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U 14 26 18.1* STATE OF TRADE li4ve•heen very will and . , t‘ •tu-,4,,y.. inure ,A) than for .ionany weeks past, why, it t!!..9.11. be say. ss.eiiig that our neighbours have no u , ta.%e of emnplaint. Perhaps the cold and nugenial spring hate dain , ,ed the fancy trade; we think it has. For the -g.kneial run of goods in the haiH here was lint little demand. ri: hdtt t seem d!sitelined to buy till the re.,ult of the new is in-sume measure known. t-1 at.tFax; SATUTIDAY.—We cannot report quite so favour --obly this week as twthe amount of business done, but, though this is the case, the reason is a palpable one, viz. that the ma nutacturers were demanding higher rates fur all kinds of goods, and had they been content with previous rates, no doubt. but an unusually large business would have been transacted. On the ute things ionic more healthy, though the orders lately re e • etved from America are not very large, still they have man - 1 7 . 1 " -i alv given a firmer tone in the market. Pieces are fully ex . P"ted-to be increased the coming'market. • LEEDS, 17ILSD A Y.—There is a large businesS now going on fu r tti e Un:ted Slates by several 'dour principal merchants, and the demand for balk goods has this week•been generallyexten . sive, and the stocks in the halls are sensibly diminishing. At this early season, we understand that many of the tuanufactur , lets are now busily engaged on the winter fabrics—a period un . usually early-,-prepafing, no doubt, in souse degree for the • early -shipments: for the fall trade to America. Pilots and double milled cloths are making in g,r'eat quantities, and which have, since the general introduction of Mackintushes, been in little demand. linen DA LE: t'L NNE4 ARKET.—The supply of Flannels on Mondaywas 'moderate , but quite -sufficient "for the demand. Middles and low qualities went off best; bookin.gs from 11.os sendale sold pretty, well at former prices. Wools were steady. . Nib . in price and demand; Oils were about the saute as last %reek. BRADFORD TEM RS DAY.—Piece market: There is a greater feelio , se confidence to be noted. to-day; still buyers do not • Untke - putebases.at random. There Was decidedly more thine, but the - rates of last week could not be improved om Yarns: There is a fair demand for Yarns this week , and prices may be called the turn higher, . especially for some numbers, which make the manufacturers very reluctant to comply with, as no advance catr.be realized on . goods. Wools : Business on the , whole rather slack, but to-day quite as much has been done as at recent markets. Prices are firm, but nut higher. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JUNE. 2I.—A congregation was this day holden fur granting degrees, Sze., when the following were cOnfe'rrtql-- Bachelom of Medicine.—R. Smith and P. Buick, Christ Churcli; '3, A. Brown and H: Harding , University . C olle g e ; W. F. Soltan, Baliol College ; S. B. Watson, St. John's College; C. B. Browse, 'Trinity College. Masters of •llalhonste,' Christ ChUrch, Grand Compotinder; E. Card - well, Grand Compounder, J. P. Muir head, and J. Capbell, Balliol .College; W. J. Mounsell and Itev,.H.. L. Oswell, m Christ Church; Rev. E. Roberts, Rev. R. H. N. Hughes, Jesias College;. Rev. G.. Carr, Merton College; 116 V. E.'Smyrh, 'Trinity College; Rev. A. H. Price, Wadham College; Rev. T. nubile, Queen's College; Rev, E. H. Bayl e y, and Rev. E. Hill, New-College; Rev. F. 'C. Polhill, University College; Re'V. E._Pettinan, Trinity College. Bachelors of Arts.—J. 1.11 Burr, Hon. H. Grnuston, C.. Beau clerk, J. Coley, and 31. W. W. Russell, Christ Church; W. `Bedford and Slav, New College; F. L. Dick, St. John's College; G. Levy, Queen's College; G. Rawlinson, 'rrinity Garbett, Brasenose College; S. Hutton, Wadliam College; E . Pring, 31a:2,1alene College; W. It. Hall, Balliol College; T. Shadforth, University College ; J. Lawrell, Merton College; W. F Cress‘‘ ell, Pembroke College; H. C. Brown, Now Inn Hall. THE VIXEN CASE. ( From the Timex.) The Viken case, from - a careful perusal of the papers written and furnished by-Mr. Urquhart; which appeared in the Times (if Thui;sila.v foretOld would prove a satisfactory con demnation i,f the Foreign Secretary. The evening's - debate fulfilled the preilikion'of the morning. There never was acase an irresistibly Submitted to any court of justice; there never was 'a;breach of equity and honour more disgraceful brought home against a public officer; there never was trickery more tortuous and shameful subjected to an exposure more complete; our have we ever hearti id' a defence which, for unmanly selfikness g and cowardice, so agravated the original transgress ion.. ., The charge against Lord Palmerston on behalf of Mr. Bell and others. nwhers of the Vixen, was, that he, the Foreign Se trataiyeit-GeeWisßritain, had, both by,his official subalterns, at aorl'abißaCyfz., Mr. Strangewars, Under-Secretary of State, cud Lied Porisdnliy, our minister at Constantinople, ap- ProVed, encouraged, nay, urged by way of trying an experiment, political as 'well as commercial, an expedition by a British mer chant ship to the coast of Circassia , and afterwards, when the ship, impelled on her voyage under such auspices and direct sanctiou of our Foreign Department, - was taken ,by a Russian man-of-tvar--•--tliat lie, Lord Palmerston, left her owners without any shad o w of redress, alleging that Russia,-whose title to in terdict British commerce with Circassia he had, before the voyage, in the plainest' manner denied, was strictly justifiable , •in right - of her actual possession of that country, and that the. :British. merchant whose voyage he had peisonally, and through his interior officers, not merely connived at, but urged and for warded, had from acting, on such exhortation rendered himself amenable to a lawful exercise,of Maritime force by Russia. The charge aaainst Lord Palmerston on behtilf of Mr. Ur quhart was one of greas perional injustice, inasmuch as for no other offence than that of expressing sentiments in which Lord -ralrnerston had concurred, and co-operating with his lordship in the furtherance of Mr. Bell's expedition, he was punished by deprivation of his secretaryship of ernbassy, while Lora Yensonby, who had exerted afar inure efficacious authority and Influence in the encouragement of Mr. Bell, was continued in his post of ambassador, and received Lord Palmerston's appro !bation, ria7ard to Lord Palmerston's conffiret as between Mr. Belland tlie Russian gover indent. it is imPossible to go beyond 'Pie atateurentS in .air. Urqiihart's correspondence, and the yea iinnin,gs upon them by Lord Stanley and Sir Robert Peel, for Placing the whole case in the clearest light before the public. . 41 The independence of Circassia had been strenuously and " u nciSthprotnistngly advuiated for several months under the eanctµrn.of Lord Palmerston;" Circassia "was marked as an i l.trlepetioent country, in a map. revised by Lord Pa lmerston." HLlie indepeod euce of Circassia was evidently assumed,by Lord r altnerstoil when he referred Mr. Bell to the non-existence of any notice of " blockade"- in the Gazette—a bi.;clcarie being .a i.a,i;tmeasure between' hostile countries, not the municipal•regu .. 4 ',U r u of -a sovereigu power for its own territory. to s t l thipthart was recalled for having zealously." contributed ~n h e success of expedition, Approved and sanctioned by the according to that approval and sanction being, of course, littba r r d t : s? to instructions, which according to nay" (Mr. Ur " own knowledge, had been brought to the knowledge of the sinister for Foreign Affairs." -,toi _o lt i ;then. Lord Ponsonby H A D the sanction of Lord Palmer.his encouraement of the Vixen %/ovag e why was :dr. Bell left without redqess, and why was Mr. Unrquhart punished but lr otd Ponsonhy was NOT so sanctioned by Lord Palmerston, but ac ted (which we admit is incredible) on his own personal _ re sponsibility, why was not he recalled with Mr. Uurquhart, instead of still overlaying and stupitying the whole policy of rAgland in the East? The fact is, that Lord Palmerston had an itch for feeling the pulse of the Russian government iu the Euxine. and to this ex periment he sacrificed a British merchant . who was credulous "Poot.th to telt' upOn his honour. Messrs. U r q uhart and Bell were treated. by Lord Palmerston after the fashion of a pair of mice iu an air. pump. 'B ut they were not the only victims to the immeasurable sel- Istinese or that placernan of 30 years and seven distinct admi nistrations. In striving to defend himself from charges, of no Mie arnoni,-; which cOulri he attempt to deny the truth, tie "blew 'ID" his ow n subalterus, right and left. No one could say, "Mr. B ell could . not say, that Ha (Lord Palmerston) had expressly :nctioued or encouraged the expedition of the Vixen." But Palmerston Bell 010 - iav so, -and _insisted ou its truth. "He (Lord ) was not responsible" far what an y p erson employed in th e whole foreign department .of _the British empire - seal or did, but for •himself alone, and his own deeds or exHressionS! ` 1 ..3'? . my lord, then what means " m inisterial" responsibility ?' , You be not responsible for-what Lord . Ponsonby said, who advised th e exped i t i on, or for what Mr. Str an g eways said, who "exulted" in its issue, then why are , you there? Mr.