The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-27 00:00:00

THE4TRE ROYAL.—The Theatre Royal was extremely full last night, to welcome Mrs. Warner and Mr. Charles Kean. Macbeth has been got up in a style seldom, or pe 7 haps never yet seen in the provinces. By the Shinandoah which left Philadelphia on the 3d in stant, papers have been received to that date from Phila delphia, and from New York to the 2d inclusive, being one day later than the last arrival. In neither journals do we find any intelligence worth communicating. PROTESTANT OPERATIVE MEETING FOR EXCHANGE, CASTLE -STREET, AND ST. PAUL'S DISTRICT.—The quar terly meeting for the above district was held yesterday even ing, at the Moorfields School-room, Mr. Joseph Crisp iu the chair, for the purpose of promoting signatures to the petition to Parliament, praying for an inquiry into the col lege of Maynooth. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Parsonage, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. Barrow, and others. THE PRESIDENT. — We are once more compelled to state that no intelligence has been received of this vessel. A cor respondent of the London Times, under the signature of " Palinurus," offers some suggestions which are worthy of attention, emanating, as they are alleged to do, from a dis tinguished naval officer of great experience. According to that competent judge it seems to be quite possible that the President, even if she had been steering for Bermuda, might have missed that island, (not an unusual occurrence,) and then made the best of her way to the West Indies, in which case there has yet not been time to hear from her. Prior to our next publication, in all probability we shall have the In dependence, British Queen, and Acadia, the last of which would leave Boston on the 16th instant, and if she conveys no intelligence of the President, the hearts of the stoutest will be subject to very melancholy misgivings. REGISTRY OF SHIPPING.—An advertisement in another column convenes a meeting, to be held this day, for the pur pose of considering the best means of establishing a registry book of shipping. Why such a step has been so long de layed is the more surprising, since our merchants, under writers, and shipowners have been compelled to submit to a grievance which has -long been felt and acknowledged as such. The London Registry of British Shipping contains not confessedly a faithful representation of that which it affects to report, and we therefore anticipate that our com mercial gentlemen, now that the subject is brought practi cally before them, will hail the opportunity of rescuing themselves and their fellow-townsmen interested in such matters from a bondage in which they have too lone been held. The proceeds of the Liverpool surveys are devoted to anything rather than the benefit of the shipowners, and we call upon them resolutely to second the praiseworthy efforts which are now making to reform such an abuse. The metropolitan self-elected committee may oppose such a step, but that only furnishes another reason for unwearied ex ertion on their part. EXTENSIVE ROBBRY.-Likt the Kirkdale Sessios on Saturday, Sara Pugh , Robt. Jones, and Ann Jones, n were placed at the bar, before the Rev. Rector Brooks, chairman, Charles Birch, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., John Formby, Esq.. James Heyworth, Esq., Richard Alison, Esq., and other magistrates, to take their trial for felony. Dr. Brown appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins for the de fence. The indictment charged that Sarah Pugh, late of the township of Walt on - on- the-hill, being servant to Mr. Ro dolph Zwilchenbart, did, on the 4th day of January last, fe loniously steal seventy-four pair of stockings, thirty-two pair . of socks, f or t y - one handkerchiefs, twenty-three caps, thirty four frocks, nineteen night caps, sixteen petticoats, seven teen napkins, fourteen shirts, seventeen pair gloves, twelve shawls, eleven towels, eleven neckerchiefs, seven gowns, se ven tippets, nine collars, eight pair drawers, five pelises, four pair stays, five scarfs, four habit shirts, five pockets, four singlets, twenty-one pair trousers, four vests, &even pair boots, twenty pair shoes, five umbrellas, twenty yards diaper, twenty yards satin, ten yards muslin, ten yards lawn, ten yards linen, twenty yards ribbon, ten yards calico, a watch, and many articles of valuable jewellery, with a vast number of other things.—Robert Jones, and Anne his wife (sister of Sarah Pugh) were charged with having feloniously received the above property, knowing it to have been stolen. All the prisoners pleaded not guilty. After the trial had proceeded to a certain length, the prisoner Sarah Pugh withdrew the plea of not guilty, and pleaded guilty. She was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, and hard labour. The other prisoners, who were charged with receiving the goods, were acquitted. The value of the property stolen was from £2OO to £3OO. As the details of the case were published a few months ago, it is unnecessary to give any further par ticulars. KIRKDALE COUNTY SESSIONS.-YESTERDAY THE OVERSEERS OF TARVIN V. THE OVERSEERS OF PARR. Mr. Hulton appeared for the appellants, and Dr. Brown for the respondents. This was an appeal against an order made by Richard Edwards, Esq., and Charles Orrell, Esq., county magis trates, for the removal of a pauper, named Job Lee, from Parr to Tarvin. Dr. BRONVN stated the case for the respondents, and called witnesses to prove that the pauper, Job Lee, had ob tained a settlement, by birth, in the township of Tarvin. John Leighton, governor of the workhouse of Sutton, said, that previous to the removal of Job Lee to Tarvin he was of unsound mind, and was not able to give any account of his place of settlement, and that he was much the same now. Mr. HULTON said—His learned friend had proved a sort of prima facie case of settlement in Tarvin ; but, although the birth and christening of the pauper had been proved, he still doubted that the cottage was really and truly in the township of Tarvin. It might be in the parish of Tar vin ; but as there were several townships in that parish which supported their own poor, the question to be decided was, whether it was in the parish of Tarvin or one adjoining. If the court was not satisfied that the respondents had proved that it was in the township of Tarvin, then its decision must be given in favour of the appellants. But the settlement on which he (Mr. Hulton) should rely was stated in the notice of the appellants, and he would read it to them—this was a settlement on Haydock Green; and the grounds were, that Job Lea married a woman named Ruth Gleave, then a yearly tenant in a cottage on Haydock Green, and resided there some years after the marriage. This the parties did not deny, hut he would call before them a person, the daughter of Ruth Gleave by a former marriage, to prove this fact. It did not depend upon the payment of a rental of £lO a-year. If his learned friend endeavoured to prove that it did, he would refer to a decision upon an appeal against an order of two justices for the removal of a pauper, in which the order was confirmed at the sessions. The pauper's wife, being at the time a widow, took a house and garden in another parish at a rental of £3 per annum, went into the house immediately after taking it, and married the pauper, who continued to reside there. Lord Tenterden and Justice Bailey had decided that this was a class of cases which were not ruled by the statutes requiring a certain amount of rent to be paid by tenants, to obtain a settlement ; but that " a man marrying a woman, then a yearly tenant of premises under the value of .ClO, gains a settlement." If he proved in this case that the woman took leasehold premises—of whatever value he cared not—if her husband married her after becoming such tenant, and resided there forty days afterwards, then the case must be quashed. In this case, however, there was some little difficulty as to the means of proof. A subpoena had been served upon the daughter of Ruth Cleave in that room ; but he understood that, at the time the subpoena was served upon her, some party—he believed the overseer of Parr—endeavoured to persuade her she was not bound by it, and the consequence was that she was not then in court. However, if he called " spirits from the vasty deep," and they did not answer, he hoped the court would grant a res pite.—ile then called Thomas Gardner, who proved the serving of the subpoena. Shortly afterwards Ann Riley came into court, and, on being called to the witness-box, was examined by Mr. HUL TON.—Her mother had lived in a cottage in Haydock two years previously to her marriage with Lee, and seven years subsequently. Did not know Mr. Leigh, the landlord. Did not know what rent was paid ; believed very little. Did not know who was Mr. Leigh's steward. Never saw the rent paid, and did not know when it was paid. A desultory conversation followed, as to the exact locality of the cottage occupied by Lee, which ended very unsatis factorily. Dr. BROWN contended that his learned friend had failed in establishing his case. The CHAIRMAN said that an occupation by the widow Gleave had been proved for two years, and after her mar riage with Lee for seven years ; but that the appellant had failed in proving a tenantcy. The court, therefore, confirmed the decision of the magistrates. JOHN BALL V. THE MAGISTRATES OF LANCASHIRE. This was an appeal against the decision of Richard Ley land and Christopher Lawson, Esquires, by which the ap pellant John Ball had been convicted of encroachment on the highway, under the 63d and 69th section of the highway act. Mr. Wilkins appeared for the appellants, and Mr. Hulton for the respondents. Mr. HULTON read extracts from the highway act, specify ing that no building, fence, or ditch, should be constructed within 15 feet from the centre of the road. He then stated that Mr. Ball was the owner of a house at the distance of 11 feet from the centre of the road ; and put in several plans shewing the position of the house, and the enclosure, which he contended was an encroachment. This had been impro perly enclosed for a long time, probably 20 or 30 years. Mr. Ball had been in the habit of placing his dung in such a po sition „as that it sometimes overflowed into the road ; this was complained of, and in consequence he erected a new en closure, which, even supposing the ditch to be the boundary, had encroached over what was not in a line with the highway. and which was marked in the plan by the increased width of ditch. The learned counsel concluded by saying that Mr. Ball had come 6 feet further into the road than he ought to have done ; that the law of the case in the words of the sta tute were very precise ; and that if the jury were of opinion the appellant had done so, the conviction must be confirmed. •Mr. Richard Stunner, surgeon, of Formby, examined.— Was one of the surveyors of highways last year. The width of the road opposite the encroachment was 18 feet. Enclosure was put up in October last. Between this and the honse there was a dung-heap. Two loaded carts meeting in this particular place could not pass. Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINs.—He could not say who was carrying on the case for the respondents. Was not there on subpeena, but at the solicitation of Mr. Miles Formby. During 15 years that he had known the premises in front of Mr. Ball's house, they had always been used by Mr. Ball's tenant for manure, but further. The road was not benefitted by the fence being put up : there was not sufficient width. He considered the road reached up to the building. The fence was not in a line with the termini of the ditch. It came further out than the old take-in. It came further into the road than the old ditch, but not to the full ex tent. This encroachment was made in consequence of a former complaint, in order to prevent the filth from the dungheap getting into the road. The encroachment made by Mr. Bond, the tenant of Mr. Ball, made the road narrower. Did not know whether the road had been en croached upon by Mr. Marshall on the opposite. side. Thos. Marshall and himself filled up the ditch at the north end a few inches. During his year of office he had repaired the roads. Did not recollect the road opposite to Mr. Ball's house being repaired before he did it in February or March last. ' The complaint was laid against Mr. Ball on the 6th March. The alteration or ditch was not made to suit the purpose of this information; he did it to better the road. By Mr. HULTON—The ditch for 8 or 10 yards is much wider than at other parts. The water from the dung-h eap runs out, and as it is considered good manure, the farmers clean it out, which widens the ditch. The old encroachment is the garden opposite the house. about 60 70 Robert Sutton examined—He lived inFonn years of age. Recollects the road in question b f y o; W years. _Did not recollect the garden being taken in. _ Mr. HULTON said that was the case. Mr. WILKINs.—My learned friend says that is his case. With all deference he has made out no case at all. The conviction against which we appeal is, that the appellant en croached upon the carriage-way, by making a certain fence within 15 feet from the centre. He contended that the act specifying that " if any person encroach by makihg or causing to be made any building, hedge, ditch, or other fence in the carriage-way, within fifteen feet from the centre of the road, should be subject to a penalty of 405." and so forth, was not applicable in all cases, inasmuch as it implied a necessity that all roads should be 30 feet wide. He proved that the old ditch was part of the appellant's pro perty, and not part of the highway ; that in consequence of a complaint having been made, the fence had been raised, and that the appellant bad not gone a single inch beyond his own land. Mr. HOLTON then endeavoured to prove that the new enclosure had gone beyond the old one. The CHAIRMAN was of opinion that this was not the case. If he wished to build a wan to his land, he should build it outside the ditch. With regard to the old encroachment, it bad been for so or 60 year s as it is, and he considered the appellent entitled to it. Conviction quashed. Mr. WILKINS applied to be allowed the costs, which were, how ever, refused. FOREIGN AID SOCIETY. Yesterday, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a public meet ing was held in the Music-hall, Bold-street, for the purpose of the designs of the Foreign Aid Society, for promoting the objects of the European Societes Evangeliques being laid before the public of Liverpool, and an auxiliary society form ed. There were present the Rev. J. H. Stewart, the Rev. H. M`Neile, the Rev. W. W. Ewbank, the Rev. R. Bur gess, rector of Upper Chelsea, who, with Captain Layard, was a deputation from London, M. Edwards, Esq., C. Bout flower, Esq., —. Sherlock, Esq., &c., &c. On the motion of the Rev. H. M'NEILE, the Rev. James Haldane Stewart was called to the chair. The Divine blessing having been supplicated by the Rev H. WNEILE, The CHAIRMAN said the object for which the meeting had been assembled was of a peculiarly interesting character. It was to form an association in aid of a society which had lately been commenced in London, called the Foreign Aid Society. That society did what it was the delight of every Christian should be done, in its measure attempting to accomplish the prayer of our Lord, when he said, " That-they all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee ; that the world may believe that thou bast sent me." The Foreign Aid So ciety was formed of two other societies—the Continental So ciety, which had lately adopted the name of the European Missionary Society, and the Societes Evangeliques for France and Switzerland. The objects o f th ese soc i et i es being the same, it was thought they eould b e tt er carry on their plans by union, union giving strength. In the month of November last, therefore, there was a meeting of both societies, when it was agreed they should be united into one. The Conti nental Society had for years carried on their objects upon the continent by themselves, employing missionaries ; and the Societes Evangeliques were societies formed for aiding the French and Swiss Missionary Societies. The Foreign Aid Society adopted the latter mode in order to remove every jealousy that might be upon the minds of Frenchmen against it. We might conceive that if a body of French gentlemen, with whom we were totally unacqua i n t e d , were to send per sons into our parishes to instruct our people, we should not feel the same confidence in them that we should if the per son who came to teach us was one not only of our own coun trymen, but one who was sent by those whom we personally knew. It was, therefore, the object of this society just to be the Foreign Aid Society ; and as we bad lately done, by the goodness of our Lord, the Pastoral Aid Society, in which we were collecting funds, which were to be sent up to that so ciety,aed distributed to aid the different clergymen in pro viding instruction—so now the funds collected by this so ciety would be sent out either to Paris or Geneva, or to dif ferent parts of the continent where aid was needed, in send ing forth ministers to preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. His dear friend and brother, Mr. Burgess, who had been for a time chaplain in Geneva, and then in Rome, was the honorary secretary to the society. He yesterday had done him (the chairman) the favour to preach from his pulpit, and he had given a very pleasing idea of its na ture in mentioning that our Lord had directed his dis ciples, when they needed power from on high, to be his witnesses in Jerusalem, then in Judea, and then in Sa maria and the uttermost parts of the earth; thus pointing out the order in which our blessed Saviour directed his gospel to be preached. First it was to be preached at Jerusalem ; as often as we heard this, love to our Saviour burned in our hearts, and it would kindle in us a holy flame. Oh, those three words could never be repeated without bearing it in mind, that " the chief of sinners" was then in the mind of our blessed Redeemer ! After they had gone into Jerusalem they were to go through the country of Judea ; and then into Samaria, before they went to the uttermost parts of the earth—to that country which was in the neighbourhood of Judea, and which was a constant rival to the Jews. He (the chairman) need not speak of the beautiful application of this to ourselves, when it was borne in mind that France was our neighbouring country, and at the same time for a season our great rival. Be was now reminded of a very delightful circumstance that occurred in one of the meetings of the British and Foreign Bible Society, in London, at which he had the pleasure of being present. The French admiral, who had gone forth in battle against the British admiral, Lord Gambier, was there, and one was sitting on one side the chair, and the other upon the other ; and instead of meeting as they had formerly. done, to destroy each other's life, they were then in brotherly love, shaking hands together, animated with a mutual desire to send out into all parts the word of God, that every creature might hear of his wonder ful works in his own tongue. (Hear, bear.) This, then, was the delightful object in which this society was engaged. Here were 34 millions of Frenchmen divided from us only by a narrow sea, out of which 34 millions there were only 1,200,000 nominal Protestants. (Hear, hear.) All the rest were sunk, either in papal superstition, or in modern infidelity (hear, hear) ; and it was the desire of the committee of this society to be instrumental in sending to those who were thus in darkness the light of truth. That appeared to be an object which was more peculiarly our duty at the present time; for we must bear in mind the words which were spoken, "Come out of her my people and be be not partakers of her sins." This gave us encourage ment to believe that there were in the Church of Rome many of the Lord's people ; that as in the city of Corinth Paul was directed " be not afraid for I have muc h p eo pl e i n this city" —although that city was at that time a city of gross idolatry and wickedness—so we were encouraged to hope that the Lord might have many of his people now sunk in popish su perstition, and we knew not how soon that period might ar rive when the voice shall say, " Babylon is fallen, is fallen." In this intermediate space, therefore, we were to use every means in our power for saving the souls of our fellow sinners.—After a few more observations, the rev. and vene rable chairman said he should have the pleasure of introducing to the meeting the Rev. R. Burgess, who attended with Captain Layard as a deputation ; but previous to that the first resolution would be moved by the Rev. Mr. Ewbank. The Rev. W. W. EWBANK, incumbent of St. George's, Everton, rose to move the first resolution, which was to the effect that " From the increased facilities which it had pleased the great head of the church, to afford for diffusing upon the continent of Europe, and particularly in France, the religious principles of the reformation, the meeting earnestly looked forward under the divine blessing to an adequate increase of means to be supplied for this duty for carrying forward the great duty of evangelization among the European nations, and hailed with satisfaction the union lately effected between the European Missionary Society and the Central Committee of the Societes Evangeliques, under the name of the Foreign Aid Society, whose object is to promote the religious principles of the reformation upon the continent of Europe." This resolution spoke particularly of two things. It spoke to the general object, which as Christians ought ever to be dear to our hearts—to promote the evangelization of the world, by spreading over it the knowledge of tke glorious gospel of our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ; and it spoke also particularly to the means by which he now recommended them to use that power, and in fluence, and money, which God in his mercy might have put it in their power to use, in consequence of the union of those two societies which were formerly used for bringing about this great and holy object. Now, he must confess, that there was always something which at first seemed rather discou raging in addressing a meeting upon this subject. It was, they saw, a Missionary Society; but it was also a society for the purpose of reviving Christianity, which had become either lost altogether in ignorance, or deadened by the in fluence of false and erroneous doctrines. There was some thing, upon the contrary very inspiriting, when we spoke with regard to the general diffusion of the light of Christi anity over those regions of the world which had never yet re ceived it, which had always lain in darkness and in the shadow of death. He knew that there we had no prejudice of this nature to encounter, we knew that the parties to whom we preached the grace of God had been brought up from their infancy in a false and idolatrous religion, and we pictured to ourselves with something of delight and encourage ment, what a pleasing revulsion of feeling must ensue, as we humbly hoped and trusted, when the knowledge of this only way of salvation should be made known to them for the first time—when, in short, the sun of righteousness should rise at once with all his glory upon them and with healing in his wings. But here our object was altogether different. We had to go among a professedly Christian people ; we had to argue the matter among those who pro fessed to have examined it already for themselves, and who were content with what they professed to believe the way of salvation. Nevertheless, we ought not to allow any feeling of discouragement to operate on our minds so as to prevent us from entering with heart and soul upon such a high and holy work. (Hear, hear.) We knew that as it was the office of the blessed spirit of God to apply the gospel in the very first instance to the heathen who had never been blessed with the knowledge of the Bible, so we knew it was the office of the same blessed