The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-14 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS The Infant Sappho, whose performances so highly de lighted the people of Liverpool a few weeks since, has had the honour of performing before the Lord Lieutenant of Dublin and the Countess De Grey, at Dublin Castle. FUR LIVERPOOL ASSIZES: THE CALENDAR.—The assizes will commence in this town on the 25th of next month. The calendar is likely to prove very heavy. There are in Kirkdale Gaol, at the present moment, 172 prisoners for trial, in ad dition to those out on bail. MISSES SWAIN'S CONCEaT.- accomplished townswomen, the Misses Swain, give a con cert this evening, when a very great musical treat may be anticipated, and we draw the attention of those fond of music to the occasion. On Saturday a number of gentlemen inspected the beauti ful iron pilot-boat the Guide, built by Mr. John Laird. for the East India Company's service, and lying in the river. They were highly pleased with her equipments and accom modation. She is on the eve of sailing for Calcutta. ST. SILAS' CHIJACH.—It will be seen from an advertise ment that the Lord Bishop of Chester has appointed Friday next for the consecration of this church. We understand that the Rev. Hugh M'Neile was specially requested by the bishop to preach on the occasion ; no doubt, because the erection of the building is mainly, if not altogether, attribu table to the persevering exertions of the reverend gentleman. The freedom of the Liverpool Underwriters' Rooms has been unanimously conferred upon Captain Denham, R.N., for the prompt and efficient assistance rendered by him to the Alexander, when on shore in Morecombe Bay, by proceed ing to her in person. assisting the master with advice, and inducing the crew to remain on board, which was the means, of saving the unfortunate vessel from very serious injury. We stated, last week, as a remarkable fact, that neither on Saturday or Sunday had there been an arrival from a foreign port. We may now state, as a still more remarkable fact, that there was not a foreign arrival until Friday, when the packet ship South America arrived from New York. Only two other vessels have since arrived from foreign ports. Meanwhile, the railings for foreign ports were extremely numerous, about 170 vessels having taken their departure between Sunday and Sunday. THE WEATHER.—The Liffey steamer, belonging to the Dublin Steam Company, put into Waterford on Sunday morning week, at eight o'clock. She left Dublin early on Friday, for Liverpool, with 61 head of cattle, 52 sheep, and 266 pigs. She made the Dublin lights about eleven o'clock : the sea was then running mountains high. After attempting to bear up for Dublin, and failing, she made the Wi c kl ow Head in th ree hours, and Waterford on Sunday morning. About 20 head of cattle perished from the extreme severity of the weather. It will be seen that our THE ARIADNE.—We noticed last week the loss of this vessel. She was Liverpool -built and equipped, being con structed by M r. Laird, and fitted with engines by Mr. P F awcett. H er armament was two twenty-four-pounder P iv ot guns, made by th e l atter gent l eman, b es i des small !Irma : and her d raug h t of water, not exceeding 4 feet 6 u clies. with all on board, rendered her invaluable as an as sistant during the late naval operations in China. She was t ed up with water-tight bulkheads, and, had she not been " equiPPed, would certainly have sunk in a few minutes after striking the rock. TRADE TO LIVERPOOL.—The Preston Chronicle, of last Saturday, says " A fine first-class steamer, called ' The Nel r,' h ill,w henc e f orwar d , regu l ar l y p l y b etween Li verpool, n Belfst, thus affordiag to our merchants and townsmen a more ready means of communication with the north of Ireland than they have yet possessed. Next week a Mr.rd Arkwri g ht, we understand, will put the first freight on boof her, at Liverpool, for Preston, of groceries. and si milar articles beneficial to the town. And we further un derstand. that freights of cotton are also expected to be brought here. Hence, if we are rightly informed, she will load for Belfast, and likewi se re t urn to Li verpool, making Preston in her way." LIVERPOOL FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.—We have Pleasure in directing the notice of our readers to the cere mony of laying the first stone of this interesting institution on Friday next, as advertised. It will, no doubt, be nu merously attended. We are informed that it is arranged to form a procession from the Deaf and Dumb Institution, in Oxford -street, the use of which has been granted for the occasion, where the mayor will be met by the clergy and the children now in the Asylum. As a proof of the favourable support the Asylum continues to receive, the collection at St. Jude's Church, on Sunday last, after an eloquent and .£touching 6d appeal by the Rev. H. M`N e il e , amounte d to 80 4s. . DESTROYING FENCES.-At the Police-court, yesterday, man in the garb of a sailor, named William Romer, was brought up before Mr. Rushton, charged with having, on Sunday last, wantonly and wilfully broken down the fence of some land in Windsor -street, Toxteth-park, belonging to the Earl of Sefton. The offence was stated by several wit nesses, and an agent of the noble earl proved that the da mage amounted to about £2. Mr. Rushton said he was de termined, as far as possible, to put an end to the practice, which prevailed to a very great extent on Sundays, of idle Parties going about committing wilful and wanton damage. He read the 23d section of the ith and Bth Geo. IV., chap. 30, referring to offences of this kind, which enacts that par ties convicted of them are liable to pay the damage, and any penalty under £5, and for the second offence, imprisonment to hard labour for any period less than twelve months. The Prisoner must be convicted in the penalty of 40s. for the offence, and further pay 40s. for the damage, or in default of Payment, to be imprisoned for one month. AMERICANEWS.I steams Cedonia, which wo u ld lea N ve Bost —The on on roya mail the Ist inst., mayhip al be expected here to-day or to-morrow. The packet-ship South America, Captain Bailey, arrived on Friday from New York. She sailed on the 19th ult., to which day she brings dates, which are five days in advance of the last arrival. The House of Representatives had sanctioned the repeal of the Bankrupt Act by a majority of 140 to 71. During the proceedings, an indescribable scene of disorder occurred. The interminable inquiry into the mutiny on board the Somers continued, and when it was likely to terminate no one could say. The re cent disclosures tell against Captain Mackenzie, who is at tacked in some of the papers with great severity. It is con tended by those who denounce his conduct, that he might have brought the culprits to New York, and delivered them to the civil authorities, without involving the safety of the ship or his own life. His previous discipline, it seems, was unnecessarily severe. The Garrick had arrived at New York from this port, with papers to the 15th of December. On coming through the bay, towed by two steamers, she touched upon the tail of the West Bank, but was got off without serious injury by means of lighters. LIVER THEATRE.—Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone have been re-engaged. The new drama of " My Old Woman," under another name, was played with great success last week. Mrs. Fitzwilliam personated the old:Countess Xenia, and Mr. Buckstone Michael. Whatever Mrs. Fitzwilliam attempts she succeeds in rendering highly amusing. Her personation of old age, however, is not one of her best efforts. Mr. Buckstone is a highly diverting and lively acto r; h e May be t erme d a comp l ete " remernbrancer," for he con stantly awakes recollections of Harley, touches of John Reeve, and little bits of Keeley—with these for his models he cannot fail to excite merriment. His Mr. Pettibone, in the farce of " A Kiss in the Dark," drew forth constant Peals of laughter. The monopologue of " The Belle of the Hotel, or . American Sketches," appears a great favourite. Mrs. Fitzwilliam, as the Belle, assumes a variety of charac ters, with extraordinary versatility of talent, and quickness of change in dress, that to the uninitiated must appear most M arvellous—in this latter respect Mrs. Fitzwilliam almost excels Matthews of yore, whose alterations of costume were surprisingly clever. The Yankee fireman creates a good l augh, and the song of " Old Rosin the Beau" is certain of an encore —but we must remark upon the very bad taste—in the introduction of two silly verses, relating to the Kirkdale proceedings ; they are out of place ; and though they may set a " few barren spectators on to laugh," cannot "but make the judicious grieve." A smart double hornpipe, danced by two little girls, and a very vu l gar com i c song , sung b y M r. Hudspeth, were introduced between the pieces. The dramas 9pear to be produced in the old Liver spirit. Last even ing anew drama was brought out, called " The Banished Star." IMPROVEMENT, OF THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL—In the January number of the Nautical Magazine, we find a paper ; , ,n the above important subject, from the pen of Mr. W. A. Brooks, member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Mr. Brook s is at issue with Captain Denham, the late marine surveyor of this port, both as to the cause of the deposit on Pluckington Shelf, and the means of remedying the evil. ' - aPt. De n h am ' s plan of a tide-reflecting wall, he argues, would still retain the evil of a convex shore, and the only OChange which would take place would be, that the present annel between the Pluckington Shelf and the Devil's B ank would be shifted about one hundred fathoms lower the river ; or , th a t th e l atera l current o f t h e e bb wou ld be merely inclined dless abruptly toards the shore of nhead, but would be unable to w exert any influence r in Pmoving the deposit in front of the Liverpool docks. The l an which Mr. Brooks proposes is, to erect a pier, or groin, ,Miter Dingle Point, extending six hundred yards into the Wouldm rsY in westerly direction. Such a structure, he says, effect a rapid alteration in the forms of the Devil's ii:ank and G arston Sands ; a great deposit would be made tweeti Dingle Point and Otters' Pool ; and other gre at en_arnges, which he points out, would be effected. The second k. •t auxiliary to the above, would be the extension of the Roy Rock Ferry two hundred yards into the Mersey. The united effect of th ese t wo p i ers wou ld b e a permanent set o f B th e current o f the ebb along the frontage of the Liverpool Oc s, whi c h would sweep away any deposit brought by the tide. Those who wish to understand Mr. Brooks's tvlrlo.Pcosal more fully, would do well to refer to the article, n 1 h is illustrated by a plan of the river, showing the :ionsposi , of the piers, the forms of the banks, and the sets of me currents. N CR' at ea _TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The splendid new c olo w"si . up Hibernia, intended to run in conjunction with the Port r " , a, Acadia, Britannia, and Caledonia, between. this titi, fend Halifax and Boston, arrived here on Thurs. Glasgow, having made her passage from Greenock n itl f h l t e t . c ili triore than sixteen hours. The following description has been is from the European Another superb ship Thou.setn added to the tine fleet of steamers which convey the the 8 betw ee n this port and Boston and Halifax ; vessels, era .nrPrising uniformity of whose trips has formed a new At, in..esteam navigation, and reduced a passage across the s g t a i during seasons the most unpropitious, to a certainty, train. rds time, little removed from the arrival of a railw a y pwhoThe new vessel is called the Hibernia, commanded tain J u dki ns, recently of t h e C o l um bi a, a f i ne fellow, nia a co mbines the man n e rs o f a ge ntleman with the f ran k ness She was built at Greenock, by Messrs. Ste e l e and N a . 0 ., and her engines were made by the celebrated Robt. P.iior,soef Glasgow. Her tonnage is 1,450, and her engines h The saloon on deck is a magnificent tri c a i'; e " li ent, fortyfeet by nineteen ; height, seven feet six Pre a ,„ 3 :° f oak and gold, with twenty panels, each panel re able-rng some place in Great Britain or America, remark.. trier .