The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-07-05 00:00:00

. BOTANIC GARDENS, EDGE LANE. We are glad to find that these gardens are in such a state of forwardness as to enable the committee to open them to the pro prietors and the public on the 20th of July, with an exhibition of fruits and flowers, when gold, silver, and bronze medals are to he awarded to the successful exhibitors. _ _ . A canvass awning will be raised in front of the range of glass, to protect the visitors in case of rain, and a military band will be on the ground. A fountain has been constructed by a Lon don engineer, which, being abundantly supplied with water, will display a variety of beautiful jets. We think the committee have acted wisely in having horti cultural exhibitions in the new Botanic Gardens, which, owing to the liberality of the late corporation, have become the absolute property of the shareholders, and the value of which cannot be estimated at less than £lO,OOO. There are at present about 500 proprietors, but we confidently expect that the number will be rapidly increased, for there can be no doubt that, as the choice collection of trees and shrubs yearly increase in size and beauty, these gardens will become a favourite and attractive place of resort. Eleven statute acres are confined within the walls, which, being of great extent, will in a short time exhibit an unrivalled collection of half-hardy plants. The plants also in the stoves, conservatories and open borders, are most interesting and valuable, and the area of these gardens has been so laid out, as to combine most successfully ornamental effect with scientific arrangement. THEATRE ROYAL During the past week a series of the finest tragedies of Shak speare and Sheridan Knowles have been enacted, and the public have had the opportunity of a high mental treat in wit nessing the legitimate drama. We have been sorry, however, to observe a barbarism in the taste of the public; for invariably each evening, whilst the finest flights of imagination and genius of the most gifted men of the human race have been well rein& sented, the house has been thin, whilst towards the half-play, in time for the tom-foolery and burlesque of the pantomime, got up to please school boys, the house has begun to fill. We coo fess this is poor encouragement to the managers to get up plays of sterling merit, and may account in some degree for the de cline of the drama. Mr:Stuart, of whose merits as a talented tragedian we have often spoken, has played the chief characters during the week, and has successfully represented Richard the Third,' Virginias, TVilliain Tell, Rolla, and Hamlet. We wit nessed his Virginias on Tuesday night, and have little to say but in commendation. The representation of the hot Roman, the injured citizen, and the bereaved father was a masterpiece of acting. In one scene only, where Lucitti first communicates to him that Virginia is seized as a slave, did we think his repre sentation faulty. Nature opens not the floodgates of passion at once, but by regular gradations of surprise and indignation: the feelings must grow in excitement, as the clouds of summer gather ere the storm can burst. Miss Faucit, as Virginia, had not much to do, btrt she played the part well, and with less of affectation and more after " Nature's just standard, which is still the same," than we have frequently observed. On Friday evening we witnessed Shakspeare's splendid tragedy of Hamlet. We have seen a more finished Hamlet than Stuart's, especially in the celebrated soliloquy in the giave-scene. There was, however, much of originality in the representation, and many of the difficult passages were given in a style we have never seen surpassed. I'he part, "Do I vent my passion in cursing like a very drab," and the whole inter view with the Queen was as tine a representation as we ever saw. The pantomime, which has been played during the week, abounds with the usual tricks. Mr. 'l'. Ridgway's imitation of Mrs. Honey's song, " My beautiful Rhine," is admirable, and has been nightly encored. Mr. W. Farren has been engaged for a fortnight, and last evening played Lord 09lebv, in the " Clandestine Marriage." Mr. Browne, of the Dublin Theatre, has also been engaged, and played the part of Brueh, in the same comedy. The building of the new Medical Institution, at the corner of Hope street, is expected to be opened in November. It will contain a medical library, a museum, and other aids to medical science. ----- The income of the Liverpool Docks now considerably exceed inc, the expenditure, the Dock Committee have, it is understood, conic to the resolution of reducing the rates 25 per cent. This will cause a diminution of more than £50,000 per annum The rapidly increasing trade of the poi t may render a still further reduction practicable in a few years. SERMONS AT ST. JUDE'S CHURCII.—We beg to direct at tention to an advertisement in another column, announcinc , a sermon to be preached at St. Jude's Church, on Thur s d a y even ingh next, by the Rev. Hugh M‘Neile, in aid of the funds for erecting the new church at Kirkdale. One principal object of the trustees is to provide a number of pews at a moderate rate, and further to accommodate the poor of Kirkdale with a num ber of free sittings. We understand the church will he opened for divine worship in about six weeks, and that the Rev. D. James, late of Ahnondbury, near Huddersfield, has been ap pointed the minister. SOUTH LANCASHIRE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.— Pur suant to notice given to that effect, a meeting of the committee of this association was held at the Legh Arms, Newton, ott - Thursday last, when a letter was read from the Most Noble ths , Marquis of Salisbury, accepting the office of president of the annual dinner, which is expected to take place on the Bth of September. A committee of 21 gentlemen was appointed to make the preliminary arrangements for the dinner, and several new members were admitted. Tuic HOUSE OF Lonos.—On Saturday evening, a petition to the House of Lords, signed by upwards of 2,150 respectable inhabitants of Wigan, many of whom/have formerly professed Whig opinions, was forwarded to Lord Lyndhurst for presenta tion, praying their lordships to be firm at the present crisis; and thanking them for the decision they came to on the Irish unicipal Bill. The proposed new Court of Revising Barristers is looked to with great eagerness by some of the whig commissioners, as a refuge from the tedium likelyito be result of the termination the of their former labours. MANUFACTURES AT 111.11.1„—We observe, from the Hull pa. bers, that the inhabitants of that town,—taking example proba. ly from attempts making in Liverpool,—are endeavouring to introduce manufactures of various kinds; and particularly of cot ton, into that town. A large meeting of the inhabitants was held on Monday week to hear the report of a committee appointed to make inquiries upon the subject, and to adopt such measures as might be considered expedient for advancing the object in view. The report strongly recommended the establishment of cotton and flax mills on a large scale; and the meeting having concur red in this view of the matter, a company was formed, and up wards of £70,000 subscribed almost immediately. BAILABLE OFFENcEs.—By the provisions of alate act of par liament, persons apprehended and brought to the police sta tions during the night on charges of minor importance, may be admitted to bail, at the discretion of the officer on duty. LIABILITY OF JUkYlklE,N.—Yesterday, at the borough ses sions, several jurymen were fined 20s. each for non-attendance. The recorder intimated that it was discretionary with hint to in crease or decrease the fine. Ile then informed the jury that jurymen would only be required to attend once a-year, and that serving on the borough jury exempted them front attending as jurymen at the county sessions. THE REV. NV. R. HAY, VICAR OF ROCHDALE.—We are happy to learn that the paragraph which appeared in the Man chester Herald of Wednesday, announcing the death of this gentleman, is incorrect. It appears that the conductors of that paper were misled by the statement of a man who called upon several gentlemen of Manchester, friends of Mr Hay, with the intelligence, and who said he was sent for the purpose of com municating it by the vicar's family. The man's object seems to have been to obtain money or refreshment for his trouble. FIRES.-0H Sunday afternoon, between five and six o'clock, a fire broke out at the back part of the premises occupied by Mr. Stripe, tailor and draper Whitechapel. Information was given to the Fire-police station, the engines from which were on the spot in a few minutes after the first discovery of the dis aster. The fire raged with great fury, and soon made its way from the cellar, where it is supposed to have originated, through the first second, and third floors to the roof. Under the direc tion of Hewit, the superintendent of the engines, such a quantity of water was poured in from engines No. 4 and 5 that the build ing was soon completely saturated, and the water might be seen oozing from every crevice of the edifice, which was exceedingly old and rickety. In less than half an hour from the first dis covery, the fire was completely extinguished. Two other fires broke out yesterday morning, between five and six o'clock, one on the premises of Mr. Leicester, baker, Scotland-road, the other at the house of Mr. Horsy, Queen-street. ROBBERY BY A CLERK.