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VartiXnuntarr 3?,rartttiing6 HOUSE OF LORDS.-TRURSD Lord CAMP Lord WnAI which he thought it would pared to r ort to le I, govern ences that migh to remed GHAM and Ea: o expressed then e lord. re answer of the table were Drwarde d a stage, and their adjourned )USE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY S GRAHAM, in rer to a question from iNir , mat it the appeal now pending in the House of Lords should be affirmed, and if that affirmation should —that of crippling the ision and dis- anticipated from it and in carrying out its ex din a letter from the Home Secre- ly. olution: ed the following !I Measures submitte ers to his M s act the board ance of r poor, a grad s forme eat resolution a cruel and impra The fourth resolution Law Comm after the passing of thl all have power, by an order, w e thong' than in a wo s wool as been aeco kind,—after lat after such ed in quantity unto to disallow the contint egulated in such aid board of controul shall be deter- d be to reduce -door relief should could t That at an ,troul s other Period it gulationsenforc rued the t system of administering relief had various kinds of tyr The fifth and last thinks it expedient existing system as sha, r perm, at. mode of relief was the relief should be_altered in uteri for ,ese measures as to C tion should be made in ed, basis of the present rovisions to ha' serted that the effects of the pre- o demand such a !en to imt conformable Christianity, sound policy, and the ancient constitution of The honourable member commented strong )positions, which had in effect ted upon and carried at in most parts or the lom, as f Lciple acted upor Sir J AMES GRAHAM said the document n. gentleman had been drawn up by th :d by the poor law commissions e shape to eir propositions :ed, and onfidetice to a friend of period of ten The fact was that the document was brut as was practicable ie professional ad- ,rs in order to Ahoy twenty ember's, which ght under the con f the of Lord Grey's Government, and sitions were rejected The right hcn was not pposed to Christianity nor d policy, and he should therefore meet the me n with iegative V AKLEY said it was now hat some m ster in infamous propositions, and 3f Earl Grey. He human shape had drawn up thes had submitted them to the Governme was himself in the habit of constantly mixing with the lower of societ and he was therefor, at the law ad engenC the very worst fc working towards the wealthier classes of the community Nought throughout the kingdom, that on the - at the Conservatives to power, if no 0i1... _ 1, that at all events the present system of poor law wouit. It was t benefit been got rid of ; and those gentlemen _,- would at the next general election _dying so grievously disappointed public expectation. Nr. BORTHWICK supported the motion of Mr. Walter. Mr. AGLIONBY would vote for the motion also, but in so ing wished to be considered as supporting the spirit of the solutions only, and not tied down to the exact words , in ght rely I feel the of it that the that sput od in its principle, but some of its provisions were at they had, in many parts of the countr r.hl. condition of the rendered r still more deplorable, and bad, at. the e, given no satisfaction to tt SIBTHORP said be bad a great esteem for the ho n for the way in which he had brougl forward this motion, and strongly condemned the way i uciple with kind of were un- rs had been appointe anny, and ever: Dugh in many porn e old poor law with ould advocate a return to S. WORTLEY said that 1 the resolutions he concurred with the hon :ontended that the present out of the pal, )f the constitu ower of thr which he had brought efore the house, he Could not support his mo- persons sitting at Souaer- t rncon t the present poor law was no )r harsh in its operatio❑ re never had bee rich the Minist :es. and sometimes inc 1 this c r some further argumer 4r. Ag that it was )f Enzaoeta The workhouse test adopted in the new poor law, for oduced in the 9th of George I, and r an unconstitutional princi- deprecated the production of such as that quoted by Mr. iconvenient to ti Govern- f the da ad not re- !ommunications from various ply to Mr. Walter with the new poor law yarning tae nous- Lord J. MANNERS supported the resolutions, in order the support of the poor might be placed on constitutional and ,hristtan principles. Mr. MUNTZ attributed the late insurrections in the north a great measure to the aversion of the people to the poor iw ; and would, therefore, support the motion Sir W. JAMES opposed xpressed his opinion that ae motion at at the sa FERRAND liquitoc ices of the c w, and r having rsty. He related nume: ressive work ng we to the union of K sheviu, that all he Mr. S. CRAW Ft D gay e resolutions of Mr. Walter f a parish in wh The rest the new of Mr. )f this w s strictly correct ted by rates upon adjoining pa nstanced the case ited to 225. in the at the poor had to be sup ishes, and the lands had Ipers themsel possession of mined to let the lands so s, pay stantly improving their condition—and there a single able-bodied ring all that pe MILLS said, surance of Sir James 3, that those propositions did not f e new poor law From . E contained Grey. H e could not ass Is own experie a rried out on he suggestions sent to luite agreed !mitt benefit of the Sir C. NAP totment system. R. said he believed xients of Mr. Mott wert iieved that those of Mr. Fer notion before could deny that the unchristian as those ..._ , S. Crawford as to the I were incorrect. That bon was never able to prove a was in the motion of Mr. Walter. _ Mr. BLACKSTONE contended that creased since the new poor law had corn at miler was more remarkable one of U should su nto ope ration, am 'tura]. than the manufacturing districts. Mr : WALTER replied, and said be did not feel ort the bound to tell Sir James Graham how scandalous document from which he h c might say, tha Marked public ;tanced fidential, and also that no docuu,,._ expense should be considered confidential. He the poor law committee, of which he was a member, taken evidence which was found to be adverse to the c of those who were the founders of the committee, upon which Sir James Graham had proposed, and the proposition was agreed to, that the whole of that day's evidence should expunged. Was every one who might allude to that be charged with violating confidence? The' n said that in accordance with th ds he should withdraw all his res, -hich he would take the sense of was then cleared for a divisio inions n. niem De .e wishes of some of ,tions exce e g a tive - d by a majority of 126 to 58. V. BLASE moved for a committee of the whole house away improvement, formation of harbours, an im d route by steam communication with North America, s t r ess of the country, the corn law, and the sliding ; but upon the recommendation of Sir R. Peel and Lord the motion was withdrawn. ,071:ICITOR-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in two the improvement of the law in certain cases. then adjourned HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY Earl of MINT° moved for various returns connected ',regent state of our navy, and required explanations s that there had !en less shi -building last in the face of ha n was expected, and why it was that ecrease in ship -building, a reduced vote was proposed taken for the present year. In other departments there ,1 rn he reductions, of which he also required GTON doubted if the information e earl should be given. NGTON said be had not received suffi .prit of information required, and hoped • arl of H.