The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-19 00:00:00

JANUARY 19. IS' R. than in the time of any two of his predecessors. ludeed, in the year 1795, during the debate on the Treasonable Practices Bill, he himself observed that "there had been more prosecu tions for libel within the last two years than in any 20 years be fore." On the 18th of June, 1799, Sir John Scott was elevated to the peerage by the title of Baron Elon, and at the same time appointed chief justice of the Court of Commons Pleas. His first speech of any length in the House of Peers was on Lord Auckland's adultery prevention bill, on which occasion he re marked, that "the law as it stood was a farce and a mockery, and it was impossible to allow it to remain in the shameful state it stood." On the 14th April, 1801, Lord Eldon took his seat on the woolsack in place of Lord Loughborough, who was creat ed Earl of Rosslyn. In 1805, Lord Eldon commenced the opposition to the catho lic claims, which he continued till 1829, when the relief bill was passed. In 1806, on the whigs coming fur a short time into power, Lord Eldon resigned the seals, which were given to Lord Erskine, but the following year, Lord Eldon, on his party re suming office, was reinstated on the woolsack. In 1811, Earl Grey made a specific thane against Lord Eldon, that he had, in the year 1804, abused the royal authority by affixing the great seal to commissions for giving the royal assent to certain bills, although the King was afflicted with a malady of the same kind which then (1811) occasioned a suspension of the regal functions. Upon this Lord King moved, that Lord Eldon be excluded from the Queen's council in the care of his Alajesty's person. The motion was lost by a majority of 85, and a protest against its rejection was entered upon the journals signed by Lords Grey, Lauderdale, Holland, Erskine, Russtyn, Derby, Ashburton. and Ponsonby. During the riots in March, 1815, on account of the corn bill, Lord Eldon was one of the principal objects of popular ven geance. The insurgents attacked his lordship's house in Bed ford-square, tore up the area railings and used them as weapons to effect an entrance The guards at the British Museum were sent for, but the work of destruction was complete before the assistance arrived. The chancellor himself had only time to secure his personal safety.by a hasty retreat through the back way into the gardens of the Mnseum. Two of the ringleaders wore taken into custody in-the [rouse. In the same year Lord Eldon addressed a letter to the Prince Regent, representing the delicacy of his health, his increasing infirmities, and requesting permission to retire. At the pressing . desire, however, of -Isis royal highness, his lordship consented to remain in office. In 1820, on the accession of George the Fourth to the throne, Lord Eldon was created Viscount Encombe, of Encome, in the eownty of Dorset, and his barony of Eldon was raised to an earldom. In April, 1827, on the sudden dissolution of Lord Liverpool's administration, in consequence of the fatal illness of The premier, and on Mr. Canning being commissioned by his Majesty to form a new ministry, Lord Eldon, in common with the other members of the cabinet, resigned, and here ter- Mithir e d his long and official career, he having been chancellor for . 26 years, with the short interval only of the 14 months (1806 and 7) when Lord Erskine held the seals. If we date from his appointment to the solicitor-generalship, Lord Eldon held office for 39 years. In the year 1830, a law scholarship was founded at Oxford by the subscription of many noble end distinguished persons, in honour of the Earl of Eldon. A proposal had been submitted to the public the preceding year, and in May, 1830, a meeting of the subscribers took place at the Thatched house Tavern, St. James's, for the purpose of carrying the project into effect. Seven copies of the proceedings, with the names of the sub scribers, were beautifully printed on vellum, and bound in vellum, authenticated by the autograph signatures of the trus tees, and disposed of as follows :—one copy to the Earl of El don, and one to be deposited in each of the following libraries, viz. the British Museum, ,the Bodleian, the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn. SKATING.—Since the frost set in, all the sheets of water in the vicinity have been covered daily with skaters, St. Domingo Pit, which has long been celebrated in the annals of skating, seems to hive attractei more than its due share of custom. On Sunday from an early hour in the morning till dark in the evening, its surface literally swarmed with sliders and skaters, whilst its margin was crowded witn spectators ul all ages and of both sexes. The pool at Traninere has also been the daily scene of hustle, and the arena of elegant feats of rivalry in the art of balancing the body in every imaginable skating position. We have not heard of any accident baying occurred by the breaking of the ice on any of the pits in the vicinity of thistown. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—The Gazette of Friday night publishes the following as the times at which Mr. Commissioner 'lle . 3 , riulds will hold his court at the undermentioned places:— Lancashire—At Lancaster. Monday, March 19. Lancashire—At Preston, Thursday, March 29. , . Cheshire—At Chester and City, Wednesday, April 4. Vintsbire—At. Mold, Friday, - April 6. Denbighshire—At lluthin, Saturday, April 7. .^ •Anglesey—At Beaumaris, Tuesday, April 10. Carnarvonshire—At Carnarvon, Wednesday, April 11. TH6 DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—III another column Will be found au appeal on behalf of this Society, which we conceive to be one of the most useful of our fiscal institutions a eharitable• nature. We sincerely trust that this charity will meet with a greater amount of support from the coffin , 'butions of the benevolent than it has hitherto experienced. The basis upon which it is founded is highly commendable, and the claims which it has upon public support are of the highest order. At the present inclement season there is especial need for th at aid which the society offers to the destitute among the inhabitants of Liverpool. DEATH BY BURNING.—On Monday evening last, a melancholy occurrence took place, which has thrown the family and friends of Mr. Archer, a respectable flour-dealer, of Edge-hill, into deep distress. About nine o'clock in the evening, Mrs. Archer went into the cellar for the purpose of getting some turf; in a few minutes her screams were heard, and some of the household flew to her assistance, when they discovered Mrs. Archer on the ground enveloped in flames. It would appear she bad fallen over some of the turf with the candle in her hand, by which her cap took fire, and in a few seconds her whole dress was in a blaze. She lingered until four o'clock in ade morning, and expired. Frtosr.—The long continuanc e of th e f rost h as f rozen the river Dee for 12 miles above Chester, and the Mersey is now impassable to Eaitham, large sheets of ice extending trout the quarantine vessels to the shore. Last night the frost was more intense that it has ever yet been this winter. The thermometer stood at 16, and there is every appearance of the frost con tinuing. ST. SIMON'S SUNDA Y Scuont..—On Wednesday evening the teachers and friends of this school held a tea party at the school room in Lime -street. About '2OO ladies and g entlemen as sembled on the occasion. The room was tastef ully " decorated with evergreens, &c.; and several flags, bearing suitable in scriptions, were suspended in different parts. The meeting was subsequently addressed by the Rev. li. S. Joseph, the minister of St. Simon's Chapel, the Rev. 'l'. Tattershall, the minister of St. Augustine's, the Rev. M r. Th omas, M r. W orrall, Mr. Jones, &c. We hope that the proceedings of the evening will tend to excite a lively interest in the benevolent labour of Sabbath-school teaching. Bathing, in its various modifications, is universally admitted to exercise a most powerful influence over the human constitu tion. We are happy to direct the attention of the public to an establishment (Mr. Bird's, of Great George-street) where those who may be desirous of availing themselves of the sanitary ad vantages of warm vapour baths will find their utmost iaishes gratified. Mr. Bird's establishment, which is quite new, is fitted up in a syle of elegance and refinement in Mitch taste and com fort are equally consulted. The vapour bath, we are given to understand, is a treat of such a superior description as to present snore the idea of oriental luxury than anything with which we have been hitherto acquainted in this country. 'Fox Some s uo p s .—The unu s u a l sever i ty of the weather having caused a cessation of work, in many branche s of labour, . and great distress having been previously . created in numerous poor families by a more than ordinary prevalence of typhus fever, it was urgently recommended by the most active managers of the different charities for the relief of the pour, that the soup . shops should be opened without delay; and a me e ti ng was con sequently held in the Parish-offices, yesterday, as will apptar i from the advertisement, at which t was determined to open the -soup-shops;• already existing in the north, and to take means for providing a new one in the south, in place of the one which was neces_arily discontinued there, in consequence of the land .nn which it was formerly placed having fallen out of lease. When it is considered, that no call has been made since De -•J ••• cember,,lB3l,• that the fund then raised is not only exhausted, but that the committee are in debt to their banker; when it is further considered, how very necessary it is that an additional soup shop should be provided in the south, it is earnestly hoped, - that this appeal to public bounty will not be made in vain. We have pleasure its referring our readers to the list of subscriptions already received, and shall gladly take charge of any which our friends may be disposed to pass through our hands.—Courier. BALL AT TREMADOC.