The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-17 00:00:00

SECOND 14: 11.) Standard-office, Eight o'clock BY EXPRE3S. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, 3l3ntly, 16th Oct. 1843: Toro o'Clock, p.m. Mr. O'CONNELL Returned to town this morning from Glencullun, about nine miles from Dublin, the seat of his son-in-law, C. Fitzsimon, Esq., whether he proceeded on Saturday even ing to enjoy the mountain breezes yesterday. This morning's Freeman's Journal announces the usual weekly meeting of the National Repeal Association, to be held at the Corn Exchanze, at one o'clock, and that the Liberator will attend. It set forth the nature of the informations which have been sworn, and which are so voluminous that they have not yet been furnished to Mr. O'Connell, though copies have been ordered to be given to him with the utmost despatch. Among other charges set forth in the informations against the Liberator, and upon which special counts will, it is presumed, be framed, are the following :—Levy- ing money off the Queen's subjects—levying money off persons the subjects of foreign governments, for the pur poses of intimidation, and for the better advancement of seditious intents—assumption of prerogative in instituting courts of law. Also for seditiously and malignantly con spiring to and with each other to endeavour to seduce her Majesty's subjects in the Army and Navy from their allegiance to the throne, with conspiring to establish courts in order to supercede the courts of justic as esta- blished by law, and with an attempi to overturn the constitution as established, under the pretext of seeking for a repeal of the legislative union. _ A host of other allegations were made, and sundry so called seditious speeches set forth, but the only precise information we have as yet been able to obtain regarding this extrordinary and intere.ting document, is contained in the above. It is presumed that the informations against the other gentlemen are nearly similar to those against Mr. O'Con nell—the speeches alone excepted. The several parties have engaged the most eminent counsel at the bar for their defence, a list of whom I sub join :—The Right Hon. Dr. Pigot, Q.C.; Richard Moore, Esq., Q.C.; John Hatchell, Esq., Q C.; Sir Coleman O'Logblsn, T. O'Hagan, Esq., and James Close, E&q., for Mr. O'Connell.—Solicitor, Mr. William Ford. For Mr. John O'Connell—Jonathan Henn, Esq , Q C.; Gerald Fitzibbon, Esq . Q.C. ; James Whiteside, Esq., Q. C. ; and Francis M'Donagh, Esq., Q. C. ; Solicitor, Mr. Pierce Mahony. However, it is indispensable that a license from the Crown should be obtained by the Queen's Counsel, in all cases in which the crown is a party, which has hitherto been always granted in such cases, whether the Govern ment may exercise their right in the present instance I cannot say. The meeting of the wards I alluded to in my letter of last night passed several resolutions expressive of their un- bounded confidence in the Liberator—condemnatory of the government proceedings, and urging the necessity of all who had already contributed to the Repeal, contri buting a fresh subsidy under the head of Proclamation money, but none of the proceedings were of such impor tance as to be worth transmitting in detail. _ To-day, Dr. Gray, Messrs. - C. G. Duffy, Thos. M. Ray, Thos. Steele, Rev. James Tyrrell, Rev. Thos. Tier ney, and Mr. Richard Barrett, attended at Judge Burton's, and entered into hail, themselves in £5OO, and two sure ties in £250 each. The following are the names of the sureties for Dr. Gray—Alderman Gardiner, and Robert M'Clelland, T. C. ; for C. G. Duffy. Esq.—Alderman Richard Grace, and Patrick O'Brien, T.C. ; for the Rev. Mr. Tyrrell—Thomas Carrall and Simon R chard Fraser; for Thos. M. Ray (Secretary to the Association) — Patrick O'Brien, T.C. and John Ketch ; for Ri chard Barrett (who is the editor of the Pilot) T. O'Brien, Lord Mayor elect, and James Rooney ; for Thom-is S•eel—James Rooney and Alderman M'Ken na'; for the Rev. T. Tierney—Alderman M'Kenna and Wm. M`Gennis. REPEAL ASSOCIATION This Day, Four o'clock (John O'Neill, Esq., of Bunowe❑ Castle, ex-justice of the peace, in the chair,) all the avenues to which are densely crowded. Several members of the Association and gentlemen of the press heve had to leave the door, being unable to procure admission. The rent, the amount of which has not yet been announced, wilt , it is confidently asserted, exceed Twelve Hundred Pounds. One hundred has been received from Limerick. The Chairman intro duced his son to the Association, handing in £5 as his subscription to the Proclamation Fund. Half-pasl Four o'clock Mr. O'Connell's speech is tending in favour of a and a consequent subdued in tone abandonment of Repeal, and is much NEW LAW APPOINTMENTS • There is little doubt that the Right honourable Francis Blackburne, Master of the Rolls, will succeed the present Justice of the Queen's Bench, and be succeeded in the Rolls by Mr. Sergeant Warren. /Literature. -.4;.-- POETRY TIIE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, 'From the Dublin Statesman and 'lewd. God help thee. Church of England, In this thy time of need; God be in this thy trial hour A present help indeed : For foes are pressing round thee, The wary and the strong, But they who bear the name of friends Do work the deepest wrong. Thotest been a champion for the truth, And wielded well the sword, Nor hast thy arm lost his strength To battle for the Lord. No, there are hearts within thee As true and tirm as steel. Hearts that care not to drain their blood The truth they love to seal. Thy Ridleys, Cranmers Latimers, In spirit live again; Yea, hosts of living saints hast thou e to those martyred men. But there are traitors in thy walla Who give thee secret thrust, Who neath the robe of holy truth Betray their sacred trust. God help thee, Church of England, Thou art in dang'rous straits, And foemen they are pressing hard 'Gainst thy beleaguered gates ; But 0! may strength be given thee Amid the battle's din, To stand upon thy watch and guard 'Gainst treachery within. Furbish thy armour, make it bright Put on the helm and shield, And fear not now the two-edged sword On right and left to wield. Just to thyself and to thy God, Fight manfully and true. And Ile, tho' earth and hell combine, Shall bring thee victor through. The prayer of faith is on thy side, Unshaken trust in heaven, And hearts that spurn the Romish chains By their forefathers riven : Thou standest on the word of truth, The sure foundation stone, Thy faith—'tis to be justified By Christ and Christ alone. Fear not, old Church of England, Thou shalt securely stand, When God has swept thy enemies Like locusts from the land. The hoary walls cemented strong With blood of martyrs slain, Shall lift their hallowed towers to heareu While England shall remain. SELECTIONS SCRIPTION OF CAll2.o.—After the dr•ert of which may be described as a dreary flat the see only di tied by sand-hills, stones, rat-11 , 1es, camel two trees—the view of Cairo, the " C . _ skeletons :ty of thi pleasing. The Nile r fields of corn or rich pasture Tani—the boats gliding on the river's bosom—thi lens in the suburb s extreme eanderin! white sail town—the mosques an .1 the di,tant, t minarets, the r w•n ILe vans. horses, s to and from Suez rem proximate. pyramids — an •om historical ass t Ea,tero Hotel insport Alle;c3pdrin. Lif count t ee❑ pinstr live pia xpt-nst% per bot tl s: bottled ale (Bas,'s t;titi Hod k at ten piastres the bottle, —Overland 'l rid in the Arialic Journal, gazine THE MENAGERIE AT SCHORNERUNN, NEAR VIENNA. —Of all the iatprisoned animals twee make so inelaucl.o!y an impression as the eagles and vultures. These great, high seating, far-circling lords of the air ought at Irast to have had their prison -house arranged in some measure according to their natural propensities. A wooden cage, with iron eating, is a fitter den kr a ;ion or tiger than for the ruck-th roned eagle's nest. In this narrow dungeon they cannot even stretch their pinions, and yet des mo tion is no doubt as much a necessity to them as it is to man to stretch his arms and legs after long continuance in a sitting or Iviug posture ; indeed it is evident, from the custom all imprisoned birds have of spreading their wings slowly and yawningly from time to time, The eagle and vulture sit upon their perches as motionl ss as if they were mere stones. One whom I was watching held his head on one side and his eves immoveably fixed on the skies; another uttered a melancholy sound at intervals, and lifted his useless wing. Some of them are extremely old. I was told that one had been fifty years a prisoner. In fifty years, if we assume that, one way or another, an eagle can fly thirty miles a day, he might have traversed 590.000 miles; that is, he might have encompassed the earth a hundred times. Good heaven ! what a fearful destiny to feel this power within, and be condemned for ever to one narrow, dirty, stinking hole ! As the eagles are neither cheerful here, nor display their natural pecu larities in any way, they can yield neither pleasure to the lover of nature, nor profit to the inquirer into her mysteries; and people would do much better, I am al most inclined to think, to free them at once from the burden of life, and place them stuffed in a museum. — Kohl's Austria. LABOURERS' ALLOTMENTS.