The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-27 00:00:00

1 ands, the accounts are scarcely less unfavourable. It is.evident that a speedy and considerable rise must take place in the prices of West Indian produce : and there is every probability that deficient crops must be expected until the planters can obtain the services of a sufficient number of emigrants to cultivate their estates. This alone will bring the negroes to their senses. The long mooted question of the currency has at length been settled by the Government at home, but in a way which gave no satisfaction to any party, and was considered as not in the least calculated to remedy the inconveniences felt and complained of in our West India islands. OUR FOREIGN POLICY.—In another column will be found a condensed report of the very interesting speech delivered by Mr. Urquhart, at Newcastle, on our foreign policy. The subject is one of paramount importance, and it is handled by Mr. Urquhart in a most masterly manner. The way in which he has exposed the ruinous line of policy pursued by the pre sent ministry, ever since their accession to power, is calculated to open the eyes of the British public on the subject of our foreign relations—a subject which has not hitherto obtained the prominent notice which it deserves, and on which Lord Melbourne and his cabinet are more assailable than on any other. Mr. Urquhart has plainly and satisfactorily demonstrated that England has no elective navy—that the supre macy of the sea is no longer her proud prerogative— that she has no adequate internal defences against foreign aggression—that our foreign trade, instead of increasing, has actually and seriously diminished— that no opposition has been offered to the restrictions imposed upon our commerce by the cunning diplomacy, of Russia and other nations—that our colonial empire is shaken to the very foundation—and that collision with the United States, with Russia, and with France, is, in our present position, inevitable. The picture which he draws is gloomy, but not hopeless. The energies and resources of Great Britain may still rise superior to the present emergency. LORD DURHAM'S ARRIVAL.—The Standard and John Bull of Saturday mention the circumstance of Lord Durham's arrival at Plymouth. The former jour nal says,—" We have just been informed that govern ment has received information, by telegraph, that the Inconstant, with Lord Durham on board, has arrived off Plymouth. At this late hour we have no time to ascertain the accuracy of the statement, but we give it as it has reached us, without vouching for its correct ness." The John Bull says emphatically,—" HE IS COME 1 Lord Durham is in England.—We are assured that his Ex-excellency arrived at Plymouth yesterday. Of course, we cannot do more than repeat the announce ment, which is likely to aggravate, to a certain extent, the gouty affection under which the amiable Premier is said to be suffering." In addition to these intima tions, we have as yet no positive information on the subject. The Times of yesterday is quite silent in reference to this rumour. The Morning Herald con tains the following allusion to the matter, which is certainly far from complimentary : The arrival of the Earl of Durham from Canada has been spoken of by some of our contemporaries as if it were an event that was to excite souse extraordinary sensation in England, and, perhaps, startle the world, like the return of Bonaparte from Elba to Paris, or something equally asto nishing, if there ever was anything so astonishing as that. We, who looked upon his resignation of a power the extent of which he grossly misconceived, and which he never was odequae to wield, either with credit io himself or benefit to his country, without any of that feeling of dismay and con sternation v6hich seemed so deeply to affect some others, can hear of the `• Ine,nstant" being telegraphed off Portsmouth, or the noble lord having arrived in London without either the astonishment or " dismay " with which we heard of his being sent out to " settle" the Canadas. The news excites us no further than to induce us to sing— So prosper long our noble Queen, And Durham, long live he; And when be does Lord Brougham meet, May we be there to see. Whether it be true or not that his Ex-Excellency has arrived, of one thing there can be very little doubt —that the collision between his lordship and the Mel bourne cabinet will prove of the most harmless charac ter imaginable. Notwithstanding the blustering me naces of this irascible peer, and the threatened expo sure of the policy of the government, means will be found to sooth the wounded feelings of the former, and to secure the further continuance in office of the latter. Both may possibly come in for a share of the powerful and excoriating castigations of Lord Brougham : but his unsupported declamation will do very little harm to either. As to the manifesto put forth in the Wesminster Review by the " philosophical radicals," Hume, Molesworth, Leader, and Co., we look upon it as a specimen of empty boasting, only designed to operate as a " squeezer" upon Lord Mel bourne. This factious section of the House of Com mons will never think of offering anything like serious opposition to the Whig-Radical cabinet. Lord Mel bourne ltr.s only to throw out "a sop to Cerberus" to secure perfect immunity for himself and his colleagues from the attacks of the "philosophical radicals." They are easily appeased. THE O'CONNELL TRIBUTE.—We perceive, from the Irish papers, that O'Connell has been once more engaged on a tour of agitation through a great part of Ireland. Of course, the immediate object of this arch-incendiary is, to prepare the way for the simul taneous collection of the " rint." Every speech ‘Nhich he delivers—all the flowers of rhetoric with which he garnishes his orations—all his blustering declamation on the subject of "justice to Ireland," and " repeal of the Union," have reference to the approaching travels of the begging-box through the Popish mass houses. l'h e motives which influence O'Connell appear to Eng lishmen so transparently selfish, that it is a matter of astonishment in this kingdom that his countrymen have not long since cast him off, and repudiated his services. But we do not fully appreciate the secret of Irish agi tation, in entertaining such an opinion. In spite of his meanness and sordid selfishness, O'Connell will always be popular in Ireland, as long as his agitation runs parallel with the rebellious designs of the Popi.li priesthood and their deluded followers. DESECRATION OF THE SABBATH.—In last week's Publication we inserted the address of the Clergy of the Established Church "to the Directors of the se veral Companies whose regulations infringe on the rest of the Sabbath." We feel assured the Christian Public will have perused that document with senti ments of unalloyed satisfaction. It exhibits, in a strikingly beautiful light, the unspeakable advantage of our possessing a Church, founded on " the Rock of ages," nationally recognised and established—so free from all secular concerns, as at all times to be prepared to stand, unhesitatingly and resolutely, forward. in ' opposition to whatever is calculated to conflict with the authority or sovereignty of God—and yet so in timately connected and acquainted with the wants, sympathies, and true interests of the community, (in Which she shines as a burning and bright light,) as to be feelingly and actively alive in forwarding whatever Promises real and substantial benefit, in conformity with the infallible rule of guidance which her Divine Founder himself has supplied. It is from the Esta blished Church that our dissenting brethren take their tone; and a most cheering and gratifying exemplifi cation of the genuineness of the Christianity of Pro testantism is afforded us in the fact, that, though Dis senters in certain external and non essential points, (in which, by the way, the Church of England minis lets lay no stress, but for the sake of order and de cency,) differ with the Establishment—in opposition to s tn and the powers of darkness, and in diligent and Zealous exertion to restrain a too worldly spirit, there 1 . 4 a unity of principle and operation not to be found I n any other system. We sincerely hope the directors of the various corn- Panies, to which the protest alluded to has been ad (l,ressed, will meet the subject in that Christian, libe ral, and prompt manner which the case so urgently re quires. Much of what is at present offensive and de 4eerating on the Sabbath may, we are confident, be °hviat e d or p u t a s t o p t o , by a little management on the part of those who are interested ; and we would Ilt , r ougly recommend that a meeting of the directors I llould take piece, and that a deputation of the clergy ea who signed the protest be invited to attend " A same.- i h An attempt, some few years ago, was made to carry 4° effect the object now in contemplation ; and we the aware that a laudable readiness was evinced by 42 directors of the St. George, City of Dublin, and aA ue,r steam-packet companies, to consummate, as far L ti leY were concerned, an end so much to be desired. 4 . 1 " Y that attempt failed, we are unable to say ; hut, 01 ° t probably, from a want of interchange of senti wiet9t amongst all the parties concerned—an error wa tch we hope the meeting we have above suggested remedy on the present occasion. tall appears to us that, by altering the cattle-market ri" !rum Monday to Wednesday or Thursday, the ar eal of stea mers w i t h ca ttl e o n the Sabbath might be t` an end to—vessels, that now leave Ireland so as h arrive here on Sunday for Monday's market, would i ro be regulated accortlingly. As to Sunday travel hg the ra il ways, an d ferry-crossing for the pro n r l n of pleasu re , we h ave littl e d o ubt satisfactory e Lot guilltions may al so b e d ev i se d, so that people may Let al together for ge t " t o k eep h o ly t h e S a bbath-day." the attempt, however, be resolutely made, and stic f_',.lo such a cause, i s sure to follow--" Dintidiunt 'c't qui coepit." CORRESPONDENCE. SOUTH TOXTETH WARD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,-Mr. Owen Williams, in a letter published in the Albion of this day, states that the Reform Committee of No. 15 Ward are of opinion that it would be "degrading" in Mr. Francis Jordan to take further notice of my letter, inserted in the Standard of Friday last; and, under this paltry sub terfuge, the committee obligingly take up the work of refut ing me. lam not acquainted with the members who com pose that Reform Committee ; but the public may in some degree judge of them by their proceedings on this occasion. - The committee, by their secretary's letter of yesterday, have volunteered to do what, in the same document, they allege it would have been " degrading" in Mr. Jordan to have done. Surely this of itself shews a very apt and willing spirit to do degrading work. If, however, Mr. Jordan had not felt that. as an honest man, he could not maintain his high "position" against the evidence of Mr. Pearson and myself, he would not thus have handed over to any committee, or any secre tary, the defence of his character. This is not the usual plan with men from whose notoriously high " position" in society we expect better and more manly things: on the contrary, it is in the last degree cowardly to skulk behind such cha racters as Owen Williams and John Siinson, and to beg of them to fight the battle, and to fabricate the excuse. But, after all, Mr. Jordan is a man who is not very nice about the means he employs to accomplish any particular purpose of his mind. Trained up in the school of Wolf Tone and Nap per Tandy, he is a master of more arts than any Reform Committee, if put to the stretch, would like to defend. As to John Simson, I have inquired in Mann-street for him, and find that he has selected a dwelling which, considering the dirty work he has to do for his reforming patrons, is in every respect suitable; and it must strike every reflecting mind to what a low ebb the Reform Committee, No. 15, are reduced. When they solicit the services of John Simson, and when caught in their dirty attempts, in endeavouring to persuade a man to violate his promise, they drag Simson forward, and wish to palm his statements upon the public as those of truth and veracity, in contradiction to that of Mr. Pearson, whose character, for integrity and moral worth, is far beyond their fingers to pollute, or their vile assertions to stain. John Simson's statements, as to the abusive language used by Mr. Glad Stone's friends, are utterly false. In fact, Simson was not present at our interview with Mr. Jordan. Ile was standing in the adjoining street, at least 30 yards from us. But, after all, do Simson's statements prove that Mr. Jordan's intimidation was not exercised ? On the con trary, it might be asked, why should Mr. Gladstone's friends abuse Mr. Jordan. provided Mr. Jordan had done nothing to deserve such abuse? It is not usual to call men foul names without some provocation. Now, since this Simson professes to recollect what was said by Mr. Gladstone's friends, why should he have declined to tell the public what Mr. Jordan had previously done and said, to occasion and call forth the abuse that he speaks of. The fact is, that Mr. Jordan's con duct was in such outrageous violation of electioneering rights, that some excuse might reasonably be made for any person who had the spirit to resent it, and the forbearance to em ploy no other weapons than mere words. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Park-street, 20th November, 1838 GEORGE OXLEY. PROTESTANTISING IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST4NIIIRD. trust I shall not be thought troublesome if I say a few words with respect to the heading of this epistle—" Iro testantising Ireland." It is a well-known fact, that the super stitions of Popery have cast a blight upon this otherwise favoured land; and we know that it is the domination of Popery that has done it, or else why should England be so much superior to Ireland in the arts and sciences? Why is this? Is it not because the religion of the Saviour is openly preached and faithfully administered to the people? And why should it not be so in Ireland ? Why should a country which is only separated from England by (we may sat) a narrow stream, be so much behind England in civilization and refinement? li‘tcause Popery is in the ascendant, and the religion of Christ is contemned, and the mediation of the Saviour trampled under foot by the bringing in of other mediators along with Jesus, such as the Virgin Mary, and a❑ innumerable list of Saints, &c. This is, and must be, the reason why the people are so degraded and sunk in misery and wretchedness. The pure word of God is only preached by a few, and in a very small portion of the land. The remedy that I would propose is this:—it is well known that the Reformation in England was brought about and extended by the pure Gospel in every part of the land. At St. Paul's Cross, Cranmer or Cromwell ordained that preach ing should commence, and the people attended and heard " the Word with joy," and thus and by such means was the Reformation iu England effected; and I should propose that the like means be used towards Ireland, with a view of " reforming" that country—that her Majesty's Ministers should commence at once, and ordain such measures as were used in England, towards the conversion of Ireland. But, it will be said, how is it to be expected that the " Melbourne Administration" will do this, when they shew such partiality to O'Connell and the Papists ?—they will never institute measures for the propagation of the Protestant religion, when they profess that it was their intention to deal heavy blows and g7eat discouragement to Protestantism! My answer is, that the Protestant Clergy throughout the kingdom should he called on, by public meetings of Churchmen throughout the land, td exhibit to their flocks the degraded state of Ire land, through the influence of Popery acting on the fears and credulity' of the people;—and then, having made the people acquainted with the subject, exhort them to do what they can towards PROTESTANTISING IRELAND. And what is it that they can do? Why, at the next general election, return men to be their representatives in parliament who will not shrink front openly avowing their Protestant prin ciples against the new-fangled notions of Popery.- And if they thus avow and proclaim themselves as belonging to the religion which Christ taught, Popery will fall before them, and, through the blessing of God, they will become victo rious. And when we have a Christian ministry, we may then expect that Ireland will become Protestant. But, as a com mencement towards this good work, let Mr. M`Neile and other clergymen be waited on, and let them be persuaded to go at once as missionaries throughout England towards the ' accomplishment of this object ;—let them not be afraid of the Radical or Popish press of the different places they may visit, but let them remember that their Great Master has suffered greater indignities than they may ever be called on to endure; and let them go on in the good work conquering and to conquer. Who knows but that they may be the means of Protestantisiny Ireland, and giving to that country Pro testant, which" is another name for primitive, Christianity? And when, through their endeavours, they have succeeded in placing a Christian ministry as the advisers of our young Queen, and they (the ministry) shall appoint, as in the days of the Reformation, preaching throughout the length and breadth of the land, giving the Bible (which is the Word of God) into the hands of the people of Ireland, that they may " search the Scriptures daily," to see whether those things which are being expounded to them are to be found therein; —when this is done, and when they can see for themselves, and examine the testimony which God has given to its of his Son,—then, and then only, will Ireland become Protestant, and the land of Erin fling off the novelty of purgatory and such like false and flimsy notions. As a layman, an Englishman, and an humble member of the Protestant Church as established in these kingdoms, I can truly say that " my desire and prayer ,to God" for Pa pists, "Turks, infidels, and heretics," is, " that they may be saved," and brought to a knowledge of the truth, which " shines in the face of Jesus Christ " Yours always, Liverpool, 21st November, 1 38 W. A. H. DR. EPPS' LECTURES ON PHRENOLOGY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Stn.-1 am led to the following remalks from having a' tended some of Dr. Epps' lectures on phrenology; in the course of which, he quoted and commented upon some passages from scripture, of which the following is one: from Mat. 10. 37.—" He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me, &c.;" when he observed that the parsons (a favourite term of his, by the bye) misrepresented the per sonal pronoun me in this passage, as though it related merely to a crucified bleeding Saviour—that they were in the habit of setting him forth in that light to their hearers, and felt satisfied if they produced any effect in the shape of a tear, — this he characterized as mystery. Now we shall see what the Doctor himself makes of it,—the phrenological parson's com mentary was to the following effect, as far as the meaning goes—" What is the meaning of me ? me does not mean a crucified, bleeding body, as the parsons so like to interpret it ! no! Christ was a personification of benevolence, justice, &c.; therefore, if we love father or mother more than to do justice and love mercy, we should be giving them the pre ference over him—this is uncommonly specious!—but what is it else than the very m)stification which the Doctor so readily condemns in the unfortunate parson. How unlike the plain matter of fact declaration of the Apostle, 1 Cor. 2. 2.—" I am determined not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." Perhaps the Doctor may think proper to impugn the Apostle himself, considering that he had the disadvantage of living in an age when his darling science was unknown. But, Sir, a serious evil may result from this false view of divine truth. It is calculated to divert the attention from the great fact of the atonement, or, at least, to render it of minor import, by robbing it of its due prominence in our Lord's work on earth. Instead then of asserting that the Lord, in this passage, lays claim to our preference, in consideration of his intrinsic excellence, how much more true, and how much more likely to effect his ob ject, that of recommending the practice of morality, (for I will give him credit fur this,) had the Doctor set him forth here as appealing especially to our infinite obligation to him as a redeemer —yes, and as a suffering aura bleeding redeemer — expressions apparently so distasteful to him. We do not un derstand by this passage, that we are to prefer excellence to father or mother, but the god-man Christ, crucified for us. Whether then, of these two views, we would repeat, savours most of mystification ? There wire several other misappli cations of scripture, I am sorry to say, in the course of the Doctor's lectures, of perhaps equal importance,-1 regret it, I say, exceedingly,—not only for truth's sake, but because I was highly gratified wills portions of what I heard, particu larly those conveying moral instruction, except that it was based upon an inadequate foundation : for lessons of morality, how pleasing soever to the ear, unless based upon christian principles, that is, upon Christ crucified, and not Christ the excellent, can make no lasting impression on the heart. I must hear testimony against another of the Doctor's attempts to substitute what is consistent with his views of phrenology, for what is consistent with scripture. In his allusion to the apostle Peter's attempt to walk on the water, he appeared to disregard entirely the Lord's sustaining power; this I infer from his expression in regard to Peter's failure—that he made a mistake ! Now 1 ask any man of common sense, if this be not treating the subject in a seriously profane manner—be sides its having the effect of insinuating that he could have had no prospect of success, merely because he could riot have had a large organ of hope. What impression, I ask, could have been left, after this view of the subject, upon the minds of his hearers as to the part which the Lord took in the t rans action ? Is he not made a mere cipher? And here I must express my surprise that in the very outset of his discourses, the Doctor professed to give to christianity the first place in importance, and to his favourite science, the second ; whereas, had he reversed the order, his discourses would have proved more consistent with his professions. Trusting, Sir, that through the medium of your paper, these observations sissy arrest the attention of some of the Doctor's audience, 1 en treat you to give them a favourable considertion, and you will oblige A FRIEND TO CHRISTIAN PHRENOLOGY, Though a determined foe to Phrenological Christianity. Liverpool, 26th November, 1838. DOINGS AT KIRKDALE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDIRD, SIR, —Returning last evening (having been a few days from home) afforded me the that opportunity of perusing the Albion of Monday, the 19th inst., and I was much surprised to find, in the report of the Everton and Kirkdale Ward Reform Dinner, no mention of the speech of Mr. D—hell, who, I must say, acknowledged the great respect paid him (his health having been proposed) in a style that was worthy of him and the cause he espouses. Now you must know have been two years rated in the township, and consequently