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favour, to allow them to appoint one alderman more. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. BIRKETT expressed a hope that the time would arrive when the council would be composed of men, not rich men, but men of property, and then the town might expect to be well and properly governed ; but so long as he had a seat there he would never vote in favour of a man who had been a party to that system of education which the present ma jority had overthrown. (Hear, hear.) However respectable Mr. Hornby might be in other ways, that one act alone of his having supported the former system of education was sufficient to prevent his election by the party now pre dominant in the council. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BOLTON said that both of the gentlemen proposed were highly respectable. It was a great misfortune that the fittest man could not be selected without respect to his peculiar religious opinions, which were matters between man and his Maker, and ought not to be made the subject of discussion in the Council. Having witnessed the great practical know ledge possessed by Mr. Hornby, he believed there was no man more capable of fulfilling the duties of an alderman. His opinions on the school question ought to be a very great recommendation in his favour, because he had shown him self above that narrow, fanatical spirit which was denounced by Sir Robert Peel, Lord Wharncliffe, and Sir James Gra ben), and which he hoped would speedily get its death-blow in Liverpool. Mr. Busnitm. said he had ever been an advocate for having the aldermen chosen out of their own body; and, entertaining those views, he should be exceedingly sorry if Mr. Hornby were elected by the Council, as he had been just rejected by the electors. Upon these grounds he could not think of voting in his favour. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HODGSON wished to trespass on the attention of the Council for a few moments. (Hear.) He did not think that the opposite party could have bit on a man more respec. table, because, from his knowledge of Mr. Hornby, he should say he was thoroughly respectable. They had not met, however, to discuss the qualifications of gentlemen in such a sense, but their fitness as to the particular views they took on the leading and important questions in which the Council were constantly engaged. It would be more in con sonance if the radical party would come forward and say they wished for a gentleman to advocate their views, than to be calling upon the conservatives to give up their " parti san spirit, particularly when they had not given nu their own partisan spirit, but pertinaciously persevered in carrying it through. B u t, i n a ll owing to them this credit, hew as very thankful t o say t h e y were in that minority in which the conservatives meant, with God's blessing, to keep them. (Hear and cheers.) I t would be a great derogation of prin ciple upon the part of the conservatives to admit a man to the vacant alderrnanship who would espouse that of which they disapproved. The radicals were begging of the conser vatives to give them this, that, and the other; they would take what they could; and they might take what they could, but the conservatives would give them nothing. (Hear, hear.) They would, indeed, give them good measures; but to give them their principles, by which they would subvert the con stitution of the country, destroy existing institutions, and substitute their philosophical fooleries and theories, was what he would oppose to the uttermost; and therefore he cordially concurred in the nomination of Sir Thomas Brancker. (Cheers.) Mr. EARLE said he should not have spoken if the last gen tleman had not talked about subverting the constitution, and destroying the government. Had not they (the radical party) the government with them ? (No, no.) He begged them to read Lord Eliot's speech, in which he said that the national system of education in Ireland had been triumphant, and that it would increase if the clergy, from conscientious mo tives, had not prevented it. He (Mr. E.) did not agree with the noble lord that it was from " conscientious motives," because he believed that it was from party motives, in Ire land as well as in this town, where they were headed by the Irish brigade. (Oh, oh !) Mr. ISAAC HOLMES rose to order. Mr. EARLE said he had heard Mr. Isaac Holmes several times in the course of that day, and that he never heard him with pleasure. (A laugh.) He denied that his (the radical) party were seeking for the election of Mr. Hornby as a favor. They merely suggested him as a proper individual ; and was there any man who had anything to say against him ? Was there not something to be said against others? Mr. ISAAC Hor, t you, there might be MES. —Agains t (Laughte• - and a cry of " Order.") Mr. EARLE said he liked gentlemen to answer; it looked as if they had a prick in the head. (Continued laughter.) Mr. PARKER said he should not have said a word if the worthy alderman who had just sat down had not come out in a little more fiery manner than usual. He seemed to be ready for a field-day. (Hear, and a laugh.) If the radicals had brought forward a moderate man, he (Mr. P.) might have been inclined to give him his vote ; and so far as honor and respectability went, he was in favor of Mr. Hornby ; but, as a political partisan, he was one of the most violent in the town. (" No, no," from the radicals.) Who had pre sided at the meeting in Clayton -square ? That man was Mr. Hugh Hornby. (Hear, hear, from the conservatives.) He (Mr. P.) was fully prepared to meet Mr. Alderman Earle at arlY time ; and, upon this ground, opposed Mr. Hornby. He opposed him because he was a violent political partizan. (Hear, hear, and cries of " Vote, vote.") The Council divided, when there appeared— For Sir Thomas Brancker . . For Mr. Hugh Hornby l5 Majority Sir Th os . Brancker was accordingly declared duly elected. The following members voted in the division : For Sir Thomas Brancker.—Councillors—Messrs. Shand, Hodgson, Isaac Holmes, Sandbach, Edwards, Sand s , R ae , J. Law rence, Robinson, Cooper, H. Lawrence, Wood, Bir kett, Gladstone, Bushell, Proctor, Lloyd, Kilshaw, Parker, Jones, jun., Brassey, J. Smith, G. H. Lawrence, Trotman, A. Smith, jun., liarbord.—Aldermen—Messrs. Houghton, Nicol, Griffith, Turner, Bramiey-Moore, Molyneux, Crook, and the Mayor. For Mr. H. Hor nby. — Councillors—Messrs. Thornhill, Preston, Henry Holmes, J. Holmes, Bolton, Aikin, Bright, Yates, Jordan, Ma ther. — Aldermen—Messrs. Bulky, Freme, Evans, Barclay, and Earle. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said he was not quite sure that Sir Thomas would be willing to take the seat; because, he be lieved, he had not been as yet consulted upon the subject, and also, because, he had been afraid on former occasions to enter the Conn.:it lest his other avocations would prevent him from the punctual discharge of his duty. He (Mr. Law rence) hoped, however, that he would now be induced to come, seeing the large majority by which he had been elected. (Hear, hear.) The TOWN -CLERK said the Council was now regular ; and it could not be presumed that Sir Thomas Brancker would make himself liable to a penalty by refusing to serve. (Hear, hear.) HAYMARKETS. The next subjects on the paper were the following :—The proceedings and resolutions of the Markets' Committee, under the reference by the Council of the memorial of the inhabitants of St. James' •road on the subject of the intended haymarket in that neighbourhood. The appropriation, pur suant to the resolution of the Council, of the Ist of June last, of the south end of St. James'-road for a market for the sale of hay, straw, and other fodder for cattle ; and also for potatoes and other roots and vegetables, the food of man ; and also for coal. After considerable discussion, it was at length decided on the motion of Mr. THORNHILL, seconded by Mr. PROCTOR, that the whole subject of the continuance and improvement, or determination of the present south haymarket, and any ex perimental trial of a site before any alteration or after any improvement in the south haymarket, be referred to the Markets' Committee to enquire and consider, and report to the Council. The next subject was the recommendation of the Markets Committee to the council, to make the following additions to the North Haymarket, viz : That part of Great Homer street opposite the market, and two hundred yards along Great Homer-street, measuring frem the north corner of the market, two hundred yards along Fox-street, measuring from the south corner of the market one hundred yards along Prince Edwin-street, measuring from Great Homer-street, all J uvenal-street, G reat N e l son -street, H orat i o -street, Elgin-street, Seacombe-lane, and Belle-street. And the the a pp ro priation of the sa id a ddi t i ons to t h e lik e purposes as present market is now appropriated, in order to become part of one market. Mr. J. L AWRENCE said the reason for requiring this ad dition was, that the persons who brought produce to the market sold it in the adjoining streets, and thus evaded the toll. Mr. D. HODGSON objected to the proposition, as the carts would block up the streets, and become a serious nuisance to the inhabitants. After some discussion, it was decided to refer the whole subject back to the Markets Committee for further consi deration. MYOR'S SERVANT. The TowN-CLERK A read the proceedings of the Town-hall and Paid Officers' Committees, in which they recommended the appointment of Thomas Edwards, as Mayor's servant, at a salary of £5O per annum.--This recommendation was adopted. COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE INCOME-TAX ACT. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE proposed the names of seven gentlemen, whom the Council might consider fit and proper co mmissioners, to be appointed under the 32d section of the Property and Income Tax Act-sth and 6th Vic. c. 35. The duties related not to any returns on the part of the cor poration as regarded its property, but simply to the salaries of the officers in their employ. Their duties would therefore be light. He thought the Paid-officers' Committee would be the best to appoint, as they were cognizant of the salaries of the officers, and he t rus t e d th e y wou ld no t s h r i n k f rom this additional burthen. He moved that Messrs. Lloyd, Kilshaw Bolt Barclay, Proctor, Bramley-Moore, and j,_ , , OD, 'lnes Lawrence, be appointed. _ l 'lr. H ENRY HOLMES seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. APPLICATION FOR DOUAY BIBLES. The MAI"Olt read a communication from Mr. Janes Mulle i'voeilx, chairman of the Committee of the St. Patrick's Bene st t e r h t Society Schools in Pleasant-place, in which, after h a --sg t he Principles upon which the schools were conducted, e asked th • lo e gift of the books and pictures which were no nger i n u . Placed use in th cor oration schools, and which had been Tow n with a number o p t' Douay Bibles in the vaults of the Ivo lid".