The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-31 00:00:00

avel Oa, lead, tio ,baryr t largelY render Atation nlighten uage Is as die a brace a little 90Pher i it there died to league visions, ufactu - .arc the ence to e vinced 'e it, is, s dein- ye dis. cept to hold it to Mr. g , and er lays rather dance w hom iC, the d over made art of ilPrm otice; which i per le ad- s that ident go cen t the is do :tual sole, 11 for day Ino- Ab ed] this the ression Being, e, with • If we every gob let 0 the Pro- mand that is to speak with a potential voles upon the point, but what the expounders of the great apostacy of Romanism may be pleased to lay down concerning it! It is not what equity would determine, we say, that should prevail according to this argument,—be cause if Romanist objections were to have weight on the one hand, much more should the objection of Pro testants (who are far the more numerous class) have weight upon the other; if a scriptural system of edu cation excludes Romanists, a non-scriptural excludes Protestants. How then, upon any principle of equity, could the court say that the school system, in order to satisfy the intendment of section ninety-two, should be Popish rather than Protestant ? If the question Were to turn upon the exclusion of classes, we humbly submit that the rule ought to pass in favour of the majority, and that the court would be clearly bound to uphold the new system. But there is another view to be taken of the case : the court would be bound to look a little beyond mere numbers at either side; it would feel that it could.not discharge its duty adequately or satisfactorily without making due inquiry into the educational system at pre sent about to be established, and comparing it with that contended for by the less numerous section, and determining which of the two appeared really most conducive to the general good. . _ It might seem - that in going into this inquiry, th e court would be turning itself into a school of theolo gy, and extending the limits of its jurisdiction, and that it would be likely to send the suitors back to the Municipal Council as the only tribunal constituted by law for resolving the question in dispute ; but we take the law as the Liberal party lay it down, and do not trouble ourselves with an objection of this nature. We willingly assume that the court proceeds with the investigation, and then it is our very confident expec tation that it would resolve and decree that a system of education based upon holy scripture, and enforced by holy practice, was, and necessarily must be, more conducive -to the general good of the community than one which fell miserably short in these most important respects. The court might perhaps find itself involved in all the questions which have existed between the church of England and the Italian heresy since the commencement; but what matter? We court the controversy, and our cry is still Inagua ea veritas et preevalebit. We wish the Corporation School question by all means to take this turn, for then we are sure of the result; the controversy can have but one issue, and we may ever enjoy it, in whatever instance it may occur, by anticipation. If a system of education, or indeed almost anything in itself excellent, were to be examined not by its own intrinsic merits, but by the numbers who dissented from it, it would be hard to uphold almost anything good in the world. The objections of Rornanists to a sound scriptural system of education are not of the smallest moment when - they are brought together in the lump as the dissent merely of a class. Education is not to be accommodated to men's errors, but to their wants; and whether Romanists or others will hear, or whether they will - forbear, those who know what is true and what is right, have but one duty to perform, arid that is, to teach it to others and diffuse its blessings as widely as they can. Our contemporary of the ,Albion commences a long and dolorous article with the following naive la- " It was a sad day for the Liberal party in this country, when after the passing of the Parliamentary Reform Bill, the middle classes, or many of them, jnncying that the victory was won, and that the power of the aristocracy for mischief was for ever wrested from them, separated themselses from the working classes, to whom they were so greatly, we may say, so mainly indebted for the triumph which was then achieved." The italics, we must remark, are our own ; and 'e have used them only to place in a stronger and more decided light the " free and easy" mode in which the " Liberal" party are accustomed to use the humbler members of their craft for a season, and, having gained, or fancying they have gained, their cherished object, to "whistle them down the wind" and seize upon, for their own proper use, the modicum of ad vantage or privilege which their joint exertions have won from their opponents. That such was the case immediately upon the passing of the Reform Bill it needs not the evidence of our contemporary to prove. The working classes of Great Britain have long been acquainted with the fact ; and hence, in their first moments of disappointment, the rise and growth of Chartism; and, that delusion abated, their subsequent and persevering refusal to listen to the voice of the anti-corn-law rgitation, got up for the es pecial benefit of the same tricky section of the Liberal inlay, who have the inconceivable arrogance to assume to themselves the title of "'Tie Middle Classes" of the people of England. Our contemporary is at some pains to develope the motive which led to this abandonment of their humbler dupes by the tricky " Liberals" before alluded to, and is of opinion that the chief incenti're was a desire to form themselves into a " middle class aristocracy," which, beating in mind the sense in which the latter term is always applied by writers of the Albion's class, is saying, in other words, that these professedly " li beral" gentlemen were desirous only of attaining for themselves the power of trampling under foot the li berties of other classes of the community. Again, we are compelled to complain that our contemporary has entered upon a work of supererogation. All the world is acquainted with this amiable feature of " modern Liberalism." Every one who has paid even the Slightest attention to the movements of that party, not only on public but on local questions as well, is quite aware that all their canting plausibilities, all their spe cious pretences, all their smooth professions, have ever been directed to one sole end—the advancement of ,their own personal or class interests and the ultimate prostration of every other section of the community into crouching and abject subservience to their tyran nical dictation. In this town, above all others, the information (?) volunteered by the Albion was most assuredly uncalled for. There is not a working, or any other man in Li verpool, without the pale of their own clique, who is not intimately and thoroughly acquainted with the hollowness of the " Liberal " middle classes the Evanses and Earles, the Rathbones and Walrnsleys, the Brights and the Boltons;—and the result of their recent appeals to the suffrages of their fellow-towns- men of every grade is quite satisfactory assurance to tis that, however inclined are these baffled and beaten Radicals, with the Albion at their head, to acknowledge their past errors, and to sue for a renewal of the con fidence which they have abused, our townsmen at large, and the working classes in particular, will not readily be caught dancing to their piping, whether the tune be " Cheap Bread" or any other more modern composi tion. STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &c The improvement, which we noticed in our last, in the feeling of all parties connected with the commerce and manu factures of this district, continues, we al e happy to state, to animate our various markets. The arrival of the New York packet-ship " Independence," with accounts of a generally favourable nature with respect to the prospects of business in the United States during the ensuing season, added to the pacific tone of President Tyler's message ,to Congress, has infused considerable confidence into the minds of parties con nected with the trade of those important markets ; and be sides the prospects, which present themselves on every side, of increased demand from foreign markets generally, the po sition of the Bank of England to afford facilities for, or at least to refrain from contracting tie operations of our mer chants, is viewed as highly favourable, when compared with its position for some years past. The transactions in our Cotton Market, throughout the week, hare been of an animated, and, at the same time, a steady and healthy complexion. The sales on Tuesday amounted to 4000 ba2s, at full prices, including 600 Ameri can, taken on speculation. On Wednesday the market was fully supported, and the sales reached 5000 bags for consump tion, and 1000 taken by speculators. The sales yesterday were 6000 bags, at the full prices of former markets during the week. The Manchester Market, during the week, has partaken of the feeling evinced in,the market for the raw material. In Yarns a trifling advance has been obtained upon the low rates which have recently been quoted, and a further advance, as the season for active operations sets in, is generally antici pated. In the prices of Cloths no sensible change can be noted : all descriptions, however, are more firmly held, and the same anticipation is indulged in of a speedy improvement in _prices, and in the activity of the demand. We are unable to state that any very extensive orders from the United States have been brought by the Independence. that many m i g ht be w ithh e ld until It is p ro b a bl e ,' h o wever, the departure of the Acadia steamer, which would leave Bos ton on the Ifith, and might be expected to reach Liverpool within a few days of the arrival of the Independence, and would thus allow time for the purport of the president's apecel t being generally known amongst the American mer cantile classes. LOCAL NETVS. jolm Leders, Treasurer of the Liverpool Protestant Opera tive Association, has received from the Rev. Hugh M`Neile Amount of Collection made in St. Jude's £2 o 7 Church, on the 15th instant Sent since in addition 0 5 0 £22 5 7 AMPHITHEATRE.—Mr. Ducrow has been drawing crowds of spectators to witness the horsemanship, and the spectacle has elicited great applause. The boxes present every night a n array of smiling and happy young faces. The company is first-rate. A petition to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury is now in course of signature in this town, praying that Liverpool may be made a free port, for the purpose of supplying the ships of her Majesty's navy with stores in bond ; and as this privilege is already enjoyed by a multitude of minor ports, such as Deal, Yarmouth, Leith, &c., we see no reason why it should not be conceded to this town. The petition has already received the signatures of the leading gentlemen in the borough. The American, Capt. Holden, from Liverpool to New York, with 210 passengers, was spoken on the 30th Nov., in lat. 39, long. 0.40, in great distress, being entirely short of provisions ; she was, however, supplied by the Northumber land, which vessel has since arrived at Salem, U.S. FIRE.