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THE ORPHAN GIRL. The ship was getting under weigh, Her mi2hty sails unfurl'd; And hundreds crowd her ample deck To seek a distant world. Loud rose the wail of parting friends Still ling'ring on the shore; That bursting grief that rends the heart When we part to meet no more. But there was one amongst the crowd, Unheeded and alone, She sat apart and seemed to brood O'er sorrows ull her own. No plaint her heaving bosom gave, No tear bedewed her eye; She seemed as one whose very soul Was wrapped in misery. Doubly an orphan was the maid, Of home and friends bereft; For death had swept the parent hearth, And she alone was left. And now from Erin's shores she strays (Scarce reaching woman's prime), A distant relative to seek In a far distant clime Beside her, in a 'kerchief bound, One cherished object lay, She watched it with intensest gaze, Lest it be cast away. I looked—it was a s With the Part of id of earth Which s: e green sward cover'd o'er; at land which gave her birth, ;he should see no more— She took, to plant it in that place, W - iere her steps should cease A hallow'd spot, a memory dear Of what had been her home to roam Perchance for many years to bloom Beyond the Atlantic wave; to make an early tomb, Percfianc Anti wither on her grave, —Dublin University Maaazine LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS THE METROPOLIS.—I walk through the spacicus streets and squares of London. I see the residences of your wealthy men : the exterior is not pleasing; but if I enter, I find in each what deserves to be called a domestic palace. In these palatial residences, many a merchant is living amongst luxuries whieh no Roman emperor could have commanded. I lose my way amidst the dark, noi some, narrow streets and interminable courts and alleys of this same London. Each house—each sty —swarms with life. And oh, heaven ! what life it is ! They are heaped like vermin. They prey upon each other. Haw they suffer ! how they hate ! Full of corroding anxieties, they endure a wretchedness and torture which no Roman emperor could have inflicted upon his slaves.— Voltaire in the Crystal Palace (Blackwood's Magazine). NORFOLK ISLAND.—Last night, shortly after the moon bad risen, we observed land on our weather bow, which we knew to be Norfolk Island, an island rendered terrible to evil-doers from its being a penal settlement, escape from which is next to impossible. Many a hapless wretch, doomed as the penalty for his crimes to work the re mainder of his days in irons, cut off from the society of all save abandoned outcasts like himself, has doubtless felt in its full force, as he approaches this prison, the words of that terrific inscription,—" He who enters here, leaves hope behind ;" and of a verity, I never saw a spot better calculated to create such an impression. It ap peared as if it were a desolate mural rock, its summit crowned with miniature hills, partially covered with a low, verdant scrub, a belt of rigid fir trees running along the topmost ridges.—Rorings in the Pacific. THE KING OF DAHOMEY.—It appears that the sole business of the Kirg of Dahomey is to go to war. He goes to war regularly every year, beginning in the month of November or December, when, descending upon some neighbouring town or state, he carries the victory by fire, slaughter, or treachery, within the walls. His life is a terror upon the earth to the surrounding countries, and such is the mystery o quest in N, his own soldiers are kept in ignorance of the place against which they are marching until the clay before they arrive at it. The whole population of the kingdom (foes not exceed two hundred thousand, of which only one tenth are free; . are slaves. The king keeps a regular standing army of twelve thousand troops, of which five thousand are Amazons. When he goes to war, he marches with nearly fifty thousand of both sexes, about -one-fourth of the whole population. From these items, a tolerably accurate view may be obtained of the heroic occupations of the king and the people of Dahomey.— Dahomey and the Bahamans. AN ENGLISH PYRAMID.—Apropos of burying, he was involved soon after in the examination of a new design for stowing away the increasing multitude of our dead. It was the model of a pyramid, to be erected of the same size as the greatest of the Egyptian pyramids, but to be erected after a very different fashion. For whereas the ancient pyramid was an encasement of stone enclosing the coffin of one man, in the modern pyramid every stone might be said to contain its dead. The area would be first covered with vaults built close to one another, on these a second area of similar vaults would be constructed, en these a third rising gradually to an apex. The project had something in it to please a reflective mind. How the two structures would contrast—the despot's pyramid and the democratic pyramid ! What admirable types they would form of the two forms of society. the memory of which they would severally perpetuate ! In the one a people of slaves build an enormous mausoleum for one man, who is, as it were, a representative for the whole ; in the other, a nation of freemen construct an eternal monument for themselves, simply by each man lying down in his place as he is called.—Voltaire in the Crystal Palace (Blackwood's May.) THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE.—The Gulf of St. Lawrence directly faces the mouth of the British Channel. Rounding the island-shores of Newfoundland, which rise like a shield between the inner waters and the open ocean, you enter the estuary of this noble river, and at Cape Rosier find it a hundred miles across. At Cape Chat it is still forty miles from shore to shore, and from thence it keeps slowly narrowing its channel, till, at the Narrows, forty miles below Quebec, its width is but thirteen miles. The scenery along the shores of this estuary is considered to be unequalled in America, and, probably, in the world. A prospect of fifty to one bun. dred miles frequently opens—exhibiting mountains and valleys, bold headlands and luxuriant forests, pretty vil lages and settlements, fertile or rocky islands with the neat white cottages of the pilots and fishermen ; tributary rivers, some of them rolling over precipices, and one, the mighty Saguenay, bursting through an apparently perpen dicular chasm of the northern mountains ; and on the surface of the St. Lawrence, majestic ships, either under sail or at anchor, with pilot-boats and river craft in active motion. In winter, however, this beautiful appear ance vanishes. The river and gulf are clicked up with broken fields of ice, exhibiting the most varied and fan tastic appearances ; snow covers the "ountry on either shore; and a dark, stormy night in the estuary at that season presents the most terrific, wild, and formidable dangers.—Dublin University Magazine. CALIFORNIA AND ITS Mismins.—The number of " hells" is frightful, and each one is provided with a bar for the sale of wines, spirits, and intoxicating cordials, and bands of music are in attendance to excite the pas sions and drown the conscience. Some of the gamblers pay as high as 1000 and 2000 dollars a month for their stands; and one wooden building, of no great extent, (this is in San Francisco) lets at the enormous rental of 120,000 dollars per annum. This is no exaggeration ; neither is there any when I say, that day and night the gambling houses are thronged, and at nights almost to suffocation. As for walking in or out of any of these establishments, the feat is utterly out of the question ; you have to sidle or squeeze your way through the crowd as you best may ; and, astonishing as the fact may seem, it is nevertheless true, that, notwithstanding all the stimu lants provocative of excitement, disturbances rarely ensue. * * * I have con verse d with those who have paid an ounce of gold for an ounce of Eps:On; salts ; and poor wretches, received under miserable shel ters called hospitals, have been compelled to pay 100 dol lars per week for their accommodation. Two or three I fell in with, who had wrought hard, and suffered many privations, in the acquirement of 3000 or 4000 dollars' worth of gold, were glad to escape from the fangs of the disciple of Galen with the loss of two-thirds of their peril ously-earned treasure.—Kelly's Excursion to California. GREENHOUSES KNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS.—AIthough some sheet glass has been found in the ruins of Pompeii, 1 1 / 4 1. Humbolt has been of opinion that the ancients did not know what we call green or hot houses. M. Dureau de la Malle, of the French Institute. has, however, suc ceeded in clearing up this point in dispute to perfect satis. faction. The name of "gardens of Adonis," mentioned by ancient authors, ought to have pointed long ago at something uncommon, hidden under this appellation. Plato, mentioning them in hisPhcedrus, says, that "a groin of seed or the branch of a tree, placed or introduced in these gardens, acquires in eight days a development which cannot be obtained in as many months in the open air." According to an inscription discovered at Rome, Domi tianus possessed in his palace on the Palatine a hot-house, where exotic plants were cultivated. Columella also, the bead of Roman rural and agricultural authors, says:— " Rome possesses, within the precincts of her walls, fra grant trees, trees of precious perfumes, such as grow in the open air of India and Arabia. These gardens are em bellished with the myrtle and the crocus in flower : there you see the palm-tree of India and the cinnamon-tree covered with leaves, as well as the tree of frankincense. Italy, this fertile land, yields willingly to the wants of her cultivators, and has learnt to contain the fruits of the whole universe." I n another passag a e l .Cefurnella mentions portable (moveable) g l ass h ouses. It was for Tiberius, that cucumbers were to be grownfere foto anno which was done in frames filled with warm dung, which were mounted on wheels for bringing them close to so me wall, shone upon by the sun. 3f. D. de la Malle cites another passage of Mar tialis, containing the reproach of a person to hi s f r i en d , for having lodged him worse than his fruit t rees. " which children of Cilicia, for excluding them from winter and cold winds, are protected by glass in sheet from th e b lasts of Borcas, which do not admit but air and sun." S eneca goes still further, saying :—" Do those not live con t rary to nature who require a rose in winter, and who, by the excitement of hot water and an appropriate modification of heat, force from the equinox of winter the lily-bloom o f spring ?" This passa ge , in fine, is conclusive for proving, thet the Romans used steam as one of the heating agents for dune Adonis gardens, which, considering their many warm-bath establishments, must have been an expedient obtruding itself on their attention.— The Builder. H.ORTICULTURE. ---.-_40.-__- At the last Chiswick exhibition the experiment-was tried of exhibiting florists' flowers in pots, but witherat the success it, in our opinion, deserved. A storm of abuse and ridicule has been poured upon it from all-quarters by the florists, who are evidently highly displeased with the innovation. 'The question naturally arises with the pub lic.—what can be the meaning of this ? Florists were always grumbling that they were excluded from these truly national exhibitions ; an arrangement is made for their admission, which has increased rather than allayed the dissatisfaction. The grievance appears to be the exhi bition of the:flowers in a growing state, and not cut and arranged in stands as usual at other exhibitions. if any further proof were wanting, we think this would convince any unprejudiced person of the bad principles upofl which floral exhibitions are too generally carried on, and the necessity for a thorough reform in the rules and regula tions of these societies. It is too apparent that the pevail ing teeing on the part of the exhibitors is the acquisition of money prizes, and the credit, no matter how earned, of gaining the greatest number of prizes. Now we contend that the first consideration in the mind of every exhibitor ought to be the-advancement of the art of cultivation, and not, as is too .generally the case, raising the greatest num ber of specimens in hopes of the prize-money. Exhi bitors will understand our meanint , , We have known very many instances in which a large number of specimens have been culled from a garden without any previous spe cial cultivation, and sent to the flower show, in the expec tation that some at least will meet with no companion, and consequently take the prizes offered in the schedule. It is true that many societies make a rule with a view of preventing this, but it is too rarely acted upon- To return to the subject, florists' flowers—it is notorious that an immense amount of ingenuity of a very reprehen sible character is expended in dressing them for the exhi bition tables, and this cannot easily be practised in grow ing plants : carnations and picotees are not so easily manu factured on the growing stem, nor can the cupped petals of a growing pansy be flattened under a penny piece—but the habits and character of the plant, and the neatness and cleanliness of its culture, can be seen when the grow ing plant is exhibited, and quite as fair an estimate of the value of its flowers may be formed. It is true that very few of the so-called florists' dowers are remarkable for the beauty of their foliage or habit, and still less are they improved by the methods of staking thought to be neces sary for their exhibition. Yet all,this is far less objection able than the dishonest tampering with the flowers, the rows of water bottles and the white painted stands which often ()frer a contrast injurious to the harmony of colour so desirable for the proper display of the flowers. These and many other fallacies are on the wane, and must make room for more enlightened views and more solid advantages. ARIETIES To -Molt ROW —The day on which idle men work and fools reform An epitaph on a negro baby at Savannah, commences " Sweet blighted lily !" TE.tus.Weep for love, but never for anger; a cold rain will never bring flowers. There are men who of their dead hearts. Anecdotes are often spoiled by being too long; stories, as well as boys, often outgrow their strength. Henry Clay, the distinguished American stateca " Any wife is better than no wife." There is in every human countenance either a history or a prophecy, which must sadden, or at least soften, every reflect ing observer.—Coleridge. To RELIEVE A NERVOUS HEADACHE.—Twenty drops of aromatic spirits of ammonia, ten drops of spirits of camphor ; to be taken in a wineglass of water. It was a pertinent and forcible saying of the Emperor Napo leon, that a "handsome woman pleases the eye, but a good woman pleases the heart. The one is a jewel, and the other treasure." GENTEEL PEOPLE.—The young lady who lets her mother do the ironing for fear of spoiling her hands; the miss who wears ,se bodies arebut the ornau rated sepulchre nan,says-- thin shoes on a rainy day ; the young gentleman who is ashamed to be seen walking with his father. " I see in the papers," said Airs. Partington, looking over her specs at Sammy, "that the judge says the Fugitive Slave ".;tight the Slave Pill wk as flesh and blood, like other people." MEnr.f.vAL MILLER.—" Many, Sweet Joan," sayd a the vayle?" "Oodtente, in good soothe," answerede shee, "an thou will give me therewith a nevve bonnet." _ loved wife Bridget all my property without reserve. and to my oldest son, Patrick, one half of the remainder, and to Dennis, my youngest son, the rest. If anything is left, it may go to Terence 11I'Carthy, in sweet Ireland." LEGAL RECREATION.—It is affirmed, on the best authority, that it was an amusement of the early life of Lord Eldon to turn pieces of poetry into the form of legal instruments, and that he actually converted the ballad of "Chevy Chase" into the shape and style of a bill in chancery. Lord Talbot, says Horace Walpole, speaking of the Champion at the coronation of King George the Third, " piqued himself on backing his horse down the hall, and not turning its tail toward the king; but he had taken such pains to dress it to that duty, that it entered backwards." LOVE..—The editor of an American paper makes the fol lowing very sweeping assertion :—" What ! a man, and never in love! Pshavv ! such a man must have a heart of ice, a soul as lifeless as a corn-cob, the gizzard of a goose, and a head as sappy as a cocoa-nut." A quaint writer of the last century observes, that when the. cannons of princes began war, the authority of the canons of the church was destroyed. "it was," said he, " first nzitrum that governed the world, and then nitrunt—first Saint Peter, and then Salt Petre." " You ought to marry." " Never." " I know a good girl for you." " Let me alone !" " But, perhaps you don't know " The more dangerous." "Of good family." "Then she is proud." " She is tender hearted." " Then she is jealous." She has talents." "To kill me." "And one hundred thou sand pounds." "I'll take her." A FRICHITFUL MisTAKE."—Drunkenness is not allowed, nor is there, except in Whydah, much opportunity for it. As a public example, the king kept a drunkard, and fed him on rum, and exhibited him at the customs, that his emaciated and disgusting appearance might shame his people from making bests of themselves ; this terrible example is dead.—Dahomey and the Dahonzans. "This 'ere hanimal, my little dears," observed the keeper of a menagerie to a school, "is a leopard. His complexion is yaller, and agreeably diwersified with black spots! It vos a vulgar herror of the hancients, that the critter vos hincanable of changin' his spots, vicl► vos disproved in modern times by obserwin' that he very frequently slept in one spot and next night changed to another !" BEAUTY.—Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny ; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theo critus, a delightful prejudice; Careades, a solitary kingdom ; Domitian said that nothing was more grateful ; Aristotle af firmed that beauty was better than all the letters of recommen dation in the world; Homer, that it was a glorious gift of na ture; and Ovid, alluding to him, calls it a favor bestowed by the gods. QUAKER COURTSHIP.—" Martha, does thee love me?" asked a Quaker youth of one at whose shrine his heart's fondest feelings had been offered up. " Why, Seth," answered she, "we are commended to love one another, are we not ?" " ! Martha, but (lost thou regard me with that feeling the world calls love ?" " I hardly know what to tell thee, Seth ; I have tried to bestow my love on all; but I may have sometimes thought, perhaps, that thee was getting more than thy share." AN ALLEGORY.