The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-07 00:00:00

MRS. CLARKE'S BENEFIT.---We beg to draw the atten on of thos wo pize e theatre, t the announce taent of Mrs.e Cl h arke's atron benefit, the theatre, to the announce !aentofilrs Clarke's benefit, which will found elsewhere i n this d ay ' s paper. telltlFE'S ADAM AND EVE.—Dubufe's splendid paintings oljtke Temptati on an d E xpulsion of our first parents from Paradise are now on view. Numbers of visitore have been to inspect them already. .A DisnoNns T D RUNKARD.—A dirty looking fellow was placed at the bar, on Saturday, having been put in Bridewell 'n a state of drunkenness, and booked for safety. It was stated that he attained the blissful state in which he was Picked and then declaring his inability r to er rcn n der payment a . " 14 gets drunk, and never been d r i nking for it, said one officer.— ,, g all last week upon the publicans," he prisoner was discharged. Dp, , , Stil--aY-LANE THEATRE.--An operetta called the Queel e Thames was brought out on Saturday week at this t_l2eatre. It is the composition of our townsman, Mr. J. L. itiheat_to_n.. It was highly successful. We have seen some of t . ,.. music, which fully bears out the c imposer's high repu.ta ,lun• The London papers speak highly of a madrigal which has been considered to be equal to the compositions of the best master s of the old school. SI INGOLAR ACCIDENT.-- O n F r id ay morn i ng, while sonic son s with a C an cart and two h orses were emp l o y e d at t h e r To ng Dock loading malt for the Messrs. Woodward, n merchants, the shaft horse began to back towards the ,_ ° e.k, and although the leading horse used the greatest ef 'utts to overcome the backward pressure, the shaft one suc ceeded and th , e dock. cart, malt, and both horses were . plunged into The leader was taken out severely injured but the shaft hors The was drowned. It is reported that the shatter ba d t.k ' pathr d t en Father Mathew's pledge, and had a strong anti a malt, and an irresistable love for cold water. , ALLEG,, .r, icia- , --, z.M BEzZLEMENT.—At the police-court, yester --OY, rhomas Thursby Parry, late a collector for Messrs. l t 11 ? 1 and Co.. cheese-factors, was charged with having em the Gusto several sum; of mony which he had received from for, eusto n 3 ers of his employers. The recespt, unaccounted tuatof two different sums was proved, but the case was even cation adjourned till to-morrow (Wednesday), on the appli- L' e " ah ll of the prisoner's attorney, (Mr. Davenport,) who said 'c ell "Id be able to establish atagreement between the pro ...as teors and the prisoner, whereby' the alleged embezzlement ' V ~.. onverted into a simple debt. Catherine _ To STIOPKEEPER..—Yesterday a woman named char e e i i l ne . Sullivan was brought up at the Police-Court, 38 41 With having stolen six pairs of stockings, wor . h d rape Per Pair, from the shop entrance of 'Mr. W. T. Clarke, nett era °f Sc otland-road. It appeared that policeman Gar take do wn the Prisoner on Saturday afternoon, deliberately jug awaywn 'ha stockings from the nail ; and she was vv , alk- Pe n ce with them when he took her into custody. I ive licil in c °l , Per and a few minor articles were found upon ei ,,,,_ Ix . ..e property having been identified, the prisoner was s'e., itted to take her trial at the sessions. it A n , tll. l" To RELATIVES OF IMPRISONED DEBTORS.— C har —ale, of lad lite and interesting appearance, was te ttp g t e e d d , before Mr. Rushton, i on Saturday, with having at- Peared to convey spirits into the Borough Gaol. I . t apa few d , that the husband of this lady was sent to . prison th her, forsa go for debt. She went to see him, , taking with the , h,, use, a small quantity of spirits. Not knowing sear c i gie ra les, she was surprised when she was taken aside and well . le g• The spirits Were found, and she was sent to %he ~,, °he declared to Mr. Rushton that she knew not that PUnii,lsas doing wrong; she begged that she might not be sh e ""e d• She was fined 405., the lowest penalty ; in default W ag to be imprisoned five days. said another, A N 110tZliElt CASE 01 , INSUBORDINATIoN IN THE I WORK ate *--On Friday, at the police-court, six gir s, whse L.,, Might vary from twelve to sixteen years, were placed l ' ll i:r e m... „ . Rushton, on a charge of conducting themse . ves day ;erY disorderly and unbecoming manner on the . previpus '.4 Liverpo.ol workhouse. . Mr. Rushton availed him ;"lf of the -n% oPportunity to repeat his denunciations . aga . inst the th e —eieney of the controlling power in the institi_ition, and clan ordered three of the prisoners (Smith, Kelly . , and far t ne/T) t ° Pay a penalty of £5 each, or to be imprisoned of cw° Months, and the three others to be sent to the House orrection fort wenty-one days, with hard labour. P RE „ Th. • 'LN.TATION OF PLATE TO THOMAS - KIDD . , ESQ.- 11,414 habitants of the township of W ednes have,. in a truly by t3toe manner, testified their respect to this gentleman efslltresenting him with a splendid service of plate, consisting beautifulern, cream ewer, tea caddy, and cup. The urn is al b . model of the Warwick x ise, and bears the follow ittn,seription :—" Presented to Thomas Kidd, Esm, by the shc.itants and others interested in the welfare of the town b shi p °f Widnes, in testimony of their esteem for his kind, et evol ts,.._ .ent, and unwearied attention to the interests of the w hol e during a period of 52 years.—A.D. 1813." The ar t c " of these articles are manufactured in the best style of by Messrs. Wordley and Mayer, of Liverpool. Aiv e . beaut,lENT LIVERPOOL.. Holden, Liver t poo A very j a th;l,.itil work under the above title is about to be I T. tovv n , by our talented townsman Mr. W. G. Herd . - id a ,x..the artist The object is alike novel and excellent in vaeric'll7,". Herd Man's intention being . to present to view the k g ho_ features of antiquity that this town iiossesses, as well ter est . s e that have long ago passed away. Some highly in- Ile t . g .. and curious information will be brought forward. tatinti, , '‘ number will appear on the 15th of e present any t u and we recommend our readers and those . who have litip pn e gard for their native town to give it their warmest s tyle t • The plates are beautifully executed in the ver first 1 of the lithographic art. y e lev en n I;EN'T THEFT.—On Saturday evening last, about rop y ° clock, a bag containing 50 lbs of coffee was stolen te a zt „,, s hoP door of Mr. Thomas Meadows, grocer, of Neestl--,-i-rond. The robbery was soon discovered, but no ti ,. e,,ould there be found to show the direction taken by In v le r• It happened, however, that Inspector Bibby was 44;111411 -road about half-past twelve, and seeing a bad Il ia a tter named W Owens passing by with a bag upon the Zionlders he took him into custody, On examination IdentiLlvas found to contain coffee which Mr. .Meadow's ;tate ,' as that which had lost. The prisoner ht wa n s an d e t-u 7 examined at the p olicep-court before Mr. Rus on, , eoffe,,-Nrmaitted for trial at the sessions. The value of the IC W as stated to be worth is Old per lb. act -Pas case of this dreadful, and fortunately °II II 4Y common disease occurred at the James`orthern Hospital tbente-rursday last, in the Person of MeLellan, a car htipt,,' hO, on being admitted, presented very decided ; r e, l ri ls of rabies. He stated that at the time of the great ;b1) r - ,,,,' e Pterriber he had assisted a small lap-dog which 1 1 8 e p a p .." to be drowning ' in the canal, to get out, when it s l rel lte ed at and bit his finger. He thought no more of the h' ei bt , a n t : an ee until questioned by his medical attendants . on imed fo--,zed with sickness on Wednesday last. He contiit iTh sl rev eral hours in a state of intense pai . n and agitation Il s a rt intervals of composure, during which he spoke . of t IPPr"ellio deathwith the most affecting earnestness. liitellAered g • . death put a period to a until the evening, when „h r l , l gs which no language can adequately describe. lievtle-Rl3lll—Ohne Saturday or Sunday Ight week, some %li c i t - enter e d t offices of Messrs. FrThcis and Dodge, ddeBlts°,l,.!, Pen vvick-street and forced open several of the :raw„" search of booty.: In their haste to ransack the ; 11 ,(1 e s : °f one of the clerks, a £5 note fell upon the floor ;1h es: unnoticed and another drawer that contained e a y ,!° a 4,,were unable to open. After regaling themselves h,-;`qPed"antitv of wedding cake and bottled porter they de ment ;' On the Tuesday g ni ht following they paid the pre ;"entsll}lll3ther visit, and bein g better prepared with instru jesiBted a ° on the former occasion, g burst the drawers that 4114?ditit:Itleir_efforts before, but were equally unsuccessful Str 4 ' of ii , .e3r- They, however, stole a black dress coat, ,ong..ro:v ellington boots, and an ivory pen machine. The be en 4.i.' l ° which contained property to a considerable 'eh of were afraid to attempt. A reward of £5 has 4 ' r ed. aln:Nni e. „, t,,,,5t all ..cY.--No less than eighty-one persons, of y eBt ty and i.g.es, belonging to whom there were between to p, Na y, 2°!rty infants, were charged at the 1 court .In:,:_ mendicity. From what tell from Police-court Rush let'ltlistr4red the magistrates have come to a resolit d io is i s i n to . e ch r the 1, 1 • thil s ,. ara cter vi, vigorously against those s vvho resort to begging to procu t hos' th eY ar i r ( e lle s , u an tisistence t ot, e lean __ .e able, but want the inclination to i‘ork for it. %e, ' NY Indestitution, who belong to other place,,, are litt:boBe easel to to their several places of their settyment, lib, , The elensing to Liverpool will receive appropriate re th°l4le w eas es heard yesterday were of all sorts. In some e at ers i t w ant and necessity was proved, painfully so ; and . in Let ri gible as egnallY evident that the parties were idle in taelvee4 07agabonds. The punishment meted to them was teli4eBvoillres,hrieoludonnntlhit and seven days' imprisonment. These • 14.. 8 g e nUin , will act beneficially in finding out and qos'utio lt ed i stress. Ir. the z•nINATION AT WOItKHOUSES.—It would seem k QbAt, iellowin 4 ti tc Gn ord . g paragraph, which we copy from the key. .a wh„._ , tin ot Saturday, that even the union wor.k -lir.lty ' l ' s the new kith , are n poor-law is administered 19 all its Ae r a ,ot exempt from cases of insubordination and ri et . 4 e, a ; . ha that therefore such occurrences are not proofs . tvi t , It h as 1 , 4th Yor oeen attempted to be shown, of any . want of lareeBtahp_ehontroul on the part of those in authority over at 'eten hients:—" The inequality of the present laws „ihe Maliee to nr,... , strikingly exhibited th e f e•-iiigate characters was 'lltn,,,aad ex Magistrates' office, on Friday. Nancy Hot th-415 y nil Taylor, the former about 30 and the latter th e e tiai,ars of age, were charged by Mr. Dyer, governor N„Qintt,.._aX of Workhouse, with having broken one of th e ' ibe the oa window in the house, and made their Ik e to w „Y were afterwards found in a house of ill-fame )0, 4 to .'.l Peather. the constable, stated that Nancy had yr" has 41( efi I t... e d House of Correction about 25 or 26 times ; to e ,nt 6:ever been, and indeed she had striven to be a ti t 'I4o -".otv girl, ' 4t, ' k rsiSt rl • • but her own mother, who was a common I ‘ l % Non ti e: In making her prostitute herself, and for Itiv, a ,e,Y w as le girl had been removed to the Union House. tajd:4; Antinninitted to the House of Correction for two lip t If li t,,fOr one month. Mr. Feather very properly her,,OfoerCOther could be punished it would be more last ; 1) -tlat elY the law does not afford him any hold of te ol lt a . Mnt a N4A -l on ts - s•---It is with great regret we have had to re t the recent sudden deaths that of our respected It t i i ,ll l ee the late Dr. MalMs, of Bedford -street, whose iiti4t t 5? 4 fe,.,eZse. whilst on a visit to his parents, occurring as dreitih ours after taking a hearty meal upon his arrival ,op,„11 -lief? , filled the house of rejoicing with sad and 111C,to ,----hours scarcely elapsing ere the voice of wel to raga aebnanged into lament—and a large family circle, llth ( lnr ii the ereavecl wife and several children, called upon 'kt/ s ea iii le Premature death of one apparently in the best I st:4y . 