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passed, enjoining that " the medical man, who shall be applied to for a certificate, may, in certain circum stances, make himself a party to false statements on the subject." The act, according to the statements made by Lord Ashley, and which were uncontradicted, permits the surgeon to certify that a child may be , worked beyond the specified time, provided its phy :sical development—that is, its mere height in inches— .comes up to a certain mark, however much it may be , short of 13 years of age. But the subject is one to •which we cannot do justice within the brief space at .our command this day : we shall therefore recur to it .on Friday. RISLEY CHAPEL.—IMPORTAN T CHANGE OF TRUST. —We wish particularly to direct the attention of our readers to a very interesting communication in ano ther column, respecting the transfer of Risley Chapel, in the parish of Winwick, from the hands of the Uni tarians to trustees selected from the members of the :Established Church of Scotland. Our respected cor trespondent briefly furnishes the particulars connected with this most important change. We rejoice to find that this restitution of the trust into the hands of a body professing those orthodox doctrines for the pro -mulgation of which this place of worship was founded, iias been mainly effected through the instrumentality 'of members of the Church of England. We hail this as at,pleasing indication of that good feeling which ought (ever to exist between the members of the Established (Chu:relies of England and Scotland. We are informed ttlat **any among the poor peasantry of the district in which Risley.Chapel is situated urged their gold and laver upon the acceptance of the committee appointed for the purpose of wresting this t place of worship from the hands of the_ Unitarian usurpers. As usual in 'cases of a parallel character, the Unitarians refused to ;produce the original title deeds; and when a bill was 'filed in Chancery to compel them to show by whAt :right they held possession of the chapel with the pro perty attached to it, they voluntarily resigned their !trust, no doubt under a consciousness that the produc tion of the title deeds would have served to show the ;gross injustice of which they had been guilty, in re =taining hold of an endowment, which was designed ;by the pious founders to afford a maintenance for an •orthodox minister of the gospel. We look upon this fresh triumph of orthodox prin ciples as one of the most important events which has recently happened in the religious world, especially as it afford s an example which we hope to find extensively follo wed in other parts of the ki ng d om . It i s a well kilawa fact th a t mos t o f th e c h ape l s w hi c h are now held by the Unitarians in different parts of England a nd Wales, together with many other rich endowments now in their possession, originally belonged to an or thodox body of Presbyterians —a body which has al most become extinct as far as the distinguishing tenets which they professed are concerned. Most of the Presbyterian congregations in the country have lapsed into Unitarians, in whose hands the chapels which formerly belonged to the Presbyterians have, in most instances, been suffered to.remain. We shall not stop to investigate minutely the causes which led to the la taaentable and almost universal decadence of the Eng lish Presbyterians. There can be no doubt that the principal cause of this untoward change has been the 'vaunted voluntary principle. Had the English Pres byterians been attached to the Church of Scotland had they adopted its constitution—acknowledged its authority in ecclesiastical matters—and bound them- selves by its established profession of faith—we should not have had the mortification of witnessing those pul- pits, which were formerly occupied by such men as the pious and learned Matthew Henry, now in the posses sion of men who deny the glorious doctrine of the atonement, and who impugn the divinity of our Sa viour. But it does not follow that the Unitarians, as such, have the slightest right to the possession of the old Presbyterian chapels, which are now chiefly in their bands; nor have they, strictly speaking, any legal claim to the numerous rich endowments which they have derived froin the same source. The case of Lady Hewley's Charity affords strong presumptive evidence of the contrary. The funds belonging to that Charity were . bequeathed for the education and support of "gospel preachers," under which terms we certainly cannot class the teachers of the Unitarian dogmas. Indeed, the highest legal authorities have decided that the support given to Unitarianism out of the funds of the Charity in question was totally incompatible with the evident intention of the munificent founder, and, accordingly, after appropriating nearly half a million of money out of the fund, the Unitarian usurpers have been deprived of all controul over its further distribu tion. The recent change in the trusteeship of Risley Cha pel is another case in point, illustrating the futility of the claims of the Unitarians to the property which originally belonged to the orthodox Presbyterians. There can be no doubt that the provisions in the title Heeds of other places of worship are of an equally stringent character with those of this chapel, and that the like satisfactory result would follow a similar in vestigation into the alleged rights of the present hold ers of such property. We sincerely hope that the tri umph achieved by our friends of the Established Church at Winwick will be the prelude to a general and searching inquiry into the validity of the titles by which the Unitarians hold . so many of the richly en dowed dissenting chapels in the community. We par ticularly call upon churchmen generally to aid in the recovery of such property from the hands of the most inveterate enemies of the Established Church. The noble example set by the parishioners of Winwick ought to be emulated by churchmen in other parts of the kingdom. We feel assured that success would crown their efforts while seeking to do away with so monstrous an abuse of trust as that of which the Uni tarians are guilty. We would also strongly urge the necessity of similar movements on the part of the or thodox Dissenters—to whose feelings the promulgation of Socinian heresies, we should suppose, must be as repugnant as to those of Churchmen. While giving this advice, we are, of course, pre pared to encounter the most virulent abuse of the ra dical press, which is almost universally under the con.- troul of the Unitarians. But we shall not be deterred from the discharge of what we conceive to be our imperative duty by all the abuse in the world. In an ticipation, however, of the torrent of vituperation which will be directed towards us, we would whisper in the ears of our Socinian opponents that they did not hesitate to urge upon the people of this country the investigation of trusts placed precisely in the same predicament as those in the hands of the Unitarians. We allude to the Parliamentary inquiry into the funds of public, charities, endowed schools, &c The com misaioners appoi n t e d f or this purpose have been sig nally instrumental in recovering very considerable funds which h a d been long diverted from the original objects contemplated by the legatees. Let equal jus tice; then, be done to the Unitarians, who have not _only . diverted the funds now in their hands from those bleats for the promotion of which they were be theted but h ave purp ose continued to employ them for calls oppositoef character doctrines of a diametri founders of their airacter to those contemplated by the chapels, which must he considered as a shameful aggravation of their . to Severalh cases have been mentioned to us, as likely whi be sortly subjected to a legal i nvest i gation, in ch the same been witnessed result is ant i c i pate d as t h a t w hi c h h as in the parish of Winwick. Amongst others we may notice the chapel at Gateacre, and the chapel at Chester, the walls of which formerly re sounded to the eloquence of Matthew Henry, the dis• tinguished biblical scholar and commentator. We do not feel at liberty to say anything which might have the effect of prejudging these cases ; but we certainly Would advise Dr. Shepherd to " put his house in order," lest he should find himself speedily deprived of the broad acres over which lie has now the liberty of sporting. We cannot quit this subject without once more ad verting to the superiority of an Established Church over the voluntary system. As is well remarked by a distinguished clergyman in reference to the case of Risley Chapel, "If any additional conviction were needed as to the advantage of establishments, it would be found on the present occasion, when, to secure trustees for a dissenting chapel, on orthodox princi ples, none could be found, among whom permanency could be attained, except among members of an established church." Amongst dissenters there is no _security whatever against declension in doctrine or latity in dipciFiline. They are not only liaNe bvt ,apt to be led away by "every wind of doctrine." They have no fixed canon of interpretation to which they can appeal in every controversf—no constitution to which they are bound to conform—no system of eccle siastical polity to regulate all their proceedings. The only security which a dissenter of any denomination possesses, that the chapel in which he now worships may not fall into the hands of a sect whose doctrines he re pudiates, is a perishable piece of parchment in the shape of a title deed—a security which has been found insufficient to prevent a large proportion of the chapels which once belonged to the orthodox dissenters from falling Into tile hands of Unitarians. But hoW differ ently circumstanced are the members of an established church, with an acknowledged ritual, embodying a course of scriptural instruction—with a constitution based upon the soundest and wisest policy— with arti cles of faith imposing a universal obligation upon its ministers—and with endowments which can never be appropriated to the maintenance of heterodox teaching ! It is impossible to contemplate these advantages with out feeling an increased attachment to the established churches of Great Britain and Ireland, which have so long stood as effectual barriers against the encroach ments of Popery--which have so long secured us against the inroads of infidelity —and which have so long preserved, unmutilated and uncorrupted, that sacred deposite, the infallible Word of God. Who would not exclaim, in reference to the established church of England, •‘Estoperpetua ?" Perhaps we shall not be deemed guilty of presump tion if we should invite our contemporaries, both me tropolitan and provincial, to give the subject of this article their consideration. They may be influential in bringing similar cases to that of Risley Chapel be fore the notice of the public. ST. GEORGE'S HALL.—We are glad to find that the proprietors of this spirited undertaking are deter mined to carry their plans into immediate execution. They have already made a call of £5 per share, which will enable them at once to prOceed with the work. We trust that this call will be promptly and cordially responded to, and that Liverpool will soon have a public edifice worthy of her rank as the second com mercial city in the kingdom. We feel assured that the stigma, which the absence of such a building has so long cast upon the town, will be very speedily removed. Nothing, we are convinced, has been wanting to remove this stigma but an adequate im pulse to the public spirit of the inhabitants ; and this impulse has happily been supplied by the committee for the erection of St. George's Hall. LOCAL NEWS. Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Williams will open the commission for the summer assizes, at Lancaster, on Saturday, the 4th of August, and at Liverpool, on 'Thursday, August 9. • The garter vacant by the death of the Duke of Leeds is to be given to the Earl of Derby. THE LATE WM. ROSCOE, ESQ. — Chantrey has nearly finished a fine statue of our illustrious townsman Roscoe. The figure is seated, and the likeness admirable. It is to be placed in the Town-hall. A ball took place on Thursday evening last, at the Castle Mona Hotel in the isle of Man, which was most numerously attended. Phillips's exhilarating band played some of the most fashionable quadrilles during the evening, and the com pany did not separate until early dawn. BUSINESS OF THE POLICE COURT. — YeSIeIdaV, at the Police -court, 88 persons were brought before the magistrates, charged with being drunk and disorderly; 50 charged with felony, and 10 persons charged with assaults—in all 148 prisoners. FIRE ALARM.—We would particularly direct the attention of our readers to an advertisement in another column re specting this very useful invention, the simplicity of which, conjoined with its general utility cannot fail to recomtnend it to the notice and patronage of the public. THE BRITISH QUEEN.—A very splendid portrait of this noble vessel has just been finished, and is now exhibiting (gratis) at Mr. Lacey's, 80ld -street. It is from the easel of Mr. S. Warlters of - this town, an artist of considerable ability, and who has made, as we believe is generally known. marine subjects his especial study. It is a very clever picture. VESUVIUS—ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—This stupendous work of art has proved, what is in theatrical parlance termed a hit"—and we are not surprised that many th , msands should visit these beautiful Gardens, when so much attraction is held out to them. The effects produced by the eruption are wonderful in the extreme. AN Ot.n SLY Fox COMMITTED.—We understand that a man of the name of James Sixsmith, of Wavertree, has been committed to gaol by Peter Bourne, Esq., for felony. This sly old fox has been l ong notor i ous f or hi s lepredations upon the hen roosts in the neighbourhood of Wavertree, but has hitherto contrived to elude detection. He has at length been caught, despite his cunning, and as been sent to roost for a season in Kirkdale. PICTURES IN BOLD-STREET.—We understand that upwards of 1,500 persons have visited the Exhibition of Paintings in Bold-street during the past week, Several connoisseurs state that the collection is one of the best that they have seen for a considerable time. "The Guido," we are confidently assured, is an authentic and veritable production, and we see no reason to doubt the assertion, as it bears about it all the characteristics of that great master. We strongly recom mend an early visit to this display of art. A HORSE KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.-011 Monday night, a horse, that had trespassed on the Grand Junction Railway at Wiuwick Quay, was overtaken by one of the Birmingham trains. All the carriages, with the engine, went over the animal, which was cut to pieces. No further damage was done, and luckily the train was not thrown off the rails. "BETTER TO BE BORN LUCKY THAN RICH."—On Tues day afternoon, Hampson, a guard on the Birmingham line, fell from off the roof of the last carriage of one of the Grand Junction Company's train, when passing Eccles at full speed. He escaped with a dislocated shoulder and a good shaking, which (lid not prevent his proceeding home on the following day. A few months ago, the same guard made a similar descent, and rolling into a muddy ditch, received not the slightest injury. STEALING PLATE.—Thomas Boys was on Wednesday brought before the magistrates at the Warrington police office, charged with stealing a silver spoon, the property of Hugh Glare, Esq., of Sankey. On Tuesday, the prisoner came to the prosecutor's house, and, after making some fri volous inquiries, took his departure; some short time after, Sarah Smith, the servant, who had seen him at Mr. Clare's, went on an errand to Warrington, and on the way she saw the prisoner engaged in a scuffle with another man. While stopping to see the result, she observed one of her master's spoons drop from his pocket; she owned it, the prisoner was apprehended, and at once admitted his guilt. He was fully committed for trial. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Saturday night, Joseph Ather ton, Joseph Orford, and James Dawson, together with a man not in custody, attacked Richard Faulkner, a workman be longing to the Vul c an Found r y, on hi s way home from War rington market, and robbed him of his hat, silk handkerchief, and sixpence in money. On Wednesday, they were brought before the magistrates at Warrington, and having, been fully identified as the party who committed the robbery, by the ev idenceaonf d J o w s e o p o l d i C e ohcat the.i ck c , o a n h s a t a i rh-lder,etsisi they t o v f e r T e o c " O n in ' s m 'F i j t I t i e d d to the assizes for trial. • THE THEATRE ROYAL. --Last evening; a corps of English vocalists commenced an engagement of ten nights, consisting of Miss Shirreff, (who was so general a favourite when last here) Mr. Wilson, Mr. Stretton, and Mr. Manners, from the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden : and last evening, Auber's Opera of " Fra Diovolo" was performed. This change from Italian to native vocal talent, evincing the desire of the manager to obtain every attraction, we do not doubt, will be appreciated, and draw good houses. On Saturday evening the legitimate drama was revived, and Shakspeare's "Mac beth" was performed, Mr. Stuart taking the part of Macbeth. The house, we understood, was a very good one. CAUTION TO MASTERS OF VESSELs.---Mr. Hall had a case of collision brought before him yesterday, which took place on the 24th ultimo, by the ship Angelique running foul of the Irishman steam-packet. The latter vessel when under weigh in the Rock Channel, and being a head of the Roscoe packet-ship, had a signal given by that ship to take her in tow, when in the act of doing so, the Angelique and Irishman came in contact; it appeared from the evidence of the pilot of the Angelique, who gave his testimony in a very exact and candid manner, that there was sufficient time to keep the ship on the same tack, when he suddenly put the ship about and caused the. collision, which Mr. Hall awarded was a,mere accident.—From a Correspondent. "MERSEY CONSERVANCY."—On Wednesday evening the boroughreeve and constables met several of the committee, appointed at a late public meeting, and other gentlemen at the York Hotel, for the purpose of testifying to Mr. Barratt, their honorary secretary, the high sense they entertain of the services he rendered the town and neighbourhood, in op posing an attempt to interfere with the free use and naviga tion of the river Mersey, when they presented him with some valuable articles of plate bearing the following inscrip tion :—" Presented to James Barratt, Esquire, junior, their honorary secretary, by the committee appointed at a public meeting of the merchants and manufacturers of Manchester, to defend the interests of the town from the encroachments projected in a bill brought before parliament by the corpora tion of Liverpool, A.D. mocccxxxvit. A memorial of grati tude and respect."--117ancliester Courier. COUNTY OP DOWN AND LIVERPOOL STEAM BOAT COM PANY.—The usual half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at their office in Downpatrick, on Monday last. The report of the Directors was satisfactory in the highest degree. In March last, the company was con siderably in debt, but that debt, we are happy to say, has been gradually becoming less every week since, and, in a short time, the Company expect to be altogether free from debt. Several directors, whose term of office had expired, were unanimously reelected. The Victoria has been per manently- placed on the Warrenpoint and Liverpool station; she is to ply between these places twice, and between Liver pool and Lough Strangford once in a fortnight, making, in all, three trips in the two weeks. We-can assure those who have money invested in the undertaking, that, if matters proceed as they are doing, they will obtain good interest for their money, notwithstanding the fears that were entertained, some time ago, for its success.—Downputrick Recorder. TRIBUTE OF RESFECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—On Friday evening last, the congregation of the Mariner's Church, Liverpool, presented their esteemed pastor, the Rev. Mr. Maynard, with a very handsome silver tea and coffee service, with the following kind and gratifying address, signed by one hundred mem b ers :—Rev. Sir,—We, the unders i gned members of your congregation, having long entertained an anxious desire to make known to you how much we value and appreciate your faithful labours amongst us, in preaching the truth as it is in Jesus, during the last six years, beg to approach you thi s t i me, and to present to you this service of plate, as a memorial of our united regard and esteem; at the same time, assuring you of all our prayers and best wishes that both you, and your dear partner and offspring, may lung live in peace and happiness to enjoy the same. And while we thus wish to shew our gratitude to you, Rev. Sir, we desire to lift up our hearts in praise and thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father, that he bath been pleased in his own wise providence to cast your lot amongst us, and pray that you may be long spared, to minister to us. With these feel ings, we beg to subscribe ourselves vour faithful and at tubed bearers." , RISLEY CHAPEL. L'HE IRISH TITHE BILL.----INCREASE OF PRO TESTANTISM. • (From a Correspondent.) If the debate of Monday night upon the Irish Tithe Bill, n our reformed House of Commons, exhibited no one more knportant feature than that of the miserable state of subser viency and vassalage in which the Cabinet of England is now prostrated to the power of an Irish demagogue, it must be entitled to deep, and we would hope creative, reflection. It must appear strange to say, that the present government have any pretension to honour, or honourable feeling; but, nevertheless, such is the fact. Lord John Russell makes ❑o secret of his motice—his original postulate, we may call it— in legislating for the temporalities of the Irish church. He has avowed that his tithe bill is "a peace-offering"—in other words, that it is a morsel of political food extended to a hungry and impoverished nation, which the providor anti cipates may satisfy- the cravings of the people for the present. It is an ingenious fraud upon the credulity of a nation. THE SWINDLERS of THE EMPIRE imagine that they can draw upon the sanguine temperament of a naturally credulous people for the requisite supply of a bankrupt hope. In truth, this measure is nothing more nor less than a compromise between principle and duty, in which the latter makes a bar gain of its integrity for the consistency of the former—a kind of moral pawnbroking, in which the deposit of principle gets a per-tentage upon expediency. If this be not the case, why else should we have the minis terialists, whether orally or scripturally, expressing the "hope" that the present " tithe bill" may (" aye, there 's the rub") prove satisfactory. Satisfactory to what party, we would ask? For the Protestants of Ireland? That would indeed be a bitter mockery ! Well, then, to the Popish sec tion of that country? Yes, there is the quarter from whence the echo of the realisation of the "may" is expected to come. Oh ! degradation upon an English Cabinet, which thus places itself as the puppet