The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-02-02 00:00:00

VEnitumly indefinite demand is sufficiently intelligible It is like - the people of this community demanding Justice RATH BONE for Liverpool. It is Quaker justice—dipping justice—unitarian just ice—one sided, partial, and factious justice. O'CONNELL demands this sort of confessional and purgatorial justice fur Ireland. He desires to have the municipal corporations of that country opened to papists, and protestant property conveyed to the priests. He contends that Ireland is entitled to the same measure of reform as has been meted out to Great Britain. Do we deny it ? No. Ireland is entitled to the benefit of every sort, for good or for evil, of English reform. But before Ireland can honestly or justly call upon the people of England to admit her to the same circles of liberty and civilization, she must submit to the same duties, undertake the same liabilities, pay the same taxes, and forego her existing exemptions. We have no objections whatever to municipal reform in Ireland, disastrous as that measure would be ; but before we allow even the measures of O'CONNELL to be entertained, we beg and claim on behalf of our country, that the Irish population be taxed, and stamped, and excised to the full measure of these our heavy burdens. Ireland has been a death -drag —a drowning weight upon the neck of England. She is the spoiled child of this country. She has had out of our common purse a sum quite adequate to give an impetus to her national industry. We have built factories for her, which the priests have ordered their slaves to burn. We have made roads which the same fellows have destroyed. We have dug canals which the priests have made unnavigable. We have built harbours guiltless of shipping —custom-I Whose revenues do not pay the interest of the money ac. vanced—quays, beautiful to walk upon, but over or against which no British fla g , beyond that of a West moreland collier, ever waved—docks, wet and dry, which occasionally some foreign-bound ship visits, and •by that token morp indicates their emptiness than their utility— all this, and a thousand times more, England has done for Ireland ; and, before the demagogue - has a tight to claim additional sacrifices at. our 'lauds, lie must prove, not only that the people of Ireland are entitled to them, but that they are in a condition to appreciate them. To open up the corporations of Ireland to the priests and their slaves would be the sure way of alienating from England the hearts and the affections of our protestant brethren. Ireland to us in that case would become a greater curse than ever. 'Tie protestants would not sub mit to the insolent tyranny of popish mayors, magis trates, town clerks, and other bigoted and superstitious functionaries. If the corporations must be reformed, far better would it be to suppress them altogether. If the present system cannot be maintained, repeal the charters at once, appropriate the corporate funds to protestant charities, and give no triumph to either party. But before any reform of this or any other kind is in troduced, we hope and trust, for the sake of peace and justice,' that the taxation of the two islands will be equa lized, and that a system of poor laws will be forced upon Ireland which will compel the landowner and the wealthy householders to support their native paupers. Do this we say —tax her whisky as English gin is taxed—tax her newspapers as English newspapers are taxed—tax all her products and mauufactures as those of this country are taxed —and then she may have vi hat municipal re forms she desires. This is the only way to render "justice to Ireland." She owes a large debt of justice to England, which we call upon her to discharge before She prefers any fresh claims upon our bounty. Let strict justice —not the beggar's justice —not the priest's justice - -not the filthy justice of the confessional—but let whole 'tome and real justice be done to Ireland, and we shall be content; for O'CONNELL would in that case come in for a silencing share of it—by way of example! If At - ouses .r. WILLIAM RATHBONE were not more than half crazy, owing to the elevated position in which circum stances have placed him, he would blush at the bare men tion of his conduct on Wednesday last. But Mr. Justice RATHBONE of 1836 is not the plain WILLIAM RATHBONE of 1833, nor the Friend RATHBONE of 1812. He is now, as Slender says, "of the commission," and he perhaps fancies that he has a right to commit himself when he pleases, by perpetrating acts of folly and inconsistency without restraint and in defiance of public derision. We have stated in another article that this Mr. RATH BONE was the Irish beargeader on Wednesday last. He was the patron of O'CONNELL, and head dancing -master or master of the ceremonies to the rabble who made up for their short allowance of solids, by an extra inpour ing of drink at the Corn Exchange. In that capacity he is entitled to special notice at our hands. It will be recollected that this RATHBONE. was in 1833 one of the most persevering of the persecutor s and calumniators of the old Liverpool freemen. He and others of the same cloth charged the freemen with divers acts of corruption, such as taking bribes at elections, selling their votes to one RosteroN for so much money, giving th e i r votes to EWART for an undeclared quantity of ale and . gin, and for various antiquated and illiberal =misdemeanours of this sort, No doubt the charges, to a certain extent, were true; for the poor men who so seriously committed themselves, were bribed by the very scoundrels who afterwards became their accusers, and who have lived ever since upon what they have gained by turning informers against their companions. Liver pool certainly did disgrace itself in the election of EWART and DENISON, and merited a severe punishment; but ten thousand times more disgrace has been brought upon the town, and on themselves, by the despicable and heartless persons, who professing liberal opinions, could firstbribe and then peach—first seduc e and then betray --first corrupt and then turn round and swear away the character, the privileges, and the property of the bur gesses! They have been, we admit, most successful in this base and criminal work, but the day of awful re taliation and stern justice will come. However, this man RATHBONE, at the period we have alluded to, professed more than ordinary purity. He had a n intense hatred of bribery and corruption. He con templated with horror the idea of a working man drink ing a tankard of good ale at an election. But what made this pure and exemplary person shudder the most, and drive into convulsive fits, was the extraordinary guilt and sh ame of trafficking in parliamentary honours, and buyin g and selling seats in the House of Commons. _But l ook at this worthy patriot now ! Stand forth WILLIAM RATHBONE, common councilman and Justice °J . the Peace, and let our readers have a fair view of your features, the twist of your countenance, the geography of Y o ur hat, the colour of your coat, and the suavity of Your manner s ! Speak out Mr. Justice RATHBONE, and give us a. notion o f y our vernacular,—a peculiar slang, being a mixtur e of quakerism with unitarian rudeness w . raPped up in a Kentucky dialect ! Stand forth Colm an(' Justice of the Peace, and tell us who that evulgar-looking person, dressed like a showman, or a You are escorting through the town, and who, no doubt, 4DA"Ntrlighty grear--LION ? Who is lie ? RATDANIEL ,°'CONNELL ? impossible ! What! you WM. finnNE the puritan, the hater of bribes, the persecu tnr the burgesses, the detester of seat-selling and all sorts o f RATHBONE e2arliamentary corruption —you WILLIAM bracing DANIEL O'CONNELL—it is in- LIAM! or a verity it credible Som e fiend bath maligned thee friend Wu, flayeth so of thee cannot be so. The man that ought to be spit upon as General G4sc"NE Was ' a_H.e ought to receive a "bad name" like a filthy cur, ' l l the streets. yt n d .be pursued and pelted by the boys say ? Why, it would say this were true what would the world ' 4 Y that y ou , b this of thee Mr. Justice . It would Yaith Y Patron ising , shaking hands, and dining •-401`INELtave for ever disgraced yourself, in tizust:tnionnh 1/18033ur professions of reform and hatred of cor th s eem only to have been a cloak to cover e grosser ven a li ty toi and corruption which you recognise, "at e , and enc ourage sell er of c _ r. outage in DANIEL O'CONNELL, the seat Poo r R ap .. a __ l °N who, in jobbing for a seat, cheated con r i emne n d a out of some two thousand pounds. You were the freemen of Liverpool for taking bribes administered by your most intimate friends; 444 Ye', Mr. J o it 7, , utterable Stiee ixA.THBoNE, you f awn and do un h civittties to the Carlow seat jobber—the dis oliest tu pt, the in tt What w as not hi s own —the most cur vend, the most heartless and abandoned cheat that ever snuffled in a conventicle, or kneeled in the mud befoie a popish priest. We leave your friends and the plundered freemen of Liverpool to follow up these remarks in any strain they please. This is neither a fancy sketch nor a caricature. Mr. Councillor and Justice of the Peace, WILLIAM RATHBONE, you are. we guess, here drawn to the life. You may now retire—TO THE BENCH! There was one person present at the kennel feed given to O'CONNELL last week who, if he had had one particle of good taste, or any respect for the office he fills, would have imitated the example of Mr. JAs. BRANCKER, who, like " black-eyed SUSAN," waved his hand at a respectful distance from the crew. We allude to Mr. HALL, the newly-appointed stipen diary magistrate, who, we