The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-23 00:00:00

• plans arises from the consideration that they would pro dUce an amount of loss to the Exchequer which would require the imposition of some other tax as a substitute. Tfiatan extensive reduction in the charge for postage is —called for, we believe will he generally acknowledged; but we think the charge fixed upon by Mr. Hill is consi :.derably too low. Js 1.,i \ -. . 'As Mr. Hill's plans have already been amply discussed in the public prints we do not deem it necessary to exa mine any of their details. An enumeration of the ad vantages likely to result from a reduced rate of postage will be . found in the article to which we have referred, and which we recommend to the candid perusal of our readers. Since the publication of Mr. Hill's pamphlet another plan of " Postoffice Reform" has been submitted by the Baron de Berenger. We have seen no notice of this plan excepting in the Weekly Chronicle. The only fea ture in this plan which is avowedly copied from that of Mr. Hill is, the aim, by a very considerable reduction of postages, (and perhaps by equability also,)-to cherish a sufficiently productiveibcrease of correspondence, &c., to compensate for the loss which such a reduction might otherwise occasion in the Postoffice branch of the re venue. The plan of the Baron de Berenger differs, in some respects, very materially from that of Mr. Hill. For in stance,-the Baron carefully endeavours to avoid two of the most unfavourable and objectionable features in Mr. Hill's plan—the stamped covers, and the compulsory payment in advance. The former of these features is objected to on several grounds, but chiefly because it would be a source of constant trouble and delay- 7 411g it would be unprofitable, from the circumstance that it would require an increase of bulk and weight, and that it.would facilitate extensive fratids. The latter feature— the payment in advance—would tend to counteract the main object in view, by exciting a repugnant feeling With the majority. . - The Baron proposes to obviate the inconveniences 'which would result from the adoption of Mr. Hill's plans, and to meet the exigencies of the case, by suggesting the following : ".No. 1. The conveyance of a much greater number of let • ..ters in considerably less space than that deemed requisite at . present; thus to reduce the expenditure in what appears one of the leading items, i. e., mail-coach disbursements. "N 0.2. Considerable reduction in matters of account—faci lity as to liquidating such, founded on simplification—addi tional security, alike as to them, and in preventing the imposi tions of correspondeuts. ' " No. 3. Immense curtailment of the labour and time at pre sent ing, and delivering letters; and to an extent, to warrant the expectation that, although the correspondence should be in creased by one-half more, the consequent duties will be dis • charged, and most amply, without the necessity of increasing the number of persons employed at present ; and in a similar ~proportion on the still greater increase fairly anticipated. "No. 4. The addition of a novel source of revenue, as a pru dential security and equivalent to the post-office, for any deft .- --ciency,. which, for a time, by possibility, may be created in its .revenue. If the economising alterations aboAlalluded to, or .. :the reasonably to be expected increase of c Trespondence <either or both), should fail to compensate for any loss conse- Anent on a material reduction in the charge of postage. Such ' ' -additional source, in an opposite case (aud thereupon, instead , of being resorted to a.s . an auxiliary) to be converted into a lasting, although immense source of emolument, and becoming one in addition to the post-Office receipts. " No. 5. ; To place, at governments disposal from one to two millions sterling, in ready money, and within from two to three shonthi after the adoption of this plan ; a sum, not only con ' tinuing in advance hereafter, and without detriment to the annual receipts of the post-office, but particularly desirable, on grounds of populafify, 'since it will be contributed by those, and voluntarily, whose interest it will be to augment so desirable an item in ways andmeans. No .6. To 'lead the public to adopt the mode of paying post -ages in advance, Without resorting to compulsion (highly ob jectionable as it would be on many grounds), not only allowing the - exercise-of option ds foimerly, but :in all respects even yet bolding out such inducements as surely will create a preference .for the-post-paid' lettet-sending systeM, securing, at the same 'time, compensation for the additional trouble caused by those who adhere to an opposite course:N.B. More frequent deli .. --weries of letters, andifiereased speed, with other minor yet de sirable results, must obViously grow out of the cultivation of the above measure and therefore have not been enumerated. " The attainment of these, in 'every view desirable objects, because promoting, as they must, an incalculable extension of commerce and manufacture, the unquestioned foundation of this .realm's greatness, and cherishing also its chief auxiliaries, the promulgation of coiontific knowledze and enlightened views, as muck as the furtherance of friendship and refinement, by a greater frequency of correspondence—all these, to national greatness so powerfully conducive objects, can actually be se ..cured, ( even to occasion an increase thereby, instead of a fall. ring off in the revenue), by means recommending themselves -additionally on the grounds of certain popularity, on the one hand (since, unlike. Mr. Hill's, they do not deprive the public •of an option, and reconcile themselves also more to the execu tive departments by guarding against loss), and by reason of their economy and peculiar simplicity on the other; for, surely, a slight change in the texture or colour of paper, a change so readily to be effected, yet so firmly to be relied on for overcom ing all difficulties, as presently will be shown, may fairly be pronounced a measure of great simplicity—one that, although the unreflecting may deem it feeble and insignificant, may hope that, by profound and impartial investigators, it will be adopted and cherished, as being, in reality, the main-spring of ma chinery, as unerring (because 'devoid of all complication) as gigantic in its operation ; accordingly, ond because confident that it will confirm the adage, that " the greatest result often owes its origin to a diminutive germ,"—just as the majestic oak does to that sif an humble acorn—Baron de Berenger feels em boldened humbly to recommend the general arrangement of a Plan (yet without presuming to hint even at an adoption free from deviation), which is based on the introduction, but for correspondence by post only, of " A PECULIAR SORT OF PAPER,—purposely to be manufac tured by or for government, and distinguished by the following Characteristics :—Additionally to being made a folio post size, and as thin and light as batik post, Genoa post, and similar commercial papers, the wire sieves (or, if machine paper, wire lengths, &c.) employed in its manufacture to have, in each quarter of the folio sheets, the words " General Post Office," as a -water-mark. For letters where, postage is to be paid in advance, the paper not only should be coloured, but continue invariably . of the same, the original colour which H.lll. Post master General may have adopted ; not to be tinted superfi cially, however, but stained in the pulp, and therefore coloured through and through. For letters of which the receiver is tVey th e p ostage, the paper to be white, although made with th : -same sieves, &c. Additionally to facilitate detection, and by a mere glance .even, of any other paper submitted forgovetnineiat's, the white es pecially, (since the use of otherpaper is not prohibited, the ee wordsfoldin g of o th f e a w l a e t t e te rr. es will appear hereafter) and becaus e partially) anay concenl-(either whollrk, the wire 'pattern of y th o e r sieges, or o f the m &c., sh ou l d vary froualt others aching len g th s , , g a la n n d t materially, ( as i s the case peasid r Fith . paper ma d e f or Bank oy to be seen ; for exam ple, f tit b t notes) th at i s i n any way the supporting wiry the formation of t h e coarse, es, s a y i n large diamond ground being fill ed up by fins wire of the wove, their fi e ld s o r the e i m t h u e s r l i n o s f like pattern. N ot only should the counterfeit v in e g ' ot . these papers b e, i nterdicted, but it .might, perhaps, be made felony. It must be obvious that thus th e inspection any part or a lett r will show, e and most readily, whether or of not it and is written on governrnent paper; also whether i t is paid, or distinct information will be secured without .resorti ng to the troublesome, and therefore ex pensive mode of candleing, taxing, marking, &c., very few caw alone excepted. , - "CoNrtestaTtorss that the objects stated in the summary Will be attained, together with other advantages, by the adop tion of this plan.