of an Irish showman—an IMPOSTOR, who is inferior to a travelling hurdygar , lym a n, for he makes men dicancy wear the aspect of an honest calling, and converts the credulity of his country into the staple commodity of his individual aggrandisement. People may doubt such a degradation of the official legis lators of the people of England; but what is the fact? We have (and let the fact make its due impression on the minds of Englishmen) the Home Secretary of England—the leader of the British House of Commons—in his utter dependency querulously admitting "that Mr. O'Connell will not guaran tee the present 'tithe bill' as a final or satisfactory settle ment" of the question. Can there be anything more truly distressing or irritating than this? What! are the legislative functions of a British Minister to acknowledge the will of an Irish demagogue to be their Lord Paramount? We repeat the question in another form: can there not be laws enacted for a section of the empire, without a positive reference to the governor of its mob? Or we should rather say—can nothing pass current through the Excise office of an English Govern ment, without the permit of the NATIONAL COLLECTOR—MR. O'CONNELL ? The answer to these questions lies in the declarations of the very men who are responsible for the consequences of their peculiar mode of legislation. They glory in their na tional, as well as individual abasement. They are not con tent to wear the evidences of their bondage, unless they rattle the links, so that those who have not eyes to see, may have ears to learn the misery of their slavery. But it would be well if the mischief of the measure ended here. The axe of political power, which the ministers are at present wielding, is striking deeper at the root of the tree of Protestant ascendancy than can be generally supposed. In the many and multiplied discussions which have taken place, as well upon the leading and operative cause, as upon the subsequent details and deductions of " the hill," there has been one great and fundamental truth and principle left out of consideration altogether, viz., the growth, and spr ea d, and eventual security and triumph of Protestantism in Ire land. In all the clauses, pro Visions, and amendments of the measure, there is no reference to, or ever, recognition of this principle—this primary and moral ground or motive of action. The present Ministry ale legislating for the Protestant Church as if its connection with the State was to be station- (try, not progressive. As it would appear, they shut the " toll-gate" of Ascendancy to every one who does not wear a Popish signet in his hat. The measure of the Ministry is a pound-shilling-and-acre consideration. We would weigh them all in the scales of principle. But even if we were to meet them on their own e grounds, what is the superstructure of conjecture we can therefrom? We defy the boldest of the advocates of Popery to give satisfactory proof " that the present income of the Protestant clergy of Ireland" is even xeoet, to the demands, wants, wishes, and necessities of such a body. Let us analyse the measure. The average income from 1,422 parishes does not exceed £250 per annum. In one halt' of such incumbencies there is both a necessity for the provision and services of a curate. There is then to be considered the amount of population. This may be calculated in the ratio of 600 to each parish. WE MEAN PROTESTANTS. Well, here is the fact we would wish to lay before our readers! The average income deducible from these 1,422 parishes, as referable to the incumbent, is about one hundred and twenty five per year. Now %That is the taxation pro posed to be levied upon such an income by the present "tithe bill ?" We will classify them for the benefit of our readers. Tax to EcciesiasticarCommissioner Allowance to landlords, reduced by Mr. Shaw from 30 to 25 per cent Curate on average lO JP Poor-rates and revision gj thus in truth making a per-tentage of r .:,0 per cent., not 1 upon the tangible, but upon the available income of the Protestant clergy of Ireland. And why is such a sacrifice made? It is nothing more nor less than a sacrifice offered to th e l an d e d interest, as an equivalent for the security as well as facility only l oyft the cn,jeu- .t infr of tyl t. the n l, the sn, pockets of of a "rent-charge." W e d e f y contra di ction to the fact we are about to state. It i s this--that the p resent amount of o tithe, n e-six e even h ij f co t l h le e ct i e l r d o , d is eu whichbe,it i s one-te n tho the collection o f tithes originallyaonges e o ti , eae oof s being and is ONE-TENTH,stiII asserted to of the landlord. We leave these important facts to the consideration of our Protestant readers, and we promise them that we shall return to the subject again. GALLANT REPULSE OF PIRATES We have been politely favoured with the following extract from a letter, giving an account of an attack made by two piratical prows on the ship Mary Dugdale, of this port, Capt. Harrison, i❑ the Straits of Comback, on her voyage hence to China. The writer, Mr Robert Woodnorth, is mate of the vessel, and son to Mr. Peter Woodnorth, of 33, Paradise street:— • " WAMPOA, CHINA, MARCH 2, 1838. " I take this opportunity of writing a few lines to you, in forming you of our safe arrival out here, after a long passage of 104 day s , an d some d anger. Y ou will most probably, ere this reaches you, have heard of the skirmish we had with sonic piraticarvessels, while coming through the straits of Comback. There were three of them, and a narrow escape we had of it. We were, at the time, but ill provided for such a dust. I think there could not have been fewer than 70 men on board of each of the proas, and much better provided with fire arms than I expected such a set of savages to be. Two of them had each a large brass piece, from which they dis. charged some shot about six inches in diameter, with three or four small ones, and musketry. However, to it we went, for there was nothing but do or die for it. We had two of them at one time, within twenty yards of us, and I fully ex pected they would have boarded us; but there seemed to be an interference of that undeniable power—the Almighty, fot they did not succeed, though I am sure that one-third of their numbers and force had done much more on many occasions. They sent their shot pretty thick, without killing or wound ing any one. Twenty or thirty musket balls went through the sails and bulwarks, and a large piece of stone (about seven inches in diameter) went over the poop and through the spanker. All this time we fought in a very exposed and disorderly manner; hut one shot was allowed to tell a tale, for we raked one of them fore and aft with a ball and canister shot from one of our swivels, which caused them to haul off to a more respectful distance, yelling like so many devils : we then worked out two heavy guns, when we could get them to bear upon them. Soon afterwards a breeze sprang up, and we got clear of them, after being engaged with the scoundrels for two hours, and expending nearly half of our ammunition."—Mercury. FEMALE IN T REPIDITY.—On Wednesday evening, just before locking up time, Mrs. Jones, the wife of the governor of the Warrington Bridewell, discovered Edward Boys (a prisoner in custody upon the cha rge o f s t ea li ng a s il ver spoon from Mr. H. Clare's house, at Sankey) sitting upon the outside wall, and in the act of lowering his shirt, which he had made into a rope, over the outerside, in order to effect his escape. Mrs. Jones, with a presence of mind well be coming her situation, ascended to one of the upper rooms of the Bridewell, and with a long pole gave " my gentleman" two or three awkward taps on the head, threatening at the same moment to knock him off the wall if he did not imme- diately descend. This he unwillingly did. Mrs. Jones then gave him a " good thrashing" with the keys of office, and locked him up in the strong room for the rest of his sojourn at her house. The walls of this prison are i❑ a very defective state. POCKET-PICKING EXTRAORDINARY. —A correspondent says, "Returning on foot from the races on Wednesday even ing, between the hours of five and seven o'clock, when the road was crowded with vehicles of every description, and the causeway crowded with pedestrians like myself, I observed a gig- with a lusty ge ntl eman an d l a d y i drive past, (the horse u full trot.) On the back on the cross-bar stood a prig, evi dently in the act of rifling the lady's right hand pocket; half his body was bent down into the gig, and his right arm ap peared in the lady's pocket. The crowded state of the road, and the rapid motion of the vehicle, prevented any alarm be ing given to the inmates. How far the villain succeeded it is not for me to say ; but as this is a novel way of picking pockets, I think it my duty to caution the public against it. The hurry and bustl e occas i one d at t h ose t i mes, an d the atten tionit requires to drive through a crowd, are favourable to the thieves' designs, and it would be at the risk of any per son's life to attempt to arrest them amongst so many violently driven vehicles."—M ercury. WARRINGTON FAIR.—The fourteen-day fair held in this town commenced on Tuesday last. The show of cattle was, perhaps, one of the worst ever witnessed in Warrington. They were for the most part Irish. The few fat beasts of fered fetched from 5 . (.1 to qd per it) on the average, sinking the offal. Milch cows were in good demand. The horse fair, on Wednesday, was well attended by dealers. There were several excellent strings of cart horses, which realized fair prices. (From a Correspondent.) A solemn and affecting act of restitution was accomplished at the Hamlet of Peasfurlong, in the parish of Winwick, Lancashire, on Thursday last, by the surrender of the pos session of Risley Chapel, and the property attached to it, about ten statute acres of arable land, a farm house and four cottages, situated in the said parish, on the part of the Uni tarian trustees, into the hands of new trustees, professing orthodox prin c ipl es , consisting of the Re v . D r . Ralph, and the Rev. Mr. P ar k, of Liverpool, the Rev. Mr. Munro, of Manchester, and certain laymen resident in these towns, all of them members of the established Church of Scotland. This arrangement origicated with, and was conducted to its termination at some expense and no small trouble by a very few persons, some of high rank and some in humble life, all of them members of the established Church of England. The ex-trustees, with incredible c o nt umacy, h a d re f use d to show the titl e deeds; but when a bill was filed against them by her Majesty's Attorney-General, in the Court of Chan cery, they could no t answer i t. Th e U n i tar i ans had no more right to the possession of Risley Chapel than Of Westmin ster Abbey. We mention this for the encouragement of others to follow the example that has been set them. It has been often publicly asserted, and never contradicted, that there are in England more than a hundred chapels, many - of them with rich endowments, which were, like Risley Chapel, erected for the maintenance and diffusion of the doctrine of the atonement, which chapels are now unjustly and unlaw fully held in possession by the Unitarians. The trusteeship of Risley Chapel was unsolicited by the parties who now bold it, but when it was offered to them free of all debt and clear of every incumbrance, they could not, from a sense of duty, decline it. They have accepted it voluntarily, and we trust that they will act faithfully. As soon as the legal forms were concluded the new trustees repaired to Risley Chapel, and there one of the clergymen, in accordance with the religious principles of its pious foun ders, offered up prayer, and