The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-09 00:00:00

Wiberpoot --)tanbarb. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT Monday Morning. MUCH excitement prevailed to a late hour last night, in reference to a rumour that a seriou3 interruption of our peaceful relations with a continental state had taken place. It was, however, attributable, I believe, to the departure, on private affairs, of the French Ambassador, Count Walewski, and the not unnatural frequency of Cabinet Councils. The journals which supported the late govern ment are very anxious to keep up the cry of the danger of war. The disposition to give the new Ministry at least a fair trial, gains ground hourly. Not even COBDEN'S Sarawak exhinitions, and the plentiful and various nonsense he has committing, have lowered him in public opi nion more than the last exhibition of factiousness againat been late the Ministry He was quite right in ug that the motion of which th© brother of Lord CLARENDON, the ez-minister, has given notice, was not Mr. VILLIERS'S own choice, and that Mr. VILLIERS would rather hay been done with the matter. It is said, indeed, that he ha 4 fully decided on giving up the system of opposition he good taste of Mr. COBDEN and Mr. BRIGHT which t bad chat d out, and that they must march through Co trebtry without him to he a Tile Whigs, in fact, have no desire e in gaining a party position for the men of the M.ll Chester School The election of the new French Parliament, by what. ever name, in favour of the Court candidates, with incon- siderable exceptions, is thought favourable to peace There will, in all probability, be no European war; though of the securities for so gr lying a result, a much larger armament, by means of militia, &c., must doubt less he got up in Engla:ld. If Louis NAPOLEON carry plans he expresses in his ideas of Napoleonism, in the following pass ,ge, the best security of his neighbours must be arms " But thou, France of HENRY IV., of Louts XIV., of CARNOT, Of NAPOLEON, — thou who wrist ever for Western Europe the source of progress,—thou who possesseet the two supports of empires —the genius of the arts of I.eace, and the genius of war. —bast thou no longer a mission to fulfi; 7 wilt thou exhaust thy strength and thy energy in an incessant struggle with thy the day come when they who gc 1 t; ee must comprehend t in all treaties thy sword of BRENNUS in part is to the scale of civilization The sword of BRENNUS is rather an amusing allusion, when we all have seen the results of the sword of OUDI NOT and the civilisation which Louis NAPOLEON has created in France The particulars of Lord DERBY'S scheme for the assist ance of the West-India Colonies, it is said, will soon afloat on the subject are however, er doubtful. It is not possible that either the plans mentioned, or their concoctors, are likely to be the t received very favourably by Premier—at least not so favourably as they would 'me, however, will solve have us believe the mystery. tt. very little t m. the liberals" have not given up all hope of k the family government, and yet more strange, Lord JOHN RussEiCeannoi se they have quietly determined to let. him fall out of tl ranks and march on. He is still exercising the of the head of the op duty's e course of tactics is ro D e boopteu ar a general meeting he has officially, or rather unofficially, called to meet him, I think to-night or to-morrow. The general calamity of having to quit offive has been grossly exaggerated by the fact that the defeated party are quarrelling amongst themselves as to who is to blame for the disastrous result. Lord PALmi. ASTON again in Downi the other inducement, that a reguL so many aspirants with little brains The hope of seating Ig-street, taken with r militia would afford tied the extreme Liher ci less money, car- now the qu, I . e Irtsh Brigade, and D killed Cock Robin?" as tho though the parties are not exactly so cam admitted their part in that famous nursery-rhyme slaughter Circumstances, however, whici ffielePtly ASO t the time I write are eifically named, tamed to be more and espec'ally . in refe likely to settle at, o oth the ques listry and t 1 of the DERBY M , seem very a of the perm doctrine of Fr urb the If any Et of t t of Protection or Free Trl:de. The fullest r . be merchant fleets sailing under convoy. The storm_ is right to say, however, does not threaten from France, bat from Russia. There is a disposition at St. Peters bu-gh, it is said, to dictate European politics, too strong _ not to deserve considerable rcsizt world, w to do with the discussion pendent powers e from all inde There is one name in the parliamentary history of the present day which has no parallel, and that is the name of Mr. COPPOCK, of Cleveland-row. It is totally against the theory of representative governments that should have ie mow t of power which Mr. COPPCCK says he possesses over the English Parliament. Great monarchs have had wean favourites. Louts XI. con fided in his barber, Oliver le diable; even the " British SOLOMON" asked counsel of a tool. But a whole Legis lature, it seems, puts its t r ust i n C OPPOCK . H is, it you believe him, a legislational confessor, who, under his seal, carries the sins of the whole House of Commons. The third estate of the realm are all at the mercy of COP POCK'S honourable secresy—that is, if you believe Cop. POCK. But COPPOCK, like other great and successful characters, cannot bear the weight of prosperity. Having, like CROMWELL, the British Parliament at his feet, he gives way to personal weakness ; and while he ought only to remember the calm dignity of the parliamentary agent,he relapses and gives way to the passions of the man. Thus it is that. COPPOCK has committed suicide upon his own far famed secresy and closeness. Mr. ROEBUCK, it seems, has displeased COPPOCK, and COPPOCR says that Mr. ROE BUCK received money of him COPPOCK) to contest Bath. The gratification of annoying Mr. ROEBUCK has forced the Oracle of Corruption to shipwreck his own character for " keeping dark ;" and accordingly he has circulated a statement relating to the fact, that it appears Mr. Rom- BUCK was, on one occasion, assisted by his party by the hands of COPPOCK. It may be true or not, this allegation. Certainly there is nothing in its source to add to its credi bility ; but the wo:-st enemy of COPPOCK must say it is candid. " Mr. ROEBUCK," says COPPOCK to himself, "is very inconvenient and very disagreeable in his talk about rotten boroughs. He Las brought forward many motions on the subject, is strict upon committees, and makes ugly remarks, therefore I shall put an end to his moral weight in the house by stating that he has had transactions with me. He has ' touched pitch.' He has known COPPOCK, and lie shall have the benefit." Mr. COPPOCK, however, has miscalculated. Though the DERBY ministry is likely to remain long in power—there is little to be got by this kind of attack upon his former patriot. If it is true that Mr. ROEBUCK was assisted in one of his contests by his party—it is creditable to the Radicals that tia y acknowledged his undoubted talents ; but no way creditable that th:y chose COPPOCK for the instrument of the acknowledgment. After all, even if we go the length of believing COPPOCK as to the fact, it does not appear that the money referred to was used in bribery or other illegitimate modes of obtaining an election. Talking of elections, a very amusing fact has come to light, namely, that the " POPE'S brass band" had agreed to let Lord NAAS, the new Secretary for Ireland, have a walk over for the county of Kildare. Ultramontane enthusiasm and patriotic zeal have, it appears, both cooled at the prospect of a squeezable Chief Secretary, who has so many comfortable things to give away to the " brigade," took care to be prepared for the worst or the best fortune. The indignation of the Republican Irish who have been too violent to hope for any gain, is, as Mr. Squeers sep of " natur," " more easier to be conceived nor dooopibod." All Mbar ',Mi., tical humbugs and something worse, and very probably they are all quite right. The appearance of Mr. CHARLES DICKENS'S new book is the chief event of the literary world. The first number is unfortunately little more than a sketch of what is sup posed upon the stage and in novels to be the practice of the Court of Chancery. Our new literary reformers are bent, it seems, on having justice done according to the plan of Atlanta or Utopia, without any rules being