The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-19 00:00:00

of the po Video by now th( by Felipe A Governor and ( Ayres, on the fo harbor sels fc public ; the Tartar, of I arrived in Felipe A Rosas. citizens of aver this water in wind blow harbour out ; bu ders, th ther was r intrepid o: father to the surf, t took on b, mended the t them at a see They then between the s was observe and the pc render time. current to t this boat,. and c in time, the tw before the galle French seamen swimming. contents of his 11 Delpierre (cane( seamen. The poor pilot one who knew h excited the couraee. He and while in th. distance sinking to render him him, and at the ever: the father found. or their con forwarded by.th was tendered on tlernan r the mai Jambe his coa Debois, v the fatal spot ; I they will be f FRIGHTFUI IMMENSI LOSS OF Brentfor and the 1 number of 1 hills al ver, ag f ice bi f the rai ttacl►ed JAN. 12 Pilot, he OS AYRE Mont to the a ou board, amen stru id in a situ 1 them ruing H itmost the road lockade by received f Captain Chudley, ar Video, which ar- of the probability of sailed ; and we have that a convention was entered the province of Buenos Video on 2, by ber likelihood of favour7 several vessels had for some days,.and :ed that the moment he re- irmative naval signal at transpired on the above onsul had notices stuck ;ame effect. The clearance to ves th of November, and one with an intention to nd compelled sufficient lay. the .t in one d It the custom- kn-,entine Re- atered cr•as the brig t Lieutenant with 'the convention French brig Li Governor unities due to French kade and the evacuation of of the proscribed citizens of a Buenos Ayres AT BOULOGNE Earning Heral onn you pily lost a Dover,h in sight, not 'e was but little open, and the od deal of surf off the reached the roads, th the pilot, whose turn it was, to go :ating, as a reason for e sobeying or- I* for so small a boat hesitated, though the most aowever, prevailed upon the men, They weathered and immediately Ind two Iso got into this small too many, recom- ronaishig to land le harbour, but, alas! at midway the shore, the boat capsized, and filing together among rbour, g awe proc (From lay ni tford ( ay eveni the str [tell trou xr, the engine, then me aid, to make up time lest on ff the rails, and the second re m consevence overturned, with site sides of the road. Fortunate ....d it is only proper to say, that the paid to the sufferers by the officers of soy, and also by those inhabitants of the neighbour mad who were drawn to the spot immediately on the occur rence of the accident. mica THE THREE CARACCI. UNION GALLERY, SLATER-STREET. ARRANGEMENTS having been made for the Exhibition of these Paintings in Glasgow, Mr. BENTLEY begs re spectfully to intimate, that they will be REMOVED at the CLOSE OF THE PRESENT MONTH. Jan. 18, 1810. iummssimErrnamp ,aznemmoommarararmasm. TO CORRESPONDENTS DR. BUCK'S DEFENCE An impression appears to exist that it is intended to publish, in the form of a pamphlet, the very able defence of the chaplain of the Borough Gaol, a portion of which appears in the columns of the STANDARD to-day. No such inten tion is formed ' • and the public will not have an opportunity of perusing this document, except they procure copies of the variuus papers in which it is inserted ; and we again urge upon our friends the necessity of applying for the STANDARD on the days of publication. The communication forwarded by our Dublin correspondent, arrived too late for our publication of Friday, and its con tents would not now be appreciated. The following received yesterday from the same quarter is the only in telligence we can make room for to-day. " The great ' national demonstration' meeting here on Friday, at Ilawkins-street Theatre, was, I assure you, both with regard to attendance and effect, a very poor affair. Very few of the titled or honourable requisitionists condescended to appear, and the oratory was even below the ordinary style of maudlin eloquence usually indulged in by the party. O'Connell's speech was a compound of the coarsest brutalities and the lowest buffoonery. The thing was in its essence a humbug, but humbugs of this kind are too often made to do a great deal of very real and serious mischief." We have been informed that it is the intention of the mayor, not only to be present at the meetings of the committee now sitting on the dock warehouse question, but that his determination is to record his vote at the termination of the committee's proceedings. We can scarcely credit the report, but if we find his worship acting so contrary to the declared wish of the council, and his own implied assurance, we shall probably have something more to say on the subject hereafter; our duty, as it respects the chief magistrate, is quite apart from the question which has called forth his interf2rence. The desirableness or other wise of that measure affects not the propriety of the con duct we have thought it right to impugn. Let the mayor seriously reflect before he calls down any further castiga tion ; if the information supplied us be correct, it will be well merited, however severe. The " Moral of the Flowers" came too late even for perusal. Ebt 9Libtrpoot tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1841 By the Royal Mail Steam-ship Caledonia, Captain Clelland, which arrived here on Saturday afternoon, we received New York and Boston papers to the 2nd, and Halifax papers to the 4th instant, both dates in clusive. The Caledonia sailed from Boston at three o'clock on the 2d, and from Halifax at eight o'clock on the night of the 4th. She accomplished the voyage in 14 days and 2 hours, including a stoppage of several hours at Halifax. Considering the prevalence of easterly gales which she had to encounter, this must be pronounced a remarkably good passage. She has brought 37 cabin and 12 steerage passengers from Boston, and 41 passengers from Halifax, one of the latter number being a steerage passenger. Her total number of passengers amounted to 90. She also brought an immense number of letters and newspapers, the mails for the British possessions in North America extending over a clear month. The Acadia, Captain Miller, which sailed from Liverpool on the 4th of Deember, accomplished the passage to Boston, includ ing a stoppage of 113 hours at Haliax, in 16 days and 18 hours, after encountering a succession of tremendous gales. We have to express our acknowledgments to Messrs. Harnden and Co., for a very full file of papers. Our best thanks are also due to Mr. Bennett, of the New York Herald, for his polite attention in forwarding to our office copies of his latest publica tions. The papers before us contain very little news of im portance. The proceedings in Congress were com paratively devoid of interest. The Harrison adminis tration was 'in progress of formation, It was under stood that Mr. Webster would be appointed Secretary of State, Mr. Cruttenden, Attorney-General, General Ewing Postmaster-General, and that Mr. Granger would take the Navy Department. , Several minor appointments had also been fixed upon. The census of the . United States was nearly completed. It was computed that the population would amount to about seventeen millions. The New York Herald mentions, among the probable measures of the Harrison administration, the establish ment of a national bank, with a capital of 50,000,000 dollars; the creation of a public debt of 30,000,090 dollars; the distribu►.ion of the public lands; a modi fication and augmentation of the tariff; and a new bankrupt system. It was uncertain what definite shape these measures might assume, that would be affected by the various cliques of bankers, stock-jobbers, and manufacturers throughout the country, as well as by the supporters of Van Buren. Several fresh steam-boat explosions had recently taken place in the United States, most of which had been attended by serious loss of life. • The state of the money market had been somewhat dull and heavy for the fortnight'preceding the sailing of the Caledonia. This is attributed to the general yearly settlements of the banks. The curtailments adopted by the banks made money exceedingly scarce in great demand among all classes of business men, and as high as 9 or 10 per cent. had been paid in short loans, and these with great difficuly obtained. The resumption about to take place in Philadelphia, and the large specie draughts made from that quarter upon the New York banks, had also increased the pressure. Bills on London were quoted at 1081 to 1081; on Paris, at 5,20 to 5,184; on Amsterdam, at 421 to 40i; and on Bremen at 771 to 78. The packets would take a moderate amount of specie, probably not above 150,000 dollars. In domestic exchanges the transactions had been rather limited. In state stocks there had been a good deal of agitation during the last twenty days, in consequence of the many fears as to the regular payment of the interest falling due upon The news from Texas is, as usual, conflicting in its character. No doubt was entertained at Galveston of a general alliance between the Central and Federaiforces, for the purpose of invading Texas, and it was stated that there were 3000 of the enemy, in a body, on the Texian side of Rio Grande. The leading men in Mexico, according to the last accounts, were fighting among themselves, and fresh revolutions are said to be matters of almost daily lT,' T.T .lion where no earthiy soon as the accident boat was let down, 1 it did their utmost to pot in beings were carried by the could not approach th , of whom three were picked up by only (a French seaman) was rescued laving died from exhaustion and cold mil regain the steamer. Two other innate enough to regain the shore by ied are two Char! kmerican _ ssengers Philip de la Rosie scertained, the having been obliterated by the water; ) the pilot, and his -son, and four . was universally respected by every e sad and peculiar fate of his son has sympathy and admiration at his rst who was rescued from the water, perceiving his father at some leaped into the exertions be reached a breaker separated them for i has not yet been )ags would be lost, s to be of little worth ; tate to be 'erect and in a fit .e assistance An English gen- r and saved two of due to the activity of a iequir, commonly called 1 possible speed with two sailors who swam ashore 'rom the edge of the water to T and Cator (t 1 'men net yet, but it is expected ON AT BRENTFORD.