-•Strange ways was notAisruissed, Lord Pons onb y was not dismissed,Lord Palmerston having the power to dismiss them both. His lordship, the re f ore ,, must be understood to have adopted the Proceedings of both those functionaries. "Thou can'st not say /dill it," was the apostrophe•of one celebrated , criminal; bat it will not save a blasted reputation ia the present case in ure t h an to the former ttile. Sr. Robert Peel's reproof of that iga! , ble shuffling which could shift the Warne due to Lord Palmerston alone open tla4e Who acted immediately under hi 4 orders would have struck any hat a ease- hardened conscience to the earth: Lord Palinerston, we Said, was invulnerable, and he has - proved so in•the sense in which a mud fort is often impregnable—swallOwink the enemy's fire—not repelling it. LOSS OF ADMIRALTY PACKETS. (From the Falmouth Packet.) Whenever ashie of war. is lost, or even meets with a ser i ous accident, though not a man should perish, the case is always submitted to the strictest investigation ofa court martial; which t o empowered decide upon errors in judgement, as Well as 'Anon misconduct, and whose recommendation always claims r ja n nectful attention. But ships may founder from their bad " ti I tiction, and crew after crew perish without,any official is4, l "'"Y being instituted; while the individual in..fault may re-• t th e • • I)rs,,, al iumt complaints of the Service, and the Public, as a 111!sQndin, tack upon himself, and in sheer obstinaey, persist "lr cr ew s b tudangerous vessels to sea, to become coffins for Whit ' • hope c0:1 ( 4 16 4A could exist of the fate of the Briseis, and a fortunate e cherished by the widows.aud friends of her un ,a3sUmptioerew, we abstain from any rewarks. founded on the• inn ger of her loss. • But this motive fur delicacy( - ties( - ties no m ire , dwe s hall n o w h a ve to comment upon tile Subject in than one article. the the wi n t er of 1810 . t h e Lads' Pellew, one of the packets on tne old establishment, foundered with her crew. It ,liould be °bserved, that she Was not built fora packet, but was a French Pril e hired into the service, —She was, however, the only Post. °Mee packet which has foundered within the present century, We are not sure but that we may add, within all memory. Sixteen years afterwards, the admiralty packets began to he. introduced. Since that time, what a changelnten years "d a quarter, - 'seven packet gun-brigs, ALL oil THE SAME ch",si• have gone to the lnittum every man on board, t rulth- the number of that descr i p tion em p lo ye d at au one one "'"e in the service has scarcely ever exceeded twenty. In ad `lition t o th ese , t wo other vessels have been thr own u p on their he al-ends, 'with the loss of part of their crews. 1 be following is the list, from the autumn of 1837 : Hearty, loSt on her first voyage, to Barbadoes. Itedpole, lost, on her passage from Brazil . . , • - Ariel; l os t o n her passage to Halifax. • Recruit, lost between Halifax and Bermuda. • Calypso, lost on her - Passage from Halifax. Thais, lust oti 6r passage to Halifax. Brisei s , l ost on he r nass a ge t o Halifax. Quail, - cutter; thrOWn on her beam-ends, on her pas • Sage to Lisbon, and some : of hei crew washed over- . board.. Star; throw n on her beam-ends, not having been al . lowed sufficient ballast, and her commander, and At great. part - of her crew perished. least three hundred persons perished in these nine vessels. The victory of h achieved with t e first of Jnne, which saved England, was a smaller sacrifi ce of life. • • NCIFIE BIBULOUS LOYALTY.—A Scotch paper, referringin a .roPabal made by a oorporm e hotly to celebrate the corona inn 44 V by .11rinking her 11Lejestv's he a lth i n a g l ass , f port, Pel th , tt •ao 'cot,/ aII w l e o f testifyin6 1 , will Hot be. !‘ tao'd°etted, and ;t1 'substitution of tchi.ky punch, otter learnt stimulants. THEATIipHOYAL, LIVERPOUL. LAST NIGHT but Thi , e c,f Mivleluoi , ao CELESTE. S p,resolit TUESDAY, June 26, will Lie pert:wined tile Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. After• which. will he acted, for the third time in Liverpnol, the new and highly popular Drama, in two entitled the . . . CHILD OF THE WRECK. Mauriee..(the Duwb Buy)..lll.adenkviselle Celeste Written expressly fur, and Ori,, , inally perfortned by. her this present season a t th e Th ea t re -R o y a l, Drury-laue, fifty sue- _ . Cessive nights. The evening's entertainments will elude' with the Grand Military Drantatic Spectacle, fuunde upon the late Conquest of Constantino, called the • FRENCH SP ! oR THE NALL OF coNsTANTINA. Hamet..(a Wild Arab Boy)..Mademoiselle Celeste! Henri. (a French Lancer) '.'Matleinoiselfe Celeste ! ! Vicioire .. (a French tarty) ... Mademoiselle Celeste ! ! ! On WEDNESDAY, the Musical Drama of NO! After which, the Drama of ROSALIE; Rosalie. Mademoiselle Celeste. To conclude with the favourite Drama of ST. MARY'S EVE; Madeline, Mademoiselle• Celeste. LIVER TILEATRE, LIVERPOOL MademoiSelle ROSIER; of the Theatres-royal. London. Mrs. GIBSON, of her Majesty's Theatre, BROWN, KING, and GIBSON, from the Theatres-royal, Lund° ,-Miss CLARKE, (of the Victoria,) and Mr. and Mrs. ITH will appear, together with a numetous Corps de Bal t.• Mr. THOMAS • HUGHES, froM the Theatres-royal,. ondon, is engaged to lead, compose for, and conduct the, • hest ra.. • 911 - 11 S present TUESDAY EVEN TG, &TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 26. h. and 27th instant; the Evening's performance will commence with a new comic ballet called PATRICK .TH E POOR 'SOLDIER. Patrick. the,poor Soldier • Madlle. Rosier. Derinot Mr. Giuson. Norah, betrothed to Patrick The whole to conclude wi:h a comic pantomiue, called • • II ARLEQUIN GAMM ER . GURTON, 01: THE FAIRY OF TI-I:iS!LVEI: LAKE. Gan:trier GUrtun . Mr. Smith. Cloddinol (her son) afterwards C10wn....., Mr. King. Colin • • Mrs. Gibson. Gaffer Grunt, afterwards Pantahion....Mr. Brown.. Blosomblle . . Madlle. Rosier. Purpulilue Miss Neville. The Box Office will he open Una: EleVen till Three o'clock. —Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit. Is. No second price to the Gallery:—Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the Perfohnance to commence at Seven. Mali Price at Half-pait Eight o'clock. A PoUBLJC BALL AND MASQU'ERADE AT THR ROYAL t i AMRH ITH 'ATRE, Gsua Chterlotte-stre e t, L• erpool, IN HONOUR OF HER M.A.IEST S CORONATION, ONTHURSDAY, JUG ',2BTH, 1838. AHMISION, 10S. 60. EACH, INCV DING ItI.FRESHMENTS, Which will be provided by Mr. Lakfton, of the Rainbow Hotel, gasnett-street. f HE Committee appointed to regulate the proceedings on this occasion is the surest guarantee for an agreeable Soiree, the object being to effect are arrangement superior to any heretofore offered. The certainty of respectability attached to this entertainment must insure an extensive attendance. The Master of the Ceremonies, by order of the Cotntnittee, will superintend the Music and Dancing. An arrangement has been made with Mr. P. Stubbs to supply a Baud of Thirty Mucieians. The Doors will be opened at Half-past Eight, and Dancing will commence at Nine o'clock and conclude at Three o'clock in the Morning. The Boxes will be opened at 2s. fid. each for Visitors to witness the Assemblage and Superb Fete. The Ladies and Gentlemen attending the Ball can either attend in:Fancy Dresses or in Plain Dresses, with Masks. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. GRAND CORONATION GA , FRIDAY, Joni .29; 1838, On which occasion the GARDENS will be SPL ILLUNIINATED. with Several Thousand VARIEGATED LAMPS, forming new and Appropriate Devices, several Emblematic Transparencies, executed by first-rate - Artists, placed in various parts of the Gardens, which will give variety and effect. THE FIREWORKS Will consistof Two Magnificent Devices, in beautiful Coloured Fires, -in honour of the occasion. The arrangements will con clude with a Grand and Terrific Eruption of MOUNT VESUVIUS! A Millitary Band will attend from Three O'Clock ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. TO THE PUBLIC. The STANDARD of Friday next will contain a full report of .the CORONATION PROCESSION, REGATTAS, and other proceedings in the town of Liverpool and its vicinity. Ir. our publication of Tuesday next, which will be THE FIRST OF OUR ENLARGED SERIES, we shall furnish a full report of the proceediitgs in celebration of THE CORONATIONA OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, both in LoAdon and in the several provincial towns. TO CORIIESPONDENTS. We are obliged to postpone No. 3 of . " - A 'Pedestrian Tour through North Wales" till our-Friday's publication. Our correspondents must exercise a little patience with us. We have this week too many claims upon our space to adivit one half of the letters forwarded to us. After our enlarge— ment we shall be enabled to bring up our arrears. The circular respecting the Great Westetu Railway shall ap pear in our next. We shall. feel,• obliged to such of our friends as may have any information to communicate respecting • any particular -dis plays which may be made on Thursday, out of the line of the procession or otherwise, if they' will have the goodness to send us the'satue.at an early hour on the afteinoon of that day. ( at Liberpool Ztantrarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1838. The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this moru- ing at 5 o'clock. NEW SOUTH WALES.