4l endowed with much bodily as well as mental ' e tii t t yal I°e translation from life to death, with almost no Nr it te frn t , sickness and declining strength—indeed the th i p. ory i_ activk physical exertion and mental effort, pre ttttot`tof th u e a medical man's starting for a short journey, to tie t 41 4 awful pause of dissolution—was never perhaps tbiseorellrkable than in the above p ainful instance ; and es )y lea th ,” in proportion to the un p warned suddenness of , 11 1hN e 'view must the lesson of mortal and immortal x t1t,. 1 % o : ,, strik e home deep to the reflecting minds, not only 1 4 11 ,at" D o r r h`eLarrdela_tives and friends, but also - of all who ever_ °fess; `him, as well as especially the members of ''tour. (41 ch was his providential sphere of daily k_ .h , , ph_ . _ . . • kitr . ' oawt,"e Whose imerative call often anticipates the tl l o l ll oi i, dewand -Prolonged or renewed_beyond the weary es. t i s arid Y ev —a preventive service honourable as gon.,,r• Matins vilantly severe ! There can be little doubt at its his fell a sacrifice to the unwearied and strained 4tirslitoek Practice required and his thirst for professional 414144 of it s frame was taxed beyond the en -I:lttior, e0rp,,, 1 . its powers ; so wonderfully blended are mental N; i e , of eitkeal energies, that any prolonged and undue exer avuer ; a ' s eaPable of severing p their twofold cord at ) 0 41 1 8 it „..another victim to the pressure of hard and patient 0ti 4 11 4 / ;e 8 ( 1 On -thee record of our darkening tablets. Dr. s ° eili k ttil : a 'graduate of medicine of Edinburgh and of -1.4, 1 % .. o, letters also of . the latter city, and as a surgeon t q , ilia, tCstended" Ka x.h.ior wi nning e a clu c c i a h tto l n a l course had previously quail g professional rank in the lit4,l4l4l4tdiliik:lifi l l ' l ls . s n u r b i g s i e t ? a u n i en e Li? e n e d w rs ' in n eY e e t a r it a s nce and industrious ap and talents, fully of life be°,.°ltlng forward, had the health and length .es J ..s ?, 1 4 ( lt i , tentlrl vouchsafed by the God of all our . liv .Hi ktipd to'haild s Ylnpathising attentions to his . patients, fe tl tt tl le I ' e n l a medical attendant whose knowledge and 4,( inje elM;lnianded their respect, but of and to 0 1 ,' re ,;t it a higher privilege to own as friend , w . hom . they all L s iyil t hy `Zled warmth of all enlightened and christian ti ci l et 4 , , c' oll6d le i l . i . , if health can dispense with, the sick cling fo t ki 4 Vh ar ,, ug and .grateful hearts. 40 4 te n ,,,:_iY, to which the deceased was attac who W e are as p the y _ tint tii-._'_',leur, has lost an active and zealous officer, h,' 4 ' Ile,,?.cuarged its arduous duties with untiring - Iti t I 'vice : ~;:, co. . ciety has also in him lost a most r.especta 'iseientous member as well as unobtrusive orna- THE Foxes.—SATURDAY EVSNlNG.—Activity in -busi ness has not been 'manifested in the stock-markets to-day, but nevertheless there was much firmness displayed, and quo tations generally are considered a shade better. Consols for money and the account closed 951 to 96 ; New 3+ per Cents., 102+ ; Long Annuities, 12 13-16 ; South Sea New Annuities, 931 ; Exchequer-bills, 68s. to 70s. premium ; and ditto ad vertised, 655. to 675. premium. In the foreign securities. Spanish Actives closed at the higher price of 201 to I ; and ditto, Three per Cents., 271 to In other respects there were few dealings. Brazilian Five per Cents. left off 781 ; ditto, New, 72+; Chilian, 85, ex. deferred ; Columbian 241 to ; Mexican, 30 ; Portuguese, converted, 32 ; Dutch 2+ per Cents., 551 to 1 ; and ditto, Five per Cents., 102 i. WATER FOR FlRES.—`Ware glad to find, that the autho rities have, at length, seriously resolved to remove from Li verpool the opprobrium of a " bad eminence" in being dis tinguished for disastrous fires, by providing an abundant and prompt supply of water. The committee on the subject, after a most patient and assiduous inquiry into numberless schemes, plans, &c., have come to the determination of adopting the plan first suggested by Mr. Capes Ashlin, Se cretary to the Watch Committee, as being at once the most economical, the most efficient, and, of course, the best. Seek ing only the public good, the Town-council and the High way Board have cordially agreed to carry Mr. Ashlin's plan as speedily as possible into effect, and for this purpose it is hoped to obtain the necessary acts this session. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE NEW DOCK WORKS.—An inquisition was yesterday taken before Mr. Curry, touching the death of James Bentley, a labourer employed at the New Dock works, on the west side of the Salthouse Dock. It appeared, that on Saturday afternoon the deceased was walk ing along a plank (placed over the excavation) towards a railway or tram stage, to speak to another workman, when he was tripped by a nail in the wood, and fell down into the dock, a depth of about 40 feet. He was taken up insensible, and conveyed to the S ou th ern H osp it a l, w h ere h e rema i ne d in the same state until Sunday, when he died. On the post morton examination it was found, that he had received a severe contusion of the right side of the head, which had caused effusion of blood on the brain, and which effusion was the cause of death. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." BEGGARS.—At the police-court on Saturday, about twenty three individuals, of all sorts, sizes, and ages, the lame, the halt, and the blind, youthful, aged, and juvenile, were placed at the bar. The majority of them appeared to be really in a state of destitution, and these were evidently professional beggars, and they were ordered to be imprisoned a month. Two young fellows, one a mere youth, were introdueed to the Court in attire which they had evidently adopted for the pur pose of imposing on the benevolent. They were dressed in nice white shirts, carefully got up, clean light-coloured vests, and black silk cravats, carelessly tied, with the shirt collars turned over ala Byron. The officer, on searching the apart ment of the elder, found that he had both a jacket and a wife; and it was sufficiently clear that they had both adopted men dicancy as an easy profession. They were sent to gaol for a month. ROBBERIES BY AN OFFICE BCY.—On Saturday last, a sharp looking lad, apparently about fourteen years of age, was charged at the police -court on Saturday, with having stolen a travelling shawl, the property of Mr. William Myers, junr., of the firm of Messrs. Laces, Myers, and Rigge. It appeared that the prisoner has been some time in the service of Messrs. Laces, as an office boy. A short time ago he had two sums of £1 15s. 2d. given to him to purchase stamps. Instead of paying for these stamps, he forged orders for them, imitating the signature of the clerk so well that the parch ments were delivered to him, and be pocketed the money. This delinquency was discovered in due course, and he was forgiven, but he was discharged on Thursday last. He re turned on Friday morning, while thecharwoman was cleaning the office, and walked off with Mr. Myers' travelling shawl, which he carried home to his aunt, whom he informed that he had purchased it for 3s. 6d. The prisoner was committed for trial. APPEALS AGAINST THE INCOME TAX.—Qn Friday and Saturday, a great number of persons appeared at the Ses sions'-house, Kirkdale, to appeal against the assessment made upon them as residents in Toxteth-park, &c.. in the West Der )y District. Owing to the want of due arrange ments in hearing the parties, either in the alphabetical order of their names or otherwise, great confusion, if not actual tumult, were manifested throughout great part of both days, and some of the constables of the gaol had to be sent for to endeavour to preserve order. Four rooms were opened to receive the appellants, viz., the Court Room, the Petty Court, the Grand Jury Room, and an Ante-room, but the disorder and discontent were irrepressible, Some who were lucky enough to obtain admittance early were heard, but many others were excluded—and the further proceedings were adjourned until the 18th instant. The spirit evinced by some of the malcontents may be estimated from the fact that many of the seats and fittings in the courts were mutilated and cut. The damage, on the whole, is said to be considera ble, and cannot be traced to the offenders, who thus wan tonly evinced their enmity to the tax, or the mode of its col lection. INNKEEPERS CHARGES AT SPORTING SEASONS.—The writer of the sporting articles in the Morning Herald pays the following compliment to the honourable conduct of the Liverpool publicans with reference to the liberal treatment he met with from them in the course of last week. " Speak ing of sharp practice forces on me a subject to which I did not intend allusion for the present. Still the conduct of the burghers of Liverpool on a recent occasion really demands that justice should be rendered to it by one whose withers have been sufficiently wrung by the arithmetic of other race towns, to appreciate the velvet of their accounts. No sooner does the anniversary of a pleasure-tryst come round at such places as Newmarket, Goodwood, Epsom, Windsor, Don caster, and similar localities, than it is discovered that a man wanting the accommodation of a bed for a single night should purchase it at the intrinsic value of the materials he puts into requisition for half a dozen hours. A friend of mine for many years has paid the annual rent of the cottage which he occupies at Ascot during four days of its race week. In January they give you a dinner and a bow at Chichester fur half-a-crown ; in July they don't condescend to give you a civil refusal for half-a-guinea. Presently we shall come to particulars touching these places; but the good cheer and charges of the Liverpool publicans are too fresh in my memory to warrant passing by the first opportunity of com paring them with their brother sinners elsewhere The Derby betting has been ' good for nothing' since Mon day. The stimulus, however, has been applied, and the market will soon evince the effects of the recipe . ' ram in the spors,' quoth the German—our moral brother is rarely astray in the action—whatever he may be in the theory—of his philosophy." RUNNING FOUL OF THE LIGHTSHIP.--A very long in quiry took place at the Police-court, on Saturday, touching a collision which recently occurred in the Crosby Channel. The complainants in the case were the Committee of the Li verpool Dock Trust. The defendant was Isaac Williams, a pilot, belonging to Pilot-boat No. 5, and the information stated that he, being a pilot, and having charge and command of the ship Powhattan, wilfully and carelessly permitted her to run foul of the Crosby Lightship, which belonged to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks. Mr. Worthington, the Solicitor for the Dock Estate, appeared for the Trustees, at tended by Lieutenant Lord, the Marine Surveyor, and Lieu +enant Jones. assistant to the latter. Mr. Wright, solicitor, 1 for the defendant, attended by Mr. Cooke, Super tof Pilots. It was explained by Mr. Worthington, Chamley, the master of the Lightship, had been confined to his house in consequence of a severe injury which he had received, which was the reason why the case had not been brought forward earlier. It appeared by the evidence of the master and crew of the Lightship, that, on the 18th of January last, about twenty minutes past nine o'clock, the weather being rather hazy, with a smooth sea and a :light breeze and a rapid tide, William Bellin (who was the only man on the deck of the Lightship at that moment) saw a steamer with a vessel in tow. The pilot on board the vessel called out " Lightship ahoy !" He had just been ringing the bell, which he did every two minutes in thick weather. He answered the pilot, when the latter said, " Put your helm s port." He ran aft and did so, and immediately the collision took place. The accounts of the damage which have passed the Dock Committee were put in, amongst which was one of £45 for 40 fathoms of chain and an anchor which are still be low water. It was contended for the defendant, that the collision was the result of unavoidable accident, which no additional prudence or foresight could have averted. Seve ral pilots and masters of tug boats were called, who stated, that, at the time when the accident occurred, the night sud denly became so thick that they could hardly see a ship's length a-head. At length, Mr. Wright having twice or thrice complained that he was, through the delay of the Trustees in bringing the matter forward, thrown upon general evidence, instead of the material testimony which be could have had from those on board the Powhattan, Mr. Rushton said he would, if Mr. Wright desired it, adjourn the case, as the Powhattan was a regular trader, till the return of that ves sel. Mr. Worthington, on behalf of the Trustees, acceded to this course, and thus the matter rests for the present. ROYAL ASSEMBLY-ROOMS—ME. BRASTAM.