The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-06 00:00:00

FE.BituAßy .6. !S:8, LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH STREET rtims present TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, Sc THURS. DAY,„wIII be'' performed the Grand Military Dramatic Spectacle, fouuded upon the late Conquest of Constantina, called • • THE FRENCH SPY! On:Tun FALL OF CONSTANTINA. Victe'fie, (a French Lady),— Henri, (a French Lancer),— HAnet, (an Arab 80y),....by Mademoiselle CELESTE. OriePal Ballet OfAction, in which Messrs. BatrwN, KING, & 'GIBSON will appear. Wild'Arab Dance-T he Narmandip nee -,New Parisian :Q uadrille-8t A Terrific Comb. . „by CELESTE. After which:the popular terlude entitled THE MARRIED RAKE. To conclude with the laSt and singularly successful Domestic - Drama, in Two Acts, entitled, 4 ST. MARY'S EVE;—A STORY OF THE SoI.WAY• ' Madiiine (the Jacobite's Sister)....MademoiselleCELESTE. . , Track* . and Place s for the Boxes to he had 'of Mr. J. Fogg, at fife:Theatre; each day from 11 till 3. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2,34. Gall i^F, 6il;-•--SeCOnd Price, Boxes, 25.; Pit, la.—No Second Price to the Gallery.—Doors to be opened at half-past six, per fotmatice'to t - oitilheuce•at seven precisely. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL, REVIVAL OF ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. f HIS present TUESDAY, will be performed ST. GEORGE JI. AND THWDRAGON; with great variety in the Arena TO-MORROW, WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7 41t, and TH URS DAY, Feb. Bth, will be: presented, by particular r nest, the new Melo-Draina'of the , • DEATH TOKEN ! . The Grecian, Statues by Mr. " mipsoist. To be followed by EXTRAORDINARY F ars IN THE CIRCLE; tke whole to conclude with the grand. uestrian Spectacle of 6.''M A ZEP PA ; or the WILD HORSE OF I'ARTARY. WhlCtl Mr. Ryan's superb Stud will appear. • In preparation; - a new Drama called VOLSHA, TtlE SLAVE QUEEN. The copyrightof which has been secured to this establishment. Prices of , adinission—Dre s s BoXes, ; Pit, 25.; Lower Gallery, Is.; UPper,Gallery, - 6(1. Children, half price, from the commencement, to the Boxes and Pit "only. Second Price at Half-pastiFaigltio-"clock Biixes, ls. 6d. ; Pit, Is.; Galleries, 6d.—Box Office open every day from Eleven till Three o'clock, when Mr. HALE will be in attendance. floors opety o'clock, and the Performance begini at half-pist. 'Prriate Boxes may be had nightly for Partiei, at . 2ls. and 42a. • Instructions in the Art of RidipiGitidn. Riding Master, Mr. Ginnett. Terms may be known on application at the Amphitheatre. - ' Proprietor, Mr. BATES . • • Stage Manager, Mr. NEVILLE. UURtWG THE PRESENT WEEK THE HOLY CITY OF •JERUSALEM AT THE LARGE ROOM, QUEEN'S ARMS HOTEL, (Entrance IA Cook-street,) which is kept warm by two large fires. Ilk LAADLAW begs to intimate to .those who wish to view -I.TI his. universally admired PANORAMA, which displays not 'only the City, butlall the interesting Stations mentioned in Sciipture within twenty miles of it, that it will shortly be re moved from Liverpool. This Panorama was visited by nearly the whole of the adult population at Manchester, Leeds, Shef. field. York, and Hull. " It would be a PitY'if this Panorama wereAlowed to leave any town without being seen by eYery . ppsron who can afford the'very small Charge made for admutSion. It is a subject highly gratifying to those of mature age, and. a delightful treat to the rising generation."—Manchester Times. The VIEWS of CAPTAIN ROSS'S VOYAGES, where he passed flier years, and his happy rescue; the BOULEVARDS of PARIS, FIESCHI FIRING OFF THE MACHINE, form also a part of the Panorama. Day Exhibition punctually, at One o'clock, in the Evening at Seven; and again at half-past Eight. o'clock. Boxes, 25.; Gallery, Is: Children under ten years of age, Half Price.-Book and Plate of . Jerusalem 61 Under the Patronage of the Worslt;p lid . the Mayor, and flee Liverpool Festival Committee. GRAND MISCELLANEOUS 'CONCERT AT THE .THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL, ON TUESD AY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1838. 11/11t. G. HODEN respectfully announces his intention of -I-VA giving a M ISCELLANEOVS CONCERT, on an ex tensive scab, comprising Selections' from the following_Com- Posees:—, Moxart, Haydn, Beethoven, Spohr, Rossini, Merca dante, Bishop, &c. &c. • PIONCIPAI, VOCAL PEEFORNIERV • ' MRS. ALFRED SHAW," wr: • MISS BRUCE, MR. WALTON' and MR. MACHIN, • Leader, MR. ALDRIDGE. The Banti, consisting of the first talent of the lown, will be full and efficient, and a select number of the Members of the LIVERVOOL CHORAL SOCIETY, who have kindlyoffet e((iheii• Servi - cca,upon this occasion, will form a full and effi eient ChOrns. - Conduator, Mr. G. HOLDEN. Full particulars, with the Schemes of the Performance, will be published inur;diately. Places for - the Boxes may he taken at - Mr. WEtss's Music Saloon, Church-street, on Friday, the 9th, and Saturday, the 10th of Petit-nary ; audon: (he Monday and Tuesday folliiwitag, at the Boxoffice of the Theatre-Royal, from Ten till Three o'clock. No places can be secured unless Tickets are taken. Boxes,. 55.; Upper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s, arl.• ' Gallery, is. Doors to b opened at Seven, And the Performance to com mence at Half-past Seven . O'cluck precisely. TO CORRESPONDENTS We have received several boon and magazines for review; which shall be noticed in our next publication. ' An extended notice of " The Religious History of Man," (ad vertised in - ;inother column,) will be given on Friday. We (lid not receive our usual copy of the Manchester Guardian on ,Saturday. 'CIIt COJirpool Ft.tanbart. TUESDAY MOUNING,FEBRUARY 6, 1838. Q The Publication of the STAN nA Ito commenced this morn ru. at 5 o'clock NEws FROM CANADA.—In another column we have given, copious extracts from the, Standard of Saturday . evening ? .detailing the proceedings in the American llOuse of Assembly, in reference to the affai rs of Ca. Uada, as well as the more recent transactions on the Fir Our the tone of the leading, state smen in th . p United. States we are far from inferring that there is any serious cause for apprehending any rupture between the States and-Great Britain. It is the interest of this Country to preserve peace with our American neigh. bows. It is doubly the interest oldie latter to avoid anything which might lead to direct warfare with Eng land. At the same time we cannot help observing that the blackguards of the northern states of Maine and Vermont have clone every_thing to justify the resorting to,measures of retaliation on the part of the Canadians. The rascals who have rendered themselves so conspicu. uirsly active in furnishing ammunition and provisions to the rebels on Navy Island need feel little surprise that one of the vessels engaged in the scandalous business should have been seized and destroyed by the loyalist volunteers. The only matter of surprise to us, is, that the latter have exercised the degree of forbearance 'which they have manifested during the trying interval which has elapsed froth the possession of Navy Island by Mackenzie-and his associates. There can be no doubt Ault the greater part of the forces under his command have been obtained from the United States, from which also the whole of his munitions of war have been de ' tived. • It is, therefore, imperative upon the government :of the United States to put, an immediate and effective stop. to the recruiting of Mackenzie's forces, and so to prevent an inevitable rupture with this country. There can be little• . doubt of the pacific disPoSition - of Van Buren and the executive of the American govern .ment ; but will.they b - eable to coerce.fhe citizens of the northern states into a state of neutrality ? Very im portant issues depend upon the adjustment of the differ -ekes which the proceedings of the Upper Csnada in .