—By the ship Portland, which arrived here'on Sunday, we have received New South Wales papers to the Bth of March. Their contents are very interesting. His Excellency Sir George Gipps, the new Governor, had arrived at Sydney on the 25th of February, and was installed into the government of the colony on the following day. The Sydney Gazette states that all parties were inclined to augur favourably of his policy, and to yield him every reasonable assist ance in carrying into effect the measures of the Horne Government. He had assumed the government at a most: interesting period in the history of the colony. The respectable portion of the community have long since wished to shake off the penal character, which has been so great a detriment to its moral and temporal advance ment; and'Sir George Gipps has commenced his admi nistration at the critical time when efforts were in pro gress fur ameliorating the condition of the colony. His excellency's first levee was very numerously and respect ably attended. The Sydney Gazette, of Feb. 27, furnishes us with some very curious particulars respecting the will of the late Sam Terry, who was sent out from Manchester as a convict some fifty years ago. •We are sure that our readers will ,be astonished to find that such immense pro fits have been realised by transported " individuals" — it would Very impolite to use the term.," felons" or " criminals"—as the following statement would indi- cate : • "MR f$ UE :TER 'S WILL. " The funeral of the late Mr.'Saninel Terry took place on Sunday morning at seven o'clock The deceased was followed to the grave by a large number of his ft iends ; and at his par ticular request, was buried with masonic honours. The hand of the 50th regiment headed the pro cession, playin march in Saul. Mr. Terry's will was brought yesterd the ay e at g d!d. noon front the Bank of New South-Wales, (where it had for a considerable tinte been deposited,) by Mr-Black, the cashier, to the residence of the deceased, in Pitt-street, where it was read by Mr. Unwin, in the presence of the executors, and all the mem hers of the fatuity. Three codicils had been added to it. By the will it appears that the Sydney Bomal of upwards of £lO,OOO a 7 veur has been left to Mrs. Terry for her life, and after her decease to his sou Edward Terry for his iife, and to the heirs of his body - ; and in case of his death without lawful issue, to the children of John Terry, and Mrs, John Husking, as tenants in common. The-bulk of the.lauded property, estimated at £150,000, has been left to Edward Terry, his son, fur life, and to-the heirs of his body, and, in case of his death without lawful issue, as in the case of the Sydney property. The per sonal estate, valtiej at £250,000, is• left, one moiety to Edward Terry, and the other moiety to John Terry, of Box H ill, Mrs. Terry Hughes, and Mts. John Husking, share and share alike. Specific legacies are bequeathed to a considerable amount, among which is £lO,OOO to Mts.. John Hosking, his daughter, and £5OOO to Mrs. Terry Hughes, and one hundred guineas to each of his executors. All. his charitable subscriptions are desired to be kept up for 10 years from the date of his decease, and various annuities are bequeathed to his relatives in Eng, land. The 'dwelling-house in Pitt-street, and all his household . furniture, carriages, &c., are left to Mrs. Terry. The whole estate is valued at half a million. -Messrs. James Notion, T. W. M. Winder, John Terry Hughes, and Mrs. Terry, have been appointed executors and executrix, and Mr. unwin, suti citor to the estate." „ , . . • After this we cannot feel any surprise at the alacrity with which certain .classes of the. commtmity seize the chance of being transported. , Surely there must be something very wrong in the system of conducting our penal.cOlonies, when such ad% antages fir realising Wealth arc abno.q .exclusirelil possessed by the convicts. We ,F nOnliiiWitliaithe respectable portion of the set tlers in New Sown \Vsdes should seek to rescue the colony from the degradation of being a penal settlement. With such- splendid •opportunities for the successful em ployment of capital, it certainly merits a better fate. At present, it appears ; from Dr. Lang's celebrated work on the subject of penal . colorries, that there is a species of secret combination among the emancipated convicts which enables them to secure the tnonOpol of the most profitable trades, professions, &c. in New South Wales. The sooner such a system is broken through the better. Let there be an equal chance afforded to all who have capital to invest or industry to employ.. • The Sydney Herald of the Ist of March states that a proprietary college was about to be established at New castle, by the settlers at Hunter's River and the adjacent parts. This indicates a very rapid march in colonisa tion. We are glad to find that education forms one of the most prominent topics of discussion in the New South Wales papers, and that many of them strongly in sist upon having scriptural instruction as the basis of any general system that may be adopted. This is a healthy symptom, and one that justifies us in antici pating that the rising generation in this'interesting co lony wilt be characterised by a higher tone of morals than the present appears to have any right to boast of. The ',Sydney Herald strongly advises the establishment of industrial schools, for .the maintenance, clothing, and education of children out of the produce of their pxn labour. Such schools, modelled after the systems pur sued in Switzerland—jhose of Fellenberg and Pesta- lozzi—woukl be_especially adapted to the circumstances, and calculated to develope the resources, of a colony like' that of New South Wales. The Sydney Times of March sth contains some inte resting speculations on the immigration of Scottish tenants into New South Wales, which appears to be carried on with great success under the superintendance of Dr. Lang. He had lately introduced, at his own risk, fifty families of Highland emigrants by the Portland, and' had fifty more on their way in the Jusiine 'from Havre - . We are sorry that we cannot enter more fully into this Subject at present; but we shall endeavour to give a few extractsin our next, feeling confident, that they must prove most interesting to those classes who may contem plate settling in this colony. CORONATION PEERS.--A short time since we were told by the ministerial organs, that a very large creation of peers was to take place on the event of her Majesty's co ronation: ° In the first instance, it was ostentatiously an- - nounced r .that about forty commoners would be elevated to the peerage, besides a great number who were to be promoted from one class to another in the peerage itself. It was, indeed, boasted, that Lord Melbourne was pie pared to swamp the conservative majority in the House of Lords—that majority amounting to something like one hundred and ten. Shortly afterwards the tone of the Downing-street journals was so far lowered as to admit the probability, that only eighteen or twenty commoners were to be pitchforked into the House of Lords----a num ber very far short of what would be required to neutral ize the conservative majority among the peers. The last intimation we have had on the subject is, that some six or eight commoners are to be invested with the honour. The only parties named with any degree of confidence are, Sir John Hobhonse, Mr. Spring Rice, Sir Jacob Astley, Sir J. Wrottesley, and Mr. Paul Methuen. The two first named gentlemen are considered as a " dead weight" in the House of Commons—contributing only to impede the motions of the cabinet, instead of render 4)g as smooth as possible the course of ministerial policy. Their bungling incapacity so frequently exposes them to the ridicule of the house, that their absence is desirable in the highest degree; but as ministers can scarcely afford to lose two votes in either house, it is thought most prudent to secure their influence, even after depriving them of office, by sending them to vote in the Upper House. To deprive them of their situations in connexion with the govermnen', without offering any equivalent, would be running too great a risk ; they are, therefore, to be made peers. The three last named 'gentlemen have the honour to be rejected candidate, like many others who have been the especial favourites with the radicals, in the dispensation of titles and emoluments. They were considered unworthy or unfit, to sit in the House of Commons; they are, therefore,- to be 'made peers. But