—A humming-bird met a butterfly, and, being pleased with the beauty of its person and the glory of its wings, mude an offer of perpetual frie'ndship. " I cannot think of it," was the reply, "as you once spurned me, and called me sr crawling dolt." " Impossible!" exclaimed the humming. bird ; "1 always entertained the highest respect for such beau tiful creatures as you." " Perhaps you do now," said the other, " but when you insulted me I was a catterpillar. So let me give you a piece of advice. Never insult the humble, as they may some day become your superiors." WHY LITERARY MEN DO NOT MARRY LITERARY WIVES.— I know not why it is, but your very clever man never seems to care so much as your less gifted mortals for cleverness in his helpmate. Your scholars, and poets, and Ministers of State, are more often found assorted with exceedingly humdrum good sort of women, and apparently like them all the better for their deficiencies. Just see how happy Racine lived with his wife, and what an angel he thought her, ai.d yet she had never read his plays. Certainly Goethe never troubled his lady, who called him "Mr. Privy Councillor," with whims about " menads," and speculations on " colour," nor those stiff metaphysical problems on which one breaks one's shins in the second part of the " Faust." Probably it may be that these great geniuses —knowing that, as compared to themselves, there is little difference between your clever women and your humdrum women—merge at once all minor distinctions, re linquish all attempts, that could not but prove unsatisfactory, at sympathy in hard intellectual pursuits, and are quite satis fied to establish that tie which, after all, best resists wear and tear ever—the tough household bond between one human heart and another.—Sir Edward linlwer Lytton. DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Saturday week Captain Frank Cundy, a gentleman who occupied a villa in the neighbourhood of Bedminster, Lear Bristol, destroyed himself' by blowing out his brains with a pistol. During the last five or six months it was evident to his friends that he was in bad health, his nervous system being palpably and severely affected. On Saturday morning he rose soon after seven o'clock, at which time, Mrs. Cundy having left the room, the captain remained alone, but no apprehension was felt until near 8 o'clock, when a ser vant, who happened to be employed in a room underneath, heard a noise above as of some substance falling heavily on the floor. On entering the chamber the unfortunate gentleman was found lying under the bedstead quite dead. He had shot himself through the mouth, and had shattered the right side of the skull in a frightful manner. The deceased was between 50 and 60 years of age, and his death must have been instantaneous. OUTRAGEOUS HOAX.—A few weeks ago we had to com plain of the abominable conduct of some donkeys walking in the form of man, in sending to this journal a spurious advertisement. From attacks upon the press these miser able creatures have now proceeded to intrude upon the privacy of individuals, and to subject them and a number of respectable tradesmen in this town to considerable loss and annoyance. On Thursday evening last, numerous tradespeople called at Dr. Hall's with different articles, saying they had received a note ordering them to send the articles to Surrey-street immediately. The answer was that the doctor was from home, and they were requested by the servant to call again. About eight o'clock, how ever, a cab proprietor called to ask about the " funeral !" and then the abominable hoax was discovered. We have been favoured with a sight of the numerous notes, now in the hands of the chief constable. In some of them a hearse and mourning coach are ordered ; in others two mourning coaches and a hearse. Mr. Charles Thompson not only kept his own horses in, to his great loss, but even went to borrow others ; and Mr. Pearson, who had been ordered to call at half-past eleven o'clock, with a phaeton and a pair of horses, to convey Dr. Hall to Norton, drove up to his residence in Surrey-street ; and numerous other trades people have been put to loss and inconvenience by bring ing different articles. Fortunately the hearse and mourn ing coach, as ordered by this heartless monster, were pre vented coming. Mr. Sharpe, however, did call as directed in one of the notes, " to measure the servant who was dead, for a con." a clue is obtai ne d, ffi which,But l w ie e re tr w us il t l , en will l t e h a e d i r t t o r i their phd.iass. covery.—Shellield Timer. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. THE ROMISH DOCTRINE OF INTENT2ON. THIRD LETTER FROM REV. S. MINTON TO DR. NEW3IApI (CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST.) Nor is the accusation less strange, as coming from a mem ber of that apostate Church, which " the spirit ". of prophecy has " expressly" branded with the-mark of "speaking lies in hypocrisy" (i. Tim. iv. 2), and of maintaining its power by " signs and lying wonders, with all deceivableness of unright eousness" (ii. Thess. ii. 9)! A Church which, -in addition to fire and faggot, the rack and the pulley, is compelled to resort for her subsistence to Ecstaticas and Adoloratas, to the lique fying of St. Januarius's blood at Naples, the exhibition of the holy coat at Treves, winking Madonnas at 'Rimini, assump tions of absolute power too ludicrous to mention over the body as well as the soul in Ireland, and bits-of the true cross almost everywhere! A Church, which compels all her priests, on pain of mortal sin, to read daily certain portions of a book called the Breviary, the contemptible childishness of• whose legends can only be equalled by Jack the Giant-killer or Dame Wig gins of Lea, whilst its impudent attempt to palm them upon us as true, attaches a criminality to it from which our nursery tale-books are exempt! A Church, which is perpetually guilty of the most blasphemous and transparent lie•ever perpetuated under heaven, even that of holding up before, men's eyes a piece of bread, and saying, Behold the Lamb of God ! A Church, which fills its coffers by that cruel "•fiction," that " covetous sin and unworthy manoeuvre," that crying " scan dal," that complicated " instance of tyranny and barbarity and fraud," whereby men are not only cheated during their life-time by drafts upon a fabulous hank in another world, under the name of Purgatorial Indulgences, but their widows and orphans afterwards robbed of their last penny,and dunned from year to year, to build an imaginary bridge for them out of their pretended prison -house, in the shape,of Purgatorial Masses! A Church, too, which has lately canonised a man, and pronounced his writings not to conta►n " one word deser ving of censure," and ordered her priests to:-pray every year on the 2nd of August that they may be " traineVoy his saving admonitions, and strengthened by the pattern of his life," — whose writings have reduced the" non-n - itural sense" to such a perfect science, that a tolerable adept in it may easily pro duce the most extraordinary imitation of "wholesale, retail, systematic, and unscrupulous lying," without deviating a hair's breadth from the strictest truth ;—of which whosoever ! •doubteth may at once assure himself from the saint's own .words, by referring to a book lately published by Mr. Blakeney .of Nottingham, entitled "Extracts front the Moral Theology rot' St. Alphonsus Liguori" lf, then, Sir, there be cases, as possibly there - may, in which -Protestants, as well as Ttomanists, have fallen into the sin of telling lies " for ecclesiastical ntilit, • there is this essential difierence between them,—that the one acts contrary to the principles inculcated by his Church, while the other acts just as he has been " trained by her saving admonitions, and strevythened by the pattern of her" notorious practic s. On the principle, therefore, which you so justly . lay down in-your very last lecture,—that a Church must be judged by its own comLuct, and not by that of individuals who may batmen to belong fo challenge you either to fasten upon the Church of England, or to wipe off from the Church of Rome, the guilt of " wholesale, retail, systematic, and unscrupulous lying:" But you say that " true testimony is unequal to the Protes tant view" of Popery. Let us see. You cite our horror of nunneries in connection with " Maria Monk" and convent " cellars." Now, Sir, whether those underground apartments you speak of, in the new con vent at Birmingham, be to " immure nuns" or to hold " empty blacking-bottles"; whether " Maria Monk" (which I never saw, and kow nothing about but what you tell mc) be true or false, is not of the slightest importance to the general question at issue. For the extreme Protestant view" is abundantly justified by Roman Catholic " testimony" alone. Just to begin with, Sir, get Mr. Drummond's published speech; verify his numerous quotations from Roman Catholic writers. who have given their testimony uron this subject; and then have the goodneas to let us know whether they are "true" quotations or not. If they are, you must at least admit, that our " view" is not peculiar to " Protestants." Again, von cite . our " view " of the tendency of enforced celibacy, with special reference to " the Spanish clergy" ; and you say that Blanco White's " testimony " is " unequal " to support this view, inssmuch