The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-13 00:00:00

MAncti 13 IB' S GRAND CONCERT AT THE TEM PLARS'-II ALL, GREAT GEORGE-STREET. ? A/TR..BROWN respectfully announces that his CONCERT 17.1 will take place this resent TUESDAY EVENING, the 13,h inst , at the H Alt OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAES. 'r princil;al Professional Talent of the town have, upou this occasion, kindly volunteered their valuable services. LEADRR, MR. G. EYTON. PRINCIPAL VOCAL PERFORMERS, MRS. MILES, MRS. BRAND, MASTER GILLOW, MR. WALTON, MR. DAVIES, - M R. F. GARDN (From the London and Bath Concerts.) •&ND - MR. S. HENSHALL. . PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENTALISTS, , „ Second Violin, Mu. WILBERFORCR. Viola, MR. WILTON. Violoncello, MR. JACKSON. • - Double Bass, MR. TAYLEURE. Flute, MR. BROWN. Oboe, MR. CAFFERATA. Clarionet, M R STUBBS. horn and Cornet-a-Piston. Mu. THOMPSON. Trumpet, Mn. HANSON. Trombone. Mn. EDGAR. Double Drums, Mn. FILLEEN. CONDUCTOR, Mit. G. HOLDEN. A: Select Number of the Members of the Choral Society will form a Full and Effective Chorus. Tickets to be had at the,Standard Office; Messrs. dime and Son, Church-street and Bold-street; the Templars' Hall; and at the Adelphi Hotel. Tickets'for the Body of the H all, 55.---Gallery, 38. Doors to be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Concert to colnmence at Half-past Seven precisely. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. COMBINATION OF TALENT t Pon THE BENEFIT OF MRS. .RAYMOND. • MR. T; P. COOKE, .Of the Theatrefi Royal, tlinry-lane and Covent-garden. MR. W. J. HAMMOND, Of the Theatre Royal, Covent-garden. CAN MONDAY and TUESDAY next, the 19th.and 20th instant, will be performed THE PILOT. Long Tom Coffin . Mr. T. P. Cooke. •BoiouthclitFe..Mr. W. J. Hammond. Barnstable Mrs. Raymond. Kate Plowden..Mr. Raymond. Dancing by Melsrs. Browh, King and Gibson, and Mrs. Gibson. The new Interlude called TEN MILES FROM LONDON. Patrick.:Mr. Raymond. After which, f% new and interesting drama, called • THE CULPRIT. to which Mr. W. J. Hammond & Mrs. Raymond will perform. La Cackuchq by Mr. Gibson. To conclude with the laughable farce, called THE MAYOR OF FLANDERS. The Mayor NIr. , W. J. Hammond. M`Mahon..Mr. Raymond. Lestelle Mrs. Raymond. TiCkets and Places to be had at the Box':office. LIVER THEATRE, LIVERPOOL. • 'runs present TUESDAY, March 13th, and during the Week, having beentreceived last night by an overflowing audience with shouts of approbation, will he presented, for the Second"riine, with New and Extensive Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, &c., an entirely New Peregrinating Piece of In cident, Character and Maffners, interspersed with Vaudevilles ettlled SAM .WELLER; Ott, THEO - PICK - WICKIANS. /443deil on " Boz's" Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, by the author of "Tom and Jerry." The Scenery by Mr. Par kitr,-'—The Piece originally produced at the New Strand Theatre, tinder the sole Direction of Mr. W. J. Hammond, and perform ed nearly One Hundred Nights ! !! Sam Weller, attendant Of Mr. Pickwick, Mr. W J. Hammond. Alfred Jingle, a gentleman living on his wits, MI. J. Lee. (As originally performeclby them.) Emily Wardle Mrs. Raymond. Processiou.of her gracious Majesty Queen VICTORIA, on. the , ecasion of her royal visit to the city to dine with the Lord Mayor . and Corporation of London on the 9th of November. To conclude' with the last New -Farce, as acted several nights at the St ran d. Theatre, LOndon, with distinguished success, entitled . . . NO FOLLOWERS; OR, THE BLACK IMAGE. Toby • (kiis original character' Mr. Lee. Lucius Lily to W. J. Hammond. (As originally performed by him.) .14 which character he will sing ,a New Song, called Moder Natur make a World. Mary Magnet , Mrs. Raymond. ' t ickets and Places for the Boxes to be had of Mt. J. F o gg . at izi a t i l i le Theatre, each day frion 11 till 3.—Boxes, 3s. Pitt, 2 s C6d.—Second Price, Boxes, 2s. Pit, Is. No Second we to the G-allery: Doors to be opened at half.past 6. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. LAST WEEK •OF MONS. 14ig BLANC. rIIIIE Public are respectfully i n f orme d that in cOnsequence 14 of the very treat SUtXESS last night of the Drama called BEWARE OF' THE WHITE EAGLE, and the IRRE SITIBLES,• produced for the Benefit of Mr. Neville, they will be repeated THIS PRESENT TUESDAY, the I3th instant. The Evening's, Entertainments will commence with.the grand melo-drama, founded on fact, called BEWARE OF THE WHITE EAGLE ! OR, TOE MISER. MURDERER. In which Mr. Ryan's Stud and Company will appear. The Elect.Or of Saxony ; disguised as Peter Swank, a Pedlar, and Justin, a deal Traveller..Mr. Ha,ggi Lutzi (a Prophetess) Mrs. Weston. Phedora (the dumb girl of the inn) Mrs. Weston. Eloise • Mrs. Weston. A COMIC SONG, called "MATTHEW MUGG'S FAMILY AND FIRESIDE," by Mons. LE BLANC. NOVSLTI ES OF THE ARENA. Mr. RYAN as the COURIER of ST. PETERSBURGII ! Ou 4,5, and 6 Horses! • CHINESE FAIR, OR ARAB AND BEDOUIN EXERCISES ! The whole to conclude with a comic drama, by W. T. Moncrie' Esq. called the IRRESISTIBLES, or FEMALE VOLUNTEERS. Victoria, sister to Eugene.. Miss Neville. •• Wilhelmina, an orphan, Ward of Bloffenburg, Miss Gates. Bokes 35.; Pit, 25.; Lower Gallery. Is.; Upper Gallery, 6d. Second 'Price at Half-past Eight ; Bones, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is ; Lower Gallery, 6(I. Children Half-price from the commence- Inent to the. Boxes and Pit only. Proprietor, Mr. BATES, Stage Manager, Mr. NEVILLE. TO CORRESPON DENTS. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following publications, which shall be noticed in our next :— The Monthly Chronicle— The National Magazine—The Sportsman—The Farmer's .114tya . sine—The Churchman—The Sunbeam—The Bishop of Exeter't Speech, &c.—and Day's- Sermons. Zig iLibtrpool g-tanbarb, TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 13,1838. .(Q.* The Publication or the STANDARD commenced this morn in , ,r at 5 o'clock. THE RECENT DIVI , ION.—STRENGTH OF PARTIES IN PARLIAMENT.--AS is their wont, the whig-radicals have `been loud and incessant in their boasts of triumph since the division in the House of Commons on Thuriday morning. A few clays before Sir William Molesworth's motion was brought on, they were as melancholy in their forebodings.as they are now vociferous in their exulta f. (ions. It was quite evident, from the lugubrious tone of the ministerial journals, that the ministers dreaded a de feat upon this long promised motion. This feeling of .anticipated discomfiture led them to every species of ca jolery. entreaty, promising, and threatening, in order to induce the recreant radicals to refrain from casting their lot amov, the conservatives. We should very much like to ItCow what amount of patronage has been pro raised, or bestoWed upon, the virtuous radicals within the last fortnight. We feel assured that a list of all the " good things" which the whip have pledged themselves to confer upon their radical allies, within this brief Fe . rind, would create no little astonishment in the country —if, indeed, any act of depravity, meanness, or prosti tution of power, on the part of the present government, :could excite any surprise at all. A short time Will, per _haps, sutEce to show to what extent the votes of the ultra-radicals, on Lord Sandon's amendment, have been influenced by the agreeable contingencies to which we , 'lave alluded. Unless the promises which the whigs have made,in order to secure another quarter's salary, I be speedily converted into substantial benefits, we shall very suon learn the secret of their nature and extent from the refractory radicals themselves. _ But what reason have the whig-radicals to be proud of the numerical resultS of the late division ? "One might imagine, from the exaggerated tone of triumph with which the majority is alluded to in the ministerial jour nals, that the ministry were in a better situation than they have heen in at any other 'period since their laps +=ion to ()Mee, and that the hopes of the conservatives • were for ever annihilated. Is this the case ? Far from it; as we shall proceed to demonstrate. Most of our readers Will