- ON OF PROPERTY AND 3 of Yesterday.) unity took plac ng of the lock g ,ng out of the milers, which sunk a ats, and caused the loss of ten lives. ) the late thaw, and the heavy rains w, a great acenmulationof the town of Breneford was in many ipal streets under water, and .d. The land waters from the imes to r the canal 'eral feet above the I creeks leading to the of the Brentford lock, on Satur :raft, boats and barges, were wait ily the gates of the lock, unable the water, were burst open, and a torrent, and overwhelmed the some and destroying others. A . Nearly every barge had one rd, and the monkey-boats (long at one end, which in each. The cries and tb ;creams of the wommt d amidst the rushing of the waters, before it. The various craft were r, and a great quantity of timber set )y, in making an effort to get ashore ied ; and a family of seven children, of one of the monkey-boats, went atery gray A woman in Mani swam a re, which :e, and others were say assistance. After the n and unexpected calamity ,t was ascertained that two nothcr with Aber barges, empty, had also 00 stacks of timber were set bout yesterday morning in all di- pped in - a sail, was the tide had receded: The others have Teat injury has been done to the banks dden eruption of the waters, and the iense. It is reported that other per : ebb-tide was remarkably strong on ;terday, and the craft going down the th great Velocity, which was caused lition of the land waters. The boats inst the tide, had considerable diffi- ty, and the Thames police galleys had g the bridges, and were often carried current. The ice has almost totally Ter upwards, and the rain has sunk ow bridge, which, for a fortnight be .t an obstruction to the navigation. NWICH, LEWISHAM, &c. ,w, accompanied with a violent light, has been productive of particularly to market- s persot s of Green Saturday Deptford, Lee the principil streets of d; and many houses on the south side filled with water. Temporary people to get from one midnight, on Saturday, leight, carried away a considera ie river Ravensbourne, situated n, and in two places r osity into the grounds of Mr. Palmer, ving along with it the fences in all n a quarter of an hour the whole of tely under water, and his A the centre, was encircled with . feet. Mr. Palmer has sustained flood carried away nearly the w hole surface along with the growing —Able flints, lumps of chalk, ` - •rres were obliged to .e comp tes of man: )oms, leavit tes, gave way, and por y the stream. It is not .ves have been lost, as numbers of ht as well as by day issing through Lee to Eltham, nearly three quarters of a mile. The am has been under water during the is not a vestige of snow visible on any high land in th valleys hav presented nearly one !ntly reported here that .v-General for Ireland, has 1 bill for amending the act of electors in Ireland. It AS of tt 11 arc of such a com- y to ensure the support of tails are laid before Parlia ernment here attribute this part of ministers, to induce s bill, from the alleged simila- N under the consideration —On Tuesday last an accident of a one which might have been attended equences, occurred on the Slamannan s it was, several of the passengers nd all of them wete thrown into a nsternation and alarm. When the t from fifty to sixty passengers, was g at a 1 Cator the Ti d to fill eh oth J urcu, LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH.STREE7 zement of Mrs. WAYLETT and Mr. ALEX. LEE> IN. WAY LErr in 'tree C ters. Mrs. RAYMOND in a new Interlude. THIS present MONDAY EVENING, the 18th instant, Ji. and every Evening during the Week, the Evening's Entertainment will.commence wish the new Drama, called TRANSFORMATION; OR, MY SISTER KATE. Unit, NI Tom Chaff, Mr. C. F. Mar -Waylett. Highland Fling, by Miss hall; Mrs. Kate Moreton, Mrs —Mr. Charles Bland. T 1 To which will be adiled,the ne . w_laughable Interlude, called WOOING A WIISOW OR, LOVE UNDER Daniel .Dowgate, Esq., (Bachelor and Drysalter,) Mr. Tilbury ; John, (his Servant,) Mr. C. F. Marshall ; Arthur, Mr. Iliggie; Widow Bloomley, Mrs. Waylett. Mr. Mungall will Dance his popular Sailor's Hornpipe. Mr. C. F. Mar Shall will Sing a new Song, written expressly for him, by Mr. Higgie, called " The Royal Proclamation ; or, You mustn't Kiss the .2aby !" In the course of the Evening, Mrs. Waylett will Sing the admired Irish Ballad of " Nora Creina ;" " Pretty Star of the Night ;" " When Night Elves Dance;" and, with Mrs. Barton ' the Duet of '`Evening Bells." To be followed by a laughable Farce, entitled THE VALET DE SHAM. Mr. , Tweezer Mr. Tilbury • Captain Trivet, Mr. Higgie ; Wigler, Mr. U. F. Marshall ; Clipper, Mrs. I To conclude with the splendid Romantic Drama, entitled avmond PETER WILKINS ING INDIANS! Peter Wilkins, Mrs. Waylett ; John Adams, Mr. Tilbury ; Nicodemus Crowquill, Mr. niggle; Phelim O'Scud, Mr. Raymond ; Wild Man of the Woods, Mr. C. F. Marshall ; Yoarakee, Mrs. Barton Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, past Eight : Boxes, 2s. ; Gallery —Second Price Pit, Is. ; no Second Price to the - Gallery. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six. Perform ance to commence at Seven precisely. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET Mrs. WAYLETT will appear in Two of her most popular Dramas, and Mr. ALEXANDER LEE, being positively their Last Appearance but Four this Season. Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND ! Mrs. WAYLETT'S SONGS ! Mr. ALEXANDER LEE will preside at the Pianoforte. MRS. RAYMOND'S BENEFIT. fiN MONDAY next, the 25th, and TUESDAY, the 26th V instant, the Evening's Entertainments will commence with a DraMa called • THE MAID OF MADRID; OR, WHAT IS SHE AT Olivia, Mrs. Waylett; Minette, Mrs. Raymond; Julio, Mr. Iliggie Czesar, Mr. Tilbury; Viuceutio, Mr. C., F. Marshall. Mrs. Waylett will Sing, " Whdn the Stormy Winds," assisted by all the Ladies in chorus, with Mrs. Barton, the new and beautiful Duet, composed pt Mr. Alex Lee, called " Where the Sweet Roses Bloom," Mrs. Waylett, Mrs. Raymond, Mrs. Barton, and Mr. C. Bland will Sing the admired Quartett from the Opera of " Artaxerxes," called " Mild as the Moonbeam." Trio—Mrs. Waylett, Mrs. Raymond, and Mrs. Barton, " All in the Merry Month of May." Mrs. Waylett will Sing " When Night Elves Dance," and " Dream not away such Nights as these." Miss De Blaquiere will appear in a Fancy Medley Dance. Mr. Mungall will Dance his admired Sailor's Hornpipe. Mr. Charles Bland, a Favourite Song. Mr. C. F. Marshall, a Popular Comic Ditty. To which will be added, a langhable Interlude, called THE MAYOR IN A MIST ; OR, THE THREE COFFINS ! Colonel M`Mahon; Mr. Raymond; Captain Mandeville, Mr. Higgie ; Pogo Von Puddlewitz, (a Burgomaster,) Mr. C. F. Marshall; Lestelle d'Aubri, (assuming different cha racters,) Mrs. Raymond. In the course of the Evening, the Band will perform Two Popular OVERTURES. To conclude with BLUE JACKETS; OR, FEMALE SAILORS ! Admiral Trunnion, Mr. Tilbury ; Charles Herbert, Mr. C. Bland ; Ben Binnacle, Mr. C. F. Marshall ; Fanny Trunnion, Mrs. Waylett; Lieut. Firefly, Mrs. Waylett. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be had of Mr. FoGq, at the Box-office, each day, from Eleven till Three, and at the usual Places. occurrence, All was quiet and orderly in Canada. The Boston Atlas states that "Lord Sydenham appears determined to remove, in a quiet way, that will cause no incon venient results to the government, all the Tories in command in the British provinces in America;" adding that, in consonance with this line of policy, Sir John Harvey bad been ordered to India. We subjoin the following extract of a private letter, dated New York, Jan. 1, IS4I " We have only to confirm ours of the 19th Nov., and in confirmation of the opinion we then expressed, of the extent of our cotton crop, prices are advancing in all the southern markets, as well as our own, predicated on increased confi fidence, that the cotton crop will fall short of even that at which it has been estimated. Whether prices advance on your side, to bring out the present shipper even whole, we think will depend upon the state of trade and money mat ters, of which you will be the best judge. Our exports to France are now 32,000 bales against 89,000, and vessels load ing 17 against 51 same time last year. When we get our accounts from New Orleans after this date, our exports to France will show a deficiency of about 105,000 bales, com pared with last year, same time. To Great Britain our ex ports are now 120,000 bales, against 108,000, and vessels loading 35 against 78 same time last year. Our reports to Great Britain, when we got our returns from New Orleans, up to this date, will show a deficiency of about 53,000 bales from same time last year; and the failing off in our exports will continue on the increase as the season advances, as the crop will not exceed 1 : 600,000 bales, 350,000 of which will be required this year for our home consumption, leaving us the utmost we can expect, 1,250,000 bales against 1,870,000 total exports last year, and a total deficiency in our foreign exports of 626,000 bales. The comparative receipts of cot ton in the Atlantic States are much smaller than last year. At New Orleans they now begin to fall off, and will continue to do so for the remainder of the season. It is not likely that we shall be able to ship a single bale this 'season, with a prospect of gain, as prices on our side will continue to ad vance in anticipation, under the influence of short crop