The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-19 00:00:00

JUNE 19. 183 S. at every successive election rejecting the candidate who dares to avow that his principles are in accordance with theirs—the only door left open for them through 'which to wound the church is either in Tieland or in colo ..- flies.- Chained down to their bargain with relentless vi gour, the allies of ministers insist upon the fulfilment of the "compact`:`' the pound of flesh must be given, whe - • 'titer the life-Stood 'of office flows or not. The Church in Ireland, which is part and parcel of the Church of Eng r land, as that church is part and parcel of the Church of Christ, stands in the way of Papal absolutism, and it must be removed or destroyed before Fatter can breathe in freedom, or the " bachelors" of Mavnooth riot in the filthy and damnable questions with which, in pursuance of the education they receive in that English paid college, they are required to insult the chastity of every nation, and familiarize to indecency every fair daughter of Papal Ireland; and to obtain this end no means arevared. O'Connell himself, powerful as he is, would be nothi ng in one week but an old barrister, with a round hat and a seedy wig, if the Popish priests of Ireland pleased to pull him down, or if his political de struction were necessary for the good of their church and the advancement of their pernicious and arbitrary doctrines; and if these same spiritual gentlemen, who can flourish a horsewhip at the hustings as dextrously as they can fulminate a curse against the poor peasant who • dares to vote against "the church" should choose to turn her Majesty's ministers out of the well-stuffed couches in Downing-street, Lord Palmerston might curl leis whiskers and write protocols in Hampshire—Lord Glenelg snore in undisturbed peace each rosy morn, un this northern hemisphere had got well aired,- and the Nvidow's mite Would have leisure to add to Russell's History of England a few pages, in which he might, with admirable propriety, chronicle his own political abortions. • But what won't a whig do to retain office ? Saciifice principle? Bah! With spendthrift prodigality they have expended all they had, and they are now obliged to bor row every grain from their noble-minded antagonists.- - Sacrifice the church? Aye, to-morrow, if it would save their places! And they must soon do the bidding of Popery, if they would have its support, for Popery can not flourish where Protestantism exists in full vigour,— nor can the Ministry exist an hour if Popery blows upon it with its withering breath. Let the thirty-nine joints t of the tail be lopped off, and where is the ministry with its majority of 20—and that decreasing at every election ? They would be - gone to that obscurity from which most of them ought never to have emerged, and which will be a great national blessing whenever it occurs again. Our readers may prepare, in a short time, to hear that thesewretched officials, not being able to injure the esta blishment at home, will attempt to withdraw the whole or part of the grant made to the Established Church in Canada, when it is a well-known fact that that country is at present most scantily supplied wtih religious teach ' -ers , --that vast tracts of country have not a single pastor, and that-it is the refuge of the vast numbers of Irish Protestants, who annually emigrate thither to escape from the persecutions which they suffer at home. The . abominable scheme will he introduced when the Colonial Estimates are brought forward, and .it behoves our COnservative Senators to be on the watch. Their hands.must be strengthend by the constituency, and pe ctitions must be forwarded without delay against such a measure of injustice. Will it be believed that a Popish bishop and a numerous staff are maintained in Canada at the expense of the British Government, to propagate that creed which has•sworn hostility to her institutions, . and yet, that a most insufficient grant is about to be de creased or swept away altogether, when Popish treach ery has ended in Canadian rebellion, and that colony saved to the Crown of Great Britain only by the devoted loyalty. of those Protestant subjects whose spiritual des titution is• disregarded and their earnest appeals re jected ? We trust that the poor Irish Protestant whose cabin is fired—*hose property is destroyed—who is . an object of persecution, and is often hunted over his na 'Eve mountains at the imminent peril of his life, and who is obliged to flee froM the land of his forefathers to seek Ahat:petice which he'lools for in vain at home—may ne .• ,ver pine in misery and spiritual destitution in a far dis taut land, cut off froin cthnmunion with the Church, and , separited ;by a Pine farest of 50 or GO mile's in extent ,from the nearest place, of worship, in oider that a wretched administration, may be kept in office—that the ,insatiable maw of !tome Anay, be filled—and that the life -blood of England may be drawn away. Petitions are being prepared in several towns against .a withdrawal of the'grant to the Church in Canada, and we hope that Liverpool will not lag behind. The sub- Ject is both interesting and important. frow 'can re spectable Dissenters permit, a government to make na tional grants to support the Papal Church, and yet with draw it from one which is accordant with Scripture? They say Popery is liberal—is qemocratic. Yesl where she is weak, as in 'England.. But is she liberal where she is strong ? 'Let the Protestant peasantry expelled from the Tyrol, because they refused conformity to the Romish Church, and who are at this moment driven froth their own land at the mandate of the Vatican—let them, • - we say, answer the question. THE CORONATION.—We haVv repeatedly expressed -our hopes that the event„oft.he'coronaticn of our gracious Queen Victoria—an even t, so interestin g h i it s c h aracter to every loyal subject—would be : celebrated with all the . pomp and circumstance which, r it deserves in thislarge commercial town : and we are glad to 'find that there is, At length, some prospect. that our .expectations will be realized, and that Liverpool, which has been ; always foremost in mercantile enterprise..will.signally maintain that respectable station which its inhabitants liaveii right :to claim, in giving expression to their devoted attach ment to the throne. . . . Out readers will have perceived that resolutions have been passed for the purpose of making the celebration of the day worthy of the town. But resolutions alone are not sufficient. There must be the most. active exertions ..,and the most liberal donations for the purpose of carrying those resolutions into effect: As yet, wefind that, little, !eon! i paratively, has beendonei, but.mhen. we. take into consideration the very numerous and,„respectable list of gentlemen who are appointed as a committee for conduct mg the festivities of the day; we have„not. the slightest 'doubt that a stun commensurate, with the exigencies of 4.be occasion will be speedily collected: , . '• We are glad to . observe that the Mayor has issued a recommendation that all business should ; be suspended, 3 lunch as possible, for the day. "This is just as it should, 13 e." Aliclasses shoqldhave an equal opportunity afforded !•tiern for joining in the celebration. The various trades,. 'clubs; societies', &c., of the town are als,o invited to join . the processioti—a call which we feel confident Will be Promptly obeyed. It is likewise to be hoped that each Ward will muster strongly on the occasion,. and produce splendid display of banners. We would strenuously advise the intermixture of the party colours as much as Possible, as that would tend to obviate any unnecessary expresSion of political feeling on the part of those who 'flight be mere spectators of the procession. In assigning the order in which the various trades; clubs, &c., are to ' T iaroh, we would suggest that the ballot should be adopted. This will satisfy all parties that no undue pre ference is given to any particular class; and will do away with any feeling of jealousy which might exist. As the timefor collecting subscriptions is so very short it i 8 advisable that all who intend contributing towards the " emanation Fund" should come forwards as soon as Pos s ibl e, i n or d er t h at t h ere may b e no d e l ay i n m eeting all the arrangements. While upon this subject, 'Eve would suggest that all the inn-keepers and licensed v ietualle ts s h ou ld open a su b scr i pt i on li s t i n eac h o f their houses. We are convinced that a very large fund might be derived in aid of the fund by this means. Would it not be also proper in every large establishment in town to have a sepaiatecolleetion for the same purpose ? We :are sure that, even among the operative classes, many would be found willing to contribute their mite in aid of an object so truly loyal in its nature. CONSERVATIVE TRIUMPIIS.—Within a few days, four fresh elections have taken Mace, in consequence of vacan cies arising from different causes, and, in every case, the COnsefv4Oves bare be en successful. In Dungannon, the Hon. Mr. Knox was returned without any opposition, In the county of Inverness, also, a conservative has been returned without a contest. I n Linlithgowshire the fol lowing was the final close of the poll : Hope (Conservative) Johnston (Whig) Conservative majority . The poll at Maidstone closed in favour of Mr. Fee tor who was unseated in consequence of the petition recent ly promoted against him. The numbers were— Mr. Fector (Conservative) • Mr. Rob arts [Whig) Conservative majority We look upon this last election as a most decided tri umph. In April last, Mr. Fector was returned by a 1 . 