The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-22 00:00:00

PORTICO CONCERTS.—The fourth concert will take place this evening at the Portico Rooms. A most excellent pro gramme has been arranged. The last concert went off ex tremely well, and was attended numerously. SMUGGLING.—A seaman, named James Hogan, was yesterday, fitted £lOO, on an information laid by Mr. Young, of the Customs, for conveying on shore 10Ih. of tobacco from the ship Eagle, that had not paid duty. The captain of the ship gave him a very good character, and Mr. Rushton said his case should be favourably represented to the Board, in London. Sir Robert Peel, since his accession to power, emulates the early rising and personal devotion to the duties of his high office of his great colleage the Duke of Wellington. The express train from Liverpool, conveying the papers and despatches brought by the South American packet-ship, and the Caledonia mail steam-ship, reached town on Wednesday morning before six o'clock. Files of the papers were in stantly forwarded to Sir Robert Peel's residence, where, at that early hour, they found the right hon. baronet already engaged, with his two private secretaries, on public business. We understand the bazaar held by the Ladies Society con nected with the two Scottish Churches in this town—Dr• !.i alph's and M Park's, through the 1 IROBBERY EXTRAORDINARY. ENGAGING A TRAVELLING COMPANION TO GO TO AMERICA! At the Police-court yesterday, a man with bushy light hair, wearing a crab-coloured macfntosh coat, buttoned up, was placed at the bar, charged with robbing a genteel-looking young man, who had just arrived from America, of a con siderable sum of money, under circumstances of so novel a nature and showing so much cunning effrontory on his part, and so much simplicity on that of his dupe, that we furnish the evidence of the principal witness nearly as it was given : The complainant, Philip WEvoy said,—l am a joiner, and came to Liverpool yesterday, by the steamer Caledonia, from America. We landed at the Coburg Dock about ten o'clock yesterday ; I was on the quay, when a young man came and asked me if . I would accommodate him with an American newspaper. I went on board the vessel, and procured one. I went on shore with it and found the man. I said I had not the pleasure of knowing his name. He said it was " Smith." I then gave him the newspaper. Smith then invited me to the Coburg hotel (which is close to the dock), and called for a glass of ale and a glass of wine. I drank the ale, and Smith the wine. As we were drinking our glasses, the prisoner, Michaelponnelly, and another man, came into the same room It was the first time I bad seen them. Smith and I were talking about the newspaper. The prisoner said " I ihould like to travel in America. I have lately had a property of £9OOO left me in Liverpool, and I will give you £lOO if you will travel with me as a companion for twelve months." I consented. Smith said, I will go bail with him for £5O, though I have not seen him before. The prisoner then said " Have you any money, to show that you are respectable ?" I then produced six sovereigns and a half sovereign, and laid them on the table. The prisoner said, "Is that all you can show ?" I said, "No; if you will remain at the door of the hotel, I will go on board and get more money, if that will make a person respectable." The prisoner agreed, and I went on board the vessel, and got twenty sovereigns. four guineas, and four half-sovereigns. I went on shore and found Smith and the prisoner at the door. They agreed to take a lunch. They whispered together, but I did not know what they said. They then said, "Let us take a walk and have lunch." I said, " Very well, as I have not taken breakfast." Smith said, " Have you got it?" I said, " I have, but lam not going to show it in the street." He said, " Let us walk on," and we went to the Union Hotel. in Clayton-square. Smith ordered beef steaks for three. The prisoner ordered some gin and bitters to increase the appe tite, which was brought and drunk. Smith called for pen, ink, and paper, and said, " I will prepare a bond between you for the due payment of £lOO, as your salary from Don nelly." It was afterwards agreed to put it off till afterlunch. We' took lunch. Smith then proposed that we should go with him to a friend of his, an attorney, to draw out the md. I saw the prisoner pay for the lunch. He said, " I shall be greatly offended if any one else.offers to pay for it." Smith and I were about to put our hats on. Donnelly said, " You are not going that way." Smith then produced his purse and said, Have you any doubts ?" and counted out what he called thirty-five or thirty-six sovereigns, and placed them on the table. When I saw that I took out my purse, and counted my sovereigns, guineas, and half-sovereigns, and laid them on the table. Donnelly took them and put them into my purse, and placed it near him, and said, " Now lam satisfied that you will come back." Smith and I then left the house to go to the attorney's. When we got about 100 yards from the hotel, Smith said, " Stop here, until I see whether the attorney is in ; I think he will be at dinner." I remained there about ten minutes. Smith did not return. 1 went to the hotel. The prisoner was gone. I made inquiry, and learned that he had left in two or three minutes after us. I afterwards saw the landlord, who informed me that I had been duped, and advised me to go to the police, and I was taken to High-street. I was di rected to the railway. I went, and there saw constable M`Whan, (No. 70) who stationed me in the yard, when I would have a view of the offices. I waited about an hour, and then saw the prisoner coming out of the Manchester booking-office. I went up to him and said, " Is that you?" He said " holloa! come this way, I want to speak to you." I held him by the collar, and McWhan came and took him into an office. McWhan searched him, and found on him my purse, four guineas, 15 sovereigns, two half-sovereigns, twelve shillings, 9id. in copper money, and a silver watch. I went to Bridewell. The prisoner there said in a whisper— " I have your money--don't condemn me." I left the six sovereigns and the half sovereign on the table at the Coburg Hotel, while I went on board for my other money. It was all taken. Constable McWhan stated, that about half-past four on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. McEvoy informed him ct the robbery ; that he placed him as stated in the yard of the railway station ; and that on seeing McEvoy collar the pri soner, he went up, pushed him into an office, and found the money and purse. He also found in the purse a 45 flash note, four dice, and a ticket of his as having paid his fare to Manchester. The property was produced, and Mr. McEvoy identified the purse, and said he believed the sovereigns it contained, &c., including the four guineas, were his. The prisoner put some questions to the complainant, who said the guineas and the purse were•his. The prisoner said he bad had the purse a long time, and requested the magis trate to look at the coin called guineas in the purse, and it would be found that they were merely silver shillings which he had got gilt for counters in playing a game at whist, by a man named Corless, a publican and watch-gilder, in Church alley, near St. Peter's Church. . . The coin. (representing guineas) was accordingly looked at, and were found to be in reality only silver shillings gilt. The complainant said, that if they were not guineas, he had taken them for such. He had changed some American money be fore he embarked. He referred to respectable parties who could g ive him a good character. These facts were not taken in evidnce, and, as it appeared clear that the gilt shillings had been substituted for the guineas in the purse, the pri soner was ordered for trial at the sessions. On being finally asked what he bad to say, he said " Nothing," and refused to sign the depositions. The patties were then bound over, and the prisoner re moved from the bar. friends, gratefully felt by the committee, has succeeded even beyond their expectations. It was quite a novel thing in Liverpool, and rigarded_with s a sort of ex- periinent .nd aged women had the committee prepared d T sale they would have dis Live realized nearly £7O. We are dad tc usual weekly saleS for the win. fling of November SUDDEN DEATH OF Mit. WILLIAM CHAPLIN, COME DIAN.—This actor expired on Monday morning. He had been engaged by Mr. Yates for the Adelphi Theatre, during that gentleman's tour in the provinces, and, with his sister, Miss Ellen Chaplin, had commenced an engagement at the Adelphi on the opening night, in the character of Julio Sal vador, in the drama of " Die Hexer' am Rhein." On Satur day night he was seized with a sudden indisposition, which terminated fatally on Monday morning. Mr. Chaplin was the son of Mr. Charles Chaplin, the stage manager of the Theatres-Royal, Liverpool and Manchester, and formerly of the Threatre-Royal, Drury-lane. His age was 26. It will be seen that the trial of M'Leod stood at the date of our last letters (the 2d October) for the 4th. But it was far from improbable that it might not come on for hearing even then,—on the grounds intimated by his counsel in found ing his application for delay on the hearing, at the Circuit Court of Utica, of the 27th inst. We can also state upon the authority of a highly respectable informant, whose letter is dated from New York, that in that city the belief is gain ing ground daily that M'Leod w.Th not likely to be tried at this assizes at all : but that it would be found neces allow his important case to stand over to the ensuing term sary to The expectation of his final acquittal, all our letters agree in representing as extremely general among all parties; and it is gratifying to us, to add that we are disposed to concur in that expectation.—Herald. COMMITTAL FOR MANSLAUGIITER.—An inquest was held on Tuesday last, at St. Helen's, before John Heyes, Esq., coroner, on view of the body-of a child, aged about three years, named Mary Owen, who had been run over by an ass cart, laden with earthenware. The driver of the cart is an old man named Peter Spencer, and on the day in which the unfortunate occurrence we have alluded to took place he was going along Duke-street with his cart, but at some dis tance behind it, and the deceased happened to be playing in the road, and the vehicle passed over its body. The child was very much injured, and although every attention was paid to it by Mr. Pye, surgeon, of St. Helen's, it died on Monday last. The jury returned a verdict of " manslaughter" against Spencer, and he is therefore to await his trial at the next assizes. EMIGRATION TO NEW YORK—On Wednesday afternoon, at four o'clock, the large American line-of-packet ship St. James, Captain W. S. Sebor, commander, was hauled out of the St. Katherine's Dock, well filled both with goods and passengers. The emigrants are 215 in number—viz., 170 steerage passengers, 12 chief cabin passengers, and 20 in the second cabin. The steerage passengers are principally from Kent, and consist of swell farmers, who intend to settle in the state of New York. Many are from the neighbourhood of Ashford, and there are 70 from the parish of Buckly, in that vicinity. The vessel was to leave Portsmouth yesterday for New York. A great number of persons assembled on the pierhead to witness the departure of the emigrants. STEALING A DOG.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, a _ man named Walton Webb,- was charged With stealing a fine Pointer dog, which had been left by a Mr. Lloyd, who was absent from the town, in charge of a gentleman in Church street. It had been taken from the yard of the house. The animal was stated to be worth £2 or £3. He was fined 40 shillings. the value of the dog, and £lO for stealing it, or in default to be imprisoned for three months. The prisoner said, " Let me go to Knutsford to bring the owner." Mr. Rusliton.