The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

Sept. 2, 1846. ?Loral anb Vrobinrial , On Saturday a cabdriver named M'Allister was fined Os. for baying unmercifully beaten his horse. M. officers of the Liverpool police are about to present Vr• M'Donald, late superintendent, with a silver snuff- Uo x. Only one publican and three beersellers were brought before Mr. Rushton on Friday, and the publican was dis charged. The collections, during the eight days' proceedings on the opening of the Romish chapel in Edmund-street, amounted to £920. COUNT Y REGISTRATION.—In this division of Lanca shire the Conservatives have made 800 objections, and the Radicals 390. ROBBERY.—On Wednesday, at the Police court, Fre derick Osborne, an apprentice with Mr. Cockbain, Plumber, Lime-street, was committed for trial on a barge of robbing his master. The excise have commenced laying informations against the occupiers of the taps attached to inns, hotels, taverns, I nd other public-houses, for selling exciseable liquors without license. Two HORSES DROWNED.—On Wednesday, two bor.- l ee, belonging to Mr. Beaver, were drowned in the Mersey, opposite the New North Docks, the man in ' c harge of them having driven them in to wash their legs. BOROUGH REGISTRATION.—The Radicals have ob jected to 1066 freemen, and 422 householders ; but we believe all the notices to the freemen are invalid, in con lequence of few the obj mi oection s ssion of the date. The Conservatives have made . MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—Mr. Robert Brown, coal P r oprietor, Westhoughton, near Leigh, was discovered, n n Monday, suspended by a rope to the roof of a pigeon re, near his residence. He was immediately cut down, was quite dead. STABBING.—On THesday i a female named Alice larke w as fi n ed £5 or to be mprisoned two months for ha ving stabbed William Roberts on the left side of the cheek with a clasp knife, making a deep gash close to the mouth. W.ll THE STOCK AND SHARE BROKING BUSINESS.—It be perceived, by an advertisement in another column, ..at Mr. John Jones, the late master of the Exchange l i i e wsrooms, has commenced business, solely on commis- I nn, as a stock and share broker. ILLEGAL PAWNING.—On Tuesday, Ann Meredith Its,as fined 40s. and costs for illegally pawning several ar ieles belonging to John Westgarth, Clare-street, in Rose house the defendant occupied furnished apartments. The Pawnbroker suggested that all lodging-house keepers S hould mark their own name on their linen. LIVERPOOL CUSTOMS.—We have to announce the Pr omotion of Mr. Thompson, of the gauging, and of M essrs. Gibbs, Marsh, and Bywater, of the landing de- Partment, to that of searchers of the first, second, third, a nd fourth classes respectively ; and we understand that Several other meritorious officers are about to participate n'similar promotions. A NBw AMERICAN STEAMER.—The American papers received by the Cambria announce that " the new, low- Pressure steam-ship Marmora, 400 tons burthen, will for Liverpool next week, where she will remain fifteen d ays only, and then proceed to Constantinople, touching at Gibraltar, Malta, and Smyrna, to land and receive Pa ssengers." Whether the Marmora will continue to ply en the route indicated above does not appear. It CONCERT IN AID OF MRS. SALMON. Owing tO I :exceeding pressure of advertisements we are compelled I . 'withdraw a lengthy notice of this concert, at which c " l rs• H. Pardy made a most successful debut. Her exe catiori is excellent, and her voice, over which she appears th e have great command, is powerful ; in fine, if we make bil e usual allowance for the visible timidity, the perfor psence was unexceptionable. A host of other talent ap peared. HANDSOME COMPLIMENT.—Mr. Vandenhoff has pre rote(' to Mr. H. F. Aldridge a very pretty ivory turned I jfan, silver mounted, in acknowledgment of the talent 2 I Lo which he conducted the musical performances in oiDatigone, at the Theatre Royal. A very pretty breast ss of fine gold, with a stone representing a snowdrop, ( p also been presented to Mr. Aldridge, sen., by Madlle 2. a glioni, as a token of her admiration of his leadership of a orchestra in the Sylphide, d ur i ng h er recen t v i s it s to L iverpo o l and Manchester. AWN ARVON REGATTA.—At this festivity the yacht of ir townsman, G. M. Corsellis, Esq., a member of the i, °3 ' , l Mersey Yacht Club, the Black Bess, 19 tons, won t i:e Snowdon Cup, value 30 guineas, beating four conape thlts, and ran second for the Carnarvon Cup, vaule 40 rneas. The c thin boy of the Black Bess won the fccluller's prize. Several Liverpool yachts were entered the M ena i C u p, va l ue t wen ty gu i neas , b u t a north itester prevented the Liverpool gentlemen from ventur e to sea, although they boldly made repeated attempts go out. There was a banquet and concert. IV ` l naTcoaN.—The Bridgewat andanew splendid Custom-house.-- ;10 reverend gen'leman has yet been appointed to the atulcatit vicarage, which is a living worth about £350 per cihnnl, with an excellent house. and is in the gift of ,arist College, Oxford.—John Johnson, Esq., and Wm. e'rtiOster, Esq., of Down House, Higher Runcorn, are, it is 6 1 ( shortly to be made magistrates for the county of te t'ester.—A bill for the improvement and local manage ent of the town of Runcorn will be submitted to parlia ment• early next session. tbLkUNCH OF AN IRON STEAM SCHOONER.—On Sa itarday week, a new steamer, called the " Tintern," and ie,nded to ply between Liverpool and Newport (South see'es), was launched from the yard of the Great Wes ser.!; Steam-ship Company, Bristol. She was designed th° constructed by T. R. Guppy, Esq., the architect of e Great Western and Great Britain. Her dimensions d ar e as follow :—extreme length, 115 feet ; breadth, 18 feet; tepth of hold, 11 feet 2 inches. She is stern-propelled, to engines of fifty-horse power, and will carry about 200 C goo s. wa 'RARGE OF BIG AMY.—A person named John M,Garth oh s on Friday placed at the bar of the Police-court, on a onlyge of bigamy. Both wives appeared in court, but the evidence of the first marriage, which took place in bilreland, about ten years ago, was a certificate handed in at t he Wife, no one being in attendance who was present se 'oat time, on which the prisoner was discharged. The Is e ° l •4l wife then stated to Mr. Rushton that she had been th a i lt . iefl to the prisoner seven years. She had now four a sn inten, two by a former husband and two by the pri aoher, but she wished to keep her family, and not to be fe-" n led by the prisoner. Mr. Rushton.—Why ? The it'T al e( — Why because his proper wife has appeared, and if o nly right he should live with her. Mr. Rushton said herb. Prisoner annoyed her she must apply to him, and l eft oula afford her proper protection. The parties then btlle court. ha s : Pc COMMITTEE, THURSDAY. —The surveyor ob. tes t ' Permission to let the Clarence Dock run dry, the 0104tsprings, or the springs following, as might be found gat convenient, convenient, to clear the passage and repair the tepo°•---The sub-committee of works were requested to th e r t as to the width of the e n t rances a nd p a ssages to Sa v i n ew north docks.—The sub-commitee of works, bib g taken into consideration the memorial of the in- Cants of Southport, requesting the committee to take totiaet• their con t ro l the lif e -b o at the re , r ep or t e d th a t th e y V u d ered the grant of £5O towards the maintenance of tia,oat and payme n t of the crew , sufficient. The marine 11 0 ,, e ,10r reported the services of the Point of Ayr and th e ' u lahe lif e -b oat i n ass i st i ng t h e Ull swa t er , as h ore on eres," 7 est Hoyle, on the 10th instant, and rescuing the a. f) told master, and saving a large quantity of specie. Pas B 4 , l he suggestion of the chairman, a resolution was seep, authorising the sub-committee of works to pro tsbi.twith the landing stage on the plan submitted by Mr. said ti ‘ , and approved by th e Ad m i ra lty. Th e Chairman kin le Admiralty strongly recommended that the corn- Ita s le should lay down as a rule. before the landing-stage that two steamers should not be allowed to lie Sa e haalue of each other. The committee dissented from eaal er a rule, it being impossible to carry it out.—lt was 4 0 4 e d, that, in consequence of the ill-health of Mr. Spree, an assistant should be appointed to the marine ?lal e ,Y?c, at a salary not exceeding £l5O per annum, in 41 18 1 r facilitate the completion of the survey ordered e at 4 0 7. - --1 t was ordered, on the application of the offi sheds' her Majesty's Customs, that goods in the transit L e Pt , Wh ich had passed the landing-waiters, should be 'atit• -e Parate from other goods.