are sorry to observe, was present at the dinner. This gentleman is paid one thou sand pounds a year by the burgesses of Liverpool for administering petty justice in the Police -court, in set ling the quarrels and the mishaps of drunkards and stragglers, and in aiding, when called upon, to preserve the peace of the town. But does Mr. HALL imagine he was consulting the dignity of his office by attending a drunken rout, where there was every chance that the King's peace would be broken, and where, if it had, he would have been obliged to adjudicate upon the conduct of his boon companions, if not arrest himself as one of -the implicated parties Mr. HALL is paid to protect the burgesses, nct to join in the orgies of an inebriated Irish faction ; for he must have known that, besides himself, there were not six gentlemen or sixty Englishmen present. We do not wish to offend him in any way, for we know little or nothing about him, except as a contributor to a turn penny newspaper, and personally nothing at all ; but we hope for his own sake, and the office which faction has promoted him to fill, that he will abstain for the future from patronizing such pot-house carousals. We are re quested to state - that Mr. GODFREY BARNSLEY was not present, and that he means to oppose Mr. JAS. BRANCKER as a candidate for the honour of representing Liverpool in parliament. He shall certainly have our vote, as Mr. EGERTON SMITH would say, if we vote at all, inasmuch as we prefer the cotton-broker to the sugar-baker. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Saturday Evening, half-past Seven o'clock. Since the close of the market it has been discovered that a man of the name of Lakeman has contrived to possess himself of a large sum of money raised on securities for the purchase of which he gave cheques on his bankers after he had withdrawn all his cash in their hands. Every exertion will be made to capture the fugitive by the police who are on the alert, and, as he bad only the start of them by a few hours, the probability is, that he will eventually be secured. There has been but little business done to-day. Consols for account left off at 914. The demand for Exchequer Bills has increased, and they closed at 22 pin. ; India bonds have ad_ vanced from 4 to 6 pm.; Bank stock closed at 2151; India stock 2541. The intelligence from Madrid has had but very little influence on Spanish stock, which advanced from 49 to 49i, and closed at 494. The passive bonds are at and the deferred stock at 25. The Portu guese 3 per C ents. were steady at 531 ; Rus sian Bonds 110; French 5 per Cents. declined to 109 25; Dutch 2,1 per Cents. 55i ; 5 per Cents. 103 g. Nothing was done in South American stocks. These is no variation of importance in the prices of railway shares. THEATRES. ITALIAN OPERA.—Signor de Begnis takes his benefit this evening, when Maser's grand opera buffa " II Fanatica per la Musica" will be performed. But little need be said in recom mendation of Signor de Begnis's well known talents, or of his claims upon the patronage of the public for bringing to the town an Italian company, possessing a very considerable de gree of varied talent and excellence. The house during the past week was well attended. LIVER THEATRE.—The American Indians now performing at this theatre are well worth seeing, as exhib,tions of some of their national customs and peculiarities; their dresses are very singular, and their appearance equally so. The one who dances the hornpipe displays an agility and lightness of foot that would not disgrace a Blais or a Silvan'. "The Zingaro Girl," although not a novelty, will not fail to prove at tractive. Mr. Binge takes his benefit on Wednesday; he is an accomplished singer, and deserves patronage. "The Jewess" is about to be produced at this theatre with great splendour; the principal characters will be sustained by Mr. and Mrs. Yates, and Miss Betts. • THE AMPHITHEATRE.—"The Jewess," a grand dramatic spec tacle, which created a "sensation" in Paris, and excited the asto nishment and admiration of all London, has been got up and performed at the Amphitheatre with great success. Little can be said of it except as a pageant, and% this respect the stage manager has show❑ his judgment and taste in producing a good pictorial effect in many of the scenes. The audiences since the opening of the house have been generally very good. MASTER Hun HES CONCE It T.—This celebrated Cambrian harpist gives a second concert this evening, at the Music Hall, Bold-street. He will be assisted by Mons. Pothonier, a piano forte player, whose performances were much admired at Master Hughes last concert, and by the members of the Liverpool Choral Society. The principal vocal performers Will be Miss Leach, Mr. J. Stott, and Mr. Davies. CONSERVATIVE DINNER AT UPHOLLAND, NEAR WIGAN. The conservative electors residing in Upholland, dined to gether on Tuesday last, at the Whit e Li on I nn, John Holt, w sq., of Bispham Hall, in the chair. Among the toasts iveas "The Established Churches of Great B itain and Irela g nd n ." The Rev. Mr. Bird thanked the company on the part of the episcopal churches of England and Ireland; and the Rev. Mr. Mackenzie, a minister of the church of Scotland, also returued thanks for the lhonour done that institution as one of the esta blished churches named in the toast. The following. passages from the rev. gentleman's speech will be read with interest : "It is questioned by the falsely so-called reformers and the poli tical volunteers, whether we can show and prove the propriety, consistency, and utility of ministers of the gospel attending such a meeting as this, and mingling publicly their political senti ments with those which kindred spirits entertain, and intimate friends express. (Cheers.) My answer is ready, and it is simply this. If the clergymen of our establishments consider it their duty to support church and state, to believe in, and to promote a national religion, why not advance its interests and advocate its excellency in every place, on all occasions, and in all companies? If we love, admire, and honour it, on a larger scale, why not on a smaller one ? If we demonstrate the truth, and draw the conclusion of a major proposition, we are fairly and legitimately establishing the truth, and deducing the infe rences of all the minor premises with its range. If we intro duce heavenly wisdom in all her beauties and ornaments, charms and attractions, graces and virtues, rewards and honours, into the farni;y, the sanctuary, the senate house, and the royal palace, why not to a conservative dinner, where there are men "who fear God, who honour the king, and love the brotherhood ?" ( Loud applause.) "However diflereut in your age, or more different in your circumstances," said the late immortal Har vey, a bright star of the church of England, "be unanimous, 0 men, in magnifying a Saviour who is no respecter of persons, and who, fur man, proctkred grace unmeasur a bl e , an d bli ss in conceivable. Bend, ye kings, from your thrones of ivory and gold; and in your robes of imperial purple fall prostrate at his feet who forsook a nobler throne, and laid aside more iliustrious ensigns of majesty, that you might reign with God for ever and ever." (Applause.) Gentlemen, the duty of maintaining, de fending, and protecting the sacred institutions of our country in the present day, is more imperative and more important, when attempts are made order the eye, and with the sanction of his majesty's ministers, fur wrenching from its consecrated place, the most radient gem that glitters in the royal crown of Britain ; and for erasing the most splendid characters which emblazon our national escutcheons, viz., the king, defender of the faith, and the religion o f J esus C hr i st; and for displacing the keystone of the magnificent, arch of the constitutional monarchy of this realm, destroying the equipoise, or even balance, of its component parts, leaving it without any inter mediate power or disturbing force to retard and stop the velo city of those rapid and destructive movements whose ultimate tendency is to remove the chief cornerstone, by the separation of church and state, and demolish that beautiful fabric which has bean th e g l or y an d renown of Engla n d, an d t h e won d er and admiration of the world, into one heap of democratic and republican ruin. (Three times three.) * * * * If his Majesty's ministers were to issue an order in council to discontinue and extinguish all the lighthouses on the coasts of the British Empire and on the shores Of our colonies, where there is most danger of either being shipwrecked or being cap tured by pirates, unl ess fifty English merch ant s hi ps minus one, passed by / these lighthouses and enjoys the benefit of their light, would not liberal cotton spinners and manufacturers of Man chester, and the shipowners and merchants of Liverpool be im mediately alarmed, and instantly meet to petition his Majesty to dismiss his ministers ? And yet they are doing worse than this, with the approbation, encouragement, and support of the radical, papist, and voluntaries, by attempting to extinguish ; hundreds of the lamps of divine revelation, where the pirates, quicksands, and rocks of popery are capturing and destroying their thousands and tens of thousands of immortal souls, one of which is more precious than the whole world. (Applause.) This is the doctrine by which they removed Sir R. Peel from the helm of affairs, by which they replaced themselves into office —by which they ascended to the ministerial benches—by which they sit on these benches—and by which, perhaps, they shall soon be hurled from them into the shade for ever and ever,.and by which Sir Robert shall be carried again in triumph and in honour, on the shoulders of a free and loyal, religious, and happy people, and amidst the, general shouts and universal acclama tions of their plaudits and congratulations, into the high office in which his sovereign had placed, and which lie so honourably and ably filled, and from which he was so basely and shamefully ejected by Lord John Russell and his faction. (Loud cheers.) It is said that the father of Hannibal took him, when a child, to the altar, and swore eternal hostility to the Roman republic. 