The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-23 00:00:00

oilable, or whether his present position is one Which any one versed in the trade, will he inclined to agree to. The real fact is—and any corn-merchant will bear us out in the statement—that the fall in wheat, since the entry of this large quantity of foreign produce, although upon the face of the above table, it appears to be only three to four shillings per quarter, is at the least 30 per cent. Take, for example, the article classed in our corn circulars as ' 6 Stettin wheat," the quality of which is very uniform; and we find that on the 28th of April, the date of the first return in the table, it was worth 9s. 4d. to 9s. 7d. per bushel ; and that in the last week of August its price was reduced to 7s. 6d. to 7s. 9d., or nearly 15s. per quarter. Upon all other wheats, quality taken into consideration, a similar• reduction has taken place. Turn to the prices of town-made and other flour, and the same fact is fully established ; viz., that, as the result of the new corn-law and the recent harvest, we have the great staple of life at a very material reduction to the con sumer. Nor is this apparent discrepancy between the ave rages, upon which our contemporary founds his deduc tions, and the actual market price between the farmer and the producer, at all a phenomenon, as he appears to suppose. The superior quality of the wheats— principally fine English—now coming to market, and the comparative scarcity of the inferior Irish, by which the , average is ordinarily lowered, accounts sufficiently for the circumstance that in September we have the inspectors' return within 3s. or 4s. of the highest price during the eighteen weeks which the table embraces. The same wheat which in April was worth 595., as stated in the table, is not at all worth 61s. l ld. now, as it must be to support the argument of the Times, but is in reality worth at least ten shillings per quarter less; and the farmer is, therefore, by this amount, a sufferer from the effect of Sir Robert Peel's measure. But adopt, for the sake of argument, the position of the Times ; adopt the mare's nest of this advocate of more extensive reform ; say, that foreign importa tion does not reduce prices or diminish the protection of the native grower :—where, we ask, is the benefit to the public from this increased supply ? If we are not to have cheaper bread, as the result of free trade in corn, to whom, save the speculating capitalist, is any advantage to accrue ? If increased supply does not lower markets, what becomes of the whole system of the political economist? Really, the Times draws somewhat largely upon the credulity of the world, if it expects us to gulp down such a farrago of absurdity as is comprised in this very flimsy production of his, in favour of the mad theories of the Anti-Corn-Law philosophers. A. ray of light has just been thrown upon the con duct of the Manchester magistracy during the recent disturbances, by the publication of a letter addressed by Captain A. W. Sleigh, the assistant commissioner of police for that borough, to its head officer, Sir Charles Shaw. The document is a somewhat curious °tie; and will assist the public, and we trust the government as well, in estimating the amazing fitness of the League millocracy for the office of conservators of the public peace. Its lengthy character, however, will preclude us from giving it a place entire in our columns; but we shall endeavour to make room for a summary of its general purport, and a few extracts, The object of Captain Sleigh, in addressing Sir Charles Shaw, may be briefly stated. It was simply to protest against being held responsible, by that officer or by the government, for the performance of duties, in which his efforts were, at every turn, thwarted by the imbecility, or worse, of the magistracy of the town. Captain Sleigh has, we presume, a Character to lose. He has not that " free-and-easy" notion of things, which will enable him to feel com fortable whilst rampant ruffianism is playing its fantastic tricks in the streets of a town whose peace he is sworn to protect. The world is of opinion, and has expressed that opinion, that the recent outbreaks in Manchester ought.never to have been permitted to gain the head whiCh.they,did gain. Captain Sleigh submits to his superior officer, that he, as subordinate to the shallow Doghorries who occupy magisterial authority, will only be responsible for so much of the duties required of him'ashe-is:not obstructed in performing. And that he is fully justified in so doing, we think must be evident from the following statement of a Portiox only of the conduct complained of. " On ; the 13th instant,'? writes Captain Sleigh, " about fi*ei'clock in the afternoon, I received information that concourse of people were assembled at Brown-street, in and around:a chartist meeting-house, and I immediately pro ceeded to that neighbourhood with a body of 100 police ; and finding the report correct, and that the assemblage that crowded the surrounding ground and streets were addressed by a man from the window of the chartist meeting-house, who bade them stand fast, and finding they would not be re moved without force, the pollee immediately dispersed them, and succeeded in arresting 45. The prisoners were accord ingly escorted.by two strong detatchments of police; how the line of march to 'ths,T,,eiwn-ball, when they ar rived* Portland -street, I observed Mr. Walker, magistrate, aPeaking to an inspector of police, who was on duty with the escort detachment ; and on inquiring from that officer the re ason. 'why Mr. Walker addressed him, he answered, that the magistrate had asked what the prisoners were taken for ; the Office r explained the nature of the occurrence; when the m agistrate replied, " What is the use of taking them prison ers, there is no case against them'." Some time after, the same magistrate visited the lock-ups, where the prisoners had been conveyed, accepted bail for two, and suggested that bail should be taken for others ; and fin allY said, that he " would be absent from town and the court-house to-morrow, therefore he would be out of that teas." "On the following morning, this circumstance was re- Ported to me by a superintendent, to whom it had been com municated by the officer on duty at the time at the lock-ups ; and during the day he found, by the official returns, that 43 Prisoners were all set at liberty by the stipendiary magic ‘''ate on their own recognizance* in £2O each to keep the Peace for three months, and the remaining two were bound niter in £4O each, and £2O from two sureties, to keep the Pea ce for the s ame ti me ; one o f w h om was f oremos t i n tnrowing stones at the police, and the other in exciting the tnob.,, We have here, then, verified the startling fact, that whilst the assistant commissioner of police, in strict accordance with the proclamation of the Crown re quiring all meeting s by which the public peace might Ile endangered to he peremptorily put down, was ac tively performing that duty and had already performed It, a member of the magisterial bench was only anxious t° be "out of the mess "—to use his own elegant ex pression ; that subsequently the same magistrate vi sited the lockups (a la Normanby), and accepted bail for two of the prisoners, suggesting that the remainder s hould be bailed; and that on the following day all except two of the remainder, 43 in number, were re leased b y the stipendiary upon their own recognizances O f £2O each! A playing at cross purposes this with a ve ngeance !—and that, too, when the town in which hle game was played was in a condition almost resem g a state of siege, and when its inhabitants owed t he little security they enjoyed to military law ! Take another case : i At half-p as t t en o' c l oc k on th e morn i ng o f t h e 14 t h i ns t. tif 'rtnatio n was brought to the magistrates, and conveyed to that vast numbers of artisans and weavers were assem- It in g on the borders of this borough, beyond the township of th es ,wick, that they were armed with bludgeons, and that e t' . intentions at the time were unknown. c" F urther information confirmatory of this arrived shortly I .` t er; I, th ere f ore , i mme di ate l y concentrate d 200 o f t h e po :" ill that quar t er o f th e to wn , an d awa it e d th e or d er o f th e -"allistrates. Further reports up to one o'clock • were conti- Y received by the magistrates, and transmitted to me, • etl . ti le effect that numbers were coming from Ashton to D i: te with those who were meeting at the before-mentioned iC ee • Notwithstanding the information of these threaten thge cir cumstances, I still remained without instructions from cna gistrates to proceed to the ground where the meeting 1 :„g ° ing on ; but fearing, however, so me e vil consequences, • 011 : e red out a hundred of the special constables, who were , s , r es erve at th e T o wn-hall ; and, when i n the act of doin g 1 e 3 w as add resse d b y the magistrate ou d u ty, w h o t o ld me • wa . w , ° , lll d first go t o cons ult the stipendiary magistrate (who gi 'nen at the b oroug h court) about the special constables Tit wat out to the meeting. I informed him, in reply, that it t o th h aa two o'clock, and since eleven o'clock informations to Ai ni ej°re going e ff ect had arrived, and were communicated lib erat ' 4 e+ therefore, had had three hours to con s ult or de te ' C 'ind that I s h ou ld f or thwith proceed with the force e n th e h ,"'"ed ; I w ou ld d o m y d u ty to protect property and .46"dic, he therefore might send his instructions after me. • h av i n g arri v i n g at the boundary of the borough, near Beswick, "eusl my Way u n it e d w ith th e 200 re serve police previ to a y ,: t ! iti oned near th a t quarter , I f oun d that. the reports, b y or different extent, h a d b een correct ; b ut on the approach , if ferent road s o f t h e f orce un d er my comm and, they moved off to the r_ wards Asht on , many peole aving appeared on her a s ° ,l B, and crossing the country p in k considerable num . myse ,,, , i lode for war d to Ashton, being anxious to satisfy f possible, of their intention, leaving the police sta. ,c o. g cc 11 , L. 5 d. G 6 5 10 11 1 1 7 3 4 9 5 1 0 2 4 10 3 6 2 2 2 8 2 5 the ) to no for per ;re- lay )ur tal ig ills tioned within the limits of the borough. On my return to Beswick, I found, much to my astonishment, that the force which I left there to stop any body of people that might attempt to come in that way, and in order to protect the works of Mr. Chappell which in the forenoon were threatened by the mob, had been reduced by the unnecessary withdrawal of the special constables, at the direction of the magistrates, although I had left 50 as a reserve at the Town Hall; thus leaving exposed that part of the borough to the incursions of those who had been holding illegal meetings during the forenoon." Can we do otherwise than repeat here the expression of the Manchester Guardian, that, for all useful purposes, the magistrates by whom such gross blunders—to call them no worse—were perpetrated, " might just as well have been in Liverpool as where they were ?" As may very naturally be supposed, the letter of Captain Sleigh, which appears, however, to have got into the columns of the London Times, without the authority of that officer, has acted as a sort of wet blanket upon the gentlemen of the League, who have lately been moving heaven and earth to wriggle out of the dilemma, in which their conduct during the recent disturbances has placed them. The Manchester Guardian, in especial, is highly wroth, and threatens the worthy Captain with dismissal, and we know not what beside, reminding him that the period is at hand when the borough magistracy will assume a more ab solute control over his actions than they are able to do under existing circumstances. Possibly this may be the case, and possibly not. The government of Great Britain may be of a different opinion from that of the_Manchester Guardian, with respect to the amount of responsibility for the public peace, with which the municipal authorities of Manchester may, with safety, be entrusted. LOCAL NEWS. TUE THERISTROCA ULODON .