--- He said the books and pictures in question l u i l r d be of material service to the Pleasant-street schools. Mr. Mulleneux • EARLE moved that the letter of . be referred to tbe Education Committee. He anticipated that the Bibles and prints would be given to the schools in pleasant_street, where they would be appreciated. Con nected with this, there was one subject which he would take the liberty of mentioning. When be had the honour of be longing t o the Education Committee, he bought some books and a pair of globes, and Finding there was likely to presented them to the . . South School. of education, he gave an tl be some alteration in the system to the North School, fo e 'er pair of globes and some books ject to the principles u o r such time as the schools were sub n.which they were then conducted. The books and glogbegPsivegnivth to the North School he now claimed • and havin g that all the' inhabitants would eairers, under the impression enjoy the benefits of edu cation there, he submitted to Education Committee whether they might not very pro the ly t give him back the pair of globes and the books which we'rer South Corporation School. He knew that he could nowt ctellaaesiin them as a right but, having given them under the irnpr whether they ought not to return them n stated, he asked Mr. JORDAN seconded the motion. Mr. SANDS asked whether Mr. Earle had given the globes d d giv n note say that subject to the schools being continued under the e h h a a then system ? Mr. EARLE replied. To the North h heehnate them to the South unconditionally, apprehended any alteration at the time. He did lihe not he co u ld c l a i m those given to the So u th, b ut the others h e claimed as a r i g ht. Mr. HODGSON thought that either one or both must be right ; and trusted that Mr. Earle would make his application to the committee, and state the grounds upon which lie claimed them. He (Mr. H.) would say at once, provided the claim existed, " give him hack all and everything he has given;" though, perhaps, Mr. Earle might have exercised a li ttle more o f t h at lib era lity, o f the possession of which his party were s o constant l y b oas ti n g. (Hear, hear.) He da re d Y TOM p a i n , would give hi s b oo k s in a similar manner. It aPPeared strange • but, as a member of committtee, he would stand up and s ' a that lie would not pretend to return them as a matter of fav y our, but as a matter of justice. Mr. EARLu said that the books or bones of Tom Paine . had nothing to the books and globes to the subject. H e was going to give Catho lics would be educaetselthe advantage of that o anti school where the (Roman) Catho -1 it was for class of children that he asked n( them to be returned. Mr. SANDS desired Mr. Earle to make his application to the committee. Mr. B O L TO N • lica • said be hadobjection to have the aPP tlon for the books refer no . ; the Irish extracts would not t to the committee probabi lity parted with, as the mittee but he hoped was they Would be used hereafter in the corporation schools, when, if they were given away at present, their re purchase might be expensive. From the recent strong mani festation of the powers that ruled, he might fairly say that before six months were over the Irish extracts would be again in use in the corporation schools. (ironical laughter.) Mr. PARKER thought it quite right that the books sought for should be taken special care of—that they should be put in chests cased with iron—that they should be put in the lowest vaults of the Town-hall, and left there ad infinitum. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He would be a party to the giving of the worthy alderman, not merely his globes, but also everything he had given as a gift; and he would deposit the books now applied for safely and in proper keeping, and send the memorial where it ought to be sent. He moved that it should lie on the table, because, in a legal point of view, they were not authorised, as a Protestant community, to give away what they conceived to be Popish evils. (Hear.) They had heard lately that Sir Robert Peel and others were in favour of a liberal system of education, and that in the course of six months this system was to come into operation in the corporation schools ; but those great men who had been quoted referred to the system as applied to poor, be nighted, and Roman Catholic Ireland, and to that country alone. (Hear, hear.) He held in his hand the decisiontf the Chancellor in the case of Bury St. Edmunds—a case well known to every gentleman of the council. Mr. BOLTON rose to order, the case having, as he said, been brought before the council on a former occasion. Mr. PARKER said he would not he called to order by Mr. Bolton, or any person else except the mayor. He thought it right that the public mind should be set right upon the law of th e l an d as regarded the appropriation of books of the kind to Roman Catholic schools. He maintained that, as Protestants in a Protestant country, they were not autho rised to give any Roman Catholic books for the dissemina tion of error, and that the appropriation of the corporate revenue for such purpose, during the sway of the late corpo ration, amounted to an absolute misapplication of the public money. (Hear, hear.) He trusted the present system of education would last for ever, based as it was on the " rock of ages" —on the same foundation as the constitution itself — and on the great and enduring principles of Protestantism ; and that it might safely bid defiance to all the assaults made against it by the enemy. (Cheers.) He concluded by mo ving as an amendment that the memorial do lie upon the table. Mr. MouNzux seconded the amendment. If Mr. Earle made his application to the committee, and identified the property, he (Mr. M.) would say that it should be returned. Mr. EARLE.—What identification do you want ? Do you want me to swear to my proprerty ? (A laugh.) Mr. AIKIN hoped the Council would not adopt the amend ment. The letter had emanated from a respectable indivi dual ; it was respectably worded; and sought for a simple act of justice. lie trusted they would not deal with it so unceremoniously as to let it lie on the table. Mr. G. IL. LAWRENCE said he had always opposed the late sysytein of education ; but he was satisfied that Sir Robert Peel and the other members of the government, however they might approve of it in Ireland, never could approve of its application to England. Mr. EARLE said that Liverpool was a catholic town, and that the number of that persuasion resident here amounted to 50,000. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORS said he should like to see the me morial referred, as he had perfect confidence in the Educa tion Committee. Mr. Mum was also in favour of having it referred. Mr. LLOYD said that though it had been signed by Mr. Mulleneux, the body of it was in Mr. Rathbone's hand writing. Mr._ HARBORD characterised the prayer of the memorial as a mere trap. If it was wrong to circulate books of the kind among one class of the community, the circulation of the same books among another class must be prejudicial. Mr. H. LAWRENCE had an objection to have their Pro testant children educated in extracts, but he did not see ant harm in giving them to those of a contrary faith. There could be no impropriety in having the matter referred to the committee. Mr. SANDS said he was not quite sure that they had the power, even if inclined, to give away property without notice. Mr. A. SMITH thought that where a memorial came from a respectable individual and was respectfully worded, it ought to'be referred. Mr. HODGSON dissented from this opinion in the present instance. He admitted that the prayer was respectful, but he thought it would be a pity to prolong unnecessary discus sion on a question when they had a principle in operation upon which they had made up their minds. Either they were prepared to give sound instruction, or they were not. He could not adopt the principle that while they thought it necessary that a Protestant should be taught the truth, they were willing to teach any other part of the community error. If the question were one of political expediency merely, he could enter into the sentiment; or, if it were, that there was no religion worth anything, then he could understand how they could adopt anything ; but, he was sorry to see that they could pander on such a question for a moment. It was a question of principle, upon which they had made up their minds, and upon which they ought not to throw down the gauntlet for further discussion. If the books in question were, indeed, proper to be used in the corporation schools, and if they did not anxiously desire to inculcate all the scriptures on all the children, then were they enforcing a political religion, and not the reyealed religion. (Hear, hear.) He was, therefore, in favour of Mr. Parker's amendment. He believed the gentlemen on the other side were acting under a delusion ; but he hoped there would be nothing equivocal in the minds of the conservatives—that they would firmly maintain principle and support the truth at all times. (Cheers.) Mr. BIRK ETT said he had been unwilling in the first in stance to have the memorial referred, but the speech of Mr. Henry Lawrence had changed his opinion. (Hear, hear.) He should now vote for Mr. Parker's amendment. Mr. JORDAN said that Mr. Hodgson seemed to forget that nine-tenths of the children in the Pleasant-street school were (Roman) Catholics. Mr. HODGSON said he did not forget the fact. _ _ Mr. EvANs said that Mr. Hodgson could not consistently carry out his principles unless he called in some one to burn the books ; and then he would be burning the Bible, because it had a few unimportant sentences in it—(oh !)—or some thing of the kind. He asked whether it was not better to let the children have the (Roman) Catholic religion than none— some education than none. Mr. HonGsoN.—No; under certain circumstances Mr. EVANS would leave that negative to be judged of by the world, because it was one of the most abominable senti ments he had ever heard. Were children to be left to run wild, without any religion, rather than have the Catholic religion, which comprised the ten commandments and the Old and New Testaments ? At length, then, Mr. Hodgson had arrived at the point; he preferred their being left in destitution itself unless they were reared in a particular dogma. Mr. HODGSON.—A particular dogma ! Mr. EARLE.—Yes ! a dogma ! Mr. EVANS repeated that Mr. Hodgson was an enemy to all education unless it had the sanction of a particular sect. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES was of opinion that the application ought to be referred. The Council divided, when there appeared— For the amendment . . Against it _ _ Majority The amendment was co❑sequently lost, and the original motion carried. The following members voted in the divi- sion : For the amendment.—Councillors—Messrs. Hodgson, Sands, Cooper, Birkett, Parker, Brassey, Trotman, Har bord.—Aldermen—Messrs. Houghton, Molyneux, Crook. Against it.—Councillors—Messrs. Shand, I. Holmes, Thornhill, Preston, Sandbach, H. Holmes, J. Holmes, Bolton, Aikin, Rae, Bright, Yates, Robinson, H. Lawrence, Wood, Lloyd, G. H. Lawrence, Jordan, A. Smith, jun., Mather.—Aldermen—Messrs. Holt, Bulley, Freme, Evans, Barclay, Earle, Nicol, Griffith, Turner, Bramley-Moore, and the Mayor. THE LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION The MAYOR presented a memorial from the Secretary of the Committee of the Literary, Scientific, and Commercial Institution, St. Anne-street, in which it was stated that they were involved to the extent of £240, and wished to submit their case to the consideration of the Council. Mr. BoLfoN said the corporation had no funds at com mand, and that every institution should support its own ob jects. Mr. PARKER strongly supported the prayer of the me morial, and observed that the institution was not based upon political grounds, but that it stood upon neutral principles, which was more than any other institution in the town could Mr. FREME said, the infirmaries, the dispensaries, and many other societies in the town had no political objects i❑ Mr. YATES said, there was a positive rule in the Mecha nics' Institution for the prevention of political and sectarian principles._ (Ironical laughter.) . , Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE Said that the Finance Committee had no money in their possession. The memorial was referred to the Finance Committee. CLOCK IN THE NEW SCOTCH CHURCH. The MAYOR read a communication from Mr. John Tur ner, secretary of the Scotch Church, now being erected in Scotland-road, suggesting the utility of having a clock erected in the front of that building for the accommodation of the public, at the expense of the Council. Mr. AIKIN moved that the communication be referred to the Finance Committee; and said that the clock was in tended, not for the accommodation of the congregation, but of the public. _ Mr. PARKER objected to any appropriation of the public money for the erection of clocks in any building not in con nexion with the established church. He said that if the cor poration had any money to spend upon clocks, the want of one in the front of Trinity Church was much felt. Mr. EARLE said a serious question had arisen, as the clock might possibly not go correctly if it were put up in the Scotch Church, that not being in connexion with the Church of England. (A laugh.) Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said there were two clocks already in the immediate neighbourhood of the Scotch Church, one at St. Martin's Church and another at St. Martin's Market. Referred to the Finance Committee to report on. MEMORIALS. The MAYOR read a memorial from Mrs. Moseley, a pub lican, in Circus-street, in which she complained that nine teen panes of glass had been broken in her window on the 12th of July, although she had no club-lodge in her house, and had not exhibited any colours. She prayed that the Council would grant her some compensation to meet the loss sustained. The TOWN-CLERK said that legal opinions had been given upon this question already, the consequence of which had been that the Council were obliged to refuse other applica tions of a similar nature. Mr. BOLTON said, that if the present application were granted, the Council would have to pay for all the broken windows in town. (A laugh.) The MAYOR read a memorial, numerously signed, from the inhabitants of Tithebarn-street and Vauxhall-road, in which they complained of persons who were in the con stant practice of exposing their goods for sale on the para pets. Referred to the Watch Committee. The MAYOR read a memorial from Mr. Thomas Chalmer, of Mansfield-street, surgeon, praying that his son, Hamer Gaskell Chalmer, might be placed upon the list of " old and independent freemen of the borough, who had always been conspicuous for their loyalty and devotion to their Queen and country." The opening sentence read as follows : " Your memorialist having himself seen and heard his fa. ther speak of the high esteem in which the old freemen of this town were held by all the nation, and that they were vi sited at intervals by divers and sundry great men, to wit— noblemen, statesmen, and generals in the army, who took great delight in their company, and conferred many favours on them, and visited them, not only in their own houses, but shook hands with them in the public streets, and drank with them at their houses of resort in the evenings ; and that they whispered words of comfort in their ears, and sent them away with joyful countenances ; and that they were highly esteemed by their neighbours, and frequently rode in of th ese coaches, and seldom lacked employment when others could townnot obtain it; and that they paid no tolls in the market or dues; your memorialist, feeling deeply the deprivation inestimable rights in his own person, desires to procure these advantages for at least one of his sons." The,_memorial was referred to the Town-Clerk. " That a s nueziviCADyll:ATlON QUESTION.—MR. YATES'S MOTIONS. following motions, the acts of said the next subject on the paper was the of which Mr. Yates had given notice : by Mr. R. irial committee be appointed to inquire into Catholics and Dissen ters us and teach the churc persecution, alleged to have been com mittedtone, in ordering the children of Roman , in the corporation schools, to learn he be found to have donecatechism and to go to church ; and if was instructed by auv so, to inquire further, whether he impenrson or persons to do so and also to inquire whether leged, and that the eglected !As duty in the m anner evidence al leged, takeu be laid before the council. " That compensation be granted to those apprentices, for merly in the corporation schools, who were bound under regulations which showed respect to their religious opinions and promised them valuable instruction, and who were turned out of the schools when they refused to be bound to a master whose orders they could not conscientiously obey, and who refused to give, or was incompetent to give the instruction promised. " That a time-book be kept in each school, in which the superintendent and all the masters of that school shall enter the hour and minute when they arrive, and the hour and minute when they leave the school." Mr. YATES said he would confine himself to the first of these motions for the present ; and he should in moving it be as brief as possible. The subject was a most painful one to him. How, indeed, could it be otherwise, when it called forth such remarkable hostility from gentlemen, from many of whom in private life he had received acts of kindness? Instead of the motion the M ayor had read, he (Mr. Yates) would propose another; shorter and more conciliatory, omitting the words " religious persecution." (No, no, from Mr. Harbord and others.) Oh, if any gentlemen objected he would stick to the first. (Yes, yes.) Very well, he would stick to the original motion. He would gladly have spared himself this task, and have spared the time of the council in entering on this matter; but he had no alternative. On the 18th of April he wrote a letter to the committee of the North Corporation School begging them to make, quietly among themselves, this investigation, pointing out to them who it would be proper, in his opinion, to examine. In writing that letter he wished to be just; but as they had not thought proper to adopt this plan he was compelled to bring forward this motion. Mr. SANDS expressed his belief that such a letter had not bee❑ received by the Education Committee. Mr. A. SMITH said, the letter was upon the file of the Education Committee. Mr. HODGSON described the letter. Mr. MoLyNEUX stated, that it was in the Clerk of the Committee's office. Mr. YATES said, this was the letter he meant. Mr. LLOYD asked whether this letter had been before the Council. Mr. BIRKETT.—Yes ; six weeks ago. Mr. YATES then proceeded to detail the evidence, on which he relied for proof of the accusations implied in his motion. These were, first, the letter of Mr. Stone, touching the attendance of the apprentices, whether they were Roman Catholics or not, and Mr. Taafe's letters and communications on the subject of Mr. Stone's conduct, both as regarded the exaction of certain rules, in respect to the Catholic appren tices and children, and his own attendance. He concluded by moving (instead of the first motion as above) " That a special committee be appointed to inquire whether Mr. Stone did or did not order the children of the Roman Catholics or Dissenters, in the Corporation Schools, to learn or teach the church catechism, or to go to church ; and, if he be found to have done so, to inquire further whether he was instructed by any person or persons to do so; and also to inquire whether he has or has not neglected his duty by attending the North School, in particular, very irregularly—and that the evidence taken be laid before the Council." Mr. B RIGHT seconded the motion. Mr. Alderman Mem. said, had asked for a special committee to inquire into those matters which he had opened. He (Mr. Nicol) was sure that no gentleman who had heard Mr. Yates' speech but must be aware that ail those matters, or nearly all, had been before the council over and over again. He abstained from entering on the merits of the question, because the council had already de cided repeatedly that it would not entertain proposals ad verse to the proceedings of the Education Committee. The council had over and over again confirmed the acts of that committee; therefore it was a complete waste of time to discuss those matters which Mr. Yates had charged upon it. He therefore begged to move as an amendment—" That the council having repeatedly approved of the proceedings of the present Education Committee, it be resolved that any proceedings on the subject proposed by Mr. Yates are un called for and unnecessary." Mr. A. SMITH, jun., seconded the amendment. He had had the pleasure of knowing Mr. Yates for many years, and he knew the kindness of his disposition; and therefore he regretted to find, that, in lecturing the council upon its want of Christian sympathy, charity, and forbearance, he should have lent himself to carry on a persecution—for he could call it nothing else—against Mr. Stone. Mr. Stone had been recommended to the Education Committee by Mr. M'Neile, and he (Mr. Smith) believed that that circumstance was the cause of all the storm raised against Mr. Stone. Indeed it had been avowed by one member of council, that he would offer to all the proceedings of the Education Com mittee all the opposition in his power. Now he (Mr. Smith) could not see what good would result from Mr. Yates's mo tion. Mr. Smith then went through the charges against Mr. Stone, and stated that there was no foundation for them. He concluded by stating, that the rule in the corpo ration schools was, that all the children were to read the Bible, and those who did not object to it were taught the Church Catechism. He seconded the amendment. Mr. BOLTON said Mr. Yates had made distinct charges, and they ought to be inquired into. In the first place, he stated that he had sent a letter to the Education Committee, and had not received any reply to it. Mr. SMITH said, reply was given openly in the Council. Mr. BOLTON, in continuation, said, Mr. Yates stated that the Dissenters and Roman Catholics were taught the church catechism forcibly. Mr. SANDS.—And we they have not. say Mr. BOLTON.-Mr. Yates says they have; therefore there is a necessity for having a committee to ascertain the truth. He believed Mr. Yates would not have made the assertion unless he had got good grounds for it. Mr. PARKER was much pleased that Mr. Yates had altered the motion, by withdrawing from it the words " religious persecution." As a private individual he esteemed Mr. Yates; hut, standing there as Mr. Yates did, a political and religious partizan, he (Mr. Parker) felt himself at liberty to use expressioqs towards him which he would not have done in private. He had made a very grave charge against the Education Committee ; and upon what evidence? Why, upon the evidence of a discarded servant, Mr. Taafe. It was preposterous to think of acting upon it. The Education Committee were gentlemen of high standing, and selected by a majority of the Council; and, until the question was taken up on different grounds than those advanced by Mr. Yates, he (Mr. Parker) should oppose it. Mr. JOHN SMITH strongly urged the necessity of a fair trial being made of the existing system. He should oppose the motion. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said, the charges which Mr. Yates had urged against Mr. Stone were unfounded. The had also met Mr. Yates in respect to Mr. Stone's duties, for he now kept a record of his time. Mr. YATES said, he would then withdraw the motion relative to an attendance bo o k. - _ Mr. HODGSON defended the Education Committee at great length, contending that in bringing these charges Mr. Yates had surrendered his judgment to his predilections. There had been no persecution either of Dissenters or Roman Catholics. The Education Committee had merely acted upon the principles adopted by the Council, which were those of the truth ; and though toleration was allowed there was no persecution. He was as much an advocate as any man living for education, but he would have it built on a right foundation. Where it was not based upon a right directing power, it was arming a wild beast, giving a power to destroy, setting up infidelity, and putting aside all moral restraints. He took the Bible for the ground on which to base education. The only sure ground by which you could bring content in the cottage of the peasant, and honour in the palace of the king, was the will of Cod, as it was revealed to us in the Scriptures. That was the principle adopted by the Education Committee, and that, he would boldly maintain was the truth. Mr. Hodgson concluded by ex plaining that Mr. M'lsteile had not recommended Mr. Stone to the Education Committee, but had merely given him a good moral character. Indeed the reverend gentleman was out of town at the time. Some further discussion having taken place, Mr. YATES replied denying that he had gone about to obtain information, either clandestinely or surreptitiously. He just asked how the Catholics were employed when the Protestant children were saying their catechism ? Mr. MOLYNEUX said, he had at first suggested that they should read a chapter in the new testament. He found, on one occasion, at one of the girl's schools, that the Catholic class had been reading a small book on the soul, to which he had made no objection. Mr. YATES said he was glad to hear that the children were employed in a manner less objectionable than that of learning what was opposed to the faith in which their parents wished them to be educated. On a division the numbers were For the amendment.. Against it. Majority The amendment was consequently declared to have been carried. The following members voted in the division : For the amendment—Councillors.