zchy are ministers deterred from creat i ng a greater number of peerages? :Are they su Strong in the House of Lords dim they need not any further accession to their party among the peers ? Are they so delicately scrupul ous in bestowing titles and offices upon their friends that they conscientiously shrink from indulging in too large a creation ? Are they unfible to find any parties who are willing to receive the dignity at their hands? Fai• from it. Neither of these reasons has operated to prevent a larger batch from being created. Ministers are still in a woeful minority in the House of Lords. It would re quire some six score new peers to secure anything like a triumph in the Upper House. Then, as to making it a matter of conscience to refrain from swamping the House of Lords, who could ever suspect the Crim-Connellite cabinet of being under the influence of such a feeling? This country has never witnessed so utterly reckless a ministry as the present iu the exercise of their patronage. There is positively nothing too shameless for them to adopt for the purpose of strengthening their interest: They will descend to the meanest expedient to purchase a few additional votes, and seek to secure their places. Nor is there the slightest difficulty in procuring parties who are willing to become the tools of the whig. radical cabinet in the execution of any dirty work. There is an abundance of such, who would be very willing to be sent into the House of Lords to vote black is white at the beck of my Lord Melbourne. Why, then, we, again ask, are there to be so few new peers created? There are three insuperable obstacles in the way—the Queen, the Peers, and the people. The Queen is unwilling to render herself the tool of the Whig radical faction so far as to secure their ascendency in the House of Lords.—She is unwilling to debase her royal prerogative for the purpose of keeping the imbe ciles in office. The peers also have, no doubt, given Lord Melbourne a sufficiently intelligible hint that any attempt on his part to degrade their order would be fol lowed by a powerful reaction among the aristocracy. But "the people" interpose the insurmountable difficulty. Lord Melbourne could not well find his new peers but in the Hohse of Commons, excepting to a very limited extent; and if thirty or forty vac4B74'Were.to take place in the Commons, would " the people" supply them with ministerialists ? Is it not quite possible that a great majority of the new members might be Conser vatives? ,What would then become.of the "good work ing majority" of the Morning Chronicle There can be little doubt that the ministers have.been influenced in this matter more by their consciousness of the weakness•of their party in the country, than by, their own wishes, or by any other motive. This is tolerably appatent from the very suspicious circumstance that no. positive information has been yet given on the subject, though the coronation is to take place this week. This did not use to be the case when the party in power had the sympathy and support of "the people." We have only mentioned five of the number who are to be elevated to the peerage. They are all the com moners who are spoken of as about to receive this honour. The other parties named the four Irish peers, who are to be raised to the English peerage, namely : Viscount Lismore, the earl of Listowell, and Lords Rossmore and Belfast. As there is a doubt of Lord Rossinore'S elevation we are justified in estimating that the new creation will not exceed eight. . . What, then, becomes of the mighty boasts of the ministerial press ? Where is tord Melbourne's carte blanche for swamping the House of Lords ? Echo answers" where ?", Another • proof has been afforded in this matter of the tottering condition of the present ministry. Distrusted by our gracious Queen—'-despised in the House of Lords — bearded with impunity in the House of CoMmons—,and laughed to scorn by the. people of Great Britain—they cannot much longet be suffered to impede the course of just and', Wholesome legistation,, or to .aid by their• pa tronage the ascentLincy of Popery. THE 1j114,10)()( :• 4 TANbA NO. LOCAL NEWS. THE CuitoNsrioN.-ifT he CoronatiOn Committee are com pleting their arrangements for the procession, and have issued a programme of the arrangements of the route to be taken, which will be found itanir advertising columns. The auspicious 28th of June is to be ushered in at six o'clock with royal Salutes of 2i guns, from the Workhouse and Prince's Pier. At ten o'clock the procession, consisting of tradesmen, merchants, the magistrates of the borouoli and county, freemasons, the Mayor and town-council (with the regalia,) the clergy, gentlemen, horsemen, various societies, &c. &c. will form, six abreast, in Dale-street, and every care has been taken to prevent contusion in so doing. The procession will then march up Dale-street, round Nelson's Monument, along Excange-street West, Castle street, Lord-street, Church-street, Bold-street, Slater-street, Duke-street, Rodney-street, Clarence-street; -Brownlow-hill, Brownlow-street, Pembroke-place, round the King's Monu ment, in London-road, to the ground of the Old Infirmary, in Lime-street, where the ceremony of laying the fist stone of the intended St. George's Hall, will be gone through. A . lert da joie will be. fired ,by the infantry of the 88th regiment. after which the procession will disperse. Steam heats will wait at the pier heads to take such as wish to make use of them and are possessed of. tickets, and in the evening fireworks will be exhibited at half-past nine o'clock; at the Rector's Fields, Falkner-street, and at the North Walk, beyond Clareqce Dock. The committee are making every exertion to collect subscrip tions to meet the .outlay, and about £9OO has been collected. We hope our townsmen will not-on an occasion like this "be backward Pi coming forward" with the supplies. CORONATION FESTIVAL AT Wooosink.--Whilst Liverpool has. been bestirring herself and making preparations for the forthcoming festival, her compirativeiy pigmy neighbours have not been idle. It is announced, that at Wlonside, on Wednei day. in preparation for the following day, a fat bullock ant a fat sheep will be roasted whole, a cooking apparatus having been erected for the purpose. The cooking -process is to com mence about noon, wh,n sundry ceremonies are to be gone through. On the Thursday, the roasted cartassesAre to be cut up and distributed amongst the poor. There will be u grand procession, in which the children of the various schools will join, A nd in the evening there will be a display of fire-works,- BfKKENHEAD.—Birkenhead is not much behind her near neighbour, Woodside, in preparations for a grand demonstra Lion of loyal feeling. We hear that all is bustle and preparation there, though the precise course to be followed is not vet an nounced. There is talk of a procession and other attractioneto rival those of Woodside. • Rocx PERRY.--:The spirited managers of this delightful ferry, Appear determined to take the lead in the rejoicings on Thurs day, over the water. What with the artillery stationed there, the regatta,- the fire-works, and the dance - in the evening, this ferry will be the centre of attraction. The company have announced, that for the accommodation of visitors, boats will ply every 15 minutes throughout the (lay, from George's Pier, and regularly from the Potteries opposite. ST. PETER'S WARD.—lnstead of there being any truth in the Chrimicle. of Saturday, commencing "The Tory Bigots of St. Peter's Ward," the conservative assessor had been requested by the committee to call upon, and on Wednesday last, did call upon the alderman, one of the councillors, and the chairman of the reforiwassociation, and offered to issue a joint address with the other authorities, requesting the inhabitants to meet, and walk in procession, and, also tendered the flag of the conserva tives of -St. Peter's Ward, to be carried at the expense of the cOnsefvetives.. It was only yesterday (Monday,) that his pro posatv(,is agreed to, and the inhabitants were yesterday called upon by' a printed address, to meet in Waterloo-place. BAZAAR ON BEHALF OF THE WESLEYAN DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS.—The fancy sales for the benefit of these Institutions, were to have closed on Thursday last, but owing to the large quantity of stock left on hand, it was deemed advisable to con tinue the sales until last night: and should the liberality of the public equal that of the three preceding days, it will prove one of the most successful bazaars ever held in Liverpool. The attendance has been ,both numerous and respectable, and the indefatigable labours of ladies in preparing the work, has only , been exceeded by the generosity of the gentlemen in pur chasing it. The influence derived from rank and high standing in society, is never appreciated more than when it is exerted in the cause of charity and usefulness; and Lady Sandon's liberal contribution of drawings and work for the bazaar, has been a source of both attraction and profit. The contiibution consisted of two sketches by ,her ladyship; four by Lady Charlotte Denison, (two of which were sold while unpacking, and afterwards resold by consent of the purchaser, for a higher price.;) nue large lace pelerine, three of smaller size, and a beautiful embroidered bag, &c. The eagerness of visitors to view these elegaht presents, evinced the high value set upon them. REGATTA.