—This mighty skeleton stil remains on view ; but it will be removed next week, there fore those who have not yet seen it, must lose no time—it is the best worth seeing of anything in Liverpool at present. LIST OF PASSENGERS PER MONONGAIIELA.—Mr. Thos. Robson and lady, Liverpool: Mrs. Mary Parker, England : Mr. James Dick, Glasgow ; John Holmes, Baltimore ; Sa muel Walker, Ireland. NEW DINING-ROOMS.—A new restaurateur has just been opened in Dale-street, in Mr. Burdy's late glass-shop. The accommodations are of a very superior description; great attention is paid to the comfort of visitors; and so far it promises to be the resort of all who love good eating at a moderate charge, with comfort and convenience. I ,VmsoN's LECTURES ON SCOTTISH SONG. —ln con nection with these popular and attractive lectures, many of our readers will hail with delight the publication of a very choice collection of ancient and modern Scottish songs correctly set to music, and containing most, if not all, the airs sung by Mr. Wilson at his delightful illustrations of the native melo dies of Scotland.—See advertisement. REPORTED EXTENSIVE FAILURE IN MANCHESTER.— A report has been current during the week of the failure of a firm carrying on extensive operations in Manchester, and connected, as a director, with one of the leading joint stock banks in that town. From information however, upon which we can depend, we can state that no such failure has taken place, the party alluded to, whose name of course we do not feel justified in mentioning, having given the report an ex press contradiction. LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—WE understand that the annual meeting of the Liverpool Protestant Asso ciation is postponed this year, from the 4th until the 7th of October, on account of the absence of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, and that the Rev. Hugh Stowell, the Rev. R. J. M'Ghee, and others are invited to attend. The silly scribe of the .illercury has, therefore, calculated without his host, in congratulating his readers that the Protestant Association is to be given up, and that the agitation is to cease. No; while Popish errors continue, we trust that Protestant agi tation will never cease. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—These gardens have had a pros perous season, and deservedly so, for the proprietor, Mr. Atkins, has spared no expense to render them attractive and agreeable. The Festival of St. Peter's and the fireworks will be exhibited only two nights more. The collection of animals has had lately many additions of an interesting cha racter. The autumn flowers—the dahlias, &c., show in great profusion mid beauty. We can strongly recommend all strangers to visit this well conducted establishment. They will, we know, be gratified. MUSIC AND SINGING ACADEMY.—WC perceive that Mr. and Miss S. Venables, whose lectures and illustrations at the Medical Hall, on the subject of teaching vocal music in classes with a view to the higher order of English and Italian song, attracted so much attention in the spring, are removing to a more central situation in Mount-pleasant, where they will have a large and commodious class room. Persons who have commenced in the Wilbem system will do well to take a finishing course of instruction in the system of Lablache with these experienced teachers.—See advert. MR. WILSON'S LECTURES.—Me.WiIson has been delight ing thronged and fashionable audiences at the Royal Assem bly-rooms with singing Scotch songs, and giving historical accounts of their authors and origins. He is an admirable singer—those songs requiring taste and pathos. he gives with great ability, while in those of a humorous character, he is especially felicitous. His singing " John Anderson my Joe," " My Boy, Tammy," the " Reel of Tullochgorum," " My ain Fireside," and many others, will be long and agree ably remembered. As to-morrow flint will be his last ap pearance in Liverpool. those who wish to hear Mr. Wilson must not fail to be present—they will be highly delighted. The splendid rooms in which these lectures have been given, are admirably suited to the purpose. THEATRE ROYAL.—The performances at the Theatre Royal; this week, have consisted of " Rob Roy," " Mary Queen of Scots," " Bride of Lammermoor," " Don Gio vanni." " Heart of Mid Lothian," " The Little Jockey," " Gilderoy," &c., in many of which Mr. Mackay has been sustaining his usual round of parts. Mr. Russell has also been singing his pleasant songs, and delighting his hearers with his amusing anecdotes. This evening we perceive he performs Lingo in the " Agreable Surprize ;" in this cha racter he is inimitable—he is the best Lingo on the stage. — Mr. Baker's benefit is announced for Monday : it will be honoured by a numerous attendance no doubt.—Mr. James Russell takes his benefit on Wednesday. His bill is un usually attractive. PASSENGERS PER SHIP SIDDONS, FROM NEW YORK. — Mr. Samuel Lunell and lady, Bristol ; Gaetani de Castilla, Italy ; Henry G. Carey, New York : Dr. 0. Bronson, lady and son, New York : Mrs. E. B. Cobb, New York : Pro fessor John Tatlock, William's College, Massachusetts : Mr. Henry Spence Blundell, London ; R. H. Bartholemew, Lon- don; Richard Bell, London ; W. H. Ash, lady, child, and servant, Sheffield ; J. M. Somerville, Glasgow : Dr. John Charlton Fisher, Quebec: Miss Elinor Fisher, Quebec: Mr. Frederick Gildar, lady and child, Coldstream Guards ; Robert Hutchinson, Liverpool ; G. W. Tobias, Liverpool ; G. N. Comer, Liverpool; T. S. Collins, Birmingham ; W. Harvey and lady, Scotland ; John Bottomley, Belfast ; John Johnson and lady, Ireland ; Charles Arbuthnot, Newry : Miss Anne Lewitt, Leicester ; Sarah Lewitt, Leicester : with 200 in the steerage. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—The following members were present at the weekly meeting of the Dock Committee yesterday :—Messrs. Sands. (chairman,) Hors fall, Holt, Holmes, Chilton, Smith, Molyneux, Aikin, Mellor, Nicol, Evans, -Shand, Moon, Martin, Middleton, and Bold. The chairman stated that the ship-carpenters had not yet sent in their report on the South Clarence Graving-dock. The widow of the late keeper of Crosby Light-house applied for some allowance, but the application was declined. The tender of Mr. Hartley, hatter, of Lord street, to supply hats for the use of the dock gatemen, was accepted. A letter, from the Secretary of the Watch Com mittee, calling the attention of the committee to the neces sity of clocks being placed in the north and south police stations, was read, and a resolution was passed that the clocks be ordered. THE TOWN COUNCIL OF EDINDURGH.—The notoriety which the city of Edinburgh, the " Modern Athens" as its inhabitants are pleased, somewhat dogmatically to designate it, had acquired by the active and vigilant demwstration of loyalty by its Provost Jamie Forest, and the meElbers of the Town-council, seems to have gained an addition, through the same instrumentality, to their previously " blushing honours." For when they meant to play the host, 'Tis true as I'm a sinner; They sent the note, by the penny post, To invite " the prince" to dinner. _ . ._.. " Our Jamie " is therefore in commemoration of these events, hereafter to be designated in the words of the well known and popular song— " The Flower o' the Forests." COMMITMENT.—A carter, named James Travis, was yes terday brought before Mr. Rushton, at the Police-court, on a charge of stealing a quantity of rags. It appeared from the evidence, that on Monday morning, the 19th instant, the prisoner received into his cart, from a warehouse of Mr. John Pinnington, of Exchange-street East, in Charlotte place, a quantity of rags, weighing two qrs. 27 lbs., which he was directed to take to the Union Company, Plumbe street, to be forwarded by them to Mr. Alfred Pinnington, of Hindley. A warehouseman of the Union Co. said that on the morning mentioned, the prisoner came into the yard with his cart, and kicked down some cotton, when the wit ness observed some rags at the bottom of the cart, and asked him where he was taking them. He (the prisoner) replied, he was taking them back to the warehouse, and drove off. Witness afterwards found one bag of pigs under the cotton when it was hoisted np. On Tuesday it was found that the rags had not been delivered. The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions. ST. HELEN'S CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOLS.—On Sunday last, two excellent sermons were preached in St. Mary's Church, the one in the morning by the Rev. Wm. Pollock, the incumbent, who since he has been in St. Helens has been proved to be the uncompromising champion of Pro testantism. and an eloquent defender of the faith once deli vered unto the saints. The rev. gentlemen dwelt at great length, urging the necessity of a purely scriptural educatio n as connected with the Established Church. In the after noon the sermon was preached by the Rev. T. Nolan, of Liverpool, whose profound appeals seemed to have great effect. After the two sermons the amount collected was upwards of £55. On Monday (the following day) t h e clergy, teachers, and upwards of 900 Sunday scholars, pre ceded by an excellent band of music, went in procession through the principal streets to the parsonage, where a treat was provided—a plentiful supply of wine, buns, and fruit. The Rev. Wm. Pollock addressed the children appropriately, and a more interesting scene could not have presented itself. From the parsonage they returned to the church-yard, where they were again addressed by their beloved pastor, who concluded by promising the divine benediction : thus ended a day of pleasure and spiritual profit. A" HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE.”—Tbe steamship Britannia on her last trip to this port, encountered a dense fog off the Banks of Newfoundland, and a close watch was kept as usual at the bow. While the passengers were at the lunch a loud shrill cry was heard from the watch, of " helm hard down !" They rus h e d on d ec k an d di scover e d directly ahead a small fishing schooner, the skipper and crew of which were standing with their arms elevated, the very picture of fright and despair. The helm was placed hard down, and the ship obey e d i t i n a tw i n kli ng ; b ut so c l ose was he to the schooner that in describing the curve to avoid it, the stern ofthe ship came within three feet of the little craft. Had the man at the look-out turned his eye an instant from the watch or had the noble steamship been less ready to obey her helm' the schooner must have been struck amidships, and gone down without a soul to tell her fate. The tears streamed from the eyes of the skipper, and a loud exlamation of " God bless you !" escaped from his lips, as the steamship floated on and be found himself safe,—There were not many dry eyes on board the Britannia, the humane Captain of which, it may well be imagined, made no concealment of his joy at the deliverance of the fishermen, E!!!!IIM oY§Ttits.