operations, as well as the general feeling among planters to hold on to their crop, confident of still higher prices as the season advances." We have been favoured with a copy of the Annual Circular of Mr. John S. Kewley, relating to the im ports, deliveries, and stocks of sugar, molasses, rum, &c, for the last year, from our various colonial posses sions. This circular furnishes us with some highly im portant statistical details, of which we gladly avail ourselves. The aggregate import of sugar from the West India colonies, during 1840, appears to have been 137,600 hogsheads, against 178,800 in 1839; 228,300 in 1838 ; 204,150 in 1837 ; 225,850 in 1836 ; and 230,350 in 1835 : the supply of 1840 is, therefore, 42,200 hogs heads less than that of 1839, and 79,000 hogsheads less than the average import of the five previous years. This statement fully corroborates the calculations which were made at the commencement of last year. The fearful deficiency which it exhibits arises in part from the unfavourable season, but chiefly from the want of continuous labour. We are glad to find Mr. Kewley remarking that "if the restrictions on foreign produce should be relaxed, England would be dependant upon the Brazils for her supplies of sugar, as the freedom so rashly introduced into the British colonies, could never compete with the slavery of foreign possessions, where the falling off in the number of their victims is supplied by an annual introduction of 120,000 slaves." This is precisely our own view of the subject. And what would be the in evitable consequence of such a relaxation in the scale of our restrictive duties ? Let Mr. Kewley answer. He says the bulk of the carrying trade of sugar, so advan tageous to the shipping interest, would, like the tran sport of cotton, fall into the hands of foreigners—the ruin of the colonies would close an important outlet for manufactured goods—and the measures so speci ously atlvoeatcd,by the cosmic of the colonies, under the plea of rendering sugar cheap, might terminate in disappointment, and be productive of no advantage to the country at large. The present high prices of sugar arise chiefly from the sudden change from slavery. These prices; how ever, are not likely to continue. The competition between the dependencies of India, the West Indies, and the Mauritius, is now beginning to favour the consumer, by increasing the supply of sugar, and consequently reducing its value. The following paragraph from Mr. Kewley's circular contains some very appropriate remarks : " If we consider that Brazil sugar in 1836 realised the high price of 435., and Havana 525.; and that British plantation sugar, in the autumn of 1838 (certainly of low quality) was sold at 21s. per cwt., without duty, it would appear very doubtful whether the admission of foreign sugar would pro duce a lower Gazelle average for the ensuing 10 years, than the average of 1831 to 1840. The contingency which caused a rise from 335. to 435. in 1836 might often occur ; and the probable low price of the first year might at any hour be qua drupled in the event of war. It would be useless, then, to look to those colonies, the wealth of England, and the up holders of her ships and commerce, when slavery should have gained the advantage over freedom so weakly encouraged in the British possessions. It would be well also to inquire whether the clamour for the introduction of foreign sugar, be not raised by parties secretly interested in the slave trade, twelve millions of money being annually invested in the traffic by powers who, without this assistance, could not advance it; and, lastly, it would be well to reflect if the cause of " cheap sugar," would not be more safely and more honourably ad vanced, by reducing the enormous and ruinous duty of 245. per cwt.; by encouraging immigration into the West India Colonies, and by fostering the growth of sugar in the Indian possessions and the Mauritius. Freedom so dearly purchased would thus be protected, and the prosperity of the colonies would be instantly felt in the manufacturing districts, and by the shipping interests of England." We have not sufficient space at our command to give the whole of Mr. Kewley's elaborate tables of imports, deliveries, and stocks. We subjoin, however, a summary of each : IMPORTS, DELIVERIES, AND STOCKS OF ALL DESCRIP TIONS OF SUGAR, SUBJECT TO THE DUTY OF 245. PER CWT., CALCULATED IN HOGSHEADS OF 131 CWT. EACH. IMPORTS 1836. 1837. 1838. 1839. 1840. West India . 11sds. 225850 204150 228300 179800 137600 East India „ 19850 23650 29200 38000 36000 Mauritius „ 35600 37750 44600 44300 38200 281300 265550 302100 262100 211800 DELIVERIES West India „ 212500 229950 212300 182300 158600 East India „ 16700 21150 31450 32900 39000 Mauritius „ 38000 37200 44100 43800 40300 267200 238300 287850 259000 237900 STOCKS West India „ 63300 37500 53500 MOOO 30000 East India „ 5450 7400 4850 10000 7000 Mauritius „ 4150 5200 6050 6500 4400 72900 50150 64460 67500 41400 Total Import „ 281300 265550 302100 262100 211800 Stocks „ 58800 72900 50150 64400 67500 3401041 338150 352250 326500 279300 Total Deliveries „ 267200 288300 287850 259000 237900 TctalStocksleft „ 72900 50150 64400 67500 41400 Gazette Average, 335.6.1. 395.1 lid. 355.10 d. 37s.ad. 49s.nd 31st Dee We have not heretofore interfered in the controversy between the ministerial press and certain of our con temporaries, with respect to the indulgences bestowed by the Colonial Government upon the convicted char tists, although we were quite certain that the alleged favouritism so indignantly and peremptorily denied by the organs of Government would turn out to be per fectly in accordance with facts. The public have now before them the admission of no less a personage than John Frost himself that such favouritism has been ex ercised. " Williams," writes that worthy ex-magis trate, in a letter to his wife, " is a superintendent at the coal mines, Jones fills a situation at the Juvenile Establishment, and I am in the office of the Command ant—that is, the Governor of Port Arthur. I am act ing here as a clerk, and hitherto the labour has not been heavy." * e "Our situation is one of comfort compared with that of many prisoners here—yes, my dear, and with many well-educated and talented men." No doubt of it ! The cowardly agitator, the fomenter of. rebellion and outrage, we are well aware, is much more likely to be the object of " liberal" sympathy than the unfortunate being whose more venial errors have resulted from the ordinary failings of human na ire; and we have little hesitation in asserting our onviction that the production of the Colonial Secre- cry's correnpondenc with the Governor of Port Ar- icir will prove the latter to have been expressly au lorised in his bestowal of the "comforts" in question pon these quondam allies of the Whig-Radical party. With all due deference to some of our conservative !onternporaries, we cannot but think that had the reatment of these men been of a harsher nature—had hey been placed on a level with common felons—with nen who have pilfered a silver', spoon or picked a iocket—the head of the . Colonial-office would have nanifested a feeling bordering upon ingratitude, and ;hown an extreme want of regard to the "fitness of ;hings." What ! subject to the laborious and degiad ng occupations to which " well-educated and talented men" must submit, who have, perhaps, committed a vulgar forgery or passed a counterfeit sovereign—a pa triot whose only crime was leading some thousands of his fellow-countrymen to be butchered by the soldiery at Newport—whose only error was that he agitated for the charter instead of the reform bill, repeal of the union, repeal of the corn laws, or any other of the fa voured outcries of Whig-Radicalism ! With what justice could Lord John Russell condemn the Welsh traitors to work in a chain gang, whilst the Irish trai tor, O'Connell, is free to agitate the dismemberment of the empire, and to thrive and grow fat upon the pro duce of his turbulent mendicancy ? These men did hut carry a little further than was legal a course of agi tation which Lord John Russell himself, in an after dinner speech, delivered in 'this good old town, de clared to be justifiable and safe ; and we cannot con ceive how his lordship could bear the reflection that for an "error in degree" they should be so severely dealt with. That such is the opinion which . Frost himself enter tains of the kindly feelings and amiable disposition of the Colonial Secretary is evident froni.one portion of his letter, in which he apologises to his wife for not expressing himself with such freedom as he could have wished, owing to the circumstance of his correspond- ence being subject to the usual inspection by the au thorities ; and adds, •" I am of opinion that my letters will be perused by others besides the gentleman who rules here. I suppose Ike Colonial Secretary would be glad to have a peep at the letters of his old correspond ent" ! ! We can picture to ourselves the sensation which Lord John gust have experienced at this allu sion on the part of " his old correspondent" to their past friendship and brotherhood. We can linagine the yearnings of his heart when busy memory traced be fore the eye of the, minister the progress towards ruin of his betrayed and abandoned tool. Lord John found this witless and hapless wretch a brawling, speechify- ing, reform-mad draper, whose mischievous propensi ties might have been cured by a ducking at the town pump or a month at the treadmill; but instead of such a wholesome infliction, the petty demagogue was se lected for promotion to the magistracy. The favour of Government and the factitious importance which it conferred'alone enabled the poor inflated being to per petrate the crime for which a felon's doom has been justly awarded ; and it is but natural that the exile, laying his misfortunes at the door of the minister, should expect and receive at the least his affectionate remembrance if not his active sympathy. With respect to the effect which this leniency to wards crime of so deep a dye as that committed by Frost and his fellow-traitors is calculated to produce upon society, we will not now remark. Our only ob ject is to impress upon our readers the fact that a mi nistry which fosters incipient treason and rewards its abettors cannot be expected to deal severely with those of their allies or creatures whose mistaken zeal has led them to embrace the monster in its maturity. LOCAL NEWS AMPHITHEATRE.