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Mtv iBB thrown their native al lisaffis'and mnchunics entirely out of iffeari." To the troth of the above remarks respecting the ruin ous policy Of the prest , nt ministry the experience of the People ,f ~ England will bear the Strongest testimony. Little _e se remains to complete the measure' of %%hig in fatuation than tot brow .open the trade in corn, and thus . Pintige ten millions of the population of Great Britain into irretrievable ruin. We have very little doubt that it is the intention of the Whigs to - accomplish this scheme, as soon as certain exisring obstacles are re moved—that.is, if they are not previously driven from power. W e are sorry to perceive,that one melancholy result of the full emancipation of the negroes has been the death from neo- 6 lioenee of their c hild ren . Th e pa p er 6 front which we have already quoted has the following distressing particulars in looking over the catalogue of'coroners inquests (pub lished by our contemporary of the St. Jago Gazetee, it is me lancholy to observe the number of poor free negro children sacrificed by the listless negligence of their slothful motheri, many of whom, feel so little auxiety about the health or wel fare of their offspriug, that they never observe they are ailing or sick till they are at the last extremity, and then they run with them to the overseer or hospital doctor when it is too late to save tbeM. That our readers may have autheutic reports,of the cases alluded to, we subjoin a few specimens as follow : IN WESTAVAELAND : —On the 12th September last, at My lerstield estate, on the body of a negro child named Thomas Riley. It appeared iu evidence that the child had been sick and was neglected by its mother; taken from her and given to ' a nurse; it came on bad weather; utter weather over, nurse brought it to the overseer, who ordered a quart of flour to be given fur it. Nurse roasted two dumplings, it eat a little ; asked for rater, drank some, then died almost iminediatel.—Verdict 4 ' Died by the visitation or God."—At the same place, and on the same day, on the body of another negro child named Mary Dobson, also a free child on the property. It appeared trout the evidence of Rosey BeCkford, that Mary Ann Claike, the child's mother, l e ft th e c hild w i t h h er i u the morning, and when she, Rosey Beckford, went out, she left it playing in the yard. When, she _returned she missed Mary D:ibsou, and searching for h er , s h e found her lying in a aster hole quite dead.—Verdict "Accidentally drowned."—On the 3 , l • Januarv,` at Prospect estate, on the body of a, negro child named George . Pennycoek, about 3 years old. The child'S mother being sworn, deposed that two or three weeks ago her child was sick ; took it to the overseer who gave her medicine for it; the child was afterwards taken very ill, and before she could take it to the overseer it died.—Verdict "That the child came to its death partly from neglect of its mother." Ou the 24th at Spring Garden estate, on the body of a free child named Diana Thomas.—Orioa Wedderburn, the child's mother, being sworn, deposed that returning - from her wOrk on Friday, she found her child blow quite hard, ,took it immediately to Mr. Smith, the. overseer, who sent it to the hospital, where every care was taken of her, but she died in less than au hour.—Verdict " Died by the visitation of God."' " In the dugs of slavery such cruel neglect could seldom or never. occur, because the negro children were under the superintend ence of nurses appointed by the proprietor to attend to all the young children, to see them properly fed, clothed, and looked after, and the mistress or ladies resident on the estate were assi duous in training the young negroes to domestic habits, and paid them every possible attention when sick. But since the parents of these free negro children have had their hearts turn ed against their former 1 enefactots, and they feel averse to apprentice them, or trust them to the care of masters and mis tresses, they are suffered to ruts wild, and are doomed to perish from the neglect of their careless or depraved parents. What the liveS of some of these negro mothers are, we may judge from the following inquest : On the 211th, at Retreat estate, ou the body of a negro woman named Mary Hogg Goodwiu, late an apprentice on that pro- Perty. Mr. Cocker, the overseer, deposed, that on Thursday shell blow, he found deceased laying down drunk in the fowl house ; she went h o m e i n t h e even i ng app a rent l y pre t ty so b er; he ordered her to turn out to work in the second gang; would not allow her near the, house. Friday morning. she was found lying on the Kin g ' s roa d b eas tly drunk; hospital; s e nt for Dr. Mason, jun., wo used the stomach pump, and did every thing 'possible. to save her, but in vain; she died about eight o'clock that evening. Verdict—'''That Mary Hogg Goodwin 'died froth excessive drinking of ardent spirits." " We may ask, what is become otall the,childret of the non prmdials. who have been kindly treated and comfortably lodged in the houses or on the premises of the apprenti ce - mas t ers dur ing, their pietas' term - of service'? For, it is •not reasonable to expect that people will be willing to hire servants who will burthen with children that are of no use, and cannot be kept under proper control. And how they are to be otherwise pro vided fur in the present.unsettled state of affairs, we are at a loss to determine." - From these details it is evident that incalculable mis chief would be the unfailing consequence of immediate emancipation, and that it is no less an act of humanity. towards the apprentices, than of just ice towards the plan -• ters, that a reasonable period of probation should inter vene before the former are thrown entirely upon their own resources t We would, therefore, venture to ask the emancipationists whether they. are not virtually contri• buting to swell the amount of human misery by seeking to precipitate the perfect liberty of the negroes? Would it not be much better to labour for the moral and spiritual improvement of the apprentices, in older to fit them for the proper exercise of tlie - rights of citizenship, than to seek to confer upon them privileges which they are in capable of appreciating, and immunities which they are stile to abuse ? W e have been lunch delighted with, the following ex cellent sketch of .the'policy.of our present ministers : (Front the Kings!on Chronicle, ,Ifurcho ) Addisen, describing the whigs in the reign of Queen Arnie WYs, addressing himself to Britannia : — Thy favourites grow not up by fortune's sport, Nor from the crimes or. follies of a court, On the firm basis of desert they rise, From long try'd faith, and friendship's holy ties. And Burke, too, says that in those days they believed that the 'only proper method of rising into power, was through bard essays of practised friendship and eXperienced fidelity. At that time it was not imagined that patriotisin was a bloody id "l• which required the sacrifice of children and parents, a rid the dearest connexious in private life, and of all vit.. tles which rise from those relations. They were not of that, lu g e ntous_paradoxical morality, to imagine that a spirit of mo deration .Wmi properly shown in patiently bearing the sufferings of your friends.. Or that disinterestedness was clearly mani fested at the expense of other people's fortune. They believed that no xaen could act in conceit who did not act in coulidetice ;' and that no men could act with confidence who were not bound together by common opinions, common affections, and common intents. " These wise men were too well-principled in these maxims,. '''Pon which the whole fabric of public strength is built, to be - b lown off their ground by the breath of any childish talker. : r hey were nut afraid that they should be called an ambiguous Junto, or that their resolution to stand or fall together should, placeraen, be interpreted as a scuffle fur power. The govern inY Whig s of Queen Vietwia's reign act upon no common principle " 1 1 . reason or consistency, that we know of, but that of changing li zeir measures to retain their places. To divide and reign is 'their maxim, and to split the county into contending factions 411).ears to be the object of the acting administration. Their b anef u l councils spread even to the colonial legislatures, and "I produced in our Jamaica assembly the same jarring and (-115 tinited elements which are to be found in the parliament of 4 e parent state. With this difference, that here the conserve body is not of that united, compact, and formidable phalanx '•'lctilaterl to ,defeat the mischievous and destructive assaults bf . their ever-restless and changeable roes. And, .coortequently, th efrc'huteutieus conflicts are the more - likely to effect general c onfusion .; Itthe conservative corps do not rally speedily ; we can 'Acive little hope for the futUie peace or prosperity of the country!" It is, indeed; perfectly true that the Whigs have no t 'tliei principle—no other motive Al action, than that of ` Pe rtinaciously keeping their places. To accomplish this et ici they are ever,willing to ,suit their policy 40 every l e !" ) ergelapy, and ready on all occasions to shape and alter )h eir measures in obedience to,considerptions of expedi f'„neY• But it is high time that the_Cou ser vativ e s of G reat Britain should take somp ; decisive plan for thrust .ing these unprincipled imbeciles out of office, before the ,I.4i3chiel which they are perpptraiing .becomes irrepara. .. 