—Mr. Horsfall called at -4,,e1i01t°4 to the disgraceful and filthy state of the Waterloo , I fer i . -- ;A• memorial from the dealers in live-stock was caat so e ° to the Harbour-masters' Sub-Committee.—A 4 ,. tt laf s ,, r i 'al from th e ti m b er - merc h an t s , comp l a i n i ng o f th e h s e ,i 2.1 loss of property, and obstruction to business, 111 4 ° the want of regulation on the Brunswick Dock f ll O . a nd recommending that a definite space should be .eitsetit! to each ship for the deposit of h er cargo , was re cto '0 the Harbour-masters' Sub-Committee ; as was ret.sel e l etter from the consignees of the Rio de Janeiro g e tter a separate berth for their ships. kt lo , ROVIDENT CLERKS B ' MUTUALBENEFIT Asso o,„ - AND BENEVOLENT FUND.—It will be perceived k r. j a dvertising columns that our esteemed townsman, ist4ay pears, who «inducted the Exchange Newsroom so a:eci sti. has been appointed agent to this excellent y ear n n• On the first formation of this society, some 8 , ago, when a deputation of the managers visited 1,1.e1y to n t , we took occasion to point out the benefits I ,ga be deri ve d f rom suc h an association by the clerks a s e .,cap — t f,d• Then our remarks were perspective; now tei a wh ic ase a retrospective glance at what has been done, 11.4 life his now a matter of history. Under the benefit s ive e aasurance department many hundred of clerks h tai s faolled themselves, and such has been the success •ta r ,!le of b ranch that only one death has occurred ; and the t se °o f or lne premiums paid by the members, minus some as 'Obe r expenses and £lOO paid on the death of the theala t i e auuded to, have been invested in Government d tra S ' in the name of trustees—(and in 1848, when seo t di v i • t h „ p ro ,. ~vision of profits takes place, those who have N ath (), 'dent enough to unite themselves will prove the 11 e bleaf, o ltie . old adage, " Money makes money")—whose sstPeetah'ilacith the society is at once a guarantee for the li sv r Oba re i t,Y and stability of the undertaking. Many d ttv t b een wno were once in respectable situations, but k il o b ee overtaken by those Pia to which " flesh is heir," at ee d; on r a l , assisted by gratuities from the benevolent tit tl e sle et I n May last two additional widows of clerks tit tt Oe r ed annuitants, of £l5 per annum each. The % I nle t ! - I, l3 'cnemorate the occasion of this election was ti o ,lns o f a large number of the first bankers and mer oh°ol of th 2 -40Ildn ri ; and as an evidence how the opera. Stk h ., hate f 4 .7_ e society continue to be appreciated by those best opportunity of judging, the handsome 9n s ionsb, 000 was then subscribed, making, with that h tt 7 W e , co ntributed, £ll,OOO for this department. We tourO aod u a a ye said enough to draw attention to this nwo 2 ! . We understand, a deputation will again visit Ch as ! cannot do better in the meantime than refer sos,' cai s ". B all who would be wise and provide against Net nal ti • thY ha s 0 es which may suddenly overtake us. The ttitat e Pro_ u r Warmest approbation, and it will be seen str:e. opeetus that the Bank of England and a large r i ndnt stock and private banks of the kingdom support this institution. t4i._ p s sere She is is nearly with r ' She cY b li a ; e ngiaef 20 0 re: '' the O- E, 15 miles miles: a nothe r Irelan d ,roni Jr?' artere ! l arters ed 9 ile 110 41; 'The °Lit° 1 Sin n a the or 11 ° r ,56 he oat in 1943 ' Year._ s yroP ~, To Yetnel t ,'jesty , cora' r 1 2 )u 'ped t fIY ° fot with her, to . 80 gert d g SPEED OF THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM SHIP.—As great interest is felt by the public on the subject of this extraordinory vessel, the following analysis of her first voyage across the Atlantic may be acceptable. Nautical miles :—The distance from Liverpool to the South Stack Lighthouse is 72; thence to the Tuskar Lighthouse 90; from the Tuskar Light to Cape Clear 134 ; Cape Clear to New York 3008. Whole distance from Liverpool to New York 3304. The Great Britain steamed this distance, against foul winds and cross seas, in 14f days, or 354 hours, giving an average speed for the nit le voyage of somewhat more than 94 knots or nautical miles, which is equal to 101 statute miles per hour. The average speed of steamers across the Atlantic in their outward passages has not been equal to what has been achieved by the Great Britain on her first voyage to New York; although many instances may have occurred in which a homeward pass age, made under favourable circumstances, has shown (as in the last voyage of the Cambria,) an average speed of 104 knots or nautical miles per hour. REPRESENTATION OF THE SECOND SAILING MATCH OF THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—A spirited print of an interesting part of the last sailing match of the ves sels of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club, drawn and litho graphed t y Mr. Melling, the honorary secretary, has made its appearance, the second of, we trust, a series il lustrative of these interesting contests. The time selected by the artist, who is himself au enthusiastic yachtman, is when the two leading boats are about to round the bell buoy, (the outer point of the course.) The Seagull, his own vessel, is ahead, pretty closely followed by the Leda, both contending close hauled in a heavy sea-way, caused more by the previous gale than the breeze then blowing. The Black Bess is to the leeward of both, beating upon the larboard tack ; the Clutha is next, and The rest of the fleet doing their best, more in the distance. The buoy, which is about 14 miles from this town, is conspicuous in the foreground ; and its verisimilitude will remind all who have passed it of the doleful monitory sound of its bell, " awakened by the waves alone," and which is ever wel come to the ears of mariners, especially by night, or du ring fogs. This buoy is a picturesque object in itself, ever restlessly in motion, and it has recently been con verted, by means of iron trellis-work and an elevated plat form, into a place of refuge for those in vessels or boats, who may be in danger during gales. The Formby Light ship is discernible in the extreme distance, and the pic ture, as a whole, is highly animated ; conveys correct por traits of each yacht in view at the time; and will add ad ditional laurels to the wreath already achieved by the in defatigable author. CHARGE AGAINST AN AFRICAN CAPTAIN.—Mr. Rushton was on Tuesday afternoon engaged in an investiga tion, which had been ordered by government, relative to certain charges which had been brought against Captain Glover, a member of the firm of Barton and Glover, of this town. The original aspect of the case, as brought under the notice of our government by a French captain, was rather of a serious character. Captain Glover com manded a vessel of 67 tons, named the Lydia, which sailed hence to the coast of Africa. The crew consisted of eleven hands. The first mate was Benjamin Heseldine. It was alleged that when the Lydia was lying in the Galoon river, Captain Glover tied up a seaman by his wrists, with the tips of his toes just touching the deck, and then ordered the mate to flog the man ; that the mate refused to obey the order ; that, in consequence of this refusal, he was put in irons, and a number of black men conveyed him ashore at night; that he was kept there almost without provisions ; that he was ultimately abandoned by the vessel, and left on the coast in a state of distress, without the means of returning to England ; and that he at length succeeded in getting a passage to Havre in a French vessel. The com mander of this vessel, it would seem, brought the case un der the notice of the English government, and the law of ficers of the crown ordered that an investigation should take place, and the result be transmitted to them. The mate and captain were consequently summoned before Mr. Rushton. Heseldine stated that the above account of the affair had been gleaned by the French captain from the exaggerated stories of the negroes, and did not rest on his authority, although, in the document, it was distinctly set forth that it did, The only reason assigned by him for Capt. Glover having harshly treated and illegally aban doned him was, that he had a dispute with a seaman on board the Lydia, This was denied by the captain, who alleged that Heseldine had been a disobedient and inso lent officer. that he had treated the crew harshly, and that he had threatened to take his (the captain's) life before he reached England. The log, written by Capt. Glover, was put in in support of this statement, and Mr. Robertson, the surgeon of the Lydia, was examined at