—The handsome prizes to be contended for at the Regatta, may be seen in the window of Mess's. Wilkinson and Cartinel's establishment, Lord-street. The cups are exceed inz,ly handsome. The glass vase is particularly unique and classical. luF. WouxtiousE.—At six o'clock on Thursday morning a royal salute will be fired before the Workhouse, from the four brass six pounder field pieces formerly presented by the paHsh to the " Royal Liverpool Volunteer Association," Colonel Commandant Pudsey Dawson, and after Wards given up to the parish at the disbanding of 'that body. At half-past eleven the poor will be regaled with a substantial dinner of roast beef and ale in the Rail. On the arrival of the procession opposite the house, a second salute will be fired. At nine o'clock in the evening a third royal salute will be fired, terminated with a display of fire works, (presented to the House) visitors, (ad milted by ticket only,) will be accommodated in the surround log galleries. - THE GRAND BALL AND MASQUERADE AT THE AMPHI THEATRE.—Our readers will perceive front an advertisement 1 in anotler column, that on Thu,sday evening a grand corona tion ball will take place at the Amphitheatre, under the super intendence of Mr. Bates, who has spared no expense or trouble in the general arrangements and decorations for the occasion. Parties may attend either in fancy dresses, or in plain dresses with masks. The refreshments will be provided by Mr. Law ton, the worthy host of the Rainbow Hotel, whose .viands and wines will, we have. no dOubt, be found worthy of the high cha racter which he has already obtained. THE CORONATION REGATTA PRIZE Cups.—The prize cups offered for competition at the approaching Royal Rock - Ferry Coronation Regatta were exhibited, on Saturday, in the - window of Messrs. Wilkinson and Cartmell's shop, in Lord-street. They are. exceedingly beautiful and valuable. The first prize is - the Coronation Cup, a very elegant piece of plate, value £25. The second and third prizes are exceedingly . beautiful silver wine-cups, of tasteful and classical design. These - three cups have been manufactured by Mr. Dismoie, of Bold-street, to whose talents the design and execution do great credit. The Mersey Cup, value £l5, has been produced by Mr. Richard Doke, of Lord-street. It is a sliver cup with cover, chastely and appropriately ornamented. A very handsome cup, of tasteful design, has been supplied by Messrs. Barned and Co. It is called the Victoria Cup, and, in point of design and work manship, is unsurpassed by any of the others ahovementioned. t t e h r e l s . .p H a E s N t v T w e H e e E n k A e ,: The subscriptions, we are happy to say, have flowed in most liberally, and the committee have thus been enabled to make the prizes inure valuable than they at first contemplated. i a .uo d pu e on tn , di o(hi)sfeerlulleeexlC();eedll excellence meld - dramatic t has, aies during I d l:eE t e r o ni t .tp( c la o - r yt n iLl ua l c a hara c melo dramatic actress; as such she is unrivalled. A change of attractive pieces are announced for the present week. After the drama, Mademoiselle Celeste 'dances some. of her exceedingly striking figures, which have won for her so great a reputation both in the old and new world, as an extraordinary dancer. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The magnificent fire work, representing Mount Vesuvius in eruption was again exhitited last night, to a very numerous assemblage of visitors. The evening was calm, cloudless, and delightful —exactly fitted for such a scene; and the effect was consequently in creased. It is a strikingly splendid spectacle ; and should the spirited proprietor of the gardens again exhibit it, as we hope he will, we would advise such of our towns-folk as have not yet seen it, to profit by the opportunity, and go and witness a sight inexpressibly imposing and beautiful. We understand that there will be a grand fete at these gardens on the evening of the coronation, when most likely the eruption will form a part of the amusements to be offered. EXCURSION TO MENAI BRIDGE.—The North Wales Steam Navigation Company's new. vessel the Dartford made her first excursion trip on Sunday last, having on .board upwards of 150 passengers. This company seem to evince considera ble spit it in their commencement, and we trust that the public will most liberally and extensively patronize their vessels. We can confidently recommend the Dartford, for we never retnem her having experienced so pleasant a .trip as that of Sunday last. The engines of the Dartford are on a new, and aiiparently most admirable principle, as there is not the slightest unpleasant sensation or vibration felt when on board. Her fittings-up are neat, handsome, and exceedingly convenient, and her speed is first-rate. We cannot but. notice, iu unqualified terms of praise, the politeness and attention of all parties on board, Captain Poole and his steward seeming to vie with each other which should conduce most to the comfort of the passengers, while the good fare provided b}• the latter, and the moderate charge for the provisions, not a little enhanced the delights of the voyage. This company appear to have perfected their arrange ments at once, for, when the voyageurs landed on the George's Pier. we may safely say there was Wit a dissenting voice, or one person who was not highly gratified in every respect with their day's excursion. LIVER THEATRE.—The clever pantomimists, Brown, King, and Gibson, assisted by Madlle. nosier, Mrs. Gibson, and a numerous corps de ballet, have opened this theatre for a short season. The bill for to-uight is very attractive for the admirers of Ruch entertainments. TriaColsoN.4TloN.—The'pro h rietors of the "Sunday Times" are generally first in the field on any extraordinary occeasiou, we perceive that the approaching solemnity will'be recorded by them at great length, and a view of the interior of the Abbey will be given to the purchasers of this paper on Sunday next. If well got up, it wilt be worth having. To THE INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF ST. BRIDES. &C.—lt was stated in our last publication,. in an address headed as above, that Divine Service would be held, and a sermon preached by the Rev. J. H. Stewart, at St. Bride's Church, Percv-street, on the morning of her Majesty's coronation, Thursday next, the 28th instant, the service to commence at eleven o'clock, after which it was proposed that a collection should be made, for distribution among such widows and orphans as should be recommended by the subscribers to the gentlemen who have kindly consented to distribute the sums which shall be contributed. We beg to draw the attention of our readers thereto, and to inform them that the hour fixed upon for the commencement of the service is ten o'clock, and not eleven, as previously intimated.—See advertisement. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION,—Mr. J. Rogers terminated hi course of lectures on mythology on Saturday evening, when the vacation commenced. For six weeks, therefore, there will be nothing done at this noble institution. Dr. Grant will, at the expiration of that period, commence a course upon the ra diated classes' of animals. We may mention here, that a beautiful clock has just been constructed for the institution, by Mr. s lt. Hess, of South John -street, the machinery of which is highly curious, and well worthy of inspection. OPENING DINNER AT THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL.—On Mon day, about forty gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner provided for them. by Mr. Whiteman, the active and popular proprietor of the Brunswick-hotel, the object of which was, to celebrate th e o pe n i ng o f t h at respectable establishment under: its prsent management. Th e di nner an d wines were exce ll ent; and reflected credit on the worthy caterer. A number of suit able toasts were given, and amongst them ." Success to the Brunswick-hotel'.' enlisted the warm feelings of the - ciimpany. A delightful evening was spent by sill present, and the party broke up at a late hour, delighted with the harmony and fes s tiyity. We sincerely hope that the : undertaking in which • Mr. Whiteman has embarked will realize his expecta tions—for such a result will not prove more beneficial to himself ' than gratifyin g to his numerous frienrls. • • SouinyoßT.