—That is, by issuing to the vendors such paper in-a wholesale way, yet at a price which, including the selling price .of the paper, Covers the postages of as many letters as this;.Post-office paper can be converted into : f ur examp l e, a sheet of folio post to be charged ('in addition to some price to be sett l e d o f the paper) as two single letters, because, when kited as a folio sheet, its supeificial size is quite as much, if not More„than that of most dOuble letters. It can be used by being divided (by either vendor or purchaser) into halves, as two 4to, post sized single letters, and, when divided again, so as to h e6inie the q'ttarter of a folio post sheet ; thus to be used as as a "!er only, it makes the postage of a letter under cover less Ihitnihat of a really double letter, nevertheless contributing to the revenue,. and in due proportion to superficial measure." Pa. the utility or practicability of this scheme we are / . _ e4 rPely prepa re d t o d e li ver an op i n i on, espec i a lly as we 1 W Ye not seen the sequel of the above remarks. In wl 4 l :way will the plan suggested obviate forgery ? The importance of the subject has induced us to de vet. , MO large a-space to the consideration of this ques tion , asit - concerns every grade of society we do not think • it necessary to' offer any apology for giving it so much prominence. THE NISEI BoARD OP EnucATro:l.—Titular :11.11a1 . e j 8 49e4 Piother of his fulminating letters against the NARcji,23, 1438. constitution_ and regulations of the Trish Board of Educa tion, in which he lahours with all his might to prove, that no system of instruction can possibly satisfy the Popish hierarchy,- unless it inculcates Popery, and is placed under the sole administration of the priests. This is a fact which we have long since endeavoured to make known—a fact of which every .individual, who knows .anything of the real spirit of Popery, must be perfectly cognizant. It has, therefore, excited no surprise in us, that this insolent representative of the Papists of Ireland should deal in such sweeping terms of condemnation in reference to the conciliatory plans adopted by the Edtr cation Board. it is just what we have all along ex pected. For a season it suited the crafty priests to maintain silence on the subject. The temporising policy ' of the present imbecile government led them to look for further concessions, until at length, the instruction of all the children in the National Schools should be entirely monopolized by the priests. We are glad that the cloven foot has been shown at last. The British public are now aware, from the testimony of a Roman Catholic bishop, that Popery admits of no compromise—that it must have an undivided sway—that it will submit to no controul. The motto of Popery is "server eadeni." Its intole rance admits of no change or mitigation. Would that the people of England were more ge s nerally impressed with this truth ! Would that they would act more on the defensive against the subtle machinations of the Popish priests ! - Before we proceed to notice the contents of this last epistle of Dr. M'Hale, we must express our astonish ment-7no, we retract the word—our disgust at the con duct of the radical press in reference to the voluminous correspondence of the titular Archbishop of Tuam. Why do we not find his letters to Lord John Russell quoted and animadverted upon in the Liverpool liberal journals ? The reason is obvious. These honest radical journalists know that they would find in these letters a sweeping condemnation of the system of education pursued at the corporation schools, and an ample refutation of all the villanous calumnies which have been levelled, within the last two years, at the clergy of the town. It would ill suit the purpose of our self-styled liberals to show that no system of education, excepting one exclusively Po pish, can, by any possibility be tolerated by the Roman Catholic priests. It would by no means suit their pur poses to open the eyes of the people of Liverpool, and to show them that it is a perfectly hopeless task to en deavour to conciliate the Popish priests, without throw ing Protestantism .overboard. But to proceed. We find Dr, at the very commencement of this letter, bewailing in the most affecting terms the diminished power and influence of the Popish clergy in Ireland, and attributing this " re trograde movement" of their interests to the " transfer of their confidence to those who prove unworthy of their trust." He then proceeds to detail the defensive opera tions to which the adverse change in the prospects of the clergy gave rise. Speaking of the Protestants he re marks : " Despairing of open force, of the abortive effect of which the vast Catholic population of Ireland was a monument, they had recourse to fraud, and spread over every portion of the country their religious toils, in order to catch the unwary simplicity of the rising generation. "They carried on for some time the insidious scheme of se vering the connection between the pastors and the faithful with apparent success, and never failed to season their religious in structions with the most insidious insinuations against the Ca tholic priesthood. From covert attacks they were emboldened to carry on a system of open aggression. " The zeal and energy of the clergy and the people were at length roused by a mutual sympathy for each other, and they resolved to repel the injuries and insults which they respectively sustained. The one by a display of talents and learning, which at once astonished and dismayed their opponents, nobly vindi cated their insulted religion—the other determined to guard their faith by raising up the fallen fences of their civil liberty, without which religion itself cannot be long protected; and all, with unanimous accord, put themselves under the guidance of an individual, whom Providence had raised up to achieve the inde pendence of hie country, Here we find the exertions of those who were engaged in the benevolent work of educating the poor .of Ireland stigmatized as "fraud," and their labour of love desig nated as " religious toils." Does not this language sufficiently justify us in characterising the Rothan Ca- tholic clergy as intolerant? But we find in the last pa ragraph quoted above something of a OW more objec tionable character. We are told that the whole Popish population of Ireland, clergy and laity, have placed themselves under the guidance of O'Connell, who is de scribed as "an individual whom Providence raised up to achieve the independence of his country! Can there be any mistake after this as to the object—the ultimate design of O'Connell and the priests? Is it mot here avowed by the Popish primate of Ireland that the end contemplated is the " independence of It eland ?I' After alluding to the present position of the Popish clergy, this titular proceeds to deplore the mischief caused by the " compromise" which he alleges the priests entered into with the government on the subject of edu cation. He says— " As my concern is at present with the religion of Ireland, I must confess that I seldom contemplated a more sad spectacle than to find ourselves, after such a struggle, borne down as well by the force of the current, as by the relaxation of our own efforts, to the same point trim which we started some years ago. And yet is this all the clergy and faithful of Ireland have gained by the signal triumphs, in which they borne a conspicu ous share, that they musC now submit in silence to such dan gerous and ignominious conditions in the religious education of their children, as in the period of their civil and religious disa bilities would not be endured ?" " Dangerous and ignominious conditions !" Hear this, ye sage councillors of the education committee ! This is the language applied by a Popish dignitary to the conciliatory system which you have been instrumen tal in introducing into our public schools. What have you gained by importing the Irish extracts, and by in sulting the Protestant population of Liverpool ? Have you satisfied the Popish priests ? Does not titular M`Hale call the " conditions" of even your system of separate religious instruction " dangerous and ignomi nious ?" Hear this, ye Protestant parents who have entrusted your children to the care of the education com mittee ! A Popish archbishop calls it a " dangerous and ignominious" thing for any of the children of the " faith ful" to be educated under the sameroof with the offspring of Protestant heretics. On the subject of the introduction of the scriptures nto schools we have the following very explicit lan- guage:_— " What were the unanimous sentiments of the Catholic bishops of Ireland in the year 182 , 1, regarding the introduction of the Sciiptures into schools, your lordship may learn, from the following extract of a petition on the subject of education, which they presented to Parliament :—"f hat Roman Catholics hare