considerable length. He deposed that Heseldine, who had been a so ber and tolerably well-conducted officer up to the arrival at the coast of Africa, quarrelled with a seaman for hav ing abused his mother, fought with him, struck at the sur geon for interfering, and for two hours after had to be pre vented by main force from renewing the contest. In the evening, when the captain returned on board, he called him aft to inquire into the occurrence, he went with his sheath knife in his hand, owing to which, two men were ordered to stand close beside, who then handcuffed and put him in the boat ; and when there lie abused and threa tened the captain. (The entry in the log stated that the abuse and threatening took place on deck, previous to the handcuffing; but the surgeon was sure it took place in the boat.) The blacks who took him ashore to the prince re ceived orders to provide him with food, and three biscuits per day were sent ashore for him. There was no room in the vessel to confine him. The captain declared that the man could not have been in distress, as the prince, who had a large quantity of goods belonging to the Lydia to trade with, lived very well ; and the assertion, that he had not the means of returning to England was false, as there were two British vessels short of hands lying in the river. The mate denied the latter statement, and said that the blow supposed to have been aimed at the surgeon was in tended for the seaman. Mr. Rushton thought that the conduct of the mate had been very blameable, and said that he would not require Captain Glover to find bail then. He would forward the evidence to the law officers of the crown, and if any further proceedings were deemed neces sary both parties should have notice. THE ADOPTED LANDING-STAGE AT GEORGE'S PIER. We have been favoured with a cursory glance at the plans and sections of the landing-stage about to be con structed by the Corporation, as designed by Mr. Cubitt, C.E. ; and the accompanying rough diagram will enable our readers to form some judgment of its applicability, without our entering into minute details, especially as the whole is very simple. The principal portion is a floating stage, lying parallel with the sea-wall, and of 500 feet in length and about 70 in width. This is connected with the top of the river-wall (opposite the Baths) by two suspension bridges, with the roadway of each supported over—not, as in the Menai Bridge, under—the swag of the chains, forming in appearance an inverted arch of a prolonged or gentle segment, filled up with iron trellis work. From the edge of the vier to the outside of the stage, the distance is about 250 feet, so that at the latter point (north and south) a depth of 10 feet will be obtained at low water of spring tides. Round this stage, and along side of it, eight river-steamers may be accommodated at a time, there bring room for one between each bridge and the corners of the stage nearest the pier, and for the others at the outside and ends of the floating scaffold. The stage will be surrounded by posts and chains (we presume), forming a railing, that may be opened here and there as occasion requires. In the centre of the stage there will be a suite of waiting-rooms of light construction, one story in height, pavilion-roofed, and having ten windows and three entrances on each side. The bridges are each about 190 feet in length, and at right angles with the wall and the stage. These bridges are strongly hinged to the top of the wall at one end, and to the inner part of the stage at the other ; and, when the tide is down, will, cf course, form inclined planes, decreasinc , in acclivity until they are level as the tid e r e ac hes its height. We have not learned in what manner the stage is to be moored, but can imagine nothing more feasible than two or more chains, at each end secured to heavy stones sunk to the level of the river bed. These must of course be slacked off, or drawn in as the tide rises or falls. The structure will, no doubt, (judging from its appearance on paper,) present a neat appearance; but we are not prepared to offer an opinion upon its stability in gales of wind. It is, in fact, merely a huge raft connected with the land by the two bridges, and is not to be found fault with for its simplicity and self-working properties ; but how far it may be available or secure during a heavy blow from the westward, when at times the sea dashes on the pieroead, is a question which experience can alone solve. With respect to the originality of the conception, it cannot be denied but that it bears a strong resemblance to more than one of the plans sent in to the Dock Committee, and rejected ; and we especially remember one transmitted, we believe, by Captain Christie, of the City of Dublin Company's steamer, the Birmingham. BRIDGE - - 41 o m • 0 0 111 (1) BRIDGE THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. CROWN COURT.-TUESDAY Thos. Roberts, 36, (could read and write imperfectly,) was charged with having stabbed Margaret Nugent, at Liverpool, with intent ti do her some grievous bodily harm. It appeared that on the 25th of July last, prose cutrix was going down St. James's-street, when she saw the prisoner, with some other men, abusing an idiot boy. She remonstrated with them on the impropriety of their conduct, w hen the prisoner rushed upon her with a knife, and inflicted a severe wound on her face. The prisoner was found guilty of an assault, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. James Wheelan, 20, (could read and write imperfectly,) and Thos. 211* Gowan, were found guilty of burglariously entering the house of Thomas Walling, in Naylor-street, Liverpool, and stealing two gallons of porter. Wheelan, who had been previously convicted, was sentenced to ten years' transportation; the other prisoner to twelve months' imprisonment. John Thorley Ball, Richard Cantrell, and John Hol born, three well-dressed men, were found guilty of con spiring, with others, to obtain by false pretences divers goods from her Majesty's subjects ; they were also found guilty of obtaining, by similar false pretences, 270 lb. weight of leather from Mr. Clarkson, leather-dealer, of Duke-street, Liverpool.—His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said the case had been made out upon the clearest testimony, and it was perfectly clear that the prisoners were three gross swindlers who had been living by imposing upon the industrious part of the community, getting their goods from them never intending to pay for them, never having the means of paying for them, and decamping from one place to another just when their fraud began to be discovered. He very much regretted that this was not a case in which he had the opportunity of sending them out of the country. He then sentenced Ball and Holborn to two years' imprisonment in the House of Correction, and Cantrell to one year's imprisonment in the same prison, observing that he made the distinc tion because he thought Cantrell had in some measure been drawn into the scheme by the others. This case closed the business in the Crown Court NISI PRIUS COURT.-TUESDAY. MARROW AND OTHERS V. CHAPMAN, P.O This was a special jury cause, in which Messrs. Mar row and Co., corn-factors, of Liverpool, were the plain tiffs, and the registered public officer of the Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Bank was the defendant; and the action was brought for the recovery of a sum of £7OO. Mr. Martin and Mr. Crompton appeared for the plain tiffs, and Mr. Knowles and Mr. Robinson for the defen dant. Mr. MARTIN stated the case. He said that in the autumn of 1843 several gentlemen engaged in the corn trade made an application through a Mr. Scarth to the plaintiffs to sell corn for them in Liverpool, and advance money thereon. The plaintiffs agreed, on receiving con signments of corn, to make proper advances ; and accord ingly Mr. Rayne, of the firm of Rayne and Co., entered into business with the plaintiffs in this way. In Novem ber 1843, application was made by Mr. Rayne for an advance of £700; and the plaintiffs having agreed to make ihe advance, they proceeded to pay in the money on their own account, for the put pose of its being paid over to Mr. Rayne. The mode of paying in was a com mon one. The Bank of England had a branch at Liver pool; they had another at Newcastle; the plaintiffs paid the money into the branch here, the branch at Newcastle was duly advised of the payment, and there it was paid into the Union Bank. The transaction was an ordinary one: it was precisely the same as if the Messrs. Marrow had gone to the Union Bank at Newcastle, and paid in the money there. The letter of advice, authorising the money to be paid