praise, and thanksgiving to Al mighty God, through the mediation of our Lord Jesus Christ, within those walls where for many a year His holy name as the Saviour of the World had been suppressed, in flagrant violation of a sacred trust. VISIT OF THE DUKE OF DALMATIA TO LIVERPOOL. (From the Liverpool Albion.) We have, in another part of our paper, given an account of the visit of this illustrious individual, better known by the title of Marshal Soult, to Manchester. On Saturday morn ing, at half-past six o'clock, the marshal and his suite, ac- Companied by Charles Lawrence, Esq., left the last-named town for Liverpool, by a special train. At an early hour the Mayor and a party of gentlemen were in attendance at the Railway-station, in Lime-street, for the purpose of re beiving and 'welcoming the distinguished foreigners to our own. The journey from Manchester was accomplished in 'fifty minutes, some luggage waggons having been on the line. 3n his arrival, his excellency declined making use of the carriage that had been provided for him, and he and his train Proceeded on foot to the Adelphi. Notwithstanding the ear liness of the hour, a multitude of persons had assembled, who repeatedly cheered the gallant veteran as he passed, and, by their eagerness to catch a glimpse of him, occasionally re tarded his progress. The party of visitors comprised the folloWing distinguished names :—Le Marichal Soult, Duc de Dalmatie, &c. &c., be Marquis de Dalinatie, (his son,) Le Marquis de Morney, (his son-in-law,) Charles Manby, Esq., (who acted as inter preter,) Le Colonel Naudet, Le Chef d'Escradon de Tinan, Le Marquis de Bassano, Le Duc - de Vicenza, Le Compte de Praslin, Le Compte de Tournon, M. de Francqueville, Admiral Napier, Colonel Napier, Mr. Mackintosh. It had been originally arranged that, after breakfast, the marshal was to visit the markets. In conformity with his own wish, however, after resting for a few minutes, he was conducted by the Mayor to St. John's Market, accompanied only by his son and one or two attendants, where, without being generally reco gn i se d, h e exam i ne d t h e p l ace at his lei sure. I'he marshal, it is well known, speaks English but im perfectly, but his son converses in our language with consi derable fluency. It is said, that a gentleman in the market, who discovered the quality of the vititors, expressed some fear lest they should, conceive an indifferent opinion of our resources from the appearance of the stalls at that cornpara• tively early hour. The Marquis of Dalmatia is said to have replied, that he understood very good dinners were furnished in Liverpool! The party having inspected every thing worth notice, returned to the Adelphi, where they break fasted, and remained till about ten o'clock, when the duke got into a private carriage, and accompanied by his suite, and followed by the mayor, several members of the council, and other individuals, proceeded along Ranelagh-street, Church-street, &c., to George's Pier, where he embarked on board her Majesty's steam-boat Urgent. Commander Chap pell, R.N. received his excellency on board; and Lieutenant Tudor, R.N. commanded the steamer. On his way the mul titude repeatedly manifested the kind feeling with which they regarded him, and he frequently took off his hat in acknow ledgment. He was also loudly greeted at his embarkation. The Mayor had issued tickets of admission to the packet, and eleven o'clock was the hour fixed for her departure. From the extreme anxiety, however, of Marshal Soult to make the most of his time, and from the party being, from the visit to St. John's Market, at the pier nearly an hour in advance, the steamer, in deference to his wishes, was put in motion at half-past ten o'clock. This was the cause of great disappointment, and the time in advance thus gained had a vexatious influence on every arrangement that had been made throughout the whole day. The first consequence was that a numerous party, including nearly the, whole of the Town Council, who were not in attendance when the steamer started, were disappointed of the aquatic trip and of the pleasure of meeting with the gallant veteran under extremely favourable circumstances. Several individuals, amongst whom were one or two members of our local legislature, seemed to feel the disappointment very keenly. As a majo rity, sufficient to form a council, was on the spot, it was wag gishly proposed, that a special council should be held, for the purpose of considering upon what was best to be done under the circumstances. This would, probably, have been carried into effect at once, but the mover was reminded of two insur mountable difficulties, namely, that it was, in the first place, impossible to constitute a council in the absence of the Mayor, as his worship had not appointed any deputy; and, secondly, that it was required by law, that, previously to holding any special council, three clear days' notice should be given ! The discussion, therefore, was general and not special, several persons who are not members of the Council taking part in it. Amongst the persons left behind were some of those to whom the public look for intelligence, viz the gentlemen of the press„ and, of course, these felt, in spirit of disinterestedness for which the fraternity are pro. verbial, less for themselves on the occasion than for the inha. bitants of this enlightened community. " Wo, we for England, not a whit for me." Various proposals went round, and there was much humour badinage on the occasion: so that, at length, the gloom and vexation were dispelled before the hearty laughter that greeted some of the sallies. One person proposed, that a steamer should be chartered for the use of the detenus, who would thus form a party independent of those who appeared to have left them in the lurch; whilst another waggishly sug gested, that the companions of the brave marshal must hav e had an Urgent necessity for their sudden and unexpected de parture. Meanwhil e , the steamer proce e ded c l ose un d er th e p i ers, in the direction of the north shore, for the purpose of giving Marshal Soult and the other strangers an opportunity of in specting the magnificent sea-wall. Amongst the officers on hoard the Urgent were Colonel Campbell, commander of her Majesty's forces in this district, Commander Chappell, and Lieutenant Townley. The Urgent was, in the absence of Captain Emmerson, commanded by Lieutenant Tudor, who wore his naval uniform. The vessel steamed some distance along this side of the river. As she passed Messrs. Wilson's ship-building yard, the workmen assembled at the river side and greeted the company with three hearty cheers. After this, the vessel crossed to the Rock Fort, when she put about, and ascended the river as far as the Brunswick Dock. As she passed the various passages to the docks, vessels of all nations were taking their departure. It was remarked, that ; amongst them, there was but one French vessel, which was seen, just as the steamer was approaching the pier, putting out of the George's 'Dock, with the Tricolour flag flying. This must have struck the marshal with a conviction of the very trifling commercial intercourse that is carried on be tween the two nations. As the steamer passed up and down the river, she attired to the strangers a full view of the Mer sev. The . forest of masts which the docks presented, f rom he north to the extreme south end of the town, with the co lours of every nation streaming in the breeze, (for all the shipping had hoisted their flags in compliment,) had an ex tremely beautiful appearance, and must have reminded the brave old warrior of our indisputable maritime superiority. The steamer returned to the pier a few minutes before twelve o'clock. The voyage was, altogether, a delightful one. A more brilliant day could not have been wished for, and the direction of the wind was such that the whole atmosphere over the town was clear and bright, the smoke being all blown away in a south-easterly direction. The strangers could not . possibly have seen our noble river under a snore fa vourable aspect; and they, one and all, expressed their high gratification. Marshal Souk took his station on the starboard quarter, the neighbourho o d . o f which he did not quit during the voyage. He took, in regular order, the panoramic suc cession of scenes which the motion of the vessel brought un der his view. He conversed gaily and frequently with his son and suite, and other gentlemen who were fortunate enough to get on board the vessel with him. He was repeat edly cheered from the pier, and vessels on the.river; com pliments which he acknowledged with simple and unaffected courtesy. On his landing, the crew of the Urgent gave him three chests, and he was received with like gratulations by a large and respectable concourse, who had there assembled to receive him. The gallant marshal and his son, with one or two other gentlemen, then stepped into the Mayor's carriage. Amid the acclamations of the people, they drove to the Town-hall, accompanied by a train of other carriages, containing the re mainder of the suite and several gentlemen of the body cor porate. At the Town-hall the party partook of a handsome luncheon which had been provided, though " the original blunder," in commencing the tour of the town too soon, rendered it somewhat hurried and incomplete. The Mayor then conducted the strangers to the area of the Exchange, and afterwards introduced the marshal to the Newsroom and Underwriters'-room, in both of which places he was received with cheers, loud and long continued. From the Exchange the party proceeded to the Clarence Dock, where they went on board the beautiful steamer Unicorn, and afterwards on board the splendid steam vessel recently built by Sir John Tobin, with both of which the strangers were highly gratified. The party, having inspected the spacious quays, &c. returned along Waterloo-road, and entered within the walls of the Prince's Dock. There they went on board the fine American ship George Washington, commanded by Captain H. Hold redge. But here, again, the untoward deviation from the first arrangements threw the gallant captain entirely out of his reckoning, a circumstance of 'infrequent occurrence with so able a seaman. Still, as Burns says, " Nae man can tether time an' tide." The arrangements of the commander were completely upset; for, be it known, he had provided a handsome collation, and invited a party Of influential gentlemen to receive the gallant marshal. The latter, however, arrived full three quarters of an hour before the time expected, and the consequence was, that the guests did not arrive till full three quarters of an hour too late, Here, again, the veteran seemed greatly de lighted with the economy and the beauty of the ship; and he expressed to Captain Holdredge his gratification at being, for once, under the flag of the United States From the Prince's Dock the party proceeded to the New. Custom-house, which having viewed they crossed to the Rail way-station, in 'Wapping, where the marshal went within the tunnel and examined the works. He was then conducted to Mr. Logan's chain-cable manufactory, in Stanhope-street, where the stupendous works excited his admiration and asto. nishment. As his excellency had inspected the iron steam-vessel Rain bow, in London, he was desirous of visiting the works of Mr. John Laird, where she was built: as his time, however, was so limited, and the arrangements made by the Mayor would have been interfered with, he was reluctantly compelled to give up his intended visit to Birkenhead. The. party, in their return, drove through the Cemetery, passed the Mechanics' Institution and the Infirmary, and pro ceeded to the Adelphi, having been everywhere, when recog nised, greeted with cheers. At seven o'clock