►DDING 3 build new as adopts a future evening d Given. H his motion 'esent state of busi- r . and conc luded by mo ving for e reason there was less ;ed was, that it was hnilt in good estimate for the )rd gave f Wi.LLI on ought not defence of their respec- ad published to th hole world informa- ave been communicated, and which schievous to the countr ended his right f MINT, HOtis nification for th the contisc Lord J. Russ The CHANCELLOR settlement of these di Le Chinese treat emands was The order of the day for goir was the❑ rea Mr. Hum Mr. WILLIAM xisting 3ntend, A before the boos prior to d pension's, and insisted o conform to the re Sir•R. PEEL rs had reserved ere before them for dis, crease in naval pe ndependent funds formed. for widows and orphans mendation of a Parliana artance of endeavour countr within the limits of its ier matters n powers and the the coast of Chir 4editerranean fore faith and fee g up deeply st was span and, notwitt newspapers in I those who were clamarou nd ordnance estimates, it wa a to ass )ugh depender sidered a and he he was Sir G. STA Mr. S. HERBERT determined to 3oaid of Admiralt the previous funeti father's a political Mr. C. WOOD S restrained from doi NAPIER re,grf should have After some f Lord PALMERST seen made out wt It was another appointed i^ t. derations. ralty should so proper that they courtesy in 0: stood Mr. Hoskin ss of the let terri tor REBECCA AND 2,—On Monday strates and tanner Clear's, th xhen the former a tory. ice of N. discuss wickedness of their r !ontended serious consequences ilk, severing in such a cot of county ,ck they COLCH ESTEr :d natural that the A ,tained of ti m the Admit the road titch, Ila Hoskins did not n hon. baronet cc pointed) had th ed to cons Mr. I ,A BO( on. baronet ransac BA RING motion to be negatived BLaWITT asked for intorr Males to be taken by h North A :can bou Sir R. PEEL said that a: countries The house then went into corn Mr. S. HERBERT brought for appeared from the statement of is to be a reduction of 4.000 me is equivalent to a saving of XI , the navy estimates would he £-i that after this saving the nay EQUEV sented by that the the ratification g into committee of f the c try shoulc f the kingdom Government should lay its se in bait- le accounted for the in sed char th the recom- lmitted the e expenditure of the also income, but disposition of I force on ,nce on the good lowertt in the maintenar sed army, na .ct a reduct. Ity to Mr st certainly Mr. ess. The right )n ap alvvays dnrove of t' I that had I ee❑ con- .itore ttie allow his rents of the two d the navy estimates. It gentleman that there Inch present ye Phe total ing on ne was of o s held hemselves from cularly in ti. o pay to t At even On that % aol tak e. The magistrate m indignant " No !" world that if towns von have en& ered it eomanr aughan, on t at I broke, a Sunday, charged vi e, upon Llwynnryssi, of the vat ,ersons w Called Llanda to Swansea XTRAORDIN ARY C e murder of has " The Sw cry out 1 On Mr D have been set upon by th, red, and the key of the gE who, it appeared, was a nati in Jamaica ever since sue was iive years or age , wan the f am ily of her uncle, Captain Macpherson, of the British Queen, bound to China, Sweden, Rome, and Madeira, and she had large expectations. About eighteen months ago she arrived in England, with Miss Grove, a friend of her uncle, ' • for the purpose of p' ately took lodg' ning she lg attired far when a you a Scot. nd, b u nimedi- fe in Ja a native of ca. He enquired I: " Caroline Macpherson," and she was niece to Captain Macpherson, of the British Queen, and she had come from Jamaica with Miss Grove and Captain Hooking. Tht. young gentleman said that his name was James Hayward, and his father was a gentleman of large fortune residing at Aylesbury. lie was intimately acquainted with her ch she consented .ent, wF iey were married Pensitle Chapel. . . to the n iage they proceeded to Calais, and months on the most kind an d at'- ) her marriage she was to have re- Grove, hut she declined doing so terms. I Miss Grove rc nronertv. TI .e at Calais turned to Dover, anc y after ngs at a daughter ultimately cal uld trace nc d suet -SQUARI THEATRE ROYAL, WILT HIS present TUESDAY EVE the Comedy of '.HE JEALOIS. ii insta 0ak1,17.... Mr. Ternan. I Mrs. Oakley Lord Trinket .. Mrs. Fe After which, the Drama of OLD AND YOUNG. In which Miss Fanny Ternan, the celebrated Juvenile Ac tress, will perform THE Four. MOWBRAYS. To conclude with THE LAST MAN THEATRE ROYAL, ILLIAM SON-SQUARE MR. STUART. FOR THE BENEFIT OF On which occasiot Miss FANNY TERNAN, (the Juvenile Actress,) Mr. STUART, Mr. TERNAN, Mr. BROWNE, and Mrs. TERNAN, will sustain principal character O N MONDAY next, the 6th March, will be performed the Play of t DY OF LYONS Stuart, Mrs. Ternan original character here ich, the Interlude of )NATION. SMr. Ternan Lord Henr Lady Julia, Madame La Governaute, To he followed by the Farce of THE SPOILED CHILD. In which Miss Fal;7y Ternan will appear as Little Pickle, Dance a Sailor's Hornpipe, and Sing the Songs, " Since then I'm doomed," and " I am a bold and sprightly lad." The whole to conclude with Shakspere's KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. Petruchio Katherine TO ME ;.CHANTS, BROKERS, &c The largely increased and most respectable circulation which the 7uesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has now obtained anongst the mercantile body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable Izich it possesses, upon the favor of that portion f the mercantile c unity of Liverpo of who desire to ents before the notice of buyers in brznq t advert ionbouring manufacturing districts. In most of he surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARD is steadily increasing In Manchester, however, the centre of the manufacturing district, publication of lay—occurring upon the most inz- portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country manu facial spinners, ant calico printers—is firmly es- ed in circulation, and is perused with increased and increasin encouraging circumstances, we trust to receive an increased measure of support from the rner- chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affords as great pleasure to assure those of cur friends amongst those classe 'ho have hitherto bestowed their adver- tisiny favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability to do justice to the interests committed to their care, TO CORRESPONDENTS The omission noticed by " G. Y. T." is provoking enough. The truth is, we had erased the word " learned," and substituted the word " sage," but we know not if our intelligent correspondent would have approved of the alteration. Neither word was inserted by the compositor, and, though the mistake was rectified in the proof, it was stupidly not corrected by the printer. We have frequently had occasion to call our contemporary of the Stockport Advertiser to order for his grossly un fair plagarisms. It is annoying enough for a journalist to 1 wholesale, without acknow- ppropr but to see article after article mashed up aragraphs, and dished up in our contem- into small a little beyond our equanimity the Advertiser copy us totus teres et rotundas," —nobody will mistake the dish for his own :—but don't—pray don't—reproduce us in fe or lobscouse in this odious fashion ! Ebt I/Wei:434oi g HlJart, TUESDJI MO RA ING, FEBRUARY :assees 8, 1543 We claim to be permitted once more to address a to the Conservative merchants and trades- Tien of Liverpool, upon the subject of their duty in connexion with the present rampant agitation of the Anti-Corn-law League. During the past week our town has been disgraced by the holding within it of a meeting assembled for the declared object of palliating conduct, on the part of the League, and in particular of Mr. Richard Cobden, which has called down upon these gentlemen the unqualified disgust of most other We stand coantnitted now in the eyes 'hole empire, and must continue so to stand until we purge ourselves from the foul imputation by a dignified and public protest, - to every enormity of anguag I conduc incenc t and to come, of all the Diaries amongst that body ! We have submitted to ,gged through the slough of poli- tical filth, at the heels of the cot :nptible faction which dominant over the manufacturing districts of this country ; and we must submit to be hurried on to the approval of revolution and bloodshed, even, if we the brink icipation in a course, so lull of disastrous and degrading results to of England ! Shall we, then., tamely Shall we submit, not only to that utter the very nz mit this 3stration of co ercial energy and activity which must attend u continuance of the present mad Is well, to the obloquy and contempt which our apathy is drawing down upon the character agitation, but, loyal Protestant town e answer to these questions will be We trust that we are not the fallen, contemptible community which any other reply would make us—that a voice can still be raised in efore which the howl of incer liaries will 1 into a feeble whisper—that this voice will t from the merchants, brokers, and tradesmen ; 1 echo from the hearts of mongst the working classes of other ; the revolutionary mania is triumphant, in this the cause of honesty is in the ascendant, and the afety of the Itar, the throne, and the institutions of nation's gre ached democracy ! 