recollect that, when . Sir Ro bert P,el resigned ottice in 1835, the majoify against him was 34, and that, on several subsequent divisions, the whig-radical ministry had majorities as large as 70 or 80, and those on 'questions which did trot necessarily. involve the the rata or the cabinet. These majorities were obtai►ied, it should he borne in mind, in a parlia ment returned when the conservatives were in office. What is the position of the ministry at present ? They have been three years in power—have realised all those benefits Which the most unscrupulous exercise of pa tronage could command—have had all the court influ ence in their favour for the last nine months—have had the advantage of a dissolution of Parliament under these auspicious circumstances—and have enjoyed the well known benefit of securing the return of a majority in favour of their own principles. And what is the actual position of the ministers, as shown by the recent divi sion ? On a question which was of the most vital cha racter—which literally involved the fate of the cabinet — and in a house composed of six hundred and eight mem bers, including the tellers and the speaker, they have obtained a majority of twenty-nine! This must he ta ken as a satisfactory test of the actual strength of par ' ties in the house, inasmuch as the principles of the ab sentees on both sides are, fortunately, well ascertained. The liberal and radical absentees were— ' Mr. Bainbridge, Mr. Bannerman, Sir M. L. Chapman, Lord Albert Conyngham, Colonel Edwardes, Mr. Erle, Mr: J. Fielden, Mr. Grote, Mr. Hector, • Sir Robert Heron, Mr. Jervis, General Johnson, •Mr. Leader • , Mr. T. Martin, W. Sir Molesworth, Mr: A. H. Moreton, Mr. Phillpotts, Mr. Potter, Mr. Pryse, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Colonel White, Mr. Wilkins. Twenty-two, and with the Speaker 23 Add the liberals in the House, (tellers included) 318 Total of Whigs and Radicals 341 The Conservative absentees were— Mr. Archdall, Mr. J. Bailey, Sir E. Barnes, Mr. Blakemore, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Cartwright, Lord Clive, Mr. E. J. Cooper, Mr. Cresswell, Mr. Dngdale, • Mr. Lane Fox, Mr. W. 0. Gore. Sir G. Heathcote, Mr. Ingham, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Ker, V Lord Lowther, H. Lowther, Sir J. Owen, Sir F. Pollock, Sir W. Rae, Lord Ramsey, Lord Stormont, Sir G. Tyrrell, Mr. G. H.. Vernon, Mr. Wall, Sir Eardley Wilmot, - Rutland vacant, but to be filled by a conservative. Conservatives absent Ditto voted, (tellers included,) 289--317 Whig-Radical majority These numberssepresent the relative strength of par- ties on the night of the division. Since Pen the con. servatives have gained two votes by the substitution o Mr. Emerson 'Velment and Mr, Dunbar for Lord Belfas and Mr. Gibson, as members for Belfast; and, on the other hand, they have lost one vote by the substitution of Mr. Maurice O'Connell for Mr. Bateman, as member for Tralee. These changes will reduce the above ma jority to twenty-two. But we must not stop here. On all questions which affect the interests of the Church, as well as upon other questions of vital importance, there are several members who would undoubtedly vote against ministers, but who have, on the recent occasion, voted for them. Among these we may confidently enumerate the following : Lord' J. G. Lennox, Lord Arthur Lennox, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Walter Long, Sir Charles Grey, Mr. Goring, Mr. Gilbert Heathcote, Sir Robert Ferguson. Here are eight Whigs who will not vote for any TM a sure for despoiling the church of its revenues—in short. for any measure which obtains the sanction of O'Connell and his tail. If we deduct these from the liberal majority of twenty-two, and count their votes with the Conserva tive minority, we shall find that the real majority of nil nisters, on those questions to which they are irrevocably pledged by the Litchfield House compact, is only Six ! or, if we deduct the Speaker, only FIVE In other words, on the resolution, which the Whigs carried against Sir Robert Peel, for the alienation of a fancied surplus of the revenues belonging to the Irish Church—which rest). lution threw the Conservatives out of office —we should find the following division, supposing the whole House to be counted out : Whig-radicals 331 326 Conservatives Majority After these statements, we venture to ask why Dirt radical contemporaries indulge in such immoderate ex ultation while contemplating the result of the late divi sion ? To whom is it the most mortifying—to the ministers, or to the opposition ? Before we quit this subject, we solicit the attention of our readers to the following reflections, which occur to us in reviewing the nature and examining the conse quences of the recent struggle:— 1. That the ministers could not have secured the ma jority which they obtained without a compromise of principle on the part .of the radicals. The latter have been loud in their denunciations of the former. They have ridiculed their general policy, described their mea sures as tyrannical and oppressive, and declared them to., he unworthy of public confidence. And yet they have voted for them in their extremity ! This inconsistent conduct has condemned the radicals in the estimation of the British public. Some degree of credit was formerly given to them for sturdy honesty of purpose, and consci entious adherence to their principles. They are nog' fully convicted of the meanest dishonesty and hypocrisy, the most truckling and slavish subserviency, and the most cowardly desertion of avowed principles. As a party, they have rendered themselves insignificant, des picable, infamous. Ovec the abject humiliation of this 'noisy and turbulent faction every true Protestautevery sincere patriot must unfeignedly rejoice. 2. That the conduct of the conservatives in the late Contest was unstained by the slightest dishonour. They might have left the ministry in a minority if they had been so unscrupulous as to compromise their principles for the sake of obtaining a party triumph—if they had been as reckless as the present cabinet and their sop porters when they supplanted Sir Robert Peel. The conservatives, to use the language of the radical SipeOa- " had taken especial care to place themselves in a minority, though one sufficiently numerons to demonstrate their strength." They were taunted by tl►e ministerial speakers with their " allince with the radicals." What did the event show ? Did it not prove that the conser vatives spurned the alliance so effectually that not a single radical voted with the opposition? . Was this the case with the ministers ? No ! They cordially em braced the radicals, and by their snpport they were en abled to secure the tenure of their offices for a short period longer. It is now evident that any coalition be tween the.conservatives and the radicals is an impossibi lity. The Principles of the former are as diametriCally opposed to those 'of the latter as the antipodes. .. 3. That the present ministers will find it impossible, with their present support in the House of Commons, to carry any of those measures to which they stand pledged with O'Connell and his tail, as well as with the English dissenters. They cannot carry into effect any proposi tion affecting the interests of the Irish church, which in volves the principle of alienation of church property. They cannot possibly expect to conciliate the dissenters, inasmuch as, independently of the adverse majority in the House of Lords, the carrying of any measure for the abolition of church-rates is perfectly hopeless even in the present House of Commons. We may, therefore.,.con gratulate the friends of the Established Church upon the safety of our national religion from the attacks of its enemies. 4. That the splendid display of consummate statesman ship—high moral principle—and brilliant eloquence, manifested on the conservative side of the House of Commons, has contributed to elevate the character of the opposition, and to increase the confidence of the country in their ability and integrity. On no occasion within our recollection have we recognised such a humiliating contrast as that which has been afforded by the present ministers as compared with their opponents. The latter have fully sustained 'their reputation for talent and elo quence of the highest order, combined with straight for ward honesty of pUrpose—the former have more than realised the disparaging opinion which the people of En gland have been led to form of their contemptible-iibili ties and political tergiversation. GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY.—In the Standard of Friday 'we made the following remarks in reference to the re primand of O'Connell :—" We sincerely congratulate the people of England and Scotland upon the triumph ant manner in which the infamous charge of that foul mouthed slanderer, O'Connell, against the representa tives of both countries, has been met and answered by the British Parliament. We rejoice to find that there is still chivalry enough left in the House of Commons to assert its own independence, and to vindicate its insulted honour." Upon these remarks the Mercury of Friday last has the following criticism:— - " Every body who has been present in one of the criminal courts must have heard prisoners, who have afterwards been convicted on the clearest evidence, plead " Not Guilty" in as loud and confident a tone as if they were the most innocent and ill-used persons in the world. The " British Parliament" has done nothing more. The reason why the prisoner who has " met and answered" the charge against him, by pleading Not Guilty, is nevertheless adjudged gu►lty, is because he has been tried before a third party, sworn to du justice, and decide ac cording to the evidence. The House of Commons has tried itself, and returned a verdict of acquittal in its Ow" favour, and this is ghatthe Standard calls asserting its own independence !' and "vindicating its own honour!' " With that singular obliquity of intellect by which the editor of the Mercury is unfortunately characterised, he has here mistaken O'Connell for the accuser, and the House of Commons for the accused, which every one besides Our contemporary must perceive to be contrary to fact. The culprit who had to make his -appearance before the house was the slanderer O'Connell. The of fence of which this culprit was guilty was, a false and malicious libel upon certain members of the house. The judges were also the members of the house, who alone could take cognisance of the offence. The' punish ment awarded was a reprimand: In the face of these well-known facts the Mercury has the hardihood to say that O'Connell was the arraigner, and that the House of . Commons stood upon its trial 1 If that had been the cage, how could it possibly happen that O'Connell was found guilty—sentenced—and punished'? As our contemporary is possessed of more than an or dinary share of dullness, we shall endeavour to make the matter still more intelligible. Let us suppose a Member of our Common Coencil— Mr. Walmsley, for instance —to be treated with 'some degree of indignii v by his fellow-councillors. Let us imagine that he is blackballed at a ballot for magistrates. We can easily conceive that a man of Joshua's Farm and irascible temperament—especially one occupying such a proud position among the Clayton square coster mongers, would feel highly incensed at such a slight. Impelled by strong feelings of indignation, it is not at all unlikely that' he might be betrayed into the use of very intemperate and unseemly language. His wounded pride and disappointed ambition might possibly lead him to abuse his fellow-councillors. He might call them "a pack of knaves, liars, and 'hypocrites." We do not by any means wish it to be inferred that our friend Joshua ever did apply these delectable epithets to his reforming brethren in the council. All we mean to say that he might be guilty of resorting to such a mode of revenging himself upon that obnoxious body, which we, for the sake of illustration, imagine to be capable of black- balling the man of many titles. In the next place let us suppose that some honourable member of the council— Alderman Evans, for instance—conceiving that the op. probrious terms " knaves, liars, and hypocrites" amount ed to a gross libel on the character of the council, called upon our friend Joshua for his distinct avowal or retrac tation of those terms. Then let us suppose that Joshua got up, in a state of considerable excitement, and re iterated-the charge of " knavery, lying, and hypocrisy," accompanying the renewal of the charge with much vio lence of action. In such a case would not our friend Joshua be amenable to the council for this scandalous language ? Would not Alderman Evans, in such cir cumstances, feel called upon to 'give notice of a motion for calling the slanderer to account ? Would not the council take cognisance of the matter ? We confidently answer, yes! And, to make , the parallel more perfect, it is not improbable that a motion might be made " that Joshua Walmsley stand up in his place" to be repri manded by the Mayor, who, assuming that dignified de portment which so eminently characterises him, would proceed to address our offending friend in some such terms as the following Joshua Walmsley, you have, in an intemperate moment; been unfortunately betrayed into the expression of language against the members of the Common Coun cil, which the Commotr Council has • deelared to be false and scandalous, and you having admitted the truth of the report which imputed to , you such language, and having openly avowed it in your place at the council-board, the council has decided that you have been guilty of malici ously aspersing its character, and it has ordered that you be reprimanded by the chair. The charge of knavery, lying, and hypocrisy, which you have made against the honourable menthe's of the Common Council, is of the gravest possible nature, and you have laid yourself open to the censure of the council. You have alleged that your wish was to be elevated to the dignity of magis trate : if that was your desire, vou did not take the pro per mode of proceeding. You have alleged that other people in the town of Liverporil have applied the same language to the luinourable members of the Common Council: that was no excuse. As - a member of time Common Council you ought to haYe . considered its dig nity, and not disparage the honour of its members by charging them with knavery, lying, and hypocrisy. No one knew better than yon the power of the . Common Council to punish for such offence; and it is its bounden duty to vindicate its own honour and character. It only remains for me now, in obedience to the resolutions of the Common Council, to reprimand you in your place, which I do accordingly." There is only one thing more necessary. We are next to imagine that Mr. Joshua Walmsley (like a refractory urchin at school who refuses to let down his will not be reprimanded, and that 'lie proceeds to assert the proptiety of avplving the epithets " knaves, liars, \ and hypoCrites" to the Common Conned—thus rendering himself an alter idem of O'Connell. Is the Mercury satisfied that we have illustrated the position of O'Connell as• the real culprit ? Does the THE I,IVP.R.POOL StASlnAlqn - editor admit the propriety of asking whether O'Connell was guilty or .not guilty, instead of proposing that ques tion in reference to the insulted and libelled members of the flooe of Comoiong... En conclusion, we charge the Mercury of uttering a falsehood in the paragraph to which we have referred. We ask the public, " Guilty or not guilty ?" COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCI AND MONEY MARKET. (('rom the Sailday Times.) CITY, SATURDAY.