12 : jority of 128 only—now his majority is nearly doublitl. If this be not a proof of reaction, we do not know what can be considered as such. In the last important decision which took place in the House of Commons, the ministerial majority was only twenty. The newly returned conservatives will diminish that majority to sixteen, and yet it is a favourite boast of the radical press, that the ministers have "an excellent working majority !" What this majority will be after the coronation, we shall soon have an opportunity of judging. That it will be materially diminished, we. have not the slightest doubt. RAILWAY SPEED.—The Sun engine, which brought down the seven o'clock train from Manchester, on Friday night, ac complished the distance-31 miles to the mouth of the tunnel— in the short space of 41 minutes. This is at the rate of one mile in 80 seconds, or of 45 miles per hour. MORE FEATS IN STEAM.—We have latterly perceived in the papers, various reports, ostentatiously put forward as "un rivalled steam-packet," " unprecedented speed," " unparalleled expedition;" but none of them, we belive, have exceeded the usual speed of the Ocean steamer, which sails weekly between this port and Cork : we understand that she made the voyage last week, hence to the latter port, a distance of nearly 300 miles, in the short space of 23 hours.—Albion. PASSENGERS FROM THE UNITED STATES.—The number of gentlemen and ladies visiting Europe this year is unprecedent edly great. Not less than 500 had or would leave the States' for this country between the Ist of May and the Ist of June. The Monongahela, which arrived on Saturday, from Philadel phia, had fifty cabin passengers ; and the Sheffield, which ar rived on Sunday, from New York, was full. The Sheridan and Columbus, which were to sail on the Ist instant, had all their berths engaged- The approaching ceremony of the coro 'nation of the Queen has doubtless, attracted many visitors from the western continent. IMPORTANT TO THE TIMBER TRADE.—It is rumoured that since the New Zealand scheme has been in agitation, Mr. P. Thompson has consented to admit spars for ship purposes from thence free of duty, provided they are more than 70 feet long, the Riga spars seldom exceeding that length.- Heretofore it was understood that no spars of that description should be ad mitted at a less duty than fixed to be paid on Riga spars, on the ground that none other of the size and length requisite, and of equal quality for the navy, could be elsewhere supplied. „CRICKET. —In consequence of the nnsettl e d state of the wea ther, the match between the Liverpool and Wavertree clubs, which was to have come off yesterday, on the Liverpool ground, is postponed till Thursday week. THE BROUGHAM INSTITUTE.—The half-yearly meeting of the members of this institute was held on Thursday evening, in the lecture-room, which was tolerably well filled. Mr. Lawrence Heyworth was in the chair. After the reading of the report se veral resolutions were moved and seconded by Mr. Arland, Mr. Walter SMith, the Rev. Mr. Martineau, Mr. Gaiter, Mr. H. T. Atkinson•, the Rev. Mr. Giles, and Mr. Lewin. Mr. L. Hoy worth was re-elected as president. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Mr. Atkins has again been unfortunate in the weather. We shall begin to think his an nouncements of a gala as good as a weather glass, and to indi cate rain as surely as the pointer of the barometer when it points at the watery word. Owing to the heavy rain yesterday the gala has been put off to to-night, weather permitting, or the first fine evening. Of course it will 'rain to-night. THE THEATRE Ito AL.—Last e v e n i ng , M a d emo i se ll e C e l es t e commenced her engagement of 10 nights at this theatre, in the drama, writtten we believe expressly for her, entitled " St. Mary's Eve." Her acting in this drama is singularly beautiful —it is bold yet chaste; and there is a touching sweetness in her French pronunciation whilst supplicating for the life of a bro ther. As a dancer she is second, only, we believe to Taglioni. For our own part we do not admire the operatic style of dancing, nor any sort of dancing which would put us to the blush that we had brought a lady to witness it ; nor do we much envy the taste of the admirers of soch. There will howeverbe professors of it so long as it is patrouised. So far as-grace of motion, flexi bility of limb, and agility go, Mademoiselle Celeste is an .extra ordinary dancer. But it is in her acting we most admire her, and in which we think her chief excellence now rests, for ex cellent as her,dancing is, we think it on the wane. The house was a very good oite. SCHOOL ExAmtNAitorc.—At the examination of Messrs- Sorley's classical and commercial school, Great George-street yesterday, prizes were presented to the following young gentle men, for superior excellence in their respective classes, viz.:— Masters William H. Lenox, William B. Hilton, Thomas B. Robertson, John N. Clarke, Arthur Sinclair, Allan Morison, Henry Walthew, Gordon Badenach, Charles Bolton, Louis H. Hernitz, and James R. Boyd,•Liverpool; Jocelyn A. Mackay, Beech Park, near Lurgan, county Armagh; George R. Grant, Barbados; James B. Sorley and William B. Sorley, Glasgow. ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, KEY -STREET, LIVERPOOL..—We understand,- that the Rev: J. Leighton Figgins, 8.A., Incum bent of Linthwaite, near Huddersfield, has been licensed by the Bishop of this Diocese to the pastoral charge of the Church and district of St . Matthew's in this town : and will enter on his ministrations, on Sunday the Bth of July next. CHURCH PREFERMENT.—The Most Noble the Marquis of Westminster has presented the Rev, Thomas Francis Barker to the living of Farndon, Cheshire. ' The Dean of Chester, Dr. Davys, has refused the request of the mayor and corporation for the use of the Cathedral, to cele brate a musical festival in aid of the Chester charities. TXELET TO THE REV.WM. THISTLETHWAITE.—An elega nt marble tablet, which reflects great credit upon the sculptor, Mr. W. Spence, of Liverpool, was placed in St. George's Church, Little Bolton, as a tribute of respect of the congregation to their late pastor, the Rev. W. Thistlethwaite. - • TOKEN OF RESPECT.—We have this week to record another instance of esteem for a clergyman. The ladies of Pendleton, who have lately been confirmed by the bishop, have . presented the Rev. A. Lane with a handsome pocket communion service —expressive of their gratitude for his kind attentions to them, and invaluable labours at ail times, but more especially during -the season preparatory to confirmation. CONSECRATION.—On Saturday the bishop consecrated the new church at Abram. His lordship was attended by the clergy of the neighbourhood. The sermon was read by the Reverend. Rector of Wigan, after which his lordship preached a most ad mirable and truly scriptural sermon. . . The Old Quay Company's steam-boat made her first trip from Manchester to Warrington on Thursday. No saving in point of lime was effected. LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL SHARES.—On Tuesday last Mr. John Holmes, auctioneer, sold by auction four Leeds and Liverpool Canal ghares, at the Hotel, and they each. brought £655. To this add the duty, £l9 2s. id., and the aggregate is £674 2s..ld.—a very high price. Others were bought in at the same rate.—Leeds Intelligences. FISHER'S INK.—This is a most excellent invention, as it does away with the necessity of any preparation of the cloth what ever: it may be used in the manner of common ink, and it is indelible. We have seen it subjected to the severest tests. THE: NEW POOR LAws.--The guardians of the out-townships composing the Warrington Union, have unanimously agreed to petition both houses of parliament for a repeal of such parts of the new poor-law amendment act as renders it compulsory on townships to become parts of unions, Lord Francis Egerton or r. Wr Patten, Esq., will present the petition to the commons, and the Earl of Stanhope that to the House of Lords. IDENTITY.—A man has been in custody for sometime at War rington o❑ suspicion of being an escaped transport. In addi tion to a very close resemblance to the description given in the . Hue and Cry. the prisoner admitted that he was the party. "wanted." However, the old saying, "Better be born luck} , than rich," was, in this man's case, literally verified ; for on an officer sent from the hulks at 'Sheerness seeing the accused, he at once pronounced him not to be the man of whom he was in search. On Monday, the prisoner was brought before Mr. Lyon, and discharged from custody, the worthy magistrate giv ing him a trifle to help him on his way home. THE ORIGINAL 'LIVERPOOL AND NEW YORK STEAM-PACKET COMP ANY.