—The bachelors' ball took place at Tre tuadoc on Wednesday, the 10th instant, and, according to ex pectation, was very fashionably and respectably attended by most of the nobility of Carnarvonshire and Ang,lesev. The ball-room was neatly carpet e d roun d near the seats, and v a circle left in the centre for three sets to form quadrilles. The chan deliers and other lights were decorated with artificial flowers, and the orchestra was trimmed with garlands, &c. Dancing commenced at nine o'clock ; at twelve, a most sumptuous sup -per was laid out. The confectionary ornaments, &c. were made by a person from Dublin, engaged expressly for the occasion. After supper, the animating dance w as renewe d , and continued on till six in the morning, when the party broke up. Mr Phil iliptr's exhilarating quadrille band was engaged from Liverpool. The company seemed delighted with the music, particularly with Master Phillips's harp playing. The waltzes and quadrilles were by Mozart, Herz, Weippett, Hari, Strauss, &c. WaititmoioN BALL. —On Friday evening the annual ball, for the benefit of the Dispensary amid Infirmary in this town, was held at the Assembly-room, in the Lion Hotel. The meet ing was, as usual, graced by the presence of the families of Lan dashire and Cheshire residing in the neighbourhood, with many strangers. The Lady Patronesses were the Hon. Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham, Lady Bold Hnghton, Lady Gerard, and Mrs. Ire land Blackburne. The company consisted of about` 50 persons of the first rank and fashion, among, whom were Lord de Tabley, Lord Lady Francis Gord on , the Hon James Lindsay, the lion. and Rev. El grace Powys, Lady Grey Egerton, Sir John Gerard, Mr. Wm. Gerard, Sir Ri c h ar d B roo k e, M r. Hen. Brooke, Mr. Arthur Brooke, Mr. and Mrs. Ireland Blackhurne, and two .Misses. Blackbuyne, Mrs. Legit, of Lvintn, and Miss - Emma Legh, Mr. and Mrs. Cornwall Legh, High Legit, Mr. Deedes, the Rev. Henry Leah, Sir Arthur de Capel Brooke, Messrs. Townttend, Jun - , of AVincham, Mrs. Glegg, of Whit hington, and the -Misses Gl.gg, Mr, Harvey Aston, Mr. and Mrs. Townley Parker, of Cuerdon, and Miss Parker, the Rev. Thos. Black barite and lady, Mr. and Mrs. Blundell, of Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. Fielding, Miss Heron, Capt. Heron. Miss Freeman, the Rev. Wm Fox, Misses Holt, Mr. Leigh, of Booths, Mr. H ughes, of Sherdley, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss Charlotte Hughes, Mr. Baukes, of Winstanley, Mrs. Gerard Wahnsley and Miss Walinsley, the Rev. George Eaton and Miss Eaton, of the Pole, Mr. and Mrs. Parr, Miss Parr, Mr. and Mrs. Ripley, Mts. • Orrett, M r. Jas. Heath Leigh, Mr. and Mrs. Withingtun, Cul cheth-hall, with many wheys whom our space does not allow us to Particularise. The display of beauty excited general admi , I'olmi. 'A number of the tidies wore diamonds of the most atilendUtdescription. .'The quadrille, waltz,-au,cl gallopade were, kept up till a l ate h our. and the meeting passed off in the most . gratifying manner to all present, and with material benefit to the charity, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THEFT BY AN OFFICE Boy.—On Tuesday, two boys, nam-d G.orge Young and John Sloane, were brought up at the Po lice-court, charged with stealing a sum of money and a coat, from the office of Messrs. Shaw and Spence, merchants, India-build ings.—Mr. John Shaw, son of one of the partners, stated that Young had been ten days in their service as an office boy previously to the 19th of December last. On the morning of that day, when he (Mr. Shaw) went to the office, he found a candle burning on the counter, but the inside shutters were not opened. He examined the safe and found it open, and the cash box, containing from £7. to £lO. in gold and silver, taken away. He also missed five shillings from the mantel piece, and a frock coat from the office. The shutters were secure, so that the office had not been entered by the window, He had left the prisoner Young on the p-eceding evening to put the books in their places, and to lock up the safe and deposit the. key in the drawer. After locking up the office, it was his duty to take the key to the warehouseman, and get it hack in the morning. Young was not on the pr e mises, and on enquiry it appeared that he had obtained the key from the warehouseman, andia concert with Sloane. the other prisoner, who kept watch outs e, had gone to the office that morning, and carried away the box containing the money, with which they immediately de camped to Manchester. Information having been given to the police, search was made for the prisoners, and they were brought up on Friday last in the custody of one of the Manchester police, when they were remanded. In addition to Mr. Shaw's state ment, Sloane told Lloyd, one of the constables, that he had been called out of his aunt's house by Young on the morning of the robbery, and that, after it was committed, they had proceeded as far as Present, where the box was opened and the money taken out. They then threw the lioX into a ditch. The coat was given to a woman who undertook :0 find them lodgings, and the money was spent soon after.—Mr. Hall said he could not conceive how a boy like Young shonld have had money en trusted to him, and he thought Mr. Shaw was blameable in ex posing him to temptation. There was more evidence against Sloane than against Young. The evidence of the former was not confirmed in any one particular except against himself. After souse further observations, in the course of which Mr. Hall expressed his doubts as to the sufficiency of the evidence, but on which he said a jury would decide, the prisoners were committed to the sessions. RIVAL BROKERS.—OnTuesdav, James O'Connell, a custom's broker, was brought before Mr. Pall by a " brother of the trade named Edward David Jones, charged with an assault on the complainant. M r.• Jones stated that on Friday last, while he was in the discharge of his duty as a broker bf customs, Mr. O'Connell presented his; card to a gentleman; and on his look ing at the card, Mr. O'Connell struck him a violent blow in the face. The genolemanto whom the card was s h own ,. con fi rme d the complainant' s s t atem ent. When the card was shown to the witness, Mr. O'Connell observed that though they were oFpo- Rents in - business, he would be happy to do any thing to oblige him. Mr. Jones had then looked at the card, and was struck in the manner' deScritied.- Mr. O'Connell, who appeared to he greatly excited,,and who had previously asked the complainant if occurrences of that kind had not taken place berme, said that these things were occurring daily with the complainant. About nine months .ago,. he (Mr. O'Connell) had brought him up to that court, when he received a reprimand from Mr. Hall, such as he (the defendant) never thought he would forget. Mr. Dow ling,• had then stated that he was a disorderly character. Ile ( Mr. O'Connell) declared most solemnly that he did not strike the complainant. When he showed his card to the gentleman, Jones laughed in his faCe, and lifted up his top coat to make the important discovery whether or not he conformed so far to Eng lish manners as to wear - a shirt ! and feeling indignant at his behaviour he drove him back. He was but or short standing as a broker; and was viewed with jealousy and suspicion by the complainant, who had told him that he was an Irishman, and asked why he did not stop in his own country, and not come and take the breai out of his mouth. He had told defendant that he and such-like Irishmen ought to be hanged, and Daniel O'Connell hanged first ; and, to crown the whole, he called him a thief in the presence of others. Mr. Hall remarked that nothing he had said was an answer to the charge of assault which had been sworn to by Jones and his witness. Mr. O'Con nell said he had attended with bail, and he wished both parties to be bound over to keep the peace. Jones was constantly also under the influence of liquor. Mr. Hall said it was perfectly clear that people resorting to the Custom-house must be annoyed from day to day by these quarrels. If Mr. O'Connell had any Cause of complaint against Jones, he must bring him there.— The defendant was .ordered to pay 20s. and costs, or in defaul t be imprisoned sixteen days in the Borough House of Correction MASTER AND APPRENTICE.—Mr. Richard Gardiner ap peared before Mr. Hall, on Wednesday, having been summoned by John Price, his apprentice. Mr. Gardiner produced the indentures and handed them to Mr. Hall. The complainant said he had been working piece -work for some time past. Last week but one he made the sum which it was requisite he should make for his father, and 2s. 6d. over, to which he was entitled. When he came to get his wages his master would only pay him 3s. 9d., though he ought to have received his board wages, which were 73. and 2s. 6d. which he had earned. The master said the statement - as to the rate of wages was correct. He referred Mr. Hall to a clause in the indentures, which provided that.the apprentices were not to receive payment for more time than they actually worked, Mr. Hall asked for proof of the actual time during which do apprentice had worked in the week in question. Mr Gardiner called his time-keeper, who. produced the books. The time-keeper said the complainant had absented himself during the whole of the past week. In the course of the whole of the former week he had only worked three days and a quarter. Therefore he had lost one day with another two days and three quarters. The time-keeper specified the time lost on each day according to the books. l'he appren tice said he had a certain sum of money to earn for his master. That sum he had earned and 2s. 6d. over; he therefore thought he was entitled to his full wages and the profit too. Mr. Hall : " Do.you suppose that I shall order you to be paid your full wages for six days When . you have only a c tu a lly wor k e d li tt l e better than half of that tune? The master said the case stood thus. The complainant and another young man had tasks set. What they jointly earned above that was equally divided between • them. During the week in qu es ti on th e i r j o i nt earn ings had amounted.lci . a surn . which entitled th e m t o 2 s. Gd . prof i t each. The complain6st had credit for this sum, though he had himself lost so much time that he was curtailed of 3s. 3d. of his wages.