—Messrs. Shand, Hodgson, I. Holmes, Blundell, Sands, Rae, Cooper, Wood, Birkett, Gladstone, Bushell, Kilshaw, Parker, Brassey, J. Smith, G. H. Lawrence, Trotman, A. Smith, jun., Har bord.—Aldermen.—Messrs. Houghton, Nicol, Griffith, Bramley-Moore, Crook, and the Mayor. Against it.—Councillors.—Messrs. Preston, Bolton, Aikin, Bright, Yates, Jordan, Mather.—Aldermen.—Messrs. Holt, Freme, Evans, Barclay. Mr. Yates moved, in lieu of the next clause in his motions. " That compensation be granted those apprentices formerly in the Corporation Schools, whose term of apprenticeship is not yet expired." Mr. Yates read a memorial from the parents of the apprentices to the like effect. Mr. Bright seconded the motion, The TOWN CLERK said the Council had no legal power to make such compensation. As Mr. G. H. Lawrence had stated that Mr. Stone did keep such a hook as that named in the motion, Mr. Yates said he would not go into that part of the subject. Mr. Har bord said Mr, Stone did not keep such a book. It appeared that Mr. Lawrence had misunderstood some expressions of the Chairman of the Education Committee. Mr. Stone it appeared has been requested to keep an account of his time, not in a public but in a private book of his own. Mr. Yates said, he would satisfy himself with having called the attention of the committee to the subject, and would leave it in their hands. INTERMENTS. MR. BIRKETT proposed the following motion of which he had given notice. It was unanimously carried :—" That the Town-Clerk be directed to send copies of the clauses No. 26, 27, and 28, relating to interments, contained in the Liverpool Health of Town Bill, to all incumbents, and churchwardens, of churches and chapels of ease, situated within the borough, and also to all parties having custody of any dissenting chapel or burial ground so situate, with an intimation that the Council will strictly enforce their provisions." The Council separated at twenty minutes to four o'clock. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT INAHAY-FIELD.—On Monday evening last, as the haymakers were about loading the hav to convey it to the barn, at the bleach works of Mr. T. R. Bridson, Little Bolton, the prop fell from beneath the hind part of the cart ; and unfortunately a man, named John Hor rocks, fell from the top of the hay, and alighted with his breast upon the prongs of a hay fork which stood erect. He was pierced to the heart, and died instantaneously. TINE NEW TARIFF.—The first importation of horned cattle under the new measure passed the London Custom house on Monday. It consisted of four bulls from Switzer land of the celebrated Dun breed, which is produced in that country, and during the summer months is pastured upon the lower acclivities of the mountains. They reached Lon passing of th e new don from Rotterdam, and had been brought down the wh o l e course of the Rhine. Their value was estimated (of co urse for the purposes of the breeder) at about £BO per head. can judge alittle removeda t present, of the g l oom and tariff As fbairllass we e s to Lave stagnation which have been felt in commercial affairs with so much 'severity for the last two months, and we hope business will now proceed more steadily. The fine weather for the harvest will help to restore confidence ; and we have no danger of further impediments from legislative interference till next year. The prices of the French funds do not rally yet from the depression caused by the death of the Duke of Orleans, but our market has ceased to be affected by this cause, and we expect soon to see prices reach their old limit. —Globe. " How DO THE WATERS COME DOWN AT LODORE."--- In consequence of the late heavy rains, the mountain streams in the neighbourhood of Keswick are " filled fra bank to brae," and Lodore presents at this time a formidable and most magnificent appearance. It comes down from the tre mendous precipice with the roar of thunder, and is distinctly heard at a distance of many miles. Not a favourable day passes without a crowd of tourists assembling to view this magnificent waterfall in its g randeur . The Greta and other rivers in the neighbourhood were much swollen ; and fears were entertained that they would overflow their banks, and lay the adjoining meadows under water,—Kendal Mercury. BIRKENHEAD POLICE COMMISSIONERS The commissioners, under the act for the improvement of the township of Birkenhead, held au adjourned general meeting at the Town-hall, on Tuesday evening. In the absence of the chairman, Mr. w. Jackson, the deputy chairman presided. The Finance Committee presented a report, which merely contained orders for the payment of certain accounts, and a recommendation that Mr. Lyster should make a survey of the township, and prepare a new map, for which he was to be paid £2O. This was ordered to be done forthwith. The CHAIRMAN stated, that, at the recommendation of the committee, in consequence of the great defalcation in the payment of rates for cottage property, they had found it ne cessary to issue summonses against thirty tenants of three of the largest owners of this kind of property, and also against ten individual defaulters, who might be classed amongst the rich. Some conversation took place on this subject without any result, after which Mr. PARKER wished to know what amount of money the commissioners wanted to borrow from the bank, and what security the latter wanted. The CHAIRMAN said, they had a surplus amount at the ferry, but they did not like to hand it over to the township at present, as they could not borrow money on account of the ferry until the sum of £28,000 was paid to the railway company. Mr. MALLABY said, the bank would lend the commissioners £lOOO ; they wanted no specific security, as it was looked upon as merely overdrawing their account. The Ferry Committee reported, that by the purchase of Mr. C. Rampling's share in the Woodside Ferry, the com missioners were now in full possession of the whole of the property ; and the new accounts on behalf of the township would be opened on the Ist of next month. Mr. MALLABY said, under the Act of Parliament it was necessary that the commissioners fix and order what the rates, for the carriage across the river, of goods and passen gers should be ; and also that they should now agree to all by-laws to regulate the ferry, which must be submitted to the Quarter Sessions. Mr. M. here read the tariff for goods, which, after a few observations, was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN announced, that during the last three days, there had passed through the pay-gate of the ferry no fewer than 4779 passengers per day. which was at the rate of a million and a half per annum. This number was exclusive of contractors; and, if they were taken into account, he thought they might safely calculate upon two millions of people going through the gate in the year. The proceeding of the Road Committee were next read, and notice of a motion given to appointa committee to recon sider the regulations connected with, and state of, the roads; also, to consider the benefitte.likely to arise from making a new survey of the township ; and that such committee report fully on the state of the roads, and what streets ought to be adopted by the township. Mr. WATSON wished to ask a question from the law-clerk, on the subject of the election of Mr. Ravenscroft, a commis sioner in June last. They were now assembled for the third time as commissioners, and Mr. Ravenscroft had not appeared at one of their meetings, to qualify, and his (Mr. W.'s) opinion, never intended to do so; because, as Mr. Ravens croft was not " rated in the rates for the relief of the poor," he well knew he was not competent to act. He assured the board that Mr. Ravenscroft authorised him to use his name, and state that he (Mr. Ravenscroft) never meant to act as a commissioner, and that he told the gentlemen so at the time he was put in nomination. Mr. Watson concluded by stating that his sole object was to obtain information. Mr. MALLABY, in reply, said, at the last election a majority of the ratepayers had thought proper to elect Mr. Ravenscroft. He knew nothing as to what course that gen tleman intended to pursue, as to acting amongst them as a commissioner ; and this could only be tested by his appearing and qualifying, or by his refusing to do so within the time limited. The situation of Mr. Ravenscroft did not make the least difference with reference to, the gentleman who was second on the poll. He (Mr. Mallaby) thought it right to retain Mr. Ravenscroft, he having a majority of votes. Six months were given him to prove his eligibility for the office ; and if Mr. Ravenscroft refused or neglected to do so in that period, then the commissioners would pursue the course they thought most proper in accordance with the act of parlia ment. Some discussion took place on the inadequacy of the police force, which was eventually referred to the Watch Committee, and the commissioners then separated. SPECIAL MEETING On 'Wednesday evening a special meeting of the com missioners of Birkenhead was held at their room in the Town-hall. The meeting was summoned for eight o'clock, but at a quarter past that hour the following commissioners only were present :—Mr. C. A. Watson, Mr. Stansfield, Mr. J. H. Green, Mr. D. M'Nicol, Mr. D. Appleton, Mr. J. N. Wood, and Mr. J. Gilbertson. On the motion of Mr. J. H. GREEN, Mr. Stansfield took the chair. Mr. WATSON read a clause in the Commissioners' Act which required that every commissioner should have a sum mons sent to him through the post-office, at least seven clear days previous to such meeting. This notice calling the present meeting had not been sent through the post-office, but had been left at his house on the 15th of July, con sequently it could not be a legal summons. Several other commissioners produced their summonses, none of which had been sent through the post-office as re quired by the clause of the act read by Mr. Watson. Mr. HILMAR (who acted as law-clerk in the absence of Mr. Mallaby) said as the commissioners were present and admitted the receipt of the summons that was sufficient to constitute a legal service. Mr. GREEN - said he supposed the clause of the act read by Mr. Watson was merely for the purpose of ensuring the ser vice of a summons on each commissioner. Mr. WATSON was still of opinion that a summons which was not sent through the post-office was not a legal service, and as they were called together for a most important pur pose it was the more necessary they should be a legally con stituted meeting. He wished to know what the money —a very large sum, £30,000, which they were called to sanction the borrowing of--was for. Mr. HILLIAR read the notice calling the present meeting, r which was to sanction the borrowing the sum of X 3 0 , 000 o the, rates and tolls of the ferry, and on the rate; and property of the township. The CHAIRMAN said they had no knowledge legally before them what the money was for. They knew privately, that it was all right, but still he was of opinion il.ey ought to have a statement legally laid before' the board, before they sanctioned the borrowing so large. t 6 .402, • Mr. HILLIAR said he had to inform the board that no tender had been sent in, and therefore there was no business for the board•to transact a the present meeting. Mr. AppLEToN inquired if the proper means had been used to make it known that the money was wanted ? Mr. HILLIAR saidit had b een .advertised. Mr. WATSON said he thought it extraordinary that Mr. Mallaby, who had called the meeting, was not present, or that he had not, sent some information to the meeting on the subject. Mr. GREEN.