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n ot have gent powders in papers go foul. Sho alao sat 4 that rrsonar gave her as much as would lie on the point of e fife. Prisoner said that he had recommeded that a doctor should come to deceased next day. Dr. Sherlock said, "If a ny doctor comes and gives her medicine, and any thing S hould happen to her, she must be opened." The prisoner's f ace, on his hearing this, turned blue and yellow, and he appeared much disturbed. Next day the prisoner took up a book that witness's son had been reading, and said, " by the contents of this book, if I had known for what purpose Dr. Sherlock came last night, I would have stuck him, or any one who brought him." I had heard that prisoner kept company with another female. Prisoner and his wife did not agree sometimes. Deceased said he did not give her sufficient support, through keeping Teresa Pearson ; that he was laying by money to go to America. Prisoner told me that he was determined to go to America in April last. Cro ss - examined.—The deceased never told me, that I re collect of, that she had been washing her mouth with sugar of-lead 5 weeks before. I cannot bring my mind to recollect that I ever said so. She showed me a powder, which she called sugar -of-lead, when Mr. Royse attended her. She said she had it for a wash. Mr. Ruvse attended her in the latter end of December and beginning of January. No doc tor attended her at my place but Mr. Royse. Re- examined.—lleceased said she had a powder given her three weeks before by prisoner —and she (witness) remarked then that she had no need of powders, as she was not ill. George Ream, the son of la s t w it ness , by a former hus band, said :-1 saw deceased at eleven o'clock, on - the night of Saturday, the 19th March. She remarkid in the course I:_fa co nversat i on, that she never felt better in her l i fe. I slept in a room adjoining the prisoner and his wife. He was avritked in the night by hearing deceased purging and vomit r" g. He called out, but got no answer. About Christmas deceased had a very sore mouth, but got quite well of it. She had it about six weeks. About three weeks before the deceased left the house for the Infirmary, deceased came ! I ° ,l l and said that be had been after giving his wife a cool ing Powder. My mother remarked that she had no need of Powders, and he said he would kick any one's guts out who interfered between him and his wife. The prisoner, on one occasion said to his wife, " I'll get rid of you you Con naught Prisoner also said, that if he had known 'jr. She r l oc k was com i ng h e wou ld h ave b een p re p are d f or him, and that one of them should fall before they left the rooui, I have heard the deceased and prisoner quarrelling about Teresa Pearson, who was a single woman. Prisoner beat dec ease d once i n m y pr esence . He said he wo u ld go with that woman (Pearson) whether deceased liked it or not. The deceased was frequently ill off for want of food—from snPper time till twelve next day. Cross-examined.—lle never i beat his wife but once to my knowledge. By a JURYMAN.—I have heard him say he intended to go to America. When he said he would soon get rid of her he had been speaking about America. James Sherlock, a druggist at Manchester, said, I was seut for to the prisoner's lodgings on Friday, the 22nd of March, and foiind the prisoner and his wife there. I found the de ceased in a debilitated state. Prisoner did not say how long she had been ill. I said to deceased " Mistress, you seem to be very ill, what have you been taking?" She looked to her husband, and said he would tell him. Prisoner said she had been taking cooling powders. I said " Why, you have had but one powder from me, and that was on Sunday, and 't was for the vomiting, and purging. Prisoner said she had taken in warm ale. Deceased then said she was so very ill after taking the powder, that she thought she would die. She sai d she had a powder on Saturday night late. I asked pri soner what colour it was, and he said it was white. I said it could not be from me, for my cooling powders are all of a gray or brownish colour, I then said " was it magnesia?" and he said it was. Prisoner then said he got it from his (w itnesses's) brother. Deceased said " how could that be, a 8 I got more magnesia for a half-penny than you got for a I f ! e nnY ?" Dec ease d a l so sa id th a t the powders could not be rum witness, as they were made up in such dirty paper, and i n so slovenly a manner. She said she got as much as "nld lie on the point of a knife. One-thir dof a pennyworth Of magnesia would fill two-thirds of a tea cup. Deceased S ai d the first powder was given to her in ale, and the second In milk, which it curdled so that she could scarcely drink it, and there was like sand at the bottom. The third, she said, 17 ) .44 also given in m ilk, and she could not take it all it was so ad, and the re ma i n d er was thro w n i n the fire place. I asked him if he had any more of the cooling powders, and he said would look. He then took a lotion in a bottle from a r l elf, which I knew to be a lotion of my own mixing, con simple ingredients (which were described) and no arsenic. I never gave arsenic without great caution, and raYs put a label upon it. I said, I am afraid you have her,een giving her something hich you ought not to have given and if deceased died, 1 would have the body opened, if this he do ne at my own expense. O n t h e pr i soner h ear i ng is he became extremely agitated, and changed colour in a remarkable manner. His face became of a blueish nasty colour, and he appeared about to fall in a fit. He leant one nand on a shelf and the other on the mantle-piece and could hit ardly support himself, and was ready to fall. I have mixed the same lotion for years, for sore throats and gums. I never s ell sugar of lead without a label. , On cross-examination the witness again described the He did not know what bad become of what was contained in the bottle, He had known arsenic to be sold for cream of tartar. 1 did not smell or taste the contents of the bottle, has known it from its general appearance to have been prepared by himself. John Sherlock, brother of last witness, said—l remember the prisoner coming to the shop on Sunday, the 20th March. He asked for something for a woman who had a purging and yomcting. I made up two powders for him, consisting of I Picaculiana, &c. (The witness stated the kinds and quan tities of the compounds.) I sold him no arsenic. Nothing particular was elicited on cross-examination. Mrs. Lee, recalled.—There is no reservoir in my house, and we bad no arsenic or other medicine in the house. Cross -examined.—The medicine which I saw and which Was given her in my presence was of a reddish colour, and had rather a pleasant smell. I could see to the bottom of it. Mr. Sherlock re-called.--The medicine (complicated mix ture, with ipicacuhana, &c.,) given from my shop, would so smell, and appears reddish in colour. A member of a benefit club, of Manchester, being called, said the prisoner came to me and told me his wife was dead. I accompanied him to the Infirmary, where she ha,. died, to ascertain the truth of his statement. There was a sum of £3 15s. due to him as burial money. I asked him if he would bury her on Sunday, and said he could not tell, as they were for opening the body in the Infirmary, and he was against it as she was. I said that if I was in his place I would, as it might save the lives of others. He said it was her own request. Ann Sanders said :—I was nurse at the Infirmary at the time deceased was there. She told me several times that she would not get better. She made statements to me after saying she thought she would die. She said that her bus band had, on the Saturday night before she came to the In firmary,given her a powder. I asked her what effect it had. She said that it took away all the use of her limbs. I asked her if she thiew any of it up, and she said she had, but not all of it. She said that on the day before that, her husband asked her if she would go to America; that she replied " No," and that he said, " No, blast you, I don't want you to g o . I have another to go with me !' She never in my Presence expressed any unwillingness to have her body opened after death. By the JUDGE.—No clergyman attended her while she was in the Infirmary. She was a Catholic. Isaac Phillipson, Manchester police-officer, said he was Present at the inquest, and heard the statement in writing (produced,) which was read to the prisoner. The statement nude by the prisoner before the coroner was here read. It Was to the effect, that deceased had been ill of quinsey in September last, and afterwards in January, and got a white Powder to wash her mouth ; that she got better, but after wards became ill, and got further medicine ; that she was in the habit herself of buying and using sugar-of-lead ; that she Used it up to the Friday before her death ; that he got some magnesia to take the blackness out of her mouth ; that it Was divided into three parts, each put in blue paper, and that v ti v e gave h er one on Saturday night, one on Sunday, together m i o th nd t h a. draught h e go t a t M r . Sherlock's, and the other on The nisn ' evid ence aga i nst t h e pr i soner h ere c l ose d, an d D r . wlsi addressed the jury in his behalf, at considerable 1 ., -n gth, taki ng a d vantage o f every po i nt th a t cou ld p oss ibl y he construed to the advantage of the unfortunate man. The learned Judge read over the whole of the evidence, ofd c ommented upon it, giving the prisoner the full benefit whate ver port i ons of it seemed to admit of any dou b t. If theythe entertained any doubt of the case, they would acquit prisoner ;• if on the whole of the circumstances they con sidered him guilty, they must declare so by their verdict. m ,: r „ h e jury retired, and after being absent a very few 'lutes, came ba c k i n to court, and on their nam es bei ng called over, returned a verdict of guilty. _The pris'oner, who appeared to be unmoved, on be ing askd, in the usual form, what lie had to say why thtenee of death should not be passed upon him, said, in e . l ect, that he was innocent ;and t he had pleaded not guilty ; that he had three children ; that he hoped his lordship would be merciful to him. His LOR DSHP sa id—F ranc i s B ra dl ey , y ou h ave b een con victed of the murder of your owq wife, by administering i poison to her, and that too in the dead of the night, when s he had no friend by her to take her part, when it was your duty to cheri s h an d protect h er ; an d thi s cr i me you corn itted cle ar l y w i t h the mot i ve o f i n d u l g i ng i n your b ase ll P r eferenc e of another woman. There can be no doubt of cYour guilt. The witnesses have proved the fact perfectly k_arly. All murder committed in this country must be met a u ti Y,, the severest punishment which the law can your h ." the deliberate murder by you of the wife of th e "' leaves no other course to the Jndge but to pass final sentence. You must prepare