shall have a municipal vote next year: that is the only reason I can account for receiving the following note the day before the said dinner:— " Commiitee-rOom, Derby Arms, Kirkdale, " Nov. 10th, 1838. " Dear Sir,—The committee for conducting the late elec tion of John Holmes, Esq. beg to present the enclosed, and hope to have the honor of your company to dinner on Tues day next. Mr. —, Claremont-grove." Now as I happen to be as old burgess, I need not tell you that I did not refuse to comply with the terms requested, which has enabled me to forward you a sketch of our worthy overseer's speech. After a man they call P—chard had done shouting, Mr. D—bell rose and said,—" Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen,—after the many goad speeches you have listened to this evening, it will be quite out of my power to say any thing that will entertain 3 - ou; but having had so great a compliment paid me, and one which I ant quite sure I do not deserve, (loud cries of Hear, hear!') it would be un grateful in me not to return you my best thanks, which I do from the bottom of my heart; and I can only say, as our friend Mr. Seers has said, that I did so before, three years ago, and I intend to do so again—(` Bravo, bravo!') — and further, I would pledge myself—but mind, this is between ourselves—to one and all the Conservatives in the township not to vote (a long pause)—until live minutes before four o'clock." (Tremendous cheering, all the company rising.) After an old Irishman and two or three others had got the mau they call I'—chard into his chair (in which they were obliged to hold him), the overseer proceeded to say, that whatever the people might think, his conscience ("On, crikey!" " Order, order !") did not accuse him of having done wrong—(" Hear, hear !" from Father W—cock); " and I appeal to the reverend gentleman on my right, whose word and advice I shall take before Shaw's and all the tax-collectors in Great Britain put together. (Cheers.) There is one circumstance I shall take the liberty of men- tioning, as I may not have another public opportunity, and that is, we ought to allow our worthy secretary, Mr. P—chard, a handsome allowance for the great sa crifice he has made, both with respect to his time and his purse. (‘ Hear, hear!' from Mr. P—chard.) 1 need not tell you, gentlemen, that lawyers' clerks get badly paid, and our friend I'—chard, unfortunately, is servant to a Tory, who is not liberal enough to raise his salary, namely, £5O per annum; and I for one, am ready to pledge myself to subscribe my mite to assist him, so that he may ap pear as a gentleman, (two or three gents. coughed,) untiliwe can manage to place hint in some adjoining township, to fill the situation of overseer, for which he is so well qualified. I am sorry also to observe, hat one of our best men is absent upon this occasion, Mr. J. P. H-11, who, I regret to say, is not upon good terms with friend I'—chard, which is a very serious affair—very, having had some few words with him, respecting the improper division of some canvassers' strey,' not used on the clay of election. I mention this circum stance, more for the purpose of guarding you, gentlemen, upon any future occasion, from going into a Tory house, (as they unfortunately did,) where, of course, they were watched and overheard, which was very natural, the Tories always being on the look-out in Fox-street and that neighbourhood; however, Mr. H. has pledged himself to me, to be more guarded in future. Brother Chairman, I shall beg leave to conclude my few remarks, by being permitted to propose the health of our worthy secretary, and that we all pledge him in a bumper." (Cheers.) There being little drink stirring at this stage of the pro ceedings, I went to the bar to get a glass of rum, and left the man they call I'—chard, supported by the Irishman and Co., whose speech has already been taken notice of.—Yours, &c. A GASCOIGNITE. Claremont Grove, Nov. 24, 1838. A DEATH-BED CONFESSION OF A MURDER. About forty years ago, a great sensation was created in Liverpool by the murder of a gentleman of high respectability in this town. The body was found by a watchman, in an up right position, supported by railings which fenced a ship wi ight's yard, on land now forming part of the east quay of the Prince's Dock. The watchman discerning the figure of a roan (by the light of one of those paltry oil lamps used at that time) in such a position, supposed he was in a state of intoxication, and, on being touched, the body fell. The watch man sprung his rattle, and several people coming to his as sistance the corpse was removed to the dead house. One of the watch commissioners, on viewing the body the following morning, recognized it ; and on examination it was disco vered that the deceased had met with his death by a fracture of the skull, executed with a blunt instrumennt. A reward was offered by the then mayor, and, in consequence, infor formation was given to the police that the deceased gentle man was lin the hobit of visiting a female in the neighbour hood of the place where the body was found, and on the ap prehension of that female a watch was taken from her person which was proved to be the property of the deceased, and so satisfactory was this fact, with some corroborant circum stances, that the prisoner was committed for trial. A stable keeper or groom, who was in the habit of going, by the de ceased's orders, to fetch his watch, which he had on some occasions forgotten or purpoSely left with the prisoner, having casually read in a newspaper that part of the evidence re specting the watch, gave such information to the magistrates that the prisoner was released. In consequence of the re ward being so great the constables were on the continual look out to discover the murderer, but without effect; and from that time to this the friends of the deceased, who are now of the first standing in Liverpool in point of wealth anti respectability, are ignorant of the cause of the murder and of the name of the murderer, both of which can be given by the writer of this article; and if this should meet the eye of one of the deceased's relatives, that information will be con veyed through the medium of the publisher of this paper. The house in which the murder was committed is still standing, and can be pointed out. The person who confessed the murder was the widow of the murderer, who had then been dead many years. The confes sion was to the following effect. That she was standing at the door of her house, and the deceased passing by, being in a state of intoxication, caugh hold of her; she ran into the front parlour, and he with her ; she called out, and her hus band, who was a pilot, happening to come in at the moment, took up the poker and killed the deceased at one blow; when he saw the dreadful effect of the act he wept most bitterly. In the course of an hour he and his wife began to thiuk bow the body should be disposed of, when the wife hit upon the plan of taking the body out, between - twelve and one at night, being very dark, and rearing it against the railings, where it was found by the watchman. She said she took the pre caution of first ascertaining that the watchman was at a dis tance, which she easily did, in consequence of that stupid old practice of calling out the hour, and as the neighbourhood there at that time was thinly populated, and little or no pass ing at night, they easily placed the body where it was found without being observed. She lifted the corpse on her hus band's back, and he carried it a distance of 200 or 300 yards. They put out all the lights in the house immediately, and went to bed, but from the agitated state of their feelings nei ther could sleep on that or for many nights afterwards. The police examined all the houses about, and on one occasion their's, but fortunately she-said her husband was out on duty in the pilot boat, otherwise she thinks, as his terror was so great, he would have discovered his guilt by his agitated manner. She often determined after her husband died to confess all the circumstances to the relations of the deceased, who was a single man, but she was afraid she would be deemed a principal in the murder, and put upon her trial. She died on the same day she related these facts. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Manchester and Salford Aux iary to the Church Pastoral Aid Society, was held on Friday evening, in the great room of the Cord Exchange ; Mr. Atkinson, the treasurer of the society, in the chair, instead of the worshipful and reverend Chancellor Raikes, who was unavoidably absent owing to severe indisposition. The Se cretary read the annual report of the society. It commenced by stating the objects for which it was established, and the means adopted for carrying those objects into effect. The main pupose for which it was instituted was to supply the poor with church accommodation, and with spiritual instruc tion, by means of voluntary donations subscribed by the af fluent and religious. The deficiency of chu ch accommoda tion was so great, that no less than one thousand churches were now required, and, in Manchester alone. they wanted one hundred new churches; whereas they had only thirty-six to accommodate their vast population. The necessity of em ploying lay agency was very forcibly argued, and the objec tions which are raised to the principle of lay agency'were eloquently refuted. The society during the last year had made 174 grants-148 for the support of curates, and 26 for lay agents, amounting in the whole to the sum of £lOOO, all of which was devoted to an aggregate population of one million two hundred thousand souls. On Lancashire alone thirty of these grants were conferred. It was not for the as sistance of the clergy exclusively, as was alleged, that sup port was required by the Pastrol Aid Society; for the man ner in which the grants were distributed, sheaved that no such purpose was contemplated. Grants were refused to clergy men who were resident incumbents, and to pastors having schools in their charge: and the consequence was, that ap plications were not for aid,—nor, in fact, was the aid of the society required but by places where religious instruction or accommodation was insufficiently supplied. The funds were chiefly applied to the erection of churches in parishes where the number of religious edifices was not proportioned to the amount of the population. The report stated that the secre tary of the society had sent in his resignation, in conse quence of his.removel from Manchester to Runcorn, and re commended the appointment of a gentleman to the office of assistant-secretary. It concluded by enforcing the necessity of supporting an institution having such laudable objects in view, but at such length as to prevent us from giving more than this brief summary of the principal points. The Rev. Mr. Huntington, in moving that the report be received, adopted, and printed for circulation, under the direction of the society, said that he fully concurred in that part of it which stated the disproportion of churches to the population of the country, and he referred in illustration of the truth of this, to the religious buildings of the metropolis. The same remarkable disproportion was observable, he said, in all our principal towns. In Birmingham, Leeds, and other manu facturing places, the sad truth of his statement was too appar ent. He proceeded, at lunch length, to detail the various benefits that the society was the means of conferring. The Rev. Mr. Frost seconded the resolution, and vindicated the society from the charges made against it. He especially di rected himself to the refutation of a statement recently pub lished by some author, as to the tendency that the employ ment of lay agents had to produce dissent. That author stated, that he heard in a bishop's presence, and in a Bis hop's palace, that two lay agents had attached to them, in a certain parish, a large number of churchmen , and that they and their followers had all become dissenters. He (Mr. F.) denied that in the parish mentioned, lay agents had ever been engsged, and he declared, that there was not a shadow of truth in the entire statement. He advocated very warmly the objects of the society, and besought all present to aid in this benevolent undertaking. Several other reverend gen ' tlemen addressed the meeting, but we regret that owing t o the lateness of the hour at which the meeting separated, an d ' its being the eve of publication, our report oft the proceedings is necessarily curtailed. A Handicap Race for a Sweepstakes of 20 Boys. each w: come off over Aintree in the course of a few days. Any Bolivar, Waverley, and Vernal have already accepted. MANCHESTER Rartways.—We-perceive that the parlia mentary notices have been given by the Liverpool and Man Chester, Manchester, Bohn'', and Bury, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Companies, to construct a short line of about two miles in length, through the town of Manchester, with the view of uniting the three important lines already men tioned, and, in fact, of connecting all the great railways in the north of England, and by which means, as one uniform guage of rails has been observed, the passengers and traffic will be able to pass from one line to another with great con venience. When this spirited project shall have been com pleted, it will afford to the mercantile and manufacturing in terests of Lancashire and Yorkshire facilities of intercourse which have hitherto been deemed unattainable. The inti mate commercial relations now existing between Liverpool and the West Riding of Yorkshire, will render this Railway one of vast importance. The raw produce sent from Liver pool to Y orkshire, and the return of the manufactured woollens, alike require expedition and certainty in the conveyance. Passengers may also be conveyed front one side of the king dom to the other, viz., between the ports of Liverpool and Hull, in the same carriages; as well as along the other rail ways with which this line will communicate; goods may also be forwarded in the same manner in one waggon throughout. The great cotton spinning district of Oldham and its neigh bourhood has hitherto been unapproached by any water navi gation whatever, its great altitude having rendered it inac cessible. The Oldham branch from the Manchester and Leeds railway wilt, however, do all that is desired. Raw cot ton may be brought from the docks at Liverpool to the nu merous cotton manufactories there, in the short space of about three hours; which circumstances cannot fail to have a most beneficial influence on the trade in that district. We understand that the two passenger stations, one for the Liver pool and Manchester, and the other for the Manchester and Leeds Railways, will he within a few hundred yards, and willein sight of the Manchester Exchange, which must be a great desideratum to the merchants. We conceive the town of Manchester will also derive a material advantage from this railway, as it will undoubtedly abstract from the streets a great quantity of heavy traffic, which at present has to be carried through the town, to the inconvenience as well as danger of the inhabitants. THE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS, POST-OFFICE-PLACE. Our multitudinous avocations have prevented us giving that regular detailed notice of the paintings which we com menced, and had intended to complete: and the time when the exhibiton will close, rapidly drawing near, compels us hurriedly to glance at the paintings, and bring our remarks to a conclusion. Few seasons have been so well attended, and few of the exhibitions so attractive. No. 166.—" A scene in the Interpreter's House."—" The interpreter takes them apart, and has them into a room, where was a man that would look no way but downwards, with a muck rake in his hand; there stood also one over his head, with a celestial clown in his hand, and proffered him that crown for his muck rake ; but the man did neither look up nor regard, but raked to himself the straw, the small sticks, and dust of the floor. Then,' said Christiana, persuade myself that 1 know somewhat the meaning of this; for this is a figure of a man of this world; is it not, good sir?"—Pilgrim's Progress This forms the text from which the picture is drawn. It is a fine painting, but its excellence consists not so much in its being a clever work of art, as that it " points a moral," to which many may attend with benefit. No. 169.—" Merchant Brig running in harbour—strong breeze."—This is an excellent sea painting by Seaforth. No. 181.—" The confidant."—This is a clever little paint ing by Clater. It represents an old woman picking a goose, and a young girl busy unbosoming all her secrets to her. No. 193.—" The Prophet Ezekiel."—As a painting this is a good picture. It represents the Prophet Ezekiel receiving his inspiration from above, and writing the word. There is a want of poetry iu the conception, and a slavishness of look in the prophet, as though writing after dictation; there is no look of inspired intelligence—the image of the Deity is not apparent in him. No. 201.—" The Gamblers."—This picture contains a re presentation of as sly a piece of cheating as we ever saw. Two fishermen are gambling at cards i❑ their cottage; and while one is showing his cards to a girl behind him, the other is conveying a low card within the reach of a lad under his chair, who thus smuggles off with his bad deal. The atti tudes and expressions are in good keeping, and the painting is a well finished work of art. No. 204.—" Portrait of her most gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria."—This is a most vile picture, whether considered as a portrait or a painting. The Queen is unlike most wo men, in having been called ferfill so high a station; and the artist seems determined that she shall be unlike most women in more respects than this. We don't know exactly what may be the particular shade of complexion of the squaws of the Red Indians: but this we know, such a complexion as is given to our fair Queen in this picture is not often met with amongst Englishwomen. We imagine the artist must have been reading Nicholas Nicklehy when he painted it, and has been imitating Miss La Creevy's " bright salmon flesh tint," which her chief friends and patrons considered to be "quite a novelty in art." No. 211.—" View of Stockport."—This is a finely finished landscape, by Pennington. The scene is rather a peculiar one: a placid stream of water, confined between banks of rock. The light is finely thrown on the water. No. 218.—" King Charles the First, after his last Interview with his Children." The artist of this beautiful painting is not named. It is a chaste and exquisitely finished picture, and will repay the study of it. No. 222.—" The Thames, near Twickenham"—is a small and beautiful painting, by Havell, with a gorgeous flood of light cast over it. No. 225.—" Interior of Tintern Abbey."—This painting represents the interior of a ruined abbey, and is a most beau- tiful specimen of art. The sombre hue of the ruin is enli vened by the bright foliage of the parasitical plants which are creeping up the pillars, and the whole ruin has a light .some appearance. The light and shade are most correctly thrown. No. 232.—" Highlanders returning from a Forage"—is a well drawn large painting, in the suuth room. The subject is taken from the following verse of Wordsworth:- -" The good old rule Suffieeth them; the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can." It represents a number of Highlanders driving off cattle, and carrying off the daughter of some laird. It is rather a hard, dry style of painting. No. 249.—" The Emigrant's Departure." is a painting about which much has been said. It owes, however, More to the poetry of its painting, than to its art. As a mere specimen of painting it possesses no great merit; but the scene is full of sentiment and feeling, and the characters are judiciously drawn. It represent sthe interior of a husbandman's cottage, and the stalwart husbandman, with his wife and children, taking leave of his aged parents. —" What sorrows gloomed that parting day .That call'd them from their native land away." The wife, with melancholy sadness of countenance, is bidding adieu to her aged mother, who is overwhelmed with grief; the children are embracing each other before they part — perhaps for ever ; the aged grandfather is slowly and feebly rising from his chair with his hands on the head of one of the young children, solemnly giving him his blessing;_ and the husbandman is lingering , leaning against the door: anxious to depart, yet lingering to bid adieu and.take a fare well look, of thoughtful sadness, of parents, home, and all his household goods. The subject is painfully interesting. No. 270.—" The Aristocracy."—This is a clever painting of two large springer dogs, by Ansdell, a rising young artist. There is great boldness and freedom of drawing; and the attitudes are graceful and natural. The etceteras' which fill up the picture—fruit and so on—are also cleverly drawn. No. 313.—" Christ Meditating iu the Wilderness."—is a bold, fine painting ; the drapery exhibits some beautiful chaste colouring. The back ground, however, is more like a chaos than 'a wilderness. No. 319.—" Christmas in the Reign of Elizabeth." This is a magnificent painting, crowded with incident. The de scription given with it is as follows :—" Dinner is supposed to he over, the tables removed, and the guests in the midst of their gambols. The centre group represents the struggling for kisses under the misletoe. To the right is the cushion dance. Round the fire-place, in which blazes the yule log, is a party listening to an old crone relating a ghost story ; at the most interesting point of which a mummer, in a " subtl disgysment," bursts from his concealment, and adds to the fright of the party." This however, is but a meagre description. In one corner, a stout old man is sat on a bench asleep, and some young urchins have put him a punch-bowl, wrong side up, on his head, and are painting him a pair of mustachios from the bottom of a grimy pan. In another part two young ladies, under pretence of stealing kisses from an elderly gentleman, are adroitly picking his pockets. In another part all the excitement of " snap-dragon" is going on; and in another place some "gallant gentlemen" are on their knees, assisting a "ladye fayr" to same choice confec tionary in the wassail bowl. But it would be a task to de scribe all the incidents. As a 'painting, it is very highly finished. No. 328.—" Miriam rejoicing after the Passage of the Red Sea."—This is a large painting in the form of a lozenge, and is painted in a peculiar style; something after the manner of Raphael. There are his bright style of colouring and strong contrasts ; and a good deal of his quaintness of attitude. Miriam is represented with the timbre! in her hand, followed by the women with timbre's. The figures are very beautifully drawn, but there is a great degree of stiffness about them. It is, however, a fine painting. Some of the colouring is very beautiful. No. 344.—" Deathbed of Lady Macbeth."—This is a hor rible conception of a horrible scene. No. 363.—" Valley of Aosta"—by W. Linton.—This is a glorious burst of landscape scenery. No. 398.—Homer Reciting his Iliad."—This is a beautiful imaginative picture, representing a brilliant Italian landscape view—a sort of wild Paradise, as Homer's poetry has been well described to be. This is the chief painting in the Octa gon-room. There are many other paintings of merit which we have not time especially to notice. Many of the prints in the print-room also possess considerable merit. The exhibition, it is expected, will close for the season in about three weeks, when the raffle of the unsold paintings will take place. LECTURES ON POPULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND THE LAWS OF HEALTH. Dr. Thorburn's second lecture was delivered on Friday evening last and gave general satisfaction. The audience was numerous and consisted of many of the most distinguished families in Liverpool. In addition to the ladies of the party, we noticed several medical wen, and many of the most popu lar of our resident clergy occupying the benches of the theatre. The business of the subject of the lecture was to establish the nature and philosophy of the scie,nce of lilt.. The neces sity of recognising the existence of a vital principle was de monstrated. The appeals to the eye with the aid of plates were judicious, and highly successful. The doctrines of vitalism and materialism, on which depended the farce and delusion of modern infidelity, were lucidly explained, inter spersed with popular illustrations, to which the audience re sponded with attention and laughter. The description of the " Philosopher," as a wanderer in Wales, elicited loud laughter: the allusion was in connexion with the eccentric opinions broached in Liverpool, by a well-known character, enjoying the tight of "hale fellow, well met" with the self styled British Association for the advancement of science! The ideal sketch of the fate that awaited him, if as a wan derer in Wales, and unable to sustain his incognito, told well; the philosopher among savans could not avoid his fate, if detected, among the old women of Wales, who idolized the land of their ancestry. Dr. Thorburn possesses the art of exciting and sustaining the attention of a mixed audience. His illustrations and anecdotes of the wisdom of the rats of Bath, and the ratting of statesmen in times of panic, told with irresistible effect. These were anecdotes to prove that animals have minds, and think, and reason. He alluded to these manifestations of brute mind while contrasting them with those of the God-like mind of man, in which there was a soul at work. It was the soul which distinguished man above the brutes, which urged on the mind to supremacy over them, and so apparent was this superiority that the most savage brutes were known to quail before the gaze of man. This expression of the soul in the eye of man he beautifully illustrated. This characteristic of man was expressed by Moses in his account of the creation of man. "God created man from the dust of the earth"— gave him a corporeal frame—"and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life"—gave him that life—that vitality which infidels are brute animals possess'(and which materialists and are so anxious to be thought only to possess)—" and man became a living soul." This was the addition ; in this con sisted man's superiority over the brutes—it was in the addi tion of the "living soul"—the attribute of God conferred upon him. Dr. 'Thorburn on this point also eloquently illustrated his views. The lecture was spoken from notes, and occupied an hour and a half in delivery. We understand that the nominations for the Waterloo Cup and the Waterloo Purse are nearly filled. The Marquis of Douglas and several other celebrated owners of dogs have nominations. Lord Frances Egerton, M.P. continues at Bath still labou ing under a stubborn attack of gout. We understand that Mr. Lewis, the spirited proprietor of the Liverpool Theatre presented young Henry Betty with a munificent gift in money upon his benefit night, independent of the very liberal terms of his engagement. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAT.—WE under• stand that, since the opening of this railway, little more than eight years, five millions of passengers have passed along line, and that out of this immense number, only two passel]. gers have lost their lives by accident on the railway, arising from the sudden collision of some of the carriages. SERMON AT ST. JUDE'S CHURCH.—On Sunday morning last an excellent sermon was preached in St. Jude's Church, by the Rev. Wm. Dalton, in aid of the funds of the Blue Coat Hospital. The reverend gentleman, after eulogising the system of education used in the Blue Coat Hospital, as being based upon the Bible and the Formularies of the Church of England, denounced the liberal, new-fangled, anti-Bible system, and strongly protested against what he very justly called putting bits and scraps of the Bible into the hands of the children, instead of the entire unmutilated Word of God. The collection amounted to the handsome sum of £54 4s. Bd. GREAT EXPORT OF MANUFACTURED GOODS TO AMERICA. —Under this head we noticed last week the export of manu factured goods to the United States. The George Washing ton, which sailed on Sunday, had to shut out goods so early as Thursday ; and the United States, which will sail on Saturday next, will be full early in the week. The South America, the packet of the 7th of December, will also he quite full. It is likely, indeed, if the easterly winds should continue much longer, that there will be a scarcity of Ameri can vessels to convey the goods which, it is understood, are preparing for export. In that case, it would not surprise us to see first-rate British vessels laid on the berth for New You k. The United States, having recovered from the depression caused by the commercial convulsion of 18.36-7, are evidently "going a-head."—A/biun. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CAUTION TO OWNERS AND DRIVERS OF OMNIBUSES. The driver of Mr. Lawrence's omnibus, No. 5967, appeared on Saturday to answer a charge preferred against him by Mr. Francis Jordan, for carrying more passengers than he was licensed for. Mr. Jordan proved, that the defendant was licensed to carry only ten persons inside, and that, on the 14th instant, he had carried twelve. It appeared that this had been his common practice. Mr. Hall animadverted on the inconvenience to which the public were subjected, and on the cruelty of overburdening the horses. He had the power of inflicting a penalty of £5. He would not go to that extent, but would fine the defendant £2 10s. and costs. Every time he appeared there for a similar offence, the penalty should be increased, and, if the practice were not abated, he would exact the full fine in all cases. BURGLARY.—James Fitzgerald, an old offender, was, on Saturday, placed at the bar of the Police-court, charged with having broken into the premises of Patrick M'Cullen, on Saturday morniug, at one o'clock. At that hour Police officer No. 4, Michael Garvey, was passing along Marybone. Ile turned into Stockdale-street, when he saw the prisoner half way through the window of Mr. M`Cullen's shop. He pulled hint back by the legs, and alarmed the inmates. Mrs. M‘Cullen came down stairs, and the prisoner was taken into the shop. It was found that he had forced down the shutter, and had broken a pane of glass; after which he had endea voured to force himself through the aperture, in which, as the hole was sufficiently large, he would have succeeded bad not the officer caught him. 'here were two men and a wo man standing not far off when the officer found him. When in the shop be called for these to come and force the door and rescue him. He was committed for trial. CHARGE OF MURDER.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, an Irishman, named James Lackey, and his wife, with au infant in her arms, were placed at the bar, charged with having been concerned in a brutal murder at Preston. Mr. Dow ling said the prisoners had been taken into custody on a charge of being concerned in a murder at Preston, from the description given of them in the Hue ond Cry. They did not deny that they were the parties. Constable Lloyd said, that on Sunday he went to the house of a person named O'Neil, where he heard the prisoners were. He asked for the pri soner Lackey by name, and told him that there was a charge of murder against hint, committed on the Monday night be fore, in Preston, on a man called Dounaghue. The prisoner said he was the man who kept the house where the murder was committed, but he was as innocent of the murder as the child in his wife's arms. He admitted that his name was James Lackey. Mr. Dowling said the facts of the murder were,--Donnaghue, the man murdered, was a sort of over looker on the railway, and had money iu his possession each week, to pay the men with. On his passing the prisoner's house, the prisoner and several others dragged Dunnaghue into the prisoner's house, where they beat out his brains in a most brutal manner, rubbed him of his money, and decamped. Mr. Hall ordered him to be detained in custody till sent for. Nista Bs.:Gcatts.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, one of the wretched set of Irish, who continually immigrate into Li verpool, to subsist on charity, and who dry up the sources of charity to our own poor by their profligacy and lying deceit, named Ellen Oan, was charged with begging in the streets on Sunday. The prisoner had an exceedingly fine looking infant in her arms, and two other wretched squalid looking children along with her. She was charged by a policeman with begging_ in the streets, for which she had been taken into custody. The prisoner then commenced a tale of woe and destitution, which had almost imposed upon the judgment of the magistrate, and excited his compassion, stating that she was a widow, and had no home, and no means of getting bread for herself and family but by begging, and, in short, proved herself an adept in that peculiar characteristic of her countrymen,—blarney;—when the thread of her recited mi series was cut short by policeman Maguire, who wished to say something respecting the case. On the Sunday before, he saw her leave her children in a public thotoughfare to beg, and the poor children were nearly frozen by the cold. He was determined to watch her; and in about an hour she returned, and took from the children what money their wretched appearance had extracted from the charity of the passers by, and then went straight to a dram-shop and spent it. He then took both her and the children into custody. The prisoner at that time was drunk; bat, in consideration of the children, he let her go that time. The prisoner imme diately began asserting her innocence, and calling God to witness the truth of what she said, and that the policeman was stating what was false. Mr. Hall said she was a most worthless woman. He should send her for three weeks to the Borough House of Correction, and take care of the chil dren meanwhile. THROWING VITRIOL.—On Friday evening, between seven add eight o'clock, two men, named Fairell and Donnelly, had a quantity of vitriol thrown upon them, in Pleasant street. As the liquid was thrown over their faces, eyes, and breast, of course the miscreants who committed the act easily effected their escape. The poor men were led home in a state of extreme suffering. They are both sawyers. On Saturday morning two men, also sawyers, were placed be fore Mr. Hall, having been taken into custody, in conse quence of information given by the sufferers. Mr. Hector, surgeon, attended; and stated, that a very large quantity of strong acid must have been thrown, as their clothes were covered with the marks of it. One of the patients, he thought, would lose his eyes, and both were severely injured. Mr. Hall asked if they could attend to give evidence. Mr. Hector thought, if they were well covered up, and brought in a close coach, there would be no danger in bringing them to the court. Officers were accordingly despatched for them. In about an hour they made their appearance, and the pri soners, John Walmsley and William Welsby, were placed at the bar. The complainants seemed to be suffering severe ly from the effects of the acid. Their faces and eyes were swollen and discoloured, and their apparel, &c. changed to a red tint, many portions of the cloth appeared ready to drop to pieces. Fairell at once identified the prisoners, and, on oath, declared he had no doubt whatever, that it was they who threw the vitriol. It appeared, that he had had some dispute with one of them about working in a certain yard in this town. He stated, that one of them accosted his com panion in Pleasant-street on the preceding evening, between seven and eight o'clock, and asked him where a certain street was. The other came up shortly afterwards, and, im mediately a quantity of liquid was thrown into each of their faces. The prisoners, who looked very confident, and much un[ike guilty persons, assured the magistrate of their inno cence, which, they said, they could prove to his satisfaction. They gave the names and addresses of two or three parties who had seen them about the time mentioned by the wit nesses. Their hands were ox.rnined by Mr. I-lector and Mr. Parkinson, but no marks were discovered, nor anything to indicate that they had handled vitriol. They were re manded till Monday. Yesterday, the two prisoners were again placed at the bar of the Police-office, and further evidence was brought for ward against them. John Dogherty, tailor, 12, Shannon-street, deposed that on Friday night, between seven and eight o'clock, he saw a man standing against his house at the gable end, with his arms crossed. There was an entry beside the gable end of his house; and in consequence of nuisances being, committed there, lie was determined to punish the next person he caught, and for that purpose went out to the man. The man said he was waiting for a friend. Witness said it was a curi ous place to wait in—he had better go into the street; he should keep an eye upon him. Witness then went into his house, and had not taken off his hat before he heard the two injured men crying out. He immediately ran into the entry, but there was no one there, and he saw no one else about but the two injured men, who were crying out.—On being cross exainined by Mr. Crewe on the part of the prisoners, witness wouldmot undertake to swear that either prisoner was the man, but the prisoner Welsby was like him, and was dressed in a similar way. Alice Waring deposed, that she lived in an entry right opposite to the one spoken of. On Friday night, between seven and eight o'clock, she had to go out, and saw a man standing in the entry; the man then crossed the road, and went into the opposite entry, and leaned his back against the wall. About twenty minutes after she heard the men crying out in the street. A. respectable-looking young man named Worsley, a roper, stated that on Friday night, between seven and eight o'clock. he was in the entry first spoken of, and saw the prisoner Welsby there. Welsh) , seized hold of him, and said, " Where is the two?" Witness said, " What two?" He then walked about a dozen yards down the entry into the street, the prisoner still keeping hold of him; witness took a fair look at him, and was certain the prisoner Welsby was the man. It was nearly half-past seven o'clock. The man had a cup or a jug iu one hand, covered over with a black cloth, and which he kept extended from him at arm's length. —On being cross-examined by Mr. Crewe, witness said he had seen the prisoner in Bridewell on Saturday night, and identified him. He was dressed in rather lighter-coloured clothes on Friday night. He was not pointed out to Lim as the man, but he (witness) pointed the prisoner out amongst four other individuals. Mr. CREWE suggested that it was improper to take the witness into Bridewell and show him the prisoner. Mr. H ALS could see no impropriety in it. It would have been idle to have wasted the witness's day in giving evidence if he could have given none; and there could be no impro • priety iu placing four men before him, and asking if any of these were the man. If the prisoner bad been pointed out to him, that would have been improper. • Mr. Morris, Jun., was examined and stated that the two prisoners worked for his father. He left the wood-yard at five o'clock on Friday afternoon, leaving the men sawing, and it was the duty of the carter, who was a trustworthy man, to lock the yard up at 8 o'clock. The prisoners were honest sober, hard-working men. Mr. Lewis, about a fortnight be. fore, had wanted some timber sawing at his father's yard .and had sent two strangers to saw it; these were the two in• jured men. He (witness) objected to leaving the yard to • strangers, and told Mr. Lewis he could get the timber sawn for him, and Mr. Lewis, in consequence, took part of it away, and had it sawn elsewhere by the two injured men. Fairell and Donnelly, the injured men, were here brought in. Their heads were quite muffled up, and such porlions of their faces as were visible, were dreadfully swollen; and one eye of each was poulticed up.—Fairell swore distinctly to both the men as the men who threw the vitriol, and that it was Welsby who threw the vitriol at him at the cornet of ' Pleasant-street. Mr. Mortis, carter, was here examined, and swore that both prisoners were working on Friday night from the time when young Morris left the yard till they gave over at eight o'clock. lie did not see them the whole of the time, but he heard the saw going till he heard them cry stop at eight o'clock, and saw them put their jackets on, when they ap peared to have been working hard as they were very warm. It was stated that an old woman met them at the gate as they were going out, and spoke:.to them, wanting them to mend a lock of her house door. This was at eight o'clock. Mr. Hall recalled 'the witness Worsely, and asked him if he was quite confident it was the prisoner Welsby whom he had seen up the entry ? The witness repeated that he bad not the least doubt of it; he was quite certain about it. Mr. Hall said the case was so diabolical—it was such a fiend-like act that no punishment short of death ought to be awarded. Fairell spoke so point blank to them, and was so satisfied they were the men who threw the vitriol, and had a distinct opportunity of seeing them one after the other ; and then the young man Woiseley declared he saw Welsby com ing out of the entry in the manner described, asking "where are the two ?" that he thought the case so strong that he 'should send them to a jury. Mr. Crewe enquired if Mr. Hall would send them to the borough jury? Mr. Hall replied that he should. i The prisoners were then committed to take their trial. he CHILD BURNT TO DRATH.-011 Friday, an inquest was held on the body of John Rothwell, a child aged three years, who was burnt to death on the preceding day. The deceased lived with his parents in Preston-street, and during the ab sence of his mother, his clothes caught fire. His cries alarmed some lodgers who lived in the same house; they proceeded to his assistance, but the flames had burnt his neck, face, and other parts of his body, in a dreadful manner. He was car ried to the Infirmary, and died almost immediately.—On the preceding day, on inquest was held on the body of Sarah Herbert, aged six years, the daughter of a private watchman in Bold, whose death was caused by the same agency—fire. THE COTTON MARKET.—It will be seen on referring to our Commercial Intelligence, that, active as the operations in this market had been during the week ending on the 16th instant, they have been more active in that which ended on Friday. Nearly 50,(X)0 bags have changed hands since our last, not more than one-fifth of which was taken on specula tion, the other four-fifths going to the dealers and consumers. The arrivals, owing, in part, to the prevalence of easterly winds, have been trifling: so that the stock, which exceeded the stock at the same period last year only 170,000 bales, as we stated last week, has, since that statement was made, been reduced to within 130,000 of its amount this time last year. If the demand should butcontinue but moderately active for the next three weeks, and there is every probability that it will, the stock, even with average arrivals, will be very sensibly diminished.—Adbion. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. Alexander Power, M.A., has been appointed Chaplain of the Wandsworth, Clapham, Putney, Battersea, Tooting, and Streatham Union. The Rev. Peter Blomfield Jeckell, to the Vicarage of Wottou, in Norfolk, on the presentation of the Rev. Arthur Roberts and Elizabeth his wife, as guardians of Willis Hicks, a minor. The Rev. Martin Baylie Darby, to the Rectory of Hack ford, Norfolk, on the presentation of Thornhaugh Gurduu, Esq. The Rev. John Dupton, M.A., Vicar of Killington, and Domestic Chaplain to the Marquis of Normandy, to the Rectory of Wareborne, Kent. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The Rev. 'l'. Geldart, to the Vicarage of Wolf hampcote, Warwickshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Homer. The Rev. F. R. Nixon, to the Perpetual Curacy of Ash, next Wingham, Kent. The Rev. Morgan Rice Morgan, late of St. David's Col lege, Lampeter, to the Curacy of Llansionlet, near Swansea. The Rev. Abraham Delamere, Curate of Wennington, Essex, to be the Chaplain of Barking Workhousa. '['he Rev. J. Davis, of Cerne, and the Rev. R. Broadlen, Rector of Brinport, have been re-appointed Surrogates for granting marriage licences in the diocese of Bristol. The Rev. David Aitcheson, M.A., of Queen's College, Oxford, has been inducted by the Right Rev. Michael Rus sell, D.C.L., Bishop of Glasgow, into the Pastoral Charge of the Episcopal Congregation of Christ Church, Mile-end, Glasgow. The Rev. Robert Montgomery, M.A., of Lincoln College, Oxford, has been inducted into the Pastoral Charge of the Congregation assembling in Buchanan-street, and fur whose accommodation the new Episcopal Church of St. Jude is erecting, near Blvtliswood-square, Glasgow. The Rev. Mr. Jacob, late Curate of Rostrevor, has been elected Chaplain to the Asylum Episcopal Chapel, Limerick The Rev. Alfred Thos. Armstrong, to the Benefice uf Cul len. Ireland. Patron, the Archbishop of Cashel. The Rev. Thomas Sikes, M.A., for ten years Curate of Luton, Beds, to be Chaplain to the Luton Union. The Rev. W. Vesey, to the Curacy of St. John's, Dublin. The Rev. A. lll`Watt, to the church and parish of Rothe, Scotland. The Rev. Dr. IlPNab, to be minister of the second charge of Cambleton, Scotland. OBITUARY. On the 21st inst. at the rectory, Blechingly, Surrey, aged 63, the Rev. Jarvis Kenrick. The Rev. George Todd, aged 38, minister of St. David's church, Dundee, Scotland. The Manchester Municipal list of voters contains about 2000 fewer names than the burgess or parliamentary register. It was supposed that the former would have been the most numerous, every householder being eligible who has resided three years within the borough. THE THEATRE 'JOY A L.—Last evening the play of " Vir ginius" was brought out, Mr. Stuart playing the part of Virginias, Mr. Howard Icilius. Mr. Baker Dentatus, and Miss Faucit Virginia. In many of the scenes, Mr. Stuart, as Viruinius, was most effective, especially in the scene before Appius Claudius (Mr. Gray), The house was a poor one; to which we attribute the careless fault of Mr. Stuart throw ing more of the power of lungs than of mind into some of the earlier scenes. Miss Faucit played with unexceptionable chasteness and beauty of style and manner. The tragedy was succeeded by a concert by the Distin Family, the cele brated horn. players, atded in the vocal departments by Miss Fanny Russell and Miss Grant. This evening, in addition, we are to have the attraction of Mr. Rice, the original and celebrated " Jim Crow," who is engaged for three nights. MR. BAKER'S BENEFIT.--II will be seen by the adver tisement of Mr. Baker, of the Theatre Royal, that that gentleman takes his benefit on Monday evening next when no doubt his friends will rally round him. Of all the corps dramatique who deserve encouragement, we know of none who deserve it more than the working and effi cient members of our Theatre Royal. Amougst these, as a comedian, Mr. Baker ranks as Al. It was a say ing of one who knew what man's nature was, that " a prophet bath no honour in his own country ;" we really think that the members of the Theatre Royal may each re peat this with great truth; for while we of the press, from habit, are accustomed to turn our attention to the stars and novelties that appear on the stage, we are too apt to forget the working and deserving members of the stock company, however worthy of praise they may be, because, and merely because we have them ever amongst us. However, we will endeavour to make the aniende honorable by urging their uu puffed merits, when they severally make their especial appeal to the public for support. We wish Mr. Baker every success, for no one more truly deserves it. WESLEYAN METHODIST HOME AND FOREIGN MISSION ARY ASSOCIATION. --Yesterday, a meeting of the above association v - as held at the Music Hall, Bold-street, at half past six o'clock, Mr. Alderman Thomas Bulley in the chair. The large room of the Music-hall was nearly filled with a respectable auditory. The meeting was addressed with con siderable power and eloquence by several ministeis :of the Wesleyan persuasion, on behalf of the objects of the society, —the diffusion of a knowledge of the gospel at home and 1 , abroad. The meeting broke up soon after ten o'clock, when a collection was made on behalf of the objects of the society. THE TELEGRAPH.—We are informed that there was a mis statement of fact in the reported proceedings of the tewn council in our last, in reference to the Telegraph establish- ment. The mistake, (which is explained by Lieut. Watson's advertisement in another column,) was not attributable to any of the reporters present, but to some misapprehension on the part of the council. COLLISION ON THE RAILWAY.—We regret to state, that a dreadful collision took place, this morning, on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It appears, as far as we have been able to ascertain the particulars of the accident, that the seven o'clock train from Manchester.had, in consequence of something being wrong in the machineryof the engine,stopped at Huy ton quarry, to repair the damage. As the Birmingham mail train was about due and as it would come down on the same incline, precautions were taken, we have been informed, to warn the engineers of the stoppage of the Manchester train on the road. These precautions seem not to have been effec tual, or they escaped the notice of the Grand Junction people; for the engine of this train dashed into the carriages of the Manchester train. The crash was dreadful. The car riages, particularly those next to the down engine, were m pieces, the seals [wing broken into tragments. Fortunately, many of the passengers, owing to the stoppage of the train, had got out on the road, and escaped the effects of the collision. Of those who remained on their seats, sev eral were slightly hurt by the shock, while three were, we have beard, dreadfully maimed. One gentleman was so much injured that apprehensions are entertained for his life: he was conveyed back to Manchester.—Second Edition of' the Albion of yesterday. [We have not been able to learn any material particulars further, than those stated by our contemporary. About 14 persons have been injured, bruised in various ways, and two of theirs have had their legs dread• fully crushed. GREAT CRY AND LITTLE WOOL.-otl the night of Tues day last, the inhabitants of South Chester-street were sud denly roused from their slumbers by the springing of rattles and the cries of Police, police!" " Thieves, thieves!" &c., which issued from one of the houses. The neighbours sprung from their beds, the inmates of the house in which the villains were said to be, hurried on their clothes, and the Police rushed to the spot to secure the depredators. The wall at the sear of the house was soon scaled by the faithful guardians of the night, who found the kitchen shutters open, and, after having obtained ingress, they found a lad in the act of light ing the fire. He was immediately pounced upon by the courageous blue-coats, and secured without any resistance on the part of the prisoner, who somewhat resembled the wretched Smike, in Nicholas Nickleby. The inmates now made their appearance, shivering with cold and terror, who, on seeing the supposed delinquent, soon explained the cause of the outcry and alarm. It would appear, that the occupier of the house keeps a shop, or coal-yard, and the lad who at tends it sleeps at his master's house, under orders to light the kitchen fire previous to his leaving in the morning. Un fortunately the poor boy, whose mind, perhaps, had been disturbed by some frightful dream, mistook the hour, and, instead of six o'clock, got up at three, and was busy with his morning's work when he was suddenly seized by the Police, which so frightened him as to render him, for a short time, speechless. The tact of the house having been robbed a short time before, and the noise the boy made, roused the neigh hours to give the alarm, which ended in—a bottle of smoke ; SINGULAR DISCOVERY.—A few days since a most unex pected discovery took place, viz: that of a charter granted by King Stephen, to the Borough of Salford, and which has been missing for about 120 years. A letter written by the late John Byrom, Esq. of the short hand system, about eighty years ago has fortunately been preserved, and which has no doubt led to this result. The letter was addressed to Dr. Whittaker (author of the history of Manchester,) to whom it was supposed it had been lent for the purpose of copying it in his celebrated work. The law clerk of the bor ough at that period was a Mr. Cooke, grandfather to the pre sent Mr. Cooke. law clerk, to the former of which it was sug gested, that probably Dr. Whittaker might have returned it. On this hint being thrown out, search was made, and the finding of the orignal charter, the fortunate result. It is a very brief document. By the result of the experiments made by order of the Bri tish Association, it has been found that the tides in the Bris tol Channel, comprised in the space of the East Steep Holmes, constantly keep suspended in their waters at least 700,000 tons of mud I—Hereford Journal. The late Right Hon. Cutlar Fergusson was, when a young man, about the year 1794, incarcerated in the Tower, along with the then Lord Thanet, for riotous proceedings at the trial of Arthur O'Connor, at Maidstone, for high treason. - - ROYAL SOCIETY.—At the meeting of the Royal Society, on Thursday, the chairman, Mr. F. Bailey, put in nomi nation the Marquis of Northampton as president. As, in conformity to the by-laws, no other fellow was proposed for that office, the election of his lordship will take place at the ensuing anniversary on St. Andrew's day. The new assize courts of the county of Wilts, just erected at Devizes, have cost upwards of £7,000, £6,000 of which has been defrayed by the private subscription of the inhabi tants.— Wiltshire Herald. We understand that Sir James Carnac has been appointed to the vacant governorship of Madras, on the contingency that a Whig successor can be found for him in the represen tation of Sandwich.—Morning Herald. It is to be hoped that a detailed account of the total cost of Lord Durham's temporary banishment to Canada will be called for, in common with other information consequent upon his return.—lbid. A correspondent asks whether the premier is allowed board wages for the few days in the week, on which he is occasionally compelled to withdraw his feet from under his royal mistress's mahogany.—lbid. Sir Henry Compton, the Chief justice of Bombay, is stated in the last accounts from that settlement as about to retire from the judicial bench.—lbid. It is currently reported that orders have been received to make a survey of the Martello towers on the eastern coasts, in order to convert them into barracks, and putting them into an immediate state of defence.—Bury Herald. Lit was but the other day that one of the best on the coast, the large one at Walton.le-soken, was sold with the field i❑ which it stood for a few hundred pounds, and is now wholly demolished. — [Ed. Essex Standard.' Mr. Serjeant Arabin will be appointed to perform the duties of Judge Advocate till a successor to the late Right Hon. R. Cutler Fergusson shall be nominated.—Morning Chronicle. JOINT-STOCK BANKS.—An exceedingly numerous depu tation, consisting of merchants of the city of London and others interested in the subject of joint stock banks, had an interview on Saturday morning with Lord Melbourne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street. PRESENTATION OF A HARP TO CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH. —Just as we are going to press we understand that a meeting is to be held at the Commercial Hotel, fur the purpose of presenting an Irish harp to Charlotte Elizabeth, whose neat . - uess, it appears, does not prevent her enjoying the vibrations of Erin's favourite instrument.—Ulster Times. A NEw CHIMNEY-SWEEPER.—On Wednesday evening when Mr. Townley, hatter, Lancaster, was sitting by the fire side, he was surprised and rather alarmed by a large quantity of soot and smoke coming down the chimney, ac companied at the same time by a loud rumbling noise. He retired from the room to fetch a candle, (the fire having been put out by the soot,) and when he returned, he beheld a bird of dubious species sitting► upon the table, having very black plumage, and excepting for the tail, which was rather long. be took for a raven; however, after a little examination, it proved to be a fine hen pheasant, which lie speedily trans ferred from his parlour to the larder, to appear agdiu,in a few days in a more edible shape. LIVERPOOL APOTHECARIES' COMPANY. At length the magnificent building of this company is thrown open to the public. Before making any remarks on the building itself, we shall say a few words respecting the advantages which will accrue to the Liverpool public from such an establishment. There is no complaint more general among medical men than that of the inefficae3 of many of their prescriptions, in consequence of the deteriorated nature of the medicines that are kept in many of the smaller druggists shops; and this is a necessary conseqence of want of analytic skill, in the first instance, when purchasing drugs, and of the injury that many of the finer medicines are subjected to by the action of the atmosphere, and of light, which in some cases totally destroys their medicinal properties. The remedy that obviously sug gests itself is a manufactory on the spot, and a demand large enough to insure a speedy consumption of all drugs on hand. Again, to the smaller druggists this establishment offers advantages, which no doubt many will avail themselves of, as we understand medicines may be purchased wholesale on as advantageous terms to the retail vender as at the Apothecaries Hall, London. There is a well fitted up laboratory o❑ the premises; at the head of this department is Mr. Brett, of London, who has been appointed analytical chemist to the company. In cases of poisoning, in mining . . speculations, and in all cases where minute and accurato analysis is necessary for arriving at judicial truth or com mercial accuracy, the value of an analytic chemist who can be depended on is sufficiently obvious, and in this branch of the science this gentleman stands high. To the practical, as also the amateur chemist, this establishment offers advan- tages hitherto not to be obtained out of the metropolis. That class of articles usually termed "chemicals" could only be obtained in London in all their variety, and even there, in but few shops; and as the study of chemistry is daily becom ing more general, by no class of persons will the advantage of such an establishment be more felt than this. The merits of the building itself, architecturally, have been much canvassed, pro and con. An architect has generally a most difficult part to perform, especially should his employ ers be a company, and, more than all, when he is obliged to blend ornament with commercial capability. Novelty, is, of eourse, the order of the day; and, with many, the abilities of an architect are estimated by his capability of ringing the changes on the Greek or Roman orders. The absurdity of this is daily becoming more manifest. We have all sorts of incongruity palmed on the public, from the morbid desire to have something " out of the common," and, at the same time, a slavish hankering after columns, with caps and bases, Roman cornices, Greek pediments, &c. &c., just as if the elements of ancient temple architecture were as convertible as so many letters of an alphabet. However beautiful the details of the classic models are, they are only so in relation to something else; out of place, and the% are sheer absurdity. We hold it as an architectural impossibility to blend judi ciously the classic orders with the wants of a commercial community and the destructive effects of our humid climate. The architect that would invent a commercial or domestic order of architecture—one that would be susceptible of more or less ornament, just as circumstances might require, would deserve well of his country. Vast sums are expended, an nually, on cumbrous ornaments that have no earthly meaning or reference to adaptation for the uses or conveniences of the building. There is only a section of the present building that has any claims to architectural criticism—as far, at least, as decora tion is concerned—this is the portion of the building in which the retail shop is situated. To this, as a whole, the architects, Messrs. Cunningham and Holme, have at least succeeded in imparting novelty of design, and, even in the details, have not servilely followed what has been done before. To our own thinking, these are, by far, too heavy ; yet, if the build ing stood alone, and could be viewed from a greater distance than is possible at present, the general effect would be con siderably lightened. But it is in the interior of the lower portion of the building that the decorative talents of the architects have been principally displayed. We have seen most of the splendidly decorated shops in the metropolis, but this by far outdoes anything she can boast of. The ceiling is a mass of beautifully executed ornament, the prominences of which are most beautifully etched up . with gold. It is divided into three compartments, each hav►ng a separate cornice running clearly round; these again are each subdivided into pannels, surmounted by elaborate enrich ments, in the centre of which are elegantly designed pateras, of a variety of forms ; from the centre of some of them chandeliers are suspended. A foliage and scroll ornament runs round the frieze, which for relief equals any thing of the kind we have seen; the whole is supported by composite co lumns, most exquisitely executed, bearing a most harmonious proportion to the ceiling they are intended to support. In a semicircular space at the end of the shop stands a fountain of white marble, surmounted by an elegant vase-formed basin, in the midst of which a group of dolphins are entwined; round the sides are compartments from which soda water, lemonade, &c., are intended to be drawn. The coup d'cril of this part of the building possesses a magnificence both of extent and material, quite unapproached by any other edifice, public or private, in Liverpool; and, when the vacant panels in the walls are filled by large mirrors, the now somewhat naked outline of windows broken harmoniously by splendid coloured vases, the entrance relieved by sphinxes, and the pedestals in front surmounted by appropriate lamps, the whole will form a combination of unrivalled effect. As we have before observed, we are fully aware of the difficulty the architect has to contend with when he is called on to blend commercial fitness with elaborate ornament, and when we look at all—counters, desks, nests of drawers, and all the etceterhs of a sale shop, in connection with the rest-- we must say that Messrs. Cunningham and Holme have most successfully executed the difficult task that has been allotted them. The whole building was contracted for by Mr. Unsvrorth of Lime-street. The joinery and cabinet work, fittings, &c., were executed by himself; the counters, and doors leading into and from the shop being all composed of solid mahogany, the panels of which are surrounded by massive mouldings and elaborate carving. We have had an opportunity of examin ing these most minutely, and finer pieces of joinery we have never seen; all seems mathematically true, not a mitre dis torted; the massive doors swing with apparent ease on their hinges, and, when closed, are almost air tight. From cursory examination of other parts of the building, all appears to be equal to this; and when we look at the extent of the work, and take into consideration the active personal super intendance this must have requited on the part of Mr. Uns worth, we have no doubt the public will award him the credit he so well merits. _ . _ ..„ Where all have executed their task well, it might be ;41triti;n111.& 111 Inn " nn •1 e. a+ van as vs a. ..;.k the building more than another; we therefore think it within the line of our duty to name some of those who have been entrusted with different branches of the work, and the morn especially since an idea prevails with many that nothing highly ornamental can be executed out of the metropolis. The stone and masonry were executed by Mr. Taply; we shall leave our readers to judge how well this has been done as they pass by the building. The interior ornaments in the ceiling of the shop, and general plastering, were entrusted to Mr. Burne, who has inure than exceeded his usual excellence, especially in the boldness and relief of the ornaments. To Mr. H. Willacy, of Berry-street, was given the painting, interior decoration, gilding, and labelling the bottles, drawers, &c. This gentleman has done his part most tastefully, the gold enrichments of the ceiling blending incomplete harmony with the line of the ornament, the whole producing a most pleasing effect. The plumbing and glazing of the whole building was executed by Messrs. Crellin and Holt, and we believe most satisfactorily. This establishment includes machinery for carrying on a business of the greatest magnitude in the most advantageous manner. There are mills of various kinds, pestles and mor tars, &c. &c., worked by an engine, the waste steam from which (it being of the high pressure construction) is econo mically applied to various useful purposes, as heating a chamber for drying vegetables, &c., warming some portions of the establishment, and furnishing a very large supply of distilled water, which is most advantageously employed to many purposes, for which it is better adapted than the com mon water generally employed. We may notice a useful contrivance, called a hoist, which is, in fact, a chamber, in a corner of the building, worked from the cellars to the highest floor, by an expenditure of power of the engine of no great amount, but which, on pulling . .a cord, tailed or depressed whilst heavily loaded , furnishing a very ready means of transferring goods from one story of the building to ano ,Luer. in conclusion, we view in this establishment a most im portant addition to our rapidly improving town, not only as an object of decorative beauty, but as one of high utility to the town at large; and let us hope the company will receive that public support which their spirited undertaking so fairly entitles them to.—Journal. "THE LEEDS CONSERVATIVE CLUB." The Conservatives of Leeds have determined upon the formation of a permanent club, the plan of which the follow- ing prospectus will explain:— It appearing to several individuals, interested in the suc cess of the conies votive cause, that a club instituted in Leeds for the association of gentlemen of conservative principles, and for promoting and continuing a mutual interest andlel lowship is desirable, and would tend greatly to support the cause, they have resolved to endeavour to establish such a. club, and trust the conservatives of Leeds will see the ad vantage of such an institution, ant. at once come forward and lend it their support and influence. The Leeds conservatives having thus daily opportunities of meeting together, will be enabled to discuss matters in teresting to the cause, and to act with promptitude upon in formation obtained. The following is an outline of the proposed rules, subject to such additions or alterations as may be agreed to by the subscribers, when the club is finally constituted. The club to be called "The Leeds Conservative Club." None but conservatives to be members, and any member deserting their ranks to cease to be a member, and forfeit all privileges attached to membership. The admission of the original and all other members to be by ballot, and four black balls to exclude. No person resident within miles of Leeds to be ad mitted to the club huuse except he be a member. Strangers resident beyond the prescribed distance to be allowed the use of the club on the production of, and in, com pany with, a member, who is to pay the charg es incurred. Each person on becoming a member to pay £2O, to be con sidered as a share in the club, and also an annual subscription of two guineas. A member to be allowed to dispose of his share, and the purchaser to be admitted a member without payment of the £2O, but to be subjectio the ballot. Each subscription to be considered due on the Ist of Ja nuary in each year. No member who has not paid his subscription to be capable of voting. The funds and nroperty of the club to be vested in three trustees, who shall . be ex-officio members of the corporation. A committee, consisting of such trustees, and twelve other members, to have the management of the concerns of the club, and to meet once a week, to inspect the accounts and arrange the affairs. Three members to form a quorum. Mi nutes to be kept, and open to inspection. The committee to have power to make, from time to time, such regulations, consistent with the general rules, as they think proper. An annual meeting of the club shall be held for general purposes, iu February, in each year.— No business to be transacted unless twenty members are present, but the meet- ing to be adjourned. An annual dinner of the club shall take place on the day of each annual meeting. Two auditors to be appointed, - not members of the com mittee. At the annual meeting four members of the committee shall go out of office, (their secession after the first two years, to be by rotation,) and their place shall be supplied by four other members, to be elected by balloting lists, in which the names of four members to be recommended by the committee shall be printed. Temporary vacancies to be supplied by the committee, subject to approval by the annual meeting. Newspapers, reviews, magazines, and other periodical works, shall be supplied to the members at the cost price, with the addition of a small sum sufficient to cover current expenses, and of servants, &c. No provisions, wines, or liquors, shall be sent out of the house. All expenses incurred by the members shall be paid before they leave the house, and no account shall be opened or al lowed with any member.l No dogs admitted. No gambling or play allowed. ' Extraordinary general meetings to be called by the com mittee at their own discretion, or upon requisition to twenty members. Rowland Errington, Esq., son of Sir Thomas Stanley,of Houton, Cheshire (and who had inherited great wealth from Mrs. Fitzherbert and her brother,) is about to marry the beau tiful Miss Macdonald, dauuhter of General SirJ. Macdo4ld , adjutant-general of her majesty's army. •