—Mr. Hall dismissed the complaint. StilLGGLlNG.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a man named Dennis M'Cool, the steward of the Robertson Pier vessel, was placed at the bar of the Police-office, on a charge of attempting to smuggle a large quantity of whiskey. A police officer stated that that morning, about nine o'clock, he observed a cart with a quantity of goods coming from the Prince's Dock. He ex amined the goods and found a large jug in a basket in the cart. The carter said he brought it from the pier, and that the stew aid of one of the packets put it on the cart. From the carters description he found out the prisoner, who acknowledged that the jog was his. A Custom-house officer deposed that the jug contained three gallons and two quarts of whiskey. The pri soner said be knew nothing about what the jug contained, he had been requested by another person to get it on shore, and was told it contained catsup. Ile had no permit. He was stew ard on board the Robertson Pier. Mr. Hall said he convicted him it, the mitigated penalty of £25, or to be committed for three months to Kirkdale. HonaEuy.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a well known and hardened thief, named Mary Brennan, was placed before the magistrates, charged with having stolen a coffee pot. A police man stated, that at about 11 o'clock that morning he was coining past .the Adelphi, and saw the prisoner and another woman going up Copperas-hill : knowing them to be bad cha racters, he followed them to a shop which they had just left and inquired if they had lost anlthing, when the people of the shop stated, after a short examination, that they had lost a coffee pot. lie immediately fo:lo,t•ed the women, and on the person of the prisoner he found the coffee pot. The prisoner said she had bought it for Bd., and had paid for it just and honest. The complainant here stated that the coffee pot was hers, and that the prisoner had not bought it off her. Depredations of this kind were continually being made on her property. Mr. Hall sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned three month. in the Borough [louse of Correction. STEALING IRON.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a ruffian looking fellow, well known to the police, named Martin, was placed before the magistrates, charged with having stolen a piece of pig iron from the Docks. A policeman deposed that he saw the prisoner pick up a piece of pig iron from the quay of the Prince's Dock and put it under his jacket. He immediately went towards him, when the prisoner seeing hi:n approach him shrunk away and dropped the piece of iron behind a cart.— W hen asked what he had to say in defence, the prisoner, in a strong Irish brogue said, " I'd a mind to bring id away, bud I Ink a second thought an' trew it out ov me hand, an' then this young man Wild me." Mr. Parkinson said the prisoner was a well known thief. .Prisoner,—" I was not staling at all, shur." Mr. flail.—" You are very well known; you are always steal ing about the docks." Prisoner.—"'Times is very bad, shur." Mr. flail.—" One month .to the Borough House of Correction." DRUNKEN SEI:VANTS.7--YetiterdaV r at the Police-office, a lade named Taylor appeared to prefer a complaint against her cook, Mary 11`Fee, who.appeared at the bar, for getting drunk and assaujting her.. Mrs. Taylor stated the prisoner was her cook, and on . Wednesday "she bound her drunk in the kitchen. She haul got =the key - 'or the wine cellar, and taken out. two bot tles of wine and a bottle fq ; porter : of this, however, she had no proof. She was sti drunk in the back kitchen that she could WA get on with her choking, and she (complainant) told her to sit down till she waSkolle,r.- Sloe (the poisoner) th e n wen t t o the fire, and took u p the Shovel, and begun stirring the fire, covering the meat with ashes and spoiling it, and she again told . her to give over and sit down, when she (the prisoner) struck her a violent blow With the shovel, and so stunned her that she had to be carried out,ol the kitchen by the other two servants. A policeman staled that he was called into Mrs. Taylor's house to take the prisoner into custody ; she made an attack upon him also.—Mr. Hall said, this was pretty conduct in a servant ; on her mistress going into the kitchen she had assaulted her.—Mrs. Taylor said the prisoner had only been a week with her, but a recommendation.—Mr. Hall: First of all she disgraces the house by getting drunk, which is a very high offence in a ser vant, and then she assaulted her mistress.—Prisoner " She shoved me first, and I only shoved her back again."—Mr. Hall: We shall fine you 20s. and costs, or in default you must be committed fur sixteen days to the Borough Gaol. ASSAULT.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a young man, Edward Jones. was placed at the bar charged with having com mitted a most brutal assault on a respectable man named James Davieson, the night before, in Dale-street. The complainant, wiao appeared with his face covered with plasters, and his head lunch swollen, and his face discoloured, deposed that he was going home from seeing a friend, the night before, between twelve and one o'clock, and, when passing the top of Dale street, he met the prisoner, who pushed against hint, and got hold of hi m . lie asked him what be want e d with him—haul he any business with him, when the prisoner replied, " I'll soon let you know," and with that he hit him a most violent blow on the face with something in his fist which knocked him down senseless, where he remained till the policeman picked him up. A policeman stated that he saw the prisoner knock the entn {olainant down on the bricks at the top of Dale-street, and when he was down the prisoner struck him and kicked him; he (the policeman) then came up and made him a prisoner. The com plainant appeared quite stultified with the blows he had re ceived. The complainant here stated that he had a surgeon to his face, and he had stated that it was cut right into the bone, and he was afraid he should lose one of his e} es. The prisoner said he knew nothing about it. He was a fireman out of em ployment. He never saw the complainant in his life before. Mr. flail said it was a most savage assault ; the prisoner had knocked him down and kicked him, and probably struck him with sonic instrument in his hand. The magistrates had no hesitation in going the toll extremity of the law. They con victed him in the penalty of £5. including costs, and in default of payment to be committed for two months to the Borough Gaol. GENUINE JOHN BULL.—Yesterlav, at the police office, a farmer named John Hockleshaw, of 011erton, was summoned before the magistrates on a charge of his two men having removed night soil flunk two places, from the town of Liver pool, during the hours not allowed by law. On both informa tions he was fined 6s. 6d. with costs. The defendant presented a fine specimen of . an old English farmer. He was a man about 60 years of age, immensely stout, but active withal, res pectably dressed in farmer style, and had an expression on his features' 61 'sulkitieS'S at being'biotiglit there," and dogged obsti nacy. His defence was, that be knew nothing about his men being in Liverpool, having given thew orders to go elsewhere. He was fined, however, notwithstanding, when he iminndiately said he would not par. Mr. Hall: "Is that your deterinina. Zion ?" Farmer: •' Yes." Mr. Hail : "Then I must order you into cuitody till my warrant can he returned." The old man then submitted to be taken into custody, and was placed in the prisoner's dock. After remaining there a short time, Mr. Hall again addressed nim. " Come now, why cannot you pay this fine? You seem a respectable man, and I don't wish to be harsh with you. You know I have power to detain you till my warrant for the sale of sulficent of your property to cover the tine and expenses has been returned. Come put your hand in your pocket." Farmer—"l don't see that I ought to pay it." Mr. 11,dl: As to my reasoning with a farmer, that is quite out of the question. Look here, suppose I send nay warrant; you will look very foolish to be kept here till Satur day; you will l ose t wo d a y s. an d w h e n you get home you will find a part of your property taken under my warrant, and will be laughed at by all the farmers arround you. Come pay the 13s. Farmer (after considering awhile) "'Fake something off it." (Laughter. t Mr. Hall:—Well I will lessen the fine and pot you in the same situation as some of the others who have been fined. l'av ss. (id. for each information, that will be 11s. then, 2s. off. The old farmer without uttering a syllableslowly paid the money, shilling by shilling and then walked steadily and sulkily out of the court. TM LIVEI6OOI, SI;AIsa)ARD., MANSLAUGHTER IN THOMAS'S-STREET. On Saturday night, another of those foul occurrences, arising from unbridled passion, and of which there have been seve ral instances lately in this town, took place in Thomas's -court, Thomas-street. The unfortunate victim was a shoemaker, named Denis Doherty, who lodged with a person named Fergus M•Cai roll, a labourer. About twelve o'clock M Carroll and his wile, together with the deceased and another lodger, were sitting quietly in the house, when Mary Ryan, a woman who lived in the street, rushed in, and begged to he protected from the violence of her husliand. Ryan followed her immediately, and after M 'Carroll had interfered to prevent him from striking his wife, Dogherty remonstrated with him on the indecency of his conduct. Ryan, in his. fury, immediately struck Dogherty a violent blow upon the neck, by which the carotid artery was cut in two, and death ensued in a few minutes afterwards. An inquest was held on the body on Tuesday, when the following evidence was laid before the jury : Catherine M'Carroll stated that the deceased had been a lodger in her house for the last six or seven years. He was a shoemaker. On Saitirday night about 12 o'clock the deceased, together with witness' husband, and an old woman, another lodger; were at home. About a quarter past twelve, Mary Ryan, who lives in the same street with witness, came running into the house, and begged the husband of witness to come up to her house, as her husband was