The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-29 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR THE BENEFIT' OF MR. BUCKSTONE, Being his Farewell Benefit in Liverpool; previous to his departure for America. The Last Night of Mr. BUCKSTONE and Mr. T. P. COOKE, and the Last Night of Mr. Buckstone's new Drama of POOR JACK. THIS present FRIDAY, May 29, 1810, the Entertain ments will commence with Mr. Buckstone's Comedy of WEAK POINTS. Jemmy Wheedle Mr. Buckstone, As originally performed by him in London. Miss Penelope Pump Mrs. Clarke. Sally Pybus.. After which, for the last time, a new Drama, written by Mr. Buckstone, called --"" POOR JACK. Jack Somerton Mr. T. P.Cooke, Tim Twopenny Mr. Buclistone, As originally performed by them in London. Sam Griffin , The Hon. Mr. Flummery Mr. Chaplin. Mrs. Colonel Fantod.... Miss Cleaver. Eleanor.... Mrs. W. H. Bland. Becky..... Mrs. Tellet. To conclude'with Mr. Buckstone's Farce, called THE CHRISTENING. Mr. Hopkins Twiddy Mr. Buckstone, As originally performed by him in London. Grum Mr. Baker. Mrs. Dolly Lovechild Mrs. Clarke. Mr. YATES, Proprietor and Manager of the Theatre- Royal, Adelphi; Mr. and Mrs. KEELEY, of the Theatres- Royal. Covent-garden and Adelphi ; and Mr. PAUL BED FORD, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and Adelphi, will commence an engagement at this Theatre, for Ten Nights, on MONDAY NEXT, June Ist, when will be produced the popular Drama of JACK SHEPPARD, in which they will sustain the principal characters. WESLEYAN CENTENARY. VOW ON VIEW, in the Vestry of Mount Pleasant Chapel, the PICTURE, containing Portraits, to the number of One Hundred, of the leading Ministers and Lay. men who were present at the FIRST GRAND CENTE NARY MEETING, held in Manchester, in November, 1838. o be Exhibited until Saturday, the Gth June, from Ten to Six o'clock each day. Tickets of Admission, FREE, to be had, on application, at all the Wesleyan Chapel Keepers in Liverpool. 29th May, 1840. • HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. R. LACEY has the honour to announce, that he has obtained permission to Exhibit, in Liverpool, for SIX DAYS, the nobleand unrivalled whole'Length of HIS GRACE, as MASTER of the TRINITY HOUSE, painted. by JOHN LUCAS ; Esq., • for the Honourable the Corporation of the Trinity. The Exhibition will continue until WEDNESDAY next, the 3d .Tune Tickets of Admission may be had on - application to Mr. LACEY, REPOSITORY OF ARTS, 100, Bold-street. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, THE SECOND GRAND BOMBARDMENT OF I. ALGIERS will take place THIs DAY, (Friday,) the 29th instant; to be repeated every MONDAY and FRIDAY during the Season, weather permitting. An excellent BRASS BAND in attendance every Day during • the Season. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. Ebt Zibirpool FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 29. 1340. We have received a file of the Guiana Chronicle, and a copy of the Berbice Advertiser to the Bth of April, inclusive. They do not contain any news of impor tance that has not been anticipated by a previous arrival. They are chiefly occupied with articles on the subject of immigration, for several of which we hope to find room in subsequent numbers. The accounts from the colony are, on the whole, extremely favour able. The crop was likely to prove abundant, if the labourers could be depended upon. By her Majesty's packet Hope WE have received Ja maica papers (the Royal Gazette and Standard) to the 18th of April, inclusive. The adjourned session of the Legislature had .closed its proceedings. His Ex cellency the Governor prorogued the House of Assem bly in a speech characterised as much by its independ ent and manly tone as by the sound sense which per vades every sentence. He congratulated the house on the happy termination of a session, during which they had eminently manifested their approved loyalty to their Sovereign, and their earnest desire to meet the views of her Majesty's confidential advisers. He sssured the members of the house that their proceedings were viewed with satisfaction by the Government at home. With regard to the laws passed by the house, his Ex cellency remarked—" In the discharge of your arduous duties, you have passed many wise and useful laws— too numerous to be specified ; but I cannot refrain from adverting to the Act for the Improvement of Jus tice, as well as to the Clergy Act, and the Act appoint ing a Committee to examine the laws, with a vie's' , to the rescinding of such as may be unsuitable to the present state of society, all of which acts are of the utmost itn portanceand most beneficial tendency.". After thanking the House for the supplies voted for the executive, he proceeded to dilate upon the cordial reception which he had met with on his recent tour through the island. He then remarked upon the comfortable state of the peasantry, and the generally deteriorated condition of properties in the island. He said that the easy and independent condition of the labouring population, as compared with that of the same classes in Great Bri tain, was very striking. So far, the great work of free dom had been accomplished with the most beneficial results. In most respects, he observed, the labourers deserved their good fortune. He understood that they were generally orderly, sober, free from crime, and im proved in their moral habits. He especially noticed their constant attendance at public worship, and their solicitude for the education of their children. While, however, he thus congratulated the House upon the general good conduct of the negro population, he ex pressed his regret that the completion of the general happiness and harmony, which might be expected to flow from the promising state of the island, was inter rupted by agitation and ferment. He trusted that the leading parties in those proceedings would, on reflec tion, become sensible that nothing but mischief could arise from the discord which they were spreading. He said it was much more easy to excite than assauge the passions of a multitude, and that it must more conduce to the happiness of a people to inculcate charity and contentment, than to instigate distrust and dissatisfac tion against their employers anti their rulers. He touched on this feature in the condition of Jamaica with reluctance;. but it was too marked and prominent, and too indicative of serious evil, to be 'passed over un noticed. His Excellency very justly remarked, that the dete rioration of properties proceeded from want of conti nuous labour, which was the natural effect of an in sufficient population, and of the means possessed by the peasantry of rendeMng themselves in a great degree independent of going out to labour in the service of employers, He did not blame the labourers for taking advantage of a state of things favourable to themselves, as the same thing would be done, under similar cir cumstances, in any country in the world, where the same freedom was enjoyed. But he blamed them for refusing to perform their engagements, and acting ca priciously and deserting their work, at the moment when their doing so must be attended with great injury to their employers. He proceeded to congratulate the House of Assembly on their exertions for remedying the evil alluded to, by passing an act to encourage im migration, with proper precautions for the health and immediate accommodation of those who might he in duced to come to the island. He assured them of his hearty co-operation in this very necessary measure ; though he could not say that he entertained any san guine expectation that it would afford much immediate relief to their difficulties. He added, that it was satis factory to reflect that whatever number of immigrants were likely to come to the island from any part of the world, there was room f or a ll, an d spare l an d o f t h e grea test fertility in abundance, so that any probable multitude can be provided for without diminution of . the present comforts of the people. The Governor next alluded to the rent question—the most important of all the questions which are now agitating West India society. Having had many op portunities of witnessing the actual state of things, during his recent tour through the island, he gave it as his deliberate opinion that the principal source of dissatisfaction amongst the labouring population was, the arrangement of the terms of rent with a view to the exaction of labour. He felt convinced that the existing system was " injurious ti properties, as well as liar rassing to tenants," and that it was almost the sole cause of litigation between employers and labourers, and the only vexation of which the latter complain. He suggested the adoption of a different system, for the purpose of generating a better feeling between all classes of the community. In the next place, his Excellency offered some very judicious advice to the stipendiary magistrates, exhort ing them to observe the strictest moderation and im partiality in their adjudications. He then invited the members of the house of Assembly to co-operate with him in his endeavours to put an end to the system of agitation which had been recommenced by the Baptist missionaries in the island. lie did not specifically mention them as the disturbers of the public peace, but there can be no doubt whatever as to the parties to whom' he alluded. He deprecated, in very forcible terms, " the party spirit which still impedes the esta blishment of perfect harmony among all classes," and suggested that " there are not now any real grounds of difference." We would particularly request the atten tion of our readers to the following language, which reflects equal credit to the head and the heart of Sir Charles Metcalfe :—" There are many who cannot be lieve that those who have once been the owners of slaves can be kind-hearted, humane men. Your best inten tions and endeavours are consequently misunder stood and distrusted by a considerable portion of the public in the mother country. While you are conscientiously labouring for the public good, you are deprived by prejudice of the honour and credit clue to your exertions. This is a hard fate; but you will, I have no doubt, patiently and manfully bear it, and finally overcome it. By perseverance in wise legislation, and by steadiness in the paths of benevo lence and kindness, you will show that the reproaches cast upon you by the ignorant or designing are un founded, and by winning the applause of the unpreju diced, you will eventually put to, shame the prejudiced and hostile." The leprosy of Liberalism is hourly