ever considered the reading of the sacred Scriptures by chil dren as an inadequate means of imparting to them religious in struction, as an usage whereby the Word of God is made liable to irreverence, youth exposed to misunderstand its meaning and thereby not unfrequently to receive, in early life, impres sions which may afterwards prove injurious to their own best interests, as well as to those of the society which they are des tined to form.' Compare, my lord, this solemn, deliberate, and unanimous expression of the sentiments of the Catholic bishops of Ireland with the inodification in their rule by which the com missioners propose the reading of the Scriptures in the schools, at any time that will not be objected, to by the parents or the guar dians, and you will perceive that the hoard or the government, or both, vainly calculate on the hierarchy's surrendering now those conscientious principles which they maintained under more adverse forttines. I have experienced no small share of obloquy for asserting thoseordinary duties annexed tomy sacred office, and which I cannot resign without a renunciation of the trust which the Prince of Pastors confided to me. Over the books used for the religious instruction of my flock, I have stated that I shall exercise, without regard to any board, exclusive and absolute control. It map now be necessary to add, that I shall never en trust their religious education to any person professing a differ ent faith, or Khose faith shall be tainted by the religious training of any professing a different creed. No master shall have the control of such education who will not be appointed with my approbation:" Here, again, we are told, in terms that cannot be mis understood, that the Po . pisli priests not only consider the scriptures as "an inadequate means of religious instruc • tion,"' but: tlrat the reading of the, Bible is calCulated to produce impressions Which may prove injurious to the best interests of the children, and of society. This irre verent language is applied to. that book which emuhati tally maketh wise unto' salvation. But the real objection .of the Popish hierarchy .to the reading of the scriptures THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. is, that such a usage would speedily open the the eye s the people to the unwarranted pretensions of the priests —to the false doctrines which they inculcate—and to the accordance of Protestantism with the oracles of truth. The priests, we are informed, are inimical to the per mission to read the script Ores, even when not objected to by the parents. - Is not this tyranny ? Did we not rightly characterise the Church of Rome as a system of spiritua despotism ? What 'does the editor of the Mercury think of such language as the following—" over the books used for the religious instruction of my flock I shall ex ercise, without regard to any board, exclusive and abso lute controul ?" Is such an exercise of power compati ble with the Mercury's notions of liberty of conscience ? Is it not right to call the Papists slaves to their spiritual tyrants, when we find the latter declaring, that they will • not suffer them to place their children under the care of any one " whose faith shall be tainted by the religious training of any professing a different creed ?" Our readers will bear in mind that the language em ployed by titular Nlgliale is nut the expression of his individual opinion only. It is the deliberate language of the Popish hierarchy, as the following extract will prove : " Permit me, then, my lord, to lay unquestionable evidence before you, that so far from any arrogant assumption of indivi dual privileges, lam only literally conveying the resolutions adopted by that body to which 1 belong. In the year 1826, January 25, at our general meeting, held in Dublin, we unani mously adopted the following resolutions:—. "‘ Resolved,—That, in order to secure sufficient protection to the religion of Roman Catholic children, under such a system of (national) education, we deem it necessary that the master of each school in which the majority of the pupils profess the Roman Catholic faith, be a Roman Catholic; and that, in schools in which the Roman Catholic children form a minority, a permanent Roman Catholic assistant be employed, and that such master and assistant be appointed upon the recommenda tion, or with the express approval of, the Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese in which they are to he employed; and further, that—ibey or either of them be removed upon the re presentation of such bishop. The same rule to be observed for the appointment or dismissal of mistresses and assistants in female schools, " Resolved,—That we consider it improper that masters and mistresses intended for the religious instruction of Roman Catholic youth, should be trained or educated by or under the controul of persons professing a different faith. " Resolved'—That, in conformity with the principle of pro tecting the religion of Roman Catholic children, the hooks in tended for their particular instruction in religion shall be select ed or approved by the Roman Catholic prelates; and that no hook or tract for common instruction in literature shall be in troduced into any school in which Roman Catholic children are educated, which book or tract may be objected to on religious grounds by the Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese in which such school is established. " Resolved,—Thar, appointed as we have been by Divine Providence to watch ever and preserve the deposit of Catholic faith in Ireland, and responsible, as we are, to God for the souls of our flocks, we will, in our respective dioceses, withhold our concurrence and support from any system of education which will not fully accord with the principles expressed in the fore going resolutions.' Cats any thing be more conclusive in its bearing against the Irish system of education than this language ? Tne Popish bishops will not even pertnitinoman Catholics to become teachers, if they have been contaminated by a "training under the control of persons professing a dif ferent faith ;" nor will they allow any books to be used but those of there own chosing—no, not even "a tract for common instruction in literature." Insolent dictation! And yet it is to this species of dictation that the poor de luded papists are trained to submit. Did we not rightly call them slaves It is somewhat singular that this arrogant prelate should furnish us with the following striking corrobora tion of the language employed by the Rev. H. M‘Neile in reference to the system introduced into the Corporation Schools:— " I trust, however, that you will not be equally indifferent to the solemn warning of the dangers to society with which they proclaim such a system to be fraught. It cannot be otherwise. It is worse than mockery to strive to blend in One harmonious mass elements that are essentially discordant and repulsive; and'while men attach a value to religion, and believe—as believe they must—that only One is stamped with the prominent seal of the Divinity, it is impiety to attempt to smooth away that impression by a refining proeess, intended to obliterate all the distinctive, ea tures between trolls and error. That the printing-office of the board may be turned into a theological laboratory in which all the asperities of creeds and confessions are to be rubbed away, may be inferred frorn the testimony of some of the commissioners, as well as the motley character of some of their compilations." So nearly do these terms assimilate to Those employed by the Rev. H. 111'Neile that we can scarcely acquit the titular of plagiarism. With equal truth may we say that "it is worse than mockery" in the education committee of the Town Council "to strive to blend, in one harmo nious mass, elements that are essentially discordant and repulsive." With equal truth may we charge Messrs. Blackburn and Co., with the " impiety" of attempting " to obliterate all the distinctive features between truth and error." We thank thee, Johnny M‘Hale, for supply ing us with such a missive to launch against the brain less pates of our radical town-councillors ! We cannot proceed any further to-day with our exami nation of this letter. We find in it many other remark ble passages, to which we shall refer on Tuesday. It has frequently been stated in the radical papers of this town that " the school question has been set at rest." They will find this to be a vain boast, however much they may wish to have no further agitation on the subject. The exertions which the liberals are making to get the legislature to consent to a Board of Education for England, require that we should follow up these observations. THE BLUE COAT HOSPITAL.