—" NO ; you can 't go there Uri you have paid the money." CLOSING OF THE DENTON'S GREEN BOWLING -GREEN, ST. HELEN'S.—The annual dinner, in commemoration of the close of the sports on this green for the season, was held at the house of Mr. Blades, the proprietor of the green, on Tuesday night last. A company of about fifty gentlemen sat down to an excellent and abundant dinner, which was served up in a very superior manner, reflecting the highest credit on the caterer. Mr. Thomas Barrow presided, and Mr. Robert Marsh officiated as viee-president. After the usual loyal toasts had been given, the following healths were also drank with much acclamation Greenall, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Greenall and Family, Denton Green Brewery Company, Mrs. Speakman and Family, &c., &c. The evening was spent in great good humour and hilarity, and many of the guests did not retire until a late hoUr.—The bowling-green is much resorted to in the summer mouths by the gentlemen of St. Helen's. It offers many attractions. The scenery around it is extremely beautiful. In the distance, to the left, is the town of St. Helens, with its many shafts, chin).- nies, alkali and glass-works, betokening the prosperity and industry of the inhabitants. Looking straight forward, we see the lands of Samuel Taylor, Esq., and the tine avenue leading to his residence. Yonder is Mr. Swift's farm ; there Ecelaston Church (built by the muni fi cent Mr. Tayor), a most pleasing object in the landscape, as, indeed, such an edifice is in all scenery. The Rev. Mr. Croskett is at pre sent the minister. The white house, perceivable to the right. is Mill Brook, which was once the residence of Dr. Adam Clarke :it is now occupied by Mr. Pilkington. In the dis tance, to the right, ere the woods of Knowsley Park. The air is here most salubrious and pleasant, and few spots could be chosen presenting more charms, or so likely to induce those who labour hard to find enjoyment after the toils of the day. A QUESTION FOR THE FREE-TRADERS IN CORN. — The ticklish state of our relations with the United States has latterly given rise to some novel speculations, which, should we happily escape from putting them to the test of experi ment, will not be altogether fruitless if they take the shape hereafter of sober reflections. For instance, if a war with the United States should be ultimately forced upon us, the question has been mooted against what point it should be offensively directed, in order to bring it to a speedy and effective issue. The southern states are confessedly the most vulnerable, not only from their accessibility to attack, but from their liability to disorganisation ; but, on the other hand, there is this inconvenience to restrain us—we depend upon them for the staple of our principal manufacture, and Fe cannot inflict a blow upon the cotton-planter there which will not be felt by the cotton-spinner here. Whet - lithe storm has blown over, it will behove us to reflect upon the disad vantage of this dependence on a country which of late years has seemed disposed to give us no other proofs of its con sanguinity than by exemplifying the adage, that there is no hatred like that of an envious relation ; and to consider whe ther we have not fellow-subjects—in India for instance— whom it would be an act of justice, as well as; policy, to en courage and assist in the cultivation of an article with which we cannot dispense, and which we can only procure now from a people upon a friendly intercourse, with whom so little reliance can be placed. But a still more serious reflection will not fall to strike every one who is not free-trade mad The free traders in corn tell us that nature bids us to regard England as the " untiring workshop," and America as the " inexhaustible granary " of the world, and that in growing corn, instead of - manufacturing cottons, we are thwarting Providence, and warring against destiny ! And very tine this rhapsody would sound it we were about to realise the millenium, when all human passions shall by one consent be discarded, and all national jealousies be abandoned ; but un fortunately wars and rumours of wars are still permitted to vex mankind • and if we feel our hands tied by our depen dence upon America for cotton, how should we feel if we depended upon it for food ? THREATENED BREACII OF TILE PEACE. CURIOUS CASE.—At the Police-court yesterday, Mr. John Griffin Davies, formerly an inspector of police, and now employed as clerk, &c., at Mr. Gorst's coach-building establishment, preferred a complaint of a threatened breach of the peace against a Mr. Henry Cromwell. Mr. Davenport appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Wardle for the defendant. Mr. Davies stated, that shortly before seven o'clock lie was at the Railway-station, before starting for Manchester, when he saw the defendant there, and having formerly known him, he accosted him, merely saying, " How are you ?" Upon which defendant said, " How dare you speak to me—you who have ruined me, and seduced my wife in my absence ? 1 will pursue you wherever you go, and I will take your life." He afterwards looked into the window of the railway-carriage in which complainant had taken his seat, and also opened the door, but said nothing. On cross-examination the complainant admitted that his back door and that of the defendant were immediately contiguous ; that he had known Mts. Cromwell for four or five months; that he had taken her with him to the theatre • that he had also taken her to Mrs. Stebbing's, the Amphitheatre Tavern, and to the Stork Hotel; that he had given her money to go to Manchester with, and made an arrangement to see her there. When he went to Manchester he was on his way to Wigan and Ard wick. He gave her 10s., as she stated she must go to Man chester or Chester. He lent her the money. He did not know that her mother had turned her out in consequence of her ac quaintance with him. He pere m pt or il y denied that she was kept by him. To a question by Mr. Rushton, the complaii sit said he was a married man ; but his wife was not with him w h en he went to the theatre with Mrs. Cromwell. He then expressed a wish to explain the circumstances of his being acquainted with and accompanying Mrs. Cromwell. He had been introduced to her in a company at the house of a friend ; and having a ticket for the concert, which would admit him self and two or three friends, he had invited her to go, which she agreed to. He expected his wife to go, but she did not come. They arrived before the performan ce commenced, and he took Mrs. C. to Mrs. StebbinA, where they went up stairs to look at the pictures. He did not see her again till she asked him to lend her the money.—Mr. Rushton here said that he and his colleague would not enter into a case of trim cuss : they had only to do with the .breach of the peace, Mrs. Davies was then examined—She said Mr. Cromwell called at their house, and inquired for Mr. Davies. She replied that she believed he had gone to Manchester. The defendant said, " I believe he has gone with my wife, and I will blow his brains out." On cross-examination, she said she knew that her husband and Mrs. Cromwell had been together at n z t e , d as to they he r for theatre ; and that Mrs. Cromweltl bh:idngapporloosge i for going with him, she (witness) not expected she would be. M r. Wardle said t hat the facts were that his client had gone to London, and the complainant took advantage of his (Mr. Cro mwell s) wife in his absence. What his client had stated at the railway was, " Wherever you go I will follow you, and will punish you if I find you in any guilty act." He (Mr. W.) had also a letter in his possession, showing that the sum the complain ant gave to Mrs. Cromwell was 255, not, as stated, 10s. The provocation given to his client was such as could not be borne by any married man of proper feeling. M r . Rushton said they were not to presume that a guilty connection had taken place on the evidence given. Mr. Cromwell then requested permission to speak, and it was given him with an injunction to confine himself to the alleged threat. Mr. Cromwell said he had received infor mation that Davies was going off to meet his (defendant's) wife by appointment, and when he saw him at the railway had been stated by his attorney. He had since applied station, and was accosted by him, he replied as to the complainant's master, and had learned from him that he (complainant) had no business to transact in Manches ter, and that he had gone off without paying the men's wages, he taking the money with him. In conclusion, he said, " I am an injured man, and the guilty wretch who stands there is the aggressor. I would not, however, offer him per sonal violence. I would, if I saw him in the street, cross over, and avoid him as I would a mad dog." Mr. Rushton said, that even supposing the statement of the defendant to be true, he must look for redress in another court for the alleged injury. What that court could take cognisance of was the threat only ; and as that was sworn to, he must find bail, himself in £5O, and two sureties in £25 each ' to keep the pe ac e f o r t we lve months, particularly to John Griffin Davies. The bail required was soon afterwards found, and the prisoner was discharged. MR. BRINDLEY AND THE SOCIALISTS About half-past one o'clock on Wednesday last, Mr. John Brindley, the distinguished controversialist against socialism, appeared at the Poice-court, and, handing Mr. Rushton a book containing the rules and regulations of a society esta blished by the socialists, denominated " The Benefit Society of Rational Religionists," asked whether an opportunity was afforded to persons for obtaining money back from the soci ety in question, which professed to be enrolled under the act of parliament for the establishment of general benefit clubs ? He said that many persons had paid sums of money into it, and that when they wanted assistance, in cases of sickness or want, it appeared to him, after a perusal of the rules, that they had no power of obtaining such assistance. Mr. Rushton asked what object the society professed to have in view ? Mr. Brindley said the parties called it a " benefit society," but he could see no definite pledge given by them of benefit. Mr. Rushton said that if it was a benefit society it must have been enrolled under act of parliament. Mr. Brindley said that Mr. Tidd Pratt had signed the do cuments as being in accordance with the act of parliament. Mr. Rushton said he observed a clause in one of the rules whereby all disputes were referred to arbitration. Mr. Ellis, magistrate's clerk, informed the court that there was no dispute at present. Mr. Brindley restated that his object at present was to ascertain whether the money which had been subscribed could be got back, and to see whether any benefit existed. Mr. Rushton said that so far as he could make out the ob ject of the society from the rules, it appeared to be composed of persons calling themselves " rational religionists, for the purpose of getting contributions of capital, and forming a common property. Mr. Brindley said there was one rule which laid it down that the parties subscribing were to have assistance in cases of sickness and want. There were a great many persons who had contributed to the funds, and some of them largely, during the last five or six years, but finding now that they could claim no benefit, they were desirous of knowing whe ther they had any power to claim their money back. If the question could be answered it might have the effect of pre venting persons from joining a society of the kind. There was one case in which two poor women, whose husbands had contributed largely to the funds, were desirous of recovering, if they could, some of the money, and he feared there were many more similar cases. He believed that societies of the kind were calculated to do a deal of mischief. Hundreds of persons had subscribed in the present instance, and the fact of parties having stated that the society had been formed •under an act of parliament had given some pretensions to the thing. Mr. Rushton said the objects of the society appeared to be fully set forth in the ninth rule. One object was that of universal charity. It professed to afford rational employment and peaceable changes in life. The funds were to be raised from time to time for mutual assistance, to afford education to the members, and relief in cases of sickness or other na tural ailment s . H e as k e d w h e th er a ny of the parties were sick ? whether a n y na t ura l con ti ng encies bad arisen ? and who were the officers of the society? _ . . . Mr. Brindley saldil;ai3ll.T'inc appeared to be the prin cipal officer. He observed that if Mr. Rushton would keep the book, look it over, and give au answer to the question, he would be doing a great act of kindness to numbers of per sons who had subscribed. Mr. Rushton promised to do so, but said that he could see nothing, from the cursory view he had been able to take of the book, which would give him jurisdiction in the matter. Mr Brindley asked when he should wait on the court again? Mr. Rushton replied the following day. Mr. Brindley then retired. [Nothing further took place yesterday, Mr. Brindley, for some reason, did not appear in court.] COMMITMENT. - Yesterday, at the police-court, an abandoned woman, named Catherine Hughes, was com mitted for trial at the sessions for robbing a sailor of .