the marshal and suite, in the Rlayor's state carriage, proceeded to the Town-hall, where a large party were to dine. A great concourse of people had assem bled in front of the ball, and, whets the veteran descended from his carriage, he was again greeted with demonstrations of kindness, with which he appeared greatly gratified. "The personal appearance of Marshal Soult," says the Liverpool Journal, " has been so often delineated, both by pen and pencil, that it seems almost unnecessary to allude to it. Without any thing of the air distirwue, he has a look of plain, vigorous common sense and decision, which bespeaks the man of thought and energy. Wounds have injured his lower limbs, and age has grizzled his hair and furrowed his cheek, but his appearance is still pleasing, his manner extremely so, and his countenance weather-beaten as it is by thirty cam paigns, does not in the least degree belie the character for generosity and integrity, as well as courage, which he ac quired in them, and which distinguished him, not less than his political abilities, from the mere soldier of fortune such as Davoust or Massena. Of his foreign companions it is, of course, 'unnecessary to say of persons in their high rank, that there appearance is gentlemanly ; but we may be excused observing, that they possess, in an eminent degree, that sim ple, unpretending manner and quiet repose which English men are accustomed to connect in idea with the epithet 'gentlemanly.' Much curiosity was expressed to recognise the bearers of the now-historic names of Bassano and Vicenza, the youthful inheritors of honours associated with the glories of the ephermeral empire of Napoleon. The Marquis of Dalmatia, who con verse d f ree ly an d fl uent l y i n E ng l ish, as, indeed, did some of his friends, was also regarded with great interest, principally from the very striking resemblance he presents to those portraits of his father taken at an earlier period of his life. H is noble person, intelligent countenance, and frank, and simple, and dignified bearing, are a perfect antidote to those ideas of a French marquis which the vulgar form, from the caricatures of obsolete farces, borrowed from French original, meant to reform the subjects of the satire." THE BANQUET. The dinner, which was served in the Grand Dining-room, was provided by Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel. The mention of this fact is sufficient to satisfy the public, that it was sumptuous and elegant. In short, on this occasion, Mr. Lynn outdid himself as well in the delicacy of the viands as in the taste of the devices and decorations. The ornamental emblems very generally expressed the union and concord ex isting, not only between England and France, but amongst all other nations. About seventy gentlemen sat down to table. Marshal Soult sat on the right of the Mayor, and his sou, the Marquis of Dalmatia, on the left. The remainder of the distinguished visitors occupied seats on each side of his worsbip. Amongst the other guests we observed Sir John Stuart Monteith, one of the oldest and best reformers of England, and who was honoured with his title at the coronation; the Hon. Colonel Molyneux, sop of the Earl of Sefton ; Colonel Ca,lppbell, the Commander of the District; Captain Chappell, the Conductor of the Post-office Packets; Randal Wilbraham, Esq., M.P.; the Mayor of Chester; the Boroughreeve of Manchester; Henry Lawrence, Esq , C. H. Jones, Esq., John Woolwright, Esq., Joseph Ewart, Esq., Christopher Rawson. Esq.. William Earle, Esq., Walmsley , Esq., Willi am W a ll ace C urr i e, Esq. T. Vackburne, Esq., Hugh Hornby, E sq., Charles Horstall. ESq.,Thomas Bolton, Esq., Enoch Harvey, Esq., T.. 1. Hall, Esq., Pascoe Gren fell, Esq , Heywood Jones, Esq., Joseph Hornby, Esq., Joseph Langton, Esq., Henry Romilly, Esq., R. H. Gregg, Esq., of Manchester, Theodore Rathbone, Esq., the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, the Rev. Dr. Shepherd, and many of the most influential gentry and merchants of the town. Thp cloth having been withdrawn, and a most sumptuous dessert placed upon the table, The MAYOR arose and said :—" Our distinguished guests will, lam sure, if from no other reason, from the known gallantry of their nation, excuse our rendering our homage first where the homage of all Englishmen is especially due, to our youthful Queen ; and permit me to propose, ' The health of her Majesty the Queen, Duchess of Lancaster.'" The toast was received with loud cheers, and it was drunk with the most marked enthusiasm. The MA roe again arose and said:—" It is with much pleasure that I have now the honour to propose the health of the head of a great nation with which, we hope, we may per. manently continue in cordial alliance, to the benefit of each country and the advantage of the rest of the world, the only rivalry between us being, in future, in the career of im provement, and in promoting those objects which are most calculated to increase the real happiness of nations. • His Majesty, the King of the French."'—(Loud applause fol lowed the toast.) The Duke Of DALMATIA, after a short pause, arose and addressed the assembly in French. He expressed his sense of the honour which had been conferred on his nation by the remarks of the Mayor, and said he should report the same to the King on his return. He should also tell his Majesty of the intelligence of the people of Liyerpool, with whose li berality and kindly feeling he expressed himself highly gra tified. He had often heard the King speak of Liverpool in terms of admiration; and all that he had, therefore, been led to exnect had been more than realized. Accepting, as he had done, a mission of peace, he should feel proud and happy if he could assist in cooducing to feelings of concord and unanimity between two of the greatest nations in Europe. His feeling was, that there should he no more war between them, but that they should - be united in the same cause—the cause of universal freedom and good-will to all mankind. His excellency concluded bY reciprocating the kind feelings expressed by the Mayor, and drinking the town of Liverpool and the health of his worship. (Cheers.) The MAYOR said, that' it would be the greatest affectation in him to deny, that he felt the highest gratification in hay ing his health drunk by so great and distinguished an indi vidual as Marshal Souft. "It is our privilege," continued his worship, " to have as our guest an illustrious individual whom the King of the French has hououied as his representa tive. That distinguished warrior is now entering, may Ibe permitted to say, a yet more glorious career, and is proving how his presence'may draw nations more closely together in the bonds of amity and peace. I. speak, I am sure, the unanimous voice of my fellow-townsmen, when I express our high sense of the honour conferred on us by our distinguished guest in coming amongst us. I cannot look upon it as a mere passing event, but as the augury of that closer alliance be tween the two great nations, by which the prosperity of each may be increased, and which must prove a blessing to all mankind at large. Allow me to propose, ` The health of his Excellency Marshal Soult.' "—The Mayor had resumed his seat, but he again arose and said, he should be gratified if they would give the toast in the true English style, with three times three. "Immediately the whole company arose, and gave three times three hearty cheers. '1 he French suite seemed not only amused, but highly gratified at this display of feeling, and it appeared to us that they caught some of the enthu siasm. The Duke of DALMATIA said, that the sentiments which the Mayor had done him the honour to express he hoped he would allow him in the fullest extent to reciprocate, and he wished the same to be understood with respect to the whole town of Liverpool. The reception and the hospitality which he had met excited a proud feeling in his heart, and he should feel gratified to bequeath to his children a memorial of the honours which they had conferred upon him. He hoped the commercial prosperity of this port and the commercial inter course of this country with his own would be increased to the greatest extent. (Applause.) The MAYOR said—" I have learned, that his Excellency has yet other claims to respect. In that smaller, yet deeply interesting, circle, the bosom of his own family, he has the gratification of seeing the statesman and the philanthropist. We shall, therefore, I should hope, not be doing what is un welcome to Marshal Soult, while we only do justice to our own feelings, in drinking the health of the Marquis of Dal matia and the Marquis de Morney."—(Cheers.) The Marquis of DALMATIA said , some years had elapsed since he had last been in this town, but the courteous recep tion which he then met with had not, nor ever would be, effaced from his memory. He had, during his present brief sojourn, been gratified to look upon the many changes and upon the great improvements that had taken place. This he must refer, wherever he had seen it, not only to the spirit of the nation, but to the love of freedom, which was the most powerful and, indeed, the only beacon which led to great achievements,—the only power which led to the accomplish ment of great things.—(Much applause.) It was by thehless ing of splendid exertions that great rewards came. This country had obtained an unparalleled fame: " that it may gather and increase," said the noble marquis," is my most sincere hope."—(Applause.) After a pause of a few moments, The Marquis de MORNEY arose, and was loudly cheered. The noble marquis is one of the most popular speakers in the French senate, and he spoke with su much vivacity and ani mation, and rapidity, that it was with difficulty we could catch more than the import of what he uttered. He is the great advocate of the free trade system in the tribune of his coun try, and his opinions have great weight; and therefore, they are held in respect in this country. The marquis commenced by saying, that he thanked the company for the kind manner in which they had drank his health, and he should always remember his reception in Liverpool and amongst them with feelings of pride and gratification It had always been his object, in the tribune of his own country, to advocate a free trade system; and what he had seen, since he came to Eng land, had determined him still more strenuously to advocate it.(Aoplatise.) • The MAYOR proposed, as the next toast, "Prosperity to the French nation, and the healths of the noblemen and gen-• tlemen around us, representatives of names enroll e d i n th e pages of history."—(Cheers.) The Count de PeAstin briefly returned thanks. The MAYOR alluded briefly to the sentiments that had been expressed by the Marquis de Morney. We should not (he said) he considered sincere, in this commercial dace, if we did not express our conviction of the value of a bdlker under standing of the, true principles of commercial intercourse. He ventured, therefore, to propose, as a sentiment, "The free and unrestricted interchange of the productions of our respective countries."—(Applause.) The Marquis of DALMATIA proposed the Lady Mayoress and the ladies of Liverpool. The MAYOR, in return, drank the ladies of France, who, lie believed, were the great inducements to their guests to leave them, for they were hurrying away on the followio morning The toast was then drunk with applause, and The MAvott said, as the ladies were the subject of that, .heir last toast, they would now join them. The company %sere about rising to depart, when, The Marquis de MORNEY, in a brief speech, returned lhanks on behalf of the French ladies; and proposed all the English ladies.