1 conjure you, sir, and this numerous assembly, aed all who love their God, their bibl es , th e i r c h urch, their i c ing, their country, and their friends; on the altar of our common faith and pro testant constitution, to swear eternal hostility to these infidel, liberal, popish, and anti c h r i s ti an pr i nc i p l es! I call upon you to cherish and maintain an everlasting love, attachment, and veneration for that religion which shed a lustre over the crown, throne, and the constitution of Britain in 1688, as you see on the wall here (pointing to a flag hanging behind the chairman) which shall neither he obscured or extinguished by the united energies, combined efforts, and secret machinations of the bat talion of Irish papists, and the band of English Auld Scotch ra dical, infidel, and political voluntaries I About ninety gentlemen attended the dinner, which, says the Bolton Chronicle, did great credit to Mr. ',Win Prescott, th e worthy host. Lord Skelmendale . presented the company with' a good fat buck oa the occasion. T it LIVERPOOL STAI‘IDARD LIVERPOOL POLICE, The Magistrate.—The best, way by far would be to take him back to his friends. Witness.—l have no possibility of taking him. The Magistrate.—l have no power to order the parish to take him. The probability is that the pariSh wont take him. Witness.—Any expenses would be paid by his friends, who are respectable. The Nlagistrate.—lf you know his friends are respectable, and pHs profess to he his friend, your only way of showftig your friendship would be to take him 'jack. I dont suppose, if he is respectable, that they would like hint to go on the parish. Sup pose the parish wont take him? Witness.—l can't do anything till I have written to his friends. I have no means of support myself, I came herewith him for the purpos e o f en d eavouring to get a s i tuat i on, an d was mainly dependant on him myself. - The . Magistrate.— El ad he any friends in America? • Witness believed not. He Made his wine and .spirit busi ness over to his sister ; and brought about £lO with, him. • The Magistrate.—lt is a strange story. You a ppear to have come without any fixed object in view. . You brought him here; you must take him hack. Witness.-1 only wish you to take care of hiM till I can com municate with his friends, and I will giye up his clothes as a guarantee for the expense. He is in suctra'bad state that I don't kno w w h at to do with him. The Magi s t rate.—How will you support yourself ? GO say you ha ve not hi ng. You had much better, go b ack to Ireland, and you sh a ll h ave a constable to go ' w ith you to a ss i st you to take car e o f hi m. After some further demtirring,-the magistrat e remarking th a t th e w i tness appeare d unwilling to tak e any fur y ther trouble about him, but now when he had g o t hi nt here, and he was in this state to leave him. lie finally agreed to re turn with him to his friends by the Cork packet on Monday, accompanied by a constable. RETURNING To GooDNESS.—Deborah Murray, a miserable cadaverous-looking creature, who appeared to be in the m ost abject state of wretchedness, appeared to l ay a complaint against her husband for ill using and beating her, and not being so faithful to her, his spouse, as a married man ought to be. Mrs. Murray stated her case as follows: —Since the day I was marrid to 'im he used me wid all kinds of barbariety. Last Tues day, so it was, afther promising me he'ud be a good.bov, an' go no more a gallivantin' an' doin' naughty things, he ago used me very ill, as no decent woman should be used so he um; an', doesn't meself rememb er id, h asn ' t he since lived wid a very disorderly woman ? Au' when I wini to where he was, au" demanded 'im hout, he came an' laddered ine. The Magistrate.—Why did you go at all? Complainant.—Because he came a fortnight since an' tould me he was reformed from all kinds of badness, an', if l'ud for. give 'im, he wad not go to any improper body any mhore; an' thin when I wint to see if he .was guilty of suers misconduct agin, he came and sihnick me. The Magistrate.-1 ou had better not have done so. Do you come to complain of his striking you ? Complainant.—l hey brought 'Mr here to acknOwledge that he'll give himself up from badness an' return to goodness. Defendant.—l got no wink, sur,'an' she wants me to kape her, an' I can't. only a fortnight 'in Liverpool. I was livin' in Ireland Afore. I hey been marrid to hur betther nor two years, an' nivir lived wid hur at all. Bud id isn't ahusin' her agin I'll be. The Magistrate.—lf you molest her again, I must, send you to gaol. Defendant.—Shure, it isn't meself at 'II mislest bur at all at all. The defendant was then discharged: . The complainant, who appeared - in the most abject distress, said she had no means of support save by selling tapes and pins; she was not able to work. The Magistrate directed her to wait, and he would see what he could do for her. - INDENTURES CANCELLED.—SannieI Crossley, an apprentice of Mr. Jones, joiner, appeared before Mr. Hall, to verify acorn plaint against his master, who appeared to answer to the magis trate's sumumns. The plaintiff alleged that he had seised live years and a half of his time, and that, during that period, his master had not put him to the work which would most tend to his instruction, and for a very simple reason, that he scarcely ever had such work. A younger apprentice had received his indentures because Mr. Jones had not for him such work as would enable him to master the higher departments of his trade. He, however, had to toil on and to pick up his business as be best could. Mr. Jones averred he had endeavoured, as far as possible, to fulfil his duty to his apprentice. He had turned him over to Mr. Arnauld, not having sufficient employ ler him himself, who had, at his request, placed him upon the best jobs on whirl) he was occupied. The apprentice said he had been • put to turn the grindstone and to dig with a spade, and to run after Mr. Arnauld's men, instead of learning his business. Mr. Hall said that he should be particularly careful, in all cases, not to listen to idle or frivolous charges from apprentices; but he was of opinion that this was a proper case for his interfer ence. He did not think a master ought thus to turn over his apprentice. He therefore directed the indenture to be can celled. MONDAY. BEEF STEALING.—Mary Welsh was brought up before the magistrate, Thomas James Hall, Esq., charged with having stolen a piece of beef belonging to James INdurphy, butcher, of Oldhall-street. Murphy said the prisoner came to his shop on Saturday night, and, whilst he was weighing as nice a bit o' beef as ye need clap yer eyes on for another lady, this here lady (pointing to the prisoner) slipped this here bit o' beef (holding up a dirty looking pieceof beet; about the size of a brick, in his hand) under her cloak, and off she went without axing " by your leave ?" On being asked by the magistrate chat he thought was the value of the beef, he said he did not think it was worth above eighteenpence, holding it up betwixt his finger and thumb, and surveying it with a broad grin. One of the constables said the prisoner had formerly been a very respect able woman, bat had become reduced. She was discharged with an admonition from the magistrate not again to be guilty of such an offence. SCANDALOUSTREATMEN T FOR A GENTLEMAN.—A lad, about 18' years old, named Stephen Archer, whose appearance bespoke him to have served an apprenticeship to his trade, was bought up charged by a person named George Wright, who lives near Theatre-house-square, with having concealed himself under a bed in his house, on Saturday night last. A little girl named Ross was sent up stairs on an errand and heard soire one breath ing hard in the room, and looking under the bed found theyouvy yentleman concealed theme. When asked what he .had to say for himself prisoner said, " Why, gentlemen, I bed bin getiin' some drink, and got a little bit toxitated, and didn't know war I was. As soon as they (mind me they used me scandalous; thew knocked the down with a poker and treated me jist as if ribin a rogue. Look ye here, gentlemen, (pointing to a tre- FRlDAY.—(Before Tiros, JAMES HALL, Esq., the Magistrate.) FELONY.—Thomas Jenkins, a cart-driver, was brought up and charged by Mr. Jefferson, of 2, St. Mary's-place, with hav ing on Monday robbed him of eight bottles of wine. Mr. Jef ferson stated that the prisoner came to his house with a load of coals, which he was to get in, and in so doing he had to take !he coals through the wine cellar, and had taken out eight bottles of wine. His servant had first made the discovery, and inthrined him of it. Mary Rhodes, the servant of Mr. Jefferson, deposed to the facts as above stated. Her suspicions had been first ex cited by finding in a lane opposite the back door three full bottles of wine partly covered with dirt, and by recollecting that, when the prisoner left the house, he was quite intoxicated. In consequence she made a search, and found a bottle with th e neck broken off in the wine cellar, and altogether eight bottles missing, the places of which were filled up with empty bottles. Mary Dixo-i, a servant of Mr. Campbell's, of Edge-hill, deposed to seein l (s, the prisoner leave the backdoor of Mr. Jefferson's house with four bottles of wine under iiis arm. The prisoner said he was as innocent of the bottles as the magistrate of sit ting in his chair. He was committed to take his trial at the sessions for the offence. ROBBERY.