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~a+c~~r_.t-- • - • GRAND CONCERT AT TUTS ~.1 ,E II VPLARS'4IALL, GREAT GEORGE-STREET. • BROWN reSpectfully announces that his CONCERT will take 'place this Tie - sent TUESDAY EVENING, • the 13,h inst., at th e flAt.t. OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAES. The principal Professional Talent of the town have, upon this , oecasiiin, kindly volunteered their valuable services. LEADER, MR. G. EYTON. PRINCIPAL VOCAL PERFORMER , RS. ES , MRS. RAND, MASTER GI M LLOW, HIL MR. WALT° , MR. DAVIES, MR. F. GARDNEI , (From the London and Bath oncerts.) AND MR. S. HENS ALL. PRINCIPAL INSTRITM Second Violin, MR. NI .BERFAIRCE:' Viola, Mn. WILTON. Violoncello, MR. JACKSON. • Double. Bass, Ma. TAYLEURK. Flute, MR. BROWN. Oboe, Mu. CAFFERATA. Clarionet, Mn. STUBBS. Horn - and Cornet-a-Piston, Mn. 'I'HOMPSON. Trumpet, MR. HANSON. Trombone, Ma. EDGAR. Double Drums, MR. FILLEEN. ~t coNnucTort, MIL G. HOLDEN A Select Number of the Members of the Choral Society will form a Full and,Effective Chorus. Tickets to be had at the Standard Office; Messrs. Hime and Son, Church-street and Bold-street; the Templars' Hall; and at the Adelphi Hotel. Tickets fur the Body of the Hall, ss.—Gallery, 3s. Doors to be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Concert to commence at Half-past Seven precisely. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. COMBINATION OF TALENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. RAYMOND. • - • • • • MR. T. P. COOKE, Of the Theatres Woval, Drtiry-lane and Covent-garden MR. W. J. HAMMOND, ... . Of the Theatre Royal, Covent-garden. N . MONDAY and TUESDAY next, the 19th and 20th in;tant, will be perforiied THE PILOT. Long Tom Coffin. Mr. T. P. Cooke. Botougheliffe..Mr. W. J. Hammond. Barnstable Mrs. Raymond. . Kate Plowdew..Mr. Raym d. Dancing by Messrs. Brown, King and Gi on. and, Mrs. Gibson. The new Interlude c led• TEN MILES FROI LONDON. . Patrick.. Mr. Raymond. After which, a new and interesting drama, called - • . THE„ CULI'Ii,IT. In which Mi. W. J. Hammond & Mrs. Raymond will perform. La Gackuchd by Mr. Gibson. To conclude with the laughable farce, called THE MAYOR OF FLANDERS. Mr. W. J. Hammond. M`Mation.,Mr. Raymond. Lestelle Mrs. Raymond. Tickets and Places to be had at the Box-office. The Mayor. LIVER THEATRE, LIVERPOOL. PTIFI ES present TUESDAY, M arc h 13th, an d during the Week, having been received last night by an overflowing audienCe with sh ou t s o f a pp ru b at i on , w ill he presen t e d, f or the ( - Second Time, with New and Extensive Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations,' &c., an entirely New Peregrinating Piece of In cident, Character and MannerS, interspersed with Vaudevilles, called SAM WELLEH ; on, THE PrcKWIcKIANs. Pounded on " Boa's" Posthuntous.Papers of the Pickwick Club, tiv the author of "Tom and Jerry." The Scenery by Mr. Par ,k-er.---..The Piece originally produced at the New Strand Theatre, .under the sole Direction' or r. W. J. Hammond, and perform ed nearly One Hundred Nights !! ! ::Suin \Yeller, attendant of Mr. Pickwick, Mr. J. Hammond. o r iVAlfred•J Ingle, a gentleman living or. his ‘, ts, Mr. J. Lee. )I " e' ' • (As originally performed by t etn.► Emily Wardle lrs. Raymond. tocession of her gracious Majesty een VICTORIA, on zthe occasion other royal visit to the cit to dine with the Lord arVllayor and C o rporati on o f L on d on on the 9th of November. ,To cone] dC,WI Ithe I last New Farce, as acted several nights • 'it the Strand Theatr e ,, L on don, w ith di s ti ngu i s h e d success , ]]ice` tatitled. . • !:$ll t)42 . . lo NO FOLLOWERS; OR, THE BLACK IMAGE. 0(131'1 1 . °by (his original character Mr. Lee. 'almiJin[l• Lucius Lity....(a btack)....Mr. W. J. Hammond. , (As originally performed by him.) " . 4 " W " r 'ich . character he will sing a New Song, called Moder Natur make a World. r -e'l .*; ~lar Maguet Mis. Raymond. ' - '' ' ''Kets and Places for the Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Fogg.. ( .. 4 , 1 1 11 , the 'theatr e each day from 11 till 3.—Boxes, 3s. 'Pitt, 2e 6 d. —Second Price, Boxes, 2c. Pit; Is. No Second to,.the Gallery. Doors to be opened at half past 6. ROYAL AMPHITHEATE LAST WEEK OF MON& LE BLANC lil E Public are respectfully informed that in consequence g. of the very:hi-cat SUCCESS last night of the Drama called E OF THE WHITE EAGLE, and the I ERE producd fur the Benefit of Mr. Neville, they will be repeated THIS PRESENT TUXSDAY, the I3th instant. The Evening's. Entertainments will counnence with the grand melo-drama, founded on fact, called , BEWARE . OP 'HIE WHITE EAGL! OR, THE MISER MURDERER. In Which Mr. Ryan's Stud and Company will . appear. The Elector of Saxony, disguised as Peer Swank, a Pedlar, and Justin, a deaf Traveller. Ir. Neville. Bawl Lutzi (a Prophetess) . Mrs. 'Weston. Pnetlora (the dumb girl of th nn) Mrs. Weston. Eloise Mts. Weston. A COMIC SONG, called "MATTHEW LE FAMILY AND FIRESIDE," by Mons. LE BLANC. - • ,NOVELTI ES OF Tu?, ARENA. II Lr:RYAN'as the COURIER .f ST. PETERSBURGH ! On A, 5, and 6 Horses! CHINESE FAIR, OR ARAB AND BEDOUIN EXERCISES: The whole to conclude with ha com lc drama, by W. 'l'. Moncrief, Esq. called the — ..: I II,ItESISTIBLES, or FEMALE VOLUNTEERS. Victoria, sister to Eugene.. Miss Neville. Wilhelwina, au orphan, Ward of Bluffeuburg, Miss Gates, Boxes ' 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Lower Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, 6d. 'Second Price at Half-paSt Eight ; Boxei, Is. 6d.; Pit, Lower Gallery, 6 , 1. Children Half-price front the commence ment to the . Boxcs and Pit only. Propnetnr, Mr. BATES, Stage Manager, Mr. NEVILLE TO CORRESPONDENTS. ' AV e hi lt to acknowledge the receipt of the following publications. ' which shall be noticed in our nest : The Monthly Chronicle— . 'The A' crawl(' l Magazine— The Sportiman--The Farmer's Maya - tine-7 he Churchman:—The . Sunbeam—The Bishop Exeter's .Speech, &c.—and Day's Sermons. . Zfir I'Libtrpool TUESDAY moIIATING, MARCH 13,1838. • 'ublication of the STANDARD commenced this Morn r.t 5 o'clock. THE RECENTVIVIsIoN.—STRENGTO OF PARTIES IN ,PARLIAMENT.--w is t heir wont, the whig-radicals have •been loud and incessant in their boasts of triumph since Ahe division in the 'louse of Commons on Tlfursduv `Men-nine. kfew days before Sir William Molesworth's motion was brought on, they were as melancholy in their • Forebodings as th ey are now voc if erous In Lien- exulta ,lions;. It was quite evident, from the lugubrious tone of th e ministerial journals, that the ministers dreaded a tie :feat upon this long promised motion. This feeling of anticipated discomfitur e led them to every species of ca jolery. entreaty, promisin g -, and threatening, in order to induce the recreant radicals to refrain from casting their lot =mtg. the conservatives. W e s h ou ld very much like to Ktow what amount of patronage has been pro mised, or bestowed upon, the virtuous radicals within the last f or mi g ht. We feel assured that a list of all the "good things" which the whigs have pledged themselves to confer upon their radical. allies, within this brief pe riod, would ,create. no little astonishment in the , country •••••-if, indeed, any act of depravity, meanness, or prosti-. antion of power, on the part of the present government, could excite any surprise at all. A short time will, per haps, snake to show to what extent the votes of the u ltra-radicals, on Lord Sandal's amendment, have been influenced by the agreeable contingencies to which we 114ve alluded. Unless the promises which the Whigs have made, in order to secure another quarter's salary, be speedily converted into substantial benefits, we shall very snort learn the secret of their nature and extent froi u the refractory radicals themselves. But what reason have die I.odg-radicals to he proud of the numerical results of the late division ? One . might iniagilie, from the exaggerated tone of triumph with "hien the majority is alluded to in the ministerial jour 1141s, that the• ministry mere in a better situation than • 11 4' hiti.o been in at any other period since their RCCPS hi"n to office, awl !hat the' hopes of the conservatives wer e forever anuililati;tl. is this the case ? Far from