—I beg leave to move that we do now ad journ, as we have no knowledge what this money is for. Mr. WATSON seconded the motion, and he begged fur ther to state, that the act required fourteen commissioners to be present, but as there was not that number in attend ance, it was not a legal meeting.. Mr. HILLIAR said all that was necessary to be done was for the ehairman to declare that there was no meeting. Mr. GREEN said he would not alter the terms of his mo tion. He simply moved that the meeting adjourn, and he did not mean to state any reason for that motion. He should not qualify it. Mr. WATSON would second it that they adjourn sine die. A COMMISSIONER said he understood a copy of the Ferry Bill was to be sent to each .commissioner—that ought to be done, but he had not yet received one. The CHAIRMAN said it would be done. He had not yet .received a copy, and he understood only two copies had yet been received. Mr. HILMAR said a copy would be sent to each commis sioner as soen as a snfficient number were procured. The CHAIRMAN then put Mr. Green's motion, which was carried, and the commissioners separated. THE BISHOPRIC OF JERUSALEM (From the Prussian State Gazette of July 12.) BERLIN, JULY 1 1.—His Majesty has been pleased to ad dress to the minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs the following orders in respect to the relations of the Bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland in Jerusalem with the German congregation of the evangelical religion in Palestine : " I send you herewith a letter from his Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury, Primate of England, which contains the definitive proposals respecting the relations of the bishop of the united church of England and Ireland in Jerusalem with the German congregations of the evangelical religion in Palestine, which are inclined to place themselves under the jurisdiction of the latter. You will see from this letter that the prelate secures to the congregations of the German Pro testant faith in Palestine the protection and pastoral care of the English bishop at Jerusalem, without any other condi tions than such as the exercise of the protection itself re quires. The publication of these proposals will be the best means to dispel the misunderstanding of some well-meaning persons, and to render the misrepresentations and calumnies of the evil-minded of no effect. Though there are at pre sent no German Protestant congregations in Palestine, but the formation is still to be looked for under the influence of favourable circumstances, yet young divines of the German Protestant Church, whom tho increasing interest in the la bours of the missions for the conversion of the Jews induces to go to Palestine, will certainly think it desirable to avail themselves of the offers contained in the letter of the Arch bishop of Canterbury, to obtain a greater freedom of action and a more successful result of their labours, by accepting the protection and care of the Bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland. I am very ready to support, in a suitable manner, young divines of this kind, when they have been examined and found duly qualified, and especially proved themselves to be thoroughly grounded in the doc trines of the Protestant faith, according to the Augsburg Confession, and I invite you to point out to me any such " persons. FREDERICK WILLIAM. " To the Minister of State, Eichhorn." " Lambeth, June 18, 1842. " ' Sire,—As it seems to me to be desirable that your Ma jesty should be thoroughly acquainted with the relations in which the German congregations in Palestine will stand with respect to the Bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland in Jerusalem, I take the liberty most respectfully to submit the following proposals, which I hope will be agree able to your Majesty : " ' The bishop will consider it as his duty to take under his pastoral care and protection all the congregations of the German Protestant faith which are within the limits of his diocese, and are inclined to place themselves under his juris diction, and will afford them all the support in his power. The German Liturgy, which has been carefully examined by me, which is taken from the liturgies received in the churches of your Majesty's dominions, will be used in the celebration of divine service by the clergymen who are appointed, on the following principle :--Young divine s , can di dates for the pas toral office in the German Church, who have obtained your Majesty's Royal permission to this end, will exhibit to the bishop a certificate from some authority appointed by your Majesty, in which t h ei r good cond uct as well as their quali fication for the pastoral office is in every respect attested. The bishop will, of course, take care, in the case of every candidate so presented to him, to convince himself of his qualifications for the especial duties of his office, of the purity of his faith, and of his desire to receive ordination from the hands of the bishop. As soon as th e bi s h op h as f ully satis fied himself on these points he will orda i n the candidate on his subscribing the three Creeds, the Apostles', the Nicene, and the Athanasian, and, on his taking the oath of obedience to the bishop and his successor, will gi ve hi m permission to exercise the functions of his office. " With respect to the confirmation of young persons of such congregations in Palestine, the clergyman of the con gregation will prepa re them for th a t purpose in the usual manner, will subject them to the requisite examination, and profession of their faith. They will then be presented to the bishop, who will confirm them according to the form of the Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland. " With the most profound resp ect , majestY's most sincere and h um bl e ser vant,l have the h onour to remain, Sire our , y W. CANTERBURY. To His Majesty Frederick William Iv., King of Prussia. The election of a professor to the surgery chair in the Edinburgh University was, on Tuesd ay, d etermined by the town council unanimously in favour of Mr. Miller. THE DRAMA , The dramatic legend of " Giselle, or the Phantom Night Dancers," which has been brought out at the Theatre Royal in the good style and taste usually shown by Mr. Hammond, has, so far, proved anything but attractive. The public palate has been tickled with legitimate drama, but that will not go down ; the bait of minor pieces has been tried, but the play goers—who, like the Indian tribes mentioned by the intelli gent Mr. Catlin, are yearly dwindling away, getting" small by degrees, and beautifully less"—will not pay major prices to see them. What, .then, is to be done? Our advice is to meet bad times boldly; reduce the company, and reduce the prices, and call upon the proprietors to reduce their rent. Everything, except perhaps land and agricultural produce, has come down in the scale of value. Manufactures, art, education, and almost all the necessaries of life, are lower by twenty-five per cent than they used to be; but theatricals, at the " Royal properties," are rated as high as ever, while the actual value is by so much less than they used to be. As for " drawing," we do not know what would, just now, prove a good card. Miss Kemble is the only one on the boards worth taking up, and it is all a lottery whether she turns up a trump or not. In the dearth of first-rate ability, Mr. Hammond has certainly exerted himself to make up for it by the admirable manner in which he has put his dramas on the stage; and we do not think there is any provincial establishment where more attention in this department is exhibited. But what, so far, has been his repayment ? Time was when a play got up at half the cost and labour of the " Midsummer Night's Dream" would have been ap plauded to the very echo, and trumpeted forth as a magnifi cent effort of scenic display; and Mr. Hammond, in placing Shakspeare so efficiently on the stage, termed " a reformer." But it will not do ; the drama is at a discount, and we, like the gentle swain of the olden bard, must " stand waiting' while the stream descends." The new drama of " Giselle," which has been singularly successful In London, is founded on a German legendary tale, running to the following effect :—" The Wilis, or Noc turnal Dancers, are brides who die before the day of mar riage, without having fully satisfied their love of dancing—. there still remains in the heart which has ceased to beat, and the feet that no longer move, that passion for the fete which inspired them during life. These young affianced ones rise at the hour of midnight, and assemble in troops near the highways, and woe to the young man that meets them ; they rush on him, and make him dance till he dies. They wear crowns of flowers on their heads, and sparkling rings on their fingers ; their faces, though white as snow, still preserve the freshness of youth. Dressed in their marriage garments, and sporting like elves in the bright moonlight, they have an air so winning, a grace so seductive, smiles so perfidious, that these brides of death are irresistible. It is in vain their unhappy victims would fly them ; they follow, and own in death their fatal fascination." The plot of the piece is rather non-understandable ; but, as some part of it is left for the imagination to fill up, it is pleasant enough, since it calls the spectator's fancy into play. In fact, "Giselle" is a mere vehicle to bring upon the stage a variety of ple as i ng d ances — num b ers o f pretty d ancers , with pretty legs—and several extremely beautiful scenes. The heroi.ie, Giselle, is played by Mrs. Honner, who ori ginally did it in London. She is a clever actress, possessing pathos and feeling, and evidently takes, nature for her model. She moves gracefully, and sitigs sweetly. A " touch of her quality" is exhibited in " Falls of Clyde," where she is taxed by her father with her shame : her hysteric fit was painfully natural. Mrs. Homier is one of the Keeley school, and a good sc h oo l it i s . She ver y f requen tl y rem i n d s us o f Little Gertrude, both in voice and manner. We say this without bringing the least charge of being a copyist. In Giselle, where she dances in the paroxysm of delirium, her pantomimic action is singularly wild and affect ing. Mrs. Honner will become a favourite here ; her talents. so far as we have seen, challenge approbation. Mr. Nantz, as Polonius says, " did enact" Hilarion, a hunter in love with Giselle. Mr. Nantz' Mantilini and Canterbury Tom were both capital impersonations, but his Hilarion was gloriously Cartlichian. Old Richard son dearly loved " a bould voice :" the old fellow would have enjoyed Hilarion vastly. Mr. Eaton, on Tuesday, played Peterkin with much vivacity and humour. He undertook the part at a very short notice, in consequence of Mr. Slai ter's indisposition on the previous night, which arose, we believe, from exposure to the sun. On Monday night he was evidently "in it" all through the evening. Mad. Schmidt, Mrs. Barton, Mr. Vivash, Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Barton greatly exerted themselves to make the drama go well. Of the scenery we can speak with unreserved praise. " The cottage of Aloise, the hunter, and the hermit's cave" is an exquisite effort of scenic art. It reminded us of some of Ruysdael's charming landscapes, presenting to view a highly pleasing and, we may say, beautiful picture, with lights and shadows cleverly distributed. " The exterior of Dame Bertha's cot tage," with a town and river in the distance, is another very pretty scene, enlivened by a dance of vintagers. The next remarkable tableau is the view of the Wilis' lake, by moon light. The lights in the front of the house being subdued, this scene has a supernatural and unearthly effect. When the Wilis are dancing it presents a still more extraordinary appearance. The concluding scene, of "the Palace of the Fountains," is a bold and very successful attempt to convey the idea of a water queen's abode. The whole of the stage, to the very walls, is thrown opera, and a vast amphitheatre of fountains and waterfalls is presented to view, illuminated by the most vivid coloured fires, and peopled by the phantoms who sport on the waters. This scene has a grand effect, and cannot fail to astonish and delight the