—During the thimder storm on Monday after noon, a man was killed at Mu eh H•eile, near Southport, and two•cows were sireck with the lightning at liesketh . Mink. • A boat from Southport. which had put off to sea on a ri.hing ex pedition, sunk between Lathan and Black hoot and three men were drowned. Two of the unfortunate fishermen have left the CALEDONIAN FREE SCHOOL We learn with interest that a few of the friends of this cha rity are making a collection among themselves to give it fete to the scholars on the approaching festival of the coronation of our youthful Sovereign: • The liberal proprietor of the Zoological Gardens has agreed, .for a small consideration, to allow the children-182 boys am/ 149 girls, together 331—t0 visit his ex tensive collection on th e morning of Thursda y next, (the coro nation day, between the hours of nine and eleven.eclock. On assembling in the school-rooms before slatting on the little ex cursion, each of the scholars will receive an orange, and a bun bearing an impress of the British crown. On their return from the Zoological Gardens to Oldham-st eet. each child will receive another bun, with ballet pint of sweet milk in a coronation jug, which all of them will be requested to carry home to show to their - fathers and mothers, brothers, sisters, and friends, and which, we have no doubt, will long be preserved as a memento of the joyous celebration on 28th June. 1838, of the coronation ofour gracious sovereign Queen Victoria An eminent house in the Potteries has furnished a pattern of the jug, which is quite beautiful, hearing a likeness of her Majesty, with various coro nation and national emblems. and on a garter or a ribband the following motto,--' Success to the Caledonian Free School." Each of the contributors to the colonation fund will also he re quested to accept of a coronation jug, of which 400 have been ordered. In the school-r oom , an d i n th e Z oo l og ic a l Gardens, the children will sing the following rhymes, of which the three first lines are not original:— "God nave our gracious Queen! Victoria! Britain's Queen ! God save the Quesn !" On this auspicious day All lands that own her sway, Fervently, humbly pray, God bless the Queen ! Heavenly Father ! hear Prince, peer, and peasant's prayer— Gud bless the Queen ! With reign of peacefulness, With days of happiness, With heart of holiness, God bless the Queen While Christian hopes and joys In her pure heart arise, God bless the Queen ! When earthly cares are flown, Passed the dark valley's frown, With an immortal crown Gud bless the Queen From aCorrespondont. SUICIDE BY A YOUNG LADY On Thursday afternoon there occurred a case of suicide of a most melancholy description, which has not only, as might be expected, plunged the family of the deceased into the deepest affliction, but tr4s excited concern and interest wherever the painful facts have become known. A lady of the name of Smythe, who is said to have been remarkably beautiful, and who had not yet reached the, age of 20, had, together with her family, been residing since Sunday last at the Seacombe Hotel. About a fortnight preVionsty the family had put up for a day or two at the same hotel ; they then left it, and proceeded on a tour through the northern part of Wales, returning to Mr. Parry's on the day mentioned. The family of the deceased young lady is, we understand, very respectable, and resides at Broome, near Stourhridge, in Staffordshire. The young lady, whose maiden name was Amphleet, had about eighteen months ago been married toil barrister, and, the union proving unhappy, she separated from him about a year back and re turned to her parents. The mode, and, as far as could be elicited in evidence, the causes of her untimely death, were de tailed at the inquest which was held on the body on Friday, at the Seacombe Hotel, before Mr. Faithful Thomas, coroner of the adjoining Cheshire district. - Elizabeth Smith, of Poulton-cum-Seacombe, (daughter of Mr. Parry.) was the first witness called. She deposed that Mrs. Wiry Smythe, the deceased, together with her father, mother, uncle , sister, and brother, were lodging at Mr. Thos. Parry's, Seacombe Hotel. On Thursday morning the de ceased had gone to Liverpool in one of the packets. Soon after three o!cloek in the afternoon some men brought her into the house on a chair. All her clothes were wet and dripping, and she appeared to be insensible. She was taken into the tea bar, but did not utter a word. Witness cut her clothes, rolled her in a blanket, and then laid her upon a sofa. Mr. Ellis, a surgeon, came in. The deceased was afterwards carried up stairs, and put into bed. The first word she uttered was to ask for her pocket handkerchief. She shortly afterwards arose, and walked, with the assistance of witness, to a close stool. She there appeared to be in a great deal of pain. She had been very sick from the moment of entering the house, and was still vomiting at intervals. When on the night chair, she thiew her arms round witness's neck, and .exclaimed, " Oh, Mrs. Smith, I shall never be better: I have taken arsenic—an ounce and a half." Witness asked her where she had obtained it, and she replied, " I bought itlin Caernarvon." Witness then asked her if she had taken it all, and she replied in the affirmative, adding that she had put the paper which held it under a drawer in her bed-room. Witness desired the lady's maid to go and look for the paper; she did so, and brought back a piece, and a label beating the words " Arsenic Poison." iThe* paper was pro duced, and proved to be a piece of the ft or9ester Chronicle. It was supposed that the arsenic had not originally been wrapped in that paper, but that the parcel, having broken, by being car ried about the person of the deceased young lady, was folded in it by her for security. The label had no druggist's name upon it.] When the lady's maid brought the paper to her, it con tained nothing. Some of the deceased's relatives having, visited her, the witness, after their retiring, was again left alone with her. She then inquired from the young lady why she had taken the poison: her reply was, "I was very unhappy, and had been so for some time, and 1 wished to die." The friends of the deceased and Mr. Ellis, the surgeon, were made ac quainted. with the declaration of the deceased, but they could not at first believe it. Another surgeon was sent for, %and a stomach pump was applied. Their efforts, however, were of uo avail : the young lady died in about an hour after having been brought into the inn, having been in most violent pain until two or three minutes before expiring. Shortly before her death, witness asked her if she wished to see her father and mother; her answer was " No." Mr. Richard Parry deposed that he was on board the Alice steam-packet at ball-past three on Thursday afternoon, when it was crossing the Mersey from Liverpool to Seacombe. Mrs. Smythe was on board the packet at the time. He was not aware that she was lodging at his father's; but he could not help observing her: her look was one of great despondency, and her appearance altogether involuntarily impressed him with the idea that she was one who might attempt suicide. The packet had got about two-thirds of the distance across the river, and witness was standing at the fore gangway, when he heard an alarm—" Stop the engine, there is a person overboard." The engine was immediately stopped and reversed, and he saw a female in the water; it was the deceased. She appeared to be struggling, and kept her head above water. He immediately launched a boat, and went to her assistant ; a boat at the same time put off from the other packet, and together they succeeded in rescuing the lady, took her on shore, and afterwards into the hotel. She did not speak. He did not see her fall into the water, but he thought that the Occurrence could not have been accidental. A person on board the packet ( who could not be found) had said that she threw down her bonnet and veil on the deck of the steam-boat and then leaped into the water. Mr. George Turner, lieutenant in the East India Company's military service, deposed that the deceased was'his niece, and was lodging at the Seacombe Hotel with her friends. About half-past elven or twelve o'clock, on Thursday morning he ac companied her ro Liverpool. After landing, he left tier and went to thatreading-rooin. He afterwards met her at the top of Bold-street; she complained of being tired with shopping, and requested him to walk back with her to the boat. He did so, and then returned into the town, It was then about half past two. He had been much with the deceased of late. Her spirits were occasionally much depressed, owing in a great measure, as he believed, to an unfortunate marriage. The de ceased was nineteen years of age last October. She lived with her husband but a short time, and then separated from him. He could not give a ny instances of aberration of mind which she had exhibited. She was desponding and unequal in spirits. and complained that she was was unhappy. Latterly her spirits had been lower than usual, which he attributed to the fact of her having, while at Caernarvon, stopped too long in the water while bathing in the sea, in consequence of which she had an attack of rheumatic gout. He had heard her say that she should never get well. Mr. Win. Bartley Ellis, surgeon, of Seacombe, stated that he went to render his assistance to the deceased after she was taken out of the water. At first, no other means were resorted to than those generally used towards drowned persons. She re vived so much as to tell, though not in his presence, that she had swallowed poison. The stomach-pump was then applied by Mr. Halliday, another surgeon. She made no objection whatever to its use. Her agony appeared to be intense. She several times asked how long she had to live, during which questioning the expression of face was terrific. She was very sick ; the sickness he attributed to the poison she had taken. Judging Irmo appearances, and the short time that the deceased was in the water,- be should say that drowning was not the cause of death. He attributed her death to poison. The piece of newspaper produced was given to him by the lady's maid. The paper had the appearance and taste of having held arsenic. . The servant-maid of Mrs. Ampbleet, the mother of the de ceased, was subsequently examined, but nothing of impot lance was elicited from her. The jury, after a consultation, returned the following verdict —" We unanimously find that the deceased, Idary Sinsihe, came by her death from the effect of having taken poison during a fit of temporary derangement." INFANTICIDE.