—On Saturday three young men, named John Palmer, William Walton, and William Stamp, were brought before the magistrates, Walton charged with rob bing his employers, and the other two with being his accom plices. Inspector Martin stated that Walton was clerk to Mr. Rigby, timber-merchant, in Warwick-street, and the afternoon before he heard that he was going to Dublin, with some cir cumstances connected with it which excited his suspicion. He went to Mr. Rigby's office, and they knew nothing of his going, and one of the clerks accompanied him and he went and apprehended Ilian on board the " Hibernia," along with the two other prisoners who were with him. On Walton was found £96 and some - odd silver, and it was found that he had paid the passage of the other two prisoners as well as his own. The clerk stated that the prisoner Walton had received £lOO ss. that morning from Mr. Marsden, of Bolton, on account of his employer, which he had not accounted for. The money paid by the prisoner for his passage and that of his two associates, with that found on him, nearly made up the amount of the de falcation. The case was remanded to obtain further evidence. MANCHESTER MUSICAL. FESTIVAL — We observe by an ad vertisement which appears in the Manchester papers of Satur day, that a meeting of the general committee for conducting the approaching festival, was held on Friday, when it was ascer tained from the reports of the several committees, that the pre liminary arrangements in each department were nearly completed, which will be announced in detail this week. The festival is to open with a ball on the evening of Monday, the 12th of September next; oratorios will be performed in the Collegiate church on the mornings of the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, in the same week ; miscellaneous con certs will be given on the evenings of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday; and on Friday evening, the 16th, the festival will close with a grand fancy dress ball at the Theatre Royal, Assembly-rooms, and Portico, which will be connected for the occasion, Back Mosley-street being temporarily converted into a large hall. Rumour states that neither Malibran nor Grisi is likely to he engaged. The latter is said to be in an " inter esting situation," which will cause her temporary retirement from public life for some time; and the terms upon which alone the services of the former can he secured, are such as the mana gers think they should not be justisfied in acceding to: we are informed that the lady wants 2000 guineas for attending four festivals, of which Manchester is one; and as the managers of the Other three are not "inclined to give more than 300 each, Manchester would have to Make up the indifference—a proposi tiort*hich, of course, cannot be entertained... Mi. Wilkinson, has been appointed organiSt,° the afpf6bition' of Sir George T Ju Lir 5, 1836. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. MR. W. FARREN, 0.1 the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, is engaged for Ten Nights, and will make his second appearance here this season th►s Evening• in his original characters of Erasmus Bookworm and Mr. Sdmuel Coddle. The new Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN AND THE GOLDEN GOOSE, Having been received on each representation with shouts of laughter and applause, will be repeated every Evening this Week. THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the sth instant, will be performed the new Drama, in two acts, as perform ed last treason at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, with the greatest success, called THE Erasmu s Bookworm SCOLAR.... 'the s H cholar) Mr. W. Farren. ((1 is original character.) Hans Krackjaw....(his man) Mr. Baker. Helen Miss Faucit. After which, the popular Comedy, in three acts, called AIARRIED Mr. Satnuel Coddle.... Mr. W. Farren, (As originally performed by him in London.) Mrs. Samuel Coddle Mrs. Clarke. Mr. Lionel Lynx Mr. W. Howard. Mrs. Lionel Lynx.. M iss Faucit. r• Henry Dove, Mr. Baker p Mrs. Henry Dpv.e, Mrs. Stanley. Mr. Frederick Younghtisband....Ms.,-W. H. Bland. Nirs. Frederick Younghusbanliss Stanley. Mr. Geo. Dismal Mrs. George Dismal )6 Mrs. Granby. To conclude with, for the B[ll time, an entirely new fantastical, s arcastical, versatile, musical, mechanical, comical Panto called HARLEQUIN AND THE GOLDEN GOOSE. 1 n Wednesday: the favourite Drama of PAST AND Larose, 0.4 . TE-IE ANNALS OF THE RENCH LUTION. (a confidential Valet) Mr. W. F Farren, REVO as originally !rformed by him in London. Count de Florville, (a Fop,) •r. Browne, his second appearance this season. To conclude with the New COMIC PANTOMINE. MADAME CORM PALTONI. from t Theatres Royal, Milan and Naples, respectfully' i .rms the Inhabitants ~tverpool that she will' during her re ence, give LESSONS In INGING. Terms 'Half a Gui a each Lesson. uriheir particulars m'av be ha $ t the Music Warehouses of Mr : W. G. WEISS and Messrs. PAR and SON ; and at the residence of INlada.rn' e CORRI PALTONI, 3, Clayton-square. SHE REG ISTRATION.—EIectors should bear in mind that the time of preferring claims fur county votes commenced on the 20th June, and ends on the 20th July; and, with respect to borough voters, it is required. before their names can he put on the list, that all the poor-rates and assessed taxes due by each voter, previously to the 6th of April, be paid before the 20th J u l y. Zbc iliberpool F:tanbarti. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1836. We h ave rece i ve d a fil e o f t h e J ama i ca G azette to t h e 224 May. They contain no information relative to the resignation or the recall of the Marquis of SLIGO. His excellency, as we stated in a former number, had pro rogued th e meet i ng o f t h e H ouse o f A ssem bl y f rom t h e 17 th to the 24th May, on which day it was directed " to meet for the despatch of business." The stipendiary i m agistrate s h ave a dd resse d a roun d ro bi n t o gover nment, t t he_ the medium of Lord GLENELG, complaining of inadequa c y o f th e i r sa larie s , and praying for a more liberal allowance. They state in their memorial that the salary at present allowed is totally inadequate to the rncesl ex entailed on them by the duties of the office they ol d. and of its insufficiency to enable them to maintain th emselves with t h e res p ec t a bility o f a ppearance suitable t° 80 important and responsible a situation ; and further, t hat it is by no means a remunera ti on p r oportioned to the fat igue, the anxiety, and the risk of health and life which t 116 9 have daily to encounter in the execution of their 41 Y• The memorialists do not state in precise terms the nature or the extent of the risks to which their lives are e xposed. The resignation of Mr. T. J. BERNARD, of the °f4 ce of custos of St. Catherine, appears to have excited co nsiderable degree of discussion. It arose out of the rae rference of the inspector-general of police, which the following letter to the government secretary will explain : Spanish Town, Mayl, 1836. 4 ,-4 am in receip t of your letter, of date the 29th ult. re questing my presence, by command of his excellency, in' the e L ,°, ll rlcil chamber, on Tuesday, the 3d of May, at ten o'clock, to VS evidence respecting the conduct of Mr. Ramsay, inspector tteral of police, at a meeting held in this town on the 16th E ' r lve 7ith the most anx i ou s desire on my part a lw a y s t o com ply ° any request o f his excellency, 1 feel that I canno t, in the NTinstance, do so, for the reasons I have already given in correspondence with you on this subject, and to avoid any thZ n aPprehension as to these reasons, I beg leave again to repeat yirst—As custos of this precinct, I charge Mr. R amsay w i t h *tlhbreach of hi s d uty , as i n spector-general of police, in saying to t i t Persons then and there assembled, after I, in such my capa ke,Y2,had deemed it necessary to read the riot act, that I had „ 9 wron g , and further, with urging the persons assembled !o riElnuetogether and pass their resolutions. You tell me, in 'Air letter of the 21st April, that Mr. Ramsay had made to his ex cellency a long report of what occurred, and that his excellency gi.atfiers from it that Mr. Ramsay had most judiciously made the - ' o larks I mentioned. Ills excellency, therefore, after hearing chaige and Mr. Rainsay's - admission of it, has decided that 1 „ 1. • Ramsay acted " most judiciously " .; oecondly—Because a tribunal, called a "special conk," con ilting of the governor and two privy councillors, has no pnwer t ° Mininister an oath to a witness, and is a triounal altogether 1 1 1 , 41, 110wn to the constitution and laws of the country.