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dneriptions, while others showed a small advance. United States Bank sold at 1221; Delaware and Hudson Canal Conrpany closed at 79, being a decline of ; and Stoning tan Railroad Company fell off y per cent. Paterson Rail road Company advanced 1 per cent. having closed at 711. The Firemen's Insurance Company have declared a semi annual diiidend of 10 per cent. payable on the 12th inst. The receivers of the Fulton Insurance Company give no tice that they will pay a further dividend of 20 per cent. on the irst of December next, unless restrained by legal mea sures. Exchange at Nashville (Tennessee) on the east had receded to 8 per cent. premium. (From the New York Journal of Commerce of Sept. 6.) THZ fd A RKlLT.—There is some more business iu cotton at steady prices. • Flour is higher by 121 to 25 per cents. Genesse of com mon brands is held at 8 dollars. (rreni the New York Courier and Inquirer of Sept. 7.) Philadelphia, 6, 5 p. m. We are entirely without news of moment here. MoNRY Marmot', &c. SEPT. 7.—We have no change o, any moment to report in the appearance of the stock market which continues heavy. Delaware and Hudson Canal Com pany further declined yesterday, as also Long Island Rail road Company, while American Trust Company, Haarlem and Boston and Providence Railroads slightly improved. 2000 dollars in 6 per cent. Treasury notes sold at tbe board at per cent. premium. The ship, Congress, arrived last night from Mazatlan, brings upwards of 200,0(H) dollars in specie. The amount of sterling bills in market continues limited, and for . transmission by the Roscoe, sailing this morning for Liverpool, have been very firm at 9 to 9-1- per cent. premium. On France sf. 221 e. is obtained—our previous quotations, and on other places also the rates remain unchanged. The Commercial Bank of Vicksburg bas declared a dividend of 5 per cent., payable to stockholders in New York at the Pbcznix Bank. (From the New York Etpress of Sept. 3.) We learn from the Bangor Wlsiy that 100(1 stand of arms arrived in that - city on Saturday last, from Portland, for the purpose of arming forthwith the Lincoln Frontier Regiment. Thi s l oo ks as if Governor Kent was in earnest. (From the same of the 4th.) NORTM-EASTERN IinUNDART.—It is understood, on what we consider good authority, that an arrangement has been made between the United States and the Governor General of Cauada, with the consent of the Governor of New Brims wick, that if the Executive of the State of Maine shall proceed to run the north-eastern boundary line pursuant to the law of that State authorising the survey, he will not be opposed by force by the British authorities; but the matter will be left for ad justment between the two governments who have the only legitimate right to settle the question.—Plortsbory Republican. (Front the Quebec Gazette of Aug. 31.) Toronto, Aug. 22. Tnn Fll , Ti•SAVEN RECTORIES.—We have been tivoured with the ,perusal of a copy of the legal and united opinion of the law officers of the crown in England on the erection and endowment of 57 rectories in this province. It has been de cided that "the erection and endowment of the 57 rectories by Sir John Colborne are valid and lawful acts;" and "that the rectors of the parishes so erected and endowed have the same ecclesiastical authority within I lieir respective limits as are vested in the rector of a parish in England." (From the Neu , York Daily Express of Sept. 7.) By the ship Congress, arrived last evening from Valpa raiso, we have intelligence front that place to July 1. The country was in a very unsettled state. The town was besieged by land and blockaded by sea, by the forces of go vernment. The Boxer accompanied the Congress off the coast, and was to return and sail in two or three days for Callao, touching at San Bias and Panama. Capt. Nichol son bad been on the coast about Once months, and had ren dered very important services to his countrymen at that place, by the protection the presence of the Boxer had given to a large amount of American property. The French refused to acknowledge the blockade of Callao, and were escorting merchantmen into pert. The expedition for Peru was ex pected to sail in all July, its destination is said to be Callao. The American squadron was at Callao. (From the New 01leans Bllletin, August 28.) IMPORTANT PROM NACOGDOCIIES.—A rumour was men tioned in ottr paper of Saturday, of the import, that Texas had been invaded bye large body of Indians. The Courier of yesterday publishes advices received in town from Nacog doches, under date of the 12th instant, which go to confirm this account. The intelligence through the source is, that the Mexicans in that part of Texas, said to be 300 in number, bad risen in arms, and proceeded to join 151 X) Indians in that ViCifti l T,' WIWI were commanded 1,2; three Mexican generals from Matansoras. The Tex ions seemed to consider the rising at little importance. General Houston, however, who was in Nscaplochos at the time, issued a proclamation, calling out 600 of the militia. On the 12th, General Ruch had al ready. assembled 400 men mounted, and 250 more wore on their way to join him. (From the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin.) An officar of the steamboat Teche states, that before the ♦easel left Natchitoches, a report reached there and was ge nerally credited, that the Indians from the North had invaded TeXas in a numerous and formidable body, and were driving the white population before them in great consternation. The to w n of Nacogdoches had been pillaged and burnt, and all the inhibitants driven from their homes. This alarming rumour has its origin probably in some inroad of a small war ' '`patty upon the white settlements, such as occur nearly every year. (Private Correspondence of the Horning Chronicle.) PHILA ont.ent.t. SEPT. I.—A great sensation has been exi eited in New York, and, in fact, throughout the Union, in consequence of two Frenchmen being illegally smuggled out of the country on hoard of the Milan, a French 74, which left the harbour shout nine days since. It appears that the two Men in question were apprehended in New York last week on a charge of piracy on board the ship Alexandre, and also of desertion from that vessel. They had a large sum of money iu obi with them at the time, and their captors were two pulice-officers of New York, who acted at the request of the French Vice-Consul, who had obtained a warrant from the mayor. The sparamtn of the charge against the French authorities is, that they caused the men to be taken on board the Diduu without their being examined by any tribunal of this country; and that too, after the mayor had signified his disapprobation of some of the allegations on which the war rant was obtained! The French Vice-Consul and •the two police-officers are strongly censured, and the people generally are indignant at eo gross a violation and contempt of their laws by foreigners. An investigation of the subject is going on, and I presume a correspondence with France will be the result. The returns of the Western elections, as tar as known, meem to preponderate against the government, especially in --- • • Mimic • A vessel arrhed at this port on Monday last, bringing im peitait intelligence from Rio Grande. The young Emperor's '44sherals have sustained a sigull defeat. Their army of 1800 men has been so terribly cut up by the Republican generals Bent, Manuel, and Nettu, that only 30 men, including the three Royalist commanders, Barrett°, Cunha, and Calderon, -escaped the slaughter. The treasnre taken by the insurgents was immense., and it is here believed the Royalist cause has received a death-blow in that province. Barretto and Cunha are ordered to Rio Janeiro fur trial. A gratifying instance is recorded of the triumph of steam. Gonda from Bristol, England, reached Cleve:and, a town of Ohio en tke shores of Lake Erie, in only 30 days! They were brought across the Atlantic in the Great Western. The rumour that the Governor of Maine intended to call out the militia to rna the north-cast boundary line, is totally untrue. Tu SCHOOL QUESTION.—It was recently boasted by Mr. Walrusley, that " the school question was set at rest for ever." With what truth the sapient coun cillor made this declaration, will appear from the ad mirable "Exposure" recently published by the Rev. Yielding Ould, the respected minister of Christ Church. We recommend this admirable pamphlet to the atten tive perusal of all who feel an interest in the discussion of this important question. The circumstances which led to its publication are fully detailed in the introduc tion, which we subjoin is with unfeigned concern for the reputation of an old friend, and only under a constraining sense of . public duty, that the following ( - retails are now sub mitted to the consideration of the public. "In the month of Apt it last, being then in Ireland, a conversation took place, in the drawing-room of a mutual friend, between the writer and the individual referred to, upon the subject of the actual failure or •• success of the Education System recently imported from Ireland into the Corporation Schools of Liver pia]. The conversation thus engaged in with an old acquaintance, whose name, out of respect for his ex . eellent father, is here suppressed, was naturally free and unrestrained; and was pursued rather with a view to. correct erroneous principles and reprove lati tudinarian sentiments in one who, it was well known, had been very differently brought up, than to sustain any allegations or make out any case against the Irish Board or the Liverpool Schools. At the close of it, the young man, who seemed conscious that he had rather the worst of the argument, an nounced his determination to write forthwith to his friend the Mayor of Liverpool, for authentic informa tion upon the then present state of the Reformed Schools, with a view to ascertain exactly whether, in his worship's opinion, the experiment had failed or succeeded; whether the doctrines of Popery were really taught by authority, as alleged, in the schools, and whether, in short, the charges usually advanced against the system, and then repeated, had any foun dation in fact or not. Perfectly convinced' that no thing had been stated that was incapable of easy proof, and anxious that the son of an esteemed friend mighvbe brought, through the means of such an in - quiry, to a sounder way of thinking, permission was readily given for his immediate communication with the worthy chief magistrate, and liberty freely granted • to mention the name of the accuser. In about ten days after, the writer, having returned to Liverpool, • received a packet, franked from Dublin Castle, enclos ing copies of the letters marked I and 2, together with the short one marked 3, addressed to him by the young gentleman himself, evidently written under the im pression, so flattering to the vanity of youthful ambi tion, that he had completely overthrown the accusa tions of the adversary, and was entitled to demand a submissive retractation of the aspersions of the past, and an unwhispering silence for the time to come. When the Writer had a little recovered from the effects of this sturdy blow, he despatched the letter marked 4,'Merely to apprize his friend that his case was not altogether so hopeless as had been hastily conjectured ; but that, as writing long letters upon a nauseous sub ject, in the midst of numerous and engrossing avoca tions, was not the most agreeable work, it would be R'`. _desirable for his