going to heat her. When he was about to leave the house to accompany the woman, Ryan came in and made a run at his wife, and knocked her driven, Witness's husband stood up betwixt them, and got them to sat down. At this time the deceased was standing in the middle of the floor. Ryan struck a second blow at his wife, and cut her in the right arm, which she put up to wand off the blow. Wit ness did not see any knife or anything else in his hand. ness's husband caught hold of Ryan, and said he. shodld not beat his wife in that manner, but Ryan threw him down. Wit ness then pushed Ryan's wife into the street, and when she was returning she met the deceased in the middle of the street with the blood gushing down his neck. He bad one.hand to his neck. Witness shouted out murder. Witness was then taken into custody by an officer. She did not hear that the deceased was dead tol next morning. She did not see Ryan strike the de ceased, nor did she see the deceased in any way interfere be tween Ryan and his wife. The deceased was years of age. lie was in the habit of taking liquor, but was perfectly sober tin Saturday night. Ryan was very tipsey. He and the deceased were great friends. Catherine Cain was in the last witness's house on Saturday night, and confirmed her evidence as far as related to Ryan's coming, into the house and knocking her husband down ahen he interfered to save Ryan's wife from his blows. At that time the deceased was standing on the floor. Witness heard bin: say to Ryan that it was a shame for him. On this Ryan turned mini.' mid struck the deceased somewhere about the head or neck. Blood immediately gushed out of the deceased's neck 1 " just as if they had been killing a sheep." Witness did not see any knife in Ryan's hand when he struck the blow. The deceased cried out, " I am a done man." Ryan cried out, " Save the man," and then ran out, and witness had never seen ' him since. The deceased ran out, and called for a doctor. lie was brought in dead soon afterwards. Feargus M 'Carroll, the husband of the first witness, deposed that after the struggle betwixt him and Ryan mentioned by the former table w T i h tn e e d s e se ce s, b ase o d th w %f s th s e ta m got walked t vi h • e alk ta et b l ie t . owa n rd e s s t a h e id something to Ryan like this—" that it was a shame for a man like him not to have better sense." Ryan then made a blow at , the deceased, and the next thing witness saw was the blood . gushing out from deceased's neck. Deceased did not fall with the blow, but called out, " I tam a done man." Witness said to Ryan, " You villain, you see what you have done now;" rapan which he answered, " Save you life." The deceased went out of the house, and Ryan after him. 'Witness did not see a knife or anything else in Ryan's hand, when he shuck the deceased - . There might or might not have been time for Ryan to have taken a knife out of his pocket between the time of their getting off the stairs, where they struggled, and the blow was struck. Ambrose Lynch Berry is an inspector of police. On Saturday night he heard screams of murder in Thomas's-street. He went down, and found the deceased bitting in the middle of the street with his hand against his jaw. Witness thought he was drunk, - and asked where the row was. He then discovered that the deceased had been stabbed, the blood running oierhiS'stick and boots. A woman came up, and witness left the deceased in her - care, and ran up the entry to secure whatever persons were there. He came back again in two or three minutes, , hut found that the truth was dead. He got assistance, and had the body taken into M'Carroll's house. Jameslthe deceasedll a o t o n n A K , o e n d a y a , y physician a andof ctu ex ami na t ion urgn eo foundsaw th e b ody woundb()d y on the left side of the neck, a punctured wound, very narrow • and deep. Witness passed his linger into the wound, and found it proceeded downwards in the direction of the carotid artery. It was very deep into the throat, and had severed the carotid. artery, which was quite sufficient to cause death. It must have , ; been inflicted by some sharp-pointed instrument. The blade of, a large pocket knife might have caused it. After healing the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Ryan, and the coroner issued his warrant to take him into custody.—Fifty pounds reward have been offered for his apprehension. MEETING OF THE STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCI D'l' Y. On NlTtdnesday the annual meeting of the Strangers' Friend Society was held at 1 o'clock, at the Charitable institution House in Slater-stree►, for the past year The meeting was very thinly attended. Mr. Wm. ComEn was moved into the chair. Mr. Mu:HAIM Astyrom then pr,ceeded to read a statement of the accounts from which it appeared that there was an increase in Ihe years receipts of£9. The society had distributed in various ways £458 4s. 10d. They had paid £45 to the soup society for 19,000 quarts of soup at a half-penny a quart. The balance on hand was £227 6s. Rd. Mr. RA nef.lF FE the secretary then proceeded to read the fol lowing report : REPORT. The Committee of the St augers' Friend Society iropresenting to its subscribers a report of the manner in which their contri butions have been applied during the past year, beg to state their conviction that, although to the arduous task abutted to their visitors, instances may have occurred where th e y h ave erre d through the impossibility of detecting imposition ; th e y h ave in o the uitribution of relief ever been actuated by th e d es i re to carry into effect, so far as circumstances permitted, the liven lion of the founders and friends of the society, namely •—r irst, to seek out objects of distress, whether stranger or resident, and' to become thoroughly acquainted with their real circumstances; and secondly, to apportion to each such relief as their cases re quired, and the resources of the society warranted them to afford. The main difficulty of the visitors has arisen in the endeavour to reconcile these two, not [infrequently, conflicting conditions of administering assistance. It must be obvious that in apportioning relief to the many thousands of distressed (ib. jects annually coining under the society's notice, the scantiness of the amount placed at its disposal for this purpose, seldron amounting to more than £501) per year, must frequently place the committee and the visitors in circumstances ua'whirli their feelings and tbeir judgment come into collision, and where instead of being able to afford a quantum of relief sufficient to enable a destitute individual or family to surmount their mbar rassinents, the visitors have it in their power only to grant such assistance as served either to alleviate present destitutio n , or prey) nt actual stat vatiou. But, notwithstanding this difficulty, and it is one which the committee deeply regret, they have, in special cases, not confined themselves to such limited relief. Where cases have been found to possess peculiar features of aggravated distress, or where the bestowment of a greater amount of relief promises at once to extricate an individual or' family from embarrassment; the committee have empowered the visitors to grant extended assistance accordingly, such cases having been'first authenticated and scrutinised. by one or morel, of the officers of the society. While the committee cannot but ' ardently wish that the society's resources were so ample as to afford the visitors the luxury of listing able, in additiou to alle viating, of completely aurmounting distress, they still account it well deserving all the - cost and pains bestowed on the society to have it to theitlrwr4 to accomplish an amount of good, which, in numberless cases, has tended to prevent utter starvation— dried up the tears,of the mourner, and caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. Several instances of such timely interposition will be given in the apoeudix from many similar instances re ported by the visitors. Were the permanent income of the society arising from sub scriptions, instead of £270 per annum, its present amount, in creased to twice that sum,' (and surely in a town of such opu lence and public spirit as Liverpool, this would nut be too much to expect on behalf of the destitute stranger and foreigner from all parts of the world, compelled by various causes to seek a temporary sojourn within its precincts,) its conductors would be able to present much more cheering results than they have at present to exhibit. During the past year, relief has been administered to about 1800 cases, a great proportion of whom have been families, and consisting of probably 7000 or 8000 individuals. Of these about, 800 cases have been knglish and Welsh; 800 Irish; 100 Scotch, and 100 destitute sailors and foreigners. This relief, it is scarcely necessary for the committee again to state, has been afforded to all in distress, irrespective of party, or creed, or country. The committee, in accordance with the design of the society, as expressed in its original prospectus, published upwards of forty years ago, feel that to be in actual distress is the only recommendation needed on the part of the applicants for its bounty. On this principle they have always acted, and still purpose to proceed, desiring humbly to act in accordance with the benign purposes of the Divine source of all blessedness, "who maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and on the unjust." Mr. EG OTN SMITH proposed a plan of doing away with street-begging. He would give to every applicant as much dry bread as he coz:ld eat, providing he eat it there and then. it' they gave soup, they would have thousands applying for it. and the funds of the society would never bear it; but a man who would eat a lump of dry bread must be really hungry to do so. Mr. A strroN was of opinion, that for one applicant for soup there would be two for bread. . ..... Mr. Swill said, he would not allow the bread to. be taken away; they must eat it on the spot, else all the millers in the country vroulo hardly supply them, if the applicants were allow. ed to pocket the bread. It was determined, that this plan should be adopted in build ings suited for the purpose. It was then moved and carried, that the report be adopted, and be printed and circulated; and that the thanks of the meet ing be given to the officers and committee for the past year. The officers fur the ensuing year were then appointed. A reso lution Was also passed, calling for increased subscriptions to ameliorate the severe privations of the poor at this season of the year. The meeting then broke up. THE RAILWAY TtstEs.