—At a great agricultural meeting, at Lichfield, on Tuesday week, Sir Robert Peel thus expressed himself on this subject :—" The question was agitated last Session, with reference to the policy of allotments to farm labourers, and much important evi dence was taken upon the snbject, before a Committee of the House of Commons. I have read that evidence, and the impression on my mind, whether in a political or moral point of view, is in favour of allotting to the re spectable labourer on a farm such a small portion of land as would afford occupation to the vacant hours of himself and family, and give him an interest in the soil in com mon with the great proprietor."—On the Question of whether it was not an essential policy in landowners to secure better farming in their tenantry, by granting more extended terms, the Right Hon. Baronet said, that, on his own property all tenancies were from year to year only, according to the custom of that part of the country ; but he gave notice, that he would be prepared to meet any tenants of his who might consider that they should feel it would conduce to their greater self-respect and satis faction to hold longer leases, and who was not at all pre pared to say he would withold such leases after so conferring with the parties. "Gentlemen," said the right Hon. Baronet. " I know nothing in English Society that pre sents a prospect more gratifying than a rural district well cultivated, in which subsist relations of mutual confi dence between the landed proprietor and the occupying ten let; and, let me add, the farm-labourer. Politics, gentlemen, that is to say, politics that in anyway partake of a party character, are wisely excluded from our pro ceedings ; hut it would be absurd to exclude that great and comprehensive policy which must see in the success of British agriculture one of the great foundations of na tional strength and national prosperity." LIFE IN TETE HAREM.—The Eastern woman seems as happy in her lot as her European sister, notwithstand ing the plurality of wives in which her lord indulges or ventures upon. In her " public opinion's law" there is no more disparagement in occupying the second place as a wife, than there is in Europe as a daughter. The man ners of the patriarchal ages remain in Egypt as unchanged as its monuments ; and the people of Cairo no more think of objecting to a man's marrying a second wile, than those Merrehis thought of questioning the legitimacy of ..... 6 Joseph. The Koran, following the example of the Jewish doctors, only allows four wives to each Musseltnan. and they seldom avail themselves even of this limited allow ance to is fullest extent. Some hareems contain two hundred females, including wives, mother in-law, concu bines, and the various slaves belonging to each. These feminine harracks, however, seem very different from what such establishments would be in Europe. In the hareem there is as much order and decorum as in an English qua ker's home. It is guarded as th e ti ger guar d s his young ; but its inmates consider this as a compliment, and fancy themselves neglected if not closely watched. This cause for complaint — seldim occurs, for the Egyptian has no blind confidence in the strength of woman's character or woman's love : he considers it safer, if not more glorious, to keep her out of the reach of temptation, than to run the chance of her overcoming it. Born and brought up in the hareem, women never seem to pine at its imprison meta! like cage born birds, they sing among their bars, and discover in their aviaries a thousand little pleasures invisible to eyes that have a wider range. There are no associ to the more with their own ; and who can tell what wild and beautiful regions of imagination their minds may wander through, utiimprisoned, if undirected by educa- Gm. To them, in their calm seclusion, the strifes of the battling world come softened and almost hushed ; they only hear the far-off murmur of lifr's stormy sea, and if their human lot dooms them to their cares, they are as transient as those of childhood.—Dublin University Ma- ENGLISH AND COSSACK HORSES.-t 1 wager was laid by Mr. Gibson. the Enelish Consul, that two English horses would beat any two Cossack horses which could lish miles. This took place long after the Cossack horses had been improved by the admixture of English and Ara bian blood, and Mr Gibson had no particular horses in his view. He commissioned a friend to send two hunters for the purpose. Two tolerably well bred, but at that date natural' -,h-bred .iy not thorou, , hunters were sent out to him, whilst the Russians selected out of some 50,(1)0 of the best horses in the Cossack country. The race took lients of Cossacks were dispersed along the line to keep t clear, thousands of pounds were betted on the issue of he match, and an immense concourse of people a•sem- tages for the Englishmen—firstly, that they had grown men to ride, whilst the Cossack horses were ridden at feather weight; and, secondly, that one of the two Eng lish horses fell dead lame at starting. The other, at the half-way station, arrived whilst the two Cossacks were far out of sight, and being full of contempt fur his anta gonists, he dismounted, both to refresh himself and his eanwhile the Cossacks came up and passed on- . wards. Now, it happened that one of t h e CountA Orloff, commander of the Cossack horsemen stationed to keep the line, was deeply interested in the issue of the race, and, by a very ingenious if not a very creditable piece of jockeyship, he had contrived to he made acquainted at every instadt with its progress. For this purpose the Cossacks had private orders, whenever the Russians were ahead to hold their lance perpendicular, when the En:lish were foremost to drop them horizontally. As the horse men were in sight of each other, this signal was in a few minutes telegraphed from one to the other, up to the Count. At about the middle of the race, where the Eng lish horse had stopped, the lances, after being constantly down, were suddenly raised up, and Orloff, imagining that now the bottom of the Cossacks was beginning to tell, made sure of victory, and betted another 100,000 rubles on the event ; but, alas! he was caught in his own trap, the lances went up again, the English horse Caine in at last, in miserable plight it is true, but the Cossack horses never came in at all, either dying or being obliged to be killed where they had fallen.—New Mont hlp Magazine. MR. GRATTAN'S CHARACTER OF DANIEL O'CON NELL IN 1815.