to Mr. Rayne, was sent by the plaintiffs to the Union Bank on the 16th of November; arld no thing more was heard about it until the plaintiffs sent in their account for the half-year to Mr. Rayne. On that account being sent in, Mr. Rayne wrote back to say, that they were debited with a sum of £7OO, which they had neither ordered nor received. The plaintiffs immediately wrote to the Union Bank, acquainting the manager with the substance of Mr. Rayne's letter, authorising the re payment of the money into the Branch Bank of England. On the following day a letter was received from the bank to the effect that the money had been paid, and placed to the account of Mr. Jas. Scarth, by whom it was claimed —that Mr. Rayne had no account with the bank, and that the bank had never received any letter of advice from the plaintiffs, to hold money at Mr. Rayne's dispo sal. The plaintiffs then wrote to say that they had trans mitted an advice note, directing the payment to be made to Mr. Rayne, and that if the money was paid to Scarth, the bank must be considered as still holding the £7OO for account of the plaintiffs. The bank again denied the re ceipt of the letter of advice, and said that Scarth had re ceived payments on former occasions. This was true enough. He received two payments on advice notes, but instead of getting an advice note from him in the present case, the bank paid him the £7OO on his verbal statement. The law on the subject was perfectly clear. The money was the plaintiffs', and the bank could only discharge themselves from their liability, by showing that it was either paid back to the plaintiffs, or paid upon an order from the plaintiffs ; and Scarth having had no right to receive the money, the bank must be responsible for the amount. At the close of the plaintiffs' case, Mr. KNOWLES admitted that there was no difference about the facts. Mr. Scarth had, however, gone to the Union Bank, and told them to get the £7OO for his account from the Branch Bank of England. His LORDSFIir was clearly of opinion that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover. He thought the bank must be held responsible if they received money from A B, and paid that money away either to an unauthorised person or upon a forged order. A verdict was immediately returned for the plaintiffs for the full ameunt, with liberty to the defendant to move in the ordinary way. DOE DEM. HUTCHINSON V. MANCHESTER, BURY,. AND ROSSENDALE RAILWAY COMPANY. Thir was an action of ejectment brought by Mr. Wm. Heap Hutchinson, the lessor of the plaintiff, to recover a certain portion of land, situated in the parish of Bury, in this county, and which, it was alleged, the plaintiff and his ancestors had enjoyed for years on lease under the Earl of Derby. The property was situated in the centre of the town of Bury, and the defendants took possession of it, and justified the proceeding under the 153 d clause of their act of parliament. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff. HOLDEN V. LIVERPOOL NEW GAS AND COKE COMPANY. In this case, which was tried before a special jury, Mr. John Holden was the plaintiff, and the Liverpool New Gas and Coke Company were the defendants. The declaration stated that, the plaintiff was possessed of a house in Liverpool, and that the defendants were posses sed of Gas works, and divers large quantities of inflam mable gas, and that they took so little care of the gas, that by their negligence the gas entered the plaintiff's house and inflamed, thereby injuring the plaintiff's pro perty. The defendants pleaded the general issue, and that they were not possessed of the gas. The plaintiff, Mr. Holden, was a solicitor at Liverpool, and the house in question was situated in Salisbury-street, in that town. For two years prior to the 25th of March, 1814, the house was occupied by a gentleman named Wetbnall, but at that date he gave up occupation, and went to live in Everton Crescent. The servants of the New Gas Com pany were employed by him for the purpose of removing the gas fittings from the house in Salisbury-street to the ono in Everton Crescent, and the former house remained locked up until between seven and eight o'clock on the night of the Bth of April following, when a tremendous explosio❑ of gas occurred, and the windows were forced out, the house shaken, the front steps and area railings thrown down, and the other damage done. The County fire-office paid £240 to the plaintiff for the damage done, and they sought their indemnity in the present action. The action could only be brought in the name of Mr. Holden ; but so far as related to the £2.10 it was an ac tion brought by the fire insurance company for their in clemhity. The grounds on which the defendants were charged with liability was that the explosion bad been caused through the negligence of their servants, in not taking care that the cocks were properly turned off after the tenant left the house. After witnesses had been ex amined on the part of the plaintiff, his Lordship ex pressed an opinion that the action could not be main tained, inasmuch as he thought there had been negli gence on the part of the occupier of the house, or on the part of the plaintiff, and he had always understood it to be a principal ingredient in sustaining an action for negli gence that there should be no negligence on the part of the person complaining.—The plaintiff was then non suited. NEWTON V. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY This was an action for the infringement of a patent. The plaintiff was Edward Newton, Patent-agent, of Lon don, the defendants were the Grand Junction Railway Company. The patent was for certain improvements in the construction of boxes for axles or axle-trees of en gines, for the bearing of machinery, and for oiling and lubricating the same. The invention was that of a fo reigner, Mr. Isaac Babbett, an engineer from Boston. The patent was sold on the 15th of May, 1843, and the specification of it was enrolled in six months after that time. Mr. Babbett became aware that by a lining of tin or rude metal, and by placing on that an alloy of metal, of which block tin was the basis, a desirable effect would be produced, namely, heating and abrasion would be avoided, greater security would be attained, much less wear and tear of the machinery would be occasioned, and a great saving of oil would be effected. When Mr. Bab bett came over to Liverpool with his invention in 1843, he gave the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company liberty to use it in two of their engines. The establish ment of the Liverpool and Manchester Company was close to that of the Grand Junction. In this way the foreman of the latter company had an opportunity of see ing the invention, and very soon it was discovered that the defendants were reaping all the benefits derived from so excellent an improvement. The defendant denied the novelty and utility of the invention. Mr. Baines, Mr. Adolphus, and Mr. Robinson ap peared for the plaintiff; and the Hon. Mr. Wortley, Mr. Cowling, and Mr. Crompton for the defendants. At the close of the plaintiff's case the court adjourned. NISI PRIUS COURT.-WEDNESDAY NEWTON V. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. This case was resumed this morning, when Mr. WORT LEY addressed the jury for the defence, and called a num ber of persons to show that at Nantwich, Bury, and other places, where the brasses used in cotton mills had become worn, or did not fit, it was very usual to run in a quantity of an alloy of tin. One of the witnesses said this was done by means of a mould inside, in which the alloy was run in a state of fusion. Another witness, Joseph Clarke, stated, that he had long before the existence of this pa tent purchased a lathe, the bearings of which were a good deal worn, and he filled them up by melting an alloy into them so as to make them fit. Mr. Hodge was called as a witness,. and stated, that many years before the existence of this patent, in 1829, he had made a lathe, being then resident in Cornwall, the bearings of which were provided with a fillet and lined with an alloy, run in precisely in the manner described in the patent, the object being that which the patent pro posed—the diminution of friction. There were then many bearings of the same kind in use in Cornwall. This lathe he afterwards took to London, and sold it there. He had not heard of it since, and did not know that this improvement was then generally known. He afterwards made an experiment with a view to improved bearings for the axles of a saw-mill. The improvement was the making of three longitudinal grooves along the surface of the brass bearing, and 'filling them up with a