correspondent, if he were really anxi ,.:„:':ctffto.4.steett4in the truth, to make an early visit to Liverpool, and there examine on the spot into the me rits of the three litigated points, viz.: First,—whe ther the Corporation Schools, as at present conducted, and so far as they had gone, had failed or succeeded in answering the end for which they were originally built; Second,—whether the masters and mistresses (being Protestants) were required to see that the Ro man Catholic children were taught their peculiar re ligious doctrines during a prescribed hour daily; Third,—whether a man named Farrell had been 'dis missed by the school committee from, or forced to re sign, his situation as schoolmaster, for one reason among others that he had inconveniently pressed his conscientious objection to be made responsible for the teaching of Popery. In this letter the writer also in timated his intention of referring to this correspond erice, so far as it had gone, at an approaching•.educa tion meeting, should there be no objection, and making such comments thereupon as might appear advisable. To this arrived, in due course of post, the reply marked 5, in which, after a very strong expression of chagrin at finding his labours not quite so successful as had been sanguinely anticipated, our worthy com• missioner announced his intention of an early visit to Liverpool, in urder• to pursue in person those inquiries which had ❑ot yet produced a perfectly satisfactory re sult. This letter, it will be observed, contains a strict prohibition against the use of the correspondence in the way that had been threatened, without the per. mission of the Mayor, or even with it, lest, forsooth, there should not be a fair tribunal to try the questions at issue, and in the absence of " a full and satisfactory opportunity" for the arguments being answered. The reader is requested attentively to walk this circum• stance. It su happened that before this meeting was held, the young gentleman had arrived, and was ac tually in the evening when it took place. He tvas in vited on the morning of that day to be present and hear the statements that would be made; but, from whatever cause or with whatever motive, certain it'is that he did not present himself on the occasion. His request was, of course, complied with, and there was no allusion made to the letters during the proceed "Now, up to this period, be it remarked,-it had never entered into the writer's mind to conceive that these letters and investigations were intended to answer any p►iblic purpose, or pursued with any further view than to the personal satisfaction of the inquirer. Had there been any surmise to the contrary, the writer would of course have been more reserved and guarded, and probably refused altogether to supply material for a budget which was being got up to answer a political and party purpose. It never occurred to him to sup pose that one whom he had so long known could be induced to take a treacherous advantage ofprivate and unreserved communications, for the purposes of a paltry and personal ambition. And, while he sin cerely deplores the necessity of recording such con duct in one whose youth ,nd inexperience present the only pleas of apology and excuse, his feelings of in• dignation are naturally roused against those grey headed employers, or at least encouragers, who have moved the strings of their puppet from behind the screen of their concealment. "During his stay in town, two or three private con versations took place at the writer's house upon the points in question. The objectionable principle of the system sought to be defended was strongly insisted upon; the truth of the allegations upon the required submission of the teachers to .the liberal regulations of the school committee, now so notorious, was de monstrated; and the pamphlet of Farrell, entitled "The Schoolmaster's Appeal," was, according to pro mise, placed in his hand, where," by the way, it still remains. Considerable pains were also taken as be fore (for this was the chief point of anxiety with the writer) to disabuse the young man's mind of the pre judices it had imbibed from bad company and vain ambition; and he was finally recommended to call upon and converse with Mr. M'Neile upon the various points of diflicUlty, in the hope, and he will acid, with the prayer, that through the blessing of God upon his superior acquaintance with the subject, and the inte rest he was likely to take in one who bore a name so respectable, something effectual might be done to wards bringing him to embrace sounder iews and adopt better principles. With very great reluctance, and only, as it is believed, from fear of being open to reproach for persisting in a refusal, he-did muster up courage to visit the distinguished opponent of modern Popery, in whatever guise it appears ; and the reader is especially requested to observe the account given of this interview in the letter marked 6, which arrived long after the whole subject had passed from the writer's mind, and at a time when he was residing - for the summer in the north of Ireland. He has since had an opportunity of conversing with Mr. M`Neile, and is enabled to state that tl►e account above alluded to is substantially incorrect. This indeed manifestly appears on the face of the narration itself : for while the inquirer admits that " Mr. W.N.eile received him most kindly," he gives such a statement of his re- marks as would lead to the conclusion that he had ex pressed himself with the greatest i trdeness. When he said he thought the " schools hail succeeded," he used the term relatively to the objects which the pro pounders of the new system had in view. The word success is a relative term. If the object of the Town Council, in voting the adoption of the new system, was "a severe blow and heavy discouragement to the church," and the gratification of the prejudices of po litical partisans at the expense of the best interests of the children, of Protestantism, and of true religion, it is fully conceded that if these were their objects, they have bad abundant success. If, on the other hand, their design was to strengthen the church, with which these schools were until now closely identified, to pro mote the true welfare of the children, and maintain the cause " of pure and undefiled religion," then, there hus been no success, there has been a total and dis graceful failure. " When the writer returned home at the beginning of September,. and then first received the letter of the 2Geh July, franked as before, he was struck with espe cial astonishment at finding, in the postscript, an ex pressed intention on the part of its author, without asking, or waiting for, or receiving any permission to forward to the Corporation School Co►iimittee,and the Irisl► Board of Education, the " results" of the young gentleman's inquiries during his week's visit, "together with a copy of the correspondence," in its then imper fect state ! The writer's absence in Ireland was well known to his friend ; that he should have paused a lit tle to ascertain whether a letter addressed to Liver pool, to an individual then residing in Coleraine, had reached his hand, and whether it was his intention to offer any explanation or reply, was no more than might have been reasonably expected. But, that he, who was so exceedingly unwilling to allow any public no, Lice to be taken of the letters at a casual meeting, and to whom the courtesy of silence had been at once con. ceded, because of the alleged partiality of the tribu nal, should, without waiting for any answer or acknow ledgment of the receipt of his communication, and while, in point of fact, it lay for six weeks unopened on the writer's table, transmit a confidential and unfi. nished correspondence to the impartial scrutiny of his friends, the Archbishop of Dublin and the Mayor of Liverpool, for the edification of their respective col leagues at thißoard and in the ToWn Council, does seem to be, tire writer regrets to be obliged to affirm, one of the most audacious liberties ever hazarded by an individual who might be presumed to be acquainted with the usages of civilised society ; and characterised, moreover, by an indiscretion which, it is hoped, the. present exposure will satisfactorily demonstrate to the ill-advised youth himself. Should it conduce to the better regulation of his zeal in a bad cause hencefor ward„or prove happily instrumental in awakening him to a sense of the false position in which his headstrong obstinacy has placed him, one pi incipal end of the pre sent publication will have been abundantly answered. A prompt reply to this last communication was at once returned, which will be found marked 7, and to which, up to the period of going to press, no rejoinder has been received. And here, it is hoped, for the sake of the principal party himself, the controversy will ter minate. The writer does not invite, nor will he shrink from, any further pursuance of it, by which the expo• sure of this mischievous education movement may be accomplished, and the interests of truth, principle, and religion promoted and maintained. "The subsequent publication of a part of the corre spondence in a pamphlet entitled " National Educa tion in Ireland," which seems to have issued fi our the council chamber of our reformed corporation, has ren dered the present disclosure imperatively necessary as an act of self-defence. • "The reader's attention is now earnestly requested to he correspondence itself, and the notes which accom- pany it." En our next we shall introduce a portion of the cor respondence, which is highly interesting. THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—OH Th ursday next, as will be perceived from the advertisement in another column, the anniversary meeting of the Pro testant Association will be held in the Amphitheatre. We way anticipate a very rich treat, as those dis tinguished champions of the protestant faith, the Rev. R. J. McGhee and the Rev. T. D. Gregg, have en gaged to attend. The exposures of the evils of popery which these gentlemen will furnish will, we have no doubt, produce a very powerful impression. We are glad to learn that the Rev. I'. D. Gregg will preach tomorrow evening at Christ. Church. The celebrity which he has obtained as the successful advocate of protestantism, in opposition to the wily priest Ma guire, will procure for him a numerous audience. We have made arrangements for furnishing in our next a full report of the proceedings on Thursday. THE Llvnitroof, GREAT STEEPLE CHASE.—This affair is fixed fur some time in February or March, and, to judge from the list of subscribers who have already given in their names, forty-five in number, it will eclipse till the things of the sort that have preceded it. The first steeple chase is for a sweepstakes of 20 sOvs. each, with 100 sovs. added, 5 sovs. ft., for horses of all denominations. This is the prize which boasts of the above number of subscribers, among others the Duke of Beaufort, Lords Macdonald, Suffield, Segrave, Southampton, Wilton, Chesterfield, Eglington, Wahlgrave, Count Batheney, and a number of the most influential gen tlemen of standing ia the sporting world, more particularly of those most given to this kind of diversion. There is a second sweepstakes, of 10 sovs. each, two-mile heats, to be run on the same day, which is not yet filled. The horses are to be named on or before the Ist of Jan. The first chase is stipulated to come off within fifteen miles of Liverpool. FALL OF THE METHODIST CHAPEL, LEEDS-STEEET.