—" Examine their leader, Mr. O'Connell —he assumes a right to direct the Catholics of Ireland— he advises—he harangues—and he excites; he does not attempt to allay the passions of a warm and jealous peo ple. Full of inflammatory matter, his declamations breathed everything but harmony, venting against Great Britain the most diegnsting calumny, falsehoods, and treachery, equalled only by his impudene; describing Great Britian as the most stupid, the most dishonest, and the most besotted nation that ever existed ; that Ireland could not confide in the promises of England, &c. With out discrimination he pronounced all Protestants ' bigots.' When he advocated the grievances of the Catholic body, he omitted the greatest greriance—himself! A man that could make the speeches be has made, utter the senti ments he has uttered, abuse the characters he has abused, praise the characters that be has praised, violate the pro mises that he has violated, propose such votes and snch censures as he has proposed —can have little regard for private honour or for public character; be cannot com prehend the spirit of liberty, and he is not fitted to re ceive it. He betrays such a scattered understanding and barbarous mind, that if he got liberty he would immedi ately lose it. Almost unsuited for the British constitu tion, and almost ignorant of the bonds of civil society, of such a mould, and such a disposition, as to be incapa ble of accomplishing any rational object, his declamations to the lower orders are full of extravagance, wildness and ambiguity, and set afloat the had passions of the people, make them restless in disposition, and impatient in action. He leaves a vacuum in the meaning of his harangue, to be filled up by the elevated imagination of a warm-hearted and sensible people. It is the part of a bad man to make use of grievances as instruments of power, and render them the means of discontent without a single honest attempt at redress. Ile knows, or at least he ought to know, that this coxduct is of such a nature as must al ways tend to confusion in bad m'nisters. and strengthen their authority ; it seduces people into mischief not inten ded, and, after exciting them to lolly, it abandons them through rear. It may lead them to rise o;einst an ex ciseman or titheruan, to burn a hayrick, or murder a farmer, but will never teach them to redress greivances, or to tiring the offending minister to the scaffold. This leader in spirit is poor, his courage is of a hesitating quality, his political confidence is prodigious also; in de . hate he i 3 more thln 1 t challenge; in the field he ii a diplomat_ _ ed, and did not tight ; again insulted, lie the ground, where I,i, aritvr b onis.t Ituderzo diced by tl.r rooileset Vr9s cli3llt•tli:rd, t ro ; in every F.entenee there is t lie wa insult as goaded to suit, irns fit e d tbioti A ik nu b _round, b THE POOR AND THE NEW POOR LAW. (From the Times.) The condition of the poor is a subject which, altogether irrespectively of the Poor L w and its collateral questions, must ever excite the attention of thinking men. Above ill, it should he in London, where the condition of the poor is most strikingly appalling. It appears from the report of the proceedings at Marl borough-street Police-office, in our columns of yesterday, that there is an average number of 50 human beings, of all ages, who huddle together in the parks every night, having no other shelter than what is supplied by the trees and hollows of the embankment. Of these the maj ,rity are young girls, who have been seduced from the country by the soldiers, and turned loose on the world in all the destitution of friendless penury, and all the recklessness of early vice. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. prevented Ly ur :rtt die affeetcq His spesking is extra vulgar boast, :t swaggering sentence t, an d ludicrous composition. lihe nine ie not knowlt- 4 arni,iheii with uld pick up in Covet rtirn, *tuck in with rade to ~n when the filthy returns to it 6 ken- • . tiltre still balks and bowls %/calm! unseen. No ad- Aration but would injure their reputation by advan- cing such a character. This is truly horrible. Poor there must be everywhere. Indigence will find its way and set up its hideous state in the heart of a great and luxurious city. Amid the thou sand narrow lanes and by-streets of a populous metro polis there mast always, we fear, be much suffering— much that offends the eye—much that lurks unseen. But that within the precincts of wealth, gaiety, and fashion, nigh the regal grandeur of St. James's, close on the palatial splendour of Bayswater, on the confines of the old and the new aristocratic quarters, in a district where the cautious refinement of modern design has ab stained from erecting one single tenement for poverty; which seems, as it were, dedicated to the exclusive en joyments of wealth,—that there want, famine, and dis ease, and vice should stalk in all their kindred horrors, consuming body by body, and soul by soul ! It is, indeed, a monstrous state of things. Enjoyment the most absolute, that bodily ease, intellectual excite men, or the more innocent pleasures of sense can supply to man's craving, brought in close contact with the most unmitigated misery! Wealth from its bright saloons laughing—an insolently heedless laugh, at the unknown wounds of want! Pleasure, cruelly but unconsciously in,cking the the pain that moans below i All contrary things jostling one another—all contrary, save the vice which tempts and the vice which is tempted ! It is a sickening theme. It brings home to the heart the utter weakness—the utter hardness of our nature. There is wealth, there is skill, there is art, there is science, there is theory,--nll these enough, and more than enough, in England. Most abundant are they in the heart of England. Yet does the life blood rush in a more healthy stream ? Does the pulse of the nation beat with a more generous rapture? Whom hath its wealth made happier ? Whom has its skill taught to shun the moral pestilence that consumes its tens of thousands? Whom has its theory taught the high and paramount duty which man owes to the infirmities of his brother man ? There are men of many thenties abroad. ,Some would build in the human race within parallelograms, and bid them go and practise virtue intuitively. Others would amputate tariffs and navigation laws, -crying to all, the halt, and the blind, and the penniless, " Go trade, and be rich." Some there are who, believing that society is hollow, false, and tottering, would restore long-forgotten rules, and bring the vague and casual charity of men under the cognizance and direction of the church. But these men are laughed at by the age. For is not the age utili tarian, and therefore wise? But let all men, whether of theory or of practice, re member this—that within the most courtly precincts of the richest city on God s earth there may be found, night after night, winter after winter, women—young in years —old in sin and suffering—outcasts from society—ROT- TlNG FROM FAMINE, FILTH AND DISEASE Let theni remember this, and learn not to theorize, but to act. God knows, there is much room for action now-a-days. To EMIGRANTS.—The Montreal Gazette, 22d of Au gust, notices a report published by a committee of the Niagara District Council, which may prove of interest to persons intending to emigrate to British North America. The committee state that there are no labourers required in the district, but that one or two hundred male and fe male farm servants understanding agricultural work would find employment. They consider that very fatourable opportunities are offered for the settlement of farmers bringing a capital of from £2OO to £5OO with them, but that a further importation of mere labour or skill, with out capital, would be injurious, and increase, not the means of employment, but the calls upon local charity. They attribute this state of things, so different to what prevails in Canada West generally, to local causes, namely, the very easy access to the district by river and canal n every direction, and the great works in progress in the district, which have attracted to it an undue proportion of the spare population, not only of British America, but of the United States, and to the unfitness of those who come to seek permanent settlement, for the agricultural lab airs of the country, and their unwillingness to adapt themselves to its circumstances. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.