—On Tuesday evening, shortly before seven o'clock, a fire was discovered in one of the upper rooms of the dwel ling-house, in the occupation of Mr. Blain. Edge-lane. The intelligence was immediately passed to the lire-police station, and several engines, with a sufficient body of men were de spatched to the spot. The tire, which was confined to one apartment, was quickly extinguished. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet on Saturday, Jan. 1, at the Dos and Barrel; Monday, 3, at the High Legh ; Wednesday, 5, at the Duddon Heath; Thursday, 6, at the Duddon Heath ; Saturday, 8, at the Tilstone ; Monday, 10, at the Holford Toll Bar ; Wednesday, 12, at the Vale Royal, Thursday, 13, at the Shipbrooke Bridge ; Saturday, 15, at the Bradfield Green, at half-past ten o'clock. Sir W. MASSEY STANLEY'S HOUNDS Will meet this day (Friday), 31, at the Trafford Village, at eleven o'clock. - The royal mail steamer the Acadia, which sailed from Liverpool on the 18th ult., arrived at Boston on . the ith inst., after a boisterous passage of 18 days, during which she en countered a succession of head winds. TILE LIVERPOOL MARINE SOCIETY. - - A meeting of this eTeellent institution is announced to take place on Tuesday t, at the Shipmasters' Association. The rules and re - - guimions have been amended, and are now published. The attention of conunanders and masters of vessels is par ticularly. drawn to this meeting, and we recommend their at tention to it. We have the pleasure of announcing another of those tributes of respect to the clergy of our church, which are at once testimonials to. their labours, and to the appreciation of them by their flocks. On Tuesday last, a very elegant edition of the Bible with Scott's Commentary, together with a purse containing upwards of eighty sovereigns, was presented to the Rev. J. 11. Mac Guise, by the congregation of St Helens, among whom he has laboured during the last three years. SusrEcTEn ROJIBERY.—At the police-court, on \Wednes day, a man named Martin Doherty was examined before Mr. Rushton, on suspicion of having been concerned in knocking down and robbing a man, in Sir Thomas's-buildings. It appeared that the prisoner had offered in pledge a gold watch seal, a gold chain, and a key. The initials engiaved upon the seal were " L. II.", and, from the description and cha racter of the articles, they appear to have belonged to the party who was robbed in Sir Thomas's-buildings. The pri soner, not being able to give a satisfactory account of the mode in which he became possessed of the property, was remanded, for further inquiry. Seaxou.s ACCIDES T.—On Christmas day, two young men were amusing themselves by tiring at a target in a field near St. Michael's Church, Toxtcth-park. A man named Tho mas Bolton, in the employ of Mr. John Sothern, was stand ing at a distance of about fifty yards from them (in quite a different.direction front the target) with his hands in his trou sers pockets, and unfortunately received a large bullet which passed direct through his right hand, and lodged in his pocket. We believe that the occurrence was quite acciden tal, the gun having, in the first instance, hung tire, and then, in lowering it from the shoulder, it unhappily exploded. Had the man's hand not been in the position described, there is little doubt but that he would have been killed on the spot. Bo lIGL AUX.—Jane Key was placed before the magistrates on Tuesday ' charged with having been connected with a bur glary recently committed at the house of Mr. Ridley, tailor and draper, Great Crosshall-street. It appeared that on the night of the 27th instant, the fanlight of Mr. Ridley's shop was broken, and an entrance effected to the premises, when a quantity of apparel was stolen. Information was given to the police, and it was subsequently discovered that the pri soner hal pledged part of the goods at the shop of Messrs. Taylor and Robertson, pawnbrokers, Maguire-street. She was committed for trial. PARING STREET ROBBERY.—Edward Alexander was placed before the magistrates on Tuesday, charged with hav ing stolen a watch, value eight guineas. Mr. William Or mandy, a lame man, stated that he was a tanner, residing at No. 17, Collingwood-street. About nine o'clock on Christ mas evening witness was in Byrom-street. on his way home. When opposite the Baptist Chapel a man came up behind him and pinioned his arms. The prisoner, Edward Alex ander, Caine up in front, put his arm round complainant's neck, and his hand over his mouth. He then snatched at the complainant's watch and tore it away, breaking two guards and a chain by which it was fastened. The other man held him fast, and Alexander ran across the street and up Gerard street, when the other released him and ran after the pri soner. Witness called out, '` Stop thief!" but, as he was a cripple, he was unable to follow the robbers. He gave im mediate information to the police. On Tuesday night he was taken to the police-office, where he saw the prisoner and identified him. The prisoner was taken into custody by police-officer John Toole. Ile was committed for trial. ABaRCROMBY WARD.-011 Tuesday evening last, a num ber of the most respectable inhabitants of this ward sat down to the annual supper provided by the worthy host of the Haymarket Inn, Laurel-street, (Mr. George Woods.) The chair was most ably tilled by Mr. Rogers, as also the vice by Mr. Evans. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, which were most rapturously received, the chairman, in a neat and appropriate speech, proposed the healths of the worthy host and hostess, for the handsome manner in which the supper was got up, and for the attention always shown to their cus tomers, to which Mr. Woods most ably replied. The vice chairman proposed the healths of the members of the ward, (R. Gladstone, C. Bushell, and J. Proctor, Esqrs.,) which were received with most enthusiastic applause. Besides the various songs of the evening, the worthy vice, with the assist ance of two other gentlemen, enlivened the company with some most excellent glees. It is to be hoped that, from the manner in which the entertainment was finished, it will not be the last supper of the season. Annnuss TO DR. HUNTER.—On Thursday evening last, a deputation of the Paisley Literary Association waited upon Dr. Hunter, rector of the grammar school, and, in the name of their society, presented him with an address, expressive of their high sense of his character and attainments, and their regret at his leaving Paisley for the important charge to which he has been appointed in Liverpool. To this address the learned doctor made a very feeling and affectionate reply, evincing the interest he has all along taken in the success of the above association. We are sure that the departure of Dr. Hunter from this place (which takes place nest week) will be deeply lamented by both his friends and pupils, to whom he has so much endeared himself during his stay among us. The doctor has been a most successful teacher here, and we hope that success will follow him in his new situation, which, we trust, will be more suited to his varied and com manding talents.—Seottish Guardian. SCHOOLS OF TD WEST DERBY UNION.—The half yearly examination of the children of these schools took place last Tuesday, in the dining-room of the establishment, in the presence of the Board of Guardians and visiters. Amongst other things the children were examined in their knowledge of christian doctrine and practice. They were asked by the chaplain of the establishment and the guardi ans, numerous questions on the great truths of scripture, and from the readiness of their answers, gave great satisfac tion to all present. After the examination was over, John Sheppard, Esq., the vice-chairman of the boards took occa sion on behalf of himself and the other guardians present, to express the great gratification they had received from wit nessing the intelligent replies that had been made by the children. He also stated to the matron the approbation of the guardians of the cleanly and healthy appearance of all the children. LIVER THEATRE.—Bantaby Rudee has been dramatized by Mr. Higgie, and produced here. The object of the adapter appears to have been to put on the stage the most remarkable features of the story without reference to plot. .Although carefully got up—with new and pretty scenery—it is but a heavy drama, and too long. The best character and most like the ideal original is Mrs. Raymond's Dolly Varden. 01(1 Varden in Tilbury's hand was very clever. Mr. Higgie did Mr. Chester tolerably in parts, but strained too much to produce "an effect". Migys was a laughable caricature of a character. Mrs. Waylett played portions of the Barnaby excellently. The farce of ". The Dancing Barber " has afforded Mr. Balls an opportunity of displaying his humour and talent. He has contrived to keep the house in a roar from his first appearance to his epilogical address at the close. Cousin Peter " is a light French farce, in which Mrs. Waylett warbles the " Undying One ", " Kate Kear ney ", and other ballads. Mr. Widdicombe as Simon Bonne quite enraptured the gallery with his Cockneyisms as a French thief. The house looks beautiful, and presents a most sparkling and elegant appearance. It has been crammed every night. The private boxes seem in great request. THEFT FROM A TAVERN-DESPERATE RESISTANCE.— John Clarke and Michael Donnelly were placed before Mr. Rushton and Sir Joshua Walmsley on Wednesday, charged with having stolen two decanters and some port wine. Elizabeth Jacobson, wife of Mr. Jacobson, publican, Denison-street, stated that at nine o'clock that morning she left her bar for a few mtnutes. When she had reached her kitchen she turned her head, and saw the prisoner Donnelly leaving the bar with something in his breast. She entered the bar and missed two glass decanters from the chimney piece. One contained about a quart of port wine, and the other a quart of gingeretta. Witness went to the door, and saw the presoner Donnelly and another person running along Denison-street. She ran after them as far as Highfield street, and then lost sight of them ; but officer Reece Davis and a man took up the chase. They pursued the prisoners to the corner of Banastre-street, where they lost sight of them. They, however, fell in with them in Vauxhall-road. The officer seized the prisoners, but they resisted, and Do nelly swore that if the constable did not loose him he would stab him. He took out a clasp knife, opened it, and stabbed at the officer, whose hand he cut severely. In the struggle Clarke got away, The officer took Donnelly into a bread shop, where the prisoner again took a large knife up, and made another attempt to stab the officer, who threw him on his back, and only received a slight cut on the back of his hand. The prisoner Clarke was afterwards apprehended. The prisoners were committed for trial. H YDROPIIOBIA . — On Monday evening, two valuable dogs, the property of H. G. Harbord, Esq., surgeon, Mill-street, Toxteth-park, were shot, in consequence of their suffering from this dreadful affection. The symptoms were first no ticed in the younger one, a Scotch terrier about seven months old, on Sunday morning ; and as it became in consequence much worse in the course of the day, it was confined in a separate place. Whether it had, previously to this period, bitten the other (an immense and powerful animal of the wolf-hound and mastiff breed), or the same cause produced the disease in each, is not known ; but, in the course of Monday morning, the latter became uneasy, and eventually quite mad, snapping at everything within its reach. Soon after this, the terrier escaped from the place in the yard where it was confined, and the scene which quickly ensued beggars description. The hideous howls, the spasmodic at titudes, the starting eyeballs of the poor creatures, when attacked by the paroxysm, were fearful to behold. For some minutes there would be a pause, and the animals, when spoken to, seemed quite sensible,—especially the larger dog, which would wag its tail, and look piteously into the face of the bystander, till suddenly a fresh paroxysm ensued, when it snapped, not bit, at everything around it, and ever and anon, when within its reach, seizing the terrier by the ears, or by the skin-at the back of the neck, with its fore teeth, it would dash it shrieking from it. About half a teaspoonful of prussic acid was put on a piece of bread, and the same quantity on some raw meat. This for some time quieted them, but did not kill them ; and as they refused all further food, and still continued in a similar state, though with longer intervals of repose, they were shot. Had the large dog cot his liberty, he would have been an ugly customer, as he stood on his hind legs as high as a man, and was very powerful. nut Lents' CnAuvry BALL.