—" He was a bold mail who first eat an oysteri' Those who enjoy this delicious little fish are referred to Mrs. Marcroft's address elsewhere. THE POLICEMAN DODD.—This person, whose case is reported in another column, resigned his situation in the police force yesterday. INQUEST ON THE BODY OF A RIOTER.—In the case of Joshua Lyons, who died from the effect of wounds inflicted on him during an attack on Mr. Morris's Cotton Factory, the jury, at the inquest which was held on Saturday, and by adjournment on Wednesday last, returned a verdict of " jus tifiable homicide." SOMETIIING NEW.—A large establishment in Oldhall street is about to be extended. To do honour to the occa sion, the purchaser of £l5 worth of goods will receive, as a compliment for his support, a new hat worth a guinea —and of £lO or upwards a hat value 14s.—of £7 a hat value I is. 6d.—of £5 a hat value Bs. 6d.—of £4 a hat value 6s. 6d.— of £3 a hat value ss! What next? ST. BARN.kI3AS' CHURCH—SCRIPTURE READER.—On Sunday next, sermons are to be preached, and collections to be made, for the purpose of providing tracts for distribution, and supporting a scripture reader, to labour in the poor and populous district assigned to this church. The importance of this work is obvious from the character of the population inhabiting the district. Until the erection of St. Barnabas' Church. in 1841, they were comparatively without opportu nity or instruction ; their number, amounting to nearly 12,000 souls, renders it impossible that any one clergyman, however zealous, could be physically equal to the task of ministering to them individually. The Pastoral Aid Society, by a recent well-timed grant, enabling the incumbent to se cure the services of an efficient curate, has only mitigated, but not remedied, the evil ; and the result of the scripture reader's labour for the last eighteen months, during which they have been in operation, has fully justified the wisdom of the arrangement. So that the appeal is made, not to attempt a doubtful experiment, but to maintain one already tried and crowned with success. The reader's visits are completely under the direction of the incumbent : a journal is duly kept, and regularly submitted to his inspection.. The sum required is about £4O; and from the previous liberality of the congregation of St. Barnabas', and the names of the ad vocates, we are confident that the amount will be realized. MONEY MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—In the English stock market business continues exceedingly dull, with scarcely any alteration in values. Consols, for money, closed 92/ to ; ditto, account, 93, sellers ; India Stock, 249 to 251 ; Ex chequer-bills, 495. to 51s. premium ; and ditto, 24d. issue, 51s. to 535. premium. A decline of rather more than one quarter per cent. occurred in Dutch stock on the arrival of to-day's Netherlands mail, but otherwise the transactions in foreign securities were not in any degree remarkable. This fall is supposed to have followed the receipt of news respect ing the new Dutch loan, but nothing of a certain nature as to its character or import was known during business hours. Belgian left off 102 to 103; Brazilian, 674 to 68k; Danish, 83 to 84 ; Dutch, 21 per Cents., 521 to t ; ditto, 5 per Cents., 1024 to I ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 354 to / ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 21 to 4 ; Colombian, 201 to 21 ; Mexican, 35 to / ; Spanish Actives, 164 to 4; ex. coupons ; and ditto, 3 per Cents., 214 to I. In railway shares, Birmingham and Derby closed 40; ditto and Glocester, 40; ditto, New, 13 ; Eastern Counties, New, 84 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 474 ; ditto, New, 5 ; Great Western, 821 ; ditto, New, 591; Brighton, 334 Birmingham, 182; South-Western, 58 to 4; Manchester and Birmingham, 201; North Midland, 57 ; ditto, half-shares, 284 ; and South-Eastern, scrip, 5/. In other descriptions of shares the only transaction noted was the quotation of Bolanos scrip at 51 to 4. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.---On Saturday evening a fatal accident took place on the sands in the river Ribble, about seven miles from Preston, under very distressing circum curnstances. The river at the spot where the accident oc curred is between three or four miles wide, and when the tide is out it is easily crossed by foot passengers, under the direction of guides, who are well acquainted with the channels. Warton, a distance of seven miles from Preston, is the nearest way to Southport and Lytham, and the unfortunate individual whose life was lost was William Grimbledesten, the landlord of the Hesketh Arms, on Hesketh Banks, who was highly respected in the village, and who acted as a guide to the opposite shore, He had been at Preston purchasing spirits from Mr. Hunt, a wine -merchant, whose stores he left at an early hour in the afternoon. He was accompanied across the first channel by the guide on the opposite side, from Warton, unttl he was considered out of the reach of danger. Subsequently, however, he mistook his way, and got entangled amongst some fishing nets' when the tide rapidly approaching, he was surrounded by the water, and his cries for assistance were heard on both shores for up wards of an hour. A boat was put off, but, the night being very dark, the persons on board could not reach him, although they heard him in his last dying agonies. His body was not discovered until the next morning, when it was found en tangled among the fishing nets. PRESTON GUILD.—AII vestige of this Guild for another 20 years passed away on Friday night, when a tradesmen's fancy and dress ball was held at the Guild-rooms in the Corn exchange, and at which about4oo persons attended. Although not so numerous as on the previous occasion, many of the dresses were very superb ; arid amongst the company were the Mayor and Mayoress, the Recorder and Town-clerk, Mr. Townley Parker, the late member for the county, and many of the leading gentry. Dancing was on this occasion kept up till a late hour in the morning. The total sum re ceived on the occasion of the Guild was about .C 2,500, and after the payment of all expenses there will remain a surplus of about £3OO, which will be devoted to the public charities of the town. A sum of £5O has been awarded to the differ ent Catholic, and one of £65 to the Protestant schools, being in the proportion of about 3d. per head for each scholar, and a large sum will be given to the House of Recovery. Many of the manufacturers have acted with great liberality in allow, ing their hands a holiday, paying them their wages as usual; and amongst others Mr. Alderman Jackson paid his hands a whole week's wages in advance. Notwithstanding the very large influx of strangers into the town, the robberies was comparatively few, which was to be attributed chiefly to the vigilance of the police, who apprehended 40 suspicious characters during the week, who were committed for trial or held to bail, besides which many others were detected and • ordered out of the town. Two females, recognized as noto rious prostitutes from Liverpool, still remain in custody, being remanded on suspicion of the late bank-note robbery. The quantity of dresses sent down for the occasion was very great, the stock of one habit-purveyor weighing upwards of 35 cwt. WIGAN. To OUR READERS.—We beg to inform our readers, and the inhabitants of Wigan, that arrangements have been made by the proprietors of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, for devoting a space, in each publication, for the insertion of Wigan News, and that every care and vigilance will be used to present to the general reader, each week, a full compendium of every occurrence of " interest in Wigan and the neighbourhood. The LIVERPOOL STANDARD is published every Tuesday and Friday mornings, and may be had in Wigan of the agent, Mr. H. PEET, No. 2, Wiend, near the Market-place. WATCH COMMITTEE.—A meeting of this committee was held on Monday evening last, in the council-room, New Town-hall, in order to arrange for the supply of new clothing to the police force. It was decided that the police should each be supplied with an oil cloth cape, similar to those worn by the county constabulary. The Town-Clerk said he had sent notices round for tenders to be sent in, but had received none. Mr. Marsden was directed to supply the clothes, and Mr. Taylor the hats, as the last which was supplied from his manufactory was exceedingly durable. In stead of the allowance of 12s. to each man for shoes, Mr. Woods was instructed to make a pair for each, of a uniform pattern. It is in contemplation to add two officers to the police force, and the subject will be taken into consideration at the adjourned meeting on Monday next. THE CHARTISTS.—Henry Birtwistle, who was noticed in our last as being in custody, was discharged last Monday evening. John and Jeffrey Ingham have been admitted to bail, to appear on Wednesday next. STEALING CANNEL.—Two women and a young lad were committed on Wednesday, by the sitting magistrates at the Town-hall, for stealing cannel from a yard belonging to Richard Blundell Hollinshead Blundell, Esq., on Sunday last, to Kirkdale, to answer the charge at the next sessions. The Rev. Mr. Rogers, a clergyman of the Church of Scotland, committed suicide on Saturday last, by throwing himself into the Lock of Roscobie. An extensive fire took place in the brewery of Messrs. Whitbread, on Wednesday morning. It was caused by the ignition of gas in the building containing the gasometer. IRON BOATS.—It is worthy of remark, that, while there are this year seven or eight iron boats building at Glasgow, three of them of large sea-going dimensions (-100 or 500 tons admeasurement,) there are no wooden steamers whatever. BOAT UPSET—THREE MEN DROWNED.—OR Thursday last, one of the Killough fishing-boats, containing six men, was upset in a squall, when about a mile from shore. Three of the men unfortunately perished ; their names are Edward Walsh, Joseph IVlTullough, and George M`Mullan.—Down Recorder. Robert Addy, who was indicted for having attempted to extort money from a gentleman, named Webb, by threaten. ing to accuse him of an unnatural crime, was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment. Loss OF A RUSSIAN MAN-OF-WAR.—A Russian ship of the line, a new 74, going from Archangel to the Baltic for her stores, was lost last Sunday week on the coast of Norway, off Christiansand, with about 400 men. The wind was a high northerly gale, off the land, and it is not known whether she sprang a leak or was out of her reckoning, but many re ports, all unfavourable to the captain and officers, were in circulation at Gottenburgh.—Times. Mr. Gregory, the inquiring commissioner, has given no tice to the Superintendent of Police of Stockport, that he will require his evidence and assistance in discovering the origin and progress of the disturbances in this borough, and that he (Mr. Gregory) will sit in Manchester for that purpose; but the Borough Bench, or the Watch Committee, instead of aiding that gentleman in his inquiries, have ordered the superintendent to remain in Stockport, on the ground that the safety of the town will not allow of his absence in Man chester to give evidence before Mr. Gregory.—Correspondent of the Times. EXPORT OF PRECIOUS METALS.