—This extra ordinary man—for extraordinary he is who can maintain his position as the first of English singers for more than half a century—gave a concert, assisted by his son, Chas. Braharn, on Friday last, at the above rooms; and a great musical treat the very fashionable and numerous company enjoyed who were present, if we may be permitted to judge by the rap turous applause that rewarded every effort of the " tenor super-bp." Mr. Braham looks as well as he did ten or twelve, or even more, years ago; and sings —to compare any English singer to him, even now, is quite absurd, and be he who be may, he must suffer by the comparison. The purity of style, the chasteness of expression, the roundness and ful ness of tone—while the execution, not the roulading, or, as poor Incledon used to term it, the " colly wobbling," but the mode of conveying to the hearer the intention of the composer, is still to be found in Mr. Braham's singing un approachable. The programme consisted of two parts : the following was the scheme : PART I Scene, " The Last Words of Marmion," Mr. Braharn Recitative, " The W ar th a t f or a space did fail," Dr Clarke Air, " A light on Marmion's visage spread," Song, " My Boyhood's Home," from the Opera of " Amelie,' Mr, Charles Braham Rooke. Scene, " William Tell," Mr. Braham.. Braham. Song, " The Miniature," poetry by G. Morris, of America, Mr. Braham ong, " There's charm in Spring," from the Opera The Village Coquette," by Boz, Mr. Chas. _ , . . . Brabara , Hullah Scotch Song, " Macgregor's Gathering," poetry by Sir Walter Scott, Mr. Braham , . ... •• • • Duet, " Gallop on gaily," Mr. Braham and Mr Charles Braham A. Lee. Brahant PART Ir. Celebrated Scene, from the Oratorio of " thali," Mr. Braham Recitative, " D ee p er an d d eeper st ill , " Air, " Waft her angels," Song, " When the trump of Fame," Mr. Charles Braham Song, " The Death of Nelson," Mr. Braham Recitative, " O'er Nelson's tomb," ........ Braham Air, " 'Twas in Trafalgar Bay," Song, " The Anchor's weighed," Mr. C.Braham.Brabanz Irish Love Song, " Molly Bawn ' " Mr. Braham.Lover Duet, " All's W e ll," Mr. Braham and Mr. C. Braham Bruce's Address to his Army, " Scots wha hae," Mr. Braham. It would be a difficult task to say which of these performances gave the greatest satisfaction. We must say we have heard the " Death of Nelson " sung by Mr. Braham many times years ago, and listened to it with delight; but—whether it was from its coming new to us in such a style, after having heard attempts to sing it occasionally, all of which :vere more or less failures—we fancied we had never heard Mr. Braham sing it so well : it was indeed a splendid performance, and must have warmed many a heart with a national pride, when the magic words, " England eypects every man, to do his duty, pealed forth in sonorous tones. The scena from " William Tell " was another masterpiece of singing. As a contrast to the other pieces, Lover's " Molly Bawn " was sung with a grace, pathos, and humour, that richly deserved the encore it met with. " Scots wha hae " was encored vo ciferously. " Deeper and deeper still" appeared greatly admired. Of Mr. Charles Braham we can speak favourably. His voice is powerful and full of tone, and is one that will improve amazingly. Experience and study will place him in the high es t ran k of English singers. His vo i ce" approaches a baritone. H e sang " The Anchor's weighed extremely well. His styl e , an d mode of treatment of h i s subject, con stantly remind us o f hi s father. The duet o f " All 's Well" was charmingly given. We cannot particularise the encores, they were so numerous. From the satisfaction experienced by those present, Mr. Braham may anticipate a still more fashionable and crowded room on his neat appearance. Branam ,OPENING OF AN ORANGE LODGE.-011 Friday last new lodge of the Loyal Orange Institution was opened at the Shropshire House, Sir Thomas's-buildings, which was most numerously attended by deputations from all the lodges in the town. All the proceedings were con d uc t e d w ith th e • greatest propriety, and which, we trust and doubt not, will ale•ays be the distinguishing features of the Orange body. ACier the first toast, given by the W.M., " The Queen," the band struck up the National Anthem. The second toast was, " The G.M. of England," after which the band played " See, the conquering hero comes." The third toast was, " The D. G. M. of England :" was followed by musical honours. And the last toast in order—" The glorious, pious, and immortal memory of King William 111.. Prince of Orange" —was followed by the band playing the Dead March in Saul. The health of the District Master was drunk, and the respective parties responded; after which the health of the W.M., and success to 29 lodge. The evening was spent in social order. GREAT WESTERN STEAM SHIP COMPANY.—A meeting of proprietors of this company took place on Thursday last, at Bristol. The press was excluded, but the Bristol Journal of Saturday gives sonic information collected from private sources. The report announced a failing off in the receipts; those for 1841 having been £33,763, and those for 1842 £30,830. The expenditure last year was about £2OOO less than in 1841, though the vessel was re-coppered and tho ' roughly refitted. The document, after noticing the continued depression in commercial affairs, goes on as follows :—" The experience of the last season has fully satisfied your directors that your interests are improved by sailing to and fro from Liverpool. Your ship has brought home passengers on seve ral occasions who would not have joined her at New York for Bristol. The agency business, however, which in Bris tol has always been done at your office, is at Liverpool in the hands of the carriers, and, consequently, lost to the compa ny ; this, in the preceding year, realized £452." The fol lowing also are extracts from the report :—" The balance of the year's working, after carrying £430 13s. in reduction of the expenses incur red in the formation of the Company, and of the loss sustained on the first voyage, and inclusive of in terest on the Reserved Fund, is £1,748 Bs. Id., which is car ried to the Reserved Fund Account, thereby increasing it to £11,074 Os. 3d. The amount of unpaid calls, including £1,495 due on the two last cals, is £3,365; your Directors having recovered in cash £6,433 13s. 4d, and in collateral se curities £3091 6s. Bd., together £9,435, of the arrears which were due at the last annual meeting, and they are continuing their endeavours to collect the remainder with the assistance of the solicitors of the Company. Seventy shares have been forfeited." In conclusion, the report alludes in terms of re gret to the resignation of Robert Bright, Esq., as one of the directors. At the audited account appe n d e d to the report, it appears that the proceeds of 27 voyages of the Great West ern (1838-42) have been £204,756, leaving a profit of £25,756. The cost of the Great Western is stated at £61,671 ; that of the Great Britain, £73,908 ; and the Company's building establishment, £50,839. After an address from Mr. Aikin, on the despondency in the minds of many with respect to the Company, which he declared to be needless, Mr. Brunel moved that the Directors be empowered to borrow a sum not exceeding £20,000, to proceed with building the Great Bri tain, iron steam ship. The proceedings were more amicable than was expected. ALLEGED FRAUD.—On Saturday, Mr. Leonard Simpson, of the firm of Smith, Simpson, and Co., was charged at the Police-court with having obtained money under false pre tences. Mr. Shuttleworth, the Deputy Town-clerk, stated that the prisoner, who was a freeman of Liverpool, had com mitted a fraud on the town dues. On the 14th of February, a vessel called the Glenfaba arrived at this port from the Isle of Man, with a cargo of potatoes. The firm to which the prisoner belonged had charge of the vessel, and the potatoes were entered as the property of Leonard Simpson, a freeman of the boi ou,gli, and were passed free of the town dues. The potatoes were the property of the captain, who sold them on the quay. A bill of charges was afterwards presented to the captain, in which 17s. 6d. was charged as town dues. The passage of the entry was proved by th e c l er k o f t h e T own Dues Office, and the master of the Glenfaba proved that the potatoes were his property, and that he had been charged the town dues. Mr. Dowling said that, in consequence of a communication from Mr. Shuttleworth, he went that morn ing to the office of Messrs. Smith, Simpson, and Co., for the purpose of making inquiry. He asked the prisoner if he had received a cargo of potatoes recently, and he replied that he had, by the Glenfaba. He said the potatoes were his own, and that he was a freeman. On being questioned touching the entry, he said his clerk, Jones, passed it. Mr. Dowling subsequently asked him if he had any objection to show the record of the transaction in his books, but this he declined, upon which Mr. Dowling took him into custody. Mr. Rushton said the case was not made out against the prisoner, as it was not shown that he was cognisant of the passing of the entry. The prisoner declared that he knew nothing of the matter. Mr. Shuttleworth said they had not been able at once to secure the attendance of the prisoner's clerk, but, if Mr. Rushton would remand the prisoner, fur ther evidence would be forthcoming on Monday. Mr. Rush ton said the case might be adjourned till one o'clock on Monday, and that the prisoner should be liberated till then on giving bail for his due appearance, himself in £2OO and two sureties in £lOO each. If he failed to give such bail, he would be held in custody. Shortly afterwards the re quired bail was given, and Mr. Simpson was lib era t e d . — Albion. Yesterday, Mr. Simpson again appeared at the Police-court,,when Mr. Dowling stated to the court that he was not able to go any further with the case. Mr. Rushton then ordered Mr. Simpson to be discharged. EMBEZZLEMENT—WHAT IS IT ?-A young man, respect ably attired, named William Smith James, was placed at the bar of the Police-court, yesterday, on a charge of embezzle ment preferred against him by his master, Mr. Thos. Neale, druggist, of No. 5, Scotland-place. It appeared, that, about church time on Sunday morning, Alice Green, servant in a family residing on Islington-terrace, went to Mr. Neale's shop and purchased six leeches, for which she paid two shil lings to the prisoner. In the evening she went again to the same shop for some lamp-oil. Mr. Neale, to whom she ad dressed herself, told her that that was a description of article which he could not sell on Sunday. " Oh," she replied, " but it is for the same person for whom I got the leeches here this morning." This led to some explanations, which convinced Mr. Neale that the money had never come into his hands. On being asked for it a later period, the prisoner re plied, " I put it into my pocket to borrow it." He was then given into'custody. Ihlr. Davenport appeared for the prisoner, and, in reply to his questions, Mr. Neale stated, that he had left only sixpence in the drawer in the morning, and, in the evening, there was just the same money. The prisoner had had the sole charge of the shop in the intermediate time. He had previously had reason to doubt the prisoner's ho nesty, and had expressed a wish to have his indentures can celled. The prisoner, on being called upon, said, he was in a hurry to go to church at the time when he received the two shillings, and he put it into his pocket,with the intention of placing it in the till. He had told this to his master. Mr. Rushton said a new class must be found in which to put of fences of this kind. A learned judge had decided that em bezzlement involved secrecy ; that if the prisoner, instead of denying the charge, said he had a right to the money, it was not embezzlement. Mr. Davenport said this was precisely the case in the present instance. Mr. Rushton continued, that if it was not an embezzlement it was a larceny. Mr. Davenport rejoined, that the question then would be whether the prisoner had taken the money with a felonious intent. Mr. Rushton.