it ; RS lvt , shall proceed f)'(i * eliton;lrate. Mdst tf - wit' readers will recollect that, when Sir Ro kvrt peo resigned - dike in 1835, the majority against him was 34, and that, on several subsequent divisions, the whig-radical ministry _had majorities as large as 70 or 80, and those on questiOns which did not necessarily involve the the fata of the cabinet. These majorities were obtained, it should be .borne in mind, in a parlia ment returned when the conservatives were in office. What is the position of the ministry at present ? They have been three years in power—have realised all those benefits which the most unscrupulous exercise of pa tronage could command—have had all the court influ ence in their favour for the last nine months—have had the advantage of a dissolution of Parliament under these auspicious circumstances—and have enjoyed the well "known benefit of fau'iing . the return ~ of a majority in favour of their own principles.. And what is the actual position of the Ministers, as shown by,the recent divi sion ? On a question which was of the most vital cha racter—which literally involved the fate of the cabinet— and in a house composed of six hundred and . eight mem bers, including the tellers and the speaker, they have obtained a majority of twenty-nine This must be ta ken as a satisfactory test of the actual strength of par ties in the house, inasmuch as the principles of the ab sentees on both sides are, fortunately, well ascertained. The liberal and radical absentees were— Mr. Bainbridge, Mr.- Bannerman, . Sir M. Chapman, Lord Albert Conyngham, Colonel Edwardes, Mr. Erie, • • Mr. J. Fielders, Mr. Grote, Mr. Hector, Sir Robert Heron, Mr. Jervis, General Johnson, • Mr. Leader, . , Mr. T. - Martin, Sir W. Molesworth, Mr. A. 11. Moreton, Mr. Phillpotts, • Mr. Potter, Mr. Pryse, Mr. Sergeant Tallourd, Colonel White, Mr. Wilkins. . Twenty-two, and with the Speaker 23 Add the liberals in the House, (tellers included) 318 Total of Wliigs and Radicals 341 The Conservative absentees were— Mr. Archlall, Mr. J. Bailey, Sir E. Barnes, Mr. Blakemore, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Cartwright, Lord Clive, Mr. E. J. Cooper, Mr. Cresswell, Mr. Dugdale, Mr. Lane Fox, Mr. W. 0. Gore. Sir G. Heathcote, Mr.llogham, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Ker, . Lord Lowther, Mr. H. Lowther, Sir J. Owen, Sir F. Pollock, Sir W. Rae, Lord Ramsey, Lord Stormont, Sir G. Tyrrell, Mr. G. H. Vernon, Mr. Wall, Sir Eardley Wilmot, Rutland vacant, but to he filled by a conservative. Conservatives absent ..... 23 Ditto voted, (tellers included,) 289--317 Whig-Radical majority The ❑umbers represent the relative strength of par ,ties on the night of the division. • Since, then the con. servatives have gained two. voles by the substitution o f • Mr. Emerson 'l'ennent and Mr. Dunbar for Lord Belfast and Mr. Gibson, as members for Belfast; and, on the other hand, they have lost one vote by the substitution of Mr. Maurice O'Connell for Air. Batennan, as member for Tralee. These changes will reduce the above ma jot ity to twenty- two: But we must not stop here. On all questions which affect the interests of the Church, as well as upon other questions of vital importance, there are several members who would undoubtedly vote against minkters, but who have, on the recent occasion, voted for them. Among these we may confidently enumerate the following : Lord J. G. Lennox, Lord Arthur Lennox, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Walter Long, . Sir Charles Greg, Mr. Goring, Mr. Gilbert Heathcote, Sir Robert Ferguson. Here are eight Whigs who will not vote for any mea sure for despoiling the church of its revenues—in short for any measure which obtains the sanction of O'Connell and his tail. If we deduct these from the liberal majority of twenty-two, and count their votes with the Conserva tive minority, we shall'find that the real majority of mi nisters, on those questions to which they are irrevocably pledged by the Ml6field House compact, is only Six!— or, if we deduct the Speaker, only FIVE In other words, on the resolution, which the Whigs carried against Sir Robert Peel, for the alienation of a fancied surplus of the revenues belonging► to the Irish Church—which reso lution threw the Conservatives out of office—we should find the following division, supposing the whole House to be counted out : Whig -radicals Conservatives ..331 ..326 Majority After these statements, we venture to ask why our radical contemporaries indulge in such immoderate ex ultation while contemplating the result of the late divi sion ? To whom is it the most mortifying—to the ministers, or to the opposition ? Before we quit this subject, we solicit the attention of our readers to the following reflections, which occur to us in reviewing the nature and examining the conse quences of the recent struggle :- 1. That tile ministers could not have secured the ma jority which they obtained without a compromise of principle on the part of the radicals. The latter have been loud in their denunciations of the former. They have ridiculed their general policy, described their mea sures as tyrannical and oppressive, and declared them to he unworthy of public confidence. And yet they have voted for them in their extremity ! This inconsistent conduct has condemned the radicals in the estimation of the British public. Some degree of credit was formerly given to them for sturdy honesty of purpose, and consci entious adherence to their principles. They are now fully convicted of the meanest dishonesty and hypocrisy, the most tritckling and slavish subserviency, and the most cowardly desertion of avowed p r i nc ipl es . As a party, th ey have rendered themselves insignificant, des picable, infamous. Over the abject humiliation of this noisy and turbulent faction every true Protestant —every sincere patriot must unfeignedly rejoice. 2. That the COnduCt of the conservatives in the late contest was unstained by the slightest dishonour. They might have left the ministry in a minority if they had been so unscrupulous as to compromise their principles for the sake of obtaining a party triumph—if they had been as reckless as the present cabinet and their sup porters when they sUppla.ated Sir Robert Peel. The Conservatives, to use the language of the radical Specta tor, " had taken especial care to place themselves in a .9712'nority, thoo f 2h one sufficiently numerous to demonstrate their .strengoi." 'They were taunted by the ministerial , speakers with their " alliance with the radicals." What 1"1-1E VF,RPOO did the event show ? Did it not prove tl►at. the conser vatives spurned the - Aalliance so effectually that nut a single radical voted with the opposition? Was this-the case with the ministers ? No They cordially em braced the radicals, and by their support they were en abled to secure the tenure of their offices for a short period-longer. It is now evident that any coalition be tween the conservatives and the radicals is an impossibi lity. The principles of the former are as diametrically opposed to those of the latter as the antipodes. 3. That the present ministers will find it impoSsible, with their present support in the House of Commons, to carry any of those measures to which they stand pledged with O'Connell and his tail, as well as with the English 'di'ssenters They cannot carry into effect any propOsi 7 tion affecting the interests of the trish . church; Li hick in volves the principle of alienation of church property. They cannot possibly expect to conciliate the dissenters, inasmuch as, independently of the adverse majority in the House of Lords, the carrying of any measure fur the abolition of church-rates is perfectly hopeless even in the present House of Commons. We may, therefore, con gratulate the friends of the Established Church upon the safety of one national religion from the attacks of its. enemies. 