—l have honour to be, &c., T. J. BERNARD. We have also received Demerara papers to the 7th Tv I( tY. They contain nothing of importance. That the existing House of Commons does not repre leat the opinions of the people of Great Britain (so far 1 4 t hat portion of the empire is concerned,) at the present raent, may be fairly inferred from the total want of Ytil llat-hy on the part of the latter in the revolutionary d l eet rines which have been promulgated and supported T Y a Maj or it y o f t h a t h ous e during the p resen t sess i on . li e violent speeches which have been there uttered, u l l on °lltathining not only the most daring and insulting atta c k s e independence of the House of Lords, but als o threatening a dismemberment of the empire, however much they may have been cheered by the degraded slaves tl i f ; th e " tail," am even viewed with approving smiles b i ; 8 M y jesty s ministers, have met wit a'h no respons e be "nd the lath and plaster of the present St. Stephen's. 0 the contrary, the electors of several counties, (Me rionethshire and Warwickshire are glorious examples,) ° W hom th e m i n i ster i a l can did a tes may be said to have ' l l3l3 ealed f or an approva l o f t h e measures o f governmen t, altave declared, i n a manner w hi c h c annot be misunder stood, that any m i n i s t r y w hi c h in this protestant country tutains itself in power by an unholy alliance with the 1 3 'Bll reli g i on — a re li g i on w hi c h our pa t r i o ti c ances t ors l ePa diated and expelled from the constitution—will never supported by th e p eo pl e o f E ng l a nd an d Wales when le k protestant p r i nc ipl es are roused into action, and ih e Y have.the opportunity of testifying their wishes in h rid e electi on o f their representat i ves to par li ament. W e ainteain that the e l e ctions to which we have alluded, :rie on in distinct and separate parts of the country, e nu, th erefore, showing that the re-action in favour of , : l ati ervatiye p r i nc i p l es i s not con fi ne d t o one port i on o f li e emp ,tp ire more t h an anot h er, d o c l ear l y an d unequivo show that the revolutionary measures supported by , li _ fll ajority of the p resen t H ouse o f C ommons — measures : Btru ctive of p ro t es t an ti sm i n I re l an d— are re p ugnan t t t: s dl e feelin gs an d op i n i ons o f t h e peop l e o f G reat Bri t; at the p resent time, and that t h ose w h o approve of tlrt.'se measures, and would support their selfish and un 'olll43led authors, will be scouted from the represents -11411: i or any county i n G re at B r itain, to the electors of th l ." t hey may venture to appeal. But ministers and f . t :tr Hib ern i an majority have met with no sympathy th: ll ,the peopl e o f t h e most ra di ca l c i t i es an d towns o f kin gdom. Where are the formidable unions, the greatand . glorious" meetings of reformers at Manclies ,__' Leeds, and, other places, /the triumphant processions the g from all the mills, factories, and dye, houses of fr. ma nufacturing di s t r i c t s , o r e ven d escen di ng f rom t h e iir ' e tvant t ent h -story attics of the modern Athens ? Where „ the ban ners of t h e " death's head and cross-bone,"?wn with the lotds," " RUSSELL for ever," and similar 14 " ial-stirring devices which once 'graced the triumph of a of s e 'lied re f o r m, an d i ndicated the genuine popularity pits Majesty's Ministers ? Those banners and that o pularity are alas equally forgotten ; th e f ormer , per ils, dec orat i ng t he tap - room of some radical publican, onWaving over th e e l oquence o f unwashed democrats ; e latter trlatter confined to the 'gloomy cloisters and secret hes Of the C o ll ege o f M a y noot h. Y es, the people of e l and, in the conscious enjoyment of the blessings of ;It Protesta n t re li g i on —bl esse d, t oo, with a freedom 4.1 _ °I no o th er country, muc h l e S s any popish country, itl s ever enjoyed—peacefully and prosperously employed tter their var i ous avocations, t urn a deaf ear to th e thnn tutg ftit a , of agitation, recei v e with silent contempt th e dread tnreatenin a j ou ef their way of a collision, and will not stir one i nc h to serve the selfish purposes of Lord e n ,P RUSSE LL and ..hi s c li que , or th e more treas ona bl e 3 of Mr. DANIEL O'CONNELL. The people are hap pily much changed; they are again displaying that good sense and those sound opinions which for more than 'a quarter of a century resisted the approaches of democracy in its most frightful shapes, and which will now resist it when leagued with even its unnatural ally, the supersti tion of Rome. But the coustiuencies of Great Britain must be armed with the means of testifying at future, and perhaps not very distant, elections their return to those sound and healthy opinions, and they must have the power of elect ing a protestant House of Commons—a house not in a great measure composed of the tools of political clubs, chattering and empty theorists, briefless law-reformers, and the like, but men of integrity, sterling ability, and active usefulness. The registration must not be forgot ten. This month (July) is one of the greatest impor tance in the process of registration; the county voter, if he has parted with his qualification and obtained a new one, or if he has changed his residence, must send in a fresh claim to the overseers; the borough voter must pay on or before the 20th instant all rates and taxes due from him before the sth April last; all persons, members of partnership firms, and whose firms, and not the mem bers thereof, individually, are rated, should attend at the rate-book •office, and claim to be put upon the rate by name. As this subject, however, is at the present period of the utmost importance, we shall supply our readers in our next paper with full instructions upon it. Let it never, however, be forgotten that "the battle is now fought on the registration." The ominous silence of the licensed victuallers at their annual dinner, at Birkenhead, on Thursday. last, when the health of the mayor and magistrates was pro posed, contrasted with the acclamations which followed the mention of JAMES ASPINALL and the late magis trates, was significant and remarkable. Like most other bodies, the majority of the.licensed victuallers were innoculated with the virus of mis-called REFORM, and rgistered their votes for the party who succeeded irt, raising the storm. New brooms are ex pected to sweep clean, and it appears that the victuallers have been scrubbed so soundly that they do not now en tertain quite such an exalted opinion of reform itself, as seen in the persons and practices of its accidental re presentatives. But this will ever be the case. Men are always to be found ready to take advantage of popular commotion to shroud their own ignorance under the cloak of profes sions and hypocrisy, and to palm themselves upon the multitude as patriots of the first water. Such a patriot is DANIEL O'CONNELL, who pockets some £20,000 a-year by his " peaceful agitation." Such a patriot is ROEBUCK, whose, pockets are lined with £1,200 a-year by the fools of Canada, that he may sell and they legiti mately purchase those services which every real repre sentative of the people dedicates, unbought, to the wel fare of his country. Such is the patriotism of Greek HUIVIE—Of Colchester HARVEY, touching the filthy gold of the treasury to keep his uncertain seat. Such the patriotism of BUCKINGHAM, whose voice is so often heard whining in the lower house— " Pity the sorrows of a poor old man." And probably the licensed victuallers are beginning to see that such is the patriotism of RADCI.IFFE, who had his eye as firmly fixed upon the town-clerkship as had ever HUME upon the glittering Greek loan ; who thought £2,500 a-year the value of his services, and declared that he would take no less—no, neither less nor more ! —but who, when the ground was slipping from under his feet, with the most admirable humility, admitted that the council was right and he wrong—" that £2,000 a year was just the amount, neither more nor less," and so the reward of his patriotism, like that of the ex•mem ber for Preston, emphatically called JOHN, (who is now living snugly as a receiver of taxes,) will, we presume, have the effect of keeping him quiet during the remnant of his days. And such was the patriotism of the young gentleman CROOK, who made a profitable exchange of a not-too-lucrative business for a newly-created berth of £6OO a- year, with the prospect of the "seals" in reversion ; and, no doubt, it was for this that the " solicitor to the reform association" waded up to the neck in muddy ob jections, and wasted the time of hundreds that he might become engrafted upon the corporate root ; and such the patriotism of WYBERGH, the " chairman" of the afore said association, who has dislodged one of the most gentlemanly and urbane