _ The Rover, 16, Commander Keele, sailed from Jamaica for Honduras, on the sth June. The Tweed, 20, Captain Douglas, sailed from Barbadoes on the 17th June. The Dragon, 72, at Milford, is in future to be called the Fame, a new steamer, to be named the Dragon, being ordered to be built. — rile Pique, 36, is being hurried for immediate service, and is reported ready on the Bth August. We are sorry to hear that her esteemed captain. Henry Forbes, is obliged to resign the command of her, in consequence of the illness with which he was attacked in the West Indies. The Daphne, 18, is commissioned to the eastward by Capt. J. J. Onslow. The Resistance, trooper, Commander Patey, arrived this afternoon from Quebec, last from Cork, where she disem barked the 56th regiment from Quebec. The Resistance will proceed again to Quebec, with the reserve battalion of the 71st regiment, now stationed at Chichester. The Southampton, free trader, for Calcutta, sailed yester day morning. The Agincourt, for the same destination, will sail on Monday. The Ship Moffatt is at Spithead, taking in convicts for Van Diemen's Land. The ship George the Fourth is taking in 400 tons of bread at Spithead, for China, with which she will proceed, after landing the St. Helena corps, at that island. Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., is appointed to succeed Rear-Admiral Bouverie, as superintendent of this docky ar d , and will hoist his flag in the course of the ensuing week. A court-martial has been held at Malta, on board th e Howe, of which Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason was presid ent, for the purpose of trying Mr. James M`Donough, t hi rd engineer of the Medea, steam frigate , for having gone on shore without leave, after having been twice refused permis., and theallorth talon. He was found guilty of the charge, and other acts of misconduct, and sentenced to be dismissed the service, and to three months' imprisonment in the Marshalsea. n On Wednesday morning the coast-guard seized of one man, with 50 tubs of foreign spirits between Dover Foreland. The smugglers, with the exception the surveyor escaped.Pmn, Liu RSDAY.-Sir W. Sy monds, next_ arrived on Thurs day the navy, is on an official visit to this port. The Satelite, 18, Commander Gambier, day from Spithead, and sailed the Ame rica. day for South Arne _ _ _ The Albatross, 16, Commander Reginald Yorke, arrived on Friday from Spithead, and sh e sailed the next day for the West Indies. The Actieon, 26, Captain Robert Russell, was paid off into ordinary on Friday. The Wellesley, 72, Captain Maitland came into harbour on Saturday, and will be paid off the ensuing week. - The Netley, te n d er, sailed on Sunday, with stores for Deptford ; and on th e f ollowing day the M ercur y, tender,t, arrived from P or t smouth, with supernumerar i e s for h, • Wolf. In Harbour.—Caledonia, San Josef, Adventurer, and Contiance steamer. Wellesley, yaLlf THE THREE DAYS OF JULY. — The distributed states that the usual complement of provisions an niversary of the to the indigent poor of Paris on eachaccount of the Duke of glorious days of July was doubled on whic h consists of white Courrier Francais Orleans' death, This distribution, t her's meat, was made morning. The official throughout Paris on Wednesday scribed on the charitable list bread, wine, pastry, pork and bu c . comprise 30,000 families, in the 12 arrondissements 9 1 n , an average of one to twelve statistics of the indigent poor or about 70,000 persons, K s iv . , . It is calculated that amongst of the population of Par o i r there are more than 15,000 who - indigent Po . those ‘O,OOO 1 for assistance. cl iPa n ris are ashamed to aPP Y E'S OPEECH ON EDUCATION. —On WHARNCLIFf shop of London, in presenting a --- Monday ev e ning the BMonda y tition from a gentlemanstook occasion to allude to the language ern singing schoo ls , Wharncliffe upon a former evening—lan ployed bY , ll be re membered, noticed by Sir R. Inglis in the guage, iteTommons. Lord Wharncliffe explained his words House °A '' ~ what he had said was, that be should con as follows: unfit for the situation which he had the honour sider hinise be departed from the rule laid down by the Com to hold if Privy Council, and which had • acted 'dee of the mi to education. this explanation it is quite as upon, bat th e speech of the noble President was inaccurately plain t d therefore misunderstood. According to the r e ge r,oft his lordship laid down certain principles latitudinarian, approa c h e d very closely to the w cant of Li t boralisra• His explanation proves that be laid down no principlles whaer, confinin g hi mself to a declaration, that he sta woud blished. adhere to what he f ound established, because it was e This throws a new light upon the whole of the noble lord's speech ; for a man may vet y often honestly sup port that which he never would have originated, rather than incur the in convenience of a violent change, one part of such inconvenience being the committing of injustice to persons who had committed their interests upon the faith of a state establishment.—Staudard.