The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-10 00:00:00

a solid and sterling character; and there is certainly not much fear. that the league can make any great impression where these qualities exist, as we thank heaven they do, in our rising mercantile generation. Should this scheme fail, as we venture to predict it will, we should recommend the gentlemen of the league to direct their operations a little nearer to the nursery. If the young men in our merchants' offices refuse to become disciples of O'Coh ben, why not try the infant schools and get up a " league " amongst the new-breeched and short-frocked ? We might have an anti-corn-law alphabet, as well as a corn-law catechism ; and should teachers be scarce, possibly an anti corn-law knight or two might be found who would not object to resume the rod for so truly laudable a purpose, as that of birching Cobdcuism into the system of our merchant juveniles. THEATRE ROYAL. • Mr. Leigh Hunt's play of the •` Legend of Florence" was acted on Wednesday with the following cast :—Miss Ellen Tree, as Genevra; Mr. Anderson, Antonio: Mr. Stuart, Agolanti ; Mr. Holl, Cesare Colonna ; Mr. Chaplin, Da Rik. This play, originally Written by Mr. Leigh Hunt, was con siderably altered by the members of the Liverpool Company; who interpolated the text most amusingly with original matter. We believe the play was not very successful in London ; for, with the exception of the part of Genevra, it is the most insipid, uninteresting affair we have set out for some time. There is no plot, and little interest in the dia logue, it being totally divested of those poetic flights we might have calculated upon, from so sweet a writer as Mr Leigh Hunt. Miss Ellen Tree played Genevra with that deep feeling, grace, and consummate skill that at all times distinguish her impersonations. The scene wherein she endures the upbraidings of her tyrannical husband was ex quisitely acted throughout. To do Mr. Stuart justice, be made the .most of Agolanti. It would be impossible to represent a more disagreeable person, or make him more unamiable than Mr. Stuart did. Mr. Anderson's love-sick Antonio was, as may be imagined, good as need be. Miss Barratt personated Fiordclisa, as she does all such little characters, very well. The after piece of " Charles the Second" we did not see, as, when Mr. George Hornaastle walked on as Edward, the blithe, wicked, and arch page, we thought it was quite time to go. "As you like it," was admirably done on Tuesday. We have seldom seen Jaques acted better than by Mr. Anderson, or Orlando, by Mr. 8011, The celebrated soliloquy was given by Mr. Anderson tastefully. Miss Tree's Rosalind is perfection. Miss and Master Webster have been dancing several pretty dances A word to the former : a little more length of petticoat would not be amiss. To-night, " Love" will be acted. We have heard the performance of this play on Monday night highly spoken of. LOCAL, NEWS, An Egyptian frigate is said to be preparing to convey a cargo of wheat for the paella's account at Liverpool, where the profits are to be expended in docking and fitting the ves sel out in proper English man-of-war style, that she may serve as a model vessel on her return. DISMISSAL OF THREE POLICE-OFFICERS.—PoIice-officers Lansborough, Holliwell, and Barton, who were suspended from their offices on Saturday last, on conviction of having assaulted Oliver Shannon, were on Tuesday called up by Mr. Rushton, and after a severe reprimand were dismissed from the force. A LAUNCH.—On Thursday, a fine ship of 400 tons bur then was launched from the yard of Messrs. Mulveys, of Chester. She was named the John Christian, and is in tended to sail from this port in the China trade. VISITORS AT FLEETWOOD.—Viscount Stratheden, Lord Grimston, Marquis of Abercorn, Lady,lt. Strangeways, Earl of Vernlam. Earl of Ilchester, Mr. Landseer, Lord Francis Egerton, with his lady and family,. have been at Fleetwood for the last three weeks. FIRE AT WAVERTIME.—On Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, a tire broke out in an unfinished dwelling, called Eton-lod g e. I n t e lli gence was qu i c kly conve y e d t o Liverpool, and a body of the fire-police with several engines repaired with all speed to the spot. The fl ames had mean while spread with such rapidity that the whole interior of the building was consumed before the engines arrived, and the firemen were consequently too late to render any effectual assistance. MRS. FERGUSON'S DEATII.—TLC adjourned inquest on this lady's body was held on Tuesday last, when some fur ther evidence was adduced as to the viciousness of the pony, and the knowledge of it by Mr. Morton, who hired out the Pony to Mr. Ferguson ; but the jury ultimately returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL GASCOYN E.—The remains of this lamented gentleman were removed, on Thursday morning, at seven o'clock, from the gallant general's own residence, No. 71, South Audley-street, Grosvenor-street, for interment in a vault in one of the catacombs at the Great Western Cemetery, in the Harrow-road, Paddington. The funeral was a private one, consisting of a hearse drawn by four horses, and two mourning -coaches, each drawn by four horses, containing the sons and nephews of the deceased general. Sin JOSHUA WALMSLEY.—We extremely regret to learn,• that a serious accident occurred to Sir Joshua Walinsley on Sunday last. He had arrived in Liverpool by the railway, after a journey of considerable length, and on alighting from the carriage he found a difficulty in using his right leg, owing to a stiffness apparently caused by holding it long in- the same position. On attempting to walk, two of the muscles close to the knee suddenly broke, and so completely disabled him that he was obliged to be conveyed home. Medical as sistance was promptly applied, but the lameness, we believe, still continues,,and Sir Joshua is in consequence confined to his residence. We are informed that Sir Joshua shortly takes his leave of this town to reside in another county, t hough be will still continue his interest in his present busi hest, which he will occasionally superintend. ASSAULT BY A POLICE-OFFICER.---HeDry Greaves, a millwright, appeared before Mr. Rushton On Tuesday to Prefer a complaint against Police-officer 111. It appeared that the complainant was found concealed behind a pillar in the Goree Piazzas by the officer, who immediately seized and shook him, threatening to take him to Bridewell. The Officer was unable to produce the slightest evidence that the prosecntor had offered him the least provocation, and Mr. Rushton, therefore, very properly suspended him, and added. that it would depend upon circumstances whether he was taken on again. We are glad to see Mr. Rushton making an example of some of these brutal fellows, who we have frequently observed exercising their brief authority with unbecoming and uncalled-for severity. LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A. NEW CHURCH IN BROUGHTON-ROAD, SALFORD. —The foundation of ano ther church, to be called St. Matth ias ' s Church, b eing the second of the ten to be built in Manchester and Salford by the Ten Churches' Association, was laid at noon on Monday last, by Mr. William Slater, solicitor, in the presence of a pretty numerous concourse of people, a great proportion of whom were ladies. The site of the church is an angular piece of ground adjoining the Broughton-road, near Broughton bridge, Salford, and was purchased from Mr. William Lock ett. The church will contain 1,100 sittings, one half of which are to be free. Like that in Regent-street, it is to be built in the Norman style of architecture. The architect is Mr. E. Walters, of Fountain-street, and the builders are the M essrs . W. and H. Southern, Bank-parade, Salford. It is expected that the church will be completed in about ten months from the present time. The cost of the building it is supposed, will be about £3,000. FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING GOODS FRO M HE RAIL WAY STATION.---On Sat ur d ay, on apparentlyrTHE poverty stricken individual, of downcast appearance, named Joseph Smith, was brought before the magistrates at the police -office, charged with having fraudulently obtained a la p r ( ge t ic c - rate of 'valuable goods from the railway station, in this appeared that on the 9th ult. Mr. Mary Brow wife of Neville Browne, who lately kept the Swan witl n i , Tvi i •o • l\ ) 'ecks, i n witby_grove, Manchester, packed up in a large crate a quantity of houshold goods —a bed, bedding, table linen, wearing apparel, books, silver spoons, &e, and having ad addressed the package to Mr. T. Smith, North John -street, Liverpool, sent it to the railway station. It arrived in this town, and was on the following day sent to its destination ; hut Mr. Smith being then out of town, his clerk said that the crate was too large to be taken into the office, and di rected it to be taken back saying that Mr. Smith would send for it. The order of the clerk was complied with. On the 11th ult, the prisoner appled at the railway office to know if there were any goods for Mr. Smith. George Salter, a clerk in the office, recollecting the crate which had been re turned, replied in the affirmative ; and the prisoner received a freight note for the goods. He had stated that he had not money to pay the.carriage, and requested permission to open the package, and take away some portion of the goods where with to raise the required amount. This was complied with. The prisoner took away some few articles. In about two hours he returned and took away the crate. Mr. Smith, on arriving in Liverpool, applied for the goods, but found lie had been anticipated. The prisoner was traced to Sheffield, and the goods were found in his possession. He had no thing to say in his defence, and was commited for trial. CAUTION TO SHOPKEEPERS.—It would seem that an or ganized gang of shoplifters is about commencing its winter operations in this town. About eight o'clock on Monday evening last, a man, having the appearance ofa respectable mechanic, entered the shop of the Misses Oglethorpe, hosiers .and haberdashers, .61, Bold-street, and enquired for some' shirt buttons. Whilst making his purchase, he asked many 'irrelevant questions, evidently, as it turned out afterwards, for the purpose of affording a confederate, who was lurking near the door, an opportunity of possessing himself of what 'ever might happen to be within reach. This second fellow, ;having effected his object, made his appearance, telling his companion, in a tone of impatience, to "b e s h arp. " To this injunction the " pure lasi.ng" scamp paid a ready obe dience, and the two walked ,oft in company. In an instant after their departure M iss O g lethor pe missed a silk pocket handkerchia, and immediately went to the door to look after the thieves, but no traces of them were to be seen. Doubt less the rascals would move off, with all possible expedition, to some other locality, for a similar purpose. The probability of these worthies being a part of a gang receives confirmation from the fact of two other individuals of a similar appearance having called at the same shop a few days previously, and with seemingly similaV intentions, who were, however, foiled by circumstances unfavourable to their object. Vigilance on the part of shopkeepers is the more necessary, as the police does not come on duty in this street before nine o'clock in the evening. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.—II is believed that frauds have recently been committed, rather extensively, under a pre tended certificate, purporting to have been granted by the Customs of this town. As a document appearing to have emanated from such an authority is calculated to impose se riously on the unwary, the Comptroller of the Customs at this port is anxious that the proceeding should be exposed. The following is one of the cases :—On the 21st August last, a letter, signed " Charles Maxwell" was received by a Mrs. -Agnes Waddington, of Ely, accompanied by a document pur ;Porting to be signed by, and under the official seal of the Comptroller of Customs, Liverpool. This document certi :fled, that Charles Maxwell, the bearer, was recently captain "of the Albion of Halifax, wrecked on the 4th August, and 'that he, his chief mate, and fourteen mariners, the sole sur- •vivors, bad been picked up by the Greyhound cutter of Li- Nerpool. It further stated, that the certificate was granted 'to Captain M a xwell to enable him to obtain his insurance. 