laid down. What the new system by which lawyers are to be abolished is, they do not tell us. Probably the jurisprudence they require may he like that of Paris NAPOLEON—" taken from the French by the Dramatic Authors' Society.". THACKERAY, the reading world will be glad to see, is about also to take the field. Salem and ELDER announce a story, as yet anonymous, from his pen, and those who wish to think while they smile and agree with the ridentem dicere rerum, will be glad to heir the news. THACKERAYi9 eminentlythe novelist of the time. lie may be said to show the meanness and weak ness, and pretence and sham of existing society a little too broadly —and his sneer at times looks as if he rather enjoyed the exhibition —but the time for melodramatic novels is gone by, and how people do live and act, and how humbug acts upon humbug, and pretence produces pretence in vicious circles, must, mock-modest as we may be, be mentioned at length to ears polite. Our conversa tion, in fact, has advanced much better than our conduct for the last two generations. Our great fault is too much lacquering. To use THACKERAY'S own illustration about another affectation, we will not mention breeches, though we see them stalking past us every day of the year. Mr. THOMAS CARLYLE, according to a weekly journal, is dislocating the limbs of the English language in "an historical work." There is an anecdote of WED DERBURNE having asked SHERIDAN how he had got rid of his Irish brogue, as be scblied to get rid of his Scotch accent. "M y d ear f e ll o w!" said SHERID AN , " d on ' t attempt such a thing. The House listens to you now because they don't understand you. If you berltne in. telligible, they will be able to take your measure !" CAR., LYLE has profited by the anecdote. The " chrystal halls" have again plucked up a little attraction. The sale of the fixtures is bringing large numbers to see the almost empty glass-house, of the fate of which nothing certain is yet ascertained. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. We have little if any change to notice in the position of business affairs. The public mind seems unusually engrossed with the discussion of political questions con sequent upon the assumption of office by the Earl of Derby; and, notwithstanding the outcry of the Free Trade journals, the frothy declarations of the Cotton-ocracy of South Lanchashire, or the Radical bellowings of York shire manufacturers, trade continues steady in nearly all its branches, and the public funds have advanced, whilst railway stocks and shares have been in fair request. The bullion in the Bank of England, as anticipated in our remarks of this day week, now exceeds nineteen millions sterling. A better feeling has prevailed in the market for public securities during the week, and the desire has been to invest rather than speculate. Consols have advanced, and were this evening quoted at the close of the London Stock Exchange at 961 for money. The tone of our Share market was very buoyant at the early part of the week, and prices affected by some con siderable purchases, both speculative and real, advanced. The Lancashire and Yorkshire and Midland meetings having passed off most satisfactorily, these stocks have been much in demand, and promise to be scarce at the settlement. York and North Midland, too, have been largely bought, and are in high favour from the steady increase of traffic on this line, and the prospect. of the final settlement of the Hull and Selby guarantee. French shares have been very string all week, and close good at the highest prices of the week. Mining shares. especially those of the Californian gold mines, have been more asked for, and have advanced generally. Our market to-day has been extremely steady, and business has been done at the following. quotations :--London quarters, 34p; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 691 1 / 1 ; ditto .£2O. 14d ; Midland stock, 581 le 4 k ; 44 per cent. new pref., id ; Sheffield stock. 314; East Lancashire, 164; Dover stock, 204 11 R+; Caledonians, 1641; Liverpool and South port, 181; North British, 7; Altrincham Junc:ion, par; Royal Insurance, 11-16 p. The tone of the Cotton market has been buoyant since our last notice ; each day a large business was transacted, and holders supplied the market sparingly, so that up to Friday prices had edvanced from 4d. to id. per lb. Since that day, the market. has been firm. Respecting the new crop, the Canada's advices received to -day state—" We still adhere to our original opinion that 2,700,000 bales have been made, and that the quantity to be received will, to some extent, depend on prices current. At pre sent rates, we do not hesitate to state that the quantity will not exceed 2,600.000 bales. As to the limits at 31-1. to 4d. " free on boaid with freight," there is now little or no chance of their being executed to any extent the pre sent season ; hut if they remain open until next a fa witn .ourable planting season, high prices for bread stuff, and political difficulties on the continent which may then occur, they may be reached." There is more confidence manifested in the value of breadstuffs. so that the value of wheat and flour lic.s been pretty well maintained, seeing that the imports from abroad and coastwise must for some time continue limited. By the Canada we learn that stocks in the United States are very light, but present prices will stimulate de. liveri- as soon as navigation is open, and it may be expected in May next that the receipts will be unusually heavy. The accounts from the cotton and woollen mannfactu ing dis!ricts continue satisfactory. At Manchestt•r a large business has been done in both goods and yarns, and holders have obtained better prices. The Alarclesfleld silk market is steady. The worsted trade at Halifax is quiet ; but woollen cloths, both at Leeds and Hudders field, command more attention, as several American kets, and and some of them have lar; GlasF, , ow the market for yarns is ver .ge orders nn hand, so that in firm. with a healtity tone and a tendency to advance in price. Generally speaking the Iron trade is dull. During the last, week a rather better demand Ins been prevalent in ~•••••~ .t ae rou trace tins rest tne return of the nail makers to their work, and for the same reason the chain iron rolls are more briskly employed. Among the makers of wire rods, and best iron generally, there ap pears considerable activity, and we have heard that at 'ers now on hand will extend far into There is a good deal going forward THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1852. If they had done so, I should have struck them. I don't know that two or three jumped over board in consequence of my chasing them. I have known Captain Mors more than twelve months in this vessel. She generally carries 27 or 28 men. She generally goes two or three hands shorter from New York • her complement from Liverpool is 28, including the ordinary seamen. We should have sailed that day in the evening, if we had got cleared. The men would of course have to work harder if the vessel went out with only 20 men. By Mr. t•jrzown(Lt,.—As soon as the passengers were passed and crew were found all right, we intended to go to sea directly. I did not. think it possible to have reduced the men to obedience without the use of the cutlasses. I think the captain was in considerable danger. David Navin, second mate, corroborated the preceding evidence in its main features, adding, that whed he came on the deck, he found the captain on the deck and the men beating him, and he himself was struck by Fowler a severe blow on the head with a belaying pin ; and when putting the men in irons, he was cut dangerously on the arm with a knife. By Mr. ASPINALL.