—The advices 'received from the United States to the !Sill ultimo, are rather unfavourable in a mercan tile point of view. Money hal become so scarce in America, that but little demand .prevailed for British manufactured or other goods. The Exchan , „te on England had fallen its low as 51 per cent. premium, hut the value of gold had also decreased. The monetary difficulties which appear to prevail in America, - - and the expectation that the banks there will not resume specie payments for a long time to come, have lessened materially the demand for goods for export across the Atlantic. The packets are now, however, exporting valuable freights of the precious metals, to make up the deficiency in the shipments of goods. - For the home trade there is a - considerable degree of fleshless doing. The accounts from the manufacturing districts are uni formly or a more favourable character than thay have been of late, and among the wholesale 'establishments in the City, there are not now any complaints 0, a want of traue. The favour able change which has taken place iu the weather, has increased very materially the operations in all the fancy branches of manufacturk , rs and trade. The Grain markets show much, firmness, and prices of the finer samples of wheat have improved this week. The accounts receised from the United States, markets are not favourable for the shipment of foreign grain from hence, though it appears by by our recent advices, that rather higher rates were obtain• able at New York, and the sales iu one week were 35,000 bushels. The high prices recently paid for the funded debt are sustained although the commercial difficulties of the United States and the prospect of specie shipments damped the market on Thus day. Consols for the account sold at 921, the lowest of the week, and at 931.; The operations ofyesterday were supported at from to per Cent liiwer. Money Stock has improved from 921 to 93f t within the last three days. The only transactions in the Three and per Cent (new)'Stock have been at rives between 1001 awl 1001. Exchequer Bills have fallen from 64 to 61 prem., but India Bonds keep firm at 62 64 prem. .Some life has been exhibited in the Market fur Spanish and Portuguese bonds this week, but without the receipt of any good news from the: Continent. In fact, as far as Portugal is con cerned, political difficulties seem to increase. Spanish. stock has advanced from 191 to 204; Portuguese from 281- to 30, and the Three per Cents. froM 181 to 191. French stock has fallen a trifle—the Five per Cents having been sold at 109, and the Three per Cents at 80. Exchange 2.5 f. 50c. Dutch stocks are in demand, though the debt of Holland is to have a further I addition of about 30,000,000 of florins. The Two and a-Half per Cents have risen to 531, and the Five per Cents from 103 to 1031. The prices of the other European bonds are very firm. Columbian stock has been sold at a rise to 30. Mexican to 30, and Peruvian to 21. The market fur railway shares exhibits marks of weaknes. It is not, indeed, remarkable, after tne great rise which has taken place in these projects, many of which will probably never be carried into execution, that the owners should feel de sirous of "slipping" their shares and realizing profit. The price of the London and Birmingham railway shares have im proved from 169 to 173. or 83 prem.; the Brighton Shares have fallen from 12% to 111, or Fin; the Great Western from 94 to 91% or 26% prem.; the Birmingham and Derby from '24 to 18, or 2 dis.; the Manchester and Leeds from 4(1 to 391, or 162 prem. • the North Midland from 44 to 4017, or 51 prem. ; the Birmingham and Gloucester from 13 to 12t, or 32 dis.; the Croydon from 20 to IS, or 2 dis. ; the Blackwall from 6 to 610r,31- prem.; The Greenwich shares have been very flat at. about 172, or 'P i ths. ; Bristol and Exeter shares have reached 10 or par. In the smaller schemes, technically called little goes, the prices have been dull, and the operations so small as not to render especial notice requisite, The price of the Lon don and Westminster bank shares have reached 221 or 21 prem.; the London Joint Stock Bank to 7. or par; and the Colonial. Bank Shares to 26. or 1 prem. HALF PAST TWE.LVE O'CLOCK.—The bank returns published last night show that the stock of bullion is still rapidly increas htg, and that the directors aro extending the issue of their notes.Asi compared rotnzls.2sw6,i:)hootthoezriestirouosotof:;he previous mouth, the followi ng , results are e xhibited. Thecircithitl,a,tlieolt)ioshi;tiss frombeen augmented £11,266,000 to £11,53500; , the securities held by the bank trout £22,569,000 to £22,792,000; and the stock of bulli o n fro m £9,543,000 to X 10.015,000. The balance or undivided profits has been increased from 2,G40,000, to £2,672,000. The return will relieve, in some degree, the app rehension of any speedy drain of the precious metals from the country. The price of consuls has slightly advanced this morning owing to transfer s s f a e t r i satisfactory t v o a ry: u n e a i t s u 9 7 3% of the above returns. For im mediate Exchequer bills have been steads ti al ' Bonds at 64 premium. The new Three and a-Half per Cents are worth 1001_ 6 ; 3 lrid pr i e 'o ni r i t t !n ni le ,, , a 9 u 3 d l i t n oj a . In the Foreign Market not much alteration has occurred. Spanish consuls have been done at 19%, and Portuguese Five per Cents at 291. Brazil Bonds ate at 751, and Dutch 'lwo and a-Half per Cents at 533. In Shares there is but little doing. CONTROVERSIAL LECTURES ON POPERY. To Mr. Egerton Smith, Editor of the Liverpool Mercury. Sin,—ln your paper of Friday last, you gave notice of the intention of the 11ev. Mr. Parker, cue of the Popish priests of 'St. Patrick's Chapel, to deliver a course of lectures explanatory of the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. You say "that there are thousands of Protestants who know nothing whatever of Catholicism, but what they have heard from its enemies," and "as a matter of common fairness, all men, it' they . be Roman Catholic - s, ought to be heard before they be con demned." In reply to thi,, we say to the Church of Rome, - "Out of thy own mouth we condcmn thee." We read the doctrines of the Church of Rome, not as they 'are set forth by sonic wily 'priests, who "lie in wait to deceive, but as they are set forth in the Councils of Trent and Lateran; we compare them with the unerring' word of the living God; we give them a fair ex amination ; and we are bound, as honest men, to condemn them as erroneous and anti-christian. You then give a biog. quota tiou from the lecture delivered by this priest On Wednesday last, which you recotnniend lo the especial notice of the Rev. 11. M`Neile, and all zealots of his class. Now, sir, I profess to be one of the class alluded to; I have, therefore, by you' re commendation, taken " especial notice" of this very charitable extract, and were I not Well acquainted with the base hypocrisy of 'loutish ecclesiastics—did I n o t know that one mark of the apostacy . given by St. 'Paid is, "Speaking lies in hupocrisy," should have been perfectly astonished at the unblushing auda city of this reverend lecturer. You inform us that he a ddressed' his audience thus—" It is charged against us that we condemn to eternal perdition, without exception, every one who differs fromus in religion. I should indeed blush fur myself and for you, my dear friends, if I could fancy that such an uncharitable and unchristianlike impression could find a place in your minds " "No; we believe anti trust that many may and will be saved out of every creed, whether Catholic, Protestant, Quaker, Me thodist, &c., who is so from education and through conviction of its truth." Now this is very soft and winning, and well cal culated to deceive the unwary. Let me,' however, endeavour to expose the cloven foot of this professed champion of pure and universal charity. '['his lecturer is a priest of the Chffrch of Rome, and, therefore, has taken the following oath, for he could nut have been beneficed without it : " I acknowledge the Holy Catholic, Apostolic, Roman Church for the Mother and Mistress of all Churches; and I promise true obedience to the Bishop of Rome, successor to St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles and Vicar of Jesus Christ. I like wise undoubtedly receive and profess all other things delivered, defined, and declared by the Sacred Canons and General Coun cils, and particularly by the Holy Council qf Trent. Aud I con demn, reject,. and anathematize all things contrary thereto, and all heresies which the Church has condemned, rejected, and anathematized." Observe, this oath binds the priest to condemn, reject, and anathematize all things that are condemned, rejected, and anathematized by the Council of Trent. Now bear the Coun cil of '['rent. " If any one shall say that men are justified by the only im putation of the righteousness of Christ, or by the only remission of sin, let him he accursed." 