'The letter to Mrs. Waddington .set forth, that the writer *was then confined at Manchester with a compound fracture, that his (the writer's) father, was a curate of a living in the *county of Cambridge, and that he had been recommended to Mrs. Waddington, by Mr. Townley, the late M.P. for that 'county. A list of donations to replace the loss which the ap iplicant had sustained, was also transmitted. Mr. Townley happened to be passing ,through Ely. I nqu i ry was ma d e from him, when it turned out, that he knew nothing of the 'applicant. He had, however, himself received a letter in the 'same handwriting and collard in nearly the same words, but signed" Charles Grant." This led to the conviction that the whole was a fraud. The letter to Mrs. Waddington did law give the writer's address ; but that to Mr. Townley, gave 24, Blakeley-street, Manchester. ANNUAL EXTMITION.—The opening of the Annual Exhi bition of the Works of Modern Artists is fixed, as will be seen by the advertisement, for Monday next, the 13th instant. A large ship arrived in the river on Wednesday, from Miramichi, bearing the extraordinary name of "Peel's One," in memorial of that statesman's celebrated majority in the last parliament. NOVELTY AND UTILITY.—An establishment has just been opened in this town for the purpose of waterproofing every description of clothing apparel, which, when more generally known, cannot tail to commend itself to the paton age of the public. We have personally seen many fabrics submitted to the usual tests with water, which liquid they have completely resisted.—See Addl. An extensive seizure of tobacco was made on Wednesday, on board the brig Ellen, of Waterford, from Quebec, by Mr. Dunn, tide-survevor of customs of this port. It consisted of three bales and four packages of tobacco, concealed in the cabin, for which the said vessel has been seized. On the following morning Mr. Dunn went on board to rummage, and found the concealment had been nailed up and secured ; but, on his again breaking it oput, found abOut 301bs. more tobacco had been introduced. The total quantity of tobacco found weighs 2401b5. . We understand that, on Monday next, at 4 o'clock, p.m., Colonel Pasley's celebrated experiment of the blowing up of the wreck of the Royal George (as practised with so much success at Spithead), will be exhibited at the Zoological Gardens ; and,. as this is the first time that . this wonderful experiment of the conducting and heating effects of voltaic electricity has been exhibited in Liverpool, we have no doubt that hundreds of our scientific townsmen will flock to witness it. The exhibition of the Biscenascope is on a very splendid scale, which, together with the magnificent display of fire works, by Signor Simoni, and Siege of St. Jean d'Acre, forni,a series of attraction altogether unrivalled for the lovers of innocent recreation. VISIT EXTRAORDINARY. — On Tuesday morning two special railway trains arrived at the Lime-street Station, in this town, with an immense crowd of persons, who, although they may not be distinguished as the elite of the enlightened, were, nevertheless, respectable citizens of the important and influential town of Birmingham. We understand that not less than 1200 of the inhabitants of that town had entered into an arrangement with-the directors of the Grand Junc tion Railway Company, similar to that effected with the London and Birmingham a short time, ago, by which they should have an opportunity of visiting and viewing the great seaport of LiverpOol, and its Lions, at a cheap rate. For this purpose two special trains came down to Liverpool, con veying 1200 passengers, These_ persons, after satisfying themselves with such views as the limited time they had on hand could.afford them opportunity of witnessing, took their departure on Wednesday • from this ancient borough, .no doubt if not impressed with the idea that Liverpool equalled London in her buildings and places of amusement, at least surpassed her in her noble and gigantic river, of which, in comparison with the Thames. it may be more justly said- 7 - " Though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage—without o'erflowing, full." STAMMERING.---It is always a pleasure to us to promote the knowledge of aught which we think can contribute to the welfare and happiness of our fellow creatures, and to employ the great privilege of the press (inasmuch as it lies in our power) in aid of beneficial objects. Upon these grounds, we have more than once spoken of the cure of impediments of speech, of which we have witnessed the performance by Mr. Hunt. Of late that gentleman has added many striking ex amples to his previous extraordinary list of persons of both sexes, and of all ages, whom he has restored from difficulty, pin, and distortion, to facility, ease and comfort, in the enuniciation of their speech. And we recur to a mention of the fact, because we are really delighted to see such blessings conferred by plain good sense and comprehension of causes, without quackery or mystery of any kind.—Literary Gazette. DREADFUL AND FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, as one of the coaches from Chorley to Southport was cross ing the North Union Railway, at the Euxton Railway, it suddenly came in contact with a luggage train, the approach of which, it is supposed, had not been observed by the coach man. The coach was literally dashed to pieces by the vio lence of the concussion, which, we are sorry to relate, was not unattended with fatal consequences. One of the pas sengers, an Independent minister from Duckinfield, was killed on the spot, while his lady was most seriously injured. The coachman and several of the passengers were also most dan gerously wounded, some of them lying in a hopeless condi tion. The man at the station, while doing something to one of the horses, was so seriously injured that it was found ne cessary to amputate his leg upon the spot, there being several surgeons promptly in attendance upon the wounded persons. Of the horses, the leader escaped unhurt, but the two wheelers were killed on the spot, their bodies being shockingly muti lated and mangled. When our informant left, several of the passengers were lying in a most precarious condition. — Blackburn Standard of Wednesday. MR. JOHN MARTIN'S PAINTINGS.—For the credit of our town, we are exceedingly glad to learn that sonic thousands of persons of all classes have already visited this exhibition at the Union Buildings, Slater-street. It is understood that the pictures will not remain much longer here ; and we, therefore, exhort all who have any appreciation of works like those of r Martin's, not to put off their visit till the oppor tunity lost. In their admiration of the magnificent works of our native artist, we trust, however, that they will not 'overlook the other three pictures, which are richly deserving of notice. To artists, especially, they will afford a high treat. The St. Cecelia, by Rnbens, formerly in the collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, is like most of the women introduced into his pictures, a portrait of one of his wives. There is certainly no great personal beauty in the lady, but the colouring is ex ceedingly fine throughout. The Holy Family, by Andrew del Sarto, is a duplicate of one of the most admired works of that master in the Pitti Palace. The colour is luminous, and the whole picture has in it an exquisite repose, such as is rarely found except in the works of-the elder masters. Con sidering that this picture is probably some 320 years old, the freshness and purity of the colours are remarkable. It must have been preserved with singular care. The Rembrandt, however, is certainly the grandest and most important of the three. Its force is astonishing, and the splendour of its light such as has rarely been equalled. The proper place for this noble painting would be the National Gallery. It would be an honour to any collection. HALE FLORAL AND HOLTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—A so ciety under the above title has been lately formed in the village of Hale, and will hold its first public meeting and ex hibition on Tuesday next. Its object is to encourage and re ward the industrious cottagers of that district, to create amongst them a taste for horticultural pursuits, and to give them rational and profitable employment for those leisure hours which are too often spent in dissipation, to the injury of their health and the impoverishing of themselves and their families. The competition is limited to cottage tenants paying not more than £lO rent, and residing within three miles of the village of Hale; and the useful practical bearing of the institution may be judged from the sort of excellence by which the prizes are to be earned. One is awarded " for the cleanest and neatest cottage, with the best kept and cul tivated garden ;" another " for the best collection of useful common vegetables, fruit, and flowers ;" and so on for the rest. Premiums are also offered, we understand, for agri cultural produce, with a view of bringing into notice new or improved varieties of grain, &c. The exhibition will he held at Hale, in a spacious marquee surrounded by rural palaces and straw-roofed cots, and from the great interest mani fested by all classes in the neighbourhood, a very animated display may be expected. The public will be admitted gratis, at three o'clock. LATE HOURS OF BUSINESS.—The following extract from one of Dr. Epps' lectures, delivered a few evenings ago at the Mechanics' Institution, will be read with interest by all who desire to improve the condition of that large class of the community, the Tradesmen's Assistants, and should operate favourably upon the minds of those who have hitherto opposed the views now so generally adopted in their favour : And here," said the lecturer, " let me notice one cir cumstance in connexion with ventilation. It is this—the immense consumption of pure air by the combustion of gas. The quantity consumed by a single burner is considerable ; and when there are numerous burners, the consequent dete rioration of the atmosphere must be very great. It may, therefore, be presumed, that those who are confined in esta blishments in which many gas-lamps are, hour after hour, kept lighted, must—especially if free ventilation is not esta blished—breathe a poisoned atmosphere, and thus have their bodily health injured. This is particularly the case in shops or warehouses where goods abound : the impurities in the air are absorbed by the goods. and thus a new source of poi son is created, operating upon the health, even when the gas-burners are not lighted. There are evils connected with gas which indirectly add to this deterioration : the cheapness of the light, the little trouble connected with it, the ease with which it is put on and put off, create a strong temptation to the trader to adopt LATE HOURS, which, by exhausting the constitution, render the persons exposed to the noxious air still more liable to the injuriousness of its influence. In fact, all artificial light is injurious, more or less. It is in jurious, because the process of combustion is itself a deteri orator of the atmosphere: and therefore DAY-LIGHT should be the time in which business should be, if possible, com pleted. No one can expect health who has occupations which require the use of much artificial light, and the use of that light for a lengthened period ; and no one can avoid disease, or premature decay, who, in addition to exposure to artificial light thus long continued, has, combined, the dis heartening influence of unceasing toil." CHARGE OF STEALING SUGAR FROM A SHIP.