'Po what circumstance, let us ask, do we owe every goad which, of late years, has been made in the en- perity and greatness of England ? sound in our ears like a trumpet-blast RVATIVE SUPINENESS by the community, th _ im itation in holes and corners. But that, we submit, is no reason why we should resign ourselves to sleep and fancied security. The kicked and beaten thing is up again ; insults us from Anti-Corn-law platforms ; dares to lift its head in public places ; pre sumes to utter its disgusting falsehoods as the voice of the people of Liverpool; and we ?—tamely submit to the degradation ! This must not be. The Conserva tive merchants of Liverpool, we trust, will never permit themselves to descend so very—very low ! But sup pose even that they do; still we venture to tell them that it shall not be! There are amongst us those who indignity with which for years we To CONSERVATIVE SUPINENESS !" We the usurping facti t is tru a have flung m to grovel in the mire of in- cendia can lead us in the endeavour to wipe away the disgrace which must otherwise cling to us in the eyes of the world ; and if those to whom we now appeal hang back from the performance of their duty, we must turn our eyes elsewhere, and appeal to a quarter in which we know that appeal will not be made in vain ! 'That such a course is imperative upon us needs little to demonstrate. Look around us—see the giant efforts being made to undermine those institutions which we profess to revere—compare the indefatigable energy, with which our enemies carry on their efforts at destruction, with our own deep lethargy. Surely the prospect is sufficiently startling ! Already the League, unabashed by the scorn directed towards it by the press of the country, has sown the whole em pire with its seditious tracts. Incendiary appeals are ringing from town to town, from hamlet to hamlet. Its council sits in the metropolis of Great Britain, and fulminates thence its anathemas against all that is great and good in the land; and what, we ask, must be—we repeat emphatica l ly , MUST BE— the result of unopposed, except b y t h e journalism, unaid e d b y those merely a w c hd o oe u s could uos ltory y speaka eg ff i t o a r t i t n o s n, a voice of authority ? This must be the result :—the government of this country however stronz apparently no to resist,' and to stand andmal ks of property tution of the land, mus distant period, be driven, 1 r6rinT.is the voice of excited to frenzy, to remove those landmarks, and to embark in a course of mad and violent legislation, whose issue must inevitably be anarchy and universal robbery ! Let us be wise in time, and put forth our strength whilst it is available. The declarations of the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, that it is not the intention of ministers to propose any measure of relief from the injurious work ing of our existing banking system during the present session of Parliament, we cannot but view with ex treme sorrow. That the system in question is at the root of much of the evils which afflict the commerce of the empire we firmly believe, and such is the opinion of a large and.influential portion of the mercantile com- munity We observe, however, from the City Article of the London Times of Saturday, that " an opinion prevails amongst monied men that Sir Robert Peel's declaration is to be looked upon in reality as a pledge that, early in the next session, a general law, compre hending the Bank of England" (the renewal of whose bargain with the country will then have to he reconsi dered) " and all banking, will be brought forward." Such a course, by which the whole subject may be gone into, may perhaps he more convenient than dis tinct legislation, upon the two questions of joint-stock banking and the management of , that great company; and we must, therefore, perforce, submit to another year's continuance of the evil now existing, in the hope of a better-digested and more radical cure. Our attention has been drawn to this subject by the report which is before us, of a case, heard before the Birmingham District Bankruptcy Court, on Wednes day last, in which the Birmingham Borough Bank and a bankrupt named Chapman figure very conspi cuously. The facts of the case are briefly these. Some months ago the man Chapman was a bankrupt in Liverpool, and subsequently became an accountant in Birmingham. In the year 1537 a concern called Rank was es the Borow._z shed in that town, and, on application, 100 shares were allotted to Chapman upon which he paid one or two pounds per share Here then was, at once, a foundation upon which to This Mr. Chapman had formerly had an speculate account with that pretty Manchester affair, The Northern and Central Bank, of which a Mr. Goode was manager ; and the fact of the same Goode having transferred his services to the phoenix which was rising in Birmingham, was no doubt sufficient assur- ance to Mr. Chapman that the same prudent system of management would be adopted by the " Borough Bank." Let the reader trace the speculative career which the latter forthwith commenced. In 1837 he formed a concern calling itself " Kening and Com pany," and carrying on the trade of " fire-iron and fender makers, mill mannfacturers, &c."—(how many mill manufacturers have joint-stock banks created, their annals i❑ Manchester could tell !) The capital of this concern, with the exception of the bank shares of Chapman, appears to have been NIL. In 1838—a year afterwards—this speculative Mr. Chapman formed another concern, under the title of " Ryland, Smith, and Co., patent mill and press makers ;" capital of Ryland, NlL—and Smith, NIL, the said Smith being a clerk merely in Chapman's office ! Another firm was established under the name of " G. M. Smith and Co., sharebrokers and accountants, of Coventry and Lea mington," capital, NIL, of course, for Mr. G. M. Smith was the identical "Monsieur Tonson" of the firm of " Ryland, Smith, and Co." and clerk in Mr. Chapman's office ! Well, now for the mode of business, which is thus described by Chapman himself. Keniny and Co. drew on Ryland and Co. and Smith and Co. ; Ryland and Co. on Kenin9 and Co. and Smith and Co., to large amounts. These bills were taken to the Borough Bank, of which Chapman was a shareholder, and dis counted there. In process of time Chapman became (of course) a director !—who more fit to be a director of a joint-stock bank than a man so proficient in the science of blowing bubbles ? and during the six months of his directorship, the bills of these firms were dis counted to the tune of no less than twenty-five thou sand pounds ! At the time of the stoppage of the bank, which of course was also the stoppage of its paper makers, they owed a balance of £l2,ooo—a fair amount fors men to owe. What the bank paid we have no means of knowing ; but Chapman's estate paid 21d. in the pound, Bening and Co. 61d., and the joint estates of Ryland and Chapman 23d. in the pound. Well, but the bank, it will be said, was swindled by these adventurers. Was it ? We shall see. Chap man, in his evidence, says—" I entered into these various partnerships under the advice of "—Who ? Why, of " Mr. Goode, the manager of the bank" ! And let it be duly considered that this was not a course resorted to by the manager in question in order to prop a falling concern, but resorted to upon its first establishment, to make a business for the bank. The case is, in fact, an episode in the history of bank making ! By the advice of Mr. Goode, the bankrupt Chapman had blank accep t ances of the various firms always ready by him, " for the purp os e of renew i ng the bills as they became due;" and occasionally, " when it suited the purpose of the bank itself to have one filled up for its own acconzmodation," Mr. Goode, the manager, " sent for Mr. Chapman," and the affair was arranged. The Mr. G. M. Smith, the promoted clerk of Chapman and member of two firms, we ought to add, was a brother-in-law of Mr. Goode, of the Northern and Central and the Birmingham Borough Bank ! Now here, we su bmit, is as pretty a spec i men o f t h e working of a system which is even yet rife throughout the manufacturing districts, as the recent explosion of the Bank of Manchester— (" Tinieo Da►iaus, et dons termites," ought, by the bye, to be our reply to a ll Manchester joint-stock bank projectors)—serves sufficiently to shew. Here is a specimen of the prevailing mode of getting up manufacturing firms—of mill-making, to use the happy phrase upon Messrs. Bening and Com- and yet, when the - natural distrust created by exposure after exposure is depressing the commerce of the country—when capitalists are hoard