-At this particular junc ture, when the institutions of the land are so openly as sailed, and the question is about to be answered whether education without religion can be considered a national benefit or not, we cannot avoid directing the attention of our readers to those excellent institutions which are the glory of our country, and where the destitute chil dren of the poor are not only taught those things which are absolutely necessary, but are grounded in those scrip tural principles which give to intellectual culture a right direction, and are the sure guides to honour here and happiness hereafter. thisEEvery w r n m h a a n s f n o ) r u m st admit ore : iia t n ha the E at century Coat Hospital ybeenan of unspeak able blessing ; and, by the kindness and liberality of the to xn, many an orphan has been snatched from penury and wo, has been clothed and educated, and has there received a sound and healthy culture, which has fitted him to become a valuable member of society; and ena bled him in after life to shine as a benefactor to the very institution where his infant years were passed. Many 'tradesmen of the highest respectability, and not a few of our merchants, were educated in this school ; and it is gratifying to find that not a year passes but the trus tees of this valuable institution have evidence that the benefits they are enabled to dispense are not forgotten. Our readers will recollect that about a fortnight ago fifty highly respectable young tradesmen invited Mr. Forster, the amiable and excellent master of the institution, to dinner, and presented him with a most splendid testi monial of their esteem, which was accompanied by an address breathing sentiments honourable alike to him and to themselves. A copy of that address having fallen into our hands, we cannot resist the opportunity of publishing it, and we trust that in doing so we shall not infringe the strict rule of propriety by giving publicity to that which was alone intended for the gratification of both pupils and master. We are induced to do so, because we think it bears indubitable evidence of the soundness of the educaticn which the children receive; and we earnestly hope that an institution which has so long been a bless ing to the town may be liberally supported by persons of all ranks and classes. The following is a copy of the address alluded to:— " TO MR. WILLIAM FORSTER. " SIR-It is with feelings of peculiar pleasure and satisfac tion- that we meet you on the present occasion, to offer for your acceptance a token of our esteem and gratitude, although we must acknowledge its inadequacy. We beg leave to state to you, who have been for so many years the Superintendent of the Blue Coat Hospital, the deep sense we entertain of the kind ness and attention which we received whilst inmates of that in stitution; and we desire to express our gratittide for the inva luable benefits we derived from our education there. We ex perience sincere delight when we recal to mind the . happy days we passed. in the , school—the friendly intercourse between our patrons and or rselves—the aids and encouragements which were bestowed upon us for the advancement of our welfare— and last, though not least, the wholesome discipline to which we were subjected, awl . which eminently conduced to our real interests in after life. " We most earnestly desire, that the institution may be perpe tuated in the energetic and scriptural manner in which it is at present conducted ; and that it may become, if possible, increas ingly useful for the relief and benefit of thousands who stand in need of such an asylum ; that it may succeed,and prosper in the good designs for which it was erected; and that you, Sir, may icing continue in your present situation to dispense the blessings of sound religious instruction, and remain a conspicuous orna ment to the establishment such as you have hitherto been. " One distinguished advantage that we derived from our edu cation in that valuable institution over which you so faithfully preside, was, that we were carefully brought up in a loyal and devoted attachment to our venerable institutions in church and_ state;, and that whilst we were carefully taught to fear God, we were alsoinstructed to honour the king. " We would conclude, by repeating► our anxiety for the pros perity of the Blue Coat Hospital, where we were providentially nurtured in our younger days, and we desire you to accept our fervent wishes for your enjoyment of uninterrupted health and happiness for many years to come." The address bears the signatures of fifty individuals, many of whom are tradesmen of the highest respecta bility. LIVERPOOL SPRING ASSIZES. These assizes commenced yesterday. It having been intia mated to the sheriff and to the mayor, that the judgeS would meet them at the boundary of the town, near Kirkdale, at two o'clock yesterday, shortly before that hour, the usual cavalcade of javelin men, consisting of the yeomen and tenantry on the estate of the High Sheriff, were assembled before the Adelphi Hotel, where the High Sheriff was stopping. The cavalcade was one of the most splendid we have seen in ,Liverpool, the javelin men being more numerous, better dressed, and better mounted. The cavalcade soon after proceeded in the following order: Four officers of the court, in scarlet coats, as outriders. Two trumpeters. The High Sheriff, in full dress, cocked hat, sword, &c.. .on horseback, the horse superbly caparisoned, the saddle cloth embroidered with his coat of arms; and the Deputy Sheriff also on horseback, the horse similarly caparisoned. Fifty or sixty javelin men. _ _ _ The Hi;.Y.tr Sheriff's carriage 'and four horses for the judges; the coachman and jockey in superb livery. This contaiued the Sheriff's Chaplain, the Rev. Rector Brooks. Mr. Peter Bournett in his private carriage. Javelin men bringing up the rear. In this order they proceeded to Kirkdale, where they were joined by the Mayor's carriage, with the corporation servants in full livery, containing the Mayor, the Rev. Rector Campbell, and the Town-clerk and Deputy Town-clerk. Soon after two o'clock the judges' carriage arrived at Kirk dale, containing, however, only one of the judges, .Sir J. Patteson, Sir J. T. Coleridge, the other judge, not having con 'eluded the Nisi Prius business at Lancaster, His Lordship then drove rapidly to the town, escort e d by the High Sheriff, and the Mayor and suite, and proceeded at once to the Assize Court, where her Majesty's commission ofgeneral gaol delivery was opened with the usual formalities. - His' Lordship then drove to St. George's Church, accompanied by the Sheriff's chaplain, and followed by the . Mayor, several gentlemen, and the javelin men. The Mayor took his seat in the corporation seat, behind the Judge, and wai unattended by the usual para phernalia, and wore no robe of office, Mr. Joseph Langton escorting him into his pew. Prayers were then read by the Rev. J. B. Monk the incum bent. The usual chaunts, we believe by order of the Mayor, were not sung. The Rev. Rector Brookes, the Sheriff's Chaplain, then ascended the pulpit, and after most expressively delivering a beautiful preparatory prayer, preached with great impressive ness the following excellent sermon, of which we have endea voured to give a verbatim report, (so 'far as a disadvantageous position would permit,) feeling that its intrinsic excellence is deserving of being perpetuated beyond the transient effect of a spoken address. He took for his text the Bth chapter of the Gospel according to St. John. and the latter part of the 11th verse, " Go and sin no more." Our blessed Saviour had been travelling from one city, the city of Galilee, to another, preaching the d oc t r i nes of the gospel, and conveying his words with many and wonder ful miracles. He had begun to attract universal attention. The people in general could not but consider hint to be some extraordinary person; though they differed materially in the opinions which they had formed of him; some believing hint to be a great prophet sent to make the way straight for the coming of the promised Messiah; others regarding him as the very Christ himself; whilst some again adopting the vulgar error that he was born at Nazareth altogether rejected him. The chief priests, however; whose fears had been awakened by his grow ing popularity, had sent their officers to apprehend him, for he had come up to Jerusalem to the feast, and had taught publicly in the temple. The officers were so much astonished at what they saw of him—so impressed by the Almighty dignity of his manhood—s o affected with the power of his eloquence, and so impressed with the authority with which he spake, that they abandoned their intention of committing any violence against him, and returned without accomplishing their object; and in answer to the inquiries of the ruler why they had not executed their orders so positively given, declared that they could not, for "never man spake like he spake." And therefore when the Scribes and Pharisees found that they bad no chance of securing him by open force, they determined on trying. a different me thod, and endeavoured to gain their end by stratagem and de ceit— It was his usual custom to retire in the.,evening 'to the Mount of Olives, and he had