—Whilst the Leviathgns and the Behemoths of the steaming hemisphere, arep with terrific farce, puffing and blow ing their various projects intq notoriety.; at one time detailing with ingenious technicality, the amazing power and surprising swiftness of their vessels,—at another, with all becoming diffi dence, descanting, in.style most pithy, upon the yrfat bulk of experience, gentlemanly attainments, and scientific acquire ments, which their commanders will• carry with them across the Great Western Ocean; it affords us satisfaction to state, that the above popularly constituted establishment, (such-has been the great number of applicatiofis for shares,) will ere long be in a position successfully to vie with their neighbours for ti portion of public favour, The command of its ships, we know, will be confided to men, who, (whether they be adjuncts .of. the "glo rious service," or members of the.. l ‘ British Couimercial Ma rine,") have in all respects proved themselves efficient for the performance of so important a duty as that which will shortly devolve upon them. , Lamas' BAZAAR.—Our readers-will perceive, by the ad tisement, that the ladies connected with the Wesleyan Metho dist Schools, in Liverpool,intend holding a bazaar, in aid of those institutions, on Tuesday, (this day,) to-morrow, Wednesday, and Thursday next, in the Exhibition-rooms, Post-office-place. We understand that the contributions of articles for the bazaar will be on a very liberal scale; and doubt not, that the inhabit ants of our town and its visiters will avail themselves-of this opportunity of gratifying their taste, as well as of affording their support to the cause or the instruction of the rising gene ration. The Methodist schools were among some of the first in stituted in Liverpool, and have been the means of communi catingreligious and useful knowledge to many-thousands of the children of the poor and working classes.- At this time .the number Under instruction exceeds 3,500, the expense of whOse education amounts to little short of £I,OOO per ahnum. The income of the schools being found inadequate to meet such ex penditure, the ladies have been induced to resort to this measure to supply the deficiency: we sincerely hope their expectations may.be : realized. , . NELSONIAN REMINISEENCES.---This is the title of a series of naval sketches which .have appeared in the Metropolitan Mag azine. Some of them appeared originally in the Albion, into which others were copied from the above periodical. These sketches are great favourites with the American public, most of them having been copied into the United States papers. The popularity of the "Reminiscences" has naturally excited curi osity to ascertain the name of the writer, a curiosity which we shall take this opportunity of gratifying. The author, then, of " Nelsonian Reminiscences" is Lieutenant Parsons, R.N., who, after serving his King and his country in the navy, and principally in the scenes which his pen has so clevely depicted, commanded, for several tears, the George the Fourth, steamer between Liverpool and Newry. Mr. Parsons is a perfect gen tleman as well as a gallant officer; and we feel great pleasure in adding, that the author of " Nelsonian Reminisences" is a .resident of the good old town of Liverpool. May . he continue to enjoy life, health, and prosperity,; and delight the world by " fighting his battles o'er again."—Albion. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. to him, and he went to the door and drank it. Greaves ad mitted, that he took a piece of bread and cheese into the'house with him, but denied the other statements. Mr. Crewe had no evidence, and the defendant was fined in the penalty of £5. The next case was that of .a person named Turner, who keeps a beer-house in the Park, licensed for the liquor, to be consumed off the premises. At this house Greaves prodnied a glass of ale in the same manneLas in the last case. ,Tbe.defendant was fined £5. SECURING A H USBAND.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a smart-looking girl, rather trimly dressed, named Mary Connor, who gets her livelihood by the unromantic occupation of selling fish, appeared before the magistrates to prefer, a complaint against a tall gaunt-looking Irishman, for robbing her of her " fair fame and reputation," and to secure the services of " their honors" in making " ass honest woman" of her. What a wide distinction of meaning there is between the application.of this adjective to the different sexes ! What an immense difference of value there is in the common ,acceptation of it when, so ap plied! Pope has described "an honest man," as " the noblest work of God." "An honest woman," (we will not say how correctly the term is used) according to the belief of the complainant, and in - the generally. understood acceptation of the phrase, is " the easy work of a magistrate." The complainant, who was babited in a smart bonnet, and an equally smart red gown, having cast two or three reproachful glances at " her gay deceiver," and given her bead one or two consequential lateral nods, and pulled ; up her sleeves tight round her wrists, as if about to utter the war cry " come out," previous to pugilistic encounter, came out with her tender tale of love's deceit as follows the 22d of April last, his— (nodding at the prisoner)—hii - brother fetched me to a public house from my own door. I sells fish, you see. And he said as how somebody wanted me in the house. I goes in' and sees him (nodding at the prisoner) and another girl in company— Mr. HA LL.—What did this man do to you? Complainant.—Well, we bad .some ale together. and as we wur coining eawt he ticed me away, you see; but I wouldn't, and fought all I could, arid see bow he's tore all my cap and me gown ; I never touched 'em since, (unfolding out of a bundle a shapeless quantity of rags.) The complainant then proceeded by nods and inuendos, and the very bashful application of the corner of her white apron, to intimate that she was " A victim to delicate love, In Dawson-street, Williamson-square." that he with whom she had " kept company," bad " Despised all laws but those which love had made," and that the consequence was she pleaded her cause before their worships in a double capacity, and not with a singleness of interest, and concluded with 'strenuously calling upon them, " to make an honest woman of her." Mr. DAVENPORT, who appeared for the prisoner, said,— " What can the man do? He proffers to marry her—that is all she wants. He will marry her to-morrow, I dare say." The prisoner intimated his assent. (A laugh) Complainant (with great eagerness of manner)—" Then don't let hini out till it is done. (Loud laughter.) Oh, if yer honners 'll please not to let him go till he 's made a honest girl of me, and then he may go where he lilies ?" Mr. DAVENPORT renewed the promise on the part of the prisoner, with which the complainant, however, was not satisfied. Mr. HALL said she was very right. Mr. DAVENPORT—The man cannot be married here. Mr. HALL—Why not? Mr. DAVENPORT—The man has been very kind to her. The prisoner sighed pathetically, and surveyed the ceiling. Complainant—Yes, too kind. "Oh, thou false one!" (with a deeply sonorous sigh, such as a hawker of herrings only could emit, and which seemed to join " Griefs to his griefs, and echo sigh to sigh.") The scene here was growing quite touching, when the illusion was suddenly dispelled. Defendant—Too kind! yes, these last two years. It was astonishing how rapidly, on hearing this, the abused fair one ceased "doing the amiable." She bristled up as turkey cocks are said to do at sight of a red rag, and with a sharp nod of her head and sharper reply, and with a tone of voice which sounded as if fresh out of the pickle-tub, she addilessed him with " Don't say that, Pat." Mr. HALL put a stop to the threatened recrimination, by re manding the prisoner to think over the matter, as he (Mr. Hall) thought it rather a bad case. BRUTAL CONDUCT. —Yesterday, at the Police-office, an Irish pieman was brought up, charged with brutally ill-using a la bouring man, named Joseph Holden. The complainant ap peared with both his eyes swollen up and blackened, and the bridge of his nose broken. He stated, that on Sunday he went to the North Shore for the purpose of bathing, and passed the prisoner, who was selling pies, and tossing with a boy. The boy's halfpenny stuck in the sand, and he cried out to him (complainant ), " Master, is that a head or a tail ?" He (com plainant) said it was a head. The pieman appeared to have lost, and swore at him, calling him a bloody Welsh --, and asked him what business it was of his. He then put down his can, and followed him and knocked him down, and before he could get up again, struck him a violent blow across the eyes with a stick. This statement was corroborated by a wit ness.