— Au occident of a dreadful nature took place on Friday even ing last, the particulars of which are as follows. Wia.kmen have been engaged for some time past in taking down the Methodist Chapel, Leeds-street. On Friday evening, they, regardless of its consequences, removed one end of the main beam supporting the roof from its fastenings, when the roof and part of the wall fell in with an astounding crash, burying many . of the workmen in the ruins. Numbers of labourers were immediately on the spot, and the most strenuous en deavours were made to rescue the sufferers. One man was. killed on the spot. Another, wounded beyond all hope, was removed to an adjoining:public-house, where he died shortly afterwards, while no less than six men and boys, all severely injured, were taken to the Northern Hospital, where the instant attendance of Messrs. Blower and Aruott, the house surgeons, supplied everything which humanity could suggest towards relieving their su ff erings; indeed the conduct of these gentlemen is worthy of aft Praise. We are sorry to learn that one of the men taken to this charity died within two hours after admission. 'the other five, although severely wounded, are expected to recover. Pinacsa—We have been favoured with the following ex tract from a letter just received from Mr. Thomas Bothwell, dated Smyrna. Bth September, 1838 :—A Dutch vessel, pro ceeding to this port, when near the Spalmadores Islands, be tween Scio and the main land, was attacked by a boat's crew, (who had gained the deck on pretext of receiving a little water which they had asked for,) when they immedi ately fired upon the men with small arms; three were wounded and disabled, the rest, including the captain, had their arms tightly bound upon their backs. The pirates being disappointed in their search for more valuable pro perty, contented themselves with a few bags of coffee and ,sugar, when they proceeded to scuttle the vessel, which done, they watched until she was nearly sunk, then setting sail, leaving as they thought both ship and crew to certain. destruction. The captain, however, contrived to burst or break asunder the bandage which tied his arms behind him, unbound his companions, and got one of his boats afloat just in time to get clear of the ship as she sunk. They came to this port in thirty hours after, and reported the facts. The state of the wounded men is most pitiable. The police and small vessels of war are on the alert, and making active re searches after the depredators. THE LATE EXPLOSION AT VIADUCT FOUNDY, NEWTON.— The boiler which was last week the cause of the sacrifice of so many human lives was again set to work on Tuesday. It had been re-erected under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Jones, the acting partner in the concern, and he him self set it in motion. It was found to work admirably. As on the fatal occasion, the workmen of the foundry again crowded round the mouth of the boilerto witness the engine's first evolutions. In their case the force of example was lost. On the boiler being taken down, a rent was discovered across the flue through the solid plate two feet in width. The top of the flue was drawn completely down. None of the rivets had given way. It had undergone a thorough inspection by Mr. Kennedy, the foreman at Berry's Foundry, Liverpool; FroSt, of the Bridge Foundry, Warrington; and Mr. Mel ling, the engineer to the Grand Junction Railway; and they all agreed with Mr. Jones in ascribing the accident to have been occasioned by the short supply of water, and not to the peculiar construction of the boiler. In order more effectually to guard against future accidents, in the new flue, five lead plugs, 5-Bths in diameter, have been placed at the top. at the distance of twenty inches apart. Immediately on the flue be coming heated from the shortness of water, the lead will melt, and the steam escape with sufficient force t o momen tarily extinguish the fire, and prevent any further damage. The setae plan has been already successfully adopted in loco motive engines; its application is, however, new on those of a different construction. We regret to state that three other persons have died from the effects of the late melancholy- ac cident, making ten in all, viz.:—Joseph Dangerfield—wife and seven children, one a cripple; Samuel Appleton—Wife and seven children, wife a cripple; James Parker—w ice and one child; William Wel!s—wife and One child; John Dean, William Dean, George Fazakerley, G. Clough, and 'Thomas Price—ell single. John Wilson died on Thursday last, leaving a wife and two children. Dangerfifdd, Appleton, and Hough were hurled on Thursday, at Burton Wood Chapel; John Dean, on the same day, at ripholiand; and William Dean at Uphollami, on Sunday; Fazakerlev was interred at Winwick, on Thursday ; Price at Burton Wood, .on Friday; Wells, at Warrington, on Thursday; and Parker, at Newton, on Si urday. The funeral expenees were - paid and decent mourning was provided fur the widows at the expense of the firm. Two sons of Appleton have been taken into employ at the milks; and the subscription fur the widows and children of the sufferers is in a prosperous state. The liev. J. Sedgwick, and John Wilson, Esq., of Newton, are acting as treasurers. Subscriptions are also received in Manchester, Liverpool, and Warrington, at the banks and other places. On Tuesday, upwards of £lOO had' been collected in the neighbourhood of Newton.—Manchester Courier, DKATHS BY DROWNING.—On Saturday an inquest was held before P. P. Curry, Esq., for the purpose of inquit touching the death of Peter Moore. It appeared, that the deceased was one of the crew of the Avon, a Govern ment steamer. At two o'clock, on Friday last, the vessel was 13 ing in the Trafalgar Dock. Moore was seen, by se veral parties, suddenly to fall from, the after part of the star board sponson into the dock. A rove was thrown to him, but he sunk almost immediately. '1 he grapnel-hooks were procured, and i❑ about seven minutes he was got out. He was quite dead. A surgeon was sent for, who endeavoured to restore him, but without success. Verdict—" Accidentally drowned."—On Thursday last, the body of Edward Bray, aged eleven ears, soli of John Bray, joiner, of Bridge water-street, was seen floating in the Duke's Dock. He was taken out by a flatman, but it was found that he was quite dead. No person could be found who had any knowledge of the manner in which the deceased got into the water. He left home for school at nine o'clock on Wednesday morning, but did . not again return. His father stated to the Coroner, that souse individual had, on Friday, seen his son fishing near the spot where the body was found. Verdict—" Found drowned." WELSH BRANCH BIBLE SOCIETY.—The anniversary of the Welsh Branch of the Liverpool Auxiliary Bible Society was held on the 21st instant, and by adjournment, on the 25th. two meetings taking place in order to accommodate the numerous Welsh residents in this town, that on the 21st in the north quarter, and that on the 25th in the south. The chair was occupied, on both occasions, by the president of the society, the Rev. Robert Davies, M.A., minister of St. David's church.. The proceedings were wholly conducted in the ancient British language. A very interesting and in structive report was read by Mr. David Lewis, one of the secretaries. After detailing the operations of the parent so ciety abroad and at home, the report recapitulated the se- veral collections made during the past year, which amounted to £239 15s. 21d., which, being added to the collections made in the three former years, wade the amount ;7X3 4d. The Rev. John Elias appeared a the deputation front the parent society, and, in most powerful, luminous, and truly eloquent addresses, advocated the great cause of the Bible Society. The various resolutions were moved and se conded, in interesting and Scriptural speeches, by the Rev. Messrs. John Elias, Thomas Pierce, Daniel Jones, John Hughes, David Lewis, Richard Williams, Henry Rees, Ebenezer Jones, Richard Junes, John Jones, and David Williams,— "Bibl i hawb o bobl y byd." SUDDEN DEATH.—lnformation was brought to the Coro ner's Office, on Saturday, of the sudden death of Martha Bromley. The deceased, who was an unmarried sempstress, lodged with a Mrs. Brew, in Peach-street. She went lobed, apparently in good health, on Friday uight. Next morning, as Mrs. Brew was making a tire in the apartment where the young woman slept, she heard her breathing with difficulty. She went to her and raised her up, when she died in her arms. Mr. Hector, surgeon, was sent for: he bled her, but without any effect. Mr. Hector told the Coroner that he was afraid the deceased had taken poison. The Coroner ordered a post mortem examination preparatory to the inquest. ANNUAL. MEETING OF THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS OF LIVERPOOL—The licensed victuallers of this town held their eighth annual meeting at the Queen's Theatre, Christian street, on Thursday the 27th of September, 1838. After the regular business of the society had been transacted, and a new committee chosen for the ensuing year, the question of the partial repeal of the beer bill was brought forward by Mr. James Robinson, the chairman; and, in connection with this subject, the proceedings of the delegates to London, were introduced, and satisfactorily answered by Messrs. ryden and Brennan, the recent delegates from Liverpool. Mr. Keymer, the honourable secretary of " the National Asso ciation," attended the above meeting, and after a very able address, explanatory of the past exertions, present prospects, and future intentions of the " Association," the following resolation was unanimously adopted,—" That the cordial and best anks of this meeting is hereby presented to Mr. Key mer, and, through him, to the metropolitan ceminittee of the National Association, for their indefatigable exertions on behalf of the trade, and for their valuable proceedings to ad vance the welfare of the trade throughout the kingdom, through the medium of the intended newspaper called the Era." It was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Brennan, and seconded by Mr. Bryden,—" That the warmest thanko of the licensed victuallers of Liverpool be presented to H. N. Smith, Esq.,. of the firm of Sir Henry Meux and Co., for his zealous and disinterested efforts on all occasions to advance the in terests of the trade." Messrs. Robinson, Bickerstaff, Thomp son, and other gentlemen addressed the meeting ; and after a vote of thanks was proposed and carried in favour of the chairman's Proper and becoming conduct in the chair, the meeting gave three cheers for the success of the Era, and separated, mutually pleased with each other. MELANCUOLY ACCIDENT—A FACT FOR THE PHRENOLO GISTS.—On Saturday last, about two o'clock in he afternoon, a very distressing accident, attended with fatal consequences, took place at New Ferry. As a nervant girl was drawing water out of a well, the han&e of the winch by some means slipped out of her hands, and, whilst rapidly revolving, struck a little girl, named Blanc, by which nearly the whole of the frontal bone was torn away from the skull, together with a very considerable portion of the brain. Surgeon DrAw bridge was quickly in attendance. and used every effort in his power to relieve the unfortunate sufferer, who gradually sunk until Wednesday night at twelve o'clock, when death relieved her frcm her sufferings; thus, although with only about two-thirds of the natural portion of the brain, the child lived four days and four nights, with comparatively little pain, and nearly the whole of this time taking occasionally light nourishment, and to the last retaining her natural senses. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CHARGE OP FELONY.—On Friday, at the Police-office, a _good-looking young fellow, a Yankee, and to all appearance the mate of a vessel, came to prefer a complaint against one Matilda West, an aged-looking, stunted thing, whose face bore the impress of many a year passed in debauchery and crime. The complainant said, with a nasal pronunciation, and a curious elongation of many of the vowels, "I was sailing along last night, sir, about two knot s a n hour—all right—thinking o' nothing whatever on the face of this here mortal earth, no more than a shot sea-hog or a frog in a stone, when all at once, sir, flash, as if the had been shot at me by a Kentuck rifleman, this here old girl came athwart my bow, and brought me to astandstill. Well, sir, 1 beggtotthe lady's pardon, and then she begged mine, as sweet a nd soft as a Van Buren man asking for a vote at 'lection time. 'Glad there's no offence,' says 1. 'Oh, don't mention it, my dear,' says she, sweeter than sugared honey; and then I looked at her, and she seemed right down beautiful—never seen any thing like it, even in New York—white as washed snow, and red as roses just fresh from the dye-house—regular hand some—couldn't stir—stood there, sir, as stiff as a ramrod that had swallowed a poker, and could no more stir than the north star or a bullet shut three feet into a teakwood tree. And the girl seemed as much struck with me, sir, and told mu I was reg'lar handsome. `No gammon,' says young lady ;' but she seed 1 knowed what was good: I swallowed it like a pill in preserves, and made no mouths, 'No gammon I' says she; well, reely, you American gentlemen are so queer.' lieglar cute,' says I: 'aint we, ma'am ? We could lick the world and ten tribes of devils, with downright fighting— cheat a nation made out of wandering Jews—do a French man out of his sweetheart, and then keep her after. Clever folks, aint' we ?' says I, ganimoning her. You are, indeed.' says she : will you conic cud take a glass of wine with ins ? my husband is not at home.' Will a hungry shark eat pork, a niggar lad swallow molasses ?' says I'll drink a thou sand with you, my darling. But I had'nt seen her face then, your worship—like pickled leather spotted with cranberries. Well, sir, we went away and had one glass; then we had another, and another, and how many more 1 calculate I don't know, no more than a figure-head or a dead oyster; but she drunk as much as would ha' burst forty-three cats or fettled two old elephants and a young one. If I'd been sober, sir, I guess I should have smelt her as strong as the hold of a hide ship nine days closed, or as seventeen split ruin-barrels. But that wr'ant the best of the joke: I had to pay a shilling a glass for the grog; and then, when I was snoring like three porpoises, she took my watch and a handful of dollars from my, coat pocket." Magistrate—" How many dollars had you?"- Complainant—" I guess I had a pretty large,lot— about twenty or thirty." The prisoner's statement seemed sufficiently clear ; but it afterwards became evident that it was very tar short of the truth. The dmissions were many; for the young Yankee seemed somewhat ashamed of making a full statement of his connexion with the " old girl."— A policeman stated that he had seen both parties, at several different times, walking about the streets, which showed that he had been in company with her several hours. The magistrate said to the complainant, that as he had been wandering about the streets for hours and hours together, it was impossible to say into whose company he had fallen, or • who might have robbed him. He wondered, however, that the complainant had not exhibited more discretion, or, in his own phrase, " 'cuteness."—The prisoner was discharged. CRUELTY' TO SEAMEN.—On Friday, at the Police-office, Peter Nelson, a black seaman, appeared to complain of the treatment which he had received from Captain Park, of ill Strathmore, on the homeward passage . from Africa. He stated that he acted as cook, and had been about two weeks at sea, the captain, who had ordered him to keep the pitch pot upon the tire, and not to remove it on any account, sent for the steward into the cabin, and demanded why that black rascal had not, as usual, provided him some hot water. [The captain, who was unwell, had been drinking barley water fur several days.l The cook, on being questioned, stated, as the reason, the order which had been given by the captain; and on this being reported, the captain swore that he would kill the black thief. He instantly ordered that the offending cook should be brought into his presence, to receive the chastisement which he deserved for having neglected to prepare the accustomed beverage, although, as another wit ness afterwards stated, the whole ship's crew had been de prived of their soup in consequence of the same order which had prevented the preparation of the . barley water. The above order, however, was no sooner given than; with the capriciousness and variability of the passionate tyrant, it was countermanded, and the master declared that he would seek the culprit himself. He accordingly went upon deck, ann his first act was to fling a block of wood at the black's head, which fortunately missed him, and struck the bulwarks. The poor cook, well aware that his innocence was not likely to protect him from a flogging, then sought to evade it by a timely flight, and mounted into the chains. The kroomen were instantly ordered to bring him down and beat him; the order was quickly countermanded, and the captain said, "I'll go myself and beat him myself." The captain mounted the rigging; brought the cook down; made him strip himself; and then beat him on the back with a ramrod, until the sod was bent with the blows, The blows were not nnmerous, (they did not exceed four or five,) but were very severe, and each, as a witness fur the complainant stated, "made ridges on the man's back about as big as his finger.' Mr. Crewe appeared for the defendant, and said he was instructed to state that the complainant was a man of very bad character; he also examined the witnesses to show that the captain had been sick, and required the barley water, and that " the tran saction complained of had been done more fur the puirppse of degrading the cook than anything else." Ile should not bring any witnesses, be sail, because it was in a great mea sure impossible; it was well known that whet e a crew were incensed at the master of a vessel on any account, they con spired together, as he contended had been done in the pre sent case. Mr. Hall observed, that if that were the sort of answer which was to be given to such charges as the present, a magistrate might as well at once say that he would never, under any circumstances whatever, hold a case to be proved against a captain, because it was possible that the men might have conspired together. In the present instance there bad been no evidence offered to explain, extbnuate, or justify the punishment which had been inflicted. • If they had even been prepared to show that the complainant had given some offence, (and there was not the slightest evidence of such a thing,) still they must be well aware that the law 'did not al low a master to use such a weapon fur the puniShment of a man—to bare his back, and then inflict blows and stripes until his weapon was bent, so that, perhaps, it could no more be used, and the body of the man was waled wills the strokes. That was not the way to punish a man either On shore or on the sea. It was very much to be lamented that any captain should so far forget himself as to use a seaman in the wanner described. No one was more willing than himself to wake allowances for the masters of vessels ; bta when a case so unjustifiable cause before them, they insist inflict punishment, or say “ we will close the door t i all jus tice fur seamen." Mr. Crewe—" Perhaps you wil recollect - that there is a„little discrepancy in the evid e nce : , le swears that the captain was not unwell, and th e o th er i- - inits that he was.' Magistrate—" No; they both state that he might have been unwell for what they knew; but, at all events, they were not medical men to go and feel his pulse." Mr. Crewe (to the witness)--" Did you not say that the captain was taking barley water regularly ?" Witness—" Yes, and brandy too, often enough." Magistrate—" So he might have been taking barley water; but it was his own order which prevented it being supplied to him." The defendant was fined 60s. and costs. CASE of STABBING BY A BOY.-011 Saturday last, John Francis, a boy, aged 14, was placed before Mr. Hall, having; been remanded since Wednesday last, on a charge of stab bing► Richard Bryan. The circumstances were briefly as follows:—On Wednesday afternoon, Bryan was standing at the door of his mpther's house, in School-lane, when the prisoner stopped and looked at him. Bryan said, " What do you want ?'"rhe prisoner replied, "Go look !" Bryan, on this, pushed him away, when the lad rap to the other side of the street, and, taking out a clasp knia; stabbed the pro secutor in three several places. Other witnesses corrobo rated this, and it was stated that the prisoner was so much shocked, when he saw the extent of the injury which he had rashly accomplished, that he fainted. Mr. H ector, surgeon, deposed that he attended the prosecutor. He found an in cised Wound on the top of his head, a punctured wound in the thigh, and a punctured wound, about two inches and a half in depth, on the ridge of the abdomen. The direction of the last-named wound had been altered by the rib, or the man must have died. lie (Bryan) was in great danger fur a time, but this arose rather from his manner of living than from the nature of the wound. He was intoxicated when the injuries were inflicted, and from this he (Mr. Hector) feared indammatOry action of the abdomen. he wounds would not have been at all dangerous in a healthy person.—Tbe prisoner was greatly distressed during the whole inquiry. lie wept and sobbed incessantly. He was committed fur trial. - INFORMATION FOR REFRACTORY SEAMEN.—Three sea men, under the command of Capt. Cleigher, were placed before Messrs. Hall and Harvey, on Saturday, charged with having absconded from their vessel. The captain stated, that he had been compelled to put back in consequence of finding his ship leaky. He put into part on Wednesday last. On Thursday morning he ordered the men to get the ballast out. Six of the crew vent away from the ship, and three of them had bee❑ absent ever since. The three at the bar had presented themselves on board that morning, when they were apprehended under the warrant issued by Mr. Hall. They had all received a month's wages in advance. He (Capt. Cleigher) had been put to an expense of £l2 in engaging men to do their duty. The prisoners said their ground of complaint was, that they had been compelled to eat salt provisions while in port. The captain said, when they Gist arrived he told them that he would allow them 10s. Gd. per week each for board wages, but they demanded 145. per week. He was thus compelled to havejneat cooked for them to eat on board the ship. The storeswere excellent, but they were much better fed than they would have been at sea.—Mr. Hall said, he certainly would not permit such conduct as this. lie had power to send each of the prisoners to the tread-mill for thirty days. He had served seamen so before, and they had thereby lost excellent employment.