1 do not,know much about the doctrines of the Quakers, but. I believe, that the Methodists, in common with the Church of England, hold, that men are justified by faith only. A man who says so, says the Council of Trent, "I..et him be accursed." 1 d o curse all that the Council of Trent curses," says the Popish lecturer, according to the oath which he has taken. Again, the Council of Trent says, " If any one say, that justifying faith is nothing else than a trust in the divine mercy, remitting our sins for the sake of Christ, or that faith is the only thing by which we are justified, let him be accursed." All sound Protestants say, that. faith is the only thing by which we are justified; the Council of Trent says, ‘• If any one shall say so let him be accursed." Mr. Parker has sworn to anathematize all that the Church of Rome anathematizes; and yet tie goes in the pulpit in St. Patrick's Chapel, and tells his audience, that he " believes, and trusts many will be saved out of every crew!, and that he should indeed blit.4 for himself, and for his audience, if he could fancy, that such an unchari table, and unchristian-like impression could find a place in their minds." Oh! the hypocrite ! blush indeed ; he is irica petite of blushing, or such base hypocrisy could never have been uttered by hint. Again, the. Council of Trent goes on to anathematize all who do not hold the absurd and monstrous doctrines of transub stantiation, the sacrifice of the mass, the seven sacraments, &c. Now all. Protestants deny these doctrines ' and denounce them as " blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits." The lecturer has sworn to Trent, Trent anathematizes all Protestants and yet, amiable man ! pious liberal creature ! he tells Protestants that he " believes that many out of every creed will be saved." Now, sir, I will just place your " eloquent preacher, and excellent minister" upon the horns of a dilemma. If he was sincere when he took the oath, he was uttering what he be lieved to be a falsehood when he delivered the lecture; but if he was sincere when he delivered the lecture, be was insincere when he took the oath. So let it be which way it will, he gives evident proof that he is a true son of the apostacy, cote of whose ch aracter i st i cs i s , " Speaking lies in hypocrisy." How this lecturer can reconcile his conscience in this matter, I can not see, unless it be by the well known axiom of Lovolu and nisrollowe rs , that " the end justifies the means." Again, the Church of Rome teaches even the children of her communion the seine charitable doctrine, that all heretics must be damned. Take the following from Butler's Catechism, which is in con stant use in the Popish schools of Ireland. Q.—" How do you call the true church ? A.—The Holy Catholic Church. Q.—ls there any other true church besides the Holy Catholic Church? A.—No. Q.—Are all obliged to be of the true church ? A. — Yes. No one can be saved out of it." How dues this agree with the charitable lecturer? And now, sir, having, I trust, torn off the mask from this liberal Rornish priest, allow the to direct the attention of your self and him to a single passage of God's Holy Word : read it, ponder over it, and may God cause it to strike home upon your heart, and upon the heart of this poor unhappy.priest !—" Be hold, I ant against them that prophecy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err hi, their lies." Yours, &c., CAN DOU R. March 12th, 1838. CtirmicAL NutsatScE.—Two indictments against proprietors of chemical works, at the north end of Liverpool, for nuisances, will be tried next week, at Lancaster, before special juries. The indiettneats brought have been laid by the Corroratioa, and nearly one hundred witnesses will be in attendance to g i v e ev i• d,nce in support a the allegations which they contain. The witnesses for the. defence will be ninnerous among tt.em will be several from Scotland and other places where cheitacal wanks exist. The trials will excite great atteatrint, from the property which may be affected by the decision of the juries. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. IMPORTANT INFORMATION UNDER THE BUILDING ACT.— On Saturday, at the Police-office, Mr.Timiithy Ryan appeared at the bar, to answer a❑ intorination laiij against him by the surveyor of buildings, fOr an infringement or the building act. Mr. Bret herton, Solicitor, appeared on behal of Mr Ryan. it appeared front the stalertlent.orone orthe surveyors. that Mr Ryan had commenced building a house in Berkeley Street, what was called a third rate house, ag•ainst a house that had been built by him 6 mouths ago, - . before the building act came into operation. 'l,lle wall of the house built was 9 inches or a brick thick; and the building act required a party wall to be 14 inches, or a • brick, and a half in thickness, bi.tween the two houses. Mr. Brctheiton said that gr. Ryan built a house iiefote the ,act of sth and 6th of Wm. I tr, and the only ques tion was, whether. the party wall now erecting by Mr. Ryan, was done so in accordance with the, act. There appeared to be ..... , . three det , crilitions of walls set out by the act, the external wall, the party wall, and the separate side wall. Mr, Hall said they need not trouble them3elves with, external walls in the present case. Mr. Bretherton :. Ni; and as to its. being a party wall, the acceptation of the term is sufficient to remove. it.from that; it belongs to one individual, and is built on his own land. I contend we don't come under any one of the three.descriPtions of the wails. We du not come _under the 7th section 'of the under which they attempted to put us. Mr Hall: A party wall is a division wall; when you talk of a party wall it. means division Mr. Bretherton : But the act specially signifieS it in that sense, a party wall between two parties, and two distinct propetties. Mr.. Hall said the olik,ct of the act was to give strength to buildings. It made very little difference whether A built two buildings for one, or two buildings for two different persons. Mr. Bretherton said if Mr. Hall referred to the 12th section of the same act, which said, "in order to prevent eva sion on the subject of party walls, it any peison shall erect a building, or cause to be erected between any bbilding two walls which together may be of the substance of the walls required by this act, and afterwards take down one" he shall be liable to penalties. Now the wall they - proposed to build to the other wall already erected, would makd the party wall conjointly of the thickness of the wall required.... They proposed adding a half brick to make the wall of the thiekness required in shedule A. This he contended would be within the meaning of the 12th section. When they built a wall which should make the party wall of the requisite thickness, it -was rather hard to re qui re that they should build a separate wall -of ,the required thickness. The question was whether they should be allowed, by erecting another wall to the house already built, to make a party wall of the required thickness. The act involved a pe nalty for not doing so, and seemed to recognde the possibility of a case were two walls might be eiected, neither of which might be of.the requisite thicknes, hut whiy.hei'onjointly, might be so. The surveyors said it was alwa y s an undecided point, and they wished to raise the que,tion. Oue of the surveyors contended that the adding of a half brick in thickness to the party wall would not at all increase its strength. Mr. Hall said he would• look at and consider the entire act, and give his opi nion on Monday at 1 o'clock. Yesterday, at two o'clock, Mr. Hall proceeded to give his opinion on the above case. Addressing Mr. Brethertun, the defendant's solicitor, who was present with his client, as well as the surveyors, he said—" I believe this is the first time a case of this kind has ever been brought before me; - and, as I understood it was a matter of importance to the town, thought it better to peruse at my leisure the art of parliament, to see if