yourself for stieeav fen ev. th. It is not for me or any other man to tell a • creature what mercy may await him hereafter, but it is the re it, and Y you must look for it, and endeavour to obtain a d vice not from any human tribunal. Whatever religious moo s Y e ° ll ll may require, in the peculiar faith and opi- Portu r d t „ _ entertain, 1 hope you will have a full op stiasion ?t' obtaining from souse one of yeur own per be ' w no a co ns . ay be permitted to attend you ; and it will bring • 0 ation to me, and all who hear me, if he can ese •Y o n to a sense of your situation, and give you a hope of 'spin the But I, v g " awful consequences of your crime hereafter. about "n pronounce no other sentence than that which I d. out to pass, and that is—that for this felony and mur ter, of which you have been found guilty, you be taken to so place from whence you came ; that you betaken thence to place of execution ; and that you there be hanged by themneeck until you are dead—and may the Lord have mercy upon your soul ! I must add , that your body must be buried within the pr ec i ncts of th The pri s o ner w h o maid of dsgged e ta g in " ed l. throughout the trial a sort composur indifference 7e on hearing his ,d not outwardly appear to lose his a moment, as if a b out t, , d readful doom, merely hesitating the bar. He is a low Set sneak, bef ore h e was t a k en from a countenance cert a i n l y not m a nof dark complexion, and of disposition. He w as p l a i nly in dicative of i nna t e f eroc ity o f attired as a workman ; wore a leather apron over his waistcoat ma by trade. at , and appeared to be a shoe- MISDEMEANoun John Mulvey, 17, Samuel Jones, Warrington2it, t and William Jones, violently IJ, were were indicted for having, at saulted one Mary O'Brien, with intento ravish and carnally to know her. Mr. WiLxiNs detailed the main facts of the case, which Were afterwards fully borne out by the evidence the details it would be improper to publish, but.theSefou'lleowo-r ing outline will suffice to convey a sufficient idea of the de "Nuency of the parties, and the sufferings t heir victim. undergone by The pr osecu t r ix, Mary O'Brien, a voting woman, was the Wife of Michael O'Brien, a licensed hawker. Both of t h em w ere accustomed to travel, and, it appeared , separ ate l y, through diff erent par t s of this county and Cheshi re ; the husband in selling his wares, and she in dealing in lace. o n S unday, the 2=lth of July, the prosecutrix was taking a walk at Ardley, near Warrington, where a regatta was to take place on the following day. Booths were erected on the hanks o f the river, for the en t er tainment of the parties who 'night attend the coming sports, and a considerable number o f persons were on the ground. About twelve o'clock, she l ent into one of the booths and had a glass of ale, which was all s he had drunk during the morning. The prisoner Jones ,!ts there amongst others and asked her to take a glass o r ale with him, but she refused. She remained about half all hour in the booth, and on hr way back, met the other two prisoners at some distance from the booths, near the river. __be, Prisoner Mulvey asked her as she passed him . if she 7 e eeld " sup," and she saw that he had with him two ginger bottles. She She refused, saying, " 1 would rather not, , nd k si You." Mulvey then caught her by the right hand, " Ve illain's (not alar me d an d stood trembling. A no ther (not in cu s t o d y ) then came up, and M u l ve y Put his foot behind her, and threw her down upon her back. The subsequent conduct of the two last pri saner: were most Indadetst, At Length after same fruiting attempts to accomplish their purpose, Mulvey preventing her cries by placing his hand on her mouth, and the same prisoner terrified her by crying " give us that bloody rozor, and we'll cut her bloody throat ! " at the same time holding her throat with his thumb and fingers. She was afterwards thrown on her face by the two prisoners, and her clothes was torn. Jones stood by. She begged for mercy, and in order to get clear of them said, she would take off her upper dress, which she did; but they, finding that she would not yield to them, tore most of the rest of her clothing, and dragged her into a ditch by the legs. She, however, got up from them, and feeling herself strong, ran off to escape from them, with scarcely any thing on to cover her nakednese. Mulvey then ran before her, and tripped her up, so that sha fell on her face, and she became so much terrified that she ran into the river. She did not intend to go to a depth beyond her knee, but on running a few steps, she found herself immersed up to the neck, and was taken up into a boat by the hair of the head, almost in a state of insensibility, and as the witnesses said, nearly unconscious, by some parties who happened to be rowing past, near the spot. She had a ring on one of her fingers, which was taken from her by the young man who was not in custody. She was afterwards taken to the house of the superintendent of police in War rington, whose wife found her almost distracted In her mind, and found marksof bruises upon her person. Jones not having taken any active part in the assault, his case was not referred to the jury, and he was discharged. The prosecutrix was stated by the constable to be a respectable woman. The prisoners were defended, but nothing in their behalf was eli cited. The other two were found guilty of the common assault, but not with intent to commit rape.—The learned JUDGE appeared to be somewhat astonished at the verdict, and said that the case was so much the worse. If their passions were not excited, to attempt the graver offence, it was the more disgraceful and unmanly to assault, strip, and terrify almost to death a defenceless and respectable female, — and he sentenced each of them to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 18 calendar months. SENTENCES. CONCEALMENT OF PREGNANCY Elizabeth Russell„ who had been charged with the wilful murder of her child, and who had been found guilty, same day, of concealment only, was then placed at the bar for sentence. His lordship remarked that it was necessary that it should be understood that females who were pregnant should not leave the child which they expected to be born to mere chance, without any preparation for its appearance in the world. The child was as much under the protection of the law of the land as any other individual, and though the prisoner had long borne a good character up to the time of her present offence, he thought, weighing all the circum stances, that he could not do less than inflict in this case a severe punishment, which was that she should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. Charlotte Bevington, who had last week pleaded guilty to concealment of pregnancy, and whose case (from the horrible mutilation of the infant in this town,) will be fresh in the recollection of our readers, was the brought up, and was sentenced, with a strong admonition, to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 calendar months. HIGHWAY ROBBERY Williatn Doyle, who had been convicted of taking part in the assault and robbery of James Rim:3er, in conjunction with five others, including a brother, and whose sentence had humanely been deferred to give him an opportunity of bring ing up witnesses to character, was then placed at the bar. Several witnesses were called in his behalf, relations and others in apparently humble life. One of them stated that he believed he had been led astray by the brother, and that his character had previously been unexceptionable. It appeared, however, from the evidence of a clerk of Mr. Parkinson, of the Bridewell, that be had been several times convicted and imprisoned for felony. and, in the last instance, recently. His Lordship said, that under these circumstances he could not exempt him from the punishment of his associates. He had been found guilty of a highway robbery of great violence, and in the commission of which great artifice had been em ployed. He had no hope of the prisoner's amendment by his being left at large in this country, and the sentence was, that he should be transported beyond the seas for fifteen years. - This closed the business of the Crown Court for the pre sent session, with the exception of Miss Crellin's case. The court rose at five o'clock. NISI PRIUS COURT.-YESTERDAF POLLUTION OF A WATER COURSE.-STONER EWER V, FARRAR. _ _ This was an action to try the right to a water course, which it was alleged the defendant had polluted, to the in jury of the plaintiff. Mr. Wortley, Mr. Seager, an d M r . W a t son con d uc t e d the plaintiff's case; and Mr. Baines, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Brandt that of the defendant. Mr. WORTLEY stated the case on the part of the plaintiff. The plaintiff was Miss Martha Stonehewer. and the defen dant was Mr. James Farrar, and both carried on the busi ness of dyers and bleachers at Calder Clough, in the town ship of Pilkington. Their works were on the same stream, the plaintiff's being lower down, and the defendant's higher up the stream. The plaintiff's works were established in 1801, and she succeeded to them upon the death of her fa ther in the year 1840; consequently they had been esta blished for more than forty years, during which time busi ness had been done to a considerable extent. The stream, though a small one, was very important ; and the complaint of the plaintiff was, that by the working of the defenda n t's dye and bleach works, he had thrown down a great quantity of refuse and filth, which filled up her reservoirs, making them less valuable to her works, and sent down a quantity of chemical ingredients in solution with the water, which had a most injurious effect upon the plaintiff's bleaching. 