spirit to, counteract all those prejudices which the power and the corruptions of man have raised against the purity and the simplicity of God's holy word. This therefore, was the object in which that meeting was called upon and invited to assist. It was not to send the gospel to the heathen, b u t it was t o send it in its purity, in its reality, in its effectiveness, and in its simplicity, to those who had already corrupted it, and were walking in darkness which they themselves had created. Oh, what a blessed thing it was to speak upon such a subject as this with regard to our neighbour France, because having English spirits within us we had been constantly accustomed to look upon Frenchmen as enemies, because in reading history we found this had constantly been the case ! (Hear.) We bad been rivals ; we had had opposing interests, and, therefore, instead of meeting each other with the cordiality which ought to exist between such near neighbours, our neighbourhood had only increased our hate. (Hear.) We hailed, therefore, such societies as this as a blessed commentary upon the text " And there shall be one in Christ, but neither Jew nor Greek ;" we hailed it as the anticipation of th a t g l or i ous per i o d w h en a ll those distinctions shall be completely done away, and we should meet every one in b ro th er ly l ove as su bj ects o f t h e same divine king even Jesus Christ—influenced by the same spirit of holiness, urging us to manifest that great sign by which our blessed Saviour has told us to know we are Chris tians—" that we love one another." (Applause.) :What then had this society to perform? It had to fight two bat tles. It had to argue upon the one side against men who would believe every thing, and it had to argue upon the other against men who would believe almost nothing ; in short, it had to tight against popery o n th e one h an d, an d aga i ns t Soci▪ nianism upon the other. (Cheers.) How was it to effect the glorious change which we trusted it would in some degree be able to effect, and which we knew it had already effected—that was these two societies working hitherto hand in hand, though not actually joined ? He had just been in formed by his friend Captain Layard that in consequence of the operations of such societies as this, where some years ago there were only ten ministers who might be truly called ministers of the gospel—who preached to their congregations Jesus Christ and him crucified—there were now as many as' two hundred preaching the gospel of our Lord and Saviour. This ought to be an encouragement to us. It might appear to day to be a small thing,but we must remember that God does not despise even the feeblest anticipations of his future glory. (Hear, hear.) The second portion of the resolution spoke not only generally with regard to our duty, and what the societies together had to perform, but it spoke of the union of the two societies. " We hailed," the resolution said, " with satisfaction the union lately effected between the European Missionary Saciety and the Central Committee of the Societes Evangeliques under the name of ' The Foreign Aid Society,' whose object is to spread the religious princi ples of the Reformation upon the Continent of Europe." He had therefore to set before the meeting the claims of the Foreign Aid Society.. We knew that, abstractedly, union was a good and a desirable thing, because union itself was strength ; but nevertheless, we were not always an x i ous to see societies united together, because it could not alway s b e done without a co mpromise of essential principles. For in stance, we had two societies in England professedly for one object : we had the Pastoral Aid Soeiety and the Additional Curates Society. In as much as there always would be shades of difference between men, we were not sorry to find that there were two societies working professedly for one ob ject. All we had to do was to attach ourselves to that society which we might think, in the presence of God, likely to be best calculated to effect the greatest amount of good for the object in vie w . H ere was an union , between two societies having the sam e o bj ect i n view ; therefore we enqu ired whe ther or not this union had been formed upon those principles whi▪ ch we approved. H e th oug ht t h ere was an answer to that question in the resolution ;—(hear)—they were united to gether because th e i r object was to promote the reli▪ gious principles of the Reformation upon the Continent of Europe. (Hear, hear.) If, therefore, it could be shewn that thei▪ r ob ject was to promote something which might especially be called the characteristic principle of the Reforma tion, then we could se e no reason why they should not a ct harmoniously together, an d therefore gain strength by the union. (Hear.) But what was " the religious prin ciple of the reformation? It was not for instance, episco pacy, though we ourselves had retained episcopacy, because we believed it to be the most perfect form of church govern ment ; yet we should be wrong in sa yi ng thi s was th e prin ciple of the reformation, by which G o d h a d sen t hi s renew ing light through the European world. (Hear.) The real principles of the reformation was this—justification by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. (Hear, hear.) This was what Luther called the article of a falling or a standing church. (Hear, hear.) Whatever errors the church might have held still, as long as she held this great and fundamental doctrine, there always seemed to be within her something which even tually would bring her right—in short, it ought to be said that if the church would hold this doctrine, she would always have so much of Christ's cross within her, that she could never sink. (Applause.) This then was the principle of these two societies therefore they had a principle of union. The more we considered this great and important subject, the more it seemed that this blessed doctrine was the only armour by which we could hope effectually to subdue the powers of darkness, and all the arts of false religionists. It was right we should use arms of every lawful nature ; it was right that in opposing Roman Catholicism, we should speak of the absurdity of transubstantiation ; of the utterly unte nable nature of the Pope's sovereignty, and so on with regard to all the false doctrines which popery had introduced into the church of Christ ; but he believed that nothing could be really and effectually done until we set forth, openly and clearly, to those who had been deluded by those doctrines, the unsearchable riches of Christ, as contained in this grand article of our religion. (Applause.) We knew we were ap pealing to men's consciences when we did this ; we knew man had something within him which made him look earn estly for something that would appease his conscience ; therefore, by preaching that doctrine, we gave him some thing that had real power over him. If false religion had obtained power over the affections of men, it was because it professed to them that peace which the world could neither give nor take away, and it must fail in the performance ; therefore we shewed that that was what the bible promised, and that it could only perform it. The great object of these united societies then was to go forward in the simple strength of God, and wielding that arm—even the plain and unvar nished gospel—which was to the natural heart foolishness — and which might be despised as too deep and recondite by the Socinian, upon the one hand, who believed nothing but what he thought agreeable to his reason, and which might be despised, upon the other hand, as too simple, and as not having in it sufficient to recommend it to the notice of him who attempted to work for his own salvation. It was, therefore, with the greatest satisfaction that he was now de sirous of recommending this society, upon these two several accounts—first, because it was not only to send out the gos pel to those who had never received it, but also to attempt to awaken those who had fallen into a state of spiritual dark ness and next, especially because it was most agreeable and satisfactory to see that two societies, at any rate, in the world, had found they were acting so entirely upon the same great and leading principles, that without the slightest com promise of religious principle, they were able to go hand in hand to preach the simple gospel of Jesus Christ. (Ap plause.) He had great pleasure in moving the first resolution. The Rev. R. BURGESS, Incumbent of Upper Chelsea. and one of the deputation from the London Society, second ed the resolution. After a few appropriate introductory ob servations, the rev. gentleman said it was very remarkable that the history of the French Protestant church should have occupied so little of the attention of christians in this coun try. Lately, however, the subject had been taken up, and several excellent histories of the reformation in France had been published, and he held in his hand a little book which contained some interesting documents upon its suppression, many of which had never before been published. The sub ject, therefore, was beginning to engage the attention of the christian public in this country, and he felt persuaded that when the object of this society, and the state of the French Protestant church, were known, it would have many sup porters. He would begin by calling attention to a few dates. In 1559 the first Protestant synod was held in France, and the Protestants continued to enjoy a kind of precarious tole ration from that time till the year 1598; during that time, however, they were subject to many vexations, till at length they obtained in their favour the celebrated edict of Nantes. They enjoyed toleration under that edict from 1598 to 1605, when it was revoked, and they were then left without any protection in France. He did not think that the people of England had any idea of the sufferings which the Protestants of France endured after that ; .few people were aware of the extent to which persecution was carried on in that country. There was the very high authority of Jonathan Edwards, who had taken exceedingly great pains to ascertain the facts, that 'during thirty years of persecution which followed the revocation of that edict, there were murdered of Protestants 39 princes, 148 counts, 234 barons, 147,518 gentlemen, and 760,000 of the common people. (Hear.) In 30 years the church of Rome succeeded in accomplishing this immense slaughter ! Fifty thousand Protestant emigrants, who were banished from their country by persecution in 1605, found refuge upon our shores, and it was for the descendants of those 50,000 Protestants that ten churches were about to be built in Bethnal Green. (Hear, hear.) He did not bring forward this persecution to excite indignation against popery, but rather to excite the sympathy of Protestants. The rev. gentleman then read from one of the documents collected by Mr. Dundas Scott, an account given by an eye witness of the atrocities committed during this persecution in Berne, and ,urged that as the descendants of those men were now raising the standard of truth and calling upon us for assist ance, they were entitled to our support. The expiring re mains of Protestantism were almost put out by the first re volution ; and in 1814 it came out either in the shape of a cold neology, or in the shape of Socinianism. In 1814, or rather in 1815, a species of toleration was granted to Pro testants, by the charte con.stitutionelle, but it was toleration merely in name •in fact, it was persecution. It was written by the charter that all religions were to be equally tolerated, but when a few Protestants in a town or village desired to have a meeting, they must apply to the mayor for permis sion ; and the mayor knowing it would be acceptable to the government of Charles the Tenth refused his permission, therefore the toleration which was called liberty amounted to nothing. During the time from 1815 to the last revolution in 1830, the religious state of the continent attracted attention here, and a society was formed so early as 1818, called the Continental