—An out break of fire took place i❑ St. Martin's -court, St. Mar tin's-lane, on Wednesday, which has proved destructive in its consequences and been attended with the loss of three lives. The premises were in the occupation of Mr. James Labrarn, a hoot and shoemaker, occupying the houses Nos. 28 and 36. The first intimation of the fire was given by the police constable on duty, and a soldier who happened to be passing at the time, who both per ceived a very strong smell of burning. They had no sooner given the alarm than the inmates of Mr. Labram's house disc overed that the back aad lower part of the pre. raises were in flames, and that all escape, except by the windows or roof, was cut off. Mr. Labram and his family escaped at the windows, and by scrambling along the leads. In the upper part of the house were Mr. and Mrs. Pollock, who, with their two children and Mrs. Pollock's brot ler, lodged on the second floor. As soon as they were wade aware of their danger, Mr. Pollock and his hr other-in-law got upon the roof. in order to ascertain the be,t means of effecting an escape with Mrs. Pollock A made such rapid pro4ress that the bed-room was already en veloped in the flames, and they could not get back ; al- screams of the poor mother and her children for assistance, which it was impossible for them even to attempt to ren der without sharing their fate. Most of the property de stroyed was insured. MEETINGS OF DISTRESSED COLLlERS.—Yesterday week, there was a meeting of colliers and others at Moor Flat, St. Helen's, for the purpose of taking into consid eration the present state of the trade, and electing dele gates to the general meeting of colliers about to be held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The weather was extremely unfavourable to an open air meeting, but they were pre sent from 1500 to 2000 persons. The chair was taken, shortly after eleven o'clock, by Mr. Henry Tindal.—The first resolution was to the following effect :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that the present rate of wages is not sufficient to maintain thecolliers and their families." It appears that the rate of wages in that district was only 2s. per day, for which the men had to work from twelve to fourteen hours a-day. The men, according to one of the speakers, were worse of than the African slaves. A number of speeches were made, and the proceedings were arrested by a torrent of rain.—Upwards of one hundred of the delegates who had attended from various parts of Lancashire, and some few from Cheshire, adjourned, after the open air meeting, to the house of Mr. George Huyton, Bridge-street, to transact business, and adopt measures for the carrying into effect the objects of the Mine:'s Association of Great Britain and Ireland. They sat during Monday afternoon and Tuesday forenoon. The subscriptions received from various delegates amounted to £96 18s. A delegate meeting was agreed to, and was held yesterday at Chorley. Another general meeting will be held on Monday next, in the open air, at Hurstbrook,near Ashton, when the election of delegates to attend the Nauional Conference of colliers, at Newcas tle, on the 13th November, will take place. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER DEE.-011 Saturday night week, two canal boats, the Albert and the Britan nia, by some means broke loose, near the ship-yard at Chester, and the weather being tempestuous and a strong tide rolling against them, they began to lurch and fill with water. There was on board of the Albert a family named Vaughan—consisting of the man, his wife, two children, and an infant—who, together with a young man, were washed into the river. The fearful cries of the agonised mother to save her babe, as she saw the helpless child floating down the tide, were heart-rending in the extreme. The captain of the Cestrian sloop, of Chester, with most praiseworthy and prompt alacrity, put out with his boat, and succeeded after some difficulty in rescuing the dis tracted woman from a watery grave. The others were picked up by the boat of the Rose of June, which unfor tunately capsized, and again precipitated the hapless fa mily into the water. The elder son swam ashore with his younger brother in his arms, and then returned to attempt the rescue of his little sister ; but the tide was too strong for him, and the child was swept away down the river, nor has its body yet been found. The accident was said to have arisen from the gross and cruel conduct of the captain, of a vessel called the Peggy, to which the flats were made fast, and who let go a rope which held the Albert, though requested, for God's sake, not to do so. This man was afterwards taken into custody, when the facts were stated before the magistrates; and the mariner, who gave his name as Owen Evans, was committed to take his trial on a charge of manslaughter. He was afterwards admitted to bail in a bond of £lOO, to appear at the next assizes. A WRONG PORT.—Last week a curious circumstance happened in Brigend, which created a good deal of alarm and excitement in the district of Perth, until the true state of the matter was discovered. A female servant in a respectable family in Brigend, after she was in bed on Thursday night, heard a noise in the coal cellar, which made her believe that some person was carrying the coals away ; but not wishing to disturb the family in case she might be mistaken, she determined not to say anything about it invil the morning, and until she herself had ex. ntmned the cellar to see if her suspicions were correct. Accurdinziy, ah , Att six o'clock, she got up and went into E(.1*;11-, alien ti.e fit ,t thing she came upon WAS a man's ,vhich WeFt= sevcial spots of blood. Looking about a little further, she discovered a waistcoat, a pair of trousers, a jacket, a stocking, and a shoe ; several of these also marked with blood. She immediately alarmed the family, who, after examining carefully the various articles came to the conclusion that some foul play had been going ie course of the day it rip over night, and went and gave the necessary informa tion to the police. During t had got himself so many: " - sheets in the he !Ina " luffed" too soon on his hotnewnrd sod-struck into the wrong port (11 cell r) gl,f, he " hove to iti)le 1 drefs ‘vhiclt accounts for blood upon the artieleii of —Perlhihire courier An account of the Fire Police Department. signed by Capes Ashlin, was read, showing that the income for the past year had been £2,607 93. 6d., and the expenditure £3,254 7s. 7d., leaving a deficiency of £646 18s. ld., which, according to the Act of Parliament, had been paid out of the borough fund. Mr. PROCTER proposed a rate of a half-penny in the pound. He entered into some explanations of the ac count, stating that in consequence of extraordinary ex penses for new engines, &c., the sum to the credit of the department in the borough fund would be reduced from 42.400 to £1,600. Mr. THORNHILL seconded the motion, which was car ried unanimously. ESTABLISHMENT OF A SAILORS' HOME The MAYOR said the next subject on the paper was a motion of which notice had been given as follows, by Mr. Aikin :—" That it be referred to the Finance Committee to consider and report on the assistance that can be given by the Corporation to A Sailors' Home, by appropriation of land, or the use of a building, subject to resumption or otherwise." Prior to this motion being regularly brought before the Council, he begged to read a memorial from the shipmasters and seamen of the port, which had been adopted at a meeting beld at the Queen's Theatre, on Wednesday evening last, and forwarded through the. chairman, Mr. John Smith. The memorial was here read at length. It set forth the anxiety felt by the sailors to have a Sailor's Home, Registry-office, and Savings' Bank speedily established, and the grievance under which they laboured in having to pay, the masters 2s. and the seamen Is. per month, to the Merchant Seamen's Fund without being able to receive corresponding benefits. They stated that the fund now amounted to £50,000 in Liverpool alone, and that that sum was now lying idle ; and they concluded by praying that the mal-administration of the fund might be taken into serious consideration, and that a committee might be appointed to watch over their interest, generally. Mr. Woo]) contended, that the shipmasters and sea men were much mistaken if they supposed that the trust was improperly managed in Liverpool, inasmuch as the seamen of the port were better off than they were else where, and as there were two or three times the pensions given here which were given in any other town in Eng land. He believed that, to the administration of the fund, the most strict and constant attendance was given, and that, if a visit