—We have received a copy of this newspaper, which is exclusively devoted to the dissemination of every species of information respecting railways, We approve of its plan and principles, and boys that it will meet with success. LIVERPOOL APOLLO GLEE CLUB. This celebrated society held, its forty-second anniversary yes terday evening, at Mr. olden' s, Richmond-row. About forty gentlemen. some of them the best patrons of music in this town, partook of an excellent dinner, and during the evening enjayed one of the highest musical I reals indeed, the style in Which the glees were exectited could nit, by possibility, ha excelled. Mr. G. Holden presided at the piano forte: his accompaniment of "The GO. , e" is too well known and appreciated to require any eulogiwn from us. The chair was admirably filled by Mr. Holden, the father of the city), and he was ably supported by Mr Gillow and Mr. Snowball, as vice-presidents. For the gra __ tifi ca ti oo of our musical r ea d ers , we su bj o i n the hill of fare on this occasion:— Grace before meat—" Praise the Lord." Grace after meat —" Non nobis Domine." The Queen—National Anthem—arranged by Nordin. Th e Queen Dowager, and the rest of the Royal Family.— G:ee, " Beauties ' have you seen ?"—Reant. The Army and Navy.—Glee, " Some of my heroes are low." —Sterens._ Prosperity and Perpetuity to the Apollo Glee Club.—Madri " This pleasance monthe of Maie."— Beale. Thomas Holden, president and father of the Apollo Glee Club. When winds breathe soft."— Webbe - The Liverpool G,ee Club.—Glee, " 0, strike the harp in raieseo.;;; Stereos. G , and the English Composers of the present day.—Prize Glee, " Smiling Mirth."—G. Hoiden. The Liverpool Beat Steak Club.—" flail! great Apollo." Hargreaves. Sir G. Smart and the Honorary Members of the Apollo Club. " The Squirrel."—Sir G. Smart. - The memory of the deceased Ntembe.ts of the Apolld Club.— Glee, " In the hall I lay."—Dickens. The Vice-presidents.—Round, " La mia Dorabella."—Mozart. PASSENGER BROKERS. TO Lft ' UTENA NT LOWE, R.N Sta,—lt is really time that the mist which has so long ob scured the perception of the public, should he dispersed, and that the passenger brokers of Liverpool should be viewed in a proper light, instead of being beheld through the fallacious re presentations of newspaper reports, and the unmerited odium which you have endeavoured to cast upon them. They have been, since the commencement of your dynasty in Liverpool. a most persecuted people; public indignation has been invoked akainSt.them ; the most frivolous complaints have been magni fieOnto cases of enormous delinquency, and the brokers have now Only. the altettiative to die under the lash, or to stand for wa`id, in their tiwn defence as honest men,—as the inhabitants of a live - , Country, courting an inquiry into their conduct, not shrinking from it, demanding investigation as the only legiti mate means of removing the foulest assertions and the most opprObrions epithets that were ever heaped on commercial men in the second commercial port in the world. I have lately read in the newspapers a statement purporting to come from you, wherein an abstract is given of the number of passengers that have emigrated from this port, &c. 1 shall not dispute the accuracy of the first part of your statement respecting the number of emigrants, but I shall state that you owe your information to the kindness of those very men whom you are . daily endeavouring to malign in the most unworthy manner. You are indebted to them for furnishing you with the number of passengers by each vessel; for more than two-thirds of the passenger-ships have not their full complement on board, consequently the tonnage cannot enable you to obtain that in formation which can only be had at the office of the passenger brokers. Then, with regard to your authority to demand such information, you have none whatever. If I am rightly informed, Lord Stanley, when he was colonial secretary, appointed you to the situation which you now hold. But his lordship, in doing so, acted on his own responsibility, as he can show no authority for taking the liberty to make such an appointment; and if he had, no authority for appointing you, then your authority falls to the ground as a matter of course. But the emigrant agents have not treated you as they might have done; they have be haved towards you with a degree of civility and courtesy which your conduct towards them never warranted nor ever deserved. They have afforded you information, and every facility for ob taining information, in return for which you have domineered over them in the most hauligty manner. In their behaviour to wards you, they have acted with mildness, condescension, and respect, but not with that cringing, abject submission which your seem to expect. You state that in 1837 there were 3760 complaints lodged at your office. Will you have the goodness to inform the public how many of these complaints were either very frivolous or utterly groundless ? You state that you obtained redress for 891, and it is highly probable that out of the 3760 complaints, the 891 were the only ones itiat needed any redress. You are no more ignorant of these frivolous complaints than I am, and You are well aware that more than tone tenths of the well grounded complaints originate with fellows who are lurking about the docks, and not with the respectable passenger brokers, who despise the villauy that is so wantonly and so unjustly im puted to them. Yet you are never heard to denounce the real actors in such cases; for these are the very men through whose agency your office is filled with complaints ; and you know that only for them you w o uld h a ve n o busine s s to attend to in your office, and consequently no opportunity of appearing a very useful man in the eyes of those who know nothing to the con trary, and who are content to believe the exparte reports that appear in the pages of' newspapers. In bow many cases e t! Id you trace the frauds upon passengers to the true source? but,thi a would not answer the purpose of vilifjing the passenger brokers, who are doomed to be the victims of public indigna tion. You state that in a period of about four years and eight months, you wrested from passenger brokers the sum of .023. Is. bid. and restored it to poor persons emigrating from tthis.port--at leas,, you state it was done through the instrumen 10.ity .01 your office Now, averaging six passenger brokers doting tllat period. it follows that you have recovered from each house, between £lB. and £l9. per annum; in other words, taking the average passage as low as £3. you.haye got back the passage money of about six persons. Really this is monstrous work, and it shows that we must be a very delinquent set of people, since six persons annually out of so.many thousands have had their money returned ! But you state that redress could nut be o b tained for the rest, "owing to the ineffective ' State -of the Passenger Act." That act. was amended very lately, and was expected to be such as would fully answer the purpose for which it was intended. But, I tell you, that, as Ding as the passengers are such people as we, to our sorrow, find them to be, it will be in vain to have one Act of Parliament after another, creating fresh changes, and throwing obstacles not only in our way, but actually injuring the very people for whom you profess to have so parental a regard. If the trade be shackled, the consequence is that it fails upon the poor emi grant, who is thereby compelled to pay a higher price for his p a s s age. If ships are obliged to take less passengers, if greater and additional restrictions are to be placed on the trade, the amount of charter will be augmented, and the emigrants will be-necessitated to pay a higherfare. This will be the inevitable consequence. So much for your friendly feeling to the passengers ! But the legislature will, no doubt, hear two sides of an argument. I do most positively believe that the minds of the magistrates have been prejudiced against us—that their opinions, their decisions, have been wafted and wavered, and, I am sorry to say, dragged ihto the wrong chan nel by the specious representations of some of the cases which sou have brought against us. This is an honest man's charac ter f orc ed upon the world in the most unfavourable point of view. Newspaper reportsare headed "CHEATING EMIGRANTS," or " FRAUD UPON EMIGRANTS," till the town teems with the idea that we are all a pack of swindlers. for whom Botany Bay is too'good an asylum. It . appears, further, that in a period of about four years and eight. months, you recovered. altogether £523. Is. 84ai ; though in nue single year (1837) you obtained redress for 894! Truk' this redress that you have obtained has been a m os t t ranscen d ant show of-victory. Bnt this, you will tell the public, is all owing "to the ineffective state of the Passenger Act." This may he very palatable for those who know no better ; but for us who know the la* as well as you do, such statements pass for what we know to be their true value. I must now call attention to the following paragraph, which appeared in the Standard newspaper of this town, and which was appended to your statement in that paper: It will be seen, by reference to the above table, that the ap pointment of Lieut. Lowe, as Government Emigration Agent, at t hi s , port, has, notwithstanding th e grea t diffi cu lti es w i t h which he has had to contend, been attended with beneficial re sults. There is no doubt, however, that a much greater benefit would accrue, if individuals who are about to emigrate, would • apply to hint in the first instance. Prevention is proverbially better than cure; and if the proper course were in the first in stance taken, we might soon see an end put to a system of swin dling which is a disgrace to our community." Without alluding to the swindling