ing their money, afraid to venture it in the ordinary channels of trade,—we are told only of the corn laws ! Of such a system of banking may we not well say, in the emphatic words of Hamlet, " 'tis villanous !" " Oh, reform it altogether ! " Sir Robert ; and the I sooner the better ? The Manchester Guardian on Saturday returns to his disgusting task, with a hankering after the good things which the League has at its disposal, which might be excused in a hungry dog, but is odious to contemplate in an influential journalist. The minister of this country, argues the Guardian, is " responsible" by the principles of the constitution itself. He is liable to impeachment for his acts. Admitted, most worthy and sagacious of philosophers ! But impeach ment before the bar of parliament is one thing, and the constant iteration of t h e name of the offender in the ear of hungry mobs, as that of the cause of their hunger and wretchedness, is another thing. Respon sibility to parliament is one thing, and responsibility to the assassin and the maniac is another thing. Bri tish law is one thing, and Lynch law is another : which is best we leave our disinterested contemporary to decide. Sir Robert Peel, says the Guardian, is liable to im peachment. Admitted; but did the Rev. Mr. Bayley point to impeachment as his punishment ? No : that gentleman pointed to something very different ! Has Mr. Cobden placed a notice of motion on the books of the House of Commons, for the impeachment of the Premier ? No : he only reiterated the senseless truism—by the Guardian's own admission a truism, and its constant iteration is just as senseless as if we were eternally told that two and two make four—that Sir Robei t is responsible for his acts as minister; and, more than that, he has taken for granted the very fact which the party impeaching would have to prove : viz., that Sir Robert's policy has produced the distress of the country ! Why, then, this same iteration of per• sonal and individual responsibility, unless it is used as a personal and individual threat ? But, presuming that the abstract right to insist upon this responsibility is established, and that no wore is meant than liability to impeachment—(how silly, by the bye, would a man look who should stand up in the House of Commons, and, gravely and with ettiptia flamrnat w to tbd minister t RAH, I hold y, and even wicked ? We will "endeavour to )ut a case, out of which the Guardian, with all his well-known eel-like capabilities, will scarcely contrive to wriggle. We, like Lord Francis Egerton, attribute much of the present condition of our manufacturing classes, directly or indirectly, to the expansion of the powers of machinery, and the application of steam to manufacturing purposes, beyond the power which we possess, or can legitimately acquire, to consume. We presume there is no reason why we should be barred from entering upon a discussion of this feature of the case—from pointing to machinery as a fertile cause of distress, and, if we chose to be unwise enough, calling for parliamentary interference between its powers and the'labour which it displaces. Yet how often has the mere mention of the offensive word " machinery," as one amongst the causes of manufacturing distress, drawn upOn Conservative journalists, from this very sensitive person the Manchester Guardian, the terms " Luddite," "Tory-Luddite," and other similar polite appellations ! This, however, by the bye. We con tend for the perfect right to point to machinery, as the Guardian contends for his right to point to Sir Robert Peel, as the author of the distress around us. We look towards a parliamentary and constitutional re medy for the case which we put, with quite as san guine expectation as he looks towards his parliamen tary remedy in the impeachment of the Premie-. Thus far, then, the wildest denouncer of machinery is on a par with the man who points out Sir Robert Peel as the author of his country's sufferings,—with the exception, by the bye, that we do not remember many " Luddite" or "Tory-Luddite" placards headed " MURDER," and garnished by Scriptural quotations to warrant the term. But suppose that the passions of an excited people had been actively turned to the deitruction of machinery as the cause of their suffer ing —that the mill of A or B had just been sacked, its power-looms or spindles broken up, and the life of A or B placed in peril,—would the Guardian say that the spouter, reverend or parliamentan who chose such a moment of excitement to indulge in philippics against self-acting mules, and other instruments by which human hands are displaced, was a wise man, or one whose purpose, or the tendency of whose con duct, was defensible ? He would not. We know sufficient of the Guardian to convince us that his fiercest invectives would he directed against such a man ; and yet such is precisely the case against Mr. Richard Cobden and the League ! Can the Guardian deny that the cases are precisely similar? Sir Robert Peel has already been attempted to be made personally and individually responsible to the assassin's pistol ; and these gentlemen chuse such a moment to expatiate upon the fact of his being individuaily responsible ! Sir Robert Peel is viewed as the creator of the pow - erful Conservative phalanx now in parliament, and as its head,—as he undoubtedly is both. The impression is abroad that, with his life,,its influence—its entire uess—would terminate. There are men, we beliee, in the council itself of the league who think this; and although we do not for a moment impute to these men a design so to overthrow conservatism as an influential power in the legislature by the commission of crime, the tendency of every attack levelled at the premier is to turn the minds of bad men—such as exist in every political body—to so summary a means of achieving a political end as would be his untimely death by the hands of an assassin. Surely, then, when such a feel ing is abroad—and that it is the Rev. Mr. Bayley is a witness which the League ought not to gainsay !—ho nest men, however they may differ from Sir Robert Peel, ought to pause before they give to it additional imputus ! Without presuming to dictate to the Select Vestry who or what class of persons is most likely to fill the situation of Governor to the Workhouse (now vacant by the resignation of Mr. Dowdall) with credit and advantage, we yet take the liberty of naming a circum stance which may be deserving of consideration. In such an institution as the Workhouse, where charac ters of every description are congregated, and where insubordination must naturally be expected, it strikes us that a selection might judiciously be made from many of the officers of the army or navy, who are now unemployed. This class has been selected for the management of most of the railroads, where discipline and obedience are so necessary ; and in the police establishments, and in many of the gaols and other public edifices, involving the management of the many and the refractory, naval and military officers have been appointed with eminent success. These men, having learnt obedience themselves, are admirably suited to enforce it in others. They are generally gentlemen in manners ; and their education and asso ciations, in most instances, give them a certain stamp which the generality of civilians have not so many opportunities of acquiring. Whatever choice may be made, it will doubtless be of a man who can correct irregularity, enforce obedience, and preserve order; while, at the same time, the feelings of the aged and afflicted must be respected, who have been compelled by misfortune to seek the asylum of the workhouse. The reply should " to CON- To what do we owe, as LOCALE NE WS The Cheshire Foxhounds meet this day (Tuesday), at Ashton Heys; on Thursday, at Tarvin ; and on Saturday, at Mere Hall. Mr. BRA SIAM'S CONCERT.—The admirers of pure English style of singing will be delighted to find that the evergreen Braham will sing some of his most popular songs on Friday next, at the Royal Assembly-rooms. ST. BRIDE'S ScHoots.—On Sunday last, the sum of £62 was collected at St. Bride's Church, in aid of the schools in connection with the church, after two excellent sermons by the Rev. Hugh Stowell. STEAM-VESSEL ON THE TRWELL.