Society—concerning which his friend Mr. M'Neile could tell the meeting more than he could, for he had dedicated his vast powers to it for a con siderable time. After a time that society finished its work ; it could go no further, as it could not send agents out, as they were not received. Then it changed to another society, called the European Missionary Society; and now, the Continental Society, the European Society, and the So cietes Evangeliques were gathered together and condensed into the Foreign Aid Society, which he had the honour to bring before the meeting. As there had been but little toleration till 1830, he might date the epoch of true 'Protestantism in France from that period. He had made these preliminary observations in order to enable the meeting to understand the objects of the ForeignlAid Society. In 1830 the charte con stitutionelle was renewed, under the protection and guarantee of which the Protestant Church of France was tolerated. One article of that charter was, that all religions should be equally tolerated and equally supported. A member of the Chamber of Deputies proposed to insert an article in the charter that the Roman Catholic religion should continue to be the established religion of France, but that was overruled, and the established religion of France now named in the charter was the religion of the majority. Suppose, for in stance, the majority of the French should become Mahome tans, or Jews, or Heathens, any of those would become the established religion, thus showing the absurdity of a govern ment attempting to have no fixed state religion,—(hear)— and the inconsistencies into which they fell when they de parted from true principles, and shrunk from erecting the standard of the gospel. (Cheers.) Under this extraordinary article of the charter Protestantism had its share of liberty ; and whenever there was a sufficient number of Protestants in a place; suppose 400 or 500, and they appealed to the go vernment, they could have a pastor of their own selection, confirmed by the minister of public instruction, and paid by the state a salary equal to that of a Roman catholic priest. There was an appearance of fairness in this, but how did it operate? It happened that Protestantism in France was thinly scattered ; in many of the rural districts there were only two or three, perhaps in the adjoining village there might be only half a dozen ; in the whole province altogether you might perhaps collect 200 or 300, but as these were not sufficient to satisfy the provisions of the charter, they were left without any spiritual provision. This article con sequently operated to the entire extinction of Protestantism everywhere except in the great towns. This society, then, was intended to supply those Protestants who were not in sufficient numbers to receive the government aid, with the means of spiritual instruction. It was in that way that the descendants of the Protestant martyrs were brought together, churches were formed, and the word of God was mightily prevailing in forty-one departments of the French territory. (Hear, hear.) The mode in which this work had been ac complished was worthy of consideration. The reverend gentleman then entered into an explanation of very great length of the system of employing colporteurs adopted by the Socials Evang6liques of Geneva and Paris, the princi ples of which he elaborately detailed. He also mentioned several instances of the " sly opposition" of the church of Rome." He next entered into some interesting statements respecting Belgium and Portugal, which we deeply regret we cannot find room for, as they referred to the conversion of several Roman catholic priests, their ordination by the Bishop of London about a fortnight ago, and their return to Portugal to preach the pospel. He next described the progress of Protestantism in some of the Italian states as most gratifying. The reverend gentleman concluded a speech of surpassing interest as follows :—These are great encouragements ; and although there be opposition, yet I trust we are not so weak in faith as to think or suppose that He who is for us is not more than all who are against us. (Cheers.) I have passed a considerable portion of my life upon the continent of Europe. I was for ten winters chap lain to the English congregation at Rome, and therefore I have some little acquaintance with his holiness the Pope. (Laughter.) I was also the chaplain in the summer season —for there is no congregation at Rome then—at Geneva for a succession of years, and that may account to the meeting why I come to take so prominent a part in promoting the objects of this society. lam resolved, if the Lord give me strength, at least for one year to dedicate as much time as I can spare from the labours of a large metropolitan parish, to call the attention of the Christian people of this country to this most important society. (Cheers.) Having lived upon the continent of Europe, and seen that the working of the re ligious system there is fatal to all liberty, both civil and reli gious, I may be excused if I say that my experience of the continental nations perhaps exceeds that of any one now present. (Hear, hear.) It is like a heaving volcano, in which there appears something ready to burst forth, but it cannot find vent; in fact, I have come to this resolution, in looking over the present state of Europe, and in considering the history of its nations, that there exists there two things which are totally incompatible, and that they never can go on—that is, constitutional liberty well understood, and the establishment of the Popish religion. (Cheers.) You have only to look at the present state of Europe to prove this thesis. if you look into Italy, there Popery reigns tri umphant ; and what is the measure of liberty there ? It is literally nothing. (Hear.) Every country in it is despotic ; the press has no freedom ; if a man attempt to speak a word, or to think for himself, any thing against the Church of Rome, there is the prison for him ; he is put away and you hear no more about him. At Rome it is not possible for a Roman, if he is a Protestant, to say anything ; but if he is a Roman Catholic he is bound to show a certifi cate from the priest, once a year, that he has been at con fession. He must either give a satisfactory reason, such as absence, or else he must answer for his conduct to the tribu nal at the Inquisition, which is a large ugly building, that I have often seen, near the Vatican. If you look at the Penin sula you now see something of toleration ; but whatis the rea son ? It is because the Scriptures are beginning to find their way there ; and it is a remarkable fact, thatjustin proportion as the lights of divine truth is proclaimed in those countries in the same degree have civil and religious liberty risen up. (Cheers.) Put out the one and you will not have the other. (Hear, hear.) if you look at Germany you see the same thing; wherever you elevate the gospel and the scriptures there you have liberty. (Cheers.) I appeal to Prussia ; what has taken place there ? That is a remarkable instance of a German power having propagated the scriptures and reformed faith : and it is almost the only country in Ger many which has constitutional liberty. The king has already given them liberty ; they are ready for it and know how to use it; and thus you see how civil liberty keeps pace with knowledge of the scriptures, or what we designate in one word, and that is the very good word Protestantism. (Loud cheers.) If you look in France there is liberty ; there is the charte constitutionelle. There they cry for liberty. They have it, but where is the Roman Catholic religion. It is now no longer the religion of Prance, for it is the religion of the ma jority—and in proportion as you saw the power of the Roman Catholic religion fall, in proportion you saw constitutional liberty rise. So it is in all other countries; and so it is wherever you open the page of histoty. (Cheers.) We may apply these facts and these arguments to a certain island which I not long ago visited, and they will solve the problem —you must there have either constitutional liberty abridged or the power of the priesthood abridged. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Burgess concluded by an a pp ea l t o th e me eting in support of the society. The resolution was then carried unanimously. Captain LAYARD, the other member of the deputation from the Parent Society, rose to move the next resolution. It was, in substance, that an auxiliary society be now formed in Liverpool, for the purpose of collecting funds towards carrying forward the object in view. The gallant officer en tered into a variety of details connected with the union of the two societies, and mentioned that auxiliaries had just been formed in Bath, Brighton, Greenock, Edinburgh, Hereford, Chester, and Shrewsbury, and were in vigorous operation. He described the feeling upon the continent as decidedly favourable to the objects of the society, and gave several instances of the funds of the Paris committee having been increased in consequence. He concluded by moving the resolution. I The Rev. HUGH M`NEILE rose amidst loud cheers to second the resolution. He did not think, he said, it would be necessary for him to urge this matter by any argument, for, if he apprehended rightly from what the meeting had already heard, the society which had been called a " Foreign Aid Society," a " Pastoral Aid Society," and a " Reforma tion Society," might as well be called a " Protestant Asso ciation." (Loud cheers.) There were some persons who did not like Protestant Associations, though they had no ob jection to join other societies which were doing as well as they could the Protestant work. (Hear, hear.) In this country, he was free to confess his own strong conviction, that but for the movements occasioned seven or eight years ago by Protestant Associations, some of the very useful soci eties now at work would never have been called into exist ence. There was nit the readiness in the public mind to meet the proposals to form them, until the people were taught the position in which they were placed relatively with the Church of Rome. (Hear, hear.) He had thought with regard to a period to which Mr. Burgess had alluded, for some years that the best movement of Protestant asso ciations would be a continental movement, and he had then done what he could in support of a continental society, for he was always friendly to Protestaut associations. (Cheers.) But since the year 1829 the matter had been brought very near home ; and he felt that the Protestants in Ireland de manded our sympathy quite as much as the Protestants in France—that they were exposed to what Mr. Burgess had very properly called the sly persecution of the Papacy. (Hear, hear.) Since '29 a new feature had appeared in our own country ; and it was in vain to say we were to carry on this work without reference to politics. Christianity had never been carried on without reference to politics. (Hear, hear.) Christianity had upset the government of pagan Rome ; Christianity had upset the dogmatism of papal Rome; and Christianity would upset the neology of the nineteenth cen tury also. (Cheers.) How was it to perform this great work but by grappling with the spirit of the age, whatever that spirit might be ? It was not by s h r i n ki ng back timidly and very amiably certainly—it was not by shrinking back gently and moderately, or with as much gentleness as could be af forded from the touch of secular contact; it was not so that Christianity was to triumph ; it was not by fearing to grapple with the mischiefs of the day, whatever those mischiefs might be, that Christianity could triumph. (Hear.) He knew that the still small voice of Christianity to the inner man was a delightful and a blessed thing which had no immediate connection with politics ; it survived the pressure of politi cal opposition, and sung the praises of God in the inner person—in the stocks—as sweetly as in the cathedral, in the quire. (Immense applause.) But God worked by means; and with regard to the outworks of the Christian church, we should soon