—Mr. HALL said it was a most brutal and unprovoked assault, and ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of £5, or in default to be committed for two months to the Borough Jail. LIVERPOOL PREPARATIONS FOR CELEBRATING THE' CORONATION. On Friday the general committee appointed to carry the wishes of the meeting into effect met, and in the absence of his worship the Mayor, Adam Hodgson, Esq. was called to the chair. The unanimous feeling of the committee was that a procession of the various trades was one of the most efficient means which could be adopted for giving eclat to the occasion; but considerable difference of opinion prevailed about the banners and emblems to be carried in the procession. Some of the committee were for confining them to the banners of the benefit and trade societies, fearing that the exhibition of party colours in the procession might disturb that unanimity which ought to exist on such an occasion. Others, again, contended that the banners of Mr. Ewart and Lord Bandon would be ex hibited, whether the committee gave its sanction or not; and as men of all parties joined hand and heart.in celebrating the Queen's coronation, no apprehension need be entertained of any improper ebullition of feeling arising out of such a cir cumstance. It was resolved eventually that the electioneering banners of all parties indiscriminately should grace the proces sion. The subject led to a division, when three-fourths of the committee voted for the resolution. The propriety of a partial illumination also underwent discussion, but the feeling of the committee was against it, on account of the extreme length of the day, which would cause the hilarity to be procrastinated beyond reasonable extent. A proposition to illuminate the Town-hall alone, was also made, but received little favour. Some of the committee were favourable to the flee admission of the public to the Zoological and Botanic Gardens. It was stated, however, that Mr. Atkins, the proprietor of the former, would have a gala on the occasion of the coronation, which would prevent him from coming to terms with the committee; and the Botanic Gardens of themselves were much too limited to ac commodate the public. so that the proposition fell to the ground; but it Was announced that the Royal Institution would be thrown open to the public on that day. In order to fill up the time be tween the termination of the procession and the commence ment of the fire-works in the evening, attention was directed to the Regatta on the river in the afternoon. The state of the tide will be admirably adapted for the aquatic display, it being high water about three o'clock. The propriety of hiring a number of steam-boats to perambulate the river during the. Re gatta was discussed ,- but as insuperable difficulties stood in the way of getting a sufficient number of them to accommodate the public, and as those who could not be accommodated would pro bably feel diisatisfied, the project was abandoned as ,hopeless. But the committee resolved to address a letter to each of the steam-packet companies and proprietors, requesting that all their available vessels might be ordered into the river on the CorOnation day. The General Committee, , after; listening to a variety of suggestions, was then divided into sub-committees; the-first, or Finance Committee, being, as its name imports, occupied in raising the :‘ sinews of war';—the most essential part of the programme', upon the secoffd, or Procession Committee, will devolve also very arduous duties; the School Committee will be occupied in providing refreshments for the juveniles in all the public schools of the town. The only public school which will join the procession will be the Blue Coat School. The Music Committee and the Signal Committee (the latter is intended to arrange the hoisting of all the ships' flags in the port—the firing of the salutes, &c., and was facetiously tettned the noisy com mittee by some of the members,) will have their respective duties ; and these comprise the various sub-divisions of the Ge neral Committee or main-trunk.. The sub-committee met on Saturday morning at the Sessions-house, for the first time, at eleven o'clock, and wilt sit daily until the eventful ‘,O th . The meetings of the general committee will be limited to twice a week (Wednesday and Saturday,) until the coronation week, during which it will sit daily. The Committee, it would seem, do not contemplate a public dinner—at least it formed no part of Friday's programme. We regret this, because nothing would have rendered thejlay mote cheering and truly, gratifying to the humbler classes than the enjoyment of a good dinner. Perhaps the success of the Finance Committee may yet render it practicable. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. FELONY.—Frank Judge-was on Friday placed .at the bar of the police on a charge of felony. Mrs. Eliza Scott, whose hus band keeps a public-house in Great Cross-hall-street, stated that the prisoner came to her house, either on the Ist or 2d of May, and asked to have a bed. She told him that they could accommodate him. He shortly after went out, and was going to leave his travelling bag in the general sitting-room, when she remarked that he had better allow her to put it in the bar for safety. He acquiesced ; she took up the bag, and it was so heavy that she could scarcely carry it. Some short time after he returned, and said he felt so fatigued that he would go to bed. A candle was given to him, and he went. At 12 o'clock the family retired, but, instead of the weary lodger being sunk in sleep, he was up, and the candle was burning in his room; in fact, said the witness, be was up all night. There was in his sleeping-room a chest of drawers, which, as they found afterthe departure of the prisoner, had,been broken open, and property to the amount of £4O. taken away. Among the missing articles were a top coat, three bibles, and a musical box. Three pawn brokers appeared, and proved that the articles mentioned had been severally pawned with them on the 3d of May; but only one of them fully identified the prisoner. The prisoner declared that he had never in his life before seen either Mr or Mrs. Scott, and could produce four witnesses to prove that he bad not been out of the house in which he slept on the night in question. He said that it was a very serious charge, and complained that he had no opportunity of bringing forward his witnesses. He was committed to take his trial at the sessions. It is scarcely necessary to say that the contents of the weighty travelling bag, left behind, proved a heavy disappointment. SECRETING A PURSE.—The driver of car No. 314 was on Friday at the Police-office charged with having attempted to appropriate to himself the purse of a lady. She stated that she had, on the preceding day, employed his car, and while in it dropped her purse. On getting out she discovered the loss, and requested the driver to look for the purse. He went into the car, searched about, and at last shook the carpet and said,' See, ma'atn, it aiut here.' Ihe lady. however, was not satisfied; she went into the car, and found the purse thrust between the cushions, in such a manner that it was impossible it could have fallen there.—The.prisoner was committed to take his trial. COLLISION OF STEAMERS.—HamiIton Pearson, captain of the steam-packet Ellensborough, plying from George's Pier head to Woodside, was summoned for damage done to the Dolphin, a Monk's Ferry steamer, by running foul of her. It appeared that these are rival ferry boats, and not unfrequently they not only race with each other to obtain credit for super iority in speed, Wit also, in their opposition, carry their hostility to acts of aggression, to the danger of their passengers. On Wednesday week, the Dolphin and the Ellensborough, had been lying along side each other, the Ellensborough lying to the larboard of the Dolphin, and therefore. to pass to Wood side, she must either pass a-head of the Dolphin, or, stopping her engines, wait a moment for the Dolphin to pass. Her speed did not enable her to do the former, and the pride of her captain would not permit him to do the latter; but he turned his helm a-port while they were in that parallel situation, and broke the Dolphin's paddles, causing injury which would cost £2 lOs 10d to repair. Many witnesses were examined on both sides, and blame was sought to be affixed to both captains, but Mr. Hall decided against the defendant, and ordered him to pay £1 16s 10d after allowing for the broken paddles, which were still of some value, as is usual in such cases. ROBBERY OF A DWELLING-HOUSE IN SHAW-STREET.—On Friday, at the police-office, three notorious characters, Robin son, Junott, and Fitzallen, were brought before Mr. Hall, charged with breaking on Friday morning, into the house of Mrs. Russell, Shaw-street, Everton, and stealing therefrom a quantity of plate. Adjoining the premises of Mrs. Russell, a new house is being erected, the workmen of which were care less enough, on the evening of Thursday, to leave their ladders so as to afford a ready Means of ascent to the roof of the next house. The bait was too tempting to be resisted, and the tri umvirate, taking; advantage of the circumstance, found their way to the skylight of Mrs. Russell's house, through which they cautiously aescended, and from thence proceeded to the drawing-room, where they broke open the sideboard, and loaded themselves with the booty which it contained—silver forks, spoons, castors, and other valuable plate. They succeeded in effecting a successful exit by the same means, and it would ap pear that their operations were conducted with considerable ingenuity and address, seeing that none of Mrs. Russell's in mates were at all conscious of being honoured by such unlooked for visitors. But as they were wending along Shaw-street about half-past three o'clock, laden with spoil, and chuckling with delight, a police-officer, suspicious of their movements, sprung his rattle, and receiving a resnonse from the other officers on duty, chase was given to the hurglars. One was captured in Field-street, 'another in Soho-street, and the third secreted himself in a new house in the vicinity, where he, was made prisoner, During their flight, they parted very unceremon iously with most of the valuables belonging to Mr. Russell. An officer found six silver spoons and forks in Field-street; the top of a mustard pot, and a number of silver knives and forks, were also found in Soho-street; and on arriving at the Rose-hill station-house, a salver, part of a pair of castors, and other ar ticles were found on the person of one of the prisoners. These facts having been proved in evidence, and the property identi fied by Mrs. Russell's housekeeper as belonging to her mistress, Mr. Mill ordered the depositions to be taken, previous to the committal of the prisoners for trial. ASSAULT ON A THIEF BY AN OFFICER.