—Thii annual assembling of all the beauty and fashion of Liverpool at the Town-hall took place last everting. About 800 were present commenced about nine, and was kept up with . Dancing- good spirit until an early hour in the morning. THEATILE ROYAL. —M Ildersoll ' S Wizardisins and Concert D'Hiver have divided with the other houses the la- yours of the holiday making public. CHARLES DICKENS, ESQ. (lioz).—Our readers are pro bably aware that this gentleman purposes _to embark on. . . Tuesday next for America. It was intended by several of his admirers to invite him to a public dinner on Monday, but Mr. Dickens is unable to ttend it—no doubt to the great disappointment of his friends. SAVAGE ASSAULT.—A stout young man, named Thos. Foley, was yesterday charged at the Police-court with a violent and Unprovoked assault on a youth named Richard Bryan. It appeared that the prisoner, a corn-porter, had Struck the complainant, knocked him down a cellar, and broke the bone of his nose. The prisoner was required to pay a fine of £5, or be imprisoned for two months. " Too months!" shouted the prisoner contemptuously, as he left the dock. Mr. Rushton called him back, and required him to find sureties, giving 48 hours' notice, or to be further imprisoned another month STEALING AN UMBRELLA.—A young woman, named Jane Ogden, was yesterday charged at the Police-court with stealing all umbrella from a public-house in Manchester street. Mrs. \\Testa'', the complainant, said she had gone into the house, where the prisoner and some other girls - were standing at the counter. The prisoner went out, and she missed her umbrella. An officer 'pursued her and found it in her possession in the street for trial Tie prisoner was committed THE FIRST SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT.—The first Sub scription Concert of the season takes place at the Theatre- Royal, on Tuesday next. The subscribers are very nuuw eons this year. The reserved seats are almost all taken. On Wednesday last the ballot for the " choice places" came off at the Portico Room. The scene was occasionally most ani- mated. The utmost anxiety appeared to he evinced by the subscribers to obtain the best positions —death-like stillness occosionally prevailing, broken only by the rustling of the ballot papers or the voice of the drawer of the superscriptions. TR E LIVERPOOL CHESS CLUB. — The annual meeting of the Liverpool Chess Club was held at the Clayton Arms Botch on Monday last. The readers of the STANDARD are already aware that our townsmen were the victors in a game carried on by correspondence with the Armagh Chess Club. .From the report read at the above meeting, it appears that a second game with the same party, has advanced to the 17th move, with no apparent advantage on either side. We be- lieve the Chess Club of this town now counts a greater num- ber - of members than any _ in_ the kingdom, with the single exception of the St. George's Club in London ASSAULT BY A CAR DRIVER. - At the Police-court yes terday, an elderly man, a car-driver for Mr. Davies, charged Robert Thompson with a violent and unprovoked assault upon him, a remarkably stout young man, also a car-driver, named James Barnes. It appeared that the prisoner had gone to the stable where the complainant was, and had made three continuous assaults upon him, in one of which he broke three of his ribs. Mr. Rushton remarked on the cowardly conduct of the prisoner, a powerful man, to the comparatively feeble and aged complainant, and fined bhp £5, or in default to be imprisoned two months. The attention of our readers is directed to the following communication, addressed to Messrs. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton -g arden, London, (whose advertisement appears in another column.) Leicester, 6, 1839.—Gentlemen, —About two years ago I lost all my hair in consequence of a fever, so that I was obliged to wear a wig • and being of an advanced age and subject to head-aches, I felt great incon venience from the misfortune. In this state of things many of my friends proposed to me divers remedies, none of which, however, had any effect ; but at last I was induced to try your MACASSAR OIL, which in a short time quite restored my locks, so that I have now a remarkably good head of hair for one of my declining years.—l am, gentlemen, your most indebted and obedient servant, WILLIAM SHEPHERD. FACTION FIGHTING AT THE NORTH-END OF THE TOWN. —Yesterday, at the police-court, a youth, named Robert Stewart, was charged by another, George Morecroft, with having, on Sunday last, violently struck him, and with hav ing finally kicked out his left eye. The complainant appeared with his head bandaged, and said he had entirely lost his eye from the violence used towards him. The affray took place in Green-street North. Mrs. Morecroft, his mother, told a similar story.—The prisoner, a carter, said that he and his friends were the parties assailed in the first instance, and that they had only defended themselves—their lives being in dan ger. Mrs. Morecroft had, on Sunday morning last, chal lenged him out to fight her for a gallon .of ale in a field. He did not accept of the challenge, and she threw at him a half gallon jug, and afterwards a pint pewter measure. His wit nesses corroborated this, and added that the complainants and their party were the aggressors. The evidence con nected the case with a second charge of assault, which the same parties and others purposed to prefer against the pri soners and others, and that was consequently gone into. The defendants, Mrs. Alice Carter, Benjamin Carter, and James Robinson were then brought up, and evidence of a dark com plexion was given against them by Mrs. Morecroft and seve ral of her friends. The defence, however, turned the tables, as it was proved that on the whole of the - day in question (Sunday last), Mrs. Morecroft, who was connected with the brick fields, was in a furious state of intoxication, had dared the defendants to fight—herself stripped almost to nudity ; had kept the neighbourhood in terror and alarm, had assaulted the first defendant, and finally had brought up about a dozen Irish labourers, armed with immense sticks, tongs, pokers. &c., with which they laid about them without mercy. Mrs. Carter's daughter was struck down and nearly killed, and others were in danger of their lives from her violence, so that some of them, who were Christmas visiters, did not dare to leave the house they were in during the day.—Mr. Rushton said that the complainants ought to have been brought before him in place of the defendants, and particularly Mrs. More croft herself. He must dismiss the case; but he gave them notice that if any further disturbance took place, he should deal with them with the utmost severity. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF WATCH CASES, &c.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a young man, named Thomas Price, was placed at the bar on a charge of stealing a quantity of watch cases, other valuables belonging to unfinished watches, &c. William Lucas said he was an apprentice to his uncle, Richard Lucas, a watch-case maker, who had his shop at 47, Cheapside. and also kept a public-house, No. 35, in the same street. On Monday afternoon last he carried a box from the shop to the public-house, containing 16 or 17 spil lets, 5 or 6 silver ingots, 21 silver watch cases, 19 case bot toms, 15 lever watch frames, 2 pieces of gold for bottoms, 1 silver scent-box, 12 pieces of silver wire, 1 piece of gold wire, IS silver watch cases, 1 gold key, about 1 oz. of gold pen dants, and 2 gold watch cases. He put them under the table in a back bedroom up stairs, and saw them all safe on Mon day night. The prisoner was his brother-in-law. lie left him and a son of Mr. Lucas to take charge of the public house. When he came home he found the prisoner there, and sent him to his sisters, in Pall Mall. He locked up the house at 12 o'clock. Between eight and nine next morning he missed the hox and all the property described. A little before nine the prisoner came to the house, and he heard his uncle ask him if he had seen any one go into his bedroom. The prisoner said " No." Witness and his cousin after wards found three drawers in a midden, and a box and drawer in another, behind the house. Information was given at the police-office. On Wednesday afternoon Wm. Morton 'fink ler came to the house, and showed witness one silver skillet, which he claimed. Yesterday morning he went to the police office, and saw all the property, excepting 1 oz. of gold pen dants, 1 key, and 1 piece of gold wire. The articles produced he identified as his uncle's property. W. M. Tinkler, a whitesmith, in Dale-street, said, that between seven and eight o'clock on Tuesday morning, the prisoner came to his shop with a bag, containing silver, and asked him to allow him to leave it. Prisoner used to work with him, and said a person had given it into his charge to endeavour to sell it for him, and there was about £2 worth. Witness asked him where he was the day before, and he said, " I was drunk at Chester," and if anybody asks for me, you must say I have not been here. Prisoner went away, and witness examined the bag and its contents. He afterwards took one of the skillets to Police-officer Ainsworth, and told him how it had been left and by whom. Ainsworth and another officer came, and so placed themselves that if the prisoner came for the property he could give the signal. He gave the property to Ainsworth. The latter confirmed this evidence, adding, that the prisoner did not come for it. It appeared (though not in evidence) that he was afterwards apprehended by the officers. The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions, CAUTION TO GUARDS AND OTFIEILS ON.RAILWAYS.