'l'he yarn, instead of coming out a pure white, was streaked, so that it was not of the same value as it would other wise be. When the plaintiff's works were originally esta blished, there was nothing where the defendant's works were ; but about the year 1809 a Mr. Kay put up a tub, where he used to wash cotton wool, but that lasted only a short time, when it was discontinued. Nothing was done afterwards from that time till about the year 1822, when the defendant and his brother begun the business of dying, at first to a small extent, employing only one man, then three, and then increasing their works to their present extent, which was very considerable. Now, Mrs. Stonehewer had a right to have the water of the stream to come to her in the same quantity and in the same state and condition as it would at that point before the defendant's works were established, unless it could be shown by the defendant that he had made use of the water for twenty years, as he did now, without interruption, and with the acquiescence of the plaintiff. But, so far from this, in the year 1834 Mr. Stonehewer, the plaintiff's father, complained to Mr. Woodcock, the agent of Lord Derby, to whom the land belonged, that the de fendant's works made the water impure. Mr. Woodcock remonstrated with Mr. Farrar, and requested that something might be done to abate the nuisance. Mr. Farrar, in a spirit of candour and good sense which did him credit, said, " I am aware of it ; it must be a nuisance ; and I think I can remedy it if you will procure me leave to make some filtering pits upon some adjoining land belon g i ng t o L or d D e rby." Mr. Woodcock applied to the tenant, leave was granted, and a small plot of land was marked out upon which the defendant was allowed to make some filters. To a certain extent this was successful. Here, then, there was a distinct re cognition of the rights of the plaintiff—that the defendant had no right to send down the water in the state com plained of. Subsequently, these filters, it was found, from not having been kept in proper order, and from some other cause, did not serve the purpose for which they were originally set up. Above all, it was found that the particles which were retained by the filters, were not the particles which did the injury ; but, that those ingredients which did the injury were held in solutions in the water. The most in lurious of them was iron. In the course of dying a large quantity of copperas was used, in which a large proportion of iron was found, and this was the iron which was held in solution in the water, and it was so mixed with the water that no filter could cure it. The effect of this was, that when the plaintiff came to scour the yarn in the the water, instead of coming out white, as it ought to do, it Caine out streaked. As to the bleaching, the defendant had only carried it on since 1840; so there was no pretence to set up an older right than the plaintiff's with respect to them. He (the learned counsel) did not know what defence would be set up, but he rather thought that his learned friends would rely on proving that they were not the parties who did the injury, but that it was a gentleman named Buckley, from whose works there was a sough which emptied itself into the stream a little above the defendant's works. In the first place, however, he (Mr. Wortley) should prove that this sough was very seldom used ; and, besides, that experiments had been tried with the water in several places, and that it was found pure above the sough, and below the sough, and next below the filters, where it was found impregnated with the particles which the plain tiff complained of as doing her this injury. The learned counsel said these were the principal facts which he should prove. The question was not one of damages, but one of right, and he .felt assured that the jury would decide it in a proper and just way. A. great mass of evindnce from bleachers, dyers, and che mists, was then given in support of the plaintiff's case. Mr. BAINEs then opened the case for the defendant, and after occupying about an hour with his statement, he con chided by proposing a reference. _ Mr. WORTLEY acquiesced, and at half-past two o'clock the cause was referred to a legnl arbitrator. LOCK, ASSIGNEE, V. PARKER In this case a verdict for the plaintiff was entered by con sent for £2,080 subject to a special case. VALIDITY OF A WILL.-NOWLAND V. BANKS AND ANOTHER, This was an action of replevin. Mr. Baines and Mr. Paget appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Knowles and Mr. Crompton for the defendant. According to the rule in such cases, the right to commence lay in the defendant; and Mr. KNowLEs proceeded to state the circumstances. The question was, whether the plaintiff held certain premises as the tenant of Sarah Banks. The premises were situated in Joseph -court, Ray-street, and though there was some other property involved in the case, they were composed only of a very small dwelling-house, which had been for some time let to the plaintiff, as a monthly tenant. She occupied them for some time under the owner, James Green, who died in Ja nuary last, and devised them, by his will, dated 1829, to the defendant, Mrs. Banks, with whom he had lived for several years. The plaintiff, urged it was said by two persons, named Norbury and Slowman, thought proper to deny the title of Mrs. Banks; Mrs. Banks distrained, and the result was that the present action was instituted, in order to try the validity of the will. A considerable number of witnesses were then called in support of the will. It appeared to have been made in 1829 by Mr. Crewe, an attorney, since dead, and was witnessed by the late Dr. Christian. Mr. Crewe's son, Mr. Thomas Parkinson, clerk at St. Mark's Church, Mr. Thomas Cross, innkeeper, Mr. Joseph Nodin, druggist, and several other witnesses, deposed that they knew the testator, who lived for several years with Mrs. Banks, and that they had fre quently heard him declare that he would bequeath all his property to her. She had been so kind to him, and leave none to his sisters as they had kidnapped him, and endeavoured to keep him in their own hands The witnesses stated that they had each conversed with him many times. Being deformed and a cripple, he was somewhat repulsive at first in his manners, but after wards, on bitter acquaintance, he could converse in a ra tional manner. He talked most frequently on religious sub jects. He was, at all events, competent to make a will. Mr. BAINES, on the other side, in a powerful speech, said that so far from the testator being competent to decide his property, he should show by the most unquestionable tes timony directly the reverse. Mrs, Hannah Farren proved his imbilcile state, _ _ Another witness, named Mary Waln, was called, when his lordship inquired whether there was a prospect of the cause occupying long ? Mr, BAINES replied, that he had many more witnesses to call, and the case would certainly occupy considerable time. _ Mr, Justice MALTLE said, that under these circumstances he would proceed no further to-night, The Court adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock. THE CAUSE LIST SALFORD HUNDRED. Plainti"-Nos. 2,3, 4,6, 7,8, 9 .9 21, 22, 24, 25 , 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 47, 52, 57, 58, 64, 65. 11, 12, 14, 15 17, 20, Defendant. -Nos 53, 60, 61 . Referred. -Nos. .1, 19, 33, 35, 43, 4), 46, 48, 50, 55 56, 59. Wilhdrawn.-jsi os. 5 Struck out.-Nwo x5.54.r4,DE1401,9:13y13: , 23, 51. 62, 63. Nonsuit.-N os. 18 13 16 N, D 4 R I E , D 4 .2, 54, Plaintiff.-No s . 1,3, 5,6, 9, 12 , 22 , 52, 68. Referred.-No. 49. 13, 4 Withdra , w 67 . -Nos. 11, 13, 17, 18, 21, 23, 28, 29, 40 5, 57 THEA.TRE.ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. GECOND NIGHT OF MISS ADELAIDE KEMBLE, MISS RAINFORTH, MR. BALM MR. WEISS ',ND MR. SHRIVALI:. T ills EVENING, TUESDAY, AUGUST OTH, THE OPERA OF NORMA Will be repeated. NORMA MISS ADELAIDE KEMBLE. Adalgisa.. Miss Rainforth. Oroveso.. Mr. Weiss Pollio Mr. Shrivall. The Orchestra will be conducted by Mr. Balfe. After the Opera, the Fairy Extravaganza of THE WHITE CAT. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET FLYING RAILWAY! THIS EVENING, (Tuesday,) AND DURING THE S INCE the Proprieto rs carr i e d out t h e C entrifuga l Rail way on so large a scale, it has been visited by upwards of FIFTY OF THE NOBILITY. The Railway consists of two inclined planes, and a circle of between 40 and 50 feet in circumference, rising 14 feet perpendicularly from the floor, making the whole line 200 feet in length. The Carriage travels at the rate of ONE HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR ! Carrying large Iron Weights and Buckets of Water, without displacing the one oe spilling any of the contents of the other. There is added to the Exhibition an HYDRAULIC TELEGRAPH, of curious scientific construction, by which any circumstance transpiring in Liverpool may be given in London the same instant of time. In the Evening, Experiments with the GALVANIC BAT TERY ; the OXY-HYDROGEN LIGHT ; also, the OXY HYDROGEN BLOW-PIPE. Open from One to Five o'clock in the Afternoon ; and from Six until Ten in the Evening. There will be Two Performances in the Evening; the First commencing at Seven o'clock, the Second at Nine o'clock. Admission—Boxes, is. ; Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Gentlemen allowed to make the 'four of the Circle One Shilling each ; Ladies free TO CORRESPONDENTS The correspondent who writes to us respecting the " Colonial Passengers Bill" will obtain the information he requires at the Government Emigration Office, Union-street. We are unable to answer his queries, as we have not a copy of the bill. We shall of course attend to the request of Lord Kenyon. We highly appreciate, and are deeply grateful for,. the kind testimonial of his lordship in favour of our efforts for the dissemination of conservative truths. The spontaneous assurance of his lordship that "the LIVERPOOL STAN DARD is the ablest paper he sees," is no trifling encourage ment for increased exertions in the advocacy of the princi ples which we have always ardently maintained. THE MAGAZINES. Our reviewer has devoted himself ardulously to his monthly task, but the fruit of his labour " availed] us nothing," the assize intelligence completely occupying our columns. He speaks highly of Fraser, Blackwood, and the Dublin university. Our Mess, Handy Andy, he especially extols—Coombe Abbey, and the Belle Assemblee—a good number. The Farmer's Sportsman, Cadton's Traits of the Irish Peasantry, a new serial, and a very clever one. Punch—famous—and a host of others have come to hand. We will try and make room for notices before the month is out ; if we cannot, in the mean time, we recommend them all to the attention of our readers. Mr. Henry Cromwell has requested us to publish the follow ing statement with reference to a paragraph inserted in the STANDARD of Tuesday last, headed "A Trumpery Case," which was tried at the Court of Passage some time during the previous week :—" I had occasion, in my business, to call at Mr. Timothy's, in Lime-street. The defendant, Garner, met me there. He offered five pounds to one against Attila winning the Derby; I accepted it, and then left. On the following day I met him again; he asked if I would double the bet, as he always considered the field the best chance. I told him that I was not a betting man, and did not wish to be considered so. However, he pressed me, and I took his second bet of five to one, and that, too, in the presence of gentlemen whose respectability will not be doubted. I booked it, read it over to him, and he assented to it; and the gentlemen who heard the bet, still affirm that lam entitled to the money. Unfortunately, my witnesses were not in court when the case came on, and that is the only reason why it broke down." Ebt F..therpool Maiibarb. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1342 It will be seen by a report in our columns this day that judgment has at length been given, by the highest court in the realm, in the long disputed case of Lady Hewley's charity. By this decision the claim of the Socinian party to the funds in question is finally set at rest, and we have no doubt that, as its result, that party will now be compelled to unclose their grasp upon numberless similar charities which they have for years past usurped and perverted to the spread of their noxious and itristian schism. The community owe not a little to the editor of the Liverpool Journal—(or possibly to some reverend bachelor who may have occupied his stool on Saturday last)—for the admissions with which he has furnished us in his remarks upon the subject of the corporation schools ; " The Education Committee," &c., writes the Journal, " from whom a return is at last wrung, state, we observe, the number of pupils on the books of the corporation schools at— N. School Members of the Church of England 614... Protestant Dissenters Roman Catholics S. School, ... 423 ... 86 ... 49 874 558 We strongly suspect that in the second term are included methodists, and they principally ; for though methodists do not call themselves dissenters, they are the only protestants we are aware of not in communion with the established church, who can consistently allow their children to receive the religious education now given in these schools. That there is, properly speaking, one Roman catholic in the schools, we do not believe. We believe that the authors of that report, whoever they be—of course the chairman and majority of the members of the committee are mere puppets in the matter—are telling in substance, if not in terms, a shameless falsehood. We do not believe there is one child who is in communion, or whose parents are in communion with the church to which it is said he belongs. If he enters the school a Roman catholic, it is impossible that a Roman catholic he can remain ; for, by whatever priest he applies to for the rites of his church, he will be told that he is daily in the commission of sin by complying with the regulations of the school in religious matters." We point the especial attention of our readers to the part which we have marked with italics. To what ever priest a Roman Catholic child who attends these schools may apply for the rites of his church, by that priest he will be refused those rites. He will be told that in attending the corporation schools he is " DAT LY IN THE COMMISSION OF SIN !" In submitting to hear read, not the Church Catechism, not Church of England doctrines, but THE BIBLE, unaccompanied by Romish comments and notes—the word of God, unaccompanied by the glossings of man—he is offend ing against God W and is to be put forth from the church to which he belongs ! But proceed we with the remarks of our Romish journalist : ' " It is just possible that there may be that number of children of the most dissolute and destitute classes of society, whose parents, having been originally catholics or of catholic descent, without openly renouncing their creed have adopted no other, and are practically without any profession of re ligion at all. It is certainly very proper that these poor children should be educated ; it is proper that if their parents wish it they should be brought up as protestants—much better, we think the most zealous catholic must allow, than that they should receive no spiritual care, no moral culture whatever." The admissions here, coining from a Romish organ, are certainly important and striking. There may be, we are told, a number of children of Romish parents who are "PRACTICALLY WITHOUT RELIGION AT ALL ;" and these Romanism would allow to be edu cated and even to "be brought up as Protestants." The latter even is "much better than that they should receive no spiritual care, no moral culture whatever !" But what says this very doctor in the passage just be fore quoted ? Why, that these very children, not in being "brought up as Protestants," which, in fact, they are not, but in " complying with the regulations of the school in religious matters"—in reading any version of the Scriptures which is not accompanied by Romish comments—are "daily in the commission of sin !" These very neglected children—" children of the most dissolute and destitute classes of society"— will be told by their priests, if they apply for the rites of the church which professes to have the spiritual care of their souls, that they are "daily in the commission of sin," unless they resign that education which is ad mitted to be " better than no spiritual care, no moral culture whatever !" Truly, Popery preaches • a most irreconcileable doctrine when she allows herself to be betrayed into professions of tolerance and liberality ! But let us contrast the doctrine of the learned Journalist with that of another learned Theban—Mr. Francis Jordan. That eminent authority has for thirty years been connected with Saint Patrick's school, and esteems its greatest merit to consist in the fact that there "no religion is taught"—that there "reli gion is excluded" altogether ! How, then, can the Journal for a moment hesitate in giving his preference, even:for the children of poor Roman Catholics, to the corporation schools, as at present conducted, over the school in question, when he admits that " the most zealous Catholic must allow" the education received in the former to be " much better" for the children in question " than that they should receive no spiritual care, no moral culture, whatever ?" 'We leave the jesuit and the layman to settle this discrepancy between them. There are one or two facts, ,Which the debate of Wednesday and the comments upon it of the Romish journalist are amply sufficient to establish ; and we would recommend them to the serious consideration of that portion of the Conservative body in the council who profess to be guided, in their future conduct upon the subject of education in the corporation schools, by tho working of tho gyatent of tho present committee. In the first place it is plain that the publication of re turns such as are here commented upon can never be other than most inimical to the really advantageous working of the system. It must bring priestly influ ence to bear upon the hundreds of poor Roman Cath olic parents who, but for such influence, would gladly embrace the benefits offered them in these schools for their destitute children. To no good result, that we know of, can it lead; for admitting that in time the returns may show a large increase of Roman Catholic scholars, we shall always have jesuitical commentators n.ady to prove that the very result which they show is not, and cannot he true ! In the next place it is plain that, notwithstanding the efforts which may be used by the priesthood to prevent the attendance of the children of Roman Catholics at these schools, the present excitement upon the subject and these "returns," which tend to pro long it, being withdrawn, a large field of usefulness is open to the Education Committee. No Roman Catholic child, we are told by the Journal,—none, at least, " who is in communion or whose parents are in com munion" with the Church of Rome—can possibly be an attendant of the schools without ipse facto ceasing to be " a Catholic." But may we not ask how many are there of the 80,000 Roman Catholics resident in Liverpool who are not "in communion"—who are, in fact, although " Catholics" in name, yet " practically without any profession of religion at all ?" There are, we may venture to say, THOUSANDS amongst us of this " most dissolute and destitute class"—thousands for whom Popery does absolutely nothing,—who are wrecks upon the face of society, abandoned, untaught, and uncared for ;—unnoticed, even, except when a contribution is tb be extorted for " the church" or a "rint" for some truculent agitator. Amongst the children of this " destitute class" of our fellow-towns men, the benefits of a Scriptural education may be widely diffused, if the council and the committee fear lessly do their duty. Nay, it is because those benefits will be so diffused—because those thousands of children who are " practically without religion at all" are about, we trust, to he raised from their present degrading ignorance, and placed, in intelligence and in Scriptural knowledge, above the bigotry of Rome, that Popery FEARS THE PRESENT SYSTEM, AND WOULD PUT IT DOWN ! The news furnished us by the arrival of the overland mail from India are of a nature which it is difficult indeed to contemplate with satisfaction. It is true we have no disastrous reverses to grieve over. So far as we can understand it, our policy in Affghanistan has been attended with entire success. No apparent enemy threatens the safety of our troops in that country. No overwhelming difficulty seems to exist to prevent our vindication of the power and the prestige of Great Britain in the eyes of the Asiatic nations, by a march upon Cabul and the dictation of terms of peace to an humbled if not a subjugated enemy. And yet we have every reason to believe that the armies of England are about to withdraw—we shrink from saying, to retreat —beyond the Indus,—the honour and the power of England but feebly asserted, and our slaughtered fellow-countrymen, whose bones now whiten upon the field of their death, unburied and unavenged. We have never urged, and we urge not now, a war of retaliation—of RETRIBUTORY MURDE R—against the tribes of Affghanistan. We entered their territory, in the outset, with a criminal object in view. We have outraged by this unhappy step international law and eternal justice; and the doom which fell upon our heads, dare we say it was not the award of an avenging God upon us for a national crime ? It is, perhaps, not more than the submission which we owe to out raged humanity and justice that we should retract from our criminal quarrel. But we are far from being con vinced that it is in such a spirit that the alleged ordi nance of the Governor-General of India has been issued for the withdrawal of our troops from beyond the Indus. From Lord Ellenhorough and from the present administration we expected no blind perseve rance in a fatal wrong—no murderous and revengeful policy; no colonization of a country to which we have no claim ;—bnt as little did we anticipate a step, such as the immediate abandonment of Aflghanistan ap pears to be, which must fasten upon our reputation, in the eyes of the savage tribes by whom our Indian em pire is surrounded, the taint of weakness in maintaining a quarrel superadded to that of injustice in commencing one ! Most strongly do we fear, therefore, that the posi tion of British power in India is not at this moment so secure as we would wish it to be ; —that our retirement from AfFghanistan is a step dictated by imperious ne cessity, to preserve us from threatening evils nearer the centre of our own territory. We cannot for a mo ment bring ourselves to believe, that without some strong overruling circumstances, such a step would be taken. We are confident, at least, that the Governor- General of India would never dare so far to outrage the feelings of Englishmen as to desert those unhappy fellow-countrymen and countrywomen who are held in bondage by their barbarous and treacherous captors, whilst the possibility remained within his reach of striking a blow for their relief. With our present deficiency of information we shall say no more upon this distressing subject. But, if we mistake not, a day must shortly come when it will be not our duty alone but the duty of every Englishman to speak out upon it, and to speak firmly and deci sively ; and when no legislature will be permitted to throw its shield between CRIMINALS, against the Bri tish nation, however high their rank, and the just punishment which they have earned ! This day—so at least we are informed by placards posted on our walls—the town of Liverpool is to be visited by no less a personage than " the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin (!)"