—On Saturday, at the Police-court, - three notorious and most troublesome thieves and burglars, named Win. Robinson, alias Will Shuttleworth, Thomas Fitzallan, and Joseph Junott, were brought up for formal committal under a charge of having burglariously enter ed the house of Mrs. Russell, in Shaw -street, and stolen there from a quantity of valuable silver plate. It appeared, that, after the examination, on the preceding day, Robinson had com plained of having been ill-treated by one of the officers, and that the Rev. T. C. Gladwin had also made some representations to Mr. Dowling on the same subject. The forms of the commit tal having been gone through, Mr. Hall told Robinson, alias Shuttleworth, to stand forward. He did so, and was sworn.• He was directed to state his complaint. He said, after a long. run, he was caught by a police-officer, whom he could not again recognise. No. 12 immediately came up and took him by the collar, and struck him with his stick on the shins, and made a push at his thigh, which was so violent that it carried away a part of his trowsers. The prisoner held up his hand and showed that two of his fingers were much swollen. This, he said, was done, by the Policeman knocking some bread and butter out of his hand. The other officer endeavoured to check him, buthe persevered. Pe (the prisoner) said he would go quietly with him, if he would desist. The Rev, T. C. Gladwin said, - he was a very unwilling witness in this case, as his intention had been to make a complaint to Mr. Whitty in private. The. Police had, on the occasion, performed their duty so admirably that he be lieved, though he certainly saw one of the officers strike a blow, that it was in' consequence of the great excitement of not well bridled zeal. He was standing at his room window, and saw the capture. The ppliceman struck the prisoner across the legs, with what he conceived unnecessary violence. He mentioned this, because such injudicious conduct might be the cause of un popularity to the Police, 'and of catastrophies similar to that which lately befel a very valuable Inspector. He could not-say which police officer it was, but he was in such a state of excite ment, from his great zeal to do his duty, that he seemed at one time as if be would have grasped the house in which the prison ers had taken refuge. In fact, the capture was made admira bly, and it was delightful to see how well the Police did their duty. He saw the policeman who struck the prisoner take off his coat: he thought, indeed, that he was so highly excited that he would have done anything to have secured the pawner. Police officer 274 said, it was he who took the prisoner, in the first instance. He struggled very much to get free, and at tempted to give him the leg. When Ware (No. t 2; came up he also seized the prisoner, who then struggled more violently. Ware struck him with his stick on the legs, and told him to he quiet. Witness did remonstrate with Ware, telling him, that they two could manage him very well. Mr. Gladwin said, the prisoner certainly did turn round and round, and struggle to get free. Officer 274 said, as to the damaged fingers which the pri soner had exhibited, those fingers were bleedinglwhen he caught him. Police-officer Ware, on being asked what he had to say, said, he was vet) , much fatigued with the long pursilit of the prisoners, and by the endeavours which they had made to baffle him. When, at length, he did get hold of Robinson, vt , hom he knew to be a desperate fellow, he thought he would dd anythinc , rather than allow him to get away, especially when he considered ,' that theie were no men above them at Everton, which was the direction the prisoner had been taking, and, therefore, if he had got out of their hands, he might, perhaps, have got dear off. He admitted, that be struck the prisoner on the legs ; but he denied, that he had made the thrust or struck the prisoner on the hand. Mr. Hall, having mentioned the manner in which the complaint was brought under his notice on the preceding day, said, it was necessary for the magistrates to hold the scales of justice with an even 'hand, impartially between the public and the Police. He was always ready to firotect the officers of justice against any improper interference, or any violence offered to therh in the performance of their duty; but he would be quite unworthy to sit there, if he did not also inflict proper punishment on an officer when he did wrong. It was proper that the riblic should know, that he would enforce the law against an officer as well as against any other person. When an officer, in the perform ance of his duty, forgot what was dueto any person, it was right that he should be punished. He must do his duty impartially, and he was certain that he should be supported by his brother magistrates. He thought, when the prisoner was in custody of another officer, who was.sufficiently powerful to have held him, that it was perfectly unjustifiable in Ware to strike him. He believed be had acted in a wanton and unjustifiable manner. For reasons which it was unnecessary to explain, he should not pass judgment just then, hut should defer it to another time. AN IMPRUDENT WELSHMAN.—Ann Owens, a female ot de graded-character, was placed befere Mr. Hall, on Saturday. charged with having robbed a Welshman, named Roberts, of his purse, which contained three sovereigns, two half-crowns, and one shilling. It appeared that the complainant met the prisoner in one of the . streets near. the Salthouse Dock. He stood talking with her for some tithe. At length she thrast ber band into his pocket and took out his purse. He called for a policeman, and two officers went to his assistance, pursued the prisoner and took her into custody. They asked her what she had done with the money. She declared that she knew nothing either of the Welshman or his money, nor had she ever seen the former. They searched her pocket but she had no money there. One of thgm examined her shoes, where he found two sovereigns and the silver which the complainant had stated was in his purse. As soon as it was daylight the officers went and searched about the place where they had'captured the prisoner: there they found the purse belonging to the complainant."l he d p e r i n s i o e n d e r a , l o n k n o Tie w i i n e g d g a e s k o e f d t what a s t h t e e r . had sh t e o g 's a a ia v i th n e hl defence, ney was her own. She was committed for trial. • EXCISE INFORMATIONS.—A man, named Greaves,. and another, appeared before' Mr. Hall, on Saturday, to give evi dence against several persons against whom they bad informed for the violation, of the excise laws. Mr. Crumby was called, and Mr, Crewe:appeared ler hint. Greaves stated, that he went, on the 10th of May, into the beer-house kept . by Mr. Crumby, and got a glass of ale, which he drank. • He paid three half pence for it. The-house was not licensed,' at that time, in the name of Mr. Crurnby. On cross-examination by Mr. Crewe, it came out, that the house was kept by a Mrs. Chadwick, who had recently married Mr. Crumby. It was necessary, on this, that a new license should be procured, which had been neglected for a short time. KnOwing this, Greaves went and purchased a glass of ale, and afterwards laid the information. It appeared, that the original license had cost £3. and that a new license had now been taken out, Which cost £3 more. Mr. Crewe ob served, that the parties keeping the house had now ,Paid - E6 to the government for their license, and it would be a third case if they were to he fined also. 