11 e• Let the people of .gnglanO, pour their addresses th tt foot of the throne, and demand the expulsion of the • 'ig-Radical faction flow power. Let our gracious eeti know the sentiments entprtatned by, licr loyal 41Thjects, and she will not assu re dly • l ac k th e coinage t o Beat d e ‘ • With her present ministers according to their merits. :fur. ROMAN CATHOLIC OAT/L.-411e Earl of sltrews lurY, in pursuance to a notice of motion to that e ff ec t, before the House of Lordi on Tuesday last the i l '? r isider a ti on o f t he R oman C at h o li c O at h . T he exhi iltion w hi c h this doughty champion of Popery made of ' 413 '4 11.. 0n the occasion is as unaccountable as it is diS raCeflil to himself and to iris party. Of all men in the l'i.",;dom the Earl of Shrewsbury should have been th e i 4s t to utter a word in extenuation of the Popish mein 'ers. of Parliament. From the extracts which we shall presently introduce f rom a wo rk publi s h e d b y t h e no bl e ' a il before the passing of the Emancipation it ap• heats that he of all others, most effectually laboured to r i etti c i • " tire. Protestants of . England into the belief that t N Papi sts . were s i ncere :in their professions with respect in t ii*,llkit4iptitspus'e.d to; , be incorporated in the bill. That nt:ll, -- in a letter to n . gtvtAal - ery opi)O . r . tunely citlo'.al several pasnges from he . work to which. we refer. We cannot do 1),-.4 ter than lay the whole of these I:.assages before our readers. fur the purpose of showing thy consummate duplicity of the Popish leaders. The following are the extracts, as contained in Mr. Macdonnell's letter : • Sir.—As the Earl of Shrevnbury hasappointed next Tuesday for the consideration of the Roman Catholic.oath, 1 beg leave to invite his Lordship's recurreuce to the sentiments embodied in his book published in the year 1828, entitled Reasons fur not taking the Test. I shall confine my reference to his "prelimi- nary observations," and furnish the extracts unaccompanied by a single line of note or comment thereupon. The noble author observes as follows:—" The Protestant is-now the established church. Let her rest satisfied with this advantage. It gives her all the splendour and power and influence of worldly state, with the largest ecclesiastical revenues in Christendom to support them; thus insuring her as complete an ascendancy over every other religion as can with justice be desired."—(Page 47.) . . . " Clemency and moderation will attach a large and zealous body to her interests. We should support her, not as a church possessing purity of doctrine, but as a teacher of good morals, and as a member of the great edifice of the constitu tion." (Page 49.) . . . . " I trust to show, that far from there being any reasonable ground of danger to the establish ment from reinstating the catholics in their civil rights, it would be equally our interest and our inclination to uphold the honours and temporalities of the church of England."—( Page 86.) . . " It is equally improbable that we should unite with the dis senters fur the purpose of despoiling the establishment." . . . " The Bishop of Peterborough cannot surely be serious, that as tong as the establishment retains her temporalities with the influ ence necessarily attached to them, together with the Universi„ ties, and her paramount political privileges, that she can ever fall from that immense ascendancy which she now enjoys over every other religion - of the state."—(Page 86 and 87.) . . " Wilat.object can Catholics have in uniting with the Dissenters to despoil the establishment ?—(Page 87.) " When the passions are calmed, and the interests of every class are amalgamated i by equal laws and equal rights, the present lamentable dis cord will cease, religious harmony will be restored throughout the land, and Christians of every denomination will be linked together by the bonds of charity and goodwill alone." . . - " rite Chuicli of England might then enjoy her revenue and her privileges in peace and comfort, without the hatred or envy of her neighbours." . . " The Dissenters have invariably departed in finitely further from the - parent church than the members of the establishment. What, therefore,. should we gain by uniting with them to despoil that establishment ? They, united, being infinitely the stronger party, would, in case of success, take every thing fin. themselves. I speak not of Ireland; any spolia tion of the Established Church there must proceed either from a convulsion in the country or front 'the power qf the Protestant landholders." . . . " The redress of the most grievous clerical exactions, and a moderate competency from the Government to the Catholic clergy, operating with the late amendments in the tithing system, and equal laws and equal rights, would so far mystify the people as to remove every idea from their minds of despoiling the establishment."—(Page 88, 89 . ) . . . " The great security of the Protestant establishment would consist in the alliance which it should be her inclination to form with her Ca tholic brethreu."—(Page 90) " Is it not, therefore, na tural that we should support the establishment, should we see it in vaded by Calvinists and Levellers :c " ' —(Page 91.) . . . " Ca tholics most assuredly have nothing to anticipate from the downfall of the church." . . .." Apt established church has ever formed a part of the.constitution of the country. She is the promoter of learning, the preserver of the splendid memo- rials of the piety of our ancestors; she is now become the en courager of the arts." . . . " The property of the church in the hands of laymen, or in possession of sectaries, neither would nor could be half so advantageous to the country as it is now. I have already said why we have no wish to see it in our own. The sacrifice of the church establishment is, therefore, a sacrifice which we neither desire as Christians nor as melt of the state." —(Pages 91, 92, 93.) . . . " While in all I deliver only the sentiments of au individual, at the same time I believe that I speak those of the body to which I bslong ; at any rate, I am sure that what I have said I have said in the sincerity of my heart." Can any thing be plainer or more explicit than the preceding language ? But will our readers credit us when we say that, at the very time that this language was held forth to induce the Protestants to concede the measure of Catholic emancipation, the Earl of Shrews bury and his associates must have been aware that the Pope had actually disapproved of the oath proposed as a test fur the admission of Papists into both houses of Par liament? Can it be believed that the Pope had virtually exonerated the Catholics from the obligation ache oath ? Such was the fact, however difficult of belief. Flom the year 1815 to the year 1829, when the Eman cipation Bill passed, the oath to IN Ilia we refer was again and again put forward as having been sanctioned by the Pope. - BUt so far from having sanctioned the obliga tions of that. oath, we find that in the forms proposed by .the Pope there was not one word said respecting the in violability of the Established Church. The Bishop of Exeter, in reference to this part of the subject, remarked-- " As the noble earl had evinced such anxiety that everything should be brought forward, be was astonished that the noble earl had not called the attention of the house to an important docu ment, which had been approved of by the Pope, and had been sent by his full authority as containing the sentiments of the Pope, respecting. the, oath which he would permit the Roman Catholics to take. The noble earl had not been informed by those individuals who had supplied him with information on other points respecting a letter of Cardinal Litta, which con toinedan intimation to Dr. Poynter of the opinion of the Pope. The following letter, it was to be observed, had been addressed by Cardinal Litta to Dr. Poynter, the Bishop Apostolic of the London district;— Genoa, April 26, 1815. Most Illustrious and Most Reverend Lord :—Your lordship has lately informed me of your speedy. return to England, earnestly entreating me, at the same time, to pot you in posses sion of has Refineries ideas respecting the conditions to obtain from the government the wished for bill of emancipation. His .Holiness has.been pleased to communicate to me his sentiments with regard to the only terms which ' after ,rejecting all those that have hitherto been proposed, hi s dear:Catholic children of Great Britian may admit with a safe conscience, should the bill of their emancipation, as has long been expected, have passed. The subjects which cometo be taken into consideration, namely, those which the said government, for the tranquillity and secu rity of themselves and the state, so far as the Catholic subjects concerned, appear anxious to settle on a firm footing, are, first, the oath of allegiance. In the event of emancipation ; so as to be favourable to the Catholics in general, his Holiness will per mit them to adopt for their oath any of the three forms follow ing, &c. " Iu no one of the three was there a single word respecting the Protestant Establishment, or Protestant succession to the throne. One of the forms has the following:—" I will defend the succession of the crown in the family of his Majesty." With this letter there were given three forms of oaths of allegi ance which the Roman Catholics were permitted to adopt. There was not one of the three forms, which the Ro man Catholics were permitted to take as a security to the Church and. State of England, in which there was one single word of the Protestant Establishment, or of the Protestant succession to the throne. Throughout these forms there was a studied abstinence from even al luding to the Protestant, succession to the throne. No security whatever was offered for preserving the tempo -ralities of the Church, nor would the Roman Catholics be permitted to enter into any such obligation. • Is it not, therefore, plain:that the whole procedUre of the Popish faction was a delibetate and an enormous fraud upon the Protestants of England ? It is of no use to plead in reply that the oath actually taken by the Po pish members of the legislattire imposes such an obliga tion upon their consciences as that whiCh is implied in the very terms of the oath. Fnr what is said in refe rence to such oaths ? The Rotuish casuists declare that an unlawful oath neverbinds--art oath taken against the righta,or real utility of the Church. Such an oath, ac cording to the Pope, must be an unlawful oath, and can not bind. 