—better known to the world as THE BEGGARMAN, DANIEL O'CONNELL ! The object—the professed object, rather,—of this mean and malignant creature's appearance amongst us—is to assist in some mendicant exhibition to be got up to-day at the Amphitheatre, in behalf of " the society of Saint Francis Xavier." What this society or who this Saint may be, or what are their joint claims upon the pockets of the Irish Papists of Liverpool, of course, the majority of the dupes who may be collected toge ther upon the occasion know not. Of the saint him self all that we remember at this moment is that he was the founder of the order of Jesuits—an order which, for its political interferences with the liberties of the human race, has been proscribed from time to time in every state in Europe, and which is at this moment prohibited, under pains and penalties, from showing its head in these realms. Of the society whose progress amongst us the object of the meeting in the Amphitheatre is to advance, we can only con clude that it is, in fact, the obnoxious Jesuit order in question. Some great Popish work is no doubt just now to be advanced by the society and the saint, for which money is required; and, upon the principle, we pre sume that great instruments must be used for the achievement of great ends, the most eminent mendi cant of the day has been retained for the occasion, and will, in addition to the exercise of his excruciating power of wheedling the gullible public, exhibit his " most sweet person" at the charge of "two shillings and sixpence to the boxes and eighteenpence to the pit," the gallery being permitted to see and shout at the monster gratis. _ _ We should not have advertised, as we do, by the present notice, "the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Dublin," or the object for whi c h lie exhibits himself to-day, but for a whisper which has reached us of another performance to be enacted during his stay amongst us, We have heard that a certa i n un h appy imbecile—(who is chiefly remarkable as presenting to the world a living proof that the wisdom of a man is not in proportion to the breadth of the brim upon his beaver)—has expressed his intention to accompany the right honourable beggar in a visit to the merchants upon our Exchange. Yes,—William Rathbone, Ex, Ex, Ex, we don't know how many times and from how many different honourable offices—is about to enter once more upon the office of Jackall to this Irish Lion (!)—to provide the right honourable animal with, what we feel confident will be a meal of contempt and scorn, sufficient for even his huge stomach to digest. The S oc i n i an an d t h e Papist agitator, arm in arm, will this day, we believe, dare the same storm of indignant reprobation and openly expressed di sgust f rom t h e mercantil e aristocracy of Liverpool, w hi c h rewar d e d a similar attempt on a former occasion ; and we ventu re to assure th em that they will receive it no stinted mea sure and in no diluted quality. STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &'e If the state of our Cotton Market may be taken as any criterion, the improvement in the trade of this district can, we should imagine, no longer be denied by the most hardy in their statements, amongst the distress-mongers. During the week ending Friday last, the sales made amounted to no less than 54,000 bales ; and this, be it remarked, was the third or fourth week of extensive and progressively increasing firmness of demand. Of the above quantity 13,000 bales were taken by speculators, and 750 for export, leaving still upwards of 30,000 bales taken by the trade. The market closed on Friday very firmly, with an advance upon last week's quotations, of id. to id. per lb. upon American sorts, On Saturday the business was again large, amounting to 10,000 bales, of which 2000 are on speculation, and 500 for The sales yesterday amounted to fully 7000. urin- export pally to the trade. Our broker can depend, remarks in his circular, that " prices are gra dually tightening, and although they do not ramble as in other days, yet there is a feeling of health and confidence that gives an assurance that, at the bottom the foundation is good." To those who have witnessed the wildness of specu tion in our cotton market in the time of whip prosperity, and its two frequent disastrous consequences, the present mea- sures and sober improvement speak volumes in favor of a Jeturn to sound business The same encouraging accounts greet us from the manu facturing districts. We hear of no "large orders night-and-day working —no spinners, manufacturers, or printers flying over the moon, or picking up tens of thou sands in a morning. On the contrary, distress still exists to a greater or less extent amongst all these classes, or nearly all. The improved business is gradual, but it is felt never theless. It is seen in the faces and in the transactions of men who loudly deny its existence ; and it is seen most in the increased bustle and activity which pervades every tho roughfare throughout our manufacturing towns. The only drawback we have to notice is a rumour circu lated upon our Exchange yesterday, of an approaching turn out of the hands of some of our mills. We fear it is too true that many encroachments upon the wages of these parties have been made and submitted to during the late severe de- pression. It is, however, too early now to move towards a remedy of this evil, and we are confident any movement now will be fruitless, if indeed it be likely at any future time to be successful. Manufacturing wages never rise again if once knocked down ! We trust, however, that the rumour in question will not be confirmed. • LOCAL, YEWS The British and North American royal mail steamer Aca dia, which would leave Boston on the Ist and Halifax on the 3d instant, may be expected to arrive at this port on or be fore Saturday next. THE CROWN COURT.—The business in this court is now finished, with the exception of the cases in which Miss Crellin is concerned, which will be commenced with first thing this morning. In all probability they will occupy two days or more. The pretty village of Eastham presented a very gay ap pearance on Thursday week, in consequence of a party of upwards of fifty gentlefolk having assembled for the purpose of ruralising for the day. Mr. Mainwar - - - of his hermitage and grounds, Stahl full baud belt attendance, where harmony was kept up with spirit on the THE CHURCH.—The Rev. T. B. Ingham, late rector of Congleton, in the county of Chester, has been appointed incumbent of the church recently erected at Rainhill. The rev. gentleman took leave of his flock, in a most impressive and affectionate address, on Sunday week. LOYAL STANDISH ARMS LODGE.—On Monday last, the anniversary of this lodge took place at Wigan, when, amongst the customary celebrations, a very excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Thos. Brancker, M.A. At the same time the Rev. W. H. Brandreth, rector of Standish, was initiated as an oddfellow in the lodge. He presided as ,•hair man for a short time, and expressed his entire approbation of the institution, of which he was proud to have become a member. Miss Biffin desires to make known through our paper, that in order to fulfil engagements else..vhere, she will be under the necessity of declining the execution of any orders after the 16th instant ; shortly after which date, she must, with warmest thanks, take leave of her kind patrons in Liverpool, in all probability for the last time. She begs also to call attention to a print of herself, just published by the desire of many of her visitors, purchasers of which will be admitted to her Exhibition in Bold-street. MELANCHOLY DEATH FROM DROWNING.—We regret to announce the death of Mr. Brown, collector at Monks' Ferry, Birkenhead. Mr. Brown left home on Monday morning, and went to the Potteries, on the Lancashire shore, where he continued the whole of the day. Early on Tues day morning, after breakfast, he proceeded towards the shore, undressed himself, left his clothes on the beach, and went into the river in fifteen feet water. In a few minutes he was seen to sink. The body, in the course of ten minutes, was found. All exertions made to restore animation proved un successful. CHANGE RINGING.—On Tuesday evening last the united change ringers of St. Nicholas and St. Peter's ascended the tower of St. Nicholas's Church, in this town, and rung a true peal of Grandsire Caters, consisting of 5,201 changes, in three hours and twenty-one minutes. The above peal was rung in a masterly style by the under-mentioned persons : John Brooks, 3d; John F. Miller. 4th ; John Heron, sth ; Henry Moore, 6th ; George Jones, sth ; Hugh Wahnsley, Sth ; Charles Smith, oth ; Richard Cross, 10th ; Edward Davies and William Heron, 11th ; Thomas Sockett and Edward Leeman, tenor. Weight of the tenor, 2 tons 1 cwt. 14 lbs. The peal was ably conducted by John Heron. APPOINTMENT OP AN OPHTHALMIC SURGEON TO THE WORKHOUSE.—We understand that for many years past a disease of the eyes has been prevailing in the Liverpool Workhouse, whith has been exceedingly fatal in its results, numbers of the children, and even adults, being deprived of sight, and rendered muc h di sf i gured by their' enlarged and protruded eyeballs, and hence perpetual drains upon the parish funds. It gives us much pleasure to announce, that these evils are likely to be remedied by the judicious appoint ment, by the Board of Guardians, of Mr. Neill, surgeon of the Ophthalmic Infirmary, to the superintendence of the eye department of this establishment; and we are sure, if energy and skill can do anything in checking or alleviating the evil, the Board of Guardians have done well in obtaining the ser vices of this gentleman, whose great experience and success in the treatment of eye disease have made, him the provincial authority on this subject. OUR REPRESENTATIVES.