—At the. police-court, yesterday, William Morris, mate of the Mersey, West Indian - lan, and George M`Master, a master lumper, (both respectable-looking men,) were placed at the bar, on a charge of having attempted to take a quantity of sugar from the vessel named the Mersey, the property of Messrs. Charles Lawrence and Son, without leave or authority. It appeared from the evidence that no suspicion of the felony charged was entertained against the. prisoners by the owners or the captain of the ship until Wednesday, when a clew to the transaction was afforded by an anonymous letter. A cus tomhouse-Officer stated that, on the 4th of last month, while he was on duty at one of the dock quays, he observed a one - horse cart back up alongside of the ship Mersey, which on the day before had been " jerked," or, in other words, had been passed as having discharged the whole of her cargo. Suspecting that something wrong was going on, he looked on the deck of the vessel and saw some flies about the twe annis (or beef) casks, leading him to suppose that there was sugar in or about them. He kept watch, and afterwards saw some of the men who had been working in the ship land the two casks, but, on observing him, the cart was drawn off, and some rubbish was afterwards thrown into it from the quay. His inspector afterwards came up ; he (witness) gave gave,him information of the facts, and the casks, which were found to contain sngar and sugar scrapings, which were liable to duty, were seized and sent to the Custom-house depot. They bad since been kept under lock and key. The prisoner M`Master came up to him when he detected the casks, and wished him to destroy their contents with the water with which the crew were washing the decks. The prisoner Morris also said he hoped he (witness) would say nothing about it; that he had been a long time in the em ploy ; that be expected soon to go out as master, and that if 'it were known he should be ruined. The casks were after wards found to contain 4 cwt. 3 qrs. 10 lbs. of sugar and sugar scrapings. Mr. Dowling, who appeared to have taken considerable trouble in the case, produced a sample of the sugar, which, he said, showed that it contained not only scrapings (or refuse from the sugar casks), but good, though dark coloured sugar. The Custom-house officer explained that even the waste sugar, or scrapings, was all required to pass the Custom-house scales. Captain Clarke, (of the Mersey,) said he was not aware of the facts until after the anonymous letter h a d b een rece i v ed. He had given no leav e to the p r i soners to take the sugar.- Hi s mate ( one of the prisoners), had been ten years in the employ, in which he had served his time —and such was his opinion of him that he would have trusted him with the ship if she were loaded with gold. He could not account for his having brought him self into such a situation. He produced a sample of the sugar, which appeared very black and dirty. Mr. Rushton, after reprimanding the Custom House officer for not giving information at the time to the captain of the ship or to the consignees, ordered both prisoners for trial. After the infor formations were read, and they were respectively cautioned as to what they had to state, M`Master said, he had left the vessel on the day previously, and on the day in question had h ea rd tile men on board of her say that the mate had given them the scrapings to buy allowance. The mate said, that when the men were clearing out the dunnage-wood, they asked him what he was going to do with the dirt at the bottom of the ship, and he said they might do what they liked with it, as he did not want it. He never saw anything put into the casks, and did not know that anything was in them till twelve o'clock, when he was told it was the dirt out of the hold. He told them to be sure and bring back the casks. When he returned from dinner, he saw the men landing the casks, and the officers seized them. He told the officers he cared no thing about the dirt, if he only got the casks back. The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute the prisoners at the Sessions. It appears by the Hampshire Telegraph, that the tunnel of the Gosport Branch of the South Western Railway has again foundere& during the last week, which must retard the opening of that branch. ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH.—We perceive that scaffolding is now erected Qv the spire of this church, to the spot where the electric fluid struck during the late storm. It will be seen, from our ceancilproceedingi, that the corporation sur veyor estimates t 4 cost of efficiently repairing this church and that of St. Martin's at £2,500. NEW QUADRILLES.—Les Cerises, by George Hargraves, LiverpoOl. A most capital set of quadrilles has just made its appearance, composed by Mr. George Hargraves, whose mu sic has been long known, and is justly esteemed wherever it finds a place in our collections. These quadrilles are the most lively and clever compositions we have seen for many a day, an i if they do not become the quadrilles of the season, it must be that our fair friends are ignorant of their existence. We verily do believe that the sound Of these charming quad rilles would induce many an one whose "dancing days are o'er ", to trip it again as nimbly as in days gone bye. Mr. George Hargraves has a happy talent : there is an excellence about all his compositions that shows him to be a master of his art. We can safely recommend Les Cerises, and assure our readers that it is seldom such pretty music is found so admirably adapted for the purpose. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.—These portraits, which- report says "Fathers, mothers, and brothers may swear to," will be taken in Liverpool next week. The ele gant buildinm, constructed by Mr. Cole, the architect on laud, granted' by the corporation, (and which contains the apparatus,) is now completed, but at present not open to the public. It is a most extraordinary circumstance that faithful likenesses can be taken of " the human face and form divine" in a few seconds. We must, however, forbear say ing more until we see the apparatus in operation. We have seen one of the portraits taken of the Polytechnic, London, by Mr. Lynn, the worthy proprietor of the Waterloo Hotel, and it is really extraordinary. It appears like a Mezzotint engraving, exquisitely finished. " The operator" from the Polytechnic, now in Liverpool, states that the light on the mount being so much clearer than Cavendish-square, the portraits will he even better than at thel'arent Institution. CHARGE OF FELoNY.—Yesterday, at the police-court, Mary Muck, a married woman, respectably dressed in black, was placed at the bar on a charge of having stolen a shoulder of • bacon from the shop of Mr. Leatherbarrow, in St. ' Martin's market. A female who keeps the opposite standing observed her speaking to Miss Leatherbarrow, and when the latter was engaged with other parties, she saw the prisoner take up and carry off the bacon. The witness gave infor mation to a police-officer. The article was not found in her possession ; but on her being afterwards followed it was found under her cloak. The prisoner said that she had purchased the bacon by the lump for seven shillings from another per son ; and an individual in court said that he knew her to be a respectable person, and that she was in the habit of buying pieces of meat in the manner described. It afterwards ap peared that the bacon weighed 27 lbs., and was worth Bd. per lb. She was committed for trial at the sessions. PHYS-HARMONICA-PIANO.—HERIL BREUNIG.—It will be perceived in the portion of our paper allotted to announce ments of public entertainments, that Herr Breunig (the j gentleman .whose extraordinary performances on the melodi con, or phys-harmonica-piano, at the'Mechanics' Institution, we noticed in our last) has been requested to give a matinee musicale, or morning concert, to enable the public to hear him perform. Herr Breunig has fixed Tuesday next, and the Templars' Hall has been taken for the purpose. The phys-harmonica-piano combines the effects of the organ, piano, and seraphine ; and, when blended, the tones are surpr i singly grand and powerful. Herr Breunig's style of play ing assimilates to that of Thalherg : he has great execution and taste, is rapid-in his fingering, and has a delicate touch. We recommend the' amateurs of music to hear Herr Breunig, who is ..on his way to London, where he is engaged. They will not perhaps have another opportunity of hearing this singular instrument. Its introduction, we predict, will be the commencement of a new era in music. To Herr Breunig the honour is due: he is the first who has played on it, and composed inusic for it. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE At the meeting of the Dock Committee yesterday, the following members were present—Messrs. Benn (chairman), Horsfall, Holmes, Mellor, Bulky, G. Holt, Tobin, Evans, and Chapman. The sub-committee for the department of the Harbour Masters reported that they had considered the subject of the management of the cranes and stages an the dock quays. They recommended that applications for the use of handles belonging to the cranes should be signed by some responsi ble person, and a deposit of 10s. made, to be returned when the handles were brought back. As to stages, they recom mended that the applications for them should be signed by some responsible person, and a deposit of 21s. made, to be returned when brought back ; the dock-masters in each case to be responsible for the property, and this regulation to be considered as part of their duty.—A long, desultory conver sation followed upon this subject, in the course of which Mr. Horsfall suggested that the deposit on the handles being taken should be 20s. instead of 10s. The suggestion was adopted, and with this alteration the report was received and confirmed. The Surveyor called the attention of the committee t o th e necessity for the several masters and gatemen to maintain a strict observation upon the state of the dock quays. At present carts were frequently allowed to load in a most im proper position, and contrary to the existing regulations,— namely, by standing across the whole quay, the drivers caring nothing about the inconvenience caused thereby, so that they could serve themselves.—After some discussion, in which Mr. Chapman observed that a lax system had been gradu ally springing up with regard to the observation of the regu lations, the Secretary was directed to write to Mr. Whitty, requesting him to instruct the police to put the regulations in force against all offenders. The South Harbour Master in a letter objected to the use of green lights at the entrance basin of the docks within his division, to indicate, in the night, that the docks were full, which had been ordered by a resolution of the committee on the 11th February last. The consideration of this sub ject was postponed. On the recommendation of the Harbour Masters' sub committee, the North Harbour-master was instructed to ac comodate as many coasting vessels in Trafalgar Dock as lie possibly could, without inconvenience to the steam vessels lying there. On the application of the Watch Committee, permission was given for that body to erect an additional lamp on the west side of the north-east corner of St. George's Bath, se veral accidents having occurred through the absence of such a convenience. The CHAIRMAN reported that the Mayor, the chairman of the Cheshire quarter sessions, and himself, had bad a meet ing in the Town-hall, for the revision of the schedule of rates in the new dock act, chargeable upon vessels entering this port, but not using the docks • and they bad decided that the rates should remain for three years at the maximum fixed by the act, namely lid. per ton, which would include all charges. An application from the Shipmasters' Association to em ploy the telegraph in the conveyance of certain signals in use by that institution, was declined. The committee then proceeded to the transaction of some financial affairs, and shortly afterwards they separated. TREASON OF THE ANTI-CORN-LAW ' ADVOCATES. The accession of a Conservative administration has evi dently driven many of the Manchester "Anti-bread-tax ad vocates," sacred as well as secular, into a state of moral desperation, if not into one of constructive treason. Irri tated at the disasters which have issued to their party through the perverseness of the people at the late general election, they have lamented their unhappy condition tilt lamentation has engendered excitement, and excitement has