of the corporate officers, and, with admirable skill, vaulted into his place. And such the patriotism of Mr. P. F. CURRY, and such—faugh the very name of patriotism will soon offend the olfactory nerves, and the next lexicographer who improves upon JOHNSON may annex to the word patriot—one who agonizes for place and pensions. _ _ _ But are all these worthies to blame ? Quite the re verse. They are consistent, and the town council was consistent in appointing them. The turn of the muni cipal wheel having foisted them on the top, it was their duty to provide for their needy retainers; and well they know that, to many of them, the time is short for the exercise of power and patronage. It is the victuallers themselves, amongst others, who are to blame, but whose eyes, better late than never, appear to have been washed from the political dust which the spirit of reform had thrown into them—and they look in vain for that noble English feeling and that manly independent bear ing which characterised the late council, and, as a body, throws into the shade the shallow pretensions of the race of political economists who now for a time fill their places. In seasons of popular turmoil and excitement men are often led away try specious and impudent professions ; and if a THISTLEWOOD or an O'CONNELL have the hardi hood to abuse the sacred name of liberty, by taking it upon their lips, they may, and will, in a free country, find many weak enough to be deluded. But it is one of the characteristics of an Englishma n that he cannot be deceived long. The hour of conviction is the hour of restitution, and when once the hollow professions of the demagogue are discovered, he is driven into obscurity and contemptu ous retirement by the awakened voice of the nation. That many members of our town council are highly respectable men, we freely admit—some are gentlemen, and no doubt necessity has compelled them to be contented with strange bedfellows. But that there are numbers, comparatively speaking, who are unfitted, both by station and intellect, for exercising the governing power in a town like Liverpool, few will deny. No doubt many of them wondered themselves how they got there, and many of them will in future wonder how it is that the sweet voices of the electors are weaned from such charmers. It will be because the people are beginning to be tired with the humbug of reform—because they see men destitute of talent or standing usurping the places which ought to be filled by gentlemen, and making the council a mere ful crurn upon which to rest their political lever, or to provide situations for their needy friends and connexions. The council must be riddled, and the chaff cast to the winds. They must be sent to the place from whence they came ; and numbers of that busy, meddling, political sect, whose frigid theology is a blot on the fair face of religion, must be expelled from their seats, if Liverpool is to preserve her character for loyalty to the King, and love for the in stitutions of the country. Let the licensed victuallers and other tradesmen, how ever, prepare for a CORPORATION TAX. The council will no doubt try to stave it off till after the next election, but sooner or later it must and will come. Be not surprised at this, ye reforming shopkeepers, you would have reform, and surely you will be honest enough to pay for it. It will no doubt stimulate your patriotism when the tax-collector Walks into your houses, and claims a legal rate to pay for our well•dressed police, who are really. ornamental as well as useful. Certainly there are a few ugly items in the expenditure. The compensation to the town-cleik for instance. But then you have got a better, "who is a whig or something more." A retiring pensicn to the late treasurer. But then you are in posses sion of a WYBERGH, and there is a magic in the very name of a reformer. The separation of the political and ju dicial functions of our local chancellor, to be sure, com pels us to pay a Crook-ed sum of £6OO a-year ; btit then he is a nice young gentleman—has been very service able, and therefore, don't be ungenerous. There is a little item, too, connected With the case in which THOMAS and TIMOTHY are figuring. But then, it is against the, church, and reformers are vast], pleased THE 13 Z. VFAIN general with , any thing that can militate against that grand bulwark' of our constitution. And there is—but never mind ; pad• the tax whenever it is demanded, with out grumbling or enquiring, for if you grumble you will get more 'Kicks than halfpence. You will find out at last that had the " extravagant tories" remained in possession, had as they were, you would have had justice without paying £1,300 a-year for it, and yoUr local improvements would have proceeded without the iron tongue of the tax-gatherer invading the sacredness of your retreat. Our delectable representative the tail-or did not fare much better than the Council; but he has been long up to his neck in popish and radical mire, and there we leave him. 1 )1 LlrEllPool, POT.ICE. IMP ru; DENcu ANn ROBBEay.-011 Friday, at the police ollice. a well-known and noted thief, named Mary Knowles, was brought before the magistrates charged by the in•tater or a vessel with having robbed him the night before of two five pound notes. The complainant said that he was walking home the night before, between twelve and one o'clock, when the prisoner overtook him, and he went with her to a house in rempest-hey. She asked for some silver to get some drink with, which he gave her, pulling out his purse to do so. One end of the purse contained two five-pound Bank of England notes, and the other some silver. Shortly after, she began fumbling about his pockets, and he heard a rustling of paper; he examined his purse and found it empty. He charged her with the robbery, but she said she knew nothing about it. He then called a policeman, who searched both the prisoner and the room, but could not find the money. She was then taken to Bridewell by the policeman, and he followed and saw the notes drop from her clothes, and picked them up. The prisoner, in defence, said she knew nothing about the notes. She was committed to take her trial at the sessions and the captain was bound to prosecute. SINGEING A POLICEMAN.—On Friday, at the police-office, three men, named Thomas Hobson, John Hobson, and James Green, in the employment of Messrs. Watson and Holt, glass manufacturers. were brought before the magistrates charged by inspector Perry with having violently assaulted him and burnt one of his men with hot glass. The inspector stated that about four o'clock the afternoon before, he was on duty near the Zoological Gardens, when an old man came to him saying he had been robbed of some herrings he was selling, by the men at Messrs. Watson and Holt's glass works; he went to sell them some herrings, and they took some and would not pay for them. He went to the glass works and asked the men to pay. They said they would be d dif they would pay, and seized some long rods they were working with, dipped them in melted glass and run at. him, telling him to •` be off." He then found he could do nothing without assistance, and went for some. On returning with some policemen, they cried out " Here they come," and a number of the workmen, the prisoners amongst the number, seized hold of long iron rods, which they dipped in melted metal, waved them round their heads, and run at them with them, and one of his men had got severely burnt in the hand. A policeman said that he had been called to assist • by Mr. Perry, and went with him to the glass house; on getting there, Thomas Hobson got hold of an iron rod and dipped it in the melted glass and struck at him on the face with it; he waved off the blow with his stick, and the prisoner struck him again, and he caught.hold of the rod with his hand, and it burnt him severely. Several other constables gave similar evidence. Two of the workmen came forward ro.give evidence on behalf of the prisoner, and one of them was charged by the inspector as one who had assaulted him, and he was put in the dock along with the other prisoners. The other workman said that they had to swing their rods about with hot metal in the execution of their employment, in order to form the glasses, and it was a mistake of the officers to think they were doing so at them. An excise officer who was on the•premiSes gave similar testi mony. Mr. Hall said the officer was right in endeavouring to take the prisoners when charged with felony. When a charge was made it was mot his business to investigate it,- but to take the parties into custody; and the prisoners ought to haveknown their duty better than to have resisted. It was a farce to tell him they were swinging the rods about in their occupation, the policeman's hand proved to the contrary. The policemen must be protected in the execution of their duty. Thomas Hobson must pay 255. and costs, and in default of payment to be com mitted for three weeks; the others to pay 15s. and costs, or be committed fourteen days, STINKING FISH AND NEVI' POTATOES.