4. That the splendid display of consummate statesman ship—high moral principle--and brilliant eloquence, manifested on the conservative side of the House of Commons, has contributed to elevate the character of the opposition, and to increase the confidence of the country in tlwir ability and integrity. On no occasion within our recollection have we recognised such a humiliating contrast as that which has been afforded by the present ministers as compared with their opponents. The latter, have fully sustained'thetr.ptptitation for talent and elo quence of the highest orNAcombined with straight for ward honesty of purpose—the former have more titan realised the disparaging opinion which the people of En gland have been led to form of their contemptible abili ties and political tergiversation. . GUILTY OR NOT GUILT Y.—in the Standard of Friday we made the following remarks in reference to the re primand of O'Connell :—" We sincerely congratulate the people of England and Scotland upon the triumph ant manner in %Illicit the infamous charge of that foul mouthed slanderer, O'Connell, against the representa tives of both countries, has been met and answered by the British Parliament. We rejoice to find that there is still chivalry enough left in the House of Commons to assert its own independence, and to vindicate its insulted' honour." Upon these rema►ks the Mercury of Friday last has the following criticism:— " Every body who has been present in . one -of the criminal courts trust have heard prisoners, who have afterwards been convicted on the clearest evidence, plead " Not Guilty" in as loud .and confident a tone as if they were the most innocent and ill-used persons in the world. The " British Parliament" has done nothing more. The reason why the prisoner who has " met and answered" the charge against him, by pleading Not Guilty, is nevertheless adjudged guilty, is because he has been tried before a third party, sworn to do justice, and decide ac cording to the evidence. The House of Commons has tiled itself,- and returned a verdict of acquittal in its own favour, and this is what the 'Standard calls asserting its own independence I' and "vindicating its own honour!' With that singular obliquity of intellect by which the editor of the Mercury is unfortunately characterised, he has here Mistaken O'Connell fur the accuser, and the House of Commons fur the accused, which every one besides our contemporary must perceive to be contrary to fact. The culprit who .had to make his appearance before the house was the slanderer O'Connell. The of fence of which this culprit was guilty was, a false and malicious libel upon certain members of the house. The judges were also the members of the house, who alone could take cognisance of . the offence. The punish ment awarded was a reprimand. In the face of these well-known facts the Mercury has the hardihood to say that O'Connell was the arraigner, and that the House of Commons stood upon its trial! if that had been the ca'-e, how could it possibly happen that O'Connell was found guilty—sentenced--and punished ? As our eentemporary is possessed of more than an or dinary share of dullness, we shall endeavour. to make the matter still more intelligible. Let us suppose a member of our Common Council — Mr. Walmsley, fur instance—to be treated with some degree of indigniiy by his fellow-councillors. Let us imagine that lie is blackballed at a ballot for magistrates. We can easily conceive that a man of Joshua's Nairn and irascible t e mperatnent—especially one occupying such a proud position among the .Clayton square coster mongers, would feel highly incensed at such a: slight. , Impelled by strong feelings of indignation,•it is not at all unlikely that he might be betrayed into the use of very intemperate and unseemly language. His wounded pride, and disappointed ambition might possibly lead him to abuse his fellow-councillors. He might call them "a pack of knaves, liars, and hypocrites." We do not by any means wish it to be inferred that our friend Joshua ever did apply these delectable epithets to his reforming brethren in the council. All we tnea,nhictiol we, that he ile • might be guilty of re so rting to such a mod e Of reveng i ng himself upon that o b no xious body, m sake of illustration, imagine to be capable of black. balling the man of many titles. In the next place let us suppose that some honourable member of the douncil— Alderman'Evans, for instance—conceiving that the op probrious terms " knaves, liars, and hypocrites" amount ed to a gross libel on character of the council, called upon' our friend Joshua for his distinct avowal or retrac tation of those terms. Then let us suppose that Joshua got'up, in a state of considerable excitement, and re iterated the charge of " knavery-, lying, and hypocrisy," accompanying the renewal of the charge with much vio lence of action. In such a 'Case would not our friend Joshua be amenable to the council for this scandalous language ? Would not Alderman Evans, in such cir cumstances, feel called upon to give notice of a motion for calling the slanderer to account ? Would not the council take cognisanc e of the matter ? We confidently answer, yes! And, to make the parallel more perfect, it is not improbable that a motion might be made " that Joshua Walmsley stand up in his place" to be repri manded by the• Mayor, who, assuming that dignified de portment which so eminently characterises him, would proceed to address our offending friend in soma such terms as the following:— " Mr. Joshua Walmsley, you have, in an intemperate moment, been unfortunately betrayed into the expression of language against the members of the Common Coun cil, which the Common Council has declared to be false and scandalous, anti you having admitted.the truth of the report which imputed to you such language; and having openly avowed it in.your•place at the council-board, the council has decided that you have been guilty of malici ously aspersing its character, and it has ordered that you be reprimanded by the chair. The charge of knavery, lying, and hypocrisy, which you have made against the I honourable members of the Common Council, is of the gravest possible nature, and you have laid yourself open to the censure of the council. Yru have alleged that you \ r wish was to be elevated to the dignity of magis trate : if that was your desire, you did not take.the pro- per mode of proceeding. You have alleged that other people in the town of Liverpool have applied the same language to the honourable members of the • Common Council: that was no excuse. As a member of the Common Council you - ought to have considered its dig nity, and notAlisparig,e the honour Of its members by charging them with knavery, lying, and hypocrisy. No one knew better titan you the power of the Common Council to punish for such offence ; and it is its bounden duty to vindicate its own honour and character. It only remains for me now, in obedience to the resolutions of the Common Council, to reprimand you• in your place which I'do accordingly." There is only one thing more necessary. We are next to imagine that Mr. Joshua Walmsley (like a refractory urchin at school who refuses to let down his ) will not be reprimanded, and that he proceeds to assert the propriety of aPplving the epithets " knaves, liars, and hypocrites" to the Common Council=-thus rendering himself :in (die,• idem of O'Connell. Is thedtlercury satisfied that we 4iave illustrated 'the , posi Lion' of O'Connell as the real . culprit ? Does the STANDARD editor admit the propriety of asking whether O'Connell waq guilty or not guilty, instead of proposing that ques tion in reference to the insulted and libelled members Of the House of COmmons. In conclusion, we charge the Mercury of uttering a fahehood in the paragrilph to which we have referred. We ask the public!, " Guilty or not guilty ?" COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKET. (Prom the Sunday Times.) CITY, SATUNDAY.—The advices received from. the United States to the 18th ultimo, are rather unfavourable in a mercan tile point of view. Money had become so scarce in America, that but little demand I;revailed for British "manufactured or other goods. The Exchange on Enoland had fallen as low. as .51 per cent. premium, but the value of 1 4'014 had also decreased. ur , netaTy difliCulties which appear to prevail in A nerica, and the expectation that the hanks there kill not resume specie payments for a long time to come, have lessened materially the demand for !foods for export across the Atlantic. The packets . are now, however, exporting valuable freights of the precious Metals, to make up the dt;liciency in the shipments of goods. Fur the house trade there is a considerable degree of business doing. Th e a ccou nt s front the manufacturing districts are uni formly of a snore favourable character than that have been of late, and among tire wholesale establishments in the City, there are not now any complaints of a want of trade. 