almost in duced insanity. It was in the primary or desponding stage that Mr. George Thompson hit upon the holy scheme of congregating the conference of dissenting teachers ; it was in the secondary stage that it was resolved to ruin all the mer chants and brokers in Liverpool and every where else who have a sense of what is just towards the agricultural interest ; and the incipient symptom of the third and last stage which is to end this strange eventful history, is a resolution about to be taken of overthrowing the whole body politic in the event of their nostrum not being adopted. • One would, of course, feel somewhat alarmed at these de monstrations, if Manchester constituted the whole of the empire, or the anti-corn-law league entire population ; but until that, time arrives all apprehension may be set at rest. With the further consolation that the existing administra tion is not likely to be shaken by sounds full of fury, we in sert the following indication of insanity from an accredited organ of the league, called the Manchester Times:— ' STOPPING THE SUPFLIES "A . rumour has ~;;a;ciusof of holding a preliminary meeting in this town, to deliberate on the grave question of refusing to pay any direct taxes to the govern ment, until the corn laws be abolished, in imitation of the course adopted by Earl Fitzwilliam and others, during the agitation for the Reform Bill. We think any such course would be illegal if carried out by a public meeting, or recom mended by any association.' Individuals may refuse to pay the assessed taxes in money without violating the law, which provides for such cases by a distraint and sale of the property of defaulters. To stop the supplies, so far as the assessed taxes go, it would be only neces s ary f o r the corn law aboli tionists to obey the law by quietly and peaceably letting its officers take their course. We question if any auctioneer in Manchester, or other towns of Lancashire, would' be found willing to sell goods so distrained, and we are sure there would be no purchasers. " A respectable correspondent has furnished us with the following note on this important subject :—" We have heard from several quarters repeated intimations that in this town parties of the highest respectability have resolved they will not voluntarily pay any more taxes to the revenue till the trade in corn is fre. We believe the resolution is not con fined to secular persons. How will it appear if ministers of religion, whose hearts bleed for the oppression of their brethren, and who have resolved to mingle their sympathies with the poor and su f fering, shall be dragged to prison, or their property confiscated, for the maintenance of an un righteous system 1' " Some people may perhaps be inclined to say with Polonius, "if this be madness there's method in it." Be this as it may, the article we have quoted is not destitute of the merit (the only one it has) of shewing us to what extremes the in terested excitement on the corn-laws in the manufacturing districts may lead the people, and their blind guides also. An end is here proposed to the legislature and to the government, which end, if not quietly surrendered, is to be taken by com pulsion. A rebellious and insolent tone, it will be observed, pervades the whole composition, bit to give it something like a semblance of honest political comment, reference is made to the proceedings of a peer of the realm on a former period of excitement, advice is gravely offered, and the w h o l e terminates by a sentence in which cant, hypocrisy, and hum bug are combined. A correspondent of this accredited organ of the league says, there have been repeated intimations that parties in Manchester, "of the highest respectability," have re solved not to pay any . more taxes to the revenue, volun tarily, till the trade in corn is free. All we have to say on this resolution of these men of the highest respectability is, that it is really amusing to see how the love of notoriety will manifest itself. The modes of its manifestation, too, are not the least curious part of the phenomenon. S ome men become murderers, some suicides, and there have b een many incendiaries ; some, in the very spirit of maytyidom, as it i s explained in these days, invite notoriety within the wall s o f a prison, whilst others, from the self same principle, court ruin out of it ; some are pleased to lavish thousands in the pursuit of the same object, whilst there are others who won't pay the fiftieth part of a farthing, because otherwise they might be in danger of ranking with the common herd, who, by paying all legal demands upon them, cannot possibly emerge from obscurity : and so on in a hundred other w a y s . In the case b e f ore us , th e " p ar ties of the highest respecta bility" aim at the same end, but on a grander scale than any yet enumerate(;, and by instruments the very names of which are formidable enou g h to sink a kingdom. Discontent and rebellion are the agents by which their operations are to be guided ; the di sso l ut i on o f governmen t, the annihilation of security, and th e con f us i on o f al l r i g h ts , soc i a l, moral, an d political, are to be the fiery elements by which their fame is to be made, unless th e i r l ong i ng f or no t or iety is not appeased by the credit of having caused the destruction of the corn laws. Verily, if the proceedings of the Anti-Corn-Law League have hitherto failed in exciting scorn, (though to assume that would argue a belief that thi s i s t h e age o f miracles,) it is impossible that this last gran d thoug h t o f " stopping the supplies" should not produce a general feeling of that de scription. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS, • On We,lnesday a special meeting of the town council was held, for the despatch of business, in the Town-hall. The Mayor presided. FINANCE COMMITTEF The proceedings of the above-named committee embodied a minute of an offer of land made to Messrs. Holme, in ex ception of the general rule to offer first by public - auction. Mr. Sti ELL recalled attention to what had formerly been said in the council touching the sale of land to individuals, and to the rule which had been laid down for the government of all future sales. He could not conceive anything more objectionable than fora jmblic body, like the council, to sell land to particular individuals. It was not only undesirable, but it was a deviation from a line of conduct which ought to be pursued : for the public ought to have an opportunity of fairly competing with each other, and of fairly establishing the value. Such a proceeding as that proposed ought to be avoided, if possible, and unless something very strong in sup port of it could be advanced, and, he must say, it ought to be something very strong indeed, he should strenuously op pose it, and divide the council upon it. Mr. SHUTTLRWORTH, deputy town-clerk, at the sugges tion of the MAYOR, read the resolution, that in all cases land should be put up to auction, unless some special reasons should render a contrary course expedient. Mr. CASK said the special reason which had guided the finance committee in the present instance was, that the price offered was considered a full price, and, as the land was a large piece, it was deemed good policy to sell it entire, at a good price. They had had instances in which the full price of land could not be obtained at auction, and the consequence was that such land was now. down in the market. Consider.. ing, therefore, that the price offered for the land in question was ample, and that it was wanted as a whole, they had come to the conclusion that it was proper to recommend the sale. The subject was therefore brought before the council : the sale had not been made, b u t was subject to the approval or disapproval of the council. Mr. HARBOR)) thought it was detrimental to the corporate estate to offer land by auction. It was better to offer it by advertisement, and take tenders. Mr. Harbord mentioned an instance of an individual, who, wishing to become the pur chaser of a piece of land, bought the only competitor out of the market by a payment of two or three hundred pounds. Mr. SHELL said, he had not heard any explanation sufli• cient to warrant the deviation. It did not appear that this land had been advertised. They were told that this was the full value. He did not doubt that. He did not believe the Finance Committee would sell the land for less than what was deemed its full value, but they could not tell what num ber of persons in Liverpool might have fixed their eyes upon this land as desirable ; they could not tell how many would have been inclined to purchase it, if the intention of selling it had been made public. He would move that the proceed ings of the Finance Committee be confirmed, with the cx• ceetion of that part which related to•this land. _ _ Mr.Mr.Acur;traN seconded the motion. The only safe course for the council to pursue, was to avoid any appear ance which might raise the imputation or suspicion of fa vourit►sm. Mr. ROBINSON said, he believed no individual in the council knew where the land was. Mr. CASE said it was at the south-east corner of the Salt house Dock. Messrs. Holmes were not negotiating the purchase for themselves, but for some friends in the coun try ; therefore it was impossible there could be any favour itism in the case. Mr. SHELL and Mr. BLACKBURN both disclaimed any in tention of imputing to the Finance Committee that they had been guided by favouritism. Mr. MELLOR said he did not agree with Mr. Harbord's proposition : he did not like tenders. The Watch Commit tee had received tenders for the cast-off clothing of the po lice, and they had reason to suspect very great collusion. Mr. JOHN HOLMES and the MAYOR expressed their ap proval of the proposed rule. Mr. COOPER agreed with Mr. Shell. He thought the most proper way to dispose of the public land was by auction. Mr. HARBORD said, he was informed that the offer for the land was £5 per yard. Now he was convinced that, whether sold thus or by auction, they could not get half the value for it. By waiting till next year they would be ena bled to get just double the sum offered. The Council, without dividing on the subject, here re solved, that the usual mode of sale by auction should be resorted to in the present instance. THE WEST INDIA PACKET STATION Mr. SHELL begged to call the attention of the council to a certain part of the proceedings of the Finance Committee, which related to the West India Steam-packet station. An audience of Mr. Cresswell had been obtained, while that learned gentleman was lately in town, and he had recom mended a petition to be sent to the legislature, praying the house to establish Liverpool as the most eligible port for the despatch of the West India mails. It would be in the recol lection of the council that a committee of the House of Commons had been appointed for the examination of wit nesses on the subject, and that they had issued a report. It now, however, appeared that neither of the ports named as the most eligible possessed any of the very great advantages for which thy were said to be so distinguished. He (Mr. S.) wished every member of the council would read the report. It was beyond all doubt the most amusing production which had ever made its appearance. In'the first place, two great naval men from Dartmouth were examined. One of them said it was a " blind" port (a phrase well understood by nau tical men) and that.no steam-boat could go in without run ning the risk of getting on shore by reason of bad steerage or being caught by the tide. This had been maintained as a positive fact by other of the witnesses ; while the next man, a man of considerable experience, said that no one in his senses would call Dartmouth a " blind" port—(a laugh)— that the water was deep, and that it possessed every good quality which could possibly be expected. This was the sort of evidence on which a conclusion as to the eligibility of Dartmouth had to be arrived at. A number of witnesses were then examined with regard to Falmouth, one of whom said it was the finest port in the world, and that the fleet had anchored there. The harbour master of Plymouth was then examined, and he said that Falmouth was a port not by any means affording