—Lest week the body of a newly born male child was found in the large pool attached to the Duke of Bridge water's canal at Runcorn. It was tied up in a coarse towel, and there were evident marks of violence upon the body —one of the eyes had been nearly knocked out of the socket. The coroner's invest held on the body returned a verdi c t o f "F oun d d ea d." • ODOIORDEN CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL—OH Sunday last, two excellent and impressive serimins were preached in Tod morden Church, by the Rev. Win. Thursbv, of Ormerod Rouse, M. A.,—when collections were made for the benefit of the Sunday Schbol, amounting to the sum of £3B 15s. 2d.—Man i chester Courier. THE CHURCH.—The Lord Bishop of Chester, has presented the Rev. Francis Bryans, M.A., to the living of Backford, in the county of Chester.—The most noble the Marquis of West minster, has presented the Rev. T. F. Barker, M. A , to the living of Farndon, in the same county, vo id b y the resignation of the Rev. Francis Bryans.—Manchister Courier. SERIOUS AFFRAY.—On Saturday a coroner's inquest was held at the Bridewell, Warrington, to inquire touching the death of Mary Fox. It appeared, by the evidence of several witnesses, that the deceased, who was an old woman, of a peaceful disposi tion, joined several other females in an attempt to expel Mary Jackson from a house in Church -street, at which a money-club was held, and of which they are members. This event took place on Whit Monday. On the evening of the following day, the parties again met in Church-street, and a regular row ensued. In the course.of the affray, Thomas and James Jackson, the fa ther-in-law and husband of Mary Jackson, knocked the deceased down, fell heavily upon her, and kicked her several times. The deceased went home ill, but did not send fpr medical advice until inure than a week afterwards. She died on theThttrsday following. Mr. John Robson, the surgeon who attended the deceased,-stat ed that he had made a post mortem examination of the body. In his „opinion, the deceased had died from inflammation of the bowels, which he could not, in the absence,of all exterior marks of violence upon the stomach, attribute to the injuries"received by the deceased in the affray spoken of by the witnesses. He, however, believed that the excitement under . which she laboured, tended in some measure to accelerate the. disease, .and bring about her death. Tbe jucy, after some consideration, returned a verdict of manslaughter, but, had they ddne ko, of one thing he was certain, that no conviction would have taken place.— Manchester Courier. PtinsoNs LosT OR MISSING IN LONDON.—The number,of persons repen ted t o the police as lost or missing. duringthe year 1837, was 560, of about 33d were found and restored by thelin lice. Of the remainder the greater part returned home nf their owt i ,o cord, or were found by their friends. —Junrnaluf the Lon don Statistical Society. ~:._.~z - PO LICE INTELL I t; NNE. CHARGY: OR UTTERING BASK COIN--ASAULTOII A POLS= OFFEER.—Thomas Powfall, an lriantuan, was kausght before Mr. Hall, on Saturday, charged with Laving uttered a counter feit shilling to Mrsa Cross, a publican. Mrs. Cross stated, that, on the pteceding evening, the prisoner entered her house, and (ailed for twopennyworth of gin. He gave her half-a-ctown, and requested to have the change returned. Mrs. Cross said she had a strong suspicion, that the prisoner was about to practise some dishonesty, as he had, last ThiiiSday, passed a bad shilling to her, under circumstances nearly similar to 'those which she was about to detail. She gave the• prisoner change as 14 desired. He took the money from 'her hand, and, observing that there were two shillings in silver, andfoorpence in copper, Said, I would rather have the two shillings in , eOpper, if yott please." With these words he laid two shillings on the, table. She immediately saw that one of those shillings was aleal one, which he had substituted fur a good one whirl) she had given hire. She exclaimed, "Oh ! you rogue !—I have caught you, have I ? You want to do the again, as you did on Thursday." She seized his hand, and, being a powerful woman, she suc ceeded in getting it open, when she found the fourpence in cop per and a good shilliog. She immediately called police-officer Bishop, and gave the prisoner intircustody. Mr. Hall inquired what, had become; of the bad shilling which the prisoner bad paid her on Thursday; wben it turned out, that she bad, unfor tunately, thrown it into the fire, for tear of any mistake. It is in all cases doubtful wither the Mint will prosecute where only one piece of coin can be proved to have been passed by a pri soner. While Mr. Hall was deliberating as to the course to be pursued, Bishop said, that he bad sustained a - violent assault from the prisoner. The latter, the officer said, went' quietly enough for about a twitched yards, when he suddenly threw him to the ground, and endeavoured to effect his escape. Witness, however, stuck fast to him: but, the prisener being a powerful man, knocked bins down several times, kicked him, and even severely bit his hand. As a second magistrate had taken his seat, Mr. Hall determined to punish the prisoner for thearisault. In reply to the charge, the prisoner said, the officer had struck him with his stick. Bishop said, that until the prisoner had knocked him down he was walking very peaceably, and be had no occasion to strike him ; afterwards, when be found the pri , soner abusing him so.severely, he canlessed he had struck lan. 'There was no other officer at hand, and he believed that the prisoner would have hurt him still more severely. had not two gentlemen come forward and assisted to rescue him. He (Bishop) then called a car, and iu that manner took the pri soner to Bridewell. The prisoner, on hearing this, said, in respect to the bad shilling, he knew not that he had it about him. The assault be hoped Mr. Hall would look over, as he was intoxicated at the time. Mr. Hall said, this was no excuse, and the offence was not one that could be looked over. The officer was taking him very properly, and when officers wero doing their duty they should be protected as far as possible from aggressions of this desciiption. The prisoner ass ordered to pay a fine of £2 and costs, or, in default of payment, to be committed to the Borough House of Correction for one month. As the prisoner was leaving the dock, Mr, Hall told him, that the punishment for the assault could not affect the tither case, which would await the decision of the Mint. A PICKPOCKET. - Martin Hagan, a lad, aged about fourteen years, was placed before Mi. Hall, on Saturday, charged by Mr. Superintendent M•anial I. The latter stated, that on the preceding day he was passing along Marylebone, wh"n he sail' the prisoner and another lad walking behind a gentleman. The prisoner advanced cautiously to the gentleman, and, taking hold of his coat tails, lifted them up, and tried what was in the pockets. The Superintendent went forward and seized him. The other lad,' seeing this, ran away. On hearing this, the prisoner loudly and impudently exclaimed, " It's false, gentle men. Ile's took a false oath. I never did nothin' o' the sort. He has a spite agin' me ; because one day, when he cotch'd me, I run away from him, and he cotild'ut find me. I never did none sitch a thing in my life." Mr. Parkinson, the keeper of Bridewell, said, the prisoner was a 11108 t notorious thief, and had but just been disdiarged from Kirkdale Gaol. The pri soner was ordered back to triS old quarters for a term of three months " Crikey !"! said• he, as he left the dock, " I shan't see the Queen's ceownation !" • - THEFT Br AN ERRAND-BOY.