—John Hughes, an Irishma n , wa s br oug ht up charged with robbing Patric k Garland, a young Irishman lately imported, a friend of his, of £65 the night before. Complainant stated that he had jist come over from Ireland, and he met a frind (the prisoner) who as'd 'im to go along wid and have somethin' to dhrink. We wint to a public-house in Lumber street, an' stopp'd there dhrinkin' till I was rather a little bit in liquorivh. 1 wanted thin to go to my lodghins, hut Hughes said " No, you shall go along-v 0 me to my lodghins in K e y- s t reet. You arn't fit to go alone," 'So wint wid I had me money thin, for I chounted id in the . p i tiblic-house, an' I kept me h an d on id all the way to his lodglinis. When I got there, I wint up stairs an' f e ll asleepon the bed; but [ laid me down on the side where me money was, and know'd I hed id. I was not so bad but I knew what I was about. When I 'woke tree hours elites, I found meSelf alone wid me money gone, and meself turned the other way up. I had sixty-five sovereigns and some change in a bag : he tuk all the sovereigns an' left me the change. The Prisoner.—Now, by virtue of th' hoath you have taken, didn't I want you to lave the money wid the landlord. Complainant.—Yes, shure. Owen Carney, who keeps a beer-shop in Lumber-street, re collected the parties coming to his house the day before. The complainant gave him sixty-fiv e sovereigns to count, which he did for him, and the prisoner wanted him to take care of the money lest complainant should lose it. There were no other persons in the room with them. They left his house about three o'clock. Complainant was very dunk. James Hughes, a labourer, deposed to meeting the parties in Key -street, and assisting the prisoner to take complainant to his lodgings, and helping to carry him up stairs to bed. He left prisoner in the room with him alone. Rose Kelly, prisoner's landlady,deposed to prisoner bringing the complainant to her lodgings, and his going upstairs to sleep. When he came down stairs about four hours after, he com plained that he had lost his money. No one had been near him but the prisoner. Mrs. Pennington, of the Monument Tavern, in Great Cross hall-street, deposed to prisoner being occasionally employed by her to clean shoes. He came to the house the night before and called for a pint of ale, and whilst there he held a bag in his hand to her, which appeared to contain about fifty or sixty sovereigns, and said, "'There, Mrs. Pennington, will that do for you ?" H e h a d s h own t h e sovere i gns also to another person in Ore house. Parkinson, the constable, deposed to taking the prisoner into custody, and finding only 17s. in silver on him. The prisoner denied the charge.—He was committed to take his trial at "the sessions. ATTEMPTED ROBBER Y.—Daniel Dawson and Wm. Cooper, two reputed thieves, were brought up charged by a gentleman named Pocock, a stranger, with having attempted to rob him the night before. Mr. Pocock stated that he inquired of the two prisoners his way to Whitechapel, which Dawson offered to show him, the other prisoner (Cooper) accompanying him. He had not gone far with them, when he discovered Dawson with his hand in his breast coat pocket. He had gut his pocket book in his hand. containing a £5 note and memoranda which he would not have lost for a thousand pounds. Ile asked him what he was about, when he began laughing, and said, " Oh, nothing." He then called the watch, and gave them both into custody. Batcheldor said both of the prisoners were reputed thieves, and had been in the House of Correctiou four or five times. The magistrate committed them to the House of Correction for three calendar months to hard labour. SATURDAY.—(Before THOFIAS JAMES HALL, Esq., the Magis trate.) EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—A respectable-looking young man, evidently labouring under some mental aberration, named John Carney, was brought tip from the Dock Police Office before the magistrate under the following extraordinary circumstances : Patrick Murphy, a young man accompanying the one in cus tody, stated that the other was a friend of his, and that they both formerly resided at Cork. His friend lately kept a wine and spirit store in Cork ; he had, however, detrmined on going to America unknown to his friends, and had left his store to his sister. He determined to accompany him as far as Liverpool, and they left Cork together by the packet on Wednesday morn ing. Ills friend brought with him as much money as would see him to America, together with a quantity of luggage. They were obliged by stress of weather to put into the Isle of Man, and his friend became, from what cause he could not tell, quite insane, and, all the day before, had been extremely violent, striking every person who went near him, and he had, from his violence, lost his money out of his pot ket. He had come over entirely dependant on - his friend, and he now wished to know what he was to do; he had no means of supporting him, and he did not know what to do with him; he could not even take care of him, he was so violent. In answer to an inquiry from the magistrate, he said he had before shown symptoms of insanity; he had had no drink since he Caine on board the packet, though before he bad been a hard drinker; he was not any relation to him. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Saturday, during the ;;ale, a sma ll b oat, the " Mary," put out f rom Li • verpoul, with a Brew of four men, for the purpose of gathering wreck. When betwixt the Wash and Seacombe Point, whilst carrying as much canvass as she would bear, she got into the trought of the sea an d h er press of canvass (hove her thrmigh min swell. The boat immediately sunk and two of the crew, Samuel Ashbrook, the miner of the boat, and John Pear son, were drowned. One of the crew scant ashore, and the other was saved by catching hold of the anchor of a brig which was hung at her bows as he was drifting past; from the swell the anchor occasionally dipped in the water, and he seized hold of it, and a rope being ;tied round him he was drawn on deck. The bodies of the unfortunate sufferers have not yet been found. 'l'ug Cons/ EXCHANGE DiNNEU.—We have been furnished with a great variety of anecdotes respecting the "personal ad ventures" of the yen/ten/en who attended the Corn Exchange dinner on Wednesday last, all tending to show their high cha racter, honour, and respectability. Mon. Hushback, of Croft, near Warrington, a French 110111 all catholic priest, a refugee, oho sought shelter in England notn the effects of AGITATION ill his oan couotry at the close of the List century, had his pockets emptied of their contents after he entered the banqueting hall. This, however, we have no doubt will turn nut t o b e mistake easily accounted for. ill-natured people may, perhaps, be disposed to question the propriety of the rev. gentleman's attending a secular feast of any kind. But to this illiberal ob jection it may tie replied, who can be su good a judge of the effects of it storm as he who has weathered the gale; who can be so good a judge of the propriety of destroying a conservative government as he who was under so many ofriigations to such a government in 1795 ? Cot:Pot:A r toN A DDRESSES.-011 Friday last the body eon r- tea Chester agreed to an address to his Majesty, thanking him for the municipal reform act, and expressive of their con ewas n i c n e ol i i i ( r )s e L d o t r o d b the eoinier(rite:tai aat t i l i l i e ris e t :; ; r i p ti i i l i r t a l ition lidincnt,i)det,r,ilei fi deuce in ministers, which was negatived, the original motion having 93 supporters and the amendment 10. The Marquis of Westminster, who is a witig and an adherent of the present government, has almost supreme power over the acts of the ma jority of the Chester corporators. Almost the entire city be longs to him. lost no time a ft er t h e pass i ng of the new municipal act in inSiting the members of the council to ;in en tertainment at his splendid mansion, Eaton Hall, at a hich he presided, thus intimating to his guests that he shonld expect them to do his bidding and that oftrie government he supported. We have not heard whether Mt. Joseph Parkes or the noble marquis suggested to this corporation the propriety of eulogising ministers. At the saute sitting, these worthies voted. £6B for the annual city plate, to be run for at the races; and, only a short time ago, they voted that the annual custom of distributing bread to the . poor,ou the electi on o f ma y or a nd s h er iff , s h ould be discontinued. INFonmazioN.—Yesterday the driver of Chantrel's car, No. 241, was brought before Thomas James Hall, Esq., the magis trate, on an information charged by a gentleman with . haying on Monday night last demanded more than his legal fare, and When asked for his name and number, ha ring given both wrong. The delver, in defence, said it was So late and so uncomfortable a night that he had forgot the number. He was fined Is. and ordered to pay the costs, amounting to 3s. 6d. The magistrate, told hint to be more careful in future: if brought before him again, he should fine him severely. FRENCH CIRCULATING 1.11111.41{T.