— The captain said, he did not wish to proceed to that extre mity with these men, as they had returned to their duty. The prisoners said they were sensible they had acted impro perly, and if the magistrates would look over this offence, they would give the captain no further cause for dissatisfac tion. Upon this promise Mr. Hall discharged them. SMUGGLING.---John Lavin, a man of colour, steward of the ship Strathmore, was placed before Messrs. Hall and Hey wood, on Saturday, charged with having unlawfully un shipped certain goods front the above vessel. Alt. Crewe ap peared, gratuitously, on behalf of the prisoner, and Mr. stated, that, on the 24th Brooke, Solicitor for the Customs, appeared for the 'Board. l o t l . 7 l . l l e V w a a r k w i h t e er i'alestine, north side the Waterloo Dock. The Palestine lay next the Strathmore. About eight o'clock in the morning he saw the prisoner di sictakiioatnteedxottrtabtoitalerrt rect two or three other persons to remove a chest and some bedding from the Strathmore to a cart. He (witness) went to the prisoner and asked him what the chest contained. The prisoner evaded the question, but said the goods were his property. Witness insisted on examining the chest, when the prisoner produced the key. The chest was opened, • and was found to contain a bundle of cigars, a quautity of tea and chocolate, and a keg, in which were two gallons of rum. The goods were seized and the prisoner taken into custody. Mr. Crewe, having questioned the witness at con siderable length, said, he was charged by the captain to say, that the prisoner was a man of most excellent character. One of the officers spoke to the high esteem in which the steward was held b y the captain. The prisoner was convicted in, the penalty of ElOO. In default of payment, he was to be com mitted to the House of Correction for six months. Cuatous CASE—CnAnGu OF FELONY.—A foreigner, who gave his name as John Baker, was placed before Mr: Hall, on Saturday, charged with having stolen £5 ls. 6d. from George Warden, a simple, rustic-looking lad, who stated, that he had just returned by the ship Roscoe, from a sojourn ' in America. The first witness was a young woman, who looked like one of those nymphs who appear about the markets, and who frequently pop to gentlemen the question, Do you want a carrier?" She stated that the. complain ant was at Mr. Newton's public-house on the - preceding night. He was intoxicated, and was treating the prisoner and the rest of the company to drink. He took out of his pocket five sovereigns and one shilling and sixpence. The prisoner, who said he had come over in the same vessel, took the money from his hand, and, calling all the parties present to witness the action, said, he would take care of it till the .next morning, as he was sure he would lose it if it were not taken from him. The bar-maid of the tavern corroborated this testimony. The complainant said he had sought out and found the prisoner that morning, and asked him for his money, when he denied all knowledge of it. Warden said he had more money. and was on his way to see his friends in Lincolnshire. Mr. Hall said, he should remand the prisoner till he made his arrangements with the complainant respect ing his appearance to give evidence at the proper time. He should, on Monday, commit the prisoner to take his trial. " STUMPING UP."—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a vile specimen of humanity in the shape of an IfishwoMan, named Frames Sheeran, who, in addition to her other personal at. • tractions, was the proprietor of a wooden leg, " stumped up" to the bar to answer to a charge of being " drunk and dis orderly."—An officer stated that he found the prisoner drunk in the streets on Sunda• night, creating a great disturbance, and that he accordingly took her into custody. The prisoner, with a kind of yell which we never heard anything like, ex cept it were from an Irish pig driven against its liking, screamed out—" I was nat dhrunk at all ; it's a spite he has agin me; he tuk me wooden-leg offend behaved , scandalous to me—(laughter)—an' thin he called me ould peg leg.' " (Great Laughter.) Mr. Parkinson said the prisoner had been in custody last week, and when she was discharged she took the wooden-leg off and would not walk away. One of the Bridewell-keepers said that on the Sunday before he had tried to put her into the cell, she sat herself down and cursed fora full quarter or an hour, and used such language as he never heard in his life. Mr. Hall said be could do nothing with her. He threatened if she were ever brought before him again to send her to the House of Correction, and she was discharged. Cows RD LY ASSAULT.— Yesterday, at the Police-office, Owen Curran, Patrick Waterson, mid Maria Burns, all three Irish, were placed at the bar, charged with creating a riot in Scotland-road on Sunday morning, and • assaulting John Kelly, labourer, and several of the officers, The prisoner Waterson appeared with the fragments of a dirty blue shirt upon him, which, with the exception of his pantaloons, ap peared to be his only covering: The shirt was torn all to pieces, and he might in fact as well have appeared half naked. The complainant stated, that on Sunday morning, about eight o'clock, as he was going down Limekiln-lane, he saw the two male prisoners fighting. He endeavoured to part them, and when he did so, one of the part) said he deserved kicking for his pains. lie walked away and left them, and went to his own cellar, in Rose-place, near which there was a teetotal meeting. The prisoner Waterson followed him to his cellar, and looking down over the railings, swore he would knock his b--- head off. In about two minutes the prisoners commenced a row at the teetotal meeting, and his (com plainant's) wife went on the step to see what was the matter, and called to hint that they were killing a man. Ile just Went to the door, and saw the prisoner coming down the street, with something like a stick in his hand; and as soon as - he got to his (complainant's) cellar, he leaned over the railings, and with an oath, told him to take that, at the same time striking him o❑ the face with the weapon in . his band, which tut his face open, and knocked him senseless. The weapon was afterwards found ; and turned out to be wrapped whalebone, with a bullet at the end. He had been very se verely injured by the blow. Officer 156 stated, that he took the prisoner Waterson into custody in consequence of the cries of the complainant's wife. As he was taking him to Bridewell, he called on the mob to assist him, and he, with other officers whose assistance he was obliged to get, were pelted with brick bats all the way to Bridewell, and had re ceived several severe blows. A respectable resident in that neighbourhood, swore to both Curran and Burns as most ac tive in the attempt to rescue Waterson, and that he had seen them throwing brick bats. A shopkeeper living iu Scotland road said, that all Sunday morning Scotland-toad wasa scene of rioting. Pots, jugs, brick bats, and all sorts of weapons, were hurled out of the windows, by the Irish, at the police men. It turned out that all three prisoners had been drink ing all night, at a " wake" of Burns' rather. Waterson was fined £5, or to be committed for two months to the Boroougb Jail; the other two prisoners were fined 40s. each, or to be committed one month. Assnuur.—lt really appears to us that were it not for the swarms of Irish that infest and do anything but bless oue town, neither Mr. Hall nor the police would have anything to occupy themselves with. Out of every four cases brought before Mr. Hall at the police-office, or felony, drunkenness, or assault, three of them are committed by Irish; and this, be it remembered, in - a population where the Irish form nut one-fifth of the inhabitants. Drunkenness seems their natu ral element; and to get drunk without also getting into a row, would be a breach of all Irish decorum. No sooner was the last case disposed of, than a miserable looking, shri velled thing, in the shape dart ishman, was brought up and fined for creating a disturbance while drunk, at the back of St. Thomas' church, on Sunday afternoon, by tossing up half a crown and challenging any body to take that up, and . . . _ "he'd give 'em a lickin' ;" he was at length taken into cus tody, and severely assaulted the officers. No sooner was this case disposed of, than an abandoned Irishwoman—a striking likeness of Feargus O'Connor, fully as ugly and almost as impudent—was placed at the bar, charged with having vio lently assaulted a respectable young female named Price, on Saturday night. The complainant stated that she was coming along Whitechapel on Saturday night with another female, her companion, when the prisoner knocked up against her, struck her a blow on the face, broke her bonnet, and severely bruised her face. When asked what she had to say, the prisoner (who like many more of her class think if they charge the police-officers with ill-using them, they will get off) caarged the policeman who took her intar custody with shamefully beating and ill-using her. "Savin' ver prisince gintleman, I bled all the way to Bridewell." Mr. Hall.—" Where from?" Prisoner.—`'From use back, an' me head, an' everywhere," (exhibiting her apron, which was all bloody, and her dress in front also appeared sprinkled with blood). Mr. Hall said he would not allow of such vio lence on the part of the officers- The policeman who took her into custody, said that as he was bringing her along Dale-street, she was exceedingly violent, cursing, and making use of the most dreadful language. Finding he could not stop her, he told her she should not go on in that way any longer, and put his hand over her 'mouth. She immediately doubled her fist, and aimed a blow at the back of his hand, with all her might, but he took his hand away in time, and she hit her own nose eud which made it bleed very much. (Laughter.) Mr. Hall said it was not likely she would doit ; it was too ridiculous. The officer assured the magistrate it was so. One of the Bridewell keepers said, that when brought to Bridewell she was very violent, 'and was then bleeding from the nose, but was not injured any where else. Prisoner—" I'm as wake as wathur shur wid bleedin' iu Blidewell." Mr. Halt said, 'that was no excuse why she should assault the complainant. Prisoner—" Och, yet honour hi was a dhrunke❑ man ran agin me, an' my, head somehow came agin her bonnet." The complainant said, on the contrary she had come behind her, and given her a violent blow. Piisoner—" I never did id shun She was ordered to pay ss. and costs, or in default to be committed for three days. PASSENGERS 13-Y THE ROSCOE, FROM NEW YORK.—E. L, Pa t stuns, J. Walker, J. 11. Bull, Messrs. Joule and Leviu Jamaica; Mr.and.Mrs. Grav ; Mr. J. Dwyer, sister, Mrs. Dw‘er, daughter, and servant; Ail. and Mrs. Luster; Mr. J. Copeland, N. Y.; W. Whitey, ditto, and 'l'. Sander. BODY OF A OD I.D - FOUND.