done so the night before the transaction took place which is here recorded in St. John. After having indulged in the wonted privilege the retirement of this place afforded him, he had returned into the city and again entered the temple, where a great multitude of people were as sembled to listen to his instruction as he sat down and talked. In this employment he was soon interrupted by the arrival of a ciotipany of Scribes and Pharisees, bringing with them a woman guilty of an offence which the Jewish law invariably punished with great severity, and by which she had incurred the penalty of death. They addressed him with every out ward appearance of respect, "Master, we have brought you one who has been guilty of a most heinous crime ; and as it is a case beyond suspicion, in which the fact is clear and unquestionable, we are come to advise with you as to what is to be done; the law of Moses orders, that such offenders should be stoned; but what sayest thou?" Now this conduct had on the face of it every appearance of sincerity; but this was far front being its real purport. We read that they did it with a view to tempt him, in order that they might have something on which to gr oun d an a c cus a tion. Their design was to ensnare him, to place him in a dilemma, from which they ima g ined that he could n o t p oss ibly ex t r icate hims e lf. If, on th e one hand, he sentenced the immediate infliction of the punish ment, he would incur a double hostility. His whole conduct had been characterised by a constant succession of acts of mercy. His mild and affectionate deportment had endeared him to the people. He had appeared amongst them not as a judge ; that was the office which was reserved for his second coming, but as a Saviour. He had repeatedly declared, that he was not come to destroy, but to save; that he was not come to condemn the world, but to call them to repentance. If he had acted then against the woman all these impressions would have been weak ened, if it bad not destroyed the popular favour which he then enjoyed. But besides this, it would have been assuming an authority which he had no right to exercise. Then the great council of the Jews had not the power to carry the sentence of death into execution in any case without the express sanction and permission of the Roman governor. If then he had issued any such order, or given any such advice, it would have been construed into such an act of rebellion against the state, that he would have subjected himself to the greatest personal danger. If, on the other hand, he had directed the release of the woman after she had been so notoriously guilty of so disgraceful a viola tion of the Jaw of Moses, they then hoped he would expose him self to the indignation of the people, who were very jealous of that law, and fall a victim to their intemperate zeal. Jesus was well aware of the malicious feelings which they entertained against him. He knew that they, were not actuated by a pure desire to encourage virtue, or to restrain vice. If this had been their object, they would have come before their regular tribunal, and have taken the case before those who were invested with legal authority to decide upon it. He, therefore, appeared not to regard them, but to be intent on another occupation, " for, stooping down, he wrote with his finger on the ground, as though he heard them not. They were determined, however, not to be satisfied without an answer; they, perhaps, flattered themselves that they had put him in a difficulty from which his silence proceeded, and continued, therefore, to urge the ques tion. He at length raised himself up, and, surveying them with a calm and placid dignity, said unto those around him— " He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." No words could have conveyed in gentler yet stronger terms, his opinion of their co ndu c t, his - detec tion of their malignity, and his reproof of the bitterness of their spirit. They were calculated to awaken the consciences of these hallowed amen, and to expose their awful sin. " You who come here under the pretence of being the great patrons and asserters of virtue- you who would urge me with so much importunity to pass sentence on this woman, whom it is no part of my office to condemn, do you feel or express the same indig nation against your own crimes? Is there an y one amongst you who can assert his own innocence, that he i s free from all guilt? Has he no infirmity, no errors to answer for that he has no need of compassion, tbal he requires no pardon ? If there be such an one, let him proceed to put this law into execution, let him that is pure and perfect in himself--" let him who is without sin first cast a stone at her!" Having thus spoken he resumed his former employment. The effect of this answer was immediate and powerful. It flashed like lightning on their consciences. Never was triumph more complete. The hypocrisy of these men was at once unmasked. They who had come with the in tention of entangling another, were caught in their own snare. They were self convicted, foiled, and abashed in the presence of all the multitude. Thus foiled in their object, "they," says the Evangelist, "being con victed by their own consciences, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest even to the least, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing in the midst." The accusers were all ;one; they found they had to do with one " before whom all hearts were open," and they dare not face the exposure of their own wicked deeds. When our Savior perceived that they were gone, he said to the culprit, "woman, where are these thine accusers? Where are those who were . lately so importunate in demanding that the law should be en forced against you ? Amongst all these, have none of them ventured to condemn you?" She said no man, Lord." And Jesus said unto her, "neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more." Such is this interesting and affecting narrative • and the first conside ra ti on wh i c h i t sugges t s t o us, i s co nnected the circumstances tinder which we are now assembled. That there is no foundation for drawing the conclusion from it, that because our Saviour dismissed without any punishment, the wo man who had been guilty of so serious an offence against the Jewish laws —he therefore intended to defeat their efficacy, or in the remotest degree to censure or impugn the constitutions of civil governments. We are told by St. Paul that "all power is of God;" it is his will that there should be governments in human society as the best means of securing the peace and hap piness of mankind. There must be some persons invested with authority to protect the innocent and to defend the weak from the violence of oppression. Civil institutions were from the . earliest ages the remedy appealed to, to counteract the inconve nience of a state of nature; not by depriving men of their ,ipatival rights, but by confining them within such due bounds would be most likely to advance the general good. So far is christianity from superceding these institutions, that, on the contrary, its decided tendency is to ameliorate and improve them. By the infusion of its own spirit into the minds of men, it raised the character of those principles upon which human associations have been founded, and has engendered a those universal and mote uniform attention to truth, to hums humanity, to clemency, and to all the milder traits of humanity. The Gospel inculcates obedience in ordinary cases as a matter i Hof conscience, and directs that prayer he made for all that are in authority, as being the ministers of God for the good and benefit of the community over which they are raised. So highly important did our Saviour consider this doctrine that he took every occasion to throw the whole weight of his example into the scale of established governments, When be was asked by the Phariseeea whether it was lawful for the Jews to give tribute to the Roman Emperor, they themselves contending that, as the peculiar people of Gad, He alone was to be admitted as their rightful sovereign, and that they owed fealty to no other, he plainly asserted in his reply that homage to Cod was perfectly consistent with civil obedience r " Render," says he, • unto Caesar the things which areCmsar's, & unto God the things which are God's," When again he was sei z ed by order of the Jewish Councillors, and one of his own disciples offered resist ance to the authority of their officers, he bade them desist, telling them that his submission to the law was not because he had not the power of getting himself free, but because obedience in this respect was a part of his duty. And when the judgment hall before Pilate, and when told that the power of life and death was in his hands his answer was, "thou couldest have no power at all against me unless it were given thee from above ;" evidently implying that he bowed to that authority with which as a judge . Pilate was invested. Rulers, therefore, are necessary for the