—On Friday evening the Earl of Sefton visited the Amphitheatre, in company with*several families of distinction. PILLAR OF SNOW.—We were much pleased on Tuesday afternoon in witnessing the completion of a snow pillar in imitation of a rock in the Castle-yard, It was commenced on Thursday evening by several of the debtors for the want of better employment. They took great interest in the erec tion and worked in right good earnest, although little accus tomed to the use of the line or spade. It measured 21 feet in height, and 57 feet at the base, and contains many tons of snow. The master builder and his assistants drank a bottle of brown Et6ut 'on the summit, wishing those who had been present at the - finishing- might not witness its fall.—Lancas /Dr GIIZPii, ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND LITURATURE.—In directing the attention of our readers to the advertisemeut inserted by Signor Zandotti, in our columns, we would also remind them of the riches which are to be dug from the vast mines of Itali an literature. In poetry and the drama it is scarcely to be ri valled, whilst in history, there is no country in the world which can vie with it. We need not here enter into the causes —it is sufficient to announce the fact. Signor Zandotti in his youth, received the best education his country could give, and afterwards matured his knowledge by travelling ; he is, therefore, admirably fitted to accompany students into a do main, over which many of the master spirits of the present age rejoice to linger. The signor's plan of elementary in struction is one that ensures the steady progress of the learner. TOKEN OF RESPECT.—A subscription having been entered into for the purpose of presenting the Rev. S. Birley with a gown, a cassock, and . portable Communion service, a com mittee, deputed from his congregation, waited upon the rev. gentleman, at his house, Monday last, f or th e p urpose o f presenting the articles. Mr. Stephen Blair, Mr. John Sla ter, Mr. Sharpies, and Mr. Thompson, constituted the de putation, and were commissioned to express to the reverend gentleman, the high estimation in which he is held by all classes of his hearers. The following inscription was en graved on the Altar Cup :—" To the Rev. John Sheppard Birley, M.A., Incumbent of All Saints', Bolton, this small Token of Respect is presented, by his grateful Congregation. January, 18-II."—Bolton Chronicle. DESERTION Or VESSELS 1w SEAMEN IN BRITISH AMERICA.-At the Police-court, on Friday, several impor tant cases relating to the desertion of their vessels by sea men, were heard of by Mr. Rushton. James Brian, a seaman, appeared to a surnmoup to answer an information against him, of having deserted - the ship Naparina at Qubec, and run away, so that his plade had been supplied by a gubstitute, at a heavy expense to the owners of the ship. Capt. White, of the Naparina, said he had engaged the defendant to perform the voyage out and home at the rate of £2 15s. a month, and he had signed articles to that effect. The ship left Dublin in August last ; and when at Quebec, on the 25th of November, the defendant and three others of the crew deserted, when the ship was ready for sea, so that in order to bring her home, he had to find a substitute for him, to whom he had to pay.tlB for the run home. It was admitted that the defendant had been committed to gaol by a magis trate at Quebec, where he remained 29 days. He returned on board, and afterwards deserted in the absence of the captain. The signing of the articles were proved, and the requisite entries in the day book were shown. Mr. Rushton, strongly condemned the too frequent practice of seamen deserting their vessels in this manner, thus taking advantage of owners and captains, and even seriously endangering life and property. The defendant, he said, must, under the statute, lose all his wages and all his clothes, and moreover pay the difference between what he would receive had he served and the sum paid for a substitute. The amount was £l-1 10. and he must also pay costs, or in default be sent to prison. Thomas Regan, another seaman of the same ship, was charged with the same offence, and dealt with in like manner. MEETING AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE B LIND.-011 Friday, the annual meeting of the directors of this excellent institu tion, was held in the Board-room, London-road, J. H. Tur ner, Esq., in the chair. The treasurer, Raymond W. Houghton, Esq., read the accounts connected with the school, and R. L. Carr the accounts relative to the church nttached to the, school. In the school there are now 107 pupils. During 1840, 18 pupils left the school, and 18 had been admitted. There are now 27 male candidates for admission, and 10 fe males. Mr. Houghton stated, th a t d ur i ng the last year not a single musical instruir.ent had been presented to the insti tution. This was to be regretted, as musical instruments were very serviceable in the school, and any which had beeh thrown aside by the parties using them would be very ac ceptable. S. Turner, Esq - ..; mded - a. vote of thanks to the Bishop of Chester, to the late vice-presidents, to Mr. Hough ton, the treasurer of the institution, and to the chaplain, Mr. Hull, for their services during the past year, in the course of which he complimented those gentlemen for their exertions in behalf of the school for the blind. James Aspinall moved the appointment of Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., as the presi dent for the present year, and R. L. Carr, E. G. Deane, Aikin, and William J ac k son , E sq rs., as vice-presidents, which was carried unanimously. Some conversation occur red respecting the appointment of the officers, the gentlemen present being anxious that persons odly should be selected who would take an active part in the management of the institu tion. The names of the gentlemen selected will be found in our advertising columns. Thanks were voted to the chair man, and the meeting separated. • EMBEZZLEMENT OF PICTURE FRAMES. -At the police court, on Friday, an elderly man named Peter Malley, (whose case had been remanded from the previous day for further evidence,) was placed at the bar on a charge of obtaining and disposing of two picture frames on false pretences. A wit ness stated that on Thursday week, the prisoner came to him and ordered two picture frames, which he said were for Mr. Crisp, of Church-street. He gave the dimensions of them, and was told that they would be done on Saturday night. He called for them then, and wished to take them, referring for payment to Mr. Crisp ; but as he was a stranger to the witness, they were not delivered. He called again on Monday, and induced the witness' to accompany him with the frames to Mr. Crisp's, who, he said, would pay for them. The witness went with the prisoner, and when they got to the door of Mr. Crisp's premises, prisoner said he would take in the frames and get the money, requesting witness to wait, which he did for three-qnarters of an hour in vain, for the prisoner did not return, he having escaped by a tho roughfare into Brookes-alley behind. Mr. Ramsdell, a teacher, said the prisonei had for some time been in gaol, where he conducted himself well. He therefore endeavoured to get him into work at his trade as a cabinet-maker, but did not succeed. He afterwards h a d given him small sums of money from time to time, and finally, on his representa tions of distress, employed him to make a number of pie ture-frames for him, givin g him drafts of the different sizes, &c. he wanted. The prisoner brought home the two frames produced, as two of those ordered, and represented that they were made by himself. He wanted 7s for them, but Mr. it., thinking the price exorbitant, gave him 65., and withdrew his order for the others. The frames were iden tified as the property of the first witness. Mr. Crisp stated that he had no knowledge whatever of the prisoner, having never to his knowledge seen lan before. The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions. He was formerly, we learn, in creditable business as a m aster-cabinet maker in Lancaster. The rule for a new trial in "Jones, ju the radical papers connected with the " Connot was discharged, on Saturday last I)ESTITUT .soas relieved by the Littler," which 1 3ond" affair, by the Court of Exchequer 'HE Pooi.—The followin; :ount of th Societe, _ . destitution the poor of this town are in :—Monda Tuesday, 234 ; Wednesday, 192 ; Thursday, 180 ; Prid 371 ; Saturday, 495 ;—total for the week, 1617. The num- , hers have increased nearly fourfold. during the past week; will show a state o ST. SAVIOUR'S ORGAN.—By an. advertisement in another column, we perceive that Mr. Thos. Venables, late of the Coronation German pedal organ, St. John's, dester, is ap- i this t it orgai - las two octaves and two notes in tII an accomplished performer to execute the pedal fugues of Bach, Mendelssohn, Bine &c. The authorities of St. Saviour's may consider themselves fortunate in having se cured the services of an artiste accustomed to this peculiar description of instrument, and capable of developing its pow ers. Mr. Venables, who is now settled here as a teacher of music, delivered the essay at the last soiree of the Royal In stitution. SHOCKING ACCIDENT. -- Yesterday afternoon, about twenty minutes past four o'clock, • as a cart loaded with bricks was passing along Whiteehapel, just opposite Mr. Kind's shop, corner of Church-street, the carter, who was leaning with one band on the shaft, was moving a little back ward, in consequence, it is supposed, of another cart being near, when his foot slipped and he fell on his back, and being unable to recover himself, the Wheel of the cart passed over his head, and crushed it in such a dreadful manner as to produce instant death. The body was carried to the dead house. The cart was, we learn, the property of Mr. Fair dough, builder, Richmond-street. We could not obtain the name of the unfortunate deceased. WESLEYAN METHODIST TEA-PARTY.