°r Picturesque beauty, historical associations, or corn -. • v e lal greatness. Loch beauty, Loch Lomond, Glasgow, ttiolh,eirPool, New York, Dublin, Windsor Castle, Boston, the e x . " ef Burns, at Dumfries. and a variety of other scenes, ra_rsitely executed. The pantry, which is tastefully and c onveniently arranged, exhibits abundance of silver c erte, ch; __ On "I" , crystal, tte. OE the top of the saloon is a spar Promenade, extending from the stern to the mainmast, h unt 20 0 feet in length, with massive brass ra ilin g round. sta c t e lu : d r in g fore an d after cabins, the vessel has, in all, 120 th e Th °Gnu of spacious dimensions. Those aft are . urider e nte - inio saloon where also are the ladies' private cabins, ent e ring : from the right of 'the ship, and the gentlemen's .rom the left. The former is a comfortable, quiet ' ln ent, eighteen feet by thirteen, and nine feet high, in irt..te and gold, with clock, elegant marble chimney piece, d Irr °r, library, reclining sofas, and every other requisite to destroy " ennui," and render a sea voyage comfortable. The bytne w a private cabin is also very elegant, eighteen feet ti te n , where a small party can dine, or otherwise amuse etuselves twenty feet by Forward is a spacious room, ",,enteen, with state-rooms entering off it, and every con vvience. On deck are two smoking-rooms. We ought to Z tt s 2, r ve, that the cabins, whether saloons or state-rooms, are oP so as to secue warmth in winter, or ventilation in -nromer, as the case ma be; and finally, the vessel is so il f ge l , that she c an sa il round the world with her sails alone. sPlendid s p ec i men o f mar itime architecture , is con allotrated the advantages and experience which the spirited °.,,vvoers ha ve d erived from their connect i on with a fleet of o ` t _ e aniers the most successful an d popu l ar in the history of for navi gat i on, " We are glad to hear t h at s he will be open L_cePublic inspectio n thi s d ay and to-morrow , in the Cobur g k, at the charge of one shilling each visitor , the amount 8 ° Paid t o be divided between the Infirmary and Dispensaries Of the town. LIVERPOOL ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION.—We re ceived yesterday a prosy document, entitled, " The Report of this Society for the year 1843." We gather from the account current, that the society is in debt to its treasurer £B4 9s. sd. That the sum of £9l! 15s. has been received for donations and subscriptions, and from tea parties arid leetures, and that £lll 2s. 7d. have been expended for wages, £464 6s. 4d. for printing, &c., £307 is. 6d. for hire of rooms, &c., and £29 17s. 6d. for travelling expenses. LARGE IRON DWELLING-HOUSE.—A large iron mansion has been built by Mr. William Laycock, of Oldhall-street, in this town, the inventor of a new principle in the .applica tion of iron to building purposes. The fabric, which has been made in separate plates, is now erecting, for the purpose of public exhibition, previous to its transmission to Africa, where it will be used as a palace by (Lie of the native kings. This singular building has three floors, exclusive of an attic. The basement story is seven feet high; the second, ten feet; and the third, i❑ which is the grand suite of state apartments, is twelve feet high. In these his sable majesty will give hi state audiences. The principal reception room, the presence chamber, is fifty feet by thirty, and ornamented throughout in a style of most gorgeous magnificence. To counteract any annoyance from heat, the inventor has contrived the means of admitting a current of air, which can be regulated at plea sure, to pass through an aperture left between the outer plate and the inner pannel. The object of the spirited builder, in throwing it open to the public previous to ship ment, is the benefit that may accrue to the public charities of the town by the payment for inspection, and we would heartily join in wishing success to Mr. Laycock's project. BURGLARY.—During the night of Saturday, the public house of Mr. Wm. Dyer, at the corner of Lumber -street, was entered, and robbed of a bag, containing a quantity of cop per, a piece of colonial coin, and several other articles. An entrance had been effected through the window of the back parlour, which had been forcibly opened wide enough to admit the body of a man ; and being once there, the thieves, whoever they were, enjoyed themselves comfortably upon the good things which the bar contained. One of their ex ploits was to make a quantity of rum punch, most of which they consumed, and another to regale themselves with cigars and snuff. Mr. Dyer, who retired to bed at one o'clock, left all safe at that time. The robbery was not discovered till eight o'clock the next morning. At the Police-court yesterday, constable Edwards, No. 206, appeared against a notorious bad character, named William Wilkes, whom he bad found at half-past four o'clock on Sunday morning con cealed in a court in Union-street. He had with him a bag of money, some lump sugar, lucifer matches, and other arti c'eQ, all of which Mr. Dyer identified as his property, and said they had been taken from his bar. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, replied, " I have nothing to say, but I was drunk on Saturday night." He was committed for trial at the ensuing assizes. COUNCIL MEETING.—A special meeting of the council will he held to-morrow, to take into consideration and to de termine upon " a bill for the better protection of property in the town from fire, the heads of which will be submitted by the fire committee ;" and a motion by Mr. Councillor Birkett, " on the subject of the Income Tax, with reference to the place of appeal as to the new parts of the borough." The following notice of motion, by Mr. Councillor North, is also placed on the paper :—" That the Council or the Dock Com mittee, or those two bodies conjointly, should provide and maintain a powerful steam-boat or steam-boats, to be em ployed in aid of the present and with additional life-boats, and with all other necessary and useful apparatus to be carried by such steam-boat or steam-boats, in the preserva tion of life and property (but more especially of life) upon the occasion of shipwreck or other disaster at sea off this port ; and that a deputation be appointed to confer with the Dock Committee or a deputation of that body, with the view of effecting this object." Mr. North has, however, written a letter to the Albion, in which he says, " My notice was only placed on the book on Saturday, and in ignorance, on my part, that any council was to be held before the usual monthly one on the Ist of March, when it was, and is my intention to bring the subject forward." THE ASSIZES.—The following circular has been addressed to the legal profession, from the Prothonotary's office, at Preston, dated Bth February, _1843 :—" The next assizes at Lancaster will commence on Saturday, the 25th of February instant, but no civil business will be taken earlier than Thurs day, the 2d of March next : the causes, however, must be entered at the usual time. The next assizes at Liverpool will commence on Saturday, the 25th of March next. The records in causes to be tried at Lancaster, and at issue on or before Friday, the 10th of February, should be ordered on that day. The last days for making up issues in time for trial at the next assizes will be ;—ln causes to be tried at Lancaster, Thursday, the 16th of February. In causes to be tried at Liverpool. Thursday, the 16th of March, on which days the records must be ordered. Eight exclusive days' notice of trial In all personal actions must be given for the next assizes in causes at issue in time for trial at the last as sizes. The jury process for the trial of causes at Lancaster will be issued at Preston on Saturday morning, the 25th of February, and for the trial of causes at Liverpool, on Satur day morning, the 25th of March. Rule day before the as sizes, Thursday, the 9th of February instant. Rule day after the assizes, Thursday, the 30th of March next. Declarations against defendants in gaol on writs of capias must be filed on or before Tuesday, the 28th of February instant. In pursu ance of a rule of court of March assizes, 1842, the causes in tended to be tried at Liverpool will be entered in the follow ing order :-Ist List—Salford Hundred. 2d List—West Derby Hundred, or elsewhere. The causes in the second list will not be called on for trial before Saturday, the Ist day of April next. The business of the public offices will be transacted at Preston during the assizes. ST. GEORGE STEAM PACKET COMPANY.—A meeting of this company took place at Cork, on Thursday last, when the mayor took the chair. The great question of discussion arose on a circular forwarded to all the shareholders within the last week, of which the follovdng is a copy : " The directors of the St. George Steam-packet Company feeling that divided lines are :not so subject to opposition as undivided, that the public are generally better served, and that they have not a sufficient number of suitable vessels to retain the whole of the lines themselves, propose agreeing with a company to run in conjunction with them on the Cork and Liverpool line ; for which it is proposed to form a com pany, with a capital of £50,000, in 1000 shares of £5O ; £25 only to be called in four instalments of .£6 ss. each—the first instalment to be paid on the allocation of the shares; the other calls to depend on the arrangements made with the shipbuilder, and, if a call be not paid three months after it is called, such shares to be forfeited and sold for the call, after which the balance to be handed to the owner ; the share holders in Cork in the St. George Steam-packet Company to have the preference of shares ; and it is now proposed to build an iron steam-ship, of five to six hundred tons, to have two engines of 150 horses power each, making together 300 horses ; to have all the new improvements, thereby giving more capacity on considerably less draught of water ; in creasing the speed, simplifying the engines, and making a considerable saving in the fuel and other expenses of the ves sels. I propose gotng to Liverpool next week, and shall feel obliged if you will inform me if you are inclined to join in the above, and if so what number of shares I am to put down for you. I also propose that care shall be taken to arrange that the shareholders shall not be liable for more than the amount of their shares. " EBENEZER PIKE." This gave rise to an animated colloquy, which ended without any resolution having been come to, the meeting deeming it more prudent to allow the parties to act of themselves. Much was also said in reference to those parties who bad not as yet paid up the call of £5O per share made on them by the company. DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—An inquest was held on Friday last, and, by adjournment, on Saturday, to inquire touching the death of Esther Platt, aged 26, whose body was, on Thursday last, found in the Brunswick Dock. The de ceased recently lived as servant with Mr. Titherington, drug gist, Oxford-street. From her appearance it had been sur mised, for some time, by her master and mistress, that she was in the family way. On the evening of the 31st ult. cir cumstances occurred which led to a belief that the period of her acchouchement was approaching. She was again ques tioned as to her situation, but, as on previous occasions, she denied that she was enceinte. Mr. Roche, surgeon, was sent for, and he questioned her, but she persisted in her state ment, attributing her pain to disordered bowels. Mr. Roche examined her, and ascertained that she was really in the family way, and near her time. He thought, after the denial of the fact, that it would be unsafe for her to remain where she was. She was told that she must either confess her situ ation or leave the house. Every attention was promised to her, and an offer was made to convey her to a place of safety, where her wants would be properly administered to. She still persisted in denying that anything unusual was the mat ter with her. Mr. Titherington told her she must go, but desired that she would tell him the truth, and not quit the house at that untimely hour (one o'clock in the morning.) She, however, said she would go to her friends. Her wages were paid, and she quitted the house. She was seen, shortly after, by police-officers Lowcock and Palmer, at the bottom of Parliament-street, near some timber. They accosted her, and told her she was wandering. She replied that she was not far wrong. They questioned her, but she refused to tell where she was going, or to give any account of herself. At length she asked for Stanhope-street, when one of the officers said, " That shows you were in the wrong way." Stanhope street was pointed out to her, and she went in that direction. Next morning a bonnet and cloak were found at the south east corner of Brunswick Dock, lying on the quay. The bonnet was found by an old man, a lumper, and the cloak by James Lawson, mate of a vessel. Both articles were handed to officers of police, and were identified, at the inquest, as those which the deceased had on. The discovery of these articles led to a suspicion that a female had been drowned, and the dock was dragged. It was not till the afternoon of Thursday last that the body was found. It was conveyed to the Dead-house. Meanwhile, the girl had been missed and was sought for by her friends. A Mrs. Fell, who had known her, recognised the body in the Dead-house, and sent for the sister of the deceased, who is in service in this town, who also identified it with the father of the unfortunate girl, who resides in Prescot. An external examination was made by Mr. Roche, who found that the deceased was fat advanced in pregnancy. In the course of the evidence, Mr. Roche said the deceased would have had time to reach the house of any friend in Liverpool. The Jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned. AN UNSUSPECTED ROBBER.