— On Thursday an inquest was held on the body of a child, name unknown, which had been discovered under the following circumstances:—Two.nigio men, it appeinerat t were engaged 'in removing a quantity n: so:I from Argyle-lVeet, when they came in contact with a large earthenware vessel, %%inch they found, on examination, contained the body of a fud grown feivale child. The hod% was enveloped in a white cloth and an old handkerchief. They gave it in charge to an officer. Mr. Cooper, surgeon, stated, that he had examined the body of the child. Thenr were some marks on it, the effect of decomposition which had taken place, and not produced by external violence. The umbilical cord was cut or torn close to the body, and no ligature had been applied. Having opened the head, chest, and abdomen, he was of opinion that the. child was born alive; and, from the emptiness of all the large veins, Loth of the head and the body, he believed it died from hemor rhage, cons.quent on such an arrangement of the umbilical cord. The birth had evidently been a secret one. The child had been dead a day or two ago. A verdict of found dead Was returned. THE THEATRE-ROVA L.—The i;erformancestbis week w•il1 be attractive. Charles Kean is engaged for a limited period, and will play his round of Shakspearian characters, with Cooper to second him. The Company, with these additions. will get up a play well. Not one of Charles Keen's blind admirers, who think that he is the embodiment of every Thespian excellence, we yet give him his due as a good tra gedian—superior to the general tun of actors with all his faults; and we quite agree with 'our laughably self-satisfied and inordinately self-opinionated contemporary theChronide, that Cooper is a most excellent actor in secondary characters. With these attractions, therefore, good houses may be ex pected. Last evening the piny of "Hamlet" was performed ; the part of Hamlet by Mr. Kean. Tilts is Keen's best cha racter. His performance of it, however, has been so often criticised, as well in this journal as elsewhere, that it would be a needless task commenting upon it. There was a very fair house. HIGH Tuns.-- : -There will be some of the highest tides of they - ear this week, which will give the inhabitants of this town opportunities of viewing a vast expanse of water from the various piers, and the scene will be much enlivened by the sailing and arrival of ships. According to Holden's 'fide 'Table the water will be 17 feet 1 inch high at ten o'clock this morning, and the highest tide on Friday at noon, when the water will rise 21 feet 2 inches high. - NORTH CHESHIRE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—It gives us great pleasure to hear that the Conservatives of North Cheshire are bestirring themselves, with the view of concen trating their strength for future operations, and relieving . . .heir divibion fronl . the discredit of being represented b the treasury secretary. An association has been formed for this purpose, and amongst the names of its principal supporters, it includes, as president, Sir Richard Brookes, Bart., and as vice-presidents, Trafford Trafford, Esq., Wilbraham Eger ton, Esq, Peter Langford Brooke, Esq., W E. E. "War- burion. Esq., Harvey Ashton, Esq., James Heath Leigh, Esq., J. B. Clegg, Esq., Egerton Leigh, Esq., and John Smith Barry, Esq. The secretary is Mr. Joseph Crisp, an active and zealous Conservative.—Chester Gazette. 'CH ANGF. Hours.—As the time of the departure of the London snail is now fixed for six o'clock, it has been sug gested, that the business on 'Change should be closed at font o'clock. This will be a decided improvement, and a great gain to many of the merchants and brokers, as it will enable them to spend their time much more profitably in their count ing-houses or with their families, instead of 'lingering about the Exchange to a very late hour, (the present practice,) from a fear, that something may occur of which they should be in formed, and of which they may remain in ignorance to the prejudice of :heir interest, should they fail to be among the last on the flags. - LORD JOHN Rusku..—We were incorrect in stating, last week, that his lordship w,,uld return from Dublin on Tuesday and dine with the Mayor on 'Wednesday. The noble lord will,• however, return positively 'to-morrow, and honour his worship with his company to dinner, on - Wednesday evening, in the Town-ball, where a select party are invited to meet him. His lordship, as we stated before, 'will, during his so journ in Liverpool, be the guest of the Mayor.—Albion. SURGUOK TO TuE BOROUGH GaoL.—A special meeting of the Magistrates was held, uu Friday, when it was agreed to report the names of Messrs.. Blackburn, Archer, and Fer guson to the Town Council, as candidates out of which to choose a Surgeon for the Borough Gaol. FREEM A SONS.—We understand that the whole of the ma sonic body in Liverpool are summoned to meet to-night at the Adeiphi Hotel to take steps for promoting a Liverpool branch of - the Life Insurance Company connected with, thiiii,rh not confined to, their order, a considerable portion of the profits of which is to be appropriated by the provincial grand lodge of each district to .masonic and benevolent objects. ZOOLOGICAL GAnnENs.—The last gala for the season is announced to take place to-morrow evening, when the attrac tions will prove of a very powerful character. We trust that the spirited proprietor of this delightful rendezvous will have a full attendance on the occasion. FREE PASSAGE TO SYDNEY.—From an article which ap peared in our last publication, it appears that great coin plaints are made as to the want of labourers in Australia. The Government have been, for some time past, sending out sup plies of workmen, hut it does nor appear, that the individuals selected have give❑ the gteatest satisfaction to the settlers. Messrs. William Smith and Sons, of this town, have received directions from the authorities of New South Wales to for ward a supply of mechanics and labourers, in the selection of whom they are to exercise the utmost judgment and circum spection. A series of vessels will be forthwith despatched to Sydney, the first of which, as will be seen by the advertise ment, is to sail on the 15th October, with a limited number of emigrants, and the second, a fine vessel, of Live hundred tons burthen, on the 10th November next. These are the first vessels, we believe, that have ever, from this port, car ried emigrants to Australia free of expense. :l'he classes of individuals most desired are farm-servants, shepherds, and mechanics; but it will be altogether useless for any person to apply who cannot produce satisfactory evidence, that they are of industrious and sober habits. FM/SHIRE REGISTRATIONS.—T.he result of the sittings before Mr. Sheriff Jameson, in Fife, gives a majority to the Conservatives of 31 in the St. Andrew's burghs, which, added to the 18 of a majority on last year's .registration, makes the total Conservative gain, since the election of au tumn 1&37, 41. Mr. Ellice's majority of 29 has thus, like himself; fairiv disappeared. —On the registrations for the county of Fife, the Conservative gain is 49.—The Conser vatives have gained 41 iu the Kirkaldy Burghs. CORRESPONDENCE. THE CONGREGATION OF ST. MARK'S• TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STaNDaRD. SlR,—Allow me to make a few observations, through the medium of your paper, on some disgraceful behaviour which occurred in St. Mark's Church yesterday morning, while the Rev. Mr. Wolff was preaching there. The reverend gentle man is a German, and a Jew converted to Christianity. He has not that flow of language and accent possessed by some of our English divines; but his delivery is, on the whole, good for a foreigner. A part of the congregation, however, laughed, and others left the church before the sermon was finished. Such conduct calls for animadversion. Intentions can only be known by actions, and profession by practice, and Christ has declared that we shall be judged thereby. Thus, when we dishonour our profession, we dishonour our Lord and Redeemer. Behaviour such as I have described must arise from a want of charity. Charity " doth not be have itself unseemly." All the Christian virtues are com prised in charity : it is the mark by which the followers of Christ are known, and its definition is found in the 13th chap ter of Ist Corinthians. To laugh at a preacher of the gospel, and to walk out of the church, is anything but good beha viour. If a person behave decently and orderly, he is a per. son of good manners. By these the sincerity of our profes sion and the integrity of our hearts may be tested. Good manners are no ►core than the incumbent duty of every Christian, who makes a profession of the gospel. Ist October, 1838. OBSERVER. RAILWAY SHAREHOLDERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANLMRD. Sin.—At the [expiration of last week, the receipts on the London and Birmingham Railway, for passengers alone, were found to average about £lBOO per diem; or, in the aggregate, to have exceeded £.10.,000 fur the six days. Over a receipt for passengers of £15,000 per week (owing to the admirable levels and solid character of this work, to secure which twice the outlay, large as it is, would have been well and wisely expended) a profit equal to the payment out of this division of traffic alone, 6f 10 per cent. on 5,000,000, the cost of the line, will arise. As the different coach lines are brought to work into the railway, within the next few weeks, considerable augmentation of this may be looked fur. Per lisps on no line of country iu the world do the circumstances favourable to the extension of traffic by railway facilities equal those existing on this line—the great heart of com merce panting and straining for communication with the head, Whilst on the snap we may trace the giant in his bulk, ti 1 you see his feet based on the German ocean, and discover in this line, the great aorta, the living channel for his mighty cir.ulation. The opening traffic of the Liverpool and Man chester has been more than trebled, and examples may be multiplied where even this has been increased thrice again ; enormous growth of communion being found to be the inva riable result of the establishment of railways. Looking forwards a few years, what may be expected to be the returns of this ‘• via Lactea" of railways, with its two main forks, through the counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire, and their various ramifications, with its increase exceeding, we may rationally expect, all precedent, and the addition of its par cel and merchandise department, the most sanguine antici pations of its supporters will most assuredly be exceeded. The Southampton forty miles are opened under auspices even more promising, for the detail of which we may daily look in the Morning Crtronicle, as Mr. Easthope will not fail to speak out in accordance with that course of candour and faithful openness of dealing, distinguishing his connection with the undertaking, and whose admirable efficiency, and active and honourable conservalistn, as chairman of this direction, leads' one to hope better things of his politics—to hope that his association with that pattern of enterprising, straightforward, upright, Church and Queen loving Englishman, his worthy vice, Mr. Garnett, will not be lost upon him. I say, the auspices of this opening are promising in the extreme, bear ing in mind that the revenue, or rather profit on revenue, per mile, which will yield 10 per cent. on the Birmingham, will pay 20 percent, on this line, from the difference of cost— whilst they are both laid upon that admirable, practical, tried system, and sound, workint in such perfection on the vat ious lines formed by Stephenson, Locke, and others, with the aid of our Croppers, ltathbone, Garnett, Moss, and the host of enlightened men to whom We and our country at large owe so much. By the way, I would here suggest, Mr. Lditor, that honour should be done to our constellation of railway intelligence, by the contribution from the various