alloy. Nothing further, however, was done in the matter. The witness afterwards went to America, from which country he had but_latyly returned. Mr. BAINES replied, commenting strongly on the con duct of the company through their officers, who, he con tended, had sought to evade the plaintiff's patent, and to get the benefit of his discovery without paying him that reasonable remuneration to which he was entitled. His LORDSHIP summed up. He said the question for the jury would be whether the defendants had violated the plaintiff's patent by using the whole or any part of his invention. If a patent is granted for a new combination of things known before, that does not prevent any other party from using that which was old. There was no evi dence that the defendants had used the whole of the plaintiff's invention in the steps with the fillets as de scribed in the patent; but it seemed established that their servants took old and new brasses, and after tinning them in the usual way, had, white the brasses were hot, with a stick of tin, laid on as much as they could to the extent of from the 16th to the Bth of an inch. Many of these brasses were new, and it was not, therefore, the mere patching of old ones. Was that substantially an adoption of any part of the patent—had they, by thus laying on the tin, smoothing it in some cases with a soldering-iron, as described, obtained some portion of the benefit of the in vention ; and was that part new. The jury, after being out a considerable time, returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, £l,OOO. CLAIM FOR SEAMEN'S WAGES. AINSWORTH V. TYRER AND OTHERS.—In this case James Ainsworth was the plaintiff, and James Tyrer John Worrall, and Samuel Stott, the defendants. The plaintiff was a sailor, and the defendants were shipowners, and owners of the barque Phillips. In November, 1843, the plaintiff shipped as a common seaman on board this vessel, and earned wages to the amount of about £22, and the action was brought to recover a balance of about £l2. The defendants pleaded an act of neglect on the part of the plaintiff during the voyage. The vessel in question was at Valparaiso, and whilst putting the cargo on shore, the plaintiff used clamps to a box of plated goods instead of slinging it, and the box was lost. A verdict was entered for the defendants. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO IMPRISON BURY V. LAW AND OTHERS.—J. William Bury was the plaintiff; James Law, William Cbarnley, and Ralph Pearson, the defendants. This was an action against three parties for conspiring together to cause the plaintiff to be illegally apprehended, and, indeed, for illegally ap prehending him in pursuance of that combination.—After hearing the case, by consent the plaintiff was nonsuited. With this case the business of the assizes was brought to a close, having occupied exactly 12 days. HIGHWAY BOARD.-THURSDAY An application was received from two builders, to be allowed two feet of space opposite some houses they had built in Penrith-street, Scotland-road, the extent allowed by law being sixteen and a half inches. The Chairman informed them, on their being introduced into the room, that the Board had come to the determination not to countenance any extenuation beyond what the law allowed. Mr. WEIGHTMAN read a report which he had drawn upon the subject of the sewers in Vine-street, Heath street, and Mulberry-street. He proposed to make a branch from Vine-street down Myrtle-street, which would drain all the property to the east and south of that neighbourhood. The plan was approved of. Mr. Simpson, the engineer to the new Water Works, was in attendance, and, with the members of the Board, proceeded to examine an improved fire-plug, made on a plan suggested by Aid. Gavin, of Dublin, where it had been tried with success. Mr. Simpson thought the prin cipal objection would be, that the water would be too near the surface of the ground, which would render it, in frosty weather, liable to freeze. Another part of the plan, by which several engines could be supplied at one time from the same plug, was considered a decided improvement. After some conversation, it was thought desirable to try a few of the new plugs as an experiment, with the view of testing their efficacy, and that Mr. Simpson should make a report on the subject, and submit it to the Board. The CHAIRMAN called the attention of the board to the following important report, drawn up by John A. Tinne, Esq., Commissioner, and Mr. Capes Ashlin, Se cretary, and signed by them : The undersigned, in accordance with the resolution of the B .ard, passed on the 3d of April last, have to report of their examination of the list of sewers made out by the surveyors, Messrs. Cunningham and Davies, and laid be fore the Board on the previous Thursday. These returns exhibited the total length of the sewers in the " South district" to be, at that date, And in the " Noah District" ditto.. Miles. Yards .. 26 693 .. 21 1717 Total length The particulars drawn up in the book herewith laid be fore the Board, show,- Ist. The sizes and shapes of the several sewers, the names cf the streets sewered, &c. _ Miles. Yards 2nd. The lengths of sewerage made previ ous to obtaining the act in 1830, to 14 13 3rd. The lengths of sewers made by pri vate individuals, to be 4th. The lengths of sewerage constructed by the Board, under the act of 1830, to be sth. The lengths of sewers constructed by the Board, under the act of 1842, to 30th April, 1845, to be . 6th. The cost of each sewer, as far as can be ascertained at the present time.. 9 121 6 332 Total length Making a difference of 1917 yards, or one mile and 157 yards more in length than was returned by the surveyors in their report to the Board. The book now submitted, taken in connexion with that already prepared, showing the depths and sizes of the sewers, will, on reference to the map, form a correct in dex, as well as useful arid indispensable statement of facts, which are constantly required regarding the sewer - ge of the town. _ _ The obtaining of this information, and compiling the s ime, it will be easily understood, has not been accom plished without considerable extra trouble and labour, but which will not be requisite in future, provided the Board direct that similar returns be made (and whichwe strongly recommend should be done) by the proper officers, as soon as any sewers are completed, and the same entered immediately into the said book by the treasurer. The Board will thus he enabled to ascertain the exact quantity of sewerage made up to any given time. Several members acknowledged that the reprt con tained much valuable information, and was highly credi table to those by whom it had been drawn up. Mr. Ti NNE said the chief merit was due to tha secre tary and surveyors, the former especially. He intended on that day fortnight (being about to leave town) to draw the attention of the Board to the extra labour that had been incurred in drawing up so useful and valuable a do cument. We understand that Dr. Brett, at the request of seve ral of the members of the medical profession in Liverpool, is about to cimmence a course of lectures on the chemical pathology of certain animal fluids, at the Medical Institu- Von. The first lecture will, we believe, be delivered to rcorrow evening. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The performances at this theatre during the past week have been exceedingly attrac tive, comprising many of the leading tragedies, in which the principal characters have been most ably sustained by Mr. Lyon, Mr. Chamberlain, and Mr. Wild. Mrs. Cau dle's Curtain Lectures are most enthusiastically received. SCOTCH BREAD.—The ability of Edinburgh bakers has long been acknowledged, and the very numerous improve ments that Mr. Gibbons, of the bread and biscuit ware house, London-road, has recently made in his bakery, have enabled him to compete successfully with the hitherto more favoured portion of his country. There is no article in his establishment but of the first class, and his friends from the Land o'Cakes will find everything to suit their taste, from a bawbee bannock to a royal Athol cake. THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.