as, though he " suspected" much evil, he did not "know" of much. Your admission of his suspecting it, entirely deprives you of the plea that lie must have " known" it, had it existed : and therefore his testimony, so tar as it goes in their favour, is only equal to that of a wit ness who swears that he did not see the prisoner commit the crime. If you wish for some positive " testimony" unon the subject, and Roman Catholic testimony too, refer to the Nar rative of the Inquisition, by Hippolyto Joseph Da Costa Pereira Hurtado de Mendoza, vol. i. pp. 117-119. Another " Prot,-• rotestant view" is, that Romanists " torture heretics." Is true testimony unequal to sustain this view? Why, the question is almost enough to make a stoic smile! ISM our " view" goes farther. We have an idea running in our heads, that their Church teaches them the Christian duty of doing so. Now, Sir, it is highly important to ascert 'tether the testimony on which this view rests is true or false; and therefore you would he doing an essential service to the cause of truth, if you would take the trouble to verify the fol lowing extract from the Canon Law, whirl] amongst others is constancy brought forward, and let us know whether it is a true extract or not : " If, therefore, good men and public authorities. waging, war, be in no wise transgressots of the commandment ` Thou shalt not kill,' although they occasion many deaths ; if the soldier, obedient to his commander, be not guilty of homicide, though he slay men with his own hand ; if the punishment of assassins or poisoners he not a guilty blood-shedding, but a just administration of the law; if the peace of the Church be a source of consolation under the distress occasioned by the death of heretics; if those who, inflamed with zeal for mother Church, put excommunicated persons to death, are not to be considered homicides; it is evident that it is lawful not only to flazellate but to slay the bad."—Decrele 11. pars. Causa XXIII, Qucestio cogendi sent ad bonnet. Might ralso take the liberty of asking whether there is any reason to doubt the truth of the following testimony, given by that " great, good, and fearless friar," Alphonso di Castro : •• In Flanders and other parts of Lower Germany, when I was there ten years ago, I saw heretics punished by decapitation. in Guelders, however, heretics, tied by the hands and feet by order of Charles Duke of Guelders, were cast alive into a river, there to he swallowed up by the stream. I heard also at Bruges, in Flanders, from many eye-witnesses worthy of credit. that it was the custom in that city to cast heretics alive into boiling oil, thst they might thus be the more speedily destroyed."— Cap. tli, p. 128. You surely will not say, with the Lamp, that " the Catholics of these days have nothing to do with the Catholics of those days'': when Mr. Marshall tells us the great glory of Popery is its "changing nothing, retracting nothing, conceding nothing"! Yet you assign as a reason for Protes tantism flourishing snore in England than anywhere else, that " fact and argument had had fair play in other countries— [nine, name!]—they had not had fair play in England" I ! ! ! Pray do give us a little " testimony" to support this " view"; for from the general testimony hitherto, we should certainly be led to conc'ude, that the man who could deliberately inform a British audience that fact and argument had more fair play in Rome, Florence, Austria, Sardinia, Bavaria, Naples, Spain, or Portugal, than they have in England, must either have " cut the ninth commandment out of the decalogue," or else be the dupe of " wholesale, retail, systematic, and unscrupu• bons lying." Many other illustrations might be given of the weakness of your main position ; but it is needless to multiply them, until you have refuted these, which I hope you will set yourself in good earnest to do. Before you begin, however, let me advise you to ascertain very t ositively, whether your Church has any existence at all; or whether she has not blown herself to atoms with her own theory of Intention. For it would be a useless waste of tim.• en&avouring to repel calumnies from a Church which is, after ill, but an " insubstantial pageant," "An airy nothing, and a dream"! I remain, Rev. Sir, your obedient servant. Liverpool, July 30th. SAMUEL MINTON _ P.S.—You will have observed an inaccuracy, though not at all affecting the argument, in my reference to the Bishop of ?di nori's opinion. It should have been "in the History of the Council of Trent." The passage is given by Father Paul. GREAT CONTROVERSIAL DISCUSSION IN LIVERPOOL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sin,--1 beg to enclose you a cory of a challenge given by Rev. Thos. Atkinson, prebendary of Doon, to Rev. J. O'Dwyer, R.O C., of the same place, respecting the persecution of the poor converts there, and also a letter which I have received, announcing th ?. fact that the challenge has been accepted. The letter was not intended by the writer for publicaticn, but es its contents may be interesting, and as we Protestants always wish to act above board, and bring everything to the test of light and truth, I feel no hesitation in publishing it.— Yours, &c., WILLIAM H. DUCK. 19, West Derby-street, Aug. 8, 1851 Peon Glebe, Ilallasgreen, Aug. 5, 1851. Ntv DEAR FRIEND,—I have much pleasure in info-ming you that Mr. O'Dwyer has accepted the challenge of Messrs. Atkin son and Darby, to meet them in public discussion in Liverpool. He has called upon Mr. A. to name time and place of meeting. Liverpool is, therefore, soon to he the scene of a controversy which will rather astonish Englishmen. The priest has not a chance of escaping overwhelming dis grace if there should be an orderly meeting. H is policy will of course be to procure parties to disturb the meeting. and so crush discussion, whilst his acceptance of the challenge will save him from the charge of cowardice or consciousness of a bad cause. We must rely on our friends in Liverpool using all possible exertions to obtain a respcclahle and well conducted audience, and as large as the place shall be able to hold. Our friends, the clergy of Liverpool, must now perceive that the cause of God and Protestantism is deeply interested, and that Dorm must be the subject of their prayers and exertions. If it fail the cause of truth will suffer. May I earnestly request you to con sider the whole matter, wisely and prayerfully, in consultation with your brethren. We are ministers of one church, our hearts are animated by one glorious hope, and we are engaged in conflict with the same enemy—the enemy of light and liberty. We are here contending with a persecution more bitter than ever it was. Every day we have to struggle aw inst it. At this moment our poor people cannot procure a drop of milk in the village of Cappamore ; several families have been turned out of their houses ; some of them have been assailed ; and one of them lately was nearly murdered at mid-day, within a few yor,is of the house in which I was lecturing. Pray for us and for our poor converts ! Pray for our tried and persecuted flocks, for Christ's sake !—Yours, faithfully in the Lord, WILLIAM FITZPATRICK. The following is the challenge mentioned above : _ Doon Glebc, July 281.1), 1851 REV. attended a public meeting in Live?pool on the 14th March last, at which we made certain statements con cerning the conversion of large numbers of Roman Catholics in the district of Doon, the persecutions the converts had suffered, and the instigation of those persecutions by the Roman Catholic priests of the district, and by you in particular. These state ments Wive been impugned, through thepublic press, in letters signed J. O'Dwyer, &c." We hereby challenge you to meet us in public discussion on these points, :in Liverpool, before the same audience who heard our statements, and show cause why you should not be convicted at the bar of public opinion of hav ing borne false witness against the work of reformation in the district of Doon.—We are, your obedient servants, Tnos. ATKINSON, Prebendary of Doon. W. A. DARBY, Curate of Tuogh. To Rev. J. O'Dwyer, R.C.C., Doon. Messrs. Brassey and Jackson have arrived in Turin, and have sent in plans for two railways, one from Turin to Novarra, and the other from Turin to Suza. It is be. licved that the works on these lines will soon be com. menced. GAS —Both the Leeds Gas Companies have announced another reduction in the price of gas, which is to be retro spective as far as the commencement of the current half year, and which follows the previous reduction at the short interval of only six months. The price is now 4s. per thousand cubic feet, with the usual discounts. People need not talk at present of making gas in Leeds from water, for the former is cheaper than the latter.