The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-07-29 00:00:00

it Ly 29, 1836. THEATRE-ROYAL The Theatre, with its recent addition of talent, continues to draw tolerable houses. Generally speaking we do not much approve of the constant engagement of " stars ;" it creates a want—a sort of dis eased appetite in the taste of the public, which talent alone will not satisfy, but which must be pampered by continual novelty or the houge thin's. The tendency of this is to throw back on subordinate characters and discourage the stationary actor who is equal to and de serving of better things, whilst the star of the day engages all atten tion, and absorbs all (frequently more than his just) meed of praise. In the present instance, however, we do not see that so much to be the case ; without some such addition the company is barely efficient in a ll its parts ; and the members of the corps dramatique have not much cause for grumbling as they appear fairly put forward, according to their degrees of talent. On Saturday night last the musical play of " Rob Roy " was performed. Some of the music of this piece is very beautiful, and we could not help feeling a degree of surprise that the sweet Scotch airs with which it abounds are not snore generally culled and introduced into other musical dramas. Miss Turpin, as Diana Vernon, sung very sweetly several of the airs incidental to the piece. A duet between Mr. Brough, who played the part of Major Galbraith, and Mr. Henry Horneastle, as Mr. Francis Osbaldisione, was sung in very good style and was loudly applauded. Mr. Henry Horn castle played better this evening than we have before seen him. The part of Rashleigh Osbaldistone was played by Mr. Bellair, a gentleman recently engaged iuto the company. The part is rather an important •one in the play, and there are several opportunities for, and which re quire fine acting. We know not where Mr. Bellair learnt to walk the stage, or in what school he studied the science of elocution, but we candidly confess we never saw such a Rashleigh Osbaldistone be fore, and we never expect "to see his like again." The bitterness of revengeful feeling of the disappointed Rashleigh was delivered with a tOnsaancl emphasis, and a manner truly farcical. Mr. Baker as Baili e farck played with much talent and humour, and delivered his Scotticisms with great fluency. Mr. Stuart did not fail to render Rob Roy the first character in the piece by his masterly acting. Mrs. Stanley played well as Helen M'Gregor. We must not forget to men tion Mr. Browne, whose personation of the half-ideot, half-savage highlander Dougal was most able.—On Monday evening a new drama, in three acts, under the title of " Lucille ; or, the Story of a Heart," was produced, and introduced Mr. 0. Smith, of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, to the Liverpool public, for the first time this season. The first act introduces a young blind emigre, St. Cyr, (Mr. Stuart) into a farmer's family, where, by the skill of an occulist, and the care and attention of Lucille, (Mrs. Keeley,) to whom he is betrothed, he recovers his sight. Having gained this,.he is urged on in the field of ambition, by wild republican chimeras, and enters the army, forgetting his Lucille. After an absence of two years he returns, broken-up in cOnstitutlon and blinded by this glare of Egyptian sands, and finds his Lucille betrothed to another, but who, on learning his return, flies to his arms, and here the scene drops. The acting of Mrs. Keeley, throughout the arduous part she had to perform, was extremely chaste and true to nature, and fully bore out the character of a fine actress which this lady has gained. She possesses also what is no trifling ad vantage, a most clear and correct pronunciation. Some of the scenes, especially the one where Lucille meets her father, after she has been left by St. Cyr, and at his intercession consents to become the wife of .dndre, and also the interview in the last scene of the last act where St. Cyr returns blind, from the effects of his campaign in Egypt, sick of the world and its ambitions and follies, and Lucille bursts into his arms on learning that it is indeed her St. Cyr, were splendid specimens of acting, and almost had the effect of reality. The piece has been produced several times during the week, and each evening has been received with loud applause. The farce of " The Loan of a Lover " has been several times enacted, and has given ample scope to Keeley for the exhibition of his fund of dry humour. " Der Freischutz " has also been produced, but indifferently, during the week. Mr. 0. Smith personated Zamiel ; the part of Caspar was taken by Mr. Brough, who, in the duets with Rudolph, (Mr. Henry Horneastle,) sung exceed ingly well ; he has a fine bass voice and good musical knowledge. The house has been well filled each night. Tna BOROUGH FUND.—Mr. Hall, on Saturday, decided that by the 126th section of the municipal Reform Act, penalties under convictions for offences against the provisions of the act for the paving and sewerage of the town, were to be paid to the treasurer of the borough fund, and not to go as directed by the paving act to the relief of the parish rates. - - - - - - - FIRE.—On Saturday afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, a fire broke out at Mr. Blake's soapery, in Lower Parliament street. Intelligence was instantly carried to the Fire-police station, and in ten minutes, Hewitt, accompanied by a posse of .firemen, engines No. 5 and 6, and three water carts, was on the spot. Mr. Whitty arrived shortly after; and before five o'clock the fire was completely extinguished. ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS OF PAVING AND SEWERAGE. —On Tuesday, at twelve o'clock, a meeting of the parishioners was held at St. Nicholas' Church, convened for the purpose of electing nine commissioners of paving and sewerage, in lieu of those previously elected by the ratepayers and the town council, counsels' opinion having been taken that the election of com missioners made recently by the town council out of their own body was illegal, and that they possessed no extended power in that respect over their predecessors. The meeting was very thinly attended. The Rev. Rector Brooks took the chair. Mr. Ed. G. Deane, vestry-clerk, read the notice convening the meeting. Mr. Wales then rose to propose a resolution nominat ing the commissioners. He said the proceedings that morning would occupy but a very short time ; but in moving the resolu tion it was necessary to give a few words in explanation why they had been called on to nominate these commissioners after a certain number of gentlemen had already been nominated by the council who had always hitherto been elected by the rate payers. It was thought that the nomination of. commissioners to represent the corporation on the, highway board rested with the council. There were, however, some doubts on it afterwards; and it was thought better that the gentlemen nominated by the council should not take their seats. Since then counsels' opinion had been taken on the subject, and their opinion was, that the municipal act gave no authority to the council which they had not before in this respect. He merely stated this to show that it was do assumption of power on the part of the council. He had only to say that the commissioners would be elected as heretofore from the rate-payers. But as there had been a certain number of gentlemen appointed by the council, it was thought desirable, to prevent the possibily of any difficulty . • - arising, that the same gentlemen should he nominated and elected by the rate-payers. He would therefore move that the following gentlemen be appointed :—Messrs.' John Holmes, James Lawrence,. Joshua Walmsley, John Cropper, jun., John Shaw Leigh, William Earle, jun., Crawford Logan, Henry Lawrence, and James Moon. The above gentlemen were then ,put seriatim' to the meeting, and carried. Mr. Deane wished to observe, with regard to the mistake which had arisen, that counsels' opinion had been taken in the first instance, and that opiuion was that the election rested with the council. A subse quent opinion had been taken, which was directly the reverse, that, although the 73d clause was very obscure, yet it appeared to be the intention of the legislature merely to vest the new council with the same powers as the old in this respect. Mr. Wales then moved a vote of thanks to the chairman for his attendance, and the meeting separated. ANOTHER NEW LINE OF PACKETS TO LIVERPOOL.—We un derstand that one of our enterprising merchants is now building several new ships, intended for a new line of Liverpool packets. They are to be ships of the largest class, upwards of SW tons, and of the most costly description. This is another evidence of the increase of trade, as well as the spirit of enterprise that prevails. The present ships leave four days in each month; when this is completed, there will be five.—lbid. LIVERPOOL AND NEW ORLEANS.—A meeting has been held at New Orleans, for the purpose of forming a line of fast-sailing packets between that port and Liverpool. It was determined that it should be formed if a sufficient number of subscribers could be obtained. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday afternoon, about five o'clock, a serious accident occurred on the Egremont land ing-steps. Luckily the boat had just one and there were comparatively few persons on the steps. rwo men were carry ing a long iron post down the steps, of great weight, and in go ing down, as was to be expectect, all weight went to the lower end and the man carrying it was obliged to let it fall. It then rolled down the steps transversely from the top to the bot tom, breaking the edgb of nearly all the steps in its descent, and when near the bottom knocked down a child which was standing there. A gentleman in endeavouring to save the child had two of his fingers broken, and on taking up the child one of its arms was found broken in two or three places. Had there been any number, of persons on the steps the consequences must have been most serious, as the iron would undoubtedly have cleared the steps. The practice of carrying goods down the landing steps is, we believe, not allowed; and parties making the attempt ought to, be punished, for it always incommodes the public, and may in some instances, as in the present, lead to dangerous results. CRICKET.—A. match was recently played between the second eleven of the Everton Cricket Club, and the first eleven of the Liberty Club. Everton, Ist Innings.... 65 I Liberty, Ist Innings... 103 2d „ .... 491 2d „ ... 12 The Liberty winning with eight wickets standing. THE ZooLoGrcar, GARDENS.—The following is a list of pre sents recently made to Mr. Atkins, the proprietor of the Zoolo" gical Gardens.—A king vulture, front Robert Gladstone, Esq. Abercromby-square ; the greater toucan, M. Steele, Esq. De merara ; the cootack, Challoner, Esq., Demerara; a gray coatitnondi, Mr. H. Barker, Chapel-street ; a whistling duck, Captain Bispham, of the Sendbach ; a red curassow, a croco dile, and three tortoises, Captain Burnett, of the Montezuma; a pair of Muscovy ducks and three snapping turtles, Captain Curtis, of the Kensington; a Persian cat, Mr. fr. Challoner, Finch-street; a water tortoise, Mr. Chapman, Peter-street ; a xose-crested cockatoo, Captain Heywood, of the Eliza Hey wood; two oyster catchers, Captain Hudson, Highfield-street ; a crocodile, Captain Irvine, of the Jane ; several tortoises, Captain M'Pherson, of the Johnstone; an American deer, Captain Marshall, of the Portsmouth ,• an alligator, Mr. M. Power, New Orleans; an Australian dog, Dr. Penoe, South Sea Castle, Southampton ; a yacon, or guara, W. Smith, Esq. Church-street . , Everton ; a Chinese goose, Mr. Shaw, Derby Beech ; a pair of br o w n coat i s, C apta i n W . S. Turner, of the Frederick Huth; an Amazonian parrot. Mr. D. Willis, Rake lane, Edgehill ; a gray parrot, Mr. Wright, Argyle-street; four American goats, Captain 'Williams, of the Rebecca; a pair of satyrs, Captain Dick, of the Elizabeth ; a yellow banded rattle snake ; and a pair of pintados, Captain Pearson, of the Grace. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather for the last two or three weeks, the gardens have been very well at tended. The shrubs and flowers are now most of them in full perfection, and render this a delightful evening promenade. TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE A SSOCIATION.—The Liver pool Tradesmen's Conservative Association held its usual meet ing at the Golden Lion Inn, yesterday evening week. The audi ence was extremely numerous and respectable, and the number of members enrolled amounted to no less than 81. This,we believe, is a larger number than has ever been enrolled on any preced i ng efening, except that on which _Lo „ rd Sand on was present, and then the entries amounted t o only 82. While we congratulate the founders of this excellent association upon the success which hasliitherto attended their efforts, we cannot impress too strongly on the minds of conservative tradesmen in general the necessity and the duty of belonging to such an association. The alteration in the elective system has made organisation doubly important: it is important for the purpose of efficient co-operation;, it is important for the purpose of communicating information; and it is pre-eminently impoi tant for the purpose of registration. Such has been the spirit with which the tradesmen of Liverpool have come forward, that it may safely be said that the Liverpool Conservative Tradesmen's Association cannot be surpassed by any similar association in the kingdom. All, therefore, who love their principles, and are anxious to give those principles their full effect, will haste to give in their adhesion to the asso elation. The battle, as Sir Robert Peel justly observed, is, to be fought in the registration courts, and there is nothing so Ai ell calculated to forward the business of the registration courts as concert and union. Once more, then, we repeat, let every tradesman join himself to the Conservative Association. The honorary secretary, Mr. Byford, will be happy to afford every information.—Courier. THE LIVERPOOL CHORAL SOCIETY This society held its first public meeting on Tuesday evening last, at the Amphitheatre, when a selection of sacred music, from Handel and a part from the oratoria of Judas Maocabmus, was performed. The house was crowded to excess and present ed a splendid appearance, boxes, pit, and gallery being quite full, anti-the audience most respectable. The stage was fitted up -as an .orchestra, with seats tier above tier, facing the house, and there were, including the chorus, upwards of 150 performers. Mr. George Eyton acted as leader, and Messrs. Maybrick and G. Holden as conductors. The oratorio opened with Handel's splendid Corronatiou Anthem. This was per= formed with good effect, the orchestra playing with. pieci- . sion. • The violins were, scat cely powerful enough, being com pletely drowned by the chorus. This was followed by a selec tion from Judas Maccabasus. The " Recitative" by Mr. Pem berton, " Not vain is all this storm and grief," was well sung. This gentleman has a very fine bass voice, of much sweetness of tone, but it wants volume to produce effect in so large an audience. The air which followed by Mrs. Brand, " Pious orgies, pious airs" is perhaps one of the most beautiful parts in the oratorio, and it was done full justice to, being sung with much sweetuess and taste, and the intonation was very distinct and correct; it was loudly applauded. The fine chorus which followed, " 0 Father, whose almighty power," was extremely well given, and was most effective, .and told the best of any during the evening. The weakness of the stringed instruments was perhaps the only drawback, producing rather a squeaking effect than adding strength to the chorus: Their force, too, in one or two instances during..the evening was weakened from their not being sufficiently instantaneously simultaneous in time. This precision in a large orchestra who have not prac tised much together is a most difficult point for the leader to attain. On the whole, however, we have not much fault to find. The air " 0 Liberty" was very sweetly sung by Miss Wilson, and was encored; and the duet which followed by Mrs. Brand and Miss Wilson was deservedly applauded. The trio in the first part by Messrs. Stott,. Dutton, and Andrews was extremely well sung, some of the chords being very beautiful; and the chorus ,which followed, " Hear us, 0 Lord!" was most effective. and was loudly applauded'. in the second part, the recitative by Miss Leach, " 0 let eternal honours crown his name," fol lowed by the air " From mighty kings he took the spoil," was rapturously encored. This lady's voice is exceedingly sweet and chaste; devoid of superabundant ornament, it is. particularly qualified for this style of music. The duet by Miss Leach and - Mr. 1. Stott, which followed, was also encored. Mr. Davies sung the recitative " Be comforted" in a fine, bold, full toned voice, and was well received, as were also .. one or,two more pieces sung by him. Mrs. Dutton and Miss Wilson also each met with loud applause in a duet and recitative. A duet by Miss Leach and Mrs. Hiles, " 0 lovely peace !" was an extremely pretty thing, full of chaste ornament, and met with an encore. We have seldom heard more sweetly modulated tones than the • are noteiproduced by Miss Leach, and the admiration of the audi ence might be gathered from the breathless silence which prevail ed. Mr. Andrews sung the air, " Rejoice, 0 Judah," with a fine deep bass voice; his voice , however, wanted volume to fill the theatre and be effective. One or two of the - pieces were not so well received, but, upon the whole, the oratorio passed 'off ex ceedingly well. There is one great disadvantage under which an oratorio labours—the gene.ral uniformity of the - style of music. , However beautiful, it is s carcely able, for want of striking va riety, to fix and arouse the attention of any but amateurs for three or four hours, and the audience is apt to listen with a dreamy inattention. In a concert this is not the case; we have an agreeable admixtnre of grave and gay, vocal and instrumen tal, and the attention is kept alive by the continual novelty ; for that reason it is more calculated to please the mass of the concert-going public. We hope that this auspicious public opening of the Choral Society will be successfully followed up, and that it may also urge on the establishment of other musical societies, and tend to the diffusion of the humanizing and Moral influence of music. We scarcely know an example of a town of anything like the extent of Liverpool where the scienc e o f music is so - little cultivated and encouraged. In almost every other large town public concerts are held, sometimes weekly, and it is seldom that two or three societies, similar to the Choral Society, and calculated for different grades, are not in existence. In this town, public concerts, excepting those given by private individuals for their own emolument, • are seldom heard of ; and we believe we are correct in saying that the Choral Society is the only public musical body in.the town. We hope that the example it sets will be followed. THE