'Mr. Hall said, as Mrs. Chadwick had married Mr. Crumby, of course another lieense was re quired in his name, which had not, it seemed, been procured when the ale in question had been sold. The magistrates had no discretion as to the penalty, but they would consult with the Collector, and, perhaps, a representation'would he made to the Board. The defendant was convicted in the mitigated penalty of £5. The next case was that of •NI r: Bennington ; who keeps a house for the sale of beer, .the•license not allowing it to 'be drunk on: the premises: Greaves said, he went to this house and procured a glass of ale, for which he paid three half-pence. He drank it in the parlour. Mr. Crewe said, he was instructed that Greaves entered-the house with a piece of bread and some cheese, which he was eating:' He requested to he supplied with a glass of ale, but was told, that he could not take it in the house, upon which he said, he would not put ,theipiin.any:ditE culty, but would drink it outside, the door. The ale was given ROYAL ROCK FERRY REGATTA. We are pleased to find that the committee for conducting the arrangements for the Regatta on the River Mersey, to he held on the Coronation Day of Her Most Gracious Majesty, are proceed ing in a manner that we think cannot fail to give general satis faction. We are not personally acquainted with the members of the committee, therefore are indebted to general report for the amusements to be expected on the above day; amongst them, and in addition to the Regatta, which of itself, in the second maritime port in the world; we should think a great feature of attraction, we hear there is to be a good'display of Fireworks. Stubbs' Military Band is engaged, arid the " Fine Old English" country dance, as well as the more aristocratic quadrille and waltz, will grace and terminate the festivities of the day. We wish every possible success to this' spirited demonstration of loyalty. This committee being the first (in this neighbourhood) to show their gallantry, and display their. attachment, to our youthful Queen, we trust the public will ftilly appreciate their exertions by affording every possible facility and attention to the 'arrangements of. the gentlemen who have thus voluntarily taken trouble and exertion upon themselves for the amusement and recreation of their fellow-citizens. We hear several large and superior tents are in progress, for the accommodation of visitors. A more appropriate situation for witnessing a race on the river could not be fixed upon—the splendid esplanade will indeed be a "GRAND STAND," and free of cost too. We hope for a fine day. PRESENTATION OF PLATE. To CAPTAIN GEALE, Barque Christina. ' DEAR SIR,—In accordance with the unanimously-expressed sentiments of my fellow passengers, in which I cordially join, and being deputed by them for the purpose, I have now the pleasure to band to you the accompanying piece of plate, inscribed as below; and! remain, dear Sir, yours truly, ' JOHN WALMSLEY. Liverpool, 11th :Tune, 1838. Presented to Captain Edward Geale, of the Barque Christina, by his , passengers, John Welmsley, I Thomas Bell, M.D., William Henry, When Grant, and Mrs. Grant, William Morris, As a testimonial of their thanks for his considerate attention and unremitting exertions to render their passage agreeable, and of their high opinion of his seamanlike conduct in com mand, during a voyage from Demerara to Liverpool, in May, 1838. • TRIBUTE OE RESPECT.--We noticed, in a recent' number, that it was the intention: of the professors of the orchestra to present the. leader; Mr. Herrmann, with a testimonial of their respect and . regard for him on his retirement from hii engage ment with the'Directots. 'This concert being trie close of his official connexion with , the institution, we understand the pre sentation took place immediatelY afterwards.' The testimonial consists of a splended silver snuff- box, , very richly woi ked, with an inscription to the following effect :—" - Presented, June 13, 183 b, by the Professors of the Gentlemen's Concert, Manchester, to N.; Z. 1-Tc4rmann, Esq., many years their respected Leader." —Manchester Gnardiau. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING IN MANCHESTER. Feicleit iViyht, Ten o'clock. LIVERPOOL JULY Mr. Bto I agst Melbourne . 10 to I agst The Doctor 8 to I agst Cardinal Puff 12 to 1 agst Mayflower 9 to 1 agst Birdlime 7 to 1 on the field. BUXTON MEETING, 183 g. ACCEPTANCES POR THE BUXTON CUP. Bst 10lb Nell Gwynne, aged '7sts 6lb Capulet, 4 yrs 8 8 Cat herina, aged 7 4 The Maid of Mouton, 4 8 8 King Cole, 5 yrs 7 4 Vesper, 5 yrs 8 6 Red Rover, aged 6 7 Tom, 3 yrs 8 4. Pussy, aged 6 7 Gasparoni, 3 yrs 7 12 Whaley, 5 yrs 6 2 Colt by Battledore, dam 7 9 The Stag, 6 yrs • by Filbo, 3 yrs LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING, 1838. THE TRADESMEN'S Cut', or Piece of Plate, value 200 soya., with 100 in specie, added to a Handicap Stakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft, and only sif declared by the Ist of June. Two miles, The owner of the second to receive. 50 sous. out of the stakes. The winner to pay 30 soya. to the judge. 9st 31b Birdlime, aged ,7st 61b Golden Drop, 4 yrs 9 2 Venison, 5 yrs 7 6 Arthur, 5 yrs 8 7 Caravan, 4 yrs 7 6 Lord Stafford, 4 yrs 8 6 Abraham Newland,4 yrs 7 4 St. Bennett, 4 yrs 8 6 The Doctor, 4 yrs 7 4 Rachel, 4 yrs 8 5 Cowboy, 4 yrs 7 3 Cruiskeen, 4 yrs 8 5 Harkawav, 4 yrs 7 0 Bay colt by Priam, out 8 5 Cardinal Puff, 4 yrs of Mayflower (h-bred) 8 3 Slashing Harry, 4 yrs 4 yrs 8 2 Black Diamond, 5 yrs 612 Vesper, 5 yrs 7 12 Whaley, 5 yrs 6 12 Cushneiche, 5 yrs 7 12 Melbourne, 4 yrs 6 9 The Hydra, 3 yrs 7 12 Modesty, 4 yrs 6 7 Bay colt by trutandort, 7 8 Dirmid, 4 yrs out of Melody, 3 yrs 7 8 BI c by Robin Hood, cl & 4 Bay c by Belzoni , out of by Whisker, 4 yrs Dame Durden, t 3 yrs Twenty-five having declared forfeit, pay 5 sovs each. GOODWOOD, 1838. . •NOMtNATtONS FOR THE GOODWOOD CUP. Duke of Richmond's Mus, 5 yrs • Lord Suffield's Caravan, 4 yrs Lord George.Bentiock's Venison, 5 yrs Mr. Theobald's Loutherbourg Lord Exeter's Lucetta, aged Duke of Beaufort's br g Cetus, by Whalebone, darn by Frolic, out of Camel's dam, aged Mr. Payne's Young Rowton, 3.yrs Lord Albemarle's Barcarolle, 3 yrs Mr: H. Coombe's Cobham, 3 yrs Lord Uxbridge names Calmuck, 5 yrs Lord Cantaloupe names Calisto, 3 yrs Lord Jersey's Brother to Ftiddlesworth, 5 yrs Lord Verulani names Dormouse, 3 yrs Lord Chesterfield's Industry, 3 yrs - Mr. S. L. Fox's bl c The Doctor,4 yrs Colonel Auson names Troilus; 4 yrs Lord Surrey names b f by Muley, out of Lacerta—Marvel's dam, 3 vrs Mr. S. Wreford's Wisdom, 4 yrs Mr. J. Bond's names Sister to Glaucus, 3 yrs Mr. J. Robinson names Harkaway, 4 yrs • Mr. E. Bond's c by Reveller, out of Scurry, 3 yrs Mr. Etwall names - Chapean d'Espagne, 4 yrs Mr. Rush's eh f Obelisk, (late Perkins,) 4 yrs Mr. Forth's Emprise, 4 yrs Colonel Peel's Slane, 5 yrs ' Mr. Houldsworth's Tipple Cider, 5 yrs Lord Lichseld's Tahlau, 3 yrs Lord Dysart names Olympic, aged Lord Granby names Rattrap, 4 yrs Lord Leveson names Cowboy, 4 yrs Count D'Orsay names Mulberry Wine, 3 yrs Mr. J. Day names D'Egville, 3 yrs Mr. J. Bowe names Grey Momus, 3 yrs Lord Jocelyn .names lon, 3 yrs Lord Wilton names Adrian, 4 yrs Captain Williamsou's gr in by Rainbow, darn 14 Treasurer, out of Urganda, aged Col. G. Wyndham's br c Prestongee Bonangee, by Chateau Margaux, out of Rectory, Whale's dam, 3 yrs Mr. Robertson's b g Berwickshire, 5 yrs NEWTON RACES. FRIDAY. The ST. HELEN'S PURSE O(5 - 0 sovsl'added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each. Mr. Ogden's br c Harpurhey, 3 yrs (Lear) 1 Mr. Price's br c Captain Pops,3 yrs 2 Mr. E. Peel's .r c Saul 3 yrs 3 Mr. T. Walter's ch f Bishopsgate, 3 yrs Lord Stanley's b c Charlatan, 2 yrs The betting was 5 to 4 against, and even betting on, Captain Pops, and the same figure against the Grey, and 10 to 1 against Mr. Ogden's colt; three paid. Notwithstanding the long odds against Harpurhey, he won by two lengths: The SHRIGLEY Cur,. value 100 sovs. given by Wm. Turner, 14:sq., M.P., added to Handicap Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 sovs and 5 sovs ft.—One mile and a half. The owner of the second to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes. (23 subs.) 7 3 Mr. Legh names ch f The Maid of Mouton, 4 yrs. (Cartwright) 7 7 Mr. E. Peele b f Cantata, 4 yrs. (Whitehouse) 2 Six paid the larger forfeit. Ludford with Bst 5 lb; Vesper 7 sr; Rachael 7 st; Violet the some, and Mr. Edmund Buck ley's Tom with 6 st 12 lb. were all cyphered.—The business done averaged these quotations--3 to 1 against Ludtord; 7to 2 against Tom; 7 to 2 against Rachael (t freely); 5 to I against Vesper (t freely); the winner not named. The chesnut struck off with i the lead, and-was never caught. She won easy by two lengths; Tom was third. The Maid of Monton is the property of Mr. N. Phillips, of Pendleton. A PLATE of £7O, for all ages, was won by Mr. Fairlia's grey r o lt Pyradid, ridden by Cartwright, after four beats. Parolles won the first heat, Fieschi the second heat; the third heat was won cleverly, after a beautiful race, by 'a head; fourth beat, Pyramid led and won in a canter.—Betting:—First beat'. 7 to 4 against Peri:Ales, and 10 against the winner. Second heat : The field had the call: Third heat : Little betting; but 2to 1 against 11latadore. Fourth beat: 3to 1 against Pyramid. The weather throughout was extremely wet, and the attend ance accordingly. The ground was perfect mud and water. The Main at Newton was won easy by Woodcock, feeder for Thomas Legh, Esq. ASCOT HEATH RACES.—Tuonsnay. The Windsor Town Plate of £so,—three yrs, 7 et; four, Bst Glb ; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 31b; m and g allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for £250, &c. Winners of £5O in 1838, previous to starting, 31b ; twice of £5O or once of £lOO, 51b extra. Two miles. Mr. F. Craven's Doncaster, 4 yrs... .....