—Thomas Appleton, aged about 14 years,'Was, on Saturday, placed before Mr. Hall, charged with having robbed his master, Mr. Hauck, furrier, Bold street, of, three sable. skins. It appeared. that the prisoner was taken into the service of Mr. Hauck, on Tuesday last, the latter• having received him without making any inquiry respecting his character. On Wednesday the prisoner called upon a Mr. Caldwell, a fur dresser, residing in Crosshall-street, and offered for sale three sable skins. Mr. Caldwell inquired how much he asked for them : the lad replied, ten-pence a-piece. As Mr. Caldwell knew that they . were, worth more than ten times that scrfri, he became suspicious. to try the youth. he asked him if sixpence each would not satisfy him. The, prisoner agreed to take sixpence each for the skins. Mr. Cardwell asked him if he had any more : he replied, that he could procure more. Mr. Caldwell then paid him fdr those which he had brought, and told him to come again with . some more, and he would give him a goon price for them. As soon ris the boy had departed, Mr. Caldwell conceived that he (the boy had not procured the skins honestly, and went out ' with the determination of dis covering the owner, if possible. He called at the shop of Mr. Hauck, and there saw the prisoner; whom he immediately re cognised. He informed Mr. Hauck what had occurred, and showed rim the skins. Mr. Hauck immediately. knew that they had been taken from his stuck, though he had not pre viously missed them. The three skins were stated.tO be worth 40s. The prisoner was committed for trial at the neat borough sessions. , EXCHANGE No ROBBERY —Yesterday at the police-office, an' Irishman ii-imed Kelly, was placed at the bar charged with having robbed a young man on Saturday night of his hat, con taining a pair of stockings. The complainant stated that on: Saturday night he was walking along Whitechapel, when thitt prisoner came behind him and seized his hat off his head and ran away with it, at the same time throwing his own hat into the street ; in his hat crown he had a pair of stockings. A liceman stated that seeing the prisoner running, and hearing the complainant shouting after him, he gave him chase, and with some difficulty apprehended him with the complainant's hat on, containing the stockings. lie also produced the hat which the prisoner had thrown away, which, as may be ima gined, was a most " shocking bad hat." When asked what he had to say in defence, the prisoner said—" Why, I passed him in Whitechapel wid a young woman on'his harram, and said be was a pretty sort ov a chap to be duin' in dhat way, an' he called me a prig an' tould me to be aff, an' wid drat struck me and-knocked affane hat. an' I struck him an' knocked aff his hat, an' he shouted out pelise, an' I picked up_a hat which I thought was my own, an' ran away.' Mr. Hall—"A very likely story. There might have been a mistake ie. there had been no stockings in the hat. The informations for his trial at the sessions were ordered to be taken. FURIOUS DnlVlNG.—Yesterdkiy at the police-office, a young man named Samuel Robinson, who stated that he was a clerk out of employment, was placed before the magistrates charged with furiously driving a gig through the streets whilst in estate of intoxication, and running over a child. A policeman stated that on Saturday night the prisoner was drunk and furiously driving a gig in the streets, and ran over a child and seriously, injured it. When taken to Bridewell be had behaved very riotously and broken three windows. The prisoner said he pulled up as soon as ever he could. The prisoners mother here stood up and said she had seen the child, and the injury it bad received was very trifling. Its leg was only bruised, but the skin was not off. Mr. Hall—A very trivial injury was it? Mother—Oh, very trivial ; and he called to the child ; but it was too young to get out of the way. Mr. Hall—Perhaps you will make it out that the child was drunk and not the prisoner ? lie must pay 40s. and costs, and in default of payment be com mitted for one month to the Borough Jail. . . REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS.—The usual notices to wither having a qualification to vote in the election of members for the Riding, whoie names do not at present appear on the regis ter, to make a claim have been issued by the Overseers, in com pliance with Ihe provisions or the Reform Act. Parties interested. must make their claims before the 20th July, and on presenting it must pay one shilling to the Overseer. Borough electors will do well to remember, that all rates due on the 6th of April must be paid before the 20th July, or their names will not appearon the forthcoming register. A CIIKAP Rtost.—One Samuel Meredith, a. labourer at War riegton, at a time when he was in his cups, bad a mind for a ride from Newton races;—accordingly, taking advantage of the temporary stoppage of a luggage train at the Newton Junction— he caught hold with both hands on the top board at the back of the last waggon, and, thus suspended, rode some three Miles on the Grand Junctibu line. On Wednesday last, he appeared be fore the magistrates to answer for his folly—a moderate fine only, was inflicted; but the ride must be considered dirt cheap when we state, that independently of the risk be ran of breaking hie neck, he hail twenty-three shillings to pay for the trespass.-7 Manchester Courier. • 'The crank axle of the " Shark" locomotive engine, which set out for Liverpool with the eight o'clock train on Friday morning, broke near the Junction at Newton. No accident occurred, and the Vixen engine having been procured from the . Warrington station, the passengers were forwarde d to Birming ham after something like an hour's delay. The rain which fell so generally throughout this country during the week, has dono considerable injury to the grass meadows. The Edinburgh mail, owing to the breaking down of a bridge on the Warrington side of Wigan, did not arrive' in time for the train on Tuesday evening. and consequently the bags were not forwarded until the next morning. WanniNGToN.— , Nearlv ten thousand pounds weight of beef has already been provided fur the entertainment of the poor inhabitants of Warrington on the coronation day. Each person is to receive a pint of ale and a good dinner. It is expected that about two thousand will dine in the Cloth Hall. The com mittee have also determined upon giving threepence each to three thousand Sunday and National School children, who walk in procession on the occasion. CAUTION TO RAILWAY PASSENGERS.—OD Tuesday after \ noon, Mr. Chorley, the treasurer to the Grand Junction way Company, made an attempt to get into a coach just as the train was on the move from the Warrington.station—hi s fo o t slipped, and his life was placed in the greatest jeopardy. For tunately, he escaped with the loss of One toe, alid the injury of two others. How To WIN A RACE:—John M'Connell, a laboUrer, em ployed at the St. Helen's glass works, was on Monday brought before the magistrates at Warrington petty sessions, to answer a charge preferred against him by Mr. Owen, the constable of Newton. It appeared that the prisoner, and two other men, were at Newton race course on Friday, and that they having backed the Earl of Derby's horse rather too freely, were fearful of the result. Seeing their favourite loosing fast, they set a dog , at the heels of- the other horse, which Lit it severely, and was nearly the meausiof unseating the jockey. Mr. Lyonicautiened the prisoner against a repetition of such disgraceful conduct, and on it being proved that he was intoxicated, ordered him to pay a fine of five shillin gs t o th e p oor o f N ew t o n p ar i s h. OEoLOGICA DISCOVERY.—An interesting geological speci man has just been discovered, at the depth of 37 feet below the surface -of the rock, in the new red sandstone of Storton-hill quarries, four miles from Birkenhead, in Cheshire. It is a series of impressions of footsteps. in relief, of an extinct animal. called by Professor Caup the Cherotherium, the existence of which, in,former ages, has been known only from similar marks having been found. .The impressions bear a strong resem blance to the human hand. Mr. Toinkinson, the lessee of the quarry, on being made aware of the value of the slabs on which these marks appear, has, in the most liberal' manner, not only, given one up,.withoot charge, to the Natural History Society of this town, but will convey it to its destination at his Own ex pense. He purposes, also, to send another to the Loudon Geological Society. Professor Buck land has given an account, I illustrated by engravings, in his Bridgewater Treatise, vo l t, p. 263, of the impreisions of footsteps of the same ex ti n ct animal discovered in the qirarries Hessberg, Saxony. T he slab of sandetone is in the British Museum. • , y i sh O i :T re tN a nAPr e H a I t C t undertaking being u pw.completed, wee, openiad, through the whole-line-on Monday last, which.wes .observed wiruNinag WCASTLS AND CARLISLE 11411.ry,iy.. a holiday both at Carlisle and Newcastle. The preceeditw, were .highly interesting, No fewer than thirteen t ra i nevi s so i along, the• line from Newcastle to. Carlisle, vrocesslesr previous to starting was Su tength::' awing to want of proper arvairgemetts, th'.! t reiub were detained so hug at Carlisle. that they did not - reach Newcastle on thiik return uutil ON qt . tlitee in the morning,-