—Ou Friday even ing. the teachers and friends of Jordan-street Wesleyan Sab bath School celebrated their anniversary by a tea party, con sisting of upwards of 160 of the most respectable and influen tial friends to the institution. The Revs. Messrs. Vevors and Nelson were present, the former occupying the chair. The secretary, Mr. John Renshaw, read the report, which noticed increased attention on the part of the children. and determination of the teachers to devote thomselves with greater energy and increased activity to their several duties ; also, the establishment of a sick society for the benefit of the children, under the superintendence of Mr. Wm. Harley, as secretary. The meeting was afterwards addressed very ener getically, and in some cases, eloquently, by Messrs. Fern worth, Cross, Whittaker, Harley, Ellis, Lee, Lyon, Davies, and others. FRAUD ON A SIIIPMASTER, — Edward Shiels appeared be fore Mr. Rushton on Saturday, and claimed £6 as the balance of wages due on a voyage from Quebec. " The plaintiff had shipped as an ordinary seaman at£B -per month, which he asserted was £2 per month below the current rate of wages at Quebec. The wages per month out of Liverpool, for ordi nary seamen, range from £1 lOs to £2 per month. The captain refused payment on the ground that when the plain tiff got on board, he knew not the least item of a sailor's duty. He was set to feed the pigs, but in all other respects, he was in the way. The plaintiff tacitly admitted this, but, as seamen had been demanding' such high wages, he seemed to think that the captain had him very cheap. As the plain tiff was not entitled to• any wages, the case was dismissed. The captain had, it appea►s, offered the man :W out of mene commiseration, but this he refused. The captain, at the con clusion of the case, however, very kindly paid the last-men tioned sum into the hands of Mr. Davenport, the plaintiff's solicitor. CORONERS' INQUESTS IN 1840.—During the last year there were 402 inquests held in Liverpool, of which 52'were on persons burnt to death, 3 accidentally choked, 23 found dead, 81 accidentally killed, 28 found drowned, 106 died by the visitation of God, 11 manslaughter, 9 scalded, 10 overlaid, 8 died from want, 12 apoplexy by drinking, 4 stillborn, 7 wilful murder, 1.-1 committed suicide, 3 by bites of dogs, 4 felu de se, 13 accidentally drowned, 5 smothered, 8 chance medley against sundry persons, and 1 want of assistance at birth. CHESTER CONSISTORY COURT.—On Thursday the Rev. Chancellor Raikes gave judgment in a case respecting the occupancy of a pew in Vest Derby Chapel. The promovant was John Butler, Esq., and the defendant Alexander West more, chapel warden. The promovant had purchased Greenfield-house from a gentlemun of the name of Ashley, who resides at West Derby, and in right thereof had become possessed of a pew in West Derby Chapel. The last-named gentleman contended, that the pew had not passed with the purchase. He put a lock on the door to debar the promovant from occupying it. The suit against the defendant was for perturbation of seat, as the promovant contended he was dis turbed by his connivance. A great number of witnesses had been examined on both sides. The Rev. Chancellor went through the evidence pro and con; with great minuteness, and gave judgment to the effect that the promovant was not to be disturbed in the occupation of the said pew, and condemning the defendant in the costs of suit. Notice was given of an appeal. DARING ROBBERY OF A WAREHOUSE.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, a car-driver, whose name we could not learn, was placed at the bar under the following charge :—John Fairbrother, warehouseman to Mr. Wth. Colton, a wine merchant in Oldhall-street, said, that last night (Sunday), about half-past seven o'clock, he was passing through Suf folk-street, when a car backed up to Lockett's bonded ware house door. He suspected there was something wrong, and told two friends that were with him to stand still, and he would go and see. He crossed the street towards the car, and the driver, who heard what he said.to his friends, drove off at a furious rate. He found the warehouse-door open, and called out, " Stop the car—the warehouse has been broken open." He fell over a bag of coffee at the ware house-door, when trying if all was safe. He got up and called police. One of his friends gut hold of the horse's reins and stopped him near the corner of Pitt-street. Witness ket.t hold of the door of the car. In about five minutes the police came to their assistance. One. of them searched the car, and I saw him find three bags of coffee in it. We took the prisoner, who was the driver of the car, and the car, hack to the warehouse. We got a light and searched the place, but found no person there. The bag I fell over appeared to have been removed from No. 1 Room, where the bulk was kept. I gave the prisoner in charge of the police, and then left him. I saw that all the locks of the doors had been forced. There was no person in the car except the prisoner. —John Graham, a custom-house officer, corroborated what had. stated_ lie went into the warehouse with the last witness and another,. but found no one there. The custom-house lock had been wrenched off from the door of the room where the coffee was kept. The stock-lock had marks of a crowbar upon it, and he believed had been picked. Two locks in the store-room had also been wrenched off, and there were marks of violence apparently made with a crowbar. Three bags of coffee were found in the car. He described the marks in the bags. The prisoner was taken to Bridewell.—Henry Critchley, warehouseman to Messrs. W. and J. Lockett, said that firm rented the warehouse. On Saturday afternoon he 1 -- )clit..d Room No. 1, and afterwards the street-door, and the custom-house officer afterwards put his padlock on. On hearing- that the premises were broken into, he went there, and found the warehouse •as described. Some of the locks were wrenched off, and one of them picked. He saw the three bags in the car, and there were three missing from the whole (41 bags). Ile knew the marks and numbers. The weight of the coffee taken is 2 cwt., 3 qrs., 6 lbs. The duty was not paid.—The prisoner was fully committed for trial at the sessions. His accomplices (and he doubtless had some) have not yet been discovered. PARISH CHURCH OF WARRINGTON—INTERESTING DN. COVERY.—A most interesting investigation is at the present time going on in this ancient fabric. A few days ago, on taking up the floor of the chancel, near to and beneath the altar, and digging into the earth below it, for the purpose of laying down flues for the circulation of heated air, the work men came upon the remains of a spacious apartment, the roof of which had formerly been supported and ornamented by beautiful groined arches, rising from brackets rudely sculptured with grotesque heads. At the instigation of our worthy rector, the excavation was continued, and the whole of the rubbish removed, displaying the original size of the interior, and likewise four spacious windows, which, before the work of demolition was begun, were probably of the same rich order of architecture as those of the higher portion of the chancel. No solid flooring has been found, and there seems little doubt that the whole space was formerly occupied by a well, probably consecrated to St, Elfin, the original pa tron of the church, and much resembling (though upon a much smaller scale) the celebrated well of St. Winifred, at Rolywell, in Flintshire, except that no terrace round it ex isted for the use of visitors. Even now, the water springs abundantly, though not sufficiently clear to allow of ready chemical analysis. The original mode of access to it is not yet clearly ascer t a i ne d, b ut from one corner a winding stone staircase in the interior of a buttress on the north side of the chancel, the existence of which, has been known for some time, leads upwards to an opening in the wall, at the point where the pulpit formerly stood, immediately over the pre sent rails of the altar. The dimensions of the apartment are twenty-one feet in length by eleven feet in breadth, and the height, from the highest part of the roof to what appears to have been the level of the water, is also 11 feet. The period at which the work of havoc took place will.probably ever remain a mystery, but it is most likely to have been the result of that excited feeling which, at the period of the Re formation, overthrew every object, however sacred, which bore the least resemblance to a relic of popery ; and, in doing so, resorted to measures of rapine and violence, which the admirer of antiquities has in an especial degree often had reason to deprecate and deplore. The manner in which the filling up of the apartment has been effected, appears to have been by breaking in, in the first instance, the arched roof, and mullions of the windows, covering these to the level . of the floor of the chancel with earth taken from the church yard. This is obvious from the number of human bones confusedly mixed throughout the whole, with one exception, where portions of an entire skeleton were dug out from a great depth, and found to be imbedded in lime, without any traces of a coffin. This would seem to indicate that the in dividual, whose mouldering remains have thus again been brought to light, after the lapse of ages, had either died of