-011. Tuesday last, William Davidson, one of the guards on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of neglect of duty. Mr. Clay, the solicitor, stated that he had been instructed by the directors of that line of railway to prefer a charge against the prisoner, who was one of their guards, for not having kept his proper 1 seat, and applied the break to the carriages when coming down the tunnel into the station in Lime-street, on the morning of Christmas day, by which neglect considerable damage had been done to two of the company's carriages, and the mail guard and one of the passengers had received some slight injuries. The act of parliament under which the prisoner was brought before the magistrate, was one for the general regulation of railways, 3 and 4 Vic., c. 97, by the 13 sec., which it was enacted, that any engine -driver, guard, &c., upon any railway, who shall wilfully, maliciously, or negli gently do, or omit to do, any act, whereby the life or limb of any person passing along the railway may be endangered or injured, the person so offending may be taken before a justice of the peace for the place where the offence is committed, and may be committed to prison, to hard labour, for any term not exceeding two calendar months, or may be fined any sum not exceeding £lO, and in default of payment com mitted for the like period. From the evidence produced it appeared that the York mail train, which arrived at five in the morning, and of which the prisoner was the railway guard, came down the tunnel with great velocity, the pri soner not being in his proper situation, and not applying the break to the wheels ; the consequence was, a violent con cussion took place against two carriages in the station yard, and considerable damage was done to them, as well as injury received by the mail guard and, one of the passengers. It fortunately happened that the train was a very small one, there being only two carriages and three passengers, other wise the consequences might have been of a more serious nature. Mr. Rushton, in pronouncing judgment, said the case was one of so much importance to the public, that, however he regretted the situation of the prisoner, (who had an excellent character,) he considered he should not be doing his duty if he did not inflict the severest penalty which the law allowed, as a warning to all persons in similar situ ations to the prisoner, to be careful in the performance of their several duties. He then ordered the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, in the House of Cor rection at Kirkdale, for the space of two calendar months. EXTRAORDINARY INSTINCT.—The following remarkable , fact, connected with the death, or at least the discovery, of the body of a man named Leoch, at Bredfield, is related in the Si(ffiilk Chronicle:—The deceased, who resided at Ufford, left the Castle public-house, at Bredfield, late at night, in toxicated, but in the company of two other persons with whom he had been drinking, and who also lived at Ufford. After a short time, however, they passed one another, the two latter having stopped, thinking the deceased was before, and their not overtaking him did not create any alarm but that all was right with him. After an anxious night and part of next day, lie not coming home, his daughter resolved to go in search of him. Accordingly she set off for Petistree Tuns, but gain ing no tidings of him there, she determined upon going to Bredford Castle, about two miles distant. She had not left the Tuns long when she met a dog, a terrier, which displayed great delight, as if it had met a person whom it had long known; though it seemed perfectly good-natured, she was afraid of it, and beat it from her, and kept it at a distance by stoning it. and to no purpbse ; it still followed her till her arrival at the Castle, at Bradfield, where, after learning the time and situ ation her parent had left there the night before, full of won der and fear as to what had become of him, she was about retracing her steps home the way she had come, but her companion was in waiting, and immediately ran on, continu ing the direction they had come, instead of following her as before, which attracted her particular attention, and induced her to follow it. Whsn it ran down a drift leading to a foot path to Ufford, by the side of which is a ditch, it suddenly stopped, making a - dead point, and stood firm in that posi tion until the young woman came to the spot, when, on look ing into the ditch, she discovered the body of her f a ther ex tended at the bottom, partly covered with water. She im mediately gave an alarm, and the body was removed to the public-house to await the issae of the coroner's inquest. The young woman went home, attended by her faithful com panion, where it has ever since remained, showing the great est attachment to the place and the family of the deceased. A most mysterious feature in this singular case is, that no one knows the dog, to whom it belongs, or from whence it came, although it has been seen by many persons since, for the purpose of identifying it. CORRESPO - NDENCB. SOUP FOR THE POOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sm,--Having observed that the soup kitchens are again opened in three parts of the town, under the former regula tions, permit me, through your journal (in which great at tention is paid to local subjects), to suggest to the committee the making and dispensing, in lieu of the present soup, of a meat and vegetable broils (of which I have sent you a sample), which I find can be furnished at a smaller cost, and which is not only much more palatable and nutritive, but would un doubtedly be more acceptable to the poor, as it partakes more of the character of substantial English fare. In order to elu cidate my proposition, I proceed to contrast the materials now used at the soup establishments with those suggested. TI E PRESENT SOUP. Ingredients for making 100 gallons Barley. Rice. Oatmeal. Sago. Treacle. Pimento. Salt. lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. lb. 60 26 30 12 14 6 or 50 35 35 14 Directions are given for the preparation, by which it appears that " the most important point is in mashing and boiling well." It appears to me, however—without wishing, in any degree, to disparage the intentions and labours of the benevo lent individuals who conduct and suppOrt these establish ments—that, with all possible attention to mashing and boil ing, the most cunning cook who ever managed a kitchen can make no more out of such materials than a moderately palat able and thickish gruel. Rice, per se, is at the best an insi pid grain ; barley, and oatmeal, and sago are little more at tractive to the palate, and require something stronger in fla vour than treacle, pepper, and salt to render them very ac ceptable. A combination of treacle and salt appears, more over, to be rather incongruous ; and the necessity for sweet ening by the former justifies my designation of the whole, — which, though good in itself, appears to be suited more exclusively to the young and the sick, than to the mass of the destitute, many of whom are healthy and hungry, and require something more solid to enable them to pursue any laborious job or occupation that may fall in their way. It has, more over, a tendency in some " patients" to relax the bowels and produce weakness. This soup, lam informad at one of the establishments, costs nearly lid. a quart, and is sold for -id. The most costly article is the sago, about 6d. per lb. ; and next the treacle, which is sd. a lb. THE PROPOSED SOUP, OR RATHER BROTH What I propose, as a substitute for the soup just noticed, is a strong broth, made of beef, barley, and vegetables ; and I trust that I shall be enabled to show, by sufficiently correct data, that this can be made at a cost of something under Id. a quart. My principal and strengthening ingredient is cow's bead and bough (or stew) ; and as these cannot be purchased in precise weights, being sold in the lump, I must begin with one cow's head and one hough, together with the other pro posed ingredients, and show what they will produce, in order to make out my case. A cow's head, I should premise, will weigh from 12 to 14 lb: of meat, that is exclusive of the bone; a hough on the average will weigh . (in meat alone) from 12 to 16 lb. One of each, used together, will make better broth than two of either. For 80 quarts of broth. a. d One cow's bead (outside retail price) One bough 10 lbs. of barley.. 2 lbs. of oatmeal ...... (ditto) at lid. Nibs. of carrots 10 lbs. of turnips (or thereabouts) not sold by weight 0 3 Cabbage, leeks, celery tops, parsley, salt, and pepper 0 4 6 9 Deduct for sale of bones, about 12 lbs. at id..... 0 6 The odd pence may be knocked off, as in large purchases the abatements will more than exceed that fractional amount. We have here, then, 80 quarts of meat-broth for six shillings, or 400 quarts—that is 100 gallons—for thirty shillings; or considerably under one penny a quart. It is strong, thick, and palatable, and will jelly when cold. The weight of the materials for 100 gallons is nearly as follows : Barley Oatmeal Carrots .Turnips Cabbage, leeks, and other pot-herbs Meat, when boiled down without bone, say 35 „ Dry barley, &c., about . 5 V, 140 lbs. Besides the nutritive marrow, Sze., from the bones, which will mellow the pot-herbs. and render the whole fit to be eaten with potatoes by those who have them. The weight of the whole of the materials in the present rice, barley, and oat meal soup is nearly the same, being 143 lbs., or 3 lbs. more, but not nearly so nutritive. The whole of the meat in the broth I recommend is to be distributed in as equal proportion as possible along with it; the harder pieces, that do not dissever in boiling, being cut into small pieces. The broth may, of course, be made stronger by a little more meat, or a little less water. To make the broth.—Wash and clean the heads well, but do not soak them so as to bleach them and reduce their strength and flavour. The houghs require no cleaning; but the bones must be well broken. Put the meat into the coppers over• night with a slow fire. In the morning add the barley and pot-herbs, and let all boil for three or four hours. Half an hour before the broth is ready, add the oatmeal, and season to the palate. The coppers to be cleaned out every day, and if any broth is left over, add it to the new just before it is ready. _ I may add, Sir, that I believe many of the master butchers and stall-keepers would contribute heads, houghs, or the coarser boiling pieces of beef (which are equally good) for the making of such broth for the poor.. Squires and farmers would also contribute vegetables. If a trial be made, as a change from the present soup, I will myself undertake to find some materials in this way; and a female friend will gladly superintend the first " brew" at any of the establishments. the present boilers in which will be quite suitable for the purpose. 1 am, &c., MEDICUS. [* We have partaken of the soup. and can declare it fit—if not to " put before a queen "—at any rate so good, that any subject might fervently hope never to have worse fare. The soup is evidently very nutritive, and the flavour ex cellent. We hope the above valuable suggestions will meet with the attention their merits deserve.