—The pistol was snapped close to my ear, but I heard no report whatever. When the men struggled with the captain for the pistol, I thought his life in great danger. Charles Balherney, the third mate, stated that he was called up from between decks ; ho found the captain down, bleeding very much, and the men upon him. He endeavoured to rescue him, and was struck twice on the face with some heavy weapons which stretched him sense less on the deck. Thomas Jones, a lad from Manchester, said—l came here to look for a ship and to see a friend off by the Queen of the West, and was there all night. After con firming the previous testimony as to the origin of the affray, the wi;ness added—Freeman said he would not do any more work without breakfast, or go to sea without 30 men. The captain told them to do something and then go down and get their breakfast. Freeman still refused, and the captain seized him by the collar and told him to come aft. On this, Fri er,an struck the captain a violent blow on the face, and he was then knocked down by the crew, and beaten by the men with marling spikes and belaying pins. The captain got up, bleeding very much from the face, and then went aft and fetched the pistol. Whilst away, the men sang our to the officers, " Come forward and we will show you some Yankee touches." The captain went forward to take Freeman aft, and snapped the pistol, but it missed ; it was wrested from him and thrown overboard. Mr. Patrick Kelly, surgeon, Liverpool, who had at tended Captain Mors since Saturday, said he had received several contr.sed wounds on the top of the head ; the skull was laid bare, and the htemorrhage had been very great. He had not examined it the skull was fractured. The wounds seemed to have been inflicted by a blunt in strument. John Murphy, one of the passengers, who saw the dis- turbance from the beginning to the on the Saturday, said he heard the pistol click twice, as if it had been snapped once, and then drawn back again. He afterwards saw the men beating the captain and third mate, who were lying on the deck, with belaying pins. The first mate then came out of the wheelhouse with an old rusty straight sword, which the captain took from him, and slashed away at the crew, overtaking and beating one of the men, who had his arms tied, and was knocked down with it on the head, and also at the same time kicking him. The first, mate afterwards came out of the wheel house, with a bright cutlass, and chased the crew round the deck, cutting several. Downs was tied ep and flog ged, and when he had received eighteen lashes, the first mite interposed ; hut the captain gave him two or three lashes more, and the man, when cast off, fell on the deck, as if from exhaustion. He also added, that one of the crew had his arm ni arly severed, just below the elbow joint, by a cutlass blow; hut by whom given he could not say. This man is still in the Northern Hospital. Carlisle, one of the Liverpool police, who apprehended the prisoners, stated that he found knives on several of of them. As Freeman was leaving the boat, he took a knife about three inrhes long from him ; he had it open in his hand, and when asked what be meant to do with it, he replied, "To throw it into the river, and I am sorry I did not put it into the captain's body." By Mr. ASPINALL.—The men were most of them very much cut about, and looked much abused ; but there was more blood from the officers. There are two men now in the hospital—Peter Moreton and Thomas Ryan —se verely hurt by cutlass wounds on the arms and scalp, and unable to attend. Mr. SNOWBALL here mentioned to the court that he had still many witnesses whom he could call, if it were deemed necessary, but he really did not know what more information they could give the court. Mr. A setNALL intimated that be had several witnesses to examine; and it would he desirable, if Mr. Snowball had any more passengers to call, that be should produce them, as it would materially affect any remarks he had to offer on that part of the case. The COURT left it entirely to Mr. Snowball's discretion. John Mqiiernan, a passenger, attributed the origin of the disturbance to Freeman striking the captain ; but another passenger, Thomas Murray, on being asked, stated that the captain knocked Freeman down ; and Mr. Snowball declined to call as a witness a man he did not believe. Sir E. CUST called attention to the fact that there was no evidence at present except against Freeman, Jack, Trayner, Downs, and Fowler; and Mr. ASPINALL then applied for the discharge of the others, that they might give evidence in favour of his clients, but the application was refused. Patrick Martin, the assistant to the shipping-master, Mr. Barnett, identified all the men but Brown and Pen rie as 1 / 2 11/1111.: been on board on the morning in question. Ho added that he had engaged many of the men himself; they had not been on board more than an hour and a half before the mutiny took place, and the men as well as the captain were all sober. The crew had only brought on board with them one chest and a bag of clothes, and had, he believed, received their advance tickets. The comple ment of the Queen of the West for this and the last voyage was 28. but before she had only 22 or 24 men. It was also stated that the government agent would not have the ship without the full complement of men being on board. Superintendent Ride, in reply to the court, said he took all the prisoners from the ship. THE DEFENCE Mr. ASPINALL thenaddres:eCitliecourt at considerable length for the defendants. He commented in very severe terms on what he termed the tyrannical and brutal con duct of the captain, and staked his character as a lawyer on the assertion that if the men had even been guilty of the grossest mutiny, and the captain, after he had once escaped from the crew, the mutiny being over, had shot any one. he would most unquestionably have been guilty of murder. And if that were so, then, having fired his revolving-pistol twice, three barrels of which were loaded, but fortunately missed fire, he was to all intents and pur poses liable to an indictment for murder, or at least the intent to do grievous bodily harm. He urged that the fact of the crew having thrown the pistol overboard when they had taken it from their assailant, showed plainly, as did the whole of the circumstances from first to last, that the men had no other intention than that of defending themselves against the tyranny of their master. The conduct of the officers, too, and captain afterwards, in cutting the defenceless crew with their cutlasses, also de monstrated that they did not desire to quell the mutiny,if any existed, but to wreak their vengeance for some injury, real or imaginary, they supposed had been done to them ; and for this brutal attack, by which one man's arm was nearly severed; they were deserving of marked punish ment. Having commented on the mode in which the prosecution had been got up by the Liverpool police —a force which had of late distinguished itself so much for its morality and propriety, and integrity of conduct, he com plained that Lieut. Prior, the government agent. had not been put into the b ox , an d conc l u d e d b y repea ti ng his application that the charge should be sent to the assizes, and determined under the superintendence of one of the judges. - Thomas Murray, the witness whom Mr. Snowball de clined to examine, was first called, and attributed the blame to the captain. William York, one of the seamen on board the vessel, thus described the affair :—I joined the Queen of the West on Saturday morning last, about halt'-uast ten or eleven o'clock. After the ship bad been br(;uaht to an anchor, the captain came on hoard and asked how many men were mustered ? The shipping-master said twenty, and was then ordered to go ashore and bring him six more. Freeman then observed to the crew "he thought there were to be thirty men, and he should like to see them on board before they set to ;" adding, " now is the time to speak about it while the ship is in port, and not when the ship has gone to sea." Several of the crew replied—" Yes eam rha A rt— remarks, the crew went forward to the forecastle, and the captain followed. The mate gave some orders to Free man, who said he should like to have breakfast before he turned to ; on which the captain went up to him, seized him by the throat, threw him on the deck, and kicked him when down. The crew pulled the captain, who appeared to be a hit frightened, away ; and he then took up a belaying pin, struck at the men on all sides, at the same time calling them names. The mates then came and assisted the captain, using handspikes. The captain was got down again by the crew, and begged a second time to be let up. He was let up and went aft, none of the crew following him abaft the foremast. He then returned with a revolving pistol, col lared Freeman, and ordered him aft, but he would not go, pointing the pistol to his head all the time. The rest of the crew were standing round, all the time, to protect Freeman, and made a rush at the captain, seeing the dangerous weapon in his hand. The captain pulled the trigger, the cock went down, and the men took the pistol and threw it overboard. 