(Trenn) 1 Capt. Pearson's Munchausen, 3 yrs 2 Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, 20 ft, for two-yr old colts, Bst 51b, and fillies Bst 21b. Winners before or after naming, 31b extra. T,Y.c, Six subs. Lord Jersey's Ilderim (Robinson) 1 Mr. J. Dixon's b c by Camel, out o f M aria.. 2 Capt. Gardner's br f by Action, out of Misletoe Lord Suffield's Alan Sir G. Heathcote's Zephyr 5 The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 soya each, h ft; colts, Bst 7lbs; fillies, Bst 41b. Old - mile. Ten subs. Duke of Portland's Bcetian (J. Day) 1 Lord Jersey's Phoenix .Duke of Grafton's Chymist 3 to 1 on Bretian, who made all the running, followed by the others nearly abreast to the distance, where. they closed; half way up it Chymist declined and Phoenix challenged, but after a splendid race was beaten by a head. The Gold Cup, value 300 gs, by subs of 20 soya each, with 200 added; second to receive 50 sovs . out of the stakes. About two miles and a half. 20 subs. • Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Morons, 3 yrs, Est 101bs (W Day) 1 Mr. Bowes's Epirus, 4 yrs, Bst 51b . 2 Lord Sheffield's Caravan, 4 yrs, Bst slb 5 to 4 on Grey Momus, 5 to 2 agst Caravan, and 7 to 2 agst Epirus. Grey Momus took the lead at a moderate pace, Epirus lying second, and Caravan third, a position which he kept to the end of the race. There was no change till near the distance, where Epirus went up to him, kept there, and looked amazingly well till within fifty yards of home, when the grey defeated him by running the longest, and'' won by 'a length and a half, cleverly; Caravan was beaten for or five lengths. The prize is descriptive of the combat between St. George and the Dragon, and is one of the most elaborate and best executed prizes ever run for; it is alike worthy of those who designed and those who executed it. - - •• ...... --- The Stand Plate of £lOO (handicap.) Once round and a dis. Lord Fteter's Mecca, 3 yrs, 7st 61b. (Mann) 1 Mr. F. Craven's Doncaster, 4 yrs, 7st 61b Mr. King's liatcatcher, aged. Bst 41b. Colonel Peel's Wave, 3 yrs, Bst 71b 4 Mr. Garrard's Rienzi, 6 yrs, 7st 41b ..... ..... 5 Match, 200 each, h ft, Bst 7lb each. Ord mile. Mr. Ford's Quo Minus (Robinson) 1 Mr. Bond's Young Kean.... . 2 - 2 to 1 and 6 to 2 on Quo Minus, who won Lay half a length, after a good race. The Windsor Forest Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for fillies, Bst 41b. Ord mile. Four rubs. Sir G. Heathcate's Larnaca.. (Chapple) 1 Lord Exeter's Velveteen It was said that the owner of Quo Minus had his pocket picked of upwards of £7OO just before the match. LAW OF A RREST. —In an action for an escape for an escape, against the High Sheriff of Cheshire, Williams, v Mostyn, Bart." the Court of Queen's Bench decided, on MQnday, that the defendant was liable to the action, for having allowed his prisoder to attend the court of the revising barrister, though in custody of a bailiff; but as the jury had also found that no actual damage had ensued to the plaintiff, i► was the opinion of all the court, that the defendant was not liable, it being es sential in the case of a prisoner not in execution on a judg ment, but only on mesne process, as this was,.that the jury should find some actual damage to entitle the plaintiff to main ain his action. The judgment, therefore, must be for the defendant. Mr. Henry Pennington, brother to Thornas Pennington, gsq., surgeon, of this town, was admitted. on Monday, the 28th of May, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, in Lon- • 4on; and, on Thursday last, the 14th instant, the worshipful Company of Apothecaries granted him their diploma as a licenti ate of their society. CAUTION TO PAWINIIROKERS.—A pawnbroker was recently summoned before Mr. Hall, charged with having received from Jane Taylor, a pauper in the Workhouse, a: petticoat which was the property of the parish. It was marked." Liverpool Workhouse," very conspicuously. The pawnbroker had lent the sum of 9d. on it. The case was: fully proved, and the de fendant was fined in the penalty of .£2 and costs. Thomas Bradford, successor to Benjamin Franklin, and the oldest printer in America, died on Monday, the 7th May, at Philadelphia, aged 95. • , NEw HAY RAKE.—A new rake has been introduced into this country, which promises to he of material benefit to the far mer during the hay-making season. The • instrument is an American invention, and consists of a light beam or stock, nine feet in length, to which are attached rows of teeth, both before and behind. It is drawn over the sward by a horse, and so soon as the interstices between 'the teeth 'are filled, the work man in attendance inbves a handle, - which turns the rake right over, and presents the side Which has hitherto been empty. In Ibis manner the hay is deposited in little heaps throughout the field, and the principal•advantag,es of iMplement are that' if vastly economises lahonr ih a very busy season, and at the same time sweeps the field with the greatest nicety. The teeth of the horse-rake are slightly turned up'tti prevent them entering the soil; and `impeding the 'operations, and, altOgether, the construction is a very simple one. CORRESPONDENCE SHARE BROKING. ~~~,.t r~ ~_~ TO THE ERITeIfi:OF TBE LIFERPOOLSTANDARD_ . . Sia,*-1 have a great wish to int . -nine a " literary character,'" t that is, to write something an d see it in print, for " A book's. a book alt hougb. there's • nothing ' in't." And, now that my genius has discovered a sohjectsuited to its capacity, let me beseech you, dear Mr. Editor, to give it en-. couragement by inserting its miley (raighty production' in your next publication. It's about those miscreant share-brokeri that I'm going to write; entre nous, (you see I'm a sebelar,) they area bad set, as our friend the Share Deciterbasproved by arguments irrefragable. I think .be was -quite justified in almost calling them mushrooms; pay, I'll go,farther-1 say they are mnahroorns, for they lave hut one leg tO t stand on, and that's " nothing." I should - have said mapy . yritty things, Mr. Editor, had I been the first to encounter tbese:Wrortbies; but, lest the Critics should accuse Me of plagiarism, Fthink It had better renounce for this time all ciiiina to aby " original ideas," and show my, ingenuity by only clothing. those 44 my cnieul porary in •Janguage more Demosthenes-like than',his; had be known- my style, he would have won the lanreln Omit must henceforth crown my hrow More credit - would he have done himself, and infinitely; more good _to "the „public generally," bad he written something to the following effect:— . " Good people-of Liverpool, and of all the,earth,.whe have any thing to do with shares, take warning from me, for I have acquired wisddm at the golden fountain of experience!. I have had, from childhood, a natural propensity for the cheap and the little in life. The prime-cost shop and the cheap Mancheiy , ter warehouse each found me a regular customer whenever a cheap bargain was to be bad, and when the era of share dealing madness arrived, I, alas! became the foolishest of the mad ; `like many others, I bad a little spare capital,' and, instead of purchasing shares from those young brokers whom justice obliges me to designate as most honourable, prompt, and trustworthy men of busine-.9,' I entrusted my speculations in the bands of those whom I am now inelined to call , the meatiest mushrooms among their 'upstart fraternity." A little envy has also prompted me in the present case. I am reasonably bound to entertain a very high respect for the old brokers; so I could not possibly think of encouraging those prompt and trustworthy young men of business who are now becoming the ruling power on the Stock Exchange; but I have been cured of my propensity at the cost of some trouble, some fretting!, and some spare cash, and my envy has thereby been converted into wrath, which the public, I trust, will allow me to vent in a general denouncement of the whole sharebrokers' association, arid to tell those said brokers that their system is a rotten one, that its own principles must ultimately annihilate it, that it onght and must lose the public confidence, because it lost mine when I lost my money. Therefore, good people, beware! Do not encourage the honourable, the prompt, and the trust-: worthy young brokers; they are intshing the old ones into the! shade ; and, oh, if you do speculate with such as I have, let me beseech you ' not to part with your scrip till you get value 'received ! '" Such a letter, Mr. Editor, would have been effectual, to all intents and purposes; the caplour which it breathes would deeply interest the public, ' and would no doubt actuate the association to institute some " stringent ruies." . . Moreover, such a letter wou)d have prevented the posiibility of any little inconsistencies And contradictions occurring, and would per-, haps have spared the Share Dealer those disagreeable reflec tions which do naturally arise from the necessity of sometimes straining a point to streng:tben a case.