£4 10s. 6d., and pawning some of his clothes. The poor fellow was imprisoned and fleeced by a gang of women. The pawnbroker, Kewley, of Marlborough-street, was severely reprimanded, and cautioned for taking in the :clothes from such a character. CHARGE oF ASSAULT. — Mr. Anderson, Clerk of the Cole brook Iron Company, appeared to answer a charge of assault, to be preferred against him by Mr. Marcus, tobacconist, &c., Church-street. The complainant said, that being employed at the Chronicle office, he had occasion, on Friday week, to go to the Colebrook Company's office, to solicit for an ad vertisement for the Chronicle, which had appeared in some of the other papers. He found the defendant there, and asked for permission to insert it. The defendant said he had given it for the Journal, and made a remark to the effect that the Chronicle was not one of the best conducted papers in the town. Complainant said that was no business of his (defendant's).—Mr. Rushton : " Yes, but it was : he went to solicit a favour, and he should not have used such an ex pression."—The complainant continued :—He (defendant) said he would not give the advertisement, and complainant remarked that the Journal was a Catholic paper. and had a very different circulation from the Chronicle. Whereupon Mr. Anderson said, " What is that you say about the Ca tholics ?" and then going up to him, knocked off his hat, which contained his papers, and struck him. In cross-exa mination, complainant denied that he had been ordered to leave the place, or that he had said he would stop there as long as he pleased. The defendant had also accused him of being drunk at the time, which he could prove was untrue, by parties who had seen him just before and after the assault. He had at first put the case into the hands of an attorney, but did not prosecute it in that way, because he could not find a witness who saw the assault, and had given his name, and because he could not himself be heard as a witness in a civil case. The same reason had caused the delay in bring ing it into that court. The defendant did not order him out; and he (complainant) heard all that was said. He admitted that he was a little dull of hearing. The defendant seid that, when the complainant asked him for the advertisement, he told him he had already given it to the Journal, and did not wish it to appear so often in the same week. The com plainant then said, " Oh, you support the Catholics, do you ?" He w as t o ld that that was no matter of his, and he then threatened to strike him, (defendant,) putting himself in an attitude of fighting. Defendant then told him to go out, and he refused askinhim if he were a principal. The reply was, that he had themanagement in the absence of his employers. He then pushed him to get him out and a scuffle ensued, in which his (complainant's) hat fell off. He (complainant) also took up the mat that was at the door, and endeavoured to strike him with it. He afterwards called on Mr. Ross, who said that his statement altered the com plexion of the case. Mr. Rushton said that the better way to conduct business was with civility—refraining from re marks that might give offence. It appeared that the com plainant had not done ad, but had given considerable provo cation, and that the defendant had properly removed hiip from the premises with no more force than was necessary for that purpose. The case was accordingly dismissed. OPENING OF GREAT GEORGE-STREET CHAPEL This elegant and spacious place of worship, which has just been erected on the site of the former chapel, (destroyed by fire) was opened yesterday. Before we proceed to detail the circumstances of the opening, it may not be unacceptable to our readers if we insert from the columns of a contemporary a de scription of the structure as an ornament to the town, and point out the accommodation it affords : " The site is at the junction► of two roads, Great George and Nelson streets, forming an acute angle, for which the former chapel, being a parallelogram, was obviously unsuit able. The present building is placed several yards backwards, thereby giving space for a circular vestibule of 25 feet clear diameter fronting Great George-street; which, together with the surrounding portico, renders its connexion with that street, from which it takes its name, more appropriate. " The whole of the front and two flanks are executed in freestone, commonly known as ' Park stone,' the durability and tone of colour having been long established, being similar to that used in the beautiful pile of the Exchange-buildings. " The principal elevation consists of a portico of ten fluted columns, of the Corinthian order, after the elegant example of the Temple of Jupiter Stator. The height of the column, including the plinth, base, and capital, is 33 feet, the shaft being in one stone, a circumstance without precedent in this country. The entire base of this front is approached by a flight of eight steps, corresponding in outline with the portico, and of stone from the Yorkshire quarries. " The front wall, from which the portico stands out in bold relief, is in channelled ashlar, with only three openings therein, the centre of which forms the general entrance to the whole chapel, the other two being for exit only. The columns are surmounted by an entablature enriched with carved modillions and dentiles, and the cymatium with lions' heads. " The circular portion of the portico roof is formed with stone in radiating courses, having moulded ribs and termi nals. Above this is an appropriate continuation of the cir cular vestibule, the centre of which is enriched with a conti nuous perforated quillochi, to light the vestibule. Above the cornice is a trussed springer for the dome, which is pa nelled and ribbed, and surmounted with a carved gilt fineal. " The flanks of the building are decorated with pilasters (ten on each side), with continued plinth and base course capitals, and enriched entablature, corresponding with the front elevation, these sides being terminated with an attic. Between the pilasters are lofty windows, with circular heads, and surrounded with moulded architraves, eighteen in num ber, and by which means the spacious interior is abundantly lighted. " The extreme length of the building, including the por tico, is 127 feet, and the breadth 66 feet. There is pew ac commodations for 1,750 persons, besides children's galleries. " The entrance to the ground-tloor is through corridors, leading from the vestibule right and left. " The principal portion of the pews are curved on the plan, and each seat rises above the other as they retreat from the pulpit. They are arranged throughout so that the whole congregation .may face the minister. The aisles leading to the raised seats are inclined planes. " The pulpit is of elaborate design, and, together with the staircase, is executed in Dantzic oak. " The organ is one of the largest in town, and has been executed by Mr. Hill, of London, the builder of the organs in York Minster and Birmingham Town-hall. The design of the case is of playful composition, and much enriched. The corner towers are composed of Corinthian columns, with gilt pipes between ; and the centre tower is three parts of a circle, composed of gilt pipes 15 feet high, under a richly carved canopy. The height of the organ is 26 feet, and the extreme breadth 21 feet. _ _ " The entrance to the gallery is from the vestibule by a handsome double staircase, of stone, geometrically con structed. There is a gallery round the vestibule, under which is placed a monument, of chaste design, opposite the entrance door, in memory of the revered Spencer. The ves tibule ceiling is domed and enriched with sunk moulded coffers. " The ceiling of the chapel is divided into panels, which are double sunk, moulded and enriched, and bounded by an enriched quillochi, perforated for ventilation. "The centre of the ceiling is circular, deeply sunk, the sides of which are composed of open ornamental stucco work, for ventillation ; round the edge of this sinking is a continued fret on the face of the ceiling ; the centre flower is in bold relief, from which is to be suspended a handsome chande lier, by which the whole of the gallery and the middle por tion of the ground floor will be lighted, when required for evening, service. The windows are finished with enriched archivolts springing from an enriched continued impost. "The ground-floor, underneath the galleries, is lighted with eighteen massive wall-brackets, one to every pier between the windows, and one each over the doors leading to the children's staircases, at the back of the chapel, together with three double pendents under the deep gallery in front, all of similar pattern, and made to the architect's design, each bracket supporting a triple light, issuing from a sprig, and the whole being richly gilt. The intended chandelier, now being executed, will be nine feet in diameter, and contain a hundred lights. This mode of lighting the chapel has been adopted that the reciprocal view of the minister and congre gation may not be intercepted. The whole of the seats in the ground-floor and galleries are handsomely furnished with crimson moreen cushions, to secure completeness and uni- formity. " The basement contains two spacious school-rooms and a lecture-room, to accommodate 450 persons, for weekly ser vices ; also, a library and vestry , with other minor apart ments. The vestries for the minister and deacons are com prised in a wing to the building, at the rear of the chapel yard, which presents a front of four lonic columns supporting a plain entablature, the only relic of the former structure. The chapel-yard is enclosed with handsome iron palisades, of chaste design, and four entrance gates, the pillars of which form pedestals for lamps; which, together with the footpath from Great George to Nelson-street, correspond in outline with the circular flight of steps." The services connected with the opening commenced with a preparatory prayer meeting at seven o'clock in the morning. Divine service was performed in the chapel in the forenoon, commencing with the singing of the Hundreth Psalm, after which the Scriptures were read by the Rev. Dr. Raffles, the minister, in an impressive tone and with a most commanding manner. The chapters selected were the 100th and 132nd Psalm, the 6th and part of the 7th chapter of the 2d Book of Chronicles—all having reference to the building of the tem ple. After this the Doctor offered a most appropnate pruyet , dedicatory of the building to the worship of Almighty God. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Fletcher, of Step ney, London, from the 9th verse of the 2d chapter of the Prophet Haggai—" The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts ; and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord oflhosts." From this passage the Doctor delivered an excellent practical sermon. After service a dinner was provided in the School-room, underneath the Chapel. A considerable number of ladies and gentlemen sat down, and several addresses were delivered by ministers and others. At three o'clock in the afternood, divine service was again performed, the sermon being preached by the Rev. John Kelly, minister of Crescent Chapel. Another service took place in the evening, at which the Rev. James Parsons, of York, delivered a very eloquent sermon. THE CALEDONIA, Passenger list of steam-ship Caledonia, from Boston to Halifax and Liverpool : FROM BOSTON. - W. Williams, George T. Richards, (bearer of government despatches,) F. A. Whitewell, J. L. Motley, E. H. R. Lyman, Miss A. Ross, Rev. George Scott, George Singer, John H. Davies, T. Motley, jun., M. Hamilton, J. C. Martin, William Lottimer, H. R. Treadwell, Mr. Rock, E. Hemmerling, Samuel limes, P. Bentinck, Charles S. Dickson, Mrs. Raynor, Mrs. M`Lure, Major J. Manly Wood, T. Cooken dorfer, Isaac Buchanan, A. H. Finley, G. H. Perry, Robert George, E. C. Dunbar. Pawl HALIFAX.-Sir Charles Fitzroy, Lady Mary Fitzroy, :fir. George Fitzroy, one Female Servant, two Male ditto, two Misses Jones, Mr. Jones, one Male Ser vant, two Female ditto, Captain O'Malley, Lady, and Ser vant, Robert Gillespie, Alexander Gillespie, jun., W. E. Logan, Mr. Parker, Mr. Hiles, Mrs. Tice, Mr. Jeffrey, Mrs. Jeffrey, Captain Longficld, Mr. Charles Merritt, Mr. William Fairbanke. Abstract of the Log of the Royal Mail Steam-ship Cale donia, on her voyage from Boston towards Halifax and Liverpool, in October. Oct. 2. Wind E.N E. At 2 p.m. received onboard the mails and backed out from the Wharf at East Boston. At 3 dismissed the pilot. Fresh breezes and clear weather. 3. Wind N.E. to E.N.E.. course N. 76 E., distance 135 miles, lat. 42 53, long. 67 49, fresh gale and rainy, with a heavy sea. 4. .1 7 itul N.E. by E., lat. 42 30, long. 65 55, hard, gales, with rain and tremendous sea; several of the crew injured; lost one of the quarter boats and carried away foreyard. At 2 a.m. hove to. 5. Wind N.N.E., lat. 42 25, long. 65 8, strong gales, with tremendous head sea ; ship hove to ; at 8 a.m. put the ship's head to N.N.E., and put on steam. 6. Wind N.N.E., strong gales, with rain and heavy cross sea. Mid. Seal Island N.W. 6 miles. 7. Wind N.N.E., fresh gales, with heavy sea. At 6 p.m. arrived at Halifax. 8. Wind N.N.E., fresh breezes, with clear weather. At 6h. 15m. sailed from Halifax. 9. Wind E.S.E., course N. 85 E., distance 135 miles, lat. 44 38, long. 60 21, fresh gales and cross sea. 10. Wind E.S.E., course N. 75 E., distance 174 miles, lat. 44 57, long. 56 20. fresh gales and cross sea. 11. Wind W.S.W., course N. 85 E., distance 210 miles, lat. 45 7, long. 50 7, fresh gale, with squalls. 12. Wind W.S.W. to N.W., course N. 79 E., distance 238 miles, lat, 45 46, long. 4G 4, fresh breezes and hazy. Passed the barque Sir Isaac Newton. 13. Wind W.N.W., course N. 76 E., distance 210 miles, lat. 46 44, long. 40 18, strong breezes and fine weather. 14. Wind W.N.W., course N. 76 E., distance 240 miles, lat. 48 8. low , . 34 55, fresh breezes and cloudy weather. 15. Wind course N. 79 E., distance 251 miles, lat. 49 12, long. 28 30, moderate breezes and cloudy. 16. Wind W. by S. to W.N.W., course N. 79 E., distance 265 miles, lat. 50, long. 21 54, fresh breezes and fog. At 2h. 30m. p.m., passed an American packet-ship, name un known. _ 17. Wind 'W.N.W., course N. 79 E., distance 255 miles lat. 50 36, long. 15 16, strong breezes and squally, will heavy sea. At 4h. 30m. p.m., passed the brig Cabalva hove to. _ 18. Wind N.W. T . to S.W., distance 217 miles, lat. 51 21 long. 8 46, moderate breezes with hazy weather. At 2h 20m. p.m., saw the Old Head of Kinsale, bearing N.N.E. six miles. 19. Wind S. to N., running up Channel. First part fresh breezes and fine ; middle strong gales and squally ; at 1 a.m. rounded the Tuscar ; at 2h. 40. p.m. received on board a pilot off Point Lynas ; at 8 arrived in the Mersey. LORD PALMERSTON, (From the Cork Constitution.) " We are glad to perceive (says a Liverpo o l libe ra l p a p er ) that Lord Palmerston is taking a most prominent and active part in the opposition to the tory ministry." Glad to perceive ! Why what . elsewas to be expected ? With all his indifference to pr i nciples, he cannot adjust himself to places with the easy equan i mity of L or d Mel bourne. Salary no whig, ancient or juvenile," likes to lose, and though it were wiser to repress any manifestations of disappointment, allowance must be made for a man in whose official achievments wisdom seem , s , to have h a d any thing but a " prominent and active part . The opposition of Lord Palmerston is thus naturally . accounted for ; but it would be more prudent were his admirers to suffer him to sink silently into forgetfulness. There are few men who can gain less by retrospects. His opposition " speaks more for his sensitiveness than for his consistency. There is scarcely a measure of " the tory ministry " of which he has not been at one time or other the supporter ; and had he been fortun a t e enoug h t o a tt rac t a ttention in the late arrange ments, he would be neither " active " nor " prominent " in " opposition" now. Poor protocol ! he slumbered long on the sunny side of the hedge, and finding it hard to content himself with the cold and comfortless shade into which he has been cast, lie is endeavouring to obtain a little warmth by the unsual activity he ha s o f l a t e displayed. If he confined it to the limbs (and he is about, it seems, to "tour " it through Ireland) we could have no objection ; but the tongue " is an unruly evil," and needs a check. His censures of others are condemnations of himself. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL I WHAT ARE THE ENGLISH ROMAN CATHOLICS LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SOCIETY. TO DO? The annual meeting of this society was held at the large room of the York Hotel, Williamson-squire, on Wednesday, when a numerous and respectable body of the members was present. The chair was taken at four o'clock by Mr. James Hamer. Mr. JAMES ROBINSON, the secretary, commenced by reading the minutes of the proceedings for the past year, and the report, which noticed an increase in the funds of the institution. The report then went on to notice the clauses of the Metropolitan Police Act affecting the interests of the licensed' victuallers, which had been defeated through the assistance of the borough members. The committee had awarded the soot of £3O to the Hull society for prosecuting certain parties of the name of Hughes, who had been pro ceeding through the country and defrauding the licensed victuallers extensively. A very handsome sum had been realized from the ball at the Town-hall, and the committee have set apart the sum of £lOOO for the purchase of land and buildings eligible for the purposes of the society. An in crease has been made to the allowance given to three children of the late Mr. Milligan. The committee call earnestly upon the members to unite for the general protection of the trade, and affirm that had it not been fpr the vigilance of the society their interests would have been materially affected by recent attempts of legislative interference. The report concludes by stating that the sum in the bands of the bankers is much larger that year. The SECRETARY next read a statement of the accounts for the past year, from which it appeared that the receipts had amounted to £533 4s. 2d., the expenditure to £283 9s. 10d., leaving a balance in bank and treasurer's hands of £1255 Os. sd. Upon the motion of Mr. WHITE, seconded by Mr. Conn- Cillor JONES, the report was received and adopted. The fourteen following gentlemen were proposed and se conded as the committee for the ensuing year :—H. W. Gerard, J. Owens, J. L. Evres, R. Jones, R. Edwards, J. Wilson, L. Williams, J. M`keverigan, Vim. Lawton, Robert Bickerstaff, Wm. Forde, Philip Brew, Thomas Jackson, and W. E. Whiteman. Mr. Thomas Clerke was continued in the office of treasurer so also was Mr. James_Robinson in that of secretary. On the motion of Mr. BRYDEN, the quarterly meetings were discontinued on account of the heavy expense of call ing the members, and their non-attendance. The rules of the society are in future to be given gratis to the members. Some conservation was then held as to the purchase of land for the building purposes of the society. One letter was read from Mr. Musker, of Bootle, offering two field at Faza kerley, for £2400. Another offered to sell part of the pro perty of Kensington for £B5OO. No motion was, however, submitted on the subject. In reply to a letter from Mr. Benwell, it was agreed that his benefit at thel'heatre Royal should be under the patron age of the society. _ - Mr. GREENE then brought under the notice of the society the conduct of one of the trustees, who had, in his opinion, been a great injury to the society. Many had refused to join the society in consequence of the connection of that trustee with it. Only for him 360 additional persons would be in the society. He begged to move that the gentleman be expelled from the trusteeship Several voices : " What's his name?" Mr. GREENE.—His name is Mr. Bryden. Mr. JACKSON said he had worked' with Mr. Bryden on the committee, and be respected him as a gentleman, but he must observe that he had had it thrown in his face in almost every three places out of four, that, if Mr. Bryden remained in the trusteeship, the members would not remain in the society. Independent of this, Mr. Bryden had, in London, deceived their best friends—namely, the two members for the borough, when he was there as a deputation from the society, along with Mr. Robinson. It was a well known fact that Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell had done all the good they could for the society. He wrs glad to say that Mr. Robinson had not betrayed his trust, but he felt bound to add that Mr. Bryden had. Mr. BRYOEN then made a furious speech, in which he characterised the present attack upon him as a matter of politics altogether. Mr. GREENE' called upon the secretary to state the feeling which existed out of doors with regard to Mr. Bryden. The SECRETARY hoped he should be excused from entering into particulars, and thought that if any differences had sprung up between members of the society, such differences ought to have been settled without the pale of the society, and in a re spectful manner, and not introduced at the annual meeting. Mr. MAY said he could bear his testimony to the unplea sant remarks he heard out of doors, from many members of the trade in various parts of the town, and entirely apart from politics, with regard to Mr. Bryden. Many who coincided in politics with Mr. Bryden, thought he assumed an autho rity which did not belong to him. If the names of those parties were required, he would note each of them down within the next twelve months, and then present Mr. Brydeu with such a list as he had never seen before. (Hear, hear.) He rather thought that Mr. Greene's proposition had not emanated from any private bickerings : the question had been raised on higher grounds. After some conversation as to the power of the meeting to expunge Mr. Bryden, Mr. JONES, of Lime-street, moved, as an amendment, that Mr. Bryden be continued in the trusteeship. Mr. THORNTON seconded the amendment. The CHAIRMAN then put the question, when there ap peared, For the amendment .. For the original motion The motion was consequently lost. Upon the proposition of Mr. JACKSON, thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated at a quar ter after six o'clock. ROMISH CONTROVERSY TO THE REV. DR. BUTLER. SlR,—Your publisher and advocate, the Editor of the _Mercury, announced, a short time previous to the late elec tions, that you would accept the invitation 1 had given you to discuss the doctrines of Romanism as soon as the excite ment of those elections should have been over. Hoping that your mind and the minds of your followers are now sufficiently free from political excitement to permit you to investigate the truth of your principles, I beg to re mind you of your friend's promise, and also of your own published one to meet me when I had answered your work. Truth sir, needs no have not suffi‘. 