leading companies, of their 2 or £3OO each, for a large painting of a group embracing all these lights of their day, engaged in consultation on some matter of interest, chosen at discretion, to be placed in the public office at the station here. If this, or something equivalent, is not done, the discredit will be ours. My object, Mr. Editor, in entering so largely upon these remarks, is to impress upon the minds of my fellow shareholders the great value of these interests, and to, en deavour to awaken them to the danger of playing fast and loose with them any longer. Who are the men who have made most by these investments? Those who have held on steadily through good and evil times, thus sustaining the firmness and character of their property. Satisfy yourselves assuredly of the excellence of the undertaking you support, and neither let one fable nor another induce you to desert it, even though some present sacrifice or inconvenience be in volved, for the time is rapidly nearing, when you may com mand your own prices for your shares if you pursue this policy. I last week alluded to the fictitious means resorted to to influence the markets. A, B, and C, in connexion with others of a knot of jobbers, hold 500 shares, say Brighton, and go into the market and sell 2,000 at 5 pre mium, to be delivered in two, three, or four mouths. The market must be worked so as to enable them to buy 1500 low, therefore, in the face of a dull market, A offers 100 at a de pression of £l—no buyers—and B takes them at a £2 fall; this alarms the public, all sorts of tales are afloat, the trick is repeated, sales from various causes, especially time bar gains, must from time to time be made, whatever the prices, and down things go. After a certain time, if the geese don't shed their feathers fast enough, little fluctuating rises are tried. to tempt them out, such as we have recently seen, until the bargains are closed—leaving A, B, and C holders of large numbers of the shares, which, the buyers not having taken when due, they have kindly taken off their hands, ou heir) , paid some 6, or £8 a share difference. Such, my Friends, is the successful aspect, but supposing you were to npeu your eves to the, worth of your property and to this shameful system, and refuse to come down to the wolf, when told the house is on fire, what a pickle you leave him in. He must have your shares, and you wont sell. With the expo sure of the evil, 1 promised to suggest a remedy which it appears to use must be the scot k of union and of constantly sustained commonication amongst the shareholders. 1, of course, only mean. the real holders, coutradistinguished from the hafftekers - I will select the Eastern counties line as the one in which, after some years of close study of the subject, I hold the largest interest, and consequently have given a pledge that I consider the most promising of the rising lines. That the p►osperily of this line of railway, in its unrivalled traffic, its excellent levels, comparative cheapness, unapproachability by other. lines, freedom from competition of canal, and im mensely lucrative carrying promise, are well estimated here, is proved by the shares being nearly engrossed by Liverpool and Manchester holders, and I hope to see them exclusively so ere long—believing that every pound sunk in the railway will yield iu the next 20 years, nearer 20-fold than 10 in return of principal and dividends. No caprice of fashion can divert its revenues, nor any change ensue, but must im prove this line. The same practical men watch over its for mation who have completed the Birmingham. You re member how the prices of Grand Junctions were maintained during the evil days after -36, and I want you to aid me in giving similar firmness to Eastern counties. This was the effect of unanimity amongst the leading shareholders. I) would, therefore, suggest that all holders of 20 or more Eastern counties shares meet at the Clarendon Rooms on the 9th October, and respectfully invite the attendance of the Directors, or one of their body, to communicate infor mation; that similar meetings be held once a month, and that measures be organised, similar to those adopted at the quarterly meetings of the Ironmasters, for maintaining the prices of the shares. You remember the effect of the Directors' arrangement to take all the shares at a certain discount; that the market at once ruled 10s. higher; and so it would be, were some price fixed at these meet►ngs; say par: there would be buyers above and no sellers at that price. Then the calls would he paid cheerfully, the work go on heartily, as it is now doing, and those ruinous fluctuations involving so much distress be avoided; a few monied supporters would be able to clear the market of all shares up to par, and hold them there with very little effort now, and the confidence resulting from this would. give them a firm and healthy tendency up wards. I invite my brother shareholders to co-operate and see the effect of acting together; to those who can do it, I would suggest an increase of their interest, so as to clear the market of any shares pressing► for sale. I have given orders for purchase of 50 this day, as my contribution to the effort. If I fin it any good result, 1 shall, with your permission, 14r. Editor, adliress my fellow shareholders through your medium, as occa con may arise, and am, Sir, respectfully yours, Liverpool, Sept. 29th, 1838. W. M. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE WESLEYAN CHAPEL, IN LEEDS-STREET. An inquisition was taken, on Saturday afternoon, before Philip Finch Curry, Esq., to inquire into the circumstances that led to the death of George Fairhurst and Thomas liams, of this town, who were killed by the fall of a portion of the building, known as Leeds-street Chapel, which they were, with other workmen, employed in taking down. The Coroner said, before they entered upon the inquiry, he would snake one observation to the Jury. An unfortunate occurrence had taken place in Leeds-street, where, by the falling of part of a building, two pet sons had lost their lives. The case would require their most particular attention, be cause, though the lives of these men might have been lost very innocently, yet. if it turned out that there bad been any neglect on the part of the,owneis or contractors, the parties against whom such neglect might be proved would in the eye uf the law, be guilty of manslaughter. W. M. tiornby, son of John Hornbv, publican, Plumbe street, stated, that opposite to his father's house was the. Wes leyan Chapel. About three months since, workmen com menced pulling down, the chapel. On Friday afternoon, about half-past four o'clock, witness was opposite to the chapel, when he saw the outer wall, which was in front of Plumhe-street, and a portion of the roof fall inwards. The unan whose duty it was to take care of the chapel-yard called out for, help, when witness went forward to the finthest wing of the building, from whence he heard cries. He jumped through the window, but could not, at first, see, on account of the dust raised by the fallen rubbish. As soon as the dust had subsided, he saw a boy sitting on the ruins. Assisted by another person, he carried the lad out. He was much bruised. Witness returned to the ruins, where he saw a man busied in the rubbish, so that only his head was visible. Several persons came to his assistance, and the man was extricated alive. Beneath him they found a man,\ named Fairhurst, lying dead. He, also, was taken out and laid in the yard. The body was afterwards carried to the house of his (witness's) father. There was a deep cut under the right ear, from which blood was pouring. A number of men came and assisted to move the rubbish, which wa; quickly cleated, and four more men were taken out. They were all alive, but they appeared to be severely hurt. They were all taken to the Northern Hospital. He (witness) did not know who were the trustees of the chapel. He believed the person who had 'undertaken to pull it down was named Hill. He could not say what caused the wall to fall; Hugh Hughes, a labourer in the employ of Mr. Robinson, stated, that his master was engaged to take down the stone work of the chapel. 116 (witness) went to work there on Friday, for the first time. He had to take the cornice and gutter off. The slates were off the building. Witness was at the top of the building, on the ceiling joists. He and two others were rolling a loose gutter stone, weighing about five cwt., from one end of the building to another, along the edge of the wall. They were within two yards of the place where they were to drop it down, when, suddenly, the joists and ceiling of nearly one halfof the building gave way from un der their feet, and fell- into the chapel. They (witness and his fellow-workmen) clung to the stone that was on the roller, which was, fortunately, supported by a small piece of brick, otherwise they would have falleno,vith the stone upon them. When they recovered sufficient presence of mind, they managed to climb to the wall, and went away to the back part of the building, where a ladder was placed for them, and they descended. All the bodies had then been taken away, with the exception of that of Fairhurst. The joists of the ceiling were fastened by one end being let into the wall, and the other into one of the principal beams. There were five men W.ove the ceiling, who, with a lever, were raising up the hack part of the principal beam. The whole of those men fell with the rubbish. Fairhurst wasnne of those men. The other .four were all hurt. In his (wit ness's) opinion, it was the operation in which these five wee were engaged that caused the accident. 'Witness explained, on a plan of the roof being laid before him, that the men had prized out one of the " runners" or " backs," as be termed them, which sprung out, and caused the whole fabric of th• ruin to give way. Daniel Grimes, a labourer, in the employ of Mr. Ousley. Highfield-street, stated, that, on Friday, he heard of the ac cident at Leeds-street Chapel. Himself and fellow-work men were ordered to go and assist in clearing the rubbish. Witness described the process of moving the men from the ruins in words that corroborated the testimony of the first witness. He said, he had assisted to carry Fairhurst, whose head was smashed to pieces, so that the brains were dropping out Fairhurst was carried to the Ruse and Crown public louse. Six others were extricated, badly hurt, from the rubbish. George Neile Amott, one of the surgeons of the Northern Hospital, stated that about five o'clock on Friday evening, six men were taken to the house, all of whom were badly hurt. One of them, Thomas Williams, was so severely in jured that he died in about an hour and a half after he ar rived. His skull was fractured at the front, the ribs on the left side were shattered, he had a compound fracture of the left thigh, and several other injuries sufficient to cause death. Mr. Amott was of opinion that, the evidence of some of the other men might be taken at the hospital. Joseph Yates Ashton, stated that he was the professional adviser of the trustees of Leeds-street Chapel. A contract was entered into between them and a joiner, of the name of Ambrose Hill, and a stonemason, of the name of George Robinson, to erect a new chapel in Great Homer-street, and to take dow❑ the one in Leeds -street. They were to use the old materials in the erection of the new building. Another contract was entered into, but it had nothing to do with either the joiner's or stonemason's work. By the terms