—(Applause.) '1 he company then retired to join the ladies and gentlemen who had been invited to the soiree. THE SOIREE. The magnificent suite of rooms in the Town-ball were thrown open for the reception of the ladies and gentlemen whom the Mayor and his amiable lady bad invited to meet his Excellency the Duke of Dalmatia. Mr. Stubbs' har monic band was stationed in the vestibule the band after wards removed to the orchestra of the Great Ball-room. This fine band played during the evening favourite airs, and con contributed much to the enjoyment of the company. The guests began to arrive shortly after nine o'clock. The arrangements for the setting down of the company were under the directions of Mr. Whitty, our excellent head constable; and so complete were they that, though there was along train ofcarriages, neither delay nor confusion occurred. Mrs. Rathbone and her amiable daughters took their station at the left hand of the entrance to the drawing-room, and re ceived the company as they arrived. By ten o'clock the suite of rooms to the front of Castle-street were densely crowded. There could not have been less than one thousand persons present on the occasion. Atnong the company we observed most of the principal families in the town and its neighbourhood. Many of the ladies were splendidly dressed, and their appearance could not fail to give the distinguished foreigners who were present a favourable opinion of the beauty of the far-famed Lancashire witches." The pressure in the drawing-rooms was slightly relieved by numerous parties promenading in the Sirtall and the Great Ball-room. The guests whom the Mayor was ent9rtaining still lingered at the table, the sound of the entering, which, ever and anon, reached the ears of the company in the rooms, evinced that he and they were •‘ enjoying the feast of reason and the flow of soul." Shortly after ten, the Mayor, accompanied by his distinguished guests, joined the company i n th e drawing rooms. The Duke of Dalmatia, who was plainly dressed, wore a star upon his breast. The noblemen and gentlemen of his suite were also plainly attired, and some of them wire orders. A number of naval and military officers, several of whom had formed part of the dinner party, appeared in their respective uniforms, and gave variety to the costumes of the gentlemen. The Duke of Dalmatia honoured Mrs. Rathbone with his arm, and promenaded through the rooms. His son and other noblemen and gentlemen escorted the Misses Rathbone and the ladies of their party. The protnenading• continued for about an hour, the military bands entertaining the co►n pany by playing a variety of favourite airs. On the entrance of the Marshall to the Great Ball-room, the band struck up the " Marselloise," the national French air, in honour of his excellency and suite. • About eleven o'clock the refreshment-room was thrown open, and the company partook of tea and coffee. Prome nading was again resumed, and continued till near midnight, when the guests took their departure, highly delighted with the soiree, and particularly with the hospitality and urbanity of Mrs. Rathbone and the Mayor, who, in inviting our fair townsmen to a soiree in the magnificent rooms of the Town hall, have set an example which all future Mayors and their ladies will do well to follow. When we state that.the Mayor returned from London on Thursday night only, and that all the arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the Duke of Dalmatia and his suite had to be made after his worship's arrival, it is mat ter of surprise, all things considered, that the affair went off so admirably as it passed over. The invitations to the soiree were not issued till late on the afternoon of Friday, Mrs. Rathbone having returned from Dublin on the forenoon of that day only; yet the result was one of the, most brilliant and delighted assemblages ever convened within the walls of the Town-hall. TRIP TO THE MENAI BRIDGE. The voyage to the Menai Straits, for the purpose of in specting the magnificent chain bridge which connects the Isle of Anglesey with North Wales, was considered one of the most important attractions. It was generally understood throughout the town, that the marshal and his suite were to start on this expedition at eight o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning. This, however, like several other arrangements which had been determinately fixed, was set aside by the marshal himself. He particularly desired, it seems, to get away from Liverpool by one of the early afternoon trains; he therefore determined upon leaving Liverpool for the visit to Wales, at midnight on Saturday, so that he might get back in due time the . next day. Her Majesty's steamer Avon, commanded by Lieutenant Townley, H. N., was ac cordingly prepared for the trip. Immediately after the soiree, .the marshal and his suite proceeded in three coaches to the George's Pier-head, where the Avon was lying. Several of the hands were placed on the pier-head with lanterns, and the gangways were manned with seamen, who also held lights. Captains Chappell and Townley stood on the deck, and received the guests as they severally came on b oar d. A n amp l e store o f prov i s i ons, with a complete host of waiters, were sent to the vessel by Mr. Lynn. The collation, which was contained in several ham pers, .lonsiseed of th e most c h o i ce and de li cate viands, liquors, and %vines, and the servants were the elite of his establishment. The steamer was put in motion about one o'clock, and, while she glided down the river, the marshal and the greater portion of his train remained on deck, watching the ever changing lights which spangled the town. and cast number less bright and beautiful scintillations along the rippling water. Many of the strangers paced the deck for some time smoking cigars, and conversing in joyful anticipation of the pleasure of the trip. The voyage, after all, so far as the passages to and from the straits were concerned, was disagreeable enough. It was feared by the nautical individuals on board, that the weather would scarcely be such as would suit the stomachs of some of the fair-weatber gentlemen of the party, though a certain difference of opinion did obtain on the subject. One or two maintained that the wind had lulled, and that the sea would be perfectly smooth and calm. - They were, however, mis taken. The moment the vessel rounded the Rock, she met with a strong head-wind, and a heavy, disagreeable swell, which caused her so to pitch and roll, that most of the pas sengers were fain to betake themselves to their berths. Much to the vexation of all parties, the weather became mole and more disagreeable, the wind increasing in violence, till a ditty, rough sea kept the steamer shaking up and down in ell directions, and more than one wished, with the poor schoolmaster, that, if Britannia did in very truth rule the waves, she would hav e th e h uman it y t o ru l e t h em stra i g h ter. All those who were not seasoned, and even some who were, began to be awfully afflicted with sea-sickness. This malady increased so much, that, towards morning, the lamentations began to be very dire indeed. The only persons exempt, if we except Capt. Townley and his crew, were Marshal Soult, the Marquis of Dalmatia (his son), and,Admiral Napier. With the latter, of course, these tossings are things of cus tom; but Marshal Soult told one of his friends, that neither he nor his son were ever sea-sick, or sick in any way : they had no conception of. the feeling. Certain it is, that the marshal showed no i n di ca ti on o f th e ma l ady; and the Mar quis of Dalmatia smoked cigars, both out and home, with the most perfect nonchalance. Towards morning many of the suite began to wish they had never undertaken the enterprise; and this regret was in creased when it was discovered, that, in consequence of the state of the tide, the hour of starting having been an incon venient one, the entrance to the sound did not contain suffi cient water to enable the boat to pass over in safety, and that the enjoyment of smooth water, now most anxiously desired, would be postiaanecl for sonic hours. '!'he Avon arrived off Puffin Island .iretween five and six o'clock, having been brought to thispoint in four hours and a half. Captain Town ley was disappointed in his expectations of finding a pilot off Penman, and he, therefore, thought it must prudent, in the then state of the wind and tide, to wait for the flood. In the midst of a very heavy sea, the vessel was allowed to drift, oc casionally steaming backwards and forwards, for the purpose of keeping her within a proper distance of her port of destina tion. .The continued pitching and rolling, however, was most arm)) ing to the poor landsineri, especially with smooth water in view. Several of , the gentry now began to make their appearance on deck, with pale faces and " lack-lustre eyes," and very few of them seemed in the, least to relish the situation in which they were placed. The fresh, cold, morn ing breeze, and the sight of the situ rising over the distant ex panse of heaving billows, brought the colour to a few cheeks, and seemed to powerfully revivify such as had suffered least. Captain Townley turned the head of his vessel towards the dangerous passage leading into the strait one hour flood, and brought the vessel through without the assistance of a pilot. The passage through the sound between Puffin Island and Anglesey, always one requiring the utmost caution, is now doubly dangerous and tedious, from the wrecks of two vessels which lie in mid-channel. In the first place, there is the mast of the sloop, which, at the time when the Avon passed, stood several feet out of the water; and, farther in, at a still more difficult point, the wreck of a vessel was seen rising above the boiling waves. The steamer, however, was brought through in gallant style, without the slightest approach to danger, though not without great care and watchfulness. Arrived off Beaumaris, it was again found impossible to procure a pilot. A boatman, accustomed to the strait, was, however, taken on board, and, with his assistance and directions, the steamer was taken to within five or six bandied yards of the bridge where she cast anchor The two boats belonging to the Avon were hoisted out and manned, and Captain Chappell took charge of one and Ad miral Napier of the other. In the former, Marshal Soult, the Marquis of Dalmatia, Colonel Napier, and two other gentlemen embarked; and in the second the remainder of the suite. They were rowed along the banks till within a short distance of the bridge, that stupendous work, which may rank amongst the greatest of the wonders that have been wrought by human ingenuity and perseverance. The Menai Bridge, however, with the harbour, the straits, and the communities adjacent, with every thing appertaining unto them, have employed the pens of so many authors that we feel any further description of them here would be out of place ; nor have we at this late hour, and in the present squeamish state of both stomach and fancy, any inclination to indulge in pictorial display. Suffice it to say, that the marshal and his friends viewed every portion of the im mense and novel fabric with delight and admiration. We observed, that, not only in this case, but during the whole voyage, Colonel Napier, the celebrated hi stor i an of the Peninsular War, evinced the most eager curiosity, and he scarcely seemed satisfied while anything remained unex plained, or imperfectly understood. Marshal Stoat, though he was evidently much interested, appeared to be suffering from fatigue, and occasionally he seemed only to yield him self to the wishes of those around him. The Marquis of Dal matia entered with keen and ardent interest into every in quiry and inspection. The survey of the bridge having been completed, the im patience of the marshal led him to