good of all; and where laws are founded upon -equitable principles, and administered with purity and impartiality, it is impossible to conceive that society can enjoy a greater blessing. It must have been far then from our Saviour's intention to countenance any improper relaxation either of their letter or their spirit. The application which the Pharisees made to him was not in the regular course of judicial administration; he held no office which would entitle him to decide on the question at issue. He came in another capacity, as a teacher of Heavenly truths. On a former occasion, when called on to adjudi cate in a difference between two individuals, what was his answer? "Man, who made me a judge or a ruler over you ?" And in the present instance he saw through the flimsy pretence which had brought them; he knew under the cover of pure justice they were plotting against his life, and he determined without doing anything to weaken his poWer, to push the matter home to their consciences. Neither could he contend that the conduct of this woman could be construed into any excuse of her sin. Far indeed from that. It was not his province to carry the law into effect, and he therefore refused to interfere judicially; still, however, feeling a moral indignation, he would not allow the woman to leave him without reproof. She had, no doubt, been under great uneasiness, great distress and anguish of mind at the fearful situation iu which her crime had placed her; he therefore addressed her with a mixture of ten derness and of kindness, " Neither do I condemn thee." I have no commission to pass any civil sentence upon you, and, therefore, I will not take upon me to condemn you to death; but I cannot allow yen to pass without giving you an important admonition; go, and in fear of Divine judgment, repent, and sin no more. Do not presume upon the escape which you have just experienced ; let it not be the means of hardening you in wickedness; you have heard the punishment which the law awards to your crime; if son had been taken before a different tribunal, instead of being brought tome, you would have met with a very different fate. I am the authos of salvation,awd it is my peculiar privilege to direct you how to seek for pardon, and forgiveness of sin; this must be done by sincere repentance, and by earnest prayer for that grace from above, uhich can alone keep you from falling; endeavour by your future couduct to deserve, so far as possible, the mercy you have just experienced, and remember there is no safety for you but in a change of life, take heed, therefore, that you sin no more It is surely impossible to contemplate our Lord's conduct throughout the whole of this trying scence with out 'admiration ; it is impossible not to be charmed with the wisdom which he displayed in the struggles with his adversaries, the calm dignity with which he exposed the interested hypo crisy of the Pharisees, and the compassionate tenderness, which he showed, not only for the present situation of the offender, but for her everlasting welfare. The time will now only admit of my making a short application of what has been said to our selves as regards our own conduct, and our feeling towards those unhappy persons who are now awaiti ng the just sen tence of the law which they have violated. With the lesson which is here held out to us, of forbearan ce to . wards the faults and infirmities of our rethren, how forcibly does it tell us that humanity and charity are the most consistent with the spirit of the Gospel, and most becdming a Christian. It is very difficult for us to form a right judgtnent of the actions of others. There may be many things which we cannot disco ver, and yet which in,the sight of God may plead in their be half. We can only judge of the outward acts, whilst the searcher-of the hearts of all judges of the motives. We know not the temptations to which they have been exposed; we know not the ignorance with which they have been imbued; we know not the unruly affections which they never may have been taught to control; we may detest the sin which they may have committed, and yet we may compassionate the sinner. We may be satisfied that they deserve punishment—that in many of their cases mercy to the individual would oe injustice to the public; yet we may earnestly hope and pray that their consciences may be awakened and their hearts softened; that they may be checked in their habits of vice and profli gees , ; that the dark gloom of their dungeon may excite re fleclion; that punishment may produce penitence • that they may be turned from their evil way, and then endeavour to save their own souls. As for ourselves, let us he more anxious to consider the beam that is in our own eye, than the mote that is in that of our brother. When we fancy we are most secure, we are often then must in danger. It is more par ticularly incumbent on him " who thinketh he standeth to take heed lest he fall." We may be free from the grosser crimes and yet we may be far from the Kingdom of God. We may have been negligent of our social duties; we may have been too in dulgent in our secret sins; we may have been cold in our devo tion ; we may have been impore in our thoughts; and instead of making the law of the gospel the rule of our life we may have regulated our opinions by the dictates of some human philoso phy, and our conduct by this imperfect standard. But let us keep in mind that it requires no specific offence to condemn us; we shall be judged by the whole tenour and spirit of our lives. If our lives be unholy it requires no one glaring sin to show its evil nature. "The wicked shall be cast into hell." Not they only who have committed murder or theft, or perjury, or the like sins, but all they who forget God. H ow f ear f u l i s t hi s ! He that forgets God is placed upon.the . very same footing with the workers of iniquity; not the slightest difference made be tween them in the road of their eternal wretchedness. Oh! con sider this and be wise, and " go and sin no more." His lordship then left the church about Live o'clock, and was conveyed to his lodgings. POLICE IN7'ELLIGENCE. CRUELTY To A HORSE. —William M'Cuddon, an hostler in tbe employ of Mr. Bretherton, was charged at the Police-court, on Tuesday, with having cruelly treated a horse belonging to his master. One of the officers stated that on Monday after noon he observed the'defendant beating a horse with great vio lence, for a considerable time, and in different streets. He at last went up to him, and saw him break a whip over the hor.e's head. He took the whip from him, and afterwards traced him to Mr. Bretherton's stables. A gentleman stated that he was passing the end of Knipe-street, and saw the horse driven from the road to the parapet by the defendant, who was beating it most violently about the eyes, one of which was much injured. The defendant said the horse was a very bad one to ride; he had been trying it; it was a plunging h orse , an d he (the deen dant) could not help it going on the parapet. Mr. Hall ani madverted with great severity on the defendant's breaking a horse on the public streets, and on the barbarous manner in which the animal had been treated. He was ordered to pay 10s. and costs, or in default be committed for eleven days to the Bo rough Gaol. ASSAULTS ON THE POLICE.--A man named Ireland, who is a sort of foreman in Mr. Bretherton's stables, was on Tuesday charged before the magistrates with assaulting tbe officer who had come into the yard to look after M Cuddon, whose case is mentioned above. rile officer stated that he proceeded to Mr. Bretherton's stables to get the name of the man who had been ill-using the horse. The defendant stopped him, and called on some men in the yard to assist him in taking M'Cuddon's whip out of his (the officers) hands. He then came out of the stable and struck him a violent blow on the back of the head.—lreland said he hoped he would he allowed to show the season why he had struck the officer. He then took of his coat, and exposed his arms in court. On each arm, near the shoulder, a space about two inches in breadth appeared much swollen and disco loured, arising from blows which the officer had inflicted with his staff, and a similar mark appeared near the wrist of his right arm. The defendant stated that the officer had struck him six or seven times before he retaliated. This statement was denied by the officer; and a young gentleman, a son of Dr. Forshaw's, who had witnessed the whole affair, confirmed the officer's ac count of it. Ireland and another man tried to take the whip from the officer, and the former said, " he has had one slap at ine—l don't see why I should not have one at him."