there were any expressions in any of the sections, which would aid the version you put on it. • %rim certainly took your ground on the my section which could sustain it. There is no other than the 12th section which can help you. But. I have read very attentively that clause, as wed. as other parts of the act, and it is perfeCtly deaf, that this statute passed in the year 1835, was passel for preventing the erection of defective bhild ings. The act begins by telatiug that the former act, the 6th of Geo. IV., was found inadequate for preventing the erection of defective buildings in the town ; and, in consequence of the inadequacy of the act of parliament this was passed, with a view to make some amendment; stilt the two were to be deemed one, and be construed together. And then came the second section, which is very expressive, that all party walls shall be built and created according toOlie schedule A. On looking at schedule A, it appears that a pasty wall in this case, ought to be a brick and a half of thickness. I presume this is a house falling under the description. (The surveyor said it was ; it was a third-rate house.) Then that would be from the floor last mentioned, that is a floor being the ground door, to the un der side of .the ceiling of the top story, it is to be one and a half bricks t hick. The next question is, is there any other clause to defeat or modify that clause? (gr. Bretherton.— The seventh clause.) The seventh clause is applicable merely to the case of two individuals who happen to hakie the land on which the-party wall is to he erected; between them. It. is not applicable to an individual who is owner of the land ou which-the party wall is to be built; but it only provides for the case where two individuals must agree before a party wall can stand on such bit of land: and then if they can agree, they are to snake that party wall; if they cannot agree, the act of parliament feeling that there will be a great deal of difficulty in- snaking an arrangement between them, desires that each seal! erect a separate wall of a brick thick, and then the wall will be two bricks thick. But theme is a proviso which shows the intention of the legislature; it says. `'['hat even if two parties disagree, that each build a separate side wall of the ex tent mentioned, namely, one brick, the saute shall in no case be considered, or made, to form a part of a party wall of an erection of any building afterwards; but every subsequent building Shall have a party wall of the thickness required by this act.' rhat is to say, if you and I build a house together and cannot agree, we must each build a wall of a brick thick; but You cannot afterwards put up to that wall erected a party wall of a half .brick thick; but you must put up against it a wall of a brick in thickness, making two bricks thick. Now, if the act means to say this, which it does undoubtedly, that two people shall never make a party wall, by running up half a brick to make up the thickness, why should they permitone to do it ? That goes to show clearly, that they Meant to say, in no instance shall a party wall be built of two distinct walls, ex cept where two people cannot agree ; and even in such a case as that, we will never permit a subsequent builder to add half a brick and say, 'We have now gut a part) wall of the requisite thickness of a brick and a half, under schedule A.' As I before Observed, I gathered, that two individuals never should do what one individual is contending what he has a right to db. But still 'you say, lam entitled; under the 12th section, that, in order to prevent evasion, if any person shall erect and build two walls, which, together, may be of the thickness or substance of such patty wall Tequired by this act,.aioi shell afterwards take down one of the said walls, every person so nifending' shall for feit and pay a certain sum not exceeding £loo fur each wall so improperly constructed.' The object of that is this, a man might escape the diligence of the surveyors, and, instead of building one consolidated wall of a brick and a half thick, he might have run up two walls amounting to a brick and a half, and that might not be discovered till he had taken one down. But immediately that is discovered, the act of parliament says, in a ddition to any other, proceedings you might resort to, fur his trickery and rashness in taking this wall down, and increas ing the dang,e: of fire, and weakening the strength of the build ing, he shall incur a penalty of LIM and it goes on to say, for each wall improperly constructed." Therefore, declaring that, as he had put up two walls, which only two men are allow ed. to do, who cannot aeree, these walls shall be deemed as im properly constructed. You cannot get rid of those words, as improperly constructed:;' it is a condemnation.And-nuf 'only that, it goes on to say. _you shall rebuild such walls.' How ? according to the provisions of this het.' Now, the act of pas lie went where there is only one owner of two adjoining houses, makes no provision at all fur two walls, and, therefore, it. can Only mean this, that he is to set to worlk and farm one cousoli dated wall agreeably. to the directions in section 2 of the act, which refers to schedule A. If you look to the latter end of these words, you will see, that you cannot,:by any possibility, construe these words to any wall properly constructed in any other way. You must arrive at this conclusion, that the law, from these words, condemns the building of these walls singly as improperly done. And 1 tell you what gave rise to that -section; It was a very common thing with builders to run up a wall with the intention to deceive surveyors. Ido not mean that there is any deception in your case. The surveyor would come and look at it, and seeing that it was the requisite thick ness, no•soonei would the surveyor have tuined his back, than down one wall came, leaving but one wall of one brick thick standing. I know there were- sad complaints hefore this act iassed of that trick being played over and over again, and I have not the least doubt this section was put in to mem a case • of that kind. The meaning may be assumed from this, if the surveyor finds out that one man who happens to be the owner of two adjoining buildings has erected a wall, net consistent with the directions in schedule A, at any time within the three months, he may come before a magistrate and complain of it ; and he may proceed against tha party under section 23. But if besides their finding out this it should appear that the math after having run up two walls in evasion of the act instead of one consolidated wall, has pulled one down, and thereby endan gered the stability, and rendered the danger of fire much greater, as a further punishment of hint for such evasion, if he has been guilty of it he shall pay £lOO penalty. But this £lllO penalty • is superadded to proceedings you. are entitled to adopt under the 23rd section, namely, to pull It down and make him enter into a recognizance of £lOO to alter and amend what he has done con-, tut' yto the act. And if you look at the act you will find that it is perfectly, correct what I say, that there is no provision whatever for the erection of two walls where one man is the owner of the building. Therefore, these provisions can only be complied with by uniting this into one solid wall, and of the thickness of a brick and a half. Therefore, I have not the least doubt that this is an evasion of the act, and that the party is bound under the nl section, to enter into a recognizance in the suns of ,£lOO to alter this immediately, in tot It time as the magistrates shall deem fit and proper. 1 must say that the case hasbeen very fairly brought here. There was some doubt about it even in the mind of the surveyor. Both parties have acted very fairly ; and the point was very fairly argued by Mr. Bre therton, who had done all he could for his client ; because if that 12th section failed him he had no other point." Mr. Bre thertou said they would take Mr. Hall's construction of the act; bethought it was correct. •One of the surveyors said it was rather a hard case On Mr. Ityatt. The case was only brought fot:waird to try the question, and the defeddant's in fringement of the act would he easily altered, and was an in fringement for the purpose of rais-ng the question. Mr. Hail did not inflict the penalty, the defendant undertaking that the party wall should be erected according to his readiug of the act. ATTEM PTED BURG', A RY.