urge an immediate return to the vessel. Accordingly, the party wended their way to the boats, which lay far down in the tide below, and they were quickly rowed to the steamer, which now had the tri coloured flag floating at her main, mounted by the English pennant. Here 'an elegant and sumptuous dejeuner a la fourchetle had been spread during the absence of the party. The appetites of the guests had been sharpened, not less, perhaps, by the recent d e pl et i on, than by the keen mountain air which they had inhaled. Accordingly, they did ample justice to the viands set before them, and while they were breakfasting the vessel was got under weigh. The gusto with which the meats were disposed of, and, afterwards, the fragments of fowls, tongues, beef, ham, &c. &c., showed that the repast had been a delightful 0,.e both to ap petittand palate. But, alas! "all that's bright must fade," and all sublunary joys are of short duration. The steamer got out of smooth water, and she began again "to play at pitch and toss," regardless both of the day and the rank of the voyagers whom she carried. The faces of several began again to look pale, and the sumptuous meats which had been swallowed but why pursue such a picture ? Suffice it to say, that the waves were still iu a state of unsubdued wild ness, though the swell was not quite so high; and that many were compelled to betake theinselve to their berths, while others paced the deck in a state not the most agreeable. As the steamer neared the New Channel, the water became more smooth, and most of the company partially recovered. Again, a most elegant repast had been spread, and we may takethis opportunity of bestowing our tribute of praise on Mr. Lynn, for the luxurious and ample provision which he had made, and for the excellent and judicious arrangements made by his servants. The stewards of the Avon also exerted themselves to the utmost, and the result was the utmost perfectitude of arrangement in the department. The guests had again re covered their appetites most marvelously, and they did due honour to the good things provided. The gallant marshal poured a little wine into a glass, and proposed the health of Captain Chappell. One of the party offered him shme water. He said, "No : as I have taken the wine merely that 1 may drink the health of the captain, I will not do it half and half; I will not reduce it by putting water to it. I will take it as it is." Captain Chappell was indefatigable in his attentions to the friends of the ambassador. The nautical skill, and great attention and urbanity of Lieut. Townley entitle him to the highest commendation, and, we have reason to believe, they were highly appreciated by the illustrious guests. Previously to the disembarkation of the Marshal and his suite, the Mar quis of Dalmatia presented to Lieut. Townley, the com mander of the Avon, a letter written by his father (the Duke of Dalmatia), expressive of the high gratification which he had experienced in the course of the trip, and particularly complimentary to the gallant commander, whose politeness be acknowledged in glowing terms. The view, as the steamer neared the 'river, was beautiful and animating in the extreme. Crowds of vessels, of all descriptions and all nations, were putting out of port; some of them towed by steamers, and others trusting to the un aided power of the wind. the sight was magnificent, and the guests gazed upon it with delighted eagerness. Several vessels, knowing that the Avon had taken the marshal and his train on this voyage, recognised her as she passed, and the crew greeted his excellency with loud cheers, which he acknowledged by taking off his hat. Arrived opposite the steps near the Prince's Pier, the steamer Redwing was hailed, and the company were transferred to her to be conveyed to the landing -stage, as the Avon was too large to go close in shore. Marshal. Soult and his friends shook bands with Lieut. Townley as he and they left him, and expressed them selves gratified with his kindness and urbanity. Captain Chappell embarked with the company in the Redwing, where they were received by Lieut. Tudor. As the Redwing passed the Urgent, the rigging of the latter was quicklev manned with the seamen, who gave three hearty cheers. As the dis tinguished strangers passed accross the landing-stage, where they were received by the Mayor, who bad been waiting since two o'clock, similar demonstrations proceeded from the crowd. His worship had carriages in attendance, in which the train took their departure from the Pier, amid loud cheers from thousands of individuals who were there assembled. DEPARTURE OF THE VISITORS. The marshal and his suite proceeded from the Pier to the Adelphi Hotel, where the former alighted. On his entrance, it was observed, that be waited within the hall for the Mayor, to whom he presented his hand with great cordiality. The party remained at the Adelphi about ten minutes, when they departed for the Railway-station. Here a special train was prepared, and the strangers, having taken leave of the Mayor, set out for Wolverhampton. They were to remain in the latter place all night, and at an early hour this morning they were to set out for London, where the marshal has some e•igagements to fulfil. The reason of his great haste is, that he is anxious to be in Paris in time for the celebration of " the three glorious. days of July." TRIAL OF ANTHRACITE COAL. We understand that, on Friday last, a trial was made on the Liverpool and Manchester railway, of the applicability of Anthracite coal, as a fuel for locomotive engines, under the superintendence of Mr. Woods, the talented engineer of that line, and with the approbation of the Board of Directors. Mr. E. 0. Manby, an engineer connected with . the South Wales Anthracite district, who bas devoted his attention most successfully to the introduction ofthis fuel, was present, and assisted in the trial. The engine employed was the Vulcan, one of the smaller engines, used for conveying goods. The general result of the trial was highly satisfactory. In the first instance, the engine ran' out without a load about six miles, and the coal was found to do very good duty, without any difficulty being experienced either with the - fillies or in gettieg up the fires. It was noticed that the fuel burnt nearly without dust from the chimney and entirely without smoke. The engine brought hack a load, of coal waggons from the Huyton col liery, and acquired a speed, thus loaded, of twenty-one miles an hour, which is about the duty of the Vulcan. A wither trial was made in the evening, with the same en gine, for the whole distance to Manchester, taking five load ed waggons. The journey was performed in one hour and twenty-nine minutes. The consumption of Anthracite was only five and a half cwt., although a large portion was wasted from the fire-bars being too wide apart for the economical use of this fuel. The engine would have used upwards of seven and a half cwt.. of coke for the same journey, with the same load. We regard the success of this trial as likely to prove, in its result, a most important public benefit. The price of coke, as the demand for it for use in locomotive engines, on rail ways, has extended, has increased, in some places, almost fifty per cent.; and in districts which produce no coal this enhanced cost of coke will be seriously prejudicial to the success of railway undertakings. If Anthra c it e can b e ge nerally appli e d i n locomotive engines, we are given to under stand, that a saving of thirty to forty per cent., in cost and quality, will be effected. We have no doubt, that the di rectors of our leading railways will instruct their engineers to follow up these experiments, and introduce such modifi cations into the form and workings of the fire boxes as the use of a new fuel may naturally be supposed to require. The application of Anthracite to marine engines is the next object most deserving the attention of practical men. The journalists of the United States appear to claim for their country almost the exclusive production of this invaluable fuel, which is destined to play so great a part i n th e i ron manufacture, in railway locomotion, and in steam naviga tion; but the western part of the South Wales coal field, with reference to which Liverpool is, geographically, so favourably situated, contains stores of Anthracite of much superior quality to those specimens from America which we have seen, and cau produce it a much smaller cost.— Albion. This day will be launched, from the building-yard of John Dawson and Co., Baffin-street, a beautiful tapy! brig, of 2 0 0 toes register, intended for the Oporto trade. POLICE NTELLIGENCE. ATTEMPTED BußGLAßy.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, policeman 170 stated, that after taking a boy into custody on suspicion, for lurking about a warehouse, the lad informed him that a robbery was going to be committed at a plasterer's in Head-street. After he had taken the lad to Bridewell, he proceeded to Head-street, and found the doors of a plasterer's shop broken open. He roused up the inmates, and on search ing the house, the prisoner, a noted thief, named James, was found under one of the beds. A young man, resident in the house, stated that he was awoke by the policeman, and, on searching the house, the prisoner was found. He had broken two locks to get into the premises. The prisoner was sent for three months to Kirkdale. FLAMMING A POLlCEMAN.—Yesterday, at the Police office, a respectably dressed female, who looked heartily ashamed of herself, named Mary Griffin, was placed at the bar, charged by policeman 205, with having grievously de ceived him. -" Yesterday morning," said the policeman, with a very grave face, "I met this woman a b ou t s i x o ' c l oc k , and she said she had a catch which she had picked up, and which she would give to me if I would meet her. I thought she might have the watch upon her, so took her to Bridewell and had her searched; but it turned out that this watch which she said was ' a good 'un to go,' had gone, and that she had not a watch at all. She wa s rather intoxicated." Mr. Hall—" She has been very facetious with you, 1 suppose. (To the prisoner.)—Well, what do you say about this watch ?" Prisoner—" Och, well, your hanner, I don't remember a ha'- porth about it." Mr. Hall—" Well, you have had a night's lodgings for your joke."—Discharged. RESULT OF DRUNKENNESS.—Yesterday, at the Police office, a respectable looking mechanic, named Bond, was placed at the bar, under a serious charge of assault. The keeper of a wine vaults stated, that on Saturday night he had a barrel in the street before his door, the bung of which he wanted to get out, and a boy in his employment named Da vis, was trying, with a small hatchet, to get it out, when the prisoner walked up and said be would get it out for him, and he was allowed to take the hatchet. After striking three or four blows with it at the barrel, it was seen that he was drunk, and could not be of any service in getting the bung out, and the boy Davi s told hi m t o stan d o ut of th e way and give bins . the hatchet. Without saving a word, the prisoner struck the lad at the back of his head with the sharp edge of the hatchet, cutting through his cap, and laying his head open. The boy was lying very ill from the injury. The prisoner said he was so drunk he recollected nothing about it; but he had offered to pay all the damages. The mother, who was present, said he could never pay her child for the injury he had done him. The Magistrates fined the prisoner £5 for the assault. THE POLICEMEN AND THEIR STlCRS.