• Surgents have giVen rise. It is not at all improbable 'that these differences, and the difficulties to which they have given rise, may terminate in commotions which may endanger the Union. Events will shortly show the :reasonableness of these suspicions. We are glad to find that the President of the United • Stites acknowledges that a violent infraction of neutra lity has been committed by the citizens who have aided and abetted the rebels at Navy Island. This acknow ledgment, we hope, will not be without its effect upon those zealous republicans who have so far compromised' the honour of the. United States' government as to act in • concert with the open enemies of Great Britain. Whatever may be the result of the negotiations which may arise from the recent events on the frontier of the 'United States, we feel perfectly - convinced that the ami • cable relations between that country and our own will • suffer no interruption. Independently of our commer cial intercourse, there are other considerations which will contribute to a satisfactory and peaceable arrangement. The peculiar position of the United States, in reference to the question of slavery—abolition renders it impera ,. tively necessary upon Van Buren to avoid any thing which might lead to an open rupture. One of the inane (hate consequences of a declaration of waron the part of the States would be the insurrection of the negro pep . lation—an event, which, combined. with external hosti- lity, would speedily result in the dimembennent, if not jhe eventual ruin, of the Union. :raking these matters into consideration, and viewing , : : . the rebellion in Canada as virtually extinguished, we are `4';under no apprehensions whatever as to the result of the recent partial *engagements of the Canadian loyalists and American citizens. Still we deem it necessary to Urge upon the attention of our colonial authorities the neces sity of maintaining a bold front, and opposing an effec tual check to the interference—the gratuitous and unjus- tifiable interference of the republicans in Maine and Ver mont with the provincial government of the. Canadas. TheSe scoundrels have no more right to exercise any control over the government of the colonies of Great Britain, than France ; Russia, or the Emperor of China would have to intermeddle with our domestic policy. And if the American government should lack the power, or manifest an indisposition to prevent these reckless villains from offering any further insult to the Canadian subjects of our gracious Queen, it will then become the duty of our rulers to have recourse to compulsory urea sates. A bold attitude on the part of Great Britain would soon bring the unprincipled miscreants to their senses. But will our present imbecile and vacillating ministry assume such an attitude ? PARLIAMENTARY GRANT TO THE COLLEGE OF MAY NOOTH.—We'are exceedingly glad to find, that the Pro testants of Liverpool have addressed a prayer to both Houses of the British Parliament to withdraw the Parlia- tnentary grant to the college of Maynooth. The terms of the petition will, we hope, receive a ready response in the breast of every man who is favourable to the advance ment of civil and religious liberty, and anxious to main- tain the political ascendancy of Great Britain. The peti tioners, after setting forth the failure of the college, both as a political experiment and as a seminary for education, moral and religious, state, "that tl•r class books, as used by authority in Maynooth college, contain a system of ethics, so inverted and unchristian, as to encourage cri minality and inlecency, to render property under the British crown insecure, to exalt perjury, under certain circumstances, into the rank of a supposed virtue, and to make allegiance to their church, to take precedence of loyalty to our sovereign." In these views we perfectly concur, and we are prepared to prove, from authentic par liamentary documents, that the, views of the petitioners are neither extravagant nor untrue. Nor can we be surtoi iced at the result. It has been ascertained, upon evidence the most conclusive, that a system of religious faith, more degrading than the-superstitions of Jugger naut, has been prepared and published by Peter Dens, 'and, under the patronage of Dr. Murray, introduced as the class book in the college of Maynooth. It is a source of deep regret, that, although this fact has been aster tained _beyond all controversy, her Majesty's govern ment, under the influence of what are called liberal opi nions, and a i l igned anxiety to conciliate the Roman Catholic priesthood, and thus obtain their political sup port, have uniformly refused all inquiry into this abomi nable system. It, therefore, becomes the duty of every man who is anxious to support the dignity of his country, and continue those civil and religious privileges which England has hitherto enjoyed, under a free Protestant government, to come forward and use every legitimate influence to have this cursed system rooted out of the country. But what language can we use more powerful than that which has been already employed by the elo quent champions of the Protestant faith, who have faith fully exposed the obscenities of this popish college ? And what has been the practical result of such a system of education? Falsehood, treachery, -and a justification of the murder of Protestants, as an act of duty on the part of Roman Cdtholics ! And this has been carefully taught to the priests taught at that college, and by them incul cated upon the credulous and priest-ridden peasantry of unfortunate Ireland. Hence the source of all the murders and violence committed on the persons of the Irish Pro testants. But will her Majesty's ministers . dare make inquiry into the causes. of these outrages ? We boldly answer, No They cannot afford to lose the support of O'Connell and the priests, and, for this simple reason, we believe they would cheerfully compromise the honour anti dignity of their country, sacrifice the prerogatives and endanger the security of the throne, violate every pledge they have given to maintain the ascendancy of Protestantism", and weaken the obligations of morality, rather than sacrifice their places, or forfeit their patron age. But we hope.the people of England will take up this subject, and demand an exposure of this diabolical system. Why•should we hesitate ? Why should we hope or seek to reconcile the enemies of our church, who, by their oaths of allegiance to the Pope-of Rome, are pledg ed to eternal enmity to every institution opposed to the Holy See. The petitions lie for signatures at the vari ous newspaper offices. THE CANADA BILL.—DEBATE IN THE LORDS.—On Friday evening a 'most important debate on the absorbing topic of the affairs of Canada took place in the House of Lords. Before we proceed to notice in detail the several speeches which were delivered on the occasion, we cannot help observing that the tone in which this important sub ject was discussed in the Upper House presented a very marked contrast to that which pervaded the debates in the CoMmons on the same topic. We, of course, allude to the pragmatical - effusions of, those individuals who assume to themselves the title of philosophical radicals, among whom Hume, Leader, Molesworth, &c. must be classed as the chief apostles. The absurd dogmas,. the crude theories, the loose principles, and the infatuated views of these visionary, but dangerous' politicians, met with no response whatever in the House of Lords, if we except the violent diatribes of that incomprehensible being, dowager Chancellor Brougham. He alone, amidst the patrician statesmen of the land, allowed him self to become the advocate of the rebel members of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. He alone identi fied himself with the anti-national clique who seek to make the Canadian rebellion a precedent for, 'radical revolution in England. But we must proceed to the task of examining the proceedings on Friday evening, which we regret we cannot report at such length as their importance demands. The debate was opened by Lord Glenelg, who entered into a minute detail of the circumstances which led to the introduction of the measure for the temporary govern ment of the Canadas. The Earl of Aberdeen followed, in a speech as remark able for. its clear and dispassionate views, as for its dignified eloquence and powerful reasoning. He dwelt, with much felicity, upon the miserable blunderings of the colonial policy pursued by the .present government, and especially upon the indecision—the lassitude—the con- . tradictions—the igndrance—and the blindness, which had uniformly characterised all their proceedings in reference to the administration of the affairs of Canada. He sug gested the propriety of discouraging every idea of sepa rating these important colonies from the mother country, and expressed a hope that both should go on for a long course of years in a 'state of mutual happiness and pros perity—a hope in which every loyal subject; every sin cere protestant, and every true patriot, both on this and on the other sikle of the Atlantic, must cordially partici pate a hope of which we trust we shall see the glorious fruition under the firm, but conciliating sway of a con servative administration. There can be very little doubt that, had the conservatives been in office during the last three or four years, all' the disturbances which have taken place in Canada, and all the rankling hostility which those disturbanCes have engendered, both between the French and British inhabitants of Canada, as well as between the latter and the citizens of the United States, might haVe been entirely avoided. Under a conservative government there would have been little cause for com plaint on die part of. the original settlers ; whilst all sources of jealousy,between them and the emigrants from Great Britain would have been carefully removed. As it is, many years, if not ages, must elapse before the ran courous hostility, to which the culpable weakness of the hig ministry has given birth, can be expected to disap pear. Lord Bi ougham followed, and delivered himself of one of those brilliant effusions, in, which wit and sarcasm, truth and fict ion, honesty and radicalism are so strangely blended. His castigation of the Whig colonial secretary, and of the governors appointed by the somnolent Glenelg, was both richly merited and unsparingly administered. The Doke of Wellington followed, in a speech replete, with sound sense, and marked, by that manly honesty of feeling which sheds such a lustre on his character as a statesman. The Morning Herald observes, in reference to this speech?, " The concluding. observations,of the Duke of Wellington— his warnings to ministers, that they must not consider them selves involved in slight difficulties—and his exhortations to them to send forthwith to Canada all the forces which they could muster—were worthy of the noble duke's profound good sense, and long familiarity with the course of war and of diplomacy." Lord . . Melbourne's reply was tame and spiritless, but rather conservative in its tone. The bill will, in all probability, receive the royal sanction this Week. SHARP'S ROYAL BRITISH CERATES AND LINIMENT.