—No doubt. Mr. Davenport, in continuation, submitted, that the circumstances did not at all assume the character of a larceny : the prisoner had been in the habit of receiving money which he handed over to his master as soon afterwards as he saw him ; but, in the present instance, the opportunity had not been afforded to him, for he had not seen Mr. Neale till the evening. Mr. Neale said the prisoner saw him in the kitchen in the afternoon ; besides he never allowed any of his young men to put his money which they received in the course of business into their pockets. Mr. Rushton said, with the greatest possible deference to the decision of the learned judge referred to, he was of opinion that the pre sent case was one of embezzlement. The prisoner held a place of trust, and a large class of tradesmen were interested in the repression of such offences as this ; he must be com mitted for trial at the sessions; but, of course, he was en titled to bail,--two sureties in £25 each. The prisoner was then committed. The decision to which Mr. Rushton re ferred to was by Mr. Justice Cresswell on the case of " The Queen v. Nornam," tried at the Devonshire assizes [Exeter] on the 26th July, 1842, and reported in Carrington and Mar sham, 501. The marginal note there says, " Embezzlement necessarily involves secrecy and concealment. If, therefore, instead of denying the appropriation of property the prisoner, in rendering his account, admits the appropriation, alleging a right in himself, no matter how unfounded, or setting up an excuse, no matter how frivolous, his offence in taking and keeping is no embezzlement." Mr. Justice Cresswell, after pronouncing this decision, added, " I do not say to what spe cies of offence this may amount, but, in my opinion, not to embezzlement." HOOTON PARK STEEPLE CHASE, This event was fixed to come off on Friday, Fortunately, both the weather and the state of the ground were every thing that could have been wished for, and immense multi tudes were attracted to Storeton Vale, to witness the sport. The first race was for a sweepstakes, with £lOO added by Sir William Stanley. The following subscribers did not name :-- Earl of Chesterfield Earl of Eglington Marquis of Clanricarde Hon. George Voughan Earl of Howth Hon St. George Foley Sir George Houston, Bart. George Payne, Esq. George Moore, Esq. Sir William Stanley Rowland Errington, Esq., John Stanley, Esq Ralph Bernard, Esq. The following started : Mr. Crawford's br g Merchant, rode by Col. Crawford Col. Anson's Claude du Val, rode by Mr. Peel. Lord Maidstone's Man of Kent, rode by Lord Maidstone Hon. C. Forrester's Lady Longford rode by the Hon. H. Forrester. These ran a beautiful race, The chief point of attraction was the Rasper, a brook from six to seven yards wide, which was cleared in admirable style by all four without any dif ficulty. The first to take it was Lord Maidstone, whose riding was much admired. the Hon. Mr. Forrester after wards took the lead, and came in the winner; Colonel Caw ford the second ; Lord Maidstone the third ; and Colonel Anson the last, who had the misfortune to fall at the fifth fence from home. SECOND RACE The following started : M. Bernall's Billy, rode by Mr. James's br g St. Valentine Mr. Perry's Viper. • Mr. Tempest's bl g Slashing Harry Mr. Dauber names b g Sanky Mr. Solomon names br h Triangle Sir W. M. Stanley's gr g Charley Lord Maidstone Sir W. M. Stanley nms b 2 Liberty This second race was a sweepstakes of 10 sovereigns each', with 50 added by Sir William Stanley, for which the above 8 started. Owing, however, to Mr. Dawson being ill placed at startieg, he unfortunately lost his chance, other wise expectation ran high in his favour. Sir 'William Stan ley's Charley, rode by Lord Maidstone, was the winner, which appeared to give great satisfaction, as evidenced by the hearty cheers by which Sir William and his lordship were congratulated. Mr. Beanal's Billy, rode by Mr. Bannock, came in second. . Mr. Hancock Mr. Dawson Mr. C. Dawson Mr. Tempest SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.-A lady at Chepstow has been in possession of a grey parrot for the last twenty-one years. When she became possessed of it she supposes it was two or three years old. During the whole of this period it pro duced tiu eggs but to her peat surprise, from the 9th of January to the 12th of February, the bird has laid seven eggs. A case involving a legal point, relative to the will of a lady who died about twelve months ago in the parish of Bathwick' is likely to occupy the attention of the Court of Chancery. The lady alluded to was the widow of th e l ate Col. Munn, . who was once ambassador from this cou n t r y to H olland. In her will she bequeathed a pearl necklace, of the value of £250, to be disposed of, and the proceeds given to th e p oor of the parish in which her decease and interment should t a k e place ; i at the same time expressing tas her wish, if she died in Bath.. wick, to be buried in the church of that parish. I t appears, however, that in accordance with a desire verbally expressed to a friend, some time after the will was made, though dying in Bathwick, she was buried at the church of St. Saviour's, Walcoat, a circumstance which seems to affect the condition of the bequest, as to make it doubtful whether the poor of Bathwick or Waloot are entitled to it. IRISH All) SOCIETY The first annual meeting of the Liverpool Irish Aid So- I ciety was held last night in the Music Hall, Bold-street. This is a new society, or rather a combination of several societies under one name, the object of which is the promo tion of the religious improvement of Ireland, by aiding with funds the Irish Society, the Scripture Readers' Society for Ireland, and the Irish Islands' Society, with the Achill Mis sion. The meeting was very numerously attended, the Hall being full; and among those present we noticed the Rev. R. J. M`Ghee, the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, the Rev. F. Parry, the Rev. T. Moriarty, (the Irish Society's Missionary at Dingle,) the Rev. J. R. Connor, the Rev. W. Falloon, the Rev. T. Nolan, the Rev. F. Barker, Mr. Adam Hodgson, Dr. Dickenson, Mr. J. Rigby, Mr. G. Langtry, Mr. C. Bout ffower, Mr. J. Sheppard, Mr. J. Howard, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, Mr. W. Jones, the Rev. C. W. Lawrence, the Rev. J. Cordeaux, Mr. J. Middleton, and many other clergy and gentry. AD.ANI HODGSON, Esq. was called to the chair; and the Rev. F. PARRY supplicated the divine blessing upon the proceedings. The CHAIRMAN rose and said, he was happy to find. from the presence of those around him, that it was not ne cessary for him to tresspass further upon the attention of those present, than to state the objects they had in view. The meeting had been called in consequence of a resolution passed at a recent meeting of gentlemen, to the effect that several societies, for the promotion of Christian truth in Ireland, should be united and combined. One reason for such a step was that it was found impossible that each of these societies could have a public meeting at which their claim could be aufficiently set forth, which it was hoped might be done with mutual advantage by the union through the present society. There were also other reasons favourable to such a union, which would, no doubt, be detailed in the report. There were two dispositions of mind in which men entered and pur sued any object—one of despondency, and another of that hope which was in accordance with the will of God. In the present case, though they had had difficulties to contend with, which were calculated to justify some despondency; yet there were other circumstances of a cheering character, and they ought not only to exert themselves individually to promote the object in view, but also give such contributions towards it as they could. (Hear.) He should call on the Secretary, The Rev. Mr. PARRY, to read the report. That document entered into many details to show the great utility of the three societies for the aid of which this association was formed, and pressed upon the public the urgency of the claims of the united societies upon the liberality of the public. Mr. RIGBY moved th a t th e s t a t emen t now read (the re port) be adopted, printed, and circulated. The Rev. J. R. CONNOR seconded the resolution, and it was carried unanimously. The Rev. T. MORIARTY then rose to move the second resolution, which was to the effect, that the three societies now embodied'into one, whose objects were set forth in the statement just adopted, were eminently deserving of sympathy and support, and were commended to the prayers of the Christian community. The object of all the three institutions was to proclaim the Gospel of Christ's Salvation ; and, they weae all of them great arms of the Irish Church, which was both Christian and Protestant—a beautiful specimen of the essential unity, with some circumstantial differences, which would ever exist in the Christian body. Though he appeared there more especially as the representative of the Irish So ciety, he would pave the way for the representatives of the others, as well as himself, by making a few general observa tions upon the religious condition of Ireland. The people for whom this society was concerned, were the Irish speaking population, all of whom professed the doctrines of the Ro mish—not of the Irish—church. This population amounted to two millions and a half, who might be divided into three classes, the first consisting of half a million of souls who understood no other language than the Irish ; the second class consisted of a million who spoke English very imper fectly, and only on matters of business ; and the third who spoke English and Irish equally well. It was absolutely necessary, in order to meet their prejudices, to communicate religious instruction to all of these classes through the me dium of the Irish tongue—a point which the rev. gentleman pressed upon the attention of the auditory with great anima tion. He described how the Irish language had been pre served, vernacularly, by the mass of the people, who were greatly attached to it ; and, he was happy to think that it was an honoured bishop of the Irish church, an Englishman, indeed, who had been the means of giving the Bible to the Irish in their native tongue. Before that, Da niels, Archbishop of Tuam, had translated the New Testa ment. It was these that the Irish Society was engaged in circulating; and they generally found the peasantry able to read it, and willing to teach them. The rev, gentleman then proceeded to give a variety of details respecting the use and circulation of the Scriptures in Irish, shewing the success which had followed in the conversion of the people from the ways of error to the knowledge of the truth. His illustra tions in the Irish language were received with much applause; and the rev. gentleman said he gave them just to shew that every man was a barbarian to his fellow if he spoke to him in a language which he did not understrnd. Thus the necessity for sending the Scriptures to the Iri s h i n th e i r native tongue, was absolute, if we wished to do them any spiritual good. In the district of Dingle, there were no less than four Irish congregations, all Protestants, where, eight years ago, not one was to be found. This, then, was a permant effort for our holy church and religion, and by such efforts being continued, he trusted the union would be re pealed between Ireland and the Bishop of Rome. Irish speaking ministers were, however, greatly wanted ; for un less the Gospel was preached, and the Sacrament administered as Christ had appointed, by them we could not hope of success. In the University of Dublin there were now, he was happy to say, no less than six candidates far the Irish-speaking ministery. The rev, gentleman concluded by requesting the prayer of the meeting for the moral and spiritual' welfare of the Irish speaking poor. A few Roman Catholics who had gone into the meeting. one of whom had previously interrupted the speaker, made an attempt to create confusion in the meeting, at the close of Mr. M.'s address, by making use of offensive language. Cries of order continued for some little time, bet the parties were ejected from the room, or otherwise prevailed upon to offer no further interruption, and the meeting soon became silent and attentive. The Rev. Mr. NOLAN then spoke at considerable length in behalf of the Island societies, the Achill mission, and of the