striving to extend its6lf through every vein and fibre of the British Con stitution, wasting in its progress the healthy energies, deforming the beauty, and destroying the vitality of that admired and venerated Spirit which, under the influence of a Divine Providence, human intellect has been permitted to embody and materialize for the pro tection of the civil and religious liberties of mankind. There is, however, one limb—one member—of that embodied essence of liberty, which modern innovation, however insidiously it may make the attempt, will not be permitted to approach. There is a portal at which pollution cannot and dare not enter. There is a por tion of the British Constitution upon which the hand of the spoiler cannot and shall not be laid; for in that portion is reared an altar from which has burned amid centuries of darkness—amid centuries of blinding superstition and deceiving error—the true and living light of the only true faith. Yet the attempt has been made within the present week; and the hand which has levelled the insidious weapon is that of a Bishop of the Church of England ! `We are told that the Articles of that Church and the Liturgy of that Church are not of that accommodating nature which is necessary to enable Dissenters and Latitudinarians to accept of her preferments without detriment or inconvenience to their consciences ; and it is proposed forthwith to "expand" the interpreta- tion of these Articles—to O'Connellize the discipline of the Church of England, so that Whig, Atheist, So cinian, or Socialist may enter freely and partake of her good things, pollute her altars, mislead the faith of her communicants, and present the poisoned cup of heresy and doubt to those who ask for the pure Water Of Life. Such an attempt has been made on Tuesday last, in the House of Lords, by the Primate of Ireland, and found support, we are happy to say, from only one member of that Ithuse—the Whig-appointed Bishop of Norwich. But we are not assured that the attempt may not he repeated, in some other insidious form, and we therefore Wish to convey a warning to our readers of its meaning and tendency. The complaint made by the Archbishop of Dublin, on the part of " sixty persons, half of whom were clergymen," is, that a portion of the Articles and of the Liturgy of the Church is not in accordance with the views and practice of some of its members ; and the prayer of the petitioners is, that measures may be taken to accommodate the Articles and the Liturgy to the views of these members. Of course we are well aware tha a concession would be in accordance with the true spirit of Whig-Radicalism, which delights in inflicting " heavy blows" and " great discouragements" upon the religion of the Established Church ; but we thank heaven that it is not likely to be made until the constitution of the House of Lords, as well as of the Bench of Bishops, is a little more O'Connellised than it is at present. The Church of England does not ask for the ministry of those who do not believe her doctrines. She is not reduced to the necessity of having " open questions" amongst , her priesthood ; and she is not dependent Upon - the fickle and changing opinions of the multitude for support. It is not, and never has been, a question with the Church of Eng land, by what means the greatest number of pliable consciences might be brought within her fold, or—to use the words of the Bishop of Norwich—by what means that church might be " raised in the estimation of the public." The Church of England, we trust, is not an expediency church ; and although there may, in these days of Liberalism, be men whose consciences are sufficiently tender to cause them to hesitate at sub scribing to her doctrines in their " literal, strict, and stringent meaning," whilst they are ready to enjoy her temporalities and to usurp her dignities, we do not think that the British Parliament is so much in love with latitudinarianism and dissent as to take one step in order to promote their convenience ; and we are firmly convinced that the British public at least are, with respect to the Established Church of England, of the opinion, and ready to exclaim with their fore fathers, " Nolumus leges Anglia mutari !" With regard to the Liturgy, in particular, of the Established Church we are perfectly of the opinion of the Bishop of London, whose remarks upon the ques tion throughout are a crushing condemnation of the heterodox opinions of his brethren of Dublin and Nor wich. With him we believe that the time has gone by when the people of England will sanction an alteration either of the Articles or the Liturgy; and we go even further, and assert that the Church would lose one of her chief ornaments, and one of her greatest holds upon the affection and respect of her members, were one word or one syllable to be obliterated from her beauti ul formulae. It is seldom that we have to quote with satisfaction the opinion of, and to advocate the course pursued by, her Majesty's Attorney-General. We have, however, to do 'this with respect to a bill brought in by Sir Eardley Wilmot for the alteration of the law affecting juvenile offenders, which went into committee on Wed nesday evening, by a majority of 13. We do not pretend to any intimate acquaintance with the details of the bill brought in by Sir Eardley Wilmot. We know, in fact, nothing of them, and therefore cannot complain of any opposition offered to them by mem bers, no matter of what party. But we admit the magnitude of the evil which this bill, we believe, ho nestly intends to mitigate; and are perfectly ready to entrust its details .and its mode of working to the judgment of parliament. We do firmly believe that, in the abstract, it is better, more consonant with justice, and more likely to produce good results, that a summary power should be given to the magistracy to deal with juvenile offenders. We have no wish to depreciate the great principle of trial by jury, and still less to throw fresh subjects into the hands of those immaculate 4nd enlightened gentlemen who, by the grace of the Home Secretary, and by virtue of their station as councillors or aldermen of whig radical boroughs, are invested with the power of mak ing supreme idiots of themselves upon every possible occasion; but we are really of opinion that it is unne cessary for the ends of justice, and impolitic for the purpose of amendment, that the strict forms of trial by jury, accompanied as they are by imprisonment before trial, should be insisted upon by the laws of England—by prosecutors ?—when the parties offending are mere children, upon whom the contamination of a prison is a greater punishment than the law itself would willingly inflict. It is, we admit with the Attor ney-General, " frightful that these children should be mixed up with felons before trial, and that after they are tried they should be mixed up with other felons, who would give them an education calculated to make finished thieves." On these grounds we are heartily glad that Sir Eardley Wilmot's bill, or any other bill honestly framed to meet the evil, has gone into committee ; and we trust that it will be returned to the House in a shape which will secure its approval. In the abstract we are not advocates of an increase of power and responsibility being thrown into the hands of the magistracy—a body of gentlemen, by the bye, whom we are very far from depreciating ;—but in such cases as those of juvenile offenders, we prefer the human feeling and the summery jurisdiction of a magistrate, to the severe justice, because the dilatory justice, of a jury, A magistrate, whether Whig or Tory, is a father or a brother—has sympathies and ties which an abstract principle of law, however excellent, has not. By con signing a youthful offender to such a tribunal, we may occasionally err; but we shall err on the side of mercy, and shall not be liable to the imputation of breaking a fly upon the wheel. When a Whig-radical, by some chance, manages to creep into the representation of any constituency which that pure and impartial measure, the reform bill, has not left purposely and disgracefully rotten, what a blowing of trumpets do we hear from the ministerial press, metrop.olitan and provincial ! " Enlightened constituency"—" patriotic electors"—" noble reform ers"—with a whole catalogue of similar laudatory epi thets, are dinned into our ears, until we could verily imagine that the halcyon days of reform have returned, and that the world is once more about to embrace and idolize that empty phantom. But let a contrary result occur. Let some shallow trickster, hungry and athirst for the fleshpots of office, or for the droppings thereof, be disappointed of his anticipated seat and contemptu ously kicked into the obscurity from which his igno rance and his cupidity have' prompted the wish to emerge; and then with what a perfect storm of fury the constituency of that borough or county is denounced and defamed ! " Bribery"—" corruption"— •" intimi- dation"— daggers blunders and blunderbuses ! Disfranchisement is the least punishment for a consti tuency so benighted as to have failed in perceiving the transcendental talents and immense patriotism of the would-be placeman ; so base as to have refused to be tickled by Treasury fingers and lured by Treasury gold. We have a striking instance of this feeling in the outcry directed against the constituencies of Ludlow and Cambridge, and the attempts which have been made by certain of our contemporaries to depreciate the importance of the late conservative triumphs in these two boroughs. In the case of the latter it was proved that at the .election, -when a conservative, Mr. Manners Sutton, was returned, a few of the electors had their breakfasts before going to poll—a shocking instance of depravity !