—Leeds hatelliyencer. THE 'LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1851. SEIZURE OF A MERCHANT VESSEL BY MILITARY PASSENGERS. On Thursday. the 29th of May, the barque Levenside arrived at St. Helena under peculiar and altogether un precedented circumstances; she had' been, in fact, forcibly seized during the voyage by Captain Vesey, a passenger in charge of a small detachment of the Royal Artillery destined for this place. The captain of the vessel was a prisoner in the hold—in chains-; with a sentinel over him to prevent communication with the crew. On the 15th May, in the evening, while the Levenside was on the hign seas, Captain'D. Campbell, the master, ordered the booby-hatch to be closed. This was done, and immediately afterwards-Captain Vesey summoned the troops under his charge to take off the hatch, in defiance of the master's order, which was immediately carried into effect. On the 17th, two days after this occurrence, a squabble appears to have taken place between one of the soldiers and the ship's carpenter. Captain Vesey insisted that the carpenter should be punished; but upon investigating the case, Captain Campbell, the master, could not see very clearly that his man was more to blame than the the soldier, and we believe did not in any way punish the man. It being dark and past eight O'clock at night, the captain ordered the booby-hatch to be put on, but no sooner was the order given, than Captain 'Vesey, in charge of the troops, said it should not be dune; Captain Campbell then pulled out a pistol, and told Captain Vesey that if he attempted to interfere with him, and prevent any of the crew obeying his orders, he would shoot him through the heart. Upon this qualified threat being uttered, Capt. Vesey immediately called his men to fall in round the hatchway, and ordered the bombardier to go below for arms. This order was instantly obeyed, and as soon as Capt. Campbell saw the arms being handed up the hatch. way, he went forward, seized hold of one of the muskets, and commanded the soldier to give it up, saying, " put that down, it does not belong to you—it belongs to the ship." The soldier refused, whereupon a struggle took place for the gun, when some one calledout " seize him," on which several soldiers seized the captain, threw him against a boat, wrenched the pistol out of his hand, as well as the musket he attempted to take from the soldier. No sooner was Capt. Campbell seised than Capt. Vesey ordered his hands to be lashed behind his back, and it appears, at the instigation, of Capt. Neill, he was hurried into the hold, and secured to a stanchion—and kept for sixteen hours in that position without either water or any thing else being given him, as far as we can gather from the evidence. The next morning he was unlashed from the stanchion, and had strong chains fastened to his wrists by padlocks ; in this position he was kept in the hold for twelve days and nights, with an armed sentinel keeping watch over him. He was not allowed to commu nicate with the crew during this time, nor was he released from this extraordinary captivity, even on the arrival of the vessel in the roads, till the police went on board and caused him to be unchained. After four days' investigation, Capt. Campbell was com mitted for trial, on the charge of an assault, with intent to murder. Information was then laid by Capt. Camp bell against Capt. Vesey and the others of his passengers, for piracy, and illegal seizure of the ship ; which informa tion was taken and signed by the magistrates. The following correspondence has arisen out of this very singular circumstance : TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EARL GREY •MY LORD,—At a public meeting of the British Mariners' Association, held in Liverpool, this day, it was unanimously resolved that a committee be appointed to watch the proceed its with the ship Levenside, Captain Campbell, as reported in a St. Helena paper, from which the British Mari ners' Association learn with extreme regret and astonishment, that some military passengers, headed by two captains in the army, named Vesey and Neill, have taken upon themselves to depose the master of that vessel from his command by brutal force, having put bins into the hold of the ship, secured him to a stancheon with chains, and kept him there for twelve days and nights, with an armed sentinel keeping watch over him. And all this for no other offence, according to the narrative, than that of doing his duty, by insisting on his lawful com mands of the most simple kind being obeyed. Three military men go still further in their crime, by taking full possession of the ship's papers ; also the master's cabin, and dismissing the lawful officers of the ship from their duty, and appointing others out of the crew, directed the ship's course as they pleased, and in every way took possession of the ship and cargo as pirates and robbers ; and whatever may have been their inten tions, the lives of her Majesty's subjects, and the safety of the property that had been entrusted to the care of Captain Camp. bell, was seriously endangered. And after the narration of the above particulars, the British Mariners' Association is still surprised to learn that after four days' investigation of the case by the magistrates at St. Helena, Captain Campbell was fully committed for trial on the charge of assault, with intent to murder. I am directed therefore to submit to your lordship that St. Helena being under strong military influence, and prejudicial to ensure the most impartial trial of a case full of importance to the merchant service of this country, your lordship will be pleased to exercise any influence or power of office you may possess to remove the trial of this case to London. The British Mariners' Association is actuated solely by their duty to protect and defend their class from imposition an I op pression on the one hand, but on the other they would not defend or shelter any man from just and deserved punish ment. But a trial of such a case in St. Helena, before a military jury perhaps, could not be said to be impar tial. I am directed therefore to implore your lordship (on public grounds) to cause the trial of Captain Campbell to be removed from St. Helena, that there may be a fair and impar tialinvestigation of the case, It is further recorded that information was laid by Captain Campbell against Captain Vesey, and other passengers, for piracy and il!egal seizure of the ship, which information was taken by the magistrates. lam directed therefore to request that your lordship will, on this ground, also direct that the charge be likewise tried in this country, that all the parties concerned may have the fullest satisfaction. And, I am, my lord, with great respect, your lordship's most obedient humble servant, on behalf of the meeting, WM. M 'G A RRY, Chairman to the British Mariners' Association. Liverpool, August Gth, 1851. Similar letters have been addressed to the Marquis of Anglesea and the Duke of Wellington, and the following is his Grace's reply : _ . _ " London, August 8, 1851 , " Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. Nl`Garry. He has received his letter and the inclosed. The Duke has received no official report of the transactions referred to by the Mariners' Association at Liverpool. " He is not in the habit of giving an opinion in writing on events announced in the newspapers. When the transaction in question will be regularly reported to the duke, and will be announced to him by the authorities of the government, be will consider of the course to be adopted by him in relation to it. " In the meantime, the Duke notices that the troops men tioned in the newspapers are under the authority of the Master- General of the Ordinance. " William M'Garry, Esq." THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S QUARTERLY RETURN of BIRTHS,MARRIAGES, d i - DEATHS. This return comprises the births and deaths registered during the quarter ending June 30th, 1851. The North-western division comprises Cheshire and Lancashire. Out of 2,487,351 inhabitants the deaths were 15,812; the mortality is therefore high, but lower than it was in some previous years. Small-pox was epidemic in many districts ; measles, hooping cough, and scarlatina also prevailed. The registrar of Heaton Norris states, that seven persons in one house were attacked by small pox ; all had been vaccinated in infancy, and all recovered. Stockport is healthy. The factory operatives have regular employment, enjoy more exercise in the open air, and seem to pay greater attention to sanatory measures. The deaths in Liverpool were 1898 out of 255,055 inhabitants ; the mortality was below the average. The registrar of Howard-street notices one death from English cholera. Wigan is in an unhealthy state ; small-pox, measles, and typhus are very prevalent ; many nuisances still exist. The increase of births in Bolton is ascribed to the influx of people, consequent on an improved state of trade, which affords pretty regular employment to the labouring classes. Immense numbers of them are employed at very low wages ; hut provisions arc cheap. The mortality is low. In the Manchester district the deaths were much below the average, or 1599 out of 228,437 inhabitants. LivEnrooL.—St. Martin.—Births, 574 ; deaths, 429. The deaths are about the average. The prevailing diseases have been bronchitis, phthisis, and scarlatina. There have been se veral deaths from small-pox, one of a female aged thirty years, previously vaccinated. Jloward•street.—Births, 338 ; i'entbs, 267. 34 persons died of small-pox, of whom 12 only had been vaccinated, 13 from fever, and 1 from English cholera. Dale-street.—Birtlis, 307 ; deaths, 236. 19 cases of small-pox terminated fatally (luring the quarter. Saint George.—Births, 131 ; deaths, 115. The deaths com prise 64 males and 51 females, half of whom are children under six years of age, whilst nearly a quarter are persons above 60. There have been five fatal cases of small-pox (one without vac cination), and one of chicken-pox. Saint Thomas.