'This is certainly an awful doctrine; but it is one which is distinctly maintained by the•Popish Church. Witness the language of Dr. WHale, as quoted by the Bishop of Exeter : " who wiloprofessor 4 dogmatical theology was asked as to the power of the Church dispensing with oaths : Dr; WEI ale, p. 283, being asked respecting a proposition in Rattly, Exisset iu Ecclesia poteutas dispeusandi in Votis et '.lurarnentis'—a proposition proved, first, from Matt. xviii., Whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall also be loosed in heaven,' admits this in the sense in which it is laid down by the author, but he says there are limits to this power. Wh en I say that the Church has the power of dispenaing from oaths I understand that the Church is then the interpreter in some urea sure of the Divine will.' If there was an oath or a vow which was iMpossible in its performance, or which would clash with other duties of a more imperative naive, as they may be some times conflicting duties, then the Church is only expressing the will df the 4ltnighty himself in releasing a person Irian the in convenient obligation of an oath or vow , which would trench upon a .superior obligation. In casuistry the shades „between right and wrong may be sometimes so very indistinct as not to Ire seen' by an ordinary eye; then the Church, being the inter preter of the Divine law, mily.deeides What seems best in the partkular case. The Churchas the judge of what is expedient or not in a doubtful case, and like every other tribunal way be deceived in any particular case. We find it laid down in p. 145 of that Class Book Bailly, 2d vol. or, • Moral Theology,') that the follor.ving are jilt causes of dispensation, viz. : First, the honour of God; second, the utility of the Church ; third, the common gOOO of the republic; fourth, the common good of the society. Who is to. be judge of chat the Utility of the Church may require ?--The superiors of the Churcli.' —Moral Theology, 140. ; 11 ortlyrto explain more fully,our doctrine of 4ipensation o ft 4: Liv - u k, ool , "...I.ANDARD oaths, I wish to observe that there is nothing in our principles at.variance with those of sound jurists and civilians of every creed. If a ny person should take an oath which may clash with the duty which he owed to another, he is absolved from. that oath ; •he is. told,. .You.are not bound to fulfil it.' The Church, in granting the dispensation, only declares to the individual that. he has contracted, or attempted to contract, by that, oath, an obligation which is contrary to another duty. Every _duty springs from Goal; and as God cannot contradict himself by re quiring incompatible duties, the Church only interprets the Divine will, while she releases. hint from the obligation of his oath. In extraordinary cases (cases where persons may reason each way), in which ordinary persons are not able to decide, I am always to be direCted by the superior. When you say that the Church has the power of dispensing oaths do not you mean the superiors of the Church, and particu larly the Pope ?—The Pope and the bishops. In some cases the bishop—in all the Pope, that is, in those cases in which they are dispensable. Is there any case in which a dispensation can be granted. in which the Pope cannot do it of himself, or in which tt is neces sary, that there should be superadded to his power the power of a bishop ?—No. I know not any. Is not an oath strictly a religious act ?—Yes—ye call the Al mighty to witness. _ _ noes it not therefore fall correctly within the principle of the spiritual jurisdiction of the Pope, as distinguished hom ?—Yes, it does;. but at the same time, if the dispensation should clash with any defined clear duty whith I owe to any authority. I am of course to disregard the dispensation, I my self being the judge, if it is a clear case. If this language is not plain enough, look to the con duct of the Popish members * since their admission into Parliament. After taking an oath which every sane person must consider as a security for our Protestant Establishment, have they not, on every occasion, availed themselves of their privilege of voting for the purpose of upsetting the Church ? Have they not distinctly avowed it to be their aim and object to destroy the Irish Church ? Rave they not also voted on all questions affecting the temporalities of the Church of England ? It is impos sible that there can be any mistake as to the tendency of the votes given by the Papists in parliament on all the questions which have had any relation to the Church. Every one of those 'votes was given in concert with the . proclaimed, the implacable enemies of the Church, and they are all totally irreconcileable with the spirit of the oath. What, then, is the conclusion to which we are com pelled to arrive on this subject ? It is simply this, that these fraudulent Papists took these oaths, not with any mental reservation, but with the deliberate conviction that they were absolved ipvo facto from the obligations of the oaths—that they took these oaths with the full de termination to overthiow the Church, and to set aside, if possible, the Protestant succession to the throne. And will the Protestant people of England look on these things without any Concern ? Will they permit a gang of perfidious perjurers to rob them of their blood bought privileges ? Are they content the Church should become a spoil to Infidels and Papists ? If they are not, they must speedily arouse from their apathy, and come to the rescue. POLICE INtELLICENCE, -1110 TING AND ASSAULTING "PoLICE OFFlCERs.—Fourteen or fifteen individuals,•chiefly Irightneu of the lowest class. were on Tuesday last, placed at the bar of the Police-court, charged With having assaulted several prolice-officers, and behaved in a riotous and disorderly manner in the public streets. Mr. Whitty stated, that at a (pallet to eight o'clock on the preceding even - ing, tiVo men were . fighting iu Stockdale-street The crowd which surrounded them, were divided into twr, factions, and much contention was going on. The police-officers to the num ber of three or four went into the crowd, and endeavoured to part the combatants. Upon this the mob assailed the officers, and assaulted them with the utmost fury. Mr. Whitty pro ceeded to say, that from information which they had received, they had apprehended_ the persons at the bar, and he expected to be able to identify them on the following day. The officers were unable to attend at that moment. One of them was sup posed to be in considerable danger. The prisoners were re manded till the following day. On Wednesday. Police-officers, Nos. 6, 154, 288, and an officer natced Lupton appeared in court. Each of them bore marks of great violence, especially about the head and face. Mr. Hall having caused them to be sworn, they. pointed out seven prisoners, whose names were M'Aually, Toole, Edwards, Hall,• Carroll, Neville, and Tim mins. - Police-officer 288, stated, that on Monday night, soon after eight o'clock, he was "in Stockdale-street, where he saw a a great crowd surrounding two men that were fighting. The people were exceedingly riotous-and violent. , He called three other officers, and they went into the crowd to part the two men. The mob instantly attacked them with, fury, and he (witness) was knocked down by several severe blows on the head. He could not tell who struck hint. Police-officer No. 6. stated that he was on duty in Scotland-road, on Monday evening. Shortly after eight o'clock, he was called to assist in quelling a disturb ance in Stockdale-street. He was knocked down several times, and at length a very heavy blow, which he described as like the kick of a horse, laid him senseless. He identified Edwards and Toole as having been exceedingly violent. and as having insti -1 eared the mob to press forward on the officers. Police-officer 154 gave testimony generally corroborative of the above. He identified Carroll as having been amongst the most furious of the assailants. Police-officer Lupton stated, that he received several severe cuts and contusions on the head and face, from .the individuals in the crowd. He identified M'Anally and Edwards. Inspector M`Donald stated, that he was, on Tuesday morning, about nine o'clock, walking along Vauxhall•road, when be saw Neville, Hall, and