The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-17 00:00:00

APRIL 17 1M g_ large towns especially the want of church accommoda tion is very far irleed from being adequate to the wants of the population. Facts of this nature will be brought forward by the deputation when they come forth to urge their claims upon public notice. To supply these wants the sum of £200,000 has been raised in SCotland, and about 170 new churches have been erected in the more destitute localities within the last two or three . years. Sub-committees have been appointed in those places where new churches are required, which act under the general committee in Edinburgh. For every hun dred pounds raised by local committees the general com mittee ad'vance £25. It is thus obvious that whatever may be contributed to the funds of the general commit tee, an amount of money thrice as large must be col lected in the various districts from which applications are made for relief ; and yet, under these circumstances, the general committee are unable to meet but a very small proportion of the demands made upon them for Assistance. We feel convinced that the appeal of the deputation will not be made in vain in Liverpool. Our Scottish friends will feel called upon by the strongest motives to render their efficient aid in carrying fOrward so glori • ous and praiseworthy an object. We have also reason to believe that the members of the Church of England will evince their readiness to neutralise the evil effects which the apathy of the government is calculated to pro. duce. At the present crisis we are happy to find that the minor differences between the two established churches of Great Britain have been placed in abeyance, and that the recognised authorities of both have United in main'. telanCe`of the principle of a national church, in oppoSi tion to the " voluntary" agitators of the day. In illus tration of the feeling of amity which has been engen dered by the peculiar position of both dm-cites, and 'of the mutual sympathy e xeited beßi - een The clergy of both s ympathy arising from a sense of common danger— We may mention . that severa' of the. principal clergy .of the Church of Scotland •recently dined with the Arch bishop of Canterbury and several other dignitaries of the Church of England. 'We hope that the identity of feeling which has thus contributed to draw together more closely in the bonds of Christian fellowship the clergy of both churches, will also be fulloWed by a reciprocity of action which shall issue in the furtherance of the spirit ual interests of the inhabitants of both England and Scotland. * • PARISH AFFAIRS.—THE VESTRY MEETING.—This 'lay the annual vestry meeting will take place, for the Purpose of passing the accounts, and appointing officers f or the ensuing year., . Although the radical papers maintain a profound silence upon the subject, we have reason to believe,• as we have already on various oeca lloos intimated, that the liberals intend mustering in !great force upon the occasion, in order, if possible, to ` ca rry every thing before them. Once more, therefore, anti for the last time, we would urge our conservative friend s to be on their guard, and beseech them - to show by their punctual attendance that they are not prepared to surrender into the hands of the radical faction the en tire management of our parochial affairs. Nothing short °f a complete monopoly of all the offices connected with t he Parish will satisfy our liberal opponents. They have s hown their grasping disposition sufficiently in reference t° the control of our municipal affairs. Tire conserva tives know, therefore, what may be expected from the ascendancy of the same monopolising party in the select Vestry The silence and secrecy with which the emissaries of t he Reform Association have been at work, making their P r eparation s for the grand attack upon the parish offices, ought to be an additional motive to rouse the conserva tives to action. The radicals have been quietly calcu lating upon stealing a march on the conservatives : but we v ery much mistake the character of our friends if they will stiffer the machinationS of . their opponents to be. successful. I t i s i n the power of the friends of the _ . i urch to resist effectually any attempt which may be made to bring this large community under the petty logging domination of the liberal faction. We therefore wall upo n t h e former to make such a demonStration or. the pr esent occasion as will deter the radicals from any future attempt of the like nature. The recent example 0f Salford, where the Faction was - cotnpletely beaten on - a si Milar trial, ought to encourage our friends to make a determined 'stand against the attacks of the liberal mo nopolists. We suppose that it is intendecLat the meeting this d aY, to moot the substitution of Sir John Cam Hob 11"se's act for that of Sturges Bourne, by which our Parochial affairs are at present regulated. Should a=- lion to that effect be submitted to the meeting, of course, some of our friends will resist its ,introduction ; and should a poll be demanded, let it be kept open until the latest hour permitted, in order that the faction may re ceive a convincing proof of the determination of the re spectable inhabitants of Liverpool to entrust the manage ment of the affairs to men who have some stake in the nroperty of the parish, and some interest in the due ad '-ustration of its affairs. If a poll should take place we 'ould urge the conservatives to be indefatigable in their ewtiotis, that the result may prove a permanent triumph. Again, t the conservatives reflect how much of the local influer.e and patronage is already in the hands of the radicals, aid let thi's consideration be coupled with the consequence, which would inevitably result from the• control of so- unprqeipled a faction over our parish affairs CONSERVATIVES 4, LIVERPOOL! GIVE YOUR ATTEND ANCE THIS MORNING kir THE VESTRY MEETING, AND IF A POLL SHOULD BE DEMANDED, SHOW BY YOUR VOTES THAT YOU WILL NOT BE TRAMPLED UPON BY THE MO- NOPOLISING FACTION. • THE "ALBION" AND Si PRANCIS BIIRDETT.—Our contemporary of yesterday has devoted nearly a column and a half in reply to the arguments of. the Courier and ourselves in favour of the consistency of Sir Francis Bur dett% For our lives we cannot disco%er in the reply of The Albion, a single statement which. rebuts .any of our assertions in our article of Friday last. As to thein sinuation that the article in the STANDARD was written after the writer had enjoyed the benefit of perusing that of his Tory brother," we have only to declare that we have not yet read the article in the Courier—not he <ause we do not appreciate the talent and admire the prin .ciples of our worthy senior, but we have purposely ab stained from reading the article is question lest the "ge neral coincidence of thought and occasional similarity of expression" should be so " striking" as to lead to the in ference that we were fond of plagiariSm. As to the re marks of the Albion in reply to the Courier, we may very safely leave the matter in the hands of our neigh bour, who will no doubt inflict upon the Albion a suitable castigation. As to ourselves, we have little cause to find fault with the Albion. The whole burden of our contemporary's article amounts to this—" What right have the Tories to entertain Sir Francis Burdett as a friend, after denouncing him as an enemy ?" In answer to this we would merely say, (without adverting to any modifi cation which may have taken place in the political opin ions of Tories or Whigs,) that Sir Francis Burdett never was an enemy to the Church or to the Constitution ; but that he was, unfortunately, for some time acting in concert with those who were sworn foes to both. The moment, h owever, that the worthy baronet discovered that the sentiments of those with whoM he had co-operated for the attainment of an object which did not imply either injury to the Church, or destruction to the institutions of the clontry, were not identical with his own; that moment Ile denounced their conduct as hypocritical, and prepared ° join himself to the ranks of the Conservatives, among whom he recognised several sincere reformers who ha d mad e th e same discovery as himself. Where, then, is the inconsistency of - the Conservatives to giving an i nv i tat i on to Sir Francis Burdett? If they deno unced hi m i n former tune's, they did so in the s ame B:'nse that they declaimed against the Duke of Welling- L "il, when he brought forward - the measure of Catholic .til l aneipation—not bennse th e D u k e was an enemy to Cl, ouurch, but because lie unwittingly co-operated with 1 ? . .5 , e who s ecret l y wished its destruction. the bitterness which has been 41 the reel c a us e of all 10W by the Radical preSs towards Sir Francis Burdett, I s, the conviction that his manly honest:) , of purpose, and unsullied integrity of character, are no longer capable of being,rendeted subservient to the wily schemes of those who pretend to the character of reformets,but . whose real object is destruction. THE TIMBER TRADE.—As some very extensive and important sales of mahogany are about to take place i❑ this town, it may prove interesting to some of our readers to learn the following particulars respecting the asto nishing increase which has taken place, within the last few years, in this branch of trade. From a pamphlet written by Mr. Chaloner we find that within seven years, say from January, 1831, the annual import has increased fourfold, and the consumption nearly in the same proportion, namely,— Import. Consumption. 