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a female named Cameron, who appeared at the bar, and a man named Holden, the ustler at Mrs. Stretch's, at Kirkdale, who had been out on bail, were charged by police officer 229 with violently assaulting him. The Police man stated that he was on duty on Saturday afternoon at Everton, when he saw a drunken man coming along the road in . charge of a cart, and the kinale prisoner following him, as he (policeman) thought to rub him. The man's cart was right across the road in the way of the mail which was coming up, and he was so drunk, that he (policeman) was obliged to take the cart out of the way. The woman then struck him and gave him a black eve, and whilst he was scuffling with her, the defendant Holden came up and struck him. The female prisoner said that the drunken man was her brother in-law, and she was seeing him out of town he was so tipsy, when the officer came up, and gave her a violent poke in the back with bis stick, and when she remonstrated, he knocked her down, and beat and abused her shamefully, She was very severely injured by the blows she had received. Mr. Hall directed the prisoner to be examined by a female, who on her return stated that the prisoner's knees were black and blue, the skin off, and much swollen, and she had a small round bruise on her hip which she could not bear touching. On be halfof the other defendant. a number of witnesses were called, who stated that the policeman knocked the carter down with his stick and ill used the woman, knocking her down three or four times with his staff, when the ostler went out of Mrs. Stretch's yard, and told the policeman not to ill use the man, but to take his number, when he seized him violently by the collar and asked him what h e h a d to d o w i t h i t, and an hour and a half afterwards went to Mrs. Stretch's, and took him into custody. The woman had struck the policeman, in the first instance, a blow on the face. The policeman persisted in denying that he struck either the drunken man or the fe male. Mr. Hall.—" Here are no less than five persons who were there by chance who say you were using that woman in a very disgraceful manner." The policeman.—"l did not, Sir." Mr Hall.—" The stick was given to you never to use against an individual, especially against a woman; it was given you for quite a different purpose. Upon my word it is too bad. I am as anxious as any man can be to protect the officers in the discharge of their duty, but I will not allow a man to behave in this way. It is very disgraceful. You bring the whole police force into dis credit. Such a thing as this would not be allowed in Lon don for one moment, and no police-officer in London would ever raise his stick against a person unless be was about to he beaten to the ground, .and it was an act of necessity. My brother magistrate quite concurs with me in the view I take of it. We think it is doing a kindness to the police force if we make a rule to discharge all officers behaving in this way ; because when the office's know that the magistrates will dis miss them for such conduct they will cease to behave so. The parties are discharged, and (to the officer) you are dismissed. [A buzz of approbation ran through the court at this deci sion. This will be found the most efficient way to protect the policemen themselves. At present, frequently the first salu tation a drunken foolish man gets on passing a policeman, is a poke in the ribs with the policeman's stick; a retaliatotv blow is most likely immediately given, a row ensues, three or four policemen rush to the place, the man is conveyed to bridewell with his head broken, and there is additional busi ness for Mr. Hall next morning to fine the drunken 'simple ton for assaulting the policemen. This is a crying evil, and wants a stop putting to it. To use Mr. Hall's words, such conduct is "too bad." Not only are individuals frequently hurt and abused by it, but the policemen themselves often get severely injured in the rows which they thus provoke; and, what is worse, engender an ill feeling in the town against them. The sticks ought never to be allowed to be used except in cases of extreme necessity; and it ever they are used without occasion, the policemen ought to be invaria bly punished, for taking the surest means of exciting a row; for it is out of the question to suppose that men, if excited, will tamely submit to be struck, or poked in the ribs b . ]icemen, any more than , y po by anybody else.] . _ A direct trade, which is thought" likely to turn out very beneficial, has. lately been opened bet ween Spain and the Shetland Islands. 'Mr. Arthur Anderson, of the .firm of Messrs. Wilcox and Anderson, has been. appointed by the Queen of Spain vice-consul of these islands. The Rev. Joseph Wolff, LL.D., has been appointed Chap lain to Lord Lorton. WHITE STARLINGS. -Mr. Charles Storr Kennedy-, of Fair View Ulverston , has now in is possession two white star lings, (or, as they are called in that part of the country, chipsters,) taken this season from a nest which contained four young ones, but the other two are of the ordinary colour. —Carlisle Patriot. AWFUL VISITATION.—An elderly woman, named Mar garet Flynn, living in Short's-gardens, Drury-lane, was on Thursday night last drinking in company with a bricklayer, at a gin-shop in the neighbourhood, when a question was put to her on the subject of some money, which the woman denied having, adding, that if she had, " she wished that the Almighty might strike her dumb." She was much intoxi cated at the time, and in a few minutes afterwards fell to the ground in a state of insensibility. On being raised up and carried home the wretched woman partially recovered, but she had lost the power of speech, and to the present moment has been unable to articulate a tiord.—Sta n d ar d . - HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.—T he Directors of this Coln_ pang entered into contracts, on Saturd ay l ast, for the two remaining portions of the line, viz., from th e j unctton with the Leeds and Selby Railway at Selby, to the river Derwent a •distance of,six miles; and from Melton t o t h e Market Weighton embankment, also a length of six miles. The bridge over the river Derwent was let at the same time. As the contractors are bound to commence operations imme diately, the whole of the works between Hull and Selby will in a short time be carrying on,:and before the close of the year g 1839 all the contractors are to c omp l ete their respective The ag Duke . of Cambridge, attended by C o l onel Jones, slept e y ear [ 839 i at Mr. Wallis's the King's Head Hotel, Derby, on Tuesday n i g ht. As soon as it was known that his royal highness was in ihs,town, the ringers at the several churches gave the royal visitor a merry peal, and his presence created quite a sensation in the borough; the desire to see him was so ardent and general that we are afraid his royal highness was incom moded in his movements iu perambulating the town. He left on Wednesday morning, when great numbers of persons assembled in front of the hotel, and gave him a hearty cheer on his leaving. His royal Higness passed through Matlock, ou his way to Chatsworth. At this romantic place tie went up the Heights of Abraham, to the Rutland Cavern, and ex ceedingly admired the sweet scenery and the extensive view from that commanding height. On his return to the Old Bath, his royal highness called at Mawe's Old Museum, ad mired the splendid stock, and made some purchases. We understand he intends to spend some days in viewing the scenery of this county.—Derby Reporter. SELBY RAILWAY.—As an evidence of the increase of travelling attributable to the formation of railways, at pre sent the number of passengers through Selby, on a moderate calculation, amounts to 600 daily, whilst the number in a corresponding season, previous to the Leeds apd Selby rail way, did not exceed 50. The great regularity of the de parture and arrival of the trains, together with the facilities afforded for passengers, luggage, &c. is deservedly raising the management of the undertaking in public repute; and we are happy to understand, the business of the liue is steadily on the increase.—llull Times. BIRMINGUIANI, FRIDA Y.—Marshal Soult and a numerous suite arrived by a special train on the railway in this town at 11 o'clock this morning. A large concourse of people was assembled to receive him, and the marshal was loudly cheered on his arrival at the station. The train, which consisted of several carriages, left Eusto n - square at half-past five o'clock, and performed the distance to Denbigh-hall (48 miles) in 1 hour and 20 minutes. The distance from Denbigh -hall to Rugby (34 miles) was posted in 2 hours and 14 minutes, and the remaining line of railway, from Rugby to Birmingham, (28 miles) in 1 hour. Thus the whole distance from London to Birmingham, including the stoppage of nearly an hour at Rugby, where the marshal and his suite breakfasted, was performed in 5 hours and 34 minutes. The marshal, on alighting from the London and Birmingham carriage, en tered one of the Grand Junction mails, and in the course of 10 minutes the party left the yard for Liverpool, amidst the loud cheers of the populace. He looked remarkably well, and appeared highly gratified with his reception. He is to he in Birmingham on Monday, when he will be publicly received and entertained by the authorities.—* * * We be lieve Marshal Soult started from London at half-past four, instead of half-past five - . THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—He is almost invariably to be seen among the first who make their appearance on the opening of the doors, and he is usually among the last to quit the house. He is usually wrapped up, close to the mouth, in a narrow cloak, which does not reach the length of his knees. He is a man of whom the tory party may well be proud; he is in every respect a credit to that party. Most assiduously and heartily does he labour in their service: not, indeed, with the view of promoting party purpose; btit, be cause he deems toryism to be heaven-born, and, consequently, most conducive to the interests of the empire. I have no idea that any other consideration than that of a persuasion that he is acting for the welfare of the country, would ever operate on his mind. Mistaken, as I regard himitsoqubjed,,edin, many points of es sent i a l i m p or tance, I can no t resist the con viction, that he i s ac t ua t e d by t he purest mo ti ves. I cannot conceive that anything but genuine, even if n 3 patriotism could induce such active exertions in a man who has attained the advanced age Of 70; who has so distinguished a reputation; and who is, moreover, so advantageously cir cumstanced, in reference to pecuniary matters, as the duke. 'lt is no less gratifying than surprising to see a man w h o has reached such an age, and undergone so much anxiety, of mind, and great physical fatigue, looking so well, and in such excellent spirits. 'Nothing but an e xtraordinary energylof mind, and a constitution of the most robust kind, could 'have enabled the duke to service the cur cumstances in which he has been placed, and the hardships he has undergone.. There he sits, night after night, with his arms usually folded on his breast, and his right leg thrown over hi s left, listening most a tt e ntively to everythin g whi c h is passing i n th e h ouse, an d l oo king as fresh and vigorous as if he were still in the prime of life. His grey hair, approaching to Nrhiteness, is the prhich incipal, if not the only inde x t o t h e accumulation of ,years w has gathered on his head whi c h l t i c personal aspect affords. If one might judge frdm pre-acit appearances, though in such matters we all know how cluceptice appear ances often are, the conclusion would t* that the duke is destined to live for many jears to cOrati.-"—,jfiandom. isocOloo7 tions of the Lords grid Commons, Second Sir les. L.~.