—and, of course, a fresh victory in so corrupt a place is no victory at all. In the former borough a Whig partizan was returned, and then Lud low was a. " pure and patriotic borough ;" but «hen a petition was presented, and the whig aspirant to cele lebrity was unseated for gross and systematic bribery, and, at a new election, a conservative triumphantly seated, with what pious horror the pure and saintly spirit of Whig-radicalism was incontinently seized ! Avaunt, electors of Ludlow—Procul, oh procul este profani! Henceforth he ye devoted to the infernal gods and ranked amongst the corrupt and the rotten constituencies which " stop their ears and refuse to listen to the voice of the charmer of whig-radicalism— charm he never so wisely !" But turn we to the gross and despicable hypocrisy of the party which is so ready to denounce an abuse of the franchise when it has failed in promoting their own dishonest purposes. A new writ was moved for Lud low a few days before the expected debate upon Lord Stanley's registration bill. But it served the purpose of the whig faction to retard the return to that writ until after the division; and who, we ask, were the parties whose meek and pure souls stood aghast at the corruption which had been praCtised at Ludlow, and advocated the disfranchisement of that borough ? Why, Messrs. Wakley, Horsman, and Hume—mem bers of that pure and patriotic association of which Mr. Coppock, the proved instrument of bribing the electors of Ludlow, is the unclean and acknowledged agent ! Let us bear Mr. Alcock, the gentleman in whose behalf that bribery was practised, address the electors from the hustings last week. "He (Mr. Alcock) wished now most distinctly to state that what did occur on that occasion was done entirely without his knowledge or consent. (Hear.) He thought it came with a very bad grace from. those members, Messrs. Wakley, Warburton, Hume, and others, to speak of him in parliament as they had done; in so much as they were members of that association which had sent down Mr. Coppock to conduct his election. (Hear.) Mr. Coppock had been sent down by them and notretained by him. (Loud cries of 'Hear, hear!' and cries of ' What brings him here now?' to which Mr. Alcock replied that he did not know.) What, indeed, we may well ask, brought Mr. Coppock down again at the last elec tion ? The bribe-'distributor-general of the Reform Association (reform, indeed 0 was, we dare say, freight ed with the necessary funds to enable him to purchase, if possible, another vote for the venal whip faction. He was endeavouring to realise the expectation of that rare specimen of purity, 111 r. Hume, and to convert the majority of three into a minority ! Faugh tha whole business smells rankly of corruption ; and we may thank the honesty of the electors of Ludlow that the attempt was made in vain. LORD NORMANBY AND FEARGUS O'CONNOR. Poor Fcargus O'Connor ! verily thou art an ill-used patriot. The " pecuniary speculations" of other men are carried on with both success and safety. The mendicant of Ireland feeds and fattens upon leis; the ministerial " speculators" are sound and safe at each returning quarter day ; thy com. patriot Sheil, of Peneden Heath notoriety, has been gorged with a sinecure ; Wakley has got a coronership, and Harvey a place; but thy unlucky bones are doomed to imbibe the rheumy vapours of a damp dungeon, and thy brilliant talents to rest in the companionship of turnkeys and convicted felons ! Verily, thou art the most unfortunate Irishman that ever conceived the idea of making political agitation the basis of a " pecuniary speculation ;" and thy persecutor, the O'Con nellite Home Secretary, the most impudent charlatan that ever displayed his antics within a show booth at Bartholomew or Donnybrook. We quote from the pen of poor Feargus himself the follow ing description of the kind of treatment which a Whig govern ment deals out to political offenders. " I was shut up," says Fergus, " in a dark stone cell, with a very narrow iron door and a small iron-grated window. In the dark I knelt down, and prayed to God that I might sleep soundly for ever. I then stripped and laid me down, but my prayers were not granted, as I never closed an eye. When I placed my rheu matic shoulder against the wall, the cold stone repulsed me ; and when I moved I was almost out of bed, for its width is not as broad as my shoulders." Comfortable sleeping apart ment this for an Irish gentleman ! But let us proceed : " Before seven o'clock a bell rung, when 1 dressed myself, and shortly after my door was unlocked, previously to which I had, according to the rules, folded my thin bed into a triple roll, and my bed clothes, neatly folded, I placed over it. I then followed the turnkey, carrying in my hand a black chamber pot, which I was to empty in the sink in the yard, and then wash the utensil at the pump." We should like to see O'Connell, and the various joints of his tail, following so dignified an employment. Let us, however, give, in his own words, the poor fellow's pitiable condition. " Now for my health," he proceeds. " I never was so much debilitated. I have rheumatism in both logs and in my back ; I have a pain in my chest and loins, and a cough. And, now, what say you to a good man struggling against adversity ? Perhaps you are not aware that very strong affidavits were made by Dr. Thomson, one of the ablest of the London faculty, and another by Surgeon Jaque, who has attended me for five years, in which they both deposed that confinement in York Castle would lay the foundation of disease, which would certainly shorten my life ; to which Lord Normanby replied, that he saw nothing in them to cause any alteration in my place of imprisonment. lam five years older thaU when you saw me on Monday week ; but am still the same man. I thought it wholly out of the nature of things that such punishment ever could be intended for, or inflicted upon, persons fora political misdemeanour ; eighteen months is now more than ten years under the usual treatment for similar offences. The man from Huddersfield (for the murder of Duke) and myself are precisely under the same rules. Need I say more—or have you not yet heard enough ? Faithfully yours, " FEARGUS O'CONNOR. " P.S.—I eat my meals with several under sentence of transportation. There are no political offenders but myself. At seven in the evening I am locked up again, and am now standing at a hole in the wall while I am writing." Seriously, reader, we cannot but think that severity of treatment such as this tpwardsa political offender is a little inconsistent and unjust. It is inconsistent, because at variance with the liberal and high-sounding professions of whiggism ; and unjust, because applied partially, and with a political bias. Feargus agitated against the ministry, and is crushed. Daniel O'Connell agitates for, in their behalf, and with their connivance, and is allowed to share their plunder and to wield their patronage. We have no sympathy with the projects of O'Connor, but we cannot see why, in his case, greater rigour should be exercised than has heretofore been put in force towards offenders of his class. A ribbon murderer Lord Normanby would perhaps have released altogether ; but poor Feargus has offended the bloated head of which this mean and despicable administra tion has lately become the offensive tail. THEATRE ROYAL.—The engagement of Mr. T. P. Cooke and Mr. Buckstone expires this evening , and w e are glad to perceive that they will be succeeded , ne xt week, by a ho s t o f genuine talent. There will be Mr. Yates, Mr. and M rs . Keeley, and Mr. Paul Bedford, a most attractive band. J ac k Sheppard will be produced, in which they will take th e lead ing characters. This circumstance , combined with the ap plication of the ordinary means and resourses of the establish ment, must ensure success to that highly popular drama. THE WESLEYAN CENTENARY PICTURE. This beautiful and highly interesting picture is now on view in the school-room of the Wesleyan Chapel, Mount pleasant. It has been visited by a great number of persons, belonging or friendly to the Wesleyan connexion, and has drawn forth the warmest encomiums on the merits of the artist, fols his faithful portraitures of one hundred of the most distinguished members of that community. Before noticing the picture in detail, it may be proper to advert briefly to its origin and object. The Wesleyan Conference of 1838 will be fresh in the public mind. It occurred on the eve of the centenary of Wesleyan Methodism. As stated in a prospectus of the society, " One hundred years, distinguished by manifold conflicts, trials, and blessings, were on the point of closing, since the first formation of the United Methodist Society, which took its rise from an extraordinary revival cf primitive christianity in this country, and which had been the means, under God, of spreadint , the light and influence of divine truth, th roug h no inconsiderable portion of our globe." It was accord ingly agreed to commemorate the centenary, with a view,— first, to promote a thankful acknowledgment of the fa vours God bestowed on the Wesleyan Connexion, and, iu other communities, through its instrumentality ; secondly, to exhort the members of the connexion to review the princi ples, tempers, and conduct of their venerated predecessors, and to follow their example; and thirdly, to encourage the liberal promotion of pecuniary offerings to God for the sup port and enlargement of such institutions, and the adoption of such other measures as might be deemed promotive of the general objects in view. The Rev. Thomas Jackson, who was president for the year, accordingly called a meeting of the principal nlinisters and gentlemen of the body, at the Oldham-street Chapel, and a truly respectable and numerous assemblage was the grati fying result. The meeting was prolonged for three days. About £30,000 were cheerfully subscribed as an oblation to the Author of all mercy. Other meetings of a similar nature followed in various important towns throughout the kingdom, and finally in places abroad. The meeting at Manchester was composed of Christian ministers, some of them of great age and long tried service, of the oldest and most revered members of the society, who had personally known its venerable founder, and his early co-adjutors, and of juniors, both clerical and lay, who were at tached to the society. It was thought that a representation of this interesting meeting, ably executed, would be acceptable to the members and friends of the Wesley connexion, both now and in future times. Mr. Agnew of Manchester, undertook to supply the representation. He engaged Mr. Du Val, an artist of ac knowledged merit, to take correct likenesses from personal sittings of those who attended the commemoration, and he also engaged the services of an eminent engraver, capable of doing justice to the subject. The picture is now completed. The place of meeting is in the Oldham-street Chapel, within which are depicted faith ful likenesses of one-hundred members of the society. The interior of the chapel, with the galleries fillel with ladies, the organ loft, &c., is excellently painted. The principal value of the picture, however, is the exact delineation of the numerous clergymen and laymen who occupy the body of the edifice—the oldest Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, and doubly interesting from its having