4 confidence in your ability to defend your religious system, you should not have published a controversial work : and if you are fully assured of the truth of that system, you will not fear to bring it to a fair, open test, by meeting its im pugner face to face, and appealing, in the presence of your people, to the written Word of God. You have entitled your controversial work, "THE TRUTH 6 OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION PROVED FROM SCRIPTURE Now, sir, I have publicly proved that you have failed to establish your assertions. You have called the dogmas of Romanism the truths of the Catholic religion, and you have not proved them from Scripture. The best test which can be given of this to those who are unhappily led astray by Romish priests, falsely calling them selves Catholic, is this : If the doctrines of Romanism be Catholic truths— And if Catholic truths can be proved from Scripture alone— Then there must be passages of Scripture which teach iose doctrines. I call upon you, therefore, to meet me, in the presence of your people, and to bring to the test of Scripture the follow ing Romish doctrines : 1. Romanism teaches that the host is to be worshipped as God. Have we precept or example in the New Testament for the worship of the host ? 2. Romanism teaches that the sacrifice of the mass is a propitious offering for the sins of the dead. Where, is this taught m Scripture ? Do we read anywhere of Christ or his apostles making an offering for the dead? 3. Romanism pronounces the man accursed who believes that justifying faith is nothing else than a confidence in the Divine mercy pardoning sins for Christ's sake. Where does Scripture pronounce that curse ? Did Christ or his apostles teach that it is a damnable heresy to trust alone in God's mercy through Christ? 4. Romanism pronounces the man accursed who believes himself to be in the number of the elect. -- Where is that curse pronounced in Scripture ? 5. The Bishop of Rome claims supreme authority over the whole church as the successor of St. Peter. Where does Scripture teach us that St. Peter was ever Bishop of Rome? or that he conferred any prerogative upon the Roman See _ . I have thus, sir, given you a fair opportunity of testing the truth of your principles. You assert, in the title of your work, that Catholic truths (by which you mean Romish dogmas) can be proved from Scripture alone. I have selected five dogm as „hie', you admit to be Romish doctrines. It is of the 'ugliest importance to ascertain whe ther they are true or false. They involve the question whe ther that which you worship be God, or only consecrated bread ; whether sins can be expiated after death, or whether the church which teaches a sinner to hope for cleansing and atonement after death is teaching him to trust in a false re fuge, and to go down to the grave, as the Word of God says, " with a lie in his right hand." They also involve the question whether that blessed God. was mistaken, who inspired the Apostle John to say, " know that we have passed from death unto life " ; and St. Paul to affirm, " Neither height nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." They involve the inquiry whether the supremacy claimed by the Pope, and exercised over the souls of men, to the everlasting ruin of countless thousands, be a mere human invention, unsupported by the Word of God. Ah, sir ! I feel constrained to address you in the words of the Apostle, " Glory not, and lie not against the truth." You and your brethren are the advocates of a false system. The Word of the living God denounces you as teachers of error. It forewarns the people who listen to you of their danger. It entreats them and you to return to the ways of truth and holiness. May God of his mercy give you all " ears to hear what the Spir it saith to the churc hes." I have now only to add one word respe,Aing myself. Adopting the language of an eminent controversialist and honoured servant of God, of old, I earnestly ask my Romish fellow-countrymen, Am I , therefore be come y our enem y because I tell you the truth ? I remain, sir, your faithful servant in Christ, JOSEPH BAYLEE. Parkfield, Birkenhead, Oct. 21, 1841. It has for years past excited at once the surprise and the spleen of our local Whigs, that the names of certain leading Roman Catholic families in Lancashire were to be found, upon all occasions, arrayed ou the side of good order and settled government, and supporting, at every contested elec tion, the cause of Conservative candidates. Unscrupulous in their ow•n political alliances, ready themselves to embrace any pollution which might serve the immediate purpose of the hour, it had never entered into the imagination of the Whig party that a body of men could he found, in this age of ultra-liberalism, unwilling, for the mere purposes of fac tion, to merge all feelings of self-respect—to break through those social ties which bind them to the order to which they belong—to stain their hereditary honours, and debase their ancient lineage—by fraternizing with revolutionary levellers, and snaking common cause with a vulgar and insolent demo cracy. But that a body of Roman eatholi ntlemen should thus hold aloof, when the object, too, for which they were urged to confederate, was the destruction of the established Protestant church of the realm ;—that such a body should not only hold aloof, but even be ready to interpose their in fluence between the tide of hostile aggression and the object against which it wag directed—was an anomaly which at once baffled Whig ingenuity to account for, and drew from Whig lips, upon the heads of the recusants, a perfect storm of ignorant frenzy and objurgation. It would not, however, be difficult, we think, for any man, whose mind is not hopelessly warped, or obscured by the mists of factious radicalism, to discover in the conduct of the Roman Catholic gentry of Lan".ashire the prompting of lofty and honourable, and, withal, of consistent motives. To us, we must confess, the alliance of the Roman Catholics of England, as a body, with the combined forces of infidelity, latitudinarianism, and dissent, has always appeared unnatu ral, and, upon the face of it, unprincipled. But that the Roman Catholic gentry, " casting aside their STUART me mories, their Jacobite predilections, their aristocratic sym pathies, and their old English associations, should league themselves with the legitimate descendants of those who, through long years of bitterness and reproach, ceased not to persecute their fathers," does really appear to us a prostitu tion of principle for political ends, which is at once shame less and suicidal. With such allies, they at least (whatever might be the case as regarded the demagogues of their body) could have no common object in view beyond, perhaps, the destruction of an establishment viewed with hostility by each. The Church of England prostrated, to what ulterior mea sures could they advance hand in hand? Obviously to none. Here the alliance must, perforce, be dissolved ; and in what, we ask, would its success, thus far, have advanced the object which the honest and conscientious Roman Catholic has ever in view, viz., the restoration of the supremacy, temporal and spiritual, of his own church ? In nothing most assuredly, unless catholicity can be gratified in seeing that position, which she thinks it her sole right to occupy, filled up by a multiform and heterogeneous dissent, or abandoned to infide lity itself, rather than see it held by a scriptural church, within whose pale is included at least the majority of the an cient gentry, the lovers of old usages, and the possessors of the old kindly notions and feelings which have ever distin guished the English aristocracy, and the sounder portion of the English people. That the Roman Catholic gentry of Lancashire, therefore, or at least a portion of them, have withdrawn themselves, in limine, from the contamination of an alliance with the " li berals" of the present age, will be recorded, we think, to their honour, not only as loyal subjects of the crown and supporters of the constitution, as established in the three estates of the realm, but also as consistent professors of their own faith. For, upon what other terms does the church of Rome occupy her present prominence amongst the unassorted materials of that alliance than by a fraudulent suppression of her real ulterior views, on the one hand, and by the forbear ance of her temporary allies, for expediency's sake, on the other ? No reasonable man can doubt with what fiery zeal — (the first object of the rabid crew of fanatics with whom she is associated having been achieved)—the energies of dissent will be devoted to crush and trample upon herself—its hated ally ; and there can be as little question as to the amount of aid which it will derive towards the achievement of this ob ject, from the preliminary destruction of the church of Eng land, in the effecting of which its future victims is now made so prominent an instrument. It has been urged, indeed, that no such feeling of aversion to the Roman Catholic church is to be found in the breast of your modern liberal—that the spirit of persecution which dis tinguished the fanaticism of the commonwealth is extinct in the present day. Be it so. But, we ask, has any better spirit taken its place ? Has any feeling more in consonance with the views or with the prejudices (if you like) of an Anglo-Catholic gentry been substituted? Is there any one feature of the many-headed thing which can draw towards it, or ought to draw towards it, for its own sake, the respect or the affection of such a body of men ? On the contrary there is no such feeling ; there is nothing to excite either affection or respect in the breast of th 3 conscientious member of the church of Rome, who is at the same time a loyal and pa triotic English gentleman. Upon this point we may be al artf- lowed to quote from a letter addressed to LORD EDWARD I " 111...111r volai.la *lac poliQr required from the English Roman Catholics, (and which has already been adopted by the Roman Catholic gentry in our own county,) is traced with an able hand, and in bold and vivid colours. " In the stern, unrelenting, uncompromising fanaticism of a BROOKE, or a PRYNNE, I can see something to respect ; but allow me to ask, what do you see in the conduct of a MACAULAY or a BAINES to remind you of catholic virtues or anti-catholic greatness? Too selfish and too sensual to believe in catholic verities themselves, it is true your modern liberals will not restrain or inveigh against Protestant heresy, nor Roman Catholic superstition ; but do they, therefore, the more respect your belief, or the less indulge the lax irreverence of their tongues ? And yet it is with these men you are to ally yourselves! With these men are the How- ARDS, and the EvaEs, the DIF. CLIFFORDS, and the TOWNLEYS, and the THROCKMORTONS, and the VAVA SOURS, the CONSTABLES, and the JERNINGHAMS, to swear eternal friendship, and merge all minor differences' in— what ? One grand scheme for propagating the faith ? For resisting a foreign enemy ? or rallying round the old citadel of the monarchy ? Alas ! no ; but to strengthen the en feebled powers of latitudinarianism and dissent, and prop up a tottering administration, who claims your support to divorce religion