to the office were only paid, the most satis factory account could be rendered. Mr. Horsfall was the President in Liverpool, and Mr. Sandbach the Vice-pre sident. The accounts were regularly published. The orphan children of a shipmaster received 3s. a week, and others were paid in proportion ; but, at the same time, it was undoubtedly true, that the Act of Parliament pre scribed that no man could become a pensioner on the funds unless he were twenty-one years on the books, and that his family could not receive any benefit unless, he happened to be killed, slain, or drowned. Sir T. BRANCKER expressed his belief that the council had_not any jurisdiction over the seamen. Mr. AS1:11.:i A LL thought that, if there were a surplus of £50,000 in Liverpool, it ought to be given to the poor men. Mr. HENRY HOLMES said that the interest Wag given, and thit many widows were in the habit of receiving £4O and £5O each, according to the number of their children. Mr. AIXIN believed that the prayer of the memorial could not be granted, because the committee, even if they were appointed, could not exercise any control over the fund. He wished not to have the memorial mixed up with the motion of which he had given notice. Mr. BRAm LEY Moowe thought it would be as well to suggest to the memorialists, that the Council was unable to do anything for them, and that the most proper course for them to pursue would be to apply to parliament. He believed that there were many very serious objections to the bill of which they complained, inasmuch as they were compelled to contribute to the funds without. in several instances, deriving any advantage. He understood that the new act upon the subject was a great improvement upon the old one, but that experience had shown, since it came into operation in 1825, that although it worked tolerably well, yet it pressed rather heavily upon the sailors. The MAYOR thought the subject very important, and that, according to the memorial, there appeared to he great abuses pervading the system. One, for instance, was, that if a sailor died a natural death, his family could not receive any relief unless the man himself should have been twenty-one years on the books. _ _ . _ ...,..--. Mr. AIKIx inquired whether the Mayor had not, at a previous meeting, presented a memorial to the Council, signed by 9,000 seamen of the port, in favour of the establishment of a Sailors' Home? The MAYOR replied in the affirmative : it had been signed by 9,402. Mr. A IKIN said, it would be his duty, before he re deemed his promise on this very important subject, to present another memorial to the Council, signed, he be lieved, by almost all the respectable mercantile men of Liverpool ; indeed, he was strongly of opinion, that no memorial had ever been presented to that, or any other great body, which contained a greater number of respect abl‘. signatures. The memorial was here opened by Mr. AMIN, and by him and two or three other members conveyed to the Mayor. The document was several yards in length, had evidently been signed by some thousands, and owing to its unwieldy dimensions, attractee, general attention, and also caused much amusement. The MAYOR read it at length. It stated, that several meetings of the memorialists had been held in an interval extending over the last four years, with the view of im proving the condition of sailors and securing to the ship owners a plan for the more efficient manning of their ships. The result was that they conceived a Sailors' Home should be provided, combined with Al Registry and Savings' Bank, and that subscriptions had been obtained for this purpose to the extent of 1:2.000, sufficient to show the interest which had been excited, but not sufficient to carry out the object in view. Various circumstances had combined to impede the progress of that object ; but, recently, public attention had once more been particularly called to it by the complaints of the seamen themselves. In conclusion, the memorialists prayed the council to take the subject into serious consideration, and to grant a building for the purposes of a Sailors' Home, Registry-office, and Savings' Bank. Mr. AIKEN then proceeded, at some length, to state the reasons which had induced him to submit the motion, of which he had given notice, and which had been previously read by the Mayor. He commenced by expressing a hope, founded on the memorial which had just been submitted, and which was signed by so many of the wealthy and re spectable classes, that, at last, they would be enabled to do something for a class of men for whom more might be done than almost for any other, and yet for whom so little had hitherto been attempted. He knew there was a feel ing afloat, and that it existed in the minds of some of his most intimate friends, that the nature of the profession of the sailor, added to his recklessness of conduct, rendered it an almost hopeless task on their part to attempt to re deem him. From that proposition he dissented altogether. He believed that sailors possessed feeling and desires si milar to those of every other class, and that if they saw an attempt made to redeem them from the position to which they were sunk, or to save them from the plunder to which they were exposed, their habits might be im proved as well as the habits of any other class in society. He then proceeded to state some of the wrongs and evils to which the sailor was exposed, the causes which bad produced those evils, and the most effectual remedies which ought to be applied. He said it was matter of daily occurrence that, the moment a vessel reached the port of Liverpool, the sailor was besieged by a number of persons who paid their court to him, made promises, took him to a lodging-house, and, as his wages were due, gave him credit. He treated them in return, and in the warmth of his heart, perhaps spent mote money than prudence would justify. This continued to go on for some time. Jack was in Elysium, with his smiling lass and flowing jug. But, after the lapse of a few days, when he received his wages, he generally found accounts pouring in upon him from the slopseller, the lodging-house keeper, and other parties, greater than he expected, and then he began to suspect those professions of regard which were showered on him upon his arrival. Ile then sallied forth into the street, met with a damsel who commisserated his position and denounced the base conduct of the vile and selfish creatures of whom he complained. He then went home with her, but he (Mr. Aiken) would not detail to the Council what passed there—(great laughter)—further than to say, that the unfortunate fellow, when lie awoke in the morning. oftentimes discovered that he was not only penniless, but that, in fact, he was without a rag to Cover him, his money as well es his clothes having bee:i abstracted. Ile (Mr. Aikiii) knew an instanct, of a poor sailor who had been left in this condition, and who, find ing that lie had not a remnant to put on, absolutely took up the bed and bed-covering and sallied fort'► into the street, thus making a capture of the only thin - gs -- ";;ith - in Lis reach. (Continued laughter.) In ninety-nine eases out of a bandied, however, such instances . 