have the road cleared of the men who neglected the outward testimony of God's truth. Ex cept the shell be preserved the kernel would not be spared. In proportion as Christianity as an outwork grappled with the world, and maintained its position in the world, and drove back the opposition of the world, in the same proportion there would be behind and within the enclosures so defended, a multitude of tender and delicate, and sweet, and peaceable enjoyments of that Christianity in the hearts of them that loved God. But who should defend the citadel if all were to be in the interior of the tabernacle? Were all to be ever more dwelling before the mercy seat, then who should defend the encampment? Who should keep secure the encampment from the incursions of the Philistines, if all Israel were in the tabernacle? (Hear.) Nay, then, this would not do. It was an easy thing to talk and to say, what a sweet thing was Christianity, and how unhallowed it was to mix up politics with it. No, it was the absence of politics which had ruined us, or would have ruined us ; it was this sort of shrinking from the contact of the world which had made men of the world fancy that Christianity could not grapple with them. (Hear, hear.) He said Christianity could grapple with them —that Christianity could overthrow the rationalism of the age, or the infidelity of the continent, and of our own country, as easily as it had the tyranny of pagan Rome, and the su perstitions of papal Rome, only let it have fair play. (Hear.) Let it take the truth which it found in all the systems of error, for there was some truth in every system of error, but it was overladen with mischief; there was some truth in the great movement of the age we lived in—the march of mind— was christianity to shrink from it ? Were christians to lift up their eyes and hands in astonishment at the world, instead of grappling with it? If they saw what a fearful thing it was that religion should not be supported by the govern ments, were they not to assail that government which would not maintain the church? No. (Cheers.) He begged to say that christianity, as an outward system, was capable to meet the activity of the world, and that it was not such a simple, soft, tender thing as a statesman might drive into a corner at any moment he pleased to suit his own conveni ence. (Hear, hear.) The statesmen of England were beginning to find that the Church of England would main tain herself in spite of them—that she would do for our overgrown population what they had refused to do by a vote of the House of Commons—that the government would find there was a via inertice in the church ; a power about christianity which they wondered at, and they were astonished to see what the church was doing. The government of France was finding out the same thing. There was a " sly opposition" going on there. (Hear, hear.) He was very much struck with an article which he had read in Black wood's Magazine, describing what was going on there, and the manner in which the government were attempting to persecute the protestaros against the existing laws. Mr. Burgess had referred to the charter. The fifth section of that charter said, " Every individual is free to profess his religion with equal liberty, and will obtain for his worship an equal protection." The Protestants imagined that this covered them in the free exercise of their worship, and accordingly, " a little more than a year ago, two indi viduals, by name Doine and Lemair, were charged at Montargis, with having held a religious meeting, con sisting of more than twenty persons. The authorities of that town insisted that this act was contrary to law, and the accused were condemned to several months' imprisonment." Here was an interpretation of the law of the charter ! The charter said that every individual was free to profess his re ligion with equal liberty, and would obtain for his worship equal protection. Two Protestants in a provincial town had a religious meeting, consisting of more than twenty persons ; the authorities of the town declared it contrary to law, and they were condemned to imprisonment ! " They appealed, however, against this sentence to the Cour Royal of Orleans, which reversed the judgment, and pronounced a verdict of acquittal. Against this acquittal another appeal was made, at the instigation of the Ministre des Guiles, to the Court of Cassation, when, on special grounds, the latter sentence was confirmed, whilst the legal view of the case, taken by the Montargis tribunal, was de clared to be the right one. This view is, that French reli gionists disconnected with the state, or not having the per mission of the civil authorities, have no right to assemble more than twenty persons, and that they violate positive laws in so doing." This matter was referred to the Court of Cassation, and M. Dupin laid down a strange position. Referring to the char ter which gave equal protection, lie said that " The equal liberty promised to all religions is a restricted liberty ; hence he argued that the restrictions which are ac cepted by any specific b o dy o f religionists must apply to them all!" _ _ _ As some bodies of religionists in France had entered into a c ompact with the gove rnmen t, th e y were under restrictions voluntarily incurred. M. Dupin argued that others, who had never entered into any compact, would, nevertheless, be b r ought under similar res t r i ct i ons , en f o rced against their will. Upon this interpretation of the charter, he pronounced that the Protestants of France were not at liberty to have any religiou s mee i n g containing more than twenty persons ! The Protestants of France he (Mr. M`Neile) hoped wer e not go i ng t o g i ve u p their religious meetings upon that account. There, however, we were safe ; and very respectable P ro t es t an t in England were going to send them money to encourage them ; thus doing in France what some of them felt a repugnance to do in England ! He was glad they were doing so. He considered this Foreign Aid Society a great acknowledgment of the rectitude of our Protestant Associations. (Applause.) Only that he knew how Mr. Burgess was situated, and his engagements, he would have proposed an adjournment of the meeting till seven or eight o'clock to-night, in order that he might have an opportunity of r epeating his interesting statements to the as sembled operatives. (Hear, hear.) Those were the men for pushing true religionthrough the world now, and he could tell the meeting how they felt the power of the gospel without being under th e t rammels of the etiquette of society. (Hear, hear.) We had gentlemen who felt also the power of the gospel ; but then there was such a thing as losing caste; and they did not lik e to lose caste for prudence, and judgment, and discretion ; therefore, although he believed many of them wished us heartily God speed in the agitation of the public for Prot es t an t purposes, yet they would not com e and join us. But those honest Operatives came by thousands in all the large towns in the kingdom. (Hear.) And if they wanted help for the Foreign Aid Society, it must come from the Operatives of E ng l an d , ( c h eers, ) who were inoculatedwith true Protestantism.—After some eloquent observations, strongly enforcing the objects of the society, and calling upon the ladies to exert themselves in its favour, the rev. gentleman concluded by seconding the resolution. The doxology was then sang, and the meeting separated about two o'clock. OUR HEAD AND EARS IN DEBT.—A hatter in New York gives a definition of the common phrase, " over head and ears in debt." He says in his adverti sement , i t means a man who " hasn't paid for his hat." TILE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—It will be seen from an advertisement, that the claims which this association has upon the support of the Protestant public will he laid before them to-morrow evening, at Christ Church. At no period have these claims been more pressing than the present, and we fervently hope the statements of the reverend ge n tlem an will be attentively listened to, and his urgent appeals for their pecuniary assistance liberally seconded. EARLY GOOSEBERRIES. — As a proof of the great mild ness of the season, and the forward state of garden produce, it may be stated that M r. Matthe w Dalby, of Linton, near' Wetherby, yesterday week, gathered in his garden some " crown bob " gooseberries, of such a size as were never before plucked at this early period of the year in this neigh bourhood. Seven years ago Mr. Dalby had gooseberries similar to the above on the 21st of April. CHURCH RATES. --"A summons fo r a c h urc h -rate hav i ng been lately dismissed at our Public-office, on the ground that the churchwarden had not made personal application f or th e rate, we having been requested to give publicity to th e l aw on this point, by copying the opinion of Dr. Phillimore, an eminent civilian, on a case laid before him last year by a gentleman residing i n a neighbouring parish.—Opinion : " I am of opinion that the churchwarden is not bound to re ceive the rate in person, and that any parishioner who may be satisfied that the person demanding the ra t e h as compe tent authority to receive it, cannot he legally justifi e d i n withholding the payment of the sum for which he ma y h ave been duly assesse d. JOSEPH I:III.LLIMORE.—Doctors' Com mons, 21st March, 18-10.—Bermmgham Advertiser. On last Saturday, private Robert. Shaw, of the 20th regi ment, came by hi s death in the following manner : —O n ac count of the disturbed state of the Silvermines and its local ity, a party of the regiment was detached from Nenagh to the village who was one of th e party, in company named. Shaw , with another soldiernarned Russell, w en t t o v i ew the machi nery and other work; of the mine, whe nce t h e village takes its name. An nse water wheel. attracted Shaw's atten tion, and as he had been for some time employed in machi • he explained some of its powers and eery at Manchester, properties to his coprade. He then mounted the wheel and performed on it twi:e evolution which this he attemptedch is vulgarly called ''turning the wild (at. Not satisfied with the exploit a thin, an d, fatally fo r h imself, a last time. While entangled in the wheel, it, from the impulse of his weight, suddenly i g an to move, at the s ame t i me dragging him with it in its (Dangei, wnw ard course. C onsc i ous of the immi nence of his he made a plunge at o ne o f the arms of d the wheel, and then made a bound at one o f t h e embankments, but the poor fellow missed h is footi ng , and was immediately' precipitated between the wheel and its guard wa ll , where he became so entanghtl that his neck and one of his arms were literally crushed t( mummy. His last words were, "Oh ! " I'm done for !" The Lord have mercy on me ! Morning Herald. SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.—No. 3. (FOR THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.) DEBATE UPON THE COMPENSATION CLAUSE OF THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER BILL-DE FEAT OF MINISTERS. APRIL 23D. It is not always a great debate which furnishes the most interesting study for a spectator in the House of Commons. On set occasions it is too much the custom, even with some of the leading members, to come down to the house with speeches ready conned and got by heart, like school-boy ex hibitions ; and the natural result, which cannot but strike a stranger, is a lamentable want of energy' and earnestness in the manner of the speakers. In the casual conflicts of party it is that genuine parliamentary talent is elicited ; in the epi sodes, as it were, of the great legislative drama, we can best arrive at a just estimate of the real merits of the actors. Such an episode occurred on Friday evening, during the committee upon the bill of the Attorney-General for abolish ing the present Court of Exchequer and creating in its stead two new Courts of Equity. The clause in the bill upon which the debate arose, was one providing, as usual in similar cases, compensation for deprivation of emolument to the judges and officers of the court. This clause the Chancellor of the Exchequer—and why this public functionary, who will perhaps find enough to do with his BUDGET in a few days, should step so far out of his department as to interfere with the details of a legal mea sure, is best understood by himself—proposed to omit ; and to substitute for it one enacting that compensation should be made to every officer of the court with the exception of a single marked individual—the son of the Lord Chief Baron, Lord Abinger. The pretext, upon which this invidious proposition was made, was that the honourable Mr. Scarlet —the gentleman in question—received his appointment from the Chief Baron subsequent to the introduction, last session, of a bill similar to the present. The position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as the mover of this shabby proposition—for shabby it was, as well as unjust, when stripped of its covering of plausibility—was not one calculated for the display of any great talent ; but I could scarcely have imagined it possible that so important a functionary as the Chancellor of the Exchequer could have exhibited so mistrable a spectacle upon any occasion. He hem'd and stammered—advanced to the table and then went back again —shuffled with his feet—made dog's ears in a copy of the statutes, from which he had selected a case in point, (which was not to the point after all) ; and finally sat down amidst the ominous silence of his party, leaving only the im pression behind him that, unless he had submitted on the occasion to be made the catspaw of the ministry, some paltry petty spite could alone have induced him to embark in a cru sade against an individual, in justification of which he had not been able to produce one precedent or one valid argu ment. It is scarcely possible to describe the strong contrast of manner and person presented between this gentleman and the honourable member who replied to him—Sir William Follett. The member for Exeter is possessed of a noble person, a manner full of dignity and ease combined, and, — what is of essential value to a speaker—a fine manly voice. In the compass of about a dozen sentences, Sir William de molished utterly the flimsy sophistries of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, upset his law, overturned his case of prece dent, and—unkindest cut of all—threw back upon the shoulders of the ministry a clear case of attempted fraud. Sir William showed that the vacancy which the Lord Chief Baron had filled up, was occasioned by the death of its for mer occupant. Ergo : there could be no imputation of col lusion, no shuffling of offices, no changing of nests, such as had occurred on some other occasions to create vacancies, for the purpose of creating claims for compensation. The office, which was a judicial one, could not remain vacant without the entire business of the court being suspended; and with respect to filling it up, the Chief Baron had no choice. The act of parliament rendered it imperative upon him to name a successor, who must be a barrister of ten years' standing at the bar ; and Sir William clearly showed, that after having drawn such a man from the exercise of his profession, for the purpose of holding a judicial situation, it was only a bare measure of justice to grant compensation. The Chancellor of the Exchequer attempted a reply to Sir William, and evidently not in the sweetest temper possible. At this period of the debate the honourable member for Tamworth, in that " forcible quiet" way which he occa sionally assumes, proposed a very simple question to the puzzled Chancellor of the Exchequer, which a little in creased his bewilderment. " The honourable gentleman," remarked Sir Robert, " has informed the house that certain individuals, who have purchased offices in the Court of Ex chequer since the bill was introduced last session, are never theless to receive compensation ; upon what principle does the right honourable gentleman propose to grant compensa tion in these cases, and refuse it in the case before the house ?" The explosion of a ten-pound rocket could scarcely have created a more astounding effect upon the Chancellor than this simple query. By this time affairs were beginning to look rather ominous Two or three of the ministerial party had announced their intention of voting against the Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposition; and a diversion was therefore found advisable to be effected on the part of the baffled ministry. Accord ingly, a remark of the member for Ripon—Mr. Pemberton— that " although a bill had been introduced, it was not con clusive that it would be passed—that many bills introduced by ministers were abandoned, or were perhaps rejected in the house," was forthwith seized upon by Lord John Russell, and the allusion in it to the possibility of the House of Lords rejecting a bill which bad passed the commons was at once tortured into a ground for a tirade from his Lordship against the powers and privileges of that house. "Is the House of Commons," exclaimed his Lordship, with all the dignity of which so small a man is capable, to be told that it dare not pass any measure of compensation—any money question —without the House of Lords dictating the terms ? Are we to resign into the hands of that house our power of dealing exclusively with money questions, and become the mere re gistrars of the imperious will of that house ?" whereupon sundry raw statesmen cried " Hear ! hear !" with great fer vour, whilst the " older hands" indulged in a smile.. The " ruse" was too transparent. The attempt of the pigmy lord to fan himself into a democratic passion was too evidently a mere part of the " tactique ;" and it was unsuccessful ac cordingly, and like other similar dishonesties, when detected, damaged rather than advanced the cause it was meant to Sir Edward Sugden succeeded to his lordship, and admi nistered a pretty severe rebuke to the demagogue lord, whom he shewed to have not only perverted most grossly the mean ing of the honourable member for Ripon, but to have even misrepresented circumstances connected with it. The con cluding portion of the debate contained nothing very striking. Attention was called to the fact, that Mr. Scarlett actually resigned two important offices (one as counsel to the mint) upon his appointment in the Court of Exchequer ; and Mr. Cresswell reminded the house that, viewing the question as one of patronage merely, the salary of Lord Chief Baron, to whom that patronage of right belonged, had been restricted at the time of his appointment expressly upon the condition of its existence ; and that no compensation was to be made to, or sought for by, him upon its deprivation. After a few attempts by the ministerialists to prolong the debate, whilst effort was made to " whip up" their supporters, the house divided, and the ministerial trick was defeated by a majority of 3—the numbers being, respectively, 73 and 70. It was impossible to avoid remarking during this debate — in fact, during the whole of the preceding debate as well— that the great bulk of the legal talent in the house, at any rate, is to be found upon the opposition benches. With the exception of the Attorney and Solicitor-General, not another man of any great or rising talent, at the English tar, can be found amongst the ministerialists, whilst a whole host of talent crowds the ranks of their opponents—amongst whom not the least are such men as Mr. Cresswell, Mr. Thesiger, Sir William Follett, Sir Frederick Pollock, Mr. Pemberton, Sir Edward Sugden, &c.—men whose talents are calculated to adorn any station, or to honour any cause. It may be said, indeed, that legal talent is not what the people want in that house ; but how preposterous is the objection ! Can such men as these, who from their avocations necessarily be come acquainted with the most minute details of the com mercial and social relations of the community, by any possi bility fail in carrying some portion of their acquirements into that house, to be exercised for the benefit of their various constituencies, and of the community at large ? THE DOCK GATES. SlB, —Allow THE EDITOR OF THE L IV ER P OOL STANDARD. SlR,—Allow me, through the medium of your valuable paper, to call the attentio n of th e proper par ti es t o a serious inconvenience felt by myself and the public at large, yester day morning at nine o'clock. I went down to the north end of George's Dock, and found the flood-gates and bridge both open, and in consequence I made the best of my way to the south end, and there found the bridge and flood-gates, at each end of the passage, which separates the George's from Canning Dock open, and crowds of persons were detained there for twenty-minutes ; now, there was not the least occa sion for the south bridge to be open, as, during the entire time, not a vessel was even attempting to come from the Canning to George's Dock, and this must have been clear to all parties, including the dock-gatemen and the police. I hope this will have attention from the proper quarter, and the public not inconvenienced when there is no absolute ne cessity. By inserting this you will oblige yours, &c., AN OLD FRIEND TO LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL HOME MISSION TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—As superintendent of the Liverpool Home Mission, in connexion with the British Christian Church Home Mis sionary Society established at London, &c., I have deemed It my duty to refer to a paragraph in your paper of the 23d instant, headed " Beware of Impostors, and signed J. T. B. I believe there were two persons from a distance, who had no connexion with us, or any other society in Liverpool, collecting for an institution of similar name, very recently ; but have been given to understand they have left the town ; and I am of opinion that the article referred to may partially prevent our home institutions receiving that support which is essential to their prosperity. For instance, I with some of our friends) was unanimously requested to wait upon the merchants, &c., on behalf of its funds; and having taken one of the missionaries with me, in the discharge of this duty, we might, by such as do not personally know us, be supposed to be the individuals alluded to in your paper. I therefore beg you will have the kindness to give these lines a place in the next copy of your much-respected journal. I am, dear sir, your humble, obedient servant, JOSEPH PEARL Stanley-crescent, April 23, 1841. OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.—No. V JOHN ROSSON, ESQ The subject of our present sketch is one of a fraternity with which we have not as yet had to do ; one of the chickens of Mother Jezebel—indeed " the" veriest " Roman of them all"—and although he might, without any great detri ment to society, have been made to wait until he had been a little better fledged, yet we are unable to resist his pressing importunities of late to be honoured with our notice. Stand forward, therefore, most illustrious king of the Protectors; and allow us to transfer thy " ambrosial curls" to our im mortalizing columns. Let the reader, who has not had the felicity of attending any of the recent gatherings of Whig-Radicalism in Liver pool, picture to himself or herself, a rosy-checked personage, about five feet three inches in his stocking feet, with a knot of fuzzy red hair—some very polite people might call it au burn—" steeling" in graceful curls from beneath his hat; light blue eyes, which remind us of the " sweet sky blue" liquid, which, at such seminaries as Dotheboys Hall. they are in the habit of calling " milk ;" a rotund form, cased in somewhat gentlemanly garments, a neatly tied cravat, or an elaborately folded stock, and as many rings and chains of gold or gilt, as would set up a pedlar in a tolerable way of business. Place such a man in the balcony of any decent dwelling, with one hand, cased in unsoiled kid, upon the railing, whilst the other, in the most affable manner pos sible, " saws the air ;" send round the tee-total, or any band of similar excellence, by Vauxhall-road, Tithebarn street, Orange-street, and other equally delectable localities, playing " Patrick's Day in the morning," to secure an au dience of " the boys ;" and you will forthwith have before you, in all the " pomp, pride, and circumstance" which be fits him, the sucking demagogue—the agitator "in petto"— the man, in fine, of whom Dame Nature swears that " Her prentice han' she tried on Dan, And then she made John Rosson, 0 !" Yes, reader; you would see in that individual the man who, at some future day, is destined to carry—not the wallet, perhaps, but the " Tail,' of the illustrious mendicant of the present day ; to be borne into Parliament upon the HODS of his fellow-countrymen, and to proclaim there the wrongs of "nine millions"—by that time they may be twelve mil lions " of hereditary bondsmen." We have ourselves had many opportunities of appreciating the lofty talents and the rare eloquence which distinguish this extraordinary man ; but above all these, we have been charmed with the humility and modesty of demeanour by which they are attended. As an instance of his great kind ness of disposition, need we remind our readers of the un wearying assiduity with which he—a lawyer, without the bare prospect of fee or reward—attended the last Burgess Regis tration Court; and with what delicate zeal he endeavoured to inject a little of his own legal profundity into the ear of a certain whig functionary of that court ? Need we recall to recollection the suavity of manner with which, on that occa sion, he intimated to a certain learned barrister that be was " a bully," or with what calm dignity he subsequently walked out of court, with the amicable intent of saving to his wor ship—the then Mayor—the trouble and fatigue of ordering him to he put out 7 None of these circumstances, we are satisfied, are forgotten. They ought never to be so, but combined with his noble exertions as a " protector" of the rights of the " cellarocracy" of Liverpool, and his efforts to raise the hod and the lumper's barrow to the same level in the scale of respectability as other implements of art. ought to hand down his name for ever as a patriot—a philanthro pist and a philosopher. The style of oratory adopted by Mr. Rosson, is one pecu liarly the favourite, with the lower classes especially, of his countrymen—the " flowery" style. He deals largely in trope and metaphor, wisely remembering, no doubt, that the most loudly applauded passage in all the addresses of this great prototype is that, commencing with " great, glorious and free," and concluding with " first gem of the earth and first flower of the sea" ;—which our readers will bear in mind is the Irish version of a passage of one of our poets, which reads somewhat differently in English ; but as the sound is all, it is no great matter. Perhaps, indeed, the Irish version is the more imaginative. The most " flowery" portions of Mr. Rosson's speeches are, very wisely, borrowed. It is far better, when a man has an inclination to soar aloft, to borrow a pair of wings, or a ladder, which has been used be fore, than to experimezztalize upon new materials at the risk of a break-down. There :is one habit, however, which we wish sincerely Mr. Rosson would lay aside. On the eve of any of his great displays he has of late got hold of some musty book or other with an immense Latin or Greek name, and learnt a page or two by heart, which on the succeeding day he introduces to his enlightened bogtrotters, as a " very ap posite illustration of the principles for which he has been contending"—and so forth. Now with all dt* deference to Mr. Rosson, the very clap-trap itself is not original. It is an ingenious device to secure a reputation as a man of exten sive reading, adopted years before he was born by the worthy old lady of Lord-street; and a man of Mr. Rosson's exten sive acquirements ought not surely to require the same bolstering appliances by which that venerable antique is held together. We feel bound before taking leave of our subject, to warn the public against misapprehension, into which they might possibly fall. There is a common adage—noscitur e sociis— (which, as it is in Latin, our printer's devil has instructions to translate for the enlightenment of any whig-radical mem ber of the council who may honour him with a call); but this test cannot be with justice applied to John Rosson. We must not judge of his talents and his character by those of the worn-out hacks of whit-radicalism, amongst whom he herds. He is evidently out of his element when amongst brawling and ruffianly mobs, whilst they arc as evidently in theirs. He will never become very great as a demagogue, because he lacks the most essential requirement—vulgarity; and it is only the strong hold which Rome exercises over her sons, which induces him, under the supposition that he is advancing her interests, to bend to his present unclean avo cations. Yet, after all, we don't imagine that he will ever set the Mersey on fire or enact any other similar prodigy ; and we would back a tom-cat of ours to carry in his mouth all the briefs he has had or ever will have—provided no wicked wight tempts him to lay down his load with the prospect of a " chop," for which he has an almost Chinese negociator's appetite. THE ERRORS OF POPERY The following correspondence has just taken place between the Rev. J. Baylee, incumbent of Trinity Church, Wood side, and Dr. Butler, whose controversial lectures, now de livering in a Popish chapel in this town, have been duly trumpeted forth by the radical journals. It will be seen that the doctor, as is always the case, shrinks in a shabby manner from any reply to the modest request so delicately intimated by Mr. Baylee. (No. 1.) Park field, Woodside, April 20, 1811. SlF, — Having heard from various persons that, in your public preaching, you had declared your readiness to meet any clergyman of the Church of England, to discuss the Roman Catholic doctrines protested against by us, I beg to be informed whether you have given such a challenge. I remain, sir, your obedient servant, JOSEPH BAYLEE, Incumbent of Holy Trinity Church, Birkenhead. Rev. Dr. Butler. (No, 2.) St. Anthony's, 21st April, 1841. beg to observe, that I do not consider myself under the necessity of replying to your note of the 20th inst. I do humbly hope that the tender mercies of Heaven may draw you to hear me, and give you grace to profit by the example of several who, on hearing from me the pure Gospel of the blessed Jesus, have renounced the errors of Protes tantism, and joined our Holy Catholic church. I remain, sir, yilhur obedient servant, THOMAS BUTLER, D.D. Rev. J. Baylee (No. 3.) Stu,—l duly received your note of the 21st, dated from " St. Anthony's," and, with reference to the invitation to hear from you " the pure Gospel of the blessed Jesus," I beg to observe, that a person who could mistake a Roman chapel for a Catholic church could not possibly know, much less preach, the true Gospel of the Lord Jesus. Common report, from credible persons who have heard you preach, declares that you challenged any Church of England clergyman to meet you in discussion. I now accept that challenge, and am ready to prove publicly 1. That the Church of Rome has apostatised from the true faith of Christ. 2. That Romish priests, exercising their ministry in this country, are schismatics. 3. That the Church of England is the only branch of the Catholic church existing in England. If, sir, your addresses to the congregation of ,St. Anthony's can bear the light of Scripture, you can have no objection to bring them to the test before an audience too w ,, 11 instructed in Catholic truth to enter a Romish chapel. I beg to add, that, as it has been publicly reported that we were challenged by you, I purpose to mak. , this letter public. I remain, sir, your obedient servan t. J. B AYLEE Parkfield, Woodside, 23d April, 1811 Rev. Dr. Butler. NEW CHURCHES.—Three new churches were last week consecrated in the Archdeaconry of Gloucester. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. — On Wednesday, Mr. Cooke applied, on the part of Mr. W. J. Ham mond; cow median, and lately the lessee of Drury-lane ' Theatre, for permission to give bail in a smaller sum than i: s required in ordinary cases, on the ground of special and peci diar circum stancesr The judgment debts against the ins olvent were about £1600., and bail must be given in double that sum. Mr. Hammond's debts were about :08000. Mi . . Commis sioner Bowen, under the circumstances, said Mr.. Hammond might be admitted to bail on two sureties for £2OOO. MYSTERIOUS RAVAGING OF A FLOCK.—On Tuesday, eae I , lth ult., the shepherd of Mr. I'. Cooke Burroughes, (-)f Gazeley, on entering the sheep-yard in the morning found nine sheep and twenty eight fine lambs had been destroyed' during the night, and left lying in heaps one upon another, hi one corner of the yard; the wool and skins of some were torn in places, but no flesh taken off nor the blood drawn, and many of the lambs were much bruised, and appeared upon being flayed as if they had received a blow from a stick, although it is supposed that some of the bruises might have been produced, and some of the lambs killed, by the sheep in their fright trampling upon and smothering them. None of the remainder of the flock in the yard were mangled or otherwise injured. Several shepherds who were afterwards present, from examining the skins, and from other appear ances, were all of opinion that one or more dogs alone had not effected the mischief. The case is at present involved in mystery ; but the c i rcumstances seem strongly to i n dicate that some evil-di s p ose d person or persons were cone•erne d in it. The Ne wmar k et association has offered a rewar d for the discovery of the offenders.—Cambridge Chronicle. EXECUTION OF BARTHOLOMEW MURRAY, FOR THE MURDERS AT OVER-PEOVER. CHESTER, Saturday night.—The last sentence of the law was carried into effect upon the body of this unfortunate culprit at the city gaol this morning. He was locked up every night in the condemned cell by himself, and is stated to have enjoyed up to Thursday night sound and unbroken sleep. On Friday morning, the holy sacrament was administered to him by the Rev. J . Carberry. He then appeared quite resigned to his fate, and deeply ill) - pressed with the urgent necessity of making his peace, with God. On Friday afternoon he expressed a wish to see th e prisoners who (up to the day of his condemnation) had been confined in the same yard with him. He bade all an affec tionate and affecting adieu, and on shaking hands with the man in confinement on suspicion of shooting a gamekeeper at Huxley, near Tarporley, he said he hoped he would avoid that fate which so soon awaited him. He made no other allu sion to his situation, further than a general expression of his feeling both well and happy. Between eight and nine o'clock in the evening he was revisited by the Roman catholic clergy man. He then went to bed, and taking his prayer-book in his hand, with the exception of some short intervals, read the contents with marked devotion throughout the night. He dressed about four o'clock, and partook of a hearty break fast. The county authorities next conducted Murray to the lobby adjoining the outer gate of the Castle. He was there hand cuffed, and the city sheriff and his officers being announced as waiting for the culprit at Glover's Stone (the city boundry mark), Mr. Dunstan conducted his prisoner on foot in that direction. The unhappy man walked by the side of the priest, still repeating the prayers, and the gaze of a crowd of some thousonds did not appear in the least to affect him. On th arrival of the county procession at the boundary, a black railed cart without springs (provided by the city authorities) was in readiness to convey the culprit to the city gaol. He was lifted into it, and manacles having been fixed to his legs, the Rev. J. Carberry took a seat in the cart by the side of the culprit, both riding with their backs to the horse, which after the true Tyburn style was led by the hangman, a prac titioner from Staffordshire. The governor of the city gaol headed the procession, and the sheriffs, under-sheriff, and