sufficient room, and that the fleet had never anchored there ; but they were all agreed in opinion that it would be necessary to make a. basin in Falmouth for the West India packets. It had occurred within the last three weeks that the Liverpool letters were not delivered for twenty-four hours after the mails had arrived at Falmouth. A despatch had, indeed, been received at the newsrooms previously, containing all the news brought by the packet to Falmouth ; but the merchants in Liverpool did not get their letters until the following morning. There were two mails from Falmouth. One took the letters to London, but did not take the country letters ; therefore .the letters for Bir mingham and Bristol were not delivered until the morning after the arrival of the packet, and the letters for Liverpool were not delivered for some hours after ; and this was one objection to both Dartmouth and Falmouth as packet sta tions. The next proposal was to make Southampton the port; but there was an objection to Southampton also; for if the letters arrived there at any hour after four o'clock on Saturday, they would have to go to London, and would not be despatched to Liverpool until the Monday following. To be sure, it was not, perhaps, of very great importance whether the merchants of Liverpool received their letters on Monday or on Tuesday, but it was of essential importance that they should receive them as soon as the merchants of Bristol and other places. (Hear.) The subject had been taken into consideration by the inhabitants of the city of Glasgow, and they petitioned' in favour of Liverpool as the packet station ; and the fact was, that if the West India packets were to come to Liverpool, letters could be delivered throughout the country in a much less time than it was pos sible they could be delivered from any other port in England. With regard to this subject, there was another great point, in the importance and desirableness of which the council would concur—namely, the having an opportunity of answer ing the letters received. If the mail from the West Indies arrived forty-eight hours before the packet going out, there was no important town in the empire that would not have an opportunity of answeriug the letters received, if government were induced to make Liverpool the packet station. (Hear.) He might be told that there existed a contract at present, but no contract should stand in the way of an arrangement which would afford the great advantages of a speedy delivery and quick despatch. He believed it was in contemplation that all the letters, from every part of the West Indies and South America, from Vera Cruz to Panama, would ultimately be sent to Europe through the medium of those mails; and, therefore, the council could scarcely contemplate the great advantages which might ensue to the interests of the country were Liverpool made the station. He had made these re marks for the purpose of calling the attention of the council to the matter, and also with the view of letting the public see the necessity which existed for having the mails despatched from and received at the port of Liverpool. Mr. GLADSTONE thought the remarks which had just fallen from Mr. Sheil well worthy of the attention of the council. He (Mr. Gladstone) should like to ask whether. the contrac tors had control of the vessels being despatched from one port or another, or whether it rested with the government ? He was afraid that in the settlement of this question Liver pool would have to contend with a great degree of jealousy and partiality in favour of other places, for it was rather a curious circumstance that of sixteen vessels ordered to be built for the purpose, every one of them was called after rivers in the United Kingdom, some of which were of the most trivial and unimportant description, whilst the name of the Mersey had not been given to any one of them. He believed too that with the exception of Captain Fayrer, who indeed could scarcely be called a Liverpool captain, there was not a single captain appointed in any way connected with Liver pool, though more than one had made application to get the command of some of these vessels, supported by the strong est testimonials. He mentioned these circumstances to show the difficulty the council would have to contend with in this matter. _ Mr. CASE said the vessels belonged to a company in Lon don, who had entered into a contract with the government to take up the mails at such port in the channel as the govern ment might decide on. The government had decided on Dartmouth. The voyage was to commence at Southampton; for at that port passengers were to be taken on board. On the return voyage the vessels were to call at Dartmouth, land the mails, and then proceed to Southampton with the pas sengers. The consequence of this state of things would be, that as Dartmouth was one hundred miles from Southamp ton, and as there was no railway along the line, the distance would have to be performed by coaches, and the passengers would reach London before the arrival of the mails. The evidence before the committee of the House of Commons was very cohtradictory ; bat there was one thing in which all agreed, namely, that if the vessels were to arrive at Liver pool, letters could be forwarded with greater rapidity than if they were to arrive at any other port, and that Liverpool was the best port from which to forward correspondence. The committee had therefore come to the resolution that they could not recommend Dartmouth, and that they did recom mend the packets to go from Falmouth until some other place was fixed on ; but they also recommended that a full investigation be gone into in the next session of parliament in order to determine on the best station. Mr. SHELL moved that the Finance Committees be in structed to forward a memorial to government on the sub ject, praying, in the first place, that no expense be incurred in the present state of the case, and that the attention of government might be dire..lted to Liverpool. The fact of the number of steam-boats which came to and went out of Liver pool was a sufficientanswer to all that might be said against the port. The Halifax boats were in the habit of coming a number of boats also wont and going without any delay ; an d therefore Liverpool had to Scotland and Ireland ; ac commodation which could not be obtained elsewhere. Liver pool had docks also; the West India packets could be b u ilt and repaired on the spot ; every advantage was at hand ; and he defied any man to bring forward any reasonable objection to the port. Mr. GLADSTONE seconded the motion proposed by Mr. Sheil, and it was unanimously adopted. Mr. JORDAN asked wether there was to be a deputation sent to London, of whether the memorial was to be trans mitted ? The MAYOR said the committee had full power given them to act in that respect as they might consider most advisable. The proceedings of the Finance Committee, with the ex ception of the sale of land to Messrs. Holme, were then confirmed. The cases, and the proceedings Of the Improve ment, Watch, Markets, and Town Hall Establishment Com mittees, were then read and confirmed. THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Education Committee, comprising the appointment of Mary Anne Boyce to the situation of second mistress to the South School, at the salary of £6O per annum, having been read, ' Mr. FHEME inquired whether any or what steps had been taken towards carrying out the recommendation of the com mittee with regard to the erection of two additional schools as ordered by the council some time ago? Mr. EARL replied—No steps had been taken, and he iSre seined they could not, with any degree of propriety, be taken in the present state of the corporate funds. Mr. ITAnnono begged to ask the reason why the time of the schoolmasters had been taken up in teaching the children Latin ? It might be that the Roman catholic• children required it more than the protestants, as a part of the service of their church was performed in that tongue; but if it were thought • . desirable to have Latin taught int - lie,'seicOols:lie:Would say, ir there were any Israelites there that they ought to be taught Hebrew. The MAYOR explained—The report read merely stated that the apprentices of the head masters were being taught Latin and not the children in the schools Mr. M 'KEE thought the observation had merely been used for the purpose of having another blow at the Roman catho lics. It appeared from the report that the masters taught Latin to their apprentices gratuitously out of school hours, and he did not see why they ought not to be taught a little Latin as was well as everything else. Mr. PARKER regretted to hear that some of the boys had been dismissed in consequence of having attended some of the silly processions which were recently going through the town. He complained of there not being a report of the South School beford the council, and stated that there was an uncouth apprentice there of violent temper. He also stated that there was a marked contrast between the beha-, viour of the boys in the South School and those in the North. Mr. PRIESTLEY, as one of the committee of the North School, stated that the, children who had been dismissed for attending the processions were in course of re-admission to the school. Fifty-three had been re-admitted on Monday, and the remainder of them would also be re-admitted. Mr. WICEE asked the name of the unruly boy in the South School? Mr. PARKER knew it not, but, by his dialect, be believed him to be descended from I rish parents. Mr. YATIn said it would be unfortunate if it went forth to the public that the boys in the South School were unruly. He attended there every week, and thought their conduct generally very correct. Mr. ISAAC HOIAIRS said the present was the first occa sion upon which he had been informed that apprentices were taken into the school for the purpose of being taught.. He wished to know when these apprentices were originally taken. The MAYOR read the resolution adopted by the council in January, 1840, which contained the form of binding appren tices as assistant teachers, and said that the resolution had been acted upon for the last twenty months. Mr. MICLIOR asked why the two schools had not been erected, in pursuance of the orders given a long time back ? The MAYOR believed it was owing to a want of funds. Mr. JORDAN said the St. Patrick's School was dwindling away from a want of funds also, and it might pass into the hands of the corporation for a trifling consideration. Mr. EARLE said the corporation were some time since de sirous of having the St. Patrick's School handed over to them, but found it impossible. If it were handed over, even now, perhaps something might be done with it. Mr. JORDAN said it bad cost £l4OO, and could not be handed over without a quid pro quo. Mr. linocron asked whether there was not a resolution on the books authorising the erection of a school in every ward in the town ? The. MAYOR believed there was. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES said it was quite impossible to build the schools as the corporation had no surplus funds for as to some of their purchases, he had reason to know that they had put the sellers of the Birkenhead property to much in convenience. It was perfectly ridiculous to talk of building under such circumstances. Mr. CASE said it was true that money was difficult to be raised. The council had ordered the Finance Committee to go to a large expense i►► various ways which they had not the means of providing for all at once, but the corporation estate was as good as ever it was. With regard to the purchase of Birkenhead, the money which the corporation had contracted to pay had been paid. If gentlemen would not be so ex tremely impatient, at the next council, or the next but one. they would have the state of the corporation finances fully before them, and they would then be able to judge how un wise it was to bring these matters forward, and press the Fi nance Committee to do that which they could not do, unless At considerable sacrifice to the corporation estate. Mr. SLATER thought there could be no possible harm in referring the subject to the 'Finance Committee, and that whenever the funds of the corporation were in a more pros perous condition they should erect the two additional schools in_preference to any other work. The TOWN-CLERK said the payments On account of the Birkenhead purchase had been delayed by difficulties as to the title, which had first to be got over. Those difficulties having been got over the money due had been paid. Mr. CASE believed the difficulties were altogether on the part of the sellers. The MAYOR.