—On Friday afternoon some interest was excited at the Old Quay, Manchester, by the arrival of a new iron steam-boat, intended to ply on the Irwell as a passage boat between that town and Runcorn. She is 80 tons burti - en, 70 feet long, is fitted with the patent spiral propellers, invented by Mr. Bennett Woodcroft, of Manchester, and is worked by two ten-horse engines. We understand that she promises to be very fast, having made the quickest passage from Liverpool to Manchester that has yet been accomplished ; and when tried on the Mersey by the builders, Messrs. Mather, Dixon ' and Grantham, of this town, she hag a contest of speed with the Nun and the Mer sey, two of the fastest boats on the river, and passed them both. Her speed on the river Irwell on Friday, on an aver age of trials, with and against the current, Was eight miles — a decidedly greater speed, we believe, than had been previously attained by steam in the narrow channel of the Irwell. STOPPAGE IN TRANSITU.—At the Police-court, on Fri day, a person named John Field was charged by Mr. Moulds worth, manager to Messrs. Ackroyd. tailors and drapers, in Byrom-street, with stealing two handkerchiefs. It appeared, that on the previous day, a female went into the shop of Messrs. Ackroyd and asked to look at some waistcoats for a little boy who was with her. Whilst the shopman was show ing them, the prisoner joined them, and after remarking that the things were too dear, advised the party to leave the shop, which they were in the act of doing, but were stopped at the door, and the prisoner was charged with stealing two hand kerchiefs from the counter, which, after some hesitation, he took from his pocket. Mr. Davenport called the female who was in the shop at the time. She stated that she and her husband had arrived in Liverpool from Somersetshire, from whence they had taken a passage to America, to which coun try they intended emigrating, and the prisoner and his wife were going out with them as servants, her husband having paid their passage, and she had gone into the shop for the purpose of procuring some clothes for her son, when the prisoner joined her for the purpose of carrying the parcel. The prisoaer, in his defence, said he took up the handker chiefs thinking they had been purchased by his mistress. Mr. Rushton said, although the case was a painful one, yet it was so clear a case that it was his duty to commit thn pri soner for trial. IMPORTANT TO PAWNBROKERS.—On Friday last, before Mr. Rushton, a Mr. Morrow accused Mr. Medder, pawn broker, Stafford-street, of illegally detaining a watch, his property. The watch was taken from Mr. Murrow's bed room by a fellow-lodger, and pledged by the latter, who was brought before Mr. Rushton and condemned toimprison ment in default of payment of a fine of 505., with the 16s. received on - the watch. Mr. Medder pleaded that, by the clause of the New Local Act, where no suspicion attached to the pa wnbroker, he was entitled to the amount lent before g iving up the pledge. He (Mr. Medders) had been in his present business for many years, and had carried on his trade with respectability, and no stain could attach to his character for unfair dealing. Mr. Rushton said, that although a clause had been introduced in a recent bill to the effect stated by Mr. Medder, that did not overrule the statute law of the country, and could not avail in this case. He (Mr. Rushton) had given his decided opposition to the clause in the local act when first propounded, and stated his reasons at the time for so doing. He considered the law of responsibility as re garded pawnbrokers as the most judicious that could be de vised, as it caused a greater vigilance on the pa r t o f th e tra d e, and caused them to exercise a due caution in the receiving of pledges, which could nut fail to prove highly beneficial to the public at large. Mr. Medder intimated that himself and others had been led astray by the clause above referred to, and thought that the law relating to pawnbrokers ought to be more clearly laid down, so that they might not err through ignorance. The magistrate admitted the latter complaint to be well founded, and said that there was not the slightest reason for supposing that Mr. Medder had acted otherwise than with the proper caution in the matter before the Court. Mr. Ellis remarked to Mr. Medder, that had the man who had stolen the watch paid the penalty inflicted upon him by the magistrate, instead of paying it in his own person by im prisonment, as he was now doing, Mr. Medder would have been entitled to have the amount of the pledge returned to him, but, as it was, he must submit to the loss; to which opinion Mr. Rushton assented. The complainant (Murrow) api,lied for the amount of the summons, to which Mr. Rush ton observed that this was coming it "rather too strong", and that the .applicant ought to be very well satisfied with recovering his watch. , Lord . Sandoti and 3 guests at the speaker's third r re amongst the amentary dinner on Satur- w. liatten, E THE DEATH FROM A STAR IN THE ETE.---We gave in our last the evidence adduced at the coroners' inquest on Thursday. The inquiry was resumed on Friday, when no thing of further particular moment was elicited, and the jury, brought in, as we anticipated, a verdict of manslaughter against the boy, Moses Doyle. A fire broke out on Friday night, about a quarter to nine, in the cellar of the house of Mr. Jones, saddler, in London - road, near to Hotham-street. The engines, with Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt, were speedily on the spot, and, though it burnt with great fury for a time, it was soon ex tinguished, with slight damage to the property. COUNCIL MEETING.—The usual monthly meeting of the town-council will take place to-morrow. The only subjects of particular interest placed on the council paper for consi deration are—A recommendation of the Finance Committee to sell the Queen's Hotel. the appointment of Mr. Edward Bannister as chief clerk in the town-clerk's department, and the motion of Mr. North, a copy of which we gave on Tues day last. BODY FouNn.—On the afternoon of the 27th of January, Mary Ferran, twenty-three years of age, and servant to Mr. John Red, licensed victualler, Parliament-street, was seen in a state of intoxication in the kitchen of her employer's house, after which sheswas missed, and was not seen or heard of till Thursday week, when two boatmen, who were grappling for a boom iron, found her body in the Queen's Dock. Ver dict, " Found drowned." • THE LEAGUERS IN LONDON.—These gentlemen go on apace. Their field of action is now in the metropolis; and they have publicly announced, at their late meeting at the Crown and Anchor, their intention to erect a " free-trade hall," capable of holding 15,000 persons! The orators, one would imagine, must use speaking trumpets, to be heard in such a building. They have not ventured, however, as yet to hold a meeting of their body in Manchester, London, or any other large town, without the precaution of tickets of admission. Their meetings are, therefore, packed meetings, in every sense of the word. TUE FUNDS, SATURDAY EVENING.—The English secu rities have supported considerable firmness to-day, but there were few operations of moment. Very little variation cccurred in quotations, though the market was hardly so bright as yesterday. Consols for money were last quoted 951 to 4.; ditto, account, 95/ ; Exchequer-bills 665. to 68s. premium ; India Stock, 2674 to 2684 ; Bank Stock, 177 to 178; lndia Bonds, 675. to 68s. premium; Three per Cents. Reduced, 964 to Three-and-a-half per Cents. Reduced, 2031 to -a ; New - Three-and-a-half per Cents. ' 1024: to 1; South Sea New Annuities, 944; and Canada Debentures, 1111. In foreign securities a slight decline was noticeable in the value of some of the speculative securities, but Spanish and Mexican presented the chief alteration. Spanish Ac tives left off 201 to '1 ; ditto, New, 274 to 4 •, Portuguese Converted, 394 to 10; Mexican, 304 to 314; Mexican De ferred. 84 to 9 ; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents., 554 to 4 ; Dutch Five per Cents., 1024 to 103 ; Colombian, 244 to a ; Brazilian, 77 to 78 : and Belgian, 104 to 4. STEALING TonAcco.--Yesterday, a boy, named John Johnson, was charged at the police-court with stealing two separate quantities of tobacco from a shop. It appeared from the evidence of a young lady named Procter that the prisoner had, on Saturday, gone into the shop of Mr. Robert Eccles, Great Charlotte-street, and asked for half an ounce of roll tobacco. She had the quantity cut off, and was handing it to him, when he said he would have it off a thicker roll. She took a thicker one down, and was about to serve him, when he picked up the whole roll and made off with it. An alarm was given and he was secured. The article weighed 21b., and was worth 6s. or 7s. Mr. Eccles's sister also proved that the prisoner had in a similar way, within the same week, snatched up another roll, weighing about half a pound, with which he ran off. He was com mitted for trial. THEATRE-ROYAL.