Rev. Edward Nangle. who had been most unmeritedly assailed as a man and a Christian, i n hi s man agement of the Mission, by Mr. S. C. Hall, in his work on Ireland. He read those accusations as printed at length by Mr. Nangle, and by him replied to in the Achill Herald, from which, and the correspondence that supervened, as well as the strong facts stated by the speaker, Mr. Nangle came out trium phantly. All the reports defamatory of that excellent man were proved to be founded in error or in falsehood. Mr. Nolan concluded by a feeling and impressive appeal on be half of the Island schools. The Rev. R. J. M . GHEE then came forward, as the repre sentative of the Scripture Readers' Society for Ireland, and was received with three most enthusiastic cheers. He was not in any way connected with the society ; he had not the honour of sitting upon the committ ee , f or it wa s a committee of some of the first men in the country ; but he appeared for it because he had known the value of it for many years, for he had had readers from it under his own superintendence, and at that moment he had one at work in the vicinity of his own church. He strongly approved of the plan which had been adopted for embodying togeth er th ese three soc i et ies; and with regard to the Scripture Readers' S o ciety,.he would mention its origin and its objects, th e mo d e of appointing the readers as instruments for carrying out those objects, the rules by which those readers are r egu l a ted, the practical working of the society, and its practical utility. This society originated in the year 1822; and he would give the most authentic information upon the subject, because it was con veyed to him in a letter from the individual with whom it commenced. This letter was not intended for publication ; it was a private comnannication, therefore he would not men. tion names. The simple history of the Scripture Readers' Society was as follows. Mr. M`Gh ee th en r ead this letter, which commenced by stating, that in 1822 the writer went, for the first time, as a judge of assize upon the Munster circuit ; and he saw then the appalling religious destitution of the peo ple—that the authorized ministers of religion were shut out from the great mass of the people, an d it occurred to him that great good might he done by appointing Scripture readers to go from house to house; and that in order to stimulate such a proceeding upon a large scale, he would give £l,OOO towards the promotion of such society. About £4,000 were immediately raised; and as the Lord had put it into the heart of man to begin the work, he had also put it into the hearts of people to carry it on. This person, though not then upon the bench, was, he was happy to say, placed in that high position. One member of the commit tee, he would mention, was the present Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland ; and several other individuals of equal piety and well known character were also upon it. The meeting, indeed, would feel at once that no men were more fitted to be placed in the solemn posi tion of administering the law in criminal cases than those men who had at heart the principle of preventing crime—who felt it was better to prevent than to punish it—and who knew that the only mode of preventing it was by the diffusion of true religion among the people. (Hear, hear.) The rev. gentleman here related an affecting anecdote of a criminal named Grant, who had been sentenced to death for most atrocious crimes. In the condemned cell a Bible was brought to him, which he read, and by its instrumentality he was brought to a knowledge of his wretched condition, and eventually to sincere repentance. " Sir," he said to the clergyman who gave him that blessed book, " if 1 had ever read that book before, I should not have been here this day. You know not how many poor wretches you may save, by sending the word of the living God to them who have never heard of it." (Hear, hear.) Now this was proposed to be done through the instrumentality of the Scripture Readers' Society, the object of which was simply, therefore, the dif fusion of the Gospel of Christ (hear) : it was simply the salvation of man, the employing humble, pious men, as the writer of the letter which he had just read stated, to visit the cottages of the poor, to read the Bible, and to explain its truths to them. (Applause.) This was more fully developed in the rules of the Readers' So ciety—several of which the rev, gentleman read. Th e y were called upon to go ro un d th e i r sever al districts, to read the Scriptures to th e p oor , an d t o p o i n t out to them th e way o f securingappointed. salvation, throu g h th e L or d J esus Christ. For th e purpose of ec ur i g were this, h he wouldTmheenytimonustt, all of th em , b e pioushe mode in w hi c h t h ese readers men. There was this difference between the Scripture Read ers' Society and the Irish Society—but he spoke under cor rection, and he hoped some of his rev. brethren would cor rect him if he did not state the facts exactly as they w ere .— The Irish Society employed pot men who were pious, or who knew the Gospel of Christ, but in many instances men of good character only —even Roman Catholics who loved the Irish language —to go about to read the Scriptures, and teach them to the people in the Irish language; but those Roman Catholics themselves, by a mere reading of the S cr i ptures, were brought out from the darkness and ignoran ce of the Church of Rome—they felt their own way out of popery by the light of God's eternal truth. Many of them were at this moment, he rejoiced to say, devoted and faithf u l servants of the living God, brought out of popery without any aid what eaer but their own reading of the word of God in teaching poor people to read the Bible in their own langua ge . (Ch eers.) The rev. speaker then produced a list, and read some of the queries demanded from all persons who were candidates f or the appointments of scripture reader, from which it was evi dent that the men selected must not only b e irreproachable in character, but have a disposition for the work, and be mighty in the word of God. The Scripture Readers' Soci ety, then, did not interfere, but co-operated with th e I r i sh Society. He had himself seen the blessings of the Scrip tures being circulated in the Irish language, and the blessings also which had attended the labours of the Irish Scripture readers. When he was half across the water on his voyage from Ireland, he " remembered that he had forgot" to bring with him some of the books issued by the abominable National Board of Education in Ireland as substitutes for the Bible ; but he would mention that at the annual meeting of the Scripture Readers' Society, which was held on the 17th March, in the Rotunda, Dublin, a number of th e I r i sh readers were present as a deputation to pet i tion against the new system of Irish education. They petitioned that the Scriptures might not be shut up from the poor Roman Ca tholics of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) Among that deputation was a woman—the widow of a poor reader whose tongue had been cut from his mouth, and who had been murdered for going round to read the Bible to the people. (Hear.) She was determined to stand there as a witness for her Lord and master—she knew that her Lord and her husband was only Christ, and therefore she took her Station upon the plat- form, with the rest of the deputation, to petition against the suppression of the Scriptures. (Applause.) They brought up a petition, signed by 3,600 individuals, against the National Board, which petition he (Mr. 111`Gliee) had the honour to read, and a great honour he accounted it. When the meeting was nearly concluded, he (Mr. Nl`Ghee) suggested to the secretary that one of the readers should speak for himself—that he should himself tell the state of his feelings, and that of his friends 'upon the value of the Scriptures. After some excuses for want of preparation, and so on, he came down. He (Mr. M`Gbee) had attended many public meetings—he had heard some good speakers in Liverpool—but never in his life had he heard from the lips of man a more brilliant flow of eloquence in defence of the Gospel of Christ than from the lips of that poor Irish reader. There was not an object of nature which he did not press into some glowing metaphors with which he illustrated the grace of God in Christ Jesus ; he quoted, too, various pas sages of Scripture—and as much as to say to the deputation his brethren " this is language worth hearing", he always turrird towards them from the meeting translating the pas sages into Irish for their benefit. (Hear.) He (Mr. Itl` Ghee) would tell the meeting the passage from Scripture with which this poor reader concluded his speech : " Now," said he, " I will address this National Board in the words of Gamaliel, and say to them—Refrain from these men, and leave them alone; for if this work be of man (namely the propagation of the Scriptures among the Irish people) it will come to naught.; but if it be of God, you cannot overthaow ►t." He (Mr. M`Gliee) would now call attention to the practical working of the Scripture Reading Society. The num ber of readers employed was 73, and the number who spoke the Irish tongue 23. There were, at this moment, before the com mittee no less than 150 applications from various parts of the country for readers. Were they able to supply these wants? The meeting should hear. The salary of the readers was from £2B to £3O a year. Last quarter the committee had been obliged to cut off two readers ; and next quarter they must cut off two more for want of funds—and this at the very time when they had 150 applications from different parts ! (Hear, hear, hear) After this he need not enlarge upon the utility of the readers in their differ ent departments. Mr. M`Gbee then related a series of facts and circumstance, most of which had occurred within his own knowlege, but we have not space to print them, illustrative of the utility of the readers to the ministers of the church by labouring among their Protestant tneigh bours in mitigating the asperity of party feeling by read ing the word of God, the blessings which have atten ded their labours in bringing the light of salvation to the Roman Catholic population, and in making known and cir culating the word of God. It was, then for the purpose of entreating assistance, that the Scripture _ Readers' Society united with the others in the present appeal ; and he trusted in God, that in a work like this, it would not prove they appealed in vain. (Hear, heor.) The meeting had read in the newspapers that the poer Roman Catholics of Ire land were beginning to struggle against the exactions of their priests for the spiritual services -of their church. (Hear, hear.) He feared, however, that the priests in this struggle would put down the people, unless the Protestants of the empire stood up for their vindication. (Hear.) And how were they to help them ? Not by interfering in the struggle for the temporal power, but by sending among them the word of God's truth, by sending out abundance of read ers to spew the people this great truth, that forgiveness of sins is not to be found in the Church of Rome, or in all her ordinances, but in the blessed Redeemer alone. (Hear, and cheers.) If the people were not made to know this, the priests would get the better of them ; but if the people were brought to this knowledge, then their temporal struggle would be an instrument of their liberty, and they would be brought into that glorious freedom which the truth alone could give, and which made man free for time and free for eternity. (Loud cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried. The Rev. HUGH M`NErnE then rose to move a vote of thanks to Mr. Hodgson, for his able and impartial con duct in the chair. In doing so he would make a short expla nation of a matter advanced by Mr. M`Ghee, which might, unless explained, lead to an erroneous impression upon the minds of some frienes of the various societies now united—he meant the distinction he (Mr. M`Ghee had drawn between the agents of the Scripture reading Society, who, he said were christian men, and the agents of the Irish Society, of whom he said, rather too generally that they were not so. It was true that some of them were not: so when they were first employed. In this work there was a primary act leading to a more advanced act : the primary act of the teacher of the Irish Society was to convey