—It will be seen from the advertisement that this language may now be learned at our Collegiate Institution, from Woo Siensaug, a native professor, whose services the directors have been so for tunate as to secure. This is, perhaps, the first attempt which has hitherto been made to introduce the study of the Chinese language within the walls of an educational establishment in this part of the kingdom ; and if the di rectors be supported as they ought to be in this mercan tile community, whence a large exportation to China may be expected to take place, we have no doubt that such a professorship will be permanently attached to this impor tant institution. Professor Woo is said to speak the court dialect of his country, having been for some years an employe of the Chinese government. He has visited this country as the tutor of the son of a distinguished missionary, and report speaks highly of his ability to im part a knowledge of his vernacular tongue in its purest form. THE CARD TRICIC.—On Friday, Joseph Davies was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having swindled James Russell, an Irishman, out of five sove reigns. Russell bad left the town, however, and the ma gistrate was reluctantly compelled to order the prisoner to be discharged. The particulars of the case were mainly as follows :—tlussell had been gaping about in the neigh bourhood of the Clarence Dock, when the prisoner, who spoke in a broad Irish accent, came up to him, entered into a conversation, and they afterwards repaired to a public-house. Cards were introduced, and a bet was of fered by the prisoner, that out of the pack he would draw a knave. Russell accepted it, and the prisoner lost. He pulled out a £5 note, and Russell changed it, and paid himself the bet which he had won. On receiving the five sovereigns, the prisoner immediately decamped, and it was soon found that the note retained by R usse ll was on a Carlisle bank, which had gong since stopped psyment. The prisoner was afterwards apprehended by Tuck, but, owing to the want of the necessary evidence, he was, as we have stated, discharged. Etttraturr. VARIETIES. WIT AND JVDGMENT.—Wit is brushwood, judgment is timber ; the first makes the brightest ftame, but the latter gives the most lasting heat. DEATH OP INFANTS.—As Enoch was translated with out passing through death, so the happy spirits of infants may be admitted into a higher sphere of existence, with out passing through the trials of sin or the discipline of sorrow. Bereaved parents naturally seek for consolation from this source, to which faith and instinctive reason would lead them ; and it is a belief which nature has im planted in the heart, for consolation under one of the griefs which affect it most.—Hogg's Weekly Instructor. ADVOWSON.—Advowson, we need hardly say, is a right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice; the word being derived from advocatio, which signifies in clientelam reeipere for, in former times, the person to whom this right belonged was called advocates ecclesice, because he was bound to defend and protect both the rights of the Church and the incumbent clerks from oppression and violence ; hence the right of presentation obtained the name of " advowson," and the person possessed of this right was called patron of the Church. RAVAILLAC.—It will be remembered that part of Ra vaillac's sentence condemned h'm to have his limbs torn asunder by four horses. He was so robust a man that the horses were actually unable to dismember him. One of the animals at last fell down through sheer fatigue; upon which a nobleman who was near the animal alighted from his own steed, that it might be put in the place of that which had fallen. When Ravaillac observed this, he had sufficient strength to cry aloud—'• Alas ! my advisers told me that in the people I should find supporters ; whereas I find them ready to aid in tearing me to pieces !" Church of England Quarterly. THE BEST SIGHT IN DAMASCUS.—WhiIst I was at Damascus, I had my quarters at the Franciscan convent there, and very soon after my arrival I asked one of the monks to let me know something of the spots that de served to be seen : I made my inquiry in reference to the associations with which the city had been hallowed by the sojourn and adventures of St. Paul. " There is nothing in all Damascus," said the good man, " half so well worth seeing as our cellars ;" and forthwith he invited me to go, see, and admire the long range of liquid treasure that he and his brethren had laid up for themselves on earth. And these, I soon found, were not as the treasures of the mi ser that lie in unprofitable disuse, for day by day, and hour by hour, the golden juice ascended from the dark recesses of the cellar to the uppermost brains of the friars; dear old fellows ; in the midst of that solemn land their Chris tian laughter rang loudly and merrily—their eyes kept flashing with joyous bonfires, and their heavy woollen pet ticoats could no more weigh down the springiness of their paces, than the filmy gauze of a danseuse can clog her bounding step.—Eothen. SIR ROBERT PEEL ON ORANGEISM IN 1814.'—" I believe (said the hon. member) the individuals who com pose the Orange Society are, generally speaking, as brave, as high-spirited, and as loyal a class of men as any in his Majesty's dominions. They may be safely depended upon in any hour of emergency, for the defence of their country, from the danger of external attack, or internal disorder. The hon. hart. (Sir Henry Parnell) may suc ceed in making the oath of an Orangeman, or any other oath, unlawful, but can he hope to succeed in preventing, by any law, those processions to which he refers ? How CAN HE HOPE TO MAKE IT AN OFFENCE AGAINST LAW TO WALK IN PROCESSION ON THE 12TH OF JULY, OR WEAR ORANGE LILIES, CR TO DRINK THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF KING WILLIAM ? He may as well attempt to expunge the 12th of July from the Calendar! It would, in my mind, be very unwise to attempt any such interference; and whilst I say that such interference would be very unwise, 1 must also declare, that I think it would be equally ABSURD TO PREVENT LOYAL MEN FROM COMMEMORATING EVENTS TO WHICH THEY OWE THEIR LIBERTY, AND THE BLESSINGS THEY ENJOY."— [From a speech, delivered in the House of Commons ; by Sir Robert Peel, on the 15th July, 1814, extracted by the Cork Constitution.] A RAILWAY THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.—A few years ago it was a fatiguing tour of many weeks to reach the Falls of Niagara from Albany. We are now carried along at the rate of sixteen miles an hour on a railway often supported on piles through large swamps covered with aquatic trees and shrubs, or through dense forests, with occasional clearings, where orchards are planted by anticipation among the stumps before they have even had time to run up a log-house. The traveller views with surprise, in the midst of so much unoccupied land, one flourishing town after another, such as Utica, Syracuse, and Auburn. At Rochester he admires the streets of large houses, inhabited by 20,000 souls, where the settler built his first log-cabin in the wilderness only 25 years ago. At one point our train stopped at a handsome new built station-house, and, looking out at one window, we saw a large group of Indians of the Oneida tribe, lately the owners of the broad lands around, but now humbly offering for sale a few trinkets, such as baskets, orna mented with porcupine quills, mocassins of moose deer skin, and boxes of birch bark At the other window stood a well-dressed waiter handing ices and confectionery. When we reflect that some single towns, of which the foundations were laid by persons still living, can already number a population equal to all the aboriginal hunter tribes who possessed the forests for hundreds of mils s around, we soon cease to repine at the extraordinary re volution, however much we may commiserate the un happy fate of the disinherited race.—Lyell's Travels. TILE ALMOST NUN.—The novice, a girl in the bloom of youth, made her appearance, blushing and turning pale alternately, at the grate. With downcast eyes, bashfully and stammering, she made known her wishes. I know not what demon put it into my head to indulge in my answer in some of those unmeaning gallantries which in the ordinary world are addressed without any sin to the youthful part of the sex. " I cannot but regret," said I, that you have chosen me for so cruel a service; that it must be through my instrumentality that so much love liness is lost in a gloomy cell. How is it that you long so early for cloistered solitude, whose darker side you can hardly yet see in the true point of view, and wish to bid the world an eternal farewel—a world still so new to you, and in which, perhaps, for your sake, some true heart is hopelessly breaking ?" While I was speaking, the young novice turned pale, the muscles of her face were con vulsed, her fingers clutched at the grate, and she burst into an agony of tears. I was frightened, and beckoned to the nuns in the background to come to her assistance and take the poor girl away. I took care, however, not to listen very seriously afterwards to the entreaties of the pretty world-renouncer. Four years afterwards, (in 1837,) when I was again a member of the federal diet at Lucerne, happening one day as I was walking with the Landammann and ambassador from Zug, to remember the novice, I inquired what had become of her. " Oh, the nun ?" cried he. " She is married happily, and is a happy mother !"