'The favour able change which has taken place ;ni the weather, has increased very materially the operations in a;t the fancy branches of manufacturers anti trade. • The Grain markets show much firmness, and nriees of the titer samples of wheat have improved this week. • The accounts recei✓ed from the United States markets are not faYourable for the shipment of foreign grain from hence, though it appears by by our recent adviCes, that rather higher rates were obtain able at New York, and the sales in one week were 35,000 bushels. • . _ The high, prices recently paid for the funded debt are sust a i ne d although the commercial difficulties of the United States and the prospect of specie shipments damped the market on Thus day. Consuls for the account sold at 924, the lowest of the week, and at 93a. The operations of yesterday were supported at from f, to a per Cent lower. Money Stock has improved from 92 to 94 within the last three days. The only transactions in the Three and a-half per Ceot (new)'Stock have been at prices between 1001 and 1(x04. Exchequer Bills have fallen from 61 to 61 prem., but India Bonds keep firm at 62 64 'prem. Sonic life has been exhibited in the Market fur Spanish and Portuguese bonds this week, but without the receipt of any good news front the Continent. In fact, as far as Portugal is con cerned, political difficulties seem to increase. Spanish stock haS advanced from l9 l i to 201; - Portuguese from 281- to 30, and the Three per Cents. from 181 to 191. French-stork has fallen a triffe—the Five per Cents having been sold at 109, and the Three per Cents at SO., Exchange 25f. 50c. Dutch storks are in demand, though the debt of Holland is to have a further addition of about 30,0A).000 of florins. The Two and a-Half per Cents have risen. to 53k, and the Five per Cents from 103 to IU3. The "prices of the other European bonds are very firm. Columbian stock has been sold at a rise to 30. Mexican to 30, and Peruvian to 21. . - The market for railway shares exhibits marks of weaknes It is- not, indeed, remarkable, after the great rise which has taken place in these projects, many of which will probably never be carried into execution, that the -owners should feel de sirou's of '•slipping" their shares and realizing profit. 'The price of the London and Birmingham railway shareS have im proved from 169 to 173. or 83 Drew.; the Brighton Shares have fallen from 12% to Ili. or 3i 'inn; the Great Western-from 94 to 9131 or 2616 prem.; the Birmingham and Derby front 201 to 18, or 2 dis.; the Manchester and Leeds from 10 to 391, or 161 prem.; the North Midland from 44 to 401. or 51 prem. ; the Birmingham cud Gloucester from 13 to 121, or 31 dis.; the Croydon from 20 to IR, or 2 dis. ; the Blackwall from 6 to 61 or 31 Prem.; The Greenwich shares have been very 'flat at about 171, or 21 dB.; Bristol and Exeter shares nave reached 10 or par. In the smaller schemes, technically called little goes, the prices have been dull, and the operations so small as not to render especial notice requisite, The price of the Lon don and Westminster bank shares have reached 221 or 21 prem.; the Loudon .loint Stock Bank to 7. or par; and the Colonial Bank Shares to 26, orl prem. HALF PA ST TWELVE o'CLock.—The bank returns published last night show that the stock of bullion is still r a pidly i r , eits _ ing, and that the directors are extending the issue of their notes. As compared with the returns of the previous mouth, the following results are -exhibited. The circulation has been augmented from E 1 8,283,000 to £18,600,0(); the deposits front £11,266.000 to £11,535,000.; the securities held by the bank front £22,569,000 to £24792000; and the stock of bullion from £9,543,000 to £10.015,000. The balance or undivided profits has b e en increased fr0m•2,610,000, to £2,672,C00 , 'The return will relieve, in some degree, the apprehension of any speedy drain of the precious metals from the country. The' price of consols has slightly advanced this morning owing to the satisfactory nature of the above returns. For im mediate transfer the vaiue is 93N to .1-; and for time, 93.1 to I• Exchequer bills have been steady at 63 premium, and Inina Bonds at 61 premium. The new Three and a-Half per Cents are worth 1004. In the Foreign Market not much - alteration has ocgarred. Spanish consuls have been done at 19%, and Portuguese Five per Cents at 291. Brazil Bonds are at 75k, and Dutch Two and a-Half per Cents at 5334. In Shares there is but little doing. CONTROVERSIAL LECTURES ON POPERY. To Mr. Egerton Smith, Editor of the Liverpool Mercury. Stn,—ln your paper of Friday last, you gave notice of the intention of the Rev. Mr. Parker, one of the Popish priests of St. Patrick's Chapel, to deliver a course of lectures explanatory of the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. You say "that there are thousands of Protestmos .woo .know nothing whatever of Catholicism, but what they have heard from its enemies," and "as a matter of common fairness, all naeu, if tlit.v be Roman Catholics, ought to be heard before they be con demned." In reply to this , we say to the Church of Rome, "Out of thy own mouth we condeinn thee." We read tire doctrines , of the Church of Rome, not as they are set forth by some wily. priests, who "lie in wait to deceive," but as they ate set forth in the Councils of Trent and Lateran ; we compare them with the unerring word of the living God; we give them a fair ex amination ; and we are .bound, as henest men, tu condemn them as erroneous and anti-christian. You then give a long quota tion front the lecture delivered by this priest on Wednesday last, which you recommend to the especial notice of tile Rev. M‘Neile, and all zealots of his class. Now, sir, I profes s •to be one of the cla ss a ll u d e d to; I h ave , th ere f ore, by your re ,commendation, taken " especial notice" of this very charitable ext mart, and were I not well acquainted with the base hypocrisy oh' Romisli ecclesiastics—did'l, not k (lOW that one mark of the. apostacy given by St. P au l i s , "Sp ea ki n g lies i n hypocrisy," , should have been perfectly astonished at the unblushing auda city of this reverend lecturer. Yuu inform us that he addressed his audience thus—" It is charged against us that we condemn to eternal perdition, without exception, every one who differs from us in religion. I should indeed blush for myself and for you, my dear friends, if I could fancy that such an uucharitable and unchristianlike impression could fiod a place in yeur minds " "No; we believe and trust that many may and will be saved out of every creed, whether Catholic, Protestant, Quaker', Me &c., who is so from education and through conviction of its truth." Now this is very soft and winning, and well cal culated to deceive the unwary. . Let time, however, endeavour to expose the cloven font of this professed champion of pure and universal charity. This lecturer is a priest of the Church of Rome, and, therefore, has taken the following oath, for he could not have been beneficed without it : I acknowledge the' Holy Catholic, Apostolic, Roman Church for the Mother • and Mistress of all Churches; and I promise true obedience to the Bishop of Rome, successor to St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles and Vicar of Jesus Christ. I like wise undoubtedly receive and profess all other things deliveted, defined, and declared by the Sacred Canons and General Coun cils, and particularly by the Holy Council of Trent. And I con demn, reject, and anathematize all things contrary thereto, and all heresies which the Church' has condemned, rejected, and anathematized." Observe, this oath binds tile priest. to condemn, reject, and anathematize all things that are condemned, rejected, and anathematized by the Connell of Trent. Now hear the Coun cil of Trent. _ " If any ode shall say that men are justified by the only im putation of the righteousness of Christ, or by the only remission of sin, let him be accursed." 