been that in which the amiable founder of the society was wont to pro mulgate his principles and doctrines. On a raised platform in the centra are the senior ministers of the connection, in cluding the Rev. Jahez Bunting, who appears as if having concluded an address to them present, and is conferring while he yet stands with the chairman, the Rev. Thomas Jackson, both excellent likenesses. The other members present are standing, or seated in front. Of the merits of the portraits, we need scarcely say more than that the spectators require no key to their individuality : they are immediately recognized by all who knew them, and who pronounce them to be admi ra bl e ' re p res e n t a ti ons o f the originals in face, figure, and expression. We noticed amongst them striking portraits of our townsmen, Mr. T. Sands, Mr. Crook, Mr. Anderson, Mr. James Wood, and Mr. G. Royle Chappell, of Manchester ; the Rev. James Dixon, James Heald, Esq., the Rev. Robert Newton, secre tary of the society, the Rev. Jos. Entwistle, Rev. R. Reece, and many others. The artist has managed his counterba lancing lights to admiration, and the whole picture is worthy of the important occasion. Considering the great number of figures, it is considered by judges to be peculiarly well arranged. It derives additional interest from the melancholy fact that several of the respected originals have, since their likenesses were taken, been numbered with the dead, namely, Mr. John Marsden, the Rev. John Anderson, Mr. W. Fish wick, and Mr. John Serjeant, of Huddersfield. _ . Subscribers names for the engraving from this beautiful licture are received by Mr. Agnew, at the school-room, and ly others, as will be found by the advertisement. THE ORIGINAL TRINITY HOUSE PORTRAIT OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. We had occasion to notice, a short time ago, Mr. Lucas's fine picture of " our gallant Duke," in his robes of office, as Chancellor of the University of Oxford. It is now our pleasing duty to commend another, and also a signally suc cessful effort of the same distinguished artist on the same subject, on view at Mr. Lacey's, Bold-street. It has often been stated that " comparisons are odious," but we trust that the adage properly applies as between the works of different authors, and may without offence, be set aside when a particular production of an author or artist, is to be compared with another emanating from the same hand and the same mind. Be this as it may, we shall scarcely be visited by the displeasure of Mr. Lucas, or that of his ad mirers, as a limner, when we state our opinion, that in this instance he has—splendid as was his University picture—in the present portrait excelled himself. Both pictures convey admirable likenesses, and we desire not to withdraw one word of the praise we bestowed upon that already noticed : we would but award a still higher mead of approbation on that under review, as a less gaudy, a better ordered—in fi,ne, a more appropriate semblance (particularly as regards cos tume\ .of the gallant veteran. The country knows the Duke principally a; the first military man of his age, and in collateral connexion with that title, since the " Field of Waterloo," as Warder of the Cinque Ports, as Con stable of the Tower of London, and as Master of the Trinity House. The brotherhood of the latter esta blishment, desirous of doing themselves honour, by plac ing in their gallery a likeness of the Duke, mutually suggested the garb in which he should be depicted, to be the official costume of their Master, which is of a plain and be coming comixture of the military and naval, equally appli cable to the other two offices referred to. It is a suit of blue faced with scarlet, and the only decorations worn are the " Star" of the order of the " Garter," the "Waterloo Medal, and the Golden Fleece. The portrait is a full length, with the arms folded on the breast, an attitude of repose peculiar to the gallant Duke. and recognized by all who have frequently seen him. The countenance is admitted to be a striking likeness, both in outline and expression. The artist hal the advantage of numerous sittings of his Grace. It is well remarked of this picture by the Times that " most full length portraits of this celebrated m an represent him as taller and stouter than he really is ; in this portrait his Grace is painted as he ac tually is, and every part of the representation depicts his living attitude, manner, and appearance." In the other parts of the picture the artist has exhibited his usual mastery. The drapery appears to be veritable cloth, and even the boots worn by his Grace confess the shining virtues of Day and Martin, and show the various wrinkles of an easy fit. The decorations even are thrown out in vivi-siinilitude to metal. The furniture is also admirably painted. The vacated arm chair seems to invite the beholder to feel the softness of its cushioned back, and two books—an atlas, bound in old rough calf, and another on the floor with gilt edges, appear as though they could be taken up and perused. The table cover, of embos-cd leather, is also excellent. On the table lies a chart of the harbour of Dover. In the back ground is appropriately seen a view of the Tower of London. The accessories are wrought out with Mr. Lucas's accustomed skill, and the whole may be placed amongst the list of those works of art which do honour to the age in which we live, and the high merits of which cannot fail to be acknowledged by posterity. It will be seen by an advertisement in another column, that a splendid engraving from this portrait, by the cele brated IL Cousins, Esq., will shortly be published. A l arge number of subscribers have already been obtained. INQUESTS. Before P. P. CURRY, Esq. coroner. DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION BY A r ISM BONE.-011 Tuesday an inquest was held on view of the body of a female child, of about one year and nine months old, named Dol man, at the house of her parents. It appeared that on the afternoon of Monday the deceased was standing in a chair, when she suddenly became black in the face. She was im mediately taken to a druggist in the neighbourhood, and after wards to the Northern Hospital, but died in about a quarter of an hour afterwards. The deceased had eaten a little ray fish at her breakfast in the morning, and had afterwards po tatoes and gravy for her dinner. On a post mortem exami nation by Mr. Arnett, who had previously attempted to re store animation without avail,—a fish bone was found stick ing in the upper part of the windpipe, which was the cause of death. Verdict accordingly. SUDDEN DEATH FROM ANEURISM OF THE HEART.— On Wednesday an inquest was held touching the death of Archibald Stewart, a custom-house officer, who resided in Rushton-court, Houghton-place. The deceased, who was a temperate man, had been on duty night and day on board of a vessel lying in the Waterloo dock, and on Monday even ing, at 8 o'ctock, left home quite well, to go on board of her. He returned about 6 o'clock on Tue s d a y morn ing, and did not complain of anything being the matter with hi m . H e asked his wife to make him a cup of coffee; but befo re s h e could do so, he suddenly fell on the floor. His wife attempted to bring him round, and a . young woman went f or a surgeon, who came in about five minutes, but the d ecease d was dead. Mr. Gaines, surgeon, examined the body of the deceased after death, and found the right ventricle of the heart ruptured, which was the natural cause of death. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died by the visitation of God. DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.---Yesterday. an inquest was held on view of the body of Turner Graham. The deceased, who was 2G years of age, lived in Grenville street, and worked at the docks. On Tuesday evening he was observed by a porter, named Campbell, who knew him, in Barlington-street,n the act of falling, and who ran up and prevented him from coming to the ground. He was unable to speak, and breathed he av il y. Campbell got a cart, put the deceased (who never s p o k e ) i nto it, and took him home. His wife said he had gone out to go to his work that morning in good health, and she did not see hi m again until be was brought ho me q ui te insensible. She sent for a sur geon, who came, but the deceased was dead. She added that the deceased had been in the habit of taking a little drink some time past, but latterly he had nut done so. Previously to being taken home, the deceased was seen, in Burlington street, by a woman who knew him, and he appeared to be in drink, as he staggered a good deal. He stood against the wall, as if unable to go further, an d w h en she spoke to him, he was unable to reply. A coal-trimmer, named Reynold, said, that in the afternoon of Tuesday he saw the deceased at the Clarence Dock. There was a puncheon of whiskey lyinc , on the quay, and he saw the deceased sucking the liquor through a cane, or something like it, out of the puncheon. The witness could not tell how much he took as he left him there. Mr. Ackerley, surgeon, who had been called to the deceased and found him dead, said that he had made a post mortem examination 0t the body. H e found great effusion of blood upon t he brain and congestion of the vessels. The stomach contained a Food deal of fluid, and smelled very strong of whiskey or gin. There was no appearance of food on the stomach, and the other organs were in a healthy state. It was his opinion that the dece ase d h ad died of apoplexy, brought on b y excessive drinking o f ar d ent spirits. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with that opinion. NEW MAGISTRATE.—We understand that Thos. Cooke, Esq., of Gorse Field, Pendleton, has been placed upon the commission of the peace for the county of Lancaster. - • Charles K ea n is announced at t h e H aymarket theatre for Monday n i g ht after an absence of 12 months. Hamlet is the play, arid although it has been so frequently represented dur ing the present season, yet so great is the anxiety of the pub lic to greet this favourite actor on his return to England, th a t nearly all the places arc al rea d y secured for his nights of performance in the ensuing week.— Morning Herald of Thursday. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD JUNCTION CANAL.