spectator. Many of the stage effects in this drama are novel and striking. We may instance, the disappearance of Caspar, the appearance of Giselle to Hilarion, and the sudden gatherings of the Wili, or phantom night dancers. " Giselle" is a curious drama, and well worth seeing. On Tuesday we had the misery of seeing Mr. Travers play Tom Tug. In " Farewell my trim-built wherry," one of the most pathetic and touch ing ballads ever written, he broke down, and was obliged, in vulgar parlance, "to try back." He introduced " The death of Nelson," and a regular hash he made of it. The second verse was a perfect paroxysm of shouting and bawl ing, out of tune and time, with an occasional departure from the text. Mr. Travers looked as awkward, as the "Jack in the water" on one leg who plies at Whitehall Stairs. Miss Gardner played Wilhelmina with much archness and vivacity. Mr. Baker's Robin caused, as usual, loud laughter ; Mr. Vivash was very good as Old Bundle ; and Madame Simon luxuriated in the vulgar Mrs. Bundle. " Falls of Clyde," " The. Serjeant's Wife," and other stock pieces, have been produced, in which Mrs. Honner has acquitted herself with great ability. Mr. Slaiter's indisposition gave Mr. Macgre gor, an actor very little known here, an opportunity of shining in "The Falls - of Clyde." From what we saw of him, as Donald, the pipti wwslialLbe glad-to see him again. He acted th e funny litta,piper. inimitably, and came out with such a genu in e.gush.of broad Scotch that it was quite delightful to hear him. Mr. Maegiegor excited very hearty laughter, and came. in for a good share of applause. Mr. Bellingham, as. Kenmure,impersonated it in his accustomed affected manner. His lobsterlike sprawling on the stage,. when shot by Edward Enfield, (Mr. Nantz,) elicited a titter and a birdlike sound, from some parts of the house, rather unsuitable to so pathetic an occasion. Such an attempt at a " dying fall" would have set Heraclitus himself on the broad grin.—Mr.. George Vandenhoff is engaged for three nights, previous to his departure for America, whither he is about proceeding to fulfil several engagements. Brother Jonathan will like Mr. Vandenhoff ; he will become a favour ite there, as most of his family have been.—Miss Grant, it will be seen elsewhere, takes her benefit on Wednesday. Her metropolitan engagement has improved her vastly. BERLIN, JULY 7.—On the sth of July, about six in the afternoon, a storm from the north and north-west entirely laid waste the environs of sixteen villages in the principa lity of Halberstadt, and the country of Mansfeld, and of several villages in the Duchies of Anhalt, Dessu, and An holt Bamburg. The hailstones were as large as pigeons' eggs, and some twice that size, and weighed two ounces. Small birds, pigeons, poultry of all kinds, and a great quan tity of game were killed ; persons who were in the fields were wounded, and one man was found dead. On many fields not a sheaf of corn remains standing, and it cannot be distinguished where. potatoes, turnips, &c., were growing. The fruit, cherries, plums, &c., which presented a most abundant crop, are beaten down with the branches. The town of Ermsleben alone has lost 400 acres of flax, cost ing 30 dollars per acre, which makes 12,000 dollars. The damage done to the fruit, to the roofs and windows is immense. CHURCH RATES.--A corresdondent of the London Times has addressed the following letter to that journal. We will venture to assert that the rector alluded to is no fosterer of tractarian doctrines, or he would not have contributed so materially to advance the interests of the church. The writer dates Bramley by Bow, July 20, and writes thus : " Our pretty little church having fallen into decay, a dis cussion arose in the parish—but of the most amicable cha racter—whether it should be enlarged ; or only subjected to the necessary repairs, and a new ehuch built in the vicinity. The funds, however, being insufficient for the latter purpose, an enlargement of the old structure was determined upon ; and after the assembling of one or two vestries for prelimi nary arrangement, a final vestry was called for the 19th inst. At this meeting of the parish there appeared probably as many dissenters as members of the church present; and it was decided by the whole vestry without one dissentient voice, but, on the contrary, with every expression of respect for the church and the most kindly affection towards the rector, that so heavy a rate as 3s. in the pound should he imposed ; with only this condition, suggested by the worthy rector himself—that though the rate was imposed at once, it should only be collected in such portions as might be called for by the architect, Mr. Railton. The vestry then separated in the most cordial manner. It has been highly gratifying to the whole parish to notice the very gentlemanly and libe ral conduct of our dissenting friends and neighbours on this interesting occasion, i and I request your publication of this letter, as an example to the country in general ; being of opinion that ,wherever the clergy appear to have only the glory of God, and the improvement of their fellow-creatures. in view, they will always meet with a helping hand from en lightened dissenters, whatever difference of opinion may exist upon minor theological points. THE BLOWING-UP OF THE VESTA WRECK.—During the past week much interest has been manifested in the ope rations being pursued under the superintendence of Captain Fisher, chief harbour-master of the port of London, in order to entirely destroy and remove the wreck of the barque Vesta, of 400 tons, which h as f or th e l ast two years so ma terially impeded the navigation of the Thames oft' Gravesend, and which was finally completed on Tuesday last. From the statement of Captain Fisher, which is most interesting, it appears that the owners, crew, and those engaged in endeavouring to raise the Vesta, having entirely abandoned her, he received instructions from the corporation of Lon don to use some means for clearing away the wreck. Be lieving the only effectual means of doing so was to blow her up with gunpowder, he caused two lighters to be moored near the place, and having obtained the valuable assistance of Mr. W. Downes, the celebrated diver, he succeeded in ascertaining the exact position of the wreck, which was found to lie with her head towards the shore, fixed on a very hard bed of chalk, on to which she had run. His first attempt was with a tin canister containing 40 lbs. of gunpowder, with a fusee attached, and which was placed by Downes im mediately underneath the main hatchway. On being fired, its effect was such that it not only blew the deck completely ont, but also removed the vessel bodily from the spot where it had previously lain. He repeated this experiment with eight other canisters, containing the same weight of powder, in all 360 lb s ., b u t discharged by means of galvanic batteries, which he found more efficacious than the fusee. The effects of the discharges were not so great as might have been expected from the havoc committed by the first ; and he (Captain Fisher) was fearful of increasing them, lest injury should result to the houses on shore. The firing took place from the lighters, which were moored 250 feet from the spot where the wreck lay, in seven fathoms water at low water mark. Finding the small charges were insufficient to blow the hull to pieces, Captain Fisher directed two canis ters, containing each 116 lbs. of gunpowder, and another containing 165 lbs., to be placed inside the vessel. It was found that the two former were effective in loosening the timbers, and the cylinder having been placed in the body of the wreck, it was fired. In an instant a loud rumbling noise was heard, accompanied by a violent commotion of the water, and immediately after the air became blackened by immense masses of the wreck shooting above its surface, surrounded by a dense volume of smoke, to the extent of 20 feet. The larger portions were secured and dragged ashore, but a great mass was floated away down the river. On examination the whole of the Vesta's larboard quarter was found to be completely carried away from her keel to her bulwarks, as were also her bows. The starboard quarter and stern were much shattered. On Downes again descending, he found that all which remained of the vessel was the bottom, which was shivered to pieces, and may be easily got up. In con sequence of the success of the experiment, it is expected that the corporation will direct the steamer Apollo, run down off Northfleet some years since, also to be blown up. CORRESPONDENCE. BUILDINGS IN LIVERPOOL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sett,—l do not wish to cavil with your critique on the architecture of our buildings; I believe the integrity and intelligence of the press to be the most important medium we have for the promotion of arts and science, and in no town in the kingdom is there so much room for improvement in architecture as in Liverpool. The prefatory remarks of your critique are worthy.amore impartial and correct ob servation of the two buildings you have described. The offices in Fenwick-street, as a design, is good, and spews the genius to design, but a deficient experience in its detail is obvious, as well as in Lim symmetry. 1 would direct your attention to the disproportion of the elevation of the cubical block, (from 12 to 15 feet more ought to have been divided in the three,stories ;) the small size of the windows to the mass, and the diminutiveness of all the mouldings and parts of the facade; also, to a remarkable absurdity in the rnodillions which support the upper cornice. As to the sculpture and foilage it.is mere sto::-: cutting without either taste or spirit. _ _ In your description of a building at the corner of Oldhall street, from the " plans which the architect has kindly shewn to you," I presume it is a continuation of that nearly finished. If the architect verily believes the capitals of his pilasters to be representations of those from the temple of Jupiter Stator, he must have made a discovery that had better not have been exhumed from the more classic rubbish that concealed them from travellers hitherto. Now, Sir, the capitals are miserably drawn, and the mechanic who cut them, or any boy 10 years of age from the Mechanics Insti tution is quite capable of skewing. him. What reason or precedent has he for coggling these pilasters a la Jupiter Stator, upon a sub.pilaster split up the middle? Does he know that the great end of architecture is utility, that ornament is a super-addition, and that the spirit of genius alone can render it beautiful ? does he know a piece of Roman architecture from Greek, or Egyptian, or Gothic? Is his Venetian window from the temple of Jupiter? and what is the use of his pilasters and his pediments either externally or internally ? This building, sir, is exceedingly ridiculous as a design, and miserably vulgar in detail. There is an entireness about the building in Fenwick-street, but in this there has been no conception to define, no idea of architectural beauty to develope ; no notion of beauty being a kin to utility. From the description you have given. of what remains to be erected, I shall withhold remarks, save confirming the awful monstrosity of a truss to support the corner that you justly suppose will deteriorate from the tout ensemble I am, sir, your obedient servant, Liverpool.2oth July, 1842. VERITAS [We have given insertion, though not without some reluc tance, to the letter of our correspondent,—first, because he unwarrantably impugns our " partiality" in the notice we gave of the two buildings in 9ina4tion ; secondly, because, with reference to the former structure, he proceeds on the assumption that the architect was allowed the entire indul gence of his own taste ; and thirdly, because he has thought proper—we quote his own language—to presume" that the latter " is a continuation of that.nearly finished," and ad joining it). We shall address ourselves as briefly as possible to these respective points. VERITAS (if he has had much practical experience in de signing commercial buildings, to be placed on very valuable sites) must know, as well as, we do, that the