—By the official returns published by the customs the exports of the precious metals to foreign and colonial parts for the week ending Thursday last were as under : oz. Silver coin to Rotterdam Silver coin to Calcutta Silver coin to Hamburgh Silver coin to Hong Kong and Macao . Silver bars to Calcutta On Wednesday night an afflicting suicide was committed at London-bridge by a respectably-dressed woman, having an infant child in her arms. A short time previously the unfortunate woman had been observed pacing to and fro on the eastern side of the bridge, apparently in great distress, and in reply to questions put to her m ere l y state d s h e was waiting for some person. In a few minutes, however, she suddenly jumped upon the seat of the recess, and before any one could interfere to prevent her she got upon the parapet, and plunged with the child into the river opposite Kenning's wharf. A constable immediately procured the drags, and with the assistance of some watermen put off, and com menced dragging for the bodies, but, the tide running down very strongly at the time, without success. THE BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY CHURCH.—This church, the first of the kind in connection with railways, is to be erected on a site of ground near the London and Birmingham Railway for the religious instruction of the servadts connected with the company and the neighbouring population round their central station at Wolverton. The proposition emana ted from a general meeting of the shareholders in 1840, at which it was resolved to establish a Church of England chapel at Wolverton so soon as the sum of £4,000, required to erect it, should he raised. Within £3OO of that amount has al ready been snbscribed, including £l,OOO from the railway company, and an annual endowment for the minister, £2,000 from the Radcliffe trustees, and sundry other sums. A tem porary reading-room, capable of holding 230 persons, licensed by his Grace the Bishop of Lincoln, has been opened until such time as the church shall be erected, which, it is expected, will take place early in the spring. It is to be built in,a plain substantial style, and to contain 600 sittings. There is to he a burial-ground ; with a house for the residence of the Rev. George Weight, the minister, who has been appointed to officiate as chaplain. Mr. Glyn, the chairman of the railway, has presented the trustees with a handsome communion-ser vice of plate. PROTESTANT OPERATIVE MEETING. A meeting of the above association was held at the Portico, Newington, on Tuesday ev en i ng l ast. Th e room was t h ronged long before eight o'clock. Mr. Crisp having been called to the chair, congratulated his operative friends and brethren who had met in such numbers, that their staunch and true Protestant friend, Mr. Ja mes P ar k er , h a d j nst en t ere d t h e room, and would shortly address them. He also congratulated them that their zeal in the good old cause of Protestant as cendancy was unabated. He thanked those who had taken books and collected funds for supporting the operations of the society. lie could not help reminding them that they had allowed a cl!sgrace to come upon them, by quietly submitting to a proposition made at a late meeting at the Amphitheatre, to raise money to build a mass-house expressly for thr Jesu its. Did not every man present know that the Jesuits were au illegal body? No Jesuit could honestly and legally remain in this country unless reg i stere d ; st ill we find Mr. Shiel saying, " he was assured that the re-establishment of the society of Jesuits would tendmuch to accelerate the pro gress of Catholicity, which had only to be known to be em braced." And yet Mr. Shiel would not declare himself to be a Jesuit. In fact, he did not know who did ; otherwise, humble individual as he was, if backed by the friends before him, he would at once lay an information against them, whe ther priest or layman. Was it in the Gunpowder Plot, and in every other plot against our glorious constitution, that the Jesuits have been so very useful ?—for they have been at the bottom of nearly every one of them. Was it for their use fulness that they were banished from France, Spain, Portu gal, Venice, Naples, England, and every ether country in which they had been established ? No, it was for their dia bolical and internal treachery. We were now pointed at by our friends from all parts of the country, for our apathy on this point; and it was time that we should be moving in the matter. He would not, however, trespass further on their time at present, but at once call upon Mr. James Parker. Mr. PARKER expressed his great pleasure in meeting such a body of his operative townsmen, for whom he felt the greatest regard. It would ever be his wish to do all in his power to support the Protestant cause, whether in or out of the council. After giving a very animated description of the late proceedings on the school question, Mr. Parker sat down, trusting that as he had been so suddenly called upon, they would excuse his few brief remarks. The CHAIRMAN said, that -perhaps an apology was due from him for so suddenly calling upon Mr. Parker, but he was sure none of their friends present would now consider it necessary, as they had heard such a truly sound Protestant speech; and as we were shortly to be called upon to replace some of our town councillors, they could not do better than take the specimen before them as a pattern. Mr. GLEAVE then moved the following resolution : " That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the Rev. Joseph Baylee, for his firm, temperate, and Christian-like letter, again accepting the challenge given by Dr. Butler to meet the Protestant clergy in discussion." The speaker dwelt at some length upon the various errors of the church of Rome. and was exceedingly happy in some of his illustra tions. He plainly pointed out that there could be but a right and a wrong, and no middle course; but that Popery pro pound a middle course in many of her articles. Mr. MEREDITH seconded the resolution, commenting upon the offence which his remarks at the late meeting had given to the editor of the Mercury, but as he was not likely to please the Mercury to-night whatever he did, he might as well go at once to his work. He then gave a description of a number of the most ridiculous traditions of the Church of Rome, and challenged any Romanist present to gainsay their belief in them. He also alluded to the runaway Dr. Butler, who made a great fuss about challenging the Protestant clergy to discussion, but when one of them came forward the learned chamberlain declared him to be incompetent, or was not himself forthcoming. The speaker again held up some of the crosses, relics, and other idolatrous articles of the Romish church. Mr. BOURKE, of Achill, shortly addressed the meeting, and After a few brief remarks from the Chairman, the meeting joined in the doxology, end separated. POLICE COURT-WEDNESDAY. CURIOUS CASE - ALLEGED THEFT BY A POLICE-OFFICER. William Dodd, an officer in the police-force of this town, No. 191, was placed at the bar yesterday, charged with having, while on duty, robbed a gentleman of his watch and breast-pin. Mr. bowling stated that the prisoner was accused of having, while on duty, robbed a gentleman holding a respectable situation in this town. The gentleman stated that he was much intoxicated. He was taken to bridewell, where the keeper of the station-house and the inspector, seeing that he was a respectable person, desired the officers to pass him home. An individual, who was said to be a respectable man, saw the theft committed, and this was the only evidence that could be brought forward, save the fact that the gentleman had lost his watch and pin, and that his watch-guard was found on the ground in the vicinity of the spot where the robbery was alleged to have been committed. The prosecutor stated that he was out from eight till twelve o'clock on Monday night last. He had no recollection of what took place after lie left the house at which he had been drinking, at twelve o'clock, he was so much intoxicated. He had with him a watch, which was attached by the guard pro duced. The guard had been cut. It had a gold clasp on it, which had been taken off. He missed his watch next morn ing. It was a silver lever. He did not recollect being taken home. He lost his breast-pin and ivory tables as well as his watch: Charles Davis, boattnaker, 3, Tvrer-street, stated that on Monday night last he was at work, and he continued so till close upon one o'clock on Tuesday morning. About one he went.to bed. He had been in bed a minute 'when he heard ' i tt police-officer taking a drunken man. He knew him to be a police-officer by his foot. He heard them pass the win dow and go down (fall) nearly at the back door, a little fur ther on. All was then quiet, so quiet that he suspected all was not right. He heard the police-officer say, " Jack, Jack," and make use of a tone indicative of some slight per plexity. Witness said to his wife, " All is not right," and he got up and opened the window softly, when he saw the police-officer going back a yard or so, and looking at some thing which he had in his hand, which he put in his coat pocket. The officer then went to the man, who was on the ground, caught hold of him, put his hand into his pocket, and took something out of it which he put into his own trousers pocket. He then began to call the prostrate man " Jack ;" told him to rise, and said it was a shame for him to be lying there at that time in the morning. The officer had the man's stock in his hand. He went to put it on, when the man put out his arm and struck at the officer, say ing, " None of your nonsense." The officer said, " I only want to put your stock on." He tried to get the man up, but found it difficult he was so tipsy, and he saw that the officer was tipsy too. Not being able to get the man up, the officer said, " D—n you, I'll leave you," and then he went along by himself to go into Houghton-street. His back wis then towards witness. He stopped opposite next door to his (witness's) house, took something from his pocket which he looked at for a second or two, when he returned it to his pocket. Witness did not see what It was. The officer then met a girl at the corner, and said, " Is it not time for you to go home ?" He appeared familiar with her.' lie walked a little with her, and whispered something to her a minute, when the girl went straight across to the man who was pros trate. The girl lifted his head up, and was in the act of putting her hands into his pocket when witness called to her. He said, " You had better leave that man alone, for the police-officer has been ransacking his pockets, and he has sent you to take the blame." She said if that were the case she had better cut. She went away, and he saw nothing more of her. The officer came down a minute after, and looked towards the drunken man, but did not go near him. He merely looked anti returned back. About five minutes after wards he again came towards the prostrate man, and asked him to rise, calling him "Jack." He pulled him about, but could not get him up. He did not call for any assistance, but left him and went up Houghton street. About five to seven minutes afterwards he again came back. He was then speaking to some one, but witness could not see who it was. He again turned back, and again returned, and went to the man and tried to get him up. He could not succeed. He then struck his stick, and witness heard a stick answer in the direction of Church -street. The officer did not reply imme diately, but struck again lightly some time after. Ther e was an answer again, an he again struck lightly, and his stick sounded as if it were cracked. Two officers then came up and asked him what was the matter. He said it was a drunken man whom he had had there