—We are glad to learn, from an advertisement which appears in another column, that the canal connecting the river Irwell with the Rochdale Canal, which has been closed for several months past, on account of the imperfect manner in which some of the work had been executed, is to be re-opened for traffic on MondaY next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. TUESDAY. TUE TOXTETH-PARK ROBBERY. John Mulstray, whose examination we reported at length in the Standard of Tuesday, was brought up for further ex amination. John Gerison ' the painter, gave furth er ev id ence . A s t h e balcony of Mr. Browne's house communicates with the bal cony of the empty house next door, the object of this teSti mony was to show, that the latter was securely fastened by the painters on Saturday night, the 16th instant, the windows overlooking the garden having been closed and b arre d ; an d, that the house was in precisely the same state on Monday morning, indicating that no person had passed through it to the balcony. William Lovett and William Fairhurst, painters in the same employ as the above, corroborated the testimony as to the finding of the bag. Mr. Alexander Browne testified generally to the absence of all marks in the balconies, in the gardens, or elsewhere, indicative of any persons having obtained access to the pre mises from the back. Ann Barker, Mr. Browne's cook, corroborated the testi mony of the housemaid. She added, that the prisoner used to take the gentlemen's dinners to the office three times a week. He carried it in a basket. He took the dinners on the day after the robbery. He left the house about ten mi nutes to two o'clock. It was about half-past five when he returned, and he then appeared to have been drinking. It appears that Mr. Dowling, from the moment that he saw the shoes, was impressed with - the conviction that they had been purchased by the man servant. They were wet.and dirty in all parts but the upper leather of the heels, by which they appeared to have been held while they had been im mersed. He therefore gave orders to an officer to watch him wherever he went to, and also directed that inquiry should be made at the shops of all the parties who sell repaired shoes. As it was known the prisoner would take the gentlemen's dint s ers to the office, the policeman appointed was directed to watch him particularly. The .following is the evidence given on that subject, the prisoner having, as was expected, gone to the person from whom he had bought the shoes which were found in the drawing-room. Police-officer 307 (Thomas Holden) stated that by direction of - Mr. Dowling he stationed himself, on Monday, the 18th instant, near Mr. Browne's house, to watch the prisoner. He came out a few minutes before two o'clock. He had a basket over his shoulder. Witness was in plain clothes. He watched him, and saw him stop opposite Mr. Judge's cellar, in Park-lane. He stood about a minute, looked down into the cellar, and then passed on to Mr. Browne's office in Paradise-street. When he came out of Mr. Browne's office he turned into Price-street, and witness lost sight of him. Witness walked on then, thinking he had gone into a shop, but as he could not see him he walked on to Park-lane. It was part of witness's instructions to make inquiries about the shoes. He therefore went to Judge's cellar, and, upon look ing tn, be saw the prisoner seated there. He remained there about an hour. He then came out, and witness watched him until he went to Mr. Browne's house. Bernard 111`Cann, a shoemaker who works for Mr. Judge, from whom the prisoner bought the shoes, swore to the shoes found in the drawing-room as those which the prisoner had purchased from liis master. He (witness) had soled and vamped them. . _ Tlie prisoner had nothing to say in his defence. Ile was fully committed for trial. THURSDAY. ROBBERY AT THE BULL INN. Robert O'Meara, a young man of gentlemanly appearance, was charged with having stolen certain bank notes and sove reigns, the property of Mr. John W a de, comm e r c i a l travel ler, of Glossop-road, Sheffield. The case was adjourned from Tuesday, when the following evidence was heard : Mr. Wade.—l have been in Ireland, where I received a considerable sum of money in provincial Irish notes, and on Thursday last I went to the Provincial Bank of Ireland, in ' William -street, Dublin, where I exchanged Irish notes to the amount of £4O, and received from Mr. M'Crea, (the cashier,) in exchange, a £2O and a £lO Bank of England note, also a £lO Bank of England note payable in Manches ter. I arrived in Liverpool on Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock, and went to Mr. Spinks's, Bull Inn, New Hay market, when I met the prisoner, who calls himself Robert O'Meara, in the course of the evening. On Monday, about half-past two, the prisoner, myself, and Mr. Spinks, dined together in the coffee-room. We had only two bottles of wine during dinner • but I, Mr. Spinks, and another gentle man, had two bottles previous to dinner. In the course of conversation after dinner, the prisoner proposed that we should go out together. I took my purse, in which were eleven sovereigns, out of my pocket, and said I would go and lock it up. I went to my bed-room, and deposited eight sovereignsin my pocket-book, in which were the notes I had re ceived from Mr. M'Crea, which I afterwards put in my port manteau, and locked up. I then returned to the coffee-room, where I found the prisoner and Mr. Spinks. The prisoner called for a bottle of wine, which was brought. In about a quarter of an hour the prisoner left the room, and was absent about twelve or fifteen minutes, when he returned and took a glass of wine. A short time after Mr. Spinks said he would go and lie down, and left the room. After he. had gone the prisoner said, "We had better be going." The waiter was then in the room, and I took my watch out of my fob, and told him to take care of it for me, as we might not be in all night. The prisoner took his pocket-book out of his pocket, and took all his money out, and counted it, and desired the waiter to count it, which he did : there were fifty pounds in notes—one £2O, and three £lO Bank of England notes, and a £5 note which appeared a country note. The prisoner then returned the notes to the pocket-book, and gave his watch to the waiter, and we all went up stairs. I went into my bedroom for the purpose of changing my coat, and upon going to unlock my portmanteau, I found the lock had been cut off, and was lying on the floor. I ha mediately looked for my pocket-book, containing my money, but it was gone. I ran down stairs, and gave the alarm to Mrs. Spinks. It was about seven o'clock when I missed the money, and 1 think it would be about half-past five when I saw it safe. I saw the prisoner in the coffee-room after I had missed my money, and told him of my loss. Police officers were sent for, and two came, and examined the portmanteau and room ; and under the bed my pocket-book was found, but no money in it. I returned to the coffee room, where I found the prisoner, and told him I would have every one searched. He began to cry, and said, "Do you suspect me ?" The prisoner left the room soon after, and did not return until the next morning. He was taken into custody during that day. Jonathan Smith Spinks, landlord of the Bull Hotel, cor roborated Mr. Wade's evidence; and stated further, that on being informed of the loss-about seven o'clock in the even ins, he got up, and found two officers in the house, who examined the room and portmanteau, and in the room he found one of the stair-rods, very much bent. He proposed that every one should be searched, but it was, not done. When he went into the coffee-room he found the prisoner pacing about and crying. He said, " I was never suspected before." The prisoner then went out, and did not return until the next morning, when he asked witness if he Mid heard any thing of the loss; and he began to abuse Mr. Wade, and said, he thought he had not been robbed. Soon after the officers came, and he (Mr. Spinks) communicated to them his suspicions. The prisoner had then gone into the coffee-room. Mr. Jones was then in the bar, and had called upon witness for £4O ; he was short of £2O, and told the waiter to go and borrow it of the prisoner for half an hour or an hour. He went and . brought two £lO notes, which witness paid to Mr. Jones, in , the presence of the officers. Witness was present when the knife produced (which was broken) was shown to the prisoner, who claimed it, and said he had broken one of the blades in attempting to open a bottle of soda-water, in the house where he had slept. Peter Jordan, a waiter at the Bull Hotel, stated that on Monday night, about a quarter past six o'clock, he went into the coffee-room, where he found Mr. Wade and the prisoner. The prisoner had a pocket-bock in his hand, which he threw on the table, and desired him to count th e money. H e d i d so, and found a £2O note, three £lO notes, and a £5 note. Prisoner then placed them in the pocket-book, and said, " John, I am going on the s p ree t o - n i g h t , an d I think I have more sovereigns than I wish." He then pulled out his purse, and took out six sovereigns, which he put on the table, where the pocket-book was then lying. Witness took up the po :ket book and sovereigns, and went up stairs with the prisoner and Mr. Wade into the prisoner's room. Prisoner then de sired witness to place the pocket-book and sovereigns in a box. He did so, and then all three came out of the room. The prisoner and Mr. Wade then gave witness their watches. Witness went towards No. 1 bed-room, and the prisoner and Mr. Wade went towards Mr. Wade's bed-room. In a se cond or two witness heard a noise, and saw Mr. Wade run ning down stairs. He went to see what was the matter, and met the prisoner between Mr. Wade's bed-room and his own. Prisoner said, " John, there is something up : Mr. Wade's box is broken open." Witness went down stairs, and saw Mr. Wade going towards Mr. Spinks's bed-room. Mr. Spinks came out, officers were sent for, and the portmanteau and bed-room were examined. The pocket-book was found un der the bed. The prisoner did not sleep there that night, but came the next morning, between nine and ten o'clock, Witness corroborated Mr. Spinks's evidence relative to his borrowing two £lO notes from the prisoner, and identified a £lO note, produced by Thomas Ainsworth, as bang' one of them. George Wharton. inspector of police examined the port manteau, and found the lock had been forced off. Under the bed be found a pocket-book, which Mr. Wade claimed ; it contained a letter or two and some cards, but no money. The prisoner was brought at about half past eleven o'clock that day before the magistrates ; and inconsequence of what occurred then, witness went to number 80, Lime-street, where the prisoner