—OD Friday, at the Police-office, Mary Doyle, a costermonger, appeared before the magistrates to complain against Mary Hayes for having thrown sonic bad fish over three scores of her new potatoes, on which score she claimed compensatio❑ to their full value. Mrs. Doyle then stated her case. " Please your worships, I keeps a shop and sells pitayeties and herrings, andidoes my best to please my customers. Last night, gentlemen, as I was a-getting into bed, this here 'oornan as stands there sends for a pickled herring for a relish, which I gave to a little girl in a basin. This morning tbe'ooman comes herself and says, So ye call this pickled her ring,' says she ; why it 'ud turn the stomach of a rinehossher house to look at it: it's nothing in the world but stinking fish ! give me my three-halfpence back, Mrs. Doyle,' says she.' You're nothing but an impositioner, says ; that's not the her ring as 1 gev you last night, says I; that was a ganian herring, and this isn't all there. Go along out of my shop, says I. With that, your worships, she started and abused me shameful, and threw the basin of brine and stinking tish all over my new pi tayeties, and hasspoiled me three scores o' new pitayeties, worth two shillings a score." Mr. Hall: " Well, have you any evi dence as to the damage ?" Complainant : "No ; I did not know as I should want it; but, if you will give me time, I can produce it." Mr. Hall : "Aml to keep the woman here , till to-morrow morning for that ?" Complainant: " Whr, yes, sir, that used to be the way." (Laughter.) Mr. Hall: " No, I can't do that. You must prove what you can." The prisoner then said, " Last night I sent my little girl, with three half pence, for a pickled herring, as I felt squarnish, and this woman sent back three-halfpence worth of nothing but heads and tails, as 'ud make a starved tom-cat turn up his nose to look at. So I sent the little girl back with it, with my compliments to Mrs. Doyle, and she was to be so good as to send me a relishable her ring; but she pretended to be in bed, and refused to open the door. So I went down this morning to her shop; and I says, Mrs. Doyle,' says I, 'did you send this here for a herring? It's a scandalous superstition to give this rubbitch to a little girl for a herring.' With that, your worships, she pushed me over a basket of pitayeties, and the basin was spilt on to them, but there was not three pitayeties spoiled." This statement was corroborated by a witness. Mr. Hall said she had no right to throw the herring over the potatoes; one was a case of three halfpence, and the other of six shillings; he did not, however, suppose the potatoes would be much injured by it. There was no evidence of the damage before him; he must discharge the prisoner. ASSAULT AT SSA.— On Saturday Captain Heath, of the ship Frances, was summoned before the magistrates, charged by an old man, named Robinson, who had acted as his cook, with having violently assaulted hint and wounded Linn with a cutlass. Mr. Davenport supported the complaint, and Mr. Islam ap -peared on behalf of the defendant. The complainant stated that on the 21st of March last he shipped on board the Frances, for Barbadoes, and was made cook. On the 4th April there was a heavy sea, which caused a part of his cooking apparatus to fall over if placed down anywhere, and through the awkwark ness of the black boy the coffee-pot was thrown over, and he was angry with him. The boy called him "an old blockhead," and he fell into a rage with him to be so called by a boy. The lad said he would tell the captain, and he answered him he might tell who he liked. The captain then came forward and ordered hint to drop the can and take a handspike and go to the wind lass. He asked what this was for, and lie was then ordered aft; he refused to go. The captain then called the chief mate, and they seized hold of him, and dragged him aft. The captain then went on to the poop and ordered him up there; he went up and sat down. and was grumbling at having his clothes torn by the mate in pulling him along. The captain then said " Will you hold your tongue;" he replied that he would not, and wanted to know why he was used in that way. The captain then or dered the mate to seize hold of him, and the mate and second mate almost wrung his arms off. He grumbled at being used in such a manner, when the captain went down into the cabin and brought a cutlass up, and struck him several times with it He made a blow at his head, which he avoided, and it almost cut his ear off; he then cut him very severely on the arm, and bruised the other. In consequence of the wounds he then re ceived he was confined to his bed for fourteen days, and had to be fed; and, in consequence of the wound on his arm, he had lost the use of the fingers of one hand, and had no strength left in the arm when he put any stress on it. He had never struck the captain; he was 63 years of age. Cross examined.—He did not swear at the captain on the morning in question; he never told the captain " If Jesus Christ was to come down from Heaven with the cross, and tell me to be quiet, I would neither for hint nor for you." Thomas Sanders, seaman on board the Frances, recollected the quarrel, and saw the man cut. The captain told the complainant to hold his tongue, and he refused to do so for the captain or any body else. The captain then got the cutlass up and struck complainant eight or nine times. A part of his ear was cut off, and his arm was very severely cut, and he was confined to his bed for eight or ten days in conse quence. Cross-examined—The complainant asked the captain who he was that he could not be spoken to. Complainant re called and cross-examined—He had received a wound on his head; had his skull fractured on board a man of war, at Trafal gar, which affected hint sometimes, but only when he was drunk. He never shook his fist in the captain's face and said he would massacre him. Two other of the crew corroborated the complain ant's statement as to the assault. Mr. Islam said it would be ne tciei i s s s a o r c y c - t t i o r r t e lr d a . w T l a , e t t r e e n " t . i a o s n a t l t a t r t g o e t h g e u a s n t a t t i et quantity bullionown a b t o t a h r ime d , ti a m n d e the major part of the crew had completely mastered the mates, and they had no authority over them. e old man had de clared that he had a brace of pistols on beard, which connected with his mutinous conduct and that of the crew, rendered harsh measures necessary. A gentleman named Evans, who had been a passenger on board, deposed to hearing the cook swear ing at the captain on the morning in question ; he was damn ing the ship, and damning the captain, and every one about him. The captain ordered him aft, in order to separate him front the crew, and endeavoured to push hint aft, but he re fused to stir and held on by the rigging, till the captain• ordered the mates to carry him aft, and he then swore that for two pins he would massacre the captain. He continued this abusive conduct, and was repeatedly cautioned: by Captain Armstrong,: a passenger, and himself' to be quiet. until the captain ordered the cutlass up, and threatened to strike him with it if he was not quiet; he however continued the same came conduct till the captain struck him. He afterwards dressed his wounds, which were not severe; he put a little tincture on the scratch on his ear, and it was better in a couple of days, and he was only con fined three or four days at most with his arm, and he appeared to hint to try to make it appear worse than it was when he saw he was observed. Captain Armstrong corroborated this state ment, and said the crew were in a very disorderly state ' and it was his opinion the old man deserved what he had got long be fore he did get it. John Williams, the mate, deposed to the crew being in a very insubordinate state, and frequently re fusing to obey orders, and doing their work generally in a slow and unseamanlike manner. Had he been captain he should very likely have acted as the captain had done sooner. Any indecision at that time would have been followed by serious consequences. Mr. Hall said, according .to the case as proved by the complainant's witnesses ; nothing could have been worse than the captain's conduct ; but it did not assume so unfavour able an appearance after the opposite witnesses had been heard. Ile was, however, bound to say that the captain was using a weapon which was not warrantable. A man must use his weapons proportionably to the offence. Were a crew in a state of actual mutiny, the captain might arm his officers and repel force by force, and in an extreme case use extreme means. The crew, however, were not in a state of actual mutiny ; they had acted very wrongly and very disobediently, but there was nothing to warrant the charge of mutiny—they did not attempt to harm the officers or insult them ; they were only disobedient and not prompt in their duty. He did not think that these cir cumstances would warrant the captain's using such a weapon. The situation of the captain of a vessel • was very peculiar; he had not the means of obtaining assistance, and sometimes it re quired the utmost promptitude and firmness to put down in subordination. In this case a great deal of provocation had been used to the captain, and it appeared that the complainant had magnified the injury he had received. Taking the whole of the circumstances into consideration, the magistrates thought that a fine of 30s. would answer the ends of justice. The captain said he was sorry for the violence which had occurred, and he should, not have ma d e us e o f it if he had not thought him self compelled to do so. Mr. SPEAKER ABERCItOMBI:—What will this gentleman, who open hisiuclailn Lord nd called by Lsoymehuthrcs e s oftmr &otiteruporaries the right honourable owl in th e i v y b us h, sa y to the castigation bestowed speech on Monday evening. It is undeniable that Mr. Abercrorobv, instead of discountenan cing or rather peremptorily repressing the violent attacks almost nightly directed against the Peers by the liberal members of the House over which he presides, they are permitted to go all lengths in their shameless and abusive tirades. The speaker never sees it to be his duty to interfere. We ate glad, there fore, that Lord Lyndhurst has administered to him the hint to which we allude; and vre'shall certainly watch his conduct for futtite: Is he toe old to Mend 7—Edinburgh &ening Pos%. LIVERPOOL i NIIPSUAIMER SESSIONS Before JAMES CLAKR, Esq., Recordey, The Midsummer Sessions commenced yeiterday, before J Clarke, Esq. Recorder for the borough.. There are 58 pri• soners fOr felony, and 48 charges of misdemeanors and assaults. Shortly after ten o'clock the court was opened, and the Recor der entered accompanied by the Mayor. .. The MAYOR then addressing the court said, you are probably •warp that under the new grant of Quarter Sessions which has arrived, the Recorder is now sole judge. I have waited here upon the Recorder out of respect, merely to•hand over to him the grant, and 1 appear here solely on that account. The RRCORDER then said, permit me, Mr. Mayor, to thank von for your courtesy. The law has made a change which I had nothing to do with in bringing about, otherwise, personally, I should have been extremely happy to have sat with you. The Recorder having taken the required declaration, the following gentlemen were sworn in on the grand jury : NICHOLAS ROSKILL, Esq., Foreman. John Campbell, John Leyland, Edward Chaloner, William Lowe, George Lissant Cox, Alexander Maxwell, John Deakin, James Muspratt, Thomas Dodson, James Powell, James Currie Duncan, Josiah Robinson, John Hall, Richard Rathbone, Thomas Hallowes, W. Fothet gill Robinson, William Hill, T. Rowlandson Robinson, and John Jerdein, Samuel Flemming Symonds, David Sand, Esqrs. Herbert Clayton Langton, The proclimation agaist v read,' The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge, He said, Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, I am happy to say that it will not be necessary for me to trouble you with any lengthened observations. The borough, as you are well aware, is now, for the first time detached from the county for many important pur poses. The most important is for the better adminiatration of the criminal laws. Whatever crimes may . be prosecuted, pro vided they arise within the limits of our jurisdiction, will be prosecuted at these sessions, at the charge of the borough; and no doubt the charge is a serious one. The exemption •to the borough for that charge is, it is not to contribute to the 'prose cution of felons out of its jurisdiction at the assizes, whether that will be an equivalent or not, it is not for me.to say. . I am •of opinion this change will be of most benefi , :ial results. It will make the borough look with more vigilance to the prevention and prosecution of crime, which, perhaps was .not formerly ex ercised to a great degree, when the'county at. large undertook the sole work. It involves.a principle which I hope to see extended, for it does seem strange to me that village towns, as Lonsdale, for instance, having in themselves little crime should pay largely towards the prosecution of crime in other parts of the county. and on that account I hope to see the principle carried further. The calenddr, I am happy to say, though we are sitting here now under the new jurisdiction, is by no means a heavy one. There are two or three causes which have conduced to tills. The first is your increased police for Ce. I have, this morning, had a con- - versation with your Superintendent of Police, and from what his resources are, I have no doubt but that heavy offences are put down by the increased t.i•ength of piititer. - As - ha very properly observed, " we have not only a greater power to pre vent crime, but a better means of detecting it." The second cuuse is the very judicious method in which the commitments are made h the sessions. Formerly, the practice whieh pre vailed, and I don't blame those who acted on it, was, whatever might be the charseter of the person charged, whatever might he the circumstances under which the crime was committed, iu variably to send the' prisoner for trial before a grand and petty jury. Now, a more modified principle has taken place. Wher ever the !Sower is lodged in the hands of a discreet and intelli gent person it ought to be approved of, and I am . happy to ap ptove very much of the conduct of your sitting magistrate. Another very intelligent stipendary magistrate in another part of the county has also modified the principle of committing to the sessions. This is one cause which has mitigated the num ber of prisoners on your calendar. I hope, also there:is ano ther cause; I hope holding the assizes here has had considera-` ble effect : because the inhabitants must see how very vigilant the government is in putting down crime whereverit arises, and I think this will lead to that effect. These three causes, I hope, operate strongly and forcibly in lessening the calendar, and 1 hope that lessening will be permanent. The calendar it self contains very few cffences which call' for observation. There is one case, No. 50, in the calendar, for child-stealing,. That was an offence formerly of great difficulty, and there was some doubt whether stealing a child constituted an offence; but a late act, the 9th of George IV., c. 30, has enacted very pro perly, that taking a child amounts to a felony. Still, however, the evidence .in that case that the woman was beginning to strip the child in order to steal its clothes will be ample evi dence for you to find. There is also another case in time calen dar, No. 36, which perhaps, many of you being conversant with trade may think a case of forgery. It was obtaining goods un der the name of a person whose hand-writing was Certainly forged, and it requires a nice discriminating mind to say that it was not a forgery. However, front circunistances in the case, the judges would not have held it a forgery, but obtaining goods under false pretences. I have looked at the depositions, and I think the magistrate has taken a correct view of the Case. I have no further observations, gentlemen, to make to you. ice and immorality having been William Hebblewkite, aged 40, pleaded guilty to having stolen on the 13th of June, three watches, seven cases of mathemati cal instruments, and one pair of spectacles, the property of Mr. Henry Frodsliam.—Sentence not passed. William Hudson, (16,) who was remanded from last session owing to the absence of a witness, was found guilty of having stolen a hat, a coat, and a pair of boots, the property of Mr. John Driver.—He was sentenced to be transported for seven years. - - - - Joseph Robinson, (15,) Robert Pugh, (17,) Frederick Turner, (17,) and Moults: Finney, (17,) where charged with having stolen on the 18th of June last, three silver spoons, and other property belonging to Mr. John Pelting, of this town. Robin son and . Turner pleaded guilty, Pugh was found guilty, and Turner was acquitted. There was another indictment charging the same four prisoners with having stolen a quantity of plate, the property of Mr. Robert M'Laren, of Seymour•street. The particulars of both these cases have. lately appeared in full in our police reports. The jury found all the prisoners guilty.— They were each sentenced to be transported for seven Nears. Jtihn Williams, (16,) was charged with having stolen some silver and a quantity of copper, from the par of Mr. Robert Wainwright, on the 15th of June. The prisoner had been.pre viously,convicted of felony. Ile pleaded guilty.—He was,sen tencea to be transported for seven years. John Strain, (37,) was charged with lihving stolen a cashbox. a watch, twenty half-crowns, arid other Silver, the property of Mr. Joseph Taylor Hobson, chemist, of Bold-street, on the 18th of June. The particulars of this case appeared in our police, re ports at the time. The prisoner pleaded guilty and begged the mercy of the court. The RECORDER said that in this case he had no discretion.