this half hour, and he could not stir him. One asked where he lived. The first officer said he did not know. They then said they would take him to bridewell. They did so. Another came up and spoke to one who had remained, asking what was the matter. He replied it was a drunken man. Oh," said he, " they should have kept him till I came ; I'd soon ha' sobered him." Witness then spoke, saying, " the police-officer ought to ha' gone to bridewell instead of the man, for he had rummaged his pockets." Witness knew by the dress and stick that it was an officer. Never saw him before. He had not a top. coat or cape on. Saw his number and buttons, but could not identify him by them. It was light : the moon gave a bright light. Richard Bradshaw, police-officer, stated that, on Monday night last, he was on duty next beat to the prisoner. He was at the corner of the Haymarket when he heard a knock ing. lie answered it and ran. He heard the knock repeated. A s he passed the square, No. -199 stood there, and they stopped a moment to ascertain the probable direction of the s i gn al. The knock was repeated, and they ran in the direc tion of Houghton-stre e t and soon came up to where the pri soner was. Witness said, " What's up ?" The prisoner re plied, " A man drunk:" " Where does he live?" asked witness, " I don't know," said the prisoner. The man was then seated on the foot -walk with his legs in the channel. It was agreed that they should take him to bridewell. Officer 504 assisting. Th ey did not hear any, person in Tyrer-street. Witness did not see any person looking at the window. It was very light. The moon was very bright. Police-officer 499 stated, that he heard the knocking of the stick and met the last witness in the square as stated. He remained in Tyrer-street after the prisoner and the other had gone with the man to bridewell, and he heard a voice say, " The policeman ought to be taken to bridewell himself, for be has been rummaging the man's pockets." The man who spoke said, a woman came afterwards and rummaged them likewise, but he told her that the policeman had been before her, upon which she said, " Then I'd better cut." He said lie had been watching the policeman for half an hour. Police-officer 308 deposed to having been sent to assist the prisoner in taking the gentleman home. When they were taking him into the house, the woman remarked that he had lost his watch and his breast-pin. His pocket was examined and his money was found there. W itness made some remark to the prisoner to the effect that suspicion would probably fall on him, but he repelled the notion, saying he never had done such a thing,—never would. He said he would take witness to the spot where he found the man lying. He did so, and there-they found the guard-chain of the watch. The gentleman said the guard was fastened by, a gold clasp which had been torn off. At the request of Mr: Davenport, who appeared for the prisoner, the stick which the prisoner used was produced. It was a sound stick. It was also proved by sufficent testi mony that the prisoner was the worse for liquor on the mor ning in question. Mr. Davenport thought there was no evidence which affect ed the prisoner, as Davis did not identify him as the person who committed the robbery. Mr. Davenport spoke of the prisoner as possessing an excellent character. The prisoner having been asked what he had to say, gave an account of the mode in which he spent his time, showing that, if his account could be relied on, and if he performed his duty as it was laid down for him, he could not have been at the spot named by Davis. He said he found the man there and took off his stock and put it on again, after which he knocked for assistance. Mr. Rushton said he was of opinion that the prisoner must be acquitted, and that he left the court without imputation. Mr. Rushton said it was impossible that the prisoner could have been at the spot at the time mentioned by Davis. If the prisoner had been guilty he would never have taken the officer to the very spot where he would find the watch-guasd to furnish evidence against himself ; and moreover, if he bad robbed the man of his watch, he would never have left his money in his pocket. There were other considerations which induced him to believe that the prisoner was innocent. The prisoner was discharged. A scientific expedition, undertaken with the aid and under the direction of the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburgh, on the point of leaving the Russian capital, on an exploration of the extensive region of Siberia comprised between the rivers Pjasida and Chatangt and the Icy Sea, which has never yet been trodden by the foot of Man. M. Widdendorf, a professor of zoology in the university of Kiew, was to direct the expedition, and had received for that purpose a gift of 13,0(10 rubles from the Emperor. EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS. We continue our notice of the exhibition. No. 37. Scene from the " Vicar of Wakefield." T. M. Joy.•—Au interesting picture—the groups well conceived; the male figure cleverly painted. 40. The Lake of Albano. W. Li nton, L odge-p l ace, Re gent's Park. Mr. Linton, we believe, is a Liverpool man : we may be proud of him ; he is indefatigable in his art ; he has produced many fine works ; the picture of " Jerusalem," of which a splendid engraving has been published, is a noble effort ; in sublimity it is quite equal to Martin : in poetic feeling it may be called " Miltonian." Mr. Linton's pic tures do him honour living, and will be highly esteemed when he has " departed to that bourne from whence no traveller returns." The " Lake of Albano" is one of the pictures painted by the artist durinc , his late tour through Italy. The lake is transparent and calm, reflecting the pure skies above—the atmosphere is clear—the distance beautifully painted. This is a very clever picture. 42. The Death of Gelert. Thomas Crane, 12, Maryland street.—Mr. Crane is one of the artists of this town, who is decidedly rising in his profession ; there is a manifest im provement in his works since last year. In the " Death cf Gelert," he exhibits a full appreciation of the touching in cident suggesting his picture—the expression of grief and surprise in the face of Llewellyn—the mute eloquence of the wounded dog, with " a look more i n sorrow t h an i n anger, " and the smile of the innocent child are all cleverly depicted. The child is a charming figure. This is a good picture. 43. Rydall Hall. W. Havell. Here we find Mr. Havell indulging in gloom and twilight, verging more into a chrome like darkness, than in his usual sunny effects. 46. Devotion. J. Mott, Kirkdale-road, Everton.—Mr. Mott has had an eye upon the old masters. Phis picture is a very successful production. It represents an old nun absorbed in the contemplation of a book. The drapery is well painted ; the folds broad and massy. 48. The Lost Child. Philip Westcott, 46, Church-street. —A painful subject. The colours dark and smoky. It is not without merit. 50. The Ballad. M'lnnes. Mr. Daniel M'Clise has much to answer for; he has his own sins andjerrors—on canvas—of course, and is chargeable with having a host of imitators. Depend upon it, some hundred years hence M'Clise will have his name written, by some "cunning Isaac " of a picture dealer, on many a piece of canvas that never saw the light of his studio, or felt the touch of his vigorous pencil. He is the founder of a new style —a style that is a very flashy taking one; his bright colours, lovely faces, gaiety and freshness, are captivating enough ; and his imitators know it. The pict ure we now contemplate is, to a certain extent, an imitation of M'Clise, and Mr. Whines evidently makes him his model. Now we are on the subject, we may as well step on a little bit, and here notice, 150. Scene from " The Devil on Two Sticks." Chap. 8. A. Egg.—This is purely M'Clisian. Drawing, composition, colouring, faces, gowns, hair, necks, head-dresses,—all thoroughly an egg-regious imitation. The male figures may not be perhaps so like M'Clise, but the two girls,—the mid dle one especially, is "an identity." Her face is a copy, a palpable copy, from —we were going to name one—we may say out of any one of his works. This is a picture that will some day be sold as a M'Clise—as any of the servile imi tations of the old masters are now palmed off upon the un wary as veritable " Simons Pares,"—when they are only " pleasant fictions." Such copyism is contemptible. Mr. Egg, to produce so clever a painting—for clever it is,—can boast of a better haleh-ievement. 51. A Merry Heart and Laughing Eyes. W. S. P. Henderson.—What this title has to do with the picture we know not. Before us appears a great, vulgar, coarse wo man, who seems complacent and gracious after a loving cup, the taking of which, from the redness of her ladyship's nose, we should pronounce to be " her custom i' the afternoon." The eyes, so far from being " laughing," appear rather opthalmic than otherwise, and the sooner the owner of them goes to see Mr. Neil, at the Institution, in Mount-pleasant, the bet ter. Quarles shows us the heart in the illustrations of his poems : we see:literally no heart in this tableau. 51. The Smugglers' Cave. E. W. Cooke.—A good pic ture. Rocks are difficult things to paint. 57. Source of the Old Man's Hope. T. F. Marshall, (37, Russell-street).—A. quiet interior—an old man reading his bible. Cleverly painted. 60. A Serande. Daniel M'Clise, R.A.—This picture excites a great deal of attention; multifarious have been, and daily are the opinions expressed upon it. That they mostly differ is no disparagement, but rather a species of indirect praise. Some people say one thing of it—some another—they like it, or they dislike it—but let us describe it. On the left is a balcony, appertaining to what George Robins would call a "spacious mansion." In it are two handsome females—one the mistress, the other the maid. Under the balcony is a pot of oranges, stuck upon a my r tl e t ree —f or orange tree it is not, and nothing like one. In the middle of the picture, carelessly lolling on a sort of bridge, may 1:e noticed a cavalier, a dashing, jovial, red-faced, devil-may care looking fellow playing on a splendid guitar ; from the bridge is suspended a rope ladder; on one of the steps a swarthy attendant on the youth is seen grinning at the do mestic; in the back a range of palaces fades into the deep blue sky; a gondola below the bridge shows the locality of the adventure. Our opinion is that the picture is one replete with beauties and mannerisms—faults and merits—it is a true M'Clise, and if amateurs are willing to put up with the ble mishes, which we admit we gladly are, it may be pronounced as a picture deserving a place in any collection. It appears to us to be the only work deserving the prize this year, except one, a water colour, by Mrs. Seffarth, (which we be lieve is not admissable to the honour) which richly deserves it—but of it anon. 63.' Portrait of the Rev. Hugh 211Weile. George Patten, A.R.A.—Tbe melancholy attempt to be sarcastic of a very vulgar contemporary on the subject of this picture has been spuitietl.even . ,by journals of its own unhappy tone of poli tics. Its remarks are only fit to be laughed at. They do not say much for the taste of the writer. Mr. Patten has been eminently successful in this portrait ; he has caught the ex pression of the rev. gentleman's face most happily. The picture is beautiful as a work of art, and admirable as a like neSs. 68. 11 Condottiero. E. M. Ward.—A clever picture. The stern look of the mailed figure is worthy of the old masters. 