1 do not know much about the doctrines of the Quakers, but I believe, that the Methodists, in ernmaarm with the Church of England, hold, that men are justified by faith only. A matt ,who sari so, says the Councilor Tent, "Let him be accursed." " 1 di, curse all that the Council of Trent curses," says the Popish lecturer, according to the oath which he has taken. .Again, the Council of Trent says, " If any one say, that justifying faith is nothing else than a trust in the divine mere), remitting our sins for the sake of Christ, or that faith is the oaf,/ thing by which we are justified, let hint be accursed." All sound Protestants Sit y, that faith is the only thing by which we are justified ; the Council of Trent says, '' Ii any one shall say so let him be accursed." Mr. Parker has sworn to anatheMatize all that the Church of Route anathematizes; and yet he goes in the pulpit iu SG Patrick's Chapel, and tells his audience, that he " believes, and trusts many will be saved out of every creed, and that he should indeed blush for himself, and for his audience, if he could fancy, that such an unchari table, and unchristian-like iinpression could• find a place in their minds." - Oh ! the hypocrite! blush. indeed ; he is inca pable of blu s hi ng, or such base hypocrisy could never have been tittered by him. Again, the Council of Trent goes on to anathematize all who do not hold the absurd and monstrous doctrines of transub stantiation, the sacrifice of the mass, the seven sacraments, &c. Now all Protestants deny these doctrines, and denounce them as " blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits." The lecturer has sworn to Trent, Trent anathematizes all Protestants and yet, amiable man ! pious liberal creature ! he tells Protestants that he " believes that many out of every creed will be saved." Now, sir, I will just place your " eloquent preacher, and excellent minister" upon the horns of a dilemma. If be was sincere when be took the oath, he was uttering what he be lieved to he a falsehood when he deliVered the lecture;' but if he was sincere when he delivered the lecture, he was insincere when he took . the oath. So let it be which way it will,•he gives evident proof that he is a true son of the apostasy. one of whose characteristics is, ".Speakiny lies in hypocrisy." How this lectuter can reerrucile his conscience in this matter, I can not see, unless it be by the well known axiom of Loyolu and his followers, that "the end justifies the means." Again, the Church of Ronne teaches even the children - of her communion the same charitable doctrine, that all heretics must be damned. Take the following from Butler's Catechism which is in con staut use in the Popish schools of Ireland, Q.—'' How do you call the true c h urc h ? A.—The Holy' Catholic Church. Q.—ls there any other true church besides the Holy Catholic Church? Q.—Are all obliged to'be of the true church ? A.— Yes. No one can be saved out of it." How does this rigree with the charitable lecturer? • And now, sir, having, 1 trust, torn off the mask from this liberal Runtish priest, allow me to direct the attention of your self and him to a single passage of God's Holy Word : read it, ponder over it, and may God cause it to strike home upon your heart, and upon the heart. of this poor unhappy priest !—" Be hold, I ant against them that prophecy false dreams, with the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies." Yours, &c., CANDOUR. e, March 12th, 1838. CHEMICAL IS A NCE.—Tw9 indictments against proprietors: of chemical works, at the north end of Liverpool, for nuisances, will he tried next week, at Lancaster, before speeialjuries. The; indictments brought have been laid by the Corporation, and. nearly one hundred witnesses will be in attendance to give evi- , deuce support of the allegations which thew contain. The •witnesses for the defence will be.numero.us-::antong Ito-on will be several from Scotland and otherAol..es where chemical works exist. The trials will excite griN'aUention, from the property which may be af f ected by the deeisifin of the juries. • - POLICE INTELL WEAVE. IMPORTANT INFORMATION UNDER THE BUILDING ACT. — On Saturday, at the . Mr.TiMiithy Ityan appeared at the bar., to answer so information laid agai est hi•tn NO he surveyor of - buildings, - for. an infringement the buitd,og, act. Mr. Bret herton, Solicitor, appeared on bebatf of Mr Ryan. It appeared from the statement of one of the surveyors, that Mr. Ryan had commenced building a house in Berkeley Street, what was called' a third iabi 'house, against a house that bad behn built by hi& 6 rifoi;tha ago, 'befitre the building act came into operation. The wall of the house built was 9 inches or a Mick thick';' and The biiildiug act required a party wall to be 14 in - L. - hes, or back' "iiid S'll4lf thickness, b s 'tween the two houses. Mr. Brethet ton Islid thM Mr. Ryan built a house before the act'Of • sth - and Gth of 'Win. IV, and the only ques tion was, whether the party wall now erecting by Mr. Ryan, was dune so in accordance, with the act. _There appeared to be three cl6s'eriptioM Of walls set wit by the act, the external wall, the party wall; 'and the separate side wall. Mr. Hall sail they need not' tr o nhle themselves with 'eKft;rrial walls in the present case. Mr; Beetlierthir,: No; and as to lb; being a party wall, the acceptation of the term is sufficient to remove it 'from that; it belongs to one individual:and is built on his own land. I contend 'weddn't * cutue 'tinder' idly lute of the three descriptions of thl walls . We do not Come 'under the 7th section of the act, under which they attempted to put us. Mr Hall: A party wall is a division wall; when you talk of a party wall it means division Mr. Bretherton : But the act specially signifies it in that sense, a party wall between two parties, and two distinct. properties. Mr. Hall said the object of the act was to give strength to buildings. It made very little difference whether A built two buildings for one, or two buildings for two different persons. Mr. Bretherton said if Mr. Hall referred to the 12th section of the seine act, which said, " in order to prevent eva sion on the subject of party walls, if any person shall erect a bedding, or cause to be erected between any building two walls which together may be of the substance of the wallS required by this act, and afterwards take down one" lie shall be liable to penalties. Now the wall they ,proposed to build to, ths : ther wall already erected, would make the party wall conjointly of the thickness of the wall requirCd; They proposed by adding a half brick to make the wall of the thickness required in shedule A. This he contended would be within the meaning of the 12th section. When they built a wall which should make the party wall of the requisite thickness, it was rather hard to re quire that they should build a separate ,wall of the required thickness. The question was whettnw they should be allowed, by • erecting another wall to the house already built, to make a party wall of the required thickness. The act involYed a pe nalty for not doing so, and seemed to recognize the possibility of a case were two walls might, be elected, neither of which might be of the requisite thicknes, btu which, conjointly, might be su. The surveyors said it was always an undecided point, and they .wis;led to raise the queStion. One of the surveyors contended that the adding of a half brick in thickness - to the party wall would not at all increase its strength. Mr. Hall said he would look at and consider the entire act, and give his opi nion on Monday at l'o'clock. Yesterday. at two o'clock,' Mr. Hall proceeded to give his opinion on the above case. Addressing Mr. Bretherton, the defendant's solicitor, who ivas present with his client, as well as the surveyors, he said—" I believe this' is the first•time a case of this kind has ever been brought before me; and, as I understood it was a matterof iinpin4ance to the foivri, I thought it. better to peruse at my leisure the act,of parliament, to see if there were-any expressions in any of the sections, which would aid the version you put iii it. - Yon certainly t