—Yesterdiy, at the Police-office, four reputed thieves, named Gollagher, Jones, Johnson,• and Newman, were placed at the bar, charged with having attempt ed to rob the house of Mr. Flockart, 20, Cable-street. —A police man stated that he met Johnson and Newman very early that morning in the streets, and Johnson was without shoes; as they could not give a good account of themselves, and 'were repUted thieves, he took them into custody.—Policeman 65 stated, that he had information of a robbery that had been committed, and he met Jones at an early hour that morning carrying a pair of boots, of the possession of which he could give no account, further than that they were his brother's. The other prisoner, Gollagher, whom he had seen loitering about and conversing with the prisoner, he also took into custody on suspicion of be ing connected with him..-:-Mrs. Flockhart, of 21, Cable-Street, deposed that her husband was employed at the Adelphi, and be came home late, and she got up at ball-past one to let hint in. On looking down by the side of the kitchen window she saw a pair of shoes, and at the same time heard a Oral scrambling over the yard door. Iler husband came in, and she rah up stairs to the bed-room window to give the alarm; when she came doWn again the yard door was unbolted and the shoes were gone. The shoes now produced were, the shoes which she saw. A crow-bar was found in the yard.—Constable Lloyd said that a great deal of violence had beets used to enter the pre mises; a heavy iron grate had been thrown down. The shoes were tried on the prisoner Johnson, who hart been taken into custody without shoes, and *ere found to fit him exactly.— Gollagher said he was a tailor, and had only con e over loan Ireland eight days ago. Jones, in whose possession the shoes were found, said he had picked them up, and they were his brother S. Johnson said he knew nothing whatever about the boots; they were not his.. Newman said he . had met the other prisoners in the ateet, and was talking to one of them *hen they were both taken into custody. Constable Barton said he had frequently seen the whole of the prisoners together wit Pin the last month, and that the Wet e all bad charecters. Gollagher frequented the races Mr. hall said that eernpleted the evidence against them. Mr. Parkinson said they were all known thieves and had been committed. They were each sent for three months to Kirkdale gaol. As soon as they were committed? Johnson applied for the shiies.- SKINNING A SA LO it.—Yestird'av,. at the Folice-efflce, ark Ainerivan sailor laii,nained Joied Murray, appeared to Kele; a Complaint against three women, Fanny Conoitv, Mary O'Biien; and Ann: Campbell, for having robed him. The complainant, Who apiii , ared in not very sal - lot-like gear-•-a new blue coat and bright hnitoos„ and Whi-.4 Horan the poiiceman h..rf lent him; Stated tint he net the women tne night before in Whitechapel; ant was persuaded to - accompany them hutch. When he went in be had some ISt. and odd pence in his. pocket. After a short, time he fell asleep; when he found that they hail robbed Lim of the whole of his money, and had toiinned hiµ>< besides Mr. Skinned , you Complainant.—" Yes, of anew blue frock coat -cost me three guineas." A pawn-ticket t;ir the' coat was afterwards given to him: Mr. Hall Said the pawn broker ought to have been theic, and remanded the - case till this morning, for 'his at lc adance. , , • A linum OF it 111 , 1411 A N Crl—YeSterdny., at t he Police-office, at joiner named Newt)), with a ro,bi‘ldin' g expression of coon :tenance, was placed before the magistrates, charged by his wife, a uretty amid artless young woman, with' haying beaten her and turned her out of doors, and threatened her life. The com plainant stated that she had . 6een living with tier sister at Man chester, apart from herhusband, WilayiaS working in Cheshire, - when he wrote for her to come to Mai, which she did, and now he beat her shamefully, and said-fle hated her and would not support her. His condect towards. her was such that she was' afraid of her life if she lived With him: He then told he) she should go ba sk to her sister, who was supporting her, and gave her ss. 6a. 'l.6' pay her carriage, on Saturday. On Saturday night he came and demanded the money hick again to drink, and because she would not give it hint he beat and . abused her dreadfully. She had been married to him'. feii or twelve mouths, and had not • livid with" him three mouth 4 before, he left her. The prisoner, in answer to the magistrate, said he earned 245. a week, and worked Itir - tee'and Hogarth, and had not beaten her much. Coinplainant,— He said he would take a voyage round Cape Horn sooner than - live with me again." The prisoner's letter, inviting the complainant to. come from Man chester, was here put in, and was as follows :•-• " Ist FEB Y., 1838. " Sarah,—l received your letter on thursday night as i come over the water as i expected to find you in Liverpool, and i feel surprise that von cant come—and what is the reason that you cant.come ? have you no culoase ? and where is the things that you come in before to Liverpool? and as my things i will look after before the 25th. you told me that the was always at you why you did not come to me before, but i give you only one chanch and only one, and if you do not come this week i will give you longer journey to come then Liverpool, and i will be •d—d if dont pack my traps up on menday morning, and go where you or your letters will not find toe. i dont no what the h—l you panw your things for. you have not sor 6 childern to keep, and if you cant keep yourself come donw to Liverpool and i will keep yen, and if you do come &tow bring all tickets donw. with you; and it not, dont come, send my tickets donw; and if you doalut intend to come let me no as soon as possible, and the tickets inside of the letter, and if you dont come i shad no what to do. So no more at present from ine." Mr. Hall said it was a shame to behave as - be was doing :he ought to support her. If site went !tithe parish for relief a war taut would - be issued against him ithd he would be made to sup port her. The prisoner refused t 6 do any thing of the kind, when Mr. Evans, the parish officer, who was present, put a shilling into the hands of the complainant, and on being sworn,. deposed that the complainant had receivet: parish relief. Mr., Shuttleworth (to complainant):—You have received money front the parish? Complainant—yes sir, one shilling. (a laugh.) Mr. Hall: If you don t support her now, 3. shall commit you. Prisoner—(whose manner was now somewhat altered) : I'm willing enough to support her if she likes. Mr. Hail: How much will you give her? 'Prisoner I will give her nothing; I'm willing to live with hers Mr. Hall: No, no; I shall not compel her to live with you, when you beat her: She is not your property to be beat and kneeked about as you think fit: No man uas a right to raise his hand against a woman. What will you give her a week. Prisoner: Three shillings. Mr. Hall: Poo pen; that is not 6d. a-d..y, you ought to pay her ss. Prisoner: What is to find me in tools? Mr. Hall: Your 19s. Prisoner: When a single tool costs 28. Mr. Hall: That wilt last you many years. Prisoner : But still I'm always wanting something. Mr. Hall: Yes, something to drink. The pri soner still refused to give more, and said he was wilting to live with his wife. Mr. Hall put the question to the you' isomer', if she would live with him ? She replied he terrified her to death, hi , . cursing was so awful. Mr. Hall said, then he would• not compel her to live with him, and unless he would pay ss: a week he should go to Kirkdaie. The prisoner agreed to do this and refund the owe shilling which had beeu advanced his wife, and was discharged. A NOY DEFINITION OF PROFANlTY.