POWDER. MAGAZINES. A deputation *gentlemen residing on the Cheshire side of the Mersey wait n Friday last on the Finance Committee of the Common Council appointed to consider the present state of I the powder magazines, to point out to them the danger to which they and all other persons residing on that side of the river were exposed, from the state and position of those dangerous depots. We understand that they were induced to take this step by the total omission of any reference to themselves in the official re port, in which the present very disgraceful and dangerous con; dition of the magazines is pointed out, and the probable effects of an explosion on the town and population of Liverpool con sidered, but in which the numerous residents of the Cheshire side of the river do not come in for a single line of observation or reference, though they, in reality, are the persons most con cerned in the matter, and most endangered by an explosion. The deputation consisted of Mr. Bartley, Mr. Mann, Mr. Lowry, Mr. V. Higgins, Mr. Cook, and two or three other gentlemen. We understand that they expressed their surprise and regret that the report should have contained no allusion to the effects which an explosion of the magazines would produce on the Che shire side of the river, where the inhabitants, from their prox iinity, were peculiarly exposed to danger, and that, even as far as Liverpool was concerned, thE:t it should have contained no thing more than conjecture as to the effects of an explosion. They stated that, even if the mischief at Liverpool should be confined to the mere breaking of windows and shaking of the town, it would certainly be very different in the vicinity of the present depot, now very populous, and where buildings are rapidly increasing, which would be exposed to the full violence of the skock ; and they also pointed out the additional risk from the establishment of the Royal Liscard Ferry, bringing steam boats within 100 or 200 yards from the dep6t. They considered, that as the neighbourhood was already very populous, and was every year becoming snore so, that the magazines ought to be removed, notwithstanding any mere inconvenience that might accrue, unless it could be shown that the removal to a less ob jectionable place was impossible, and they urged the sub-com mittee to consider whether a better position could not be obtain ed before they proceeded to spend money in repairing and al tering the present very dangerous and insufficient Magazines. We understand that the sub-committee stated in reply that they had every wish to provide for the security of the inhabitants of both sides of the river, and that they had already determined to make the buildings fire-proof, to secure a careful system of management, and to adopt every possible precaution against accident, but at the same time they were not prepared to recommended a removal of the Magazines, as it would be attended with the greatest inconvenience to the commerce of the port. They wished to know whether the deputation could point out any more eligible site ? Mr. Bartley (on the part of the deputation) said that they did not think that it was for them to find a site, but still they would suggest that a inag.azine might be established either on Hilbre Island, or a floating magazine in the higher part of the river, where it was from six to seven miles wide, and where a magazine might be placed in the mid dle of the river without any serious danger. In reply it was stated that a Magazine on Hilbre Island would not be accessi ble in rough weather, and that one up the river, besides being much less convenient, would be liable to accident from the number of steamers passing up and down. After some further discussion the deputation retired, the committee stilt promising to do every think in their power to secure the present magazi nes, and the deputation still urging them, before they do so, to see whether it was not possible to remove them altogether. THE CORPORATION SCHOOLS 'TO WM. RATEIBONE, ESQ. Dann SIR,—In a letter which appears iu the Albion, of the 18th inst., addressed to the Rev. A Campbell, you are pleased to say : "I was a good deal surprised, too, to read Mr. Horsfall's state ment, that the Irish system of education evidently aimed at the exclusion of the Bible, after hearing him read to the council the preface to the selections in which it is most distinctly stated, that they are not intended as a substitute, but as an introduction and an inducement to the more frequent perusal of the Bible." I am sorry if any reporter has misstated what I said on the occasion referred to. It is quite true that I did read, in the council, an extract from a preface to one of the books in question, and to the effect you hive stated; and I did so to prove that th e counc ii were going further, in excluding the Bible from their schools, than the Irish Education Board professed to do. 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Sir,—l shall feel obliged to you for drawing the attention of the proper authorities to the disgraceful exhibition which takes place every Sabbath day iu the vicinity of St. Nicholas's Church: I allude to thb crowd of noisy and importunate liishwotnen who frequent the -neighbourhood of Chapel-street, carrying their baskets of oranges, &c., which they openly offer for sale, even at the gates of the Church-yard. So audacious have these par ties become, owing , to their impunity from correction, that they have actually set up stalls for the sale of these things in the street, and that, during divine service. It is time for the po lice—if they are to ba of any use—to interfere, and put a stop 4o such disgraceful proceedings. - • I am, Sir, A MEMBER OF ST. NICHOLAS'S CONGREGATION. 4. *0 TO `THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND,IRD. Sir,—You' will lay . the licenied victuallers under a great obli gation, if you can inform them by what law or semblance of justice the following fine was imposed :—A publican who keeps a very respectable house, had to appear before Mr. Hall, for al lowing three drunken men to remain in his house. He was ready to swear that these three men came into his house intox icated—he drew them no drink,—but, as they were noisy, he sent for one of the new police to assist him in (jetting rid of them. This the policeman did, and, to the no small surprise of the pub lican, be inforined against him for permitting drunkenness on his premises. He received a summons to appear before Mr. Hall, by whom he was fined, in spite of his solemn asseverations that he onl • wished to be rid of these drunken stragglers. Was this right? Yours, &c., A PUBLICAN, NOT YET FINED. [The magic rates can only act on the evidence before them ; from what we have heard of the case, the policeman swore that other drunken men were in the house- If there be any blame, it must attach to the policeman.—En. L. S.] THE POLICE AND THE PUBLICANS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sta,—History furnishes us with numerous instances of per sons who,'at one period of their lives, were incessant in their demands for liberty and equal rights, but who, when they had obtained the helm of power, exercised it with more despotic sway than their predecessors whom they had so often and so un sparingly maligned. The proceedings of the present corporation afford an apt illustration of this truth. Before they got into power their speeches were exuberant in professions of freedom and liberality; but now that they have "the ball at their own toot," we find their previous sentiments and their subsequent conduct unquestionably at variance with each other. In order to prove what I have-advanced,4migkrtrefeeto many acts of the new council; but it may suffice, for the present, to allude to the crusade entered into against the persecuted publi cans. The police are now under the orders of a committee of the council, therethre the acts of the police are to be regarded as emanating from our new corporation. And how do the police act towards thepublicans of Liverpool ? Th e y en t er qu it e un ceremoniously into any Jerry shop, public-house, tavern, &C., by day or by night, survey the countenance of every one pre sent, and please themselves how long they stop, or what private conversation they may listen to; and this kind of conduct they repeat as often as whim or private pique may direct them. Not unfrequently an information is laid, the publican is summoned to appear before the magistrates, and, whatever he may chance to urge ia his`own behalf, he is almost certain to be fined, be . cause, forsooth, the immaculate police cannot tell a lie, for they are in all cases actuated only by disinterested Motives and in almost every case it is vain for the publican to attempt to set up a defence, because his fate may be said to be prejudged the mo ment that the policeman lays his information. Nay, they are scarcely allowed to call forward a witness in their own vindica tion, however dearly they may be able to prove their innocence in opposition to the disinterested evidence of the immaculate policemen. How long such a state of things will be allowed to continue in Liverpool is vet to be known ; but, if we may be permitted to judge accoraiug to common justice and common sense, such a system of tyranny and oppression will be met with that determined resistance and fearless opposition, that ever stops the march of despotism and consigns its unworthy agents to the odium and oblivion that they merit. Were it not for trespassing on your limits I would furnish you with the names of many respectable publicans who have been made the victims of our new corporate governors. There are many useful objects to which the corporation might direct their attention, and on which they have yet bestowed but little, and, by doing so, they would acquire more credit for themselves, and be conferring a greater benefit on the town, than by harassing the publicans, through persecuting whom they fancy they will be able to show the efficiency of their new police, and thereby to prove the invaluable benefits of the municipal reform bill.