—Aulobiography of Heinrich Zschokke. CURIOSITY OF THE CHINESE.—The greatest cut iosity was always evinced by the Chinamen to be allowed to examine our guns and the mechanism of our locks ; but so great was the contrast between their rusty and antiquated matchlocks, dnd the superior workmanship of our Lon don-made guns, that they seemed perfectly helpless in the handling of the latter, and, as may be supposed, some truly awful misadventures were the consequence. One poor fellow, who was not content with examining the out side, must needs peep down the barrels to see how beau tifully they were polished, and in doing so he contrived to let off the gun at the same time, which literally carried away the whole of his face, killing him upon the spot. Upon another occasion one of our Chinese attendants, whom we had engaged to assist us in beating for game, led by curiosity to examine one of the officers' guns, which was leaning against the thwarts of a boat from which we had just landed, contrived to shatter the thigh of one of his comrades in so dreadful a manner that his life was only saved by immediate amputation. Nor were the accidents which might affect the lives of the Chinamen, or even our selves, the only reason for our making a determination not to allow again any of our guns to come within the reach of these native attendants; as upon one occasion, and not very long after the two dreadful accidents just related, an other misfortune occurred, which, to the two Englishmen concerned, was a far greater loss than would have been the whole of the Celestial population. These two sports men had been spending the morning shooting near the coast, and after having placed their guns, ammunition, game, &c. in a boat which they had hired from a Chinese fisherman for the purpose of conveying them home, they turned back to a cottage not twenty yards distant to get something which they had left; but how great was their surprise and mortification to discover, upon their imme diate return, that the rascally boatman had taken the op portunity of decamping with the whole of their guns, game, and other treasures !—nor did they ever recover them, or hear to what part of the country they had been taken.—Pitman's Sporting Magazine. BEAUTIES OF NATURE.—Suffolk, certainly, might not appear at first sight to be the place which one would choose for the education of a great painter. Mountains it has none ; to the sublimity arising from lake or precipice, or the desolate expanse of moor and fell, it has no pretension ; from the spots where Constable chiefly studied, even the prospect of old ocean was shut out ; the country presented, as he himself describes it, only gentle declivities, luxuriant meadow flats, sprinkled with flocks and herds, quiet but clear streams, villages, farms, woodlands— .. The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank and gliding sail," What influence scenery of a higher class might have had on Constable's mind, it is not easy to decide ; as it was, the narrow circuit of a few miles round Bergholt, within which the materials of his pictures are chiefly found, be came for him the epitome of English nature ; and he as sociated the very ideal of beauty with those quiet nooks and scenes of tranquillity and amenity, where he had first exercised his pencil, and amidst which in after life he loved to linger. And in truth, to a creative mind—for "it is the soul that sees," and renders back its vision—how much of beauty, picturesque variety, nay, under certain a spects and conditions of the atmosphere, how much of g randeur existed within this narrow circle. A friend of ours has maintained an-ingenious thesis, that there is no such thing as a bad day in nature ; though whether, after the aspect of the present summer, he retains his opinion, we think may be questioned. Constable certainly held a similar theory with respect to beauty in landscape. " Ma dam," said he to a lady who denounced some object as ugly—" there is nothing ugly. I never saw an ugly thing in my life ; for let the form of an object be what it may, light, shade, and perspective will always made it beauti ful." This, indeed, was the talisman with which he worked; light and shade—the magic of chiaro-scuro ap-, plied to the simple elements of form which the rich pas tures and woods of Suffolk afforded, and a power of exhi biting the varied influences and character of the skies, which, if it has been equalled by Turner, Calcott, and Fielding, has certainly never been surpassed by any Bri tish landscape-painter.—Blackwood's Magazine. SIR JAMES GRAHAM ON THE MARCH OF POPERY IN 1837.—" He would conclude with the few simple pathetic words of Lord Russel, the ancestor of the noble lord opposite, in whose heart, even on the scaffold, if an ad ditional pang could have been inflicted, be was satisfied it would have been from this--if he had been told, and could hare believed that in these latter days, a descend ant of his own, inheriting his courage, inheriting many of his private virtues, blessed by Providence with superior talents, holding a place of high trust and confidence under the crown, in the last extremity of the Irish church could have an opportunity of rescuing it from ruin, and deliberately preferred its destruction—(loud and vehement cheering.) Referring to Ireland, in the words of Lord Russell, he did believe, and lie still believed, that ' Popery is breaking in on that land ; those who seek to advance it will not stop at their means of carrying their purpose into effect, and deeply sorry I am th a t so many Protestants give them a helping hand to it.' " (loud cheering, which continued for some time after the right hon. baronet had resumed his seat.) Sir James Graham is the man who thus nobly spoke on the 7th of February, 1837, and is assisting Popery to " break in upon our land in 1815 !" UNION AMONGST PROTESTANTS.—Nothing is want ing to make their cause und.rstood in its justice and strength, which union among themselves will not supply. It is not numbers which have made their rivals strong ; it is steadfastness of purpose, organization, perseverance, boldness. The minister yields to the clamour of a Roman Catholic party, because it insists that he must yield. The miniver increases the power cf that party, because it persists in making inordinate demands, and he hopes to purchase snatches of repose by each unjust con cession. The minister neglects the rights of the Pro testant party, and perseveres in a policy before which their power is rapidly dwindling into decay, because Pro testants do not embarrass or impede his course of legis lation—because they consent, apparently, to measures by which their adversaries are rendered powerful, and they are unjustly depressed. The wrong that is endured in silence will, in the present constitution of human society, soon come to be thought justice, and the British minis ter who is placed between two rival parties, of which one clamorously insists upon concession, and the other gives itself up to be sacrificed without a struggle or complaint, —unless he be of a very different character from men of ordinary mould, will feel too strongly tempted to buy off the clamourers or win some remission of strife from them, at the cost of the tranquil party which resigns itself to immolation.—Dublin University. THE LATE LORD WYNFORD.—The following extract from a memoir of Lord Wynford, written evidently by a lawyer, manifests, in rather an amusing manner, the es prit du corps of the profession, and shows how the excite ment of the contest between the advocates effaces the dull interest of what are called the merits of the case. Note how combative, how military, is the style:—" He (Lord. Wynford) was a da -gerous, because he was a most watch ful and enterprising a iversary. You could not any more sleep in his neighbourhood than could the Duke while Massena was near, though he might, in the neighbour hood of others, enjoy some repose. But if you never could be sure of his not making some venturous move himself, and were thus kept on the watch, so also you could not venture upon moves in the hope of his eyes be ing closed. It may also safely be pronounced that he ne ver failed to see or profit by the slip of his adversary ; to say that he never, seldom, made slips himself, would be very wide of the truth. In fact, he was not always a safe leader. Circumspect enough to see where his antagonist failed, he took a very narrow, or very one-sided, view of his own risks. Bold to rashness, hasty in his resolutions, quick in all his thoughts and all his movements, he was often in dangers wholly needless to be encountered ; and though he would occasionally, by desperate courses, es cape beyond all calculation from risks, both inevitable and of his own seeking, he could not be called a successful ad vocate.