some prevailing pestilential disorder, or suffered the severe penalty of the law.. It is probable,likewise, that.he belonged to the ecclesiastical order, for to these alone was the privilege reserved of interment within the precincts of the chancel. An inspection of the spot, even in its present dilapidated condition, wilt amply repay any one whom curiosity may induce to visit it ; and as the flooring of the chancel must necessarily be replaced in a short time, no better opportunity than the present can possibly present itself for the purpose. It is but due justice to mention, that the work of excavation has been greatly expedited by the public spirit of William Alcard, Esq., who liberally furnished a supply of the men in his employ on the railroad, to aid the workmen previously engaged in the task. The rector, Mr. Powys, has expressed himself as warmly desirous that an attempt should be made to' restore all or part of the ruin to its former condition, which is practicable at a comparatively light expense. As the edifice is perfectly unique of its kind, in this part of the country, it is to be hoped that this praiseworthy desire will meet with many supporters ; and if we may take the pleasing result of our last exhibition as an illustration of what the personal exertions of a few zealous individuals can effect, we cherish the hope that our ancient town will, ere long, num ber this amongst the many other attractions which it already possesses, in the shape of relics of th e o lde n time.—Man chesterdourier. MARCIIMONT PEERAGE.—The claim of Captain Sir F. D. Home, Bart., to this peerage, which has occupied much of ,the time of the Committee of Privileges during the last three sessions of parliament, and which has already received nine lengthened hearings of their lordships' house, will, we understand, come under the final review of the Lord Chan cellor for decision, immediately after the meeting of parlia ment. Sir Francis, now in his 54th year, is one of the cam paigners under the gallant Moore; was close by the person of th hero when he received his death-wound in the hard fought field of Corunna, and was afterwards in many of the principal actions of the war. He unites in his person the representation in the male line of the ancient and distin guished border familes of Home of Wedderburn, and Home of Polwarth or Marchmont. We understand that Lord Brabason, one of the members for the county of Dublin, and the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, one of the members for the western division of Gloucester shire, will move and second the address of the House of Commons to her majesty, on the speech from the throne, at the opening of the ensuing session of parliament.—lllinis terial paper. SINGULAR BAPTISMAL NAMES. — Jonathan Collins, cot ton spinner, at Heywood, has lately caused four of his chil dren to be re-christened in the following names, at St. Luke's Chapel, Heywood :—First, John Jonathan George ; second, Martha Maria Hannah Victoria ; third, Sergeant Hall Oliver Cromwell; fourth, Camereska Albert Napoleon Louis the Twelfth. REPLY OF DR. BUCK TO TIE CHARGES PRE FERRED AGAINST HIM BY CAPT. WILLIAMS. (Continued from ou• last) SEVENTH CIIAIGE 'Whether the chaplain has not made an entry in his jburnal, dated July 12th, 1840, reflecting m the state of the female prison school, without due knowedge from previous ex . . arnination of the progress there trade, and u 7 hich is con trary to fact, and whether he has tot most improperly and indiscreetly Applied the words 'bigoted principle' to a female prisoner on the same oc The entry in my journal thus read; :--" Visited the priso rlYthis morning for the purpose o! examining the boys an. ittuding of what they read " The six senior girls I called up it, the first instance read three verses between them with some difficulty. As to answering questions they had not tie least notion. One girl refused either to read or speak, evidently upon bigoted prin ciple. I had every possible cause to be dissatisfied with the state of the school, where it is evident the children do not know the meaning of one word they read." After considering the heavy charge—mv answer to which you have already beard, and read :the entry which gave it birth—l confess I feel something like difficulty in addressing you in reply to the accusation of having reflected on the female school, of having spoken of the progress therein made, contrary to the fact, and of having ioiproperly and indiscreetly applied the words " bigoted principle' to a female prisoner. My talents as an examiner in the mere reading,of three verses from the New Testament, my reflecting on the low state of education in the school, my saying that one girl had evidently acted on bigoted principle in refusing to read from the scriptures, to me, a clergyman,—are subjects which I really know not how 'to answer. There is something so ex- tremely contemptible, (I would not use the term if I could find another which would express my feelings as well,) that really I stand in amazement that so many gentlemen should be assembled to investigate such a matter. Mrs. Norris has told you that I took up six girls, sitting on the first form, nearest to her ; the most aged girls certainly in the school. She tells you she did not inform me they were not of the same class. She gave me no information to dispel from my mind the fair and honest belief that they were her six best scholars. She tells you I tried them in reading, that I asked them several questions which were hard—she tells you she was ashamed of their reading aud of their answering, that they were very bad. Take her evidence in her own words—" They read very awkwardly, they were confused. He (the chaplain) put a few questions. One girl answered very well, the others did not. I was ashamed of them.. I told them to speak up and answer, for I know they could. They were very bad. So far all agrees with my complaint. She continues— " One did not refuse to read—she did read ; and when Dr. Back asked her to read again she began crying. Dr. -Buck said he would report me for, refusing to answer. This was the girl who cried. The one who read and afterwards cried was a catholic." • Thus she says that one girl, instead of reading, began to cry, that I threatened to report her for her refusal.—and it came out after some time, that this girl who cried, who in Mrs. Norris's opinion could have read if she would, was a Roman Catholic. Bigotry alone could, therefore, have been the motive of her refusal. She could answer if but she would not, even when th Le woul atened to be reporte Mrs. Norris became acquainted with my complaint of the school on the 12th of July, for I told her at the time that I would make an entry. The master of the South Corporation School examined the school ten weeks afterwards, and re ported on the whole favourably of it. Observe, there is no proof whatever that the same six girls I examined were sub jected to his examination ; and, indeed, it is very unlikely that the same six girls should be in it; but passing by that important consideration—when asked by me whether if the girls were absolutely i g norant ten weeks before the time he examined them, he might fairly have expected to find them as much advanced as they appeared to be at the time of his visit, he said at once they might under such circumstances be more advanced than he found them to be. " Did you find the children answer well? " The girls in the highest class answered very well. " Did they manifest any difficulty in answering you ? " Some of them did. " Did they seem put out by it ? " Some of them " Beyond the three girls, had the others very little notion of answering a question ? " Very little, except one in the second class. " Did they read tolerably well ?. " Four girls read well, the others did not. " Did you ascertain the time they had been in prison ? " Yes. " And what acquirements they possessed when coming into prison ? • " Yes. " Ataking allowance for what w•as the general state of the school ? " I did not find it in the state I expected, "owing to the strict discipline to which the pupils are subject. I expected they would exhibit more general knowledge than they did. It seemed to be a more mechanical than intellectual system. " Do the defects apply to the system?" " Yes ; and it seemed to me that the female had not been accustoined to teaching and communicating general know• ledge."* " Do you think, from what you saw of the first class, if they had ten weeks before known nothing, that if they had been well drilled for ten weeks they would have answered as well as they did." " Yes ; if they had been well drilled in the first class they might have answered better." " Do you consider our schoolmistress well-talented as a dame sclioolmistr " I have no doubt she is, and capable of explaining th meaning of words." " From what you saw, do you think they understood th meaning el words?" _ _ _ _ _ " I found they understood the meaning of words; but of the meaning of what they were reading I found them very deficient." _ _ _ 'Now I apprehend that no refutation of so miserable a charge as this could be more complete. Its nothingness causes the only difficulty of meeting it. It is too unsub stantial, too insignificant, to be seriously dealt with. If Captain Williams were to speak to the majority of the members of the corporation of Liverpool, or justices of the borough, as to' Dr. Buck's capability of judging, at even a first visit, whether twenty girls in a prison could read and understand what they read, they would smile at him, and say,_we thought. Dr. Buck guile competent, at the close of the year 1837; to examine the whole orthe North Corpora tion School, consisting of about R) children, in a very short time ; we believe his report of that school was a correct one, that period we certainly deemed him a goof and useful witne You have, gentlemen, I apprehend, heard quite sufficient of this charge. I will only, in conclusion, say, that