—The officer then turned and struck him on the arm. The defendant here called a witness, who said he was a plumber and glazier next door to Mr, Bretherton's yard, and who distinctly swore that all the blows had been inflicted on Ireland before he struck the officer. Mr. Hall said, that two witnesses (another officer and Mr. Forshaw) both swore that the defendant was in the act of repeating the blow when the officer rushed in and struck him with his staff. The weapon was here produced with which the officer had been struck on the head; it was a large heavy stick which is used in administering medicine to horses.) After re marking on the impropriety of the defendant's conduct in inter fering with the officer in the exercise of his duty, Mr. Hall or dered the defendant to pay 20s. and costs, or be committed for 16 days.—ln a second case of assault on the police, three labour ing men, named John Strain, John Lee, and William Benyon, were charged with having interfered wish the officers while they were making inquiries after a fourth individual, whe had been suspected of some dishonest transactions in a marine store, and were severally fined, Strains and Benyon in a penalty of 30s. each, or in default of payment three weeks imprisonment, and Benyon, who had knocked down one of the officers and kicked hint, 505., or in default, five weeks imprisonment. "YOU HA U BETTER CONFESS."—A young lad, named John Barton, was on Tuesday placed before Mr. hall, charged with having stolen a quantity of lead from his employer, who carries on business as a plumber in Richmond-row. The complainant stated that having missed lead for several weeks, he took the prisoner into the shop, and made him confess to taking it. Iu answer to Mr. Hall, the complainant said that he had told the prisoner he would take him before a magistrate, and that he "had better confess." Mr. Hall: Have you any other eyi• dence besides his own confession ? Complainant: No, Sir. Mr. Hall: Then there is an end of the case; it was on his own ex torted confession that he was charged with the offence. Dis charge him. Susi'Eurtin RORBERY OF IVORY.—Two Irishmen, both of whom bore the name of Thomas Murphy, but who were stated to be in no way related to each other, were brought up at the Police-court, on Tuesday, one of them charged with having offered for sale, and the other with having-in his possession, a quantity of ivory, being part of the cargo of a vessel, named the John Stamp, wrecked during the late gales off the coast of Ireland, while on her passage from Bombay to this port. A Mr. Darlington stated that last Monday week his servant brought a sample of ivory up stairs, where he was confined from indisposition, and asked how much he would give for 80lbs. weight of it? He (the witness) said he would give half-a-crown a pound for it. It was very coarse ivory. On Tuesday a per son called on him with a sample, who told him he had been there before, and said that the ivory had been got ffom Ireland, and was part of a wreck ; and that if it had been bought in Ireland, it would have been all right, but here it would be smuggled. He asked witness if he would not give hint 3s. a pound for it; to which witness answered he would not. Wit ness had some chat with the person (the eldest of the prisoners) about it. he said he would come back in the afternoon, and the ivory would very likely be his. In the interval he (the wit. ness) gave information to the police. lie saw the senior pri soner first ; the other came along with hint afterwards.—Flork hart, one of the constables, gave a minute detail of the conver sation he had with the prisoners after taking them into custody. The younger prisoner stated, that he acted only as agent in the business for the other, who, he said, sold paint at the docks, In consequence of this information he (Flockhaft) took the senior Murphy into his own keeping, and e li c it e d Hom him that he had a part of the ivory in his paint cellar in Sparling,-street. He went down there, and found it deposited in the cellar. On Saturday evening he (Flockhart) went into the shop of Mr. Taylor, druggist, Ratielagh-street, and saw some of the ivory lying on the counter. He asked Mr. Taylor where he had got it from I' Mr. Taylor replied that a man named Murphy had brought it. The elder Murphy lived in Sparring-street—the other in Thomas-street. Mr Taylor stated, that ..n Monday, Murphy brought a sample of the ivory and widied to know its value. He (Mr. Taylor) did not know it hinise;r, Lot said he would ascertain. He called on an agent in Conk -street. win" had purchased ivory of the same description from Ewart. Myers, and Co. On Tuesday morning the prisoner came again, but was not satisfied with the price at which the ivory was valued, and that he thought it worth 4s. a pound. Mr. Biuhy, jun., the importer of the ivory, said that in September last, he shipped the ivory on board the John Stamp, fiorn Bombay, which vessel was afterwards wrecked, The ivory was all marked. Mr. Bibby here identified the inarks'on the ivory ou the table. Some pieces were marked E, some M, and some ether marks. The dealers in India who purchased the ivory in Africa put these marks on the pietes. He knew the John Stamp was wrecked, hot was not aware three had been a sale of anything in the vessel. , The captain of the Jahn Stamp, stated, that the vessel was- wrecked near Newry, on the 17th of Feb. and went to pieces. A great deal of the cargo was saved and taken to Warren Point. He did not at the time take the , quantity of ivory, so as to say if any p ar t o f it Was n e w m i ssing. ' I here was not mor e i n Ireland than half the ivory taken in at Bom bay, but witness could not tell whether he had all that was saved. There had been a sale of the materials of the wreck, but of no part of the cargo, at which a great number of per sons were present from all parts of the country. The sale took place not far from high-water mark, within two or three miles of a village called Kirkeel. Mr, Hail asked Mr. Bibby if there was any evidence to show what part of the cargo was saved, and the deficiency in that part. Mr. Bibby said they were not vet satisfied as to what pot t un had been save d.• Fl oc kh art sa id that the elder M ur phy told him he bad bought the ivory at Newry, Whither he had been lately, and that he had made a pledge to purchase it. He (Flockart) bad ascertained that the prisoner had come from Ireland by the Earl Roden steamer on Monday week. He had been informed that 443 pieces were saved out of MX) shipped. One of the officers stated, that the prisoner informed him lie had bought the Ivory ate public-housd near the wreck of the vessel, Upwards of a hundred weight was said to be on the table. Mr. Bibby said, the price of it was £l5 10s. per ton. Mr. Hall said the ease presented a question of law, and one of fact, which he would consider that evening: The ptisoners were then remanded, PASSING BASE COIN.—On Wednesday, at the Police-office, a yonog handsome-looking girl with a child in her arms, named Amelia Elison, was placed at the bar, charged With having passed several -counterfeit sovereigns in the market, a great number of which have been passed in different parts of the kingdom., One of the coins found upon her was handed into the court. It was the size of a sovereign, and gilt, but a very bad counterfeit, the weight and the sound detecting it immedi ately. On one side was a ined,illion head of William IV., with the inscription round it, " Died June 20th, 1837." On the obverse side was a figure on horseback holding a spear, with which he was fighting a-lion, the reins of the• horse flying loose. This was surrounded with the inscription, "By tramp• ling on liberty I lost the reins." It was stated by Mr. Shuttle• worth that 30,0000 f these imitations or mock sovereigns had been passed in London. rile prisoner was remanded for fur ther information. A Novel. SEA T. —On 'Wednesday, at the Police-office, an Irish labourer, named John Rush, bearing all the characteristic traits of this class of his countrymen, namely, sharp thin nose, restless tribe eyes, thin straggling hair, freckled skin, a mouth of undollitited • capacity, with a manner made up of readiness an d imp Once, and his whole person slovenly, and loaded with as large a quantity of filth as would adhere to it, was placed at the bar charged with having the night before thrust his " ulti matum" through the shyp window of Mr. Fisher, of London road, and seated himself with much unconcern in the cavity caused thereby. Mr. Fisher stated, this man, yesterday after• noop, in a fit of beastly intoxication, thought fit to make a seat in my window, by breaking one window and cracking another Mr. did he break it? Mr. Fisher.--Why, he ac tually sat down in the window. I have got the window which was, quite broken repaired, and it has cost me ss. 6d., for which I have a receipt in my pocket. Mr. Hall (to the prisoner) Well, what have you to say? Prisoner.—Why, a gentleman id was gev me a shove right agin dhe winds, Mr. Hall.— Can you pay ss. 6d. ? Prisoner.—l can't, Shur, not. a !Millen. Mr. Hall.—How did you get the money to get drunk? Pri soner.—Drhunk is id ? I did Mit git drhnk. Dire man at th' docks gev me two pints ov ale. Complainant.—H e was very insolent also • he told me h e was as sober as I was myself. Prisoner.