architect is sel dom permitted to indulge in the full exercise of his talents as an architect (a fact which we hinted at in our account) ; that he is rarely allowed to sacrifice laud to outward effect ; and that the respective elevations o f the several stories of such buildings cannot be always defined • by the strict proportions of the pure specimens of ancient Greece. Had "12 or 15 feet of additional elevation been divided, in the three stories of the Brunswick-street building, the ceilings of the rooms throughout would have been much higher than required for airyness or comfort, and those who inhabited the upper apartments would, in ascending the stairs, have undergone (as in many of our modern mercantile erections) the daily tortures of the tread-wheel ! In the column portions of Grecian architecture, with their surmounting entablatures, &c., we grant that a fixed and defined proportion must be carried out to complete the peculiar order, and that any de viation therefrom would be monstrous. But he appears to us to be rather hypercritical, in tying us down to precise pro portion in the elevation of the general mass. We differ from him, too, with respect to the windows, which he considers too small—though they are large apertures, and no fewer than 27 without a blank in one façade. Nor do we concur with him as to the sculpture, which, though not peculiarly bold, has nevertheless a fine effect. After all, the question resolves itself, to a great extent, into a matter of taste ; and though we admire purity of design, we do not see the necessity of a servile adherence to, or a perpetual plagiarism of the ancient masters in the art of building—many of whom exhibited a variety of conceptions, both in design and ornament. To come to the the third point between us, our corres pondent would have done well to have assured himself of the accuracy of his premises before he presumed that the build ing of Messrs. Waterhouse, in Chapel-street, was to be " a continuation of that nearly finished," and adjoining to it. How could he entertain such a supposition when we stated distinctly that it was to be in the Roman style, not a particle of which is introduced in the other, so far as we have ob s€rved ? Having, however, so " presumed," he proceeds to demolish (with pen in lieu of battering-ram) a building not yet raised above the ground, mistaking that next to it for the veritable pile itself. He denounces the architect as more ignorant than a tyro of 10 years old, and demolishes his capitals at few strokes. We may think this a capital joke; but we think he would have been more discreet had he waited to see the building erected before he attacked it, , Don Quixote did not make a greater mistake when he. doughtily attacked the windmills, believing them to be giants. The two buildings are in totally different styles, owned by , different parties and designed by different architects. We, however, concur with him in the opinion that the introduc tion of a truss at the corner, supporting a pilaster above to each front at the angle, will be very unseemly, and this, too, is the opinion of the proprietors and the architect; but as. this is a scientific mode to the public, and that, too, without cost, it were unjust to blame either of these parties, as it, had nothing to do with the original design. The last sen tence of our correspondent's letter we have suppressed, for reasons which, upon reflection, he may readily divine.—Ed. L. S.l PHRENOLOGY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD S CR ,-11 you thinkWe!feilliiwing observations on phreno logy worthy of a place iu fhe'S I will thank you to insert them. They have WAference to a certain recent controversy : r f The non appearance of any: organs in the brain seems to furnish a very strong premption against phrenology, and might of itself induce an :enliT,thtened disciple of Bacon to treat the whole matter as downright nonsense. Had the organs visibly existed, it would have been the part of legiti mate philosophy to endeavour to find out their uses ; but the circumstance that they are merely hypothetical, Seems at once to exclude phrenology from the number of gem4e.l sciences. The allotment of two instruments to one mental, function is contrary to all analogy. I believe the phrenologists some times represent this supposed arrangement as an admirable instance of the wisdom and providence of nature ; " for how wretched," say they, " had been the condition of a man who had lost the use of one side of his head, if he had not had the other to think with?" Nothing, I think, could be more nonsensical than this; nothing more puerile than to fancy that nature had given us two eyes, for instance, to provide against the cases in which one is lost—an accident not happening to one person, perhaps in ten thousand. Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine of the human species have more than one eye, solely on account of the ten thousandth, who otherwise had become quite blind! One eye is merely a duplicate of the other, in the same way as we send a copy of a letter to China for fear the original should be lost ! Nor is it any wiser to conceive a second eye, given upon the consideration that two would wear better than one; as if nature could not have imparted the virtual vigour of two eves to one. To conceive such things is to ascribe to nature the imperfection of man. Some organs in the human body are, indeed, double, but never in any case in which one could perform exactly the same work as two. We have two eyes, because one, if placed where the eyes are at present, would have been hindered by the intervention of the whole breadth of the face, from commanding more than one half of the scene through which we were advancing : and, if placed, like that of the cyclops, in the middle of the fore head, it would still have been prevented by the interposition of two or three inches of space between it and the side of the head, from perceiving the landscape close up to the per son in walking ; whereas the two eyes, placed as they are at the very edge of the face, command equally the space on both sides, from the most immediate proximity to the greatest distance. We have two ears also; because a single ear, wherever situated, must have been materially hindered by the interposition of the body from hearing sounds in the direction opposite to that in which it was turned. I need not say why we have more than one leg: for I believe the phrenologists will not insist that we have two merely for fear we should lose one. But we have only one nose, appa rently because the impressions which it is its office to re ceive, have no relation to the extension of space, and its sense is not obstructed by the intervention of our own bodies between it and its objects. To be sure the phrenologists may say we have two nostrils, but none, except phrenolo gists, would pretend that we have the second nostril for fear we should lose the first. We have only one mouth, because the sense of taste has, in its action, no relation whatever to anything without ourselves ; and is not liable, like sight or hearing, to be obstructed in its function, either by its posi tion in the body, or by the circumstances of external space. Now, I contend that, in point of analogy, thinking, or the exercise of intelligence, a power purely internal in its opera tion, as the taste is, is far more likely to have only a single organ or seat, than to have two, like the very dissimilar powers of sight and hearing, whose province is to communi cate with external nature. In this respect, analogy is clearly against the phrenologists ; and so much against them, as to throw, in my opinion, a great degree of suspicion over their whole theory ; forasmuch as the hypothesis of double organs charges Nature with making the second, either from fear of accident, or to make up for her inability to impart sufficient power to one ; while I believe that, in the whole economy of Nature, there will be found no such appearance or acknow ledgment of deficient vigour. But the suspicion attaching to the idea of mind having double organs, is much increased by another consideration which suggests itself. One half of the brain is just the same as the other half; and so one half of the body is just the same as the other. Is it possible to forbear suspecting that this double form of the brain has a particular relation to the dou ble form of the body ? May we not reasonably infer that the brain, in fact, has far less to do with the mind, after all, than with the both/ 7 It would give me pain to be com pelled to believe anything to the disparagement of mind, and to the honour of matter, against which I plead guilty to having a very strong prejudice ; whereas I have the same sentiments of regard for the soul, that Tacitus tells us one could not help entertaining for Agricola : Magnum libenter crederem. In conclusion, there is a great deal of the suppleness of Mahomet about the phrenologists. They will go to the mountain, if the mountain will not come to them. No phy sical difficulties, however insuperable, stand the least in their way. Thus it might be supposed, that a substance so con cealed as the living brain—an apparatus so exquisite as the organ of intellect—might have many qualities and modes of action not only undiscoverable by human search, but not conceivable—the thousandth part of them—to human imagi nation. But no. According to the phrenologists, not only the operations of the organ of mind, but the very properties of the matter which compose it, are all obvious to the eye— nay, could all be ascertained with the tips of the fingers, with some little reference.to temperament, a thing easily known by observing the complexion. It was also exceedingly pos sible—nay, it is only by a miracle that it was not actually the case—that only part of the brain might have been allotted to intellect, and that part of it might have been connected merely with the functions of life. Such a distinction it vras impossible for man t o t race , an d t h erefore t h e phrenologists boldly claim the wh o l e o f t h e b ra i n for i n t e ll ec t—the.pn is lY: way in which they cou ld h ave ma d e any thing of ,t. It indeed, truly wonderful—in fact. hardly credible--that,. the few superfici a l c i rcumstances w hich human pe observationhen the e ntire could possibly discover in the brain, as the phreno a and constitution of the mind could be fo und , logists pretend.—Yours, &c., SEPTIMUS. Liverpool, 19th July, 1842. LAurrcu.--A very large steam -ship will be launched at Derry in a few days; she is to be propelled by the An•lii median screw. " Our church clock," says the editor of a down east paper. " keeps time so well, that we get a day out of every week by it." "WE ARE SORRY TO HEAR."--A phrase used by editors pro forma. It is generally penned in cases of in teresting accidents, when scribes of the press are not sorry, but glad, that they should have something of moment to lay before their readers. ORTHOGRAPRICAL EXERCISES.—At the window of a private house in Union-street, Marylebone, a bill is exhi bited, from which the following is copied verbatim :—" The Mangelling Traid removed hear from the Strete round the Cornir Threhapense a Duzzen. N. B.—New Milk and Creme Sould Hear Warentidd Freh and Not Stail evry Mornin." FETT ERCAIRN—EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF APPLES.— The number of apples on a tree on the front wall of the farm house of Balmain, covering a surface of 54 square feet, was last week counted, amounted to 1321, being on an average, 24 to the square foot !—lllontrose Standard. "SUCCESSION OF THE FRENCH CROWN.—It is a remark able historical fact that for the last two centuries (that is since the accession of Louis.XlV. in 1G43), no French king has transmitted his crown to his son. Louis XIV. and Louis XV. were succeeded by their grandsons, and since the death of Louis XVI. it is well known no son has succeeded his father on the throne of France." TwEEDSIDE DIST RICT. -- NORTIAM.—Th e crops in this neighbourhood have rallied to an astonishing degree since the showery weather commenced. Oats and barley, which it was formerly considered, would scarcely cut, are now look ing well. Turnips and potatoes have a promising appearance, especially the former, which must be an abundant crop. Several patches of hay have been cut, but it is uncommonly light and free of cloven—Berwick Ward. A SECRET FOR A FARMER'S « F lFE.