9f . plunder never 'eve neard of, f o r the poor fellow himself, tieing stripped °l' all he possessed, having no means of redress, and not knowin g w h ere to app ly for it, was obliged to f a ll b ac k on the people who first received him ; and t commiserated his fate, got him to mortgage in turn 1:p they pleased, lie was ❑cat. a free a.r.,,ent ; our ou.igea go to any part of the v world, be world, no 'natter how was dangerous the voyage or fatal the climate, for the purpose of getting clothes on his back. These were some of the evils to which the sailor was exposed. hut there were a great -„,„„ v others, one of which was, that he was not only rub Nil during his hfetime, but that he was robbed in tA cipa , i „ o ' of his death ; for the parties with whom ne thus dealt either got him to make a will before he - „„ t, or made one for him in his a some ; and then, t :,fe moment his death was announced, hadministered hi s ffects, and robbed him again. The evils of vf%;ich the shipowner and captain hail to complain were very touch caused by the evils under which the sailor I ::imself . suffered ; for slack was not a reasoning he felt that the world had plundered him, and he sallied forth on the first opportunity for the p rpose of - revenging himself by plundering the public. Hence he; deiwrted a ship when he reached a foreign port and could obtain a higher rate of wages, and in this man ner broke the agreement upon which he had originally set out. But, another great evil was, that a captain never knew, until he got to sea, whether he had got sailors or lubbers on hoard ; and the misfortune was, that the law afforded the captain no relief in such a case, when be found himself in the middle of a dan gProus channel, without having, perhaps, a sufficient number of hands on board to navigate the ship. (Hear.) He (Mr. A.) had paid a great deal of attention to this subject. in common with many others, and, without go ing to the length of saying that his remedy would enable the sailors to jump from vice to virtue, he nevertheless believed that the foundation could be laid for a gradual improvement. (Hear, hear.) He concluded with the motion of which he had given notice. Mr. BRAMLET-MOORZ seconded the motion. He con tended that there was no class of men in England more deserving of our sympathy than the merchant seamen ; and that there was no other body to whom the nation owed a deeper debt of gratitude, not excepting the navy, notwithstanding the brilliant achievements of the latter in every quarter of the globe. He dissented from those who alleged that sailors could not he tamed. If they had found a Van Amburgh to tame the lions, he believed that if they succeeded in getting sailors into the prepared building, they could not only tame, but reform them. From the year 1835 to 1841 no fewer than 13,000 sailors had been boarded and lodged in the London establish ment • while, in the course of one year, the large sum of £23,000 had been paid into the same establishment. He then referred to the manner in which Greenwich Hospital had been supported for a number of years by the contri butions of merchant seamen, without any of them having been ever known to he pensioned there ; after which he alluded to the debt of gratitude which the town of Liver.. pool in particular owed to this deserving class of men. He said that England had given the sum - of twenty lions towards the emancipation of the negroes, and yet that during the late fire at Kingston the blacks looked on with apathy, and refused to render any assistance. This, he obser - ved, was the gratitude which England had re ceived from these worthless beings, while, if the same amount of money had been expended on the reclamation of the British sailors, the latter would not only have been thankful for the boon, but many of them would have been saved from ruin here, and ushered into a happy eternity hereafter. (Hear ) Mr. EVANS suggested to Mr. Aikin and those who acted with him the propriety of prevailing on the ship owners, as they cleared their ships, to give a halfpenny a ton towards the accomplishment of the object in view. So far as he was himself interested in shipping he would be willing to contribute in such a manner. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE assured the Council, that the Finance Committee would willingly undertake the duty which the motion, if carried, would impose upon them; hut, still, he thought it would be too hard to ask the Cor poration to put its hand into its pocket and hear the ex pense of the proposed scheme. while memorialists, by pay ing the tax suggested by Mr. Evans, or by putting a sum of ;£5 or .£lO opposite their respecti,e names, could ma terially assist the object in view, and render the institution prosperous. (Hear.) Mr. Aikin had said that his proposal would not render necessary any demand upon the borotrA fund ; hut, if they were to give up the building, which afforded a residence to Mr. Whitty, they would have to find another residence, and to hear the contingent ex penses, which would involve an outlay of £lOO a year at least. This, however, would he an expense which the Corporation would not oppose if they saw the good Mr. Aikin anticipated likely to he realiz.'d. He maintained, that a great improvement had taken place amongst sailors in late years, and that the establishment of shipping offices had effected a great improvement when compared with the system which had previously existed. He concluded by expressing his willingness to forward the object in view. Mr. BUSHELL could not exactly agree with Mr. Law rence. He thought the Corporation ought to become the originators of such a scheme as the present, and that they were hound to set the example to the town, and to give funds in order to form a nucleus, around which others might exhibit a disposition to carry out so desirable an ob ject. Mr. PARxErt thought it might he necessary for a " little mind" on rising, to make some apology, particularly when he meant. to strip the discussion of some of the gaudy at tire in which it had been covered by preceding speakers. He looked upon the sailors as highly respectable and wor thy of their situation. (A laugh ) There was no class he felt more for. But the Council were assembled, not for the purpose of upholding the interests of the sailors in par ticular, hut those of the community at large with which they were connected. They had the poor porters at the docks for instance, who did not earn ss. a week on an average, while the sailor received his £2 a month, and got plenty of employment and good food. Mr. BLACKBURN lauded the exertions of the Seamen's Friend Society, and referred to its advantages to the maritime interest of the port, coupled as those advan tages hied been with the prevailing spread of temperance and total abstinence among the sailors themselves. He had been told that it was the intention of the parties who sought for the institution in question to have a chaplain, oerhaps a paid chaplain, but a chaplain at all events. He quite agreed that religions instruction ought to he pro vided ; hut, then, the subject was surrounded with diffi culties, for who was the the chaplain to be? Mr. BIRKETT: A clergyrnanof the Church of Enzland Mr. BLACKBURN contended, that, lithe), only apoint ed one clergyman for one denomination, they ,vonld be guilty of a violation of the plain and obvious meaning of the Municipal Corporations Act, and the borough fund should never be appropriated for anything of an exclusive char4cter. Mr. BIRKETT regretted that Mr. Blackburn had intro duced a subject which, as a matter of course, must create contention. He believed that public worship was gener ally conducted on hoard vessels, at present, on the Sab bath day, although the revers^ was the case when he was a boy ; and he thought that much more might be done for the sailors if the shipowners took pains to ascertain the cha racters of the captains. He held it be for the general advantage that the people should be instructed in the doctrines of the Chnrch of England, believing, as he did, that the Church of England taught the way of God in truth; that every man who taught the principles of the Establishment did his duty to the country and the town ; and that those who taught dissent were, in proportion, enemies to the country and the town.