1 heard the report of a pistol, however, before it was wrested from the captain. The chief mate then gave the captain a cutlass, and bad another himself, and at once cut about at the crew, part of whom made their escape into the steam-tug, and the others ran away. One man was trying to get away by the gangway, when the chief mate cut him below the elbow, and nearly severed: his arm ; afier whi c h b o th the captain and mate ki c k e d him, handcuffed him, drag ged him aft, and ill-used him until he fainted : the name of this man is John Moreton, and he is now in the hospital. Downs was dragged violently aft, and kicked and cuffed by the captain and mates. The captain then ordered him to be seized in the mizen-rigging ; his shirt was stripped up as far as it could be ; the man took a new rope, an inch in diameter, commonly called a three-inch rope, and cut him with it se vera l l as h es as t h oug h i t was a ferocious tiger he had a spit e aga i ns t,—th e secon d an d third mate standing over him with cutlasses, lest the crew might interfere. The police came along side as they were look ing for another man to punish, and the crew threw selves on their protection, a f ra id of their li‘es, and wialt ing to get away from the ship. By Mr. SNOWBALL.—The men had had advanced notes. James Darling, also a seaman on board the vessel, corroborated this testimony. - - Mr. SNOWBALL, in reply, contended that the truth was on the side of the captain, and that even if he had shot Freeman, the ringleader, he would have been justi fied in law, as he resisted his lawful apprehension after committing a felony. The Magistrates, after a short consultation, left it to Mr. Snowball to elect for the party assaulted, whether he would prefer a summary conviction, or that the matter should be sent to trial. Mr. SNOWBALL, for the convenience of all parties, elected the first course. The CHAIRMAN almost immediately announced the decision of the bench. Freeman was ordered to pay £5, or be imprisoned two months; Jack, Trayner, and Fowler, £3, or six weeks ; and the others to pay the expenses, or_fourteen days' confinement. Mr. AsPINALL thenPl; l ;nd to call Freeman, as a witness, to support the charge of attempting to shoot, and kicking one of the crew, against the captain, and one of wounding them with cutlasses, against the second mate. Tne Court, after a short conversation, refused to enter tain eithet charge, the accuser being unable to prove that the pistol was loaded ; and, as to the kicking, the evidence was not only contradictory, but it was certain there had been most unjustifiable conduct on the part of the crew. The proceedings concluded at half-past five. Before adjourning the court Sir E. Cunt addressed Mr. Superintendent Ride, who had so promptly attended on board the vessel to quell the mutiny, and expressed his dissent from certain remarks which had been made on the conduct of the police by the advocate for the prisoners. The hon. gentleman complimented the superintendent, and the men under his command, on the very satisfactory manner in which they had conducted themselves on this, as on other occasions, and said he and his brother magis trates felt every confidence in the Liverpool Police force. The two men still at the Infirmary are progressing favourably, but one of them is not yet pronounced out of danger. FIRE ON SHlPBOARD.—Yesterday evening, at a little before seven o'clock, an alarm of fire was given from on hoard the steamer Countess of Galloway, lying in the Trafalgar Dock. The engines from the Prince's Dock, and those from the Cook-street. Station, under the direc tion of Mr. Hewitt, were promptly on the quay, prepared to render efficient service. The West of England Com pany's ongine was also present, but no great exertions were required. The fire was confined to the engine room, and was speedily extinguished. The damage will not be great. THE CHIEF CONSTABLESHIP.—Amongst the candi dates for the office vacated by Mr. Dowling, are several military gentlemen. One is MI:. Holden, son-in-law to Mr. S. Cunard. Heis at present an adjutant in the army. Mr. Holden's regiment is the 38 , h Foot, which has recently returned from Nova Scotia. He was appointed ensign in August, 1840, and adjutant in November, 1848. Captain Greig, the Staff Officer in command of the Pensioners in the Liverpool district, also offers himself. Captain Greig was born 6th September, 1807, and entered the 24th Regiment as Ensign in the year 1828, being then twenty years of age. His commissions are dated, Ensign, 15'h May.lB2B ; and Lieutenant, by purchase, 24til March, 1834. He was again promoted Captain 3d . VVst India Regiment, 16th June, 1843, for the purpose of being appointed Staff Officer of the Pensioners, and received that appointment on the 19t11 of October, 1843. SHOCKING SUICIDE AT BRISTOL.—The neighbourhood of Avon Crescent, Hotwells, was, on Friday, the scene of a painful excitement, arising from a report that Mr. John M'Lean, chief engineer of the Rose, Dublin steam-packet, had destroyed himself by blowing his brains out with a pistol. Shortly after three o'clock, he sat down to dinner with his family, and, while partaking of some soup, he suddenly stopped, and laving down the spoon, said he had had enough ; he placed his arm on the table. and rested his head on his, hand, appearing very queruious with the members of his family. They, however, advised him to go up stairs and repose for a short time on the sofa, which he did, but, at the same time, appeared very irritable, and spoke sharply to those about him ; shortly afterwards deceased's son-in-law went to inform him it was almost time to go on board, when he answered the young man very abruptly; on the latter coming down stairs, he heard the report of fire arms, and on going into the room the deceased was discovered on the floor quite dead. witl4.a discharged pistol near him, the ball having entered behind the right ear, and come nut at the top of the head. Tile skull was frightfully shattered, and the brains scattered in all directions. It is impossible to assign a reason for the commission of the rash act. The deceased was many years in the employ of the Bristol Steam Navigation Company, by whom he was very much esteemed.—Bristol Mirror. ANCIENT AND VALUABLE LACE.—We W0111(1 advise our fair readers, who are admirers of ancient and costly lace, fas what lady is not ?) to call and inspect some beautiful specimens of Spanish point lace at the establishment of Mr. Braithwaite, Bold•street. The articles, comprisini ladies' canes, collars, &c.. are of the most rare and valuable workmanship. many of them being upwards of three hundred years old. They will well repay the trouble of a visit. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS A NEVER -FAILING. REMEDY FOR COMPLAINTS OF THE STOMACH, INDIGESTION, AND SICK HEADACHES.—This extraordinary--medicine will effect cures after every other remedy lors•lieen tried in vain. Persons sill:ring in any way fr general debility, sick headaches, bile, stomach or 1 complaints, may rest assured that a course of Bless. s will effect a radical cure, bowel er bad their casevntly be, as it is confidently asserted that this medi cine :iciest) directly noon the very rnainsnrings of life, that no disease, however severe, can resist its influence. Every one, therefore, who is subject to any of the ahove-roentioned dis orders should have recourse to Holloway's Pills. A MOONLIGHT NIGHT IS JAMAICA.