—On Friday last an exceedingly clever and pretty little child made her first courtesy before a Liver pool audience. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ternan, who are fulfilling a short engagement here. Miss Fanny Ternan is only seven years old, and impersonated the " Four Mowbrays" in " Old and Young " with a spirit, grace, and vivacity that drew forth hearty and genuine bursts of ap plause. There is an evidence of strong natural ability in. the acting of this little girl,—there is an evidence of genius, for no teaching could make such a little child do what she does so artlessly, naturally, and with so much apparent finish.— The entertainments during the week have been of a varied character. Last evening " Othello" was performed. Mr. Ternan. Othello; Mrs. Ternan, Desdemona; Roderillo, Mr. Browne ; and Mr. Stuart his old and favourite character of 'ago. There is no doubt whatever that Mr. Stuart has changed his style since he was last here. It would be absurd to talk of improvement in an actor of his high standing and ex perience, but he has, to use an artistic phrase, " toned down" all the too floridyarts of his impersonations : this was observa ble in Pierre on Friday, and in lago last evening. It will be seen that this old favourite is about to take his benefit—when his friends and admirers will surely muster round him. The entertainments he has selected are extremely attractive. To-night the capital comedy of the " Jealous Wife" will be represented with a strong cast. We see by the bills that Mr. Farren and Mrs. Glover are re-engaged, and that Mr. Webster. Mr. Strickland, and Madame Celeste will also make their appearance very shortly. CONTINUANCE OF THE EASTERLY WlNDS.—These winds still continue, and very few vessels from foreign ports or coastwise have arrived since our last. From the Ist to the 25th instant, only fifty vessels from abroad had reached port, and of these nearly one-half arrived on or before the sth. The number of vessels that have sailed for foreign ports, from the Ist to the 25th instant, has been 271. The southern docks are, consequently, from the few arrivals and the nu merous sailings, now comparatively empty. In the Prince's Dock, the largest in the port, there are about fifty vessels. The southern docks, where the timber ships are laid up for the winter, as well as those on sale, which are still numerous, are not so bare of vessels as those at the other end of the port. Amongst the vessels now due are upwards of eighty from the cotton ports of the United States. At New Orleans, up to the 21st of January, thirty-three vessels had cleared for this port, not one of which has yet arrived. Of these, one has a cargo of 4,102 bales. one of 2,983, two of upwards of 2,600, one of upwards of 2,500, and nine others of above 2,000 each. The grand total of cotton now on its way_ from New Orleans is more than 70,000 bales. At Mobile, up to the 22d of January, seventeen vessels had cleared for this port, none of which have arrived. The largest cargo is 2,306 bales : the total afloat about 25,000. One vessel had cleared out at Apalachicola : another at Port Leon, a new port on the Mississippi. Up to the 24th of January, fourteen vessels had cleared at Savannah for this port. The largest cargo is 2,410 bales : the total of all the ships above 20,000. .At Charleston, up to January 25th, fifteen vessels had cleared for this port, none of which have arrived. The total quantity afloat about 20,000 bales : the largest cargo 2,300. At New York three vessels had cleared for this port laden with cotton. Two had also cleared at Texas with cotton for this port, and which may be added to the gross amount, as cotton from that country formerly came through New Orleans. Thus, eighty-five vessels are known to be on their way with cotton for Liverpool. Their united cargoes cannot be much less than 140,000 bales. ST. BARNABAS' CHURCH AND DISTRICT SCHOOLS.— Two sermons were preached on Sunday last in this church, and collections made for the purpose announced in previous advertisements. That in the morning by the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, A.M., rector of Liverpool, from Proverbs, xxii, 6. " Train up a child in the way he should go, &c." The ser mon was an able argument on the necessity of Scriptural edu cation in general, and Church education in special, with a warm eulogy on the champions of the Reformation, and the excellence of the Liturgy, Articles and formularies of our Church. The collection amounted to £2O 4s. 4d. The even ing sermon was by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, from Psalm xl. 4. " Then will Igo unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy, yea upon the harp will I praise thee, 0 God, my God." Having established from the example of Timo thy, the sufficiency of the Old Testament Scriptures to make " one wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus," he proved, with his accustomed power and perspicuity, from the case of David, in the Psalms, how all the Jewish ceremonies had a Christian meaning. The altar sacrifices being designed as significant types of the one sacrifice of Christ, once, for all the sins of the world. He drew a dis tinction between the peace offerings and free will offerings under the law, assigning to each their anti-type aid place in the Christian dispensation : and thus argued for the Word of God as the staple of a Christian education. Having alluded in touching terms to the sufferings of the poor, and their ina bility, from ignorance, and constant occupation, to direct the education of their children, he concluded with a forcible ap peal to the better feelings and sense of Christian obligation, on the part of those who had the means ; that they would make an ample free-will offering thus in furtherance of so good an object as the rescuing of the rising generation from the mass of wretchedness and crime by which they were sur rounded. The collection amounted to £3O 15s. The con gregations, on both occasions, in very numerous. That in the evening, with those standing n the aisles and porches, could not have fallen short of 2000 persons, and we are in formed that multitudes went away. The congregation of St. Barnabas, in these depressed times, has done nobly,—up wards of £250 being thus contributed by them in a fortnight, a sure earnest of eventual success. AN INFAMOUS TRICK.—EIIen Fallen, a slovenly, dissi pated-looking girl. was charged at the Police-court, on Sa turday, with having robbed a country woman of a sover e i gn . Prom the evidence of the complainant, Mrs. Ellen Grounds, a decent -looking country woman, clothed in drab cloth, it appeared that the money was obtained in the following man ner :—Mrs. Grounds was standing in St. Martin's Market with some butter and green atuff, when a lady went to her, purchased some butter, and offered a sovereign in payment. Mrs. Grounds took the sovereign, but held it between her fingers, declaring she could not change it. She asked the parties near her for change, but they also were short of that commodity. The prisoner stepped forward and said, " I'll get it changed for you : go to Mr. Bird's ;" at the same moment she took the sovereign from Mrs. Ground's fingers and walked away. The poor woman watched her, and saw her enter the shop which she had named, but she waited in vain for her return. At length she went to look for her, but could not find her. She returned to the market and informed officer Maguire, who, on hearing a description of the prisoner, believed that he knew her. He accompanied the poor woman in search of the thief, and, after an hour's persevering labour, she was found in a house in Lace-street. Two women and about seven men were in the apartment when Maguire and Mrs. Grounds entered. To his inquiries they declared, that they had seen no suc h g i r l as h e wan t e d. Seeing an old crone smoking a pipe, with her back closely jammed against a closet, he desir e d h er t o move awa y. Sh e refused, upon which he pulled her from her resting place by force. He opened the closet, an d t h ere l ay t h e pr i soner . Ihe sovereign, however, had disappeared, the g irl declaring that she had lost it in the st ree t. M r. Rushton asked her whot she had to say. She replied, that she tried to get change at several places, b u t cou ld not succee d . At l eng th, two girls, whom she met, took it from her by force. She was committed for trial.