—While the milking of your cows is going on, let your pans be placed in a kettle of boiling water. Strain the milk into one of the pans, taken hot from the kettle, and cover the same with another of the hot pans, and proceed in like manner with the whole mess of milk, and you will find that you will have double the quantity of good rich cream, and get double the quantity of sweet and delicious butter. Try it. THE " ROE " OF THE BARBEL.—During the present and the ensuing month the above fish is in high perfection, and it is customary for little parties to enjoy a day's ex cusion in angling for barbel. As it for the most part hap pens that the sportsman is prone to participate in the fruits of his capture, after it is served up to table, it may be as well that he should he timely warned against eating of the " roe" of the fish in question, as the same is invariably at tended with the most painful and alarming results, it pro ducing violent retching, accompanied by "diarrhoea,' and other choleric symptoms. Not a summer passes by but the above malady is experienced by anglers and others, ignorant of the pernicious properties pertainin g to the " roe,' of the barbel; and the above fact cannot be too generally known, that its ill effects may be avoided. As soon,as the vomiting has ceased, castor oil and brandy have been found to afford considerable relief, when medical attendance has not been at hand. ACCEPTING THE CHILTeRN HUND REDS. — Persons un acquainted with the constitution of parliament are often at a loss to understand what is meant by having accepted the stewardship of the chiltern hundreds, when they read in the newspaper reports of the parliamentary debates that a mem ber has vacated his seat by the acceptance of that office. It may not be amiss, therefore, to state that by the law of par liament no member of the House of Commons can volunta rily resign his seat ; but there is a statute in force which expressly enacts that no office having emolument attached can be conferred by the crown upon a member of the House of Commons without thereby vacating his seat. This, then, being the only mode by which a gentleman can rid himself of the duties of a representative during the continuance of parliament of which he may have been elected a member, those who are desirous of resigning are under the necessity of applying to the crown to appoint them to some salaried office of small note, in order that they may be enabled to re tire into private life Now it does happen that there is a ridge of chalk hill which traverses Buckinghamshire a little to the south of its centre, reaching from Tring, in Hertford shire, to Henley-upon-Thames, in Oxfordshire, which is di vided into the three hund re d s o f Desborough, Stoke, and Burnham ; and, from the chalky nature of the soil, they take the name of "the chiltern hundreds." The jurisdiction of the hundreds into which many of the counties were divided by King Alfred was originally invested in peculiar courts but afterwards devolved to the county courts, in which it still remains with the exception of some, as the Chiltern Hundreds, which by privilege have been annexed to the crown. The Sovereign, therefore, has the power of ap pointing the Steward of those Hundreds, and as the salary is twenty shillings yearly and all fees, the acceptance of the Stewardship is sufficient to vacate a seat in parliament. It has consequently become a matter of course for a member who is desirous of abdicating his seat, to apply to the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to be appointed to the Stewardship, which is granted as a matter of course, and as soon as the appointment has answered his purpose by vacating his seat, the ex-member resigns the Stewardship. There is no obli gation on the crown to confer this appointment, but it is a convenient usage, and on that account maintained. POPISH CONTRIVANCE.--It was asserted last week in the House of Commons by Mr. O'Connell, that a man and his - family at Tuam, had been five days without food. The following is the report of the stipendiary magistrate at Tuam, of the circumstances under which the tale originated. " I must sav that the reports I have seen in the public papers, of the distress in this county, are greatly exaggerated, and I am aware of strange steps having been taken to strengthen or warrant those reports. One that occurred here on yes terday I shall mention. A man who is clerk at a Roman Catholic chapel here came to me, and said that he had been sent by Archbishop Mactlale to request I would take the affidavit of a man who was with him as to the state of dis tress and want that he and his family were in, and that on his making the affidavit Dr. Macliale would afford them relief. On questioning the man, he said that he and his family were five days without a morsel of food. I said that such could not be the case, as there was a most plentiful supply given to every one that came to ask for it. The clerk pressed me to take the affidavit, which I did, on which the clerk said at once, come off now to the printer until I get this inserted in this day's paper.' I asked him for what purpose. Oh.' says he, ' the bishop desired me to have it inserted ; that he had a reason for it.' In some time after Mr, Kelly, the printer, came to me and asked if the man had sworn such an affidavit. I said he had. Mr. Kelly said that he knew the affidavit was false, and that he had called on Archbishop Mac Hale, and told him so, and that what the bishop said was, True or not I wish you to insert it, as I have a purpose in it.' Of course it has appeared in yesterday's paper. I beg to say that this is one of the many ways that are resorted to for the purpose of showing the country toibeEin a state of greater destitution than it ac tually Tile Ilui ir . s ' 6 l A SrAnteAsg.—Scarcely was the dance concitidid, when a general movement was perceptible to words fhe door, and the word " supper " repeated from voice to voice, announced that the merriest hour in Irish, life had sounded. Delighted to have Miss Bellew for my companion, I edged my way into the mass, and was borne along on the current. The view from the top of the -staircase was sufficiently amusing : a waving mass of feathers of every shape and fine, s crowd of spangled, tur bans, bald and powdered heads, seemed wedged mextircably together, swaying backwards and forwards -. with one im pulse, as the crowd 'at the door of the suppe r - room ad vanced or receded. The crash of plates and knives, the jingling of glasses, the popping of champagne corks, told that the attack had begun, had not even the eager faces of those nearer the door indicated as much. Mali Oculi retrorsum seemed the motto of the day, save when some anxions mo ther would turn a backward and uneasy glance towards the staircase, where her daughter, preferring a lieute nant to a lobster, was listening with elated look to his tale of love and glory. " Eliza, my dear, sit next me." " Anna, my love, come down here." These brief com mands, significantly as they were uttered, - would be lost to those for whom intendsd, and only serve to amuse the by-standers, and awaken them to a quicker perception of the passing flirtation. Some philosopher has gravely remarked, that the critical moments of our life are the transitions from • one stage or state of our existence to another ; and that our fate for the future depends in a great measure upon those hours in which we emerge from infancy to boyhood, from boyhood to manhood, from manhood to maturer years. Perhaps the arguments of time might be applied to place, and we might thins be enabled to show how a staircase is the most dsngerous portion of a building ; 1 speak not here of the insecurity of the architecture, nor. indeed, of any staircase whose well-tempered light shines down at noon-day through the perfumed foliage of a conser. vatory ; but of the same place, a blaze of lamp-light, about two in the morning, crowded, crammed, and creaking by an anxious and elated throng pressing towards a supper-room. Whether it is the supper or the sqeeze, the odour of balmy lips, or the savoury smell of roast-ducks—whether it be the approach to silk tresses, or sillery mousseux—whatever the provocation, I cannot explain it ; but the fact is so : one is tremendously given in such a place, at such a time, to the most barefaced and palpable flirtation. co strongly do I feel this point, that, were I a law-giver, I would never award damages for a breach of contract, where the promise was made on a staircase.—Jack Hinton, by Harry Lorrequer. e"itnag;itnaalrde expense, first rnos one THE MINT AND ITS OPERATIONS. —The new edifice about a quarter of a million of money. This immense sum, upon Tower Hill was completed about 18 t 1 h 1 Boulton's expensive machinery. n i s y vk a.d e d i ;I d l t s t o a pound In the h pr o e w s e e ‘ n 'e t r, in i t n e c r l e u s d t e ie d gproces s of coining, p m a e r l t te in d i t n w p el o v t e s ,; w t h o e s n il t r il e e r a , l e lo ig y h o t f ee c t o i p i p le e n r weight), and the mixed metal cast into small bars. And now begin the operations of the stupendous machinery, w hi c h i s unequalled in the mint of any other country, and is in every way a triumph of mechanical' skill. The bars, in a heated state, are first passed through the breaking down rollers, which, by their tremendous crushing pow ei . ,. only to one-third their former thicknessredUce them 9 an d increage them proyortionally in their length. They fir through the cold rollers, which bring them e now passed thickness of the coin required, when the last nea operation of this nature is performed by the brawbrenchamachine rly - to the peculiar to our Mint, and which secures an extraordinary degree of accuracy and uniformity in the surface of the metal, and leaves it of the exact ' thickness desired. The cutting out machines now begin' their work. There are twelve of these engines in the elegant room set apart for them, all mounted on the same basement, and forming a circular range. Here the bars or strips are cut into pieces of the proper shape and weight for the coining -press, and then taken to the s izing-roomto be separately weighed, as well as s ounded on a circular . i s piece of iron, to detect any flaws. The protecting m n after next raised in the marking -room, and the pieces, The blonching and annealing, are ready for stamping.ti h olumns coining -room is a magnificent looking place, with along the and its great iron beams, and the presses ranging each of them solid stone basement. There are C r iglt even P more) strokes in a making, when required, 60 or 70 ( blank is made a perfect minute •, and as at each stroke :, 0 both sides and milled coin—that is to say, stamped oi l between four and five thou at the edge—each press will"' or the whole eight between sand pieces within the hour,.And to accompany these mighty thirty and forty thousand. results the attention of little boy alone is required, wh o stands in a sunken place one bfore the press , supplying it with ._. blanks.—Knight ' s io naon . LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, J ULY 1c; AD.NIITTF.II ntti IRieaatiiiel e. house , ... reqOut-pallents • . ********** DIS . C . II . A . R . O ED I ' **** Madeoa-TMicas.". Casuals during the last* wee.. RelievedDlne .ena.tn.s,:t cured : .n.. 5.. . t. 30 7 3 Irregular ** ** • Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson, ... Rev. R. Davies. Magg;bland W. Carson, Esqrs. , Mr. Burgess. House Surgeon . ...... Mr. Brandreth, E. W• JACKSON, Treasurer Consulting House C V A hB i s a p nr i p o t l e: a h r ei : e n , n. ca T s y NORTHERN HOSPITAL, JU6 [WEEKLY REPORT.] ADBIITTEDt Accidents. ............. Medical and Stuvical cases Upon recommendation .... i 0 I Cared ............ 46 Remadningin th DISCI7ARGED 1 Attending as Out Patients Irrer,ular Died .. le Hospital House Visiters, H. J. Sanderson and R. P. Carter, Esqrs. Treasurer, R. AN% Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev, E. Maginnii.—llouse Surgeon, Mr. Parker