—Yesterday, a man named Thomas Grice, an omnibus-guard in the employment of Mr. Eastwood, of the Royal Hotel, Dale-street, was placed at the bar of the Police -court, before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having robbed his master, under peculiar circumstances. It appeared that, on locking up the bar at night, it has been customary to leave about 20s. in silver, to be ready in case of change being wanted the following morning, For some period portions of this change had been missed, and although inquiries were instituted, no clue could be discovered to un ravel the mystery. At last an expedient was resorted to which led to the detection of the thief. On Thursday night last, 255. in half-crowns, shillings, and sixpences,all marked, were placed in a desk in the bar ; and on Friday morning it was found that 18s. had disappeared. It was then deter mined that the next night a man should be placed in the bar, so that if the thief made his appearance, he might im mediately be detected ; but before the time for that arrived, the prisoner paid to Mr. Eastwood the money which he had received during the day for omnibus fares. Mr. Eastwood, who had the greatest confidence in the man's honesty, was astonished to find, among the silver paid to him, two of the half-crowns and one sixpence which he had marked and placed in the bar the previous night. Without communica ting this circumstance, Mr. Eastwood placed this money in a separate bag, and, as previously arranged, a man remained in r t d h a e y b n a i r gh t t, the whole le night;mowbarbut it was no t v i s i te d . O n Sa y, the head porter, maintained a watch in the bar; and at half-past three on Sunday morn ing, he heard the prisoner (who had no business whatever these at that early bow) come ill throug etheafgreod in front door, and go down s t a i rs to t h e boots, who was engaged occupation. At twenty minutes past five, Mowbray heard the door of the bar gently unlocked ; the prisoner entered a moment afterwards, and he immediately proceeded to the drawer where the money was kept. Mowbray then pre sented his face, on seeing which the prisoner ran off as hard as he could through the front door, and turninr , the corner of Dale-street, succeeded, for the time, in making his es cape. Mowbray went back to inform his master, who di rected information to be given to the police. Soon after wards they proceeded, in company with an officer, to the residence of the prisoner, who made his appearance there, in a few minutes, dressed in different clothe s , an d h e was taken into custody. The boots stated that the prisoner came into the house at the hour stated, and remained with him, ro w a n aonpdeno,naenodf htheeswawaittelries doing nothing, till about five o'clock ; he then went up stairs for a box of coal, and the next thing he (the boots) heard was a great rush; prisoner running off. The bench were examined, and satisfied thethat no money had the bar-door the Friday morning, The prisoner been paid in change on bar-maid to take his trial at made no defence ; and he was co the next sessions. The Cheshire Foxhounds meet to-morrow (Wednesday), at Doddington Park ; on Thursday, at Wilksley Village; on Saturday, at Rivensmere Windmill; on Monday, at Cree wood Hall ; on Wednesday, the 22d, at Arley; on Thurs da;, the 23,1, at .14utton Pinfeld ; and on Saturday, the 25th, at 'Booth's Obelisk. EMI GRNTI ON.—A new feature has presented itself to notice, in emigration, which must prove highly zulvan tageons to all who are about leaving the mother country to settle in the United Stares or Canada. The house of Fitz lio4ll and Walker, of this town, have entered into arrati,g,e- vents with parties on the other side of the Atlantic, through whose instrumentality emigrants can be forwarded hundreds of miles into the interior of the United States and Canada, without fear of detention or possibility of being plundered previous to setting off for the place of their destination. For instance, if a party of emigrants wished to settle at Chicago, they could pay their entire fare here, and be taken direct to the spot where they intend to fix their future homes. This can be done at abaut half the cost that would be incurred were they to travel on their own responsibility and at their own risk. THE FUNDS : SATURDAY EVENING.—At the Stock-Ex change the business of the day has not been of an important nature. The broker for the Commissioners of Savings' Banks took about £B,OOO Reduced at 94 and this was the chief operation in the English market. Bank Stock closed 174 to 175 ; Consols for money and accounts, 9 , q to j ; Exchequer bills, 655. to 675. premium; India Stock, 267 to 267 ; Three and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1021 to 4 ; New Three-and a-Half per Cents., 101 to 3 ; Long Annuities, 124; India Bonds, 645. premium ; and South Sea New Annuities, 93g. The floating securities are rather advancing in price; they have been influenced by one or two good purchases. In the foreign market Spanish Actives left off steadily a t 19i- to 4 ; ditto, New, 241 to ; Mexican, 301 to 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 54a to ; Dutch Five per Cents., 1024 to 3 ; Danish, 851 to 861; Colombian, 234 to 4; Belgian, 103 to 104. Some bargains in Brazilian and Portuguese raised the valve of both securities. The latter closed at the high quota tion of 384 to 1., and the former at 76 to 77. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SIIIPWRECK.—In our advertising columns will be found an announcement of a pamphlet on this subject, by George Wilkinson, Esq., of West Derby. We have not had time to consider the state ments of the author, as we only received his remarks at a late hour last night. We perceive, however, that his scheme principally consists in a recommendation that " at every sea port, fishing town, or other marine station, there be formed a society, having for its immediate object the prevention of loss of life from shipwreck. That to give full effect to the humane intentions of such society, there shall be provided (besides the various apparatus in present use) according to the size of the place, nature of the coast, &c., a certain num ber of life-boats, so constructed, that they may be constantly employed as fishing-boats, and given in charge, rented, or otherwise disposed of, to responsiblefishcrmen. Mr. Wil kinson gives many reasons why he considers fishermen the best qualified for the charge, and touches upon several of the details to be considered by the committee of such society ; and particularly notices such an adaption to the boats of the Archimedean screw as would admit of its being wrought by simple, but powerful mechanism. BAIL COURT—SATURDAY. (Middlesex Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice WicirrmAN and a Special Jury.) HALL V. HUTCHINSON AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for a breach of contract, the trial of which commenced on Friday and was concluded this morning. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Erie appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. F. Kelly and Mr. Knowles for the defendants. The plaintiff was the patentee of an improved piston and valve, to be used in the construction of steam-engines for navigation ; and the defendants, who were the directors of the St. George Steam-Packet Company, bad entered into two agreements with the plaintiff, respectively dated on the 16th and 18th of April, 1834, whereby they were, upon cer tain terms, to be allowed the use of the plaintiff's improve ment in the construction of the steam engines to be used in thirteen specified steam-boats, of a certain specified horse power, belonging to the company ; but as regarded any vessels bought or built by the defendants, in additicn to those specified, they were to pay 20s per annum for every horse power. Subsequently, new vessels had been bought and built by the company—the plaintiff's improvement used in the steam engines with which they were fitted—and tht present action was brought to recover, as to those engines, the 20s per an num for every horse power. The defence was that the new vessels were merely substituted for the old vessels named in the agreements, in which it appeared the improvement could not be rendered available; and that as the quantity of horse power was not increased beyond the original amount specified in the agreement, the plaintiff had no right to claim the 20s. A question was also raised as to the method of calculating the horse power, the plaintiff's and defendants' calculations upon that subject producing different results. In the end, however, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, and the particular amount of the damages incurred to each of the new vessels was left to be settled out of court. In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday, Lord Den man gave judgment on a rule which had been obtained by the notorious Chartist preacher O'Neill, against two Staffordshire magistrates, for refusing to take bail when he was brought before them on a charge of sedition. The rule was dis charged, but the court adjudged that the magistrates must pay the costs. PRAISEWORTHY CONDUCT.-Mr. William Whitehe d, of Chew Cottage, Saddleworth, beceme bankrupt in the year 1826, and his creditors received from his estate only 3s. 7d. in the pound. His sons, under the firm of R. R. White head and Brothers, have since carried on business successfully at the Royal George Mills, near Manchester; and as a proof of how worthy they have been of the prosperity which has followed their honourable industry, they have now intimated to all the creditors who proved their debts under their father's bankruptcy, that they will discharge the remainder of those debts in full on the Ist of March next. DEBT.—NO man can ever borrow himself out of debt. If you wish for relief, you must work for it. You must make more and spend less than you did while you were running in debt. You must wear home-spun instead of broad-cloth, drink water instead of champagne, and rise at seven instead of ten. Industry, frugality, economy—these are the hand maids of wealth, and sure source of relief. A doliar earned is worth ten borrowed, and a dollar saved is better than forty times its amount in worthless gew-gaw. Try our scheme— it is much better than to depend upon bank favours, and a thousand times more honourable than a resort to bankrup laws. The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Reporter professes to supply, on the authority of one James Boyle, of Ohio, cer tain statistics as to the religious opinions and the denomina tions to which the slave-holders in America belong. We per ceive that the Methodists are estimated to possess 80,000 slaves, the Baptists 125,000, the Presbyterians 70,000, and the Campbellites 100,000—malting among the Dissenters, no less than 375,000. This is no concern of ours. But when the same authority tells us that the Episcopalians possess 80,000, we challenge him to prove his statement, and undertake to deny in loto his figures. We wait his reply, as well as that of the Reporter. We are enemies to slavery, but we are also enemies to imposition.