—They could not satisfy the legal adviser of the corporation as to their title. The TOWN-CLERK.—They were such difficulties as always occur in titles of complication. It being then understood that the Education Committee should confer with the Finance Committee on the subject of their erection, the conversation dropped, and the proceedings were confirmed. CHURCH EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Church Expenditure Committee were read and - confirmed. The committee recommended that lightning conductors be attached to the spires of the four corporation churches, and also to that of St. Thomas's. Mr. CASE said the probable cost of repairing the damage sustained by St. Michael's and St. Martin's Churches, by the late thunder -stor m , w o u ld amount to .£2,500. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES complained of the inefficient light of the clock at St. George's Church, and hoped the committee would direct their attention to the subject. COURTS OF LAW COMMITTEE-REMOVAL OF THE ASSIZES TO MANCHESTER The proceedings of the Courts of Law Committee were read and confirmed. Amongst the proceedings appeared the three folldwing memorials which were presented to the judges at the lute assizes, in reference to the hearing of the Salford Hundred list, and the removal of the assizes to Man chester : To the Right Hon. the Lord DENMAN, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench, and the Hon. Sir WILLIAM WIGHTMAN, Knight, one of the justices of the same court, being the judges of Assize on the Nor thern Circuit, in the summer of the year 1841. The memorial of the undersigned practising attorneys of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster. . Sheweth,--That your memorialists have been informed that a number of the practising attorneys of Manchester have presented a memorial or application to your lordships for a change in the present arrangement and order in which the causes entered in the West Derby list are tried at the assizes ; an application which, if it were complied with, would operate with great injustice and hardship upon the suitors, jurors, witnesses, and attorneys connected with the trial of causes entered in that list. That your memorialists beg leave to impress upon your lordships' attention that it is a most mistaken and fallacious idea to imagine that persons residing in or near Liverpool are the only persons who would be affected and injured by the suggested change,. because the West Derby list embraces causes, not merely from Liverpool, but from the towns of Wigan, Warrington, Newton, Ormskirk, and other places within the hundred of West Derby ; issues from the Court of Chancery, and causes where the official residences of the plaintiffs' attorneys, or of the plaintiffs themselves, if suing in person, are in the metropolis and in other parts of England and Wales, out of this county, and the present easy com munication by railways with Liverpool, has a direct ten tency to increase them all, which circumstances naturally swell out the list of causes entered in that list, and assist to give it a predonderance in number over the other list. That there is another strong reason why more causes are entered for trial on the West Derby list than in that of Sal ford, which is the fact, that it is not the population of any district which determines the number of causes emanating from thence, but the extent of commerce and the magnitude and importance of their mercantile transactions; and as Manchester is a manufacturing place, and not a seaport, whilst Liverpool is a great mercantile town, the latter natu rally supplies a list of causes for the assizes, not only of greater number, but of greater importance in point of amount than Manchester. _ That it is not correct to attribute (as appears to be done in the application from Manchester) the inferior number of causes in the Salford list to the inconvenience or expense of having to attend at Liverpool on the trial, because, even prior to that period, when the assizes were held in Liverpool, and in August, 1835, when they were first held here (and before any such supposed inconvenience or expense of at tending at Liverpool could have been experienced) the num ber of causes entered in the West Derby list was greater than that of Salford, as is shown in the following table : 1833. 1833. 1834. 1834. 1835. 1835. Mar. Aug. Mar. Aug. Mar. Aug. 69 72 52 52 46 92 Salford I 41 I 49 I 43 144 I 33 I 53 That the distance from Manchester to Liverpool is, after all, very little, and the communication by rail Way is very frequent, and passengers often perform the distance in one hour and a quarter, and no good reason occurs to your me morialists (supposing proper arrangements to be made) to render it necessary to send witnesses in any cause from Man chester so early as to be detained many days at Liverpool. That the important mercantile causes tried in the West Derby list constantly require the attendance of masters, mates, and other seafaring men as witnesses, and with the facilities for leaving this country, which a seaport town like Liverpool affords, it is a great advantage to have causes tried early so as to obtain the benefit of their testimony, and to avoid risking the loss of it by their going to sea. That your memorialists have reason to believe that the alacrity and zeal of Liverpool in promptly providing lodgings for the judges, in fitting up a court-house adapted to the trial of causes, and the arrangements then contemplated, and now in progress, for erecting new and very commodious and extensive courts, as well as the superior quiet and peace of the town, had considerable effect in causing the assizes to be held there, when put in contrast with the neglect of Man chester to offer good accommodations for the above purposes, and with the confusion and turbulence which might be inci dent to its numerous manufacturing population. West Derby That the common law commissioners in their report, part 1, pages 51 and 52, recommended that the hundred of Sal ford should be annexed to, and form part of, a circuit with Chester and some other places, and that separate assizes should be held in Liverpool and in Manchester ; and your memoria►ists do not offer any opinion upon the expediency or otherwise of that plan, or of an adjournment of the assizes from Liverpool to Manchester, for the trial of causes in the Salford list, provided no inconvenience or delay shall be thereby occasioned in the trial of causes in the West Derby list, and the same remark will equally apply to the trial of criminals at the assizes. That, owing to the fatigue and weariness incidental to a long assize, it is notorious that causes tried at the end of the list are never tried so well or so satisfactorily to the suitors as those in the earlier part of the assizes. And your memorialists very respectfully beg leave to re present, that it would be unjust and oppressive to their cli ents and their witnesses, as well as to themselves, if the trial of the causes in the Salford list were always to precede those in the West Derby list ; and th a t as th e l a tt er are more nu merous, and certainly not less important, than the former, it is only reasonable that each should enjoy the advantage of precedence alternately. Your memorialists respectfully, but urgently, solicit that no alteration may be made in the rules of court of the August assizes, 3d Geo. 4th, and of the September assizes, sth Geo. 4th, which will allow the causes in the Salford list to take precedence, or to be tried (except as at present, at alternate assizes) before all the causes in the West Derby list shall have been tried or disposed of. And your memorialists will ever pray. • [Here follow the signatures.] To the Right Hon. the Lord DENMAN and the Hon. Sir WILLIAM WIGHTMAN, Knight, the Judges of Assize in the Northern Circuit, in the summer of 1841. The humble memorial of the Liverpool Law Association, Sheweth,—That your memorialists have had a communi cation from the Manchester Law Society, calling their atten tion to a memorial to your lordships from that association, respecting the adjournment of the assizes from Liverpool to Manchester, as regards the trial of causes from the Salford hundred, and also respecting certain proposed regulations as to the trial of causes in Liverpool. That your memorialists have read, with much satisfaction, a memorial on the same subject from the practising attorneys of Liverpool, which has the general approval of this associa tion. . . That, in addition to the grounds stated in that memorial showing the injusti ce it wou ld b e a l wa y s to place th e West Derby list last in the cause paper, your memorialists would call the attentio n of your lordships to the great disadvantage under which your memorialists and their clients already la= hour, from th e c i rcums t ance o f th e ca uses in the West Derby list being tried l as t a t every S pr i ng Assizes, when the judge s have not the o pp or t un it y o f rema ining so long on the circuit as at the Autumn Assizes, and great inconvenience results from the causes in the West Derby hundred being tried at the close of an assize when the time is o limited. That your memorialists see tlO reason for disturbing the ar rangements for holding the assizes in Liverpool for the whole of the southern division, which was made in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, after the most grave deliberation, which has been attended with the most bene ficial results. and in the faith of which many permanent and important arrangements have been made in Liverpool and elsewhere in the county. That, with regard to the inconvenience complained of in the Manchester memorial as to the Uncertainty of the day on which the second list of causes shall commence, and which affects also the West Derby list, your memorialists would re spectfully suggest that this inconvenience may be obviated by a general rule, that the second list (whether the Salford or West Derby) shall not be entered on earlier than a given day, unless notice to the contrary be published. That your memorialists concur with the Manchester attor neys in bearing testimony to the inconvenience attending the present mode of appointing the trial of special jury causes in the middle of the assizes, and would rejoice to see it obviated by some other arrangement which would not interfere with the trial of the common jury causes in either list. To the right hon. the Loan CHIEF JUSTIOE and the bon. Mr. JUSTICE WIGHTMAN The Council of the Borough of Liverpool, on the grounds and for the reasons stated in the memos ials of the attorneys of Liverpool, and the Liverpool Law Association, most re spectfully deprecate any alteration in the plan of taking the West Derby and Salford lists, each first alternately, at the Liverpool assizes • save so far as modifications are suggested by those memorials. Whether your lordships give your voice for or against the removal of the Salford hundred causes to assizes to be held at Manchester, will depend on the sound judgment of your lordships. Your lordships will no doubt take into consideration all the circumstances of the case, the advantages and conveniences that Liverpool affords—that the council are disposed to pro vide every possible further accommodation—that the present courts were materially improved for the assizes, altogether costing the corporation £2s,ooo—that the lodgings cost the corporation, annually, upwards of £600; and that the council have commenced a hall to contain courts for the judges, the vice-chancellor, and the sheriff, with rooms for the bar, all on the most extended scale, and at a cost to the corporation of not less than £100,000; the council having in view the erection of an edifice for the public administration of justice which shall be worthy of the southern division of the county. By order of the Committee of