—We have again to notice the services rendered by our excellent members to the general interests of our trading community. On Thursday, the 28th ult., a deputation from this town of merchants connected with the trade to the River Plate waited on the Earl of Aber deen, when they were not only accompanied in a mere formal manner by Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas, but a zealous co-operation in the furtherance of the objects of the deputation, and a lively interest in the btsiness in hand, were the distinguishing traits in the conduct of our honour able members on this occasion. Thus it has invariably been in every case where their services were required ; and it should not be lost sight of that when honourable members thus zealously and willingly exert themselves, they are en titled to the hearty thanks and confidence of the country at large. THE EXHIBITION AT THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. The splendid exhibition at the Mechanics' Institution ter- minated on Saturday week. At half-past seven in the even ing, there was a meeting in the Lecture Boom of the Insti tution, for the purpose of making known the results of the exhibition. The room was crowded, and on the platform were assembled a number of the directors and of other gen tlemen. Mr. W. B. Hodgson stated the results of the ex hibition. The receipts, of course, would not be fully made up until ten o'clock ; but he was enabled to state that they would not be above £3O short of £4OOO. (Much applause.) The total receipts of the last exhibition were £3300. Now, as that was open thirty-eight days, while this had been open only thirty-six, it would be seen that a very great increase had taken place in the receipts, comparing the one with the other. The average daily receipts had been nearly £llO. Mr. Hodgson proceeded to give the number of visitors, up to the time at which he was speaking, and several other re sults, as far as they could then be ascertained ; but those we omit, and furnish a statement of the results up to the close of the exhibition. It is as follows :—Total receipts, £3,985 13s. 11d.; average daily receipts, £lO7 13. 4d.; greatest amount taken in one day, £2lO 6s. ld. ; the least ditto, £4O 4s. ld. Number of season ticket sold at 2s. Gd., 3,636, of which 3,017 were purchased before the end of the first three weeks of the exhibition, and 619 after the price was reduced to non-members from ss. to 2s. 6. Number of season tickets sold at 55., 699. Number of visitors in forenoon for the thirty-six days, 18,802 ; ditto afternoon, 57,014 ; average daily attendance in the forenoon, 522 ; ditto afternoon, 1,583 ; number of pupils belonging to the charity schools who were allowed to visit the exhibition gratuitously, say 20,000; household servants during last Week, 310. The aggregate number of persons who bad visited the exhibition was, there fore, about 100,000. Several speeches were made by different gentlemen. AMUSEMENTS OF THE WEEK.—Those who have time to devote to amusement may find it well occupied. At the Lyceum there is a wondeful skeleton found by Dr. Koch, in the State Missouri, called Missourium Theristrocaulodon. The elephant beside this mighty beast must have looked in the same propo:tion as the ox to the elephant—in fact, the Lyceum Room is not high enough to elevate it to its proper proportion. We earnestly recommend our readers to inspect this wonder of nature, not only a as stupendous Zoological specimen, but as exemplifying passages in the bible that have long been the subject of mystery.—we allude to the 41st Chapter in the Book of Job, where the Leviathan is men tioned. As we shall devote a space to this exhibition pro bably in our next, we merely recommend it to notice, pre suming that the spectator cannot fail to be struck with sur prise, awe, and admiration. The next object of note is the Rock Harmonicon at the Music Hall. This instrument is beautifully played upon by Mr. Davies, who so cleverly touched a similar instrument of Richardson's some time ago. Mr. Catlin's lectures in the evening are well worth attention. By means of twenty persons, he shows the different groups, pictures, &c., exhibited by him at the Mechanics Institution. His lectures are at the Portico, and are of a most interesting and instructive character. Mr. Catlin for a long time in London drew crowds of visitors. The Photographic Gallery, although not coming within the class of amusements to the visitor in Liverpool, is worthy of attention. The likenesses taken are excellent. MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday last an inquisi tion was taken before the deputy coroner, on view of the body of Catherine Carney, aged 34. Four witnesses were examined, but the evidence of Superintendant Leverett and the house surgeon at the Infirmary, will give all the material circumstances of the case. The ormer gentleman stated, that on Monday week, he went, by direction of the Com missioner of Police, to the Infirmary, to see the deceased. She declared her impression that she could not recover. She told witness, in the presence of Mr. Brandreth, that at five o'clock on the morning of the sth July, she was in the street, not far from St. James's Church, when two men accosted her, laid their hands on her shoulders , and called her an Irish b-. They went away, but returned shortly after, and knocked her down, beat and kickedfihneisrh violentlyyou, y o while 11 ( she lay on the ground, saying, Orange b-." She called 1,, e loudly for a police-officer, and, at length, one came to her, but she could remember nothing further. She did not know the two men, and could not tell whether they were English or Irish. She said she belonged to the parish of Donegal, in Ireland. Mr. Thos. Brandreth, house surgeon at the Infirmary, stated, that on the 15th of July, the deceased was brought in. She was extremely feeble from loss of blood. He examined her, and found that she had a lacerated wound, about two inches long, in a deli cate part of her person. The wound sloughed, and mortifi cation ensued, which end ed in de ath. The wound h a d, pro - The jury returne d a ver dict person or persons r o d n e e r d a b g y a a i n k s t i c k s 0 . d ba ie b t ly n , f been un known. ee i n lfu o l mccasui Tim Rzir, livas proceeded, on Friday last, to London, with one of his sons, who is about • ' his departure for Calcutta, where he has received an ' The pulpit of the rev. gentleman was °con y by the Rev. Mr. Falloon ; Mr. M`Neile. however, will resume his accustomed duties on Sunday next. Scorristr MISSIONARY STATION.—An advertisement in another column announces the meeting of the subscribers to this very useful object in Toxteth-hall this evening. When the dense population now congregation in that neighbourhood is contemplated it is difficult to conceive a project more likely to enlist the sympathies of the p_ublic than this. THE FUNDS, SATURDAY EVENING.—In the. English Stock Market to-dav business has been quite on a limited money and the account closed 91'4 to i; I to litq ; Exchequer Bills nd-a-Half per Cents. Re ialf per Cents., 100 i tc Consols for nk Stock, 169-i 535. premium for the India Stock New Thiee-and- and India Bonds, 335. to current yesterday Paris to-day are in favour of the Guizot Administration. Foreign stocks and railway shares have attracted no Atten tion whatever, and in either description of security the ope rations were much restricted.. Spanish Actives left off 201 to / ; ditto 3 per Cents., 19/ to I; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 331 to 1; ditto 3 per Cents., 191 to 20; Mexican 5 per Cents., 351 ;. ditto Deferred, 91 to ft ; Danish 813 to 821 ; Brazilian, 63 to 65 ; Belgian, 1012 to 1021; Dutch 2 1 per Cents., 51/ to I; and Colombian, 201 to 11. THE JEZEBEL LIE AGAIN !—An eminently pig-headed whig lord who is a candidate for the representation of South ampton, in his speech at the nomination, on Saturday last, delivered himself of the following :—" Had they forgotten— while the sound of pistol shots was scarcely out of their ears, for which he did not hold the tories, or Mr. Mildmay, or any Christian responsible—but had they yet forgotten that the Queen had been likened to a Jewess who was a tyrant, and whose chariot-wheels dabbled in blood, and that such language led on and incited the assassins Oxford and Francis? (A perfect storm of groans and cries of " Slime " com pelled his lordship to stop for some time.) He denied im puting to Mr. Roby or Mr. Bradshaw language which incited assassins to attack the Queen. (Cries of " You did ! you did !") This silly being, (who, it may be remembered, was once very nearly being the chosen s candidate of a very silly faction in our to wn ,) was hardy enough, and dishonest enough, to revive this ten-times refuted lie; and yet, as the paragraph plainly shews, he was ignorant as his own boots of the name even of the gentleman to whom the disloyal sentiment in question was calumniously imputed. It would be a waste of words, however, to attempt to drive truth or decency into a man who for his disgraceful conduct at this very nomination was told by an elector of Southampton that his name should. for the future, be Lord No-gent! There are, by the way, many No•gents amongst the party to which this Nugent belongs. GERMAN DIPLOMA.—We learn from the Albion that Mr. William Radcliffe, one of the first pupils of the Liverpool Mechanics' Institution (and son o f our respected townsman, Mr. John S. Radcliffe, late secretary to the institution,) has had the degree of Doctor of Philosophy conferred upon him by the University of Geissen, iu Germany. We understand that the celebrated professor of chemistry in that university, Dr. Leibig, is about to visit the principal universities in England and Scotland, and that he will be accompanied by his late pupil, Dr. Radcliff. As the form of a German di ploma may be an object of interest to some of our young aspirants for scientific honours, we subjoin a verbatim copy of that granted to Mr. Radcliff:—" Quod felix fausturoque esse jubeat supremnm numen auctoritate regi a serenissimi . . ac potentissitni principis summi imperantis Ludovici magni Ducis Hassiae et ad Rhenum rah Academiae Ludo vicianae nutritoris rnunificentissimi pariter atque indulgen tissimi rector academiae vir magnificus perillustris atque amplissimus Josephus Hillebraud, philosophise doctor et professor publicus ordinarius magno Duci Hassiae a consiliis studiorum superiorbus ordinis Hassiaci Ludoviciani eques excellentissimi atque amplissimi philosophorum ordini; H. A. Decanus promovendi facultatem tribuente viro magifico perillustri et consultissimo Just. Timoth. Balth. De Linde juris utriusque et philosophiae doctore academiae cancellario magno Duci Hassiae a consiliis reipublicae gubernandae inti!nis collegii studiorum moderandorum buperioris directore ordinis Hassiaci Ludoviciani praefecto et Austriaci Leo poldini equite ex decreto Totius Senatus Academici et im primis excellentiss. et ampliss. philosophorum ordinis viro praenobilissimo atbue doctissimo Guilelmo Radcliff, Dubli nensi, post exhibita et ingenii et egregiae doctrinae docu ments valde probata summos doctoris philosophiae honors et quascunque immunitates praerogativas jura ac privilegia iisdem anneva ritu et more majorum hodie contulit in fidem rei gestae. P. P. D. XXIII. Julii, MDCCXLII. Sub Sigillo Academiae Maiore." THE CHEAP TRAINS TO LONDON.