—(Laughter.) He did not make this remark with any feeling of disrespect towards Mr. Blackburn ; but he certainly thought, that, when a man was brought up to the established religion, he was sure not to be a Radical ; and they all knew, that to be a Radical was to be a discontented, unhappy being. —(Great Laughter.) Mr. tionosoN thought, that, if the captains and mer chants had done their duty, the sailors would not have been in their present lamentable position. He contended, that, in the important matter of religious truth, the ma jority of the council should pursue one plan only, and that they, in this Protestant country, could not unite in that mixture, that olla Podridda, which some would have them to support. Upon the religious side of the question he should vote in favour of the principles of the Church of England. He concluded by expressing his regret at their having got into any personality on that occasion, the more particularly as there did not appear to be any occasion whatever for it. Mr. AIKIN briefly replied, after which the motion was unanimously agreed to. PORTRAIT OF MR. RATHBONIL The MAYOR announced, that the last subject on the paper was a letter from Thomas Booth, Esq., proposing that a portrait of William Rathbone, Esq., should he re ceived by the council for the council-chamber. He said he should like to receive the instructions of the council as to the reply he was to make to the letter, which had stood over now for some time, and also as to the course that was to be followed. (A pause.) Mr. HORN BY, as the mover of the reception of the pic ture in the first instance, said he had no authority what ever to withdraw the offer, as it had not been made by him, or any one in connexion with him. He should de cline to take any further part in the business, except to state, that he had done all he could, but ineffectually, to induce the parties to withdraw the offer. He thought the council had better avoid discussion and proceed at once to the vote. Mr. AIKIN proceeded to remark on the general praise bestowed upon Mr. Rathbone, by both parties as well as by the tory press, for his impartiality and ability when acting as chief magistrate of the town, and said that it was in consequence of such public expressions of approbation that a number of the members of the council were induced to subscribe for his portrait, and to present it to the coun cilat the present time. Mr. BLACKBURN suggested that they proceed at once to the vote ; and moved that Mr. Booth's offer be accepted, and that the painting be placed in the Council-chamber. Mr. flonGsos objected to the Council being tongue tied by any member. There bad been a great deal of skill in the mode of bringing the subject forward ; and if the picture itself was not a work of art, the manner of offering it was very arlful. (A laugh.) Divesting the proposition of all attempts to deceive, it was impossible not to view it as a party proceeding. They were called upon most especially to consider the political character of Mr. Rath bone, and not his gentlemanly conduct whilst filling the civic chair. He Lad been elected Mayor of the borough solely because of his political opinions being in accordance with those of the majority of that day ; and how could the Conneil, constituted as it w,,s :4 present, receive picture, when he bad himself tried constituencies out of doors who would not have him ? The Council would be quailing in the performance of their duty if they com mended Mr. Ratbbone in his public capacity. They were a political body, and could never exist without acting in and for a party. What evidence was there that (12:4. 0 pheral party, when in the majority, would have accepted of the portrait of one of their opponents ? On the contrary, had they not filled all their offices with persons representing their own political views? and had they not displaced Mr. Case's picture in order to have Mr. Currie's in the best light ? (A laugh.) He thought the discussion on this 6 , _,bject would give increased strength to the tory party at . - - pie ensuing election ; and he concluded by moving, as an niendicent, that the Mayor acknowledge the reception of Ir. Booth's letter, and that tl pectfully Mr. Part:s - r - tEr seconded Mr. Blackburn's motion. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES referred to the time when some of the tory majority of the Council were excluded from the O c t. i 7, j>43. se --- - - - - lad Sr , committee, and th asked, what sort of r - see l ial ciations would be likely to arise in his tnin d ,t t oieoe, ? „, Rathbone's portrait placed over the_roem,N-eilersp lailei ) If it were proposed to place Mr. '" , 1 sou 41 tiair over the niantlepieces of Mr. Blackburn et , 110 , , hp rkelY ' aft" Aikii ' 1 ' , ... drawing-rooms would they i,-.. l ~,e p t , 0 i the offer? or, would M ' r. Earle be, likely to % e arl ' . p portrait of Mr. David Hodgson? (" " ear ' - tbo i°-11 great laugh'er.) He concluded by seconding - ~, Ow asked, r B o ‘d t k a ye x od g: tb r hye e s a fer p ve r ee e rm s a s el e ,n d , :I,;s, iWill regret yo h a : at wi b o wo e u v 1 1 .d n : 11. 1 ,vtp a u ecr r P b. e ) : n 1.00; 1 1, 1: men t.. information, whehowleasb accused Mr. Ratbbone of b e le/0 16 1;0 1 He bad not been forty-eight hours in town 1 ,1 ftsa w iti into the Council ; a man who wanted to rbst ra ,s o netn hand oat the elbow first. ( ' Gre et la" y th at herl conservatives out of doors would naturally 6e_hool,i tory majority in the Council were no better thaV d t en. if they admitted the portrait. He should beg. g eOl portrait of Mr. Aspinall over the marelepieee'tis, I si who had filled the civic chair for fifteen to°„ t y 0002 1 t o Mr. PARKER said the question was a P a ,' 00'0 he (Mr. Parker) had got pulled about te as a il :0 0 town, by people asking him whether be ° moil mit Mr. Rathbone's picture into the COon. cl .,,,teie'dia t Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE would record 1.-00-0 g of the reception of the picture; but thst au'rPr i led a° o t w i n n: ley e t , hro i e t rr s h re e j s e t c o t o io d n al o o u n g e h o t r n i o lo t t. t h o e ex ci c a i i t n e ie s a nY th l eo : o : l9 oo : believed the conservatives out of doors we ~,,,r e r irsit'rer wac th rihas e ht.ie s ner u rn.du b ißl i tl ect of receiving Mr. Rathbonete v" right ° Dl' ?seising his own judgment. He would d°,",„,j,if it ag osi the Creole question ; and, if the portrait 01 but re-,,,.111 were offered, it would not only he received, _ber,'„try, the dra wi n g- r o o p ru nn , l Et a i t,eNeatdomF:rhoin,en.ofigtyrseti rejected. ehttleh.eesddre;.:::ll;cial i n - s c ,.; o a ctb elsi' Mr. SHEPPARD. on the part of North 4 e ea 6% 1b. The Council then dividedrepwlen there appear beell amendment 27; against it 18. ii ri toti ng be!, The amendment, the word " resPec truY to b ale a: - , fi Fie r oi s ri t , struck jth.eNaonirte o ba u .d t j,a.)weaAats,:o_aincceeioalar,daTieni.gulTayrsodoeioc,ll.anr,ei,ncl, 13(1.ioliadieolis: carried. Hoit,ies. T H l . ie cp following e : etld, n ji.enE-adewr,savdosiedai,o,:t.eltgoilide.ol., 015: t • T • j-A.TlE r CL : :;ll : l ) .reolC i Acee t T:' , l)ri'ile ' ihim; J :Sv(ii ‘,l: : n.rsanyhlyng'in ß liVeli'lAe)h r hj.:Rai' l epalia.nil i xii3jld).Td l r. i.Bh l rt'irtH e r'elkPh: y l ieoadh - BevAttinr M as:k.liggtdgiaelle o ace'njrwtCn o ikv:n:t r ibr'.lTsn e i juettli , ,.a.mßtri. 'nenß. J tuaßnSdt, . sin. Ther\ho Moon, aVjGece‘ns:!.o.lrrsiliPtimneP'ffiPhaYeereeirjr'entadh.'tsGtd'°jun°P. ;b:llneirl:ecci itglif.--ei 1-se"..6°r Mr' nr- 1 1: ICC'fr°11°IF::111::11.e'n°15: etii i'. '7.l' i41::;:i Af ee ila.:-11$ Mayor id Go tt George Ward E w L Tou c The TowN 'Mr. G. LAWRENCE asked when the ele c t ore ° to li r° br ing been elected an alder '? Mr. man. „i n , ICI ":, e are °Ce ne to a new election within ten days after mY,,,tion rtbe ° which would take eff , ct on the Ist aceepted the office of alderman. The e l - 00 ° ,0., . c ir, E Rl T dic t ELECTION i dhoetFil,deA wcaoru..jct:turnle.s:.:oo, i i - e: b i • .i '' of N° le Tbe Ig° A belonged to the present burgess list, a"" - ber 13 ' g e Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE. l' t ' hen there O s- . 111 ' The TOWN-CLERK.—Yes ; and Mr' 1) tions, one after the other. s te fte r e is c :" declare his acceptance within five day s to the aldermanship. e' le e. The Council adjourned at half-pas t two ° ---------• , ..frintl' DISTRICT COURT OF BAP '" ) J eri' Ree s n: u i,a r ob r i e y:i r ) i oN d tai e otr r if.r e , d Frisr2 t i o :do t sA, : s e nnam C id .o oppositionu rt , o n F Nc r a i s d o i r e g c 0 :I I ) : 0 5 , John W ( e ny.stvtio:ollo:: : o ri n f l : it : o si t; BsrefyorDea/tvlisr.anCdomirnainsseijosnperaAvi;: dsrs og th r es is t t i e ; on behalf of the creditors, for whom Mr,•ebelaPioed solicitor, appeared, the bankrupts theulae:cd f irliect ;$ took place, which lasted the entire daY',.flooeY'tbeCir, which was to ascertain whether certninr 'i ce br° o oo 4 o l Liverpool, eo ; l e : : reward a° o : argll.°l i c b il ; be;:4:lfeif i l li ed, were actually missing in the way d c ' e ,l eat ( . Ilanb this, the bankrupts were separately el tw i -D th e . 04 ro d' Upon the examination of Francis DaY' s e ' o tra s / It evidence was elicited : that he never w h al l , ortfre, n ill sums of money by his brother to Pay ul. " - re ° il'ior but that, some time in July , he had rec el t o 0 1). 