—We beg particularly, (for reasons which will there appear) to invite the attention of "LICENCED MEDICINE VENDERS AND OTHERS, to an Advertisement under that title, which will be found in another column in our Paper. The sum paid during the last year out of the. Liverpool Mer chant Seamen's Fund, for the relief and support of worn-out and disabled peamen, And of the widows and children of seamen killed and drowned in the merchant service, was £3689 4s. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN.—We regret to have to announce the death of the Bishop of Sodor and Man, which occurred at Great Horkesley Rectory, on Friday last, the 26th ult., at the age of seventy 7 tive.—Morning Post. _ _ CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—The lead trick has been re peated this week. A man went into Mr. Hope's boot and shoe shop; Berry-street, on Wednesday, and purchased a pair of shoes, paving for theut•with what appeared to be two ss. papers: they proved to be tea lead, when examined. A RECOVERY. —A roll of lead which bad been dropped from the schooner Britannia into the Queen's Dock, about three weeks ago, was on Friday week grappled out by a man employed for the purpose. SCOTCH SECESSION CHURCH.—On the evening of Tuesday last, the Scotch Secession Church, Mount-pleasant, gave a una nimous call to the Rev. Hugh Chricton, of Duntocher, Dum bartonshire, Scotland, to be their pastor, to act in connexion with the Rev. Dr. Stewart. NUISANCE IN VAUXHALL-ROAD.-011 Friday, Mr. Cooper, a boiler of bones, in Naylor-street, was summoned before the magistratesto answer to three informations which had been laid against him by the police, for nuisances arising from the stench occasioned by his works. The defendant having pleaded guilty, and promised to abate the nuisance complained of, was fined £5 on each information ; judgment in the meantime was to be suspended, and a fortnight allowed him to abate the nuisance; NORTHERN HOSPITAL.—We hope there will be a large at tendance to-day, at the annual meeting of the subscribers to this Institution, the importance of which will be seen by a glance at this days' report, and yet we are sorry to add it is several hun dred pounds in debt, DIsTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—We beg to call attention to this most deserving charity. We trust the affluent will not relax in their kind and active efforts in procuring new subscrip tions. A vast deal of relief has been afforded during the late and present inclement season to the suffering and distressed poor. IMPROVED HAIR FEI.T.—We have seen a sheet of Cordon's improved hair felt, and consider it tube eminently qualified for the purpose of covering ship's bottoms 'previous to coppering. In point of expense it is nearly as.cheap as paper, and twice as durable. A very long list of vessels which have been supplied with it lies at the agent's office. This improved hair felt is well worthy of the attention of shipowners and builders. PORTRAIT OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY.-4 very splendid portrait of England's Queen, has just been finished by E. T. Parris, Esq., and engraved in the finest style of mezzo tint° by C. E. Wagstaffe. The original painting will be on view .at Mr. Burland's, Church-street, on 'I hursday next ; and we would advise all who have au opportunity to view this', splendid triumith of British art. From the various testimonials in the London papers we are of opinion that this painting will abide the test of comparison with that lately finished by Chalon. We shall take occasion to view the painting, and offer such criticism as may appear deserving. STEAM NAVIGATION TO NEW YORK.—There is now fitting out, in the port of London, a steamer, which is intended to make the first experimental trip to New York. She is named the Columbus. She will be propelled by Mr. Howard's Patent Vapour Engines, and can carry 50 days' fuel at the same on mersion as a steam vessel on the common plan, of equal power and tonnage, can carry 12 days' fuel. She will sail iroin the Thames for the Mersey as soon as the former river shall be free front ice, and will leave Liverpool shortly afterwards for New York. A very fine engraving of her, has been been deposited at the Underwriter's Rooms, from a picture, by Higgins. . DEATH BY LAUDANUM.-011 Tuesday list, a fine young wo man named Betsey Sutton, who lived with her, parents, iu Co , mos-street, died from the effects of a dose of laudanum which she had taken on the previous night. Nothing has since trans pired to enable her relatives to decide whether the laudanum was taken by way of medicine, or under the influence of depres sion of spirits, occasioned by disappointed love. Me. Li OLDEN'S CONCERT.—Our readers will perceive that this concert is to take place, in the Theatre Royal, on Tuesday, the 15th instant, when we have no,doubi, a rich treat will be afforded to the musical public in Liverpool. The programme. which we have seen, embraces a variety of the most elaborate productions of, the first musicians of the day; and the talent engaged for the occasion cannot fail to do justice to the admi rable i‘i:Hod selection l wh l ie e. which has been- made by our indefatigable townsman, SERIOUS AccinF.NTS. 7 —Late on Friday night, a sailor was carried to the Northern Hospital,.Leeds-street, from the barque Wilberforce; before the ship entering port, he had fallen from the topmast, striking his leg on a hen-coop in his descent. The limb was so dreadfully shattered as to render immediate ampu tation necessary. We understand the poor fellow is doing well.— A workman employed in the St. George's Foundry, met with an accident on Saturday last, which had nearly been attended fatal _resallq.. While attempting ,to place a strap over a wheel attached to the turning lathe, he was drawn in among the machinery, and it was only on stopping the engine that he could 'be extracted, he was taken to the Northern Hospital, Leeds-street, where the most prompt assistance was afforded by its officers.—Two men who had been seriously injured on board the Huddersfield, while on her passage tritin Bombay, were, on being landed tine, conveyed to the Northern Hospital, Leeds-street. It is generally known, that a government steamer had been specially commissioned; for several days, during the last fort night, to cruise about the chops of the channel, in order that, if she fell in with the New York packets of the Est ult., the im portant despatches which wete so anxiously looked for by these vessels from Canada might be forwarded as rapidly as possible to the Colonial Office. She was not successful, neither were other steamers despatched from this port by the "caterers" and parties interested in Canadian affairs. Captain Gowan, in the steamer "Corsair," however, in the course of his voyage from Belfast, on Friday se'eunight, fell in with the packet-ship " Siddons" about 20 miles to the westward of the Lightship, and although it was blowing very fresh at the time, and a heavy sea running, he laid his vessel alongside, and, with consider able risk and difficulty, succeeded in having safely conveyed on board one passenger and the precious letter-hag, The latter was delivered to the agent in Liverpool in the forenoon of Fri day Strange to say, not a syllablern the way.of acknowledge ment has since been uttered (either by the people at the Colo nial Office, the agents for the packets, the "caterers,' ' or , i n fact, by any perscn whose business it ought to be, at any rate, tiethank Captain Gowan) for this important public service.— Such a want of common courtesy is highly reprehensible. THEA :RE ROYAL MANCHESTER. —On Tuesday The Slave was very well played throughout. Mr. Stuart's Gambia was faultlesss; the heroic bearing was carefully preserved, without noisy declamation or unnecessary gestures. Miss Betts sang delightfully. Her rich, flute-like voice was heard to great ad vantage in •‘' Bid me discourse" (a song introduced) and ".Sons of freedom." Her cadences were well executed, and brilliant, and were she suitably supported, she could not fail to draw full houses: this was especially observable on Friday. The Marriage of Figaro, an opera full of mirth and music, when all the parts are well filled, went off tamely. A good tenor and bass are indispensible.—This day, Saturday, The Stare is again performed, and we venture to hope that the actors will be cheered by seeing a good house. Independently of the above noticed performances, we understand that Rob Roy and The Merehant of Venice have been played. My. Baker in the Baillie merited the great applause he received, and Miss Betts, and Mr. Horncastle exerted themselves most effectively, a s Diana and Francis. In the Merchant of Venice Mr. Stuart re ceived much applause in the character of Shylock.—Manchester Advertiser. COURSING AT ALTCAR.