the Courts of Law, RD. RADCLIFFE. Town-hall, Liverpool, August 23, 1841 THE DOCK COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Dock Committee were next read and confirmed. THE MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS. The Mayor read an application from Robert Hurley, one of the 'messengers of the Town-hall, praying for an increase of salary. At present he h as 21s. a-week—referred to the Town-ball Committee. He then read a letter from the Com mittee of the Northern Mechanics Institution, thanking the council for the loin of the North Corporation School. He next read an application from the Officers of the Court of Requests, praying for an increase of salary. They stated that they had only 21s. a-week, that their duty in serving to the danger of catching fevers, from the filthiness of the places they had to visit—referred to the Court of Requests Committee. He next read a similar application for an in crease of salary from the assistant-execution officers—referred to the same committee. He next read a communication from the householders of Great Nelson -street, Bertles-street, and the neighbourhood, praying that a door• for foot passen gers might be made in a certain wall which had been erected at the North Haymarket. Mr. ISAAC 140LNIES and Mr. PARKER supported the prayer of the memorialists. - Mr. JORDAN considered it quite a shame and a disgrace to the magistrates—(a laugh) —to grant so many new licenses to persons in the neighbourhood. The memorial was referred to the Markets' Committee. VACANCY IN THE COMMITTEES. _ _ _ Mr. JOHN SMITH, in pursuance of a notice of motion to that effect, proposed that Mr. Parker be elected a member of the Watch, Lighting, Cleansing, and Fire Police Committee, in the room of Mr. George Quayle, who had ceased to be a member of the council. Mr. KiLsnAw seconded the proposition.—Carried unani m ously. REMOAAL OF THE BRIDEWELL, &C Mr. EVANS, in the absence of Mr. Aikin,'moved that it be referred to the Courts of Law Committee, to inquire into and report upon the expediency of removing the Police Court, the Court of Requests, and the Watch Committee Rooms, and the main Bridewell, together with the offices connected there with respectively, from their present sites to the site of the Islington Market, and land in Shaw's-brow adjacent to that market, or to the site of the Old Infirmary, or part of the in tended new building thereon, or any new site; and to inquire and report whether the space required cannot be afforded in such new buildings ; and also to inquire and report upon the cost of the requisite erections and alterations, and the value of the sites near the Town-hall, which, by such removal, would be placed at the disposal of the Council. Mr. EARLE seconded the motion ; and after a few obser vations from Mr. Mellor, Mr. Freme, and Mr. G. Holt, it was unanimously adopted. A special committee, consisting of the members of the Courts of Law Committee, together ,with Mr. Evans and Mr. Aikin, was then appointed to in quire and report upon the subject. Dili. QUAYLi'S PENALTY The last motion on the paper, of which notice had been given by Mr. Aikin, was to the following eiTect :—" That the sum of 50, paid by Mr. Quayle, on his resignation, be re turned to him." Mr. SHELL, in order to save time, begged of the town clerk to state what was his view of the law of the case about which they were then going to consider. The TOWN-CLERK said that his opinion, after mature con sideration, and after having mentioned the subject to several barristers, was, as he had stated at the last council, that by the act of resignation Mr. Quayle had become liable to pay the 1:50, which £5O he had paid to effect his object by the resignation. The consequence of the resignation was, that he was relieved from his duties as councillor, whether the proceedings then pending ended in a judgment of ouster or not. That relief he purchased by paying the penalty. And though the party might not be entitled to the office he held, yet if he were to do a act as if he were so entitled, as in this case, the money cannot be returned. The Consequence was another election. That be became liable to pay the money was perfectly clear, and it was impossible to say it was money paid in error; but even if it were paid in error, he could not by law recover it back again. With regard to the power of the council to take into consideration the hardship of the case, they had no such power. The moment the money had been paid, it was sub ject to obligatory engagement, for the benefit of the inhabi tants and the improvement of the borough. Therefore he was decidedly of opinion that the money was properly paid, not in any error; that it was properly received by the council, and that it cannot be properly returned. (Hear, hear.) Mr. SHEIL said, that after the town-clerk's statement, and seeing that the law was against it, he felt that he could not divide the council on the subject, whatever his own private views might be. • Mr. J. - flonNur here entered into a short explanation in reference to a letter from Mr. Carson, which appeared in the STANDARD, and some observations which fell from him at the last council. After he had left the council on the last day, he met Mr. Carson, and informed him of the substance of what he had stated relative to Mr. Quayle in the council. Mr. Carson accordingly went and published a letter, in which he asserted that he (Mr. Hornby) had admitted, in the coun cil, that Mr. Quayle had submitted to the action. The words were put in italics. It was not likely he had used them. They did not appear in any of the published reports, and, in a matter of the kind, he should rather rely upon the correct ness of the gentlemen of the press than his own memory. Mr. llornby proceeded to read an extract from a letter he had received from Mr. Quayle, and sat down assuring the council that he had grounds for stating what he bad done. Mr. COOPER thought Mr. Shand had done his duty to the public in bringing the action to an issue, and that the public ought to feel indebted to him for the manly part he had acted. Mr. EARLE was sorry that Mr. Birkett and Mr. Hodgson, who had issued a state paper in the STANDARD, were absent. He had heard of there being equity as well as law, and he thought Mr. Quayle had been robbed of his £fo. The TowN-CLERK.—Law is equity The council then separated. CORRESPONDENCE TO THE HON. AND REV. BAPTIST NOEL (No. 4.) Liverpool, 9th September, 1841. REVEREND SIR,—You state, on page 16 of your pam phlet, that Ireland is likewise overstocked with labourers. I cannot admit this, for in that portion of the United King dom, out of 19,411,911 acres, there are 12,525,280 cultivated acres, 2,500,000 acres UNCULTIVATED WASTES, CAPABLE OF IMPROVEMENT, besides 2,416,664 acres barren and un profitable ; and I cannot conceive that a country is over stocked with labourers which has yet 6,916,660 acres—above one-third of the country—uncultivated; particularly as it is an ascertained fact, that nearly one-fourth of the country yet uncultivated is capable of improvement. But to pass on ; your tract abounds in such statements and assertions as the following :—" Why were the average annual exports to " the whole of Europe, in the year ending 1836, less in value " by nearly twenty per cent., than they were in the five years " that followed the war ? Because we would not allow the " continent to pay for our goods with corn. Why have we " been exporting large quantities of iron, steel, coals, &c., " to enable them to manufacture for themselves, &e. ? " Because they could only pay for ours by their corn, and we " would not permit them.' _ Now, sir, I think one case clearly stated and proved would be worth a thousand assertions; and it is rather singular, that this cannot be found throughout your treatise. Asser tions may be found in abundance, but progfs are things you do not seem to indulge your renders with ; and although it is an unfortunate fact, that many will believe all that is stated by the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, there are some who would like to see each case cleared up before steaming on to the next station. If you had kindly shown that the conti nent could supply us with all the corn we should require from them, and at a lower price than we can grow it, and also have proved that our commerce is restricted because we do not barter for foreign corn, then your statements would have been of some value ; and having proved this, I should have been obliged to impose another and rather a heavy task upon you. Taking a wide, expansive, and liberal view of Christian philanthropy—a view suited to the present times —why should we attempt to hinder, or retard the pro gress and improvement in foreign manufacturing? If it is a good thing for us, it is a good thing for then: ; and if it is good for them, it would be rather selfish of us to put barriers in the way of our foreign neighbours availing themselves of those advantages which we pos sess. Should not this wide view of Christian philan thropy make us desire to assist foreign countries in the im provement of their manufacturing interest, which we have found so beneficial to ourselves ? I throw this out as a hint for your future consideration. Your note at foot of page 19 has been so ably handled elsewhere, that I scarcely like to touch upon it; but it merely requires quoting to shew its absurdity : " The trade in foreign corn would cause a demand for English goods; hence a new demand for raw materials, which would be paid for in goods. Hence a number of new ships, and new demand for timber, which likewise would be paid for in goods, and require more ships. All this fresh employment would enable the artisans to consume more tea, sugar, &c., which would be paid fur in more goods, and re quire more ships. Meanwhile there would be a demand for new houses and warehouses, and therefore for more timber and more ships. On all which accounts, the increase of employment would be great to many classes." PRODIGIOUS ! You appear to have come to the conclusion that it would be a most desirable thing to turn corn lands into pasturage ; but how this can be the case I am again at a loss to know, for you do not here indulge your readers with any proof of your position, although you do admit that pasturage will require fewer labourers. If we require more corn, and corn growing employs more labourers than pasture lands, it seems rather paradoxical that it should benefit the country to throw land out of corn cultivation. That it would be beneficial to cultivate our waste lands for pasturage, and so encourage the farmer that he could turn more pasturage into corn lands, I have no doubt; and this is, I think, borne out by reason and common sense. I must defer a few remarks upon your view of adding, to the comforts of the poor, and providing employment for their children, by an extension of our manufacturing inte rest, until my next ; but 1 think m_ y Lord Ashley would b e . better able to enlighten y our mind on this subject. I beg to remain, rev. sir. Iol4c very obedient servant, TO THE EDITOR Or THE Lirr ST.42IDARD.\ SIR S I beg to draw your attention to the disgraceful manner in which the mail-cart men drive throtrt the public streets ;—they go at a fearful pace, ynite heedless of the public safety Thursday PEDESTRIAN NUISANCES IN THE PUBLIC STREETS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR.—Is it not abominable that the public streets are to be rendered almost impassible, in consequence of outrageous and disgusting pictures being exposed to public view, to attract attention to exhibitions ? What can the authorities be about to permit such unseemly pictures as those hung outside a house in Leigh-street ?—and why are not the police ordered to compel silly people to " move on," who block up the way while idly standing to gaze at those monstrosities? The neighbours are sadly annoyed.