oo k yimr ground on the only section which could sustain it. There . is no other than the 12th section which can heip . yoe. B u t I h ave rea d very attentively that clause, as wed' as other parts of the act, and it is perfectly clear, that this statute passer' in th e y ea r 1835, was passed for preventing - - the - erection of defective build ings The act. beginS by relating that, the fernier act, the 6th of Geo. IV., was found inadequate" fur preventing the erection of defective buildings in the town ; and, in consequence of the inadequacy of the act of parliament this was Passed.: with a view to make some amendment; still the two were to be deemed one, and be construed together. And then cause the second section, which is v e ry expressi ve; that all party walls shall be built and created according to - the schedule A. Ott looking at 'schedule A, it appears that a patty wall in this' case, ought to be a brick and a half of thickness. I presume this is a house falling under the description. (The surveyor said it was ; it was a third-rate house.) Then that would be front the floor last mentioned, that is at floor being the ground Hoer, to the un der side of the ceiling of the top story, it is to be one and a half bricks thick. The next question is, is there any other clause to defeat or modify that, clause? ( Mr. ,B retbertoti. The seventh clause.) The seventh clause is applicalrie merely to the case of two individuals who happen to have the land on which the party wall is to be erected, between them. It is not applicable to an individual who is owner of the laud on which the party wall is to be built; but it only provides for the case where two individuals'iiitust agree liefere a party wall edit stand on such hit of land: and than if they can agree, they are to make that party wall; if they cannot agree, the act of parliament feeling Mat there will be a great deal of difficulty in making an arrangenient between them, desires that each shall erect a separate wall of a brick thick,' and then the•wall will be two bricks thick. But theta is a proviso which shows the intention of the les-islature; it sayS. "rhat even if two • parties disagree, that each build a separate side wall of the 'ex tentmentioned, namely, one brick, the same shall in nl, case be considered, or made, to form apart of a party Wall of an erection of any building afterwards; but every subsequent building-shall have a party wall of the thickness requil-CdS-by this act.' fhat is to say, if you and I build a house together acid cannot agree, we must each build a wall of a brick thick; but you cannot afterwards wit up to that wail erected a party wall of a half brick thick ; 'nit you must put up against it a wall of a brick in thicknessonaking.two bricks thick. Now, if the act means to say this, Which it does undoubtedly, that„two people shall never make a party" wall, by running up half a brick to make up the thickness, why should they perMit one to do it ? That goes to show clearly, that they meant to say, in no instance Shall a party wall be built of two distinct walls, ex cept where two people cannot agree; and even in such a case as that, we will never permit a subsequent builder to add half a brick and say, 'We have now got a party wall of the requisite thickness a Mick and a half, under schedule A.' As I before observed, I gathered, that two individuals never should do what one individual is contending what he has a right to do. But still you say, lam entitled, under the 12th section, that, in order to prevent evasion, if any perS'on shall erect and build two walls, which, together, may be of the thickness or substance of such patty wall requited by this act, and shall afterwards take down one of the said walls, every person so offending shall for feit and pay a certain sum not exceeding £lOO for each wall so improperly constructed.' - The • object of that is this, a man might escape the diligence of the surveyors, and, instead of building one .consolidated wall of a brick and a half thick, he might have run up two walls amounting- to a brick and a half, and that might not be discovered till he had talst;n one down. But immediately that is discovered, the act of parliament says, in addition" to any other proceeding s you might resort to, for his trickery and rashness in taking thi s Wall down, and increas ing the danger of fire, and weakening the strength of the build ing, he shall incur a penalty of £100; and it goes on to say, for each wall improperly constructed.' Iherefore,• declaring that, as he had put up two walls, which only two teen are allow ed to do, who cannot stares., these walls shall be deemed as im properly constructed. You cannot get rid of those words, improperly constructed;' it is a.condeumation, j‘nd not .only• that, it goes on to say, ' you shall rebuild such walls.' flow ? `according to the provisions of this act.' .Now, the act of parlia ment where there is only one owner of two adjoining houses, makes no provision at all fur two walls, aud. therefore, ,it can only mean Otis, that he is to set to Work and form one consoll (fitted wall . agreeably to the directions in section 2 of the act, which refers to schedule A.' If you look to the latter end of these words, you will see, that you Cannot, by any possibility, construe these words to any wall properly.conatructed in any other way. You must arrive at this conclusion, that the law, from these words, cundenans the building of these walls singly us improperly done. And I tell you what gave rise to that section: It was a very common thing with• builders to run up a wall with the intention to deceive surveyors. Ido not mean that there is any deception in your case. The surveyor would come and look at it, and seeing that it was the requisite thick nessaant simnel would the surveyor have mined his back, than down tine wall came, leaving but one wall of one brick thick standing. I know there were .sad complaints before this act passed of that trick being played over and over again, and I have nut the least doubt this section mil put in to meet a case of that kind. The meaning may be assumed front this, if the ,surveyor buds out that one man who happens to be the owned of two'adjoining buildings has erected a wall, not consistent with the directions in schedule A, at any time within the three months, he may chore before a magistrate and complain of it ; and he may proceed against the party under section 23. • But if besides their finding out this it should appear that the man after having run up two walls in evasion of the act instead of one consolidated wall, has pulled one down, and thereby endau gered the stability, and rendered -the danger office much greater, as a further punishment of him for such evasion, if he has been guilty of it he shall pay i'.loo penalty: But this £lOO penally is superadded to proceedings you are entitled toadopt under the 23rd section, namely, to pull it down and niake-him eater into a recognizance of £IOU to alter and amend what he has done con. Ira; yto the act. Anil if you look at the act you will lisid that it is perfectly correct what I say, that 'bare. is uu provisioo whatever for the erection of two walls where one man is the owner of the building. Therefore, these preyisious- cat, unty be complied with by uniting this into one solid wall, and et the thickness of a brick and a half. Therefore, I have not the least doubt that this is- an evasion of the act, and that the party is bound under the 231 section, . to enter into a recognisance iu the sum of £1(10 to alter this immediately, in such time as the magistrates shall deem fit and proper. 1 must say that the case has been very fairly brought here. There was some doubt about it even in the Mind of the surveyor. Both parties have acted very fairly ; and the point was very fairly argued by Mr. Bre therton, who had done all he could for - his client; because if that 1201st-clew failed him he haul no other point." Mr. Bre. therton said they would take Mr. Hull's construction of the act ; bethought it was correct. One of the surveyors said it was rather a hard case on Mr. Ryan. The case was 'only brought forward to try the question, and the defeddaut's in fringement of the act would be easily altered, and was an in fringement for the purpose of rais'ng the question. Mr Hail (lid not inflict the penalty, the delendant• undertaking that .the party wall should be erected according to his readiug of the act. ATTEMPTED BURDIA RY.