—The subscribers to two of the im portant stakes to be contended for at the above meeting, viz. the Waterloo Cup, 250 sovs. in specie, the second dog to receive 100 sovs.—and the Waterloo Purse of 100 sovs. 42 sovs. to the second best dog, —are now declared, to 'the first of which no fewer than forty noblemen and gentlemen have subscribed their names, and to the latter stake there are just twenty subset ihers. The names of the greyhounds are not vet sent in, but reports says there will be some of the best that can be turned out in readiness for the oeeasion.—The sport is to occupy two days,: and is fixed for Wednesday and Thuisilay, the '2lst and 22d instant. The day fixed for entering and naming the days is on or before Wednesday, the 7th inst. consequently we shall ha enabled to supply a correct list in our next publication. From the high character of the 'promoters of tho Altcar coursing match, viz. the members of the Waterloo COursing Club, there is little doubt but the meeting will turn out a first-rate affair. SALE OF CORPOR kTION PROPERTY--On Tuesday, Mr. Winstanley brought to the hammer a number of houses and other buildings belonging to the Corportion of Liverpool. They were sold " upon leases for 75 years, subject to the purchase of the ground-rent, and to such covenants as are usually inserted in the leases 'of the corOratiou.',"rhe prices they brought were as follows :—Two houses, corner of Argyle-street and Sed don-street. 96 yards, rent £3O, price £360. Foundry and ware house in Crooked-lane, 205 yards—E7Bo. House in Thomas street, 85 yards—£23o. House in Sparling-street, 127 yards — £395.. Two houses in Shaw's -alley, 128 yards, rent £2B— House in Whitechapel, 86 yards, rent £4O-505. House in Whitechapel, 133 yard, rent £45—£775. A house and three back houses In Whitechapel, 130 yards, rent £55—£640. A house in St. James's-street, rent £42-810. A house in College lane, 102 yards. rent £22 —£sos. A house in LaWton-street, rent £l6—£3lo.'A back house in-Lawton-street, 28 yards, rent £B— House in Mason-street, rent £20—E290. FATAL ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held on the body ofJohn Roberts, a porter, who met his death under the following, cir cumstances. On Wednesday, the deceased was employed by Messrs. Boutcher, Mortimer, and Co. in putting wet hides into a cart., in Bath-street. There was no horse in the cart, and the deceased, conceiving the shafts to be unsafe, went b e l ow to rec tify the props, and as he was doing this the shafts fell and crushed his leg. He was carried to the Northern Hospital, were it was found that he had a compound dislocation of the ankle joint. The case was a dangerous one and every atten tion was paid to it, but he died on Monday morning, inflamma tion having taken place. Verdict accordingly. FATAL AccinEvs.—On Thursday morning, a rigger named Richard Williams, was in the foretop of the barque Richard Grant, lying in the Prince's Dock, swaying the mast up, when the mast rope broke, and he fell from the top upon one of the bits that holds the windlass, and afterwards on the deck. He was taken up and carried to the Leeds-street Hospital, but was - so dreadfully hurt that he died in twenty minutes after. There was no external wound, but blood flowed from his right ear, and it was the opinion of the surgeon that the base of the skull had been fractitreti.-i-On Sunday evening an elderly couple named John and Mary Earnshaw, residing at Mile End, were on their way homewards, when in crossing the street, the old woman slipped, and felLinto the cellar of the house adjoining her own. When she was lifted up, it was found she had received a severe cut on the forehead. A surgeon was sent for and the wound stiched up, but she died on the following Tuesday. ALONG WALK ON THE THAMES.—A ,singular feat was per formed on Saturday last by a young man named Sowetbv, who succeeded in walking upon the frozen surface of the Thames from• Windsor to Chelsea-bridge, a distance, allowing for the various windings, of about thirty miles. The task was under taken for a bet by no means Commensurate with the labour. THE LIVER POOL STANDARD CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—(SAruRocr.) - Before Mr. JUSTICE VAUGHAN. On Saturday, Captain Cain, the master of the brig Kingston African trader; of Liverpool, was brought up at the bar of this Court-to take his trial for Manslaughter, fur having ordered one of his crew to be flogged until he died. The'friends of the prisoner spared no trouble nor expense in advocating his cause, and, mainly through" their exertions in procuring favourable evidence before the Grand Jury, the hill for Wilful Murder filed against him was ignored. In the first instance application was made to Serjeant Wylde to take the prisoner's brief, but he refused it : afterwards Sir Frederick Pollock consented to take the brief, but was obliged to give it up and go to Manchester on special business. Finally Sir John Campbell, the Attorney General, was engaged as leading coun sel for the defence, with a fee of 100 guineas, and 20 guineas for a licence to plead, he being a Queen's counsel ; together with Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Phillips as juniors. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Done. The case was stated at length, and very fairly, by Mr. Bod kin In the course of his opening he stated that the witness George Lee, who gave evidence at the Liverpool Police Court on behalf of the prisoner, had been bound over to give evidence, and had been brought from Liverpool and retained in posses sion by the Attorney General, for the defence, and had not made his appearance so as to be enabled to give evidence before the Grand Jury. Under these circumstances be should pro bably not find it necessary to call him. The witnesses were then examined, and the facts sworn to, as published in our police reports. The ArrottNnv-GRNErtar, for the defence, spoke at great length. He sated, that they should be enabled to give a com plete answer to the case, aud show , that the evidence against the prisoner was a conspiracy on the part of the seamen to take the life of the captain. He called the apprentice. George Lee whose evidence went to confirm the statement of the former witnesses. He gave the same strong confirma tary evidence as he had done in the Liverpool Police-court, when His LORDSHIP asked the Attorney-General whether he though it necessary to go any further, as the case appeared to him to be confirmed by bis own witnesses, and completely made out as a case of manslaughter? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL admitted that it would be useless going further with the case, and gave it up. He then proceeded to call witnesses to character, amongst whom, were Mr. Charles Hnrsfall, and Mr. Tobin, of this town. The LEARNED JUDGE in summing up, did not think it neces sary to recapitulate the evidence, but summed up generally to the jury. He said the prisoner had certainly received great provocation, but not such as could justify the severe measures which he bad taken, and which bad caused the death of the deceased. lf, at the .moment of the violence, which the de • ceased had: made use of towards the prisoner, the prisoner had taken a knife"..and stabbed him to the heart, he was of opinion he would not have been guilty of murder. But from the circum stances detailed, and the length of time the cruelty towards the deceased had occupied, in the presence of the prisoner, the case had most clearly been made out one of manslaughter. - The jury returned a verdict accordingly. The prisoner would be sentenced yesterday, by the Recorder, We have not heard any authentic account of the sentence, but a rumour has reached us that the prisoner was sentenced to two years imprisonment. The statement of the witnesses as to the cruelty used by the prisoner to the deceased, frequently caused considerable sensa tion in court. SCOTCH CHURCH, MOUNT PLEASANT. (From a Correspondent.) On Sunday, the 4th inst , the Rev. W. Chrighton, of Dan tacher, in Dumbartonshire Scotland, performed divine service in this place of worship. As we have en opportunity of attend ing the afternoon service we were highly gratified and consi dered ourselves amply 'rewarded for our attendance on this occasion, by listening to the deep-toned and fervid eloquence of this highly gifted preacher, who delivered an animated and impressive discourse from Zeph. iii. 17. to a numerous and re spectable audience, whose attention seemed wholly attracted by the soul-stirring and affectionate appeals of the preacher to the consciences of all present. We were delighted to observe that when engaged in the devotional part of the service, Mr. C. en tirely avoided the declamation and apparent speechifying to the Deity which is too frequently indulged in extemporaneous prayer in public by some clergymen whom we have heard. Previously to the close of the service. Dr. Stewart gave intima tion of some preliminary measures which require to be adopted with the Ecclesiastical Courts, with which he and his congre gation are connected with a view to the translation of the Rev. Mr. Crighton from Scotland to this town, in order that he may he inducted as assistant and successor to Dr. Stewart, whose ad vanced age and consequently increasing infirmities , greatly unfit hi m f or dischargingthearduous and interesting ministerial duties which have so long devolved on and been so performed by him, both in public and in private; although not connected with any of the Scottish churches, we sincerely hope that this congregation will be successful obtaining such au able and faithful minister as Mr. C. appears to be, as we have always considered that is chiefly through the labours of an efficient gospel ministry that the moral regeneration of this and every other community will be accomplished, and we are fully per suaded that in addition to the many zealous.and active clergy men here, both belonging to the established church and dis senters—still there is an ample sphere of ministerial usefulness even among the Scotch population of Liverpool, very many of whom g i ve sad evidence that their religion, when in Scotland, consisted merely in profession, as is abundantly manifest by their total indifference to religion and its ordinances on their Comin g to England. THE LTA , Ea THEATRE.