— Yonrs, &c., JUSTITIA. MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. On Wednesday, at one o'clock, a meeting of the shareholders in the above railway company was held at the Cotton Sale room, convened for the purpose of declaring a dividend, and also for submitting a plan for raising 1:427,500. to pay off sums which have already - been borrowed, by creating a number of new shares of £5O each, the present shareholders to have the liberty of taking them up, and those not taken up to be offered to the public. The meeting was numerously attended. Mr. Charles Lawrence was• moved into the chair, after which Mr. Booth, the treasurer, proceeded to read the report of the direc tors. The report, amongst other things, announced that during the last half year, to the 30th of June, there had been a pro greSsive increase in each pats of the company's business. There had been received— From passengers by coaches £57;914 For merchandise. For coals 4,000 Total receipt in six months ....£109,355 The expenses in the same period were— For bad debts .... Coach disbursements 10,202 Carrying ditto Charge of direction Interest Locomotives . Police and other charges, making in the whole £69,953 for expenses in the half year, and leaving a nett profit of £39,402. The ex penses of the locomotive power had been considerably increased in consequence of some accidents which had occurred to the waggons, and also in consequence of a strike of the locomotive engine men, which had obliged the directors to engage extra hands. This inconvenience would, however, for the future be prevented by requiring the men to enter into a contract to serve for a specific period. The report then adverted to the Grand junction line of railway, which is to connect the Birmingham with the Manchester line, and to the nurthern line, both of which it was calculated would bring a great increase of busi ness to the company. The report went on to announce that the new railway tunnel in Lime-street will be opened to the public on Monday, the 15th of August next, and it was antici pated that its central situation would be found a great public convenience. Though the expense attending the erection of this building and the tunnel would not be less than £150,000, it was determined that no alteration should be made in the rate of fares, the directors being fully confident that a lib e ral policy towards the public was the best. The new and inure substantial rails which were being laid down, owing to the increased price in iron, had been of greater expense than was at first antici pated. It was also the intention of the directors to erect a com- nlodious station at Manchester corresponding with that at Liverpool, and with that view extensive premises had been purchased in the neighbourhood of Water-street, near the I rwell. I he report also stated that several improvements in the engines had been tried and would be adopted, and no expense would be spored in this respect. The directors had lately established an .ciditional train to leave each end of the line at seven o'clock in the evening, whici;nronaised to be of great public conveni ence. The directors proposed, in order to meet the mortgage debt of £427,500 due by the company, to raise a number of 'shares of £5O each, to be offered to every proprietor of a £lOO share. It was proposed that the advance for every £5O share should be paid by instalments; £lO on the first week in Feb., 1:i0 on the first week in August, 1837, £lO on the first week in February and in August, 1838, and £5 on the first week in February and August, 1839, this rate of payment being cal. culated to take up the mortgages as they came due. The divi .dends of the advanced instalments to be paid six months after the same shall be paid till August, 18-10, when all instalments - being paid up, the di v id en d would be paid on the whole amount of shares. - Such shares as were not appropriated to be sold at the discretion of the directors as appointed by the act. It was recommended by the directors, that, in order to cover the debt which had been incurred, they should be empowered to make shares from time to time, and sell them, according to the act. The nett revenue fur the past half year has been £39,402.25. 7d., which, with the surplus of the previous half year, £1,569. 7s. 7d., made a total of £10,971, 10s. 2d.- The report appeared to give general satisfaction. Mr. BitArritwAiTri wished to enquire if the directors were empowered by the company's act to sell shares. Mr. CLAY replied that a clause in the act enabled them to sell shares as they pleased. The CHAIRMAN then announced that it was proposed that £5 per share dividend fur the last half year should be paid on the 20th of August next. which would leave a balance of £1127 15s. 2d. to be carried to the next half year's account. Mr. COG LAN thought that as there was a great call on the 9th of August for the Grand Junction Railway, it would be a con venience to many if the dividend were paid before then. After some discussion, it was determined that the dividend shoal be paid on the Bth of August. A resolution was then put to the meeting, to the effect, that the company fully recognised the right of the original share holders and owners of the £25 shares before the railway was opened to receive interest on their money, and that the company would pay interest to them after the rate of five per cent. per annum, from the time their instalments were respectively paid till the time the railroad was opened to the public. This was agreed to. _ _ Mr. Lewis MOZLEY said, there was one point connected with the report which he wished to enquire into. It was with regard to the_ paying off a part of the debt by the creation of 291 shares of £lOO which would be all that would be required. He wished to ask if the whole number of shares would be sold because they would be creating a large surplus stock, calculating the value of each £lOO share to be £3Ol He wished to ask what course would be adopted with this surplus, and if it would be necessary to bring so much stock into the market ? The CHAIRMAN said the dumber of shares they sold would be regulated by the price they got. if they could sell £lOO shares for £3OO they should not want so many. _ Mr. Boont, the report says, that shares shall be sold—not how many—sufficient to meet the debt. Mr. LEWIS MOZLEY enquired, if a surplus should arise after the payment of 10 per cent. ou both the old and new stock would they still make the shares or pay the debt out of the surplus.? Mr. BOOTH : Make the shares and divide the profit. Mr. LEWIS MOZLEY would then move, that that portion of the report which authorised the creation of new shares for the purpose of paying off the debt should be adopted. '!he motion was seconded and carried. 141 r. COGLAN said that there were hundreds of owners of quarter shares in humble circumstances, to whom it would be impossible to purchase the 101 l shares about to be allotted, so that, in this case, the wealthy proprietors would have a great advantage over them. He would suggest that a portion of the shares should bo appropriated to quarter shares to meet this dif ficulty, so as to enable the poorer shareholders to purchase quarter shares. The CHAIRMAN said they had considered that point, but on looking at the small number of these shareholders on the list, the directors did not think it necessary to give that advantage. The report was then adopted, and ordered to be printed and distributed amongst the sharehelders, and the meet ing:broke up TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.OI4VDdIED. SIR,—As our present town council not only read your journa very carefully, but also pay more attention to its opinions than they would have the town to believe, I think it better to solicit a little space in your columns than to occupy any portion of the twaddling-whiggish, popish, or radical press in their interest. I wish to Ask these gentlemen whether they were ever on the pierhead on a fine Saturday afternoon at low water, when three or four steam-boats from the opposite ferries arrive with pas sengers before their counterparts take their departure, when the Isle of Mau rackets, the Bangor packets, the Rhvl and Mostyn Quay boats are just coining in, and when his Majesty's liege subjects for the sister isle are about taking their departure for the " roval mail," when about 2000 or 3000 persons, consisting of M. P.'s and porters, ladies and washerwomen, gentlemen and market lasses, boatmen and pig-drivers, old and young, rich and poor, are jostling, thrutching, squeezing, and pushing, sweating, swearing, and roaring, along a narrow stage, a very charybdis, where two tides meet, and where confusion itself is worse confounded. No description can give an adequate idea of the scene, it really, sir, must be seen to believed. Only one being in this wicked world seems to enjoy it, and that is my waggish, good-looking, and good-humoured friend, John Aspi nall, of Birkenhead, whose roars of laughter used to be heard (and I hope soon will be again) at the strange scenes exhibited on the aforesaid platform. Now sir, nineteen out of twenty o f us Birkenhead gentry are rattling, roaring tories—there's no mistake, I assure you—and it is whispered that unless we change our opinions we are to be taken on board the steamers in the punt, or be drowned, or swim aboard just as we like. But, sir, we don't look for redress of grievances from the piddling, chat tering, professing squad of reformers who now usurp the places of better men in the council chamber; but I'll tellyou, sir, what we are resolved to do ; we'll agitate, sir; we'll have a Birken head National Association; we'll have a RENT, sir; and turn these good for nothing fellows out, who never did, nor never will, do anything but spout and spend their breath and the public money in seedy words, and putting their needy friends into snug berths, making the m os t o f th e i r t ime as pe o pl e say. I be;; to direct th e s p ec i a l a tt en ti on o f M r . F ran k J ordan to the pierhead. He cer t a i n l y sees as s t ra i g ht as any member of the council, and can detect a blunder and point out a remedy as well as any. Hibernian I know; and his well-known gallantry to the ladies will, I am convinced, cause hint to look our way. Just at present I know that piers are not popular with the council, bekase Daniel O'Darrynane has said that same; but I think something must be done, or the governor of Birkenhead declares that he'll begin business again, and show the fellows in office how to make a pier, when they do nothing else but make slips.