—There is some thing exceedingly romantic in the nights of the tropics. It is pleasant to sit on the landing place at the top of the flight of steps in front of Bluefields House, after night has spread her " purple wings" over the sky, or even to lie at full length on the smooth stones; it is a hard bed, but not a cold one, for the thick flags, exposed to the burning sun through the day, become thoroughly heated, and re tain a considerable degree of warmth till morning nearly conies again. The warmth of the flat stones is particularly pleasant, as the cool night breezes play over the face. The scene is favourable for meditation ; the moon, " walking in brightness," gradually climbing up to the very centre of the deep blue sky, sheds on the grassy sward, the beasts, lying down here and there, the fruit trees, the surrounding forest, and the glistening sea sprea d ou t in front, a soft but brilliant radiance unknown to the duller regions of the north. The babbling of the little rivulet, winding its seaward way over the rocks and pebbles, conies like distant music upon the ear, of which the bass is sup plied by the roll of the surf falling on the sea-beach at measured intervals—a low hollow roar, protracted until it dies away along the sinuous shore, the memorial of a fierce but transitory sea breeze. But there are sweeter sounds than these : the mocking bird takes his seat on the highest twig of the orange tree at my feet, and pours forth his rich and solemn gushes of melody, with such an ear nestness as if his soul were in his song. A rival from a neighbouring tree commences a similar strain, and now the two birds exert all their powers, each striving his ut most to outsing the other, until the silence of the lonely night rings with bursts, and swells, and tender cadences of melodious song. Here and there, over the pasture, the r g intermittent green spark of th e fi re fly flits along, and at the edges of the bounding woods scores of twinkling lights are seen, appearing and disappe v a e r r in th g e in fa t e i e le o most otshte verticalpuzzlitig through moon liktel tinye air, b ia now c p k one is light tempted of theto e m ss o a o y n, th h e o ir we ca v p er tu , capture , with ugh manner. Three or four bats specs, a n t o s w ar d e ar s t i i l n e g nt t l h y winging o h thealong nar row arch beneath the steps , and now flitting s o c l ose eatati The ing their cours e , i s not powerful or precise and the littl e n i m bl e l eatherwines pursue overheadcat th lnne e oai i unr r lgsyehfor giddy crtetnvlthis, play in security.—Gosse's Naturalist's So journ in Jamaica. ADVICE TO A NEWLY-MARRIED COUPLE. — Tail's Edinburgh Magazine contains a useful paper, entitled " The Working Man's Way in the World," from which we extract the following excellent letter, purporting to be the counsel of a father to his newly-married son and daughter :—" My dear Son and Daughter,—l cannot re frain from following you with the expression of my wishes for your welfare, and some counsels which my anxiety on your account will n o t s u ff e r m e t o suppress. y They shall be few and short, as the more likely to be remembered. You are neither of you aware, so much as you will be some years hence, that each of you is more dependent on the other than upon all the rest of the world put together for the daily and hourly comforts and the peace of a heart habitually at ease; that is mainly promoted by the little nameless amenities without which the ripplings of life will become waves of trouble. It is therefore desirable that each snotuu near is always in mind that your temporal destinies are indissolubly linked together, and a little unkindness is a great wrong in either of you. After a few months, I trust both your minds will settle down into that incomprehensible consciousness of oneness which, while it is the most mysterious, is also the sweetest, purest, and loveliest of all human affections. But the exquisite delights of such a relation can only be preserved by each maintaining a course insuring the utmost confi dence and respect of the other. A cross look, an un seemly word, negligent inattention to known wishes — will scatter the complacent comfortableness as a harsh handling destroys the bloom of a fine piece of fruit. I wish both of you may be able to avoid everything of the kind ; it is better to be a little painstaking to suppress the first rising of such sort of things than to destroy in one moment the complacency which no after-care can ever restore. lam glad to learn that my son is joined to a companion whose departure from home is matter of regret to all who knew her, and most so to those who knew her best. If 1 mistake not, her capabilities and aptitude to create domestic comfort are far beyond a sack-full of gold ; and I trust his good sense, as well as his affection, will afford them fair play. On the other hand, I beg to remind my new daughter that the husband has a thousand elements of disturbance in his daily avo cations to which the wife is an utter stranger ; and it will be her privilege, arid her title to the respe c t o f all whose respect is worth having, to make his own fireside the most attractive place in the universe for the calm repose of a wearied body or excited mind. The minor comforts, which are the most valuable because the most constantly in requisition, will depend more upon her looks, her manner, and the evidences of her forethought, than upon all the other occurrences of life. A long and diversified experience of the ways of men compels me to the ungra cious counsel : Put no unnecessary confidence in any roan, and be particularly cautious in dealing with a company of men, be their individual worth whatever it may. Reduce to black and white whatever is of the slightest, importance to good understanding,' and expect nothing that is not Po explicitly detailed and insured. My best wishes and trembling prayers go with you. Your eff.ietioll/141 Father." some works the. or the ens in heavy casting g quarter, LATEST STATE OF THE LIVERPOOL MARKETS. COTTON.—Since the week!y report the market has been very steady, and prices have been supported with extreme firmness. On Saturday 10.000 bales were sold and to day 9.000 changed hands, the market closing with more American on sale. Among to-day's transactions were,- 100 Sea Islands, at 14d. to 191. ; 2.000 Surat, 31 to 41d. ; 700 Egyptian, 51d. to 200 Bahia, 51.1. to 60.; ,flll '3llll 000 rernams, sid. to bid. The total sales since Thursday are 29.000 bales, of which speculators took 5,000 and exporters 1,500. SUGAR.—Our markets have generally been ciuiet clurin,, the last few days, grocers andothers pausinz at ter their late heavy purchases. 300 hhds. West India Sugar have been taken since Friday, chitfly Jamaica at '494. to 315., and Antigua on similar terms; and 3000 bags Madras at "' to 255. 6d. 'Lot-, MotAssEs.—Some few sales have taken place at for trier ratus —To-day 130 puns. Demerara were sold at about previous prices COFFEE, &c., continues in slow request. We note sales of 20 Ices. Plantation Ceylon. for export, at 495.; and 290 bags St. Domingo COCOA, at 20s. per cwt. TEA. — There is a good demand for common Congou, at BJ. to 80. per lb. Ordinary qualities of old import are still heavy of sale ; medium and fine are unaltered. The better qualities of Orange Pekoe and Scented Caper show signs of improvement. The sales of Green are limited. The 2700 pckages of Tea, all faults, offered on Friday, sold feeely at full previous current rates. BARWOOD.—At auction this morning 140 tons were offered, but only a small portion sold, at .£2 15s. per ton. Ar.other parcel of 80 tons sold at prices which have not transpired. SUNDRIES.-70 bags Saltpetre are reported, part at 255. 6d., for 5 per cent. refraction. 2.000 bags Bombay Tumeric went at Bs. per cwt., and 2,000 qrs. Calcutta Linseed, to arrive, changed hands, at 425. 6d. for early, and at 445. per qr. for late delivery. POLICE COURT, YESTERDAY BURGLARY.—Richard Green, charged with breaking into the shop of William H. Brookes, professor of music, South John-street, and stealing therefrom two accor dion., value 305., was committed for trial. STEALING POTATOES.--Lewis Prince and Christopher 111'Kenzie, charged with stealing, from the stores of the Lancashire and Yorkshi-e Railway, a quantity of potatoes, were sentenced, the former to one, and the latter to two months' imprisonment. PICKING POCKETS.—John Herbert was charged with attempting to pick pockets in St. John the Evangelist's Church, Hope-street, on Sunday morning last. Povey, detective officer, stated that on the previous Sunday a lady's pocket was picked of £2O in that edifice, Bra] he was, in conseqence, induced to go there. As the congre gation was coming out he perceived the prisoner approach two ladies, and attempt to pick the pocket of one of them, lie therefore took him into custody. Herbert was sen tenced to three months' imprisonment. SMUGGLING.—John Robinson, second mate of the James Grey, lying in the Albert Dock, was charged with having concealed in his berth 7 lbs. of foreign manufac tured tobacco. Remanded till Thursday.—James Fahy, charged with smuggling one gallon of whiskey, which he had concealed in a bladder at the Clarence Dock, was sentenced to pay a penalty of £lO. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET. For the season the supply at our market this day was much above an average, and the demand being slow, prices, in both beef and mutton, fell full Id. per lb. from last week's prices. Small sheep brought about the same as at last week's market. The transac tions for actual business, if compared with the supplies, must be considered limited ; so that at the close of the market a large stock was left unsold.