—Mademoiselle Celeste's engage ment promises to be as permanently attractive as it has ever been. Each night has she drawn crowded houses. Last even ing the house was a complete crush.. Mademoiselle Celeste has ever been distinguished as a most exquisite dancer, and as the Queen of Pantomimic action, hut she now appears in a new and no less charming character—as a -speaking actress. The clever drama of " St. Mary's Eve" has been expressly written for her. The scene is laid on the Kentish coast, and Celeste as Made line, t he Jacohite!s_sister, is represented as having taken refuge with an English .puhtican.. in _whip!. imsitictsk..ker Preachified. English is well placed, and tells with charming effect. As an actress in her peculiar line she stands alone and pre-eminent. She possesses amazing energy and vividness of style, combined with a winning sweetness of manner and tone of voice. Amongst the dramatis persona, no one is more deserving of notice than Mr. Howard ; he is possessed of a versatility of genius which enables him, in every pelt he undertakes, to make a hit. Mrs. Raymond continues as charming a little actress as ever. THE Royal. AMPHITHEATRE.—The handsome sum of up wards of £4O has been presented to the Soup Charity by Mr. Bates, the lessee of this Theatre, being the proceeds of the house on Thursday night last. The theatre continues to hold , out strong attractions. Each evening the boxes present goodly rows of respectable heads of families with their children, whom we need hardly add are unboundedly delighted. ANNUAT. MEETING OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE LIVERPOOL DIsPENsARIES.—On Wednesday the annual meeting of the subscribers to the Liverpool Dispensaries, was held in the Board rOom a t the Parish-offices, Fenwick-s tr eet; Richard Alison, Jun. 'Esq. in the chair. The meeting was advertised to be held at two o'clock, but at that hour scarcely half a dozen individ uals, exclusive of the Secretary, had made their appearance. The meeting furnished a proof, in addition to many others, of the tendency of public institutions to fall under exclusive man agement, not from any desire on the part of the active members to retain office, but from a reluctance on the part of the sub scribers to devote any portion of their time in furtherance of the objects which they support with their money. The number requisite to constitute the meeting was only twenty-one, yet be ' fore even that small number could be collected, three or four deputations bad to volunteer their services to pull up recruits from the neighbourhood of the Exchange, and the resolutions were not more than half passed when several gentlemen made their exit. The Secretary read the address of the committee, which bore testimony to the efficient state of the Dispensaries; upwards of 45,000 individuals having, during the last year, availed themselves of the benefits they confer. From the Trea surer's statement it appeared that the total expenditure of the Year was £3432 10s; of which the income fell short upwards of £266, leaving the charities in debt to that amount. There had been a great falling off in the donations during the year 1837, as compared with 1836. In the latter year iipwatds of £BBO had been received from donors; while in 1837 little more than £2OO had been derived from the same source. The accounts were then passed. Thanks were afterwards voted to Mr. Alison, the president, for his services, and f o r his donation of £lOO to the charity; to the treasurer and vicepresident; to the physicians and surgeons; to the Rev. J. Lyons, for preaching a charity sermon in aid of the funds; and to Mr. Wedgwood, the secre tary, to whom, as a further proof of their approbation, the meeting voted the sum of £l5, in addition to his salary. In reference to the medical officers, it was stated that their duties had been ,very arduous during the last year. One of them had fallen a sacrifice to the malady, and others of them had been laid aside in consequence of attacks of typhus fever. Thanks were then voted to the chairman and the meeting separated. OrtnlNATtosi—On Sunday last the Lord Bishop of this dio cese held an ordination at St. Peter's Church, Chester, when the following gentlemen were ordained:—Deacons : James Al fred Boddy, John's College, Cambridge ; William Burdett, Queen's College, Cambridge; Butler; Charles Johnson Cartwright; John Delatnere ; Wm. Chas. Dudley, Queen's College, Cambridge; William John Fox; Freeman ; John Gaman, Catherine Hall, Cambridge ; Charles Sawkins Harrison. Durham ; Lockhart William Jeffreys, Baliol College, Alexanderbridge;.tohnStLQthubese, Oxon; Herbert Lascelles; George P. Mansfield, A.B. Trinity College, Dublin; Thos. Morton. Corpus Christi College, Cam s Neuman t Wm. A lexand er , os d borp: Paton,College, C am bri dge ; Tit ley, B.A. New Inn Hall, Oxon; Wm. Walling, Trinity Col- Dublin; Stephen Exuperius Wentworth, John's College, Cam bridge. „, Priests : Rev. John Aspivall Addison ; Rev. Chas. Bessett ; Rev. Peter Brown; Rev. Delves Broughton, Cam bridge; Rev. Sampson Guy Chadwick; Rev. Joseph Clarke; Rev. Cox, Trinity College' Dublin ; Rev. William Catdall; B.A. St. Peter's College, Cambridge; Rev. Henry Christmas; Rev. John Davey; Rev. Gainsbro' Gardiner ; Rev. George Fred. Green ; Rev. William Haworth; Rev. William Hodg son ; Rev. David Hughes; Rev. Moorhouse James ; Rev. Henry Samuel Joseph ; Rev. King, Trinity College, Dub lin ; ltev. Thos. Kennedy; Rev. John Walter Moore ; Rev. Chas. Massie, Wadham College, Oxford; Rev. Martindale; Rev. Fred. O'Donoghue, Rev. Thomas Pigot ; Rev. George Richards; Rev. Arthur Rigg, B.A. Christ's College, Cam bridge; Rev. Alphonsns Win. Henry Rose; Rev. John Wm. Smyth; Rev. James Wilson; Rev. Williams, Trinity Col lege, Dublin ; R ev . J ame s Richard Hill. SHOCKING MURDER NEAP. BOLTON.—We regret to state, that, on the night of Tuesday last, a most barbarous murder was committed in a hut belonging to Fogg's colliery, Darcy Lever, near Bolton, on the body of a poor man, named James Finney, a bricklayer by trade, but who, being in bad health and unable to work, has, for the last twelve months or so, gone about the country, subsisting chiefly on the charity of persons belonging to his own business, It would appear, that he had entered this hut (good fires being generally in such places) for shelter; and, whilst there, had been attacked by some one, and murdered with a collier's pick. The body was discovered early on 'Wednesday morning, by a man named Thomas Halliday, who, wanting a shovel to throw some coals under the steam boiler, went into the cabin to look for it, and there discovered the deceased lying on his back in a large pool of blood, dead, with his head and face frightfully disfigured, and the pick un der his legs. Circumstances soon caused suspicions to be en tertained of a young man, named James Sherrington, who worked at the colliery in question, and he was taken into cus tody the same morning. An inquest was held yesterday at the Farmers: Arms public-house, Darcy Lever, before W. SAtutter, Esq., calmer. and a respectable jury, when evidence tending strongly to implicate the prisoner in the crime was produced. Ultimately, however, the inquest was adjourned to Wednesday next.—Manchester Guardian. SMOKING INTELLIGKNCE.—Cigars seem to have had their day—their novelty has ceased—they have now no charms for the elite. since almost every shop-boy and dirty little urchin sports a real Flavannah in the streets. Common short clay pipe• now claim precedence. and many gentlemen, dressed in the first ,tyle of fashion, may he seen nightly enjoying the fumes of tobacco from short dadheens, parading Regent-street and the principal thoroughfares in that neighbourhood.— Morning Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. A WA RIN !NG roil SEA MEN.