—E. L. S.] DR. HOOK VERSUS THE NINETEENTH ARTICLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SlR,—The Liverpool Mail of last Saturday contains at tracts from Dr. Hook's Church Dictionary, and from a speech delivered by him at Leeds, and regarded by the editor as a sound exposition of church principles. As these extracts appear in a Puseyite Journal we may fairly assume their accuracy. Persons who extol the Vicar of Leeds as a sound church man will do well to compare his definition of the church with that contained in our nineteenth article, for the comparison must convince them on what a slight foundation his church manship rests. To assist them in doing this I will place the two definitions in juxta position. OF THE CHURCH ACCORDING TO Dr. Hook's Church Dic.. The Nineteenth Article. tionary. The Catholic Church has The visible Church of Christ the Lord Christ for its found- is a congregation of faithful er ; its prescribed form of ad- men, in the which the pure mission is the holy sacrament 'Word of God is preached, of baptism ; its constant badge and the Sacraments be of membership is the holy sa- duly ministered according to crament of the eucharist ; its Christ's ordinance in all those peculiar dutiesare repentance, things that of necessity are faith, obedience ; its peculiar requisite to the same. . privileges, union with God through Christ its head, and thereby forgiveness of sins, present grace, and future glory ; its officers are bishops and priests, assisted by dea- cons; in regular succession from the Apostles, the first Constituted officers of this body corporate It has the Bible for its code of laws, and a divine tradition for , pre cedents to aid its officers in the interpretation of that code on disputed points. Thus, in defining the church, Dr. Hook differs from the article in two respects, viz., in matter of omission and in matter of addition. He differs in matter of omission, by being altogether silent as to the necessity of preaching the pure Word of God ; whilst in the way of addition, without any-sanction from this or the other articles, he contends for episcopacy and apostolical succession as badges of the true church, (a doctrine which cannot be supported even by as suming that the twenty-third article must be taken conjointly with the nineteenth, in order to obtain a correct definition of the church,) and he asserts the existence of a divine tradition to aid the officers of the church in interpreting the Bible. I pause to inquire whether these premises do not warrant the inference that the Doctor esteems tradition (seeing he ' asserts its divine origin) to be of equal authority with the Scriptures, and denies the right of private judgment, since it is only the officers of the church (meaning thereby the bishops, priests, and deacons) who are aided by tradition in the interpretation of the Word of trod ; consequently it would appear presumptuous in the laity. excluded from such teach ing, to determine the meaning of those Scriptures, which the clergy cannot understand without its assistance. Simple-minded persons, forming their opinion of Dr. Hook by the extract from the speech before referred to, will hardly expect, that, in a volume prepared with all the care and deliberation usually bestowed on works intended for pub lication, the Doctor would differ so widely from those very articles which, according to that extract, he ardently ad mires. They require to be reminded that the articles ex pressly recognise the importance of the ordinance of preach ing, and do not, by any definition relating to mere matters of discipline, exclude from the visible church the established religion of Scotland, and other denominations of Protestants, whilst Puseyites and the (so styled) High Churchmen under value the labours of the pulpit, attach an importance not warranted by Scripture to episcopacy and apostolical succes sion, and, in effect, raise tradition to a level with the Written Word. In contending with Romanists and Dissenters Dr. Hook gladly avails himself of the assistance supplied by the liturgy and the articles, but when writing with the apparent object of instructing members of the Church of England he scorns to employ the definitions given in the articles, and is at no pains to conceal the utter variance of his sentiments from those very articles to which, as Vicar of Leeds, he solemnly and publicly declared his assent. Dr Hook is a churchman in one sense, but that the worst sense—a churchman, 1 had almost said, as opposed to a Christian, displaying more zeal for the church than for Christ. Some (not to say all) of his published sermons, speeches, and pamphlets have a tendency so to exalt the church as virtually to conceal the Saviour.—Yours, A LAYMAN OF THE ORTHODOX OR EVAN GELICAL CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Liverpool, 29tli Dec., 1841. THE NEW POOR-LAW IN LIVERPOOL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sia,—As the present moment seems to be a seasonable one for so doing, I venture to offer a few observations to our town's people, through your sterling columns, with reference to the obtaining of a local act, (already, I believe, in the course of preparation,) in exclusion of the new poor-law, recently introduced here, from Liverpool. The new law is known to the public more by its effects than its provisions—more by its working than by its letter. Not to go further in detail, there are three great, unpleasant features observable in its operations by which they know it— from the new disclosed appearance of which they wish they had never known it; features so discreditable to it as to cause a general wish for its removal, if not from every place, at least from among ourselves. We may be assured the law is a bad one that fails to pro duce the ends for which it was enacted. The first poor •law in England was enacted to the end that no poor person should die in the streets for want. The new law is an improvement on the first; and if we are to believe accounts, which seem too numerous, and too respectably attested to be false, under its existence many poor persons do die in the streets for want ; therefore, the new law is a bad one. Parochial legis lation has always been a difficult thing; many abuses have obtained under the best enactments, and many still obtain ; but apparent abuses ought not to suggest unnecessary re strictions, or liability to abuse to- be considered deficiency. It does not foljow, that because some men steal all m dishonest ; and it does notfollow, that because there are ha postors among persons that are poor that there cannot be any poor person who is an impostor. It does not follow, that because some persons dare to swear falsely that all are perjured who take an oath. Yet, by the framers of the new law, who, for the purpose of being on the safe side. have arranged it so, that the evil and the good, the vicious and the' virtuous, are to be dealt with alike. For example, because some persons have obtained pecu niary out-door relief, under false pretences, the 'workhouse must be converted into a kind of debtor's prison for all the parish poor. This, the first unpleasant feature by which the public recognise the new law ; it seems to take for granted that poor people have no right to breathe the air of liberty outside of certain walls. Things are shown best by contrast, and here is a subject for a contrast. Formerly, many thou sands of our necessitous in this parish were relieved by the overseers at the rate of -a few shillings per week ; this relief, we suppose, was insufficient for anything like a competent maintenance, but it afforded them, during its continuance, " half a meal, and liberty ;" and their own exertions super added to it, eked out a little more ; the widowed female in creased her scanty allowance by her employment as a laun dress, a charwoman, a sempstress, or schoolmistress ; and the male portion of the poverty-stricken augmented theirs by some trifling, but ill-paid, labour ; all this was Christian-like and pleasant; imposition was seldom or ever heard of; if it had, the vigilance of visitors soon effected its detection. But, under the new law lately introduced, it is said out-door relief is to be done away with ; there is no room to be left for the poor to employ themselves, or to make any attempt at bet tering their condition ; all alike are to be crowded into that improvement of prison masonry, and prison regulation, within whose spacious area husbands and wives, parents and children, brothers and sisters, exist as separate relations ; and all this because some persons have obtained out-door relief heretofore by false representations. I do not wish to designate our present workhouse by any of the foregoing epithets,—it has always been excellent among workhouses, and none of these refinements of cruelty have ever disgraced it, that I am aware of. Another example; because some persons dare to swear falsely, all persons are perjured by taking an oath ; this is the second unpleasant feature in the new law, and it is illustrated by the letting any violating ruffian go unpunished, while any poor, weak, simple victim of seduction, rendered, perhaps, parentless, friendless, and houseless, is compelled to support and to maintain the unfortunate fruit of her transgression, where, in many instances, through the misfortune, she is rendered incapable of maintaining herself; here is a premi um for the ravisher—here is an of*. for libertinism. A father is not compelled to support his own child ! Surely it only requires to be nationally known to be nationally dis gusting. Well may we hear of the secret places of the city being furnished with dead infants. Well may the lake, and the canal—well may the Thames, and the Serpentine, afford subjects for the inquest of the coroner! The last example, and the third unpleasant feature in the new law is, its provision for the peremptory collection of the poor's rate :--when the guardians want money they must go to the churchwardens ; if the churchwardens have received none, they must, where the occasion is urgent, levy a dis tress on them: consequently the rate must be collected at the point of a bayonet, that the churchwardens may not be sacrificed, that is, summoned, and distress warrants must be the order of the day. Surely our late legislators never read the paragraphs in the newspapers respecting the state of trade. Was they looking forward to the banishing of poverty entirely by their contemplated fixed duty of eight shillings a quarter on foreign wheat, taking the place of the sliding scale? Did they imagine that when the reform bill became a law, any cotton mill could be closed, auy manufactory cease to diffuse employment, or that any person could go into the gazette without a full pocket ? Surely they did. Surely then they arc qualified to instruct us, that when thou sands of men are thrown out of subsistence at Leigh, at Chorley, at Bolton, or anywhere else, the shopkeepers and publicans, amongst whom their wages money was known to circulate, can pay the poor's rate as well as ever they did ; nevertheless, this supposes another absurdity. Some say they won't pay it if they can help it ; therefore, those that will pay it, and those that won't, must be terrified out of it alike. So the new law concoctors seem to have reasoned, and so the new law manifests its efficiency by its defaults, its perfection by its imperfections. The compass of the present letter will be a sufficient in fraction on space, at all times valuably occupied, in excision of other particulars; therefore, having named a few things, I have to hope that reflection will not slumber as to those remaining things necessarily omitted ; but which are equally unjust and equally oppressive. How long shall we rejoice in giving pain by summonses and distress warrants ?