—Prices : Beef per lb. : Prime heifers, 44d. to 44d. ; second-class do. and fat bullocks, 4d. to 41d. ; halt fat bullocks and cows, nd. to 31d.—Mutton per lb.: Prime wether sheep, bd. to utcl. ; 2nd class do., ad. ; ewes, sd. to 6d. THE LATE MR. WALTER WALKER. —The body of this unfortunate rentkmitn flo.tint, in ttac Rsortus. Dock on Sunday last. Information was at once forwarded to the coroner, Mr. Churton, and a jury immediately empannelled ; their verdict after a very short inquiry being found drowned. Mr. Walker was missed by his friends about seven weeks since; and it will be remem bered that his hat was found floating in the Morpeth Dock, some distance from the spot where the lamented deceased's body was discovered. LAUNCH OF A RIVER STEAMER.--Yesterday a beauti ful steamer, called the Countess of Ellesmere. built by Mr. Laird for the Trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater, and intended to ply between Liverpool and Runcorn, was launched from the building-yard of Mr. Laird. She plunged into her native element in gallant style, amidst the loud applause of a large concourse of spectators. She is of beautiful model, and, with passengers on board, will not exceed a draft of four feet. Her engines, on the oscil sting principle. with all the latest improvements, are in course of erection by Messrs. Fawcett, Preston and Co., and are expected to be completed (on board) in April. The Countess of Ellesmere is 170 feet long, and 20 feet beam, and 80 horse power with feathering floats. " SWINGING THE GREAT BRlTAlN.—Yesterday this splendid craft left the quay at which she had been for some weeks laying, for the purpose of having her com passes adjusted by observation. The operation is a most interesting and important one. This floating castle was swung to every point of the compass, and the bearings of the compasses attained to the greatest nicety. A select party was present to witness the process, and all took a deep interest in the proceedings, and were delighted to find that despite the amount of local attraction in this leviathan ship, her compasses were rendered as perfect as as those of any craft afloat. The quay was lined through out the operation by interested spectators. Amongst those on board we observed Mr. Robert Bright, of Bris tol, Mr. Samuel Bright, of Liverpool. and other of her spirited owners ; as also Captain Claxton, to whose great exertions at Dundrum Bay, may be attributed the preservation of the ship. The operation of adjusting the compasses was performed by our talented tow nsman ,Mr. Gray. DARING MUTINY ON BOARD THE QUEEN OF THE WEST. On Saturday afternoon last a most desperate affray took place on board the packet-ship Queen of the West, Capt. Mors, bound for New York, and lying in the river ready for sea. The ship cleared out of the Wellington Dock about 11 o'clock, and lay near the Cheshire side of Ole , river, between Egremont and Seacombe. About 1 o'clock the captain went on board in a steam-tug, with Lieut. Prior, the government agent, and soon afterwards the crew refused to work or go to sea, and a sanguinary con flict between the officers and men was the result. The police were sent for from Liverpool, and apprehended the rioters, conveying many of them, severely wounded, to the Northern Hospital in this town, where two now lie in a very dangerous state. The disturbance taking place on the Cheshire side of the river. those of the prisoners who were able were removed to Ilrkenhead for examination. CONVICTION OF THE MUTINEERS YESTERDAY. At 11 o'clock yesterday morning, at the Polke•office, Birkenhead, ten of tha prisoners were placed in the dock, on the charge of mutiny and assault, before Sir E. Cust (chairman), W. S. Jackson, Esq., and J. D. Case, Esq. Mr. Snowball appeared for the captain, who was himself, as 'cell as the other officers of the ship, dread fully bruised ; and Mr. Aspinall, barrister, instructed by Mr. Atkinson, for the rioters. The names of the men were—Geo. Freeman. Alexander Jack, James Black, jaIIIVS Trayner, James Fowler, This. Brown. John Droan, James Thompson, William Perry, and Henry Downs—all of them youmg, athletic men, and most of them Americana. Mr. ASPINALL, before the proceedings commenced, intimated his intention, us soon as the first charge was disposed of, of applying for the committal of Captain Mors, for attempting to shoot Geo. Freeman, and on other accusations. The ease having bcen briefly opened by Mr, SNOWBALL, the following witnesst s were examined : Captain David Mors.—l am master of the Queen of the West, an American vessel, lying in the river Mersey on Saturday. We had part, of the crew on board (about 22), and the rest were coining. I went ashore after putting the ship in the river, to get the government agent to pass the ship, and on my return to muster the passengers with the agent, I found the mate mustering the crew. I told him to go below and get the passengers on deck, and I would muster the men myself. I did so, and found 20 seamen answer. 1 told the shipping master to go ashore and get six more hands, which, including the carpenter's mwe and one more man, would make 28 for the crew. George Freeman on this, one of the crew, stepped forward to me, and asked me what I meant by having 26 men when the complement w, s 30, and swore he would not go in the ship. I turned coolly to the man, and told him he could not do more than one man's duty. I collared him to take him at, but was knocked down and beaten. I then went to the wheelhouse, the other end of the vessel, and got a - revolving pistol. I came forward again and took hold of Freeman. He was my prisoner. I told the rest also to stand back, or I would shoot them. On that two of them came forward, and seized hold of me. I could not swear to them ; I think Jack was one, and 1 fired at him. The pistol missed fire, and the men closed into me again, with handspikes, belaying pins, marling spikes, knives, and anything in short they could lay hold of'. They knocked me down and cut me severely all over the head and body. With that, the mate came along with a cutlass, and commenced to strike away at them; also the second and third mate came on deck, and lent a hand to clear the road, to that I was able to get up. As soon as I got up, I told the mate to give me his cutlass, and told him to go and get another one, and we cleared the decks before us in a very short time. Lieutenant Prior, the government sure yor, being there, took the tug boat alongside, and went ashore fort he police force, which was not aware of E in custody, jumped overboard, and went ashore in the steam-boa;., and were given in charge by Lieutenant Prior. I ordered the officers to put the men in irons. When they came to Downs, one of the ringleaders, the whole force of the three mates could not bring him aft, owing to his violent resistance. I was at. the time in the wheelhouse having my head dressed by the doctor, and I jumped out and lent them a hand to secur e him. When Downs gor aft he was so very " obstroperlous" (I should call that I tied Lim up in the rigging and flogged him. In a short time Mr. Ride came aboard, and 1 gave them into cu.tody. lam a German. the time ight of t iese men, now By Mr. ASPINALI treating men —I have not been charged with M etes-L.. I have been twice before the rna ,, istrates in New York for ill-treating passengers, and once in Enoland. The last was for ill treating 'lie men. I went to assist the mates whom the men were abusing, and I was honourably cleared by the court, but I did not wish to press the charge against the men. It was the former commar.der of the ship, Captain Hi!lards, who was up the other day for ill-treatment. I never remember two of the sailors jumping over board on the banks of Newfoundland from my ship. I did not strike Freeman. I was not in the act of striking him. I seized him by the collar to ask him if he wanted a row, and if he had said so, I should have had him aft ►d put in irons. I was knocked down. before I went aft for the pistol. Most of the passengers were on the deck during this time. Ne one had struck me the second time when I fired the pistol. The pistol was wrenched out of my hand and thrown overboard. There was no cap on. and I fired it only•to frighten the men. I never till this moment said there was no cap on the pistol. I did not tell Mr. Clough there was no cap on it. I did fire it with the intention, if I could, of shooting the man if he did not let me alone. Freeman was the man who threw it overboard. I got the cutlass from the mate. I lost my senses once pretty well by a blow from a handspike, before I got the cutlass. The mate was the only one who had a cutlass besides. The third mare had a belaying pin. The boatswain remained neutral throughout. I have not been on board a ship since. I have sworn before, and do so again, that I was knocked down by handspikes and belaying pins before I got the pistol. When I was knocked down the second time, and when twenty men were on me, I called out to the passengers to assist me. By Mr. SNOWBALL.