wherp the idea was picked up of my having reported on the comparative pro gress of the pupils, I - know not—certainly not from my jour nal. If any complaint is suggested of the chaplain's not being a teacher of 'that school, or a weekly examiner, it should have been openly made ; and I should in reply have put in all those parts of my journal which shew that I have con stantly claimed that superintendance, but ineffectually. I should also have put in the act. Of amnesty, indemnity, and acquittal of blame, sent by the magistrates to government, before alluded to. The school, however, is not quite deserted, for Miss Davies says—" I never examined the school much myself. I have heard them answer questions pretty well. I select the chil dren for the school. Ido not think it necessary to take Dr. Buck's advice upon it." She was, therefore, partly superin tendant, examiner, and directrix. Mr. Bacheldor, it ap pears, had more to do with it; hence the schoolmistress says —" When Mr. Bacheldor visited the schbols, up to the time that Dr. Buck took the management, he used to select the parts of Scripture for the girls to read, and to examine them"—a greater exercise of power than the chaplain was allowed in any part of the prison. I pass on to the seventh charge. THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS WAS DELIVERED AT THE COM MENCEMENT OF THE SECOND DAY OF MY DEFENCE : Gentlemen-A appear before you this morning, with very different feelings from those which yesterday at this time nearly pressed me to the earth. I was labouring under sus picion of uttering wilful falsehood, of purposely deceiving you by entries made in my journal, &c. These impressions, so far as my defence has proceeded, I now feel you have banished from your minds ; that in looking towards me you believe you are beholding a man of truth, who has scattered much misrepresentation, and who you hope will disperse every other imputation to the winds. There is, gentlemen, and .it is the cause of all the happi ness we know, a glorious superintending Providence, watch ing over and directing the most minute events. I have felt this ; I have realized it ; and would be most thankful. I have had unwonted health during the preparation of my de fence; my mind has been preserved in comparative calm; so that I have been able to sift, with some measure of suc cess, the voluminous evidence taken in these proceedings, I had strength on the first day, although affected 'as to the lungs, to speak without difficulty or exhaustion for hours ; I had your most patient and kind attention; and I am spared to meet you this morning to complete my defence. I ascribe it to the good providence of a gracious God, whose I am, and whom I serve, in the ministry of his Son, that certain documents, tending materially to make my case more clear, especially in relation to the sixth charge, and bearing powerfully on the first, have been brought to my remembrance. From daily records of duty performed, or, as 1 should rather say, of circumstances arising out of the per formance of thoe duties, written day by day, as reflections arose, and thus admitting of no after-insertiOns, I select the following : May 2ith, 1839.—Preached yesterday twice on the Prodi gal Son ; the congregation exceedingly attentive, and a very general burst of weeping and sorrow discernible. To my utter astonishment, Mr. Batcheldor made known to me to-day, that forty persons had been reported to him for inattention and ill conduct in the afternoon service. As I well knew that this could not be true, without having seen some symptoms of the ill conduct, I expressed my hope that he had discharged the complaints as ill founded. He in- formed me that he had already. punished the whole by loss qt food. The fact is the people were affected.to tears—many sobbed aloud ; the heads of some were brought down, and in some cases the hand Was lifted to the eyes to wipe away the tear; but, alas ! being prisoners, they have been punished ! and the chaplain has no magistrate to whom to disclose the case with any hope that his representation may be of the slightest use in hindering a recurrence of such cruelty. May 29t1i, 1839.—Three turnkeys were employed yesterday (some one of them) to take off in writing my daily sermon. No doubt with a hope of doing me some mischief. Thus, espionage freely allowed in this prison, will go to the extent of neglecting the care of prisoners, in hope of finding some ground of accusation against the chaplain. To these entries, gentlemen, as expressive of my feelings at the time, as tend ing to clear up much that might yet be in doubt, as shewing that the turnkeys went to the chapel prepared to take notes, (the remarkable text giving them a handle, for it is not their practice to be occupied in chapel with writing,) and.that this was done as part of a scheme then devised for my future overthrow. To these entries, I say, I beg to call your par ticular attention. That I had ground for saying in my pamphlet, that men by your rules and regulations were sub jected to punishment, and were actually punished for lifting their hands to .wipe away a tear, all are to my mind clearly established by these entries, which, happily for me, were made at the time, and which, as happily for my defence, have been brought to remembrance since 1 was with you yesterday. EIGHTH CHARGE " Whether the chaplain performs the ' appointed service' on the Sabbath as appointed by the Gaol Act : or if the ap pointed service is mutilated, or parts only read : the name of Prince Albert irregularly, and ,without authority intro duced into the Litany : and the reading of evening prayers delegated to the schoolmaster." As upon this charge I shall certainly have to explain my conduct to the Bishop of Chester, you will probably agree with me, I need not occupy much of your time in its consi deration. _ _ _ There can be no doubt that a division has been made in the' Sunday morning services—that I have officiated without a surplice—that I have prayed for Prince Albert—that I have allowed a layman to read prayers for me, nay, on t wo or three occasions, also allowed him to read my manuscript ser mons in the chapel of the prison. The serious part of this charge, so far as the justices will think it right to interfere, I consider to be—has the chaplain wilfully, knowingly, and by false st a t ements in his journa l , deceived the magistrates into the opinion, that the chaplain had permission of the Diocesan to divide the usual Sunday morning service into parts ; he not having obtained that per- S had now been nearly three years over the female prison school. ion, but wilfully and dela ierately entering a gross and Li, for the purposes of decep- Now, gentleffico, allow me for a moment to call back to or memory, the testimonials as to character, which I laid candidate for that office, which I have now so deeply to deplore having accepted at :fore you wt Every ben clergyman under whom I had served, dur certified, to the integrity and excellence `any of the most talented and distin •ersity of Cambridge, from an me of many years duration, told you their that I was what every clergyman should be. 1 scholars of the Univ Ay -with the knowledge that tance, in a truly good, and as I in this town ; led to my unhappy fOr, as it regards personal feelings, from the ly becoming your chaplain, I have experienced overflowing cup. Passing from these painful assert, that I became chaplain of the Borough ison, with a character certified to, by the worthy—by those ) could not have deceived you. I was as far as human an upright man and one that eschewed ipointulent, ,oment of n nnion can re ineteen days after this period, I made the following en- try into my journal Sunda Feb. 27th, 1838 nd went early to meet t Pastoral c —Morning subject of address—. Vent through most parts of the prison, `he Bishop of Chester by appoint lig licensed me to the chaplaincy, I took his att ic Sunday church services, which he thought ned, considering the classes with his sanction, I e the morning services into two parts—to le remaining portion on use one part on one the neat. ive believed I was recording a plain matter of fact, or, on the sudden, after a life of honour, of (so far as man can know) unsullied integrity, in a single mo ment, and without any assignable motive, have penned an atrocious falsehood, the prelude to a life of intended decep- tion, which could at any moment—which was certain the day the inspector of prisons arrived, to be detected ; and all the fruits of an honourable life be then blasted at one fell swoop. You must belieie all this if you think that I designedly made a false entry; if without evil design—but under an erroneous impression—you will not ascribe guilt to me on this charge. Now for the facts of the case. I called on the Bishop of Chester, in Rodney-street, and explained to him fully the nature of my congregation, its mixed quality as it regarded religious opinions, the provisions the law had made for the week-day prayers. 1 presented to him a copy of the prayers already selected by me for daily use—and published at your order. • I brought before him the evils of a long service in chapel ; explaining the rules and regulations as to movements of the body ; and asked his permission to divide the Sunday morning service into parts, on account of its extreme length ; his reply was, if there be any place where such a change can be allowable, it is your prison. You have my free permis sion to do what you think will be.best for the real welfare of the prisoners; I will not interfere with you; you know more of a ison than I do; you my permission as far I am perfectly confident that the bishop, who will of course see this statement, will acknowledge that it is perfectly true. I am aware that the bishop, by letter, states his belief that he only assented to the change on the week days. Now remember, the compiled service of the week-days is expressly sanctioned by law. I could not have asked him for leave to do that which was already in my power—which I had already done with your sanction.. My conversation with him must have been on the Sunday morning service alone, as my journal states; f or y ou will tion, as it is called, ever took plac'e in the Simply in that of the morning, which in we all know, of three distinct parts, used afternoon service reality consists, E in the universities at separate time This will however have to be settled between the bishop Did I believe that I h his pertnission. That must . Allow me to read the fol- ave been my solemn conviction lowing entries, in proof, from my journal, which you know is a book open to the inspection of all officers of the prison, of all magistrates of the government inspector. " February 13, 1838.