had slept. He there received the knife produced, from Mary Williams. The prisoner had previously stated that he had broken the knife in opening a bottle of soda water at the house that morning. He searched the room in which the prisoner had slept, but did not find any blade of a knife. When he showed the prisoner the knife, he said it was his, and made a snatch at it, and immediately said,— "I am innocent," and began to cry. Both the blades of the knife were broken. Witness afterwards found two blades of a knife in Mr. Wade's room, which he now produced. He put them to the knife claimed by the prisoner, and they ex actly fitted. . He was present at Spinks's when Jordan brought him the two &AG notes, of which he took the numbers. That produced by Ainsworth was one of them. John M'Coomb searched the prisoner's trunk and found nothing there but wearing apparel and three sovereigns ; upon his person he found one £2O note, one £lO note of the Bank of England ; and two £3 country notes, then pro duced, which he said were his own. Thomas Ainsworth, constable, stated that he was present when Jordan brought the two £lO notes to Mr. Spinks, and saw Mr. Spinks pay them to Mr. Jones. He was present when Jordan got those notes from the prisoner, and saw the prisoner write his name upon each. He yesterday went to Manchester and received the .:UO note now produced by Mr. Worthington, which he knows to be one of those received by Jordan from the prisoner. Mary Williams corroborated the evidence regarding the knife, and said that no knife blade had been found in her mistress's house. in Lime-street. The foregoing evidence having been heard on Tuesday, the case was then adjourned until to-day, for the purpose of ob taining the evidence of Mr. Werea, to prove the identity of the notes found in the prisoner's possession with those paid by him (Mr. M'Crea) to the prosecutor. Mr. M'Crea having been sworn deposed as follows:—I am cashier in the Provincial Bank of Ireland. On the 19th inst. I marked a £2O and a £lO Jlankof England note with the name of Robert Little. I received those notes" from a gentleman of that name in the course of business. I afterwards paid away the same notes but Ido not recollect to whom. The £2O note now produced by John M'Comb, and the £lO note produced by Thomas Ainsworth, are the same notes I marked, as received from Mr. Little. I know them by my hand writing upon each of them. Mr. Rushton put some further questions to Mr. Wade and the other witnesses, and the answers having been satis factory and corroborative of their previous testimony, he said it was his duty to commit the prisoner for trial for this offence, and he should do so. On the prisoner being asked if he wished to say anything to the magistrate, he gave a long account of himself since his arrival in Liverpool on Thursday last, from Leeds, in the course of which he stated that he received the money found upon him from his brother. The several witnesses were then bound over to appear and give evidence against the prisoner at the sessions. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A PORTER. John Welch, a young man, apparently not above 19 or 20 years of age, was charged with having stolen a quantity of goods, the property of Mr.. Joseph, a jeweller, No. 42, Bold street, and Mr. Bridson,.ironmonger, Berry-street, in w h ose e m ploy he had been at different periods, as will be s een b y the following evidence : Barnet Lyon Joseph deposed as follows :—On the 9th of March last the prisoner, John Welch, came into m y serv i ce as a porter, at lOs per week, and in three or four days after wards I went to France, and remained there four or live weeks. On my return home I missed two silver-keyed flutes (one with a case), and one set of bone chess-men. I then discharged the prisoner from my service. I had not asked him anything about the flutes. I afterwards examined my stock, and missed from six to eight pairs of pistols, some of them of a peculiar make, and a great variety of other articles. On Tuesday last I went to the police-office, and gave infor mation of my loss. On the same evening Lloyd, the con stable, came to my shop, and informed me that he had found out the prisoner's residence. I and Lloyd went to the lodgings of the prisoner, in Back Berry-street, about 11 o'clock on Tuesday night. We found the prisoner in a room. I saw the bottom of a musical clock upon the mantel piece. I claimed it. Lloyd took it into his care. I asked the prisoner what he had done with the flutes and pistols which he had taken from my shop ? He said he knew nothity , about them. I saw Lloyd find a housewife on the mantel piece. We examined it, and found a number of pawn tickets. I asked the prisoner who the work-box on one of the tickets belonged to? He said, "it is yours." I then said, "To whom does the tea caddy belong ?" He said, "It is yours." I then saw Lloyd search the prisoner's room, and find a portion of a work-box, a pair of snuffers, three parasol rings, a custard cup, two pair of bracelet straps, two button hooks, a chess-board, an inkstand, and a looking glass. I claimed them. I did not ask the prison &r any questions, but on finding each article, he said they were mine. Lloyd took all the articles into his care. I went with the prisoner to Bridewell. When the prisoner was searched, nothing was found upon him ; but after he got to Bridewell, I asked him if he knew where any more of the property had been pledged, and he said he had told Lloyd all about it. The witness went on to state that he went, in company with Lloyd, to the following pawnbrokers :—Mr. Sharp, of . Par adise-street • Mr. Gregory, of Jamaica-street; Mr: Maclean, of Greenland-street ; Mr. Hughes, ofßerry-street ; and Mr. Mack, of Renshaw-street; and, from information received, to a house in Norfolk-street, where he severally found a pistol, a pair of pistols, a silver keyed fiute and case, a work box, a tea caddy, a glove box, a set of chess men, a tablet, a snuff-box mounted in gold, a scent bottle, and a saw, which Mr. Joseph said were altogether worth about £lO. He stated that there was property missing besides that then produced, to the amount of about £BO or £9O. Samuel Lloyd, constable, corroborated Mr. Joseph's testi mony, and stated that, after finding the property and tickets at the prisoner's lodgings, he asked him what he had done with the other property which had been missed. The prisoner then said he would tell all about what he had taken. Witness made no promise or threat. The prisoner then gave him informa tion, on receiving which, he went with Mr. Joseph to the various pawnbrokers, as stated in his evidence. He found, at the prisoner's lodgings, besides the property belonging to Mr. Joseph, a copper kettle, two trays, six knives and forks, one box-iron, two pairs of scissors, and three pawn tickets of other small articles, which he acknowledged were the pro perty of Mr. Bridson. Witness Went with Mr. Bridson yes terday and found, at Mr. Sharp's, a metal tea-pot, a measur ing tape, - and two razors ; at Mr. Cohen's, in Paradise-street, two candlesticks ; at Mr. Gregory's, two dozen knives and forks; and at Mr. Brown's, iu Copperas-hill, half a dozen knives and forks ;—which were all claimed by Mr. Bridson. The pawnbrokers, who presented a formidable appearance, were then called, and severally deposed that the property had either been pledged by the prisoner in his own name; or by a female, in the names of Sophia Welch, Charlotte Welch, Charlotte Watson, and Ann Jones. Robert Bridson, sworn, deposed that on the 27th December last the prisoner came into his service, and remained until the 7th March. During the, time he was in his employ he missed about 50 pairs of ivory handled knives and forks. The prisoner left his service for that of Mr. Joseph. On Tuesday night Lloyd called upon him and he gave him the prisoner's address : yesterday he accompanied him to the shops of Sharp, Cohen, Gregory, and Brown, and found a number of articles which he claimed. He had not sold them to the prisoner, or to any other person ; and his name was on some of the papers in which they were wrapped. The prisoner, on being asked what be had to say, replied, " I have nothing at all to say, except that I acknowledge to all the things,' but I do not know of any other property ex cept that produced." Mr. Rushton said he was sorry such a case had tome be fore him. It developed a system more insecure than he had thought existed in Liverpool. He was astonished that pawnbrokers—a respectable body of men,—should receive goods in pledge evidently not unpacked, and taken direct from some tradesman's stock. This was the worst case he hid ever heard ; and it was his duty to consider whether certain pawnbrokers who appeared in that case should rict be indicted. He. then committed the prisoner for trial. CASE OF SMUGGLING BRANDY.-CAUTION TO SHIP- MASTERS. James Adams, master of the brig Europa, trading to Hon duras, was charged with having a quantity of brandy on board, above that which he had reported to the custom-house officer. _ _ _ Mr. Pitman, tide-waiter to the customs, stated that the Europa. arrived on the 14th instant, and was put into the Brunswick Dock. He went on board the vessel, and found under the steps of the water-closet, which were so securely nailed down that he had to use a marlin spike to prize them up, 48 bottles of brandy ; and behind the pipe of the water closet other five bottles. He afterwards found a cask in the store-room, containing fifteen gallons of brandy. Mr. Young, tide surveyor of the customs, corroborated this testimony, and said the defendant told him he had pur chased the brandy at Greenock, and bottled it at Honduras. Christopher Warmby stated that he received the brandy from John Locke, the assistant warehouseman. He pro duced a sample, and said he had no doubt it was foreign brandy. Defendant said that he had reported the brandy to the cus tom-house officer. Mr. Young said that he had only reported 10 gallons; and went over the statement of the manner in which the 53 bottles had been found concealed *under the steps, and be hind the pipe of the water closet. This closed the case for the prosecution, and on the defend ant being asked if he had any witnesses, he called George Wilkie, who said he did not think there was any conceal cent. There was no lock or key upon it, but just two bits of wattles to lift up and down. Mr. Rushton said it was' his duty to convict, which he ac cordingly did, in the penalty of £lOO. Notice was given on the part of the defendant, that a me morial would be sent to the Board of Customs, praying for a mitigation. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE. The weekly ineefing of the Dock Committee was held yestcrclay,"in the Dock-office, Custom-house. The following members of the trust were present :—Mr. Benn, Mr. Bar clay, Mr. J. B. Yates, Mr. }Jolt, Mr. Booth, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Martin, Mr. Smith, Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Henry Holmes, Mr. Segal-, and Mr. Thomas Tobin. Mr. Berm, deputy chairman of the committee, took the chair. The proceedings of the meeting on Thursday last were reap and confirmed, and a number of accounts were ordered to be paid. Thj SECRETARY read a report from the Marine Surveyor,' stating that the New York packet-ship, outward bound, whilst being towed by the Victoria Steam-tug, about seve❑ o'clock on the evening of Saturday last, ran foul of the Queen, the new light-ship recently placed near Formby. The light-ship was not dragged from her station, nor so much injured as to prevent the usual exhibition of lights, or to re quire her to be brought into port, but the damage was esti mated at £lB ss. 7d. The MARINE SURVEYOR was called in, and he said he understood that the New York, whilst endeavouring to keep to windward, the wind blowing very strong at the time, met a vessel inward bound, and in the attempt to avoid a collision, the Queen received the damage. Jennings, master of the tug Victoria, was next called in, and he stated that it was blowing very fresh at the time. The channel was very narrow there, and another ship coming down the Victoria was obliged to bear away. In so doing he called out to the pilot of the ship, but he either did not hear and would not attend, and the' vessel struck the light-ship. Had the pilot attended to the call the damage would not have occurred. _ _ Mr. YATES enquired whether the Queen was not more exposed to this species of collision than the other light ships ? The MARINE SURVEYOR said that she was. Mr. YATES asked whether any additional security could be provided ? The MARINE SURVEYOR feared not. The Queen was as strong as wood and metal could make her. Jennings said the New York was taken out of her course by the other ship ; the pilot, however, had told him that part of the crew of the New York were drunk, as they frequently were when on the point of sailing. Some further discussion followed, and it was ultimately decided that the consignees, both inward and outward, should be called upon to pay the damage. A short conversation next took place relative to the power of granting a superanuated allowance to an old man who had served in the life-b Oat for a great number of years, as pro posed in a report of the Marine Surveyor. We understood that the decision of the question was poStponed. Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr. BOOTH reported that they had awarded £2OOO to the owners of the ship Tweed, which had been accepted, for the damage sustained by that vessel in the Clarence Graving Dock. The CHAIRMAN enquired whether that was the lowest sum that would be accepted? Mr. GLADSTONE said it was; and that £lBOO had been positively refused. The award was then confirmed. A letter froM the North Harbour Master was read relative to the claims made by a number of shipwrights who rendered important services to him during the night in which the Tweed was damaged. The parties were requested to send in the amount of their claims. . The CHAIRMAN read a report to the effect that in the night of the 25th inst., a police-officer discovered smoke issuing froni the Fortitude, of Exeter, lying in Salthouse Dock. On boarding her and going below, he found a bed.on fire, and a man asleep upon it ! He speedily removed all apprehensions of danger by rousing the man and throwing the blazing ma terials overboard. The report was ordered to be entered, and the usual proceedings to be taken. It was stated that the fire had been cau se d the man on board falling asleep whilst in the act of smoking. Some approbation was ex• pressed of the - Vigilance of thepolice-officer. Mr. GLADSTONE said many persons were exceedingly anxious for some information respecting the dock bid ; and he therefore begged to ask the chairman whether it was in tended to make any report to the present meeting ? The CHAIRMAN replied that no report would be made. He might state, however, that the bill was yet in committee. It had been delayed three days in consequence of Lord Stan ley's absence, but the consideration of it was to be resumed on this day. Some concessions had been proposed, but he was not prepared to state what they were ; they were the subjects of negotiation. It seemed to be agreed in commit tee that it was necessary to have a new dock bill. Mr. GLADSTONE.—Lan you give any idea of the expense of it ? The CHAIRMAN.—I really cannot. Mr. YATES.—You have no power to pay money out of this estate for such a purpose. The CHAIRMAN.—We have authority to get the bill. Mr. YATES.—But ,by what authority will you get the money to pay for it ? The CHAIRMAN. —You have given us authority to proceed to London to solicit the bill, and as a matter of course you find us money to pay for it. Mr. YATEs.-1 must remind you that there is no clause in the act authorising you to spend money for such a purpose. Mr. TosiN thought that those gentlemen who had been to London fur six weeks upon this business, ought to pay the expenses out of their own pockets. Mr. SMITH.—No, rio. We have had trouble enough, without being called upon to pay besides. The SECRETARY read a resolution from the minutes of proceedings, to the effect that the bill be solicited, and the expenses paid by this body. Mr. YATES was aware of that resolution ; but it was inoperative, because the committee had no power by the act to make such an order. The discussion then terminated, and the committee sepa rated. A publican in Adare, named Doolan, has been served with a notice that the Rockites will shoot him on the first oppor tunity.—Limerick Chronicle. THE TIMES AND THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND.—Towards the bulk of the Irish people we feel nothing but deep com miseration. We pity them as dupes, and slaves, and victims. We reprobate the purposes of which their barbarous igno rance, their countless numbers, their headlong violence, and their depraved seducers, have rendered a warm-hearted race the tools. We detest their proneness to commit murder, and compassionate their tameness in suffering robbery by O'Connell. But antipathy against them as a people, we have none; and the worst disgrace that has ever yet be fallen the people of Ireland is their enduring that such base demagogues and such an insidious priesthood should direct their actions, and address the world in their name.--Times. THE BOTANIC GARDEN. TO rHE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sig, — Some time ago, when the question of opening the Botanic Garden to the public on Sunday was first agitated, I took the liberty of addressing a few lines to you on the subject, and I had hoped that the decision of the proprietors • in the negative would have been conclusive; but very greatly to my surprise and regret, the question, when again brought forward on Monday last, was carried in a contrary way, by 49 proprietors voting in favour of opening the garden on Sunday, and 47 against it. My object now is to give my strong and. well-considered opinion, that the sense of the majority of proprietors of the garden was not thus correctly ascertained, and to urge the necessity of another appeal to them or. the subject. At the first meeting there was a very decided majority (at least three to one) against opening the garden, and the question was therefore, by many of the proprietors, considered as set at rest, and they consequently did not attend the last meeting. I will not trespass on your columns or the Faience of your readers to argue the question, believing that it is one on which the minds of the proprietors - must already be made up ; but 1 would strongly urge those of them who conscien tiously consider that Me opening of the garden. on the Lord's day would be a serious breach of the Divine command, to require that the question be again brought forward, and again decided as it ought to be. I remain, sir, your obedient servant, A PROPRIETOR. Liverpool, 27th May, 1840. MELANCHOLY DEATIL—At four o'clock on Sunday morn ing last the body of Daniel Robinson, late chief mate of the ship Brigand, now in the King's Dock, was found lying dead, at the bottom of a rocky precipice, a little to the north of the hamlet at the Herculaneum Potteries, in Toxteth-park, called the Flags. A road has recently been excavated there, a considerable depth below the hamlet, which it intersects, and close to the Potteries. On the east side of this - cutting a quantity of freestone has lately been quarried, making a precipice of from 10 to 15 feet in height, winch has been left, most reprehensibly, without rail or other fence, and that, too, at a spot necessarily much frequented by work-people and others. The deceased aas found with his face partly buried in the sand, and, from appearance, one of his knees had broken a piece of stone on which he had fallen. lie had been seen, on the night before, at a beer-house at the top of the hamlet, in company with two young women and a man. with whom he parted. it appeared, on good terms. He there showed a spotted shell, and soon afterwards spoke to a boy io the neighbourhood. A little boy named Derrant disco vered the body, and gave information to a police officer. The latter called his inspector, Mr. Harmer, who immediately sent for Mr. Hodgson, surgeon, of Park-road, who examined the body exteriorly. The body was then removed to a house at the top of the Flags. There was found upon hiin a silver lever wateh, and some papers, one of which - chewed that the deceased and his friends were very respectable. He was about twenty-one years of age, a very promising young man, and much respected by all who knew him. The captain of the Brigand, When he identified the body as that of his mate, shed tears at his untimely fate. His cap and the shell alluded to was found in the field at the top of the precipice, about a stone throw from the spot where he. was found. The rihband of a woman's bonnet was also found a short distance from the spot. An inquest was held on the body on Monday, and by adjournment on Tuesday. A post morten examina tion was made by Mr. Hodgson, and he was of opinion, on also hearing the evidence, that the deceased died from con cussion of the brain, occasioned by the fall. The jury deli vered a verdict to that effect, but how or in what manner he bad fallen there was no evidence to show. They appended to their verdict an expression of strong reprehension of the un protected state of the place where the deceased met his death. RESTRAINTS ON MARRIAGE.