Edwards together, as he passed them, he heard Edwards telling the other two of his exploits of the preceding evening. He said he had pitched it finely into No. 6, and that he gut a glorious kick at another officer when he was down. Timmins was also identified as one of the ring leaders. He did not deny that he had been in the crowd, but he said he laid on the officers for the mere purpose of getting them safely away. The prisoners generally denied thecharges. Mr. Hall was of opini o n, th a t agains t N ev ill e and Hall there was not sufficient evidence. With respect to the others, he said . the testimony did not directly prove that they had struck any blows. But as it was shoWn that they were in the crowd, and bad urg ed the mob, they were equally guilty. The prisoners were ordered to pay a fine of £5 each and costs. In default of payment, they were Lobe committed to the House of Correction for two months. CHARGE OF BURGLARY —A great number of burglaries have recently been committed at the la rger mansions and villa resi dences in the suburbs and neighbourhood of this town. On Wednesday, many merchants and others whose houses have lately been broken into, attended the court in consequence of the apprehension of a young man named John Roberts, who some time since lived as servant with a wealthy individual of this town. No evidence of any importance was produced. Constable James Ainsworth deposed, that he and Halsall had apprehended the prisoner, on suspicion. In his possession they found two black kid gloves, which were for the right and left hands, though they were not the fellows of each other. Mr. Montgomery stated, that his house had been entered lately, and amongst the articles stolen were some black kid gloves. He put on one of the gloves found in the possession of the prisoner, and produced a glove of a similar appearance, which he thought was the fellow to it. He knew of no mark, however. that would enable him to swear to it. Ainsworth said he thought they could find other evidence. The prisoner was remanded fur a week. BRUTAL. ASSAULT.—On Wednesday, at the Police-office, a coloured man, the second cook on board the Shakspeare, ap peared before the magistrates to prefer a complaint against a female named Jane Carrol, the keeper of a sailors' boarding house, fur having struck him across the face with a knife, and cut through his nose and lip. The complainant appeared with his face covered with plaisters, and the prisoner with a tremen dous black eve, quite swollen up. The complainant stated that he lodged at a public4muse in Dale -street, and the night before, about eleven o'clock, the prisoner came in drunk and f b o e l g lo u te u v. :ulling him about; he pushed her off, and fi nally went up stai rs to his room t o ge t ou t o f her way. She soon after him, with a man, pointing him out as theman who had used her ill and abused her - and whilst he (complainant) was talking to this man, she Made a cut at him with a clasp knife across the face. and was swatting at hint to make another gash when he knocked her down and gave her the blow on her eye in self-defence. His story was corroborated by another coloured man, who stated that the persons in the house at the time were so exasperated against the woman for what she had done, that, if he had not kept them off her, they would have severely beaten her.—Mr. Hall said, the magistrates must put a stop to the use of these knives; it was rather too common a practice to make use of them in this way. She must pay £5, including costs, or, in default of payment, be committed for two months to the Borough Gaol. THE STOLEN TR UNK. —On Wednesday, at the Police-office, the case relating to a gentleman's truuk, which was found a few days ago, broken open and in an entry in North-street, which was adjourned for further evidence, and of which we gave a short outline in our last number, 'cause on fur hearing again. Four soners were placed at the liar, named Thomas Fianna gan, William Cro A rchibald Al`Cann, the keeper of an eating-house, and 'TALI Thompson. Inspector Thompson stated, that about nine o'clock on Thursday night he received information of a trunk being found broken open in North street. He went there, and found the trunk, and in the inside of the lid a card was nailed with a list of the clothes which it contained. He made a search among the cellars in the neigh bourhood, and discovered the prisoners, Flannagan, Thompson, and Utow;ivearing shirts, answering the description given on the card, under their other shirts, and took them into custody. This was - on Thursday night lust, about eleven tr'clock. A quantity of clothes were afterwards found in a 'privy adjoining M'Cann's house, of iyhich the pollee got information, and M`Canti was taken into., custody —A flue-looking boy, named Alfred Coupland, stated that he came to Liverpool from Norwich, on Thursday. night, to join Lt vessel belonging to Yar mouth, 'to which he was _apprenticed. and brobght the trunk with him, containing ' his clothes. His cop i sM i. was with him, and they went to the Menai Bridge lon, iikostie St. George's Church, and the trunk was taken along - willalhein; and put down in the passage. On the SaturdaY afterwards, on making inquiry fur the trunk, it was missing. The clothes produced were all his. A servant at M'Caun's house deposed to two of the..pri sorters, Flannagan_aud Thompson, cowing into M'Cann's house, on Thursday niglitoyith a. female and a quantity of clothes.. They •came •and asked for a bed..--Another. female, named Ann Brookes, who-lives near M`Caun's house, deposed that on Friday mOrning,,before her husband,_ who is a :mirth, got up to work, she looked out of the window to ascertain what lime It was, and saw,Alse prisoner .INl`Catin and. some females I very buiy - With sorne.:clothes ism N.l 'Cairn's kitchen. She was surprised at this, a:Mt:watched them, and whilst doing so saw one of the warners coots out with a bundle of clothes, and go ,into the privy and push it down into 'it, and afterwards throw some bricks upon it. During the day, she told the police of What she had seen.—Another witness deposed to two young mia he htaneaidliwi dune bring e in sq it , mld ight t rio. t lt he b r tt s theup stop with tt,i e stolen. When cilbraou Crow otaw s ti, e ,r;d). eve s t ‘ e • ju li ut, uite . It was stated eiordnitusteehd. them hmha was fte sooa carry clothes, which consisted of a complete outfit for the sea, were missing.—The informations against the prisoners were ordered to be taken. CAuTioN TO. INTEMPERATE YOUNG MEN.—TWO well dressed young men. were on Wednesday, placed before Mr. Hull, charged by officers. No. 219 and 246, under the following circumstance :—Police-ufficer 219 stated, that he was stationed at Sandhill's-bridge and road, about a week ago, at night, he liaw.,two gentlemen pass him, and some time afterwards, he heard some stones failing; lie went to the spot, but the gentle weir were gone. He found that several coping stones hail been thrown down from, the stone Boundary wall, just below the bridge. On Monday -night, he ag ain saw two geutlemen p ass hint. The ,Same thing occurred again ; he beard the stones falling, audrunning.quickly.to the spot, he found the two psi sooers,„ .who had thrown down. more of the stones. By the assistance of his brother officer, he took them both into .cus tody. They were both in liquor.— A gentleman stood up and said, he atteuded on behalf of John Shaw Leigh, Esq. to whom the wall belonged. The walls - and fences were frequently de stroyed, and Mr. Leigh . wished to leave the Matter in Mr. Hall's hands. Atm old man was 'produced, who stated that it would cost 20s. to repair the Wall.—The . defendants stated, that they had been out to dine: '['he stones on the wall were loose, - and one of them fell almost accidentally, while one of the parties were playing with Whitty said, the young men were strangers in the town, so that they could not have been its the habit of breaking down the walls, though the offence was much too common. Mr. Hall ordered the defendants to pay a fine of s4os. and costs, and further to pay Mr. Leigh 2Us. for the damage. On the representation of one of the young men, that their-income was but small, Mr. Hall mitigated the penalty to 20...=--animadverting, at the same time, on the great impropri ety of their conduct. A DRUNK EN Foor..—Yesterday at the Police-office, an old Irishman, just arrived from the sister island, was placed before thertragistrates, .charged with. having, the night before, beett found drunk iu the streets so.early as Go'Clock, and unable to take care of himself. After his discharge, he made an applica tiou to the magistrate, that he had lost a large sum of mnney.- ‘• Y et - homier, I'd 90 sovs. in my belt dbat was tied round sue an' dhis mornin' I was a missal' 'em whin I thought I had -'em."—Mr. Parkinson said, when he was brought to bridewell he was searched, and £5 12s. 6d. was found upon him; it was very likely he had been rubbed as his waistband was open.—Mr. Hall—" Where , are you going to ; what are you ?"—Cont plainant—" I am goin ; to America."—Mr. Hall—"What.a fool ish fellow you must be, carrying 91) Soya. about .you, and getting drunk. You are very much surpried that any body should rot, you, and take 90 sovs. from you ?"—Complainant-," Well, I met wid a (rind."—Hr. Hall—" And what are you doing abroad at the age of GO ?"