—Yesterdav, at the Police-office, four reputed thieves, named Gallagher, Jones, Johnson, and Newman, were plac e d a t t h e b ar, charge d with having atteropt ed to rub the house of M. Flockart, 20, Cable-street. —A police man stated that he met Johnson • and Newman very early that morning in the streets, and Johnson was without shoes; as they could not give a good account of themselves, and were reputed thieves, he took theta into custody.—Poheernan 65 slated, that he had information of a robbery that had been. committed, and he met Jones at an ear ly h our th a t morn i ng carr ying a p a i r o f boots, of the possession of which.he could give niraccotint, further than that they were his brother's. The other prisoner, Gallagher, whom he bad seen loitering about and conversing with the prisoner, he also took int o cus t o dy on suspicion o f be ing connected with' hini.—Mrs. Vioekhart. of 21, Cable-street, deposed that her husband was employed at e. the Adelphi,..ao4. he c me .honie late, a - got. nits;.,lal a st. On looking down by the side of the'kitchen windoW she saw a pair of shoes ' and at the same tune heard a- great scrambling over the yard door. Her husband catne, in, and she ran up stairs to the bed-room window to give the alarm; when she came down again the yard door was unbolted and the shoes were gone. The shoes now produced were the shoes which she saw. A crow-bar was found in the yard.—Constable Lloyd said that a great deal of violence had been used to ewer the pre mises; a heavy ire!' grate had been thrown down. The shoes were tried on (he prisoner Johnson, who had been taken into. custody without shoes, and were found to fit him exactly. Gallagher said he was a tailor, and had 'only cone over front Ireland eight days ago. Jones,'M whose possr;ssion.the Stara were •found., said he had picked them mil,, amid they were his . brothers. Johnson said he kneW • nothing whatever about the boots; they were not his. Newman said he had Met - the t Ler , prisoners in the street, and was talking 'to one hf them when they were both taken into custody. Constable Barton said he • had frequ'ently seen the whole ()I' the prisoners to . gether the last- unogittr; and (hat-they weie alltdd ColLigher frequented the races Mr. hall said that coot pi et4i . ltAt'ill'e against them: , Mr. Parkinson - rraid they were all known thieves and had been c,mtnitted. They were each sent !Or threa,ingutlis - to Kirkdale gatii: As stnnia"S theriVerre't niTffflitted Johnson applied : for the - shoes - •• • .• • SKINNING A ' SA 11:mt.—Yesterday, at the Foiice.office, an: Atnerie,att sailor led, ihrulettJOrii SlutraA,apieared to prefer it sumplaiiit againsttliree women, Fanny Conollv, Mari , O'Brien, and Ann Campbell, for s iraviag 'robbed him. "Ile 'complainant, who aprareu in tt,t very Sailor-Arke gear—a new - bnit coat and , bright butt Ons, and. -which .[ hirers the'pnlic~mart ba'd' lent lriut; stated' that.hemet the women the night'hefore In . W.hitechapel,, and was, pevuadedto au : company tfiettipOtne. When he went and odd pence la-lits'pocket. After a short time he tell asleep, when he found that . ; they ha d robbedLim of the wiiirle'of money; and had skinned him besides Mr. Skinned vim Complainant.—"'Yes, of a neiv blue frock coat—cost me three guineas." A pavvii-ticket for - the coat was afterwards given •to him. Mr: Fietll said the pawn broker ought to have been there, and remanded the case this morning, for his attendance, A BRUTE OF A 11UtIA TS n.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a joiner named. - Newby, with a forbidding 'expressian of coun tenance, was placed before the magistrates, charged by his wife, a rretty and artless young woman, with having beaten her and turned her out of doors, and threatened her life. The Coat pWoant stated that she had been living with her sister at MaM• chester, apact. froar,ber husband, who was working - in Cheshire, when he wrote for her to come to him, which she did, and now he beat her shamelully, and said he hated her and would not support her. His conduct towards her was such that she was afraid of her life•if she lived with him. Be then told het she shout , ' go bask to her sister, who-was supporting her, and gave her ss. 641. to 'pay tier carriage, on Saturday`. On Saturday night he cane and demanded the Money back again to drink, and because she would not give it hint he beat anti abused her, dreadfully.' She had been Married to him lemur twelve mouths, and had not lived with him three mouths before he left her._ The prisoner, in iinswer fa the magistrate, said he earned 245., a week, and worked for Lee and Hogarrin and haenot -beaten her touch. • Complainant.—" He' said he would take a voyage round Cape Horn sooner thanc7 live with me again." The prisoner's letter, inviting the complainant to come from Man— chester, was here put in, and was as follows :—' • ." Ist FEB.Y., 1838. " Sarah,—l received your letter on thursday night as i come over the water as i expected to find you in Liverpool, and i feet surprise that you - cant come—and what is the I eaSQ.,II that you cant come? haveyou no culouse ?- and where is the things that you come iii before to Liverpool? and as my things i will look after before the 25th.' you told me that the was alWays at you why you did not come to me before, but i give you only one • chanch and only one, and if you do not conic this week t Will give you longer journey to come then Liverpool, and i will be. d—d if dont pack my traps up on monday morning, and go where you an- your letters will not find me. i dont sio what the h-1 you panw your things for, you have not 5 or 6•Childern to keep. and if i you cant keep yourself come donw to -Liverpool and. i wall keep you, and if you do come dohs's , bring all tickets donw With you; and ifilot, dont come, send my tickets doaw; and if - you do nut intend to come let hie no as soon as possible. and the tickets inside of the letter, and if you dont come i shall nu what to do. Su noMore at present from me." . - . Mr. -Hall said it was a shame to hehave.as' he was doing , : he ... to'supinirt her. If she went to the pariA for relief a ivar rant would be issued against him and be would be made to sup port her. The prisoner refused to do any thing of the kind, when •Mk . . 'Evans, the parish officer, who was preseht, put 'L shilling into the hands of the complainant, and on bein-g sworn, depes'ed that the complaioant hiooeceived parish relief. Mr. Shuttleworth (to complainant): 77 You have received Money - from the parish? Complainant —ties sir, one shilling. (a laugh.) Mr. Hall: If you don't support her now, I shall commit you. Prisoner—( whose man uer %Nab now somewhat altered) : I'in nitling enough to support her if she likes. Mr.Jiall: 'How - much will you give her? Prisoner : I.will give her nothing; I'M willing to live with her. . Mr. Hall: No, no; I shall not COmpel her to live with you . When you beat her. She is not your property to be beat and knocked about as you think fit: No man nas a right to raise his hand against -a woman. What will you give her a week. Prisoner: Three shillings. Mr: Hall: ,Poo poo ; that is not 6d. a-day, you ought to piff her ss. Prisoner: What is to find me in tools ? Alt . Hall: Your I9s: Prisoner: When a single tool costal Mr. Hall: That' will last'you many years. Prisoner: But Still always wanting sumetbing.• Mr. - Hall: Yea, something to 'drink. The pri soner still refused to give more, and said he aus willing ti• live with his wife. . Mr. Hall put the question to - the y (nig Roman, if would , live with lino ? She replied he terrified her le- - death, his cursing was so awful. Mr. Hall said, then he would , not compel her to live with him, and unless he Would pay ss: a week:he should gob Kirkdale. The prisoner agreed to do this and refund the one shilling whim had been advanced his wife, and was discharged. -' A Now - DEFlNtrtot4 . nP'PßOFANtti.—Yesterday,- at the' police office, 'poticentau 183, - charged- a woman who was placed at the bar,' with having, oh' 'Sunday'. ifternoon used very - scene and priiiitoe •la - rivtagb:: ' Mr. Hall tdo you call profane language? • Policeman : Why, sur, she called me a . blackguard, so I tukhur•iiito custody. (Loud laughter.) • Mr. Hall: -You-must take care.aud not use such profane language again. You are discharged. - THE tivEir THEATR.G.--,-Last evening, Mr. W. J. Ilammdnd took his benefit at this theatre, as Scan Weller, in the new drama of the " Pickwickians.!' The house was very full. The piece is well got up, a admirably performed. It promises' to have a run. Mr. Ilammonu was 'iicrfeetly .at home in his chafacter. To E RJYAI. AMPLiIiIiEATRE.—Last evening Mr.. Neville took hi. benefit with the Melo-drama of "Beware of the White Eagle . ," and had a very good house. The perforManees of this' theatre : are improving. The season of benefits appears tci have arrived, when each individual o f th e company; who has endeavoured t o pl ease the public, calls for a friendly, ietalia •-• BaowN's CoNcLicr.—Our readers will perceive tha3, Sitit gentientan's conceit will be field this'tkveningo - lii4regralMiao having been for Some tune befoie the public,lhev will be Tully aware of the nature anti extent of the musical treat to be opened for their enjoyment. \\Team averse to pulling, in all its branches; but we do nut consider it any approac'n to it to say Um!. Mr: *Brown's conceit promises to Le a high musical treat, from 016 vocal and instrumental talent which he has engaged, and we know of no- professional musician whose talents inure 'deserve encouragement. We hope he may have au overflowing house. The import of cotton into Liverpool, during the last week, was unpreedentedly large, having amounted to 129,000 ba4s. THE Assizis.—The assizes for the southern division of this county will coininence on Thursday, the 22d instant, in this town. The calendar romises, we are sorry to state, to be heavy. Upwards of fifty,prisoneis are how conlitied In Kirk= dale Ileuse of Correction awaiting their trials: several of them are charged with serious ofl'euces PANonAltA.—We regret to find that this splendid panorama is about to close our friends should lose no tune in paying Mr. Laidlaw a visit, as we understand that this is positively the last week it can remain open in Liverpool. Ceuncu'PHOPERTY.—A petition against the alienation of church Property lies for signature at the titandard, Courier, and Mail offices ; at the COnservatiYe News-rooms, and at the Athe na Ann and Exchange News-room S- -. On Saturday last a youll'4' *wbinan, resPeetablY:attii . ed, - and about 17 years of age, was found floating on het—back ln a pit on the Wa.vettree road. She was removed to the Lamb . Inn, Wavertree, and the usual means far restoring suspended atil t-nation were resorted to, under the superintendence of Dr. and, we are happy to say with complete success. The young gentlemen of 'Mx. acadiny, 'West Derby, ne a r this town, were indulged with a holiday, : on the 14th ult., on the occasion' of their school-fellow, a sou Of Captain Hartley, Paymaster, 48th Regiment, having passed his exami nation fur admission at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, with credit to himself and Mr. Wilkinson'-s establisbnient. COLLIER'S LECTUIGES.—Me. Collier, who is favourably knOwn in LiverpoCl, as a lecturer on - the education of the Deal, Dumb, and Blind, is again abimt to give two lectures on the same subjeCt. Since his (irk visit here, he has been all through the coup•try, attracting excellent auditories, and receiving hand- - smile ecomiums, not only through the press, but also by priyate testimonial. Mr. Collier's style is highly. pleasing,,his delivery clear, and his illustrations ate apt and well framed. NONPAYMENT OF conned RA Tes.—On Friday, at Kirkdale, about 22 of the parisiioners . of Sefton appeared. before the 'Ail'ilgistrat'es; tidying been sumtmined by the, chutchwardens for nt.m.payment. Of 'their cbuali-rateS. The . counSet for the de fendants objected to the jurisdiction of the magistrates, on•the ground. that the rate had_ not been legally, laid, for want of a valuation ; .that, at the meeting where the rate was imposed, the churchwardens - were outvoted by the pasishioneis ; and that the rate wa.s--Mr matters retryskeetive. The court considered these objections to be valid, and as removing the cases from their jurisdictiou. COURSING 'AT Kirtkiiv.—On Thursday a numerous.company asssembled at Kirkby, andenjoyedthems'elves during the day with the popular diversion of coursing. The party were hand somely •aceiiirimodated ~ t . the Earl of Sefton, 'Whose grounds were' liberally thrown open for the sport. .The weather was ieinark . ably line; the hares plentiful , and the running..first rate. • At the conclusion of the coursing about fifty.g.entlemea sat rhlwir . t6 an eX•celleut dihner, provided fur t Lein at the Run ning Horses, Kirkby. After the t.:‘,111 had been drawn a man her of toasis were given, among :which were the health . * of the' Earls of .Sefion and Derby, Lord Molyneux, &c. The bar-. many was kept up. with much spirit, the glass went merrily round, and some excellent singing added much to th 3 festivity of the scene. ITALIAN LITERA3I.3II , I—SIGNOR ZANDoTTI.—On Thursday last Sig. Zaudoui delivered .a lecture, in the Lyceum, Bold street. " On.the Natural Principles of Teaching'Langoages," more particularly the Italian. The si , ruor must have been gra tified by the lumber and respectability of his auditory,. and by the snstained attention—the least equivocal cempliment which . can be paid to a. public lecturer—with which his remarks in English were received. As far as we could undeistand, Signor Zandotti's principal Mbjet't was to point out-the impropriety of causing, pupi6 -to triinslate the foreign authors into with a view to acquire kmArledget of a strange language. In this, we think all who have thought for themselves upon the subject, must agree with him; .as also that it is mule consistent With nature and common-sense,. that pupils should paisue system the very reverse, namely, that they should tianslatO words and phrases from their own vernacular into that desired to be Attained. The.superioi ity of the system recornmeTted by Signor Zandotti„will. be proved in this, that those - who adopt, and steadily follow it will, with much noir. precision, speak as. well as write the idiom of a foicign language correctit. Of mere translators—hesitating liieral translators—as of•-striat tererS,, we, Ilaye but too many, and entifelvow4ng to,an unna tural mode of tuition having been indolently persisted' in by common-place or pretended professors. The audience seemed pattie.olarly str,itiek -with - the style in. which the Italian poetry wai4'recited.. The scene tiom the tine tragedy of "Saul," by Alfieri, .was most . impressjvely.delivereil. ProfessorZandotti, wais t if, possible, still more dramatic and..succestsful is Dante's exquisite account (in his '`lnterno7 ) u.f.itie death of Ugolino. , . Earl and Countess Grey have.arriced.in• town, and his lord ship was in the House of Cowl:ions on,„Weduelday nit to ear N ye &bate' • It is intended to celeri V rate the triumphant returl) oft.,,Lord Teigumouth by a festival on a scale commensurate With the im portance of the successful and .glorious struggle wiks tt.e)ong rampant and insolent. democracy of Alarylelione,.• As the public are naturally interested in the working of all new laws, we should be curious to see a return' made of the number'of unions whirl , have taken.place ender the'rriiw mar_ rime marriage. act. . • • • -,. The Earl of Cadogan, we regret to stale, s.still cou fi prd to liis ro'oni - much indisposed• • The young gent 'email ioneerned in the late elopiinrini 4 froin Ranisgate"returned home this week, having been libel` •t ed hum. the Fleet by the. Lord Clunceilor on-Friday, the 234 out even a Erialthalid.— licatixis paper. • ' :,••• • • • Amon , ' the• commitir.ents last week.to . the• Wijittri:,(Somer-' set) house of correction waa that of Anti Pain, spinster, for stealing a" heart "rin the...l4th ult., St. Valentine's day. . • s he 4xiiiuster uniou vov.eia smykewilelo.akout 120 square , . s!,even . 4 1b*Iftlittiiiirr,k0fWg::6;'UsAl.-44b:'..! • • •VataW+ . Lord Norre)s, whose moue has been omitted in the official ist, voted to the Luiuurity uu & urd Soudon's amend tocut.