—Church and State Gazette. The Ayrshire, East Indiaman, Capt. Charles Barker, com mander, which came into the Thames on:Wednesday, has brought home a valuable cargo of saltpetre, sugar, rice, rum, &c., in all 1000 tons, which she is now discharging in the East India Dock. The Ayrshire carried out from Liverpool to Sydney 339 emigrants, consisting of men, women, and children. A short time before the ship reached her destina tion, a fever broke out among the emigrants, who were chiefly Irish and Scotch, and 28 of them died, and their bodies were committed to the deep. One died while the vessel was in the quarantine ground at Sydney. The Ayrshire remained six weeks at Sydney, and when she left, such was the de pressed state of the colony, that all the emigrants she landed were unemployed. From Sydney the Ayrshire proceeded to Madras, and conveyed a number of sepoys to Moulmein, and returned to. Madr'as with 700 more. From Madras the yes; sel went to the Bav of Bengal, where she took in 1000 tons of rock salt for Calcutta, and at the last named place shipped her homeward cargo for England. The Ayrshire has been out 19 months, and has made a very prosperous voyage. THE CAPTURED CORPSE.—On Tuesday the coroner held an inquest on this corpse, when the jury found " that the said Patrick Lane came to his death in a natural way by an effusion into the brain, causing apoplexy, and not by any violent means whatever to the knowledge of the said jurors." Since the discovery of the exhumation of the body, nothing can exceed the excitement which prevails amongst the humbler class of the people. The graves of parties buried for months past have been opened by their friends and relatives within and for thirty miles around the city. Fitzgerald, the prin cipal in the sacrilege, is said to have on him at the present moment the shirt which was put on the body previous to in terment, while his wife, another prisoner, is said to wear the flannel which formed the shroud. It is supposed that more than the parties in custody will be prosecuted at the next as- sizes for robbing the grave, besides heavy penalties attach to them, under the Anatomy Act, for being concerned in the illegal transit. It was reported last evening that Fitzgerald's house, in the parish of Aghabologue,was razed to the ground, and what it contained in the way of furniture taken out on the road and burned by the infuriated people.—Cork paper. A WORD TO THE CLERGY.—Yours is an honourable, but a responsible post. If the state errs, the church must surely somehow be in fault. The law which you are appointed to teach knows no distinction—the poor man and the peer have equal right to justice. The religion which you teach is to support the oppressed, while it assures the oppressors that God's curse is their portion. Be no longer sacred by the word " politics "—you are God's ambassadors—the poor are His wards. If you silently permit the oppressors to wrong the poor, you share their guilt—you more than share their curse. When the Church of England shall really be " the poor man's church," as by the constitution she should always be, if, at the same time, she maintain her connexion with the state, her clergy will not hesitate to demand and enforce the exhibition in all our statutes of that obsolete truth, " Chris tianity is part and parcel of the laws of England,"—then poverty will no longer be esteemed a crime, nor will the con stant unceasing labour of any be required or demanded to secure a comfortable maintenance. The body as well as the soul will then be deemed worthy of' some attention, and lime will be secured to feed and nourish both.—Oa.vtler's Fleet Papers. AN ENGLISH GAMBLER ABROAD. — The Corrrectional Tribunal of Tours was crowded with nearly all the persons of consideration of the town, including many ladies, on the 27th and 28th ult., to hear the trial of a young Englishman, named C—, upon a charge of cheating at cards. Mr. C— has been residing for some months at Tours, was a member of the Cercle Anglais, and was received as a visiter at the Cercle Franquais. In the evening of the 9th ult., being at the Cafe Fremont, he entered the billiard-room, where some officers were playing, and was challenged by one of them, Captain D., to draw balls out of the basket for 100 f., he who got the highest to be the winner. At first Mr. C— won the 100 f., but was induced to continue till his winnings were reduced to 201., and then he wished to retire. Captain D., however prevailed upon him to remain, and give him his revenge at ecart& They played, and Mr. C—, having lost 600 f. again wished to return home, but was once more over persuaded, and remained. At first he declined playing for anything more than bowls of punch, but was led on to resume the play for money, and in the end became a winner to the amount of 2,240 f. At this point some brother offi cers of Captain D. accused Mr. C—of cheating by mark king the four kings of the pack which be dealed with, and a pack, with which it was said he played only two games, was taken, sealed up, and submitted to six arbitrators, three named by the French and three by the English circles. These gentlemen unanimously declared that there was no proof of the cards having been marked by Mr. C—, and to put an end to all further question burned the pack. Not withstandingthis decision, Mr. C--was indicted for fraud. t s Thirty witnesses were examined. Among them were many wr and tu e held mo i r na—r. C— previous to December 9, and had hever had the slightest oc of a ii b is le ig t n e i s a ti o m f o s n e y ve a r s a t l a or t d h e e r f s o , Mr. C-----was a Coutft, an old superior officer,morality, family wearing the highest estimation, who came voiuntarily from Paris, and gave the most favour and conduct of the accused. Notwithstanding , nding the Tribunal, after a deliberation which lasted more than an into court and delivered a judgement declaring hour,that returned C— during the night of December 9, while playing Mr. with Captain D—, marked a pack of cards, and therebying fraud provided for by article 401 of the Penal committed the and con demned him to be imprisoned for two years, and e ' the costs of the Prosecution. Mr. C itn ed to t p l ay all an nounced his intention to appeal to the CO Royale m e ur of Blois. Gazette deg Tribunaux con: eiailoft LIVERPOOL WORKHOUSE-MEETING OF MAGISTRATES. At two o'clock, on Friday, a meeting of the borough magis trates, convened by circular from the Mayor, was held in the Council Chamber of the Town-hall, for the purpose of considering the charges advanced by the Stipendiary Magis trate against the state of the Liverpool Workhouse. Nine teen magistrates were present—namely, the Mayor, Edward Rushton, Esq., 'William Potter, Esq., James Aikin, Esq. William Dixon, Esq., A. Hodgson, Esq., Hugh Hornby, Esq., Charles llorsfall, Esq., John Holmes, Esq., William Rathbone, Esq., Richard Houghton, Esq., Richard V. Yates, Esq., Stanley Percival Esq., Ornierod Heyworth, Esq., Crawford Logan, Esq., Robert Benn, Esq., Eyre Evans, Esq., Robert E. Harvey, Esq., and Charles Chalo ner, Esq. The MAYOR presided. The Ma.you, in opening the proceedings, said that, in con sequence of certain statements which had appeared in the newspapers relative to the present system of government in the Workhouse, he had thought it right, after having first seen Mr. Adam Hodgson and the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. Edward Rushton, on the subject, to convene the pre sent meeting of the magistrates. He concluded by expres sing his belief that Mr. Rushton was then prepared to enter upon the charges, with a view of substantiating what had already appeared in print. Mr. ADAM HODGSON then rose, and said he had called upon the Mayor with a request that he would call the magis trates together under the peculiar circumstances in which they were placed by this investigation. He (Mr. H.) might just state that a few months ago he happened, in his routine of attendance at the Police -court, to be upon the bench when a most revolting and disgraceful case connected with the burying of paupers came before them, into the particulars of which, no doubt, Mr. Rushton would by and bye enter. Probably it was this which led Mr. Rushton to wish that he (Mr. Hodgson) should be present at the investigation into the recent charges which he had offered to substantiate in the presence of the Select Vestry, by unequivocal evidence. Finding, however, that there was no longer any pro bability of the Select Vestry entering into the investiga tion, it appeared to himself, as well as to Mr. Rushton, that the magistrates ought not any longer to be prevented from assembling and investigating the subject. With regard to their power to interfere, as magistrates, Mr. Rushton would state their legal position. By the act of George 111. large powers connected with workhouses were given to the magis trates, and although those powers were modified wherever the rules and regulations of the Poor-law Commissioners are in force, they were still sufficiently large to connect the magistrates closely, and upon this occasion painfully, with the occurrences that had taken place in the workhouse. The peculiarity of Mr. Rushton's situation in the Police -court, where matters of this sort came before him in his daily routine, might appear to throw the responsibility upon him in the first instance ; but he (Mr. Hodgson) did not think they (the magistrates) ought upon that account to shrink from the duty before them, and let the whole responsibility of making these charges fall upon Mr. Rushton. He (Mr. Hodgson) for one should be glad to take his share of the responsibility, and he was sure so would they all, without prejudging the case before them. Since he had called upon the Mayor to request that a meeting of the magistrates might be assembled, a reply had appeared from the Select Vestry, in which gentlemen would see that a great many of the charges were admitted, and some were entirely denied, but those, he believed, Mr. Rushton was prepared to prove. There was one little sentence at the close of the reply, which he thought required the attention of the magistrates, because it appeared to him to throw upon th em a direct charge of inattention to their duties. The passage was as follows :-- " In conclusion, the Select Vestry take leave to state that they are, and always will be, most anxious to maintain disci pline and good order at the Workhouse ; but it will be in vain for them to expect that their regulations will be submitted to by the reckless individuals under their charge, unless they may rely upon the magistrates of the borough for effective and cordial co-operation in this very difficult task." There was no one who read that paragraph who would not suppose there had been deficiency in the discharge of their duties upon the part of the magistrates. Now, takii , that which had gone before, and looking at th e f acts which had appeared in the London Ti in es upon the conduct and govern ment of the Liverpool Workhouse, he need say no more to justify his wish that the magistrates might be called together. Mr. RUSHTON then rose. He said, he certainly felt con siderable pain that it should have fallen to his lot to become a sort of public accuser of any portion of his fellow-townsmen entrusted with the discharge of very important functions ; but he knew perfectly well that men who occupied offices like theirs had only to consult themselves, and to be quite sure they were within the limits of the jurisdiction which the law had given them ; it was then their duty to do right, let what would follow. In order that LIE:: meeting might fully under stand the position he occupied with regard to the parochial authorities of Liverpool, he would give a short narrative of his knowledge of the Workhouse, by means of which they would understand how that knowledge had been acquired and in what it consisted; and he might say, that he should con vey this information, without any desire of imputing the causes of blame to any individual, or of giving pain to any officer or person employed at the Workhouse. In the dis charge of his duty as a magistrate in the month of December, 1841, it came to his knowledge that a man had been found dead in the streets of Liverpool: that all the property he possessed had been taken from his person : and that an attempt to trace his identity had been made in vain. He was taken to the usual repository for bodies found under such circumstances : an inquest was held upon him ; and from the Dead-house he was removed to the Workhouse burial ground. The man who had driven the hearse upon the occa sion was a pauper, very old, and not very capable of giving evidence. His attendant was an idiot. It was represented to Mr. Hodgson and himself, that the deceased was taken in the clothes in which he died, and put into a coffin which was too short for him, and the lid of which would not go down; and that he was buried in the parochial ground without any funeral rites having been performed. It was further commu nicated to them, that, after two days had elapsed, the clergy man appointed to perform those rites over the paupers came and performed the service of the dead over all those who had been buried in the intermediate time. This circumstance was communicated to them, where they sat as magistrates, by the brother of the deceased, a man named M`Turk, an inhabitant of Sheffield ; and there was something so revolting in the statement, that Mr. Hodgson and himself declared it necessary to institute an inquiry. They accordingly sent for the Governor, and found that the statement was in every par ticular true. He (Mr. R.) then thought that all good purposes would be answered -by aeowliagfor 3.11r.