—John Oldess, a master mariner, appeared before Messrs. Hall and Brown, on Saturday. having been summoned to show cause why be refused to pay John Heede the stun of £l2 9s. 6d., alleged by the other ro be the balance of wages due to hitn. The complainant stated, that lie shipped at South Shields. on the 25th of May last, to sail with the defendant to Alexandria, and back to any port in Great Britain. lie was to act in the capacity of co , d4, and was to re ceive wages at the rate of £2 IN. pet month. The vessel arrived in Liverpool, on Thursday the 28• h of Dec., and was put under quarantine. The men were discharged on the Bth January. The captain in reply, stated. that the complainant shipped with him as a cook and able seaman. In the first place, he was, when he engaged him, ill of a disease which rendered him in capable of performing his duty during nearly the whole voy age, and, in the second, he was incompetent as a cook. On the second day after they had sailed be was laid up; and from the time of their departure from England until their return he was scarcely ever fit for duty. He was in the hospital all the time they were in Alexandria, which was twenty-two days. Altoge ther he had lost two months of his time. lie shipped as an able seaman. Two other men offered at the same time, and if he (the captain) had known of the infirmities of the complainant, of course he would not have engaged him. The chief mate corroborated the statement of the captain. Mr. Hall asked the mate if he had learned the nature of the complaint. The mate replied, that he did not know exactly, but he believed it was some disease " under the head of rheumatism," for it had con fined the complainant to his bed very frequently. Ile (the complainant) attributed it to having been cast away frequently. Himself and the crew were obliged to neglect their other duties to look after the cooking. Mr. Hall asked the captain what, under these circumstances, he was willing to pay ? The latter replied, that he had made up his account. He, at first, thought that £1 15s. per month would be sufficient; but he bad since decided upon giving £2, as he did not wish to be hard with him. The wages at £2 per month amounted to £l5. From this various items had been deducted. Amongst others, were £4 for two months' wages, being the time lost by sickness, and £1 I2s. 9d. paid for the complainant, at the hospital in Alex andria. The balance due was £1 7s. In reply to questions from Mr. Hall, the captain stated that the complainant did not give him the slightest intimation that he was unwell, or that he had been so, when he shipped, nor was any part of his illness acquired during his services on board the vessel. With regard to the second part of the incompetency of the complainant, to act as cook, the mate stated, with great innocence, that he spoiled all the turkeys, and did not know how to make soup at all. Mr. Hall : " What else did you get him to cook ?" Mate : " Victuals !" Mr. Hall said the first part of the case was rather peculiar. However, it was perfectly clear, that, if a seaman so deceived a master of a vessel as to the state of his health, he was not entitled to his full wages. He thought 40s. per mouth amply sufficient, and he directed the captain to pay the balance of £1 75., exhorting the complainant never again to practise a similar deception. A WARNING TO INTEMPERATE GENTLEMEN.—A gentleman, dressed in the extreme of fashion, aged about thirty-four, whose name we suppress, was on Saturday placed at the liar of the Po lice-court, side by side with Betsy Jordan. a disorderly female of the lowest class. As the gentleman. had merely been kept in custody because he was drunk and refused to give his name, he was liberated and placed in the witness-box. It appeared, that on the preceding night he had been indulging too copiously in libations to Bacchus with a party of bons dirants. On his way home, being somewhat mystified, he wandered into Lace-streei, famous as the resort of the worst of characters. Here he asked some one to procure him a light for his cigar. He was taken into a house for this purpose, when three or four women sur rounded him and rifled his pockets, taking from him all his mo ney, and every thing which. he had about him. Ile struggled out of the house into the street, where he called For the police. Officer 123 ran to his assistance, but the thieves had decamped. The officer searched the house, but found only the prisoner, Betsy Jordan. When the latter made her appearance in the office, at the Lock-up, the complainant said he knew her to be one of the women who had robbed him. Before the magistrates, however, he refused to swear to her, as he was not certain of her identity, She was, therefore, dismissed. ROBBERY AND INGRATITUDE.—Yesterday, at the police office, a person named Clark, the keeper of a public-houses appeared to complain of having been robbed of his watch by two gills named Margaret Fazakerley, and Mary Corsair, under the following circumstances. The complainant stated that a little after 11 o'clock on Sunday night, he went home and was about shutting his house up, when the prisoner Corsair, who was passing, was taken suddenly ill, and fainted away just as he was going to close the door. He supported her, and brought her into the lobe of his house, and got a piece of burnt rag to bring her to, and her companion, the other prisoner, insisted upon coming in while he was endeavouring to restore her, and, whilst he was. doing so, contrived to put hex hand into his waistcoat pocket and take his watch out. It was a new watch, and he only got it on Saturday evening, and wore it loose in his waistcoat pocket.' As soon as the prisoner Corsair recovered, they went away and he immediately missed his watch, ran after them, and gave them into custody. There was another woman stood at the door at the time that the two were within his house. It could only have been Fazakerley who took his watch as Corsair was quite insensible. Mr. Hall remanded the women that some further inquiries might be made about them. SUPERSTITION AND C R UELTY.—Yesterday, at the police office, thtee lads, named Michael Doyle, Henry Lyon, and Macilroy, were placed at the bar, charged with killing a cat under circumstances of great cruelty. Officer 329, stated that on Saturday night he was passing along Bathurst street, when he saw the three prisoners pelting a cat which was run ning along the dock walls; they knocked it down and at length got hold of it, and one of the prisoners, Macilroy, began beating its head against the wall, and swinging it round by the hind legs. When he saw them behaving in this wanton and cruel manner to the cat, he went up to them and desired Macilroy to let it go, when one of the lads said " it was possessed of a devil, and he must by no means let it go." (Laughter.) Macilroy continued beating the cat, so he took all the lads into custody. When Mr. Hall asked what they had to say in defence, lloyie said—" On Saturday night we went to see a young man who was sick of a fever, and as we sat over the fire this cat began fa Jeep ever us; we put her out three or-four times, and every time she came back and leaped over us; and the old woman told us to kill or it would make bad luck." Mr. Hall said their behaviour had been most unfeeling and brutal. There was an express provision made for this offence in the act of parliament; they were all liable to a penalty of 20s. and costs. It was a most abominable act of cruelty, and persons who could so far forget themselves as to do acts of that kind, would do anything else. Their minds must have been in a most brutalized state or they could not have done it. They must each pay 10s. and costs, or in default of payment be committed for 11 days to the Borough Gaol. A PRETTY COUPLE.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a well known vagabond, named William Bainton, who, with his wife, are being continually brought up at the Police-office, on charges of getting drunk, and fi g h t i ng together, was aga i n brought up with his wife, each charged with being drunk and disorderly. Both prisoners are Irish. An officer stated the charge, that on Saturday afternoon as he was going along Whitechapel, he saw the two prisoners fighting together, and creating a great disturbance in the street," and-both of them were drunk, and he took them accordingly into custody. The husband here said,—" Will you allow me to spake yer wurchip. Platte yer wurchip, 1 was not dhrunk at all. On Saturdhav afthernoon I gev toy wife 3s. 5d., and tould her, Mary,' sis off wid you an' lay it out to the best dishadvantage for dhe childhur.' sis I. Well, about an hour afther, I'd the tnisfortin to. be cornin down Whitechapel, an' who should I meet bud me wife, quite drunk. Mary,' sis I, what dhisabout, dhat I should should give you 3s. sd. to git drunk wid,' sis 1, when she fetched me a slap accrass the face, an' sazed me by the shirt neck, and tore dhe button off, according to way that she has, an' I never sthruk her at all, but only tried to keep her aff, when she skriked out, an' the police tuk us to Bridewell. Well, whin we was there, they axed me if I would buk me wife, an' I said I did n't know, an' then they buk'd us both." (Loud laughter.) Mr. Hall said, he wished both he and his wife would leave the town, they were the most disorderly peo ple in it. The wife said, "If she was iver seen there any more, might she suffer all kinds o' visitasbuns ; she would go to Dub lin, but she did not know a minute that was her own, she ex pected to get her bed." Mr. Hall ordered the husband to find bail to keep the peace, and the wife to be remanded till some inquiries could be made into her state. They were then re moved from the dock, and the male prisoner struggling with the officers said, " Allow me to spake, sur; the childhur, 814; they'll starve, sur, statue they will." The next assizes for the northern division of this count) will commence on Saturday, the lith of March, at Lancaster, and for the southern division, on Thursday March 22d, al Liverpool. MAN DROWNED.