—Law Review. THE GREEN FROGS OF AUSTRALIA.—In the Mac quarie, near Bathust, I first saw the superb green frogs of Australia. The river, at the period of our visit, was for the most part a dry bed, with small pools in the deeper holes ; and in these, among the few shining water plants and confervre, dwelt these gorgeous reptiles. In form and size they resemble a very large English frog, but their co lour is more beautiful than words can describe. I never saw plant or gem of such bright tints. A vivid yellow- L'reen seems the groundwork of the creature's array, and this is daintily pencilled over with other shades—emerald, olive, and blue greens, with a few delicate markings of yellow, like an embroidery of gold thread upon shaded velvet. And the creatures sit looking at you from their moist floating bowers, with their large eyes expressive of the most perfect enjoyment, which, if you doubt while they remain still, you can't refuse to believe in when you see them flop into the delicious cool water, and go slowly stretching their long green legs as they pass through the wavy grove of sedgy feathery plants in the river's bed ; till you lose them under a dense mass of gently waving leaves. And to see this while a burning, broiling sun is scorching up your very life, and not a breeze is stirring, and the glare of the herbless earth dazzles your agonised eyes into blindness, is enough to make one willing to fore go all the glories of humanity, and be changed into a frog! —Mrs. llferedith's Australia. DUTY OF BARRISTERS.—If a conveyancer is instructed to draw a will which appears to him unjust - , he must feel some pain in so doing; but it is not a pain of conscience, for it is not his office to compel people to make equitable wills. It is an office which, at the distance he stands from the parties, and with his limited knowledge of their cha racter and mutual relationships, he could not possibly un dertake • he would be a mere disturber of the peace of society if he attempted to regulate the morality of all the conveyances and testaments that he drew. It would 'n deed be a doctrine destructive of all order, and of the very machinery of society, that would, as a general rule, impose upon men of profession, or of trade, the responsibilities which lie, in the first instance, upon the consciences of their clients. A man could not sell a piece of whipcord from his shop without having an assurance from the cus tomer that he was not buying it to strangle his wife with al. The conveyancer, therefore, quietly pursues his in structions, and draws the will. In the like manner, if a barrister is instructed to plead the statute of limitations to a debt, it is no concern of his if the client is not acting in a conscientious manner in taking advantage of the sta tute. The law gives him this plea, and it is not for the jurist to debar him the use of it. He presents it, there fore, to the court. But if, not content with pleading the statute of li a itations for a client who employs the law to escape from a moral obligation, he labours to convince the jury that, in availing himself of this plea, his client is act ing in a very honorable, or at least in no blamable man ner ; if, by an artful colouring of the facts, or by insinua tions against other parties, he contrives to lead the culprit in triumph through the court, then we say that a baseness is committed by the advocate, for which there is no ex cuse, in the constitution of courts of justice, nor in the subtleties of casuistry.—Blackwood's Magazine. THE FRANCISCANS IN JERUSALEM.-It was about three months after the time of my leaving Jerusalem that the plague set his spotted foot on the Holy City. The monks felt great alarm ; they did not shrink from their duty, but for its performance they chose a plan most sadly well fitted for bringing down upon them the very death which they were striving to ward off. They ima gined themselves almost safe so long as they remained within their walls ; but then it was quite needful that the Catholic Christians of the place, who had always looked to the convent for the supply of their spiritual wants, should receive the aids of religion in the hour of death. A single monk, therefore, was chosen, either by lot, or by some other fair appeal to destiny ; being thus singled out, be was to go forth into the plague-stricken city, and to perform with exactness his priestly duties ; then he was to return, not to the interior of the convent, for fear of infecting his brethren, but to a detached building (which I remember), belonging to the establishment, but at some little distance from the inhabited rooms: he was provided with a bell, and at a certain hour in the morning he was ordered to ring it, if he could ; but if no sound was heard at the appointed time, then knew his brethren that he was either delirious or dead, and another martyr was sent forth to take his place. In this way twenty-one of the monks were carried off. One cannot well fail to admire the steadiness with which the dismal scene was carried through ; but if there be any truth in the notion, that disease may be invited by a frightened imagination, it is difficult to conceive a more dangerous plan than that which was chosen by these poor fellows. The anxiety with which they must have expected each day the sound of the bell—the silence that reigned instead of it, and then the drawing of the lots (the odds against death being one point lower than yesterday), and the going forth of the newly-doomed man—all this must have widened the gulf that opens to the shades below : when his victim had already suffered so much of mental torture, it was but easy work for big bullying Pestilence to follow a forlorn monk from the beds of the dying, and wreoch away his life from him, as belay all alone in an outhouse.—Eothen. ST. PATRICK AND THE POPE'S SUPREMACY.--Tilelllis. sion of Patrick was more successful. He may be saidto have given the first great impulse to the spread of Christianity in Ireland. But there are no historical grounds whatever for asserting that he derived his commission from the Pope ; on the contrary, as far as negative proof may be relied on, we have every reason to believe that he never visited Rome, and neither sought for nor obtained any authority from the Roman pontiff, when abcut to enter upon his missionary labours. This should be decisive against the supremacy claimed by the Church of Rome; while it is to be observed that the contrary would not be decisive in its favour, as usurpation, though successful, can never be alleged as satisfactory evidence of a rightful claim. Of the legends of later ages, the compilations of fancy and of fraud, Roman Catholic writers are glad to avail themselves, when any shadow of support can be de rived from them in favour of their church ; but such driveling puerilities can impose on none who possess any clearness of judgment, or even soundness of understand ing. The true merits of the question can only be known or conjectured from consulting contemporary authorities, and seeing how far they justify the notion, that the Irish apostle was commissioned by the Pope, and that his mis sion was intended to establish a church in subordination to the Roman Pontiff. How, then, stands the case? Patrick is not once mentioned in the Chronicle of Pros per. That writer was a violent partizan of the papacy, and takes care to emblazon in his annals the mission of Palladius, which was a decided failure. Why, then, omit all mention of the mission of Patrick, the success of which was just as remarkable, if of that missionary it could be asserted that he derived his authority from the court of Rome ? Such an omission is inconceivable upon any other supposition than that no such assertion could be hazarded. Indeed, so suspicious did this omis sion appear in all the properly Roman documents in which a mention of our saint and of his labours might be ex pected, that Dr. Ledwich was led to doubt his existence. Such silence, however, proves nothing more than his in dependence of the Church of Rome ; while the Irish do cuments, which abundantly testify to the existenc of the saint, furnish no grounds whatever for supposing that he came to establish the Pope's supremacy.—Dublin '‘%gi r ately tke ricle t a ; j ted