from the state—regards the ballot-box with greater reverence than the font—and exalts the will of the people over the voice of the church." And such, we believe, is the spirit which is gradually taking possession of the minds of the Roman Catholic gentry, not of England alone, but of Ireland itself. A feel ing of deep repugnance to be dragged in unreflecting help lessness at the chariot-wheels of a truculent democracy—to be bandied about at the of a mendicant's immunity is fast rallying to the side of law and order, the well-disposed and conscientious members of the Romish church on both sides of the channel ; and before many months have elapsed, we venture to predict that a vast majority of the Roman Ca ' tholic aristocracy and gentry will be found, if not imitating the example of their fellow religionists in Lancashire, by taking up their position to stem the advancing waters of democracy and irreligion, at least convinced—(to quote the language of the same eloquent writer)—that the time has arrived " when those who desire to stand upon the old ways —to maintain the old things—to keep up the old English" (and Irish)—" aristocracy—to preserve what title remains of old fashioned charity and social intercourse between the higher and the lower classes, must make up their minds to withdraw from the fellowship of the atheist, the democrat, and the dissenter, and the leveller ; or be content to close their eyes, and go down the stream into the sea whereunto is no bottom." THEATRE-ROYAL- 7 THE POSTILION OF LONJLTCE AU." Another new opera under this title has been produced at our Theatre, but we have not had an opportunity of witnessing its representation. It is thus described by a contemporary : The plot is simple, but clever and effective. The piece opens with a chorus of villagers in celebration of the wedding of Chapelou (Mr. Wood), a postilion, the handsome but fickle beau of the village, and Madeline (Mrs. Wood), the young mid pretty hostess of the Fleur-de-lys. In the midst of the merriment, and while Chapelou is deprecating the arrival of any traveller that night to interrupt the nuptial Etc, the ill omened crack of a whip is heard, and a most important tra veller makes his appearance in the person of the Marquis de Courcy, and demands the services of the reluctant Chapelou for the next stage, in spite of his entreaties and those of his pretty bride. The carriage of the Marquis has just broken down while he is on a most important royal mission, namely, seeking through town and country a first-rate tenor for the opera, to supply the place of one whose default has suddenly left the Marquis, who is director of the menus plaisirs of his Majesty Louis XV., grievously in the lurch. The royal commands are imperative and unconditional, to create, find, or educate, a first-rate tenor, and, as the Marquis, like other managers, is aware that first-rate tenors are not quite " as plenty as blackberries," he is in an amusing state of perplex ity and despair, till, on coming out of the little inn where he has been waiting till his carriage is repaired, he hears the voice of Chapelou singing his postillion song in the midst of the villagers. The Marquis is astonished, enraptured, and, as the song proceeds, beats time to it with an air of increas ing self-satisfaction, and, at length, draws the postilion apart and offers to make his fortune by introducing him to the • king, telling the puzzled rustic that his B fiat is magnificent. After a short . pause of incredulity the fickle bridegroom acc epts the offer, and departs with the Marquis quite ohh , vious of his young wife, who is left for ten years in her bridal widowhood. The second act opens, after a lapse of ten years, at the splendid chateau of Madame Latour, no other than the for saken bride, Madeline, who has become possessed of wealth , by the death of a relative. The Marquis is also there, as I gallant, but considerably more wrinkled, than before. lie is a suitor to Madame, unaware that she is already married, and, by way of paying his court to her, brings the principal vocalists of the Grand Opera, of which lie is director, to rehearse au opera of his own. With them comes Chapelou, no w Mons. de St. Phar, the first tenor in Paris, an exquisite of the first water, whose captivations have made as much havoc among the nymphs of the opera, as formerly among the girls of his almo s t f orgo tt en na tive village. Ile also is i g norant of the real c h a racter of Madame Latour , but In stantly recognises h er as the l a dy who has never missed gazing at him from h e r opera-box every night for three months. Chapelou is heartless and vain as ever, and intends, by means of a sham marriage, to secure possession of the lady, hale dreaming the nature of the real claim she has already over him. The Marquis overhears the plot, and the lady baffles it by getting the ceremony , w h ic h makes her doubly th e w if e . of her faithless lord, performed by a real priest. With this the second act closes. At the beginning of the third act, life withi n discovers that his success f u l r i va l h as brought his withi n th e reac h of the law by thi s su pp ose d act of bigamy, and goes in tri umph to fetch the myrmidons of the police. In the mean time the confederates who were to have conducted the sham marriage, apprise Chapelou of his position, and an amusing scene takes place, in which they assure him h e will be banged, and then make their escape on hearing a loud knock at the door. To add to this consternation, Madeline makes her appearance in her own dress as the waiting-maid of Madame Latour, and, dropping the candle, with a scream of affected astonishment, assails him in the darkness that ensues, now on one side in her character of femme de chambre, and then on the other as Madame Latour. After sufficiently tor menting her faithless lover, Madeline astonishes the assem bled characters, delights her husband, and mortifies the Marquis, by declaring that the sole guilt of Chapelou is, that he has married the same wife a second time ; the piece ending with a reconciliation. The simple outline is well filled up with piquant and well contrived situations which admit of some very capital acting, and the music, which is thoroughly French, is very lively and agreeable. In the first act, after some honey -sweet pas sages between the newly-married pair, there is a very arch !101l tells I 'y word I tell you," in which the vain bority of the wise women of the village that he might have made a much higher match, and she retaliates in pretty mockery, enlightening him as to the opinion of a hump-backed old shepherd with regard to iu making the match Acapital scene occurs in the second act, where the opera vocalists, headed by the arrogant prima tenore, suddenly all turn hoarse when the marquis's piece is about to be rehearsed, till the former, on discovering that the performance is for Ma- s them their cue by " Beneath the Spreading Tree PORTFOLIO.—No. VI here there is so much rough work, treat misfortune to be'overburthened with TO THE LIVERPOOL DOCK COMMITTEE GENTLEMEN,—You have gone to the expense of provid ing all the dock masters' offices with barometers, yet they are like a candle hid under a bushel, comparatively of little use—except to those who take the trouble to look at them. Now as we have just had one herd gale, and the bad wea ther is about setting in, I beg leave to propose for the fu ture, whenever those i n struments indicat e a ga l e , th a t a black ball be hoisted on ea ch dock office, and by that means not only the vessels in the docks, but also the various small vessels and boats that may be in the river will have timely notice to get well secur ed, or into some pl ace o f sa f e ty be fore the gale comes on. Should this proposal be attended to, I am sure it would be the means of saving much valu able property as well as lives, bk , people not crossing the ri ver in open boats at such times. The cost would be very trifling, and they ought to be solely under the harbour master's direc tions. At the Cape, Isle of France, Madras, and many other places, similar warnings are held out, and I d o no t see w h y the same cannot be adopted in Liverpool, as there is often times much more property exposed.—l remain, gentlemen, your most obedient serLvantlV, A ERPOOL SHIPMASTER. GREEK WINE.—The favourite Vino Santo of the ..;Egean is often sold on the spot for a penny a gallon. Some Eng lish merchants occupy the Marsala vineyards in Sicily ; they, or others, might well extend their enterprise to the Greek of most cheap a n d exce ll en t w i ne islands, where a vast supPlY could be sold. vv A FALSE PROPHET. — T he Brighton Herald, a radical paper, prophesied three months since, that " the Queen would never, under any circumstances,a ; nces, send for Sir Robert Peel to form an administration" — that if a conservative House of Commons were elected, Mr. O'Connell and all the Irish liberals would return to Irela n d, an d never s it in the Imperial Parliament again !" and that " Never, never, will a Cory govern men t be allowed to rule thi s cou ntry." These predictions‘ were wound up with the following an nouncement :—" We can place the greatest reliance on the quarter from which we have received the above statements." In a world like this it is we thin; We May lose enjoyment, it is true, by a want of refinement in our organisation, or by neglecting to culti vate it with sufficient assiduity; but if so, the balance of comfort is restored, and more than that, by the manifold and multiplied miseries which we escape. It matters very little to what particular species of pleasure this highly-wrought susceptibility may be directed—whether it be of the purely poetical, the pictorial, or the musical kind ; in all cases a result similar in kind, though not perhaps in degree, muse ensu sensibility The bad, the indifferent, and the worst must in each class exceed the good ; and the occasions of offence be con sequently more numerous than those of gratification. Of the three, however, which we have enumerated, the third seems to be that which we would say is most decidedly fertile in misery. The days are gone by when poets used to insist on reciting their own verses, and would hold the sufferer by the toga, or, in later days, by the button-hole, while they recited a hundred verses, standing on one leg ;—the lays of the last vocal minstrel have long since been sung ; and your poor ballad-singer scarcely dares to raise his voice at the corner of the street, lest be incur the penalties of some " vagrom " act or other, or be driven on or bociked with a charge by some too neighbourly policeman. Bad poetry one is not bound either to hear or read • and as to sign-painters' daubing—the stiff, the grotesque, the unnatural, or the ab surd, in outline or in colouring, in the divine art of Raphael, Correggio, or Lawrence—there is nothing so easy as to shut one's eyes, and not see it. But the man, or woman either, who is afflicted with a fine musical ear, exquisitely improved by study, is in quite a different case—a far worse condition. He is at the mercy of almost every wind that blows ; he may say with Macbeth— _ " How is't with me, when every noise appals me?" His misery may come upon him as he lies in bed, through the night-serenade of some idle apprentices ; may meet him upon the land, or upon the water ; in the city cry, the rail way whistle, or the coachman's trumpet. It may flow from various sources, till, meeting in a confluence, it drives him distracted, and he stands with hands on ears, the very beau ideal of an " enraged musician " ; or it may encounter him more subtilely in a single stream—in the assumed concert — in the quasi music of some very zealous but young perfor mers—in the attempted flourishes of some would-be Wood, or the grand polacca out of tune. In this case the poison works more slowly, but not less surely; the misery is pro tracted, and, heightened by sure and utter impossibility of escape, goes on increasing in