to the Irish people the mechanical power of reading the actnal word of the Scriptures. How was this to be done, or by what agency? English speaking men could not do it; and where were they to get men who spoke Irish to do it, if they did not employ Roman Catholics? They found then Roman Catholics willing to be employed in this work, who thought the Bible was for their religion and not against it ; and the payment which the society gave was in proportion to the progress made by the people, the judge of their ad vancement being the inspector, who was always a member of the church, and as far as men could secure it, a Christian, converted man. Now, whatever the agency was that con veyed the letter of God's Word to the people—through their eyes to the mind and understanding —they hailed it as a primary agency indispensable for the work. Many of the men so employed, fancied that the teaching of the Bible to the people would strengthen them in the old faith as they called it, but which was not the old faith for the Church of England and Ireland, which held the old faith. As they taught others to read, they read themselves ; and eventually they began to find that there was no such thing as the priests' doctrines; many of them had left the Church of Rome in consequence of this reading of the Bible, —so that not ouly the people, hut the teachers had become converts to the true Gospel. When a teacher became a con cert, he was employed not only to teach his own clues, but to go and talk to the other teachers, so that the Irish Society then laid hold of the instrumentality then, which it could not begin with. It took the plough and the harrow before it sent out the seedsman—every thing in its place: it hat confidence in the power of the Word of (god; it hat confidence that wherever that word was read, good wonli follow, so that what at first sight might, in the mind: P • SA of some, appear to be an objection to the Irish society, which was in reality a commendation of it. (Cheers.) The Reverend gentleman, after an earnest call upon the mer chants of Liverpool tc protect their servants, who, in many cases, suffered wrong because they inquired after truth from a Protestant minister, concluded by moving the thanks of the meeting to Mr. Hodgson for his conduct in the chair. The motion was carried by acclamation. Mr. IloncsoN ocknowledged the compliment. The Doxology, " Praise God from whom all blessings flow," was then sung; and a collection being made at the doors, the meeting separated at half-past ten o'clock. The Earl of Coventry is in Coventry House, gradually sinking, and not recognising the persons about him. ENCOURAGEMENTTO YOUNG SURGEONS.—AstIey Cooper at an early age, had attained a high reputation, but profes- sional income did not come so quickly. "My receipt," says he, " for the first year was £5 ss. ; the second, £26 ; the third, £6l ; the fourth, £96 ; the fifth, £lOO ; the sixth, £2OO ; the seventh, £-100 ; the eighth, £6OO ; the ninth (the year he was appointed surgeon to the hospital) £1,100." He himself appends a remark, which sufficiently shows his feeling on this subject.—" although 1 was a lecturer all the time on anatomy and surgery." Theextent of practice which he subsequently obtained may be inferred from the tact, that his professional income for the year 1815 exceeded £21,000. THK BANK OF ENGLAND.—The following notice was posted up on Thursday at the Bank of England :—The Go vernor and Company of the Bank of England are ready, until further notice, to receive applications for loans upon the deposit of approved bills of exchange not having more than six months to run, Exchequer-bills, and East India Bonds, such loans to be repaid on or before the 19th of April next, with interest at the tate of £5 per cent. per annum, and to be for sums of not less than £2,000 each. In every case of an advance by the Bank of England, in pursuance of the notice dated this day, a promissory note will be required, whether the advance be upon bills of exchange, Exchequer bills, or India bonds. On 'Monday, about eleven in the morning, three or four persons ascended the Column of July, at Paris, and were followed by a man, about 30 years of age, apparently be longing to the working class. Whilst they were examining the panorama of the city, he amused himself with walking rapidly round the platform. Presently they descended, and he, finding himself alone, got over the railing, and, catching hold of the balustrade, hung suspended, like a person exer cising his arms at a gymnastic school. All at once his muscles seemed to fail, for he uttered a piercing cry, and en deavoured to hanl himself up. A second more, and the weight of his body proved too great for his arms; his hold gave way, his body curved outwards, and be fell with his back against one of the angles of the pedestal ; from thence he tumbled to the ground an inert mass- His limbs were broken i❑ varions places, and his death must have been in stantaneous. No papers were found on him to prove his identity. EXPORT ON COAL.—The following statement of the ex port of coal and culm during the last nine years, shows that the trade has been gradually progressing, and that during the last year year, notwithstanding the imposition of a duty, the export exceeds that of the preceding year:— Years. Newcastle. Sunderland. Stockton. Great Britain 1834.... 230,342.... 149,956.... 9,988.... 615,255 1835.... 313,107.... 154,538.... 26,840.... 736,060 1836.... 415,849.... 170,367.... 36,943.... 916,868 1837.... 476,157.... 242,463.... 46,516.... 1,113,610 1838.... 554,175.... 308,178.... 56,689.... 1,313,709 1839.... 558,052.... 370,620.... 111,707.... 1,449,417 1840.... 593,911.... 442,987.... 132,842.... 1,606,313 1841.... 750,585.... 408,515....169,345.... 1,848,294 1842.... 791,981.... 366,451.... 178,342.... 1,852,000 LORD COTTENHAM'S BILL.—We call the attention of our readers to the Bill of the above-mentioned learned lord, en titled " A Bill for the advancement of Justice in certain mat ters relating to Creditors and Debtors." We recommend the timely consideration of the provisions of the proposed Act of Parliament to tradesmen and professional men. There is one clause, numbered 49, against which we protest, and we call upon our brethren engaged in newspaper publication to unite in procuring an alteration in its terms,—we refer to that in which the proprietors of public prints are to be required to insert advertisements under the Act at rates that are clearly not remunerative. Why, we ask, should those who provide media of public announcement be called upon to make sacri fices that could not be justly required of those engaged i❑ any other calling? FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Wednesday last a marine, named Beer, fell overboard from the Andromache, and was unfor tunately drowned before the least assistance could be ren dered him ; and on Monday an accident which terminated fatally occurred in the dockyard, to a labouring man, named Blake. It appears that the unfortunate deceased was em ployed in clearing chips and rubbish from the deck of the St George, 120, lying in the new north dock, and that while descending from the vessel to the ground, in the act of swing ing or lifting a basket containing about 30 pounds of rubbish, to his shoulder, he lost his balance, and being upon a narrow plank, fell head foremost into the dock ; his head came in contact with one of the projecting stones, by which he re ceived such severe injuries as almost immediately to cause his death.—Hampshire Telegraph. A FRENCH JACK SHEPPARD.—A man named Darvi'is was arrested a few days since for stealing a shawl and some trinkets from two women of improper character with whom he had been living for some time past. On being taken to the Prefecture of Police, he was recognised as an escaped convict, notorious for his audacity and strength. Darvs was condemned for forgery, in 1834, by the court of assizes of the Sarthe, to five years' imprisonment. On hearing hi sentence, he very quietly said to the jury, " You might as well have acquitted me, for to-morrow I shall be tree." When taken back to prison he was heavily ironed, to prevent him from carrying his threat into execution, and was con fined by himself in a cell. The next morning a man offered to a locksmith, at Angers, some pieces of iron for sale. It was the prisoner, who had contrived, during the night, to get rid of his fetters. and, having taken out some of the iron bars of the cell, scaled a wall 25 feet high, and made bis es cape. Some time afterwards he entered a regiment of the line, and became a non-commissioned officer. Having de serted, he was condemned to seven years' hard labour, and was taken to Oleron to work out his time. Shortly after, he seized on a boat and escaped. In 1842 he was recognised at Paris, and arrested. On his way back to Oleron he pre tendeda to be taken ill, and wa s examined by a medical . nn i at Etampes, who was so completely deceived by his ed admira ble acting, that he pronounced the case one of dang e r, an d n ordered him to the hospital. Three days after, the a P r; and invalid stole the dress of one of the steurs de etzye escaped thus disguised. Since that period he has been re siding at Paris with women of bad character, until arrested, as above stated.—Galigaanes Messenger. NORTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES FRIDAY Mr. Baron ROLFE entered the Nisi Priu4•Court at half past twelve o'clock, and the trial of the Chartists proceeded. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that, after the cross ex imination of Buckley, yesterday, by John Wilde, from which it was elicited that he was kept in the chair of a public meeting by force, he should offer no further evidence against him. John Wilde was consequently discharged. Thomas Pitt was also discharged, the evidence against him not being sufficient. Joseph Hibbert, clerk to the magistrates at Hyde, spoke of the disturbed state of Hyde, commencing about the 7th or Bth of August. The magistrates assembled from day to day. Joseph Little is special high constable of Hyde, and it was his duty to make reports to the magistrates of what was going on. The book now produced to me [the one from which Little gave his evidence] h as f requen tly b een i n my office when the magistrates meet, and is the book he uses to enteritis reports Cross-examined.—l know of no particular distress at the time in tt yoe. I did not hear of any notice for a reduction of wages. John Brooks, manager and overlooker of Mr. Pratt's mill, at Stalybridge, stated that, on the 7th of August, a mob of several thousands came to the mill, and ordered the hands to be turned out : . He remonstrated with the mob, but they said they would have the hands out, and that neither that nor any other mill should work till they had got their rights. The weekly hands in the mills were getting more wages than they did several years ago. The spinners were receiving from 225. to 365. per week, according to the quantity of the work done. There were about 300 hands in the mill. Cross-examined by Mr. DUNDAS.-1 don't know that the hands at Bailey's were under notice of 25 per cent. reduc tion. Bailey's mill was stopped about a month. Cross-examined by Mr. O'Connor.—The amount of wages paid by me is £3lO in a fortnight. A single-dicked mule spinner can get £6 Gs. per fortnight, from which we deduct ten per cent. and 4s. for gas. At a double-dicked mule he can get £lO 13s. per fortnight, from which there is twenty per cent. deducted, and 3s. per week for gas. The spinners pay their own piecers out of this. After deducting the amount paid to 35 spinners, the average of the other hands would be about 7s. 6d. per week. There was great distress in the neighbourho o d, an d th ere h a d b een committees of shopkeepers to relieve the distress. Cross-examined by James Leech.