The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-15 00:00:00

15, 1836. ATISM EIZATIVE CONSERVA- ronick, of the Blackburn place in the Cloth was profusely deco ;s, crowns, &c. &c. took place from the he town, headed by a.ined in the wind, white silk, which lay, by Mrs. Foster, tanker, Blackburn. s, "The Blackburn on the other, in the and underneath , r flag, presented by , urhood, were paint he inscriptions were elation, established ing, the Peers, and to do his duty; e procession called to the dining-room lackburn, and Wm. presentative of the n at the Cloth-ball, itic cheers. Theca aess the procession, ht to every friend erly appearance or ed with the exhal e merry peals from eenstantly chiming offect on the intel : loyal and enter ,r was served up by manner, when it is listance of nearly a id the whole of the ► the officers of, the :mainly' had spared vidual comfortable. 1 feet in length and 1 430 persons were tables were four in I the worthy chair inty coroners, sup- T, vicar of Black- Lb) , Wm. Fieldeu, Wigan. Amongst neighbourhood, we r, Esq., J. Green n Robinsod, Esq., Ind many others. he Operative Con on,. Presto& and ented the Morning Bolton Chronicle. ds were admitted, a proceedings, the !ct. The Rev. Dr. it, and the cloth and requested a lieved there never ign stood more in r the country than he was surround a utterly detested, Inking man in the id pervaded the t ; and he trusted to the sovereign dd be exhibited in nlv in the Palace, dominions. He .sty, the Duke of cheers, and one accompanied on )any standing and to propose was as !eting as the first. seen was a model ) " The Queen, with three times vas —" The Prin ly, and may they , use of Brunswick marks before the nt Sovereign and to doubt but they he toast to which r example would Lure sovereign of refit of the min st should be pre u deserted those itry would desert the toast before ) more. Glee— need not remind , ed from the aer would be unne m to drink the " The navy and and one more. , need only to be It was " The uly Apostolical dous cheering.) of Blackburn, n su n Constitutio n in lb a spontaneous Lord Lyndhurst followed the an iption we could vas "Sir Robert a of Ominous." doers and one words " HeW , ; a was a general Ilv encored.) .Idea, Esq., )perative Con- dged the toast, ;es, Esq., their oas,t was drunk ged the bolts of proposed the (Drank with lave to propose I, and that was .ssociation, W. lowed the an ast was drunk the Chairman IN , 36. . , company in the room. The conservative peers and conset v live memberi must male led away from their duty by any Cilse drliearv . ; they must fi g ht th ose vulgar- men, f o r such d i e ma kititt• of the present House of Commons had been proved to be, ou their own ground and with•their own weapons; and, however ungracious the task might be to gentlemen of refined feelings, Justice to the House of Peers and to the country demanded it. ( Lill applause.) The House of Peers the next session ought to originate. their own measures at an early period, and whilst they thus tested the sincerity of the House of Commons, would • ii• also le ave t h e ungrac i ous task of refusing wise measures to the Cacti us majority of - that house. (Loud cheers.) He would how conclude by assuring them that the conductors of the con servative.press, with mantel whom he had the honour of per sonal acquaintance, would continue to be animated by one spirit foe the.next 'three months, when in all probability the parlia ment would assemble, and then they would resign the task .to the representatives of right principles in both branches of the legislature. Lie felt greatly honoured by the handsome notice which had been.ligstowed upon an humble individual . like him self; h ut h e was d'etermined never to relax in his exertions for the cause in vhich they were mutually engaged. (Three dis tinct cheers were given to Mr. Foster when he sat down.) " The Blue Belles of Blackburn," was next drunk with nine times nine. Mr. Tiplady paid a handsome compliment to the - Lady of 4Alia Foste,s, Esq. for the elegant flag which she had that day f) routed to the Association. • At this period Wm. Fielding, Esq., M.P., and several friends left theroom, amidst the plaudits of the whole company. Mr. Tiplady, in a neat speech, proposed "The health of Mrs. Hargreaves and family, and long life and prosperity to them." Drank with musical 11,.nours. The Chairman returned thanks on the part of Mrs. Hargreaves and family , and assured them, that she, like the majority of fe males in the Empire, was truly a Conservative. Glee—" Here's a health to all good lasses." " The Officers of the Blackburn Operative Conservative Asso r eiation," "The health - of Mr. Fleming, and thanks to him for the use of his room." (These toasts were drunk with the accus tomed honours.) • The Chairman then retired, and thus closed the proceedings of the most interesting and orderly dinner amongst the opera tives we ever witnessed; and Thursday last will, we are certain, be a proud day for Conservatism in the future annals of Black-, burn. THEATRE-ROYAL LIVERPOOL Vl,' RS. and MISS STANLEY most respectfully. a IVA their BENEFIT on WEDNESDAY, (T when will be perforined Murphy's Comedy. of ALL ;IN TI-W WRON Sir John' RestleSs.; . 111 r. Stuart . I Beyerle .Mr. Howard Lady Restless Mrs. Stanley. Clarissa ' Miss Stanley, Tattle Mrs. Clarke. Belinda.. . Miss Faucit. To COn'aude with the splendid Spectacle of BLUE BEARD. Mr. ATKINS hasiin.T.: -, ,i;atTte7lPerri;Sion for the splendid ELEPHANT RAJAH alit that rare AniaTalit:e DROMEDARY to appear; the whole' will (um . a Pageant of unprecedented attraction and novelty. Ticket's 16 be had - -at the Box-office, Theatre-Royal, and of Mrs. and Miss STANLEY, at Mr. Woodward's, 150, Islington. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Tire insertion. of the well-written appeal of " Aufidius" to the Conservatives of Liverpool, would. only tend to prejudice the cause a hich it is designed -to suliserve. The three great classes of the constituency—the pwrchants—the tradesmen — and the operatives—have given a definitive expression of their feelins in favour of the. Hon.; C. J. Canning; and the certainty of success—lainounting to demonstration—renders it quite unnecessary to adopt the alternative which our cur espondent so ably suggests.. " J. W." is informed that the subject of his communication is 1101 adapted fur discussion in toe columns of a newspaper. We never meddle with affairs of a private and_ personal character. The verses by " A Constant Reader" do not suit us. The "Punch.and Jedy" affair to which an " Anti-destructive" alludes, is many degrees below contempt. " Pedestres" complains—we think very justly--of the abomi nable state of the streets in various parts of the town. The letter of " R. G. I." has been ,received, but we beg to assure him that the insignificant creatures against whom he complains are utterly unworthy of his notice. Pertinacity in • • maintaining a falsehood is not sufficient to induce the public to give them any degree of credit. We shall feel obliged for any information from our correspon dents respecting the meteoric appearances which were ex pected_ to.be.visible on Saturday night. Abe Liberpool g.,tanbarb. TUESDAY-MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1836. The demand made. upon our columns by subjects of deep local, as well as national, interest to the cause of . conservatisM, is the only reason we have to offer for de laying s o long the discussion of the question of church rates, for the extinction of which a mongrel meeting of dissenters, and nominal churchmen, was lately held in the city, of London. This is a subject of the first im portance to our national church, and, through our national eturch, to all our political and civil institutions. It is the first outpost that. its enemies are assailing with a view to draw nearer their lines, and thereby, ultithately, to effeCt its Complete destruction. We, therefore, hope to be indulged with a little patience, whilst we: combat the piausibre, but unsubstantial, arguments of these enemies of our establishment. The leader who harangued the metropolitan. assembly was .Mr. Charles - Lushington, M.P. He :opened his sp:ee:.:ll with a very well turned eulogy upon his own libe ntfity, which with arch subtlety he also turned into an ar gument to prove the justice of the claims they were met to urge. You have called upon me, a churchman, says lie, to preside over a meeting of dissenters asking for concession from That church to which I belong. Is - this Dot a ilvtiof of !‘ Ole moderation and reasonableness of your views." It Is always a,painful 'task. to us to make personal al lusions, but: in .the discharge of our sterner duties, and especially when such. momentous issues &Pend upOn it, our feelings must bow to justice. A member of the es tablished 'church appearing to' advocate a measure de struetive.of its acknowledged legitimate rights, is so great a practical solecisth,such a suicidal picture, that .we cannot look at it with any feelings of complacency— a member of the establishment placed at the head of a phalanx of the direst enemies to the establishment creates such a confusion" of ideas, that we are hurried_on to al roost uncharitable surmises. So far from such an incon gruity affording evidence of integrity of purpose on the part of dissenters; it only serves to exhibit in him that submits to. it, to-what a depth or degradation man may fall. If such language flattered the erect ears of dissenters, or has made any 'impression upon the weak minds of any drivellers in : the land, upon us it falls pointless. What! are we surprised to find Mr. C. Lushington advocating measures engendered in the agitated mind of dissent? Should we have been surprised if the next day he had stood forward the champion of Romanism, and on the third day spoke, in hi 9 unfired eloquence of liberalism, in. behalf of the creed of Mahomet ? But though we value little, and fear less; the authority of - Mr. Lushing-: ton, and the "ragged regiment" of recreant churchmen who fought 'under his banners at this metropolitan meet tng, we thitik it our bounden duty, which in.these days of limovatimitwould be criminal to neglect, to expose the sophistry, and lay bare thetreachery, of the impugners of our nationaLestablishMent. The principle laid dowt) by Mr. LU:sliiht(in, and whiCh was made the foundation stone upon which .was erected the unterrific batteries of this 'politico : ecclesiastical legion:WaS; (and Who ever saw such a piece of dialectic wisdom, fromthe time of Aristo tle to that of Saunderson, Duncan, or Watts,) that be cause ".we of. the Church of England should, undoubt edly, refuse to contribute to any Compulsory payment for the establishment of dissenters' chapels, or, to provide clean linen for its service, it is therefore perfectly unjust that dissenters should be required to contribute, by corn• pulsory means, to the repair of our churches, or to the expense of their contingent ministrations." It is possi ble that this argument may be weighty upon the mental shoulders of Mr. Lusliington, and of other men of equally Weak minds—it is possible that the " therefore" of this gentleman may carry upon its front the impress of a just conclusion—and it is only because we know that there are thousands in our land who have not been disciplined to correct thinking, and ten thousands who are ready to embrace error when it fosters their own views, that we shall expose the folly of this reasoning, and the fatal is- saes to which it tends. Our readers will then perceive that:if such a principle were universally recognised, it Would occasion the complete dismemberment of civil go vernment, and carry society back, by one retrogressive step, to its primitive state. If it be true and just, that they who forego the hene fil,s of an institution ought, "therefore," to be relieved from supporting it, why then the Society of Friends, of whorl) we shall always speak with the highest respect, nught not to he required to pay anything towards the I ,aintenance of the army and navy, because they consci entiously disallow war. But, would it be just to give them the protection, in person and estate, which an army and navy afford, and not demand from them any contri hntionto support Owe brilwai 1:s of our national inde - Pendence ? Ought it to suffice us, because they con- etude that Providence will ever protect the righteous by the secret exercise of means independent of men, that ounce Tst, we, who believe that Providhence governs the Moral worli by the instrumentality of agents, shpuld not, make, provi- : sion to have those agents ready, whenever an exigen's may require. Again, the Friends, upon principle, de cline going to law, and this, as well as the former scru ple, is an amiable feature in the character Of their doe trince—" Why du ye not rather suffer wrong. 7 Shall we, who believe such precepts to have a restricti7e sense, applicable to christian societies alone, shall we expnerate them from all contribution to maintain the executive de partment of our constitution ?—shall the judicial bench be, broken down because one section of christians think it ought not to be supported ?—.ind thus, were we to follow out the principle laid down by Mr. Lushington, and cla mOrnusly iterated by those who cast all their. thoughts into the same mould, we should soon find every corner of the constitution crumbling away—the " prinCiple" , not paying for that we disallow, would be a bonus offered to every disaffected member of the state to declaim against its institutions: _The collector of rates and taxes would be met in almost every house with some disclaimer of the object for which they were demanded, down to the licentious leveller, who talks obstreperously about free dour of which he understands nothing, who would ask for the demolition of all government, it being his desire that man should return to his pristine independence—and this leveller, who is but the extreme term of the series, has as just a claim, to be heard, as these clamourers for the extinction of church rates, so far as both of them rest aport.the same principle, that what they disallow, they ought not be called upon to support. -But is this oppcisition to church rates an isolated ques tion? Does not the dissenting eye look beyond it? Was the church rates not the second object in the group When the test and corporation acts were the first ?—and do they not view in the back ground of the picture the abolition of tithes ?—and all caught and coMprehended with one iyncea❑ glance of dissent? " - But do they think that 'recent events have not also quickened 'our dis cernment ? Apathy and credulity, though they slumber long, may be aroused to activity and distrust—the hand of benevolence may be closed by ingratitude—and a sense. of abused kindness put us on our guard against a repe tition of treachery. There is, however, one obvious dis tinction between the test and corporation acts and the ex action of church rates; the former were temporary out works erected to defend the establishment from-the as 7 saults of those enemies whOse ensigns had not a suffici ently- marked character to distinguish to what party. they. belonged—when the predominance of the national church was fully established upon those principles upon which it was originally founded, but which a spirit of persecu tion had attempted to shake, then she exercised, as it ever is her delight to do, the character of generosity— she pulled down those outworks, and proclaimed tolera tion to an extent which prudence might almost suspect incompatible with social peace. We have said, there is a distinction between the test and corporation acts and the exaction of tithes. The former we have shown to be only accidental to church go vernment—the latter we think essential to it. " You take my house when you do take the prop that doth sus tain my house; you take my life when you do take the means whereby I live." The abrogation of the former left the church entire=the extinction of the latter will be the infraction of a "principle" endangering its exist ence ; let us therefore take heed to the slightest invasion of " principle." The whole consequences of such an in vasion are seldom seen. If the tide, from the violence of the gale, should sometimes rise and overflow the banks which shut in our fields, we can easily estimate the da mage sustained, and if the evil he of frequent recur rence we can provide against it ; but if it has penetrated through the base itself, though the mischief at first may be little, it will every day increase, and eventually bring with it irretrievable ruin. Should we concede the aboli tion of church rates, on the ground above alleged, that he who does not acknowledge an institution ought to be relieved from supporting it, how can we refuse the aboli tion of tithes? The arguments - which are valid in one case, are equally valid in the other—they are founded upon the same principle; and rest assured that the dis• senters, after such a victory, will march on with redoubled speed, and brandish their weapons with all the enthusi asm of success. Against the principle, therefore, stand firm, and you will cast dismay into the enemy's camp. But we have to complain not only of the injustice of the claim now urged by dissenters, but the spirit and the manner in which they urge it. • Such a combination of flippant indecency, and constitutional insubordination, is hardly to be found upon the record of our history. Un like honest men preferring a conscientious claim, they have recourse to the stratagems of malignant sarcasm, to the arrows of wit dipped in poison, and to the grosses t ribaldry.- We think it needless to quote examples in verification of our charge, as any one of the speeches of any one of the orators at the metropolitan meeting will abundantly supply them. But we must now call, fOr a moment, the public attention to the means which a re gularly organized association has put forth, as alone likely to obtain for them what they ask. Will it be believed, that a body. of men professing to be holier than their neighbours—to be preachers of submission to "the pow ers that be"—to inculcate the truth " that laws are not made for a righteous man," but for the disobedient and unruly"—to " honour kings"—that such men should conspire to set an example in contrariety to all these wholesome precepts of good government, and to encou rage all their.clan to refuse payment of a legally autho rived rate ? Do they hope to shelter themselves under the specious cloak of passive resistance ? Is it a virtue--- a christian virtue assuredly it is not—so to act as to in- . cur the perialty of a broken law ; and is not the seizure of their goods, in payment of a refused demand, the penalty affixed by law for such contumacy ? Dissenters must have very plastic consciences, that can so easily take an impression from the seal of self-will—they are subtle casuists, Whd can reconcile strange contradictions, and, very probably, will feel no compunction in setting an example to the country, of refusing obedience to its laws, whenever caprice may prompt. They tell us (for so a morning paper reports) that there will not be found brokers enow in the land to carry out the executions of the law. What a shameless plea for resisting the pay ment of a tax!. It is the plea of•injustice'coupled with craft in its worst form ; and what_a precedent will it be to• r o a lify a refusal . of payment, off' any Other tax by. any other section of the unquiet in the land ?—when minis ters of the gospel teach insubOrdintition, and practice what they teach, where will ignoranc4 ierged on by the incitements of political demagogeeki,' Siop ? Shall we any longer feel wonder at :the systematic refusal of the deluded Catholic in Ireland to pay 'tithes ? Shall we ex press sdiprise at the acts of desperation that follow in the train of this doctrine ? All is, without a - shade of distinction, the same in principle with the refusal of church rates. A body of men who claim for themselves the highest.step on the ladder of holiness have copied the example of a country of rebellious Catholics, in resisting the laws of that government under which they live, from which they derive all their temporal blessings, and to which they owe a cheerful obedience. Nay more, in ag gravation of the crime of Ireland, they add hypocrisy to their offence, because they teach doctrines from their pul pits which they discourage in civil life. We have not space to-day to pursue this subject further; and we shall, probably, very soon be recalled to it by parliamentary dinas procee On Wednesday last Loyd Stanley passed through St. Quen• tin with his family on his road to Faris, whence he will proceed to Italy. FIRE.—On Sunday morning, at about one o'clock, the po liceman on duty in Byrom-street became sensible of a smell of fire in the neighbourhood ct the shop occupied by Mr. Mauegh, provision -dealer, Byrom-street. This continued to increase till about three o'clock, when,,as his attention hadixtemeontinually directed to the spot, he saw smoke'and.slight tOligues of dusky flame issuing from the shutters of!Mr. Mauegh'ri,shop: lie im mediately roused the family, and i gavecthe alarm to the .officers in the vicinity. Intelligence was conveyed to the Fire Police Station, and the engineSoinder the command of Hewitt, were quickly on the spot. In the meantime the. ; /ire had. ascended into the first story with- great rapidity, and before the engines could be got into play, though but little time had elapsed, it had attained a very alarming height,. and it was evident that the whole interior of the building would be consumed. When the engines got fairly to work, however, the fire began gradUallY to give way before the immense quantity of water that was thrown i d nu , pon it, a n d b y h a lf- pa it font' o'clock it was completely sub uee small n A olice.m ofqrt:alsrnitaintyegh t ,plroe areper wasliatypp y to saved b the was insured.exertions of state,thl by The rapidity o f the fire was occasioned by the necessity of burst ing open the front door to effect the deliverance of the inmates: Hewitt was , as usual, active and' infrepi& i.'i-:6 . LiVEiiPOol,-.-i '.A.&:tbAi:itii THE THEATRE . , Last evenit* Shakspeare's tragedy of "ceriolatins" ttas re presented, fer the benefit of my. Stuart ; he playing, Goias Mat-- cies Corialan us. We believe this is Mr. Stuares fitst appear ance in this - character. We were at first rather inclined to think that his representation of Coriolasius,—the high minded, proud, and impetuous Roman . partook too much of vehemence, — of /war ; hut, on re-consideration ditto character, we were in clined to qualify that opinion. The scene iu the market place, where Coriutanus brings himself to solicit the suffiligei of the people to elect him as Consul, was played in the full spirit of the character and betrayed much study of the part. It carried out the author's unexpressed meaning. The answer to the citi 'zens puffed up with their own importance, when asking what had brought him there to ask their sufirages;—' " Nut mine own desire. "Twos never my desire yet To trouble the poor with begging," was splendidly delivered. llis acting in the third net, where he charges Sicitthluand Grates, tribunes of the people, with setting the. people against him, who had so lately given him their voices— " Are these your herd ? Must these have voices that can yield them now, And strai!rht disclaim their tongues ?—What are your offices? You being their mouth, why rule you not their teeth? Have you not set them on ?" - is deserving of especial notice; the action and the delivery were beautiful; and met with an immediate response frem the audience. We have not time to notice fully the piece. In some parts, however, there was a degree of mouthing and almost raving violence, which, ifcarried out in nature to the extent repre sentcd,would be rather a feat ure'of a weak than of agreat mind ; it was a rage where reason appeared unseated, and passion alone had sway: and our opinion of this was borne out by the silence of the audienee at (to the actor) the distressing effort. In the first interview. with Atifidius after his banishment, and with the Roman matrons interceding with him for the safety of their 'city, his acting was brilliant and successful. On the whole, we do not ddittit 'bk . Mr. Stuart' will prove as happy in the per sonation' ortbis'ait`he ha's been in most of Shakspeare's finest characters. Mr. Andrews played well as Menenias, as also did Mrs. Stanley as Votairiia. At the fall of the curtain Stuart was loudly and perseveringli'called for. mid at last was obliged to make his appearance. 'lle was enthusiastically cheered. He briefly, from his exhausted state, tendered his heartfelt thanks . for the splendid testimony of the'approbation et the public he had before him. He might be permitted also to infer frtim the large audience before him that his success had kept pace with their apptobatinn. On'retiring he was greeted again with en thusiastic cheers. The house, we are happy to say, was very full. We perceive that Mrs. and Miss Stanley take their benefit on Wednesday night. Mrs. Stanley, as the female tragedian of the company, and Miss Stanley, as a most pleasing general actress, have considerable claims on the public. We heartily wish them success. CONSECRATION 'W ST. MARY'S CHURCH, KIRKDALE. Yesterday afternoon, St. Mary's Church, recently erected at Kirkdale, was visited by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Chester anti of the diocese, for the purpose of being consecrated. The service commenced. at two o'clock. The church is a neat small church of gothic architecture, and built of brick, substan tial but diYested of all costly ornament: it is situated at a little to the left of the road at Kirkdale. The church wa's built by subscriptions, and cost, including the organ, (which though small, is a very handsome oneSL3,3OO. It is calculated to seat 1,064 persons, 150 of which sittings are let at a low rate, and 164 are free for the use of the poor. The interior is built with two parallel side aisles, and has a neat gallery round. The organ is placed in a gallery over the communion table. The minister's stipend is derived from the pew-rents, and it is re markable, that although the church has only been opened a few weeks, under licence from the Bishop, yet the whole of the seats intended to he let, with the exception of ten, are taken. The patronage of the church is vested in five trustees," Messrs. Wm. Potter, T. B. Horsfall, ltd. Johnson, Samuel Moline, and Thos. Dover. The minister appointed is the Rev. David James. We know of no place where a church is more wanted, in the midst of a thickly populated district with uo church near. A dissent ing chapel has, been souse time established there, which, from the want of .6M:eh accommodation, drew many members of the establishment to it. A . very handsome communion service has been presented to the church by Mr. T. B. Horsfall. The books were given by J. C. Mullineua, Esq., and the velvet cushions: -Sec., by Miss Mullisteux, of Stapleland. At two thd Bishop entered, and was followed by a number of the elergy.;.we.observed the Rev. T. G. Leigh, the Rev. T. Moss',Rev."Mr: ilassell, Rev. J. H. Stewart, Rev. Inn. Jones, Rev. 'Thos. s Tattershall, Rev. T. Wreay, Rev. Mr. Gardner, Rev. Hugh M`lsleile, Rev. Mr. Bates, Rev. Mr. Horner, Rev. Cyrus Morrel, Rev. Frederick Barker, of Edge-hill, Rev. Mr. Barker, of Everton; Rev., Mr. Lyons, Rev. Mr. Ormrod, &c. The trust deed having been read by the Rev. Mr. Ward, of Chester, the Deputy-register, the Bishop went through the ceremony of consecration, walking down the aisles, preceded by the mitre and followed by the clergy, repeating after him the usual fortnular. After the ceremony of consecration had been gone through, the Rev. D. James ascended the reading desk and Lead the evening service. The Bishop then delivered a very' forcible and excellent sermon, taking for his text the Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, the 6th chapter and 16th verse, " Ye are the temples of the living God." From this text the Right Rev. Prelate drew a beautiful comparison betwixt the temple they were met that day to dedicate to the worship of the Almighty,—" an object calculated to raise our hearts from this perishing world above things seen to things unseen"—and his hearers as " temples of the living God," calling upon them to dedicate themselves as such to the Al mighty. After the sermon an appropriate hymn was sung and a col lection made in aid of the funds for providing free and cheap sittings in the church. The collection amounted to £lO. • LIVERPOOL POLICE. • N 111 j ,-- ATroN.On Friday, at the Police-office, John Do:vv= . big•gin, the keeper of a respectable public-house in Park,lanA, was summoned 00 an infirtnatiou laid by Butler, the inspector, charging hOn with having permitted drunkenness in his house on Saturday night last. Butler stated that he. called at, the house, ,hearing a great noise, soon after ten O'clock, and tid , vise(' Mrs. Dowbiggin to get rid of her company. Shortly.after twelve o'clock, on passing there, he heard a great noise,.and an going in found about forty men there, all more or. less drunk, and three very drunk. Ou forcing his way up stairs, they were bringing a man down the stairs quite drunk, and the company in the room appeared going to fight, as one man was on the table, and.there was a great uproar. Two policemen, corrobo-. rated this statement. Dowbig;zin denied this, and said he had witnesses to prove that there was no one in the house , at twelve O'clock on Saturday night. Mr. Charles]Horsfall, jun., begged to be allowed to explain the eircumstanees., They had been opening -a new foundry, and he had given his men a sum of money fora supper, and about sixty of them - were .holding this supper on Saturday night at Dowbiggin's. The men who were brought up as witnesses were very respectable men, whose word he would believe as soon as Mr. Hall's; 0,0 of them were,the last who were in the house, and they would.swear they were out of the h,et4p 4ve minutes before:twelve. • He might state that these men wene•veryrespectable, and some of them were in „the receipt of as much as £ISO a year. Mr. Hall:_ " What they receive will not constitute respectability, Mr. Horsfall." Mr. Horsfall: " Generally it does." Three very respectable-look ing mechanics then swore that they were out of the house live minutes before twelve o'clock; that there had been no-drink drawn after Pminutes past eleven; and that none of them were drunk, though they had had liquor. A waiter also gave similar evidence. Butler said he heard St. James's clock strike twelve: before he went Jo the house. Mr. Hall said the magistrates were of opiniunthat,the case was proved: they should fine the defendant Ds. and costs. . ..... Ass sur.T.--Qp. Friday, at the police-office, a respecta4le loaking woman, ;the keeper of a boarding-house,. appeared to eomplain against another boarding-house keeper, named' Mrs. M I niyre, (whose exterior woman betokened a lower grade in the scale of .boarding-house keepers), for a grievous assault. The complainant,.bobbing a curtsy, said. " May it please your worshipful highnesses, I had this woman up for the hail not five . "weeki sine!, and she's continuously ever since abused me as had as ever. She's continuously. kit it, your Worships." Mr. Hall.—" But what is the complaint you have to .make ?" Complainatit.—" Why, your worships, it's only the day befoie yesterday, that I was down at the docks looking out for boarders, when this woman conies up and abused me scandalous, and, not satisfied with that, she got my arm in her mouth and bit it, and used very vulgar language, and almost kilt toe, in a man ner." (A laugh, in which complainant joined, very demurely.) Defendant (who appeared with two unqulitiecl. black eyes.)— "Didn't you tear the bonnet off my head ?" Complainant.— " After she got my harm in her mouth, I might tear her bonnet off." Defendant.—" Weren't you very drunk ? and didn't you get your husband and a gentleman as goes with you to kick me?" The complainant remained silent to this interrogatory, till it was repeated by Mr. Hall. Complainant, very demurely. —" Well, sir, I did undertake one glass of ale, but I was not at all tipsy." Defendant.—" Yes_ you was, Mrs. Crossley, and that gentleman (pointing to a man behind, having the appeal ance of a coal porter) as was with you was drunk too, and helped you to give me two black eyes, he did." Mr. Hall. Well, let us see what the gentleman says." (Laughter.) " he gentleman" then stood up in the witness box, and on being asked to state what happened said, " I seed Mrs. M'lntyre come up to Mrs. Crossley, and abuse her very bad, and Mrs. Crossley made answer and said," never mind, I must com pute it to your ignorance. —(loud laughter)--I never seed a blow at all. .A . tter a bit I went to 'em again, and I found Mrs. Crossley had her hand fast in Mrs. M'lntyre's hair. (Laugh ter.) I tried my best to get her loose but could not, she hooded on so hard (loud laughter) so as Mrs. M'lntyre was squeaking. I went for a pair of scissors to cat it." (Continued laughter.) Mr. Hall.--" To cut what ?" Witness.—" To cut her hair for sure." Mr. Hall.—" Well, did you cut her loose?" Wit• ness.—" Yes, I cut her louse." (Great laughter.) Mr. Hall.— " Well, Mrs. M'lntyre, what have you to say to this charge?" Defendant—(producing a bonnet all torn in tatters)—" Gen'le men, we follies both one biznis; we both keeps boarders ; and she's very spiteful at me a-coarse o' that, till I darnt go aboard a ship to inquire after a lodger. And in the main time she comes tantalising me a-coarse I was under bail, and said she would do every thing to break my I said nufhn. With that she follied us up, and says, " will you make it all tight and take a glass of two sorts with•me"—(l think she called it.)—(Great laughter.) So with that we had a glass Of two sorts, and a glass o' London porter, as that would taste the greens,' she said. Them was her very words. (Laughter.) Mr. Hall.—" But what do you say to beating her ?" Defend dant.—" 1 never did no such a thing; but they left me with two black eyes, tore my bonnet, and abused . me shameful." Complainant.—" I don't wish to hurt her, but she annoys me when she gets a little drink, and calls dreadtul names." De ' fendaat.—" Oh dear-me.," It appearing that the complainant had had defendant bound over to keep the peace but five weeks before. Mr. Hall said he should fine her 15s. and Costs; and in default of payment to go 14 days to the Borough gaol. Corn plainant.—" Your worship, if there is any money paid I don't wish to take it myself; give it to the public charities.. (Loud laughter, amidst which exit the litigants.) SHnPLIFTINc4.--On Saturday last Dennis M'Dermot, a well known thief, was placed before Mr. Hall, charged with having stolen a pair of trousers from the shop of 'John Carmichael, tailor, Great Crosshalktreet. It appeared' from the evidence, that at six o'clock on Friday night, the prisoner went to the above shop and pretended that he wanted to make some pur chases. Having induced Mrs. Carmichael to turn her back, he Snatched "up a pair of trousers and ran off with them. He was pursued into Johnson-street, where he threw away the trousers, which were picked up by a little girl and returned to the owner.. The prisoner was secured. He was committed to the House of Correction for one mouth. THEFT BY a SITOPBOY.—Thomas Renshaw was, on Satur day, charged before Mr, Hall with having robbed his master, Mr. Edward' Hughes, grocer, St. iames-street. It appears that the prisoner las employed by Mr. Hughes as his shopboy, and that great confidence was reposed iu him, as he hrul-aceess to air the money di7awers, and sometimes assisted in servin g cus tomers. Mr. Hughes had, from time to time, missed small sums of money, but had no suspicion of the prisoner, till he re ceived some information from two women, at the beginning of last week. In consequence of this, he marked four half crowns and one shilling, which, on searching the priioner, were found on his person. Ile was delivered into the custody of police-officer Glover. On his way to Bridewell he confessed the theft. Ho was committed for trial at the Borough sessions. Punr.ic HA I.L.—lt gives us much pleasure to learn, that the shares in this undertaking till up rapidly. the sum of £l6ox) having . been already subscribed. This is just the result which we anticipated from the high respectability of the members of the committee in general, the well-known activity of the mem bers on whom the management has more especially devolved, and the public spirit for which this enlightened community is distinguished. _ PRESRNTATION OF PLATE.—The passengers of the ship Co lumbus have presented to Captain Augustus do Peyltpi; a very handsome piece of plate, in testimony of their admiration of the gallant and seamanlike conduct of that gentleman under cir cumstances of more than ordinary difficulty and danger during a recent passage across the Atlantic. Baas.—The following extraordinary circunistance cannot b u t he interesting to naturalists :—A hive of bees, belonging to Mr. J. C. Shaw, Derby-breek, and which are kept in lateral boxes on Mr. Nutt's humane principle, threw out a swarm on the 13th October last, and which were secured in ,a common cottage hive. After remaining three weeks incapable of laying up a ny portion of nourishment for the winter in consequence of the un usual early severe weather, they returned, to the mother hive, and were readmitted. This fact almost proves that these inte resting insects have reasoning faculties. TURN-OUT AT PRESTON.—The workmen, to the amount of 15,000, who had turned out for an advance of wages, were still out on Saturday. A troop of dragoons and a company o f in.; lautry are in the town. Ronnartins.—The thieves, unable to effect robberies in their usual way, have adopted a new plan, which, unless householders be on their guard, will produce a rich harvest of plunder. Th e , proceed thus :—Soon after dark, they bustle up to the str(.;et doors of respectable houses; as. if they belonged .to them, and, , by means of skeleton latch-keys, enter. When iti;,they secure' such available articles as lie in the parlour, and retire u pp er . ceived. On Tuesday evening, two of them were disturbed at tempting to enter a lady's hOuse in Mount-pleasant. They fl e d, leaving the skeleton latch-key behind them.. On Thursday: evening they entered the house of Mr. Gibson, the sculptor, in; Gildart-street, and robbed it to a considerable extent. On`: Thursday afternoon, during the abience of the inhabitants, th e y also entered a house in Christian-street, and, stole therefr o m a. quantity of wearing apparel, &c. " Indefatigable researches into various branches . of science have in numerous instances proved abortive:tint . us some they have proved pre-eminently successful .and: highlY'lienetieial to the public.. In support of this observation, the - medical skill de veloped in the preparation of. Mr. Wray's' , Balsairaic Pill, is a full.corroboration. No medicine has beetimore efficient or better calculated at once to benefit the cornmunitVand reflect percodnent honour on the abilities and talents or the 'inventor and proprietor, to whom may be applied the motto of the.im mortal Nelson, Paktum qui rneruit ferat.' The Obs6ver. • GLASGOW, PAISLEY. KILMARNOCK, AND AYR RAtt.WAY ComeANy.—On Wednesday a numerous and highlrrespectable meeting of the shareholders in the above undertaking was held in the Hall of the Black Bull Inn, the Earl of Egliaon in the chair. Hie lordship on being calledto the chair, rose and said, that it had long been the wish of his family to have a railroad formed iu the district through which it was proposed that it should noW be done, and his grandfather had the project in con templati6n. He could only say that he inherited the wish of his relative, and there was no doubt now that it would be gone into, from the gratifying unanimity that prevailed respecting the line, and the satisfaction regarding the proceedings of the Com mittee, and all concenied in furthering, the work. He trusted that this unanimity and right understanding might long con tinue.—(Cheers.) Mr. Watson, the secretary, then read a most satisfactory report of the Directors, and afterwards a lumi nous. report from ; Mr. George Stephenson, in which that cele brated engineer gave a decided preference to the line proposed by Messrs. Grainger and Miller, which was unanimously approved Of. A number of the gentlemen present then delivered their opinions in moving the resolutions. It was manifest that the very best understanding existed regarding the line, and that a most handsome return for the money expended was certain. The public may. well wish for a speedy conclusion t 6 this under taking. The line, in some places especially, will pass through a most delightful country, and we should not be surprised, from statements made at the meeting, to see the trip to Ayr per formed within an hour.—We have seldom seen an undertaking more powerfully supported by wealthy and influential individu als in Glasgow, and the noblemen anti gentlemen iu the counties through which the Raillay is to pass. WAKEFIELD, .Nov. 7.—'['he Conservative Association met in this town to-night. One hundred and sixty-one - new members were added at the. termination ,of the proceedings. Ido not think that it is within the compass of possibility that the pre.;• sent representative of this borough, Mr. Gaskell, will ever be allowed to sit for it again; and I.believe, that there is altogether as little douibt that the Hon. W. S..•Lascelles will be returned in his stead... In conjunction with these circumstances, a grand Conservative dinner is to be.given - by this borough to Mr. Las celles, on I\/ onday, the 511 a of December: There are 2(XI tickets taken alre , dy, and I. am. quite satisfied that there will not be less than 40) persons present. BUN ON 4 4E AGMCULTURAL BANK —The accounts from Ireland are rather calculated to' excite apprehension. It would appear, that Bank of England notes are not a legal tender in that part of the empire; acrd Irish banks in the possession of the notes of our great money corporation, or other securities which would be available hiere, can make noose of them in cases of run. To meet the difficulty large shipments are in the rouri.e of being made to Dublin. Two hundred and sixty thousan sovereigns were shipped on Thursday and Friday f or that cit , t,'the policies of i ns u rance upon which have been effect ed at Lloyd's all per cent. W e h ope t h e b an k w hich has been more pcirticularly run upon will weather the storm, and that a hank i the north of Ireland, respecting which injuriousrePorts *ere i L circulation, will also be found equal to its engagements. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND.4RI), Sta,• 7 •Being in the habit of occasionally attending divine ser vice at the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, I was agreeably surprised last Sunday evening at finding the. singers again in their places, as I understood they were paid off and discharged by the new town council. On .eivairing, I was informed that these liberal gentlemen have so.arranged matters that the singers are to remain for six months longer! Is it that these liberal gentle men (for so they call themselves) begin to see that they are carrying their liberal and reformed measures too far, and are ashamed of their splenetic conduct towards the church?—or what is their reason fur coining forward in so very liberal a manner as to allow the singers to remain six months longer? By giving me this information you will greatly oblige A CIURCI - IMAN. Liverpaol, Llth - November, 1836. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL ST,:INDARD. - Sts:,—We have all heat d of late a great deal said about the Corporation Schools, and the change made in the management of them by our new-fangled governors. It has for some time occurred to me that these self-same schools do not belong to the Corporation,• and that the power they exer cise over them is usurped. -- I - have some recollection of en old school, in School-lane, formerly belonging to the freemen, and to them only. This school was pulled down some 20 or 25 years ago, and the new wing of the blue school built on the site thereof. This school Ives endowed with a very handsome sum, and some fields where Abercromby-square and that neighbourhood now stands did belong to it. • \ I have endeavoured to get to the bottom of this piece of bum- - nesS, but all I can find out is. that the old Corporation, (I know nut by what authority, - ) sold all this property, and built the new schools with the proceeds. Upon this showing it is plain the schools belong to the free men, and to them alone. Pet hops some of your correspondents can throw a little more light on this subject; if so, I shall feel much o bliged.—YoursAc., AN OLD FREEMAN. Liverpool, •11114:gotember, 1836. • -7 • One of the learned Counciilors 'chosen on Tuesday last at Boston, was unable to read the declaration s .which act was per formed for him by the Mayor --Llinevin Gazette. The Stewards of the late Musical Festival here are minus individually £b2, and collectively :nearly l'l,(m_ch c it e „h am , Gazette. r., ,H NATURALCURIOS/Tir, - fillittlC B Mall artificial pond called Ca noumills Loch,,may be,daify Seen.duling the winter a solitary sea-gull, s wimming about apart from the du c k s w hi c h so mime rously.frequent the loch. He leaves it every night, and returns again in the morning. For a number of yeats he has unerrinly, at a certain season. taken his flight to other shores; and with the same regularity as to time, been seen ci rc li ng aroun d th e little loch before alighting to take up his winter sojourn. lint it is remarkable, that, as if foreseeing the early storm, he has this,yearreturned a week sooner than usual; having made "his first aPpearance this season'' on Tuesday, the 25th October, (two days before the frost set in.) It may be surmised that this 4ri t galar bird would not quit his tribe and native element, and to. ege the wild pleasure of " brushing the white sail with his Whited wing," unless he had a reason of his own for it; and the food administered to him by the kindly hand of Di. Neill is a very substantial one. . . ROCKET EXPEIZINIENTS—On Thursday, Mr. Carte, of the Citadel at this place, exhibited a number of experiments with rockets, for the,purposo of showing their utility in cases of ship wreck. The experiments commenced by showing the facility with which lines may be tired from a vessel to form a communi cation with the shore; this was varied to show the distances which a line may be thrown ; in one instance it being tired di rectly at a vessel at 1W yards, and another firing over the pilot boat, moored at a distance from the sloop in order to carry the line 150 yards. The wind was blowing fresh from the west ward, and therefore tested more strongly the invention. 'l'he rocket is laid in, a frame, to which is attached the line, which is elevated according to the digtance required to be thrown. In every case the results were most satisfactory; various elevations were adopted to.show the range of the rockets.—Hull Observer. Ray. D. O'Caor,v.—Thisientleman, who has been favour ing the - public'fOr some - tirenths past with several important pamphlets, exposing the "finariees of the llornish Church, and the 'political power whiCh the priests were assuming, has at length, in a farewell addiM 'to the Roman Catholics of the diocese of Cork, renounced completely the errors of the Church of 11,6ine, - and himself a member of our Protes tant establishment. The ,Rev. Gentleman, after stating the reasons 'Wlifelf 'induce& httir tO"take this step, says:—" What, therefore, remains fqr me to do hut to attach myself, without further loss of- kittne''"flf,..tin establishment which inculcates the worship of th e trite God, Preaches to sinners repentance and re mission of sins - through Christ, venerates antiquity, rejects novelties, condemns superstition,. abhors. persecution, encou ' rages 'free inquiry, and adnionishes all to embrace the simple truths of the Gospet? Ido therefore now confess myself to be in communion with the Church of England, or more properly speaking, with the Christian Church diffused through the worlq , of which the Church of England is only a portion, and whicih, is made up of all su c h, o f every clime and nation, as tti" ce 2, l .proleSs, agree a bly t o th e G os p e l, to seel t the kingdom o f and his righteousness." WINES AT CaocEEoan's.—That the wines are of the rib:nicest .sort, cml that there is' enough to suit every diversiy ro - a put of taste, will at once be - inferred from the faCt, that which-the house is supplied, rocliford's .There's a son, contains a stock which is valued•at; .+:7 o ,tx ' f p a di a t and which is kept b y cellar hole ex ' of It would exclaim. I lat e ly w e n t through the whole t gins miller Willis's Rooms,- St James's -street, an ~etis feet inbe as far back as Braham's new Theatre. It measures 28,) Croc kford, junior, mentioned length. Wh en I was i n it, Mr. to me, that th e num b er o f b o ttles of win e ,hich I saw sh e l ve d hefore me, independently of innumera ble p i p es, w as 300,000! 1 thought of Lord Holland's stotV about the American, who, after he had made his friends drink an incredible quantity of wine,.. took them to see the heap of black bottles they had emptied: His Lordship says they were all surprised to see such a quantity of bottles under any circumstances,—hut especially when they recollected that they had themselves emptied them all: what would they have thought had they been taken to Crockford's cellar, and seen, as I did, 300,000 bottles at once? Poor Sheridan would have been in ecstasies with the sight, especially as they were all The Great Metropolis.' MISCELLANEOUS It is iraid that Sir Thomas Dyke Ackland evil tie a candi'lite for North Devon at the next election. 'Fhb Earl of Haidwieke hai offered a preitium of 25 guineas for the best essay on the tin nip fly, its pretrention, and destruc tion.—Bury Post. A chimney has justbeen finished at Meisrs, Pixon'i cotton manufactory at Carlisle which is 306 feet high.—Caniberland Packet. 1,500 stacks of wheat in the vicinity of Douglas are now covered with snow ; man? of the flock of wheat are alse. quite green.—illima's Herald (Isle of Man.) In the North Walei Municipal elections 67 ConserVatives have feplaced as many Radicals in the l'ositu Councils. —North Wales Chronicle: • It is amusing enough to see the a►hig radical journals boasting of the successful result of the late municipal elections, while, in the adjoining columns, they are compelled to publish lists proving directly the reverse. There seems to be a prevalent notion that about next Easter, at latest, an appeal will be made to the country by a dissolution of Parliament. It is said, significantly, that thtl " pear will then be ripe."—Cornabian. Captain Phipps Hornliy, C. 8., cousin to Lord Stanley, - and brother to the Rector of Winwick aud the Vicar of Bury, is the new Naval Aide-de-Camp to his Majesty, vice Raines, deceased. A vacancy arose in the number of Militia Aide-de-Camp to the King b4he deceaie of Lord Dufferin. At the gale of an estate at Barnwell, held for lives under the see of Wells, the agricultural land sold for £BO, and Orchard land for £l4O, an acre; so great was th e c om p e titi o n, the auctioneer could hardly decide on the purchaser even at this enormous price.—Bath Herald, On Thursday the chain of the machine on Pary's mountain gave way, and let the carriages fall. One of them struck a poor, man named Hughes, and dashed his brains out, and muti lated William . Pritchard so dreadfitlly that he efsplred in a few hours.—Norili Wales Chronicle, On Sunday morning the servant-man of Mr. P. Pidsley, of Pin-court farm, presented his master's gun in sport, at a female servant, and jokingly said. "I'll shoot you," when the gun went off, and a portion of the contents lodged in the poor girl's abdomen. Surgical aid was procured, and it is hoped she may recover.—Exeter Flying Post. There is no truth in the statement Which has appeared in several papers, that Lord Brougham had been visiting Lord Melbourne at Brockett Hall. The story built on this false ru mour, that the learned Lord was about to join the ministry in the capacity of political Chancelldr, therefore falis to the ground.—Cornubian. • Ou Friday a very large meeting of the inhabitants, and those. interested in the l'ort of Ipswich, took place, at which reso lutions were come to build a wet dock. Mr. Palmer exhibited plans, and read a report, in which it was stated that the total expence Of the undertaking would be 58,1001. • which plan Was adopted by the meeting, and Sir C. Vero undertook to intro duce the Post. INSANITY OF TAlLOftS.—According to a work published in 1827, on insanity, by order of the French aovernment, it ap pears, that not less than 756 tailors wer e co nfin e d in Paris i n th e balpetriere alone, and that on an average there are 285 mad tailors in every Loop. Many medical men have attributed this peat proportion to the sedentary position adopted by this class of men. The corporation of Derry has been the foremost amongst our Irish chartered bodies to pay a just tribute of admiration and respect to the splendid talents and powerful energies of Lord Lyndhurst, by voting his lordship the freedom of that ancient and celebrated city, accompanied by an address, suited alike to those with whom ►t originated and to the distinguished person to whom it is to be presented.—Dublin Evening Mail. A TExIAN.-I jocosely asked a ragged hunter, Whb was a smart active young fellow, of the steam-boat and aligator breed, whether he was a rhinoceros or a hyaena, as he was so eager for a fight with the invaders. "Neither the one nor Other, Colonel," says he " but a whole menagerie in myself.—l am as shaggy as a bear, wolfish ab rut the head, active as a congar, and can grin like a hyaena until the bark will curl off a gum log. There's a sprinkling, of all sorts in me, from the lion down to the skunk, and before the war is over you'll pronounce me an entiro zoo logical institute, or I miss a figure in my calculation. I p►o mire to swallow Santa Anna without gagging, if you will only skewer back h►s ears and grease his bead a little l' - -Arnerican paper. A widow at Long Ashton, who has a dissolute son whom she has bought off from enlistment several tithes, has lately been much annoyed by threats on his part of again enlisting. The young . man came home drunk a few nights since and made a-de claration of his intention of pursuing his old course, when the mother hit upon the following expedient to prevent his threat being carried into effect :—With the assistance of her daughter, she bandaged his wrist tightly to prevent htemorrhage, and then, while he was asleep, she placed his hand on a block and chopped off the fore-finger of his right hand ! He is now at tended by a surgeon, and it is expected that a more scientific amputation will be obliged to be resorted to.— Worcester Journal. MELANCHOLY SH IPW RECK.-011 Friday, the 29th ultimo i the weather, we understand, was boisterous, and the sea exceeding ly heavy, on at least a portion of - the English coast. As the day advanced the gale increased, and was accompanied by snott , showers. Between six and eight p.m., the storm was at its hefght, and, so far us is known, it was between these hours that the Plywell of this port, G. Gibson, master, went down between Harrington and Parton, with all bands on hoard. Whether the vessel capsized from deficiency of ballast, or missed stays and went on shore, is not exactly known ; but she was after wards seen keel uppermost, by persons who apprised the owners of the catastrophe, and otherwise prevented valuable property from floating out to sea. The crew consisted of two men and a bOY, one of Whom (Nlqueen,) acted as pilot in the Nith fur more than 20 years. The master has left a wife and four child , ren. The other sufferers were James i\i'Queen and John Hal liday, the former of whom was also Married, and has left :a widow and two children. A poor dog attached to the vessel escaped the fury of the waves, got to the shore, and threw itself on the benevolence of a family in Cumbedaud.—Dumfries Courier. MADAME MALIBRAN.—Mystery still hangs over the decease 1 of this ill-fated child of genius. It was asked in the Times a few days ago, whether M. de Beriot had not abruptly left Mans chester with all her apparel cod property ere she had ceased to breathe; and to those interrogatories we take leave to add a few others which relate to the medical proceedings. Is it true, or rather is it not true, that when Dr. Bardsley was so uncere moniously discharged,• his patient was going on favourably— in fact, that she was then neatly or altogether eonvalescent? Is it true that it was afterwards thought desirable by some coup de pratique to enable her to complete her engagement ? Is it true that manual interference was had recourse to for the pur pose of effecting premature delivery, and that this foiled to pro duce any other effect than that of overwhelming exhaustion - ? And, is it true that when the body of the unfortunate deceased was receiving the last offices from the strangers to whom'she was left, the relaxing hand of death completed what art had been unable to accomplish? These are questions of interest to science, to which we trust either M. Bellimmini or Mr. Lewis will reply. They will perceive that a great practical lesson is involved, and although they have doubtless fully learned it, the medical world is still kept in suspeuse. —Medical Gazette. • • • REPORTING IN ITALICS.—Mr. Martin—or Dick Martin, as • he was called in the ho use —thou g h a very humane man, espe- t: cially to the brute creation, had a great deal of eccentricity about hiin. Having on one occasion said something se very ludicrous as to convulse the house with laughter, a reporter for one of the morning papers underlined the passage, stud the com positors of course printed it in italics. The circumstance afforded infinite amusement to the whole town on the day on which it appeared, and the hon. gentleman was chaffed beyond measure, not only for the ludicrousness of the speech itself, but fur its being reported in italics. In the evening, willittut waiting ' till the business befor e the ho use was disposed of, ,Mr. Martin said that he had to call the attention of Mr. Speaker and the house to one of the grossest insults ever offered to a member of parliament. "Sir,' said the lion. gentlerhan addressing the Sepeaker, "Sir, you and bun. members must lie aware that I had the h o nour of addressing stliiri,snflilosupseeeclahsits n n i i g o i s i t t . villainously (Ironical cries of ` Hear, hear.') Well, reported in the Morning ----.- of this morning: (Suppressed titters (if laughter woe heard in - all parts of the house.) But, Mr, Speaker, it is not the inaccurate reporting that I so much complain, as of the circumstance of the rem - other having made ma spoke hi italics. (Roars of laughter, which continued fiir some time.) I appeal to you, sir, and those hon. members who heard me, whether I spike in italics. • (Renewed bursts of laughter from all parts of the [Muse.) You know, Mr. Speaket, and so does every gentlemin in this house, that I never spake in italics, at all at all. (Shouts of laughter.) But, sir, allow me to say, that this, had as it is, is not the worst of the matter. Will you belave it, sir ?—will any hon. member in the ! m use . belave it—that when I went to the reporther to ask for an ex , , pllamation, he told MP, with the most perfect coolness, that if -I felt myself aggrieved, I knew my remedy, at the same time handing me his card, sir? The short and long of it is, sir, that this reporther wants to tight a duel with me." Peals of laugh ter, such as were never before or have since been hoard within the walls of parliament, followed the conclusion of Mr. Martin's speech. When these had iu some measure subsided, he moved that the reporter be called to the bar'ot the house f or h, v lug committed a breach of the privileges of the hoes'; but there being no one to second the motion, it of course tell to the ground.—The Great Metropolis. . . of . coutt- Ma. Geoece Ron INS IN EXETER.—A large number ant that the try gentlemen attendedat the New London Inn in this city on Saturday last, in consequence of the annouccein..v.us would re nowned Prince of Auctioneers, Mr. Po"rge t . i. ut . , petty In this county. The knock down some extensive landed The shrewd and facetious knight of t . be t P h r a u ! i ' s nl i tZ T t k i ' l i e ll l ;- v r t t ) l n is . appearance, was eyed with much c ur . v i t , st n) i i 3 is rostrum, provoksd " Bering spectators, and, on mounot;fe, by his .a smile of satisfaction from • every e otenance. k Ile . exceedingl y ' essal , se i: ( 7 e i i humourous and gaud-natured novin as " operations with (for him) a small having duly War ren House," near Da.wlish, which, t a price, described, as i „ enlaissc.. on the beauties and valualrie property, per instructions, he disposed of a ., good naniely £1,650. comfortr to the landowners and fanners, He then proceeded qualities of the Coonabsatchtield house estate, its th,e course of that every tying. hi the agriceltaral line was which he administered and tat they would, in a very short times if they by assuring thetn " looking up," b e thensel l ves again ! He declared that such were not already) i s oe's estate in Yorkshire at the rate of 3sl years . was the rise id the value of and, and such the eagerness of ca pitalists to possess themselves . of good estates, that he had sold that he was assured,. if it would be some time before tires', would be gentlemen lost the pre- P Sir ' 11:1".3G5: 1 ° -t a( i i iii d it s . u• . • ena bled to o btain another such estate in this country as that of sent oppo G• oo ni n bsatchfield. Mr. George Robti displayed ettrisiderable tact and an unbounded flow of ready and pungent wit, much to the amusement of the audience, introducing a good share of compliment upon the i heaahy climate and other desirable qua lities of our far-famed Devon, whither, when he could make tw 0 or three 'hundred a year as ' a retiring . pension, i he assured them he had determin e d t o come, an d sit in us easy chair to the end of his days ! He took occasion, too, to disabuse the landed proprietors of Devonshire of . the erre-neut . & notion that had got abroad, as to the enormous experiSe of havint , him down from London to view estates before the time of sale—his c ges har he • , said, were very moderate, and the advantage of his examining places, to give the best description' of them, must be obvious. He supposed the erroneous notion alluded to had pre vented his being requested to view the Coontlisatchtield Estate befor e h e came down to sell it, ()whist to which be was net a ble to give that description he could have wished. , The bidding went on with good spirit, and having exhausted' all his powers of persuasion to obtaifi another " hundred," Mr.. Robins knocked down the Estate, for Nineteen Thousand Fire !lunar , ' Gu i i i ne,:, to Mr. Wright, of Tiverton, for the Hon. Capt. Wy t c b ( ‘ , , a ti We hear the price obtained was far beyond - that fixed . h owner.— Woolnier's Exeter and PlyniouthGazelle. ~i {le; that he Captain Green, Of Buckden, in Muth) his possession a splendid specimen of the golden \Flint the dif-' has himself trained to take hares and rabbits. of ~;• gd:snree,;,has now en . size and strength rate of Captain Green! golden eagle is considered,. the performance . ficulty even of handling a bird of the impracticable with a bird o of the falconer, but this would be . must be deemed extraordinary. Hawks are carried . on the . fisq this size and weight; recourse was, therefore, had to a very ingenious invention as a substitute for the fist. '' "~;5~ ; ~h~+. t ~''• Iron has gone dowii at &AV:el - 6.o'oms fr,ott :I:11 to Eli) per ton. The estate of Nerham C 4.111.! has beeP Anttekted by J. Hi Hynde, Esq., M.P., at the ii.Y9;tXtb---,7li* Mercury. The thisteet of Hortsii.latle Cirairpel- aALIOOO fof three rocids of hind, to incrosOthe huryip;; , 'k . It is the intention of the at rAra...ooho,l)ol2,,!Nilto re-elect Sir W. Cooke, Bart., as thei‘..,ll,lifyro;:-H l /;14. ; . At a sale of victualling stWic) s , -aunotipcg" 'rake place a Gosport on the 17th instant, threlViiiti;S:cle,f_!eibecr to consist Of old provisions, biscuit bags, and retiggi4vol - 11',.. The Governorship of Guernsey is not yet tiled up: report non; hives it to General Sir Autos Norco, late in command of the troops its Jatimica.—Channel Islands Gazette. The Hon. Randal Plunkett, M.P., has subscribed £sooij the funds of the Irish Metropolitan Conservative Society, and, In adpion, has guaranteed the rent and taxes of the society'B house for three years: , . . . . . . . Once, whilst at Plymouth , a juvenile itiiilAipinan,-burisk, ing his dirk, swaggered into the theatre. " My dear sir," said Liston to the door-keeper, " 'Why don't you attend to the an-. pouncement at the bottom of your bills.—Children in arms not admitted." Liston asked Matthews to play for his benefit; the latta et eased himself, as We had to act elsewhere. " I would it I could," Said he, " but I tan't split tnyielf in half." " Umph ! I don't. know that," said Liston ; 1 hue often seen you 1,14 in mid pieces the same 4iight. SALUTARY DRi . AD.—Two Irishmen were fighting, in Oa ; niilton, in the midet of a ring, and at lengthone of themexhibit ed symptoMs of giving in. Some ~f the on-lookers instantly bawled out, " Ye're fear't for bins, y'o're fear't for him." " No," said Paddy, " not a hit afraid for him, but I begin td be very much afraid for tnyself,''—Lairci . of Logan. If the conservatives of Weyinooth had put tip eight Of ttieie own party for Melcombe Regis Ward they would haVe carried the election of the whole of the tue-q councillors; all of that party nominated were returned by inujorities.—Dorset Cairn:4 Chronicle. . . , . • On Saturday, a poor woman named kliatt, left her child i 4 her cottage whilst she ran to her lather's. house, nearly adjoin ing. On her way she heard her child scream, and immediately returned, and foudd her in flames; endeavouring to put them out her own clothes caught tire, and both were so dread fully burnt that the mother died on Sundity and the child on Monday morning. —Cheltenham Chronicle. On Sunday evening the Northern Central. Bank, at Sheffield; was broken into by some thieves, but they were unable to dis cover the mdney, although they broke open several drawers, &c. The manager, who resides on the premises, was out at dinner, ; and left the house in the care of the servant; who went out oil their pleasure, leaving it without any person on the premiies.— Halifax Expre6S• j . By the new turnpike act statute labour is abolished, and the turnpike trusts are thereby deprived of a source of revenue sufficient to keep the surface of the roads in repair. Should k road now be out- of repair, the treasurer or surveyor is made personally liable and subject to be fined on complaint to the bench of magistrates, and the surveyor may himself make a rate (awn exceeding 2s. Gd. in the pound.—Dorset Couiay Chrdnicle. On WerineAday last, the day of this Radicn feaet , stone per: sous forced au entrance into St. Martin's Church, Leicester; and commeneen ringing the hells. On Monday, the Vicar called on the Churchwarden to have the bells rung on the day above named; which the churchwarden refused, because the Vicar would not permit them to be rung tin the day of the Con servative festival:— Leicester Jourhal Stage-coaches were first introduced into Scotland in 1676, On the 6th of August; in that year, the magistrates of Glasgow contracted with William Hume, of Edinburgh, that he should run a coach between lidinbtirgh and Glasgo.v—fOriy-two flume engaged with all diligence to run a coach with six able horses, that shOuld " leave Edinburgh every Alonday morning, and return (God willing) every Saturday night!"— Mechanics' Magazine. The radicals of Lincoln, and the county, are rather out of spirits at the apparent desertion of their friends. Mi. Phlpp4 has resigned all claims upon them, and gone to Dungarvon, id. Ireland, - to seek a seat. Mr. L. Bulwer is undecided whether he will :wain stand for the borough ; and Sir William Ingilhy; the Knight of Lindsey; has refused again to come forward for that county.— Lincolnshire Chronicle. Puree OF BREA°, &c. IN Tim METROKiLIS.—The bakers throughout the metropolis have raised the }nice of the 4th. loaf one penny; the price of the best bread, which was a few days since 71d. and Sc .. being now 81(1. and 9d.; the cheap and se cond sort, which was formerly 6d. and 6-Id., is now Id. and 71d. Nor is bread the only necessary of life whiil has lately risen in price, as the poor of th 6 metropolis severely feel in this incle ment season. Within the last fortnight coals have risen froni Is. 4d. to Is. Hid. per cwt.; and butter is now dearer by 15 per cent. than it was a few days ago. 11.EFINxxiertz IN TORTURE.—In eastern countries where re- . finement of tinture is studied and practised, the most exquisite is supposed to b 6 the continuance of water dropping.; on the head. The individual exposed to this barbarous infliction is kept in a fixed position, and from the unceasing regularity of the fall of water, although only a single drop descends at a time, the irri tation thus inflicted on the whole nervous system produces such acute pain as to render life almost insupportable.—Rennie's Lectures. • CALAMITOU§ PIRR.—On Thursdly morning a fire broke out at Clotvance Park, the seat of Sir John St. Auhyn, lest., which, we fear, has been productive of the most disastrous effects. When our informant left grezit tears were entertained that the building would be entirely consumed. The origin of the lire was not known, and the damage was likely to be immense.— West Briton [The Corntibian, a Falmouth. paper, ssys, that information had been received that the mansion, which was one of the finest buildings in the county, had been entirely destroyed; and no thing but the paintings saved. SHORT SlGHT.—This infirmity of Vision, a Complaint whicli is rather common among the higher classes of society in alf countries, is not-unfrequently cured in ltussia by the following plan;—The patient is placed with the back part of the head fixed against a Wall, and a desk is put before him with a book on it at inch a distance that he may easily read. After a week or two has elapsed, the desk is Moved further off, thus gradually, increasing the distance until it has been removed to the full extent of ordinary vision, always allowing the patient to acquire the power of reading before the distance is increased. LIGHT SoVEuEiGNs.—It is nut generally known that the Bank of England weight of 100 sovereigns is 20)) grains less than that of the Royal Mint; if they weigh less than that, they . weigh less. than that, they are invariably refused as light. The Bank weight of a single sovereign (a quarter of an ounce) is exactly two grains lighter than that of the Mint; such differ ence being allowed for the wear by friction, to which the coin is liable while in circulation; but if the wear exceed two grains. there is good reason for believing that unfair means have been used in the diminution of weight, either by the use of the file, or by what is technically termed sweating. COAL3.—In consequence of the high price Of coals an attel4t is about to he made at Leicester to open a Mine which is said to exist there, and Which, it is presumed, will render that neigh-. bourhood independent of the north. At Northampton a shall has been sunk to the depth of 215 feet, and of these lkl have presented what is tertned blue chinch, which iu all previous cases has been found the prectirsor of cidil, and the speculators are confident of finding a good vein of coal. In London, too, the old legend is revived, that as near t'rwn as Blackheath an excellent field of coal exists which has nut hitherto' been at tended to.—Lmulon Paper. CHNtItADICtIoNs de FitoVEH " The Mote the inerriei." Not so ; one hand is enough in a purse.—" Nothing hurts the stomach more than surfeiting.'' Yes; lack of meat.—" No thing but what , has an end." Not so; a ring bath none, fur it is round.—" Money is a great comfort." Not when it brings a thief to the gallows.—" The World is a long journey." Not so; the sun goes over it every day.—" It is a great Way to the bot tom of the sea." Not so; it is but a stone's . cast.—"A friend is best found its adversity." Not so; fur then' there is none to be found.—" The pride of the rich is the I,a,our of the poor." Not so; the labour of the poor Makes the pride of the itch.— zitheba•arit. _ . .................. CArtrinta.—An individual possessCd .of sufficient cariosity e ,( % ) • t h t t e il l e ih t oa r n u al l .n l e i, oo a: l l l,.i i t " d : might, we should think. traverse the streets of IJOildon for . t long time, and inspect thousands of the recommendatory label ' : affixed to the great variety of articles eXpised for sale In th shop windows of the m etropolis before . he would Meet with and t a t, r , eagsartdheforf,,tilitiemtrougtl.l,itilh, attached w iu r , i t i t , t i e n tr 4 w i i , t u h t si t r h s e t r t ii ;u t faiihioncrl watch at a silversmith's shop road :—•• This excellent (and at one time) fa • • sluonable • watch, Warranted to go welL of so "flied') price W. within three month:4, if not approved fit' for P;xchauged , one of treble its value (on payment of the diffeiettee)." BA LD NESS.—Balduess is evidently " of the secretion in which the runts .i . cat:,;ed by a marbid state if the hair are embedded. General relaxation and debility ‘l , ' 'e l nmy consider as .93'11011611(ms' terms, though often used to ii distinct con,litioos. Bald: ness, however, depends upon tl ' i lli 5 ' is condition of the secretory ves sels at the roots of the hair,• destined;to supply the necessary nutriment fur this capillary daces baldness than anything `zrowth. hence, fev fore, we fever oftener pro. der totally useless, unless the bead else. Oils, therefore, be scurfy. Ardent spirits is the best application, for it tends to contract the sLalp, and for this reason Eau de C . tdogne is used . Fn on these observations it will appear evident. li • that sharp brushes shonld not be used with hair that ' • t - • is iegtfinin =' . 6 to tall al.—Medical Pablicatiwir WORSHIP of Tilt ltui;cs AF CAPTAIN COOK.—Part of (be . . hones of Cook were retained•bv the native s ; and several of them, held sacred as the god 1.1.6n0, were depo s ited in a temple. dedicated to that deity. They Were depesited in :t basket of . wicker-work covered with red feathers; religious homage wit's' paid to them, and they were annually borne in triumph through . the island by the votaries of Roth), alien gathering offerings: for the maintenance of their worship. 't'h'ey were thus pre served add honoured for a period of forty yeers..until the abo, lition of idolatry and the establishment of the Christian faith . in 1819. At that date they disappeared, having probably been carried off by soave of the prie s ts, tied the English mission , aries have hitherto failed to discover their destination.—.Edia burgh Cabinet Library, Ne: XXI: ... Sunday morning, about eleven o ' clock, several water-spouts . w he Downs near Dover, proceeding rapidly in soeurteliesrelcy seen direction; ono of these watery columns, although viewed from a distance of several miles, appeared of co nsider able dimensions, and as it towered tmajestically to the clou ds exhibited a remarkable diietgence .It, the ripper.part. owing to the impulse of the wind, if had an oscillatory rdotkht an d a.'. a ppearance.. it swept over the waves cau s ed them to tristime the were octii of a boiling cauldron. Vivid sashes ut lightni . sionally seen streaming frdin the clouds - , iA 1 • fl uid is the tro'ibt, that in combination With wind, the ( k'',Zer-sponts. We prime agent iu producing the phenomena I___ /errs paper. have not heard of any mischief being done. an be little , —Soine • -,.., Tits HEIGHT 00 IMOtIDENCE. s r . og l e le ;-. Police- cou rt, With steeling a herring atli-itt,lawitio'nl:.:er. fellow was' charged in the Glasgow Polic- - -,i - stro ,.;• t. Aft e r the charge had barrel from a person in Stoelemtu,ler thin; addressed the magis.; at the t m h y e m b e a , r ), is h a is g t t i li c i k t as he said been prove D d , , ,, t , li i e s p i r r i ni3 e , i i i i i ii a i.‘ l .;, :a itah:. rg irate :—" the stealing o' the barre l ~ 1 . , k an d what noes your honour think k stole my sigd-brod last te .., Drat would - be hard for me to " hedid wet r Magis!" I'll te ll vv. He Inoug,ht• it into say. . . Witness-- Weel, sir. , . , my atn: and shop, wi Inv /ibe o' wait . use to me that 1.,' he, thought it term r •' ain name on t, 'offered . to sell nie't, I "Y ody else."— The Loire/ of LoYa"• A . 111ooN061-ur SCENE (IN A HIGHLAND LAKE.—The few' ' 1 ts that g limmered on the oppos hi; ' .• - ite and thinly peopled coast is-tip feit • or AlorveFrY h a d 1 , led—the sea-bird had sank to' silence entire draggy islands of Loch-Suiu'art, and the mono tarn-cats had yelled the mselves to deep amid the holes an d rocky des of er;ip - Risipole. The full moon, from er . cloudless sky, . was shedsiou • on the rephse of nature a flood . . of radiant light,- when a Fi f ty o f herring s com menced on the Loch Gl,')w. Th . ,- rushing noise spread , ittuckiy . +.tiii; the I.),i(iin of the deep, and the wakeful itil`Laine :raised himself tip to obserVe what was going. forward: The whole surface of the water waif' sociii covered with one mass Of living, silyer, which bickered, danced' 4nd sparkled in the - . moonlight, the scaly tribes mingling the borroWed glories of the queen of night with innumerable coruscation's of their own. Anon th e sp l en did sp e dtac l e di sappeare d , t h e h err i ngs san k to' their depths, and the • bosom of the Loch again became siletif and unruffled as a mirror.—Scottish Magazine. , ts'a - . . 1 ----7 5 - - S. - 7 - 4.,,„ . \ '.., • Ili j --.., .. • ~...„ ... ) t • ...., ~ -..; N. ,