intensity till it rises to perfect agony. We have experienced a little of the thing ourselves, and can feel for those who have the misfortune to be still more curiously compact in this particular ; for here in this our good town of Liverpool, we venture to say, there is as ample a supply of the discordant, or, what to a musician is even worse, of unmusical sounds, as in any town in the kingdom ; and that, we presume, is going sufficiently far. We speak not of the rumbling of our heavy waggons, carts, and drays, the rattling of our cars and coaches, and other merely city sounds ; these distract us not ; we rather like them, for they speak of trade and life, and accompanied by the busy hum of men are suggestive of cheerful musings ; but the organ players—the eternal organ players, and the voices not unfrequently accompanying them—the clarionet men — chiefly of our own country—the fifers, and fiddlers, and bag pipers, and oh, worse than all, the " resin chips," the " rubbing stones," herrings, oysters, muscles, and all the et cetera of Liverpool cries—truly these are indescribable, and a tax upon our nerves almost too great for poor human nature. Full many a fine thought—as we meditated stanzas for our poet's corner—have they put to flight upon us — sometimes freezing up altogether the " general current of the soul ;" at others, curdling it so that nothing would come off but a thin whey, or small sour beer, fit only for the Mer cury, or some other old lady's album. Some of the old London cries were really beautiful, and have afforded themes to many of our ablest composers. There is a charming quartette by Pleyel, the subject of which was borrowed from the street cry of " ground ivy ;" every body knows Horn's arrangement, or composition, if you please, with a borrowed melody, of " Cherry Ripe ;" and there are a hundred others. The " fire-wood" boys of Dublin are a positively musical class, and chaunt with a precision. and sweetness of cadence, which would do no discredit to a chorister of St. Patrick's Cathedral ; but as to our Liverpool cries—they are " most melancholy indeed, but not most musical. if we had ever thought that there was any soul of music in our corporation, we would have made an appeal to them on the subject ; we would have submitted a proposition to their most worshipful and humane consideration ; but we were distrustful on this point, especially since they became a " reformed body ;" and so our proposition remained buried within our own breast, and undivulged up to this hour. The particulars we shall not now enter into; we shall re serve them, on the plan of o'er Mercurial friend, for the first supplement we publish ; but we may mention, generally, that we contemplated the formation of a " Musical Commit tee" from the council, who should be the especial conserva tors of harmony In the town, the rectifiers of discord, and guardians of all the delicate distressed of this department. /Cot only should they act thus negatively or defensively, and protect nice cars and weak nerves from the rude assault of barbarious yells and afflictive dissonants—they should be en gaged in actively promoting the " concord of sweet sounds." We would have a college of musicians, and not ahawker should be permitted to raise his voice within our municipal boundary, till he or she had taken his degree therein. We would have an endowed professorship of the art of crying soles and had docks, shrimps and salmon, fish, fruit, vegetables, knives ' le_ after the most improved manner; and then the eraduates should be dis persed like a cargo of most accomplished German bull finches, to delight the town with the most tuneful announce ment of hawker's wares. Thus what is now a nuisance would be converted into a pleasing ministration—a peripatetic minstrelsy combining the utile and the duke—mingling traffic with melody, and giving a decided impetus to the musical genius of our people. The details of the plan of which we claim to be the original propounders, we reserve, as we have said, for another opportunity ; meanwhile, it would appear that Mr. Hullah, of London, has made a discovery which will give extraordinary facilities t• our speculation. In the Herald of the 15th of this present October, there is an ac count of a meeting at Exeter-hall of above 300 of the school masters of the national, and others schools for the humbler classes in and about the metropolis, who have for the last six months placed themselves in a class under Mr. Hullah, to learn, through his instruction, the art of singing according to the continental system of Wilhelm, by which, as the news paper states, " that invaluable accomplishment is rendered facile of acquisition and communication." We shall make a short extract or two from the report, promising that one ob ject of the meeting was to present a piece of plate to Mr. H., as a token of the estimation in which his services was held by his pupils : " At the suggestion of Dr. Kay, the vocal class, which ap peared to muster nearly three hundred members, preluded their act of presentation with the performance of some exer cises to exemplify the system of their tuition, and their pro gress under it. In this they did themselves and their master much credit for their observance, well indicative of time, their correct tone and quickness in obeying the digital noti fication of the sol fa. One of their number then ascended the platform and expressed the sentiments with which he and his class-fellows were, in this instance, actuated. He stated that, although lie and others had approached the task of learn , ing to sing with an apprehension that it was surrounded with insurmountable difficulties, their first lesson with Mr. Hul lah had made them happily conscious that they had erred in their anticipations. They soon found that, under the system pursued by him, the art ceased to be a mystery. It proved to be most simple. It was to be hoped that the performances of the class offered evidence that this was practically the re sult of the course of instruction through which it had gone. It was not as a source of gratification to themselves indivi dually that those for whom he spoke valued the acquisition at which they had thus arrived—they cherished it as a means of communicating an innocent and elevating enjoyment to the humblest classes of society—for the facility with which they would be enabled to transmit it to the children with whose education they were entrusted." _ Lord Wharncliffe, who presided, observed in the course of his speech " that he had attended there on this occasion, because the office which he had the honour to till in her ma jesty's government brought the subject of the education of the people more particularly under his consideration, and he wished unequivocally to manifest his concurrence with the opinions of those who considered that instruction in vo cal music should form a part of its arrangements. He con cluded his speech, in the course of which he highly com mended the bland and amiable qualities of Mr. II ullah, as a teacher, by saying that he looked forward with confidence to a time, at no great distance, when there would be o general prevalence in the humblest classes qf society of the most pure and humanising of arts. (Much applause.) " On reading this account we expressed our thankfulness that the school-master of music—was at length " abroad," and that his march might be traced, not like that of other " school masters " that we have heard of, by the puzzlification of the intellect, and souring the temper, but by blending the whole family of man in one sweet chorus of song, and delightful thrill of harmony. " Oh, Music," said we, - - " sphere-descended maid, Friend of pleasure, wisdom's aid, Why, goddess ! why to us denied, Lay'st thou thine ancient lyre aside'' Arise, as in that elder time " &c.—Seriously, we were delighted with the prospect which M r. Hullah's successful effort conjured to our mind's eye—or ra ther ear, if we may use the expression—and joined the noble lord most heartily in the wish that the time may not be distant when this pleasing and refreshing art may have great prevalence among the humblest classes. We can perceive no practical difficulty in the way. Our commonalty are by no means de void of a taste for music. Often arc we delighted with little fellows " whistling as they go " along the streets, and fol lowing quadrille, waltz, and opera air, not unfrequently through all its turnings with the utmost accuracy. There then is the taste speaking plainly through thelips; why should not the school-master do the rest? We could say much more upon this subject ; but what we have said may suffice for an opening chapter. The cost of the rural police for Gloucestershire, for the year ending last Easter, amounted to £15,673 2s. Ild., and the prospect of an increase. HORRID, IF TICUE.—A lady of Algiers, .who some time ago buried one o f h er children , recent l y o btained permission from the municipal authorities to have the grave and coffin opened, for the purpose of placing in th e latter a still-born infant. The coffin was found to he entirely empty, and an inquiry being set on foot as to the c ause of the disappear ance of the i remains of the first child, it was ascertained that th e gravedigger, who is the owner of an immense number of pigs, and who supplies most of thepork-butchers of Algiers, fed his pigs with the corpses which he buried. In his house were large quantities . of . human flesh chopped up, and, on examining the graves in the cemetery, every coffin was found empty. A discovery was also mad e in the house of the gravedigger of jewellery Co the value of about 50,000 francs, which had been buri ed with the bodies. Th e cr i m i nal i s ar rested, and the prosecution is going on ; but what a dread ful re flection it is for many person s t o t hi n k that t h ey may h a ve been eating pork fed with the flesh of their own rela. tires ! The use of pork has been i n t er di cte d f or some t i me , and all the gravedigger's pigs have, by order of the Procu wur•General, been killed and in s tantly buried. SCOTLAND WARD MEETING Yesterday evening, at eight o'clock, a public meeting of the electors of this ward, and of those desirous of promoting the re-election of Isaac Holmes, Esq. as their representative in the town-council, was held at Mrs. Barton's, (late Mrs. Musker's,) Burlington-street, for the-purpose of taking mea sures to promote that object. The room was much crowded, and amongst those present, beside the speakers, were many influential gentlemen connected with other wards in the town, and warmly attached to the cause. RICHARD HOUGHTON, Esq., was called to the chair. He stated that the object of the meeting was pretty well known. The Ist of November was near at hand, and he should be glad to hear any gentleman propose a suitable candidate in their interest. Captain REAY proposed the first resolution to the effect that the conduct of Isaac Holmes, Esq., as their representa tive in the council, had been highly satisfactory, and justly entitled him to the confidence and support of the burgesses. The resolution was seconded by Dr. SHARROCKS, and unanimously carried, amidst much applause. Mr. KEVAN moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting pledge itself to use every legal and constitutional means to secure the re-election of Mr. Holmes, at the ap proaching contest. He expressed a hope that they would join heart and hand in the cause, and carry Mr. Isaac Holmes with flying colours. This was seconded by Mr. STEWART. Mr. JOSEPH COOPER, said, that before the motion was put, he should wish to say a few words. He felt great plea sure in giving the resolution his cordial support. He had. as a fellow councillor with Mr. Holmes, remarked his efforts in that assembly, in the cause which they all espoused, at a time when few stood forward in its defence, and when their efforts were regarded by a large section with great animo sity. He had known him, when attempts were made to put down measures calculated to benefit " the good old town," manfully stand forward in its behalf. He had ever found him an advocate for the fair distribution of the patronage of the council, his principle being that every burgess should have a share. How different was the conduct of the opposite party! With them the only qualification for employment was that they should be of radical principles. He (Mr. C.) trusted, however, that the council would be so constituted, that it would hereafter be freely distributed, and that those present would their share of it as well as the radicals. (Cheers.) When the question of the Inland Bonding System was brought forward, Mr. Holmes was again found at his post in defence of the good old town. When the warehouse question, and that of the dock dues, was under dis cussion he was again arrayed against them, as detrimental to the part. He was ever, indeed, prepared to support the best interests of the town. Notwithstanding the spurious votes on the register, if they would exert themselves on the coming occasion, in unison with the conservatives in the other wards, the abuses of which they had to complain would no longer exist. As there were many gentlemen present who would address them he would not delay them longer, though he might add much in behalf of Mr. Holmes. (Loud cheers.) The resolution was then put and unanimously carried. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES was then introduced to the meeting, and his appearance produced long and loud applause. After expressing the satisfaction he felt at seeing Mr. Houghton in the chair, he thanked the burgesses for his election three years ago, when he appeared among them a comparative stranger. The alteration which had taken place in his senti ments had by no means taken place a few weeks before his election; far from it. He had for more than twelve months, he might indeed say for more than two years, expressed his dissatisfaction at the manner in which the individuals who had domination in the town council conducted themselves. He had then avowed and told them, that their only object in . displacing the former town council was to obtain the power ; and that they were exercising that power in a more exclusive and illiberal manner than the old corporation had. (Cheers.) He was on that occasion rettirned by a very large majority, and ever since his public conduct had been before his constituents. They were pretty well aware that their opponents had not very long been prepared with a can didate. When he went upon his canvass some of the oppo , site party, who were extremely active, told him he might save himself the trouble, and some tories had told him the same; but his reply was, " 1 cannot believe it; I feel per fectly convinced they will never let Isaac Holmes go into the council without opposing him to the utmost"—and the result had proved that he was correct. (Hear, and cheers.) He told his friends they would find the radicals like a rat — you might tell the hole into which he went, but you could never tell where he would appear again. (Laughter and cheers.) After describing the hunt which the radicals of the ward had after a candidate, and their want of success in three or four instances, Mr. Holmes added that they had at length found one in the person of Mr. George Quayle, who recently retired from the council to prevent a judgment of ouster from the Queen's Bench being put in force, upon the plea that he was about to retire from the town. Mr. Holmes went through the circumstances of that case, which being perfectly new in the reader's recollection, we do not repeat, and warmly commented upon the inconsistency of first publicly announcing an intention to retire from the council and the town together, and a short time afterwards becoming a candidate for the ward. He next referred to the proceedings at a ward meeting of the adverse party, in the course of which Mr. Rathbone asserted that the late Town clerk had a salary from the corporation of £lO,OOO a year, whilst the gentleman who now filled that office had only £2,000. It was the fact that the late Mr. Fos ter received £6,700 per annum upon the average, which certainly was too much, but was there no difference between £lO,OOO and £6,700? And with regard to the £6,700, it was made so much by the charges consequent upon the at tempt of the present mayor and others to destroy the town dues, the attempt to disfranchise the freemen, and the pro ceedings relative to the money which had been lodged with the view of paying the Church of Englund clergy. All these increased thetown-clerk's salary, but it was to be considered that at that time he paid all his own clerks, and had no de puty. Now he (Mr. H.) contended that not a single penny was saved in this department under the present system. Having answered a statement made by Mr. Rathbone at a meeting in the Amphitheatre relative to the wages of opera tives in the El Dorado of radicals, America, Mr. Holmes entered at considerable length upon the general aspect of po litical affairs at the present moment, and expressed great confidence in the present administration. He concluded by calling upon the constituency to exert themselves, and suc cess would certainly attend their efforts upon the first of November. Mr. BIRKETT next addressed the meeting with much ef fect, contending that the conduct of those who had had the management of affairs since the passing of the municipal act, had ben destructive to the interest of the town at large. — Mr. PARKER fe:l3Wed in an able speech, in the course of which he strongly insisted upon the necessity of Protestant principles being acted upon. Mr. COPELAND, Mr. GEORGE WRIGHT, Mr. JONES, Mr. RIGBY, and Mr. GLEAVES, next addressed the meeting, and elicited loud applause. A vote of thanks was then presented to Mr. Houghtoa for his conduct in the chair, and the proceedings terminated shortly before half-past ten. The Duke of Cleveland, according to the latest accounts received from Newton House, Yorkshire, is daily improving in health. EXTRAVAGANT GLOVES.—A pair of silk gloves was lately manufactured at the price of 15,000 francs. They were de signed for the Queen of Belgium, but were very properly re jected by her Majesty, on the ground of the enormous expense. DURATION.—Infants count by minutes ; children by days ; men by years ; planets by revolutions of years ; comets by revolution of ages ; nature by revolution of systems—the Eternal meditates in a perpetual present. Ties LATEST " JONATHANISM."—A dandy acquaintance of ours was refused admission to a gunpowder magazine by the sentinel, on the ground that he was a spark. Mr. Macready announces that he has taken Drury-lane Theatre, and that he will open it for the purpose of repre senting the " legitimate drama" on the 27th of December next. ROSSINI.—This celebrated master, whose inactivity has been the subject of regret to every lover of music in Europe for years past, has at length given a sign of awaking from the death-like repose in which he has been so long slumbering. He lately sent a Sabbat Mater to Paris, which was executed in private, this week, by Duprez, Madame Dorus Gras, and other distinguished artistes, with the utmost success, and is pronounced to be quite worthy the ancient reputation of the great meastro.—Paris paper. TIIE AFFAIR OF COLONEL GROGAN.—The Montreal Ga zette says that Grogan will be given up on application of the proper American authorities. Letters from Genoa state that two failures, amounting to gether to 3,000,000 of francs, have just been declared in that city. TRINITY COLLEGE, CANIIIRIDGE.—The Rev. Professor Whewell, 8.D., has been appointed by the Crown to the mastership of this college, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth. The new master was married on the 13th instant, at Halstead, Cumberland, to Miss Marshall, sister to Lady Monteagle. The celebrated Dr. Hunter, whom Abernethy, in one of his arid veins, termed " the English Blood Hunter," when starting in life gave lectures. His first lecture was attended only by the porter. " John," said the great man, unmoved by the circumstance, " take that skeleton down, that I may say with propriety—Gentlemen." When Dr. H. and Sergeant A. were walking arm-in-arm, a wag observed to a friend—" Those two are just equal to one highwayman." " Why so ?" was the response. " Because," rejoined the wag, " it is a lawyer and a doctor—your money or your life." The continued and heavy rains in Scotland have caused very heavy floods, and considerable damage has been done thereby to the crops. The Tweed and the Teviot were con siderably swollen, but no bridges have been swept away, or any serious calamity taken place. INAPPROPRIATE CONSTRUCTION.--The marriage of a military officer is thus given in the newspapers this week : " Married Capt. , half-pay unattached to Miss M A , of RADICAL WIT.—A gentleman in the Potteries, a veteran t lector of the borough, and a stout advocate of liberal poli tics ; lame of both legs, and withal, endowed with a world of exclusive wisdom, talking to a Conservative in the tone of a severe catechist, triumphantly asked him why he was a Tory ? and at once volunteered the a nswer—because he had a bad understanding. Really the gentleman should not throw these unfriendly misiles to recoil upon his own infirmities. KEEN SPORTING.—It has been remarked that nothing tends so much to make a field select as a " good rasping brook," like the Whissindine ; for if the horse falls lie generally falls backwards, with his master under him ; and the prospect of a good ducking is enough to cool the courage of all but the most ardent. It is, notwithstanding, by no means an uncommon occurrence for sportsmen to clear a brook five or six yards broad ; and Mr. Mytton, the most dare-devil rider of hi s da y , once lea p ed one more than seven yards, the space actu all y covere d being nine yards and a quarter. What makes this exploit more extraordinary, it was performed in cold blood on his return fro m h un ti ng . Ile afterwards backed the same horse, Baonet, to clear nine fyoarred the boev appointede r that h e performede refused ai the task so often be- A master i n e Melton, the ab na b dt e at wager gtNeirsatnha of rl d ,o s toh r ga e nt c ionnarednaieisd t then, and lost his amongst the annals of of six yards width without distur:lviba idn s n made between b L o o o rd k o g t t i l ln eap os t , er a Itminbtorotohke, w b a u te t r Lo w r i d le Al b van i ley' l horse ‘ t v h a r e e r vs : back a Both b cl i e t a o r f ed di t r a curious exemplification'lost the bet. This of the re y ver ' b e al members of the Jockey Club restrict themselves. h Lik T e h A i l s rs is . Battle at whist, they invariably insist on the rigour of the which the game.— Quarterly Rerietv. PRESENCE OF MlND.—During the forenoon of the 18th June, whilst lying in a square, we were much exposed to the, French artillery. If a cannon-shot passed through the rankall it was sure to kill or wound three or four, but if a shey alighted and exploded, the mischief was considerably greater. A shell from the enemy's guns alighted in the cen tre of our square. Lieut.-Col. C--, although a very heavy man, with the greatest nimbleness sp ran g towards it, seized it in both hands, and placing his thumb over the burning fu see, so as to stifle it, or otherwise prevent its explodirg, threw it over the men's heads out of the square. This was done, of course, at the risk of instant death to himself. W e were cautioned afterwards, when a shell alighted near us, to lie flat down for a few seconds, till the explosion took pl st:e, by which means many li ves were saved. Whether fr om t h e softness of the ground, or the unskilful manufactute of the French shells, I know not, but I observed a number alight, P . servant ro bau iy which never explo ded. In this instance, fort unately,the officer escaped wit h a sli g ht burn of his th umb , as his t o ld me afterwards. This act of courageous devotion saved many lives.