—how long shall our poor brothers and sisters in adversity be unpitied and unprotected ?—how long shall their cries ascend a vengeance cry to God ?—how long shall suicide and murder be forced on those " Who loved not wisely, but too well ?" Where are our country's patriots ?—where are our Christian philanthropists ?—where are our guardian powers of inno cence ? " Is not some smiling hour at hand, With peace upon its wings ? Give it, oh God, thy swift command, With all the joys it brings." _ We have no room for despair. Those that love Liverpool's houses of mercy are yet alive, and their heart-burnings are great for the suffering needy ; in whose memories their short and simple annals are unforgotten •' in whose utterance the advocacy of their cause is ever found. England's water walls and wooden bulwarks yet gird in a nation of Protestants, one of the glories of whose achieved reformation was legislation for the poor, and we may not be discouraged. The charity which begins at home is already at work, in preparing a local act for ourselves. Once obtained here, our sister towns Will follow our example, and, finally, the new law, if it does not become an entire dead letter in the country, may, at the fur thest, be confined to those few districts in Great Britain in which its operations can be alone tolerated. Let this, then, in the absence of a more perfect production, bespeak the at tention of the influential of our good old town to the proposed measure for its exclusion hence.—l remain, Mr. Editor, your's, most respectfully, C. Bridgetvaler-street, Dec. 29th, 1811. P.S.—My old signature of a Conservative having become another writer's property, I am obliged to be contented with an initial. AMERICA AND THE SLAVE•TRADE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. I trust, Mr. Editor, that you will give me credit for sin cerity when I state, that I am not actuated by any ill feeling towards the United States, in making the following few re marks on that portion of the President's late message to Congress, in which he treats of the inhuman traffic in our fellow-men. Admitting as he does, that " the American flag is grossly abused by the abandoned and profligate of other nations," is not that circumstance an imperative reason why the right of search should be rigorously exercised ? Great Britain and the other powers, who have recently formed, a noble coalition in favour of the much-injured negro, are fully jus tified in asserting that right, as the American government are now notoriously unable (or unwilling) to prosecute, with t►he necessary vigour, the measures requisite for coercing their subjects, or those professing to be such, into an aban donment of the vitiations slave-trade. With a revenue in sufficient to meet their expenditure, supplies are called for to provide a larger naval protection for their extensive ma ritime frontier ; and with several of the states on the verge of, if not actually in, a state of insolvency, can it be reason ably anticipated that this is the period when they will (to use a mild term) arouse from their apathy on this subject ? I fear not. In the meantime, all right-thinking men will feel convinced that England is fully justified in carrying out her present measures for the suppression of the vile traffic. -~-- THE RADICALS AND THE PARISH-OFFICE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—The radical press are very prompt in announcing the dismissal of a collector or a clerk from the Parish-office, (they being tories); but I do not recollect them putting the question—Why was the treasurer's own son dismissed some three months ago ? I suppose they were fearful of losing the printing, so nicely dealt out amongst them by that function ary.—l am, sir, ONE OF YOUR READERS. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUERS We have received from Mr. Oastler an impression of the number of the Fleet Papers which will be published to-mor row. In this publication .Mr. Oastler proves, from the most incontrovertible evidence, that in 1834, when there was dis tress enough to melt hearts of stone, the leaguers showed no sympathy with the starving victims of manufacturing op pression, but .because this distress had not reached them selves, they chose to represent the manufacturing operatives as prosperous and happy. At that period Mr. Oastler showed, before a committee of the House of Commons, the real state of things ; and in the paper before us he republishes his evi dence. His testimony gave rise to a controversy, and was proved to be true. Mr. Oastler then proceeds as follows : " Do you ask me why I re-publish these sayings of mine ? I answer, it is useful, now, to remind you, as well as the leaguers, that when misery thus abounded in our neighbour hood, because it had not reached their " order," they were not only silent, but, on the contrary, informed the govern ment. (and thus deceived you, and made you think that I was mistaken), " that the manufacturing districts were in a state of great prosperity." The leaguers now, forsooth, lay claim to humanity—where was their pity then ? It was shown by friend Ashworth sending to Chadwick, for your " surplus" population, to reduce still further the wages of these poor hand-loom weavers ! representing that the manu facturers were short of hands (whilst thousands were walking the streets and lanes, " because no man had hired them"), and that the manufacturing districts were a modern Goshen ! In consequence of those lies, (they were nothing less,) hun dreds of the Queen's honest and industrious subjects have since been murdered ! Those murders were perpetrated by law, under the system of migration, which was suggested by those two eminent leaguers, Ashworth and Greg. " There was the corn-law then, as now—corn was not very high priced ; wheat was I believe, 465. to 50s. per quarter— still, there was all that misery ! But, when I published that true account of the destitute condition of the manufacturing operatives in my own neignbourhood, who are the parties that then found fault with me for publishing those facts? Shame to tell it, but it is true—they were those very persons who now pretend to feel so keenly for the noor, and are raving mad about distress'—the anti-corn-law Leaguers ! They yelled at me like mad men. No name was too bad for them to give me—and. why ? Because they then thought that they were snaking large profits by that misery. and they wished to hush its moan! They could not afford to be ' honest,' then, though out of office.' When I told them, as I often did, THAT THEIR TURN WOULD COME NEXT!' they gnashed their teeth at me, and wished a bullet through my heart !' Those were their very words.—How many of them are now fallen from their high estate, and sunk into nothingness, having become the victims of their own pet system, free trade, whilst its jaws are wide open to receive the rest. I remember well, in 1834-5, when that most excellent man, John Fielden, Esq., M.P., himself a large mill-owner and a most extensive manufacturer, told the parliament of the great distress among the manufacturing operatives, and proved that thousands were living upon 24d. per day,!' Oh, yes, I cannot forget how these very leaguers then abused and attempted to ridicule that good man, and how they set their press to insult me." We are surprised that there can be complaints in any quar ter of a scarcity of money, when it is announced, that Ten Thousand a Year may now be had at all the booksellers. DARING ROBBERIES AND BURGLARIES.—We find that daring robberies and burglaries continue to be perpetrated in quick succession, in lonely spots throughout the county. A gang of ruffians at Bacup have been particulary active. It is stated that on one night within the last fortnight, not less than five burglaries were committed in that neighbour hood. The latest exploit of this gang was on Monday night, or about two o'clock on Tuesday morning, when the farm house occupied by Messrs. Rothwell, two bachelors, was at tacked by three armed men, who fired nine shots through the windows, one of which grazed the side of one of the oc cupiers. One of them afterwards forced an entrance into the house, proceeded to the bedroom, and threatened to shoot Messrs. Rothwell, if they did not instantly give him what money they had in their possession. This fellow hal a belt round his waist, from which three pistols were sus pended. There, were only is. 6d. in the house ; and this, together with Messrs. Rothwells' watches, he carried off. His confederates kept guard on the outside, while he was ransacking the interior. The house is situated in Lower Stack, a lonely place about half a mile from Bacup. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held yesterday. The following members were present,—Messrs. Sands, Flo:stall, Barclay, Molyneux, Mellor, Evans, Shand, Martin, Cuaprnan, Chilton, Nicol, Tobin, Bulley, Smith, Middleton, Holt, Ripley, and Holmes. Mr. Sands, chair man of the committee, presided. The sub-committee of works presented plans, prepared by Mr. Hartley, the surveyor, and recommended that graving blocks be, placed at the north side of Clarence basin, and that the graving docks be lengthened. A very brief conversation followed upon the importance of these improvements, at the end of which Mr. HORSFALL moved that they be carried into execution. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously. The sub-Committee of works further recommended tha the south gates of George's dock passage be made 41 - - - feet wide. The present width is 35 feet. The recommen dation of the committee, after a few remarks from Mr. TOIUN, was adopted. The SURVEYOR complained by letter that some pig iron, which had been left on the quay by Messrs. Bayley Brothers, had not been removed, and that it was interfering with the erection of the transit sheds. He requested that the com mittee would take some steps to obtain immediate possession of the ground. The chairman and several other members said they had spoken to Messrs. Bayley upon the subject, and they had promised to remove the cause of complaint. The surveyor said the iron was still there this morning. Eventually the secretary was requested to call the attention of Messrs. Bayley to this subject by letter. On the recommendation of the Sub-committee for the department of the Marine Surveyor, the wages of the master of the Liver buoy tender were increased from 30s. to 35g. per wed, A letter from the Secretary of the St. George's Steam packet Company was read, stating that the bottom of the Clarence north graving -dock was in such a state, in conse quence of the water not having been pumped out, that they could not get to the bottom of the " Hercules " steamer to caulk her, and that they should hold the Dock Committee responsible for any damages that she might sustain. - „ The Su RvEroti explained, that the water not being pumped out was owing to the pumps having got out of order by the decomposition of substances which had got into the water— such as tar and other matters ; but that the dock was being repaired to-day. _ Mr. Ev.vss said, this kind of language of holding the committee litble for damage was perfectly absurd, because they were mere casualties. vent inconveniences of this sort, but sornetitni ken to pre they would Messrs. Dnncan and M'Arthur, who had been fined £3. 