of contract, the old materials were to be the propeity of the contractors. The trustees had nothing at all to do with tak ing down the building. The contractors had the whole ma nagement of that. The Coroner said it would be necessay to have the evidence of the men at the hospital, who were actually employed in the operation. He should, therefore, adjourn the inquest till eleven o'clock on Monday, when it would be resumed at the Northern Hospital. We are sorry to add that William Curry, anofher of the men, of whom very faint hopes were entertained from the first, died on Sunday morning. His ribs and one leg were tractured,•and one of the bones of the former penetrated his lungs. He has left a wife and large family completely un provided for. Yesterday morning, the jury again assembled, and viewed the body of William Curry. The bodies were identified. The jury then proceeded into one of the sick wards, and the Coroner took the evidence of Daniel Jones, one of the sufferers. He presented a very weak and exhausted appear ance. His head was bound up, one of his legs broken, and he laboured under great difficulty of breathing from an in jury he had received in the chest. He stated that he was one of the men employed at the time of the accident, with five or six others, and they were taking doWn the timber work and slates at the time the accident occurred. They were employed in taking the back out of a principal beam, by means of a lever. It was the forcing, by means of a lever, of the end of this beam out of the main beam that caused the accident. He recollected seeing the end of the, beam come out of the wall, and falling on the flooring; five out of the six men fell with him. He could not say what caused the accident unless it was caused by the falling of this beam. He was acting under the orders of one of Mr. Hill's men, who gave the necessary directions for the work. He could not say that the proper precautions were taken, as he had not been engaged in similar work before. There was no other way but prising out the end of the beam, as they had tried iron wedges before without effect. They had been talking to each other for some time, and, having done nothing, they all made the effort to prize out the beam, which caused the accident. A long discussion took place between the jury and Mr. Hill's foreman, with regard to what directions were given; and several of the jury stated that they , must have the evi dence of the foreman, who was considered to be not then in a fit state to give his evidence. The foreman of the jury said there was other evidence to be laid before them. The only question for them to consider was, whether it had been an 'accident or was the result of any mismanagement. If the latter were proved, they should give a verdict of manslaugh ter against Mr. Hill; they haa therefore better adjourn till that further evidence had been obtained. Mr. Hiil said he would bring a plan of the building at the next examination. The inquest was then adjourned to ten o'clock on Wednes day (to-morrow) mousing, BoLToN.—F. Robinson, S. H. Walpole, and R. Wharton+ Esqrs. the revising barristers for the Bolton district of the southern division of the county, held their court on Monday week, at the sessions room. The following is the result : Conservatives and overseers' objections against. Liberals Failed in Liberal and overseers' objections against Conser vatives Failed in - ... 59 •.• 9-50 4- 9 New claims, Conservatives Liberals COUNTY REGTSTRATION.—The courts for the revision of persons claiming to vote in respect of property situate within the townships comprised in the Oriuskirk district, were held on Thursday, the 20th September last. and, by adjournment, on the ensuing Saturday, at the King's Arms Hotel, in that town. The following is, we believe, an accurate statement of the result:— Conservative new claims ....ii Radical new claims ... . . 13 58 OBJECTIONS BY CONSERVATIVES. Suslained 24 Failed . Postponed 31 OBJECTIONS EY REFORMERS, Sustained 37 Failed Postponed 105 Leaving a dear gain to the Conservatives'ot4s votes. case ofpeculiar interest or importance arose.. Sir John Herschel, it is said, refusas to allow himself to be put in nomination as President of the Royal Society, in the place of his Royal H ghness the Duke of Sussex. RIPON EPISCOPAL PALACE.—The foundation stone of the edifice intended for the residence of the•Hishop•is intended to he laid on Monday next, by the Right Honourable the Earl De Grey. There will be a grand procession on lhe occasion. Leeds Intelligencer. STANNINGLItY New CHCHCH.—We are glad to learn that through the indefatigable exertions of the • Rem. Thomas Furbank, M.A., Incumbent of Bramley, assisted by members of the committee, the sum of £l,OOO has been subscribed to wards the erection of the new church at Stanningley. Still. however, a considerable corn will he wanted to build a church suitable to the wants of that populous village. LYMINGTON, Sept. 27.—Our reaistr) here is now con cluded for this year in a manner most favourable to the Con servative cause, both for the county and borough represen tation. The total increase in the Conservative majority for the county representation is 49, and the total Conservative increase for the borough representation is 15 over the majo rity of last year. Mr. W. Royle has acted for both the borough and county registry with his usual talent, zeal, and discrimination. BURY.—On Friday, the 21st instant, the Lord Bishop of Chester confirmed 117 girls and 95' bayS, in St.• James's Church, at Heywood; and on Saturday, his lordship con firmed 548 girls and 215 boys, in the Parish Church of Bury. His lordship consecrated Christ Church. lately•erected in Walmersley, near Bury. On Wednesday last, the Rev. Mr. Carter, the incumbent of Christ Church, laid the first stone of a new charity school, now erecting at Buckhurst, in \Valmersley, in which, when completed; divine service will be performed on the Sunday afternoons. ABERDEEN COUNTY REGISTRATION.—The Conservative cause continues steadily upon the a d vance i n th i s county. Upon the first trial of strength between parties, after the passing of the reform act, the day was carried by a majority of 180. On the last occasion, although the Liberals con trived to take their opponents by surprise, the Conservative majority had mounted up. to 415. The annual registration, which has just closed, adds 70 votes to a majority already overpowering. The following information hes been received on good au thority, and no doubt will be read with interest :—The Rev. John B. Maude, M.A., Senior Fellow of Queen's College, has offered to endow four additional fellowships in that Col lege, thus increasing the number from 16 to 20. The offer has .been accepted by the Provost and Fellows, and will be acted upon immediatelv.-o,rforn Herald. WA RRINGTON.—The revising barristers held their court in Warrington on Saturday. There were six claimants resi dent in the borough, five of whom had their names placed upon the register. The only case of interest was that of a party claiming to be put upon the register -for a house for which he was paying £7 a year tent. The house was stated to be worth £lO, and the low rent at which it was let accounted ' fur, by the tenant having undertaken to do the landlord's, as well as the tenant's repairs.—The claimed was allowed.— Manchester Courier. THE VICAR of uNcortN.—The Chancellor of the di ocese of Chester was .. ve given judgment -in the case o f t h e R e y. F. M as t - -vicar of Runcorn," on 'Friday. It w ill eiii be recollected I at; at the last - sitting ofthe'Consistory Court, the rev. defendant, at the suit of Joseph Donald and John Johnson, two inhabitants of Runcorn, was charged with an illicit intercourse with a servant of his household. . Evidence was produced to rebut the charge, and to proVe the contra dictory nature of the evidence offered for the complainants. Judgment was then postponed, and the rev., defendant peti tinned to have the case speedily brought forward. Frid a y was appointed for that purpose, but the chancellor consider ed that it was a case of a criminal nature, declined departing from the rule laid down in his,court,:andjudgment is now deferred until next O c t o ber. . . ' BARRISTERS' COURT, BURY.-1 - lenry. Lawrence, Esq., the revising barrister, held his court at- the Eagle and Child Inn, Bury, for the revision of the list of voters for the bo rough members. In the list for the township of Bury, there were seven persons objected to, which were all struck out but one; in the Elton list there were five objections, but none of them were struck out. In the list of claimants for Bury, there were fourteen names, all but two of which were allowed, and in that for Elton, only four, which were all allowed. The total number of votes for the borough of Bury, in both the townships, is now 693. A PUZZLE IN COSTUAIE.—At Delvinn, the Mussulman women wear the most ludicrous dress that woman's fancy ever invented; which consists of a white wrapper, covering them from the top of the head to the feet, with two half - sleeves, into which-their elbows are thrust, their hands being crossed 'upon their breasts, and their elbows stuck out, at tight angles. In this way they stalk about hke rough-hewn marble.crosses. This white wrapper opens at the face, however, to display a black mask, with two holes for the eyes. To all my inquiries as to the origin of this singular costume, I got one invariable answer, " so it has been tound."—Urquhares Trarels in the East. . THE TABERNACLE.—The Tabernacle was a portable tem ple designed for a wandering race, and the Egyptian - religion prohibited every thing which encouraged nomadic habits. Indeed, it would seem as if the Tabernacle had been design edly fashioned so as to withdraw the people from all associa tion with the idolatrous worship of Egypt; for Moses was not in this instance permitted to use his own discretion, but re ceived specific directions fiorn Jehovah, not only respecting the general plan of the structure, but even the minutest par ticulars of its details. The wood of which -it *as composed united the two great requisites, lightness and durability; it was probably the same as that of which the mummy cases are composed, a species of timber which has continued undecayed for nom-IN-thirty centuries, and which everybody who has vi sited a museum of Egyptian antiquities must know to be about the lightest with which we are acquainted. It ivas thus easily transported from place to place, especially as the whole tribe of Levi was charged with its custody. The various parts of the structure and its edifice were assigned to the charge of different families - ' and from the monum en t s i t would seem that the custody of the sacred things in the Egyptian temples was similarly distributed, for there is no example of priests of one rank using the same utensils as those of another.—Sa turday Magazine. A SII TON-UNnk:a-LvNE.--On Frid ay week, Messrs: Wal pole, Wharton, and Robinson, held t h e i r court for the revi sion of the lists of county voters, for t h e par i s h o f Ashton under-Lyne. The overseers' list contained 952 names, being 117 more than the number on the register last year. 'There were 50 objections by the ov erseers, 2 5 by the Conservatives, and 11 by the Radicals, total 83. The number of objections last year was 230. Of the names objected to by the overseers, 38 were struck out, the pa r ti es h av i ng chang ed the i r abodes, and made fresh claims, Others were struck off for other rea sons, and one was.retained. . . . . . 1