—Yesterday, at the police ()Mee, policeman 183, charged a woman who was placed at the her, ' with "haVitig; on Sunday' afternoon, used very ob= scene and profane 'language. "Mr. Hall : What do you call profane language?' : . Policeman: Why, cur, she called me a blackguard; so 1 tuVhut into custody. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Hall: You must take care and not use such profane language again. You are discharged. THE LIVER THEATRE.—Last eveninir, Mr. W. J. Hammond took his benefit at this theatre, as Stan Weller, 'in the ❑ew drama of the Pickw•ickiaus." The house was very full. The piece is well got up, and is admirably performed. • It promises to have a run. Mr. Hammond was perfectly at home in hi 4 character. TKE ROYAL AItIPIBTFIKATRE.—Last evening Mr. Neville took his benefit with the Meio-mama of "Beware of the White' Eagle," and had a very good house. The performances of this theatre are improving. The season of benefits appears to' have arrived, when each individual of the company, who has endeavoured to - please the 'whin:, calls for a friendly retalia tion. Mr. BROWN'S CONCERT.—Our readers will perceive that this gentleman's conceit will be belt this evening. kits programme having been for some tune before the public, they will be fully aware of the nature and extent or the musical treat to be opened for their enjoyment. We are averse to puffing, in all its branches; but we do not consider it any approach to it to say that Mr. brown's concert promiSes to be a high musical treat, from the vocal and instrumental talent which he has engaged, and we know of no professional musician whose talents more sleserve eneouragumeut. We hope he May have an overflowing house. The import of cotton• into Livi•rpool, during the last week, was unpreettentedly large, having amounted to 129,000 bales. Tits Assiigs.—The assizes for the southern division of this county alit commence, ou Thursday, the 222 instant, in this town. The calendar promises, we are sorry to state, to be heavy. • Upwards of fifty primte's are.noW confined in Kirk dale House of Correction awaiting ;heir tlials: several of them are charged with serious offences: PANORANIA.—We regret to find that this splendid panorama is about to close : our friends should lose no time in paying Mr. Laidlaw a visit, as we understand that this is positively the last week it can remain open in Liverpool. - - CHURCH PROPERTY.—A petition aaainst the alienation of church property lies for signature at the Standard, Courier, acid Mail offices, at the Conservative News-roonis, and at the Atle toeuin and Exchange News-rooms. On Saturday last a young woman, respectably attired, and about 17 years of age, was foun d floating on her back in a pit on the \V avettree road. She *was removed to the Lamb Inn, \Vavertree, and the usual means for restoring suspended ani mation were resorted to, under the superintendence of Dr. Rodgers, and, we ate happy to say with complete success. The young gentlemen of Mr. Wilkinson's academy, West Derby, near. this town, were indulged with a holiday, on the 14th ult., on the occasion of their school-fellow, a sou of Captaiti Hartlev, Paymaster, 48th Reg,iinent, having passed his exami nation * for admission at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, with credit to himself and Mr. Wilkinson's establishment. MR. COLLIER'S LECTOR ES.—Mr. Collier, who is favourably known in Liverpool, as a lecturer on the education of the Dcat, Dumb, and Blind,. is again about to give two lectures on the same subject. Since his first visit here, he has been all through the country, attracting excellent auditories, and receiving hand some ecomiums, not only through the press, but also by private testimonial. Mr. Collier's style is high.y pleasing, his delivery clear, and his illustrations ate apt and well framed. NONPAYMENT OF CROUCH RATES.—On Friday, at Kirkdale, about 22 of the parishioners of Sefton appeared before the magistrates, haying been sninmoned by the churchwardens for non-payment of their church-rates. The counsel for the de: fendauts objected to the jurisdiction of the magistrates, on the ground that the rate bad not been legally laid, for want Of a valuation ; that, at the meeting where the rate was imposed, the churchwardens were outvoted by the parishionets ; and that the rate was formatters retrospective. The court considered these objections to be valid, and as removing the cases from their jurisdiction. COURSING AT KARKBY.—On Thursday a numerous company asssembled at Kirkby, and enjoyed themselves during the day with the popular diversion of Coursing. The party were hand- , sinuely accommodated by the Earl of Sefton, whose groonda were liberally thrown open for the sport. The weather w:fs lemarkiibly fine, the hares plentiful, and the running fist rate. At t he eonclusiOn of the coursing about fifty gentlenied sat down to an excellent dinner, provided for them at the Run ning Horses, Kirkby-. Alter the cleth s hati been drawn a num ber of toasts acre given, among whif:h • were the healtbs of the Earls of Sefton and Dei by, Lord Molvneux, &c. The har mony was kept up with mach spirit, the glass went merrily round, and some excellent singing added much to the Festivity of the seem:. ITALIAN LITEII A Ttiltli—Sircivoß ZaNnorri.—On Thursday last Sig. Zaunotti delivered a lecture, in the Lyceum, Bold street. "On the Natural Principles of Teaching 'Latignages," more particularly the Italian. The signor must have been gra tified by the number and respechthility of his auditory, and by the sustained attention—the least equivocal compliment which can be paid to a public lecturer—with which his remarks in -English were received. As far as we could understand, Signor Zandotti's plrincipal object was to point oat the' impropriety of causing pupils to translate the foreign authors into English, , with a view to acquire knowledge of a strange language. In this, we think all who have ,thought fur themselves upon the subject, must agree with him; .45 also that it is more consis t ent a with nature and counnou.sense, that pupils should pursue system the very reverse, namely, that they should translate words and phrases from their own vernacular into that desired to be attained. The superiority of the system recommended by Signor Zandotti, will he proved in this, that those who adopt and steadily follow. it will, with much mor: precision, speak well as write the idiom of a foreign language c o rrectly. Of mere translators —hesitating literal trauslators—as of smat tereis, we have but too. many, and entirely owing to an unna tural mode of tuition having been indolently persisted in by • c o mmon-place or pretended.. professors. The audience seemed particularly struck with the style in which the Italian poetry was recited. The scene,from the fine tragedy of " Saul;" by Alfieri, was most impressively delivered. Professor Zandotti, was, if possible; still more dramatic and successful in 'Haute's exquisite account (in his." Inferou"j of the death of Ugolino. Earl and Countess Gret have arrived in. town, and lord ship was in the House of Commons on Wednesday night to hear the debate. It is intended to celebrate the.. triumphant return of Levi Teignmuuth by a festival on a scale commensurate with the inr portance of the successful and glorious struggle with the long rampant and inSulent democracy of Marylebone. As-the public are naturally interested in the wairting of all new laws. we should - be curious to see- a return -made • of the number of unions which have taken place ender the new mar ri:ige marriage act. The , Earl of Cadogan, we regret to State, is still confined to his roern much indisposed. The young gentleman, concerned in the late eloperoeng front Ranisgrite, returned hrme tuts week, having beenlirietated the Fleet by the Lord Ch,neellor Viulay, like 2.34 ult., with out even a reprimand.—Kentish paper. Amontr the commitments last Week fo the Wilton (Somer set) house of correction was that of Ann Pain, spinster, for stealing a " heart "'on the I , lth ult.., St., Valentine's dab. The Axminster onion covets somewhere about 12U square miies, and the annual sort offered by the guardians fur eleven medical men, dragS, Lord Norreys, when mune' has been omitted in the offeiaA r ist, vote& in the utinuritY on i./ord. Saadou's amenel meat: