The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-18 00:00:00

ONNETS 11 from the C( om Pa, ng a yo, ears to be Bonnet never b, The Trade ar Itqr Wholesale Straw P, REDERI SPRING E L JOHN ROGERS resy the London, Manche for the approaching Season. He begs to invite especial attention to his choice DRESSES, CLEV 141 AND 1 T" led; prietorwould Liverpoo W lllzamson-squt K BARFORD, Propriet FASHIONS• HOUS , tot several ,d Trimming :turn from nd Scotch /istCkets, and that VERY NC:WELTY suitable selection of PRINTED CASHMERE is unusually large, compri: and British Manufacture A great variet3 PAISLEY Q ever Vhich are this season so much in request. The Stock of PLAIN AND FANCY SILKS ";no the best styles in both French AND FRENCH . SHAWLS, SCARFS, AND HANDKERCHIEFS, qualities. CIDED BARGAIN. ) observe that his Stock Article con- 1500 PARASOLS-A DE( I. R conclus throughout is y with t and most richest and most costly fabrics 141 and 143 St. James's-street, Liverpool, 12 April, 1843 O F/F, NOV 4e Trade, both in Plain Goods of the cheapest pproved makes, as well as Fancy Goods of the WIT HO UT RE SERVE SELLING -STREET 15, PARADISr.-. , D M. BECKWITH'S extensive Stoclif RINTS, of SILKS -13 1, • LINEN DRAPERY, RIBBONS, p HO SIERY, upon the whole of which an imrneise reduction has - • • asilthe Shop must be been mnde - to e CLOSED IN ffect an immemate A FEW DAYS to mit important altera- e attention of Private Families, Hotel Keepers, and :16 particularly directed to the remaininr DEPARTMENT, consisting 0° every width and quality, IRISH LIY Fabrics, HUCKABACKS, LASSES, &c.. nil -t of the others, LINEN of SI lEETINGS in )1 the very best ached, DOW erate will be 'S tOO t fasbionabli WHITLAW'S PATENT MEDICATED VAPOUR BATHS 777P7477 LIVERPOOL RENSHA LV-. so sous .csnow- the Pro- on the part of fore, confines him ..has lately gone to e announce rable expense in Elle vr. , ... , ••_ - WARM WATER BATH DEPARTMI f perfection that Which is now brought to such w minutes the Royal Co ;ns, London, ma ,very morning Oetore cevc,-1 O'CIOCK Baths. at a f consulted REM OVAL. CLFORGE HOPKINSON, Coach-builder anrl Harness Manufacturer, most respectfully announco4 his RE MOVAL from Lime-street, to the more coranirbdious Pre mises of Messrs. Samuel and James Holme, EEL-STREET, Bold-street; . and embraces this opp?rtunity returning his sincere thanks to the Gentry of Liverpo nd its environs ced for several as expe a continuaOce of that preter asing endeavour to merit, by strictly moderate charges, sound and faithful workmanship, with the very best and most fashionable materials. N.B.— Car. ri age xp s for Eortation. Liverpool, March, 1843. for the very liberal support he - - ,• • - --- ears past; and humb ence which it shall be his unce NOTICE OF REMOVAL. CF. BIELEFELD , of Wellington-street, • don, and North John-street, Liverpool, PAPIER MACHE MANUFACTURER. respectfully announces that he bas taken part of thVPremises, known as the MUSIC HALL, 52, BOLD-STILEbIf, which he has OPENED as a Warehoese and Show Raqii, where the i same facilities will be afforded for selection dat the Manu factory in London, the Premises being suffictently extensive and commodious to admit the exhibition of he whole of the Patterns, consisting of Ceilings, Cornices, apitals. Brackets, Corbels, Trusses, Centre Flowers for ling, Mouldings, Picture F ram es, Window Cornices, A idles of Furniture, &c. & c ,—more than one thousand in num bing either whole are of the purest and most classic styles, being either from designs by the most eminent architects, or exact copies o f the fi nes t spec imens of antiquity, and have been extensive! , used by the Board of Works, in the Houses of Pal: the British Museum, the Pantheon, the Club-houses—in short, in the finest of the Public Buildings and Private Man sions throughout the country Papier Mac ! __ A Quarto Volume or the 35., is no w to be had at Ll , and a formerly published a t £3 Miniatp - Work, containing fifty d es igns for Picture Frames ~.,.‘„1 by pos t on the receipt of six at 6d,' Strand,Lon- Enrichments be latter is ri Postoffice stamps R, - 1( LANT°N Agent, 52, Bold-street, STUD PADDOCKS, LYTHAM'. NEAR PRESTON. 1843- - MO COVER THIS SEASON, Thoroughbred Mares Six -I- Sovereigns, Groom Ten Shillings, Halfbred Mares Three Sovereigns, Groom Five Shillings, the Grey Horse NEW FASHION, by Drone , darn by Queensbury, grand dam Remnant, (sister to Rally,) by Trumpator ; Queens bury (late Harrington) was by Remembrancer, out of Fair Charlotte, by Precipttate ; D rone was by Waster lumen, dam Charlotte, Sir Walter, out of Miss Tooley, by/Teddy the Grinder her dam Lady Jane, sister to Herintone, by Sir Peter. 'NEW FASHION stands 16 bands high, with great Power, was a good runner, won five Royal Plates, besides several other Stakes, beating Frenzy, Thump, Lady Elita beth, and the best horses of the day. NEW FASHION, in 1842, obtained the Premium at Preston Agricultural Meeting. for the best Thoroughbred Stallions, beating Amurath, King of Diamonds, Drayton. &c. s ce . New Fashion has proved himself a sure foal getter. His are remarkably stron and pr omising._ stock Good accommodation, for Foal Mares Bs.8 s. per week ; Barren Mares, is , pe r week. Corn at m a c rket price, if or dered. The Horse will attend at the following places during the Whittles, where he Season :—Every Tuesday, at the Rose , will remain from ten to twelve o'clock, thence through Eux ton, to the Eagle and Child, Standish, where he will remain from two to four, thence to the Legs of Man, Wigan, all night ; on Wednesday, to the Gerard Arms, Ashton, from nine to ten o'clock, thence to the Raven Inn, St. Helen's, from eleven to one o'clock. thence through Prescot, to Mr. WALTON'S VETERINARY ESTABLISHMENT, SEEL-STREET, LIVERPOOL, where he will remain all night ; Thursday, to the Talbot Inn, Orrnskirk, all night ; Friday, at Tarlton Bridge, f ro m eleven to one o'clock, thence to the Castle Inn, Preston, all night; Saturday, to his own Stables, Lytham where he will remain until TuesdaY• MR. COCKLE'S ANTIBILIuu Duke of Grafton THE PATRONISE D BY of Ely of Gloucester o f Chichester Duke of Manchester Bishop Bishop Duke of Bedford Bishop Duke of Argyll Bishop of Worcester Duke of Beaufort Bishop of Hereford Duke of Rutland Duke of Marlboroug h Bishop of St. .4saph Duke of Buccleuch , Bishop of Bangor Duke of Devonshire . " Bishop of Llandaff Bishop of Calcutta Duke of Sutherlan d Marquis of Lansd owne n Rt. Hon. J. A. INlurray, Lord Marquis of Normanby Advocate of Scotland Rt. Hon. R. C. Fergusson, ar of Ailesbury M.P. Judge Advocate Ge- Marqui s llquis of Wincheste Marquis of Abercorn Earl of Eldon Earl of Harrowby Earl of Minto Earl of Carnary Earl of Kinnour Earl of Errol Earl of Mountcashel Earl of Darlington Earl of Guildford Earl of Scarboroug h Earl of Oxford Earl of Thanet Earl of Athlone neral 'Hon. Sir Edward Cust,K.C.H Hon. Colo nel Anson, M.P. Hon. Fos IVlaule, M.P. A d m iral Sir P. Gould, G•C•B Sir Henry Whea tley, G.C.H. Sir J. 'Macdonald, K.C.B. Adj. General Thomas Dyer, Bart. Sir Francis Burdett, Bart, M.P. Sir Gerard Noel, Bart., Si r Robert Grant, Bart. Sir Henry Blake, Bart. Fluayer, Bart Bart Sir Sa_ Sir Robert Box Earl of Roscommon Earl Cowper Earl Amherst Earl of Leicester Earl of Mainsborough Viscount Melbourne Viscount Palmerston Viscount Fiowick Viscount Fordwich 3118 count Torrington Viscount Acheson Viscount Alford Lord Arundel Lord Hill Lord Plunket Lord Murray Lord Kinnaird Lord Bentinck Lord Fitzroy Lord Middleton Lord Frederick Gordon Lord Willoughby d'Eresby Lord Hay Lord Redesdale Lord Seymour Lord Hartland Lord Western • -- Sir John Fort), Sir Andrew Al Sir Philip Broke, K..C.8 Sir John Tyrrell, Bart. Sir Henry Smyth, Bart, M•P. Sir Matthew Wood,Bart,M.P Sir John de Beauvoir, Bart: Sir Thomas B. Mash Sir Thos.Wilde,M.P .Sol•Gen Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P. J. Wildman, Esq. Chilham - Castle • --- Colonel Tynte, M.P. Colonel Stbthorp, M.P. Col.llelaP,Stoke Park, Surrey Col. Bence, Thorington Hall Colonel Cowell Captain Pechell, NI.P. „ Matthias Attwood, Esq., M•r Alderman Thompson, M.P. Charles Walker, Esq., M.P. Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, M•P• Mr. Sergeant Ludt-ow Ven. Archdeacon of Colchester Ven.Archdeacon ofSt.Alban's Rev. Dr. French. Cambridge. Rev. Dr. Benson Rev. Dr. Birch _ . Lord Sydenhain Lord Archbishop of Armagn Bishop of Durham Bishop of Chester Bishop of Bath and Wells Bishop of Norwich Bishop of Salisbury Bishop of Peterborough And numerous Families of Mr. COCKLE, SURGEON, before his friends and the p ESTIMATION of his Antib Letter which that gentleman an 1824 : Marsh Rev. Dr. Robert Renwick, Esq. M.D C. Waddy , Esq., late M.P Dublin John Hatchell , Esq., Dublin e highest respectability Men pleasure in laying Mr. ABERNETHY'S ed from a s Pills to him in the year a affec- " I have ordered the use tions of he stomach ment of the functions of that itu with_a torpid state of the liver al may be attributes )ur Antib both local and constitut frequent fre aus TL neficial effects ,and art with certa alimentary organs, I consider them a and may be taken at opportunities of witnessing Wei greatly influence and 1 h and in the most lecretion of ectual manner without occasioning pain or irr most excellent family aperient medic all times with perfect safety." They are prepared by Mr. JAMES COCKLE, Surgeon Extra ordinary to Her Serene Highness the late LANDGRAV/NE of Ihissic HOMBURG, and may be had of all respectable Med icine Venders, in boxes, t Is. lid., 2s. 9d NOTICE. 1, that those Pills only are genuine which have the name "JAMES COCKLE, APOTHE- , and 4s specially obs rnment Stamp• This mark of authenticity will protect the Public against any dangerous and deleterious imitation. ,18, New Orraond-etseot, Bedford-sow. London. n white letters, engraved on the Gc 1 ND r.,IA.MiiON-SQUAttg. MITTS teliO'SAL TUESDAY EVENING, 'ormed, for the second time, with ntments OR, 7W WOLF Opp the new Fairl,fExtrim SLEEPING BEAUTY PF THE To conc With N Opera, car- ;ariza, ealled the WOOD. Decorations, ed last night with the most en- IRON MANSION FOR AN AFRIJ AN KING. JIHE Public are respectfully informed e above BU I LD st of the kind ever buil will he OPENED ..t ON on FaIDAY next, t v .r 21st instant, when 11 . open ' • a few days, pre, ous to shipment. N.B.