—Complainant—" I had a mind to purchase some land." —Mr. Hall Well, I think your purchase is stop ped:—We will enquire into the case for you." .Mr. Parkinson said he had been brought from Canning-place, where it was most likely he had been robbed. ..Enquiry was then ordered to be made into the matter. • . A 'Tar;,,-ToTa t, Foor..—Yesterday at the police-office a man apparently an artizan, decently clad in a good - blue coat, tip, was placed before the magistrates charged with having, iu a fit of drunkenness, smasKed his -neighbours windows for amuse ment, and concluded his spurt by sending his lout through the pannel Of his door. As soon as he was placed at the bar, he began sniffling, which fihally ended in complete blubbering like a great lad, whilst the big tears rolled down the sides of his face, and he wiped them off first with one sleeve and then the other. The complainant stated his charge. " Last night this man came drunk before my house and broke my windows and door all to 'muesli,' and it'll cost use 20s. to put it right." On reckoning up the particulars, however, the 20s. damage was re duced to 3s. Bd. During the whole time the complainant was 'delivering his charge, the prisoner, as Sans "Weller would say, "blubbering away like clockwork", and keeping up a continuous conversation to himself, and any body who would attend to hies, fur the amusement of the whole court, convulsing his hearers with laughter. I'm an unfortunate Feller, sir; it you'll let me go I'll pay the damage. (Here the prisoner burst into a paroxysm of grief.) I'm a very quiet maw-( wiping his eves). Pm - an unfortunate' feller, I ails, (in a passionate flood of tears, addressing theTomplainant.) You are a nasty fel low, you are; and I will leave your house, I will; oh dear, oh dear; ,1 never was in such a place before—here the prisoner broke out into loud lamentations). Send for niv master do, and he will pay I'm a poor man and willing to. pay for what I've dune, an d I'm very sorry fur it; oh dear, oh dear, wish to hurt the hairs of no man's head ; oh dear, oh dear,.- (great laughter). 1 never was put in jail in the city of Duhlin fur any misdemeanour during 14 years 1 was there; oh dear, nh dear,—(great laughter). I have an excellent character, and I belong to the Temperance Society, sir, oh, oh,—(roars of laughter). I only threw a little pebble at the wiudow to see if they were in ; oh !ear, oh dear. Mr. Hall cut short his lament by Lining him f)s. for being drunk, cud 3e. Bd. the damage and costs, or in default to be committed for three days to the borough jail. RETURNING A COAIPLIMENT.—Yesterday at the Police-office, a young man, twined John Hatton, was summoned before the 'magistrates, by a fellow workman named Henry Heeley, for grievously assaulting him, ur as the complainant termed it, " crit- , !hing it -iutil him" on Monday last. The complainant stated that the defendant met him un Tuesday Inoruing, and • asking him what he had to say, fur himself, " pitched it intil him woundedly right and left," and gave him a black eye, for which he summoned him to answer for the damage. The de fendant being asked what he had to say, said "I'll tell you how it was now; all about it. There was him, and me, and another, drinking i❑ a public-imipie on Monday night, and I hollered him a pint of ale to drink.—Complainant (shaking his head) " not a pint."—Defendant--" Well, something of ale, and theme wos kihan pepper in it, as this other chap he'd put in, and he threw it is his face. We wos a laughing at him, and I wos drinking again, when he said, damn you take it, and hit the bottom of my glass with his first, and broke it 'in pieces on my face. It cut my nose, and filled my eyes with blood, and it was a long time before I could see; and after I could see and went out, this is what I wiped my nose on (holding up a pocket-handkerchief saturated with blood). Next morning I met him, and asked him, as he says, what he had to say fur himself, and struck him." Mr. Lfall—" Then you paid him off on Tuesday morn ing, for what he had done to you on Monday night ?"—Defen dant—" Yes; that's just it." He called a witness who proved i • the truth of what be had stated, and said, he thought his eyes 'had been cut out by the glass.—Mr. Hall said the defendant ought to have summoned the complainant before him, and nut. have taken the law into his own hands; nothing could justify it; he had done very wrong; be must pay half a crown and costa. LIVERPOOL TOWN MISSION. The ninth annual meeting of the friends of the Liverpool Town Mission wes held at the Music nail, on Tuesday evening. The room was filled by a highly-respectable assemblage of eminent ministers, and others favourable to the objects of the institution. At half-past six o'clock, JoHN CitOPPER, Esq., was called to the chair. The Rev. Mr. STRUTT opened the meeting by the delivery of an appropriate and impressive prayer. The CHAIRIHAN said, he was happy to be eble to state, that he had reason to congratulate them on the success that had attended their efforts during the past year. They had had to iucrease their agents to double the - former number. The necessity for exertion no one doubted; but they certainly were nut prepared for the great amount of ignorance and sin which it appeared existed in the community. Ignorance and sin it appeared by the report abounded in all directions. It therefore behoved them to exert themselves to the utmost to repress those evils, and to promote the extension of the RedeeMer'S kingdom. The churches which existed were not filled. This was not because there were not people to go, but because of the unwillingness of the per,* to go. They had received ail express command to go forth and preach. the gospel. That society was doing all that was in its power to fulfil the command, by going. forth into the highways, and up the lanes and alleys, and calling two or three. together in the name of God. It had been thought desirable for this society to co-operate with the temperance society. They had gone amongst the reformed drunkards of that society, and with great success. He had received numerous reports of the great good that had been wrought by this society. He hoped this would animate them to proceed further: but to enable them to do this they must be supplied with funds, which had hitherto been very limited. One benevolent individual, who had con tributed largely, was prevented from attending the meeting that eveuing by indisposition. He alluded to Mr. William Kay, who regretted much that he could not, be present. The Chair man called upon Mr. Jones, the secretary; to read thareport. The report having been read, from which it appeared that during the past year there had been 35,256 domiciliary visits to the poor. of which 6000 were visits to the sick; there bad been 14,900 meetings, and 24,800 religious tracts distributed, of which upwards of 13,0(X) were distributed at the assizes and races._ M-r. John Jones read over the accounts, from which it appeared that £129 I6s. Ild, had been the balance in hand, but that this had been absorbed in the payments of salaries - of agents they had found it necessary to employ. , Mr. JOHN JONES proceeded to congratulate the society ou the present large and respectable meeting. He rejoiced at this meeting, because it convinced him fully that the Town Mission was beginning to make an impression amongst the congrega tions of the town. They had, as had been stated, made au increase of five in their agents. The committee were fully persuaded that they were justified in this increase to the ex penses, having no doubt that the funds would be such as would enable them to meet the outlay. The present income, however, did not exceed £3OO, and the expenditure for the . next year would be £600: and if they appointed a general superintendent, which was very desirable, the expenses would not be less than £BOO. Mr. Jones proceeded to allude to the absence of Mr. Kay, who, he said,' had been the best friend of the society, the income having been £3OJ, of which he (Mr. Kay) had contri buted one third. Mr. STEEL read a series of extracts from the journals of the agents. From these it appeared that the latter had been received with kindness by the people generally, but the ignorance and wickedfiess which had been observed were described as deplora ble. An agent had, amongst others, visited the residence of a reputed fortune-teller, where he found fifteen young people assembled waiting for the appearance of the former... He ad dressed them on the subject of their visit, andlibile he.waisrthus engaged, the fortune-teller - came down the.sWrs. The agent spoke to her concerning her profession, when her husband justified it by the quotation of a passage from Isaiah.: - The husband was a cripple, and the wife said he. was also an idiot. She said she was pursuiug an honest means of getting a .liveli hood, Both the husband and wife had a .dissipated drunken appearance. The ignorance and darkness pervading some of the streets, it was stated. could not be worse if' it were a heathen country.. The Rev. JAMES LISTER moved, that the report be adopted, and printed and circulated under the direction of the committee. He expressed his satisfaction at the improvement of•the present meeting over the last. He had no doubt that many .of the friends of Christ were unaware of the deplorable ignorance of the great truths of the Gospel in which a great mass of thepeo ple were plunged—ignorance which was worse than that which pervaded the mass of the heathens. Throughout Asia there was scarcely an individual of a family who did not worship some. god or o th er; b ut h ere t h ere were i n di v id ua ls who lived without worship,—without God—without Christ—and without hope. He had conversed with a tradesman a short time ago, who could not recollect that he had ever been inside the walls of a church. He had never read the Scriptures to his family - , or given them any religious instruction whatever. If this were so with a re spectable tradesman, what would be thecase with the poor? He was gratified to hear that they had gOt au Irish reader employed to visit the Irish in this town. The reverend gentleman pro ceeded to allude to a new Welsh chapel that had been opened, and expressed a hope that they would soon have an Irish Chapel where there would he preachiug in the Irish language. There were large masses of Irish in this town, and the priests would not be able to prevent them from going to hear the gospel if it were preached in their native . Irish. The Catholics considered' the English version of the 'Scriptures- but the Irish version, he believed, was not under the,ban..