—Yours, &c., A CHESHIRE GENT. Birkenhead, 19th Fructidor. TO TER EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—lt appears that the established church bill which has just passed the House of Commons is, as a measure of reform, far from being sufficiently sweeping in its character to please the republican faction. Oue of the principal objections started against this bill is the following—that it has been framed in ac cordance with the recommendations of the ecclesiastical com missioners, who are deemed by the liberals to be disqualified for the work or reforming the church simply because they arc friencllyto our venerable establishment C. Buller, Mr. Bro therton, Dr. Bowring, William Ewart, &c., very naturally no d consistently declaim against any measure of reform emanating from those who wish to preserve the church by a more equitable adjustment of its revenues. It is their sincerely avowed object to destroy the church, and, therefore, any scheme calculated to renovate and improve it must be gall and bitterness to them. This hill does not contain a satisfactory instalment towards the eventual annihilation of our protestant establishment—it em bodies no appropriation clause—it deals too leniently with the property of the church—in short, it affords no adequate guaran tee for the 'future indefinite spoliation of that object of concen trated radical hatred. Lord Jahn Russell and his puzzled coad jutors, bound by solemn pledges and by motives of a mere per sonal and stringent character, have not dared on this occasion to "go the whole hog" with the ultra-liberal party; therefore we find the somniferous Joseph Hume sturdily resisting the measure, joined by the "awkward squad" of the destructives, including among them the distinguished, learned, and all accomplished Mr. Ewart. In the stormy debate which took place at the Downing-street parliament, (that is the fictitious designation given to it by Mr. D. W. Harvey,) Lord John Russell threatened to resign if pre vented from carrying his measure ! The announcement was received with a burst of laughter. Why did this threat disturb the risible nerves of the objurgating parties ? Because the 'proverbial attachment of the whigs to office renders such an al ternative the most unlikely thing upon earth to be tesotted to— because their accommodating and chamber-like policy will as sume every imaginable shade of colour in order to a'.'ert so awful a calamity as resignation—because there are numerous brothers, cousins, nephews, and political partisans to be pro vided with snug situations or fat commissionerships—because the imbecile whigs would prefer to see the church of England pros trate at the feet of an infuriated infidel rabble, rebellion stalking through the length and breadth of the land, and this mighty em pire, rendered the prey of democratic violence and civil anarchy rather than relinquish their salaries and forego their instinctive love of place. Resign, indeed! Lord John Russell and Ms associates will resign—when they cannot help it—when it becomes inevitable. If •they possessed a grain of modesty or of common honesty, they would have done so long since. They cannot but perceive that the people of England are opposed to them. Accumulated proofs have been afforded of the truth of this assertion. Repeat ed defeats, sustained by their adherents, have sufficiently indi cated the extent of the re-action which has taken place in the public mind. An additional evidence of this has been oppor tunely afforded in the triumphant return of Mr. Hodgson, the conservative candidate for Newcastle. The unequivocably ex pressed opinions of the people, are, however, by these Whigs, treated with absolute contempt. Our important national inter ests must 'all he postponed to the cupidity of an incapable ministry, destitute alike of public principle and personal quali fications—strangers to every generous and patriotic impulse, and mercenary foes to all the time-hallowed institutions of this Protestant country. eai al e l - m These thing s must excite feeling s of unm i ng l e d di sgus t in the minds of n r t g yß l tu s o h t n a i tsh e s n eu mp w ee h rt o ihoed a has iansns of power. riot utterow yet e rarrived The h strangerse country forotuo tt t rh h s6 e , love o of rcountry.tvnsv has not yet witnessed the full developement of the iniquitous policy acted upon by the Whig -Radical administration. The working of their system of government will, 1 am certain, soon sicken every rational man in the kingdom, and alienate from the cabinet: the lingering attachment of their fondest admirers. When they fall, they will endeavoOr, Sampson-like, to shake the civil fabric to ruin,—to plunge the country into confusion. But, thank God, there are resources in the constitution of this great empire which will remedy the evils effected through their instrumentality. There is sufficient stamen in the body politic of Great Britain to bring it in safety through the feverish ex citement of republican agitation. I would strongly urge the Conservatives of Liverpool to be on the alert, and prepared for instant operations. It is still doubtful bow the ministerial camlesign will be terminated. It is in the power of the ConseryaliVe party to out-vote the ministers. I am, sir, A WELSHMAN. . . The Irish .agitatOr says, the greates't enemies of Ireland are the English clergy and the Wesleyan methodists. In the HouSe of Lords last week a curious incident transpired. An amendment in the municipal reform amendment bill, ap proved of by the Lord Chancellor after mature consideration, had been successfully 'resisted by the Attorney-General in the pokup or Commqns; 4,11(1 . Ais is ~ the,tsimi9istr:ltioi, the perf e ct tutioriof is the stibiect a so LIVERPOOL POLICE. ROBBERY BY A WAREHOUSEMAN.—On Tu‘oday, at the Police-office, a young man, named William Waring, was placed before the magistrates, charged 'with having the night before attempted to purloin a quantity of coffee, the property of Mr. George Atkini., grocer, of 15, Lawton-street, his employer. Mr. Lawton deposed, that on the previous evening as the pri soner (who had been with him 15 months) was shutting up the warehouse, he had occasion to hang up some candles near where the prisoner's jacket was bung, and his hand struck against something bulky in the pocket. He thought it strange and examined it, and found about a pound of ground coffee in it. He then called the prisoner in and asked him where he had got it, telling him at the same time that it confirmed his suspi cions of previous depredations The prisoner said "it was the first time he had ever taken any." His stock was so large that if he had not found the coqee he should not have missed it. He then called a policeman and gave him into custody. A police man deposed to receiving the prisoner and some coffee from the complainant, and taking the prisoner to Bridewell. The in formations for the trial of the prisoner were ordered to be taken. RoanuaY.—On Tuesday, at the Police-office, a gentleman named Stokes, who had arrived here only on Sunday from Westminster, appeared to complain before the magistrates, of having been robbed of six sovereigns on the previous evening by a disorderly female, named Mary Ann Jenkins, in the neighbourhood of Williamson-square. The complainant stated that on the previous night, at a little after twelve o'clock, as he was was walking up Tyrer-street, towards the Castle Inn, in Clayton-square, where he i v as s t ay i ng, h e met t h e pr i soner . She asked him to go with her which he refased.• She conti nued, however, walking by his side, a n d on th e same s id e h e had six sovereigns, and one or two half sovereigns in his trowsers pockets. He had felt that he had his money safe a short tune before. He suddenly felt her hand on his pocket, and having his suspicious excited, he felt if his money , was safe and found it gone. He missed six sovereigns and two half sovereigns. He accused her with having robbed him, which she denied, and appeared then anxious to get away. In conse quence he called a policeman and gave her into custody.