17s. 6d. for having left a quantity of iron on the quay of George's Dock basin, contrary to the dock act, requested the committee to interfere with the magistrates to get the fines - La they considered they had been unjustly imposed. Several members intimated, that the committee bad no power to interfere. remitted Mr. HORSFALL said, this request was quite out of the question ; and if the committee attempted to comply with it, it would be a reflection upon the magistrates. Messrs. Duncan and M•Arthur seemed to infer that the committee had power over the magistrates, but it was a mistake alto gether. Mr. EVANS said, that for the committee to interfere with courts of justice, would very soon bring down upon them the interference of the secretary of state. The conversation then dropped, it being understood that the committee could not interfere. Mr. Gage, in a letter addressed to the committee, requested that a copy of the recorded evidence on the subject of the dock plans, as taken before Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Walker, the engineers, might be fnrnished to him. The application was declined. Mr. CHAPMAN gave notice that at the next meeting he would propose the following motion : " That the land at the north-west corner of the South Boundary Dock, adjacent to Messrs. Grantham and Page's iron fonndry, be appropriated for the purpose of ship-build ing, and that the same be let, on the usual terms, to the shipwrights who have been obliged to quit their premises in Trentham-street, on account of the land hitherto occupied by them being required for the new dock." Some business of a financial nature was then disposed of MR.• STUART'S DEBUT AT THE HAYMARKET 1.11. 0,14111, PAM Ul Luz .unezure-noyat, appeareu OIL vv cu. nesday last at the Haymarket. His many friends and ad mirers here will perhaps be anxious to hear the fate of his debut. Last night a new candidate for histrionic honours made his first appearance before a London audience, at this theatre. The character selected by Mr. Stuart, the gentle man in question, who has heretofore reaped a rich harvest of public favour at Liverpool and Bath, was the arduous one of lago, and he certainly acquitted himself sufficiently well to justify the favourable opinion entertained of him in the pro vinces. II is impersonation of the character is good, we had almost said first-rate, where he trusts entirely to himself ; but he more than once gave us reason to fear that he has not courage to free himself from the trammels of imitation. His figure is good for the stage; his countenance sufficiently expressive ; he treads the boards firmly and well, but seems to be too well acquainted with their clap-trap conventionali ties. His passion, too, sometimes degenerates into rant, and he should remember that anything in the shape of immo derate rage is wholly out of keeping with the general charac ter of the wily villain lago. Having stated his faults, however, he must, in justice, say that they are the faults which are almost inseparable from a provincial theatrical education, and apart from these Mr. Stuart has capabilities far beyond those of the or dinary class of aspirants, •of whom it is our duty to give an opinion. He is evidently a man of education and talent, and if he trusts to his own natural delivery, forgetting altogether how passages have been delivered by others, be will become an acquisition to the metropolitan boards. We must for the present take our leave of him, trusting that he will not be discouraged by the array we have made of his faults —a trouble we should not have taken did we not be lieve that he is well' worth a lecture—that in fact he has suf ficient ability to afford to have his blemishes pointed out. We hope ere long to see him in some character. The Times, after finding some fault with Mr. Stuart; says —" He displayed a sound understanding, together with va riety and power of expression; what more is in him future parts will disclose. He was well received, frequently ap plaudad, aed called for at the conclusion. AILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR LEEDS.—On Wed nesday last, a serious accident, which has resulted in fatal FATAL R consequences, betel the down-train which. left Chesterfield for the north a little before two p.m. When within a couple of miles of Leeds, one of the wheels of the engine suddenly broke, the rail was cut iu two, and the engine was twice over turned on a slight elevation at the side of t' The ne line engine driver (whose name was Hinde) was so dreadfully in jured that he has since died. By keeping on the tender, the stroker escaped without injury, except a few slight cuts. The carriage next to the tender was overthrown by the shock ; but most providentially none of her passengers were injured. The unfortunate engine -driver (who was formerly employed on the Sheffield and Rotherham line) has left a wife and two children, who reside at Owlerton, near Sheffield. The be reaved woman was only six weeks ago delivered of her children who are twins. THE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— Another of the unfortunate sufferers by this melancholy catastrophe, died on Wednesday afternoon. His name was Woolley, and from the ;njuries he received very faint hopes were entertained of his recovery from the first. It is said that this is the 38th victim to the Sonning Hill cutting. The publication at this moment, of the number and nature of the fatal accidents that ham taken place throughout the line, from the commencement of the works, would, no doubt, have a very beneficial operation in favour of the FRACAS BETWEEN THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN AND THE, LORD CHANCELLOR.—We have heard that a serious fracas has taken place between these high functionaries, which has led to a long and most edifying, correspondence. Humour is busy respecting portions of the correspondence, which we do not feel we would be justified in publishing. It is enough to state that the causus belli originated with the Archbishop, who adopted the precedent set by Lady Had dington respecting the lady of the Lord Chancellor, who, feeling himself thereby aggrieved, a long and, as is stated, most angry correspondence ensued. How the matter will terminate we know not. It has, however, set the gossip mongers by the ears.—Dublin Monitor. It is a curious fact that children are the best judges of cha racter at first sight in the world : there is an old Scotch pro verb—" They are never cannie, that dogs and bairns dinna like ;" and there is not a more true one in the whole collec tion. THE BITER BIT.—A very good joke occurred the other day in a lodging-house in this city. For some time it had been observed by one of the inmates that some bags of con fections, and a very niceparcel of muscatel raisins, were rapidly disappearing, although seldom touched by the owner. After consulting with the landlady, a place was determined upon to try the taste of the thief. who was, as vet, undis covered. About fifty of the raisins were opened up, and into each a quantity of Cayenne pepper was so neatly intro- to be quiCe imperceptible The bait vas not long in taking effect. In less than an hour after the trap had been set, one of the female servants came running into the kitchen with a face glowing like crimson, the tears in her eye, and and calling aloud, " Water, water-0 Lord, mistress, I'm poisoned—send for the doctor !" Thus the delinquent was discovered, and she now declares, (after being pardoned on promise of better conduct) that stolen raisins are not always sweet, although eaten in secret.—Glasgow Constitutional. A HOAX.—A most disgraceful hoax has, within the last few days, been played oft upon a highly respectable young lady residing in York-place, City-road. On Christmas-day she was surprised at receiving about eighteen notes, accepting an invitation to an evening party, to be given by her on the Monday following; and, upon inquiry, found that cards had been issued in her name by some unknown person. On Monday morning s young man called at the shops of several tradesmen residing in the vicinity of Horton and Finsbury, and ordered various articles to be sent to the above-named house in the evening. Accordingly, at seven o'clock the door was literally besieged with a posse of persons with innumerable articles in hand-carts, trays, &c. ; and it was with considerable difficulty they were induced to believe that they had been so duped. At nine o'clock a quadrille band arrived, and at ten o'clock a reinforcement of green-grocery, porter, spirits, mince-pies, tripe, sausages, oysters, jellies, &c., were announced, and of course refused admission, to the great discomfiture of the luckless wights who had been thus entrapped. Such proceedings may be fine sport to weak minded persons, who can be amused by them ; but they are, nevertheless, scandalous in the extreme, and it is to be hoped that, if the parties can be traced, they will meet with their deserts.—Morning Herald. ROYAL CON DESCENSION.—A short time since, a relative of Mr. J. Carver, the acting secretary of the Mechanics' Institution, in Ipswich, being a practical farmer, residing in Norfolk, invented a new description of plough. Having oc casion to visit London, he ventured to intimate his wish that he should be permitted to exhibit his invention to Prince Albert, a desire which was gratified as soon as mentioned. To the Palace the Norfolk farmer trudged, saw his Roy& Highness, and, being exceedingly loyal and a bit of a poet withal, he produced some verses eulogistic of her majesty, which with the humblest simplicity he begged the Prince would at once present to the Queen, as such a course would afford him (the poet) considerable gratification. No sooner said than done, and off the Prince started from his own apartments to her majesty, from whom he soon returned with the intelligence that his royal consort was exceed ingly delighted with the poem. The farmer poet bowed and retired. Shortly after, to his great surprise, a handsome Bible was transmitted him from royalty as trtoken of remem brance ; but, thinking that the gift might be turned to a good Public account, he wrote to say, that the gift did not contain the autographs of her majesty or the Prince, adding that if their illustrious names graced the book, he thought that he should be enabled to raise a eonsitlerab!e. sum - towards the funds of the African expedition, o _ _ patron. Prompt attention was paid to this second request, and the farmer was informed that if he sent the Bible to the palace, his wish should certainly be complied with. To the palace the Bible was of course transmitted, and in due time was returned with the autographs upon the spare leaf. The Bible so graced has become an object of considerable interest, arid has been exhibited to troops of admiring friends in this town, as well as in the locality where the possessor resides, the African expedition, as intened, benefitting by the er,,bibi ti..n.