--Th e poor coun t r y w o m an, who was greatly grieved at her l oss , t o ld M r . R u shton, in reply to questions which be p u t t o h er, th at h er husband was a miller, but he had been many months out of work. She was compelled to support her family by making a few black pud dings, which, with the produce of a small'garden, she brought to market for sale each Saturday. The butter was the pro perty of a neighbour, for whom she generally brought a few pounds of that ar ti c l e t o mar k e t. She, however, received no profit on the sale th ereo f. M r . Rushton, pitying the poor woman, ordered that the sovereign should be paid to her out of the fund which the magistrates had at their disposal. She evinced even more emotion on hearing of this unexpected termination of her misfortune than before. Tus STEEPLE Clinsg.—The course will be as ne a rly as possible that of last•year ; that is to say, the start will take place either at the top of the course or in the field belonging to Mr. Wood, surgeon, directly opposite to the Grand Stand. The number of jumps in the first time round will be about seventeen, including the ditch at the front of the stand on the training course. The first time round, the horses cross the middle of the lower part of the course in a slanting direction on entering from Moss-lane, and run past the stands on the training course ; but, the second time on coming from Moss. lane, the line of the race-course is kept, and, one or two hurdles being placed across it, there may be an additio na l jump. A wall also is to be built on the training course, some of the Irish brigade supposing it may favour their nags. it is not possible vet to state, with certainty, whether the Sweep. stakes, to which the Prince of Wale s s Cup is added, will fill, Saturday being the day appointed for closing ; but th ere is little doubt of it, as there are already three horses at Aintree to run for this prize. For the S tee p le Chase, the n umber of starters will be over twelve and under fifteen; such, at l eas t, is our opinion : but the most interesting part of the contest will be between the celebrated old Lottery and Peter Simple, the latter carrying 12st. 101 b., and 51b., extra for winning at lilereford.—Albion. Alt;atieAt Ca' rill pc -oiir readers who Might. In mustc idridae, vi•licse . abilities we forming classes led to mention two celebrated pictures about to be exhibited hem. in raptures, and declare them to be the finest specimens of modern art extant. i Eve, by DOnfe. err Those who b:ive•seen them are of A(l;un an CATHOLIC CHARITY BALL.—This ball took place last night at the Town. hall ; 815 persons were present when vre went to press. Dancing had commenced with great spirit , and a very pleasant evening was anticipated, and no doubt would be realized. , Putt.tr ARMONIC.—The subscribers and the public will per ceive that the full dress concert of this society is announced to take place, when Miss Birch, Mr. Machin, and Mr. Walton will make their appearance. The subscription list is still on the increase; it is not too late for those who wish to enjoy the cheapest musical treat we know of, to join the society. EXCHANGE DINING-ROOMS.—These commodious and handsome rooms have been greatly enlarged since we last advertised them. They are now as convenient as any in the town. The excellence of the viands, attention to the guests, and cleanliness of every department give the establishment strong•claims upon the public patronage. LADIES' CHARITY.—A vacancy has occurred in the situa- . tion of honorary physician to this excellent institution, by the unexpected and lamented death of Dr. Malins. We are informed that the decease of this gentleman was awfully sud den, and that it occurred on Saturday, at Birmingham, where he had gone on a visit to his mother. Dr. Malins has been long connected with the Ladies' Charity, and has been of great service to the interests of the institution. COMMITMENT. — An elderly woman named M'Dermitt , was yesterday placed before Mr. Rushton on a charge of stealing a piece of beef in St. John's market. It appeared that she had gone to the stall kept by Mary Jones, and had handled the beef. and after standing some time made off with it under her cloak. Market officer Furclough took her into custody, and found the beef under her cloak. It weighed 91b., and was stated to be worth 4s 6d. It appeared that the prisoner had recently undergone twelve month's imprisonment for felouy. Mr. Rushton said there was no hopes of reclaiming such an offender, and sent her for trial at the sessions. -------- . , TRADE WITH THE RIVER PLATE. — The mercnants, both of London and Liverpool, who are engaged in trade with the River Plate, are indignant at the refusal of Roses, President of Buenos Ayres, to submit his differences with Rivers, Pre sident of the State of Uruguay, to the meditation of Great Britain e France, as a serious impediment is thus created to the exteution of a trade, which must otherwise soon become highly beneficial and important to this country. The rapid progress. both in population and commerce, of the city of Monte Video since it was given up by the Brazilian troops in 1829 sufficiently attests its importance. In the year 1830 the British shipping engaged in trade with that port was 7,480 tons, hut in the year 1841 it had increased to 34,53 7 tons; while the exports of hides alone have more than doubled since 1837. Another circumstance which should raise the State of Uruguay in the consideration of the British Govern ment is the recent conclusion of treaties for the suppression of the slave trade and for general trade and navigation. These facts and arguments will necessarily have their weight will' the Ministry ; and though the mediation of England has been declined, they may still be able to exercise a very bene ficial influence, in bringing about a better understanding be tween the States of Buenos Ayres and Uruguay. RECOVERY OF PART OF A SUIT.—On the 16th ultimo Mr. Richard Wainwright, merchant, of this town, missed a pilot-cloth over-coat from a peg on which it had hung in his passage. Mr. Wainwright had noticed the coat three days previously. On the 14th of January a man called at the shop of Mr. Stuart, pawnbroker, and offered for pledge a pilot cloth coat, which he represented as the property of George Robinson, a car-driver. Mr. Thomas (Mr. Stuart's assis tant) suspected that this man had not obtained the coat honestly. Thomas called a constable, the appearance of whom so startled the pledger that he " bolted. The con stable and his informant gave chase and secured him, and took him to Bridewell. On the following day he was taken before Mr. Rushton, when, no owner appearing for the coat, he was discharged. On the 18th of January Mr. 'Wainwright had bills printed, stating his loss. One of them was left with Mr. Stuart, who lost no time in informing Mr. Wainwright that the coat was in his possession., and the latter called shortly afterwards and had it restored to him. The thief was quickly recaptured by the police, and, on Saturday, he was restored to his former eminence at the bar. Mr. Wainwright appeared against him, with his coat on his back, and Mr. Thomas identified him. He was committed for trial. AN OLD OFFENDER.