department of the above paragraph, 1 beg to say, that it would be meg injudicious to apply to you "iu the first instance." All men have their par tiality and their prejudices; and you, like other men, are sub ject to the same imperfections; and, therefore, it would be very unfair and very unjust to enable you to recommend all passen gers to one favoured house. Such a system of despotism (if it were the law) might suit a despotic country, but is not conge wilh'the laws or the institutions of the British realm. We have, in our unfortunate business, to deal with the very worst of characters—with the otscourings of the human race— with robbers, runaways, villains of all sorts and descriptions, for whom the voice of public sympathy is invoked ; but there is no commiseration for us, if we lose two or three hundred pounds by a.ship. No at all ! This would not suit yout busi ness in Union-street. We are to be held up to the world as swindlers! nothing less than downright "SWINDLERS!" Swind ling whom ? Men than that. are qualified to swindle us, after having perhaps swindled more acute 'people than we are. But the true statement of the case is, that we are and must be expos ed as common swindlers; and all this must be made manifest, in order that you may appear a most useful roan. In truth, I pity the man who attempts to rise to eminence by such meaes. There is a great difference in passengers. Some are more re spectable than others ; but the bulk of them corresponds with the above unfavourable picture. It is well known to us that most oft hew will call God to witness the basest falsehoods, and that they will be guilty of dark, unhallowed perjury for the sake of a few shillings. Yet public sympathy must be awakened for them!—but none for us! How often does it happen, that an emigrant swears he has barely what will pay his passage, and the same night he gets into bad company, and comes next morn ing to lament his loss of ten, twenty, or thirty sovereigns. One day a passenger called his Maker to witness, that he had not enough to pay his hospital money; and after he was told we would he content to lose the dollar he went immediately to a public-house and changed a sovereign for a glass of whisky. But it appears they deserve all sympathy, and we deserve none ! Out character is precious to us, however lightly you may look upon it, and we shall endeavour to preserve it untarnished from your unworthy aspersions. A PASSENGER BROKER. P.S.—As our business has been libelled by being called " system of swindling that is a disgrace to our community," I hereby challerwe you to produce a single case of direct swind ling, to name the persons who were swindled, where they enga ged their passage, and who were the actors or abettors in the crime. I have only one cause of regret in writing this letter, viz., that it 6nakes you appear to be a man of greater importance than yin are; for any man in Liverpool can show an avrieved pas seinger the road to the police court. Perhaps it may be said, I In only " breaking a fly on the wheel." MR. PEMBERTON'S Cow:Elm—We perceive that Mr. Petri hertOn takes his annual concert this evening at the Templar's nail, Great George•street. Ile has pot out a most attractive syllabus. All the principal local performers of the town are engaged and all the best vocalists, with the valuable addition of Miss Leach. THE SOUP ESTABLISHMENT.—We are glad to find that the truly benevolent plan of serving the poor with soup has been revived in Liverpool. The inclemency of the season, which has thrown a great number of labouiers out of employ, renders such an establishment peculiar ly necessary. We hope that the customary liberality of the public of Liverpool will be evinced by augmented subscriptions to this desirable object. The Marquis of Anglesey has made a liberal distribution of food and clothing to the poor on his estates in the Isle of An glesey, and also at Beaudessm MEETING ON JUSTICES.-COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS. Ou Tues lay, at 12 o'clock, a court of Quarter Sessions of the Justices of the horou ru wAs held tor the reguhtion of the gaol a House of Go-reed:to. The justices present, were the Mayor, Mr. John Holmes, .‘lr, !tusked, Mr. Birch, Mr. A, Hodson, Mr. Ripley, Mr. The.idure Rathbone, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Hugh Hornhy, Mr. Rawdon, Mr. Earle, and Mr. Bolton. The MAYOR, on the entrance of reporters, stated that the sessional business would be first gone through; which was open to the public; after which the magistrates Would resolve into a committee, which was not a session but private. Mr. Fisocr.teFE, the Town Clerk, and Clerk of the Peace, then read the report of the visiting justices. The visiting jus tices found that they were required to make a report in writing, every quarter under the following, heads: first, the state and condition of the prisoner! ; secondly, what repairs and alte rations, if any, are required; and thirdly, the state and condi tion of the prison. Tne Town Clerk then read "the report of Win. Bacheldor, keeper of the Common Gaol," which cer tified that the rules and regulations laid down for the govern ment of the prison had been duly complied with. The report then set forth the ninnber of prisoners, male and fethale, the nature of their offenees, and the term of their imprisonment. In conclusion the report stated that from the great increase of female transports and ibis class of criminals, the governor had been under the necessity of removing thi, class of prisoners to a ward by themselvei, which was calculated to be productive of beneficial results, in preventing old offenders from contami nating those who were imprisoned under a first conviction. The report called the attention of the justices to the necessity of an immediate alteration in the Cook-house and wash-house. The building itself was inadequate to the Cooking required. and was so low, that the people employed there were from morning till night enveloped in steam, and in , consequence, several of them had been placed under the care of the surgeon. he wash-house was so limited as not to be capable of getting through the washing. The Town Clerk stated that the alterations in the cook-house and wash-house could not he proceeded with till after the next quarterly council. The former report of the. justices to the council had been read and approved, but by law it could not be determined on till the next session, or the next quarterly council. Mr. Blncit —Could not these alterations be recommended previously? and are we not now waiting for the confirmation of Lord John Russell, on that report ? The MAYOR said they had determined to go on with the alter ations unless they were objected to. The TOWN-CLERK said the course observed had been that certain alterations were recommended as proper, and were, taken into consideration at the quarterly counsits, subject to the approbation of the Secretary of State. Lord John Itusiell had suggested that there should be a new gaol, and §o the pro ceedings rested. It was then determined to report in'favour of the alterations before proposed, subject to some corrections, with a view to the council proceeding with those alterations according to law. They had accordingly been made to the last council, but the rule of law of the gaol act ordered that a report of sessions, when brought before the council, should be received at one sessions or council and confirmed at another.' The Gaoler's report was then ordered to lie on the table. The MAYOR then said that the next report was the chaplain's. The TowN-cteEK then proceeded to read the report of the Rev. George Stokes, officiating minister. In conformity with the regular custom, he had great pleasure in making the report, with respect to the Borough Gaol. Since the last report, divine service had regularly been performed in the chapel, two full services on the Sundays and prayers on the Tuesdays and Fridays. He thought daily prayers would be extremely useful. A plan of this kind had been introduced at Kirkilale, and he hoped that a similar plan would be introduced into the Borough Gaol. He once more impressed the necessity of forming a library in the gaol; to be under the controul of the chaplain. A plan of this kind had been adopted at Kirkdale Gaol - , and had been found very useful by the chaplain. He thought that five pounds would purchase a great many religious and moral works in sheets, and they might lie bound in the prison at a very slight cost. A library thus formed would be of great use to the chaplain, and of great benefit to the prisoners. Yet they must not be too sanguine; to make bad men gond was no easy task. By this system it had been found, in Coldhath-fields prison, that good in individual instances (and amongst hardened offenders) had been the result. The effect, however, in the great majority of instances, dui not reach beyond the walls. Short imprisonments he had found to be decidedly injurious. It appeared to him to be desirable to do away with these imprison ments altogether. In the meantitne, it was a question of the utmostimportance that the prisoners should be usefully employ ed. The more he saw of the prisons the more thoroughly was he convinced that their want of moral and religious instruction and their ignorance, was the great source of crime. He had lately, by the advice of Captain Williams, examined a great mane prisoners as to the cause of their committing crimes, and he had generally found it to arise from the want of moral and religious education, and the bad example of their parents, aided by drunkenness and bad company. Some had pleaded absolute want, but not many: if there were less ignorance, he was con fident there would be less want. He had great pleasure in as suring, the justices, that the use of good books had produced much good effect during the last sessioc, and he had been much pleased with the conduct of many of the prisoners. A neworgan had been erected in the chapel, and had been a good improve ment in the service. He wished to draw attention to another alteration. Many of the prisoners were sentenced by the Re corder to pass much of their time in solitary confinement, and owing to the terms of their sentence they could not attend chapel. It was proposed to erect a number of seats in the chapel, so constructed that these prisoners would be able only to see the governor and the clergyman, and not to see each other. He concluded the report with thanking the justices for fitting up a room for the personal accommodation of the chaplain. Mt. H A lIVEY.