1831..260,000 feet-280,000 feet 1832-384,000 „ ..419,000 „ 1833..428,000 „ —523,00(1 „ 1834..475,000 „ —492.000 „ 18.35..561,000 „ —551,000 „ 1136..608.000 „ ..582 000 3-4ths o( the year. 1837..824,600 „ —818,900 " From the Customs' returns it appeared that of 15,860 logs —the amount of Spanish and Honduras mahogany imported into Great &Rain during four mouths of this year—Liverpool had received 7068 logs. Notwithstanding the increased im port, the stock now remaining over is only 213,000 feet, against 211,000 feet, the average quantity which remained over at the close of each of the past six years. .As a malt, Liverpool, awl its system of business, is now preferred to every other port, and is resorted to by the chief buyers and consumers of the United Kingdom, and this becomes more manifest every successive sale: France, Germany, Russia, the Mediterranean, and In dia, drawing, of late, supplies from this market." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY MARKE'r f( Prom the Sunday Times.) CITY, Sanitibiv.—The intelligence received front the li - T i S u_tet..., tales to the 20th ult. is,' we regret to state, notAry satisfactory. The uncertainty which continued to prevail; 4 as • to whether the banks would resume specie payments in the mid dle of May,.:keoell mercantile operations in a most uncertain state.' The orderi which haVe curiae to hand for British goOds are conSequentlY'very small—indeed, much more so than was calculated upon. The adrices state that the consignments which had been received out were principally upon new account. Many of the manufaCturers in England have shipped goodsupon their own risk, - and upon which serious losses would take place unless a marked change in the aspect of things soon 'arose. The receipts Orthe.public revenue of America were declining rapidly, and the President would have greatly to increase the amount of bills issued from the Treasury to meet the defficiency. The receipts in duties at the custom-houses of New York, Bal timore, Philadelphia, and New Orleans, in the first three months of the present year would not be more than about one half as great as in the same period of 1837. The issues of notes by the Treasury department have already been to h e extent of 5,000.000 dollars, and it was estimated th a t seWral millions more would be put into circulation before the end of the year. The value of specie was on the decline at New York. The Americans continued to look forward for large supplies of gold from England and France. To realizes the current prices in England the planters and merchants were shipping off their produce with eagerness. It appe ars by th e latest letters re ceived from New Yolk that, up to the 16th ult., there had been exported front the United States 663,000 bales, whereas at the same date of 1837 only 572,000 bales were sent off, and but 580,000 bales in 1836. We cannot yet quote any revival of consequence in the prin cipal articles of domestic or foreign produce. The export trade 41 the country is, however, very gradually increasing in activity. The consignments of manufactures to the United States are confined to supplies merely sufficient to meet the more pressing wants of parties on the other side of the Atlantic. The public sales of colonial and foreign produce which have 'been in pro gress this week, have generally gone off at very dull prices. The public sales of Tea have occupied the attention of the mer chants, brokers, and others interested, during the whole of the present week. Of the 174,400 packages which were originally declared for public competition, only 88,000 have yet passed; and of these, probably not more than 31.000 package• have been actually sold. The prices have, on the average, declined (the various quantities considered) from twopence to threepence per pound. The prices of English Funds have advanced again this week to the extent of e to 1 per cent. The Bears or speculators for a fall, were caught on setting day (Tuesday last,) and had not stock to deliver to the amount they had before sold. The mar ket was in consequence raised upon them, thus increasing their previous losses. On the following day the differences were paid prouiptly. To the abundance ofcapital is the rise we have already quoted to be attributed. The highest price of Consols obtained this week was 931, both fur Money and Account; but on Thursday afternoon there were sellers at 63g. The Stock markets were closed yesterday, it being Good Friday. The ad vances in the other public securities have not exceeded I to per cent. this week. The demand for stock has not been to any great amount. The premium of Exchequer Bills has been up to 69, and of India Bonds to 74 ; but on Thursday, a slight fall took place. East India Stock has been sold at 26 1 4 and Bank of England Stock at 2054 to 206. The prospect of a contract of a new loan for the Spanish go vernment, as communicated in the advices received the day-be fore-yesterday, has not produced any beneficial effect upon the prices -of the stock, which have fallen from 211 to 201. Por tuguese Three per Cents have been on the decline; the Five per Cents were sold on Thursday at 251; and Three per Cents at 201 ;• . these rates being 1 te a per cent. lower than Monday last. The French funds have been heavy this week ; the Five per Cents have fallen front 109 to 107-25; the Three per Cents . to 80-50; 'arid the Four per Cents to 101.75; Exchange 25f. 50c. The , Dutch Two-and-a-Half . per Cents have rallied a trifle, having fetched 54,1 on Thursday ; and -The Five per Cents were saleable' at 1001. There is not anything yet known upon which reliance may be placed, relative to the progress of the negociation respecting Belgium and Holland. Belgium bonds have been steady,, at about 10324. The prices of the South American Securities have been .on the decline; Mexican Stock has fallen to 28; Columbian, to 271; and Peruvian, to 201. There does not appear to be much disposition at present to engage in any fresh speculations. ' The Asphalte Shares have, however, reached 17 or 15 prem. A new company is about to be formed under favourable prospects. British iron Shares are still heavy at 141- to 15, or 351 to 35 discount. The Bail way Shares have been in a heavy state all this week. The latest prices of the London and Birmingham are 179, or 89 prem.; of the Great Western . 931 or 281 . prem.; of the Brighton 14h or, 21 prem. ; of the Greenwich 16%, or 3 dis 7 count; and of the Southampton 46 or 4 discount. An ina pi ovennent may be noticed iu the Joint Stock Banking Shares. British North American Bank Shares advanced 211, or 11 prem.; the London and Westminster to 21, or 1 prem.; and the Colonial Bank to 261, or 11 prem. TwecvE o'CLocK.—Consols have advanced to both for money and account. Exchequer Bills are at 67, and India Bonds at 7 premium. New Three-and-a-Half krer Cents, are at 101%._ _ _ Spanish Consols are worth 204 ; Portuguese Three per Cents 201 ; Brazil Stock, 76; a nd D u tch Tw o - an d- a -H a lf p e r Cents Shares ate without alteration. CORRESPONDENCE. LORD MULGRAVE'S IRISH TRANQUILLIT MURDER OF MR. COOPER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST4NDARD. SlR,—The assassination of the late truly amiable and respect . able Mr. Cooper, by the iron-hearted miscreants of Tipperary is a crime of •so bloody and merciless a nature, as to excite in the minds of alt• who do not entertain sentiments with and kindred with the barbarians theinselves, feelings of deep exe cration and honor. And this impression on the public mind must be associated with another of an equally solemn character. While we execrate the fiends in human shape who have perpe trated the atrocious deed, let us also feel a manly and high toned indignation against those, be they the vassal placemen of the Irish demagogue, or the literary hacks of the Irish press, who have been seeking to bolster up a bad cause and a worse government, by fictitious narratives of returning tranquillity and peace, for the purpose of palming on the credulity of an honest English public, a representation of an improved and improving state Of Ireland, under the new radical regime, which is as false and as corrupt as its authors are designing and un principled. But 1 would beg leave to ask these Ilohenlhes of modern legislation, hOw they will be pleased to reconcile this late act of savage authority with the vaunted miracles of amelioration effected by my Lord Mulgrave ? Why, the echoes of his own pompous and Oflf;gratulatory address, in reply to Earl Roden, have scarce passed'away; the ink has scarcely dried upon the emphatic declaration of certain itinerant. Irish judges, and that all was morality and absence of outrage; and thatthe calendars were light, though the jails,were crowded; above all, the cry— the triumphant announcement is yet ringing through the three' kingdoms--"N U T ONE CAPITAL CONVICTION IN IRELAND ;" and yet, ere we, have had leisure to ponder over statements so novel and eitraordinary, after the turbulence and disaffection of centuries, the startling, the horrifying intelligence reaches us of a most deliberate and cold-blooded murder, openly perpe trated by a band of armed ruffians; and, further, that when the tidings were telegraphed to a neighbouring fair, the gratifying news was.passed from lip to lip with a smile of savage and ferocious exaltation. _ When we have such facts as these fully and undeniably before us, is it any wonder that the. feeling of horror, which revolts and shrinks hack from the tale of blood, Should be in stantly succeeded by the throb of bitter execration against the nolitical miscreants, literary and official, who have been this long time past, trumpetting, forth their reiterated forgeries about the present happy _condition of Ireland, under the united auspices of the whig-radical radical-triumvirate_o l Mulgrave, Morpeth, and O'Connell. But these