• The Rev. Josuns TurssTar.t., of Kirkdale, seconded the re-' . solution. The Rev. gentleman said he was deeply interested in the Liverpool Town Mission, and he knew that the agents had not over-rated their success.- He stated that he had assisted them to the utmost of his power, and gave instauces of the be neficial results of the system adopted... The resolution was put and carried._ The Rev, J. CAart,taitEtts moved a resolution to the effect, that the meeting desire to give thanks to almighty .God for the increasing prospects of the society, and to pray God for the ins fluences of the Holy „Spirit on their future : exertions. - - The Rev. TeomAb SQUA NCR seconded the resolution. Itgave hint great pleasure, he said, to stand forward as,kru advocataiif, this noble and godlike'institution. It gave him great pleastire because he admired the principles upon which this noble society was governed. He understood thapassage " Paul plants, and Apollus waters" in the lightnf a promise, for, said he, God. gives the increase." The reverend gentleman spoke in tones of admit ation of the simplicity of the.meaus, made use of by the town mission. The resolution was put and carried, after which a collection Was made. . . The CHAIRMAN announced that he had received a letter from Mr. Crewdson. of Manchester. . The. writer -said, .that he felt great interest in the success of the Liverpool Town Mission, for the use of which he enclosed the sum of £lO. Mr. Jo Vas aunounced that he had received a donation of £5O frOin James Cropper, Esq., and from the Chairman, Edward Cropper, Esq., who had requested that he would not mention his name, a donation of £25. There was also a suns of £lO, which bed heeu sent by a widow. It was the widow's mite. . _ The liev:RTniflitT YOUNG proposed the third resolution, to the effect, that while the meeting rejoiced in the spread of the gospel among the heathen, it was incumbent on them not to nezlect the soiritual welfare of those who were near to theta. The Rev. Mr. PETEES seconded the regolution in a speech of much eloquence and lower. 'r he Rev. Mr. Spit= proposed the officers for the ensuing year; secon d e d b y th e R ev . DANIEL JONES, and carried. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting sepa rated at•half-past nine o'clock. CORONATION REGATTA. —From an advertisement which appears in our paper of this day, it appears that a splendid re gatta will take place at the Royal Rock Ferry, on tie 28th of June. We have no - doubt, that on such an occassiOn, it must prove a powerful attraction. - We hope that it will prove the first of an annual series of regattas on the Mer s ey. THE THEATRE 11 11.--Last evening the pleasing opera of " Ninetia" was performed at this Theatre, when Mrs. Wood, by: her splendid vocal powers, again delighted a very numerous auditory. We perceive that this evening is announced as the last oilier appearance this engagement, when she will take her benefit along with Mr. Wood, with the opera of "Cinderella," followed by the principal part 'of " Masaniello." - We hope, however, soon again to see Mrs. WOod amongst us; she in= yariably delights and always draws gold houses. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER—TUESDAY EVENING. The fiat is now given which settles the Chester Cup event of 1838. and the cognoscenti and the amateurs may rectprtscallyex claim, " Who codld have thought it ?" As a matter of course, the majority of the speculators were at the scene of action; in deed, there was very little spirit left in the way of doing busi ness here yesterday; 3 to 1 was offered •in the field; Birdlime backed at sle 1 freel y; a strong desire shown to lay against Sylvan and MN.7,iciau. Map imagined Sylvan would not be a starter. The winner, we believe, was never named; and no doubt large odds would have been laid, bad any one been posed to come out. The horse has been backed occasionally only averaging '25 to 1; but, we should think, the majority of the fieldsmen must have done vet v well, as some horses were so heavily backed for so mans weeks. One or two of the influen tial gentlemen will, we should guess, "throw in" large win ners; but the party cannot have thought at the post, that the horse had so excellent a chance, for we do know that one of his immediate party took at the rate of 13 to 2on Sylvan. Marlow, the lucky jockey, we believe, backed him at 200 to 8 some weeks since here. We have been told the winning horse is the property of Mr. Alderman Copelind, of London. The result was conveyed express by Mr. Bake, of the Bull's Head, being done 22 miles on horseback, and the other 17 per gig. The distance was accomplished in good style in two hours and a half, Mr. Bake reaching Market-street at a quarter past seven. 'We may add, that the nonplus eilit has been backed for the Derby at 15 to 1 since our last quotations, and since then at 120 to 10. CHESTER RACES. TUESDAY, MAY 8. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs; three year olds, 7.st 21b; four, -9st 21b; five Wst; six and aged, lust 51b. Thrice round, ra ther more than three miles. Mr. Bradley's b h Exorable, 5 yrs (Owner) 1 Mr. Barrow's b m Catherina, aged (Lear) 2 Mr. Cooke's br h Red Rover, aged • (S. Darling) 3 Mr. Bellis's b h Seventy-four, by Memnon. 5 yrs..( Wadlow) 4 Mr. Roylances's br b Master of the Rolls, 5 vrs..( M Jones) 5 Mr. G. Dawsun's ch c Aiinwell, 3 years (Lye) 6 2 to 1 against Catherina, 3 to 1 against Rover, 6 to 1 against the winner. Eight drew. Red Rover jumped off first, with toe Master of the Rolls close in his quarters; first mile and a half Catherina went a head, and made strong running to the distance last time yound, where Exorable joined her, ran a few strides together, then came out, and won easy by a length. Red Rover ran a game horse, being in difficulties the last three quarters of a mile.—Ran in six minutes eleven seconds. Bradley rode his horse with admirable judgment. A Sweepstakes of 25 sous for two year old colts Sat 51b, fillies, Sat 21b Half a mile. Sir T. Stanley's b c Apothecary • (Tetnpleman) 1 Mr. Mostyn's b c Papineau, by Emancipation....(Darliug) 2 Mr. T. Walter's ch e Sir Mark (Marlow) 3 Four paid.-6 to 5 againSt Papineau, 6to 4 against A pothe. cars, 3to 1 against Sir Mark. Apothecary made the whole of the running, and won his race easily.—Ran in 52 seconds. Sixty Guineas given by the Members for the City, for three years old colts, 6st 81b; fillies, 6st 61b; four years old colts, Bst 41b; fillies Bst 11b. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. H. Peel's gr c Saul, 3 yrs. (G. Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. James's br c Jim Crow, 4 yrs (J. Robinson) 0 2 Mr. A rrowsmit b's ch f Margravine, 3 yrs,...(W. Jones) 0 3 Mr. Marlow's a t Fairplay, 3 yrs (Neale) 2 0 Mr, Roberts' b I Volusia, 3 yrs (J. Grey) 0 0 Sit T. Stanley's gr f Violet, 4 yrs (Templeinad) (1 d Saul the favourite.—First a fine heat, and the second won easy. WEDNESDAY. MAY 9• The DEE STAKES. of 50 soya each, h ft, for three years old; Derby weights. To start at the Castle-pole, go once round, and finish at the Coming-in-chair, Lord Westminste's ch c Sir Ralph, by Pantaloon (Holmes) 1 Lord Derby's ch c Ole Bull, by Taurus—Miss Clifton (Lye) 2 Sir T. Stanley's b c by Tramp or St. Nicholas (Ternpletnan) 3 Mr. Price's ch f Zillah , by Reveller—Morisca (M. Jones) 4 One paid.--6 to 5 against Sir Ralph, 5 . to 2 against Zillah, and 3 to 1 against Ole Bull. Ole Bull took the lead, with Sir Ralph close up, who, when led out by Holmes came house an easy winner. The Stand Cup, value• 100 sovs. the gift of the Stand Commit tee, added to a. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for all ages. Twice round and a distance. Three years old, 6st 101 b; four, 86 five, Bst 12; six a n d age d, 9 st 21b ; mares an d geldings a l l b io ; vved 21b. A a inner of the value of 100 sovs. in either plate or specie, once, to carry 31b, twice, 51b, and thrice r ilb extra. I\lostyn's b m Birdlime, aged....(Darling) walked over. Seven drew and paid 10 bova. each. A Purse.value 60 sovs. (in lieu of the Annual City Plate) the gift of..a.pOrtion of the Town Council and its ()fliers who are anxious to promote the interests of the city of Chester; three Nears old to carry Gst 71h:four Bst dlb, five Bst 12 b, six and aged 9st 21b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The owner of the second horse to receive 10 sovs. out of the Purse. Heats. one mile and a half; three to start or no race. Mr. E. Peel's ch c Gadfly, 3 yrs ... .. (G. Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. Bradley's b h Exorable, 5 yrs (Owner) 2 2 I%lr. Wise's ch c Contentment, 3 p r , (J. Gray) 3 d Ten drew. THURSDAY, MAY 10. The MARQUIS Of WESTMINSTER'S PLATE, value 100 sirs, in specie, added to a sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft. thrice round the course; three years old to carry a feather. four, Bst, five 9st, six and aged 9st 41b. Three to start, or the mo ney will not be given. Capt. Lamb's ch c Chit Chat, 4yrs ...... (Marlow) 1 Mr. J. 0. Fairlie's ch c Abraham Newland, 4yrs .....( Lye) 2 Mr. J. 0. Fairlie's hr g ZArab, aged (Cartwright) 3 Four paid 10 sovs. each. Abraham Newland asst the field. Chit Chat took the lead, with Abraham close up; 'Loral) taking all cmnfortablv.—Chit Chat won his lace by a neck. 1 ' , The Beeston castle Stakes of Illsoys. each, w ith 00sovs. added by the Gentlemen of Cheshire, and the Principality; oue mile and a half. Thtee to start, or no race. st. lb. 6 10 Mr. Duncalf's, h c Drone, 3 yrs (W. Jones) I -9 5 Lord Eglinton's b g he Potentate, 6 )rs ( Lye) 2 6 12 Mr E. Peel's ch c Gadfly, 3 yrs (Bewetzreider) 3 Four others started. Compensation paid lOsovs. and drew. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. The room was very fairly attended, but business was not ISO brisk as recent events at Newmarket, and the near approach' of the Derby, led us to expect. Grey Motnus and Phoenix still take the lead in the Derby betting ; the Grey in considerable favour at diminished odds, the other remained as he finished' last week, and very favotirably suppoited. Cobham opened at 10 to 1, was afterwards backed at a point less for £lOO. and at the close of the day was not in any particular request. Young 'tomatoes friends are so lukewarm, that we can only quote the nominal odds against' him, and the advances of Cobham put Nonplus on the shelf for the present. A tulle was laid out on lon at 14 to 1, and several bets taken about D'Egyille; first at 20, and arm' warde at 18 to 1. Guided by the feeling displayed, we should say that he is likely to take a still higher ground be fore the day. Bullion, Conservator, and the Early Bird, are quoted at - the highest priers we heard offered. We are not aware that either was backed outright. 2000 to 60 was betted against Drum Major; but as 1000 to 2U was afterwards laid, we have thought it safest to dive the highest qmitation.—The Oaks was a very dull affair; Ninny and Brown Duchess have sprung a point or two each, owing, no doubt, to the signal defeats sus tained by Unique, Glenara, the Fairy Queen, &c. having ma terially weakened the field. The following statement comprises pretty nearly all that was said or done from three till half past six otlock.:— THE DERBY. 400 to 110 against Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus (t 4to I) 6to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Phcenix (t) 9to 1 „ Mr. Combes's Cobham (t and aft off) 10 to 1 „ Mr. Pay ne's Young Rowton (off) 13 to 1 „ Hon. C ol. Anson's Nonplus colt (off) 14 to 1 „ Colonel Peel's lon (t sod aft off), 18 to • 1 „ Lord G. Bentintk's (I) 20 to 1 „ Ld. Stradhroke's Beggarman (t Sr aft off) '2O to 1 „ Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird (off) 20 to 1 Capt. Berkeley's Bullion (off) 30 to 1 „ Mr. Forth's Conservator (off) 50 to 1 0 Duke of Grafton's Chemist (off) 50 to 1 ft - Mr. Edward's Drum-major (off) - 1000 to 12 „ Mr. J. Day's Brother to Aleppo (t) 2200 to 1600 on Grev Momus against Young Rowton and CUbham (t); 20(X) to 1000 on Conservator against Amato 0); 500 even lai d between Conservator and Alemdar ; a £5. note was given for choke of Young Rowton against Nonplus. The Duke of Grafton has consented to give up John Day to Lord 'G. Bentiuck for this race. THE OAKS. 7to 1 against Lord Albemarles Barcarolle (t) 7to 1 „ Mr. Batson's Vespertillo (t) •Bto 1 „ Mr. Peel's Ninny (t) 10 to 1 „ Mr. Mostvn's Brown Duchess (t) 10 to 1 „ Lord Suffield's Calisto (takes 11 to 1) 20 to 1 „ Mr. Forth's Soldier's Consort (off). COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.—On Tuesday morning the sup ply of vegetables of nearly every description coming into sea son was unexpectedly abundant. Green peas fell from Satur day'S price of one guinea per punnet to I6s. ; asparagus, from 16s. to 12s. per bushel.; cucumbers, Is. Gd. each ; new potatoes of increased size from last week's show, 2s. Gd. per lb.—Murat in, Herald. fhe venerable General Sir Frederick Wetherell, formerly aid-de-can - 1p to his late Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, will be elevated to the peerage at the approaching coronation. Sir Frederick recently received the colonolcy of the 62d toot, and is the father of Colonel Wetherell, of the Ist royals, who com manded one of the divisions of the force sent against the rebels in-Canada. Cotton gloves ate furnished by the Saxon manufacturers as low as six.groscheu, or 9,1 sterling per dozen pairs; stockings at one •dollar, or' 3s. per doz. pairs; and nightcaps at eight grosehen, or Is. per dozen. Stout cotton caps, which are worn by the carmen and cotninon people in that part of Germany, having stripes in six different colours upon a black ground, rust 12 groschen per dozen, or 1 i sterling each, TO THE CANAL NAVIGATION PROPRIETORS 1.4 GREAT BRITAIN. I At a period when energetic -and extensive efforts are being t made for the formation of Hailwev communications, it is im perative upon the Committees *.ha Proprietors of Canals to coine forward end tender their respective navigation* as perfect as possible. Many of the canals have remained in nearly the same cundition for several years ; ere needlessly circuitous, aro in a defective state of repair in their locks, towing-paths, small, incen venteut, and even dangerous state of their tuunels—are in adequately supplied with water, and require deepeuiug anti cleansing. It is most important these defects should no longer retiraiu,.and whilst guarding against nnprovideut expenditure, that the several cabal works of whatever kind should be ren clered effective to the increased and increasing wants and trade of the country;—it cannot otherwise be expected jhat canals will maintain their present position auaiust t formidable rivalry now organizing in the midst of them, • The canal proprietors in their several districts, who are so much interested us sharetruldera, and who are trustees for dis tant parties, are bound to attend to the efficient. state of the canals iu their own neighbourhood ; and where there does not exist in the local Committees energy or inclination to effect essential improvements. it becomes the duty of the proprietors themselves at their annual general meetings to elect such per •sous as are alive to the present state of canal affairs, before they irrecoverably lose that pekieu of their trade which proper at tention may now permanently secure. Good management is now become an indispensable requisite ter every Canal Company. Upon some of the canals the trade is muck fettered by com pensation and junction torinaaes, conceded iu the infeucy of these undertakings, to the influence of opposing iiarties. rho Canal Companies so circuinstauced will do well, iu a friendlc and conciliatory spirit, to meet And arrange these antiquated modes of deriving income, and thus place their tonnages upon a sound and rational footing, as well as by doing away with such local arrangements as ate vexatious to the trader, and which often, without benefit to themselves, are injurious and irritating to the Companies immediately connected with the trade of their district. Canal Companies must have uo petty jealousies, but unite in affording every facility to the transit of the trade of this increasingly commerci a l country. The writer of these observations is so strongly impressed with .their importanee, that he hopes they may commend themselves to every Canal Proprietor, awl to the practical operationsof every 'Canal COininittee and Canal general meeting in the kingdom. A pril2, 1838 A CANAL PHOPttIb.TOR. EXHIBITIONS AT THE BOTANIC GARDEN.—We understand that there will be two uaeetings this year at the Botanic Garden, for the exhibition of plants, vegetables, fruits, flowers, &.e.• The first will be held on Wednesday, the 6th of June, and the second on Wednesday, the 15th of August. FATAL' ACCIDENT ON 1111 RUNCORN. GAP RAILWAY.-1 M. 'raylor, respectable person, wh a believe,. was em ployed on this line, was unfortunatelfillilled oti Wednesday last. Whilst in the act of ,iumping on one of the coal waggons, his foot slipped, and he got his head entangled between two of the said waggons: when going across the incline, which caused his instant death. On Wednesday, Edhean Bey, General d' Artillerie, Inspee teur-General du materiel de I armie d' Egypte, and Abel-el ralitnan Rouchv dv Effendi, Premier Aid-de-camp de S. E. le General Eilheui Bey, inspected the establishment of Messrs. Fawcett, Preston and Co., and expressed their astonishment and gratification at the extensive operations and magnitude of their works. They also bad an opportunity of viewing several pairs of marine and colonial steam-engines, now in different states and progress of completion, amongst which, they observed a pair of beautiful marine steam-engines, of the aggrq„, , ate power of 270 horses, intended for a company at Calcutta. They were also touch gratified with inspecting their extensive mechanism i❑ the ordnance department ; but, more particularly the in spection of time progress of an extensive order tor ordnance, now under operation for the Pacha of Egs pt, for which purposes they visited Liverpool, -and expressed their fullest or entire: a pprubation: FATAL. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER —An inquest was held on. Wednesday, at the hotel, Birkenhead, betuie the Coroner. Faithful Thomas, Esq., to inquire' into the death of Sarah. Dexter, a young lady of 18 years of age. Frun► the evidence adduced it appears tbat the deceased resided at Tranmere, and was passenger on board the Britannia, steamer, which left St. George's pier for Birkenhead at 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening. When about half way across the river, the steamer ran foul of a sloop, then lying at anchor. It would appear that the steamer. in endeavouring to pas a-head of the sloop, struck against her bowsprit, and the deceased was knocked overboard. Two of the sloop's crew immediately jumped into their boat which lay astern, and succeeded in getting her on board the steamer. but she was found to be quite dead. The inquest was adjourned to this morning at 10 o'clock, ih order that a post modem exami nation of the body might take place, and also that further par ticulars should 'ue ascertained of the sloop, which was found to have weighed anchor that night or early the next morning. The captain and helsman of the Britannia are in custody until the result of the inquest isknown. Measures for the itmorporatiou of Wolverhampton are under cousideratiun. As a proof of the backwardness of the season, many of the farmers near Loudon are now, in the month of May, bush harrowing and rolling the ineadows, which in a forward setiou would be nearly ready for the scythe. G A lIRICK ' s SlzE. —Wheu Foote was about to produce a play by puppets, a lady of fashion asked him if the figures were to be as large as life. " Oh, no, madatn," replied Sam, " out much bigger than Garrick. A DURHAM ENDYMON.—A north countryman, returning from a neighbouring fair, having partaken too freely of Julio Barleycorn, fell asleep by the road side, and a pig being attract ed to the spot, began licking the drunken luau's mouth: the latter feeling the salute, but mistaking the applicant, roared out, " Whit's kissin' me tacio ? ye see what it is to be well iiket amaug the lasses !" Rushout, M.P., having called ou Mr. Borth wick to explain some observatious made by him at a public din ner at Eveshain,which Mr. Borthwick nectined to do, a meeting took place between those two gentlemen ou Tuesday evening at Wormwood Scrubs. After the second discharge, the seconds interfered, and Mr. Borthwick stated that he was perfectly ready to withCtraW any observations which reflected on Mr. Rushbut's character, being convinced un i t he bait made use of them under misapprehension. Neer was tinker so troubled with a budget as poor Spring Rice. " Make me a peer, make me any thing," says the tight honourable accountant,." but chancellor of t \ tre exchequer with a falling revenue. Then the domestic situation of Baring. It drives me mad. -The•whole thing isintolerable 1" DUNIFRIES.—It is rumoured that bur county member, J.-J. Hope Johnstone, Esq., of Annandale, is about to become a peer, and that James Macalpine Leny, Esq., of Daliavinton, has consented, at a private meeting of conservativesAbeld on Saturday morning, to be named his successor.—Datniriss Courier. Penalties to a considerable amount have been lately obtained in the Isle of Wight against persons who have been seen follow ing hounds without having taken out acme certificate. The penalty and costs have in each case amounted to seven guin'ems, The annual meeting of the Church Pastoral Aid Society was held yesterday in the great room, Exeter-hall. The liight Hon. Lord Ashley was in the hair. The report detailed the pro ceedings of the society for the first year. from which it ap peared that the grants of the society now aid 132 incumbents of parishes and districts, having the aggregate population - o f I,USG,OOO souls, in whose spiritual -care before the aia of the society, only 147 members were eniploN ed.Tpe grants of the society provide for an addition ,of 123 clergymen, and 21 lay assistants. The great room was neariy full, and the platform was crowded with the frieuds and supporters of the society.— Standard, Wednesday. SINGULAR DECEPTION OP A MUTINEKR.—OIIe of them pre tended to be an idiot, and had so far succeeded in deceiving the officers, that he was not put in irons like the rest, but merely placed. under the charge of the sentinel at the cabin door, where his apparently insane and unmeaning gestures excited the mirth of all but Lord St. Vincent, who immediately lead him through and through, and said to him, ant very much mistaken, if you are not the greatest viilaiu of the whole. " The man kept up his disguise until the trial, and even before the court ; but when, in t he courseof the investigation, some startling facts were elicited, three of the prisoners fell down ou their knees and implored for mercy. From that moment the seeming madman shook off all diasiwulation,and tesuming his true character, astonished the court with his animated countenance, and keenly reproached his accomplices for their meanness and pusillanimity. " For shame!" he said; " is this the way you give yourselves up; "and then addressing the president, he said, "Sir, I _wish to-cross,exarnine that witness. This he did with the greatest ability, and the must remarkable acuteness of observation. lit fact, he proved him self to he a man of superior talent and education, and fully bore out the observations of Mr. Pitt, before referredto, he having been selected front among the rebellious Irish to enter as volun teer into the navy, in order to sow the seeds of rebellion and mutiny in the fleet, or in any regiment to which he might gain access.—Breaton's Life of St. Vincent. BtlisroL ANC EXETER RAILWAY.—PubIic confidence in this undertaking has very materially changed in its favour within the past few months. The intended opeuin:_t of its parent source, the Great Western from Loudon to Maideuhead, 28 miles, on or about the 4th Juue next, will stamp its utilityzjind presage of return for capital invested; andthe contin uous M e from Bristol being now contracted for to Bridgwater, 33i miles, evinces the confidence of the Directors in' prosecuting this undertaking with energy and preseverance. A further contract, it is said, will stem appear .for part of the road from Bridgwater to 'Taunton, thereby embracing more than one half the dist ance between Bristol and Exeter. Such sitnnhaueous co-ope ration with the Great Western affords a fair prospect of entitle funds being provided for its completion. It should be born in mind, that the examples of those links now in operation in the main chain of general communication from Liverpool, Man chester, and Birmingham to London, which ai once afford the easy and expeditious transit of postage communication, will he so materially enhanced upon the speedy completetion of the Western Hues, that all parts below Bristol and Bridgewater have a vital interest in aiding r o te or the other of these nearer links, so as to feel and take advantage of the whole,—and that efforts may be made to induce the ,Directors of the Bristol and Exeter line to open the works at and (ruin Exeter without delay, and thereby simultaneous progression may take place, that the union may be more speedily effected.—Exeter Gazette. THE BRIGHTON RAcEs. —The Brighton races are in as bad plight as the Notting-hill nuisance. A meeting was held at the Town-hall, Brighton, on Friday, for the purpose of reviving the races, when it was stated that the stakes won last year by Lord Bentinek, amounting to .Egutt, had not yet been paid, and that the Duke of Richmond, en being applied to, bad de clared that he would not send a horse to run at Brighton if the money due to Lord Bentinck was not paid. To advertise stakes without money in hand to pay is a new feature in the morality of the turf. It was stated at the last meeting that of late years the company at the races had degenerated into a mere assemblage of vagabonds. Some few persons benefitted by the races, but the place was demoralised by them to a fright ful extent. Nevertheless, the committee agreed to appoint a committee to revive the nuisance if possible; but it will be "no go," there not having been more than fifty persons present, and yet not a shilling having been subscribed. LAUGHING LEGISLATORS AND STARVING WEAVERS.— Sir F. Trench stated in the House of Commons on Monday evening last that there are fifty thousand 'pour weavers in a. state of starvation. He added that something ought to he done for them, and lie wished to.know whether it was intsoded that ladies should appear at the coronation in liritish manufacture. This humane and reasonable inquiry WaS met by " a laugh." from the philanthrophic and rational legislators in parliament. Wh a t a pity it is not to publish the names of these laughing hyenas. so that they might he laughed at in merited defeat and disgrace when they again show their hypocritical faces to their constituents.— Warwickshire Tunes. Fox.—Fox Was often truly wonderful. Ileiwutrld begin at full tear, and Toll ou for hours together withotit tiring either himself or us. Fox was truly amiable in private life, and great allowance ought to he made torhim: his father was a profligate politician, and allowed him as much money to gamble with as ever he wished.— Life of Wilbojiirce.