—I suppose the magistrates are aware, that the new organ is not put up at the expense of the council, It is put up by subscription amongst the magistrates. The M A YOR.—The only two points that appear for conaidera t ion, are the library, and the alteration in the seats. Mr. ADAM HooGsoti thought that the suggestion of the chaplain was a very good one; he could not see any objection to the library, the amount was so trifling. With regard to the seals, it appeared to him to be rather au extraordinary circum stance, that those persons who had to be transported, or were sentenced to solitary confinement, had to be excluded from any place of public worship. He should hardly think that it was in the contemplation of the recorder. He thought it the moat desirable thing that could be, that these persons should attend divine service, separated if necessary. He would, therefore move, that books be provided as pointed out, and that the means be forthwith afforded to enable the attendance of these persons at divine worship. He could never believe that solitary confinement without attendance on divine worship could pro duce that good which it ought to do. The motion was seconded. Mr. HARVEY thought as they had not appointed a chaplain, and as Mr. Stokes merely held'his office p ro tem, that they had better adjourn the q ues ti on o f the books. Mr. HonGsoN said the library must he useful whoever was the chaplain. He could not see the desirableness of delay. Was not the appointment of a chaplain part of the business to come under that day's consideration ? The MAYOR.—Perhaps, Mr. Hodgson would modify his mo tion, and approve the report of the chaplain. Mr. HODGSON had no objection. The report was then approved, and left to the sub•commitiee to carry into execution. The MAYOR satd, the clerk of the peace had requested him to state, that the sentence of solitary confinement would not allow the prisoners to attend places of worship. Mr. ElowisoN.—Unless the recorder ordered some qualifi cation. The TOWN-CLERIC said the recorder had only power to sen tence to solitary confinement, he could rot qualify. The MAYOR said the next subject was the Surgeon's r?rort. The 'Town-CLERK then pr ocee d e d to read the Surgeon 's re port. • Tbe M A YOR inquired if the Justices would wish the daily re ports to be read ? They woutd take up touch time, and they had been looked over by the jail committee. Mr. H A tivuy said he had been at the jail the day before, and there certainly was no infectious disease there. The Town-cLEax said by the 4th of Geo. IV, c 64, sec. 3, it was ordered that every surgeon appointed to a jail should visit every person and report thereon; and further keep a j.iur nal, and enter any observations which might occur; and such journal should be kept and produced before the justices at quar ter sessions, and be signed by the same as having been before them produced. The 17th rule of the same act was that the sur geon should examine every prisoner. A MAGI3TRATE.—A certain form was recommended by Cap tain Williams; has he complied with that form? The M A YOR.—Yes. Mr. BIRCH said the act required that there should be an ac count of the state of the health of the prisoners. Now ; such an account as was entered in the surgeon's journal was not, within the meaning of the act 9f parliament. The journal for several days was entered "Ditto" under several general hads. It was then moved and carried that this journal was not kept in compliance with the act of parliament, and tt was requested that it be in future so kept in compliance. The Towts-cLEnK then read a report of the visiting. justices on several complaints relating to the conduct of sotnu of the prisoners for being disorderly in the prison. Mueh.of this was to be attributed to the insufficient attendance of ,officers, their number not being adequate for the duties required. J.t was, therefore recointnended that an additi o nal-otErer wa rd be each be appointed. Mr. HA VIET did not know why that report ,should bp read that day, as it was not customary to read the reports of the visit ing magistrates. His object in wishing an additional officer to each ward to be appointed was, that. an officer's eyernight always be on the prisoners, to prevent those frequent punishments which were necessary in order to keep the jail in order. The MAYOR was sorry Mr. Heywood was not present, as lie recollected that it was Mr. Heywood who had wished.. this to be carried into effect, and himself and other magistrates had con curred in it. Without additional assistance it was impossible for the jails to be kept properly. He had been told by one of the task mistresses that it was impossible to keep the jail in order without it. Mr. HUGH Hottsinv wished to know what additional number of turnkeys would be required? Mr. HARRY.—OnIy one at present. The MATott said it was the opinion of the bench that this alteration should be made; it would be better if some magis trate would move " that it is the opinion of this bench that the sub-committee be requested to take the necessary steps for making this app,intmeut." Mr. HUGH HORNBY.—Have not the visiting justices power to make this appointment? The TOWN•CLEHK.—Thev have the power subject to being laid before the council, and being approved. The recommendations for the alterations in the prison wore then confirmed. The sessions were then adjourned to Monday, the sth of Feb ruary. at twelve o'clock, and the magistrates resolved themselves into committee. A patent is about to be taken out for warming rooms by means of unslecked lime inclosed iu copper or iron halls. A wag, on hearing that there were no less than five millions and a half of boles bored in the floor of the House of Commons, exclaimed, "well, they have made a riddle of the hon. house at last." Dr. O'Callaghan, one of the leaders of the Canadian rebels, is from Mal:ow, in the couni y of Cork, where his father ranted On the baking business. He was bred an apothecary, and his only brother was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church.— Limerick Standard. The Sovereign, transport, Lieutenant Nash, agent, is ordered to lit with all haste, and take in provisions for 200 men ; whom she will embark at Cork, most probably to augment the troops in the West Indies, weakened by the regiment which the Corn wallis will convey to Halifax. Ms D DOG.—It is not usual to hear mut h of mad dogs at this season of the year, and during such weather as that which now prevails; but, on Sunday morning last, gi eat alarm and confu- slim was caused in the neighbourhood of Urrnstiin and Fliition by a dog, apparently in a rabid state, which ran from one tarot house to another, and bit a considerable number of other dogs, as well as two or three persons, amongst whom was a female servant-of Mr. Stephenson; of Urmgon. The dog was finally killed near Fliston.—Manchester Guardian, 3 MEETING OF RATE PAYERS AT BIRKENHEAtii Yesterday a meetinn.uf the %{ate-►iavi'f9 of Birkenhead will held at the parish church, Birkenitt:.-iii, at 2 o'clock, convened by the following notice!—'• A vestry tu'•cting of• the Rate. payers of Birkenhead will he held in the parish church thereof, on 'l'oursdat•, the 18th day of Janu.•try instant, at 2 o'clock int the Allem/poi, for the purpose of cutsidering a draft act of par liament, prepared pursuant to the resolution of the last vestry meeting, And notice is hereby further given, that the said draft now lies at the police office of the said township for thei inspection of the Rate , pa)ers. Signed John Eastwood, Thos. Boydell Golhorne." It was moved by Mf. CASE, and spennded by Mr. PLATT that Mr. R. Russell, the Church-garden take the chair. Mr. MALLABY, Solicitor, then real the acquisition calling the meeting, and the vote of the list vestry appointing a com tnittee, and Mr. Case as chairman. Mr. CASE reported the proceedings of the committee, which had ended in the drawing up of the draft of a bill to be laid before parliament, empowering the township to borrow a stint of £6OOO, a debt to that amount having been very nearly in curred. By the present act the commissioners were bound immediately to commence repayment of the debt, and for thila purpose they had already levied a rate of Is. 6d. in the pound on the tenants on the rack rent. The new big proposed to ett tend the time for payment, whereby the burden would be re moved from the present ten an t, ato . l the rate instead of being Is 6d. Would at most be 6d. No further sum to be borrowed than to pay off this present debt without the consent of the ma jority of the whole of the present commissioners, a part of whom were annually elected. Ile concluded with moving thei adopti n of the draft of the bid which they had prepared for the better regulation of the toVitiship Mr. A PPLKtort rose to oppose the motion, and spoke at great length. He contended that the general object of the bill was unnecessary; that no fault could be found with the present commissioners, and that they had not the power of levying a rate of Is. 6d. in the pound on the rack rent. He contended that parliament would not extend the time of payment of the present money; and that instead of the projected bill lessening/ it would only increase the rates. He contended that the new bill was only concocted for the benefit of the landowners, and large proprietors, to enable them to pave, and sewer their own streets at the expense of the tenants. e concluded with mov ing an amendment " hat the bill he read this day seven years." Mr. SHA RP seconded the amendment. Mr. JACKSON cave an'epitome of the act, and described what were its intentions. The bill did not give the power of lending single farthing to the landowners, and whatever money the landlord might owe to the parish, if paid by the tenant, might be deducted by him according to the practice of Liverpool, and elsewhere. . Mr. MA LtAiiT contended in reply to Mr. Appleton, that the Commissioners had the power of laying the rate of Is. 6d. in the, pound on the rack rent. By the