— Samuel Keddow, policeman, deposed to taking the girl into custody. Ho corroborated the complainant' s St a t ement. M rs. Lvthegoe deposed to searching the prisoner at the Bridewell, and finding in her breast five sovereigns and-a-half which she said were her own. The magistrates ordered the informations for her commitment to be taken. The complainant, who is quite a young man, appeared greatly annoyed by the unpleasant circumstances in which he was , placed. He learned that he had been sent by his father on business with Mr. Heywood, the magistrate, and his first introduction to him was whilst that gentleman was on the bench hearing his complaint. That, with the certainty of exposure to his friends, in being bound over to prosepite, and the awkward predicament of empty pockets, was certainly sufficient cause. FURIOus DRIVING.--The drivers of two cars, one belonging to William Garner, the other to Mr. Chantrell, were on Wed nesday brought before the magistrates, on information from In spector Lyon, for having driven furiously along the streets. I hey were each fined 2s. 6d. and costs. CAUTION TO BUILDRIM—WiIIiam Jones and Co., John Griffiths, Thomas Hincks, and Williatn Batnfrey, were On Wednesday summoned before Mr. Harvey, for having. suffered bricks, stones, rubbish, &c., to remain in the street without being enclosed. They were each tined 2s. Gd. and costs. CAUTION To BEER SELLEks.—Several keepers of beer houses were on Wednesday brought before the magistrate s, on information -f rom police-officer Rvlev, for selling drink at im proper hours, for harbouring disorderly characters, and for per mitting drunkenness in their houses. All the cases were second offences, in which the penalty is £5 without the power of miti gation. They were each of them required to pay down £2 and costs, the remainder being suffered to stand over , unless u p on repetition of the offence. BEGGING hiPosrous.—Yesterdav, at the police office, an Irishwoman, of filthy a pp e arance and having two chil dren with her nea r l y naked, was placed before the magistrates, charged by police constable 149 with having that morning exposed her children nearly naked in Fuulkuer-street, and stopped every person who passed, to beg. On taking her into custody, an abundance of comfortable clothing for her children was found in her possession. The magistrates discharged her on her pro mise immediately to leave the town. It is the duty of every person seeing these wretched beings begging about to give them in charge of the police; in nine cases out of ten they are the grossest impostors, and serve but to shut the door of com passion in the charitably disposed against those in real distress. CnrckET . .—the, return match between the Liverpool and the Chester, clubs will be played on the ground of the former, opposite Wavertree Hall, on Monday next. Wickets to be pitched at haMpast ten o'clock p.m. FIRE.--On Tuesday night, about eleven o'clock, a fire broke out in a cellar . in New Bird-street, in the occupation of a man named Huntington. The alarm was given, and the engines were quickly on the spot. Before their arrival, however, the police had succeeded in extinguishing the tire, and no damage of consequence was done. It appears to have originated from the ignition of le wool piled up. Great care in such cases Should he taken, many serious fires having originated from the Voluntary ignition of wool heaped together in a damp or oily State. LITERARY NOTICES, On the. ROmish. Doctrine of Purgatory, in which that doctrine is confuted on the authority of Holy Scrip. tune, and its Origin. and fatal Tendency explained ; the Suktunce of a Discourse delivered in the Parish Church of Wigan. By the Rev. H. O'NEtu.,, A.B. Curate. We have been favoured with a copy of this admirable discourse, in which the gross delusions of Church of Rome are exposed with an unsparing hand. We con ceive it toe impossihle for any candid inquirer after truth to rise from the perusal of this Sermon, without being convinced of the fallacy of this Popish doctrine, by !.be unanswerable script Ural argUments which are adduced. The following extracts will exhibit in a strong light the besotted ignorance and superstition of Roman Ca tholics, even in Enlightened England. " 1 hold in my hand a document, containing, the Rules of a Purgatoriau Society. The object of the society is declared in these words :—"This Spiritual Association of Roman Catholics of Wigan, in Lancashire, is solely meant to obtain from God an increase of such blessings—spiritual and corporal, as may conduce to •his honour and glory , --particularly a speedy de livery from the pains of purgatory, for the departed soulS.of the society; which favours we humbly hope to. receive by the ado . rable sacrifice of the Mass, offered up . for that. end, and the prayers enjoined to be said by - the associates th e ms e l ves .' " "This precious document concludes by declaring, that the small contributions of sixpence are fixed for the poor ; but peo ple of better circumstances, by paying a greater sum, will do a charitable act, •by conducing to the generel good of all the members, and a ssisting, perhaps, near an d d ear re l at i ons, w h o may be crying in the flames of Purgatory, Take pity on me, at least, you my friends, take pity on me.' Job. 19. 21. The following " Rules" of the Association are ap pended in a note :- 1. Each member to contribute the sum of sixpence, in the, mouth of December. 3. Two Masses to be offered every month for the living and dead of the Society, or oftener, if the subscribed money will allow. 4. Every member to say, kneeling, the LOrds' Prayer, the Hail Mary, and the Apostles' Creed once every week, for the intention, of the Association. 7. Each member not paying his'or her yearly sum of six pence, shall be excluded from the benefits of the Association, or pay one shilling to be re-adtnited., NB. Souls departed before the commencement of this Associ ation, if their names are entered, and if their living friends pal; the sum of three-pence only, shall be considered as members of this Association! By this it would appear that these departed Soizh, if in Purgatory, have to pay their sixpences annually for their own deliverance. What sort of coin is used in Purgatory ? flow is it transferred to the Society's box at Wigan ? NEW SERENADE L-“ WAKE, LADY, WAKE!" We are enabled to furnish our readers with a copy of the words of the serenade, " Wake, Lady, Wake," pub lished for the benefit of the Bootle National School, which has been brought:out at the Bazaar now holding there, and is dedicated to Mrs. Muspratt, of Litherland. Leaving out of view the charitable object for which the profits of the sale are•to he appropriated, we do not doubt but that, for its .own merits, it will meet with an extensive sale. The - music is composed by John Clow, Esq., of this town, and is a pretty melody of the character which its title indicates. The words are by William Kennedy, Esq., of Hull, he author, of " Fitful Fancies," " The Arrow and the Rose", and several isolated and beautiful poems, betraying the fine sensibilities and imagination of a high pojetic genius. The second and fourth of the follow ing vetses are almost music itself, so liquidly and har moniously do their nuMberS flow. My boat's by the tower, and my bark's in the bay, And both must be gone ere the dawn of the day; The moon's in her shroud, but to guide thee afar On the deck of the Daring's a love-lighted star. Then wake, lady ! wake! lam waiting for the; • And this night, or never, my bride thou shalt be! Forgive my rough mood; unaccustomed to sue, I woo not, perchance, as your land-lovers woo; My voice has been tuned to the notes of the gun, That startle the deep when the combat's begun; And heavy and hard is the grasp of a hand, Whose glove has been ever the guard of a brand; — Yet wake, lady! wake! I am waiting for thee, And this night, or never, my bride thou shalt be! 'Yet think not of these, but this moment be mine, And the plume of the proudest shall cower to thine; Ahundred shall serve thee, the best of the brave, Andithe chief of a thousand will kneel as thy slave; Thou.st.lt rule as a queen, and thy empire s hall l as t Till th red flag, by inches, is torn from the mast. Then wake, lady! wake! I am waiting for thee, And this night, tir never, my bride thou shalt be! 0 islands there are, on the face of the deep, Where the leavcA never fade, where the skies never weep; , And there if thou wilt, shall our love-bower be, When we quit for the greenwood our home on the sea ; And there shalt thou sing on the deeds that were done, When we we braved the last blast, and the last battle won; Then wake, lady ! wake ! I ain waiting for thee, And this night, or never, my bride thou shalt be ! Then haste, lady! haste! for the fair breezes blow, And my ocean-bird poises her pinions of snow; Now fast to the lattice these silken ropes twine, They are made for such feet and such lingers as thine, The signal, my mates—ho ! hurrah ! for for the sea; This night, and for ever, my bride thou shalt be! The signal, my mates—ho! hurrah! for the sea; This night, and for ever, my bride thou shalt be! HORRIBLE AND FATAL EVENT.—On Friday last an inquest was held before Philip Finch Curry, Esq., coroner, to inquire touching the death of Joseph Hewitt. William Robinson de posed, that he was a bricklayer and fellow-workman with the deceased, in the employment of Messrs. Vernon and Co., boiler makersOn Tuesday morning last he and th e deceased a n :.e e re n ghilfiteheesengine-house ; the latter was oiling the engine, which was in motion : the finger of the deceased was caught by one of the outside wheels and his arm was drawn in between that wheel and one which was revolving in a contrary direction. He was then thrown violently on his back, and the same wheels caught his side, and, in a moment, wrenched his arm off close to his shoulder. Assistance was procured, and he was conveyed to the Northern Hospital. Mr. Benj. Blower, house surgeon at. the Northern Hospital, stated that the deceased was brought there on Tuesday last. On examination it was found that his left arm had been torn off close to the shoulder. All the muscles of the left side of his chest and part of his ribs had been likewise torn away, and a portion of his lungs protru ded through his left side. Every thing was done for him which the knowledge of the surgeon could suggest, but, after lingering; in extreme agony until Friday morning, he expired.