-149wndes, and instruct ing him to repair at once to the Rev. Augustus Campbell, the Chairman of the Board of Guardians, and inform that gentleman of what had passed. This course was forthwith adopted, Mr. Hodgson and himself having pledged themselves that such a state of things should never again occur in Liver pool. This led him (Mr. R.) to the Workhouse, where, on making inquiry, he thought the practice, as he saw it, de noted great carelessness in the general management. He ex amined into details, and certainly came away dissatisfied with the institution. Shortly afterwards eighteen or twenty female inmates were brought before him for disorderly conduct. He enquired into the circumstances, and then the girls made certain statements. They had been extremely disorderly, undoubtedly, and he committed them, under the act of par liament, to gaol for twentv-one days. Certain statements made by these girls led him to institute a further and more particular personal examination ; he went there again, and he found the workhouse to be without classification; he found decent married women, and men, who had survived their friends and fortunes, forced to associate with the most aban doned profligates of the community ; for instance, he saw himself a girl named Ellen Roche, whom he had repeatedly committed to gaol, inhabiting the same dwelling with people of this description. He remonstrated with the Governor. The Governor said that Roche was violent and disorderly, and said that she had been placed there in order to keep her peaceable. He moreover found that the female officers were mostly paupers, some of whom were feeble and old. In one part of the building there was a place called a classification room, in which robust women were employed at work, and they had a day-room, a work-room, and a dormitory.' He went into that plaee, and he found in charge of it a most decent and respectable woman, whom he should call : her name was Elizabeth Ashton, and she had the charge of twenty, thirty, or forty of these females. He asked the Governor what he had to expect, for there was neither physical nor moral power to direct such a community, and that disorders must necessarily occur. The Go vernor told him he had represented this state of things to the Select Vestry time after time, telling them that the accommodation and the number of officers was totally inadequate, and his own health would fail (as it had failed) owing to the arduous nature of his duties which this neglect forced upon him. While he (Mr. R.) had' been examining the classification ward in question, the Governor and the Chaplain were at his side. He hoped the Magistrates would see the place for themselves, in which case it would be un necessary for him to attempt any description of it. While he had been asking how the females behaved since they had been liberated from gaol, one of the girls came forward out of the group, and said it was six weeks since herself and her companions had come out of prison, and that they had never since been allowed to go out of the ward, or permitted to go to church. He appealed at once to the Chaplain, who said that he was perfectly ignorant of the circumstance, and admitted that it was very improper. The Governor stood by ; he ar d all that passed. Neither of the official organs denied the truth in his presence, and he certainly came away under the conviction that it was true ; and he believed now that it was ••••14.6 ILASI •••••,.. true. Having found these things to be accumulating in this manner, he laid the whole case before the Rev. A. Campbell, rector of Liverpool, who was chairman of the parochial board, acquainted him with the want of classification, and the indiscriminate mixture of the sexes, and told him that between the male and female wards an established mode of communication had been made over a wall, the defence of which originally consisted of glass-bottles, which bottles were now knocked off and the place covered with sand-stone, and, according to the evidence of the female, Ashton, that this communication had been made for the purpose of enabling the males to go over to the female ward in the night time. In short, he had laid all the circumstances before the Rector, and, in addition, some information furnished him by the Goernor, with respect to the staieOrTe:rea of the house after night had set in The MAYOR here said that the Chaplain had just arrived, and wished to know whether he should be admitted? Mr. RUSIITON.—By all means. The MAYOR asked whether the Governor should also be admitted ? Mr. RuswroN replied in the affirmative. The Chaplain, the Governor, Mr. Walker (the parochial auditor), Mr. Arnold, Mr. Henshaw, and others having here . , entered, The MAYOR said he had just received a letter from Mr. Lowndes, stating that the churchwardens would not attend the meeting, but that if an unproved system could be sug gested, they would be happy to receive and recommend it for adoption by the select vestry. Mr. RusnToN, in continuation, said, the Rector, when made aware of all these matters, received the information in the way in which every well regulated mind ought: he ex pressed the greatest sorrow that such a state of things should exist ; he promised to inquire ; and he did inquire ; for he (Mr. R.) afterwards received a communication from him, in which he said that he had laid all he had been told before the Select Vestry, and that, he hoped, amendments would be made. From that day to the present, however, nothing had been done. The thing was in the same state as before. It was going on now. (u m .) lie rested satisfied with the Rector's communication ; but he was soon painfully con vinced that nothing effectual was intended to be done at that time, for, from the time of the first commitment of which he had spoken up to that day twelve months, no fewer than one hundred and seventeen disorderly paupers were sent to him from the Workhouse to be committed to prison. This f ac t, of itself, would be proof sufficient of the bad management Asylum who were totally unfit for the in the Wo r kh ouse was un der existed. Not only was the classification ward und er the care of an old woman, a I nne old woman who walked w ith a d e c r r u t t h c o l i , carebu t the of f twop Lunaticao p duty. The state of that asylum he had also laid before Mr. Campbell. It was a place which ought not to exist. It con sisted of an apartment, with ten or twelve cells, twelve feet in length by five or six in width : _ ln each there was a bed. In front of the doors there was six or eight feet of agaller)T; and this was the only place the lunatics had to come out upon. He had himself seen male and female confined in that asylum, and, among them, persons in all stages of i nsan i ty , f rom th e incipient to the raving; and it was th e more extraord i nary that such a place should have been suffered to exist when there was as good an asylum as any i n E ng l an d di rec tl y opposite, where all the lunatics belonging to the Workhouse could be well taken care of, at a difference in the cost of only ss. a week. All this he had lsid before the parochial autho rifles, quietly and privately, most anxious as he had been to spare public exposure, if good could be done; but yet the Place was in the same state still. Attached to the classification ward, and separated from it by a wall, there was a ward called " The Probationary Ward," in which able-bodied males, without reference to age, were put to labour. There was here a large space of open ground where the in mates were employed in breaking stone. , A low build ing, formerly used as a worksh op, ran alongside. In this the people inhabited and slept. Beds were there. For certain obvious reasons, he would not enter into particulars of this matter, but would content himself by saying, that every man knew it to be essential to good morals and health that persons should sleep in separate beds, whereas the men in this ward slept two together. A man of superior talent, named Clarke, had been placed very improperly among the inmates of that place. That man would be examined. He would detail the treatment he had received, and he would, moreover, state that he had asked for a Bible and was re fused it. The Select Vestry denied that this had been done. He would prove that it was done ; and lie would call the officer who had been sent for the Bible, and who, if he spoke the truth, would tell the bench that he had asked for it. He (Mr. Rushton) had himself searched the ward for a Bible; he had remonstrated after Clarke had made his complaint; Bibles were afterwards supplied ; he had seen none before. (Hear.) He would now read for the magistrates what had been drawn from him on the 17th of last month. On that day there were brought before him fifteen paupers from the Workhouse, consisting of ten women and five men. The women who had been left to work under a woman feeble from infirmity, he committed. The men he discharged. He then felt that the time was coming when some public notice ought to be taken of this state of things, and he accordingly sent his compliments to the Select Vestry and Overseers, and said he should be glad if they would attend at the court. He also sent for the Governor of the Workhouse. Not one of the parochial authorities chose to attend, with the excep tion of the Governor. The Churchwardens came afterwards, but upon that occasion he made a statement which found its way, and he was glad it did, into the London Times. Mr. Rushton, having read the statement, proceeded to say, that when it made its appearance in the London Times, it neces sarily came under the notice of the poor law commissioners, who, he believed, communicated with the parochial autho rities on the subject. The result was, that a meeting of the latter body was held to take the charges into considera tion. Having heard from a namesake of his own, Mr. William Rushton, that the meeting in question intended to draw up a report in denial of the statement he had advanced, he felt that the Select Vestry were pursuing a mistaken course in not probing the matter to the bot tom ; and he accordingly sent for Mr. Lowndes, and instructed that gentleman to say, that if the Select Ves try entertained any doubt of the statement, he would fully prove its truth if they would do him the honour to call at the Sessions-house, any day between the hours of two and five o'clock. He was the more induced to send this message he was given to understand that some one had proposed to the vestry, that he (Mr. R.) should be present, in order that "he might be covered with shame and dishonour." How ever, not having received any answer, on the Monday follow ing he wrote to Mr. Lowndes, begging of him again to lay his statement before the vestry, and requesting an answer; but, from that day to the present, the