—l remain, &e., A WHITECHAPEL RESIDENT. POPERY IN IRELAND We copy the following letter from the Dublin Statesman. It exhibits a lamentable instance of the perversion of the in fluence possessed by the popish priests over their flocks Surely the persons who point attention to such facts _ ---- ----- -- -- detailed in the su bj o i ne d s t atement ought not to be. designated "the calumniators of their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects." There is a wide ?difference between exposing the grinding tyranny of Rome by legitimately proving instances of its oppression, and " heaping terms of reproach and obloquy on those who differ from us." Our Protestant ministers never do the one—O'Connell and the priests avowedly are guilty of the other. Let the Protestant public reflect upon the following cruel cases of persecution : Glen Columbkill, September 1, 1841. Stn,—Being fully persuaded that it is the duty of every one who wishes well to Ireland, to throw all the light he can on the direful effects of the influence possessed, and so fre quently exercised, by the Roman Catholic priesthood, I beg your insertion of the following simple statement of facts : I have been upwards of four years rector of this parish, and within that period there were four schools, connected with the London Hibernian Society, in active operation under my superintendence ; in these about three hundred Roman Catholic children were receiving literary and scriptural in struction. About two years ago the Rev. Chas. Ferry came here as assistant to the parish priest, and very soon com menced a very active opposition against the schools. Ile has at length succeeded in closing two of them, at which there was an attendance of one hundred and forty children ; from a third all the Roman Catholic children have been withrawn , to the number of eighty or ninety ; at the fourth there may be about fifty, to whom the Bible is a forbidden book : but for the remaining two hundred and fifty children, - formerly receiving instruction, no provision whatsoever has been made ! Last autumn two benevolent ladies, who were on a visit to the parish, opened a school for Roman Catholic fe males, at which they attended two or three days in the week, until the same priest issued his edict, and deprived these young persons of the only opportunity they ever enjoyed of learning even the plainest kind of needle-pork ! About two months since, Mr. Ferry heard of the news of the Kerry reformation having been communicated to some members of his flock ; and being of course greatly exasper ated that so much light should be let in upon their minds, he wrote a very strangely-worded note to a Protestant, from whoM it was supposed the news had come, calling upon him to " tell the truth respecting this fabrication." and saying— (l give the extract verbatim et literatim)—" I would gladly - know, what county, city, barony, or parish, that these Roman . Catholics became Protestants." A day or two afterw ar d s h e introduced himself to me, at a hotel, where we casually met ; he mentioned to me the circumstance of his_ having written to one of my hearers; and I then told him that I myself was the publisher of the glad tidings from Kerry : he did not venture to deny the truth of these tidings, but dropped the subject at once. However, the Sunday after his return, he at his altar introduced the subject again, rated his flock for listening to such false reports, and spoke of his letter being unanswered, and likely to remain so. On the following Monday morning, I sent him a letter, containing a simple statement of facts connected with Dingle, Ventry, and their neighbourhood, mentioning the names of the local clergy, on whose authority I stated these to be facts. I concluded my letter with an appeal in these words—" I cannot conclude without assuring you, as in the presence of God. I have not an unkind feeling towards you ; the principles and practices of your church I hold to be unscriptural and anti-scriptural. I would not wish to offend you. 1 have learned to respect the hoary head; but I would be false to my God, did I not take this opportunity of imploring you to ponder well upon your present state; you are now an old man, supporting a system which cannot bear the light of God's word ; with a vast multitude of immortal souls looking to you for bread— and what are you giving them ? Alas ! not 'the sincere milk of the Word. And oh, think of the sin of robbing the little ones of their birthri;tht—the precious Bible—setting up your own word in opposition to that of the Saviour, who said— ' search the Scriptures.' That God may sive you repentance to the acknowledging of the truth, is the sincere prayer of your faithful friend.' Thisletter was received on Monday, the 12th of July, and on Sunday, the Bth of August, after an absence from home, the priest mentioned that he had received a letter from me, but took special care not to read it, nor tell the contents of it; he then issued his edict, " that no one belonging to his flock should work for Mr. Carre, on pain of being denied the rites of the church l'fhis command has ever since been strictly obeyed, not willingly I am sure, as, there being only another gentleman in the parish to give any employ ment, the poor Roman Catholics were always thankful to get work from me for themselves, their children and their houses. One poor man, my tenant, °who was bound by pro mise to cut my meadows, in payment of rent which be was unable to pay in May last, entreated leave from the priest to work for me, in fulfilment of his promise, but permission was refused ! lam no sufferer by this nn-Christian edict, as my Protestant parishioners are determined, as far as in them lies,. to save my crops ; but I feel deeply for my poor Roman neighbours, many of whom, I am sure need a shilling, and cannot get it to earn, though willing to work. I cannot blame them for obeying the priest's mandate, as I am fully convinced, and facts of daily occurrence in other parts of un happy Ireland bear me out in my conviction, that if any one dared to work for me, his life would be in danger. Without making any further comment, but leaving this unvarnished statement to tell upon the minds of the unpre judiced, and especially of those who sigh and cry for the miseries of dear Ireland. I remain, sir, very faithfully yours, HENRY. CARRE. Rector of Glen-Columbkill ACCIDENT IN CRURCH.STREET. —On Wednesdiy last, as one of the town cars was passing up Church -street, a man who was crossing Parker-street, and did not see the vehicle approaching, became entangled with it, and unfortu nately the wheel passed over and inflicted serious injury upon him. The attention of the corporation has often been called to the dangerous state of Parker -street, and it now has become almost imperative upon them to make some great improvement, especially as it is becoming one of the greatest thoroughfares in the town. THE CHANCELLORSHIP.—This is the third occasion that Lord Lyndhurst has received the great seal from the hands of his sovereign. Lord Lowther has been raised to the peerage by the title of Baron Lowther, of Whitehaven. We have great satisfaction in announcing that the Duchess of Buceleuch has lately accepted the office of mistress of the robes, lately held by the Duchess of Sutherland. AN AUTHENTIC JOE MILLER.—As if to redeem the ha bitual dulness of Joe Miller, one solitary joke of his stands on respectable authority. Joe, sitting at the window, or the Sun Tavern, in Clare -street, while a tishwoman was crying, " Buy my soles! buy my maids ! " Exclaimed, " ! you wicked old creature ; are you not content to sell your own soul, but you must sell your maid's too ! "—Bsslley's GOING !—Go to Newhaven—you can go for a shilling. Go to Hartford—you can go for a dollar. Go to Albany —you can go there, too, for a dollar. Go to Staten Island—you can go there for six-pence, and get an excursion down the bay into the bargin, and be brought home, too, if only you do not go ashore. Go on the Fishing Banks—you can go and. be gone all day for a shilling, and be jammed half to death is the crowd. Go somewhere—go everywhere—it's so very cheap, Pray dont stay at home.—Amercian paper. The increase of letters passing the Ulveratone Postoffiee, on the last ten months, is nearly 800 weekly. The postage on all the letters passing through this office =bunts to more than was produced under the old system. Trade and land, said Mr. Child, one of our earliest politi cal economists, are knit each to other, and must wax and wane together ; so that it shall never be well with land but trade must feel it, nor ill with trade but land must fall. - On Friday evening last the metropolis and the neighbour hood for miles around, was visited by a severe storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by very heavy rain, which lasted upwards of an hour. No serious damage was done. SATISFACTION.—An Indian shoots - his enemy from behind a tree; a Turk will strike his handjar into the heart of his foe while he slumbers ; and a South American Spaniard will rip up on the spot the bowels of one who has insulted him ; while an Englishman or a Frenehtnan calls out the tnun who has cast a stain upon his honour, and running him through, according to the rules of fence, or blowing out his brains at the dropping of a handkerchief, walks away and calls this a Fair and open revenge—received the satisfaction of a gentle nan. THE NEW MINISTRY.-Mr. Emerson Tennent has been appointed joint secretary of tloe Board of Control. Messrt4. Pringle and Gaskell, M.P., have been appointed Lords of the Treasury ; and Captain Sir G. Seymour and the Hon., Captain Gordon, Lords of the Admiralty. Sir E. Sugder, having declined the Lord Chancellorship of Ireland, it is. )e-. lieved that Mr. Pennefather will succeed Lord Canip6M that high office. On Tuesday morning one of those explosions tchich fee-. quently take place at Lucifer match manufactories, occurreA4 at the manufactory of Mr. Ilynams, Prince's-square, L am ... beth. Upwards of one hundred men and boys were em _. ployed in the factory, when suddenly a loud explosion was: heard, and immediately the whole place was in flames. Soon afterwards the engines of the West of England and the bri gade were on the spot, and the fire was fortunately prevented from extending any further than the immediate premises. - --- - A rather amusing statement of the majority . aga i nst mi nisters, on the recent division, appeared m the third edition of a York newspaper last Saturday evening, The result of the debate had been printed on a slip of paper, and p as t e d upon a paragraph iu one of the columns of the journal ; and after duly announcing that the m a j or it y against ministers was ninety-one, the next line stated that they were "to be im prisoned for twelve months." IMPORTANT TO CORNPACTORS.—Mr.Ii. Deverill, corn - factor, London-road, appeared at the police-odice in this town, before John Wells, Esq., on Wednesday, to •answer a summons granted upon an information at the instinee of Mr. W. North, corn inspector, for not having made a return of corn purchased by him in the week preceding the 2-ith of July last, whereby a penalty of £2O was incurred. The defendant admitted the charge, but as he undertook not to be guilty of suc h neglect again, and expressed his great regret le for the om i ss i on, the information was withdrawn on tl costs, 21s bei ng pa id .—Noltinghant Journal. - • Are you one of those who laugh at the thought that God interferes in the affairs of nations ; and who think that no notice is taken by Him of national transactions ? I am aware that false philosophy sneers at the thought, and counts him a madman who believes in divine superintendence. I cling to the hope that you are not thus deluded. It is the belief in the non-accountability do God, which has led our whip go_ ?lemurs astray—it is the consequent nat ional sins for which we are now sufforing. The punish ment of nations for their crimes must be in time, becaus e, as nations, they will not . i exist in elernity.—Fleet Paper aboutFATAL OccurtaEseE — C O Tuesdaynight, about another about past nine o'clock, two you n g men, named Patrick Carle a n d Peter Burns, or Christie, both belonging to the \Villi arn 11111, of . about half past inoutrbarbour being on deck after t ie r Drogheda,begsib w say, o teaze and pull one as some no in diversion, others say they were evFr, b o th. righting : how N fell overboard . Carle sunk instantl y , w hile Bunts v u p by one of t wo boats that were on the spot in lessas picked m i nu te after the occurrence took place. Carle than a t h e aurface.—Ayr Advertiser. arle never ro se to