—The pistol was a revolving pistol of six barrels, I think. There were three nipples with caps, I think, and three without. I was not before the magistrates at New York for violence. I was punished by a fine of or £2. The first time was for a row, in which I interfered, with the passengers ; and the second, of which I was acquitted, for striking a passenger who had stolen 40s. from a boy. James Purdon Risk, first mate of the Queen of the West, said—The captain came alongside on Saturday, and hailed me to know why I had not the passengers on deck, and I replied I was doing so as fast as I could. The shipping-master was mustering the men. I had not seen any of the men before that morning. Freeman said there was not the complement of men on board, and the captain said that was his business, and told the men to go forward and get on with, their work, at the same time directing me to follow, and see they went on with it. The crew was going forward by the captain's orders, which were given in a civil tone, when Freeman turned round and said he would not go to sea until the complement of men was aboard, which was 30 of a crew, he said. Other words passed, and the men then went and stood on the fore castle-head. On my going forward to . obey the captain's orders, I was followed by Captain Mors, and told the men to go on with their work. Freeman turned round and said he wanted his breelvitst before he went to work, and was very insolent. I was a little excited at the time. The captain then took Freeman by the collar, and told him to come aft. All the men then set about the captain, and, on turning round, I saw blood stream ing down his face. I put my arms out to protect him, when Fowler, whom I had never spoken to before, came up from behind the rest, aed saying " Oh 1 you son of a —." struck me with a belaying pin on the head. I was also struck with a handspike, and knocked down. When I got up, I told Captain Mors to go aft, and I would get the rest of the officers up. lie made me no reply, but went aft. When I got to the main hatch, I sang out " All the officers on d ec k," as I h a d before sent them down to bring the passengers up. I ran into the main deck, and again called them up, fearing they first might not hear me because of the noise on deck. I got a cutlass out of the locker, and ran on deck again. I saw the captain down. He made no noise then. I thought he was dead. The second and third mate were down also, and the men beating them. I threw the scabbard down, and slashed away at the men on the captain, and if I did not cut them, I intended it at all events. I then drove the men from off the other officers, and chased them to the other side of the deck, when I found that many others had got on board the steam-tug. I gave the cap tain my cutlass, and got another from the steward. I then went on board the steam-boat for the men who had escaped there; but Lieut. rrfor would not let me take sayin g be would give them in charge when he got ashore. After some persuasion I went on board again, and got the second and third mates to look for such of the crew as had stowed themselves away, intending to put them in irons. We found Downs in one of the state rooms, and be would not come out. The door was &mat, and he was seized ; but he still violently resisted. When on deck, the captain came out of the wheelhouse, and assisted to get him aft. He made such a noise, and cried out " Murder !" so, that we tied him up to the rigging, and flogged him. We put Trayner in irons. At the time the man was flogged, the captain, I believe, was in such an excited state that he had not all his senses about him. Lieut. Prior then came, and the men were given up to the police. All the prisoners aided, more or less, in the row : there were others whom we could not iden tify. I believe they all struck the captain. By Mr. ASPINALL.—If they did not strike the captain, they tried to do so. I did not ask any passenger to assist, nor did they refuse, saying it was the captain's own fault. Lieutenant Prior would not let me take the men from the steamer. They were in the hold. The man was not in irons when ho was flogged. We flogged him because he resisted all he could, and struck all he could. We flogged him with a rope. It was not a three-inch rope, nor so thick as a two-inch rope. The captain flogged the man with his own band.—Q. And yet he was so excited he did not know what he was doing ? (Laughter.)—He was so excited at the time. I was not so excited as to flog the man ; I was on duty then. I assisted to lift his shirt up, and so did the captain. We flogged him for a minute or two. We did not flog him till the police came. When he had been flogged he was put in irons with three others. Lieutenant Prior did not tell me we were to blame, and a great deal worse than the men. Lieut. Prior is not here; he is on hoard the Queen of the West, clearing the skip out. In order to get the pistol out of the wheel-house, Captain Mors bad to go from one end of the ship to the other. Some of the men, I am told, were sent to the hospital. After the disturbance was over, I and the captain did not chase the men with cutlasses. I chased them and cut at them as they ran away from me. I had no intention to hurt them, unless they offered resistance. MORMONISM-LECTURE AT TM!, MUSIC HALL LAST NIGHT. o o Last night, at seven o'clock, a lecture, including P o ful disclosu re s on " Th e Spiritual Wif,: D Jetrin e, held by the Mennonites, was delivered in".- Music-hall, Bold-street, by th e R ev. J . B. ~ ,6 A.M. Amongst other gentlemen, there were sentr the 11,w. Messrs. Butler, Mivnard, " r ;:, Bardswell, Wallace, Mathias, and Messrs. Pilchsr d t to Jones, Green, &c., &0., and interspersed among ° vot l company, here and there. might be plrticularly reino; several " Mennonites," if th e i r pecu li ar gar b an d dist ir/ 0 rive beard are correctly recognized as characteristiC the sect. bie li The Rev. Dr. M'N Ert . e , on enter i ng t h e room (, s w was so thron ge d th a t many persons were una bl e t ° d xi admission,) as well as on taking the chair. was 1011, cheered by nea r ly th e w h o l e o f the company. Alter I. propriate prayer by the Rev. Mr. BUTLER, The Rev. CHAI RMAN rem i n d e d the meeting' that i° __,l object was not discu ss i on , b ut t h e d el i very of a l e Ctilre — t i t legal exercise of our B r iti s h lib erty : and any sae.° , disturbance would be sp ee dily put d own b y t h e arra o f ~, 1 ments that had been mad e f or th a t purpose. 13e alu' I tioned this circumsta nce , no t i n th e apprehens i o n of o sof such disturbance, but to allay any fear or unoe`' es o di• timidity that mi g ht b e f e lt b y some port i on o f t he B b ol tory. (Hear, hear.) Ho then referred to a t ract. to t lately put in hi s h an d s , w hi c h professed to be a I'o ° 3lo a trial, in the Salt. Lake, of a man , f or !punier. a A , show that, whil s t in England an d th e U n i te d States;" seduction of a wo man was only punishable by c ivil 0 0 0 0 pecuniary fine, amongst the Mormonites -he offenceot punishable by death. This pamphlet was evidentlY Ad forth with a view to show that the chastity of worne ° oo . more safe with the Mormonites than with us. N ( '` ° ,' 0 1 posing this not to b e a s h am or m i srepresentat i o n. V i st iol no one who reads it can b e li eve f or a moment') off was the result. ? Why, no man's life would b e lte d for a moment. In th e p amp hl et i t was ad al b o l it that the murder had been committed. but the h a9 i t o was held to be justifi e d i n comot i, t i ng i t, b eca use ° go prisoner being alleged to have seduced his wife' bolt that it only requ i re d b u t t h e ma li ce of a j ealous hu s life jtt without any substantial evidence, to cost a wan 1 ' 15 00 4 that " happy