73. View in Patterdale. D Williamson, (Lower Mersey View, Bootle.) This artist has two other works-226 and 227. They are all painted in his usual hazy manner—the colours unnatural. 86. The Watering Place. T. Sidney Cooper.—This is a charming picture by a clever artist. Cooper is the Cuyp of his day. This group of cattle partake very much of that great master's spirit and excellence. 88. Benledi. Miss B. Nasmyth.—An exquisite landscape, and sweetly painted. The Nasinyth's have several good pic tures hanging around. 99. The Dilatory Cobbler. T. F. Marshall (Russell-st). —A quiet bit of quiet humour well told. 93. Christ and the Woman y Canaan. J. S. Agar.—Mr. Agar has studied the Bolognese School very closely, or he would not have chosen the colours prevalent in all works of the Carracci, the Serani, &c. The back ground is badly worked out, the picture wants depth. If a halo floated round the head of the Saviour, as shown in this picture, would it not have illuminated rather than obscured the stone wall at the back of Christ's head? Although, decidedly, possessing some beauties, it has sad defects. Two of the apostles are seen at the left of the picture, the woman kneeing in the centre. The Saviour stands on the right. 94. Portrait of Lord Stanley. T. H. Illidge (46, Ber ners-street, London).—Mr. Midge, we believe, is rapidly rising in London in his profession. This portrait of Lord Stanley, painted for the Collegiate Institution, will do his fame no detriment. It is a very good likeness, besides being excellently painted. 97. Finfil Bridge. F. R. Lee, R.H.A.—A clever land scape, broadly painted. , REVISION OF THE REGISTRY OF VOTERS FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Wednesday having been the first day appointed for hearing the several objections which had been lodged against persons as not being entitled to have their names retained in the list of those qualified to vote in the election of members for the borough of Liverpool, Messrs. Wilkinson and Greig, the barristers appointed for the purpose, entered the Nisi Prius Court shortly after eleven o'clock. It was then arranged that Mr. Wilkinson should sit in the Nisi Prius Court for the purpose of taking the freemen, and that Mr. Greig should sit in the Grand Jury-room and take the house holders. The business transacted during the day was light and unimportant. Mr. Moss appeared for the conservatives, and Messrs. Snowball and Berry for the radicals. The claimants amounted only to eighteen in number. The ob jections numbered 555, of which 334 had been lodged by the conservatives, and 221 by the radicals. The objections in the out-townships and a portion of the freemen were dis posed of on Wednesday ; and it was arranged that the parish of Liverpool should be commenced at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and that the freemen should be resumed next day. Yesterday, both courts were again opened at ten o'clock — in the Nisi Prins before Mr. Wilkinson, and in the Grand Jury Room before Mr. Greig. The proceedings throughout ' the day were, for the most part, exceedingly tame and unin teresting, the attendance scanty, and the interest excited amongst the auditory amounting to nothing beyond mere curiosity. In the Nisi Prius we did not observe so many as 150 persons at any one time, and the average in the other court was scarcely three dozen. It was agreed, on the out set, that Mr. Wilkinson should take the cases in the borough wards, from No. 1 to 9 inclusive, and that the cases in the remaining wards should be adjudicated upon by Mr. Greig. In both courts the lists of objections and claims were gone over, so far as they could be got through with, by the parties, whose names were called, acsaering their names alphabeti cally. Several individuals who held a joint occupancy re• spectively, in a house exceeding .4:20 of clear annual rental, although objected to, were allowed. Many parties'who did not appear, were struck off the list, but only, as we under stood, pro tempore, as a day will be appointed for their being heard hereafter, if they choose to make their appearance. A considerable number of those objected to were also allowed, there being no solid objection to the validity of their votes. Some claims were also admitted. The attorneys for the respective parties—conservatives and radicals —exerted them selves for their respective clients, but no extreme feeling of political animosity was evinced. Some c ases were reserve d for consideration and future decision. The case of a Mr. Watts, in Everton and Kirkdale Ward, which had been re served from the fi rs t d a y, was d ec id e d , i n the Nisi Prius, against the party whose claim it affected. It appeared that there had been a joint occupancy, but that some months prior to the final date of tenancy alleged on the part of Watt, who had previously been joint tenant of the house, and had paid one-half the rent (or £l5), his partner in the occupancy had purchased the premises, and to him his share of the rent became due. The barrister stated, that he could make no distinction between such occupancy and that of a mere lodger. —The case of a Mr. Davies was reserved. He was rated for the house he occupied, but had paid rates for only nine months of the parochial year. The parish officers admitted that they did not look to him for the three months' rates due on the previous tenancy. It was argued that he was not liable, particularly as he had made a tender of money, with out, however, producing any amount, he being told (as lie swore) that nothing further was due by him. It was also alleged in his b. half, that the collector knew where to find the party owing the three months' rates still deficient in the parish receipts. How this will be settled remains to be seen. We find it impossible, at this stage of the proceedings, to furnish any account of the respective number of objections or claims in which the parties were struck off the lists or admitted as voters, inasmuch as those not appearing will have an opportunity hereafter of being heard, and many mutations may take place. In the Grand Jury Room, about eight conservatives and thirty radicals objected to were al lowed, and considerably above that number in the other court. We shall, however, be enabled to furnish, by Tuesday, a cor rect list of the whole. The result will, we think, on the whole, be considerably in favour of the conservative interest ; and meantime we advise all our friends who may be objected i t , theirn o r h a a v t e t e l c ) l d a a i n m e s e , to ß b o e th the north entrance of the Sessio n s-house. a s c o early a m n a d y a b s e p a a p t i p e r n o t a a c s h e p d o s f s r i o h m l e AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.—On Wed nesday last, some men employed upon the farm of an extensive land holder near Lynn, Norfolk, who was then felling a quantity o! trees, wishing a certain tree to fall in a particular directi on , adopted the very judicious expedien t of cli mbing up into the said tree, and clinging to some of the outer branches to make it preponderate. The man with the axe, not suspecting any danger, contimied his sturdy strokes, until suddenly the tree fell with a most tremendo us cras h , fortunately, however , coming in contact with another, which prevented its comi ng ' to the ground , other w ise t he pooc ignorant men,four in number, must have been crushed t o p i eces. As it was , they'all miraculously escaped, wi th . a slight s h oc k , which, how' ever, will no doubt h e a warning to them in future. ' EXTENSIVE FORGERY IN LIVERPOOL. John Davaines Barnsley, a respectable-looking youth, aged 19, was placed before Messrs. Rushton and lioughto.4,. at the pdlice court, on Tuesday, charged with having forged two cheques, both of which purported to have been drawn on the Branch Bank of England, by Messrs. Corrie and Co..' brokers, of this town, in favour of Messrs. John and Edward Gray, brokers, all of this town. In consequence of the respectability of the prisoner's con nexions, the case excited considerable interest. The court was crowded, and amongst the auditory were numerous mer chants, bookers, and individuals of great wealth and standing in Liverpool. The prisoner, it appears, was an apprentice in the office of Messrs. J. and E. Gray. By some means - or other, which did not appear in the evidence, he knew that Messrs. Corrie and Co. had an account with the Branch Bank of 'England. having abstracted some blank printed cheques from Messrs. Gray's cheque-book, he, as appears from the evidence, in September tact filled one of theta up and desired a 'youth named John Cooper to present it- at the Branch Bank. Cooper did as he desired, and drew £244 3s: 3d., the amount of the cheque which he paid over to• Barnsley. A few days afterwards be drew another cheque for £847 6s. 10d.; and desired another youth named Grundy to present it. Grundy went to tile bank, but some delay occurred, and ulti mately the cheque was not paid for a reason which will ap. pear hereafter. The delay of Grundy. appears to have aroused the fears of Barnsley, who absconded. He pur chased a horse, a fowling-piece, and several other extrava gancies, and set off into Wales, where he appears to have done his utmost to enjoy himself. Meanwhile, however, the forgeries had been discovered and pursuit wss hot uptin his heels. He was at length taken in Montgomeryshire with little more than £lOO of his booty remainingi The prisoner, who is slightly coloured, was dressed in a light drab macintosh. He did not appear to be greatly of fected by the situation in which he stood. He- was attended by Mr. Myers, of the firm of Lace, ,Son, and 'Myers, who watebed the proceedings on his behalf. Mr.,Robinson. of the firm of Lowndes and Robinson, appeared as solicitor foe the Branch Bank of England. Mr. Robinson briefly stated the charge, and then called Mr. William Debonair Hagger, a •teller at the Borough Bank of England, in Hanover-streeL Mr. Nagger stated, that on the 10th September last the cheque 'Produced was presented for payment by John Cooper.. !fie , paid it in two notes of £lOO each, a £4O note, 4 sovereigns,:.3 shillings in silver, and sd. in copper. Messri. Corrie and G 0.,. by whom the cheque phrported to be draWn; kept an account with the bank. When he paid the amount he believed the signature to the cheque to be theirs. • • John Cooper, a youth aged about sixteen, stated that he was a clerk with Messrs. Thompson, Henderson, and Co. He had been in their service about half-a-year. He was for merly an apprentice in the office of Messrs. John Edward Gray. He left them in June, IS-11. He was acquainted with the prisoner when he was there. He,recolleeted.the prisoner calling upon him on Sat ur d ay wee k at _Messrs. Giorge•Mal coltn and 'Co.'s office, where he was doing some business. The prisoner said he wanted him to go with him to. look at some pipes. He (witness) said he could not go then, but would go about half-past twelve. The prisoner,called about twelve, and they proceeded together down Hanover-street. When they got near the end of Seel-street, the prisoner took out a cheque, and requested that he would go into the bank and get cash for it. lie did as desired; but there was such a crowd in the bank that he could not get it cashed. He took it back, but could not for some time find the prisoner. At length, in about ten minutes, Barnsley joined him. Wit ness told him that he could not get the.cash for the crowd. The prisoner requested him to go again, saying he could not well go himself as he had a dog with him. 1-ce went again, got