vestry had not conde scended to write even a line, to seek for his presence or to ask for his proofs. Fortunately, they had published a report, and for any man accustomed to the rules of evidences that report admitted every charge he had advanced. For instance, the report stated, that the number of inmates amounted to 1800. So much for the crowded state of the house. The next paragraph stated, that the numbers were accumulating. This also was corroborative of his statement. The next para graph stated, that alterations would be made to effect a more complete classification, and admitted, that the subject had been one of great anxiety for several years. Why this " anxiety," but because of the moral and social evil the system generated, the wickedness and crime it produced, and the abandonment of health and comfort of which it was the fruitful cause ? (Hear.) The following paragraph stated. that the reason the alterations had not been made long before was, because of the burdens they would impose on the parishioners. Had public men, charged with the morals of the community, and that community the most necessitous, ever advanced such a reason for the non-performance of their duty ? He contended that the law in the case was a law of necessity ; that this was no excuse at all ; and that the very fact of its admission plainly showed that his statement had been greatly within the mark. The report then went on to say, that the contemplated undertakings would cost a deal of money; that they could not be accomplished without lapse of time; but that, in the interim, the vestry would increase the number of stipendiary officers, and attach several paid females. Why had this not been done long ago, when the information was communicated by the stipendiary magistrate of the borough? Why had it been delayed until publicity, through the medium of the press, was the only remedy ? Why was it postponed until he had been compelled to lay the shocking scenes before the public, and to enunciate, from the bench, that the Gaol should no longer be made a subsidiary Workhouse of ? The report next re ferred to the allegation respecting the refusal of the Bible and the prevention of the females from public worship, into the particulars of which he had previously entered; and then the Vestry spoke of " undivided authority" ; admitted that there had been a misunderstanding between the Governor and his Deputy ; and, in conclusion, spoke of the reliance upon the Magistrates for co-operation in the maintenance of order and discipline in the house. He contended that the authorities had always received co-operation, during his time, from the Magistrates of the borough in every way, and that they never applied that they did not always receive the most cordial co operation, sanction, and support, where sanction and support could be given them. He had been compelled to notice this the more particularly, in order to say that, if the paragraph meant that the Magistrates had not cordially co-operated with the parochial authorities, it meant that which was in correct.—(Hear.) He had himself impressed on all the authorities, long before that, in order to govern a class of people :like those in the Workhouse, moral force must he used ; that there must be a conviction on the minds of the inmates, that the authorities were using that force for their good and for their benefit ; that the people should be justly treated, and in a manner that would conduce to their conve nience, their comfort, and their health ; that no cause should be given them for just complaint ; that the children of people, who had once occupied stations in life as high as any of those held by the Magistrates around the present board, were not to be associated with profligates; and that the notion must be rooted out of the minds of the poor, that the authorities over them were neglectful of that which the law entitled them to receive. He saw something daily of the poor. No man in the community saw more of them. And he would say this, that he found them to be a people easly managed. He believed that there was more charity among them : more disinterested generosity from the poor to the poor, than was manifested by any other dais of persons, and that more sacrifices were made from indigence than were made from abundance. And yet it was lamentable to think that there were apartments in the wealthy town of Liverpool, in which a notorious character lived, and was compelled to live, with decent married people, b ecause , as was a ll ege d, s h e would not 4i quiet elsewhere ; because the Governer had not had any Orthat healthful assistance which he ought to have been afforded ; and because the man's health had been broken d his mind injured by the continued anxiety he had endured bddre even he (Mr. R.) had made any representation on the subject. He contended, that the Select Vestry had not ven tured to deny any of his statements, with the exception of two, which two be would call witnesses to prove, and that he did not believe anything had been dune in the shape of im provement. He bad been given to understand, that all those who were anxious for improvement had been dismissed from the Select Vestry. Some of them were present, with whom he was not acquainted, but who had communicated with him on the subject; one of them was Mr. Mould, another was Mr. Walker, the parochial auditor. With respect to the partial denial of the prevailing immorality in the house, which the report of the Select Vestry contained, when it said that those acts were only " occasional," he had only to assure the Bench that they were systematic, that they could not be avoided, and that of their existence there could be no doubt, inasmuch as they had been admitted to him by the Governor, eight months before. Fortunately, Mr. Heywood Jones, the magistrate, was present at the time the conversation passed, and, in consequence of being unable to attend the meeting, had written to him the substance of it from recollection. Mr. Rushton here read Mr. Jones's letter. Dear Sir,—l am going out of town to-day, and shall not be able to attend the meeting of the magistrates. I send you, enclosed,a statementof what occurred some months ago, at the Sessions-house, respecting the Workhouse, and have endeavoured to repeat the general statements to you as well as I can recollect them ; and, even at this distance of time, they were so extraordinary that I can venture to affirm that they are substantially correct. R. HEYWOOD JONES Liverpool, February 9, 1843. TILE STATEMENT I happened to be on the bench eight or nine months ago, when some girls were brought up before Mr. Rushton for assaulting the officers of the Workhouse. I was present during the examination. The girls were committed to prison for the offence. After the examination, the governor came into the magistrates' room, and conversed with Mr. Rushton some time as to the state of the Workhouse. He made several statements, which surprised•rne much, as to the im morality going on there. I remember, among other things, that he stated the mothers, and in some instances the grand mothers, of the girls that had been brought before us that morning had been born in the Workhouse. He said that on Sunday evenings the scenes that had been going on in the yards were disgusting. * Mr. Rushton then proceeded to ask whether he had bean rash or harsh, under circumstances like these, in endeavour ing to get the matter quietly reformed, and in endeavouring to spare himself the pain, and the public the pain and the shame of learning such staterneuts ? He conceived that he had done his duty to the parochial board and the feeling of the town, in having sought the reform with the least ssible inconvenience in the first instance, and in havin g sought, at any rate, that reform afterwards. _He thought the Select Vestry had not dealt fairly with the public authorities in not examininz the governor, who could have told them of the existence of the state of things described. However. al though the subject excited him a good deal, he had studied that neither the subject itself, nor his own position, should induce him to indulge in any very strong condemnation of individuals ; and therefore he abstained. He had now laid before the bench his knowledge of the house. They saw how it had been acquired ; and, as guardians of the public morals and laws of the country, it became the magistrates not to let a single day elapse without instituting those measures which would prevent this most grievous wrong—this most immoral and irreligious state of things—from being continued. They should at once tell the parish of Liverpool that such things should last no longer, and that the Workhouse should be made fit for the reception of the poor. Their authority to do this was beyond all question. They were visitors of the house ex officio. They were now made acquainted with the case by one of their own body, much of his knowledge hav ing been personally acquired, more of it having been obtained from the testimony of others; and if they interfered not, they would be responsible, inasmuch as they were in the same situation as the parochial authorities themselves. Mr. Rush ton having read the depositions of the female, Elizabeth Ashton, which were taken by the clerk at the Police Court, and in which she stated that, a fortnight since, the females had been endeavouring to break a hole in the wall with a poker, in order to open a communication with the male ward, contended that this deposition alone showed manifestly that the objectionable state of things still continued, and that no remedy had been applied. He asked whether men were fit to be trusted with the care of human beings who would per mit such doings to take place, even after the facts had be come publicly notorious through the press? lie concluded by assuring the meeting that it was his wish the Select Vestry and the parochial authorities should be represented by legal Mr. Lowndes the present occasion, and, if necessary, that authority on should be there to watch the testimony, and by regretting that none of them had chosen to attend. The Rev. Mr. CRAGG, the Chaplain of the Workhouse, here intimated his wish to explain with reference to the charge of the inmates having got over the wall. He said, that even if they succeeded in getting over it, they would have found difficulty afterwards in effecting an entrance into the Probationary Ward. The MAYOR thought that the Chaplain's explanations would be more in place at a subsequent stage of the proceed- Mr. RUSHTO N said, th a t upon re f ere nce to the statement in the London Times, it would he seen that he had cautiously abstained from blaming any individual. He blamed the system. He believed the system was so much fraught with evil that it was impossible, almost, for either chaplain or officer to do his duty. Mr. Anctx questioned whether they, as a bench, would be doing justice to themselves if they sought to have the mat ters which had come before Mr. Rus hton confirmed by testimony. Mr. RustrtoN said, that if he had himself been cognisant of all the facts, additional testimony might, perhaps, have been rendered unnecessary. But he was not cognisant; for instance, of the alleged prevention of 'the females from church. He had merely been informed of the circumstance, and wished to hear evidence on the subject. Mr. AIKIN still thought that sufficient evidence was before the bench in the details given by Mr. Rushton, and that the desired object would be fully accomplished when Mr. Rush ton's statement should have gone forth to the public. Mr. RUSHTON again urged the desirableness of having evi dence given with respect to the prevention from church and the withholding of the Bible ; and after a short conversation, John Clarke was called and examined. He said that when he entered the Workhouse, in September last, he was put into the Probationary Ward, where were three men and four teen boys, and where he had been subject to great annoyances, in consequence of the boys having been in the habit of going round the beds with fire in their hands, at night, and singing obscene songs. He applied to the Governor to be removed into another ward, but the application was refused. He ap plied for a Bible to the Chaplain, who promised faithfully that he should have one, but he never received it. He then sent Galloway, the officer over him, to the Governor for one, but be never got it. The inmate in the ward were