va ll e y ;" an d h e warne d hi s hearer s 0 s j o 0 against the pamphl e t as lie did against the evil ^P in t hellY those unhappy and d e l u d e d peop l e who had linke d the 0 selves to so false a system as that professed by , termed Mormonites. (He ar , h ear .) ens` The Rev. LECTURER th en came f orwar d am id g - t ° 0 11 0 : applause. After a few pref a tory remar k s an d a slig ii clba sion to his previouslecture on this subj , ct, he annouelleOft intention to treat the subject under two Ip•ads,lti sio deo and doctrinally. If, on examination of the e v n (110, alleged and the testimonies brought forth in favou i. t ssr facts asserted to he true, it s h ou ld in ove t hem to btli ev 'frlle a was a great probability that this system might Ittaa. nt o' from God ; —then th e y m i g ht ta k e t h e secon d e col tb a and enter upon an e x am i na ti on o f t h e system itself, eft' doctrine founded tin these alletzed facts. But ii• an drber mination oftheseallegedfacrsthemselves, he convin ce s e 0' minds, after a candid and patient inquiry, that i b t o tioi l leged facts were not facts at all, but a very fabr o ttO° 4 from beginning to end, and that there was no fou a e tt whatever for the statements male, then they were e iheer from entering into any examination of the doctril'e a , pri tl' selves. (Hear, hear, and applause.) The firs' si pith o i ciple of Mormonism was allegiance to Jo e b o ok -be described as the missionary of God; and the a onto Mormonism, written by him, was to be receive cost, of word of God. In continuation and in th a t 0 11°. of his argument, the lecturer asserted, and we° jo g 0 0 prove by quotations from Scripture and by enolP h ar , e ss,„/ writings of the Mormonite followers, that Snii i r„drr e artificial impostor, and the hook of Mormon a ala r - ted " 0 1 fabrication. (Applause.) He next slightly adc e ‘ , o o,,, ae articles that had appeared in the authorised 011 ' 0. ,," the sect in this land, the Millenial Star, in refereil b ed his previous lecture; and he added, that, w ith 9 'ol blushing effrontery, they had not endeavoured W e a c sSia one of the arguments he had advanced on that °,,,tett in opposition to their miserable and false b• './S, (Hear, hear.) The rev. gentleman thee showed 1/ ; 0 00: Smith's" own confession s , th a t h e h a d been a f ie.:i sfijet, and had frequently fallen into the errors an,_,be j , nesses of youth, althou g h hi s m i ss i on bad berwaictr been held nut to his followers to have been Prf le ttee r o ; even on his birth ; but. Smith, he remarked, 'i pr e 9ro the translator, the prophet," had made this s tater oo ctl a penitential confession, because he knew his e i b io lis kie was so notorious that it was no use to deny it, an ° et"' therefore, adopted this course as an artifice to 6 :1 1 01 0 . ° ,; previous career; and the rev. gentleman furthero whi r strated, by written documents, the estimation !, Po s " the prophet " was held by his neighbours ! fa d l i e cashire, from which locality his removal was b . a; i n o e , high satisfaction by those to whom he was be,), e 0: 1 0 The doctrine of this sect had been deemed hY. 'l, 10'0 ralit.y of the public so absurd and so nonsensi be s es hie was not thought worth while to oppose it; an it3_l) was, that they had found it creeping into b° 11 ( - c fier 1 10 district, and leading silly women and silly men AO 'or and some of them, he believed, sincere reen,..a be 4 their ranks. If their wickedness and absurdities ,17.,, b ee however, before exposed, the Mormons wouid 12, r w oo kif; driven from Liverpool as they had been from U iti geir, e without having made a single convert. (ApP", o k. After exposing with m uch ability the " blundesoofproi genies" of Smith and his assistants, in their books sPePt phecies, doctrines, and covenants, he proceeded ver oe it , of their system. and declared its ecclesiastical g ( ., ) .„,„er9, 0 1 to be unscriptural,. and even as going beyond ru_r o etnj self, in the formation of its priesthood and manag' ir (IS, its church. (Hear, hear.) But if this part of the y 'd li g exceeded the extravagance of Popery, what °/ %9 01 .,,, meeting think of the Mormonite doctrine o f ba t lb e re;ig the dead ? What would his hearers think, in le g ett i ol teenth century, only some two years ago, of pea, Gen, e c t; themselves baptized in order to the salvation of th e I s of Washington ? (Loud laughter.) But such we d . so rie r ,ll and by virtue of their baptism, such was W i l d f ob 01 , their keys, (for the Pope himself never preteoi t ` be ir PO the power of the keys as this sect,) the whole ° flo k e f e genitors partook of baptism, and by it par t - 1 1 0 , 0 0 kingdom of heaven. (Hear, hear, and laughter') t 0 p ie system, however, the eloquent lecturer went of Judd 0, by scriptural extracts, there was as much "4 0 01 ilt , as of Popery, —for the baptism was to be I) ,, e • o gs °, oil the temple. He then quoted from the wr , ',.. 1 0 0. ih oP Mormonites their definitions of the Alroig" 'jeSa bi tt Saviour, of angels, of spirits, and of trieth.„, o s !PR in language, at the same time that it v' ug digolt deringly blasphemous, and derogatory to l ' a itri, ll o, of the God of Heaven, was most childish and P-esietiell but for the gullibility of this professedly progr e eV or, totally unworthy of notice or comment, or eve° 0 001 in any asse m bl y o f persons possessed of the veryo, 4 o capacity. The rev. gentleman explained howt'ole o et' was to read and to expose this horrible systemt Lec ule to be a duty to do so ; and he further exposed tn i or IV ing doctrines that were taught to what were t. '` o os o , initiated, under the title of " The Mysteries of,tu oo ab ee /1 doctrines like the " Spiritual Wife Doctrine,' t f e rel i al, sable for publication, or even for more direct r e ,ieeSor print. Having furth er s p o k en o f " sp i r itual " t he h od " polygamy" as t ene t s h e ld an d carr i e d out b l i ehe. 4 9 monites, the speaker called fo r :any one present' r oil . r to give any inf orma ti on w ith re f erence to the fl o g • to ot the sect, to come forward a nd a dd re s s the Ine l e ou gb filP; Mr. FRENCH, a resident in Liverpool, t l e d 0 1 5 the threat of an action for slander if he divulg e d b e e ic fr o respecting the creed of Mormonism, said he o st, f r tf: / elder for three years, and described it as a ri l .: 01 0 05 0 and profligate system. Mr. Roberts, anotke' ( Oa Pc. had also left the Mormonites, exposed their of f creed of " spiritual wives," of adulterle'o)teil: nication, of theft, and murder. (Hear, 10 1 407$ narration of these offensive details, even thoug ne cts;jotio in the most guarded terms, caused many r e .,:i 11 1 0 0 D i males to leave the auditory, a n d the gr' ofr t it.a of the men present took ev er y possible to te 'Jr express their indignation of the perniciou s o st.i4 repeated marks of disapprobation and dl:, - bsern9 rev. lecturer then m a d e a f ew c l os ing " Si r t e asserting his conviction that uq modest 3 , 0 .4 fe ll iis f e lt remain a member of that baneful. system %If, P tea re il endeavouring partly to expose—for he had ° 'o l l,ol, sent, exposed part of the insidious and disreP u w IP r eF:O of these people. After thanking the meeting ' O O Po t ti e d attention paid to him (especially the Morn i s cer t $ ll i who had come he firmly believed only to 0 we e , truth, mid ware really men of moral characterti'd 0 away by this evil sect), he promised, amid , 1 1 5 giO t . P A O ) if necessary, to continue his exposition of t" , Prig acknowledged oc : kT i sl the hhoaeewnlde Rev.ddge Rev. es CHAIRMAN, Mr. unanimouslyubr c.yt Lowei v t . carried ae s r y r s ri feteoedvrmiel leaving evyilislndt ( erh A l oem p q p aou l sve a se l (Applause .) gentlemani n e ib ) evicy, , t co r e,() o f tobc ! ::01 ; valuable information he had conveyed to t a- 0 0° 0 0 compliment was paid. et COll , The proceedings of the evening were P until a quarter to eleven o'clock ~ a , bo' e , t e '4,11,0 BODY FOUND IN TETE RIVER.—On Sun",,e' l ll o , v rif a man, apparently a seaman, and about 3 ; , rjh r ,i ° ° m wa e s a f u o r u e n d d in no a l e s d s c il thano mposed feet state inchesrii in th e : r iee l: i : o, P c : l, : l o : v ie 5 A ITdlo. continues N i r s i . e the Dingle, and deposited in the Pri 's Pc ' e n k ; lll ' tie. 4 ' '' tru.V a g , f ter'') eo k xr n i i iA f i e bLi a ti n io d Nn the week the Ma '0 and a l DR. 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