—An inquest was held at the Workhouse, Licesey, on the body of Henry Williams, who was found drowned in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, on the day pre vious. The deceased was manager at Messrs. Holt and Par kinson's factory. The evidence threw no light upon the manner by which the unfortunate man was precipitated into the canal, but it is supposed that, the wind blowing his hat off, he ventured upon the ice to reach it, and, the ice giving' way beneath him, he was plunged in and drowned. Several ice boats had been working during the day. Verdict, " Accidental death." —Blackburn Standard. NW INVENTED STEAM ENGINE.—At the British Alkal Works, Stoke Prior, near Bromsgrove, a steam engine has been invented by a labouring mechanic, and is daily in full opera tion, which will daily supersede every other now in use, and that too, in a very short period of time; as the simplicity of its construction, the smallness of its size, and the almost nothing ness of its cost, will ,necessarily bring it speedily into notice among all persons whose business may require the aid of so useful an auxiliary. Its size is not more than twice that of a man's hat, and the expense of a five-horse power will not exceed in cost half a score pounds. It 3 form is cylindrical, being about 1° inches in diameter, and 22 deep. '1 he stAitn is admitted through a bole in a hollow circular belt, (attached to a wall,) upon which it revolves, and works it by a diagonal action, against an upright piston, being forced out by pressure of a di agonal plate, which divides the interior into two portions. The rotary action is beautifully managed by means of a perfectly spherical steam-tight joint, at the end of a fixed inclined arm, towards which joint the upper and lower surfaces of the interior Dart of the cylinder are made to slope, after the form of the ex terior of an hour-glass. Upon these the diagonal plate performs its revolutions, such movement being permitted through an opening, (from the circumference to the centre,) equal in width to the thickness of the before-named upright piston, and down the sides of which it continually works. To the cenire of the bottom of the cylinder is fixed a shaft, having attached to it a wheel wl:ich communicates the motion that may be reqiiired, and this is all the machinery of which it consists! When, therefore, we consider the saving of weight of metal, size, and expense, which will necessarily be gained by its adoption, and look at the incalculable advantages which such desiderata afford to steam navigation, our scientific friends will not consider us too bold in asserting that this invention will speedily revolution ize the whole system in this department of mechanics. Patents have been procured from every European government, and from the American; and no secret is made at the works in showing it to the public, either in action or in separate pieces, arid in a model which is kept for the purpose. —Birmingham Review, Ja nuary 25. ADVICE TO LADlES.—Ladies always delightful, and not the least so in their undress, are apt to deprive themselves of some of their best morning beams by appearing with their hair in papers. We give notice that essayists. and all people of taste , prefer a cap,if there must be anything; but hai r , a m illion times over. To see grapes in paper bags is bad enough ; but the rich locks of a lady in papers, the roots of the hair twisted up like a drummer's, and the forehead staring bald instead of being gracefully tendrilled and shadowed !—it is a capital offence—a defiance to the love and admiration of the other sex--a provoca tive to a paper war; and we here accordingly declare the said war on paper, not having any ladies at hand to carry it at once into their head-quarters. We must allow, at the same time, that they are very shy of being seen in this condition, knowing well enough how much of their strength, like Samson's, lies in that gifted ornament. We have known a whole parlour of them fluttered off, like a dovecote, at the sight of a frieud coming up the gaideu. —Leigh Hunt. CORPORATE REFORM. (From the. Dublin Evening Mail.) EXTINCTION, IF NEChSSARY, BGT NO TRANSFER. - The question of Municipal reform in Ireland will soon come before both Houses of Parliament. Its importance cannot be over-rated. The measure, whatever turn it may take, vitally affects the future condition of Ireland. In one scale hangs the fate of Protestantism—in the other that of Popery. According as statesmen deal with the balance, will the one sink and the other rise. "Give me," says Mr. O'Connell, " municipal re form, (snch as 1 demand,) and the rest will follow "—all his ulterior projects—the abolition of tithes—the appropriation of the clerical revenue to secular objects—the overthrow of the established church and Protestant religion—the repeal of the union—and finally, separation from Great Britain—all—all will follow as a necessary consequence from municipal reform, such as Mr. O'Connell demands—and such as the protestants of this country have too much reason to apprehend is in the contem plation of some influential statesmen to concede. Under this impression, we feel it an unpleasant but an imperative duty to warn the leaders of the Conservative party of the wants and wishes of the Papists of Ireland on this subject, and to remind them also of the wishes and determinations of the Protestants. We write, with due deference and respect, for the instruction of Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington. When the Popisl; party demand reform of our Protestant corporations—they mean transfer. They wish neither the power to be shortened, nor the influence controlled—but both the one and the other to be delivered over to themselves. Popish cot , prat ions—not Protestant—is the object which they seek. Mr. O'Connell is, perhaps, the best authority on whose es'idence we can rely, and from his speech delivered upon Wednesday last to a Popish auditory in the old Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Michan's, in Dublin, we extract a sketch of his beau Ideal of a reformed corporation : "I am for corporate reform," quoth he, "and When my friend, Johnny Power, of Harcuurt-street, will be Lord Mayor, and a right good one he'll be—(cheers)—he'll strut as pomp ously, though he's only a little man, and he'll wear as grand a cocked hat as the best that have preceded him—(cheers, and laughter)—and won't be going about hunting after fines among the poor huxters for some secretary or some one else. Ob ! John Power would rather pay all the fines for them himself than do so. (Cheers.) Well, in those days won't we have a fine laugh at the old corporators? (Hear, and laughter.) Lau braugh plesura. We'll laugh right merrily at the present Lord Mayor and Aldermen." (Hear and laughter.) A Popish corporation—with a Popish Lord Mayor and She riffs at its head—to taunt and to ridicule—(and shall we say, exterminate ?)—the old and discarded Protestant corporations —is the surnmum bonum at which this gentleman and is followers are driving, in their agitation for reform. And then how meekly they carry their honours : " Now wouldn't it he worth while (quoth he) to live to laugh at them when you remember how they used to ride roughshod over us ? I remember in 'Oa if a passer by looked up in one of their faces he would be hurried qff . to the next Mangle, and lashed like a cloy. I remember them in their Orange lodges, but now all they are fit for is to'be laughed at." Now, we shall tell the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel a secret, which if they knew it not before, it is worth their knowing. The Protestants of Ireland, for peace sake, are con tent that their corporations be extinguished; but for self pre , servation sake, they will not consent that they be transferred, To put themselves on an equal footing with Roman Catholics, as the latter stand at present, they are perfectly willing ; but to vest Roman Catholics with the power which they (Protes. , tents) now enjoy, and to strip themselves of it, is snore than reason requires, or human nature will submit to; and against this they solemnly protest. The statesmen to whom we have alluded (and they must par• don our honest frankness in telling them au unpalatable but wholesome truth) once deceived the Protestants of Ireland. Time and kindly feelings have in a great measure restored them to the confidence so abused. Let them beware of a second experiment upon faith so trifled with. The fate of Protestant Ireland is in their hands. The hearts of Protestant Ireland await the issue of their counsels. We end as we began. EXTINCTION, if necessary, but no TRANSFER. The late Mr. Bolder° was one of the stoutest men in Suffolk. At his funeral, from the immense size of the coffin ; it was found impossible to convey it to the ( grave in a hearse. A bier of immense strength was constructed for its removal, and, the coffin being placed thereon, it Was moved by twenty-four bearers, who were relieved at frequent intervals. It is stated that the weight of the body and its incasements of wood and lead was 136 stone, and the width across the shoulders was three feet two inches.