—Steolk Chronicle. :ice was a RARI NOTICES Schloss's Bijou Almanack. Schloss, Berners-street, London One of the greatest curiosities we htve seen for some time is Mr. Schloss's Bijou Almanack is a fitting present to a lady at this season. Itis rer not only for its beautiful exterior, but for its grace tents from the elegant pen of the Ho It has several cleverly-executed eng with portraits of " John Marra; " Mdlle. R ' Sir I this little literary curiosit Annuals." The almanack are under the weight of the penny stare We co: lowing from the contents : ELLEN TERI Graceful and gentle on the mimic sem As in the quiet of the social hour; Nature's own lady, both in form and Stately and proud, yet flexible as a Round THEE may rally those who woe A fair profession doo And, by thy very,purity m Choose thee as type, whereby to do For never be the Artist-calling scorne Which in its motley bosom fostered Many bright names its annals have ad Nor least among the highest, THIN] to suffer s TIIE PRINCESS ROYAL. God's blessing on thee, Royal babe Welcome thy little picture comes Whether the hearts that greet it dw In lofty or in humble homes. For many a mother while she rocks _ Her own young darling o And many a father plea His daughter's buddi ied to watch, ig infancy— Mingle with these, their household car Thoughts which to thee are fondly g Thou art " the child of many prayers ; Oh ! may they all be heard in heave A Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, o migration to Jamaica, British C We have pleasure in d to an able letter addressed to the subject of African Immi tg the at Guiana, and Trinidad. Ti suation to forward in a calm and temperate tc atistical evic pressed ; and, backed by the str( he brings forward with respect to t wants of our colonies, are well calculated to the mind of the most prejudic the course which he points out for the adoption of the C reader, of the nial-office We shall recur to the statet tained in this letter, in which we fully cone occasion At present we shall only recommen perusal of every reader who is interests of our West India possessions, and, more who have at heart the future welfare an African race, and the abolition of negro si trade throughout the world. It is somewhat a remarkable circumstai three or four Christmas-days fires of a nu racter have occurred in London. Such v turday last, when no less than eight fire attended with a frightful sacrifice of va THE LATE MR. WEST.—The press of Dublin have unanimous tribute of respect to the memory of this man, and the inhabitants of that city have resolved to monument to his meinor The three Chancellors who ha longest are, Lord Ellesmere, twent) Lord liardwicke, twenty years and nine mont five years within a few -day The appetite of Louis X4V. was so rema are informed, he used frequently to ( of soup, a whole pheasant salad, in and a pl .3 gravy am] a partrid 1 of pastry, besides fruits anSs' We are gratified at learning that, notwithsta vailing distress, there is a manifest imurov eipts for the current quartei:. T steady, and if what we hear be true the Januar be very favourable indeed.—Observer. Lord John Russell, Lord Palmerston, and of the late cabinet, are to be on New Year's Di the noble Marquis of Lansdowne's seat, on a condolence at the prospect of the coming sessic revenue Sir Philip Egerton, one of the members for South ( .1 in addition to his usual Christmas d blankets to 80 poor families, residing n Egerton, Broxton, and Bickerton, in t considerable portion of Sir Philip's es brance of the birth of the Prince of Wal ter. In the centre of each blanket is wove the Pri thers, and the day of his birth VA CANT SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMON'S.—TI election of the following conservative candidates for the v. cant seats may be regarded as certain :--Lord Jocelyn. f Lynn ; Mr. Arkwright, for Leominster; Mr. Serjeant Jac' son, for the University of Dublin ; Lord Barnard, for Ba don. " How far is it to " Eight devils ! why a man told me a mile ba only six." " Well, seeing that your an old man, and you horse looks tired, and you seem impatient, we 'll call i three." FY di WI A NEW YEAIL 7 S-DAY IN NEW Yot in New York for the gentlemen to vis ancea on the first day of the year, and the omission of this observance, in regard to any particular observance, would I considered as a decided slight. The routine is as follow The ladies of a family remain at borne to receive N gentlemen are abroad actively engaged in paying th enter, shake hands, are seated, talk for a minute the topics of the day, then hurry offas fast as you ( and cake are upon the table, of which each v to partake. The custom is of Dutch origin, and its influence on the social intercourse of families is very salutary ; the first day of the year is considered a day of kindness and re- . 7 trilling injuries are forgiven. It sometimes happens that be twsen friends long connected a misunderstanding takes place ; each is too proud to make concessions, alienation follows, and thus are two families, very probably, permanently es tranged. But, on this day of annual amnesty, each of the offended parties call on the wife of the other; kind feelings are recalled, past grievances overlooked, and, at the next meeting, they take each other by the hand, and are again friends. an, carrie DEATH FROM GLANDERS.—John Hess. Dublin and Balinrobe, died on Sunday morning, of this dreadful disease, caught by infection from his 0 horse. The animal presented some signs of the disease, an about three weeks since, the unfortunate owner suppose that he might be able to save his beast by cutting out th, swelled gland from under the animals jaws. It could not be ascertained that in this operation he suffered from a cut. r came to Dublin with the same horse for a loading on tb , instant; on the 18th he complained of being ill; ar 22d he was received into the Hardwick Hospital Corrigan, when he died on the morning of th.- the usual . terribly repulsive symptoms of this formidabl son. Instances of this kind have of late years becorr unfrequent, both in this country and in France. Me; of inspection and prevention are already under conside in France, and the growing frequency of the occurrence the certain termination of the disease in death, calls for thing similar among ourselves. Not only is the diseas tain death to the human being who first catches it, bn equally fatal to those about the sick person, should the: pen to catch the infection; and some idea may be fort the terror inspired even in the medical protession b dreadful malady, when it is known that bed and beddi ordered to be burnt which may have come in contact glanders.—Dublin Mail. WONDERFUL INSTANCE OF SAGACITY IN A Do About eight months ago a gentleman belonging to this embarked at Port Philip for Scotland. In the bustl confusion of preparing for so long a voyage a favour; disappeared, about a couple of days before the vessel it he returned left Port Philip ; and as all the f able to make turned out to be fruitless, he was undt necessity of leaving his four-footed friend behind him. arrived in Edinburgh about two months ago, and, wonder to tell, within the last three weeks was surprised by a from the animal he had left at Port Philip about eight mono before. Upon enquiry it turns out that the dog had gone E board of a ship on the eve of sailing for London ; that one aboard, he resolutely refused to be put ashore, and by dint c sheer resolution obtained a passage. On his arrival in Lot don, it is ascertained, that lie visited the lodgings former] occupied by his master, and failing in discovering the objet of his search,:immediately disappeared, and was not agai heard of until his arrival in Edinburgh. Familiar as we al with instances of the affection and sazacity of the dog, this i perhaps the most extraordinary example on .record. H going on board of an English shipmany thousand m iles froi i home, his refusal to quit !, his visit to the former lodgini of his master on his arrival in London, and his journey froi London to Edinburgh, rank the subject of this brief notic as one of the most wonderful animals of his species. Ti gentleman to whom he belongs is well known in Edinburgh and is the son of a gentleman, who, w ithi n the last 20 yea s has filled various off ices of civic dignity.—Seotsivan. nquiry NEW YEAteS GIFTS.—The custom of new year s very ancient, and was fo rmer l y carr i e d t o a grea t extt._ The Sovereign used to a ccept g if ts f rom his courtiers and principal favourites, and was also in the habit of making presents to certain individuals ; the prince, however, always taking care that the presents he received greatly exceeded in value those which he gave. It is recorded of Bishop Latimer that, on one occasion, he presented to his master, Henry VIII., instead of a sum in gold for a new year's gift, a New Testament, with the leaf folded down at Hebrews, chair. xiii. verse 4 ; on reference to which he found a text well suited as an admonition to himsel.. Queen Elizabeth sup plied herself with wardrobe and jewels principally from new year's gifts. Dr. Drake has given a list of some of these presents ; amongst the items we find the following : " most of the peers and peeresses of tha realm, the bishops, the chief officers of state, her Majesty's household, even as low as the master of the pantry and head cook. Majesty a Christmas-box, consisting money, jewels, trinkets , or wearing apparel. The Archbisii,_ of Canterbury usually gave £4O, the Archbishop of York £3O, and the other prelates from £lO to £2O. The peers gave in the same proportion, whilst the peeresses presented rich gowns , petticoats, s hif ts , stoc ki ngs , ga rt e r s , & c . H er physician presented her with a box of foreign sweetmeats, and from her apothecary she received a box of ginger -candy, of green ginger. Ambrose Lupo gave her a hex ol ndSmith, the royal dustman, presented bei Majesty with two boll s o f ca mbric." l a u n t d e a strives; and 11 gave he either of a MEXlC o . — (Extract from a private Lent—, no doubt, heard that our revolution has term. favour of the Liberal party. Santa Anna, w h o h as Bustamente in the Presidency, works with energy public good : we look forward to great reforms, WI). ensure us tranquillity, and promote the happiness of the country for a long to come. T ra d e h as a l rea d y ob tainedueti9n of 33 1-3 d p er cent. on the consumpt i on change, so l ong des i red, w i ll g i ve great dutyh a ere red . activity to business, which according to all appearance, will shortly be very brisk. Goods, being, generally speaking, far f abundant, will se ll at more favoura b le pr i ces, for, as, t r i rinterior is short of stocks, it must necessarily be supplied from the capital. 'r ----tom.),-- -- 2-3ds for the Leh will -Pl.- ...ne ens. -noose debentures, per cent., ado:useable to the payment of duties in our custom houses, continue to be wanted here ; the duties must conse quently be paid in cash, and in many cases at an expense of a per cent., arising from the exchange. It is difficult to un derstand why th e h o ld ers o f suc h certificates do not send them here to be cashed. The State of Tobasco has just recognised the government of Santa Anna, and it is expected that Cam peachy will follow its example. A conducta, with specie. will leave for Vera Cruz at the end of the month. Those of the interior ase already en route.