present act the possession of £lOOO worth of property qualified a person fora commissioner,, whether he paid rates or not. He would ask whether a body of commissioners so constituted, was capable of sympathising, with the wishes and feelings of the township? They Wanted that tin man should be a commissioner who was not a rate•payer. The present commissioners had it in their poster to continue this tax of Is. 6d. in the pours: for ever if they liked. Mr. Appleton had stated that £14,000 would be required for sewerage; he contended that this was incorrect. He contended that though the bill might appear to bear immediately on the landlord, it would be to his ultimate benefit, and would relieve the present tenants. It was the interest of every shopkeeper to do everything they could to enlarge the community ; if it got known that the township was heavily taxed, it would drive inhabitants away; it ought therefore to be stringent on shopkeepers to support the bill, Which tended to keep the takes down. Un less this act was passed to enable them to get money, the town ship would he known as a heavily taxed town. He contended, that the debt would be put off by the bill to an indefinite period. and they would only have the interest to pay. tie denied, that he advocated this measure for his own interest. As for the pal try sum that would be paid to him for watching the bill through parliament, there were gentlemen enough present who knew that it was to him insignificant and contemptible. What he looked to was, the prospective benefit of the township. Mr. Sharp an t Mr. Appleton were both members of the committee which had assented to the bill, and he appealed to any one, wile-. ther it was not a disgrace to assent to that measure in the com mittee, and then in a private meeting to propose to get up an opposition to ft ? If any of them had a feeling of independence, they would retaliate with scorn ou such conduct. (Great con. , fusion, amidst which—) Mr. APPLETON rose, but did not speak. Mr. SHARP (with great heat)—Allow me to state—(Great confusion and interruption, amidst which a dog who was in the aisle set up a land "bow wow wow, bow wort.") A PA RISHIONEIL—One at (Ince, gentlemen, if you please.. (Laughter.) Mr. M t LABY.—It is recorded that the assent embraced the whole of the meeting, and Mr. Appleton was one of the meeting. Mr. APPLaror4.—My attending that meeting did not prevent my attending this. Mr. Mallaby has overturned the whole drift of my arguments. (Laughter, and' so he has." I stated that the taxation would be required to five per cent. As tis sewering, I said it in words, sir, that the tenants would not have to pay the sewerage: I come here freely to speak my minds Mr. AI ALLA iT had no doubt Mr. Appleton did not intend id make any mts-statement. There was one remark he wished tot make about the elective body. It was stated that the commisd sinners were to be elected under Sturges Bourne's Act. This bill had no such proposition. It was determined that the fran• chise should rest with the £lO rate-payers, as they were most calculated to look after the general it.terests. Mr. SHARP said when he was in the committee there was d elouse which passed the committee which was now withdrawn' He should wish to know the reason. Mr. Mar,La BY said the reason was that it was considered th'ai the franchise would be better in the £lo householders thari under Sturges Bourne's act. Perhaps Mr. Sharp might have assented to that, thinking it might cause opposition afterwards.. It was not anticipated that there would be any opposition. Mr. SHARP would propose that a clause should he inserted— that Sturges Bourne's bill should never be acted on. Mr. M - ALLAIST did not think they could get abill - of that kind passed. That act never could be acted on under this act. Mr. SHARP said there would be some hole lot the large rated payers to creep out at. (Confiiiiun.) A RATS PA YKR.—Will you allow nee— Another RATE-PAYER.—Mr. Chairman— A third Itarn-PAYER —Otte at oust. (Confusion.) Mr. SHARP at length made himself heard. A gentleman hail guaranteed the rate-payers that the cost of going to parliament with the bill should not exceed £5OO. Had Mr. Mallaby got the guarantee? Mr. MA 11.ABT.—No, I hare not. Your observation does not apply to me but to others. 1 have stated that the cost would be .£5OO or £550 to get the act through parliament if there was no opposition. I repeat that 1 will be bound by the result. Mr. Jacgsoh.-1 have no objection to guarantee if there is no opposition. Several Rate-payers.—There will he an opposition. The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, those foc and against it dividing to different sides of the church, when, at length, the tellers appointed gave in the numbers. 51 on each side. The Chairman then gave his casting vote in favour of the motion. Mr. SHARr then demanded a poll, and it was arranged, that the poll should he open an hour that afternoon ; to opea again this morning at ten, and close at four in the afternoon: the vot= ing to be under Sturges Bourne's act. GREAT FIRE AT MT. PKTEEISBURGII-DESTRUC TION OF THE WINTER. PALACE. ST. PETERSBURGH, DEC. 30.—The imperial winter palaces the residence of our Sovereigns, which was built by Count Rastrelli, at the beginning of the reign of the Empress Eliza• beth, and consequently near a century old, has been destroyed by tire which broke out suddenly in the interior of the huilding at a late hour la s t ni g ht, an d spread with such rapidity and fury thrt it defeated all our efforts made to arrest its progress, which were directed by his imperial Majesty In person, but were ex tremely difficult from the severe cold, the thermometer being at 22 degrees by Reaumurs thermometer below the freezing point, or 28 degrees below zero of Fatenheit.) It has not yet been possible to ascertain the original cause of this calamity which has befallen our beloved Monarch just on his returtt from a long and fatiguing journey to this residence of his iinces. tors. The fire is still burning, and at the moment oftny writing, that part of the palace is in !Limes which contains the apart. ments of the Emperor, the Empress, and his august family, which is opposite the Admiralty and the Wa l ley ately on the breaking out of the fire the imperial family retired to the palace of her imperial Majesty. The imperial hermi tage, that repository of the rarest and most costly treasures of art, the loss of which would be irreparable, is, at present, wholly untouched, and it is hoped, with the Divine assistance, that it will lie preserved, and, pe t harps, also th e s id e next to t h e million , For this week past the winter has been very severe, the cold has . been 42 deg. Re a umu r , b ut t h e communication with the in, tenor is very difficult for want of snow. The Earl of Shrewsbury has transmitted his usual donation for the purpose of purchasing emits to be given to the indus. ttious poor of the parish of Wimpton • and on Frid a y, th e 22nd ult., it was di s t r ib ute d to upwards of 1 00 families. DEATH OF EARL ELDON.—We regret to announce the death of-tbe above venerable nobleman, which took place at his resiA deuce, No; 1, Hamilton place, Piccadilly, on Saturday after , noon, at four o'clock, in the 87th year of his age. We believe his lordship was attacked with no particular complaint, but sunk under gradual decay of nature. His lordship was at 4 tended during his illness by his daughter, Lady Frances Henke', the wife of Mr. Bankes, of Corte Castle, who since her separa tion from her husband has resided with her venerable parent: Lord Eldon has left two daughters, Lady Frances hanks and Lady Elizabeth Upt on , th e w if e o f Mr. Upton, the architect, and will be succeeded in the title by his grandson, Lord Viscount Encombe, who is now in his 27th year, and who came to town from Shirley House, near Croydon, to attend on his noble grand father during his last moments. Lord Eldon, with the exception of Lord Lynedoch, was the most aged member in the House of Peers. ANOTHISR SIMS! ('V THS Qualm, AS 1111CII AS Stit of THE uasi.—Two things were ender prohiiiiti.n in the Duchess of Kent's establishment—the Tirnesand green tea. It is said that the Queen, immediately on returning (rem her first council, ad. dressed an attendant thus—" To-day's Times coda cup of t green ea!' Loweavyry.—The atonal dinner was lately given by Mr: Lansdown, of the White Horse inn. Cricklade, to twents-four of Ibe oldest poor men of that town, whose united ages amount ed to 1827 years. INCENDIAII/SN IN W11.75.—A ire, supposed to be the work of an incehdiary, took plaza on Wednesday night week, at Chiverell, on a small farts in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Chapman. A wheat rick, containing about 15 sacks, was en tirely destroyed, A melancholy accident occurred on Tuesday to Mr. Henry Penny, jun., of Yeovil. While out amusing himself with his gun. on getting over a hedge, he gave it to a boy to hold, and while in the act of retaking it, u hen on the other side, with the muzzle pointed towards himself, the trigger, which was cocked, caught in a bramble, and the gun exploded, lodging its. con. tents in the head of Mr. Penny, by which accident he was instantly killed. PATiI AND WILLS DIOCESAN CFMRCH litlzotsix Assoct. association was formed on the 11th of August, 1137, and has already contributed towards providing in the Diocese 6117 additional sittings, of which 4668 are to he free and unappropriated for ever. We consider h necessary to state, fhat the number of met! intended fur Canaria, as announced by the United Service (;di: felle of Saturday, is incorrect, inasmuch as our contemporari states the entire to be only 3 Of); whereas the troops at present udder orders. including the artillery, adiount to nearly 7,(X)0 rank add file.—Times. Countless flocks of birds, hating the appearance of fi e ldret e f in the distance, passed over the north-eastern parts of ihe metro' polls, in a southerly direc(iid). of the end o f last %yea, 8d iiiimermis *ere these winged fiigifives from the black north i 11141 they darkened the air like a Cloud, and their transit o tos pi e d several tnintites. The weather•wise considet the eirteciftio stance a sure prognostteitf a meters cud pruiragle4 seisesois Alort,iny ilorml4l.