the money, and came out from the bank. It was again a quarter of an hour before he could find the prisoner, whom lie at length met in Seel-street. lie gave the prisoner the money, and requested him to count it, which he did. They went to the Brunswick Hotel, and dined together. The pri soner bought a pipe for him, witness. The prisoner paid two sovereigns for the pipe. By Mr. Myers. I know the cheque produced. It is the same which I presented. I know it by the signature. Mr. John Merton Corrie stated, that he was one of the London partners of the firm of Corrie and Co. The cheque produced was not his writing, nor was the signature his writing, or that of any individual connected with their house. It bore a resemblance to the signature of Mr. Berner, who was a member of filch firm at the beginning of the present year. Mr. Frederick Berner stated, that he was formerly one of the firm of Corrie and Co., and the partnership was dis solved on the 30th of April last. He used, when a partner, to sign for the firm. The signature to the cheque resem bled his signature, but it was not his writing. Mr. John Gray, a partner in the firm of John and Edward Gray, stated that the prisoner was an apprentice in his office. The body of the cheque was the prisoner's writing. He had searched the prisoner's drawer and found in it the papers produced. The drawer was exclusively his, but it was not usually kept locked. On one of the papers appeared the signature of Corrie and Co., written several times over, as if for practice. There were also several memorandums in the prisoner's handwriting. The blank cheques produced, as well as those which had been filled up, had been torn from their cheque-book, which was kept in a desk, which ,was sometimes locked and sometimes not locked. The cheques Nos. 37,093 and 37.083 had been torn from that book, and there were corresponding intervals in the book showing whence they had been torn. William Baird, superintendent of police in Montgomery shire, stated, that he apprehended the prisoner in conse quence of having received information and a description of him. He apprehended him in Montgomeryshire, on Sun day last. He searched him, and found in his possession a a pocket-book, which contained £lOO, forty pounds of which were in £lO notes, and the rest in £5 notes. He had also in his pocket £9 10s. in gold, 4s. in silver, and ] Id. in copper. In the pocket-book were the blank cheques produced, and a memorandum handed in. The memorandum was a sort of ac count. On one sidestood as " amount received £.13 3s. 5d.," the exact amount of the bill, and on the other, several items of expenditure, the prisoner having apparently gone on keeping account till the items increased upon him. The first there was £l6 for a gun, £3 for some other article not named, and £1 for an umbrella. This was the whole of the evidence in the first case, Mr. Rushton asked if the prisoner had anything to say. to which Mr. Myers replied in the negative. Mr. Robinson said the prisoner was further charged with having forged a cheque for £847 6s. 10d. The following• is a copy of the cheque, the italic representing the parts written with a pen, the rest being copper-plate. "37083 Liverpool, 13th Sept., 1842. " To the Agent of the Branch Bank of England, Liverpool, Pay to Messrs. John and Edward Gray, or bearer ; Bight Hundred and Forty-seven Pounds Six Shillings and Ten pence. . " £847 6 10. " Connak and Co.!' Mr. Hagger stated, that he recollected the cheque produced being presented. It was not paid, because the amount over, drew the account, and it was a rule in the bank not to pay a cheque which exceeded the balance by a single shilling. William Grundy, a boy, stated that he was an apprentice in the service of Messrs. John and Edward Gray. He recol lected the prisoner asking him, on Tuesday last, to go with him to the Brunswick Hotel to dine. It was about one o'clock and he occompanied the prisoner. When they got . to Hano ver -street the prisoner asked him if he would go into the bank and get a cheque cashed for him. He assented, and the prisoner gave him a shilling, telling him to pay a postage which was owing. He presented the cheque to Mr. Hagger, after Navin been detained half an hour. The cheque was not paid and he returned to where he had left the prisoner but he could not find him. Ile had not seen him since till now. The same parties who were examined in the last case proved that this cheque was not signed by any of the firm of Corrie and Co. Mr. Myers said he should offer no observations at present, as the ease pressed so strongly against the unfortunate pri soner. As the young man was most respectably connected, he would respectfully press upon the bench to allow him to be liberated on bail. Mr. Rushton said, he was well aware of the respectable connexions of the prisoner, but they knew of no distinctions when individuals were placed at that bar. He would gladly always allow parties to be liberated on bail when the case would admit of it, but this offence was too clearly established. Here was a direct forgery, and the prisoner was proved to have entrapped these two lads to present the cheques for him. In such a case he could not admit him on bail. The prisoner was committed to take his trial at the next assizes. A CROWNED HEAD.—Among the incidents which served to break the monotony, and divert the attention of the crowd. when her gracious Majesty visited Stirling, was the following : —A poor insane creature, known in Stirling by the name of " Daft Pate," created great laughter by running about in a red coat and tartan trousers, with an immense crown made of painted tin upon his head. He ran hither and thither to the great diversion of the crowd ; but the constables, think ing, perhaps, that his painted crown was intended as a bur ies ye upon royalty, caused it t o b e remove d f rom hi s h ea d . THE INNKEEPERS' HARVEST IN SCOTLAND. The Edinburgh Bonifaces reaped a capital harvest during the period of her Majesty's visit to Scotland. The same may also be said of that fraternity in all the other towns in those neighbourhoods which her Majesty and the Prince honoured with their presence. Beds, and indeed every other descrip tion of furniture which could be, however tortuously, appro priated for a resting place at night, were amazingly up in the market; chairs and tables at a high premium, mattresses and paillasses scarce, though eagerly inquired after, and only to be procured at an immense advance; and as for easy chairs and sofas, happy and fortunate was he who could secure the half of a couch, or the loan of a little bit of an easy chair, at the rate of something like half a sovereign per night. One gentleman connected with the royal household slept, or rather attempted to sleep, for six nights, upon the only rest ing place he could procure at one of the largest inns at Edin burgh, which consisted of three very hard serpcntined wood bottomed chairs. For this species of " accommodation:: he was charged by the modest Boniface the very moderate sum of only half a sovereign per night. A story is told of George L, who stopping to breakfast one morning at a roadside inn in Germany, was charged a guinea for a new-laid egg. The King very naturall y inquired if eggs were scarce ? " N ot at all, your Majesty " replied Boniface, " but Kings are." The Scotch, no doubt on the same excellent principle, caused everything, from a mutton chop to a feather bed, to look up during the Royal visit to the land o'cakes, and attributed the rise in creature comforts to a scarcity of a Queen north of the Tweed. AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN.—There is still is exist ence an extraordinary woman, whose maiden name was Therese Figueur, but who was afterwards married to, and is now the widow of, a man named Sutter. At an early age she was induced by circumstances to enter as a soldier in tpe Allobroge Legion. This was in 1793. and she took part at the siege of Toulon. The next year she was removed to the 15th dragoons, and made the campaign of Catalonia with the army of the Eastern Pyrenees. When the convention interdicted women from serving, the generals of this army obtained a special exception in her favour. She was in 80.. naparte's campaign in Italy. After the battle of Novi she en tered the 9th dragoons, in which regiment she followed the war in Piedmont. The first consul granted her a pension of 200 f. for her distinguished conduct as a dragoon during eight years. In 1802 she was again enrolled in the 9th dra goons, was at the battles of Austerliz and Jena, and continued her career until the capture of Berlin. In 1810 she went into Spain as one of the imperial guard, and in 1812 was made prisoner near Burgos, by one of the Cute Merino's guerilla parties, and sent into England. She returned into France in 1814, and on the eve of the Emperor's departure for Waterloo was presented to him in her uniform by v s a severalchas seur of the imperial guard. Certificates si gned marshals and generals attest that she received aot wound at Toulon, four sabre wound s i n Piedmont,Tiansigfc!ur horses killed under her, and saved the lives of General No guoz and several other officers. She is now 69 years of age, and continues to enjoy her pension. LET US DO WHAT WE CAN.—" I see in this world," said John Newton, two heaps • one of hum an h app i ness, t h e other of misery. N ow , if I take but the smallest bit from one heap and add to the other, I carry a point. If, as Ig o borne, a child has dropped a half-penny, and if by giving it another I can wip e away i ts tears, I feel that I have done something. I would do greater things, bat I will not n eglect this. SECE.ECY.—In the debate in the United States Senate op the new British treaty, great care was taken to have the doors closed, an d to k eep everyt hi ng secre t. The weather being very hot, the windows were up, and Mr. Allen, from Ohio, who bas a very shrill voice, talked so loud that any one could hear in the public walks outside the Capitol, and as he went over the whole ground, the details of the treaty were common talk in Washington before it passed the senate. So much for secret session. ""!, 4 4141 T 233 !4i CORRESPONDENCE. 