feelings of horror and indignation, however commendable and natural, would be of very little use, unless they were productive of strong and permanent effect. Englishmen ! let the melancholy fate of the good but the un fortunate Mr. Cooper, prove a salutary lesson, as well as a wholesome warning, to you in your connection with Irish politics. Let it convince you how thoroughly the caitiffs lie in their base bad hearts, who would tll you that the reckless propensity to sacrifice human life, ou4heir own wild principles of false expe diency or lawless vengeance, is at length eradicated from amongst the Irish peasantry; or that they have yet become so humanised in feeling as to forget the tiger-instinct that revels in the shedding of blood for its own sake. Let it satisfy you that it is nothing better than a system of the grossest cajolery and deception to represent to you that the wide-spread and secretly-banded conspiracy, which has so long and so securely existed against the obligation of all law and the observance of all authority, and which is ever to break forth into open and contemptuous combination against the ordinances of both, un less hacked by an armed soldiery and police, and enforced by the bayonet, is at length crushed in Ireland. In a word, En glishmen, that it is utterly and, for its object, most perfidiously false to assert that the covert disaffection, the broad disloyalty, the guilt, the treachery, and the violence, which have entailed poverty, misery, and perennial famine, as the hereditary curses of the Irish people, hid even for a fleeting moment, in realitg, ceased to pollute the soil and blast the prosperity of a country, which Providence in its charity seems to have graciously destined for a paradise, but which its own people, in their perverseness, have successfully laboured to mar into a hell. Believe it- not, people of England ! Such statements are but potiticalartifices invented for your deception, and prictised for others gain. Credit one who knoWs the condition of his wretched country well 4 !hall however Speciously fabricated the cloak may be which the inflaence and :tie power of a revolutionary au4ocrat, secondiug the corrupti.ais 0 1 self-aggrandisiug placemen,- may have thing over the prostrate and diseased state.of Ireland, the corrtil>lions and the plague spots are still festering beneath,.and when' the covering of the hypiwrites is torn aside it will he fouud that it was the outward manifestations which were veiled from public view, not the inward causes which . were eradicated. It is idle—it is worse, criminal, to assert that Ireland presents any other aspect at this moment. Why, let any man of com mon sense reflect upon the matter for an instant, and he see the glaring absurdity of the thing. A country for centuries racked by intestine commotious—her population the prey• of every violent passion that can goad on to the most reckless deeds 7 -ber past history but a catalogue of murder, iucendiarism, midnight maraudings—aggregate gatherings of the peasantry iu open day in avowed and armed resistance to the constituted authorities—desperate and sanguinary conflicts between daring bodies of insurgents and the civil forces, in which whole troops of the. - latter have been cruelly immolated. Well, in such a state of things, (and every one must admit the foregoing in the picture of Ireland as she has been,) growing and maturing for ages, is it to be believed that any single individual, coming to the head of a vice-regal administration, could be enabled at once to heal the wounds of the past, reconcile the enmities and jealousies of parties, restore confidence and harmony to all classes, and, finally, so reform and redeem a lawless and turbu lent population, that whereas a few years ago the gibbet reeked with the number of its victims, there is now not a single tenant for the gallows. And all this effected without the production of a single wholesome measure—without one real political benefit being conferred on the great bulk of the people; nay, without an effort being made to free them from the very grievances • about which they are clamouring ! Why, it is monstrous to • think upon it; and yet it is what every ministerial and radical journalist in the kingdom has been prating about since the accession of lam] Mulgrave to power. But there are other considerations connected with both the assumea and the prelendesL tranquillity of Ireland, which the murder of Mr. Cooper suggests to one intimately acquainted with the state of his country, and which may be of some impor tance in the present crisis of political events, to lay before the _English public. I mean the causes of the late show of quiet— the means adopted to produce the .external calm—the agents etnplused in the work of deception—the secrets of the machi nery by which the late Agree of the "Nn CAPITAL coNvicTioN" was got up, and some other details which may not be found. uninteresting. But I have already trespassed too much on your kindness, in the present letter; should you, however d eem the subject of sufficient value as to give ; me space , for future communications, I shall devete my best attention to its con siduratiou.—l remain, your obedient servant,. A TIPPEIIARY ; MAN. Liverpool, 12,11, April, 1838. , F. MVI :10 ) 00f, sTANDA f? occasion ~~ ~ + NEW MAGISTRATE- —At the present ,quarter sessions for the hundred of Salford, James Taylor, Esq., of Tochnorden flail, by,taking the necessary oaths. A LONDON CALL—One of these vehicles termed a vie a vie, onus the Londoners term it a wis a we, is on the Castle-street hackney-coach stand. It is, we believe, the first brought down to Liverpool. We understand the induction of the Rev. Hugh Crichton will take place to-morrow, (Wethiestlay.) at the Scotch Seces sion Church, Mount Pieasant. The "Rev. David King, and other ministers from Glasgow, are expected to assist on the . 'rne regiment of King's Cheshire Yeomanry will assemble at Liverpool; for six days' duty, on the 26th of May, under the command of Lieut. Colonel Wilbraham Egerton. The dif ferent detachments will march on Friday, the 25th, to Warring ton, Latchford, Wilderspool, and Sankey. HIGH CONSTABLE FOR THE HUNDRED OF SA LFORD.—H. Newbery, Esq., of Pendleton, and John Hargreaves, Jun., of Newport House, Great Bolton, appointed at the January quar ter sessions for the hundred, have been sworn as high constables at the present sessions. WRECKERS.—On Saturday, five men were brought before the Rev. Miles Formby and Mr. Rawson, magistrates of the county, charged with having plundered the schooner Tyro, recently wrecked off Formby, of part of her cargo. They were com mitted to the House of Correction for two months, the magis trates expressing their determination to punish allsuch offenders with the utmost severity. MAN DROWNED.-011 Thursday morning a young man was found drowned o❑ the Bootle shore, in heightabout five feet five inches, and of light complexion. He had on a pilot-cloth coat, dark valentia vest, and plaid trousers, shoes nearly new, with some money on his person. The body lies at the BOotle Coffee House. If not owned shortly after the ooroner's inquest, it will be interred. Mr. Orme, overseer, Bootle-cum-Linacre, can give further information. REMOVAL OF THE ALKALI WORKS.—We understand that in consequence of the alkali works of this town being about to be put down, it is contemplation by a few spirited individuals, connected with those works to establish a similar concern in Runcorn, on the most extensive scale, for the manufacture of British alkali, where at present this business is carried on with out the least molestation from the .inhabitants or neighbour hood—Mercury. AIELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Thursday night, about half-past 11 o'clock, a young man, respectably connected, put an end to his existence at his lodgings in Pilgiim-street, by shooting him self throng - h the head with a pistol. lie died instantly. The pistol, it appeared, had burst, and severely wounded his hand when it went off. Habits of intemperance are said to have been the primary cause of this miserable catastrophe. PORT OF C liESTElt.lt is with great pleasure we notice the increasing manifestations of a revival of trade in this port. On \londay list no less than sixteen large vessels from London, \Vales, Ireland, &c., besides numerous small craft, were lying at our wharfs. This looks well, and argues much in favour of the improvements of the depth of the Dee, made by the exertions of the River Dee Company; and we hope that the time is not far distant when Chester will present the appearance it once did, and the flags of all nations will be unfurled in our port.— Chester Gazette. THE CHEMICAL NDISANCES.—Upon the principle, we sup pose, of making hay while the sun shines, the proprietors o these works are making the greatest possible use of them dur in.. the brief spare that', after the recent' verdicts, they will be allowed to keep them open. They are working by. day and by ,night; and 'emitting the celebrated white vapour in, apparently, 'greater quantities than ever. Nor will the works, we hear, be stoliped until towards the middle of summer. The delay iii stopping them arises from the impossibility of bringing Mr. Mus pratt up forjudgment next term, an impossibility stated by Mr. Cresswell, as - well as• front an implied promise, on the part of that gentleman, when certain parties consented to plead guilty to the indiclinents against them, that they should be allowed a reasonable time Jo abate the nuisance. The Corpora tion, the prosecutors in these cases, are determined to follow up the prosecution, and, should the parties hesitate or refuse to abate the nuisance, to bring them up for judgment. GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL IHON STEADIER.—TO expedite the communication between . London and Glasgow, a line of iron steam-vessels is in progresi of being built fur the Liver pool and Glasgow stations, to sail every day at a regular hour front both stations; and so perfectly adapted is their construc tion to be for, the Liverpool and Glasgow trade, that they will arrive at or depart from, the Broomielaw at any state of the tide. The peculiarity of the construction introduces a new and very important improvement in shipbuilding. The hull of the vessel is to be divided into five sections, with strong partitions of iron; so that if by collision with any other vessel or striking on a rock, or other accident, one or -even two of the sections should be shattered and filled with water, the vessel would con tinue buoyant, the other sections being entire. They will thus become safety vessels, not only as regards fire, but other acci dents at sea. Their speed is guaranteed to be considerably greater than any steamer at present entering the Clyde; and it is calculated that, when established, the communication be tween Glasgow and London; via the Birmingham railway, will be less than 30 houis.—Journal. OPENING OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM HALLWAY. — The line flout Birmingham to Rugby, pursuant to announce ment, was opened on Monday morning, at nine o'clock; the intermediate stages between that place and Denbigh Hall, a distance of 36 wiles, being performed by coaches engaged for that purpose, and the remainder by the railway. The general . office in front of the station, is of a magnificent character, and intended for meetings of .the directors, and the offices of their secretary. ; About sixty carriages, including first and second class trains, were arranged in order under the station-house. At tour minutes past nine the first train, consisting of four first class and five second class carriages, and containing about 130 passengers, the engine No. 12 being attached, slowly inoyell from the station-yard, amidst the cheers and congratulations of those assembled.., On arriving at the station-house at Rugby, the passengers alighted, and ample accommodation was prepar ed to convey those who intended pursuing their route to London, to Denbiei. Hall, from whence they would go by railway to town. The scene here was most animated and delightful, the station-vard presenting the appearance of an amphitheatre, Surrounded by equipages and horsemen, and crowded by groups of wady dressed holyday, people, who .greeted the passengers with enthusiastic cheering. Here every eminence, and any place that could command a sight of the interesting spectacle, was occupied. In about ten minutes, nine coaches and omni buses drove off in spirited style, conveying about. 100 passengers for the metropolis In half an hour's time, everything being properly adjusted, the carriage containing the luggage started off. At Rugby, all was life and animation. l'he inhabitants appeared highly delighted, and the day was kept as a general holiday. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.—The next display of the highly popular diversion of a steeple chase will be more than usually attractive in this town, especially when it is made known that its promoters, with alitudahle desire to keep pace with other counties more celebrated for this description of sport, have paid a visit to some of the most renowned fields of actiou, and succeeded in enlisting a glorious band of stanch supporters of the " neck-or-n'tithing" school. The parties al luded to, while at Cheltenham, made strenuous efforts to ac quire auxiliary aid, and were eminently successful, having ob tained. the names,ollhe Duke of .13eaufort, Lord Segrave, Earl of Chesterfield, Captain Lamb (the owner of Vivian), and a number of other influential sporting gentlemen, not only as subscribers to the forthcoming steeple chase, but accompanied by a promise to exert their influence in furtherance of the de sign, by making it one of the most splendid affairs of the sort ever got up here. The list already boasts of 22 subscribers, in cluding the noblemen above named, therefore a very.strong entry may be safely booked. The aristocratic character of the muster will not, however, be confined to the bipeds, as the " nobs" have promised the attendance of their quadrupeds as well as of themselves. To sum up the whole of these pro inking things. we arrive at the grand climax, by being enabled to state that Viscount Molyneux will be the steward for the occasion; and, we need scarcely add, that his acknowledged fitness for the post will be a 'sufficient guarantee for the com pleteness of the arrangements that will be necessary on the day of running. These " means and appliances," if not broken to the hope, we have little doubt will be the cause of attracting a a host of fashionahles -to the "goml old town," thus giving greater eclat to such meetings than has hitherto attended them. SURVEYORS OF HIGH WAYS Fou WEST DEanY.—On Thurs day a petty sessions was held at the Court-house, Kirkdale, at n bleb Sir Thomas Branker and Messrs. Aspinall and Rawson magistrates for the county, were present. After disposing of some unimpoitant.business, the annual accounts of the survey oisof the highways for the township of West Derby were laid before them foi the purpose of being passed. It may be recol lected that at the late meeting of the ratepayers of the above township it was resolved, on the nuo'ion of Mr. Hardy, that the surveyors' accounts should not pass; but as the sanction of the magistrates in petty sessions was neces- , s v a :r y d ,t i o nl carr ythis o t c b c e a s resoluti on o into submit e theirff e effect, s e t h t e o t p h a e r d tr e e e s is c i a o n n ie of ftohre tench. Mr. Sandars, law-clerk for the township, said that, ob eacpcorouvnitT so D a o s opfptohre jt c n t i i t o y n wa having w been Fo r i c t i l e a d d , e a to g r t e h e e a s b u l e t y o o r t s h ' highway act, of stating them before the magistrates. He then asked if any persons present objecfed to the surveyors' accounts. Mr. Hardy said he did. The books and vouchers of the sur veyors being produced, Mr. Hardy said he was prepared to prove that, instead of the surveyors having a balance of £l3 13s. in their favour, they were indebted to the township no less a sum than £318195. 7d., and he was convinced the ratepayers might recover to that amount. He then objected to au item of £3U odd, the balance of an account, for which, as we under )3tood him, no receipt had been given. Mr. H. Sandars, in explanation, said -all the moneys collected had been paid into 'the bank; and the reason why the last - bank cheque did not appear in the book was, that he held the balance of it in his - hands after paying a collector's salary. Some delay having occurred in consequence of Mr. Hatdy's objections, the magis trates took the books into their own hands and examined them, after which Sir Thomas Braucker told Mr. Hardy that he was wrong in his estimate of the- surveyor's defalcations to the ex tent of £lOB His. 3d., a sum which he b a d fi rs t i nc l u d e d i n t h e i r receipts and ihen aded to another account. Mr. H. Sandars. —lt is merely a Political maNement. The Magistrates.—We ,can't hear any thing about that. Mr. 'l'. Smith remarked that Mr. Hardy had reckoned twice. M r . H ar dy.—l a dmi t th e mistak e . 'The Law-clerk said that either party had the power of appeal. In answer to Sir T. Brancker, Mr. Hardy said he took all his objections from the surveyors' bank-book. As the bank book, it appeared, contained sundry private accounts, which were blended with those of the township, the magistrateS said they did not see they had any thing to do with it. The only question for their consideration was, were the surveyors correct in their - accounts of receipts and disbursements. This was all the ratepayers had to ascertain. If the overseers chose to carry the money in their pockets, no one could object, so long as they were accountable for it. Mr. Hardy attempted to prove by ddiereot statements of figures that there was a great discrepancy betwixt the amount the surveyors had actually re ceived and that with which they had charged themselves. One of the surveyors said they had books and vouchers for every farthing of their accounts. Mr. Rawsou said, after examining the books, the magistrates found that £l5 odds were due to the surveyors from the township. Air. Hardy was next asked to point out the charges he objected to. He mentioned three or four, amounting in the whole to £37 10s. The principal one was a sum of £22 10s., which the surveyors had paid to the assessors, and which, be contended, the magistrates- could not possibly sanction, it being in direct opposition to the highway act. The magistrates wished to see the clause he referred to ; hut after searching the pages of the act for a considerable time, he said that he could not find it. A second charge to which he objected was an account of £9 paid to a paviour, of which no entry had been made in the books, though a voucher was pro duced. The Law-clerk read au extract from the act, to the purport that it was discretionary with the magistrates whether they allowed the charge in that form or not. The magistrates over-ruled all the objections. Mr. Hardy nevertheless con tended that a balance of £212 would still remain due to the township, and it was for the surveyors to show how_ it had been expended. Sir. Thomas Brancker ended a tedious and, towaids the close, a personal discussion by stating that the magistrates had considered the items objected to by Mr. Hardy, and found that they were satisfactorily accounted for by the surveyors; that the charges objected to were reasonable, and that there fore the surveyors accounts do pass. Thus " vanished into thin air" the pa r ty meddlingS of this unctniet THE SHIPPING GAZETTE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. London, 9th April, 18.38. Stn,---Mr..William Cole, of Crane Court, Fleet-street, with Whom I was. associated in the property of the Shipping Gazette and Commercial Adv+er•tiser„ whilst I was in Scotland with his concurrence promoting the interests of that paper, and without my privity or consent, intermitted the publication on' Saturday, the 10th, of March, and changed its title on the Monday follow ing to that of the Shipping, and - Mercantile Gazette, which he declares to be his sole property. -This has placed us in opposing positions, the relative value of which will have to be determined by legal process. To this unpleasant, and to me unexpected affair, should never have dreamt of making public reference until its merits had been decided by a disinterested tribunal, if Mr. Cole had abstained from using the Gazette as a means of personal annoy-. ance and injury to me, and had not, most unfairly, left my re ply unheeded. With this I send copies of the notice of which I Complain, and of my letter thereon; and I beg leave respectfully to solicit the insertion of the latter, and of this communication, in your journal.—l am, &c , COPY OF LETTER REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING. London, Thursday, 29th Mardi, 1837. Siu,—Mv attention has been directed to a notice which 'ap peared in the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette on Friday, the 23d instant, and following days, wherein my name is unneces sarily paraded. and from which the readers would infer that I am sinisterly desirous of receiving monies intended for the pa per, and of interfering improperly iu the settlement of its ac counts. On my return from Scotland, finding what, without my sanc tion or privity, you had done with the property in my absence, and that there appeared no probability of a'friendly adjustment of our differences, I expressly declared to you that, without other notice, I should not, interfere withlhe credits or debits of the paper, but should hold you accountable in every point of view, both prospectively as well as retrospectively. By that declaration I have so strictly abided, that yOu cannot adduce a single instance of any application for money made since then by me. The questions of ,accounts, of considerations respectively given, or of the cessation or otherwise of our connection as co proprietors, are subjects for determination elsewhere. I have to request that you wi!l give this letter the same puli licity as that bestowed ou the repeated notice to which I have referred.-1 am, Rte., J. L. STEVENS. William Cole, Esq., 3, Crane-court, Fleet-street. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST:IND3RH. Str,L-There are frequently abuses of public duty, which, however grievous to individuals -and injurious to society, it is impossible to _punish—owing to the elevated situation-of the parties committing them. I may be mistaken in describing the following case as coining under this head, but conceivingmy self to be an injureil.party, and not. meeting with due protection from the proper authority, 1 am anxious to state the following case to the public through time medium of the press, which, as the real guardian and protection of justice to all classes, may be induced to deliver an opinion on it, affecting, as it must, the majority of the mercantile awl trading . commuuity. On Saturday last,. the 14th instant, 1 made an application to Mr. Hall, the magistrate, for a warrant, to arrest in Ireland, a workman who hailbeei!everal months in our employment,. and whO I conceived to be guilty of an act constituting felony and combination. Hr. Hall asked, could I swear to the circumstances ? and I replied that I had my witness in court to prove the' facts; that . I was the proseCutor, and requested permission to state the facts first, and prove them afterwards. Mr. Hall refused to hear me, but called my witness, w h o i s an ' apprentice, and asked what he had to say My apprentice answered, that a man in our employment had induced him to' assist in abstracting his indentures out of my desk with the view of taking hint to London. . . . . . Mr. Hall a's'ked—" Where are the indentures now ?" and my apprentice stated that he returned them to are the day before— (Good Friday.) Mr. Hall, addressing me, said---013. this is no case to be brought here—whereupon some one of Mr, Hall's assistants or clerks seated below him, desired me to move off. I again requested permission to state particulkirly the circuin stances, but Mr. Hall would not hear me, and'a policeman put his hand upon ,me, and made use of some (at all events) un necessary language, to the effect that I might go home now, and not be bringing such complaints there. I had no resource but to leave the court quietly, but fully de termined, at the same time, to state my case through the press, and obtain the opinion of others upon the matter. A person of the name of Alla Kenny was, till a few days ago, a workman in our employment, receiving a salary of 30s, a week. He was intrusted with the key of an outer gate leading to our printing office, in Castle-street. Kenny, being about to leave our service, nut on very good terms, proposed to our ap prentice (who was a valuable hand, entrusted with the key of the counting house) that they would contrive to get possession of the counterpart of' his indenture, for the purpose hereafter mentioned.—Accordingly, on Sunday, the Bth . instant,- (there being no one then on our premises) Kenny and the apprentice, by means of their joint keys, got into our counting-house, and, after searching our files, 5 &c., succeeded in abstracting th e in denture from our desk. The indenture was taken out of, our desk by this Kenny, and kept by him from that time till he was going to Dublin (on the 12th instant,) for the purpose of in ducing another apprentice (his own brother, a boy of good character and talent,) out of our employment there, when .he gave the indenture in charge of the apprentice , . however, mak ing him promise never to return into us, or to dischise anything whatever of what had been done by either of them, stating, at the same time, that he would be back in Liverpool from Dub lin in a week, having taken a lawfully bound apprentice fr om us there, and that he and the two apprentices'would at once proceed to London and seek their fortune. The day after Kenny had lekLiverpool, (Good Friday,) however, our apprentice relented of his conduct, and, of his own accord, confessed his error. Upon hearing his statement, my determination was, if agreeable to the laws of this country, to get a warrant for the arrest of Kenny in Dublin ' and have him tried in Liverp oo l f or th e double offence of theft and com bination, and, if guilty, to meet with whatever punishment might be due to him; however, from the manner in which I was treated by Mr. Hall and his assistants, I may conclude that if I seek for redress, it inust be in the city of Dublin, where the magistrates are generally admired and respected for their gentlemanly demeanour to all parties with whom their office brings them in contact, and for the due patience and good tem per with which they investizate and decide on all matters which are submitted totheir judguteut. HENRY SIIAW. April 16th, 1838. [We have admitted the foregoing inconsequence of Mr. Shaw's having , appended his name and address—a rule which we invariably insist upon, where specific charges are brought forward against public characters.—E. L. S.] Mr. Love, the polyphonist, and Mr. Sutton, the ventrilo quist, are among the passengers for New York, by the packet ship England. THEATRE. ROYAL.—List evening Mr. Edward Lytton But-. wer's new play of " The Lady of the Lyons," was brought out at this theatre for the first time. We have not space or time for any particular comments, or for any lengthened critique; but, so far as a first hearing of it enables us to form an opinion, we think it is a play likely to become a standard favourite. The plot is full of interest, and is ingeniously developed; and it abounds with many passages•of: noble sentimentsentiments calculated to renier the stage the most useful, as well as the mist attractive medium of instruction and of improvement. We feel confident that no youth of ingenuous and ardent feeling could sit and hear the play of "The Lady of Lyons," without being fired with the same emulation, the same honourable feel ings, and the same laudable ambition which crowns with suc cess the efforts of Claude Melnotte. The plot of the piece is briefly this: Claude (Mr. Stuart) is a peasant, and falls in love with the beautiful but proud Pauline (Miss Faucit). He indites some poetry to her, which she scorns because proceeding from' a peasant. His love is turned to a feelieg of re venge, under the influence of which, he enters into an agree ment with Beauseant, (Mr. Howard) a rich gentleman of Lyons, who , has been refused by Pauline, ,to win and marry her, passing himself off as a prince, and Beauseant providing him the means. The plot succeeds • Madame Des chappelles, (Mrs. Clarke) Pauline's mother, is succeeds; at the idea of her daughter wedding a prince, and the match is com pleted. Pauline, when she discovers that she has married a peasant is highly enraged, and Claude, whose affection fur her had returned, consents to a divorce, enters the army, gains rank by his bravery, and afterwards marries her on equal terms, and as.an honourable man. The piece was well got up; and the acting throughout good Mr.. Stuart, Mr. Baker, and Mrs. Clarke, are especially deserving of approbation for their clever actin;:. A new Pantomime, " Harlequin in Sicily," for the Easter holidays, closed the performances. There was a good house. LIVE TunnoT.—Under his head, we inserted, on Tuesday last. a paragraph, on what we considered good authority, con tradicting a liatement which appeared in the Liverpool Chroni cle. We have since ascertained, that the statement 'put forth in the Chl'onicle was perfectly correct; and we have further to State, that Mr. Newton, of No. 14, Stilrlin'S fish - market, has, diiring the present week,- au abundant supply of that delicious iuxury—live turbot, which, notwithstanding the late violent gales. he continues to sell at the same low prices as heretofore.. We also understand, that Mr. Newton has taken the Port !lush and Port Stewart salmon fishery, which will enable him to pro vide an abundant supply for the Liverpool market at the most reasonable prices: POLICE INTELLIGENCE. STEALING COPPEIL-0:1 Thursday, at the Police-oftce, three lads, named 'lshoulas Calderbank, Thomas Brown, andThourias Parry, were placed before the Magistrates, charged with steel ing a quantity of copper from St. James's Market. It appear- , ed that they had got access to the market on Wednesday night, by getting into the yard of an. empty house adjoining, and had ransacked all the stalls in the market fur the money to be found in the different tills, and had thus obtained about £3 in copper. A number of the stall-keepers spoke to having their tills broken open. and copper money to various amounts being missing. The thieves were detected on Thursday morning making their escape with their booty from the empty house. Calderbauk and Brown were committed to take their trials; Parry was remand ed for further inquiry. SMUGGLING.—On Thursday, at the Police-office, Daniel O'Flaherty, a warehouseman in the employ of Messrs. A. Brown and Co., was placed before the Magistrates on a charge of hav ing attempted to smuggle a quantity of British spirits by the Isabella Napier, trading between this port and Londonderry. It appeared, that the defendant had consigned to him a crate of eggs and six firkins apparently of butter; that he called at the vessel as she was unloading, 'saving, he expected these goods, end paid the freight 105.9 d. ; that afterwards, one of the custom house officers, on examining the cargo, thought there was some thing suspicious about one of the firkins, and holed it with his spear, when out started whisky. A general examination of the cargo took place, cud three other firkins were found. to contain whisky in a similar manner. Of the six firkins addressed to the defendant, tour contained whisky, the other two butter. In each of the four firkins was placed a small keg containing whisky, packed round with soft earth. The four kegs contained eighteen gallons of whisky, 14 per cent. overproof, equal to twenty-two gallons of proof spirits. Mr. Hall thought this a bad case. The Magistrates should not convict the defendant in the lowest miti gation of the penalty, but convict him in the mitigated penalty of £5O. POCKET PICKING.—On Saturday at the Police-office, three lads, named Doherty, Shaw, and 'Watson. were placed at the bar charged with ha - ying the night before attempted to pick the pocket of a gentleman in the street. A female stated that she had observed them following the gentleman for a length of time, when he, nearly opposite to where she was standing, trussed over the street, and then she heard the prisoner Watson say to Shaw, "G— d— you. you did not pull it out," to which Shaw replied in similar' phraseology, " you are a I—r, I did pull it out." They then all went down Clare-street, which is a very dark street, apparently to conceal themselves, and she inforMed! a policeman of what she had seen and heard. Policeman 334 stated that he was informed by the last witness of the above circumstances and wen down Clare-street, where he appre hended the three stang at a back door. The prisoners all stoutly asserted that- they vrre •" doing nothing;' and amidst chiming asseverations of." Very hard sir," " standing at the cor of the street sir," "never see me here again sir," &c. &c. They were each committed for three months to Kirkdale. JUVENILE THIEF.—On Saturday at the police-office, a lad about 12 years of age, named Win. Cutlass, was placed before the magistrates on a charge of robbing the till of Mrs. Lucas's shop in Bold-street. A young female from the shop stated that they had repeatedly missed copper faun the till and suspected this lad, whom they had taken as an errand boy three weeks be fore, of having taken it They accordingly, on Thursday, marked a quantity of copper in the till, and soon after it was all gone. They called in a policeman and had the lad searched, and the copper was found upon him. They had received a very good character with the lad. Mr. Hall—" Well, what have you to say ?" Boy—" Please sir, I took the money sir." Mr. Hall —" How came you to do that ?" Boy—'Please sir, there was a boy at the door and he told me to take it." Mr. Hall—" How o(d are you ?" Boy—" Please sir, 12." Mr. Hall—" You must be a very bad boy!" Boy—" No sir, please sir, I never was here before." It was stated that his father was a journeyman cabinet-maker ; Mr. Hall remanded him untill Monday till he had seen the father. MATRIMONIAL FELICITY.—On Saturday at the police-office, an extraordinary looking individual. named Hadfield, was placed at the bar, under a warrant, charged by his wife, who was almost as singular looking a woman, with ill-using her. The prisoner was tall and thin almost to emaciation, yet there was nothing about him to betoken positive distress or want, but a considerable air of self importance. Had he had an inverted basin on his head he would have been a living representation of the prints of Don Quixote, the valiant Knight of Salamanca. His wife, a woman of middle age, who resembled him exceedihgly iu ap pearance, commenced her charge thus :—" Gentlemen, I want a clearance of this wan ; I can't live with him: He is a mur derer. Mr. Hall—What did he do to you on the 7th of April ? Complainant—He struck me and threatened my life at different times. Mr. Hall—What did he say on Saturday? Complain ant—He threatened to murder. Mr. Hall—What did he say ? Complainant—Elesaid he would have my life before morning. He asked me for II s. and I told him I could not give him it; I had given him 3d. in the morning, (a laugh) and I have only been married to him nine weeks last Tuesday. He said he would have my pocket and my puddioys along with it if I would not give any money, and then struck me. Mr. Hall—Has he behaved kindly to you before? Complainant—No sir, never since I have been married to him. Mr. Hall—Was he drunk? Complainant—He was middling; but he's threatened me in sobriety. Prisoner—She is welcome to enjoy my half; and gentlemen, I have neither hurt her, nor will hurt her. Mr. Hall—Where do you get the Hs. a week ? Complainant—l draw it sir; he does not earn it; it is allowed him for certain property. Prisoner—lt is allowed me by the property of my familv,,and such times as I have drawn it, she has had half of it. I'm very sorry indeed that she should attempt to hurt her husband in this manner. Mr. Hall—lt is very wrong to keep her in a perpetual state of alarm by threatening her in this intinner. You must find bail to keep the peace. On this an nouncement the antiquated couple glanced on each other an extraordinary' look of anything but love. IRISH E I.OQ UENCE.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a genu ine sample of an Irishman, fresh as imported, and a fine speci men of the wordy, blarney, unprincipled race, was placed belore the magistrats on a charge of having stolen a roll of tobacco twist from a tobacconist's shop in Parliament-street. Police man No. '272 stated, that on Saturday night, about II o'clock, he heard a cry of "Stop thief!" and. saw the prisoner running and drop a roll of tobacco-twist. He took him into custody. A lad named Joshua Walinsley, stated that his master's shop was in No. 3, Parliament-street, and he saw the prisoner come in and deliberately take the roll of t o b ac C o o ff t h e counter an d r un away. Ile ran out after hina r crying. "Stop thief!"' and he was taken into custody. Mr. Hall: Well, what have you to say?—Prisoner: Gint'leinen, plaze yer harmer, shur, I was afther bain' wurkin' till nine O'clock in Prince's Dock, an! I was wantin' to take out a shirt ov mine i' the pawn, savin' yer presitice, an' dbe woman ov dbe house went up to dhe top ov Mersey-street, an' I wanted a few shillin' s , s h ur, to ta k e out a shirt, savin' your presince; an' I was cumi n ' d own N ew Bird street, shur, an' dhe night was rai n i n ' a li ttle, an ' I was in a little hurry, an there was two men a coinin' up, an' I did not know whot dhey was shoutins, ribey were a tar distant way shur, an' dhey shouted, " Stop, stop!" au' nobody iu dhe sthreet bud me dhe same time, an' the giutleman (policeman) tuk a holt ov me. And gintlemen, y ou may i nqu i re into id, if id is a likely thin' I should take a tobacco roll—l could take me oat, shur, I never knowed at or now about id. Mr. Hall: Is he known ?—Mr. Parkinson : He has been committed. Mr. Hall: Two months in Kirkdale.—Prison er : Well, shur, if yer hanner, shur, would remit me for two or three days, jist to get my day's wages, 1 will come back again and stop dhe term. The prisoner's eloquence was unavailing. He was thrust be low in the midst of his speech. POCKET Pica iNG.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a lad about 12 years of age, named Fitzsimon, was placed at the bar, charged by a gentleman with having attempted to pick his pocket the night before in King -street. The gentleman stated, -that as he was passing along King -street the night before, he felt a pull at his coat lap, and caught the prisoner attempting to pick his pocket. He imtnedialy seized hold of him, when he cried out, " Will you see this fellow ill use me ?" and several persons gathered round and struck him (complainant.) Mr. Hall: Well, what have you to say ?—Pi isoner: I have no other ways and means of keeping myself, Complainant: He got between my legs and caught hold of me by the thigh with his teeth, and bit the piece out and tore my trousers. Mr. Parkinson said the prisoner bad only been out of custody two days. He was committed for three months to the Borough House of Correction. DOSING Foe SOVEREIGNS.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, an Irishman, named James M'Criff, with " thief" indelibly stamped on every feature, an intending emigrant to the United States of America. was charged by another emigrant, named James Crouch, with having robbed him of four sovereigns. The complainant, an English country lad, stated that he was about emigrating to America, and became acquainted with the prisoner aboard the vessel, which is to sail this day. The pri soner went with him to his berth, where he (complainant) took out his money (4 sovs.) from his bog, as he thought it would not be quite safe, and put them in his pocket. The prisoner ad vised him to conceal them in the lining of his coat, and said he would put them there for him. He apparently did so, and when he (the complainant) telt at them he thought there was only one. So he opened his coat lining immediately and found only a shilling. He immediately called an officer and gave the prisoner into custody. Officer 37 said that he look the prisoner but found no money about him. His impression was that the prisoner had swallowed it, as he was apparently throwing up and could not speak when he spoke to him. A ticket for his passage was found upon him. Prisoner.— I came aboard yes terday;. 1 could take my oat' I lied nether part of his money nor know what came of id. Mr. Hall.—There is uti doubt you swallowed it. ' ('Co Mr. Parkinson.) I think if he was placed in the hands of a doctor? (Laughter.) Mr. Parkinson. —I will take care of him and have him dosed. Mr. Hall.—Very well; dose him. (Continued laughter.) To complainant.— Come here to-morrow morning. (Roars of laughter.) BANK NOTES FOUN n.*--Yesterday, zit the Police-office,, a female, named Nancy Roberts, was placed before the magis trates charged with having changed three £lo Bank of England notes, which were lost on Saturday afternoon by a young man named Rogers, an apprentice to Mr. Williams, draper, of St. James's-street. It appeared that the apprentice had been sent to receive a payment of £34, and. received three £lO notes and four sovereigns, which he kept in his hand on his way to bis master's. When he got to his master's the notes were missing, but the sovereigns remained in his hand. A reward of £5 was offered for the recovery of the ndtes. Since then, two of the notes had been changed and traced to the prisoner. She was remanded for further inquiry. Most probably she had found them. HOUSE. STRIPPING. —Yesterday, at the Police-office, a man named Thomas Manley, who keeps a shop for the sale of goods in Sparling-street, was charged before the magistrates with having stripped a house of a quantity of furniture. It ap pears that a Captain Day, who lives in Hill-street, had gone to sea, and his wife had gone, amongst her friends and had locked the house up. About a fortnight ago, Constable Chalmers got some information which led him to suppose that the house had been got into and some of the furniture conveyed away. He made enquiries and found the carter who had con veyed away the furniture, and from him learnt that it was carried to the prisoner's house. The prisoner had told the carter that it was his father's house, and therefore he had no suspicion that all was not correct, or that he was robbing the house. This, however, was not the case. A number of articles of furniture were found at the prisoner's house, and identified by a girl who had lived servant with Captain Day. The pri soner was remanded for further information. GENERAL EVANS AND HIS LEGlON.—Yesterday, at the Police•office, four miserable looking, half starved, and sun burnt men, two of them dressed in tattered regimental coats, named Benjamin Curs, William Clarke, Andrew Goodwin, and John Wilson, were placed at the bar, charged with wandering about the streets on Saturday night, and having no where to go. 't . hey stated. that they were from Spain, and were landed at the Cove of Colic, without a halfpenny in the world, and no place to go to. One of them belonged to Davenport, in Devonshire, two to London, and another to Manchester. They had walked to Dublin, and there had a passage given to them, by tie Stranger's Friend Society to Liverpool. - Mr. Hall said, they had no business to come to Liverpool, they aught to have gon e - to Bristol. They replied, that was the only chance they had of getting to England at all. They were discharged. " WANT A LITTLE Jun."—Yester d ay', at the Police-office, an old man named Hammond, well known in the town, who goes about, with a . scissor grinding apparatus, grinding scissors, vi as l+laced I.:).6'ie the tiYaglitrates; nha'rged with' beiug Jrutil 4 and disorderly. Inspector Morley stated, ibsit ore Saturday afternoon, as he was in lied; ;it h s iIIIIIS*I in Lornliipi , :rn e il„, .heard a terrible noise and bawling in_ the. street, and got up tis see what was the matter, awl saw the prisoner coining up:the street hallooing, and makitig,a ilreadfui noise., ,lie told him to be quiet, when he 'StoOped, and begi) to abuse liiur, and he was obliged, in order to get him away, to dress himself, and take bilu to,Bridewell. The prisoner ke.pta politic-house, but during the day time went about the streets Pig " Kinves to grind!" Mr. Hall.—Well, what have you to say ? Prisoner. —Hear me out, and I'll tell about it. I was cumin' thrptigh the street wid my barrow, an' where I go every Saturday, and was. a trawlire my titles, Lillie Job," Little Job," " Little Job," when he came out and tuk me; and I'm well known in the town, and niver insulted any body, and abet, man told you a big lie., i was brought here about eight years ago for the same crime, an' I told 'em it ,was no use their bringing ,ine to .the magistrates, fur they could do notbiu' to me, 1 was licenced. (A laugh.) Mr Hall.—Was he merely shotitiug his scissors to grind ? Inspector Morley. —Oh, no; he was shouting "H.alloo !" singing Jim Crow, and making all sorts of noises. .1 - 'risoner.— I cried out, " a'little job," " a little work," all:as I said .was " I can't make 'em hear." Mr. Hall.-1 see by your manner you have got it into your head you cannot be fined, and unless you are, you will go on . in the same way. You must pay half-a-crown for being' drunk, or. be committed for one day. Prisoner.—" Sir, if you please sir." Officer.—" Go down." The prisoner, turning up . his eyes, ejaculated with a tone of astonishment, as he was being pot down, " half-a-crown, or be committed one day !" (Laughter.) STRE KT BEGGING.---Xestertlay,two woureu, named Lamb and Aun Owen,• were charged before Mr. Hall, with begging in the streets. Mr. William Earle stated, that, as helves, on Sunday, passing along Hope-street, the two prisoners came to him to beg, and represented themselves as in great distress. ,He told theist he never gav e anyt hi ng i p t h e street, and got their ad dress, and gave a pollee - O ffi cer soon after instruction's to watch them, as they smelt strong of spirits. He afterwards found, that the same women had been begging shortly trefore at his house. The policeman stated, that he traced the wouleu•to the Roscoe Head public-house, where one of thew had a glass of ruin and the other a glass of gin and peppermint. The prisoner Owen said, Lamb came to her and said she was very had, and asked her to go with her to the public-house, where she gave her " three-ha'- p'orth" of ruin, and had " of gin herself. They got their living with selling little thiugs. They were each or dered to pay ss. for being drunk; or be committed to the Bo rough House of Correction fur three days.— [We have frequent ly ourselves seen. and been pestered by the same women beg ging in the street. It is m i s t a k en c h ar i ty to re li eve such persons iu the streets, for in 9 cases out. of 10 they are worthless impos tors. It iS not , with the street beggar that real distress is to be fou ud. 1 ATTEMPT TO COMMIT A RAPE.—Yeslerda, at the Police office, a middle-aged man, named Lennon, who is quite blind, was charged with having attempted to commit a rape on a child about 14 years of age. The particulars ale unfit for pub lication. It appeals that the child had recently come out of the Catholic orphan school, and lived with her aunt, to whom the prisoner was paying his addresses. On Thursday week. he called at the house of the aunt,- who was not at home, and sat down, the niece being in the house knitting. After a time he proceeded to take the liberties with the girl which form ed th k 'subject of the present charg e . The g i r l t o ld h er comPa nionlhe day after, and on the Monday told her aunt. The reastra,why the case had not sooner been brought before„tho Magistrates was, that M r. Gibson, the Catholic priest, had tried to hush up - the matter, all the parties being Roman Catholics. Mr. Hall said, he and Mr. Cropper were of opinifm, that the offence was proved, and the prisoner must pay a penalty of £5, including costs, or be committed for two months to gaol; and, further, Lind bail to keep the peace towards the complainant, himself in I:80, and two sureties of £4O, - and to give 21 hour? notice of bail. THE CHURCH. The queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Williaiui Darwin . Fox, M.A., to the rectory of Delainere, in the diocese and county of. Chester, void by the resignation of the Rev. Bernard Moone, the last incumbent. The Marchioness of Westminster has conferred the living of St. Thomas's Church, Ratcliffe, vacant by the death of the late Rev. Mr. Parkinson, upon the Rev. Mr. Stone, M.A., curate of Prestwich.' the author of several works. BitanFotto.