—The wages 25 years ago were, one carder 175., two strippers 12s, and lls., frame tenders Bs. 6d. The wages now are one carder 195., two ditto 305., one grinder ]3s., five ditto Ils. each; strippers on piece -work make from 13s. to 175., frame tenders 10s., 95., Bs. 6d. We are spinning 80's to 160's. Ten years ago we had spinners who were spinning on 1300 spindles, and twenty years ago they were spinning on 648 spindles. Some now are working 2000 spindles. Some of our hands are living in cottages belonging to the firm, but we don't force them to live in them. We stop the rents in the counting-house be fore their wages are paid. Thomas Rose, of Brookfield, near Glossop, said that he occupied a portion of Shepley's mill, at Glossop. He de scribed the attack made on that mill on the 10th of August. The hands were turned out, and the mob threatened if they went to work again they would make them incapable of working. He was at the meeting at Mottrarn Moor, on the 17th of August. A man named Booth made a speech in reference to the expenses of the royal household, and told them how expensive a thing monarchy was. It was men tioned that the railway men were gone to work again, and the meeting came to the conclusion to stop them. The mob went towards the railway to stop the workmen. The mill was opened again on the 26th of August, and about twelve o'clock on that day, several thousand persons came to the mill, and endeavoured to stop work again, but they were resisted by the workpeople. On the 30th, a mob again attacked the mill, and broke the doors and windows, and the doors and windows of houses in the neighbourhood. The military were brought to the spot, and the mob was dispersed. Cross-examined.—l know of no contemplated reduction of wages, except that as I was paying a farthing a cut more than any one else, I was going to reduce them to the same level. At the meetings of the 11th and 12th, it was resolved that it should not be a wage question. It was the Charter they were going for. The placard which had been so often spoken of by several witnesses, as issued by the Chartist Executive Committee, was here put in and read. The copy put in was taken from the walls in Hyde, by Little, the high constable. George Nasmyth, of the Bridgewater Foundry, Patricroft, spoke of the mob being at Eccles on the 12th of August, and saw them go to :Vlr. Tetlow's. He was at one of the meet ings, and heard them recommend peace, law, and order. Nathan Pryor, of the Bridgewater Works, Worsley, iden tified Morrison and Macartney, the former as having been present when the hands were turned out, and the latter as speaking at a meeting at Eccles in very violent terms. George Wroe, of Eccles, also identified Macartney. Samuel Turner, of Ashton, farmer, was at a meeting in Stalybridge on the 9th of August, when Southam took the chair. Pilling spoke about going to Manchester to meet the masters, and told them not to resume labour till they got the wages of 1840. He went to Manchester with them, and saw them turn out the hands of several factories. He was with the mob when they entered the town, and saw Mr. Maude speak to him. He saw Leigh at Ashton, but not afterwards. SATURDAY This morning, at nine o'clock, the learned Judge took his eat on the bench; but, before the case was proceeded with, sis Lordship announced to the bar, that, in consequence of hhe length to which the assizes were likely to extend, be had written to London, desiring Mr. Baron Parke, who was named in the commission with him, to communicate with the Lord Chancellor as to the propriety of issuing a new com mission for Westmoreland, (the assizes for which county were to commence on Wednesday next,) so as to give him the whole of next week to finish the business here, if pos sible ; and he was enabled to state, that another commission would be issued for Westmoreland, after the assizes for the northern counties were concluded. The learned baron bad also intimated, for the convenience of the bar, that he woul,d if possible prevent any but undefended cases being taken at York before Wednesday next. The Jury applied to his Lordship to adjourn the case at five o'clock in the attertioon, so as to enable them to return to their homes to-night, and they would return in time for the business on Monday morning. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, as it was of very great importance to the Jury to return to their places of busibess this evening, he trusted the wishes of the Jury would be com plied with. - His LORDSHIP intimated his intention to comply with the desire of the Jury. The evidence was then proceeded with ; the first portion being a long article from the Northern Star, dated the 20th of August, in which the Executive address from the Chartists was containea, in what purported to be a report of the Char tist Conference held at Manchester on the 16th of August last. James Cartlege was called and sworn ; but after two or three questions had been put to him, Mr. O'Connor said he thought it right to inform his lordship, that the witness was one of the parties included in the indictment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, he had given directions to enter a nolle vrosequi so far as the witness was concerned, and thought it had been done. On reference to the record, however, it appeared that it had not, and the Attorney-General then entered a nolle prosequi. ... . A long discussion now ensued as to whether the witness was a competent one; the counsel for the defendants con tending that he was not, as he was one of the parties then under trial, and that it was not in the power of the Attorney - General, at that stage of the proceedings, to enter a nolle prosequi. The learned JUDGE, after deciding that the witness was a competent one, and that the Attorney-General could, at any stage of the proceedings, enter a nolle prosequi if he thought proper, recommended, however, to prevent further discussion, that a verdict of acquittal should be taken in the case of the witness, and that he should then be examined. This course was adopted by the Attorney-General, but protested against by t he counsel for the defendants, and the point was reserved by the Judge. Cartlege was then examined at considerable length, and deposed to several Chartist meetings being held, at which several of the defendants were present. He also proved that the Executive Committee of the National Charter Associa tion consisted of James Leach, J. Bairstow, John Campbell, Peter Murray M'Douall, and Morgan Williams, and that the Executive address which had already been put in and read in the previoas part of the trial was written by Dr. M'Douall, and that the latter corrected the proof-sheet. The witness spoke to the defendants O'Connor, Hill, Beesley, Harney, Parks, Oteley, James Leach, John Leach, Railton, D. Mor rison, Cooper, of Leicester, R. Ramsden, Hoyle, M`Donall, J. Campbell. M`Cartney, Norman, Skevington, Brookes, and Mooney, of Colne, being present at a meeting in Schole field's char.', on the 18th, at which a resolution was carried that the strike should be continued until they obtained the Charter. At this meeting the defendant M'Arthur was in the chair, and occasionally Scholefield was present. In cross-examination by Mr. O'Connor, the witness stated that he was induced to give evidence in consequence of the Chartists denouncing him as a traitor, and insulting his wife, but he was still for the Charter. The principal witness of the day, who was called by the Attorney-General in consequence of the defendant O'Connor agreeing to release Sir James Graham from further attend ance, if he was called, was a person named James Wilcocks, arid he deposed to attending a meeting at Ashton, in the Chartist meeting-room, at which Pilling was present, and which took place the Tuesday or Wednesday previous to the outbreak, at which a placard was agreed to be headed, " The reckoning day is at hand." Cross-examined by Mr. O'Connor.—At that time, in con sequence of the state of the town and neighbourhood, I was very uneasy in my mind. I did not attend any meetings of the Anti Corn-I w League about that time; but I have corn p ained that the parties who got the people out of work had turned upon them. I am a shopkeeper at Ashton, and I thought the treatment of the working classes was so bad that I thought it was my duty to make a representation of it to th e Government. It was reported generally, that there were f• he three reduct on; of wages before Christmas. It was told to me by a c rtain gentleman who attended the Anti Corn-law nfw room. My opinion was, that there was a party in Ashton to bring about a tumult, in order to stop the Chartists meetings. I was in company with a certain. gen ,lernan, and he told me there would be three reductions hefore Christmas, and then the Chartists would be broken up, and there would only remain two parties, the Anti Corn• law League and the Tories, and it would then be seen which was master. Have' heard you address the people of Ashton twice, and do not think your speeches were likely to lead to a breach of the peace. I went as far as Birmingham on my way to London, and there I wrote to Sir James Graham, and then went away in another direction, instead of going to London. Several letters of an inflammatory character, written by the defendant James Leach, were then put in and read, after which the court adjourned a few minutes before five o'clock. YESTERDAY O❑ this day the reporter for the Northern. Star was examined, and several other witnesses. _ _ _ Mr. DUNDAs addressed the jury on behalf of the defend ant Robert Brooke, and Mr. BAINES on behaif of the Rev J. Schofield. _ _ . e understand the whole of to-morrow is likely to be taken up with the several speeches of the defendants ; and it is likely the summing up of the Judge will occupy the whole of Wednesday ; so that the case will not probably conclude before Thursday next. MARRIAGE OF A CH ILD.—On Wednesday last the daugh ter of a comfortable farmer, living in the vicinity of Berne, was to have been married to a young man to whom she had been engaged, and everything was arranged for the interest ing event. However, the fickle fair one changed her mind, and on the morning appointed for the wedding, she eloped with her father's servant boy, who, it appears, had more favour in her sight. For some time all was consternation and surprise, but, after a little reflection, the father and the disappointed bridegroom determined that a wedding there should be by hook or crook, and it was not long until they selected the granddaughter of the former, a child under 12 years of age! The only thi ng now neces sary for the con summation of the marriage was the presence of his reverence, but soon that obstacle was removed, and he made his appear ance in all due form ; hi s "fi st was greased" with a £lO note, and the little girl became a bride! The bridegroom gave the grandfather A'so to live with him. and thus termi nated an event which has caused feelings of general disgust amongst the respectable classes in the neighbourhood. We have since learned .hat the little child bas been sent to a school at some distal:tee from the locality where this strange scene occurred.—Tipperary Constitution. MRRESPONI).ENCE THE COPYRIGHT AND THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL agoLSan TiAA:DhAouRtDt. SIR,—I should not have troubled you glaring inconsistency of the Mercury, in advocating the cause of protection with one breath arid with the next th at of nor_ protection, but that the editor, in an article attempting this his inconsistency, sets out with a statement notoriously falla cious. He says, Tories cannot reason, never could, an d what is more, never will be able to do so." In writing this, either he was serious or he was not ; if the former, he must have known he was uttering a deliberate falsehood, and thereby pl..cing the whole of the article in a ridiculous predi cament, that of being totally false ; .if the latter—that is, that be was not serious, but merely jesting—then is it not fair a e should conclude that he could not answer the arguments ho so ardently contemns ? Tories cannot reason ; therefore, since they are irrational, unthinking, non-reasoning beings, and beings that never will reason, why does he not employ phy sical force towards them as he does towards his ass, if he be worth one? If they be irrational beings, .and cannot there fore reason, why is he every day of his life reasoning with and against them ? since, if they cannot reason, they must be devoid of that faculty by which the force of reasoning is ap prehended. " Tories cannot reason"—bahl But, sir, all this is foreign to the subject, as was at least one-half of the article in the Mercury in defence of a mono poly in literature. To use a significant expression, the editor was completely flabergastered, and knew not how to make a retreat sufficiently speedy ; or, as a friend of mine in the bookselling line remarked , he shzrke d the question : but if he have any regard for his reputation as a reasoner, let him return to it with more particularity, and show, if he can, why the man who'bestows his time, labour and capital in the cultivation of the soil should not be protected as well as the lama whose time, labour and capital are devoted to the culti vation of literature. Why should not the man nho subsists by the profit of land be protected as well as he who subsists by the profit of manuscript? I am, sir, yours res ectfull py, A BOOKSELLER. March 1, 1843. THE MERCURY'S ANTI-CORN-LAW ADVOCACY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SlR,—Some time back you kindly permitted me to expose through your columns a little of the Aiercury'sjesuitry ; that my letter told on the obdurateness of its editors is evidenced from their excusing the insertion of the paragraph in question, on the plea of its having gone the round of the most respectable papers, meaning, I suppose, the organs of popery and free trade in every thing calculated, however remotely, to degrade "church principles" to " social and papistical impurities," and our high-principled and spirited yeomanry to factory slaves. 