—The sentence of the law was that he be transported for the term of his natural life. James Drennan, (25,) pleaded guilty to having stolen a num ber of prayer books, the property of Mr. Henry Lacy , Mr. Alexander Thompsom, and others, from Great George-street Chapel, on the 3rd of June last. He was sentenced to be im prisoned for two calender months and kept to hard labour. Mary Boyle, (21,) was charged with raving stolen on the 14th of June last, two blankets, two sheets, one quilt, .and one candlestick, the property of David Salisbury. Mr. DOWLING stated the case. The prisoner and a man who passed for her husband took lodgings with the prosecutor, and whilst there took the things above-named from her room and pawned them. Mrs. Salisbury having some suspicion went into the room and found the things gone - She then sent for a con stable, who took the prisoner into custody, and, on searchin g her, found in her possession sever al pawn tickets of the articles mission-. The case - was fully proved. The prisoner, it' defence, said the landlady knew of it, and permitted it. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and she was sentenced to he imprisoned for four calendar mouths, and kept to hard labour. Jane Ball, (19), was charged with having stolen fifteen shil lings in silver, on the 26th of May last, the property of Thomas Lever. Thomas Lever, an elderly man, deposed that on Thursday the 26th of May last, he was walking down Mary hone, when he met the prisoner and two other girls. They ask - ed him to treat them to a glass of ale;, he consented and took them to the " Still" public house. • The prisoner sat beside him. He had fifteen shillings in silver in his pocket when he sat down, and in a short time he missed it and saw the prisoner pass some thing to one of the other girls, who_went out. lie charged her with robbing him, and sent for a policeman to take her into custody. He was a stranger in Liverpool. The jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner guilty. The RECORDER, in passing sentence, said he was obliged to pass a sentence on the prisoner which he thought vastly too se vere, and he should take care to report upon it, and to have it mitigated by the secretary of state. The prisoner was then sen tenced to be transported for life. The liscounch, shortly after, : however, said .he had a dis cretionarypower, and the prisoner was recalled and sentenced to be imprisoned two mouths. The RECORDER then said that in this case .he should not al low the prosecutOr's expenses, it was disgraceful for a man of his age to be in the company of such females. Patrick. Owen, (36) was charged with having stolen a ham, the property of his employer, Mr. John Bristow. He was caught taking it away from his master's warehouse. The pri soner had been previously convicted. He was sentenced to be imprisoned for eight calendar months. William Lofizis, (35), and John Morgan, (42), were charged with having stolen thirty-seven pairs of shoes, the property of Mr. Roberts, of Denbigh, on the 9th.of June. The prisoner :(Loftus) pleaded guilty. Mr. VEN.AI3LES stated the case. - Mr. Roberts, of Denbigh, deposed to being a shoemaker, and having sent a hamper containing thirty-seven pairs of shoes di rected to Mr. Wilcox, of Tithebarn-street. Robert Griffith, a carrier, deposed to having, r eceived the hamper and delivered it safely to Loftus, who rs. a porter, to carry it to its address. Mrs. Furnival deposed to living at the Park. and Loftus, on the evening of the Bth of June, bringing a hampera,,n,dithaskhiining permission to leave it till morning. Morga n w as After they had left she saw that it was open and felt uneasy about it. Next morning Morgan told h e r to take a pair o f shoes and Loftus would be no wiser. She asked him how he dared to make such a remark, and asked whose shoes they were. Loftus then came in and said they were his his shoes. A s soon as they were gone she watched them to seethey carried the ham per to the right direction , and when they arrived Opp os it e S t. Patrick's Chapel, s h e saw Morgan take some sh oes out an d carry them to a pawn - s ho p . She t hen gave information to the police. A policeman deposed to taking the prisoners into custo dy, and finding a number of pawnbroker's duplicates for shoes on them, and 20s. in silver. He produced some of the shoes, which Mr. Roberts identified. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned 12 calendar months. Thomas Smith, (25) a noted thief, was charged tvith having on the evening of the 11th of May last, stolen a purse contain ing some silver, the property of Dr. Patrick Joseph Murphy, from the person of Miss Mary Woods, his housekeeper. Mr. RA INCOCK appeared (or the prosecution, and Mr. VENA= . BLEB defended the prisoner. Miss Mary Woods deposed to being sent with a letter from Dr. Murphy to Dr. Bradley's, in Richmond-row, and whilst walking she was attacked and robbed by the prisoner and seve ral others, who all immediately after run off. The particulars of this case have before appeared in the columns of the STA NDATfb. The jurl 7 expressed a wish to retire, and after an absence of half an hour, found the prisoner guilty. He was sentenced to be transported for the term of his natural life, his previous cha racter being as bad as it could be. A female in court, as soon as the sentence was announced uttered a dreadful shriek, and was carried out by the constables. Mary Knowles, (28) was charged with having stolen two £5 notes and one purse, the property of Ralph Campbell. Mr. M UR P HY s tated case, and Mr. CorriNc HAN de fended the p r i so n er . .. 4 . 0°1 The prosecutor depaed to having been the master of the brig " Planta," and arrived here on the 30th of an d Jim asked her June last. On going home he met the prisoner in Da e the way to Williamson-square, and r s some he took-s Dale-street, to a room in money to buy some Tempests-hey, and asked him f spirits. He gave her two or three shillings out of his purse ; he, wai then, sitting at th's foot of the bed, and had two £5 notes at the other end of h purs e . He felt her polling at his trtmers, arid imtnediatery after saW her -- tift her. hands up towards her. head, and sus.rected he had been robbed; he felt in his pocket and found,his - purse and his money gone. He endeavoured to get his money back, but not suceeed;ng, caged in a policeman, who searched her and, the room, but could not find the money. As she Was going to EirideWell he followed her, and saw apaper fall from her dresS, which be found to be his two £5 notes. Cross-exarnined.—He never told the girl to help , herself. He had lost his ship in consecNe9ce,. The jury found the prisoner guilty. She was sentenced to be imprisoned for 12 calendar months. Mary O'Hara, '(2tl) was charged with having "'Stolen thirty soverergns, the property of Watson Aubrey. Mr, Lawrence appeared for the: prosecutor, and staled trio case, and Mr. Venables for the prisoner. The prosecutor deposed to living at Abergenney, and had just returned from America, where he had been for the last four years as a pudler in an iron manufactory. He met with the prisoner on the Bth instant, the day he landed, and was pro• ceeding down Old Hall-street, when the prisoner asked him to give her a half-penny, as she had a penny, and wanted a glass ' of ale. He finally accompanied her to a house in Presttm street, where he was A few minutes, when the prisoner said ne must go, and left him. On exainning his pocket he found his purse containing 31/soys. was gone. On being cross-examined, he said it was his own money, and that he had earnectfl a-week in America , as a pudler. The jury found the prisoner guilty. She was sentenced to be imprisoned for 12 'calendar months. John Newton (28) was charged with having on the 31st of May, stolen two sheets, 4 handkerchiefs, and a s hift f ro nt, th e pro pertys of Ann Grimshaw. The prinsOner'said he was guilty of the sheets. He was sentenced to be imprisoned . 