4 brother a large sum of mon e y, arhountingvad'eceecilm% 13ank of England notes, but had nevereauniogoacculta[d self. lie had gone to his office on the to° l :„'.olkpret i t i 't ii is loss at eight o'clock, touch earlier than 'i t i o rta,, t itr,h r but for no particular reason. This bank of ss'a e' b e . lra i ip that he missed the notes at the corner 01 ()e ke f,oo and that he had placed them in his coa t s P o ott 'ls f 0 for security. Had never even so small a 0 sit PO , r his possession before. f th e . , I ° id J. W. Davis stated that he first heard e'torplepelltot £270 at a guar er to nine the following . ce to 1 0 0 01 1 own office, and immediately caused a ot!butetleopbe t o at Gore's advertising office, and had dirit tl 11 . !) e l' op trtbs of bills offering £2O reward for the reco' bo ob' $ 0 qu s e e st v i e o r t a ie l d d , is s e t r o ep h a o n w cie h s e lotacticulrivreedd silt:001:i% isrili f oi rr , plied that he had received £7 only from epee' had pawned his clothes for a subsistenc.. aide of' case was ultimately adjourned. nr ,, 4 i n eo° l RE THOMAS now'rovA--,he 10.0. Coss This insolvent, who has carried on ' t his t ° K.eea beforetailo r and tile d craoittitr.rt, to o n Ip.',arslsent-fisit.,rteects,aroll'iriii,otrio. oat„,..titri.;oolslo: oposed by a solicitor on behalf of a o ' l OPP - iilr' tfr f appeared vexat i , t , o u siy (i support. tfe, ,d i hits. rg a n T a h t e t i g o r n o ü b " e d oitt ° l;„ro li ai t ro b i): Y :Dorro t ri r e : 6o ' c s h a l ! Mott, a portrait painter, for 1;2 sat abler o a''' c is , ' di a t T i s s ts fo o r f m w i • i h ig ic a h n tt o c fr ti e o n n ce b o e f l arap d e b n e a tit c r il n a n roo t in er la ' 0, °Oa the new act, he should press for an e l „id the' 1,0 6 ke view to the dismissal of the petitioo,o°,:sotea`he eP, 10 he proved. The insolvent was allowed tu r d to i fen tlioitr dule in regard to one point. NV" r ri 42 rilY tie ° a ff i l tion offered to the insolvent for vela-k'ilija ta' ha' action, the Commissioner did not thin e the ac_ j he v et stance which came under the meaning o ft eyed 01)0 liament, as the insolvent, it appeared, c es bad In t, 5 0 0 i a good and valid defence, an t e a insP,betrf., or t c, o .,,g gi e v v e id c e o r r i t e fi e rtn o a f tisounbsttoatittliisen substantiality 0 1) t i5 t r P e : 71 - i is e ott'aclt fel'osilee; The insolvent also had declared that , t p oidt, h ogr ° 4 s, the p . mtrait was £2 Ils , which he l e nd tor e , tot gation, therefore, of a ve xatious defence (..,stori The insolvent then, after the usual inter ub his first examination. ra T . his insolve ß n E t att,ors. opttlitio,/,i , REV. O i s tatGEORGEd t l: , - bo _.ci 030, to , 00 his thehies fi_ e pr s rasrt o tfoft examination. creditor. d r i i s t h o e r s . o i‘i f iire L . . l p a , aansyfanoceplipor o e ps t ri b eedt, a r l ue ' hydeeoi in e , ;: i t tor a ft ; ld th e P e ll° r about £BO, drawn by his sisters upon bl"".tiog Ono, first c a a t s u e h ~b v e i n f o g r e .atc. L uc l esee ; d r: bi c;f e et o oo o f we' 0 0 ' or I ction the th at maturity ; the second ground of ohle bt by (r oe 0 . had vexatiously defended an action, holutgoe bill b y Olio. sing creditor, to recover the amount 01 A t oere .r ols t oe sngsrteantesodnabbie °niPPea°ll6isti°" party into whose hands it bad fallen, 0 1 7 0 . 1 pee l :oo4 ment having gone against him) broug ht po orer Iv ts l to the original liability o f e X7O I, th s r el somi total debt _,.teo ~,,fe , amount to £l5O. u t, b.' re , " Mr. PAYNE, on behalf of the insolve ~, he , er gY 0 0 the trial, when this liability sou ght l" et bi ll 0 was u man t he w oej several witnesses, amongst whom wer _ e to c o 0 1 t came forward to swear that the accepteou so d sae oeool not in the handwriting of the insolvent,'u. Ptoro9,,io be proved in the course of the exacrinSe 0 06_ 0 QV however, by way of saving the tinae of,! iu sol:Tot ;pol l a proposition to the effect, that, as "1 3 ` e 0101, 30 the receipt of about £l7omourn' f the c i ts ' per £7O a year for the gradual liquidatiou .„, 0 0 ,it him. oo",o9°' His Ho • NOUR asked why vvaa this P r such P f tb i l l no 11 0 serted in the schedule ? 59 - °. P P ' There w a ce „ ti , there. _ at iej j er_or Mr. it as in c°l39 rY bl' 13°9 . Pay replied, that w . s eu t hie 1 speedy execution that followed that ttloecert•iculsrottiit" the insolvent's notice. He hoped , "o pa r t ioe jfe r i would allow the insolvent to mend teed., 0 06 0 4 01! ) , II ; His HONOUR replied, that the sPti. s ct :;#ll l ., n c eot, no excuse; but, as this appear a ci f e t be kill to s esr ence, and being the first objection olosolvetioy and of been before him, he would allow th e , v iol en ce• •b i but he would have it go forth that this ; 004 ,;0011_,t, to be considered aprecedent for future! tw o P stu oy nt , the (0' Mr. PAYNE stated that the insolv e to . Aehte be I', tpi principal nl?neiccoti.,puoEant ityhy been sequestrated since 1839 , for boo der £350. s e. 00 the el ' 4 till His HoNova. asked, if such vvere _ DOI lo t i ovNfi grounds ii e nheeth posed to set aside £ 7O Per annum from ,aveat,j,l:lo questration ? t bell" ooao j oiven r ef l l,, 0 Mr. PAYNE replied, that tbe ins b e en , i d ., „,,1 1 . 4 whole incumbrance had by this titnesisteclo;soool7esTo the livings released. His income e c4l l - ,90 P e tjis ° s od t ~ s r , Anne's bounty surplice fees, which averaged ab".' ,P - t bo or echn. had a very small income, not exce et ° bet A G reli c j t r tirely at her own disposal. t he de - ene t P lis His HoNourt could not consider ~.. h0p.40,0_ 4, lion as vexatious. It too trequen"loo l' l t hte' t ioteio inns g igoith and vitt tions were brought and 'nstruct ' fatallY 'leot, .00 as his own experience had too be h l6°.• 5t I should pass the examination of t the stighte him to his parishioners, without of his conduct. ____..... __.------------ n~B t 9 li but could have the mare." jj And ending in not,;.(lteAlctourtie c ol Which his gate!" - in A ttu "0 f MAC USINIRSS• urCIO •%, cer bI with a London h orse -dealer for the P ornoleren 0 not agree by £lO. Nestit 1 " be Ji too, 40, t ot rto KING Oth o . Beginning with 0/i.., posted il off to the stable-yar, ichei 93., or ; the gToom • Master up, 0;eil ,fort. master be dead : " s . cl J oe, „but he 4 nnAktbia ß mind to -- of: 1. GREATEST plin er :: "' " A ors' 1 , Re ' art fl V 1.7 A.TVAIF Fti ltv ' f, Jr r d tO to e " vero At nV roe!? giregP, gieal report of Laplano, r e - ment, amongst other curious lac' ticular" }i waterfall in the river Lulea jS Par 03 , fla oba bleolor is said to one-eighth of a wil e br 1c b a t t ` i alf height to fall four hundred feet.re occrod measurements in this document :1 to N iir ma❑ standard, a mile being equ lisp ,;( Pad tbwero COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS A meeting of the Council, both a special meeting of that body, and as an adjourned monthly, for the transac tion of the business left undi, , posed of at the Council of the 4th instant, was held on Sa'urday. The Mayor took the chair soon after eleven o'clock, at which time there were thirty members present. ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN The Council proceeded to elect an Alderman for Ex change Ward in the room of Wm. Earle, reigned. Mr. ASPINALL proposed Mr. James Lawrence, and Mr. WOOD seconded the motion. Mr. HODGSON said there was not a more staunch or sound member than Mr. Lawrence on all the great prin ciples that influenced the majority of the Council. Mr. SHEPPARD and Mr. SANDS expreseed their ap probation and that of their constituents of the proposition. The voting papers having been filled up and handed in, The MAYOR announced; that the following thirty-six members (all who were in the Council at the time) bad voted in favour of Mr. Lawrence—namely, Messrs. Toulmin, Griffith, Preston, Alderman Houghton, Plump ton, Crooke, Moon, R gby, Thornhill, Kilshaw, Thomp son, George Hall Lawrence, Boyden, H. Holmes, Copeland, Platt, Chilton, Molyneux, North. Brainley- Moore, Trotman, Shaw, Aspinall, J. Holmes, Procter, Cooper, Hodgson, Birkett, Sheppard, Parker, Braucker, Wood, Edwards, Bushell, Sands, and the Mayor. FIRE POLICE