—WC beg to call the atten tion of our readers to an advertisement in another part of our paper relating to restraints on marriage, which we hope to see shortly placed upon some certain basis, consistent with sound reason and good sense. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET.—The late arrivals have given some degree of animation to the trade, and a fair amount of business has been done since our last.—Bristol Standard of yesterday. HYDRO-NATRON'OMY.—The emperors of the east are fabled to have drank gems, bright and sparkling, melted into their cups ; but p.obably this tradition arose from some one having discovered a process for making Soda Water; and it may be said by our posterity that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert quaffed diamonds, for it seems they drink " Ellis's Soda Water."—See Advt. PRESENTATION OF THE PORTRAIT OF THE MAYOR TO HIS LADY.—The subscribers to the portrait of. his worship the mayor, with their ladies, and other members of their families, assembled on Monday, at the town-hall, to present to Mrs. Walmsley the portrait of the mayor, painted by Midge. Upwards of three hundred ladies and gentlemen were present, and the party included a large number of zealous conservatives as well as of members of the party to which his worship belongs. John Miller, Esq. with whom the idea of presenting the picture originated, came forward, when the company had assembled, and in a brief address re quested that Mrs. Walmsley would accept the portrait, as a mark of the respect and esteem felt by the subscribers for her husband. Mr. Miller then read the list, which contained upwards 160 respectable names, without any distinction of party. The mayor, in returning thanks for the honour done to his lady and himself, said, " I feel that I can very ina dequately express to you the thanks which I am deputed to convey. I may, however, with the utmost sincerity, state, that the splendid picture which you have this day presented to my beloved wife is, in her estimation, onl exceeded in value by the high and generous feelings which dictated so delicate and truly acceptable a testimonial of your esteem for her husband. Your kindness wiii be cherished through life, and this mark of your approbation transmitted to our chil dren will, I hope, be an incentive to them to use their best exertions to deserve the affections of their fellows. Personally permit me to say, that the approval of my public conduct by persons so capable of appreciating the purity of my intentions, is a source of high gratification, and its value is enhanced by the fact of its being free from all party or political bias, and emanating from those whom to know is to esteem, and whose good opinion it will always -be my highest ambition to de serve.' The company afterwards partook of a splendid dejeuner h la fourchette, after which the health of her majesty the Queen, of Mrs. Walmsley, and of his worship, was drunk with all the honours. • New WOOD PAVENIENT.—On Tueday, Mr. J. Lee Ste vens submitted to a party of gentlemen,. assembled for the purpose by invitation, a model of the invention adopted by the Metropolitan Patent Wood Pavement Company, and ex plained its principle. The pavement, of which Count de Lisle is the inventor, consists of blocks of wood taken on a peculiar bearing of the cube. They are about six inches each ivay, the upper and under surfaces being square and . horizontal, two of the sides diagon a l, th e one , o f course , inclining outwards, the other inwards, and the other two of a diamond shape, forming what is called a parallelopiped, containing a double isosceles triangle. In the centre of each triangle is a hole for receiving a dowel or peg. The blocks being laid in courses across the street, each course presents, • on either side, a series of holes, which, by the reversing of the direction of the diagonal ends of the blocks in each alter nate. course, are made so to meet, that every block, by means of its two dowels, takes hold of two of the opposing blocks. The whole is thus firmly locked together, so as to present the greatest resistance to displacement. This was the chief novelty in the plan. When the road requires to be broken up, a certain number of the dowels are to be divided with a saw, and the pavement to be prised up in masses. in an swer to inquiries respecting the cost of the pavement, Mr. Stephens said that the price charged in London was 12s 6d per square yard, which was cheerfully paid: the proprietors, however, were prepared to treat upon lower terms w here paving under existing modes might be less expensive. They guaranteed all repairs and alterations for fourteen years, finr one-third of the existing rates. Pavement was usually re newed every three or four years. It was mentioned by per sons in the room, that the best paving in Liverpool, the square sets for instance, in Castle-street and Dale-street, had been done at from 5s 8d to Gs, and that the former had stood for five years, and the latter for eight, with little or no expense for repairs. In conclusion a resolution was passed, in testimony of the scientific nature of the invention. MONSIEUR MILER'S CONCERT. — This concert, which took place on Tuesday evening in the Amphitheatre, notwith standing the rich treat promised in the scheme, was, we are sorry to say, but thinly attended. The boxes, it is true, con tained many very fashionable parties, but the theatre was not by any means filled as it ought to have been on such an oc casion. Notwithstanding an unavoidable disappointment which occurred, we can promise those who forbore to pa tronise the performance, that they missed one of the most agreeable musical entertainments ever presented in this town. The disappointment to which we have alluded was the ab sence of the celebrated violinist, Herr Molique, who was pre vented by illness from fulfilling his engagement. Copies of the following certificate were handed round amongst the au dience : " This is to certify, that Mr. Molique is suffering from a serious illness on account of which it would be dan gerous for him to leave his room. London, May 25, 18-10. (Signed) G. J. Gream." The following was added : " The arrival of Mons. Batta, whose reputation as a violoncellist is very great, will in some measure relieve the disappointment, and it is hoped, secure the indulgence of the audience." Not a word of disapprobation was expressed, while the ac clamations which greeted both Mons. Batta and Mons. Dohler were both loud and frequent. Mons. Batta's first essay was in La Romanesca, in which he displayed astonish ing command over his instrument. In the second part he played a fantasia on airs in Lucia di Lammermoor, with which the audience were so delighted that they called unani mously for its repetition. The gentleman who accompanied him on the piano deserves great praise for the taste and judg ment which he exhibited. M. Dohler's first piece pleased us best. La trille is a perfect wonder; while in the subsequent etude his display of power with the left hand, in La nano sinistra obligate, was not less surprising. Miss Birch was never heard to greater advantage. Miss Dolby sung " The Wanderer" splendidly, and was rapturously encored. Zuc chelli also was warmly applauded. THE N EW WOOD PAVEMENT.—On Tuesday many of the leading official characters of the town, including the mayor and several of the common councilmen, and of the commis sioners of highways for Liverpool and the adjoining town ships, attended a meeting at the Adelphi Hotel, to hear an exposition, and inspect the models of the Count de Lisle's patent wood pavement. Mr. J. Lee Stevens, of London, was deputed by the Metropolitan Patent Wood Pavement Company, on this occasion, to give the necessary description of the plan. John Holmes, Esq., the chairman of the High way Board, was unanimously called to the chair. Mr. Ste vens, after giving a scientific sketch of the principle of the plan, founded, it would seem, upon very precise mathemati cal data, exhibited the models, made to a scale of one-sixth the working size, and described the pavement as consisting of series of wooden blocks, or paralelopipeds of that material, whose diagonal angles are definitely fixed somewhat between 63 and 64 degrees. These are laid down laterally, so that the angles of every alternate series incline oppositely; and they are then pegged together into a solid platform or floor ing, capable of sustaining any superincumbent weight, wher ever it might happen to impinge. The surveyors and other professional gentlemen present, as well as the company gene rally, then questioned Mr. Stevens on every possible point of detail ; and the meeting evinced its favourable opinion by passing an unanimous resolution, approving of the scientific principle thus demonstrated. We understand that tile pave ment laid down at Whitehall, Buckingham Palace, and other places, by the Metropolitan Patent Wood Pavement Com pany, gives the utmost satisfaction both to government and to the public, and that great pecuniary advantage justly ac crues to the spirited adopters of the invention. We should certainly like to see it tested in our streets. Exchange-street East for heavy vehicles, and Church-street for lighter car riages, would perhaps be the best spots that could be selected. A GOOD JOKE.—There was a bill before the Massachusetts legislature, at their last session, for legalising the marriage of blacks and whites. A member made the following remarks upon it :—I shall vote in favour of this bill, s i mp ly because I do not wish to see a law on the statute-book regulati n g a mere matter of taste, for such I consider to be the whole of inter-marriage between persons of difhtrent colours. It is purely a matter of taste, and if my friend . from Nantucket wishes to marry a black, blue , or g reen I am content that he shall have full liberty to indulge his preference for either colour. All I reques t of him hi,, that: whenln o l task m happen e to pay kisse pay his mu a friendly k .a milk-and - molasses m visit s acts children _ h wil POETRY.—A. south-western lover pa thetically }.)tx‘ ale, the loss of his sweetheart, who r an off with another, in the fallowing poetical strain : Gone gone for ever, now the hope, SallyT h e joy n n forhas which laitohpier:sted And I am done wp and bursted ! I es the ife, the ling cell fhe ige, :tea