not al lowed to go to Church on Tuesday nights, whereas all the in mates in other wards were. The Rev. Mr. CRAGG said that he had referred the witness to the Governor for a Bible, because he did not himself keep Bibles for distribution. At the time the witness applied to him on the subject, he took it for granted that the man must have had a Bible in his bedroom. This, subsequently, turned out to have been the fact, for he had been seen not only read ing, but walking about with a Bible under his arm. Evi dence to this effect had been given before the Select Vestry. Mr. Rushton asked why, if there was a Bible in the ward, the Chaplain had not told the man so when he asked him for one ? The Rev. Mr. CRAGG said he took it for granted that the witness wanted the book, not for his own private use, but as a gift. There was a rule of the house, that Bibles should not be given as gifts, except under particular circumstances, such as, when persons were leaving the house. Mr. RusllTorr asked whether the witness was going to leave at the time he made the application? The Rev. Mr. CI AGG said that he did not know. Mr. RUSHTON asked whether the Chaplain was prepared to declare that the day the application was made there was a Bible in the ward ? The Rev. Mr. CHACO said he had only the impression that there was. He did not attend the meeting for the purpose of advocating anything that was wrong. He assured the bench that the matter had been fully sifted before the Select Vestry, and that the witness had been pointed out to him by Gallo way as a troublesome person. Clarke here admitted that there was a Bible in the other ward, and that there was only one Bible for the use of tfie . two wards, but he added, that when be had been in the act of reading that Bible on one occasion, a man of the name of Carroll came up to him and said, " You yellow b-r, that Bible belongs to our ward," and then took it out of his hand. Mr. RATHBONE asked whether the chaplain did not think it his duty to see whether the man wanted the Bible to read it or to give it away, or for any other purpose ? He thought the highly responsible office of chaplain required that he per formed his duties diligently and properly. The Rev. Mr. CRAGG did not think it necessary to have those remarks made on his character as a clergyman. He was responsible to his diocesan, the rectors, and the church wardens for the manner in which he performed his duties. His duty had been laid down by the poor-law commissioners, and he had endeavoured faithfully to discharge it. Mr. JOSHUA lIENSHAW, a member of the Select Vestry, stated', that Galloway had informed him he had gotten him self into a scrape about the Bible, and that the Governor would be angry with him, if he acknowledged that he had asked him for a Bible and was refused it. Galloway was then called. He stated, that there were thirty inmates in the ward in which the Bible was said to have been, and, that when he asked the Governor for a Bi ble for Clarke, he had been unable to get it for a few days. Mr. M'Cummen, Honorary Surgeon to the Workhouse, said he had seen the statement in the London Times, as made by Mr. Rushton, and that he believed that statement to be correct. He was of opinion that the sleeping arrange ments between the males and the probationary wards were decidedly injurious to health, and doubly so on the score of morality. He had frequently made reports on the state of the Workhouse, the recommendations of which. in some in stances, had been carried into effect, but not in everything. Elizabeth Ashton, the female pauper, was next examined. She corroborated the several statements made by Mr. Rushton as to the prevention of the girls from going to church, the getting over the wall, and the braking through the partition with a poker. Mr. NIGHTINGALE, surgeon, coincided in opinion with Mr. M'Culloch, that the arrangements of the dormitories, so far as the male adults were concerned, was objectionab e, but said that this did not apply to the females to the same extent. Mr. MOULD referred to a report which bad been printed, and signed by the medical officers of the institution, and said that the facts which had come out in evidence when that re port was being prepared were of a disgusting and abominable nature. Mr. NIGHTINGALE thought there was sufficient evidence before the bench to show that immorality prevailed, and that the cause of that immorality was the total want of classifi cation. Mr. MOULD said, that when the report had been drawn up, the juvenile paupers were sleeping two and three together in a bed. Mr. RUSHTON thought it unnecessary to enter into details, the more particularly as the existence of the immorality was admitted. The whole case seemed distinctly to show, that a total alteration of the dormitories was needed ; and that a total and entire reform of the whole system had been ren dered necessary. He was happy to say, that about a year and a half before, the Board of Guardians had removed 200 of the children to Low-hill old Workhouse, and that the change had been full of blessin g s to them of all ki n d s . Mr. WALKER, the Parochi a l Auditor, expressed his regret that the schools which were directed to be built at Kirkdale, and for which money was borrowed, and interest was being now paid by the parish, had not been commenced last sum mer, because, if they had, hundreds of the unfortunate in mates might now be there. All the strangers were here directed to withdraw, with the exception of The Rev. Mr. CRAGG, who said he could not possibly be responsible for the immoralities which had been described, inasmuch as there existed not any connexion between them and his duties. He had been at the Workhouse for about 15 months, and he had gone through the building and pointed out everything to Mr. Rushton. He never was aware of the immoralities to the extent he had that day heard them described. He had pointed out the state of the wall to Mr. Rushton in March last. The MAYOR.—You were then aware of what had oc curred? The Rev. Mr. CRAGG —Decidedly The MAYOR.—Then had you any communication with the rectors, the churchwardens, or the bishop of the diocese, on the subject ? Did you tell them that those offences against morals and religion were going on in the house? The Rev. Mr. CRAGG.—I did not think itnecessary to communicate with any person except the governor. My duties are distinct. I think the governor is the proper per son to look to the internal arrangements. My duty is to endeavour to stem the vice that is there, to do all I can for the morals of the people ; and when I hear of anything improper, I immediately communicate it to the governor, and my duty is discharged by that communication, or by communicating it to the vestry or Board of Guardians. The MAYOR.—Did you mention it to Rector Campbell? The Rev. Mr. CRAGG.—I do not think I did, but I com municated it to others. I look upon myself as the instructor in morals, and keep myself distinct from the management. I was not aware of the prohibition of the females from church. Mr. HARVEY.—Did you communicate to the governor that parties had been scaling the wall ? ...... _ _ The Rev. Mr. CRAGG.—the governor communicated it to Mr. HARVEY.—Did you communicate it to the Select Vestry ? The Rev. Mr. CRAGG.—The governor communicates every thing of the kind. I hold myself distinct. Mr. HARVEY.—Did he communicate it? The Rev. Mr. CRAGG.—I don't know. It would be very unfair and unjust that my office should be mixed up with any arrangements. Mr. HARVEY.---1 want not to mix up your office with any thing; I merely wish to know whether you communicated it to the Select Vestry ? The Rev. Mr. CRAGG.—It was not my place. The MAYOR.—Say "Yes" or "No." The Rev. Mr. CRAGG.—Why, individually I did, but not generally. The MAYOR.--NOt officially ? The Rev. Mr. CRAGG.-1 did not consider it, sir, my duty. The MAYOR.—llid it never occur to you that it was your duty to tell the bishop or the rectors that you had been called upon to labour among a people w h o were o ff en ding against morality in this manner, and that it might be pre vented by proper classification ? The Rev. Mr. CRAGG : I never considered it my duty to do so, unless I was specially called upon to make a statement as to the moral condition of the poor. Mr. HODGSON : Suppose these matters came under your own knowledge, and that you had no doubt of their exis tence ; and suppose you had communicated the information to the governor, that time elapsed, and that the gover nor was taking no steps to prevent the evil; then, as a ma gistrate, I ask you, would you or would you not have thought it your duty to take ulterior steps? I would be obliged to youfor a definite and precise reply to this question. _ - The Rev. Mr. CRAGG: If I did not know that sufficient means were taken to prevent the evil, I should then take other means. Mr. RUSH TON felt it right to say that many of the mem bers of the board had always evinced a most anxious desire to enforce a change, and that Mr. Renshaw had done his best to alleviate the condition of the inmates. Mr. Rushton then called attention to the law applicable to the case. and said the magistrates were empowered to summon the offend ing party, where the rules had not been observed, or to cer tify at the Quarter Sessions, Mr. HOUGSOI4 then moved the first resolution, which, with the others, will be found in our advertising columns. Upon the motion of Mr. RUSHTON, a vote of thanks was given to the Mayor; and the meeting was adjourned to Fri day, the 10th March. Mr. Peter Ainsworth has declined to retire from the repre sentation of Bolton, as requested by a number of his con stituents. A SLIGHT MISTAKE.--111 the case of Little v. Comyn, the Dublin Court of Delegates, on Thursday week, pro nounced the alleged will of the late Mr. Comyn in favour of Mrs. Little, a London there arnie, with whom he had re sided, to be a forgery, and fabricated to the prejudice of his own family. This is agreeable news to the friends and relatives of the deceased, whose family, the very evening be fore the judgment, offered Mrs. Little an annuity of £250, a sum of £3,000 in cash, and payment of her costs, which this luckless " lady" had the fatuity to reject, and thus has lost all. CHURCH RATES.—On Wednesday last, H. J. Si; Fust, the Judge of the Arches C our t, pronounced an important judgment on this subject. He observed that it had been . declared by high authority i n the recen t B r ai n t ree case , b o th in the Court of Queen's Bench and in the Exchequer Cham ber, that the Ecclesiastical Courts had jurisdiction in suits for repair of churches, and for enforcing rates made for that purpose. It was equally indisputable that the duty of the parishioners to repair the parish-church was a common -lacy obligation, from which they could not relieve themselves, and that they might be compelled to discharge that obliga tion by ecclesiastical censures. The only question in this case was whether the citation should set forth generally the nature and description of the offence imputed to the party. or should specify all the circumstances. The p ractice of the court was, that the citation should set forth the general de scription of the offence sufficiently to enable the party to know what charge he had to meet. Here the defend ant was charged with " and contumaciously" (those words implying that it had been done in disobedience to a monition of the court) obstructing the making of a rate , and with refusing to join in making a "sufficient " rate for the "ne cessary" repairs of the church. This amounted to an eccle siastical o ff en c e , fo r which any individual parishioner, by whose obstruction and refusal the duty cast by the law upon the parish was left unfulfilled, might be proceede d against in the Ecclesiastical Courts. He therefore overruled the de t.endant's protest, and assigned the defendant to appear ab holutely. THEATRE-ROYAL It will be perceived that Mr. W. J. Hannnot nounced his intention of taking his benefit on evening next, when Mr. William Farren and M will make their appearance in the destine Marriage," and the farce of hardly necessary to extol the either of these two i well known for us ti Ledy of ever, say a word in favour of the Ie deserves a liberal and generous patr seen Mr. W. J. Hammond at his ing and toiling, both mentally r hope of being able to produce so _ public taste, will admit, and freely too, t badly supported during the