1 " NUISANCES OF THE TOWN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The thanks of the public, I am sure, are ever due to you for the readiness which invariably characterises your endeavours on all occasions, when, ar►d where the public weal requires ; and in nothing is that disinterestedness so conspicuous than in again directing the attention (as in your last journal) of the civil authorities, to the loathsome and disgusting nuisances which pervade our town, in many of its more densely populated districts; and although, as you very justly remark, there are street " inspectors who have duties," yet 1 am not alone in thinking that those duties are not suf ficiently observed, at least so, with that application required, the more effectually to remove the nuisances so justly com plained of. For several years past, our town has been subjected to a somewhat heavy impost of parish rates, lamps and scavengers forming no unimportant item in the same; but while we may not complain of sufficient fight to direct our steps, yet of " dark and filthy passages"—uncleansed from all that which disgusts the sight of every passer-by, and proves truly ob noxious to the health of those, who from business or necessity are obliged to endure it—of this, we must complain. Bye-laws affecting the same, if I mistake not, 1 believe we have ; and if not stringent enough to compel the resident in habitant to see to the better cleansing of their immediate neighbourhoods, let something more be done. 1 could, with yourself, sir, not only point outfit/I/places in our town, but more than that number in one district alone, namely, Brownlow-hill and its vicinities, with its numerous crowded courts and dark passages, where filth of every nameless description is allowed to accumulate undis turbed from month to month, and where the broom of the town scavenger is but rarely, if ever, seen engaged,—to any useful purpose. It is the want of attention to the better cleaning of the back streets, lanes, &c. of our town that ori ginates so much of infection and disease; and so long as such pestiferous nuis ances are allowed existence, just so long shall our increasing population, of every grade (hut especially so the poor), suffer from its truly notorious effects. It will be remembered that some few years ago, our civil town func tionaries introduced a measure in council, and which subse quently constituted one of our bye-laws, requiring the sweep ing of the footpaths before the doors of both houses and shops ; and any one neglecting to comply is now subject to a fine ; and why not require, by -a measure equally stringent (and affecting all parties alike). that every inhabitant of the town should also keep the back premises of their respective tene ments regularly and thoroughly cleansed ; which of the two is most essential to health, no one can for a moment doubt; I would respectfully suggest, therefore, that the au thorities require, if not oftener, at least a weekly. inspection of the different avenues—private and public ; and any one neglecting to keep, as far as it may be found practicable, their immediate places of residence free from nuisance of every kind, that they be informed against. Hoping that the foregoing remarks may arrest attention, I am, sir, Your obedient servant, L. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. STEWARDS.—LORD G. BENTINCK, SIR R. W. BOLKELEY, BART., AND LORD STANLEY. THURSDAY. The ST. LEGER STAKES of 20 sovs each, h ft, with £5O added. One mile and three-quarters. The second to save his stake. Colonel Cradock's b f Sally Mr. Ferguson's ch c Fireaway The KNOWSLEY STAKES of 20 sovs each, h ft, with £5O added. For two years old. T.Y.C. Lord Eglinton's b c Pompey Mr. Allen's b c Erin Lad, by Sheet Anchor, out of Erin Lass Mr. Ongley's blk f The Queen of the Gipsies . . Sly 3 Col. Crawford's bc by Bay Middleton . . Templeman 4 Sir J. Gerard's b c Prince, by Physician . . . Oates 5 A dead heat between Pompey and Erin Lad, afterwards Pompey walked over. The HEATON PARK STAKES, a Handicap of 25 sovs each, with 100 sovs added by the Racing Fund for the selond horse. Two miles. Mr. Bower's b f Collins, 4 yrs, Bst 41b Marlow 1 Mr. Goodman's b m The Shadow, 6 yrs, Bst 41b. Tem plercan 2 Mr. Worthington ns b f Lady Mary, 4 yrs, 7st . Copeland 3 Duke of Richmond's br h 'Mils, used, Bst 41b. . Rogers 0 Major Hay's ch h Retrierer,'6 yrs, ist 91b.. . Murphy 0 Mr. Graydon's ch Is Clinker, 6 y r s, 7 s t 61b . . . Stagg 0 Col. Cradock's b c Pagan, 4 yrs, 7st 31b . . • . Oates 0 Mr. Robinson's br h TheYoung-un, 5 yrs, ist 31b . Lye 0 Mr. W. H. Hornby's br h Champagne, 5 qrs, 7st . Joy 0 Sir J. Gerard's ch f Meal, 3 yrs, 6st llb . . . . Clark 0 Mr. Clegg ns hr c Aristotle, 3 yrs, Gst . . . . Howlet 0 Lord G. Bentinck'S b c Proof Print, sst 41b . . Ebdale 0 The SELLING STAKES of 10 soya each, h ft, wfth £5O added, Heats, one mile and a half. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs. Mr.• Merry's ch c Smike, 3 yrs . . . Lye 5 2 1 1 Lord G Bentinck's b c St. Jean d'Acre ' 4 yrs, . . . . . . W. Howlett 1 3 3 2 Sir R\V Bulkeley's b f Cerito, 4 yrs, Darling 4 1 2 3 Mr. Skerrat's b c Hudibras, 4 yrs, . Marlow 2 d Mr. Metklam's b'e Aristotle, 3 yrs, . Howlett 3 d • . Lye ---- • RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY. . . Thin. society. is assuredly a most wonderful and glorious institution ; • and that our readers may at once see the grounds on which we make the assertion, we extract the following abstract of its proceedings as contained in its report for the present year :-- " SUMMARY OF ITs PROCEEDINGS TO MARCH 31, 1842. " 1. —PUBLICATIONS. " Annual, circulation, including the issues•of Foreign Societies. 20,000,000 " Languages in which the Society's works are published.. " Total, circulation in forty-three years, about 357,000,000 " New publications during the-year 220 ",rublications on ,the Society's. Catalogue...i. ' • 2,870 • ,- ." 2. -- .CIRCULATING- LIBRARIES. " AbOilt 2,314 libraries have. been granted since 1832, at reduced prices, exclusive of those sent to foreign lands, the cost of which, at subicriberst•prices, would be about £17,000, namely, x. , ! " Por Sunday and day schools. -- 1,379 " For destitute districts, partichial and miscella neous objects . . " For union workhouses 63 • "3.—FUNDS. , " Total receipts of the year, including-the sales £56,014 8 I " Total grants for the year for Great Britain and Ireland, the British colonies, and Heathen and unenlightened lanA.. ~.% • 8,329 1 8 " Total amount of subscriptima r donations, and ' Auxiliary contributions. •. • .t- ' 5,126 17 8 " Appropriated beyond the subscriptions, dons nations, collections, and Auxiliary contribu tions... " Note.—The special attention of the Christian public is called to the fact, that the whole amount of the subscriptions, donations, and contributions, is applied to the gratuitous circulation of the society's publications at home and abroad, without any deduction or charge whatever therefrom ; and that notwithstanding the entire appropriation of such contri butions, the grants exceed them by more than £2,500. This fact, it is hoped,.will be a powerful appeal to the Christian public, both at home and in the colonies, for increased sup port to the society's home and foreign objects." DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS IN CIRCASSIA. _ -- The following account of a defeat of the Russians in.Cir cassia will be read with interest. It comes through the Malta papers : . . "CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 27.—Great and glorious news from Circassia! You know well enough that the Russians, with their Minister of War—Count Tehernieheff, at their head, were by their insatiable ,Emperor intended tb knock the Circassians into cocked hats this year. , Communica tions were lately made to the Circussians to come to terms of p e ace ; and to gain time they promised to tneetthe wishes of the Russians, provided they could agree to suitable terms. Upon this basis a truce was agreed to. In the meanwhile there was a great gathering of the warriors of the mountains, most of whom had no more to do with the truco than the man in the moon. They, therefore, determined to attack tine Giaours' camp. A few guards excepted, the whole of the Russians were about break of day snoring as comfortably as well fed pigs in a sty, when in rushed the mountaineers, sword in hand ! Cut and thrust did everything, and many a slumberer before he had time to finish his nap was sent to his eternal sleep. Such was the rapidity with which the warriors came on, that the Russians had no time to form and draw up in battle array, before they were dispersed, and the majority destroyed. Nothing remained but for such as had the power to run, to try their speed, many being cut down in their course. This occurring not far from a Russian fortress called Mazga, in the north of Abascir, most of the fugitives made for that place, where they could find arms, and hoped to rally, but the pursuers were close upon their heels, and got into the fortress alongith about them. lo AllO morewho resisted were cut down, but there was still some fighting, a n d 50 of the mountain warriors fell, whi lst made their exit on the bastions, which were blown i nto the air by the explosion of a mine or magazine. This enraged the survivors, and many Russians, who would otherwise have been made prisoners, became, like their companions, dead men. In a word the slaughter .was dreadful, but subse quently, the conquerors spared the lives of a great many, and sent them up the country. They then co ll ected the i r ' booty, which to them was valuable, as they were in want of ammunition, of which they here found an abundance. The horses, arms, clothes , and everything of value being ab stracted, they set fire t o the w ooden buildi ngs , and il diately abandoned the fortr ess for the ben e fi t of u're future in vaders. This is the account I have heard , but don't ask dates, precise localities , and soforth, for the y heard from Ciriassians. The Russ i an art never to be an blockade was seve re on the coast. Only three Turkish moat we re there' and they were burnt , th e boats.or vessels Circassians,-therefore, to come over, had to purloi n the • cutter of a Russian biig:en war, lying at Nardan, which they did cleverly, and three woo got over to Asia Minor in this Way. They say that a mong the prisoners were a great many °l6"rs ' and one gene ra l . They state the n um b er of Russians at 20,000; but if t he re were half the numbe r I should • say it was a brilliant affair. Accounts from Crimea wou nded state that a great many , men had reached t hat this battle or place, b ut T he y whether from not it is not said.and as the iney came from Circassia, Russians have been equally beaten in other engagements, one at Da g hi stan and one at Sotcha, cannot say where th ey came from." ____ SCHOOL -HOUSE INcIDENT.--Master : Spell castigate.— Boy : Cas-ti-gate, castigate. Master : Very well; what is the . definition i—Boy : Don't remember , sir. Master : if you had an u g ly horse, what would you do with him ?—Boy. : I would swap him away the first chance I got. THE DENT DH MIDI.—The Gazelle de Simplon states, that on the 19th ult. six persons started from Sallanches, and after encountering'great difficulties, succeeded in reach ing the summit of the mountain. This they found to be a days ago, two young plain, slightly inclined, of about 30 feet in length by 20 in S°mearrived in Paris, an d breadth, at an elevation of about 1,500 feet above the Glacier de Planeve, t the Hotel du Globe, in the rue Isleuve dOubytEaNnTA interp reter,Ls.— tookT u E rk N u s r ,:a I t t c h c r e o l : m i r sap abode ; i an d o i ea a des-Petits -Champs, giving their names Ilartinour and Barr hour. They appeared to be rich, and spent money liberally , but still there were certain inexplicable peculiariti es." mode of life. They never went out till the in their nor did they present themselves at the Ottoman Embassy , officers of police came, and took b oth up. Two days ago, into custody. This was in eonse the Turkish youths the French ambassador at Const quence of a despatch from graph from Marseilles, announcing Co n s tantinople, sent up by tele graph merchants at Constantin that the sons of two opu sums of money taken from th"le had decamped with large five fatherS. In Posses • e strong boxes of their resspec -50,000f. in gold ; and ' slon of these fine youths. were found Messrs. Latfitte and about 4 00,000 f. in negotiable bills upon they voluntarily gave Co.o and other Paris bankers. All this the Ottoman oP, and then demanded to be take n to am bassador, who claimed them under the law of nations, and wh o will, no doubt, take eare to have them sent hack to their Parents. 41p n , • /1 . 1 •7) • 7 4 -40 - . , 1 ' 7 t' 41;feit. Mei% • - ~_~,. sIT. lock, reet, ' on the tded OF Trni and nade the 1OOD• 3BS' urite "we ity. tion, 1 tnet g the fan t the ) the Sir two Con in in with and the eon, ; the h of tire i of age iar- to e- If