a large body of officers brought up the rear. The crowd was was exceedingly dense, and the police constables had great difficulty in keeping them back, so as to make a passage for the cart. The number of females (many of them well dressed) present was in a majority of at least two to one of the male sex. The procession reached the gaol as the clock struck five. The cart was taken to the back door of the prison, and Murray's manacles having been removed, he was conducted through the chapel in which his coffin was lying, to the cell at the foot of the fatal platform. The sight of neither the coffin nor drop appeared to affect him in the least. On en tering the cell he directly knelt down, and continued his devotions. The various services of the Roman church were continued throughout the morning almost unceasingly. Murray at no time lost that confidence for which he has been so remarkable. On the arrival of the sheriff the room was cleared of all persons except the chaplain of the court prison, the Rev. J. Carberry, the schoolmaster of the county gaol, the officers of the gaol, and the representatives of the public press. The Litany was then repeated, and by the time of its conclusion the executioner commenced his preparations. The culprit remained firm and unmoved during the time the fetters were adjusted to his legs, and his arms pinioned, no visible change was perceptible in his countenance, and he continued fervently engaged in prayer during the whole cere mony. In answer to a question from Mr. Eaton, Murray at once replied. " I have no declaration to make." He was then conducted to the drop, and having ascended the scaffold with a firm step, he knelt with Mr. Carberry on the drop. After a few minutes spent in prayer, the executioner proceeded to adjust the rope round the neck of the culprit. His pastor then administered the sacrament of extreme unction, and in an instant the drop fell, and he died with scarcely a perceptible struggle. He was in the 19th year of his age. In genuine esprit du corps we are glad to find that our " order" is not everywhere at discount. We have the gra tification to state, that our friend and contemporary, Mr. William Mulville Lomas, editor to the Preston Chronicle, has been appointed chairman of the board of guardians for the Preston union for the ensuing year. AMATEUR PERFORMANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BLUE COAT SCHOOL.-It will be seen by the announce ment in this day's paper, that a few philanthropic gen tlemen have 7-lade arrangements for an amateur per formance, to take place on Friday next, at the Amphithea tre, on behalf of this very excellent institution. The per. formances are under the patronage of the Mayor and seve ral families of distinction in Liverpool. THE BISHOP BRIDGE MURDER.—On Friday last, at the Glasgow assizes, the court was occupied the whole day with the trial of Dennis Hart or Doolan and two others, for the murder of John Green, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, in December last. After the examination of many witnesses, the court was adjourned until the following morning. A MONUMENT TO O'CONNELL.—It is nothing new to hear indifferent spectators allege that a person may be a bully and yet no fighting man, but it is something new to hear a man make the assertion positively regarding himself. Mr. O'Connell has declared at a crowded meeting 'in the Corn Exchange—" I am not a fighting man, and yet I have bullied England." It may be excess of candour, or it may only be a peculiar taste ; at all events it is original. The admirers of great men have been accustomed to think that the best mo nument to their memory was their statues, representing them in some of their most distinguished actions. An artist worthy of the subject might represent O'Connell delivering the speech of which the above "memorable declaration was a part. The reporter has suggested the appropriate moment " A single shot,' continued the liberator, ' tired from a hostile ball—one ball booming over the ocean from a hostile cannon to England—then--.' Here the honourable and learned gentleman placed his finger to his nose, looked most significantly, and immense and enthusiastie cheering burst forth from every quarter of the room." A goodly por tion of this year's rent would be well bestowed to enable some Irish Michael Angelo (since Irish manufactures are alone to be patronised) to eternise this sublime O'Connellism in marble.—Speclator. A GIANT IN TROUBLE.—At Barnard Castle easter fair, on Wednesday week. there was a travelling caravan which contained some rari's of the human species, but it had sus tained a great loss, owing to an untoward circumstance in this world of change. It appears that, the day before, the said caravan was journeying from Darlington to Barnard Castle, when Geor-e Mallison, of Yorkshi re , one o f t h e " great ones of the earth," espied some linen drying in a field, near the road, and not properly distinguishing the laws of " meuni and teum," he just selected a change of linen therefrom ; but a person residing near, saw the transaction, and went and informed the police-officer at Pierce-bridge, who followed the culprit, and apprehended him with the linen in his pos session. The result has been that the said giant has been committed to the Durham House of Correction for 3 months hard labour, as a rogue and a vagabond. CHILD MURDER..—The week before last a case of child murder occurred in Worcestershire which would appear to be so clearly proved in evidence as to render the infliction of the extreme penalty of the law upon the perpetrator indispen sable. The criminal is a girl named Ann Morteboys, who has been living with a respectable farmer, and was delivered of a child, which she secreted in a box in the servant man's room, and which on its discoveay was described by the con stable as follows :—Mr. Ward and I went into the room where the servant men slept, and I found the body of a molt child in a box, in the left hand corner of the room, under some clothes. The box had no lid. I took the clothes off the body. It lay almost on the face, with the knees bent, and the legs drawn up. The arms were extended, and the hand clenched fast. The mouth was wide open, and round the neck and chin was tied very fast a kind of worsted hand kerchief, which extended also into the mouth. The navel string was some inches in length. The jury on the eoroner'a inquest found a verdict of wilful murder against the pri soner. CASE. OF STARVATION.—The inhabitants of Heywo have been within the last few days seriously shocked by ill disclosure of a horrid case of starvation. A poor wonia named Mary, wife of Thomas Frankland, agricultural lahuu rer, resident in a back street, Gooden-lane, Heywood, a recently reduced to extreme distress, which became so afflict ing as to be beyond endurance ; a short time ago her su►fer ings were increased by a state of pregnancy ; the family be longing to the township of Middleton were allowed 2s. Gd. per week for about a year, but either owing to the negli4enee of Frankland or the inattention of the overseer of Middleton, the poor woman and her children, three in number, young in years, were rendered miserable. Frankland himself is a feeble man, having poor eyesight, and his wife of a weak constitution ; the children are too young to render any as sistance to their parents, hence a scene ensued which beg gars description ; the man and his wife were thrown into a state of starvation, he having been lately destitute of work or nearly so. She expired on Monday week in a state of horri ble destitution, having been a considerable time entirely without sustenance. She had been delivered of a child about a fortnight ago, and it is still in existence, but is an object of pity, being a diseased offspring. On Thursday week, Mr. Dearden, the coroner, acting for the district, held an inquest • respecting the cause of the woman's death, before a highly respectable jury, at the Wellington Inn, Gooden-lane, Heywood. The affair received a searching investigation, and evidence was tendered to the effect that the overseer of Mid dleton had not properly attended to the wants of the fanzily, and observations were also made on the apparent indifference of Frankland himself as to the necessity of obtaining prompt assistance. The coroner and the jury adjourned the inquest to Wednesday last, when they re-assembled. It appeared that Frankland applied to the overseer of Heywood on the evening of Saturday previous to his wife's death, stating the case his family was in, but the overseer neither relieved bite nor visited the family. It also appeared that the overseer of Middleton had given them 2s. 6d. on the Thursday. M s,.s. Leach and Taylor, surgeons, deposed that there was not a particle of food in the stomach. The jury returned a vet diet " That she died for want of food." The overseers were re primanded for not relieving and attending to the family, The only bed in the house consisted of a few shavings, satn:, straw, and a few old clothes. A RECEIVING-HOUSE DiscoyEitnn.—Henry Whittle, Henry Spencer, and Adam Trevit, were brought up at th, Borough Court, Bolton, on Monday, having been remand,ti from the previous Saturday, charged with stealing a calf. It appeared that the prosecutor, Mr. Joseph Unsworth, has a slaughter-house in a yard behind the Rising Sun public-house, Church-bank ; and on Friday evening last, Edward Bell, a person in his employ, put in the pig -stye four calves, which had been brought from Preston. There was a wall round the pig-stye, and the door to it. There was also a door way but no door. In order to secure the calves, Bell took the door from the wall, and placed it in the doorway of the stye, where it exactly fitted, and then propped it with a piece of wood. On going away to fetch some milk, he took the:wheelbarrow, and placed it in the door-way, in such a manner that, had the calves got out of the stye, they must have remained in the yard. He returned in about a quarter of an hour, and found a white calf missing, the door having been removed anti placed against the wall, and the wheelbarrow also removed from its place. In about half an hour after the robbery, the prisoners, Spencer and Trevit, went to the house of John llaslam, a butcher. Spencer called him out, and said 1 have ie got a good job for thee ; and they took him into the . stable occupied by the spencer for hire, and shewed him a white calf, for whichetold them, prisoner Whittle, who keeps carts an s dl s o t' rses wanted 255., the real value of it being 50s. that it was too good for him ; we to questions meat as that he should be suspected. Inans wer ditin Church-hank, from Haslam, Spencer said, " I foun th 's for it came front and I believe it to be Joseph Unsw ! and that if lie He to sell such and thou can bring it out by a "'Thou does not aced until it is sold, a tthowia)radys forhis s i t t able. " H e further al said, 1 and Spencer and Trevit bit at once, e_ o a c, w it y , , N t v , ith the skin." Haslata would not have anything i t t o e d and offered it to Peter Hodson, then went to the Bay Horse, o — refused to buy it. This led to in formationand I'll make another butcher, whoato the prosecutor, and the prisoners being give napprehended;and, on Saturday afternoon, Mr. John were found the calf buried in a field, in two sacks, Dean's garciner, house. The calf was skinned, with th e to Whittle s near and feet, .1 • h f • of the head exception Spencer and Trevit were committed were f u lly identified. .. , but the magistrates did not consider the case suf ficiently trial ; against Whittle I ticiently strong . n a few moments, Whit tar. wa s again arraigned under two c h arges o f felony, the police, on searching his house, having found some fifty sacks, (sonic of which were proved to be stolen,) together with a large quantity of calico, malt, and a cart sheet. The last was proved to have been stolen from a cart in Bowker's-row, about three moths ago. Whittle was then also committed icor trial.—Manchester Guardian, ey !st rse thn the .wo his and Lely hen en 4r. qr. s of who few hen said any ►uld lerk till that Mr. uld will The ow,