--1 am, B:c., ANOTHER SHARE DEALER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND.4RD. Small Vestry, HoPe-street Chapel, 16th June, 1838. Silt,—We, the undersigned, feel it our dUty to ask you to be so kind as to allow us to eorrect a mistake which appears in one of the columns of the rephrt you give, in the STANDARD, of the late Meeting ,holden in the Amphitheatre. concerning the gentleman who involied the Rev. Hugh M'Neile in some explanations at the conclusion of his very able speech on that occasion. • , •• - Your own words, in the 'report, are—" A gentleman, whose name we after.vards ascertained was Mr. John Bowes, minister of the Chapel in Hope-street, here stood up and said," &c. Now,, we beg to say, that the gentlemen,, in question, Mr. John .Bowes, is . pot "the .minister of, Hope-street Chapel." The restless and unchristian agitations of that gentleman en dangering the peach of . our society, it bees* expedient that the President of the ConiOcation shodld suspend his pobilic labours; and he .was, therefore, suspended early in the month of March last. • , Soon after his suspension, Mr: Bowes called apuhlic meeting at "the Muiic-hall," and personally so conducted it, as to re flect bitterly on the integrity or ttie gentleman whose painful, duty it had been to suspend his public labours. For this un christian conduct, Mr. Bowes was, on the 16th day of March last, by a . large majority oI the quarterly.peeeting of the officers of the church worshipping at Hope-street: legally expelled from our society. ",Mr. John. Bowes," therefore is not " the minis ter of the Chapel in Hope-street." By allowing this to appear in your earliest impression of the STANDARD. you will oblige, along with many of your readers, Your obedient servants, ; JOHN M'CONOCHIE, Elder, Leader, and Trustee. THOS. STOREY, ,Leader and' Elde r . E. BAIRSTOW, Leadeiand Deacon. • S. HALL, Chapel Ste.vard and Deacon, T. FLETCHER, Leader and Deacon. Th e Hon. Henry Manners Sutton, son of Lord Canterbury,' will shortly, it is rumoured, lead to the hymeneal a lt ar Mi ss T ompson, daughter of the late Charles Tompson, Esq., of Witchinghatn, Norfolk. The honour of executing the grand equestrian Wellington testimonial, on Constitution-hill, in the Green-park, was on Saturday week unanimously conferred upon Mr. M. C. Wyatt. The Marquis of Londonderry proposed, and his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge seconded, the proposition. TRESPASSING ON TITS GRAND JUNCTION HAILWAY.—On Wednesday several parties, living at Warrington, were con victed in small fines for trespassing upon the Grand Junction Railway; a practice which has been carried on 'to a highly dangerous extent, both to the lives and limbs of the parties trespassing, as well as to those of all her Majesty's subjects travelling on the railway. The Marquis of Conygham will, it is said, after the corona lion, proceed to Ireland as Lord Lieutenant, which will create a vacancy in the high household office of Lord Chamberlain. An interesting discovery is said to have bees •recently made by M. Nlontgolfier, who has .succeeded iu substituting. wood for rags in the manufacture of paper. Hay-making commenced in the neighbourhood of Dorchester on Tuesday last. The swath turns down heavily, and the hay crops generally promise to be favourable.—Both Journal. PRESTON AND WYRE RAILWAY.—The cuttings on this line are _proceeding with great spirit. The contract from Burn Naze to Weeton, a distance of eight miles, is expected to be finished by September. The other contract from Weeton into Pseston Will be commenced forthwith. The Duke of Devonshire, whose delightful gardens at Chis wick adjoin those of the Horticultural Society, will be.elected, it is understood, president of that Society, in the room of the late' . A. Knight, Esq. • The officers of the royal erlilleiy will give a grand ball no the sth of July. at Woolwich, at which his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge and the whole of the toreign ambassadors extraordinary are expected to be present. MARCH OF INVENTION.—STEAM MUSlC.—Amongst the nurnerous inventions which almost daily claim a share of public attention, we have to notice that of a steam organ, invented and adapted to the "Tyne" locomotive engine, the property of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company, by' the Rev. Jamei Birkett, of Ovingham. As far as we are able to judge, this in strument bears the greatest resemblance to the organ: it con sists of eight pipes; tuned to compass, what is termed by musi cians; an Octave, but without any intervening tones or semi tones. This is the first attempt to adapt a musical instrument to the steam-engine; capablerof producing a tune, and though not so perfect as to admit of all the pleasing variety and com bination of sound of the instrument to which we have com pared it,.there is no doubt but very considerable improvements will be Made in this steam musical instrument by the inventor, who is a skilful !musician, as well as an ingenious mechanic. We understand that some important alterations are at present in progress. and intended to be completed previous to thegrand opening of the railway on the 18th inst.—Tyne Mercury. PUBLIC Houses AND BEER Snors.— The following returns, moved for on Monday night by Lord Francis Egerton, will throW soiree light upon the circumstances of this branch of retail trade:-1. Returns ordered of the number of licences taken out for each beer-house in the years 1833-6-7 respectively. 2. Address for return of the number of licensed victuallers who passed, the various Insolvent Courts of England and Wales in the years 1829-30-31; and the number of licensed victuallers and beer-sellers (distinguishing each) who have passed the said Courts from the Ist of June, 1835, to the Ist of June, 1838, inclusive; distinguishing the number in each year. 3. Address for return of the number of police convictions which have taken place under the new beer act, in the years 1836-7-8; the number of excise convictions fur the purchase or sale of spitituous li quors by beer-sellers which have taken place in the years 1836-7-8. - The proportion of hotel-keepers, licensed victuallers; and beershop-keepers, annually gazetted as bankrupts, is, we think, about 1-13th of the total number of bankrupts. The number whose affairs are wound up in the Insolvent. Courts is doubtless much greater. TALE oF A Tuu.—On Saturday night, as a West country hawker was staggering out of a public-house, in Barnsley, laden like a full grown camel, he jostled against the cellar door,' which, like magic flew open, and down the steps he rolled into a , large tub of ale, which was working at the bottom. The noise alarmed soveral in the house, who immediately procured a light, and on reaching the bottom of the cellar steps, ob served the unfortunate hawker crawling out of the ale tub, covered all over with harm. The first question asked was, had he hurt himself, but several seconds elapsed before a reply could be given; having cleared the barin away from his eyes and mouth, he gazed around the place thunderstruck ; at last, in the midst of some half dozen sobs and hiccups, he exclaimed, Wha ha 'flout, but ha thinks ha never recollects goin this way ta' Dewsbra afore." The expression created a tremendous crack of laughter, by which time Master Hawker began to re cover his lost senses.—Lceds Int.elligencer. - • • SENSE OF HFARING ifs FISII.—In order to 'ascertain the truth of a common assertion that fish can bear 'voices in con versation on the banks of a stream, my friancrand myself selected for close observation a trout poised[abcut six inches deep in the water, whilst a third, who was ~situated' behind the fishing-house. diametrically opposite to the • side where the fish lay, fired off one barrel of - his gun. The -plissibility of the flash being seen by the fish was thus wholly prevented, and the report ploduced not the slightest apparent effect upon him. The second barrel was then fired; still he remained immovable, evincing not the slightest symptoni; of having heard the report; This experiment was afterwardseften repeated, and precisely similar results were invariably bbtainod; neither could 1 or others ever &Waken symptoms of alarm in the fishes near the hut by shouting to them in the loudest tones, although our distance from them sometimes 'did not eiceed six feet: •It is possible that fishes may be in some manner affetted by vibra tions communicated to their element eitheedirectly or by the intervention of aerial pulsations, although it is 'not 'clearly proved that they possess organs appropriated exclusively to the purpose of hearing.—Ronald's Fly Fisher's Entomology. NAPOLEON iN HIS LIBRARY..--4 was:impatient get to room, which was a moderate-sized library, with a very large table in the middle of it. Upon the table the old' porter told us Buonaparte fought battles beforehand. He had it covered with maps of the countries that were to bd thh seat of war. Upon these tnaps• were placed little figures rescirt-: oto being 'his army in .miniature, and all the different tiell S. were marked with pins or pegs, so that wheh he actuallv!eame Upon the ground, 'there was . nothing: new to biw.l. Under these . eircumstatices 'he".vras•never taken by surprise. The potion -of 'Lillie neceseary to be consumed in accomplishing the marches and counter-marches of the different corps was accu rately calculated, the provisions required. and the facilities of the country through which the army might pass, carefully no ticed for the purpose of getting supplies. Thus were tona parte's campaigns formed and fought in his library. 'rile table :it which he wrote still remained there, and the habit which he had of cutting and scratching on the table was exhibited bF marks of his knife.—Memoirs of Sir William Krightun.