—At the Police Court yesterday, a young man, named William Sumners, was placed before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of housebreaking. It appeared that on Sunday afternoon last the female servant at Capt. Young's , in Bedford-street, Toxteth-park, had occasion to go out, leaving the house, in the absence of the family, locked up and secured. She returned at seven o'clock, and found that the front door was secured inside by the chain, so that she could not gain admittance. She listened, and heard footsteps and voices up stairs. Soon after the parties rushed down stairs, and, as she could tell from what she heard (and as it after wards appeared), made, their way out at the back window, and escaped. Several articles had been displaced, in readi ness to be carried off. A man's hat and a half-handkerchief were also found on the kitchen steps outside. Information of the circumstance was given to Mr. Inspector Taverson , who went to the premises, and recognised the hat as belong ing to the prisoner. He had seen it and examined it some weeks ago, when he had the prisoner in charge on another case of suspicion of felony. He apprehended the prisoner in his house in Hay-street. The mother of the prisoner was called in his defence, and denied that the hat or handkerchief were his, alleging that his hat was at home. The other hat was sent for, and the prisoner was remanded for further evi- BASE SHILLINGS. — The practice of uttering base shil lings has recently become so common in the town that ven ders of articles in shops, publicans, and others would do welt to be on their guard. Yesterday, two men were charged with the offence at the police-court. The first had given a bad shilling in payment, which was detected, but a good shilling was found at the time in his hand, and it did riot appear sufficiently clear that he knew the other to be bad; and as , moreover, it appears that the mint are unwilling to prosecute for the utterance of a single piece of money, he was neces sarily discharged. [We may observe that this practice of the officers of the crown would, it appears to us, " be more ho noured in the breach than the observance," inasmuch as it is quite clear that guilty parties, knowing the fact, may, through its lenity, pass off single bad shillings in other coins—gene rally to poor ignorant people who may be readily deceived'' and thus totally escape punishment.] The other prisoner, $ tall man, named Bartholemew Digman, had gone with ano ther man (who had since escaped) to a public-house, and the latter had given a bad shilling in payment for two glasses of ale, receiving 9d. in change from the - landlady, who did not discover the fraud at the time. The prisoner afterwards went twice back to the house by himself, and on each occa sion gave a shilling in payment. On the last oceasion the witness's suspicion was roused, as she thought it strange he should not pay her in the previous change she had given him ; but he said she need not alarm herself as the money was perfectly good. She thus got three shillings from the two, and, on showing them to her husband, they were found, to be all bad. Mr. Lowling said they were all bad, and had all been made from the same die. The prisoner was com• mitted until the law officers of the mint should decide who' ther he should be sent for trial, and it is to be presumed they will decide in the affirmative. APPREHENSION OF INNOCENT PARTIES ON A CHARG E ' OF PELONY.—At the police-court, yesterday, James MlLaughlin, John Lynch, and Daniel Downing, young me n . and Isabella M'Mahon, an elderly female—all respectable In appearance—were placed before Mr. Rushton, on suspiciP P of being concerned in a robbery of a warehouse in Argyle' street. Police-officer No. 267 . said, that on the preyions evening, about 6 o'clock, he met the prisoners in Argyle street, two of them, includingshe female, car vying something' and accosted them. The female, on his questioning her, asked her what he had to do with it, and all the prisoner s went into her house in Argyle -street. H e f oun d th a t the articles were a whole piece of linen and a part of anothe r piece. He had since found that the warehouse of Messr s ' Hanly and Roughsedge, in the same street, had been broken open, and that some linen had been taken away. The War e : house was about 10 or 15 yards f rom t h e spot w h ere h e fir!: saw them. There were four or five men round them. V° female at first told him that a man had thrown the artiell under a cart and run away, and that she had picked the pieo" up. 'Mr. Davenport appeared for the prisoners, and interrn' gated. the witness as to wh e th er h e h a d not b ear d th e female shout for the police. He said she did not in his hearing but told him she had got them in Gilbert -street; that tw° men were carrying the articles in a sack, and had throw!! some of them away a n d run o ff . Th e two fi rst name d soners said they had gone up and were assisting to carry Ps The female also told him that she had gone to fetch h er daughter. He (witness) was at the time in coloured cloth e '' William Ford, warehouseman on the premises that were robbed, said he h a d l oc k e d up t h e ware h ouse on t h e pre viou s evening, and left all right. On returning yesterday m orn he found a wi n d ow b ro k en , an d m i sse d two whol e d pieces of line n an d a quarter of a • p i ece. H e a l so m isse d a piece of shirting. He identified the articles prodne e rt as part of the p ro p erty .—l t was s t a t e d b y M r. DavenPn'o that Mrs. M`M a h on was a respec t a bl e woman; t h at s he h a , seen the two men w ith th e sac k i n Gilb ert - s t ree t, a ft e r SO l % for 'her dau g ht er , an d sen di ng h er h ome f rom a ne i g hboor w house ; and, suspecti ng th a t a th e f t h a d b een comm itted, 61i11 had shouted for th e p o li ce . Th e policeofficer who had his testimony was in coloured clothes, and she did not lw„, he was an officer, and had, consequently, replied to , 10 stated. The officer could no t h ear h er ca ll " po li c e! being at the time in Argyle-street and she in Gilbert.stre e ce —A respectable young gentl eman , b e l ong i ng to t h e or dnan department, now surveying the town, said, th a t o ne of t i t clerks, who was present, could corroborate the s tatetnend that the female had called the polic e . Th e c l er k was Cal le on, and said that he and twa oth ers were i n a M r . 111'p er mott's house, at the corner of Gilb er t- s t ree t, when ; heard cries of " police," and, on goi ng ou t, saw the prisOn ), carrying the articles. They inquired for the police, and t, v re all went down to Mrs. M'Malions,with the articles, and `‘ e d met on the way by the first witness, who was in colour 3, clothes. The male prisoners said they were in M`Denno t , heard the cry of " police," and went out as stated. The i ) l 'is male said she saw two men, one with a bundl e under : et i arm, and the other with something white. Sh e suspect of thew, and, on shouting, one of them eith er s t ui nbled , ce o dropped something near the cart, whi c h soun d e d a s if it ' on a board. She called " watchman," and picked the :bp bes ticks up. No policeman came up. Sh e a f terwar ds Met first witness, but did not k now hi m. Th ey a ll wen t W e house together, her obje c t b e i ng t o give immediate inform 4t 10 he tion of the finding o f th e articles. The policeofficer 0 witness) was so confused that he conld not utter a se.„% it ry word. With rega r d t o h erse lf , s h e was k nown to Mr. rIY himself as a respe c t a bl e woman, an d h er h us b an d h a d for - W e ar , been nine years in the police service. She could bring go ties who could s p ea k to t h e h onesty o f h er f am il y f o r to'e t he five years, and s h e th oug ht t h at, as h er so l e o bj ec t voi s beet t apprehension of the offenders, she ought rather to have , cis thanked than put into custody. If the officer had dflt?„y e s, duty he might have followed up and apprehended the tin'., e rs The gentleman of the ordnance said, that the male prisT oa t had come on the survey from Ireland, and they 1 . 1 , 1 they have been recommended to their present situations 1 ' ; A lig had not been respectable characters. Mr. Rushton sa ie 'r e was satisfied with Mrs. M'Mahon's story, but, in ju s t 5 00f1 her, he would send for Mr. Whitty. That gentleman s ot after appeared, and said that he knew Mr. M`Maho n ' 06; had always considered • that he and his family were Il e jO - people. Mr. Rushton said that it was al,d usti ; i • ot which the officer was, under the circumstances, apprehending the parties; but the prisoners had act e s o i leh, praiseworthy manner, and would leave the court, in ..ofto they had, for the ends of justice, been placed in a P ll . OO position, without any imputation on their characterS• then ordered them to be discharged, TDB SOIOOI.34AsTF.R. ABROAD AOAIN._Tb,, follo b y curious note was sent to one of our country air farmer and parish clerk residing at Holwick, near l 0' ton-in-Teesdale, for insertion in our Columns, a P" 11- 0 - 1 ePh which, it is hoped, will afford our readers a little aina! e - 00 it; and at the same time show the great want of educPtc;e poet that part of the country A quer surmstance acue„ tip Midlton in Tesdal. A partey of gentlmenn wer 01,"arol of the County of Durliem a Old Spoartesmann the A t ' s bn il- Hodgesone was watchen them To sea a curs and fo uo- .0 set in the County of Durhem and cald them back ag e• 11 pute her up and afther a god Rasse cild pour put n sy— may Pute this Inn the 'Dapper if yow like it, yow C 4 " — it Beter then me,"—Northern Times. be; th a ovo i of t re, tri( w a Ile