-11 is in contemplation to erect a new church in. some suitable part of this town. Measures to promote this good work have been resolved upon by a committee, and are in active operation. The number of sittings is intended to be not less than twelve hundred. WEruEtter.—There‘ was a . meeting of the inhabitants of Wetherby, on Tuesday week, to consider. whether the present chapel of ease should be repaired or a new one built. The latter being agreed upon, .a subscription was set on foot .for that purpose, and in the space of half an hour year one thousand pounds was subscribed. From the liberal manner in which the. inhabitants came forward, it, is to be hoped the landed pro prietors will also manifest their good wishes by a further sub scription. so that a good and substantial church may be erected; which has been Much wanted a long time.—Fork Chronicle. .. PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. Dr. French, Precenter of Christ Church, has presented the living of Kitcullen, diocese of Dublin, to the Rev. Mr. Sherrard, void by the death of the Rev. J. Hardy.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Matthew Dawson Duffield one of his Royal Highness's domestic chaplains.—The Rev. Georle. Anthony Denison, M.A., has been instituted to the vicarage of Broadwinsor, in the county of Dorset, void by the death of the Rev. J. J. Dowland, the last incumbent: patron, the Lord Bishop of Salisbury.—On the 27th ult.. the Rev. George Coulcher, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, was presented by the Master and Fellows of that society to the per-. petual curacy of Sr. Benedict. in the town of Cambridge.- 7 0n. the 6th instant, the Rev. Edward Robert Earle, M.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge, was instituted to the rectory of Wardley with Belton, in the county of Rutland, and 'diocese of Peterborough, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Henry , Hodges; on the presentation of the Queen.—On Thursday, the .12th. instant, the Rev. R. Andrews, .M.A., was instituted by the Bishop of Ely to the vicarage of Spaldwick,,Huntingdonsiaire: patron, the Lord Chancellor.—On the 10th instant, the Rev. John Wetherall, M.A., was instituted .to the rectory of 'gush ton All Saints, with. St. Peter's, in the County of Northampton; and diocese of Peterborough. vacaut by the death of his father, , the. Rev. John. Laycock We!heraU, tin the presentation of Wiiliam Williams Hope, Esq., of Rusliton-hall.—The Rev., James Bradshaw Tyrwhitt, M.A., has been presented ttOthe rectory of Claxby Pluckacre, in this county, by Hen, y Dyinoke, Esq., of Scrivelsby Court, the patron. '1 he consolidated vicarages of Sutton and Eisey, in the county of Wilts, and deanery of Cricklade, are both now , vacant by the cession of the Rev. Henry Jones Burton, the vicar and rural dean of that deanery, who has been presented to the vicarage of Wicken, in the county of Cambridge.-,Dorset Chronicle. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—We beg to direct the attention of our readers to an advertisement in our paper of to-day, announcing the opening of the middle portion of this, railway in June next. The advantages which will result from this arrangement will be found very considerable. APPROPRIATE PRESENT.-Sir Samuel Whalley, previous to leaving England, sent, it is said, his whole stock of strait waistcoats as a present to the leading men among his late con stituents. lie. HniktE.—The Kilkenny Journal says. that Mr. Hume's vote against Sir George Strickiand's motion't has excited much. dissatisfaction among his constituents, who cannot account for, the reasons that induced him to go with m i n i s t ers o n this. occasion." , . Notwithstanding the precaution professod to be adopted, more than one lady is said to have been received at court who would not have been received at that of Queen Charlotte or Queen Adelaide. The Duke of Richmond Chichester coach was overturned on Tuesday, at Cbittingfield, through the reins breaking; and lady, inside passenger, looking out at the tuoirlent, the coach fell on her head, and killed her on the spot.— Bii:yhton Herald. A " WHOLE Hoe."—There is now exhibiting, on board a flat boat, opposite the Custom-house, the larOst specimen of pork that we have ever seen. He is from the Buck-eye state measures nine feet ten inches from tail to snout ; four feet s even inches high ; and weighs one thousand six hundred pounds ! His skin is of a peculiar kind and is covered with a thin coat, "each particular hair" of which is as stiff as " the quills upon the fret ful porcupine." He is very lazy, and loves to lie upon his saw dust bed; but, when roused to his feet, he "roars like - a Boit from the swellings of Jordan." If converted into bacon, be would fill an entire smoke-house. Go and see him, fur he is a. hog that, "take him all iu all,.we ne'er shall look upon his like again."—New Orleans Picayane.. SOUTH Du A m .—Th e coronation of her Majesty being fixed for the 26th of June, and the probability of Dlr. Bowes's eleVation to the peerage at that time, determines at on-ce the period when the electors of South Durham may be called upon to elect a knight of the shire, in the r oom o f t h e i r pr e sent hon. member: to this state of affairs, with little more than two months for de cision and organisation, we must continue to impress upon the minds of the conservatives of South Durham the necessity for prompt action, and for being instantly prepared with a suitable candidate, whose character, influence, and talents, would do jus tice to their cause. It is useless forming. conservative societies without an object, and we hope South Durham is now about to . he roused to emancipate itself from the degrading thraldom in which whiggery boasts it has so spell-bound it. We shall freely give our zealous labours to the cause, and endeavour to animat— all good conservatives in the county to a bold, unflinching, and untiring discharge of those important duties, which their owe prosperity, and the safety and honour of the empire, require of all men who love freedom, and who deserve to be free.—Sunder land Beacon. JEWS' ALMS HOUSES AT HAMBURG.—L. Gumpel, Esq. for- . tnerly an eminent merchant of the city of Hamburg, has lately founded there a range of alms houses, for 40 families of the Jew ish persuasion. The different dwellings are to be allotted rent and tax free, to such members of the Jewish community as, al though industrious and hard working, any one living nu public charity being excluded, may find it nevertheless difficult to raise their rent. The charity is endowed with the necessary funds to keep it for ever in thorough repair; and should at any, time the income exceed the actual necessary expenditure, such surplus is to be laid out in clouting and other necessaries, to be distributed amongst the needy inhabitants of the alms-houses, and the poor in general. Independent of this splendid and lasting monument of ►heir benevolence, Mr. Gumpel and his lady have long been known for their great and indiscriminate charity, not confined. to any one sect or religion. Gustavus Gumpel, Esq., of the . firm of G. Gumpel and Co., of this town, is a son of this gentle man.— Leeds Intelligences. DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON WANSFORD RIVER.—On Thurs day morning Mr. Girdlestone, jun., of Stibbtngton Hall, ac companied by Mrs. Wing, the wife of the Rev. J. Vi ing, the recto r of Thornhangh, and their daughter, Miss Ellen aged 20, were eujoing the beauty of the.da.y, in a pleasure boat ou the Nene, near Wansford. There was also iu the boat a Wansford boy, to assist in its management. About half-past. 11, when they were at that part of tue stream, rather beyond. Wausford Staunch, a sudden gust of wind capsized, the boat•on; its tack,, and they were all pr e cipit a t e d i n t o th e Water, which, is of a considerable depth. The accident was seen from the' bridge, and Mr. Compton, of Water Newton, Mr. Clapham. of Wansford, Mr. Charles Haycock, of StaMford, and „Mr. Rawlings, of Wansford, were soon on the spot and eudeavouing .by every means to render assistance. On arriving, they found, that Mr. Girdlestone had reached the shore with the boy, .in a most dreadful state of distraction, but both the ladies - )0 1 1.0ig - .. appeared. Expressing his opinion that they might stilt be under, the boat, which. had drifted .about 100 yards from the root a hero it first capsiied, Mr. Girdlestone swam to it, and f,,-truing a, rope to the mast, it-was hauled to the shore, but,. this! there. were no signs of the unfortu na t e l a di es . Drags were try thi s time procured, and other assistance obtained, when, in about 20 minutes, the b o dy of Miss Wi ng fl oa t e d close to the shore, and every means were resorted to by Mr Clapham,. to, estore . animation—but life was quite extinct. In about, 10 after, Mr. Hayctwk, who was manauing the drags. in a boat in_ the centre of the soca''', in trying the bottom with a.spyit, .dis turbed, the body. of the oth . er lady, which immediately rising,: was lifted into the 't3at,• and conveyed on shorei , but sill gy i means that,were used proved also in this case to be-of do av ---( .ale