-IlleSSrS. Choffin and Co. have opened a French circulating library in Church-street, which, we understand, is well stocked with the most celebrated works in that language, of ancient and modern times. Through their agency, French periodicals may be procured, or other commissions executed In Paris. WRECK OF THE GEORGE STEAM PACKET.—The following communication has been sent us from dated January 31, 1836. "On Friday morning, as The beorye steam packet, chartered to ply between Liverpool and lthyl, was sailing from the latter to the former place, .she came IR contact with the buoy which unshipped her rudder, and she was, consecpiently, driven on shore under Rhyl, and is likely to become a total wreck. Allhands saved. Last night a great number of clown staves, say many hundreds, were washed on shore under ithyl and Ahergele, with a few pieces of wood." LORD FRANCIS EGERTON.— We have been favoured with the following extract ola let:er from Lord Francis Egerton to a gentleman in this town, just received •—" The sear approach of the session of parliament compels toe at length to abandon, with a reluctance I can hardly expresis, the hope and intention I have hitherto entertaired of visiting my constituents during the recess. It is difficult to suppose that some amongst them should not be disposed to attribute my absence to id;eness or disinclination. For the greater part of the interval since my return (from Paris), I have been struggling with a recur rence of the complaint which added so much to the difficulty of my canvass for the county last winter, and I am oniy this moment recovered from a week's absolute confinement to my room. I am the more anxious to explain this real reason of my absence, because some might find its cause, others, per haps, its apology, its circionstauces which, though strictly re lating to my private affairs, are not likely altog ether to escape general attention among my f r i en d s, at least in Alauchester. I will only say that these could not operate to increase my de sire to visit Blanchester, and toy regret at my own physical in ability to do so. I have every reason at present to hope that my complaint has left me, and fully competent, physically speaking for the labours of the approaching session.' —Man chester Courier. GREAT PROTESTANT MEETING AT GLASGOW.—The Scottish Guardian of Friday last contains an excellent report of the speeches delivered by the Rev. Mr. M'Gbee and others at a protestant meeting held there on Tuesday. Speaking of that meeting our valuable contemporary says :—" Glasgow has also been honou re d as the;scene,v.bic6ba.ve been revealed some of the extraordinary incidents Of the popish drama in Ireland. The plot is thickening: the catastrophe is nigh. The disclosures of Tuesday will 'form a part of the history of the United King dom. Such a mass of solid convincing evidence, on such a , vitally important subject, and relieved by so many magnificient bursts of eloquence, was never before presented to the British public. The Romanists have not sustained such a blow since the reformation. Bishop Murdoch could not endure it, and re tired; Mr. Brewster, of Paisley, ceased to take notes, and to laugh, and left the house '•alone in his glory." The gravity and the subduing earnestness of Mr. M'Ghee, were worthy of the subject. After a most eloquent conclusion, he sat down amidst three enthusiastic rounds of applause. There was not a murmur of disapproba•i at during the whole. THE MENAI BRIDGE:.— In the gale of yesterday se'nnight and Saturday, the vibrations of the Menai bridge, were fully twetve feet, without affecting its security. Persons assembled from all quarters to view the sublime spectacle. of this magni ficent shecture heaving to and fro in the blast, two hundred and twenty feet above the level of the sea. THE ORANGE CONSPIRACY.—The pt , ceedings in the case of Colonel Fairman v. Haywood hare been terminated by the un expected death or the defendant. - THE NEW STEAM PACKET " HERCULES."—This splendid new vessel, intended for the station from Cork to London, and belonging to the St. George Steam Packet Company, arrived at Cot k yesterday. She bad to encounter, nearly the whole of the voyage, a most tremendous head wind and heavy sea; but she rode through them with such ease as to surprise and delight every one on board, who were unanimously of opinion that a fitter sea-going vessel never «a:: launched. The steatn-engines, which are upon Mr. SAMUEL HALL'S patent principles, and constructed by Messrs. FAWCETT and PaEsTori, ected in the most powerful and perfect manner. It need only he stated to Engineers and others conversant with steam engines, that the vacuum was so perfect as to support a column of mercury of from 291 inches to 29i inches, and never lowered during the strongest gusts and the heaviest seas to a less height than from 29 inches to 29k. This excellent vacuum rrevented the engines being pulled up i n s p ee d a l most to a stand still (as in injection eneines, and they went on steadily and nniformy as if defying the power of the storm.) The Herm'es is 155leet long, 48 feet wide, and. from her great breadth of he am will he ooe of the stiffest and steadiest Steamers afloat, and is capable of carrying over 300 Tons cf Goods. This is the second vessel belonging to the new series of Steamers the:St. George Company are about Placing on the Cork Station ; they will be shortly followed by the'Oecoa and six other vessels iu addition to their present very efficient ones. This reflects gm - at credit on this enterprising Company, and, we have no doubt, will be appreciated by the Public.— cork :taper. mentions black eye,) is this the way as a gentleman ought to be treated." The magistrate inquired of Batcheldor if the prisoner hid been before in custody. Bateheldor said he know him to be a common thief; he had frequently been in custody, and had then only been a month out of Kirkdale. The young gentle man was committed to the House of Correction for three mouths. POCK ET PICKING.—,john Gfflagan, a ferocious-looking lad, about 18 years old, one of a gang of pickpockets who infest the New Market, was brought up charged by Mrs. Sarah Clarke with having picked her pocket, on Saturday night, of a sovereign and two half-crowns. Mrs. Clark said that she was cowingout of the New Market along with her husband on Saturday night, when she felt the prisoner slip his hand into her picket ; she immediately told her husband, who pursued and took him into custody. Mrs. Clark's husband said that he was walking past Hood-street end, on Saturday night, with his wife, when she suddenly drew his attention, and he saw the prisoner taking his hand out of his wife's pocket. He immediately gave chase and overtook hint, but found nothing on bun. A gentleman toll him he had seen the lad throw some money away. He then gave him into custody. The prisoner said, with an air of asto nishment, " Did yon see me put my hand in your mistress's pocket ?" The husband.—" No; but I saw you take it out." Prisoner.—When you took me did I ever offer any resistance, but came with you like an innocent man?" Tio; husband.— " No, you made no resistance; but you ran away as fast as you could." (Laughter.) Pt ironer,—" No sich a thing; it's false, I do assure you." Batchelder,—" I know him to be a thief; he has been four times convicted." He was committed to Kirkdale for three months. BEER SHOPS.—The grand jury, at the present Kirkdale Ses sious, have made the iollowiug presentment upon the subject of beer houses :—" The grand jury cannot separate without expressing to the court their strong conviction of the very injurious effects of beer-houses licensed under the present sys tem, not only as regards their operation in the de-noralizing the community, but as tending to neutralize every effort to wards the improvement of the people, and also more particu larly as respects their dangerous influence as nurseries ofcrime." The chairman, Lord Skehnersdale, promised to transmit this presentment to the Secretary of State. DARING BLRGLARY.—EarIy on Saturday morning, the house of Mr. Wm. Drury, Botanic view, Edge-hill, was entered by thieves, by cutting out a pannel of the front-door, then taking a square of glass out of the inner hall door, by introducing the hand, and opening it. Fiv e B rama h' s p i ck-locks on the side board were cut out, also one in a desk wrenched open ; a china closet- lock in the dining-room was also chisseled open; every place was ransacked below stairs. They succeeded in taking off a few articlesjin silver, coats, and umbrellas : several were hail ready to be conveyed away. It is supposed they were disturbed, as they retreated through the ash-house door it) the rear. This is the sixth buiglary committed on Edge-hill this month. CHILD-STEALING.—CAUTION TO PARENTS.—On Wednesday aftersn last-a' female - infant, aged eight weeks. was - stolen from the arms of a girl who wa s n ursing it. Th e l atter had arrived at the t o p of Milton-garden, when a tall Scotch woman, enveloped in a black cloak, accosted her, ane, before ar, answer could be returned, snatched the child from her arms, t..nd ran off with it. The infant was dressed in a long striped gingham frock and a brown silk bonnet, its hair being long and dark. A reward has been offered for the discovery of the wretch who committed the offence. She has been traced, through Present, as far as St. Helen's and there is every hope that the infant will ultimately be restored to its distressed parents. The authorities have rendered every assistance. NEW POLICE —We perceive by an advertisement in the different papers that the police committee are now engaged in taking on men, preparatory pi the establishment of a day and n i g h t puttee. We trust that ?he characters of the men will be particularly enquired into, for we have heard with regret that the committee have been much surprised to find the signatures of most respeetable individuals attached to papers certifying as to the good conduct of men of whom they could not possibly know anything. Two consideratio ns ought to have prevented this : first, the impropriety of recommending any but trust worthy persons to till so important a situation ; and, secondly, the heavy tax which it imposes on the dine of the committee, who have, in consequence, to read through useless documents. DANIEL O'CONNELL AT BIRMINGHAM. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE REFORM ASSOCIA TION. The second annual meeting of the Reform Association was held on Friday, at one o'clock, in the large at the York Hotel. Owing to the extreme inclemency of the weather, thy , meeting was by no means numerously attended, not more Own 150 persons being present. Amongst them, however, were many of the leading refor m ers o f the town and several inembeis of the council. James Brancker, Esq., was called to the chair, and in a short address congratulated the members on the success of their exertions during the past year, in reference both to the • parliamentary and inanicipal registration. lie stated his'regret at the absenre of- Mr. ;Evart, who had been obliged to be in Lond o n by - Saturday, - to attend the tbrmation, by the liberal members of the - House of Cotionnns, of a club in opposition to the Carlton Club. Mr. Braneker stated, that for this purpose they had taken the large house belonging to the Duke of Leeds, opposite the .Admirinty, in Wintehali. 'Phis announcement was received with loud cheers. The business of the ineetin, vvasvtaite tontine, and :ye; confined to the appointment of org: cers for the ensuing year. The report was read by Mr. High field, the secretary. The most importing statement which it contained was, that the income of the asseciat ion, from substirip lions and donations, amounted to shout £lOOO, and the disburse ments to £l2OO, leaving a deficiency of £2OO, which it would be necessary for the reformers to supply by a little extra exertion. It would also •be necessary to sin* the associ a ti on with film], t, carry on their pi ocee di ngs for e current year. M r . Riehd. Ralhbone adverted to the possibility of there being a parlia. mentaay electiim within a very short period ; au event which, if it occurred, would render it necessary to replenish the funds. It is to be obsc4Ved, however, that the annual subscriptions now dire will in part supply this want. The - meeting was addressed by Col. Williams, Mr. , 1 ,- 37bergh, and other gentlemen.. Front the state of the parliamentary registration, Mr. Wybergh ex pressed the strongest conviction, that the reformers were able to . turii out, Lord Sandon at the next borough election, if they thought proper to do so. This statement was received with loud cheers. The meeting was attended by a deputation of four gentlemen from the Manchester Reform Association. M Thomas Potter, (brother to the member for Wigan,) Mr. J. H. Mr. Roberts, and another. There was a meeting, it appears, of the Manchester association on Thursday, which wasi attended by a detonation from the Liverpool association. At that meeting, a report was made as to the state of the regis tration for South Lancashire, and it was found that-there was a majority of about 1,270 votes in favour of the liberal interest in this division of the county. It was, therefore, resolved, at - the Manchester meeting, that two liberal candidates should be started for South Lancashire at the next election. At the sug gestion of Mr. Roberts, a resolution to this effect was proposed to the meeting, and was unanimously carried, with much ap plause, In the meantime, both associations are to be on the look out fur eligible candidates. Mr. L. Heyworth, in moving a vote of thanks to the chairman, spoke on various subjects of interest to reformers. The above is an outline of the proceed ings, which were concluded about two o'clock, when the meet ing separated much gratified by the cheering prospect held out to them for the ensuing year.—A/Lion. RARE AVES..-00 Monday week a few birds were observed on wine larch4rees in the parish of Metliven, apparently feeding on some part of the cones of the fir. As they did not appear to be natives of this country, three of them were sh6t, and on inspection they were found to correspond with the de. se ription of th, parrot crass-bill given by White in his Natural History of Selborne, who states that thet are natives of "Ger many, principally to be foUnd on the banks of the Rhine. The male is of a red colour on the' head, breast, and back, with the wings and tail of a dark brown. The female in colour is some what similar to a green linnet. Both have , bilk indicating their relation to the parrot species.—Edinhur g h Journal. FIESCHL—A French provincial journal, after announcing the period fixed for his trial, adds, with much truth and force, that the interest of the matter has now passed away; the pas sions excited by his attempt, the surprise and indignation, have almost disappeared ; and the delay in bringing him to trial seems almost to deprive the fate, which every one anticipates for him, of half its justice." [Perhaps this man will some day before his trial commit suicide, or make his escape from justice. Much stranger things have happened.'—E.L.S.] SHORT WINTER PASSAGE.—Victoria, Merrill, hence 19th December, arrived off New York on the lith instant; but the weather was so boisterous that the pilots refused to leave the city instil it moderated; and the Roscoe reports the Victoria as off New York, lying to, waiting for a pilot on the lUth inst. The Columbus, hence 3d Dec.. United States, hence 9th Dec., and. South America, hence 17th Dec., (all packet ships,) had not arrived. ADVANTAGES OF A GOOD EAR FOR MUSIC.-. On Thursday night, Mr. Saver, an officer in the 80th regiment of foot, was seated at the Bush Inn, Deansgate, where he had arrived that afternoon, and intended to remain tor the night, . when he heard a band of music passing along the street. There was something in the tones of the "serpent" belonging to the band, which he thought he recognised, and on listening more attend tively, he felt convinced that the instrument was played by William Cardwell, who had deserted.from the depot of his re giment at - Chatham, a fee: days before. He immediately sal lied out into the street, and found that his ear had not deceived him, for mete, amongst the musicians, was the identical man, whom the notes of the instrument led him to expect he should find. Mr. Sayer lost not a moment in endeavouring to make the man a prisoner, but Caldwell swore he could not be taken, and ran away. Mr. Sayer pursued him, and with the assist ance of Danicerley, the watchman, he was taken into custody, and lodged in the New Bailey, whence he will be sent to the regiment. The reward for apprehending the deserter will be Paid at Mr. Sayer's request, to Dunkerley.—Mmeliester Cou rier. DEATH OF LORD STOWELL—We regret to state that the venerable Lord Stowell died on Thursday, at Early Court, near Reading, in the 91st year of his age. By the demise' of the noble baron one of the few remaining links between our times and the era of Johnson, Burke, and Goldsmith has been - lo:t ; the venerable peer was one of Dr. Johnson's most intimate frienthi, and executor named in his will. Lord Stowell pre sided for years with great credit to himself over the Cousistory and Admiralty Courts, and one of his latest judgments in the latter, given a few years since, in the matter of - the slave Grace, was as distinguished as those given in his bast days for criti ca l acumen and extre me nicety of discrimination. He had been take. married; in April, 1782, to Anna Alaria, eldest daughter and co-heir of John Bagnall. Esq., who died in 18J9 In 18i3 he married, when in his 68th year, Lady Louisa Catherine Howe, Marchioness Dowager of Sligo, and daughter of the celebrated Earl Howe; she died shortly after, in 1817, without issue. By his first marriage Lord Stowell had a son and daugh ter; the I:rtter was married in March, 1809, to Thomas isowns bend, Esq., who died in 1820 childlesS; atd she was married a second time, in 1823. to Vikount Sidmoluh: Lord Stowell's only son,ithe. Hon. Vim. Scott, was born in 1794, and died a short time ago, somewhat suddenly. The title is extinct. Lord Stowell's next brother, who survives hint, is the venerable Earl of Eldon. Lord Stowell retired from the Admiralty Court in 1828, having presided there for'the term of '2O years. The late baron was a privy councillor, a conmiissioner of the land tax, master of the faculties, a bendier of the Middle Temple. D.C.L., F.R.S., and T.S.A. He is understood to have died very rich. VIOLENCE OF THE STORM ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATUR DAY MORNINC LAST.—Such was the extraordinary violence of • the wind on Saturday- morning last, the 231 - d instant, that a daughter of Thomas Edmunds, a Dowlais ho was. fif teen years of age, was literally blown under the - Dowlais loco motive engine, near Gellivaelog bridge, and only survived a few hours.—Several large trees were snapped in the middle, and in some places great numbers were uprooted. The oldest people never remember the wind so boisterous. We shudder to think of the state of the shipping during so awful a storm-- Merthyr Guardian. A DEATH-13RD SCE:IR.—A farmer at Westhoughton, being on his death-bed surrounded by his l'amity, with diflirulty recited the state of his affairs. "I owe Mr. £10," said the dying mart. "How he raves!" exclaimed his hearers. "11r. owes me £20," he added. " Bless me, how sensible he is to the last !" said the mourners. " I owe AL., 1:20," said the suf ferer. "There, he's raving again," said his hearers. RELATIVE VALuR or Witio AND Torts' Nip:wspAPEßS.—At the recent sale of the Loudon and provincial newspapers in the public newsroom, Durham, the Newcastle Journal was disposed of at I. per number second hand. The Durham Chronicle at 21. Such is the high and palmy state of credit in which whig , gery stands in the good city of Durban,. PumENOLOGY.—The 3tupidity of this science has been prac• tically demonstrated in an examinati,m of the lumps, thumps. and bumps on the head of Lacenaire and Fieschi, whose cold blooded cruelty and want 'of feeling' under the most frightful circumstance lias astonished and disgusted all Yrtnce. This Monster in human form is "-phrenologically" endowed with ail the qualities of a good, kind, mild, sensible, and religious man, bolding injustice and robbery in horror. Foca-wiNGED DRAKES.—A brace of drakis, when at horn.", fix their head-quarters in a deep ditch, a spot they guard with tine o f th e twain is as whi,e as snow or the strap, the utmost i; i a e ti l i i i t g Als? t ' s • black feet, While the other i s so mottled, and pied, that it presents all the colours of the ruin bow. Nor is this all; for both are furnished with four wings, the upper part of which serves as a sail in the water when the wind is moderate, Whole both are useful when they rise whitzing eve , head, and take their morning flight to inquire after the health of the ueighbouring poultry. The . lower wings, during the progress of swintinin. cling closely to the ,sides of th e oWner, while th e upper stan ' d.hearly erect, ar i d are j: i dis the shoulder iu the usual Manner. The parent_ (hick hatched a number of more bi rds last summer, all which were common place save the feathered Alansmen deScribedi and our corres juindetit, in concluding his , tettet; sayS'''th'ev are the truly tour- Witt;, P 6 that ever appeared in this, part of the. country.' • This is a mistake; for two or three. years. ago we heard of a duck on. : the farst of Sherrington, in the parish of Carlaverock, that wait furnished in precisely the same manner.—Dahliies Courier. riKFUiAL. OR VIE . CortrouirtoN or BERWICK To.ComPt.Vi MENT.TDE MELBounNE imsril v.—At a meeting of the neut ., corporation of this borough, on Thursday week, a motion for an address to hiS•xlajesty expressive of contiden,e in his preient - ministers, waslost on a division, by a majority of 12 to M. The motion was made by Mr. George Hogue, grocer, and seconded by:Mr. Thomas Bogue, draper. The - usual underhand means • were had recourse to, in order to carry the motion, but all . ‘‘ouid not do. The friends of the ministry look extremely.disi stayed at this signal defeat, which has cast alObeir hopes into a quagmire. —Bet wick Warder. ANOTHER REFORMED PRIEST.—The Rev. Mr. Bourke; late ly a dean in the Roman catholic church, has, become a convert to the established clorreh, and is now preaching the protestant faith.' This gentleman, it will be remembered, quarrelled some time back with Dr. 111 'Hale, whose conduct he disapproved. From the conversion of this gentleman, it will appear that those reformed priests who asserted that there were many of the Roman catholic clergy who were waiting fit opportunities of quitting their church were well informed.—Cloranel Herald. DEATH OF VISCOUNT HOOD.—The evening papers of Thurs day announce the death of Henry Viscount Hood, of Whitley, ' in Warwickshire, and Baron flood of Catherington, Hants, in the British and Irish peerage. His lordship was in his 83d year, having been horn in August, 1753, and succeeded to his mother's• barony in 1806, andess Viscount in 1816. His lordship had eight children the six eldest of whom are dead. He is suc ceeded in his titles and estates by Samuel Hood, eldest son of the deceased Viscount's eldest -son, the late Lieutenant-Colonel Hood, who died ill 1811. The present Viscount Hood is his son hY Caroline, only daughter of the late Sir Andrew 'Soapy •Hammond Bart., and was born in Januarg, 1808; his brother is a captain in the Grenadier Guards. The late Viscount's father was the first peer, and was ennobled for his eminent naval services. The youngest son of the deceased Viscount is Lor;: . Bridpm t.--111orning Herald.. ROARING RusuroN's LAST BRAY.—Roaring Rushton, in his Speech at the o.Connell blow-out at Liverpool, concluded with the following beautiful stanza hoped the day was not far distant "When Britain's flag should proneltyfiy From Kerry's cliff to Antrun's strand, When injured millions shout for iv, Fur awful justice rules the land." There is only a truth and an untruth in the roarer's verse. "Britain's flag" dues proudly thy, as Rushton pronounced it to snake out the rhyme—that is tine. That "awful justice rules the land" is an untruth."—Age. THE (MON NELL FESTIVA L—WHIG VERACITY.—There is a report of the proceed.ngs in Liverpool connected with O'Con. nell's visit last Wednesday, inserted in one of the agitator's journals, published in Dublin, and which is going the round of the O'Connell prints in the provinces,'. which contains some of the most unblushing and wholesale falsehoods ever imposed upon even the slaves, blind and bigotrid as they are of the po pish faction in Ireland. We take ale following as a sample from the Dublin Fre.,:man'4 In a recent case of libel, which came before n bench or ma • gistrates in the city of Durham, a worthy In ember of that body and a liberal withal, upon being applied in by counsel - to insti• tote a proceeding under a clearly defined branch of English WC, declined to do so, on the gentmd thai'.in his opinion such a law 'was unconstitutional. NVithout stopping to charactei Ise the extreme absurdity of this course, it nov be well to ask the worthy magistrate, how, if his views were generally acteu upon, the publi c cou ld ever expect to rece i ve just i cf, f or wro n gs i n - Meted, e t t he hands of those who sit, not to offer opinions, but to administe r the law as they find it. Such. however, is.toonty of Dut ham lustier. It is a common remark that ahiggery its the very essence of tvranns - ; but how lamentable to reflect that inert, who by their conduct should set an example to all around thew, should suffer their public actions and public d u ti es to be innuenced by pa r ty f ee li ngs an d considerattuns..—.N eu . casaei Journal. " The hon. gentleman iminediatelyttpon arriving in Liverpool,, even at so early an hour as seven o'clock, was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheers. I have been to see the vast arena in which the dinner is to be given. Thirty tables are laid for upwards of a thousand. William liathbolie, Esq.. is to be chairman. He is one of the most wealthy merchants and staunch reformers in Liverpool. The fifty stewards are all men of great wealth, and the hiyhest respectability. I have just returned from the meeting, and, what a scene have I witnessed! A meeting of thirty thousand men, assembled in half an hour. I do not ex aggerate when I say the meeting assembled in half an hour. Amongst the immense crowd were several beaut y id tanners, &c. From the Adelphi M t . o*C ounell went with an immease crowd of persons down Church -street, up Lord -street, and into Castle-street. He next went upon 'Change, where his recep tion was exceedingly flattering and then proceeded to the ad , j•iining newsroom, where the rabid tories set up the most hor rid yells, but which were quickly drowned in the cheers which were raised in the room, although it was packed by their parti zans." We need not waste the time or patience of our runlets by pointing out how false these statements are in every parti cular. The Albion of yesterday complains that "the tory prints, local and m etropol i tan, relative to this great festival. contain scarcely one word of truth," Now, if we substitute the word WHIG f;ir tory in this extract it will exactly.prose , out content poO'Corary's assertion to be true. ..Ntint.L's .Lor acrt.—At St. Ilichrt's Orphan Society dinner on Saturday, and at which Mr. O'Connell presided, it is wirtliv of record that the c h a i rman gav e toe health of his Ma jesty William IV., with three times three (!) but when be pro posed that of Lord Mulgrave he gave it with wine Hate* wine!!! --.Dublin paper. r the f reeueuters of the coffee.. ENGLISH COF FEE - HOUS R kIA NNEI29.—As I sa id before, the, prevailing ton e o f manners amo n g r .oto was siinple and decorous in the extreme, end the vulgarity •of the single exception ottiY rendered it "'we aPparett. indeed. my subsequent experience tended to confirm the impression which I then received, that no where, so much as in England, is the class of travellers--from "scions cau,tE, growing out of the vast difference of expense and the very different remouers. tion of labour, of course infinitely more tilt:outset-41rd than with us—Fo scrupulously obi‘elVilUt at' wliatevei is enjoined by the established axioms of good breeding iw the dictate" of good, taste. Au observer might come armed with. Dtui 'Quixote's directi o n s S,incho l'itnz;i, when he was trying to make an extempore gentleman of him ere he undertook tat: goveinwetit of his island, Or with Mr. Sh an d y ' s h at of uell-bred qualifications tequired in a tutor for his son ; he might be as sensitive as either.fiterms or Cervantes, and as censorious as he pleased, and yet be able to find little to cavil at. in whatever relates to refinerarsot mod rAtermal.propriety.-- Tke Aneericam in BrOinct. -AN AMERICAN DUEL.— ( 2 )1. 8. t „ 1ei ( 1 ) 6t rr'ceived .2l in Wash= I ington froin not idzi, deo ed C NM Y ....,..... ...._. out!! sees :ought between Captain Everett I n V t l i i i i e te . b s r t m l i t th d e e r s At the close of the Liverpool dinner on Wednesday, Daniel, .1 p o scale Delegate in Cengress, and Colon e l A. Bt Dimly:late President the king Of the beggars, proceeded in a post-chaise and four to Warrington, on his way :o Birmingham, to dine with th e rest- of the tegisla:ive council. These tr i, 7 t n ii t t le'inee were candidates less and perturbed spirits of that town. From some cause hi- for Jeffeison's county, mind Cant. was itz w 6 tii t t s it e T tl h oo y t w io t t , fi te s f i 2,, d ta es , i returned. The therto unexplained the Bost did not arrive in rime to attend the duel , front the mode of cominctme. it, dinner, so that his jackalis had the feed all to themselves. At for fatal lor results, which unfortunately f o ll ow t s o hn a t ti s yz ie and zre. eight o'clock, however, he made his appearance among them. tinned en , vu yaro9 apart, with finir pistols, The only distinguished guests present at the festive board were• Capt. White advanced and received tht * ee Sir William Motesworth, Sir George Chetwvrid, Mr. Thotnas and them' flied at the distance of 15 paves. H i• 8 first without s o h u i t , t At twood, Mr. Schofield. Mr. Joseph Hume, and " our trusty aud through .Colonel Belleniv's arm, the next thrt l aieh hi s boit i t ) - us : r e i a well beloved" Joseph Parkes. Ihe chairinan"s seat was filmed - in the act of advancing with the other two pistols, he Colonel he by the Itathbone of. Birmingham, Air. Ley Frederick !Vitiate, a mortal wound from Colonel Bellemy's fourth pistol. of whom we kuoiv nothing inure than his name. However, be Bellamy is not yet dead, but must certainly die of hit, Wounds, he who or what he may Mr. Muntz had the advantage of Mr. I yeste-rday performed the painful office of following Captain liathbone, because he really contrived to place himself at the White to the grave. The court adjourned, and the funeral w a s head of two radical baronets, while our newly-made justice eould not co n t r i ve t o get any man of higher rank than a attended by the bar and th e g ran d j ur y i n a body."—Nete _Fork poor Pap e r . presence. half-witted co l one l b y courtesy to grace his festival by his —;' , ' • presence. HINTS TO C ONSERVATIVE REPRESENTATIVES.—We are O'Connell's speech is more remarkable for what he omitted ratified to record a most numerous meeting of the Conservative to say anything about, than for what he said. As in Liverpool Association of Tradesmen at Liverpool, whereat Lord Sandon i he omitted a ll re f erence to the right-worthy representative of that borough, made a most . that delicate t o pi c upon wh i ch he eloquent exp os i t i on of the present state and prospects o f con - Lords; nor did h e say one word about " county carlow"has been so diff use e l sew h ere, namely, reform in the House of servatism, and t h e necess i ty of energy and union. We do nut or the Dublin affair. "Justice for Ireland," he said, " was his mis- hesitate to say, that it behoves every representative of the con servative interest to take measures. in concert with his constimi slim now." " S cot l an d h a d got corporate reform; England had got a tolerable instalment, but had not vet got twenty shit- tuents, for the developeinent of mutual feeling in the counties . !lugs in the pound," amid " Liverpool had only got 13s. 4d. in and boroughs at this most importaut crisis. Not that such the, pound. The day before (Wednesday) he met at Liverpool meetings should he allowed to materially interfere with the the tinest assemblage he had ever seen—until then ('l'hursday.)" higher duties requited in the houSes of parliament, but that as This was rather . an equivocal cutnplitnent to his Liverpool one day might be alone the limit of loss, the time would be well friends. 'lf there he a gentleman among them, he may, per- spent in that interchange of ft;eling. Lord Sandon has set a hitps, be induced to inquire what sort of people O'Connell has most excellent example, and one that sic sincerely hope will be been associating with elsewhere. generally followed.-11y e . ama......racamormaasah, CANADA.--The followime. is an extract of A letter received lately from o n e o f t h e settlers in Lower Canada :—"i must al- , watts feel deeply, iedebted to :hose friends who urged my leav-; ing England befine I had sacrificed the while of my capital ; the remnant I was enabled to bring to this country - has been mere than sufficient to purchase a farm of 400 acreK partially cleared; and I am now happy anti contented in one of the most picturesque and luSuriant countries you can imagine, produc ing nemst- excellent pasturage, amid alt-ilescriptiens of grain. ve- getabtes, and fruits: Thanks to. the 'British American Land Company. our roads and communications wilt soon he very . good. Wita the view of imprevingAlieir extensive possessions in the eastern townships, they are materially benefitting the whole• district. Themnew road mipriitig from Sherbrooke to Montreal, through the township of Orforal.-will bring that wealthy and nourishing city within the distance of 30 leagues; and their ex "penditure in time erection of. a wharf at Pert St. Francis, on the river St. Lawrence, where the steam-le . Aits hien Quebec and Montreal will in future reeutirly touch. brings the toWnships in immediate connection witb.that,...vast, 014-111/41 for the--traffic of Ciinadiao' Commerce. Railroads are alsoin contemplation, when we shall travel with the same. ease and rapidity von n0w.,., de in Elie :land. In my opinion, thi4'eoe.nany have opened one - of theanost beautiful and fertile parts or Ominada to the industri ous enteriirise of British settlers. The salubritv of the climate, at all ,scasons of the year, is also- andenitible: Aid with theso Mourn! advantag,es, and the vicinity to the United States, Que., . bee, and Montt eal, I venture to predict, on this neighbourhood becoming snore generally known, it will be the grand reservoir into which the tide of emigration will flow." • Mr. fleatheote has announeed his intention to resign his setit for the borough of Stoke-upon-!'rent on. tine meeting of Parha , went. "Impaired health, numerous and indispensable en gagementS in the country, and, Above all, an insurmountable dislike to spend whole summers in town, after the present fa shion of legislators," are said to be the principal grounds on which he has determined to retire. Col. Anson, the unsuccess ful candidate for South Staffordshire at the late election, and brother of the Postmaster-General, the Earl of Litchfield, has acceded to the wishes of that portion of the constituency which_ supported Mr. Heathcote, and has determined to stand.— SittjArdshire Adveitier. THE EARL op ORFORD AND THE TOWN COUNCIL al? GREAT YARNIOUTH.—Our readers may prohatily have remarked the announcement of the town council of this boronah that they had removed the Earl of Orford from his olliee of high steward. On his lordship's attention being called to the circumstance, he addressed the following letter to Wm. Barth, Esq., the newly chosen mayor:— • " Waterton. January, 26. " Sir,—lt is at this moment only that I have been made ac• quainted, through the newspapers, with a vote of the corpora tion of Yarmouth, removing me from the heretofore most honourable situation of High Steward of Yarmouth. The honour which the late corporation of your borough had con ferred upon me was . received with pride and gratitude. My dismissal by the present corporation confers almost eqUal honour upon your obedient servant, " ORFORD. "To the Mayor of Yarmouth." ... BLESSINGS OF THli POOR LAW BILL—The blessings of the new pour law bill are in daily illustration. The " best possible instructors" have given u. the most soul-harrowin g records or human depravity created by the operation of au inhuman edict. infanticide and desertion of children is a common and increas. ing crime. We fervently recommend to sonic patriotic member • of the ]-louse of Commons the duty of summoning- the various parochial functionaries of the kingdom to give evidence of the workingof the bill.—Aye. ORIGIN OF THE BALLAD " SALLY IN OUR ALLEY."-- ' Carey, in the third edition of his poems, puhiished in 1729, before the ballad of "Sally in our Ailey ", has, plated this note :—" The Argument—A vulgar t.rot. having long prevail. ed among many persons, who imagine Sall . ): Salisbury the sub ject of this ballad, the author begs leave to utmdeceiYe and assure them it has not the least allusion to her, he being a stranger to her very name at the time this song was composed; for, as innocence and virtue were even the boundaries to his muse, so in this little poem he had no other view than to set forth the beauty of a chaste auddisitmrested passion, even in the lowest class of human lifc. The real occasion was this,— a shoemaker's 'prentict , makitig a holyday with his B%;eetheart, treated her with a sight Of iictilam. the ptippet.shows,• the flying-chairs, and all time elegance of lloortiepts: from whence proceeding to the Farthing lye-house, be gave h er a co ll at i on of buns cheese-cakes, gammon - of I,aciln,- stuflod beef, and bottled ale; through all which scenes they author dogged them - (charmed with the simplicity of their conmtship), fro m wh ence he drew this little sketch of nature; hut being then young and • obscure, he was - very much ridiculed by some of his acquaint. ante for this p er f ormance , w hi c h , nevertheless, madeits way into the polite world, and amply recompensed him by the ap plause of the divine Addison, %%ho was pleased (more than Once) to mention it with approbation."—Sonya of Seollaud end lre•-• land_ • • I