—We gave on Tues day last a description of the scene at Edge Hill on the pre vious day occasioned by the departure of the trains for Lon don. The trains reached -London, respectively, at six and seven in the evening, and the passengers were soon spread amongst the population of that vast city. On Tuesday morning numerous parties were to be seen threading their way through the crowded streets, gazing with astonishment at the unusual scenes around them. and anxiously inquiring for the various objects of interest and attraction which are to be found in such abundance in London. On the succeed ing days, many availed themselves of the rapid and cheap modes of travelling by railway and steam-packets to visit the interesting spots around the metropolis. Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend, &c. were among the places thus visit ed, and many found their way to Windsor, in order, if pos sible, to have a peep at England's Queen, a desire which, we believe was gratified. The trains started, on their return to Liverpool, at ten and eleven o'clock on Thursday evening. The whole number of passengers, however, did not return by them, many being unwilling to leave London so soon, preferring rather to pay the extra charge by the regular trains to a curtailment of their pleasures. We understand, that, i❑ the course of a month or two, there will be another trip of the same kind. THE TABLES TURNED.—On Saturday Christopher O'Hara was placed at the Police -court, charged with having stolen a quantity of cotton and ropes from a bonded ware house, in the possession of Mr. Howard Horsley, in Seel street. The evidence against O'Hara was to the effect, that ppliceman 242, having heard of th e ro bb ery f o ll owe d t h e cart in which the articles were carried to a marine store, where he found the prisoner in possession of them. The officer took him into custody, upon which the prisoner informed that functionary that he had been employed by Mr. Horsley's warehouseman, Charles Strugnal, (who was in court) and who was at a certain public-house, which he named. Strug nal denied all knowledge of the transaction. A sample of the cotton was produced. It was not cotton waste or pick ings, but clean, good cotton, which appeared to have been pulled forth, in considerable masses, from the apertures made for sampling. The prisoner said he was employed by Strugnal to pick all the cotton ropes he could find, and place them in a bag, which he did ; that Strugnal cut down a bundle of ropes and added them to the others. He (the pri soner) was required to cut some canvas, and for this purpose he borrowed Strugnal's knife, which he had kept in his posses sion till taken by the policeman, to whom he delivered it. [The officer here produced the knife.] He had no needle, and he asked Strugnal for one, who told him to go to one of the upper rooms and borrow one. He went up stairs and asked an old man, named Johnson. One of the packers told Johnson that he (the prisoner) had borrowed a hook from a comrade, and had lost it ; upon which Johnson refused to lend him the needle. Shortly afterwards, however, Johnson went dowa stairs and lent the needle and a palm to Strug nal, saying he would lend them to the warehouseman, but not to O'Hara. St rugna l t oo k th e needl e an d pa l m, an d deli . vered them to him (the prisoner.) Having finished his work, he engaged the cart, as ordered by Strugnal, and, by his or ders also, took the cotton and ropes away to sell them. He was to meet Strugnal at the public-house where the police mon found him. Strugnal had given him orders to be at the warehouse at eight o'clock on Friday last; he overslept him self, and did not go till nine. Strugnal then told him to meet him there at 12. He did meet him there at 12, and was seen speaking to him, as was afterwards proved by a gentle man who occupies one of the rooms in Mr. H.'s warehouse. Mr. Rushton ordered the man Johnson to be sent for. On the arrival of this man, be swore that he had never seen the prisoner in his life before, and that no such circumstance as that mentioned by the prisoner had occurred. The earnest ness of the prisoner in questioning this man created a for cible impression of his innocence, during which Strugnal was visibly agitated. Mr. Rushton ordered the other men to be sent for. Only one of them could be found. His name is Duncan Gordon. On being questioned, he fully confirmed the statement made by the prisoner as to the loan of the needle and palm, thereby showing that the prisoner had been employed in the warehouse with the full knowledge of Strug nal. Mr. Horsley produced a book kept by the warehouse man, in which an account is kept of the men employed. The name of the prisoner did not appear in it. Mr. Horsley said it was impossible that the prisoner could be employed in the warehouse a sufficient length of time to collect so much cotton without the knowledge of the warehouseman. Mr. Rushton ordered that the prisoner O'Hara should be discharged, and Strugnal taken into'custody. This order was obeyed, when O'Hara was placed in the witness-box and his evidence taken. Strugnal made a rambling statement, de nying that he had given the orders to O'Hara, and speaking somewhat at large of his duties and responsibilities. Mr. Rushton said he had no doubt, not only that Strugnal did give the order, but that he had attended the court with the deliberate intention of swearing away the liberty of the poor man who had just been discharged from the bar. Strugnal was committed for trial. THEATRE ROYAL Last evening, the celebrated Miss Adelaide Kemble made her first courtesy before a Liverpool audience, in her favourite character of Norma, in Bellini's opera of that name. Of the ouera itself we do not consider it to be an original one, as there are a great many repetitions of " Son natnbula" occurring throughout—but it is, nevertheless, a delightful production, and will always maintain its hold on public opinion. Miss Kemble, the bright and brilliant star of the musical hemisphere, has blazed upon us with rays as pure as we have been all along led to . ex pect. She is, indeed, a distinguished singer and a finished actress. She is Pasta redivivus : no one has come near her, either in point of genius, science, or taste, since that gifted creature delighted thousands of hearers. Miss Kemble's voice is clear as a silver bell, every tone is pure and replete with melody ; her lower notes are full of volume, while her upper ones are incomparably sweet. Her power of sustaining her notes is truly wonderful—she com pletely realizes the poets expression, " a linked sweetness long drawn out." Her execution is finished and artistical, while the power and compass of her voice is very great. Her recitative is chaste beyond expression ; every word finds a dis tinct utterance, and the full meaning to each is conveyed. Her pathos, tenderness and delicacy of expression is consummate; in fact her singing falls upon the ear, making the same im pression on the mind as a true picture of Correggio, when it meets the sight. Nature has been bountiful to the Kemble family ; she appears to have been lavish in deed upon " this noble daughter of the gifted race," while science has perfected the exquisite work. Miss Kem ble's opening scena won for her the fullest meed of appro bation, which she maintained throughtout her performance. Miss Kemble is not only a wonderful singer, but an actress of great ability. Without having absolute graces of person, all her action is replete with feeling and truthfulness ; in fact, Miss Kemble's Norma, we look upon as near perfection as we ever hope to see. Flattering as this may seem, it is hardly saying enough. Miss Rainforth's Adelgisa was a sweet andtgraceful effort. She stands well, even in com parison with Miss Kemble. She sang throughout with great taste and excellence, and it is no common treat to hear her. Mr. Shrivall possesses a good tenor voice, sometimes re minding us of Wood. He appears careful and clever, but without much enthusiasm. Mr. Eaton sang Flavius well. Last, though not the least, inthis talented group, comes our young townsman, Mr. W. Wiess, and we can safely say, that we see no cause to, regret hazarding the prophecy we did, when he sang down here some months ago—that he would be an acquisition to the musical world, and an honor to his profession. His welcome was a hearty one, and it was pleasant to find him so honored—by the most brilliant, full, and fashionable house of the season. He sang Oreveso throughout with great taste and spirit, his deep bass e " coming out" of the loudest chor u s. We must say that Nits voic Kemble's threatened retirement from the stage wili n T b l ra purest ornament ; and those who wish to hear a l w a singer must not forget that on four nights Fe opportunity be afforded. We cannot conclude on ?r will o that erfu his hasty notice without commending the admirable or way the opera has scenery, the sacred been got up, whether as to costume grove and druidical temple being nobl?eßecime j n s of the scenic art. The management has don e Norma" justi ce ; it remains for the public to reward their enterprize. The circular of Munn. Buchanan of this town .confirms the general opinion of a steady improvement in the manu facturing districts. They have found the reports from com mercial and manufacturing towns uniform in re p resent i ng an increase of business—not, indeed, very rapid or profitable as yet, but still resulting fronj a real demand. A general im pression that prices will not decline leads to an expectation of a continued extension, with a gradual amelioration of most branches of business and agriculture, provided the harvest proves good. as there is every reason to believe. That the autumn trade may be brisk is thought not improbable, 'since the adjournment of parliament will remove all fears of any further alteration in the comnierchil system, and there is abundance of unemployed capital, which may be speedily Failed into play. The prices of articles have been observed, in almost every instance, to have changed to the benefit of the consumer with the reductions in the new tariff. DAVID HODGSON, ESQ., AND HIS RADICAI POPISH DETRACTORS. We are happy to find that the unflinchin g played by Mr. David Hodgson, and the honest support b which those efforts, on a recent occasion, were met by hit fellow conservatives in the council. The following resolution adopted at a meeting of the committee of the Tostet)' Protestant Operative Association must be highly to that gentleman and the conservative councillc as indeed it has been well and hardly earned grati fyi " Resolved,—That this meeting regards with deep interest the proceedings of the Town Council with especial reference to the education question, and beg to express their high ad miration of the conduct of David Hodgson, Esq., and here by beg to tender him and those who supported him their most sincere thanks, and pray that God may always support and defend them against the vile abuse and malignant attacks of the enemies of our Protestant principles. (Signed) "CHARLES HUNTON, Secretary. " Committee-room, Toxteth.hall, • " August 6, 1842." _ . In connexion with the debate in question, we may revert to an insulting remark applied to Mr. Hodgson in the Coun cil, by