—Essex Herald. GREEN-10mM . ACCIDENT EXTRAORDINARY.—One night last week, a serions scene occurred in the Sheffield Theatre, by a horse that had to bear Joan of Arc in front of Orleans, at the time when the walls are blown down. The animal had to be brought up by the saloon, through the green-room oh to the stage, and was so quiet that the groom allowed it to take its own way. On Thursday week, the poor brute, in marching through the green-room, where the performers wete waiting for their call, on turning round, beheld his own sweet image reflected in the mirror, rendered still more bewildering by being surround ed with gas lamps. The horse pricked up his ears, so did the other. lie began to indulge himself with a little prancing to show his paces; so did his friend in the mirror; till, alas! the uncertainty of this world—the flooring gave way, and poor dob , bin was suspended on the rafters, with his legs extending in the cellar below. , A considerable time elapsed before sufficient as sistance could be procured to extricate him from what has since turned out to be " his last appearance on any stage," he having died on Monday last_ _ _ COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—The Queen v. Fletcher.—ln this case the Rev. Francis Masters, vicar of Runcorn, charged the defendant, who is printer of the Chester Chronicle, with having libelled him by printing certain reflections upon hie character with respect to rumours accusing the rev. gentleman of being the father of an illegitimate child. The Attorney-Ge nei al proceeded with the case on Monday, and brought forward a number of affidavits in support of his alligations. He occu pied the court the whole of the day.—Ou Tuesday the court re quested that the affidavits should be handed up to them, before they pi onounced their judgment. In the course of the day, the court discharged the rule without costs. ANOTHER Pleam.—Captain Reed, of the brig Sophia and Eliza, of Tobago, arrived at Buenos Ayres, ,June 29„ gives the following. report : —On the 19th ult.. at 4 p.m., lat. 19. long. 88.20. \V., weather fine, and wind moderate frorn N.N.W., saw a small vessel to the southward, standing north east. When bearing about south, she wore ship to the west, and hoisted a black flag. The Sopia and Eliza immediately got ready for ac tion with such arms as she had, namely—one big gun and some small arms. It was observed that the stranger had from 30 to 40 men on board, and was about 35 feet long, decked forward in the waists, and appeared to have but one big gun amidships. The Sophia and Eliza's nearest approach to her was something less than half a mile, when at that distance the stranger hoisted a white shill., or somethiug in that shape, spotted with blood under his black flag. The Sophia and Eliza then took in studding sails, expecting an attack, but the stranger seemed undecided, kept hove to windward, lugsail reefed, and latteed down. The Sophia and Eliza did not alter her course in the least, but stood directly for the stranger, whose manceuvres were distinctly seen, and that she showed as many as 30 men. After the Sophia and Eliza had passed a little, the stranger made sail for about five minutes, and then hove to again, in which position she was lost sight of. Her rig was of two sails only, namely, a large lugsail forward, and a latteen aft. INEFFECTUAL ATTEMPT 4T TRE=ToTALLism.—Shortly bea fore the new-year, a couple in town, who indulged somewhat freely in the use of spirits, became sensible of the miseries which their favourite beverage entailed on them. One night when the husband came home drunk, his wife said to him, " Johnny, ye maun gie o'er this drinking, or we'el be ruined a' thegither, ye maun join the tee- totallers. ' " Will join wi' me, Jenny ?" " Deed will I." " Come awa then, and we'el strike the airs while its het." Off they went and joined the tee-totallers, and affairs, thenceforth, began to mend. But the new-year came, and Jenny proposed that they should have a wee drat) in the house, no for themselves, but for " ony fries' that might drap in." " Are ye gaun to break through, Jenny ?" "Only for a wee;" " Aweel, aweel, I'se join we you." Off the two went togethr with an infant in the wife's arms to lay in their new year stock. As a little bit of rejoicing at having kept their vows so well, and as a reaard for their resolution, they partook of a few gills together, and by the time they arose to go home, the pavement was found rather narrow for them. Besides the wee drappie for the use of chance callers : one carried two stones of meal, the other the child, and these burdens they ex changed occasionally on their way home, it being deemed ad visable, that the one who walked most steadily should carry the child. On their arrival at home they did not seem certain what change had last been made, and the husband deposited his bur den in the cradle, while the wife locked her one up in the press. By and live the child began to cry, the wife set about rocking the cradle, and as the cries increased, her rocking exertions increased in equal proportion ; but all could not pacify the child. A neighbouring woman hearing the noise, went in to see what was the matter, and on going to lift the child front the cradle, no child was there, but in lieu thereof, was the two stones of meal in a bag! The key of the press was obtained, the press was opened, and there was the child occupying the shelf usually allotted f o r the mea l! ! W e h ave no t hears whe ther this canny couple have yet re-joined the tee-totallers.— Paisley Advertiser. NV Ea.sti IND' Azis IN NORTH AMERICA.—The great body of the people which are supposed to be Welsh Indians inhabit the country on the upper branches of the Missouri. They are ge nerally called W hire Indians or Padoueas. Lieutenant Roberts's account of an interview which he bad with an Indian chief is very curious. "In the year 1801," says he " being at Washington in America, 1 happened to be at a hotel, smoking my cigar, according to the custom of the country, and there was a young lad, (a native of Wales), a waiter in the house, who displeased tne by bringing me a glass of brandy and warm water instead of cold. 1 said to him, jocosely, in Welsh, " give thee a good beating" There happened to be at the time in the room, one of the secondary . Indian chiefs, who, on my pronouncing these words, rose up in a great hurry, stretching forth his hand at the same time; and the chief said it was like wise his language, and the language of his father and mother, and of his nation. I said to him, "soit is the language of my father and mother, and of my country." Upon this, the Indian began to inquire from whence I came. I replied " from Wales,". but he had never heard a word about such a place. I explained that Wales was a principality in a kitredom called England. He had heard of England and of English, but never of such a place as Wales. I asked them if there were any traditions among them from whence there ancestors had come. He said there were: and said that they had come from a far distant couutry—very far in the east, and from over the great waters. 11 conversed with him in Welsh and in English ; he knew bet ter English than I did; and I asked him to count in Welsh. He immediately counted to a hundred or more. He knew English very well, because he was in the habit of trading with the English Americans. Amongst other things, 1 asked him how they came to retain their language so well from mixing with the languages of other Indians. He answered that they had a law, or an established custom in their country, forbidding any one to teach their children another language until tbey had attained the age of twelve years, and after that age they were at liberty to learn any language they pleased. 1 asked him if be would like to go to England or Wales. He replied that be had not the least inclination to leave his native country, and that he would sooner live in wigwam than iu a palace. He had orna mented his arms with bracelets, and on his head were placed ostrich feathers. I was astonished and greatly amazed when I saw and heard such a man, who had painted his face of a yel lowish red, and of such an appearance, speaking the language as fluently as if he had been born and brought up in the vicinity of Snowdon. His hair was shaved excepting round the crown of his head, and there it was very long an neatly plaited; and it was on the crown he had placed the ostrich feathers which I mentioned before, to ornament himself. The situation of those Indians is about eight hundred miles north west of Philadelphia, according to his statement; and they are called in general the Asguaws, or the Asguaw nation. Among the great variety of accounts of the Welsh Indians formerly collected, some of them point out a tribe of them agreeing in situation with the above ; but the main body of t his people is r epresented as situated at a very great distance from this, as we conceive, a detached party, their country being on the upper branches of the Missouri, coming from the south-west, and are generally denominated Fadoui.as, or White Pacittcas, in late maps; but in some early inaps they are called M a te c auies. They ore also called the White Indians, and Civilized Indians, in the United States. The Indians about the Illinois territory call them•the MO 14- dians.—Chambe7 s's Journal.