—Och indeed I was; I caiuldn't be dbrunk- wid two pints ov ale. Mr. Hall.—lf you cannot pay the ss. 6d. then, you must pay ss. for being drunk, or be committed for three days. Prisoner (to complainant) If you credit me, I shall pay in shillens, when I get 'em. Complainant —I would as soon credit a dog with my dinner as trust you. (A laugh.) Prisoner. —Och, thin I wont pay id at all. Complainant (to Mr. Hall.) I consider I receive nothing in compensation? Mr. cannot help it; how can I make something out of nothing ? The prisoner was then put down. INPonstsTroN AGAINST A PUBLICAN.—On Wednesday, at the Police-office, John Griffiths, the keeper of a public-house in. Whitechapel, was summoned before the magistrates, on an in formation charging him with permitting disorderly characters to harbour in his house. Mr. Venables appeared on behalf of the defendant. Officer 270 stated, that in consequence of an order from Mr. Superintendent Tyrell, he searched several public houses in Whitechapel, to find an individual whom the police were after, and went into Mr. Griffith's house; the passage was full, and in one room were seven prostitutes and three suspici. ous characters ; in another room were several notorious cha racters, and seven prostitutes, and Mr. Griffiths was turning 13 or 14 men and women out of the hack door. On being cross examined he said he would swear the prostitutes were sitting down in the house and not standing in the bar. Officer 170 corroborated the other policeman's statement, and said in one room he saw a noted thief who had since been convicted. Mr. Venables contended for the defence that this was a firstoffence, that there was no disturbance, and that it was only eleven o'clock at night, and that he had a witness to prove that the parties complain e d o f were no t s itti ng down. The defendant had always borne an excellent character. He called Phelid M`Bride, a marble mason, who deposed, that at the time the policemen were there he was in the house, and did not see any women sitting down, but some were drinking at the bar, and that Mr. Griffiths told some of the women who at tempted to sit down, that it was not allowed, and if they per• sisted he must turn them out. Mr. Whitty was next called at the wish of the defendant. He said the house was not a well conducted house, he had heard complaints against it before. The defendant he believed was very poor, hut very honest. He knew of his having prevented one man from being robbed of £65, and he had always given the greatest assistance to the police. Mr. Hall said, underthe circumstances,he should only fine the defendant 20s: and costs. - THE CHEsttca r. NUISANCES.—We understand that the Cor poration has obtained a verdict against the proprietors of the chemical works at the north end of the town. We shall give an abridged report of the trial in our next. CONSERVATIVE TRADESMEN'S ASSOCIATION.—We under stand that the next monthly meeting of this association will be held on Monday evening next, at the York Hotel, when Cress* well Cresswell, Esq., one of the representatives of the borough. is expected to attend. We hope that a strong muster will take place on the occasion. EXPORTATION OF GOLD —We understand that upwards of £200,000 in ►old was shipped for the United States Elf the'two last packets, the Sheridan and the Columbus. With what has been sent from London, the quantity sent to America already amounts to upwards of half a million. : The Rev. W. Lyon, the respected minister of AtliSaints' Church, in this town, has been elected minister of St. Geoige's Church, Little Bolton, in the room of the late lamented I$ v. W. Thistlewaite. EARL OF CLARENDON. —The venerable Earl of Clarendon continues in a very delicate state of health at his residence,, in North Audley-street. Sir George Villiers, our minister at Madrid, is heir presumptive to the ?arldum. The present earl is the clerk of the peace for this county ; but the duties of the office have been altogether performed by the deputy-clerks at Preston. DARING liousEenaarciNG.- , -On Sunday last, during the ab sence of the family, who were attending divine worship in a neighbouring chapel, the house of Mr. Weston, baker, in Great Orford-street, was broken into, and about-L:3O worth of - silver plate and tea was stolen therefrom. It is supposed that the re turn of the family scared away the thieves, who disappeared over the yard wall, or a much greater booty would have been obtained, as much other property was accessible. The thieve. have not yet been discovered. PANTOMIMISTS.—It is a curious fact that the Liverpool Theatres have engaged amongst their companies the cleverest and most celebrated pantoinimists of the present day. At the Liver are Gibson, (Harlequin.) Brown, (Pantaloon,) King, (Clown,) and Mrs. Gibson, (Columbine.) At the Theatre Royal, the Ridgways, (Harlequin and Clown,) and Jona; (Pantalon.) The first are favourably mentioned in Boa's must singular tumbler, extraordinaryperhaps ri P rice at Life of Grimaldi, while the latter have fo r some years h e ld the public. the m(t sg e u bli As , a mere man of bis class. COMNIUNICATION WITH SYDNEY.—IMPORTANT TO MERCH ANTS AND OTHERS.—The convict ships,, \Vestmoreland and . Clyde, will, we are informed, be despatched from this part for Sydney, the former on the 28th instant, and the latter on the' 18r h April. The masters of these vessels have been instructed to take charge of the private letters of individuals, as well - ae those that may be sent through the Post-office. Bags for the reception of the letters of merchants and others, will be kept at the office of Lieut. Low, 33, Uninn-street. These bags will be given in charge to the masters when they receive their letter* of instruction tO proceed to Kingstown, Ireland, where they: will receive convicts on board, and be di.patched to Sydney direct. PALATTNE Cit's.—We observe a paragraph in the columhs of some of our contemporaries relative to the building of a oeist, • club-house, on a scale of grandeur worthy of eumparison the far-famed edifices of the metropolis.; on Inquiry we found such was in contemplation. On Monday last, at the genert4l • 'meeting of the members, the following resolittiori was carried unanimously, viz , " That N.l). Bold, Esq.; and the trustees 2: be empowered to necrociate for the purchase of land for the pot pose of building a club-house for the members of the . Pdlatillo, , Club, on a scale creditable to the town of Liverpool." congratulate the society of Liverpool ou emancipatingitselfreclip,....: the thraldom in which it has been kept by the existence of nu, merous little cliques, each exercising exclusive sway. Theirbiott of parties is a matter of congratulation, and we may nos*.hort to see an edifice erected wurthy the spirit of the second tOwli the kingdom. A CURIOUS SUGGESTIO.N.—On Tuesday, in the Crown Court, on the trial of Wheather for forgery, a long argument place between Messrs. Starkie and M ortley for the prosecution, and Mr. Dundas for the prisoner, as to the admissibility of certain evidence. During the trial the judge left the bench for a short time, and one of the jury addressing himself to Mt. Starkie, said,—" I say, Mr. Starkie, while t' judge is out, I wish you and t' council on t' other side would settle atween yb what's law and what's not; we should then know what to do." Mr. Starkie quietly replied, " l am afraid we shouldn't agree, sir." The observation of the juryman excited much laughter. —Doncaster Chronicle. RA HE INSTANCES OF LONE, Saavica.—The Kirkstall FOTO Company have in their service 52 individuals, who have been rtnployed at the works assfollows i—one 60 Years, one 57; four 55, one 53, one 49, two 47, four 44, three 4'2, two 40, two 37, three 36, three 35, ten 30, three '26, and ten 20 years. This is a fact almost unprecedented, and alike creditable to the env.. ployers and the employed. Among the earliest presentations at this year's drawing.. rooms it is said will be the Lady Adelaide Fitzclarenee, elaeat daughter of the Earl of Munster, now in her 18th year; and • the beautiful daughter of the Earl of Jersey, La - dy N illiers, is also named as a debutante, although unusually young for a presentation. Front the extreme youth of her Majesty many fair belles of distinguished families tare to be introduced., into the gay world earlier than has been the case heretofore; : . an emancipation which will bring much spirit to the dances it Almack's. A Sunday piper alludes, in undisguised terms, to a runsotir • long prevalent in some circles, of a projected union,,,a hicbi • were it to take place, would bring the wing leader in closeconr, »ection with theihtone. Without assuminganv knOwledge 494 the subject where ive possess none, we• may yet venture to eIE press a hope and a belief t hat the illustrious person in question knows better what is due to herself and to the country than to encourage such no idea, ,s hatever the vanity and ambition of :he siiproscd made suitor to asFire to.—Morn" Herald. k~. _ ..