—t ranca from Papiciise-street. PECT it will remain open h Admission, ls. each Charities. Proceeds to be given to the Public Just Published, /11-1 TOUCH FOR ME THY ARP AGAIN. kft Ballad, composed by GEORGE H. HOMSON. DER ABENDFALTER WALZE , for the Piano-forte. Composed by THEODORE LICHTENuRG. The above may be had at all the principal Music Shops in Liverpool, Manchester, and Dublin, and from Mr. THOM SON, Pi ofessor of Music, 47, Bedford-street North. EDUCATION IN FRANCE. THE Reverend GEORGE STOKES, wlin is about to Remove to DIEPPE, France, will be prepared to re ceive into his Family there, after the Ist May, a limited Number of YOUNG GENTLEMEN, t e EDUCATED under his personal superintendence. Mr. STOKES'S Residence is spacio , suitable, and de- tacked ; distant from Dieppe abotit a rite and a half, on the Paris road, and commanding an extensive prospect of the town, the sea, the forest, and beautiful valley of Argues, and the surrounding country. Mr. STOKES refers to the Rev. T. Tattershall, D.D., Shaw-street ; the Rev. Fielding Ould, M.A., Soho-street ; Thomas Sands, Esq., Mosley-hill ; or Mr. Wareing Webb, Bookseller, Castle -street, where terms, testimonials, &c. may he had. N.B.—The journey from London to Dieppe, via Brighton, _ . .led in less than twelve hours. street, Liverpool, April 7, 1943 ;0, Brownlo ITi/rONS. GUILLAUME BEAUMONT, Professor of 171 the FRENCH, ITALIAN, SPANISH, and,GER MAN LANGUAGES, having made, arrangements with Mr. WRENSHALL, Professor of .11usic, to succeed Mr. FABIUS LEA, begs to announce that bi receives PUPILS at the Music Academy, Islington-squab, and also at his Resi dence, No. 6, Clarence-street. Ladies' Classes meet at Mr. Wrenshall's Music Academy, Islington-square, Monday and Thursday, at Eleven A.m.; at Mons. Reauraont's Residence, - Wednesday and Saturday, at Eleven A.M Classes for Gentleman at Mons. Beanmont's Residence in the Evening. Single Pupils and Schools attended. TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, AND OTHERS The largely increased and most respectable circulation which the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has now obiained amongst -the mercantile body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify ing poWer of urging this, amongst the other. undeniable Maims which it possesses, upon_the favor of that portion If the mercantile community of Liverpodl who desire to riny their advertisements before the notice of buyers in most of not the Eriagen such a union pawed 1 ‘- by the concurrence of these gentlemen in a common the 18th instant, , New struggle for a purely Irish object, undertaken in com 7 I pliance with a general burst of feeling from Ireland ?" the grievance A contr .ct, for the supply. of mail coaches for the Irish post-office, thrown open, (as for years it has been), to the public-of Great Britain and Ireland, has been given to a non-Irish con- tractor. The same contract has for years past been enjoyed by Mr. Purcell, of Dublin, who has been all this time perfectly. at liberty to enjoy any English con tract, and has tried for many ! But because an Eng lish, or rather a Scotch contractor is willing this year to perform the requirements of government--a united government of a united kingdom—for some ten thousand pounds less, we have Conservatives even, in Ireland, so absurd as to protest against his being permitted to do so, and apparently ready to swell the O'Connell cry of " Repeal of the Union!" Surely this is very much, too bad ! One of the distinguishing characteristics of the Eng lish people, in all ages, has been a love of justice, combined with an utter detestation of inquisitorial practices in the administration of the laws. In no country are life, property, social order, and morality, looked upon as more sacred than in this ; in no coun try is the criminal, who has violated their security, looked upon with less of sympathy; and yet, much as we may abhor the crime, and spurn at him who has committed it, we are not ready to allow punishment to be inflicted except upon conviction, by means of evi dence the most undoubted, and after the most strict observance of every regulation which the law has pro vided. To the most atrocious offender we accord, or wish to accord, fair play—an open. trial, in the face of his fellow-countrymen; and we do believe that, such is the extent to which this love of impartial justice is carried by the vast mass of the people, that the escape from punishment of a criminal, whose crime had been almost universally acknowledged, would be received, and is received, with less of dissatisfaction than would attend his conviction by means of the straining of one of those salutary forms, with which' the constitution has hedged round the liberty of the subject. To what, except the existence of such a feeling, and an impression that it had been outraged, are We to at tribute a scene which occurred in our Criminal Court last week, on the occasion of the acquittal of a young man named Henry, who had been arraigned for the crime of arson ? We are informed that the verdict of " not guilty," returned by the jury after only " a few minutes consideration," was "hailed with loud applause by the spectators, and that the officers of the court en deavoured in vain, for a few moments, to curb this mani festation of feeling. As soon as the crowd outside learned the verdict, they also cheered." W Manifestly, there was nothing, in the nature of the crime or the station of the criminal, to excite so extraordinary a dis play of popular sympathy. There is nothing in the crime of ARSON to excite any other feeling than de testation against the party found practising it ; and the accused, HENRY, was comparatively an obscure young man. Yet his acquittal was " hailed with loud applause," both in court and by the crowd outside, — by persons alike detesting the crime imputed, and un acquainted with the person accused ! The only ground, therefore, .upon which we can account for a circum stance, swunusual—whether we look at the solidity of the English character, or at the grave decorum which ordinarily pervades the proceedings of a British court of justice,—is the existence of some impression, upon the mind of the public, that justice was in some way outraged in the person of the unknown individual in question. It is not our purpose here to enter into the enquiry whether justice had been so attempted to be outraged or not. The verdict of the jury was no doubt " a true verdict according to the evidence;" there can be as little doubt that all the evidence possible to be pro cured, and all the legal (?) ingenuity, to bring that evi dence to bear in a conclusive shape upon the case, was put in requisition ; but, although such verdict was that the accused was " not guilty" of the charge alleged against him, and attempted to be substantiated by such an array of police acumen, we are not about to argue that no prosecution should have been instituted. l t. was not, either, that the verdfct had been rightly br wrongfully returned—that the evidence of the various witnesses had been wrongfully or rightfully delivered— which gave rise to the explosion of sympathy at the conclusion of the trial ; but, solely, a feeling of satis faction that a case had failed, which the public thought had been improperly, and some would say, unconsti tutionally got up, and urged against the prisoner. How was, this case got up, and by whom ? The parties suffering through the alleged arson—the in_ surance office—were not the parties moving in the prosecution. Why was this ? Possibly the insurers were not possessed of that peculiarly keen scent, which enables a commissioner of police to trace crime out of the circumstance, somewhat ordinary, of a tradesman's having, in these days of scheming and cutting, been driven to the facilities of the auction-room, to raise the means of meeting his payments ; for this, in fact, is the only portion of the evidence offered which appears to us at all to justify the prosecution. These gentle- men were not of opinion that a case of suspicion pre sented itself, sufficiently strong to warrant them in de priving of his liberty, even temporarily, an individual who, for anything which appears to the contrary, had incurred suspicion by no previous ill-conduct. They had no incentive for the display of that exceeding inge nuity, which, can string together the disjointed and trumpery evidence of apple-women and policemen into a charge sufficiently strong to place human life in jeo pardy ; and had the whole matter been left to them, or to the ordinary working of our criminal law, we may safely say that there would have been no prosecution at all ! The case in question, therefore, fell into the hands of a paid public officer—became, in fact, a police prosecution throughout—the virtual prosecutor being the representative of the board of police, and police ! men being the principal witnesses; and it is, as such, that it was—and we trust that the feeling will not readily die away from the minds of Englishmen —a peculiarly distasteful prosecution ; and that its failure was matter of gratification to the public. The people of 'Liverpool, it is plain,—and the people of England at large, we believe,—are not enamoured of a practice which, if carried out, would virtually place the liberty of the subject at the disposal of any police official whose ambition to distinguish himself by superior cleverness is in an inverse ratio with his discretion. A police force unquestionably we must have, so long as crime exists amongst us ; a force for the detection of that crime, and the protection of life and property. We presume, too, that a Commissioner of Police is a necessary evil ; but we must pray that the duty of a public prosecutor may be removed far, very far, from the hands of gentlemen exercising the duties which we rfmceive-to belong to such a character. It will be found, by reference to our news of the day, that another of. the West India Mail Steam-ships, the " Solway," has been totally wrecked, with a lamen table loss of life, on some sunken rocks about 20 miles to the westward of Corunna. This is the third ship of the same line, the destruction of which, with its attendant calamities in each case, the country has to deplore ; and, we may truly say, without impugning the conduct or character of the commanders of these vessels or their directors, that, whether in respect of shipwreck, or disappointment to the public in their anticipated dispatch and consequent advantages to the . mercantile community connected with our West India colonies, and the neighbouring stations in South Ame rica at which they Were hound to call, the undertaking has been singularly- Unfortunate.. • • Many valuable lives have, it will be . found, been brought to a premature close by the loss of ,the Solway. With none of them had we any personal or other ac quaintance, with the exception of her commander, Mr. Charles Duncan, who was well known and highly esteemed in this port, and to whose memory we are painfully called upon to pass a tribute of respect. Mr. Duncan was the son of the late Mr. Duncan of Holy head, long a sailing master in the Royal Nayy. He became connected as an officer with the Transatlantic Steam=ships of this .port from nearly 'the commence ment of their running, having served successively in he "Liverpool," in the "Acadia," and in the "Piesi ient,"—which last vessel he left along with Captain Fayrer, ntivi of the " Forth," West India mail-ship, He added to the skill and bravery, all . the generosity )f the true British seaman, and was beloved both by Officers .and crew. He was an admirable swimmer, &pared himself to serve the lives of others when in danger. In 1828, when a very young man, he rendered great assistance in saving the crews of two brigs in Holyhead Bay. In company with another volunteer, while he was with the " Liverpool," he saved the life of a man who had fallen overboard in the Atlantic in a gale of wind, and regained the vessel, with his prize, at imminent peril. In the summer of 1841, at midnight, he jumped over board in Kingston harbour from the " President" steam-ship (also Capt. Fayrer,) and saved a man and a boy from a watery grave. The writer of this was on board at the time. The passengers and officers on board immediately afterwards presented him with a silver snuff-box, with a suitable inscription ; and, on the representation of a friend (for he was too modest to make any personal application,) the gold medal of the Shipwreck and Humane Society of this town was awarded to him. On a subsequent occasion he endea voured, while with the " President," to save the life of a man who had fallen in the night into the Coburg Dock, where the ship was lying, hut unhappily with out his usual success. He was appointed to the com mand of the " Solway" soon after her leaving Glasgow for Southampton, and successfully navigated that ves sel until the unfortunate accident which terminated his mortal career ; with reference to himself, and to those who perished with him, so emphatically impresses the sacred truth that—" in the midst of life we are in death." Mr. Duncan, who had scarcely approached the middle age, has left a young widow to lament his loss. surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester, however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday—occurring upon the most im portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country manu- fact urers, 2ners, and calico printers—is firmly es 'rculation, and is perused with increased and increasing interest T these encouraging circumstances, we trust to receive an increased measure of support from the mer chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends a;zongSt those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability to do justice to the interests committed to their care. TO CORRESPONDENTS We will notice the communication of " W. L." on Friday. We have received the following sums towards the fund now raising for the relief of the workmen who lost their tools 1 at the late fire at Fawcett's foundry. The amounts have been handed to the Treasurer. if From the Bowden Iron Company £lo ilv „ Air. Edward Davi 1 0 . ,amenA correspondent states his surprise atobservinv on Sunday the £lO 0 0 1 0 0 es, optician avies7 actively enz „,d in excavating the clay to form the artificial pond in Prince's Park, and inquires if we can inform him what very urgent necessity so imperatively compelled the proprietors of•. that undertaking to violate the holiness of the Sabbath. We are unable to answer our correspondent's question. Ebe Etherpool A)tanZiarD. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1843. On-the 4th of May,' Sir Robert Peel. will move for leave to bring in a bill " for the endowment of addi- tional ministers of religion in certain populous dis tricts." We presume that this is the measure of " Church Extension" which we are to expect from the present government. At all events, it is an indication of the mode in which the aid of the state is proposed to be extended, by government, to the effort for in creasing the existing church accommodation for the people; and, as such, it is worth while asking how far it is likely to meet the emergency, in which the cry for Church Extension has been so loudly raised. Any aid towards the building of churches, in any district, it is plain, is not contemplated. The govern ment confines its efforts to the providing of " addi tional ministers of religion." The community suffer ing under destitution of the means of Church worship must find its own church ; the state is asked only to provide clergymen. We certainly cannot deny that, to some extent, this is a boon. It is something gained, at all events. It tends to lessen the evil complained of —spiritual destitution; but it goes no further. It goes not to affirm the principle, for which churchmen con tend, that it is the bounden duty of the state to care for the religion, as it cares for the health and good order, of the community. It proceeds, in fact, upon a pre-supposition that the volUntary principle is suffi ciently active for the providing of churches ; and that all which it is necessary for the state to do is to provide for members of the clergy to minister in them. In the abstract it may be good that we should receive such aid, for we do not except against the Church Pastorai Aid, or any other society, which thus endeavours to advance the cause of the church to which we belong. But we must confess our doubts whether such is the direction in which a Conservative government should meet the cry for Church Extension. The destitution of which we complain is not such, and in such locali ties, as will tempt private parties to build churches. What we want are churches and endowments in locali ties where individual effbrts are not to be looked for. What we want is that, wherever there are souls to be saved, and destitute of the means to provide for public worship, there the means of grace—churches and pas tors as well—should be provided. But this is not what Sir Robert Peel's measure contemplates. it is only intended to endow " additional ministers of the Church of England in certain populous places." If it were necessary, we believe that we could point out what are these " certain populous places." They are u ndoubtedly such places as Ashton, Hyde, Stalybridge, D u kinfielrl, &c.—places of_vatit.population in the ma nufacturing districts, and, we may add, of vast wealth also ; and though in such places we shall gladly re ceive the aid of the government, in providing pastors, we should much prefer receiving its aid in what may be legitimately called " Church Extension." We have no doubt as to the good which may be done, even by she providing of endowments for churches to be built by voluntary efforts ; but we should much prefer seeing the broad principle established, which the advo cates of Church Extension have in view, by the erec tion of churches by government, in which the poor have an equal right to worship, and pewholders' sub scriptions are less the object in view. people of Ireland have, of course, always grievance; but we must confess we cannot see the xtinence of the case which is just now uniting Con ;ervative as well Radical in the cause of repe The most recent offence against the Irish amor pair is the preference given to a Scotch tradesman of the name of Croal over every other competitor for the being that the said Mr. Croak had agreed to execu ten tho his Irish competitors. Against the acceptance, by government, of this contract, the Irish members have rotested, in a series of resolutions, signed by Frederic], Shaw, chairman, and G. A. Hamilton, secretary; and alluding to such an occurrence, the Dublin Evening (the. Conservative "Times" of Dublin) says, " We describe this occurrence as the• beginning of a great en d ; and is it not so ? Is not a national union among the hitherto hostile national masses, represented by G Hamilton and Mr. Ross, by C o l one l V erne r n Stock, ••by Mr. Gregory and Si r , Th omas a e r Der. 4NGE LOCAL, NE IV Mr. Baron Parke attended divine service at St. Jude's Church on Sunday morning last. COUNCIL MEETING.—The adjourned meeting of the Council will be held to-morrow, when the consideration of the proceedings which could not be got through at the last meeting will be resumed. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Friday last, as three or four children were playing at a delph on Holt Hill, Cheshire, one of them fell into a deep pool of water, and when his body was taken out about an hour after, all animation had fled. TAYLOR v. As HTON AND OTHERS... 7 -41'C are informed that in this important case, which was tried last week, and which related to the purchase of shares in the Commercial Bank of England, the plaintiff intends during the present Easter Term to apply for a new trial, and we understand that in structions have been sent up for that purpose. THE ASSIZES.—The present Assizes have been the heaviest ever held in this county. having lasted upwards of a month. There have been upwards of two hundred and forty prisoners brought forward in the Crown Court. Two have received sentence of death, and upwards of sixty of transportation for periods from seven years to life. A report was current in the courts on Saturday, that in order to prevent so much pressure in future, three commissions will be annually issued. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—By an advertisement in another part of our paper, we find that we are at last to have an ex planation of the principles on which the majority of the mi nisters in the Church of Scotland lime been acting for some years past. This is much wanted in Liverpool ; and the names of the speakers given in the advertisement, being those of some of the greatest ornaments of that church, war rant us in expecting an interesting statement of the questions at issue. LECTURE ON COMBUSTION. - Dr. Kane, Chemical Pro fessor to the Dublin Society, will deliver, at the Mechanics' Institution, on Wednesday evening next, the concluding lec ture of the previous course, which bad been suddenly inter rupted by the accident which then occurred to him. The lecture is expected to be an interesting summary of the cir cumstances under which combustion is carried on and of the heat evolved from fuel. The prospectus also states, that Dr. Kane will describe the principle and construction of Mr. C. W. Williams's argand furnace, and the comparative effect of the old and new plan. COOK OF THE BRITISH STEAMER COLUMBIA DROWNED. —On Tuesday afternoon Colonel Pratt held an inquest on the body of Stephen Workman, chief cook of the Columbia, found in the dock between the Ferry Wharf and Cunard Wharf. The last that was seen of Mr. Workman was at the house of Mrs. Colman, at the head of Cunard Wharf, on Monday night, about ten o'clock, when he started to go on board, and it is supposed that, owing to the storm and dark ness, he missed his way and walked overboard. He was a man of temperate habits, and has left a wife in Liverpool. Verdict, "Accidentally drowned by walking overboard in the night."—Boston American Traveller, April, 1. ANNUAL VESTRY.—The annual Easter Vestry will be held to-day, at St. Nicholas's Church. The liberal papers are chuckling at the prospect of ousting our present tried parochial officers, and are urgent in calling on their readers to attend the meeting. We trust there will be no lukewarm ness on the part of the conservative body to support the gentlemen against whom the hostility of the radicals is di rected. It is one proof amongst a host of others of the efficiency of Mr. Birkett and those with whom he is associ ated, that such disgraceful falsehoods are now circulated against them by their opponents. Had the radicals been' in power, the rates—and, God knows, they are high enough already—would have been almost doubled; and nothing but the wisest and most economical management could have kept them, even in the hands of our present excellent parish go vernors, from pressing much heavier on the ratepayers. Let the conservatives act as becomes them. PASSENGERS BY THE COLUMBIA.—The following is fa -Ifst of the-passengers by this.. steamer:—From Bastion to Halifax—J. E. Fairbanks, W. L. Black, James Cochran, William R. Horton, John A. Barry, John Tobin, Miss S. A. N. Rhrie, James Stokes, William B. Black, N. Merritt, Mrs. Shanson, and J. H. Sohier. From Boston to Liver.. pool—J. S. Lovering, William Munroe, jun.. Charles Lam son, Daniel S. Lamson, Baron Roenne St. Jaquet, Stringer and lady, C. Gignetmx, --t Davis, Arthur W. Jafiho, Dickson, Richardson, Antonia F. San chey, John Marshall, J. F. Levin, T. Woodhouse Stevens, Henry Fuller, Francis, Sturmer, C. Woelnier, F. Williams, C. Payen, Thomas Winans, Joseph Harrison, jun., James Armstrong, R. D. Waters. George Ellis, Arthur Sow.. erby, Rev. F. L. Oster, George Sears, James Davison, A. P. Montant, H. Gourd, Solomon Kohnston, S. Moulton, and George Burgess. From Halifax to Li ver p oo l—Mi ss Wig gins, Dr. B hri a n l g n n g i rs Mr. Wilmont, carvill, Mr. Brinton, and A PACKET SHIP STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.—By the arri val of the packet-ship Virginian, Captain Allen, at this port, on Friday morning, from New York, advices have been re ceived of the arrival at New York on the 20th ultimo of the American line-of-packet - ship Toronto, Captain Robert Gris wold, which sailed, from the St. Katharine's Dock on the 27th of January with emigrants and a general cargo of mer chandise, after having been detained 28 days west of the Banks, in consequence of one continual gale from the west ward. On the Ist of March, in a tremendous gale from the north-west, the Toronto was struck by lightning, which passed down the foremast, knocked down all hands upon deck, and instantly killed a boy named James Collins. About half an hour after the mast was struck, the electric fluid burst 10 feet above the deck, the whole of which was covered with fire, but fortunately no damage was sustained. The American line of packet ship Ontario, Captain W. R. Bra dish, arrived at New York on the same day as the Toronto ) viz., 20th of March. THE FUNDS.--SATURDAY EVENING.--COBSOIS for mo ney closed firm at 96+ to 97, and for the account at 97 to +, but there were no operations of importance, the market being thinly attended by the dealers, the majority of whom have not yet returned to business. Bank Stock left off 1831 to 1841 ; Exchequer-bills, 2 nd issue. 655. t o 67 5 . pm, ; the lid. issue, 675. to 695. pm.; Indi a S toc k , 269 t 0270; Three per Cents. Reduced , 69 1 to ; Three-a n d- a -h a lf per Cents. Reduced, 1011 to +; New Th ree-an d -a.haif per Cents., 102 a to '; Long_ Annuities, 12 9-16 ; an d I n di a Bonds, 755, to 775. pm. The dealings in Spanish have not excited special attention. The market was good throughout the day, but a slight reaction occurred in quotations shortly before the termination of business. The New Three per Cents. opened at 35+ to /, fell to 34/ to 35, and were finally quoted 34-+- to 1 •, Mexican stock was a trifle higher, one or two purchases being effected for the rise ; the Five per Cents. closed 301 to !, and the deferred. 81 to 9. In other foreign securities there was no material alteration. The last quotations were Portuguese converted, 50 to 1; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents., 56+ to ;1-; the Five per Cents., 1001 to I ; Colombian, 24+ to 25 ; Brazilian, 741 to 75+; and Belgian, 204! to 1051. THE NEMESIS IRON WAR STEAMER.—The following is an extract of a letter from an officer on board this vessel, dated Calcutta, Feb. 16, 1843 :—" I have just time to say that the good old craft has, at last, reached her port of desti nation, after a more than interesting cruise on the coast of China. All the people here are delighted with her, and not a little astonished at her state of preservation. You would have been pleased to witness her arrival, as thousands are. We had a few of our well earned flags, which we took from the Chinese, flying, and I think I never saw her look better, painted inside and out, of course. I fear her honourable days have passed away, but, I trust, only for a time, her ser vices being required tq tow transports up, a proof, if any were wanting, of her being now ready, for service. I only wish there was a row at Rangoon. I would sail for the place with a thousand men to-morrow ; yes, without taking her into dock." By the overland mail a Chinese drawing of this famous war steamer was received. It is very rude, remind ing one of drawings of ships two or three centuries ago. The figures and the guns on the deck. _are. ludicrously partrayed. In the corners are Chinese sentences describing the Nemesis, of which the following is a translation :—" This war steam ship is above 300 cubits long, and more than 30 high in the bull. Iron is employed to make it strong. The hull is painted black, weaver's shuttle fashion. On each side is a wheel, which, by the use of coal fire, is made to revolve as fast as a running horse. White cloth sails are used to pro pel the ship when the wind is favourable. At the vessel's bead is a marine god, and at the head, stern, and sides are cannon, which give it a terrific appearance. Steam-vessels are a wonderful invention of foreigners, and are calculated to afford delight to many." On the chimney are the Chinese characters " Yew-tungi" smoke passage, and on the paddle. box " Chay-kae," wheel covering. CAUTION.--The following paragraph has appeared in several of the Dublin papers, and as we have some reason to believe that the person referred to in it has come to LivCr pool, we gladla. insert the caution :—" CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.—A person calling himself a Protestant clergyman from the Waldenses of Piedmont, has, for several months back, been collecting money in Dublin and throughout Ire land. It is important, therefore, that the public should be informed, that an official document has been received from the body of the pastors of the valleys, declaring that the person alluded to is not a pastor of their church, nor even a member of it, and that his name is altogether unknown in their valleys.. The pastors also declare that they have passed a resolution not to grant any certificates of distress, or to give any written authority whatever, to any Vaudois, to ask charity, or to collect money under any pretence out of their own valleys. The Vaudois church has accredited agents in London, and a reference to them or to the secretary for the Continental Society in Dublin, wonld preient undeseriting persons from receivin g , f or th e ir own private use, that assistance which i s so much neede d b y num b ers o f poor families in the Protestant valleys of Piedmont, who are suffering from the, intolerance and persecutions of a church which has ever shown itself a bitter enemy to those truths of the Gospel for which the Vaudois of old nobly contended and bled, and for which truths the twenty thousand Protestants of the valleys are now as ready td lay doWn their lives as were even their heroic martyred ancestors of old. The Vaudois church has received many and •great favours from the Protestants of Great Britain, and those travellers who have visited the valleys can bear testimony to the deep grati tude witich the holiest, warm-hearted inhabitants feel for all that has beefs done for them, and to the kind affectionate manner in whieh en Englishman is received amongst them ; and it was to prevent the risk of any abuse of the generosity of their friends and benefactors that they passed the reso lution not to authorise any of their body to collect money in foreign countries," 14w Oit.;Nao Lootw, No. 30.—A. nap/ Orange Lodge was opened yesterday evening, at Birkenhead, under very favourable auspices. A great many brothers were initiated, and the proceedings passed off with harmony and loyal feeling. New DINING ROOMS.—M r . F ran kli n l a t e o f th e Ship masters' Association Room, has opened very Comfortable and commodious rooms, in George-street, Oldhall-street. His politeness and attention while at his late place of busi ness, ought to be a recommendation sufficient to ensure him plenty of visitors. THEATRE ROYAL.—M R . HARGREAVES' NEW OPERA. —The opera of " Marinette," which has been some time in preparation, was produced last night. There was a very fashionable house. The opera was quite successful. Many of the songs were encored, and the curtain fell amidst long and loud applause. Mr. Hargreaves was called for, but Mr. Hammond stated he believed he was not in the house. We shall notice this opera more at length on Friday. LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—We are glad to find that the directors of this institution are commencing their lecture campaign with vigour. Dr. Booth, whose literary reputation is said to be first-rate, delivers his second lecture on Acoustics to-morrow evening. On Friday Mr. Crowe will deliver a lecture on Vocal Music, the illustra tions of which, we hear, will comprise some music of a novel character, together with some anthems, madrigals, and choruses of established reputation. These, when sung by four hundred voices, will be an extraordinary treat, especi ally in the noble lecture hall of this institution, which is so generally commended for its admirable adaptation to musical purposes. We anticipate as crowded an attendance as on the day of its opening. The worshipful the Mayor has sig nified his intention to be present. Hoosu ROBBERY. --Arthur Calligan and Jane Burns were placed before the magistrates, on Saturday, charged with having been concerned in robbing the house of Mrs. Hannah Hawkes Neates, a widow, residing in Jackson -street, Har rington. Mrs. Neates left her house on Thursday last, at twelve o'clock, and locked the door after her. She returned at a quarter before ten o'clock, and was unable to unlock the front door. She procured assistance and got in, when she found that the house had been ransacked from top to bottom, and about £l5 worth of apparel carried away. On Thursday afternoon John Roberts, a carpenter, who resides neat the prisoner Burns, saw Calligan and two others carry a large bundle to her house. From their conduct he surmised that they were engaged in some improper transaction, and he in formed police-officer Grupie of his suspicions. The officer, accompanied by his inspector, went to Mrs. Burns's house, and met her with a hundle in the entry. They examined it, and afterwards searched the house, and found a large Quantity of wearing apparel. The robbery at Mrs. Neates's house was subsequently made known, and it was found that the clothes were her property. Mrs. Burns and Calligan were, therefore, apprehended. They were committed for trial. IMPUDENT ROBBERY AND ASSAULT.—Robert Bardsley, alias Bradshaw, was, on Saturday, placed at the bar of the Police -court, charged with having stolen a watch, the pro . petty of William Whittleton, publican, Sefton-street. Ann Ellis, a pretty, delicate looking girl, barmaid at Mr. Whit tleton's house, stated that, at half-past five o'clock on the morning of the Bth March last, she was in the bar parlour, when she heard the drawer opened. She had, about ten minutes previously, seen a watch, and about Ids. in silver, in the drawer. She hastened to the bar, and saw the priso ner and a lad standing at the counter, The drawer was wide open, and she missed the watch and money. The prisoner said he would have a glass of rum, but, suddenly turning away, he said he had not money enough, though she saw a shilling in the boy' s b an d. B ot h were hastening to the street, when she followed and intercepted them, telling them to return the watch. She caught hold of the prisoner, and saw the boy endeavouring to pass the watch to him. She seized it, and succeeded in obtaining possession of it. Though the prisoner struck and kicked her with great violence, she managed, for a length of time, to maintain her hold; but, as no person was in the house but herself, and he continued to strike her violently on the mouth and kick her legs, she was at length compelled to let him go, when both ran off. In formation was given to the police, and Inspector Towerson found the prisoner, on Saturday morning, secreted in a chim ney in a house in Bolton -street. The prisoner was committed for trial. THE WEATHER.—After an almost unexampled prolon gation of chilling winds, accompanied latterly by rather severe frosts and falls of hail and snow that threatened the growing crops, we have:for the last few days experienced a genial change of temperature accompanied at the commence ment with considerable falls of rain. This relaxation com menced on Friday morning (on which day it was full moon in the afternoon) and the weather has since been favourable to the progress of vegetation, though so dull and hazy that the sun has scarcely been enabled to enliven us with his cheering rays. We rejoice to say, that, so far as we have heard or learned, the growing crops have sustained little or no injury from the somewhat late and stern visitation to which we have been subjected. The wheat and grasses in this neighbourhood never, we believe, looked better at this time of the year, and give promise of an abundant harvest. The fruit-trees and vegetables had generally been held so far backwards by the absence of unseasonable heat, that they too, have passed the trying ordeal without perceptible damage, if we except in some instances, the forced and least protected of the early potatoes. The opinion is gaining ground that wheat will by the autumn sustain a considerable fall in price, bringing it, perhaps, as low as 40s a quarter ; but our consumption is so great that we do not hazard an in dividual opinion. All we shalt say is, that we may now safely anticipate the advent of the real summer ; and from the generally fine state of the land, an:extraordinary flush of ve getation. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—We are sorry to learn from a .letter addressed to Captain Joseph Cooke, superin tendent of the pilot service at this port, by Captain Cornish, of the ship Pickwick, dated 2d March, in lat. 310 long. 20 40 W. that Mr. Cooke, the chief mate of th a t vesse l, ( an d a brother-in-law of the first named gentleman,) and Mr. Henry J. T. Browne were unfortunately drowned from on board that vessel on the 19th of February last. The follow ing is an extract from the letter :—" On Sunday, the 19th February, at twenty minutes past eight, when in lat. 18 20 N., long. 23 10 W., ship going seven knots before the wind, and rolling much with a heavy northerly swell, Mr. Cooke and Mr. Browne were skylarking about the decks. I then went on deck, when they gave over, and I thought no more about it. About ten minutes after, as I was standing on the break of the quarter-dock, I accidentally turned round, and at that moment I saw a leg, I think of poor Cooke, level with the rail. I ran aft, but was too late. I then threw the life-buoy overboard, put the helm down, and brought the ship right a-back ; cut away the gig with four men, and hoisted a light at the gaff end. The gig returned about ten o'clock, after pulling about for more than an hour, hut I am Sorry to say, brought no tidings of either Mr. Cooke or Mr. Browne. I think they must have been stunned in falling, by striking on . the quarter-barge, as they neither spoke nor made any noise whatever. Indeed, we should not have known what had become of them, had I not turned my head at the time of the accident. I never saw them afterwards." A BOATMAN FINED FOR DRUNKE NNESS. — Yesterday, at the Police -court, a boatman named Higgins was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of being drunk, on the 13th instant, while in charge of a boat employed in conveying a number of persons (amongst whom was the butler of Fras. Haywood, Esq.) to the packet-ship Garrick, then lying off the Prince's Pier. The case was brought before the magis trate on an information laid by Inspector M‘Gill. It ap peared that on the day in question the defendant had agreed, fora stated sum, to take the parties on board the vessel, which was on the eve of sailing ; and that after getting into the stream, and proceeding part of the way, he refused to take them on board without a further payment, using, at the same time, abusive language, amongst which was, " that he would sink them unless they gave him more money." He was in liquor at the time. Some part of the charge could' not be sufficiently proved, the suffering parties having gone with the Garrick ; but the " drunkenness " of the defendant was satisfactorily shewn by Mr. M`Gill, and that charge was mainly pressed by the advice of Superintendent Leverett, to whom the case was reported. It was substantiated, and the defendant was fined 40s. and costs.—[This was, in our opi nion, a very proper conviction. We are not ourselves aware whether men navigating, or having the charge of, open boats on the river, are required by act of 'parliament, or bye-law, to have a license, or a certificate of competency. and good character for honesty and sobriety ; but if it be hot so, and they are amenable to a fine only, on proof of misconduct, we think it high time that the authorities having jurisdiction over the river should, in their next " improvement " act, introduce a clause to that effect. Certain we are that, though we have many good and civil boatmen, we have many others who seize every opportunity to extort money from those who may fall within their power. Rates of charge for conveyance by boats cannot, from the nature of our river and the varies ties of wind and weather, be so laid down as fares by cars and coaches; but surely the public should have some guarantee against imposition and insolence, by a licensing system ad mitting of only men of character. For the information of parties hereafter aggrieved, we may state that the act (which is little known) under which the information of yesterday was laid, is that of George IV., chap. 187, sec. 73. It enacts, " that any boatman or boatmen, or other person or persons, in charge of or employed in navigating any vessel or boat plying for hire on the River Mersey, or else where within the limits of the port, or in the carriage of luggage, &c., shall on board such vessel or boat be guilty of drunkenness, or riotous and disorderly conduct, or of any breach of the peace, or of any wanton or malicious mischief, or injury, to any person or persons on board, or to his, her, or their property, or to the vessel, &c., or of any breach of contract, parole or in writing, or of extort ing or demanding any further sum than that agreed upon, and not performing the contract, such offender or offenders shall forfeit any sum not less than ss. nor exceeding 405. for each such offence."] NEw PYROMETER.—At the meeting of the Polytechnic Society on Tuesday last, we observed a model of a new pyro meter, invented by our townsman, Mr. Miller, lithographer and draftsman, which, although there was not an opportu nity of exhibiting it that evening, from the length of the pre vious discussion, is, we think, worthy of notice. The model of the pyrometer consists of two discs, set in a frame, one of copper and the other of cast iron, with a graduated index close to the rim of the copper disc. The discs revolve in the same plane, edge to edge, and by contact. At the tempe rature of 32 deg. Fahr. they are of the same size, 10 inches circumference. At temperatures above and below 22 deg. the discs do not agree in size, owing to the unequal relative expansion of copper and iron by heat and cold. Copper be ing more affected by changes of temperature than iron, it fol lows that at temperatures below 32 deg. the iron disc is the larger, and at temperatures above 32 deg. the copper disc is in excess. The increase by heat in the length of the cir cumference of the copper disc beyond that of the iron one, is, however, so very small, that a line drawn across the edges of each, at the points of contact, may, after one revolution, seem again to coincide, but, by a sufficient number of revo lutions, the discrepancy, arising from the superior expansiOn of the copper, may be multiplied so as t o amount to t h e tenth part of an inch; thus, if the dilitatian of the copper by 180 deg. Fahr. lengthens its circumference beyond that of the iron the hundredth part of an inch, (which is nearly the amount,) then ten revolutions will give one tenth of an inch. The excess of expansion acquired by the copper will be according to the intensity of heat ; and the number of revo lutions required to place the two lines that coincided on the edges of the discs before they were revolved, at the dis tance of, say the tenth of an inch, from one another, will be the measure of the excess of expansion and of the tem perature. The chief apparent advantage that this instru ment offers is facility to multiply the very small difference that results from the expansions of two different metals and other substances. It will be seen that forty revolutions of the wheels, having circumferences of only ten inches, give a diffeience equal to that of the linear expansions of two rods of the same metals each four hundred inches, or thirty-three feet eight inches in length. This model appears to be suf ficiently sensitive, and to give tolerably accurate indications of' temperature, so tar as it can be compared with a mercurial thermometer. The materials of which it is composed are not, of course, suitable for the measurement of very high temperatures ; but if the principle should otherwise seem feasible, the inventor proposes to substitute more refractory substances, such as black-lead ware, Nankin porcelain, &c. By employing discs of 66 same metal, but of different sizes, so that the circumference' of the one shall be equal to' the diameter of the other, a mechanical approximation may be made to the ratio which the diameter of a circle bears to its circumference. The diameter and circumference of a circle being incommensurable, lines drawn across the rims of these discs at the points of contact will never meet by any numbe of revolutions ; but the approximation of Archimedes will be exhibited after seven revolutions of the larger disc, and twenty-two of the smaller, and the still closer approxi mations of 106 to 333, and 113 to 335. We understand Mr. Miller proposes to exhibit a still more perfect model, illustra tive of the principle be has discovered, at a future meeting of the Polytechnic Society. tottainntwre , ,,A - t the Pollee-court y4terthist, two Mall s Thomas Regan and Hugh Colville, were placed at the bar charged with having stolen a watch. It appeared that on the morning of the 12th instant Mr. John Maclean, pawn broker, Greenland-street, who had previously exposed some watches in his window, found that the corner of a pane of glass had been cut from one of the frames, and on the 14th he missed a watch, and had bills printed describing it. On Saturday last he was shown a watch by a police-officer, which was that missing. Mr. Allwood, pawnbroker, Vauxhall road, said, that on the afternoon of Saturday the two pri soners came together to his shop. Colville had a watch in his hand, which he offered to sell, saying, he did not want to pawn it. He said he wanted four guineas for the watch, which had cost eight pounds. Regan said it was a good watch. Mr. Allwood found, on looking at the printed police notice, that' the watch corresponded with the description of that stolen, and had the prisoners put in custody. On the way to the Bridewell, Colville said it was Regan's watch, which the latter denied. A person also came up and said to Regan, " What is up, Tom ?" and Regan replied, " I am going to Bridewell about that d—d watch." Colville said he had no participation in the matter other than in taking it to the pawnbroker's. Regan said he found it in a handkerchief and in a hole of a wall of an outbuilding. The prisoners were committed for trial. DEATH OF DAY, THE NEIVSMAN.—In our list of deaths is the announcement of the death of George P. Day, the newsman, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Day had been a newsman almost from the beginning of the pre sent century. He commenced the vocation, w e b e li eve , about the year 1803, by carrying out the daily paper started by the late Dr. Solomon, the celebrated inventor of the Balm of Gilead, a medicine once in the greatest vogue. The doctor furnished Day with a horse, on which he rode about the neighbouring country selling the paper. The speculation did not answer, and the doctor, after losing a considerable sum of money by his broad sheet, discontinued its publication. Day next carried out all the weekly papers then published, four in number, namely, Billinye's Advertiser, on Monday, (of which the Liverpool Times is the continuation ;) the Liverpool Chronicle, on Wednesday, which died in 1809 ; Gore's General Advertiser, on Thursday ; and the Satur day's Advertiser, which died about twenty years ago. Some years afterwards he joined the dealing in old books to the vending of newspapers, and kept a shop in Dale-street, at the corner of Cheapside. Here he entered into the London newspaper trade, which had been monopolised, up to the time of Day's competition with him, by a well known indi vidual, named Brownhill-.. Day could not, however, make the London daily trade pay; and, like many other people, he himself could not pay the metropolitan newsman. The con sequence was, that Day either gave up the daily business, or the daily business gave up Day. The London business then fell into the hands of Mr. Willmer and Mr. Arnold, and Day, unable to do any good with the daily papers, was com pelled to confine himself to the local weekly ones. When in the vigour of his days, Day rode and " ran to and fro, and knowledge was increased.' But, as " age, with its stealing steps," began to "claw him in its clutch," Day's running days were over. and he began, first to walk, and then to crawl, until, Day's days drawing to a close, bay, who had been one of the great enlighteners of his day, by the diffusion of the knowledge which is contained in a newspaper, which, Lord Brougham says, is "the best possible public instruc tor," was obliged to retire from the world, in which he had played a conspicuous and useful part, and die, like many other benefactors of mankind, in poverty and obscurity. Poor Day ! who does not remember his well-known round, squat, bulky • person ? who has not heard the blast of his equally well-known horn, as, laden with his budget of news, he hurried and then crawled through the streets of the town ? " Alas ! poor Yorrick !" " The place that knew him once will know• him no more for ever." He has, however, for the consolation of posterity, left his image behind him in the person of his son. Young George P. Day, allowing for the difference of years, is as like old George P. Day as two Ps. He, too, is a newsman : he, too, rides a horse, and, like his father forty years ago, scours the country far and wide on horseback, vending newspapers and enlightening the public : he, too, earries a horn, or, rather, a bugle, and excels his father in this, if not in any thing else, in the skill, namely, with which he plays upon it every favourite and popular tune. May young Day be as good a man as old Day was, and may he, surrounded by little Days, end his days, unlike those of his father, in peace and plenty !—A/bion. PRESENTATION OL PLATE TO THE REV. GEORGE SALT. —Previous to the departure of the Rev. George Salt td the preferment to which he has lately been presented, a numer ous and respectable meeting was held in the National School, Wem, for the above purpose, and rarely has it been our lot to witness a more gratifying scene. Pryce Bowen, Esq„ of Edstaston House, stated that he was deputed on behalf of the subscribers, to present Mr. Salt with a tea and coffee service of plate, as some slight acknowledgement of the value of his services as a minister of the Established Church, and as a memorial of the regard and esteem in which he had ever been held. Mr. Bowen then spoke of the loss which the inhabitants of Edstaston would experience by the remo val of a Pastor who had laboured with unwearied zeal among them for nearly twenty years, and assured the rev. gentleman that, when he was far away, his :deeds of charity and labours of love, would be gratefully remembered : that his name would be cherished for the faithfulness with which he had urged on his hearers the blessed truths of the Gospel , and that as the friend, the adviser, and in structor of all within the sphere of his duties, his de parture from among them would cause a loss, which they should all most deeply feel. Sir. contined Mr. Bowen, we all thought that you ought not to be allowed to depart with out some public expression of our gratitude for your services, and some memorial of the respect and regard which we en tertain for you. And when I add that, in the subscription list is found the names of very many of the humbler class in -your chapelry, I state that which must be most gratifying to your feelings, for it carries the surest testimony to your use fulness as a clergyman amongst them. It only remains for me now, on behalf of all the subscribers, most respectfully to beg your acceptance of the testimonial before you, and to express, in their name, and for myself, onr united wishes that you may be spared to the fulness of years, and that God's blessing may rest with you and yours.--R. W. Smith, Esq. of Tilley House, then said, that on the part of the inhabit ants of the town of Wem, he had been requested to express the pleasure they felt in being permitted to join the chapelry of Edstaston in their testimonial to their pastor's worth. Mr. Smith's speech throughout was replete with Christian feeling, and our only regret is that the limits of our paper do not allow us to state fully what he said. His eulogy on the rev. gen tleman was couched in warm terms, and much and sincerely as he wished him prosperity, he could not but deeply regret a separation from. one with whom he had so often taken " sweet counsel." As a clergyman, too, Mr. Salt had been most exemplary, preaching the word with all plainness, and labouring in season and oat of season, for the welfare of those committed to his charge. Mr.' Salt on rising said, that on the present occasion he could not find words adequate to ex press his feelings. It was not in his power to respond to the very kind and gratifying manner in which his highly respected friend and parishioner, Mr. Bowen, and his equally valued friend, Mr. Smith, had thought proper to address him. Hav ing, continued the rev. gentleman, arrived at the close of my ministry amongst you, now that I am about to enter on a new sphere of duties, you are assembled to soften the pain of separation, to cheer me onwards by your good wishes for my prosperity, by your too partial praise of my poor labours in this district, and by this substantial proof of your approval of my conduct. While I ponder on the many things in which I have failed, you by your acts to day declare, that you over look my defects. lam sure you will not mistake my mean ing when I say, that cestly as this testimonial of your regard is, its worth is multiplied a . .thousand fold, as expressing the approving sentiments of those whose good opinion I prize. In this act of yours to day, I see what I believe was not over looked by you—it is an introduction' to the distant parish over whose interests I have been called to wateh,'being a guarantee to them that I have not been altogether useless and unacceptable to my former flock. I take with me your good wishes, may I not say also, your prayers ? Your prayers that I may diligently uphold the ordinances of our apostolic church, that I may faithfully and plainly preach the Word, and that God's grace may be with me that I. preach not in vain. I shall only say, in con clusion, that my prayers will be offered up for you, and I humbly beg that every blessing which you ask for me may be. returned a hundred fold into your bosoms." Mr. R. Gwynn, jun., moved, in a long and very able address, a vote of thanks to Mr. Bowen and Mr. Smith, and the Rev. NV. Boulton seconded it. The meeting then broke up. The service of plate is chaste and elegant: Each piece bears this inscription :—" Presented to the Rev. George Salt, A.M., as a memorial of regard and esteem from his late parishioners. Edstaston and Wem, April, 184 3." —Abridged from The Shropshire Conservative. [The reverend gentleman, to whom the above gratifying proceedings refer, is a cousin of Mr. C. F. Salt, of this town.] FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE LOSS OF THE SOLWAY We have, on the eve of going to press, been kindly favopred by Messrs. Willmer and Smith with a Second Edition of the Morning Post, from which we extract the following:— (From our Falmouth Correspondent.) , l6, A.m. 'The accompa n yi ng despatches FALMOUTH were received by Eight the Lady Mary Woud steamer, arrived last evening at past eight o'clock, with the Peninsular mails ; her dates of leaving are from Gibraltar the 6th, Cadiz the 7th, Lisbon the . 10th, Oporto the 11th, and Vigo the 12th inst. This vessel brings the frightful intelligence of the loss of the Royal mail-steamer Solway, which left this Port on the 3rd instant, for the West Indies, with mails, freight, and passengers, and reached Corunna on the 7th instant, quitting that place the same evening at 10 p.m.; it appears that at midnight of the same day she struck on a reef of rocks about 15 miles west of that city (supposed the Baldayo), and in twenty-five minutes sunk, taking with her the Commander Duncan, the surgeon, a midshipman named Hull, seventeen passengers. and twenty-one of the crew, together with the mails, freight, &c. •, the whole of the boats it would seem from what we have been able to learn, were got out with the exception of the one on the starboard paddle-box, and the survivors reached Corunna the next natirning, ; a French steamer-of-war lying there immediately proceeded to the wreck, and saved the life of a lad who was in a swamped pin nace (together with the body of the dead midshipman). They found the mast-heads of the Solway were above water. Mr. Lane, the purser, with Messrs. Ancran and Davies, passen gers, came home per Lady Mary Wood, by proceeding to Vigo. This dreadful calamity will cause a strong sensation in the country, and has created in this place the most distressing feelings, some of the crew being shipped here, and the names of the sufferers not yet ascertained. CORRESPONDENCE, POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY: -SMOKE QUESTION TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—As it may be expected that I should reply to the report of Mr. C. W. Williams's paper on the prevention or combustion of smoke, read at the last meeting of the Poly technic Society, and which appeared hi your Friay's pub lication, and in the Albion of to-day, I trust you will allow me to state, through the medium of your paper, that I have neither time nor leisure to engage in a newspaper controversy. I take it for gr an t e d, h owever, that Mr. Williams will pub. lish his paper; and I anticipate little difficulty in being then able to expose the fallacy of his odd notions, and to annihi. late the fancied triumph in which, I hear, he is at present so greatly exulting. I am, sir, yours, Sce Liverpool, April 17, 1843. C. J. SMITH. PRINCE GEORGE OF CAMBRIDGE.—We have learned With extreme satisfaction that his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge has been pressed to accept the appointment of Colonel of the Staff (an office of a similar character to that of Commander of the Forces,) under Lord Seaton, in the lonian Islands ; and that it is more than probable that his royal highness will be induced to afford the country the benefit of his services in the very important and honorable office thus tendered for his acceptance.—John Bull. An ingenious individual at Barnard Castle is said: to have invented a new musical instrument, the tone of which is con sidered very greatly superior to the ophiclide, and, in conse quence of its being made of wood, its weight does not exceed that of a very light bassoon, whilst the power is said to equal the bass pipe of a church organ. The appearance of the in strument is rather grotesque, being similar in form to two square wooden spouts stuck together, with a small pipe pro jecting from the centre, and au eggcup-looking mouthpiece at the end. OCT,A,TION Or ASSIgIOII Liviatvoot TRADESMEN The quarterly meeting of the members and friends of tb 6 • above association:was held at the Clarendou.'r ooms , on We ° nesday evening, the 12th instant—Mr. FLOWER. in the cbsir. It was not numerously attended, but what was vran ting • la numbers seemed to be compensated for by the respeetabilltc and intelligence of the persons present. b e 130 4 The Cu A TRNIAN, in opening the proceedings , et eces' that the smallness of their numbers upon the l a tee".,oes sion would not damp the ardour of those true and able it was by whom he was surrounded. He believedindeet, o f la too well known—that at the present season the ho r e n t , th e bour were such as even at that late bour to Pr ee „oling greater number of their suffering brethren from al to the their meeting. He believed it was not indifferenc e _ eto ber cause, but absolute inability, which prevented a large; du ty from attending ; and he, therefore, held that it eased of the-more fortunate who were here to exerci se a lcr an energy in behalf of those who were absent. Th e am ong ran briefly through the incidents of the past quarter, _ hos e which he noticed the appointment of two collectors,n43a exertions had considerably increased their numbe rs, 8 ,1 the enabled the committee to pay off a large propo rtion es bl old debts, as well as to make som e important mov vanes, which public sympathy might be di rec ted to their g de ls u tt i " He mentioned that 10,000 copies Of a tract had been eople, buted among the middle and lower classes of the to which had the effect of inducing large numbers ofPher°luobauf abstain from the practice of evening shopping. e r oes , of distributing these had not been entrusted to hired Pe , 00 - but had been performed by members of the committee selves. The Chairman next alluded to the alleged int" ;that of the assistants to their own cause. He could not den; t his there had been too much ground of complaint tlPebetter head ; but he had reason t o h o p e th a t, as they beceneadeso acquainted with the object of the association, and t "`" 034 1 ' tages of health and education which would attend the A etna went of the little leisure that was asked ► at the hands tie employers, a better spirit would appear among then read a letter from Lord Sandon, in answer to on, a 3 r his cation for pecuniary aid, in which his lordship exPresiq he readiness to contribute £5, but would withhold it, L l l )e e could be assured that the assistants themselves o ,.„ h e e ; r „ is a rettl a proper disposition to support their association. I" by bis be the second donation of that amount contributeu.„oo lordship. (Cheers.) The Earl of Sefton bad also g l ' s ob' thefoe e , h :e. at the formation of their body, and was now an attn ue de ato scriber of £5. (Cheers.) There were many other hij oil and subscribers whose name s would be shortly Pnu ro od; they were names of which any cause might well b e Prolog and the feeling that they were supported with the app err/ patronage of such men would give hope a nd gsfe r to the cotnniittee under every difficulty. T he WO had been asked to patronize this cause ; and the as!' b a d owed a debt of gratitude to the Rev. F. Barker , "%big kindly undertaken the task of endeavouring to inteee'good worship in their behalf. The Mayor had expressed btioti will towards the sufferers; but before subscribing be e ". It to know the feeling of the employers upon the niatt ei e ;; the he could learn that the employers were favourab le ho t alteration proposed, he would not only give a dointtll3"t ba aid them by his of fi cial influence. As Al r. Gladstn ti - 'I be would gladly help the cause, but as Mayor of Liverfineegie could not take a part in a movemen t w hi c h might be the Itthen to militate against th e i n t eres t s o f th e masters. Te 6 sielei, became the busi n ess of th e comm itt ee t o obtain, If .'1 some demonstration of the good-will of the employers; bed here it became his painful duty to announce that t he t i o fell eminently failed—it had become evident that the e m P pub', were not willing to concede the boon they sought. The „of lie had shown their willingness to comply with the Pr t Tor the assistants—the employers were now avowedly t o ries, posing parties—they were ma ki ng h as t e to be rid --3 re oto, was the all-absorbing passion of their souls—the P a „ a nd care," so often talked about, turned out to be an eloPliod' unmeaning sound. Oppression seems to be the role -- t ooh ness the very rare exc e ptio n . B u t th er e were esc, e P e ob' t and it was delightf u l t o thi n k u p on th e co nduct 0 1 s o - f man as Mr. Townsend, of Bold-street, who, re gardlen, o p $, l example of his neighbours, uniforMly closed his s ; ',0 10 seven throughout the year. While others were 1001"%eti to the right and to the left, and over the way to s l e e t off / their neighbours were about, h e s te a dily and con s : l l o e s °' went on doing what he conceived to be right, regal: what others did, or thought about his actions. Ah ein s'e/f Wright, the hatter, of Church-street, had proved off friend—he had twice contributed to their funds, an mod:, were in possession of a letter e x p ress i v e o f his gren'i'd fall will, and of his desire, to be among the first who siWnvers in with the better regulati ons soug ht by th e assistant s ,' t ter were others whose kindness des e r ve d th e ir thanks , ut e tbs fortunately the balance of numbers was against the aj o ge; majority believed they should b e lo sers by a new T a t t° went, and could see no advanta g es i n a n y gain but 1 100 0 money. It was impossible to make "any impression trop' such men, and therefore it was impossible to gain the Tba age and influence of the chief magistrate of Liverpool. oie of Chairman then pointed attention to the improved sehe,eeett emigration now under the con s ideration of the Goverol-ofeig, and hoped that it would prove such, as a large ntinehe r o ly 01 class might avail themselves of it. At present the ! u t u pP. ll labour was much greater than the deman d —reduce Wy g is telf' and better terms might be expected; ln one leees.„ . reb l ; where the employer had failed to perform his.proo.7ll tive to the hours of business, a feeling of disappo e rne ip t b° , discontent was expressed (though, he was informe ° ' 0 es" mosf respectful terms) ; and at an hour's notice thirte e n did' hands were taken on, and the most efficient servon'tentel charged.. Another ho u se, i n an ti c ip a ti on o f a disor er ge ' l 2 outbreak, had given notice of an intention to elisc u t ;ells e P ' the men, and to employ none but women in the te_:ll pleat; so that the burden which had been pronollo c " a ft' insupportable by men, was to be placed upon the m o t eesr and feeble shoulders of female sufferers. H hart 11- e n o 10 went to offer upon the humanity of such a P,r ° „r e 9 0 „g The Chairman then instanced a number of efliPt°3-erli'll preserved their health by leaving business early, aa. n plif out of town; as well as others, who, by too co nstant," e ressi e . ' non, had destroyed their health, as the health of t'' b ' dr ( tants' was daily and hourly destroyed ; but the latter r e a ce e to the opportunity of making a three months' tour t°„, o e4,, themselves,—they must work on till the grave oP" ,e ;ofil receive them to its lasting mortal rest. He bad re c to - co o 0; number of anonymous communications, some of t he ee re° e veying important suggestions. He regretted that Togo' should write anonymously, as it deprived him of t he P adg e t ; and advantage of stating reasons why many of th os e on e tions could not be carried into e ff ect. He relied bor e r spirit and energy which existed in the committee,--,' to see a like spirit among all the assistants ; i tch AO relied upon the great kindness and benevolence w- ofir; been manifested among the public at large. Wit h °CI" their cause must ultimately triumph. (Cheers.) Ir e t , man concluded by calling upon te spe r 'ef Mr. SCHOL EFIELD , w h o i n a b r i e f b ut appr oeTn i `,:' or' introdUced th e fi rs t reso l ut i on, [f or t h e reso l u tion' adverti s i ng co l umns, ] w hi c h was a bl y secon d e d bY eer eth i e d, Mr. Dueler, w h o d we lt very f ee li ng l y upon the P e "jec t o f lo which the grea t er p or ti on o f the assistants wire sbject Their class was despised, and had been for ages a t i p b ° t ridicule to the dramatist and satirist. The term " s " t iie, P , ll o l was felt to be one of severe opprobrium. Why via%eoilt s if I because they were a well-dressed but a sickly anti en" o o sh p t class ?—they were " made up for show," and peri n e rei eet, li el parts as - mere machines. Parks were to be opeoeu,',. e tr ee li for the assistants ; lecturers were pouring forth 5.- ees' e d. glorious knowledge, but they came not to refresh st=eed ' of the assistants—they were, indeed, despised ancl, n , e lili k tl O It was a gratifying task to thank their patrons 1 01 , 0 10 lied been done—they had a nobility, in comparisoo `4OOlOlOlO the lustre of their coronets. the stateliness of their n ° to or the grand eur o f t h e i r equ i pages would be as nothrsor sight of Hue w h o h a d so warme d the i r h earts tower d " . ing humanity. The second resolution was moved by Mr. Wl Ll ' lltriV .", secondedn t b h y e I welln r P uandndAr addressed jetirS e I T eg h u e en m t e lY etig w as Mr. Bourns, Mr. W. B . J ones, Mr. iMedOobl M Moody, an tl held, and broke up at eleven o'clock. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE• The Grand Jury of the city of Cork have a ddres s . . ea e re , morial to the Governme n t i n f avour of a railway 01— „ i f' Lion between London and Dublin via Holyhead. io t fe l RAILROAD FROM CHESTER TO HOLYHEATV . I, i thei rently reported, in well-informed circles, that ' 8 " - for will scarcely elapse without measures being takel l 'aollltio mencing the form a ti on o f a railroad connec ting ii i te,' o ll with the Grand J unct i on Railway. Government of ' bi c ji rumoured, hinted th e i r w illi ngness to aid a pro ject enable the Lo n d on ma i ls to reach Dublin in sixteetl" of f teen hours, and vice versa. • Ar RAILWAY TA XATION , &c.—We find, by a - return on this subject, just printed, that the, • D ot duty" paid by th e pr i nc i pa l ra il way companies 15 whiC 6 ,4 r rially on the increase except the Great Western , o the i die the year ending March, 1842, paid £21,814 "L i e so 0 8 ending March, 1843, paid £25,804. The LO, 11 "'94 0 ' , mingham paid i n 1842, £26 , 227 ; i n 1813, Liverpool and Manchester fell off: in 1842, Xl4 6P' £6,198. The G ran d J unct i on also fell off : in 181"Xlv4ort.„i in 1843, £13,545. The South-Western, 1 16 "' t be 1843, £12,043. The Manchester and Leeds,' t hoeg, M idland, and the Midland Counties all fell not h. y great extent. In the year ending 'Mar c ( froC t if .4 o : whole of the Scotch railways paid, exclusive e 'sest ,th,`" £5,420 ; in 1812 ; £11,657; in 1843, £ 15,125. VP' entire of the increase in the last year is occasion.ed 10 0 1 opening of the Ed: n b urg h an d Gl asgow , w hich 1 0 , 1 ,/ th e e , Another retu rn s h ows , t h a t t h ere i s n o instanc e re 0( 1 0 4' of mail-bags sent by railway, whether under the c.: O of lat. guards or not and very few cases of dete nt the re bilt? 6 except on the Grand Junction line, and on tha t acy, to eleven instances. The expense of guards is D e w 0, 0 would be a dangerous experiment in .econoinY „ re see with them, as certain of the Post-office reforinc desire. —London paper. OL JUVENILE D ELINQUEN e r .— one-half C h e ek O Nearly ers for trial at th e Wil ts Quarter Sessions lason" l i.v" under twenty years of age.—One was 13 Year ° 1 1 were 14 years, three 15 years, two 16 yea rs, two oce two 10 years, audf Ds our 19 years old. fe e or ffe HORRIBLE MURDER. —L as t F r id ay mornin. d, ~ I-loynes, a farmer li v i ng a t a place called Ra, t 7t. of near Newtown, and within two miles and a ha sled "01 0)1 had been engaged in planting cabbage plants, Its si t be i fi r eij; labourers, he was interrupted in his business 'Log 1° 0 0 .,.4 appearance of two men who pretended to be 1 0°- er gt.'" ployment, and asked some questions as to w heth st ol o yit o !, hire them, to which he answered in the negative,yos h o d 00 he did not want them, particularly as the weatb e „ e d goo In" an instant they: threw off their disguise,.„olo4.o t h y e t ',,e fiends in human shape. One of them told " ° ,., 7 o m. w e seis his knees, pointing towards him the deadly We a r. glt 0' t tia contents of which he contrived to avoid by p prO 0 36 ..! under his arm, which was slightly wounded. of cr• e % now fought hard for his life, and by the blco r 0 00 knocked down one of hi s antagonists, who therefrvo‘ (1 0 aloud on his brother assassin for assistance, thei3OrerS;ol at the time in pursuit of the two timorous lanbeoo,io were stangers) with a brace of pistols to sor e , be lt D A They ran off on account of his menaces; leaving o o f in a situation in which two native workmen ay Ce_lictlig left him in the hour of peril. The villain hay their 14 14, 1 0 both assassins soon suceeded in dispatching s oe i.e y 14 1 . 1 They fractured his skull in a most frightful %j e ll . tr e d peated.blows infilicthd.with the above prong. , I ng _ lr t hefAii o g snatched up during the struggle. Supposie, c u 'ed, e bet him dead, they walked into the dwelling-b °ll o o , . y 4 deliberately - broke open a box in one of the l y ticle e ' e d,„if. the sum. of £lOO. a lease, and various other deest s e alnki also took away a gun, a piece belonging to.the b ig $ pOt i bis also his riding-coat, which one of them flung ? rl o iy i n all r esi They walked away through the street, seetiln bari i ,ofs t r, least hurry. A thresher was at work in li n T e ltinV9o time. A niece of the deceased, who had been: c iog t with one or two women. in an outhouse, thel.. e sq' le t enter the dwelling-house, went to ask `'"", 8 ,4, P',ll ll/ 0 , when one of them, standing on the thresa - 00 , t o c a pistol, ordering her to keep off. She then r .hjoi efjetl j e uncle, and- judge of her, terror on finding o pPal s e ; pitiable condition, stretched in his gore, a 3 13 ,1 Plth o lr: A less ! lie was taken in between threeined his i ied br e seat, where, recovering a little, he- rais e ye se h ors rubbing his head, cried out, " Oh ! they ba ld not ee r , t ocs' they killed me—but. had I any help,. it n' oo e r big do, the case." There was a deep incision pv_ iant if t oo clergyman was sent for, and medical aid " °Torts': s hole but all to no purpose, as the wounds were uon his happy man lingered on in the .; test agnnY..„ e ted t oo' o'clock on Saturday night, w eatil tier apple ings. One of the murderers 'en silic Kilkenny Journal. •