'Tis true they called me a " snarler ;" but consi dering the extent of their "Billingsgate" vocabulary, I do not think I have had reason to complain, and should not in all probability have again troubled myself to disturb their complacent inanity had they not again ventured, in the cal lousness of " Anti-Corn-Law Leagueism," on the awful impiety of assuming to know the mind of God, (" who giveth not account of any of his matters"—Job 33-13,) and to pre sume on that assumption to warp the dealings of God with His chosen people into the service of the Anti-Corn-Law League. Under these circumstances, I hope you will again give me a place in your valuable paper for a few remarks on the following extract from the Mercury of last Friday : " THE NATIONAL EISTRESS. — ' An Old Churchman,' observing on the order for a thanksgiving, on account of our successes in the east, expresses a hope that there will be a day of fasting and humiliation appointed, when the nation may implore the Almighty to mitigate the present great distress. To the piety of this wish we cordially respond, but against its propriety there is this objection : the electors of England, exercising a sacred trust for all the people, have appointed six hundred and fifty-eight law-makers, a great majority of whom wilfully keep the people on this side the ocean starv ing, and on the other side ill clothed, because they will not allow nations freely to exchange their surplus produce with each other ; this is, therefore, a wilful national fault of our own, and there is no warrant, either in Scripture or in the visible arrangements of Providence, for believing that relief will be granted by miracle, when we perversely continue an evil of our own creating. Manna would not have been showered down upon the Israelites in the wilderness, if they had obstinately maintained a corn law, keepin,g out supplies from fruitful lands around them." It is not my intention to offer any o b serva tions on the object of " An Old Churchman," said to be a correspondent of the Mercury's, but I would in all seriousness ask him how he reconciles it with church principles to figure in the co lumns of the Mercury? Neither do I intend to waste time and paper on the PROPRIETIES of the Mercury. though it is very true they must hold very curious notions of propriety, as well as of the gullibility of their readers, when they expect them to digest such a mass of absurdity as the aforegoiunting. My business at present is with the last paragraph; for, l the editors of the Mercury can show that we have prevented and do prevent other " nations freely to exchange their sur plus produce with each other," all his amalgamations of ab surd assumptions can only be considered as one great Anti- Corn-Law BOUNCE, and nothing more: but when they so audaciously tell us " manna would not have been showered down upon the Israelites in the wilderness, if they had obsti nately maintained a corn law, keeping out supplies from fruitful lands around them," they deserve whipping ; — = 1 : 1 come forth you hypocritical editors of tbeMercury—pub fishers of Blackburn's iligant speech against Bible education —and let us know in your next publication (as you assume to know the will of the Almighty therein) how it came to pass that the Israelites h a d n eed of " man na," since they had (and did not ke e p ou t) " su pplies from fruitful lands around them ?" Call on your " gods" of the Anti -Corn-Law and Repeal Associations to help you in the dile mma in which you have placed your se lf, if th ey can—your Evans s, Earle s, Blackburn's, Bright's and Rathbone's—you are welcome to all; for in the name of common sense I defy them to prove otherwise than that you have been guilty of impious block headism. What an example do you afford of the necessity of the Bible education ? What a triumph base you now afforded to the advocates of the evil of education not based on religious principles? Henceforth keep your friends of the town-council from agitating the education question, for the apt illlustration you will afford the conservative members would render the " pillory" a comparative comfort to whet at you would have to undergo. Should you find yourselv unable to account on Scriptural elucidation for God's dealing with his people, I will endeavour, if the editor of he t the STANDARD will allow me, to enlighten y ou thereon ; in mean time, I wduld earnestly can your attention to the fact. " that plenty of corn and wine" is throughout all Scripture mentioned as the direct blessing of God on his obedient peo ple, totally unco nnec t e d with earthly c ommerce or feelings. " When he giveth quietness, d him ) and when he hideth his face, who th can en behol whether it be done against a nation, or a nst a man on y. ' gai —Job 34-29. w ho then can make trouble ? ant, Eloping you will be kind enough your next, I remain, dear sir, Your obedien t sery to make a place f or this in LOOK-OUT. DREADFUL COACH ACCIDENT. ---OH Thursday evening 1 la st, a as the day coach from London was coming towards T sburgb, when it reached the hill eear the bridge the coach overtook a brewer's dray, tae a the cart and upset, turning over a deep place by the side of the road. The dray man drove on as if nothing had happened, leaving word at o ff ag ainst a tree _he i a p d s fi tt r i s e t h , the public-house respecting tbe accident. Mr. Scott, one of n th un e o . ut T si h d e e d p r a i s y s e e r ng w e a r s s, twharsowthnrown off and fixed between the , . coach . and a tree, which was cut down in order to extricate The two inside pas ,'andhead was very much hurt. The guard wiiikgihrta.slsssoicloottwhtriwonwgasnyteoiriftye little. iitgat a ih d eht.e fi ba r de, s ri t nbhg a uei cz yt a hl eg i o n rry s sl c ue i the c stump u u i p, at e o l f y a perttre e e a ,. an d kille d outside passe sengers escaped unhurt, though much frightened. We understand no blame can be attached to the coachman,. the e. and guard. dans passenger k eerr a eh n e d vsei f rd o ye g gt little hY e , a d t r t hi d yoe t r h rt 1 onl y • I Express. t THE PERILOUS SITUATION OF THE STEAMER —W • happy • e are to be enabled to state that tha steam vessel, supposed to be the Rhadamanthus, which we reported in our last paper as being in danger of going p l ace paper ashore near the rov identially escaped. It fi'''. pears that Mr. Galway , w ho lives near the Rennies, espied where the Killarney was l og, p steam-vessel with a white chimney, about ten o'clock, a . la bouring to get towards Cove harbour, the sea . making breaches over her, as it was blowing a storm at th e , time. After some time ' she was blown in, broadside, towards 'Barry's head, the next point west of Rennies bay. , she neared the land she appeared to drop both bow hen chors, as her head came round to the wind, which waser an the S.P —., and though her engines continued to wo k from neared the land until she got within her own lent• 1. she , rock at Barry's head ear s ago. buoy, laid hof the down where a frigate was lost some years ago. Here she held the hundreds who crowded the cliffs around ex on, though moment that she would strike on the rock, and ex p e cted every if she did that she must have gone to pie es it was feared es, while it is doubtful whether am, of those on board could ha ve saved. Mr. Whitconabe, officer of coast-guard, been at Robert's cove, sent an express to Sir Robert Hagan, an d everything y was done to secure as sistance, but fortunately a t half-past ; two o'clock the wind veered and the tide ebbecl, which en abled the vessel to we i g h anchors and get off.— tution. Cork Coma- ESCAPE FROM PRISON. —In the early part o f a man named George Hawes, a native of Che last month (and connected with an extensive gang of sbeep.stealers),shunt. Bucks • who had been apprehended with five othe stealing upwards of 30 sheep from the he ri, rs, charged with i Amersham, broke through the roof of Win dsor gaol, of clear away. At the time of his escape he had and got cover him but his night shirt and the rug he nothing to off his bed, the whole of his clothes having had taken from from him by the gaoler, for the better been taken away upon his being locked up for the ni h security of the prisoner i he was brought before the bench of g t. Yesterday morning Larkins, an active local constable of that at Eton by that district, who ha d appeared apprehended hi m at Pl y mouth. It upon his escape first made h is way peared that the fello w to Slough, where b e was as sisted by some notorious characte rs , with clothes and which enabled him to proceed the money, ; same night by the lugg ua train to London . Th e next morning ge he enlisted, in his own name, in the 67th Reg iment of Foot, in the metrop olis, and after remaining there four days was sent to join the regiment a t Plymouth, where he was taken into custody by the consta stable on Sunday morning last , just as the troops were leaving the church t o proceed to the barracks. He was yesterday I sent by the Eton bench of magistrates in custody to Amers ham, whence he will be fully committe d to Aylesbury gaol , to take his trial with the rest of the gang at the ensuing as . sizes forty county of Bucks. He was attired yesterday is his militaruniform, and appears about 20 years of age. which SAVAGE S UPERS TITION. —Of all th e su p erstitions still linger in the Highlands, there is none so heartless, cruel, b ar b a rous, an d degrading—none so baneful and distressing in its consequences, none so insulting to humanity,. and none so disgraceful to professing Christians, as that which relates to suicide, actual or supposed. A very striking instance of this sort of superstition was lately displayed at the farmstead of Hilton, near Tain. A poor, sickly, unattended, helpless woman, went out to fetch water from a neighbouring well, or pool, for her children, wbo were lying ill of a fever ; while at the pool, which is quite shallow, she was suddenly seized with ver tigo, o r a fit of fainting; she unfortunately fell for ward into the water. and, there being no help at band, she was either suffocated or drowned. This, according to the mos t t rus tworthy rep ort, would be the conclusion arrived at by any jury of inte lli g ent men. Now, instead ofsympathising with the distracted husband, his aged and bedridden fatherd , and his sick and motherless children, then eighbours sto od shrinking and loathingly aloof from them in their agony. Mr. Munro , the farmer of Hilton, whose con duct with re- t o his bead and s pect to this sad c ase was honourable alike his heart, used all his influence to o btain a decent Christian burial for the unfortunate deceased, but in vain. Ignorance and prejudice at once decided that she was a suicide; an d superstit i on and bigotry cared "Away w ith her to the Mor y, and dism al border of the rich Morl" — t he damp, ar Tain Frith, where, on the day o f judgment , a multitude of so - c alled suicide s ma y start u humanityto give their testimony as to of the ' t h e i n telligence , chaity, and Holy Land ' o f Ross." This disgraceful affair, however, having conic to the knowledge of the Tam authorities, they very ordered the bo d y to be disintered and examined b operly died o f all men , who, after a careful consideration y two me the cir cumstances, reported that, in their opinion this of "acciden tal death by drowning." , was a case The decently co tfined, and interred in th corpse was then e cemetery the rWied chapel of St. Duthus. — Ja etery attached to hn o' Groat Journal. 8= • •