—V er di ct accidental death. CAUTION To BUILDERS.—On Satur.!ay, -Police-officer M'Kee stood up to substantiate a charge against Mr. John Etches, for having left a quantity of bricks in St. Andrew-street, without the same being enclosed. Mr. Etches said the bricks were partitioned from the footwalk on each side, though the front was open. Mr. Hall said the act directed that building mate rials were to be completely enclosed. Fined 10s. and costs. While Mr. Parrott, M.P. for Totness, and his son-in-law, 111 r. Orlebar, were walking round the park at Malchbourn, Bedford shire, with Lord St. John, on Tuesday last, they all stopped to admire a large and beautiful oak, and remained under it some time. They had not proceeded far before they were overtaken by a violent and terrific storm of thunder and lightening. In an instant the tree under which but a few minutes before they had been standing was struck by the electric fluid, and the trunk, which was at least three feet in diameter, was one half of it torn into a thousand shreds, many of which were not larger than whipcord. The bark was entirely stripped off and thrown to a distance of 50 yards, and the remainder of the trunk was split into pieces of various sizes.—Exeter Times. The subscription for the statute of his late Majesty George IV., amounts to £.1,130 4s. ld. • A SCIENTIFIC TAILOR.—A tailor lately replied to a gentle man who complained that his coat fitted badly. " I beg pardon , Sir, but the coat must fit, for the measure's right, and we always cuts on a jumetry principle." An Irish schoolmaster being interrogated by a visitor: Do you teach reading? replied Yes. Arithmetic? —Yes. Gram mar and Composition ?—Certainly. French ? — Y es. Latin ? —Yes. Greek ?—Yes, yes. Geography ?—Yes , 8:e-, and so on till the list of queries was exhausted, answering every ques tion in the affirmative. As he concluded the visitor remarked, " This is multum in parvo indeed," to which the schoolmast er immediately replied, " I teach that; you ma y p ut that down too " • Ou Sunday afternoon a melancholy and fatal catast rl i p h e occurred a little off Holy Island, the wind at the time blowing was a severe gale from the north-west. A schooner which hear ing to the south, struck with great violence on the Pleugh Rock, damaged that she went down, and was so materially and her crew, consisting of five hands, perished. As soon as her peril "" situation was discovered , two boats well manned , pit o ff w • w i thout loss of time, but the exertions of the brave and hardy tars of no avail, for be fore the y could reach the spot, the were vessel had sunk beneath the waves.—Kelso Chronicle. - RAILIy Ar•--Twenty miles of the Carlisle and, ' were o pened last Tuesday. castle R ail way The ceremony • this occasion excited great local interest. The y) ti l served upon states that "all the shops in the city were (I 'aisle Journal closed, and the day was kept as a general holiday amongst all displayed from several houses, where the classes. Plugs were a ppointed to meet. Bands of music, one belonging to Carlisle, an d which had been engaged by the corporation—another Newcastle, dressed in uniform —and from Town head—began to play upon the a third from Allendale such intermission of the rain." On street at an early hour, at On the of opening, speed was attempted—ti - * no great le utmost of the the rate of 16 miles an hour. The velocity rarely exceeding intended for speed, are capable of engines, however, though not Tuesday have generally -performed much greater things, and since to the station at Carlisle, the journey from Greenhead a distance sf 20 miles, in an hour nod ten minutes, including all stoppages. The day was, fortunately or calamity. Al by no acc id ent " the Town-hall, Plymouth, on Tuesday, Lieutenant W. L. Rees, lately commanding .atrit.e, his Majesty's schooner Coel- ' • was brought before the magistrates on a charge of having, on the 18th of June, telonionsle killed John 111‘gonnell, then an ordinary seaman on board t h at ship. It appeared that on the day in question, while the Cockatrice was lying otr Chatham, a lad named John M'Donnell, who belonged to the ship, was sent to the mast head for punishment, from whence he fell and was killed upon the spot. A coroner's inquest was held on the body, and a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned; but subsequently the friends of the lad, who reside at Plymouth, laid an information before the m agistrates, in which it was alleged that he had been sent to the mast head while in a state of intoxication. A full investigation of the charge was entered into on Wednesday and Thursday, which ended in the acquittal of the lieutenant, no case whatever being made out against him. At the termination of the proceedings one of the magistrates, addressing Lieutenant Rees, said it was his pleasing duty to relieve him from the distress of mind under which he had evi dently been labouring from such a charge. In going so fully into evidence upon the subject, their object had been to clear up every thing that could affect his character, that he might leave the court free of imputation. They did not believe that he was aware of the boy being intoxicated at the time he order.. ed him to the mast-head, but they regretted that he had not • - qitired whether he. was in ;t fit state to go there. Lie t n u enant Rees said his motive in sending the boy there was to from thinking and the coin • •of hiln yam women who came on board. ..»s r-w..... .~. -.-~ ~..,,,~.:w STATE OF TRADE • -Lnrns.—The demand in the Halls, especially in that for coloured goods, has been :somewhat brisk sit4e our last ; and there is some activity irrthe warehouses'at prices looking up wards'in several of the Ilion important articles. BRADFORD.—III the piece:lnarket, on Thursday, there was a lively demand, at a slight :advance. Wool steadynnd a trifle higher. The 'yarn trade isk exceedingly - brisk. Alt the mina are in full drive,though several new ones have lately btsisin added to the previous ample number: . ' HALlFAX.—Weduesday's Market was net a brisk one, , thet.gh considerable business was transacted on the whole. We have no change of price to note. Youk,Woot. MARKET, July 21.—The supply of wool in this day's market, generally, has been 'limited,' notwithstanding which, many lots of good combing ;Wools remain over to next week unsold. Locks, cots, and good conditioned blanket wools, .for the . home trade, have had the call of the. market, at a slight advanc4 whilst the former remain nominal upon out last week's report. r • - THETFORD Wool. F AlR.—'The annual wool fair was held at Thetford on Friday, the 15th inst., the attendance %vas very numerous, - and a great deal of business was transacted. Mr. Coke sold his hog wool at 565., and ewe at 4155. The Duke of Norfolk's obtained the same price, as ills° many ether lots. A great quantity changed hands at-prices ruling from 425. to 455. for ewes, and 565. hogs; down hogs, 545. to 565. - • Leicester annual wool fair went off well. •Buyers and sellers were numerous, and much business was done. 'Fhe quantity of wool was, lots 54, fleeces, 6,515. of which there were sold 6,048 The average price was 43s.,'4ialf-and-half. The silver cup pre sented to the largest buyer was carried off by a Mr. Jacques, who bought 465 tons. THE BORDER WOOL TRA DE.-The- wool trade throughout thb,,Border districts, is becoming generally active, althOugh there, : exists rather a dread of speculating to any great extent on the present prices, which continue as high as they were last year. • The buyers, however, from Yorkshoe and the' West of I:ngland; have appeared in considerable numbers in Berwick shire and £he neighbouring counties, and we understand they have made several large purchases at the prices demanded, with very slight discounts. The average prices in Berwiakbire are, ' 'or the best , half-bred hog wool, from £2 4s. to £2 (is,: bred £2 to £2 2s. ; half-and-half, 355. to 375 . ; ewe wont', 30s. t 2s. per stone.. There are symptoms of brisk business when th •eason is more advanced. -- - Berzu ick Warder. R 'HDAI,a FLANr4Et. M ARK ET.,-This market was again well tended by buyers i on Mondaylast. The number of ma nufacturers and the quantity of goods_ were both inferior to tbo comtnon attendance and stock on such occasions, and this will probably remain the case until the hay harvest is settled. Middle and low qualitieS !Old readily, and some lots of fine goods were disposed of : all at last•week's pricos.T Bockings also went pretty well, and few remained unsold. Wo.ols were full as hard as last week, and s ld rather lazily. Oils were about the same, and in price as before. The absence of Lord Yarborough this summer, as commodore of the ',loyal Yacht Club, will cause much disappointment to the members, and be of great injury to • the Isle of Wight, should not another commodore be elected in the room of his lordship. There is little doubt, however, but that the fleet will rendezvous as usual at Cowes, particularly as an aquatic fete has been fixed upon to take place in celebration of the King's birth-day on. Monday, the VA of August, the anniversary of the birth-day falling on Sunday, the 21st. On Friday morning, the American ship Francis arrived at Greenock from New York, with upwards of 50 returned emi grants, principally respectable-looking females.