-- , ew selection of prayers in use this morning." 27, 1838 Chester lajney, I t 3.-Left early to meet the Bishop of it. Having licensed me to the chap :e as to the Sunday Church Services, ight most judiciously be shortened, of persons under my pastoral charge. which I . With his I determined to divide the morning sZr- vices_into two parts ; to use on . part on one Sunday, aid the R.ead the Litany and Communion Services with the Psalms " March 13, 1838.—Explained fully to the magistrates assembled this day, the nature of the Sunday duties, as per formed by me in the prison, was gratified to hear ji-om the town-clerk that all was done in accordance with the acts of ibject, and that the committee was satis-. parliament on the tied with my plans." " March 25, 1838.—Litany and Communion. Services with Psalms." Extract from quarterly report, 16th April, 1838.—" On, Sundays the usual services of the Church of England, and two sermons have been regularly delivered. The morning prayers have, however, been divided into two parts ; the common service being used on one Sunday, the Litany and Communion Services on the following, by which separation the time has been reduced to one hour and a half, and the attention of the auditory more fully commanded." The first four paragraphs of this report explaining the 2S performed, and the extra duty amongst the debtors, will, 1 think, be deemed very important by the justices. whole service 2,1839 —The Litany and Communion Services " May 13, 1838 —The Litany and Communion Services low explicit my declaration hick the inspector certainly e, when here two years since', paragraph in that report will viously, as appears from my ully explained to the magistrates my.' ved the town-clerk's legal opiiiion in my y quarterly r entry, March 13th, c. [s the inspectio convince hii of the last I, havir plans, and re favour. Can this straight forward declaration of my constant practice, (and remember, from these reports quarterly made to you, you prepare your own report to government), and were as likely to. make the circumstance & there avowed, a part of the subject matter of your address as any other entry of mine. Can this straight forward declaration, with all the _ above entries ; tl K containing which was in the inspec perusal for several days, at his former visit, be consistent with falsehood on my part, as it regards the bishop's permission ; purposed deception, as it regards the magistrates ; intended concealment from the inspector, of a practice—a practice known to be illegal? Draw, gentlemen, your own conclusions on this point. I demand your honourable acquittal, whatever you may think of other parts of my defence. Before I speak to that point of the charge which relates to mutilation of the service, and omissions of certain parts, I wish to call your attention to that which respects the em ployment of the schoola That the schoolmast( nad, on m:.ny occasions, officiated for me, on the Sundays, (as he or the governor, or any turn key in the prison, at my requeit, is allowed to do, by the gaol act, certainly on six days of the week, and if proper then, I confess that I can see no difference on the remaining day;)' that the schoolmaster, I say, had on many occasions officiated for me on the Sundays, with the full knowledge (and, as I therefore concluded, with the fullest sanction) of the visiting justices, the fact being over and over again brought distinctly before them cannot be doubted. I refer you to the following entries from the governor's journal : " Sunday, Feb. 3,1539.—1 n consequence of the severe Mrs._Buck, Mr. Ramsden officiated in the chapel illness of " Monday, July 2,1838.—1 n consequence of the works now going o).1 being so close to the female wards and chapel,, morning service on the week days has been dispensed with. gs continues as usual; the chaplain being ,sisted by the schoolmaster." " Sunday, Feb. 24, 1839.—1 n consequench of the danger ous state of the lady of the rev. the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Crawford officiated in the forenoon. Mr. Ramsden, school master, read prayers in the afternoon." " Sunday, Aug. 4, 1839.—Afternoon service performed by the schoolmaster, the chaplain having been requested to attend at the chapel of the Workhouse." Sunday, Aug. 18.—In consequence of thesevere weather Service on Sunda _ . _ •• this afternoon, the chaplain did not come down. The school master attended. I placed the whole of the piisoners in their several day houses, under the charge of a turnkey in each, and supplied them with_proper books." " Se . n A zday, Oct. 20, 1 - 83q.—The chaplain being absent to day, owing to indisposition from an attack of rheumatism, the schoolmaster read the service, also a lecture, both morn- ing and afternoon Sunday, Sept. 13,1839.—The chaplain being still absent from ill-health, morning and afternoon services performed by the schoolmaster," You know that these entries, after being carefully and distinctly read, and diligently inquired into, are signed each week, by the chairman of the committee of justices meeting at the gaol. Now, to the same effect, I beg your attention to the fol lowing entries from my journal, similarly attested : " May 27th, 1838.—The schoolmaster officiated for me in the afternoon, I having a severe cold." " February 3d, 1839.--On account of illness in my family, did not attend in the afternoon. The schoolmaster officiated for me." " February 10th, 1839.—Mr. Ramsden officiated for me in the afternoon, on account of_ illness in my family." ' " October lith, 1839.—Visited througli thepAson." " October 25th, 1839.—Since my last attendance I have been confined to my house by rheumatism in the knee joints, and am even as yet scarcely able to walk. The chapel ser vice has been regularly performed during my absence by Mr. tb, 1839.—From extreme debility the chap lain was not able to attend in the afternoon.; the usual duties were therefore 'performed by the schoolmaster." " April 12th, 1840.—Mr. Ramsden officiAed for me in the afternoon, in consequence of extreme debility." " September 14tia, 1840.—0 n arriving at my house on Friday, I was, through sudden illness, obliged to take to my bed, and continued so poorly during Saturday and Sunday, that I could not leave my room. Mr. Ramsden was supplied by me with two manuscript sermons, which he read yester day. conducting the remaining part of the Sunday duties in the usual manner. Although I felt a duty, being able to leave my room, to be in prison this day, it is still quite out of my power to officiate in the ch4pel ; Mr. Ramsdell took this duty therefore for me." These extracts show that the occasional employment of the schoolmaster in the Sunday duties was well known to the magistrates. There was no deception, no concealment, on m y part. But it will be objected, that conceding that, in the above instances, the justices were aware that the schoolmaster offi ciated, that does not meet the case sworn to, that during the six months last past the schoolmaster has always, or most usually (for that is the real truth), read the prayers on Sun day afternoon, and that Dr. Buck has only attended just in time to take the sermon, with the usual extemporaneous prayer and Lord's prayer preceding the sermon. Learn from the evidence already before you, and from that medical testimony which I shall produce, one cause of this dereliction : the second being my inability, from poverty, to pay for regular clerical aid : the third, that as the law allows lay aid in clerical duties, within a prison, in express words, I did not know that I was offending; and the fourth. that neither the governor nor •I thought the matter of any such importance as to g ive place to the reco r d o f t h e f act i n our journals, where every thing of importance must find an en- The following evidence, as to the state of my health, I have collected by a hasty and hurried reading of the many sheets upon which I have had to comment " I believe that Dr. Buck's health has been so weak, that the employment of the schoolmaster has been in consequence of it. I have seen him so bad that be was scarcely fit to go into the pulpit. I have an opportunity of knowing whether Dr. Buck performs his duty ill or well. I should not apply the word "skulking' to any part of his conduct. I do not * 4 Geo. IV., cap. 64. " Prayers, to be selected from the Liturgy of the Church of England, by the chaplain, shall be read at least every morning, by the chaplain, the keeper, or by some other person, as by the rules and regulations shall. be directed ; and portions of the Soriptures shall be read to the prisoners, when assembled for instruction, by the chap lain, or by such person as he may appoint or authorise." The governor, in his evidence, stated, that the justices, in committee, have ordered that the schoolmaster should offi ciate for the chaplain, in his absence. 'think that h !throu g h then ` rbeliev [were read Piave alway Sundays kideration of ernor and ( Puck g The - follow Fence, and is Riliard K Questions ewers to slit Are. you th Since the Were you 'Manchester Do you, fr Ime likely to I 'cruelty and If 1 m sanguineo-ne citeable. 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