last two very tryi the hardness of the times, the badness of I scarcity of money, have operated more stro than any other cause; in fact, they are the td Corr seasons not proving so productive as might hr. pected. We have been amongst those who mended a reduction of the prices of the house, it were, the times. But when we consider the la company, the efficient orchestra, and the cape which every thing has been produced, it is q by reduction, to meet any pressure of bad t little hesitation in saying, from a long co in theatrical matters, that were the I placed in any leading thoroughfare in t its company as it stands, it would b popular of them metros tractic THE THEATRI . Mr. Copeland, of the Liver Theatre, Ils lowing address, in reply to Mr. Hammond, STANDARD of Tuesday last:— " Mr. W. J. Hammond having delivered at Theatre Royal, Williamson-square, wherein , frequently mentioned, and since not only publ, newspapers, but also caused copies of it to be pr neral circulation, I have thought it necessary tc remarks in reply—snot in defence—for it must la every impartial reader that none is required; yet nal invective and abuse which Mr. Hammond ii under the disguise of a public address, and a sense to that public who have so liberally supported me duous struggle I am engaged in, imperatively re should contradict those assertions, might prejudice me in your good opinion. " Mr. Hammond stated, that when I was the Theatre-Royal, Manchester, in 1833, notices the actors at the minor theatre (the Queen's): my most strenuous efforts to close it. This i deliberate falsehood, made use of to cover me of that obloquy which has justly sunk him in tion. Notices were served on the actors, a t t' the proprietors of the Theatre-Royal ; • proceedings were stopped, at my earnest reauest. I than, them for the protection they offered, but told them, if I us the strong arm of the law to close the doors of the Queen Theatre, the reaction of public opinion would speedily si the doors of mine, and that I would rather meet them or fair ground of honourable competition. This vas both theatres continued open—mutual courtesy was and even assistance rendered to each other; and at of the season, I had the gratification of receivin, vote of thanks for my managemen., from the props, the Theatre-Royal, and an offer for a renewal of the ten. on my own security. For the truth of this statement, I refer the public to Stevenson, Esq., solicitor, Manchester - was then, and is now, secretary to the proprietors of t. Theatre -Royal; and to Mr. Henry Beverley, who was the manager of the Queen's, and is now acting manager at the Theatre -Royal Adelphi, London. " Mr. Hammond states I have been under obligations to him. I freely admit it : but should THAT close the doors of the Royal Liver Theatre ? " The exposure of private family matters to • tiny must be as uninteresting as contemptible, possibly show that the weight of obligation was p, balanced. " I took no hostile position in opening the Live on the contrary, even after Mr. Hammond had p paragraph, which, by intimidating my company, t to ruin my season, Mrs. Copeland called upon M mond. to renew those feelings of goodwill and - should have been reciprocated ; but was rude' driven from the house. , " Mr. Hammond calls himself am sure he deserves the title. Had 1 tion of the value of those attributes, ornament the human character, delicacy of It keen sense of honourable conduct,' he could • seended so low as to betray the confider which, u and fur a plain blun he the slight which disti hat I used tors of ALItC scr )r I cou tty equa expose the obligations of a retaiwc. " If Mr. Hammond, in the course of our long can prove me guilty of a single dishonest o r t action, I will lay down my management, ____ the Liver Theatre, and never again insult the public of Li verpool with my presence. " Will Mr. Hammond undergo a similar ordeal- the like results .' close tt doors of " I do not exactly understand the epithet ( but if it applies to me in the managernen Theatre, it must apply to Mr. Hammond in the IT of the Theatre Royal. of the Liver ,gement " Mr. Hammond asks you to support him as a manager, foa the sake of his wife and seven children. I have a wife and five children, but I ask you to support me as a manager, only so long as you think I have sufficient tact and skill to conduct your theatrical amusements. . . " 1 feel an honest pride in the position in which circum stances and your favour have placed me, and appeal only to your impartiality and justice." Since the new tariff has come into operation, nearly 1,000 bullocks have been landed at the port of Southampton from France and Spain. 3 occur POPERY AND THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPL.. Missionary Herald gives the following account of retire which took place on that island some days sine, " The priest, apprehending that his flock were not much dis posed to pay their fees, secured the windows and stood at the door, aided by four able assistants, to demand money from the people as they left the chapel. Some of the congrega• tion. :however, managed to elude the priest's vigilance, by effecting an escap e f rom t h e c h ape l th r ough one of the wit . Bows which they found op en . Some accomplished `' ject, but one unfortunate person, a woman, after jump, from the window, stuck in the mud outside, where she w caught by the priest, who flogged her soundly with his horse whip." COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, LONDON.—RE WRIGHT AND CO., BANKERS.—In the Court of Bankruptcy, London, on Saturday, John Wright, the principal partner in the lat banking-house of Wright and Co., of Henrietf Covent-garden, London, applied to Mr. Commissio royd for his certificate, on which judgment had been ( from day to day. The circumstances of the bankruptcy well known. The bankrupt was a shareholder in above sixty different companies, most of them bubbles, and his losses, being enormous, he appropriated the funds of the house to meet them. Large sums of trust money were thus applied without the knowledge of the other partners, and great in convenience and misery were thereby produced. The learned Commissioner, after going through all the circumstances, stated that the certificate must be refused. The bankrupt is a man in advanced years DEATH BY SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. —The insp._ Monmouth gaol, in their report of 1812, state the follow. instance of death produced by solitary confinement in that prison. It is as follows :—On the 12th of February, 1812, a man died apparently from fright. He was put into a soli tary cell, and was found dead the next morning. There were no indications of the cause. excepting congestion of the brain. There was a rumour that the cell was haunted. lie was a fine and powerful man. The verdict was, " Died of apoplexy, produced by the effect of a superstitious dread of solitary confinement." Some of the p risoners h eard him c' out. The turnkey thought him rather low. Placed him in the cell. On the previous u.., had told the cook that he w as going inhabits.yt,winsoteonpstigoislnitkzaiirlylreecdtoutarnntii neighbours gave information, O and that he feared he ne ver should live th e weekn hisit's own premises. I T lis he hi a d T d e i r d E t h E a x t c t h i s e r E e m w A a zi s ' o ' s u o i m p e o o N n E e . — walking w t e h e e k r e a . ' n ' delinquent, severity one. n f o eu a .s s e ,sa a on l ml idn t e, o to w of nsh save s n v eg t o h t oh e de V . en o ca s tt g rue e r s i e. d h d a un d t measures and the head of the oc troi, a man rema rkable for dhoetweermveira,edhetaordgoertandheseianrtcelnittiohne,parehmd ac cordingly. He placed one of the carcases in a child' s cra dl e , and covered it over ver y neatl y with a sheet himself by its side and awaited the i ntended visit. quilt, placed visit' The mo ment he heard steps approac hin g he commenced gently rock ing the cradle, and when interrogated as to the alleged f rau d, cleric he desired the head of t h e o c t roi and his to search the house. Nothing bei n g found t o criminate h announce d their intention of going IV to the the visitors re quired the owner of the house to accompany garret, and re fused, alleging that th e chil d could not them. He w ithout crying out dreadfully. " Oh, if that be left a momen t the other), you must leave the child in is the c ase ( sa id c you must show me up stairs. Theare of my clerk, f o r w illingly, complied, laying strict inju man, thou g h ver y un to cease moving the cradle for a sing i nctions on the cl er k no t e was made, but without effect, and moment. The s— 'en they des/ clerk was still gravely performing vhis e ff e ctually, as he observed, that the child child never u single cry.—Galignani's Messenge r . Box's DESCRIPTION OF THE tween five and six in the morning, FALLS OF NIAGAR where we breakfasted ; and being we arrived at wait patiently anywhere else, we too near the Great morning at nine. * * set off by the train I listened for the roar ; and Whenever the trap eyes in the direction where I knew was constantly str: seeing the river rolling on the falls must expecting to behold the s towards them ; ever stopping, I saw two e pray. 'Within a few mit' majestically from thegd at white clouds rising At length length we alighted , e pths of the earth. '. the mighty rush of viva; and then, for the first time, I h neath my feet. The b water, and felt the ground tremble r with rain and half -melted was very steep, and was down, but I was soon ice. I hardly know h. English officers oa at the bottom, and climbing %% some broken who were crossing, and had joined ine the spray, andwet rocks, deafened by the noise, half bliudet to . the skin. N . Ve were at the foot of t American f a ll . I could see an immense torrent of watt tearing headlong down from some great height, but had no idea of shape, or situation, or anything but vague immensity. When we were seated in the little ferry-boat, and were cross. ing the swollen river immediately before both cataracts, began to feel w it what• • as ' but I was in a manner stu nner and unabl e t o comprehend the vastness of the scene. It w not until I came on Table Rock, and looked—great heave on what a fall in its full might and majesty. Then, when I felt ho w r to my Creator I was standing—the first effect, and th during one—instant and lasting—of the tremendou, '-spirits s nur& That v de was peace—peace of mind—tranquillity —calm reconee. tion of the dead—great thoughts of eternal rest and happi ness : nothing of gloom or terror. Niagar was at to remain onCi stamped upon my heart an imag e of beauty ; then changeless and indelible unt il its pulses cease to beat for ever. Oh, how strife and trouble of our daily life receded from my view, and lessened in the distance, during the ten memorable days we passed on that enchanted ground ! What voices spoke from out the thundering water; what faces faded from the earth looked out upon me from its gleaming gorgeous arches which the depths: what heavenly promise glistened in those angel's tears, the drops of many hues that showered around and thlenever stirred in all that time ethwainneg,dingthreaminsbelovwess mabaodueil from the Canadian side, whither I had gone at first. I never crossed the river again • for I knew ther e were p eo p le on the o th er shore, and in such a place it is natural to shun strange company. To wander to and fro all day, and see the cata racts from all points of view ; to stand upon the edge of the r n o g ug cl i o i down the i ; gr eat Horse Shoe Fa ll, marking the hurried water gath er i ng streng th as it approac hed the verge, yet seeming, too, to pause before it shot i nto the gulf below ; to gaze u p on the t r o i v c e l r i ' n s a. l etvheel neighbouring o t u h r e i ng torrent,heights, as i a t n c d a m watche streaming a t m th i trees, and see the wreathing water to the rapids hurrying on to take its fearful p lun g e; to linger in the shadow of the river, as, d, and awok e beneath the su r f ace me lighted b solemn rock s three miles below, watching the s tirred by no visib le cause, it heaved and eddie d , t h e echoes, being trou bled y et far dow n by its giant leap; to have Nia g ara before Y the y sun and by the moon red in the (lay's decline, and - ev ening slowly fell upon it ; to look upongre anas ceaseless a wake up in the night and hear its it every day, s voice d : this was e nough !