---Glasgow Courier, On Thnrsday, the 14th instant. arrived in Papa Sound, Orkney, the sloop Jean Black of Rothsav, from Iceland, with only three tons of cod. Reports the fishing is almost a total failure, and aloss of twelve French fishing vessels, with sixteen men in each, who all perished with the exception of one boy.— Glasgow Courier. Died lately, at Stauchton Lodge; near Bedford, the seat of Lieut. Colonel Latour, of the late 23d Lancers, his grey char ger, Blucher, aged twentv-seven tears. This noble animal carried the colonel during the three 'days at Waterloo. On his death eight balls were extracted from him; he also bore the marks of several lance and sabre cuts. A novel mode of promoting the sale of quack medicine has been resorted to at Bristol. A few of the pills are left at each house, with an inscription of " Taste and try before you buy." Lord Stanley has arrived at Frankford from London.— Ga!ignani. KENTISH MEN.—Mr. Kemble, the accomplished editor of Beowulf," in a recent work endeavours, with much success, Lo prove that the Kentish men are Frieslauders. Sir Robert Peel and his Lady and family are expected to leave London, prior to the prorogation, for the romantic marine villa called Norris Castle, in the Isle of Airight, which the Bight liOn. Baronet is said to have taken for two months. O'CO,NNELL TRIBUTE.—The sum of £1 55., in brighteopper coin, the amount of the "legitimate" subscriptions entered into by the " Liberal " party of this city, was, we hear, for ' warded froth the committee of management, for presentation to the beggarinan at Rochester. Three individuals were deputed to take charge of the precious metal, which was enclosed in the ' celebrated "Butcher, ; -lane" coffin. The co ff in was orna- - mented by the leg-bones of one of Cooper's dead ducks, encom passing the skull of a minnow caught in the Stour in the late civic fishing excursion.—Kentish Gazette. • • HOUSE OF COMMONS. —ABOLITION OF FEES.—The following written notice is affixed to the wall at the top of the staircase leading from the ruembe , rs' waiting room to the lobby of tho House of Commons:;-"" The doorkeepers, messengers, and all other officers of the Sergeant -at-Arms' department, are prohi bited from receiving any fee or gratuity whatever." And over the entrance to the strangers' pnllery there is also a written notice posted up as follows :—" Admittance by a member's or der only." • THE LAND OF LIBERTY! —The D‘igton cvening Gazette, just received, contains a most appalling account of the execution of a man at St. Louis, in the United States, by the means of a slow fire. He had defeated the Deputy Sheriff in an attempt to arrest an offender, and enticing himself arrested, he stabbed the constable and the Deputy ::iheriff, the latter of whom died almost instantly. Having been with great difficulty captured, he was conveyed to gaol, trout whe,nee he was dragged by the crowd, and chained to a tree; round which were placed shavings and wood, and which were ignited a soon as he was secured. Not a single groan escaped him (luring the dreadful process. DONCASTER CriOncu II .ATE.-At a meeting of the ratepayers of Doncaster, held on Thursday, (after several motions had been proposed and negatived,) the scale which the churchwardens bad adopted in 1822, yiz. a rate of eight pence in the pound, was finally put cart ied by a decided majority. At the assizes for the city of York there was not a single pri soner in custody fur offences committed within the city. It is actually stated that there is a company in London which undertakes to convey passengers from Loudon to Paris for nine shillings! A clergyman of Devon, after having endeavoured to explain souse difficult text, said, " I know that •commentators do not agree with me." The next. day a farmer in his village brought him a basket of potatoes, and said, that as hiS reverence said that "common taties" did not nuree with hint, he had brought him a basket of his best kidneys, which be hoped would be more wholesome. Of about sixty members of the corporation of Stockport (in• eluding the justices) there ate only foie• to be found who attend the established church. WIGAN.—We observe by the I. , ndon.papers that Mr. Segar has been appointed by Lord .1. Russell, Recorder of Wigan. Segar is a Roman catholic, and a most unconvromisingt radical. Haymarket engagement, . Miss Ellen Tree visits I‘,Airreierrilciaceatsetchuericnlgosethoef ladyhe r p i ! i l ou for her services for two years. e l‘l Florence, i at 'r % e y c h e i n e t h ly si g le a s v u e ng a .. grand villa near several of her French airs with that power and sweetness O C D e A o h l l , E (p C rt AT ,, A t r h ,A e N r voice for which she for so many )ears distinguished herself upon. the stage. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—This vast undertaking (which is to unite Liverpool and Manchester with Birmingham) is pro ceeding with great rapidity towards completion. The men are at work on the whole line day and night; and the eminent engineer (Mr. Luke) to whose talents the work has been in trusted has it in contemplation to throw open the line for the puipos • eof travelling in the co urse o f next summer. Great preparations are als o making in the carriage department, fifteen splendid ones having already been completed at the manufac toryand 'forwarded to the depot at Warrington. the construction of engines is about to be cA,relndendmillijec'at'e°)..l;:hf°(e)lllLiverpool and Manche Ater Railway tunnel. The excavations for the foundations of the building have al ready been commenced. the r p a u g r a p n ( i ) n se i i o s f in the Itali an t h at all comipli(s)sii ti a r t ee p r r u e t s i e n t g a residing at his villa near Parma, for s i impaired i h e e h a i l i t a h ; e appeared has a rea rl i e n e i l , a u r i e e d r Countries under his name are spurious, and that he has hitherto published nothing but 24 cappr eel for the violin, 6 sonatinas for violin and guitar, and 6 quartets for violin, guitar, and vio loncello; but. that he intends soon to publish the whole of his winks.— Foreign Quarterly Reticle. The Edinburgh Patriot, the organ of the " voluntary" faction, has Leen discontinued. Philadelphia An American Paper states, that the fashionable ladies of Philadelphia wear their dresses so tight about their shoulders that they are obliged to unhook them to sneeze ! COUNTY MAGISTRACY. —Since the accession of the present administration to (Alice, 35 gentlemen have been appointed and qualified as magistrates for the county of Lancaster, of these, 10 are churchmen, 1 Roman catholic, and 24 dissenters. SNlArt. v A nytioo.—lt is said that the costs incurred and paid up to the time the present appeal came on for argument ;mould to the enormous sum of £l(10,000, of which £60,001) has been incurred by the appellants, and £ , 10,000 by the respondents. Mr. George Robins' sale o f ex t ens i ve l an ds in Virginia is necessarily postponed from the 2d to the 9th of August next. It is rumoured that as little as £2OO may purchase at this sale one thousand acres of land. THE MILLION FUND.—A clergyman in a southern county, whose annual income is small, applied for assistance out of the fund. He obtained, in the whole , a bout £600; hut out of this he was called upon to pay , and actually did pay to two lay /m -popriators, being a Roman catholic and the oilier a dissenter ! Dublin Record. ranee where l upwards of I:360, one of those said impropriators Tin.: DUCOESS OF Bxuer.—Several Journals have stated that the ollfutchlietssp:ift,le;eeLr.i I had ‘,e a;e passed:s assured incognito tiiat o through tiien Paris. ews o f We have received some c onfidential information respectinr , the itt t :. i lei i ., e ;rills3 c etr, r tsel l , :: : , e gefe: : :, f .:,, , A , r : : :::: : , l l, e l i i , t )si d iy, s b, : a l y ile i ne e t: : e i v • l i ox e i t ill „ i r e foti f i g o le i g :( ol l ;: ft ' i l l i li e tis i he r (s t e. , i tol u yft , wt : yh e aa r er e le a U s G s o l b 'l u ee l a e l r ev d f ha a: si n n i e T i oT i el l e i l l . journey n E n. ng F lts i l ( i, and it is probable that she green veil, she e it spoke kix_i ;Lin Ghent she went to Brus sels, of South s ß o r t i l i t s i s l i - `bapelle, to Germany. 'We tsilDuchess andl 1 1( as i as l 'I. thence,ail'erEntgiyilswhi7mof . have these particulars from a 1 ofL 01?ndaolnnee,"i(s)na who in formedAliiiteh :I: fnitpaeckpeitilsieteoscents tb e 1 established b e better at by Thomas Bennet, le.x-governo Charleston. One of the vessels intended for the line, owned a d per eCisa.—Ghent Carolina, t a ) bear big his name, now lies at the foot of Wall-street. She is 500 tons burthen and elegantly finished.—New York Paper. The election for two town councillors for the borough of Tewkesbury took place yesterday, 'obeli the numbers were : Moore, 130; Lougmore, 132; Knight,' 128; Osborne, 124. Messrs. Moore and Longinore, the elected councillors, are con servatives ; At the December i i g h t a l od i Osborne, t dissenters and radicals. stood 37 below the loWes'turtatilicanit highest thereconservative n r e a ctoionnt?he you One of the" reform" provincial journals (the Hall Advertiser) of Friday last informs its readers that O'Connell had a grand public dinner given to him at Rochdale (Rochester), which was " attended by all the did: of the neighbourhood !" After this veracious statement it modestly computes the number of persons who met in plocessiou on that occasion at 16,00 U!