Mr. Alderman Evans, to the effect that Mr. Hodgson dared not make use of certain language to him " out of that place." It has, we understand, been made a subject of some chuckling by the radical faction, that this significant hint of pistols and daggers was not at once taken notice of by Mr. Hodgson in a fighting spirit. If we are not mis taken, however, the reply of Mr. Hodgson, which was not loud enough to be heard accurately by the reporters, was perfectly satisfactory to his assailant, with respect to the reason why no provocation could induce him to notice • the irascible atderman " out of doors." As the admirers of the latter gentleman have not the advantage of knowing what was the reason alleged, we favour them with the reply of Mr. Hodgson which, although uttered some what sotto voce, was nevertheless not lest upon either the Alderman or ourselves. It was to the effect that Mr. Hodg son " was not likely to notice Mr. Evans elsewhere as a reminiscence not very gratifying to that gentleman's self complacency or manners would suggest to him. He had been guilty in times past of an observation personal to himself and. —entirely unprovoked and wholly uncalled for ; —so low, gross and ungentlemanly as, whilst it made him ashamed of being acquainted with any one capable of it, taught him studidusly to avoid future communication." Perhaps Mr. Alderman Evans, indiscreet Friends will be satisfied with the explanation. Their idol was satisfied on the spot. CARNATION SHOW AT KIRKDALE On Thursday last an exhibition, in connection with the Everton and Kirkdale Floral and Horticultural Society, os tensibly for the show of carnations, but in reality for that of all the products of the conservatory and garden took place in the pleasure grounds behind Mr. New's hotel at Kirkdale. The Marquee under cover of which the exhibitions have hitherto taken place, had been greatly extended, so that the space for promenading was much greater, and the conveni ences, both for the elegant display of the flowers and plants, and the comfort of spectators considerably enhanced. The show was remarkably well attended, and the extreme fineness of the day brought together a full attendance of the fair and fashionable. Mr. Skirving, with his usual liberality for warded a very great quantity of plants, &c. for the use of the committee in the marquee, among which were some choice specimens:of greenhouse plants, none of which were for com petition. The carnations were numerous, in full bloom, and in great variety. The fruits were particularly choice, the company hanging with longing looks over them and with smiling approbation at the size and quantity which were large. The vegetables were also very numerous ; and soma of a most excellent kind with respect to general culinary purposes received the warm approbation of the judges. The fuschias, judiciously arranged at the right hand of the Marquee, were in particularly large numbers, and were much admired. IN e have no space to give a special observation to any plant peculiarly worthy of notice. Mr. Stubbs' Royal Harrnonion Band was i n a tt en d ance and kept the company alive with a many of the most fashionable airs, &c. Great praise is due to the chairman of the meet ing and the committee for their attention to the company and for the judicious manner in which everything was con ducted ; all was ready for view by the public at the appointed time; the polite attention of Mr. Wm. New—the landlord gave very general satisfation. PREMIER PRIZES Ist pan of the best Carnations (six varieties), Mr. Wm. Evans, Chester. Maiden Growers.—Best Scarlet Bizarre Walmsley's William the Fourth, Mr. C. Lorimer. Best Crimson do.—Milton, Mr. C. Lorimer. Best Scarlet Flake—Roston, Mr. R. Alison. Best Rose do.—Cottage Girl, Mr. Thomas Matthews. Best Purple do.—Commander, Mr. C. Lorimer. Best Red Picotee—Unknown, Ditto. Best Purple do.— Victoria, Mr. Thomas Matthews. Best pan of Seedling Panzies, 1842 (six varieties), Mr. Wm. New. Best basket of Fruits and Vegetables (six varieties), Mr. R. Alison, CARNATIONS Scarlet Bizarre.—lst. Prize, Game Boy, disputed ; 2. do., Leander, do. ; 3. do. Albion, Mr. William New ; 4. do., Duke of Leeds, disputed ; 5. do., Charles the Twelfth, Mr. William Evans. Crimson Bilarre.-Ist Prize, Lord Milton, Mr. William New ; 2, do., Paul Pry, disputed ; 3. do., Tally Ho, Mr. William Evans ; 4. do., Bloomsbury, disputed ; 5. do., Tay lor's Wm. the Fourth, Mr. J. Whalley. Scarlet Flake-Ist. Prize, Ely's Defiance, M r. Wm. New ; 2. do., Wm. the Fourth, Ditto; 3.- do., Unknown, Robert Jones, Esq. ; 4. do., Lydia, disputed; 5. do., Lord Derby, Mr. J. Whalley. Pink or Role. Flake.—lst Prize, Marchioness of West minster, disputed ; 2. do., Lady Gardner, Mr. William Evans ; 3. do., Apollo, disputed ; 4. do., Devonshire Mr. William Evans ; an d 5 . d o., C ottage Gi r l., M r . J. Gandy. Purple Flake.—lst prize, Charlotte, Mr. W. Evans; 2, Weldon's Cl eopatra, disputed% 3, Enchantress, Mr.W. Evans; 4, Queen of Sheba, Mr. W. New; 5, Bellerophon, Mr. W. J. Gandy. Red Acotee.-Ist prize, Mrs. Homer, Mr. J. B. Leather barrow; 2, Lady Howden. disputed; 3, Sharp's Welling ton, Mr. W. Evans; 4, Marc Anthony, disputed ; 5, Non pareil, do. • Purple Picolee.-Ist prize, Nulli Secundi, disputed ; 2, Beauty of Warley, Mr. W. Evan,: ; 3, Victoria, disputed ; 4, Fair Ellen, Mr: W. Evans ; 5, Kay's Monarch, Mr. J. Whalley. Best Rose Picotee, Mr. W. New; best Yellow, do., do. Stove Plants.—Prize, Ixora Coccinea, J. Sothern, Esq. Greenhouse Plants.—lst p r i ze , Clithera Arborea, J. G. Carter Esq.; 2d, Yucca Alindes, R. Leyland Esq.: 3, Petur nia Speciosa. Mrs. Cropper; 4, Staticea Arborea, do. Ericaa.—lst prize, Melanthua, Mrs. Cropper; 2, Har torch', J. G. Carter, Esq.; 3d, Reflexa Abba, R. Leyland, Esq. _ Herbaceous Plants.--lst prize, Penstencore Coccinca, Mrs. Cropper ; 2, Phlox Purpurea, do. ; 3, Sileano Super bum, do. Best Pan of Pansies (20 varieties).-Ist prize, T. 0. Grady, Esq.; 2, Mr. W. Thompson ; 3, T. 0. Grady, Esq. 1. Best pan of Dahlias, (six varieties), T. Rawson, Esq. ; 2. Ditto, disputed ; 3. Ditto, Wm. Thompson. Best basket of Plants, Mrs. Cropper; 1. Best basket of Cut Flowers, Rev. J. Brooks; 2. Ditto, R. Alison, Esq. Best Pine, R. Leyland, Esq. ; 2. Ditto, J. Sothern, Esq. ; Best Melon, 3. Sothern, Esq. ; 2. Melon, R. Leyland, Esq. ; 3. Ditto, Mrs. P. Phillips. Best six Peaches, R. Leyland, Esq.; ditto six Apricots; 2d best Apricots, Mr. Thomas Harrison. Best Black Grapes, (two bunches) T. Orford, Esq. ; 2. Ditto, T. B. Nlolyneux, Esq. ; ditto White, ditto, T. Orford, Esq.; 2. Ditto, Mrs. Cropper. Best Black Currants, ditto ; ditto White, Thos. Matthews ; ditto Red, ditto, T. B. Molyneux. Best Cherries, R. Alison;Esq. ; 2. Cherries, T. B. Moly neux, Esq. Best six Apples, J. Soorn, Chester. Best six Pears, Mr. Thomas Harrison ; ditto, six ditto of the growth of 1841, Mr. J. Gandy. Best plate of red Gooseberries ; ditto of white Ditto ; ditto of yellow Ditto; ditto of green Ditto; Mr. Thos. Matthews. Best Autumn sown Onions ; R. Leyland, Esq. ; ditto Spring sown ditto ; Mr. Thos. Matthews. Best six heads of Celery ; W. P. Freme, Esq. ; 2nd Ditto ; Robt. Jones, Esq. Best brace of Cauliflowers ; Ditto ;R. Leyland, Esq. ' Best brace of Lettuce ; Mr. W. E. Makin ; 2nd Ditto W. P. Freme, Esq. Best brace of Cucumbers; T. B. ;Molyneux, Esq.. Ditto ; Mr. W. J. Gandy ? 3rd Ditto ; J. G. Carter, E sq Best brace of Cabbages ; T. Rawson. Esq. Best six Cabbages ; J. G. Carter, Esq Best six Turnips ; W. P. Freme, Erq. EXTRA PRIZES Garstang, Esq. ; 2nd Apples ; Mr. Thos. Matthews. Strawberries, R. Leyland, Esq. Kidney Beans ; Mr. Thos. Matthews. Vegetable Marrow ; T. B. Molvueux, Esq Basket of Fruit, &c. ; M r . W. J. G andy. Plumbs; Mr. Thos. Matthews. Apples ; Mrs. Cropper. The town of Keswick is at present completely crowded with tourists, all the inns and lodging-houses being quite Ailed. At the Antrim Assizes, Judge Perrin sentenced two sisters to be hanged for the murder of the illegitimate infant of one of them. Sour AND LI G be seen at a distance of 2 00 mi les Joh He rschel says, that li g htning may , At the Tipperary Assizes, James Shea, alias Smith, WAS found guilty of the wilful murder of Rody Kennedy, of Loughane, on the 21st May last, and was sentenced to death. listing —A few ev en i ngs ago a luggage train, of eighty aA con nearly half a mile, ryaggons, left H u ll f or Sel b y; its 'ength was PRICE OF BRE AD IN BELFAST. - The committee of the Belf ast public bakery hav e increased themight of their bread, thus giving the public 7lbs. of the best bread for one shilling ' A very fine field of oats on the farm of Mr. Skirving, Easter Road, was cut on Monday last. —Edinburgh Courant. • It is said that his holiness the Pope transmitted a splendid cross and gold medal to Mr. O'Connell, by Pr. Cullen, on his recent de parture from Rome for Dublin.—Register. - - - - M • Mr. Michael Mortimore, at Torquay, has seized 72 tubs of Frencl spirits of brandy. Smuggling has become very common at Tor quay lately. • -- , - The Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company w ill open their line through to Crewe and Birmingham on Wednesday next. M. Bodson, of Norfontaine, at a sitting of the Academic des Science, recounted an instance of rain in a sky pefectly serene and free from all traces of clouds. Caoutchouc pavement appears In a special manner adapted for stables, and we understand that one of our wealthiest noble . men has given order s that certain stalls be laid down wi th the material r d hi o o n n and da y , w when e Appleby, n i n M til u l were shut up in the mine by the fallingof Westmoreland, . d so remained l earth, and out alive but great y weakened from fear and hunger.they Two men d i in the om l t e:c e l s m a i t n u e r s d aL were taken At Galway , Ass i z es, Judge Torrens sentenced P eter Peter Mullaney. to 15 years' transportation and Martin Blake and . ear s of Peter Maley, who had seduced for having cut of the woman. their sister, and then married another • said that sprigs of broom, entwined mound it is s tree and other bush the branches of 1 e gooseberry . of es, put an effect Ina stop to the t e ' ctive o perations the caterpillar. Theabove has been tried dwithsuecess in some gardens in Sutherlandshiar How To STOP A COMPLAINT ---A . man complaining to his rich father-in-law of his wife'S abusive to ngue, asked what he should do to restrvin her impertinence. '' Tell my daughter," replied the old g entleman, " that if I her."—New Monthly, hear any mo re compla i nts, I ' ll disinherit The total amount of light gold coin received by the Bank of England and its branches, and delivered to Her Majesty's Mint, or retained by the B an k and its branches, since the proclamation against light gold, from the 11th June to the 28th July inclusive, IA as -'4,285,837. " The Court of Chancery," said the Vice-Chancellor of England the other day, " will be as many years in deciding the cases which will arise out Of snits now instituted relative to the income tax as that tax is expected to last."