—Births, 334; deaths, 207. The deaths are 7 more than in the corre.ponding quarter of last year. Small pox was prevalent at the commencement of the quarter, and fatal in 11 cases ; but since the 10th of May it has subsided, not a death having occurred from it since that date. No other epidemic has prevailed to any extent. A large portion of the deaths have been from diseases of the respiratory organs. Islington.—Births, 405; deaths, 260. Deaths in the corre spondin- quarter of ' 1850. 232. Of the above there were from phthisis 27 ; pneumonia II ; small-pox 13; fever 13; scarlatina 9 ; measles 13; and hooping-cough 7. Toxteth Park.—Births, 634; deaths, 348. The deaths show a decrease of 87 compared with those of the la,t March quar ter. From small-pox (vaccinated) 2 deaths, (not vaccinated) 4 ; measles 7 ; croup 6; hooping.cougi 6 ; scarlatina 44; typhus 2; diarrhoea 8; dysentery 2; and influenza 2. West Derkn.—Births, 310 ; deaths, 218. There is an increase of 43 deaths in the quarter as compared with those of the pre ceding quarter. This increase may be attributed to the preva lence of small-pox, which has proved fatal in 41 cases, 13 of which were among persons vaccinated, 15 among those not vaccinated ; in 13 vaccination is not reported on the medical certificates. Much Wootton.—Births, 53 ; deaths, 37. Hooping-cough is prevalent, and has caused 8 out of the abovenumber of deaths. St. Helens.—Births, 273; deAlis, 153. which is 130 below those of last quarter, an:l 13 below those of the correspond ing quarter of last year. The district is very healthy at present. Measles was fatal in 5 cases; scarlatina in 3; croup in 4 ; and diarrhoea in 3. Halsall.—Births, 17 ; deaths, 14. Cold and unseasonable weather has raised the mortality above the average. North 3110/R.—Births, 75 ; deaths, 56. The deaths are above the average. Small-pox, which was fatal in 9 cases, has been severe in one part of the district ; and scarlatina, which de stroyed 7 children, in at other. A BLACK DOCTOR.—A gentleman, who has the con duct of the general business of a mercantile house in this town, having received overtures from a Dr. Black, who was anxious to open a connexion with the firm, wrote to a friend who resides in the same town with the doctor, in order to ascertain how far he was deserving of credit. The answer returned was somewhat characteristic : --------- " Dear Sir,—Dr. Black's affairs partake of the com plexion of his name, and his office is a black-hole, locked up, so don't let him loci; ii . pro.ur labour and igre.--Ynpri, An." _ LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY SCHOOL. A public distribution of prizes took place yesterday at the above school. The chair was taker. by J. Cropper, Esq., president of the Infirmary. Among those present we observed ,Drs. Inman and Nevins, Messrs. Long, Padley, Cooper, Batty, Taylor, &c., &c. The•CriArratAN in opening the proceedings remarked upon the great degree of interest which was attached to their prociedingsinteresting alike to Liverpool and to the gentlemen about to receive the prizes. He was sure that but for the unfortunate period of the year there would have been a much larger number of ladies and gentlemen present, because the paucity of attendance did not arise from any want of interest felt in their proceed ings, or in the Infirmary. Many of them had been for some period connected with the Infirmary, and they were now about to receive these prizes, which they had so ably earned and well deserved. At a future period the knowledge they had acquired would be brought to bear in connexion with that noble institution. He had before him a list of the lecturers, and the subjects and prizes, and he would call upon the former to distribute them in due order. (Applause.) _ __ Mr. LONG next addressed the students. He observed that the present was the first time prizes had been distri buted, and it had fallen to his lot to distribute them. He referred to the state of the school seventeen years ago, and stated that it was in the year 1834 that all the lecturers became associated together in one body. They bad now been there for a period of ten years, and there were only two persons remain ing who were originally connected with the school. In his opinion provincial schools were of great value. Persons were now able to educate their s'o'ns for the medical profession at a moderate cost. The Liverpool Infirmary School ranged second to no provincial school. The number of students was not so great as formerly. There had been considerable difficulty in getting pupils to remain longer than three or four years. So far as the school was concerned, it had not suffered from this cause. He had been connected with the Infirmary for a period of seventeen years. Toe greatest number of pupils they had had was in the years 1842 and 1843. They had since that time diminished to thirteen or fourteen, and the average number was about twenty-five. He might add that there was a greater number of first year's pupils; and therefore, though the aggregate number of pupils was less, yet, relatively, it was greater than at any former period. It was considered by some that medical students were not the most orderly set of people in society ' • on the present occasion it gave him g re at pl e a sure t o bear testimony to the very creditable manner in which they had conducted themselves. Mr. Long referred to many proofs in support of this, and he said he felt particularly called upon to mention the names of Mr. Taylor and Mr. Kelly who had considerably distinguished themselves. In anatomy and physicology he had awarded the former gentleman the first, and to the latter the second, prizes. He then alluded to the arduous exertions of those eentle men which s i fully entitled them to their rewards. He awarded the Ist prize to Mr. G. F. Taylor, (anatomy and physiology) ; 2nd to Mr. J. D. Kelly. Mr. PADLEY, in a few appopriate remarks, presented the next prize in anatomy to Mr. J. K. Walker. Dr. INMAN said that, in the absence of Dr. Brett, the latter had commissioned him to express the great satis faction which he felt at the results of the examination, and the progress of the students. He, on behalf of Dr. Brett, presented a certificate of honour to Mr. J. M. de Mier, for proficiency in chemistry. Dr. Inman, on behalf of Dr. Dickinson, awarded two prizes for proficiency in medicine : the Ist, to Mr. G. J. Taylor; and the 2nd, to Mr. J. D. Kelly. A certificate of honor was also awarded to Mr. W. Hewitt. Mr. COOPER awarded the prize for surgery to Mr. G. S. Taylor, and certificates of honour to Messrs. Kelly, Roberts, Roocroft, and Walmsley. Dr. INMAN awarded the prize for Materia Medica to Messrs. H. Lowndes and J. B. Thompson, and a Certifi cate of Honour to Mr. T. H. Walker. Dr. NEVINS awarded the prize for Botany to Mr. Henry Wood. Mr. BATTY awarded the prize for Midwifery to Mr. S. Walmsley, observing that the examination had been of a strict kind, and the questions and answers were put and made in writing, and that he had acquitted himself in a highly creditable manner. Dr. INmAN, on behalf of Dr. Brett, said the next prize awarded was for proficiency in Medical Jurisprudence, which he gave to Mr. G. S. Taylor, and a Certificate of Honour to Mr. W. Rowcroft. Dr. TAYLOR awarded the first prize to Mr. William Rowcroft, and the second to Mr. J. M. de Meir, for, (we believe), general proficiency. The CHAIRMAN, in rising to acknowledge the vote of thanks which had been awarded hire, said that it afforded him the highest gratification to hear the testimony of proficiency in the students which had been given by the different lecturers. He reminded the students of the necessity of, and advantage arising from, regularity in character and habits, the importance of which, in their period of life, they could not too highly estimate. (Hear.) He remarked upon the importance of a proper system of medical education, and on the valuable tuition of the various lecturers. Mr. LONG made a few observations in conclusion. He advised gentlemen to pursue their studies in the metro politan school, where, he was sure, they would hold high places. The proceedings then terminated. LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT. On Wednesday, a professional thie f , named Th om as Johnson, was committed for trial, charged with having picked the pocket of Mr. Parkinson, the keeper of the main bridewell. On Thursday, Ann Murphy was sent to trial for abstracting a shilling from a drawer in the shop of John Chapman, eating housekeer. The prisoner had been employed as charwoman. On Wednesday, a lad about ten years of age, but an old offender, was sentenced to be imprisoned three days, and whip ped, for stealing a pair of boots from a boy, named Thomas Brady, who had been bathing in the canal. On Thursda, Mary Jones, alias Blake, was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from the shop of Mr. Murdoch, pawnbroker, Vauxhall-road. Sent to gaol for a month. A youth, named Jones, was fined €5 for attempting to rescue her. OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES.-011 Thursday, a man named Robert Johnson was charged with this offence. From the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor, Mr. Henry A. Johnson, was a native of Boston, United States, and had been latterly travelling in this country. About a month since, when in London, he decided upon going down to Scotland, and for that purpose ordered his luggage, consisting of portman teaus containing clothes, bat-boxes, &c., to be sent to Liverpool. All the parcels were labelled " Henry A. Johnson, to be left till called for." Fhe things were sent to Liverpool, by the Lon don and North-Western Railway, and deposited in the usual course in their warehouse. O❑ arriving here, the prosecutor applied for his property, and was informed that it had been given up to a person (who proved to be the prisoner). and at whose house they were found in Newhall-street. The prisoner, in his defence, said he expected some parcels from his mother in London, and the packages in question being labelled with the name of Johnson (which was the same as his own), he thought they were intended for him.—Sent to gaol for two months. ASSAULT FROM THE EXECUTION (IF A WARRANT.—OR Thursday, John Jones, Morgan Jones, and Thomas Williams, were charged, the two first naMed with assaulting John Jack son, clerk to a sheriff's officer, and the third with an attempt to rescue. John 7ackson is clerk to Mr. Newman, sheriff's officer; and on Monday last he went to arrest the prisoner, John Jones, for a debt, on a judge's order. John Jones lives with his son, Morgan Jones, who carries on business as a tea dealer, in Mill-street. Jackson saw John Jones in the shop, and was about to take hold of him, when his son, Morgan Jones, interfered ; struck at Jackson, bit at one of his hands, and kicked him. Jackson kept hold of his prisoner, and (lid not use any violence, when the other defendant, Thomas Williams, came up and attempted to rescue. Mr. Owen, solictor, who appeared for the complainant, stated that it was only likely that Mr. Newman was anxious to have the prisoner secured, as, in case of his escape, he was liable to a penalty of ei 24 and costs. It was stated in defence, that the complainant had not shown his warrant at the time. John Jones and Williams were discharged, and Morgan Jones fined .e 5, or two months' im prisonment in default. CUTTING OFF A DEFENCE.—On Friday, a prisoner was charged with stealing a waistcoat belonging to a man of co - our, who is placed in charge of the Roscius, from on board that ves sel.—Mr. Mansfield, to the prisoner: "What have have you to say ?"—Prisoner : "It was not worth a halfpenny." Mr. Mans field "Why, then, did you take it? Twenty-one days." ASSAULT ALLEGED TO HAVE ARISEN OUT OF DISPUTED BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS.—On Friday, John Murphy, the master of a steamer, was charged with an assault upon Thomas Pine, so far back as the 26th of January last. The complainant, at great length, stated his grievance, by saying that on the (lay named he went into the public-house of Mr. Wearing, in Old hall-street, where he met the prisoner, who violently seized and struck him. In answer to the charge, Mr. Murphy (who had been placed in custody on warrant) said that Pino was formerly in partnership with him and another person, and had cheated them of 4300 ; ever since, whenever he (the defendant) met him be taunted him ; and on his doing so, on the day stated, he (defendant) certainly did seize him by the collar, but h a d not ill-used him as alieged.—A fine of 405., with costs, was im posed. _ _ _ CooL.—On Friday, Edward Quigley was charged by John Meddling with stealing seven pair of India-rubber shoes from the Brigand, arrived from Para, and lying in the George's Dock. The prosecutor had the discharging of the Brigand, aed the prisoner was one of the men employed by him for the pur pose. A part of the cargo consisted of India-rubber shoes. On being asked what he had to say, the prisoner answered that " be had seen a great many of the shoes lying about, and did not think he was doing wrong in taking them." They were found secreted upon him by a Custom-house officer. The pri soner was sent to gaol for a month. AN OLD OFFENDER ON A FRESH CIIARGE.—On Friday, a married woman, named Rose Ann Gorman, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a shawl and a pair of sea boots from the yard of Al r. Iredale, Duncan-street, on Thursday even ing, about six o'clock. Elizabeth, the daughter of Mr. lredale, was informed that a bad character was at her back door. She immediatlF went into the yard and saw the shawl and boots were goner but observing the prisoner going down the street she followed her, and found the articles in her possession. The prisoner had been five times committed. SATURDAY. .-C o e a s p s t r a s i . n 6 N i b fa b c s - , Bright, and Co., applied to Mr. Mansfield, through his attor ney,ary ship Caroline,belonging Mr. Pemberton, to re-open a case which had been heard and disposed of on Thursday. It appears that on the eveni ng of the previous day he had received a summons, taken out by his first and second mates, to appear on the following day to ansvvet , a claim for wages. He attended, and shortly stated the case to a solicitor in court, and from a want of a proper understanding of the matter a postponement was not asked for, as there was not sufficient time to make the necessary investi gations. Mr. Pemberton stated that the mates had been guilty of great neglect of duty, which at that time it was impossible to ascertain, and that the claim for which a decision had been given was considerably too much, as appeared upon a proper investigation of the accounts.—Mr. Dodd, on the part of the mates, opposed a re-opening of the case upon general grounds of princip!e, with which Mr. Mansfield concurred, and, there fore, refused the application.—This appear& to us to be a case of uncommon hardship, arising, no doubt, under peculiarly un fortunate circumstances. EmßEzzi , EmENT.L:iiitnes Finnigan, a boy, was charged with embezzling certain small sums of money, the property of Wil liam Archer, his master. The prisoner was in the habit of being sent with money to buy harm, which, instead of paying for, he kept.---Committed for trial. Mr, Johp Waters, weight taker, in the employ of Mess? -------------- ~I thet in the Viet , b f ter with stealing cotton from a vessel lying be the Hornby and Co., and Henry Anderson were charg.-.-- Dock, and the former with being accessory to t ha rd, giving the prisoner an order for his admission, no ;ta: with dress t the belonging dress vessel. Mr. Waters said that it was an incautious,.s. Pi part, and that he had no interest in the prisoner s a fte r e ray, Mansfield took a similar view of the matter, and, a lle 0 1 9 mand, discharged him ; Anderson was remanded for :teapot A SLY TH IEF.—Ann Thompson was charged for: f t bel; secutrix proved meeting the prisoner on the stairs l' i or tn." tte , 11 1. co t n o c A ea n l i e ia d holnahtheerspoenr.soTn.l_ie c d o att in g m b.t i e r . " her hL ) The remainder of the cases were devoid of public to . YESTERDAY. „ wl}o, 0 ROBBERY IN BANNISTER -STREET.—Two m e n ' ho geu or themselves to be drivers of spring carts, were e.tcboutA attacking an elderly man in Brunswick-street , at In n ri ‘ sn , Saturday night, and robbing him of nearly . ..i . 2. 11 '4' whose features might have been cast in iron, Z, faced" did they appear—attempted to put on a lo;r t heo_ l ,2 cence, and whilst one of them set to " blubbertngli ni s bl o r t kr declared he had never seen the complainant in ,e; t oe of born days." The complainant was in liquor at to die IA 1 ., to t o, occurrence, and unable to swear very distinct,' to o, j o soners, but their movements Lad been watched n Y u ceso l in plain clothes, who, after a sharp chase, had 6_ ' fo r t capturing them. They were each sent to priso n A months, as a warning to them to keep " better honl1 .9, 011.5 POCKET PICKING BY . JUVENILES.—Three _ e el sp charged with picking a servant girl's pocket of 1° :; 5 0100M in Park-lane, on Saturday evening. A person P 01 0 .4, the street saw them " fumbling' , about the yountotritr dress, and on their coming out of the shop they In' o ve,. when it was found that they had abstracted hatt,.ued from her pocket. The eldest, Maloney, was pan , '" on tbetil weeks' imprisonment, and the other two with one pr The youngest of all, who appeared to be about se . e . " years old, had been six times previously commit 0 1 9, PASSING BASE COIN.—A woman was brought uP o t of passing a bad sixpence to a girl, in part PaY m .ttenco caps. There was also a similar charge against her 101. ..,: s notly to pass a bad sixpence on another girl. The case T be fore tic li made out, as it appeared that some time elaPs e , 4 • ' 1 otit• 0 cap-dealer discovered that the money was bad, . 0 , 40 0 tM she had had transactions with other ctutotriers; " lo t bc prisoner had never been heard of at the Police-c 0 0/ Mr. Mansfield ordered her to be .e discharn•ed. ILLEGALLY PAWNING.—A fema named An il charged with stealing a pair of bl a nkets, of a wl"s' e nt. from whom she bad taken a " furnished ails er";di appeared, that after remaining in possession for o:2'door,Ll days, she had suddenly decamped, locking the rol' a d eUdQI taking the key with her. After nearly a week ed s le d r , without her " turning up," the proprietress proc ur e , off and obtained entrance to her apartment through t e pris ° o when she discovered her loss. On apprehending t",, she stated that the articles had been pledged becont r o6eelpi badly off," and returned the pawn-ticket to tile, X r dere:Ati The magistrate took a leni en t view o f th e case, an d aw" '" to pay the amount fo r w hi c h th e bl an k e t s had bee o l, and 10s. penalty for the mi s d emeanor . ROBBING A SAILOR.—Three men named resPeen4itblir Campbell, and riarris, who sa id th e y wer e sailors .heae of ship," were charged with robbing another sailor in o bilelpit bourhood of Waterloo-road, and afterwards beati n n t be9A , Saturday night. After knocking the prosecutor do wn s ion away one of his side pockets, cont a i n i n g 10s. 6 c l ;,fice, o bi tor passing along Waterloo.road, heard a cry of - n e: shortly after met one of the prisoners running aw,.."'ber` f or captured. On being asked what he was running was.ol , that, as he knew himself to be " a bad character be, D OA ning away from a row, lest he should be suspected 01,,r,beli, hand in it." On being brought to bridewell, hoWet`blawite recognised by the prosecutor as the man who stiale,'; Ol e o The other two, who were also captured by the polie`2,, n ari;s4 , served to drop the " pocket" before-mentioned, o,n', pe`,o when pursued by the o ffi cers. O'Neill, who had ne r ` t bs',. l :o, convicted on similar charges, was sentenced to 3 nnalar finement, and the others to 1 month each, with la" CHESHIRE NEWS' pi A wall is about to be erected round the Fever 11 o P in Livingston-street, Birkenhead. , An improved and cheap system of porterage' 0 0' be established at the Woodside Ferry by th e c sioners. a lel A new steamer, called the Nymph, having bow, has commenced running to and from Ferry. 13i o r The Road and Improvement Committee of t• l t e . i clf• g t, bead Commissioners have under consideration to% e as t bility of placing a coach and car stand outside t" of the park. 4 ..10, 0 0 CRICKET.—OD Thursday last, a match bes' i oes .a l Birkenhead and Liverpool Vernon Clubs was P,,es the ground iu Birkenhead-park. Only o ne in°l - e.„, r e played by each party, the result of which was tha,"' e scored by the Birkenhead gentlemen, and 36 bY tn I , pool club. The match was to be completed ves cn t er r for tu r , CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAIL WAY,- 1 ‘ 6 ";1..1 . 11 1i° 4 week ended 3rá of August, 1851 :—Passengers beiti, £2,454 13s. Bd. ; Mold, £5O 18s. Od. ; Stean:; . C. £449 3s. 11d. ; total. £2,954 15s. 7d.—Parcels, Pstel, D.: Main line, £9l 14s. 2d. ; Mold, £1 193. 2d . ,.; rel t . i boats,2d.£l2l Is. 2d.—G1ei53 , 1,1, &c.: Main line, £558 15s. 11d.; Mold, £ l ,,hu a t 1 ° total, £679 Ils. ld.—Mails : £575 Os. 01. — G ran- r £4,330 7s. 10d. o° l ; 4 ' CHESTER ASSIZES.—The commission opens - ° isee day, by Mr. Justice Wightman. There are 4 1 P b r i ,5 0. 0 . , 1 0 for t: ial. of whom there are charged with arson, ' 1 ; burglary, 10 • cattle stealing, 1 ; cutting and t x 3 ' - ; 10f 0/ ; forgery, 2 ; horse stealing, I ; housebreakingtreeei%Tr slaughter, 1 ; murder, 1 ; perjury, 1 ; rape. 2 ; doeii,';s stolen property, 3; robbery, 4 ; stealing from doggyo' house. 1 ; unnatural crime, 1 ; feloniously. ~ bs money, 1 ; having counterfeit coin in possession, TIMBER TRADE AT THE BIRKENHEAD D 0050,040 " Infanta," Hyland, from Quebec, 839 tons , reP r, the Birkenhe a d D oc k s on th e 29th July. comb e n delivery of her car g o a t m idd a y on th e 30th. and ° la . 4 1 day last had compl e t e d h er di sc h arge and tail",, r ee'" r s tons of ballast. Dispat c h is a v ery important l e is kl e , in carrying on trade, and our Birkenhead fri" r eql° shown in this instance that they are alive to the fort. • ec merits of importers and shipmasters. gri e (WOO SHREWSBURYANDCHESTERRAILWAY•" - 01)01 1 of this company have d e clined to comply with a re v for the to call an extraordinary meeting of the comP t. a r ween i tS l purpose of considering a proposed agreemen t u e p alw ° t er Shrewsbury and Chester and the London fl oe Western Companies, assigning as their reasonf tP ~iOO,At ments already sanctioned by the shareholder s o at beG o tv o pally with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham an• s teat Western Companies, which are entirely incOns' ~/ any such agreement as that now proposed. poeSt'of PROPOSED COMPLETION OF BrnKENHEI,,,J 01,0 By an advertisement in a London paper, wer K nort Birkenhead Dock Company are "desirous 0 , , "fla "sibs the intended works without further delay ;' ° ;tor00 0, order to accomplish that object, they are anxiou s tenders for loans of money to the amount of 1 0 e 11 "0 1 , which they state will be sufficient for the purposfrtereitel Mortgage bonds, under the act, 1845, bearing s ytel o or five per cent., a re o ff ere d as security for the P,. t he the capital and interest ; the whole property 0 ' 5 , pally is to be responsible. j e o g d g g s m in en a t, s s h h o e p p w o i r n c d h o a at O' d THE LADY AND HER EGGS.—A young al---ee °f fh b was recently attracted by the very fine apPeal le oce" o o .l Arriv e "a tot e p she loudly praised her purchase, and, determiner° 000$ w s some Re ly on the newly-acquired delicacy, would alie sf o l th n e tfo, boil them but herself. She carefully rut tcv e hr gl water, and placed it on the fire. The water eg gs o t b rived at the simmering point when one of th e e ' if" lift open, and out sprang a chicken, which boPPodtpe fire efore the startled lady could prevent it, CO' feathered stranger was burnt to death. CURIOUS FREAKS.—On Saturday week' • bOP 0 0 0 oinfgthoenmt.he exce A 9 tb d ), who -vas formerly a captain of one of the fer r Ybead'boll peared before J. R. Shaw, Esq., at 1341 1 e.g er br, ir ti l ,„ charge preferred by Mr, Crafter, of the v, se ea Hotel, Rock Ferry. The accused has latterlY b,7/iOl habit of going to a number of houses and be te g & P' Liverpool and on the Cheshire side of the ge a r :ol o A rather singular and foolish pranks. In 13° 1 ble 1° ,019 i :0 other places, his habit was to engage respect , p ore for ladies and gentlemen who, he pretended. to t e O A " , at New Ferry Hotel ; but, it is almost need le ' „ o such parties were in existence. Some tim e ere f ief t 0 over a hearse and morning -coaches to Tra°V..l3 ° 4o Al' 0 0 and last week sent a number of tradesmen 10 , 1% d as - ,,,0, 1 10 New Ferry Hotel, to obtain orders. His .`„° "in Vol i te order a sitting and bed-room at Derby Hou'l",,,' of Mr. Butler ; but Mr. Crafter, having int l l o , goings on, gave him into custody. He svls s ',,,,e" dia:es9o4 charged, with a caution as to his future Prr ia &Pont; TILE TARVIN HALL EXHIBITION.- - N ° " . baOgierg. tl.e zeal with which the arrangements or e l a st e °els out for holding this monster meeting August. Not a day but fresh names of s e e e oe ° ; V o id sent in as Patrons, Exhibitors, or Commit te t heri e 'piei, utmost possible interest is felt in the co foss e t be t o most eminent men in the kingdom. P,,. ° „ c t leolts ll o of has given a leading article upon the sn'•ct as s o 1 0 1 P number of his journal, and speaks of t of ir v eo be of great local advantage, from the mg, th e Co..e r eil r distinguished men acting as managers ; the oP;0° The Botanical Society, of London, an to rie%eaoo l , Botanical Society, have, through their see r s peentl l° oo. l to contribute " a collection of valuable f the r oe dried British plants." These must Pre v .L ° Bnd ~P se tit tf interest, and as the Committee of scien,,,ti l ibiti?3o l 4 lo,; men will sit permanently during the r 4 ." 0 0 ~„$ the suggestion of Dr. Brindley will the seg ol oo occur a ffora k ti on„ir Tent," on the ground, for the purpose 0 ' on trib u die,"o lr . , formation that and be desired, such a e r f ;br a be of rare valu usefulness. Af anY lso eeri st Exhibitors at the Crystal Palace will a Bro og.o ba s ea imp'ements to the Tarvin Hall Show ; rm er "„ i r fe,le, that will be attractive to the Cheshire fa P OO' Vr t plt,r, newly invented American Churn, a° a ose°' oa° 3- er novel contrivance for liquid manure Port o f or a cle, Young and Co., the eminent manufactuve,(:e 0104 iron work, have visited the ground to l n ,, a f o unt e ro iet, for laying on water to one of their elegoo' r f 13it or itlyi will play during the fete. Mr. SimonsL,hose 01‘ an eminent amateur poultry breeder, t he 1109'00111, been more than once sent for to supply ',p re via ~ a eolla at Windsor, has also been down to „' he per,l'oer o tP:o given directions for the construction 0 1 2 . " i 1 e a! tte ts ij V necessary management of the birds gas 01 1 0 ,0 1 4 bition. John Hurlston Leckie, E Committee in very cordial terms of 8-11ent WO_ oipsfk kindly given his permission for his exe n _, ruc tio!.. e a, 0 0i; on the occasion. Amusement and I , 51 ' w itnes!, to be combined in a manner that is rarflY vvo tio ll o lo" bat Is undo complete the weather be propitious—all t ~,A u splr t•u complete success to this very Chester Courant. scl. l ; arobsti° te, new N E r i : v l i a tt g v i. I t .i.e.r Church TE C t t u h a a c s ,d 0 00- d e -,,,-----------', d ton- -t 64 A, London ' . •Itisto be a very large and magi". horpitie in the early English style, and cruciform, tiw ic idth vbe ° , o , nave 120 feet, the total length 210 feet, the i ,. is t?. toy and aisles 63 feet, of the transepts SO feet. " t? . to glcenTilleaidil"ll-631cje1;..et6c1910 namented with a tower and graduated sPi r re7o f ee jeetlo ther with the tower, will be of the height ° o alw (0 ( .0 entirely of Bath stone, with beautiful carvingotoct, tions. The estimated cost is LlO,OOO. til e (9 ;00 ° carcase alone being £20,000. It will afford A to u?warcts of 2,000 vrEonfl.