4 calendar months. Henry Thompson (18) was charged with having 'stolen a watch on the 4th of June last, the property of his relative, Mr. Ovid. Thomason. The prisoner pleaded guilty. lie was sentenced,. owing to his previous bad conduct to I.e transported for 7 years. Stephen Jones (26) was charged with having on the 2itth of May last, stolen 501 - hs. weight of lead, the property of Mr. Richard Ginuell. He was met on the canal bank by inspector Jones, carrying the lead whiCh he had stolen. The pritsuner pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to be transported 7 years. The court adjourned at 5 o'clock to 9 o'clock this morning. TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. An account of the Value of the Imports into, and of the Exports from, the United' Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, dur- ing each of the - three - years ending erie sth January; calculat ed at the official rates of valuation, and distinguishing the' amount of the .produce and thanufactores'ef the United King dom exported from the value of foreign and colonial merchan dize exported :—also stating the amount (,:if 'the produce. and. manufactures of the United Kingdom' exported therefrom, • according to the real or declared value (licireof. ' i - 'Value 'of Exports loon the Unitecl'Prioduca & KingdOm. calculated at the Official Manutac ilates-of.Valuatiou. , • - tures of the United Kingdom Ex ported.: Declared • value. • Imports into the United Years eadiog,l Jan b., 1!1 n. Of ficiat vaiste.: Produce & 1 Manufac tures of the United !Foreign & Colonial Merehan dize. ItcrrA t. Ex PORTS 18.31 1835 1836 45252551' 49332811 48911425, 69,989.333 73,831,550 78.376,731 Inspector Gene 9.833,735 11.562,036 12.797724 WILLIAA. Inspector of General I's Office, Custom liou 25th March, 1836.,' '23,0931 85,393,593 R. 39,667,347 41,649,191• 47,372 270 litVlp4t3, I Itnnorts and Exports. ise, London, Value of the Produce and Manufaetui es of the Uuited K►ngdom: Exported from Great Britain to Foreign Parts, according to the Real or Declared Value thereof. SPECIES or EXPORTS. YEARS ENDING STH JAN. 18.34 • 2.759 183 1 . 83 ii • £ £ 1.515 1.358 Alum ApparelSlOps&NegroClothing 405,185 . 435.297 494,861: Arms and Ammunition Bacon and Hams Beef and Pork, salted Beer and Ale Books, printed 124,265 122,292 148,098. Brass and Copper Manufacture 883,241 961,606 1,023,949 Bread and Biscuit Butter and CheeK; 64 - - 155,883 1 ,246 178,656. Cabinet andEpltofstery Wares :33,417, 47,510 51,003 Coals and Cahn Cordage Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour 32,360 25,479 25,108 Cotton Manufactures 1'3,754.992 15,281,494 16,393,170 Cotton Yarn 4,704.008 5,211,011 5,706,565 Cows and Oxen Earthenware of all sorts 496.198 492:721 539,989 Fish of all sorts Glass of all sorts 437,541 490,493 63.6.,927 . , , Haberdashery and Millinery 381,5(+5 344,515 ' 516,774 Hardwares and Cutlery Hats, Beaver and Fett Hats of all other sorts . Hops Horses . .... . ___ . Iron and Steel, Wrought and Unwrought 1 ` .7: - )(1 1,640,939 Lard Lead and Shot _ 120:413 142:480 195,096 , . Leather, Wrt. and Uriw rt 27'4985 2.12,496 278,977 Leather, Saddlery, 2 & Harness 59,110 62,796 73,347' Linen Manufactures Linen Yarn Machinery and Mill-work 126,597 211,953 307,316 Mathematical & Optical lusts 17.792 21,001 25,003 Mules 1.092 1,861 1,761 Musical Instruments Oil, Train, of Greenland fishery 36,298 58,607 .39,073 Painters' Colours 13 5 ;617 122,939 169 861 ___ _ Plate, P lated Ware, Jewellery, . • and Watches - - _ - - -_-.. Potato. Salt - Saltpetre, British. Relined... Seeds of all sorts 18J,581 149,812 142,411 11.552 30,881 •'20.285 • 6,681 7,110 ~ 8.549- Silk Manufactures .....: '737,263 637:013. -973;47i3 Soap and Candles Spirits - 16,8ai - Stationery orals 80149 2t)9.520 208,139 257,877 . Sugar, Refined 562,621) 915.693 -851,745 Tin, Unwruught Tin and Pewter Wares and . Tin Plates 282,1(15 . 3.16.988 . 381,0q8. • Tobacco (Manurit) & Snuffs Tongues 15.775 • 13 827 2.091 2.898 13,L")3. 2,421 Umbrellas and Parasols ' 43,0:1 . 43.791 45,461' Whalebone Wool, Sheep's Wool of other sorts , 27,462 22,879 45,080 Woollen and Worsted Yarn 216,204 238,541 309,091, Woollen Manufactures All other Articles • • 96,226 951,413 1,031,142 Total Real or Declared Value of the Produce & I Manufactures of the r . £39,305,512 21,283,591 46,926,370 United kingdom Ex ported Num Great Bri- I tain to Foreign Parts.. ) . i CAUTION.—.I3y an act of parliament lately passed for regulat. , ing the customs, an °Meer taking a fee of any amount is liable to he dismissed immediately; and any person offering such fees subjects himself to a fine of £lOO. The act applies tOthe mi nutest sum ; and even the differetice of one halfpenny, in giv ing or receiving any, change, may subject the, parties to the penalties contained in the act. FALSE RP:TURN 01' THE STAMPED Panis.—The last yeas mi..' nisters gave the proprietors of the press firmly to understand that this return should be discontinued, on account of the gene ral inaccuracy complained of, which in many cases inflicted a serious injury. What can have induc ed them to depart fromthis determination we know not , p articularl y as this account.is also. full of the most palpable erro rs. One 14 'Mg newspaper in Liverpool complains loudly that the error agqiast, their estab lishment is upwards of 140,000 in ten mont h s. Re g ard ing the press in this town, we are also underrated upward. of 30,000; . whilst our contemporary has no credit for using any stamps at all! It would therefore be far better not to print any round whatever, rather than accounts of this blundering description. —Bolton Chronicle. ~ ExpoeTs of WooLLErs Goons.—The declared value of d ß orn i i t , is i h n t i v B o as , ll , ei v, i ,a m s a t6 nu , l s4o aetu ,s r i e r_ e t x ,e p i ( n tr z te a d n f i r n o e m re t a li s e e - , U a i s i j e t , , c r I t n 1 1 t n t i n r e g e 1 .. ' - with the exports of 1834, of f.:1,103,641. The 'Countries to which the largest exports were made, Were the United States, £2,261,270; East Indies and Is -ina, -,- £801,017 ; Germany; ' £631;177 ; British North American colonies, £4i8,605-; Porto::' gal, &c., £367,992; Brazil, £337,788; Mexico anti Otft.er Sttileti: of South America, £356,714; Holland, £245,629; and 'lila £'23,4582. , ~ STOPPING THE SUPPLIES—Tim MEMBERS' PLATE.—This is certainly the age of reform--but who could ' h avet ought that the march of "improvement" would ever' affect h fhe 'Atterests of the turf? It is neverthele ss t rue , that the Speaker and the Attorney - general, our liberal representatives, have resolved to discontinue their subscriptions to the Edinlairgh races,. so that . what has hitherto been' styled the " Members' Cup",- one .of the usual prizes on such occasions, will henceforth be withheld, at least until we obtain an alteration in the representation. The lovers of this national sport cannot : fail to appreciate the liberality of these worthy gentleman, who have thus departed from the `• time-honoured" practice of their unworthy preee cessors. Are the Speaker and the Attorney-general enemies to: horse-racing, on principle —or, we add it serif.usly, interest? We suspect the latter : but in the meantime it will comfort the public to learn that the amount of their subscriptions is•to be devoted to "the new sewers," as Sir John Campbell informs , a constituent, Well—there is no accounting for tastes.—Edin burgh Evening Post. . . . ACCIDENT TO THE DER& OP WELLINGTON.—The Doke of. Wellington met with' an accident on Friday afternoon, which might have been attended with the most serious consequences, but from which as it. is, we trust his Grace will only suffer a little . inconvenience and pain for a short time. As his Grace WaS - tiding on horseback, near Apsley Haase, the horse took fright and shied at a boy who had climbed up and was banging upun a lamp-post. The spirited animal attempted to run away, -but his Grace pulled him up so sharply that he s:tonbted an tch, his: the Noble Duke to the ground. In his fall his Gr, , act , ;. I ' a t n " v !moat 4' knee-cap with considerable violence. which c," a " , • i e n ' been .„ immediate swelline to take place. . His Gra i c ,, o II e el , - were ' initnedi sisted borne, Sir Henry 11 alferd anq .1 Ir y; leeches Were instantly atelv called in, and by their advice t, i ',l l :l t puke passed a tolerabl y r, applied to the tiriiisea part. -The'N , .. , ~ ; . • • • . considered better yesterctaY morning by quiet night, and was neu who are attending the two eminent medical gentle! . . him. A te r rible event took place lafehr,'..al St. Ass.%SSINATION.— i on a. a wedding. After the ceremony the on ocea, . ~ y the side ofthe 1 ' mony Aide at the doom of bridegroom was stand fiVt‘h-eir carriage,,. • oor. of the church, waiting o when a man rtisbed through the crowd a nd stab w h' tin with a dagge r. it was a d been seduced colonel whose sister find , , . by the btidegroorn under i s , of marriage. this seems to be the e ' a prom • . .vent related hat different!) in the following article ; ‘• s so mewhat 7-- t. Petersburgh' June 18.—The Gazette of the senate contains the Nicholas Mathew. Pawlow, sentence passed._ on of rhe arca' ! ,ery, who Vies by his. Majesty 's command tried be a C o urt - martial, for having i it the Bth of May this year wounded the to 11 ' ' unse or Aprjelew in • the right breast with a dagger. The • .. .ceurt found that Pawlow having, for reasons unknown, conceived ' '' . a deadly hatred to Mr. Aprje-- tew, had purchased ida ' ti ervolib the intent to murder him, and ha.ving intoxicated himself, Went to the church whereja was to. be married; but not hitving. been able to obtain admi7gron pro ceeded to the boul l'% e 1. A r lp je ew, andwaitecl at the deist, where he stabbed him as lie was stepping out of the carriage, and wounded him dan gerous l y. H e was sentence d to be degra d e?,;' broken to have his sword over his head, and to be rot toSibe ria and hard labour."-'—fi r eadt A urg paper. ie is ds 'alt , spri t rlt s 0 1 - tic° was Dig ! ! Ho st itish le ss at of hich